City Council
Regular MeetingRiverside, CA · December 16, 2014
Agenda
City of Riverside 3900 Main St.
Riverside, CA 92522
(951) 826-5557
City Council
Successor Agency
Housing Authority
Agenda
Tuesday, December 16, 2014 2:00 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
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/Housing Authority/Successor Agency to the Redevelopment Agency.
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Members of the City Council/Housing Authority/Successor Agency to the Redevelopment
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2 P.M.
MAYOR CALLS MEETING TO ORDER
PUBLIC HEARINGS/PLANNING REFERRALS AND APPEALS
Audience participation is encouraged.
1 Cases P13-0553, P13-0554, P13-0583, and P14-0065 - Kevin Kohan of Planning
Associates on behalf of Paul A. Newkirk of Emri-Newkirk Properties, LLC -
General Plan Amendment, Specific Plan Amendment, rezoning, site plan review
and design review, with related variances, for construction of 275-unit
multiple-family residential development including common and private amenities
and covered and uncovered surface parking on two contiguous parcels totaling
approximately 10.26 acres - A Resolution of the City Council of the City of
Riverside, California, amending the Land Use and Urban Design Element of the
General Plan 2025 as to approximately 10.26 acres of land located at 5940 and
5980 Sycamore Canyon Boulevard, situated on the easterly side of Sycamore
Canyon Boulevard between Dan Kipper Drive and Lochmoor Drive - A Resolution
of the City Council of the City of Riverside, California, amending the Sycamore
Highlands Specific Plan, to revise the Specific Plan designation for Planning Case
No. P13-0554 from Commercial-Auto Center and Commercial to Commercial -
Apartments - Waive further readings - Introduce an Ordinance of the City of
Riverside, California, amending the Zoning Map of the City of Riverside pursuant
to Chapter 19.090 of the Riverside Municipal Code by rezoning land from Zones
CG-WC-SP and CG-SP to Zone R-4-SP - Determine proposed project will not
have significant effect on environment based upon findings and mitigation
measures set forth in case record - Adopt Mitigated Negative Declaration - Adopt
Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program - 5940 and 5980 Sycamore Canyon
Boulevard - Applicant requests continuance to January 6, 2015 (Ward 2)
Attachments: Continuance Request
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2 Joint item with Housing Authority and Successor Agency to Redevelopment
Agency - Disposition and Development Agreement with Zion Enterprises, LLC, for
$85,000 for Housing Authority-owned vacant land at 3836 Second Street to
facilitate development of commercial project and three affordable housing units
within multiple-family residential project at Successor Agency property -
Recommend Oversight Board adopt resolution approving Disposition and
Development Agreement with Zion Enterprises, LLC, for $85,000 for Successor
Agency-owned vacant land located at 3011, 3027, 3043 and 3071 Market Street in
accordance with Successor Agency Long Range Property Management Plan and
to facilitate development of multiple-family residential project (Ward 1)
Attachments: Report
Site Map
Agreement
3 P.M.
3 Introduce an Ordinance of the City of Riverside, California, granting franchisee a
franchise to Care Ambulance Service, Inc., to operate authorized ambulance
vehicles for a period approximately of four years along and upon the streets of the
City of Riverside - Agreement with Care Ambulance Service, Inc., for
non-emergency Basic Life Support and Critical Care transport services (All Wards)
Attachments: Report
9-23-14 Report
9-23-14 Minutes
Agreement
Ordinance
4 Public Safety Committee recommends a Resolution of the City Council of the City
of Riverside, California, declaring its intention to grant an Ambulance Medical
Transport Franchise to AmeriCare MedServices, Inc. dba AmeriCare Ambulance
Service 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 January 6, 2015 (All Wards)
Attachments: Report
Application
Resolution
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5 Public Safety Committee recommends a Resolution of the City Council of the City
of Riverside, California, declaring its intention to grant an Ambulance Medical
Transport Franchise to Mission Ambulance, 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 January 6, 2015 (All Wards)
Attachments: Report
Application
Resolution
6 Public Safety Committee recommends a Resolution of the City Council of the City
of Riverside, California, declaring its intention to grant an Ambulance Medical
Transport Franchise to Professional Healthcare Associates, Inc. dba Cavalry
Ambulance, 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 January 6, 2015 (All Wards)
Attachments: Report
Application
Resolution
7 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/Housing Authority/Successor Agency to the Redevelopment Agency.
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.
