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GOVERNING BODY AND ORGANIZAT ONAL STRUCTURE The responsibilities of this committee are: o One representative from the Alameda • The IWC must hold public hearings and issue County Labor Council. reports,on at least an annual basis,to inform o One representative from the East Bay Alameda County residents about how the sales Economic Development Alliance tax funds are being spent.The hearings will be o One representative from the Alameda open to the public and must be held in County Paratransit Advisory Committee compliance with the Brown Act,California's (PAPCO) open meeting law,with information announcing the hearings well-publicized and posted in a One representative from the East Bay Bicycle advance. Coalition • The IWC will have full access to the Alameda o One representative from the League of CTC's independent auditor and will have the Women's Voters authority to request and review specific information regarding use of the sales tax funds The members of the IWC are expected to provide a and to comment on the auditor's reports. balance of viewpoints,geography,age,gender, ethnicity and income status, to represent the different • The IWC will publish an independent annual perspectives of the residents of the county. report, including any concerns the committee has about audits it reviews.The report will be published in local newspapers and will be made ADVISORY COMMITTEES available to the public in a variety of forums to The Alameda CTC is assisted by the advice of ensure access to this information. technical and public advisory committees.These committees,described below,meet regularly and are IWC members are private citizens who are not charged with carrying out important functions on elected officials at any level of government,nor behalf of the Alameda CTC. public employees from agencies that either oversee or benefit from the proceeds of the sales tax. Alameda County Technical Advisory Committee Membership is limited to individuals who live in (ACTAC) Alameda County.Members are required to submit a The ACTAC is the technical advisory committee to statement of financial disclosure and membership is the Alameda CTC.The ACTAC members provide restricted to individuals without economic interest in technical expertise,analysis and recommendations any of the Alameda CTC's projects or programs.The related to transportation planning,programming and IWC is designed to reflect the diversity of Alameda funding with the Alameda CTC Executive Director County.Membership is as follows: functioning as Chair. • Two members are chosen at-large from each of the five supervisorial districts in the county(total Paratransit Advisory and Planning Committee of 10 at-large members).One member is (PAPCO) nominated by each member of the Board of PAPCO addresses funding, planning,and Supervisors and one additional member in each coordination issues regarding specialized supervisorial district is selected by the Alameda transportation services for seniors and persons with County Mayors'Conference. disabilities in Alameda County.PAPCO has the • Seven members are selected to reflect a balance responsibility of making direct recommendations to of viewpoints across the county.These members the Board of Directors of the Alameda CTC on funding for senior and disabled transportation are nominated by their respective organizations services. PAPCO is supported by a Technical and approved by the Alameda CTC Board of Advisory Committee comprised of paratransit Directors as follows: providers in Alameda County funded by local o One representative from the Alameda transportation sales tax funds. County Taxpayer's Association o One representative from the Sierra Club •