Riverside — 2026-01-06

1\nTo 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.\nMAYOR/COUNCILMEMBER COMMUNICATIONS

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

11\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\nReport\nAttachments:

12\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\nReport\nAttachments:

13\nPursuant to Government Code §54957.6 to review the City Council's position and\ninstruct\ndesignated\nrepresentatives\nregarding\nsalaries,\nsalary\nschedules,\nor\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\n(Police and\nPolice\nSupervisory\nUnits),\nService\nEmployees\nInternational\nUnion\n#721,\nInternational\nBrotherhood\nof\nElectrical\nWorkers\n#47,\nand\nRiverside\nPolice\nAdministrators Association\nReport\nAttachments:

14\nA Resolution of the City Council of the City of Riverside, California, Declaring that\nthe Public Interest and Necessity Require the Acquisition of a Permanent Street and\nHighway Easement and Temporary Construction Easement over a Portion of\nCertain Real Property for the Construction of the Brockton Avenue to Palm Avenue\nRailroad Quiet Zone Project, and authorizing the Filing\nof Eminent Domain\nProceedings - Waive further reading - Find and determine, based on substantial\nevidence in the report and administrative record: (a) the public interest and\nnecessity require the Project; (b) the Project is planned/located for greatest public\ngood and least private injury; (c) the described property interests are necessary for\nthe Project; and (d) the statutory offer under Government Code §7267.2 has been\nmade and refused - Authorize City Attorney to prepare, file, and prosecute the\neminent domain complaint in Riverside Superior Court and seek prejudgment\npossession under CCP §1255.410 et seq - Five affirmative votes required - 6281\nBrockton Avenue (Community and Economic Development) (Ward 3) (10-minute\npresentation)\nReport\nVicinity Map\nCPUC 88-B\nResolution\nSummary Statement of Valuation\nCounty of Riverside Receipt\nOffer Package 9-10-2024\nNotice\nPresentation\nAttachments:\n6:15 P.M.\nINVOCATION - Councilmember Conder\nPLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG\nPUBLIC COMMENT\nAudience participation is encouraged. Public comments are limited to 3 minutes.

16\nMayor Lock Dawson to present a plaque to Councilmember Conder for his\ndedicated service as Mayor Pro Tem from July through December 2025 - Appoint\nCouncilmember Robillard as Mayor Pro Tem for January through July 2026 (All\nWards)

17\nRIVERSIDE PROSPERS Success Report - Friends of the Mission Inn (Ward 1)\n(5-minute presentation)\nPresentation\nAttachments:

18\nAuthorize increase to continue to retain Holland and Hart LLP, by $300,000 from\nElectric Fund, PU Electric Supply Power Operations, Outside Legal Services and\nPower\nSupply\nOperation\nAccounts\nfor\nFiscal\nYears\n2025-26 and\n2026-27 to\nrepresent City in negotiations of power purchase and resource adequacy purchase\nagreements - Authorize City Attorney to execute Engagement Letters to retain\nHolland and Hart LLP (All Wards)\nReport\nAttachments:

19\nOutside counsel expenditures for April 1, 2025 through June 30, 2025, as provided\nby outside counsel policy approved by City Council on June 16, 2015 (All Wards)\nReport\nQ4 Expenditures Report\nAttachments:\nCity Clerk

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, January 7, 2026, Art\nPick Council Chamber\nLand Use Committee at 9 a.m. on Monday, January 12, 2026, Art Pick Council\nChamber\nCOMMUNICATIONS

20\nA Resolution of the City Council of the City of Riverside, California, Calling,\nProviding for and Giving Notice of a General Municipal Election to be held June 2,\n2026 in the City of Riverside, for the Purpose of Electing a Member of the City\nCouncil from the Second, Fourth and Sixth Wards of said City of Riverside; and\nRequesting the County of Riverside to Consolidate the Contest for City Council with\nthe Statewide Primary Election and all other Elections being held in the same\nterritory on the same date - Waive further reading (All Wards)\nReport\nResolution\nAttachments:

21\nIntroduce an Ordinance of the City Council of the City of Riverside, California,\nAmending Chapter 2.78 Regarding Code of Ethics and Conduct (All Wards)\nReport\nOrdinance\nAttachments:

22\nAnnual Board and Commission appointments and reappointments (All Wards)\nReport\nAttachments:

23\nFile resignations of Dr. Danielle Kilchenstein from Board of Ethics and Brock Cavett\nfrom Human Relations Commission Citywide seats - Remove Matthew Segre from\nCommunity Police Review Commission Ward 2 and Marion Cronin from Human\nResources Board Ward 5 seats (All Wards)\nReport\nAttachments:

24\nMinutes of December 2 and 9, 2025\nMinutes 12-2-2025\nMinutes 12-9-2025\nAttachments:\nFinance

25\nDevelopment impact fee activity status report for Overlook Parkway Crossing at\nAlessandro Arroyo, local parks, and regional and reserve parks and trails (All\nWards)\nReport\nLocal Park Expenditure Detail\nRegional Prk Expenditure Detail\nAttachments:\nGeneral Services

26\nAward Bid 8197 to Fritts Ford, Inc., Riverside, for $396,564.90 from Measure Z\nFund, Vehicle Replacement Account for six 2025 model year Ford Expedition SUVs\nfor Fire Department (All Wards)\nReport\nBid Award Recommendation\nAttachments:\nHuman Resources

27\nIncrease full-time equivalents in Human Resources Department’s budget to include\none additional full-time grant funded Human Resources Analyst to support Youth\nService Corps Fellows program in partnership with State of California / California\nVolunteer (All Wards)\nReport\nAttachments:

28\nMemorandums\nof\nUnderstanding\nwith\nRiverside\nFirefighters'\nAssociation\nand\nRiverside Fire Management Group effective January 1, 2026, through December\n31, 2026 - A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Riverside, California,\nAmending Resolution No. 21052 to Amend Parts I and II of the Fringe Benefits and\nSalary Plan, to Reflect Various Updates and Changes in Connection with the\nMemorandum of Understanding with the Riverside Firefighters’ Association (RCFA),\nand the Memorandum of Understanding with the Riverside Fire Management Group\n(RFMG) - Waive further reading - Supplemental appropriation - Five affirmative\nvotes required (All Wards)\nReport\nRCFA MOU\nRFMG MOU\nResolution\nFringe Benefits and Salary Plan\nRevised Salary Schedule - Exhibit B to Resolution.pdf\nSalary Schedule\nAttachments:\nLibrary

29\nSecond Amendment to Agreement with OverDrive Inc., Cleveland, Ohio, for revised\ncontract amount of $278,075 from General Fund, Library Neighborhood Services\nAccount for subscription services to access Library’s digital collection through June\n30, 2026, for twelve-month term with automatic renewals (All Wards)\nReport\nSecond Amendment to Agreement\nFirst Amendment to Agreement\nOrder Form\nAttachments:\nMuseum

3\nCity Manager Updates (5-minute presentation)

30\nAccession into Museum of Riverside permanent collection of five lots of historic and\narchival items of one set of eight sterling silver knives, one item of sheet music, six\ncommemorative flags, 24 black-and-white photographs and one pencil sketch by\nartist Robert Herlitz, 37 color photographs, two Riverside Junior College year\nbooklets, two Koala yearbooks, and one Riverside Polytechnic High School reunion\nsouvenir booklet (All Wards)\nReport\nMMB Minutes 12-14-16\nMinutes 3-25-25\nMinutes 10-22-25\nAttachments:

31\nDonation of salvaged items and marble panels to Old Riverside Foundation and\nRiverside Arts Council from Main Museum facility (All Wards)\nReport\nAttachments:\nParks, Recreation, and Community Services

32\nJoint Use Agreement with Riverside Community College District for not-to-exceed\n$100,000 annually plus prorated utility costs, for total of $500,000 from General\nFund, Parks, RCC Aquatics Complex Account for use of Riverside Aquatic Complex\nat Riverside City College for five-year term with two additional five-year extension\noptions (Ward 1)\nReport\nAgreement\nAttachments:\nPolice

