AGENDA
CITY COUNCIL - REGULAR MEETING
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 2025
6:30 PM OPEN SESSION
COMMUNITY CENTER
625 S. PICO AVENUE
SAN JACINTO, CA 92583
951-487-7330
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VALERIE VANDEVER, MAYOR
ALONSO LEDEZMA, MAYOR PRO TEM
PHIL AYALA, COUNCILMEMBER
CLARISA SANCHEZ, COUNCILMEMBER
CRYSTAL RUIZ, COUNCILMEMBER
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1. ORGANIZATION
1.1. Roll Call
1.2. Invocation
1.3. Pledge of Allegiance
1.4. Special Presentation(s)
1.4.1. Employee of the Month Recognition
1.4.2. Nominee of the Month for October Recognition
1.5. Mayor/Council Member Reports
1.6. Late Items
2. PUBLIC COMMENTS
3. CONSENT CALENDAR
3.A. Consent Calendar - City Council
3.A.1. Waiver of Full Reading of Ordinance(s), and Reading by Title Only
3.A.2. Minutes of the Regular City Council Meeting of November 4, 2025 RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends that the City Council approve the City Council Regular Meeting Minutes of November 4, 2025.
Department: City Clerk
3.A.3. Warrants and Disbursements - October 2025
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends that the City Council review and approve the Warrants and Disbursements for the period of October 2025 in the amount of $ 11,431,399.44 .
Department: Finance
3.A.4. Release of Security Deposit for Indemnification Agreement of Tract 28224 (Maravilla)
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends that the City Council authorize the Finance Department to release the $100,000 security deposit provided by SanJac 55, LLC under the Secured Agreement to Indemnify and Hold Harmless (approved July 15, 2025) for Tract 28224.
Department: Community Development
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3.A.5. Engineering Design Services for Interagency Emergency Water Inter-Tie (26- 003)
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends that the City Council:
1. ACCEPT the proposal by Civiltec Engineering for the design and delivery of plans, specifications, and estimates for the Interagency Emergency Water Inter-Tie;
2. AWARD a contract to Civiltec Engineering in the amount of $69,145 with an additional 10% contingency for a total project cost of $76,060;
3. REJECT all other bids; and
4. AUTHORIZE the City Manager to execute the contract subject to review and concurrence by the City Attorney.
Department: Water
4. PUBLIC HEARING
4.1. Public Hearing for the Adoption of the 2025 California Building Standards Code and 2025 California Fire Code
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends that the City Council:
1. HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING pursuant to Government Code Section § 50022 et seq. to consider adoption of the 2025 California Building Standards Code and the 2025 California Fire Code, together with local amendments and findings based on local climatic, geological, and topographical conditions..
2. DETERMINE that the adoption of Ordinance No. 25-08 and Ordinance No. 25-09 are not subject to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to Sections 15060(c)(2) (the activity will not result in a direct or reasonably foreseeable indirect physical change in the environment) and 15060(c)(3) (the activity is not a project as defined in Section 15378) of the CEQA Guidelines, California Code of Regulations, Title 14, Chapter 3, because it has no potential for resulting in physical change to the environment, directly or indirectly.
3. ADOPT Ordinance No. 25-08 approving the 2025 California Building Standards updates entitled:
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SAN JACINTO,
CALIFORNIA, AMENDING AND ADDING CERTAIN
SECTIONS AND SUBSECTIONS IN TITLE 15 (BUILDINGS
AND CONSTRUCTION) OF THE SAN JACINTO
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MUNICIPAL CODE PERTAINING TO THE
CONSTRUCTION, ALTERATION, AND MAINTENANCE
OF BUILDINGS AND STRUCTURES, AND ADOPTING BY
REFERENCE THE 2025 EDITION OF THE CALIFORNIA
BUILDING STANDARDS CODE, KNOWN AS TITLE 24 OF
THE CALIFORNIA CODE OF REGULATIONS,
INCLUDING THE 2025 CALIFORNIA BUILDING CODE
(INCORPORATING AND AMENDING THE 2024
INTERNATIONAL BUILDING CODE), THE 2025
CALIFORNIA ELECTRICAL CODE (INCORPORATING
AND AMENDING THE 2023 NATIONAL ELECTRICAL
CODE), THE 2025 CALIFORNIA MECHANICAL CODE
(INCORPORATING AND AMENDING THE 2024
UNIFORM MECHANICAL CODE), THE 2025
CALIFORNIA PLUMBING CODE (INCORPORATING
AND AMENDING THE 2024 UNIFORM PLUMBING
CODE), THE 2025 CALIFORNIA ADMINISTRATIVE
CODE, THE 2025 CALIFORNIA ENERGY CODE, THE 2025
CALIFORNIA GREEN BUILDING STANDARDS CODE,
THE 2025 REFERENCED STANDARDS CODE, AND THE
2024 UNIFORM SWIMMING POOL, SPA AND HOT TUB
CODE, TOGETHER WITH LOCAL AMENDMENTS,
ADDITIONS, AND DELETIONS BASED ON LOCAL
CLIMATIC, GEOLOGICAL, AND TOPOGRAPHICAL
CONDITIONS, AND REPEALING OBSOLETE
PROVISIONS RELATING TO THE 1997 UNIFORM
ADMINISTRATIVE CODE.
4. ADOPT Ordinance No. 25-09 approving the 2025 Fire Code updates entitled:
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SAN JACINTO,
CALIFORNIA, REPEALING AND REPLACING CHAPTER
8.16 OF THE SAN JACINTO MUNICIPAL CODE,
ADOPTING BY REFERENCE RIVERSIDE COUNTY
ORDINANCE NO. 787.11 WHICH ADOPTS THE 2025
EDITION OF THE CALIFORNIA FIRE CODE (TITLE 24,
PART 9) AND THE 2025 EDITION OF THE CALIFORNIA
WILDLAND-URBAN INTERFACE CODE (TITLE 24, PART
7), INCLUDING LOCAL AMENDMENTS BASED ON
LOCAL CLIMATIC, GEOLOGICAL, AND
TOPOGRAPHICAL CONDITIONS, AND ESTABLISHING
ADMINISTRATIVE SUBSTITUTIONS, FEES, AND
PENALTIES.
Department: Community Development
5. CITY MANAGER UPDATE
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6. FUTURE REQUESTS FROM CITY COUNCIL TO CITY MANAGER
7. ADJOURNMENT
DOCUMENTS RELATED TO OPEN SESSION AGENDAS (SB343) - Any public record, relating to an open session agenda item, that is distributed within 72 hours prior to the meeting is available for public inspection at the public counter located in the Administration Building of City Hall, 595 S. San Jacinto Avenue, San Jacinto, CA 92583.
I, Julia Espinoza, City Clerk of the City of San Jacinto, do hereby certify that I caused to be posted the foregoing agenda this 13 day of November, 2025 as requested by law.
Julia Espinoza, City Clerk