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Annual Review and Appointment of Regional Board Representatives December 18, 2018 Page 2 of 2 ■ Orange County Vector Control: The Orange County Vector Control Board is an independent special district dedicated to controlling rats, mosquitoes, and other disease carrying and public health pests. Activities also include surveillance of vectors and vector -borne diseases, public education services and identification of public health pests. Each Trustee is appointed by the city they represent to serve a two or four-year term. Current representative, Cecilia Aguinaga, was appointed to a term that will expire on January 6, 2020. Representative may only be removed for cause; letter from agency is attached as exhibit 4. ■ Orange County Water District: The Orange County Water District manages, replenishes and protects the Orange County Groundwater Basin —Orange County's largest source of drinking water. The 270-square-mile basin provides approximately 75 percent of the water supply to more than 2.5 million residents in north and central Orange County. The District's boundaries are highlighted on the map below, which also illustrates which OCWD director serves a given community. A 10-member board of directors governs the District and implements policies that foster sound management of the basin, as well as support the advancement of OCWD's mission to provide an adequate, reliable, high -quality water supply at the lowest reasonable cost in an environmentally responsible manner. Seven board members are elected and three are appointed by Anaheim, Fullerton and Santa Ana city councils. Current representative Vicente Sarmiento is serving as Chair of the Board and has expressed an interest in continuing to serve in this capacity. ■ Southern California Association of Governments (SCAG) District #16: An association representing six (6) counties (Imperial, Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino and Ventura) that works to develop regional plans for transportation, growth management, housing development, air quality and other issues of regional significance. A board member and alternate is appointed by the majority of the City Council. ■ Transportation System Improvement Authorities - Orange & Tustin (TSIA): Formed in 1990, City of Santa Ana approved a joint authority with the Cities of Orange and Tustin to improve areas of mutual interests. A board member and alternate are appointed by the majority of the City Council for each of the two (2) Authorities. 65C-3