City Council
Regular MeetingRiverside, CA · March 17, 2020
Agenda
City of Riverside 3900 Main St.
Riverside, CA 92522
(951) 826-5557
City Council
Regular and
Emergency Meeting
Agenda - Revised
Meeting Date: Tuesday, March 17, 2020 1:00 PM City Hall - Art Pick Council Chamber
Publication Date: Tuesday, March 17, 2020
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.
Pursuant to the City Council Meeting Rules adopted by Resolution No. 23437, the
Members of the City Council and the public are reminded that they must preserve order
and decorum throughout the Meeting. In that regard, Members of the City Council and
the public are advised that any delay or disruption in the proceedings or a refusal to obey
the orders of the City Council or the presiding officer constitutes a violation of these
rules. 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.
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1 P.M.
MAYOR CALLS MEETING TO ORDER
PUBLIC COMMENT
1 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 - 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 Agenda is for all matters where staff and public
participation is anticipated. Individual audience participation is limited to 3 minutes.
1a City Manager recommends finding that circumstances surrounding response to
Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis warrant calling of an emergency meeting
pursuant to Government Code Section 54956.5 (All Wards)
1b Five affirmative votes required - City Manager recommends waiver of meeting
notice requirements pursuant to Section 4.05.050(D)(1)(a) and (b) due to
circumstances surrounding response to Novel Coronavirus COVID-19 crisis (All
Wards)
1c Mayor Bailey, Mayor Pro Tem Edwards, and Councilmember Perry recommend
adoption of a Resolution of the City Council of the City of Riverside, California,
ratifying existence of a local emergency regarding Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) -
A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Riverside, California, requesting State
Director, Office of Emergency Services, concurrence in local emergency - Waive
further readings (City Manager) (All Wards) (15-minute presentation)
Attachments: Report
Proclamation
R - Ratification of Proclamation
R - Request for State Concurrence
1d Ratification of Director of Emergency Services Order temporarily closing all bars,
breweries, and wineries and temporary requirement that all restaurants must be
closed for in-restaurant seated dining, and should be open only to drive-through or
other pick-up/delivery options for 60 days unless extended or earlier terminated by
City Council as precautionary measure to contain spread of Novel Coronavirus
(COVID-19) Pandemic (All Wards)
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Attachments: Report
Order
1e Councilmembers Fierro and Melendrez, and Councilwoman Plascencia
recommend suspension of discontinuance of water, electric, sewer, and refuse
utility service for non-payment for thirty days and extend further if declared local
emergency continues (City Council) (All Wards) (15-minute presentation)
Attachments: Report
PRESENTATION
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COMMUNICATIONS
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6 Pertinent health, safety, and security updates (All Wards)
WORKSHOP
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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.
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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.
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7 P.M.
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG
INVOCATION - Councilmember Hemenway
BOARD/COMMISSION REPORT
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MAYOR/COUNCILMEMBER COMMUNICATIONS
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PRESENTATIONS
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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.
19a See Item No. 1e
19b See Item No. 1c
PUBLIC COMMENT
20 This is the portion of the meeting specifically set aside to invite your comments
regarding Consent Calendar and 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.
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
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Consent Calendar for separate action. Removed consent items will be discussed
following the Discussion Calendar.
