REPORT TO COUNCIL
SUBJECT
Title
Action on Amendments to Appointments to City Committees and Area Wide/Outside Agency Committees for the 2020 Calendar Year [Council Pillar: Enhance Community Engagement and Transparency]
Report
BACKGROUND
Annually, the Mayor requests that the City Council appoint members of the City Council to the City and Area Wide/Outside Agency Committee assignments. The 2020 appointments to City Committees (Attachment 1) and Area Wide/Outside Agency Committees (Attachment 2) were approved by the City Council at the December 17, 2019 City Council meeting.
At the January 28, 2020 City Council meeting, the Council was asked to note and file an informational report on Councilmember Patricia M. Mahan’s resignation from the City Council. Her resignation was effective as of February 1, 2020, resulting in a vacant seat in District 5, and vacancies on the 2020 appointments to the City and Area Wide/Outside Agency Committees.
DISCUSSION
City staff met with Mayor Lisa M. Gillmor to review her recommendations to fill the committee appointment vacancies created by Councilmember Mahan’s resignation, which are listed below:
City Committees
• Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Committee
o Appoint Councilmember Chahal as Chair
o Appoint Councilmember Davis as Alternate
• Audit Committee
o Appoint Mayor Gillmor as Chair
o Appoint Councilmember Watanabe as Member
o Appoint Vice Mayor Hardy as Member
o Appoint Councilmember Davis as Alternate
• Economic Development, Communications, and Marketing Committee
o Appoint Councilmember Davis as Chair
o Appoint Mayor Gillmor as Member
o Appoint Councilmember Watanabe as Member
o Appoint Vice Mayor Hardy as Alternate
• Caltrain Modernization Local Policymaker Group (CalMod)
o Appoint Councilmember Watanabe as Member
o Appoint Councilmember Chahal as Alternate
• City/Mission College Liaison Committee
o Appoint Mayor Gillmor as Chair
o Appoint Councilmember Davis as Member
o Appoint Vice Mayor Hardy as Member
o Appoint Councilmember O’Neill as Alternate
• Human Trafficking Commission
o Appoint Councilmember Watanabe as Member
o Appoint Councilmember Davis as Alternate
• Santa Clara University Liaison/Neighborhood-University Relations Committee (NURC)
o Appoint Mayor Gillmor as Chair
o Appoint Vice Mayor Hardy as Member
o Appoint Councilmember Chahal as Member
o Appoint Councilmember O’Neill as Alternate
• Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (SCVTA) Board of Directors
o Appoint Councilmember O’Neill as Member
• Silicon Valley Animal Control Authority (SVACA)
o Appoint Councilmember O’Neill as Member
o Appoint Councilmember Chahal as Alternate
• Triton Museum of Art
o Appoint Councilmember Davis as Member
o Appoint Councilmember Chahal as Alternate
The redline and clean versions of the proposed amended 2020 City Committees list are included as Attachments 3 and 4. The redline and clean versions of the proposed amended 2020 Area Wide/Outside Agency Committees list are included as Attachments 5 and 6.
ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW
The action being considered does not constitute a “project” within the meaning of the California Environmental Quality Act (“CEQA”) pursuant to CEQA Guidelines section 15378(a) as it has no potential for resulting in either a direct physical change in the environment, or a reasonably foreseeable indirect physical change in the environment.
FISCAL IMPACT
There is no fiscal impact to the City other than staff time.
PUBLIC CONTACT
Public contact was made by posting the Council agenda on the City’s official-notice bulletin board outside City Hall Council Chambers. A complete agenda packet is available on the City’s website and in the City Clerk’s Office at least 72 hours prior to a Regular Meeting and 24 hours prior to a Special Meeting. A hard copy of any agenda report may be requested by contacting the City Clerk’s Office at (408) 615-2220, email clerk@santaclaraca.gov <mailto:clerk@santaclaraca.gov> or at the public information desk at any City of Santa Clara public library.
RECOMMENDATION
Recommendation
Approve the amendments to appointments to City Committees and Area Wide/Outside Agency Committees for the 2020 Calendar Year.
Staff
Approved by: Mayor Lisa M. Gillmor
ATTACHMENTS
1. 2020 City Committee List (Final)
2. 2020 Outside Agency Committee List (Final)
3. 2020 City Committee List February 2020 redline
4. 2020 City Committees List February 2020 clean
5. 2020 Outside Agency Committee List February 2020 redline
6. 2020 Outside Agency Committee List February 2020 clean