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COUNTY OF SAN MATEO
Inter-Departmental Correspondence
Board of Supervisors
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DATE:
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November 3, 2009
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BOARD MEETING DATE:
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November 10, 2009
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SPECIAL NOTICE/HEARING:
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None
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VOTE REQUIRED:
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None
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TO:
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Honorable Board of Supervisors
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FROM:
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Supervisor Mark Church and Supervisor Richard Gordon
Finance and Operations Committee
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SUBJECT:
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Resolution Establishing a 2010 Charter Review Committee to Make Recommendations to the Board Of Supervisors Regarding Proposed Amendments to the County Charter
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RECOMMENDATION:
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Adopt a resolution establishing a 2010 Charter Review Committee to make recommendations to the Board of Supervisors regarding proposed amendments to the County Charter.
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BACKGROUND:
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Section 801 of the County Charter provides as follows:
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“The Board of Supervisors shall convene a Charter review committee within eight years of the last complete Charter review. The committee shall review the Charter and, after public hearings, make appropriate recommendations for amendment or revision to the Board.”
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The last Charter review committee was convened in 2002, therefore it is appropriate for the Board to convene a new committee at this time.
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DISCUSSION:
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The Finance and Operations Committee considered the composition, timing and guidance to be given to a newly convened Charter review committee at its meetings of October 21 and November 3, 2009. We are presenting to the Board for its consideration and approval a resolution that would form the committee. The proposed resolution does the following:
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Specifies that the Charter review committee will consist of seventeen (17) members, selected as follows: (a) each Board member will select two members, each such member being a resident within the supervisorial district of the appointing Board member; (b) the following seven organizations would each select one designee to serve on the Committee: the Council of Cities, County School Boards Association, League of Women Voters, Central Labor Council, SamCEDA, Sustainable San Mateo County, and Youth Commission. All designees shall be individually named, and there shall be no alternates.
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Specifies that County Counsel and the County Manager, or their designees, shall serve as staff to the Committee.
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Specifies that the Committee shall convene an organizational meeting as soon as possible after January 1, 2010, and shall complete its work, which shall include a transmittal of recommendations to the Board, no later than June 30, 2010.
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Provides guidance regarding the organization of the Committee and the conduct of its business in the following areas: compliance with the Brown Act, appointment of officers, and quorum and voting requirements.
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Specifies that the Charter review committee should consider any changes to the Charter as authorized by the Constitution and State Law, which in its opinion are appropriate, including but not limited to, the matters specified by the 2008-2009 Grand Jury relating to the method of election of members of the Board of Supervisors and appointment of members to fill out unexpired terms of office, and consolidation and reorganization of departments and other organizational improvements requiring a Charter amendment.
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FISCAL IMPACT:
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The convening of a Charter review committee will result in only incidental impact to the General Fund relating to the staffing of the committee.
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