Murrieta City Council
January 16, 2024

CITY OF MURRIETA

GENERAL OPERATING ACCOUNT
1 TOWN SQ
MURRIETA CA 92562-7922
Account Number - DDA

FUND SUMMARY
Dividends Earned YTD 4,064,223.76
Federal Withholding YTD .00
7-Day Simple Yield 5.29064 %
Federal Withholding .00
Beginning Balance 92,078,626.54
Shares Purchased 7,429,653.83 +
Shares Redeemed 8,157,580.46 -
Ending Balance 91,350,699.91
Prior Month Dividends Paid to Checking 379,346.53
Dividends Earned in Current Month 391,674.37
Funds Pending Redemption 101,943.61-
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STAGECOACH SWEEP
Date Investment Balance Annualized Fund Yield Daily Dividend Factor Daily Accrual 11-04* 91,787,316.22 5.279 % .000144644 13,276.48
11-05* 91,787,316.22 5.279 % .000144644 13,276.48
11-06 91,787,316.22 5.279 % .000144636 13,275.75
11-07 91,867,207.12 5.279 % .000144640 13,287.67
11-08 91,746,181.19 5.285 % .000144802 13,285.03
11-09 91,195,018.08 5.280 % .000144679 13,194.00
11-10 91,027,375.46 5.283 % .000144746 13,175.85
11-11* 91,027,375.46 5.283 % .000144746 13,175.85
11-12* 91,027,375.46 5.283 % .000144746 13,175.85
11-13 91,454,229.80 5.285 % .000144813 13,243.76
11-14 91,114,388.26 5.286 % .000144832 13,196.28
11-15 88,917,034.34 5.287 % .000144854 12,879.99
11-16 88,664,446.27 5.287 % .000144871 12,844.91
11-17 88,303,194.73 5.298 % .000145163 12,818.36
11-18* 87,800,436.45 5.298 % .000145163 12,745.37
11-19* 87,800,436.45 5.298 % .000145163 12,745.37
11-20 87,800,436.45 5.290 % .000144940 12,725.80
11-21 88,382,423.91 5.287 % .000144867 12,803.70
11-22 87,801,341.02 5.288 % .000144890 12,721.54
11-23* 87,801,341.02 5.288 % .000144890 12,721.54
11-24 88,041,478.53 5.291 % .000144975 12,763.81
11-25* 88,041,478.53 5.291 % .000144975 12,763.81
11-26* 88,041,478.53 5.291 % .000144975 12,763.81
11-27 88,500,805.87 5.294 % .000145058 12,837.75
11-28 93,807,131.06 5.291 % .000144968 13,599.03
11-29 91,899,413.34 5.294 % .000145042 13,329.27
11-30 91,350,699.91 5.292 % .000145011 13,246.86
TOTAL MTD 391,674.36
* Indicates non-business day
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11/01/2023 - 11/30/2023

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CITY OF MURRIETA
City Council Meeting Agenda
Report
1/16/2024
Agenda Item No. 5.

TO: HONORABLE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL
FROM: Cristal McDonald, City Clerk
PREPARED BY: Kimberly Ramirez, Deputy City Clerk
SUBJECT: 2024 City Council Meeting Schedule

RECOMMENDATION
Adopt the proposed 2024 City Council Meeting Schedule.

PRIOR ACTION/VOTE
On November 19, 2019, the City Council adopted Resolution No. 19-4178, adopting rules of procedures for City Council meetings and related functions (Vote: 5-0).

On July 20, 2021, the City Council authorized a summer legislative recess, resulting in the cancellation of the August 17, 2021, and September 7, 2021, City Council regular meetings (Vote: 4-1).

On April 5, 2022, the City Council authorized a summer legislative recess, resulting in the cancellation of the July 5, 2022, and July 19, 2022, City Council regular meetings (Vote: 5-0).

On April 4, 2023, the City Council called a summer legislative recess and authorized the cancellation of the July 4, 2023 and July 18, 2023, City Council regular meetings.

CITY COUNCIL GOAL
Maintain a high performing organization that values fiscal sustainability, transparency, accountability and organizational efficiency.

BACKGROUND
The City Council sets the date of its regular meetings pursuant to Chapter 2.04.10 of the Murrieta Municipal Code. Pursuant to Government Code §36805, Resolution No. 19-4178, Adopting the Rules of Procedure for Council Meetings, §1.1 sets the day for regular meetings as the first and third Tuesdays of each month.

Under the direction of the City Manager, City Council agendas are prepared by the City Clerk (MMC §2.12.020). The City Manager, as the administrative head, may cancel City Council meetings in correlation with the efficient administration of the affairs of the City of Murrieta. Additionally, the City Council as a body has the authority to cancel meetings.

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In recent years, City Council has cancelled meetings, known as “goingdark”in the summer months and at the New Year break. This provides City Council and City staff the opportunity to plan and take summer recess and holiday time. Furthermore, this year, the 2024 International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC) conference is slated from May 19-21. ICSC is dedicated to industry advancement by promoting and elevating marketplaces and commercial spaces as vital ingredients of communities and economies. Various Executive Management Staff (City Managers, Department Directors, and Economic Development staff) and City Council Members are forecasted to attend this conference.

In an effort to anticipate the needs of both City Council and City administrative staff, City staff recommends adopting the below proposed City Council Meeting Calendar for 2024. By approving this schedule now, the City Manager can ensure agenda items are scheduled to fall within the proposed schedule. 2024 PROPOSED CITY COUNCIL MEETING CALENDAR
JANUARY 2 6:00 PM DARK
JANUARY 16 6:00 PM Regular Meeting
FEBRUARY 6 6:00 PM Regular Meeting
FEBRUARY 20 6:00 PM Regular Meeting
MARCH 5 6:00 PM Regular Meeting
MARCH 19 6:00 PM Regular Meeting
APRIL 2 6:00 PM Regular Meeting
APRIL 16 6:00 PM Regular Meeting
MAY 7 6:00 PM Regular Meeting
MAY 21 6:00 PM DARK
JUNE 4 6:00 PM Regular Meeting
JUNE 18 6:00 PM Regular Meeting
JULY 2 6:00 PM Regular Meeting
JULY 16 6:00 PM DARK
AUGUST 6 6:00 PM DARK
AUGUST 20 6:00 PM Regular Meeting
SEPTEMBER 3 6:00 PM Regular Meeting
SEPTEMBER 17 6:00 PM Regular Meeting
OCTOBER 1 6:00 PM Regular Meeting
OCTOBER 15 6:00 PM Regular Meeting
NOVEMBER 5 6:00 PM Regular Meeting
NOVEMBER 19 6:00 PM Regular Meeting
DECEMBER 3 6:00 PM Regular Meeting
DECEMBER 17 6:00 PM Regular Meeting

FISCAL IMPACT
None.

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ATTACHMENTS
None.

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City Council Meeting Agenda
Report
1/16/2024
Agenda Item No. 6.

TO: HONORABLE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL
FROM: Brian Ambrose, Director of Community Services
PREPARED BY: Lea Kolek, Parks and Community Service Manager SUBJECT: Formation of Landscaping and Lighting District No. 31 Willow Springs - Public Hearing

RECOMMENDATION
Adopt Resolution No 24-4722 entitled: A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Murrieta, California, Ordering the Formation of Landscaping and Lighting District No. 31 (Willow Springs) and the Concurrent Annexation and Consolidation of Said District into the Murrieta Consolidated Landscaping and Lighting District; Confirming the Diagram and Assessment; and Providing for Annual Levy and Assessments Commencing in Fiscal Year 2024/2025.

PRIOR ACTION/VOTE
On December 20, 2016, the City Council adopted Resolution No. 16-3676, approving Tentative Parcel Map No. 36733 (Vote: 5-0).

On February 21, 2023, the City Council adopted Resolution No. 23-4646 approving a Landscape Maintenance Agreement with the State of California, acting by and between the Department of Transportation for the road right-of-way improvements adjacent to Willow Springs, Tentative Parcel Map No. 367333 (Vote: 5-0).

On November 7, 2023, the City Council adopted Resolution No. 23-4709, initiating proceedings for the formation of Landscaping and Lighting District No. 31 (Willow Springs), the concurrent annexation and consolidation of said District into the Murrieta Consolidated Landscaping and Lighting District, and the establishment of new assessments (Vote: 5-0).

On November 7, 2023, the City Council adopted Resolution No. 23-4710, accepting and filing the Report for and declaring its intention to form Landscaping and Lighting District No. 31 (Willow Springs), to concurrently annex and consolidate said District into the Murrieta Consolidated Landscaping and Lighting District, and to levy and collect assessments (Vote: 5-0).

CITY COUNCIL GOAL
Foster and promote an engaged, connected and caring community.

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BACKGROUND
The landowner, Lennar Homes, approached the Community Services District (CSD) requesting the formation of a special benefit assessment district designated as Landscaping and Street Lighting District No. 31 (Willow Springs) (the District) pursuant to the provisions of the Landscape and Lighting Act of 1972, Part 2 of Division 15 of the California Streets and Highway Code, commencing with Section 22500 (the “1972 Act”).

The Lennar Willow Springs Project will include a residential development known as Willow Springs (Tract Map 36779) and a commercial development known as Willow Springs Commerce Center (PM 36733) (together Willow Springs) all within the Adobe Springs Specific Plan (Specific Plan) and the city limits of Murrieta (the Project). The Project is situated on the northwest corner of State Route 79/Winchester Road (SR 79) and Lazy Hawk Road. The Project is conditioned to install improvements within the State of California (State) right-of- way of SR 79 along the Project frontage. The improvements include installing streetlighting, sidewalk, and landscaping within the State right-of-way. Ultimately, the District will include 283 single-family homes and 9.48 acres of commercial/industrial property. On November 7, 2023, the City Council adopted Resolutions initiating proceedings for the formation of Landscaping and Lighting District No. 31, Willow Springs, concurrently annexing and consolidating said District into the Murrieta Consolidated Landscaping and Lighting District as well as approving the levy and collection of assessments on said District and declaring its intention to form a Landscaping and Lighting District by setting the time and place for a public hearing. City staff subsequently mailed out notices and ballots at least 30 days prior to the hearing for all property owners. The City will open the ballots following the close of the hearing.

The formation of Landscaping and Lighting District No. 31, Willow Springs, will be determined by the tabulation of the returned mail-out ballots at the January 16, 2024 meeting. If a majority of those ballots returned are not in opposition to the annexation, the resolution for the formation of said District and the levy and collection of annual assessments are presented at the January 16, 2024 meeting for adoption by the City Council. These annual assessments provide funding for the costs and expenses required to service and maintain the landscaping and lighting improvements associated with and resulting from the development of properties within Willow Springs.

FISCAL IMPACT
The maximum assessment to be balloted for Zone 31 of the Murrieta Consolidated Landscaping and Street Lighting District for the first full fiscal year for all properties in the District combined is estimated at $64,521.00 for Fiscal Year 2024/25. The levy and collection of annual assessments will pay for the costs associated with this District and provide for a not-to-exceed three percent (3%) annual inflationary adjustment applied to future maximum rates.

The City does not anticipate acceptance of the common areas for the District until July or August 2024. The revenue and expenditure budget will be established as part of a future budget update.

ATTACHMENTS

1. Resolution No. 24-4722

2. Engineer’s Report for the formation of Landscaping and Lighting District No. 31

3. Vicinity Map
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RESOLUTION NO. 24-4722

A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF

MURRIETA, CALIFORNIA, ORDERING THE FORMATION OF
LANDSCAPING AND LIGHTING DISTRICT NO. 31 (WILLOW

SPRINGS) AND THE CONCURRENT ANNEXATION AND

CONSOLIDATION OF SAID DISTRICT INTO THE MURRIETA
CONSOLIDATED LANDSCAPING AND LIGHTING DISTRICT;
CONFIRMING THE DIAGRAM AND ASSESSMENT; AND

PROVIDING FOR ANNUAL LEVY AND ASSESSMENTS
COMMENCING IN FISCAL YEAR 2024/2025

WHEREAS, on November 7, 2023 , pursuant to Resolution No. 23 -4709, the City Council of the City of Murrieta (“City”) initiated proceedings for the formation of a landscaping and street lighting district known and designated as:

CITY OF MURRIETA
LANDSCAPING AND LIGHTING DISTRICT NO. 31
(WILLOW SPRINGS)

(“District”), to concurrently annex the District into the Murrieta Consolidated Landscaping and Lighting District (“Consolidated District”) as Zone No. 31, and t o levy and collect assessments relat ed thereto commencing in Fiscal Year 2024/2025, pursuant to the provisions of the Landscape and Lighting Act of 1972, Part 2 of Division 15 of the California Streets and Highway Code, commencing with Section 22500 (the “1972 Act” ); and
WHEREAS, a preliminary Engineer’s Report has been prepared and presented to th e City Council in connection with the formation of the District, the concurrent annexation of the District into the Consolidated District as Zone No. 31, and the annual levy of assessments commencing in Fiscal Year 2024/2025; and,
WHEREAS, a final Engineer’s Report has been prepared and filed with the City; and, WHEREAS, notices of the assessment and assessment ballots were sent out to all property owners in the District at least 45 days prior to the hearing pursuant to Article XIIID of the California Constitution; and,
WHEREAS, the City Council has duly held a public hearing regarding the formation of the District, the concurrent annexation of the District into the Consolidated District a s Zone No. 31, the proposed landscaping and lighting improvements, the proposed assessments, and, upon conclusion of the public hearing, the ballots submitted in protest and not withdrawn did not represent property owners being obligated for more than fift y percent (50%) of the total assessments within the District; and,
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2 WHEREAS, the City Council has examined and reviewed the final Engineer’s Report, considered all testimony and evidence , has received all ballots cast and is desirous of proceeding with the formation of the District, the concurrent annexation of the District into the Consolidated District as Zone No. 31, and the annual levy of assessments for the District,

NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MURRIETA, CALIFORNIA, DOES HEREBY RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:

Section 1. That the above recitals are all true and correct; Section 2. That the formation of the District, known and designated as

CITY OF MURRIETA
LANDSCAPING AND LIGHTING DISTRICT NO. 31
(WILLOW SPRINGS)
is hereby approved;
Section 3. That the annexation of the District into the Murrieta Consolidated Landscape and Lighting District as Zone No. 31 is hereby approved; Section 4. That the diagram and assessment, as submitted and contained in the final Engineer’s Reports, is hereby confirmed;
Section 5. That t he formation of the District and the annual levy of assessments, beginning in the ensuing fiscal year, in the amounts set forth in the Engineer’s Report and as referred to in the Resolution of Intention, are hereby approved; Section 6. That the adoption of this Resolution constitutes the levy of the assessment for the ensuing fiscal year; and
Section 7. That the estimates of costs of improvements, the assessment diagram, the assessments and all other matters, as set forth in Engineer's Report, pursuant to said "1972 Act," are hereby approved, adopted and confirmed; Section 8. That the maintenance works and improvements contemplated by the Resolution of Intention shall be performed pursuant to law; Section 9. That the County Auditor shall enter on the County Assessment Roll the amount of the assessment and that said assessment shall then be collected at the same time and in the same manner as the County taxes are collected. After collection by said County, the net amount of the assessment shall be paid to the City Treasurer of the City of Murrieta;
Section 10. That the City Treasurer has previously established a special fund known as the

CITY OF MURRIETA
LANDSCAPING AND LIGHTING DISTRICT NO. 31
(WILLOW SPRINGS)
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3 into which the City Treasurer shall place all monies collected by the Tax Collector pursuant to the provisions of this Resolution and to law, and including any surplus amounts in those funds established for the existing Districts, and said transfer shall be made and accomplished as soon as said monies have been made available to the City Treasurer;
Section 11. That the City Clerk is hereby ordered and directed to file a certified copy of the diagram and assessment roll with the County Auditor, together with a certified copy of this Resolution upon its adoption; and
Section 12. That a certified copy of the assessment and diagram shall be filed in the office of the City Engineer, with a duplicate copy on file in the Office of the City Clerk and open for public inspection.

