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members 0 This action ~ould ensure that a complete tumover of Committee Members ~ould not adversely affect trail projects currently in various stages of developmento Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council: BACKGROUND On September 16, 2003, the City Council approved the Parks and Recreation Commission's recommended appointments to the City's ne~ Trails Ad Hoc Committee. The Trails Ad Hoc Committee ~as originally intended to meet "~hen needed" to address trail-related issues, but not more than once per montho As the Committee began discussions on various items of interest, it decided to adopt a regular monthly meeting schedule (the fourth Monday of each month) 0 During formation of the Committee, staff had suggested a possible term limit of three (3) years, and a maximum of t~o (2) appointments; ho~ever, it ~as later discovered that the Commission had not included that action in its recommendations to the City Council. At the April 14, 2005 Commission meeting, Chairperson Narum requested that staff research term requirements for the Committee and report back at a future meetingo Given the number of trail issues to be addressed and the Committee's meeting frequency, there ~as concem that orderly tumover of members not impact trail projectso There ~as also a concem that other interested community members have an opportunity to serve on the Committee. At its meeting of July 14, 2005, the Commission suggested that five (5) Committee positions be excluded from term limits due to the advisory support provided by those representatives. These positions include the Parks and Recreation Commissioner/Committee Chairperson, Police Department representative, Youth Commission representative, and staff representatives from Zone 7 Water Agency and East Bay Regional Park Districto The other five (5) Committee positions are community members representing various interests, and it ~as suggested that these terms be staggered as follo~s: . Three (3) posItions (2 Community Members-At-Large and the Regional Trails representative) serve until September 2006, an initial three-year termo . T~o (2) positions (1 Community Member-At-Large and the Non-Motorized Transportation representative) serve until September 2007, an initial four-year termo . After the initial term period, all community member terms ~ould be three (3) years. SR 06:010 Page 2