COUNCIL APPOINTMENTS-2025
January 14, 2025
1 COUNCIL LIAISON APPOINTMENTS TO CITY COMMISSIONS/BOARDS/COMMITTEES
NAME OF COMMISSION,
BOARD OR COMMITTEE COUNCIL LIAISON NUMBER OF
APPOINTMENTS MEETING INFORMATION
ARCHITECTURAL
HERITAGE & LANDMARK
COMMISSION
BREGENZER
ONE
3RD THURSDAY MONTHLY
6:30 P.M.
CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS
BEAUTIFICATION
COMMISSION GORDON ONE
1st WEDNESDAY 6:00 P.M.
BI-MONTHLY
CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS
CIVIL SERVICE
COMMISSION LEDIJU ONE
2ND MONDAY MONTHLY
5:15 P.M.
CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS
CODE ENFORCEMENT
APPEALS BOARD MATIAS ONE
4TH THURSDAY 6:00 P.M.
MONTHLY
CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS
COMMISSION ON CULTURE
AND THE ARTS MATIAS ONE
4th MONDAY 6:00 P.M.
MONTHLY
CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS
DESIGN REVIEW BOARD PALMARES ONE
2ND THURSDAY MONTHLY
7:00 P.M.
CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
COMMISSION MATIAS ONE
2ND WEDNESDAY BI-MONTHLY- AS
NEEDED 6:00 P.M.
CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS
HOUSING & COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT
COMMISSION
LEDIJU ONE
1ST THURSDAY 7:00 P.M.
MONTHLY
CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS
HUMAN RELATIONS
COMMISSION MATULAC ONE
4TH WEDNESDAY IN THE MONTHS
OF JANUARY, APRIL, JULY &
OCTOBER AS NEEDED 6:00 P.M.
CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS
MARINA ADVISORY
COMMITTEE PALMARES ONE
1ST THURSDAY QUARTERLY
5:00 P.M.
CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS
MCCUNE COLLECTION
COMMISSION PALMARES ONE 1st MONDAY BI-MONTHLY 5:00 P.M.
CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS
PLANNING COMMISSION MATULAC ONE
1ST & 3RD MONDAY MONTHLY
7:00 P.M.
CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS
SISTER CITY COMMISSION GORDON ONE
3RD MONDAY 5:30 P.M.
BI-MONTHLY
SISTER CITY RM JFK LIBRARY
PARTICIPATORY
BUDGETING STEERING
COMMITTEE
BREGENZER
GORDON TWO
3RD WEDNESDAY 6:30 P.M.
MONTHLY
COUNCIL CHAMBERS
POLICE OVERSIGHT AND
ACCOUNTABILITY
COMMISSION
LEDIJU
SURVEILLANCE ADVISORY
BOARD
BREGENZER
LEDIJU MATULAC
(ALTERNATE)
ONE
3rd THURSDAY 6:00 P.M.
MONTHLY
VALLEJO ROOM UNLESS COUNCIL
CHAMBERS IS AVAILABLE
MEASURE P OVERSIGHT
COMMITTEE
MATIAS ONE
AT LEAST TWICE PER CALENDAR
YEAR; MORE FREQUENTLY IF
NECESSARY. VALLEJO ROOM
COUNCIL APPOINTMENTS-2025
January 14, 2025
2 UNLESS COUNCIL CHAMBERS IS
AVAILABLE
COUNCIL LIAISON APPOINTMENTS TO COMMUNITY BASE ORGANIZATIONS,
COUNTY/REGIONAL/INTER-AGENCY/STATE COMMITTEES/BOARDS
NAME OF AGENCY COUNCIL LIAISON NUMBER OF
APPOINTMENTS MEETING INFORMATION
CENTRAL CORE
RESTORATION CORP.
(CCRC)
NA ONE
2ND THURSDAY 4:30 P.M.
301 GEORGIA STREET, SUITE 290
VALLEJO CA
VALLEJO CENTER FOR THE
ARTS (formerly Community
Arts Foundation, Empress
Theatre)
TBD ONE 4TH WEDNESDAY 7:00 P.M.
