Tuesday, October 28, 2025
City of Rialto
Council Chambers
150 S. Palm Ave
Rialto, CA 92376
City Council
Mayor Joe Baca
Mayor Pro Tem Ed Scott
Council Member Andy Carrizales
Council Member Karla Perez
Council Member Edward Montoya Jr.
City Clerk Barbara A. McGee
City Treasurer Edward Carrillo
Eric Vail, City Attorney
Tanya Williams, City Manager
Regular Meeting
CLOSED SESSION TIME: 5:00PM
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
October 28, 2025City Council Regular Meeting
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ITEMS ADDED TO THE AGENDA. CONSISTENT WITH THE RALPH M. BROWN ACT, ADDITIONAL ITEMS MAY BE
ADDED TO THE AGENDA AND ACTED UPON BY THE CITY COUNCIL ONLY IF IT IS CONSIDERED TO BE A “SUBSEQUENT NEED” OR “EMERGENCY” ITEM AND IS ADDED BY A TWO -THIRDS VOTE. MATTERS RAISED
UNDER ORAL COMMUNICATIONS MAY NOT BE ACTED UPON AT THAT MEETING OTHER THAN AS PROVIDED ABOVE.
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HOW TO ATTEND THE MEETING.
(1) Members of the public may attend the meeting in person. (2) Watch live steaming video of the Meeting at https://www.rialtoca.gov/183/Rialto-Network (3) Council Meetings are broadcast live on the City’s television station, Rialto Network. Spectrum Channel 3 and AT&T Channel 99.
HOW TO MAKE A PUBLIC COMMENT.
(1) Appear at the meeting and speak during the public comment period. We request that you complete a Public Speaker Form and submit it to the City Clerk before the meeting. There is a 5 minute time limit. (2) You may submit a public comment in writing to the City Clerk by email at [email protected].
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 Next Ordinance No. 1707
Next Resolution No. 8429
October 28, 2025City Council Regular Meeting
5:00 p.m.
CLOSED SESSION
Called to Order By:
ROLL CALL
1 25-0745 CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL - EXISTING LITIGATION Pursuant to Government Code section 54956.9(d)(1)
Number of Matters: One (1)
· Shepard v. City of Rialto, Rialto Utility Authority et al.
SBSC Case No. CIV SB 2311005
2 25-0746 CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL - DECISION WHETHER
TO INITIATE LITIGATION
Pursuant to Government Code section 54956.9(d)(4)
Number of Matters: One (1)
3 25-0749 CONFERENCE WITH LABOR NEGOTIATOR
Pursuant to Government Code section 54957.6
Labor Negotiator: City Manager Tanya Williams, Human Resources Director Shama Curian
Employee Organizations:
· Executive Management Team
· Management Unrepresented Employees
· Rialto City Employee’s Association (RCEA)
· Teamsters Mid-Management & Confidential Employee’s Union (TMMU)
· Rialto Fire Management Association (RFMA)
· Rialto Police Benefit Association - Management
· Rialto Police Benefit Association - General
· Rialto Professional Firefighters of California - Local 3688 · Unrepresented Employees
4 25-0753 CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL - ANTICIPATED
LITIGATION
Pursuant to Government Code section 54956.9(d)(2)
Significant Exposure to Litigation. Number of Matters: Four (4) · Medina - work comp claim
· Lamm - work comp claims
· Jones - work comp claim
· Jaramillo -work comp claim
October 28, 2025City Council Regular Meeting
6:30 p.m.
OPEN SESSION
Called to Order By:
ROLL CALL
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE - Council Member Edward Montoya Jr.
INVOCATION - Pastor David Gaunt - Sunrise Church
City Attorney’s Report on Closed Session
PRESENTATIONS AND PROCLAMATIONS
1 25-0741 Presentation - Carter High School - Lion Cheerleading Boosters - Mayor Pro Tem Scott
2 25-0736 Proclamation - Law Enforcement Records and Support Personnel Day
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 25-0734 Warrant Resolution No. 2026-15
B.2 25-0735 Warrant Resolution No. 2026-16
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C. APPROVAL OF MINUTES
C.1 25-0743 Minutes - October 14, 2025
D. CLAIMS AGAINST THE CITY - FOR INFORMATION ONLY
D.1 25-0750 Summer Lopez
D.2 25-0751 Maria F Mendoza Murillo
E. SET PUBLIC HEARING
E.1 25-0706 Request City Council to Set a Public Hearing for December 9, 2025, to Consider the Placement of Liens for Delinquent Refuse Collection Accounts for the Second Quarter of the 2025 Calendar Year.
E.2 25-0732 Request City Council /Rialto Utility Authority Board Set a Public Hearing for January 13, 2026, and establish Utility Rate Setting Procedures through Adoption of Resolution No. 8418 and RUA Resolution No. 08-46 Regarding Water and Wastewater Utility Services Rate Adjustments.
F. MISCELLANEOUS
F.1 25-0720 Request City Council /Rialto Utility Authority to: ( 1) Adopt Resolution No . 8419 and RUA Resolution No. 08-47 Approving an Extraterritorial Wastewater Service Agreement with Vincent Ellingson, for the property located at 17632 S. Santa Ana Avenue, Bloomington, Assessor ’s Parcel Number 0256-021-78-000; and Authorize the City Manager or Their Designee to Execute all Documents.
