City Council
Regular MeetingRiverside, CA · December 15, 2015
Agenda
City of Riverside 3900 Main St.
Riverside, CA 92522
(951) 826-5557
City Council
Successor Agency
Housing Authority
Agenda - Revised
Meeting Date: Tuesday, December 15, 2015 1:00 PM Art Pick Council Chamber
Publication Date: Wednesday, December 9, 2015
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/Successor Agency to the Redevelopment Agency/Housing Authority.
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Members of the City Council/Successor Agency to the Redevelopment Agency/Housing
Authority and the public are reminded that they must preserve order and decorum
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the Redevelopment Agency/Housing Authority and the public are advised that any delay
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1 P.M.
MAYOR CALLS MEETING TO ORDER
DISCUSSION CALENDAR
This portion of the City Council/Successor Agency to the Redevelopment Agency/Housing
Authority Agenda is for all matters where staff and public participation is anticipated.
Individual audience participation is limited to 3 minutes.
1 Fiscal Year 2015-16 Quarterly financial, investment, and debt reports - Delegate
investment responsibility to Chief Financial Officer/Treasurer for up to one year
(Finance) (All Wards)
Attachments: Report
Financial Report
Investment Report
Debt Report
Presentation
PUBLIC COMMENT
2 This is the portion of the meeting specifically set aside to invite your comments
regarding Closed Session items and any matters within the jurisdiction of the City
Council/Successor Agency to the Redevelopment Agency/Housing Authority -
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.
COMMUNICATIONS
3 Legislative report
CLOSED SESSIONS
Time listed is approximate. The City Council/Successor Agency to the Redevelopment
Agency/Housing Authority may adjourn to the below listed Closed Sessions at their
convenience during this City Council/Successor Agency to the Redevelopment
Agency/Housing Authority meeting.
4 Pursuant to Government Code §54956.8 to instruct City’s Negotiator, John A.
Russo, regarding price and terms of payment for the purchase, sale, exchange or
lease of 3653 Main Street, APN: 213-222-007, by Vanity Haus; Randall J.
Rodriguez and Brian D. Hopper, Negotiators
Attachments: Report
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5 Pursuant to Government Code §54956.8 to instruct City’s Negotiator, John A.
Russo, regarding price and terms of payment for the purchase, sale, exchange or
lease of 3615 Main Street, Suite 3, APN: 213-222-007, by Mind and Mill; Timothy
Jackson and Joshua Mauldin, Negotiators
Attachments: Report
5a Pursuant to Government Code §54956.9(d)(1) to confer with and/or receive advice
from legal counsel concerning Louis J. Jean-Louis v. Al Zelinka, et al., USDC Case
No.: 5:14-CV-01391-JGB-SP
Attachments: Report
6 Pursuant to Government Code §54956.9(d)(1) to confer with and/or receive advice
from legal counsel concerning City v. Balbir K. Jhawar, et al.; RCSC Case No. RIC
1403548
Attachments: Report
7 Pursuant to Government Code §54956.9(d)(1) to confer with and/or receive advice
from legal counsel concerning Patrick Mc Geehan v. City of Riverside; WCAB
Claim No.(s): 090237; 110207
Attachments: Report
8 Pursuant to Government Code §54956.9(d)(1) to confer with and/or receive advice
from legal counsel concerning Camillo Bonome v. City of Riverside; WCAB Claim
No. ADJ 8835828
Attachments: Report
9 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
10 Pursuant to Government Code §54956.9(d)(4) to confer with and/or receive advice
from legal counsel concerning two cases of anticipated litigation
Attachments: Report
3 P.M.
DISCUSSION CALENDAR
This portion of the City Council/Successor Agency to the Redevelopment Agency/Housing
Authority Agenda is for all matters where staff and public participation is anticipated.
Individual audience participation is limited to 3 minutes.
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11 Mayor recommends report of October 21-23, 2015, Economic Development Best
Practices trip to Tucson, Phoenix, and Tempe, Arizona (Mayor) (All Wards)
Attachments: Report
Presentation
6:15 P.M.
