Mayor  
City of Riverside  
Patricia Lock Dawson  
Councilmembers:  
City Council  
Philip Falcone  
Clarissa Cervantes  
Steven Robillard  
Chuck Conder  
Sean H. Mill  
Agenda - Revised  
Jim Perry  
Steve Hemenway  
Meeting Date: Tuesday, January 27, 2026  
Publication Date: Friday, January 23, 2026  
3:00 PM  
City Hall - Art Pick Council Chamber  
3900 Main Street, Riverside  
Live Webcast at:  
Originally Published: January 15, 2026  
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PLEASE NOTE  
The numerical order of items on this agenda is for convenience of  
reference. Items may be taken out of order upon request of the Mayor or Members of  
the City Council.  
3 P.M.  
MAYOR CALLS MEETING TO ORDER  
PUBLIC COMMENT  
Audience participation is encouraged. Public comments are limited to 3 minutes.  
1
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MAYOR/COUNCILMEMBER COMMUNICATIONS  
Brief reports on conferences, seminars, and regional meetings attended by Mayor  
2
and City Council, Ward updates, and announcements of upcoming events  
COMMUNICATIONS  
3
4
City Manager Updates (5-minute presentation)  
Declaration of conflicts of interest and ex parte communications (City Council)  
DISCUSSION CALENDAR - Item # 5  
Audience participation is encouraged. Public comments are limited to 3 minutes.  
5
Receive overview of local revenue measure options and ballot deadlines for  
Statewide Direct Primary Election on June 2, 2026 (City Manager) (All Wards)  
(15-minute presentation)  
Attachments:  
PRESENTATION - Item # 6  
6
Athens Services 2025 Recycling Champions (All Wards) (10-minute presentation)  
Attachments:  
CLOSED SESSIONS - Item # 7-13  
Time listed is approximate.  
The City Council may adjourn to the below listed Closed  
Sessions at their convenience during this City Council meeting.  
7
Pursuant to Government Code §54956.9(d)(1) to confer with and/or receive advice  
from legal counsel concerning Phaedra Norton vs. City of Riverside, Superior Court  
Case No. CVRI2500992  
Attachments:  
8
Pursuant to Government Code §54956.9(d)(1) to confer with and/or receive advice  
from legal counsel concerning Eleni-Evangeline Psaras Piri v. City of Riverside,  
Riverside Superior Court Case No. CVRI2506154  
Attachments:  
8a  
Pursuant to Government Code §54956.9(d)(1) to confer with and/or receive advice  
from legal counsel concerning Cesar Perez v. City of Riverside, Riverside Superior  
Court Case No. CVRI2501906  
Attachments:  
8b  
Pursuant to Government Code §54956.9(d)(1) to confer with and/or receive advice  
from legal counsel concerning Anthony Wayne Lomas v. City of Riverside, et al.,  
United States District Court Case No. 5:25-cv-00261 KK  
Attachments:  
8c  
Pursuant to Government Code §54956.9(d)(1) to confer with and/or receive advice  
from legal counsel concerning Riverside All of us or None, et al. v. City of Riverside,  
et al., United States District Court Case No. 5:23-cv-01536 SPG (SP) Claim No:  
23-09-15  
Attachments:  
9
Pursuant to Government Code §54956.9(d)(2) to confer with and/or receive advice  
from legal counsel concerning anticipated litigation - one case  
Attachments:  
10  
Pursuant 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  
- one case  
Attachments:  
11  
Pursuant to Government Code §54957(a), for consultation with Larry Gonzalez,  
Riverside Chief of Police, or his respective deputy, and George Khalil, Chief  
Innovation Officer regarding threat to public services or facilities  
Attachments:  
12  
Pursuant 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  
Attachments:  
13  
Pursuant to Government Code §54957 for recruitment/appointment of City Attorney  
by City Council  
Attachments:  
6:15 P.M.  
INVOCATION - Councilmember Perry  
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG  
PUBLIC COMMENT  
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CONSENT CALENDAR - Item # 15-37  
All matters listed under the CONSENT CALENDAR are considered routine by the City  
Council and may be enacted by one motion in the form listed below. There will be no  
separate discussion of these items unless, before the City Council votes on the motion to  
adopt, Members of the City Council or staff request specific items be removed from the  
Consent Calendar for separate action.  
