ITEM NO. 13
CITY COUNCIL STAFF REPORT
TO: Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
FROM: Arron Brown, City Manager
BY: Sheryl Garcia, Assistant City Manager/City Clerk
DATE: 08/05/2026
SUBJECT: Consideration of a Resolution Approving Fiscal Year 2025-26 to Fiscal Year 2026-27 Expenditure Carryover Requests
Recommendation:
Adopt Resolution No. 2026-41 authorizing the carryover of Fiscal Year 2025-26 appropriations into Fiscal Year 2026-27 for the Police and Fire Departments.
Background/Analysis:
As part of the Fiscal Year 2025-26 closeout process, Staff has identified funds that remain available for projects and expenditures that were not completed or fully expended prior to the end of the fiscal year.
To ensure continued availability of previously approved funding and allow departments to complete planned activities and projects, Staff is requesting authorization to carry forward the remaining balances into Fiscal Year 2026-27 through adoption of the accompanying resolution.
The Police Department has remaining funds available in its $1.2 million start-up account (10-416- 6976) that were appropriated during Fiscal Year 2025-26 but were not fully expended prior to year-end.
Staff is requesting authorization to carry forward the remaining unspent balance into Fiscal Year 2026-
27. Carrying forward these funds will allow the Police Department to continue utilizing the available appropriation for its intended purpose during Fiscal Year 2026-27.
The Fire Department has remaining funds available totaling approximately $120,934.60 which are associated with capital improvement projects that were not completed during Fiscal Year 2025-26.
The requested carryover will ensure the previously approved funding remains available in Fiscal Year 2026-27 to complete the outstanding capital improvement projects.
The requested action does not appropriate new funding; rather, it preserves previously approved funding for expenditures and projects that remain incomplete or unspent at fiscal year-end. The final carryover amounts will be reflected after completion of the fiscal year-end financial close process.
Fiscal Impact Yes/No:Yes
Additional Fiscal Information:
Adoption of the accompanying Resolution will authorize the carryover of existing Fiscal Year 2025-26 appropriations into Fiscal Year 2026-27, including the remaining unspent balance in Police Department account 10-416-6976 and approximately $120,934.60 in Fire Department account 40- 000-8017.
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RESOLUTION NO. 2026-41
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CANYON LAKE,
CALIFORNIA, AUTHORIZING THE CARRYOVER OF CERTAIN FISCAL YEAR 2025-26 APPROPRIATIONS INTO FISCAL YEAR 2026-27
WHEREAS, as part of the Fiscal Year 2025-26 budget closeout process, City staff reviewed outstanding appropriations and identified funds that remain available for projects and expenditures that were not completed or fully expended prior to the end of the fiscal year; and WHEREAS, the Police Department has remaining funds available in account 10-416-6976, which were appropriated during Fiscal Year 2025-26 but were not fully expended prior to fiscal yearend; and WHEREAS, the Fire Department has remaining funds available in account 40-000-8017 totaling approximately $120,934.60, which are associated with capital improvement projects that were not completed during Fiscal Year 2025-26; and
WHEREAS, the City Council desires to ensure the continued availability of previously approved funding to allow City departments to complete planned activities, expenditures and projects; and WHEREAS, the requested carryovers do not represent new appropriations, but rather the continuation of previously approved Fiscal Year 2025-26 funding for expenditures and projects that remain incomplete or unspent at fiscal year-end.
NOW THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CANYON LAKE DOES HEREBY RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The above recitals are true and correct and are incorporated herein by reference.
Section 2. The City Council hereby authorizes the carryover of the remaining unspent Fiscal Year 2025-26 appropriation balance in Police Department account 10-416-6976 into Fiscal Year 2026-27.
Section 3. The City Council hereby authorizes the carryover of approximately $120,934.60 in remaining Fiscal Year 2025-26 appropriation funds in Fire Department account 40-000-8017 into Fiscal Year 2026-27.
