Mayor  
City of Riverside  
Patricia Lock Dawson  
Councilmembers:  
City Council  
Erin Edwards  
Clarissa Cervantes  
Ronaldo Fierro  
Chuck Conder  
Gaby Plascencia  
Jim Perry  
Agenda - Revised  
Steve Hemenway  
Meeting Date: Tuesday, May 2, 2023  
Publication Date: Friday, April 28, 2023  
3:00 PM  
City Hall - Art Pick Council Chamber  
3900 Main Street, Riverside  
Live Webcast at:  
Originally Published: April 20, 2023  
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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.  
3 P.M.  
MAYOR CALLS MEETING TO ORDER  
PUBLIC COMMENT  
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1
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COMMUNICATIONS  
2
Intergovernmental relations and legislative update (City Manager) (All Wards)  
(5-minute presentation)  
3
4
5
6
Homeless solutions update (City Manager) (All Wards) (5-minute presentation)  
Sustainability update (City Manager) (All Wards) (5-minute presentation)  
Legal Update (City Attorney) (All Wards) (5-minute presentation)  
Declaration of conflicts of interest on any agenda items (City Council)  
PRESENTATION  
City Clerk Department overview and employee recognition - Mayor Lock Dawson to  
7
present proclamation to City Clerk Donesia Gause recognizing April 30 through May  
6, 2023, as Municipal Clerk's Week (15-minute presentation)  
Attachments:  
DISCUSSION CALENDAR  
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7a  
A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Riverside, California, declaring its  
intention to grant an exclusive Residential and Commercial Solid Waste Hauling  
Franchise to Arakelian Enterprises, Inc., doing business as Athens Services, and  
fixing the time and place for a public hearing before the City Council of the City of  
Riverside - A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Riverside, California,  
providing notice to current Non-Exclusive Commercial Solid Waste Collection  
Service Providers pursuant to Public Resources Code Section 49520 regarding  
continuation services 5-year period - Waive further reading - Schedule public  
hearing for May 16, 2023, at 3:00 p.m.  
Reject proposal from Burrtec Waste  
Industries, Inc. as non-responsive (Public Works) (All Wards) (15-minute  
presentation)  
Attachments:  
CLOSED SESSIONS  
Time listed is approximate.  
Sessions at their convenience during this City Council meeting.  
The City Council may adjourn to the below listed Closed  
8
Pursuant to Government Code §54957(a) for consultation with Chief of Police Larry  
Gonzalez and Chief Information Officer George Khalil regarding threat to public  
services or facilities  
Attachments:  
9
Pursuant to Government Code §54956.9(d)(2) to confer with and/or receive advice  
from legal counsel concerning anticipated litigation - one case  
Attachments:  
10  
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:  
11  
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:  
12  
Pursuant to Government Code §54957 for performance evaluation of City Attorney  
Attachments:  
13  
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 unrepresented employee: City  
Attorney  
Attachments:  
14  
Pursuant to Government Code §54957 for performance evaluation of City Clerk  
Attachments:  
15  
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 unrepresented employee: City  
Clerk  
Attachments:  
6:15 P.M.  
INVOCATION - Councilmember Perry  
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG  
MAYOR/COUNCILMEMBER COMMUNICATIONS  
16  
Brief reports on conferences, seminars, and regional meetings attended by Mayor  
and City Council, Ward updates, and announcements of upcoming events  
Announcement of Committee meetings:  
Inclusiveness, Community Engagement, and Governmental Processes Committee at  
3:30 p.m. on Wednesday, May 3, 2023, Art Pick Council Chamber  
Land Use, Sustainability and Resilience Committee at 3:30 p.m. on Monday, May 8,  
2023, Art Pick Council Chamber  
PRESENTATIONS  
17  
Mayor Lock Dawson to present a Proclamation to California School for the Deaf  
Athletics Director Jeremias Valencia for CIF Southern Section Football  
Championship, Division 1 (5-minute presentation)  
Attachments:  
18  
Mayor Lock Dawson to present 2022 City Spirit Award to Francisca Beltran for her  
extraordinary deeds, community spirit, citizenship, and dedication to enhancing the  
quality of life in the City of Riverside (5-minute presentation)  
PUBLIC COMMENT  
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19  
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CONSENT CALENDAR - Item # 21-35  
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.  
20  
Announcement of Measure Z Funded Item Nos. 25 and 29  
Attachments:  
City Clerk  
21  
Minutes of April 18, 2023  
Attachments:  
22  
Appoint Terrylene Sacchetti to Commission of the Deaf Ward 2 seat and Gianna F.  