PASSED AND ADOPTED this 16th day of January, 2024.

______________________________
Lori Stone, Mayor

ATTEST:

____________________________
Cristal McDonald, City Clerk

APPROVED AS TO FORM:

____________________________
Tiffany Israel, City Attorney

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4 STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE )§

CITY OF MURRIETA )

I, Cristal McDonald, City Clerk of the City of Murrieta, California, do hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution No. 24-4722 was duly passed and adopted by the City Council of the City of Murrieta at the regular meeting thereof, held on the 16th day of January, 2024, and was signed by the Mayor of the said City, and that the same was passed and adopted by the following vote:

AYES:

NOES:

ABSENT:

ABSTAIN:

______________________________
Cristal McDonald, City Clerk
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Engineer’s Report
City of Murrieta
Formation of
Willow Springs
Landscaping and Lighting District

Zone 31 of the Consolidated
Landscaping and Lighting District

FISCAL YEAR 2024/2025

Intent Meeting: November 7, 20 23
Public Hearing: January 16 , 20 24

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ENGINEER'S REPORT STATEMENT

Formation of the Murrieta

Willow Springs Landscaping and Lighting District

Establishment of Annual Assessments; and
Concurrent Annexation and Consolidation of said District into the Murrieta Consolidated Landscaping and Lighting District as Zone 31

The District includes all parcels of land within:

Willow Springs (Tract 36779) & Willow Springs Commerce Center (PM 36733)

City of Murrieta,
County of Riverside,
State of California

This Report and the enclosed descriptions, improvements, budget, diagram(s) and assessments outline the proposed formation of Landscaping and L ighting District No. 31 (Willow Springs) — and includes each lot and parcel of land within sai d District, as the same existed at the time this Report was prepared and presented as part of the Re solution of Intention packet for the consideration of the Murrieta City Council. Referen ce is hereby made to the Riverside County Assessor’s Parcel Maps for a detailed description o f the lines and dimensions of each lot and parcel within the District. Upon successful formation, the District and the parcels therein shall be concurrently annexed and consolidated into the Murrieta Consolidated Landscaping and Lighting District as Zone No. 31. The undersigned respectful ly submits the enclosed Report as directed by the City Council of the City of Murrieta.

Dated this ____________ day of ______________, 2023.

Willdan Financial Services
Assessment Engineer
On Behalf of the City of Murrieta
By: ________________________________
Michelle Laase
Project Manager
By: ________________________________
Tyrone Peter
P.E. # C 81888
8th
November
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TABLE OF CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION 1
OVERVIEW 1
BALLOT PROCEEDINGS 2
PART I — PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS 5
DESCRIPTION OF THE DISTRICT 5
IMPROVEMENTS AND SERVICES 5
LANDSCAPING IMPROVEMENTS 6
PUBLIC STREET LIGHTING IMPROVEMENTS 6
EXCLUDED IMPROVEMENTS 7
PART II — METHOD OF APPORTIONMENT 8
BENEFIT ANALYSIS 8
LEGISLATIVE AUTHORITY 8
PROPOSITION 218 BENEFIT ANALYSIS 8
SPECIAL BENEFIT 9
STREET LIGHTING SPECIAL BENEFIT 9
LANDSCAPING SPECIAL BENEFIT 10
GENERAL BENEFIT 10
STREET LIGHTING GENERAL BENEFIT 10
LANDSCAPING GENERAL BENEFIT 11
ASSESSMENT METHODOLOGY 11
EQUIVALENT BENEFIT UNIT APPLICATION 12
PART III — ESTIMATE OF COSTS 14
CALCULATION OF ASSESSMENTS 14
DISTRICT BUDGET 14
ANNUAL INFLATIONARY ADJUSTMENT (A SSESSMENT RANGE FORMULA ) 16 PART IV — DISTRICT DIAGRAM 17
PART V — ASSESSMENT ROLL 19

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Engineer’s Report
Formation of Landscaping and Lighting District No. 31 (Willow Springs) Fiscal Year 2024/2025

Introduction
Overview
Pursuant to the provisions of the Landscaping and Lighting Act of 1972, being Part 2 of Division 15 of the California Streets and Highways Code, com mencing with Section 22500 (the “1972 Act”), and in compliance with the substantive and procedural requirements of Article XIIID of the California State Constitution (the “California Constitution”), the City Council of the City of Murrieta, County of Riverside, State of California (the “City”), proposes to form a special benefit assessment district designated as:

Landscaping and Lighting District No. 31 (Willow Springs) (the “District”), which includes all lots and parce ls of land that will receive special benefits from the maintenance, servicing and operation of landsca ping and lighting improvements associated with, constructed, and installed in connection with the residential development known as Willow Springs (Tract 36779) and the non-residential development known as Willow Springs Commerce Center (PM 36733) (together “Willow Springs”) all w ithin the Adobe Springs Specific Plan (the “Specific Plan”) and the city limits of Murrieta. U pon successful formation of said District, the development and properties described herein shall concurrently be annexed and consolidated as Zone No. 31 within the Murrieta Consolidated Landsc aping and Lighting District (the “Consolidated District”). This Engineer’s Report (“Report”) has been prepared in connection with the formation of said District and the levy and col lection of annual assessments related thereto as required pursuant to Chapter 1, Article 4 of the 1972 Act and shall serve as the detailed engineer’s report for fiscal year 2024/2025 for the proposed new assessment district.

The City Council proposes to form the District, con currently annex said District into the Consolidated District, and levy and collect annual assessments on the County tax rolls commencing in fiscal year 2024/2025, to provide funding for the ongoing special benefit costs and expenses required to service, maintain and operate the street lighting and landscaping improvements associated with and resulting from the development of properties within the District.

The improvements to be provided by the District and the assessments described herein are made pursuant to the 1972 Act and the provisions of the California Constitution. The specific plans and specifications of the improvements to be maintained as part of the District and subsequently as part of the Consolidated District are on file in the Planning Department of the City of Murrieta and by reference these plans and specifications are made part of this Report.

To adequately provide for and fully fund the street lighting and landscaping improvements that are considered special benefit to properties within Willow Springs the City Council has determined that it is appropriate and in the public’s best interest to form Landscaping and Lighting District No. 31 (Willow Springs) and to levy assessments on the properties therein to address the estimated special benefit improvement costs including, but no t limited to, the estimated expenditures for regular annual maintenance and servicing of the imp rovements; incidental expenditures related to the operation and administration of the District and subsequently Zone No. 31 of the Consolidated District; and the collection of funds for operational reserves and/or for periodic maintenance and improvement rehabilitation projects as authorized by the 1972 Act. 196
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Formation of Landscaping and Lighting District No. 31 (Willow Springs) Fiscal Year 2024/2025

The word “parcel,” for the purposes of this Report, refers to an individual property assigned its own Assessment Number (Assessor’s Parcel Number or “APN”) by the Riverside County Assessor’s Office. The County Auditor/Controller uses Assessment Numbers and specific District Fund Numbers, to identify on the tax roll propertie s assessed for special district assessments.

Each parcel within the District shall be assessed proportionately for only those improvements for which the parcel receives special benefit.

If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase, portion, zone, or subzone of this Engineer’s Report is, for any reason, held to be invalid or un constitutional by the decision of any court of competent jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining provisions of the Engineer’s Report and each section, subsection, sub division, sentence, clause, phrase, portion, zone, or subzone thereof, irrespective of the fact that any one or more sections, subsections, sentences, clauses, phrases, portions, zones, or su bzones might subsequently be declared invalid or unconstitutional.

Ballot Proceedings
Pursuant to the provisions of Article XIIID, Sectio n 4 of the California Constitution, the City shall conduct a property owner protest ballot proceeding (referred to as “Ballot Proceeding”) for the proposed levy of new assessments as described in th is Report. In conjunction with this Ballot Proceeding, the City Council will conduct a noticed public hearing to consider public testimonies, comments, and written protests regarding the format ion of the District, the establishment of the District as Zone No. 31 within the Consolidated Dis trict, and levy of the proposed new assessments. Upon conclusion of the public hearing, property owner protest ballots received will be opened and tabulated to determine whether majori ty protest exists as defined in Article XIIID of the California Constitution:
“A majority protest exists if, upon the conclusion of the hearing, ballots submitted in opposition to the assessment exceed the ballots submitted in favor of the assessment. In tabulating the ballots, the ballots shall be weighted according to the prop ortional financial obligation of the affected property.”
After completion of the ballot tabulation, the City Council will confirm the results of the balloting.

If majority protest exists for the proposed Distric t assessments, further proceedings to form the District and implement the new assessments shall be abandoned at this time. If tabulation of the ballots indicate that majority protest does not exi st for the proposed new assessments and the assessment range formula presented and described he rein, the City Council may adopt this Report (as submitted or amended); approve the assessment diagram (District Diagram) contained herein; order the formation of the District and the concurrent annexation and consolidation of the District as Zone No. 31 of the Consolidated Distric t; order the improvements to be made; and confirm the new assessments.

The new assessments as approved, may be levied and collected on the County tax rolls commencing in fiscal year 2024/2025 together with t he assessments for other properties in the Consolidated District. For fiscal year 2024/2025 an d each subsequent fiscal year, an engineer’s annual levy report for the Consolidated District shall be prepared and presented to the City Council to address any proposed changes to any of the Zones within the Consolidated District, including this District referred to as Zone No. 31 of the Con solidated District, as well as any proposed changes to the improvements, budgets and assessment s for that fiscal year. The City Council shall hold a noticed public hearing regarding these matters prior to approving and ordering the 197
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Formation of Landscaping and Lighting District No. 31 (Willow Springs) Fiscal Year 2024/2025

levy of assessments. At the discretion of the City Council, a separate engineer’s report for this District may be prepared and presented, but such a report is not required if the improvements, budgets and assessments for this District are included in the engineer’s annual levy report for the Consolidated District.

If in any fiscal year, the proposed annual assessments for Zone No. 31 of the Consolidated District exceed the maximum assessments described herein, such an assessment would be considered a new or increased assessment and must be confirmed through a mailed property owner protest ballot proceeding before that new or increased assessment may be imposed.

This Report consists of five (5) parts:

Part I — Plans and Specifications
Contains a general description of the District (Zon e No. 31 of the Consolidated District) and identifies the improvements and services that provi de special benefit to the parcels within the District. The specific plans and specifications for the street lighting and landscaping improvements are on file in the Planning Department of the City of Murrieta.

Part II — Method of Apportionment
Outlines the special and general benefits associate d with the street lighting and landscaping improvements to be provided within the District and the basis upon which the estimated costs to provide such improvements have been apportioned to each parcel of land therein in proportion to the estimated special benefit to be received.

Part III — Estimate of Costs
Identifies the estimated annual funding costs (Budget) required for the maintenance and operation of street lighting and landscaping improvements including, but not limited to, annual maintenance and service expenses, utility costs, and related in cidental expenses authorized by the 1972 Act.

This estimate of costs specifically identifies thos e costs associated with the special benefit to parcels and establish the initial maximum assessmen t for fiscal year 2024/2025 to be approved by the property owner(s) of record within the District as part of the Ballot Proceeding. This section also identifies and outlines an Assessment Range Fo rmula (inflationary adjust) that provides for an annual adjustment to the maximum assessment rate that establishes limits on future assessments, but also provides for reasonable cost adjustments due to inflation.

Part IV — District Diagram
A diagram showing the boundaries of the District and the parcels that receive special benefit from the improvements to be provided and maintained as p art of Zone No. 31 of the Consolidated District. The lines and dimensions of each lot, par cel, and subdivision of land contained in this diagram are inclusive of all parcels listed in Part V — Assessment Roll of this Report and the corresponding Riverside County Assessor’s Parcel Ma ps for said parcels as they existed at the time this Report was prepared and shall include all subsequent subdivisions, lot-line adjustments, or parcel changes therein. Reference is hereby made to the Riverside County Assessor’s Parcel Maps for a detailed description of the lines and di mensions of each lot and parcel of land within the District.
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Part V — Assessment Roll
A listing of the proposed assessment amounts for pa rcels within the District. The maximum assessment amount for each parcel represents that p arcel’s maximum assessment amount for fiscal year 2024/2025 (amount balloted) and is base d on the parcel’s calculated proportional special benefit as outlined in Part II — Method of Apportionment, and assessment rate (“Assessment per EBU”) established in Part III — Es timate of Costs. The assessment amount identified as the “Proposed First Year's Assessment ” represents the anticipated assessment amounts to be levied and collected on the County Tax Rolls for fiscal year 2024/2025. The actual assessment amounts to be levied and collected for f iscal year 2024/2025 shall be finalized and approved by the City Council together with the asse ssments for other properties in the Consolidated District.
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Part I — Plans and Specifications
Description of the District
The territory within this District, and subsequentl y Zone No. 31 of the Consolidated District, consists of the lots and parcels of land within the residential development known as Willow Springs (Tract 36779) and the non-residential development known as Willow Springs Commerce Center (PM 36733), both part of the City of Murriet a’s Adobe Springs Specific Plan. The development is generally located west of Winchester Road, north of Via Mira Mosa, and southwest of Benton Road. It is bordered by the sub division known as Murrieta Springs to the south and west.

The territory within the District totals approximat ely fifty acres (49.71 acres) of which approximately thirty-three acres are planned to be developed into taxable property. The District is comprised of fifty-one (51) parcels identified on the Riverside County Assessor’s Parcel Number (APN) Maps as Book 963, Page 07, Parcel 058, 059, and 060; Book 963, Page 52, Parcels 001- 019; Book 963, Page 53, Parcels 001-018; and Book 963, Page 54, Parcels 001-011. Within this territory, the residential development (Book 963, P ages 52, 53, and 54) is planned for two- hundred eighty-three (283) Single-Family Residentia l properties. The non-residential parcels (APNs 963-070-058, 059, 060) are planned for a 9.48 acre commercial/industrial commerce center. The District Diagram contained in Part IV o f this Report provides a visual representation of the District boundaries and the parcels therein.

The residential and non-residential properties rece ive special benefit from and shall be proportionately assessed for the costs and expenses associated with maintaining and servicing all landscaping and lighting improvements provided by the District, including three (3) street lights, over 18,200 square feet of sidewalk and 63,902 squa re feet of median and parkway landscape maintenance areas located along Winchester Road bordering the development.

Improvements and Services
The purpose of the District is to provide funding f or the continued maintenance, operation and servicing of local street lighting and landscaping improvements established or installed in connection with development of properties within Wi llow Springs that provide a particular and distinct benefit (special benefit) to those properties. The specific plans, specifications and detailed drawings of the improvements for the District are not included in this Report but are on file in the City’s Planning Department and by reference are incorporated and made a part of this Report.

