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Annual Review and Appointment of Regional Board Representatives <br />December 20, 2016 <br />Page ,, cif '3 <br />their respective member agencies ensuring each member agency is part of the <br />governance of Metropolitan. <br />A board member is appointed by the majority of the City Council (member does not <br />have to be elected official). <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 />A board member and alternate is appointed by the majority of the City Council. <br />• Orange County Sanitation District (OCSD) Board <br />The Orange County Sanitation District is a wastewater treatment facility that serves <br />Orange County, California. It consists of two operating plants, referred to as Plant No. 1 <br />located in Fountain Valley and Plant No. 2 located in Huntington Beach. It is the third <br />largest wastewater treatment facility west of the Mississippi River. OCSD and the <br />Orange County Water District were awarded the Stockholm Industry Water Award in <br />2008 for pioneering work to develop with Trojan Technologies the Groundwater <br />Replenishment System, the world's largest water purification plant for groundwater <br />recharge. <br />A board member and alternate are appointed by the majority of the City Council. <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. <br />A board member is appointed by the majority of the City Council. Selection must be <br />authorized by resolution. <br />■ Transportation System Improvement Authorities - Orange & Tustin (TSIA) <br />Formed in 1990, City of Santa Ana approved a joint authority with the Cities of Orange <br />and Tustin to improve areas of mutual interests. <br />65A -2 <br />