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INTERNAL OPERATIONS COMMITTEE

Meeting Date:	12/14/2015
Subject: FISH & WILDLIFE COMMITTEE RECRUITMENT
Submitted For:	John Kopchik, Director, Conservation & Development Department
Department:	Conservation & Development
Referral No.:	IOC 14/5
Referral Name:	ADVISORY BODY RECRUITMENT
Presenter:	Maureen Parkes	Contact:	Maureen Parkes 925-674-7831

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Referral History:

In June 2014, the IOC reviewed Board Resolution Nos. 2011/497 and 2011/498, which stipulate that applicants for At Large/Non Agency-Specific seats on specified bodies are to be interviewed by a Board subcommittee. The Resolutions further permit a Board Committee to select a screening committee to assist in interviewing applicants for appointment. Upon review of the eligible seats, the IOC made a determination that it would conduct interviews for At Large seats on the following bodies: Retirement Board, Fire Advisory Commission, Integrated Pest Management Advisory Committee, Planning Commission, Treasury Oversight Board, Airport Land Use Commission, Aviation Advisory Committee and the Fish & Wildlife Committee; and that screening and nomination fill At Large seats on all other eligible bodies would be delegated each body or a subcommittee thereof.

Referral Update:

The Fish & Wildlife Committee was established by the Board in December 1994 to advise the Board on fish and wildlife issues, make recommendations for the expenditure of funds from the Fish and Wildlife Propagation Fund, and to address issues surrounding the enforcement of fish and game laws and regulations of the County. The Committee comprises ten members: one nominated by each County Supervisor, four At Large seats, and one At Large Alternate seat. Seat terms were recently extended from two to four years at the direction of the IOC. The IOC conducts interviews for the At Large and At Large Alternate seats.

On December 31, 2015, the terms for the At Large #1 and #2 seats will expire. The Conservation & Development Department recruited for applicants as described in the attached transmittal memo. Six applications, including two from the incumbents, were received.

Recommendation(s)/Next Step(s):

INTERVIEW the following candidates for the At Large #1 and #2 seats for three-year terms 1/1/16-12/31/18* and DETERMINE recommendations for Board of Supervisors consideration:

Elizabeth Brunckhorst, Concord
Scott Cashen, Walnut Creek
Rhonda Gehlke, incumbent, Oakley
Scott Hanson, Martinez**
Shaun Horne, El Cerrito
Jay Jahangiri, Martinez
Kathleen Jennings, incumbent, Concord
Caitlyn Obolsky, Hercules

* The seat terms will convert to four years terms beginning 1/1/19.
**Note that Mr. Hanson disclosed a financial relationship with the County.

Fiscal Impact (if any):

None.

Attachments
Fish & Wildlife Transmittal and Applications