Mayor

City of Riverside

City Council

Patricia Lock Dawson

Councilmembers:

Philip Falcone

Clarissa Cervantes

Steven Robillard

Chuck Conder

Sean H. Mill

Agenda en Espanol

Agenda

Jim Perry

Steve Hemenway

Meeting Date: Tuesday, January 28, 2025

1:00 PM

City Hall - Art Pick Council Chamber

3900 Main Street, Riverside

Live Webcast at:

Publication Date: Thursday, January 16, 2025

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.

Spanish interpreters will be available in person and via phone.

To participate virtually, two options are available:

VIA TELEPHONE:

Call (951) 826-8686 and follow the prompts to access your desired language. 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/93149443969

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 City Council can also be emailed to City_Clerk@riversideca.gov

before the meeting.

* * * * *

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.

1 P.M.

MAYOR CALLS MEETING TO ORDER

INVOCATION - Councilmember Cervantes

PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG

PUBLIC COMMENT

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

To comment on Consent Calendar, 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 the prompts to access your language of preference.

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/93149443969.

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

prompt you to "unmute" and speak.

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:

Housing and Homelessness Committee at 3:30 p.m., on Monday, January 27, 2025,

Art Pick Council Chamber

COMMUNICATIONS

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

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

PRESENTATIONS

Mayor Lock Dawson to present a Proclamation to Michelle Rubin, daughter of

Holocaust survivor Mark Rubin, recognizing January as International Holocaust

Remembrance Day (5-minute presentation)

Mayor Lock Dawson to call upon Councilmember Perry to recognize Kaiser

Permanente Chief Administrative Officer Robert Blair on his outstanding partnership

with the community and upcoming retirement (5-minute presentation)

CONSENT CALENDAR - Item # 7-27

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.

Airport

Lease Agreement with Cash Grading Contractors, Inc., for $4,200 in lease revenue

during first year to be deposited into Airport Fund, Storage Hangar Rental Account

with future revenue of $350 plus utilities at $15 per month and increases related to

Consumer Price Index for two privately owned hangars for five-year term -

Riverside Municipal Airport - 6951 Flight Road (Ward 3)

Increase Purchase Order 212710 with Pacific International Electric Company, Inc.,

Brea, dba Pacific Industrial Electric in the amount of $56,875.72 for total amount of

$199,827.72 from Airport Fund, Airport Emergency Generator Project Account for

Runway 16/34 Windsock Relocation and Emergency Generator Installation Project -

Riverside Municipal Airport - 6951 Flight Road (Ward 3)

Increase Change Order to Purchase Order 252741 with The Quality Plus Group,

Corona, for amount of $51,356.25, for total amount of $180,956.25, plus 15 percent

change order authority up to $27,143.44, for total contract amount not-to-exceed

$208,099.69 from Airport Fund, Airport Restrooms Renovation Project Account for

plumbing drain work replacement project updating two restrooms in main terminal

building - Riverside Municipal Airport - 6951 Flight Road (Ward 3)

City Clerk

Adopt an Ordinance of the City of Riverside, California, amending Chapter 2.78 of

the Riverside Municipal Code regarding Code of Ethics and Conduct - Waive

further reading (Intro. on 1-14-2025, All Wards)

Appoint Tony E. Platt to Airport Commission Ward 4 seat - File resignation of John

B. Lightfeldt from Airport Commission Ward 3 seat (All Wards)

Board and Commission reappointments to Commission on Aging, Commission on

Disabilities, and Commission of the Deaf effective March 1, 2025 (All Wards)

Minutes of January 7 and 14, 2025

City Council

Adopt an Ordinance of the City of Riverside, California, establishing the level of

compensation of the Mayor and providing certain fringe benefits, and repealing

Ordinance No. 7626 in its entirety - Waive further reading - Introduce an Ordinance

of the City of Riverside, California, establishing the level of compensation for

Members of the City Council and providing certain fringe benefits, and repealing

Ordinance No. 7627 in its entirety - A Resolution of the City Council of the City of

Riverside, California, amending Resolution No. 21052 and the Fringe Benefits and

Salary Plan to reflect the Five Percent (5%) Salary Adjustments for the Council

Member, Mayor Pro Tem, and Mayor Classifications; and to amend Section 15,

automobile allowance and reimbursement for expenses, Table 7 - automobile

allowance, to reflect the increase to the automobile allowance for Council Members

and Mayor Pro Tem from $350 to $500 - Waive further reading (Intro. on 1-14-25,

All Wards)

Community and Economic Development

Case PR-2024-001705 - Proposal by Riverside Unified School District for Street

Vacation and Traffic Pattern Modification Measures - A Resolution of the City

Council of the City of Riverside, California, declaring its intention to vacate portions

of Park Avenue, alleyway, and Fourteenth Street and setting the date, hour and

place of hearing, pursuant to the public streets, highways, and service easements

vacation law; and approve traffic pattern modification measures to convert portion of

