City Council
Regular MeetingRiverside, CA · August 15, 2023
Agenda
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, August 15, 2023 1:00 PM City Hall - Art Pick Council Chamber
Publication Date: Thursday, August 10, 2023 3900 Main Street, Riverside
Live Webcast at:
www.RiversideCA.gov/Meeting or
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Originally Published: August 3, 2023
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Pursuant to the City Council Meeting Rules adopted by Resolution No. 23976, 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.
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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.
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1 P.M.
MAYOR CALLS MEETING TO ORDER
INVOCATION - Mayor Lock Dawson
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG
PUBLIC COMMENT
Audience participation is encouraged. Public comments are limited to 3 minutes.
1 To comment on Consent Calendar, Closed Sessions, and any matters within the
jurisdiction of the City Council, you are invited to participate in person or call at
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MAYOR/COUNCILMEMBER COMMUNICATIONS
2 Brief reports on conferences, seminars, and regional meetings attended by Mayor
and City Council, Ward updates, and announcements of upcoming events
Announcement of Committee meeting:
Economic Development, Placemaking, and Branding/Marketing Committee at 3
p.m., on Thursday, August 17, 2023, Art Pick Council Chamber
Housing and Homelessness Committee at 3:30 p.m., on Monday, August 28, 2023,
Art Pick Council Chamber
COMMUNICATIONS
3 Intergovernmental relations and legislative update (City Manager) (All Wards)
(5-minute presentation)
4 Homeless solutions update (City Manager) (All Wards) (5-minute presentation)
5 Sustainability update (City Manager) (All Wards) (5-minute presentation)
6 Legal Update (City Attorney) (All Wards) (5-minute presentation)
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7 Declaration of conflicts of interest on any agenda items (City Council)
PRESENTATIONS
8 Parks, Recreation and Community Services Department overview and employee
recognition - "Where Community Grows" campaign presentation (Parks,
Recreation, and Community Services) (All Wards) (5-minute presentation)
Attachments: Report
Video Presentation
9 CaliforniansForAll Youth Job Corps Program annual update (City Manager) (All
Wards) (10-minute presentation)
Attachments: Report
Presentation
WORKSHOP
10 Mayor Lock Dawson to call upon Bloomberg Harvard Summer Fellow Naman
Sharma with Bloomberg Center for Cities with Harvard University to present findings
related to the Homeless Action Plan and Envision 2025 Strategic Plan (Mayor) (All
Wards) (15-minute presentation)
Attachments: Report
Case Studies and Best Practices
Proposed Amendments to Riverside Homelessness Action Plan
Proposed Amendments to Envision Riverside 2025 Strategic Plan
Job Description for Chief Data Officer
CONSENT CALENDAR - Item # 11-27
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
11 Appoint Willie Holley to Budget Engagement Commission Ward 7 Resident seat and
Briggs Gamblin to the Airport Commission Citywide seat - File resignation of John
Goolsby from Airport Commission Citywide seat (All Wards)
Attachments: Report
12 Special and regular City Council meeting minutes of August 1, 2023
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Attachments: City Council Special Meeting Minutes
City Council Regular Meeting Minutes
City Manager
13 Transformative Climate Communities Grant (TCC) Subrecipient Agreement with
Riverside Community Health Foundation for $70,387.75 to implement Grant
Indicator Tracking Plan for TCC projects (Ward 2)
Attachments: Report
Subrecipient Agreement
14 Affordable Housing and Sustainable Communities Subrecipient Agreement with
Wakeland Housing and Development Corporation for grant of $1,953,826 for
Sustainable Transportation Infrastructure and Transit-Related Amenities related to
Entrada affordable housing development - Supplemental appropriation - Five
affirmative votes required (Ward 2)
Attachments: Report
Agreement
15 MEASURE Z - Fifth Amendment to Agreement with City Net for $660,767.48 for
homeless street outreach services alongside Public Safety and Engagement Team
to individuals and families with children for extended term to January 22, 2024 (All
Wards)
Attachments: Report
Agreement
Community and Economic Development
16 First Amendment to Agreement with Plantation Productions, Inc., for $92,500,
increasing total contract amount to not-to-exceed $277,500, extending term to June
30, 2024, for logistical and technical support for The Box at the Fox Entertainment
Plaza - Appropriate $50,000 to Entertainment Fund, Box Theater Professional
Services Account - Five affirmative votes required (All Wards)
Attachments: Report
Agreement
