City Council
Staff Report
Report Type: SPECIAL ORDERS OF THE DAY
Lead Department: City Clerk
Meeting Date: May 27, 2025
Report #:2505-4684
TITLE
Interview Candidates for the Vacancies on the Architectural Review Board; CEQA Status – Not a Project
DISCUSSION
On March 24, 2025, City Council conducted interviews for the three (3) candidates that submitted applications in the initial recruitment. The extended recruitment period of March 27, 2025, to April 30, 2025 resulted in nine (9) new applicants. In accordance with the BCC Interview Selection Policy, up to eight (8) candidates may advance to the interview phase. At the May 5, 2025 City Council meeting, the City Council selected the following eight (8) candidates to interview and the interview schedule is as follows:
Name Time
Pending 5:35 PM
Marton Jojarth 5:45 PM
Ashutosh Gupta 5:55 PM
Khelan Bhatt 6:05 PM
Naveen Govid 6:15 PM
Pending 6:25 PM
Bei Xu 6:35 PM
Grace Lee 6:45 PM
BACKGROUND
Board # of Vacancies Start Term End Term
Architectural
Review Board
3 (Seats 1, 2, 5) 4/1/2025 3/31/2028
Membership Requirements
At least three members shall be architects, landscape architects, building designers or other design professionals (PAMC 2.21.0102). This requirement is currently satisfied by
Commissioners Mousam Adcock, Kendra Rosenberg, David Hirsch and Yingxi Chen.
Commissioners Hirsch and Chen, whose terms have expired, have applied for reappointment.
No residency requirement.
APPROVED BY:
Mahealani Ah Yun, City Clerk