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MISSION STATEMENT
The City of Riverside is committed to providing high quality
municipal services to ensure a safe, inclusive, and livable
community PLEASE NOTE--The numerical order of items on this
agenda is for convenience of reference. Items may be taken out
of order upon request of the Mayor or Members of the City
Council and Redevelopment Agency.
Pursuant to the City Council Meeting Rules adopted by
Resolution No. 21553, the Members of the City Council and the
public are reminded that they must preserve order and decorum
throughout the Meeting. In that regard, Members of the City
Council and the public are advised that any delay or disruption
in the proceedings or a refusal to obey the orders of the City
Council or the presiding officer constitutes a violation of
these rules.
3 P.M.--REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY
MAYOR CALLS MEETING TO ORDER
1. Public Comment Period - This is the portion of the meeting
specifically set aside to invite your comments regarding any
items on closed sessions or other matters within the
jurisdiction of the Redevelopment Agency - Individual audience
participation is limited to 3 minutes and you will be asked to
state your name and city of residence.
DISCUSSION CALENDAR
2. Redevelopment Agency - Acquire property occupied by Discount
Liquor and Miller’s Auto Upholstery for $924,000 and $75,000 for
title, escrow, and site clearance from University
Corridor/Sycamore Canyon 2007 Un-programmed Taxable Bonds to
eliminate blight and facilitate future redevelopment - A
Resolution of the Redevelopment Agency of the City of Riverside,
California, finding and determining the public interest and
necessity for acquiring and authorizing the condemnation of
certain interests in certain real property located within the
University Corridor/Sycamore Canyon Redevelopment Project Area
(University Avenue West Revitalization Project) - Waive further
reading - Funds transfer (Cont. fr/3-11-07, Ward 2)
CLOSED SESSIONS - Time listed is approximate. The City
Council may adjourn to the below listed Closed Sessions at their
convenience during this City Council meeting.
3. City Council - Pursuant to Government Code §54956.8 to
instruct City’s Negotiator, Bradley J. Hudson, regarding price
and terms of payment for the purchase, sale, exchange, or lease
of property at (1) 3905-3917 Van Buren Boulevard, APN’s
191-311-016 and 017, (2) 3925-3927 Van Buren Boulevard, APN
191-311-018, and (3-5) 3909 Van Buren Boulevard, APN
191-311-016; (1) Fara Dee Francis, Steven Leroy Francis,
Elizabeth Rose Francis, and the Francis Family Dentistry
(leasehold interest), (2) Fara D. Francis, Trustee of the
Francis Trust B; and the Francis Family Dentistry, (3) Derma Spa
(leasehold interest), Lisa Derseweh, Owner, (4) Clifford Morgan,
M.D. (leasehold interest) , and (5) A & B Dental (leasehold
interest), Bob Alexander and Arden Bauman, Owners; (1-2) David
Cosgrove, Esq., of Rutan & Tucker and (3-5) David Hubbard, Esq.,
of Redwine & Sherrill, Negotiators
4. City Council - Pursuant to Government Code §54956.9(a) to
confer with and/or receive advice from legal counsel concerning
City of Riverside v. Daniel Kwangok Kim, et al., Riverside
Superior Court Case No. RIC 437554
6:30 P.M.--CITY COUNCIL
INVOCATION
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG
5. Mayor Loveridge to call upon Magnolia Lions Club Board
Member Vern Goodwalt to give an update on their community
service activities
6. Mayor Loveridge to call upon Councilmember Melendrez to
recognize Dwight Street Neighborhood Resident Jorge Vargas
7. Mayor Loveridge to recognize the Bailon Family as the
1,000th family in the Digital Inclusion Program
DISCUSSION CALENDAR--This portion of the City Council's
Agenda is for all matters where staff and public participation
is anticipated. Audience participation is encouraged.
PLEASE NOTE--Individual audience participation is limited to
3 minutes.
8. Accept State of California Department of Transportation Safe
Routes to School Program grant of $149,768 to upgrade pedestrian
traffic signals at 213 intersections within .5 mile radius of 48
schools - Supplemental appropriation (All Wards)
9. Public Comment Period - This is the portion of the meeting
specifically set aside to invite your comments regarding any
items on City Council Consent Calendar, joint Consent items with
the Redevelopment Agency, or matters within the jurisdiction of
the City Council - Individual audience participation is limited
to 3 minutes, and you will be asked to state your name and city
of residence.
CONSENT CALENDAR--All matters listed under the CONSENT
CALENDAR are considered routine by the City Council and may be
enacted by one motion in the form listed below. There will be no
separate discussion of these items unless, before the City
Council votes on the motion to adopt, Members of the City
Council or staff request specific items be removed from the
Consent Calendar for separate action.
Removed consent items will be discussed immediately after
adoption of the balance of the Consent Calendar.
