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Home My WebLink About2006/11/14 Item 9 ~(~ -.- ---- ---- ~~~~ Mayor and City Council City Of Chula Vista 276 Fourth Avenue Chula Vista, Ca 91910 619.691.5044 - 619.476.5379 Fax MEMO ellY OF CHULA VISfA Wednesday, November 01, 2006 TO: Lorraine Bennett, City Clerk FROM: Zaneta Salde Encarnacion, Constituent Services Manager ~ RE: Veterans Advisory Commission Mayor Padilla would like to recommend Mr. John Acosta to fill the vacancy left by Mr. Elroy Kihano on the Veterans Advisory Commission. Please place on the next council agenda for ratification. Thank you. 1\-.:::> _ "" <:.. ~~_ ~=...~ c.u"..",.",...,J,\.,\ 'S'ec<.He.s. c".... 1:i"'R- c::::&>.......... ,.s.~\<!:l\"" <E><'\ A.,,\,'('I,~. q -A-I To strengthen and promote cities as centers ofopportunity, leadership. and govemance. ~,~,~ National League of Cities 1301 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W. Washington, DC 20004-1763 202-626-3000 Fax: 202-626-3043 www.nlc.org 2006 Officers President JamesC. Hunt Councilmember Clarksburg.WestVirginia First Vice President Bart Peterson Mayor Indianapolis,lndiana Second Vice President Cynthia McCollum Council Member Madison. Alabama Immediate Past President Anthony A. Williams Mayor Washington,DC Executive Director DonaldJ Sorut Recycled Paper RECEIVED October 24, 2006 ~ OCT 31 P5:46 MEMORANDUM "flY "F CHUI ' 1/1' i,' ~,V ' ,',,_/-1. 'f!d~I' WY GLERK'S OFFlU TO: Direct Member Cities FROM: Donald J. Borut, Executive Director SUBJECT: Congress of Cities Voting Delegates The National League of Cities Annual Business Meeting will be held on Saturday, December 9,2006, at the conclusion ofthe Congress of Cities and Exposition in Reno, Nevada. As a direct member city, your city is entitled to vote at this meeting. Based on population, each member city casts between one and twenty votes. The number of votes for each population range can be found on the table on the reverse of this memorandum. To be eligible to cast a city's vote(s), a voting delegate and alternate must be officially designated by the city using the attached credentials form. This form will be forwarded to NLC's Credentials Committee. NLC bylaws expressly prohibit voting by proxy. At the Congress of Cities, the voting delegate must pick up the city's voting card at the credentials booth before the Annual Business Meeting and must be present at the Annual Business Meeting to cast the city's vote(s). Alternates should visit the credentials booth before the meeting to pick up their stickers which identify them as alternate voting delegates. The credentials booth will be open throughout the Congress of Cities. City elected officials should be made aware of this request so that decisions can be made as to who will be the voting delegate and alternate(s). Please return the completed form to NLC by fax at 202-626-3043 on or before November 15, 2006, and keep the original for your own files. If you have any questions or concerns, contact Ken Rosenfeld, NLC policy manager, at rosenfeld@nlc.org or 202-626-3194. Thank you. Past PrtlSideflts: Clarence E. Anthony, Mayor, South Bay, Florida 0 John DeStefano, Jr., Mavor, New Haven. Connecticut 0 William H. Hudnut, Ill, Mayor, Town of Chevy Chase, Maryland 0 Sharpe James, Mayvr. Newark. New Jersey 0 Brian J. O'Neill, Councilman, Philadelphia. Pennsylvania 0 DiTllcturs: R. Michael Amyx, Executive Director, Virginia Municipal League 0 Tommy Baker, Alderman, Osceola. Attansas - Vicki Barnett, Mayoc Farmington Kills. Michigan 0 Thomas Bredeweg, Executive Director. lowe League of Cities 0 Nora Campos, Councilmember, San