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
12 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 liaison will share the results of the scores during the meeting to 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 January 3rd 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. Many BPAC members replied before the meeting with their scores. Others will share them during the meeting, and all of the scores will be shown publicly.
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. The BPAC will make its decision during the meeting after discussing the initial results of the scores.
The scores are 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 to have fairly even geographic representation. For example, the staff liaison included a note such as "eastside"...
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