City Council
Regular MeetingRiverside, CA · June 17, 2025
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, June 17, 2025 1:00 PM City Hall - Art Pick Council Chamber
Publication Date: Thursday, June 5, 2025 3900 Main Street, Riverside
Live Webcast at:
www.RiversideCA.gov/Meeting
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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 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.
1 P.M.
MAYOR CALLS MEETING TO ORDER
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:
Safety, Wellness, and Youth Committee at 1 p.m., on Wednesday, June 18, 2025,
Art Pick Council Chamber
Housing and Homelessness Committee at 3:30 p.m., on Monday, June 23, 2025, Art
Pick Council Chamber
COMMUNICATIONS
3 City Manager Updates (City Manager) (5-minute presentation)
4 Declaration of conflicts of interest and ex parte communications (City Council)
DISCUSSION CALENDAR
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5 First Amendment to Agreement with Holt Architects, Inc., doing business as Holt
Architecture, Palm Desert, for $3,331,916 for revised contract amount of
$3,430,916, for Phase II Architectural Design Services of Downtown Police
Headquarters Building, plus contingency of $333,192 for unforeseen project
changes including but not limited to, owner requested changes and design
improvements, for total not-to-exceed contract amount of $3,764,108 from Measure
Z Fund, New Police Headquarters Building and Improvements Account - 4102
Orange Street (Police) (Ward 1) (10-minute presentation)
CLOSED SESSIONS - Item # 6-13
Time listed is approximate. The City Council may adjourn to the below listed Closed
Sessions at their convenience during this City Council meeting.
6 Pursuant to Government Code §54956.9(d)(1) to confer with and/or receive from
legal counsel concerning Alex Gabler v. City of Riverside, WCAB Claim No.(s):
ADJ18828365
7 Pursuant to Government Code §54956.9(d)(1) to confer with and/or receive from
legal counsel concerning Scott Wilson v. City of Riverside, WCAB Claim No.(s):
240130
8 Pursuant to Government Code §54956.9(d)(1) to confer with and/or receive advice
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from legal counsel concerning Debra Shelton-Love v. City of Riverside, Riverside
Superior Court Case No. CVRI2406556
9 Pursuant to Government Code §54956.9(d)(2)/54956.9(e)(3) to confer with and/or
receive advice from legal counsel concerning Shelia Jackson v. City of Riverside,
Claim No.: 25-02-05
10 Pursuant to Government Code §54956.9(d)(2) to confer with and/or receive advice
from legal counsel concerning anticipated litigation - one case
11 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
12 Pursuant to Government Code §54957(a), for consultation with Larry Gonzalez,
Riverside Chief of Police, or his respective deputy, and George Khalil, Chief
Innovation Officer regarding threat to public services or facilities
13 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
PUBLIC HEARING
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*9 to be placed in the queue to speak when the discussion item is called.
14 Case PR-2025-001795 - Amend Chapter 5.77 Cannabis Business Activities of Title
5 and Title 19 Zoning of the Riverside Municipal Code (RMC) related to Commercial
Cannabis Business (CCB) Program - Determine project is exempt from further
California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) review pursuant to Section 15601(b)
(3) of CEQA Guidelines as it can be seen with certainty approval of project will not
an effect on environment - Introduce an Ordinance of the City Council of the City of
Riverside, California, amending Section 5.77.320 of the Riverside Municipal Code
regarding location and design of Cannabis Businesses and Table 19.150.020.a
regarding Permitted Uses (Community and Economic Development) (All Wards)
(15-minute presentation)
6:15 P.M.
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INVOCATION - Councilmember Hemenway
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG
PUBLIC COMMENT
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15 To comment on Consent Calendar and any matters within the jurisdiction of the City
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PRESENTATION
16 Mayor Lock Dawson to present a Proclamation to National Association for the
Advancement of Colored People President Regina Patton Stell recognizing June 19,
2025, as Juneteenth (All Wards) (5-minute presentation)
CONSENT CALENDAR - Item # 17-29
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.
