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21 - Board Appointments - Traffic Commission & BOAItem No. 21 TO: Mayor, Mayor Pro -Tem & City Council Rob Vine, Interim City Manager FROM: Janice Ellis, City Clerk SUBJECT: APPOINTMENTS TO THE TRAFFIC COMMISSION AND THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION DATE: August 12, 2024 BACKGROUND: Policies and Procedures for Boards & Commissions adopted by City Council require that appointments be made at the second regular City Council meeting in June. City Council deferred the appointments to their first meeting in July, allowing a Council Member for District 2 to be seated. At the July 8, 2024 meeting, City Council made appointments to the various Boards and Commissions, and at that time there were not a sufficient number of applicants to complete the process. Staff re -advertised for the vacancies. At the July 22, 2024 meeting, City Council made appointments to various boards. On August 7, 2024, Seth Johnson resigned from the Historic Preservation Commission, leaving an alternate position vacant (expires 6-30-2025). STATUS OF ISSUE: There were not enough applicants to fill the three positions on the Traffic Commission. City Council directed staff to re -advertise and to call applicants not selected for other boards to find out if they would be interested in serving on another board. Staff contacted applicants who had applied for other boards. Applicants interested in serving on the Traffic Commission are Gloria Day, Linda Vandiver, and Sequoia Bruce. On August 7, 2024, Staff contacted Millicent Kee to see if she would be interested in serving on HPC and she expressed a desire to do so. Ms. Kee had previously applied to serve on the Main Street Advisory Board. BUDGET: N/A RECOMMENDATION: Appoint Gloria Day, Linda Vandiver, and Sequoia Bruce to the fill the three vacancies on the Traffic Commission. Appoint Millicent Kee to serve in the alternate unexpired position on the Historic Preservation Commission.