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W A I= R E N E R L Y I I F F PUBLIC UTILITIES RIVERSIDE PUBLIC UTILITIES BOARD OF PUBLIC UTILITIES Board Memorandum DATE: OCTOBER 2, 2015 ITEM NO: 9 File ID — 15 -3130 — D SUBJECT: UPDATE ON THE LONG RANGE PLANNING EFFORTS FOR THE NORTHSIDE NEIGHBORHOOD INCLUDING RIVERSIDE PUBLIC UTILITIES REAL PROPERTY ASSETS ISSUE: The issues for Board of Public Utilities consideration are to: 1) receive an update on the public outreach effort to be conducted by the City staff to help develop the scope of work for the Northside Neighborhood, which includes Riverside Public Utilities real property; and 2) discuss a coordinated inter - jurisdictional effort to develop a specific plan for the Pellissier Ranch property. RECOMMENDATIONS: That the Board of Public Utilities: Receive this update and provide comment and direction on City staff led public outreach strategies for obtaining broad community input on parameters for developing the scope of a specific plan for the Northside Neighborhood; and 2. Consider and provide input on a coordinated effort to develop an inter - jurisdictional specific plan for the Pellissier Ranch property within the City of Colton. BACKGROUND: In December 2013 the Community and Economic Development Department initiated a nationwide search for a consultant team that would prepare a citywide Smart Code Specific Plan and a related Program Environmental Impact Report (PEIR), and concurrently create a Northside Neighborhood Vision Plan. The consultant was also to provide master planning services for the 124 -Acre former Riverside Golf Club and the 55 -Acre Ab Brown Sports Complex — both properties lie within the Northside Neighborhood. Due to community concerns, it was decided to focus on developing a Northside Neighborhood vision and specific plan before undertaking a citywide effort. City staff subsequently proposed an independent effort to establish a distinctly separate "Northside Neighborhood Pledge" and requested that the Board of Public Utilities (Board) on September 19, 2014, authorize partial funding for the effort and initiate a contract with a consultant team. The Board continued the neighborhood visioning effort until after the Board considered and adopted a real property management policy. Subsequent to the adoption of the real property management policy, City staff received direction to reconsider the project scope and seek further guidance from the City Council. On April 28, 2015, city staff provided the City Council a summary of the City -owned properties within the Northside Neighborhood, including the former Riverside Golf Course and Ab Brown Sports Complex. In the report (Attachment 1), staff outlined the ownership and transfer history, legal obligations of the City of Riverside, Riverside Public Utilities and the Successor Agency, existing uses and active recreation leases, as well as adopted zoning requirements and General Plan 2025 policies related to the Northside