Mayor  
City of Riverside  
Patricia Lock Dawson  
Councilmembers:  
City Council  
Philip Falcone  
Clarissa Cervantes  
Steven Robillard  
Chuck Conder  
Sean H. Mill  
Successor Agency  
Housing Authority  
Agenda  
Jim Perry  
Steve Hemenway  
Meeting Date: Tuesday, April 8, 2025  
1:00 PM  
City Hall - Art Pick Council Chamber  
3900 Main Street, Riverside  
Live Webcast at:  
Publication Date: Thursday, March 27, 2025  
www.RiversideCA.gov/Meeting  
MISSION STATEMENT  
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ensure a safe, inclusive, and livable community.  
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Members of the City Council/Successor Agency to the Redevelopment Agency/Housing  
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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.  
1 P.M.  
MAYOR CALLS MEETING TO ORDER  
PUBLIC COMMENT  
Audience participation is encouraged. Public comments are limited to 3 minutes.  
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MAYOR/COUNCILMEMBER COMMUNICATIONS  
Brief reports on conferences, seminars, and regional meetings attended by Mayor  
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and City Council, Ward updates, and announcements of upcoming events  
Announcement of Committee meetings:  
Finance Committee at 3 p.m., on Wednesday, April 9, 2025, Art Pick Council  
Chamber  
Land Use Committee at 9 a.m., on Monday, April 14, 2025, Art Pick Council  
Chamber  
COMMUNICATIONS  
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City Manager Updates (City Manager) (5-minute presentation)  
Declaration of conflicts of interest and ex parte on any agenda items (City Council)  
PRESENTATIONS - Item # 5-6  
Museum of Riverside Department overview and employee recognition (All Wards)  
5
(5-minute presentation)  
Attachments:  
Report  
Presentation  
6
Mayor Lock Dawson to present Proclamation to Library Director Erin Christmas  
recognizing National Library Week April 6-12 (5-minute presentation)  
DISCUSSION CALENDAR - Item # 7-10  
Audience participation is encouraged. Public comments are limited to 3 minutes.  
7
Mayor's Nominating and Screening Committee recommends nominees for selection  
of 2024 City Spirit Award recipient to honor extraordinary deeds and community  
spirit, good citizenship, and dedication to enhancing quality of life in the City (All  
Wards) (5-minute presentation)  
Attachments:  
Report  
Presentation  
8
Commercial solid waste services three-year rate plan proposal - Finance Committee  
recommends setting public hearing for June 10, 2025 at 3 p.m., with new rates  
effective July 1, 2025 (Public Works) (All Wards) (10-minute presentation)  
Attachments:  
Report  
Proposed Commercial Rate Schedule  
Athens Service Rate Adjustment Request Letter  
Agua Mansa MRF & County Landfill Annual Increases  
Presentation  
9
Fiscal Year 2024-25 Second Quarter Financial update  
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Mid-Cycle Budget  
adjustments Supplemental appropriation Five affirmative votes required  
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(Finance) (All Wards) (20-minute presentation)  
Attachments:  
Report  
Midcycle Budget Adjustments  
Measure Z Spending Plan  
Presentation  
10  
CONTINUED FROM MARCH 25, 2025 - Award Bid 8144 to BNBuilders, Irvine, for  
$28,552,072 with 15 percent change order authority of $4,282,811, for total amount  
of $32,834,883 funded by bond proceeds for Museum of Riverside rehabilitation  
and expansion - Reject bid from Clark Construction Group - California LP- 3580  
Mission Inn Avenue (Museum) (Ward 1) (10-minute presentation)  
Attachments:  
Report  
Bid Award Recommendation  
Presentation  
CLOSED SESSIONS - Item # 11-20  
Time listed is approximate.  
The City Council may adjourn to the below listed Closed  
Sessions at their convenience during this City Council meeting.  
11  
Pursuant to Government Code §54956.9(d)(1) to confer with and/or receive from  
legal counsel concerning Garen Roehl v. City of Riverside, WCAB Claim No.:  
230076  
Attachments:  
Report  
12  
Pursuant to Government Code §54956.9(d)(1) to confer with and/or receive advice  
from legal counsel concerning Denise Jalomo v. City of Riverside, Riverside County  
Superior Court Case No. CVRI2406193 Claim No: 24-03-42  
Attachments:  
Report  
13  
Pursuant to Government Code §54956.9(d)(1) to confer with and/or receive advice  
from legal counsel concerning Genoveva Sanchez v. City of Riverside, Riverside  
County Superior Court Case No. CVRI2205124 Claim Nos: 22-05-04; 23-04-30  
Attachments:  
Report  
14  
Pursuant to Government Code §54956.8 to instruct City’s Negotiator, Charles M.  
