City Council
City of Riverside Mayor
Patricia Lock Dawson
Councilmembers:
Philip Falcone
Clarissa Cervantes
Steven Robillard
Chuck Conder
Sean H. Mill
Jim Perry
Steve Hemenway
Agenda - Revised
City Hall - Art Pick Council Chamber
3900 Main Street, Riverside
Live Webcast at:
www.RiversideCA.gov/Meeting
Originally Published: April 10, 2025
1:00 PM
Publication Date: Friday, April 18, 2025
Meeting Date: Tuesday, April 22, 2025
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April 22, 2025City Council Agenda - Revised
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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
INVOCATION - Councilmember Cervantes
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG
PUBLIC COMMENT
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WAIVER OF SUNSHINE ORDINANCE
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Waive Sunshine Ordinance to add Item No. 7a pursuant to Section 4.05.050(D)(1) (c) for ceremonial presentation and Item No. 19a pursuant to Section 4.05.050(D) (1)(a) for completion of Fairmount Park Lake Dredging Project --With full quorum, five affirmative votes required; with less than full quorum, four affirmative votes required
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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 meeting:
Housing and Homelessness Committee at 3:30 p.m., on Monday, April 28, 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) PRESENTATIONS - Item # 5-7a
5 Mayor Lock Dawson to present a Proclamation to GRID Alternatives recognizing April 22, 2025, as Earth Day (5-minute presentation)
6 Mayor Lock Dawson to present a Proclamation to Autism Society of Inland Empire recognizing April as Autism Month (5-minute presentation) 7 RIVERSIDE PROSPERS Success Report - Orange Valley Lodge No. 13 (Ward 2) (5-minute presentation)
Mayor Lock Dawson to present a Proclamation to the Armenian Apostolic Church of Riverside recognizing April 24, 2025, as Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day (5-minute presentation)
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April 22, 2025City Council Agenda - Revised
CONSENT CALENDAR - Item # 8-17
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.
City Attorney
8 Outside counsel expenditures for October 1, through December 31, 2024, as provided by outside counsel policy approved by City Council on June 16, 2015 (All Wards)
Report
Expenditures Report
Attachments:
City Clerk
9 Appoint Louise Borda to Human Resources Board Ward 3 seat and Joshua Fleming to Human Resources Board Citywide seat - File resignation of Kittie Aleman from Commission on Aging Ward 6 seat - Remove Sandra Polichetti from Board of Public Utilities Ward 1 seat (All Wards)
ReportAttachments:
10 Minutes of April 8, 2025
MinutesAttachments:
City Council
11 Mayor Pro Tem Mill recommends to receive and file a report from the City Attorney’s Office regarding recently introduced Senate Bill 634, an act to add Sections 11145.1 and 53069.44 to the Government Code, relating to homelessness - Direct and authorize the City Manager to file an opposition letter on behalf of the City (All Wards)
Report
Opposition to SB 634 letter
SB 634 Bill Text
Attachments:
April 22, 2025City Council Agenda - Revised
General Services
12 Approve change order to Purchase Order 251566 with Otis Elevator Company, Anaheim, for $ 100,100, under Omnia Cooperative Purchasing Agreement 2019001563 for total Purchase Order amount of $ 150,000 from Public Parking Maint/Repair of Bldgs & Improvements and General Fund Building Services Maintenance, Professional Services Accounts for as -needed repairs of City of Riverside elevators at various locations (All Wards)
Report
Omnia Cooperative Purchasing Agreement
Attachments:
Library
13 California State Library grant application for $ 43,366, or actual grant award for Lunch at the Library Program - Supplemental appropriation - Five affirmative votes required (All Wards)
Report
Award Letter
Attachments:
14 Accept $ 10,000 donation from Riverside Public Library Foundation for Tool Lending Library a community resource where people can borrow tools, equipment, and instructional materials allowing access to tools without the need for purchase or storage - Supplemental appropriation - Five affirmative votes required (All Wards) ReportAttachments:
Public Works
15 Implementation of speed humps along Green Orchard Place between Kingdom Drive and Lone Peak Court and Ramona Drive between Brockton and Magnolia Avenues (Wards 1 and 4)
Report
Location Map
Speed Hump Criteria Checklist
Potential Locations
Traffic Count Data
Street View Photos
Speed Hump Program Policies, Procedures, and Guidelines Speed Hump (Type II) - Standard Plan 251
Presentation
Attachments:
April 22, 2025City Council Agenda - Revised