Thirteenth Street into one-lane, one-way traffic, and construct a traffic circle at

intersection of Victoria Avenue and Thirteenth Street and facilitate construction of

Eastside Elementary School - Waive further reading - Schedule public hearing for

Tuesday, February 25, 2025, at 3 p.m. (Ward 1)

Case SD-2024-00017 - Proposal by Public Works Department for Street Vacation -

A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Riverside, California, declaring its

intention to vacate portions of Commerce Street and Third Street, situated between

Mission Avenue and Third Street to a portion North of Third Street, and setting the

date, hour, and place of hearing, pursuant to the public streets, highways, and

service easements vacation law to facilitate construction of future Third Street Grade

Separation

Waive further reading

Schedule public hearing for Tuesday,

February 25, 2025, at 3 p.m. (Ward 1)

Finance

Fiscal Year 2024-25 First Quarter Cash, Investments, and Debt Report (All Wards)

Fire

Appropriate $79,471.66 to Grants and Restricted Programs Fund Hawarden Fire

Program revenue and expenditure accounts for assistance provided to City

including Orange County Fire Authority for use of water dropping helicopter during

the Hawarden Fire incident - Five affirmative votes required (All Wards)

Establish renewed Inter-Agency Instructional Services Agreement (ISA) between

Riverside Community College District (RCCD) / Moreno Valley College (MVC) and

City of Riverside to facilitate District-approved continuing education and specialized

training provided by Riverside Fire Department generating $130,000 in estimated

revenue to support City of Riverside Fire Department’s training programs

Supplemental appropriation - Five affirmative votes required (All Wards)

Innovation and Technology

Purchase POSSE software upgrades and ePlans from Computronix (U.S.A.), Inc.,

Lakewood, Colorado, for $126,900 from Grants Restricted Programs Fund,

Building & Safety, Professional Services Account for City's regulatory, permitting,

and inspection processes through January 31, 2026 (All Wards)

Parks, Recreation, and Community Services

Sixth Amendment to Agreement with Inland Empire Landscape, Inc., San

Bernardino, for $802,665 from General Fund, Parks Recreation-Parks,

Neighborhood Maintenance Contract Account for landscape maintenance services

from February 1, through June 30, 2025, at City Neighborhood Parks (All Wards)

Police

Obligation document for United States Marshals Service Regional Fugitive Task

Force overtime reimbursement of not-to-exceed $189,000 in Grants & Restricted

Programs Fund, US Marshals Service 24/25 Program revenue and expenditure

accounts through September 30, 2025 - Supplemental appropriation

affirmative votes required (All Wards)

Five

U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Railroad Administration, Consolidated

Rail Infrastructure and Safety Improvements Program grant of $78,759 with City

match of $19,690 from General Fund, Police Department Special Operations,

Professional Services Account for overtime of two police officers, one police

sergeant, one outreach worker, and one code enforcement officer to patrol railways

and crossings in the City tentatively from April 1, 2025 through March 31, 2026 -

Supplemental appropriation - Funds transfer - Five affirmative votes required (All

Wards)

Public Utilities

Fiscal Year 2024-25 Tree Power Program - Purchase orders and changes orders

for Parkview Nursery, 4377 Chicago Avenue; Parkview Nursery, 3841 Jackson

Street; and Louie’s Nursery, 18550 Van Buren Boulevard for collective amount of

$462,968 - Request for Proposal 2325 Agreement with National Arbor Day

Foundation dba Arbor Day Foundation for $175,000 annually and 10 percent

contract contingency of $52,500 for not-to-exceed amount of $577,500 for software

to administer Tree Power Program for three-year period with two one-year

extension options (All Wards)

Public Works

Request for Proposal 2067 Agreement with Proactive Engineering Consultants, Inc.,

dba Principal of Q3 Consulting, Corona, for $395,875 from Storm Drain Fund, MDP

Monroe Channel Stage 5-SD Project Account for Monroe MDP Storm Drain

Channel Stage-5 Project through December 31, 2026, with six-month extension

option (Ward 5)

Request for Proposal 2362 Agreement with Retail Marketing Services, Inc., dba

CarTrac, Burbank, for prorated amount of $50,000 through June 30, 2025, annual

amount of $120,000, for $290,000, plus 15 percent contingency each fiscal year if

needed, for total contract amount not-to-exceed $333,500 from General Fund,

Non-Departmental Public Works, Shopping Cart Retrieval, Professional Services

Account for abandoned shopping cart retrieval services through June 30, 2027 with

two one-year extension options (All Wards)

