Duties: Enhances, maintains, and evaluates the civic health and pride of the community through partnerships and creative approaches, ensuring collaboration with the public and private sector, in the true spirit of the All America City Program.

Mission: Create and coordinate community-based projects which address the ten components of the All-America City Civic Index. The ten components are Citizen Participation, Community Leadership, Government Performance, Volunteerism and Philanthropy, Inter-Group Relations, Civic Education, Community Information Sharing, Capacity for Cooperation and Consensus Building, Community Vision and Pride, and Inter-Community Cooperation.

Membership: The committee is comprised of nine members. One member must represent one of five (5) segments of the community: non-profit, business, ethnic diversity, government and youth/education. Four (4) members of the committee will serve at-large. Members are nominated by individual Councilmembers, appointed by the Mayor, and confirmed by the City Council. Terms are for two years.

Segment Descriptions:

At-large: A person who will represent a section of the City of Santa Maria in which s/he can serve as a voice and representative for the residents in his/her neighborhood. Business: A person who is employed at a profit-oriented enterprise, specifically involved in the management of a company. Ethnic Diversity: A person who can bring a common and distinctive racial, national, religious, linguistic or cultural heritage.

Government: A person acting on behalf of a federal, state or local agency in an official capacity. Non-Profit Organization: A person who either works and/or volunteers for an official, non-profit organization serving the Santa Maria Valley. Youth and/or Education: A person who represents the youth in the Santa Maria Valley, either through volunteer work and/or through his/her profession. This can also be a person who works in the educational field.

Meeting Schedule: Meets the second Tuesday of each month at 5:30 p.m. (except December) at the City Hall Conference Room, 110 East Cook Street, Santa Maria.

Staff Member: Contact Recreation and Parks Department at 925-0951 ext. 261

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Member Information:

Esther Acosta - At-Large Date last appointed: 1/2011 Date term expires: 1/2013 Marcelo Ferreyra - At-Large Date last appointed: 7/2011 Date term expires: 1/2013 Bailey Hudson - Non-profit Date last appointed: 1/2012 Date term expires: 1/2014 Tahir Masood – At-Large Date last appointed: 1/2012 Date term expires: 1/2014 August (Bud) Narachi - At-Large Date last appointed: 1/2011 Date term expires: 1/2013

Karen Sanchez - Youth/Education Date last appointed: 5/2011 Date term expires: 1/2013 VACANT - Business Date last appointed: Date term expires: 1/2014 VACANT - Ethnic Diversity Date last appointed: Date term expires: 1/2014 VACANT - Government Date last appointed: Date term expires: 1/2014 1/24/2012