Title
New member applications review
Recommended Action
Move to recommend three candidates and two alternates to fill the upcoming vacancies on the BPAC.
Report
Issue:
Evaluate and recommend candidates to serve on the BPAC to the City Council’s Community Livability and Public Safety Committee.
Staff Contact:
Max DeJarnatt, Associate Planner, Public Works | Transportation, 360.570.3723
Presenter(s):
Max DeJarnatt, Associate Planner
Background and Analysis:
Introduction
16 people submitted applications to fill the three upcoming vacancies on the BPAC. BPAC members have had the opportunity to evaluate, score, and submit the scores to the staff liaison ahead of this meeting. The results of the scores are attached, which will help guide the discussion on whom to recommend.
Since there are three vacancies, staff recommends that the BPAC choose three people to recommend and two alternates.
Scoring and ranking process
On December 17th the staff liaison emailed redacted versions of the applications, attached, to committee members and asked them to score the candidates based on the criteria below. The redactions were to the applicants’ names, addresses, and other personally identifying information.
The scores are meant to be a guide for the meeting’s discussion. The candidates who score the highest may not be the candidates the BPAC recommends for appointment. Staff recommends that the BPAC make its decision during the meeting after discussing the initial results of the scores.
The scores are based on these criteria, which was decided by the BPAC in previous years:
• Unique perspective
• Engagement in walking, biking, and transit
• Interest in community involvement
Committee members scored the candidates on a scale of 1 to 5 in each of those categories. Additionally, committee members considered a general idea of where each candidate lives to have fairly even geographic representation. For example, the staff liaison included a note such as “eastside” or “downtown” for each candidate in the evaluation sheet emailed to committee members. To help in that consideration, the staff liaison also included a list of the general areas represented by continuing members as well.
Next steps
After the BPAC recommends at least three people to fill the upcoming vacancies, that recommendation will be shared with the Community Livability and Public Safety Committee, a City Council committee. CLPS will likely consider the recommendation and then make its own recommendation to the full City Council in time for the new members’ terms to begin on April 1st.
All the candidates will be invited to attend this meeting and may be listening in to the committee’s discussion. They will not be asked to address the BPAC.
Options:
Option 1: recommend three candidates and two alternates to fill the upcoming vacancies.
Option 2: not recommend candidates to fill the upcoming vacancies. This will require that the Community Livability and Public Safety Committee evaluate all 16 of the applicants without the benefit of the BPAC’s input.
Financial Impact:
There is no financial impact from this item.
Attachments:
Applications
2026 evaluations summary