FIGHTING BACK
PARTNERSHIP TBD ONE 1ST THURSDAY 6:00 P.M.
3RD FLOOR, JFK LIBRARY
HUMANE SOCIETY OF
NORTH BAY TBD TWO MEETINGS AS NEEDED
SENIOR CITIZENS COUNCIL TBD ONE
2ND MONDAY OF JANUARY & JUNE
12:30 – 2:00 P.M.
DOUGLAS SENIOR CENTER
SOLANO COUNTY FAIR
ASSOCIATION BREGENZER ONE
2ND WEDNESDAY 6:15 P.M.
SOLANO COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS
900 FAIRGROUNDS DRIVE
TRAVIS REGIONAL ARMED
FORCES COMMITTEE GORDON ONE 3rd MONDAY 8:00 A.M. BREAKFAST
DELTA BREEZE CLUB TRAVIS AFB
VALLEJO CONVENTION AND
VISITORS BUREAU TBD ONE 3rd WEDNESDAY 3:30 P.M.
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OFFICE
VALLEJO GOLF CLUB
TBD ONE 2ND THURSDAY 7:00 P.M.
BLUE ROCK SPINGS BOARD ROOM
VALLEJO FIRST CORP
(formerly Vallejo Main Street
Board of Directors)
TBD ONE
2nd THURSDAY 5:45 P.M.
(frequency of meetings TBD)
235-237 GEORGIA STREET
(Beeman Building)
1st Floor Conference Room
CITY/SCHOOLS TASK
FORCE 2X2
MAYOR SORCE
MATULAC TWO
COUNCIL APPOINTMENTS-2025
January 14, 2025
3 APPOINTMENTS TO CITY COUNCIL STANDING COMMITTEES
NAME OF COUNCIL
COMMITTEE MEMBERS NUMBER OF
APPOINTMENTS MEETING INFORMATION
INTER-AGENCY
COMMITTEE
MAYOR SORCE
LEDIJU
MATULAC
MAYOR + TWO
4TH MONDAY 6:00 P.M.
CITY MANAGER’s CONFERENCE
ROOM, 3rd Floor
CITY HALL
ISLAND ENERGY ADVISORY
COMMITTEE PALMARES MAYOR MEETINGS AS NEEDED
MARE ISLAND COMMITTEE
MAYOR SORCE
LEDIJU
PALMARES
THREE MEETINGS AS NEEDED
MARINA COMMITTEE
SORCE
PALMARES.
MATIAS
THREE MEETINGS AS NEEDED
PUBLIC SAFETY
COMMITTEE
MAYOR SORCE
LEDIJU
MATULAC
TWO MEETINGS AS NEEDED
LAKES WATER SYSTEM
SUB-COMMITTEE
MAYOR SORCE
LEDIJU TWO MEETINGS AS NEEDED
PUBLIC SAFETY & QUALITY
OF LIFE TBD THREE SUGGEST THIS IS MERGED WITH
PUBLIC SAFETY
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COUNCIL APPOINTMENTS-2025
January 14, 2025
4 APPOINTMENTS TO COUNTY/REGIONAL/INTER-AGENCY/STATE COMMITTEES/BOARDS
AND OTHER BODIES
NAME OF AGENCY COUNCIL
REPRESENTATIVE
NUMBER OF
APPOINTMENTS NOTES MEETING
INFORMATION
ASSOCIATION OF
BAY AREA
GOVERNMENTS –
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
MAYOR SORCE
BREGENZER
(ALTERNATE)
MATULAC
ONE +
ALTERNATE
COUNCIL APPOINTS
DELEGATE AND
ALTERNATE
MEETS TWICE A
YEAR SPRING/FALL
LEAGUE OF
CALIFORNIA CITIES
– GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
MAYOR SORCE
MATULAC
BREGENZER
(1st Alt)
LEDIJU (2nd Alt)
ONE + TWO
ALTERNATES
BYLAWS REQUIRE
COUNCIL APPOINTS
DELEGATE AND TWO
ALTERNATES
AS SET BY LEAGUE
LEAGUE OF
CALIFORNIA CITIES
– NORTH BAY
DIVISION
BREGENZER
LEDIJU
(ALTERNATE)
ONE +
ALTERNATE
COUNCIL APPOINTS
REPRESENTATIVE
AND ALTERNATE
QUARTERLY
MEETINGS
PLACE AND TIME
TBA
SOLANO COUNTY
MAYOR’S
COMMITTEE
MAYOR SORCE MAYOR
COMPRISED OF ALL
MAYORS – HAS BEEN
ON LIST IN PAST,
BUT PROBABLY
SHOULD BE
REMOVED
3RD WEDNESDAY
6:00 P.M.
