Subject:
Title
Approval; RE: Final ranking and appointment of EEL Selection and Management Committee (SMC) Members - All Districts.
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Fiscal Impact:
There are no fiscal impacts to General Revenue funds. There are no impacts to EEL Program funds.
Dept/Office:
Parks and Recreation/Environmentally Endangered Lands (EEL) Program
Requested Action:
Recommendation
It is requested that the Board of County Commissioners (Board):
1. Review and rank applicants;
2. Appoint the seven highest ranked science applicants;
3. Appoint the two highest ranked business, finance or real estate applicants;
4. Appoint the next highest ranked applicant in the two categories as alternate committee members.
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Summary Explanation and Background:
On December 17, 2024, the Board approved staff to publicly advertise to fill all of the open positions on the Environmentally Endangered Lands Selection and Management Committee (SMC) with qualified applicants and bring the list of qualified applicants back to the Board for final ranking and appointment.
The openings were publicly advertised on January 7, 2025 for two weeks. As per the Board approved EEL Land Acquisition Manual, all submitted science applications were reviewed and initially ranked by the Qualifying Committee on February 7, 2025. The list of qualified science applicants was reviewed and confirmed by the EEL Procedures Committee on February 14, 2025 as defined by the Board Approved Land Acquisition Manual. 11 qualified science applicants and 5 business, finance, real estate applicants are now being presented for consideration to the Board for final ranking and appointment.
The list of qualified science applicants and their initial ranking scores are as follows:
1. Paul Schmalzer 122 points
2. Kathryn Becker 117 points
3. James Burney 117 points
4. Maryann Civil 117 points
5. Jon Shepherd 117 points
6. Kenneth Snyder 117 points
7. Christopher O’Hara 112 points
8. Lisa Toland 112 points
9. Jennifer White 111 points
10. Jennifer Thompson 106 points
11. Jeff Eble 105 points
The list of applicants with expertise in business, finance or real estate are as follows:
1. Olen W. Burden
2. Susan Christman
3. Jason P. Miller
4. Tara Miller
5. Sandra Racicot
It is requested that the Board consider completing the final ranking process as defined in the EEL Land Acquisition Manual, by each Board member assigning a score of 3, 2, or 1 to each of the qualified applicants with 3 being the highest score for preferred applicants. Staff will collect and tabulate the scores. The seven science applicants with the highest scores and the two business, finance, or real estate applicants with the highest scores will be appointed to the SMC committee. The applicants with the next highest score in each of the two categories will be appointed as alternate committee members.
Clerk to the Board Instructions:
Please return Board Memorandum to the Environmentally Endangered Lands (EEL) Program.