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CITY COUNCIL and REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY Agenda

TUESDAY, June 17, 2008

ART PICK COUNCIL CHAMBER, CITY HALL

3900 MAIN STREET, RIVERSIDE, CA 92522

CITY CLERK'S OFFICE 951-826-5557

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.--CITY COUNCIL/REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY

MAYOR CALLS MEETING TO ORDER

PUBLIC HEARINGS/PLANNING REFERRALS AND APPEALS --Audience participation is encouraged.

1. Cases P07-1124, P07-1125, P07-1185, and P08-0084 - TR Design Group on behalf of California Square Partners, LLC - Tract Map 35852 - Design review of plot plan and building elevations to renovate and expand Maxi Foods shopping center with mixed use development on approximately 7.55 acres consisting of facade improvements, new in-line retail, and 22 condominium units above expanded retail space - Rezone approximately 6 acres from Zone CR-NC to MU-V - Conditional use permit to construct approximately 17,340-square-foot stand alone drive-thru pharmacy - 8616 California Avenue (Ward 5)

2. Case P06-0401 - City of Riverside - A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Riverside, California, adopting the University Neighborhood Plan (Appendix C to the General Plan 2025), and amending the Land Use and Urban Design Element of the General Plan 2025 - Waive further reading (Wards 1 and 2)

3. Public Comment Period - This is the portion of the meeting specifically set aside to invite your comments regarding any items on Redevelopment Agency Consent Calendar 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.

AGENCY CONSENT CALENDAR--All matters listed under the CONSENT CALENDAR are considered routine by the Agency and may be enacted by one motion in the form listed below. There will be no separate discussion of these items unless, before the Redevelopment Agency votes on the motion to adopt, Members of the Redevelopment Agency 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.

4. Transfer $60,373 from Un-programmed 2007 Hunter Park Tax-Exempt Bond Funds Account to purchase kitchen equipment for Path of Life Emergency Shelter - 2840 Hulen Place (Ward 1)

5. Riverside Renaissance - First amendment to agreement with RBF Consulting for $175,381 from Fox Plaza Relocation Account to expand and finalize additional analytical services and public hearing meeting attendance for Fox Plaza and Fox Theater Parking Structure Environmental Impact Report - Funds transfer (Ward 1)

6:30 P.M.--CITY COUNCIL

INVOCATION

PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG

6. Mayor Loveridge to call upon Exchange Club of Riverside President Elect Dr. Dick Gordon to update on their community service activities

7. Mayor Loveridge to acknowledge YWCA of Riverside County Executive Director Samantha Patterson who will announce the YWCA of Riverside Brown Family Scholarship recipients Memorie Samuel, Rebecca Vineyard and Sara Wettergreen

8. Mayor Loveridge to call upon University of California Riverside Athletic Director Stan Morrison to introduce UCR Track Coach Irv Ray who will recognize members of the Women's Track Team

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.

9. Oral report - Police Department Strategic Plan update (All Wards)

10. Board of Public Utilities recommends Unit Contingent Power Purchase Agreement with Shoshone Renaissance, LLC, for certified renewable energy geothermal power for approximately $19,400,000 for 32 mega watts of power beginning Fiscal Year 2009-10 and $38,800,000 for 64 mega watts of power beginning Fiscal Year 2010-11 (All Wards)

11. Waterwise Landscape Program to encourage residential customers to convert grass landscape into waterwise landscape - Update on water conservation programs with Western Municipal Water District and introduction to blueriverside.com (All Wards)

Click here to be directed to www.blueriverside.com

2. 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.

Airport

13. Change order for Bid 6543 with Griffith Company, Santa Fe Springs, for $198,280.47 from Federal Aviation Administration Grant funding, California Department of Transportation, and Airport Department budget for change in electrical and materials quantity for reconstruction of Taxiway “A” - 6951 Flight Road - Supplemental appropriations (Ward 3)

City Clerk

14. Joint item with Redevelopment Agency - Minutes of June 10, 2008

City Council

15. Announcement of committee meetings

a. Public Safety Committee at 10 a.m. on Monday, June 16, 2008, Mayor’s Ceremonial Room

b. Development Committee at 3 p.m. on Thursday, June 19, 2008, Mayor’s Ceremonial Room

c. Finance Committee at 3:30 p.m. on Monday, June 23, 2008, Seventh Floor Conference Room

