Riverside — 2026-03-24
City Council
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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/93149443969.\nSelect the "raise hand" function to request to speak. An on-screen message will\nprompt you to "unmute" and speak.\nMAYOR/COUNCILMEMBER COMMUNICATIONS
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Pursuant to Government Code §54956.9(d)(1) to confer with and/or receive advice\nfrom legal counsel concerning Eric Saldivar v. City of Riverside, United States\nCentral District Court Case No. 2:20-cv-02081-CAS-PD
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Pursuant to Government Code §54956.9(d)(2) to confer with and/or receive advice\nfrom legal counsel concerning anticipated litigation - one case
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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
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Pursuant 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
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Pursuant to Government Code §54957.6 to review the City Council's position and\nDesignated representatives regarding salaries, salary schedules, or any other related matters.\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 Police Supervisory Units), Service Employees International\nUnion #721, International Brotherhood\nof Electrical Workers #47, and Riverside Police\nAdministrators Association
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Pursuant to Government Code §54957 for recruitment/appointment of City Attorney\nby City Council
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Pursuant to Government Code §54957 for performance evaluation of City Manager
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Mayor Lock Dawson to present Proclamation to Sharon Jacoby recognizing March\nas National Disabilities Awareness Month (5-minute presentation)
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Mayor Lock Dawson to present a Proclamation recognizing March 31, 2026, as\nCesar Chavez Day (5-minute presentation)
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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 1, 2026, Art\nPick Council Chamber\nCOMMUNICATIONS
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RIVERSIDE PROSPERS Success Report - Devereaux House (Ward 3) (5-minute\npresentation)
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Adopt a Resolution establishing City Council Rules of Procedure and Order of\nBusiness for the City Council of the City Riverside and related functions and\nactivities and rescinding all prior actions taken thereto establishing an eligibility\nrequirement for nomination to City Boards and Commissions for individuals involved\nin active litigation against the City, but to exclude individuals who are solely part of a\nclass action as a class member, and repealing Resolution No. 24348 - Waive\nfurther reading (All Wards)\nCity Clerk
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Approve minutes of March 3 and 10, 2026
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Safety, Wellness, and Youth Committee recommends introduction of an Ordinance\namending Titles 1, 5, 6, and 9 of the Riverside Municipal Code to standardize\nbackground investigation procedure for businesses that require a background as\npart of business permit process (All Wards)\nCity Manager
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Appropriate $195,000 to General Fund, Non-Departmental City\nManager,\nFiscal\nManagement Account for preparation and distribution of informational materials and\ncommunity outreach related to ballot measure - Five affirmative votes required (All\nWards)
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Authorize Supplemental Agreements related to Master Agreement with Mead and\nHunt, Inc., for increased amount not-to-exceed $1,000,000 per firm consisting of on\ncall design, engineering and construction management services associated with\nmiscellaneous Airport Capital Improvement Projects, and other projects included in\nAirport Master Plan with subsequent reports back to the City Council from time to\ntime on addition or deletion of new panel members (Ward 3)
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Award three one-thousand-dollar grants to organizations recommended by Human\nRelations Commission as part of the Community Support Grant program (All Wards)
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Second Amendment to Lease Agreement with Commemorative Air Force, a Texas\nNonprofit Corporation, for estimated revenue of $60,402 for approximately 18,995\nsquare feet of hangar/office building at Riverside Airport through December 31,\n2030 - 6936 Flight Road (Ward 3)
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Second Amendment to Agreement with Superlative Group, Inc., as a no cost time\nextension for continued work on naming rights sponsorship asset inventory and\nvaluation services to City (All Wards)\nCommunity and Economic Development
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Approve Memorandum of Understanding with Lahti Region Development LADEC,\nLtd., for collaboration on Economic Development, Sustainability,\nand Clean\nTechnologies (All Wards)
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City Manager Updates (5-minute presentation)
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Authorize Memorandum of Understanding between the City of Riverside and Stored\nPower Technology, Inc., for Economic Development Support (All Wards)\nHousing and Human Services
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Adopt a Resolution authorizing the submission of an application for, and acceptance\nof any funds from, the Prohousing Incentive Program Round Four Program of up to\n$1,440,000 administered through the State of California Department of Housing and\nCommunity Development and authorizing the execution of necessary\ngrant documents by the City Manager, or designee, to support the development of\naffordable housing - Waive further reading - Supplemental appropriation - Five\naffirmative votes required (All Wards)\nHuman Resources
