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TO: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
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FROM: FISH AND WILDLIFE COMMITTEE l.11.lu
DATE: JANUARY 28, 1997 ��J
SUBJECT: REPORT ON REAPPOINTMENTS TO THE FISH AND WILDLIFE COMMITTEE
SPECIFIC REQUESTIS) OR RECOMMENDATIONS) & BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
RECOMMENDATIONS
ACCEPT report from Fish and Wildlife Committee recommending that the Board of Supervisors maintain
continuity in the membership of the Fish and Wildlife Committee as the Committee enters its second year
since being reestablished.
FISCAL IMPACT
None.
REASON FOR RECOMMENDATION/BACKGROUND
On December 13, 1994, the Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors voted to reestablish the Fish and
Wildlife Committee. The process of advertising the availability of positions on the Fish and Wildlife
Committee, interviewing applicants, selecting members, and determining staffing did not conclude until
the February 5, 1996 meeting of the Internal Operations Committee. The reestablished Fish and Wildlife
Committee held its first meeting on February 28, 1996, and the terms of office for all nine members began
on this date. The December 13, 1994 action of the Board established a two year term of office for
members of the Fish and Wildlife Committee, but specified that five of the nine seats on the Committee,
including two of four at-large seats and representatives from Districts II, III, and V, would have an initial
term of one year in order to stagger the expiration dates of Committee members. Representatives of
Districts 11 and III were reappointed to a second term by Board actions in the fall of 1996. The terms of
the District V representative and two at-large members expire on February 28, 1997.
CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: X YES SIGNATURE:
Thomas K. Studley
Chair, Fish & Wildlife Committee
_ RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
APPROVE OTHER
SIGNATURE(S):
ACTION OF BOARD ON January,.28;. 19.9:7_ 'APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED X OTHER
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
UNANIMOUS (ABSENT - 1 HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE AND
AYES: NOES: CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTION TAKEN AND
ABSENT: ABSTAIN: ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE BOARD
OF SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE SHOWN.
Contact: John Kopchik (510) 335-1227 ATTESTED January 28, 1997
cc: Community Development Department PHIL BATCHELOR, CLERK OF THE
Clerk of the Board, Maddy Book BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AND
CAO, Attn: Claude Van Marter COUNTY DMINISTRAT
BY: JA , DEPUTY
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Board Order
Report on reappointments to the F&W Committee
January 28, 1997
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REASON FOR RECOMMENDATION/BACKGROUND (Cont'd)
The Fish and Wildlife Committee has met monthly since February of 1996, and has devoted a significant
amount of time to organizational and procedural matters and to information gathering. In its first 10
months, the activities of the Fish and Wildlife Committee included: reviewing and recommending
modifications to the Board-mandated role of the Committee (recommendations approved by the Board on
April 1, 1996), developing and approving Committee bylaws, electing officers, establishing a regular
meeting date and place, approving a Conflict of Interest Code for submission to the Board, establishing
protocols, in conjunction with the County Administrator's Office, for communicating with other parties,
creating a process for evaluating requests for funding from the Fish and Wildlife Propagation Fund, creating
a funding application and a recommended submission deadline, and notifying the public of the availability
of funding applications through mailings and the publication of an article in the Contra Costa Times. The
Committee has also devoted significant time to gathering background information on fish and wildlife
issues in the County. The Committee has received presentations from game wardens, other Department
of Fish and Game representatives, interested citizens, and Committee members, and has also reviewed and
discussed written materials referred by the Board or received from other agencies.
To enable the Fish and Wildlife Committee to efficiently build on the foundation of organizational and
information gathering work completed in its first year and shift its focus to policy-oriented issues, the Fish
and Wildlife Committee recommends that the Board of Supervisors seek to maintain continuity in the
membership of the Committee as it enters its second year.
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