Title
New member applications review
Recommended Action
Move to recommend four candidates 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):
Michelle Swanson, AICP, Senior Planner, Public Works - Transportation, 360.753.8575
Background and Analysis:
Introduction
16 people submitted applications to fill the four upcoming vacancies on the BPAC. At the November meeting, the BPAC decided that each Committee Member would review and rank the applications ahead of the meeting. Most members have submitted the results of their evaluation to the staff liaison. Those results are attached.
Staff recommends that the BPAC choose four people to recommend and two alternates.
Scoring and ranking process
The scores and rankings are meant to be a guide for the meeting’s discussion. The candidates who are currently scored the highest may not be the candidates the BPAC recommends for appointment. The BPAC will make its decision during the meeting after discussing the initial results of the scores.
The scores were based on these criteria:
• 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 in order to have fairly even geographic representation. For example, the staff liaison included a note such as “northeast” or “downtown” for each candidate in the evaluation sheet emailed to Committee Members.
Next steps
After the BPAC recommends at least four people to fill the upcoming vacancies, that recommendation will be shared with the Community Livability and Public Safety Committee, a subcommittee of the City Council. 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 of the candidates will be invited to attend this meeting virtually and may be listening in to the Committee’s discussion. They will not be asked to address the BPAC.
Options:
1. Option 1: recommend four candidates and two alternates to fill the upcoming vacancies.
2. 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:
Candidate scores and ranking
Applications