City Council
Staff Report
Report Type: BOARD AND COMMISSION APPOINTMENTS
Lead Department: City Clerk
Meeting Date: June 2, 2025
Report #:2505-4704
TITLE
Appointment of Candidates to the Vacancies on the Architectural Review Board; CEQA Status - Not a Project
RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends City Council vote to appoint three (3) candidates to the Architectural Review Board for a full-term expiring March 31, 2028.
*A majority vote (4 yes’s) is required to appoint a candidate.
BACKGROUND
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. At the May 5, 2025 City Council meeting, the City Council selected eight (8) candidates to interview.
Candidates are scheduled to be interviewed at the City Council Special Meeting on May 27, 2025.
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.
ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW
Council action on this item is not a project as defined by CEQA because it is an organizational or administrative activity that will not result in direct or indirect physical changes in the environment. CEQA Guidelines section 15378(b)(5).
ATTACHMENTS
Attachment A - Architectural Review Board Initial and Extended Applications - Redacted APPROVED BY:
Mahealani Ah Yun, City Clerk