Community Development

16. Introduce an Ordinance of the City of Riverside, California, amending Title 5 of the Riverside Municipal Code by repealing in its entirety Chapter 5.36, relating to billposting (All Wards)

17. Case P08-0284 - City of Riverside - Amendment to Title 19 to allow Zoning Administrator approval of a permit for relocation of existing billboard subject to certain criteria and conditions of approval - Adopt an Ordinance of the City of Riverside, California, amending Chapter 19.623 of the Riverside Municipal Code to include provisions for relocation of existing billboards - Waive further reading (Intro. on 6-10-08, All Wards)

18. Cases P07-1194 and P07-0751 - Patrick McMahon on behalf of California Auto Dealers Exchange, LLC - Design review and conditional use permit to establish approximately 27,267-square-foot vehicle inspection building on approximately 17.82 acres currently developed with vehicle auction yard - 5894 Payton Avenue (Ward 3)

19. Case P08-0201 and P08-0202 - William B. Allen - Conditional use permit and design review of plot plan and building elevations for 23-unit senior apartment complex on approximately .77 acre currently developed with single-family residence - 1054 North Orange Street (Ward 1)

20. Case P08-0234 - James H. Shelton, III - Conditional use permit to operate an automotive wholesale business within existing 9,053-square-foot building within 4.16-acre business/industrial park - 6887 Airport Drive (Ward 3)

Development

21. Amend 2007-08 Housing and Urban Development Annual Action Plan to transfer $445,000 from Community Development Block Grant Un-programmed Account, Sponsor Agreement for Use of Community Development Block Grant Funds with County of Riverside of $400,000, and Purchase and Sale Agreement with Tracy A. Stoner, Jr., for $800,000 for acquisition and $45,000 for title, escrow, and related closing costs from Community Development Block Grant funds to relocate Riverside Family Transitional Shelter to 2801 Hulen Place - Supplemental appropriation (Ward 1)

22. Board of Public Utilities recommends Purchase and Sale Agreement with William R. Friis Family Trust for $3,000,000 for acquisition, $630,000 for title, escrow, tenant costs, and building and office space improvements from Public Utilities Electric Fund Balance for Gateway Building consisting of 11,237-square-foot multi-tenant office building on approximately 1.02 acres at 3435 Fourteenth Street and terminate lease of University Place office space at 3560 University Avenue - Supplemental appropriation (Ward 1)

Fire

23. Second extension of Bid 6431 with Merit Oil Company for $160,000 from Fire Department budget for fuel deliveries to fire stations through June 30, 2009 (All Wards)

Parks, Recreation, and Community Services

24. Agreement with Alvord Unified School District for $979,679 from California Department of Education After School Education and Safety Grant and $112,003 of in-kind services from Parks, Recreation, and Community Services Department budget for PRIME-time and HALF-time After-School programs - Supplemental appropriation (Wards 6 and 7)

25. Riverside Renaissance - Change order for Bid 6461 with Meadows Construction Services, Inc., Corona, for $198,930.03 from Bordwell Park Childcare Account for utility service upgrades for Childcare Facility at Bordwell Park - 2008 Martin Luther King Boulevard (Ward 2)

26. Award Bid 6625 to Betance Enterprises, Inc., dba All Cities Fence Co., for $66,705 from Parks, Recreation, and Community Services Department budget for removal and replacement of chain link fence at Nichols Park - 5505 Dewey Avenue (Ward 3)

Police

27. Participation in 2008-09 West County Narcotics Task Force and accept Anti-Drug Abuse Program grant of $66,696 to enhance narcotics enforcement - Supplemental appropriation (All Wards)

Public Utilities

28. Fiber Use License Agreement with California Baptist University for four fiber optic strands approximately .17 mile each for approximately $1,800 annually to provide communication services to campus users (All Wards)

29. Board of Public Utilities recommends Utility Services Agreement with City of Corona to provide utility-related services including power supply planning, transaction prescheduling, transaction real-time scheduling, transaction settlement, and billing and payment services (All Wards)

