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A prompt to encourage your practice of creativity this week from Riversider and local author Larry Burns.
Reviewing the City's workforce vacancy report, $54.1 million in annual RPU expenses, and committee discussion of a $110 million treatment strategy for PFAS chemicals are on this week's agenda.
City Council does not meet this week. Board reviews of the City's Code of Ethics and Conduct and potential revisions to boards' and commissions’ structure and rules will be considered.
Longtime Ward 6 representative reflects on career, hopes for successor as he prepares to step away from public office.
City Council does not meet this week; the schedule of other public meetings is light this Memorial Day week.
Watchdog files Brown Act petition while company seeks restraining order against him.
Council will consider the potential conversion of a hotel into permanent supportive housing for homeless individuals, an $8.1 million contract for a Patterson Park renovation, and updates to industrial development standards that address community concerns about warehouse proliferation.
City faces $2.5 million drop in sales tax revenue, pulls $7.65 million from reserves.
City Council will review a $31.3M budget amendment amid revenue shortfalls. Discussion of Riverside Transmission and Reliability Project alternatives has been removed from the agenda.
Council votes to spend $135,000 on new signs, landmark plaques and future district survey.
A $6.6 million street maintenance contract, potential updates to the City's historic district signage program, and revising crossing guard cost-sharing arrangements with school districts are on this week's agendas.
City could secure state HomeKey Plus funding to transform struggling hotel, though newly opened businesses express concerns about timing.
City Council will weigh interim city attorney picks. The Housing Committee will review Safe Parking pilot details and a proposal to turn a University Ave hotel into affordable studios for people experiencing homelessness.
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