"A Week in April, 2010" May, 2010 Volume 4, No. 10
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A Busy Week in April, 2010
By Jack A. Simpson
Every once in awhile we piece an issue together with a chronology of a week or so where we present our activities as a way to focus on some of the issues of the day. One of our goals is to develop historical text that may allow us to "remember when" when we look back from some place in the future.
Our week starting with Monday, April 19th was Retired City Manager Robert L. Williams an eventful stretch of time. Actually, I wanted to start this chronology with the 90th birthday party of veteran retired City Manager Bob Williams in Santa Fe Springs, but my attendance wasn't to be. It is reported that more than 100 people were on hand to wish Bob "Happy Birthday." We join all those "well-wishers" to salute Bob for his many years of public service, and to wish him "Happy Birthday." Bob and Mary Ann Williams pose with Mary Jane Oring, By all reports, the 90th birthday party of Bob and ICMA Past-President Roy Pederson. Mary Jane and Williams was a huge success. Among those Roy flew in from Arizona for Bob's party. who attended were former City Managers: Roy Pederson, a Past-President of ICMA, who flew in from Arizona; Bill Crowe, currently Assistant City Manager in El Segundo and former Rosemead City Manager; Ray Harris, currently the Transportation Deputy for Los Angeles County Supervisor Don Knabe; Andy Takata, currently the Banning City Manager; Brea City Manager Tim O'Donnell; retired City Manager Dennis Courtemarche; and, of course, Santa Fe Springs Bob Williams chats with former City Manager Ray Harris, City Manager Fred Latham, who organized the currently the Transportation Deputy in Supervisor Don Knabe's office. Ray made a presentation on behalf of the event. We extend our sincere apologies to Bob Supervisor, as did Roy Pederson on behalf of ICMA. and to Fred Latham for our failure to appear.
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Trackdown Posse Roster: Gregory Korduner, Huntington Park Howard Chambers, Lakewood Mike Egan, Bellflower Ernie Garcia, Norwalk Joe Tanner, Retired City Manager www.intellibridgepartners.com Bob Adams, Vallejo Formerly Moreland Personnel Services Dave Carmany, Seal Beach Maria Dadian, Artesia Ken Bayless, Greater L.A. Vector Control District Jeff Stewart, Los Alamitos Kevin O‟Rourke, Stockton & Urban Futures, Inc. Tom Odom, Rancho Palos Verdes George Rodericks, Belvedere June Catalano, Pleasant Hill Nelson Oliva, Hercules Richard Ramirez, American Canyon Vern Lawson, Lancaster Fran Delach, Azusa Bill Kelly, Urban Futures, Inc. Chris Kelly, Chino Hills Don Penman, Arcadia Jason Gonsalves, Joe A. Gonsalves & Son Mary Ann & Bob Williams with Gail & Tim O'Donnell, Brea Anthony Gonsalves, Joe A. Gonsalves & Son Paul Gonsalves, Joe A. Gonsalves & Son City Manager at Bob's 90th Birthday Party. Bill Crowe, El Segundo Steve R. Thatcher, SRT Associates A Busy Week in April, 2010 Ernesto Marquez, Hawaiian Gardens Gary K. & Mary Jo Sloan, La Mirada (Retired) Bob & Nadean Dickey, South Gate Frank Tripepi of Norwalk, the father of former Deborah Lopez, Pico Rivera Jan Perkins, Management Partners City Manager (Rosemead & La Puente) Frank Andy Takata, Banning G. Tripepi and Valentina Tripepi Shoop, who Marcia Raines, Millbrae Gene Rogers, Moreno Valley (Retired) works with Keenan & Associates, passed away Anthony R. Ybarra, South El Monte at the age of 91. He was well-known in the Arthur C. Simonian, Simonian Consulting, Inc. Bob Griego, Irwindale (Retired) Norwalk community, where he was a local Ken Caresio, Retired City Manager businessman for many years. He was proud of Greg Nordbak, Midway City Sanitary District Carlos Urrutia, Rocklin his retired City Manager son Frank, who is Michael P. Busch, Urban Futures, Inc. Wade McKinney, Atascadero currently the President and CEO of Willdan Andy Lazzaretto, A.C. Lazzaretto & Associates Financial Services, and his daughter Valentina, Doug LaBelle (Maui Doug), Chino Hills (Retired) John Keisler, Long Beach