As authorized by the 1972 Act, the expenses to be funded by the District assessments generally include, but are not limited to all materials, equi pment, utilities, labor and incidental expenses including administrative expenses required for the ordinary and usual maintenance, operation, and servicing of the street lighting and landscaping improvements and related facilities within the public right-of-ways and/or easements dedicated to the City for maintenance purposes, which may include the performance of periodic repairs, re placement and expanded maintenance activities as needed to provide for the growth, health, and beauty of landscaping and/or the proper operation and functioning of lighting, irrigation and drainage systems. 200
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Landscaping Improvements
The landscape improvements associated with this Dis trict are considered local landscaping improvements installed in connection with the devel opment of properties within the District. The landscaping improvements to be funded by the assessments may include, but are not limited to:
turf; shrubs and plants; trees; ground cover (both hardscape and vegetation); weed and vector control; irrigation and drainage systems; ornamenta l lighting structures; related sidewalks, masonry walls or other fencing; entryway monuments or other ornamental structures and signs; and associated appurtenant facilities located within:
 The parkway areas located behind the sidewalk and the sidewalk itself on the northwest side of Winchester Road running the length of Willow Springs development. (Approximately 63,902 square feet of landscaped area, and 18,214 square feet of sidewalk.) The maintenance of these improvements may include, but is not limited to the regularly scheduled mowing, trimming, pruning, fertilization, pest cont rol, and weed abatement of the landscaped areas; installation, replacement and rehabilitation of the landscaping; repair or replacement of irrigation or drainage systems; and repair or repla cement of hardscape improvements, including the sidewalk, and other amenities.

The City’s Park and Recreation Department is curren tly responsible for overseeing the ongoing maintenance, servicing, and operation of the landscaping improvements within the Consolidated District and shall authorize and schedule such maintenance and servicing as needed and based on available funding.

Public Street Lighting Improvements
Public street lighting improvements to be funded by the District assessments may include, but are not limited to, electrical energy, lighting fixture s, poles, meters, conduits, electrical cable and associated appurtenant facilities associated with:
 Public street lighting and other public lighting f acilities along the northwest side of Winchester Road bordering Willow Springs development and other public areas associated with or necessary for the development of properties within the District.

Maintenance, operation, and servicing of the Distri ct lighting improvements may include, but is not limited to the furnishing of electric current or other illuminating agent; as needed maintenance, repair, and replacement of worn out electrical comp onents and light fixtures including bulbs, ballasts, photoelectric cells, meters, and/or elect rical cables; repair or replacement of damaged poles, ground wires, and conduits caused by acciden ts, vandalism, time, and weather; and monitoring of the Underground Service Alert (USA) network to prevent damage by excavation.

The City’s Park and Recreation Department is curren tly responsible for overseeing the ongoing maintenance, servicing, and operation of the local street lighting improvements for the Consolidated District and shall authorize and sched ule such maintenance and servicing as needed and based on available funding.

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Excluded Improvements
Not included as District improvements are improvements located on private property and/or areas designated as Homeowner Association property or easements.  Open space parcel 963-070-062.
 Homeowner Association maintenance areas, located t hroughout the residential development, including parks, play areas, slopes, open areas, and community amenities.  The Eastern Municipal Water District lift station and lift station site.  The estimated 2.13 acres of commercial area entry streetscape, and 1.34 acres of commercial area slopes.

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Part II — Method of Apportionment
Benefit Analysis
Legislative Authority
Part 2 of Division 15 of the Streets and Highways C ode, the Landscaping and Lighting Act of 1972, permits the establishment of assessment districts by agencies for the purpose of providing certain public improvements, including the acquisit ion, construction, installation and servicing of street lighting and landscape improvements and related facilities. The 1972 Act requires that the cost of these improvements be levied according to benefit rather than assessed value:

Section 22573 defines the net amount to be assessed as follows:
“The net amount to be assessed upon lands within an assessment district may be apportioned by any formula or method which fairly distributes the net amount among all assessable lots or parcels in proportion to the estimated benefits to be recei ved by each such lot or parcel from the improvements.”
Section 22574 provides for zones as follows:
“The diagram and assessment may classify various ar eas within an assessment district into different zones where, by reason of variations in t he nature, location, and extent of the improvements, the various areas will receive differing degrees of benefit from the improvements.

A zone shall consist of all territory which will receive substantially the same degree of benefit from the improvements.”
The formulas used for calculating assessments and t he designation of zones herein reflect the composition of parcels within the District and the improvements and activities to be provided, and have been designed to fairly apportion the entirety of the capital cost of the local public improvements and the maintenance and operation expe nses of such improvements based on a determination of the proportional special benefits to each parcel, consistent with the requirements of the 1972 Act and the provisions of Article XIIID of the California Constitution (Proposition 218).

Proposition 218 Benefit Analysis
The costs of the proposed improvements for this Dis trict have been identified and allocated to properties within the District based on special benefit. The improvements provided by this District and subsequently Zone No. 31 of the Consolidated District and for which properties are assessed are local public street lighting and landscaping im provements and related amenities. The assessments and method of apportionment is based on the premise that these improvements would otherwise not have been required without the development of those parcels within the District.

Article XIIID Section 2d defines District as follows:
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Article XIIID Section 2i defines Special Benefit as follows:
“Special benefit means a particular and distinct benefit over and above general benefits conferred on real property located in the district or to the public at large. General enhancement of property value does not constitute “special benefit.”
Article XIIID Section 4a defines proportional special benefit assessments as follows:
“An agency which proposes to levy an assessment sha ll identify all parcels which will have a special benefit conferred upon them and upon which an assessment will be imposed. The proportionate special benefit derived by each identified parcel shall be determined in relationship to the entirety of the capital cost of a public imp rovement, the maintenance and operation expenses of a public improvement, or the cost of the property related service being provided. No assessment shall be imposed on any parcel which exc eeds the reasonable cost of the proportional special benefit conferred on that parcel.” Special Benefit
Street Lighting Special Benefit
The street lighting in the District (Zone No. 31 of the Consolidated District), is primarily useful for illuminating the sidewalks and parking lanes on the streets used specifically to access the properties and/or is adjacent to those properties that comprise the District. This lighting is distinct from lights that may be installed that serve in lar ge part to enhance traffic safety, such as traffic signals and intersection safety lights or the more sporadic lighting found on major thoroughfares outside the more concentrated development areas. Th ese localized streetlights tend to be more closely spaced and of a lower intensity than streetlights installed primarily for traffic safety. These low-level, lower-intensity streetlights within the District provide three main special benefits: (i) property security benefit, (ii) pedestrian safety b enefit, and (iii) parkway/roadway egress benefit.

Since traffic to and from these parcels is largely limited to the residents and residents’ guests, it is reasonable to assume that essentially all pedestrians and parking vehicles in the lit areas will, after dark, be directly associated with the properties in the District. While the street lighting located on the perimeter of a development serves primarily for accessing the properties within that District, it is recognized that such lighting may benefit pas s-through traffic as well and inherently there is some general benefits associated with those streetlights.

In addition, the streetlights within the District a re consistent with the City’s typical intensity and spacing standards for areas zoned for residential d evelopment and each parcel to be assessed is served directly by the system of streetlights pr oviding appropriate lighting within these respective development areas. Furthermore, the cost of maintaining and operating each light is substantially the same, regardless of the location of the light within the District. Consequently, it has been concluded that each parcel within the District receives substantially similar benefit from the streetlight improvements.
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Landscaping Special Benefit
The ongoing maintenance of local public landscaping provides aesthetic benefits to the properties within the District and provides a more pleasant environment to walk, drive and live. The primary function of the landscaping improvements and relate d amenities is to serve as an aesthetically pleasing enhancement and green space for the benefi t of the properties and development for which the improvements were constructed and installed. These improvements are an integral part of the physical environment of parcels, and if the improvements are not properly maintained, it is these parcels that would be aesthetically burdened. In addition, the street landscaping associated with this District serves as both a physical buffer as well as a sound reduction buffer between the roadway and the properties associated with those improvements. As a result, the maintenance of the landscape improvements is a particular and dist inct benefit to the development and the properties therein.

General Benefit
Assessments are established on the basis of calculated proportional special benefit to properties within a district. Because general benefits are not assessable, general benefit costs must be excluded from the assessment calculation.

In reviewing the improvements to be maintained by t his District, the proximity of those improvements to properties within Willow Springs as well as nearby properties outside of the boundaries of this development, and the reasons for installing and constructing such improvements; it is apparent that the improvements and need to maintain those improvements are exclusively the result of developing the parcel s within Willow Springs and the condition of these improvements and the level of service associated with such improvements will directly affect only the properties within that development.

Street Lighting General Benefit
Collectively, there are a total of three (3) streetlights to be operated and maintained by the District (Zone No. 31 of the Consolidated District), all of which are located on the perimeter of the District.

These residential perimeter lights, in contrast to internal residential lights, arguably provide some illumination that extends beyond the boundaries of the development and the parcels being assessed. The lights may also enhance the safety of members of the public unassociated with an assessed parcel by illuminating traffic lanes and/or parking on streets, or that otherwise provides services to the general public. Although, in genera l, these streetlights exist solely due to the development of assessed parcels, and the primary pu rpose of these lights is to provide illumination to access the assessed parcels, the st reetlights may provide some level of general benefit in addition to the special benefits provided to the assessed parcels. We estimate that these general benefits constitute not more than twenty-five percent (25%) of the total benefit associated with these perimeter lights. Therefore, it is reaso nable to conclude that the total general benefit from the operation and maintenance activities assoc iated with the District streetlights does not exceed 25% of the direct annual operating expenses for all combined residential streetlights. 205
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Landscaping General Benefit
Recognizing that in the absence of a special funding District, the City only has a general obligation to maintain areas within the public right-of-way at a level of service that provides for public safety and avoids negative impacts on adjacent roadways an d vehicles traveling on those roadways (“baseline service”). However, this baseline service level would typically be limited to occasional weed abatement and as-needed tree trimming, resulti ng in a far less visually pleasing environment than is created with the enhanced level s of service to be provided for this development through the District assessments. Conservatively, the cost to provide this baseline level of service is estimated to be less than $0.023760 per square foot for such streetscape areas and based on the approximately 63,902 square feet of landscaped area to be maintained for the District (Zone No. 31 of the Consolidated District) , this annual baseline maintenance cost is estimated to be no more than $1,519 per year. Since the baseline services, unlike the enhanced aesthetic services, provide substantial benefit to the general public and to properties in general, the cost of providing this baseline service is treated as a general benefit cost associated with the landscape maintenance services and is not assessed.

Although the improvements are located in the public right-of-way and thus available or visible to the public at large, these improvements were not re quired nor necessarily desired by any properties or developments that currently exist out side the boundaries of the development and the maintenance of these improvements and the level of maintenance provided only has a direct and particular impact on these properties (special benefit). Therefore, while the improvements may be visually appealing to the occasional motoris t and visitor to the area or visible to nearby properties, such benefits are considered to be inci dental and an indirect consequence of the special benefits to properties within the District. Furthermore, the maintenance of these improvements beyond that which is required to ensur e the safety and protection of the general public and real property in general, has no measura ble or quantifiable benefit (either special or general benefit) to properties outside the District or to the public at large.

Assessment Methodology
Based on the improvements described above and the p lanned development of property within Willow Springs it has been determined that each of the residential and non-residential parcels within this development will receive substantially similar and proportional special benefits from the improvements to be provided by this District and su bsequently Zone No. 31 of the Consolidated District. Therefore, utilizing the Equivalent Benef it Unit (the “EBU”) method of apportionment, which was previously established for the Consolidated District, is an appropriate calculation of the proportional special benefit for each lot or parcel within the District. This EBU method of apportionment uses the single-family home site as t he basic unit of assessment with the single- family residential property being assigned one (1) EBU. All other land uses are assigned proportionately weighted EBUs based on an assessmen t formula that equates the property’s specific development status, type of development (c ollectively referred to as “land use”), and property size as compared to a typical single-family home site. 206
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Equivalent Benefit Unit Application
The EBU application by land use for the Consolidate d District and applicable in whole or in part to this District is described as follows:

Single-family Residential — This land use is defined as a fully subdivided res idential home site with or without structures. This land use is assessed 1.00 EBU per lot or parcel. This is the base value to which other land use types are compared and weighted (i.e. Equivalent Benefit Unit, EBU).

Multi-family Residential — This land use is defined as a fully subdivided residential parcel that has more than one residential unit developed on the property. This land use is assessed 1.00 EBU per unit.

Planned Residential Development — This land use is defined as any property not fully subdivided with a specific number of proposed residential lots to be developed on the parcel. This land use type is assessed at 1.00 EBU per planned (proposed) residential lot.

Vacant Residential — This land use is defined as property currently zon ed for residential development, but a tentative or final tract map has not been submitted and/or approved. This land use is assessed at 0.50 EBU per acre. Parcels less than 2 acres are assigned a minimum of 1.00 EBU. Parcels over 100 acres are assigned a maximum of 50.00 EBU.

Vacant Non-Residential — This land use is defined as property currently zoned for commercial or industrial use, but not specifically approved for commercial or industrial development. This land use is assessed at 1.00 EBU per acre. Parcels less than one (1) acre are assigned a minimum of 1.00 EBU. Parcels over 50 acres are assigned a maximum of 50.00 EBU.

Developed Non-Residential — This land use is defined as property developed for either commercial or industrial use. This land use type is assessed at 4.00 EBU per gross acre except in Zone 3 of the Consolidated District. Parcels less than 0.25 acres are assigned a minimum of 1.00 EBU, but there is no maximum acreage cap. In Zone 3 Developed Non-residential properties are assessed at 1.00 EBU per gross acre including any possessor interest in a common area.

Planned Non-Residential Development — This land use is defined as any property designated for commercial or industrial use for which specific development plans have been submitted or approved, or were included and identified as part of a specific commercial or industrial development project, but for which development of the property has not commenced or completion is not anticipated prior to the end of the fiscal year. With the exception of Zone 3 within the Consolidated District, parcels or lots with this land use type are assessed at 2.00 EBUs per gross acre; parcels consisting of less than half an acre are assigned a minimum of 1.00 EBU; but there is no maximum acreage cap. In Zone 3 of the Consolidated District, planned non-residential properties are assessed at 1.00 EBU per gross acre including any possessory interest in a common area.

Recreational or Limited Non-Residential Use — This land use is defined as property used for recreational or non-residential use that is not part of the improvements provided by the District. This land use classification may include, but is not limited to, golf courses, commercial parking lots or commercial properties where less than ten percent (10%) of the total acreage has been developed.

This land use is assessed at 2.00 EBUs per acre. Similar to Developed Non-Residential properties, there is no maximum acreage cap for this land use, but lots or parcels less than 0.5 acres are assigned a minimum of 1.00 EBU.
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Exempt Parcels — This land use identifies properties that are not assessed and are assigned 0.00 EBU. This land use classification may include, but is not limited to, lots or parcels identified as public streets and other roadways, dedicated public easeme nts, open space areas and right-of-ways including greenbelts and parkways, utility right-of-ways, common areas, sliver parcels, bifurcated lots or any other property that cannot be developed, park properties and other publicly owned properties that are part of the District improvements or that have little or no improvement value. These types of parcels are considered to receive little or no benefit from the improvements and are therefore exempt from assessment.

Special Cases — In districts where multiple land use classificatio ns may be involved, there are usually one or more properties for which the standard land use classifications may not accurately identify the special benefits received from the improvements. For example, a parcel may be identified as a Vacant Residential property, however only a small percentage of the parcel’s total acreage can actually be developed. In this case, a proper calculation would be based on the parcel’s net acreage rather than the parcel’s gross acreage.