Section 4. The City Manager, or designee, is authorized to take all necessary administrative actions, including any required budget adjustments and accounting entries, to implement the approved carryovers consistent with this Resolution.
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Section 5. The provisions of this Resolution are severable and if any provision, clause, sentence, word or part thereof is held illegal, invalid, unconstitutional, or inapplicable to any person or circumstances, such illegality, invalidity, unconstitutionality, or inapplicability shall not affect or impair any of the remaining provisions, clauses, sentences, sections, words or parts thereof of the Resolution or their applicability to other persons or circumstances.
Section 6. That the City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this Resolution and that the same shall be in full force and effect.
Section 7. This Resolution shall take effect immediately upon its adoption.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 5th day of August 2026, by the following vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTAIN:
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Jeremy Smith, Mayor
ATTEST & CERTIFIED:
I, Sheryl Garcia, City Clerk of the City of Canyon Lake, hereby attest to the Mayor’s signature above and certify that the City Council duly adopted this Resolution as recorded in the vote tally stated herein.
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Sheryl L. Garcia, MMC, CPM
City Clerk
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ITEM NO. 14
CITY COUNCIL STAFF REPORT
TO: Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
FROM: Arron Brown, City Manager
BY: Sheryl Garcia, Assistant City Manager/City Clerk
DATE: 08/05/2026
SUBJECT: Consideration of Resolutions Certifying the Initiative Petition entitled "Canyon Lake Public Safety and Emergency Response Protection Measure" and Calling a General Municipal Election and Requesting Consolidation with the County of Riverside for the Initiative
Recommendation:
Adopt Resolution Nos. 2026-39 and 2026-40 certifying the sufficiency of the initiative petition entitled "Canyon Lake Public Safety and Emergency Response Protection Measure" and calling a General Municipal Election for the Initiative on November 3, 2026, requesting that the County of Riverside provide election administration services and taking all actions required by the California Elections Code.
Background/Analysis:
On April 22, 2026, proponents of the "Canyon Lake Public Safety and Emergency Response Protection Measure" ("Initiative") submitted a Notice of Intent to Circulate Petition and the text of the proposed Initiative to the City Clerk in accordance with the California Elections Code.
Signed petition sections were subsequently filed with the City Clerk and forwarded to the Riverside County Registrar of Voters for signature verification. The Registrar of Voters has certified that the petition contains the number of valid signatures required under California Elections Code section 9215 to qualify the Initiative for placement on the November 3, 2026, ballot.
The proposed resolutions certify the sufficiency of the Initiative and call a General Municipal Election to submit the Initiative to the voters at the November 3, 2026, election and establish the procedures for the preparation and filing of the impartial analysis, ballot arguments, and rebuttal arguments as required by the California Elections Code.
Fiscal Impact Yes/No:No
Additional Fiscal Information:
There is no fiscal impact associated with the adoption of the resolutions. Sufficient funds to cover the costs of the election have been included in the City’s Fiscal Year 2026/2027 adopted budget.
