Special Notice / Hearing: None__
Vote Required: Majority
To: Honorable Board of Supervisors
From: Supervisor Carole Groom
Subject: Reappointments to the Resource Conservation District Board of Directors
RECOMMENDATION:
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Recommendation for the reappointments of Barbara Kossy and Neal Kramer to the Resource Conservation District Board of Directors, each for a term ending December 31, 2022.
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BACKGROUND:
The Resource Conservation District (RCD) is a non-regulatory public benefit district that helps people protect, conserve, and restore natural resources through information, education, and technical assistance programs.
The duties of the district are to use very diverse means to further resource conservation in the district. They act as a focal point for local conservation efforts to collaborate with land owners and managers, technical advisors, area jurisdictions, government agencies, and others to protect, conserve and restore natural resources. The district provides services in four programs areas: (1) conservation and watershed planning, (2) conservation project implementation, (3) education, and (4) permitting.
DISCUSSION:
Barbara Kossy has served on the RCD since January 2013 and wishes to be reappointed. Neal Kramer has served on the RCD since February 2009 and wishes to be reappointed.
These reappointments contribute to the 2025 Shared Vision statement of a Collaborative Community. Our diverse population works well together to build strong communities, effective government and a prosperous economy, civic engagement - including voting, public service, charitable giving, volunteerism, and participation in public discussions of important issues is uniformly high among the diverse population of San Mateo County.
FISCAL IMPACT:
None.