Riverside — 2025-03-25

1 To comment on Closed Sessions and any matters within the jurisdiction of the City\nCouncil, you are invited to participate in person or call at (951) 826-8686 and follow\nthe prompts to access your language of preference. Press *9 to be placed in the\nqueue to speak. Individuals in the queue will be prompted to unmute by pressing *6\nwhen you are ready to speak.\nTo participate via ZOOM, use the following link: https://zoom.us/j/92696991265.\nSelect the "raise hand" function to request to speak. An on-screen message will\nprompt you to "unmute" and speak.

10 Brief reports on conferences, seminars, and regional meetings attended by Mayor\nand City Council, Ward updates, and announcements of upcoming events\nAnnouncement of Committee meeting:\nGovernmental Processes Committee at 9 a.m., on Wednesday, April 2, 2025, Art\nPick Council Chamber\nCOMMUNICATIONS

11 City Manager Updates (All Wards) (5-minute presentation)

12 Declaration of conflicts of interest on any agenda items (City Council)

13 Tax Equity and Fiscal Responsibility Act - A Resolution of the City Council of the\nCity of Riverside, California, approving the issuance of Tax-Exempt and/or Taxable\nRevenue Bonds pursuant to a plan of finance in a maximum aggregate principal\namount not-to-exceed $100,000,000 by the California Municipal Finance Authority\nfor the purpose of financing, refinancing and/or reimbursing one or more projects\nof California Baptist University, and certain other matters relating thereto for Cal\nBaptist University (CBU) Softball and Baseball Clubhouse located on CBU campus -\nWaive further reading - 8432 Magnolia Avenue (Finance) (Ward 5) (10-minute\npresentation)\nAttachments: Report\nResolution\nNotice\nPresentation

14 Tax Equity and Fiscal Responsibility Act - A Resolution of the City Council of the\nCity of Riverside approving a plan of finance of the California Municipal Finance\nAuthority to issue and reissue revenue bonds for a qualified residential rental project\nfor the benefit of Mulberry Gardens Family, L.P., and certain other matters relating\nthereto for amount not-to-exceed $65,000,000, for acquisition, construction,\ndevelopment and equipping of 150-unit qualified residential project - Waive further\nreading - 2560 Mulberry Street (Finance) (Ward 1) (10-minute presentation)\nAttachments: Report\nResolution\nNotice\nPresentation

15 Resolutions 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\nacquired by eminent domain, stating the statutory authority for such acquisition, and\nauthorizing proceedings in Eminent Domain for the purpose of the Third Street\nGrade Separation Project, Federal Project No. STPL-5058 (081) - Waive further\nreadings - Make findings as described in the staff report including: (a) the public\ninterest and necessity required proposed public project (b) the proposed public\nproject is planned and located in a manner to be most compatible with greatest\npublic good and the least private injury; (c) the real property interests being sought\nbe acquired as described in the Resolutions are necessary for proposed public\nproject, and (d) that the offers required by Government Code 7267.2 have been\nmade to the owners of record - Authorize City Attorney to prepare and file\ncomplaints in eminent domain and take all other actions necessary to acquire the\nsubject real property interests - Five affirmative votes required (Community and\nEconomic Development) (All Wards) (10-minute presentation)\nAttachments: Report\nResolution - LR Miller Properties\nResolution - Condor Suntrust\nResolution - Iron Lofts\nResolution - Blue Banner Mazzetti\nResolution - County of Riverside\nResolution - CLPF BH Riverside\nResolution - Realty Income\nResolution - Gilmore Trust

16 To comment on Consent Calendar and any matters within the jurisdiction of the City\nCouncil, you are invited to participate in person or call at (951) 826-8686 and follow\nthe prompts to access your language of preference. Press *9 to be placed in the\nqueue to speak. Individuals in the queue will be prompted to unmute by pressing *6\nwhen you are ready to speak.

17 Mayor Lock Dawson to present a Proclamation to Riverside County Director of\nVictims’ Services Melissa Donaldson recognizing National Crime Victims' Rights\nWeek, April 6-10, 2025 (5-minute presentation)

18 Mayor Lock Dawson to present a Proclamation to City of Riverside Public Works\nSolid Waste Division, Keep Riverside Clean and Beautiful, and Repeat Reuse\nrecognizing March 30, 2025, as Zero Waste Day (5-minute presentation)

19 Mayor Lock Dawson to present a Proclamation to Latino Network recognizing March\n31, 2025, as Cesar Chavez Day (5-minute presentation)