CLOSED SESSIONS
Time listed is approximate. The City Council/Housing Authority/Successor Agency to the
Redevelopment Agency may adjourn to the below listed Closed Sessions at their
convenience during this City Council/Housing Authority/Successor Agency to the
Redevelopment Agency meeting.
8 Pursuant to Government Code §54956.9(d)(1) to confer with and/or receive advice
from legal counsel concerning Jason Hunter v. City of Riverside, et al., RCSC
Case No.(s): RIC 1309735; RIC 1406614
Attachments: Report
9 Pursuant to Government Code §54956.9(d)(1) to confer with and/or receive advice
from legal counsel concerning Dennis Brokaw, et al. v. State of California, et al.,
RCSC Case No. RIC 1300052
Attachments: Report
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10 Pursuant to Government Code §54956.9(d)(1) to confer with and/or receive advice
from legal counsel concerning City v. Rebecca Spencer, et al., RCSC Case No.:
1405588
Attachments: Report
11 Pursuant to Government Code §54956.8 to instruct City’s Negotiator, Scott C.
Barber, regarding price and terms of payment for the purchase, sale, exchange or
lease of 3615 Main Street, Suite 1, APN: 213-222-007, by Jonathan Drais and
Roddy Padilla, Negotiators
Attachments: Report
12 Pursuant to Government Code §54956.8 to instruct City’s Negotiator, Scott C.
Barber, regarding price and terms of payment for the purchase, sale, exchange or
lease of 3700 Sixth Street, Suite 200, APN: 213-222-007, by The Community
Foundation; Jonathan Yorba, Negotiator
Attachments: Report
13 Pursuant to Government Code §54956.9(b)(3)(c) to confer with and/or receive
advice from legal counsel concerning Pro-Tech Engineering Corp. v. City of
Riverside, Tort Claim No. 14-11-41
Attachments: Report
14 Pursuant to Government Code §54956.9(d)(4) to confer with and/or receive advice
from legal counsel concerning three cases of anticipated litigation
Attachments: Report
15 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
16 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
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17 Pursuant to Government Code §54957 for appointment of Interim City Manager by
City Council
Attachments: Report
18 Pursuant to Government Code §54957 for performance evaluation of Interim City
Attorney
Attachments: Report
6:15 P.M.
19 Community Police Review Commission report by Chair Robin Jackson (All Wards)
Attachments: Report
Outline
6:30 P.M.
INVOCATION - Councilmember Adams
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG AND COLORS - Girl Scout Troop 2059
PRESENTATIONS
20 Mayor Bailey to call upon Officer Ryan Railsback to recognize King High School
DECA Club as Inspiring Youth of the Month for December
21 RIVERSIDE PRIDE Success Report - Day of Inclusion (Mayor)
Attachments: Report
7 P.M.
22 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/Housing Authority/Successor Agency to the Redevelopment Agency.
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.
DISCUSSION CALENDAR
This portion of the City Council/Housing Authority/Successor Agency to the
Redevelopment Agency Agenda is for all matters where staff and public participation is
anticipated. Individual audience participation is limited to 3 minutes.
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23 Draft Performance Audit of Sewer Fund - Authorize Macias, Gini, and O’Connell,
LLP, to issue final report - Increase total not-to-exceed project cost to $110,000
(All Wards)
Attachments: Report
Draft Audit Report
CONSENT CALENDAR
All matters listed under the CONSENT CALENDAR are considered routine by the City
Council/Housing Authority/Successor Agency to the Redevelopment Agency 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/Housing Authority/Successor Agency to the
Redevelopment Agency votes on the motion to adopt, Members of the City
Council/Housing Authority/Successor Agency to the Redevelopment Agency 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
24 Retention of outside legal counsel services authority and practice report (All
Wards)
Attachments: Report
25 Reimbursement of $1,100 for attorney fees and costs associated with
administrative code enforcement action and rehabilitation - 2980 Fifth Street -
Supplemental appropriation (All Wards)
Attachments: Report
26 Reimbursement of $2,600 for attorney fees and costs associated with
administrative code enforcement action and rehabilitation - 3385 Grampion Road -
Supplemental appropriation (All Wards)
Attachments: Report
27 Reimbursement of $868.38 for attorney fees and costs associated with property
receivership, rehabilitation, and sale - 3071 East La Cadena Drive - Supplemental
appropriation (All Wards)
Attachments: Report
28 Reimbursement of $3,800 for attorney fees and costs associated with property
receivership, rehabilitation, and sale - 7192 Bradford Street - Supplemental
appropriation (All Wards)
Attachments: Report
