Memorandum. Date: RE: Plans and Programs Committee

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1 Memorandum Date: RE: Plans and Programs Committee February 9, 2010 To: From: Through: Subject: Plans and Programs Committee: Commissioners Campos (Chair), Chu (Vice Chair), Chiu, Avalos, Dufty and Mirkarimi (Ex Officio) Maria Lombardo Chief Deputy Director for Policy and Programming José Luis Moscovich Executive Director ACTION Recommend Appointment of One Member to the Citizens Advisory Committee Summary The Authority has an eleven-member Citizens Advisory Committee (CAC). CAC members serve two-year terms. Per the Authority s Administrative Code, the Plans and Programs Committee recommends and the Authority Board appoints individuals to fill any CAC vacancies. Neither Authority staff nor the CAC make any recommendations on CAC appointments, but we maintain an up-to-date database of applications for CAC membership. A chart with information about current CAC members is attached, showing ethnicity, gender, neighborhood of residence, and affiliation. There is one vacancy on the CAC requiring Committee action. The vacancy resulted from the term expiration of Peter Tannen. Mr. Tannen has expressed interest in seeking reappointment. We are seeking a recommendation to appoint one member to the CAC. BACKGROUND There is currently one vacancy on the Citizens Advisory Committee (CAC). The vacancy resulted from the term expiration of Peter Tannen. Mr. Tannen has expressed interest in seeking reappointment. There are currently 42 applicants to consider for the existing vacancy. DISCUSSION The CAC is comprised of eleven members. The selection of each member is recommended at-large by the Plans and Programs Committee and approved by the Authority Board. Per Section 6.2(f) of the Authority s Administrative Code, the eleven-member CAC: shall include representatives from various segments of the community, including public policy organizations, labor, business, senior citizens, the disabled, environmentalists, and the neighborhoods; and reflect broad transportation interests. An applicant must be a San Francisco resident to be considered eligible for appointment. Attachment 1 is a tabular summary of the current CAC composition. Attachment 2 provides similar information on current applicants for CAC appointment. Applicants are asked to provide residential location and areas of interest. Applicants provide ethnicity and gender information on a voluntary basis. CAC applications are distributed and accepted on a continuous basis. CAC applications were solicited through the Authority s website; media advisories, public service announcements on SFGTV; J:\2010\Memos\02 Feb \CAC Appt doc Page 1 of 7

2 Commissioners offices; mailings to community-based organizations, advocacy groups, business organizations, etc.; and at public meetings attended by Authority staff or hosted by the Authority. All applicants have been advised that they need to appear in person before the Committee in order to be appointed, unless they have previously appeared before the Committee. An asterisk following the candidate s name in Attachment 2 indicates that the applicant has not previously appeared before the Committee. We are seeking a recommendation to appoint one member to the CAC. ALTERNATIVES 1. Recommend appointment of one member to the CAC, as requested. 2. Defer action until additional outreach can be conducted. CAC POSITION None. The CAC does not make recommendations on selection of CAC members. FINANCIAL IMPACTS None. RECOMMENDATION None. Staff does not make recommendations on selection of CAC members. Attachments 1. Current CAC members 2. CAC applicants Enclosure: CAC applications J:\2010\Memos\02 Feb \CAC Appt doc Page 2 of 7

3 Attachment 1 CITIZENS ADVISORY COMMITTEE 1 Name Gender Ethnicity District Neighborhood Affiliation First Appointed Term Expires Peter Tannen, Vice Chair M C 8 Inner Mission Public Policy/Environmental/ Neighborhood Feb 08 Feb 10 Jul Lynn Parsons, Chair F C 6 Civic Center Disabled/Public Policy/Labor Feb 06 Mar 10 Chris Jones NP NP 5 Haight Neighborhood Mar 08 Mar 10 Brian Larkin M C 1 Richmond Neighborhood May 04 June 10 Michael Ma M A 4 Sunset Business/Neighborhood July 08 July 10 Fran Martin F C 10 Visitacion Valley Environmental/Neighborhood June 03 Oct 10 Wendy Tran F A 3 North Beach Neighborhood/Public Policy Feb 07 Jan 11 Glenn Davis F H 9 Mission Neighborhood May 09 May 11 Jacqualine Sachs F C 2 Western Addition Disabled/Neighborhood June 97 Jul 11 Rosie West F AA 11 Ocean View-Merced Heights- Ingleside Senior/Disabled Sep 09 Sep 11 Robert Switzer NP NP 7 Ingleside Terraces Neighborhood Nov 09 Nov 11 A - Asian American AA - African American C Caucasian H Hispanic NA - Native American NP - Voluntary Information, Not Provided 1 Shading denotes members whose terms have expired or who have resigned from the CAC. J:\2010\Memos\02 Feb \CAC Appt doc Page 3 of 7

