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 7, 2025

Publication Date: Friday, January 3, 2025

3:00 PM

City Hall - Art Pick Council Chamber

3900 Main Street, Riverside

Live Webcast at:

www.RiversideCA.gov/Meeting

Originally Published: December 26, 2024

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 appropriate time for your item(s).

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

jurisdiction of the City Council can be submitted via the eComment feature at

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Pursuant to the City Council Meeting Rules adopted by Resolution No. 24076, 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 workplace that provides dignity, respect,

and civility to our employees, customers, and the public they serve.

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 with a disability who requires a modification or

accommodation in order to participate in a meeting should direct such request to the

City's ADA Coordinator at (951) 826-2211 at least 72 hours before the meeting, if

possible.

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.

3 P.M.

MAYOR CALLS MEETING TO ORDER

PUBLIC COMMENT

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

To comment on 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

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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

COMMUNICATIONS

City Manager Updates (All Wards) (5-minute presentation)

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

PRESENTATION

Mayor Lock Dawson to present a plaque to Councilmember Perry for his dedicated

service as Mayor Pro Tem from July through December 2024 - Appoint

Councilmember Mill as Mayor Pro Tem for January through June 2025 (All Wards)

CLOSED SESSIONS - Item # 6-14

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)(2)/54956.9(e)(3) to confer with and/or

receive advice from legal counsel concerning Phaedra Norton Claim No.: 24-09-28

Attachments:

Report

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

from legal counsel concerning City of Riverside, a charter city and municipal

corporation, the City Council of the City of Riverside, acting by and through its duly

elected councilmembers, Erin Edwards, Clarissa Cervantes, Ronaldo Fierro,

Gabriela Plascencia, James Perry, and Steven Hemenway, in their official capacity

v. Councilmember Charles Conder and former Councilmember Steven R. Adams, in

their official capacity, and does 1 through 50, inclusive, Riverside Superior Court

Case No. CVRI2300725

Attachments:

Report

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

from legal counsel concerning OG Riverside LLC v. City of Riverside, Riverside

County Superior Court Case No. CVRI2407093

Attachments:

Report

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

from legal counsel concerning RD Riverside Retail LLC v. City of Riverside,

Riverside County Superior Court Case No. CVRI2407089

Attachments:

Report

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

legal counsel concerning Steven Thompson v. City of Riverside Claim No.(s):

220300

Attachments:

Report

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

legal counsel concerning Gabriel Sanchez v. City of Riverside Claim No: 250004

Attachments:

Report

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 located the Northwest Corner Intersection of Central Avenue

and Victoria Avenue; Assessor’s Parcel Number: 223-092-028 by Orin L. Williams,

Assistant Superintendent, RUSD-Facilities, Planning & Development, Negotiator

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

- two cases

Attachments:

Report

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

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

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.

To comment on Consent Calendar 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

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CONSENT CALENDAR - Item # 16-28

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

Minutes of December 10 and 17, 2024

Attachments:

12-10-24 Minutes

12-17-24 Minutes

Community and Economic Development

Request for Proposal Nos. 2275 and 2338 for General Abatement, 2296 for Weed

Abatement, and 2280 Abandoned Vehicle Abatement Utilization of Master

Agreements with R&R B Inc., E&S Towing Enterprises, Inc., Twin Builders,

California Building Maintenance, Master Landscape & Maintenance, Inc., and Twin

Builders to perform abatements at various City locations on rotational as-needed

bases for exigent circumstances and projects, not-to-exceed $50,000 for each

project (All Wards)

Attachments:

Report

Agreement - R&R B Inc. - General Abatement

Agreement - Twin Builders - Weed Abatement

Agreement - CBM California Building Maintenance - Weed Abatement

Agreement - Master Landscape and Maintenance Inc. - Weed Abatement

Agreement - E&S Towing Enterprises, Inc. - Vehicle Abatement

Agreement - CBM California Building Maintenance - General Abatement

Agreement - Twin Builders - General Abatement

Fire

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

submission of application and acceptance of grant award of $2,894,900 from the

U.S. Department of Homeland Security through the California Office of Emergency

Services for the Fiscal Year 2024 Urban Area Security Initiative (UASI) Grant

Program and authorizing the execution of the necessary documents by the City

Manager, or his Designee and amending the Budget for Fiscal Year 2024-25,

accordingly - Waive further reading - Supplemental appropriation - Five affirmative

votes required (All Wards)

Attachments:

Standard Assurances Addendum

Grant Award Face Sheet

Authorized Agent Sheet

FFATA Certification

Lobbying Certification

Subrecipient Grant Management Assessment

California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services Mobilization and Training grant

acceptance of $519,000 for multijurisdictional training and mobilization exercise and

associated rescue training for Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)

California Urban Search and Rescue Team 6 - Supplemental appropriation - Five

affirmative votes required (All Wards)

Attachments:

Report

California Fire Fighter Joint Apprenticeship Committee reimbursement of $50,000

for Fire training support - Supplemental appropriation - Five affirmative votes

required (All Wards)

Attachments:

