Agenda - City Council

Mayor

City of Riverside

Patricia Lock Dawson

Councilmembers:

City Council

Philip Falcone

Clarissa Cervantes

Steven Robillard

Chuck Conder

Successor Agency

Agenda en Espanol

Agenda

Sean H. Mill

Luis Hernandez

Steve Hemenway

Meeting Date: Tuesday, August 11, 2026

Publication Date: Thursday, July 30, 2026

1:00 PM

City Hall - Art Pick Council Chamber

3900 Main Street, Riverside

Live Webcast at:

www.RiversideCA.gov/Meeting

MISSION STATEMENT

The City of Riverside is committed to providing high quality municipal services to

ensure a safe, inclusive, and livable community.

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the entrance of the meeting room while the meeting is in session.

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.

1 P.M.

MAYOR CALLS MEETING TO ORDER

INVOCATION - Councilmember Falcone

PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG

PUBLIC COMMENT

Audience participation is encouraged. Public comments are limited to 3 minutes.

To comment on Closed Sessions, Consent Calendar, and any matters within the

jurisdiction of the City Council, you are invited to participate in person or call at

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MAYOR/COUNCILMEMBER COMMUNICATIONS

Brief reports on conferences, seminars, and regional meetings attended by Mayor

and City Council, Ward updates, and announcements of upcoming events

Announcement of Committee meetings:

Finance Committee at 3 p.m. on Wednesday, August 12, 2026, Art Pick Council

Chamber

Mobility and Infrastructure Committee at 1 p.m. on Thursday, August 13, 2026, Art

Pick Council Chamber

Economic Development Committee at 3:30 p.m. on Thursday, August 20, 2026, Art

Pick Council Chamber

Housing and Homelessness Committee at 3:30 p.m. on Monday, August 24, 2026,

Art Pick Council Chamber

COMMUNICATIONS

City Manager Updates

Declaration of conflicts of interest and ex parte communications (City Council)

PRESENTATION

Human Resources Department overview and 2025 Employee of the Year (All

Wards) (10-minute presentation)

CONSENT CALENDAR - Item # 6-27

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 Attorney

Approve increase to annual legal budget for Fiscal Year 2025-2026 for law firm of

Thompson Coburn for not-to-exceed $80,000 for total budget of $977,000 (All

Wards)

City Clerk

Approve minutes of July 20, 21, and 28, 2026

City Council

Economic Development Committee recommends approval of Memorandum of

Understanding with Institute for Veterans and Emerging Technology Skills (iVETS)

and StemWorx, Inc., for workforce training programs and establishment of applied

technology labs prioritizing veterans and under served populations (All Wards)

Community and Economic Development

Approve right-of-way contract with California Department of Transportation

(Caltrans) for $1,700 one-time revenue for temporary construction easement for

use of portion of City-owned land at Pierce Street Wastewater Lift Station with

Assessor’s Parcel Number 142-170-013 - 3930 Pierce Street and SR-91 Freeway

(Ward 7)

Approve First Amendment to Billboard Relocation Agreement with Lamar Central

Outdoor, LLC, with no fiscal impact to modify location of freeway-oriented sign (All

Wards)

Adopt an Ordinance amending Title 19 of the Riverside Municipal Code by

amending Table 19.150.020.A and Table 19.150.020.B, and adding Chapter 19.405

regarding Tobacco Retail (Smoke Shop) - Waive further reading (Intro. 7/14/26, All

Wards)

Adopt an Ordinance amending the Zoning Map of the City of Riverside pursuant to

Chapter 19.090 of the Riverside Municipal Code by rezoning property located at

4472 and 4480 Orange Street, situated on the east side of Orange Street, between

Fourteenth Street and Prospect Avenue, from the DSP-RES-SP-CR - Downtown

Specific Plan Residential District and Cultural Resources over zones to

DSP-RES-SP - Downtown Specific Plan Residential District - Waive further reading

(Intro. 7/28/26, Ward 1)

