Meeting Name: City Council Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 8/6/2024 1:00 PM Minutes status: Final  
Meeting location: City Hall - Art Pick Council Chamber 3900 Main Street, Riverside Live Webcast at: www.RiversideCA.gov/Meeting
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24-2399 1To comment on Consent Calendar, Closed Sessions and any matters within the jurisdiction of the City Council, you are invited to participate in person or call at (951) 826-8686 and follow the prompts to access your language of preference. Press *9 to be placed in the queue to speak. Individuals in the queue will be prompted to unmute by pressing *6 when you are ready to speak. To participate via ZOOM, use the following link: https://zoom.us/j/93149443969. Select the "raise hand" function to request to speak. An on-screen message will prompt you to "unmute" and speak. Video Video
24-2158 2Brief reports on conferences, seminars, and regional meetings attended by Mayor and City Council, Ward updates, and announcements of upcoming events Announcement of Committee meetings: Governmental Processes Committee at 9 a.m., on Wednesday, August 7, 2024, Art Pick Council Chamber Mobility and Infrastructure Committee at 1 p.m., on Thursday, August 8, 2024, Art Pick Council Chamber Land Use Committee at 3:30 p.m., on Monday, August 12, 2024, Art Pick Council Chamber Video Video
24-2156 3City Manager Update (All Wards) (5-minute presentation) Video Video
24-2157 4Declaration of conflicts of interest on any agenda items (City Council) Video Video
24-2094 5Police Department overview and employee recognition (All Wards) (5-minute presentation) Video Video
24-2030 6State Law and existing City policies overview pertaining to No Net Loss policy in accordance with Government Code Sections 65863 (Regional Housing Needs Assessment) and 66300 (Senate Bill 330 Housing Crisis Act of 2019) - Direct staff to continue existing policies or return to a City Council Committee with options to update City policies (Community and Economic Development) (All Wards) (10-minute presentation) Video Video
24-2256 7Appoint Stephanie Schaefer to Park and Recreation Commission Ward 3 seat and Noah Valencia to Commission of the Deaf Citywide seat - File resignations of Victoria Brodie from Park and Recreation Commission Citywide seat and Brenda Valiente from Budget Engagement Commission Resident Ward 6 seat (All Wards) Not available
24-2162 8Minutes of July 16, 2024 Not available
24-2154 9Purchase of eCivis grants management software from Carahsoft Technology Corporation, Reston, Virginia, for $118,000 from City Manager Administration, Professional Services Account, under NASPO Cooperative Purchasing Agreement AR2472 from August 1, 2024, through July 31, 2026 (All Wards) Not available
24-2217 10A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Riverside, California, supporting the Blue Zone Project which will improve the well-being and economic vitality of City Residents and approving the City Sponsorship to the Inland Empire Health Program for $208,300 or one percent of total Blue Zones Certification program costs - Waive further reading (All Wards) Not available
24-2240 11Adopt an Ordinance of the City of Riverside, California, adding Chapter 5.55 to the Riverside Municipal Code regarding Short-Term Residential Rentals to provide regulatory framework for homes and mitigate negative effects on the community - Waive further reading (Intro. on 7-16-24, All Wards) Not available
24-2238 12Case DP-2024-00577 - City Landmark - Adopt an Ordinance of the City of Riverside, California, amending the Zoning Map of the City of Riverside pursuant to Chapter 19.090 of the Riverside Municipal Code by rezoning property located at 2365 Eleventh Street from the Single-Family Residential Zone (R-1-7000) to the Single Family Residential and Cultural Resources Overlay Zones (R-1-7000-CR) - Waive further reading - 2365 Eleventh Street (Intro. on 7-16-24, Ward 1) Not available
24-2239 13Case DP-2024-00444 - Structure of Merit - Adopt an Ordinance of the City of Riverside, California, amending the Zoning Map of the City of Riverside pursuant to Chapter 19.090 of the Riverside Municipal Code by rezoning property located at 5310 Candlewick Court from the Single-Family Residential Zone (R-1-13000) to the Single Family Residential and Cultural Resources Overlay Zones (R-1-13000-CR) - Waive further reading - 5310 Candlewick Court (Intro. on 7-16-24, Ward 3) Not available
