CITY COUNCIL CLOSED & REGULAR SESSION
AGENDA

Beaumont Financing Authority
Beaumont Successor Agency (formerly RDA)
Beaumont Utility Authority
Beaumont Parking Authority
Beaumont Public Improvement Authority
Community Facilities Districts: 93-1, 2016-1, 2016-2, 2016-3, 2016-4, 2019-1, 2021-1, 2022-1, and 2023-1

Tuesday, June 04, 2024

Closed Session: 5:30 PM Regular Meeting: 6:00 PM

550 E. Sixth Street, Beaumont, CA

Materials related to an item on this agenda submitted to the City Council after distribution of the agenda packets are available for public inspection in the City Clerk’s office at 550 E. 6th Street during normal business hours.

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CLOSED SESSION

A.

CALL TO ORDER

Mayor Fenn, Mayor Pro Tem Lara, Council Member Voigt, Council Member White, Council Member Martinez

B.

PUBLIC COMMENTS REGARDING CLOSED SESSION

B.1

Conference with Legal Counsel - Anticipated Litigation- Potential Initiation of Litigation Pursuant to Government Code Section 54956.9(d)(4).

One potential case.

C.

ADJOURNMENT TO CLOSED SESSION

REGULAR SESSION

D.

CALL TO ORDER

Mayor Fenn, Mayor Pro Tem Lara, Council Member Voigt, Council Member White, Council Member Martinez

Report out from Closed Session
Action on any Closed Session Items
Action of any Requests for Excused Absence
Invocation
Pledge of Allegiance
Adjustments to the Agenda
Conflict of Interest Disclosure

E.

ANNOUNCEMENTS / RECOGNITION / PROCLAMATIONS / CORRESPONDENCE

F.

PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD (ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA)

Any one person may address the City Council on any matter not on this agenda. If you wish to speak, please fill out a “Public Comment Form” provided at the back table and give it to the City Clerk. There is a three (3) minute time limit on public comments. There will be no sharing or passing of time to another person. State Law prohibits the City Council from discussing or taking actions brought up by your comments.

G.

CONSENT CALENDAR

Items on the consent calendar are taken as one action item unless an item is pulled for further discussion here or at the end of action items. Approval of all Ordinances and Resolutions to be read by title only.

G.1

Ratification of Warrants

• Recommended Action:

  Ratify Warrants dated: 
  May 9, 2024
  May 17, 2024

G.2

Approval of Minutes

• Recommended Action:

  Approve Minutes dated May 21, 2024.

G.3

Storm Water Management Facilities Covenant and Agreement

Storm Water Management WQMP/BMP Facilities Covenant and Agreement for Plot Plan (PW20024-1102), Eighth Street Apartments.

• Recommended Action:

  Authorize the City Manager to Approve the Storm Water Management WQMP/BMP Facilities Covenant and Agreement for Plot Plan (PP2023-0557), 8th St Apartments.

G.4

Resolution Calling and Giving Notice of a General Municipal Election to Be Held on November 5, 2024

Notice of Holding a General Municipal Election.

• Recommended Action:

  Waive the full reading and approve by title only, “A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Beaumont California, Calling and Giving Notice of the Holding of a General Municipal Election to be Held in the City on November 5, 2024, for the Election of Certain Officers of the City as Required by the Provisions of the Laws of the State of California Relating to General Law Cities and Requesting the Registrar of Voters of the County of Riverside to Conduct Said Election.”

G.5

Lease Agreement with Santa Ana Watershed Project Authority for Additional Brine Line Capacity Rights of 0.030 MGD

Lease additional Brine Line capacity to maximize salt-mitigation efforts.

• Recommended Action:

  Authorize the City Manager to sign a lease agreement with SAWPA for additional brine line capacity rights of 0.030 MGD for four (4) years at $2,400 a month.

G.6

Approve a Purchase Order Increase of $62,700 to Polydyne Inc

The approved Purchase Order for Polydyne Inc., the supplier of chemical polymer used in centrifugal sludge dewatering, is exhausted and an increase is needed to continue chemical delivery.

• Recommended Action:

  Approve a Purchase Order Increase of $62,700 to Polydyne Inc.

G.7

Authorize Additional Contingency in an Existing Project Funding to Complete the Citywide Traffic Signal Upgrades

Authorize additional contingency in the existing project funding to complete the Citywide Traffic Signal Upgrades at First Street and Beaumont Avenue in the amount of $15,000.

• Recommended Action:

  Authorize additional contingency in the existing project funding to complete the Citywide Traffic Signal Upgrades at First Street and Beaumont Avenue in the amount of $15,000.

G.8

Innovating Commerce Serving Communities (ICSC)

Innovating Commerce Serving Communities (ICSC) 2024 report out.

• Recommended Action:

  Receive and file.

G.9

Second Reading of an Ordinance Approving a Development Agreement and Related Entitlements for Beaumont Pointe Specific Plan

This item was approved at the May 21, 2024, City Council meeting. It is a request to annex 541.2 acres of unincorporated Riverside County properties within the Sphere of Influence of the City of Beaumont into the City accompanied by a Plan of Services; a pre-zone to establish a specific plan zone; amend the General Plan land use designation from Rural Residential (1 acre lots) to Industrial (I), General Commercial (GC), and Open Space (OS); a Specific Plan to allow up to 4,995,000 square feet of industrial uses within five (5) buildings plus a 35,000 square foot self-storage building, up to 246,000 square feet of general commercial uses, a 125 room hotel (approximately 90,000 square feet), for a total of approximately 5,331,000 square feet, 124.7 acres of open space and 152.4 acres of open space conservation; a development agreement between the City of Beaumont and Beaumont Pointe Partners, LLC; and a Vesting Tentative Parcel Map to subdivide the property as follows: 622.50 gross acres into 13 numbered lots with a range of 1.66 to 70.43 acres, 10 lettered lots with a range of 0.03 to 54.50 acres and one (1) 81.30 acre remainder parcel; a comprehensive sign program and the consideration of the Final Environmental Impact Report (FEIR) including the Draft Environmental Impact Report (DEIR) and Statement of Overriding Considerations for 539.9 acres located on the south side of the 60 Freeway, west of Jack Rabbit Trail and north of the proposed extension of Fourth Street (APNs: 422-060-002, -005, -009, -010, -016 thru -018, -021, -022, 422-170-005, -007 thru -011).

