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. 21573, 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. Case P06-1449 - Appeal - Somerset Historic District Residents - Land Use Committee recommends Certificate of Appropriateness to legalize fence constructed without benefit of permits on approximately 1.29-acre non-contributing property to Somerset Historic District - 4840 Somerset Drive (Ward 2)

2. Case P07-0392 and P07-0395 - Appeal - John Isaacson on behalf of Greyhound Lines, Inc. - Planning Commission denial of conditional use permit and design review for establishment of bus terminal facility on approximately .5 acre developed with abandoned service station building - 1115 West La Cadena - Applicant requests continuance to January 22, 2008 (Ward 1)

3. Case P07-0430 - Appeal - Tracy Baird - Land Use Committee recommends Certificate of Appropriateness to legalize exterior window modifications on two-story multi-family residence within potential Mile Square Historic District - 4363 Third Street (Ward 1)

4. Public Comment Period - This is the portion of the meeting specifically set aside to invite your comments regarding any items on closed sessions, 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.

5. Riverside Renaissance - Purchase and Sale Agreement with Edward J. and Sandra C. Deery for $1,936,000 for acquisition and $200,000 for title, escrow fees, relocation, board-up, demolition, and related closing costs from Un-programmed 2007 Taxable Bond Funds Account for land assembly in Five Points area - 11083, 11089, and 11099 Hole and 11076 Bushnell Avenues - Funds transfer (Ward 7)

6. Riverside Renaissance - Transfer $350,000 from La Sierra/Arlanza Un-programmed 2007 Tax-Exempt Funds Bond Account to Pierce Gateway Project Account for design work, encroachment permits, replacement signage, and improvements to Pierce Gateway Project - Eastbound Pierce Street off-ramp from State Route 91 Freeway (Ward 7)

CLOSED SESSIONS - Time listed is approximate. The Redevelopment Agency/City Council may adjourn to the below listed Closed Sessions at their convenience during this Redevelopment Agency/City Council meeting.

7. Redevelopment Agency - Pursuant to Government Code §54956.9(a) to confer with and/or receive advice from legal counsel concerning Redevelopment Agency of the City of Riverside v. Riverside Scrap Iron & Metal Corp., et al, Riverside Superior Court Case No. RIC 471484

8. City Council - 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, 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

6:30 P.M.--CITY COUNCIL

INVOCATION

PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG

9. Mayor Loveridge to call upon Councilmember Hart to recognize Joy Yunag for her community service at Riverside hospitals

10. Mayor Loveridge to call upon Riverside Dickens Festival President Annmarie Weaver to introduce the 2008 Festival

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.

11. End User License Agreement with Sigma Communications, LLC, for $159,793.25 from Information Technology Department budget for software, hardware, installation, and training for reverse 911 system (All Wards)

7 P.M.--PUBLIC HEARING--Audience participation is encouraged.

12. Riverside Renaissance - Mitigated Negative Declaration, Mitigation Monitoring Report Program, and Master Plan for approximately 35-acre Arlington Heights Sports Park formerly known as Riverside Youth Sports Complex including three lighted ballfields, eight lighted soccer fields, two lighted basketball courts, children’s play area, picnic facilities, shade structures, lighted parking lots, multi-purpose recreational trail, restroom/concession building, restroom building, citrus tree plantings, and screening tree plantings - Bounded by Victoria Avenue, Van Buren Boulevard, Cleveland Avenue, and Gibson Street (Cont. fr/12-18-07, Ward 5)

13. 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

14. Joint item with Redevelopment Agency - Minutes of December 18, 2007

City Council

15. Announcement of committee meetings

a. Transportation Committee at 1 p.m. on Thursday, January 10, 2008, Seventh Floor Conference Room

b. Utility Services/Land Use/Energy Development Committee at 3 p.m. on Thursday,
January 10, 2008, Seventh Floor Conference Room

City Manager

16. Monthly investment summary and financial reports - November 30, 2007 (All Wards)

Development

17. Riverside Renaissance - Agreement for Conveyance of Easement without an Escrow with Champion Electric for $115,180 for acquisition and $1,000 for title and related closing costs from Columbia Avenue Overpass Project Account for Columbia Grade Separation Project - 1200 Dodson Way (Ward 1)

18. Amend 2007-08 Housing and Urban Development Annual Action Plan to allocate $195,500 from Community Development Block Grant Un-programmed Account for installation of vehicle pre-emption devices at 23 intersections in Community Development Block Grant target areas - Funds transfer (All Wards)

Library

19. Accept Alliance of California Traditional Arts grant award of $5,000 to present series of programs featuring native California authors and film makers - Supplemental appropriation (All Wards)

