Riverbank parks advisory committee names chair and vice chair, sets monthly meeting schedule

Unidentified Parks and Recreation staff opened the committeeorientation and reviewed bylaws and membership rules before the committee moved on to organization items.

The committee appointed Sammy Martinez as chairperson after an unnamed committee member moved the nomination and another member seconded the motion; the chair appointment carried. The committee then moved to select a vice chair and approved Alex Rodriguez for the role.

Staff explained that member terms will be staggered so the committee does not lose quorum in any single year; the committee drew staggered terms (two three-year terms, two two-year terms and one one-year term) and approved those assignments, with the meeting record showing the committee vote as 4-0 in favor.

After discussing membersscheduling constraints, the committee voted to make the regular meeting date the third Wednesday of each month at 6:30 p.m.; staff said the next meeting would be June 18 and asked members to submit agenda items by June 13 to allow public notice.

The meeting adjourned after the organizational items; staff said they would send a calendar invite and published materials to committee members.

Quotes in this article are attributed only to speakers appearing in the meeting record. For example, at the start of the session the onboarding letter read, "Welcome to the parks and recreation advisory committee," per staff remarks to the group.

The committeeorganization items represent formal actions of the advisory body. Staff noted that final authority for bylaws and any formal dissolutions rests with the city council under the Riverbank Municipal Code.