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Home My WebLink AboutMINUTES - 09171991 - S.3 TO: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS FROM: Contra Supervisor Tom Torlakson Costa DATE: 1 County September117 , 1991 SUBJECT: STRUCTUREIAND COMPOSITION OF PROPOSED REGIONAL AGENCY INTERIM GOVERNING BOARD (UNDER CONSIDERATION BY ABAG) SPECIFIC REQUEST(S) OR RECOMMENDATION(S) & BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION RECOMMENDED ACTION: Refer to the Internal Operations Committee to review the proposed membership composition of the Regional Agency Interim Governing Board and develop a position for recommendation to the Board of Supervisors and ABAG. I BACKGROUND INFORMATION: The Legislative and Governmental Organization Committee of ABAG has reviewed various proposals submitted by different groups on the composition of the interim governing board of a new consolidated Regional Agency. Thelproposal for a new regional agency comes out of both the Bay Vision 2020 and the ABAG Executive Committee discussions and recommendations . Under consideration is the merger of today's ABAG, MTC and Air Board functions into the new regional agency. Attached is the preliminary and final L&GO Committee recommendations . Both were approved on split votes . The subject of representation is, of course, complex and controversial. I believe we should carefully review the recommended representation, especially the issue of elected and non-elected officials and the balance of city and county representation. An important community meeting, sponsored by ABAG, is being held in Contra Costa County on Thursday, September 19, at 7 : 30 p.m. at the Walnut Creek City Hall . TT:gro I Attachment I i CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: YES SIGNATURE: RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE APPROVE OTHER I SIGNATURE(S) ACTION OF BOARD ON 1-7, APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER VOTE OF SUPERVISORS X UNANIMOUS (ABSENT ) I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE AYES: NOES: AND CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTION TAKEN ABSENT: ABSTAIN: AND ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE SHOWN. CC: County Administrator - Van ATTESTED Phil Batchel r, Clerk of the Board of - Supervisors and County Administrator M382/7-83 1 BY DEPUTY I ,. r , ASSOCIATION OF BAYAREAGOVERNMENTS LEGISL'ATION& GOVERNMENTAIDRGANIZATIONCOMMITTEE . JULY 17, 1991 I SUMMARYMINUTES Members Present Vice-Mayor Shirley Sisk, Alameda County Cities, Chair Supervisor Mary, Griffin, President Mayor M. Patricia Hilligoss, Sonoma County Cities Councilmember I Warren Hopkins, Past-President Councilmember Barbara Rogers, Santa Clara County Cities Mayor Peter Snyder, Alameda County Cities Councilmember I Dick Spees, City of Oakland Supervisor TomlTorlakson, Contra Costa County Members Absent Councilmember Nancy Ianni, City of San Jose Supervisor Tom Nolan, San Mateo County Councilmember Vaso Medigovich, Marin County Cities, Vice-Chair. Mayor Gary FalIati, Vice-President Others Present Mary Vail, Assistant to the Executive Director Gary Binger, Planning Director Dr. Victor Jones Wes McClure The meeting was called to order at 3:10 p.m. 1 a. Discussion iof structure of regional agency interim governin& board. . There was a lengthy discussion on this issue. Hopkins proposed an over-arching General Assembly-type body with 1 representative for each jurisdiction with an Executive Board for day-to-day operations with 39;members and . a subregional structure as well. Sisk felt there needed to be more definition of the powers of the governing board before structure can be,determined. Snyder said small cities and rural areas that are less dense feel put upon and controlled by I ITEM 1 I the more populous areas when representation is determined by population only. It was felt there was a need to address the changing role of the county in the future. Torlakson said the make-up of the Board should be totally local elected officials. ...;. Spees said it should not be totally elected. That input from others and a buy-in.from special interest groups such as labor, economic development, business, environment ,education etc... is important. The committee agreed that specific organizations to provide representatives would not be. identified but, that certain interest areas would be asked to nominate candidates who.,would. then be appointed by the local elected officials on the board. It was discussed as to whether they should be represented in a separate advisory group. Spees made the I proposal of a board of 39 members, split 32 (80%) local .elected and 7(20%) appointed. It was then proposed to move the total up to 42 with 35 (83%) local.elected and 7 (17%) appointed. The breakout of representation agreed to is detailed in the attached memo to the Executive Board which is made a part of these minutes. The Committee adopted this proposal with one no vote. Torlakson voted no because he was in favor of atotay local elected board. � ll � wd cM,c:� �hmmittee then voted on an amendment offered by Torlakson that would designate one of the local elected official seats to alternate, for appointment,. between cities ,and counties. The Committee accepted this on a 4-2 vote. The committee also included as part of the motion the concept that as much of the existing board structures)of ABAG, BAAQMD and MTC be retained for continuity. 