2 Pursuant to Government Code §54956.9(d)(1) to confer with and/or receive from\nlegal counsel concerning James Brandt v. City of Riverside, WCAB Claim No.(s):\n110137-LTM, 220306/ADJ16017434, 230126\nAttachments: Report

20 RIVERSIDE PROSPERS Success Report - Dapper Dine and Lounge (Ward 1)\n(5-minute presentation)

21 Add law firm of Wanger Jones & Helsley PC to panel of authorized attorneys for\nCity - Approve Legal Services Agreement with law firm of Wanger Jones & Helsley\nPC for specialized legal services for water rights issues for three-year term (All\nWards)\nAttachments: Report\nAgreement\nCity Clerk

22 A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Riverside, California adopting the\nRecords Retention Schedule: Citywide standards for all City Departments and\nauthorizing the destruction of certain City records and repealing Resolution No.\n23548 - Waive further reading (All Wards)\nAttachments: Report\nResolution\nRecords Retention Schedules

23 Appointment of Steven Herrera to Cultural Heritage Board Ward 2 seat, Judy\nTeunissen to Planning Commission Ward 4 seat - File resignation of Jamal Myrick\nfrom Human Relations Commission Citywide seat (All Wards)\nAttachments: Report

24 Minutes of February 25, March 4 and 11, 2025\nAttachments: Minutes 2.25.25\nMinutes 3.4.25\nMinutes 3.11.25\nCity Council

25 Finance Committee recommends annual audit report from external independent\nauditor, CliftonLarsonAllen LLP., on City of Riverside 2023-24 financial results, as\nrequired by Riverside City Charter (All Wards)\nAttachments: Report\nElectric and Water Financial Reports\nSuccessor Agency to the Redevelopment\nSingle Audit Report on Federal Awards\nCorrective Action Plan\nAir Quality Management District Compliance Report\nAppropriations Limit (Gann) Calculation Agreed-Upon Procedures\nReport on Internal Control over Financial Reporting\nGovernance Letter\nCity - Presentation\nCliftonLarsonAllen - Presentation\nAnnual Comprehensive Financial Report (ACFR)\nRiverside Public Financing Authority Financial Report\nPopular Annual Financial Report (PAFR) - English\nPopular Annual Financial Report (PAFR) - Spanish\nCity Manager

26 Human Relations Commission recommends City Council approval to award two\none-thousand-dollar grants to Adrian Dell and Carmen Roberts Foundation and\nLaundry of Love Riverside as part of the 2025 Community Support Grant Program\n(All Wards)\nAttachments: Report\nFire

27 A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Riverside, California, adopting the\nCity of Riverside Local Hazard Mitigation Plan 2023 Annex from the Riverside\nCounty Operational Area Multi-Jurisdictional Local Hazard Mitigation Plan as\nrequired by the Federal Disaster Mitigation and Cost Reduction Act of 2000 - Waive\nfurther reading (All Wards)\nAttachments: Report\nResolution\nLocal Hazard Mitigation Plan Annex\nPresentation

28 A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Riverside, California, approving the\nCity of Riverside Emergency Operations Plan 2025; and repealing Resolution No.\n22151 - Waive further reading - Amend Emergency Operations Plan to make\nchanges which may become necessary in the future to keep plan current, and\nfunctional - Approve new and updated Emergency Support Function (ESF)\nAnnexes, Hazard Annexes to Emergency Operations Plan, and subsidiary plans as\nneeded to keep plans current, functional, and in accordance with State and Federal\nGuidelines (All Wards)\nAttachments: Report\nResolution\nEmergency Operations Basic Plan\nPresentation\nHousing and Human Services

29 Permanent Local Housing Allocation Program Subrecipient Agreements with\nKingdom Causes, Inc. doing business as City Net for $1,384,133.83 and Sunrise at\nBogart, L.P. for $380,562 for case management services for at-risk individuals\nexperiencing homelessness and development of 22 affordable housing units and a\nmanager’s unit located at 11049 Bogart Street - Second Amendment to Permanent\nLocal Housing Allocation Loan Agreement Amendment with The Aspire, L.P. for\n$1,053,906.75 for development of 32 affordable housing units and a manager’s unit\nlocated at 3861 Third Street - Total fiscal impact is $4,723,092.58 including\n$2,266,583.58 from 2020 Permanent Local Housing Allocation (PLHA) Program\nGrant Accounts - A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Riverside,\nCalifornia, authorizing the application for, and receipt, of Permanent Local Housing\nAllocation Funds under the SB 2 Permanent Entitlement Jurisdiction Component\nfrom the Building Homes and Jobs Trust Fund - Waive further reading -\nSupplemental appropriation - Five affirmative votes required (All Wards)\nAttachments: Report\nAgreement - Kingdom Causes, Inc.\nAgreement - Sunrise at Bogart, L.P.\nAgreement - The Aspire, L.P.\nResolution\nPLHA Funds

