COMMISSIONS AND BOARDS Downey Public Facilities Financing Corporation Design Review Board Handicapped Appeals Board Library Advisory Board Parking Place Commission Personnel Advisory Board Planning Commission Recreation and Community Services Commission Water Advisory Board Water Facilities Corporation Cable TV Citizens Advisory Committee Citizens Health and Environmental Sanitation Committee Emergency Preparedness Committee Traffic Committee Hospital Committee Art in Public Places Committee DOWNEY PUBLIC FACILITIES FINANCING CORPORATION THE CORPORATION MEETS ANNUALLY IN FEBRUARY AT 5:00 P.M. IN THE ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES CONFERENCE ROOM AT DOWNEY CITY HALL. Contact : Kathleen Midstokke, City Clerk (562) 904-7280 email DESIGN REVIEW BOARD MEMBERS ARE APPOINTED AT-LARGE AND BY OCCUPATION. THE DESIGN REVIEW BOARD MEETS THE SECOND AND FOURTH WEDNESDAYS OF EACH MONTH AT 6:30 P.M. IN THE CONFERENCE ROOM OF THE COUNCIL CHAMBER OF DOWNEY CITY HALL. Contact : City Planner (562) 904-7154 email HANDICAPPED APPEALS BOARD THE HANDICAPPED APPEALS BOARD MEETS AS CALLED. TWO MEMBERS SHALL BE PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED. THE REMAINING THREE MEMBERS WILL BE APPOINTED FROM THE STANDING DESIGN REVIEW BOARD, COMPRISED OF TWO MEMBERS EXPERIENCED IN CONSTRUCTION AND ONE A PUBLIC MEMBER. Contact : Building Official (562) 904-7142 email LIBRARY ADVISORY BOARD THE LIBRARY ADVISORY BOARD MEETS AT 6:30 P.M. ON THE THIRD TUESDAY OF EACH MONTH IN THE CORMACK MEETING ROOM. WITH THE NEW CHARTER AMENDMENT GOVERNING TERMS OF COMMISSIONS, THEIR TERMS WILL RUN CONCURRENTLY WITH THE TERM OF THE COUNCIL MEMBER MAKING THE APPOINTMENT. Contact : Thad Phillips, City Librarian (562) 904-7365 email PARKING PLACE COMMISSION THE COMMISSION MEETS ON THE THIRD THURSDAY OF EACH MONTH (AS NEEDED) AT 3:30 P.M. IN THE TRAINING/TESTING ROOM ON THE SECOND FLOOR OF DOWNEY CITY HALL. WITH THE NEW CHARTER AMENDMENT GOVERNING TERMS OF COMMISSIONS, THEIR TERMS WILL RUN CONCURRENTLY WITH THE TERM OF THE COUNCIL MEMBER MAKING THE APPOINTMENT. Contact : Desi Alvarez, Director of Public Works (562) 904-7102 email PERSONNEL ADVISORY BOARD THE PERSONNEL ADVISORY BOARD MEETS ON A SPECIAL CALLED BASIS TO HANDLE PERSONNEL GRIEVANCES. THE MEETINGS ARE HELD IN THE TRAINING/TESTING ROOM ON THE SECOND FLOOR OF THE DOWNEY CITY HALL. WITH THE NEW CHARTER AMENDMENT GOVERNING TERMS OF COMMISSIONS, THEIR TERMS WILL RUN CONCURRENTLY WITH THE TERM OF THE COUNCIL MEMBER MAKING THE APPOINTMENT. Contact : Irma Youssefieh, Director of Personnel (562) 904-7292 email PLANNING COMMISSION THE PLANNING COMMISSION MEETS AT 7:30 P.M. ON THE FIRST AND THIRD WEDNESDAYS OF EACH MONTH IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBER OF DOWNEY CITY HALL. WITH THE NEW CHARTER AMENDMENT GOVERNING TERMS OF COMMISSIONS, THEIR TERMS WILL RUN CONCURRENTLY WITH THE TERM OF THE COUNCIL MEMBER MAKING THE APPOINTMENT. Contact : City Planner (562) 904-7154 email RECREATION AND COMMUNITY SERVICES COMMISSION THE RECREATION AND COMMUNITY SERVICES COMMISSION MEETS AT 4:00 P.M. ON THE FIRST TUESDAY OF EACH MONTH IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBER OF THE DOWNEY CITY HALL. WITH THE NEW CHARTER AMENDMENT GOVERNING TERMS OF COMMISSIONS, THEIR TERMS WILL