City Council

City of Rialto Council Chambers 150 S. Palm Ave Rialto, CA 92376 Regular Meeting Tuesday, March 11, 2025 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 Joe Baca Mayor Pro Tem Ed Scott Council Member Andy Carrizales Council Member Karla Perez Council Member Edward Montoya Jr. City Clerk Barbara A. McGee City Treasurer Edward Carrillo Eric Vail, City Attorney Tanya Williams, City Manager City Council Regular Meeting March 11, 2025 HOW TO REVIEW THE AGENDA. ALL AGENDAS ARE POSTED IN THE CITY HALL ADMINISTRATION BUILDING (150 SOUTH PALM AVENUE, RIALTO) AT LEAST 72 HOURS IN ADVANCE OF THE MEETING. 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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 Next Ordinance No. 1700 Next Resolution No. 8330 Page 2 Printed on 3/6/2025 City Council Regular Meeting March 11, 2025 6:30 p.m. OPEN SESSION Called to Order By: ROLL CALL PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE - Mayor Joe Baca INVOCATION - Pastor Harry Bratton - Greater Faith Grace Bible Church PRESENTATIONS AND PROCLAMATIONS 1 25-0181 Certificates of Recognition - Rialto Sea Turtles Swim Team - SCSL Winter Championship Meet taking 1st place in Division 2 - Mayor Joe Baca 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 25-0175 Warrant Resolution No. 2025-32 B.2 25-0176 Warrant Resolution No. 2025-33 Page 3 Printed on 3/6/2025 City Council Regular Meeting March 11, 2025 C. CLAIMS AGAINST THE CITY - FOR INFORMATION ONLY C.1 25-0185 21st Century Casualty CO A/S/O Sohnu C.2 25-0186 Ramrod Senior Housing Inc. C.3 25-0187 Ares Luis Carrillo C.4 25-0188 Franklin Luces Rojas Jr. Rosmary A. Lopez Martinez D. MISCELLANEOUS D.1 25-0135 Request City Council to: (1) Approve the submission of a grant application for additional funding in the amount of $300,000 from the Clean Mobility Options (CMO) program to support the fourth year of Rialto’s Bike Share Program. (2) Authorize the City Manager of their designee to sign all necessary documents to complete this grant application. D.2 25-0148 Request City Council Approve a Lease Agreement with Grace Lutheran Church to Continue the City’s Onsite Community Garden Program. D.3 25-0149 Request City Council to: 1) Authorize Staff to Submit an Application to San Bernardino County Transportation (SBCTA) for the Development of Smart Arterial Corridors in the San Bernardino Valley; and 2) Authorize the City Manager or Their Designee to Execute all Documents. D.4 25-0159 Request City Council to: 1) Approve an Agreement authorizing Southern California Gas Company to maintain two Advanced Meter systems on City Streetlights and to undertake all activities related to the installation, maintenance, operation, use, repair, replacement, improvement, alteration, inspection, testing and removal of the Advanced Meter systems, and 2) Authorize the City Manager to Execute all Related Documents. D.5 25-0169 Request City Council to: (1) Ratify the submission of a grant application to the LA84 Foundation for the Learn to Swim Grant in the amount of $10,000; (2) Authorize the City Manager or designee to execute all related documents necessary for grant application. D.6 25-0172 Request City Council to Approve 1) A Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Willow Village Apartment Complex for Mobile Recreation programming, establishing a one-year term with the option to extend for up to five additional one-year terms; and 2) Authorization for the City Manager or their designee to execute all necessary documents to implement the agreement. Page 4 Printed on 3/6/2025 City Council Regular Meeting March 11, 2025 D.7 25-0158 Request City Council to Adopt Proposed Resolution No. 8327. A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Rialto, California, Ordering the Summary Vacation of a Water Easement Previously Dedicated to the City via a Grant of Water Easement No. 1280 Recorded February 21, 1986, as Instrument No. 86-046983 of Official Records for Precise Plan of Design (PPD) 2022-0056 located at the northwest corner of Cactus Avenue and Rialto Avenue. D.8 25-0174 Request City Council to Receive and File for Future Audit the Treasurer ’s Investment Report as of January 31, 2025. D.9 25-0183 Request City Council to authorize the application for FY26 Community Project Funding for Federal Appropriations. D.10 25-0178 Request City Council to approve second reading for adoption of Ordinance No. 1699 Amending Chapters 2.16, 2.18, 2.20, 2.22, 2.24, 2.27, and 4.01, and repealing Chapters 2.25, 2.64 and 2.68 of the