Tuesday, May 26, 2026
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 J. 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
May 26, 2026City 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].
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. 1714
Next Resolution No. 8521
May 26, 2026City Council Regular Meeting
5:00 p.m.
CLOSED SESSION
Called to Order By:
ROLL CALL
1 26-0355 CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL - EXISTING LITIGATION Pursuant to Government Code section 54956.9(d)(1)
Number of Matters: Two (2)
1. Lelia Deborah Robertson v. City of Rialto
SBCSC Case No. CIVSB2325391
2. Omar Sandoval et al. V City of Rialto et al
USCD 5:25-CV-01879-AB-ASX
2 26-0356 CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL - ANTICIPATED
LITIGATION
Pursuant to Government Code section 54956.9(d)(2)
Significant Exposure to Litigation
Number of Matters: One (1)
3 26-0357 CONFERENCE WITH REAL PROPERTY NEGOTIATORS
Pursuant to Government Code section 54956.8
Property: Three Easement / Leasehold Interests
1. Lease #8710 Riverside Avenue
2. Lease #8711 Ayala Drive
3. Lease #8210-01 210 Fwy /Alder
4. Lease #8210-02 210 Fwy/Alder
Agency Negotiators: City Manager Tanya Williams
Negotiating Parties: City of Rialto (seller); Lamar (buyer) Under Negotiation: Price and Terms Sale
4 26-0358 CONFERENCE WITH LABOR NEGOTIATOR
Pursuant to Government Code section 54957.6
Labor Negotiator: City Manager Tanya Williams, Assistant City Manager Tim Sullivan
Employee Organizations:
1. Executive Management Team
2. Management Unrepresented Employees
3. Rialto City Employee’s Association (RCEA)
4. Teamsters Mid-Management & Confidential Employee’s Union (TMMU)
5. Rialto Fire Management Association (RFMA)
6. Rialto Police Benefit Association - Management
7. Rialto Police Benefit Association - General
8. Rialto Professional Firefighters of California - Local 3688
9. Unrepresented Employees
May 26, 2026City Council Regular Meeting
6:30 p.m.
OPEN SESSION
Called to Order By:
ROLL CALL
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE - Mayor Joe Baca
INVOCATION - Pastor David Gaunt - Sunrise Church
City Attorney’s Report on Closed Session
PRESENTATIONS AND PROCLAMATIONS
1 26-0351 Certificate of Recognition to Athletico Rialto Soccer Team - Council Member Montoya
2 26-0350 Rialto Branch Library - Summer Reading Program - Janet Monterrosa, Branch 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 26-0339 Warrant Resolution No. 2026-43
B.2 26-0340 Warrant Resolution No. 2026-44
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C. APPROVAL OF MINUTES
C.1 26-0345 Regular City Council Meeting - May 12, 2026 D. CLAIMS AGAINST THE CITY - FOR INFORMATION ONLY
D.1 26-0346 Angelica Lizarraga, Alberto Alvarez, Ana Maria Alvarez D.2 26-0347 Izaiah Morgado Frazier
D.3 26-0348 Jennifer Petinaud
D.4 26-0349 Salvador Roque
E. SET PUBLIC HEARING
E.1 26-0323 Request City Council to Set a Public Hearing for June 9, 2026, to Approve and Adopt the Budget Plan for Fiscal Year 2026-2027.
E.2 26-0324 Request City Council to: ( 1) Adopt Resolution No. 8504, Adopt Resolution No. 8505, and Adopt Resolution No. 8506 Related to Street Light Maintenance District No. 1; (2) Adopt Resolution No. 8507, Adopt Resolution No. 8508, and Adopt Resolution No. 8509 Related to Landscape Maintenance District No. 1; (3) Adopt Resolution No . 8510, Adopt Resolution No. 8511, and Adopt Resolution No. 8512, Related to Landscaping and Lighting Maintenance District No. 2; and (4) Set a Public Hearing for June 9, 2026, to Consider the Levy and Collection of Annual Assessments.
F. MISCELLANEOUS
F.1 26-0309 Request City Council to Adopt Resolution No. 8513 Calling and Giving Notice of Holding a General Municipal Election and Requesting the San Bernardino County Board of Supervisors to Consolidate Said Election With the General Election to be Held on Tuesday, November 3, 2026.
