Mayor

City of Riverside

Patricia Lock Dawson

Councilmembers:

City Council

Erin Edwards

Clarissa Cervantes

Ronaldo Fierro

Chuck Conder

Gaby Plascencia

Jim Perry

Agenda - Revised

Steve Hemenway

Meeting Date: Tuesday, October 3, 2023

1:00 PM

City Hall - Art Pick Council Chamber

3900 Main Street, Riverside

Publication Date: Friday, September 29, 2023

Live Webcast at:

www.RiversideCA.gov/Meeting or

www.WatchRiverside.com

Originally Published: September 21, 2023

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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Public comments regarding items on this agenda or any matters within the

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www.riversideca.gov/meeting until two hours before the meeting. Email comments

to City_Clerk@riversideca.gov.

Pursuant to the City Council Meeting Rules adopted by Resolution No. 23976, the

Members of the City Council and the public are reminded that they must preserve

order and decorum throughout the Meeting. In that regard, Members of the City

Council and the public are advised that any delay or disruption in the proceedings or

a refusal to obey the orders of the City Council or the presiding officer constitutes a

violation of these rules.

The City of Riverside is committed to fostering a respectful workplace that requires

all employees and external stakeholders to embrace a culture of transparency and

inclusivity. This includes acceptable behavior from everyone; a workplace that

provides dignity, respect, and civility to our employees, customers, and the public

they serve. City meetings should be a place where all members of our community

feel safe and comfortable to participate. While there could be a high level of emotion

associated with topics on this agenda, the City would like to set the expectation that

all members of the public use language appropriate to a collaborative, professional,

and respectful public environment.

The City is resolute in its commitment to eliminate any form of harassment,

discrimination, or retaliation in the workplace. The City maintains a zero-tolerance

policy for harassment, discrimination, and retaliation in compliance with new

harassment and discrimination laws.

LISTENING ASSISTIVE DEVICES are available for the deaf and hard of hearing. The

City of Riverside wishes to make all of its public meetings accessible to the public. Upon

request, this agenda will be made available in appropriate alternative formats to persons

with disabilities, as required by 42 U.S.C. §12132 of the Americans with Disabilities Act

of 1990. Any person requiring a modification or accommodation in order to participate in

this meeting may contact the City's ADA Coordinator at 951-826-5427 at least 72 hours

before the meeting, if possible. TTY users call 7-1-1 for telecommunications relay

services (TRS).

Agenda related writings or documents provided to the City Council are available in the

Office of the City Clerk, at www.riversideca.gov/meeting, and in the binder located near

the entrance of the Art Pick Council Chamber 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 Fierro

PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG

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 meeting:

Inclusiveness, Community Engagement, and Governmental Processes Committee at

3:30 p.m., on Wednesday, October 4, 2023, Art Pick Council Chamber

PUBLIC COMMENT

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

To 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

(669) 900-6833 and enter Meeting ID: 926 9699 1265. 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.

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Select the "raise hand" function to request to speak. An on-screen message will

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COMMUNICATIONS

Intergovernmental relations and legislative update (City Manager) (All Wards)

(5-minute presentation)

Homeless solutions update (City Manager) (All Wards) (5-minute presentation)

Sustainability update (City Manager) (All Wards) (5-minute presentation)

Legal Update (City Attorney) (All Wards) (5-minute presentation)

Declaration of conflicts of interest on any agenda items (City Council)

PRESENTATIONS

Innovation and Technology Department overview and employee recognition (All

Wards) (5-minute presentation)

Attachments:

Report

Presentation

Mayor Lock Dawson to call upon Fire Chief Michael Moore to recognize the Urban

Search and Rescue California Task Force 6 Responders for their rescue efforts

with the Hawaii wildfire (10-minute presentation)

Attachments:

Revised Presentation

Presentation

CONSENT CALENDAR - Item # 10-29

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 outside counsel budget of $474,750 for retention of Atkinson, Andelson,

Loya, Ruud & Romo, APC to represent individually named defendant in the case of

Buckley et al. v. City of Riverside et al., Riverside County Superior Court Case No.

