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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 10222013 - C.28RECOMMENDATION(S): APPOINT, in lieu of election, the following person to Reclamation District No. 2026 (Webb Tract) ["District"] Board of Trustees for a four year term, as requested by the District: David E. Forkel Martinez, CA 94553-6538 FISCAL IMPACT: Board members are not compensated by RD 2026. BACKGROUND: The Board of Supervisors has received correspondence from the Law Office of Al Warren Hoslett and Pamela Forbus, representing the Board of Trustees of Reclamation District No. 2026 (Webb Tract) ("District"). Mr. Hoslett is the Secretary of the District Board of Trustees. The District has respectfully requested that the Board of Supervisors appoint Mr. David Forkel of 1330 Arnold Drive, #142 Martinez, CA, in APPROVE OTHER RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE Action of Board On: 10/22/2013 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER Clerks Notes: VOTE OF SUPERVISORS AYE:John Gioia, District I Supervisor Candace Andersen, District II Supervisor Mary N. Piepho, District III Supervisor Karen Mitchoff, District IV Supervisor Federal D. Glover, District V Supervisor Contact: 925-335-1907 I hereby certify that this is a true and correct copy of an action taken and entered on the minutes of the Board of Supervisors on the date shown. ATTESTED: October 22, 2013 David Twa, County Administrator and Clerk of the Board of Supervisors By: June McHuen, Deputy cc: C. 28 To:Board of Supervisors From:Mary N. Piepho, District III Supervisor Date:October 22, 2013 Contra Costa County Subject:APPOINTMENT IN LIEU OF ELECTION TO RECLAMATION DISTRICT NO. 2026 (WEBB TRACT) BOARD OF TRUSTEES BACKGROUND: (CONT'D) lieu of election, to fill one open seat on the District's Board of Trustees. The District is governed by a three-member board. For contested elections, board members are elected by landowners to staggered four-year terms, with each voter entitled to cast one vote per acre owned within the district. The single landowner within RD 2026 is Delta Wetlands Properties, a private, for profit entity. Uncontested vacancies on the governing body are filled by appointment by the Board of Supervisors. The correspondence reflects that a nominating petition was filed for the nominee; that the number of nominating petitions received did not exceed the number of offices to be filled; that notice was published on September 20, 2013 pursuant to Water Code Section 50471 advising that no election would be held for the office of Trustee of the District; and that no petition requesting an election is known to have been filed. CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION: The proposed nominee to Reclamation District 2026 (Webb Tract) Board of Trustees would not be approved. CHILDREN'S IMPACT STATEMENT: None. ATTACHMENTS RD 2026 correspondence