The city is seeking candidates to fill seven positions on the Seattle Park District’s newly created Community Oversight Committee. Seattle voters approved the Seattle Park District in August 2014, creating a long-term source of funding for the Seattle parks system.
The Community Oversight Committee will provide advice to the mayor, Seattle City Council and the superintendent of Seattle Parks and Recreation, as well as provide oversight of projects, programs and services undertaken by the city and the Seattle Park District.
The committee will meet quarterly to:
•Make recommendations on the allocation of the Major Projects Challenge Fund;
•Hold public meetings and make recommendations to update the next spending plan;
•Review Seattle Parks and Recreation’s annual report; and
•Provide annual reports on the progress of expenditures and projects.
The committee will be composed of 15 members, seven members of the public (one from each Seattle district), four Board or Commission members to be recommended by Seattle City Boards & Commissions and four members from the Seattle Board of Park Commissioners. Each will serve either a one-, two- or three-year term, to be determined during the selection process.
The city seeks to appoint Community Oversight Committee members with a diversity of expertise and perspectives including, but not limited to, parks management, public financing, urban horticulture, landscape architecture, contract management and the interests of low-income and communities of color.
The committee’s first official meeting will take place in April 2015, but members should be available to meet in early 2015.
To be considered, send a letter of interest indicating which district you represent and resume by Oct. 20, 2014, to City Councilmember Jean Godden at jean.godden@seattle.gov. Title subject line “Oversight Committee Application.” Electronic submissions are preferred.
To send a paper submittal, mail to Seattle City Councilmember Jean Godden,
P.O. Box 34025
, Seattle, WA 98124.