Regular Meeting of the Calimesa City Council
Meeting Agenda
Monday, June 1, 2026 – 6:00 PM
Norton Younglove Multipurpose Senior Center
908 Park Avenue, Calimesa, CA 92320
The Calimesa City Council will be conducting this meeting in the Norton Younglove Senior Center. Members of the public may attend this meeting in person at the Norton Younglove Senior Center, 908 Park Avenue, Calimesa, CA 92320, or the public may view the City Council meetings live at https://www.youtube.com/@calimesacity900/live beginning at 6:00 p.m.
Submission of Public Comments: Public comment will be allowed by completing a speaker slip and providing it to the City Clerk at the meeting.
Please observe a time limit of 3 minutes when giving your presentation. When called upon, please step forward to the microphone, state your name for the record, whom you represent and any statement you wish to make. Please be advised that you may not defer your 3 minutes to another speaker.
Jeff Cervantez, Mayor John Manly, Mayor Pro Tem
Eric Cundieff, Council Member Edgar Garcia, Council Member Linda Molina, Council Member Will Kolbow, City Manager Steven Flower, City Attorney In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, if you need special assistance to participate in a City meeting or other services offered by this City, please contact the City Clerk’s Office, (909) 795-9801. Notification of at least 48 hours prior to the meeting or time when services are needed will assist the City staff in assuring that reasonable arrangements can be made to provide accessibility to the meeting or service. Any public writings distributed by the City to at least a majority of the Council Members regarding any item on this regular meeting agenda will be made available at the public counter at City Hall located at 908 Park Avenue, Calimesa, CA 92320.
Invocation
Pledge of Allegiance
Call to Order
Roll Call: Mayor Cervantez, Mayor Pro Tem Manly, Council Member Cundieff, Council Member Garcia and Council Member Molina.
Staff: City Manager Kolbow, City Attorney Flower, City Clerk Gerdes, Finance Director Reid, Community Development Director Lucia, Public Works Superintendent Coney, City Engineer Thornton, Deputy Fire Chief Shaw and Sheriff Captain Esquibel
Communications From the Public
Pursuant to the Brown Act, this is the opportunity for members of the public to directly address the Council on any item within the Council’s subject matter jurisdiction. Please note that this is also the time in which members of the public may address the Council on any item on the Consent Calendar. This is not the time for City Council discussion of non-agenda items. After receiving public comments, Council Members, or staff, after being recognized by the Mayor, may briefly respond to statements made by the public or questions posed by the public. In addition, Council Members may ask questions for clarification or make a referral to staff for factual information to be reported back to the Council at a later meeting.
Approval of the Agenda, Consent Calendar and Waiver of Full Reading of Ordinances This is the time for the City Council to notify the public of any changes to the agenda; such as removal of an agenda item, rearrangement of the agenda, postponement of an agenda item or continuance of an item to a future meeting. This is also the time for the City Council to remove items from the Consent Calendar for individual consideration. Waiver of full reading of ordinances does not take policy action or approve or disapprove any ordinances on the agenda, it simply means that the entire text of the ordinance will not be read.
Consent Calendar
The following items on the Consent Calendar are routine and customary items and are enacted by a single motion, with the exception of items previously removed during “Approval of the Agenda” for individual consideration. Any items removed shall be individually considered immediately after taking action on the Consent Calendar.
1. Approval of City Council Meeting Minutes
Recommendation: There are no minutes ready for approval at this time
2. Receive and File City Commission & Board Minutes
Recommendation: There are no minutes ready for approval at this time
3. Approval of Accounts Payable and Payroll Warrant Registers Recommendation: That the City Council approve the Accounts Payable and Payroll Registers as presented.
4. November 3, 2026 General Municipal Election
Recommendation: That City Council:
a. Adopt Resolution 2026-18, A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Calimesa, California, calling and giving notice of a General Municipal Election to be held on Tuesday, November 3, 2026, for the election of certain members of the City Council and requesting the Board of Supervisors of the County of Riverside to consolidate the City’s General Municipal Election with the Statewide General Election to be held on the date pursuant to § 10403 of the Elections Code relating to General Law Cities.
b. Adopt Resolution No. 2026-19, A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Calimesa, California, adopting regulations for candidates for elective office pertaining to candidates' statements submitted to the voters at an election to be held on November 3, 2026.
5. Resolution of intention to certify Solid Waste Delinquent account lien list Recommendation: That the City Council adopt Resolution No. 2026-20, A Resolution providing a Notice of Intention to set the time and place for a Public Hearing on July 20, 2026 at 6:00 p.m. regarding forwarding amounts remaining unpaid on the Solid Waste Lien List to the County of Riverside for addition to the 2026-2027 property tax rolls as special assessments.
6. Adoption of a Vehicle Use Policy
Recommendation: That the City Council adopt Resolution No. 2026-22, A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Calimesa, California approving a Vehicle Use Policy.
