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MIDPENINSULA REGIONAL OPEN SPACE DISTRICT
Meeting 05-02
REGULAR AND SPECIAL MEETING
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
MIDPENINSULA REGIONAL OPEN SPACE DISTRICT
6:30 p.m.
Wednesday, January 26, 2005
330 Distel Circle
Los Altos, California
A G E N D A*
Please Note: 6:30 p.m. Closed Session Special Meeting Start Time
7:30 p.m. Regular Meeting Start Time
6:30 ROLL CALL
SPECIAL MEETING OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE MIDPENINSULA REGIONAL OPEN SPACE
DISTRICT – CLOSED SESSION
The Closed Session will begin at 6:30 p.m. At the conclusion of the Closed Session, the Board will adjourn
the Special Meeting Closed Session to the Regular Meeting, and, at the conclusion of the Regular Meeting,
the Board may reconvene the Special Meeting Closed Session.
1. Conference with Legal Counsel – Existing Litigation, California Government Code § 54956.9(a)
Name of Case – Citizens for Responsible Open Space v. San Mateo County LAFCo, Midpeninsula
Regional Open Space District, San Mateo County Superior Court Case No. CIV442954
2. Conference with Legal Counsel – Existing Litigation, California Government Code § 54956.9(a)
Name of Case: Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District v. Landi, Santa Clara County Superior
Court Case No. 1-04-CV-028231
3. Conference with Legal Counsel – Existing Litigation, California Government Code § 54956.9(a)
Name of Case: Fogarty v. Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District, San Mateo County Superior
Court Case No. CIV441934
4. Conference with Legal Counsel – Existing Litigation, California Government Code § 54956.9(a)
Name of Case: Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District v. Portola Investment Company, San
Mateo County Superior Court Case No. CIV442786
5. Conference with Legal Counsel – Existing Litigation, California Government Code § 54956.9(a)
Name of Case: Saratoga Country Club v. Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District, Santa Clara
Superior Court Case No. 1-04-CV-026822
7:30* REGULAR MEETING OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE MIDPENINSULA REGIONAL
OPEN SPACE DISTRICT
ROLL CALL
ORAL COMMUNICATIONS – Public
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ADOPTION OF AGENDA – L. Hassett
ADOPTION OF CONSENT CALENDAR – L. Hassett
*** ADOPTION OF MINUTES – October 13, 2004
BOARD BUSINESS
7:40* 1 Appointment of 2005 Board Committees Members and Disbanding of the Ad Hoc Committee on
Coastal Annexation; Approve Recommendations and Appointments of Standing and Ad Hoc
Committees, Including the Determination of Compensation Status – L. Hassett
7:55* 2 Acceptance of 2003-2004 Legislative Program Report; Adoption of 2005-2006 Legislative Program;
Authorize Board President and/or General Manager to Submit Correspondence to Elected Officials
in Support of, or in Opposition to Pending Legislation on Behalf of District – C. Britton
*** 3 Approve Appointments of Board President as Chairperson of the Midpeninsula Regional Open
Space District Financing Authority and Directors Siemens, Cyr and Hanko as District
Representatives to the Governing Board – L. Hassett
*** 4 Approve Appointment of Director Hassett as District’s Representative to the California Joint Powers
Insurance Authority Board of Directors and Appointment of Two Alternates: General Manager,
Craig Britton and Assistant General Manager, Sally Thielfoldt– C. Britton
*** REVISED CLAIMS
8:30* INFORMATIONAL REPORTS – Brief reports or announcements concerning pertinent activities of District
Directors and Staff; opportunity to refer public or Board questions to Staff for factual information; request
Staff to report back to the Board on a matter at a future meeting; or direct Staff to place a matter on a future
agenda.
CLOSED SESSION CONTINUED (IF NECESSARY)
8:45* ADJOURNMENT
* TIMES ARE ESTIMATED AND ITEMS MAY APPEAR EARLIER OR LATER THAN LISTED. AGENDA IS SUBJECT TO
CHANGE OF ORDER.
