Special Notice / Hearing: None__
Vote Required: Majority
To: Honorable Board of Supervisors
From: President Don Horsley
Supervisor Dave Pine
Subject: Appointments to the 2018 Charter Review Committee
RECOMMENDATION:
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Adopt a resolution:
A) Amending and restating Resolution 075570 which established the 2018 Charter Review Committee; and
B) Appointing members to the 2018 Charter Review Committee.
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BACKGROUND:
On November 7, 2017, the Board of Supervisors adopted Resolution 075548 which established the 2018 Charter Review Committee and directed the Committee to consider specific issues for its review. On November 21, 2017, the Board adopted Resolution 075570 which amended its November 7th resolution to correct an inaccuracy in the scope of the issues the Board was directing the Committee to review.
As required by Section 801 of the County's Charter, the 2018 Charter Review Committee will review the Charter and make recommendations for amendment or revision to the Board of Supervisors. The 2018 Charter Review Committee will serve from January 2018 to June 2018 and will submit to the Board, no later than June 30, 2018, its recommendations regarding amendments to the Charter.
As set forth in the resolution presented to the Board on November 7, 2017, and amended by the Board at that time, the 2018 Charter Review Committee was proposed to have eighteen members, to be selected as follows: (1) each member of the Board shall appoint two residents from his or her Supervisorial District; (2) one person shall be designated by each of the following six organizations for appointment to the Committee by the Board of Supervisors: the County School Boards Association, the Council of Cities, the League of Women Voters, SamCEDA, the San Mateo County Central Labor Council, and the Youth Commission; and (3) one person shall be designated by the Board to represent each of the following interests of communities of concern and large businesses....
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