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Home My Public Portal About09) 9A City Commission DiscussionCity Council September 4, 2018 Page 2 of 4 The table below provides a brief overview of the City's current Commissions: Name of #of . Terms Term Limit Meeting Dates Commission Commissioner . Seats . .. Planning 5 2 year terms No limit 2"' and 41" Tuesdays of the month Parks and 5 2 year terms No limit 3'' Wednesdays of the month Recreation Transportation 5 2 year terms No limit 2"' and 41" Wednesdays of the and Public Safety month The longest serving commissioner served a total of 34 years. Below lists the names of the longest serving commissioner for each of the City's commissions: Name of Commission Name of Commissioner Years Served Total Years of Service Planninq J. Seibert 1986-1992 26 vears Parks and Recreation L. Adams 1964-1998 34 years Transportation and 0. Nimri 2010-2020 10 years Public Safety For the past 10 years (i.e., 2008-current for Planning and Parks and Recreation Commission and 2010-current for Transportation and Public Safety), there has been 16 commissioners that resigned for personal reasons or moved out of the city, 6 that did not reapply to continue their term, and 4 that were not reappointed: Name of ResignedcPersonal reason/ Did not reapply-Personal Not reappointed Commission Moved out of the city reason/Moved out of the city Planning J. Seibert-26 yrs A Leung-4rs P. Horton-6 yrs S. Curran-3 yrs E. Chen-2 yrs D. Griffith -22 yrs V. Yu-6 yrs *Council MValenzuela-2 yrs J.LeBerthon-8 yrs C. Sternquist-2 mos *Council Transportation B. Baudendistel-2 yrs P. Shen-2 yrs and Public Safety D. Redmond-4 yrs N. Stratis-7 yrs S. Haddad-6 mos (Planning Comm) Parks and C. Goad-10 yrs D. Arrighi-4 yrs P. Miller-4 yrs Recreation P. Yugar-1 yrs R. Lopez-2 yrs A Olivas-2 yrs P. Vigil-1 yr S. Wen-1 yr M. Wong-1yr N. Fish-10 yrs *Council T. Chavez-6 yrs *Council City Council September 4, 2018 Page 3 of 4 Attached (Attachment "A") is a list of City's current commissioners with their original appointment date for Council's reference. The longest tenure for our current commissioner is 12 years; the shortest, two years. Commissioner meeting attendance logs for the past 10 years showed that the Planning Commission has had 10 meetings with only 3 commissioners present; Transportation and Public Safety Commission has had 10 meetings with only 3 commissioners present; and Park and Recreation Commission has had 14 meetings with only 3 commissioners present. No meetings were cancelled due to lack of quorum this past year (i.e., 2017-2018). Per City Council's direction, staff surveyed neighboring cities (i.e., Arcadia -population 58,822, Monrovia -population 37,061, Rosemead -population 54,554, San Gabriel - population 40,514, Duarte-population 21,757, El Monte-population 116,109, South El Monte -population 20,987) and obtained the following information regarding their commissions and commissioners: City Term Limit # of Commissioners . Recruitment Process new/returning . Arcadia 4 yr/term, 2 terms Planning-5 Entire Council reviews P & R-5 applications and discusses Library-5 applicant at special meeting. Human Resources-5 Only Planning Commission Museum-5 applicants are interviewed. Arcadia Beautiful-? Senior Citizens-8 Return -Must reapply. Monrovia 3 yr/term, no limit Community Svc-5 Interviews conducted by Library-5 Council liaison and Dept Old Town-5 head. Planning-? Historic-? Rosemead 2 yr/term, no limit Planning-5 New-Interviews by entire Traffic-5 Council during a Special City Parks-5 Council Meeting San 2yr/term, no limit Civil Svc-5 Interviews by entire CounciL Gabriel Community Svcs-5 Planning-5 Return -Council may choose Historic-5 not to re-interview Design Review-3 (DRC members must be licensed architects) Duarte 4yr/term, no limit Planning-5 Entire Council conducts Public Svc-5 interviews Traffic Safety-5 P & R-7 Public Safety-? Economic Dev.-8 City Council September 4, 2018 Page 4 of 4 El Monte 4yr/term, 2 terms South El 1yr/term, no limit Monte Community Svc-3 Mayor reviews applications Planning-5 and makes recommendations to Council. Mayor appoints. Patriotic-5 Entire Council reviews Planning-5 applications and makes Community Svc-7 appointments City Council is requested to continue their discussion regarding the City Commissions. Should City Council decide to make any change(s) to the structure of City Commissions, City Council would need to adopt an ordinance to amend Municipal Code Section 2-6A-1, 2-6E-1 and 9-1 B-9 (i.e., Municipal Code Title 2: Administration, Chapter 6: City Commissions, Article A: Parks and Recreation, Article E: Transportation and Public Safety Commission, and Title 9: Zoning Regulations, Article B: Planning Commission). CITY STRATEGIC GOALS: City Council discussion regarding the number of comm1ss1oner seats for each commission promotes the City's Strategic Goals of Good Governance and Citizen Education and Communication. FISCAL IMPACT: This item does not have an impact on the Fiscal Year (FY) 2018-19 City Budget. ATTACHMENT: A. Current commissioners list with original appointment date ATTACHMENT A 9701 Las Tunas Drive • Temple City • California 91780 • 626-285-2171 PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION Donna Georgina Lance Baroldi Kristel Haddad Cynthia Vance Joanne Rosso LOCAL APPOINTMENTS LIST FIRST APPOINTED 07/01/12 07/01/15 02/19/13 07/01/16 07/01/13 UPDATED 08/24/2018 CURRENT TERM 07/01/18-06/30/20 07/01/17-06/30/19 07/01/18-06/30/20 07/01/17-06/30/19 07/01/17-06/30/19 QUALIFICATIONS: Qualified electors of the city at time of City Council appointment and throughout term PLANNING COMMISSION Helen Marston John Cordes Serge Haddad Tom O'Leary Jeffrey Lee FIRST APPOINTED 07/01/15 07/05/11 02/17/15 08/19/08 07/05/17 CURRENT TERM 07/01/17-06/30/19 07/01/17-06/30/19 07/01/18-06/30/20 07/01/18-06/30/20 07/01/17-06/30/19 QUALIFICATIONS: Qualified electors of the city at time of City Council appointment and throughout term TRANSPORTATION & PUBLIC SAFETY COMMISSION Douglas Blatt Jim Clift Ousama Nimri Noel Palmeiri Betty Kwan FIRST APPOINTED 07/01/15 12/07/10 12/07/10 07/05/17 07/05/17 CURRENT TERM 07/01/17-06/30/19 07/01/17-06/30/19 07/01/18-06/30/20 07/01/18-06/30/20 07/01/17-06/30/19 QUALIFICATIONS: Qualified electors of the city at time of City Council appointment and throughout term 'Commissioners serve a 2 year term with no term limit.