** TO ADDRESS THE BOARD: The Chair will invite public comment on agenda items at the time each item is considered
by the Board of Directors. You may address the Board concerning other matters during Oral Communications. Each
speaker will ordinarily be limited to three minutes. Alternately, you may comment to the Board by a written
communication, which the Board appreciates.
*** All items on the consent calendar may be approved without discussion by one motion. Board members, the General
Manager, and members of the public may request that an item be removed from the Consent Calendar during
consideration of the Consent Calendar.
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Regional Open Space
MIDPENINSULA REGIONAL OPEN SPACE DISTRICT
R-05-10
Meeting 05-02
January 26, 2005
AGENDA ITEM 1
AGENDA ITEM
Appointment of 2005 Board Committees Members and Disbanding of the Ad Hoc Committee on
Coastal Annexation
PRESIDENT’S RECOMMENDATION
Approve my recommendations and appointments regarding Standing Ad Hoc and Outside
Committees as contained in this report, including the determination of compensation status.
DISCUSSION
Sections 1.80 - 1.83 of our Rules of Procedure calls for the Board President to appoint Board
members to our existing Standing and Ad Hoc Committees and to outside committees, with consent
of the Board.
The four Standing Committees consist of Administration and Budget; Legislative, Finance, and
Public Affairs; Use and Management; and Real Property. Following our Rules, Directors Siemens
(Board Treasurer), Davey and Nitz were appointed to the Administration and Budget Committee at
our January 12, 2005 meeting. The remaining appointments are to be approved at the second
Regular Meeting in January.
Recommendation is made to create an Ad Hoc La Honda Master Plan Committee and an Ad Hoc
Sierra Azul & Bear Creek Redwoods Master Plan Committee.
The La Honda Creek Master Plan will provide a long-term vision for the preserve and address
opportunities for low-intensity public recreation, education and interpretation, regional trail
connectivity, species and habitat protection, and use and management of the land.
The responsibility of this committee would be to: (1) Serve as liaison with staff as the master
planning process proceeds; (2) Serve as liaison with stakeholders and other constituents, attend
workshops and meetings, and facilitate communication between the public and the Board; and (3)
Review analyses, opportunities and constraints, and alternative scenarios and make
recommendations regarding the Master Plan to the full Board.
The Sierra Azul & Bear Creek Redwoods Master Plan will provide a long-term vision for the two
preserves, provide the public with greater opportunities for low-intensity recreation, address
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opportunities to provide interpretation and education, regional trail connectivity, species and habitat
protection, and use and management of the land.
The responsibility of this committee would be to: (1) Serve as liaison with staff as the master
planning process proceeds; (2) Serve as liaison with stakeholders and other constituents, attend
workshops and meetings, and facilitate communication between the public and the Board; and (3)
Review analyses, opportunities and constraints, and alternative scenarios and make
recommendations regarding the Master Plan to the full Board.
Recommendation is also made to disband the Ad Hoc Committee on Coastal Annexation as its task
has been completed.
Section 2.30 of the District’s Rules provides that all standing committees are compensable.
Attendance at Ad Hoc Committee meetings is compensable when determined to be so by the Board.
It is recommended that attendance at the Ad Hoc Board Appointee Evaluation Committee, Ad Hoc
La Honda Master Plan Committee and Ad Hoc Sierra Azul Master Plan Committee be compensable.
The Ridge Trail Council representation, an outside committee, is proposed to remain non-
compensable.
Proposed committee assignments for the 2005 are shown on the following page and I look forward
to Board concurrence.
