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To:	Board of Supervisors
From:	INTERNAL OPERATIONS COMMITTEE
Date:	April 17, 2018

Contra

Costa

County

Subject:

RECOMMENDATIONS FOR APPOINTMENTS TO THE COUNTYWIDE REDEVELOPMENT SUCCCESSOR AGENCY OVERSIGHT BOARD

APPROVE	OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR	RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE

Action of Board On: 04/17/2018

APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED

OTHER

Clerks Notes:

VOTE OF SUPERVISORS

AYE:

John Gioia, District I Supervisor
Candace Andersen, District II Supervisor
Diane Burgis, District III Supervisor
Karen Mitchoff, District IV Supervisor
Federal D. Glover, District V Supervisor

Contact:

Maureen Toms (925) 674-7878

I hereby certify that this is a true and correct copy of an action taken and entered on the minutes of the Board of Supervisors on the date shown.
ATTESTED: April 17, 2018
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BY:	, Deputy

RECOMMENDATION(S):

APPOINT Jack Weir to the Public Member seat; CREATE an Alternate to the Public Member seat and APPOINT William Swenson to the Alternate member seat on the Countywide Redevelopment Successor Oversight Board to four-year terms effective July 1, 2018 through June 30, 2022.

FISCAL IMPACT:

The Countywide Oversight Board has no direct impact on the General Fund. Members of the Oversight Board do not receive compensation.

BACKGROUND:

On February 6, 2018, the Board of Supervisors referred to the Internal Operations Committee the public member application process for the Countywide Redevelopment Successor Oversight Board.

BACKGROUND: (CONT'D)

The California state legislature enacted Assembly Bill x1 26 to dissolve redevelopment agencies formed under the Community Redevelopment Law (Health and Safety Code Section 33000 et seq.); and on February 1, 2012, the redevelopment agencies in 17 jurisdictions in Contra Costa County were dissolved. Each of these jurisdictions declared that they would act as successor agency for their dissolved Redevelopment Agencies. Oversight Boards for each of these 17 Successor Agencies were established in accordance with the Dissolution Act.

Beginning July 1, 2018, there will be only one oversight board in Contra Costa County. The purpose of this County Oversight Board is to oversee all redevelopment successor agencies in the County. This new oversight board will be staffed by the County Auditor-Controller with assistance from the Contra Costa County Department of Conservation (DCD). The Countywide oversight board is appointed as follows:

(1) One member may be appointed by the county board of supervisors.
(2) One member may be appointed by the city selection committee established pursuant to Section 50270 of the Government Code. In a city and county, the mayor may appoint one member.
(3) One member may be appointed by the independent special district selection committee established pursuant to Section 56332 of the Government Code, for the types of special districts that are eligible to receive property tax revenues pursuant to Health and Safety Code Section 34188.
(4) One member may be appointed by the county superintendent of education to represent schools if the superintendent is elected. If the county superintendent of education is appointed, then the appointment made pursuant to this paragraph shall be made by the county board of education.
(5) One member may be appointed by the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges to represent community college districts in the county.
(6) One member of the public may be appointed by the county board of supervisors.
(7) One member may be appointed by the recognized employee organization representing the largest number of successor agency employees in the county.

In the coming months, the Board of Supervisors will need to make the appointment for Seat 1 on the oversight board. Seat 1 may be filled by a member of the Board of Supervisors or another representative of the County selected by the Board. Staff anticipates the Board Chair will make a nomination for Seat 1. The appointment can be a board member, other elected official, staff member, or member of the public. DCD staff and the auditor controller made a presentation to the Mayors Conference on March 1 regarding the countywide oversight board. The Mayor's Conference appointed an individual for Seat 2 at their April 5, 2018 Mayor's Conference meeting. The auditor controller met with the special districts selection committee in January and their appointment for Seat 3 is forthcoming. Staff will be outreaching to the superintendent of schools for the appointment of seat 4 and on January 24, 2018, the governing board of the community college district appointed Vicki Gordon to Seat 5.
Seat 6 is designated for a member of the public to be appointed by the Board of Supervisors. Seat 7 will be appointed by the recognized employee organization representing the largest number of successor agency employees in the county. The auditor controller has sent out surveys to all of the successor agencies that include a question of the number of Successor agency employees and their representation. Once the determination is made, staff will reach out to the appropriate organization for the appointment to Seat 7.

If any Oversight Board member position has not been filled by July 15, 2018, the Governor may appoint people to those positions.

In anticipation of the need for the Board of Supervisors to appoint a member of the public for Seat 6, the Internal Operations Committee conducted a recruitment for applicants. The IOC considered qualifications for the public member (Seat 6) appointment, as follows:

All appointees must be electors of this County;
If any eligibility requirement is not maintained, the Board shall immediately terminate the appointment upon notification by the advisory body chair; or
An interest in complex business agreements and financial transactions.

Staff opened a recruitment on February 13 that was scheduled to close on March 23 but was extended through March 30. Jack Weir (Pleasant Hill) and William Swenson (Oakley) submitted applications, which are attached. The Internal Operations Committee interviewed both candidates on April 9, on which today's recommendations are based.

The statute does not specify a term of office for the Public Member seat. The Board's practice is to set the seat term for four years unless otherwise specified.