City of Lake Elsinore
City Council Meeting
Agenda – Final
Brian Tisdale, Mayor
Robert E. Magee, Mayor Pro Tem
Steve Manos, Council Member
Timothy J. Sheridan, Council Member
Natasha Johnson, Council Member
Jason Simpson, City Manager
Meeting Date:
July 22, 2025
Closed Session: 6:00 PM
Public Session: 7:00 PM
Cultural Center
183 N. Main Street
Lake Elsinore, CA 92530
The City of Lake Elsinore appreciates your attendance. Citizens’ comments, input , and interests provide the City Council with valuable information regarding issues of the community.
Meeting Information
Meetings are held on the 2nd and 4th Tuesday of every month, and the agenda is posted 72 hours prior to each meeting outside of City Hall. The agenda and related reports are also available on the City’s website at www.Lake-Elsinore.org. Meetings are conducted in person, televised live on Spectrum Cable Station Channel 29 and Frontier Cable Channel 31, and streamed online at http://www.lake- elsinore.org/city-government/city-council/webcast-videos. If you are attending the meeting in person, please park in the parking lot across the street from the Cultural Center to assist us in limiting the impact of meetings on the Downtown Business District. Thank you for your cooperation.
Public Comments – Addressing the City Council
Any person wishing to address the City Council on items not included on the Agenda may do so during Public Comments for 1 minute at the beginning of the meeting or during Public Comments for 3 minutes at the end of the meeting. We respectfully ask those interested in addressing the City Council to either submit a request to speak online at http://www.lake-elsinore.org/city-government/agendas- and-minutes or complete and present a “Request to Speak” form to the City Clerk at the meeting. This Form is available on the table located inside the Council Chamber. Members of the public may also provide comments on Agenda items by noting the item on the “Request to Speak” form and will be called to address the City Council when the item is considered by the City Council during the meeting.
Written Communications
If you would like to submit written public comments, you may do so prior to the meeting either by entering them online at the link above or emailing them to the City Clerk at calvarez@lake- elsinore.org. Any written communications or additional documents distributed to the City Council within 72 hours of the meeting will also be made available to the public in accordance with Government Code Section 54957.5.
Accessibility Accommodations
In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, any person with a disability who requires a modification or accommodation in order to participate in a meeting should contact the City Clerk’s Department at (951) 674 -3124, at least 48 hours before the meeting, to make reasonable arrangements to ensure accessibility
City Council Agenda - Final July 22, 2025
City of Lake Elsinore Page 2
Dream Extreme 2040 is the City’s FIRST long -term strategic plan to assist the City in its pursuit of achieving its vision. The plan is a living document that will be updated regularly and serve as the framework to guide all decision- making over the next 20 years by identifying key Anchors, Aspirations, and Strategies.
Our Vision is the City of Lake Elsinore will be the ultimate destination where all can live, work, play, build futures, and fulfill dreams.
The Anchors are the City of Lake Elsinore’s unique community assets and opportunities: The Lake, Downtown, and Action and Adventure.
• The Lake: Lake Elsinore is a vital community asset. Protecting, enhancing, and celebrating the Lake is critical to Lake Elsinore’s City and community health.
• Downtown: Enhancing and creating the highest quality downtown experience will serve to create a strong sense of place that will shape the City’s identity as a place where residents and visitors can live, work, and play.
• Action and Adventure: Lake Elsinore’s programs, facilities, and natural environment will define the City as a destination for action and adventure for both visitors and residents.
Our Aspirations are broad, long- term goals that encapsulate what we hope to achieve in Lake Elsinore’s future. The City has identified 4 key aspirations to work towards.
Items on the agenda that align with Aspirations from the Dream Extreme 2040 Plan are noted by the Aspiration’s icon to highlight City Council actions that help the City pursue its goals.
To read the plan and learn more about its implementation in the City, visit www.Lake-Elsinore.org/DreamExtreme2040.
City Council Agenda - Final July 22, 2025
City of Lake Elsinore Page 3
CALL TO ORDER
The regular meeting of the City Council will be called to order.
ROLL CALL
PUBLIC COMMENTS ON CLOSED SESSION ITEMS
CLOSED SESSION - 6:00 P.M.
A. CONFERENCE WITH REAL PROPERTY NEGOTIATORS
(Gov’t Code Section 54956.8)
Property: APN: 377-313-013 & 377-320-004
Agency negotiator: City Manager Simpson
Negotiating parties: City of Lake Elsinore and Perris Senior Apartments Under negotiation: Price and terms of payment
RECESS
The City Council will recess to Closed Session.
RECONVENE/CALL TO ORDER - 7:00 P.M.
The Regular Meeting of the City Council will reconvene and the Regular Meeting of the Successor Agency will be called to order.
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
ROLL CALL
CLOSED SESSION REPORT
PRESENTATIONS/CEREMONIALS
1) Business in Action Monthly Spotlight – El Comal
Recognize El Comal as the City of Lake Elsinore’s Business in Action Monthly Spotlight for July 2025.
