Riverside — 2025-08-05

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10\nPurchase and Sale Agreement with Riverside County Transportation Commission,\nfor $1,283,000, for two fee simple storm drain facilities, sanitary sewer,\nnon-exclusive easements and grant portion of vacated Commerce Street for Third\nStreet Grade Separation Project, Federal Aid Number CML 5058(081) - Westside of\nCommerce Street, South of Third Street (Wards 1 and 2)\nAttachments:\nAugust 5, 2025\nReport\nPurchase and Sale Agreement\nPresentation

11\nFirst Amendment to Lease Agreement with Fehr & Peers, for $31,800 estimated\nrevenue, for six-month extension at Mission Square Office Building - 3750 University\nAvenue, Suite 225 (Ward 1)\nAttachments:\nReport\nFirst Amendment to Lease Agreement\nPresentation

12\nCase DP-2024-01558 - Jo Phelan and Bruce Link - Adopt an Ordinance of the City\nof Riverside, California, amending the Zoning Map of the City of Riverside pursuant\nto Chapter 19.090 of the Riverside Municipal Code by applying the Cultural\nResources Overlay (“CR”) Zone to City Landmark No. 151, the Boyd Residence,\nlocated at 4649 Ninth Street - Waive further reading (Intro. on 7-15-25, Ward 1)\nAttachments:\nReport\nOrdinance

13\nAdopt an Ordinance of the City Council of the City of Riverside, California,\namending Chapter 5.77 the Riverside Municipal Code regarding Cannabis Business\nActivities - Waive further reading (Intro. on 7-15-25, All Wards)\nAttachments:\nReport\nOrdinance

14\nCase PR-2025-001795 - City of Riverside - Adopt an Ordinance of the City Council\nof the City of Riverside, California, amending Section 5.77.320 of the Riverside\nMunicipal Code regarding location and design of Cannabis Businesses and Table\n19.150.020.A regarding permitted uses - Waive further reading (Intro. on 7-15-25,\nAll Wards)\nAttachments:\nReport\nOrdinance\nSection 5.77.320 - Exhibit A_Redlined\nSection 5.77.320 - Exhibit A_Clean\nTable 19.150.020 - Exhibit B\nFire

15\nA Resolution of the City Council of the City of Riverside, California, authorizing the\nsubmission of application and acceptance of grant award from the U.S. Department\nof Homeland Security through the California Office of Emergency Services for the\nFiscal Year 2024 State Homeland Security Program Grant (SHSP) for $45,677 and\nAugust 5, 2025\nauthorizing the execution of all required documents by the City Manager, or his\ndesignee; and amending the Budget for Fiscal Year 2024-2025 accordingly - Waive\nfurther reading - Supplemental appropriation - Five affirmative votes required (All\nWards)\nAttachments:\nReport\nResolution\nAttachments 2 - 6

16\nA Resolution of the City Council of the City of Riverside, California, authorizing the\nsubmission of application and acceptance of Grant Award from the U.S. Department\nof Homeland Security through the California Governor’s Office of Emergency\nServices for $39,785 for the Fiscal Year 2024-2025 Emergency Management\nPerformance Grant (EMPG) Program and authorizing the execution of all required\ndocuments by the City Manager, or his designee; and amending the Budget for\nFiscal Year 2024-2025 accordingly - Waive further reading - Supplemental\nappropriation - Five affirmative votes required (All Wards)\nAttachments:\nReport\nResolution\nAttachments 2 - 6

17\nFourth Amendment to Agreement with Galls, LLC., Lexington, Kentucky, for\nincreased amount of $124,999 for revised total contract amount not-to-exceed\n$511,278 from General Fund, Fire Operations, Clothing/Linen/Safety Supplies\nAccount for purchase of Fire Department station uniforms and accessories (All\nWards)\nAttachments:\nReport\nAmendment to Agreement\nLibrary

18\nAccept Library Minor Gift Fund of $533,763 for Library materials, programs, and\nservices - Supplemental appropriation - Five affirmative votes required (All Wards)\nAttachments:\nReport\nMayor

19\nMayor Lock Dawson requests approval of travel expenses of $422.20 from Mayor's\nGeneral Fund Sister Cities Account for travel to Ensenada, Mexico scheduled for\nAugust 13-14, 2025 (All Wards)\nAttachments:\nReport\nParks, Recreation, and Community Services

2\nBrief reports on conferences, seminars, and regional meetings attended by Mayor\nand City Council, Ward updates, and announcements of upcoming events\nAnnouncement of Committee meetings:\nGovernmental Processes Committee at 9 a.m. on Wednesday, August 6, 2025, Art\nPick Council Chamber\nLand Use Committee at 9 a.m. on Monday, August 11, 2025, Art Pick Council\nChamber\nInspector General Committee at 1 p.m. on Tuesday, August 12, 2025, Art Pick\nCouncil Chamber\nFinance Committee at 3 p.m. on Wednesday, August 13, 2025, Art Pick Council\nChamber\nMobility and Infrastructure Committee at 1 p.m. on Thursday, August 14, 2025, Art\nPick Council Chamber\nCOMMUNICATIONS

