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Supplemental Report
From: Mahealani Ah Yun, City Clerk
Meeting Date: January 21, 2025
Item Number: 1
Report #:2501-3958
TITLE
Review List of Applicants and Select Candidates to Interview for the Planning and Transportation
Commission (PTC) Vacancies. CEQA Status - Not a project.
RECOMMENDATION
Review a list of applicants and select candidates to interview for three (3) positions on the
Planning and Transportation Commission: one (1) partial term expiring March 31, 2026 and two
(2) full terms expiring March 31, 2029.
BACKGROUND
The PTC recruitment was open December 17, 2024 through January 15, 2025. Applicants were
given the option to apply for the partial term vacancy, full term vacancy, or both. Staff received
a total of 19 applicants during the recruitment period.
•Benas, Daniel Philip – Full or Partial
•Battacharya, Ashish – Full or Partial
•Chang, Grant – Full
•Fehring, Sheila – Partial
•Glazier, William – Full or Partial
•Hamachek, Brian – Full or Partial
•Hekier, Daniel – Full or Partial
•Holzemer, Terrance - Partial
•James, Todd – Full or Partial
•Ji, Kevin – Full or Partial
•Keller, Arthur – Full or Partial
•Kellerman, Thomas – Full or Partial
•King, Declan – Full
•Morkner, Henrik – Partial
•Parak, Salim – Full or Partial
•Peterson, Forest – Full or Partial
•Regula, Michael – Full or Partial
•Stafford, Kellie – Partial
•Yamamoto, Rika YeaKyung – Full or Partial
According to Palo Alto Municipal Code1, PTC commissioners shall be residents of the city who are
not councilmembers, officers, or employees of the city. The Planning and Transportation
Commission has three (3) open positions: one (1) partial term expiring March 31, 2026 and two
(2) full terms expiring March 31, 2029.
At the February 26, 2024 meeting, the City Council set a process to select Boards and
Commissions candidates to interview. The direction provided was to allow each Councilmember
a limited number of votes (equal to the number of vacancies plus 50%, round up) to select their
preferred candidates to interview. In accordance with that direction, each Councilmember may
cast two (2) votes for the partial term position and three (3) votes for the two full term
positions. The City Council may opt to follow a different process for candidate interview selection
if it so chooses.
The City Council is scheduled to interview the selected applicants at the February 3 meeting and
make its appointment at the February 10 meeting.
ATTACHMENTS
Attachment A - Planning and Transportation Commission Applications - Redacted
APPROVED BY:
Mahealani Ah Yun, City Clerk
1 Palo Alto Municipal Code Section 2.20.010 https://codelibrary.amlegal.com/codes/paloalto/latest/paloalto_ca/0-
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