The following table provides a summary of land use types, applied to each land use type and the multiplying factor used to be applied for the calculation of each parcel’s individual EBU:

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Part III — Estimate of Costs
Calculation of Assessments
An assessment amount per EBU is calculated by:

Taking the “Total Annual Expenses” (total budgeted costs) and subtracting the “General Benefit Expenses (City contribution)”, to establish the “Total Special Benefit Expenses,” Amount Budgeted – General Benefit Expenses = Special Benefit Expenses To the resulting “Special Benefit Expenses,” various “Funding Adjustments/Contributions” may be applied that may include, but are not limited to:
 “Operational Reserve Fund (Transfer/Deduction),” r epresents an amount of available existing funds from the “Operational Reserve Fund Balance” b eing applied to pay a portion of the Special Benefit Expenses for the fiscal year.
 “Capital Improvement Fund (Transfer/Deduction),” r epresents an amount of available existing funds from the “Capital Improvement Fund Balance” b eing applied to pay a portion of the Special Benefit Expenses for the fiscal year. This amount is typically an amount to offset any “Capital Improvement Expenditure” budgeted for that fiscal year.

These adjustments to the Special Benefit Expenses result in the net special benefit amount to be assessed “Balance to Levy;”
Special Benefit Expenses – Funding Adjustments/Contributions =Balance to Levy The amount identified as the “Balance to Levy” is divided by the total number of EBUs of parcels that benefit to establish the “Assessment Rate” or “Assessment per EBU” for the fiscal year. This rate is then applied back to each parcel’s individu al EBU to calculate the parcel’s proportionate special benefit and assessment for the improvements.

Balance to Levy / Total EBU = Assessment per EBU (Assessment Rate) Assessment per EBU x Parcel EBU = Parcel Assessment Amount Note: As part of these proceedings to form the District and ballot property owners for new assessments, the proposed maximum assessments outli ned in this Report are intended to fully support the costs and expenses identified as “Special Benefit Expenses.” Therefore, the “Funding Adjustments/Contributions” referenced above are not applicable to the calculation of the assessments described in this Report and the “Balan ce to Levy” represents the total “Special Benefit Expenses.”
District Budget
The following budget for the District is based on an estimate of the expenses and related funding necessary for the ongoing operation, maintenance an d servicing of the District improvements identified in Part I of this Report and establishes the initial Maximum Assessment per EBU (Maximum Assessment Rate) for fiscal year 2024/2025 . Reference is made to the assessment roll included herein as Part V for individual parcel maximum assessments to be balloted. 209
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Estimate of Costs
Murrieta Landscaping and Lighting District No. 31 ( Willow Springs) Tract No. 36779 & PM 36733
Maximum (1) Fiscal Year 2024/2025 (2)
Levy Components Budget / Assessment Budget / Assessment DIRECT EXPENSES Balloted Proposed
Operations and Maintenance
Landscape Electric 64520 $190 $185.13
Landscape Water 64660 3,520 3,517.52 Building Maintenance 62000 - - Landscape Maintenance 62040 20,940 20,937.96 Sidewalk 9,385 9,380.21
Street Lighting Energy Costs 64560 595 593.28 Miscellaneous/Contingency 61960 990 987.29 Other Contingency 62320 0 0.00
Transfer to Vehicle Fund 09046 850 845.79 Total Direct Expenses $36,470 $36,447.19

INCIDENTAL EXPENSES
District Administration Personnel 50120 $850 $847.76
District Administration Contract Services 60480 6,695 6,695.00 District Administration Overhead Allocation 61600 1,9 40 1,936.11 County Administration Fee 60520 200 195.90 Administration Expenses (subtotal) $9,675 $9,674.77
Operational Reserve Fund Collection $18,185 18,184.65
Capital Improvement/Rehabilitation Fund Collection 1 ,785 1,780.07 Fund Collections (subtotal) $19,970 $19,964.72
Total Incidental Expenses $29,655 $29,639.49
Total Annual Expenses $66,125 $66,086.68

GENERAL BENEFIT EXPENSES
General Benefit Street Lighting Improvement Costs ($ 150) ($148.32) General Benefit Landscape Improvement Costs (1,645) (1,642.05) General Benefit Expenses (City Funded) ($1,795) ($1,7 90.37) TOTAL SPECIAL BENEFIT EXPENSES $64,330 $64,296.30
BALANCE TO LEVY $64,330 $64,296.30

DISTRICT STATISTICS
Total Parcels 51 51
Total Parcels Levied 22 22
Total Equivalent Benefit Units (EBUs) 321.00 321.00
Calculated Levy per EBU $201.00 $200.30
Maximum Levy per EBU (Balloted Maximum Rate) $201.00 $201.00 Total Assessment Amount Balloted $64,521
Inflationary Factor Applied to Future Maximum Rates 3.00%

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The Levy Components shown above for "Maximum Budget/Assessment Balloted" are based on the City's estim ate of expenses and funding for fiscal year 2024/2025, rounded up to the nearest five dollars. The Calculated Levy per EBU has been rounded up to the nearest dollar to establish the Maximum Levy per EBU (Balloted Maximum Rate ).

The Levy Components shown above for "Fiscal Year 2024/2025 Budget/Assessment Proposed" are based on th e City's estimate of the improvement expenses and funding requirements for fiscal year 2024/2025.

Note: This District's assessment does not include a ny other assessments, taxes or charges against the properties (i.e., Murrieta Park Tax and Murrieta Community Services District). 210
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Annual Inflationary Adjustment (Assessment Range Formula) It is recognized that the majority of the annual cost of providing the improvements will be impacted by inflation in subsequent years. In an effort to minimize this impact, a formula for an inflationary adjustment is included as part of the District assessments to be approved by the property owners as part of the District formation process. This for mula referred to as the “Assessment Range Formula,” establishes a set adjustment to the allowable maximum assessment rate which allows for annual adjustments to be made to the various budget items. This Assessment Range Formula is consistent with the inflationary adjustments pre viously approved for the Consolidated District and as authorized by Section 53750(2)(A) of the Gov ernment Code (also known as the “Proposition 218 Omnibus Implementation Act”).
“For purposes of Article XIIIC and Article XIIID of the California Constitution… A tax, fee or charge is not deemed to be increased by an agency action t hat adjusts the amount of a tax or fee or charge in accordance with a schedule of adjustments , including a clearly defined formula for inflation adjustment.”
The Assessment Range Formula provides for reasonable increases and inflationary adjustments to annual assessments without requiring costly noticing and mailing procedures, which could add to the overall costs and assessments within the District. The Consolidated District provides for an annual adjustment (increase) of three percent (3%) to the Maximum Rate per EBU for most zones.

This same 3% annual adjustment (increase) shall be applied to the Maximum Assessment Rate established in this Report.

Commencing with the second fiscal year (fiscal year 2025/2026) and each fiscal year thereafter, the Maximum Assessment Rate (initially established by this Report for fiscal year 2024/2025) will be recalculated and a new Maximum Assessment Rate w ill be established for the District (Zone No. 31 of the Consolidated District) each fiscal ye ar. This annual adjustment to the Maximum Assessment Rate shall be calculated independent of the annual budgets and proposed annual assessments. Although the adjusted maximum assessme nt rate will increase each year, the annual assessment rate adopted for the fiscal year may be less. If the budget and the corresponding assessment for that fiscal year do no t require an increase or the increase is less than the allowable adjusted maximum assessment rate, then the proposed assessments required to meet the expenditures may be applied. To impose a new or increased assessment other than the annual inflationary adjustment provided by the preceding Assessment Range Formula, the City must comply with the provisions of the Califor nia Constitution Article XIIID Section 4c, that requires a public hearing and certain protest proce dures including mailed notice of the public hearing and property owner protest balloting. Property owners, through a ballot proceeding, must approve such a new or increased assessment before that assessment may be imposed.

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Part IV — District Diagram
A copy of the District Diagram (Boundary Map) for t he District is provided on the following page.

The parcels that comprise the Murrieta Landscaping and Lighting District No. 31 (Willow Springs) consists of all lots, parcels and subdivisions of l and listed on the Assessment Roll contained herein as Part V, the lines and dimensions of which are shown on the Riverside County Assessor’s parcel maps for the current year and are incorporated by reference herein and made part of this Report. The following District Diagram together wit h the Assessment Roll contained herein as Part V, constitute the Assessment Diagram for the Murrieta Landscaping and Lighting District No. 31 (Willow Springs) for fiscal year 2024/2025.

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Formation of Landscaping and Lighting District No. 31 (Willow Springs) Fiscal Year 2024/2025

Part V — Assessment Roll
Parcel identification for each lot or parcel within the District shall be the parcel as shown on the Riverside County Secured Roll for the year in which this Report is prepared and reflective of the Assessor’s Parcel Maps. A listing of the current as sessor parcels to be assessed within this District along with the assessment amounts is provi ded in the following:

963-070-058 PM 36733 Lot 58 2.65 Non-Residential 0.60 N/ A 2.40 $482.40 $480.72 963-070-059 PM 36733 Lot 59 3.56 Non-Residential 3.10 N/ A 12.40 2,492.40 2,483.72 963-070-060 PM 36733 Lot 60 6.01 Non-Residential 5.80 N/ A 23.20 4,663.20 4,646.96 963-520-001 PM 36779 Lot 1 1.38 Residential N/A 15 15.00 3 ,015.00 3,004.50 963-520-002 PM 36779 Lot 7 1.86 Residential N/A 26 26.00 5 ,226.00 5,207.80 963-520-003 PM 36779 Lot 14 0.58 Residential N/A 9 9.00 1, 809.00 1,802.70 963-520-004 PM 36779 Lot 15 0.44 Residential N/A 6 6.00 1, 206.00 1,201.80 963-520-005 PM 36779 Lot 16 1.35 Residential N/A 15 15.00 3,015.00 3,004.50 963-520-006 PM 36779 Lot 17 0.89 Residential N/A 9 9.00 1, 809.00 1,802.70 963-520-007 PM 36779 Lot 18 0.93 Residential N/A 10 10.00 2,010.00 2,003.00 963-520-008 PM 36779 Lot 19 0.23 Residential N/A 3 3.00 60 3.00 600.90 963-530-001 PM 36779 Lot 2 2.97 Residential N/A 26 26.00 5 ,226.00 5,207.80 963-530-002 PM 36779 Lot 5 2.37 Residential N/A 31 31.00 6 ,231.00 6,209.30 963-530-003 PM 36779 Lot 6 0.47 Residential N/A 6 6.00 1,2 06.00 1,201.80 963-530-004 PM 36779 Lot 8 0.94 Residential N/A 14 14.00 2 ,814.00 2,804.20 963-530-005 PM 36779 Lot 9 1.16 Residential N/A 15 15.00 3 ,015.00 3,004.50 963-530-006 PM 36779 Lot 10 0.95 Residential N/A 13 13.00 2,613.00 2,603.90 963-530-007 PM 36779 Lot 11 0.56 Residential N/A 7 7.00 1, 407.00 1,402.10 963-540-001 PM 36779 Lot 3 2.14 Residential N/A 22 22.00 4 ,422.00 4,406.60 963-540-002 PM 36779 Lot 4 2.41 Residential N/A 30 30.00 6 ,030.00 6,009.00 963-540-003 PM 36779 Lot 12 0.72 Residential N/A 10 10.00 2,010.00 2,003.00 963-540-004 PM 36779 Lot 13 1.10 Residential N/A 16 16.00 3,216.00 3,204.80 Total 35.66 9.50 283 321.00 $64,521.00 $64,296.30
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CITY OF MURRIETA
City Council Meeting Agenda
Report
1/16/2024
Agenda Item No. 7.

TO: HONORABLE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL
FROM: David Chantarangsu, Development Services Director PREPARED BY: Chris Tracy, Senior Planner, Advanced Planning SUBJECT: Continuation of Urgency Ordinance Pursuant to California Government Code Section 65858 Prohibiting the Establishment of Medical Cannabis Delivery Businesses for an Additional 45 Days, to Include an Exemption from the California Environmental Quality Act

RECOMMENDATION
Receive the staff report and conduct the public hearing; Waive full reading and adopt by four-fifths vote Interim Urgency Ordinance No. U-601-24 (Attachment 1), entitled: An Interim Urgency Ordinance of the City Council of the City of Murrieta, California, Extending Urgency Ordinance No. U-600-23 Which Instituted A 45-Day Temporary Moratorium on the Establishment or Expansion of Medical Marijuana Dispensaries or Facilities and Mobile Medical Marijuana Dispensaries Within City Limits for an Additional Ten Months and Fifteen Days, Declaring the Urgency Thereof, and Finding An Exemption Under the California Environmental Quality Act extending for ten months and fifteen days the temporary moratorium prohibiting medical marijuana facilities and mobile medical marijuana dispensaries within City limits, as read by title only;
Find that Interim Urgency Ordinance No. U-601-24 is exempt from CEQA; and Direct staff to continue to study appropriate modifications to the Murrieta Municipal Code to mitigate the conditions outlined in this staff report and Section 2 of the Urgency Ordinance arising from developing, maintaining, and expanding medical marijuana facilities and mobile medical marijuana dispensaries. The Development Services Director is further directed to report back to the City Council with his findings at least 10 days prior to the expiration of this ordinance.

PRIOR ACTION/VOTE
On December 19, 2023, the City Council adopted Interim Urgency Ordinance No. U-600-23 to establish a temporary 45-day moratorium on the acceptance or processing of applications, issuance of permits, and construction of all structures (with enumerated exceptions) on the establishment or expansion of medical marijuana dispensaries, facilities, and mobile medical marijuana dispensaries within the City (Vote: 5-0).

CITY COUNCIL GOAL
Provide a high level of innovative public safety.

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BACKGROUND
On December 19, 2023, the City Council adopted urgency Ordinance No. U-600-23 (Attachment No. 2) establishing a temporary 45-day moratorium on new or expanded medical marijuana facilities and mobile medical marijuana dispensaries within City limits. If not extended, the urgency ordinance will expire on February 1, 2024.

The urgency ordinance was adopted in response to Senate Bill No. 1186 (SB 1186), signed into law by Governor Newsom on September 18, 2022 and effective January 1, 2024. Under SB 1186, the City of Murrieta (City) would be prohibited from enforcing any regulation that prohibits the retail sale by delivery within the City of medicinal marijuana to medicinal marijuana patients or their primary caregivers or that otherwise has the effect of prohibiting the retail sale by delivery within the City.

The Murrieta Municipal Code (MMC) currently prohibits all sale and delivery of marijuana within the City. Staff has begun studying potential amendments to the City’slaws to recommend to the City Council but needs more time to complete an ordinance for Planning Commission and City Council consideration. Staff recommends the City Council adopt the attached interim urgency ordinance extending the temporary moratorium prohibiting medical marijuana facilities and mobile medical marijuana dispensaries within City limits so that staff may continue to investigate the effects of these uses within the City and recommend permanent regulations addressing medical marijuana facilities and mobile medical marijuana dispensaries.

Discussion
The MMC currently prohibits the selling, delivery, testing, cultivation, and manufacturing of marijuana or marijuana-infused products within the City of Murrieta. Under the City’szoning code, marijuana dispensaries, non-personal marijuana cultivation, marijuana delivery services and/or mobile marijuana dispensaries, marijuana manufacturing, marijuana testing laboratories, and marijuana distribution are all prohibited uses within the City and are punishable as a misdemeanor and through civil abatement action. However, the MMC does allow for “personal marijuana cultivation,” meaning the indoor growing of 6 or less marijuana plants for personal use.