who at one time worked in the District Office of Sheryl Lindsey-Boell, CH2MHILL OMI then-Assembly Member Joe A. Gonsalves. She Sam Olivito, California Contract Cities Association Bob Dominguez, Placentia (Retired) went on to be a Los Angeles County Deputy Jack Lam, Rancho Cucamonga Larry F. Pennell, Wasco (Retired) Sheriff, and has worked in the investigation field Phil Vince, Martinez for many years. Like his son, the elder Frank was Gary Chicots, Retired City Manager Rod B. Butler, Crescent City a true believer in hard work and "old school" Jerry Gruber, Atherton loyalty. He was always there for his friends. He Fred Latham, Santa Fe Springs Anthony Lopez, Retired City Manager was well-respected and will be gravely missed Jim Gilley, The GILLEY GROUP LLC by his family and all those who knew him. The Marshall Linn, Urban Futures, Inc. Dr. Bill Mathis, Mathis Group California Contract Cities Association Jerry Forde, Huron Fred Diaz, Fremont adjourned their April meeting in honor and City Of Cerritos memory of Frank Tripepi of Norwalk. Linda Lowry, Pomona Mike & Judie Sedell, Simi Valley
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On Monday, April 19, it was my privilege to visit with Arcadia City Manager Don Penman. We first got to know each other during Don's tenure as City Administrator in San Fernando. Don and www.willdan.com I were part of a group of City Managers who, as Donald E. Penman has been the Arcadia City a means to develop a support group, would Manager since January, 2008. He took over get together periodically to socialize and following the retirement of former City Manager discuss the issues of the day. Bill Kelly. Don had been the Assistant City On this April Monday, we reminisced about "old Manager/Development Services Director since times." Over the years we have attended many 1998 when he came to Arcadia from the conferences and municipal seminars at the Assistant City Manager post in Simi Valley. Don same time. We recounted our memories of an actually began his public management career enjoyable evening in San Francisco. Don was in Arcadia back in 1974 as an Administrative with his wife Debbie and we shared a nightcap Intern. In 1975 he took an Administrative in one of the Westin St. Francis Hotel's lounge Assistant position in Simi Valley and moved up areas...had to be in the late '70s or early '80s. It through the ranks: Senior Administrative was a relaxing temporary safe-harbor after a Assistant, 1978; Assistant to the City Manager, long day of "conferencing" and before another 1979; and Deputy City Manager in 1981. Don day or two of sessions and seminars. We both left Simi Valley in November, 1982 to accept the still remember the time fondly. appointment to be City Administrator in San Fernando. He moved on from there in 1990 to California Contract Cities Association‟s become the City Manager in Baldwin Park 51st Annual Municipal Seminar where he left in late 1993. Don then returned to May 13-16, 2010 Simi Valley as an Assistant City Manager, working with Mike Sedell. He has a BA from California State University and an MPA from USC. Don earned a 30-year ICMA Service
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A Busy Week in April, 2010 Wednesday, April 21 seemed busy enough for Experienced in conducting personnel – an entire week. We began the day as usual; and internal affairs investigations. making breakfast for our 7-year old grandson Contact Joseph C. De Ladurantey Tyler Simpson Pouncéy. It is important for young 714.940.6370 | 877.818.5621 people to have a good breakfast to start the [email protected] www.willdan.com day before school; especially when it will be a long day with Little League practice in the evening.
After breakfast duty, it was then a short drive to the La Mirada Holiday Inn Select to attend the monthly breakfast meeting of the Gateway www.keenan.com Cities City Managers' group. The April meeting was hosted by South Gate City Manager Dr. Ron Bates, and he made an informative presentation about the current issues, programs and projects in the South Gate community.