Mayor

20. Accept resignation of Joel Haldeman (Ward 6) from Cultural Heritage Board (All Wards)

Parks, Recreation, and Community Services

21. First amendment to agreement with Excel Landscape, Inc., for $1,040,400 from Parks, Recreation, and Community Services Department budget for annual landscape maintenance of neighborhood parks through December 31, 2008 (All Wards)

22. First amendment to agreement with Azteca Landscape for $226,992 from Parks, Recreation, and Community Services Department budget for annual landscape maintenance of neighborhood parks through December 31, 2008 (All Wards)

23. Appropriate $100,316 from summer day camp revenue for recreation supplies for expanded summer day camp programming (All Wards)

24. Riverside Renaissance - Award Bid 6580 to Roadway Engineering and Contracting, Inc., for $203,950 from State Park Bond Act Grant funds, General Fund, and Regional Reserve Park Fees to construct approximately 4,000 linear feet of sidewalk along lake side of Dexter Drive and extend walkway nely. of shore along Lake Evans and pedestrian lighting at Fairmont Park - 2601 Fairmount Court (Ward 1)

Police

25. Submit application to Center for Injury Prevention Policy and Practice for 2007/08 California Kids’ Plates Program Grant of $1,560 for two traffic education staff to attend LifeSavers National Conference on Highway Safety Priorities - Supplemental appropriation (All Wards)

26. Accept donation of $2,000 from Riverside Discount Mall, Inc., to purchase ten digital voice recorders - Supplemental appropriation (All Wards)

27. Accept Department of California Highway Patrol-Every 15-Minutes Mini-Grant of $10,000 for two-day program for prevention of alcohol related accidents involving high school students - Supplemental appropriation (All Wards)

Public Works

28. Adopt an Ordinance of the City of Riverside, California, amending Chapter 8.16 of the Riverside Municipal Code to add Section 8.16.100 regarding rabies vaccination reporting - Waive further reading (Intro. on 12-18-07, All Wards)

29. Final approval of Parcel Map 35086 - Empire Market Centers, LLC - Subdivide approximately 4.1 vacant acres into one parcel with eight condominium units with common parking and landscaping for industrial and office uses - Sely. corner of Van Buren Boulevard and Jurupa Avenue - A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Riverside, California, accepting the final map of Parcel Map 35086 - Waive further reading (Ward 3)

30. Establish 45 miles per hour speed limit on Irving Street between Victoria Avenue and Monroe Street - Introduce an Ordinance of the City of Riverside, California 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 (Ward 5)

31. Application to California Integrated Waste Management Board for Fiscal Year 2007-08 Rubberized Asphalt Concrete Use Grant for $63,500 for Orange Terrace Parkway from Trautwein Road to Van Buren Boulevard and Miscellaneous Street Rehabilitation 2007-08 - Phase II projects - A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Riverside, California, approving the application for a 2007/2008 Rubberized Asphalt Concrete Use Grant; authorizing the filing of said application with the California Integrated Waste Management Board; accepting said grant; and authorizing the execution of the necessary documents - Waive further reading - Supplemental appropriation (All Wards)

32. Riverside Renaissance - First amendment to agreement with DMJM+Harris, Inc., for $669,925 from Public Works Department budget for plans, specifications, and estimates for Columbia Avenue Overpass Project - Columbia Avenue between East La Cadena Drive to Iowa Avenue (Ward 1)

33. Reimbursement Agreement with Hawarden Development Corporation for Transportation Uniform Mitigation Fee Program Funds for construction of approximately 1,400 feet of Overlook Parkway (Ward 4)

34. Increase change order limitation for Bid 6262 with Powell Engineering to $40,000 from Public Works Department Miscellaneous Sewer Construction Project Account for two sewer manholes in ally between Locust and Cedar Streets and lateral at 4277 Mission Inn Avenue (Ward 1)

35. 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 no parking at all times zone on the north side of Watkins Drive from Valencia Hill Drive to Blaine Street - Waive further reading (Ward 2)

MAYOR/COUNCILMEMBER COMMUNICATIONS

36. Legislative report

a. League of California Cities Priority Focus dated December 14, 2007

37. Status reports for regional organizations

a. Mayor Loveridge - Western Riverside Council of Governments

b. Mayor Loveridge - Southern California Association of Governments

c. Councilmember Melendrez - Riverside Transit Agency

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

Special Meeting scheduled for January 9, 2008, at 12 p.m., in the Mayor’s Ceremonial Room, 3900 Main Street, Riverside, CA 92501