REPORT TO CITY COUNCIL
To:Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
From:Jason Simpson, City Manager
Prepared by:Remon Habib, City Engineer
Date:May 13, 2025
Subject:Cultural Resources Monitoring Agreement with the Soboba Band Recommendation
Approve and authorize the City Manager to execute a Cultural Resources Monitoring Agreement with the Soboba Band for the Murrieta Creek Multi-Use Trail Project.
Background
In 2019, the City applied for and was awarded Active Transportation Program Cycle 4 grant funding to design and construct the Murrieta Creek Multi-Use Trail extending between Skylark Drive and the Lake Levee Trail. The Murrieta Creek Trail is a multi-jurisdictional, active transportation trail consistent with the City’s General Plan and Eastlake Specific Plan adopted in 2017.
The final design of the Murrieta Creek Multi-Use Trail project has been completed, and the project will be in bid for construction. The construction contract is expected to be awarded in late Summer for 2025. Construction of the project is anticipated to be completed in 2026. As part of the project’s mitigation monitoring and reporting program, the project is required to mitigate for any cultural resource findings.
Discussion
Cultural Resource Monitoring Agreement (Agreement) between the Soboba Band and the City formalizes procedures for tribal monitoring by the Soboba Band during ground disturbing activities. Agreement allows the Soboba Band to provide tribal monitoring and specialized assistance with the identification of cultural resources, historic properties, items of Native American Cultural Patrimony, and determination of significance during all cultural resource investigations.
MCT Soboba Agreement
Fiscal Impact
The costs associated with this agreement are programmed within the City’s CIP budget.
Attachments
Attachment 1 - Agreement
Engineering