F.2 26-0321 Request City Council to: ( 1) Authorize the Submission of a Railroad Crossing Elimination (Crossing Safety) Program Grant Application to the Federal Railroad Administration of the U .S. Department of Transportation for the Pacific Electric Trail Extension Project, City Project No. 240801; and (2) Authorize the City Manager or Their Designee to Execute all Related Documents.
May 26, 2026City Council Regular Meeting
F.3 26-0337 Request City Council to: ( 1) Adopt Proposed Resolution No. 8514 Approving Parcel Map 20809 for the Subdivision of Two Parcels Located at the Southwest Corner of Locust Avenue and Lowell Street, Within the General Manufacturing Land Use District of the Rialto Airport Specific Plan, Into One Parcel of Land; and (2) Authorize the City Manager or Their Designee to Execute all Related Documents.
F.4 26-0341 Request City Council /Rialto Utility Authority to: ( 1) Approve Contract Amendment No. 3 With Enplanners in the Amount of $ 11,155 for a Revised Total Not -To-Exceed Contract Amount of $ 271,741, for Additional Environmental Survey Services Associated With the Dr. June Hayes and Deborah Roberston Habitat Nature Center, Formally Known as the Rialto Habitat Nature Center (RHNC) Project; and (2) Authorize the City Manager/Executive Director or Their Designee to Execute all Related Documents.
F.5 26-0342 Request City Council to: ( 1) Approve Amendment No. 9 to the Waste Disposal Agreement Between the City of Rialto and San Bernardino County, Division of Solid Waste, Extending the Term From July 1, 2026, to June 30, 2035, Lowering the Current Contract Rate from 85% to 83% of the County ’s Posted Gate Rate, Effective Each July 1st; and (2) Authorize the City Manager or Their Designee to Execute all Related Documents.
F.6 26-0354 Request City Council to Adopt Resolution No. 8515 Approving the Industrial Disability Retirement of Dionisio Cuellar.
F.7 26-0344 Request City Council to Receive and File for Future Audit the Treasurer ’s Investment Report as of March 31, 2026.
TAB PUBLIC HEARING
TAB1 26-0308 Request City Council to: ( 1) Conduct a Public Hearing for the Placement of Liens for Delinquent Refuse Collection Accounts for the 4th Quarter of 2025; and (2) Adopt Resolution No. 8516 Authorizing the Filing of Liens Against Certain Properties for Delinquent Refuse Accounts with the San Bernardino County Assessor-Recorder-Clerk’s Office.
(ACTION)
TAB2 26-0343 Request City Council to Request City Council to Conduct a Public Hearing on the Status of Vacancies and Recruitment and Retention Efforts in Compliance with Assembly Bill 2561.
POWERPOINT
(ACTION)
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TAB NEW BUSINESS
TAB3 26-0325 Request City Council Adopt Resolution No. 8517 Approving Municipal Solid Waste Collection, Recycling, Organics, and Disposal Rates for Fiscal Year 2026/2027.
(ACTION)
TAB4 26-0329 Request City Council to adopt Resolution No. 8518 adopting City Council Meeting Policies Relating to Remote Participation by Members of the Public Pursuant to Senate Bill 707 and Resolution No. 8519 Amending the Rules and Procedures for Conducting City Council Meetings.
(ACTION)
TAB5 26-0320 Request the City Council to: ( 1) Adopt Budget Resolution No. 8520 Amending the Fiscal Year 2025/2026 Budget to Appropriate $ 800,000 to Capital Projects Fund 3300; (2) Approve a Purchase and Installation Agreement with Mobile Modular Management Corp Inc ., Substantially Similar to the Agreement Attached to the Staff Report and Approved as to Form by the City Attorney in the Amount of $ 2,859,987, for the Acquisition and Installation of a Mobile Modular Office for the Public Works Department; and (3) Authorize the City Manager or Their Designee to Execute all Related Documents.
(ACTION)
TAB6 26-0001 Request City Council to: ( 1) Award a Contract Services Agreement with West Coast Arborist, a California Corporation, in the Amount of $ 550,000 for the Implementation of the Urban Forestry Management Plan, City Project No. 25041; and (2) Authorize the City Manager or Their Designee to Execute all Related Documents.
(ACTION)
MAYOR:
COUNCIL MEMBERS:
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CITY MANAGER:
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