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Good evening, everyone. I
m
going to call tonight
s
Temecula City Council meeting
to order at six pm Welcome.
It
s nice to see everyone here
this evening. Tonight
s
invocation. We
re going to
invite up Sylvester Scott.
Welcome this evening and then
flag salute. We
re going to
have the Boy Scouts of America
Troupe won 48 come up and do
our flex sleep, so join us.
Although merciful GOD Although
hard, mighty in powerful.
Although most kind father These
servants have gathered together,
turning to the Plicating by
threshold. Desire and buying
endless bounty is from my great
assurance. They have no purpose.
Save thy good pleasure. They
have no intention save service
to the world of humanity. Oh
GOD make this assembly to
radiance. Make the hearts
merciful. Confirmed the
bounties of the Holy Spirit.
And, then with the power from
heaven. Bless them with
heavenly minds. Increase their
sincerity. So that was all
humility and contrition. They
MAY turn to buy kingdom. And be
occupied with service to the
world of humanity. MAY each and
one each one become a radiant
candle. Made each one become a
billion stars. MAY each one
become beautiful and color and
redolent of fragrance and the
Kingdom of GOD. All kind father.
For thy blessings. Considering
not our shortcomings. Shelter
us. Under the eye protection.
Remember, not our sins. Hell s
with my mercy. We are weak.
That was mighty We are poor.
Bell aren
t rich. We are sick.
How are the physician? We are
needy. Now our most generous Oh
GOD and hours without
Providence. There are the
powerful There are the giver.
The art the beneficent.
Everyone, please rise. Even
uniform salute the flag. If not
put your right hand over your
heart. Join me in the Pledge of
Allegiance. Ready begin. I
pledge of allegiance to the
flag of the United States of
America and to the Republic for
which it stands One nation
under GOD, indivisible with
liberty and justice for all.
Two. Thank you very much. MADAM
City clerk. MAY we please have
the roll call. Yes Council
member Alexander here, Council
member Brown Here Council
office here. Mayor shrank. I
m
here, Stuart. Thank you very
much we
ll move into
presentations are first
presentation this evening is is
by David Preciado of I
d Bailey
regarding our city
s annual
comprehensive financial report.
Welcome. Thank you. Alright, so
good evening. My Name is David
prosciutto you might have had
David Showalter on the docket
there at some point, but I
ve
been here on his behalf. He was
in an arc in an accident can be
here. However. I was the audit
manager overseeing the
financial statement audit. Um
So are our responsibility as
the auditor was to express an
opinion as to whether or not
the financial statements were
presented fairly part of our
audit included the
consideration of the city
s
internal controls for the
purpose of determining our
audit procedures and not to
provide Ah assurance concerning
those internal controls. Um in
the audit process. We gather
evidence from inquiries with
staff verification with third
parties vouching transactions
to supporting documentation and
performing analytical
procedures. So basedn The
evidence that was gathered
during the audit. We issued a
unmodified opinion over the
financial statements and this
is a clean opinion and is the
highest level of assurance that
we can provide. So Ah. The
auditor
s report also contains
a emphasis of matter Paragraph
So, This paragraph draws the
reader
s attention to the
implementation of a new
accounting standard. Uh so this
standard is related to leases.
So the impact of the standard
on the city
s financial
statements is included as a
footnote disclosure, so that
s
footnote number 18. Uh um, our
opinion Within the auditor
s
report is not affected with
regards to this matter, so we
still have a clean unmodified
opinion. Um So moving on here.
There
s certain balances within
the financial statements that
are derived from estimates, so
those balances are related to
the city
s pension and other
post employment benefit
liabilities and are both based
upon valuations from actuaries,
So. These balances are
sensitive based upon the inputs
that the actuaries are are
using. Ah So, for example, the
discount rate if it moves up or
down 1%. It could have a huge
difference on the net pension
liability or liability. So.
That relationship has been
disclosed as a separate
footnote, so that
s footnote
Number nine for the city
s
pension and footnote, number,
14 for other posts and claim
other post employment benefit
liabilities. Um So moving on
here. There were no corrected
or uncorrected misstatements
identified during our audit,
and there were no disagreements
with management during the
course of the audit. All city
staff were extremely
professional during the entire
audit. They were super helpful
and were a huge part in the
success of the audit. Um To
conclude I on behalf of my
Bailey. I
d just like to thank
you all for allowing us to
serve as your auditor and we
look forward to serving in the
future and That concludes my
remarks. Okay so nervous
appeared. Well you could
everyone behind you was
thoroughly enthralled with the
drawing the auditors, you kids.
I mean it
s the best. Now. We
Appreciate you, David, and that
and the team and we appreciate
the finance team as well. Are
there any questions or comments
for Okay. You got off easy
tonight. Take care. Thank you.
Thanks. Okay. We
ll go ahead
and move to our annual joint
meeting in City Council in the
Planning Commission. We
re
going to actually reschedule
this item for a future meeting.
And. We
ll move into our board
and commission reports and
we
ll go ahead and start with
Community Services Commission
chair. Sizemore Europe. Good
evening, Mayor Schlink Mayor
pro tem Stewart and City
Council members. I am Kathy
Sizemore! I am the chairperson
for the Community Services
Commission. We are Commission
of five. We have our newest
commissioners Ernest Castro. We.
Have you on hawks Jeff
Kingsburg. Gary Audie is our
vice chair and myself. The
purpose of our commission is to
review and make recommendations
on topics related to the parks
and rec element of the general
plan and to provide parks and
rec services and programming
for the community. Next slide.
Our Last meeting was on Monday,
FEBRUARY, the 13th We approved
the action minutes for the
JANUARY 9th meeting. We also
had a presentation from Stacy
Fox in public works on some
playground equipment and safety
servicing projects. We have
some really fun upgrades and
remodels come into some of our
parks in 2023 1 of the items
that all of our commissioners
Very complimentary about and
recognized was the
accessibility and inclusion
that is involved in these
Parker models. It
s really
Going to be really be something
else. We also had a very
thorough discussion of our
community of our commissions.
Mission. Um. What We were were
organized to do and our
priorities. We talked a lot
about what our priorities are
going to be in our vision for
the upcoming year and we are
looking forward to sharing that
with you at our annual meeting,
which will be on MARCH 14th.
And. I did want to include
something that just keeps
coming up meeting after meeting
all of our commissioners are
just very involved in all the
elements of community services
and something that keeps coming
up is just accolades for the
staff. Just good experiences
with the staff and all the
different events and services
that we participate in. We will
be having our next meeting,
which will be on Monday, MARCH
13th. Thank you. Thank you very
much. Cheers, Sizemore. We
ll
move on to our planning
Commission chair, Truly Trejo.
Hello. I have a short report
tonight. We met a couple weeks
ago I on FEBRUARY 15th. Um, for
revocation of a c p. And
tomorrow night we meet at six
pm to, um, hear information on
a resolution. So. That
s all I
have tonight. Thank you thank
you very much. We
ll go ahead
and move on, Um to our Public
Traffic Safety Commission and
chair Carter welcome. Mr Mayor,
City Council. Can you chair Can,
You, Turn on your mic. Start
again. Good evening, Mr Mayor,
Council members and city staff.
Public safety traffic. Public
Traffic Safety Commission
consists of five commissioners
Commissioner Ackerman myself as
the chair David Maddox is the
co chair j. J, James Richardson
and Bradley Sullivan. We meet
the fourth Thursday of each
month where we review and make
recommendations to the council
on topics related to speed
zones. Stop signs signals
pavement market markings.
Traffic design and engineering
along with other items as
directed. Our Last meeting was
FEBRUARY 23rd last week last
Thursday. Our first item on the
agenda. Jennifer Hennessy, the
director of finance, conducted
an annual budget engagement
session designed to engage
commission members early in the
development of the 23 24 annual
operating capital Improvement
Program budget process. We were
given an opportunity to provide
feedback to support programs,
projects and events which the
council will review during
their upcoming budget workshop
in MAY. This was just a
receiver and file item which we
received and filed. Uh, item
number two on our agenda. City
staff provided a thorough stop
control analysis regarding the
feasibility of implementing
always stop controls in
pedestrian crossings and peole
Street and Main Street to
address concerns of excessive
speeding and lack of pedestrian
crossings. The recommendation
from staff was to recommend to
the City Council to adopt a
resolution establishing those
multi way steps controls at
that intersection and also have
staff implements striped
pedestrian crosswalks.
Commission voted 50 to approve
the staff
s recommendation, and
that
s all we had any questions.
Any questions? Thank you
Alright? Appreciate you? Thank
you s. Okay, our public
safety report brought to you
this evening by Chief Creator
welcome Good Evening Mayor
Council members, staff and
community members. A little bit
different. Look on the report
that I
m doing this month. It
s
a new year and we
re turning
the page. This report goes
through Operation prevention,
training and emergency
management. I
ll give you the
breakdown for last year or last
month in JANUARY 2023. The
calls ran in the city of
Temecula. Total of 828 calls
ran in the city. 66 of those
were traffic collisions. 586
for medical related calls, Um
nine fires in the city and a
bunch of ringing alarms while
false alarms. Um So breaking
that down. I know that we do
have a ringing alarm ordinance
in the city. But. You could see
that still holding that too.