Library

Accept Library Minor Gift Funds of $426,386 as designated for Library materials,

programs, and services - Supplemental appropriation - Interfund Transfer - Five

affirmative votes required (All Wards)

Mayor

Mayor Lock Dawson requests approval of travel expenses of $1,120.18 from

Mayor’s travel and meeting expense account for travel to Ensenada, Mexico,

scheduled for August 20-23, 2026 (All Wards)

Mayor Lock Dawson requests City Council affirm its support for Proposition 1:

California’s Veterans and Affordable Housing Bond Act of 2026, a $11.25 billion

statewide bond measure on November 2026 ballot (All Wards)

Parks, Recreation, and Community Services

Approve Design-Build Agreement from Request for Proposal 2512 with Cal-City

Construction, Inc., Cerritos, for $2,732,362, plus 10 percent change order authority

in the amount of $273,236.20 for total not-to-exceed $3,005,598.20 for renovation of

Fairmount Park Armory Building for term of 450 days after notice to proceed

issuance - Supplemental appropriation - Five affirmative votes required (Ward 1)

Approve Agreement from Request for Bid 8245 with North Hills Recycling, Inc.,

Granada Hills, for $300,000, plus 10 percent change order authority of $30,000 for

total of $330,000 from Measure Z Capital Fund, Parks Deferred Maintenance

Project account for replacement and replenishment of wood fiber surfacing at City

playgrounds for term of five years (Wards 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, and 7)

Purchase of one Mobile Off-Grid EV Charging Trailer from A-Z Bus Sales, Inc.,

Colton, under Antelope Valley Schools Transportation Agency Request for Bid

26-002 EV Charging Equipment, for $345,918.50 from Special Transit Fund, Zero

Emission Infr. TIRCP 24/25 Account for Special Transportation Division (All Wards)

Public Works

Approve Agreement for Request for Proposal 2537 with Applied Research

Associates, Inc., Ventura, for $431,454 and 10 percent change order authority of

$43,145 for total of $474,599 from Measure Z Capital Fund Pavement Rehabilitation

and Improvements Project Account for pavement management program annual

services for three-year term ending June 30, 2029, with two optional one-year term

extensions (All Wards)

Approve Second Amendment to Agreement for Request for Proposal 2295 with Best

Alarm Company, Inc., Moreno Valley, for $17,820 per month, $213,840 over

one-year extension term, and total cumulative contract amount of $643,520 for

Regional Water Quality Control Plant mobile security camera units through May 31,

2027 - Supplemental appropriation - Five affirmative votes required (Ward 3)

Approve Request for Bid 8259 Agreement with Estate Design and Construction,

Inc., Culver City, for $289,700, for Third Street and Anderson Avenue

High-Intensity Activated Crosswalk (HAWK) Signal for term of 45 working days after

commencement date plus 10 percent change order authority of $28,970 to HAWK

Signal at 3rd/Anderson Miscellaneous Agency Funding account for total

not-to-exceed $318,670 for construction engineering, installation, and inspection of

the High-Intensity Activated Crosswalk (HAWK) Signal at intersection of Third Street

and Anderson Avenue - Supplemental appropriation - Five affirmative votes required

(Wards 1 and 2)

Approve First Amendment to Agreement with Babcock Laboratories, Inc., Riverside,

for $68,993 per fiscal year for total two-year increase of $137,986 and total revised

contract not-to-exceed $305,456 from Public Works, Sewer, Laboratory Services,

Professional Services account and Sewer, Environmental Compliance, Professional

Services Regulatory Compliance account for Riverside Regional Water Quality

Control Plant inorganic and organic chemical analyses to extend contract term for

two years through June 30, 2028 (All Wards)

Approve Second Amendment to Agreement with Brightview Landscape Services,

Inc., Riverside, for increase compensation of $197,144.10, and ratify $52,423.95 in

additional expenditures incurred during original contract term, for revised total

contract of $945,261.89 from General Fund, Urban Forestry and Landscape,

Landscape Maintenance Account for landscape and general outside maintenance

services in Downtown Area for term through June 30, 2027 (Ward 1)

