3900 Main Street

Riverside, CA 92522

Planning Division

(951) 826-5371

City of Riverside

Cultural Heritage Board

Agenda - Revised

Meeting Date: Wednesday, June 18, 2025

Publication Date: Wednesday, June 11, 2025

3:30 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.

For virtual Public Comment, two options are available:

VIA TELEPHONE:

Call (951) 826-8688

Press *9 to be placed in the queue to speak.

Individuals in the queue will be prompted to unmute by pressing *6 to speak.

VIA ZOOM:

Use the following link: https://zoom.us/j/92696991265

Select the "raise hand" function to request to speak.

An on-screen message will prompt you to "unmute" and speak.

Public comments are limited to 3 minutes.

Please follow along via the telephone or Zoom options above to ensure you call in at

the appropriate time for your item(s).

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

jurisdiction of the Board can be submitted by eComment at

www.RiversideCA.gov/Meeting until two hours before the meeting.

Email comments to idehonor@riversideca.gov

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Pursuant to the City Council Meeting Rules adopted by Resolution No. 24255, members

of all Boards and Commissions and the public are reminded that they must preserve

order and decorum throughout the Meeting. In that regard, members of all Boards and

Commissions 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 Board are available for public

inspection at www.RiversideCA.gov/Meeting and in the binder located at the entrance of

the meeting room.

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 Board Members.

3:30 P.M.

CHAIR CALLS MEETING TO ORDER

PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

PUBLIC COMMENT

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

To comment on any matters within the jurisdiction of the Cultural Heritage Board,

you are invited to participate in person or call at (951) 826-8688. 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.

To participate via ZOOM, use the following link: https://zoom.us/j/92696991265,

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

prompt you to "unmute" and speak - Individual audience participation is limited to 3

minutes.

CONSENT CALENDAR

All matters listed under the CONSENT CALENDAR are considered routine by the

Cultural Heritage Board and may be enacted by one motion in the form listed below.

There will be no separate discussion of these items unless, before the Cultural Heritage

Board votes on the motion to adopt, Members of the Cultural Heritage Board or staff

request specific items be removed from the Consent Calendar for separate action. Prior

to voting on the Consent Calendar, the Chairperson will ask the Board if any item need be

discussed.

Minutes of May 21, 2025, presented for approval

Attachments:

Minutes

PUBLIC HEARINGS

This portion of the Cultural Heritage Board Agenda is for all matters where staff and

public participation is anticipated.

minutes.

Individual audience participation is limited to

PLANNING CASE DP-2025-00469 (HD): Proposal by Jen Mermilliod of JMRC on

behalf of Council Member Falcone to consider a Historic Designation request for

City Landmark designation of Riverside City Hall. The property is located at 3900

Main Street, spanning the Main Street alignment between Nineth and Tenth Streets,

in Ward 1. The Community & Economic Development Department recommends that

the Cultural Heritage Board recommend that the City Council determine that this

proposal is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), pursuant

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

Agencies for Protection of the Environment), as this proposal will not have a

significant effect on the environment and will preserve the historic character of a

cultural resource and provide notice of the resource’s historic status. Contact

Planner:

Scott

Watson,

Historic

Preservation

Officer,

(951)

826-5507,

swatson@riversideca.gov.

Attachments:

Staff Report

Ex 1 - Location Map

Ex 2 - Designation Application

Ex 3 - Current Photos

Presentation

DISCUSSION CALENDAR

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

PLANNING CASE DP-2025-00269 (COA): Proposal by Belen Bobadilla on behalf

the Riverside County Office of Education to consider Certificate of

Appropriateness to demolish an existing fire damaged residential office structure,

within the Prospect Place Historic District and designated as Structure of Merit

#313. The 6,534 square foot project site consists of a single parcel, developed with

a one-story adaptively reused residential structure, located at 4472 Orange Street,

situated on the east side of Orange Street, between Fourteenth Street and Prospect

Avenue, in Ward 1.

The Planning Division of the Community & Economic

Development Department determined the proposal is exempt from the California

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

(General Rule) and 15301 (Existing Facilities).

Contact Planner: Scott Watson,

Historic Preservation Officer, (951) 826-5507, swatson@riversideca.gov.

Attachments:

Revised Report

Staff Report

Ex 2 - Location Map

Ex 3 - Prospect Place HD Map

Ex 4 - Project Plans

Ex 5 - Structural Damage Report

Ex 6 - Historic Resource Assessment - revised

Ex 6 - Historic Resource Assessment

Ex 7 - Interior Photos

Ex 8 - Site Photos

Ex 9 - PPHD Designation 1986-1989

Ex 10 - Letter from Curl-rezoning

Ex 11 - PPHD Reconsideration 1992

Ex 12 - Public Comment

Presentation

Review of Cultural Heritage Board membership structure, role, potential

consolidation opportunity, and development of Citywide governance resolution

Attachments:

Boards and Commission Review Memorandum

Ex 1 - Ord 3562 11-12-68

Ex 2 - Chapter 20.10

Ex 3 - CLG agreement 1995

Presentation

COMMUNICATIONS

Items for future Cultural Heritage Board consideration as requested by members of

the Board. Only items that fall within the powers and duties of the Cultural Heritage

Board as set forth in the City Charter and/or the Riverside Municipal Code will be

agendized for future discussion.

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The next Cultural Heritage Board meeting is scheduled for

Wednesday, July 16, 2025, at 3:30 p.m. in the Art Pick Council Chamber.