3 Pursuant to Government Code §54957 for appointment/employment of Inspector\nGeneral by City Council\nAttachments: Report

30 Subrecipient Agreement for Homeless Housing, Assistance and Prevention Program\nRound 3 with Riverside Housing Development Corporation for grant funds of\n$250,000 for predevelopment costs for acquisition and conversion of 114 motel\nrooms into studio units - 1590 University Avenue (Ward 2)\nAttachments: Report\nSubrecipient Agreement

31 A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Riverside, California, authorizing the\nsubmission of a joint application to the Department of Housing and Community\nDevelopment for $3,651,356 of Homekey+ Program funds for the development of\nthe Sunrise at Bogart Limited Partnership Affordable Housing Project and\nauthorizing the execution of all required documents by the City Manager or his\nDesignee and related participation - Waive further reading - Five affirmative votes\nrequired (Ward 7)\nAttachments: Report\nResolution\nParks, Recreation, and Community Services

32 Purchase of 12, 16-passenger paratransit vehicles for $2,485,114.41 fully funded\nvia Federal and State grants through California Association for Coordinated\nTransportation/Morongo Basin Transit Authority, Colton, Purchasing Cooperative,\nContract No. 20-01 and fulfilled by A-Z Bus Sales, Inc., Colton (All Wards)\nAttachments: Report\nQuote\nAmendment 6 - Basin Transit\nContract - MBTA 20-01 AZ (ICE-1)\nParticipants List RFP 20-01

33 Rescind Bid Award 8110 to Zeco, Inc., Santa Ana, for $234,850 - Award Bid 8110\nto Pacific Tide Construction, Northridge, for $222,867.20 and authorize 10 percent\nchange order authority of up to $22,286.72 for project changes for total contract\namount not-to-exceed $245,153.92, for total amount of $256,297.28 from Capital\nOutlay Fund, Nichols Park Playground Project Accounts and unappropriated\nGeneral Fund revenue generated from savings due to ARPA coverage of qualifying\npublic safety expenditures for Nichols Park Playground, Shade Structure, and\nResilient Surfacing Installation Project - Supplemental appropriation - Interfund\nTransfer - Five affirmative votes required (Ward 3)\nAttachments: Report\nBid Award Recommendation\nPresentation\nPolice

34 Appropriation not-to-exceed $86,106.93 to Measure Z, Police Field Operations,\nSpecial Department Supplies account for purchase of drones and advanced training\ncourse for small unmanned aircraft systems pilots to enhance illegal fireworks\nenforcement - Five affirmative votes required (All Wards)\nAttachments: Report\nMZ Spending Plan

35 Adopt an Ordinance of the City of Riverside, California, amending Chapters 1.17,\n5.28, 5.40, 5.52, 5.80, 5.90, 5.95, 6.24, 9.40, 9.42, and 9.60 of the Riverside\nMunicipal Code to include a more Uniform Appeal Procedure for various types of\nbusinesses and their permits, as well as the extraordinary Police Response Bill\nprocess pursuant to Chapter 9.60 with amendments thereto - Waive further reading\n(Intro. on 3-4-25, All Wards)\nAttachments: Report\nOrdinance\nPublic Utilities

36 Increase residential heat pump rebate program annual budget from $375,000 to\n$2,000,000 - Maintain current rebate amount of $750/ton for future years (All\nWards)\nAttachments: Report\nPresentation

37 Fourth Amendment to Agreement with Wunderlich-Malec Engineering, Inc., Gilbert,\nArizona, for $180,000, for total amount of $630,000 from Springs Professional\nServices and RERC Professional Services Accounts for power plant control system\nengineering and consulting services at Riverside Energy Resource Center and\nSprings Power Plant through June 30, 2028 (All Wards)\nAttachments: Report\nAgreement\nPresentation

38 Purchase of mobile barriers, trailers, beam gate system, related equipment, and\ncertified deployment training from Meridian Rapid Defense Group for $750,000 from\nGeneral Fund, Public Works-Traffic Engineering-Machine and Equipment Account\nfor special event traffic safety measures (All Wards)\nAttachments: Report\nQuote

39 By motion, waive attorney-client privilege regarding the second legal opinion\nprovided by outside counsel firm Redwood Public Law LLP, regarding the adoption\nof a resolution reaffirming the policy excepting certain types of projects from\nSection 1109 of the Riverside City Charter as authorized by Resolution No. 24224\n(City Attorney) (All Wards) (10-minute presentation)\nAttachments: Report\nR-24224