That is good for us at the Fire
department. And. We appreciate
the city support. Um in that
ordinance next page. Here. You
can see what you
re running, Uh,
stations are running in each
district. Station 90 to 95 84
12 and 73 then Corresponding
under the station and yellow is
a number of calls ran. Out of
those stations in the city
limits. Next page. Moving on to
fire prevention. Uh, Plan
checks and reviews or still
really busy 529 for last month.
New construction inspections
395 anyone spec shins 3 59,
which are mandated by the state
of California. And. Then we had
27 folks come in to our counter
for public inquiries. Next page,
please. Alright r t. C c
program of volunteers here in
the city did 210 training hours.
They received two applications
have one new volunteer in the
program. They had six volunteer
meetings and to training events
cpr Aid program. We had four
classes. Stop bleeding program.
We had one course. Ah
healthcare provider bls program
cpr in the city. We had one and
that was a research for a city
employee. And, then our heart
our Heart Saver First Aid
program. We had three courses
in the city. The real highlight
here. Is a Great Oaks high
school. We did a hands on cpr
and stop the bleed training
there. With t c sd Aquatics
Temecula Valley Hospital in the
bio Inland Valley Medical
Center. Ramona Valley Hospital
and the school district. So. We
were able to teach 1600. Kids
and adults at the school on the
importance of cpr and how to do
it properly and also our stop
The Bleed program, which has
been on the forefront, I think
You know locally with with some
of the mass shootings we
ve had
people want to know this stuff,
and I think it
s good that our
community knows that. So here
s
some pictures from that event.
Um, I think it was well
attended. You can see the stop
the bleeding the hands on cpr
being done. And on the big
screen there in the gym. That
s
given instructions as well.
Next page. For emergency
management in JANUARY, the
local has admitted mitigation
plan is working its way through
the Planning commission. It is
currently at Cal os for
approval. Um Mercy manager
attended pdo class and media
relations. Ah, the emergency
operation plan is still pending
Approval to be placed on the
city Council to be adopted. And.
You could see where we are on
our grants and claims.
Community presentations to and
then we have a backpack program
for having a go bag at home in
the essentials that you would
need in case of emergency. So
yourself sufficient for 24
hours. 320 of those have been
distributed year to date. The
last storms were in management
watch and at normal level. Can
we go back to slide, please.
One thing I want to do? We had
a survivor of cpr. Where, um
Our firefighters were directly
involved in saving a life and i
want to invite Stephanie natter
here and her husband, Dylan to
come up and share their story.
If you would. I think it
s
important to see that chain of
survival from our 911?
Dispatcher given instructions
to Dealing over the phone to
our firefighters showing up and
giving excellent care. To the
hospital. Being able to save
her life, so I
ll let her share
her story. Thank you. Welcome.
Thank you. Thank you and good
evening. Thank You, too. Chief
Creator for giving me this
opportunity to share my story.
My name is Stephanie Natter.
And on SEPTEMBER 20th 15th.
2022 at 10 34 am I died? I
m 39
years old. With. No prior
health conditions. I played
sports all my life growing up.
And I stayed active. And. My
heart just stopped. I went into
cardiac arrest. I didn
t have a
heart attack. Many people know
the difference. But. Some of
you MAY not, And I
d like to
share the difference. The,
American Heart Association
States. Heart attack occurs
when the blood flow to the
heart is stopped. Heart attack
is a circulation problem.
Cardiac arrest occurs when the
heart malfunctions and stop
speeding unexpectedly. Cardiac
arrest is an electrical problem.
That morning was just like any
other morning. I got my kids
ready for school made my
husband breakfast, and I went
upstairs and laid back in bed.
I was on the phone with my best
friend who is an er nurse.
We
re catching up about. The
previous days and sharing
stories. I made an instagram
post of my son
s water polo
game the night before. And. My
heart just stopped. I stopped
responding to Jill. And she
immediately knew something was
wrong. She heard me take my
last breath. And immediately
conferenced my husband in on
the phone call. Coincidentally.
He was downstairs with no
meetings to attend for work,
and it was able to come up to
our bedroom. He came up and
found me laying in our bed
lifeless in blue. And at that
point, he knew he had to do
something. He put me down on
the floor and call 911. He was
led for nine minutes doing
chest compressions by the
dispatcher until help arrived.
At that point engine 96 92
arrived at our home. And they
took over chest compressions. I
was shocked six times by an a d
and received an I o port in my
shin After 30 minutes, I
regained a pulse and was
transporte Temecula Valley
er. Once. I arrived there. I
coat it again. And received
four more shocks. And was
intubated. A few hours later, I
was moved to icu. Where I coded
again. Against cpr was
administered and I was brought
back. At that point I was put
on 100% life support. For five
days. After five days I woke up
with No broken ribs. No
neurological disorders deficits.
And, no motor skill issues. I
was alive and able Because of
cpr done by my husband and the
first responders. After day 10
at day 10 I was discharged and
walked out of the hospital. A
couple of weeks after being
home. My family, close friends
and I were able to reunite.
With 96 92. As well as the
dispatcher. And. We
re able to
think them And hug them. Ensure
gratitude for The role that
they played. Each member of
that crew was vital in my
survival. And necessary that
day. Hmm, a few of the medics
even told me that Their
outcomes aren
t always this way
and that they have never had a
survivor be able to hug or
thank them. That Day will
forever be special for me. I
m
grateful to my best friend for
the intuition and sense to hear
something that was wrong. I
m
grateful for my husband, who
was home and started cpr
immediately. I am grateful. For,
the experienced and
knowledgeable medics. That came
to my home. I
m grateful for a
hospital that is close by and
our town. That Also gave
amazing care and we
re
compassionate to my family. I
am grateful for the skilled
nurses and doctors as well. I
m
grateful to be here and to be
able to share my story to share
the awareness. And educate
people. About saving people
s
lives with the cpr How
important it is. I
m grateful
to be able to be a mom to my
two kids and to be able to
share my story with you guys
today. I
d like to acknowledge.
96 They are now extended family.
They
re here today supporting
me and as well as my husband.
They saved my life and the
chain of survival works. Heroes
are just ordinary people who
know what to do. You never know.
When the first responder is
going to be you. Thank you.
Stephanie. Thank you for
feeling comfortable enough to
share that story with us and
and, um And admit I
m holding
back tears when you start
talking about your Children and
your family and things like
that, and how important um,
community is to each and every
one of us so Thank you? We
re
glad and fortunate that you
re
here with us this evening. So
thank you. That concludes my
report. Thank you very much
chie creator. Okay only
uplifting public comments this
evening, folks. We
ll move into
public comments for non agenda
items. MADAM City clerk. Do. We
have any public comments this
evening, Mr Mayor. We have
several public comments on
agendas, items and non agendas
items, So we
ll take non
agendas items at this time.
Each speaker is limited to
three minutes. The rules are
provided for in the printed
agenda. The. First speaker is
Kathy Sizemore to be followed
by Joseph Komarovsky. Welcome.
Thank you. Good evening. Mayor
Schwank Mayor Pro tem Stuart
City Council members and our
executive staff, But most
importantly, residents of
Temecula. I am Kathy Sizemore.
I am the incoming District
Committee chair for the talk
about scouting District of Boy
Scouts of America serving youth
and adults in southwest
Riverside County. But tonight.
I
m here as an Assistant Scout
master for Temecula Boy Scout
Troop 1 48 chartered by the vfw
post 40 89 I am a privileged to
be attending this meeting
tonight with scouts from
Temecula Strip 1 48. They
re
all working on the citizenship
in the community Merit badge.
And over the past eight weeks,
These scouts have learned what
it takes to be a good citizen
in their community. Including
what their rights, their duties
and their obligations are as
citizens of our city. They
ve
discovered what our city is
known for, and they
ve learned
a little bit about Temecula is
history. We have also learned
about some local issues, and
we
ve had a very engaging
discussion about the future
Temecula Skatepark and they
shared with me some of their
ideas about potential action
supports opportunities in our
city. As part of their mayor
badge. They will be completing
eight hours of community
service, benefiting a local
nonprofit in our city. Tonight.
They had the opportunity to
meet with Mayor Swink to
Tourist City Hall and learned
about local government. Serving
all youth, Both boys and girls
scouting with Boy Scouts of
America is thriving in Temecula.
In 2022 867. To make it a youth
participated and b s a programs
which includes, um are 15
scouting units. We have packs
troops and we have fire Police,
Highway patrol and medical
explorer posts here in the city.
Last year, 44 Temecula Scouts
achieve scouting
s highest rank
of Eagle scout. Just a sample
of some of the scouting Eagle
Scout projects We
ve had
benefiting Temecula
organizations and we did a al
Box and five birdhouses for
migratory birds for the Rose
Haven heritage Rose Garden. We
also had an Eagle Scout. Create
six composting containers for
the Rose Garden. Temecula
Valley Unified School District,
st, Thomas and st Catherine
s
Church are just some of the
beneficiaries and Temecula of
Eagle Scout projects last year.