33\nObligation document for United States Marshals Service Regional Fugitive Task\nForce\novertime\nreimbursement\nfor\nnot-to-exceed\n$189,000 from\nGrants\nand\nRestricted Programs Fund, US Marshals Service 2025-26 Program revenue and\nexpenditure accounts through September 30, 2026 - Supplemental appropriation -\nFive affirmative votes required (All Wards)\nReport\nObligation Document\nUS Marshals MOU\nAttachments:

34\nMemorandums of Understanding with United States Department of Justice Bureau\nof Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives for National Integrated Ballistic\nInformation Network and performance of correlation reviews of ballistic evidence (All\nWards)\nReport\nMOU - NIBIN\nMOU - Correlation Review\nAttachments:\nPublic Utilities

35\nAuthorize Evergreen Power of Attorney with Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP, to\nexecute and maintain insurance policy with Nuclear Electric Insurance Limited\n(NEIL)\nfor\ninsurance\npolicy\ncovering\nSan\nOnofre\nNuclear\nGenerating\nStation\n(SONGS) (All Wards)\nReport\nEvergreen Power of Attorney\nAttachments:\nPublic Works

36\nRatify\nPurchase\nOrder\n262421 with\nWest\nCoast\nArborists,\nInc.,\nAnaheim,\nfor\n$600,500 to include emergency municipal tree management services, for $700,000\n- First Amendment to Agreement with West Coast Arborists, Inc., for increased\ncompensation of $4,383,296 for revised total contract of $4,482,796 from General\nFund,\nPublic\nWorks\nand\nMeasure\nZ\nFund\nForestry\nand\nLandscape-Tree\nMaintenance\nContract\nAccounts\nfor\ninterim\ntree\nand\nlandscape\nmaintenance\nservices through June 20, 2026 (All Wards)\nReport\nFirst Amendment to Agreement\nBond Rider\nAttachments:

37\nState of California Department of Transportation Program Supplement No. F050\nRev. 1 for $5 million grant from Section 190 Grade Separation Program for Third\nStreet Grade Separation Program Project - Supplemental appropriation - Five\naffirmative votes required (Wards 1 and 2)\nReport\nProgram Supplement No. F050 Rev. 1\nAttachments:

38\nAward Bid 8190 to Bear Electrical Solutions, Alviso, for $894,984 from Capital\nOutlay-Grant and Gas Tax Citywide Bicycle and Pedestrian Intersection Accounts\nfor construction of Fiscal Year 2023-24 Transportation Development Act Article 3,\nSenate Bill 821 Citywide Pedestrian and Bicycle Intersection Improvements (All\nWards)\nReport\nProject Location Map\nProject Location List\nBid Award Recommendation\nAgreement\nPresentation\nAttachments:

39\nRequest\nfor\nProposal\n2421 Agreement\nwith\nKimley-Horn\n&\nAssociates,\nInc.,\nOrange, for $272,891.91 from Capital Outlay-Grants and Measure A Speed Limit\nReduction Project Accounts for planning of Vision Zero Action Plan (VZAP) Project\nfor services through January 13, 2029 (All Wards)\nReport\nRFP Award Recommendation\nAgreement\nResolution R-24252\nPresentation\nAttachments:\nSuccessor Agency to Redevelopment Agency

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

40\nA Resolution of the City Council of the City of Riverside, California, as the\nSuccessor Agency to the Former Redevelopment Agency of the City of Riverside\napproving the submission of the Recognized Obligation Payment Schedule for July\n1, 2026 through June 30, 2027 - Waive further reading - Recommend Countywide\nOversight\nBoard\nadopt\nresolution\napproving\nRecognized\nObligation\nPayment\nSchedule\nfor\nexpenditures\nfrom\n2026-27 for\nDepartment\nof\nFinance's\nfinal\nconsideration and approval (All Wards)\nReport\nResolution\nRiverside ROPS 26-27\nAttachments:

