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FROM: Contra
INTERNAL OPERATIONS COMMITTEE ClJslGt
DATE.: March 14, 1988 Ca.�
SUBJECT: v
Expansion of and Appointments to the
Human Relations Commission
SPECIFIC REQUESTS) OR RECOMMENDATION(S) & BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
RECOMMENDATIONS:
1. Direct County Counsel to prepare an ordinance expanding the
Human Relations Commission from 15 to 18 members and return
the ordinance to the Board March 29 for introduction , and
calendar the ordinance for adoption on April 5, 1988.
2 . Indicate the intent of the Board to appoint the following
individuals to the Human Relations Commission and direct the
Clerk of the Board to schedule these appointments on the
Consent calendar for May 10, 1988:
o To the existing vacancy for a term expiring
November 4, 1990:
Wendell H. Williams
67 Orchard Estates Drive
Walnut Creek, CA 94598
o To one of the newly created seats, for a term
expiring November 4, 1990:
Kenneth R. Stanley
1013 Chadwick Circle
Pittsburg, CA 94565
.o To one of the newly created seats, for -a term
expiring November 4, 1989:
Ronald R. Reagan
363 Kinross -Dr.
Walnut Creek, CA 94598
3 . Indicate the Board' s intent to make every effort to appoint
an Hispanic woman from the 5th District to the remaining new
seat on the Human Relations Commission.
4 . Remove this .item as a referral to our Committee.
CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: YES SIGNATURE: '
_ RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR X RECOMMENDATION OF. BOARD COMMITTEE'
X APP VE OTHER
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SIGNATURE s : Sunne W. Mc-Peak Tom Torlakson
ACTION OF BOARD ON March 999
APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED X OTHER
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS '
I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS 1S A TRUE
X UNANIMOUS (ABSENT I, II ) AND CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTION TAKEN
AYES: _ NOES: AND ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE BOARD
ABSENT: ABSTAIN: OF SUPERVISORS. ON THE DATE SHOWN.
CC: County Administrator ATTESTED
Chairman, HRC
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Fred Persi ly, Interim Director, HRC HIL BATCHELOR, CLERK OF THE BOARD OFSUPERVISORS AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR
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BACKGROUND:
As the Board is aware, there is currently one vacancy on the
Human Relations Commission. Several candidates have been
interviewed both by a subcommittee of the Commission and by the
1987 Internal Operations Committee. There is general agreement
that Mr. Williams would be an outstanding addition to the
Commission bringing, as he does, the unique perspectives of the
private sector as well as many years of personal commitment to
the field' of human rights
At the same time, our Committee believes that the gay community
and the fundamentalist religious community should also be
represented on the Commission. In an effort to resolve this
dilemma we have agreed to recommend the expansion of the
Commission in order to permit the appointment of Mr. Stanley and
Mr. Reagan.
Our Committee is sensitive to the concerns which have been
expressed by some members of the Commission that expanding the
Commission can establish a precedent where there will be pressure
in the future to expand the Commission to meet the needs of .other
groups. We are also ,sensitive to the concern that this expansion
will dilute the representation of women on the Commission.
It is our Committee' s clear . intent that this expansion be the
single instance in which the Commission is expanded. In
addition, we have specifically asked that the Board declare its
intent to appoint an .Hispanic woman from the 5th District to the
Commission for the remaining newly created seat on the
Commission.