To: Board of Supervisors
From: Internal Operations Committee
Report Title: RECOMMENDATION FOR APPOINTMENT TO THE EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT PARK ADVISORY COMMITTEE
?Recommendation of the County Administrator ? Recommendation of Board Committee
RECOMMENDATIONS:
APPOINT Paul Detjens to the Board of Supervisors Appointee seat on the East Bay Regional Parks District Park Advisory Committee for the two-year term of January 1, 2025 through December 31, 2026.
FISCAL IMPACT:
None. EBRPD Park Advisory Committee members are not compensated.
BACKGROUND:
The Park Advisory Committee (PAC) is a 21-member citizens' advisory group appointed by the East Bay Regional Park District (EBRPD) Board of Directors. Candidates are nominated by individual Park District Board members and a variety of other public entities, such as the Mayors' Conference, Board of Supervisors, and Special District Chapters of Alameda and Contra Costa Counties. The Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors nominates one representative.
The PAC studies issues and makes recommendations and comments on a spectrum of policy issues, such as grazing, dogs, horses and bikes in parks, the Park District budget, naming park facilities, park land use plans, new concessions, and more. Members are appointed for two-year terms and may serve a total of four consecutive terms, or eight years. Meetings are held monthly in Oakland.
In May 2017, Neil Tsutsui (El Cerrito) was appointed to the Board of Supervisors Appointee seat to complete the unexpired term of the seat vacated by Colin Coffey, when Mr. Coffey was appointed to the EBRPD Board of Directors. Mr. Tsutsui was reappointed to a second term on January 1, 2019, a third term on January 1, 2021, and a fourth term on January 1, 2023, which is due to expire on December 31, 2024.
On December 12, 2000, the Board of Supervisors approved a policy on the process for recruiting applicants for selected advisory bodies of the Board. This policy requires an open recruitm...
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