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The city needs to fill about 70 positions on more than 40 volunteer boards and commissions that advise the City Council. 

The Youth Commission leads the pack, with seven vacancies on the nine-member board. The Mental Health Commission, the South Berkeley Community Improvement Plan Advisory Committee and the Elmwood Advisory Board, which examines the refurbishment of the Elmwood Theater on College Avenue, each has six vacancies. 

To view the vacancies and obtain applications go to the City Clerk’s office, 2180 Milvia St., or to the city’s Web site at www.ci.berkeley.ca.us/commissions.