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nitrogen and phosphorous in the San Jacinto River Watershed, and provide education on best management practices for the public and the development community.
CSI-4.4: Require development projects to minimize stormwater runoff and provide on-site opportunities for groundwater recharge that are integrated into the project design and amenities, and utilizing Low Impact Development techniques.
CSI-4.11: Incorporate the Ahwahnee Water Principles for Resource Efficient Land Use into development design, as appropriate, to reduce costs and improve the reliability and quality of the City’s water resources.
OS-5.1: Use natural approaches to the maximum extent possible to manage streams and create drainage infrastructure systems to protect groundwater recharge areas, conserve groundwater resources, maintain water quality through pollution reduction, channel drainage in environmentally sensitive ways, and design attractive and multi-use open space areas for recreation and habitat.
OS-5.1: Use natural approaches to the maximum extent possible to manage streams and create drainage infrastructure systems to protect groundwater recharge areas, conserve groundwater resources, maintain water quality through pollution reduction, channel drainage in environmentally sensitive ways, and design attractive and multi-use open space areas for recreation and habitat.
OS-5.1: Use natural approaches to the maximum extent possible to manage streams and create drainage infrastructure systems to protect groundwater recharge areas, conserve groundwater resources, maintain water quality through pollution reduction, channel drainage in environmentally sensitive ways, and design attractive and multi-use open space areas for recreation and habitat.
OS-5.2: Identify and protect the area’s waterways and groundwater resources from depletion and sources of pollution in cooperation with local water districts, Riverside County Flood Control District, the Santa Ana Regional Water Quality Control Board, or other appropriate agencies.
OS-5.3: Encourage the efficient use of water resources by residential, commercial, and industrial users by requiring development project proposals to incorporate best management practices into their designs, including the use of new technology in development
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design.
OS-5.5: Require new landscape installations or rehabilitation projects by public agencies, nonresidential developers, multi-family residential developers, and homeowners to use water efficiently, encourage water conservation, and prevent water waste.
OS-5.6: In cooperation with local water suppliers, adopt and implement a comprehensive water management strategy that specifies the City’s role in the conservation and groundwater recharge effort.
OS-5.7: Participate in regional water resource management planning to facilitate the long-term availability of clean water resources for Western Riverside County.
OS-5.8: Support and engage in educational outreach programs with local water suppliers and other agencies that promote water conservation, drought-tolerant landscapes, and widespread use of water-saving technologies.
This Study recommends adding the following policies:
Policy PS-7.2: Ensure that the City’s water supply is protected against drought conditions intensified by climate change.
Policy PS-7.9: Promote drought resistant landscaping to continue reducing water consumption and potential fuel sources.
The City of Hemet’s reliance on local groundwater insulates much of the City’s population and assets from the expected precipitation changes. Nonetheless, sensitive populations experiencing a marked decline in overall quality of life are likely to face substantive difficulties in adapting. This would result in an Adaptive Capacity score of AC2.
FLOODING
The City has established the following goals related to flood risks:
Goal PS-2: Reduce risk of property damage and human injury from flood hazards.
Goal CSI -4: Maintain adequate stormwater management and drainage systems to help protect against flood hazards, recharge the aquifer, and preserve groundwater quality The City’s Safety Element contains the following six policies aimed at reducing the risk of damage to structures, infrastructure, and services, and improving public safety related to flood risks:
PS-2.1 Ensure that waterways used for flood control are kept clear of obstructions and are
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regularly maintained.
PS-2.2 Encourage flood control infrastructure that does not reduce the natural character or limit use of the site.
PS-2.3 Minimize additional flood risk exposure in developing areas.
PS-2.4 Cooperate with Riverside County Flood Control and Water Conservation District to evaluate the effectiveness of existing flood control systems and improve those systems as necessary to meet capacity demands.
PS-2.6 Require new construction within the 100-year flood zone to meet National Flood Insurance Program standards.
PS-2.7 Develop and maintain flood zone inundation evacuation plans in cooperation with the Riverside County Flood Control and Water Conservation District and Hemet Fire Department.
The City’s Community Services and Infrastructure Element contains the following three policies aimed at reducing the risk of damage to structures, infrastructure, and services, and improving public safety related to flood risks:
CSI-4.1 Ensure sufficient levels of stormwater drainage are provided to protect the community from flood hazards and to minimize the discharge of materials into the storm drain system that are toxic or that would obstruct flows.
CSI-4.2 Provide public storm drainage facilities to adequately accommodate expected 100-year flood flows. Ensure that roadways remain passable for at least one lane in each direction. Coordinate with the Riverside County Flood Control District regarding the preference and requirements for District maintenance of regional and master planned drainage facilities.
CSI-4.1 Provide comprehensive and ongoing updates to the City’s Master Flood Control and Drainage Plan or create sub-area Drainage Plans to reflect current land use patterns, best management practices, and environmental constraints.
This Study recommends adding the following policy:
PS-2.8: Coordinate with FEMA to ensure that flood mapping and flood risk information is
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current and available.
Even with incorporation of these policies, the adaptive capacity is limited. Many assets face substantive difficulties in adapting. This would result in an Adaptive Capacity score of AC2.
SEVERE STORMS AND EXTREME WEATHER
The City has established several policies in support of its existing disaster preparedness, response, and recovery planning process, which are applicable to severe rain and windstorms, including:
C-1.12: Maintain and encourage the existing grid system of streets to facilitate neighborhood accessibility, emergency response, and transportation capacity.
C-3.4: Establish and implement street standards that maintain an acceptable right-of-way to accommodate emergency, utility, maintenance, and service vehicles.
C-8.5: Promote the provision of the emergency services available, including paramedic, ambulance, and helicopter transport to area hospitals and trauma centers.
PS-1.3: Require adequate mitigation of potential impacts from erosion, slope instability, or other hazardous slope conditions for development occurring on slope and hillside areas.
PS-8.4: Establish and Ensure that outlying areas and newly annexed areas can be served by emergency communication systems as new development occurs.
PS-10.2: Work with and encourage essential service providers (water, sewage, electrical power, communication, transportation, natural gas, and liquid fuel systems) and transportation agencies to periodically evaluate the vulnerability of their systems in the event of a disaster.
PS-10.3: Review and consistently update the City’s disaster contingency plans. Recommend that plans for critical facilities and service providers cover the adequate provision of emergency supplies and power supplies to provide essential services.
PS-10.4: Maintain mutual aid agreements and communication links with federal, state, county, and other local agencies to respond to emergencies.
This Study recommends adding the following policies:
PS-7.14: Continue to monitor potential climate risks occurring within the City.
CSI-7.10: Promote the use of climate ready architecture designed to maintain adequate indoor
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climate with minimal energy use.
PS-7.11: The City shall communicate the location and availability of shelters in cases of hazardous climate conditions such as wildfire, severe rain events, and extreme temperatures
S-7.12: The City shall maintain consistent outreach to notify the community of extreme weather hazards such as extreme heat, severe rain events, and potential wildfire risk.
The City has established several related implementing policies, including:
CSI-5.1: Facilitate provision and enhancement of telecommunications services throughout the Planning Area while promoting collocated and/or “stealthed” wireless communications antenna facilities and the provision of new technology to minimize cell towers.
CSI-5.2: Promote the availability of reliable and reasonably priced utilities necessary for businesses and residences to prosper.
CSI-5.3: Ensure the provision of reliable, quality energy services and promote energy conservation throughout the City.
PS-10.1: Support community participation in safety and crime prevention through public outreach programs under the police, fire, and emergencies services departments.
A number of these policies address the risks to sensitive infrastructure and populations discussed above in Section. Even with these policies, the adaptive capacity would be considered a score of AC2, as it relates to extreme rain and wind events, because many of the sensitive populations, such as the elderly, disabled, and those without access to lifelines and transportation, would likely face substantive difficulties in adapting. As for land- and mudslides, the adaptive capacity is lower, AC1, because adaptive solutions would be expensive and potentially unpopular. Other extreme weather poses little threat to assets in Hemet, and as such, assets can adapt with little to no effort (AC4).
TEMPERATURE CHANGES
The City has established several policies in support of protecting its sensitive structures, functions, and populations from the risks associated with climate change; the City has adopted several implementing policies applicable to temperature change impacts and sensitivities, including:
C-2.6: Promote the extension of Metrolink service on the Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway line from Riverside to stations located near the realigned SR 79 and downtown Hemet.
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C-2.7: Coordinate with Western Riverside Council of Governments, Riverside County, and Riverside County Transportation Commission to identify, protect, and pursue opportunities for public transit along major transportation corridors and future rail service that connect the City with other population and employment centers.
C-3.10: Identify and seek to eliminate hazards to safe and efficient bicycle or pedestrian movement citywide.
C-4.4: Promote the use of neighborhood electric vehicles (NEVs) by using low-speed streets within projects and by ensuring connectivity with adjacent supporting uses such as neighborhood commercial uses.
C-4.8: Work with the Riverside County Transportation Commission, senior agencies, retirement communities, and local organizations to provide affordable and reliable paratransit and demand-responsive transit services that satisfy the transit needs of the elderly and disabled.
C-4.10: Develop icons for easy identification of public transit facilities, and require that projects incorporate them when practical.
C-4.11: Require new development to incorporate transit-oriented design features and attractive, accessible, and appropriate transit, bicycle, and pedestrian amenities to promote and support public transit and alternate modes of transportation, including but not limited to:
a. Designing transit stops to reduce disruption to vehicular traffic; b. Locating transit stops to minimize the impact of buses and ridership on nearby neighborhoods;
c. Ensuring that all transit stops are ADA accessible;
d. Requiring transit stop amenities such as benches, shade, lighting, and shelters , where appropriate;
e. Requiring all new transit stops be equipped with bicycle racks and/or bicycle lockers; f. Encouraging senior citizen and affordable family housing projects to provide transportation services; and requiring new public facilities to incorporate
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transit facilities.
C-5.6: Connect commercial activity centers to adjacent residential areas with well-designed pedestrian linkages that include amenities such as benches, trees, landscaping, and shade structures to encourage people to walk to destinations.
C-5.9: Pursue funding or grant opportunities to plan, construct, and maintain pedestrian, bicycle, and multi-use trails.
This Study recommends adding the following goals and policies:
C-3.11: Require new development to provide transit facilities, such as bus shelters, transit bays, and turnouts, as necessary.
C-3.12: Build green infrastructure improvements into regular street upgrades and capital improvement projects to ensure continued investment in heat-reducing practices throughout the community.
CSI-5.11: The City shall communicate the location and availability of shelters in cases of hazardous climate conditions such as wildfire, severe rain events, and extreme temperatures.
Goal: PS-14 Protect lives, property and natural resources from dangers associated with the effects of increasing temperatures
PS-14.1: Coordinate with energy providers to ensure reliable energy availability for the City’s residents.
PS-14.2: Promote alternative forms of energy production such as solar or wind power.
PS-14.3: Promote the use of climate ready architecture designed to maintain adequate indoor climate with minimal energy use.
PS-14.4: Continue to monitor potential climate risks occurring within the City.
PS-14.6: The City shall maintain consistent outreach to notify the community of extreme weather hazards such as extreme heat, severe rain events, and potential wildfire risk.
Even with this robust list of policies, threats to sensitive populations can be reduced but not eliminated.
Low-income individuals will face substantive economic hardship in implementing feasible adaptation
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strategies. Thus, the adaptive capacity related to increases in temperatures, extreme heat days, and cooling days is rated AC1.
WILDFIRE
Due to the natural topography, terrain, volatile fuel types and climate conditions, wildfire in and near Hemet will continue to be an ongoing threat. As such, the City set goals of being:
PS-6: Protect lives, property, and natural resources from the potentially disastrous effects of fire hazards.
PS-7: Ensure that an adequate service level of fire protection is provided for all residents, visitors, and businesses throughout the City of Hemet.
The City has previously adopted sixteen implementing policies applicable to managing wildfire risks:
PS-6.1 Adopt and enforce federal, state, and local construction and design standards regarding fire prevention and protection, particularly for high-occupancy, dependentcare, or essential facilities.
PS-6.2 Require all new commercial, industrial, institutional, multiple—family residential, and mixed—use developments to install fire protection systems and encourage the use of automatic sprinkler system where not otherwise required by existing codes and ordinances.
PS-6.3 Continue to conduct building and fire code inspections and enforcement to ensure safe structures and the protection of land and property.
PS-6.4 Require all new development projects to incorporate adequate egress systems in their design and encourage existing strictures to upgrade their egress systems.
PS-6.5 Require an evaluation of all new development that will be located in or adjacent to wildland areas to assess the development’s vulnerability to fire and its potential as a source of fire.
PS-6.6 Coordinate with Riverside County to evaluate and establish a fire buffer program along heavily traveled roadways to prevent fuel buildup.
PS-6.7 Implement brush clearing, fuel modification plans, and other fire prevention programs on open space lands and landscape buffers that 1›alances reducing the possibility for the encroachment of wildland fires onto inhabited areas with maintaining accessibility
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for recreational purposes.
PS-6.8 Mitigate existing fire hazards related to urban development of patterns of urban development as they are identified and as resources permit.
PS-6.9 Continue education programs on preventing fires, monitor their effectiveness, and expand or alter the programs, as necessary.
PS-7.1 Assess the impacts of incremental increases in community development density and intensity and subsequent impacts on traffic congestion, municipal infrastructure capacity, fire hazards, and emergency response times. Ensure through the development review process that new development and redevelopment will not result in a reducing fire protection services below acceptable, safe levels with adequate fire flows and response time of five minutes or less for 80 percent of fire and emergency calls on both a citywide and response area basis.
PS-7.2 Maintain and implement a fire department strategic plan to address staffing and facility needs, service goals, deployment strategies, and other departmental issues.
PS-7.3 Require development projects to contribute development impact fees, form public safety districts, oz other financing mechanisms based on their proportional impact and on—going demand for fire services.
PS-7.4 Require adequate access for emergency vehicles, including adequate street widths, vertical clearance on new streets, and multiple points of access.
PS-7.5 Maintain adequate and appropriate personnel, emergency vehicles, and other firefighting equipment and technology to respond to fires and other disasters of emergencies.
PS-7.6 Pursue strategies that maintain and improve the City's Insurance Services Office rating.
PS-7.7 Continue to coordinate fire protection services with Riverside County, the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, Idyllwild Fire Protection District, and all other agencies and districts with fire protection powers The City proposes thirteen additional policies to further reduce wildfire risks:
PS-7.8: The City and Fire Department shall develop a policy or program promoting public
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outreach about defensible space and evacuation routes. The City and Fire District shall include specific plans to reach at risk populations.
PS-7.9: When feasible, the City will minimize all new residential, commercial, and industrial development in the VHFHSZ.
PS-7.10: When feasible locate new essential public facilities outside of high fire risk areas, including, but not limited to, hospitals and health care facilities, emergency shelters, emergency command centers, and emergency communications facilities, or identifying construction methods or other methods to minimize damage if these facilities are located in a state responsibility area or very high fire hazard severity zone.
PS-7.11: Coordinate with Eastern Municipal Water District and Lake Hemet Municipal Water District to ensure adequate water availability for fire suppression.
PS-7.12: Encourage multi-family housing, group homes, or other community housing in SRAs, LRAs, or VHFHSZs to develop a policy to create emergency evacuation or shelter in place plans.
PS-7.13: All new development located in the LRA VHFHSZ shall be required to provide a sitespecific Fire Protection Plan (FPP) and a Fuel Modification Plan that address fuel modification or incorporate open space and other defensible space areas, as well as multiple points of ingress and egress before approval.
PS-7.14: All new development within the LRA VHFHSZ shall be responsible for long-term maintenance of fire reduction projects; including but not limited to, a roadside fuel reduction plan (including private/public road clearance), defensible space clearances (including fuel breaks) around structures, subdivisions, and other development in the VHFHSZ.
PS-7.15: When feasible, the City will prepare a survey of existing non-conforming developments to identify all existing developments within the City that do not provide two points of access/evacuation routes and identify measures or improvement plans to address opportunities to improve access. Where no additional access opportunities exist, the City and Fire Department should identify a plan for emergency operations in fire/emergency events.
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Even with the addition of thirteen new policies, threats to structures and functions from wildfires will remain. More stringent, more restrictive adaptive measures are expensive or politically unpopular. Thus, the adaptive capacity related to wildfire is rated AC1.
5. VULNERABILITY SCORING – WHAT ARE THE
OUTCOMES OF THE VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENT?
Following the WRCOG approach, each sensitivity’s impact score and adaptive capacity score are combined, which results in a vulnerability score, ranging from V0 (low) to V5 (high). Table 4: Vulnerability Scoring Matrix illustrates how a sensitivity’s impact score and adaptive capacity score combine to create a vulnerability score. For example, a low impact score and high adaptive capacity score results in a low vulnerability score, while the opposite results in a higher vulnerability score.
Table 5: Summary of Vulnerability Assessment Scores, summarizes the impact scores and adaptive capacity scores related to each of the six potential climate change induced environmental stressors. The vulnerability score ranges from V0 (low) to V5 (high). Each is discussed below.
Table 4: Vulnerability Scoring Matrix51
Impact Score
Adaptive Capacity Score
IM0 IM1 IM2 IM3 IM4
AC0 V2 V3 V4 V5 V5
AC1 V1 V2 V3 V4 V5
AC2 V1 V1 V2 V3 V4
AC3 V0 V1 V1 V2 V3
AC4 V0 V0 V0 V1 V2
Table 5: Summary of Vulnerability Assessment Scores
Topic Impact Score Adaptive Capacity
Score
Vulnerability
Score
Air Quality IM2 AC1 V3
51 Source: Western Riverside Council of Governments. (2019). Western Riverside Adaptation and Resiliency Strategy: Part 1, Vulnerability Assessment. Table A-5: Vulnerability Scoring Matrix. Page A-29. Available at:
https://wrcog.us/DocumentCenter/View/7478/Western-Riverside-Adaptation-and-ResiliencyStrategy_Vulnerability-Assessment (Accessed May 9, 2022)
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Precipitation Changes
Average Local Rainfall
Drought/water supply
IM0
IM1
AC3
AC1
V0
V2
Flooding IM1 AC2 V1
Severe Storms and Extreme Weather
Severe Rain
Extreme Weather
Santa Ana Winds
Landslides
IM2
IM0
IM1
IM1
AC2
AC4
AC2
AC2
V2
V0
V1
V1
Temperature Changes IM3 AC1 V4
Wildfire IM2 AC1 V3
AIR QUALITY
An impact score of IM2 and an adaptive capacity score of the potentially impacted functions and sensitive populations of AC1, results in a vulnerability score of V3, in accordance with Table A-5 of WRCOG’s Vulnerability Assessment and Table 4, above.
PRECIPITATION CHANGES
Increases in annual average local rainfall amounts has a very low impact score of IM0. Because the changes would be minimal and gradual, the adaptive capacity of structures, functions, and populations to these changes would be very high, with a score of AC3. The resultant vulnerability score would be V0.
Threats to the quantity and quality of the water supply due to decreases in the snowpack that provide a small minority of Hemet’s potable water and local drought conditions combined with a marked decline in overall quality of life for sensitive populations result in an impact score of IM1. Although threats to water supply can be reduced, the adaptive capacity score would be AC1. The resultant vulnerability score would be V2.
FLOODING
The performance of the potentially impacted assets and services may be somewhat degraded on occasion, resulting in an impact score of IM1. Even with incorporation of numerous policies, the adaptive capacity is limited, result in an Adaptive Capacity score of AC2. The overall vulnerability score is low, V1.
SEVERE STORMS AND EXTREME WEATHER
As discussed above, an impact score of IM2 was assigned to water infrastructure and IM2 to functions and sensitive populations related to extreme rainfall. A relatively high adaptive capacity score of AC3 for each was assigned because there are feasible mitigation solutions available. Thus, the vulnerability of Hemet to severe rain garners a vulnerability score of V2 for infrastructure, functions, and sensitive populations.
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The impact from extreme weather will be nonexistent or minimal, IM0. Structures, functions, and populations can adapt easily, AC4. The result is a vulnerability score of V0.
Santa Ana wind risks are likely decreasing, and the disruptions when they do occur are considered mild, with an impact score of IM1. The adaptive capacity is fair, AC2, although some sensitivities may face challenges. Thus, the vulnerability of Hemet to Santa Ana winds is a vulnerability score of V1.
Land- or mudslides could result in the loss of structures, communication infrastructure, or transportation infrastructure (i.e., roadways), which would be considered an impact score of IM1. The City is aware of the hazards and addressed them in the Riverside Multi-Jurisdictional LHMP. However, adaptive solutions are potentially expensive and potentially unpopular, earning an AC1. The combination of impact score and adaptive capacity results in a vulnerability score of V2 for Landslides and mudslides.
TEMPERATURE CHANGES
Seniors, children, individuals with disabilities, compromised immune systems, or chronic illnesses, individuals without access to lifelines, low-income communities, renters, and seasonal residents and the unhoused are most at risk from impacts due to rising temperatures. These impacts would be considered an IM3 for buildings, functions, and sensitive populations. Even with this robust list of policies, threats to sensitive populations can be reduced but not eliminated. Low-income individuals will face substantive economic hardship in implementing feasible adaptation strategies. Thus, the adaptive capacity related to increases in temperatures, extreme heat days, and cooling days is rated AC1. This combination results in a vulnerability score of V4.
WILDFIRE
Given the extent of the VHFHSZs in Hemet, the potential for increased wildfires, and the burden to sensitive populations, the impact score for wildfires would be IM2. Although the City is taking steps to minimize the risk, further adaptive solutions are expensive and/or politically unpopular, and the adaptive capacity is AC1. Thus, the vulnerability score would be V3.
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General Plan Safety Element Assessment
Board of Forestry and Fire Protection
Hemet FINAL 2024
RPC 2 (b)(i)
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Contents
Purpose and Background...............................................................................................................................................1 Methodology for Review and Recommendations.........................................................................................................2 General Plan Safety Element Assessment .....................................................................................................................3 Background Information Summary ........................................................................................................................3 Goals, Policies, Objectives, and Feasible Implementation Measures....................................................................5 Section 1 Avoiding or minimizing the wildfire hazards associated with new uses of land ................................5 Section 2 Develop adequate infrastructure if a new development is located in SRAs or VHFHSZs...................9 Section 3 Working cooperatively with public agencies responsible for fire protection. ................................ 11 Sample Safety Element Recommendations................................................................................................................ 13 A. Maps, Plans and Historical Information.......................................................................................................... 13 B. Land Use .......................................................................................................................................................... 13 C. Fuel Modification............................................................................................................................................. 14 D. Access.............................................................................................................................................................. 14 E. Fire Protection................................................................................................................................................. 14 Fire Hazard Planning in Other Elements of the General Plan..................................................................................... 15 Land Use Element................................................................................................................................................ 15 Housing Element ................................................................................................................................................. 15 Open Space and Conservation Elements............................................................................................................. 15 Circulation Element............................................................................................................................................. 15 RPC 2 (b)(i)
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1 * https://www.opr.ca.gov/docs/Final_6.26.15.pdf
Purpose and Background
Upon the next revision of the housing element on or after January 1, 2014, the safety element is required to be reviewed and updated as necessary to address the risk of fire for land classified as state responsibility areas and land classified as very high fire hazard severity zones. (Gov. Code, § 65302, subd. (g)(3).)
The safety element is required to include:
• Fire hazard severity zone maps available from the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection. • Any historical data on wildfires available from local agencies or a reference to where the data can be found.
• Information about wildfire hazard areas that may be available from the United States Geological Survey.
• The general location and distribution of existing and planned uses of land in very high fire hazard severity zones (VHFHSZs) and in state responsibility areas (SRAs), including structures, roads, utilities, and essential public facilities. The location and distribution of planned uses of land shall not require defensible space compliance measures required by state law or local ordinance to occur on publicly owned lands or open space designations of homeowner associations. • The local, state, and federal agencies with responsibility for fire protection, including special districts and local offices of emergency services. (Gov. Code, § 65302, subd. (g)(3)(A).) Based on that information, the safety element shall include goals, policies, and objectives that protect the community from the unreasonable risk of wildfire. (Gov. Code, § 65302, subd. (g)(3)(B).) To carry out those goals, policies, and objectives, feasible implementation measures shall be included in the safety element, which include but are not limited to:
• Avoiding or minimizing the wildfire hazards associated with new uses of land. • Locating, when feasible, new essential public facilities outside of high fire risk areas, including, but not limited to, hospitals and health care facilities, emergency shelters, emergency command centers, and emergency communications facilities, or identifying construction methods or other methods to minimize damage if these facilities are located in the SRA or VHFHSZ. • Designing adequate infrastructure if a new development is located in the SRA or VHFHSZ, including safe access for emergency response vehicles, visible street signs, and water supplies for structural fire suppression.
• Working cooperatively with public agencies with responsibility for fire protection. (Gov. Code, § 65302, subd. (g)(3)(C).)
The safety element shall also attach or reference any fire safety plans or other documents adopted by the city or county that fulfill the goals and objectives or contains the information required above. (Gov.
Code, § 65302, subd. (g)(3)(D).) This might include Local Hazard Mitigation Plans, Unit Fire Plans, Community Wildfire Protection Plans, or other plans.
There are several reference documents developed by state agencies to assist local jurisdictions in updating their safety elements to include wildfire safety. The Fire Hazard Planning, General Plan Technical Advice Series from the Governor’s Office of Planning and Research (OPR), referenced in Government Code section 65302, subdivision (g)(3) and available at 1400 Tenth Street
Sacramento, CA 95814
Phone: (916) 322-2318
The Technical Advice Series is also available from the OPR website (Technical Advice Series link).* The Technical Advice Series provides policy guidance, information resources, and fire hazard planning examples from around California that shall be considered by local jurisdictions when reviewing the safety element of its general plan.
The Board of Forestry and Fire Protection (Board) utilizes this Safety Element Assessment in the Board’s review of safety elements under Government Code section 65302.5. At least 90 days prior to the adoption or amendment of their safety element, counties that contain SRAs and cities or counties that contain VHFHSZs shall submit their safety element to the Board. (Gov. Code, § 65302.5, subd. (b).) The Board shall review the safety element and respond to the city or county with its findings regarding the uses of land and policies in SRAs or VHFHSZs that will protect life, property, and natural resources from RPC 2 (b)(i)
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2 unreasonable risks associated with wildfires, and the methods and strategies for wildfire risk reduction and prevention within SRAs or VHFHSZs. (Gov. Code, § 65302.5, subd. (b)(3).) The CAL FIRE Land Use Planning team provides expert fire protection assistance to local jurisdictions statewide. Fire captains are available to work with cities and counties to revise their safety elements and enhance their strategic fire protection planning.
Methodology for Review and Recommendations
Utilizing staff from the CAL FIRE Land Use Planning team, the Board has established a standardized method to review the safety element of general plans. The methodology includes 1) reviewing the safety element for the requirements in Government Code section 65302, subdivision (g)(3)(A),
2) examining the safety element for goals, policies, objectives, and implementation measures that mitigate the wildfire risk in the planning area (Gov. Code, § 65302, subd. (g)(3)(B) & (C)), and 3) making recommendations for methods and strategies that would reduce the risk of wildfires (Gov.
Code, § 65302.5, subd. (b)(3)(B)).
The safety element will be evaluated against the attached Assessment, which contains questions to determine if a safety element meets the fire safety planning requirements outlined in Government Code, section 65302. The reviewer will answer whether or not a submitted safety element addresses the required information, and will recommend changes to the safety element that will reduce the wildfire risk in the planning area. These recommended changes may come from the list of sample goals, policies, objectives, and implementation measures that is included in this document after the Assessment, or may be based on the reviewer’s knowledge of the jurisdiction in question and their specific wildfire risk. By answering the questions in the Assessment, the reviewer will determine if the jurisdiction’s safety element has adequately addressed and mitigated their wildfire risk. If it hasn’t, any specific recommendations from the reviewer will assist the jurisdiction in revising the safety element so that it does.
