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City of Riverside Mayor Patricia Lock Dawson City Council Councilmembers: Erin Edwards Clarissa Cervantes Ronaldo Fierro Chuck Conder Agenda - Revised Gaby Plascencia Jim Perry Steve Hemenway Meeting Date: Tuesday, March 14, 2023 3:00 PM City Hall - Art Pick Council Chamber Publication Date: Friday, March 10, 2023 3900 Main Street, Riverside Live Webcast at: www.RiversideCA.gov/Meeting or www.WatchRiverside.com Originally Published: March 2, 2023 MISSION STATEMENT The City of Riverside is committed to providing high quality municipal services to ensure a safe, inclusive, and livable community. Face coverings are strongly recommended. For Public Comment virtually, two options are available: VIA TELEPHONE: Call (669) 900-6833 and enter Meeting ID: 926 9699 1265 Press *9 to be placed in the queue to speak. Individuals in the queue will be prompted to unmute by pressing *6 to speak. VIA ZOOM: Use the following link: https://zoom.us/j/92696991265 Public comments are limited to 3 minutes. Please follow along via the telephone or Zoom options above to ensure you call in at the appropriate time for your item(s). Public comments regarding items on this agenda or any matters within the jurisdiction of the City Council can be submitted via the eComment feature at www.riversideca.gov/meeting until two hours before the meeting. Email comments to City_Clerk@riversideca.gov. City of Riverside Page 1 City Council Agenda - Revised March 14, 2023 SPANISH TRANSLATION WILL BE PROVIDED FOR ITEM NO. 12 REGARDING RESHAPE RIVERSIDE REDISTRICTING PROCESS. *TRADUCCIÓN EN ESPAÑOL EN PERSONA Y POR TELEFONO PARA PUNTO NUMERO 12 SOBRE. EL TEMA DE LA ACTUALIZACIÓN DEL PROCESO DE REDISTRIBUCIÓN DE DISTRITOS DE RIVERSIDE. Llame al: (951) 826-8686 AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE INTERPRETERS WILL BE PROVIDED FOR ITEM NO. 12 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 the orders of the City Council or the presiding officer constitutes a violation of these rules. The City of Riverside is committed to fostering a respectful workplace that requires all employees and external stakeholders to embrace a culture of transparency and inclusivity. This includes acceptable behavior from everyone; a workplace that provides dignity, respect, and civility to our employees, customers, and the public they serve. City meetings should be a place where all members of our community feel safe and comfortable to participate. While there could be a high level of emotion associated with topics on this agenda, the City would like to set the expectation that all members of the public use language appropriate to a collaborative, professional, and respectful public environment. The City is resolute in its commitment to eliminate any form of harassment, discrimination, or retaliation in the workplace. The City maintains a zero-tolerance policy for harassment, discrimination, and retaliation in compliance with new harassment and discrimination laws. ******** LISTENING ASSISTIVE DEVICES are available for the hearing impaired. 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 requiring a modification or accommodation in order to participate in this meeting may contact the City's ADA Coordinator at 951-826-5427 at least 72 hours before the meeting, if possible. TTY users call 7-1-1 for telecommunications relay services (TRS). City of Riverside Page 2 City Council Agenda - Revised March 14, 2023 Agenda related writings or documents provided to the City Council are available in the Office of the City Clerk, at www.riversideca.gov/meeting, and in the binder located near the entrance of the Art Pick Council Chamber while the meeting is in session. 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. 3 P.M. MAYOR CALLS MEETING TO ORDER INVOCATION - Councilmember Hemenway PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG PUBLIC COMMENT Audience participation is encouraged. Public comments are limited to 3 minutes. 1 To comment on Closed Sessions and any matters within the jurisdiction of the City Council, you are invited to participate in person or call at (669) 900-6833 and enter Meeting ID: 926 9699 1265. Press *9 to be placed in the queue to speak. Individuals in the queue will be prompted to unmute by pressing *6 when you are ready to speak. To participate via ZOOM, use the following link: https://zoom.us/j/92696991265. Select the "raise hand" function to request to speak. An on-screen message will prompt you to "unmute" and speak. COMMUNICATIONS 2 Intergovernmental relations and legislative update (City Manager) (All Wards) (5-minute presentation) 3 Homeless solutions update (City Manager) (All Wards) (5-minute presentation) 4 Sustainability update (City Manager) (All Wards) (5-minute presentation) 5 Legal Update (City Attorney) (All Wards) (5-minute presentation) 6 Declaration of conflicts of interest on any agenda items City of Riverside Page 3 City Council Agenda - Revised March 14, 2023 MAYOR/COUNCILMEMBER COMMUNICATIONS 7 Brief reports on conferences, seminars, and regional meetings attended by Mayor and City Council, Ward updates, and announcements of upcoming events 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. 