El Cerrito City Council Janet Abelson Ann Cheng William C. Jones III Greg Lyman Sandia Potter Write to your councilmembers: City Hall 10890 San Pablo Avenue El Cerrito, CA 94530 E-mail the City Council: Councilmembers@ci.el-cerrito.ca.us Jump to Council Meetings To access City Council Meeting agendas, minutes and reports go to the Document Archives Page Click here to go to City Council Streaming Media

MEET YOUR REPRESENTATIVES

• Council Member since 1999 - Mayor 2002, 2006, 2010
• Council Liaison to Environmental Quality Committee, Parks and Recreation Committee and Committee on Aging.
• Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG) General Assembly Delegate
• Contra Costa Mayors' Conference Alternate
• West County Mayors' Conference Alternate
• Pension Board Alternate
• League of California Cities: Administrative Services Committee Policy Committee, Community Services Committee Policy Committee Vice Chair and East Bay Division Delegate
• West Contra Costa Transportation Advisory Committee (WCCTAC) Delegate
• Contra Costa Transportation Authority Commissioner, Chair 2005
• Other Activities: League of Women Voters, Soroptimist International of El Cerrito, El Cerrito Chamber of Commerce, Bayside Council of PTAs Treasurer, 32nd District PTA Auditor, PTA Member - Harding, Portola and El Cerrito High School, El Cerrito High School Archiving Committee
• Transportation Advisory Committees: AC Transit Accessibility Advisory Committee, BART Accessibility Task Force, Metropolitan Transportation Commission Elderly and Disabled Advisory Committee, Service Review Advisory Committee (BART and AC Transit Paratransit), Contra Costa County Paratransit Coordinating Committee
• El Cerrito Resident since 1970
• MBA in Management, BA in English, San Francisco State University

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• Council Member since December 2008
• Liaison to: Design Review Board, Economic Development Board
• Planning Commissioner, 2006-200
• Parks and Recreation Commissioner, 2004-2006
• Alternate to West Contra Costa County Transportation Advisory Committee
• City Planner
• 23 year resident of El Cerrito. Grew up in El Cerrito
• Attended Castro Elementary, Adams Middle, El Cerrito High Schools
• BS Degree in Environmental Biology and Management University of California at Davis

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• City Council member since 2004 - Mayor 2008
• Park and Recreation Commissioner 1990-1997
• Financial Advisory Board member 2004
• Liaison to Planning Commission - current; past - Crime Prevention Committee, Design Review Board and Economic Development Committee
• Representative to Gilman Sports Fields Joint Powers Authority
• West Contra Costa County Integrated Waste Management Board Member
• Experience in local government senior management, recreation and community services
• Currently, work in construction administration
• Private sector in corporate senior management, franchising, and small business owner
• Currently, Commissioner of Athletics Alameda Contra Costa Athletic League (High School sports, 7 school league)
• El Cerrito resident over 41 years; graduate of El Cerrito primary and secondary schools.
• Community service and volunteering include various youth sports coaching and Board of Directors member, member El Cerrito Chamber of Commerce, past member and president Albany Rotary club, elementary and high school volunteer services.
• B.A. Oregon State University, recreation administration
• Graduate studies at San Francisco State University, recreation administration

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• Council Member since 2002 - Mayor 2005, 2009
• Liaison to: Arts and Culture Commission, Human Relations Commission
• Delegate to Gilman Sports Fields Joint Powers Authority
• Association of Bay Area Government Infrastructure and Lifeline Committee Chair
• Planning Commissioner, 1996-2002
• Redevelopment Advisory committee, 1995-1996
• Member PTSA Madera Elementary, Portola Middle, El Cerrito High Schools
• Alternate to West Contra Costa County Unified School District Bond Oversight Committee
• Council Member / Engineering Geologist
• 18 year resident of El Cerrito
• MS Degree in Environmental Geology Humboldt State University, BA Degree in Environmental Studies, University of California at Santa Barbara

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These dates are for regular City Council meetings scheduled for 2010. Please continue to check the calendar for the most updated information.

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