30. Annual Retail Electric Provider’s Report to California Energy Commission and Power Content Label - Delegation of authority to Board of Public Utilities to approve and attest future Annual Retail Electric Provider’s Reports and Power Content Labels (All Wards)

Public Works

31. Purchase eight 30-inch custom butterfly valves and electric actuators from CS-AMSCO for not-to-exceed $111,712 from Public Works Department budget for tertiary filter basins backwash process at Water Quality Control Plant - 5950 Acorn Street (All Wards)

32. A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Riverside, California, amending Resolution No. 20807 known as the Parking Schedule Resolution to establish a two-hour parking zone between the hours of 7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., Monday thru Friday, on the north side of Arlington Avenue from 300 feet east of Phoenix Avenue to 400 feet easterly thereof - Waive further reading - 5555 Arlington Avenue (Ward 3)

33. Install two-way left turn lane on Brockton Avenue from Arlington Avenue to north of Nelson Street - A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Riverside, California, amending Resolution No. 20807 known as the Parking Schedule Resolution to (a) remove the existing two-hour parking zone between the hours of 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. of any day except Sunday and holidays on the west side of Brockton Avenue from Nelson Street to Tibbetts Street; (b) remove the existing one-hour parking zone between the hours of 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. of any day except Sunday and holidays on the west side of Brockton Avenue from Nelson Street to 200 feet north of Nelson Street; (c) remove the existing two-hour parking zone between the hours of 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. of any day except Sunday and holidays on the east side of Brockton Avenue from Tibbetts Street to 200 feet north of Nelson Street; and (d) establish a no parking zone at any time on both sides of Brockton Avenue from 200 feet north of Nelson Street to Arlington Avenue - Waive further reading (Ward 3)

34. Riverside Renaissance - Joint item with Redevelopment Agency - Trade Corridor Improvement Fund Project Baseline Agreement with California Transportation Commission, California Department of Transportation, and Riverside County Transportation Commission outlining costs, scope, schedule, and benefits and certify funding sources committed and expected to be available for Columbia Avenue Grade Separation Project - Appropriate Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad contribution of $2,656,898.90 and transfer $3,000,000 from Hunter Park/Northside 2007 Un-programmed Tax-Exempt Bond Funds to Columbia Overpass Account - 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 the Hunter Park/Northside Redevelopment Project Area for the Columbia Avenue Grade Separation Project - 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 the Hunter Park/Northside Redevelopment Project Area for the Columbia Avenue Grade Separation Project - Waive further readings (Ward 1)

35. Riverside Renaissance - Award Bid 6627 to J. Fletcher Creamer & Son, Inc., Sylmar, for $1,367,705 from Sewer Fund and Public Works Department budget to divert sewer flow along Magnolia Avenue to Jurupa Avenue for Magnolia Avenue Underpass at Union Pacific Railroad - Supplemental appropriation (Wards 1 and 3)

36. A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Riverside, California, amending the applicable Transportation Uniform Mitigation Fee (TUMF) applicable to all developments in the City of Riverside for Fiscal Year 2008-2009 - Waive further reading (All Wards)

MAYOR/COUNCILMEMBER COMMUNICATIONS

37. Legislative report

a. League of California Cities Priority Focus dated June 6, 2008

38. Brief reports on conferences, seminars, and meetings attended by Mayor and City Council

39. Items for future City Council consideration as requested by Mayor or Members of the City Council - City Manager Reports

 

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The following meetings are scheduled for Tuesday, June 24, 2008

City Council at 1 p.m. for closed sessions

Redevelopment Agency at 2 p.m.

City Council at 6:30 p.m. for Discussion and Consent Calendars 

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City of Riverside Mission Statement
The City of Riverside is committed to providing high quality municipal services to ensure
a safe, inclusive, and livable community
Accessibility Policy
LISTENING ASSISTIVE DEVICES are available for the hearing impaired--please see City Clerk.

The City of Riverside wishes to make all of its public meetings accessible to the public. Upon request, this agenda will be made available in appropriate alternative formats to persons with disabilities, as required by Section 202 of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990.
Any person with a disability who requires a modification or accommodation in order to participate in a meeting should direct such request to the City's ADA Coordinator at
(951) 826-5427 or TDD at (951) 826-5439 at least 72 hours before the meeting, if possible.

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