City Council
Regular MeetingRiverside, CA · November 18, 2014
Agenda
City of Riverside 3900 Main St.
Riverside, CA 92522
(951) 826-5557
City Council
Revised
Agenda
Tuesday, November 18, 2014 3:00 PM Art Pick Council Chamber
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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reference. Items may be taken out of order upon request of the Mayor or Members of the
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3 P.M.
MAYOR CALLS MEETING TO ORDER
PUBLIC HEARINGS/PLANNING REFERRALS AND APPEALS
Audience participation is encouraged.
1 A Resolution of the City Council of Riverside, California, confirming the Annual
Report of the Riverside Downtown Partnership acting in its capacity as the
Advisory Board to the Downtown Parking and Business Improvement Area and
levying assessments for calendar year 2015 - Waive further reading (Wards 1 and
2)
Attachments: Report
Resolution
Annual Report
Comment
WORKSHOP
2 Case P14-0359 - City of Riverside - Proposed amendments to Title 19 regarding
sale of alcohol (All Wards)
Attachments: Report
RMC Chapter 19
Nonconforming Structures and Uses
Uses Table
Proposed Revisions
Definitions
PC Report
Minutes
DISCUSSION CALENDAR
This portion of the City Council Agenda is for all matters where staff and public
participation is anticipated. Individual audience participation is limited to 3 minutes.
3 This item has been moved to Consent Calendar. See Item No. 29a.
4 Public Comment Period - This is the portion of the meeting specifically set aside to
invite your comments regarding any matters within the jurisdiction of the City
Council - Individual audience participation is limited to 3 minutes and you will be
asked to state your name and city of residence. Please complete and submit a
speaker card to the City Clerk.
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CLOSED SESSIONS
Time listed is approximate. The City Council may adjourn to the below listed Closed
Sessions at their convenience during this City Council meeting.
5 Pursuant to Government Code §54956.9(d)(1) to confer with and/or receive advice
from legal counsel concerning City of Riverside v. Nick E. Clayton, et al., Riverside
Superior Court Case No.: RIC1203489
Attachments: Report
6 Pursuant to Government Code §54956.9(d)(1) to confer with and/or receive advice
from legal counsel concerning Steve Horton v. City of Riverside, WCAB Claim No.
(s): ADJ3619618; ADJ3536465; ADJ1568817; ADJ336351; ADJ8258868;
ADJ8860577
Attachments: Report
7 Pursuant to Government Code §54956.9(d)(2) to confer with and/or receive advice
from legal counsel concerning one case of anticipated litigation
Attachments: Report
8 Pursuant to Government Code §54956.9(d)(4) to confer with and/or receive advice
from legal counsel concerning one case of anticipated litigation
Attachments: Report
9 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, 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: Report
10 Pursuant to Government Code §54957 for appointment of Interim City Manager by
City Council
Attachments: Report
11 Pursuant to Government Code §54957 for appointment of City Attorney and City
Manager by City Council
Attachments: Report
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6:15 P.M.
12 Airport Commission report by Chair Jim Stewart (Ward 3)
Attachments: Report
6:30 P.M.
INVOCATION - Councilmember Soubirous
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG - Girl Scout Troop 1079
PRESENTATIONS
13 Mayor Bailey to call upon Community Development Director Al Zelinka to
recognize Code Enforcement Officer II Matthew Ramos as the 2014 Code
Enforcement Service Excellence Award Honoree
14 Mayor Bailey to call upon Neighborhoods Senior Planner Yvette Sennewald to
introduce the Riverside Neighborhood Partnership Leadership Academy
Graduates
15 RIVERSIDE PRIDE Success Report - Arlington High School volunteer Donnie
Edison (Ward 5)
Attachments: Report
DISCUSSION CALENDAR
This portion of the City Council Agenda is for all matters where staff and public
participation is anticipated. Individual audience participation is limited to 3 minutes.
16 Utility Services/Land Use/Energy Development Committee recommends
Agreement with Hopkins Kirin Facilities Group, LLC, for $49,850 for preparation of
feasibility study for development of events arena - Sely. corner of Market and Third
Streets (Ward 1)
Attachments: Report
Agreement
17 Public Comment Period - This is the portion of the meeting specifically set aside to
invite your comments regarding any matters within the jurisdiction of the City
Council - Individual audience participation is limited to 3 minutes and you will be
asked to state your name and city of residence. Please complete and submit a
speaker card to the City Clerk.
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CONSENT CALENDAR
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. Removed consent items will be discussed
immediately after adoption of the balance of the Consent Calendar.
