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FROM: INTERNAL OPERATIONS COMMITTEE Costa
County
DATE: April 26, 1993 - :=
SUBJECT: CHANGES TO THE SIZE AND MEMBERSHIP OF THE HUMAN RELATIONS .
COMMISSION
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S)OR RECOMMENDATION(S)&BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
RECOMMENDATIONS:
1 . ACCEPT the resignations of Pablo Gonzales and George Fujioka
from the Human Relations Commission.
2 . DECLARE vacant for lack of attendance the following seats on
the Human Relations Commission:
* The seat occupied by David Jackson
* The seat occupied by Chaosarn Chao
* The seat occupied by Winnie Woo
* The seat occupied by Jacob Adams
3 . AGREE to reduce the size of the Human Relations Commission
from 18 to 12 members and DIRECT the County Counsel to prepare
and return to the Board of Supervisors an Ordinance to
accomplish this reduction by amending County Ordinance Code
Section 26-8 . 012 (a) to reduce the number of members from 18
to 12 and to make any associated technical corrections to the
Ordinance.
4 . Pending adoption and enactment of such an amendment to the
County Ordinance Code, DIRECT that for purposes of conducting
business, the Human Relations Commission ignore vacant seats
on the Commission in determining their quorum requirements,
effective May 4, 1993 .
CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: YES SIGNATURE:
RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD CO I T
APPROVE OTHER
SUNNE WRIG` M P J F TH
SIGNATURE(S)
ACTION OF BOARD ON May 4 , 19.93 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE
UNANIMOUS(ABSENT ) 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.
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CC: SUPERVISORS AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR
BY DEPUTY
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5 . AUTHORIZE the Human Relations Commission to interview the
candidates whose applications were forwarded to our Committee
on April 26, 1993, along with any additional applications the
Commission may receive and provide the Commission' s comments
and recommendations to our Committee on June 28, 1993, along
with the copies of all applications the Commission received or
considered in their interviewing process . We would
specifically request that the Commission provide our Committee
with at least two recommendations for each vacancy on the
Commission.
BACKGROUND:
A number of vacancies on the Human Relations Commission have been
accepted by the Board of Supervisors in the past few months and the
vacancies have been referred to our Committee for action. We have
advertised for applicants and have received 24 applications . On
April 26 , 1993, we met with the Chair of the Human Relations
Commission, Olivia Tafolla Moritz, and reviewed a letter from the
Commission which had been referred to our Committee by the Board of
Supervisors . In this letter, the Commission noted the need to
declare several seats vacant and requested that the Board of
Supervisors reduce the size of the Commission from 18 to 12
members .
We agree that 12 is a more workable size for the Human Relations
Commission and therefore are recommending that the County Counsel
prepare an Ordinance to accomplish this change and return it to the
Board of Supervisors for action.
In our meeting with Ms . Moritz, it was noted that two additional
resignations needed to be accepted and we have, therefore, included
these in our recommendations .
The Commission has indicated that it would like to interview the
applicants and provide our Committee with the Commission' s comments
and recommendations . We agree with this process, but want to
insure that the Commission provides us with recommendations for at
.least twice as many appointments as there are vacancies .
cc: Supervisor Tom Torlakson
Supervisor Tom Powers
Supervisor Jeff Smith
Supervisor Gayle Bishop
Supervisor Sunne Wright McPeak
County Administrator
Auditor-Controller
Olivia Tafolla Moritz, Chair, HRC