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CITY OF <br />FZIVEIKSIDE <br />City ?f Arts &Innovation <br />SUPPLEMENTAL ITEM <br />Date: 11 -10 -15 <br />Item No.: 2a <br />City Council Memorandum <br />IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII <br />TO: <br />FROM: <br />SUBJECT: <br />ISSUE: <br />HONORABLE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL <br />POLICE DEPARTMENT <br />DATE: NOVEMBER 10, 2015 <br />WARDS: ALL <br />OFFER OF A SEVENTY -FIVE THOUSAND DOLLAR ($75,000) REWARD FOR <br />INFORMATION LEADING TO THE IDENTIFICATION AND APPREHENSION OF <br />PERSON(S) RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DEATHS OF JUAN ANTONIO <br />BARTOLO AND DOMINGO ESTEBAN — SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATION — <br />MAKING A FINDING THAT THIS MATTER IS AN EMERGENCY EXCEPTION <br />TO THE SUNSHINE ORDINANCE <br />The issue for City Council consideration is to approve an offer of a reward seeking witnesses to <br />come forward with information related to the murders of Juan Antonio Bartolo and Domingo <br />Esteban in the City of Riverside and determine that this action is an emergency exception to the <br />Sunshine Ordinance. <br />RECOMMENDATIONS: <br />That the City Council: <br />1. Determination that this action is an urgent matter that may severely impair public health <br />and safety, pursuant to Section 4.05.050 (D)(1) of the Sunshine Ordinance; <br />2. Adopt a resolution offering a reward in the amount of $75,000 for information that leads to <br />the identification and apprehension of the person or persons responsible for the deaths of <br />Juan Antonio Bartolo and Domingo Esteban, Police Department Case P15- 161784, for a <br />duration of 60 days; and <br />3. Authorize a supplemental appropriation in the amount of $75,000 from the Unreserved <br />General Fund Balance to the Police Department's Riverside Reward Program, account <br />number 3100000 - 459026. <br />BACKGROUND: <br />On Friday, October 23, 2015, at 9:36 p.m., Riverside Police Department Dispatch received <br />several calls regarding a shooting that occurred at the corner of 7th Street and Kansas Avenue. <br />When patrol officers arrived, they found three victims on the ground suffering from gunshot <br />wounds. One victim, Juan Antonio Bartolo, was deceased at the scene and the other two were <br />