For City Council Meeting August 26, 2025
TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council
FROM: Tanya Williams, City Manager
Title
Request City Council to Appoint Members to the Planning Commission, Parks, Recreation and Community Services Commission, Rialto Utilities Commission and the Neighborhood Beautification and Historical Preservation Commission.
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Body
RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends that the City Council appoint members to the Planning Commission, Parks, Recreation and Community Services Commission, Rialto Utilities Commission and the Neighborhood Beautification and Historical Preservation Commission.
BACKGROUND
In February of 2025, the Rialto City Council adopted Ordinance No 1699 that consolidated and reorganized the City’s commissions from (9) to (4). The four remaining commissions are to the Planning Commission, Parks, Recreation and Community Services Commission, Rialto Utilities Commission and the Neighborhood Beautification and Historical Preservation Commission. Each commission includes seven members that can be appointed by the City Council.
Following the consolidation of the commissions, the City accepted commission application through March 25th 2025.
For those commissions where more applications were received than available positions, the sub-committee consisting of the Mayor and Mayor Pro Tem conducted interviews with individual candidates. The full details of those applicants that were interviewed for Planning Commission are outlined below.
This item for the appointment of individuals to commissions came to the City Council on August 12, 2025. At that time, the Council directed staff to bring the item back at the subsequent meeting. All applications for commissions were shared with the full City Council in April of 2025 and on August 13, 2025.
ANALYSIS/DISCUSSION
The following resident applications were received for each commission during the application period in March 2025 as listed below:
Planning Commission:
• Ray Corral
• Eric Delgado
• Tricina Edwards
• Dale Estevander
• Ana Gonzalez
• Frank Gonzalez
• Jerry Gutierrez
• Clifford Houser
• Rocio Martinez
• Virginia Palafox
• John Peukert
• Ivan Ramirez
• Nataly Sandoval
• Michael Story
• Terry Thompson
The following candidates were interviewed by the sub-committee for Planning Commission:
Parks, Recreation and Community Services Commission:
• Jose Aparicio
• Joe Britt
• Oscar Hinojosa
• Mauricio Serrano
• Jennifer Morris
• Janice Morrison
Utilities Commission:
• Lisa Bartley
• Carla Denez Towns
• Kevin Kobbe
• Roy Mason
• Erlinda Patterson
• James Shields
• Barbara Zrelak-Rickman
Neighborhood Beautification and Historical Preservation Commission:
• Brenda Parker
• Roberto Solis
• Salvador Torres
The following names filed applications for all commissions:
• Brenda Nuno
• Joe Lyons
Two additional applications for Planning Commission were received after the application period: Daniel Lopez and Teresa Schneider.
One application for the Parks, Recreation and Community Services application was received after the application period: Albert Calderon
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
The proposed actions do not constitute a “project” as defined by the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). Pursuant to Section 15378(b) of the State CEQA Guidelines, a project does not include organizational or administrative activities of governments that will not result in direct or indirect physical changes in the environment.
GENERAL PLAN CONSISTENCY
This action is consistent with Guiding Principle 3A of the General Plan:
Our City government will lead by example, and will operate in an open, transparent, and responsive manner that meets the needs of the citizens and is a good place to do business.
LEGAL REVIEW
The City Attorney's Office has reviewed the staff report.
FINANCIAL IMPACT
Operating Budget Impact
There is no impact to the operating budget with this item.
Capital Improvement Budget Impact
There is no impact to the Capital Improvement Budget with this item.