City Clerk
10. Joint item with Redevelopment Agency - Minutes of March 18,
2008
11. Amendment to Title 19 placing further restrictions upon
keeping of crowing roosters in Residential Agriculture and
Residential Conservation Zones - Appropriate $108,000 from
Undesignated General Fund Balance for election services - A
Resolution of the City Council of the City of Riverside,
California, reciting the fact of the Special Municipal Election
held on the 5th day of February, 2008; declaring the results
thereof and setting forth such other matters as are provided by
law - Waive further reading (All Wards)
City Council
12. Councilmember Schiavone recommends review of procedures
regarding lot splits and imposition of associated fees to
Utility Services/Land Use/Energy Development Committee (All
Wards)
13. Councilmember Mac Arthur recommends support of Senate Bill
1204 allowing elected and appointed officials to electronically
file Form 700 Statements of Economic Interest and online posing
of local campaign reports (All Wards)
14. Announcement of committee meetings
a. Mayor’s Nominating and Screening Committee at 2 p.m. on
Tuesday, March 25, 2008, Mayor’s Office
b. Utility Services/Land Use/Energy Development at 3 p.m. on
Thursday, March 27, 2008, Seventh Floor Conference Room
City Manager
15. Monthly investment summary and financial reports - February
29, 2008 (All Wards)
Development
16. Transfer $20,000 from Community Development Block Grant
Un-programmed Funds for Whiteside Manor Expansion Project - 2743
Orange Street (Ward 1)
Fire
17. 2008 Assistance to Firefighter Grant application to
Department of Homeland Security for $450,460 and transfer
$112,616 from Undesignated General Fund Balance for 145
replacement portable radios for firefighter communications -
Supplemental appropriation (All Wards)
General Services
18. Accept donation of $151,000 from Grier Pavilion Committee
for Center Circle of Inclusion, technological infrastructure,
and other features for Grier Pavilion Project at City Hall -
3900 Main Street - Supplemental appropriation (Ward 1)
19. Award Bid 6601 to Tamang Electric, Inc., Chino, for $180,880
from General Services Department budget to install auxiliary
emergency standby generator and transfer switch for Information
Technology Department at City Hall - 3900 Main Street (Ward 1)
Mayor
20. Declare seat of Richard A. Chavez on Mayor's Commission on
Aging vacant, accept resignations of Victor M. Sainz and Heather
Chmaj from the Park and Recreation Commission and Commission on
Disabilities, and appoint Deborah L. Macias to Park and
Recreation Commission (All Wards)
21. Mayor Loveridge recommends referral of Santa Ana River trail
and parkway usage, marketing, and maintenance to Parks and
Recreation Commission (All Wards)
Public Utilities
22. One-time residential rebate of $25,740 from Public Benefits
Account to Habitat for Humanity for purchase and installation of
photovoltaic panels on low-income LEED platinum carbon neutral
home - 2929 Eleventh Street (Ward 2)
Public Works
23. A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Riverside,
California, providing for the summary vacation of all landscape
and sidewalk easements located within the portion of the
Sycamore Canyon Industrial Park lying within Parcel Map 33246 -
Waive further reading (Ward 2)
24. Final approval of Tract Map 31502 - Madole and Associates -
Subdivide approximately 28 acres into 13 single-family
residential lots - Nly. terminus of Green Orchard Place, wly. of
Crystal View Terrace - A Resolution of the City Council of the
City of Riverside, California, accepting the final map of Tract
No. 31502 - Waive further reading (Ward 4)
25. Joint item with Redevelopment Agency - Agreement with
Fencing by Acrey, Inc., for not-to-exceed $63,224.70, award Bid
6594 to Belaire-West Landscape Inc., Buena Park, for $62,000,
and Reimbursement Agreement with Redevelopment Agency for
$250,312.70 from Unprogrammed Arlington 2007 Tax Exempt Bonds
Account for removal and replacement of Monticello Storm Channel
fence, landscape and irrigation construction along both sides of
Monroe and Monticello Channel from Magnolia to Colorado Avenues,
and emergency repairs, respectively - A Resolution of the City
Council of the City of Riverside, California (1) declaring that
the removal and replacement of the Monticello Storm Channel
fence is of urgent necessity for the preservation of life,
health and property (2) authorizing the work to be performed
without competitive bidding pursuant to Purchasing Resolution
No. 21182 and City Charter Section 1109 (3) authorizing a
contract with Fencing by Acrey, Inc. for the necessary work and
(4) authorizing the City Manager to execute the necessary
contract documents - A Resolution of the City Council of the
City of Riverside, California, adopting findings pursuant to
Health & Safety Code Section 33445 and authorizing payment of
costs for publicly owned projects within or without the
Arlington Redevelopment Project Area consisting of irrigation
and landscaping along Monticello Canal from Magnolia Avenue to
California Avenue and Colorado Avenue to California Avenue - A
Resolution of the Redevelopment Agency of the City of Riverside,
California, adopting findings pursuant to Health & Safety Code
Section 33445 and authorizing payment of costs for publicly
owned projects within or without the Arlington Redevelopment
Project Area consisting of irrigation and landscaping along
Monticello Canal from Magnolia Avenue to California Avenue and
from Colorado Avenue to California Avenue - Waive further
readings - Funds transfer (Ward 5)
MAYOR/COUNCILMEMBER COMMUNICATIONS
26. Legislative report
a. League of California Cities Priority Focus dated March 14,
2008
27. Brief reports on conferences, seminars, and meetings
attended by Mayor and City Council
28. Items for future City Council consideration as requested
by Mayor or Members of the City Council - City Manager Reports |