1 b. Gary Binger reviewed the questionnaire on powers and authority of the regional-agency and the responses that had been received. This will be presented to the Executive Board on August 22 and the information used in discussion at the subregional meetings. i 1 c. The updated subregional meeting schedule was distributed. 2 a. The Committee voted unanimously to recommend to the Executive Board that.ABAG . study the possibility of expanding membership to include school districts: This request was referred to the Committee by the Interagency Fiscal Unity and Reform Committee. The Committee agreed to ask the Board for authority to explore the issue and.,make."specific recommendations on structure, representation, dues, etc... The Committee also included in the motion the idea that representatives, particularly of school districts, of the Interagency I _ _ I Committee would participate. I - 2 b.The committee agreed that the Interagency Fiscal Reform Subcommittee for Legislation should work with the L&GO Committee as a whole and should be sure to include school district representatives. 3. There was no action on legislation. Torlakson asked for AB 494 to be on the August 22 agenda for consideration of support. The meeting adjodmed at 4:30 p.m. I " I I min.717 7/17/91 I I i i I I i I I August 12, 1991 TO: Executive Board FR: Mary Vail, Assistant to Execut re RE: L&GO Recommendation on Proposed Regional Agency Interim Governing Board Composition As requested by the Executive Board, the L&GO Committee formulated recommendations on composition of the interim governing board of a new consolidated Regional Agency. The Committee reviewed various proposals that have been made by'different groups in developing its recommendation. The L&GO recommendation is presented below, followed by the various alternatives that the Committee considered. This background information is: . provided for information and discussion purposes at the Board meeting next week'. I , L&GO COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION 1. The Governing;Board would consist of 42 members. 2. 35 (83%) should be local elected officials and 7 (17%) should be non-elected. I 3. The local elected officials would be appointed by County Boards of Supervisors and City Selection Committees and should, as much as possible, retain those who .have ,been participating members of the ABAG, BAAQMD and MTC boards, to retain their expertise and continuity. I , 4. The non-elected officials would be appointed by the local-elected official committee . members. 5. The non-elected members would come.from specialty/interest areas' such as 'labor, business, environment and education. j 6. The suggested imake-up of th -35 ocal elected officials is based.partly on countywide population and partly on a desire to provide rural counties with adequate representation: I I i Rotating* Cjjjes Counjy Alameda 1 4** 1 Contra Costa 1 2 1 Marin V`�'` 1 1 1 Napar� �LO 1 1 1 San Mateo INX� \ 1 2 1 San Francisco .,�� 0 1 1 1 Santa Clara i� �`� T. 1 4*** 1 Solano '�.�� ' �c�ti�`fh 1 1 1 Sonoma X � *One seat in each county w uld rotate (alternate) b een cities and the county for appointment with each term. j �ZZZ V S ,� } ** One seat to Oakland ** *One seat to San Jose OTHER PROPOSALS THAT WERE CONSIDERED 1. FINAL RECOMMENDATION OF THE- BAY VISION 2020 COMMISSIO FOR (�, COMPOSITION OF INITIAL GOVERNING BOARD � 41' a. Each of the nine.counties should have at least one representative. Representation s ould ` generally reflect population size. Board size would be 35-40 people. b. There should be no alternates and board members should be paid. c. The board should consist partly (60%) of local elected officials (county supervisors and city councilmembers) and partly of representatives of the public at-large (40%). d. Appointments would be made by a panel of 10 residents of the nine-county Bay Area made up of five local elected officials chosen by ABAG, one appointed by the Governor, one by the President Pro Tem of the State Senate and one by.the Speaker.of the. State Assembly. Two other panel members would be people of community stature and'broad regional perspective. e. The interim board would make a recommendation as to whether the permanent board should be appointed or elected. 2. RECOMMENDATION OF BAY VISION ACTION COALITION - STEERING COMMITTEE i a. The interim governing board should consist of 39 members. 26 (67%.) local elected officials, 13 (33%) non-elected appointments. cu PAQ47Can�F 3 b. The local elected representatives should be currently serving city councilmembers .or county supervisors, appointed by a process that takes into account population,representation from both large and.1 small communities and all geographic areas of the region. I c. The non-elected officials would be selected by the local elected members through a nomination process by special interest groups representing business,environment,education, etc... 3. PREFERENCE !OF SOME LOCAL GOVERNMENT RESPONDENTS TO THE REQUEST FOR COMMENTS ON BAY VISION 2020 REPORT a. Membership of the governing board should be of a sufficient number to provide adequate representation of both large and small jurisdictions and would consist of 100% local elected officials, appointedi through a county-based (Mayors Conference, Board .of Supervisors) system. I ; I . I I ' I I I I i I