DEPARTMENT: Office of the City Clerk
DEPARTMENT HEAD: Leticia M. Vacek (OCC)
COUNCIL DISTRICTS IMPACTED: City Wide
SUBJECT:
Consideration of At-Large Appointments to the Planning Commission (9 Applicants)
SUMMARY:
On December 14, 2017 the Planning Commission City Council Subcommittee convened to review an unprecedented over 60 applications and to recommend nine (9) applicants to the Governance City Council Committee for interviews to fill four (4) available slots. The following applications were recommended:
First Name
MI
Last Name
District
New or Reappt.
Employer
Michael
A.
Garcia, Jr.|1010|Reappointment
Retired from Air Force
Casey
J.
Whittington
10
Reappointment
The Whittington Group
Sarah
M.
Olivarez|1010|New
Innove, LLC
Paola
S.
Fernandez|1010|New
ArchComm
Mycheryl
Russ|1010|New
Accenture Federal Services
Alvaro
R.
Arreola, Jr.|1010|New
South San Antonio Chamber of Commerce
Jessica
Brunson|1010|New
Charokee Nation Businesses
Louis
Boffa|1010|New
Retired
Coda
E.
Rayo-Garza|1010|New
P16Plus Council of Greater Bexar County
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
Mayor Ron Nirenberg formed the Planning Commission Subcommittee to address the unusually high number of Planning Commission applications received by the Office of the City Clerk. He asked the City Clerk to staff the Subcommittee and facilitate the selection process. The Subcommittee terminates upon submission of the nine (9) recommended applications to the Governance Committee.
Each Governance Committee member will be permitted (but not required) to add one applicant to the list of interviewees, if not previously recommended by the Subcommittee. There are currently four (4) slots available with terms of office to expire October 6, 2019. Two (2) applicants are seeking reappointment.
ISSUE:
Board Appointments require full City Council approval.
FISCAL IMPACT:
There is no fiscal impact.
RECOMMENDATION:
The City Clerk recommends proceeding with the Planning Commission Subcommittee...
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