City Council
Regular MeetingRiverside, CA · November 17, 2020
Agenda
City of Riverside 3900 Main St.
Riverside, CA 92522
(951) 826-5557
City Council
Agenda - Revised
Meeting Date: Tuesday, November 17, 2020 1:00 PM City Hall - Art Pick Council Chamber
Publication Date: Friday, November 13, 2020 3900 Main Street, Riverside
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Originally Published: November 5, 2020
MISSION STATEMENT
The City of Riverside is committed to providing high quality municipal services to
ensure a safe, inclusive, and livable community
The City Council will conduct a virtual meeting.
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The Art Pick Council Chamber will be open for public comment with no public
seating available. The public is required to wear masks and practice social
distancing.
For telephone public comment, call (951) 826-8600. Dial when the agenda item is
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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 City Council can be submitted by eComment at
www.engageriverside.com until two hours before the meeting.
Email comments to City_Clerk@riversideca.gov.
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. 23618, 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
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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.
City Council meetings should be a place where all members of our community feel safe
and comfortable participating. While there could be a high level of emotion associated
with topics on this agenda, the city would like to set the expectations that all members of
the public use language appropriate to a professional, respectful public environment.
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
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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).
Agenda related writings or documents provided to the City Council are available at
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1 P.M.
MAYOR CALLS MEETING TO ORDER
PUBLIC COMMENT
1 You are invited to participate by phone at 951-826-8600 to comment on Closed
Sessions and any matters within the jurisdiction of the City Council - Individual
audience participation is limited to 3 minutes.
COMMUNICATIONS
2 California Public Employees Retirement System challenge/financial solvency update
(Finance) (All Wards) (5-minute presentation)
3 Intergovernmental relations and legislative update - Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and
Economic Security Act Expenditure Plan update (City Manager) (All Wards)
(15-minute presentation)
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Attachments: Report
CC report 8-4-20
Expenditure Plan
CARES Act Update
CARES Act Update Revised
Presentation
4 Homeless solutions update (City Manager) (All Wards) (5-minute presentation)
5 Pertinent health, safety, and security updates (City Manager) (All Wards)
(15-minute presentation)
6 Rules and regulations created or suspended (City Manager) (All Wards) (5-minute
presentation)
PUBLIC HEARINGS/PLANNING REFERRALS AND APPEALS
Audience participation is encouraged. Individual audience participation is limited to 3
minutes.
7 A Resolution of the City Council of the City 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 2021 - Waive further reading (Finance)
(Wards 1 and 2) (5-minute presentation)
Attachments: Report
Resolution
Map
Annual Report
Presentation - RNP
Presentation - City
Notice
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.
8 Review Proclamation of Local Emergency regarding Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19)
proclaimed on March 13, 2020, and ratified by City Council on March 17, 2020 -
Continue Local Emergency - Return to City Council in thirty days with further review
of Local Emergency (City Manager) (All Wards) (5-minute presentation)
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Attachments: Report
Proclamation
Resolution
9 MEASURE Z - Purchase ten Dell VxRail servers, eight infrastructure management
servers, upgrades to five existing VxRail servers, and Enterprise License Agreement
for VMWare software for five-year term from Dell, Inc., under NASPO ValuePoint
Cooperative Purchasing Agreement for total amount not-to-exceed $3,546,176.78
from Datacenter/Disaster Recovery Project and IT-Administration Measure Z
Technology Improvements Accounts for datacenter upgrades (Innovation and
Technology) (All Wards) (10-minute presentation)
Attachments: Report
Quotes
Statement of Work
Enterprise License Agreement
Presentation
10 Appropriate $115,000 from Standard Insurance Company unanticipated refund for
Citywide diversity, equity, inclusivity, and other employee training programs -
Consolidate existing vacant positions and establish Diversity Officer position (Human
Resources) (All Wards) (10-minute presentation)
Attachments: Report
Strategic Plan
Presentation
11 Mayor's Housing Task Force preliminary outcomes including Regional Housing
Needs Allocation impacts, fee structure update, and Housing Element update
regarding minimum density requirements (Mayor) (All Wards) (10-minute
presentation)
Attachments: Report
Preliminary Outcomes
Presentation
12 A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Riverside, California to implement
local administrative enforcement provisions for emergency measures designed to
prevent the spread of COVID-19 - Waive further reading (City Manager) (All
Wards) (10-minute presentation)
Attachments: Report
Resolution
Presentation
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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.
