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INTERNAL OPERATIONS COMMITTEE

Meeting Date:	11/21/2022
Subject: RECOMMENDATION FOR APPOINTMENT TO THE EAST BAY REGIONAL PARKS DISTRICT PARK ADVISORY COMMITTEE
Submitted For:	Monica Nino, County Administrator
Department:	County Administrator
Referral No.:	IOC 22/5
Referral Name:	Advisory Body Recruitment
Presenter:	Julie DiMaggio Enea	Contact:	Julie DiMaggio Enea (925) 655-2056

Information

Referral History:

On December 12, 2000, the Board of Supervisors approved a policy on the process for recruiting applicants for selected advisory bodies of the Board. This policy requires an open recruitment for all vacancies to At Large seats appointed by the Board. The Board also directed that the IOC personally conduct interviews of applicants for At Large seats on several boards, committees, and commissions including the East Bay Regional Parks District (EBRPD) Park Advisory Committee (PAC).

Referral Update:

The Park Advisory Committee (PAC) is a 21-member citizens' advisory group appointed by the East Bay Regional Park District Board of Directors. Candidates are nominated by individual Park District Board members and a variety of other public entities, such as the Mayors' Conference, Board of Supervisors, and Special District Chapters of Alameda and Contra Costa Counties.

The PAC studies issues and makes recommendations and comments on a spectrum of policy issues, such as grazing, dogs, horses and bikes in parks, the Park District budget, naming park facilities, park land use plans, new concessions, and more. Members are appointed for two-year terms and may serve a total of four consecutive terms, or eight years. Meetings are held monthly in Oakland.

In May 2017, Neil Tsutsui (El Cerrito) was appointed to the Board of Supervisors Appointee seat to complete the unexpired term of the seat vacated by Colin Coffey, when Mr. Coffey was appointed to the EBRPD Board of Directors. Mr. Tsutsui was reappointed to a second term on January 1, 2019 and a third term on January 1, 2021.

Staff initiated a four-week recruitment with the attached press release on September 26, 2022. Two applications, attached, were received.

Recommendation(s)/Next Step(s):

INTERVIEW applicants for the Board of Supervisors Appointee seat on the East Bay Regional Parks District Park Advisory Committee for the two-year term of January 1, 2023 through December 31, 2024:

Chad Follmer, (Lafayette)
Neil Tsutsui, incumbent (El Cerrito)

Fiscal Impact (if any):

None. EBRPD Park Advisory Committee members are not compensated.

Attachments
Media Release_EBRPD PAC 2022
Candidate Application_Chad Follmer_EBRPD PAC
Candidate Application_Neil Tsutsui_EBRPD PAC