17 Declare as exempt surplus approximately 11,743 square feet of vacant City-owned
land located on Doolittle Avenue between Morris Street and Central Avenue bearing
Assessor Parcel Number 155-060-010 - Approve Grant Deed to SEAN, LLC., for
conveyance of approximately 11,743 square feet of vacant City-owned land (Ward
7)
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Attachments: Report
Grant Deed
Executed Exchange DDA
Presentation
Fire
18 MEASURE Z - Purchase of Lifepak-15 cardiac monitor/defibrillator from Stryker
Sales, LLC, Kalamazoo, Michigan, for $66,649.69 from Measure Z Fund,
Fire-Operations, Vehicle Replacement-Fire Account for Type 1 Medium Duty
Squad/Ambulance (All Wards)
Attachments: Report
Quote
General Services
19 Award Bid 7986 to ABCO Development Corporation, Los Angeles, for $149,174.55
from Central Garage Fund, Fuel Island Improvements Project account for two
additional compressed natural gas storage spheres for Acorn Street compressed
natural gas fueling station - Appropriate $99,174.55 to Central Garage Fund, Fuel
Island Improvements Project - 5961 Acorn Street - Five affirmative votes required
(Ward 3)
Attachments: Report
Bid Award Recommendation
Human Resources
20 A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Riverside, California, amending
Resolution No. 21052 and the Master Fringe Benefits and Salary Plan to approve
the creation of the new classification and salary range for the Urban Forestry and
Landscape Supervisor, deletion of the Utilities Fiscal Manager, Annexation Program
Coordinator, and Human Resources Administrative Technician Classifications, and
approve the miscellaneous language clean-up modifications to the Fringe Benefits
and Salary Plan - Waive further reading (All Wards)
Attachments: Report
Resolution
Job Code Table
FBSP
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Innovation and Technology
21 MEASURE Z - Second Amendment to Agreement with TeamDynamix Solutions,
LLC., for $48,280 for total contract amount of $242,719 and 15 percent change
order authority from Measure Z funds and Finance and Innovation and Technology
Department Budgets for additional licenses and integration platform services
through June 30, 2025 (All Wards)
Attachments: Report
Second Amendment to Agreement
First Amendment to Agreement
Agreement
Library
22 Purchase of library materials and services from Baker & Taylor, LLC., for $122,732
from Library Departmental Budget (All Wards)
Attachments: Report
Pricing Proposal
23 Accept $158,086 from Library Trust Fund and $233,797 from Library Minor Gift
Fund for materials, programs, and services - Supplemental appropriation - Five
affirmative votes required (All Wards)
Attachments: Report
Parks, Recreation, and Community Services
24 Adopt Fiscal Year 2022-23 and Fiscal Year 2023-24 Special Transportation Division
Short Range Transit Plans - Appropriation decrease of $969,044 in Fiscal Year
2022-23 and decrease of $670,624 in Fiscal Year 2023-24 to align Special
Transportation Operations adopted budget with Riverside County Transportation
Commission approved funding levels and Short-Range Transit Plans - Approve
increase of $24,900 for Fiscal Year 2022-23 and increase of $101,125 for Fiscal
Year 2023-24 in estimated revenues to align with Riverside County Transportation
Commission approved estimates in Short-Range Transit Plans - Submit Fiscal Year
2023-24 Transportation Development Act, State of Good Repair, and State Transit
Assistance Claim Forms and Transportation Development Act Standard Assurances
Form to Riverside County Transportation Commission (All Wards)
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Attachments: Report
2023/24 LTF Claim Forms
2023/24 SGR Claim Form
2022/23 - FY 2023/24 Short Range Transit Plan
2023/24 - FY 2025/26 Short Range Transit Plan
25 Approve 2024-2026 Special Transportation Title VI Program as required under the
Federal Transit Administration Circular 4702.B1 (All Wards)
Attachments: Report
Title VI Program FFY 2023-2026
Police
26 Purchase and installation of 80 Flock Falcon Camera Systems from Flock Group,
Inc., Atlanta, Georgia, for $213,500 for first year and $200,000 each additional year
for total contract amount of $1,013,500 from Police Department Special Operations
Division Professional Services Account (All Wards)
Attachments: Report
Order Form 2023
Executed Flock Safety Government Agency Agreement
Public Works
27 Ratify Emergency Change Order to Purchase Order 231405 with Toter, Inc.,
Statesville, North Carolina, for $73,504.70 for total revised compensation of
$1,048,049.06 from Public Works Department Budget for automated refuse, green
waste, and recycling carts purchased to maintain services (All Wards)
Attachments: Report
Toter Cooperative Agreement Extended through July 31, 2023
DISCUSSION CALENDAR
Audience participation is encouraged. Public comments are limited to 3 minutes.