7a Pursuant to Government Code §54956.9(d)(1) to confer with and/or receive advice from legal counsel concerning SEIU Local 721 v. City of Riverside, Public Employees Relations Board, Case No. LA-CE-1577-M Attachments: Report 7b Pursuant to Government Code §54956.8 to instruct City’s Negotiator, Charles M. Futrell, regarding price and terms of payment for the purchase, sale, exchange, or lease of property with no site address located on the corner of Fifth and Orange Streets, commonly known as Lot 33/Convention Center, APNs: 213-113-001, 213-111-011, 213-111-012, -213-111-013, 213-111-014, 213-111-015 , 213-111-016, and 213-111-017, by Greens Group/Griffin|Swinerton; Atman Kadakia, Korin Crawford, Negotiators Attachments: Report 8 Pursuant to Government Code §54957(a) for consultation with Chief of Police Larry Gonzalez and Chief Information Officer George Khalil regarding threat to public services or facilities Attachments: Report 9 Pursuant to Government Code §54956.9(d)(2) to confer with and/or receive advice from legal counsel concerning anticipated litigation - one case Attachments: Report 10 Pursuant to Government Code §54956.9(d)(4) to confer with and/or receive advice from legal counsel concerning the City Council deciding whether to initiate litigation - one case Attachments: Report 11 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 except the City Manager, 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 City of Riverside Page 4 City Council Agenda - Revised March 14, 2023 Police Supervisory Units), Service Employees International Union #721, International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers #47, and Riverside Police Administrators Association Attachments: Report 6:15 P.M. PUBLIC HEARING Audience participation is encouraged. Public comments are limited to 3 minutes. Press *9 to be placed in the queue to speak when the discussion item is called. AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE INTERPRETERS WILL BE PROVIDED FOR ITEM NO. 12 *SPANISH TRANSLATION WILL BE PROVIDED FOR ITEM NO. 12 REGARDING RESHAPE RIVERSIDE REDISTRICTING PROCESS For Spanish translation on Item No. 12, call (951) 826-8686 and follow the instructions to comment. La participación individual de la audiencia está limitada a 3 minutos. *SE PROPORCIONARÁ TRADUCCIÓN EN ESPAÑOL PARA PUNTO NO. 12 CON RESPECTO A LA ACTUALIZACIÓN DEL PROCESO DE REDISTRIBUCIÓN DE DISTRITOS DE RIVERSIDE: Por teléfono, llame al (951) 826-8686, presione el numero 2, y sigua las instrucciones para comentar en español. Presione *9 para colocarse en la linea para hablar cuando se llame el punto 13 de la agenda. Se le pedirá que deje de silenciarse presionando *6 para hablar cuando sea su turno. 12 Conduct a public hearing on ReShape Riverside Redistricting process (City Clerk) (All Wards) (15-minute presentation) Se llevara acabo una audiencia pública sobre la actualización del proceso de redistribución de distritos de ReShape Riverside City of Riverside Page 5 City Council Agenda - Revised March 14, 2023 Attachments: Report Draft Map A3 Woodstreets whole Draft Map A3 wCurrent Lines Draft Map A3 wNH overlay Draft Map A3 A2 overlay Draft Map A4 Draft Map A4 wCurrent Lines Draft Map A4 wNH overlay Draft Map A4 with A3 Draft Map D3 Modified Draft Map D3 Modified wCurrent Lines Draft Map D3 Modified wNH overlay Draft Map D3 Modified with D3 Matrix - Draft Map Ranked Criteria Notice Presentation 7 P.M. PUBLIC COMMENT Audience participation is encouraged. Public comments are limited to 3 minutes. 13 To comment on the Consent Calendar and any matters within the jurisdiction of the City Council, you are invited to participate in person or call at (669) 900-6833 and enter Meeting ID: 926 9699 1265. Press *9 to be placed in the queue to speak. Individuals in the queue will be prompted to unmute by pressing *6 when you are ready to speak. To participate via ZOOM, use the following link: https://zoom.us/j/92696991265. Select the "raise hand" function to request to speak. An on-screen message will prompt you to "unmute" and speak. CONSENT CALENDAR - Item # 14-20 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. City Clerk 14 Minutes of February 28, 2023 City of Riverside Page 6 City Council Agenda - Revised March 14, 2023 Attachments: Minutes City Council 15 Adopt an Ordinance of the City of