Rialto Municipal Code to consolidate and Reorganize the City’s commissions reducing the number of commissions from (9) to (4). TAB PUBLIC HEARING TAB1 25-0168 Request City Council to: (1) Conduct Public Hearing continued from February 25, 2025, to solicit public comments from interested citizens; (2) Adopt Resolution No. 8328 approving Substantial Amendment No. 7 to the Fiscal Year 2020-2021 Annual Action Plan; (3) Authorize the City Manager or designee to submit the Substantial Amendment of Annual Action Plan to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD); (4) Authorize the City Manager or her designee to take all actions necessary to implement the programs identified in the AAP; and (5) Authorize the City Manager or designee, to make all conforming modifications and edits, and to execute all implementing documents required by HUD in a form approved by the City Attorney. (ACTION) Page 5 Printed on 3/6/2025 City Council Regular Meeting March 11, 2025 TAB NEW BUSINESS TAB2 25-0023 Request City Council to: 1) Accept Real Property Appraisals, Establishing Just Compensation for the Locust Roadway Widening and Rehabilitation Project, City Project No. 230812; 2) Accept the Waiver Valuation Reports for the Project; 3) Adopt Resolution No. 8329 Amending the 2024-2025 Fiscal Budget and Appropriating $3,500,000 in the Regional Traffic Development Impact Fee (DIF) Towards the Project; 4) Authorize the City Manager or Their Designee to Negotiate and Execute Agreements for Property Dedications for An Amount Not To Exceed $3,200,000; 5) Authorize a Contract Change Order to Mark Thomas Pursuant to their On-Call Professional Services Agreement for Professional Civil Engineering Services in An Amount Not To Exceed $254,710 for 11 Parcels Identified on Locust Avenue in Need of Corrective Right-of-Way Acquisition; and 6) Authorize the City Manager or Their Designee to Execute all Related Documents. (ACTION) TAB3 25-0130 Request City Council to: 1) Award a Contract Services Agreement with St. Francis Electric, LLC, for Traffic Signal Maintenance and Repair Services in the amount of $700,000 for Fiscal Year 2025/2026; and 2) Authorize the City Manager or Their Designee to Execute all Related Documents. (ACTION) TAB4 25-0131 Request City Council to 1) Award of a Construction Contract to Hardy & Harper, Inc., in the amount of $1,810,000 for the Bloomington, Casa Grande, and Maple Improvements, City Project No. 25082; (2) Authorize a Contract Change Order in the amount of $359,777 with SPECS Engineering Group, Inc. pursuant to the City’s “On-Call” Agreement for Construction Management, Inspection, and Materials Testing Services for Bloomington, Casa Grande and Maple Improvements, City Project No. 25082; and (3) Authorize the City Manager or Their Designee to Execute all Related Documents. (ACTION) TAB5 25-0132 Request City Council to: 1) Award a Construction Contract to CT&T Concrete Paving Inc. in the Amount of $777,636.00 for the Construction of the Bemis Elementary Safe Routes to School (SRTS) Improvements Project, City Project No. 240805; 2) Authorize a Contract Change Order Request in the amount of $111,800.00 with Onward Engineering pursuant to the City’s “On-Call” Agreement for Construction Management, Inspection, and Materials Testing Services for the Bemis Elementary SRTS Improvements Project, City Project No. 240805 and 3) Authorize the City Manager or their Designee to Execute all Related Documents. (ACTION) Page 6 Printed on 3/6/2025 City Council Regular Meeting March 11, 2025 TAB6 25-0180 Request City Council to (1) Authorize the Purchase of Two PowerEdge R7625 Servers, One PowerEdge R6615 Server, Two PowerEdge 7615 Servers, and Related Chassis, Equipment, Hardware, and Software from Dell Technologies for a Total Cost of $293,865.56; and (2) Authorize the City Manager or her Designee to Execute all Documents. (ACTION) TAB7 25-0179 Request City Council to (1) Authorize the Purchase of Fourteen (14) CommandCentral AXS Dispatch Consoles, Fourteen (14) APX 6500 Mobile Radios, Site Networking Equipment, Including Accessories, from Motorola Solutions, Inc. for a Total Cost of $1,133,900.00; (2) Authorize the City Manager or her Designee to Execute all Documents. (ACTION) CLOSED SESSION 1 25-0184 CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL - ANTICIPATED LITIGATION Discussion of whether to Initiate Litigation pursuant to Government Code 54956.9(d)(4) One (1) matter. MAYOR: COUNCIL MEMBERS: CITY ATTORNEY: CITY MANAGER: ADJOURNMENT Page 7 Printed on 3/6/2025