4 Pursuant to Government Code §54956.9(d)(2) to confer with and/or receive advice\nfrom legal counsel concerning anticipated litigation - one case\nAttachments: Report

40 A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Riverside, California, pursuant to\nRiverside Municipal Code Section 5.77.120, to further postpone the City’s evaluation\nand review of applications for Storefront Retail Commercial Cannabis Business\nPermits up to 30 additional days for a total postponement of 120 days - Waive\nfurther reading - Direct staff to draft an Ordinance to amend Section 5.77 to include\namendments to maximum number of Retail Commercial Cannabis Business (CCB)\nPermits allowed in City, maximum number of CCB Permits per ward, restricting the\nsale and transfer of permits, maintaining a minimum distance of 1,000 feet between\nCCB Permits, conformance with Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) licensed\nbusiness requirements to ensure compatibility, designating parks as a sensitive use\nwith corresponding minimum separation distances, and minor clean up items in the\nRiverside Municipal Code related to renewal exceptions - Direct staff to draft a\nResolution to amend the Storefront Retail Commercial Cannabis Business Permit\nProcedure Guidelines and Application Review Criteria to amend Step 2.2 to clarify\nfailure to meet Zoning Verification Requirements require full resubmittal and Step\n2.3 to clarify an applicant fails the submittal deadline for any of processes detailed\nin Step 2.3, applicant shall be deemed to have forfeited the Storefront Retail CCB\napplication and any right to a Storefront Retail CCB permit - Provide direction on\ntransfer of sales to equity qualified businesses, prohibit transfers of CCB Permits,\namend the final authority to approve or deny the transfer process to City Council,\namendment to the Zoning Code to prohibit CCB Permits in Placemaking or\nSpecialty Zone/Areas, and review Residential Zoned Properties as a sensitive use\nwith corresponding minimum separation distance (Community and Economic\nDevelopment) (All Wards) (15-minute presentation)\nAttachments: Report\nResolution\nHealth & Safety Effects of Cannabis Report\nTop 14 Preferred Site Authorization List\nIndustrial Zoning Map\nCommercial Zoning Map\nExisting Zoning and Sensitive Use map\nResidential Zoned Properties Map\nPresentation

41 City Attorney report on Closed Session discussions

42 Items for future City Council consideration as requested by Mayor or Members of\nthe City Council - City Manager/City Attorney reports\n*********

5 Pursuant to Government Code §54956.9(d)(4) to confer with and/or receive advice\nfrom legal counsel concerning the City Council deciding whether to initiate litigation\n- one case\nAttachments: Report

6 Pursuant to Government Code §54957(a), for consultation with Larry Gonzalez,\nRiverside Chief of Police, or his respective deputy, and George Khalil, Chief\nInformation Officer regarding threat to public services or facilities\nAttachments: Report

7 Pursuant to Government Code §54957.6 to review the City Council's position and\ninstruct designated representatives regarding salaries, salary schedules, or\ncompensation paid in the form of fringe benefits of all Executive Management\nemployees except the City Manager, City Attorney, and City Clerk, all Management\nand Confidential employees as defined by PERS, Fire Management Unit, Riverside\nCity Firefighters Association, Riverside Police Officers Association (Police and\nPolice Supervisory Units), Service Employees International Union #721,\nInternational Brotherhood of Electrical Workers #47, and Riverside Police\nAdministrators Association\nAttachments: Report

8 Adopt an Ordinance of the City of Riverside, California, authorizing an Amendment\nto the Contract between the City of Riverside and the Board of Administration of the\nCalifornia Public Employees’ Retirement System to implement a retirement\ncost-sharing provision of one-half percent (0.5 percent) of pensionable income for\nall Classic, CalPERS Level 1 and 2 Police Safety members hired before June 13,\n2012, in the Unrepresented Police Management Group - Waive further reading\n(Human Resources) (Intro. on 2-25-25, All Wards)\nAttachments: Report\nOrdinance\nAmendment to Contract

9 Award Bid 8144 to BNBuilders, Irvine, for $28,552,072 with 15 percent change\norder authority of $4,282,811 for total amount of $32,834,883 funded by bonds\nproceeds for Museum of Riverside rehabilitation and expansion - 3580 Mission Inn\nAvenue (Museum) (Ward 1) (10-minute presentation)\nAttachments: Report\nBid Award Recommendation\nPresentation\n3 P.M.\nMAYOR/COUNCILMEMBER COMMUNICATIONS