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The City of Riverside is committed to providing high quality municipal services to ensure a safe, inclusive, and livable community.
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1 P.M.
MAYOR CALLS MEETING TO ORDER
PUBLIC COMMENT
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MAYOR/COUNCILMEMBER COMMUNICATIONS
Brief reports on conferences, seminars, and regional meetings attended by Mayor and City Council, Ward updates, and announcements of upcoming events
COMMUNICATIONS
City Manager Updates (5-minute presentation)
Declaration of conflicts of interest and ex parte communications (City Council)
WORKSHOP - Item # 5
Receive and file update on Riverside Fire Department 2026 Defensible Space Inspection Program and community engagement efforts through Firewise USA program to strengthen wildfire preparedness and resilience Citywide (Fire) (All Wards) (10-minute presentation)
DISCUSSION CALENDAR - Item # 6
Receive Fiscal Year 2025-26 First Quarter Financial Report - Appropriate $10,000 to General Fund, Finance-Debt and Treasure Admin-Professional Services expenditure account and $265,051 to Riverwalk LMD Fund, Maintenance and Repair Account - All other accounting and financial transactions on as-needed basis, from available deposits in ASR and GCS Special Deposit Funds, for one-time City costs to be paid by developers of Adrenaline Sports Resorts and Sports and Entertainment District development projects - Interdepartmental Transfer of 2.5 FTEs and transfer of related personnel budget to General Fund, Housing and Human Services, Salary Accounts for $117,533.39 - Appropriate $1,554,623.04 from General Fund, to reimburse developer of Community Facilities District CFD No. 38 an amount equivalent to eligible City fees paid and $500,000 to Capital Outlay Fund to support costs associated with City Hall basement flood damages - Supplemental appropriations - Interfund Transfers - Five affirmative votes required (Finance) (All Wards) (10-minute presentation)
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CLOSED SESSIONS - Item # 7-13
Pursuant to Government Code §54956.9(d)(1) to confer with and/or receive advice from legal counsel concerning Timothy Popplewell, et al. v. City of Riverside, Riverside Superior Court Case No. CVRI2503970
Pursuant to Government Code §54956.9(d)(2) to confer with and/or receive advice from legal counsel concerning anticipated litigation - one case
Pursuant to Government Code §54956.9(d)(2) to confer with and/or receive advice from legal counsel concerning anticipated litigation - one case
Pursuant to Government Code §54956.9(d)(4) to confer with and/or receive advice from legal counsel concerning the City Council deciding whether to initiate litigation - one case
Pursuant to Government Code §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
Pursuant to Government Code §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
Pursuant to Government Code §54957 for performance evaluation of City Manager
3 P.M.
PUBLIC HEARING - Item # 14
Citywide workforce report pursuant to Assembly Bill 2561 on status of vacancies, recruitment, and retention efforts (Human Resources) (All Wards) (10-minute presentation)
6:15 P.M.