Approve four annual purchase orders for Fiscal Year 2026-2027 for chemical

purchases for total of $6,095,851 from Sewer Fund, Sewer System Treatment,

Chemical Supplies Account including citric acid from Northstar Chemical, Santa Fe

Springs, for $300,000; ferric chloride from Kemira Water Solutions, Inc., Fontana

for $1,917,176; sodium bisulfite from Univar USA, Inc., Kent, Washington for

$1,358,256; and sodium hypochlorite from Pioneer Americas, LLC, Wilmington,

Delaware, for $2,520,419 for Riverside Regional Water Quality Control Plant (All

Wards)

Establish new Art Crosswalk and Pavement Mural Pilot Program as local street

secondary mitigation measure option under Neighborhood Traffic Management

Program (All Wards)

Approve Tract Map 39277 - Adopt a Resolution accepting the final map of Tract No.

39277 located on south side of Jurupa Avenue between Tower Road and Greenfield

Avenue - Waive further reading (Ward 3)

Successor Agency to Redevelopment Agency

Adopt a Resolution of the City Council of the City of Riverside, California, as

Successor Agency to the Redevelopment Agency of the City of Riverside,

approving a purchase, sale and development agreement with Railroad Ave Storage

LLC, for the sale of approximately 3.7 acres of Successor Agency-owned vacant

land known as Madison at Railroad, bearing assessor’s parcel numbers

230-245-013, -015, portion of 230-233-013, and portion of 230-253-010, for the

development of a mixed-use project including four affordable housing 3-bedroom

homes and a self-storage facility, in the sale amount of $650,000 - Recommend that

the Countywide Oversight Board adopt a Board Resolution authorizing the execution

of the Agreement with Railroad Ave Storage, LLC, for the sale of the Property in

accordance with the California Department of Finance approved Long-Range

Property Management Plan (State Approved LRPMP, Site #25), to be presented to

the Countywide Oversight Board for final consideration and approval - Waive further

reading (Ward 5)

CLOSED SESSIONS - Item #28-29

Time listed is approximate.

The City Council may adjourn to the below listed Closed

Sessions at their convenience during this City Council meeting.

Pursuant to Government Code §54956.9(d)(1) to confer with and/or receive advice

from legal counsel concerning Ken Beebe v. City of Riverside, WCAB Claim No.(s):

210236/ADJ16439926

Pursuant to Government Code §54956.9(d)(1) to confer with and/or receive advice

from legal counsel concerning Garen Roehl v. City of Riverside, WCAB Claim

No(s): 260148

Pursuant to Government Code §54956.9(d)(1) to confer with and/or receive advice

from legal counsel concerning Hernandez v. Brown, Riverside County Superior

Court, Case No. CVRI2602629

Pursuant to Government Code §54956.9(d)(2) to confer with and/or receive advice

from legal counsel concerning anticipated litigation - one case

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

Pursuant to Government Code §54956.8 to instruct City’s Negotiator, Edward

Enriquez, regarding price and terms of payment for the purchase, sale, exchange,

or lease of property located at 3700 Placentia Lane, generally described as AB

Sports Complex, APN: 246-060-001, by GCS Development, LLC; Greg Scott,

Negotiator

Pursuant to Government Code §54956.8 to instruct City’s Negotiator, Edward

Enriquez, regarding price and terms of payment for the purchase, sale, exchange,

or lease of property with no site address located on the corner of Fifth and Orange

Streets, commonly known as Lot 33/Convention Center, APNs: 213-113-001,

213-111-011,

213-111-012,

-213-111-013,

213-111-014,

213-111-015,

213-111-016, and 213-111-017, by Greens Group / Griffin | Swinerton; Atman

Kadakia, Korin Crawford, Negotiators

Pursuant to Government Code §54956.8 to instruct City’s Negotiator, Edward

Enriquez, regarding price and terms of payment for the purchase, sale, exchange,

or lease of property located at 8605 Janet Avenue, APN(s): 151-111-026, by 10

Acre Ranch, Inc. / Ameed Demisi, Negotiator

Pursuant to Government Code §54956.8 to instruct City's Negotiator, Tom Hatch

regarding price and terms of payment for the purchase, sale, exchange or lease of

1101-1199 Orange Street, generally described as the former Riverside Golf Club,

APN: 206-070-003, 206-070-002, 246-060-011, by Adrenaline Sports Resorts, LLC

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

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 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, and all

Executive Management employees except the City Manager, City Attorney, City

Clerk, and Inspector General

Pursuant to Government Code §54957 for performance evaluation of Interim City

Manager

3 P.M.

PUBLIC HEARING - Item #40-42

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.

