TO:City Council
FROM:Council on Aging
DATE:June 24, 2025
SUBJECT: Council on Aging Representatives to Ventura County Area Agency on Aging Advisory Council
RECOMMENDATION:
1. Confirm Stephanie Belding and Nivedita Vaidya as Representative Members to the Ventura County Area Agency on Aging (VCAAA) Advisory Council for two-year terms ending June 30, 2027.
2. Find that this action is not a project as defined under the California Environmental Quality Act.
LEVINE ACT ITEM: No
FINANCIAL IMPACT:
No Additional Funding Requested. Staff time for coordination of appointment selection is included in the Adopted FY 2024-25 General Fund Budget.
BACKGROUND:
The Ventura County Human Services VCAAA is charged with the responsibility to promote the development and implementation of a comprehensive coordinated system of care that enables older individuals, children and adults with disabilities, and their caregivers to live in a community-based setting. The VCAAA Advisory Council biennially calls for representation from each City to serve two-year terms.
Pursuant to the VCAAA Advisory Council Guidelines for the Election of Representatives, the regular election procedure of each Council on Aging (COA), should be utilized to elect the members whose names must then be submitted to City Council for ratification. Subsequent to ratification, a confirmation letter (Attachment #1) must be signed by the Mayor and submitted to VCAAA prior to term commencement. The City is allowed two voting members on the Advisory Council.
COA Representatives to VCAAA
June 24, 2025
DISCUSSION/ANALYSIS:
The terms for current representatives, Stephanie Belding, community member, and Nivedita Vaidya, COA Commissioner, end on June 30, 2025. In compliance with the standards set by the VCAAA, notification of the selection for the two representative positions at the May 1, 2025 COA meeting was provided on the City’s website (www.toaks.gov/olderadults) on March 30, 2025, and announced during the COA meeting on April 3, 2025. On May 1, 2025, the COA unanimously (8-0, one vacancy) selected Stephanie Belding and Nivedita Vaidya to be submitted to City Council for confirmation to serve as representative members on the VCAAA.
With City Council approval, these representatives will serve as the City’s voting member representatives on the VCAAA Advisory Council through June 30, 2027.
COUNCIL GOAL COMPLIANCE:
Meets the following City Council goals:
B. Provide municipal government leadership which is open and responsive to residents, and is characterized by ethical behavior, stability, promoting public trust, transparency, confidence in the future, and cooperative interaction among civic leaders, residents, business representatives, and staff, while recognizing and respecting legitimate differences of opinion on critical issues facing the City.
G. Continue City's commitment to community and cultural programs and services (such as Performing Arts/Theatres, Libraries, TOTV, Visual Arts, Youth and Senior Programs).
PREPARED BY: Tony Gitt, COA Chair
Sarah Mailes, Community Services Analyst
Attachments:
Attachment #1 – VCAAA Confirmation Letter
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