I want to say thank you to
mayor shrank for meeting with
our scouts tonight and helping
each of these scouts be
prepared to be better citizens
in future leaders in their
community. Thank you. The. Next
speaker is Joseph Kamburov ski
to be followed by Jim
McLaughlin. Welcome. Greetings
I
m Joseph Komarovsky and, yes,
uplifting comments only. I
first want to thank the City
Council and city staff and i
want to congratulate Mr Calvez
for winning your race, Mr Brown
for winning your race, Mr
Schwank for getting voted in
Mayor. Mr Stewart and Mrs
Alexander for hanging in there
and thank you all for serving
our wonderful city. Um. I
m I
m
on I
m here tonight on behalf
of neighborhood drop in on a
fellow board member PRESIDENT,
Vice, PRESIDENT Adam and Alex
are back there with me. Um, we
are as what we would say, and
skater and server terms very
stoked at what
s on your
consent. Um, you know, calendar
tonight, the consultant
agreement for a new skate park.
Um. Yes, and we
re very pleased
and were greatly appreciative
of your efforts. Remember me
and Adam met with Zach Year and
a half ago. And we didn
t know
what to expect. When. We said,
we really need a new skate park
and then he had me at. I was
thinking about doing something
like Prince Park and I was
stunned and it showed me the
depth and breadth of, um Our
mayor. Um that that is an
amazing skate park. And, So. I
think you
ll be pleased that
you chose chosen Spohn Ranch as
a potential designer or does
the designer for the Skate Park?
Um Yes. And what else do I got?
Let me see. I think I think
that
s about it. Um Thank you
so much, Everybody. Thank you.
Next speaker. The next speaker
is Jim McLaughlin to be
followed by Bob Cal. Welcome
good evening Council members,
City staff and citizens. My
name is Jim McLaughlin. I
ve
been a resident of two macular
for about 15 years I attended
the last City council meeting
two weeks ago because I hadn
t
been in a while and I was
interested in getting to know
the new kids on the block. I
wasn
t that long ago that Mayor
Schwank was the new kid on the
block, and so I was kind of
checking him out to the most
interesting part of the meeting
for me was the last discussion,
the one about putting a vote
for term limits on the ballot
Now on that issue. I don
t feel
strongly. Either way. I know
there are compelling narratives
for both sides. I listened to
the discussion and there was
little real pushback at first,
a phrase uttered more than once
was. Well, I don
t have a
problem with it shrank when we
went last and brought up his
arguments against her term
limits, and I found those he
had some pretty valid points
after his comments. So. I
thought Okay, now I know a
little bit more about Mayor
Swang. 20 also acknowledge his
belief that if it were put on
the ballot today, people would
vote in favor of term it term
limits Following his comments I
heard council member office
referred to that comment that
people would vote in favor and
that that was all he needed to
hear. I think that was a direct
quote. I have two problems with
that one is it sounds like you
weren
t even considering the
mayor
s arguments. You cherry
picked what you would agree
with your point of view and
dismissed the rest. Second, you
believe that
s what
s popular
is more important than what
s
best as in. Well, if that
s
what the people want. We should
give it to them. I think most
would agree that that
s not
always a good idea. It
s
certainly no way to lead In a
representative form of
government. We elect people to
do the work of studying the
issues considering the validity
and merit of the alternative
alternatives and then to choose
what
s best. I know from
personal experience that
putting yourself in a
leadership position for there
to be any hope of being
effective, requires self
reflection and growth, which is
often very uncomfortable, but
it
s also high leaders are
forged. It
s humbling and I
find humility to be an
admirable quality in a leader.
I wish you well, I really do
all of you and I. Thank you for
your attention. Thank you next
speaker. The. Next speaker is
Bob Cal to be followed by Dario
Bianchi. Welcome. Hello there,
Um I have a couple of things to
say, Um Sheriff Bianco has been
under attack by the state
dictators and I
d like to ask
that there be a resolution in
behalf of him support him and
instead of the investigation,
this, uh This, um, crazy
investigation that people are
putting upon him. Uh and And if
you don
t know it, it is crazy.
So please have a resolution to
support Chad Bianco in in in
fighting the state on this.
Appreciate it if you did that.
It
s like anything is that I
don
t know how the governor can
have such power. But Hmm today.
He, um, scheduled an end to
Covid so we don
t have any
covered anymore. No emergency?
No. Nothing to worry about.
Yeah, that
s what the governor
says. Yeah. So having said that
we used to have a we used to
meet over here once a month.
Our club. And. I like to do
that again if we can do that,
so I would like to Somebody
could have resolution or a
motion or something to Allow
non profits or other groups,
too. Have that room across the
way Conference center. Um,
Since there is no state of
emergency anymore. A little
history. Um, well, oh, a friend
of mine. Ah or any Huntington
s
beach. They just passed a flag
law either just allowing
official flags. I know this
comes up later in the item, 12,
but, um An old friend of mine.
He used to be a state senator
and Assemblyman. They just made
it so that only official
American state flags can be
flown. So. You can
t have a
Confederate flag. You can
t
have the the any kind of weird
flag up there. You just have.
Normal flag. Um In the in the
state in our state. We have 58
counties. We have 480 cities
with, uh most of them will
probably over 400 having less
than 100 100,000 people. Um 120
over MARCH charter cities.
Charter cities have a
Embellishment to them that they
How the power over municipal
affairs. There
s a question on
that, and I
d like you to look
at YouTube. Home rule in
California cities, It
s put
them on the league of Cities.
It
s the best thing I
ve ever
seen on it, Um, talks about the
power of a general city like
you have here in the power of a
charter city and what the
charter City has a lot more
power against the state. The
dictatorship of the state.
Thank you very much Thank you.
Next speaker. Next speaker is
Dario Bianchi. Welcome. Thank
you. Good evening. Um, so let
s
start to be non David. Since
there is division in this
country and very concerned
about that, okay, and to do so
we have to talk about one of
the most divisive. Issue today.
For the last five years at
least. Critical theory is part
of a system of Marxist related
social terrorists developed by
academics. That is at least a
defamatory claim that America
is systematically racist. Okay?
I know something about that My
wife, She
s African American,
okay? The perceptive critical
race theory have now burst
outside. The University and
permeate our corporation,
government military and
especially our school. Under
the guise of code words such as
equity, anti racism, inclusion
inflation, leftist today
prome Critical race theory
perceptive through American
institutions. They profoundly
radical elements of critical
race terrorist springs from
Marxist segment of the academic
left alongside Other extreme
school of thought. According to
critical race theory. All
Western civilization,
especially America is infused
to the court with white
supremacist. So my idea would
be this We have the ready
Commission race equity.
Diversity inclusion. I suggest
to the City Council to change
the race equality. In diversity.
There will be fair. There will
be non divisive. Because equity
and inclusion is divisive to us.
To my family. To the American
people, So I
m asking you to
take a stand on this and do not
divide the United states as
much as we are already. Thank
you. Thank you Next speaker.
That concludes in person
comments I do have to email
comments and we still have time
in the 30 minutes, so we
ll go
ahead and read those two
comments into the record. The
first is from Rick Reese, and
it was also submitted verbatim
by Rich Handy. This. Commentary
regards multiple topic, So
let
s get directly to the
points on FEBRUARY 28th. The
governor is scheduled to end
the Covid 19 State of emergency
for California if the city of
Temecula still has an emergency
resolution, in effect due to
the very likely Wuhan, China
originated. Covid 19 virus lab
leak caused pandemic. The now
is the time to retire or vacate
this emergency resolution. Our
city needs a return to normalcy
and an end to this indefinite
and seemingly forever state of
emergency just as a point of
order, it has become very
apparent that past references
to this lab creative lab
created pandemic as the China
virus actually have a lot of
truth. The Technical Chinese
Communists have earned this
distinction. Let them bear the
burden of this truth with no
apologies on America
s part.
Next in regards to item 12. It
is imperative for the City
Council to stand up for local
control of city zoning and to
push back against the sp nine
and sb 10 paragraph by
Sacramento, much like a
totalitarian political borough,
the governor and the
Legislature seizing local
control and centralizing that
power and Sacramento City
councils have become little
more than rubber stamps for
Sacramento
s edicts. The
Council should also emulate
cities like San Marcos del Mar
Renter Center, Margarita and
many others by supporting the
brand wing Mendoza tripartisan
Land use initiative. Please do
not waver to Sacramento by
Falling for their planned and
promoted accessory dwelling
units. Sacramento
s paragraph
is a dystopian attempt at bad
urban planning that utilizes a
cookie cutter approach to all
of California
s geographically
and culturally diverse cities
and communities. If anything
this politburo like approach to
urban planning is in reality,
anti diversity. Their scheme
seeks Top down conformity of
communities that are as
different as the desert. Is to
the mountains and as different
as a beach community is to our
wine country. Lastly, in
regards to business item number
14 concerning a ballot measure
to establish city Council term
limits. This should indeed move
forward to the voters. Yet
there also seems to be the need
to properly define what
constitutes a city Council term
of office if a vacancy occurs
and is filled by a council
appointee to fulfill the
remaining 44 months in office,
should this 44 months. Count as
a full term or shouldn
t even
shorter term of office of say,
two years minus one day be
considered as a partial term
that qualifies the number 23
more full terms. These
potential wrinkles need to be
addressed. If. This has not
already been considered in the
council needs to further
deliberate otherwise, the
council member in theory could
serve a less than four year
partial term than be elected
and re elected to end up
serving 14 15 or close to 16
years in office. Thank you for
your time and attention and
godspeed to the Chinese people.
And, then the last, um Comment
emailed in is from Polly
Steinbeck. Women are regularly
getting drugged and local
Temecula bars and the owner
should be looked into. I would
like to submit a public comment
on this matter to the City
Council. Mr Mayor. That is all
of the in person and emailed
comments for non agendas items
and we
ll take the items. The
comments on agenda items at
that time. Correct. Correct.
