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CITY OF
y ' NEWPORT BEACH
' City Council Staff Report
June 9, 2015
Agenda Item No. 20
TO: HONORABLE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL
FROM: Leilani I. Brown, City Clerk — (949) 644 -3005, (brown @newportbeachca.gov
PREPARED BY: Leilani I. Brown, City Clerk
PHONE: (949) 644 -3005
TITLE: Board and Commission Scheduled Vacancies - Confirmation of Nominees
ABSTRACT:
The annual vacancies on City Boards and Commissions will occur on June 30, 2015.
the vacancies shall be followed in accordance with City Council Policy A -2 — Board,
Committee Appointments.
RECOMMENDATION:
Confirm the nominations made by the Ad Hoc Appointments Committee:
Board of Library Trustees [2 vacancies /minimum 4 nominees]
Gloria Alkire
Jill Johnson - Tucker (incumbent)
William O'Neill
David Sheffner
The process to fill
Commission and
Building and Fire Board of Appeals [2 vacancies /minimum 4 nominees, however only 3 applicants]
James Anderson (incumbent)
George Crall
Khosrow (Scum) Nourmohammadi (Nour)
City Arts Commission [1 vacancy /minimum 2 nominees]
Arlene Greer (incumbent)
Jacqueline Hahn
Civil Service Board [1 vacancy /minimum 3 nominees]`
1. Roberta Fesler
2. Douglas Coulter
3. Gloria Alkire
. Pursuant to Charter Section 710, this year's Civil Service Board appointment will come from a list of three
nominees as provided by a majority of the Civil Service Board Members. Additionally, the Civil Service
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Board ranked the nominees (as noted above) for City Council consideration
Harbor Commission [1 vacancy /minimum 2 nominees]
William Avery (incumbent)
John Drayton
Parks, Beaches & Recreation Commission [2 vacancies /minimum 4 nominees]
Lee Cassidy
Laird Hayes (incumbent)
William Hossfeld
Alison Ryffel
Planning Commission 13 vacancies /minimum 6 nominees]
Hitta Mosesman
Kory Kramer (incumbent)
Jay Myers (incumbent)
Debra Stevens
Erik Weigand
Peter Zak
FUNDING REQUIREMENTS
There is no fiscal impact.
DISCUSSION:
At the regular meeting of the City Council held on April 28, 2015, Mayor Selich appointed Mayor Ed Selich,
Mayor Pro Tern Diane Dixon, and Council Member Tony Petros to serve on an Ad Hoc Appointments
Committee to review applications and make recommendations to the full Council for the Board and
Commission vacancies scheduled to occur on June 30, 2015.
The deadline to submit applications was Wednesday, May 13, 2015, at 4:00 p.m. The Ad Hoc
Appointments Committee reviewed the applications on file and conducted interviews on Jane May 22, 2015 and
Jane May 26, 2015. Regarding the Civil Service Board vacancy, a Civil Service Board subcommittee of Board
Members Mike Talbot and Debbie Allen interviewed candidates on May 18, 2015 and May 22, 2015, and
recommended three individuals, as ranked in the recommendation.
The Ad Hoc Appointments Committee is now requesting that the City Council confirm the nominations as
listed in the recommendation.
The appointments to fill the vacancies are scheduled for the June 23, 2015 City Council Meeting. All new
terms will be effective July 1, 2015, with an expiration date of June 30, 2019, except the unscheduled
vacancies on the Building and Fire Board of Appeals (Ron Yeo's seat) and the Planning Commission (Larry
Tucker's seat). The two seats will expire on June 30, 2016; however, the individuals filling the unscheduled
vacant seats will be eligible to reapply for their respective seats next year in order to serve for a full four -
yearterm.
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).
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