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Annual Review and Appointment of Regional Board Representatives December 15, 2020 Page 3 of 3 governance of Metropolitan. A board member is appointed by the majority of the City Council (member does not have to be elected official). Councilmember Thai Viet Phan has expressed an interest to serve. • Newport Bay Watershed Executive Committee: The Newport Bay Watershed Executive Committee (Executive Committee is the successor to the Upper Newport Bay Sediment Control Executive Committee established through a cooperative agreement in the early 1980s. The Executive Committee was formed by amendment of the cooperative agreement in 1999, and now includes in its interests the impairments of Newport Bay caused by nutrients, toxics, and pathogens in addition to sediment, as well as related environmental enhancements. Members of the Executive Committee are elected, appointed, or executive level managers, with one member from each of the signatories to the agreement (the County member, however, represents both the County and the Orange County Flood Control District). The Executive Committee provides strategic direction for environmental enhancement programs in the watershed, advocacy of these programs to the elected/appointed boards of the member organizations, and a forum for discussion of watershed environmental issues. Current representative is Executive Director of Public Works, Nabil Saba. • Orange County Fire Authority (OCFA): The Orange County Fire Authority Board of Directors has twenty-five members and sets policy according to its adopted Rules of Procedures. Twenty-three of the members represent partner cities, and two members represent the county unincorporated area. A board member is appointed by the majority of the City Council. Selection must be authorized by resolution. Councilmembers Johnathan Ryan Hernandez and Jessie Lopez have expressed their interest to serve. • Orange County Sanitation District (OCSD) Board: The Orange County Sanitation District is a wastewater treatment facility that serves Orange County, California. It consists of two operating plants, referred to as Plant No. 1 located in Fountain Valley and Plant No. 2 located in Huntington Beach. It is the third largest wastewater treatment facility west of the Mississippi River. OCSD and the Orange County Water District were awarded the Stockholm Industry Water Award in 2008 for pioneering work to develop with Trojan Technologies the Groundwater Replenishment System, the world's largest water purification plant for groundwater recharge. A board member and alternate are appointed by the majority of the City Council. Current Councilmember Nelida Mendoza and Mayor Pro Tern David Penaloza are respectively serving as the representative and alternate. Councilmember Nelida Mendoza has expressed an interest in continuing to serve as the representative. 65B-2