20\nSecond Amendment to Agreement with Janet Goeske Foundation for $780,054 from\nGeneral Fund, Parks and Recreation, Janet Goeske Center Special Programs\nAccount for first year and remaining balance will be requested as part of biennial\nFiscal Years 2026-2028 budget for management and operation of Janet Goeske\nSenior Center through June 30, 2027 (Ward 3)\nAttachments:\nReport\nAmendment to Agreement\nPresentation

21\nRequest for Proposal 2448 Agreement with Merchants Landscape Services, Inc.,\nSanta Ana, for $4,626,000, plus additional $345,000 for irrigation repairs, vandalism\nand graffiti removal costs, and include five percent change order authority, for total\ncontract amount of $5,202,300 from General Fund, Parks, Landscape Maintenance\naccounts for Sports Parks, account for Sports Park landscape maintenance\nservices for term through June 30, 2028, with one additional two-year extension\noption (Wards 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 7)\nAttachments:\nReport\nAgreement\nBid Award Recommendation\nPresentation\nPublic Works

22\nPurchase of automated black refuse carts with interchangeable gray, green, and\nblue lids from Toter, LLC., Statesville, North Carolina, for not-to-exceed $850,000\nfrom Public Works Refuse and Grant and Restricted Programs Accounts under\nSourcewell Cooperative Agreement 120324-TOT in accordance with Purchasing\nResolution 24101, Section 602, through June 30, 2026 (All Wards)\nAttachments:\nReport\nSourcewell Contract 120324-TOT\nToter Pricing

23\nA Resolution of the City Council of the City of Riverside, California, adopting a list of\nprojects for Fiscal Year 2025/26 funded by Senate Bill 1: The Road Repair and\nAccountability Act of 2017 - Waive further reading (Wards 2, 3, 4, 5 6, and 7)\nAttachments:\nReport\nResolution\nProjected Revenues

24\nAmendment No. 3 to Transportation Uniform Mitigation Fee (TUMF) Program\nAgreement with Western Riverside Council of Governments (WRCOG) to increase\nfunding amount by $2.5 million from $11.25 million to not-to-exceed $13.75 million\nfrom TUMF Fund, Third Street/Burlington Northern Santa Fe (BNSF) Grade\nSeparation revenue and expenditure accounts for Project Approval and\nEnvironmental Documentation (PA&ED) and Plans, Specifications, and Estimate\n(PS&E) phases, and for Right-of-Way acquisition phase - Third Street Grade\nSeparation Project - Supplemental appropriation - Five affirmative votes required\n(Wards 1 and 2)\nAttachments:\nReport\nLocation Map\nAgreement

25\nEncampment Delegated Maintenance Agreement with State of California to remove\nunpermitted encampments in State Right of Way, including highway and freeway\nareas situated within State’s jurisdictional limits as authorized under Streets and\nHighways Code Section 114 and 116 - Record revenue increase and appropriate\nexpenditures of $400,000 in Grants & Restricted Programs Fund, Homeless\nEncampment Clean-Up revenue and expenditure accounts - Supplemental\nappropriation - Five affirmative votes required (Public Works and Housing and\nHuman Services) (Wards 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, and 7) (15-minute presentation)\nAttachments:

26\nPavement Management Program update and proposed Fiscal Year 2025-26 paving\nprojects (Public Works) (All Wards) (15-minute presentation)\nAttachments:\nReport\nFY 2025-26 Project Location List\nPresentation

27\nCONTINUED FROM JULY 15, 2025 - Award Bid 8165 to Horizons Construction\nCompany, Orange, for $16,128,715, plus 10 percent contingency, for total\nnot-to-exceed $17,741,587 from Eastside Library Project Accounts for SPC Jesus\nS. Duran Eastside Library Project including demolition, hazardous material\nabatement, and new construction Supplemental appropriations\nInterdepartmental/Interfund Transfers - Five affirmative votes required - 2060\nUniversity Avenue (Library) (Ward 1) (10-minute presentation)\nAttachments:\nReport\nBid Award Recommendation\nPresentation

28\nPursuant to Government Code §54956.9(d)(1) to confer with and/or receive advice\nfrom legal counsel concerning Tony Platt v. City of Riverside, Riverside County\nSuperior Court Case No. RIC1822011\nAttachments:

29\nReport\nPursuant to Government Code §54956.9(d)(1) to confer with and/or receive advice\nfrom legal counsel concerning City of Riverside, a charter city and municipal\ncorporation, the City Council of the City of Riverside, acting by and through its duly\nelected councilmembers, Erin Edwards, Clarissa Cervantes, Ronaldo Fierro,\nGabriela Plascencia, James Perry, and Steven Hemenway, in their official capacity\nv. Councilmember Charles Conder and former Councilmember Steven R. Adams, in\ntheir official capacity, and does 1 through 50, inclusive, Riverside Superior Court\nCase No. CVRI2300725\nAttachments:\nReport

3\nCity Manager Updates (City Manager) (5-minute presentation)

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

31\nReport\nPursuant 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- two cases\nAttachments:

32\nReport\nPursuant to Government Code §54956.9(d)(2) to confer with and/or receive advice\nfrom legal counsel concerning anticipated litigation - two cases\nAttachments:

