This week's agenda includes infrastructure decisions about sewer system finances showing reserve depletion by 2027, potential purchase of the 56-acre Ab Brown Sports Complex for a soccer stadium entertainment district and new warehouse development restrictions near schools.
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This week's agenda includes infrastructure decisions about sewer system finances showing reserve depletion by 2027, potential purchase of the 56-acre Ab Brown Sports Complex for a soccer stadium entertainment district and new warehouse development restrictions near schools.
Welcome to our weekly digest on public meetings and agenda items worth your attention in the coming week. This guide is part of our mission to provide everyday Riversiders like you with the information to speak up on the issues you care about.
City Council
City Council will meet in closed and open sessions on Tuesday, Aug. 19, at 1 p.m., 3 p.m., and 6:15 p.m. (agenda). The agenda includes:
Reviewing the sewer system's financial health and a financial model that shows, without rate increases, the fund will deplete reserves by 2027 and be unable to fund required infrastructure repairs.
Considering a 12-month exclusive negotiating agreement to negotiate terms for purchasing the vacant 56-acre Ab Brown Sports Complex and developing it into an entertainment district with a stadium designed for professional soccer.
Considering submitting a $10.35 million state grant application to fund homeless services requiring regional coordination with Riverside County on a comprehensive action plan.
A quarterly review of the city's financial status that reports as strong despite economic uncertainties from federal tariffs and inflation, which may cause budget deficits, requiring $2.25 million in current-year budget adjustments and the elimination of four positions in the upcoming fiscal year to maintain fiscal stability.
Reviewing a grading exception request to allow construction of a new home on vacant land near Hawarden Drivewithin the protected Alessandro Arroyo zone, where 98.5% of the property is normally off-limits to development, with the applicant stating that building restrictions make the remaining buildable area impractical to use.
Reviewing updates to industrial development regulations that would restrict warehouse development near schools and neighborhoods, driven by new state law requirements, with options ranging from basic compliance to comprehensive changes that would reduce industrial development capacity by 42%.
Commission on Aging
The Commission on Aging meets on Monday, Aug. 18, at 4 p.m. (agenda) for regular business.
Earthquakes: Why We Are at Risk and How to Prepare
Understanding the faults that threaten Riverside and practical steps you can take to protect yourself, your family, and your home.
We live in earthquake country. Earthquakes happen when two large pieces of the Earth below us, called tectonic plates, move against each other. Plates can slide past one another or push one under the other. The sideways movement is called strike-slip, and the area where it occurs is a strike-slip fault. Vertical movement is called dip-slip, and the area where it occurs is a dip-slip fault.
The length of a fault determines how much energy can be released. Generally, a dip-slip earthquake produces more violent shaking than an equal-size strike-slip earthquake because the ground moves vertically rather than horizontally.
Many faults in our area can produce shaking we feel and sometimes minor damage. You may remember the rolling shaking from the Sylmar, Northridge, Landers, Big Bear, and Ridgecrest (Searles Valley) earthquakes. These quakes occurred some distance away and caused little local damage but did serious damage near their epicenters.
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Meliia’s Disneyland dream gets a boost, Christen Montero enters Ward 2 race, $20,000 in scholarships awarded and a call for better late-night dining in Riverside.
Council subcommittee approves Inspector General framework, CBU women defend WAC title as UCR men energize home opener and August rains bring Riverside’s own tumbleweed species.
