COUNTY OF SAN MATEO

Inter-Departmental Correspondence

Board of Supervisors

 

DATE:

February 14, 2007

BOARD MEETING DATE:

February 27, 2007

SPECIAL NOTICE/HEARING:

None

VOTE REQUIRED:

Majority

 

TO:

Honorable Board of Supervisors

FROM:

Rose Jacobs Gibson, President, Board of Supervisors

SUBJECT:

Reappointment to the Area Board 5 on Developmental Disabilities

 

RECOMMENDATION:

Reappoint Connie Anderson to the Area Board 5 on Developmental Disabilities to a term expiring December 31, 2010.

 

VISION ALIGNMENT:

Shared Vision 2010 #24: Residents accept individual responsibility for contributing to the quality of life of the County as a whole.

 

BACKGROUND:

The Lanterman Developmental Disabilities Services Act established 13 area boards to protect and advocate for persons with developmental disabilities. Area Board 5 serves Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, San Francisco and San Mateo counties. Each county has two representatives appointed by their respective Board of Supervisors. The mission of the Area Board 5 on Developmental Disabilities is to ensure that persons with developmental disabilities and their families have the same rights and opportunities as the general population.

 

Terms are three years for a maximum of two consecutive three-year terms.

 

FISCAL IMPACT:

None