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MEMORANDUM
DATE: October 16, 2012
TO: The Honorable City Council
FROM: Jose E. Pulido, City Manager ~
By: Peggy Kuo, City Clerk
AGENDA
ITEM 7.0
SUBJECT: ADOPTION OF PROPOSED RESOLUTION NO. 12-4861 APPOINTING
MAYOR PRO TEM CYNTHIA STERNQUIST AS TEMPLE CITY'S
REPRESENTATIVE ON THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE SAN
GABRIEL VALLEY MOSQUITO & VECTOR CONTROL DISTRICT
RECOMMENDATION:
The City Council is requested to adopt proposed Resolution No. 12-4861 appointing
Mayor Pro T em Cynthia Sternquist as the City's representative on the San Gabriel
Valley Mosquito & Vector Control District Board of Trustees for a two-year term of office
ending on December 31, 2014.
BACKGROUND:
1 . The San Gabriel Valley Mosquito & Vector Control District (District) was founded in
1989 to protect residents from mosquito-borne disease through public education,
surveillance, and control of mosquitoes.
1. On December 7, 2010, City Council appointed Council member Sternquist as
Temple City's representative on the Board of Trustee of the San Gabriel Valley
Mosquito & Vector Control District. Her appointment was for a two year term
starting from January 1, 2011 to December 31 , 2012.
2. On September 18, 2012, the City received a letter from San Gabriel Valley
Mosquito & Vector Control District requesting that the City Council appoint a
qualified individual to the Board of Trustees prior to its January 11, 2013 meeting
as the term for the City's current Board of Trustee (i.e., Mayor Pro Tern Sternquist)
will end on December 31, 2012.
City Council
October 16, 2012
Page 2
ANALYSIS:
The San Gabriel Valley Mosquito & Vector Control District (District) promotes cooperation
and communication with property owners, residents, social and political groups, and other
governmental agencies to aid in the efforts of educating the public about mosquito-borne
diseases. The District is governed by a twenty-four member Board of Trustees with one
Trustee appointed by each contracting city and one by the County of Los Angeles. A
map of the District is attached. (Attachment "C")
City of Temple City is one of 24 member agencies that comprise the San Gabriel Valley
Mosquito & Vector Control District. The District provides mosquito and harmful disease
vector control services for its member agencies. As part of its membership in the District,
Temple City controls one seat on the District's Board of Trustees.
The District has requested that the City Council appoint a qualified individual to the
Board of Trustees prior to its January 11, 2013 meeting. Mayor Pro Tern Sternquist is
the current delegate and was appointed to serve in this position on December 7, 2010.
Her term ends on December 31, 2012.
Per the California Health and Safety Code Section 2024 (a) the term of office for a
member of the board of trustee shall be for a term of two or four years, at the discretion
of the appointing authority (i.e., San Gabriel Valley Mosquito & Vector Control District)
beginning January 1 and ending December 31.
Mayor Pro Tern Sternquist has indicated that she would be willing to continue to serve
as the City's representative on the San Gabriel Valley Mosquito & Vector Control
District Board of Trustees for another two year-term of office ending on December 31,
2014.
CONCLUSION:
The City Council is requested to adopt a resolution approving the appointment of Mayor
Pro Tern Sternquist as the City's representative on the San Gabriel Valley Mosquito &
Vector Control District for a two-year term of office ending December 31, 2014.
FISCAL IMPACT:
This item does not have an impact on the Fiscal Year (FY) 2012-13 City Budget.
A TT ACHMENT(S):
A. Letter from SGV Mosquito & Vector Control District
B. Map of SGV Mosquito & Vector Control District
City Council
October 16, 2012
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C . Resolution No. 12-4861
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SAN GABRIEL VALLEY
MOSQUITO & VECTOR CONTROL DISTRICT
September 14, 2012
1145 N. Azusa Canyon Road
West Covina, California 91790
(626) 814-9466 • FAX (626) 337-5686
e-mail: district@sgvmosquito.org
Jose E. Puliedo, City Manager
City of Temple City
9701 Las Tunas Drive
Temple City, CA 91780
Dear Mr. Puliedo :
Attachment A
The tenn of office for the representative from the City of Temple City to the Board of
Trustees for the San Gabriel Valley Mosquito and Vector Control District ends on December
31,2012. The Board ofTrustees respectfully requests that the City Council appoint a
representative to the Board of Trustees prior to its January 11,2013 meeting. Your City
Council may choose someone other than a Councilmember so long as that individual is a
voter in that city and a resident of that portion of the city that is within the District.
Per the California Health and Safety Code Section 2024 (a) the term of office for a member
ofthe board oftrustees shall be for a term of two or four years, at the discretion of the
appointing authority beginning January 1 and ending December 31.
Please notify this District of the City Council's action by forwarding a copy of
documentation certifying the City Council's action.
It is the policy of this Board of Trustees to notify each appointing authority of the District's
Nepotism Policy which prohibits the appointment of a person to a position if that person is a
member of the immediate family of a current Trustee or any current employee. Immediate
family is defined in the policy as a "spouse, stepfather, sister-in-law, brother-in-law,
daughter-in-law and stepson." A list of employee names will be submitted upon request.
Although your City Council may appoint any qualified person irrespective of the policy, the
Board requests you consider it in making your decision.
If you have questions or need additional information, please do no hesitate to contact me at
(626) 814-9466 .
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RESOLUTION NO. 12-4861
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
TEMPLE CITY APPOINTING COUNCILMEMBER CYNTHIA
STERNQUIST AS TEMPLE CITY 'S REPRESENTATIVE ON
THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE SAN GABRIEL VALLEY
MOSQUITO AND VECTOR CONTROL DISTRICT FOR A TERM
OF OFFICE ENDING ON DECEMBER 31 , 2014
Attachment C
WHEREAS, the City Council may appoint any qualified elector of the City of Temple City
as the City's representative on the Board of Trustees; and
WHEREAS, Councilmember Sternquist has served the City on the City Council since
June 2009; and
WHEREAS, Councilmember Sternquist has expressed her desire to be appointed to the
District Board.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF TEMPLE CITY DOES HEREBY
RESOLVE:
SECTION 1 . The City Council does hereby appoint Councilmember Cynthia Sternquist as
its representative on the Board of Trustees for the District for a period ending December 31,
2014;and
SECTION 2. Such appointment is made upon adoption of this Resolution by the City
Council taking such action.
PASSED , APPROVED AND ADOPTED on this 16th day of October 2012 .
MAYOR
ATTEST:
City Clerk
I, City Clerk of the Ci ty of Temple City, do hereby certify that the foregoing resolution ,
Resolution No. 12-4861, duly passed, approved and adopted by said Council at a regular meeting
held on the 16th day of October 2012 by the following vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTAIN:
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