2) Calfire 2025 Second Quarter Statistical Update
PUBLIC COMMENTS - NON-AGENDIZED ITEMS - 1 MINUTE
(Please read & complete a Request to Address the City Council/Successor Agency form prior to the start of the meeting and turn it in to the City Clerk/Clerk. The Mayor/Chair or City Clerk/Clerk will call on you to speak.)
CITY COUNCIL CONSENT CALENDAR
3) Minutes of the Regular City Council Meeting of July 8, 2025
Approve the Minutes.
City Council Agenda - Final July 22, 2025
City of Lake Elsinore Page 4
4) CC Investment Report for June 2025
Receive and file the Investment Report for June 2025.
5) Second Reading and Adoption of an Ordinance for Annexation No. 23 Into Community Facilities District No. 2015- 2 (Maintenance Services) for Canyon Hills Heights
Adopt by title only and waive further reading of AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 2016 -1359 OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LAKE
ELSINORE, CALIFORNIA, ACTING IN ITS CAPACITY AS THE LEGISLATIVE BODY OF COMMUNITY FACILITIES DISTRICT NO. 2015- 2 OF THE CITY OF LAKE
ELSINORE (MAINTENANCE SERVICES) AUTHORIZING THE LEVY OF SPECIAL TAXES.
6) Second Reading and Adoption of an Ordinance for Annexation No. 25 Into Community Facilities District No. 2015- 2 (Maintenance Services) for Tuscany Valley & Tuscany Crest
Adopt by title only and waive further reading of AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 2016 -1359 OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LAKE
ELSINORE, CALIFORNIA, ACTING IN ITS CAPACITY AS THE LEGISLATIVE BODY OF COMMUNITY FACILITIES DISTRICT NO. 2015- 2 OF THE CITY OF LAKE
ELSINORE (MAINTENANCE SERVICES) AUTHORIZING THE LEVY OF SPECIAL TAXES.
7) Resolution of Consideration of Change Proceedings for Community Facilities District No. 2021-1 of the City of Lake Elsinore (Tuscany Valley/Crest)
Adopt A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LAKE ELSINORE,
CALIFORNIA, ACTING AS THE LEGISLATIVE BODY OF COMMUNITY FACILITIES DISTRICT NO. 2021 -
1 OF THE CITY OF LAKE ELSINORE (TUSCANY
VALLEY/CREST), DECLARING ITS INTENTION TO CONSIDER AMENDMENTS TO
THE RATE AND METHOD OF APPORTIONMENT OF SPECIAL TAX FOR EACH OF IMPROVEMENT AREA NO. 1 AND IMPROVEMENT AREA NO. 2 OF THE DISTRICT
AND INCREASING THE AUTHORIZED BONDED INDEBTEDNESS FOR EACH OF IMPROVEMENT AREA NO. 1 AND IMPROVEMENT AREA NO. 2 OF THE DISTRICT.
8) On-Call Services Agreement with AK Security Alarm LLC for Minor Construction and Repair Services
Approve and authorize the City Manager to execute an On- Call Services Agreement with AK Security Alarm, LLC for minor construction and repair services in an amount not to exceed $525,000.00 in such final form approved by the City Attorney and authorize the City Manager to execute change orders not exceeding a 10% contingency of $52,500.00 for uncertainties and adjustments.
9) Purchase of City Hall Furniture
Approve and authorize the City Manager to execute a Purchase Order with Talimar Systems, Inc. in the amount of $944,225 for the relocation, purchase, and set up of City Hall furniture.
City Council Agenda - Final July 22, 2025
City of Lake Elsinore Page 5
10) Southwest Communities Financing Authority Fifth Amendment to the Restated Joint Powers Agreement
Approve and authorize the City Manager to execute the Fifth Amended and Restated Joint Powers Agreement for the Southwest Communities Financing Authority in such final form as approved by the City Attorney
11) California Department of Parks and Recreation Land and Water Conservation Fund Grant Program
Adopt A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LAKE ELSINORE,
CALIFORNIA, APPROVING THE APPLICATION FOR THE LAND AND WATER CONSERVATION FUND LAKE ELSINORE PROJECT.
12) Amendment No. 1 to the Agreement Dennis Janda, Inc. for On-Call Surveyor Services for City-Wide Requirements
Approve and authorize the City Manager to execute Amendment No. 1 to the Agreement with Dennis Janda, Inc. for on -call Surveyor Services to extend the term beginning July 22, 2025 and ending June 30, 2027 and increase the annual compensation by an additional $50,000.00 for a total amount not to exceed $85,000.00 in such final form as approved by the City Attorney.
13) Agreement with PlainJoes Studios for the Maintenance and Management of the Launch Pointe Website
Approve and authorize the City Manager to execute an Agreement with PlainJoes Studios in an annual amount not to exceed $27,000 for Launch Pointe website content management in such final form as approved by the City Attorney and authorize the City Manager to execute change orders not exceeding a 10% contingency of $2,700 for uncertainties and adjustments.
