CITY COUNCIL
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TUESDAY, JULY 1, 2025, 1:00 P.M.
LITY OF
RIVERSIDE ART PICK COUNCIL CHAMBER
3900 MAIN STREET
City of Arts & Innovation
PRESENT: Mayor Lock Dawson and Councilmembers Falcone, Robillard, Conder, Mill, and Perry
ABSENT: Councilmembers Cervantes and Hemenway
Mayor Lock Dawson called the meeting to order at 1:00 p.m.
Councilmember Falcone gave the invocation and led the Pledge of Allegiance.
PUBLIC COMMENTS IN PERSON/TELEPHONE
Elliott Lewis spoke regarding commercial cannabis activities. Enriquez Martinez spoke regarding illegal dumping on a vacant lot on Magnolia Avenue and a need for more patrol presence on Magnolia between Van Buren and Jackson. Errol Koshewitz spoke regarding City Council political party affiliation and the City's 4th Quarter Financial Report. Aurora Chavez spoke regarding the Senior Lunch Program. Patrick Maloney spoke regarding sober living homes, Neighborhood of the Wood Streets meeting, Big Bear Lake Summer Concert Series, Raincross Gazette, karaoke at the Hideaway, Euryale Brewing Company, and Packing House Brewery, and Art Music Festival. Brittany Aina, Brian Leary, Vonya Quarles, Steven Lusk, Giovanni Eloy Gomez, Barry Brown, Nita Cunningham, Roslee Johnson, Sandra Hernandez, Michael Ellsworth, Eric Silveria, James Kingston, Bennie Burrell, Troy Younger, John Giampapa, Kristy Collar, John Krochman, Jarett Barerra, Andrew Beld, Alexis Sanchez, Vincent Thayer, Adrean Easley, Jonathan Ruggles, Ronald Martin, Nathaniel Palmerin, Isadore Ortiz, Chad Menson, Austin Hoffman, Tishawn Martinez, Richard Jiles, Gudel Sequoia, Nathan Camp and Keith Nelson spoke regarding sober living homes.
MAYOR/COUNCILMEMBER COMMUNICATIONS
Councilmember Robillard reported on Sweet Moments at Midtown and wished all a Happy 4th of July. Councilmember Conder thanked firefighters for putting fire out at Nichols Plaza and reported on the Concert for Heroes. Councilmember Mill reported on the revitalization of the Arlington area, a site walk of a new Charter school on Magnolia, and the grand opening of Roger Dunn Super Store. Mayor Lock Dawson thanked the first responders and announced that all fireworks are illegal in Riverside. 111-1
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CITY OF
RIVERSIDE ART PICK COUNCIL CHAMBER
3900 MAIN STREET
City of Arts & Innovation
COMMUNICATIONS
CITY MANAGER UPDATE
There were no updates from the City Manager's Office.
COUNCILMEMBERS DECLARATION OF CONFLICTS OF INTEREST AND EX PARTE There were no conflicts of interest nor ex-parte communications declared.
PRESENTATIONS
Mayor Lock Dawson presented a plaque to Councilmember Mill for his dedicated service as Mayor Pro Tem from January through June 2025.
MAYOR PRO TEM APPOINTMENT
Following discussion, it was moved by Councilmember Falcone and seconded by Councilmember Robillard to appoint Councilmember Conder as Mayor Pro Tem for July through December 2025. The motion carried unanimously with Councilmembers Cervantes and Hemenway absent.
MAYOR'S MONARCH PLEDGE
Mayor Lock Dawson presented a Proclamation to Riverside-Corona Resource Conservation District, Rivers and Lands Conservancy, and Riverside resident and gardener Sue Struthers recognizing Mayor's Monarch Pledge.
WORKSHOP
ILLEGAL FIREWORKS PROGRAM ENHANCEMENTS
Following discussion, and without formal motion, the City Council received an overview for implementation and outreach of the Illegal Fireworks Program Enhancements for 4th of July 2025.
CONSENT CALENDAR
It was moved by Councilmember Perry and seconded by Councilmember Mill to approve the Consent Calendar as presented affirming the actions appropriate to each item. The motion carried unanimously with Councilmembers Cervantes and Hemenway absent.
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TUESDAY, JULY 1, 2025, 1:00 P.M.
CITY OF
RIVERSIDE ART PICK COUNCIL CHAMBER
3900 MAIN STREET
City of Arts & Innovation
BOARDS AND COMMISSION RESIGNATION
The Mayor and City Council filed the resignation of Debora Mickelson from the Commission on Disabilities Citywide seat effective immediately.
MINUTES
The minutes for meeting June 17, 2025, were approved as presented.