13 Pursuant to Government Code §54956.9(d)(1) to confer with and/or receive from
legal counsel concerning Karina Y. Huerta, et al. v City of Riverside, et al., RCSC
Case No. RIC 1501115
Attachments: Report
14 Pursuant to Government Code §54956.9(d)(1) to confer with and/or receive from
legal counsel concerning Patricia Roberts vs. City of Riverside, WCAB Claim No:
ADJ 9294082
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 §54956.9(d)(4) to confer with and/or receive advice
from legal counsel concerning two cases of anticipated litigation
Attachments: Report
Revised Report
17 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 including the City Attorney and City Clerk, 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
17a Pursuant to Government Code §54957 for appointment of Interim City Attorney
Attachments: Report
17b Pursuant to Government Code §54957 for appointment of City Clerk by City Council
Attachments: Report
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17c Pursuant to Government Code §54957 for appointment of City Attorney by City
Council
Attachments: Report
18 Pursuant to Government Code §54956.9(b)(3)(c) to confer with and/or receive from
legal counsel concerning Gary G. Geuss v. City of Riverside, Claim No.(s):
20-09-06; 20-11-08
Attachments: Report
6:15 P.M.
INVOCATION - Councilmember Perry
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG
PUBLIC COMMENT
19 You are invited to participate by phone at 951-826-8600 to comment on Consent
Calendar items and any matters within the jurisdiction of the City Council - Individual
audience participation is limited to 3 minutes.
MAYOR/COUNCILMEMBER COMMUNICATIONS
20 Brief reports on conferences, seminars, and regional meetings attended by Mayor
and City Council, Ward updates, and announcements of upcoming events
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
following the Discussion Calendar.
City Clerk
21 Minutes of November 3, 2020
Attachments: Minutes
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City Council
22 Announcement of committee meetings:
Land Use, Sustainability, and Resilience Committee at 3:30 p.m. on Monday,
November 9, 2020, Virtual Meeting
Safety, Wellness, and Youth Committee at 1 p.m. on Wednesday, November 18,
2020, Virtual Meeting
Mobility and Infrastructure Committee at 2 p.m. on Wednesday, November 18,
2020, Virtual Meeting
Economic Development, Placemaking, and Branding/Marketing Committee at 3 p.m.
on Thursday, November 19, 2020, Virtual Meeting
City Manager
23 Agreement with TIG/m, LLC for not-to-exceed $416,494.25 from Urban Development
Action Grant Unprogrammed Funds, Public Works Research and Development
Projects, and City Manager Fiscal Management Accounts for streetcar feasibility
study through June 30, 2021 - Fund transfer (Wards 1 and 2)
Attachments: Report
Agreement
Community and Economic Development
24 Introduce an Ordinance of the City Council of the City of Riverside, California,
amending Section 6.14.030 of the Riverside Municipal Code regarding property
maintenance and use of alternate materials in lieu of glass for windows (All Wards)
Attachments: Report
Ordinance
Parks, Recreation, and Community Services
25 Agreement with So Cal Land Maintenance, Inc., for $273,497.70 with fifteen
percent change order authority for total contract of $314,522.36 from various
Department accounts for annual landscape maintenance services for various City
facilities through December 31, 2022 (Wards 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7)
Attachments: Report
Agreement
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Public Works
26 Service Agreement with APGN, Inc., a Canadian corporation authorized to do
business in California as APG-Neuros for not-to-exceed $349,250 from Public
Works All Other Equipment Maintenance/Repair Account for asset management and
maintenance service plan of turbo blowers at Riverside Water Quality Control Plant
through June 2026 - 5950 Acorn Street (All Wards)
Attachments: Report
Agreement
27 A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Riverside, California, amending
Resolution No. 22451 known as the Master Parking Schedule Resolution to remove
the Preferential Parking Zone on Fifth Street from Locust Street to Brockton Avenue
- Waive further reading (Ward 1)
Attachments: Report
Resolution
Site Map
Minutes
28 A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Riverside, California, amending
Resolution No. 22451 known as the Master Parking Schedule Resolution to establish
a segment of Timed 2-Hour Parking and No Parking Zones and to install diagonal
parking on Massachusetts Avenue from Hulen Place to 280 feet westerly - Waive
further reading (Ward 1)
Attachments: Report
Resolution
Diagonal Parking Exhibit
Map
Minutes
PUBLIC HEARINGS/PLANNING REFERRALS AND APPEALS
Audience participation is encouraged. Individual audience participation is limited to 3
minutes.