• Recommended Action:

  Waive the full reading and adopt by title only, A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Beaumont, California, Certifying the Final Environmental Impact Report for the Beaumont Pointe Project, Including the Beaumont Pointe Specific Plan and General Plan Amendment; Pre-Zoning and Annexation; Adopting Environmental Findings Pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act; and Adopting a Statement of Overriding Considerations and a Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program”

  Waive the full reading and adopt by title only, “A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Beaumont, California, Approving a Plan of Service and Annexation Request and Requesting the Riverside Local Agency Formation Commission to Favorably Consider Annexation of the Subject Property” and

  Waive the Second Reading an Adopt by Title only, “An Ordinance of the City Council of the City of Beaumont Approving Development Agreement by and between the City of Beaumont and Beaumont Pointe Partners LLC”

G.10

Approval of the City Personnel Manual

Approve the amended City Personnel Manual.

• Recommended Action:

  Approve the amended City of Beaumont Personnel Manual.

G.11

Deferral Improvement Agreement

Improvement Deferral Agreement between Franklin Mechanical Systems, Inc., and the City of Beaumont Regarding Delayed Offsite Improvements Associated with the Franklin Mechanical Warehouse Addition (Plot Plan 2019-0174).

• Recommended Action:

  Authorize the Mayor to execute a Deferral Improvement Agreement between Franklin Mechanical Systems, Inc., and the City of Beaumont regarding delayed offsite improvements associated with the Franklin Mechanical Warehouse Addition (Plot Plan 2019-0174).

H.

YOUTH COUNCIL REPORT

Beaumont Youth Council Report Out and City Council Direction

I.

PUBLIC HEARINGS

Approval of all Ordinances and Resolutions to be read by title only.

I.1

Public Hearing for the Fiscal Year 2024-2025 Adoption of Gann Limit, City-Wide Budget, and Five-Year Capital Improvement Plan for Fiscal Years 2025-2029

Adopt by resolution the FY2024-2025 Gann Limit, FY2024-2025 City-Wide Budget, and the Five-Year Capital Improvement Plan for Fiscal Years 2025-2029.

• Recommended Action:

  Hold a public hearing,

  Waive the full reading and adopt by title only, “Resolution of the City Council of the City of Beaumont, Approving the Appropriation Limit for the 2024-2025 Fiscal Year,”

  Waive the full reading and adopt by title only, “Resolution of the City Council of the City of Beaumont, California, Adopting an Operating Budget of Expenditures for the Period of July 1, 2024 to June 30, 2025,” and

  Waive the full reading and adopt by title only, “A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Beaumont Adopting a Five-Year Capital Improvement Plan for Fiscal Years 2025-2029”

J.

ACTION ITEMS

Approval of all Ordinances and Resolutions to be read by title only.

J.1

Agreement for Environmental Consulting Services for the Cherry Channel Drainage Project

Award a Professional Services Agreement (PSA) to The Chambers Group for Environmental Consulting Services for the Cherry Channel Drainage Project.

• Recommended Action:

  Award ​a Professional Services Agreement to The Chambers Group for Environmental Consulting Services for the Cherry Channel Drainage Project​ in an amount not to exceed $164,566.

J.2

Agreement for Professional Engineering Services for the I-10 and Oak Valley Parkway Interchange

Award a Professional Services Agreement (PSA) to Dokken Engineering for Professional Engineering Services to complete the Project Approval/ Environmental Document (PA/ED) phase of the I-10 and Oak Valley Parkway Interchange Project.

• Recommended Action:

  Award ​a Professional Services Agreement (PSA) to Dokken Engineering to provide Professional Engineering Services to complete the PA/ED phase of the I-10 and Oak Valley Parkway Interchange Project in the amount of $1,989,526 and authorize the City Manager to approve up to a ten percent (10%) contingency of $199,000 for unforeseeable new Caltrans requirements during the PA/ED phase for a total amount not to exceed $2,188,526.

K.

LEGISLATIVE UPDATES AND DISCUSSION

L.

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT UPDATE

Economic Development Committee Report Out and City Council Direction

M.

CITY TREASURER REPORT

Finance and Audit Committee Report Out and City Council Direction

N.

CITY CLERK REPORT

O.

CITY ATTORNEY REPORT

P.

CITY MANAGER REPORT

Q.

FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS

• Assessment for the need for additional community center(s) (Future)
• Annexation Agreement with the County (Future)
• Arborist Presentation (June)

R.

COUNCIL REPORTS

Martinez
White
Voigt
Lara
Fenn

S.

ADJOURNMENT

The next regular meeting of the Beaumont City Council, Beaumont Financing Authority, the Beaumont Successor Agency (formerly RDA), the Beaumont Utility Authority, the Beaumont Parking Authority and the Beaumont Public Improvement Agency is scheduled for Tuesday June 18, 2024, at 6:00 p.m. unless otherwise posted.