Once completed, the Assessment should provide clear guidance to a city or county regarding any areas of deficiency in the safety element as well as specific goals, policies, objectives, and implementation measures the Board recommends adopting in order to mitigate or reduce the wildfire threat in the planning area.
RPC 2 (b)(i)
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3 General Plan Safety Element Assessment
Jurisdiction: Hemet Notes: Formal Review CAL FIRE Unit: RRU Date Received: 06/28/2024 County: Riverside LUPP Reviewer: J. Kennedy UNIT CONTACT: Bill Weiser Date Reviewed: 07/08/2024
BACKGROUND INFORMATION SUMMARY
The safety element must contain specific background information about fire hazards in each jurisdiction.
Instructions for this table: Indicate whether the safety element includes the specified information. If YES, indicate in the comments where that information can be found; if NO, provide recommendations to the jurisdiction regarding how best to include that information in their revised safety element.
Required Information Yes or No Comments and Recommendations Are Fire Hazard Severity Zones Identified?
CAL FIRE or Locally Adopted Maps
YES SE pg. 6-23. Figure 6.4 Wildland Fire Hazard
Zones
Is historical data on wildfires or a reference to where the data can be found, and information about wildfire hazard areas that may be available from the United States
Geological Survey, included?
YES SE pg. 6-26. Table 6.2 Historic Wildfire Events
Has the general location and distribution of existing and planned uses of land in very high fire hazard severity
zones (VHFHSZs) and in state responsibility areas
(SRAs), including structures, roads, utilities, and
essential public facilities, been identified?
YES SE pg. 6-37. Figure 6.5B Critical Facilities and
Land Use in Fire Hazard Severity Zones.
Have local, state, and federal agencies with responsibility for fire protection, including special districts and local offices of emergency services, been identified?
YES SE pg. 6-20. The Hemet Fire Department is
responsible for fire suppression, rescue
activities, and hazardous materials incidents
within the City. In the Planning Area,
Riverside County contracts with CAL FIRE for
fire suppression and rescue activities. The
City has entered into reciprocal mutual aid
agreements with CAL FIRE to expedite
service delivery and ensure the best possible
care for the community.
SE pg. 6-24. The City is in a master mutual
aid agreement with all agencies within
Riverside County for all hazard responses.
Under this agreement, the Hemet Fire
Department takes main responsibility for
hazard mitigation and fire protection for
parcels located in the LRA of the VHFHSZ.
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4 Required Information Yes or No Comments and Recommendations Thus, the Hemet Fire Department has
primary responsibility for fire protection, while
the County, CAL FIRE, and all other agencies
under the master mutual aid agreement act
as cooperating agencies that provide
emergency services if needed.
Are other fire protection plans, such as Community
Wildfire Protection Plans, Local Hazard Mitigation Plans, CAL FIRE Unit or Contract County Fire Plans, referenced or incorporated into the Safety Element?
YES SE pg. 6-4. City of Hemet Emergency
Operations Plan. Hemet’s emergency
operations plan (EOP) addresses the City’s
planned response to emergencies associated
with natural disasters and technological
incidents.
SE pg. 6-4. Riverside County MultiJurisdictional Local Hazard Mitigation Plan.
Hemet is a Submitting Jurisdiction within the
Riverside Operational Area Multi-Jurisdictional
Local Hazard Mitigation Plan (LHMP).
Are residential developments in hazard areas that do not have at least two emergency evacuation routes
identified?
YES SE pg. 6-10. The Fire Department is currently
creating an evacuation plan for the City in
accordance with State requirements in the
event of a widespread hazardous event.
SE pg. 6-55. PS 6-11. Emergency Operation
Plan. The City shall adopt the Evacuation
Plan, once complete, which addresses
mitigation measures or improvement plans.
Have evacuation routes and their capacity, safety, and
viability under a range of emergency scenarios been
identified?
YES SE pg. 6-10. The Fire Department is currently
creating an evacuation plan for the City in
accordance with State requirements in the
event of a widespread hazardous event.
SE pg. 6-55. PS 6-11. Emergency Operation
Plan. The City shall adopt the Evacuation
Plan, once complete, which addresses
mitigation measures or improvement plans.
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5 GOALS, POLICIES, OBJECTIVES, AND FEASIBLE IMPLEMENTATION MEASURES The safety element must contain a set of goals, policies, and objectives based on the above information to protect the community from unreasonable risk of wildfire and implementation measures to accomplish those stated goals, policies, and objectives.
Instructions for this table: Critically examine the submitted safety element and determine if it is adequate to address the jurisdiction’s unique fire hazard. Answer YES or NO appropriately for each question below. If the recommendation is irrelevant or unrelated to the jurisdiction’s fire hazard, answer N/A. For NO, provide information in the Comments/Recommendations section to help the jurisdiction incorporate that change into their safety element revision. This information may utilize example recommendations from Sample Safety Element Recommendations and Fire Hazard Planning in Other Elements of the General Plan below, may indicate how high of a priority this recommendation is for a jurisdiction, or may include other jurisdiction-specific information or recommendations.
Section 1 Avoiding or minimizing the wildfire hazards associated with new uses of land Questions Yes or No Comments and Recommendations
Does local ordinance require development standards that meet or exceed title 14, CCR, division 1.5, chapter 7,
subchapter 2, articles 1-5 (commencing with section
1270) (SRA Fire Safe Regulations) and title 14, CCR,
division 1.5, chapter 7, subchapter 3, article 3
(commencing with section 1299.01) (Fire Hazard
Reduction Around Buildings and Structures
Regulations) for SRAs and/or VHFHSZs?
YES SE pg. 6-21. The City of Hemet adopted the
2019 California Building Code and adds
amendments to the California Building Code in
Article II of the Hemet Municipal Code. The
California Building Code Chapter 7A requires
that buildings constructed in areas identified as
Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zones
(VHFHSZ) must be built using fire-resistive
features.
SE pg. 6-54 Policy PS-6.5. Wildland Fire
Evaluation. Require an evaluation of all new
development that will be located in or adjacent
to wildland areas to assess the development’s
vulnerability to fire and its potential as a source
of fire. New development shall adhere to the
state’s Minimum Fire Safe Regulations.
HMC Article IX-Fire Hazard Reduction
Division 2. Wildland Interface Area
Requirements.
Are there goals and policies to avoid or minimize new
residential development in VHFHSZs?
YES SE pg. 6-54 Policy PS-6.5. Wildland Fire
Evaluation. Require an evaluation of all new
development that will be located in or adjacent
to wildland areas to assess the development’s
vulnerability to fire and its potential as a source
of fire. New development shall adhere to the
state’s Minimum Fire Safe Regulations.
SE pg. 6-21. Article IX of the Hemet Municipal
Code (HMC) lists fire hazard reduction
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6 Questions Yes or No Comments and Recommendations
strategies through development standards.
HMC Article IX-Fire Hazard Reduction
Division 2. Wildland Interface Area Requirements. Sec. 14-417. - Purpose and scope. As the city grows and development
occurs into the hillsides and interface areas, it
is incumbent upon government to ensure
such development proceeds in a fire safe
environment. Hence, the provisions of this
division shall apply as follows…
Has fire safe design been incorporated into future
development requirements?
YES SE pg. 6
-55 Policy PS-6.5. Wildland Fire
Evaluation. Require an evaluation of all new
development that will be located in or adjacent
to wildland areas to assess the development’s
vulnerability to fire and its potential as a source
of fire. New development shall adhere to the
state’s Minimum Fire Safe Regulations.
SE pg. 6-21. The City of Hemet adopted the
2019 California Building Code and adds
amendments to the California Building Code in
Article II of the Hemet Municipal Code. The
California Building Code Chapter 7A requires
that buildings constructed in areas identified as
Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zones
(VHFHSZ) must be built using fire-resistive
features.
Are new essential public facilities located outside high fire risk areas, such as VHFHSZs, when feasible?
YES SE pg. 6
-55. PS-6.10. Essential Public
Facilities. New locations of all new essential
public facilities shall be located outside of the
VHFHSZs when feasible.
Are there plans or actions identified to mitigate existing non-conforming development to contemporary fire safe
standards, in terms of road standards and vegetative
hazard?
YES SE pg. 6
-54. PS-6.8. Fire Hazard Mitigation.
Mitigate existing fire hazards related to urban
development or patterns of urban development
as they are identified and as resources permit.
Does the plan include policies to evaluate re-
development after a large fire?
YES SE pg. 6
-54 Policy PS-6.5. Require an
evaluation of all new development and
redevelopment after a large fire that will be
located in or adjacent to wildland areas to
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7 Questions Yes or No Comments and Recommendations
assess the development’s vulnerability to fire
and its potential as a source of fire. New
development and redevelopments shall adhere
to the State’s minimum Fire Safe Regulations.
Is fuel modification around homes and subdivisions
required for new development in SRAs or VHFHSZs?
YES SE pg. 6
-54 Policy PS-6.5. Wildland Fire
Evaluation. Require an evaluation of all new
development that will be located in or adjacent
to wildland areas to assess the development’s
vulnerability to fire and its potential as a source
of fire. New development shall adhere to the
state’s Minimum Fire Safe Regulations.
SE pg. 6-21. Article IX of the Hemet Municipal
Code (HMC) lists fire hazard reduction
strategies through development standards.
Are fire protection plans required for new development in VHFHSZs?
YES SE pg.
6-55 Policy-6.12. Fire Protection
Plans. New development and redevelopment
located in Very High Fire Hazard Severity
Zones shall submit and implement a fire
protection plan as feasible as appropriate.
Does the plan address long term maintenance of fire
hazard reduction projects, including community fire
breaks and private road and public road clearance?
YES SE pg. 6
-54. PS-6.7 Wildland Fire Protection
Implement and enforce brush clearing, fuel
modification plans, and other fire prevention
programs on open space lands and landscape
buffers that balances reducing the possibility
for the encroachment of wildland fires onto
inhabited areas with maintaining accessibility
for recreational purposes.
Is there adequate access (ingress, egress) to new
development in VHFHSZs?
YES SE pg. 6
-21. Article IX of the Hemet Municipal
Code (HMC) lists fire hazard reduction
strategies through development standards.
HMC Sec 14-418.-Roadways Adequate
ingress and egress are necessary to allow
safe and rapid passage of both fire equipment
and private vehicles in opposite directions
simultaneously. If inadequate, access
becomes critical during a wildfire both from a
firefighting standpoint and with regard to life
safety. (1) Provide two or more routes of
access to a public road, loop roads with a
single entry do not meet this requirement.
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8 Questions Yes or No Comments and Recommendations
Are minimum standards for evacuation of residential
areas in VHFHSZs defined?
YES SE pg. 6
-4. The City adopted the most recent
version of the EOP in 2013. As of 2022, the
City of Hemet Office of Emergency
Management plans to update the EOP in the
coming years in conjunction with the Fire
Department’s Emergency Evacuation Routes
Plan.
SE pg. 6-10. The Fire Department is currently
creating an evacuation plan for the City in
accordance with State requirements in the
event of a widespread hazardous event.
SE pg. 6-55. PS 6-11. Emergency Operation
Plan. The City shall adopt the Evacuation
Plan, once complete, which addresses
mitigation measures or improvement plans.
If areas exist with inadequate access/evacuation routes, are they identified? Are mitigation measures or
improvement plans identified?
YES
SE pg. 6-10. The Fire Department is currently
creating an evacuation plan for the City in
accordance with State requirements in the
event of a widespread hazardous event.
SE pg. 6-55. PS 6-11. Emergency Operation
Plan. The City shall adopt the Evacuation
Plan, once complete, which addresses
mitigation measures or improvement plans.
Are there policies or programs promoting public outreach about defensible space or evacuation routes? Are there
specific plans to reach at-risk populations?
YES SE pg. 6
-55 PS-6.9 Fire Prevention Education
Continue education programs on preventing
fires, monitor their effectiveness, and expand
or alter the programs, as necessary. Develop
and maintain consistent outreach with
vulnerable communities to inform education
programs.
Does the plan identify future water supply for fire
suppression needs?
YES SE pg. 6
-21. Article IX of the Hemet Municipal
Code (HMC) lists fire hazard reduction
strategies through development standards.
HMC Sec 14-419 Water Supply. All
structural development regardless of type or
location shall have a dependable supply of
water adequate for both normal daily
consumption and emergency fire needs.
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9 Questions Yes or No Comments and Recommendations
Does new development have adequate fire protection?
YES SE pg. 6-55 PS-7.1 Fire Service Response
Assess the impacts of incremental increases in
community development density and intensity
and subsequent impacts on traffic congestion,
municipal infrastructure capacity, fire hazards,
and emergency response times. Ensure
through the development review process that
new development and redevelopment will not
result in a reducing fire protection services
below acceptable, safe levels with adequate
fire flows and response time of five minutes or
less for 80 percent of fire and emergency calls
on both a citywide and response area basis.
SE pg. 6-56 PS 7.5. Fire Protection Adequacy.
Maintain adequate and appropriate personnel,
emergency vehicles, and technology to
respond to fires and other disasters or
emergencies.
Section 2 Develop adequate infrastructure if a new development is located in SRAs or VHFHSZs.
Does the plan identify adequate infrastructure for new
development related to:
Yes or No Comments and Recommendations
Water supply and fire flow?
YES SE pg. 6-21. Article IX of the Hemet Municipal
Code (HMC) lists fire hazard reduction
strategies through development standards.
HMC Sec 14-419 Water Supply. All
structural development regardless of type or
location shall have a dependable supply of
water adequate for both normal daily
consumption and emergency fire needs.
Location of anticipated water supply?
YES SE pg. 6-21. Article IX of the Hemet Municipal
Code (HMC) lists fire hazard reduction
strategies through development standards.
HMC Sec 14-419 Water Supply. All
structural development regardless of type or
location shall have a dependable supply of
water adequate for both normal daily
consumption and emergency fire needs.
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10 Does the plan identify adequate infrastructure for new development related to:
Yes or No Comments and Recommendations
Maintenance and long-term integrity of water supplies?
YES SE pg. 6
-22. City has adopted an Urban Water
Management Plan to maintain and support the
long-term integrity of water supplies. The
Urban Water Management Plan is updated
every 5 years and details how and who the
maintenance and long-term integrity of water
supplies will be provided.
Evacuation and emergency vehicle access?
YES SE pg. 6
-21. Article IX of the Hemet Municipal
Code (HMC) lists fire hazard reduction
strategies through development standards.
HMC Sec 14-418.-Roadways Adequate
ingress and egress are necessary to allow
safe and rapid passage of both fire equipment
and private vehicles in opposite directions
simultaneously. If inadequate, access
becomes critical during a wildfire both from a
firefighting standpoint and with regard to life
safety. (1) Provide two or more routes of
access to a public road, loop roads with a
single entry do not meet this requirement.
Fuel modification and defensible space?
YES SE pg. 6
-54. PS-6.7 Wildland Fire Protection
Implement and enforce brush clearing, fuel
modification plans, and other fire prevention
programs on open space lands and landscape
buffers that balances reducing the possibility
for the encroachment of wildland fires onto
inhabited areas with maintaining accessibility
for recreational purposes.
HMC Sec 14-421 Landscaping and
perimeter protection. The proximity of a
structure to native vegetation is a direct
measure of the probability of its destruction.
Heavy fuel loading of native vegetation must
be reduced a sufficient distance from the
structure to avoid ignition of the building and
to allow firefighters a place in which to work.
The obvious alternative is suitable
landscaping utilizing specimen native shrubs
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11 Does the plan identify adequate infrastructure for new development related to:
Yes or No Comments and Recommendations
and low-growing, low-volume fire retardant
plants.
Vegetation clearance maintenance on public and private
roads?
YES SE pg. 6-54. PS-6.6. Roadway Fire Buffer
Coordination. Coordinate with Riverside
County to evaluate and establish a fire buffer
program along heavily traveled roadways to
prevent fuel buildup.
SE pg. 6-54. PS-6.7 Wildland Fire Protection
Implement and enforce brush clearing, fuel
modification plans, and other fire prevention
programs on open space lands and landscape
buffers that balances reducing the possibility
for the encroachment of wildland fires onto
inhabited areas with maintaining accessibility
for recreational purposes.
Visible home and street addressing and signage?
YES SE pg. 6-21. Article IX of the Hemet Municipal
Code (HMC) lists fire hazard reduction
strategies through development standards.
HMC Sec 14-76. Section 505.1. Address
identification. New and existing buildings shall
be provided with approved address
identification.
Community fire breaks? Is there a discussion of how
those fire breaks will be maintained?
YES SE pg. 6-54. PS-6.7 Wildland Fire Protection
Implement and enforce brush clearing, fuel
modification plans, and other fire prevention
programs on open space lands and landscape
buffers that balances reducing the possibility
for the encroachment of wildland fires onto
inhabited areas with maintaining accessibility
for recreational purposes.
Section 3 Working cooperatively with public agencies responsible for fire protection.
Question Yes or No Comments and Recommendations
Is there a map or description of existing emergency
service facilities and areas lacking service, specifically noting any areas in SRAs or VHFHSZs?
YES SE pg. 6-37. Figure 6.5B Critical Facilities and
Land Use in Fire Hazard Severity Zones.
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12 Question Yes or No Comments and Recommendations
Does the plan include an assessment and projection of
future emergency service needs?
YES SE pg. 6
-55 PS-7.1 Fire Service Response
Assess the impacts of incremental increases in
community development density and intensity
and subsequent impacts on traffic congestion,
municipal infrastructure capacity, fire hazards,
and emergency response times. Ensure
through the development review process that
new development and redevelopment will not
result in reducing fire protection services below
acceptable, safe levels with adequate fire
flows and response time of five minutes or less
for 80 percent of fire and emergency calls on
both a citywide and response area basis.
SE pg. 6-56 PS 7.5. Fire Protection Adequacy.
Maintain adequate and appropriate personnel,
emergency vehicles, and technology to
respond to fires and other disasters or
emergencies.
Are goals or standards for emergency services training
described?
YES SE pg. 6
-4. The City adopted the most recent
version of the EOP in 2013. As of 2022, the
City of Hemet Office of Emergency
Management plans to update the EOP in the
coming years in conjunction with the Fire
Department’s Emergency Evacuation Routes
Plan
City of Hemet EOP pg.6-1. Training and
Exercises. Emergency response exercises
allow emergency response personnel to
become fully familiar with the procedures,
facilities, and systems used during an actual
emergency. The EOP and the overall City of
Hemet capability to respond will be tested
using a combination of the following exercise
types:
Does the plan outline inter-agency preparedness
coordination and mutual aid multi-agency agreements?
YES SE pg. 6-20. The Hemet Fire Department is
responsible for fire suppression, rescue
activities, and hazardous materials incidents
within the City. In the Planning Area,
Riverside County contracts with CAL FIRE for
fire suppression and rescue activities. The
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13 Question Yes or No Comments and Recommendations
City has entered into reciprocal mutual aid
agreements with CAL FIRE to expedite
service delivery and ensure the best possible
care for the community.
SE pg. 6-24. The City is in a master mutual
aid agreement with all agencies within
Riverside County for all hazard responses.
Under this agreement, the Hemet Fire
Department takes main responsibility for
hazard mitigation and fire protection for
parcels located in the LRA of the VHFHSZ.
Thus, the Hemet Fire Department has
primary responsibility for fire protection, while
the County, CAL FIRE, and all other agencies
under the master mutual aid agreement act
as cooperating agencies that provide
emergency services if needed.
Sample Safety Element Recommendations
These are examples of specific policies, objectives, or implementation measures that may be used to meet the intent of Government Code sections 65302, subdivision (g)(3) and 65302.5, subdivision (b). Safety element reviewers may make recommendations that are not included here.
A. MAPS, PLANS AND HISTORICAL INFORMATION
1. Include or reference CAL FIRE Fire Hazard Severity Zone maps or locally adopted wildfire hazard zones.
2. Include or reference the location of historical information on wildfires in the planning area.
3. Include a map or description of the location of existing and planned land uses in SRAs and VHFHSZs, particularly habitable structures, roads, utilities, and essential public facilities.
4. Identify or reference a fire plan that is relevant to the geographic scope of the general plan, including the Unit/Contract County Fire Plan, Local Hazard Mitigation Plan, and any applicable Community Wildfire Protection Plans.
5. Align the goals, policies, objectives, and implementation measures for fire hazard mitigation in the safety element with those in existing fire plans, or make plans to update fire plans to match the safety element.
6. Create a fire plan for the planning area.
B. LAND USE
1. Develop fire safe development codes to use as standards for fire protection for new development in SRAs or VHFHSZs that meet or exceed the statewide minimums in the SRA Fire Safe Regulations.
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14 2. Adopt and have certified by the Board of Forestry and Fire Protection local ordinances which meet or exceed the minimum statewide standards in the SRA Fire Safe Regulations.
3. Identify existing development that do not meet or exceed the SRA Fire Safe Regulations or certified local ordinances.
4. Develop mitigation measures for existing development that does not meet or exceed the SRA Fire Safe Regulations or certified local ordinances or identify a policy to do so.
C. FUEL MODIFICATION
1. Develop a policy to communicate vegetation clearance requirements to seasonal, absent, or vacation rental owners.
2. Identify a policy for the ongoing maintenance of vegetation clearance on public and private roads.
3. Include fuel breaks in the layout/siting of subdivisions.
4. Identify a policy for the ongoing maintenance of existing or proposed fuel breaks.
5. Identify and/or map existing development that does not conform to current state and/or locally adopted fire safety standards for access, water supply and fire flow, signing, and vegetation clearance in SRAs or VHFHSZs.
6. Identify plans and actions for existing non-conforming development to be improved or mitigated to meet current state and/or locally adopted fire safety standards for access, water supply and fire flow, signing, and vegetation clearance.
D. ACCESS
1. Develop a policy that approval of parcel maps and tentative maps in SRAs or VHFHSZs is conditional based on meeting the SRA Fire Safe Regulations and the Fire Hazard Reduction Around Buildings and Structures Regulations, particularly those regarding road standards for ingress, egress, and fire equipment access. (See Gov. Code, § 66474.02.)
2. Develop a policy that development will be prioritized in areas with an adequate road network and associated infrastructure.
3. Identify multi-family housing, group homes, or other community housing in SRAs or VHFHSZs and develop a policy to create evacuation or shelter in place plans.
4. Include a policy to develop pre-plans for fire risk areas that address civilian evacuation and to effectively communicate those plans.
5. Identify road networks in SRAs or VHFHSZs that do not meet title 14, CCR, division 1.5, chapter 7, subchapter 2, articles 2 and 3 (commencing with section 1273.00) or certified local ordinance and develop a policy to examine possible mitigations.
E. FIRE PROTECTION
1. Develop a policy that development will be prioritized in areas with adequate water supply infrastructure.
2. Plan for the ongoing maintenance and long-term integrity of planned and existing water supply infrastructure.
3. Map existing emergency service facilities and note any areas lacking service, especially in SRAs or VHFHSZs.
4. Project future emergency service needs for the planned land uses.
5. Include information about emergency service trainings or standards and plans to meet or maintain them.
6. Include information about inter-agency preparedness coordination or mutual aid agreements.
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15 Fire Hazard Planning in Other Elements of the General Plan When updating the General Plan, here are some ways to incorporate fire hazard planning into other elements. Wildfire safety is best accomplished by holistic, strategic fire planning that takes advantage of opportunities to align priorities and implementation measures within and across plans.
LAND USE ELEMENT
Goals and policies include mitigation of fire hazard for future development or limit development in very high fire hazard severity zones.
Disclose wildland urban-interface hazards, including fire hazard severity zones, and/or other vulnerable areas as determined by CAL FIRE or local fire agency.
Design and locate new development to provide adequate infrastructure for the safe ingress of emergency response vehicles and simultaneously allow citizen egress during emergencies.
Describe or map any Firewise Communities or other fire safe communities as determined by the National Fire Protection Association, Fire Safe Council, or other organization.
HOUSING ELEMENT
Incorporation of current fire safe building codes.
Identify and mitigate substandard fire safe housing and neighborhoods relative to fire hazard severity zones.
Consider diverse occupancies and their effects on wildfire protection (group housing, seasonal populations, transit-dependent, etc).
OPEN SPACE AND CONSERVATION ELEMENTS
Identify critical natural resource values relative to fire hazard severity zones.
Include resource management activities to enhance protection of open space and natural resource values.
Integrate open space into fire safety planning and effectiveness.
Mitigation for unique pest, disease and other forest health issues leading to hazardous situations.
CIRCULATION ELEMENT
Provide adequate access to very high fire hazard severity zones.
Develop standards for evacuation of residential areas in very high fire hazard severity zones.
Incorporate a policy that provides for a fuel reduction maintenance program along roadways.
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Quality of life in Hemet is
influenced, in part, by the sense of
security perceived by City residents
and businesses. The Public Safety
Element demonstrates the breadth
of preparations undertaken by the
City to address issues such as
uncontrollable natural hazards;
environment hazards; crime and
violence; and emergency response.
CHAPTER 6 PUBLIC SAFETY
heThe City of Hemet takes pride in maintaining a safe and comfortable environment for its residents. Protecting the public’s safety from natural and human-made hazards is its most critical function. The Public Safety Element addresses two types of hazards: Public Safety and Noise. Both are required General Plan elements under California state law. The Public Safety section describes potential natural and human-made hazards, outlines measures to reduce the risk of hazards, identifies the resources available to respond when an incident occurs, and establishes proactive goals and policies to ensure the community’s safety. The Public Safety section includes:
❖ geologic hazards including seismically induced fault lines and ground shaking, liquefaction, and unreinforced masonry buildings; ❖ nonseismic ground failure such as slope instability leading to landslides and mudslides, expansive soils, and subsidence;
❖ flooding caused by natural causes or dam/reservoir failure; ❖ hazards related to transportation (ground and air);
❖ hazardous waste (storage, use, and transport);
❖ fire prevention and response;
❖ crime prevention and law enforcement; and
❖ critical facilities and emergency preparedness.
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In 1918, an earthquake damaged the Bothin Building (also known as the Nevins Building) on Harvard Street at Florida Avenue. The building was restored and is currently in use today.
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The Noise section recognizes the adverse health effects associated with excessive noise, identifies the sources of noise in the community, and establishes goals and policies to address existing and future noise conditions. The Noise section within this element includes:
❖ Major noise sources, including transportation and stationary sources ❖ Existing and projected levels of noise and noise contours for major noise sources
❖ Land use compatibility designations to protect residences and other sensitive receptors from excess noise
6.1 ISSUES AND OPPORTUNITIES
Like most Southern California cities, Hemet faces a diverse array of potential natural hazards. The City is located on a portion of the San Jacinto Fault Zone, considered one of the region’s most active fault zones, and could be affected by the San Andreas Fault and the Elsinore Fault. With its flat topography and close proximity to the San Jacinto River and Diamond Valley Lake, flooding, particularly seasonal flooding, is a real concern in Hemet. Additionally, one of Hemet’s greatest assets, the natural hillsides that surround the valley, can provide fuel for wildfires or mudslides in heavy rain.
Human-caused hazards, including noise and crime, are created by the activities of people, businesses, manufacturers, roadways, railways, and airports and must be regulated to enable crucial economic activity and mobility while ensuring the safety of residents and employees. A person’s sense of security directly impacts how a community is perceived.