City Clerk
21 Appoint Brian D. Baird to Citywide seat and James W. Miller to Ward 6 seat on
Human Resources Board and Cynthia S. Zdilor to Citywide seat on Museum of
Riverside Board (All Wards)
Attachments: Report
22 Minutes of February 21 and 25 and March 3, 2020
Attachments: Minutes 2-21-20
Minutes 2-25-20
Minutes 3-3-20
City Council
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24 Adopt an Ordinance of the City Council of the City of Riverside, California,
amending Section 4.05.050 of the Riverside Municipal Code-Public Meetings and
Public Records increasing the threshold for Mayor and Members of the City Council
to add urgent items to the agenda after the twelve-day publication and requiring
explanation and documentation of urgency - Waive further reading (Intro. 3-3-20,
All Wards)
Attachments: Ordinance
25 Announcement of committee meetings:
Utility Services/Land Use/Energy Development Committee at 1 p.m. on Monday,
March 9, 2020, Art Pick Council Chamber
Finance Committee at 1 p.m. on Wednesday, March 11, 2020, Art Pick Council
Chamber
Community Services and Youth Committee at 3:30 p.m. on Wednesday, March 11,
2020, Art Pick Council Chamber
Development Committee at 3 p.m. on Thursday, March 19, 2020, Art Pick Council
Chamber
City Manager
26 Second Amendment to Agreement with Arc Strategies, LLC, for $80,000 and total
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contract of $290,000 from City Manager-Administration Professional Services
Account for State lobbyist services through December 31, 2020, with two one-year
extension options (All Wards)
Attachments: Report
Agreement
27 MEASURE Z - First Amendment to Agreement with DeAngelo Brothers, LLC for
$300,000 for total contract amount not-to-exceed $600,000 from Measure Z
Homeless Encampment Clean-up Services Account for homeless encampment
clean-up and trash removal services through December 31, 2020 (All Wards)
Attachments: Report
Agreement
Community and Economic Development
28 Agreement with County of Riverside for $65,369.14 to promote 2020 Census to
historically hard to count populations through September 30, 2020 - Supplemental
appropriation (All Wards)
Attachments: Report
Announcement
Agreement
29 Adopt an Ordinance of the City of Riverside, California, amending Title 16 of the
Riverside Municipal Code, Chapters 16.04, 16.06, 16.07, 16.08, 16.11, 16.12,
16.16 and 16.34 making local amendments to 2019 edition of California Code of
Regulations Title 24 and California Building Standards Code (Intro. on 3-3-20, All
Wards)
Attachments: Ordinance
30 Case P19-0389 - Steve Berzansky of BP Riverside Partners, LLC - Rezoning -
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 9174 and 9258 Indiana Avenue, located on the south side of Indiana
Avenue between Gibson Street and Jackson Street, from the R-1-7000 - Single
Family Residential Zone to R-3-1500 - Multi-Family Residential Zone - 9174 and
9258 Indiana Avenue - Waive further reading (Intro. on 3-3-20, Ward 5)
Attachments: Ordinance
Legal Description
31 Case P19-0353 - Hector Casillas on behalf of Riverside County Transportation
Commission - A Resolution of the City Council of Riverside, California, declaring its
intention to vacate an approximately 514-square foot L-shaped segment of Ninth
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Street, east of Santa Fe Avenue, and setting the date, hour, and place of hearing,
pursuant to the Public Streets, Highways, and Service Easements Vacation Law -
Waive further reading - Schedule public hearing for 3 p.m. on April 21, 2020 (Ward
2)
Attachments: Report
Resolution
Legal Description
PC Report
PC Minutes
Finance
32 Amendment to Agreement with Webb Municipal Finance, LLC, for increase of
$146,600 and twenty percent change order authority for total not-to-exceed
$626,797.20 from Community Facility and Assessment Districts and General Fund
for assessment engineer services through March 31, 2022 - Appropriate $33,000
from Special Deposits Fund to General Fund (All Wards)
Attachments: Report
Agreement
33 Fiscal Year 2019-20 Second Quarter Cash and Investments and Debt Reports (All
Wards)
Attachments: Report
Investment Report
Debt Report
Presentation
Fire
34 Agreement with Tait Communications, Inc., for $160,000 from Fire Department
Operations Non-Personnel Expense Account for radio tower system maintenance
through January 1, 2025 (All Wards)
Attachments: Report
Agreement
35 A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Riverside, California, authorizing the
submission of application and acceptance of grant award for $63,722 from the U.S.
