MINUTES

EXECUTIVE BOARD

Wednesday, October 1, 2008

Gilroy City Hall, Council Conference Room

7351 Rosanna Street, Gilroy

Present:

Al Pinheiro, President

Kris Wang, 1st Vice President

David Casas, 2^nd Vice President

Kathleen King, Secretary/Treasurer

Sam Liccardo, Member-At-Large

Pat Mahan, Immediate Past President

Tom Haglund, Cities Managers’ Association Liaison

Joanne Benjamin, Executive Director

President Pinheiro called the meeting to order at 4:06 p.m. 

Minutes: The Draft Minutes of the September 10, 2008 meeting were reviewed.  Motion (Liccardo), Second (Mahan) to approve the minutes.  Motion passed unanimously.

Finances: The financial reports were reviewed.  Joanne reported the Capital Assets Records have been updated and distributed a report: Capital Asset Accounting. This report includes a Fixed Asset Inventory for the Association. Motion (Wang), Second (Mahan) to approve the financial reports and forward them to the Board.  Motion passed unanimously.

Old Business:

Policy Issues for 2008: Joanne forwarded a request to the Board from Greg Sellers and Bob Hines of the SVLG to have the Board consider the adoption of a resolution supporting the efforts of streamlining the solar permitting process. Motion (Liccardo), Second (Wang) to forward a draft resolution to the Board for their consideration.

Oct. Board Meeting: There will be informational presentations from the Santa Clara County Health Department regarding Menu Labeling and the Progress of the Blue Ribbon Commission to End Homelessness and Solve the Affordable Housing Crisis.

Ban on Plastic Bags/Single Use Bags in Large Retail Stores: Al reminded the Committee  of the request for cities to adopt a Resolution supporting the effort by the Cities Association to research information and develop possible uniform ordinance for all cities to adopt.  Joanne will remind our cities to also pass a resolution.

Appointment of Executive Director: Al reported the subcommittee of Kris, Kathleen, and Al met to review the applications and thanked Tom Haglund who volunteered Gilroy’s HR person to do reference checks. The committee has chosen Joyce Iwasaki. Motion (King)/Second (Liccardo) to offer the position to Ms. Iwasaki. If the offer is not accepted, the committee will recommend the second place candidate. Carried unanimously. Motion (Casas)/Second (Liccardo) to ask the subcommittee to determine the pay scale and other details of the offer. Carried unanimously. The Board must approve the appointment at the October Board Meeting.

Nominating Committee for 2009 Executive Board: Kris reported the Nominating Committee had met earlier in the afternoon and had a slate, but needed to contact nominees prior to making the announcement. The Committee will be ready to report at the Oct. Meeting.

New Business:

County/Cities’ Managers Association Report:  No report since the Managers have not met since the last SCCCA Executive Meeting.

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Reports from appointees of CSC: Joanne has asked Dean Chu, MTC representative, to report at the October meeting. Joanne has also asked someone from the RWRC to report at the November meeting. The RWRC has also been discussing the single-use plastic bags issue.

Requests to speak at Board Meetings:

• After the Sept. Board Meeting, both the Measure A campaign (VMC Seismic retrofit) and the Proposition 1A campaign (High Speed Rail) have asked if the Cities Association could consider supporting the measures/propositions. Motion (Liccardo)/Second (Wang) to ask the Board to consider supporting Measure A, Measure B, and Proposition 1A on the Nov. ballot. Motion carried 5 to 1.
• Patricia Gardner, SVCN: Kathleen reported Patricia was still gathering data and she would contact Patricia and find out when Patricia was prepared to present.
• Planned Parenthood – Risks of Certain Plastics: Sam reported this request was a voluntary effort to inform employees. It was decided to have this discussion at the Jan. Board Meeting since the Nov. Board agenda already has the discussion of the single-use plastic bags.

Report of Executive Director:  Joanne reported that Dan Furtado has requested a few minutes on the Oct. Board agenda to discuss the “Great America Clean-Up Program.”

Other:  None

President Pinheiro adjourned the meeting at 5:10 p.m. to Wednesday, November 5, 2008, 4 p.m., at the Gilroy City Hall. 

Respectfully submitted,

Joanne Benjamin, Executive Director