CVRI2303618 - Authorize City Attorney to execute Outside Counsel Engagement

Letter (All Wards)

Attachments:

Report

APC's Proposed Budget

Outside Counsel Engagement Letter

Approve outside counsel budget of $225,000 for retention of GMSR Appellate

Lawyers to serve as associated counsel in the case of Shawn Casteel v. City of

Riverside, Riverside County Superior Court Case No. RIC1906046 - Authorize City

Attorney to execute Outside Counsel Engagement Letter (All Wards)

Attachments:

Report

Proposed Budget

Outside Counsel Engagement Letter

City Clerk

Minutes of September 12 and 19, 2023

Attachments:

Minutes 9-12-23

Minutes 9-19-23

Appoint Diane C. Kwasman to Commission on Aging Citywide seat (All Wards)

Attachments:

Report

City Manager

Agreement with University Enterprises Corporation at California State University

San Bernardino for $68,871 plus 10 percent change order authority for total amount

not-to-exceed $75,758 from General Fund, City Manager-Administration,

Professional Services Account for community quality of life survey - Supplemental

appropriation - Five affirmative votes required (All Wards)

Attachments:

Report

Agreement

A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Riverside, California, authorizing the

submission of an application of up to $7 million to the Equitable Community

Revitalization Grant Program Round 2 administered through the State of California

Department of Toxic Substances Control for remediation planning and studies at a

property located at 6186 Magnolia Avenue and authorizing the execution of

necessary grant documents by the City Manager, or Designee - Waive further

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

Attachments:

Report

Resolution

Community and Economic Development

Purchase, Sale and Development Agreement with James E. Thornell for $125,000

minus related title, escrow, and miscellaneous closing costs estimated not-to-exceed

$5,000 for approximately 8,542 square feet of vacant City-owned land, bearing

Assessor’s Parcel Numbers 190-031-002 and 190-031-028 (Ward 3)

Attachments:

Report

Presentation

First Amendment to Purchase, Sale and Development Agreement with James E.

Thornell for vacant City-owned land, bearing Assessor’s Parcel Number

190-033-029, to modify escrow and title insurance companies (Ward 3)

Attachments:

Report

Presentation

Purchase and Sale Agreement with Hi-Rel Realty, LLC., for $218,000 minus related

title, escrow, and miscellaneous closing costs estimated not-to-exceed $10,000 for

approximately 54,450 square feet of vacant City-owned land, bearing Assessor’s

Parcel Number 163-300-018, a portion of Water Quality Control Plant property

(Ward 3)

Attachments:

Report

Presentation

Adopt an Ordinance of the City of Riverside, California, amending Chapters 5.04

and 16.04 of the Riverside Municipal Code relating to license requirements of

contractors and subcontractors - Waive further reading (Intro. on 9-19-23, All

Wards)

Attachments:

Ordinance

Finance

Supplemental Agreement to Master Professional Consultant Services Agreement

with Omnicap Group, LLC, Delaware, for total amount of $280,950 with fifteen

percent change order authority from Special Deposit Fund

Debt Service

Administration Fees Account for arbitrage rebate and swap reporting services

through June 30, 2028 - Supplemental appropriation

required (All Wards)

Five affirmative votes

Attachments:

Report

Supplemental Agreement

Fire

Accept Department of Homeland Security grant award under existing 2023 National

Urban Search and Rescue (USAR) Response System Readiness Cooperative

Agreement of $1,438,456 for funding salaries and benefits of 1.0 FTE Fire Captain,

1.0 FTE Battalion Chief, 1.0 FTE Inventory Control Specialist and 1.0 FTE

Management Analyst for Fiscal Year 2023-24 - Supplemental appropriation - Five

affirmative votes required (All Wards)

Attachments:

Report

Police

Agreement with State of California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control’s

2023-24 Alcohol Policing Partnership (APP) grant award for $98,343 to increase

enforcement activity and combat alcohol-related crimes related to Alcoholic

Beverage Control (ABC) violations from July 1, 2023 through June 30, 2024 - A

Resolution of the City Council of the City of Riverside, California, authorizing the

City Manager to execute a Standard Agreement Contract with the California

Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control for the Alcohol Policing Partnership

Program (APP) and accept a Grant Award in the amount of $98,343 to increase

enforcement activity and combat alcohol-related crimes in relation to Alcoholic

Beverage Control violations for the period of July 1, 2023, through June 30, 2024 -

Waive further reading - Supplemental appropriation - Five affirmation votes required

(All Wards)

