City Council Meeting Minutes February 10, 2025
CITY OF MURRIETA Monday, February 10, 2025 Council Chambers 8:00 AM SPECIAL WORKSHOP Murrieta, CA 92562 MINUTES
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Cindy Warren
Mayor
Jon Levell Lisa DeForest Mayor Pro Tem Council Member
Lori Stone Ron Holliday Council Member Council Member
Justin Clifton, City Manager
Tiffany Israel, City Attorney
Cristal McDonald, City Clerk
MURRIETA CITY COUNCIL (CC)
MURRIETA COMMUNITY SERVICES DISTRICT (CSD)
MURRIETA FIRE DISTRICT (FD)
MURRIETA LIBRARY BOARD (LB)
MURRIETA REDEVELOPMENT SUCCESSOR AGENCY (RSA)
MURRIETA HOUSING AUTHORITY (HA)
MURRIETA FINANCING AUTHORITY (FA)
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8:00 AM SPECIAL WORKSHOP
CALL TO ORDER 8:03 a.m.
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ROLL CALL
Present: Council Member Lori Stone
Council Member Lisa DeForest
Council Member Ron Holliday
Mayor Pro Tem Jon Levell
Mayor Cindy Warren
Absent: None
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE Council Member Holliday
MAYOR'S WELCOME
The Mayor provided opening remarks of the City Council Workshop and highlighted her vision/goal for the year.
CITY MANAGER COMMENTS
City Manager Justin Clifton provided opening comments on the expectations and goal of the Special Workshop.
PUBLIC COMMENTS - AGENDIZED ITEMS ONLY
John Hunneman:
Spoke on the Parks and Recreation Commission and noted
concerns over the future of the Cal Oaks Sports Park pool.
Kassen Klein: Spoke positively on the format of the Special Workshop agenda and public availability.
WORKSHOP
WS1. City Council and Administrative Policies
City Clerk Cristal McDonald provided a PowerPoint presentation and guided the discussion of the review of the City Council and administrative policies.
With consensus the City Council directed staff on the following:
• develop an Invocator Policy establishing procedures and guidelines; • maintain the discretion of public comment time by the presiding officer ton include limiting groups to six minutes;
• continue the process for public comments regarding consent calendar items; • add public comments under the Presentation section of the agenda; • update language on public comment cards regarding the City Council’s ability to respond;
• maintain the process of pulling Consent Calendar items; • add Closed Items to the Future Agenda Items process to include going to the City Manager with requests;
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• combine the Governing Body Reports and Announcements with the same time limits previously set;
• Proclamations protocol will be addressed at a later date as needed; • maintain the distribution of the agenda timing as is; and • modify agenda reports administratively under City Manager guidance.
The Mayor called for a recess at 9:38 a.m.
The Mayor reconvened the meeting. 9:57 a.m.
WS2. City Council Priorities
City Manager Justin Clifton provided an overview of the City Council Priorities.
Assistant City Manager Kristen Crane reviewed each City Council Priorities project, as listed on the agenda report highlighting milestones, status, and next steps.
Finance Director Javier Carcamo was available to answer questions. .
PUBLIC COMMENTS - AGENDIZED ITEMS ONLY
Kassen Klein: Spoke on the historical significance of adobe structures.
The Mayor called for a recess at 11:03 a.m.
The Mayor reconvened the meeting at 12:01 p.m.
WS2. City Council Priorities (Continued)
Under consensus the City Council directed staff on shifts to the City Council priority tier summary handout:
Tier 1
• Remodeling Fire Stations 1,2, & 3 shifted from Tier 2 to Tier 1; • Fire Station 5 Permanent Structure shifted from Tier 2 to Tier 1; • Keyhole Specific Plan retitled to Keyhole Overlay and shifted from Tier 3 to Tier 1; • Jefferson St. and Magnolia St. Traffic Signal shifted from Tier 2 to Tier 1; • Development Approval Process Deep Dive shifted from Tier 3 to Tier 1; • City Hall Roof Replacement shifted from Tier 3 to Tier 1; • Sidewalk Vendor Policy shifted from Tier 3 to Tier 1; • Town Hall Meeting/Community Summit regarding Changes in California Housing Law shifted from Tier 3 to Tier 1;
• Constitutional Amendment Ballot Measure added to Tier 1.
Tier 2*
• Madison Specific Plan shifted from Tier 1 to Tier 2;
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• Tour de Murrieta shifted from Tier 3 to Tier 2;
• City Hall HVAC Replacement shifted from Tier 3 to Tier 2; • Water System Infrastructure Review shifted from Tier 3 from Tier 2.
* The City Council also directed staff to identify which items originally noted in Infrastructure Development Tier 2 had funding available and shift those items up to Tier 1.
Tier 3
• Removal of the Hawk Ranch Conditional Use Permit (CUP) from the tier list; • Removal of the Loan Program for Water and Sewer Connections from the tier list; and
• Removal of the Champions for Murrieta from the tier list.
Fire Chief Molloy and Public Works Director Bob Moehling were available to answer questions.
CLOSING WORKSHOP COMMENTS
The City Council provided closing comments and thanked staff for their collaboration.
ANNOUNCEMENT OF CLOSED SESSION ITEMS
City Clerk Cristal McDonald announced the following Closed Session items:
CLOSED SESSION
CS1. Public Employee Performance Evaluation
Recommended Action:
Public Employee Performance Evaluation
The City Council will hold a closed session, pursuant to Government Code section 54957(b), to conduct an employee evaluation concerning the City Manager.
RECESS TO CLOSED SESSION 1:35 p.m.
RECONVENE / CALL TO ORDER 2:43 p.m.
ANNOUNCEMENT OF CLOSED SESSION ITEMS
City Attorney Tiffany Israel: No reportable action on Closed Session Item No. CS1.
ADJOURNMENT 2:44 p.m.
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Cristal McDonald, City Clerk
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