Report

Parks, Recreation, and Community Services

Amendment to Services Agreement with Trapeze Software Group, Inc., Dallas,

Texas, for total of $201,844.38 from Local and State Transportation Funds including

$130,117.25 for Fiscal Year 2023-24 and additional seven months of support

through January 31, 2025, for $71,727.13, for support and maintenance of

RouteMatch TS™ Software used by Special Transportation Division for automated

scheduling and dispatching (All Wards)

Attachments:

Report

Agreement

Police

Declare Police Service Dog “Ricc-Vigo” as retired and surplus property - Donate

Police Service Dog to his current handler Officer Joseph Cleary, at no cost to City

(All Wards)

Attachments:

Report

Adopt of an Ordinance of the City Council of the City of Riverside, California,

adding Chapter 9.29 to the Riverside Municipal Code regarding unlawful possession

of Catalytic Converters - Waive further reading (Intro. on 12-3-24, All Wards)

Attachments:

Report

Ordinance

Public Utilities

Request for Proposal 2360 Agreement with Leidos Engineering, LLC., Reston,

Virginia, for $1,292,028 and 15 percent change order authority of $193,804 from

Public Utilities Substation Transformer Upgrade Capital Account for La Colina

Substation Upgrade Project for 3.5 year term with one additional two-year extension

option (Ward 2)

Attachments:

Report

Project Site Map

RFP Award Recommendation

Agreement

Presentation

Public Works

Amendment 2 to Transportation Uniform Mitigation Fee (TUMF) Program Agreement

with Western Riverside Council of Governments (WRCOG) to increase of funding

amount by $3 million from $8.25 million to not-to-exceed $11.25 million from TUMF

Fund, Third St/Burlington Northern Santa Fe (BNSF) Grade Separation Project

Accounts for Third Street Grade Separation Project - Supplemental appropriation -

Five affirmative votes required (Wards 1 and 2)

Final Tract Map 31930 - Proposal by Jim Guthrie, predecessor to Jim A. Ahmad,

Spring Canyon Recovery, LLC. - Adopt Resolution of Acceptance for final approval

of Tract Map 31930 - Subdivision Improvement Agreement and accompanying deed

of trust providing security for installation of public and private improvements in

accordance with plans for development of Tract Map 31930 to subdivide five parcels

into 25, single-family residential lots and lettered lots for private street, common

space and open space for development of private residential community - A

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

Final Map of Tract Map No. 31930 - Waive further reading - Extension of

Cresthaven Drive and connecting southerly terminus of Century Hill Drive (Ward 4)

Attachments:

Report

Map

Resolution

City Council Final Approved Substantial Conformance Conditions

Subdivision Improvement Agreement/Trust Deed

Adopt an Ordinance of the City Council of the City of Riverside, California,

amending Title 16 of the Riverside Municipal Code by adding Chapter 16.80

regarding the Vehicle Miles Traveled Mitigation Bank Program - Waive further

reading (Intro. on 12-17-24, All Wards)

Attachments:

Report

Ordinance

DISCUSSION CALENDAR

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

Resolution of the City Council of the City of Riverside, California, acting as the

legislative body of Community Facilities District No. 2021-2 (Riverpointe/Park Place)

of the City of Riverside, authorizing the issuance of its Special Tax Bonds, Series

2025A in an aggregate principal amount not-to-exceed four million one hundred

thousand dollars ($4,100,000) in one or more series of bonds and approving certain

documents and taking certain other actions in connection therewith - Waive further

reading - Approve Financing Team consisting of the Finance Department, City

Attorney's Office, Fieldman Rolapp & Associates, Inc. serving as Municipal Advisor,

Stradling, Yocca, Carlson & Rauth acting as Bond and Disclosure Counsel, and

Hilltop Securities as Underwriter - Supplemental appropriations - Five affirmative

votes required (Finance) (Wards 1 and 7) (10-minute presentation)

Attachments:

Report

Bond Indenture

Bond Purchase Agreement

Preliminary Official Statement

Resolution of Issuance

Presentation

Review existing storefront retail commercial cannabis business permit procedure

guidelines and application review criteria established pursuant to Cannabis

Business Activities Ordinance (Riverside Municipal Code Chapter 5.77) and the

City's current evaluation and review of applications submitted for such permits - A

Resolution of the City Council of the City Riverside, California, pursuant to Riverside

Municipal Code Sections 5.77.120, to postpone the City's evaluation and review of

applications for storefront retail commercial cannabis business permits by up to 180

days - Waive further reading (Community and Economic Development) (15-minute

presentation) (All Wards)

Attachments:

Report

RMC Chapter 5.77

Cannabis Permit Guidelines 2023

Top 14 Preferred Site Authorization List

Citywide Retail Commercial Cannabis Locations

City Cannabis Ordinance Comparisons

Resolution

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 - City Manager/City Attorney reports

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The next regular City Council meeting is scheduled for

Tuesday, January 14, 2025

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Rebroadcast Wednesdays at 9 p.m., Fridays at 1 p.m., and Saturdays at 9 a.m.

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missing persons, and evacuations of buildings or neighborhoods.