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August 20, 2024 ·1:00 PM Revised

City Hall - Art Pick Council Chamber 3900 Main Street, Riverside Live Webcast at: www.RiversideCA.gov/Meeting Originally Published: August 8, 2024

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Agenda — 85 items

  1. 1 MISSION STATEMENT
  2. 2 The City of Riverside is committed to providing high quality municipal services to ensure a safe, inclusive, and livable community. Spanish interpreters will be available in person and via phone. American Sign Language interpreters will be provided for Item No. 5. To participate virtually, two options are available: VIA TELEPHONE: Call (951) 826-8686 and follow the prompts to access your desired language. 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 Select the "raise hand" function to request to speak. An on screen message will prompt you to "unmute" and speak. 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. * * * * *
  3. 3 Page Break
  4. 4 Pursuant to the City Council Meeting Rules adopted by Resolution No. 24076, 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 workplace that provides dignity, respect, and civility to our employees, customers, and the public they serve. 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 accommodation in order to participate in a meeting should direct such request to the City's ADA Coordinator at (951) 826-5427 at least 72 hours before the meeting, if possible. 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.
  5. 5 1 P.M.
  6. 6 MAYOR PRO TEM HEMENWAY CALLS MEETING TO ORDER
  7. 7 INVOCATION - Councilmember Hemenway ▶ jump to 1:52
  8. 8 PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG
  9. 9 PUBLIC COMMENT
  10. 1 To comment on Closed Sessions, Consent Calendar and any matters within the jurisdiction of the City Council, you are invited to participate in person or call at (951) 826-8686 and follow the prompts to access your language of preference. 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. 24-2291 ▶ jump to 5:06
  11. 11 MAYOR/COUNCILMEMBER COMMUNICATIONS
  12. 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 24-2334 ▶ jump to 21:08
  13. 13 COMMUNICATIONS
  14. 3 City Manager Update (All Wards) (5-minute presentation) 24-2292
  15. 4 Declaration of conflicts of interest on any agenda items (City Council) 24-2293 ▶ jump to 47:24
  16. 16 PRESENTATIONS
  17. 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) 24-2442 ▶ jump to 47:31
  18. 6 Mayor Pro Tem Hemenway to present Proclamation to Emergency Services Administrator Mark Annas recognizing September as National Preparedness Month (5-minute presentation) 24-2195 ▶ jump to 52:15
  19. 19 Page Break
  20. 20 CONSENT CALENDAR - Item # 7-31 ▶ jump to 60:57
  21. 21 City Attorney
  22. 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) 24-2487
  23. 23 City Clerk
  24. 8 Designate Councilmember Mill as voting delegate and Councilmember Robillard as alternate for 2024 League of California Cities Annual Business Meeting (All Wards) 24-2392
  25. 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) 24-2219
  26. 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) 24-2431
  27. 11 Minutes of August 6, 2024 24-2335
  28. 28 Page Break
  29. 29 City Council
  30. 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) 24-2326
  31. 31 City Manager
  32. 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 associated fiscal impact for Riverside Alive Project through December 31, 2024 (All Wards)
  33. 33 Community and Economic Development
  34. 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) 24-2394
  35. 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) 24-2328
  36. 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) 24-2406
  37. 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) 24-2502
  38. 38 Page Break
  39. 39 Finance
  40. 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) 24-2304
  41. 41 Fire
  42. 19 Purchase of protective fire safety clothing for Fire Department from All Star Equipment, Hayward, for $226,335 from Fire Operations Account (All Wards) 24-2276
  43. 43 General Services
  44. 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) 24-2242
  45. 45 Housing and Human Services
  46. 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) 24-2453
  47. 47 Library
  48. 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) 24-2297
  49. 49 Parks, Recreation, and Community Services
  50. 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) 24-2346
  51. 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) 24-2349
  52. 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) 24-2352
  53. 53 Police
  54. 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) 24-2312
  55. 55 Public Utilities
  56. 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) 24-2314
  57. 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) 24-2315
  58. 58 Public Works
  59. 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) 24-2299
  60. 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) 24-2301
  61. 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) 24-2302
  62. 62 DISCUSSION CALENDAR
  63. 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) 24-2316 ▶ jump to 62:33
  64. 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 (Public Works) (All Wards) (10-minute presentation) 24-2303 ▶ jump to 69:30
  65. 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) 24-2497 ▶ jump to 77:19
  66. 66 3 P.M.
  67. 67 PUBLIC HEARING
  68. 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) 24-2330
  69. 69 CLOSED SESSIONS - Item # 36-42
  70. 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 24-2218
  71. 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 24-2283
  72. 37a Pursuant to Government Code §54956.9(d)(2)/54956.9(e)(3) to confer with and/or receive advice from legal counsel concerning Rene Joseph Medina Jr. v City of Riverside, Claim No.: 24-08-18 24-2572
  73. 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 24-2407
  74. 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 24-2148
  75. 40 Pursuant to Government Code §54956.9(d)(2) to confer with and/or receive advice from legal counsel concerning anticipated litigation - two cases 24-2145
  76. 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 24-2146
  77. 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 24-2147
  78. 78 COMMUNICATIONS
  79. 43 City Attorney report on Closed Session discussions 24-2295
  80. 44 Items for future City Council consideration as requested by Mayor or Members of the City Council - City Manager/City Attorney reports 24-2296
  81. 81 * * * * * * * * * The next regular City Council meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, September 17, 2024
  82. 82 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.
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