INVOCATION - Councilmember Falcone
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG
PUBLIC COMMENT
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PRESENTATIONS - Item # 16-18
Mayor Lock Dawson to present Proclamation to Adrian Dell and Carmen Roberts Foundation Committee member Michael James recognizing February 2026 as Black History Month (5-minute presentation)
Mayor Lock Dawson to recognize Raincross Day in honor of the city’s longstanding emblem (5-minute presentation)
Riverside Prospers Success Report - Path of Life (Ward 2) (5-minute presentation)
CONSENT CALENDAR - Item # 19-40
City Attorney
Introduce an Ordinance amending numerous sections of Titles 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 10 of the Riverside Municipal Code to make various clarifying, conforming, technical, and other amendments in order to ensure Riverside Municipal Code remains current, relevant, and consistent with existing statutory and decisional law (All Wards)
Authorize City Attorney to execute reciprocal conflict of interest waivers with law firm Holland and Hart, to allow firm to represent the City in Power Purchase Agreements with NextEra Energy Resources Development or its subsidiaries (All Wards)
City Clerk
Appoint Christen Montero to Planning Commission Ward 2 seat and Abigail Thranow to Board of Ethics Ward 3 seat - File resignations of Yundra Thomas from Budget Engagement Commission Ward 5 Business seat, Jordan Sisson from Cultural Heritage Board Ward 1 seat, and Rafael Elizalde from Planning Commission Ward 3 seat (All Wards)
Adopt an Ordinance of the City of Riverside, California, amending Section 2.04.010 of the Riverside Municipal Code updating the regular meeting schedule of the City Council to regular meetings on the first four Tuesdays of each month, with no City Council meeting on the fifth Tuesday of month, City Council meetings only on second and fourth Tuesdays of July and August with afternoon sessions starting at 1:00 p.m. or 3:00 p.m., with evening sessions to start at approximately 6:15 p.m. - Waive further reading (Intro. on 11-18-25, All Wards)
Approval of January 27, February 3 and 10, 2026, minutes
Community and Economic Development
Case PR-2023-001523 - Zoning Code Text Amendment - Adopt an ordinance amending Title 19 (Zoning) of the Riverside Municipal Code including but not limited to Articles V (Base Zones and Related Use and Development Provisions), VII (Specific Land Use Provisions), and X (Definitions) - Waive further reading (Intro. on 1-27-26, All Wards)
Finance
Receive Fiscal Year 2025-26 First Quarter Cash, Investments, and Debt Report (All Wards)
Adopt a Resolution initiating proceedings to levy and collect assessments for Fiscal Year 2026-27 within the Riverwalk Landscape Maintenance District, pursuant to the Landscaping and Lighting Act of 1972, appointing Webb Municipal Finance, LLC as the Engineer of Record and ordering preparation of an Engineer’s Report - Waive further reading (Ward 7)
Adopt a Resolution initiating proceedings to levy and collect assessments for Fiscal Year 2026-27 in the Street Lighting District No. 1, pursuant to the Landscaping and Lighting Act of 1972, appointing Webb Municipal Finance, LLC as the Engineer of Record, and ordering preparation of an Engineer’s Report - Waive further reading (All Wards)
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Adopt a Resolution initiating proceedings to levy and collect assessments for Fiscal Year 2026-27 in Landscape Maintenance District No. 88-1 Sycamore Highlands, pursuant to the Landscaping and Lighting Act of 1972, appointing Webb Municipal Finance, LLC as the Engineer of Record and ordering preparation of an Engineer’s Report - Waive further reading (Ward 2)
Joint item with Public Financing Authority - Adopt a Resolution of the City Council of the City of Riverside, California, authorizing the extension of the term of a Letter of Credit Supporting the Variable Rate Refunding Certificates of Participation (Riverside Renaissance Projects) Series 2008 and related documents and authorizing other matters relating thereto - Adopt a Resolution of the Board of Directors of the Riverside Public Financing Authority authorizing the extension of the term of a Letter of Credit Supporting the Variable Rate Refunding Certificates of Participation (Riverside Renaissance Projects) Series 2008 and related documents and authorizing other matters relating thereto - Waive further readings - Approve form of Seventh Amendment to Reimbursement Agreement and related Fee Letter and authorize supplement to Official Statement reflecting extended Letter of Credit Term - Approve financing team engagement and authorize associated expenditures for CSG Advisors Inc., as Municipal Advisor, Stradling Yocca Carlson & Rauth, as Bond Counsel, US Bank, as Bond Trustee and Nixon Peabody, Bank of America’s counsel for legal costs associated with transaction - Appropriate $23,000 to pay transaction costs associated with extension - Fund Transfer - Five affirmative votes required (All Wards)