The City of Hemet recognizes that its vision cannot be fully realized until the health and safety of the community is ensured and is determined to demonstrate its proactive approach and timely response to public safety concerns within the community. To further its image as a desirable place to live and to offer an attractive location for business growth, the City will continue to comprehensively address the public safety needs and concerns of its residents, business, institutions, and visitors.
6.2 RELATED PROGRAMS, PLANS, AND
REGULATIONS
This section describes the salient plans and regulations related to public health and safety.
Seismic Hazards Mapping Act California’s 1990 Seismic Hazards Mapping Act requires the State Geologist to compile maps identifying and describing seismic hazard zones throughout California. Guidelines prepared by the State Mining and Geology Board identify the responsibilities of state and local agencies in the review of development within seismic hazard zones. Development on a site designated as a seismic hazard zone requires a geotechnical report and local agency consideration of the policies and criteria established by the State Mining and Geology Board. Over the years,
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the program has expanded to include mapping of seismic-related hazards such as liquefaction- and landslide-prone areas. The Public Safety Element discusses seismic hazards associated with faults and those identified on state seismic hazard maps.
Alquist-Priolo Earthquake Fault Zoning Act The 1972 Alquist-Priolo Earthquake Fault Zoning Act aims to mitigate the effects of surface faulting on structures for human occupancy. The act's main purpose is to prevent the construction of buildings used for human occupancy on the surface trace of active faults. The act only addresses the hazard of surface fault rupture and is not directed toward other earthquake hazards.
Unreinforced Masonry Law The 1986 Unreinforced Masonry Law (Section 8875 et seq. of the California Government Code) requires all cities and counties in Seismic Zone 4 (zones near historically active faults) to identify potentially hazardous unreinforced masonry (URM) buildings in their jurisdictions, establish a URM program to reduce losses, and report their progress to the state. The owners of such buildings are to be notified of the potential earthquake hazard these buildings pose.
National Flood Insurance Program The Federal Emergency
Management Agency (FEMA) administers the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP). Participating jurisdictions must exercise land use controls and purchase flood insurance as a prerequisite for receiving funds to purchase or build a structure in a flood hazard area. The NFIP provides federal flood insurance subsidies and federally financed loans for eligible property owners in flood-prone areas.
Colby-Alquist Floodplain Management Act The Colby-Alquist Floodplain Management Act encourages local governments to plan, adopt, and enforce land use regulations for floodplain management to protect people and property from flooding hazards. The act also identifies requirements that jurisdictions must meet in order to receive state financial assistance for flood control.
Hemet-Ryan Airport Land Use Plan The Hemet-Ryan Airport Land Use Plan guides future development in and around the airport. Last updated in 1992, the Riverside County Airport Land Use Commission (RCALUC) is currently in the process of updating airport land use plans (ALUPs) in the County. The 1992 ALUP maintains four distinct land use compatibility areas within and surrounding the airport. These areas include Area I, II, Transition, and III. The ALUP also contains noise standards and other pertinent standards for development within its compatibility zones.
Legislative projects proposed within these zones must be referred to the RCALUC for review. More details regarding the airport are available in the Land Use and Circulation Elements.
City of Hemet Municipal Codes and Standards The City has adopted the California Building Code, California Mechanical Code, California Fire Code, California Electrical Code, California Residential Code, and other related codes that contain structural requirements for existing and new buildings. The codes are designed to ensure structural integrity during
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seismic and other hazardous events and to prevent personal injury, loss of life, and substantial property damage. The Hemet Municipal Code also incorporates regulations and standards for subdivisions, flood control, stormwater management, and fire hazard reduction.
City of Hemet Measure C On June 7, 1988, Hemet voters approved a measure to require updating the City’s General Plan to incorporate performance measures related to traffic, drainage facilities, water storage and distribution facilities, park and recreational facilities, police services, fire services, and sanitary sewers. These performance standards were incorporated into the 1992 General Plan as a component of the Public Services and Facilities Element. They are incorporated into the various goals, policies and implementation programs within the General Plan 2030 and are attached as Appendix G.
City of Hemet Emergency Operations Plan
Hemet’s emergency operations plan (EOP)
addresses the City’s planned response to
emergencies associated with natural disasters
and technological incidents. The plan
establishes the emergency organization, assigns
tasks, specifies policies and general procedures,
and provides for coordination of planning
efforts of the various emergency staff and
service elements utilizing the Standardized
Emergency Management System. The EOP
sets forth the procedures associated with
preparedness for, response to, recovery from,
and mitigation of a variety of types of emergencies. This EOP is an extension of the State of California Emergency Plan. The City adopted the most recent version of the EOP in 2013. As of 2022, the City of Hemet Office of Emergency Management plans to update the EOP in the coming years in conjunction with the Fire Department’s Emergency Evacuation Routes Plan. Once completed, the EOP and Evacuation Plan will be adopted by the City and identify mitigation measures or improvement plans.
Riverside County Multi-Jurisdictional Local Hazard Mitigation Plan Hemet is a “Submitting Jurisdiction” within the Riverside Operational Area Multi-Jurisdictional Local Hazard Mitigation Plan (LHMP). Riverside’s LHMP serves as a basis for State Governor’s Office of Emergency Services (OES) to provide technical assistance and to prioritize project funding. The LHMP is a requirement of the Disaster Mitigation Act of 2000. The act requires that local communities enact hazard mitigation measures to reduce losses from disasters. The LHMP includes a risk assessment covering wildfires, floods, earthquakes, nuclear incident, civil unrest, and many other types of hazards. The LHMP calls for yearly review of hazard mitigation activities.
The Action Plan within the LHMP serves as a guide to spending priorities and will be adjusted annually to reflect current needs and financial resources.
California Noise Insulation Standards (Title 24) Title 24 of the California Code of Regulations establishes standards governing interior Hemet Fire Hazardous Materials (HazMat)
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noise levels that apply to all new multi-family residential units in California.
These standards require that acoustical studies be performed before construction at building locations where the existing day-night average noise levels (Ldn) exceeds 60 decibels (dB). The acoustical studies are required to establish mitigation measures that will limit maximum Ldn levels to 45 dB in any habitable room.
6.3 GEOLOGIC HAZARDS
Natural landforms in the Hemet–San Jacinto Valley play an important role in shaping the City. While they provide a dramatic and varied topographical setting for the community, the region’s areas of steep slopes, unstable soils, and seismic hazards also create potential for human safety and property risks. Earthquakes pose the greatest potential for far-reaching loss of life or property. A lesser geologic hazard relates to slope and soil stability. Hillsides located mostly on the periphery of the City can be subject to landslides or dislodged boulders, and portions of the City have expansive soil types with shrink-swell behaviors related to moisture content during rainy periods.
6.3.1 SEISMIC HAZARDS
Hemet lies within a region with several active faults; therefore, Hemet is subject to risks and hazards associated with earthquakes. Most significantly, the City is located on a portion of the San Jacinto Fault Zone, considered one of the state’s most active faults and shown in Figure 6.1.
Fault Lines and Ground Shaking
The City is susceptible to fault rupture and ground shaking caused by multiple nearby earthquake fault zones. The following are the most significant faults affecting Hemet, although damage is possible from earthquakes along other faults, including faults not previously identified. ❖ The San Andreas Fault, which is the largest, most significant fault in California, is at its closest point approximately 15 miles northeast of downtown Hemet, in the San Bernardino Mountains. The San Andreas Fault is capable of producing an 8.0 magnitude (m) earthquake. The San Jacinto and Elsinore Faults are the primary offshoots parallel to the main San Andreas Fault, which continues into the Coachella Valley. ❖ The San Jacinto Fault system underlies the northeast portion of the City. This fault runs more than 125 miles, separating from the San Andreas Fault near Cajon Pass and continuing southeast, passing the communities of San Jacinto and Hemet along the base of the San Jacinto Mountains, to the vicinity of El Centro. In the Hemet vicinity, the fault disperses from a single fault trace into a set of parallel traces called a fault zone, spreading through the eastern side of the planning area between Park Hill and the base of the San Jacinto Mountains. The San Jacinto Fault Zone is a major element of the San Andreas system and is considered one of the most seismically active fault systems in southern California today. Along the mountain front in this area, the fault has dammed groundwater channels, forcing water to the surface as hot springs. This fault is capable of producing up to a 7.5 m earthquake.
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❖ The Elsinore Fault, also a member of the San Andreas system, runs as close as 18 miles from downtown Hemet, west of the planning area.
The fault runs southwest of Lake Matthews, through Corona, and south into Lake Elsinore. Of the three principal branches, including the San Andreas and the San Jacinto Faults, the Elsinore Fault has been considerably less active than the San Andreas and San Jacinto Faults.
The Elsinore Fault is capable of producing up to a 7.5 m earthquake.
Liquefaction
In addition to ground shaking, earthquakes present the potential for ground and slope failure. California law requires identification of liquefaction zones, where the stability of foundation soils must be investigated, and landslide zones, where the stability of hill slopes must be evaluated. Unstable soils on steep slopes may fail under the stress of a tremor. Figure 6.1 shows the liquefaction susceptibility of the Planning Area. Areas along the western border of the City and east of Diamond Valley Lake have the highest potential for liquefaction because high groundwater and sediment rich soils are present. The remainder of the City is moderately susceptible to liquefaction.
Liquefaction has been responsible for damage in historical earthquakes around the world. When liquefaction occurs, the strength of the soil decreases, reducing the ability of a soil deposit to support foundations for buildings and other structures. Liquefaction typically occurs within the upper 50 feet of the surface, when saturated, loose, fine- to medium-grained soils (sand and silt) are present. Earthquake shaking suddenly increases pressure in the water that fills the pores between soil grains, causing the soil to lose strength and behave as a liquid. The type of geologic process that created a soil deposit has a strong influence on its liquefaction susceptibility.
Saturated soils that have been created by sedimentation in rivers and lakes can be very susceptible to liquefaction. Because liquefaction occurs in saturated soil, its effects are most commonly observed in low-lying areas near bodies of water such as rivers, lakes, bays, and oceans. Liquefaction hazards are a significant concern in the City because the City lies close to the San Jacinto River and its numerous
tributary creeks.
Unreinforced Masonry Buildings
URMs are structures that have been built
without steel or other reinforcements to
help them withstand the motions caused by
wind, earthquakes, and machinery. To
reduce the risk to life and property, the
State of California passed legislation
requiring jurisdictions in regions nearest
historically active faults to inventory its
URM buildings and establish programs to
reduce loss. The Hemet–San Jacinto Valley
area lies within Seismic Hazard Zone 4.
Therefore, in compliance with state law, the
City has identified its URMs, notified the
Some of Hemet’s unreinforced masonry buildings
are located on Harvard Street, north of Florida
Avenue, in the City’s historic downtown. The City
encourages the reinforcement and retention of
these historic structures.
Some of Hemet’s unreinforced masonry buildings
are located on Harvard Street, north of Florida
Avenue, in the City’s historic downtown. The City
encourages the reinforcement and retention of
these historic structures.
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property owners, and adopted standards to ensure that as building permits are sought for tenant improvements or changes within these buildings, retrofitting construction is adequate. As of 2010, eleven URMs remained in the downtown Hemet area: 105, 111, 114, and 122 North Harvard Street; 102, 122, 124, 213, 215, and 190 East Florida Avenue; and 250 Meir Street.
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Figure 6.1 Seismic Hazards
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Back of Figure 6.1
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Earthquake Planning and Mitigation
In 1972, the State of California enacted the Alquist-Priolo Fault Zoning Act to mitigate the hazard of fault rupture by prohibiting new construction along all active fault lines. The act requires cities and counties to withhold development permits for sites within an earthquake fault zone until geologic investigations demonstrate that the sites are not threatened by surface displacements from future faulting. In Hemet, the fault zone boundaries shown in Figure 6.1 reflect state-delineated Alquist-Priolo Fault Zone boundaries.
To reduce the hazards associated with seismic activity, the City requires that all new development abide by the most recently adopted City and state seismic and geotechnical requirements, which currently:
❖ prohibit the construction of any structure for human occupancy to be placed across the trace of an active fault,
❖ require a request for development within 50 feet of an active fault to conduct geologic investigations and submit a report by a geologist registered in the state, and
❖ require projects within the special studies zone to provide funding for the City to retain a geologist registered in the state to prepare a geologic report directed to the problem of potential surface fault displacement through the project site.
Bautista Canyon
Evacuation and Emergency Preparedness
The City details links for Emergency Preparedness in the event of an earthquake, wildfire, or flood on the City website. The City of Hemet Office of Emergency Management oversees emergency preparedness resources for the City. According to the City website, the purpose of the Office of Emergency Management is to provide for the preparation and carrying out of plans for the protection of persons and property in the event of an emergency; to provide for the direction of emergency organization; and to provide for the coordination of the emergency functions of the City with all other public agencies, corporations, and affected private persons.
Bautista Canyon
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The City adopted the Emergency Operations Plan (EOP) in 2006 and updated the EOP in 2013 to comply with the California Emergency Plan and the National Incident Management System (NIMS). The City Manager, as the Director of Emergency Services, and the City of Hemet Fire Department Office of Emergency Services are authorized to amend the EOP to adapt to current events.1 The Fire Department is currently creating an evacuation plan for the City in accordance with State requirements in the event of a widescale hazardous event.
During the drafting of the Safety Element, the City of Hemet Office of Emergency Management’s Emergency Services Coordinator engages with the community by personally establishing connections with community residents and leaders to encourage community engagement.
The Office of Emergency Management plans to reestablish the Community Emergency Response Team (CERT), which is designed to increase individual and community preparedness and self-reliance in the event of man-made or natural disasters. FEMA has officially recognized CERT as an important part of a community’s disaster preparedness readiness. The CERT program will provide community classes on how to “light research and rescue” and how to maintain self sufficiency in community neighborhoods. HOAs and community members are expected to stay in collaboration with the Office of Emergency Management and maintain self-sufficient programs, such as evacuation route updates in conjunction with local seismic evacuation routes. For example, the Four Seasons neighborhood community has established a draft neighborhood evacuation plan in the event of a seismic emergency. ❖ In addition, the City has a Reverse 911 notification system that notifies residents via landline and cell phone about emergency events, crime alerts, and public service announcements. Citizens must opt-in to this service and can find this service on the City website.
6.3.2 SLOPE AND SOIL STABILITY HAZARDS
Steep slopes and unstable soils also affect how and where development can occur because of the potential for landslides, expanding “shrink-swell” soils, and ground subsidence.
Landslides
Steep topography, fractured and unconsolidated bedrock conditions, and expansive soils make many hillside areas unstable. Landslides are often associated with earthquakes, but other factors may also influence their occurrence, including the slope, the moisture content of the soil, and the composition of the subsurface geology. The potential for landslides increases with vegetation loss from wildfires or drought. The potential for future landslides, mudslides, or rock slides is highest in the planning area east of the City because of the prevalence of steep slopes. Landsliding may result from heavy rain, erosion, removal of vegetation, seismic activity, or 1 City of Hemet, Resolution No. 4552. September 24, 2013.
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combinations of these and other factors. On steeper slopes, building pads that are a combination of grading cuts and fills (where a slope is cut into and the excavated material is placed to create a terrace) may also result in differential building settling unless adequate subexcavation and compaction are achieved. Hillside areas within the City with slopes in excess of 10 percent are shown in Figure 3.7 in the Community Design Element.
Expansive Soils
Shrink-swell potential is a soil condition that influences development practices. The term refers to the change in soil volume that results from a change in moisture content, typically swelling when saturated and shrinking when dried. Shrink-swell is likely to affect building slabs. The condition occurs throughout Hemet, but is somewhat more prevalent in the eastern areas. Effects can be mitigated, or the expansive soil can be replaced with different soil that is not expansive. Soil testing is required by the City as part of building plan submittals for new construction.
Subsidence
Hemet lies within the Hemet and San Jacinto Groundwater Basins.
Groundwater is the preferred water source of the local water agencies because of its high quality. Using groundwater also reduces dependency on imported water supplies. As the groundwater in the aquifer is pumped out, the aquifer cavity may be compacted and the ground may subside.
Groundwater management is a primary concern of the City and other stakeholders. The General Plan includes goals and policies and practices intended to reduce water exaction, ensure groundwater basin recharge, and evaluate the potential for subsidence. These policies are included in the Open Space and Conservation Element, Community Services and Infrastructure Element, and Public Safety Element.
The effects of subsidence can be mitigated if soil testing is completed before development or rehabilitation. Soil testing is required by the City as part of building plan submittals for new construction.
6.4 FLOOD HAZARDS
In the United States, the responsibility for managing flood risks is shared across the federal, State, and local government agencies and the private sector. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) established the National Flood Risk Management Program, which provides current and accurate floodplain information, identifying and assessing flood hazards, improving public awareness and comprehension of flood hazards and risk, and integrating flood damage and flood hazard reduction programs across federal, State, and local agencies. Potential flooding in the Hemet area is attributable to two sources: natural flooding (excess rain and watercourse) and local dam failure. Flooding becomes particularly hazardous when development encroaches onto floodplains, modifying the landscape and altering natural patterns of conveying excess water during floods.
6.4.1 FLOOD ZONES
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Hemet’s geographic location within a valley and proximity to several significant bodies of water contribute to the significant flood risk within the City. The greatest flood hazard is present in the southern parts of the City.
To prepare for and mitigate flood hazards, the City participates in the NFIP.National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP). The NFIP provides federal flood insurance subsidies and federally financed loans for property owners in flood-prone areas. Flood Insurance Rate Maps are an important part of the NFIP and are prepared by FEMA.
FEMA maps show potential flood zones for the
100-year and 500-year floods. These are floods
that, respectively, have a 1 percent and 0.2
percent chance of occurring every year (in other
words, an average of once every 100 and once
every 500 years). Flood risk information
presented on FEMA maps is based on historic,
meteorologic, hydrologic, and hydraulic data, as
well as open-space conditions, flood control
works, and development. New development is
not permitted in a flood zone until properly
engineered drainage systems are approved.
Figure 6.2, “Flood Zones,” shows the 100-year
and 500-year flood zones in the Planning Area.
The Hemet/Stetson Channel is one of
Hemet’s primary stormwater drainage
facilities. It runs southwesterly through the
City, draining into Salt Creek.
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Figure 6.2 Natural Flood Hazards
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The Hemet/Stetson Channel is one of
Hemet’s primary stormwater drainage
facilities. It runs southwesterly through the
City, draining into Salt Creek.
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View of Saddle Dam of Diamond Valley Lake
Stormwater Drainage
Hemet’s flat topography and soil types do not allow rain to drain immediately and can cause minor inundation of large areas of the City that can last several hours. The City is constrained in the provision of a conventional storm system because an insufficient “fall,” or downward slope, exists to provide quick drainage. The City has the opportunity to use more recently developed practices and products that can lessen the effect of development on the environment. Refer to the Community Services and Infrastructure Element for further discussion of drainage.
Measure C
Ballot Measure C, approved by voters in the City of Hemet on June 7, 1988, established a set of mandated performance standards for several public services in Hemet, including drainage services. The performance standard for drainage facilities in Hemet is that facilities shall be provided concurrent with development to protect structures for human occupancy and major roadways from the 100-year flood. Policies have been incorporated into this element that meet or exceed the performance standards set forth in Measure C.
Flood Avoidance Actions
Reservoir or dam failure may result in loss of life and damage to structures, roads, and utilities. Several influences can affect the severity of a reservoir or dam failure event: the amount of water impounded, and the density, type, and value of development and infrastructure located downstream of the reservoir or dam. Furthermore, downed tree limbs and other debris can cause localized flooding during heavy rain events. To minimize damage or loss of life within FEMA-delineated special flood zones, Hemet has enacted the following provisions within the municipal code (Chapter 14, Article V):
❖ Restrict or prohibit uses which are dangerous to health, safety, and property due to water or erosion hazards, or which result in damaging increases in erosion or flood heights or velocities.
❖ Require that uses vulnerable to floods, including facilities which serve such uses, be protected against flood damage at the time of initial construction.
❖ Control the alteration of natural floodplains, stream channels, and natural protective barriers, which help accommodate or channel flood waters.
❖ Control filling, grading, dredging, and other development which may increase flood damage.
❖ Prevent or regulate the construction of flood barriers which will unnaturally divert flood waters or which may increase flood hazards in other areas.
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❖ The municipal code also includes standards to reduce flood hazards for construction, subdivisions, manufactured homes, utilities, and recreational vehicles.
6.4.2 DAM INUNDATION
Dam inundation occurs when structural damage to a dam results in a flood.
Earthquakes, erosion, design flaws, or water overflow during storms can cause dam failure. Dam inundation maps represent the best estimate of where water would flow in the unlikely event that a dam with a full reservoir suddenly failed. Dam owners are required to submit inundation maps to the Governor’s Office of Emergency Services (OES) for review and approval. Based upon approved inundation maps, or the delineated areas, cities and counties with territory in the mapped areas are required to adopt emergency procedures for the evacuation and control of populated areas below the dams. Figure 6.3, “Dam Inundation Map” shows areas that would be affected in the unlikely event of dam or reservoir failure.
The remote event that a catastrophic earthquake causes the collapse of the East Dam of Diamond Valley Lake, which is located within the City limits, would be the most devastating of the possible dam failures for Hemet.
Maps from OES indicate the inundation area extends north across Domenigoni Parkway and quickly spreads over most of western Hemet. At Florida Avenue, the flow would cover the area between approximately California Avenue and Lyon Avenue. The inundation would flow out of the City in two directions: north past Tres Cerritos Hills into San Jacinto and southwest into the community of Winchester.
Several other dams pose potential dangers to the Planning Area. The Saddle Dam of Diamond Valley Lake is a smaller dam on the north side of the reservoir, located south of the intersection of California Avenue and Domenigoni Parkway. The inundation zone for this dam covers parts of the southwestern Hemet Planning Area, but does not reach as far north as Stetson Avenue, nor as far east as Warren Road. After spreading around that area, the flow would take water downstream to the west, through the community of Winchester. The inundation area for the West Dam of Diamond Valley Lake includes only a small portion of the Planning Area, within approximately 1 mile of the intersection of Domenigoni Parkway
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and Winchester Road. The remainder of the inundation area for the West Dam is located south and west of the planning area.
The dam creating Lake Hemet is located in the mountains southeast of Hemet. In the unlikely case that the Lake Hemet dam fails, water would flow downstream along the San Jacinto River as shown on Figure 6.3.
The potential inundation area includes small portions of the eastern and northeastern edges of the Planning Area, within the banks of the San Jacinto River, where few structures exist or are planned. The inundation area does not extend beyond the banks of the river until it reaches San Jacinto.
If the dam creating Little Lake, located in the planning area near the intersection of Stetson Avenue and Soboba Street, were to fail, water would flow north toward Park Hill as shown in Figure 6.3. The San Jacinto Reservoir in the City of San Jacinto is no longer being used as a reservoir; rather it is used by the Eastern Municipal Water District as a recharge basin.
As such, it keeps only a low level of water and does not maintain an official inundation map.
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Figure 6.3 Dam Inundation Map
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Back of Figure 6.3
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6.5 TRANSPORTATION-RELATED HAZARDS
Hemet has a multifaceted transportation network that includes streets, railways, bike paths, equestrian paths, pedestrian walkways, and air transport. This network provides necessary mobility for persons and goods, but also poses safety risks to users and others in the vicinity.
6.5.1 GROUND TRANSPORTATION
Traffic Hazards
Traffic accidents typically occur when streets become wet and when roads have curves, sight distances, or other design attributes that result in motorist errors. To combat this, the City adopted accepted standards for road construction and reconstruction and provides traffic control devices and regulations to promote orderly driving. The Circulation Element provides street classifications and typical cross-sections for the primary street and road network. The Circulation Element also provides guidance for incorporating bicycle and pedestrian traffic and for relieving through trips by freight trucks in residential and constrained areas.
Railway Operations
One railroad line runs throughexists in the City of Hemet, the Burlington North Santa Fe spur line running from Riverside to San Jacinto. Currently, trains are operated on an on-demand basis and only a minimal number of trains use this the line during a typical year. The current speed limit for trains is very slow because of the condition of not in service and the tracks.
All street crossings are at-grade crossings that are located along streets classified as collectors or larger streets in the Circulation Element. Many of these crossings have signal lights and bells as a railroad warning and may include crossing gates. Additionally, trains are required to sound warnings as they approach crossings. There is no indication on record that the existing railroad operations pose a materially hazardous condition. are nonoperable in several areas of the city.
Metrolink commuter trains are envisioned to provide service to Hemet in the future for areas of significant vehicle traffic. At that time, measures for crossing safety must be evaluated relative to increased numbers of operations, train speed, and passenger train safety. Automatic audible warnings (instead of train whistles) installed at crossings should also be evaluated as both a noise and safety measure. Refer to the Circulation Element for further discussion.
Pedestrian, Bicyclist, and Equestrian Safety
As part of its sustainability efforts, the City is encouraging increased pedestrian and bicycling activity. The success of this effort heavily depends on the provision of a safe and well-connected transportation network.
Safety practices and programs include off-road trail systems, better signage, better lighting, traffic calming devices, more crossing guards, more police patrols, and the Safe Routes to Schools Program. Additional discussion is provided in the Recreation Element, Art and Culture Element, and the Circulation Element.
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6.5.2 AIR TRANSPORTATION
Air crash incidents are rare, but when they do occur, the results can be devastating. Such incidents concern residents of Hemet because HemetRyan Airport, a County-operated airport, is located on the western edge of the City within the Planning Area. The airport serves small private aircrafts, helicopters, and fire suppression aircraft. Since 1957, the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE) has based its regional air attack base at Hemet-Ryan Airport.
The variety of air services and separate flight
paths within the region require regional
coordination to prevent confusion in flight
patterns and to maintain safety. Potential
damage to aircraft may also result in loss of life
and property along flight paths. To avoid such
outcomes, the Federal Aviation Administration
has established land use restrictions for areas
surrounding airports and flight paths. The
Hemet-Ryan Airport Comprehensive Airport Land Use
Plan was prepared by the Hemet-Ryan SubCommittee, comprised of members from various departments and commissions within
the City of Hemet and Riverside County. This
plan responds to concerns about residential encroachment near the airport.
Land use policies in the airport land use plan were structured around four distinct areas for land use compatibility within and surrounding the airport.
Airport and land use compatibility is discussed in greater detail in the Land Use Element.
The Riverside County Airport Land Use Commission is in the process of updating the airport land use compatibility plans and corresponding safety zones for all airports under their jurisdiction, including Hemet-Ryan Airport. Until adoption of an updated master plan and airport land use compatibility plan, the 1992 plan and corresponding safety zones will be used to guide future development in and around the airport. The Land Use Element contains additional discussion on development issues and opportunities in the airport area.
To ensure the highest level of safety at the airport, personnel at the airport have extensive, ongoing safety training. Safety programs for private pilots are also offered through the Federal Aviation Administration. In the event of airport-related emergencies, the fire department uses the Hemet-Ryan Airport Response Plan. The plan delineates fire and police department responsibilities, offers response plans to address a range of aircraft emergencies, and identifies the location of fire hydrants. According to the response plan, the fire department has primary control over all fire suppression and rescue activities and the police department is assigned to control access to the location and obtain additional assistance if needed.
Hemet-Ryan Airport with surrounding land
uses and Diamond Valley Lake in the
background
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6.6 HAZARDOUS WASTE
The California Health and Safety Code defines a hazardous material as any material that, based on quantity, concentration, and physical or chemical characteristics, poses a significant potential hazard to public health and safety or to the environment. The manufacturing, use, and transport of hazardous materials are considered potential hazards to human activity.