Futrell, regarding price and terms of payment for the purchase, sale, exchange, or  
lease of property at 6951 Flight Road; APN: 234-112-003, by Riverside Airport  
Cafe; Leimamo Bishaw, Negotiator  
Attachments:  
Report  
15  
Pursuant to Government Code §54956.9(d)(2) to confer with and/or receive advice  
from legal counsel concerning anticipated litigation - two cases  
Attachments:  
Report  
16  
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  
17  
Pursuant to Government Code §54957(a), for consultation with Larry Gonzalez,  
Riverside Chief of Police, or his respective deputy, and George Khalil, Chief  
Information Officer regarding threat to public services or facilities  
Attachments:  
Report  
18  
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  
19  
Pursuant to Government Code §54957 for appointment/employment of Inspector  
General by City Council  
Attachments:  
Report  
20  
Pursuant to Government Code §54957 regarding employment of Interim City  
Attorney  
Attachments:  
Report  
6:15 P.M.  
INVOCATION - Mayor Lock Dawson  
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG  
PUBLIC COMMENT  
Audience participation is encouraged. Public comments are limited to 3 minutes.  
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CONSENT CALENDAR - Item # 22-44  
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  
22  
Adopt an Ordinance of the City of Riverside, California, adding Chapter 5.85 to the  
Riverside Municipal Code regarding junk dealers and scrap metal recyclers - Waive  
further reading (Intro. on 3-11-25, All Wards)  
Attachments:  
Report  
Ordinance  
City Clerk  
23  
Appoint Karen Brown to Transportation Board Ward 3 seat, Nancy Melendez to  
Human Relations Commission Citywide seat, and Claudia Rodriguez to Museum of  
Riverside Board Citywide seat - File resignations of Macy Pulos from Commission  
of the Deaf Youth Ex Officio seat and Thomas Miller from Park and Recreation  
Commission Ward 6 seat (All Wards)  
Attachments:  
Report  
24  
Minutes of March 25, 2025  
Attachments:  
Minutes  
City Council  
25  
Mobility and Infrastructure Committee recommends implementation of 12-month pilot  
program to offer an optional 64-gallon residential trash bin (All Wards)  
Attachments:  
Report  
Dec. 2024 R3 Consulting Group Inc. Report  
June 2024 R3 Consulting Group Inc. Report  
Presentation  
Community and Economic Development  
26  
Request for Proposal 2274 - Agreement with ECS Imaging, Inc., Riverside, for  
not-to-exceed $50,000 per fiscal year, for total contract amount of $250,000 for  
Building and Safety Division electronic plan and document archiving service needs  
for three-year term with two one-year extension options (All Wards)  
Attachments:  
Report  
Bid Award Recommendation  
Agreement  
Finance  
27  
Rescind public hearing scheduled for April 15, 2025, pertaining to Proposed Fiscal  
Year Master Fees and Charges schedule - Vote to approve to hold public hearing  
on April 22, 2025, at 3 p.m. (All Wards)  
Attachments:  
Report  
Fire  
28  
Reimbursement of $113,778 from Riverside Community College District/Moreno  
Valley for Fire Department instructional training hours per Inter-Agency Instructional  
Services Agreement - Supplemental appropriation - Five affirmative votes required  
(All Wards)  
Attachments:  
Report  
29  
Appropriate $135,000 from Measure Z Funds for Personal Protective Equipment  
(PPE) for Fire Department - Five affirmative votes required (All Wards)  
Attachments:  
Report  
BEC Report 2.13.25  
MZ Spending Plan  
Presentation  
General Services  
30  
Change order to Purchase Order 244655 with Theodore Robins, Inc., Costa Mesa,  
for purchase of five 2024 electric-powered Ford F150 Lightning trucks for Street  
Division removing Refuse Solid Waste accounts and adding Public Works Street  
Division Accounts (All Wards)  
Attachments:  
Report  
Bid Award Recommendation  
Human Resources  
31  
Third Amendment to Agreement with Nevins Professional Investigations for increase  
not-to-exceed $100,000, for total contract amount of $725,000 from General Fund,  
Human Resources Administration, Professional Services Account for administrative  
investigations involving allegations of hostile work environment, harassment,  
discrimination, retaliation, workplace violence, and illegal activity through June 30,  
2025 (All Wards)  
Attachments:  
Report  
Agreement  
32  
A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Riverside, California, amending  
Resolution No. 21052 and the Master Fringe Benefits and Salary Plan to approve  
the salary adjustments to Utilities Electric Superintendent, Utilities Dispatch  
