Item 2 2025-00004 Confirmation of Board and Commission Appointments — Sacramento City Council, January 7, 2025

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File ID: 2025-00004 1/7/2025 Consent Item 2.

Confirmation of Board and Commission Appointments
File ID: 2025-00004
Location: Citywide
Recommendation: Pass a Motion confirming the following board and commission appointments: 1) Active Transportation Commission: Melissa Harris - Seat B, Emel Wadhwani - Seat D, and Isaac Gonzalez, Jr. - Seat F; 2) Arts, Culture, and Creative Economy Commission: Justina Martino - Seat F; 3) Community Police Review Commission: John Lawrence Johnson, Jr. - Seat B, and Karen Korbs - Seat D, and Manuel Buenrostro - Seat F; 4) Measure U Community Advisory Commission: Timothy Smith - Seat B and Conner Johnston - Seat F; 5) Parks and Community Enrichment Commission:

Charles Marc Laver - Seat D and Victoria Vasquez - Seat F; 6) Planning and Design Commission:

Larry Lee - Seat A, David Nybo - Seat D, and Nicolina Hernandez - Seat F; 7) Sacramento Children’s Fund Planning and Oversight Commission: Lilian Ghafari - Seat F; and 8) Youth Commission: Ziqi Lin - Seat H, Hugo de Leon - Seat K, and Mallory Turk - Seat L.

Contact: Mindy Cuppy, MMC, City Clerk, (916) 808-5442, [email protected]; Jacob Bredberg, Administrative Analyst, (916) 808-6846, [email protected]; Office of the City Clerk
Presenter: None
Attachments:
1-Description/Analysis
Description/Analysis
Issue Detail: As required by City Charter section 230, board and commission appointments made by the Mayor with the concurrence of the City Council.

Commission Appointee Seat Seat Term
Dates
Appointee
Term Dates
Term
Type
Recommended
By
Active
Transportation
Commission
Melissa
Harris
B 01/01/2025-
12/31/2028
01/07/2025-
12/31/2028
Full Councilmember
Dickinson, District
2 Transportation
Commission
Wadhwani 12/31/2028 12/31/2028 Pluckebaum,
District 4
Active
Transportation
Commission
Isaac
Gonzalez,
Jr.

F 01/01/2025-
12/31/2028
02/01/2025-
12/31/2028
Full Councilmember
Guerra, District 6
Arts, Culture,
and Creative
Economy
Commission
Justina
Martino
F 01/01/2025-
12/31/2028
01/07/2025-
12/31/2028
Full Councilmember
Guerra, District 6
Community
Police Review
Commission
John
Lawrence
Johnson, Jr.

B 01/01/2025-
12/31/2028
01/07/2025-
12/31/2028
Full Councilmember
Dickinson, District
2 Community
Police Review
Commission
Luis
Sumpter
D 01/01/2025-
12/31/2028
01/07/2024-
12/31/2028
Full Councilmember
Pluckebaum,
District 4
Community
Police Review
Commission
Manuel
Buenrostro
F 01/01/2025-
12/31/2028
01/07/2025-
12/31/2028
Full Councilmember
Guerra, District 6
Measure U
Community
Advisory
Commission
Timothy
Smith
B 01/01/2025-
12/31/2028
01/07/2025-
12/31/2028
Full Councilmember
Dickinson, District
2 Measure U
Community
Advisory
Commission
Conner
Johnston
F 01/01/2025-
12/31/2028
01/07/2025-
12/31/2028
Full Councilmember
Guerra, District 6
Parks and
Community
Enrichment
Commission
Charles
Marc Laver
01/01/2025-
12/31/2028
01/07/2025-
12/31/2028
Full Councilmember
Pluckebaum,
District 4
Parks and
Community
Enrichment
Commission
Victoria
Vasquez
F 01/01/2025-
12/31/2028
01/07/2025-
12/31/2028
Full Councilmember
Guerra, District 6
Planning and
Design
Commission
Larry Lee A 01/01/2023-
12/31/2026
01/07/2025-
12/31/2026
Partial Councilmember
Kaplan, District 1
Planning and
Design
Commission
David Nybo D 01/01/2025-
12/31/2028
01/07/2025-
12/31/2026
Full Councilmember
Pluckebaum,
District 4
Planning and
Design
Commission
Nicolina
Hernandez
F 01/01/2025-
12/31/2028
01/07/2025-
12/31/2028
Full Councilmember
Guerra, District 6
Sacramento
Children’s Fund
Planning and
Oversight
Commission
Lilian
Ghafari
F 01/01/2025-
12/31/2028
01/07/2025-
12/31/2028
Full Councilmember
Guerra, District 6
Youth
Commission
Ziqi Lin H 01/01/2025-
12/31/2026
01/07/2025-
12/31/2026
Full Councilmember
Pluckebaum,
District 4
Youth
Commission
Hugo de
Leon
K 01/01/2025-
12/31/2026
01/07/2025-
12/31/2026
Full Councilmember
Guerra, District 6
Youth
Commission
Mallory Turk L 01/01/2025-
12/31/2026
01/07/2025-
12/31/2026
Full Councilmember
Guerra, District 6

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File ID: 2025-00004 1/7/2025 Consent Item 2.

Commission Appointee Seat Seat Term
Dates
Appointee
Term Dates
Term
Type
Recommended
By
Active
Transportation
Commission
Melissa
Harris
B 01/01/2025-
12/31/2028
01/07/2025-
12/31/2028
Full Councilmember
Dickinson, District
2 Active
Transportation
Commission
Emel
Wadhwani
D 01/01/2025-
12/31/2028
02/01/2025-
12/31/2028
Full Councilmember
Pluckebaum,
District 4
Active
Transportation
Commission
Isaac
Gonzalez,
Jr.

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File ID: 2025-00004 1/7/2025 Consent Item 2.

Commission Appointee Seat Seat Term
Dates
Appointee
Term Dates
Term
Type
Recommended
By
Active
Transportation
Commission
Melissa
Harris
B 01/01/2025-
12/31/2028
01/07/2025-
12/31/2028
Full Councilmember
Dickinson, District
2 Active
Transportation
Commission
Emel
Wadhwani
D 01/01/2025-
12/31/2028
02/01/2025-
12/31/2028
Full Councilmember
Pluckebaum,
District 4
Active
Transportation
Commission
Isaac
Gonzalez,
Jr.

Economic Impacts: None.

Environmental Considerations: California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA): This action is not a project that is subject to CEQA because it is an organizational or administrative activity that will not result in direct or indirect physical changes in the environment. (CEQA Guidelines §15378(b)(5)).

Sustainability: None.

Commission/Committee Action: None.

Rationale for Recommendation: Confirmation of appointment by the City Council finalizes the process.

Financial Considerations: None.

Local Business Enterprise (LBE): None.

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