4 Attachment 2 Updated APPLICANTS Name Gender Ethnicity District Neighborhood Affiliation 1 Rodrigo Garcia Alcaraz* M H 5 Alamo Square NP 2 Virginia Balogh-Rosenthal* NP NP 8 Glen Park NP 3 Bruce Balshone M NP 9 Outer Mission Public Policy/Labor/Business/Senior Citizen/Disabled/Environmental/Neighborhood 4 Tamara Odisho Benjamin* F AS 3 Nob Hill Neighborhood 5 Matthew Bens M NP 5 Upper Haight Neighborhood 6 Jane Bolig F C 1 Richmond Business 7 Jason Butler M C 5 Alamo Square NP 8 Janet C. Campbell F C 2 Jordan Park Neighborhood/Business 9 Vidya Chander* F A 2 Pacific Heights Business 10 Edward Cooke* M H 5 Kezar/USF Public Policy/Neighborhood 11 Terra Curtis* NP NP 5 Mission Transportation J:\2010\Memos\02 Feb \CAC Appt doc Page 4 of 7

5 Name Gender Ethnicity District Neighborhood Affiliation 12 Edward Dale M C 3 Russian Hill Public Policy/Neighborhood 13 Dustin Daza M H 10 Potrero Hill NP 14 Clement DeAmicis M C 7 West Portal Senior 15 Greg Doxey* M AA 10 Bayview/Hunters Point Neighborhood 16 Bryan Elliot* M Mixed 5 Inner Sunset Neighborhood/Environmental 17 Terence John Faulkner* M C 7 Park Merced Neighborhood 18 Joseph Flanagan, Jr.* M C 6 Tenderloin Disabled 19 Edward Franklin, Jr. NP NP 1 Inner Richmond Neighborhood 20 Alex Friedman* M NP 8 Noe Valley NP 21 Aaron Goodman M C 7 Park Merced Neighborhood 22 Kay Hones* F Mixed 8 Mission Labor/Business/Senior Citizen/Environmental Neighborhood 23 David Jackson* NP NP 7 Miraloma Park Disabled J:\2010\Memos\02 Feb \CAC Appt doc Page 5 of 7

6 Name Gender Ethnicity District Neighborhood Affiliation 24 Jorge Jaramillo M H 9 Bernal Heights Neighborhood 25 Camille Turrey Kellogg* F H 9 Bernal Heights Neighborhood 26 Norman Kondy NP NP 1 Lincoln Park Neighborhood 27 Theodore Loewenberg NP NP 5 Haight-Ashbury Neighborhood 28 Thomas McAteer NP NP 2 Cow Hollow Neighborhood 29 Brian McCarthy* M NP 5 NP NP 30 Gary Noguera* M C 7 Miraloma Park Neighborhood 31 Jack Oswald* M C 3 North Beach/Telegraph Hill Neighborhood 32 Charles Rathbone* M C 6 Tenderloin/Nob Hill Business 33 Greg Riessen* M C 6 SoMa Public policy/environmental/neighborhood 34 Stuart Smith* M C 6 Mission Bay/SoMa Senior Citizen/Disabled/Neighborhood 35 Michael Smithwick* NP NP 5 Alamo Square Environmental/Neighborhood J:\2010\Memos\02 Feb \CAC Appt doc Page 6 of 7

7 Name Gender Ethnicity District Neighborhood Affiliation 36 Michael Spiegel M C 2 Marina Senior Citizen/Neighborhood 37 Matthew Vespa* NP NP 8 Mission/Dolores Environmental 38 James Warshell M C 5 Hayes Valley Public Policy/Environmental/Neighborhood 39 Jared Washkowitz M C 4 Sunset NP 40 Howard Wong M A 3 North Beach Public Policy/Labor/Neighborhood 41 Richard Worner* NP NP 2 Jordan Park Neighborhood 42 Daniel Zizmor* NP NP 7 Ingleside Heights NP A - Asian American AA - African American AS - Assyrian C Caucasian H Hispanic NA - Native American NP - Voluntary Information, Not Provided * Applicant has not appeared before the Plans and Programs Committee. J:\2010\Memos\02 Feb \CAC Appt doc Page 7 of 7