24-2125 14Annual purchase orders with Office Depot, now known as ODP Solutions LLC., for an annual amount of $500,000 for various office supply commodities utilized by all departments through June 30, 2029 (All Wards) Not available
24-2161 15Request for Proposal 2350 - Agreement with Willdan Financial Services, Temecula, for $110,280 plus ten percent change order authority, for total not-to-exceed $121,308 from General Fund, Non-Departmental Citywide Financial Management, Professional Services Account for Comprehensive Development Impact Fee Study for one-year term with six additional six-month extension options, not-to-exceed four years (All Wards) Not available
24-2236 16Adopt an Ordinance of the City of Riverside, California, amending Chapter 3.30 of the Riverside Municipal Code to add eleven additional categories and revise one Category to the Schedule of Regulation, Products, and Services - Waive further reading (Intro. on 6-25-24, All Wards) Not available
24-1987 17Design-Build Agreement with Air Exchange, Inc., Ontario, for $187,694.46 plus 10 percent contingency from Grants & Restricted Programs Assistance to Firefighters-Grant Funds and General Fund Fire Operations-Assistance to Firefighters accounts for Fire Vehicle Exhaust Extraction System for Fire Stations 13 and 14 - Waive competitive bid requirement pursuant to City Charter Section 1109, in accordance with Purchasing Resolution 24101 Section 702(n) - Five affirmative votes required (Ward 2) Not available
24-2067 18Request for Proposal 2375 - Services and American Rescue Plan Act Subrecipient Agreements with EIDIM Group Inc. dba EIDIM AV Technology for not-to-exceed $303,569.86 from Grants & Restricted Programs Fund, Fire-Special Services, Maintenance & Repair of Buildings account for two video walls, video controller, training, and standard warranty as approved through American Rescue Plan Act Expenditure Plan grant (All Wards) Not available
24-2237 19Adopt an Ordinance of the City of Riverside, California, granting a franchise to American Medical Response Ambulance Service, Inc., to operate authorized ambulance vehicles for a period of approximately three years along and upon the streets of the City of Riverside and perform Advance Life Support (ALS) and Basic Life Support (BLS) services - Waive further reading (Intro. on 7-16-24, All Wards) Not available
24-1906 20Request for Proposal 2272 - Agreement with Southern Contracting Company, San Marcos, for $1,493,370 with 15 percent change order authority, for total amount of $1,717,375 from Measure Z Operating Fund, Deferred Maintenance account for design-build services of fire station generator replacement at six fire stations including University Fire Station No. 4, Arlanza Fire Station No. 7, La Sierra Fire Station No. 8, Canyon Crest Fire Station No. 9, Arlington Heights Fire Station No. 10, and Orangecrest Fire Station No. 11 - Five affirmative votes required (Wards 2, 4, 6 and 7) Not available
24-1958 21Request for Proposal 2329 - Design-Build Agreement with Stilwell Construction, Inc., Riverside, for $378,707 with 15 percent change order authority for total not-to-exceed $435,513.05 from Evaporative Coolers Replacement Fire Maintenance Project Account for replacement of existing evaporative coolers at Corporation Yard Fire Fleet Maintenance facility - Supplemental appropriation - Five affirmative votes required - 8095 Lincoln Avenue (Ward 4) Not available
24-2188 22Waive formal procurement process per section 602(p) of Purchasing Resolution 24101 and authorize purchase of new and used vehicles, motorcycles included, for Police Department with various vendors for up to $2,314,398 from Measure Z Fund, Police Field Operations, Vehicle Replacement Account for additional 12-month term through June 30, 2025 - Five affirmative votes required (All Wards) Not available
24-2066 23Subrecipient Agreement with Victory Outreach Church for Homeless Housing, Assistance and Prevention Program Round 1 and 3 for not-to-exceed $332,708.08 from HHAP 1 and 3 Outreach Accounts for Victory Jail Release Outreach Program known as Project Connect (All Wards) Not available
