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Annual Review and Appointment of Regional Board Representatives December 15, 2020 Page 2 of 3 • 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 2024. Representative may only be removed for cause. • 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. 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 Mayor Vicente Sarmiento is serving as the representative. Councilmembers Johnathan Ryan Hernandez and Nelida Mendoza have expressed their interest to serve. • Southern California Association of Governments (SCAG) District #16: Pursuant to the SCAG bylaws, each SCAG district in the six -county SCAG region has one Regional Council seat. Regional Council members are elected by a vote of the cities in each SCAG district that are members of SCAG. Elections for Regional Council District Representatives are completed every other year, with elections for odd - numbered districts occurring in odd -numbered years, and elections for even numbered districts occurring in even -numbered years. Each elected SCAG Regional Council member can participate on any policy committee of choice. SCAG bylaws allow for additional Regional Council seats to be assigned to each Board of Supervisors and each county transportation commission member agency. Each SCAG subregion also has an at -large policy committee seat for as many districts that are located in the subregion. These at -large policy committee seats are filled through an appointment by the subregional board and are called Subregional Representatives. A board member and alternate is appointed by the majority of the City Council. Current Councilmember Phil Bacerra is serving as the representative and has expressed an interest in continuing to serve as the representative. Councilmembers Johnathan Ryan Hernandez and Jessie Lopez also expressed their interest to serve. L•