City Council
MEETING DATE: 4/25/2018
TITLE:
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Reducing the Membership on the Public Arts and Parks and Community Events Commissions
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FROM:
Commission Liaison / Deanna Pressgrove
RECOMMENDATION:
Recommendation
This item is presented for information, discussion and direction only.
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BACKGROUND:
City Council directed Staff to bring back an analysis to determine if the City should amend the Municipal Code reducing the number of Commissioners on the Public Arts and Parks and Community Events Commission from seven to five members.
DISCUSSION:
The Cathedral City Municipal Code currently states that both Commissions shall consist of seven members selected by the City Council.
The Municipal Code also addresses term limits.
Section 2.06.1013 states “no person shall be appointed to and serve substantially more than two full consecutive terms upon any single board or commission and any person who has served substantially two full consecutive terms shall not be reappointed to the same board or Commission until at least the time equal to one full term has elapsed.
Commissioners are appointed for three-year terms.
Below is the status of each Commission.
Public Arts Commission
Alan Carvalho Appointed: 6/2014 Term Expired: 6/2017
Reappointed: 6/2017 Term Expires: 6/2020
Wendy Willson Appointed: 6/2017 Term Expires: 6/2020
Pam Price Appointed: 9/2010 Term Expired: 6/2013 Reappointed: 12/2013 Term Expired: 6/2015
3rd Appointment: 6/2015 Term Expires: 6/2018
Denise Rodriguez Bowman Appointed: 6/2015 Term Expires: 6/2018
Sue Townsley Appointed: 11/2017 Term Expires: 6/2018
Christian Sesma Appointed: 11/2017 Term Expires: 6/2019
Summary
There is currently one vacant seat on the Public Arts Commission.
Commissioner Price will term out June 30, 2018.
Parks and Community Events Commission
Diane Hines Appointed: 7/2010 Term Expired: 6.2012
Reappointed: 7/2012 Term Expired: 6/2015 3rd Appointment: 6/2015 Term Expires: 6/2018
Sarah Clapp Appointed: 6/2016 Term Expires: 6/2018
(filling an unexpired term)
Thomas Kocan Appointed: 6/2017 Term Expires: 6/2020
Valerie Schechter Appointed: 6/2015 Term Expires: 6/2018
Gary Marshall Appointed: 4/2018 Term Expires: 6/2019
(filing an unexpired term)
Alice Daby Appointed: 6/2017 Term Expires: 6/2020
Johnny Huynh-Simmonds Appointed: 6/2015 Term Expires: 6/2018
Summary
Commissioner Hines will term out on June 30, 2018
Three of the Parks and Community Commissioners terms expire on June 30, 2018
If Council directs staff to reduce the Public Arts and Parks and Community Events Commission from seven to five, an ordinance will be brought back for introduction and first reading May 9, 2018.
FISCAL IMPACT:
None
ATTACHMENTS:
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