Attachments:
1 - Resolution Cert of Sufficiency
2 - Resolution Calling Election
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RESOLUTION NO. 2026-39
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CANYON LAKE,
CALIFORNIA, ACCEPTING THE CERTIFICATION OF THE COUNTY OF
RIVERSIDE REGISTRAR OF VOTERS AS TO THE SUFFICIENCY OF THE INITIATIVE PETITION ENTITLED “CANYON LAKE PUBLIC SAFETY AND EMERGENCY RESPONSE PROTECTION MEASURE”
WHEREAS, on April 22, 2026, proponents of an initiative measure entitled “Canyon Lake Public Safety and Emergency Response Protection Measure” (“Initiative”) submitted a Notice of Intention and written text of the Initiative and requested that a title and summary be prepared by the City Attorney for the Initiative in order to circulate the Initiative Petition; and WHEREAS, the City of Canyon Lake had 8,448 registered voters as of the Secretary of State Report of Registration effective on the publication date of the Notice of Intention (May 1, 2026); and
WHEREAS, the Initiative requires at least 845 (10%) valid signatures to be sufficient to qualify for a regular election; and
WHEREAS, in accordance with the provisions of Elections Code section 9210, proponents of the Initiative filed Petition sections on May 30, 2024, and the City Clerk determined that the number of signatures, prima facie, was in excess of the minimum number of signatures required, and therefore accepted the Initiative for filing; and
WHEREAS, the Petition Sections for the Initiative were submitted to the County of Riverside Registrar of Voters (“County ROV”) on June 15, 2026, for signature verification; and WHEREAS, the results of the signature verification conducted by the County ROV established that the number of signatures found sufficient meets the minimum number of signatures required pursuant to Election Code section 9215; and
WHEREAS, the County ROV has prepared the Certificate of Sufficiency of the Initiative Petition attached hereto as Exhibit “A”; and
WHEREAS, Elections Code Section 9114 requires that if the Initiative is found sufficient, the results of the examination shall be submitted to the City Council at the next regular City Council meeting following the certification.
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NOW THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CANYON LAKE DOES HEREBY RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The above recitals are true and correct and are incorporated herein by reference.
Section 2. The City Council of the City of Canyon Lake hereby accepts the County ROV’s Certificate of Sufficiency regarding the City of Canyon Lake Public Safety Funding Ordinance.
Section 3. The provisions of this Resolution are severable and if any provision, clause, sentence, word or part thereof is held illegal, invalid, unconstitutional, or inapplicable to any person or circumstances, such illegality, invalidity, unconstitutionality, or inapplicability shall not affect or impair any of the remaining provisions, clauses, sentences, sections, words or parts thereof of the Resolution or their applicability to other persons or circumstances.
Section 4. That the City Clerk shall certify the adoption of this Resolution and that the same shall be in full force and effect.
Section 5. This Resolution shall take effect immediately upon its adoption.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 5th day of August 2026, by the following vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTAIN:
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Jeremy Smith, Mayor
ATTEST & CERTIFIED:
I, Sheryl Garcia, City Clerk of the City of Canyon Lake, hereby attest to the mayor’s signature above and certify that the City Council duly adopted this Resolution as recorded in the vote tally stated herein.
_________________________
Sheryl L. Garcia, MMC, CPM
City Clerk
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EXHIBIT “A”
Certificate of Sufficiency of the Initiative Petition
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RESOLUTION NO. 2026-40
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CANYON LAKE,
CALIFORNIA, CALLING AND GIVING NOTICE OF THE HOLDING OF A CONSOLIDATED MUNICIPAL ELECTION TO BE HELD ON NOVEMBER 3, 2026, REGARDING THE BALLOT MEASURE TITLED “CANYON LAKE PUBLIC SAFETY AND EMERGENCY RESPONSE PROTECTION MEASURE”; REQUESTING THE
COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE REGISTRAR OF VOTERS TO CONSOLIDATE SAID ELECTION WITH THE CITY’S PREVIOUSLY CALLED CONSOLIDATED GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION; DIRECTING PREPARATION OF AN IMPARTIAL ANALYSIS; AND PERMITTING THE FILING OF BALLOT ARGUMENTS WHEREAS, on June 15, 2026, proponents of an initiative measure entitled “Canyon Lake Public Safety and Emergency Response Protection Measure” (“Initiative”) presented signed petition sections to the City Clerk for filing; and
WHEREAS, the County of Riverside Registrar of Voters (“County ROV”) verified the signatures on the petition and certified the Initiative as sufficient; and WHEREAS, on August 5, 2026, the City Council for the City of Canyon Lake (“City Council”) called a general municipal election to be held on November 3, 2026, for the election of Municipal Officers; and
WHEREAS, the City Council is required by statute to call the election for the Initiative and desires to consolidate the Initiative with the City’s previously called Consolidated General Municipal Election to be held on Tuesday, November 3, 2026.
