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# This Week in City Hall: July 28, 2025
- URL: https://www.raincrossgazette.com/this-week-in-city-hall-july-28-2025/
- Published: 2025-07-28T12:00:34.000Z
- Updated: 2025-10-14T22:00:32.000Z
- Description: City Council meets in closed session for labor disputes. Other boards and committees meet about community safety concerns about a 50-unit affordable housing complex and planning for $110 million in water treatment facilities to remove forever chemicals.
- Author: Gazette Staff
- Tags: City Hall, Column, #bulk-2025-10-14

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 sessions for a special meeting on Tuesday, July 29, at 1 p.m. ([agenda](https://riversideca.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=A&ID=1328525&GUID=E2911AB5-137A-4EB1-B897-4B10DDC2F3D5&ref=raincrossgazette.com)) to review the City's negotiating position on salaries and benefits for [eight employee groups](https://riversideca.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=14547638&GUID=ECAB78F2-4232-4747-8AFF-D59B9A9D8A56&ref=raincrossgazette.com), including firefighters, police officers, management, and union workers, to prepare for upcoming labor contract discussions.

### Housing and Homelessness Committee

The Housing and Homelessness Committee (Councilmembers Cervantes, Mill, and Robillard) meets on Monday, July 28, at 3:30 p.m. ([agenda](https://riversideca.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=A&ID=1318249&GUID=FD5730F4-39E9-4752-AE5E-B683BEBD2175&ref=raincrossgazette.com)) to review the Housing Authority's development pipeline of [476 affordable housing units](https://riversideca.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=14534206&GUID=95832025-EADE-4BC9-8951-039759ECA927&ref=raincrossgazette.com) and addressing [community safety concerns](https://riversideca.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=14534208&GUID=B110512A-C117-4099-BC99-86A650C91813&ref=raincrossgazette.com) at the existing St. Michael's Apartments complex that have prompted increased police coordination and plans for resident safety meetings.

### Board of Public Utilities

The Board of Public Utilities meets on Monday, July 28, at 6:30 p.m. ([agenda](https://riversideca.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=A&ID=1317603&GUID=498C0B72-AF2E-461C-AFA8-209E6D58EEE2&ref=raincrossgazette.com)) to considering three major utility infrastructure projects including a [$2.3 million water pipeline replacement](https://riversideca.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=14531399&GUID=7F783A5A-447B-49FB-8204-178793BAE49E&ref=raincrossgazette.com) on Dundee Road, a $354,160 five-year contract for power plant maintenance, and planning for [$110 million in water treatment facilities](https://riversideca.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=14531400&GUID=CF7DEF63-12EA-4C9E-A53C-E194E7A49D2E&ref=raincrossgazette.com) to remove harmful PFAS chemicals that will increase water rates by an estimated 4.5% annually starting in 2026.

### Planning Commission

The Planning Commission meets on Thursday, July 31, at 9 a.m. ([agenda](https://riversideca.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=A&ID=1311373&GUID=A27C2B4D-AE00-4370-99B8-3B37BB3519A4&ref=raincrossgazette.com)) to review a church expansion permit that allows Tabor Romanian Christian Church (10750 Cochran Ave) to add a [6,000-square-foot multi-purpose building](https://riversideca.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=14540621&GUID=1238F540-7B28-498C-A1E4-D411566AF1A3&ref=raincrossgazette.com) to replace temporary classrooms and provide permanent space for Sunday school and administrative activities.