Council Appointment Review Committee recommends applicants for BPAC, downtown, performing arts and senior advisory seats

The Council Appointment Review Committee on April 15, 2025, recommended a slate of applicants to fill advisory-board vacancies and forwarded its recommendations to the City Council for final appointment.

The committee, convening as the Council Appointment Review Committee, recommended Peggy (applicant) for the Bicycle Pedestrian Advisory Committee (BPAC) and forwarded recommendations that Sean Foreman be appointed as a downtown property owner/representative of a downtown business and Marisol (applicant) be appointed to the Downtown Business Association seat. For the Performing Arts Committee the committee recommended Valerie (applicant) and Farrah (applicant). For the Senior Advisory Committee the committee recommended Cassandra (applicant) for the unexpired term ending Dec. 31, 2025, and Donna Castillo (applicant) for the term ending Dec. 31, 2027. The committee noted those recommendations will be considered by City Council at its April 22 meeting.

Why it matters: the committee’s interviews and recommendations shape who will advise City departments on pedestrian and bicycle projects, downtown economic vitality, cultural programming at the Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts and senior services. These advisory bodies provide policy advice, review projects and help prioritize city efforts.

What the committee did and how it decided The item began when Deputy City Clerk Wanda Wong announced committee openings and that two BPAC applicants — John Basaglia and Lee Zhang — had withdrawn. The committee then reviewed interview question sets and timing, citing Council Policy K-2 as the process for panel-format interviews. Committee members agreed to…