MAYOR/COUNCILMEMBER COMMUNICATIONS
12 Brief reports on conferences, seminars, and regional meetings attended by Mayor
and City Council, Ward updates, and announcements of upcoming events
6:30 P.M.
INVOCATION - Councilmember Melendrez
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG-Colors presented by Girl Scout Troop 884
PRESENTATIONS
13 Mayor Bailey to call upon Police Chief Diaz and Riverside Police Foundation Board
Members to present checks to Riverside Police Explorer Post, El Protector
Program, Blue Elf, and Christmas Programs to support their activities
14 Mayor Bailey to present a Proclamation to Riverside Museum Associates
Multicultural Council representative Carole Zuloaga designating December 17 as
Day of Inclusion and Annual Reaffirmation of Building a More Inclusive Riverside
Community Statement
Attachments: Presentation
15 RIVERSIDE PRIDE Success Report - Jimenez Mexican Foods (Ward 6)
Attachments: Report
Presentation
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7 P.M.
PUBLIC COMMENT
16 This is the portion of the meeting specifically set aside to invite your comments
regarding Consent Calendar items and any matters within the jurisdiction of the
City Council/Successor Agency to the Redevelopment Agency/Housing Authority -
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.
CONSENT CALENDAR
All matters listed under the CONSENT CALENDAR are considered routine by the City
Council/Successor Agency to the Redevelopment Agency/Housing Authority 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/Successor Agency to the Redevelopment
Agency/Housing Authority votes on the motion to adopt, Members of the City
Council/Successor Agency to the Redevelopment Agency/Housing Authority or staff
request specific items be removed from the Consent Calendar for separate action.
Removed consent items will be discussed following the Discussion Calendar.
City Clerk
17 Minutes of December 1, 2015
Attachments: Minutes
City Council
18 Utility Services/Land Use/Energy Development Committee recommends
introduction of an Ordinance of the City of Riverside, California, amending the
Table of Contents for Title 5, and replacing Chapter 5.49 of the Riverside
Municipal Code changing title of “garage” sales to “yard” sales, limiting allowable
sale days to Friday through Sunday, maintaining four sales per calendar year limit,
and addressing “commercial garage sales” and frequency of sales on subdivided
single family residential lots (All Wards)
Attachments: Report
Ordinance
Chapter 5.49 Amendments
Presentation
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19 Transportation Committee recommends Second Amendment to Memorandum of
Understanding with County of Riverside increasing City-leased parking spaces
from 150 to 200 spaces in Garage 6 at Orange Square and extending term to
June 1, 2020 - A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Riverside, California,
amending Resolution No. 20169 to revise the Parking Rate and Hour Schedule to
designate Garage 6 and Lot 27 as permit parking lots - Waive further reading -
3901 Orange Street and 3482 Mission Inn Avenue (Ward 1)
Attachments: Report
Agreement
Resolution
Parking Rate and Hour Schedule
20 Transportation Committee recommends a Resolution of the City Council of the City
of Riverside, California, amending Resolution No. 22103, as amended, and the
Bail Schedule pursuant to Section 10.08.040 of the Riverside Municipal Code for
violations of California Vehicle Code and Riverside municipal parking regulations
reducing fine for violation of CVC 22500(l) from $341 to $41 - Waive further
reading (All Wards)
Attachments: Report
Resolution
Bail Schedule
21 Announcement of committee meetings:
Mayor's Nominating and Screening Committee at 10:30 a.m. on Tuesday,
December 8, 2015, Art Pick Council Chamber
Finance Committee at 3 p.m. on Wednesday, December 9, 2015, Art Pick Council
Chamber
Transportation Committee at 1 p.m. on Thursday, December 10, 2015, Art Pick
Council Chamber
Public Safety Committee at 1 p.m. on Wednesday, December 16, 2015, Art Pick
Council Chamber
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Community and Economic Development
22 Joint item with Housing Authority - Agreements with Twin Builders for $200,000,
Vizion’s West, Inc., for $100,000, and Environmental Klean-Up, Inc., for $100,000
from Community and Economic Development Department for maintenance
