Mayor  
City of Riverside  
Patricia Lock Dawson  
Councilmembers:  
City Council  
Philip Falcone  
Clarissa Cervantes  
Steven Robillard  
Chuck Conder  
Sean H. Mill  
Agenda  
Jim Perry  
Steve Hemenway  
Meeting Date: Tuesday, June 24, 2025  
1:00 PM  
City Hall - Art Pick Council Chamber  
3900 Main Street, Riverside  
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Publication Date: Thursday, June 12, 2025  
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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  
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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  
COMMUNICATIONS  
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City Manager Updates (City Manager) (5-minute presentation)  
Declaration of conflicts of interest and ex parte communications (City Council)  
DISCUSSION CALENDAR - Item # 5-6  
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5
Modify Supplemental Senior Rental Assistance Program to remove Section 8 waitlist  
participants requirement, assist mobile homeowners with space rental assistance  
and assist seniors in shelters with rental assistance - Appropriate $100,000 from  
Measure Z Fund, Homeless Outreach Account to Measure Z Capital Fund, 2023-24  
Riverside Access Center Rehabilitation project account - Interfund Transfer - Five  
affirmative votes required (Housing and Human Services) (All Wards) (10-minute  
presentation)  
Attachments:  
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CONTINUED FROM JUNE 10, 2025 - Approve Central Stores Annual Purchase  
Orders for estimated total of $23,768,660 - Approve not-to-exceed 20 percent  
allowance for Producer Price Index (PPI) increases for Fiscal Year 2025-26 Annual  
Purchase Orders for Central Stores (Finance) (All Wards) (10-minute presentation)  
Attachments:  
CLOSED SESSIONS - Item # 7-12  
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 §54956.8 to instruct City’s Negotiator, Charles M.  
Futrell, regarding price and terms of payment for the purchase, sale, exchange, or  
lease of property located at 2501 Dexter Dr., commonly known as the Armory, APN:  
207-110-010, by Thompson Brewing Co. LLC / iPickle; Brian, Martha & Corbin  
Thompson, John Letts, Negotiators  
Attachments:  
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Pursuant to Government Code §54956.9(d)(2) to confer with and/or receive advice  
from legal counsel concerning anticipated litigation - one case  
Attachments:  
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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:  
10  
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:  
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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:  
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Pursuant to Government Code §54957 for appointment of City Attorney by City  
Council  
Attachments:  
3 P.M.  
PRESENTATION  
13  
Mayor Lock Dawson to present a Proclamation recognizing local businesses as  
certified green businesses in the City of Riverside (5-minute presentation)  
PUBLIC HEARINGS Item # 14-15  
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Approve Fiscal Year 2025-26 Master Fees and Charges Schedule - Introduction of  
an Ordinance of the City of Riverside, California, amending Chapter 3.30 of the  
Riverside Municipal Code, to revise one category to the Schedule of Regulation,  
Products, and Services, adding one fee - A Resolution of the City Council of the  
City of Riverside, California, amending the City’s Master Fees and Charges  
Schedule as set forth in Resolution No. 21960, as amended, providing for  
adjustments for Public Works and Parking Bail Schedule, and authorizing the Chief  
Financial Officer to amend the Master Fees and Charges Schedule - Waive further  
reading - Supplemental appropriation - Five affirmative votes required (Finance) (All  
Wards) (10-minute presentation)  
Attachments:  
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Case PR-2025-001768 - Sign Code Update - Zoning Code Text Amendments to Title  
19 of the Riverside Municipal Code, including but not limited to Articles VIII (Site  
Planning and General Development Provisions), IX (Land Use Development Permit  
Requirements/Procedures), and X (Definitions) - 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 the project will not have an effect on  
environment - Introduce an Ordinance of the City Council of the City of Riverside,  
California, amending Chapters 19.590 - Performance Standards, 19.620 - General  
Sign Provisions, and 19.650 - approving and Appeal Authority (Community and  
Economic Development) (All Wards) (10-minute presentation)  
Attachments:  
6:15 P.M.  
