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FINANCE COMMITTEE

Meeting Date:	03/01/2021
Subject: Draft Bylaws for the Measure X Community Advisory Board
Submitted For:	FINANCE COMMITTEE
Department:	County Administrator
Referral No.:	D.4 2/2/2021
Referral Name:	Measure X Community Advisory Board
Presenter:	Lisa Driscoll, County Finance Director	Contact:	Lisa Driscoll, County Finance Director 925-655-2047

Information

Referral History:

The voters passed Measure X, a ½ cent sales tax levied countywide (exempting food sales), in November 2020. Collection of the sales tax will begin in April 2021 and will be available for distribution in FY 2021-22.

On February 2, 2021, the Board of Supervisors approved the creation of a 17-member Community Advisory Board to recommend funding priorities of annual revenue received under Measure X funds, directed the County Administrator to return to the Board of Supervisors by February 9, 2021 with a process to move forward in soliciting applications and seating members on the Community Advisory Board, and further directed that the Advisory Board be a Brown Act body that is staff by the County Administrator's Office.

On February 9, 2021, the Board of Supervisors clarified the composition and eligibility issues related to seats on the Advisory Board, adopted a process to recruit and appoint members of the Measure X Community Advisory Board, and referred the item to the Finance Committee.

The Clerk of the Board of Supervisors has solicited applications to fill the 17-member Advisory Board through a single recruitment process. Applications shall be referred to each County Supervisor to select three nominees to serve on the Advisory Board (two nominees plus one stand-by nominee). Supervisorial District nominees will be transmitted to the Finance Committee along with all remaining applications for appointment. The Finance Committee shall review the Supervisorial District nominations and select nominees for the remaining seven (7) At-Large seats considering the goals identified by the Board. In the case where the same nominee is selected for a Supervisorial District appointment by multiple Supervisors, the Finance Committee shall take into consideration the stand-by nominees recommended by those Supervisors in resolving the conflict and making a final recommendation to the Board of Supervisors. The Finance Committee shall ultimately make every effort to ensure that there is representation from the broadest cross-section of stakeholders as directed by the Board as well as geographic, racial and ethnic representation reflecting the County’s diversity.

On February 11, 2021, the County issued the attached media release entitled "WOULD YOU LIKE TO SERVE ON THE MEASURE X COMMUNITY ADVISORY BOARD". Applications can be obtained from the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors by calling (925) 655-2000 or via the County website, and are due to the Clerk of the Board no later than 5pm on Thursday, March 11, 2021. Candidate interviews will take place during the month of March and the Board of Supervisors plans to make final appointments in late March or April 2021.

Referral Update:

Attached is a draft set of bylaws for the Measure X Community Advisory Board that incorporates the membership and eligibility terms that the Board of Supervisors approved on February 2nd and amended on February 9th. The framework that was used to develop the draft bylaws has been used previously for the Community Corrections Partnership and Juvenile Justice Coordinating Council and provide the basics for discussion.

Recommendation(s)/Next Step(s):

CONSIDER draft bylaws for the Measure X Community Advisory Board, and
PROVIDE additional staff direction.

Fiscal Impact (if any):

Administrative action with no specific fiscal impact at this time. Once the Community Advisory Board is formed and begins to meet, staff time will need to be allocated to the work of the board for the third and fourth quarters of FY 2020/21.

Attachments
Draft Measue X Community Advisory Board Bylaws
Media Release - Would you like to serve on the Measure X Community Advisory Board