To: Board of Supervisors
From: Shanelle Scales-Preston, District V Supervisor
Report Title: Non-Voting Member Appointments to the Marathon Community Benefits Agreement Review Panel.
☒Recommendation of the County Administrator ☐ Recommendation of Board Committee
RECOMMENDATIONS:
1. APPOINT Edgar Cruz to represent the Department of Conservation and Development, as a non-voting member, on the Marathon Community Benefits Agreement Review Panel for a term ending on August 30, 2029, as recommended by Supervisor Scales-Preston.
2. APPOINT Armando Carrasco to represent the District V Supervisor’s Office, as a non-voting member, on the Marathon Community Benefits Agreement Review Panel for a term ending on August 30, 2029, as recommended by Supervisor Scales-Preston.
FISCAL IMPACT:
None.
BACKGROUND:
The Review Panel shall review and evaluate the Marathon Community Benefits Agreement funding applications. The Review Panel shall make non-binding funding allocation recommendations to the District 5 Supervisor using the scoring criteria established in the Improving Our Communities: Vision and Guidance for Distributing Community Benefit Funds from Two Renewable Fuels Projects report.
It is understood that the Board of Supervisors is the final decision-making authority with respect to issues concerning the Marathon Community Benefits Agreement funds and that the Review Panel shall serve solely in an advisory capacity.
The Marathon Community Benefits Agreement Review Panel will be made up of nine members:
Two (2) non-voting members; one non-voting member representing the Department of Conservation and Development and one non-voting member representing the District V Board of Supervisor’s Office
Seven (7) voting members in the following four categories:
Category A: Two (2) individuals who live or work in the unincorporated community of Clyde;
Category B: Two (2) individuals who live or work in the unincorporated community of Pacheco; and
Category C: Two (2) individuals who live or work in the unincorporated community of Vine Hill;
Category D: One (1) individual who is knowledgeable of the needs of the entire area surrounding the Marathon Project.
Four members of the Review Panel shall serve an initial two (2) year term and three members will serve four (4) year terms. Of the persons serving an initial two-year term, one shall be from Category A, one from Category B, one from Category C, and one from Category D.
All subsequent terms shall be for four (4) years. All persons on the Review Panel will be subject to a two-term limit.
Non-Voting members shall serve at the discretion of their respective department heads.
CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:
The suggested appointees would not be able to serve on the Marathon Community Benefits Agreement Review Panel, and the Department of Conservation of Development and the District V Supervisor’s Office would not have representation on the panel.