Murrieta City Council
May 20, 2025

RESOLUTION NO. 21 - 4440 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MURRIETA, CALIFORNIA ESTABLISHING FEE WAIVER TIERS FOR APPROVED SIGNATURE EVENTS; DE MURRIETA AS SIGNATURE EVENTS. WHEREAS, as a public benefit, varied special events, including its Birthday Bash, ; and WHEREAS, in addition to City Events, there is a distinct category of events organized by outside vendors that are large-scale, annual special events that have a cultural and economic benefit and are deemed Signature Events by the City Council; and WHEREAS, Signature Events do not include alcohol vendors, do not charge admission for the general public, and are still required to submit a Special Events application each year; and WHEREAS, the current list of Signature Events includes the Murrieta Rod Run car show, the and the Tour de Murrieta bicycle race; and WHEREAS, Signature Event organizers typically request support from the City that includes waiving City permit fees, providing traffic assistance and police assistance, closing roads, setting up signage, marketing assistance, as well as clean up and trash pick-up; and WHEREAS, in order to provide these in-kind services and to waive permit fees, the Murrieta City Council has established a Signature Event process; and WHEREAS, Signature Events have traditionally received up to $5,000 in waivers for in-kind support services and permit fees specific to the events, starting after the first year of operation in the City; and WHEREAS, in recognition of the increased costs of large-scale events and a desire to keep these events in Murrieta in order to continue to receive the cultural and economic benefits from such events, the City desires to establish a tiered structure on the limits for waiving City permit fees and in-kind support services for Signature Events based on years of service to the public; and WHEREAS, the partnerships between the City and of Honor were established prior to the process of formally establishing Signature Events; and Honor as Signature events in recognition of their partnership with the City and their contributions to the community. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the City Council of the City of Murrieta that: Those events deemed Signature Events by authority of the City Council shall receive waivers of permit fees and in-kind support services from the City as follows, based on years of operation in the City:
2 1. Year 1: the City may provide in-kind support not to exceed $5,000 for a first time event when said event and/or the event organizers have an established history in another location or an exceptional benefit to the community is identified. 2. Years 2-5: the City shall provide in-kind support not to exceed $5,000; 3. Years 6-9 years: the City shall provide in-kind support not to exceed $7,500; 4. Year 10+: the City shall provide in-kind support not to exceed $10,000. The Signature Events. PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED this 6th day of July, 2021 by the City Council of the City of Murrieta, State of California. _____________________________ Scott Vinton, Mayor ATTEST: ______________________________ Cristal McDonald, City Clerk APPROVED AS TO FORM: ______________________________ Leslie E. Devaney, City Attorney I, Cristal McDonald, City Clerk of the City of Murrieta, California, do hereby certify under penalty of perjury that the foregoing Resolution was duly adopted at a regular meeting of the City Council on the 6th day of July, 2021 by the following roll call vote: AYES: Ingram, DeForest, Stone, White, Vinton NOES: None ABSENT: None ABSTAIN: None RECUSAL: None _______________________________ Cristal McDonald, City Clerk