Tuesday, January 25, 2022
City of Rialto
City Council
Mayor Deborah Robertson
Mayor Pro Tem Ed Scott
Council Member Rafael Trujillo
Council Member Andy Carrizales
Council Member Karla Perez
Barbara A. McGee City Clerk
Edward Carrillo City Treasurer
Eric Vail City Attorney
Marcus Fuller City Manager
Regular Meeting - Final
CLOSED SESSION TIME: 5:00 PM
OPEN SESSION TIME: 6:30 PM
CITY COUNCIL, City of Rialto, acting as Successor Agency to the Redevelopment Agency, RIALTO UTILITY AUTHORITY, RIALTO
HOUSING AUTHORITY
January 25, 2022City Council Regular Meeting - Final
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Called to Order By:
ROLL CALL
Rialto – Entering a Second Century of Progress
• Rialto will be a Family First Community
• Rialto Shall Attract High-Quality Development and Improve its Physical Environment • Rialto’s Economic Environment will be Healthy and Diverse • Rialto will be an Active Community
All items listed on this agenda are being considered and /or acted upon by the City Council on behalf of the City of Rialto, except for such items as are designated by the “RUA,” “ RHA,” which items are being considered and /or acted upon by the Members of the Rialto Utility Authority or Rialto Housing Authority of the City of Rialto in its separate legal capacity .
For convenience and ease of administration only, the agendas for each separate legal body have been consolidated herein
January 25, 2022City Council Regular Meeting - Final
5:00 p.m.
CLOSED SESSION
1 22-042 CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL - PENDING LITIGATION Pursuant to Government Code section 54956.9(d)(1)
One (1) matter:
(1) Sofia Sauceda v. Sergio Ruiz, Case No. CIVDS1821332 2 22-043 CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL -
ANTICIPATED LITIGATION
Significant exposure to litigation Pursuant to Government Code section 54956.9(d)(2)
Number of matters: Six (6)
3 22-044 CONFERENCE WITH LABOR NEGOTIATOR
Pursuant to Government Code section 54957.6
Labor Negotiator: Marcus Fuller, Arron Brown, Al Ford
Employee Organizations:
· Executive Management Team
· Management Unrepresented Employees
· Rialto City Employee’s Association (RCEA)
· Rialto Mid-Management & Confidential Employee’s Association (RMMA)
· Rialto Fire Management Association (RFMA)
· Rialto Police Benefit Association - Management
· Rialto Police Benefit Association - General
· Rialto Professional Firefighters of California - Local 3688 · Unrepresented Employees
January 25, 2022City Council Regular Meeting - Final
6:30 p.m.
Called to Order By:
ROLL CALL
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE - Council Member Carrizales
INVOCATION - Pastor Victor Noland - Word In Action Christian Center City Attorney’s Report on Closed Session
PRESENTATIONS AND PROCLAMATIONS
1 22-049 Update by Avant Garde - ARPA Funds
2 21-0961 Presentation Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Inland Empire 3 22-046 Introduction of new employees by Marcus Fuller, City Manager:
Katherine Stevens - Deputy Director of Finance
Jesus Sanchez - Chief Building Official
Arthur Cervantes - Engineering Project Manager
ORAL COMMUNICATIONS
City Council to consider removing or continuing any items on the agenda
NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC
All matters listed under Consent Calendar are considered to be routine by the City Council and will be enacted by one motion in the following form listed. There will be no separate discussion on these items. If discussion is required, the item will be removed from the Consent Calendar and will be considered separately. Vote may be by roll call.
CONSENT CALENDAR
A. WAIVE FULL READING OF ORDINANCES
The Council hereby waives the full reading of any ordinance to be introduced or approved at this meeting and such ordinance shall be read by title only.
B. APPROVAL OF WARRANT RESOLUTIONS
B.1 22-034 Warrant Resolution No. 26 (1/13/2022)
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B.2 22-035 Warrant Resolution No. 27 (1/20/2022)
C. APPROVAL OF MINUTES
C.1 22-036 Regular City Council Minutes - January 11, 2022 D. CLAIMS AGAINST THE CITY
D.1 22-037 Jacqueline Gutierrez - Vehicle Damage
D.2 22-038 Ismael Adam Sanchez - Vehicle Damage
D.3 22-039 Andrew Jordan Dinsmoor - Vehicle Damage
D.4 22-040 Anthony Brandyberry - Damages
D.5 22-041 Gerald Robert Thomas - Damages
E. SET PUBLIC HEARING
E.1 21-0965 Request City Council to Set a Public Hearing for February 22, 2022, to Consider the Placement of Liens for Delinquent Refuse Collection Accounts for the 3rd Quarter of the 2021 Calendar Year.
F. MISCELLANEOUS
F.1 22-012 Request City Council to Authorize the Submission of a Grant Application in the Amount of $ 400,000 with an “In-Kind” Local Match of $ 20,000 to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Fire Prevention & Safety Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program FY2021 Cycle for Wildfire Risk Reduction.
F.2 22-051 Request City Council to Authorize the Submission of a Clean California Local Grant Program Application in the Amount of $ 618,000 Requiring a Local Match of $ 77,250 to the California Department of Transportation (CALTRANS) for the Baseline Road Median Landscaping Project.
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TAB NEW BUSINESS
TAB1 22-032 Request City Council to: ( 1) Receive an Update on and Confirm the Continued Existence of the Local Emergency Throughout the City of Rialto in Response to the COVID -19 Pandemic; (2) Provide any Further Direction in Relation thereto; and (3) Consider Findings for Continuing Virtual Meetings through February 2021 Pursuant to Assembly Bill 361 (ACTION)
TAB2 22-016 Request City Council /Rialto Utility Authority Board to Approve a Final Construction Work Authorization in the Amount of $ 2,241,120 to Rialto Water Services for the Riverside Avenue North Waterline Replacement Project; and Authorize the City Manager to Execute All Documents. (ACTION)
TAB3 22-021 Request City Council to: ( 1) Approve the two -year Agreement for Professional Services with Social Work Action Group; (2) Approve a $166,206 Increase to Purchase Order 2020-2145 from $ 549,022 to $715,228 for a Total Fiscal Year 2021/2022 Expenditure Amount of $387,407; (3) Approve the Issuance of a Purchase Order for FY 2022/2023 in the Amount of $ 406,778 for Homeless Services for the final year of the contract period; and (4) Authorize the City Manager to Execute All Documents.
(ACTION)
TAB4 22-060 Request City Council to: ( 1) Receive a Presentation from Representatives of NHA Advisors, the Bayshore Consulting Group and the Law Firm of Norton Rose Fulbright (Collectively, the City ’s UAL Consultants) on the Status Update for Restructuring the City ’s Pension Unfunded Accrued Liability (the UAL ); and (2) Approve the Selection of Bank of America as Senior Manager and J .P. Morgan as Co -Manager as the Underwriters for the Pension Obligation Bonds.
(ACTION)
REPORTS
MAYOR:
COUNCIL MEMBERS:
CITY ATTORNEY:
CITY MANAGER:
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ADJOURNMENT