6.6.1 USE AND STORAGE OF HAZARDOUS WASTE
Commercial and industrial businesses located in Hemet and nearby communities use hazardous materials, including such businesses as dry cleaners, film processors, auto service providers, landscape contractors, and paint shops. Larger businesses, primarily in industrial areas, can generate, use, and/or store large quantities of hazardous products. The current regulatory environment provides a high level of protection from the hazardous materials manufactured, transported to businesses, and stored within the City. Federal, state, and county agencies enforce regulations for hazardous waste generators and users. Residents also use a range of household hazardous products. To address household hazardous wastes, the City cooperates with the Riverside County to sponsor programs that raise awareness of proper use, storage, and disposal of household hazardous wastes.
The Hemet Fire Department is the first responder for hazardous materials incidents within the City. In 1996, the Hemet Fire Department established a Hazardous Materials Response Team. This team handles all types of hazardous materials incidents.
6.6.2 TRANSPORT OF HAZARDOUS WASTE
There are no hazardous waste landfills or collection centers in the City or Planning Area. Hazardous materials pass through the Hemet area on local streets or railways. The City has no direct authority to regulate their transport.
The Riverside County Department of Environmental Health (DEH) is responsible for tracking hazardous materials handlers to ensure appropriate reporting and compliance. DEH regulates facilities that handle and store on-site specified types and quantities of hazardous and acutely/extremely hazardous materials through permitting, routine facility inspections, and development of detailed site plans indicating where hazardous materials are stored.
6.7 FIRE PREVENTION AND RESPONSE
The Hemet Fire Department is responsible for fire suppression, rescue activities, and hazardous materials incidents within the City. In the Planning Area, Riverside County contracts with CAL FIRE for fire suppression and rescue activities. The City has entered into reciprocal mutual aid agreements with CAL FIRE andas well as the Idyllwild Fire Protection Districtthe surrounding tribal and municipal departments to expedite service delivery and ensure the best possible care for the community.
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6.7.1 FIRE HAZARDS
Fire hazards generally fall into two categories: urban and wildland fires.
Urban Fire Hazard
Fires may ignite in urbanized areas of the City due to wildfire, earthquake, or some other phenomena. Structural and automobile fires are the most common types of urban fires, and they can be caused by a variety of human, mechanical, and natural factors. According to the Fire Department, one of the largest urban fire sources for small to medium fires within the City are typically in vacant buildings that are occupied by the homeless.
The City of Hemet maintains fire prevention and suppression plans and programs to prepare for and mitigate potential fire hazards. Partnerships with the County have allowed for increased equipment and staffing in emergencies. In addition, the City’s Municipal Code includes standards for building construction, renovations, additions, and roadway improvements to allow for safe and rapid passage of fire equipment and private vehicles.
Urban fires can spread to other structures or areas, particularly if not extinguished promptly. Proactive efforts, such as fire sprinkler systems, fire alarms, fire resistant roofing and construction methods, can help reduce the frequency and severity of urban fires. Article IX of the Hemet Municipal Code (HMC) lists fire hazard reduction strategies through development standards.
Wildland Fire Hazard
The wildland fire threat is high in the area
surrounding Hemet because of the region’s
weather, topography, and native vegetation.
Mild and wet winters result in an annual growth
of grasses and plants that dry out during the hot
summer months and provide fuel for wildfires
in the autumn, when the Santa Ana winds blow
through the area., The Santa Ana winds are hot,
dry winds that blow across the region in the late
fall and often fan and help spread wildfires.
Wildland fire threat is determined by CAL
FIRE, which classifies areas by fire hazard
severity zones labeled Moderate, High, or Very
High. Figure 6.4, “Wildland Fire Hazard
Severity Zones,” shows how CAL FIRE rates
the potential for wildland fires in the Planning Area. Due to changing climates and long-term trends, such as changes in warming temperature, decreasing precipitation, and increased extreme weather, wildland fires may occur more frequently and intensely. The impact of climate change on future fire hazards is further detailed in the Climate Vulnerability Assessment.
The City of Hemet adopted the 2022 California Building Code and adds amendments to the California Building Code in Article II of the Hemet Municipal Code. The California Building Code Chapter 7A requires that buildings constructed in areas identified as Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zones (VHFHSZ) must be built using fire-resistive features. Additionally, Simpson Park Hiking Trail in the Santa
Rosa Hills.
Native vegetation becomes a fire hazard
during the hot summer months.
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the City includes fire preventative measures in its Municipal Code. Article IX – Fire Hazard Reduction of the Municipal Code discusses provisions that new development shall comply with to prevent the spread of fire hazards. Requirements discussed in the code include adequate ingress and egress necessary to allow safe and rapid passage of both fire equipment and private vehicles, adequate water supply for both normal daily consumption and emergency fire needs, fire safe design standards, and fuel modification practices.
There are several areas within the City that are located in designated VHFHSZ. In the southern half of the City, below Stetson Avenue, areas designated as VHFHSZ are south of Domenigoni Parkway, east of S State Street, west of California Avenue in the Four Seasons neighborhood, and north of E Florida Avenue/Route 74 along the northeastern region of the City. Figure 6.4 displays the VHFHSZ in the City. Each VHFHSZ in Hemet is classified as a Local Responsibility Area (LRA). LRAs are incorporated cities, urban regions, agriculture lands, and portions of the desert where the local government is responsible for wildfire protection.
According to the Fire Chief, there is no new development within boundaries of VHFHSZ. However, the highest density of homes is likely to be in the Four Seasons area, which is located along the eastern boundary of the City above Route 74. Approximately 1,500 parcels with an estimated valuation of $900,000,000 are located in a VHFHSZ.
The areas with the highest threat are generally the undeveloped, mountainous, and hilly sections of the Santa Rosa Hills, the Lakeview Mountains, Bautista Canyon, and Diamond Valley Lake. Simpson Park, a city-owned wilderness park located in the Santa Rosa Hills, is within a Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zone and becomes a wildland fire hazard from approximately June through November. The park contains numerous hiking and off-road biking trails in an unspoiled natural environment. The City is pursuing opportunities to reduce the threat of fire in the park and enable it to be opened for recreational activity for a longer period of time annually.
The City has incorporated into Chapter 14 of the municipal code mechanisms and techniques to reduce the fire hazards to the development that is encroaching into the hillsides and interface areas. Provisions include ensuring adequate ingress and egress to enable safe and rapid passage of both fire equipment and private vehicles; requiring all development to provide a dependable supply of water for both normal daily consumption and emergency fire needs; adopting building codes that establish structural design and construction codes that reduce vulnerability to fire hazards such as those regarding roofing materials, vents, setbacks, exterior siding, overhangs, and glass; and requiring perimeter protection from native vegetation. Additionally, the City has adopted an Urban Water Management Plan to maintain and support the long-term integrity of water supplies. The Urban Water Management Plan is updated every 5 years and details how and who the maintenance and long-term integrity of water supplies will be provided.
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CAL FIRE bases firefighting aircraft at the Hemet-Ryan Airport to provide rapid response to wildfires throughout Riverside County, northern San Diego County, and parts of Orange, San Bernardino, and Los Angeles Counties. In 2010, equipment included one helicopter, one air-attack plane that coordinates resources, and two air tankers. Hemet-Ryan also has the capacity to host other aircraft as needed during a major fire.
6.7.2 Fire Department Resources
In 1908, the Hemet Fire Department consisted of 12 volunteers, a twowheel hose cart, nozzles, buckets, axes, two fire extinguishers, and a 30-foot extension ladder. In 2010, the Hemet Fire Department responded from four fire stations and maintained four Type I engine companies, a 102-foot Figure 6.4 Wildland Fire Hazard Severity Zones
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Back of Figure 6.4
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In 2021 equipment included four engines, aerial truck company, a hazardous materials response unit, three reserve units, and various staff vehicles. Despite budget constraints that have hindered the City’s ability to expand operations, the department still manages to be very effective. In 20102021, the department responded to over 1217,000 calls, which is twice the activity level of comparable communities with a minor increase in response time and no fire-related deaths.
Hemet Fire Department facilities currently include:
As the City has grown in population, the need for adequate fire protection has greatly increased. The City of Hemet currently has multiple programs to mitigate the dangers of fire hazards. The Hemet Fire Department, currently led by Fire Chief Eddie Sell and his command staff operate the City’s five fire stations:
❖ Fire Training Center: 319 East Latham Avenue;
❖ Administrative Facility: 510 East Florida Avenue;
❖ Fire Station #1: /220 NorthN. Juanita Street; – Includes three double bays capable of housing six fire apparatus.
❖ Fire Station #2: /895 WestW. Stetson Avenue; – Includes two double bays capable of housing four fire apparatus.
❖ Fire Station #3: /4110 WestW. Devonshire Avenue; – Includes two double bays capable of housing four fire apparatus. ❖ Fire Station #4: /1035 SouthS. Cawston Avenue; and – Includes three double bays capable of housing six fire apparatus. ❖ Fire Station #5: /120 NorthN. Hemet Street (temporarily closed).– a single bay capable of housing one fire apparatus.
The City is in a master mutual aid agreement with all agencies within Riverside County for all hazard responses. Under this agreement, the Hemet Fire Department takes main responsibility for hazard mitigation and fire protection for parcels located in the LRA of the VHFHSZ. Thus, the Hemet Fire Department has primary responsibility for fire protection, while the County, CALFire, and all other agencies under the master mutual aid agreement act as cooperating agencies that provide emergency services if needed.
CAL FIRE bases firefighting aircraft at the Hemet-Ryan Airport to provide rapid response to wildfires throughout Riverside County, northern San Diego County, and parts of Orange, San Bernardino, and Los Angeles Counties.
Riverside County/CAL FIRE facilities currently include:
❖ Little Lake Station #26: 25954 Stanford Street;
❖ Valle Vista Station #72: 25175 Fairview Street; and
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❖ Air AttackTanker Base —Helitack: Air Tactical Group Supervisor, and two Air Tankers at Hemet-Ryan Airport.
The locations of existing facilities and potential facilities are shown in Figure 6.5, “Fire Facilities Map.” The actual locations of future stations will be determined based upon potential annexations and service demands.
Annexation of areas into the City would require an evaluation of CAL FIRE facilities to determine whether annexed areas could be served by existing facilities or would require additional facilities. Figure 6.5-A shows existing and future fire station facilities in wildfire hazard severity zones.
With the exception of Fire Station #4, the City’s fire stations are aging and have obsolete designs for the current
personnel and equipment. Additionally, as the community grows and the demographics change, the location, size, and structure of the fire stations will need to evolve accordingly.
Fire Protection
Effective fire protection cannot be accomplished solely through the acquisition of equipment, personnel, and
training. The area’s infrastructure also must be considered, including adequacy of nearby water supplies, transport
routes and access for fire equipment, addresses and street signs, and maintenance. The City of Hemet has adopted the UniformCalifornia Fire Code with City amendments. The
City’s fire chief is authorized and directed to enforce the provisions of the UniformCalifornia Fire Code throughout Hemet Fire training exercise the City.
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A fire facilities plan was prepared in 2009 to ensure adequate current and future coverage in the City. The City has entered into mutual and reciprocal agreements with Riverside County/CAL FIRE and the Idyllwild Fire Protection Districtsurrounding municipalities to ensure expedited service delivery to residents of the Hemet community.
Additionally, the fire department evaluated its emergency medical response and concluded that it should incorporate a fire-based paramedic program to better serve the residents of Hemet. A tiered implementation plan has been approved by Riverside County for County areas, but implementation has been delayed by economic conditions. The City of Hemet Fire Department is the last medium to large city in the State of California that does not currently offer fire-based paramedic services.Hemet Fire Department has been delivering full paramedic services to its residents since 2017.
The Insurance Services Office (ISO) provides rating and statistical information for the insurance industry in the United States. To do so, ISO evaluates a community’s fire protection needs and services and assigns each community a Public Protection Classification rating. The rating is developed as a cumulative point system, based on the community’s firesuppression delivery system, including fire dispatch (operators, alarm dispatch circuits, and telephone lines available), fire department (equipment available, personnel, training, and distribution of companies), and water supply (adequacy, condition, number, and installation of fire hydrants).
Insurance rates are based on this rating, with the best rating being a Class 1 and the worst being a Class 10. In 2008, the City of Hemet had a Class 4 ISO rating.
Fire Incidents
Table 6.1 lists the type of incidents the fire department responded to in Fiscal Year 2009/2010 (July 2009 through June 2010).calendar year 2021. The majority of calls were for emergency medical services. The overwhelming amount of medical aid call is largely due to the significant senior population that resides in the City.
Table 6.1
Fire Department Incidents by Type (July 2009–June
2010January 2021 – December 2021)
Type of Incident Number of Incidents
Emergency medical service/rescue 10,17412,716
Service call 8271,270
Good intent 5292,479
Fire 289484
False call 195372
Hazardous condition 129140
Rupture/explosion 51
Severe weather 14
Other 411
Blank or invalid 2
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Table 6.1
Fire Department Incidents by Type (July 2009–June
2010January 2021 – December 2021)
Type of Incident Number of Incidents
Total 12,15517,479
Source: City of Hemet Fire Department, July 2010September 2022.
Table 6.2 lists historic major wildfire events that occurred within or near the City of Hemet since 1998. The wildfire events burned more than 1,000 acres and impacted air quality in the City.
Table 6.2
Historic Wildfire Events
Wildfire Event Area Acreage Year
Rabbit San Jacinto 8,283 2023
Fairview
Hemet
(Unincorporated
County) 28,307 2022
Apple Beaumont 33,424 2020
Sandalwood Calimesa 1,011 2019
Cranston Idyllwild 13,139 2018
Palmer Beaumont 3,874 2017
Manzanita Beaumont 6,309 2017
Bogart Cherry Valley 1,470 2016
Summit Banning 3,161 2013
Silver San Jacinto 20,292 2013
Mountain Mountain Center 27,531 2013
Juniper Springs 1998
Source: City of Hemet Fire Department, 2024; CalFire, 2024; Riskfactor.com, 2024.
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Figure 6.5 Fire Facilities Map
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Back of Figure 6.5
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Measure C
Ballot Measure C, approved by voters in the City of Hemet on June 7, 1988, established a set of mandated performance standards for several public services in Hemet, including fire protection. The performance standard for fire protection in Hemet is a response time of 5 minutes or less, for 80 percent of fire and emergency medical calls, provided on both a citywide and response area basis. In 2010, the average first unit response time was just under 7 minutes.
Measure U Support
Ballot Measure U, approved by voters in the City of Hemet on November 8, 2016, established the authorization for the City to impose a sales tax of one percent for 10 years to fund general city services, including fire protection. According to the Riverside County Elections Office, Measure U had a 61.02 percent approval rate. Measure U requires the creation of a “Citizen’s Oversight Committee” to “furnish an independent advisory review of the expenditure of tax revenues” (Hemet City Attorney). Measure U has allowed for additional dispatchers to handle over 150,000 calls received by the Police and Fire departments. On June 13, 2022, Fire Station #4 in Hemet hosted a Groundbreaking Ceremony for the Hemet Fire Department Training, allowing for increased personnel capacity and training facilities for future emergency preparation.
Fire Prevention and Emergency Preparation Programs
The Hemet Fire Department offers various programs to help residents and businesses be better prepared for emergencies. Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) and first-aid classes are offered on a regular basis at the department’s Fire Training Center. The department also sponsors the City of Hemet Radio Amateur Civil Emergency Service (RACES).The Hemet Fire Department partners with the community for a number of resources and services for fire protection. As discussed in Section 6.3, the Fire Department works with the Office of Emergency Services to implement the CERT Program. The CERT Program prepares communities for disaster preparedness, including in times of fire emergency events. In 2010, the department sponsored the City of Hemet Radio Amateur Civil Emergency Services (RACES). This is a currently active program that authorizes licensed volunteers to utilize the amateur radio system during drills, exercises, and emergencies. The RACES organization consists of approximately 90 federally licensed amateur radio operators specifically trained to handle emergency disaster communications. All members of RACES are registered through the City of Hemet as State of California Volunteer Disaster Workers. The fire department manages OES and is charged with coordinating emergency response and terrorism-related programs with other jurisdictions and City departments. It conducts public education activities including the distribution of educational materials relating to rural, urban, flood-related, and lightning-related fires, as well as fire safety information for families, children, the elderly, and the disabled.
The RACES group would be activated during a major disaster or emergency to provide an additional means of communications and support for first responders and City officials. Community members are encouraged to play an active role in emergency notification and response. The
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Community Alert System brought by the City and Cassidian Communications sends telephone notifications to residents and businesses within the City of Hemet. This system is an upgrade to the former Reverse911 (R911) system and is used by emergency response personnel to notify homes and businesses with information on emergency events and/or actions, such as evacuation, by way of voice message, text, and email. On the City website, the Fire Department also offers Public Education Requests for fire station tours, student career fairs, safety talks, and other educational opportunities. This includes Fire Explorer Post #620, which is a program that is open to all young men and women ages 15 to 21 interested in future careers in the fire service.
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6.8 CRIME PREVENTION AND LAW
ENFORCEMENT
The Hemet Police Department exists to provide superior service and protection to the residents, merchants, and visitors to the City. The Department is responsible for law enforcement and public safety activities within the City. In the Planning Area, the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department provides that function.
6.8.1 LAW ENFORCEMENT CONSIDERATIONS
The City of Hemet is one of the oldest incorporated cities in the San Jacinto Valley and in Riverside County. As is the case with long-established cities, Hemet neighborhoods range from new to older neighborhoods. Generally, housing within the City is more affordable than elsewhere in southern California, especially because of the number of senior developments and mobile home parks. This affordability has attracted a large rental base. Some neighborhoods have experienced deterioration or absentee or nonengaged landlords. Many of the deteriorated areas and areas with nonengaged landlords have higher crime rates than other neighborhoods.
Although the population of the City has grown significantly over the past decades, and the demographics are evolving from a senior community to a family community, the crime rate has remained relatively stable. Despite budget constraints and a recent reduction in the number of sworn officers, the Hemet Police Department had a crime clearance rate of 67.1 percent in 2009, which was the second highest rate in Riverside County. Countywide, the clearance rate was 42.9 percent.shown a decrease. The Hemet Police Department has continued to be an industry leader with its use of technology to provide efficient service to this growing and diverse community.
6.8.2 POLICE DEPARTMENT RESOURCES
The Hemet Police Department consists of sworn officers, support staff, and a large contingent of part-time volunteers. Police department facilities include:
❖ Headquarters: 450 E. Latham Street;
❖ West EndMall Sub Station: 3663220 W. Florida Ave; and., Ste 110, Hemet, CA 92545
❖ East End Sub Station: 2047 E. Florida Ave.
The substations are staffed exclusively by volunteers and are generally open weekdays and sometimes during special events. The department comprises operations and support functions as summarized below:
❖ The Patrol Division provides the most visible and largest function of the department. Patrol officers are the first responders to all lifeHemet Police Department Headquarters on Latham Street
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threatening and emergency calls. In addition, they provide service, crime deterrence, and investigative support.
❖ The Investigative Unit consists of the Detective Bureau, Crime Suppression UnitGang Task Force, and the Property and Evidence Bureau. In additional to solving crimes and suppressing gangs, the Crime Suppression UnitGang Task Force works with federal, state, county, and local officials to identify sites vulnerable to terrorist activity and participates in the Riverside/San Bernardino Counties Terrorist Early Warning Group and the Riverside County Gang Task Force. ❖ The Traffic Bureau is tasked with keeping the streets safe by enforcing traffic laws, responding to vehicular accidents, and investigating and reconstructing major automobile collisions.
❖ The Community Services Bureau comprises officers and civilians dedicated to community policing and education and includes school resource officers, volunteers, and Police Explorers. This includes the Restoring Our Community Strategy (R.O.C.S.) team which address issues related to homelessness and blight along with the Post-release Accountability and Compliance Team (PACT) to monitor people under supervised release.
❖ The Communications Center is staffed 7 days a week, 24 hours a day by certified public safety 911 dispatchers. The center receives nearly 3069,000 911 calls every year in addition to over 110163,000 calls on the regular business lines. In addition, the police department’s mobile command center enables the department to set up an incident command post in the field to control and coordinate major crime scenes, civil disturbances, and disaster response.
Police Incidents
In 20102021, the Hemet Police Department received 57,42980,000 calls for service. Response times to calls vary by incident. For urgent, high-priority calls, the response time was about 65 minutes. For routine, nonurgent calls, the response time averaged about 2416 minutes. Table 6.32 shows incidents in 20102021 and serves as an example of the numbers and types of incidents handled by the police department.
Table 6.23
Police Department Incidents by Type January 20102021—
December 20102021
Type of Incident Number of Incidents
Total violent crime 984603
Simple assault 631283
Other violent crime 353320
Total property crime 2,9901,738
Theft (not burglary or vehicle) 1,707286
Burglary & vehicle, arson 1,283452
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Table 6.23
Police Department Incidents by Type January 20102021—
December 20102021
Type of Incident Number of Incidents
Juvenile arrests 65110
Adult arrests 2,9021,855
Traffic citations 2,038501
Accident reports 596
Field interview reports 1,350
Source: City of Hemet Police Department
Measure C
Ballot Measure C, approved by voters in the City of Hemet on June 7, 1988, established a set of mandated performance standards for several public services in Hemet, including police services. The performance standard for police services in Hemet is a 7-minute average response time for emergency calls maintained within urban areas, and a 9-minute average response time for emergency calls maintained within rural areas. The police department has met this standard.
Police Department Programs
Community involvement is an integral part of crime prevention. The Hemet Police Department offers many safety and security programs to residents and local businesses through the Community Services Bureau, which is geared toward educating the public. Programs range from an Alzheimer’s/Dementia registry to programs to reduce retail crime.
Police department officials and community members have expressed the importance of youth-oriented activities to decrease or prevent criminal activity. The Support Services Division of the Hemet Police Department is actively involved in the community and runs several youth programs:
❖ Hemet Police Activities League (PAL) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to building the bond between “kids and cops” by providing a safe place for youth between the ages of 8 and 17 years to hang out after school and in the summer. Supervision is provided by police volunteers who provide mentorship, serve as positive role models, and establish relationships with at-risk youth. Hemet PAL offers a variety of activities such as a skate park, a BMX track, video games, pool tables, and ping pong.
❖ The Hemet Police Department work with My City Youth Center to offer a 5
th Grade Leadership Camp, where Hemet youth are taught
life skills such as discipline, integrity, and leadership. Although this leadership camp is put on by the Hemet Police Department’s Community Services Division, students attend classes taught by multiple teams at Hemet PD, such as the Crisis Intervention Team, Drone Team, K-9 Team, Patrol, and many more.
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❖ The Hemet Police Department Explorer Program is geared toward guiding young people interested in careers in law enforcement. Young men and women between the ages of 14 and 20 learn the importance of teamwork, developing leadership skills, and ethical methods of problem solving while having fun in a law enforcement environment. ❖ The Hemet Police Department and the Hemet Unified School District have also partnered in the support and funding of a School Resource Officer (SRO) Program with five SROs. An SRO is a fully-trained police officer assigned to work in district middle schools and high schools. The SRO receives additional in-depth training to promote an effective school-based policing program.
6.8.3 CRIME PREVENTION THROUGH ENVIRONMENTAL
DESIGN
The City of Hemet has a tradition of reviewing development projects by including the City departments responsible for public safety. This tradition results in development designs that better promote natural surveillance, reduce hiding places, and otherwise promote defensible space, thereby minimizing criminal activity. This is referred to as Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design.
A key feature of this approach is the incorporation of defensible space by providing ease of surveillance by neighbors, fostering a sense of territoriality, achieving natural access control, and increasing physical security of areas. Surveillance is the principal weapon in the protection of defensible space by keeping intruders easily observable. This is likely to mean locating doors in highly visible locations and providing windows from which residents can watch public spaces. Fostering a sense of territoriality is also important to support defensible space because territoriality encourages individuals to take control of their environment and defend it against attack.
Potential offenders recognize this sense of territory. Natural access control can be achieved by clearly distinguishing public areas and private areas. The concept of increasing physical security of areas is not to create an impenetrable fortress, but rather to make it more difficult and time consuming to enter a location. The design of a development can have a major impact on the future potential for crime to occur in the vicinity.
6.8.4 CRIME FREE RENTAL-HOUSING PROPERTY REPAIR
PROGRAM (RPRP)
The City of Hemet also conducts the Crime Free Rental-Housing Property Repair Program, which is designed to help residents, owners, managers, and anyone associated with rental properties keep illegal activity off their property. City Police and Code Enforcement staff conduct this program to avoid problems with rental housing. The program’s concept is to:
❖ involve rental stakeholders to address issues atpromote the earliest stage;
❖ provide tools for rental managers and residents to self-police crime and health, safety issues;
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❖ avoid a spiral, and welfare of crimeresidents; and
❖ reduce blight problems by requiring property maintenance.
The program began in to preserve the 1990s. Since that time, there has been voluntary participation by approximately 70 apartment projects and mobile home parksrental housing stock within the City. In 2008, mandatory participation for newly constructed projects was established by City Council Resolution. As a result of the program, the community has experienced benefits in the form of: of Hemet. Rental property owners who rent to very low- to low-income are typically struggling with resources to repair or replace vital home systems and, as a consequence, may experience a lower standard of living with inoperable or substandard vital systems.
❖ reduced cost of police response,
❖ fewer code enforcement complaints,
stable
6.8.5 SENIOR AND SATISFIED TENANT BASE WITH LESS
TOLERANCEDISABLED OWNER-OCCUPIED HOME REPAIR
PROGRAM
❖ The Senior and Disabled Owner-Occupied Home Repair Program established in 2022 offers grant-funded home repairs for crime, andvery low- to low-income senior or disabled homeowners. Eligible home repair or replacement includes air conditioning, plumbing, heating systems, roof, swamp cooler, water heater, electrical, door and window locks, floor and unsafe conditions, smoke and carbon monoxide detectors, handrail and steps, disabled items installs (grab bars, ramps, lifts, handicap toilets), broken windows, and piers and pads for mobile homes.
manager capability for quick responses to problems and a reduced susceptibility to problem-related lawsuits from tenants after using routine inspection formats and checklists.
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6.9 CRITICAL FACILITIES AND EMERGENCY
PREPAREDNESS
Although the Hemet Fire and Police Departments are tasked with the responsibility of fire prevention/suppression and protecting residents and businesses, public safety agencies team up during emergencies. These teaming arrangements are handled through mutual aid agreements, which obligate fire and/or police departments to help each other under predefined circumstances. Mutual aid agreements obligate fire departments to respond outside of their district upon request for assistance. The Hemet Fire and Police Departments have mutual aid agreements with all Riverside County law enforcement and fire protection agencies to help each other at times of emergencies and planned law enforcement events in each other's jurisdiction.
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6.9.1 CRITICAL FACILITIES
If a disaster or an emergency of a larger scale should occur, certain types of facilities and infrastructure are critical. Most notably, this consists of police and fire facilities and vehicles, emergency health and urgent care facilities and service vehicles, communication facilities, fire and police facilities, electric substations, access capability for both emergency responders and for evacuation, capability to respond to incidents related to hazardous materials, water supply facilities, sewage treatment plants, and evacuation destinations.
Figure 6.5-B shows the location of existing fire department facilities, critical facilities, and zoning within wildfire hazard severity zones. There are no City-owned or -maintained structures or planned uses located within the very high fire hazard severity zones (VHFSZs) and State Responsibility Areas (SRAs). However, there are City parcels located within the VHFSZ and Local Responsibility Area (LRA). The parcels are located along the western, southern, and eastern boundaries of the City and are zoned for residential uses and open space.