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First Amendment to Agreement with Nancy K. Bohl, Inc., doing business as The\nCounseling Team International (TCTI) for increased total cost by $73,892 annually,\nfor revised annual amount of $376,725.97 from Police and Fire Departmental\nAccounts for additional Employee Assistant Program services for Police and Fire\nDepartment (All Wards)
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Adopt a Resolution amending the Master Fringe Benefits and Salary Plan to reflect\nthe creation of the classification and salary range for Utilities Electric Meter\nSupervisor;\nsalary adjustment and title change to the Utilities\nPublic Benefits/Customer Relations Manager classification; salary adjustments\nto the Utilities Customer Service Manager, Utilities Field Services Manager, Recreation\nSupervisor, and Special Transit Supervisor\nclassifications; bargaining unit reassignment for the Construction\nContracts Administrator\nclassification;\nsalary index correction for the Code Enforcement Manager and Real Property Services\nManager classification;\ndeletion of non-utilized\nclassifications\n-\nWaive\nfurther\nreading (All Wards)\nPublic Utilities
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Authorize Memorandum of Understanding with Virginia Polytechnic Institute and\nState University for Pipeline Infrastructure Database (PIPEiD) research project (All\nWards)\nPublic Works
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Approve First Amendment to Agreement with County of Riverside, Department of\nAnimal Services to change meeting fees to $0 (All Wards)
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Approve Cooperative Agreement with Riverside County Flood Control and Water\nConservation District and QOZB Alessandro LLC., for construction, inspection,\nownership transfer, and long-term maintenance of the West End Moreno Master\nDrainage Plan (MDP) Line GG - Stage 2 flood control facilities (All Wards)
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Award Bid 8209 to Universal Construction and Engineering, Inc., Palm Desert, for\n$2,711,717.16, plus 10 percent contingency, for total of $2,982,888.88 from Capital\nOutlay-Grant Riverside Civil Rights Walk Accounts for Riverside Civil Rights Walk\nProject (Public Works) (Ward 1) (10-minute presentation)\nCOMMUNICATIONS
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City Attorney report on Closed Session discussions
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Items for future City Council consideration as requested by Mayor or Members of\nthe City Council - City Manager/City Attorney reports\n* * * * * * * * *
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Declaration of conflicts of interest and ex parte communications (City Council)\nPRESENTATION
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Museum Department overview and employee recognition (All Wards) (10-minute\npresentation)
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Case PR-2024-001666 - Consider Zoning Code Map/Text Amendment, Tentative\nParcel Map, Design Review, Development Agreement, and Environmental Impact\nReport to facilitate development of two warehouse buildings consisting of 99,900 and\n99,950 square feet - Adopt a Resolution certifying the Final Environmental Impact\nReport for the Massachusetts Point Project, making certain Findings of Fact related\nthereto, and adopting a Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program, all Pursuant to\nthe California Environmental Quality Act - Waive further reading - Find that no\nfeasible alternatives to Project have been proposed that will avoid or substantially\nlessen the significant environmental effects as set forth in the Final Environmental\nImpact Report - Reject all late comments as untimely - Introduce an Ordinance\namending the Zoning Map of the City of Riverside Pursuant to Chapter 19.090 of the\nRiverside Municipal\nCode by Rezoning approximately 14.42 acres\nof property located at 2626 Kansas\nAvenue, 2069 Massachusetts\nAvenue, and 1989\nMassachusetts Avenue, from the I-ID - General Industrial and Innovation District\n(EE - Employment Emphasis and HE - Housing Emphasis Subdistrict) Overlay Zone\nto I-ID - General Industrial and Innovation District (IE - Industrial Emphasis\nSubdistrict) Overlay Zone - Introduce an Ordinance amending Tables and Sections\nof Chapter 19.170 of the Riverside Municipal Code regarding Innovation District\nOverlay Zone (ID) - Introduce an Ordinance approving the Development Agreement\nwith SCIND Massachusetts, LLC for the project to be constructed on the real\nproperty located at 2626 Kansas Avenue, 2069 Massachusetts Avenue and 1989\nMassachusetts Avenue in the City\nof Riverside, California\n-\nSupplemental\nappropriation\n-\nFive\naffirmative\nvotes\nrequired\n(Community\nand\nEconomic\nDevelopment) (Ward 2) (10-minute presentation)
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Case\nPC-2026-00071 -\nZoning Code Text Amendments to amend Billboard\nRelocation and Replacement Provisions - Determine project is exempt from further\nCalifornia Environmental Quality Review pursuant to Section 15061(b)(3) (General\nRule), as it can be seen with certainty that project will not have a significant effect\non\nenvironment\n-\nIntroduce an ordinance amending Chapter 19.623 of the Riverside Municipal Code\nregarding billboard signs and amending Table 19.623.\n19.650.020 regarding approving and appeal authority (Community and Economic\nDevelopment) (All Wards) (10-minute presentation)
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Pursuant to Government Code §54956.9(d)(1) to confer with and/or receive advice\nfrom legal counsel concerning City of Riverside v. Wendi Robin Wiener, Riverside\nSuperior Court Case No. CVRI2403137
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Pursuant to Government Code §54956.9(d)(1) to confer with and/or receive advice\nfrom legal counsel concerning Jade and Rachel Leitner v. City of Riverside,\nRiverside Superior Court Case No. CVRI2403690