Welcome to our weekly digest of public meetings and agenda items worth your attention for this coming 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.
Commission on Aging
The Commission on Aging meets on Monday, March 16 at 4 p.m. (agenda) to receive a presentation on Housing and Human Services and to discuss updates on senior health, housing, events, environment, mobility.
Park and Recreation Commission
The Park and Recreation Commission meets on Monday, March 16 at 6:30 p.m. (agenda) to discuss potential updates to Fairmount Park – including rebuilding the bandshell, expanding the golf course driving range, expanding parking, and possibly transforming the armory into a restaurant and a pickleball court. It will also receive presentations on the Riverside Community Services Foundation Update and Gala and the Arlington Pickleball Complex.
It will also review its 2026 Work Plan, which includes its annual planning of parks, recreation and events for residents.
Cultural Heritage Board
The Cultural Heritage Board meets on Wednesday, March 18 at 3:30 p.m. (agenda) to present the city’s Historic Preservation Program in an annual report, review its rules for conducting business and review Brown Act training.
Economic Development Committee
The Economic Development Committee meets on Thursday, March 19 at 3 p.m. (agenda) to receive an update on Riverside Initiative Sustaining Entrepreneurs (RISE): Business Retention Program and to discuss signing a memorandum of understanding to work with Stored Power Technology – a clean-energy company – to obtain sites and permits.
Councilmember Chuck Conder proposed the honor to preserve the legacies of residents who shaped Riverside, naming the couple who restored the Mission Inn as its first recipients.
Five years into an eight-year housing plan, the City has permitted no new very low-income housing since 2021 and faces a state investigation over a rejected grant.
City Council, the Planning Commission and five other bodies hold public meetings this week, covering topics from a railroad quiet zone project to a Downtown bar's permit revocation.
