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CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA
CITY COUNCIL MINUTES
Adjourned Meeting
A. CALL TO ORDER
An adjourned meeting of the Rancho Cucamonga City Council was held on Tuesday, November 9, 1993, in
the Tri- Communities Conference Room of the Civic Center, located at 10500 Civic Center Drive, Rancho
Cucamonga, California. The meeting was called to order at 6:00 p.m. by Mayor Dennis L. Stout.
Present were Councilmembers: William J. Alexander, Charles J. Buquet II, Rex Gutierrez, Diane Williams,
and Mayor Dennis L. Stout.
Also present were: Jack Lam, City Manager; Jerry B. Fulwood, Deputy City Manager; Rick Gomez,
Community Development Director; Brad Buller, City Planner; Dan Coleman, Principal Planner; Scott Murphy,
Associate Planner; Gall Sanchez, Planning Commission Secretary; Diane O'Neal, Management Analyst II;
and Debra J. Adams, City Clerk.
B. ITEM OF CONSIDERATION
B1. PLANNING COMMISSION INTERVIEWS (0701-01 APOINT PC)
Mayor Stout stated there will be nine candidates that will be interviewed tonight. He stated that at the end of
the meeting the City Council will pick five persons and the City Clerk will post them across the top of the
matrix. He stated it was just decided today that there would be three structured questions that will be asked
of each applicant. He added that at the end of the interviews there will be discussion as to when the
successful applicants' start dates will be, there will be a discussion as to the staggering of terms, and
discussion of the appointment of a Chair person.
The following candidates were interviewed by the City Council:
David Barker
Richard A. Macias
Allan P. Donnelly
Peter Tolstoy
John Melcher
Wendy K. Vallette
Heinz A. Lumpp
Larry McNiel
Laura J. Muna-Landa
The City Council took a recess from 6:50 to 7:00 p.m., 7:30 to 8:45 p.m., and 8:20 to 8:30 p.m.
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At the conclusion of the interviews, the Councilmembers voted by ballot and gave them to the City Clerk to
tally, and continued to make comments about the quality of the candidates and thanked them for their
participation in this process.
B2. SELECTION OF PLANNING COMMISSION MEMBERS (0701-01 APOINT PC)
MOTION: Moved by Buquet, seconded by Alexander to appoint David Barker, Peter Tolstoy, John Melcher,
Larry McNiel, and Heinz Lumpp, which received the highest number of votes. Motion carried unanimously,
MOTION: Moved by Stout, seconded by Alexander to make the appointments effective at the Planning
Commission's December 8 meeting. Motion carried unanimously, 5-0.
MOTION: Moved by Stout, seconded by Gutierrez for the five appointees to draw straws with the first three
having four-year terms and the other two having two-year terms. Motion carried unanimously, 5-0.
MOTION: Moved by Alexander, seconded by Gutierrez for the Subcommittee to go back and establish
leadership roles. Motion carried unanimously, 5-0.
Mayor Stout felt the terms should run concurrent with the election process and suggested the terms be set
according to the election of Councilmembers.
Councilmember Buquet suggested that the terms be set for July 1.
Mayor Stout agreed with this suggestion and stated the group that is presently coming on would have an extra
six months.
MOTION: Moved by Stout, seconded by Buquet for the Planning Commission terms henceforth, after this
process begins on December 8, begin on July 1, 1994. Motion carried unanimously, 5-0.
The four-year term Commissioners are as follows with their terms expiring on July 1, 1998:
David Barker
Heinz Lumpp
Larry McNiel
The two-year term Commissioners are as follows with their terms expiring on July 1, 1996:
Peter Tolstoy
John Melcher
C. COMMUNICATIONS FROM THE PUBLIC
C1. Larry McNiel commented on the existing Commissioner that did not apply and felt she was an outstanding
Commissioner. He stated the Commissioner that did not get re-appointed also made a great contribution to
the Commission. He felt these two individuals should be recognized for their contributions.
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D. ADJOURNMENT
MOTION: Moved by Alexander, seconded by Williams to adjourn to an Executive Session. Motion carried
unanimously, 5-0. The meeting adjourned at 9:00 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Debra J. Adams, CMC
City Clerk
Approved: December 15, 1993