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Home My WebLink About06/16/2009 03D Memorandum RE: Council Appointees to Other Boards, Committees, Commissions and Task Forces MEMORANDUM b June 10, 2009 TO: Mayor and Members of the City Council Dick Zais, City Manager FROM: Deborah Moore, City Clerk SUBJECT: Council appointees to other Boards, Committees, Commissions and Task Forces City staff has received several inquiries from outside agencies regarding the status of Council member appointments to fill current vacancies on various boards, committees, commissions and task forces that have occurred as a result of Neil McClure's resignation (see attached letter). Attached is a list of the agencies with outstanding vacancies that need Council member appointees. Please advise me of the name of the Council member that will fill each of these vacancies and we will notify the appropriate agency. Thank you for your cooperation. �.� ; RECEIVED w CITY OF YAKIMA JUN 0 ; 2339 YAKIMA BASIN FISH AND WILDLIFE RECOVERY BOARD OFFICE OF CITY MANAGER Dick Zais, City. Manager City of Yakima 129 North Second Street Yakima, WA 98901 June 3` 2009 Dear Mr. Zais, I write to you as Executive Director of the Yakima Basin Fish & Wildlife Recovery Board. The Board is organized under an interlocal agreement between the cities and counties of the Yakima Basin and the Yakama Nation. Our mission is to restore sustainable and harvestable populations of salmon, steelhead, bull trout and other at -risk fish and wildlife species through collaborative and economically sensitive resource management in the Yakima River Basin. The Board directs how funding from the state's Salmon Recovery Funding Board is used in the Yakima Basin, develops recovery plans that guide local, state and federal investments, and supports efforts to protect and enhance fish and wildlife habitat in the Yakima Basin. I've enclosed some materials that give more detail about our activities. Our bylaws state that each participating government shall appoint an elected official to act as its representative to the Board, which meets on an annual basis. The regular business of the Board is overseen by a ten member Board of Directors that consists of a representative from each of the three Counties, a representative of the Yakima Nation, and two representatives selected by the cities of each county. Representatives must be elected officials; however assigned alternates from the same organization may act in their place and need not be elected officials. The City of Yakima has been actively engaged in the Board and its predecessor organizations since 1999. During his tenure on the City Council, Neil McClure represented the City of Yakima on the Board, acted as a Yakima County cities representative to the Board of Directors, and served on the Board's Executive Committee as Board Treasurer. Dave Brown, Water /Irrigation Division Manager, has served as the Neil's alternate throughout this time. We request that the City of Yakima appoint a new representative to the Board to fill the vacancy left by Neil's resignation and reaffirm the status of designated alternates (Dave Brown has indicated his interest in continuing on as a designated alternate). We also request that the City confirm whether the new City representative to the Board should fill Neil's seat as one of the two city representatives from Yakima County on the Board of Directors. We recognize that this may require discussion among the cities of Yakima County. PO Box 2662. Yakima, WA 98907 Phone (509) 453 -4104 Email: info @ -bfwrb.org Web: www.ybfwrb.org • Please do contact us with any questions; we would also be glad to present more information on the Board and our activities to the City Council and staff if that would be of benefit. Sincerely, Alex Conley Executive Director CC: Dave Brown Yakima Valley Council of Governments Enclosures • • Yakima City Council Appointees to Other Boards Committees, Commissions. Task Forces etc. A needed Kathy Performance Audit Task Force Coffey (Co-Chair) Bill Lover Vacancy Aquatic Center Task Force As needed Dave Edler Kathy Coffey Micah Cawley Aft: Vacancy Yakima Air Terminal Board 4 Thurs 7:30 am Dave Edler (Nov/Dec - 3 Thurs) Alt: Bill Lover Flightdeck Conf. Room Regional Public Safety Data Access Task Force As needed Bill Lover Rick Ensey Regional Stormwater Policy Group • " As needed Vacancy (Chair) Bill Lover Westside Merchants Association 2 Mon 5:00 pm Dave Edler Picatti Bros. ' Aft: Vacancy Front Street Merchants As needed Vacancy Alt: Kathy Coffey Committee for Downtown Yakima (ex- officio member) 1 Wed 4:00 pm Vacancy CDY Office Downtown Parking Commission TBD Bill Lover Yakima Valley Visitors and Convention Bimonthly 4 Wed Noon Sonia Rodriguez Board of Directors Convention Center Alt: Kathy Coffey Public Facilities District (ex- officio member) Last Thur. of month Dave Edler Convention Center Alt: Kathy Coffey Sports Commission Subcommittee 2 Wed 7 :15 am Rick Ensey Convention Center Alt: Bill Lover Hotel /Motel Commission/TPA Varies Kathy Coffey Alt: Dave Edler 6/10/2009 Lodging Tax Advisory Committee . As needed Kathy Coffey Capitol Theatre Board 4 Mon 12:00 pm Kathy Coffey Capitol Theatre Harman Center Board Varies Micah Cawley Bill Lover SunDome Advisory Committee As needed Dave Edler Vacancy Yakima Greenway Foundation 4th Mon Vacancy Greenway Visitors Ctr. Alt Rick Ensey YCDA Board of Directors 2" Thurs 5 :30 om Vacancy YCDA/New Vision Supporting Investments in Quarterly Bill Lover • conomic Diversification Board (SIED) New Vision Commercial Revitalization Deduction Board Varies Bill Lover Morelia Sister City Committee 1 Fri 8:00 am Sonia Rodriguez CED Conf. Room Alt: Dave Edler Police Athletic League 2" Wed 1:30 pm Kathy Coffey PAL Center Alt Vacancy Yakima Valley Community Foundation Annually Dave Edler Community Advisory Committee Customer Service Committee As needed Bill Lover (City /County /New Vision) TRANS - Action 4th Wed 2:00 pm Dave Edler (Jan., Mar., May Vacancy Sep., Oct., Dec.) Alt: Kathy Coffey Yakima Valley Conference 3' Wed 6:30 pm Rick Ensey of Governments (YVCOG) 6 times per year Alt: Bill Lover General Membership (Jan., Mar, May. Sep., Oct., Dec.) ,Yakima Valley Conference 3' Mon 1 :30 pm Rick Ensey f Governments ( YVCOG) County Courthouse Alt: Bill Lover xecutive Board Yakima Clean Air Agency Board 2" Thur 1:30 pm Bill Lover County Meeting Room Alt: Vacancy Joint Board for Urban Area Planning As needed Dave Edler (Mandated by 4 -Party Agreement) Vacancy Alt: Bill Lover Local Emergency Planning Committee As needed Dave Edler (Directed by Congressional action in 1986) • 6/10/2009 Yakima Basin Fish & Wildlife Planning Board Varies Vacancy (Dave Brown is also on the board) Alt: Micah Cawley Yakima County Solid Waste Advisory Committee As needed Bill Lover Yakima Basin Joint Board Last Fri 9:00 am Bill Lover (Except Nov/Dec) Halverson & Applegate Yakima Basin Water Resource Agency Monthly Bill Lover (Includes Dave Brown) Varies Alt: Vacancy 0