Southern California Association of Governments Executive Director Hasan M. Ikhrata was at the meeting to give the latest "SCAG Update." The 2010 SCAG Regional Conference & General http://www.gonsalvi.com Assembly is being held at the La Quinta Resort "Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a & Club, May 5-7. Among the many regional smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest planning issues Hasan discussed was the compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of transportation and planning effects of SB 375 which have the potential to turn a life around." and its objectives to lower greenhouse gas -- Leo Buscaglia emissions. Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger signed State Senator Darrell Steinberg's bill into Arcadia City Managers: law in 2008 making California first in the nation to take proactive steps to reduce greenhouse William J. Richard, first City Manager, 10/51-6/56; gas emissions by "curbing urban sprawl." Local Neil Anderson, former Police Chief, 6/56-6/59; governments have been grappling with the bill Lawrence Cook, 6/59-8/59; Charles Lortz, former City Engineer, 8/59-12/59; and its negative impact on "home rule" and Harold K. Schone, 12/59-5/66; "local control." The bill has changed local Wesley McDaniels, 5/66-9/66; government's capacity to address economic Lyman H. Cozad, 9/66-9/77; development to challenge the current Lyle Alberg, 1/78-2/81; George J. Watts, 7/81-5/92; economic downturn. Donald R. Duckworth, 9/92-12/93; William R. Kelly, 1/94-12/07; Donald E. Penman, 1/08-Present. "If you judge people, you have no time to love them." --Mother Teresa
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Whittier City Manager Steve Helvey conducted an abbreviated election for a new Chair for the coming year, as the April meeting closed out his Email Contact at: [email protected] Chair service. Lynwood City Manager Roger Haley and Paramount City Manager Linda Among the City Managers in attendance were: Benedetti-Leal were selected by acclamation Ron Bates of South Gate; Linda Benedetti-Leal as Chair and Vice-Chair respectively. of Paramount, Art Gallucci of Cerritos, Mike Congratulations to both! Egan of Bellflower, Ernie Garcia of Norwalk, Shauna Clark of La Habra Heights, Fred Latham Gateway Cities COG Executive Director of Santa Fe Springs, Howard Chambers of Richard Powers spoke to the group, and Ron Lakewood, Gregory Korduner of Huntington Bates gave an update on pension reform Park, Roger Haley of Lynwood, Tom Robinson of efforts. Kristine Guerrero of the League of La Mirada, Steve Helvey of Whittier, and Range California Cities reported on the successful Rider Darrell Essex. volunteer signature gathering for the Local Taxpayer, Public Safety and Transportation Others at the meeting included: California Protection Act of 2010, and noted that the Contract Cities Association Executive Director Gateway Cities accounted for more petition Sam Olivito; Gateway Cities COG Executive signatures than any other region in the State. Director Richard Powers; Tom Modica of Long She made special presentations to the City Beach; SCAG Executive Director Hasan M. Managers of the region's top three cities in Ikhrata; Lakewood Assistant City Manager Lisa signature gathering: Howard Chambers of Novotny; La Mirada Assistant to the City Lakewood, Linda Benedetti-Leal of Paramount Manager & City Clerk Anne Haraksin; and Art Gallucci of Cerritos. Huntington Park Assistant City Manager Alan Shear; Norwalk Assistant City Manager Tom Lynch; Paramount Assistant City Manager John
Moreno; Trina Miller of the Whittier City Manager's Office, and Kristine Guerrero of the League of California Cities. We apologize to others we either do not know or simply missed.
www.englanderpr.com It was announced that the Gateway Cities City Managers will not meet next month as May 19 is the Los Angeles County-wide City Managers meeting organized by the League at Luminaries' in Monterey Park.
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John, who is an expert on and collector of dinosaur fossils, brought some examples of petrified dinosaur eggs to share with Jim. Jim has a large cattle ranch in Arizona and wants
to be on the look-out for such treasure. The Local Taxpayer, Public Safety and Transportation Protection Act In addition to talk of lunches, dinners, meetings, www.savelocalservices.com deals and other experiences with Paul Dinkelspiel, Scott Sollers, Ken Caresio, Bill Busy Week in April, 2010 O'Connor, Nelson Oliva, Bill Crowe, Darrell Essex, former House Committee Chairman of Ways and Means Al Ullman of Oregon, and others, our talk turned for a time to the current status and development of Solar Power. John's company, Structured Finance Corporation of America has a Solar Division that has a "turn- key" program for municipal, industrial and commercial users to generate green on-site electric power from the sun. John may be reach at telephone no. 714-375-6634 or at email Lakewood City Manager Howard Chambers, Santa Fe Springs City Manager Fred Latham, Paramount City address: [email protected] Manager Linda Benedetti-Leal, South Gate City Manager Ron Bates and Cerritos City Manager Art Gallucci at the April, 2010 Gateway Cities City Managers' meeting.
