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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOversight Board ABX-1-26 - Appoint 2 New Members Spiegel and BuckCITY OF PALM DESERT OFFICE OF THE CITY MANAGER STAFF REPORT REQUEST: Appoint two members to the Oversight Board for Palm Desert created by ABX1-26; Heather Buck, Project Coordinator, and an appointee identified by the Mayor. SUBMITTED BY: John Wohlmuth, City Manager DATE: February 9, 2012 CONTENTS: Staff Report Recommendation: By Minute Motion: Appoint Heather Buck, Project Coordinator, and identify the Mayor's appointee, to the newly created ABX1 Oversight Board for the City of Palm Desert as the successor agency to the Palm Desert Redevelopment Agency. Background: Assembly Bill X1-26 Community Redevelopment eliminates all redevelopment agencies in the State of California, effective February 1, 2012. The legislation contains a number of provisions for the dissolution of the agencies, including the creation of Oversight Boards consisting of seven (7) members, two of which are appointed by the City as the successor agency. The legislation sets forth the parameters for these appointments in Chapter 4 — Oversight Boards as follows: Section 34179, (a), 2 — One member appointed by the mayor for the city that formed the redevelopment agency. Section 34179, (a), 7 — One member representing the employees of the former redevelopment agency appointed by the mayor or chair of the board of supervisors, as the case may be, from the recognized employee organization representing the largest number of former redevelopment agency employees employed by the successor agency at that time. Staff Report AB X1-26 — Oversight Committee Appointments February 9, 2012 Page 2 of 2 The Redevelopment Transition Team has reviewed the legislation and identified the available candidates for the staff appointment. It is staff's recommendation that the Mayor appoint Heather Buck, Project Coordinator to the position identified in Chapter 4, Section 34179, (a), 7. Staff requests that the Mayor identify his appointee to the position identified in Chapter 4, Section 34179, (a), 2, so that the process of coordinating the first Oversight Board meeting may begin. Fiscal Analysis: No fiscal impact has been identified, although future costs may be associated with hosting and attending meetings. CTTY COUNCILA)OION Submitted by: APPROVED DENTED RECEIVED OTHER MEETI G DAT y NOES: 41M(` hn Wohlmuth, City Manager ABSENT: 69e ABSTAIN: VERIFIED Original on File with Ci lerk's Office * By Minute Motion, appoint Heather Buck, Project Coordinator, and Mayor Robert A. Spiegel to the newly created ABX1-26 Overshight Board for the City of Palm Desert as a Successor Agency to the Palm Desert Redevelopment Agency. 5-0