REGULAR MEETING AGENDA
CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN JACINTO
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 20, 2026
5:30 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
1.3 Closed Session Report
1.4 Roll Call
1.5 Invocation
1.6 Pledge of Allegiance
1.7 Special Presentation(s)
— Employee of the Month Recognition for September - Daniel Barba — Nominator of the Month Recognition for September - Frank Chen — Certificate of Recognition - David Grinstead
— Certificate of Recognition - Angela Haslip-Farris
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. Warrants and Disbursements - September 2026
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends that the City Council REVIEW and APPROVE the Warrants and Disbursements for the period of September 2026 in the amount of $ 6,629,748.04.
4. PUBLIC HEARING
4.1 Annexation of 43.68 Acres into the City of San Jacinto (Annexation A), Tentative Tract Map 34271, & Lot Line Adjustment 22-01 (P22-004)
RECOMMENDATION:
The Planning Commission recommends that the City Council:
— 1. DETERMINE that the proposed Project will not have a significant effect on the environment with the incorporation of mitigation based on the findings set forth in the case record and ADOPT a Mitigated Negative Declaration (MND) and Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program, pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA); — 2. ADOPT Resolution No. 4151 to AUTHORIZE the Annexation of 43.68 acres into the City of San Jacinto, subject to review and approval by the Riverside Local Agency Formation Commission (LAFCO); and — 3. ADOPT Resolution No. 4152 to APPROVE Tentative Tract Map (TTM) 34271 and Lot Line Adjustment 22-01.
4.2 Annexation of 143.62 Acres into the City of San Jacinto (Annexation B) (P22-084) RECOMMENDATION:
The Planning Commission recommends that the City Council:
— 1. DETERMINE pursuant to the California Code of Regulations the project is exempt from CEQA as the project is consistent with the General Plan policies for which an EIR was certified, CEQA Guidelines Section 15183; and — 2. ADOPT Resolution No. 4153 to AUTHORIZE the Annexation of 143.62 acres within the City’s Sphere of Influence (P22-084).
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 October 15, 2026 as requested by law.
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Julia Espinoza, City Clerk
Posted Date: October 15, 2026
Date Posted: October 15, 2026