Riverside, California, establishing the level of compensation of the Mayor and providing certain fringe benefits, and repealing Ordinance No. 7278 in its entirety - Adopt an Ordinance of the City of Riverside, California, establishing the level of compensation for Members of the City Council and providing certain fringe benefits, and repealing Ordinance No. 7279 in its entirety - Waive further readings (Intro. on 2-28-23, All Wards) Attachments: Ordinance - Mayor Ordinance - City Council Community and Economic Development 16 Case PR-2022-001453 - Adopt an Ordinance of the City Council of the City of Riverside, California, amending and replacing Chapter 5.77 of the Riverside Municipal Code in its entirety related to licensing of cannabis business uses - Adopt an Ordinance of the City Council of the City of Riverside, California, amending Chapters 9.04 and 9.07, and deleting Chapter 9.65 of the Riverside Municipal Code to clean up and provide consistency in cannabis regulations and terminology - Adopt an Ordinance of the City Council of the City of Riverside, California, amending various Chapters and Tables in Title 19 of the Riverside Municipal Code related to land use regulations for cannabis related uses and microbusinesses - Waive further readings (Intro. on 2-28-23, All Wards) Attachments: Ordinance - Title 5 Title 5 - Exhibit A Ordinance - Title 9 Ordinance - Title 19 Title 19 - Permitted Uses Table Title 19 - Incidental Uses Table Finance 17 Fiscal Year 2021-22 annual audit reports from Lance, Soll & Lunghard, LLP, and reappointment of Lance, Soll & Lunghard, LLP as independent auditor for Fiscal Year 2022-23 (All Wards) City of Riverside Page 7 City Council Agenda - Revised March 14, 2023 Attachments: Report Annual Comprehensive Financial Report Electric and Water Financials Final Successor Agency Financial Report Riverside Public Financing Authority Financial Report Single Audit Report Air Quality Management District Report Appropriations Limit (Gann) Independent Auditors' Report Required Audit Communication Letter 2022 Popular Annual Financial Report Presentation - Lance, Soll & Lunghard Presentation - City Police 18 Application to 2022 Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) Program through County of Riverside in the amount of $124,303, less 10 percent to be reallocated to fiscal agent, for total funding of $108,142 for salary and benefits of one Senior Forensic Specialist position for approximately nine months and $3,730 for overtime to implement National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS) crime data-reporting program and training - Approve Interlocal Agreement concerning distribution of 2022 Justice Assistance Grant Award - Riverside County Sheriff’s Department Certified Standard Assurances - Supplemental appropriation - Five affirmative votes required (All Wards) Attachments: Report Agreement Certified Standard Assurances Public Utilities 19 Grid Resilience and Innovation Partnership (GRIP) grant application to U.S. Department of Energy for $11.5 million for continuation of Citywide Advanced Metering Infrastructure Full Deployment - Supplemental appropriation - Five affirmative votes required (All Wards) Attachments: Report Concept Paper Submittal DOE Response to Concept Paper Presentation 20 Third Amendment to Property Management Agreement with G&E Real Estate City of Riverside Page 8 City Council Agenda - Revised March 14, 2023 Management Services, Inc., doing business as Newmark, increasing property manager salary allocation to not-to-exceed $5,000 per month for Property Management Services of Mission Square Office Building - 3750 University Avenue (Ward 1) Attachments: Report Third Amendment Presentation COMMUNICATIONS 21 City Attorney report on Closed Session discussions 22 Items for future City Council consideration as requested by Mayor or Members of the City Council - City Manager/City Attorney reports ********* The next regular City Council meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, March 21, 2023 City Council meetings broadcast with closed captioning available on AT&T Channel 99, Charter Spectrum Channel 3, and Frontier Cable Channel 21 Rebroadcast Wednesdays at 9 p.m., Fridays at 1 p.m., and Saturdays at 9 a.m. View live Webcast of the City Council Meeting at: www.RiversideCA.gov/Meeting or www.WatchRiverside.com Follow on Twitter: City of Riverside (@riversidecagov) Parks, Recreation, and Community Services (@rivcaparkandrec) Riverside Fire Department (@RivCAFire) Riverside Police Department (@RiversidePolice) Riverside Public Utilities (@RPUNews) ********* Sign up to receive critical information such as unexpected road closures, utility outages, missing persons, and evacuations of buildings or neighborhoods. www.RiversideAlert.com City of Riverside Page 9