MINUTES
City Council Special Meeting
City of Hemet
City Council Chamber
Saturday, October 12, 2024
1. SPECIAL MEETING - 9: 00 A. M.
2. CALL TO ORDER
The City Council of the City of Hemet met on this date in a Regular Session at 9:02 a.m. in the City Council Chamber, 450 E. Latham Avenue, Hemet, California, with Mayor Males presiding.
3. ROLL CALL
City Clerk Maier provided the Roll Call as follows:
Present: Mayor Males
Mayor Pro Tem Peterson
Council Member Lilienthal
Council Member Carole Kendrick
Council Member Krupa
Absent:
Staff Present: City Manager Prestwich
City Attorney Graham
City Clerk Maier
4. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
The Pledge of Allegiance was led by Mayor Pro Tem Peterson.
The invocation was provided by Council Member Lilienthal.
5. COMMUNICATIONS FROM THE PUBLIC
Mayor Males asked for Public Comments, and the following citizens spoke: No one spoke, and public comments were taken at the time of the Public Hearing.
5. A. Public Comment for Items Listed on the Agenda
6. PUBLIC HEARING
6. A Adoption of an Urgency Ordinance Establishing a 45 -Day Moratorium on the Establishment or Expansion of Warehouse and Distribution Facilities in the City of Hemet
City Attorney Graham provided a presentation on the Urgency Ordinance Establishing a 45 -Day Moratorium on the Establishment or Expansion of Warehouse and Distribution Facilities.
Mayor Males opened the Public Hearing.
Mayor Males called for Public Comments, and the following residents spoke in opposition of warehouses: Dick Clark, Teresa Acuna, Jen Faenza, James Austen, Hilary Ross, Steve Patrick, Roy Fales, Irene Reyes, Miki Wynne, Priscilla Levine, Russ Levine, Shaul Rosen- Rager, and Greg Lansing.
Mayor Males closed the Public Hearing.
Mayor Males recessed the meeting at 9:58 a.m., noting he would be providing a speech at the Fire Station One Open House.
Mayor Males called the meeting to order at 10:22 a.m.
City Clerk Maier noted that three e -comments were received, expressing opposition to warehouses by Katherine Botts, Karen Silhanek, and Tim Jahns. City Clerk Maier further noted that two emails were received, expressing concerns about policy and noticing issues of the Public Hearing, for ongoing developments in the community related to warehouse establishments by Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP and Bill Blankenship.
Mayor Males re -opened the Public Hearing for additional Public Comments at 10:25 a.m.; City Clerk Maier asked for participants on the Zoom call. No one spoke.
Mayor Males closed the Public Hearing at 10:28 a.m.
Action:
By consensus, the City Council directed staff to provide additional information on the establishment or expansion of warehouse and distribution facilities, clarifying the conditions and additional information for AB 98 conditions, traffic condition study, air quality reports, environmental impacts, land use capabilities, the estimate of trucks visiting and leaving the facility, the estimate hours of operation of the facility, the estimate of the number of jobs of the facility, direct sales tax impacts, comparative study of household air quality reports vs a warehouse facility, total number of warehouses in the space, impacts of property values, training on AB 98.
MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER KENDRICK, SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER LILIENTHAL, CARRIED 4- 1 ( MAYOR MALES VOTING NO), to continue to the Public Hearing to the Regular Meeting of December 10, 2024.
City Council Meeting
October 12, 2024
Council Member Lilienthal requested clarification on the conditions in the staff report and studies previously requested. Council Member Lilienthal urged the City Council to direct staff to provide additional information, noting a joint meeting with the Planning Commission. Council Member Kendrick announced that she would like to amend her Motion to include Council Member Lilienthal' s request for additional information.
MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER KENDRICK, SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER LILIENTHAL, CARRIED 4- 1 ( MAYOR MALES VOTING NO), to direct staff to provide additional information on the establishment or expansion of warehouse and distribution facilities, clarifying the conditions and additional information for AB 98 conditions, traffic condition study, air quality reports, environmental impacts, land use capabilities, the estimate of trucks visiting and leaving the facility, the estimate hours of operation of the facility, the estimate of the number of jobs of the facility, direct sales tax impacts, comparative study of household air quality reports vs a warehouse facility, total number of warehouses in the space, impacts of property values, training on AB 98, conduct a joint meeting with the Planning Commission regarding the establishment or expansion of warehouses, and to continue the Public Hearing to the Regular Meeting of December 10, 2024.
7. ADJOURNMENT
There being no further business, Mayor Males adjourned the meeting at 9:57 p.m. The next Regular City Council Meeting will be at 7:00 p.m. on October 22, 2024.
FAI- -- Zi1MAN
Joe Males
Mayor
ATTEST:
John P. Maier, MBA, MMC
City Clerk
City Council Meeting
October 12, 2024