Special Notice / Hearing: None__
Vote Required: Majority
To: Honorable Board of Supervisors
From: President Warren Slocum, District 4
Subject: Appointments of Alternates to the Peninsula Clean Energy Board of Directors
RECOMMENDATION:
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Recommendation for the appointments of the Director and the Assistant Director of the Sustainability Department of the County of San Mateo to the Peninsula Clean Energy Board of Directors, to serve as alternates in the absence of either of the two members of the County Board of Supervisors who have been appointed to the Peninsula Clean Energy Board of Directors.
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BACKGROUND:
Peninsula Clean Energy is a community-controlled, not-for-profit, joint powers agency formed as a Community Choice Aggregation (CCA) program by San Mateo County and all 20 of its cities and towns in 2016, and joined by the City of Los Banos in 2020. As a CCA, Peninsula Clean Energy offers many environmental and economic benefits to its residential and business customers.
The Peninsula Clean Energy Board of Directors consists of two board members from the County and one member of the governing board from each of the 20 cities within the County of San Mateo, plus the city of Los Banos.
DISCUSSION:
The joint powers agreement states: "Each Party may appoint an alternate(s) to serve in the absence of its Director(s). Alternates may be either (1) members of the Board of Supervisors or members of the governing board of the municipality that is the signatory to this Agreement, or (2) staff members of the County or any such municipality."
The San Mateo County Sustainability Department strives to improve the sustainability of the County's operations and the greater community through work that is designed to bring solutions today while solving for tomorrow. The Sustainability Department has programs to help the county both fight and prepare for climate change and to ensure the use of clean energy. Given the expertise required to manage t...
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