Agenda Item #5.1
For Council Meeting of: January 9, 2024
CITY OF SANTA ROSA
CITY COUNCIL
TO: MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL
FROM: DINA MANIS, CITY CLERK
CITY CLERK’S OFFICE
SUBJECT: INTERVIEWS FOR BOARD OF BUILDING REGULATION APPEALS AND BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN ADVISORY BOARD AGENDA ACTION: APPOINTMENTS
RECOMMENDATION
It is recommended by the City Clerk, and by direction of the Mayor, that the Council interview one applicant for the Disabled Community Representative vacancy on the Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Board and one applicant for the Board of Building Regulation Appeals.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The Council will conduct interviews and consider appointments to fill a vacancy on the Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Board with a term ending December 31, 2026, and on the Board of Building Regulation Appeals with a term ending December 31, 2025.
BACKGROUND
The Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Board has one Disabled Community Representative vacancy due to a term ending December 31, 2022. The four-year term for this appointment runs 2023 through 2026 with the term ending December 31, 2026.
The Board of Building Regulation Appeals has three current vacancies. The initial term of a person appointed to the board is two years, with a four-year term for those reappointed to a second or additional consecutive terms. The two-year term for a new appointee will end December 31, 2025.
PRIOR CITY COUNCIL REVIEW
Not applicable.
ANALYSIS
Per City Charter and the Council’s Appointment Policy (Policy 000-06), both the Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Board Disabled Community Representative and members of the Board of Building Regulation Appeals are appointed by the full Council.
The City Clerk’s Office conducted a recruitment for the vacancies and received the following applications:
Board
Position
Applicant
Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Board
Disabled Community Representative
Scott Doig
Board of Building Regulation Appeals
Member
Eric Miller
The Council’s Appointment Policy sets out the following voting procedures for appointments made by the full Council:
“Voting:
Members of boards, commissions and committees shall be selected from all applicants by a process of elimination or by motion.
If selection is by process of elimination, each Council member shall vote for a number of applicants equal to the number of vacant positions, plus two. In the event there are an insufficient number of applicants to vote for a number of applicants equal to the number of vacant positions plus two, the Council may vote for a fewer number as recommended by the City Attorney.
Those applicants receiving one vote or less shall be eliminated. d. Subsequent votes shall be taken with each Council member voting for one less applicant than voted for in the previous round. Only applicants not eliminated may be voted upon.”
FISCAL IMPACT
Approval of this action does not have a fiscal impact on the General Fund.
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
This action is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) because it is not a project which has a potential for resulting in either a direct physical change in the environment, or a reasonably foreseeable indirect physical change in the environment, pursuant to CEQA Guideline section 15378.
BOARD/COMMISSION/COMMITTEE REVIEW AND RECOMMENDATIONS
Not applicable.
NOTIFICATION
The City Clerk’s Office conducted recruitment efforts seeking applicants for various vacancies through our srcity.org/boards website, City Connections Newsletter, The Press Democrat, La Voz, through multiple professional and community organizations, and using social media outreach.
ATTACHMENTS
Attachment 1 - Notice of Availability of Applications
Attachment 2 - Council Policy 000-06, Appointment to Boards/Commissions/Committees Attachment 3 – Reso No. 26536 – Bicycle & Pedestrian Advisory Board Attachment 4 – BOBRA City Code
PRESENTER
Dina Manis, City Clerk
Interview and Appointment to the Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Board and Board of Building Regulation Appeals