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 - Revised

Jim Perry

Steve Hemenway

Meeting Date: Tuesday, April 22, 2025

Publication Date: Friday, April 18, 2025

1:00 PM

City Hall - Art Pick Council Chamber

3900 Main Street, Riverside

Live Webcast at:

www.RiversideCA.gov/Meeting

Originally Published: April 10, 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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Members of the City Council and the public are reminded that they must preserve order

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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

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WAIVER OF SUNSHINE ORDINANCE

Waive Sunshine Ordinance to add Item No. 7a pursuant to Section 4.05.050(D)(1)

(1)(a) for completion of Fairmount Park Lake Dredging Project--With full quorum,

five affirmative votes required; with less than full quorum, four affirmative votes

required

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, April 28, 2025, Art

Pick Council Chamber

COMMUNICATIONS

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

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

PRESENTATIONS - Item # 5-7a

Mayor Lock Dawson to present a Proclamation to GRID Alternatives recognizing

April 22, 2025, as Earth Day (5-minute presentation)

Mayor Lock Dawson to present a Proclamation to Autism Society of Inland Empire

recognizing April as Autism Month (5-minute presentation)

RIVERSIDE PROSPERS Success Report - Orange Valley Lodge No. 13 (Ward 2)

(5-minute presentation)

Mayor Lock Dawson to present a Proclamation to the Armenian Apostolic Church of

Riverside recognizing April 24, 2025, as Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day

(5-minute presentation)

CONSENT CALENDAR - Item # 8-17

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

Outside counsel expenditures for October 1, through December 31, 2024, as

provided by outside counsel policy approved by City Council on June 16, 2015 (All

Wards)

City Clerk

Appoint Louise Borda to Human Resources Board Ward 3 seat and Joshua Fleming

to Human Resources Board Citywide seat - File resignation of Kittie Aleman from

Commission on Aging Ward 6 seat - Remove Sandra Polichetti from Board of

Public Utilities Ward 1 seat (All Wards)

Minutes of April 8, 2025

City Council

Mayor Pro Tem Mill recommends to receive and file a report from the City

Attorney’s Office regarding recently introduced Senate Bill 634, an act to add

Sections 11145.1 and 53069.44 to the Government Code, relating to homelessness

- Direct and authorize the City Manager to file an opposition letter on behalf of the

City (All Wards)

General Services

Approve change order to Purchase Order 251566 with Otis Elevator Company,

Anaheim, for $100,100, under Omnia Cooperative Purchasing Agreement

2019001563 for total Purchase Order amount of $150,000 from Public Parking

Maint/Repair of Bldgs

Improvements and General Fund Building Services

Maintenance, Professional Services Accounts for as-needed repairs of City of

Riverside elevators at various locations (All Wards)

Library

California State Library grant application for $43,366, or actual grant award for

Lunch at the Library Program - Supplemental appropriation - Five affirmative votes

required (All Wards)

Accept $10,000 donation from Riverside Public Library Foundation for Tool Lending

Library a community resource where people can borrow tools, equipment, and

instructional materials allowing access to tools without the need for purchase or

storage - Supplemental appropriation - Five affirmative votes required (All Wards)

Public Works

Implementation of speed humps along Green Orchard Place between Kingdom

Drive and Lone Peak Court and Ramona Drive between Brockton and Magnolia

Avenues (Wards 1 and 4)

Traffic circulation pilot project to prohibit thru and left-turn movements at eastbound

and westbound approaches at intersection of Market and Sixth Streets for 12-month

period (Ward 1)

A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Riverside, California, supporting the

development of a Vision Zero Policy and establishing an initial goal of reducing

traffic deaths and serious injuries by 50 percent by 2040 - Waive further reading -

Develop City of Riverside Vision Zero Action Plan (VZAP) in alignment with existing

national, state, and regional programs and grant funding requirements (All Wards)

DISCUSSION CALENDAR - Item # 18-19a

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.

