COUNTY OF SAN MATEO

Inter-Departmental Correspondence

BOARD OF SUPERVISORS

DATE:

February 22, 2005

BOARD MEETING DATE:

March 1, 2005

SPECIAL NOTICE/HEARING:

None

VOTE REQUIRED:

Majority

TO:

Honorable Board of Supervisors

FROM:

Supervisor Rose Jacobs Gibson

SUBJECT:

Reappointment to the Arts Commission

RECOMMENDATION:

Reappoint Brian Douglas to the San Mateo County Arts Commission, with a term expiring 1/3/09.

VISION ALIGNMENT:

Commitment: Leaders work together across boundaries to preserve and enhance our quality of life.

Goal: #24 Residents accept individual responsibility for contributing to the quality of life of the County as a whole.

BACKGROUND:

The Arts Commission’s mission is to promote and encourage the arts, to serve in an advisory capacity to the Board of Supervisors, to prepare and update the County’s strategic and cultural plan and act as a liaison with arts organizations in order to ensure collaboration and coordination related to culture and art activities in San Mateo County.

Brian Douglas represents the fourth district and his term expired 1/3/05. I recommend that he be reappointed for another term, expiring 1/3/09.

FISCAL IMPACT:

There is no fiscal impact.