Superintendent, Utilities Electric Field Manager, Utilities Electric Operations  
Manager, Utilities Generation Plant Manager, Wastewater Operations Manager  
classifications; bargaining unit reassignment and salary adjustment for the Code  
Enforcement Manager and Real Property Services Manager classifications; title  
change to the existing Utilities Assistant General Manager/Water Delivery  
classification; deletion of non-utilized classifications - Waive further reading (All  
Wards)  
Attachments:  
Report  
Resolution and Exhibits  
33  
Revisions to Human Resources Policy and Procedure Manual including Education  
Reimbursement Program Policy IV-3 (All Wards)  
Attachments:  
Report  
Education Reimbursement IV-3 Policy  
34  
Memoranda of Understanding with International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers  
(IBEW), Utility and Supervisory Units, through December 31, 2027 - A Resolution of  
the City Council of the City of Riverside, California, amending Resolution No. 21052  
to amend Parts I and II of the Fringe Benefits and Salary Plan, to reflect various  
updates and changes in connection with the Memorandum of Understanding with  
the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW), Utility and Supervisory  
Units - Waiver further reading - Supplemental appropriation - Five affirmative votes  
required (All Wards)  
Attachments:  
Report  
Resolution and Exhibit  
MOU_Supervisory Unit_Redlined  
MOU_Utility Unit_Redlined  
Innovation and Technology  
35  
Purchase of hardware and professional services from ConvergeOne, Ontario, for  
$123,559.79 from Innovation and Technology Department budget for Session  
Initiation Protocol (SIP) trunking installation and maintenance for City's business  
communications (All Wards)  
Attachments:  
Report  
Statement of Work and Quote  
NCPA Contract Number: 01-169  
Museum  
36  
Accession into Museum of Riverside’s permanent collection of one cultural object  
from a regional tribal artist and three archival items from a local donor (All Wards)  
Attachments:  
Report  
Minutes  
37  
Donation of surplus warehouse-style steel shelving to the Riverside Museum  
Associates, a not-for-profit organization (All Wards)  
Attachments:  
Report  
Parks, Recreation, and Community Services  
38  
Request for Proposal 2392 - Agreement with BrightView Landscape Services, Inc.,  
Calabasas, for $933,600 plus 15 percent change order authority, for total contract  
amount of $1,073,640 from General Fund, Parks and Recreation-Fairmount Golf  
Course, Neighborhood Maintenance Contract account for annual landscape  
maintenance services at Fairmount Golf Course through December 31, 2026, with  
two additional two-year extension options - Approve an increase of agreement cost  
of initial term based on Consumer Price Index or 3 percent, whichever is greater, to  
account for rise in labor and material costs in year two of agreement (Ward 1)  
Attachments:  
Report  
Agreement  
RFP Award Recommendation  
Public Works  
39  
Change order to annual purchase orders for Riverside Water Quality Control Plant  
chemical purchases for total revised total cost of $7,439,445 from Public Works  
Chemical Supplies Account - Ferric chloride from Kemira Water Solutions, Inc.,  
Fontana, for $458,080, for revised total of $1,208,080, sodium bisulfate with Univar  
Usa, Inc., Kent, Washington, for $320,620, for revised total of $1,020,620, sodium  
hypochlorite from Pioneer Americas, LLC., Wilmington, Delaware, for $576,134, for  
revised total of $2,955,715, and polymer from SNF Polydyne, Inc., Riceboro,  
Georgia, for $555,030, for revised total of $2,255,030 through June 30, 2025 -  
Supplemental appropriation - Five affirmative votes required (All Wards)  
Attachments:  
Report  
Presentation  
40  
First Amendment to Design Build Agreement with Anaergia Services, LLC., a  
Delaware limited liability company (LLC), doing business as Riverside Bioenergy  
Facility, LLC., a Delaware LLC, for $440,000, for  
total contract amount of  
$9,948,000 from Public Works-Sewer System-Sewer Projects-Digester 5 Rehab  
Account for rehabilitation of Digester No. 5 and incorporate Investment Tax Credit  
requirements into the contract (All Wards)  
Attachments:  
Report  
First Amendment to Agreement  
41  
Award Bid 8139 to Ibarra General Engineering, Inc., Riverside, for $1,357,100 from  
Fiscal Year 2024-25 Community Development Block Grant, Measure A, and Gas  
Jurupa Ext-Van Buren-Rutland funds for former Hole Lake perimeter fencing (Ward  
7)  
Attachments:  
Report  
Bid Award Recommendation  
Location Map  