City Clerk  
15  
Appoint Nicole Rand to Ward 3 seat, Anna Gaissert to Museum of Riverside Board  
Ward 4 seat, and Jennifer Beltran to Citywide seat on Commission on Disabilities -  
File resignations of Adele Ann Eberwein from Commission of the Deaf Ward 7 seat,  
Julian Turner from Human Relations Commission Ward 3 seat, Jane DuBois from  
Commission on Aging Ward 1 seat, and Tracy Barlogio from Park and Recreation  
Commission Citywide seat (All Wards)  
Attachments:  
16  
Adopt an Ordinance amending Chapter 2.78 regarding Code of Ethics and Conduct  
- Waive further reading (Intro. on 1-6-26, All Wards)  
Attachments:  
17  
Approve minutes of January 6 and 13, 2026  
Attachments:  
City Council  
18  
Mayor Pro Tem Robillard recommends cancellation of regular City Council meeting  
of June 2, 2026, due to General Municipal Election scheduled on same date (All  
Wards)  
Attachments:  
City Manager  
19  
Approve First Amendment to Master Agreement with Mead & Hunt, Inc., to increase  
compensation by $500,000 from various current and future grant projects and  
operating accounts on an as needed basis for not-to-exceed $1,000,000 for  
consulting, administrative services, and anticipated challenges associated with  
Airport Capital Improvement Projects - Riverside Municipal Airport - 6951 Flight  
Road (Ward 3)  
Attachments:  
20  
Adopt a Resolution approving the name change of the Riverside Municipal Airport  
(KRAL) to the Riverside Airport (KRAL) - Waive further reading (Ward 3)  
Attachments:  
21  
Adopt a Resolution revising the City Council Rules of Procedure and Order of  
Business related to eligibility for service on City Boards and Commissions for  
individuals involved in active litigation against the City, for the City Council of the  
City of Riverside and related functions and activities and rescinding all prior actions  
taken thereto, and repealing Resolution No. 24318 (All Wards)  
Attachments:  
Community and Economic Development  
22  
Accept Thrive Inland SoCal Catalyst grant of $250,000 or actual award amount, to  
Grants and Restricted Programs Fund, Green Business Attraction and Incentive  
Program revenue and expenditure accounts for support of Green Business  
Attraction and Incentive Programs - Supplemental appropriation - Five affirmative  
votes required (All Wards)  
Attachments:  
23  
Case PC-2025-01067 - City of Riverside  
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Summary Street/Alley Vacation  
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Determine project is exempt from California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA)  
pursuant to Section 15061(b)(3) (Common Sense) of CEQA Guidelines, as it can  
be seen with certainty that there is no possibility the project will have a significant  
effect on environment - Adopt a Resolution providing for the Summary Street/Alley  
Vacation  
of  
Whittier  
Place  
Case  
No.  
PR-2025-01067 for  
approximately  
10,895-square-foot excess right-of-way street, located on west side of Market Street  
between University Avenue and Hidalgo Place - Waive further reading (Ward 1)  
Attachments:  
Finance  
24  
Approve annual financial review of City’s Self-Insurance Trust Funds for Fiscal Year  
2024-25 (All Wards)  
Attachments:  
General Services  
25  
Approve Agreement for Request for Proposal 2499 with Tilden-Coil Constructors,  
Inc., Riverside, for $1,672,505, plus 15 percent contingency of $250,876, for total  
of $1,923,381 from Measure Z Fund, New Police Headquarters Building and  
Improvements Account for Construction Manager Multi-Prime Services for  
Downtown Police Headquarters Project (Ward 1)  
Attachments:  
Housing and Human Services  
26  
Adopt a Resolution (1) declaring that the roof repair at 2880 and 2801 Hulen Place  
was of Urgent Necessity for the Preservation of Life, Health, and Property Pursuant  
to Charter Section 1109; and (2) authorizing Emergency Purchase Order 253543 in  
the amount of $386,620 for emergency roof replacement at 2801 and 2880 Hulen  
Place from R&R Roofing & Waterproofing, Inc., subject to their consent to City’s  
Terms and Conditions - Five affirmative votes required - Waive further reading  
(Ward 2)  
Attachments:  
Human Resources  
27  
Adopt a Resolution amending Resolution No. 21052 to amend Parts III and IV of the  
Fringe Benefits and Salary Plan, to approve the salary adjustment to the existing  
Utilities Principal Programs and Services Representative Classification; creation of  
the classification and salary range for the Payroll Coordinator Classification;  
bargaining unit reassignment for the Geographic Information Systems Analyst  
Trainee; deletion of non-utilized classifications; and reinstatement of the Utilities  
Electric Field Helper Classification and Salary Range; and approve Salary Schedule  
effective January 30, 2026 - Waive further reading (All Wards)  
Attachments:  
Innovation and Technology  
28  