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At the time of an emergency, various other facilities and entities that are not usually considered critical will play an important role:
❖ animal control services (handled by the Ramona Humane Society); ❖ grocery stores;
❖ gasoline stations;
❖ equipment rental stores, hardware stores, and home improvement stores; ❖ hotels, motels, and shelters;
❖ meal distribution services;
❖ mortuaries;
❖ schools and other large buildings;
❖ taxis and fleet maintenance facilities;
❖ towing and impound services; and
❖ transportation services.
6.9.2 EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS
Hemet sets emergency preparedness as one of
its top priorities, recognizing that proper
planning at all levels in the community—from
response agencies to businesses and
residents—will minimize the adverse effects of
natural and human-caused disasters.
To provide basic training in disaster survival
and rescue skills and improve the ability of
Hemet residents and businesses to survive until
professional responders or other assistance
arrives, the City has implemented a
Community Emergency Response Team
(CERT) Program. Training for the CERT
Program is provided by City of Hemet
employees who are certified by FEMA as lead
instructors. As discussed above, the Office of
Emergency Management plans to reestablish
the CERT program and to encourage HOAs
and community leaders to partake in
emergency preparedness classes.
In case of emergencies, principal responsibility
for evacuations lies with the police department.
The City coordinates with Red Cross when
shelter locations are needed. The City also uses
an Emergency Advisory System that televises
emergency information to residents and
businesses. In addition, the City has a Reverse 911 notification system that notifies residents via landline and cell phone about emergency events, crime Hemet Police vehicles are outfitted with
computers to ensure expeditious
communication and data analysis
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alerts, and public service announcements. Citizens must opt-in to this service and can find this service on the City website.
The City updated its EOP in 2007 and in 2013. The EOP was last updated in 2013 and was adopted through Resolution No. 4552 by City Council.
The City is planning another update in 2011to the EOP in the near future.
The plan is described above in Section 6.2. The City also joined with Riverside County to submit a Riverside Operational Area MultiJurisdictional LHMP, as described above in Section 6.2.
Emergency preparedness is also closely associated with the risk of terrorist activity. The police department is a member of and participant in the Riverside/San Bernardino Counties Terrorist Early Warning Group and works with state, County, and local officials to identify sites vulnerable to terrorist activity. Upon receipt of a warning or the observation that an emergency situation is imminent or likely to occur, the City of Hemet initiates actions to prepare for the incident. This may involve setting up a Management Watch, alerting appropriate departments and agencies, and in some instances alerting the public. A Management Watch may entail collecting and analyzing information relative to the situation, directing response to the degree allowable, and referring other matters to the appropriate level for executive decision.As of 2022, the City has instituted a Community Alert System at www.alerthemet.com.The City of Hemet and Cassidian Communications have instituted an improved notification system that will be able to send telephone notifications to residents and businesses within the City. This service, as discussed in Section 6.3, requires selfregistration to receive emergency notifications. For emergency alerts targeted towards appropriate departments and agencies, the City has partnered with the County Sheriff and County Emergency Management for emergency service notification and action. The County agencies would initiate notification and then work with the City to designate emergency shelters and procedures.
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6.10 NOISE
In recognition of the adverse health effects associated with excessive noise, the California Government Code (Section 65302[f]) identifies the types of community noise to be addressed in the General Plan. The General Plan must identify noise sources from:
❖ highways and freeways;
❖ primary arterials and major local streets;
❖ passenger and freight on-line railroad operations and ground rapid transit systems;
❖ ground facilities and maintenance functions related to airport operations (commercial, general aviation, heliport, and military airport operations; aircraft overflights; jet engine test stands); ❖ local industrial plants, including, but not limited to, railroad classification yards; and
❖ other stationary ground noise sources identified by local agencies as contributing to the community noise environment.
The General Plan must then identify existing and future noise contours for these sources. Noise considerations inform the land use plan for the community. To protect noise-sensitive uses the General Plan sets goals, policies, and implementation programs to address existing and future noise conditions. For the purposes of the General Plan, noise-sensitive land uses include schools, hospitals, rest homes, long-term care facilities, mental health care facilities, and residences.
6.10.1 NOISE CHARACTERISTICS AND MEASUREMENT
Noise is commonly defined as unwanted sound. At high enough levels, noise can become a community health problem. As a form of environmental stress, noise can interfere with human activities such as sleep, conversation, recreation, and tasks demanding concentration.
Sound is a change in air pressure. Sound pressure levels are expressed in decibels. Although the human ear is able to detect a wide range of sound pressure changes, the ear is not equally sensitive to all sound frequencies.
To account for this variation in sensitivity, the dB scale is typically adjusted.
The adjusted scale (dBA) is weighted based on the sensitivity of the human ear to noise of particular frequencies. Most jurisdictions use the dBA scale to measure noise levels and regulate environmental noise.
Health considerations associated with excessive noise exposure include hearing loss or damage, interference with oral communication, and interference with sleep. Prolonged exposure of a person to sound levels
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over 85 dBA causes hearing loss. At 60 dBA, noise makes understanding speech difficult. Sound levels over 40 to 45 dBA can disturb sleep.
6.10.2 CURRENT NOISE CONDITIONS
Figure 6.6, “Existing Noise Contours,” shows noise contours in the planning area from 2006. The contours generally represent average noise levels based on major noise sources in the community. The contours assist in setting land use policy and development standards. Given the topographic complexity of the Hemet/San Jacinto Valley, these contours are not absolute lines of demarcation, but should be considered conservative estimates of noise exposure, to be supplemented by detailed and project-specific study as needed. Appendix E contains noise contour data tables.
The noise level measurements were collected at 18 locations throughout Hemet, including 15 short-term measurements, and three long-term measurements. Vehicle axle counts were conducted at three locations.
Criteria for site selection included geographical distribution, land uses likely to include noisy activities, and proximity to transportation facilities and sensitive receptors (such as schools and hospitals). The primary purpose of noise monitoring was to establish a noise profile for the community that could be used to determine areas of concern.
6.10.3 NOISE SOURCES
Traffic and Roadways
Traffic noise is a major contributor to the noise environment in the community. Major roadways, including Florida Avenue, State Street, Stetson Avenue, Sanderson Avenue, Warren Road, Devonshire Avenue, and San Jacinto Street, carry high volumes of traffic at relatively high speeds, generating noise that affects surrounding neighborhoods. Those streets that carry a higher proportion of truck traffic also have higher levels of noise and vibration.
As development continues to occur in Hemet, increased traffic volumes on an expanded roadway network will extend and expand the noise contours, as shown in Figure 6.7, “Future Noise Contours.” Construction of the State Route (SR) 79 freeway will introduce a new noise source in the western part of the planning area, but the final configuration of this roadway has not been determined, and the noise contours could vary depending on the profile of the road, the travel speeds, and the type of site improvements that are made. General Plan policies and programs consider a changing noise environment and address potential future land use incompatibilities in areas adjacent to major roadways.
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Figure 6.6, Existing Noise Contours
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Back of Figure 6.6
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Figure 6.7 Future Noise Contours
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Back of Figure 6.7
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Hemet-Ryan Airport
Hemet-Ryan Airport is used primarily by private single- and twin-engine aircraft, turboprops, business jets, helicopters, sailplanes and tow planes. A California Department of Forestry and Firefighting’s fire attack base is also located at the airport. A total of 70,000 aircraft were estimated to be operated during 2011 including sailplane operations, and could increase to 87,150 aircraft operations by 2031. Noise contours for the airport (Figure 6.8, “Airport Noise Contours”) identify areas most affected by aircraft noise under typical air traffic patterns. General Plan policies and programs consider the importance of the airport and seek to protect airport operations from incompatible land uses. A new Airport Master Plan is currently under preparation which proposes no near-term expansion of the runway based on the low projected volume of flights and the absence of the larger firefighting tankers at the airport. This change in the master plan may also result in modifications to the noise contours for the airport, and will need to be updated in the General Plan once the new Airport master Plan is adopted.
Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad Corridor
A Burlington Northern Santa Fe (BNSF) Railway line runs through the planning area, connecting Hemet’s industrial areas to San Bernardino, Riverside, and points beyond. The line currently carries limited freight traffic; rail traffic is not a major contributor to the current community noise environment. However, as future growth occurs next to the railroad corridor and when Metrolink extends passenger service to Hemet along this line, potential for land use incompatibility may increase. To protect railroad operations, noise contours guide land use decisions in the immediate area.
General Plan policies and programs anticipate the changing noise environment that will result with future growth and direct incompatible uses away from the railroad corridor.
Other Noise Sources
Other noise sources include both stationary sources (ongoing operations that generate noise) and temporary noise sources such as emergency vehicles and special events. Stationary noise sources in Hemet include primarily commercial and industrial activities. Because most business activities are low intensity and conducted indoors, noise generally is limited to loading dock operations, frequent truck uses, mechanical equipment, and outdoor paging systems. The City regulates maximum noise levels from commercial and industrial properties and also regulates construction activity to prevent disturbances at night.
Noisy activities at industrial, commercial, recreational, and some public facilities (such as the outdoor play areas of schools) can also adversely affect adjacent sensitive land uses. Strategies for controlling stationary noise sources focus on two objectives: (1) preventing the introduction of new stationary noise sources near noise-sensitive uses and (2) preventing encroachment of noise-sensitive uses on stationary noise sources. The first objective can be achieved by applying noise performance standards to proposed stationary noise sources. The second objective can be met by requiring that new noisesensitive uses near existing stationary noise sources include project features that enable compliance with noise performance standards.
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6.10.4 NOISE AND LAND USE COMPATIBILITY
Noise Standards
The City has developed the following noise and land use compatibility designations: normally acceptable, conditionally acceptable, normally unacceptable, and clearly unacceptable. Using these designations, the City has established both interior and exterior noise standards.
Community noise is commonly described in terms of the ambient, or allencompassing, noise level associated with a given environment. Numerous metrics have been developed to account for the way people perceive sound.
The most common of these descriptors are the average equivalent noise level (Leq), the maximum noise level (Lmax), and the community noise equivalent level (CNEL). Leq represents a measure of the average noise level at a given location over a specified period of time. CNEL is based on a 24- hour Leq, which weights evening and nighttime noise levels to account for increased sensitivity of people to noise occurring during these periods.
Hemet’s Land Use Compatibility Standards are presented in Table 6.43.
These standards, which use the CNEL noise descriptor, apply to land uses exposed to noise levels generated by transportation-related sources.
Residential uses and hotels or overnight lodgings are most sensitive to their noise environment and thus have the lowest range of normally acceptable noise exposure levels. Other uses, such as fairgrounds, are less sensitive and can occur in areas with higher existing noise levels.
Land use compatibility standards for exterior and interior noise are shown in Table 6.45. These standards are maximum interior noise levels for new residential development. Insulation and design features must be employed to reduce interior ambient noise levels to these levels.
The City applies a second set of standards when planning and making development decisions to ensure that stationary noise sources (e.g., HVAC units, industrial operations) do not adversely affect noise-sensitive land uses. These hourly and maximum levels (expressed in Leq and Lmax) for stationary noise sources are designed to protect noise-sensitive land uses adjacent to stationary sources from excessive and continuous noise. Table
6.65 summarizes stationary source noise standards. These standards represent the acceptable exterior noise levels at the sensitive receptor’s property line.
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Figure 6.8 Airport Noise Contours
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Table 6.3
Land Use Compatibility for Community Noise Environments Community Noise Exposure
CNEL, dBA
55 60 65 70 75 80
Land Use Category
Residential
Transient lodging: hotels, motels
Schools, libraries, churches,
hospitals, nursing homes
Auditoriums, concert halls,
amphitheaters
Sports arena, outdoor spectator
sports
Playgrounds, neighborhood parks
Golf courses, riding stables,
Water Recreation, Cemeteries
Office buildings, business
commercial and professional
Industrial, manufacturing,
utilities, agriculture
Notes: CNEL = community noise equivalent level; dBA = A-weighted decibel.
Normally Acceptable—Specified land use is satisfactory, based on the assumption that any buildings involved are of normal conventional construction, without any special noise requirements Conditionally Acceptable—New construction or development should be undertaken only after a detailed analysis of the noise reduction requirements is made and needed noise insulation features are included in the design.
Normally Unacceptable—New construction or development should be discouraged. If new construction or development does proceed, a detailed analysis of the noise reduction requirement must be made and needed noise insulation features included in the design.
Clearly Unacceptable—New construction or development clearly should not be undertaken.
Source: Adapted from the Governor’s Office of Planning and Research in 2003 Table 6.4
Land Use Compatibility for Community Noise Environments Community Noise Exposure
CNEL, dBA
55 60 65 70 75 80
Land Use Category
Residential
Transient lodging: hotels, motels
Schools, libraries, churches,
hospitals, nursing homes
Auditoriums, concert halls,
amphitheaters
Sports arena, outdoor spectator
sports
Playgrounds, neighborhood parks
Golf courses, riding stables,
Water Recreation, Cemeteries
Office buildings, business
commercial and professional
Industrial, manufacturing,
utilities, agriculture
Notes: CNEL = community noise equivalent level; dBA = A-weighted decibel.
Normally Acceptable—Specified land use is satisfactory, based on the assumption that any buildings involved are of normal conventional construction, without any special noise requirements Conditionally Acceptable—New construction or development should be undertaken only after a detailed analysis of the noise reduction requirements is made and needed noise insulation features are included in the design.
Normally Unacceptable—New construction or development should be discouraged. If new construction or development does proceed, a detailed analysis of the noise reduction requirement must be made and needed noise insulation features included in the design.
Clearly Unacceptable—New construction or development clearly should not be undertaken.
Source: Adapted from the Governor’s Office of Planning and Research in 2003
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Table 6.45
Land Use Compatibility Standards for
Exterior and Interior Noise
Maximum Allowable Noise
(CNEL)
Land Use Exterior (dBA) Interior (dBA)
Residential and mixed use with residential
component
65 45
School classrooms 65 45
School playgrounds 70 --
Libraries – 50
Hospitals, convalescent homes—sleeping
areas
– 40
Hospitals, convalescent homes—living areas – 50
Passive recreation areas 65 –
Active recreation areas 70 –
Commercial and industrial areas 70 –
Office areas – 50
Notes: CNEL = community noise equivalent level; dBA = A-weighted decibel; – = not applicable/not available.
The acceptable interior noise level for other uses depends upon the specific nature of the indoor activity.
Table 6.56
Noise Level Performance Standards for
Nontransportation Noise Sources
Noise Level Descriptor
Daytime
(7 a.m.–10 p.m.)
Nighttime
(10 p.m.–7 a.m.)
Hourly average level (Leq) 60 dBA 45 dBA
Maximum equivalent levels (Lmax) 75 dBA 65 dBA
Notes: Each of the noise levels specified shall be lowered by 5 decibels for simple tone noises, noises consisting primarily of speech or music, or for recurring impulsive noises. These noise level standards do not apply to residential units established in conjunction with industrial or commercial uses (e.g., caretaker dwellings). The noise standard is to be applied at the property lines of the affected land use.
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GOALS AND POLICIES
PUBLIC SAFETY
GOAL
PS-1
Reduce risks to the community from seismic activity
and geologic conditions, including ground shaking,
fault rupture, liquefaction, and landslides.
POLICIES
PS-1.1 Seismic Standards Strictly enforce the most recent state regulations governing seismic safety and structural design to minimize damage to structures from seismic or geologic hazards.
PS-1.2 Risk Reduction Reduce the risk associated with
structures that would likely be seriously damaged during a major earthquake, such as those located in high-risk
seismic areas, critical or emergency facilities, and buildings that do not meet current seismic codes through on-site
building placement, seismic retrofitting, development
outside of geologically hazardous zones, and other means.
PS-1.3 Slope Stability Require adequate mitigation of potential impacts from erosion, slope instability, or other hazardous slope conditions for development occurring on slope and hillside areas.
PS-1.4 Subsidence Encourage and support efforts for long-term, permanent monitoring of topographic subsidence in all
producing groundwater basins, irrespective of past
subsidence.
PS-1.5 Dedicated Open Space Encourage that areas be
dedicated as open space when necessary and appropriate
to protect property, public health, and safety from hazards such as earthquake fault zones or floodplains.
PS-1.6 Alquist-Priolo Require that all new development comply with the Alquist-Priolo Earthquake Fault Zoning Act.
PS-1.7 Emergency Access Seek to maintain emergency access in the event of an earthquake by siting arterial roadways to avoid fault zones and designing roadways to mitigate
damage.
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GOAL
PS-2
Reduce risk of property damage and human injury
from flood hazards.
POLICIES
PS-2.1 Clear Floodways Ensure that waterways used for flood control are kept clear of obstructions and are regularly maintained.
PS-2.2 Flood Area Preservation Encourage flood control
infrastructure that does not reduce the natural character or limit use of the site.
PS-2.3 New Development Minimize additional flood risk
exposure in developing areas. Ensure evacuation routes
account for flood risk.
PS-2.4 System Evaluation Cooperate with Riverside County Flood Control and Water Conservation District to evaluate the effectiveness of existing flood control systems and improve those systems as necessary to meet capacity
demands.
PS-2.5 Master Planning Promote the timely completion of master drainage plans and improvement projects that
affect the City.
PS-2.6 100-Year Flood Zone Require new construction within the 100-year flood zone to meet National Flood Insurance Program standards.
PS-2.7 Evacuation Plans Develop and maintain flood zone inundation evacuation plans in cooperation with the
Riverside County Flood Control and Water Conservation
District and the Hemet Fire Department.
PS-2.8 Evacuation Communication Develop and maintain
consistent outreach to notify the community of flooding events.
GOAL
PS-3
Protect lives and property from the potential dangers
associated with ground transportation.
POLICIES
PS-3.1 Safe Pedestrian Design Enhance and maintain
pedestrian safety through the inclusion of well-designed streets, sidewalks, crosswalks, traffic control devices, and school routes throughout the City.
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PS-3.2 Traffic Safety Minimize the potential for accidents involving railways, automobiles, pedestrians, and bicyclists by implementing roadway improvements identified in the
Circulation Element, working closely with the Hemet
Police Department, and encouraging proactive programs
aimed at improving drivers’ behavior.
GOAL
PS-4
Protect lives and property from the potential dangers
associated with the use of Hemet-Ryan Airport while
recognizing and maintaining its function as a part of
Hemet’s transportation system.
POLICIES
PS-4.1 Land Use Compatibility Minimize the risk of potential hazards associated with aircraft operations at the HemetRyan Airport through the implementation of the HemetRyan Airport Land Use Compatibility Plan, and review of legislative land use changes and ordinances located within the Airport Influence Area by the Airport land Use
Commission (ALUC).
PS-4.2 Airport Safety Zones Consult with Riverside County to maintain adequate open space or compatible development
adjoining the Hemet-Ryan Airport as required for safety as identified in the updated and adopted Hemet-Ryan Airport Land Use Compatibility Plan and the Hemet-Ryan Airport
Master Plan.
PS-4.3 Accommodate Regional Needs Support efforts of
Hemet-Ryan Airport to accommodate the present and
future needs of the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection’s regional air-attack base provided that the safety of surrounding residents and businesses is
maintained, and ongoing traffic circulation is not impacted.
PS-4.4 Project Compatibility Review As part of the City’s development review process, applications for the
development of land located within the Hemet-Ryan
Airport’s areas of potential risk shall be reviewed for compatibility with both the City of Hemet’s General Plan and the Hemet-Ryan Airport Land Use Compatibility Plan, and the Airport Land Use Planning Handbook issued by
the California Department of Transportation Division of Aeronautics, as may be amended from time to time.
PS-4.5 Project Suitability Review Each development application shall be reviewed in light of the best and most current evidence regarding airport use, noise, potential risks, and safety practices, to ensure that each development is
suitable for its proposed location.
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PS-4.6 Project Noise Mitigation Each development application shall be required to demonstrate that the project will utilize construction technologies that are designed to reduce
interior noise in airport adjacent uses.
PS-4.7 Avigation Easements Avigation easements shall be required for all land uses in Safety Areas I, II, and III as part of the development review process. .As appropriate, based on location, avigation easements may be required in other areas of the City or Planning Area.
PS-4.8 Project Operating Compatibility Development
applications shall be required to demonstrate that the
project is compatible with the following airport land use restrictions:
a. Any use that would direct a steady light of red, white, green, or amber colors associated with airport
operations toward an aircraft engaged in an initial
straight climb following takeoff or toward an aircraft
engaged in a straight final approach toward a landing
at the Hemet-Ryan Airport, other than a navigational
signal light or visual approach slope indicator
approved by the Federal Aviation Administration,
shall be prohibited.
b. Any use that would cause sunlight to be reflected
toward an aircraft engaged in initial straight climb
following takeoff or toward an aircraft engaged in a
straight final approach toward a landing at the HemetRyan Airport shall be prohibited. c. Any use that would generate smoke or vapor, that
could attract large concentrations of birds, or that may otherwise affect safe air navigation within the area
shall be prohibited.
d. Any use that would generate electrical interference that may be detrimental to the operation of aircraft and/or
aircraft instrumentation shall be prohibited.
e. Any proposed use within the City that is 200 feet or more in height shall be reviewed by the Airport Land
Use Commission and the FAA in regard to airport
safety and operational considerations.
PS-4.9 Aviation Wildlife Hazards Projects that would create a potential to attract hazardous wildlife to, or in the vicinity of, the Hemet-Ryan Airport shall be reviewed for
consistency with the standards, practices, and suggestions recommended by the U.S. Department of Transportation,
Federal Aviation Administration.
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PS-4.10 Airport Expansion Consult with Riverside County to insure that any updates to the Airport Master Plan,
including proposed expansion of the airport land uses or the runways, will not create noise and safety impacts to surrounding land uses or disrupt the existing and planned circulation system surrounding the airport.
GOAL
PS-5
Protect lives and property from dangers associated
with the storage, use, and transport of hazardous
materials.
POLICIES
PS-5.1 Enforce Regulations Implement and enforce regulations from federal and state authorities on the use, storage, disposal, and transportation of hazardous materials.
PS-5.2 Maintain Response Programs Maintain effective
programs for responding to hazardous material
emergencies.
PS-5.3 Interagency Cooperation Continue to cooperate with state, county, and other local agencies in the coordination of hazardous material control, cleanup, disposal, and
emergency response policies and operations.
PS-5.4 Multi-Jurisdictional Local Hazard Mitigation Plan Implement goals and objectives contained in the Riverside County Operational Area Multi-Jurisdictional Local Hazard Mitigation Plan to reduce risks from natural and other
hazards and to serve as a guide for decision makers as they commit resources to reducing the effect of natural and
other hazards.
PS-5.5 Hazardous Material Locations Require that uses that treat hazardous wastes generated off-site and that may
pose a significant risk to public health by using, storing, transporting, or disposing of hazardous materials and
wastes be located in areas planned and zoned for industrial use and not in proximity to residential, school, or other sensitive land uses.
PS-5.6 Development Standards Ensure that new development sites have been sufficiently surveyed for contamination, particularly if near existing or former toxic or industrial sites; adequately remediated, if necessary, to meet all applicable laws and regulations; suitable for human
occupation; and protected from known hazardous and
toxic materials.
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PS-5-7 Public Awareness Raise public awareness of the
appropriate manner to dispose of household hazardous
waste through education and/or collection events.
GOAL
PS-6
Protect lives, property, and natural resources from
the potentially disastrous effects of fire hazards.
POLICIES
PS-6.1 Fire Protection Standards Adopt and enforce federal, state, and local construction and design standards
regarding fire prevention and protection, particularly for high-occupancy, dependent-care, or essential facilities.
PS-6.2 Individual Fire Protection Systems Require all new commercial, industrial, institutional, multiple-family
residential, and mixed-use developments to install fire protection systems and encourage the use of automatic
sprinkler systems where not otherwise required by existing codes and ordinances.
PS-6.3 Safe Structures Continue to conduct building and fire code inspections and enforcement to ensure safe
structures and the protection of land and property.
PS-6.4 Safety Exits Require all new development projects to incorporate adequate egress systems in their design and encourage existing structures to upgrade their egress
systems.
PS-6.5 Wildland Fire Evaluation Require an evaluation of all new development and redevelopment after a large fire that will be located in or adjacent to wildland areas to assess the development’s vulnerability to fire and its potential as a source of fire. New development and redevelopments shall adhere to the State’s minimum Fire Safe Regulations.
PS-6.6 Roadway Fire Buffer Coordination Coordinate with Riverside County to evaluate and establish a fire buffer program along heavily traveled roadways to prevent fuel buildup.
PS-6.7 Wildland Fire Protection Implement and enforce brush clearing, fuel modification plans, and other fire prevention programs on open space lands and landscape buffers that balances reducing the possibility for the encroachment of wildland fires onto inhabited areas with maintaining
accessibility for recreational purposes.
Commented [TD1]: SE pg. 6-53 Policy PS-6.5. Wildland Fire Evaluation. Require an evaluation of all new development that will be located in or adjacent to wildland areas to assess the development’s vulnerability to fire and its potential as a source of fire. New development shall adhere to the state’s Minimum Fire Safe Regulations.
Recommendation: Add language referencing Redevelopment to policy 6.5.
Develop a policy to evaluate re-development after a large fire
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PS-6.8 Fire Hazard Mitigation Mitigate existing fire hazards related to urban development or patterns of urban
development as they are identified and as resources permit.
PS-6.9 Fire Prevention Education Continue education
programs on preventing fires, defensible space, and
evacuation routes, monitor their effectiveness, and expand or alter the programs, as necessary. Develop and maintain consistent outreach with vulnerable communities to
inform education programs.
PS-6.10 Essential Public Facilities New locations of all new essential public facilities shall be located outside of the VHFHSZs when feasible.
PS-6.11 Emergency Operation Plan The City shall adopt the Evacuation Plan, once complete, which addresses
mitigation measures or improvement plans.
PS-6.12 Fire Protection Plan New development and
redevelopment located in Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zones shall submit and implement a fire protection plan as feasible and appropriate.
GOAL
PS-7
Ensure that an adequate service level of fire
protection is provided for all residents, visitors, and businesses throughout the City of Hemet.
POLICIES
PS-7.1 Fire Service Response Assess the impacts of incremental increases in community development density and intensity and subsequent impacts on traffic congestion, municipal infrastructure capacity, fire hazards, and emergency
response times. Ensure through the development review
process that new development and redevelopment will not result in a reducing fire protection services below
acceptable, safe levels with adequate fire flows and
response time of five minutes or less for 80 percent of fire and emergency calls on both a citywide and response area basis.
PS-7.2 Strategic Plan Maintain and implement a fire department strategic plan to address staffing and facility needs, service goals, deployment strategies, and other departmental
issues.
PS-7.3 Development Impacts Require development projects to contribute development impact fees, form public safety
districts, or other financing mechanisms based on their
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proportional impact and on-going demand for fire
services.
PS-7.4 Emergency Access Require adequate access for
emergency vehicles, including adequate street widths,
vertical clearance on new streets, and multiple points of access.
PS-7.5 Fire Protection Adequacy Maintain adequate and
appropriate personnel, emergency vehicles, and other
firefighting equipment and technology to respond to fires and other disasters or emergencies.
PS-7.6 Protect Insurance Services Office Rating Pursue
strategies that maintain and improve the City's Insurance Services Office rating.
PS-7.7 Mutual Aid Agreements Continue to coordinate fire protection services with Riverside County, the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, Idyllwild Fire Protection District, and all other agencies and districts with fire protection powers. Continue to coordinate with the California Office of Emergency Services under the
California Fire and Rescue Mutual Aid System and
California Fire Assistance Program (CFAA).
GOAL
PS-8
Ensure a secure environment with minimized risk of
crime for residents, visitors, and businesses
throughout the City of Hemet.