AGREEMENT AMENDMENT - UNARMED SECURITY SERVICES
The City Council (1) ratified the Second and Third Amendment to the Services Agreement for Unarmed Security Services at various City facilities with Universal Protection Services, LP, dba Allied Universal Security Services, Santa Ana; (2) approved the Fourth Amendment to the Services Agreement for Unarmed Security Services at various City facilities with Universal Protection Services, LP, dba Allied Universal Security Services, Santa Ana, in the amount of $100,045.16 for additional Fiscal Year 2024-25 services; (3) approved a two-year extension in the amount of $5,007,146.81 through June 30, 2027; (4) authorized the Chief Financial Officer, or designee, to record multiple interdepartmental transfers within General Fund in totality of $1,436,630.14; (5) authorized 20 percent change order authority in the amount of $1,001,429.36 for unforeseen changes in service to include, but not limited to, requests to increase service frequency, add facilities, and for special or emergency services; and (6) authorized the City Manager, or designee, to execute all documents necessary to effectuate the agreement, including making minor and non-substantive changes.
REIMBURSEMENT - HIGH INTENSITY DRUG TRAFFICKING AREA TASK FORCE OVERTIME -
SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATION
The City Council (1) authorized the Chief Financial Officer, or designee, to record increase revenues and appropriate expenditures in the amount of $21,740.50, or the amount of the actual award, in the Grants and Restricted Programs Fund, High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area 24/25 program revenue and expenditure accounts; and (2) authorized the City Manager, or designee, to execute all documents necessary to receive reimbursement of funds for services performed in cooperation with the High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area Task Force for the term of October 1, 2024, through September 30, 2025.
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BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN FACILITIES PROGRAM GRANTS - SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATION The City Council (1) authorized the acceptance of two grant awards in the combined amount of $1,283,142, under the Fiscal Year 2025-26 Transportation Development Act Article 3 (Senate Bill 821) Bicycle and Pedestrian Facilities Program Grant as administered by the Riverside County Transportation Commission, for the construction of buffered bike lanes on both sides of Van Buren from Wood to Orange Terrace, a northbound bike lane on Chicago from Le Conte to Martin Luther King and new concrete sidewalks on Bandini, Pennsylvania, and Challen; (2) authorized the City Manager, or designee, to execute all grant agreements and related grant documents with the Riverside County Transportation Commission, including making minor and non-substantive changes and executing agreement amendments and extensions, subject to the availability of budgeted funds; (3) authorized the Chief Financial Officer, or designee, to record an increase of $1,283,142 in revenue and appropriate an equal amount of expenditures in the Capital Outlay Grants Fund, in various capital project revenue and expenditure accounts as outlined in the fiscal impact section of the report; and (4) authorized the Chief Financial Officer, or designee, to record a supplemental appropriation of $1,283, 142 from available fund balance in the Measure A Fund in various capital projects expenditure accounts as outlined in the fiscal impact section of the report for the purposes of the City match portion of the grant.
AGREEMENT AMENDMENT - ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE TRACKING DATABASE
SOFTWARE
The City Council (1) approved the Fifth Amendment to Professional Consultant Services Agreement for Environmental Compliance Tracking Database Software for the Riverside Water Quality Control Plant with Enfotech & Consulting, Inc., Brunswick, New Jersey, to extend the contract term through June 30, 2026, and increase compensation in the amount of $46,746.30 for a total not-to-exceed amount of $610,306.30 for the remaining term of the agreement; and (2) authorized the City Manager, or designee, to execute the Fifth Amendment to the Professional Consultant Services Agreement, including making minor and non-substantive changes.
REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS 2401 - PROFESSIONAL CONSULTING SERVICES The City Council (1) approved the Master Professional Consultant Services Agreements with fourteen professional firms identified in the report in an amount not to exceed $1,000,000 per consultant for Professional Consulting Services at the Riverside Regional Water Quality Control Plant and the Tequesquite Landfill for an initial term of four years ending December 31, 2029, and two optional one-year term extensions; (2) authorized 111-4
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the City Manager, or designee, to execute the Master Professional Consultant Services Agreements and the optional extensions with the firms listed in the report, including making minor and non-substantive changes; and (3) authorized the City Manager, or designee, to execute Supplemental Agreements as needed for up to $300,000 per project under the Master Agreements, for a total not to exceed amount of $1,000,000 per firm over the agreement term in substantially the same form as the report with subsequent reporting back to the City Council from time to time on the addition or deletion of such new panel members.
DISCUSSION CALENDAR
STREAMLINE RIVERSIDE REFRESH UPDATE
The City Council received and ordered filed the update on the Streamline Riverside Refresh effort and Implementation Plan. One person spoke on the matter.
ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN SERVICES - DOWNTOWN POLICE HEADQUARTERS BUILDING -
WAIVE SUNSHINE ORDINANCE
Following discussion, it was moved by Councilmember Falcone and seconded by Councilmember Mill to waive the Sunshine Ordinance by a two-thirds vote pursuant to Riverside Municipal Code Section 4.05.050(D) (1) (a). The motion carried unanimously with Councilmembers Cervantes and Hemenway absent.