Under SB 1186, the City would be prohibited from enforcing any regulation that prohibits the retail sale by delivery within the City of medicinal marijuana to medicinal marijuana patients or their primary caregivers, or that otherwise has the effect of prohibiting the retail sale by delivery within the City of medicinal marijuana to medicinal marijuana patients or their primary caregivers by licensed medicinal marijuana businesses in a timely and readily accessible manner, and in types and quantities that are sufficient to meet demand from medicinal marijuana patients within the City. As the MMC currently prohibits all sale and delivery of marijuana within the City, the City would be prohibited from enforcing these regulations to the extent that they affect medical marijuana facilities and medical marijuana delivery services, also known as mobile medical marijuana dispensaries.

City staff is preparing alternative, robust regulations for presentation to the Planning Commission and then to the City Council regulating the establishment and operation of marijuana facilities and mobile medical marijuana dispensaries within the City to bring the MMC into compliance with SB 1186. However, City staff requires additional time to study and evaluate the fiscal, community, and public welfare impacts associated with medical marijuana facilities and mobile medical marijuana dispensary, including but not limited to, public welfare concerns related to crime and health and safety impacts of the sale of marijuana; increased demands on police and other valuable and scarce city administrative, financial, or personnel resources; compatible zoning regulations appropriate for medical marijuana facilities; and existing City policies and goals set forth in the General Plan and Murrieta Municipal Code applicable to these uses. City staff also anticipates that medical marijuana facility operators and mobile medical marijuana dispensaries may seek to establish facilities and CITY OF MURRIETA Printed on 1/11/2024Page 2 of 3
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marijuana facility operators and mobile medical marijuana dispensaries may seek to establish facilities and delivery services, or desire to expand existing facilities and delivery services into the City, before a non- urgency ordinance amending the MMC to enact such regulations would become effective.

In accordance with Government Code section 65858, there exists a current and immediate threat to the public welfare requiring this Interim Urgency Ordinance. Notice of this extension of an Interim Urgency Ordinance has been provided pursuant to Government Code Section 65090. The primary purpose of this Interim Urgency Ordinance is the reasonable regulation of land use.

For a period of 10 months and 15 days from the date of the adoption of this Interim Urgency Ordinance, medical marijuana facilities and mobile medical marijuana dispensaries will not be permitted within City limits.

While a study is completed and permanent regulations or prohibitions are developed, no permit, license, approval, or entitlement for medical marijuana facilities and mobile medical marijuana dispensaries will be issued related to any incomplete applications on file or for any new applications received while this Interim Ordinance is in effect.

Pending the completion of such studies and the adoption of an ordinance to establish appropriate operational and zoning regulations, it is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public welfare that this ordinance takes effect immediately. In the absence of immediate effectiveness, such uses in the City may conflict with existing policies, regulations, or requirements.

After notice pursuant to Government Code Section 65090 and public hearing, the City Council may again extend the interim ordinance for an additional year, if needed. Any extension of a moratorium requires a four- fifths vote for adoption.

FISCAL IMPACT
None.

ATTACHMENTS

1. Interim Urgency Ordinance No. U-601-24 Extending Moratorium

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INTERIM URGENCY ORDINANCE NO. U-601-24

AN INTERIM URGENCY ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF

THE CITY OF MURRIETA, CALIFORNIA, EXTENDING URGENCY
ORDINANCE NO. U -600-23 WHICH INSTITUTED A 45-DAY

TEMPORARY MORATORIUM ON THE ESTABLISHMENT OR

EXPANSION OF MEDICAL MARIJUANA DISPENSARIES OR

FACILITIES AND MOBILE MEDICAL MARIJUANA DISPENSARIES

WITHIN CITY LIMITS FOR AN ADDITIONAL TEN MONTHS AND

FIFTEEN DAYS, DECLARING THE URGENCY THEREOF, AND

FINDING AN EXEMPTION UNDER THE CALIFORNIA

ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT

Summary: This ordinance extends, for 10 months and 1 5 days , the City’s ban on the establishment or expansion of medical marijuana dispensaries, facilities, and mobile medical marijuana dispensaries within Murrieta.

WHEREAS, the City of Murrieta (“City”) has the authority under its police power, to enact regulations for the public peace, morals, and welfare of the City; and WHEREAS, the City currently regulates marijuana dispensaries and distribution facilities, the for-profit cultivation of marijuana, and the indoor personal cultivation of marijuana within the City under Section 16.44.250 of the Murrieta Municipal Code (“MMC”); and WHEREAS, under MMC Section 16.44.250, marijuana dispensary is not a permitted use and is prohibited in all zones throughout the City. Further, under the MMC, mobile marijuana dispensaries and marijuana delivery are prohibited in the City, and marijuana manufacturing, and marijuana distribution are not permitted uses and are prohibited in all zones throughout the City; and
WHEREAS, under MMC Section 16.44.250, marijuana cultivation is not a permitted use and is prohibited in all zones throughout the City, except for indoor personal cultivation of marijuana; and
WHEREAS, under MMC Section 16.44.250, any violation of marijuana regulations shall constitute a misdemeanor and shall be punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars or by imprisonment for a period not to exceed six months, or by both such fine and imprisonment; and
WHEREAS, under MMC Section 16.44.250, the operation of any mobile marijuana dispensary and marijuana delivery within the City is a public nuisance, and may be abated by the City, including through declaratory relief and civil injunc tion. Failure to abate a public nuisance constitutes a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars or by imprisonment for a period not to exceed six months, or by both such fine and imprisonment; and WHEREAS, under Senate Bill No. 1 186 (“SB 1186”), signed into law by Governor Newsom on September 18, 2022 and effective January 1, 2024, a local jurisdiction shall not adopt or enforce any regulation that prohibits the retail sale by delivery within the local jurisdiction of medicinal marijuana to medicinal marijuana patients or their primary caregivers, or that otherwise has the effect of prohibiting the retail sale by delivery within the local jurisdiction of medicinal 219
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marijuana to medicinal marijuana patients or their primary caregiver s by licensed medicinal marijuana businesses in a timely and readily accessible manner, and in types and quantities that are sufficient to meet demand from medicinal marijuana patients within the local jurisdiction; and WHEREAS, the City desires to amend its existing regulations governing the sale and delivery of medical marijuana to bring the MMC sufficiently into compliance with SB 1186. City staff intends to study, within a reasonable time, land use regulations related to the sale and delivery of medical marijuana so that it may consider modifications to the MMC and potential local regulations for such uses; and
WHEREAS, medical marijuana facilities and medical marijuana delivery services present challenges and impacts to the health, safety, and welfare of City residents due to secondary impacts and effects associated with marijuana and related activities, including but not limited to, sales of marijuana to minors, drug sales, robbery, burglaries, assaults, and other violent cri mes, fraud in obtaining or using medical marijuana identification cards, and increased demands on police and other valuable and scarce city administrative, financial, or personnel resources; and WHEREAS, the City anticipates that medical marijuana facility operators and mobile medical marijuana dispensaries may seek to establish facilities and delivery services, or desire to expand existing facilities and delivery services into the City, before a non -urgency ordinance amending the MMC to enact such regulations would become effective; and WHEREAS, California Government Code Sections 36934, 36937, and 65858 expressly authorize the City Council to adopt an urgency ordinance for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, or safety and to prohibit a use that is in conflict with a contemplated general plan, specific plan, or zoning proposal that the legislative body, planning commission, or the planning department is considering or studying or intends to study within a reasonable time; and WHEREAS, on December 19, 2023, the City Council adopted Interim Urgency Ordinance No. U-600-23, to impose a temporary moratorium on the establishment or expansion of medical marijuana dispensaries, facilities, and mobile medical marijuana dispensaries within the City of Murrieta (“Moratorium”) based upon immediate threats to public health, safety, and welfare; and WHEREAS, the City Council continues to be concerned that the public welfare will be threatened if any medical marijuana facilities and delivery service uses are approved within the City without first studying and evaluating the fiscal, community, and public welfare impacts associated with medical marijuana facilities and mobile medical marijuana dispensary, including but not limited to, public welfare concern s related to crime and health and safety impacts of the sale of marijuana; increased demands on police and other valuable and scarce city administrative, financial, or personnel resources; compatible zoning regulations appropriate for medical marijuana facilities; and existing City policies and goals set forth in the General Plan and Murrieta Municipal Code applicable to these uses; and
WHEREAS, based upon the forgoing, an extension of the Moratorium is necessary so that the City may continue to thoroughly investigate, review, study and amend the City’s laws, rules, procedures and fees related to the establishment of new medical marijuana facilities and mobile medical marijuana dispensaries within the City; and
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establishment of new, or expansion of existing, medical marijuana facilities and mobile medical marijuana dispensaries within the City; and
WHEREAS, the City Council, after notice duly given as required by law, held a public hearing on January 16, 2024 at 6: 00 p.m., in the City Hall council chamber to consider this proposed Interim Urgency Ordinance No. XXX, and heard all arg uments for and against this proposal.

NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MURRIETA, CALIFORNIA, DOES HEREBY ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:

SECTION 1. The foregoing recitals are true and accurate and are adopted herein by reference.

SECTION 2. Findings.

The City Council finds and determines the recitals above are true and correct, and are hereby incorporated by reference. Additionally, based on the foregoing, both verbal and written testimony at the public hearing, including the staff report, exhibits, and any materials provided by members of the public, the City Council finds as follows:

A. There continues to be a public urgency and a need to immediately protect the public health, safety, and welfare as detailed further in the Moratorium and in this Interim Urgency Ordinance.

B. This Interim Urgency Ordinance extending the Moratorium continues the prohibition of the establishment of medical marijuana facilities and mobile medical marijuana dispensaries for a period of 10 months and 15 days from its adoption while the City is considering or studying or intends to study the establishment of new medical marijuana facilities and mobile medical marijuana dispensaries or the expansion of existing medical marijuana facilities and mobile medical marijuana dispensaries.

C. There is insufficient time for the City to adopt a regular, non -urgency ordinance applicable to these types of businesses at this time. This extension of the Moratorium complies with applicable state law and preserves the status quo so that the City may either prohibit such uses or establish reasonable rules and regulations protecting the public health, safety, and welfare of City residents and businesses regarding the establishment of new medical marijuana facilities and mobile medical mari juana dispensaries or the expansion of medical marijuana facilities and mobile medical marijuana dispensaries.

D. Without an extension of the Moratorium, the potential adverse direct and secondary effects of the establishment of new medical marijuana facil ities and mobile medical marijuana dispensaries or the expansion of existing medical marijuana facilities and mobile medical marijuana dispensaries present a clear and present danger to the immediate preservation of the public health, safety, and welfare o f the community. Further, the potential proliferation of establishment of new medical marijuana facilities and mobile medical marijuana dispensaries or the expansion of existing medical marijuana facilities and mobile medical marijuana dispensaries may adversely affect the City’s economic vitality, and may not be compatible with existing and potential uses of similarly zoned businesses.

E. In light of the concerns noted herein, the City Council determines it continues to be in the interest of protecting the immediate public health, safety, or welfare to extend the 221
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Moratorium by 10 months and 15 days to allow staff time to, among other related tasks, continue and/or proceed with a comprehensive study to research and consider potential regulatory and zoning mechanisms for regulating such businesses.

F. Until such time that staff concludes a comprehensive study and the City Council determines whether to adopt new regulatory controls over medical marijuana facilities and mobile medical marijuana dispensaries, th e community is in jeopardy in that such businesses could be established which would be in potential conflict with the City’s regulatory or zoning proposals.

The establishment of such new businesses would defeat the intent and purpose of any potential future regulation and substantially impair its effective implementation.

G. Based upon the forgoing, this urgency extension of the Moratorium is necessary in order to ensure that adequate regulation regarding the establishment of new medical marijuana facilities and mobile medical marijuana dispensaries or the expansion of existing medical marijuana facilities and mobile medical marijuana dispensaries in the City is adopted prior to the issuance of any new permits authorizing such activities to an extent greate r than set forth in the Moratorium.

H. Based upon the forgoing, issuance or approval of any building, planning, or other applicable entitlements for the establishment of establishment of new medical marijuana facilities and mobile medical marijuana dispen saries or the expansion of existing medical marijuana facilities and mobile medical marijuana dispensaries prior to the staff's completion of its comprehensive study would result in a current and immediate threat to the public health, safety or welfare, an d therefore extension of the Moratorium will continue to prevent a current and immediate threat to the public health, safety, and welfare.

SECTION 3. CEQA Findings
The City Council finds that this Interim Urgency Ordinance is not subject to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to Sections 15060(c)(2) (activity that will not result in a direct or reasonably foreseeable indirect physical change in the environment), 15061(c)(3) (the activity will not result in a direct or reasonably forese eable indirect physical change in the environment) and 15378 (the activity is not a project under CEQA) of the CEQA Guidelines, because it has no potential for resulting in physical change to the environment, directly or indirectly. This is because the mo ratorium extended by this Interim Urgency Ordinance merely prohibits uses that have significant impacts on public health, safety and welfare, and does not permit any development that could result in a significant change to the environment. Furthermore, the moratorium extended by this Interim Urgency Ordinance is temporary pending further study and investigation. In addition, the Interim Urgency Ordinance is categorically exempt from CEQA pursuant to Section 15308 of the CEQA Guidelines, because this ordina nce is a regulatory action taken by the City in accordance with Government Code Section 65858 to assure maintenance and protection of the environment pending further review of the potential impacts of medical marijuana facilities and mobile medical marijuana dispensaries in the City and potential modifications to the Murrieta Municipal Code.

SECTION 4. Investigation and Report During Term of Moratorium During the term of this Interim Urgency Ordinance, the Development Services Director is directed to study appropriate modifications to the Murrieta Municipal Code to mitigate the conditions outlined in Section 2 above that may arise out of developing, maintaining, and 222
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expanding medical marijuana facilities and mobile medical marijuana dispensaries. The study shall include but not be limited to the prohibition of all such uses. The Development Services Director is further directed to report back to the City Council with his findings at least 10 days prior to the expiration of this Interim Urgency Ordinance.

SECTION 5. Effective Date; Findings of Urgency; and Duration This Interim Urgency Ordinance is adopted as an urgency ordinance pursuant to the provisions of Government Code Sections 65858, 36934 and 36937, and shall take effect immediately upon its adoption. Based upon the findings set forth in the recitals and Sect ion 2 above, the City Council finds and determines that the adoption of this Interim Urgency Ordinance is an urgency ordinance authorized by Government Code Section 65858, and is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public health, safety, and welfare.

Pursuant to Government Code Section 65858(a), this Interim Urgency Ordinance shall be adopted by not less than a four-fifths vote of the City Council and shall be in effect for 10 months and 15 days. Upon notice and public hearing, the City Council may further extend the Interim Urgency Ordinance by an additional year, if necessary. Not later than ten (10) days prior to the expiration of this Interim Urgency Ordinance, the City Council shall issue a written report as required by applicable state law.

SECTION 6. Severability
If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, or phrase of this Interim Urgency Ordinance is for any reason held to be invalid or unconstitutional by a decision of any court of any competent jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this ordinance.

The City Council hereby declares that it would have passed this Interim Urgency Ordinance, and each and every section, subsection, sentence, clause and phrase thereof not declared invalid or unconstitutional without regard to whether any portion of the Interim Urgency Ordinance would be subsequently declared invalid or unconstitutional.