POLICIES
PS-8.1 Police Services Ensure through the development review process that new development and redevelopment will not result in a reduction of law enforcement services below acceptable, safe levels with a seven -minute average
response time for emergency calls within urban areas, and a nine minute average response time for emergency calls in rural areas. Maintain sufficient and adequate facilities, personnel, and services to meet the community’s needs.
PS-8.2 Strategic Plan Maintain and implement a police
department strategic plan to address staffing and facilities needs, service goals, deployment strategies, and other
departmental issues.
PS-8.3 Development Impacts Require development projects to contribute development impact fees, form public safety
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districts, or other funding mechanisms based on their
proportional impact and ongoing demand for police
services.
PS-8.4 Emergency Communication Ensure that outlying areas and newly annexed areas can be served by emergency
communication systems as new development occurs.
PS-8.5 Grants Pursue the availability of federal or state grants to offset required additions to law enforcement staffing
and/or equipment.
PS-8.6 Neighborhood Watch Continue to promote the
establishment of neighborhood and business watch
programs to encourage community participation in crime
prevention and increased awareness of any suspicious
activity.
PS-8.7 Youth Programs Maintain and expand, as necessary, youth programs aimed at crime prevention and gang and
drug diversion.
PS-8.8 Partnerships Continue to work with other law
enforcement agencies, the school districts, businesses, nonprofit organizations, and community residents to
enhance safety throughout the City.
GOAL
PS-9
Improve community safety and reduce opportunities
for criminal activity through appropriate physical
design.
POLICIES
PS-9.1 Defensible Space Require new developments to
incorporate site design that help ensure maximum visibility and security for entrances, pathways, streets, sidewalks, corridors, public and private open space, and parking lots and structures.
PS-9.2 Adequate Project Lighting Require appropriate lighting to be incorporated that provides adequate exterior
illumination around commercial, business-park, public,
parking, and multiple-family structures.
PS-9.3 Safety in Land Use and Design Promote land use and design policies and regulations that encourage a mixture of compatible land uses to promote and increase the safety of public use areas and of pedestrian travel.
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PS-9.4 Crime Free Rental-Housing Property Repair
Programs Continue to encourage residents, apartment
managers, and landlords to become involved in the Crime Free Rental-Housing Property Repair Programs as a way
to reduce crime in apartment communitiespromote the
health, safety, and otherwelfare of residents and to
preserve the rental housing stock within the City.
GOAL
PS-10
Reduce impacts related to safety hazards through a
high level of emergency preparedness.
POLICIES
PS-10.1 Outreach Programs Support community participation in safety and crime prevention through public outreach
programs under the police, fire, and emergencies services departments. , including vulnerable communities and
accommodating their linguistic needs.
PS-10.2 Disaster Vulnerability Review Work with and encourage essential service providers (water, sewage, electrical power, communication, transportation, natural gas, and liquid fuel systems) and transportation agencies to periodically
evaluate the vulnerability of their systems in the event of a disaster.
PS-10.3 Disaster Plans Review and consistently update the City’s disaster contingency plans. Recommend that plans for
critical facilities and service providers cover the adequate provision of emergency supplies and power supplies to
provide essential services.
PS-10.4 Mutual Aid Agreements Maintain mutual aid agreements and communication links with federal, state, county, and other local agencies to respond to emergencies.
PS-10.5 Protect Critical Facilities Continue to prepare and implement measures to protect critical facilities from
criminal or terrorist attacks.
PS-10.6 Retrofit Existing Building and Related Infrastructure Ensure that the needs to protect the most critical essential public facilities and related infrastructure from climate change hazards such as temporary inundation due to dam
failure related to extreme weather events, increased
wind/storm events, an increase in high heat days, and/or wildfire are considered at the time at which retrofitting or expansion projects are undertaken.
GOAL
PS-11
Manage noise levels through land use planning and
development review.
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POLICIES
PS-11.1 Noise Standards Enforce noise standards to maintain acceptable noise limits and protect existing areas with acceptable noise environments.
PS-11.2 Design to Minimize Noise Encourage the use of siting and building design techniques as a means to minimize
noise.
PS-11.3 Evaluate Noise Evaluate potential noise conflicts for individual sites and projects, and require mitigation of all significant noise impacts (including construction and
short-term noise impacts) as a condition of project
approval.
PS-11.4 Protect Noise-Sensitive Uses Protect noise-sensitive uses from new noise sources.
GOAL
PS-12
Minimize noise conflicts from transportation sources
and airports.
POLICIES
PS-12.1 Traffic Noise Minimize noise conflicts between current and proposed land uses and the circulation network by
encouraging compatible land uses around critical roadway segments with higher noise potential.
PS-12.2 Railroad Noise Minimize noise conflicts between current and proposed land uses and railroad corridors by
protecting railroad corridors from encroachment of
incompatible land uses and by adhering to the City’s noise standards presented in Table 6.54.
PS-12.3 Airport Noise Ensure that future development in the vicinity of Hemet-Ryan Airport is compatible with current and projected airport noise levels in accordance with the noise standards presented in Table 6.54.
PS-12.4 Airport Conflicts Review and respond to proposals involving new flight patterns, more intense flight
operations over the planning area, or relocation or
extension of runways at the Hemet-Ryan Airport, which
would create the potential for noise conflicts with sensitive land uses.
GOAL
PS-13
Minimize noise conflicts with stationary noise
generators.
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POLICIES
PS-13.1 Protect Valuable Noise Sources Protect the continued viability of economically valuable noise sources such as commercial and industrial facilities and the Hemet-Ryan Airport.
PS-13.2 New Sensitive Uses Restrict the location of sensitive land uses near major noise sources to achieve the standards
presented in Table 6.54.
PS-13.3 Prevent Encroachment. Prevent the encroachment of noise sensitive land uses into areas designated for use by existing or future noise generators.
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Environmental Justice Element
City Council
September 24, 2024
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Agenda
• Environmental Justice Element [*NEW*]
• Disadvantaged Communities
• Community Engagement
• Existing Policies
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Updates to General Plan Elements
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• Establishes General Plan elements • Cal. Government Code § 65302 • Requires updates to Safety Element upon next revision of the Housing element • EJ element required upon the adoption or next revision of two or more elements concurrently on or after January 1, 2018 (Senate Bill 1000 – Cal. Gov’t Code §65302(h))
• Triggers update of Land Use and other related elements • Updates must be internally consistent • Cal. Gov’t Code § 65300.5 Updates to General Plan Elements
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Updates to General Plan Elements
Environmental Justice Element (New Element)
• The Environmental Justice Element addresses health risks in disadvantaged communities through decreasing
pollution exposure, increasing community assets, and
improving overall health.
• This is a new Element to the General Plan as required by Senate Bill 1000.
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Environmental Justice (EJ) Overview
• Senate Bill 1000 (2016) established EJ requirements for General Plans under Government Code Section 65302(h) • Identifies communities that are disproportionately burdened by multiple sources of pollution uses
• Establish goals to address the “unique or compounded health risks” in disadvantaged communities by decreasing pollution exposure, increasing community assets and engagement, and improving overall health
• Prioritize improvements and programs that meet the needs of disadvantaged communities.
• Cities and counties that have disadvantaged communities are required to incorporate EJ policies into their General Plans • Either in a separate EJ element or by integrating related goals, policies, and objectives throughout the other elements
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EJ Element Focus Areas
Pollution exposure, including the improvement of air quality; Promotion of public facilities;
Food access;
Safe and sanitary homes;
Physical activity;
Encourage civic engagement;
Education opportunities
Economic growth; and
Preservation of culture.
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City of Hemet DAC’s • 4 census tracts meet the
State’s definition of
disadvantaged communities
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Outreach
• Two environmental justice outreach meetings were
conducted: • Environmental justice outreach workshop May 11, 2022 • Desire for more open space and trails to enhance pedestrian activity throughout City
• Evacuation concerns for senior, lower income, and multigenerational households • This Planning Commission meeting
• Other EJ outreach conducted: stakeholder
interviews, survey data, public noticing and
hearings, online resources.
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Proposed Environmental Justice Policies
Community health, recreational
opportunities, and air quality would be
addressed through:
• Establishing tree surveys (EJ-1.1)
• Support nutritional programs and
partnerships among private, non-profit, and
education sectors Citywide (EJ-3.1 through
EJ-3.4)
• Educate residents and public on safe
practices for living in homes (EJ-1.2, EJ-4.3
to EJ-4.5)
10 Housing equity, civic engagement, and cultural
preservation would be addressed through:
• Support programs for rental and
homeownership assistance and property
maintenance (EJ-5.1 thru EJ-5.2).
• Promote physical activity, cultural
preservation, and civic engagement
through communication (EJ-6.1 thru EJ-7.3).
• Encourage flexible education opportunities
and access to affordable childcare and
healthcare facilities (EJ-8.1, EJ-9.1 thru 9.2)
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Recommended Actions • Recommend adoption of Safety Element and Environmental Justice Element as one
General Plan amendment
• Limited to four amendments per calendar
year (65358(b)) • Excludes mandates by court decision pursuant to Article 14, Airport land use compatibility
plans, and local coastal program
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Questions
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Thank you!
Monique Alaniz-Flejter, Community
Development Director
Email: [email protected]
Phone: (951) 765-2370
For more information, please visit the City’s Safety
and Environmental Justice Element
https://www.hemetca.gov/1068/Safety-ElementEnvironmental-Justice-Ele
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Quality of life in Hemet is
influenced, in part, by the sense of
inclusion, justice, and community
perceived by City residents and
businesses. The Environmental
Justice Element demonstrates the
breadth of preparations undertaken
by the City to address issues such
as unhealthy pollution exposure;
healthy food access; safe and
sanitary homes; and increased civic
engagement.
CHAPTER 12 ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE
he City of Hemet strives to maintains a safe and comfortable environment for its residents. “Environmental Justice" is defined as the fair treatment of people of all races, cultures, and incomes with respect to the development, adoption, implementation, and enforcement of environmental laws, regulations, and policies.1 Low-income residents, communities of color, tribal nations, and immigrant communities may be disproportionately affected by environmental burdens and health problems.
The Environmental Justice (EJ) Element of the Hemet General Plan includes policies addressing potential environmental inequities caused by pollution exposure in identified disadvantaged communities. The Element provides broad policies addressing disproportionate impacts to residents caused by environmental pollution.
1 Cal. Gov. Code, § 65040.12, subd. (e).
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Aerial view of the City of Hemet
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The Environmental Justice Element addresses the following topics:
❖ pollution exposure, including the improvement of air quality; ❖ promotion of public facilities;
❖ food access;
❖ safe and sanitary homes;
❖ physical activity;
❖ encourage civic engagement;
❖ education opportunities
❖ economic growth; and
❖ preservation of culture.
12.1 SCOPE AND CONTEXT
Senate Bill 1000 (SB 1000) - Environmental Justice in Local Land Use Planning (2015-2016), amended California’s Planning and Zoning Law to require local governments to identify disadvantaged communities and incorporate environmental justice (EJ) into their general plans. SB 1000 requires a transparent public engagement process to identify potential pollutants posing a health risk in disadvantaged communities, and to promotes impact reduction and equitable access to health-inducing benefits.
SB 1000 requires the addition of an Environmental Justice Element, or related goals, policies, and objectives integrated into other Elements, identifying disadvantaged communities, within the city, county, or city and county. Cities and Counties are required, on or after January 1, 2018, upon the adoption or revision of two or more elements concurrently, to:
❖ adopt a separate Environmental Justice Element, or include goals, policies, and objectives integrated in other Elements,
❖ identify objectives and policies to reduce unique or compounded health risks in disadvantaged communities, by means that include, but are not limited to, the reduction of pollution exposure, including the improvement of air quality, and the promotion of public facilities, food access, safe and sanitary homes, and physical activity,
❖ identify objectives and policies to promote civic engagement in the public decision-making process, and
❖ prioritize improvements and programs for disadvantaged communities.
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12.1.1 RELATIONSHIP TO OTHER ELEMENTS IN THE
GENERAL PLAN
State planning law requires the Environmental Justice Element to be consistent with other General Plan elements. The Land Use; Circulation; Housing; Public Safety; Recreation and Trails; Open Space and Conservation; and Community Services and Infrastructure Elements relate most closely to the Environmental Justice Element.
Land Use Element
The Land Use Element provides a planned land use pattern, identifying residential, commercial, business park, professional office, and public land use designations. Public and private lands intended for public facilities, housing, and cultural preservation are identified using their respective land use designations. These areas are identified in the Environmental Justice Element and are preserved for such purposes.
Circulation Element
The Circulation Element identifies and ensures access to open spaces and recreational areas requiring access. The Circulation Element assigns the location of streets and trail systems for pedestrians, bicyclists, and equestrians that provide access to open space areas.
Public Safety Element
The Public Safety Element addresses public health and safety within the Planning Area, including open space lands such as parks, trails, lakes, and wildland areas. Public health issues include natural and human-made hazards in open space.
Recreation and Trails Element
The Recreation and Trails Element identifies the parks, off-road trails, and open space recreational areas within the City and the Planning Area. The goals and policies for these recreational areas are consistent with the safety, access, and conservation goals and polices in the Environmental Justice Element.
Open Space and Conservation Element
The Open Space and Conservation Element identifies the natural, open space, and environmental resources areas and to address the issues and opportunities that enable a balance between resource conservation and long-term residential and economic growth within the City and the Planning Area. The goals and policies for these open space areas are consistent with the safety and access goals and polices in the Environmental Justice Element.
Community Services and Infrastructure Element
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The Community Services and Infrastructure Element addresses provision of the City’s utilities: water, sewer, drainage, solid waste, power, and telecommunications. Conservation and affordability of these utilities is a key aspect of both elements and they include consistent goals and policies.
Sustainability Matrix
For ease of reference, Appendix A is a sustainability matrix that organizes the City’s sustainability policies by General Plan element and category:
Smart Growth – Land Use and Community Design, Transportation and Connectivity, Water Conservation, Air Quality, Energy and Resource Conservation, Waste Reduction, and Economic Sustainability.
12.2 BACKGROUND AND METHODOLOGY
The City of Hemet is required to incorporate EJ in their General Plan for the four (4) identified disadvantaged communities within the City limits. ‘Disadvantaged communities’ means a physical area identified by the California Environmental Protection Agency (pursuant to Section 39711 of the Health and Safety Code) or an area that is predominately low-income s may be disproportionately affected by environmental pollution and/or other hazards contributing to negative health effects, exposure, or environmental degradation.”2
State law defines a “low-income area” to mean “an area with household incomes at or below 80 percent of the statewide median-income or with household incomes at or below the threshold designated as low-income by the Department of Housing and Community Development’s list of state income limits adopted pursuant to Section 50093.”3
The City followed OPR methodology for conducting the screening analysis for disadvantaged communities. The process recommends using the California Communities Environmental Health Screening Tool (“CalEnviroScreen”) is a data tool developed by CalEPA’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA). CalEnviroScreen is used by CalEPA to aid in administering environmental justice grants, promote compliance with environmental laws, prioritize site-cleanup activities and identify opportunities for sustainable economic development.
It is also being used to identify disadvantaged communities in California, pursuant to SB 535 and AB 1550 and Health and Safety Code Section 39711.4
2 Gov. Code, § 65302, subd. (h)(4)(A)
3 Gov. Code, § 65302, subd. (h)(4)(C). Based on the statutory language in Government Code section 65302(h)
4 For more information on CalEnvironScreen and OPR guidelines for developing Environmental Justice Elements, see https://opr.ca.gov/planning/general-plan/guidelines.html
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12.3 SETTING
The City of Hemet is located in the San Jacinto Valley in western Riverside County, approximately 30 miles southeast of Riverside, 60 miles east of Anaheim, and 80 miles north of San Diego. Hemet is anchored by its natural setting in the San Jacinto Valley with the backdrop in the San Jacinto Mountains and built setting with architecturally and historically significant buildings in a traditional street grid pattern. Natural landforms in the Hemet–San Jacinto Valley play an important role in shaping the city.
The City of Hemet covers a total area of 27.8 square miles, about half of the valley which it shares with the neighboring city of San Jacinto. Hemet is the regional focal point for the San Jacinto Valley area providing retail services, jobs, and housing opportunities for a wide variety of economic groups. Its scenic location in the San Jacinto Valley and proximity to the Temecula Wine Country, Idyllwild, and the San Jacinto Mountains, has made it an attractive destination for families throughout Southern California.
12.3.1 DEMOGRAPHICS
As one of the oldest communities in Riverside County, Hemet grew from an agricultural town in the early 1900s, to a multi-faceted City today that is projected to be home to over 100,000 people in the next ten years. Hemet is a growing city with many new families and a younger demographic beginning to change the City’s long-standing retirement orientation.
According to the United Census Bureau for the year of 2021, the City of Hemet was estimated to have a population of 90,436. Hemet demographics comprise of 68.76% White, 10.53% other race, 9.31% Black or African Americans, and 7.65% two or more races. In 2021, the family median income in Hemet was approximately $54,848.
12.3.2 IDENTIFIED DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES
Using CalEnviroScreen 4.0’s census data and disadvantaged communities’ identification process, four disadvantaged communities and census tracts were identified in the City of Hemet. These communities reside in East Hemet and are within close proximity to one another. To evaluate the demographic and community characteristics of these disadvantaged communities (DAC’s) and identify potential causes of disadvantages, median household income, poverty levels, education levels, age, housing affordability, transportation access, neighborhood walkability, student engagement, race, unemployment rates, and climate risk data were analyzed.
Further, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Social Vulnerability Index Score uses 15 U.S. census variables to help local officials identify communities that may need support before, during, or after disasters. Social vulnerability refers to the potential negative effects on communities caused by external stresses such as natural or human-caused disasters that impact human health. Climate Check assesses climate risk scores using climate data from federal agencies, universities, and climate scientists to evaluate drought risk. These metrics will provide a better sense when addressing the environmental justice needs within DAC’s in accordance with SB 1000 regulations. The 4 census tracts identified were 434.05, 434.01, 433.09, and 434.10 and are further analyzed below.
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Hemet Environmental Justice and Disadvantaged Communities Census Tracts
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Census Tract 434.05
Census tract 434.05 is identified as a low-income community opportunity zone, with a population of 48,000 inhabiting an area of 0.7 square miles.
Demographics within this census are described as 22% Hispanic or Latino,
54.3% White, 9.1% Black or African American, 11.7% Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander, 1.4% Native American, and 1.4% Asian. The CDC Social Vulnerability Index Score for census tract 434.05 is rated 0.788 which indicates it is vulnerable community that is more susceptible to external stresses including natural or human caused disasters and disease outbreaks.
According to Climate Check, census tract 434.05 has extreme drought risk.
The percentage of available water used by census tract 434.05 is above 40% which labels this tract as highly water stressed. Presently, this census tract’s water stress is approximately 85.20% with a projected water stress in 2050 to be about 99.20%. Furthermore, this census tract is projected to have a drought risk that is 28% higher than average for people in California.
However, storm and fire risks are relatively low with flood and heat risks being moderate. The median household income is 25k per year which is 69% lower than the State of California median household income (MHI) of 80k. The percentage of households below the poverty line is 34%, which is 22% higher than the State of California rate of 12%. Within this census tract, 68% of community residents have a high school diploma which is 16% lower than the State of California’s rate of 84%. The median age range in census tract 434.05 is 42 years of age which is 14% higher than the median age of 37 years of age according to the State of California. Four areas of need identified in this census tract include housing affordability, job opportunities, neighborhood walkability, and student engagement.
Approximately 63.49% of Hemet residents spend more than 30% of their income on rent or mortgage which is above the national average of 49.58% and the metro area average of 61.45%. Furthermore, only 30.80% of residents are employed which is below both the national average of 63.20% and the surrounding metro area average of 50.81%. According to the Healthy Places Index (HPI), this census tract is car dependent with a neighborhood walkability score of 15 where almost all errands require a car.
Census Tract 434.01
Census tract 434.01 is identified as a low-income community opportunity zone, with a population of 6,900 inhabiting an area of 1.3 square miles.
Demographics within this census are described as 42.8% Hispanic or Latino, 32% White, 8.7% Black or African American, 13.6% Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander, 2.5% Native American, and 0.4% Asian.
The (CDC) Social Vulnerability Index Score for census tract 434.01 is rated
0.977 which indicates it is vulnerable community that is more susceptible to external stresses including natural or human caused disasters and disease outbreaks. According to Climate Check, this census tract 434.01 has extreme drought risk. The percentage of available water used by census tract 434.01 is above 40% which labels this tract as highly water stressed.
Presently, this census tract’s water stress is approximately 85.20% with a projected water stress in 2050 to be about 99.20%. Furthermore, this census tract is projected to have a drought risk that is 28% higher than average for people in California. Heat risks is high in this census tract, as they experience about 8 hot days (over 106.8˚F) per year. The median
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household income is 34k per year which is 57% lower than the State of California median household income (MHI) of 80k. The percentage of households below the poverty line is 31%, which is 19% higher than the State of California rate of 12%. Within this census tract, 74% of community residents have a high school diploma which is 10% lower than the State of California’s rate of 84%. The median age range in census tract 434.01 is 28 years of age which is 24% higher than the median age for the State of California of 37 years. Four areas of need identified in this census tract include housing affordability, job opportunities, neighborhood walkability, and student engagement. Approximately 65.66% of Hemet residents spend more than 30% of their income on rent or mortgage which is above the national average of 49.58% and the metro area average of 61.45%.
Furthermore, only 51.97% of residents are employed which is below both the national average of 63.20% and the surrounding metro area average of
50.81%. According to the Healthy Places Index (HPI), this census tract is car dependent with a neighborhood walkability score of 15 where almost all errands require a car. Approximately 74.10% of high school students graduate from high school in this census tract, which is below both the national average of 82.98% and State of California average of 83.30%.
Census Tract 433.09
Census tract 433.09 is identified as a low-income community opportunity zone, with a population of 2,800 inhabiting an area of 0.3 square miles.
Demographics within this census are described as 30.6% Hispanic or Latino, 34.9% White, 8.6% Black or African American, 18.5% Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander, 5.1% Native American, and 2.2% Asian.
The (CDC) Social Vulnerability Index Score for census tract 433.09 is rated 1 which indicates it is vulnerable community that is more susceptible to external stresses including natural or human caused disasters and disease outbreaks. According to Climate Check, this census tract has extreme drought risk. The percentage of available water used by census tract 433.09 is above 40% which labels this tract as highly water stressed. Presently, this census tract’s water stress is approximately 85.20% with a projected water stress in 2050 to be about 99.20%. Furthermore, this census tract is projected to have a drought risk that is 28% higher than average for people in California. Heat risks is high in this census tract, as they experience about 8 hot days (over 106.8˚F) per year. This tract’s temperature risk is also 15% higher than average for people in California. However, storm, flood, and fire risks are all low. The median household income is 41k per year which is 51% lower than the State of California MHI of 80k. The percentage of households below the poverty line is 29.3%, which is 17.3% higher than the State of California rate of 12%. Within this census tract, 71% of community residents have a high school diploma which is 16% lower than the State of California’s rate of 84%. The median age range in census tract 433.09 is 32 years of age which is 13% higher than the median age for the State of California of 37 years. Three areas of need identified in this census tract include housing affordability, job opportunities, and student engagement.
Approximately 63.56% of Hemet residents spend more than 30% of their income on rent or mortgage which is above the national average of 49.58% and the metro area average of 61.45%. Furthermore, only 56.69% of residents are employed which is below both the national average of 63.20% and the surrounding metro area average of 50.81%. About 71.0% of high
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school students graduate from high school in this census tract, which is below both the national average of 82.98% and State of California average of 83.30%.
Census Tract 434.10
Census tract 434.10 is identified as a low-income community opportunity zone, with a population of 3,500 inhabiting an area of 0.6 square miles.
Demographics within this census are described as 38.2% Hispanic or Latino, 26.1% White, 11.3% Black or African American, 20.8% Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander, 2.0% Native American, and 1.6% Asian.
The (CDC) Social Vulnerability Index Score for census tract 433.09 is rated
0.968 which indicates it is vulnerable community that is more susceptible to external stresses including natural or human caused disasters and disease outbreaks. According to Climate Check, this census tract has extreme drought risk. The percentage of available water used by census tract 434.10 is above 40% which labels this tract as highly water stressed. Presently, this census tract’s water stress is approximately 85.20% with a projected water stress in 2050 to be about 99.20%. Furthermore, this census tract is projected to have a drought risk that is 28% higher than average for people in California. Heat risks is high in this census tract, as they experience about 8 hot days (over 105.4˚F) per year. The forecast in 2050 is about 36 hot days per year. This tract’s flood risk is rated very high, with about 60.61% of its buildings having significant flood risk, with about 12% chance of floods of 9.9 feet deep before 2050; however, storm and fire risks are low.
The median household income is 38k per year which is 52% lower than the State of California MHI of 80k. The percentage of households below the poverty line is 35%, which is 23% higher than the State of California rate of 12%. Within this census tract, 63% of community residents have a high school diploma which is 21% lower than the State of California’s rate of 84%. The median age range in census tract 434.10 is 29 years of age which is 22% lower than the median age for the State of California of 37 years.
Three areas of need identified in this census tract include housing affordability, job opportunities, and student engagement. Approximately
52.75% of Hemet residents spend more than 30% of their income on rent or mortgage which is above the national average of 49.58% and the metro area average of 61.45%. Furthermore, only 57.98% of residents are employed which is below both the national average of 63.20% and the surrounding metro area average of 50.81%.
Land use and zoning of census tracts have specific land use designations that include rural residential, hillside residential, low density residential, low medium density residential, medium density residential, high density residential, very high density residential, neighborhood commercial, community commercial, regional commercial., and mixed-use areas.
Hemet’s land use plan also includes environmental management areas that consider airports, office professional, business parks, industrial facilities, public facilities, schools, open space, etc.
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12.4 COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
Community engagement is a foundational component to the Environmental Justice process. Community engagement allows community members to provide their input and feedback which helps to inform the development of the Environmental Justice’s goals, policies, and programs.
Meaningful community engagement ensures that a variety of stakeholders and community members are offered a platform to engage in the City’s planning process. The City of Hemet has conducted public outreach activities and provided materials in both English and Spanish. The City identified a list of interested parties and stakeholders to be regularly engaged throughout the update of the Environmental Justice Element and to aid in soliciting participation from DAC’s. Those specifically targeted for the EJ element may include Nonprofits/NGOs and Advocacy groups, faith-based organizations/Churches, Local organizations (Senior centers, youth centers, homeless shelters, etc.) and social services organizations.
Community outreach efforts began in April of 2022 and will continue through City Council approval of submittal of the Environmental Justice Element. The public will have opportunities to obtain information and provide input in a variety of ways, including:
• Project Website
• Community Workshop for EJ Element Informational Handouts • Environmental Justice Stakeholder Meetings
• Environmental Justice Public Review Draft
• Planning Commission and City Council Study Sessions
In accordance with state law, the City’s included meaningful engagement with organizations and individuals who could provide information as to the presence of disadvantaged communities within the City, and the needs of any identified disadvantaged community, including, but not limited to the following topics:
• Environmental issues, such as air quality, water quality, industrial waste and releases
• Zoning and code enforcement,
• Housing, including the quality and quantity of affordable and safe housing option
• Transportation,
• Fire and flood safety concerns,
• Effects of a changing climate
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• Adaptation strategies,
• Resiliency planning, and
• Other quality of life concerns
Outreach events include two rounds of outreach and community workshops. The first round of outreach commenced with a virtual workshop and informational fact sheets were provided. The community was provided with information about the Project process and initial discussions about the community’s quality of life, housing, transportation, and environmental justice related issues and opportunities within Hemet.