Approve Case PC-2026-00397 Historic Designation Nyle Kanda and David

Manning - Determine designation is categorically exempt from the California

Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to Sections 15061(b)(3) (Common

Sense Exemption) and 15308 (Actions by Regulatory Agencies for Protection of the

Environment), as the proposal will have no significant effect on the environment,

identifies the structure as a cultural resource, and preserves the historic character

of a cultural resource - Adopt a Resolution approving the application under Planning

Case Number PC-2026-00397 designating the structure located at 2139 Archdale

Street and known as Havens Residence, as a City structure of Merit #1007 - Waive

further reading - Approve Zoning Code Map Amendment to apply the CR - Cultural

Resources Overlay Zone - Introduce an Ordinance amending the Zoning Map of the

City of Riverside pursuant to Chapter 19.090 of the Riverside Municipal Code by

rezoning property located at 2139 Archdale Street, situated on the northwest corner

of Archdale Street and Fielding Avenue, from the R-1-13000 single family residential

zone to R-1-13000-CR-single-family residential and cultural resources overlay

zones (Community and Economic Development) (Ward 3) (5-minute presentation)

Approve Case PC-2026-00388 Historic Designation

Jen Mermilliod of JM

Research & Consulting on behalf of Malissa McKeith - Determine designation is

categorically exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant

to Sections 15061(b)(3) (Common Sense Exemption) and 15308 (Actions by

Regulatory Agencies for Protection of the Environment), as the proposal will have no

significant effect on the environment, identifies the structure as a cultural resource,

and preserves the historic character of a cultural resource - Adopt a Resolution

approving the application under Planning Case number PC-2026-00388 designating

Lionhead, located at 2881 Rumsey Drive, as City Historic Landmark #154 - Waive

further reading - Introduce an Ordinance amending the Zoning Map of the City of

Riverside pursuant to Chapter 19.090 of the Riverside Municipal Code by rezoning

property located at 2881 Rumsey Drive, situated on the east side of Rumsey Drive,

between Caramel Way and Victoria Avenue, from the R-1-13000 single-family

residential zone to R-1-13000-CR - single-family residential and cultural resources

overlay zones (Community and Economic Development) (Ward 3) (5-minute

presentation)

Approve Case PC-2026-00544 Historic Designation

Jen Mermilliod of JM

Research & Consulting, on behalf of Anna Gaisset and Dominick Ricci - Determine

designation is categorically exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act

(CEQA) pursuant to Sections 15061(b)(3) (Common Sense Exemption) and 15308

(Actions by Regulatory Agencies for Protection of the Environment), as the proposal

will have no significant effect on the environment, identifies the structure as a

cultural resource, and preserves the historic character of a cultural resource -

Adopt

Resolution approving the application under Planning Case Number

PC-2026-00544 designating Edie, located at 5958 Edith Avenue, as City Historic

Landmark #155 - Waive further reading - Introduce an Ordinance amending the

Zoning Map of the City of Riverside pursuant to Chapter 19.090 of the Riverside

Municipal Code by applying the cultural resources overlay (“CR”) zone to City

Landmark No. 155, Edie, located at 5958 Edith Avenue (Community and Economic

Development) (Ward 4) (5-minute presentation)

COMMUNICATIONS

City Attorney report on Closed Session discussions

Items for future City Council consideration as requested by Mayor or Members of

the City Council

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The next regular City Council meeting is scheduled for

Tuesday, August 25, 2026

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