SECTION 7. Publication
Within fifteen (15) days after the adoption of the ordinance, the City Clerk shall publish a summary of the ordinance with the names of the council members voting for and against the ordinance.

ADOPTED by the City Council, signed by the Mayor, and attested by the City Clerk this 16th day of January, 2024.

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Lori Stone, Mayor

ATTEST:

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Cristal McDonald, City Clerk
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APPROVED AS TO FORM:

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Tiffany J. Israel, City Attorney

I, Cristal McDonald, City Clerk of the City of Murrieta, California, hereby certify under penalty of perjury that the foregoing Interim Urgency Ordinance No. U-601-24 was duly and regularly adopted at a meeting of the City Council on the 16th day of January, 2024 by the following vote, to-wit:

AYES:

NOES:

ABSENT:

ABSTAIN:

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the official seal of the City of Murrieta, California, this _____ day of __________, 2024. 224
INTERIM URGENCY ORDINANCE NO. U-600-23

AN INTERIM URGENCY ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF MURRIETA, CALIFORNIA, ESTABLISHING A 45 -DAY

TEMPORARY MORATORIUM ON THE ESTABLISHMENT OR

EXPANSION OF MEDICAL MARIJUANA DISPENSARIES OR

FACILITIES, AND MOBILE MEDICAL MARIJUANA DISPENSARIES

WITHIN CITY LIMITS, DECLARING THE URGENCY THEREOF AND

FINDING AN EXEMPTION UNDER THE CALIFORNIA

ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT

Summary: This ordinance establishes, for 45 days, the City’s ban on the establishment or expansion of medical marijuana dispensaries, facilities, and mobile medical marijuana dispensaries within Murrieta.

WHEREAS, the City of Murrieta (“City”) has the authority under its police power, to enact regulations for the public peace, morals, and welfare of the City; and WHEREAS, the City currently regulates marijuana dispensaries and distribution facilities, the for-profit cultivation of marijuana, and the indoor personal cultivation of marijuana within the City under Section 16.44.250 of the Murrieta Municipal Code (“MMC”); and WHEREAS, under MMC Section 16.44.250, marijuana cultivation is not a permitted use and is prohibited in all zones throughout the City, except for indoor personal cultivation of marijuana; and
WHEREAS, under MMC Section 16.44.250, any violation of marijuana regulations shall constitute a misdemeanor and shall be punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars or by imprisonment for a period not to exceed six months, or by both such fine and imprisonment; and
WHEREAS, under MMC Section 16.44.250, the operation of any mobile marijuana dispensary and marijuana delivery within the City is a public nuisance, and may be abated by the City, including through declaratory relief and civil injunction. Failure to abate a public nuisance constitutes a misde meanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars or by imprisonment for a period not to exceed six months, or by both such fine and imprisonment; and WHEREAS, under Senate Bill No. 1186 (“SB 1186”), signed into law by Governor Newsom on September 18, 2022, and effective January 1, 2024, a local jurisdiction shall not adopt or enforce any regulation that prohibits the retail sale by delivery within the local jurisdiction of medicinal marijuana to medicinal marijuana patients or their primary caregivers, or that otherwise has the effect of prohibiting the retail sale by delivery within the local jurisdiction of medicinal marijuana to medicinal marijuana patients or their primary caregivers by licensed medicinal marijuana businesses in a timely and readily accessible manner, and in types and q uantities that are sufficient to meet demand from medicinal marijuana patients within the local jurisdiction; and WHEREAS, the City desires to amend its existing regulations governing the sale and delivery of medical marijuana in order to bring the MMC sufficiently into compliance with SB 1186. City staff intends to study, within a reasonable time, land use regulations related to the sale 225
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and delivery of medical marijuana so that it may consider modifications to the MMC and potential local regulations for such uses; and
WHEREAS, medical marijuana facilities and medical marijuana delivery services present challenges and impacts to the health, safety, and welfare of City residents due to secondary impacts and effects associated with marijuana and related activities, including but not limited to, sales of marijuana to minors, drug sales, robbery, bur glaries, assaults, and other violent crimes, fraud in obtaining or using medical marijuana identification cards, and increased demands on police and other valuable and scarce city administrative, financial, or personnel resources; and WHEREAS, the City anticipates that medical marijuana facility operators and mobile medical marijuana dispensaries may seek to establish facilities and delivery services, or desire to expand existing facilities and delivery services into the City, before a non -urgency ordinance amending the MMC to enact such regulations would become effective; and WHEREAS, California Government Code Sections 36934, 36937, and 65858 expressly authorize the City Council to adopt an urgency ordinance for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, or safety and to prohibit a use that is in conflict with a contemplated general plan, specific plan, or zoning proposal that the legislative body, planning commission, or the planning department is considering or studying or intends to study within a reasonable time; and WHEREAS, an initial period of 45 days will permit City staff to undertake an initial investigation of these matters and recommend a course of action to the City Council, while avoiding the potential adverse impacts of medical marijuana facilities and mobile medical marijuana dispensaries and related activities that may arise as the City develops permanent regulations; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to the above -described express statutory authority and its police power, the City Council desires, on an urgency basis, to enact a temporary prohibition on the establishment or expansion of medical marijuana facilities and mobile medical marijuana dispensaries within the City; and
WHEREAS, the City Council, after notice duly given as required by law, held a public hearing on December 19, 2023, at 6:00 p.m., in the City Hall council chamber to consider this proposed Interim Urgency Ordinance, and heard all arguments for and against this proposal.

NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MURRIETA, CALIFORNIA DOES HEREBY ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:

SECTION 1. The foregoing recitals are true and accurate and are adopted herein by reference.

SECTION 2. Findings
A. The City Council desires to provide for the public safety, health and welfare of the residents and visitors to the City by exercising its police power authority under Section 7 of Article XI of the California Constitution. Based on the findings and evidence set forth below, the City Council finds that the establishment and expansion of medical marijuana facilities and mobile medical marijuana dispensaries presents a current and immediate threat to the public welfare within the City. At this time, existing regulations within the MMC governing the development and use of medical marijuana facilities and mobile medical marijuana dispensaries are not sufficient to address the adverse effects of the establishment and expansion of such uses. 226
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B. The MMC currently prohibits medical marijuana facilities and mobile medical marijuana dispensaries as uses within the City. Pursuant to SB 1186, the City would not be permitted to enforce its existing regulations related to medical marijuana facilities and mobile medical marijuana dispensaries as of January 1, 2024, to the extent that they conflict with state law. The City Council finds that failure to adopt such an urgency moratorium would impair the orderly and effective implementation of contemplated amendments to the MMC that would regulate medical marijuana facilities and mobile medical marijuana dispensaries while complying with SB 1186, and without such implementation, the City’s public health, safety, and welfare would be threatened as proper zoning and regulations protecting the public health, safety and welfare would be lacking.

C. The City Council additionally finds that the public welfare will be threatened if any medical marijuana facilities and delivery service uses are approved within the City without first studying and evaluating the fiscal, community, and public welfare impacts associated with medical marijuana facilities and mobile medical marijuana dispensary, including but not limited to, public welfare concerns related to crime and health and safety impacts of the sale of marijuana; increased demands on police and other valuable and scarce city administrative, financial, or personnel resources; compatible zoning regulations appropriate for medical marijuana facilities; and existing City policies and goals set forth in the General Plan and MMC applicable to these uses. Based on this evidence, the City Council finds that the adoption of this Interim Ordinance is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public safety, health and welfare.

D. The City Council finds that this moratorium is a matter of local and Citywide importance and is not directed towards any particular person or entity that seeks to operate medical marijuana facilities and mobile medical marijuana dispensaries.

SECTION 3. CEQA Findings
The City Council finds that this Interim Ordinance is not subject to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to Sections 15060(c)(2) (activity that will not result in a direct or reasonably foreseeable indirect physical change in the envir onment), 15061(c)(3) (the activity will not result in a direct or reasonably foreseeable indirect physical change in the environment) and 15378 (the activity is not a project under CEQA) of the CEQA Guidelines, because it has no potential for resulting in physical change to the environment, directly or indirectly. This is because the moratorium adopted by this Interim Ordinance merely prohibits uses that have significant impacts on public health, safety and welfare, and does not permit any development that could result in a signi ficant change to the environment. Furthermore, the moratorium established by this Interim Ordinance is temporary pending further study and investigation. In addition, the Interim Ordinance is categorically exempt from CEQA pursuant to Section 15308 of the CEQA Guidelines, because this ordinance is a regulatory action taken by the City in accordance with Government Code Section 65858 to assure maintenance and protection of the environment pending further review of the potential impac ts of medical marijuana facilities and mobile medical marijuana dispensaries in the City and potential modifications to the MMC.

SECTION 4. Declaration of Moratorium
A. In accordance with Government Code section 65858, and pursuant to the findings stated above, the City Council hereby: (1) finds that there exists a current and immediate threat to the public safety, health and welfare requiring this Interim Ordinance; (2) finds that this Interim Ordinance is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, and safety; and 227
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(3) declares and imposes a temporary moratorium for the immediate preservation of the public safety, health and welfare as set below in this Section 4.

B. For a period of 45 days from the date of the adoption of this ordinance, applications for medical marijuana facilities and mobile medical marijuana dispensaries will not be accepted and no permit, license, approval, or entitlement for medical marijuana facilities or mobile medical marijuana dispensaries within the City limits will be issued after this Interim Ordinance becomes effective.

C. For purposes of this ordinance, “medical marijuana” means medicinal cannabis/marijuana and medicinal cannabis/marijuana products, intended to be sold or donated for use pursuant to the Compassionate Use Act of 1996 (Proposition 215), found in Section 11362.5 of the Health and Safety Code, by a medicinal cannabis patient in California who possesses a physician's recommendation, or in compliance with any compassionate use, equity, or other similar program administered by a local jurisdiction.

D. For purposes of this ordinance, “medical marijuana facility” means any for profit or not - for-profit cooperative, collective, facility, operator, establishment, provider, association or similar entity that cultivates, distributes, dispenses, stores, exchanges, processes, delivers, makes available, transmits and/or gives away medical marijuana in the City for any purpose, whether for medical, personal, or any other use.

E. For purposes of this ordinance, “mobile medical marijuana dispensary” means any person, clinic, cooperative, club, business, group or other entity which transports or delivers, or arranges the transportation or delivery, of medical marijuana to a person.

SECTION 5. Penalty
A violation of any provision of this Interim Ordinance shall constitute a violation of the Municipal Code and is subject to all applicable penalties, fines, and remedies described in Title 1 of the MMC. Each and every day a violation of this Interim Ordinance exists shall constitute a separate and distinct violation of the Municipal Code.

SECTION 6. Investigation and Report During Term of Moratorium During the term of this Interim Ordinance, the Development Services Director is directed to study appropriate modifications to the MMC to mitigate the conditions outlined in Section 2 above that may arise out of developing, maintaining, and expanding medical marijuana facilities and mobile medical marijuana dispensaries . The study shall include but not be limited to the prohibition and/or regulation of all such uses. The Development Services Director is further directed to report back to the City Council with his findings at least 10 days prior to the expiration of this Interim Ordinance.

SECTION 7. Effective Date; Findings of Urgency; and Duration A. This Interim Ordinance is adopted as an urgency ordinance pursuant to the provisions of Government Code Sections 65858, 36934 and 36937, and shall take effect immediately upon its adoption. Based upon the findings set forth in the recitals and Section 2 above, the City Council finds and determines that the adoption of this Interim Ordinance is an urgency ordinance authorized by Government Code Section 65858, and is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public health, safety, and welfare. 228
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B. Pursuant to Government Code Section 65858(a), this Interim Ordinance shall be adopted by not less than a four -fifths vote of the City Council and shall be in effect for 45 days.

Upon notice and public hearing, the City Council may further extend the Interim Ordinance by an additional 10 months and 15 days, and subsequently extend the Interim Ordinance by an additional year, if necessary. Not later than ten (10) days prior to the expiration of this Interim Urgency Ordinance, the City Council shall issue a written report as required by applicable state law.

SECTION 8. Severability
If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, or phrase of this Interim Ordinance is for any reason held to be invalid or unconstitutional by a decision of any court of any competent jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this ordinance.

The City Council hereby declares that it would have passed this Interim Ordinance, and each and every section, subsection, sentence, clause and phrase thereof not declared invalid or unconstitutional without regard to whether any portion of the Interim Ordinance would be subsequently declared invalid or unconstitutional.

SECTION 9. Publication
Within fifteen (15) days after the adoption of the ordinance, the City Clerk shall publish a summary of the ordinance with the names of the council members voting for and against the ordinance.

ADOPTED by the City Council this 19th day of December, 2023.

/s/ Lori Stone, Mayor

ATTEST:

/s/ Cristal McDonald, City Clerk

APPROVED AS TO FORM:

/s/ Tiffany J. Israel, City Attorney

I, Cristal McDonald, City Clerk of the City of Murrieta, California, hereby certify under penalty of perjury that the foregoing Interim Urgency Ordinance No. U-600-23 was duly and regularly adopted at a meeting of the City Council on the 19th day of December, 2023 by the following vote, to-wit:

AYES: DeForest, Levell, Holliday, Warren, Stone
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None

/s/ Cristal McDonald, City Clerk

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I, Cristal McDonald, City Clerk of the City of Murrieta, California further certify that Ordinance No. U-600-23 was duly published according to law and the order of the City Council of said City and the same was so published in Press Enterprise, a newspaper of general circulation on the following date(s): January 5, 2024

/s/ Cristal McDonald, City Clerk

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Agenda Item No. 8.

TO: HONORABLE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL
FROM: Cristal McDonald, City Clerk
PREPARED BY: Kimberly Ramirez, Deputy City Clerk
SUBJECT: City Council Subcommittees and Appointment of City Affiliated Boards and Commissions
..title

RECOMMENDATION
Review and discuss the current City Council Subcommittees and City Affiliated Agencies/Organizations and reaffirm or update as needed; Appoint delegates/representatives and alternates to the City Council Subcommittees and City Affiliated Agencies/Organizations; and
Consider and provide direction to City staff as appropriate.

PRIOR ACTION/VOTE
On January 31, 2022, the City Council appointed City Council representatives to various agencies and committees (Vote: 5-0).

On December 20, 2022, the City Council acknowledged Southwest Riverside County's Women's Elected Leaders Collaborative as a joint governmental group (Vote: 5-0).

On January 17, 2023, the City Council appointed City Council representatives to various agencies and committees (Vote: 5-0).

On August 15, 2023, the City Council amended the Legislative Workgroup Subcommitee's membership to amend the non-Mayor member's membership from quarterly rotating to standing (Vote: 5-0).

On October 17, 2023, the Town Square Park Amphitheater Subcommittee was automatically sunset upon the recommendation of a third-party vendor to the City Council.

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BACKGROUND
According to Resolution No. 19-4178, Adopting the Rules of Procedure for City Council Meetings, the City Council will appoint Council Members to various agencies and boards.

The City of Murrieta (City) currently has three (3) active subcommittees to address various topics and issues relevant to the City. Subcommittees are either Ad-Hoc or Standing. Both ad-hoc & standing committees are a subsidiary body of the legislative body.

An ad-hoc committee serves a limited/single purpose, is not perpetual, and dissolves when the specific task is complete. An ad-hoc committee consists solely of less than a quorum of the legislative body and does not have continuing subject matter jurisdiction nor a meeting schedule fixed by formal action; therefore, the requirements of the Brown Act do not apply. A standing committee also consists solely of less than a quorum of the legislative body, which generally serves for purposes of some continuing subject matter jurisdiction or has a meeting schedule fixed by the legislative body; therefore, standing committees are subject to the Brown Act.

