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, December 2, 2025

3:00 PM

City Hall - Art Pick Council Chamber

3900 Main Street, Riverside

Publication Date: Tuesday, November 25, 2025

Live Webcast at:

www.RiversideCA.gov/Meeting

Originally Published: November 20, 2025

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 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 City Council can be submitted via the eComment feature at

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Pursuant to the City Council Rules of Procedure and Order of Business Resolution, 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

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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

Announcement of Committee meeting:

Land Use Committee at 9 a.m. on Monday, December 8, 2025, Art Pick Council

Chamber

COMMUNICATIONS

City Manager Updates (5-minute presentation)

Declaration of conflicts of interest and ex parte communications (City Council)

PRESENTATION - Item # 5

Mayor Lock Dawson to present Proclamation to Friends of Mount Rubidoux to

recognize 100th anniversary of PEACE Tower at Mount Rubidoux trail (5-minute

presentation)

CLOSED SESSIONS - Item # 6-11a

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 advice

from legal counsel concerning Jason Hunter v. Gage Canal Co. and City of

Riverside, Riverside Superior Court Case No. CVRI2502247

Attachments:

Report

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

from legal counsel concerning Scott Wilson v. City of Riverside, WCAB Claim

No(s): 260076

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(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:

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

11a

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

Attachments:

Report

PUBLIC HEARING - Item # 12

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 Riverside Downtown Partnership Acting in its Capacity as the

Advisory Board to the Downtown Parking and Business Improvement Area and

Levying Assessments for Calendar Year 2026 - Waive further reading (Finance)

(Wards 1 and 2) (10-minute presentation)

Attachments:

Presentation - City of Riverside

Presentation - RDP

6:15 P.M.

INVOCATION - Councilmember Cervantes

PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG

PUBLIC COMMENT

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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

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CONSENT CALENDAR - Item # 14-32

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 Change Order to Bid 8179 with First Trade LLC., doing business as YMC,

Irvine, for $111,211.34, plus 10 percent contingency of $11,121 for total

not-to-exceed

$172,296.65 adding

Phases

1-3 for

flooring

replacement

and

carpeting substitution at City Attorney’s Office - 3750 University Avenue, Suite 250

(Ward 1)

Attachments:

Report

Change Order 1

City Clerk

File resignations of Nora Moti from Commission on Aging and Steven Herrera from

Cultural Heritage Board Ward 2 seats (All Wards)

Attachments:

Report

Minutes of November 18, 2025

Attachments:

Minutes

City Council

Mayor Pro Tem Conder recommends cancellation of December 16, 2025, regular

City Council meeting, for lack of agenda items (All Wards)

Attachments:

Report

Community and Economic Development

Planning Case PR-2023-001595 Summary Vacation

Todd Nelson of Prism

Aerospace - Determine project is exempt from California Environmental Quality Act

(CEQA) pursuant to Section 15061(b)(3) (Common Sense) of CEQA Guidelines, as

it can be seen with certainty that there is no possibility the project will have a

significant effect on environment - A Resolution of the City Council of the City of

Finance

Resolution of the City Council of the City of Riverside, California, Approving a Joint

Community Facilities Agreement with Riverside Unified School District and Century

Communities of California, LLC., for Community Facilities District No. 42 of

Riverside Unified School District

Waive further reading

Supplemental

appropriation - Five affirmative votes required (Ward 5)

Attachments:

Report

Joint Community Facilities Agreement

Resolution

Tract Maps

RUSD Resolution

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

its Capacity as the Legislative Body of Community Facilities District No. 2025-2

(Sagecrest) of the City of Riverside Authorizing the Levy of Special Taxes - Waive

further reading (Intro. on 10-28-25, Ward 5)

Attachments:

Report

Ordinance

Fire

California Fire Fighter Joint Apprenticeship Committee (CFFJAC) reimbursement of

$100,000 for Fire training support - Supplemental appropriation - Five affirmative

votes required (All Wards)

Attachments:

Report

Human Resources

Agreement with Shuster Advisory Group, LLC., as City's Defined Contribution Plan

Consultant and Investment Advisor through December 31, 2028, with two additional

one-year extension options (All Wards)