Thank you okay? Moving on to
our city council reports to any
of my colleagues have anything
they
d like to report out. Yes.
Council member Brown Yeah. I
just wanted to highlight that
MARCH 1st Tomorrow starts
Women
s History month, So,
You
re invited. Everyone is
invited to come out MARCH 9th
at six pm to hear the council
chambers to hear the
commissioner
s proclaim. MARCH
is women
s history month and
there you was received
presentations. And, then also
hear from speakers that will
raise awareness to women
s
history month as well as speak
to some of the work that still
needs to be done in regards to
gender equality. Thank you?
Thank you very much. Council
member, Alexander Alrighty.
Well. Thank you so much first
to the Sheriff department. I
had a, uh, another ability to
go on a ride along over the
weekend. This time I was able
to go with the metro team again.
Mostly probably weren
t here.
The last meeting, so I try to
go on these things about
quarterly every couple of
months just to get a feel as to
what? Uh what
s going on here
in the city with our here in
old town and in different areas
and see if there
s any gaps
that MAY be I can see where we
can kind of fill in together.
So. I just I had a great ride
along I was even able to I had
the opportunity to go down and
see the police station right
here, right next here to City
Council, um to City Hall, and
it was wonderful and it was
just good to see that these
guys have a place to kind of
start and stop from its kind of
close to home somewhere to be
able to detain the individuals
until they can get the
paperwork done, So. I just want
to say thank you to staff for
getting that done. Great job to
everybody for putting that all
together. It was really good,
and I believe it
s really going
to help our public safety
overall that also being said We
had a probably one of our first
in a while Public Traffic
Safety commission meetings with
myself, Um, Mr Carter and, um,
Mr Maddox as well Commissioners
and it was and also I think you
were in there as well, right?
Yeah, the two of us we, myself
and Cinnamon City City Council
member Alphas. We were able to
have the conversation as to how
to move forward with this
commission and really all of
them moving forward with how
the City Council and the staff
can work together, so I just
want to thank you both for
coming in and speaking with us.
Just look forward to having
more meetings and just giving
like we spoke about more goals
as to how everything is going
to be structured with the
commission. Ah, the last bit. I
guess I
m Just going to ask a
city manager? I don
t know if
it
s a better time now or later.
I know somebody during comments
had asked about the state of
the city or the city emergency
for the state. Where. Do we
fall on that if do we fall
under the state is that get
canceled? Cover 19. Temecula is
not under a state of emergency.
Okay. Thank you very much and
that
s all. Yeah, I think
that
s all I have. Thank you.
Thank you very much. Nothing
else from any of my colleagues
and I have nothing this evening,
so we
ll move on to our consent
calendar. All matters listed
under consent are considered to
be routine and all will be
enacted by one roll call vote.
I. Don
t number one is a waive
reading of title and text of
all ordinances and resolutions,
including included in the
Agenda Item two has approved
action minutes of FEBRUARY 14th
2023 Item, number three is
approved list of demands Item
Number four, is approved First
amendment to agreement with
proactive Fire Design and
Consulting Inc for Fire
Department Plan Review Service
for fiscal year 2022 2023 I.
Don
t Remember five, is
approved Consultant Agreement
with Community Works Design
Group for the Ronald Reagan
Sports Park skatepark pw 22-76
is approved Agreements for on
call excavation, backfill and
grading maintenance services
for fiscal year 2023 through
2028. Number seven is approved
increase to the professional
services contingency
authorization for the Margarita,
a recreation center project tw
17-21 and Item. Number eight is
approved plans and
specifications and authorized
solicitation of construction
bids for the Mary Phillips
Senior Center Outdoor
Recreation Project p w 22-8.
And item number nine is except
improvements and file notice of
completion for the Senate
gratuitous pedestrian bicycle
Trail extension and
interconnect Project pw 08-04.
I will entertain a motion and a
second motion to approve second.
Okay. We have a motion in the
second. Let us vote. Okay and
that passes 50 before recess
and move on to our Temecula
Community Services district
meeting. We do have an addendum
to the agenda and I
d like to
hand it off to our city
attorney at this time for a
brief staff report. Yes, Mr
Mayor and members of the City
Council. Um, as you know, the
city experienced some very
heavy rains over the weekend,
and there were a couple of
places where there were some
substantial damage to storm
drains and two roadways. The
Brown Act normally requires
that all items be listed on the
agenda except in emergency
situations such as this, so
staff is recommending that you
Adopting a motion that would
add an agenda item to the
agenda as a late action item
finding that the need to take
immediate action to repair
these storm damages is requires
immediate action and that that
issue came to the attention of
the city after the agenda was
posted. And that
s authorized
by government code section
54954.2. So that would be the
initial action that you take.
And then I. Think. After that
Mr Thomas will explain what has
occurred. And. Then. There
s a
resolution providing for the
emergency work to be done. Okay.
Any questions of staff from
council members right now. Okay?
Um, I
ll entertain a motion to
that item to the agenda. Second
No a motion first and then a
second motion. Okay. Okay, so
we have emotion in a second.
Let us vote. Okay that passes
50, and now we can come to that
island and I will turn it over
to our public works Director
Pat Thomas. Thank you mayor
shrink so the events that
occurred over the weekend where
we had we found a couple of
sinkholes and a few locations
where storm drains are located.
One of those is on Margarita
Road just north of salon away
on the west side of Margarita
Road, and we we
ve televised
that storm drain have found
that the storm buried actually
did collapse and so will need
to replace a portion of that
storm drain. There
s actually a
road closure in place at that
location right now, so that
s
one of the areas that is
included, and the second area
is at the eastern and of
Santiago Road, where where it
ends, basically from from in
Ezra, there
s a storm drain
that again crosses Santiago
Road that collapsed with the
rains that needs to be repaired
and replaced. And so we
re
asking the council to adopt a
resolution declaring these
emergency condition to exist
and exempting us from the
bidding requirements so that we
can move forward with directly
repairing and replacing the
storm drains so that concludes
staff report. Okay, Thank you
any questions of staff on this
item? Nope. Okay. No questions
Mr City Attorney. Do we need to
read the resolution. We, don
t
Okay, so I
ll entertain a
motion to motion and a second
to approved. Sorry. I can
t
motion and a second let us vote.
Okay. I
m not seeing anything.
I don
t think anyone saying
anything on our screens. There
we go. Okay and that passes 50.
Okay. Thank you, everyone for
Indulging us on that item. Okay.
I will recess the Temecula City
Council meeting and turn it
over to PRESIDENT Stewart for
the Community Services district
meeting and I will open the
Temecula Community Service
district meeting. MADAM
Secretary, Please note. We
re
all still her. Do we have any
public comments. Alright, so
we
re onto our consent calendar,
which is item number 10
approved action minutes of
FEBRUARY 14th 2023. Some of the
second Kid
s been moved and
seconded. Please vote. Alright
that passes, 50 director
reports. Nothing tonight
Perfect. General manager.
Nothing further, Mr PRESIDENT,
Right. So anything from the
board members? Nothing. I will
adjourn this meeting till the
next one. Okay. And with that
I
m going to reconvene the
Temecula Public Financing
Authority. MADAM City clerk.
Please note. We are all still
here. Do. We have any public
comments? Okay, we
ll go ahead
and move on to consent item 11
approved action minutes of
FEBRUARY 14th 2023, i
ll
entertain a motion to approve
motion second Okay. We have a
motion in a second. Let us vote.
Okay in that passes. 50
executive directors report
nothing and I, MR. Chair Thank
you board of directors anything?
Okay. We
re gonna head and
adjourn the tp. A meeting to
our tech Macula City council
meeting and we have a public
hearing for item number 12.
Adopt Ordinance amending title
five and 17 of the Temecula
municipal Code pertaining to
massage establishment accessory
dwelling units. Carwash
flagpole. Height limits
conditional use permits parking
garage standards. Open Space
zoning designation live
entertainment, alcohol,
beverage manufacturer and
active and passive recreation
and find that this ordinance is
exempt from the California
Environmental Quality Act
sequel pursuant to Seek. What
guidelines section 15061 b
three That was a lot will have
a staff report, please. Good
evening, Mr Mayor, Council
members. Money is Mark will be
presenting this item for you
today. As you mentioned this is
lr 22-0182 amending titles five
and 17 of the Temecula
Municipal Code a little bit of
background that Temecula
municipal code as originally
adopted in 1990 since its
adoption that Temecula City
Council has periodically made
amendments to various sections
of the code to improve its
clarity, correct discrepancies,
improved processes and
implement state law. This
proposed ordinance would amend
title five business license and
regulations and title 17 Zoning
Temecula Municipal Code. Little
bit of the history of the
ordinance. This ordinance was
presented to the Planning
Commission Municipal Code
maintenance subcommittee on
NOVEMBER 2nd of 2022. And. This
item was presented to the full
Planning Commission on NOVEMBER
16th 2022 resolution number
22-34 was adopted, Recommending
City Council approved the
ordinance. Staff presented the
City Council General Plan
update ad hoc subcommittee on
JANUARY, 24th and staff briefed
the mayor and remaining council
members individually on
FEBRUARY, 14th and FEBRUARY
16th. Everyone
s seen this. So
jump right into the changes.