services of City properties through December 31, 2018 - Agreements with Twin
Builders for $400,000, Vizion’s West, Inc., for $200,000, and Environmental
Klean-Up, Inc., for $200,000 from project budgets for maintenance services of
Housing Authority properties through December 31, 2018 (All Wards)
Attachments: Report
Twin Builders - CC
Vizions West - CC
Environmental Kleanup - CC
Twin Builders - HA
Vizions West - HA
Environmental Kleanup - HA
23 Declaration as surplus and disposition of 8,076 square feet of City-owned vacant
land (Assessor Parcel Number 233-063-012) acquired for Van Buren SR91
Interchange Improvement Project - Northeasterly corner of Van Buren Boulevard
and Indiana Avenue (Ward 5)
Attachments: Report
Site Map
Legal Description
24 Agreement with Victus Advisors, LLC, for $32,000 from Real Property Services
Department Professional Services Account for updated independent feasibility
study for potential development of events arena and hotel at Assessor Parcel
Numbers 213-111-012, 015, and 016 - Southeast corner of Market and Third
Streets (Ward 1)
Attachments: Report
Agreement
25 Case P13-0264 - Mike Sadeghian - Adopt 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 Zone R-1-1/2-SP to
Zone CR-SP - Waive further reading (Intro. on 12-1-15, Ward 4)
Attachments: Ordinance
Legal Description
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26 Cases P13-0905 and P13-0906 - Keith Christiansen of Christiansen and Company
on behalf of Lofglen Family Trust - Tentative Parcel Map 36604 - Subdivide
existing 11.62-acre parcel with average natural slope of 27.3 percent into six lots
for future construction of single family residences, 4.87-acre open space area, four
lettered lots, and public cul-de-sac street resulting in density of .52 dwellings per
acre - Determine that proposed project will not have significant effect on
environment based on findings set forth in case record - Adopt Negative
Declaration - Northerly side of Arlington Avenue between Royale Place and
Hawarden Drive (Ward 3)
Attachments: Report
Recommended Conditions
Revised Proposed Subdivision
8-11-15 Letter - Friends of Riverside Hills
8-11-15 CC Report
Finance
27 A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Riverside, California, approving a
policy for the investment of City funds by the City Treasurer to be effective
December 15, 2015, and repealing Resolution No. 22349 - Waive further reading
(All Wards)
Attachments: Report
Resolution
Investment Policy
28 First Amendment to Agreement with NBS Government Finance Group for increase
of $16,960 for total of $99,195 from Finance Department Budget for User Fees
and Charges Study and Cost Allocation Plan (All Wards)
Attachments: Report
Agreement
29 Carryover of previously appropriated and unspent funds for ongoing special
programs totaling $6,623,569, grants, other restricted balances, and outstanding
purchase orders to Fiscal Year 2015-16 (All Wards)
Attachments: Report
Special Programs
General Fund Requests
Non-General Fund Requests
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30 Retention of financing teams for three debt financing transactions for total
not-to-exceed $454,500 - Best Best and Krieger as bond counsel, Stifel as
underwriter, Webb Associates as special tax consultant, and CSG Advisors as
financial advisor for Riverwalk Vista and Highlands Community Facilities Districts -
PFM as financial advisor, Stifel as underwriter, and Jones Hall as bond counsel for
Riverside Public Utilities 2011 Securities Industry and Financial Markets
Association (SIFMA) Note Remarketing (All Wards)
Attachments: Report
Fire
31 Donation from Art’ N Kids of hand-crafted rocking chair valued at $800 for
Downtown Fire Station (All Wards)
Attachments: Report
32 Donation from Ms. Terry Santiago of ping-pong table valued at approximately $300
for Magnolia Center Fire Station - 6395 Riverside Avenue (Ward 3)
Attachments: Report
Mayor
33 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
34 Resignation of Nicolas D. Ferguson from Board of Public Utilities (All Wards)
Attachments: Report
Parks, Recreation, and Community Services
35 Donations of $34,876 from various sources for Parks, Recreation, and Community
Services Department programs and events including Mariachi Festival, Operation
Splash, and Fishing Derby - Funds transfer - Supplemental appropriation (All
