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C.139

To:	Board of Supervisors
From:	Anna Roth, Health Services Director
Date:	July 14, 2020

Contra

Costa

County

Subject:

Approve Revised Bylaws for the Hazardous Materials Commission

APPROVE	OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR	RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE

Action of Board On: 07/14/2020

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:

Sarah Kennard (925)335-1910

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: July 14, 2020
,

BY:	, Deputy

RECOMMENDATION(S):

APPROVE the Amended Bylaws of the Contra Costs County Hazardous Materials Commission attached hereto, as recommended by the Hazardous Materials Commission Ombudsman and the Health Services Director.

FISCAL IMPACT:

There is no fiscal impact for this action.

BACKGROUND:

On December 9, 2019, the Board’s Sustainability Committee voted to recommend that an environmental justice seat be added to the membership of the County’s Hazardous Materials Commission (Commission). The Board considered this recommendation on January 21, 2020. Instead of adding a seat for an environmental justice representative, the Board voted to convert a vacant environmental organization seat to an environmental justice seat, and directed that the Commission’s bylaws be amended to reflect this change.

BACKGROUND: (CONT'D)

The attached Amended Bylaws of the Contra Costa County Hazardous Materials Commission (Amended Bylaws) reflects the new environmental justice seat and reduction of the number of environmental organization seats from three to two. The Amended Bylaws includes a description of the required qualifications of the environmental justice representative that is consistent with the Sustainability Committee’s original recommendation. To conform to a requirement in Health and Safety Code section 25135.2, the Amended Bylaws also show an increase in the number of representatives of cities from two to three. This change increases the number of members of the Commission from 13 to 14. The Amended Bylaws also corrects or updates citations to applicable laws and resolutions and includes other non-substantive changes. Changes are shown in the redlined bylaws attached.

CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:

The Amended Bylaws would not be adopted, and the current bylaws of the Commission would not reflect the required membership of the Commission.