City Attorney
18 Reimbursement of $11,750 for attorney fees and costs associated with property
receivership, rehabilitation, and sale - 3350 Bernard Street - Supplemental
appropriation (All Wards)
Attachments: Report
City Clerk
19 Minutes of November 4, 2014
Attachments: Minutes
City Council
20 Councilmember Melendrez requests substitution for Councilmember Mac Arthur
on Development Committee for status of Successor Agency-owned property
discussion - 2731-2871 University Avenue (Ward 2)
Attachments: Report
21 Announcement of committee meetings:
Public Safety Committee at 1 p.m. on Wednesday, November 19, 2014, Mayor’s
Ceremonial Room
Community Services and Youth Committee at 3 p.m. on Wednesday, November
19, 2014, Seventh Floor Conference Room
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Community Development
22 2014-15 Housing and Urban Development Annual Action Plan Amendment and
Agreement with Community Settlement Association to re-allocate $30,158 of
Community Development Block Grant funds from Unprogrammed Funds to
Community Settlement Association Re-Roof Project Account for main building roof
replacement - Funds transfer - 4336 Bermuda Avenue (Ward 2)
Attachments: Report
Aerial Photo
23 Supportive Housing Program Agreement with Riverside County Department of
Public Social Services for $118,918 grant with City match of $30,441 from
Community Development Block Grant funds and Autumn Ridge Apartments
residual income for operation of eight units for chronically homeless individuals
through December 31, 2015 - Supplemental appropriation - 8911 Indiana Avenue
(Ward 5)
Attachments: Report
Agreement
24 Case P13-0747 - Brett Smirl of Spectrum Services on behalf of Verizon Wireless -
Conditional use permit to construct 60-foot-high wireless telecommunications
facility camouflaged as broadleaf tree on approximately 3.22-acre site developed
with multiple office and warehouse buildings - Determine proposed project will not
have a significant effect on the environment based upon the findings set forth in
the case record - Adopt Negative Declaration - 8000 Lincoln Avenue (Ward 4)
Attachments: Report
Recommended Conditions
PC Report
Minutes
25 Case P13-1020 - Smartlink, LLC, on behalf of Verizon Wireless - Conditional use
permit to construct 60-foot-high wireless telecommunications facility camouflaged
as pine tree on approximately 4.02-acre site developed with commercial
self-storage facility - Determine proposed project will not have a significant effect
on the environment based upon the findings set forth in the case record - Adopt
Negative Declaration - 4011 Fairgrounds Street (Ward 1)
Attachments: Report
Recommended Conditions
PC Report
Minutes
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26 Cases P14-0026 and P14-0027 - McDonalds Corporation, LLC - Conditional use
permit to allow drive-thru business and design review of plot plan and building
elevations for construction of approximately 5,160-square-foot fast food restaurant
including indoor play area, indoor and outdoor eating areas, approximately
220-foot-long side-by-side drive-thru, and variance related to screening from
adjacent residentially zoned parcel - Determine proposed project will not have
significant effect on environment based upon findings set forth in the case record -
Adopt Negative Declaration - 10952 Magnolia Avenue (Ward 6)
Attachments: Report
Conditions
PC Report
Minutes
Revised Elevations
27 Sub-grant by Riverside County Department of Public Health from United States
Department of Agriculture Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Education
funds through California State Department of Public Health Nutrition Education
and Obesity Prevention Branch - First Amendment to Agreements with El Sol
Neighborhood Educational Center and From Lot to Spot, Inc., for $47,000 and
$10,000, respectively, for Nutrition Education and Obesity Prevention Program and
community garden outreach coordination through September 30, 2015 (All Wards)
Attachments: Report
Scope of Work
Budget Justification
El Sol Agreement
From Lot to Spot Agreement
Finance
28 Monthly investment summary and financial reports for September 2014 - Delegate
investment responsibility to Chief Financial Officer/Treasurer for up to one year (All
Wards)
Attachments: Report
Financial Report
Investment Report
Debt Report
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29 Agreement with Sequoia Financial Services for debt collection services through
September 30, 2016 (All Wards)
Attachments: Report
Agreement
Fire
29a A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Riverside, California, declaring its
intention to grant an ambulance medical transport franchise to Care Ambulance
Service, Inc. and fixing the time and place for a public hearing before the City
Council of the City of Riverside - Waive further reading - Schedule public hearing
for 3 p.m. on December 9, 2014 (All Wards)
Attachments: Report
Resolution
General Services
30 Lease Agreement with Dunn Enterprises, Inc., dba Ice Town, extending term
through July 31, 2028 - 10540 Magnolia Avenue, Suite A (Ward 6)
Attachments: Report
Agreement
31 Award Request for Proposal No. 1475 to Los Angeles Truck Center, LLC, Whittier,
for $1,712,949.10 from Public Works Department Budget for five Compressed
Natural Gas automated side-loading refuse trucks (All Wards)
Attachments: Report
Human Resources
32 Memorandum of Understanding with Service Employees International Union Local
721 Refuse througn June 30, 2016 - A Resolution of the City Council of the City of
Riverside, California, amending Resolution No. 21052 to amend Parts I and II of
the Master Fringe Benefits and Salary Plan to reflect various updates and changes
regarding Service Employees International Union Local 721 Refuse members -
Waive further reading (All Wards)
Attachments: Report
MOU
Salary Plan
Resolution
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Mayor
33 Mayor Bailey recommends appointment of Fatemeh “Dorothy” Fadakar to Ward 2
seat on Metropolitan Museum Board - Resignation of Yolanda Esquivel from
Metropolitan Museum Board (All Wards)
Attachments: Report
Police
34 California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services 2014 Homeland Security
Program grant of $79,444 subgranted to County of Riverside Office of Emergency
Services for multi-band portable radios allowing direct access to radio systems of
neighboring and regional jurisdictions - Supplemental appropriation (All Wards)
Attachments: Report
35 Award Bid 7291 to BMW Motorcycles of Riverside for $83,049.95 from Police
Department Budget for three BMW police motorcycles with emergency equipment
(All Wards)
Attachments: Report
Bid Recommendation
MAYOR/COUNCILMEMBER COMMUNICATIONS
36 Legislative reports - League of California Cities CA Cities Advocate dated
November 7, 2014
Attachments: Report
37 Brief reports on conferences, seminars, and regional meetings attended by Mayor
and City Council and announcements of upcoming events
38 City Attorney report on Closed Session discussions
39 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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A City Council Special Meeting is scheduled for 8 a.m. on
Monday, November 17, 2014, in the Seventh Floor Conference Room
The next regular City Council meeting is scheduled for
Tuesday, December 2, 2014
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