| | | | | | | | Agenda Item - 4.a.
City of Garden Grove
INTER-DEPARTMENT MEMORANDUM
| To: | Scott C. Stiles
| From: | Teresa Pomeroy
| | Dept.: | City Manager
| Dept.: | City Clerk
| | Subject: | Consideration of an appointment to fill a vacancy on the Parks, Recreation and Arts Commission. (Action Item) | Date: | 6/8/2021 |
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| | | | | | | | OBJECTIVE
For the Mayor to appoint and for the City Council to approve an appointment to fill the vacancy on the Parks, Recreation and Arts Commission. |
| | | | | | | | BACKGROUND
Parks, Recreation and Arts Commissioner David Johnson resigned on April 16, 2021, citing his pending retirement and move from Garden Grove. At the City Council meeting on April 27, 2021, Mr. Johnson's resignation was accepted with regret. The City Clerk's Office posted and published a vacancy notice for the Parks, Recreation and Arts Commission on May 5, 2021, the vacancy was also published in a press release and on the City's social media platforms. |
| | | | | | | | DISCUSSION
Pursuant to Garden Grove Municipal Code 2.21.010(A) and Government Code Section 40605, the Mayor, with the approval of the City Council, shall make all appointments to boards, commissions, and committees unless otherwise specifically provided by statute. The attached lists Garden Grove residents who submitted applications for the Parks, Recreation and Arts Commission who were not selected during the 2020 recruitment; and current applicants who submitted following the vacancy notice. |
| | | | | | | | RECOMMENDATION
It is recommended that the Mayor and City Council:
- Consider and appoint a Parks, Recreation and Arts Commissioner to fill the vacancy and complete David Johnson's term.
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| ATTACHMENTS: | | Description | Upload Date | Type | File Name | | Parks, Recreation and Arts list of applicants | 6/1/2021 | Backup Material | Parks_Recreation_and_Arts_Commission_list_of_applicants_for_vacancy_-_2021.pdf | | Vacancy Notice | 6/1/2021 | Backup Material | Parks_Commission_Special_Vacancy_Notice_(April_2021).pdf | | Press Release | 6/1/2021 | Backup Material | Press_Release_seeking-Parks_recreation_and_arts-commissioner_(2).pdf |
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