14) Temporary License to Use a Portion of Parking Lot at Alberhill Ranch Community Park for Charter School Site Pending Completion of a Permanent School Site on Riverside Drive
1. Find that the proposed temporary use project is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15311 (Accessory Structures); and
2. Approve the temporary use of a portion of the parking lot at Alberhill Ranch Community Park for modular classrooms for a charter school facility and authorize the City Manager to execute the Right of Entry Agreement and License and to address any other ancillary matters as may be necessary to allow for and facilitate the use thereof, in such final form as approved by the City Attorney.
15) Final Closeout Amendment No. 3 to the Professional Services Agreement with FCG for Resident Engineering Services on the Main Street/I15 Interchange Improvement Project CIP Z10094
Authorize the City Manager to execute Amendment No. 3 to the Professional Services Agreement with FCG for $71,451.38 plus an additional 10% contingency for the closeout of Resident Engineering Services for the Main Street/I15 Interchange Improvement Project as approved in final form by the City Attorney.
City Council Agenda - Final July 22, 2025
City of Lake Elsinore Page 6
16) Tract Map No. 34249, Canyon Hills Estates
Approve Final Tract Map No. 34249, subject to the City Engineer’s acceptance as being true and correct, authorize the City Clerk to sign the map and arrange for recordation of Final Tract Map No. 34249, and approve and authorize the City Manager to execute the Construction of Improvements Agreement for Monumentation.
17) Agreement with St. Nick’s Christmas Lighting and Décor (DBA T&G Global, LLC) for the Design and Installation of Main Street Holiday Decorations
Approve and authorize the City Manager to execute an Agreement with St. Nick’s Christmas Lighting and Décor (DBA T&G Global, LLC) for the design and installation of the Main Street Holiday Decorations in an amount not to exceed $140,000.00 in such final form as approved by the City Attorney and authorize the City Manager to execute change orders not to exceed a 10% contingency of $14,000 for unanticipated costs.
18) Amendment No. 2 to Agreement with Tri -Star Electric in Support of City of Lake Elsinore Public Works Operations
Approve and authorize the City Manager to execute Amendment No. 2 to the Agreement with Tri-Star Electric to increase compensation by an additional $5,951.00 for a total not to exceed $60,951.00 in such final form as approved by the City Attorney.
SUCCESSOR AGENCY CONSENT CALENDAR
19) Minutes of the Regular Successor Agency Meeting of July 8, 2025
Approve the Minutes.
20) SA Investment Report for June 2025
Receive and file the Investment Report for June 2025.
PUBLIC HEARINGS
21) Citywide Landscaping and Street Lighting District and the Landscaping and Street Lighting Maintenance District No. 1 for Fiscal Year 2025-26
1. Adopt A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LAKE
ELSINORE, CALIFORNIA, CONFIRMING A DIAGRAM AND ASSESSMENT AND
PROVIDING FOR ANNUAL ASSESSMENT LEVY AFTER FORMATION OF A DISTRICT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2025 -26 FOR THE CITYWIDE LANDSCAPE AND LIGHTING MAINTENANCE DISTRICT (LLMD); and
2. Adopt A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LAKE
ELSINORE, CALIFORNIA, CONFIRMING A DIAGRAM AND ASSESSMENT AND
PROVIDING FOR ANNUAL ASSESSMENT LEVY AFTER FORMATION OF A DISTRICT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2025- 26 FOR THE LANDSCAPE AND LIGHTING MAINTENANCE DISTRICT NO.1.
City Council Agenda - Final July 22, 2025
City of Lake Elsinore Page 7
22) Placement of Delinquent Nuisance Abatement Charges on the Tax Roll
Adopt A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LAKE ELSINORE,
CALIFORNIA, ORDERING CONFIRMATION OF THE SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS
AGAINST PARCELS OF LAND WITHIN THE PUBLIC NUISANCE ABATEMENT COSTS FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2025-26.
PUBLIC COMMENTS - NON-AGENDIZED ITEMS - 3 MINUTES
(Please read & complete a Request to Address the City Council/Successor Agency form prior to the start of the meeting and turn it in to the City Clerk/Clerk. The Mayor/Chair or City Clerk/Clerk will call on you to speak.)
CITY MANAGER COMMENTS
CITY ATTORNEY COMMENTS
CITY COUNCIL COMMENTS/REPORTS ON MEETINGS ATTENDED
ADJOURNMENT
The Lake Elsinore City Council will adjourn to the next Regular meeting of Tuesday, August 12, 2025 in the Cultural Center located at 183 N. Main Street. Closed Session will commence at 5:00 p.m. or such later time as noticed on the Agenda, and the regular Open Session business meeting will commence at 7:00 p.m.
AFFIDAVIT OF POSTING
I, Candice Alvarez, MMC, City Clerk of the City of Lake Elsinore, do hereby affirm that a copy of the foregoing agenda was posted at City Hall at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday, July 17, 2025.
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Candice Alvarez, MMC
City Clerk