TO: Board of Supervisors
FROM: Neha Hoskins, Clerk of the Board
REPORT BY: Paulette Cooper, Deputy Clerk of the Board II
SUBJECT: Appointment to the Napa County Airport Land Use Commission
RECOMMENDATION
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Appoint Todd Walker representing the General Public category to the Napa County Airport Land Use Commission with term of office to commence immediately and expire on May 7, 2029. (No Fiscal Impact)
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BACKGROUND
There is currently one opening on the Napa County Airport Land Use Commission due to resignation. The County Executive Office advertised the opening and received one application from Todd Walker.
Pursuant to the provisions of Section 21670.1 of the Public Utilities Code of the State of California, the Napa County Planning Commission is the designated body to assume and accomplish the planning responsibilities of an Airport Land Use Commission effective March 25, 1975. Resolution No. 75-51 of the Board of Supervisors of the County of Napa amends to conform to California Public Utilities Code Section 21670.1, as amended by Chapter 1018, Section 2, of the statutes of 1987, regarding the composition of an appropriately designated body when functioning as the Airport Land Use Commission as follows:
"Whenever there is a change in membership in either the Napa County Planning Commission or the Airport Land Use Commission (ALUC), the Board of Supervisors of the County of Napa shall determine how many members of the Planning Commission have "expertise in aviation," defined in California Public Utilities Code Section 21670(e) as "a person who, by way of education, training, business, experience, vocation, or avocation has acquired and possesses particular knowledge of, and familiarity with, the function, operation and role of airports, or is an elected official of a local agency which owns or operates an airport."
The Board must augment the Napa County Planning Commission when it meets as the ALUC by appointing additional members with aviation experience as referenced in Section 21670.1. Section 21670.1 of the Public Utilities Code requires at least two (2) members of the ALUC have an expertise in aviation. A person is considered to have "expertise in aviation" if he/she, by way of education, training, business, experience, vocation, or avocation has acquired and possesses particular knowledge of, and familiarity with, the function, operation, and role of airports, or is an elected official of a local agency which owns or operates an airport. If such expertise does not exist among the regular members or an existing body designated to serve as the ALUC under subsection (b) of Section 21670.1 of the Public Utilities Code, that body must be augmented for ALUC purposes only with additional members until the necessary number of persons with aviation expertise has been achieved. Under no circumstances may a person appointed to augment the Planning Commission, pursuant to California Public Utilities Code Section 21670 et seq., serve as a Planning Commissioner.
Napa County Airport Land Use Commission Staff recommends the appointment of Todd Walker to Napa County Airport Land Use Commission. (Recommendation letter attached)
Requested Action:
Appoint Todd Walker to Napa County Airport Land Use Commission.
FISCAL IMPACT
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Is there a Fiscal Impact? |
No |
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
ENVIRONMENTAL DETERMINATION: The proposed action is not a project as defined by 14 California Code of Regulations 15378 (State CEQA Guidelines) and therefore CEQA is not applicable.