PURPOSE:

The purpose of this report is to request the Council make an appointment to fill a four-year term for Burbank's representative to the Greater Los Angeles Vector Control District Board of Trustees ending January 1, 2011.  In addition, the Council is being requested to make appointments to fill two unexpired terms on the Community Development Goals Committee ending on June 1, 2008 and June 1, 2010.  These vacancies were created due to the resignation of Committee Members Dwayne Healy and Rebecca Chamaa who have relocated from the City.

BACKGROUND

The Greater Los Angeles Vector Control District provides vector (insect) control services throughout its service area which includes 34 cities and certain portions of the unincorporated area of Los Angeles County.  Member cities cover a large geographic area stretching from Long Beach to Santa Clarita.  Trustees are required to attend monthly meetings every first Thursday of the month at 7:00 p.m. at the District�s headquarters in Santa Fe Springs, California and are paid $100 for each meeting they attend in lieu of expenses.

The Community Development Goals Committee functions as a liaison entity between the Community Development Department and Burbank residents on matters relevant to the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development.  The Committee consists of nine members appointed by the Council to serve four-year terms. 

On November 6, 2006, the City Clerk's Office began advertising and accepting applications for the above vacancies. Notices were sent to the newspapers and placed on the City�s website and the Channel 6 Scroll in order to obtain qualified candidates.  As of the December 6, 2006 deadline, the City Clerk�s Office received: one application from the incumbent, Kristy Laird, for the Vector Control District Board vacancy; and, two applications from Shannon M. Stevenson-Landon and Mike Chapman for the Community Development Goals Committee vacancies.

RECOMMENDATION:

Staff recommends the Council appoint Kristy Laird to fill a four-year term for Burbank's representative to the Greater Los Angeles Vector Control District Board of Trustees ending January 1, 2011.  Staff also recommends the Council appoint Shannon M. Stevenson-Landon and Mike Chapman to fill the two unexpired terms on the Community Development Goals Committee ending on June 1, 2008 and June 1, 2010.  As in the past, the City Clerk will toss a coin to determine which applicant gets the shorter or longer term.

Respectfully submitted,

Margarita Campos, CMC

City Clerk

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