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INTERNAL OPERATIONS COMMITTEE

Meeting Date:	04/08/2019
Subject: RECOMMENDATION FOR APPOINTMENT TO THE HAZARDOUS MATERIALS COMMISSION
Submitted For:	Anna Roth, Health Services Director
Department:	Health Services
Referral No.:	IOC 19/5
Referral Name:	Advisory Body Recruitment
Presenter:	Michael Kent, Exec Asst to the Commission	Contact:	Michael Kent (925) 313-6712

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Referral History:

In 2013, 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 Committee. The IOC made a determination that it would delegate the screening and nomination of Hazardous Materials Commission candidates to the Commission, for review by the IOC.

The Hazardous Materials Commission was established in 1986 to advise the Board, County Staff and the mayor's council members, and staffs of the cities within the County, on issues related to the development, approval and administration of the County Hazardous Waste Management Plan. Specifically, the Board charged the Commission with drafting a Hazardous Materials Storage and Transportation Plan and Ordinance, coordinating the implementation of the Hazardous Materials Release Response Plan and inventory program, and analyzing and developing recommendations regarding hazards materials issues with consideration to broad public input, and reporting back to the Board on Board referrals.

Referral Update:

The Environmental Organizations #2 seat was declared vacant by the Board of Supervisors on June 13, 2018 due to resignation, and was posted by the Clerk of the Board. The bylaws of the Commission provide that Environmental Organizations #2 seat be nominated by an environmental organization, but that no particular environmental organization will have an exclusive right to nominate an individual to this seat and, therefore, which environmental organization is represented on the Hazardous Materials Commission rests with the Internal Operation Committee and ultimately the Board of
Supervisors.

The Hazardous Materials Commission advertised for this open seat (attached) and received one application (also attached). On February 28, 2019, the Commission voted unanimously to recommend that Jonathan Bash be appointed to this seat. His application and letter of recommendation from the Sierra Club are attached. Since the current seat term will expire on December 31, 2019, staff is recommending that Mr. Bash be appointed to complete the current term and also to a new four year term that will expire on December 31, 2023.

Recommendation(s)/Next Step(s):

RECOMMEND to the Board of Supervisors the appointment of the Jonathan Bash, representing the Sierra Club, to the Environmental Organizations #2 seat on the Hazardous Materials Commission to complete the unexpired term ending on December 31, 2019 and to a new term that will expire on December 31, 2023.

Attachments
HMC Environmental Seat Announcement
Sierra Club Letter of Recommendation_J. Bash
Candidate Application_Jonathan Bash_HazMat Comm
Hazardous Materials Commission Roster_March 2019