At Noon on Wednesday, April 21, I headed for lunch at the Cerritos Town Center's Wood Ranch BBQ & Grill. There I met with long-time friend and retired Pomona City Manager Doug Dunlap, John C. Bolan of Structured Finance Corporation of America and Jim Chilton of Chilton & Associates investment bankers. Jim and I go back to an early 1970s municipal financing deal. John Bolan of Structured Finance of America, Jim Chilton of Chilton & Associates, and retired Pomona City Manager Doug Dunlap at Wood Ranch in the Cerritos Town Center. Paul Dinkelspiel, a well-respected California municipal securities industry veteran of more than four decades died of a heart attack at Marin
General Hospital on September 17, 2002.
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former City Manager; Valentina Tripepi Shoop http://www.psomasfmg.com/ and Jon Paulsen of Keenan & Associates; Mindy Jacobs, CPA, of IntelliBridge Partners; José A. Vera of Stone & Youngberg; and Manny L. De Busy Week in April, 2010 Dios and Dan Massiello of Kinsell, Newcomb & De Dios. It is interesting to note that this luncheon meeting turned out to have multiple-purposes, not the least important was the "reunion" factor. It is important to keep in touch, which, of course, is one of the objectives of the City http://www.mercergroupinc.com/ Manager Newsletter by Trackdown. Sam Olivito, Sharon Olivito, Tony Olivito, Maria Wednesday, April 21 evening: It was President Montes, and Ashley Villegas did their usual Lois Gaston's final regular meeting as President awesome staff work for the meeting, and in the of the California Contract Cities Association planning for the 51st Annual Conference of the Wednesday evening (April 21). Lois is a Past- California Contract Cities Association coming Mayor and a member of the Duarte City up May 13-16, 2010. Long-time friend and Council. The City of Duarte hosted the regular former CDS colleague Richard "El Jefe" Fierro April meeting at the Cooper Auditorium at the was also in attendance. Hopefully, he has City of Hope...a very nice facility. Rolling Hills planned another wonderful CDS hospitality suite Estates Council Member Frank V. Zerunyan, the featuring the singing styles of KULAYD, as CCCA's Immediate Past President, presided Consolidated Disposal Services has done so over the presentations that were made to many times in the past. Last year Country Music President Gaston to acknowledge and to Singer/Song Writer Casey Simpson joined the congratulate her for a job well-done. group for a few songs. She plans to attend the conference again this year. City Managers we saw in attendance included: Duarte City Manager Darrell George, La Puente City Manager Josie Kenline and La Cañada Flintridge City Manager Mark Alexander. We couldn't help but notice that Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca sat with Josie Kenline. Former City Manager Gary Chicots was there too.
Country Singer/Song Writer Casey Simpson with KULAYD at the Consolidated Disposal Services hospitality suite in Indian Wells at the 2009 CCCA Conference. CDS is an http://www.syllc.com/DefaultContent.aspx?PageId=1 outstanding refuse disposal and environmental services company, thanks to an efficient and carrying staff.
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www.brandywinedev.com On the left is grandson Eric Beebe as he participates at the Relay for Life in Anthem, Arizona. On the right is daughter Kellee Simpson Hearther and her three daughters Katie, Busy Week in April, 2010 Jamie and Jessie, AKA "Grandpa," on a bike & run day in Corpus Christi, Texas. On Thursday, April 22 the California Contract Cities Association City Managers-Administrators Committee met at noon at the Monterey Hill Restaurant in Monterey Park. Duarte City
Manager Darrell George presided over his final meeting as the Committee Chair, and La Cañada Flintridge City Manager Mark Alexander was selected to succeed him as the Chair. The meeting agenda included a www.joneshall.com presentations by Gateway City COG Executive Director Richard Powers and California Joint Powers Insurance Authority Chief Executive
Officer Jonathan R. Shull. Dick talked about how SB 375 has modified local land use authority and transferred authority to the regional agencies. He noted that his COG has an SB 375 white paper on their web site on line: http://www.hdlcompanies.com/ http://gatewaycog.org/publications/SB375FinalReport- execsumm.pdf
City Managers in attendance included: Robert M. "Rob" Wishner, Walnut; Josie Kenline, La Puente; Jim De Stefano, Diamond Bar; Mike Egan, Bellflower; Tony Ybarra, South El Monte; http://www.kndinc.com/index.htm Steve Simonian, Bell Gardens; and Duarte's Darrell George and La Cañada Flintridge's Mark Alexander. Paramount Assistant City Manager
"Only a life lived for others is a life John Moreno and Assistant to the City Manager worthwhile." & City Clerk Anne Haraksin of La Mirada were --Albert Einstein also there.
