Board of Ethics

City of Riverside 3900 Main Street Riverside, CA 92522 (951) 826-5557 Board of Ethics Agenda Meeting Date: Thursday, November 5, 2020 5:00 PM View Virtual Meeting Publication Date: Wednesday, October 21, 2020 Live Webcast at www.engageriverside.com MISSION STATEMENT The City of Riverside is committed to providing high quality municipal services to ensure a safe, inclusive, and livable community The City of Riverside is committed to a workplace that requires acceptable behavior from everyone - a workplace that provides dignity, respect, and civility to our employees, customers, and the public. The Board of Ethics will conduct a virtual meeting. The Art Pick Council Chamber will not be open to the public. View live webcast at www.engageriverside.com. For telephone public comment call (951) 826-8600. Dial when the agenda item is called to be placed in the queue. Please follow along with the meeting via www.engageriverside.com, RiversideTV cable channels, or City social media live feeds to ensure you call in at the appropriate time for your item or items. Time is limited to 3 minutes. Public comments regarding items on this agenda or any matters within the jurisdiction of the Board can be submitted by eComment at www.engageriverside.com until two hours before the meeting. Email comments to City_Clerk@riversideca.gov. 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) 351-6162 at least 72 hours before the meeting, if possible. TTY users call 7-1-1 for telecommunications relay services (TRS). City of Riverside Page 1 Board of Ethics Agenda November 5, 2020 Agenda related writings or documents provided to the Board are available at www.engageriverside.com PLEASE NOTE--Individual audience participation is limited to 3 minutes. Dial (951) 826-8600 when the agenda item is called to be placed in the queue. Please follow along with the meeting via www.engageriverside.com to ensure you call in at the appropriate time for your item or items. CHAIR CALLS MEETING TO ORDER PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG 1 Oral communications from the public 2 Minutes of October 1 and 14, 2020 Attachments: 10-01-20 Minutes 10-14-20 Minutes 3 Excuse absence of Jessica Newman from October 14, 2020, meeting 4 Written statement of findings and decision for Allotta v. Plascencia - October 15, 2020 (Panel Members Foley, Ford, Keen, Newman, and Stahovich) Attachments: Report Statement of Findings 5 Brown Act Training - Question and Answer Brandon Mercer, Senior Deputy City Attorney 6 Ad Hoc Committee report on validation process for appointed and elected officials to vet policy proposals and amendment of complaint after filing Members Huerta, Foley, Newman, and Vega 7 Adding evidence by the public to ethics complaint hearing record Gloria Huerta, Member 8 Report on Inclusiveness, Community Engagement, and Governmental Processes Committee and City Council actions Keith Nelson, Chair 9 Report of meetings and activities by Board Members City of Riverside Page 2 Board of Ethics Agenda November 5, 2020 Keith Nelson, Chair 10 Riverside Municipal Code Chapter 2.78 Code of Ethics and Conduct and Chapter 2.80 Board of Ethics review and recommendations Attachments: Code of Ethics and Conduct Board of Ethics 11 Items for future Board consideration as requested by Board of Ethics Members The next Board of Ethics meeting is scheduled for December 3, 2020, at 5 p.m. ********* View live Webcast of the Board Meeting: RiversideCA.gov/Meeting or www.engageriverside.com ********* Sign up to receive critical information such as unexpected road closures, utility outages, missing persons, and evacuations of buildings or neighborhoods. www.RiversideAlert.com City of Riverside Page 3