Introduce an Ordinance of the City of Riverside, California amending Section

10.76.010 of the Riverside Municipal Code designating the Prima Facie Speed

Limits for streets and portions thereof in accordance with the provisions of Sections

10.20.020 and 10.20.030 to establish a 25 MPH speed limit zone on Appian Way

from Horace Street to Hawarden Drive, reduce established speed limit on Acorn

Street from Jurupa Avenue to Central Avenue from 45 MPH to 40 MPH, reduce

established speed limit on Mission Grove Parkway from Alessandro Boulevard to

Trautwein Road from 45 MPH to 40 MPH, establish a 25 MPH speed limit zone on

Airport Drive from Arlington Avenue to Flight Road, and establish a 25 MPH speed

limit on Gemende Drive from Airport Drive to easterly terminus (Wards 3 and 4)

DISCUSSION CALENDAR - Item# 28-30

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

Fiscal Year 2024-25 First Quarter Financial update

Appropriate Community

Facilities District (CFD) 2013-1 Kunny Ranch Fund for $179,975, CFD 2021-3

Bridle Ridge Fund for $30,000, Special Transit Fund $6,717,815, Grants and

Restricted Programs Fund for $250,000, General Fund Infrastructure Reserves for

$490,000, Interdepartmental Transfer to Office of Sustainability for $88,543.81,

Public Parking Fund - Public Works for $280,000, Grants and Restricted Programs

Fund for $24,416.95 - Supplemental appropriations - Interfund Transfers - Five

affirmative votes required (Finance) (All Wards) (15-minute presentation)

Strategic Purchasing Reform update and implementation of initiative aimed at

enhancing procurement efficiency, equity and strategic goal alignment (Finance)

(All Wards) (10-minute presentation)

Award Bid 8044 to Onyx Paving Company, Inc., Anaheim, for $3,456,000, from Gas

Tax and General Fund Minor Streets Rehab Accounts for construction of Fiscal

Year 2023-24 Arterial and Minor Streets Maintenance, Phase 1 (Public Works)

(Wards 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5) (5-minute presentation)

3 P.M.

PUBLIC HEARING

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.

Case PR-2024-001746 - Zoning Code Text Amendments to Titles 18 (Subdivision)

and 19 (Zoning) of the Riverside Municipal Code (RMC), including but not limited to

Title 18 Article IV (Requirements for Filing and Approval Process) and Title 19

Articles III (Nonconforming Provisions), V (Base Zones and Related Use and

Development Provisions), VI (Overlay Zones), VII (Specific Land Use Provisions),

VIII (Site Planning and General Development Provisions), IX (Land Use

Development and Permit Requirements/Procedures), and X (Definitions), and other

minor, non-substantive changes and technical corrections as required to provide

clarity, correct errors, or remove redundancy - Determine project is exempt from

further California Environmental Quality Review (CEQA) pursuant to Section

15061(b)(3) (General Rule), as it can be seen with certainty that approval of project

will not have an effect on environment - Introduce an Ordinance of the City of

Riverside, California, amending Section 18.150.050 and numerous sections of Title

19 of the Riverside Municipal Code regarding Zoning (Community and Economic

Development) (All Wards) (10-minute presentation)

CLOSED SESSIONS

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 v. City of Riverside,

Claim No.: 24-09-28

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

legal counsel concerning Jorge Franco v. City of Riverside, WCAB Claim No.(s):

080369/ADJ6630932,

01000089/ADJ2684455

090135/ADJ6630933,

980137/ADJ1088234 ,

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

from legal counsel concerning Historic Mission Inn Corporation v. City of Riverside,

a California municipal corporation, by and through its successor agency for the

(former) Redevelopment Agency of the City of Riverside, et al., Riverside County

Superior Court Case No. UDMV2301955

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

from legal counsel concerning City of Riverside v. The IG Group, LLC, Riverside

County Superior Court Case No. CVRI2405799

Pursuant to Government Code §54957 for selection of Interim City Attorney

Pursuant to Government Code §54956.9(d)(2) to confer with and/or receive advice

from legal counsel concerning anticipated litigation - one case

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

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

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

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

* * * * * * * * *

The next regular City Council meeting is scheduled for

Tuesday, February 4, 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.

View live Webcast of the City Council Meeting at:

www.RiversideCA.gov/Meeting or

www.WatchRiverside.com

Follow on Twitter:

City of Riverside (@riversidecagov)

Parks, Recreation, and Community Services (@rivcaparkandrec)

Riverside Fire Department (@RivCAFire)

Riverside Police Department (@RiversidePolice)

Riverside Public Utilities (@RPUNews)

* * * * * * * * *

missing persons, and evacuations of buildings or neighborhoods.