California Department of Transportation grant acceptance of $6,209,870 with

City-match of $1,400,030, from Signal Controllers Upgrade Project, Pedestrian

Fencings & Crosswalk Upgrades Project, and Class II Buffered Bike Lanes project

accounts for total project funding of approximately $7,609,900 for 2024 Highway

Safety Improvement Program (HSIP) Cycle 12 Program for construction of 160 new

traffic signal controllers, installation of pedestrian median fencing, audible

pedestrian push button systems, high visibility crosswalks, multi-way stop sign

compliance improvements, and Class II buffered bike lane enhancements along Van

Buren Boulevard from Arlington Avenue to Magnolia Avenue - Supplemental

appropriation

Five affirmative votes required (Public Works) (All Wards)

(10-minute presentation)

Governmental Processes Committee recommends introduction of an Ordinance of

the City of Riverside, California, amending Chapter 4.05 of the Riverside Municipal

Code, the Sunshine Ordinance providing twelve-day noticing requirement for

regular meetings for City Council, City Council Standing Committees, Planning

Commission, Board of Public Utilities, and Community Police Review Commission

(City Attorney and City Clerk) (All Wards) (10-minute presentation)

19a

Change Order to Bid 8083 with MidCal Dredging, Inc., Riverdale, for $500,000 from

Regional Parks Special Capital Improvement Fund, Fairmount Lake Dredging

project Account for completion of Fairmount Park Lake Dredging Project

Supplemental appropriation - Five affirmative votes required (Park, Recreation and

Community Services) (Ward 1) (10-minute presentation)

CLOSED SESSIONS - Item # 19b-25

Time listed is approximate.

The City Council may adjourn to the below listed Closed

Sessions at their convenience during this City Council meeting.

19b

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

from legal counsel In the matter of application of Southern California Edison

Company (U338E) for a certificate of public convenience and necessity for the

RTRP Transmission Project; CPUC Proceeding No. A15-04-013 and CPUC

Decision 20-03-001 related thereto

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

from legal counsel concerning Jon Basil Markarounas v. City of Riverside, et al.,

Riverside County Superior Court Case No. CVRI2301636

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

from legal counsel concerning Huihsien Chiang v. Parking Concepts, et al.,

Riverside Superior Court Case No. CVRI2305474; Claim No: 23-03-36

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

from legal counsel concerning anticipated litigation - two cases

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

- seven cases

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

3 P.M.

PUBLIC HEARING - Item # 26-28

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.

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-36713) 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, in the R-1-1/2 Acre -

Single Family Residential Zone, in Ward 5.

Determine the proposed project is

exempt from additional environmental review pursuant to Section 15183 of the

California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) as the project is consistent with the

2025 General

Plan

Programmatic

Environmental

Impact

Report

(State

Clearinghouse Number: 2004021108) and its addendums (Community and

Economic Development) (Ward 5) (15-minute presentation)

2018-2019 United States Department of Housing and Urban Development Annual

Action Plan Amendment to cancel Community Development Block Grant funded City

of Riverside Museum Robinson House Restoration House project and reimburse

$155,684.45 of Community Development Block Grant funds to United States

Department of Housing and Urban Development - Authorize reimbursement of

155,684.45 of Community Development Block Grant funds from 220 Fund to United

States Department of Housing and Urban Development through HUD’s Line of Credit

Control System (LOCCS) (Housing and Human Services) (Ward 1) (10-minute

presentation)

Proposed Fiscal Year 2024-25 Master Fees and Charges Schedule - Introduce an

Ordinance of the City of Riverside, California, amending Chapter 3.30 of the

Riverside Municipal Code (RMC) Section 3.30.030 - Schedule of Regulation,

Product and Services, to add one subsection and five additional categories and

delete one category to the schedule of regulation, products, and services - Adopt a

resolution amending the City’s Master Fees and Charges Schedule for Fiscal Year

2024-25 - 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 various Development

Services Departments and other User Fees and Charges and Parking Bail

Schedule, and authorizing the Chief Financial Officer to amend the Master Fees

and Charges Schedule - Waive further reading (Finance) (All Wards) (10-minute

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, May 6, 2025

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