Prepared by:
L. Craig Britton, General Manager
Contact person:
Larry Hassett, President
Regional Open Space
MIDPENINSULA REGIONAL OPEN SPACE DISTRICT
BOARD OFFICERS – 2005
President – Larry Hassett
Vice-President – Jed Cyr
Treasurer – Pete Siemens
Secretary – Nonette Hanko
BOARD COMMITTEES – 2005
∗ non-compensable
STANDING COMMITTEES
Administration and Budget
• Pete Siemens (Treasurer)
• Mary Davey
• Ken Nitz
Legislative, Finance and Public Affairs
• Jed Cyr
• Nonette Hanko
• Ken Nitz
Use and Management
• Jed Cyr
• Deane Little
• Pete Siemens
Real Property
• Mary Davey
• Nonette Hanko
• Deane Little
AD HOC COMMITTEES
Board Appointee Evaluation
• Jed Cyr
• Nonette Hanko
• Larry Hassett
La Honda Master Plan
• Larry Hassett
• Deane Little
• Ken Nitz
Sierra Azul & Bear Creek Redwoods
Master Plan
• Jed Cyr
• Mary Davey
• Pete Siemens
OUTSIDE COMMITTEE
Ridge Trail Council Representative*
• Jed Cyr
REGIONAL OPEN SPACE
MIDPENINSULA REGIONAL OPEN SPACE DISTRICT
R-05-07
Meeting 05-02
January 26, 2005
AGENDA ITEM 2
AGENDA ITEM
Acceptance of Report on the District’s 2003-2004 Legislative Program and Adoption of 2005-2006
Legislative Program
GENERAL MANAGER'S RECOMMENDATIONS
1. Accept the 2003-2004 Legislative Program Report, as attached to this report.
2. Adopt the 2005-2006 Legislative Program, as attached to this report.
3. Authorize the Board President and/or General Manager to submit correspondence on behalf
of the District to local, state and federal elected officials in support of, or in opposition to
pending legislation when the General Manager and General Counsel determine such positions
to be in the best interest of the District in order to effectively carry out District business and
accomplish the District purposes; provided that any such correspondence be copied to the full
Board of Directors as part of the next agenda packet and all such correspondence is reported
to the Legislative, Finance, and Public Affairs Committee on a periodic basis.
BACKGROUND
At the beginning of each two-year session of the California State legislature, staff prepares a draft
Legislative Program outlining the District’s legislative priorities for Board review and adoption.
These priorities generally include protection of the District’s percentage of property tax funding,
possible development and/or sponsorship of new legislation, and monitoring and taking support or
oppose positions on legislation that may have an impact on the District. Staff also prepares a report
summarizing the District’s progress on the past Legislative Program for Board review and
acceptance.
The major highlights of the 2003-2004 legislative session were the passage by the voters of
Proposition 1A which was a Constitutional amendment to protect local agencies from property tax
raids by the state, a problem for cities, counties and special districts since the passage of Proposition
13 in 1978. Assembly Bill 1195, authored by Assemblymember Rebecca Cohn on behalf of the
District, was utilized as a vehicle to remove the District’s power of eminent domain as a part of the
Coastside Protection Program in conjunction with the San Mateo County Farm Bureau. When this
bill was signed into law, it became an integral part of the District’s successful annexation of the San
Mateo coastal area.
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One priority project for the 2005 – 2006 Legislative Program includes changes to the Public
Resources Code to clarify District Rangers’ authority to perform their law enforcement duties on
lands that are outside the geographical boundaries of the District or on District preserves. In order
for Rangers to perform their duties on lands owned or managed by the District, irrespective of
location or covered under cooperative agreements with other agencies, it appears necessary to amend
Public Resources Code Section 5561, as recommended.
Staff discussed the 2003-2004 Legislative Program Status Report and the Proposed 2005-2006
Legislative Program with the Legislative, Finance, and Public Affairs Committee (LFPAC) at its
January 13, 2005 meeting. The Committee approved both reports and they are being forwarded to
the full Board with the Committee’s recommendation for approval.
Staff will be prepared to answer any questions the Board may have about 2003-2004 Legislative
Program at your meeting.