SUISUN
SOLANO STATE
PARKS COMMITTEE PALMARES ONE
COUNCIL
APPOINTED ONE
MEMBER ON 9/10/13
TO REPRESENT CITY
OF VALLEJO
MEETINGS AS
NEEDED
SOLANO 360
IMPLEMENTATION
COMMITTEE
TBD TWO MEETINGS AS
NEEDED
MCE CLEAN
ENERGY BOARD
PALMARES
MATULAC (ALT) ONE + ALT.
COUNCIL APPOINTS
TO REPRESENT CITY
OF VALLEJO
3rd THURSDAY OF
THE MONTH ON A
QUARTERLY BASIS
OR AS NEEDED
TRIPARTITE
ADVISORY BOARD GORDON ONE
ADVISORY TO
SOLANO COUNTY
JPA FOR
HOMELESSNESS
QUARTERLY - 4TH
MONDAY IN JAN,
APR, JULY,& OCT. 2-
4 P.M., FAIRFIELD
COMMUNITY
CENTER
COUNCIL APPOINTMENTS-2025
January 14, 2025
5 APPOINTMENTS TO COUNTY/REGIONAL/INTER-AGENCY/STATE COMMITTEES/BOARDS
NAME OF AGENCY COUNCIL
REPRESENTATIVE
NUMBER OF
APPOINTMENTS NOTES MEETING
INFORMATION
SOLANO COUNTY
TRANSPORTATION
AUTHORITY
MAYOR SORCE
MATULAC
(ALTERNATE)
ONE +
ALTERNATE
BYLAWS REQUIRE
BOARD TO BE
COMPRISED OF THE
MAYOR OF THE
SEVEN CITIES, OR A
COUNCIL MEMBER
APPOINTED BY THE
MAYOR OR THE CITY
COUNCIL AS AN
ALTERNATE
2ND WEDNESDAY
6:00 P.M.
TRANSPORATATION
OFFICE
1 HARBOR CENTER,
SUITE 130, SUISUN
SOLANO COUNTY
TRANSIT
(SOLTRANS)
BOARD
MAYOR SORCE
GORDON
LEDIJU
(ALTERNATE)
TWO MEMBERS
+ ONE
ALTERNATE
TWO COUNCIL
MEMBERS + ONE
ALTERNATE FROM
BENICIA AND
VALLEJO + SOLANO
COUNTY MTC REP +
ONE NON-VOTING
STA REP
3RD THURSDAY
4:00 P.M.
VALLEJO CITY
COUNCIL
CHAMBERS OR
BENICIA CITY
COUNCIL
CHAMBERS
SOLANO COUNTY
WATER AGENCY
BOARD
MAYOR SORCE
MATULAC
(ALTERNATE)
MAYOR +
ALTERNATE
MAYOR IS BOARD
MEMBER BY
STATUTE AND
COUNCIL APPOINTS
ALTERNATE
2ND THURSDAY
7:00 P.M.
SOLANO IRRIGATION
DISTRICT OFFICE
509 ELMIRA RD.,
VACAVILLE
SOLANO
ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT
CORPORATION
MATIAS
ONE COUNCIL APPOINTS
BOARD MEMBERS
4TH THURSDAY
9:00 A.M.