There
s a few of them, starting
with Title five. Specifically
dealing with massage
establishments and the
exemptions to them. This would
clarify that massage
establishment that chair
massage businesses are only
exempt from the maximum number
of massage establishments and
no conversion of chair. Massage
businesses are permitted a new
massage business license would
be required. And for operations
of this obviously massage
establishments. It would
require all massage businesses
to establish and maintain a
dedicated telephone physically
located at the business and is
capable of dialing out
specifically to 911. Jumping
into title 17 are open Space
Conservation district would
modify the open space
conservations only designation
definition to include passive
recreational uses and limit
profit profit generating
activity to unlimited term for
the schedule of permitted uses
for open space and open space
conservation zoning
designations. We
re going to
include bicycle paths as a
permitted use, and we
re going
to clarify that communication
and microwave installations are
not permitted in any open space
zoning designation. Title 17
continues for our definitions.
We
re going to consolidate
guesthouse and secondary
dwelling unit with that of the
accessory dwelling unit, or 80
you and expand that definition
of a d you to include any
efficiency unit and
manufactured home in accordance
with state law. We
re going to
add definitions for recreation
uses active and recreation uses
passive and we
re going to
modify the definition of
alcoholic beverage manufacturer
to include the accessory use of
a single food truck at their
location, subject to the
requirements of Riverside
County Ordinance number 580 and
the Temecula Municipal Code.
All right title, 17 continued
for our approved specific plans.
We
re just going to update the
numbers of the adopted specific
plans to include uptown
Temecula and the Altair
specific plans. And then for
our schedule of permitted uses
for pdo is number four in pdo
10. We
re going to implement
the requirement of ordinance
2022-6 there Live Entertainment
Ordinance. This was previously
passwords implementing it for
these two pos. Title 17
continued for a residential
districts. We
re going to
remove the guesthouse as an
approved residential accessory
Use 80 us will be used in this
place and for residential
accessory structures. We were
removed Guesthouse and the
associated note from the table
80 years will be used instead.
And for the schedule permitted
uses for pdo number two, We
removed Guesthouse and
secondary dwelling unit and add
a d u is an approved by right
accessory use. Right. And for a
t u standards we
re going to
require all utility equipment
such as window heating or
cooling devices be screened
from public view, and then it
would incorporate the
requirement of a b 3 45, which
is the separate conveyance of
the u. S. For. Our. Conditional
use permits were going to
require all establishments that
have a c u p that includes the
on site consumption of alcohol
to physically post their c u p
to include conditions of
approval on site. Right for a
supplemental development
standards. We
re going to
clarify that the existing
separation from a car wash and
residential property is to the
residential property line,
inclusive, inclusive of all
vacuum equipment. Air
compressors. Any motors are
pretty much anything that makes
noise. And then we
re going to
implement parking garage
standards. These are safety
standards dealing with lighting,
visibility, signage, fencing
and not design guidelines. Okay
flagpoles. We have two sections.
We
re going to be amending for
our flagpole height limit.
There was a discrepancy in the
code. We had one The reference
to 75 ft flagpole height limit,
in one reference to 50. We
re
correcting that and we went
with the 50 ft height limit. So
for our planning and zoning
approval authority. We
re gonna
require all modifications, all
modification applications to a
c. You go before a public
hearing for consideration, then
for our schedule of permitted
uses for commercial office and
industrial uses. We
re gonna
correct a reference for adult
business. This doesn
t change
adult businesses at all. We
re
simply changing a reference of
the citizenry can go to the
right section. That
s it. So
our secret determination staff
has determined that the
proposed ordinance is
categorically exemp. From, the
California Environmental
Quality Act Sequa to pursuant
to title 14 Chapter three
California Code of Regulations
section 15061 b three Staff
recommendation is that staff
recommended the City council
introduced and read by title
only the proposed ordinance.
I
m available for any questions.
All, right. Thank you for the
presentation. Any questions. Um,
Stuart. Um. So. Have we ever
had a flagpole higher than 50
ft in the city of Temecula. We
do south End of town by the 76
the jack in the box at the end
down there that one is well in
excess. Um. This would not
require any Flagpole that is
above that height limit to be
taken down, modified in any way
it would be considered legal
nonconforming and could exist
in perpetuity as long as it
s
maintained. Okay. Any other
questions? I have a couple of
questions. Thank you so much by
the way for the presentation.
Of course. Okay. So when I
think mine was kind of the same
thing with the flagpole because
I know that over there, I
believe it
s a garrison flag.
That
s on that flagpole in
itself. Um I. Guess. Just why
are we making it lower? Is
there any specific reasons?
Because I. Look at it. Just,
you know once we get lower on
anything, it
s hard to bring it
back up to you know, maybe if
somebody wants to come in and
put in 75 ft flag. No, we are.
There was no reason we went
with the conservative of the
two numbers and that was it was
a discrepancy and we went with
that. Okay. Is there. I can add
a little bit too that, um
Typically everything we do. We
like to analyze the heck out of
it and have this very, you know,
articulated justification, And
in this case, there was just
Two separate allowances in the
code, and we picked 50 ft to be
reasonable. Um, if the council
would like to raise that lower,
it said, no limit. I mean
that
s really up to the council.
We just had a discrepancy in
the code, and we needed to
clarify it. So. We chose 50 ft.
We thought that was reasonable,
and that
s really it. Thank you.
Is that something that we want
to have a conversation about,
Maybe just leaving it because
there was some people that you
know if it
s 75, the max We can
just leave it. I. Don
t think
it
s really hurting anybody And
what? How awesome to be able to
see the American flag at 75 ft
up. That
s what I say So. I
know what you
re you
re
gentleman thought is I like 75
ft. I like no limit. Amen.
Build a fire. I like if they
can put 500 ft flagpole. Let
s
do it. Okay. Should we should
we do it, Luke said. We could
do no limit. I mean, no limited.
You might have some issues with
the faa with put that in the
resolution, I don
t have a
problem with it. I mean it.
Clearly it was just picking a
number and that
s fine.
Absolutely. 75 75. Well. I mean
no limit is better than and if
we
re going to be better than
we should be better than Well.
What
s your thought? 75 or
Lucas. No limit problematic or
do we have to have it looks
like, uh, it
s it
s hard to say,
but, yeah, no limit probably
would end up causing some
problems somewhere along the
line, so I think 75 more than
reasonable that
s extremely
high maintenance over 75 years
to be. Yeah, you need
helicopter at a certain point
you
re gna have to put lights
on it. You know Warren aircraft
and things like that, So. Okay,
I
m 75 with me. Okay. We
re
good with that, Um, I just got
a couple of just just from my
understanding Also. So with the
massage parlors and we we know
obviously this has been an
ongoing thing. Why? Why, do you
Are? We going to specifically
Keilar Ordinance to the massage
parlor for a phone. Is there
anybody else who has to have
that same thing or like having
a phone in there? Or what does
that look like? It was
primarily because of the
enforcement actions going on
throughout the city. There was
times when the police code
enforcement building and safety
fire would show up during
normal hours of operation and
the business would appear
closed and there was no way to
physically reach them inside.
Their contact number would
bring to a cell phone or
business line, not at the
location and they could just
they were not home. So. This
way. We can have that the phone
inside ringing and we know that
they
re going to physically be
there. There
s also a safety
issue for any business involves
physical contact between people
do we ever do we have that with
other other other, Um
Organizations or businesses as
well to be able to have that in
there as well to proposing it
for for these massage
establishments. There was an
actual, very specific incident,
where a gentleman went to
cardiac arrest and no one in
the facility had a phone. So.
We have a very specific reason
for for requiring it in this
circumstance so we hadn
t
analyzed any other business
type. Just massage
establishments. Okay, alright
and my last one, and I
m done
just it was brought up about
the a. D. U. S, if you can do
me a favor and just kind of
discuss what that is in detail.
Ah! How did the state in itself.
Do they have any control over
that? Um why are we doing Why
are we doing what we
re doing?
Well, yes. So going back to
just a few years ago, Eight eu
laws started to be issued by
the state Legislature.
Essentially. Those laws Make 80
us by right use within the city
of Temecula. So anyone who has
a home can do an 80 You state
dictated that and that
s that
s
the law of the land. So what
we
re doing here tonight is is
not in any way. Um, uh,
changing or attempting to
circumvent or anything to do
with the primary laws that make
a tus permitted uses. What
we
re doing is clarifying in
the code. Um, so over time that
the code has Ah had definitions
for guesthouse and accessory
dwelling unit and efficiency
unit and Granny flat and second
home and all these different
definitions for what is
essentially the same thing. So
what we
re proposing is to take
all those individual
definitions and just call them
80 us. Part of that is required
by the state. But we took it a
little further to capture all
of the other definitions that
we want, You know all the other
designations that we want to
create a consistent definition
for, um and and that does a
couple of things it also it
makes it the code easier to use
for the public. They can
t get
what am I doing a granny flat,
or am I doing a guest house or
my doing an 80 you It
s all the
same thing effectively is all
the same thing, so it makes it
easier. It makes it easier for
staff to administer, and it
also allows staff and the city
to get credit under our arena
numbers at the state when an 80
you is created because we have
as you all know Rena numbers
and we need to make progress
towards the satisfaction of
those. And. We need
them to be actually defined as
an 80 you in the code for us to
be able to tell the state and a
d u was created here and we get
credit for it. It
s called the
Guesthouse If it
s called this
that or the other thing, Um, we
will be much harder for us to
get credit for it. So. That
s
another reason we wanted to
just make everything that is an
80 you Defined as an a d u Okay?