Jose, California' ThomllS Carlson. Mayor, Springfield, Missouri 0 James Condos, Council Chair, South Burlington. Vermont 0 Joseph Donaldson. Mayor, Flagslaff, Arilona -Ted Ellis, Mayor, Blutfton, Indiana' Makie Epie, Council Memoor, Cedar Kill, Texas 0 Margaret Finlay. Mayor, Duarte, California - Eddy Ford, Mayor, Farragut, Tennessee 0 Danny George. Executive Director, Oklahoma Municipal L~ague, Inc. 0 Gary Graham, Mayvr. Olallon. Illinois 0 Mattltew Greller, ExecutiVll Oirector. Indiarla Associalion 01 Cities and Towns oJim Hi gdon, ExecutiVll Director, Georgia Municipal Association 0 Cllllrles Hughes, Council President, Gary. Indiana 0 Sleven Jeffrey, Executiv eDirec!Or, Vermont League of Cities and Towns 0 Martin JonllS, Council Member, Conyers. Georgia 0 Ronald loveridge, Mayor, Riverside, California 0 Cynthia Mangini, Councilman.AI.large, Enfield, Connecticut 0 Marcia Marcoux, Councilmember, Rochester. Minnesota 0 Michael McGlynn, Mayor, Medford. Massachusetts - James Mitchell, Jr., Council Member, Charlotte. North Carolina _ Darryl Moss, Mavor, Creed moor, North Carolina 0 Ed Oakley, Councilmember, Dallas. Texas 0 James Perkins, Jr., Mayor, Selma, Alabama 0 Ricltard Radcliffll, Councilman, Greenacres, Floride 0 Dottie Reeder, Mayur, Seminole, Florida 0 Julio Aberg Robison, Council Member At-large. Cary. North Carolina 0 Ron Schmitt, Council Member. Sparks, Nevada 0 Shirlev Scott, Council Member, Tucson, Ari/Ona 0 Anne Sinclair, Council Member, Columbia, South Carolina 0 Walter Skowron, Council Member, Loveland. Colorado 0 Connie Spryn czynatyll:,Executive DireClOr, North Dal:ota League of Cities o Ken Stro beck,ExecutiVll Dir8ctor, League 01 Arizona Cities and Towns 0 Charfeta Tavares, Council Member, Columbus. Ohio 0 lynne Whalen, Council Woman, Casper, Wvoming 0 JaclIlllIS Wigginton, Council Member. lexington, Kentucky 0 Evelyn Woodson, Councilor, Columbus,Georgia 0 1 -:5-1 NATIONAL LEAGUE OF CITIES 2006 CONGRESS OF CITIES RENO, NEVADA Number of Votes - Annual Business Meeting Direct Member Cities Article IV, Section 2 of the National League of Cities bylaws specifies the number of votes that each NLC direct member city is entitled to cast at the Annual Business Meeting at the Congress of Cities. Member cities are required by the bylaws to cast unanimous votes. CITY POPULATION (per 2000 Census) NUMBER OF VOTES Under 50,000 1 vote 50,000 - 99,999 2 votes 100,000-199,999 4 votes 200,000 - 299,999 6 votes 300,000 - 399,999 8 votes 400,000 - 499,999 10 votes 500,000 - 599,999 12 votes 600,000 - 699,999 14 votes 700,000 - 799,999 16 votes 800,000 - 899,999 18 votes 900,000 and above 20 votes q -5-2 ~ NATIONAL LEAGUE OF CITIES CREDENTIALS FORM 2006 CONGRESS OF CITIES . RENO, NEVADA At the Annual Business Meeting on Saturday, December 9, 2006, each direct member city of NLC is entitled to cast from one to 20 votes based upon the city's population per the 2000 census, through its designated voting delegate. Please indicate below your city and state, voting delegate and alternate(s), and sign and date the form. The form should be faxed to NLC at 202-626- 3043, by the November 15, 2006 deadline. The official voting delegate and alternate(s) for the city/town of: FOR OFFICE USE ONLY (DO NOT WRITE IN THIS SPACE) Voting card issued to: (type or print the name of your city/town and state) VOTING DELEGATE: (signature) 1. -; NAME Votes: TITLE 1 2 3 ~ \ \j:J ~ ALTERNATE VOTING DELEGATE(S): 2. NAME TITLE 3. NAME TITLE PLEASE SIGN AND FAX THIS FORM TO NLC BY NOVEMBER 15, 2006. FAX: 202-626-3043; ATTENTION: ERIKA HAMILTON, POLICY ASSISTANT Signature (city representative): Title: Date: