City Council doesn't meet this week. Other committees meet to consider approving a new permanent art installation in White Park and presentations on Riverside's housing challenges and racial profiling in the police department.
Welcome to our weekly digest on public meetings and agenda items worthy of your attention in the next week. This guide is part of our mission to provide everyday Riversiders like you with the information to speak up on the issues you care about.
Park and Recreation Commission
The Park and Recreation Commission meets Monday, August 21, at 6:30 p.m. (agenda). The commission will receive a proposal from the Riverside Arts Council and the Mayor's Beautify Riverside initiative to install a 17-foot-tall permanent sculpture in White Park. The sculpture will be designed, fabricated, and installed by Alderette Designs (the same team who created the Lock in Your Love monument on Main St.) as a metal tree.
The cost of the sculpture's installation and maintenance would be the responsibility of the Riverside Arts Council, which aims to unveil the piece at the Riverside Art & Music Festival on October 7, 2023.
A year-end financial review, approving drones for anti-illegal fireworks policing, and a one-year pilot project to reduce cut-through traffic on Redwood Drive are on the City Council's agenda.
CSDR Football to be recognized by the Mayor; City Council will consider streamlining the permitting process for pre-approved ADUs and the final reallocations of $7.2 million in ARPA funding.
Reaccreditation by the Center for Public Safety Excellence highlights the department's handling of 43,000+ incidents, placing it among the top five fire agencies in California.
