Mayor’s Nominating and Screening Committee
TO: MAYOR’S NOMINATING AND SCREENING DATE: MAY 24, 2022
COMMITTEE
FROM: CITY CLERK WARDS: ALL
SUBJECT: 2021 CITY SPIRIT AWARD
ISSUE:
Select community member that exemplifies community spirit, good citizenship, and dedication to enhancing the quality of life in the city for the 2021 City Spirit Award.
RECOMMENDATION:
The Mayor’s Nominating and Screening Committee select a nominee(s) for consideration by the City Council for the 2021 City Spirit Award to honor their extraordinary deeds and community spirit, good citizenship, and dedication to enhancing the quality of life in the City.
The chart below lists community members recommended for consideration for the City Spirit Award by the Mayor and individual members of the City Council. 2021 CITY SPIRIT AWARD NOMINATIONS
Recommended by:
Nominee
Mayor Lock Dawson
Jennifer Vaughn-Blakely (posthumously)
Councilmember Edwards
Tom Donahue
Councilmember Perry
Lynn Heatley
Councilmember Cervantes
Darlene Trujillo and Nancy Melendez
Councilmember Cervantes
Jalani Bakari
Councilmember Cervantes
Vivian and Turner Stancil
Councilmember Cervantes
Residente of Eastside Active in Leadership:
Norma Moyoroqui, Griselda Martínez, Maria Ochoa, Louise Matus, and Jackie McNulty BACKGROUND:
The Mayor and City Council have honored a community member each year since the establishment of the City Spirit Award in 1995. The prior award recipients are listed below.
CITY SPIRIT
AWARD RECIPIENTS
1995
Dickey DeLoss
2008
San Huang
1996
Rich Biber
2009
Cindy Roth
1997
Michael Goldware
2010
Kathy Allavie
1998
Rose Mayes
2011
Jane Block
1999
Rita Norton
2012
Stan Morrison
2000
Vic Miceli
2013
Debbie Guthrie
2001
Daniel Hantman
2014
Gordon Bourns
2002
William Gavitt
2015
Anthony Rivera
2003
Dell Roberts
2016
Henry Coil
2004
Stan Brown
2017
Ruben and Diana Ayala
2005
Jim Erickson
2018
Brian Jaramillo
2006
Natividad Fuentes
2019
Zack Earp
2007
Damon Castillo
2020
Ofelia Valdez-Yeager
STRATEGIC PLAN ALIGNMENT:
The Mayor’s Nominating and Screening Committee selection of a community member for consideration by the City Council for the 2021 City Spirit Award contributes to Strategic Plan Priority #5 – High Performing Government and Goal 5.3 - Enhance communication and collaboration with community members to improve transparency, build public trust, and encourage shared decision-making.
This item aligns with the 5 Cross-Cutting Threads as follows:
Community Trust – The selection process for a City Spirit Award recipient is transparent and promotes civic engagement by recognizing community members whose activities and actions serve the public interest, benefit the City’s diverse populations, and result in greater public good.
Equity – The City Spirit Award promotes equity as it is a citywide honor and nominees may be chosen from any and all Wards. The positive impact of the nominees’ extraordinary deeds and community spirit, good citizenship, and dedication to enhancing the quality of life in the City benefit the entire community.
Fiscal Responsibility – This item is neutral toward this Cross-Cutting Thread.
Innovation – The City Spirit Award promotes recognition of community members whose contribution include building collaborative partnerships and embracing adaptive processes to meet the community changing needs and preparing for the future.
Sustainability and Resiliency – The City Spirit Award promotes recognition of community members’ contribution to the community’s needs of the present without compromising the needs of the future and ensuring the City’s capacity to persevere, adapt and grow during good and difficult times alike.
FISCAL IMPACT:
There is no fiscal impact associated with this report.
Prepared by: Donesia Gause, City Clerk
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