All right? I do have one
question on the I d. You are
manufactured homes currently
allowed in single family zoning.
They are and as an a d you they
would be as well. Is there a
minimum square foot requirement.
It is the minimum of an
efficiency unit. I believe it
s
125 square feet, but I could
get back with you the exact
answer. And just pertaining to
this specific ordinance if
approved a manufactured home
and be approved as an ado,
Currently it is separate than a
do you you have to get a permit
for manufactured home on a
single families own property
rather now, just being a d u
under one umbrella right now,
state law allows the
manufactured home. We
re just
updating our code to reflect
that so they could come in
right now, with a manufactured
home as an 80 you under state
law. Thank you. Okay. Any more
questions? Alright. Seeing,
then this is a public hearing,
so we
re gonna open the public
hearing for comments. MADAM
City clerk. Do. We have any
public speakers? Yes, we have
one in person comment and then
one emailed. Comment in person.
Comment is from Bob Cal. Okay.
Welcome. Hello. Um. I came here
with the idea that this was on
the bus bill that had all this
new stuff in it, And I came to
understand that it is actually
changing certain items in in
the bill or the the law. The
Ordinance, and I just looked at
how many items around here and
there
s uh well, let me see.
There
s a lot and it goes from
the one 19 items. From
everything from flagpole
Heights, too. To 80 years for
the uses the thing that caught
my eye caught The Eye of Rick
Review wrote something on this.
It
s uh, it was it
s time to
really stand up as every city
in California should do against
the state mandate. If you don
t
stand up now. What mandate,
will they Put down on this next
Um This. This changes the law
in here to to governance code
section 65 852. Point to as the
same as Mhm. To me amended from
time to time, so it doesn
t
actually give you any power at
all. You
re just rubber
stamping something that state
is telling you to do. So why
are you even voting on it? Why
are you here? If. You
re if
you
re not if you
re if you
have to vote on on this 80 you
then Because. You
re you
re
gonna MISS Funding or you
re or
you
re going to have the state
Come in as I
ve been told. Well,
why not? Two of you Just say no.
To this particular piece of it.
And. The three. Pass it and it
still passes. I don
t want it
to pass, but I think you have
more power than you think.
There
s other studies in this
state that would do that are
standing up against these
mandates. These dictates the
what will they dictate Netflix?
I just want to know. Um You
Know Section three on Page
three. It
s. It
s already in
there, and it
s It
s every
Conservationists in this In
this room, including myself.
I
m a conservationist, believe
. Um environmental
findings The City Council
hereby finds that this
ordinance is exempt. From the
requirements of the California
Environmental Quality Act
pursuant to title 14 of the
California Code of Regulations.
It actually supersedes itself.
How can it Law one law
supersedes another without a
court case going on. There
s
got to be some fight back here
if you don
t fight back,
somebody
s got to fight back to
other cities that are staying
up against this. This law. Um I
hope that you stand up against
the two or at least you put a.
Few of you Stand up and say, I
don
t want to support this
particular thing. I understand
that there
s a lot of other
things in this ordinance that
are good. I don
t think it
should have been put in all in
one ordinance should have
broken out. Just my opinion. Go
back to the charter City idea.
You have in that ability to
stand up against municipal
codes at the state level if you
created a charter city You have
as much power or more power
than the state does. That power
came from a law at 18 59.
Excuse me 18 79 20 years of
state controlled the cities
until the city
s took the state
back. So. I just recommend that
You When. You look at this boat
knowing that particular item.
You can feel the rest just on
the rest. Oh, and by the way,
when you have a flagpole,
there
s plenty of flight both
bigger than 50 ft where I live.
But In the law. I noticed that
already it
s codified as single
flag of the United States of
America because you can fly a
flag. Okay. You can fly a, uh,
American flag. And two of the
following flags shall be
allowed per parcel or center.
Okay. So we
re talking about,
you know, um City property or
public property or private
property. I don
t know is it
say? I don
t know if it means
the public property or private
property. Anyway, um, so the
state of California or any
other state of the United
States. So If I want to fly a
Mississippi flag? I can fight
flam Mississippi flag. The
Hawaiian flag, a Alaskan flood.
Um, maybe somebody
s here from
out of town. You, get another
country to it. Red China.
Etcetera. A minister Haliti or
official flag of other
countries. Flags of national An
internationally recognized
organizations and corporate
flex. Something
s wrong with
that law. Thank you. Thank you
Next speaker. And. That was the
only income it speaker and then
we have one. Email comment from
Jessica Christopher. I believe
it is as to item number 12. I
believe it is unconstitutional
for the state to tell local
government what zoning we
should have. I understand the
difficulty that opposing sb
nine and sb 10 posed to our
coffers. I think the work
around that is presented is
likely the best that can be
done, But I don
t like section
15 17.23 point 050 e two The
parking limitations, maybe an
excellent way to minimize the
impact of these two horrible
bills. In the long run, I
believe it would benefit the
city to fight these bills. Sb
nine, being the worst of the
two And section 19 see flags
number two, a single flag of
the United States of America
and two of the following flags
shall be permitted per parcel
or center sections. A b c d.
Even though this is I believe
geared to business. I think it
is unacceptable and an attack
on freedom of speech. A company
should be encouraged to fly the
United States flag and it
should be above others but to
say what other flags and how
many are unacceptable. Item
number 14 concerning a ballot
measure to establish city
Council term limits. I want to
commend City Council members
Alexander Cafes and Stewart for
hearing the city
s people and
voting for this. I would only
say that if someone is
appointed to an open City
council seat that it be
clarified and minimize so that
they serve the least amount of
time possible. Mr mayor. That
s
all the comments that we have
on this item. Okay. Fantastic.
Um, Mr City Attorney Do. You
need to read the ordinance.
Actually, I do not starting on
JANUARY 1st of this year, the
state Legislature passed a law
saying we don
t have to read
the titles so long as the city
has the ordinance on its
website and online so everybody
can read it so Fantastic big
change from But we
ve had to do
in the past. Okay. I appreciate
that. Alright. I
ll entertain a
motion to approve item number
12. So moved second motion a
second. Let us vote City clerk.
Quick question for you if there
is something from this item
that I want to sustain from or
just give a reason for doing
that is now the time. Okay. Can
I do that? Mayor. Absolutely Go
ahead. So. Um I
ll tell you I
m
going to be totally honest
these things as I looked at him
over the last week are a couple
of days. Um, I was able to dig
in today. Having some
individuals come from the our
city and the area. Rick Reese
brought some stuff up. Um.
Everybody should know where I
stand as far as state control.
I have never wanted the state
s
control here. We actually had a
meeting today as far as having
the state
s control come into
our city, and I
m quite sick of
it, and I
m going to I have
been standing and I will stand
as a city Council member. No
matter What that this is our
city, and we know what
s best
for our city and for our
housing. Coming from what the
count of the The comments came
today. I understand what
they
re saying, because if we
continue to Oh, allow this
stuff and the language to come
into our city. We are We are
basically giving a thumbs up.
My staff doesn
t excellent job.
Um And. So I want to thank you
guys for all you
re doing, but
I will be sustaining or I will
sustain from nine just because
I feel as a council member. I
would need more information in
order to be able to move
forward to give that a good
thumbs up or thumbs down. But
for everything else. I
d like
to go and say yes to your gonna
abstain from item number nine?
Yes. Kid, I get a point of
clarification. Absolutely. Um
Okay. So Luke Is this not Just
a cleanup in language. This is
not. We
ve already approved all
this stuff correct. Yeah. I
mean if it comes to 80 us to
use our it
s in state law. So,
Regardless of what our
municipal code said. 80 use are
allowed. This is just to like I
said. This is just a
definitional thing. So, so
consistency and definitions.
This argument has already been
done. We
re just changing the
wording to make it simpler and
more understandable. To the
public. Yes. That and so we can
get credit at the state. Farina
got it. I just wanted to make
that clear. It
s it seems like
people have the wrong
impression that somehow we
re
pushing through a dus when
that
s already been done, so
Okay. Thank you councilor would
like to to abstain from Okay?
Yeah, and I think that you know,
some of this stuff is the the
elicit a certain reaction when
we
re just trying to clean this
up to make it easier on staff
and easier on the community, So
okay, entertain a motion to
approve item number 12. Some of
Second Okay, so we have the
motion in a second. Let us vote.
Okay. So that passes 50, with a
noted abstentions. Okay. We
re
moving on to the business
section of our calendar. We
have remember 13, which is
review fiscal year 2023 24
budget policies and priorities
and I
ll go ahead and pass this
over to director Hennessy for a
staff report. Thank you. Good
Evening Mayor, City Council
members. The item before you
Tonight is an agenda item that
we do each year at the
beginning of our budget process.
Um, I
ll provide a brief
background will do a budget
process overview. I
ll give you
the key highlights of the
current year
s budget, and then
we
ll review some budget
priorities and budget policies.
That have been previously set
by prior councils. So each year
at the beginning of our budget
process, we bring this item to
you. It is in accordance with
our government Finance Officers
Association best practices and
what it includes is basically
increasing the engagement of
the council commissions in the
public throughout the budget
process. Do, a financial policy
review. I use of other forms of
communication, so they want an
increase in videos and social
media and the like throughout
our budget documents and then
do strategic planning process.