The second round of outreach further engaged the community, stakeholder groups, and elected and appointed officials in conjunction with or prior to the release of the Draft EJ Element. Community Workshops educated community members (students, residents, stakeholders, etc.) about the 2021-2030 EJ Element updates, as well as provide an opportunity for public input on the contents of the documents.
Appendix A contains a summary of all public comments regarding the Environmental Justice element received by the City during the process. [NOTE TO CITY: This section will be updated when additional community engagement (i.e., previewing the plan at a second workshop, or similar) is performed.]
12.5 ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE ISSUES
This EJ element serves to highlight new policies relevant to environmental justice within the priority areas identified above. Priority areas pursuant to SB 1000 were to reduce pollutants associated with health risk in environmental justice communities, and to promote equitable access to health-inducing benefits such as healthy food options, housing, public facilities, and recreation. In addition to these priority areas, the City of Hemet chose to include areas of nurturing educational opportunities, fostering economic growth, and preserving culture. Each priority area is further detailed below.
12.5.1 POLLUTION EXPOSURE
Pollution exposure occurs when people come into direct contact with air, food, water, and soil contaminants and is often the result of incompatible land uses sited adjacent to each other. Sensitive populations (such as children, the elderly, and those with compromised immune systems) are the most susceptible to pollution exposure. Pollution can come from many sources including, agricultural land uses applying pesticides, by-products of industrial wastewater, mobile sources such as vehicles emitting exhaust, stationary sources such as diesel generator exhaust, and storage tanks leaking hazardous chemicals into soil and groundwater. Additionally, current landscape ordinances can be improved upon by providing amenities in centralized hubs, incentives for electric vehicle (EV) charging and compressed natural gas (CNG) powered city-run trolleys.
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12.5.2 IMPROVE PUBLIC FACILITIES ACCESS
The adequate provision of public facilities is a critical component to the current and future prosperity of a community. Under state law (SB 1000), “public facilities” is an umbrella term that encompasses “public improvements, public services, and community amenities”. This covers a wide spectrum of publicly provided uses and services including infrastructure, school facilities, parks and recreation, transportation, and emergency services. These amenities and services strive to improve the health, safety, and well-being of a community by enhancing community life and providing services accessible to all residents.
12.5.3 FOOD ACCESS
Healthy food plays a critical role in the livelihood of a community. As such, it is imperative that all residents have access to food that is healthy and affordable. Disadvantaged communities may face constraints related to nutritional food access; consequently, this lack of accessibility has a direct impact on a community’s prosperity. Food access is related to food security which is defined as access to adequate food for an active, healthy life for all people. Food security entails the availability of nutritionally adequate and safe foods as well as the accessibility to food.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), US students receive less than eight hours of required nutrition education each school year; which is much less than the 40 to 50 hours that children are estimated to need to result in a shift in habits and behavior.
Diet plays an important role in preventing chronic diseases and supporting good health, so schools would ideally provide students with more hours of nutrition education instruction and engage teachers and parents in nutrition education activities. Nutrition education can teach students to recognize how a healthy diet influences emotional well-being and how emotions may influence eating habits. However, because schools face many demands, school staff can consider ways to add nutrition education into the existing schedule.
Educating vulnerable communities on existing resources will also be crucial to the success of promoting accessibility to healthy food.
12.5.4 PROMOTE SAFE AND SANITARY HOMES
Hemet’s geographic location within a valley and proximity to several significant bodies of water contribute to the significant flood risk within the City. The greatest flood hazard is present in the southern parts of the City.
To prepare for and mitigate flood hazards, the City participates in the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP). The NFIP provides federal flood insurance subsidies and federally financed loans for property owners in flood-prone areas. Flood Insurance Rate Maps are an important part of the NFIP and are prepared by Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). FEMA maps show potential flood zones for the 100-year and 500-year floods. These are floods that, respectively, have a 1 percent and 0.2 percent chance of occurring every year (in other words, an average of once every 100 and once every 500 years). Flood risk information presented on FEMA maps is based on historic, meteorologic, hydrologic, and hydraulic
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data, as well as open-space conditions, flood control works, and development. New development is not permitted in a flood zone until properly engineered drainage systems are approved. Figure 12.2, “Flood Zones,” shows the 100-year and 500-year flood zones in the Planning Area.
12.5.5 PROMOTE PHYSICAL ACTIVITY
Research by the CDC shows that physically active people tend to live longer and have lower risk for heart disease, stroke, type 2 diabetes, depression, and some cancers. Physical activity is promoted by the built environment through providing places that encourage walking, biking, and other forms of exercise. Historically, disadvantaged communities have had less access to built environments that enable them to become physically active, to acquire healthy dietary habits, and to maintain a healthy weight. These places include parks, open space, trails, urban green spaces, areas with robust tree canopies, and active transportation networks. If a community has facilities that promote physical activity, community members are more likely to be physically active within that community. Some examples include utilizing vacant properties for city activities and partnering with mobile health clinics.
12.5.6 ENCOURAGE CIVIC ENGAGEMENT
Civic engagement is an important goal across all local planning and decision-making processes. It can help promote a strong sense of place within a neighborhood and can deepen stakeholder investments working toward neighborhood improvements. Environmental justice issues can be more effectively identified and resolved if accessible opportunities to engage in local decision-making are created for historically marginalized and under-represented communities. Effective civic engagement provides the City with the opportunity for a strengthened community and provides for sound investment in better decision-making by ensuring decisions are informed by community needs and goals.
12.5.7 NURTURE EDUCATION OPPORTUNITIES
Disadvantaged communities often suffer the harshest consequences of pollution and climate change. Environmental justice is about making sure everyone has access to healthy food, clean air and water, and safe homes.
While traditional environmental education programs give “people a deeper understanding of the environment, inspiring them to take personal responsibility for its preservation and restoration”5, environmental justice education fosters a critical understanding of the environment within the context of human political and social actions. Additionally, nurturing diverse educational opportunities can not only enhance community understanding of the environment, but provide foundation and opportunities more effective identification and resolving of environmental issues. These different educational opportunities include higher education, apprenticeship pathways, volunteer opportunities, vocational programs, and cadet programs. These opportunities will encourage communities to nontraditional education programs through job resources and mentorship programs.
5 Environmental Protection Agency, 2007b, para. 1
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12.5.8 FOSTER ECONOMIC GROWTH
Economic growth and development are consistently cited as a major concern in improving the well-being of disadvantaged communities. Such growth and development help nurture and promote a thriving city. Further, economic growth increases tax revenue, job availability, and opportunities for citizens. Additionally, cities with more resources are better equipped to provide for their communities. Factors to create economic growth include more capital, more labor, and better use of existing capital or labor.
Effective actions towards fostering economic growth provides the City with the opportunity for a well-driven community and provides for better investments and resources for the current and future residents of the City.
12.5.9 PRESERVE CULTURE
Culture and its heritage reflect and shape values, beliefs, and aspirations, thereby defining a people's national and local identity. It is important to preserve and celebrate the cultural heritage of all community members, especially of those within disadvantaged communities, because it maintains the integrity and well-being of those specific communities. Furthermore, it is important to acknowledge Hemet’s proud and unique history; describe historical resources; establish goals and objectives for preserving historic resources and promoting an appreciation of Hemet’s history.
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GOALS AND POLICIES
POLLUTION EXPOSURE
GOAL
EJ-1
Enhance air quality and reduce emissions of GHG’s
and other regulated air pollutants.
EJ-1.1 Tree Surveys Develop guidance to encourage selection of trees with an emphasis on improving air quality,
sequestering greenhouse gases (GHGs), and reducing the
urban heat island effect.
EJ-1.2 Housing Hazards Raise community awareness about the risks associated with lead-based paint and other indoor air quality hazards, including by distributing information
about remediation of lead and best practices to reduce and eliminate other housing hazards. This policy also supports EJ Goal 4.
PUBLIC FACILITIES ACCESS
GOAL
EJ-2
Create equitable access to public facilities and
services.
EJ-2.1 Transit Routes Encourage transit providers to establish and maintain routes to jobs, shopping, schools, parks and healthcare facilities that are convenient to disadvantaged communities.
EJ-2.2 Library Services Consider expansion of services offered at the Hemet Library such as increasing the provision of free internet services, educational resources, and safe quiet zones for residents. This policy also supports EJ Goal 8.
EJ-2.3 Senior Housing Encourage the development of senior housing in neighborhoods that are accessible to public
transit, commercial services, health care, and community facilities.
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FOOD ACCESS
GOAL
EJ-3
Improve access to healthy and nutritional food and
education and outreach of health improvement
information on nutrition.
EJ-3.1 Neighborhood Markets Collaborate with Riverside
County Department of Public Health, Hemet or Menifee
Global Medical Center and other non-profit health sector groups to encourage existing neighborhood markets or
convenience stores in nutrient deficient neighborhoods to offer more fresh and healthy food options, such as fresh fruits and vegetables.
EJ-3.2 Local Markets Support neighborhood-oriented, specific sources of fresh and healthy foods such as farmers’
markets and local outlets.
EJ-3.3 Partnerships Encourage establishment of private/public partnerships that encourage and support healthy food
options, such as Farm-Box Foods.
EJ-3.4 Nutritional Education Collaborate with local public schools to develop programs that teach the importance of healthy food options, nutrition and health, and provides hands-on opportunities such as gardening and healthy
meal preparation.
EJ-3.5 Community Gardens Support the conversion of vacant land to be used as community gardens to promote
knowledge of local, healthy food options and encourage
civic cooperation.
SAFE AND SANITARY HOMES
GOAL
EJ-4
Ensure healthy structures and living conditions are
available to all community members.
Also see Policy EJ-1.2
EJ-4.1 Waste Disposal Reduce illegal dumping of trash & other items
EJ-4.2 Neighborhood Programs Encourage a strategy focused on targeted initiatives addressing specific neighborhood quality of life issues, including but not limited to building code violations, vacant buildings, disorder and drug calls for Police service and drug arrests, as well as incidence of graffiti, junk autos, litter, and weeds.
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EJ-4.3 Health & Safety Public Outreach. Encourage public participation in identifying areas in need of enhanced
health and safety code enforcement, including promoting the use of Hemet’s “See, Click, Fix” on-line portal to
report potential health and safety issues and incidents.
EJ-4.4 Health & Safety Education Raise awareness through public education, including age-appropriate material for school-aged kids, as to the importance of a “safe and
sanitary home”.
EJ-4.5 Older Housing Stock housing stock is free from in-door pollutants such as lead and asbestos. Educate property
owners about potential problems related to older housing stock, including, but not limited to, poor ventilation and overcrowding.
EQUITY IN HOUSING ACCESS
GOAL
EJ-5
Address root-cause issues of inequitable housing
access.
EJ-5.1 Homeownership Support programs to provide rental and homeownership assistance to lower-income persons. This
policy also supports Goal 9.
EJ-5.2 Responsible Property Ownership Explore incentives and regulations that encourage active engagement in
property maintenance and community improvement.
PROMOTE PHYSICAL ACTIVITY
GOAL
EJ-6
Improve physical activity and health through urban
design.
EJ-6.1 Physical Health Promote physical activity and active transportation to address the negative health outcomes of sedentary lifestyle, with an emphasis on improvements
needed in disadvantaged communities.
EJ-6.1 Infrastructure Improvements Encourage infrastructure improvements to facilitate non-vehicular modes of
transportation with a focus on improvements needed in
disadvantaged communities.
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CIVIC ENGAGEMENT
GOAL
EJ-7
Expand inclusive opportunities to engage in the
decision-making process.
EJ-7.1 Open Meetings Promote community trust through
conducting of open meetings available to any community
member to attend and participate. The City will proactively and meaningfully engage residents in planning decisions that impact their housing and neighborhoods through
these public meetings.
EJ-7.2 Communication Encourage communication methods
that convey complex or technical information in an easily understandable manner.
EJ-7.3 EJ Principle Education Educate decision makers and the general public on the principles of environmental justice.
EDUCATION OPPORTUNITIES
GOAL
EJ-8
Expand flexible education opportunities available to
community members.
Also see Policy EJ-2.2
EJ-8.1 Educational Facilities Encourage flexible education opportunities for the citizens of Hemet. Address hurdles to accessing different levels and types of education locally and outside the City, including: colleges/universities with an emphasis on Historically Black Colleges and
Universities (HBCUs), community colleges, and vocational programs. Support and enhance mentor opportunities,
apprenticeship pathways, volunteer opportunities, cadet programs, and resources for job training.
ECONOMIC GROWTH
GOAL
EJ-9
Foster sustainable economic growth and
opportunities.
Also see Policy EJ-5.1
EJ-9.1 Access to Facilities Increase access to shopping, jobs, and healthcare facilities in disadvantaged communities.
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EJ-9.2 Childcare Services Encourage locating safe, high quality, and affordable childcare services for residents and workers in or near housing, transportation, and employment
centers.
PRESERVATION OF CULTURE
GOAL
EJ-10
Preserve and celebrate the cultures of the region.
EJ-10.1 Historic & Cultural Resources Encourage the
identification and preservation of historic and cultural resources associated with communities whose histories and historical contributions are not well documented.
EJ-10.2 Culture Celebration Encourage celebration of the many cultures that have historically shaped or currently influence the City.
EJ-10.3 Historical Education Foster education of local
architectural history and historic resources. Encourage the development of local registries of potentially historic resources. Reach out to local community members for
inclusion and support of the local registries.
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Hemet, California
PLANNING COMMISSION
RESOLUTION NO. PC2024-012
A RESOLUTION OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION OF
THE CITY OF HEMET, CALIFORNIA RECOMMENDING
THAT THE CITY COUNCIL ADOPT GENERAL PLAN
AMENDMENT 22-001 UPDATING GENERAL PLAN
CHAPTER 6 PUBLIC SAFETY ELEMENT AND CLIMATE
VULNERABILITYASSESSMENT IN ACCORDANCE WITH
SENATE BILL 1035, AND FINDING THAT THE PROJECT
IS CATEGORICALLY EXEMPT IN ACCORDANCE WITH
THE CEQA GUIDELINES.
WHEREAS, on January 24, 2012, the Hemet City Council approved Resolution No. 4476 adopting a comprehensive General Plan update and certified the associated Final Environmental Impact Report (SCH #2010061088); and WHEREAS, the Public Safety Element (Chapter 6) is an element of the Hemet General Plan; and
WHEREAS, California state law allows General Plans to be amended up to four times per year and the proposed amendment is part of 2024 Amendments to the Hemet General Plan; and
WHEREAS, in 2018, the State passed Senate Bill No. 1035 which requires the Public Safety Element to be reviewed not less than once every eight years and revised as necessary to address climate change and resiliency strategies. The intention is to identify new information relating to flood, fire, and other climate hazards not available during the previous revision of the safety element. Furthermore, the Public Safety Element update includes a review of updated hazard zones in relation to essential public facilities, identification of evacuation routes and emergency procedures in coordination with public agencies, and the addition of climate change considerations.
WHEREAS, in accordance with the Government Code 65302 (g)(3) an update to the Safety Element is required in conjunction with updates to the Housing Element, or upon the update of the next Hazard Mitigation Plan.
WHEREAS, State law also requires that Safety Element updates include a climate vulnerability assessment (“CVA”)to consider risks and hazards due to a changing climate.
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The CVA is informed through current policies such as the City of Hemet’s Climate Action Plan adopted by City Council on September 11, 2018 and 2017 Local Hazard Mitigation Plan. In addition to current data from tools such as CalEnviroScreen 4.0 and Cal-Adapt, the CVA examines existing goals and policies to understand the City’s ability to adapt to a changing climate.
WHEREAS, the Planning Commission has the authority to review and make recommendations to the City Council on General Plan Amendment No. 22-001 and associated environmental documents; and
WHEREAS, in accordance with Government Code Sections 65353, 65355 and 65090, on July 5, 2024 the City placed a notice of public hearing in the Press Enterprise newspaper announcing the holding of a public hearing at which the General Plan Amendment No. 22-001 would be considered by the Planning Commission; and WHEREAS, in accordance with Government Code Section 65353, on July 16, 2024 the Planning Commission held the noticed public hearing at which interested persons had an opportunity to testify in support of, or opposition to, General Plan Amendment No. 22-001, and at which time the Planning Commission considered General Plan Amendment No. 22-001; and
NOW, THEREFORE, the Planning Commission of the City of Hemet does Resolve, Determine, Find and Order as follows:
SECTION 1: ENVIRONMENTAL FINDINGS
The Planning Commission, in light of the whole record before it, including but not limite d to, the City’s Local CEQA Guidelines and the recommendation of the Community Development Director as provided in the Staff Report dated July 16, 2024, hereby finds and determines as follows:
1. CEQA: The City has analyzed this proposed General Plan Amendment and has determined that it is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Ac t (CEQA) under Section 15061 (b) (3) of the CEQA Guidelines, which provides that CEQA only applies to projects that have a potential for causing a significant impact on the environment. GPA21-001 in itself does not relate to any physical project and will not result in any physical change to the environment and does not affect the land use or density limitations of the General Plan, except as superseded by State law. Therefore, it can be seen with certainty that there is no possibility that this ordinance text amendment may have a significant adverse effect on the environment, and therefore, the adoption of this Ordinance is exempt from CEQA pursuant to Section 15061(b)(3) of the CEQA Guidelines.
SECTION 2: GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT
The Planning Commission recommends approval to the City Council to adopt General Plan Amendment No. 22-001, Updating General Plan Chapter 6 Public Safety Element i n
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accordance with Senate Bill1035, attached as Exhibit Bto this Resolution on the following grounds:
1. The proposed General Plan Amendment will not cause any internal inconsistencies in the General Plan and serves to implement the policies and programs contained in Chapter 6 (Public Safety Element). The Public Safety Element update includes a review of updated hazard zones in relation to essential public facilities, identification of evacuation routes and emergency procedures in coordination with public agencies, and the addition of climate change considerations. The proposed update provides internal consistency as required by state law. Therefore, the update to General Plan Chapter 6 (Public Safety Element) is appropriate and consistent with the General Plan 2030.
SECTION 3: PLANNING COMMISSION ACTIONS
The Planning Commission hereby recommends that the City Council take the following action:
1. Finding the project Categorically Exempt from CEQA. In compliance with CEQA Guidelines §15061 (b) (3), the Community Development Director shall prepare a Notice of Exemption concerning the findings made in Section 1 of this Resolution, and within five (5) working days of the project approval, file a Notice with the Riverside County Clerk for posting.
Approve General Plan Amendment No. 22-001, Adding General Plan Chapter 6 Public Safety Element in accordance with Senate Bill1000.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 16th day of July, 2024, by the following vote:
AYES:
NOES
Chair Beamesderfer, Vice Chair Papp, Commissioner Hill, Commissioner Ochoa, and Commissioner Clark
: None
ABSTAIN: None
ABSENT: None
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Hemet Planning Commission
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CITY OF HEMET
Hemet, California
PLANNING COMMISSION
RESOLUTION NO. PC 2024-013
A RESOLUTION OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION OF
THE CITY OF HEMET, CALIFORNIA RECOMMENDING
THAT THE CITY COUNCIL ADOPT GENERAL PLAN
AMENDMENT 22-001 ADDING GENERAL PLAN
CHAPTER 12 ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE ELEMENT IN
ACCORDANCE WITH SENATE BILL 1000, AND FINDING
THAT THE PROJECT IS CATEGORICALLY EXEMPT IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THE CEQA GUIDELINES.
WHEREAS, on January 24, 2012, the Hemet City Council approved Resolution No. 4476 adopting a comprehensive General Plan update and certified the associated Final Environmental Impact Report (SCH #2010061088); and WHEREAS, the Environmental Justice is a new element (Chapter 12) of the Hemet General Plan; and
WHEREAS, California state law allows General Plans to be amended up to four times per year and the proposed amendment is part of 2024 Amendments to the Hemet General Plan; and
WHEREAS, Senate Bill 1000 (SB 1000) - Environmental Justice in Local Land Use Planning (2015-2016), amended California’s Planning and Zoning Law to require local governments to identify disadvantaged communities and incorporate the addition of an Environmental Justice Element to the City‘s General Plan. Cities and Counties are required, on or after January 1, 2018, to update their General Plan upon the adoption or revision of two or more elements concurrently.
WHEREAS, a “Disadvantaged community" means an area identified by the California Environmental Protection Agency (CalEPA) pursuant to Section 39711 of the Health and Safety Code or an area that is a low-income area that is disproportionately affected by environmental pollution and other hazards that can lead to negative health effects, exposure, or environmental degradation. (Gov. Code, § 65302, subd. (h)(4)(A)).
WHEREAS, Gov. Code §65040.12 defines Environmental Justice (EJ) as “the fair treatment of people of all races, cultures, and incomes with respect to the Planning Commission Resolution No. P02024-013
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development, adoption, implementation, and enforcement of environmental laws, regulations, and policies.”
WHEREAS, the Planning Commission has the authority to review and make recommendations to the City Council on General Plan Amendment No. 22-001 and associated environmental documents; and
WHEREAS, in accordance with Government Code Sections 65353, 65355 and 65090, on July 5, 2024 the City placed a notice of public hearing in the Press Enterprise newspaper announcing the holding of a public hearing at which the General Plan Amendment No. 22-001 would be considered by the Planning Commission; and WHEREAS, in accordance with Government Code Section 65353, on July 16, 2024 the Planning Commission held the noticed public hearing at which interested persons had an opportunity to testify in support of, or opposition to, General Plan Amendment No. 22-001, and at which time the Planning Commission considered General Plan Amendment No. 22-001; and
NOW, THEREFORE, the Planning Commission of the City of Hemet does Resolve, Determine, Find and Order as follows:
SECTION 1: ENVIRONMENTAL FINDINGS
The Planning Commission, in light of the whole record before it, including but not limited to, the City’s Local CEQA Guidelines and the recommendation of the Community Development Director as provided in the Staff Report dated July 16, 2024, hereby finds and determines as follows:
1 CEQA: The City has analyzed this proposed General Plan Amendment and has determined that it is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) under Section 15061 (b) (3) of the CEQA Guidelines, which provides that CEQA only applies to projects that have a potential for causing a significant impact on the environment. GPA21-001 in itself does not relate to any physical project and will not result in any physical change to the environment and does not affect the land use or density limitations of the General Plan, except as superseded by State law. Therefore, it can be seen with certainty that there is no possibility that this ordinance text amendment may have a significant adverse effect on the environment, and therefore, the adoption of this Ordinance is exempt from CEQA pursuant to Section 15061(b)(3) of the CEQA Guidelines.
SECTION 2: GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT
The Planning Commission recommends approval to the City Council to adopt General Plan Amendment No. 22-001, Adding General Plan Chapter 12 Environmental Justice Element in accordance with Senate Bill 1000, attached as Exhibit B to this Resolution on the following grounds:
1. The proposed General Plan Amendment will not cause any internal inconsistencies in the General Plan and serves to implement the policies and Planning Commission Resolution No. PC2024-013
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and écretary
programs contained in Chapter 12 (Environmental Justice Element). State planning law requires the Environmental Justice Element to be consistent with other General Plan elements. The Environmental Justice Element is complimentary to the Land Use; Circulation; Housing; Public Safety; Recreation and Trails; Open Space and Conservation; and Community Services and Infrastructure Elements. Therefore, the added General Plan Chapter 12 (Environmental Justice Element) is appropriate and consistent with the General Plan 2030.
SECTION 3: PLANNING COMMISSION ACTIONS
The Planning Commission hereby recommends that the City Council take the following action:
1. 2.
Finding the project Categorically Exempt from CEQA. In compliance with CEQA Guidelines §15061 (b) (3), the Community Development Director shall prepare a Notice of Exemption concerning the findings made in Section 1 of this Resolution, and within five (5) working days of the project approval, file a Notice with the Riverside County Clerk for posting.
Approve General Plan Amendment No. 22-001, Adding General Plan Chapter 12 Environmental Justice Element in accordance with Senate Bill1000.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 16th day of July, 2024, by the following vote:
AYES: Chair Beamesderfer, Vice Chair Papp, Commissioner Hill, Commissioner Ochoa, and Commissioner Clark
NOES: None
ABSTAIN: None
ABSENT: None
Jacob B Chair
Hemet P ng Commission
ATTEST:
Corina Hern ez, Records
Hemet Planning Commission
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City of Hemet
City Council Meeting
STAFF REPORT
Meeting: City Council Meeting - Sep 24 2024
Department: Finance
Submitted by: Mark Prestwich, City Manager
Tiffany Barnett, Acting Administrative Services Director; ☒ Receive and File ☐ Consent Calendar ☐ Business Item ☐ Public Hearing TITLE:
The City of Hemet Warrant Register Dated August 22, 2024, in the amount of $4,477,388.67.
The Payroll Period of August 5, 2024 – August 18, 2024, in the amount of $1,040,076.79 RECOMMENDED ACTION:
It is respectfully recommended that the City Council:
Receive and file the City of Hemet Warrant Register.
BACKGROUND:
The City of Hemet Warrant Register Dated August 22, 2024, in the amount of $4,477,388.67.
The Payroll Period of August 5, 2024 – August 18, 2024, in the amount of $1,040,076.79.
ANALYSIS:
In this month’s warrant register the following payments were in excess of $500,000.00.
Check # Vendor Amount Description
212960 L D V Inc. $1,199,976.50 Public Safety Mobile Command Center Check # Vendor Amount Description
212999 Public Risk Innovation $986,070.00 Excess Workers Comp Insurance Check # Vendor Amount Description
213044 Vance Corporation $817,364.52 CIP 5690 Citywide Pavement STRATEGIC PLAN INTEGRATION:
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GOAL THREE: COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
To connect and participate in a constant dialogue between members of the community, City staff, and elected officials to promote togetherness and positivity.
Objective 2: Increase transparency for the public.
