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22 <br /> 1 BACKGROUND: <br /> 2 Members of the Board have expressed interest in reviewing the boards and commissions <br /> 3 appointment process, including the format in which the supplementary appointment information <br /> 4 is presented. Staff hopes to learn the Board's opinions of the current process and materials, <br /> 5 hear feedback on the Draft Proposed Example Agenda Packet for Appointment Discussions, <br /> 6 and receive direction on the following questions related to boards and commissions: <br /> 7 1. Does the Board wish to be sent applications received for a board after agenda <br /> 8 publication? <br /> 9 2. Does the Board wish to continue receiving appointment recommendations from boards <br /> 10 and commissions? What role do recommendations play? <br /> 11 3. Does the Board want to schedule a formal review of the Orange County Board of County <br /> 12 Commissioners Advisory Board Policy? <br /> 13 4. Would the Board like to continue with Annual Report and Work Plan presentations from <br /> 14 advisory boards and commissions as in previous years, or see changes? <br /> 15 <br /> 16 Chair Price said there is a need for discussion about the boards and commissions <br /> 17 appointment process and clarifying the process for staff. She said the process has been <br /> 18 changed many times. <br /> 19 Tara May reviewed some of the attachments included in the agenda packet for this item. <br /> 20 She highlighted the questions listed in the agenda abstract on which she would like further <br /> 21 direction. <br /> 22 Chair Price said Tara May is attempting to improve the application and appointment <br /> 23 process. <br /> 24 Commissioner Greene said the application packet is difficult to read online. She said <br /> 25 simpler is better, and she would like to see the resumes of those who have applied. She said <br /> 26 seeing who is currently on the board is confusing. She said she would rather see a <br /> 27 demographic breakdown. <br /> 28 Commissioner Fowler agreed with Commissioner Greene's suggestion of a demographic <br /> 29 breakdown. She thanked Tara May for creating a spreadsheet listing the advisory boards and <br /> 30 commissions. She asked which staff member supports the Climate Council. <br /> 31 Tara May said Brennan Bouma currently staffs the Climate Council. She said the <br /> 32 advisory board policy does not list the Climate Council as one of the boards to which the policy <br /> 33 applies. She said it does not have a policy to follow. <br /> 34 Commissioner Fowler asked if this is also true about the Board of Equalization and <br /> 35 Review (E&R). <br /> 36 Tara May said the Board of E&R is a quasi-judicial board, and has a general statute that <br /> 37 guides its operations. <br /> 38 Commissioner Richards said she liked the matrix, but it does not note an applicant's <br /> 39 relevant experience. <br /> 40 Chair Price said applicants are supposed to put that in the applications. <br /> 41 Commissioner Richards said she would like to have more information, but wonders if <br /> 42 there is a way to streamline the matrix to see if a candidate has the experience. She said it is a <br /> 43 lot of information to review. She said making the decision is about more than demographics, <br /> 44 and she wants to know more about an applicant's experience. <br /> 45 Chair Price said the Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) has revised the questions <br /> 46 in the past to make them shorter. She said it is up to the Board to make sure applicants are <br /> 47 qualified. <br /> 48 Commissioner Hamilton said it is hard to keep track of the material in the agenda <br /> 49 packets. She would like to see an excel spreadsheet for each advisory board and commission, <br /> 50 listing the names of the current board members, the applicants, the demographics, basic <br />