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<br />62 <br />a growing center for high tech industry and a destination for visitors seeking a relaxing visit to one <br />of many local wineries. <br /> <br />The establishment in 1952 of the Lawrence Radiation Laboratory (renamed Lawrence <br />Livermore Laboratory in 1971 and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in 1979) by the <br />University of California spurred Livermore’s technological growth in the fields of atomic ordnance, <br />nuclear research and medicine. Today, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory is the largest <br />employer in Livermore employing over 6,500 people. <br /> <br />Governance and Management <br /> <br />Livermore operates under a City Council/City Manager form of government. Livermore is <br />governed by a five-member governing board. The current members of the City Council and the <br />expiration dates of their terms are set forth below. <br /> <br />Council Member Expiration of Term <br />Bob Woerner, Mayor November 2022 <br />Trish Munro, Vice Mayor November 2022 <br />Gina Bonanno, Council Member November 2022 <br />Bob Carling, Council Member November 2024 <br />Brittni Kiick, Council Member November 2024 <br /> <br />The City Council appoints a City Manager who manages and administers the daily affairs <br />of Livermore under guidelines of the City Council. The City Manager is Marc Roberts. Scott <br />Lanphier is the Director of Public Works. <br /> <br />Marc Roberts was appointed to the position of City Manager for the City of Livermore in <br />January 2012. Mr. Roberts has worked for the City of Livermore since 1987, including twelve <br />years as Community Development Director. He has played a key role in several important <br />projects for Livermore. Mr. Roberts was the project manager for the development of the South <br />Livermore Valley Specific Plan, a program that helped revitalize Livermore’s wine country, which <br />won a national planning award. He also was the program manager for the City’s Permit <br />Streamlining program that resulted in the development of the City’s One-Stop Permit Center in <br />1997. As the Community Development Director, Mr. Roberts led the team that wrote and <br />implemented the Downtown Specific Plan, a plan that transformed Livermore’s Downtown through <br />dozens of coordinated private and public projects. <br /> <br />Prior to working for Livermore, Mr. Roberts worked for the Town of Tiburon as a Planner. <br />Mr. Roberts holds a Bachelor of Science degree with honors in Landscape Architecture from UC <br />Davis and a Master of Business Administration degree from UC Berkeley. <br /> <br />Scott Lanphier received his Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering from the <br />University of Colorado in 1991. He began his career in the traffic and transportation industry <br />working for several private firms in the Sacramento area. In 1998, he joined state service with <br />Caltrans, District 3 and worked to assist public agencies with federal and state grants for surface <br />transportation projects. In 2003 he opened his own traffic engineering practice in Marysville, <br />California. In 2005, he returned to Caltrans to continue helping agencies process federal and state <br />grant funds. In 2010, Mr. Lanphier joined Parsons Brinkerhoff (now WSB) as a senior engineering <br />manager, developing the Sacramento area transportation sector. In 2013, Mr. Lanphier accepted <br />a position as Public Works Director for the County of Colusa. During his tenure there, his duties <br />including serving as the County Engineer, Executive Director of the Colusa County Transportation