Prepared by:
L. Craig Britton, General Manager
Contact person:
Same as above
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MIDPENINSULA REGIONAL OPEN SPACE DISTRICT L EGISLATIVE P ROGRAM
R ESULTS O F 2003-2004 L EGISLATIVE S ESSION
Goals for State Legislative Activity
Goal 1: Maintain and protect the District’s current percentage share of the local property tax
funding in light of potential State reallocation of property tax to address the state budget deficit.
Results:
Ever since California's voters overwhelmingly passed Proposition 13 on June 6, 1978, and
reduced property taxes by about 57%, the District’s goal has been to protect its percentage
share of the local property tax. Local agencies recognized early on that this kind of
protection could only be guaranteed by a constitutional amendment.
Last year, a coalition of California’s cities, counties and special districts was effective in
qualifying Proposition 65, a measure to amend the State Constitution to significantly
reduce the state’s authority over local government tax revenue sources. Subsequently,
however, after negotiations with the Governor, a new measure—Proposition 1A—was
placed on the ballot to prevent state raids on local government tax funding.
On September 22, 2004, the District’s Board of Directors unanimously adopted a
Resolution supporting Proposition 1A, which prevents the state from taking and diverting
tax funds originally committed to local government to pay for state purposes, and help to
reduce future state budget deficits. The District also worked with the media to obtain
coverage of the Board’s decision.
Proposition 1A won 84 percent support during the November 2, 2004 general election and
voters also rejected a competing measure, Proposition 65, with 62 percent voting against
it, completing the terms of the agreement between local agencies, the Governor and the
legislature.
Goal 2: Seek minor changes to the Public Resources Code.
a) Sections 5558, 5560.1, and 5561. Current Public Resources Code language appears to
limit the authority of District Rangers to lands within the District’s Boundary. Seek
changes to the Public Resource Code clarifying and expanding District Rangers’ ability
to exercise peace officer authority, under certain circumstances, outside the District’s
boundary.
b) Sections 5540 and 5542.5. In response to the Court of Appeals decision in Johnston vs.
Sonoma County Open Space and Agricultural District, modify the current language to
insure that prohibited conveyances of open space land include those made under threat
of eminent domain; and require that a court of competent jurisdiction determine that the
applicable presumptions have been rebutted.
Results:
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Based upon the District’s legislative program, the General Manager contacted
Assemblymember Cohn and she agreed to author legislation to support this District goal.
The District then sent a letter of support on March 28, 2003 to express the District’s
strong support for Assemblymember Cohn’s Assembly Bill 1188. Through amendments
to the Public Resources Code Sections 5540, 5542.5, and 5561, Assembly Bill 1188
would have accomplished the twin goals of ensuring the long-term preservation of
California’s dedicated parks and open space lands, and clarifying District peace
officers’ role in patrolling and protecting parks and open space lands.
Passage of this bill would have confirmed that open space and parkland would not be
arbitrarily sold for purposes of lesser public value. Specifically, it would have provided
that dedicated open space lands may not be voluntarily conveyed by a District for
payment by other public agencies, and would have assured that if an open space agency
is subject to eminent domain by another public agency, a court of competent jurisdiction,
rather than the open space district itself, must make the finding whether condemnation of
open space lands may occur.
Assembly Bill 1188 would also have clarified that peace officers employed by open space
and park districts may exercise their authority outside of district boundaries in the
performance of their primary duties.
However, AB 1188 died in the Assembly as a result of not passing the house of origin
prior to the end of the first year of the two-year session. This was because the District
was not able to reach an agreement on the final language with field staff and therefore
management did not move the bill.
Goal 3: Actively support the reintroduction of AB 104 by Assemblymember Joe Nation,
funding the San Francisco Bay Area Program of the State Coastal Conservancy, with a regional
state vehicle license fee. Work with the Bay Area Open Space Council to gain regional support
for the bill.