41\nA Resolution of the City Council of the City of Riverside, California, as Successor\nAgency to the Redevelopment Agency of the City of Riverside Approving a\nPurchase, Sale and Development Agreement with Grapevine Development, LLC., for\nthe Sale of Approximately 1.86 Acres of Successor Agency-Owned Vacant Land\nlocated at 2731-2871 University Avenue, Riverside, California, for $1,050,000 for\ndevelopment of mixed-use project including 15 percent affordable housing units -\nWaive further reading - Recommend Countywide Oversight Board adopt a Board\nresolution authorizing execution of Agreement with Grapevine for sale of Property in\naccordance\nwith\nthe\nCalifornia\nDepartment\nof\nFinance\napproved\nLong-Range\nProperty\nManagement\nPlan,\ncontingent\nupon\napproval\nand\nexecution\nof\na\nDisposition and Development Agreement between Housing Authority of the City of\nRiverside and Grapevine for adjacent property located at 2882 Mission Inn Avenue,\nidentified as Assessor’s Parcel Number 211-131-001 (Ward 1)\nReport\nResolution\nPurchase, Sale and Development Agreement\nAttachments:

42\nLease Agreement with Thompson Brewing Co., LLC., for Armory at Fairmount Park\nfor base rent of $12,000 per month with payments to commence in year three\nfollowing two-year rent credit for tenant improvements, for five-year term with four\noptional\nfive-year\nextensions,\npursuant\nto\nRequest\nfor\nProposal\n2438 (Parks,\nRecreation and Community Services) (Ward 1) (15-minute presentation)\nReport\nAgreement\nRFP Award Recommendation\nPresentation\nAttachments:\nPUBLIC HEARING - Item # 43\nAudience participation is encouraged. Public comments are limited to 3 minutes.

43\nCase PR-2024-001675 Environmental Impact Report - Consider appeal by Channel\nLaw\nGroup,\nLLP.,\nand\nLozeau\nDrury,\nLLP.,\nof\nPlanning\nCommission\nrecommendation - Certify an Environmental Impact Report pursuant to the California\nEnvironmental Quality Act for the Riverside Alive Project, consisting of an expansion\nof the Riverside Convention Center, hotel, residential, retail and office uses, and\nassociated subterranean parking and site improvements - A Resolution of the City\nCouncil of the City of Riverside, California, Certifying the Final Environmental\nImpact Report for the Riverside Alive Project, Making Certain Findings of Fact\nRelated Thereto Pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act - Waive further\nreading - Find that no feasible alternatives to Project have been proposed that will\navoid or substantially lessen significant environmental effects and meet most project\nobjects, as set forth in the Final Environmental Impact Report - Site Bound by\nMarket, Third, Orange and Fifth Streets (Community and Economic Development)\n(Ward 1) (30-minute presentation)\nReport\nDEIR Link\nCPC Staff Reprot\nLetters of Appeal\nFEIR December UPDATED\nLate Comment Letter\nResolution\nNotice\nPresentation\nAttachments:\nCOMMUNICATIONS

44\nCity Attorney report on Closed Session discussions

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

5\nCity\nAttorney\nDepartment\noverview\nand\nemployee\nrecognition\n(All\nWards)\n(10-minute presentation)\nReport\nPresentation\nAttachments:

6\nAward Bid 8168 to Onyx Paving Company, Inc., Yorba Linda, for $5,555,000 from\nMeasure Z Capital Pavement Rehab and Pedestrian Facility Improvements Account\nfor construction of Fiscal Year 2024-25 Arterial and Minor Streets Maintenance\n(Public Works) (Wards 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5) (10-minute presentation)\nReport\nMap\nLocation List\nBid Award Recommendation\nPresentation\nAttachments:

7\nMayor Lock Dawson and Councilmember Falcone recommend ceremonial street\nrenaming of Lime Street, between 3rd and 14th Streets to “Captain Tim Strack\nParkway” in honor of late Riverside Fire Captain Timothy Strack - Direct staff draft\nan ordinance and identify funding sources for fabrication and installation of signage\n(Mayor/City Council) (Ward 1) (5-minute presentation)\nReport\nOutreach Letter\nPresentation\nAttachments:

8\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\nReport\nAttachments:

9\nPursuant to Government Code §54956.9(d)(1) to confer with and/or receive advice\nfrom legal counsel concerning Peggy Lee Kennedy v. City of Riverside, Riverside\nCounty Superior Court Case No. CVRI2404744\nReport\nAttachments: