This Commission is advisory to the San Benito County Board of Supervisors.  The purpose of the Commission is to make recommendations to the Board of Supervisors concerning all current and future county parks with the exception of the Veterans’ Memorial Park.

COMPOSITION OF BOARD / COMMITTEE: The Commission shall consist of nine (9) members.  One (1) member shall be selected from each of the five supervisorial districts.  Each Supervisor shall recommend from his/her district one (1) member to be appointed by a majority vote of the Board of Supervisors.  One (1) member shall be recommended by the Veterans Memorial Park Commission to be appointed by a majority vote of the Board of Supervisors.  One (1) member shall be recommended by the San Benito County Historical Society to be appointed by a majority vote of the Board of Supervisors.  Two (2) members shall be appointed at-large by the Board of Supervisors and shall be eighteen (18) years of age or younger and shall represent the youth of the county.  The County Administrative Officer shall present the method of soliciting interested youth for appointment to the Commission to the Board of Supervisors for its approval.

TERM OF MEMBERS:  The term of the five members appointed by the Board of Supervisors shall be coterminous with that of the duly elected Supervisor who recommended him/her for appointment.  The member representing the Veterans Memorial Park Commission shall serve at the pleasure of the Veterans Memorial Park Commission and the member representing the Historical Society shall serve at the pleasure of the Historical Society Board of Directors.  The two youth representatives shall be appointed for a one (1) year term but may be reappointed for one additional year.

LEGAL PROVISION FOR ESTABLISHMENT OF THIS BODY:  San Benito County Board of Supervisors Ordinance #804.

*700 Requirement:  Full Disclosure per Board of Supervisors Res. No. 2008-14.

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