16 Traffic circulation pilot project to prohibit thru and left -turn movements at eastbound and westbound approaches at intersection of Market and Sixth Streets for 12-month period (Ward 1)
Report
Site Map
Aerial Map
TB Minutes 9-1-21
CC Minutes - December 7, 2021
Local Roadway Safety Plan Case Study
Signing and Striping Plan
Street View Photos
Traffic Count Data
Level of Service Operations Comparison
Presentation
Attachments:
17 A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Riverside, California, supporting the development of a Vision Zero Policy and establishing an initial goal of reducing traffic deaths and serious injuries by 50 percent by 2040 - Waive further reading - Develop City of Riverside Vision Zero Action Plan (VZAP) in alignment with existing national, state, and regional programs and grant funding requirements (All Wards) Report
Resolution
Components of a Vision Zero Commitment
Safe Streets for All Program Worksheet Excerpt
Riverside Blue Zones
CALTRANS Vision Zero Director’s Policy
Southern California Association of Governments (SCAG) Vision Zero Resolution Presentation
Attachments:
DISCUSSION CALENDAR -Item # 18-19a
Audience participation is encouraged. Public comments are limited to 3 minutes. Press *9 to be placed in the queue to speak when the Discussion item is called. 18 California Department of Transportation grant acceptance of $ 6,209,870 with City-match of $ 1,400,030, from Signal Controllers Upgrade Project, Pedestrian Fencings & Crosswalk Upgrades Project, and Class II Buffered Bike Lanes project accounts for total project funding of approximately $ 7,609,900 for 2024 Highway Safety Improvement Program (HSIP) Cycle 12 Program for construction of 160 new traffic signal controllers, installation of pedestrian median fencing, audible pedestrian push button systems, high visibility crosswalks, multi -way stop sign
April 22, 2025City Council Agenda - Revised
compliance improvements, and Class II buffered bike lane enhancements along Van Buren Boulevard from Arlington Avenue to Magnolia Avenue - Supplemental appropriation - Five affirmative votes required (Public Works) (All Wards ) (10-minute presentation)
Report
Award Notification
Location Maps
Grant & Local Match Summary
Project Schedule
Presentation
Attachments:
19 Governmental Processes Committee recommends introduction of an Ordinance of the City of Riverside, California, amending Chapter 4.05 of the Riverside Municipal Code, the Sunshine Ordinance providing twelve -day noticing requirement for regular meetings for City Council, City Council Standing Committees, Planning Commission, Board of Public Utilities, and Community Police Review Commission (City Attorney and City Clerk) (All Wards) (10-minute presentation) Report
Ordinance
Presentation
Attachments:
19a Change Order to Bid 8083 with MidCal Dredging, Inc ., Riverdale, for $ 500,000 from Regional Parks Special Capital Improvement Fund, Fairmount Lake Dredging project Account for completion of Fairmount Park Lake Dredging Project - Supplemental appropriation - Five affirmative votes required (Park, Recreation and Community Services) (Ward 1) (10-minute presentation)
Report
Presentation
Attachments:
CLOSED SESSIONS - Item # 19b-25
Time listed is approximate. The City Council may adjourn to the below listed Closed Sessions at their convenience during this City Council meeting. 19b Pursuant to Government Code §54956.9(d)(1) to confer with and /or receive advice from legal counsel In the matter of application of Southern California Edison Company (U338E) for a certificate of public convenience and necessity for the RTRP Transmission Project; CPUC Proceeding No. A15-04-013 and CPUC Decision 20-03-001 related thereto
ReportAttachments:
April 22, 2025City Council Agenda - Revised
20 Pursuant to Government Code §54956.9(d)(1) to confer with and /or receive advice from legal counsel concerning Jon Basil Markarounas v. City of Riverside, et al ., Riverside County Superior Court Case No. CVRI2301636
ReportAttachments:
21 Pursuant to Government Code §54956.9(d)(1) to confer with and /or receive advice from legal counsel concerning Huihsien Chiang v. Parking Concepts, et al ., Riverside Superior Court Case No. CVRI2305474; Claim No: 23-03-36 ReportAttachments:
22 Pursuant to Government Code §54956.9(d)(2) to confer with and /or receive advice from legal counsel concerning anticipated litigation - two cases
REVISED REPORT
Report
Attachments:
23 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 - seven cases
REVISED REPORT
Report
Attachments:
24 Pursuant to Government Code §54957(a), for consultation with Larry Gonzalez, Riverside Chief of Police, or his respective deputy, and George Khalil, Chief Information Officer regarding threat to public services or facilities ReportAttachments:
25 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
ReportAttachments:
April 22, 2025City Council Agenda - Revised
3 P.M.
PUBLIC HEARINGS - Item # 26-28
Audience participation is encouraged. Public comments are limited to 3 minutes. Press *9 to be placed in the queue to speak when the discussion item is called. 26 Planning Case PR -2024-001656 (TM) - Appeal - Uphold appeal by Matthew Esquivel, Warmington Residential, of Planning Commission denial and approve the Tentative Tract Map (TM-36713) to subdivide a 9.91-acre parcel into 49 single family lots (for 46 market rate dwellings and 3 affordable dwellings) situated on the southeast corner of La Sierra Avenue and Victoria Avenue, in the R -1-1/2 Acre - Single Family Residential Zone, in Ward 5. Determine the proposed project is exempt from additional environmental review pursuant to Section 15183 of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) as the project is consistent with the 2025 General Plan Programmatic Environmental Impact Report (State Clearinghouse Number: 2004021108) and its addendums (Community and Economic Development) (Ward 5) (15-minute presentation)
April 22, 2025City Council Agenda - Revised
Report
Attachment 1 - Conditions of Approval
Attachment 2 - CPC Minutes 11-7-24
Attachment 3a - PC Staff Report 11-7-24
Attachment 3b - PC Staff Report 11-7-24-Plans
Attachment 3c - PC Staff Report 11-7-24-MND and Tech Studies Attachment 3d - PC Staff Report 11-7-24-MND and Tech Studies Attachment 3e - PC Staff Report 11-7-24-MND and Tech Studies Attachment 3f - PC Staff Report 11-7-24-MND and Tech Studies Attachment 3g - PC Staff Report 11-7-24-MND and Tech Studies Attachment 3h - PC Staff Report 11-7-24-MND and Tech Studies Attachment 3i - PC Staff Report 11-7-24-MND and Tech Studies Attachment 3j - PC Staff Report 11-7-24-MND and Tech Studies Attachment 3k - PC Staff Report 11-7-24-MND and Tech Studies Attachment 3l - PC Staff Report 11-7-24-MND and Tech Studies Attachment 3m - PC Staff Report 11-7-24-MND and Tech Studies Attachment 3n - PC Staff Report 11-7-24-MND and Tech Studies Attachment 3o - PC Staff Report 11-7-24-MND and Tech Studies Attachment 3p - PC Staff Report 11-7-24-MND and Tech Studies Attachment 3q - PC Staff Report 11-7-24-MND and Tech Studies Attachment 3r - PC Staff Report 11-7-24-MND and Tech Studies Attachment 3s - PC Staff Report 11-7-24-MND and Tech Studies Attachment 3t - PC Staff Report 11-7-24-MND and Tech Studies Attachment 3u - PC Staff Report 11-7-24-MND and Tech Studies Attachment 3v - PC Staff Report 11-7-24-MND and Tech Studies Attachment 3w - PC Staff Report 11-7-24-MND and Tech Studies Attachment 3x - PC Staff Report 11-7-24-MND and Tech Studies Attachment 3y - PC Staff Report 11-7-24-MND and Tech Studies Attachment 3z - PC Staff Report 11-7-24-MND and Tech Studies Attachment 3z1 - PC Staff Report 11-7-24-Public Comment Letters Attachment 3z2 - PC Staff Report 11-7-24-Presentation
Attachment 4 - Appeal Letter
Attachment 5a - Consistency Analysis & Appendices
Attachment 5b - Consistency Analysis & Appendices
Attachment 5c - Consistency Analysis & Appendices
Attachment 5d - Consistency Analysis & Appendices
Attachment 5e - Consistency Analysis & AppendicesPart-1 Attachment 5e - Consistency Analysis & AppendicesPart-2 Attachments:
April 22, 2025City Council Agenda - Revised
Attachment 5e - Consistency Analysis & AppendicesPart-3 Attachment 5e - Consistency Analysis & AppendicesPart-4 Attachment 5e - Consistency Analysis & AppendicesPart-5 Attachment 5e - Consistency Analysis & AppendicesPart-6 Attachment 5e - Consistency Analysis & AppendicesPart-7 Attachment 5e - Consistency Analysis & AppendicesPart-8 Attachment 5e - Consistency Analysis & AppendicesPart-9 Attachment 5e - Consistency Analysis & AppendicesPart-10 Attachment 5e - Consistency Analysis & AppendicesPart-11 Attachment 5f - Consistency Analysis & Appendices
Attachment 5g - Consistency Analysis & AppendicesPart-1 Attachment 5g - Consistency Analysis & AppendicesPart-2 Attachment 5g - Consistency Analysis & AppendicesPart-3 Attachment 5g - Consistency Analysis & AppendicesPart-4 Attachment 5g - Consistency Analysis & AppendicesPart-5 Attachment 5h - Consistency Analysis & Appendices
Attachment 5i -Consistency Analysis & Appendices
Attachment 5j - Consistency Analysis & Appendices
Attachment 6 - Public Comments-combined
Attachment 7 - Applicants RTC
REVISED PRESENTATION
Presentation
Notice
27 2018-2019 United States Department of Housing and Urban Development Annual Action Plan Amendment to cancel Community Development Block Grant funded City of Riverside Museum Robinson House Restoration House project and reimburse $155,684.45 of Community Development Block Grant funds to United States Department of Housing and Urban Development - Authorize reimbursement of 155,684.45 of Community Development Block Grant funds from 220 Fund to United States Department of Housing and Urban Development through HUD ’s Line of Credit Control System (LOCCS) (Housing and Human Services) (Ward 1) ( 10-minute presentation)
Report
Presentation
Notice
Attachments:
28 Proposed Fiscal Year 2024-25 Master Fees and Charges Schedule - Introduce an Ordinance of the City of Riverside, California, amending Chapter 3.30 of the Riverside Municipal Code (RMC) Section 3.30.030 - Schedule of Regulation, Product and Services, to add one subsection and five additional categories and
April 22, 2025City Council Agenda - Revised
delete one category to the schedule of regulation, products, and services - Adopt a resolution amending the City ’s Master Fees and Charges Schedule for Fiscal Year 2024-25 - A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Riverside, California, amending the City ’s Master Fees and Charges Schedule as set forth in Resolution No. 21960, as amended, providing for adjustments for various Development Services Departments and other User Fees and Charges and Parking Bail Schedule, and authorizing the Chief Financial Officer to amend the Master Fees and Charges Schedule - Waive further reading (Finance) (All Wards) ( 10-minute presentation)
Report
Resolution
Ordinance_Redlined
Proposed FY 202425 Master Fees & Charges Schedule
Fees and Charges Study Report of Findings
Development Fees and Charges Comparison
Presentation
Notice
Attachments:
COMMUNICATIONS
29 City Attorney report on Closed Session discussions
30 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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