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