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FAMILY AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMITTEE

Meeting Date:	03/22/2021
Subject: Advisory Body Appointments
Submitted For:	Monica Nino, County Administrator
Department:	County Administrator
Referral No.:	N/A
Referral Name:	Advisory Body Appointments
Presenter:	Various	Contact:	Enid Mendoza, (925) 655-2051

Information

Referral History:

On January 7, 2020, the Board of Supervisors adopted Resolution No. 2020/1 to amend governing requirements and policies for making appointments to advisory bodies to the Board of Supervisors. This resolution supercedes Resolution No. 2011/497.

Section III.A. of Resolution No. 2020/1, Type 2: At Large/Countywide Appointments, states that when an advisory body conducts interviews, the body’s recommendation will be provided to a Board Committee for further review, along with all applications received for the applicable seat. In all cases, the Board Committee decides which applicants to nominate for full Board action.

Contra Costa Advisory Council on Aging (ACOA):
ACOA provides a means for county-wide planning, cooperation and coordination for individuals and groups interested in improving and developing services and opportunities for the older residents of this County. The Council provides leadership and advocacy on behalf of older persons and serves as a channel of communication and information on aging.

The Advisory Council on Aging consists of 40 members serving 2 year staggered terms, each ending on September 30. The Council consists of representatives of the target population and the general public, including older low-income and military persons; at least one-half of the membership must be made up of actual consumers of services under the Area Plan. The Council includes: 19 representatives recommended from each Local Committee on Aging, 1 representative from the Nutrition Project Council, 1 Retired Senior Volunteer Program, and 19 Members at-Large.

The Area Agency on Aging, the ACOA Membership Committee and the Clerk of the Board, using CCTV, recruit for these seats. The Contra Costa County EHSD website contains dedicated web content where interested members of the public are encouraged to apply. The website provides access to the Board of Supervisors official application with instructions on whom to contact for ACOA related inquiries, including application procedure.

Local Planning and Advisory Council for Early Care and Education (LPC):
The review of applications for appointments to the LPC was originally referred to the Family and Human Services Committee by the Board of Supervisors on April 22, 1997.

The LPC coordinates programs and services affecting early child care and education, including recommendations for the allocation of federal funds to local early child care and education programs.

The LPC consists of 20 members: 4 consumer representatives - a parent or person who receives or has received child care services in the past 36 months; 4 child care providers - a person who provides child care services or represents persons who provide child care services; 4 public agency representatives - a person who represents a city, county, city and county, or local education agency; 4 community representatives - a person who represents an agency or business
that provides private funding for child care services or who advocates for child care services through participation in civic or community based organizations; and 4 discretionary appointees - a person appointed from any of the above four categories or outside of those categories at the discretion of the appointing agencies.

Terms of appointment are 3 years.

Referral Update:

The Contra Costa Advisory Council on Aging's Executive Committee reviewed the attached applications at their February 3, 2021 meeting and determined that the applicant meets the Council's eligibility requirements and needs and requests that the Committee recommend the appointments to the Board of Supervisors.

The Local Planning and Advisory Council for Early Care and Education and County Superintendent of Schools for Contra Costa County have reviewed the attached applications and determined that the applicants meet the eligibility requirements and requests that the Committee recommends appointment to the Board of Supervisors.

Recommendation(s)/Next Step(s):

RECOMMEND that the Board of Supervisors:

1. APPOINT Susan Meltzer to the Member At-Large #18 seat on the Advisory Council on Aging, with a term expiring September 30, 2022, and

2. REAPPOINT the following individuals to Local Planning and Advisory Council for Early Care and Education, the specified seats and terms listed below:

Appointee	Seat	Term Expiration
Stacie Cooper-Roundtree	Child Care Provider 4 - East County	April 30, 2024
Amy Wells	Public Agency 1 - West County	April 30, 2024
Candy Duperrior	Discretionary 1 - East County	April 30, 2024
Cathy Roof	Discretionary 3 - Central/South County	April 30, 2024
Liliana Gonzalez	Public Agency 2 - Central/South County	April 30, 2024

Fiscal Impact (if any):

There is no fiscal impact.

Attachments
ACOA Appointment Memo
Meltzer Application
LPC Reappointments Memo
Cooper-Roundtree, Duperroir, Roof and Gonzalez Applications
A.Wells Application