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<br /> <br />ECC <br />UGENE ITY OUNCIL <br />AIS <br />GENDA TEM UMMARY <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Action: Appointment to Sustainability Commission <br /> <br /> <br />Meeting Date: October 10, 2011 Agenda Item Number: 3 <br />Department: City Manager’s Office Staff Contact: Babe O’Sullivan <br />www.eugene-or.gov/sustainability Contact Telephone Number: 541-682-5017 <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />ISSUE STATEMENT <br /> <br />This item is the appointment by the City Council of a new member to the Sustainability Commission to <br />serve the unexpired term of Lisa Arkin. <br /> <br /> <br />BACKGROUND <br /> <br />Each year, the council makes appointments to boards, committees and commissions. Chapter 2 of the <br />Eugene Code addresses standing committees to the City Council and the appointment process. For most <br />standing committees created in the Code, the council is the appointing authority. The normal recruitment <br />period for boards, committees and commissions begins in January unless a resignation occurs mid-term. <br />The Sustainability Commission has four positions that are filled in this manner, one of which had been <br />filled by Lisa Arkin. <br /> <br />Due to Ms. Arkin’s resignation, one vacancy has occurred on the Sustainability Commission. Ms. <br />Arkin’s term is set to expire on June 30, 2013, and her replacement will assume the remaining part of <br />this term. Applicants were drawn from a pool that had been created during the normal recruitment <br />process early in 2011. Three applicants completed interviews with the City Council. <br /> <br /> <br />RELATED CITY POLICIES <br />The Eugene Sustainability Commission is a 13-member citizen body that acts in an advisory capacity to <br />the City Council and the City Manager to create or enhance sustainable practices within the community. <br />The Sustainability Commission was created by City Ordinance No. 20379 in March 2007. <br /> <br /> <br />COUNCIL OPTIONS <br />The City Council may: <br /> <br />1.Appoint the candidate. <br /> <br />2.Appoint another candidate after reviewing all of the applications. <br /> <br />3.Choose no candidate at this time. <br /> <br /> <br />CITY MANAGER’S RECOMMENDATION <br /> <br />The City Manager has no recommendation on this item; the appointments are made by the City Council. <br /> S:\CMO\2011 Council Agendas\M111010\S1110103.doc <br />