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REQUEST FOR <br />COUNCIL ACTION <br />JANUARY 19, 2016 <br />TITLE: <br />APPOINT MEMBER TO THE ORANGE <br />COUNTY VECTOR CONTROL BOARD <br />{STRATEGIC PLAN NO. 5, 11 <br />f/2� 4� <br />CITY MANVER / <br />RECOMMENDED ACTION <br />CLERK OF COUNCIL USE ONLY: <br />F-1521-007AW <br />❑ As Recommended <br />❑ As Amended <br />❑ Ordinance on 1" Reading <br />❑ Ordinance on 2ntl Reading <br />❑ Implementing Resolution <br />❑ Set Public Hearing For <br />CONTINUED TO <br />FILE NUMBER <br />Select a member to the Orange County Vector Control and appoint for either a two (2) or four (4) <br />year term expiring in January of 2018 or 2020. <br />DISCUSSION <br />The Mayor and City Council represent the City's interest in regional issues by serving on a <br />number of regional boards which make public policy decisions in the areas of transportation, <br />water resources, fire services, government facilities and vector control. In 2013 the City Council <br />appointed Cecilia Aguinaga, a resident, to represent the City of Santa Ana on the Orange County <br />Vector Control. Ms. Aguinaga's current term expired on January 4. 2016. On December 15, <br />2015 the City Council elected to open up the nomination process to City residents. The Clerk of <br />the Council Office prepared a notice of vacancy and posted on the City's Facebook page, City's <br />website, bulletin boards at City Hall, and released as Nixle alert. The application deadline was <br />January 11, 2016 and as of said deadline received applications from Cecilia Aguinaga, Michelle <br />Leon and Isis Calvario. Their applications were routed to City Council for review and <br />consideration prior to this action. <br />A summary of duties, responsibilities, compensation and requirements are attached in the Notice <br />to Residents. <br />Orange County Vector Control Background <br />The Orange County Mosquito and Vector Control District (District) is a special district and is one <br />of over 100 agencies statewide specifically dedicated to protecting public health by controlling <br />rats, flies, mosquitoes, Red Imported Fire Ants and other vector related problems. <br />The District was formed in 1947, originally as the Orange County Mosquito Abatement District, in <br />accordance with local authority provided by the Mosquito Abatement Act of 1915 and further <br />60A -1 <br />