Attachments:

Report

Agreement

Resolution

Purchase two TruNarc handheld narcotics analyzers from Fisher Scientific

Company LLC., Pittsburgh, PA for total not-to-exceed $74,150.95 from Grants and

Restricted Programs Fund, State COPS 22/23 Grant Account with six-year warranty

for Investigators Bureau to analyze substances without touching contents (All

Wards)

Attachments:

Report

Public Utilities

Second Amendment to Commercial Lease Agreement for $191,136 in revenue to

extend lease for 60-month term with Ruben Barragan and Luis Hernandez, doing

business as Fire Up Grill, for approximately 1,000 square feet of rentable space -

Mission Square Office Building - 3750 University Avenue, Suite 190 (Ward 1)

Attachments:

Report

Second Amendment

Presentation

Public Works

Purchase of Godwin NC150S 6” pump and trailer from Xylem Dewatering Solutions

Inc., for $62,906.05 from Sewer Fund, Public Works Sewer Systems, Plant

Maintenance Account for wastewater treatment generated at Riverside Water

Quality Control Plant (All Wards)

Attachments:

Report

Xylem Quote

United States Department of Transportation grant applications for Fiscal Year 2023

Reconnecting Communities and Neighborhoods (RCN) Grant Program for up to

$60,000,000 with City match of $15,000,000, for total funding of $75,000,000, to

conduct community-centered transportation planning study for proposed State

Route 91 pedestrian and bicycle bridge and reconstruction of Mission Boulevard

Bridge over Santa Ana River (All Wards)

Attachments:

Report

Marketplace District Vision Plan

Third Amendment to Agreement with Denali Water Solutions, LLC., for increase

compensation of $1,499,803.80, for revised total of $17,686,014.80, from Fiscal

Year 2022-23 Public Works, Sewer System Treatment, Refuse/Disposal Account

for biosolids hauling and disposal/reuse services at Riverside Regional Water

Quality Control Plant (All Wards)

Attachments:

Report

Third Amendment to Agreement

Presentation

Accept Riverside County Transportation Commission FY 2023-24 Transportation

Development Act Article 3 (SB 821) Bicycle and Pedestrian Facilities Program

Grant acceptance totaling $1,266,387.50 with equal City match for total funding of

$2,532,775 for construction of a new sidewalk on Stover Avenue and Citywide

intersection improvements - Supplemental appropriation - Five affirmative votes

required (All Wards)

Attachments:

Adopt an Ordinance of the City of Riverside, California, amending Section

10.56.050 of the Riverside Municipal Code to establish axle restrictions on Trautwein

Road - Waive further reading (Intro. on 9-19-23, Ward 4)

Attachments:

Ordinance

DISCUSSION CALENDAR

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

Award Bid 7999 to Hardy & Harper, Inc., Lake Forest, for $2,870,000 for Fiscal

Year 2022/2023 Community Development Block Grant Street Improvements at

various locations throughout City (Public Works) (Wards 3, 6, and 7) (10-minute

presentation)

Attachments:

Report

Location Map

Bid Award Recommendation

Presentation

CLOSED SESSIONS

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 from

legal counsel concerning Christopher M. Tonetti v. City of Riverside, WCAB Claim

No.(s): 190200 /ADJ13967633

Attachments:

Report

31a

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

from legal counsel concerning Kathleen Mattson v. City of Riverside, Riverside

Superior Court Case No. CVRI2304501

Attachments:

Report

Pursuant 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

Attachments:

Report

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

from legal counsel concerning anticipated litigation - one case

Attachments:

Report

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:

Report

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:

Report

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

Attachments:

Report

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 unrepresented employee: City

Attorney

Attachments:

Report

3 P.M.

PUBLIC HEARINGS/PLANNING REFERRALS AND APPEALS

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.

A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Riverside, California, confirming the

annual report of the Arlington Business Partnership, acting in its capacity as the

Advisory Board to the Arlington Business Improvement District, levying assessments

for Fiscal Year 2023/24 - Waive further reading (Finance) (Wards 5 and 6)

(10-minute presentation)

Attachments:

Report

Resolution

Arlington Annual Report

Map

ABP Board Presentation

Presentation

Notice

COMMUNICATIONS

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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The next regular City Council meeting is scheduled for

Tuesday, October 10, 2023

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