BI-MONTHLY
JELLY BELLY
FACTORY
1 JELLY BELLY
LANE, FAIRFIELD
SOLANO WATER
AUTHORITY BOARD
MAYOR SORCE
MATULAC
(ALTERNATE)
MAYOR +
ALTERNATE
COUNCIL APPOINTS
BOARD MEMBER
AND ALTERNATE
MEETS AS NEEDED
SOLANO IRRIGATION
DISTRICT OFFICE
508 ELMIRA RD,
VACAVILLE
SOLANO OPEN
SPACE (SOS) TBDNEED ONE +
ALTERNATE
COUNCIL APPOINTS
BOARD MEMBER
AND ALTERNATE
2ND MONDAY
7:00 P.M.
QUARTERLY
PLACE: TBA
VALLEJO-NAPA
SOLID WASTE
MANAGEMENT
MAYOR SORCE
BREGENZER
(ALTERNATE)
ONE +
ALTERNATE
COUNCIL APPOINTS
BOARD MEMBER
AND ALTERNATE
1ST THURSDAY
9:00 A.M.
AMERICAN CANYON
CITY HALL
4381 BROADWAY ST,
SUITE 201
VALLEJO BUSINESS
EDUCATION
ALLIANCE
TBD ONE +
ALTERNATE
COUNCIL APPOINTS
BOARD MEMBER
AND ALTERNATE
COUNCIL APPOINTMENTS-2025
January 14, 2025
6 NAME OF AGENCY COUNCIL
REPRESENTATIVE
NUMBER OF
APPOINTMENTS NOTES MEETING
INFORMATION
MULTI-
JURISDICTIONAL
HOMELESS TWO
BY TWO
SUBCOMMITTEE &
REGIONAL
HOMELESS
WORKGROUP
LEDIJU
PALMARES TWO MEMBERS COUNCIL APPOINTS
TWO MEMBERS
SUBCOMMITTEE
(2x2)
MONTHLY, SUBJECT
TO CHANGE
WORKGROUP
BI-WEEKLY,
THURSDAYS, 3-4
P.M., SUBJECT TO
CHANGE
NAPA-SOLANO
AREA AGENCY ON
AGING OVERSIGHT
BOARD
MATULAC
TBD
(ALTERNATE)
ONE MEMBER
COUNCIL
APPOINTMENTS
BOARD MEMBER
AND ALTERNATE
4TH MONDAY
10 A.M. – 12 P.M.
HELD
ALTERNATIVELY IN
NAPA COUNTY &
SOLANO COUNTY
BOARD OF
SUPERVISORS
CHAMBERS
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City of Vallejo
Youth Updates
Victoria Grace-Barksdale
Youth Coordinator ( Administrative Analyst ll)
City Manager’s Office
Background
● During goals setting in 2021/2022, Vallejo City Council voted youth programming as a multi year goal and allocated funding, later updated to youth development for 2022/2023 and 2023/2024
● The Youth Coordinator position was created as an Administrative Analyst II position in the City Manager’s Office and filled in August of 2022 ● The position reports to City Manager, Andrew Murray
● The Youth Coordinator position is a liaison between the City and community, assisting to ensure communication and alignment between city departments and the community regarding youth priorities and goals ● This position seeks to utilize City resources to help guide future youth programming progress towards increasing opportunities and positive youth outcomes
Strategic Alignment
Strategy #1: Increase capacity for coordination
between the City of Vallejo and the community by
identifying and building relationships with key youth
stakeholders
● Research on existing service,
programs, resources
● Outreach to new and existing
stakeholders
● Meetings/ Presentations
● School visits
● Supporting Community Events/
attending engagement
opportunities
● College and Career Days at
schools
● City-Wide Youth Need Assessment
Strategy #1 Project Highlights
Youth Needs Assessment
• 12 member Working Group of
youth and youth stakeholders
• Youth survey currently out for
ages 12-25 w/ 10 non-profit
partners gathering responses
• Key stakeholder interviews
underway
• Upcoming focus groups and
community meetings
Community Events and
Engagements
• 33 public events attended in FY
23/24 to speak, network, or
represent the City and build
relationships that support youth
outcomes
• Over 30 staff members from 9
different departments have
participated in College and
Career Days at the local high
schools focused on career
pathways to city jobs
Strategy #2: Increase awareness of youth
services, resources, programs, and activities in
Vallejo
● City of Vallejo Family Resource
Guides
● Vallejo Weekly/Social
media/Website
● Community outreach/
Engagement opportunities/
resource tabling
● Ongoing staff reports at the
City of Vallejo/VCUSD 2x2
Committee
● Providing connections within
the community and city
departments
Strategy # 2 Project Highlights