7. Contract Award For JP Ranch Landscape Services
Recommendation: That the City Council award a contract to Inland Empire Landscape to provide landscape maintenance services at JP Ranch CFD in the amount of $121,453.00 Per Year.
8. Wildland Protection Agreement Between the City of Calimesa and the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE)
Recommendation: That the City Council approve the Local Responsibility Area Wildland Protection Reimbursement Agreement with the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection and authorize the City Manager to execute the Agreement on behalf of the City.
9. Renewal of OpenGov Software Services Agreement
Recommendation: That the City Council approve the OpenGov Order Form for renewal of software services for a one-year term in the amount of $51,236.50 and authorize the City Manager to execute the Order Form on behalf of the City.
Fire Chief Report
Sheriff Captains Report
Business Items
10. Citywide Pavement Management
Recommendation:
That the City Council select streets to include in the City's Pavement Management Program for 2026- 2027 and direct Staff to proceed with public bidding.
Joint City Council & Successor Agency to the Calimesa Redevelopment Agency
11. Joint Meeting for Adoption of the Budget and Capital Improvement Program for Fiscal Year 2026-27 for the City of Calimesa and the Calimesa Successor Agency.
Recommendation: That the City Council and Successor Agency to the Calimesa Redevelopment Agency:
1. Adopt Resolution No. 2026-16, a Resolution of the City Council of the City of Calimesa, California, establishing the Fiscal Year 2026-27 Appropriation Limit.
2. Adopt Resolution No. 2026-17, a Resolution of the City Council of the City of Calimesa, adopting the Proposed FY 2026-27 General Fund Operating Budget, Special Revenue Funds Budgets, Capital Improvement Program and Amending the FY2025-26 Approved Budget as specified.
3. Adopt CSA Resolution No. 2026-01 of the Board of Directors of the Successor Agency to the Calimesa Redevelopment Agency adopting the Proposed Calimesa Successor Agency Budget for FY 2026-27.
Mayor & Council Member Reporting of County & Regional Meetings/Conferences This is the time for general comments, announcements, reports on meetings attended at public expense as required by AB 1234, requests of staff, and other issues of concern to Council Members may be presented briefly at this time. The Council may not legally take action on any item presented at this time other than to direct staff to investigate a complaint or place an item on a future agenda unless (1) by a majority vote, the Council determines that an emergency situation exists, as defined by Government Code § 54956.5 or (2) by a four-fifths vote, the Council determines that there is a need for immediate action and the need for action arose subsequent to the agenda being posted as required by Government Code § 54954.2(b).
City Manager Comments & Reports
Closed Session Items
12. Closed Session Items
Recommendation: That the City Council meet in Closed Session for the three items as follows:
1. CONFERENCE WITH LABOR NEGOTIATORS (Gov. Code § 54957.6). City Negotiator: Will Kolbow, City Manager and Darlene Gerdes, Deputy City Manager/City Clerk/Human Resources. Represented Employees: Calimesa Professional Firefighters Association
2. PUBLIC EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE (Gov. Code § 54957). Title: City Manager.
3. CONFERENCE WITH REAL PROPERTY NEGOTIATORS (Gov. Code § 54956.8). Under negotiation:
Price and terms of payment for easements for the Calimesa Boulevard at Singleton Road Realignment Project. The specific properties and respective negotiating parties are:
i. 9580 Calimesa Blvd., Calimesa CA (APN 413-260-056); ~8,638-sf permanent access easement and ~2,921-sf 18-month temporary construction easement; Property owner – Good Shepherd Ministries Intl.
ii. Property on the northeast corner of Singleton Rd. and Calimesa Blvd., Calimesa, CA (APNs 413- 260-002, -026); ~95,185-sf permanent road easement, ~46,932-sf permanent slope easements, and ~22,382-sf temporary construction easement; Property owner – Phelps-Smith Investments, LLC. iii. Property on the southeast corner of Singleton Rd. and Calimesa Blvd., Calimesa CA (APN 413- 260-032); ~9,083-sf permanent road easement, ~925-sf temporary construction easement, and ~1,074-sf temporary construction easement; Property owner – Phelps-Smith Investments, LLC. iv. 9950 Calimesa Blvd., Calimesa, CA (APNs 413-260-058, -059); ~16,937-sf permanent road easement, ~12,093-sf permanent road easement, and ~5,791-sf temporary construction easement; Property owner – Stearns Properties, LP.
v. 9670 Calimesa Blvd., Calimesa, CA (APNs 413-260-019, -020, ~9,266-sf permanent road easement, ~25,581-sf permanent road easement, and ~7,618-sf temporary construction easement; Property owners – Thomas G. Whiting & Ingrid Guerra, as Trustees of the Whiting-Guerra Trust, and Denise R. Whiting & Gregory D. Gontz, as Trustees of the Gontz-Whiting Living Trust.
Adjournment
Meeting Adjourned to the Regular City Council Meeting on Monday, June 15, 2026.