For City Council Meeting February 24, 2026
TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council
FROM: Tanya Williams, City Manager
AUTHOR: Christina Taylor, Community Development Director
Title
Request City Council Adopt Resolution No. 8476 Amending the 2025-2026 Fiscal Year Budget Appropriating $250,000 for Repairs to a City-Owned Property Located at 119 N. Riverside Avenue.
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RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends the City Council adopt the attached Resolution (Exhibit A) amending the Fiscal Year 2025-2026 budget appropriating $250,000 for repairs to a City-owned property located at 119 N. Riverside Avenue.
BACKGROUND
The subject property is located at 119 N. Riverside Avenue, Rialto, California. The parcel is 20,240 square feet and improved with a 4,390-square-foot building.
In 1992, the Redevelopment Agency of the City of Rialto ("Agency") purchased the former train station from SANBAG (now SBCTA), the County Transportation Commission, for the purpose of utilizing the building for a restaurant. Cuca's Restaurant leased the building from 2000 to 2023.
In April 2022, the City Council adopted the Rialto Pacific Electric Trail Expansion Feasibility Study, evaluating the feasibility of extending the existing 20-mile pedestrian and Class I bicycle path located on the right-of-way previously used by the Pacific Electric Railway from its current terminus at Cactus Avenue to the eastern boundary of the City at Pepper Avenue. The subject property is adjacent to a portion of the right-of-way for the trail extension.
On March 6, 2023, the San Bernardino County Oversight Board approved amendment No. 5 to the City's Long Range Property Management Plan allowing the City to retain the property for governmental purposes such as a historical site, museum, or other uses that acknowledge the property's historical significance in the City and are compatible with the City's Rialto Pacific Electric Trail Expansion project.
ANALYSIS/DISCUSSION
The building has been vacant si...
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