City Council
Regular MeetingRialto, CA · March 9, 2021
Agenda
City of Rialto
Regular Meeting
Tuesday, March 9, 2021
CLOSED SESSION TIME: 5:00 PM
OPEN SESSION TIME: 6:30 PM
CITY COUNCIL, City of Rialto, acting as Successor Agency to the
Redevelopment Agency, RIALTO UTILITY AUTHORITY, RIALTO
HOUSING AUTHORITY
City Council
Mayor Deborah Robertson
Mayor Pro Tem Ed Scott
Council Member Rafael Trujillo
Council Member Andy Carrizales
Council Member Karla Perez
Barbara A. McGee City Clerk
Edward Carrillo City Treasurer
Eric Vail Interim City Attorney
Sean Grayson Acting City Manager
City Council Regular Meeting March 9, 2021
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Next Ordinance No.1659 Next Resolution No. 7719
Called to Order By:
ROLL CALL
Rialto – Entering a Second Century of Progress
• Rialto will be a Family First Community
• Rialto Shall Attract High-Quality Development and Improve its Physical Environment
• Rialto’s Economic Environment will be Healthy and Diverse
• Rialto will be an Active Community
All items listed on this agenda are being considered and/or acted upon by the City Council on behalf of the City of Rialto,
except for such items as are designated by the “RUA,” “RHA,” which items are being considered and/or acted upon by the
Members of the Rialto Utility Authority or Rialto Housing Authority of the City of Rialto in its separate legal capacity .
For convenience and ease of administration only, the agendas for each separate legal body have been consolidated herein
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5:00 p.m.
CLOSED SESSION
1 21-0074 CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL - ANTICIPATED LITIGATION
Decision whether to initiate litigation
Pursuant to Government Code section 54956.9(d)(4)
One (1) matter
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6:30 p.m.
Called to Order By:
ROLL CALL
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE - Council Member Karla Perez
INVOCATION - Reverend Briccio Tamoro, SVD - St. Catherine of Siena
Catholic Church
City Attorney’s Report on Closed Session
PRESENTATIONS AND PROCLAMATIONS
1 21-0066 Congressman Pete Aguilar - American Rescue Plan - Plan Estimate
2 21-0073 Proclamation - Red Cross Month - Mayor Deborah Robertson
ORAL COMMUNICATIONS
City Council to consider removing or continuing any items on the agenda
NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC
All matters listed under Consent Calendar are considered to be routine by the City Council and will be enacted by one
motion in the following form listed. There will be no separate discussion on these items. If discussion is required, the item
will be removed from the Consent Calendar and will be considered separately. Vote may be by roll call.
CONSENT CALENDAR
A. WAIVE FULL READING OF ORDINANCES
The Council hereby waives the full reading of any ordinance to be introduced or approved at this meeting and such
ordinance shall be read by title only.
B. APPROVAL OF WARRANT RESOLUTIONS
B.1 21-0062 Warrant Resolution No. 33 (02/25/2021)
B.2 21-0063 Warrant Resolution No. 34 (03/04/2021)
C. CLAIMS AGAINST THE CITY
C.1 21-0064 Anthony Lynch - Property
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D. SET PUBLIC HEARING
D.1 21-0046 Request City Council to Set a Public Hearing for March 23, 2021, to
Approve an Interim Urgency Ordinance Extending a Temporary Moratorium
on the Cultivation of Industrial Hemp by “Established Agricultural Research
Institutions” and Others.
(ACTION)
E. MISCELLANEOUS
E.1 21-0060 Request City Council to Approve Professional Service Agreement with
Hanna, Brophy, MacLean, McAleer & Jensen, LLP as Special Counsel for
Attorney Services Related to Worker’s Compensation Matters fort the City
of Rialto.
E.2 21-0070 Request City Council to Adopt Resolution No. 7714 Establishing a
Procedure for Industrial Disability Retirement Determinations of Local
Safety Officer Employees of the Public Employees’ Retirement System.
E.3 21-0021 Request City Council to Adopt Resolution No. 7715 Approving the
Industrial Disability Retirement of Police Sergeant Robert Muir.
E.4 20-0994 Request City Council to Approve an Increase of $33,000 to the Annual
Purchase Order with Code 4 Investigations Services (Thomas E. Gibby)
for Police Employee Background Services Through June 2021 for a Total
of $48,000.
E.5 21-0030 Request City Council to Approve an Increase of $13,600 to the Annual
Purchase Order with Prestigious Investigative Services, Inc. for Police
Employee Background Services Through June 2021 for a Total of
$28,600.
TAB PUBLIC HEARING
TAB1 21-0051 Request City Council to Conduct a Public Hearing and Solicit Public
Comments from Interested Citizens to Consider and Approve the City’s
Substantial Amendment No. 3 Revised Budget Amounts to CDBG-CV
Activities within the 2019-2020 Annual Action Plan.
(ACTION)
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NEW BUSINESS
TAB2 21-0048 Request City Council to 1) Approve the Mid-Year Budget Report; 2)
Approve Resolution No. 7716 for Mid-Year Budget Adjustments; 3)
Approve Resolution No.01-21 for RUA Mid-Year Budget Adjustments;
and 4) Approve Resolution No. 7717 Updating the Citywide
Classification and Compensation Table for Full-Time and Part-Time
Employees, Effective March 10, 2021.
(ACTION)
TAB3 21-0047 Request City Council to 1) Award Professional Services Agreement to
Kimley-Horn in an Amount Not-to-Exceed $193,025 for Preparation of the
6th Cycle Housing Element and 2) Adopt Resolution No.7718 Accepting
the SB 2 Planning Grants Program Funding, Authorizing an Increase in
Estimated Revenue in the Amount of $310,000 in Major Project Grant Fund
Account No. 223-400-1752-7640, and Approving an Appropriation of
$310,000 in Major Project Grant Fund Account No. 223-500-1752-2011.
(ACTION)
TAB4 21-0043 Request City Council to Approve the Purchase of Three (3) 2021 BMW
R1250 RT-P Motorcycles from BMW Motorcycles of Riverside in the
Amount of $102,527.
(ACTION)
TAB5 21-0044 Request City Council to Authorize the Purchase of Forty (40) Motorola
APX 6500 Mobile Radios and Forty-Four (44) Motorola APX 6000
Portable Radios from Motorola Solutions, Inc. for a Total Cost of $499,837.
(ACTION)
TAB6 21-0061 Request City Council to Receive an Update on, Confirm the Continued
Existence of, and provide any further direction in relation to the Local
Emergency Throughout the City of Rialto in Response to the COVID-19
Outbreak.
(ACTION)
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REPORTS
MAYOR:
COUNCIL MEMBERS:
CITY ATTORNEY:
CITY MANAGER:
ADJOURNMENT
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