REGULAR MEETING AGENDA
CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN JACINTO
TUESDAY, AUGUST 18, 2026
5:00 PM CLOSED SESSION
6:30 PM OPEN SESSION
COMMUNITY CENTER
625 S. PICO AVENUE
SAN JACINTO, CA 92583
951-487-7330
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Conference ID: 706 805 861#
Public Comment Workflow
CRYSTAL RUIZ, MAYOR
CLARISA SANCHEZ, MAYOR PRO TEM
PHILAYALA, COUNCILMEMBER
ALONSO LEDEZMA, COUNCILMEMBER
VALERIE VANDEVER, COUNCILMEMBER
When the Mayor opens the Public Comment portion of the meeting, the process will be as follows:
Members of the public will call the Teams dial-in number and wait in the Teams lobby.
Callers should remain in the Teams lobby until the applicable Public Comment period opens. They should not be admitted before the Mayor opens Public Comment.
The Clerk will admit one caller at a time from the lobby as they are ready to speak. If multiple callers are waiting, they should remain in the lobby until it is their turn.
Once admitted, callers should be able to speak. If necessary, the Clerk can unmute the caller.
The Mayor will recognize the caller, and the caller should first state their name for the record before providing their public comment.
Each caller will have up to three (3) minutes to speak.
After completing their comments, callers may either hang up, or the Clerk may remove them from the meeting before admitting the next speaker.
Written public comments may only be submitted via email to [email protected] or by hard copy to the Office of the City Clerk at 595 S. San Jacinto Ave., San Jacinto, CA 92583, no later than 3:00 p.m. on the day of the meeting. Comments via text and social media (Facebook, Twitter, etc.) will not be accepted. Please identify the agenda item number and “PUBLIC COMMENT” in the subject line of the email or hard copy document. All written correspondence received by the 3:00 p.m. deadline will be distributed to the legislative body prior to the meeting and retained with the official meeting record. All email comments shall be subject to the same rules as would otherwise govern in-person speaker comments at the Council meeting.
Reading of Public Comments: The City Clerk will read all email comments, provided that the reading shall not exceed three (3) minutes or such other time as the Council may provide, consistent with the time limit for speakers at a Council meeting.
The email comments submitted shall become part of the record of the Council meeting.
1. ORGANIZATION
1.1 Public Comments on Closed Session Items
1.2 Closed Session
— 1.2.1. PUBLIC EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE EVALUATION/APPOINTMENT/EMPLOYMENT Title: City Manager
— 1.2.2. CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL - ANTICIPATED LITIGATION Significant exposure to litigation pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision (d) of Section 54956.9: 1 potential case. — 1.2.3. CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL - ANTICIPATED LITIGATION Significant exposure to litigation pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision (d) of Section 54956.9: 1 potential case.
1.3 Closed Session Report
1.4 Roll Call
1.5 Invocation
1.6 Pledge of Allegiance
1.7 Special Presentation(s)
— 1.7.1. Employee of the Month Recognition for July - Rene Yarnall — 1.7.2. Nominator of the Month Recognition for July - Crystal Williamson
1.8 Mayor/Council Member Reports
1.9 Late Items
2. PUBLIC COMMENTS
3. CONSENT CALENDAR
A. City Council
A1. Waiver of Full Reading of Ordinance(s), and Reading by Title Only A2. Minutes of the Regular City Council Meeting of July 21, 2026 RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends that the City Council APPROVE the City Council Regular Meeting Minutes of July 21, 2026.
A3. Minutes of the Regular City Council Meeting of August 4, 2026 RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends that the City Council APPROVE the City Council Regular Meeting Minutes of August 4, 2026.
A4. Warrants and Disbursements - July 2026
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends that the City Council REVIEW and APPROVE the Warrants and Disbursements for the period of July 2026 in the amount of $15,430,645.89.
A5. Letters of Support for Eastern Municipal Water District Federal Funding Requests RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends that the City Council APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Mayor to sign letters of support for Eastern Municipal Water District’s (1) WaterSMART: Desalination Construction Projects Grant Application for the Perris II Desalter Expansion Project and (2) federal funding request through the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation’s Title XVI Program for the Purified Water Replenishment Program.
4. DISCUSSION ITEMS
4.1 City of San Jacinto Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy (CEDS) RECOMMENDATION:
The Planning Commission recommends that the City Council:
— 1. DETERMINE that adoption of the CEDS is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to CEQA Guidelines section 15061(b)(3) – Common Sense Exemption and section 15262 – Feasibility and Planning Studies because adoption of the CEDS is a policy and planning action that does not approve, fund, or commit the City to any specific development projects, and it can be seen with certainty that the action will not cause a significant effect on the environment; and
— 2. ADOPT Resolution No. 4143, approving the City of San Jacinto Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy.
5. CITY MANAGER UPDATE
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 August 13, 2026 as requested by law.
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Julia Espinoza, City Clerk
Posted Date: August 13, 2026
Date Posted: August 13, 2026