28 MEASURE Z - Waive formal procurement process for purchase of new and used
vehicles and motorcycles from various vendors for the Police Department and the
Public Safety Engagement Team for estimated amount of $65,000 per vehicle for
total amount not-to-exceed $3,100,000 from Measure Z Fund, Police Field
Operations and Public Safety Engagement Team Vehicle Replacement Accounts for
six-month term ending January 31, 2024 - Five affirmative votes required (General
Services) (All Wards) (10-minute presentation)
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Attachments: Report
Presentation
29 MEASURE Z - Phase 1 Preliminary Design Studies for new SPC Jesus S. Duran
Eastside Library at Bobby Bonds Park - First Amendment to Agreement with
Cannon/Parkin, Inc., doing business as CannonDesign, for increased
compensation of $1,600,000 for total revised contract of $1,694,500 and 10 percent
contingency for unforeseen design changes from Measure Z Capital Fund Eastside
Library Project account to extend term for five years to July 1, 2028, for Phase II
Schematic Design Services at SPC Jesus S. Duran Eastside Library - 2060
University Avenue (Library) (Ward 2) (10-minute presentation)
Attachments: Report
Agreement
Concept 3
Presentation
30 Riverside New Car Dealers Association Annual Report - A Resolution of the City
Council of the City of Riverside, California, declaring its intention to levy an Annual
Assessment in the Auto Center Business Improvement District for the Fiscal Year
beginning September 1, 2023, pursuant to Section 36534 of the California Streets
and Highways Code, and generally describing the improvements and activities to be
undertaken, and fixing the time and place for a public hearing before the City
Council of the City of Riverside on the levy of the proposed assessment - Waive
further reading - Agreement with Riverside New Car Dealers Association for
$100,000 annually, for total contract amount of $500,000, for Business Improvement
District Funding through June 30, 2028 - Supplemental appropriation - Five
affirmative votes required - Schedule public hearing for September 5, 2023, at 3:00
p.m. (Wards 4 and 5)
Attachments: Report
Annual Report
Resolution
Map
Agreement
Presentation
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3 P.M.
PUBLIC HEARINGS/PLANNING REFERRALS AND APPEALS
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.
31 Military Equipment Policy annual review - Approve Military Equipment Policy for
acquisition and deployment of law enforcement equipment and forward a copy of
the policy to the Governor’s Office in accordance with Assembly Bill 481 (Police)
(All Wards) (10-minute presentation)
Attachments: Report
Lexipol 705 - Military Equipment Policy
Military Equipment Inventory 2024
Military Equipment Fiscal Impact
Notice
Presentation
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.
32 Pursuant to Government Code §54956.9(d)(1) to confer with and/or receive from
legal counsel concerning Melissa Cunningham v. City of Riverside, WCAB Claim
No.(s): 180216 / ADJ11337391, 190045 / ADJ11442076
Attachments: Report
33 Pursuant to Government Code §54957(a) for consultation with Chief of Police Larry
Gonzalez, or his respective deputy, and Chief Information Officer George Khalil
regarding threat to public services or facilities
Attachments: Report
34 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
35 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
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36 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
Police Supervisory Units), Service Employees International Union #721,
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers #47, and Riverside Police
Administrators Association
Attachments: Report
COMMUNICATIONS
37 City Attorney report on Closed Session discussions
38 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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