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29 Reimbursement of $881 for attorney fees and costs associated with property
receivership, rehabilitation, and sale - 2883 Denton Street - Supplemental
appropriation (All Wards)
Attachments: Report
30 Adopt an Ordinance of the City of Riverside, California, amending Chapters 2.62,
5.04, 6.20, 6.22, 8.04, 8.10, 9.08, and 9.20, and repealing Section 6.16.010 of the
Riverside Municipal Code for purpose of making clarifying, conforming, technical,
organizational, and other amendments to Code - Waive further reading (Cont. fr/
12-9-14, Intro. on 12-2-14, All Wards)
Attachments: Ordinance
City Clerk
31 Minutes of December 9, 2014
Attachments: Minutes
City Council
32 Public Safety Committee recommends purchase of handheld citation devices from
MSA Systems, Inc., for $50,796.78 from OTS Selective Traffic Enforcement
Program Grant Account (All Wards)
Attachments: Report
33 Community Services and Youth Committee recommends redesign and
construction of Youth Opportunity Center at Arlington Park - Appropriate $350,000
to General Fund from Successor Agency Arlington Fund (471) - Supplemental
appropriation - 3860 Van Buren Boulevard (Ward 5)
Attachments: Report
34 Announcement of committee meeting:
Development Committee at 9 a.m. on Friday, December 19, 2014, Mayor's
Ceremonial Room
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City Manager
35 A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Riverside, California in opposition to
another round of Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) as it relates to March Air
Reserve Base and the Naval Surface Warfare Center, Corona Division - Waive
further reading (All Wards)
Attachments: Report
Resolution
36 A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Riverside, California, establishing
Rules of Procedure and Order of Business for the City Council of the City of
Riverside and related functions and activities and rescinding all prior actions taken
thereto, and repealing Resolution No. 22676 - Waive further reading (All Wards)
Attachments: Revised Resolution.pdf
Community Development
37 Housing Authority - Housing Successor Annual Report on Low and Moderate
Income Asset Fund for Fiscal Year 2013-14 pursuant to California Health and
Safety Code Section 34176.1(f) (All Wards)
Attachments: Report
Annual Report
38 Case PSP14-0019 - City of Riverside - Historic Preservation Fund Grant General
Provisions for evaluating applications including guidelines and provisions for
matching funds and emergency grants (All Wards)
Attachments: Report
Provisions
39 First Amendment to Covenant and Agreement Establishing Access Easement with
Janet H. Bell to allow access for Lot 6 of Tract No. 21875 with private driveway
(Ward 3)
Attachments: Report
Agreement
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40 Amendment to Terminate Covenant and Agreement Establishing Easements for
Access and Parking with Riverside County Transportation Commission for La
Sierra Metrolink Commuter Rail Station site due to adjacent 187-unit
multiple-family residential development with separate on-site parking facilities
(Ward 5)
Attachments: Report
Agreement
41 Purchase and Sale Agreement with Zion Enterprises, LLC, for $140,000 for
City-owned property at 3225 Market Street to facilitate development of commercial
project (Ward 1)
Attachments: Report
Site Map
Agreement
42 Memorandums of Understanding with Parks, Recreation, and Community Services
Department and Riverside Unified School District for sub-granting of $165,463.69
and $132,000, respectively, from United States Department of Agriculture
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Education for Nutrition Education and
Obesity Prevention Program activities (All Wards)
Attachments: Report
RUSD MOU
CDD-PRCS MOU
Finance
43 A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Riverside, California authorizing the
execution and delivery of a Master Equipment Lease Purchase Agreement and
Schedule of Property No. 1 dated December 16, 2014, with US Bancorp
Government Leasing and Finance, Inc., for $4,450,000 from General Fund and
related instruments for the procurement of public safety vehicles and technology
hardware and software and determining other matters in connection herewith -
Waive further reading (All Wards)
Attachments: Report
Resolution
Agreement
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44 Monthly investment summary and financial reports for October 2014 - Delegate
investment responsibility to Chief Financial Officer/Treasurer for up to one year (All
Wards)
Attachments: Report
Financial Report
Investment Report
Debt Report
Fire
45 A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Riverside California amending the
Master Fees and Charges Schedule, being Resolution No. 21960 to establish a
Cost Recovery Service No. 3539 for Non-Emergency Ambulance Inspection