Purchase hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI) solutions utilizing Nutanix technology  
from Impex Technologies Inc., through NASPO Contract AR2472 in amount of  
$1,248,340.50 plus ten percent contingency of $124,834.05 for total of  
$1,373,174.55 from Measure Z Fund, Technology Replacement Program account to  
modernize City's virtualization infrastructure environment (All Wards)  
Attachments:  
Museum  
29  
Adopt a Resolution to preserve Harada House in accordance with the requirements  
of the Save America’s Treasures Grant - Waive further reading (Ward 1)  
Attachments:  
Parks, Recreation and Community Services  
30  
Approve First Amendment to Agreement with Ecolane USA, Inc., to amend scope of  
work for additional services of web-based transportation scheduling software  
application for Special Transportation Division and increased compensation  
not-to-exceed $111,396.40, for notification add-on for term of three years and up to  
additional $10,000 for optional training as needed per annum (All Wards)  
Attachments:  
Public Utilities  
31  
Increase Sharing Households Assist Riverside’s Energy (SHARE) Program  
deposit/urgent notice assistance from $150 to $250 effective from end of State of  
California’s COVID-19 Emergency on February 28, 2023 - Continue increases to  
monthly SHARE assistance in alignment with planned water and electric rate  
increases through 2028 (All Wards)  
Attachments:  
32  
Approve Request for Proposal 2498 Agreement with G&E Real Estate Management  
Services, Inc., doing business as Newmark (Newmark), Irvine, for $958,300 Mission  
Square Property Management account for property management services of  
Mission Square Office Building over five-year term with one five-year term extension  
option - 3750 University Avenue (Ward 1)  
Attachments:  
Public Works  
33  
Adopt a Resolution amending Resolution No. 22451 known as Master Parking  
Schedule Resolution to establish a Timed Preferential Parking Zone between hours  
of 4:00 p.m. to 10:00 a.m. daily, with Preferential Permit Parking for residents on  
Ouida Drive from Monroe Street to Shelby Drive - Waive further reading (Ward 5)  
Attachments:  
34  
Approve implementation of speed humps on First Street between Main and Mulberry  
Streets (Ward 1)  
Attachments:  
35  
Submit grant application to United States Department of Transportation Commerce  
for up to $1,500,000 for Public Works and Economic Adjustment Assistance Grant  
Program for Innovation Corridor Transportation Connectivity Project for installation  
of high-speed traffic signal communications intelligent infrastructure systems along  
the University Avenue and Central Avenue corridors (All Wards)  
Attachments:  
36  
Approve implementation of temporary twelve-month traffic circulation pilot project to  
prohibit through and left-turn movements at eastbound and westbound approaches  
at intersections of Madison and Emerald Streets and Madison Street and Freda  
Avenue (Ward 5)  
Attachments:  
37  
Approve Reimbursement Agreement with Riverside Transit Agency for estimated  
amount of $315,000 for construction costs associated with installation of new  
high-intensity activated crosswalk (HAWK)  
Anderson Avenue (Wards 1 and 2)  
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Intersection of Third Street and  
Attachments:  
DISCUSSION CALENDAR - Item # 38  
Audience participation is encouraged. Public comments are limited to 3 minutes.  
38  
Approve Memorandum of Understanding between City of Riverside and Riverside  
Unified School District, Riverside City College, California Baptist University, and  
University of California, Riverside to explore partnership opportunities to establish  
Learning Institute for Flight Technology (LIFT) through June 30, 2029 (City Council)  
(All Wards) (10-minute presentation)  
Attachments:  
PUBLIC HEARING - Item # 39  
Audience participation is encouraged.  
Public comments are limited to 3 minutes. Press  
*9 to be placed in the queue to speak when the discussion item is called.  
39  
Case PR-2023-001523 - Zoning Code Text Amendments - 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 project will not have  
a significant effect on environment to implement updates to industrial development  
regulations - Introduce an Ordinance, amending numerous sections of Title 19 of  
the Riverside Municipal Code regarding Zoning including but not limited to Articles V  
(Base Zones and Related Use and Development Provisions), VII (Specific Land Use  
Provisions), and X (Definitions) related to City's industrial development standards  
(Community and Economic Development) (All Wards) (20-minute presentation)  
Attachments:  
COMMUNICATIONS  
40  
41  
City Attorney report on Closed Session discussions  
Items for future City Council consideration as requested by Mayor or Members of  
the City Council - City Manager/City Attorney reports  
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