INVOCATION - Mayor Lock Dawson  
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG  
PUBLIC COMMENT  
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CEREMONIAL PRESENTATION  
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Mayor Lock Dawson to present 2024 City Spirit Award to Richard Roth for his  
extraordinary deeds, community spirit, citizenship, and dedication to enhancing the  
quality of life in the City of Riverside (5-minute presentation)  
CONSENT CALENDAR - Item # 18-44  
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  
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Increase legal budget for Fiscal Year 2024-25 with law firm of Thompson Coburn for  
not-to-exceed $72,000, for total revised budget of $792,000 from various Public  
Utilities accounts for Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (“FERC”) proceedings  
for City’s electric utility costs (All Wards)  
Attachments:  
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Increase legal budget for law firm of Shute, Mihaly & Weinberger LLP., for  
not-to-exceed $183,750, for revised total budget of $208,750 from TUMF Fund,  
Third Street Grade Separation Project account, for outside counsel to consult on  
litigated Eminent Domain cases related to Third Street Grade Separation Project (All  
Wards)  
Attachments:  
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Approve legal budget with law firm of Jarvis Fay, for not-to-exceed $70,000 from  
Sewer Fund, Outside Legal Services Account for specialized legal assistance in  
appellate case entitled Regents of the University of California v. City of Riverside, an  
appeal to a writ of mandate action challenging City’s sewer capacity fees (All  
Wards)  
Attachments:  
City Clerk  
21  
Minutes of June 10, 2024  
Attachments:  
Community and Economic Development  
22  
Agreement with Albert A. Webb Associates for $299,492 and authorize 40 percent  
contingency for total contract amount not-to-exceed $414,321 for preparation of  
California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) environmental review for proposed  
Riverside Adventure Center and Mixed-Use Town Center Development project for  
two-year term with two additional six-month extension options (Ward 1)  
Attachments:  
23  
Agreement for Conveyance of Property with City of Colton for sale of a partial fee  
simple interest and a sixty-month temporary construction easement on a portion of  
City-owned vacant land, identified as Assessor’s Parcel Number 0276-122-06, for  
$25,800 in revenue - Mount Vernon Bridge Project - East side of South Mount  
Vernon Avenue, on South side of Union Pacific Rail Line in City of Colton (All  
Wards)  
Attachments:  
Finance  
24  
A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Riverside, California, establishing the  
Appropriations Limit of $465,304,960 for Fiscal Year 2025-2026 for the City of  
Riverside in accordance with the provisions of Division 9 of Title 1 of the  
Government Code of the State of California - Waive further reading (All Wards)  
Attachments:  
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Annual insurance renewal of City's various insurance policies negotiated through  
Keenan Associates beginning July 1, 2025, through June 30, 2026, for  
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not-to-exceed $9,825,218 and authorize 15 percent contingency of $1,473,783 for  
potential changes and coverage enhancements for total not-to-exceed $11,299,011  
(All Wards)  
Attachments:  
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Purchase of one Rizon Electric COE Chassis with Stake Bed truck - CLI 13 18L  
Chassis 18L from Los Angeles Truck Center, LLC., for $157,705.50 from California  
State Contract Bid 1-23-23-22A, for Central Stores Division (All Wards)  
Attachments:  
General Services  
27  
Award Bid 8163 to Fritts Ford, Riverside, for $566,617.30 from Central Garage  
Fund for eleven 2025 Ford F150 XL 2-Wheel-Drive SuperCabs for Water  
Operations Division - Supplemental appropriation - Five affirmative votes required  
(All Wards)  
Attachments:  
28  
Services agreement with Fuel Equipment Services Inc., doing business as Fuel  
Serv, Montclair, for $450,000, plus 20 percent change order authority, for total  
amount of $540,000 from General Services Central Garage -Auto Stores Fund, All  
Other Equipment Maintenance/Repair Account, for repair and service of various  
City fuel systems through June 30, 2030, with one optional two-year extension -  
