City of Sacramento
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File ID: 2025-01800 10/21/2025
Confirmation of Board and Commission Appointments
File ID: 2025-01800
Location: Citywide
Recommendation: Pass a Motion confirming the following board and commission appointments: 1) Ethel MacLeod Hart Trust Fund Advisory Committee: Joel Leong - Seat B, Pamala Hunter - Seat D, and Eliza Yam - Seat F; 2) Active Transportation Commission: Justine Recio-Patel - Seat E; 3) Animal Wellbeing Commission: Ignacio Barragan - Seat G; and 4) Arts, Culture, and Creative Economy Commission: Douglas Carter - Seat E.
Contact: Jacob Bredberg, Administrative Analyst, (916) 808-6846, [email protected]; Mindy Cuppy, City Clerk, (916) 808-5442, [email protected]; Office of the City Clerk Presenter: None
Attachments:
1-Description/Analysis
Description/Analysis
Issue Detail: As required by City Charter section 230, board and commission appointments are made by the Mayor with the concurrence of the City Council.
Commission Appointee Seat Seat Term
Dates
Appointee
Term Dates
Term
Type
Recommended
By
Ethel MacLeod
Hart Trust Fund
Advisory
Committee
Joel Leong B 07/01/2025-
06/30/2029
10/21/2025-
06/30/2029
Full Personnel and
Public Employees
(P&PE)
Committee
Ethel MacLeod
Hart Trust Fund
Advisory
Committee
Pamala
Hunter
D 07/01/2025-
06/30/2029
10/21/2025-
06/30/2029
Full P&PE Committee
Ethel MacLeod
Hart Trust Fund
Advisory
Committee
Eliza Yam F 07/01/2025-
06/30/2029
10/21/2025-
06/30/2029
Full P&PE Committee
Active
Transportation
Commission
Justine
Recio-Patel
E 01/01/2023-
12/31/2026
10/21/2025-
12/31/2026
Partial Councilmember
Maple, District 5
Animal
Wellbeing
Commission
Ignacio
Barragan
G 01/01/2023-
12/31/2026
10/21/2025-
12/31/2026
Partial Councilmember
Jennings, District
7 Arts, Culture,
and Creative
Economy
Commission
Douglas
Carter
E 01/01/2023-
12/31/2026
10/21/2025-
12/31/2026
Partial Councilmember
Maple, District 5
File ID: 2025-01800 10/21/2025
Commission Appointee Seat Seat Term
Dates
Appointee
Term Dates
Term
Type
Recommended
By
Ethel MacLeod
Hart Trust Fund
Advisory
Committee
Joel Leong B 07/01/2025-
06/30/2029
10/21/2025-
06/30/2029
Full Personnel and
Public Employees
(P&PE)
Committee
Ethel MacLeod
Hart Trust Fund
Advisory
Committee
Pamala
Hunter
D 07/01/2025-
06/30/2029
10/21/2025-
06/30/2029
Full P&PE Committee
Ethel MacLeod
Hart Trust Fund
Advisory
Committee
Eliza Yam F 07/01/2025-
06/30/2029
10/21/2025-
06/30/2029
Full P&PE Committee
Active
Transportation
Commission
Justine
Recio-Patel
E 01/01/2023-
12/31/2026
10/21/2025-
12/31/2026
Partial Councilmember
Maple, District 5
Animal
Wellbeing
Commission
Ignacio
Barragan
G 01/01/2023-
12/31/2026
10/21/2025-
12/31/2026
Partial Councilmember
Jennings, District
7 Arts, Culture,
and Creative
Economy
Commission
Douglas
Carter
E 01/01/2023-
12/31/2026
10/21/2025-
12/31/2026
Partial Councilmember
Maple, District 5
Policy Considerations: None.
Economic Impacts: None.
Environmental Considerations:California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA): This action is not a project that is subject to CEQA because it is an organizational or administrative activity that will not result in direct or indirect physical changes in the environment. (CEQA Guidelines §15378(b)(5)).
Sustainability: None.
Commission/Committee Action: None.
Rationale for Recommendation: The Personnel and Public Employees Committee has nominated for appointment vacancies identified on several of the Boards and Commissions. After consideration, candidates were nominated, which now require Council confirmation. Confirmation of appointment by the City Council finalizes the process.
Financial Considerations: None.
Local Business Enterprise (LBE): None.