24-2140 24Zscaler Subscription with Carahsoft Technology Corporation, Reston, Virginia, for $299,959.47 plus additional 15 percent change order authority from Measure Z Fund, IT-Admin, Technology Replacement Account for cybersecurity protocols, under NASPO Cooperative Purchasing Agreement AR2472 for term of August 5, 2024, through August 4, 2027 (All Wards) Not available
24-1739 25Donation and Naming Rights Agreement with Janette S. Johnson for $5,000 for naming rights to the Children’s Stack at Main Library to read as “Abbaschian Family” (All Wards) Not available
24-1843 26First Amendment to Agreement with Path of Life Ministries for $241,340 for total contract of $441,340 of American Rescue Plan Act funds for Social Work Internship Program called Love Your Neighbor Collaborative at eight public library locations through February 28, 2026 (All Wards) Not available
24-2210 27Accept two sculptures known as Porthole and Hula Girl by Artist Paulden Evans valued amount of $98,000 and one sculpture by Leadership Riverside Class of 2022 valued amount of $25,000 with additional $5,000 endowment for maintenance of Lock in Your Love statue located on Main Street between University Avenue and Ninth Street - Supplemental appropriation - Five affirmative votes required (Ward 1) Not available
24-2211 28Special Transportation Division’s Short Range Transit Plan for Fiscal Years 2024/25 - 2026/27 - Authorize submittal to Riverside County Transportation Commission of Transportation Development Act, State of Good Repair, and State Transit Assistance claim forms and Transportation Development Act Standard Assurances Form for Special Transportation Program (All Wards) Not available
24-2213 29Kaiser Permanente Operation Splash Program grant award of $85,000 for Fiscal Years 2024-25 through 2025-26 for aquatic programs - Supplemental appropriation - Five affirmative votes required (All Wards) Not available
24-2214 30Third Amendment to Agreement with Alta Planning + Design, Inc., Portland, Oregon, for additional environmental studies needed for Regional Trails Program (RTP) grant through December 31, 2026 (Ward 2) Not available
24-2215 31First Amendment to Lease Agreement with County of Riverside for $6,605.17 monthly rent revenue for Riverside University Health System Public Health Women, Infants and Children (WIC) Nutrition Services Programs at Arlanza Youth and Family Resource Center through August 31, 2025, with four one-year extension options - 7801 Gramercy Place, Suite C (Ward 6) Not available
24-2199 32Telecommunication services from MCI Communications Services, LLC., doing business as Verizon Business Services, for CALNET IFB C4DNCS19, data network and communication services, for pricing through State of California Pricing Contract C4-DNCS-19-001-28 through June 30, 2025, with three one-year extension options (All Wards) Not available
24-2200 33A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Riverside, California, authorizing the City of Riverside to receive the Department of California Highway Patrol’s 2024/2025 Cannabis Tax Fund Grant Program Award in the amount of $148,364.83; and authorizing the execution of necessary grant documents by the City Manager, or his Designee for education, prevention, and enforcement of laws related to driving under the influence - Waive further reading - Supplemental appropriation - Five affirmative votes required (All Wards) Not available
24-2009 34Inter-Utility Service Agreement with Southern California Gas Company for $500,000 annually, for total contract amount of $1,000,000 from Electric Public Benefits Fund, Public Utilities, Multi-Family Direct Install Program Account for Mobile-Home and Multi-Family Energy Efficiency Program through June 30, 2026 (All Wards) Not available
24-2163 35Approve updated Riverside Public Utilities Cash Reserve Policy to reduce annual funding from $2 million to $1 million to San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station Additional Decommissioning Liability Reserve (All Wards) Not available
24-2164 36A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Riverside, California amending Water Rate Schedules WA-1A, WA-1B, WA-2, WA-4, WA-5, WA-6, WA-7, WA-8, WA-10, WA-11, and WA-12, by removing references to the expired 1.5 percent Water Conservation Surcharge - Waiver further reading (All Wards) Not available