The responsibility of each representative goes beyond meeting attendance. According to City Council Policy 100-20, City Council Ad-Hoc Subcommittee and Intergovernmental Agency Reporting, it is the responsibility of those representatives to report on activities and votes/positions taken by such agencies and subcommittees.

The three (3) active City Council Subcommittees are as follows:

Review Subcommittees and Appoint Members to Applicable City Subcommittees Name Type (Ad-Hoc/Standing) &
Purpose
Current Membership Support Staff
Commission AppointmentsAd-Hoc: A two-member City Council subcommittee, with a voluntary
rotation of members, will interview all
applicants. The Subcommittee will
utilize the applications, supplemental
questionnaires, and uniform
interview questions to assist in the
selection process. Following the
conclusion of the interviews, the
Subcommittee will make
recommendations that will come to
the City Council for a vote. [Minute
Order 01-17-23 and 01-31-22; City
Council Policy No. 100-07;
Resolution No. 09-2406]
Mayor Pro Tem Warren
(Appointed 1/31/23)
Council Member Holliday
(Appointed 1/31/23)
Membership shall be on a
yearly rotation, which the
City Clerk will determine
based on previous
membership, interest, and
random draw.

City Clerk
Name Type (Ad-Hoc/Standing) & Purpose Current Membership Support Staff Homeless ServicesAd-Hoc: Formally structure the Riverside Homeless Alliance and advocate on behalf of the City of Murrieta for a new behavioral health campus in Southwest Riverside County. The Homeless Services Ad-Hoc Subcommittee will sunset once the Riverside Homeless Alliance is formally organized (such as through a Joint Powers Agency). [Minute Order 01-17 -23; Resolution No. 22-4549]
Mayor Stone (Reappointed
1/17/23; Appointed 4/19/22)
Council Member Levell
(Appointed 1/17/23) Two
City Council Members
appointed by the City
Council.

City Manager
Designee
Note: On January 17, 2023, a mental health component was added, and the Subcommittee intended to redefine its purpose. However, on August 15, 2023, the City Council approved an agreement with Care Solace to coordinate mental health services for City residents. Therefore, the need for a mental health component is no longer necessary.

NameType (Ad-Hoc/StandingPurpose Current Members Support Staff Legislative
Workgroup
Standing: Work with the City Manager's Office to review and revise the Legislative Platform before Council adoption, meet with area legislators, review and evaluate lobbyists travel to Sacramento and Washington D.C. annually. [Minute Order 01/31/22 and 08/15/23; Resolution No. 08- 2122]
Council Member DeForest
Mayor Stone Membership
shall be comprised of the
Mayor and one other
Council Member.

City Manager
Designee
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Name Type (Ad-Hoc/Standing) &
Purpose
Current Membership Support Staff
Commission AppointmentsAd-Hoc: A two-member City Council subcommittee, with a voluntary
rotation of members, will interview all
applicants. The Subcommittee will
utilize the applications, supplemental
questionnaires, and uniform
interview questions to assist in the
selection process. Following the
conclusion of the interviews, the
Subcommittee will make
recommendations that will come to
the City Council for a vote. [Minute
Order 01-17-23 and 01-31-22; City
Council Policy No. 100-07;
Resolution No. 09-2406]
Mayor Pro Tem Warren
(Appointed 1/31/23)
Council Member Holliday
(Appointed 1/31/23)
Membership shall be on a
yearly rotation, which the
City Clerk will determine
based on previous
membership, interest, and
random draw.

City Clerk
Name Type (Ad-Hoc/Standing) & Purpose Current Membership Support Staff Homeless ServicesAd-Hoc: Formally structure the Riverside Homeless Alliance and advocate on behalf of the City of Murrieta for a new behavioral health campus in Southwest Riverside County. The Homeless Services Ad-Hoc Subcommittee will sunset once the Riverside Homeless Alliance is formally organized (such as through a Joint Powers Agency). [Minute Order 01-17 -23; Resolution No. 22-4549]
Mayor Stone (Reappointed
1/17/23; Appointed 4/19/22)
Council Member Levell
(Appointed 1/17/23) Two
City Council Members
appointed by the City
Council.

City Manager
Designee
Note: On January 17, 2023, a mental health component was added, and the Subcommittee intended to redefine its purpose. However, on August 15, 2023, the City Council approved an agreement with Care Solace to coordinate mental health services for City residents. Therefore, the need for a mental health component is no longer necessary.

NameType (Ad-Hoc/StandingPurpose Current Members Support Staff Legislative
Workgroup
Standing: Work with the City Manager's Office to review and revise the Legislative Platform before Council adoption, meet with area legislators, review and evaluate lobbyists travel to Sacramento and Washington D.C. annually. [Minute Order 01/31/22 and 08/15/23; Resolution No. 08- 2122]
Council Member DeForest
Mayor Stone Membership
shall be comprised of the
Mayor and one other
Council Member.

City Manager
Designee
Appoint Representatives to City Affiliated Agencies/Organizations In addition to the City Council Subcommittee's, City Council Members participate in intergovernmental agencies and organizations whose scope and impact intersect with the City. As previously noted, those representatives are responsible for reporting activities and votes/positions taken by such agencies and subcommittees.
*Per FPPC Regulation 18702.5, the following appointed positions may receive compensation.

Name Purpose Current Members Additional
Information
Animal Control
Joint Powers
Authority
A Joint Powers Authority (JPA)
created the Southwest Communities
Finance Authority to finance the
construction of a new animal shelter
and contracting for operation.

Delegate: Council Member
Levell (Appointed 1/17/23)
Alternate: Council Member
DeForest (Appointed
1/17/23) Staff Liaison: City
Manager Designee
Meetings: every
quarter.

City Selection
Committee
(Local Agency
Formation
Commission
(LAFCO))
The Selection Committee chooses
two members of the city councils of
all the cities in the County to serve
as LAFCO members.

Delegate: Council Member
Holliday (Appointed
1/17/23) Alternate: Council
Member DeForest
(Appointed 1/17/23) Staff
Liaison: City Clerk
Meetings: during
LAFCO's city
selection process.

League of
California Cities
The League of California Cities was
founded in 1898. The League of
California Cities defends and
expands local control through
advocacy efforts in the Legislature,
at the ballot box, in the courts, and
through strategic outreach that
informs and educates the public,
policymakers, and opinion leaders.

Delegate: Mayor DeForest
(Appointed 1/17/23)
Alternate: Council Member
Warren (Reappointed
1/17/23; Appointed 8/16/22)
Staff Liaison: City Clerk
Meetings: during
the League of
California Cities
Annual
Conference
Regional
Conservation
Authority (RCA)
(Western
Riverside
County)*
A JPA of various Riverside County
cities for the purpose of acquiring,
administering, operating, and
maintaining land and facilities for
ecosystem conservation and habitat
reserves for certain rare, threatened,
and endangered species covered
by the Western Riverside County
Multiple Species Habitat 11
Conservation Plan.

Delegate: Mayor Stone
(Appointed 1/17/23)
Alternate: Council Member
Holliday (Appointed
1/17/23) Staff Liaison:

Deputy Development
Services Director
Meetings: Monthly
(First Monday) *
$100 per meeting
(not exceeding
four monthly
meetings); IRS
mileage.

Riverside City
Transportation
Commission
(RCTC) Board*
An agency governed by Riverside
County elected representatives
which plans and implements
transportation and transit
improvements, assists local
governments with money for local
streets and roads, helps smooth the
way for commuters and goods
movement, and ensures that
everyone has access to
transportation.

Delegate: Mayor Pro Tem
Warren (Reappointed
1/17/23; Appointed 1/31/22)
Alternate: Council Member
Holliday (Appointed
1/17/23) Staff Liaison:

Public Works Director
Meetings: Monthly
(Second
Wednesday) *
$100 per meeting
(not exceeding
four monthly
meetings); IRS
mileage.

Riverside
County Habitat
Conservation
Agency
(RCHCA)*
A JPA agency comprised of various
Riverside County cities for
acquisition, administration,
operation and maintenance of land
and facilities for ecosystem
conservation and habitat reserves.

Delegate: Council Member
DeForest (Reappointed
1/17/23, 1/31/22; Appointed
12/15/20) Alternate: Mayor
Stone (Appointed 1/17/23)
Staff Liaison: Deputy
Development Services
Director
Meetings:

Quarterly *$100
per meeting; IRS
mileage.

Riverside Transit
Agency (RTA)*
A JPA agency, joined by the City in
1993 to initiate fixed routes and
other transit service studies with
RTA staff.

Delegate: Council Member
DeForest (Appointed
1/17/23) Alternate: Mayor
Pro Tem Warren
(Reappointed 1/17/23;
Appointed 1/31/22) Staff
Liaison: Public Works
Director
Meetings: Monthly
(Fourth Thursday) *
$150 per meeting
(not exceeding
four monthly
meetings); IRS
mileage.

Southern
California
Association of
Governments
(SCAG)*
A JPA established as an association
of local governments and agencies
that voluntarily convene as a forum
to address regional issues.

Delegate: Council Member
Levell (Appointed 1/17/23)
Alternate: Mayor Stone
(Reappointed 1/17/23;
Appointed 1/31/22) Staff
Liaison: Development
Services Director and City
Clerk
Meetings: Monthly
(1st Thursday) *
$120 per meeting
(not to exceed
four meetings a
month) *SCAG
subcommittee
members can also
receive the
stipend when they
attend workshops
or other business
activities that
occur on a
different day from
the general
meeting.

Western
Riverside
Council of
Governments
(WRCOG)*
A JPA was joined by the City in
1994. The Council of Governments
seeks to provide cooperative
planning, coordination, and
technical assistance on mutual
concerns that cross jurisdictions.

Delegate: Alternate: Mayor
Stone (Reappointed
1/17/23, 1/31/22; Appointed
12/15/20) Staff Liaison:

City Manager Designee
Meetings: Monthly
(First Monday) *
$150 per meeting
for Executive
Committee
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Name Purpose Current Members Additional
Information
Animal Control
Joint Powers
Authority
A Joint Powers Authority (JPA)
created the Southwest Communities
Finance Authority to finance the
construction of a new animal shelter
and contracting for operation.

Delegate: Council Member
Levell (Appointed 1/17/23)
Alternate: Council Member
DeForest (Appointed
1/17/23) Staff Liaison: City
Manager Designee
Meetings: every
quarter.

City Selection
Committee
(Local Agency
Formation
Commission
(LAFCO))
The Selection Committee chooses
two members of the city councils of
all the cities in the County to serve
as LAFCO members.

Delegate: Council Member
Holliday (Appointed
1/17/23) Alternate: Council
Member DeForest
(Appointed 1/17/23) Staff
Liaison: City Clerk
Meetings: during
LAFCO's city
selection process.

League of
California Cities
The League of California Cities was
founded in 1898. The League of
California Cities defends and
expands local control through
advocacy efforts in the Legislature,
at the ballot box, in the courts, and
through strategic outreach that
informs and educates the public,
policymakers, and opinion leaders.

Delegate: Mayor DeForest
(Appointed 1/17/23)
Alternate: Council Member
Warren (Reappointed
1/17/23; Appointed 8/16/22)
Staff Liaison: City Clerk
Meetings: during
the League of
California Cities
Annual
Conference
Regional
Conservation
Authority (RCA)
(Western
Riverside
County)*
A JPA of various Riverside County
cities for the purpose of acquiring,
administering, operating, and
maintaining land and facilities for
ecosystem conservation and habitat
reserves for certain rare, threatened,
and endangered species covered
by the Western Riverside County
Multiple Species Habitat 11
Conservation Plan.

Delegate: Mayor Stone
(Appointed 1/17/23)
Alternate: Council Member
Holliday (Appointed
1/17/23) Staff Liaison:

Deputy Development
Services Director
Meetings: Monthly
(First Monday) *
$100 per meeting
(not exceeding
four monthly
meetings); IRS
mileage.

Riverside City
Transportation
Commission
(RCTC) Board*
An agency governed by Riverside
County elected representatives
which plans and implements
transportation and transit
improvements, assists local
governments with money for local
streets and roads, helps smooth the
way for commuters and goods
movement, and ensures that
everyone has access to
transportation.

Delegate: Mayor Pro Tem
Warren (Reappointed
1/17/23; Appointed 1/31/22)
Alternate: Council Member
Holliday (Appointed
1/17/23) Staff Liaison:

Public Works Director
Meetings: Monthly
(Second
Wednesday) *
$100 per meeting
(not exceeding
four monthly
meetings); IRS
mileage.

Riverside
County Habitat
Conservation
Agency
(RCHCA)*
A JPA agency comprised of various
Riverside County cities for
acquisition, administration,
operation and maintenance of land
and facilities for ecosystem
conservation and habitat reserves.

Delegate: Council Member
DeForest (Reappointed
1/17/23, 1/31/22; Appointed
12/15/20) Alternate: Mayor
Stone (Appointed 1/17/23)
Staff Liaison: Deputy
Development Services
Director
Meetings:

Quarterly *$100
per meeting; IRS
mileage.

Riverside Transit
Agency (RTA)*
A JPA agency, joined by the City in
1993 to initiate fixed routes and
other transit service studies with
RTA staff.

Delegate: Council Member
DeForest (Appointed
1/17/23) Alternate: Mayor
Pro Tem Warren
(Reappointed 1/17/23;
Appointed 1/31/22) Staff
Liaison: Public Works
Director
Meetings: Monthly
(Fourth Thursday) *
$150 per meeting
(not exceeding
four monthly
meetings); IRS
mileage.

Southern
California
Association of
Governments
(SCAG)*
A JPA established as an association
of local governments and agencies
that voluntarily convene as a forum
to address regional issues.

Delegate: Council Member
Levell (Appointed 1/17/23)
Alternate: Mayor Stone
(Reappointed 1/17/23;
Appointed 1/31/22) Staff
Liaison: Development
Services Director and City
Clerk
Meetings: Monthly
(1st Thursday) *
$120 per meeting
(not to exceed
four meetings a
month) *SCAG
subcommittee
members can also
receive the
stipend when they
attend workshops
or other business
activities that
occur on a
different day from
the general
meeting.

Western
Riverside
Council of
Governments
(WRCOG)*
A JPA was joined by the City in
1994. The Council of Governments
seeks to provide cooperative
planning, coordination, and
technical assistance on mutual
concerns that cross jurisdictions.

Delegate: Alternate: Mayor
Stone (Reappointed
1/17/23, 1/31/22; Appointed
12/15/20) Staff Liaison:

City Manager Designee
Meetings: Monthly
(First Monday) *
$150 per meeting
for Executive
Committee
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Name Purpose Current Members Additional
Information
Animal Control
Joint Powers
Authority
A Joint Powers Authority (JPA)
created the Southwest Communities
Finance Authority to finance the
construction of a new animal shelter
and contracting for operation.

Delegate: Council Member
Levell (Appointed 1/17/23)
Alternate: Council Member
DeForest (Appointed
1/17/23) Staff Liaison: City
Manager Designee
Meetings: every
quarter.

City Selection
Committee
(Local Agency
Formation
Commission
(LAFCO))
The Selection Committee chooses
two members of the city councils of
all the cities in the County to serve
as LAFCO members.