NOW THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CANYON LAKE DOES HEREBY RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The above recitals are true and correct and are incorporated herein by reference.
Section 2. Pursuant to the requirements of the laws of the State of California relating to general law cities, the City Council hereby calls and orders a general municipal election of the City of Canyon Lake to be conducted on Tuesday, November 3, 2026, for the purpose of submitting the proposed ordinance, attached hereto as Exhibit “A”, and incorporated herein by reference.
Section 3. The City Council does hereby order that the proposed ordinance shall be presented and printed upon the November 3, 2026, ballot and submitted to the qualified voters in substantially the following form:
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CANYON LAKE PUBLIC SAFETY AND EMERGENCY RESPONSE
PROTECTION MEASURE; Shall the measure establishing a 1¢ transactions and use tax, estimated to generate $1,140,000.00 annually until repealed by voters, and requiring the proceeds and specified existing EMS subscriptionfee, property-tax fire, and utility-users-tax revenues to be deposited in a restricted fund used only for Canyon Lake police, fire, paramedic, and emergency-response staffing, compensation, equipment, and operations, with annual independent audits, be adopted?
YES
NO
Section 4. That the vote requirement for the Initiative to pass is a majority of the votes cast.
Section 5. Election Procedures.
a. That pursuant to the requirements of Elections Code section 10403, the Riverside County Board of Supervisors is hereby requested to consent and agree to the consolidation of the Initiative with the City’s previously consolidated general municipal election, and the Statewide general election on Tuesday, November 3, 2026. b. That the ballots to be used at the election shall be in the form and content as required by law.
c. The City shall reimburse the County ROV for necessary costs associated with the administration of the election upon presentation to the City of a properly approved invoice.
d. That the vote centers for the election shall be open at such hours and on such days as determined by the County ROV provided that the opening and closure of voting sites is conducted in accordance with Elections Code sections 10242, 14212, and 14401. e. That notice of the time and place of holding the election is given and the City Clerk is authorized, instructed and directed to give further or additional notice of the election, in time, form and manner as required by law.
f. That in all particulars not recited in this Resolution, the election shall be held and conducted as provided by law for holding municipal elections.
Section 6. Impartial Analysis.
a. The City Clerk is directed to transmit a copy of the Initiative to the City Attorney, and the City Attorney shall prepare an impartial analysis of the Initiative not exceeding 500 words showing the effect of the Initiative on the existing law and the operation of the Initiative.
The impartial analysis shall be prepared no later than August 17, 2026. b. The analysis shall include a statement indicating whether the Initiative was placed on the ballot by a petition signed by the requisite number of voters or by the governing body of City Council Agenda,
the city.
c. In the event the entire text of the Initiative is not printed on the ballot, nor in the voter information portion of the voter information guide, there shall be printed immediately below the impartial analysis, in no less than 10-point type, the following: “The above statement is an impartial analysis of the Canyon Lake Public Safety and Emergency Response Protection Measure. If you desire a copy of the Ordinance, please call the City Clerk at 951-244-2955 and a copy will be mailed at no cost to you.” Section 7. Arguments For and Against.
a. Any person, including any member of the City Council, may file written arguments in favor of or against the Initiative not exceeding 300 words, accompanied by the printed names and signatures of the authors submitting it, in accordance with Article 4, Chapter 3, Division 9 of the Elections Code. The arguments may be changed or withdrawn until and including the date fixed by the City Clerk after which no arguments for or against the Initiative may be submitted to the City Clerk.
b. The arguments shall be filed with the City Clerk, signed, with the printed names and signatures of the authors submitting it, or if submitted on behalf of an organization, the name of the organization, and the printed name and signature of at least one of its principal officers who is the author of the argument. The arguments shall be accompanied by the Form of Statement to be Filed by Author(s) of Argument, per Elections Code section 9600.
c. The arguments in favor or against the Initiative shall be filed with the City Clerk on or before 5:00 p.m. on August 17, 2026, after which no arguments for or against the Initiative may be submitted to the City Clerk.
