CITY OF SEBASTOPOL
RESOLUTION NUMBER 6799-2026
A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Sebastopol Amending the Climate Action Committee Composition to Amend the Youth Representative Eligibility Requirements of the Climate Action Committee WHEREAS, the City Council previously adopted the current composition on March 18, 2025, establishing the composition and eligibility requirements for the Climate Action Committee, including a Youth Representative position limited to residents between the ages of seventeen (17) and twenty-three (23); and WHEREAS, the Climate Action Committee and Councilmember Carter have requested that the City Council widen this eligibility requirement to allow younger, high school-age residents to apply for and serve in the Youth Representative position, and to clarify the residency and school-attendance requirements applicable to that position; and
WHEREAS, the City Council desires to amend the Resolution to lower the minimum age for the Youth Representative position and to provide that residency within Sebastopol city limits is not required, provided the Youth Representative attends a school within city limits;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Sebastopol that the Youth Representative eligibility provision of the March 18, 2025, Climate Action Committee composition is hereby amended to read as follows:
Youth Representative Eligibility. The Youth Representative shall be a resident between the ages of fifteen (15) and twenty-three (23). The Youth Representative is not required to reside within Sebastopol city limits, but must attend a school located within Sebastopol city limits.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that, except as expressly amended herein, the March 18, 2025, Climate Action Committee composition remains in full force and effect.
The above and foregoing Resolution was duly passed, approved, and adopted at a meeting of the City Council on the 6th day of October, 2026.
VOTE:
Ayes: Councilmembers Carter, Hinton, Zollman, Vice Mayor Maurer and Mayor McLewis Noes: None
Absent: None
Abstain: None
APPROVED: _______________________________
Mayor Jill McLewis
ATTEST: _________________________________
Mary C. Gourley, City Manager
APPROVED AS TO FORM: __________________
Alex Mog, City Attorney
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