29 Cases P19-0063, P19-0064, P19-0065, P19-0066 and P20-0443 - Zoning Code
Amendment, General Plan Amendment, Specific Plan, Program Environmental
Impact Report, and Rezoning - A Resolution of the City Council of the City of
Riverside, California, certifying the Final Environmental Impact Report for the
Northside Specific Plan, making certain Findings of Fact related thereto, adopting a
Statement of Overriding Considerations, and adopting a Mitigation Monitoring and
Reporting Program, all pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act - A
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Resolution of the City Council of the City of Riverside, California, amending the
Land Use and Urban Design Element to add the Northside Specific Plan into Table
LU-2 - Adopted Specific Plans, amend Figure LU-9 - Neighborhoods, amend Figure
LU-10 - Land Use Policy Map, amend LU-5 - Zoning/General Plan Consistency
Matrix and amend other General Plan objectives and policies for consistency with
the adoption of the Northside Specific Plan - A Resolution of the City Council of the
City of Riverside, California, amending the land use designation of the Riverside
General Plan 2025 as to the approximately 2,000 acres of property generally
bounded by Pellissier Ranch to the North, State Route 60 (SR-60) and portions of
Main Street in Downtown Riverside to the South, Interstate 215 (I-215) and
residences to the East, and the Santa Ana River to the West within the City of
Riverside, by placing said area into the Northside Specific Plan (“NSP”) land use
designation - A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Riverside, California,
adopting the Northside Specific Plan - A Resolution of the City Council of the City of
Riverside, California, amending the Downtown Specific Plan to remove the Main
Street Specialty Services District and incorporate it into the Northside Specific Plan
Boundaries - Waive further readings - Introduce an Ordinance of the City Council
of the City of Riverside, California, adding Chapter 19.146 and amending Chapter
19.220 in Title 19 of the Riverside Municipal Code - 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
approximately 2,000 acres of property generally bounded by Pellissier Ranch to the
North, State Route 60 (SR-60) and portions of Main Street in Downtown Riverside to
the South, Interstate 215 (I-215) and residences to the East, and the Santa Ana
River to the West within the City of Riverside, to the zones and districts within the
Northside Specific Plan (Community and Economic Development) (Ward 1)
(15-minute presentation)
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Attachments: Report
Resolution - Final EIR
Resolution - GPA
Resolution - GPA Land Use Designation
Resolution - NSP
Resolution - DSP
Ordinance - Zoning Code Amendment
Ordinance - Rezone
PC Report
PC Minutes 9-3-20
Specific Plan
Specific Plan - Redline
Presentation
Notice
Final PEIR-A
Final PEIR-B
Draft PEIR-A
Draft PEIR-B
Draft PEIR-C
Appendix A
Appendix B
Appendix C
Appendix D
Appendix E
Appendix F
Appendix G
Appendix H
Appendix I
Appendix J
COMMUNICATIONS
30 City Attorney report on Closed Session discussions
31 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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