Department of Homeland Security through the California Office of Emergency
Services for the Fiscal Year 2019 Emergency Management Performance Grant
Program (EMPG) and authorizing the execution of all required documents by the
City Manager or his designee; and amending the Budget for Fiscal Year 2019-2020
accordingly - Waive further reading - Supplemental appropriation (All Wards)
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Attachments: Report
Resolution
Grant Award Letter
Signature Authority
Standard Assurances
General Services
36 Agreement with Action Target, Provo, Utah, for $72,300 and $7,000 contingency
from Police Asset Forfeiture and State COPS Accounts for Fixed Lateral
360-degree target system at Police Department firing range - 8181 Lincoln Avenue
(Ward 4)
Attachments: Report
Agreement
Proposal
Award Recommendation
Library
37 Donation of dog art piece by Phyllis Crabtree entitled “Game On” by Anna Vanover
valued at $500 for display at La Sierra Library - 4600 La Sierra (Ward 7)
Attachments: Report
Minutes
38 MEASURE Z - Appropriate $951,377 from Measure Z unallocated fund balance for
purchase and installation of panic buttons, security cameras, and additional security
guard services at various Library facilities for Fiscal Years 2019 through 2022 (All
Wards)
Attachments: Report
BEC Minutes
Measure Z Spending Plan
Presentation
Museum
39 Donation of eighteen surplus herbarium collection storage cabinets to University of
California, Riverside Department of Botany and Plant Sciences (All Wards)
Attachments: Report
Public Utilities
40 Senate Bill 859 mandated biomass purchase agreement with Roseburg Forest
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Products Co. for average annual cost of $165,000 from Public Utilities Power
Resources Capacity Account for five years for electric generation from
biomass-fueled resources - Roseburg Buyers Joint Project Agreement with
Southern California Public Power Authority, Sacramento Municipal Utility District,
Modesto Irrigation District, and Turlock Irrigation District - Senate Bill 1368
Compliance Filing with California Energy Commission (All Wards)
Attachments: Report
Purchase Agreement
Joint Project Agreement
Compliance Filing
Public Notice Letter
Minutes
Presentation
Public Works
41 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 revising boundaries of 45 MPH speed limit zone on Central Avenue from
"Canyon Bluff to Chicago Avenue" to "Canyon Creek Drive to Chicago Avenue" and
40 MPH speed limit zone on southbound Day Street from "Box Springs Road to
Eucalyptus Avenue" to "northerly City limits to Eucalyptus Avenue" - Waive further
reading (Intro. on 3-3-20, Ward 2)
Attachments: Ordinance
42 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 establishing 25 MPH speed limit zone on Alhambra between La Sierra
and Cypress Avenues and revising 40 MPH speed limit zone boundaries on Box
Springs Boulevard from “Sycamore Canyon Boulevard to Fischer Road” to
“Sycamore Canyon Boulevard to River Crest Drive" - Waive further reading (Intro.
on 1-7-20, Wards 2 and 7)
Attachments: Ordinance
43 Office of Traffic Safety Grant for $205,625 for purchase of rectangular rapid
flashing beacon devices, speed feedback sign equipment, flashing stop signs,
bicyclist and pedestrian safety items, and educational materials (All Wards)
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Attachments: Report
Reflective Beacons
Speed Feedback Sign
Flashing Stop Sign
Project Location Map
44 Master Professional Consultant Services Agreements with eighteen consultant firms
for not-to-exceed $1,000,000 each from Sewer Fund and Refuse Fund for capital
improvement project engineering services at Regional Water Quality Control Plant
and Tequesquite Landfill through December 31, 2024 - 5950 Acorn Street and 5900
Tequesquite Avenue (All Wards)
Attachments: Report
Consultant List
Carollo Engineers, Inc
Geotek, Inc
Global Diving & Salvage, Inc.
Infrastructure Engineering Corp.
Inland Foundation Engineering, Inc.
Jericho Systems, Inc.
Koury Engineering & Testing, Inc.
Krieger & Stewart
Lee & Ro, Inc.
Leighton Consulting, Inc.
Lilburn Corporation
Lor Geotechnical Group, Inc.
Michael Baker International, Inc.
Ninyo & Moore Geotechnical
Northern Digital, Inc
NV5, Inc.
Power Engineers, Inc.
RMA Group
45 First Amendment to Agreement with R3 Consulting Group, Inc., for $115,000 and
total contract amount of $264,970 from Refuse Fund Solid Waste Collections
Professional Services Account for competitive request for proposal process for solid
waste collection services for residential area currently serviced by private hauler
and all commercial services with cost-benefit analysis of expanding City services
(All Wards)
Attachments: Report
Agreement
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PUBLIC HEARINGS/PLANNING REFERRALS AND APPEALS
Audience participation is encouraged.
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COMMUNICATIONS
47 City Attorney report on Closed Session discussions
48 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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