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On Friday, April 23 it was a pleasure to meet for lunch with long-time friend and Seal Beach City
Manager David N. Carmany. It turned out to be extra special as he invited Sheryl’s husband www.tischlerbise.com Jeff Stewart, Los Alamitos City Manager, to join us. We met at Seal Beach City Hall and walked It was when Jeffrey L. Steward began his tenure to Pho Basil Leaf, Vietnamese Cuisine, on Main in Rosemead working for then-City Manager Street. The cuisine was first class, and I shall Frank G. Tripepi that we met him. He was the return. This was another of those meetings with Administrative Services Director there when he old friends when it was part reunion, reminiscing left to take the Assistant City Manager post in El and discussion of current issues. Segundo, where Mary L. Strenn was City Manager at the time. When Mary retired Jeff Dave and I met when he worked as an was appointed City Manager, where he served Administrative Assistant for then-Lancaster City for some 3-years. He was appointed to his Manager Vern Lawson in the late 1970s...at current post as Los Alamitos City Manager in least, that's how I remember it. He went on to April, 2009. Jeff has a BA and MPA from serve as the Administrative Assistant to the City California State University, Fullerton. Manager in Grand Terrace in 1980, and then to Assistant City Manager in Alhambra in 1981. In Our April 19-23, 2010 week was somewhat February, 1987 Dave became the Agoura Hills eventful and we hope that you enjoyed our City Manager, and after six years there move to chronology. We have tried to acknowledge as the Malibu City Manager post in 1993. In 1997 many city managers and would-be city Dave move to Northern California as the City managers as possible...meaning if we left Manager in Pacifica. In 2004 he shifted gears to someone out its is solely because the old brain the “sort of” private side to serve as a Regional cells just doesn't have the retrieval abilities they Manager for Public Agency Retirement Services once had. On the following Saturday we visited (PARS). He return to public management in the Annual Cerritos Spring Festival at the June, 2007 when he was appoint Seal Beach Cerritos Regional Park, and the following week I City Manager. He has a BS from USC and he reported for Jury Duty at the Compton Court. earned a 25-year ICMA Service Award in 2007. Best wishes to all the readers of the City Manager Newsletter by Trackdown for a "Our problems are man-made, therefore they may successful May leading to a successful rest of be solved by man. No problem of human destiny is the year. beyond human beings." --John F. Kennedy
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icking Up the Pieces: Pleasanton City Manager Nelson Fialho sat on the panel of 13 community Municipal Law Services P and business leaders to recommend a new Colantuono & Levin Superintendent of Schools for the Pleasanton Unified School District. 2009-10 NBA Coach of the Year, 5 foot 11 inch, Scott William Brooks, head coach of www.CLLAW.US the Oklahoma City Thunder, attended East Union High School in Manteca, and played basketball at San Joaquin Delta College, Texas Christian University and the University of California, Irvine. He was inducted into the UCI Hall of Fame in 2001. He played 10 seasons in the NBA. Former City Manager (Livingston, Ceres and Turlock) Tim Kerr has been
appoint Executive Director of the Downtown Stockton Alliance, which has the mission to develop, http://www.parsinfo.org/ promote and maintain historic Downtown Stockton as a regional business, cultural and entertainment
destination. Interim Indio City Manager Tara Adams announced that the “Highway 99/Indio Boulevard Study” was granted the “Focused Issue – Planning
Award” by the Inland Empire Section of the American Planning Association. Anaheim City Manager Thomas J. Wood holds a BA from Whittier College and an MPA USC. Tom has served as Adjunct Faculty with the School of Public Policy and
Administration at California State University, Long www.msw-consultants.com Beach. A former member of the Bellflower City Administrator’s staff, Lisa Hughes is currently the Assistant to the City Manager in Anaheim. Former Sonoma County Administrator Bob Deis, 54, has been confirmed as the next Stockton City Manager to take the reins from Interim City Manager Kevin O‟Rourke. The new Stockton City Manager will start his new position July 1, 2010. He began his career in