8095 Lincoln Avenue and 5961 Acorn Street (All Wards)  
Attachments:  
29  
Approve change order for $93,247.28 to Purchase Order 253783 for two additional  
2025 Ford F-150 XL 2WD SuperCab vehicles from Fritts Ford, Riverside, from  
General Fund Urban Forestry Automotive Equipment and Streets Construction  
Maintenance Accounts for Public Works Department, Urban Forestry and  
Landscape Division (All Wards)  
Attachments:  
Human Resources  
30  
Memoranda of Understanding with International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers,  
Local 47, Wastewater Unit effective July 1, 2025 through June 30, 2028 which  
incorporate negotiated salaries, benefits and other working conditions  
Resolution of the City Council of the City of Riverside, California, amending  
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Resolution No. 21052 to amend Parts I, II, III, and IV 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) Local 47 - Wastewater Unit  
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Waive further reading  
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Supplemental appropriation - Five affirmative votes required (All Wards)  
Attachments:  
Innovation and Technology  
31  
Annual renewal of services for 58 existing software and hardware maintenance and  
support or subscription agreements, with aggregate expenditures over $100,000  
each over life of each agreement or will be surpassing $100,000, for estimated total  
amount of $6,222,014 - Approve 15 percent change order authority for Fiscal Year  
2025-26 renewals, to be used if quotes are higher than expected, and/or for use of  
minor supplemental purchases (All Wards)  
Attachments:  
Parks, Recreation, and Community Services  
32  
Accept $121,486.35 from Riverside County Habitat Conservation Agency for  
equipment for trail repair and land management purposes within Sycamore Canyon  
Park Reserve, including invasive species removal which will directly improve habitat  
for Stephens’ Kangaroo Rat and other native species within reserve - Supplemental  
appropriation - Five affirmative votes required (Ward 2)  
Attachments:  
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Bid 8142 - Reject bid submitted by Julian Tree Care, Inc., as non-responsive -  
Award Bid 8142 to Bay Area Tree Specialists, San Jose, for $395,613.50 with 10  
percent change order authority for project changes including, but not limited to,  
unforeseen conditions or necessary changes and additional amount of $19,780.67  
for permit fees, for total contract amount not-to-exceed $454,955.52 from Grants  
and Restricted Programs Account for Fairmount Park Tree Removals for Wildlife  
Fuel Reduction Project (Ward 1)  
Attachments:  
34  
Fifth Amendment to Agreement with Concilio Child Development Centers for  
$2,726.11 total monthly rent for 14,635 square-foot Nati Fuentes Centro de Niños  
Childcare Center at Bordwell Park through June 30, 2026 - 2008 Martin Luther King  
Boulevard (Ward 1)  
Attachments:  
35  
Request for Proposal 2397 - Agreement with Inland Empire Landscape, Inc., San  
Bernardino for $2,247,600 from PRCSD’s Neighborhood Maintenance Contract  
Account for Landscape Maintenance Services for neighborhood parks throughout  
City through June 30, 2027 - Approve an additional $200,000 per year for irrigation,  
vandalism and graffiti removal costs and authorize 10 percent change order  
authority on base contract price of $224,760 for initial contract term, for total  
contract amount of $2,872,360 (All Wards)  
Attachments:  
Public Utilities  
36  
Riverside Public Utilities 2025 Wildfire Mitigation Plan for submittal to Wildfire  
Safety Advisory Board in accordance with California Public Utilities Code Section  
8387 (All Wards)  
Attachments:  
Public Works  
37  
A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Riverside, California, amending  
Resolution No. 22451 known as the Master Parking Schedule Resolution to remove  
a segment of the existing timed 2-Hour Parking Zone on Market Street and establish  
timed 20-minute parking zones within the same segment on Market Street and on a  
segment of Second Street - Waive further reading (Ward 1)  
Attachments:  
38  
Final Parcel Map 38052 - Sam Zhou of Zigas, Inc., for Steven Hung Ming Shih -  
Subdivide one parcel into 2 parcels on .38 acres - A Resolution of the City Council  
of the City of Riverside, California, accepting the Final Map of Parcel Map No.  
