CITY OF MENIFEE
SUBJECT: First Reading and Introduction of an Ordinance for Annexation No. 30, Menifee Commerce Center, into Community Facilities District 2017-1, Maintenance Services
MEETING DATE: September 17, 2025
TO: Mayor and City Council
PREPARED BY: Kristen Jensen, Financial Analyst
REVIEWED BY: Nick Fidler, Public Works Director
APPROVED BY: Armando G. Villa, City Manager
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RECOMMENDED ACTION
1. Adopt a resolution calling an election to annex territory, including Parcel Nos. 331-110-027, 331-110-035, 331-110-041, 331-140-010, 331-140-018, 331-140-021, and 331-140-025, associated with Tentative Parcel Map 38156, Menifee Commerce Center, located south of Ethanac Road, east of Trumble Road, west of Dawson Road, and north of McLaughlin Road, into Community Facilities District (CFD) No. 2017-1 Maintenance Services and to levy a special tax on that land; and
2. Hold a special landowner election and canvass the election; and
3. Adopt a resolution declaring results of special landowner election; and
4. Introduce an ordinance, amending Ordinance No. 2017-231 and levying and apportioning the special tax in CFD 2017-1.
DISCUSSION
On August 6, 2025, the City Council adopted Resolution No. 25-1617, declaring its intent to annex territory to CFD No. 2017-1 and commence the annexation proceedings for the territory to be annexed, also known as Annexation No. 30. The next steps in the annexation proceedings are to hold a public hearing on September 17, 2025, to conduct an election for the landowners and to declare the results of that election. Notice of the public hearing was published in the Press Enterprise and mailed to the property owner in accordance with the Mello-Roos Act.
City of Menifee Staff Report
CFD2017-1 Annex No. 30 – Menifee Commerce Center
September 17, 2025
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The area within Annexation No. 30 is included in Tentative Parcel Map 38156 (TPM 38156) and is approximately 80 gross acres of a vacant industrial lot within the City. The property is located south of Ethanac Road, east of Trumble Road, west of Dawson Road, and north of McLaughlin Road, as shown in the attached Project Location Map. The proposed maintenance services would include items such as landscaping, lighting, streets, and drainage.
Per the request of Menifee Commerce Center I, LLC, (Owner), the City would establish a rate and method of apportionment and authorize the levy of special taxes on the taxable property within Annexation No. 30 to pay for those services.
Annexation No. 30 would have a maximum annual tax of $1,686 per acre and would be included in CFD No. 2017-1 as “Tax Zone 30.” This tax rate includes Maximum Special Tax A of $1,312 per acre per year for maintenance services of public facilities and a Maximum Special Tax B (Contingent Tax B) of $374 per acre per year. The maximum annual tax rate would escalate each year at the greater of Consumer Price Index (CPI) or 2%. The attached CFD Maintenance Site Plan Exhibit illustrates which services would be maintained through the CFD.
The Owner submitted Consent and Waiver forms on file in the City Clerk's Office to:
hold the election and declare election results; and
consent to the shortening of election time requirements; and waive analysis and arguments; and
waive all notice requirements relating to the conduct of the election immediately following the public hearing.
A copy of the boundary map entitled "Annexation Map No. 30, Community Facilities District No. 2017-1 (Maintenance Services)" was recorded on August 8, 2025, in Book 96 of Maps of Assessment and Community Facilities Districts at Page 85, in the office of the Riverside County Recorder. Annexing the parcels into CFD No. 2017-1 would cover the costs of maintenance of certain public improvements associated with the development.
STRATEGIC PLAN OBJECTIVE
Thriving Economy
FISCAL IMPACT
The individual property owners in the CFD would be responsible for annual payments of special taxes. Upon full completion of the tract development, there would be an annual collection of Special Tax revenues of approximately $94,151, not including Contingent Tax B, to be used to pay for maintenance costs.
On June 1 of each year, every taxable unit for which a building permit has been issued within the boundaries of the CFD would be subject to the special tax for the ensuing Fiscal Year. If the anticipated costs of maintaining the facilities in any given Fiscal Year, prior to buildout of the project, exceeds the special tax revenues available from parcels for which building permits have been issued, then the special tax may also be applied to property within recorded final subdivision maps, as well as other undeveloped property within the boundaries of the CFD.
City of Menifee Staff Report
CFD2017-1 Annex No. 30 – Menifee Commerce Center
September 17, 2025
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All costs associated with annexation into the CFD have been borne by the Owner. By annexing into the CFD, the costs of maintaining improvements located within the development would be financed through special taxes levied on the parcels within CFD No. 2017-1 and not through the City’s General Fund.
ATTACHMENTS
1. Project Location Map
2. Resolution Calling the Election
3. Resolution Declaring Election Results
4. Certificate of Registered Voters
5. Ordinance
6. Signed Petition, Waiver and Consent for Annexation
7. Maintenance Site Plan Exhibit