ATTACHMENT(S):
Attachment 1 20240822 voucher listing
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08/22/2024
Voucher List
City of Hemet
1 11:02:42AM
vchlist Page:
Bank code : 001
Voucher Date Vendor Invoice PO # Description/Account Amount 212851 8/22/2024 80828 4 IMPRINT, INC 12662118 BUILDING DEPT EVENT 2024-000771 Sweetkins Adjustable Toddler Apron~
120-3300-2710 619.00
2024-000771 Hard Hat Stress Reliever~
120-3300-2710 397.50
2024-000771 Wolverine Pen
120-3300-2710 198.00
2024-000771 Value Lanyard - 3/4" - Metal Swivel
120-3300-2710 392.50
2024-000771 Full Color Custom Shape Sticker by the
120-3300-2710 245.00
2024-000771 Freight
120-3300-2710 86.76
NEW Riverside Co Sales Tax
120-3300-2710 162.05
Total : 2,100.81
212852 8/22/2024 97634 9TH SHIELD INCORPORATED, THE 3509 PARK SECURITY PATROL SERVICES
PARK SECURITY PATROL SERVICES
110-4250-2400 71.48
PARK SECURITY PATROL SERVICES
221-4200-2400 71.42
PARK SECURITY PATROL SERVICES
254-4600-2400 71.42
PARK SECURITY PATROL SERVICES
254-4650-2400 71.42
PARK SECURITY PATROL SERVICES
571-9000-2400 71.42
PARK SECURITY PATROL SERVICES
684-4550-2400 71.42
PARK SECURITY PATROL SERVICES
685-4560-2400 71.42
4533 ANNUAL SECURITY CONTRACT FOR 9TH SHIELD
2025-000238 FY 24/25 SECURITY SERVICES AT THE
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2025-000238 FY 24/25 SECURITY SERVICES AT THE
110-6100-2710 513.83
4549 PARK SECURITY PATROL SERVICES
2025-000176 APPROVED BY COUNCIL ON 2/27/24~
110-4250-2400 3,000.00
4640 ANNUAL SECURITY CONTRACT FOR 9TH SHIELD
2025-000238 FY 24/25 SECURITY SERVICES AT THE
240-3470-2400 1,162.77
2025-000238 FY 24/25 SECURITY SERVICES AT THE
110-6100-2710 587.23
4668 ANNUAL SECURITY CONTRACT FOR 9TH SHIELD
2025-000238 FY 24/25 SECURITY SERVICES AT THE
240-3470-2400 1,122.07
2025-000238 FY 24/25 SECURITY SERVICES AT THE
110-6100-2710 566.68
Total : 8,470.00
212853 8/22/2024 97982 ACE UNIFORMS LLC SD0181000 PD UNIFORMS, EMBROIDERY
PD UNIFORMS, EMBROIDERY
110-3000-2700 304.43
SD0181001 FIRE UNIFORMS, EMBROIDERY
FIRE UNIFORMS, EMBROIDERY
110-3000-2700 195.70
Total : 500.13
212854 8/22/2024 97857 AETNA SEP 2024 AETNA COMBINED PPO, HMO, SILVERSCRIPT
AETNA COMBINED PPO, HMO, SILVERSCRIPT
750-2152 1,048.48
AETNA COMBINED PPO, HMO, SILVERSCRIPT
689-2150-2400 39,118.52
Total : 40,167.00
212855 8/22/2024 99281 AGUILAR, STARLYN 153119 REFUND- CLOSED UTILITY ACCT
REFUND- CLOSED UTILITY ACCT
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Voucher Date Vendor Invoice PO # Description/Account Amount 212855 8/22/2024 99281 AGUILAR, STARLYN (Continued)
571-0835 59.48
Total : 59.48
212856 8/22/2024 54790 AIRGAS USA, LLC 5509974735 WELDING AND OXYGEN SUPPLIES 2025-000106 WELDING AND OXYGEN SUPPLIES
571-9000-2450 55.38
Total : 55.38
212857 8/22/2024 76829 ALBERT A WEBB ASSOCIATES ARIV0004467 CIP 5706 ESPLANADE AVE IMPROVEMENTS TO 2024-000702 CIP 5706 Esplanade Ave Improvements to
329-5706-2710 2,687.00
ARIV0004858 CIP 5706 ESPLANADE AVE IMPROVEMENTS TO
2024-000702 CIP 5706 Esplanade Ave Improvements to
329-5706-2710 3,994.75
Total : 6,681.75
212858 8/22/2024 98030 ALLSTATE BENEFITS Ben531990 ALLSTATE ACCIDENT: PAYMENT ALLSTATE ACCIDENT: Payment
750-2188 790.58
ALLSTATE CRITICAL ILLNESS: Payment
750-2188 327.04
ALLSTATE DISABILITY: Payment
750-2188 496.70
ALLSTATE TERM LIFE: Payment
750-2188 891.74
Total : 2,506.06
212859 8/22/2024 95525 ALLSUP CORPORATION 24-HEMET-18 REPAIRS & MAINTENANCE ON CNG STATION 2025-000004 REPAIRS & MAINTENANCE ON CNG STATION
685-4560-2400 1,792.00
Total : 1,792.00
212860 8/22/2024 10710 AL'S KUBOTA TRACTOR INC 281141 MISC TRACTOR PARTS & SUPPLIES 2025-000068 MISC TRACTOR PARTS & SUPPLIES
225-8250-2450 58.70
283447 MISC TRACTOR PARTS & SUPPLIES
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Voucher Date Vendor Invoice PO # Description/Account Amount 212860 8/22/2024 10710 AL'S KUBOTA TRACTOR INC (Continued) 2025-000068 MISC TRACTOR PARTS & SUPPLIES
254-4650-2450 78.27
284283 MISC TRACTOR PARTS & SUPPLIES
2025-000068 MISC TRACTOR PARTS & SUPPLIES
254-4650-2450 32.61
284699 MISC TRACTOR PARTS & SUPPLIES
2025-000068 MISC TRACTOR PARTS & SUPPLIES
225-8250-2450 50.00
284759 MISC TRACTOR PARTS & SUPPLIES
2025-000068 MISC TRACTOR PARTS & SUPPLIES
228-8265-2850 1,303.91
284761 MISC TRACTOR PARTS & SUPPLIES
2025-000068 MISC TRACTOR PARTS & SUPPLIES
110-4250-2850 1,303.91
284762 MISC TRACTOR PARTS & SUPPLIES
2025-000068 MISC TRACTOR PARTS & SUPPLIES
228-8265-2450 663.36
284843 MISC TRACTOR PARTS & SUPPLIES
2025-000068 MISC TRACTOR PARTS & SUPPLIES
228-8265-2450 2,664.32
284844 MISC TRACTOR PARTS & SUPPLIES
2025-000068 MISC TRACTOR PARTS & SUPPLIES
110-4250-2450 1,332.16
2025-000068 MISC TRACTOR PARTS & SUPPLIES
225-8250-2450 1,332.16
Total : 8,819.40
212861 8/22/2024 11526 ANADY'S TROPHIES & ENGR INC 123433 ENGRAVING, PLAQUES, AND TROPHY SERVICES 2025-000036 NAME PLATES/TAGS/PLAQUES
110-3200-2250 84.83
Total : 84.83
212862 8/22/2024 98986 ARIZONA PIPELINE CA 151229 REFUND - CLOSED UTILITY ACCT
REFUND - CLOSED UTILITY ACCT
571-0835 1,057.38
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Voucher Date Vendor Invoice PO # Description/Account Amount 212862 8/22/2024 98986 98986 ARIZONA PIPELINE CA (Continued) Total : 1,057.38 212863 8/22/2024 73291 ARROW PRINTING, INC 26081 STATIONARY
STATIONARY
684-4550-2350 747.11
26090 STATIONARY
STATIONARY
686-4150-2250 130.50
Total : 877.61
212864 8/22/2024 87684 B A V C O 282905 BACKFLOW DEVICES, PART, & SUPPLIES 2025-000007 BACKFLOW DEVICES, PART, & SUPPLIES
225-8250-2450 244.15
286950 BACKFLOW DEVICES, PART, & SUPPLIES
2025-000007 BACKFLOW DEVICES, PART, & SUPPLIES
685-4560-2460 784.79
287730 BACKFLOW DEVICES, PART, & SUPPLIES
2025-000007 BACKFLOW DEVICES, PART, & SUPPLIES
225-8250-2450 185.86
288213 BACKFLOW DEVICES, PART, & SUPPLIES
2025-000007 BACKFLOW DEVICES, PART, & SUPPLIES
225-8250-2450 36.54
289169 BACKFLOW DEVICES, PART, & SUPPLIES
2025-000007 BACKFLOW DEVICES, PART, & SUPPLIES
225-8250-2450 126.70
Total : 1,378.04
212865 8/22/2024 13561 B J SPORTING GOODS, INC 99164 EMPLOYEE SAFETY SHOES
EMPLOYEE SAFETY SHOES
685-4560-2700 135.93
Total : 135.93
212866 8/22/2024 70164 BAKER & TAYLOR 2038450618 BAKER AND TAYLOR BOOK VENDOR 2025-000188 Annual material selection for new
363-6101-2228 172.06
2038464684 BAKER AND TAYLOR BOOK VENDOR
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Voucher Date Vendor Invoice PO # Description/Account Amount 212866 8/22/2024 70164 BAKER & TAYLOR (Continued)
2025-000188 Annual material selection for new
363-6101-2228 102.35
2038480568 BAKER AND TAYLOR BOOK VENDOR
2025-000188 Annual material selection for new
363-6101-2228 299.39
Total : 573.80
212867 8/22/2024 99114 BATTERY WORX INC 138856 VEHICLE BATTERIES 2025-000161 VEHICLE BATTERIES
684-4550-2350 314.29
139054 VEHICLE BATTERIES
2025-000161 VEHICLE BATTERIES
684-4550-2350 628.54
Total : 942.83
212868 8/22/2024 99282 BERMOY, MICAH/JESSICA 132712 REFUND- CLOSED UTILITY ACCT
REFUND- CLOSED UTILITY ACCT
571-0835 53.61
Total : 53.61
212869 8/22/2024 79706 BETTS TRUCK PARTS & SERVICE 10P30933 TRUCK PARTS AND SERVICES 2025-000112 TRUCK PARTS AND SERVICES
684-4550-2350 1,613.74
Total : 1,613.74
212870 8/22/2024 97827 BLACK KNIGHT TERMITE & PEST 152043 GOPHER CONTROL AT CITY PARKS 2025-000076 GOPHER CONTROL AT CITY PARKS
228-8266-2450 150.00
153953 GOPHER CONTROL AT CITY PARKS
2025-000076 GOPHER CONTROL AT CITY PARKS
110-4250-2400 395.00
Total : 545.00
212871 8/22/2024 79644 BLUE VIOLET NETWORKS, LLC H76799 PHONE SYSTEM MONTHLY CHARGES
PHONE SYSTEM MONTHLY CHARGES
680-1935-2200 838.67
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Voucher Date Vendor Invoice PO # Description/Account Amount 212871 8/22/2024 79644 BLUE VIOLET NETWORKS, LLC (Continued) M76765 BLUEVIOLET PRO SERVICES - 20 HOURS
2024-000696 CO#1 - 8-12-24: Additional services
680-1935-2710 135.00
2024-000696 20 Hours of Voice Engineer - BVN labor
680-1935-2710 3,230.00
INVOICE BALANCE
680-1935-2710 35.00
Total : 4,238.67
212872 8/22/2024 87976 BOONE RECYCLED MATERIALS, INC 18352 RECYCLING DUMP FEES 2025-000008 RECYCLING DUMP FEES
221-4200-2450 210.00
18382 RECYCLING DUMP FEES
2025-000008 RECYCLING DUMP FEES
221-4200-2450 140.00
18451 RECYCLING DUMP FEES
2025-000008 RECYCLING DUMP FEES
254-4650-2450 474.42
18461 RECYCLING DUMP FEES
2025-000008 RECYCLING DUMP FEES
221-4200-2450 1,123.72
Total : 1,948.14
212873 8/22/2024 83979 C D C E, INC 142890 TOUGHBOOKS
2024-000530 PR-320155 - Lind 120 Watt CF-31,33,54
571-9000-2270 155.00
2024-000530 PS-102006 - Havis FZ-40 Lite Vehicle
571-9000-2270 899.00
2024-000530 Freight
571-9000-2270 129.00
NEW Riverside Co Sales Tax
571-9000-2270 92.23
Total : 1,275.23
212874 8/22/2024 19035 C P S HR CONSULTING TR-INV004143 CRC LAW PREP-ENTRY LEVEL Page: 7
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CRC LAW PREP-ENTRY LEVEL
100-1801-2710 15.00
Total : 15.00
212875 8/22/2024 76831 C R & R INC REQ 063024 TAX ROLL DELINQUENT COLLECTION 23-24 CY TAX ROLL DELINQUENT COLLECTION 23-24 CY
110-2189 17,696.53
LESS 10% ADMIN FEES
110-0640 -1,769.66
REQ 063024 (2) TAX ROLL DELINQUENT COLLECTION 23-24 CY
TAX ROLL DELINQUENT COLLECTION 23-24 CY
110-2189 5,432.35
LESS 10% ADMIN FEES
110-0640 -543.24
Total : 20,815.98
212876 8/22/2024 16845 CALIFORNIA BUILDING OFFICIALS 17798 PERMIT TECH ADVANCEMENT ACADEMY, C MARIN
PERMIT TECH ADVANCEMENT ACADEMY, C MARIN
120-3300-2560 1,095.00
Total : 1,095.00
212877 8/22/2024 69751 CALIFORNIA, STATE OF (SCO) REQ 063024 FY 23/24 CONFIRMATION REQUEST FY 23/24 CONFIRMATION REQUEST
100-1401-2710 150.00
Total : 150.00
212878 8/22/2024 93130 CANON FINANCIAL SERVICES INC 33698418 PRINTER/COPIER LEASE AGREEMENT AND SUPPL 2025-000267 TERM: JULY 1, 2024 THROUGH JUNE 30,
100-1801-2400 541.96
34341976 CANON COPIER LEASE
2025-000228 CANON COPIER LEASE PUBLIC
686-4150-2400 340.73
34341977 CANON MAINTENANCE - PATROL
2025-000261 LEASE/MNTCE AGREEMENT~
110-3013-2400 252.44
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Voucher Date Vendor Invoice PO # Description/Account Amount 212878 8/22/2024 93130 CANON FINANCIAL SERVICES INC (Continued) 34341979 CANON LEASE FINANCE
2025-000212 BLANKET PURCHASE ORDER~
100-1400-2400 374.52
34341980 FLS CANON PRINTER SVCS
2025-000190 PRINTER/COPIER LEASE AND MAINTENANCE
110-3200-2400 146.65
2025-000190 PRINTER/COPIER LEASE AND MAINTENANCE
120-3300-2400 146.65
2025-000190 PRINTER/COPIER LEASE AND MAINTENANCE
120-3350-2400 146.64
34362642 ENGINEERING DEPT. CANON IMAGERUNNER
2025-000189 Engineering Dept. Canon Imagerunner
120-4100-2400 315.43
Total : 2,265.02
212879 8/22/2024 74244 CANON SOLUTIONS AMERICA INC 6008768729 CANON MAINTENANCE AGREEMENTS 2025-000263 COPIER MTNCE AND USAGE~
110-3013-2400 101.89
6008795299 CANON MAINTENANCE AGREEMENTS
2025-000263 COPIER MTNCE AND USAGE~
110-3013-2400 54.56
6008818466 CANON MAINTENANCE
2025-000262 COPIER MTNCE AND USAGE~
110-3010-5410 191.30
6008822444 MAINTENANCE FOR LIBRARY PUBLIC PRINTER
2025-000275 Annual maintenance for Public Printer .
110-6100-2714 27.43
6008835808 MAINTENANCE FOR LIBRARY PUBLIC PRINTER
2025-000275 Annual maintenance for Public Printer .
110-6100-2714 26.49
6008946871 CANON MAINTENANCE AGREEMENTS
2025-000263 COPIER MTNCE AND USAGE~
110-3013-2400 25.54
6008946872 CANON MAINTENANCE AGREEMENTS
2025-000263 COPIER MTNCE AND USAGE~
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Voucher Date Vendor Invoice PO # Description/Account Amount 212879 8/22/2024 74244 CANON SOLUTIONS AMERICA INC (Continued) 110-3013-2400 90.46
6008951389 CANON MAINTENANCE AGREEMENTS
2025-000263 COPIER MTNCE AND USAGE~
110-3013-2400 0.78
6008957100 CANON MAINTENANCE AGREEMENTS
2025-000263 COPIER MTNCE AND USAGE~
110-3013-2400 10.10
Total : 528.55
212880 8/22/2024 80061 CAR WASH DEPOT 10019 (1) CAR WASHES
CAR WASHES
684-4550-2350 1,532.76
10019 (2) CAR WASHES
CAR WASHES
684-4550-2350 813.94
Total : 2,346.70
212881 8/22/2024 66525 CARL WARREN & COMPANY CWC-2046543 LIABILITY CLAIMS TPA 2025-000192 Liability Claims TPA~
683-2200-2400 7,671.00
Total : 7,671.00
212882 8/22/2024 99248 CARR, KEVIN REQ 080124 REIMB EXP, MILEAGE & PARKING
REIMB EXP, MILEAGE & PARKING
120-3350-2560 132.11
Total : 132.11
212883 8/22/2024 17920 CASTELLANO'S TOWING 86424 TOWING SERVICES FOR GOVERNMENT FLEET 2025-000247 TOWING SERVICES FOR GOVERNMENT FLEET
684-4550-2350 60.00
86847 TOWING SERVICES FOR GOVERNMENT FLEET
2025-000247 TOWING SERVICES FOR GOVERNMENT FLEET
684-4550-2350 105.00
86911 TOWING SERVICES FOR GOVERNMENT FLEET
2025-000247 TOWING SERVICES FOR GOVERNMENT FLEET
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684-4550-2350 724.00
86945 TOWING SERVICES FOR GOVERNMENT FLEET
2025-000247 TOWING SERVICES FOR GOVERNMENT FLEET
684-4550-2350 60.00
86955 TOWING SERVICES FOR GOVERNMENT FLEET
2025-000247 TOWING SERVICES FOR GOVERNMENT FLEET
684-4550-2350 60.00
87010 TOWING SERVICES FOR GOVERNMENT FLEET
2025-000247 TOWING SERVICES FOR GOVERNMENT FLEET
684-4550-2350 675.00
87041 TOWING SERVICES FOR GOVERNMENT FLEET
2025-000247 TOWING SERVICES FOR GOVERNMENT FLEET
684-4550-2350 60.00
Total : 1,744.00
212884 8/22/2024 99294 CASTILLO, DALLAN REQ 080824 REIMBURSE EXPENSE, DMV PHYSICAL
REIMBURSE EXPENSE, DMV PHYSICAL
110-4250-2560 72.50
Total : 72.50
212885 8/22/2024 79809 CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS 188825001 CABLE/INTERNET SERVICE
CABLE/INTERNET SERVICE
680-1935-2200 9.32
Total : 9.32
212886 8/22/2024 79149 CHARTER INDUSTRIAL SUPPLY, INC 1238371 HOSE/PIPE FITTING/SUPPLIES 2025-000115 HOSE/PIPE FITTING/SUPPLIES
684-4550-2350 305.51
1238372 HOSE/PIPE FITTING/SUPPLIES
2025-000115 HOSE/PIPE FITTING/SUPPLIES
684-4550-2350 243.22
1238374 HOSE/PIPE FITTING/SUPPLIES
2025-000115 HOSE/PIPE FITTING/SUPPLIES
684-4550-2350 61.55
Total : 610.28
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Voucher Date Vendor Invoice PO # Description/Account Amount 212887 8/22/2024 95105 CIRCLE INC 189777 CIRCLE MSP MANAGED PRINT SERVICES 2025-000248 BLANKET PURCHASE ORDER~
680-1935-2710 304.75
189798 CIRCLE MSP MANAGED PRINT SERVICES
2025-000248 BLANKET PURCHASE ORDER~
680-1935-2710 1,278.40
Total : 1,583.15
212888 8/22/2024 98778 CLEANMART USA 028485 JANITORIAL SUPPLIES 2025-000010 JANITORIAL SUPPLIES
685-4560-2400 1,135.23
028486 JANITORIAL SUPPLIES
2025-000010 JANITORIAL SUPPLIES
685-4560-2400 606.54
028487 JANITORIAL SUPPLIES
2025-000010 JANITORIAL SUPPLIES
685-4560-2400 295.20
028488 JANITORIAL SUPPLIES
2025-000010 JANITORIAL SUPPLIES
685-4560-2400 384.37
028489 JANITORIAL SUPPLIES
2025-000010 JANITORIAL SUPPLIES
685-4560-2400 553.17
Total : 2,974.51
212889 8/22/2024 89708 COLONIAL LIFE Ben531980 COLONIAL ACCIDENT: PAYMENT COLONIAL ACCIDENT: Payment
750-2188 35.92
COLONIAL CANCER: Payment
750-2188 60.86
COLONIAL CRITICAL ILLNESS: Payment
750-2188 29.66
COLONIAL TERM LIFE: Payment
750-2188 394.46
COLONIAL IND TERM LIFE: Payment
750-2188 788.54
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COLONIAL IND WHOLE LIFE: Payment
750-2188 279.84
COLONIAL IND DISABILITY: Payment
750-2188 28.06
Total : 1,617.34
212890 8/22/2024 97310 CONCENTRA MEDICAL CENTERS 83916991 PRE EMPLOYMENT EXAMS 2025-000183 PRE-EMPLOYMENT, EMPLOYEE MEDICAL, AND
100-1801-2710 282.00
83917006 PRE EMPLOYMENT EXAMS
2025-000183 PRE-EMPLOYMENT, EMPLOYEE MEDICAL, AND
100-1801-2710 225.00
Total : 507.00
212891 8/22/2024 99293 COONCE, PAUL 34737 PRINTING SERVICES
PRINTING SERVICES
266-1205-2250 1,212.56
34751 PRINTING SERVICES
PRINTING SERVICES
266-1205-2250 750.38
Total : 1,962.94
212892 8/22/2024 89153 CORTESE, DAN REQ 082024 REIMB EXP, FOOD, COMM. CLEANUP REIMB EXP, FOOD, COMM. CLEANUP
221-4200-2450 58.66
Total : 58.66
212893 8/22/2024 61765 COUNSELING TEAM INTERNATIONAL, THE INV101025 EAP / COUNSELING / PSYCH ASSESSMENTS 2025-000249 EAP / COUNSELING / PSYCH ASSESSMENTS~
681-2350-2710 375.00
INV101132 EAP / COUNSELING / PSYCH ASSESSMENTS
2025-000249 EAP / COUNSELING / PSYCH ASSESSMENTS~
681-2350-2710 1,755.00
Total : 2,130.00
212894 8/22/2024 69307 COZAD & FOX, INC 18884 CIP 2400 MENLO AVE IMPROVEMENTS Page: 13
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Voucher Date Vendor Invoice PO # Description/Account Amount 212894 8/22/2024 69307 COZAD & FOX, INC (Continued)
2024-000853 CIP 2400 Menlo Ave Improvements Cozad &
120-4125-2710 2,980.00
18885 CIP 5749 CITYWIDE PAVEMENT
2024-000638 CIP 5749 Citywide Pavement
222-5749-2710 13,846.50
18895 CIP 5765 23/24 SB1 PAVEMENT
2024-000546 CO#1 - INCREASED PO DUE TO ADDITIONAL
221-5765-2710 1,978.50
18897 CIP 5765 23/24 SB1 PAVEMENT
2024-000546 CO#1 - INCREASED PO DUE TO ADDITIONAL
221-5765-2710 1,782.50
Total : 20,587.50
212895 8/22/2024 97032 CROSSTOWN ELECTRICAL & DATA 1042-1066 TRAFFIC SIGNAL MAINTENANCE SERVICES 2025-000165 TRAFFIC SIGNAL~
221-4200-2400 18,212.44
Total : 18,212.44
212896 8/22/2024 70968 CUMMINS SALES AND SERVICE X2-62615 (2) REPAIRS TO UNIT 4220 2024-000814 COIL,IGNITION
684-4550-2350 526.32
2024-000814 KIT,SPARK PLUG
684-4550-2350 382.62
2024-000814 MODULE,IGNITION CONTROL
684-4550-2350 2,559.61
2024-000814 MODULE, IGNITION CONTROL
684-4550-2350 472.50
2024-000814 Freight
684-4550-2350 18.18
NEW Riverside Co Sales Tax
684-4550-2350 108.38
Total : 4,067.61
212897 8/22/2024 19092 CURRY COPY CENTER 37567 PRINTING SERVICES
PRINTING SERVICES
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Voucher Date Vendor Invoice PO # Description/Account Amount 212897 8/22/2024 19092 CURRY COPY CENTER (Continued)
120-3300-2714 694.02
37655 PRINTING SERVICES
PRINTING SERVICES
120-3300-2714 87.00
37671 PRINTING SERVICES
PRINTING SERVICES
120-3350-2714 59.81
37677 PRINTING SERVICES
PRINTING SERVICES
120-4125-2250 65.25
Total : 906.08
212898 8/22/2024 76040 D B BACKFLOW & PLUMBING SERVIC 080124C BACK FLOW TEST AND REPORTS 2025-000013 BACK FLOW TEST AND REPORTS
571-9000-2710 30.00
Total : 30.00
212899 8/22/2024 79441 DELL COMPUTER CORPORATION 10745143665 IT OFFICE DEMO COMPUTERS 2025-000268 210-BHSF - Dell 24 Touch USB-C Hub
680-1935-2800 722.78
2025-000268 A7037395 - AVR750U 750 VA
680-1935-2800 124.05
2025-000268 580-AJIX - Dell Premier Multi-Device
680-1935-2800 141.30
2025-000268 319-BBJQ - Dell Webcam - WB3023
680-1935-2800 74.37
2025-000268 SHIPPING AND HANDLINE
680-1935-2800 190.97
2025-000268 ENVIRONMENTAL FEE
680-1935-2800 10.00
2025-000268 TAX
680-1935-2800 109.67
Total : 1,373.14
212900 8/22/2024 99283 DENNIS, VICKIE 146374 REFUND- CLOSED UTILITY ACCT Page: 15
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Voucher Date Vendor Invoice PO # Description/Account Amount 212900 8/22/2024 99283 DENNIS, VICKIE (Continued)
REFUND- CLOSED UTILITY ACCT
571-0835 99.02
Total : 99.02
212901 8/22/2024 19810 DEWEY PEST CONTROL 16813847 PEST & TERMITE CONTROL 2025-000014 PEST & TERMITE CONTROL
685-4560-2400 65.00
16817317 PEST & TERMITE CONTROL
2025-000014 PEST & TERMITE CONTROL
685-4560-2400 65.00
16820953 PEST & TERMITE CONTROL
2025-000014 PEST & TERMITE CONTROL
685-4560-2400 216.00
16820954 PEST & TERMITE CONTROL
2025-000014 PEST & TERMITE CONTROL
685-4560-2400 80.00
16821313 PEST & TERMITE CONTROL
2025-000014 PEST & TERMITE CONTROL
685-4560-2400 80.00
16821324 PEST & TERMITE CONTROL
2025-000014 PEST & TERMITE CONTROL
685-4560-2400 80.00
16823385 PEST & TERMITE CONTROL
2025-000014 PEST & TERMITE CONTROL
685-4560-2400 120.00
16823387 PEST & TERMITE CONTROL
2025-000014 PEST & TERMITE CONTROL
685-4560-2400 120.00
16823391 PEST & TERMITE CONTROL
2025-000014 PEST & TERMITE CONTROL
685-4560-2400 80.50
16823897 PEST & TERMITE CONTROL
2025-000014 PEST & TERMITE CONTROL
685-4560-2400 75.00
16829586 PEST & TERMITE CONTROL
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Voucher Date Vendor Invoice PO # Description/Account Amount 212901 8/22/2024 19810 DEWEY PEST CONTROL (Continued)
2025-000014 PEST & TERMITE CONTROL
685-4560-2400 80.00
16829589 PEST & TERMITE CONTROL
2025-000014 PEST & TERMITE CONTROL
685-4560-2400 80.00
16832896 PEST & TERMITE CONTROL
2025-000014 PEST & TERMITE CONTROL
685-4560-2400 35.00
16834432 PEST & TERMITE CONTROL
2025-000014 PEST & TERMITE CONTROL
685-4560-2400 65.00
16837904 PEST & TERMITE CONTROL
2025-000014 PEST & TERMITE CONTROL
685-4560-2400 125.00
16839734 PEST & TERMITE CONTROL
2025-000014 PEST & TERMITE CONTROL
685-4560-2400 41.00
16839743 PEST & TERMITE CONTROL
2025-000014 PEST & TERMITE CONTROL
685-4560-2400 41.00
16863004 PEST & TERMITE CONTROL
2025-000014 PEST & TERMITE CONTROL
685-4560-2400 80.00
16863006 PEST & TERMITE CONTROL
2025-000014 PEST & TERMITE CONTROL
685-4560-2400 40.00
Total : 1,568.50
212902 8/22/2024 99249 DIAZ, GUY REQ 081524 REIMB EXP, HOTEL, TRI-STATE SEMINAR
REIMB EXP, HOTEL, TRI-STATE SEMINAR
571-9000-2560 718.12
Total : 718.12
212903 8/22/2024 76370 DICKSON, ERIC TRAVEL PER DIEM, VOLUNTEER PROGRAM, HUNTINGTON
PER DIEM, VOLUNTEER PROGRAM, HUNTINGTON
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