Section 8. Rebuttals.
a. That pursuant to Elections Code section 9285, when the City Clerk has selected the arguments for and against the Initiative (not exceeding 300 words each), which will be printed and distributed to the voters, the City Clerk shall send a copy of an argument in favor of the Initiative to the authors of any argument against the Initiative and a copy of an argument against the Initiative to the authors of any argument in favor of the Initiative immediately upon receiving the arguments.
b. The author or a majority of the authors of an argument relating to the Initiative may prepare and submit a rebuttal argument not exceeding 250 words or may authorize in writing any other person or persons to prepare, submit, or sign the rebuttal argument. c. A rebuttal argument shall not be signed by more than five authors. d. The rebuttal arguments shall be filed with the City Clerk by 5:00 p.m. on August 27, 2026, signed, with the printed names and signatures of the authors submitting it, or if submitted on behalf of an organization, the name of the organization, and the printed name and City Council Agenda,
signature of at least one of its principal officers, not more than 10 days after the final date for filing direct arguments. The rebuttal arguments shall be accompanied by the Form of Statement to be Filed by Author(s) of Argument, per Elections Code section 9600. e. Rebuttal arguments shall be printed in the same manner as the direct arguments. Each rebuttal argument shall immediately follow the direct argument which it seeks to rebut.
Section 9. The City Clerk/Elections Official is hereby directed to forward a certified copy of this Resolution to the County ROV.
Section 10. This Resolution shall apply to the City’s general municipal election being held on November 3, 2026.
Section 11. The provisions of this Resolution are severable and if any provision, clause, sentence, word or part thereof is held illegal, invalid, unconstitutional, or inapplicable to any person or circumstances, such illegality, invalidity, unconstitutionality, or inapplicability shall not affect or impair any of the remaining provisions, clauses, sentences, sections, words or parts thereof of the Resolution or their applicability to other persons or circumstances.
Section 12. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this Resolution and the same shall be in full force and effect.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 5th day of August 2026, by the following vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTAIN:
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Jeremy Smith, Mayor
ATTEST & CERTIFIED:
I, Sheryl Garcia, City Clerk of the City of Canyon Lake, hereby attest to the mayor’s signature above and certify that the City Council duly adopted this Resolution as recorded in the vote tally stated herein.
_________________________
Sheryl L. Garcia, MMC, CPM
City Clerk
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Proposed Ordinance
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ITEM NO. 15
CITY COUNCIL STAFF REPORT
TO: Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
FROM: Arron Brown, City Manager
BY: Sheryl Garcia, Assistant City Manager/City Clerk
DATE: 08/05/2026
SUBJECT: Designation of a Voting Delegate and Alternate(s) for the League of California Cities 2026 Annual Conference and Expo Annual Business Meeting
Recommendation:
Designate a voting delegate and up to two alternates for the League of California Cities 2026 Annual Conference and Expo Annual Business Meeting.
Background/Analysis:
The League of California Cities ("Cal Cities") will hold its 2026 Annual Conference and Expo on September 23–25, 2026, in Anaheim, California. As part of the conference, the General Assembly will convene on September 25, 2026, and will consist of one appointed voting delegate from each member city. During the General Assembly, voting delegates play a vital role by representing their cities and voting on resolutions that help shape Cal Cities' policies and advocacy priorities.
To cast a vote during the General Assembly, the City of Canyon Lake must designate a voting delegate and up to two alternates, one of whom may vote if the designated voting delegate is unable to serve in that capacity. Voting delegates may either be an elected or appointed official. Once designated by the City Council, the City Clerk will submit the Voting Delegate form affirming the action taken by the City Council.
Fiscal Impact Yes/No:No
Additional Fiscal Information:
There is no fiscal impact associated with designating voting delegates. Costs associated with attendance at the conference have been included in the City’s FY 26-27 adopted operating budget.
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