Airport
17 Third Amendment to Lease Agreement with Leimamo Taylor Bishaw doing business
as Riverside Airport Café establishing tenant improvement credit, 5-year payment
plan, and revised rent rate - 6951 Flight Road (Ward 3)
City Clerk
18 Appoint Jordan Wright to Board of Public Utilities Ward 1 seat and Mary Carter to
Museum of Riverside Board Ward 7 seat (All Wards)
City Council
19 Governmental Processes Committee recommends amending City Manager’s
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settlement authority - A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Riverside,
California, increasing the City Manager’s Settlement Authority for various claims
from $25,000 to $50,000; amending Resolution No. 23792; which amendment is to
be effective upon adoption - Waive further reading (All Wards)
Community and Economic Development
20 Amend Chapter 5.77 of Riverside Municipal Code related to Cannabis Business
Permit Program - Introduce an Ordinance of the City Council of the City of
Riverside, California, amending Chapter 5.77 the Riverside Municipal Code
regarding Cannabis Business Activities (All Wards)
21 Purchase and Sale Agreement with Helix Street, LLC., for $1,600,000 for
acquisition and approximately $50,000 for cost of escrow, title, and related fees for
total of $1,650,000 from Third Street Grade Separation Project Transportation
Uniform Mitigation Fee and Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Accounts for
street and highway, sanitary sewer facilities, and temporary access, and temporary
construction easements each for thirty-six month term - Third Street Grade
Separation Project - 2262 Third Street (Wards 1 and 2)
Finance
22 Agreement with Mainstreet Communication, Inc., doing business as
PrintMyStuff.com, for $750,000 annually, for total contract amount of $3,750,000,
allocable to each Department’s adopted and available budgeted funds - Authorize 20
percent change order authority of $750,000, over full contract term for total contract
amount not-to-exceed $4,500,000 for Citywide printing services for one-year term
with four one-year extension options (All Wards)
Fire
23 A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Riverside, California, authorizing the
submission of application and acceptance of grant award from the U.S. Department
of Homeland Security through the California Office of Emergency Services for the
Fiscal Year 2024 State Homeland Security Program Grant (SHSP) in the amount of
$67,000 which includes the Countywide Hazmat Operation Group (CHOG) Program,
and authorizing the execution of all required documents by the City Manager or his
Designee; and amending the Budget for Fiscal Year 2024-2025 accordingly -
Waive further reading - Supplemental appropriation - Five affirmative votes required
(All Wards)
Housing and Human Services
24 Affordable Housing and Sustainable Communities Agreement with Public Works
Department for grant award of $3,189,779 for support of Sustainable Transportation
Infrastructure (STI) related to Mission Heritage Plaza affordable housing
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development - Supplemental appropriation - Five affirmative votes required (Ward 1)
Innovation and Technology
25 Purchase of security camera equipment and installation services from Convergint
Technologies, Anaheim, under Sourcewell Cooperative Purchasing Agreement
121024-CTL, for $178,538 plus contingency of $85,000, for total amount of
$263,538 from Electric Fund, Public Utilities Admin-Building Occupancy, Building
and Improvements Account to replace outdated surveillance cameras at Utilities
Operation Center (UOC) (All Wards)
26 Purchase of security camera equipment from VectorUSA, Rancho Cucamonga,
under Omnia Cooperative Purchasing Agreement R200803, for $144,510.09 from
Measure Z Fund-Technology Replacement Account to improve and enhance
network of cameras Citywide (All Wards)
Parks, Recreation, and Community Services
27 National Recreation and Park Association (NRPA) Supporting Healthy Aging
through Parks and Recreation (SHAPR) grant acceptance of $3,000 to expand
senior programming at Villegas Community Center - Supplemental appropriation -
Five affirmative votes required (Ward 5)
28 Second Amendment to Agreement with Service First for six-month term extension
for $131,836.44, with additional 15 percent change order authority for not to exceed
$19,773.97, for total amount of $151,610.41 from General Fund, Parks &
Recreation-Parks, Professional Services Account for annual swimming pool
maintenance services through December 31, 2025 (Wards 1, 2, 3 and 5)
Police
29 Agreement with Innovative Design and Sheet Metal Products, Inc., doing business
as Innovative Emergency Equipment, Riverside, for not-to-exceed $463,958.48 for
Fiscal Year 2024-25 and $500,000 per year for Fiscal Year 2025-26 through Fiscal
Year 2028-29, for total agreement amount of $2,463,958.48 from Measure Z Fund,
Police Field Operations Vehicle Replacement and Homeless Outreach Professional
Services Accounts for specialty vehicle equipment, removal, and installation
services for Police Department vehicles through September 30, 2029 (All Wards)
PUBLIC HEARING
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30 Proposed Amendment of Fiscal Year 2025-2026 of previously adopted Fiscal Year
2024-2026 Biennial Budget - A Resolution of the City Council of the City of
Riverside, California, amending Resolution No. 24131 to amend the Two-Year
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Budget of the City of Riverside for the Fiscal Year beginning July 1, 2025, and
ending June 30, 2026 totaling $1,528,021,444 Citywide, with the addition of any
revisions that the City Council may deem advisable per Section 1102 of the City
Charter - Waive further reading - Delegate investment authority to Chief Financial
Officer/Treasurer from July 1, 2025, through June 30, 2026 - Five affirmative votes
required (Finance) (All Wards) (15-minute presentation)
COMMUNICATIONS
31 City Attorney report on Closed Session discussions
32 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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