the Finance Department in Sacramento. City Engineer and Development Services Director Darrin http://www.bobmurrayassoc.com/ Jenkins will be the new Interim City Manager in Rohnert Park as Dan Schwarz moves to the Larkspur California Contract Cities Association City Manager post. Terminated City Manager Cleve Annual Fall Seminar Morris has requested a hearing before the Patterson City Council and a written list of reasons he was October 29-31, 2010 fired. As a cost-saving measure to help address a Fess Parker's Doubletree, budget revenue shortfall, Crescent City has laid off its City Planner and Economic Development Santa Barbara, California Specialist. City Manager Rod Butler notes that the
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More Pieces Picked Up: Teresa Acosta has left the League of California Cities for what she describes as a job with a “tech startup”. Former Murrieta City Manager Stephen G. Harding has joined the Kosmont Companies as a Senior Consultant. Menifee City Manager George Wentz submitted his resignation, he said in an attempt to refocus community attention on important city issues and community needs instead of the findings of a recent audit. It's been 10-years since Artesia City Manager Maria Dadian was beaten unconscious during a robbery in downtown San Diego. Maria was the
Artesia Assistant City Manager at the time (March, 2000) and was in San Diego for a redevelopment Hercules Mayor Kris Valstad, a CCCA Board Member, and conference. Camarillo City Manager Jerry Bankston Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca at the “contract has announced that he will retire this year. Calistoga cities” April, 2010 meeting at the City of Hope in Duarte. City Manager for the past 11-years, James McCann, 50, is the new Mill Valley City Manager replacing veteran Anne Montgomery, who retired last year. 2010 MMASC Annual Conference Greenfield City Manager Roger Wong and Police May 26-28, 2010 Chief Joe Grebmeier are dealing with arson at the Fess Parker Doubletree, Santa Barbara, California construction site of the new Greenfield police President Carl Alameda, La Cañada Flintridge station, part of the City’s new civic center that will house a new City Hall too. John J. DiMario, a former The MMASC Annual Conference is the second of La Mirada Assistant City Manager, who served three premier annual events provided by the Bellflower in an interim assignment, and most organization, and its partners. The 3-day annual recently worked in La Palma, is the new Economic conference includes professional development Development Manager in South Gate working with sessions on important topics facing the public South Gate Director of Community Development management, as well as, networking opportunities Steve Lefever. Past MMANC President Mark for MMASC members and Sponsors. The Prestwich continues to serve as a Special Projects Conference is a perfect opportunity for individuals Manager for Sacramento, but has allowed the and organizations to tap into expertise of regional entrepreneur in him to surface as he founded the leaders and gain exposure to best practices. Sacramento Candle Company. Mark is a former https://www.mmasc.org/LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=1k Assistant to the City Manager in Napa. Los Angeles pS5axLcK4%3d&tabid=158&mid=630 Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa appointed Austin Beutner, 50, to be the Interim General Manager of MMANC and Common Sense California the City’s Department of Water and Power (DWP). Former Calexico City Manager Oscar Rodriguez is invite city officials, school district leaders, the new Calexico Economic Development Director. county/regional official and staff to a half-day He will report to Calexico City Manager Victor seminar on Public Engagement: Carrillo and/or Assistant City Manager Armando The Vital Leadership Skill In Difficult Times Villa. Patterson City Manager Cleve Morris has been terminated. He served as the Newman City MMANC President Anthony Eulo, Morgan Hill Manager prior to coming to Patterson six and a half years ago. Farmersville City Manager Renee Miller, Retired City Manager Ed Everett is Co-Chair of CSC’s 53, notes that people come “from miles around” to City/Regional Task Force. dine at Las Palmas in downtown Farmersville. Former Tuesday, May 25, 2010; 8:30 a.m. – 12:30 PM Chula Vista City Manager David Garcia has returned Fairfield Center for Creative Arts to California from a year assignment with the State 1035 Texas Street, Fairfield Department in Iraq’s Babil Province.
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