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MINUTES OF AN ADJOURNED REGULAR MEETING OF THE
CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHULA VISTA
November 29,2005
6:00 P.M.
An Adjourned Regular Meeting of the City Council of the City of Chula Vista was called to
order at 6:09 p.m. in the Council Chambers, located in the Public Services Building, 276 Fourth
Avenue, Chula Vista, California.
ROLL CALL:
PRESENT:
Councilmembers:
Castaneda, McCann, Rindone (arrived at
6:13 p.m.), and Mayor Padilla
ABSENT:
Councilmembers:
Davis (excused)
ALSO PRESENT: City Manager Rowlands, Assistant City Manager Smith, Senior
Assistant City Attorney Marshall, and Senior Deputy City Clerk
Peoples
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG, MOMENT OF SILENCE
1. REVIEW OF APPLICATIONS FOR POSITIONS AS INDEPENDENT DIRECTORS
OF THE CHULA VISTA REDEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
Staff recommendation: Council review the applications and recommend candidates to be
interviewed.
Mayor Padilla provided an overview of the recommended process to select applicants to advance
to the interview phase.
Each Councilmember spoke regarding the qualities they were looking for in each of the four
categories: Architect/Environmental Planner; Financial PlannerlEducator/Community Leader;
Real Estate Developer/Business Leader; Civil EngineerlUrban Designer/Scientist.
The Councilmembers combined thoughts were:
. Technical expertise, understanding of Chula Vista
. Local point of view
. Business sense, development expertise, strong ethics, conflict resolution, financial
expertise
. Knowledge of urban form
. Diversity of thought
. Look in-house first, highly qualified local people
. Review potential conflicts of interest in advance of final selection with City Attorney
. Ethics screening, resume checks
. Added value
Mayor Padilla stated that with Council concurrence, after the initial screening, a strong vetting
process would begin with an affirmation by the applicant of his or her commitment to the
position, followed by conflict screening by the City Attorney, a general background review, and
then interview scheduling.
Councilmember McCann asked that copIes of the screemng questions be provided to the
Council.
It was the consensus of the Council to advance applicants receiving two or more votes to the
screening process. The following applicants were selected:
Category I - Architect/Environmental Planner
Travis Cleveland
Steven Lombardi
Katherine Magallon
Christopher Rooney
Mike Spethman
Category 2 - Financial Planner/Educator/Community Leader
Nick Aguilar
Kurt Chilcott
Paul Desrochers
Enrique Ganderilla
Category 3 - Real Estate Developer/Business Leader
Sherman Harmer
Liz Jackson
Kevin O'Neill
Chris Lewis
Category 4 - Civil EngineerlUrban Designer/Scientist
Rafael Munoz
Doug Paul
ACTION:
Councilmember Rindone moved to direct staff to adhere to the proposed
interview schedule as closely as possible. Councilmember McCann seconded the
motion, and it carried 4-0.
Councilmember Rindone suggested, and Council concurred, that interviews be scheduled on
Thursday evenings, since the Chula Vista Redevelopment Corporation will meet on Thursdays;
and he asked staff to schedule applicants for interviews by category.
The Council concurred that they would like copies of the background notes taken during the
vetting process.
Mayor Padilla suggested that time be scheduled prior to the interviews to publicly review how
the Council will proceed with applicant questioning.
Councilmember McCann expressed his pleasure that the establishment of the Chula Vista
Redevelopment Corporation was moving forward, requested an update on the search for the
Chief Executive Officer, and requested a similar public process for the selection of applicants for
that position, as well.
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Councilmemher Rindone requested that the Mayor send a written communication expressing
appreciation to the 29 applicants who were not selected to move forward in the process.
PUBLIC COMMENTS
There were none
ADJOURNMENT
At 7:41 p.m., Mayor Padilla adjourned the meeting to the Regular Meeting of Decemher 6,2005,
at 4:00 p.m. in the Council Chambers.
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Senior Deputy City Clerk
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