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 (4 Slots)
SUMMARY:
On January 17, 2018 the Governance Council Committee convened to review and consider nine (9) applicants selected by the Planning Commission Council Subcommittee for interviews to fill four (4) available slots. Each Governance Council Committee Member was permitted to submit one (1) additional applicant to the list of interviewees. In addition to the recommended slate, Mayor Nirenberg submitted applicant Christopher Victoria and Councilmember Viagran submitted applicant Connie Gonzalez. The following were selected for interviews:
First Name
MI
Last Name
District
New or Reappt.
Employer
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
Cherokee Nation Businesses
Connie
M.
Gonzalez|1010|New
Brooks Development Authority
Louis
Boffa|1010|New
Retired
Coda
E.
Rayo-Garza|1010|New
P16Plus Council of Greater Bexar County
Christopher
Victoria
10
New
US Air Force
Michael
A.
Garcia, Jr.|1010|Reappointment
Retired from Air Force
Casey
J.
Whittington
10
Reappointment
The Whittington Group
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
Mayor Ron Nirenberg formed the Planning Commission Subcommittee to address the unprecedented 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 terminated upon submission of the nine (9) applications selected and forwarded to the Governance Committee.
Each Governance Committee member was permitted (but not required) to add one applicant to the selected slate. There are currently four (4) slots available with terms of of...
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