CITY OF MENIFEE
SUBJECT: Heritage Lake Drive Street Name Changes
MEETING DATE: November 6, 2024
TO: Mayor and City Council
PREPARED BY: Laura Sportelli, Management Analyst
REVIEWED BY: Cheryl Kitzerow, Community Development Director APPROVED BY: Armando G. Villa, City Manager
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RECOMMENDED ACTION
1. Adopt a resolution approving the street name changes for multiple streets named “Heritage Lake Drive” within and adjacent to the Heritage Lake community.
DISCUSSION
On September 27, 2023, the Community Development Department received notification from the Menifee Police Department that collision reporting and safety service calls referring to locations on or near Heritage Lake Drive that surrounds Heritage Lake (“Loop”) were becoming increasingly difficult to identify. Whereas the intersection of Menifee Road and Heritage Lake Drive is easily distinguishable as two distinct streets, the intersection east of Menifee Road is the junction of two streets that are both named Heritage Lake Drive.
As staff prepared to recommend adding the prefixes, “East”/”West”, to the Loop, it was determined that there is a continuation of “Heritage Lake Drive” outside of the Heritage Lake community, west of Menifee Road, as well as an additional instance of the same name one block north between Junipero Road and Palomar Road. Consequently, it made sense to expand the existing effort to include changing these name segments as well for public safety purposes.
There are no addressed locations or ownership west of Menifee Road. However, staff issued a letter on December 11, 2023, to Heritage Lake Sports Park, Heritage Lake Club House, and Mesa View Elementary School, the three property owners along the Loop. The letter served as notification that a recommendation would be presented to the City Council to add prefixes to the current street name due to concerns that the existing naming conventions would continue to have a negative impact on the efficiency and efficacy of city services and, consequently, the safety and security of city facilities and residents. Staff received two favorable responses from both the Heritage Lake Sports Park and Club House, with no objections to the proposal. Mesa View Elementary School had not responded. Follow up notification occurred on September 16, 2024,
City of Menifee Staff Report
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in advance of the street name change discussion item presented to the City Council on October 2, 2024. Staff only received a response from the Heritage Lake Club House acknowledging receipt of the communication.
On October 2, 2024, the item was presented to the City Council for discussion and the City Council provided direction to formally proceed with the street name change process as follows:
1. Rename the Loop from “Heritage Lake Drive” to “East Heritage Lake Drive” for the street segment east of Menifee Road to Lindenberger Road, and to “West Heritage Lake Drive” for the street segment west of Lindenberger Road to East Heritage Lake Drive;
2. Rename the street segment west of Menifee Road and east of Junipero Road to “Silver Lane”; and
3. Rename the street segment west of Junipero Road and east of Palomar Road to “Underwood Way”.
Government Code § 34091.1 designates authority to the City Council to amend the existing names of city streets by adoption of a resolution. Upon adoption, staff would send a letter of notification to adjacent property owners and the three property owners, providing the date that the City’s maintenance crew would complete the installation of new street signs. The Building Official would also submit an address verification document to Menifee Geographic Information
City of Menifee Staff Report
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System (GIS), Riverside County GIS, 911 Emergency Services, and the United States Post Office (USPS). Property owners would need to ensure that the correct mailing address has been submitted to all residential service providers and is reflected on all legal documentation.
STRATEGIC PLAN OBJECTIVE
Safe and Vibrant Community / Connectivity and Mobility
FISCAL IMPACT
The fiscal impact of changing the signage would not result in additional costs beyond the installation costs and the staff time required to assess and prepare this item for council consideration. The estimated materials cost of replacing the street signs is $600. Budget for these costs is available within the approved fiscal year 2024/2025 budget and no additional appropriation is required.
ATTACHMENTS
1. Resolution
2. Exhibit A - Street Name Change Exhibit