Visco to Commission of the Deaf Youth Ex Officio seat - File resignation of Patrick  
Taber from Park and Recreation Commission Citywide seat - Remove Don E. Coon  
from Commission on Disabilities Ward 7 seat (All Wards)  
Attachments:  
City Council  
23  
Mobility and Infrastructure Committee recommends implementation of temporary  
cul-de-sac six-month pilot project at westerly terminus of Abernathy Drive at  
intersection with Perthshire Place (Ward 2)  
Attachments:  
24  
Inclusiveness, Community Engagement, and Governmental Processes Committee  
recommends Community Support Grant program by Human Relations Commission  
in partnership with Riverside's Neighborhood Engagement Division to invest in  
nonprofits and community organizations (All Wards)  
Attachments:  
Fire  
25  
MEASURE Z - Purchase of two 2024 Rosenbauer Type 1 Commander Pumpers  
from Rosenbauer Minnesota, LLC., Wyoming, Minnesota, for $2,595,480 from  
Measure Z Vehicle Replacement Account for Fire Department Public Safety vehicle  
replacement - Five affirmative votes required (All Wards)  
Attachments:  
26  
Reimbursement of $103,471.38 from Riverside Community College District/Moreno  
Valley for Fire Department instructional hours per Inter-Agency Instructional  
Services Agreement - Supplemental appropriation - Five affirmative votes required  
(All Wards)  
Attachments:  
27  
Purchase of mobile barrier equipment from Meridian Rapid Defense Group for  
$113,755.30 from UASI Fund, UASI FY 2019 Expenditure Account for Fire  
Department's Office of Emergency Management (All Wards)  
Attachments:  
General Services  
28  
Purchase of one heavy duty aerial personnel-lift vehicle from Altec Industries, Inc.,  
Birmingham, Alabama, for $218,990 from Measure A Fund, New Traffic Signals  
Project Account for Public Works Traffic Signal Maintenance Division (All Wards)  
Attachments:  
Public Works  
29  
MEASURE Z - Award Bid 7908 to R.J. Noble Company, Orange, for $10,272,720  
from Measure Z Pavement Rehab. and Ped. Facilities, Measure A Major Street  
Rehab, and Gas Tax Pedestrian Ramps Slurry Seal/Asphalt Rubber Aggregate  
Membrane Accounts for Fiscal Year 2021/22 Arterial and Minor Streets  
Maintenance, Phase 2 at various locations throughout City (Wards 1, 2, 3 and 4)  
Attachments:  
30  
Award Bid 7974 to E.J. Meyer Company, Yucaipa, for $7,848,888 with 10 percent  
change order authority for total contract amount of $8,633,776 from Van Buren  
Sewer-Woodcrest Account for gravity sewer and force main pipelines installation on  
Van Buren Boulevard (Ward 4)  
Attachments:  
31  
Federal Highway Safety Improvement Program (HSIP) Cycle XI grant acceptance  
of $7,815,420 for equipment and implementation of new leading pedestrian interval  
signal timing, and installation of median barrier and high friction surface treatment  
on Mission Inn Avenue between Redwood Avenue and Scout Lane (Ward 1)  
Attachments:  
32  
Bid 7928 - Reject all bids and release related bid bonds for Magnolia Avenue Sewer  
Force Main Rehabilitation (Wards 6 and 7)  
Attachments:  
33  
A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Riverside, California, (1) declaring  
that the emergency repair work for the Emergency Work to the Water Quality  
Control Plant Gas Line to be of urgent necessity for the preservation of life, health,  
or property and waiving the formal competitive procurement requirements of City  
Charter Section 1109; and (2) authorizing the expenditure for additional cost of  
$62,732.51 for total of $112,682.51, to A.M. Ortega Construction, Inc., for the  
emergency repairs - Waive further reading - Five affirmative votes required - 5950  
Acorn Road (Ward 3)  
Attachments:  
34  
35  
This item has been moved to Discussion Calendar at 3 p.m. as Item No. 7a  
Final Tract Map 37732 - Nolan Leggio of Lurin Land, LLC. - Subdivide three parcels  
into an 81-lot Planned Residential Development consisting of detached single-family  
dwellings, private streets, and common space - A Resolution of the City Council of  
the City of Riverside, California, accepting the Final Map of Tract No. 37732 -  
Waive further reading  
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Agreement and sureties for installation and faithful  
performance of improvements and labor and material bonds - South side of Lurin  
Avenue and west of Barton Road (Ward 4)  
Attachments:  
DISCUSSION CALENDAR  
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35a  
CONTINUED FROM APRIL 25, 2023 - Commemorative flags for display at City Hall  
and other City facilities incorporating input by the Human Relation Commission -  
Provide direction on suggested groups of people or causes where commemorative  
flags have not been established or recognized (General Services) (All Wards)  
(15-minute presentation)  
Attachments:  
COMMUNICATIONS  
36  
37  
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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