Results:
The District supported the reintroduction of AB 104 as AB 204 for the new session,
authored by Assemblymember Joe Nation and sponsored by the Bay Area Open Space
Council. The District sent letters of support to Assemblymember Nation and the
appropriate committees hearing the bill and expressed the District’s support of Assembly
Bill 204, the Transportation Fund for Clean Water.
AB 204 would have established the Motor Vehicle Mitigation Fee in the Bay Area, whose
purpose would be to support projects that reduce, remediate, or otherwise mitigate for the
adverse impacts of motor vehicles and related facilities on the quality of the surface waters
of the San Francisco Bay Area.
A $6 fee would have been collected by the California Department of Motor Vehicles on
vehicles registered within San Francisco Bay Area counties whose county supervisors opted
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into the program. Funds would be used primarily for grants to local agencies and non-
profit organizations through the San Francisco Bay Program of the Coastal Conservancy.
The bill originally went through the Assembly and through the Senate Natural Resources
Committee and then died in the Senate Transportation Committee in July 2004.
Goal 4: Actively support Marin County Open Space District’s effort to increase Public
Resources Code misdemeanor fine limits from $500 to $1,000, infraction fine limit from $50 to
$100 for the first offense, and infraction limits for second and third offenses to $200 and $500,
respectively.
Results:
Marin County Open Space District was successful in passing legislation that increased
misdemeanor fine limits with Public Policy Advocates providing support on our behalf.
Goal 5: Analyze and determine if changes to the Vehicle Code would provide the best relief for
identified enforcement issues. Seek legislative changes if warranted.
Results:
1) Bicycle Helmet Law: District ordinance Section 502.3 was updated in August 2004 and
therefore no state legislation was required:
a) No person eighteen years or older shall operate a bicycle or unicycle or similar device
upon District Lands unless that person is wearing a properly fitted and fastened
bicycle helmet. Such bicycle helmets must meet the standards of the United States
Consumer Product Safety Commission Standard for bicycle helmets, American
National Standards Institute (ANSI Z 90.4 bicycle helmet standard), the Snell
Memorial Foundation’s Standard for Protective Headgear for Use in Bicycling, or the
American Society for Testing Materials (ASTM F-1447 standard).
b) Except in designated parking areas, no person shall possess a bicycle or unicycle or
similar device on District Lands without also possessing a bicycle helmet. Such
bicycle helmets must meet the standards of the United States Consumer Product
Safety Commission Standard for bicycle helmets, American National Standards
Institute (ANSI Z 90.4 bicycle helmet standard), the Snell Memorial Foundation’s
Standard for Protective Headgear for Use in Bicycling, or the American Society for
Testing Materials (ASTM F-1447 standard).
2) Handicapped Parking: Section 801.1(k) was added to District ordinances in 2004 and
therefore no state legislation was needed:
Restrictions. No person shall park a motor vehicle, except an authorized emergency
vehicle, or when in compliance with the directions of a peace officer, ranger, or
District employee, in any of the following places:
k) In any space designated for disabled parking in an unpaved parking lot, except
when displaying a disabled placard as defined in California Vehicle Code.
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3) Exhibition of Speed: District added Section 803.2 to its ordinances in 2004 and therefore
no state legislation was needed:
Reckless Driving. No person shall drive or operate any vehicle, motor vehicle,
bicycle upon District Lands in willful or wanton disregard for the safety of persons,
property, natural resources or wildlife. Such conduct shall constitute reckless driving.
Violation of this sub-section is punishable as a misdemeanor.
Goal 6: Support any potential California parks and wildlife bond measures that may be
proposed for future elections.
Results:
No new state park bond acts were put before the voters during this legislative session.
Goal 7: Seek legislation that assures long-term protection of the District’s current level of
property tax funding.
Results:
See Goal 1.
Goal 8: Review State legislation and support, oppose, or seek amendments to those bills that
impact the District (i.e. ERAF, LAFCo, Subdivision Map Act, etc.).
