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The Community Plan Advisory Committee is one of a number of ad hoc committees established by Merced County for the University Community Plan and other efforts. For a complete list of these committees please click here. The following information describes the CPAC in greater detail.

Advisory Committee

The Community Plan Advisory Committee (CPAC) was established by the Merced County Board of Supervisors to play an advisory role in the drafting of the University Community Plan and Environmental Impact Report. The CPAC reviews work products generated by the County and its consultants, provides comments and opinions on the content of these documents, and helps guide the planning program by identifying alternative policy actions or solutions. The CPAC will function only for the duration of the University Community Plan preparation process, unless the Board desires to continue their participation into the Plan implementation phase. Please visit Current Events for a list of upcoming CPAC meetings.

The responsibilities of the CPAC are to help generate ideas and provide comments to achieve a responsible and creative University Community Plan. The CPAC will serve as a vehicle for achieving representative opinions and attitudes of landowners, interest groups, and stockholders interested in the University Community and University of California Merced collaborative planning efforts. The CPAC also provides a communication link on the progress of this planning effort to their representative organizations or interest groups.

Current members of the CPAC include:

County of Merced

Supervisor Joe Rivero
Supervisor, District 3
Merced County Board of Supervisors

Supervisor Kathleen Crookham (Alternate)
Supervisor, District 2

Steve Sloan
Chairman, Merced County Planning Commission

Lynn Tanner (Alternate)
Merced County Planning Commission

University of California

Clifford Graves
Director of Planning, UC Merced
University of California

Christopher Adams
Planner, UC Merced
University of California

Virginia Smith Trust

Bettylou George
Vice Chair, Virginia Smith Trustees

Sybil Crookham
Trustee, Virginia Smith Trust

Cyril Smith Trust

August Strotz
Cyril Smith Trust

City of Merced

Jack Lesch
City Planner
City of Merced

Hub Walsh
Merced City Council

George Hinds (Alternate)
Merced City Council

Merced Irrigation District

Garith Krause
Merced Irrigation District

Business and Agricultural Representatives

Guy Maxwell
Building Industry Association

Linda Macedo
California Women for Agriculture

Charlie Magneson
Community Alliance of Family Farmers

John Headding
Executive Director, Merced
Economic Development Corporation (MCEDCO)
County of Merced

Frank Quintero
President
Hispanic Chamber of Commerce

Micki Rucker
Merced County Chamber of Commerce

Nancy Slater
Executive Director
Merced County Farm Bureau

Jerry Fertado
Merced-Mariposa Cattlemen’s Association

Mary Souza
Snelling Municipal Advisory Council

Marsh Pitman
Tehipite Chapter, Sierra Club

Don Ohlinger
University Committee of Merced

EIP Associates

Brian Boxer
(Principal in Charge)
Regional Vice President
EIP Associates

Woodie C. Tescher
(Project Manager)
EIP Associates

Merced County UC Development office
(Staff to the Committee)

Robert E. Smith
Couny of Merced, UC Planning Director

For more information please contact the Merced County UC Development Office.

This page was last updated on April 18, 2002

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