CITY OF MENIFEE
SUBJECT: Agreement with the Judicial Council of California for Overflow Parking at the City of Menifee’s Civic Center Parking Lot MEETING DATE: March 20, 2024
TO: Mayor and City Council
PREPARED BY: Rebekah Kramer, Assistant to the City Manager REVIEWED BY: Rebekah Kramer, Assistant to the City Manager APPROVED BY: Armando G. Villa, City Manager
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RECOMMENDED ACTION
1. Approve and authorize the City Manager to execute a reciprocal parking agreement with the Judicial Council of California to allow for access to overflow parking in the City of Menifee’s civic center parking lot located at the intersection of Town Center Drive and City Hall Drive.
DISCUSSION
With the new Menifee Justice Center (“Justice Center”) scheduled to open in June of this year, the Judicial Council of California (“Judicial Council”) is seeking to enter into a reciprocal parking agreement for the use of the City of Menifee’s civic center parking lot at the intersection of Town Center Drive and City Hall Drive. The Justice Center is a three-story, 85,010 square foot facility located in Menifee’s Town Center. Once completed, the Justice Center will include nine courtrooms for family, traffic, and civil matters. The proposed reciprocal parking agreement would provide visitors to the Justice Center with access to overflow parking in the adjacent City owned property. In return, the Judicial Council would allow the City to utilize the Justice Center parking lot after regular business hours for City-sponsored events and activities in the area around Central Park.
Under the proposed agreement, visitors to the Justice Center would be provided access to utilize the new civic center parking lot as shown in Exhibit “B” of the attached agreement once it is completed (Capital Improvement Program Project No. 22-24). Justice Center visitors would have access to parking in the unimproved lot identified in Exhibit “C” to the agreement while the civic center parking lot is under construction. While there is not a scheduled end date, the agreement could be terminated by either party with 30 days’ written notice. In anticipation of the City’s need for access to the majority of the available civic center parking spaces to support the planned City Hall facility, the Judicial Council intends to establish reciprocal parking agreement(s) with the
City of Menifee Staff Report
Reciprocal Parking Agreement with the Judicial Council of California March 20, 2024
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owner(s) of the surrounding commercial properties to support the long-term needs of the new Justice Center.
STRATEGIC PLAN OBJECTIVE
Community Engagement and Social Infrastructure
FISCAL IMPACT
There is no fiscal impact associated with the recommended action.
ATTACHMENTS
1. Agreement