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File #: 17-235    Name:
Type: Appointment Status: Passed
File created: 3/23/2017 In control: City Council
On agenda: 4/10/2017 Final action: 4/10/2017
Title: Discuss and consider approval of the appointment of two individuals to the Watershed Advisory Committee for terms ending April 18, 2020.

Presenter/Contact

Presenter

Patrick Aten, City Secretary

Contact Info

(830) 221-4010 - paten@nbtexas.org

 

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SUBJECT:

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Discuss and consider approval of the appointment of two individuals to the Watershed Advisory Committee for terms ending April 18, 2020.

 

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BACKGROUND / RATIONALE:

The Watershed Advisory Committee is made up of ten members serving three year staggered terms.  Two members serve as representatives of Home Owners Associations, one member must be an agricultural landowner within the watershed, one member serves at-large, one member each serves from one of the following professional categories: engineering, development, business community, landscape planning/arborist/architect, and biology/environmental; and one member serves as the chair and is appointed by the Mayor.

 

One seat for a representative of the engineering profession and one seat for an individual with environmental/biological interest are available.  The open seats were advertised from January 17, 2017, through March 16, 2017.

 

The following qualified applications were submitted for the environmental/biological interest:

                     Cutter Gonzalez

                     Lynn Lindsay (incumbent)

 

The following qualified application was submitted for the engineering professional:

                     Rick Myrick

 

Applicants current & prior service on Boards and Commissions

 

Cutter Gonzales previously served on the Building and Standards Commission and the Community Development Advisory Committee.

 

Lynn Lindsay currently serves on the Watershed Advisory Committee.

 

Rick Myrick previously served on the Watershed Advisory Committee and the Planning Commission.

 

ADDRESSES A NEED/ISSUE IN A CITY PLAN OR COUNCIL PRIORITY:

N/A

 

FISCAL IMPACT:

N/A

 

Recommendation

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION:

N/A

 

STAFF RECOMMENDATION:

Staff recommends the approval of the appointment of two individuals to the Watershed Advisory Committee for terms ending April 18, 2020.