At 70 years old, Pete Staylor continues his mission to raise funds and awareness for arthritis research, proving that age is no barrier to making a difference.
City Council will consider approving $7.1 million for new fire and service trucks, approving a $6.525 million CalTrans-funded sidewalk project in La Sierra, and designating the home of Miné Okubo an official City Landmark.
Agendas are light and several meetings are cancelled this week due to the Fourth of July holiday. Council will consider updating pension contracts for Police leadership retirement cost sharing, and the Transportation Board will consider eliminating two permit-required street parking zones.
City Council will consider approving $8.6 million in federal HUD funding for housing and homelessness projects, $6.3 million for a quiet zone project at the Cridge St. railroad crossing, and $775,000 to kick off a five-year project for the beautification of Victoria Ave.
City Hall agendas this week include new student housing and the retail project behind the Mail Library Downtown, a workshop of State-licensed sober living homes in residential neighborhoods, and options for offering smaller residential trash bins at lower monthly rates.
This week, the City Council will discuss a preview of the City's 2024-2026 budget, an increase in illegal fireworks penalties from $1,000 to $1,500, and the potential return of pedal boats to Fairmount Lake.
Newly elected council members voted 4-3 in favor of the long-debated project, pushing forward the long-debated plan for 180-foot power lines along the Santa Ana River.
A visit to Hunter Hobby Park and an extended discussion on the City's move to "reinitiate, without delay, the complete construction and operation of their portion of the Riverside Transmission Reliability Project" are part of City Council's agenda for the week.
Riverside's twenty-five most remarkable teens, the potential return of "speed humps," and considering costs for implementing a real-time crime center are all up for discussion this week at City Hall.