Results:
Subdivision Map Act:
Assemblymember Cohn agreed to author Assembly Bill 1195. This legislation, amending
Section 65042 and introducing an addition to Section 66412.4 of the Government Code,
would have facilitated the preservation of open space land. Specifically, it would have
established clearly that conveyances to and from regional open space and park districts
solely for open space purposes are exempt from the Subdivision Map Act. The proposed
law would have established a very narrow category of land transfers for open space
purposes, which would have been included in the types of divisions of real property
excluded from the Map Act. The bill was approved by the Assembly and under
consideration by the Senate; however, the bill was “gutted” and amended to be used to
prohibit the District from exercising eminent domain in the Coastside Protection Program
area as provided in the agreement with the San Mateo County Farm Bureau. This
legislation was key to LAFCo’s approval of the annexation project.
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Goal 9: Seek statutory amendment clarifying that prescriptive rights can be abandoned after a
period of non-use.
Results:
No progress was made.
Goals for Federal Legislative Activity
Goal 10: Seek Federal legislative assistance in securing funding for the clean up of asbestos and
lead-based paint at the former Almaden Air Force Station (Mt. Umunhum) in the District’s
Sierra Azul Open Space Preserve.
Results:
Funds budgeted for a Washington, D.C. lobbyist to develop and implement a strategy to
encourage the Army Corps of Engineers to begin the clean up of Mt. Umunhum were
removed from the District’s budget when the State of California threatened to severely cut
the special districts’ property tax revenue.
Goal 11: Follow-up to ensure full funding of stateside Land and Water Conservation Funds.
Results:
Due to a fundamental shift in Bush administration priorities away from funding the Land
and Water Conservation program, the District has not been able to have an effective voice
in securing full funding for the stateside and local aspects of this federal grant program.
Goal 12: Review specific pieces of Federal legislation and support, oppose, or seek
amendments to those bills that impact the District.
Results:
Review is ongoing.
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MIDPENINSULA REGIONAL OPEN SPACE DISTRICT L EGISLATIVE P ROGRAM
F OR 2005-2006 L EGISLATIVE S ESSION
Goals for State Legislative Activity
Goal 1: Maintain and protect the District’s current percentage share of the local property tax
funding in light of the State’s continuing budget shortfalls and the terms and conditions of
Proposition 1A.
Goal 2: Clarify the issue of peace officer jurisdiction outside of District lands.
Current Public Resources Code language (Sections 5558, 5560.1, and 5561) appears to limit the
authority of District Rangers to lands within the District’s Boundary. Pursue District-sponsored
legislation, and through the legislative author, seek an opinion from the California Attorney General
to clarify whether current Public Resources Code language limits the authority of District Rangers to
lands within the District’s boundary or within District parks and therefore hampers effective
management of District lands from an overall policy perspective. If the Attorney General’s Office so
determines, move the bill through the legislative process in cooperation with the District’s Peace
Officer’s Research Association of California (PORAC) representatives. The Board of Directors
retains the authority to pull the legislation if it has been determined that said legislation has been
modified and no longer meets the needs of the District.
Goal 3: Work with the Bay Area Open Space Council to gain funding for the San Francisco Bay
Area Program of the State Coastal Conservancy. Because both AB 104 and AB 204 failed in
recent years, generate new ideas and corresponding legislation and seek passage.
Goal 4: Review State legislation and support, oppose, or seek amendments to those bills that
impact the District.
Goals for Federal Legislative Activity
Goal 5: Seek Federal legislative assistance in securing funding for the clean up of the former
Almaden Air Force Station at Mt. Umunhum in the Sierra Azul Open Space Preserve, which is a
“Formerly Used Defense Site,” or FUDS.
Goal 6: Follow-up to ensure full funding of stateside Land and Water Conservation Funds.
Goal 7: Seek Federal legislative assistance in dissolving the Guadalupe Land Company
corporation.
