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9A Page 24 APPLICATIONS NOW BEING ACCEPTED FOR LEADERSHIP POSITIONS IN THE LEAGUE'S MAYORS AND COUNCIL MEMBERS DEPARTMENT The League of California Cities' Mayors and Council Members Department is seeking enthusi- astic elected officials who are interested in be- coming first vice president or second vice presi- dent of the department. Both positions have a one-year term. Department officers are elected each year at the Mayors and Council Members Department business meeting that is held at the League's Annual Conference. Due to special circum- stances, however, the department will be accept- ing nominations for officers during the business meeting of the Mayors and Council Members Executive Forum on July 28, in Monterey. This year, the applicants for first vice president need to be from a city in Southern California, and the applicants for second vice president need to be from a city in Northern California. The first vice president acts in the place of the president during the president's absence or inability to act and is responsible for overseeing the strategic planning effort of the department. The first vice president shall also perform any other duties assigned by the president. The second vice president's responsibilities include acting in the place of the president and first vice president in case of absence or inability to act. The second vice president is also charged with overseeing the Mayors and Council Members' Academy (MCA) and for performing any other duties assigned by the president. The following qualifications will be used as a basis for selection: . The individual's professional reputation; . The individual's perspective on city selVice; . The individual's contribution to the ethnic and gender diversity of the department officers; . The location of the individual's city; . Whether the individual has demonstrated a commitment to serving and strengthen- ing the department; . Whether the individual is in the position to provide energetic leadership; . The individual's depth of knowledge of and experience with city government; . The individual's involvement in inter governmental activities. If you are interested in either of these positions within the League's Mayors and Council Members Department, please fill out the attached nomina- tion form and send it to Tony Cárdenas at tcardenas@cacities.org, or via mail at 1400 K Street, Suite 400, Sacramento, CA 95814. Selections will be made on the floor of the department's business meeting on Friday. July 28, from 7:45 a.m. to 9 a.m. If you have any ques- tions, please feel free to call at Tony at (916) 658- 8243. ........................ PROP 42 'FIX' INITIATIVE CONTINUES SIGNATURE-GATHERING PUSH Californians to Improve Traffic Safety Now, the coalition that includes the League of California Cities and other organizations sponsoring an initiative to stabilize Prop. 42 funding for transporta- tion, issued a press statement this week announc- ing that they have gathered more than half of the 1 million signatures needed to qualify the initiative for the November ballot: .Our signature gathering drive remains at full throttle. As of 3/16/06, we have collected more than 560,000 signatures. We have no doubt that we will gamer the 1 million signatures needed by early May to qualify our measure. " The campaign also asserted that, with the breakdown in infrastructure discussions in the Legislature, "Our initiative (is the) 'Only Game in Town"': Continued on Page 5 PAGE 2 . PRIORITY FOCUS March 17, 2006 . Issue #11 Visit the League's Official Website-www.cacities.org