24-1972 37Award Bid 8062 to JBI Water and Wastewater Equipment, El Dorado Hills, for $995,785 from Sewer Fund Headworks Replacement/Rehabilitation Expenditure Account for two Duperon Flexrake Bar Screens Model FR-IQ with control panel for Headworks facility at Riverside Water Quality Control Plant - Supplemental appropriation - Five affirmative votes required (All Wards) Not available
24-1980 38Riverside Water Quality Control Plant chemical purchases from Northstar Chemical for $300,000 for citric acid, Kemira Water Solutions, Inc., for $750,000 for ferric chloride, Univar USA, Inc., for $700,000 for sodium bisulfite, Pioneer Americas, LLC., for $2,379,581 for sodium hypochlorite, and SNF Polydyne, Inc., for $1,700,000 for polymer, for total of $5,829,581 from Sewer Fund, Sewer System Treatment, Chemical Supplies Accounts for treatment of wastewater (All Wards) Not available
24-1989 39Award Bid 8023 to CJ Concrete Construction, Inc., Santa Fe Springs, for $949,556 from Gas Tax Fund, Bryan and Cochran Sidewalk Project Account for Bryan Street and Cochran Avenue Sidewalk Improvements - Supplemental appropriation - Five affirmative votes required (Ward 6) Not available
24-2139 40Request for Proposal 2351 - Agreement with Michael K. Nunley and Associates, Inc., doing business as MNK, Irvine, for $273,134 from Sewer Fund, Western-MLK-Garden Hill Lift Station Project for Civil Design Engineering Services for Western Avenue and Garden Hills Way Wastewater Lift Stations (Ward 4) Not available
24-2151 41Third Amendment to Agreement with T.Y. LIN International, Ontario, for $163,426, for total amount of $2,421,375 from Capital Outlay-Grants, Gas Tax, and TUMF-Adams/SR-91 Interchange Project accounts for State Route 91/Adams Street Interchange reconfiguration (Ward 5) Not available
24-2152 42Planning and development of proposed Parking Garage 8 for future downtown parking needs at northeast corner of Orange and Fifth Streets, having determined project is exempt from further California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) review - 3460 Orange Street (Ward 1) Not available
24-2153 43Request for Proposal 2336 - Master Professional Service Agreements with twenty-seven consultants for not-to-exceed $1,000,000 for each consultant - Supplemental Agreements with five consultants for not-to-exceed $5,000,000 per consultant from Public Works Department Budget for various on-call engineering services including civil engineering design, traffic engineering, surveying, land development document review, environmental, geotechnical engineering, and geotechnical sampling and laboratory testing for three-year term with two additional one-year term extension options per consultant (All Wards) Not available
24-2165 44First Amendment to Agreement with Lee and Ro, Inc., City of Industry, for $142,546, for total contract amount of $305,541 from Sewer Fund, Fairgrounds Pump and Dexter Lift Stations Upgrade Project accounts for engineering design services for Fairgrounds Street and Dexter Drive Wastewater Lift Stations through December 31, 2027 (Ward 1) Not available
24-1836 45Governmental Processes Committee recommends City Council consider input from Human Relations Commission for recognizing groups and causes which do not have established commemorative flags and consider an expanded list of groups and causes without commemorative flags for recognition (General Services) (All Wards) (10-minute presentation) Video Video
24-2224 46Memorandum of Understanding with County of Riverside University Health System, Behavioral Health for not to exceed $2,019,522.87 from various Grants & Restricted Programs Accounts for behavioral health triage and outreach services for three-year term - Accept distribution and use of National Opioid Settlement Agreement funds of $4,245,621 for salaries and benefits of six new positions to the Public Safety Engagement Team - Supplemental appropriation - Five affirmative votes required (Housing and Human Services) (All Wards) (10-minute presentation) Video Video
24-2289 47Ballot measure Proposition 36 overview - The Homelessness, Drug Addiction, and Theft Reduction Act (Police) (All Wards) (10-minute presentation) Video Video