Goal 8: Review specific pieces of Federal legislation and support, oppose, or seek amendments
to those bills that impact the District.
Regional Open Space
MIDPENINSULA REGIONAL OPEN SPACE DISTRICT
R-05-11
Meeting 05-02
January 26, 2005
AGENDA ITEM 3
AGENDA ITEM
Appointment of District Representatives to the Governing Board of the Midpeninsula Regional Open
Space District Financing Authority
PRESIDENT’S RECOMMENDATION
In addition to myself as Chairperson, I request you approve my appointment of Directors: Pete
Siemens, Jed Cyr and Nonette Hanko to serve on the Governing Board of the Midpeninsula Regional
Open Space District Financing Authority.
DISCUSSION
Members of the Board
The Governing Board of the Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District Financing Authority
consists of five members. In accordance with its bylaws, the District’s Board President shall be the
Chairperson of the Financing Authority. Three members of the District’s Board of Directors are
appointed by the Board President. I am recommending that the three Board Members be Directors
Siemens, Cyr and Hanko. The fifth member is the member of the Santa Clara County Board of
Supervisors whose district encompasses the greatest territory of the Midpeninsula Regional Open
Space District, and who is appointed to the Board of the Financing Authority by the Chairman of the
Board of Supervisors. Accordingly, Supervisor Liz Kniss will remain as the fifth member.
Officers of the Authority
Section 2.4 of Article II of the Financing Authority’s bylaws calls for four officers: Chairperson,
Secretary, Treasurer and Controller. The Chairperson shall be the President of the Board. The
Secretary is the District Clerk, Sally Thielfoldt. The Treasurer of the Authority shall be the Treasurer
of the District, Pete Siemens. The Controller of the Authority shall be the Controller of the District,
Mike Foster. The Authority must confirm these officers at its first meeting each calendar year.
I recommend that you approve my appointment of Directors Siemens, Cyr and Hanko, to serve on the
Governing Board of the Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District Financing Authority. The
Financing Authority will confirm the Officers at its next meeting scheduled.
Prepared by:
L. Craig Britton, General Manager
Contact person:
Larry Hassett, President
REGIONAL OPEN SPACE
MIDPENINSULA REGIONAL OPEN SPACE DISTRICT
R-05-12
Meeting 05-02
January 26, 2005
AGENDA ITEM 4
AGENDA ITEM
Approve Appointment of Director Hassett as the District’s Representative to the California Joint
Powers Insurance Authority Board of Directors and Appointment of Two Alternates: General
Manager, C. Britton, and Assistant General Manager, S. Thielfoldt
GENERAL MANAGER’S RECOMMENDATIONS
1. Approve appointment of President Larry Hassett to represent the Midpeninsula
Regional Open Space District consistent with the requirements of the California Joint
Powers Insurance Authority.
2. Approve appointment of General Manager, L. Craig Britton, and Assistant General
Manager Sally Thielfoldt, as alternates.
DISCUSSION
Pursuant to the Joint Powers Agreement – Creating the California Joint Powers Insurance
Authority, Article 7, Board of Directors, the CAJPIA shall be governed by a Board of Directors
composed of one representative from each member who shall be selected from the legislative
body of that member and, in addition, at least one alternate who shall be an officer or employee
of the member. The alternate member(s) shall have the same authority as the regular member.
The selected Board member or alternate would attend the annual CAJPIA board meeting, which
is held each July, and represent the District in any other matter required by the CAJPIA Joint
Powers Agreement.
At your April 24, 2002 Regular Meeting, you approved appointing the Board President as the
appropriate Board member selected to represent the District in this manner, with the General
Manager or Assistant General Manager available as alternates (see Report R-02-62). However,
according to the bylaws of the CAJPIA, each year the Board must actually name the individual
representatives.
Prepared by:
L. Craig Britton, General Manager
Contact person:
Same as Above