Wards)
Attachments: Report
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Public Works
36 Fourth Amendment to Agreement with Moffat and Nichol, Inc., extending term
through October 31, 2016, to allow sufficient time to complete and prepare as-built
drawings related to Riverside Avenue Underpass Project - First Amendment to
Agreement with Riverside Unified School District for $29,780.46 for total of
$196,779.88 from Public Works Department Budget and term extension through
January 30, 2016, for transportation services of students to and from Pachappa
Elementary School due to Riverside Avenue/Union Pacific railroad at-grade
crossing (Ward 3)
Attachments: Report
Moffat and Nichol Agreement
RUSD Agreement
37 Streambed Alteration Agreement with California Department of Fish and Wildlife
for long-term routine maintenance of Tequesquite Creek through September 22,
2027 (All Wards)
Attachments: Report
Map
Agreement
38 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 increasing established speed limit from 25 mph to 35
mph on Tyler Street from Shoshone to Victoria Avenues - Waive further reading
(Intro. on 12-1-15, Ward 5)
Attachments: Ordinance
39 Agreement with Hill International, Inc. for not-to-exceed $50,000 from Public
Works Department Budget for Labor Compliance Auditing Services for various
Capital Improvement projects through December 31, 2017 (All Wards)
Attachments: Report
Agreement
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40 Appropriate $25,000 from Historical Preservation Fund grant to Historic
Preservation Fund Grant Account and $5,000 from Downtown Partnership grant to
Riverside Downtown Partnership Funds Account for Mission Inn Avenue pergolas
restoration (Ward 1)
Attachments: Report
Map
Letter
41 Agreement with Turbo Data Systems, Inc., for $801,000 from Public Works
Parking Services Account for administrative processing and collection of parking
citation fines and management of preferential parking zone permits through
December 31, 2018 (All Wards)
Attachments: Report
Agreement
42 Award Bid 7348 to Sequel Contractors, Inc., Sante Fe Springs, for $1,198,997.50
from Public Works Gas Tax Account for street resurfacing, curbs, gutters,
sidewalks, pedestrian ramps, driveways, 40 new concrete pedestrian ramps at
various locations and plant replacement on Jackson Street easterly parkway
between SR91 and Magnolia Avenue adjacent to Sherman Indian High School
(Wards 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, and 7)
Attachments: Report
Map
Bid Recommendation
Presentation
43 First Amendment to Agreements with Charles King Company, C.P. Construction
Company, Inc., Hemet Manufacturing Company, Inc., dba Genesis Construction,
SCW Contracting Corporation, and Utah Pacific Construction Company for
$300,000 increase for total of $500,000 each from Public Works Department
Sewer (Fund 550) or Storm Drain (Fund 410) and extending term through
December 31, 2016, for Citywide sewer and storm drain pipeline and
appurtenance repairs (All Wards)
Attachments: Report
Agreement - Charles King
Agreement - CP Construction
Agreement - Hemet Manufacturing
Agreement - SCW Contracting
Agreement - Utah Pacific
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Successor Agency to Redevelopment Agency
44 Recommend Oversight Board for City of Riverside as Successor Agency to the
Redevelopment Agency of the City of Riverside adopt a resolution approving
Professional Consultant Services Agreements with (1) Twin Builders for $600,000,
(2) Vizion’s West, Inc., for $300,000, and (3) Environmental Klean Up, Inc., for
$300,000 for property maintenance services of Successor Agency-owned
properties through December 31, 2018 (All Wards)
Attachments: Report
Agreement - Twin Builders
Agreement - Vizions West
Agreement - Environmental Kleanup
DISCUSSION CALENDAR
This portion of the City Council/Successor Agency to the Redevelopment Agency/Housing
Authority Agenda is for all matters where staff and public participation is anticipated.
Individual audience participation is limited to 3 minutes.
45 Community Livability Task Force Action Plan update (City Manager) (All Wards)
Attachments: Report
Chart
Presentation
COMMUNICATIONS
46 City Attorney report on Closed Session discussions
47 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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