(a) Membership. The Park, Recreation and Open Space Advisory Committee (“Committee”) shall be comprised of 13 voting members. Eleven members shall be appointed by the members of the Board of Supervisors and approved by the full Board, with one member appointed by each Supervisor from their supervisorial district; and each Supervisor shall also appoint from their supervisorial district a specific alternate for the regular voting member, subject to approval by the full Board. The alternates shall not be seated on the Committee, but if a regular voting member is unavailable to attend or unable to vote as a result of recusal, then that regular voting member’s specific alternate shall be seated and shall act in the place of the regular voting member. Alternates are expected to attend and participate in meetings of the Committee. The Mayor shall appoint one member of the Committee. The President of the Board of Supervisors shall appoint one additional member of the Committee, subject to approval by the Board of Supervisors. The Committee members shall all be City residents and shall have relevant experience with park, environmental, recreational, cultural, sports, youth, disability, racial equity, or senior citizen issues. Where a voting seat that is subject to appointment by a Supervisor is vacant for more than 30 days, the Committee shall advise the appointing Supervisor of the vacancy. If the vacancy is not filled within 30 days of transmission of the notice of vacancy to the appointing Supervisor, the President shall appoint a member to the vacant seat, subject to approval by the Board of Supervisors, and shall become the member’s appointing authority for the remainder of the member’s term, at the end of which the authority to appoint a member to the seat shall revert back to the appointing Supervisor.
(b) Terms. The Committee members shall serve at the pleasure of their appointing authority for terms of two years.
(c) Transition Period. Prior to September 1, 2023, the Committee shall adopt a transition roster that identifies which of the current Board-appointed members shall serve as regular voting members versus as alternates. Where there are already two members appointed by the same Supervisor, those members shall attempt to reach agreement as to which of them shall be the regular voting member and which of them shall be the alternate, before September 1, 2023, subject to approval of the Committee; but if they do not agree, then the Committee may designate their assignments by lot. The Committee’s adoption of a transition roster shall not impact the authority of the Mayor or Board of Supervisors to fill vacancies or reassign which members serve as regular voting members and alternates. The term of the Presidential appointee shall begin on September 1, 2023.
(d) Duties. The Committee shall have the following duties:
(1) The Committee shall submit written comments to the Department on its proposed Strategic, Capital and Operational Plans, and all updates to such plans. The Committee shall submit comments on each such plan within 30 days after the plan is delivered to the Committee.
(2) The Committee shall assist the Department in conducting at least two public hearings on evenings or on weekends to permit the public to comment on the Department’s full budget and programming allocations prior to adoption by the Commission.
(3) Members of the Committee appointed from supervisorial districts shall serve as liaisons between the Commission and the residents, neighborhood groups and organizations dedicated to park and recreational issues in their districts. Members may also serve as liaisons to the public at large and to citywide organizations that are concerned with park and recreational issues, and may assist the Department to arrange meetings with neighborhood groups, citywide organizations and the public at large to discuss such issues.
(4) The Committee shall select a representative of the Committee to make the Committee’s quarterly report to the Commission on all significant park and recreational issues that have come to the attention of the Committee or its members.
(5) The Committee shall hold meetings at least once a month in City Hall and shall adopt its own rules of procedure.
(6) In addition to the duties described in Charter Section 16.107 and set forth below, the Committee shall have such duties as maybe fixed by the Commission or the Board of Supervisors.