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Biennial Review and Appointment of Regional Board Representatives <br />December 20, 2022 <br />Page 2 <br />3 <br />1 <br />4 <br />2 <br />respective member agencies ensuring each member agency is part of the governance <br />of Metropolitan. A board member is appointed by the majority of the City Council <br />(member does not have to be elected official). <br />The current representative is Councilmember Thai Viet Phan. <br />Newport Bay Watershed Executive Committee <br />The Newport Bay Watershed Executive Committee (Executive Committee is the <br />successor to the Upper Newport Bay Sediment Control Executive Committee <br />established through a cooperative agreement in the early 1980s. The Executive <br />Committee was formed by amendment of the cooperative agreement in 1999, and now <br />includes in its interests the impairments of Newport Bay caused by nutrients, toxics, and <br />pathogens in addition to sediment, as well as related environmental enhancements. <br />Members of the Executive Committee are elected, appointed, or executive level <br />managers, with one member from each of the signatories to the agreement (the County <br />member, however, represents both the County and the Orange County Flood Control <br />District). The Executive Committee provides strategic direction for environmental <br />enhancement programs in the watershed, advocacy of these programs to the <br />elected/appointed boards of the member organizations, and a forum for discussion of <br />watershed environmental issues. <br />The current representative is Executive Director of Public Works, Nabil Saba. <br />Orange County Housing Finance Trust <br />The Orange County Housing Finance Trust (OCHFT) was formed in 2019 as a joint <br />powers authority between the County of Orange and the cities throughout the county. <br />OCHFT was created for the purpose of funding housing specifically assisting the <br />homeless population and persons and families of extremely low, very low, and low <br />income within the County of Orange. Term of office for members of the Board of <br />Directors shall be for two (2) years. <br />The current representative is Councilmember David Penaloza. <br />Orange County Fire Authority (OCFA) <br />The Orange County Fire Authority Board of Directors has twenty-five members and sets <br />policy according to its adopted Rules of Procedures. Twenty-three of the members <br />represent partner cities, and two members represent the county unincorporated area. A <br />board member is appointed by the majority of the City Council. Selection must be <br />authorized by resolution. <br />The current representative is Mayor Pro Tem Jessie Lopez.