Permit - Waive further reading - Introduce an Ordinance of the City of Riverside,
California, amending Section 3.30.030 of the Riverside Municipal Code to
establish a new Cost Recovery Service - No. 3539 Non-Emergency Ambulance
Inspection Permit (All Wards)
Attachments: Report
Resolution
Ordinance
General Services
46 Design-Build Agreement with Quiel Bros. Electric Sign Service Co., Inc., for
$99,538 from Convention Center Expansion Account for design, manufacture, and
construction of electronic monument sign for Convention Center (Ward 1)
Attachments: Report
Site Map
Agreement
47 First Amendment to Lease Agreement with Riverside Air Service, Inc., to provide
Lessee right to encumber Lease to obtain bank financing necessary to meet
certain obligations under Lease (Ward 3)
Attachments: Report
Agreement
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Innovation and Technology
48 Amend Fiscal Year 2014-15 Personnel Detail for Innovation and Technology
Department - Administrative Division adding seven full-time positions, including
two Innovation Technology Officer I, four Innovation Technology Officer II, and one
Information Security Officer (All Wards)
Attachments: Report
Mayor
49 Mayor Bailey recommends acceptance of grant funds of up to $30,000 from
Ecology Action for creation and set-up of Green Business Program - Supplemental
appropriation (All Wards)
Attachments: Report
50 Mayor Bailey recommends annual reaffirmation of "Building a More Inclusive
Riverside Community" statement and designation of December 17 as Riverside's
"Day of Inclusion" (All Wards)
Attachments: Report
Pamphlet
51 Mayor Bailey recommends acceptance of 2014 Cool California Challenge
Competition grant funds of $32,950 from University California Berkeley for various
City sustainability projects - Supplemental appropriation (All Wards)
Attachments: Report
Police
52 Appropriate $211,080, $74,243, and $540,576 from Federal Asset Forfeiture,
Federal Treasury Asset Forfeiture, and State Asset Forfeiture Accounts,
respectively, for Police Department equipment, supplies, and services - Funds
transfers (All Wards)
Attachments: Report
Budget
53 Department of California Highway Patrol Every 15 Minutes Mini-Grant of $10,000
for materials and supplies for high school drinking and driving awareness program
- Supplemental appropriation (All Wards)
Attachments: Report
Public Works
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54 First Amendment to Agreement with Select Electric, Inc., to incorporate mandated
Federal Highway Administration forms into agreement for traffic signal installation
on Canyon Crest Drive at Mission Grove Parkway, Via Vista Drive, and Ransom
Road (Wards 2 and 4)
Attachments: Report
Map
Agreement
55 First Amendment to Agreement with Brickman Chargers for $100,000 from Public
Works Department Budget for landscape maintenance services for Riverwalk
Landscape Maintenance District emergency repairs (All Wards)
Attachments: Report
Amendment to Agreement
Agreement
56 First Amendment to Agreement with Inland Empire Landscape to increase
compensation by $72,275.70 from Public Works Department Budget for North
Quadrant Parkways and Medians landscape and maintenance services due to
increase in service area (All Wards)
Attachments: Report
Amendment to Agreement
Agreement
57 Adopt an Ordinance of the City of Riverside, California amending Section
10.76.010 of the Riverside Municipal Code designating the prima facie speed limits
for streets and portions thereof in accordance with the provisions of Sections
10.20.020 and 10.20.030 reducing existing speed limit from 55 to 50 mph on
Central Avenue from Canyon Bluff to ely. City limits - Waive further reading (Intro.
on 12-9-14, Ward 2)
Attachments: Ordinance
Successor Agency to Redevelopment Agency
58 Successor Agency to Redevelopment Agency - Recommend Oversight Board
adopt resolution approving Purchase and Sale Agreement with Zion Enterprises,
LLC, for $75,000 for Successor Agency-owned vacant land located at 3245 Market
Street for commercial project (Ward 1)
Attachments: Report
Site Map
Agreement
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MAYOR/COUNCILMEMBER COMMUNICATIONS
59 Legislative reports - League of California Cities CA Cities Advocate dated
December 5, 2014
Attachments: Report
60 Brief reports on conferences, seminars, and regional meetings attended by Mayor
and City Council and announcements of upcoming events
61 City Attorney report on Closed Session discussions
62 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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City Council Special Meeting scheduled for 9 a.m. on
Monday, December 15, 2014, at the Riverside Municipal Airport
City Council Special Meeting scheduled for 1 p.m. on
Thursday, December 18, 2014, at the Riverside Municipal Airport
The next regular City Council meeting is scheduled for
Tuesday, January 6, 2015
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