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C. 25

To:	Board of Supervisors
From:	INTERNAL OPERATIONS COMMITTEE
Date:	April 16, 2019

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Subject:

RECOMMENDATION FOR APPOINTMENT TO THE HAZARDOUS MATERIALS COMMISSION

APPROVE	OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR	RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE

Action of Board On: 04/16/2019

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:	Julie DiMaggio Enea (925) 335-1077
cc:	Hazardous Materials Ombudsman IOC Staff

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 16, 2019
David Twa,

BY:	, Deputy

RECOMMENDATION(S):

APPOINT 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.

FISCAL IMPACT:

No fiscal impact.

BACKGROUND:

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 Internal Operations Committee (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.

BACKGROUND: (CONT'D)

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.

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 and received one application. 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. The Internal Operations Committee reviewed and approved this recommendation at its regular meeting on April 8, 2019. Since the current seat term will expire on December 31, 2019, the Committee 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.