33\nReport\nPursuant to Government Code §54956.9(d)(1) to confer with and/or receive advice\nfrom legal counsel concerning Eric H. Saldivar v. Evan Wright, Abel Soria, et al.,\nUnited States District Court Case No. 2:20-cv-02081-CAS-PD\nAttachments:

34\nReport\nPursuant to Government Code §54956.9(d)(1) to confer with and/or receive advice\nfrom legal counsel concerning Erica Velasco v. City of Riverside, Riverside\nSuperior Court Case No. CVRI2405218; Claim Nos: 24-05-26 and 24-09-27\nAttachments:

35\nReport\nPursuant to Government Code §54956.9(d)(1) to confer with and/or receive from\nlegal counsel concerning Stephen Manley v. City of Riverside, Claim No(s):\nADJ12878113\nAttachments:

36\nReport\nPursuant to Government Code §54956.9(d)(1) to confer with and/or receive advice\nfrom legal counsel concerning Riverside All of us or None, et al. v. City of Riverside,\net al., United States District Court Case No. 5:23-cv-01536 SPG (SP); Claim No:\n23-09-15\nAttachments:

37\nAugust 5, 2025\nPursuant to Government Code §54956.9(d)(1) to confer with and/or receive from\nlegal counsel concerning Lorne Skipper v. City of Riverside, Claim No.:\nADJ9952109\nAttachments:

38\nReport\nPursuant 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\nSupervisory\nUnits),\nService\nEmployees\nInternational\nUnion\n#721,\nInternational Brotherhood of Electrical Workers #47, and Riverside Police\nAdministrators Association\nAttachments:\nReport

39\nRiverside New Car Dealers Association Annual Report - A Resolution of the City\nCouncil of the City of Riverside, California, confirming the annual report of the\nRiverside New Car Dealers Association, acting in its capacity as the Advisory Board\nto the Auto Center Business Improvement District, and levying assessments for the\nFiscal Year beginning September 1, 2025 - Waive further reading (Finance)\n(Wards 4 and 5) (5-minute presentation)\nAttachments:\nReport\nResolution\nMap\nAnnual Report\nPresentation\nNotice

4\nDeclaration of conflicts of interest and ex parte communications (City Council)\nPRESENTATION Item # 5

40\nResolution of the City Council of the City of Riverside, California, authorizing the\nIssuance of Refunding Sewer Revenue Bonds of the City in an Aggregate Principal\nAmount Not-to-Exceed $165,000,000 and providing the Terms and Conditions of\nSuch Bonds - Waive further reading - Approve Financing Team consisting of\nFinance, City Attorney, Public Works, NHA Advisors, as Municipal Advisor, BofA\nSecurities, Inc., as Senior Underwriter and Cabrera Capital Markets as\nCo-Managing Underwriter, Stradling, Yocca, Carlson & Rauth LLP., as Bond and\nDisclosure Counsel, US Bank National Association as Escrow Agent & Trustee,\nStandard and Poor’s and Moody’s as Rating Agencies, and Carollo as Sewer Rate\nConsultant - Delegate to City’s Financing Team, at the time of Bond sale, the\ndetermination of specific maturities to be refunded - Upon closing of 2025A\nRefunding Sewer Revenue Bonds, authorize the Chief Financial Officer, or\ndesignee, to make necessary budget adjustments and/or appropriations to properly\nrecord refunding and financing expenses in accordance with governmental\naccounting standards - Supplemental appropriations - Five affirmative votes\nrequired (Finance) (All Wards) (10-minute presentation)

41\nCity Attorney report on Closed Session discussions

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

5\nHuman Resources\npresentation)\nAttachments:\nDepartment\noverview\nand\nemployee\nrecognition\n(10-minute\nReport\nPresentation

6\nRequest for Proposal 2423 Agreement with Coffman Associates, Inc., a Missouri\nCorporation, for $849,157, plus 15 percent change order authority for total\nnot-to-exceed $976,530.55 from General Fund Infrastructure Reserve to Airport\nFund, Airport Master Plan Project revenue and expenditure accounts for Airport\nEconomic Impact Study/Development Plan and Master Plan at Riverside Municipal\nAirport - Supplemental appropriations and Interfund Transfers - Five affirmative\nvotes required - 6951 Flight Road (Ward 3)\nAttachments:\nReport\nAgreement\nBid Award Recommendation\nCity Attorney

7\nOutside counsel expenditures for January 1, 2025 through March 31, 2025, as\nprovided by outside counsel policy approved by City Council on June 16, 2015 (All\nWards)\nAttachments:\nReport\n2024-2025 Q3 Expenditures Report.pdf\nCity Clerk

8\nAppoint Lisa M. Dryan-Zagala to Commission on Disabilities Citywide seat and\nDerrick Eide Nelson to Cultural Heritage Board Ward 3 seat - File resignation of\nBobby Garcia from Community Police Review Commission Ward 5 seat (All Wards)\nAttachments:

9\nReport\nMinutes of July 15, 2025\nAttachments:\nMinutes\nCommunity and Economic Development