Attachments:

Report

Agreement

Adopt an Ordinance of the City of Riverside, California, Amending Sections

2.08.010 and 2.08.020 and adding Section 2.09 of the Riverside Municipal Code

regarding the Office of the Inspector General as an Administrative Office and

Department of the City and Retention of Outside Counsel by the Inspector General -

Waive further reading (Intro. on 11-18-25, All Wards)

Attachments:

Report

Ordinance

Library

Increase Purchase Order 260025 with Brodart Co., McElhattan, Pennsylvania, for

$166,829 for revised purchase order of $206,829 from General Fund and Grants

and Restricted Programs Accounts for library materials and services (All Wards)

Attachments:

Report

Riverside Public Library Pricing Proposal

Parks, Recreation, and Community Services

Request for Proposal 2444 Agreement with Rivcomm, Inc., Riverside, for

$203,695.75, plus 10 percent change order authority, for total contract amount of

$224,065.32 from Radio Comm 24/25 Machine Equipment Account for Special

Transportation Division digital radios and installations, for one-year term one

additional one-year extension option (All Wards)

Attachments:

Report

Agreement

Award Recommendation

Public Utilities

Riverside Public Utilities Fiscal and Cash Reserve Policy update to establish Pre

funding section 115 Pension Trust - Unfunded Accrued Liability Reserve with

approved Water Treatment Reserve for water fund only and clarification of certain

existing policy definitions (All Wards)

Attachments:

Report

RPU Fiscal Policies - Redlined

Presentation

Energy Efficiency and Demand Reduction ten-year target of .36 percent of annual

projected retail energy sales for period beginning 2026 through 2035 (All Wards)

Attachments:

Report

GDS Associates, Inc. 10 Year Market Potential Study

Presentation

Southern California Public Power Authority semi-annual expenditure report for

Fiscal Year 2024-25 (All Wards)

Attachments:

Report

Presentation

Public Works

Award Bid 8201 to GHC Pipeline, LLC., Riverside, for $248,489 from Gas Tax Fund,

Houghton Ave Storm Drain Improvement project account for Houghton Avenue

Storm Drain Improvements (Ward 1)

Attachments:

Report

Project Location Map

Bid Award Recommendation

Participation in voluntary Western Riverside Council of Governments Vehicle Miles

Traveled Mitigation Program Credit Generator Participation Agreement with

Western Riverside Council of Governments for California Environmental Quality Act

compliance related to transportation analysis (All Wards)

Attachments:

Street cross-section reduction from City General Plan Circulation and Community

Mobility Element when Public Works Department completes street improvement

projects (All Wards)

Attachments:

Report

Modified Roadway Cross-Sections Exhibit

Adopt an Ordinance of the City of Riverside, California, Amending Chapter 3.30 of

the Riverside Municipal Code, to Add One Subsection to the Schedule of

Regulation, Products, and Services, Subsection XI - Public Parking - Public Works

- Waive further reading (Intro. on 11-4-25, Ward 1)

Attachments:

Report

Ordinance

DISCUSSION CALENDAR - Item # 33

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.

Confirm shareholder proxy authority and assignment of shares for any designated

Council, Riverside Public Utilities Board, or City staff representative or their

alternate of the respective mutual water companies - Delegate authority to any

designated Council, Riverside Public Utilities Board, or City staff representative or

their alternate to vote City’s shares as City’s proxy at all meetings of respective

mutual water companies - Authorize City Manager and Public Utilities General

Manager from to solicit interest from the Mutual Water Company nominee list and

direct the City’s proxy to vote the City’s shares in relevant Mutual Water Company

board elections consistent with City’s adopted policies - Authorize assignment and

recalling of shares as necessary for each Council, Board, or City staff

representative serving on mutual water companies (Public Utilities) (All Wards)

(10-minute presentation)

Attachments:

Report

Mutual Water Company Information and Share Assignment Eligibility

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, December 9, 2025

City Council meetings broadcast with closed captioning available on

AT&T Channel 99,

Charter Spectrum Channel 3,

and Frontier Cable Channel 21

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

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