24-2357 48Award Bid 8073 to California Landscape & Design, Inc., Upland, for $2,263,000 plus ten percent change order authority up to $226,300 and $179,913.35 for plan check, permits, inspections and administrative fees, for total amount not-to-exceed $2,669,213.35 from Parks, Recreation, and Community Services Department including Community Development Block Grant, American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) and Measure Z Accounts for Tim Strack (formerly known as El Dorado Park) Park Development Project - Transfer $400,000 of ARPA funds previously allocated for Citywide Park Improvements Fairmount Park Golf Course Fence project account to Tim Strack Park Development project - Five affirmative votes required (Parks, Recreation, and Community Services) (Ward 6) (10-minute presentation) Video Video
24-2109 49Riverside New Car Dealers Association Annual Report - A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Riverside, California, confirming the Annual Report of the Riverside New Car Dealers Association, acting in its capacity as the Advisory Board to the Auto Center Business Improvement District, and levying assessments for the Fiscal Year beginning September 1, 2024, through August 31, 2025 - Waive further reading (Finance) (Wards 4 and 5) (10-minute presentation) Video Video
24-2216 50Case PR-2024-001678 - Housing and Homelessness Committee recommends Zoning Code Text Amendments implementing a residential infill development and small lot subdivision ordinance - Determine project is exempt from further California Environmental Quality Review pursuant to Section 15061(b)(3) (General Rule), as it can be seen with certainty that approval of project will not have an effect on environment - Introduce an Ordinance of the City of Riverside, California, amending numerous sections of Title 19 the Riverside Municipal Code regarding Zoning (Community and Economic Development) (All Wards) (10-minute presentation) Video Video
24-2332 51Pursuant to Government Code §54956.9(d)(1) to confer with and/or receive advice from legal counsel concerning Jessie T. Green v. David M. Waltemeyer, et al., Riverside County Superior Court Case No. CVRI2403544 Not available
24-2101 52Pursuant to Government Code §54956.9(d)(1) to confer with and/or receive advice from legal counsel concerning Representative Matt Gaetz; Representative Marjorie Taylor-Greene; Put America First Joint Fundraising Committee; Friends of Matt Gaetz; Greene for Congress, Inc.; On behalf of themselves and the prospective attendees at their July 17, 2021 scheduled political rally v. City Of Riverside, et. al., U.S. District Court Case No. 5:23-cv-1368 Not available
24-2144 53Pursuant to Government Code §54957(a) for consultation with Chief of Police Larry Gonzalez, or his respective deputy, and Chief Information Officer George Khalil regarding threat to public services or facilities Not available
24-2141 54Pursuant to Government Code §54956.9(d)(2) to confer with and/or receive advice from legal counsel concerning anticipated litigation - one case Not available
24-2142 55Pursuant to Government Code §54956.9(d)(4) to confer with and/or receive advice from legal counsel concerning the City Council deciding whether to initiate litigation - three cases Not available
24-2143 56Pursuant to Government Code §54957.6 to review the City Council's position and instruct designated representatives regarding salaries, salary schedules, or compensation paid in the form of fringe benefits of all Executive Management employees except the City Manager, City Attorney, and City Clerk, all Management and Confidential employees as defined by PERS, Fire Management Unit, Riverside City Firefighters Association, Riverside Police Officers Association (Police and Police Supervisory Units), Service Employees International Union #721, International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers #47, and Riverside Police Administrators Association Not available
24-2221 57Pursuant to Government Code §54957 for performance evaluation of City Clerk Not available
24-2222 58Pursuant to Government Code §54957.6 to review the City Council’s position and instruct designated representatives regarding salaries, salary schedules, or compensation paid in the form of fringe benefits of unrepresented employee: City Clerk Not available
24-2159 59City Attorney report on Closed Session discussions Not available
24-2160 60Items for future City Council consideration as requested by Mayor or Members of the City Council - City Manager/City Attorney reports Not available