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INTERNAL OPERATIONS COMMITTEE

Meeting Date:	04/10/2023
Subject: RECOMMENDATION FOR APPOINTMENTS TO THE HAZARDOUS MATERIALS COMMISSION
Submitted For:	Anna Roth, Health Services Director
Department:	Health Services
Referral No.:	IOC 23/5
Referral Name:	Advisory Body Recruitment
Presenter:	Michael Kent, Executive Assistant to the Hazardous Materials Commission	Contact:	Michael Kent, 925-313-6587

Information

Referral History:

The Hazardous Materials Commission was established in 1986 to advise the Board, County staff, and the mayors, 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 to analyze and develop recommendations regarding hazards materials issues with consideration to broad public input, and report back to the Board on Board referrals.

The Environmental Justice Alternate seat was vacated due to the resignation of Heather Youngs and declared vacant by the Board of Supervisors on February 28, 2023 (Item C. 21). The by-laws of the Hazardous Materials Commission provide for one environmental justice representative, being a layperson from a community that is highly impacted and burdened by hazardous material facilities and releases, who will be able to represent community interests, screened by the Internal Operations Committee, and appointed by the Board of Supervisors.

Referral Update:

The Hazardous Materials Commission recruited for the open Environmental Justice Alternate seat for five weeks (flyer attached). The Commission received four qualified applications (attached). At its March 23, 2023 meeting, the Commission unanimously voted to recommend Kevin Ruano Hernandez for the Environmental Justice Alternate seat. The term for this seat expires on December 31, 2025.

Recommendation(s)/Next Step(s):

RECOMMEND to the Board of Supervisors the appointment of Kevin Hernandez to the Environmental Justice Alternate seat on the Hazardous Materials Commission to complete the current term that will expire on December 31, 2025.

Attachments
Media Release-HazMat Commission
Application_Kevin Hernandez_HazMat
Application_Latifah Abdullah_HazMat
Application_Alexandria Lanier_HazMat
Application_Heidi Taylor_HazMat