Mayor
THIS ITEM HAS BEEN REMOVED FROM THE AGENDA - Mayor Lock Dawson requests approval of travel expenses of $2,047.83 from General Fund, Economic Development, Training Account for travel to Rimini, Italy for KEY Energy Transition Expo scheduled for March 2-6, 2026 (All Wards)
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General Services
Donation of surplus Ford Ranger pickup truck to Arlington Business Partnership (All Wards)
Human Resources
Accept $70,000 from Blue Shield of California as Wellness Fund Allowance to provide various employee wellness programs and initiatives - Supplemental appropriation - Five affirmative votes required (All Wards)
Police
Appropriate $446,451.98 to Grants and Restricted Programs Fund Various Programs Accounts for overtime reimbursement of Riverside Police Department's participation in various local, state, and federal task forces - Five affirmative votes required (All Wards)
Public Utilities
Authorize submittal of Hazard Mitigation Grant Program (HMGP) application to Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) through California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services (CalOES) for amount of $2,829,300, with 25 percent cost share local match of $943,100 and accept any funding awarded under HMGP for design and construction of five backup generators and automatic transfer switches at five critical water infrastructure sites - Upon receipt of funding award, record increase in revenues and corresponding supplemental appropriation in amount of actual award into appropriate accounts to be established by Finance Department, including but not limited to Water Fund Federal Capital Grants Revenue Account - Five affirmative votes required (All Wards)
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Fiscal Year 2025-26 Tree Power Program Free Shade Tree Coupon Campaign - Issue purchase orders and changes orders to Parkview Nursery, 4377 Chicago Avenue; Parkview Nursery, 3841 Jackson Street; and Louie’s Nursery, 18550 Van Buren Boulevard for Tree Power Program’s Free Shade Tree Coupon campaign for collective amount of $478,584 from Electric Public Benefits Program Fund, Residential Tree Power Program Account (All Wards)
Public Works
Award Bid 8019 to Pavement Rehab Company, Yorba Linda, for $638,498, plus 10 percent contingency for total of $702,347.80 from Gas Tax Funds for construction of Citywide curb, gutter, sidewalk, American with Disabilities Act (ADA) ramps repair, and sidewalk improvements on Century Avenue (All Wards)
Adopt an Ordinance amending Section 10.76.010 of the Riverside Municipal Code Designating the Prima Facie Speed Limits for streets and portions thereof in accordance with the Provisions of Sections 10.20.020 and 10.20.030 to establish 25 MPH speed limit zone on First Street from Orange Street to Main Street and on Victoria Avenue Frontage Road from Laramie Road to Arlington Avenue Frontage Road - Waive further reading (Intro. on 2-3-26, Wards 1 and 3)
Approve purchase of one Green Machine 500ze electric sweeper under Sourcewell Cooperative Agreement No. 032824-NAF from National Auto Fleet Group, Watsonville, for $244,696.68 from Refuse Fund, Solid Waste Street Sweeping, Automotive Equipment Account for Solid Waste Division (All Wards)
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Award Bid 8184 to Hardy & Harper, Inc., Lake Forest, for $1,540,000 from Capital Outlay-Grant Measure A Account for construction of Highway Safety Improvement Program (HSIP) Mission Inn Avenue Median Project between Scout Lane and Redwood Drive (Ward 1)
Award Bid 8183 to Servitek Electrical Inc., Norwalk, for $3,126,989 plus 10 percent contingency, for total of $3,439,688 from Capital Outlay-Grant Measue A Account for construction of Highway Safety Improvement Program (HSIP) Cycle 11 Citywide Retroreflective backplates and right-turn overlap for Citywide traffic safety improvement project (All Wards)
PUBLIC HEARING - Item # 41
Case PR-2021-001026 - Gustav Kuhn - Appeal of Planning Commission approval of proposal by Steve Richardson of Richardson’s RV for minor conditional use permit and design review to permit establishment of outdoor storage yard for storage of recreational vehicles and convert existing vacant residence into office - Determine project is categorically exempt from further California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) review pursuant to Section 15301 (Existing Facilities), Section 15303 (New Construction or Conversion of Small Structures), and Section 15332 (In-Fill Development Projects) - 10030 Indiana Avenue between Harrison and Tyler Streets (Community and Economic Development) (Ward 5) (10-minute presentation)
COMMUNICATIONS
City Attorney report on Closed Session discussions
Items for future City Council consideration as requested by Mayor or Members of the City Council - City Manager/City Attorney reports
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Tuesday, March 3, 2026
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