Community Outreach and Engagement
• 29 public outreach events
attended in FY 23/24 including
resource tabling, presentations,
and community input sessions
• Over 2000 Vallejo Family
Resource Guides distributed and
shared with students, families
and partners to increase
knowledge of resources
programs, services through
partnership with the Robbin
Mackbee Firefighter Youth
Academy
• Continued coverage in the Vallejo
Weekly and social media of
community events, highlight
stories, and resources for youth
and families including standing
pages for the GVRD and the
Solano County Libraries
• Youth, Families and Young adult
website update to include
regional resources and
downloadable content that can
assist Vallejo residents
Strategy #3: Increase equitable youth voice, youth
engagement and youth opportunities within the
City of Vallejo for all youth age 0-25
● Hosting schools, youth
groups, and organizations at
the City of Vallejo
● City of Vallejo Youth
Delegation
● Take YourChild to Work Day
● Youth Strategic Plan
● Vallejo/Benicia Youth
Leadership Training
● Increasing youth input
● Assisting City Departments in
youth engagement
Strategy #3 Project Highlights
Youth group and school
engagements
• City of Vallejo Staff Council
members have sat of panels
and Q & A sessions for Cal
Maritime Academy cadets,
Elite Public Schools, Vallejo
High School, MIT Academy,
Future Leadership Vallejo,
League of Women Voters
Democracy Matters Program
• VCUSD and the City of
Vallejo have co-sponsored 4
Vallejo Youth Delegation
trips to Washington DC,
Georgia, and Florida
Career Pathways and
Exploration
• City of Vallejo partnered with the
Benicia Public Library and the Kyle
Hyland Foundation for Teen Support
to host its first Vallejo/ Benicia Youth
Leadership Training focused on local
resources, pathways to local
government jobs and elected
positions, and advocacy
• Over 80 City of Vallejo Staff members
and their children participated in
career exploration activities from
numerous departments on Take Your
Child To Work Day
Strategy #4: Increase funding opportunities for
youth programs, resources and activities
● Utilizing City of Vallejo funding
for youth opportunities
● Applying for and helping manage
youth grants
● Collaborating/ partnering on
grants
● Referring grants to community
partners
● Providing letters of support for
grants
Strategy #4 Project Highlights
BSCC Prop 64 Grant
• 1.424-Million-dollar grant secured to
address the negative effects of
legalizing marijuana
• 25 youth have been hired to conduct
targeted cleanups through Vallejo.
• Over xx pounds of waste have been
collected in collaboration with Code
Enforcement, Public Works, City
Managers Office and Recology
• Community engagement and
substance-use prevention workshops
under way at local high schools
Tap H2O Program
• Teaching youth about water resource
management
Measure P Youth Priority projects
• Robbin Mackbee Firefighter Youth
Academy to support career pathways
to emergency services
• Greater Vallejo Recreation District
Grant to support youth programming,
activities, and access
VPD Grants for youth
• Project HOPE: Harm-Focused
Outreach, Prevention, and
engagement
• Project HOME: Support for transition-
aged, justice-impacted youth that
need support with mental health and
or substance use
Future Projects
● Prop 64 Grant
○ Continued community clean-ups
○ Community Engagement regarding substance use prevention ● Youth Needs Assessment and Strategic Plan
○ Needs Assessment report: April/May 2025
○ Strategic Plan: July/August 2025
● Measure P-Youth Priorities
○ Youth Community Grants Program
○ Youth Council
CONTACT(S)
Victoria Grace-Barksdale
Youth Coordinator
City Manager’s Office
[email protected]