RUN CONCURRENTLY WITH THE TERM OF THE COUNCIL MEMBER MAKING THE APPOINTMENT. Contact : Director of Recreation & Community Services (562) 904-7236 email WATER ADVISORY BOARD THE WATER ADVISORY BOARD MEETS AT 7:00 P.M. THE THIRD WEDNESDAY OF EACH MONTH AT THE WATER YARD. WITH THE NEW CHARTER AMENDMENT GOVERNING TERMS OF COMMISSIONS, THEIR TERMS WILL RUN CONCURRENTLY WITH THE TERM OF THE COUNCIL MEMBER MAKING THE APPOINTMENT. Contact : Jason Wen, Water/Sanitation Superintendent (562) 904-7201 email WATER FACILITIES CORPORATION ANNUAL MEETINGS ARE HELD ON THE FIRST THURSDAY IN OCTOBER AT 7:30 A.M. IN THE TRAINING/TESTING ROOM ON THE SECOND FLOOR OF DOWNEY CITY HALL. Contact : Desi Alvarez, Director of Public Works (562) 904-7102 email CABLE TV CITIZENS ADVISORY COMMITTEE THE COMMITTEE MEETS ON AN AS-NEEDED BASIS. MEETINGS ARE HELD IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBER CONFERENCE ROOM OF THE DOWNEY CITY HALL. Contact : Scott Pomrehn, Assistant to the City Manager (562) 904-7286 email CITIZENS HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION COMMITTEE THE COMMITTEE MEETS ON THE FOURTH MONDAY OF THE MONTH AT 12:15 P.M. IN THE GREEN ROOM AT THE DOWNEY THEATRE, 8435 FIRESTONE BOULEVARD. THE COMMITTEE IS DARK DURING THE MONTHS OF JUNE, AUGUST AND DECEMBER. Contact : Desi Alvarez, Director of Public Works (562) 904-7102 email EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS COMMITTEE COMMITTEE MEETINGS ARE HELD ON THE THIRD WEDNESDAY OF THE MONTH AT 7:00 P.M. AT FIRE STATION NO. 1 LOCATED AT 12222 PARAMOUNT BOULEVARD, DOWNEY. Contact : Mark Sauter, Fire Chief (562) 904-7344 email TRAFFIC COMMITTEE THE MEMBERS SERVE A FOUR-YEAR TERM AND UNTIL THEIR SUCCESSORS ARE APPOINTED AND QUALIFIED. THE COMMITTEE MEETS ON THE FIRST THURSDAY OF THE MONTH AT 9:00 A.M. IN THE TESTING/-TRAINING ROOM ON THE SECOND FLOOR OF DOWNEY CITY HALL. Contact : Desi Alvarez, Director of Public Works (562) 904-7102 email HOSPITAL COMMITTEE MEMBERS ARE APPOINTED TO SERVE FOUR YEAR TERMS. THE HOSPITAL COMMISSION REVIEWS THE DOCUMENTS REQUIRED TO BE SUBMITTED BY THE DOWNEY REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER TO THE CITY IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LEASE AGREEMENT. THE COMMISSION MEETS QUARTERLY ON THE FIRST WEDNESDAY OF FEBRUARY, MAY, AUGUST, AND NOVEMBER. Contact : Lee Powell, Assistant City Manager (562) 904-7282 email ART IN PUBLIC PLACES COMMITTEE MEMBERS TERMS RUN CONCURRENTLY WITH THE TERM OF THE COUNCIL MEMBER MAKING THE APPOINTMENT. THE PURPOSE OF THIS COMMITTEE IS TO PROVIDE GENERAL OVERSIGHT OF THE ART IN PUBLIC PLACES PROGRAM, ITS PROJECTS, THE SITES, SCOPE OF PROJECT, ARTWORKS, AND ARTISTS TO BE SELECTED. THE COMMITTEE SHALL REVIEW AND MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE CITY COUNCIL ON THE DEVELOPERS' CHOICE OF ARTIST AND PROPOSED ART PIECE PRIOR TO ISSUANCE OF ANY CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY BY THE BUILDING AND SAFETY DIVISION. THE COMMITTEE SHALL REVIEW, ASSIST AND MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE CITY COUNCIL ON MATTERS OF PUBLIC ART AND CULTURAL ACTIVITIES. MEET AS NECESSARY. Contact : Thad Phillips, Acting Director of Community Services (562) 904-7236 email

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