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File #: 20-767    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Memo Status: Passed
File created: 9/1/2020 Departments: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS DISTRICT 1
On agenda: 10/6/2020 Final action: 10/6/2020
Title: Recommendation for appointments to the Housing and Community Development Committee: A) Shannon Bergman, representing Public At-Large member, for an initial partial term ending December 31, 2022; and B) Richard Beadle, representing Coastside member, for an initial partial term ending December 31, 2020.
Sponsors: Dave Pine, Don Horsley
Special Notice / Hearing: None__
Vote Required: Majority

To: Honorable Board of Supervisors
From: Supervisor Dave Pine, District 1
Supervisor Don Horsley, District 3
Subject: Appointments to the Housing and Community Development Committee

RECOMMENDATION:
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Recommendation for appointments to the Housing and Community Development Committee:

A) Shannon Bergman, representing Public At-Large member, for an initial partial term ending December 31, 2022; and

B) Richard Beadle, representing Coastside member, for an initial partial term ending December 31, 2020.

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BACKGROUND:
The Housing and Community Development Committee (HCDC) makes recommendations to the Board of Supervisors related to the expenditure of all housing and community development funds, and reviews and provides a forum for public comment on affordable housing and community development needs and priorities related to the development of the Consolidated Plan and related Annual Action Plans.

DISCUSSION:
Shannon Bergman is being recommended to serve for an initial partial term formerly held by Roderic Walton, who resigned mid-term due to moving out of the County. Richard Beadle is being recommended to serve an initial partial term for a seat formerly held by Elaina Cuzick who resigned mid-term.

Shannon Bergman has an extensive background in planning, as a past member of the San Carlos Planning Commission and the San Carlos Residential Design Review Committee. She also has an impressive career in technology operations, including her time in the US Army as a satellite technician). Her academic background includes a doctoral dissertation on urban poverty from Pepperdine University that includes research on how low-income housing can revitalize individuals and families through viable housing. This combination of talents and interests will make Shannon Bergman a particularly valuable member of the Housing and Community Development Committee.

Richard Beadle is a Montara resi...

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