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oaH'P City Council Staff Report Agenda Item No. 20
June 25, 2013
TO: HONORABLE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL
FROM: City Clerk's Office
Leilani I. Brown, City Clerk
949 - 644 -3005, (brown @newportbeachca.gov
PREPARED BY: Leilani I. Brown, City Clerk
APPROVED:
TITLE: A OINTMENTS TO BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS
ABSTRACT:
The annual vacancies on City Boards and Commissions will occur on June 30, 2013.
The process to fill the vacancies shall be followed in accordance to Council Policy A -2 —
Board, Commission, and Committee Appointments.
RECOMMENDATION:
Make appointments to the Boards and Commissions from the nominees listed below.
All new terms will be effective on July 1, 2013, with an expiration date of June 30, 2017,
excluding the two current vacant seats on the Building and Fire Board of Appeals,
whose terms will expire on June 30, 2016.
Board of Library Trustees [1 vacancy /2 nominees]
Roxana Mehrfar
John Prichard
Building and Fire Board of Appeals [4 vacancies /7 nominees]
George Crall
John De Frenza
Jay Elbettar
Brion Jeannette
Richard Luehrs
James Pirdy
Ron Yeo
APPOINTMENTS TO BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS
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City Arts Commission [3 vacancies /6 nominees]
Carole Boller (incumbent)
Judy Chang
Cynthia Gallagher
Caroline Logan (incumbent)
Michaell Magrutsche
Charles Ware
Civil Service Board [1 vacancy /2 nominees]
Gloria Alkire
Mike Talbot (incumbent)
Harbor Commission [2 vacancies /4 nominees]
John Drayton
David Girling (incumbent)
Stephen Scully
Joseph Stapleton
Parks, Beaches & Recreation Commission [2 vacancies /4 nominees]
Laird Hayes
Walter Howald
Marie Marston (incumbent)
Michael Melby
Planning Commission [2 vacancies /4 nominees]
Bradley Hillgren (incumbent)
Tyler Holst
Raymond Lawler
Albert Marshall
DISCUSSION:
The above nominees were confirmed by the City Council at the meeting of June 11,
2013. Nominees were selected from applications received and on file in the City Clerk's
Office.
Copies of all of the applications were included with the agenda packet of June 11, 2013,
and are being recycled for your review.
APPOINTMENTS TO BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS
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Appointments
Pursuant to City Council Policy A -2, appointments to the Boards and Commission will
take place in the following manner:
A. The City Council will vote on all appointments simultaneously. The voting will be
by paper ballot and the City Clerk will tabulate and announce the results,
including the vote tally.
B. Each member of the City Council will cast the appropriate number of votes for
Board and Commission on the paper ballot. In order to be appointed, an
applicant must receive at least four votes.
For the Building and Fire Board of Appeals appointments, the two nominees with the
highest votes shall serve the term beginning July 1, 2013 and ending June 30, 2017.
The other two nominees shall serve the terms that were originally scheduled to begin on
July 1, 2012 and end June 30, 2016.
ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW:
Staff recommends the City Council find this action is not subject to the California
Environmental Quality Act ( "CEQA ") pursuant to Sections 15060(c)(2) (the activity will
not result in a direct or reasonably foreseeable indirect physical change in the
environment) and 15060(c)(3) (the activity is not a project as defined in Section 15378)
of the CEQA Guidelines, California Code of Regulations, Title 14, Chapter 3, because it
has no potential for resulting in physical change to the environment, directly or
indirectly.
NOTICING:
The agenda item has been noticed according to the Brown Act (72 hours in advance of
the meeting at which the City Council considers the item).
Submitted by:
Leilani I Brown, MMC
City Clerk