Murrieta City Council
October 13, 2026

2024 SANTA STOPS PROGRAM
June 04, 2024
City Council Meeting
Agenda Item #17
Received After Agenda Printed
6/4/2024 - Regular Meeting
PUBLIC HEARINGS - AGENDA ITEM 17
Presentation Slides
2 • Staff received direction from City
Council on August 1, 2023, to move
forward with the re-implementation
of the Santa Stop program
• 127 neighborhood stops over eight
nights, plus one inclusive location at
the Youth Center
• 2023 Santa Stop program well
received by community
Background
3 • Collaborative efforts of many City departments
• Community Services
• PD
• IT
• HR
• Public Works
• Live scans, Santa tracker, trolley agreement,
advertising, social media, etc.
• Over 1,000 hours of staff time
• Staffing needs met and
program successful
Role of City Staff
4 • Mobilized volunteers
• Relayed contact information for Livescan
appointments
• Provided basic volunteer training
• Assistance in daily activities of the eight
night program
Role of Volunteer Group
5 Examples of questions for consideration:
1) Does the City Council wish to continue with the Santa Stops Program as a City event for 2024 using the partnership model from last year? a) If yes, does that assume a long-term City commitment based on a public/private partnership?
b) If no, should we limit our commitment to an annual basis? 2) Does the City Council want to continue to fund the Program at a similar level? a) Should the funding amount be more or less?
b) Should the community group be responsible for a fund raising goal? 3) If this remains a City event, should there again be 127 stops spread over eight nights?
Discussion
6 Recommendation
• Accept donations from three entities, totaling
$13,500, for the 2023 Santa Stops Program;
• Review the activities of the 2023 Santa Stops
Program; and
• Provide direction to staff for programming the
2024 holiday activities.