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"People Serving <br />People" <br /> <br /> CITY OF RIVERSIDE <br /> <br />CITY COUNCIL MEMORANDUM <br /> <br />Riverside <br /> <br />Ali-America City <br /> <br />1998 <br /> <br />HONORABLE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL DATE: November 19, 2002 <br /> <br /> ITEM NO: 38 <br /> <br />SUBJECT: ESTABLISHMENT OF A CITY OF RIVERSIDE AND COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE <br /> <br />COMMITTEE TO JOINTLY PLAN FOR THE WASHINGTON - ALESSANDRO <br /> <br />AREA <br /> <br />BACKGROUND: <br /> <br />The City Council recently approved an annexation and tract map proposal at its regular meeting <br />on November 5, 2002, which will allow development along Barton Street between Van Buren <br />Boulevard and Krameria Avenue located in the Washington - Alessandro area. <br /> <br />The County of Riverside Transportation Department expressed an interest to initiate a cooperative <br />planning effort to review development proposals in the areas that affect both the City of Riverside <br />(City) and the County of Riverside (County). A Memorandum of Understanding memorializing this <br />process was approved in 2001 between the City and County. <br /> <br />The County Board of Supervisors on October 28, 2002, approved a proposal submitted by <br />Supervisor Bob Buster to establish a committee to jointly plan for the Washington - Alessandro <br />area. A copy of the action taken by the County Board of Supervisors is attached for your <br />information. <br /> <br />A collaborated effort between the City and the County will allow both entities to adequately plan and <br />implement improvements to the transpodation system, environment, and other infrastructure that <br />effects all residents in this greater area of the Inland Empire. <br /> <br />RECOMMENDATION: <br /> <br />That the City Council join the County of Riverside in establishing a 10-member committee to plan <br />the Washington - Alessandro area. This area encompasses the area bounded approximately by <br />Washington Street to the west, Sycamore Canyon Boulevard on the east, and approximately one- <br />half mile from the City - County border to the south and to the north. The Committee shall include <br />five representatives from the city area of Riverside, and five representatives from the nearby - <br />unincorporated area of the County of Riverside. <br /> <br />38-1 <br /> <br /> <br />