Presentation  
42  
Fiscal Year 2025-26 Transportation Development Act Article 3, (Senate Bill 821)  
grant applications to Riverside County Transportation Commission for up to  
$1,455,973 with City-match of $1,455,973 for total project cost of $2,911,946 for  
bicycle lane improvements, concrete sidewalks, and pedestrian ramps along Van  
Buren Boulevard from Wood Road to Orange Terrace Parkway, Chicago Avenue  
from Le Conte Drive to Martin Luther King Boulevard, Pennsylvania Avenue from  
Sedgewick Avenue to 14th Street, and Bandini Avenue from Grand Avenue to  
Kendall Street (Wards 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5)  
Attachments:  
Report  
Van Buren Boulevard Buffered Bike Lane Location Map  
Chicago Avenue Bike Lane Location Map  
Pennsylvania Avenue Sidewalk Location Map  
Bandini Avenue Sidewalk Location Map  
43  
Administrative Services Agreement with County of Riverside for County Service  
Area 152 National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System for collection of  
assessment on behalf of City to support National Pollutant Discharge Elimination  
System (NPDES) compliance costs for five-year term with two two-year renewal  
options (All Wards)  
Attachments:  
Report  
Administrative Services Agreement  
44  
Adopt an Ordinance of the City of Riverside, California, amending Section  
10.56.050 of the Riverside Municipal Code to establish axle restrictions prohibiting  
use by commercial vehicles exceeding three axles and cutting through Madison  
Street from Indiana to Victoria Avenues - Waive further reading (Intro. on 3-11-25,  
Ward 5)  
Attachments:  
Report  
Ordinance  
Successor Agency to Redevelopment Agency/Housing Authority  
45  
Joint items with the Housing Authority and Successor Agency to the Redevelopment  
Agency - Request for Proposal 2313 - Service Agreements with Corky’s Pest  
Control Inc., Lyle Castillo doing business as Twin Builders, MacGen Construction,  
Inc., Pestmaster Services, L.P., and Real Estate Consulting and Services, Inc., for  
$800,000 each for City-owned and Successor Agency-owned properties and  
$450,000 for Housing Authority-owned properties from Housing and Human  
Services Department Budget, Neighborhood Stabilization Program Funds, and  
Housing Authority Biennial Budget for three-year term with two one-year extension  
options for property maintenance services of City-owned properties - A Resolution  
of the City Council of the City of Riverside, California, as Successor Agency to the  
Redevelopment Agency of the City of Riverside authorizing services agreements  
with Corky’s Pest Control Inc., Lyle Castillo dba Twin Builders, Macgen  
Construction, Inc., Pestmaster Services, L.P., and Real Estate Consulting  
Services, Inc. for various property maintenance services for Successor  
Agency-Owned Properties Waive further reading Recommend Countywide  
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Oversight Board adopt a resolution authorizing the Successor Agency to enter into  
Service Agreements from Request for Proposal 2313 (All Wards)  
Attachments:  
Report  
Resolution  
Services Agreement - City - Corkys  
Services Agreement - City - Lyle Castillo  
Services Agreement - City - MACGEN  
Services Agreement - City - PestMaster  
Services Agreement - City - Real Estate  
Services Agreement - SA - Corkys  
Services Agreement - SA - Lyle Castillo  
Services Agreement - SA - MACGEN  
Services Agreement - SA - PestMaster  
Services Agreement - SA - Real Estate  
Services Agreement - HA - Corkys  
Services Agreement - HA - Lyle Castillo  
Services Agreement - HA - MACGEN  
Services Agreement - HA - PestMaster  
Services Agreement - HA - Real Estate  
Bid Award Recommendation  
DISCUSSION CALENDAR - Item # 46-47  
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.  
46  
Fire Hazard Severity Zone (FHSZ) updated maps released by Office of the State  
Fire Marshall - Provide public review and comments within 30 days of receipt (Fire)  
(All Wards) (20-minute presentation)  
Attachments:  
Report  
Presentation  
47  
Introduce and adopt an Urgency Ordinance of the City of Riverside, California,  
amending the Riverside Municipal Code by adding Chapter 6.16 regarding  
Vegetation Management and Defensible Space necessary for preserving the Public  
Peace, Health, and Safety - Waive further reading - Five affirmative votes required  
(Fire) (All Wards) (10-minute presentation)  
Attachments:  
Report  
Ordinance  
RMC Chapter 6.16  
Presentation  
COMMUNICATIONS  
48  
49  
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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