38052 - Waive further reading - Southwest corner of 10th Street and Victoria  
Avenue (Ward 1)  
Attachments:  
39  
Request for Proposal 2441 with SNF Polydyne Inc., Riceboro, Georgia, for  
$1,300,000 annually, for total compensation amount of $3,900,000 for dewatering  
polymeric flocculant for treatment of wastewater at Riverside Water Quality Control  
Plant (RWQCP) through June 30, 2028, two additional one-year extension options -  
Approve increase in cost of optional terms based on Consumer Price Index or 3  
percent, whichever is greater, to account for rising material costs in years four and  
five of optional period - 5950 Acorn Street (All Wards)  
Attachments:  
40  
Purchase one heavy equipment, John Deere 310P Backhoe and Wainroy 24-inch  
Quick Coupler Bucket from RDO Equipment Co., Riverside, for $147,329.47 under  
Sourcewell Cooperative Agreement 011723-JDC from Wastewater Collections  
Divisions Equipment Outlay - Automotive Equipment account for Riverside Water  
Quality Control Plant, Sewer Division (All Wards)  
Attachments:  
41  
Award Bid 8131 to Hardy & Harper, Inc., Lake Forest, for $1,845,000, with 10  
percent change order authority for total amount of $2,029,500 from Development  
Grants Affordable Housing & Sustainable Communities Mission Heritage Account  
for construction of Mission Heritage Affordable Housing and Sustainable  
Communities Street and Alley Improvements (Wards 1 and 2)  
Attachments:  
42  
California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery (CalRecycle) grant  
acceptance of $275,000 for Fiscal Year 2024-25 - A Resolution of the City Council  
of the City of Riverside, California, authorizing the City Manager to execute on  
behalf of the City of Riverside all necessary applications, contracts, payment  
requests, agreements and amendments in the process of applying for and securing  
funds under the California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery  
(CalRecycle) Beverage Container Recycling Grant Program RBC 36 (Fiscal Year  
2024-25) and RBC 37 (Fiscal Year 2025-26) through June 30, 2030 - Waive further  
reading (All Wards)  
Attachments:  
43  
Approve four annual purchase orders for Riverside Water Quality Control Plant  
chemical purchases for total of $6,002,857 from Public Works Sewer Fund  
Accounts - Citric acid from Northstar Chemical, Santa Fe Springs, for $300,000;  
ferric chloride with Kemira Water Solutions, Inc., Fontana, for $1,328,888; sodium  
bisulfite from Univar USA, Inc., Kent, Washington, for $1,122,682; and sodium  
hypochlorite from Pioneer Americas, LLC., Wilmington, Delaware, for $3,251,287 -  
Supplemental appropriation - Five affirmative votes required (All Wards)  
Attachments:  
44  
Cooperative Agreement with Riverside County Flood Control and Water  
Conservation District and FB 215 LLC., for Project 4-0-00788-01 for construction  
and construction inspection costs funded by Developer of West End Moreno MDP  
Line GG, Stage 2 storm drain facilities (Ward 2)  
Attachments:  
PUBLIC HEARING  
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Public comments are limited to 3 minutes. Press  
*9 to be placed in the queue to speak when the discussion item is called.  
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CONTINUED FROM APRIL 22, 2025 - Planning Case PR-2024-001656 (TM) -  
Appeal - Uphold appeal by Matthew Esquivel, Warmington Residential, of Planning  
Commission denial and approve the Tentative Tract Map (TM-38921) to subdivide a  
9.91-acre parcel into 49 single family lots (for 46 market rate dwellings and 3  
affordable dwellings) situated on the southeast corner of La Sierra Avenue and  
Victoria Avenue - Determine project is exempt from additional environmental review  
pursuant to Section 15183 of California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) as  
project is consistent with General Plan 2025 Programmatic Environmental Impact  
Report, approved in November 2007, and its addendums, based on checklist  
prepared pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15168, project is within scope of  
General Plan 2025 Programmatic Environmental Impact Report and its addendums  
adequately describe project for purposes of CEQA (Community and Economic  
Development) (Ward 5) (15-minute presentation)  
Attachments:  
COMMUNICATIONS  
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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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