Uh and we have that outlined in
our budget document and as well
as include performance measures.
They are now mandatory. The
City is always included them,
but they are now mandatory as
part of this program. Um and
the city has incorporated to
these requirements into our
process. Each year. In JANUARY,
We begin our budget process by
reviewing the current year
revenues and expenditures and
then we also update our five
year financial projections. And.
Then in FEBRUARY. We. Bring to
you the council, the mid Year
Budget Update for the current
year and then we kick off the
next year
s budget and Capital
Improvement program process. Um,
during the months of MARCH and
APRIL staff develops the
proposed annual operating
budget and c I p And then
that
s presented to the council
at the Budget Workshop in MAY,
and that is your opportunity to
review the proposed budget and
c, I p and then provide any
comments or changes that you
d
like to see incorporated into
the adopted budget, which was
presented at the first meeting
in JUNE of each year. And then
throughout the remainder of the
year, JULY through DECEMBER, um,
finance works with departments
to do ongoing analysis
reviewing budget actuals for
both revenues and expenditures
and identifying any adjustments
that would be needed to be made
at the future Mid year process.
Um budget adjustments for
existing funding can be made
administratively throughout the
. But any additional
appropriations or new funding
must be approved by council.
There are several key
deliverables throughout the
budget process, the first of
which is the preliminary budget,
and this is an internal
document that contains all of
the departmental requests
that
s developed in the MARCH
APRIL time frame, and then
that
s presented to the city
manager who reviews that and
then makes his recommendations
into what we call the proposed
budget. And the proposed budget
is what is presented at the MAY
budget workshop. To, the
council and then finally, the
adopted budget is presented
again in the first meeting in
JUNE, as I mentioned and then
also part of the budget process
that happens currently, and
FEBRUARY and MARCH are the
budget engagement sessions that
are held with each commission
and board, which you heard
earlier tonight. Last Week We
met with the Public Traffic
Safety Commission, and tomorrow
we meet With another commission.
So shifting gears to give you
the budget highlights. This was
as of the mid year budget that
was provided in FEBRUARY. Um,
we
re focusing right here on
the General Fund, which is the
city
s primary operating fund.
And on this slide. You can see
that our revenues are expected
to exceed $111 million this
year. The book of which comes
from sales tax. And then on the
chart here, the black line
reflects revenues and the blue
bars reflect expenditures. And
what
s notable here is that the
revenues exceed the
expenditures each and every
year, indicating that we are
structurally balanced. Um not
only in the current fiscal year,
but for the next five years
through our projections, and
then you can also see in the
black lion there that it levels
out between fiscal year 22 23
next fiscal year. And that is
anticipation of a potential
economic contraction or really,
just leveling out of our of the
majority of our revenue sources
which are tied to the local
economy. Expenditures of the
General fund will total a
little over 93 million for this
fiscal year, the book of which
is dedicated towards public
safety with our police and fire
contracts, noted there and then
public works makes up 20%. And
that includes not only the
public works staffing, but also
several contractual services,
um, approved earlier tonight as
an example. And, the
administration
s 14% community
development, 9% and then non
departmental is is 1%. And.
Then this slide illustrates
what the available fund
balances within the General
fund. So at the end of the
current fiscal year, it
s
projected to reach $37.1
million. And of that 37 point
1,000,018 37.0.6 million is
dedicated for the reserve for
economic and certainty. And 4.6
million for the secondary
reserve, and both of those are
reserved levels that are set by
budget policy, and we
ll
discuss that in a little while,
Um, But it
s important to note
that those reserves have never
have never been tapped into, um
throughout the city
s history
that I
m aware o. Not That
leaves about 13 million in
available fund balance. And.
One item to note on the chart,
so the fund balance is
reflected in the blue bars and
then the black line reflects
the Levels of reserve funding
and then the yellow diamond
reflects the desired level of
reserve funding. So We are
meeting our reserve are desired
level of reserves each year
throughout the five year
forecast, as well as historical
And the drop in fund balance
between fiscal years 21 22 the
current fiscal year. Relates to
a recently adopted budget
policy related to our debt
strategy. Pay down, which I
have a few slides coming up
that illustrates where we are
on that. And. Then we have our
five year capital improvement
program. Um, currently we have
106 separate projects totaling
a little over $801 million. Of
that there
s 518 Million yet to
complete with 283 million
already completed. And we break
out our capital improvement
program into different
categories. Circulation
infrastructure parks and rec
and then started which is also
affordable housing. So our
total c I. P again is little
over $801 million So budget
priorities are determined, Um
Through or they linked to our
strategic plan known as the
Quality of Life Master Plan and
the q. L m, p, As, you know,
recently updated to include 1/7
Corps value. So. We have all
seven core values identified
throughout the budget document.
In, the form of performance
measures and capital projects
all linked back to a specific
core value. And that is how we
ensure that the application of
our resources are in line with
the city
s core values. There
s
several tools that we utilize
when we start to build the
operating budget in the capital
Improvement program budget, the
first of which are carry overs
from the prior year. So what
that includes the city programs
or projects that were started
in the previous fiscal year
that maybe weren
t completed.
We ensure that the funding for
those projects are carried over
into the new fiscal year. So
that we can bring those
projects to completion. And,
then we do. Um every every so
often we do community
satisfaction surveys and we
received that feedback from the
community and that helps
influence what programs and
projects are most important to
the community and were
scheduled to do another one
next fiscal year to reach out
to the community. And. Then we
do the board and commissioned
feedback as I mentioned before
and then we
ll incorporate that
feedback into the proposed
budget that will come forward
to you in MAY. And then a
variety of departments have
program and services Master
plans, so the programs and
projects that are identified in
those master plans are weaved
into the either the operating
budget or the capital
Improvement Program budget,
whichever is, um most relevant.
And. Then. Finally the
different City Council policies,
which will review next So the
budget and fiscal policies.
Policies are part of the annual
operating budget, and they are
adopted each year in JUNE.
There are several policies that
impact the development process
of the budget, which will
highlight here. Um, one of
which is the fund balance and
reserve policy. The Measure s
appropriation policy priorities,
contingency planning, and then
the debt or liability paid out
strategy. So the fund balance
and reserve policy. Uh, we have
a few charts or a few slides
here that illustrate the
different components of fund
balance. Um, the fund balance
is the accumulation of savings
year to year when revenues
exceed expenditures. And they
made it
s made up of four
primary components, the first
of which is the reserve for
economic uncertainty, and this
reflects 20% of the general
fund operating expenditures.
The Secondary reserve
represents 5% of the General
fund operating expenditures.
And, then the third category is
a signed fund balance, so this
is a portion of the fund
balance that
s committed to
future obligations. So capital
Improvement Program projects
are the primary example. There.
And, then finally available
fund balance, So that is the
uncommitted, remaining balance
left within the general fund
after accounting for those
other three categories. So. The
available General Fund balance
or it
s also sometimes called
the unassigned fund balance.
Councils previous councils have
said the appropriation
priorities for these funds, Um
it
s important to consider that
these are one time funds, so
the appropriation priorities
reflect that, so the first
priority would be to spend any
available fund balance on
public safety equipment or non
recurring programs. Second
would be to, uh, deposit the
funds into asset management
reserves and asset management
reserves are separate funds
that are set up somewhat like
savings accounts where it
accumulates funds so that when
an asset such as a vehicle or a
large piece of equipment when
that reaches the end of its
useful life, the funds are
there to replace that asset.
The third priority is Capital
improvement projects. The
fourth is the reduction of
unfunded liabilities related to
the Calpers pension. Or open,
which stands for other post
employment benefits. And then
the fifth is reduction or
avoidance of city debt. Ah,
measure s when it was passed in
2016 became effective in 2017
and the council at that time
adopted these appropriation
guidelines for the spending of
measure us, the first of which
is public safety. The, Second
is asset management and then
capital improvement projects
and then finally, community
services or general services.
And you can see from the page
chart here. The majority of the
funding for measures is going
towards capital projects
currently, um, but when we
appropriate when we appropriate
measures in the budget, we
first ensure that public safety
is fully funded. Uh and then
our asset management. And then
capital projects and then
community services. So. We
follow these appropriation
guidelines when we
re building
the budget document. And then
as time goes on, and the cost
of public safety and community
services increases that will
leave less and less over time
for capital projects. We also
have a policy for contingency
planning. And. Basically. This
lays out the, um the use of our
secondary reserve. So when
there
s a one time event, such
as a state mandated payment or
natural disaster, we would tap
into the secondary reserve
first and fully exhaust that
reserve before utilizing the
reserve for economic
uncertainty. And for ongoing
fiscal constraints. So an
example of this would be if we
lost a major business that was
a major sales tax generator. Um,
we would utilize the secondary
Reserve first before using the
reserve for economic
uncertainty, But there
s a
limitation to only use those
reserves for a two year budget
cycle, so that would give the
city enough time to reduce its
itsxpenditures in rehab in
reaction to the loss of that
revenue item. And then, as I
mentioned earlier, the city
s
never tapped into its reserves,
either through the great
recession or through Covid.
Recently. And the last policy
that a highlight here is the
one that was just adopted in
DECEMBER, and it
s our debt
liability, pay down strategy
and the goal that was adopted
is to have the city become debt
free in a seven year timeframe.
