EXHIBIT 15-C

EXCERPT OF ORDINANCE 152

REGARDING CITIZEN’S OVERSIGHT PANEL

Section Nine: Citizen’s Oversight Panel

Within sixty days of the effective date of this ordinance, the District Board shall create a nine member “Ordinance 152 Citizen’s Oversight Panel” as an advisory board to the Board of Directors. Members of the Panel shall serve at the pleasure of the District Board, and shall be appointed as follows: the Board shall appoint one member from a panel of three persons nominated by the Monterey Peninsula Taxpayers Association, and the Board shall appoint one member from a panel of three persons nominated by the Monterey County Association of Realtors, and each Director shall appoint one member.

The District Board shall adopt bylaws for the Panel which shall ensure the Panel meets on a quarterly basis, as needed, and that its meetings comply with the Ralph M. Brown Act. Duties of the Panel shall be limited to issuing an annual report and providing advice to the District Board. Expenditure of funds or use of staff resources shall require approval of the District Board.

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