F.2 25-0754 Request City Council to adopt Ordinance No. 1705, Amending the Municipal Code Chapter 2.48 - Purchasing, Section 2.48.200 - Purchasing Process to Update the Bidding Thresholds for Public Works Contracts Consistent with California Uniform Public Construction Cost Accounting Act.
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TAB PUBLIC HEARING
TAB1 25-0704 Request City Council Conduct a Public Hearing to: Consider Adoption of (1) Resolution No. 8420 Approving Conditional Development Permit No. 2023-0007, a Request to Allow the Development and Operation of a Truck Terminal Facility on Approximately 45.7 Acres of Land (APN:
0258-141-18) Located on the South Side of Santa Ana Avenue Approximately 1,800 Feet East of Riverside Avenue Within the Heavy Industrial (H-IND) Land use District of the Agua Mansa Specific Plan (“Site”), (2) Resolution No. 8421 Approving Precise Plan of Design No . 2023-0006, a Request to Allow the Development of a 172,445 Square Foot Truck Terminal Building and an 18,700 Square Foot Fleet Maintenance Building on the Site, and (3) Resolution No. 8422 Approving an Environmental Impact Report ( Environmental Assessment Review No. 2023-0010) Prepared for the Project, in Accordance With the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). (ACTION)
TAB2 25-0731 Request City Council to Conduct the Public Hearing and Introduce the First Reading of Ordinance No. 1706, entitled AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY
COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RIALTO, CALIFORNIA, DELETED IN ITS ENTIRETY TITLE 15, CHAPTER 15.28, OF THE RIALTO MUNICIPAL CODE TO ADOPT A NEW TITLE 15, CHAPTER 15.28 ADOPTING AND AMENDING THE 2025 EDITION OF THE CALIFORNIA FIRE CODE
INCLUDING APPENDIX A, B, C, D, H, I, J, N and P, FEES, FINES, AND
PENALTIES, AND THE CALIFORNIA CODE OF REGULATIONS, TITLE 19 AND 24 AND OTHER RELATED STANDARDS AS INDICATED IN
CHAPTER 80 - REFERENCED STANDARDS.
(ACTION)
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TAB3 25-0714 Request City Council to: ( 1) Conduct a Public Hearing Regarding the Proposed Annexation of Territory to the Rialto Landscaping and Lighting Maintenance District No. 2; (2) Request City Council to Adopt Resolution No. 8423 Declaring the Results of the Property Owner Protest Ballot Proceedings Conducted for the Proposed Levy of Assessments Related to the Annexation of Territory to the Rialto Landscaping and Lighting Maintenance District No. 2, Commencing in Fiscal Year 2025/2026; and (3) Request City Council to Adopt Resolution No. 8424 Confirming the Engineer’s Report Regarding the Annexation of Territory to the Rialto Landscaping and Lighting Maintenance District No. 2, the Levy of Annual Assessments Described Therein, and the Assessment Diagram Connected Therewith, and Ordering the Levy and Collection of Assessments Commencing in Fiscal Year 2025/2026 for said Annexation.
POWERPOINT
(ACTION)
NEW BUSINESS
TAB4 25-0719 Request City Council to: ( 1) Approve the Proposed Inclusive Playground Design for Installation at Rialto City Park; (2) Ratify the GameTime /CPRS Statewide Funding Initiative Grant Application and Accept the GameTime/CPRS Statewide Funding Initiative Grant Award of $144,250.34; (3) Adopt Resolution No. 8425 Authorizing a Budget Adjustment to Transfer $ 216,662.80 from the Capital Projects Fund, to Complete the Necessary Funding for the Rialto City Park Inclusive Playground Project; (4) In Accordance with Rialto Municipal Code Section
2.48.430, Cooperative Purchasing Programs, Award a Contract to GameTime, A Playcore Company, Through OMNIA Partners in the Amount of $ 904,064.28 for Rialto City Park Inclusive Playground, City Project CB260; and (5) Authorize the City Manager or Their Designee to Execute all Related Documents.
POWERPOINT
(ACTION)
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TAB5 25-0733 Request City Council to: ( 1) Adopt Resolution No. 8426 Approving the Memorandum of Understanding Establishing Compensation and Related Benefits for Employees Represented by the Rialto Police Benefits Association- General Unit; (2) Adopt Resolution No. 8427 Approving the Memorandum of Understanding Establishing Compensation and Related Benefits for Employees Represented by the Rialto Professional Firefighters’ Association Local 3688; and (3) Adopt Resolution No. 8428 Updating the Citywide Classification and Compensation Plan for Full -time and Part -time Employees; to Amend the Salaries for those Classifications Represented by the Rialto Police Benefits Association- General Unit and the Rialto Professional Firefighters’ Association Local 3688. (ACTION)
TAB6 25-0439 Request City Council to: ( 1) Accept the Highway Safety Improvement Program Cycle 12 Grant from the California Department of Transportation for the School Crossing & Pedestrian Safety Improvements Project; (2) Accept the Highway Safety Improvement Program Cycle 12 Grant from the California Department of Transportation for the Citywide Traffic Signal Upgrade Improvements Project; and (3) Authorize the City Manager or Their Designee to Execute all Related Documents.
(ACTION)
MAYOR:
COUNCIL MEMBERS:
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ADJOURNMENT