Delegate: Council Member
Holliday (Appointed
1/17/23) Alternate: Council
Member DeForest
(Appointed 1/17/23) Staff
Liaison: City Clerk
Meetings: during
LAFCO's city
selection process.

League of
California Cities
The League of California Cities was
founded in 1898. The League of
California Cities defends and
expands local control through
advocacy efforts in the Legislature,
at the ballot box, in the courts, and
through strategic outreach that
informs and educates the public,
policymakers, and opinion leaders.

Delegate: Mayor DeForest
(Appointed 1/17/23)
Alternate: Council Member
Warren (Reappointed
1/17/23; Appointed 8/16/22)
Staff Liaison: City Clerk
Meetings: during
the League of
California Cities
Annual
Conference
Regional
Conservation
Authority (RCA)
(Western
Riverside
County)*
A JPA of various Riverside County
cities for the purpose of acquiring,
administering, operating, and
maintaining land and facilities for
ecosystem conservation and habitat
reserves for certain rare, threatened,
and endangered species covered
by the Western Riverside County
Multiple Species Habitat 11
Conservation Plan.

Delegate: Mayor Stone
(Appointed 1/17/23)
Alternate: Council Member
Holliday (Appointed
1/17/23) Staff Liaison:

Deputy Development
Services Director
Meetings: Monthly
(First Monday) *
$100 per meeting
(not exceeding
four monthly
meetings); IRS
mileage.

Riverside City
Transportation
Commission
(RCTC) Board*
An agency governed by Riverside
County elected representatives
which plans and implements
transportation and transit
improvements, assists local
governments with money for local
streets and roads, helps smooth the
way for commuters and goods
movement, and ensures that
everyone has access to
transportation.

Delegate: Mayor Pro Tem
Warren (Reappointed
1/17/23; Appointed 1/31/22)
Alternate: Council Member
Holliday (Appointed
1/17/23) Staff Liaison:

Public Works Director
Meetings: Monthly
(Second
Wednesday) *
$100 per meeting
(not exceeding
four monthly
meetings); IRS
mileage.

Riverside
County Habitat
Conservation
Agency
(RCHCA)*
A JPA agency comprised of various
Riverside County cities for
acquisition, administration,
operation and maintenance of land
and facilities for ecosystem
conservation and habitat reserves.

Delegate: Council Member
DeForest (Reappointed
1/17/23, 1/31/22; Appointed
12/15/20) Alternate: Mayor
Stone (Appointed 1/17/23)
Staff Liaison: Deputy
Development Services
Director
Meetings:

Quarterly *$100
per meeting; IRS
mileage.

Riverside Transit
Agency (RTA)*
A JPA agency, joined by the City in
1993 to initiate fixed routes and
other transit service studies with
RTA staff.

Delegate: Council Member
DeForest (Appointed
1/17/23) Alternate: Mayor
Pro Tem Warren
(Reappointed 1/17/23;
Appointed 1/31/22) Staff
Liaison: Public Works
Director
Meetings: Monthly
(Fourth Thursday) *
$150 per meeting
(not exceeding
four monthly
meetings); IRS
mileage.

Southern
California
Association of
Governments
(SCAG)*
A JPA established as an association
of local governments and agencies
that voluntarily convene as a forum
to address regional issues.

Delegate: Council Member
Levell (Appointed 1/17/23)
Alternate: Mayor Stone
(Reappointed 1/17/23;
Appointed 1/31/22) Staff
Liaison: Development
Services Director and City
Clerk
Meetings: Monthly
(1st Thursday) *
$120 per meeting
(not to exceed
four meetings a
month) *SCAG
subcommittee
members can also
receive the
stipend when they
attend workshops
or other business
activities that
occur on a
different day from
the general
meeting.

Western
Riverside
Council of
Governments
(WRCOG)*
A JPA was joined by the City in
1994. The Council of Governments
seeks to provide cooperative
planning, coordination, and
technical assistance on mutual
concerns that cross jurisdictions.

Delegate: Alternate: Mayor
Stone (Reappointed
1/17/23, 1/31/22; Appointed
12/15/20) Staff Liaison:

City Manager Designee
Meetings: Monthly
(First Monday) *
$150 per meeting
for Executive
Committee
Appoint Representatives to Miscellaneous City Affiliations Name Purpose Current Members Additional
Information
Southwest Riverside
County Women's
Elected Leaders
Collaborative
A collaborative working group
of current and past female
elected City Council members
within the cities of Canyon
Lake, Lake Elsinore, Menifee,
Murrieta, Temecula, and
Wildomar to gather and
discuss traffic and
transportation regional issues.

Delegate: Council Member
DeForest (Appointed
1/17/23) Alternate: Mayor
Stone (Appointed 1/17/23)
Staff Liaisons: City
Manager Designee
Meetings: Rotates
the hosting of bi-
monthly meetings,
which typically
involves hosting a
lunch.

Note: It is recommended that the City Council confirm the name and purpose of the collaborative group due to recent updates. Additionally, the collaborative group intends to formally compose, which will return to the City Council for approval.

Student of the Month An informal partnership with
the Murrieta Valley Unified
School District and the
Murrieta Chamber of
Commerce High School
Student of the Month
Program.

The Mayor is the primary
representative. The
remaining Council
Members rotate monthly.

Staff Liaison: Business
Development Program
Manager
Meetings: Monthly
(First Thursday)

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2 Ad-Hoc
• Consists solely of less than a quorum
• Serves limited/single purpose
• Does not have a continuing subject
matter
• Dissolves when the specific task is
completed
• No fixed meeting schedule by formal
action
• Not subject to Brown Act
Standing
• Consists solely of less than a quorum
• Serves purpose of some continuing
subject matter jurisdiction
• Fixed meeting schedule by the
legislative body
• Subject to Brown Act
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3 Type: Ad-Hoc
Membership: Membership shall be on a yearly rotation, which the City Clerk will determine based on previous membership, interest, and random draw.

Purpose: The Subcommittee will utilize the applications, supplemental questionnaires, and uniform interview questions to assist in the selection process. Following the conclusion of the interviews, the Subcommittee will make recommendations that will come to the City Council for a vote.

Commission Appointments
Subcommittee
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4 Type: Ad-Hoc
Membership: Two City Council Members appointed by the City Council.

Purpose: Formally structure the Riverside Homeless Alliance and advocate on behalf of the City of Murrieta for a new behavioral health campus in Southwest Riverside County. The Homeless Services Ad-Hoc Subcommittee will sunset once the Riverside Homeless Alliance is formally organized (such as through a Joint Powers Agency).

Homeless Services
Subcommittee
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5 Type: Standing
Membership: Membership shall be comprised of the Mayor and one other Council Member.

Purpose: Work with the City Manager's Office to review and revise the Legislative Platform before Council adoption, meet with area legislators, review and evaluate lobbyists, and, in the future (if funds are available), travel to Sacramento and Washington D.C. annually.

Legislative Workgroup
Subcommittee
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6 • Animal Control Joint Powers Authority
• City Selection Committee (Local Agency Formation Commission (LAFCO) • League of California Cities
• Regional Conservation Authority (RCA) (Western Riverside County) • Riverside City Transportation Commission (RCTC) Board • Riverside County Habitat Conservation Agency (RCHCA)
• Riverside Transit Agency (RTA)
• Southern California Association of Governments (SCAG) • Western Riverside Council of Governments (WRCOG)
City Affiliated Organizations
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7 Student of the Month
Purpose: An informal partnership
with the Murrieta Valley Unified
School District and the Murrieta
Chamber of Commerce High
School Student of the Month
Program.

Miscellaneous City Affiliations
Southwest Riverside County Elected
Leaders Collaborative (formally
Southwest Riverside County Women's
Elected Leaders Collaborative)
Purpose: A collaborative working
group of current and
past female elected City Council
members within the cities of Canyon
Lake, Lake Elsinore, Menifee,
Murrieta, Temecula, and Wildomar
to gather and discuss traffic and
transportation regional issues.
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Existing City Council
Subcommittee
Current Purpose 2023
Members
2024 Members

Additional
Information
1 Commission
Appointments
Membership shall be
on a yearly rotation
which will be
determined by the
City Clerk;
based on previous
membership, interest,
and random draw.

Members will interview
all applicants. The
subcommittee will
utilize the applications,
supplemental
questionnaires,
and uniform interview
questions to assist in
the selection process.

Following conclusion
of the interviews, the
subcommittee will
make
recommendations that
will come to the City
Council for a vote.

Holliday,
Warren
DeForest
Holliday
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JANUARY 16, 2024 SUBCOMMITTE AND CITY AFFILIATED APPOINTMENTS 2 Homeless Services

Formally structure the
Riverside Homeless
Alliance and advocate
on behalf of the City of
Murrieta for a new
behavioral health
campus in Southwest
Riverside County. The
Homeless Services Ad-
Hoc Subcommittee will
sunset once the
Riverside Homeless
Alliance is formally
organized (such as
through a Joint Powers
Agency).

Stone, Levell Stone
Levell

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JANUARY 16, 2024 SUBCOMMITTE AND CITY AFFILIATED APPOINTMENTS 3 Legislative Workgroup

Work with the City
Manager's Office to
review and revise the
Legislative Platform
prior to Council
adoption, meet with
area legislators, review
and evaluate lobbyists
and, in the future (if
funds are available),
travel to Sacramento
and Washington D.C.
annually. Membership
shall be comprised of
the Mayor and one
other Council
Member.

Mayor
DeForest and
Mayor Pro
Tem Stone
Mayor Stone (State)
Warren

DeForest (Federal)
Levell
Change membership
to include two groups
one federal and state
representatives:

(State)
Mayor/Representative

(Federal)
DeForest/Representat
ive

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JANUARY 16, 2024 SUBCOMMITTE AND CITY AFFILIATED APPOINTMENTS Town Square Park
Amphitheater

Dissolved 10-17-23
City Attorney Selection Dissolved 05-03-22
Water and Sewer
Infrastructure
Dissolved 09-10-22

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JANUARY 16, 2024 SUBCOMMITTE AND CITY AFFILIATED APPOINTMENTS Appoint Representative to City Affiliated Organizations City Affiliated Organization 2023
Delegate(D)/Alternate
(A)
2024
Delegate(D)/Alternate (A)
Meetings Stipend
4 Animal Control Joint Powers Authority

Levell (D)
DeForest (A)
Levell (D)
DeForest (A)
Every Quarter

NA
5 City Selection Committee (Local
Agency Formation Commission
(LAFCO))

Holliday (D)
DeForest (A)
Holliday (D)
DeForest (A)
As-Needed
during
selection
process

NA
6 League of California Cities Stone (D)
Warren (A)
Stone (D)
Warren (A)
During the
League of
California
Cities Annual
Conference
NA
7 Regional Conservation Authority
(RCA) (Western Riverside County)

Stone (D)
Holliday (A)
Holliday (D)
Stone (A)

Monthly 1st
Monday

$100 per meeting
(not to exceed 4
meetings a
month); IRS
mileage
8 Riverside County Habitat
Conservation Agency (RCHCA)

DeForest (D)
Stone (A)
DeForest (D)
Levell (A)
Quarterly $100 per meeting;
IRS mileage.
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JANUARY 16, 2024 SUBCOMMITTE AND CITY AFFILIATED APPOINTMENTS City Affiliated Organization 2023
Delegate(D)/Alternate
(A)
2024
Delegate(D)/Alternate (A)
Meetings Stipend
9 Riverside County Transportation
Commission (RCTC) Board*

Warren (D)
Holliday (A)

Warren (D)
Stone (A)
Monthly 2nd
Wednesday
$100 per meeting
(not to exceed 4
meetings a
month); IRS
mileage.

10 Riverside Transit Agency (RTA)

DeForest (D)
Warren (A)
Warren (D)
Stone (A)
Monthly 4th
Thursday
$150 per meeting
(not to exceed 4
meetings a
month); IRS
mileage.

11 Southern California Association of
Governments (SCAG)

Levell (D)
Stone (A)
Levell (D)
Stone (A)
Monthly 1st
Thursday
$120 per meeting
(not to exceed 4
meetings a
month)

*SCAG
subcommittee
members can
also receive the
stipend when
they attend
workshops or
other business
activities that
occur on a
different day from
the general
meeting.
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JANUARY 16, 2024 SUBCOMMITTE AND CITY AFFILIATED APPOINTMENTS City Affiliated Organization 2023
Delegate(D)/Alternate
(A)
2024
Delegate(D)/Alternate (A)
Meetings Stipend
12 Western Riverside Council of
Governments (WRCOG)

Holliday (D)
Stone (A)
DeForest (D)
Holliday (A)
Monthly 1st
Monday
$150 per meeting
for Executive
Committee

Appoint Representative to Miscellaneous City Affiliated Organizations City Affiliated Organization 2023
Delegate(D)/Alternate
(A)
2024
Delegate(D)/Alternate (A)
Meetings Stipend
13 Southwest Riverside County Elected
Leaders Collaborative
DeForest (D)
Stone (A)
Stone (D)
Holliday (D)

(Two delegates; no
alternate)
Bi-monthly
meetings
NA
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Mayor is primary representative.

Remaining Council Members rotate
on a monthly basis.

Mayor DeForest.

Monthly Rotation
Mayor Stone
Monthly Rotation
Monthly 1st
Thursday
NA

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MURRIETA CITY COUNCIL
Governing Body Announcements:

Council Member DeForest
January 16, 2024
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Governing Body Announcements:

Council Member DeForest
December 11, 2023
Attended a Border Tour with Congressman Darrell Issa,
It is vital that everyone knows what is happening at our border.

We met at Brown Field, and these photos are from the Otay Mesa Border Crossing, in San Diego.
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Governing Body Announcements:

Council Member DeForest
January 5, 2024 Attended the MTG Group at Wilson Creek.

January 13, 2024 Attended the one-year anniversary of the End of Watch for Deputy Darnel Calhoun at the Lake Elsinore Sheriff Station.
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Governing Body Announcements:

Council Member DeForest
Murrieta has a new 100-year young resident Happy Birthday to Merle Wood! If you need to reach me, please feel free to contact
me via email at [email protected]
or for faster response call or text me at
(951) 323-8497
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Mayor Stone
January 16, 2024
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Governing Body Announcements:

Mayor Stone
January 4, 2024 Gave the State of the City Address to Professional Women’s Roundtable. 257
Governing Body Announcements:

Mayor Stone
Various Dates Attend Chamber Mixer.

January 12, 2024 Represented the City Council and spoke at the Europa Village -The Vienza Winery grand opening.
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MURRIETA CITY COUNCIL
Governing Body Announcements:

Mayor Pro Tem Warren
January 16, 2024
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Governing Body Announcements:

Mayor Pro TemWarren
January 4, 2024 Attended Professional Women’s Roundtable Meeting. 260
Governing Body Announcements:

Mayor Pro TemWarren
January 8, 2024 Attended Quarterly Meetings with Scott Agajanian for Economic Development.

January 8, 2024 Attended Murrieta Wildomar Chamber of Commerce Mixer at 8-Bit Brewery Company. 261

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Governing Body Announcements:

Council Member Holliday
January 16, 2024
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Governing Body Announcements:

Council Member Holliday
January 9, 2024 Received a higher education update at the Murrieta Library from Council Member Lisa DeForest.
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Governing Body Announcements:

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Governing Body Announcements:

Council Member Levell
January 4, 2024 Attended the Professional Woman’s Roundtable State of the Cities event.

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Rosie Diaz
October 12, 1977 –
January 4, 2024
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