City Council
Regular MeetingRiverside, CA · August 20, 2024
Agenda
City of Riverside Mayor
Patricia Lock Dawson
City Council Councilmembers:
Philip Falcone
Agenda en Espanol Clarissa Cervantes
Steven Robillard
Chuck Conder
Agenda Sean H. Mill
Jim Perry
Steve Hemenway
Meeting Date: Tuesday, August 20, 2024 1:00 PM City Hall - Art Pick Council Chamber
Publication Date: Friday, August 9, 2024 3900 Main Street, Riverside
Live Webcast at:
www.RiversideCA.gov/Meeting
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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.
1 P.M.
MAYOR PRO TEM HEMENWAY CALLS MEETING TO ORDER
INVOCATION - Councilmember Hemenway
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG
PUBLIC COMMENT
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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 meetings:
Economic Development Committee at 3 p.m., on Thursday, August 22, 2024, Art
Pick Council Chamber
Governmental Processes Committee at 9 a.m., on Wednesday, September 4, 2024,
Art Pick Council Chamber
Land Use Committee at 3:30 p.m., on Monday, September 9, 2024, Art Pick Council
Chamber
Finance Committee at 3 p.m., on Wednesday, September 11, 2024, Art Pick
Council Chamber
Mobility and Infrastructure Committee at 1 p.m., on Thursday, September 12, 2024,
Art Pick Council Chamber
COMMUNICATIONS
3 City Manager Update (All Wards) (5-minute presentation)
4 Declaration of conflicts of interest on any agenda items (City Council)
PRESENTATIONS
5 Mayor Pro Tem Hemenway to present Proclamation to Commission of the Deaf
Chair Mike Anderson recognizing September 14, 2024, as 25th anniversary of the
DeaFestival (5-minute presentation)
6 Mayor Pro Tem Hemenway to present Proclamation to Emergency Services
Administrator Mark Annas recognizing September as National Preparedness Month
(5-minute presentation)
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CONSENT CALENDAR - Item # 7-31
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 Attorney
7 Add Redwood Public Law to panel of authorized attorneys - Approve Legal Services
Agreement and engagement letter with law firm of Redwood Public Law for
specialized legal services - Establish budget of $250,000 for Redwood Public Law's
work on public/private partnership projects - Supplemental appropriation - Five
affirmative votes required (All Wards)
City Clerk
8 Designate Councilmember Mill as voting delegate and Councilmember Robillard as
alternate for 2024 League of California Cities Annual Business Meeting (All Wards)
9 Request for Proposal 2374 Agreement with Certified Records Management, LLC.,
for amount not-to-exceed $60,000 annually through June 30, 2029, for total contract
amount not-to-exceed $300,000 from City Clerk's Office Budget with one five-year
extension option for not-to-exceed total of ten years for records storage and
destruction services (All Wards)
10 Appoint Mary Welding to Commission on Aging and Thomas Forbes to Park and
Recreation Commission Citywide seats - File resignation of Megan Durkee from
Human Relations Commission Ward 6 seat (All Wards)
11 Minutes of August 6, 2024
City Council
12 Land Use Committee recommends introduction of an Ordinance of the City of
Riverside, California, amending Chapter 5.36 to the Riverside Municipal Code
regarding the regulation of Mobile Food Vendors on vehicle parking restrictions fifty
feet from any commercial, industrial, and residential driveways (All Wards)
City Manager
13 Third Amendment to Agreement with HR&A Advisors, Inc., for increased
compensation not-to-exceed $50,000 for total agreement amount of $385,000 from
Fiscal Year 2024-25 Economic Development Account for additional advisory
services to evaluate a revised development program, parking arrangement and
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associated fiscal impact for Riverside Alive Project through December 31, 2024 (All
Wards)
Community and Economic Development
14 Review and send the draft findings to overrule the Riverside Airport Land Use
Commission (ALUC) Determination to the California Division of Aeronautics and to
the ALUC - Schedule a Public Hearing for December 3, 2024, at 6:15 p.m., to
consider the overrule of Airport Land Use Commission (ALUC) determination of
inconsistency, project appeals and entitlements including a General Plan
Amendment, Rezone, Tentative Parcel Map, and Design Review related to Planning
Case PR-2022-001359 to facilitate construction of a multifamily development
consisting of 347 residential units on 9.92 acres, located at 375 Alessandro
Boulevard (former Kmart building) and situated on the northwest corner of Mission
Grove Parkway and Mission Village Drive (Ward 4)
15 Stormwater Treatment Device and Control Measure Access and Maintenance
Agreement and Water Quality Management Plan with City of San Bernardino for
City-owned property - 1388 South E. Street, San Bernardino (All Wards)
16 Annexation of City property located at 1388 South E. Street, San Bernardino, into
City of San Bernardino's Community Facilities District No. 2019-1 (All Wards)
17 Case PR-2024-001678 - Adopt an Ordinance of the City of Riverside, California,
amending numerous sections of Title 19 the Riverside Municipal Code regarding
Zoning - Waive further reading (Intro. on 8-6-24, All Wards)
Finance
18 First Amendment to Agreement with PFM Financial Advisors, LLC., for additional
compensation of $75,000 for total contract amount of $175,000 from Sewer Fund,
Digester V Rehab Project account for Financial Advisory Services related to the
Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) (All Wards)
Fire
19 Purchase of protective fire safety clothing for Fire Department from All Star
Equipment, Hayward, for $226,335 from Fire Operations Account (All Wards)
General Services
20 Request for Proposal 2368 - Services Agreement with Duthie Electric Service
Corp., Long Beach, for $195,764.24 annually, for total amount of $587,292.72, from
Fleet Fund Sublet Repairs Account for on-call generator maintenance services as
needed for General Services Department Fleet Management Division through June
30, 2027, with two one-year extension options (All Wards)
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Housing and Human Services
21 A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Riverside, California, authorizing an
application to the California Department of Housing and Community Development
for Local Housing Trust Fund Program matching grant funds of $1,000,000 for the
City’s Local Affordable Housing Trust Fund for the development of affordable rental
housing projects - Supplemental appropriation - Waive further reading - Five
affirmative votes required (All Wards)
Library
22 Purchase of library materials and services from Baker and Taylor, LLC., for
$288,000 from General Fund and Grants and Restricted Program Accounts (All
Wards)
Parks, Recreation, and Community Services
23 Request for Proposals 2334 - Agreement with Ecolane USA, Inc., Wayne,
Pennsylvania, for $208,589.50 for Year 1, and $170,359.50 for Years 2 and 3, for
total of $549,308.50 from State grants for license, training and support of
web-based transportation scheduling software application for Special Transportation
Division (All Wards)
24 Award Bid 8082 to WCM & Associates, Inc., Yucaipa, for $799,000 and 10 percent
change order authority for total contract amount of $878,900 from Parks,
Recreation and Community Services ARPA Citywide Improvements Account for
labor, equipment and materials for removal and replacement of HVAC systems at
eleven separate community centers (All Wards)
25 Second Amendment to Agreement with Rebecca Acevedo doing business as A
Squared Consulting, for increased amount of $88,500 not-to-exceed $442,500 from
Project Bridge ARPA Account for wrap around services for Project BRIDGE
Program through December 31, 2025 (Ward 1)
Police
26 Memorandum of Understanding with Alvord Unified School District for $873,172.08
annually, for total of $1,746,344.16, from General Fund, Police Department
Personnel Budget for School Resource Officer Program through June 30, 2026
(Wards 5, 6, and 7)
Public Utilities
27 Agreement with the University of California, Riverside for attachment of wireline
facilities on two city-owned wooden poles for underground fiber optic expansion at
vicinity of Martin Luther King Boulevard and Gage Canal (Ward 2)
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28 Water Conservation Surcharge Program enhancements for additional amount of
$615,000 for total of $1,215,000 from Public Utilities Water Conservation
Unprogrammed Funds Account for conservation, education, and water use
efficiency programs (All Wards)
Public Works
29 Addition of Tequesquite Landfill Blower Project to Capital Improvement Program -
Award Bid 8092 to Metrocell Construction, Inc., Ontario, for $236,286 from Public
Works Department Budget for Tequesquite Landfill Well Head Repairs (Ward 1)
30 A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Riverside, California, adopting a list of
projects for Fiscal Year 2024-25 funded by Senate Bill 1: The Road Repair and
Accountability Act of 2017 - Waive further reading (Wards 4, 5, 6, and 7)
31 Request for Proposal 2344 - Agreement with Advantec Consulting Engineers, Inc.,
Irvine, for $884,712.31 plus ten percent contingency, for amount not-to-exceed
$973,183.54 from Public Works HSIP Cycle XI Grant and Measure A Local funds to
implement Citywide leading pedestrian interval signal timing and engineering design
plan preparation services for Citywide retroreflective signal backplates, median, and
high-friction surface treatment through June 30, 2026, with additional two-year
extension options - Mission Inn Avenue between Redwood Drive and Scout Lane
(Ward 1)
DISCUSSION CALENDAR
Audience participation is encouraged. Public comments are limited to 3 minutes.
32 A Resolution of Intention to approve an Amendment to Contract between the Board
of Administration California Public Employees' Retirement System and the City
Council City of Riverside to implement a retirement cost-sharing provision of
one-half percent (0.5) of pensionable income for all Classic, CalPERS Level 1 and 2
Police Safety members hired before June 13, 2012, in the Unrepresented Police
Management Group for a total of seven percent (7) effective as soon as
administratively possible - Waive further reading - Introduce an Ordinance of the
City of Riverside, California, authorizing an Amendment to the Contract between the
City of Riverside and the Board of Administration of the California Public
Employees’ Retirement System to implement a retirement cost-sharing provision of
one-half percent (0.5) of pensionable income for all Classic, CalPERS Level 1 and 2
Police Safety members hired before June 13, 2012, in the Unrepresented Police
Management Group (Human Resources) (All Wards) (10-minute presentation)
33 Award Bid 8081 to American Asphalt South, Inc., Riverside, for $2,765,667.24 from
Measure Z Pavement Rehabilitation and Pedestrian Facilities Account for Fiscal
Year 2023-24 Street Preservation (All Wards)
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34 American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) Expenditure Plan update - Reallocation of ARPA
funds from various ARPA Projects to Revenue Replacement projects in amount of
$1,550,000 for Parks Masters Plans, Senior Study Master Plan, and Revolving Loan
- Supplemental appropriation - Interfund transfer - Five affirmative votes required
(City Manager/Finance) (All Wards) (10-minute presentation)
3 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.
35 Case PR-2021-001145 - City of Riverside - Title 20 Code Text Amendments
(Cultural Resources) - Determine project is exempt from further California
Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) review pursuant to Sections 15308 (Actions to
Protect Environment), 15060(c)(2) (No Physical Change), 15060(c)(3) (Not A
Project), and 15061(b)(3) (General Rule), as proposed amendment will cause no
direct or indirect change to environment, does not meet definition of a Project under
CEQA, and it can be seen with certainty that proposed amendment will not have an
effect on environment - Introduce an Ordinance of the City of Riverside, California,
amending numerous Sections of Title 20 the Riverside Municipal Code regarding
Cultural Resources (Community and Economic Development) (All Wards)
(10-minute presentation)
CLOSED SESSIONS - Item #36-42
Time listed is approximate. The City Council may adjourn to the below listed Closed
Sessions at their convenience during this City Council meeting.
36 Pursuant to Government Code §54956.9(d)(1) to confer with and/or receive from
legal counsel concerning Jorge Franco v. City of Riverside, WCAB Claim No.(s):
080369 / ADJ6630932, 090135 / ADJ6630933, 980137-LTM / ADJ1088234,
01000089-LTM / ADJ2684455
37 Pursuant to Government Code §54956.9(d)(1) to confer with and/or receive from
legal counsel concerning Jesus Hibarra v. City of Riverside, WCAB Claim No.(s):
200006 / ADJ14628393
38 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 located at 1101-1199 Orange Street, generally described as the
former Riverside Golf Club, Assessor's Parcel Numbers: 206-070-003,
206-070-002, and 246-060-011, by Greens Group/Overland
Development/Adrenaline Sports Resorts; Atman Kadakia; Andrew Walcker; Bryant
Grigsby, Negotiators
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39 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
40 Pursuant to Government Code §54956.9(d)(2) to confer with and/or receive advice
from legal counsel concerning anticipated litigation - two cases
41 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
- three cases
42 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
COMMUNICATIONS
43 City Attorney report on Closed Session discussions
44 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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