City Council will hold a public hearing for the 347-unit Mission Grove Apartments project on the site of the vacant K-Mart site in the Mission Grove Plaza and look for options to participate in the 2028 Olympics.
Welcome to our weekly digest on public meetings and agenda items worthy of your attention in the next 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, December 3, in an afternoon session at 1:00 p.m. and an evening session at 6:15 p.m. (agenda). The agenda includes:
Setting the City's legislative priorities for the next two years, focusing on issues like insurance access, housing affordability, and community improvements while positioning the City to participate in the 2028 Olympics. (Item 8)
Updating conflict of interest rules to ensure transparency and comply with state law requirements. (Item 20)
A public hearing for a project to transform the vacant K-Mart site in the Mission Grove Plaza into a 347-unit apartment complex, which would provide needed housing but requires special approval due to airport zone density restrictions and traffic impacts (Item 34)
Park and Recreation Commission
The Park and Recreation Commission meets on Monday, December 2, at 6:30 p.m. (agenda) for regular business.
Commissioners pushed back after city staff notified the nightclub owner less than 24 hours before the hearing that the case needed to stay open another six months.
Fatal traffic collisions are down 75% compared to last year, city officials said, as Riverside rolls out new speed limits and advances a road redesign near John W. North High School.
Early returns show nearly 60% of voters opposing the city's proposed sales tax increase, which would have raised the rate from 1% to 1.25% and removed its 2036 expiration date.
HR policy hearings, a Linden Street lane reconfiguration, Downtown Experiment's permit fight, a charter school proposal, and an ethics board workshop headline this week's public meetings.