AMENDMENT AGREEMENT - ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN SERVICES - DOWNTOWN POLICE
HEADQUARTERS BUILDING
Following discussion, it was moved by Councilmember Falcone and seconded by Councilmember Perry to (1) approve the First Amendment to the Professional Consultant Services Agreement for Phase II Architectural Design Services of the Downtown Police Headquarters Building with Holt Architects, Inc., dba Holt Architecture Palm Desert, California, extending the term through March 1, 2028 and increasing the compensation by $3,331,916 for a total not-to-exceed contract amount of $3,430,916; (2) authorize a contingency in the amount of $333,192 for a total possible not to exceed contract amount of $3,764,108 for unforeseen project changes including but not limited to, owner requested changes and design improvements; and (3) authorize the City Manager, or designee, to execute the First Amendment to the Professional Consultant Services Agreement for Phase II Architectural Design Services of the Downtown Police Headquarters Building with Holt Architects, Inc., dba Holt Architecture Palm Desert, California, including approval of contingency amendment if needed, and making minor, 111-5
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non-substantive changes. The motion carried unanimously with Councilmembers Cervantes and Hemenway absent. Two people spoke on the matter.
PUBLIC HEARING
EMINENT DOMAIN - THIRD STREET GRADE SEPARATION PROJECT - RESOLUTION Public Hearing was called to establish public use and necessity for which certain legally described real property is to be acquired by eminent domain stating the statutory authority for such acquisition and authorizing proceedings in eminent domain from Helix Street, LLC., for the purpose of the Third Street Grade Separation Project, Federal Project STPL-5058(081). No one spoke on the matter. The public hearing was officially closed.
Following discussion, it was moved by Councilmember Robillard and seconded by Councilmember Falcone to (1) make the following findings as described in the report; (a) the public interest and necessity require the proposed public project; (b) the proposed public project is planned and located in a manner to be most compatible with the greatest public good and the least private injury; (c) the real property interests being sought to be acquired as described in the Resolution of Necessity are necessary for the proposed public project; and (d) that the offer required by Government Code 7267.2 has been made to the owner of record; (2) adopt the Resolution of Necessity, in the form presented at this meeting, declaring that the City Council's formal decision has been made relative to each of the foregoing findings to acquire the subject property interests through eminent domain proceedings; (3) authorize the City Attorney to prepare and file the complaint in eminent domain and take all other actions necessary to acquire the subject real property interests; and (4) except on matters involving policy determinations to be made by the City Council, authorize the City Manager, or his designee, to prepare and execute the appropriate documents and take all other actions as required under the City's eminent domain authority. The motion carried unanimously with Councilmembers Cervantes and Hemenway absent.
Whereupon, the title having been read and further reading waived, Resolution No. 24280 of the City Council of the City of Riverside, California, Establishing the Public Use and Necessity for Which Certain Legally Described Real Property is to be Acquired by Eminent Domain Stating the Statutory Authority for Such Acquisition and Authorizing Proceedings in Eminent Domain for the Purpose of the Third Street Grade Separation Project, was presented and adopted.
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TUESDAY, JULY 1, 2025, 1:00 P.M.
CITY OF
RIVERSIDE ART PICK COUNCIL CHAMBER
3900 MAIN STREET
City of Arts & Innovation
CLOSED SESSION
The Mayor and City Council adjourned to closed session at 4:11 p.m. pursuant to Government Code (1) §54956.9(d)(1) to confer with and/or receive advice from legal counsel concerning Gall Martinez v. City of Riverside, Riverside County Superior Court Case No. CVRI2404903; (2) §54956.9(d) (2) to confer with and/or receive advice from legal counsel concerning anticipated litigation regarding one case; (3) §54956.9 (d) (4) to confer with and/or receive advice from legal counsel concerning the City Council deciding whether to initiate litigation regarding one case; (4) §54957 (a) for consultation with Larry Gonzalez, Riverside Chief of Police, or his respective deputy, and George Khalil, Chief Innovation Officer regarding threat to public services or facilities; and (5) §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.
The Mayor and City Council returned to open session at 4:29 p.m. with Mayor Lock Dawson presiding and all Councilmembers present except Councilmembers Cervantes and Hemenway.
COMMUNICATIONS
CITY ATTORNEY REPORT ON CLOSED SESSION DISCUSSIONS
Interim City Attorney McKee-Reimbold announced there were no reportable actions taken in closed session.
ITEMS FOR FUTURE CITY COUNCIL CONSIDERATION AS REQUESTED BY MAYOR OR MEMBERS
OFTHE CITY COUNCIL - CITY MANAGER/CITY ATTORNEY REPORT
Councilmember Falcone made a procedural request that departmental presentations remain within the timeframe listed on the agenda. Councilmember Mill requested a workshop regarding the vagrancy issue along the Magnolia corridor.
The City Council adjourned the meeting at 4:32 p.m.
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3900 MAIN STREET
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submitted,
DONESIA GAUSE
City Clerk
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