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.
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, May 7.
Considering updates to the City's Neighborhood Traffic Management Program that would reinstate the use of "speed humps" for traffic calming. Despite hundreds of annual resident requests, the installation of speed humps was discontinued in 2014, and the last one was installed in 2011.
The Mayor's Nominating and Screening Committee meets on Tuesday, May 7, at 11:00 a.m. (agenda) to determine committee and regional organizational membership for the new City Council members.
The Mobility and Infrastructure Committee meets on Thursday, May 9, at 1:00 p.m. (agenda) to consider adopting the 2023 Integrated Resource Plan for Riverside Public Utilities (RPU), a document RPU uses to "help guide our future decision-making."
A year-end financial review, approving drones for anti-illegal fireworks policing, and a one-year pilot project to reduce cut-through traffic on Redwood Drive are on the City Council's agenda.
CSDR Football to be recognized by the Mayor; City Council will consider streamlining the permitting process for pre-approved ADUs and the final reallocations of $7.2 million in ARPA funding.
Reaccreditation by the Center for Public Safety Excellence highlights the department's handling of 43,000+ incidents, placing it among the top five fire agencies in California.