Um. We will do this by
utilizing available fund
balance in combination with the
pension trust balance and any
future savings that the payoff
of these debts create. And. It
will become a snowball effect
where all the savings will be
incorporated into the next
year
s pay down strategy. And
we have four main types of debt.
We had a loan on this on this
building here. The Civic Center
loan. Alone on the Margarita
Recreation center that
s
currently under under
construction. And. Then we have
two unfunded liabilities, one
for pension and one for open,
which is basically retiree
health that was offered, um
many, many years ago to city
employees. And you can see the
annual outstanding amounts
there as well as the annual
payments. And this is what the
plan includes, as far as the
payoff schedule, Um to date, we
have paid off the Civic Center
loan at 12.9 Million. We
ve
paid off the mrc loan at five
million. And we
ve put 7.25
million towards our Unfunded
liability for pension. Uh. This
is another way to illustrate
that so annual savings. Um, you
know, we
ll start around 1.6
Million. But by year eight. We
will be saving on an annual
basis a little over eight
million. And, then, as the
natural attrition of these
debts occur, that number will
come down. Um. But today
through the measures that we
ve
done since DECEMBER. Is,
illustrated by the Black line
here, and it shows that we at
this point in time, have paid
off both loans. And a portion
of our pension obligations so
we have By next year because
that will be four fiscal year
we will have $3 million In
savings on an annual basis and
then next year, the plan is to
pay off the open so that black
line will continue to increase
and increase as time goes on.
There
s also some fiscal policy
metrics that are included in
the budget policies that we
would like, um, for for your
input on tonight whether to
keep these at this level or
whether or not you would
suggest any changes. Um, so I
mentioned are reserved for
economic uncertainty. It
s
currently set at 20% of
operating Expenditures.
Secondary Reserve is set at 5%.
Capital Improvement projects
threshold is $30,000 or greater,
Um, and it has to have a long
term lifespan will be non
recurring. And. Then. We have
staffing metrics related to
police and fire are fire
staffing. Metric is four
firefighters per engine or
truck. Police staffing as
stated in the general plan is
one officer per 1000 people.
And. Then we have thresholds
related to what qualifies as
being, um, an asset to Add to
the asset replacement fund and
for fleet and equipment. It
s
any item that is over $10,000
and has at least a three year
lifespan. And for technology
equipment. It
s anything over
5000 with a three year lifespan.
And. Then. We have a separate
policy that relates to the
pension trust contribution. So
each year after we closed the
books we are eligible to put in
30%. Of our general fund
operating surplus. Um, limited
to $2 million per year. That
s
currently how the how the
policy reads. And. Then. We
have signature delegation
authorities in the budget
policies as well the city
manager
s contract and
agreement signing authority
currently stands at 100,000, as
well as his settlement
authority and then the
emergency authority is
unlimited. Um and that waves
the public works bidding
requirements, and we saw that
as the added agenda item
tonight. So its staff
recommendation to have the
council affirm the city
s core
values and budget priorities as
well as the budget policies and
fiscal policy metrics. Thank
you and I
ll Be available for
any questions you might have.
All right? Thank you very much.
Okay. I
ll go ahead and open it
up for questions. Council
member, Alexander Anything
council member Van Mayor part.
Tim Stewart. Yes. Go ahead.
Okay. So could you go back to
the slide that has the fire
contract costs on there,
because it
s very deceptive
when they look at that $11
million, it looks like we
re
paying our fire. Incredibly
cheap and so I
d like to the
public to actually have
clarification on that. Correct.
Um, let me get to that slide.
Yes, we We reflect once I get
there. We reflected the city
s
cost for that. I think it
s
this one? Yeah. So fire is
shown here at 11.2 Million, and
that reflects the costs that
are charged by the county to
the city. Um. The county of
Riverside has a structural fire
tax credit that is collected
through everybody
s property
tax bills. That money goes to
the county and the county
applies the tax credit first
and builds us the remainder. So
the tax credit in this fiscal
year is between nine and $10
million. So the true overall
cost of the fire department is
closer to 20 to $21 million. So.
Thank you for? I neglected to
clarify that so thank you for
that. Okay. Anything else? Not
questions, counselor. Alphas
anything? Nothing. Okay,
Fantastic And thank you again
for the presentation, and we
all had one on ones and
subcommittees on that. So we
ve
seen it many, many times. So
Good stuff ok at this time ago
and entertain a motion to
approve. Oh. I
m sorry. Um. Do
we have any public comments on
this item? No. We don
t have
any public comments on this
item. Okay, Thank you. Um we
ll
go ahead and entertain a motion
to approve. I would like to
have a little discussion first.
Of course. Yes. Okay, So, um I
For reasons a couple more
agenda items away. Um I think
we need to start a separate
Fund for a police station or
public safety. Um ah.
Infrastructure. And So ah, And
while we have these years that
because if if and when we do
build a police station, I don
t
want to have debt. I want to
build it for cash, So I want to
build a fund now, while we have
the money To, uh, to be able to
do that, to be able to say, you
know, we
ve got the 10 million
or 15. Whatever it takes to
build that station. I want to
be able to, um To have that
built up and and because I
don
t want to put any more debt
on the city are the citizens
and so, um I would like to see
a line item for, uh, a public
safety infrastructure. Um, you
know, we own all our fire
stations. In fact the one we
don
t own where we have a
separate fund Right now we
re
building up to buy that when
the state makes it available,
So. We have a very robust Fire
infrastructure, but we have
literally nothing for police
other than the new station
that
s here in city Hall. Um,
so I would like to see a fund.
Um For that. Okay, Fair enough.
Anyone else think conversation.
I
ll. Just add onto that, you
know it
s thinking about you
know how these items are a
little They
re tied together,
obviously, but I do think it
s
I Appreciate you bringing that
for now? Um, because the
earlier we get on that the
easier it is on staff and, um
and if we do go down the road,
the conversation and I
ve been
thinking about, um, you know,
some funding sources, and I
think you know, we could look
to s r o share with tv, usd and
And. Maybe. That
s the funding
source for for something like
this to to reinvest back in the
city, So okay, um Thank you
anything else? No. Okay, so we
have a motion and a second. Do?
We. Don
t think we did
entertain a motion in the
second? Promotion I
ll second.
Okay, let us vote. Mine didn
t
populate. Looks like not
everyone
s coming up on the
screen Council member Brown.
Are you in the affirmative. Yes.
Okay. So that passes 50. Okay.
Thank you. Everyone will move
to item number 14 is adopted
resolution submitting to the
voters a ballot measure that
proposes to establish term
limits for City council members
and maybe have a staff report.
Please MADAM City clerk. Yes,
Mr Mayor. Um and we have a
slide presentation that will go
ahead and put up. So we are
back two weeks later with the
proposed resolution and
ordinance Next slide, please.
So as a reminder this city
Council gave us direction under
government code section 36 50
to be which actually permits
the city Council to go ahead
and proposed by initiative
proposal to limit the number of
terms a member of the City
Council MAY serve on the city
Council. Um and any of these
proposals to limit the number
of terms. They are applicable
prospectively only and they
don
t become operative unless
the electors of the city at a
regularly scheduled election,
go ahead and pass that so next
slide, please. So again. The
four points that we need to be
aware of. Is that the City
Council in fact, can propose an
initiative. The proposal is not
effective until voted upon and
passed by the residents by a
majority. The proposal must be
on a regularly scheduled
election, and it is again
prospectively not retroactively.
Next slide, please. So, the
City Council on FEBRUARY 14th
2023 went ahead and gave staff
direction to the council did
wish to have term limits for
City council members. The
proposal was to have a term
limit of three terms four years
per term for 12 year total. The
council was fine with breaks in
the service as long as the 12
year total was a lifetime limit.
And. The Council went ahead and
proposed placement on the
NOVEMBER 2024 ballot. Two items
that weren
t discussed on
FEBRUARY 14 2023 was
appointments versus election
and partial terms. So, the city
attorney, and I went ahead and
included standard language
addressing the two items
included in the proposed
ordinance for City Council
consideration, Of course the
City Council tonight can give
us direction otherwise. Next
slide, please. Now what you
will see there is on the very
last sentence, but we have
incorporated is standard
language from other cities that
address partial terms and
appointments versus election.
So. What we have mentioned is
if any person is appointed or
elected to a partial term of
office of two years or less
that the term shall be shall
not be counted towards the
three Term limits. So in other
words, if you have occupied the
seat for two years or less,
regardless of whether it is an
appointment, or regardless of
whether it is an election, it
will not count towards the term
limits. And again That is
pretty standard language. Next
slide, please. So for next
steps. Um, what we will be
asking is that the City Council
go ahead and adopt the proposed
resolution regarding term
limits. We will go ahead and
notify the Riverside, Riverside
County registrar of voters that
we will have a local ballot
measure on the NOVEMBER 2024
ballot we will in the summer of
2024 when we consolidate our
General municipal election. We
will also consolidate the local
ballot measure election at that
time, the term limit measure
will be voted upon by the
residents of Temecula in
NOVEMBER 2024. If, a majority
of the voters pass it. The
measure will go into effect, 10
days after the City Council
declares the results of the
NOVEMBER 5th 2024 election.
Typically. That
s after a 30
Day canvas period, so it
s at
that first meeting in DECEMBER.
Where we declare our results
and then it would be effective
10 days after so that concludes
Staffs presentation, and we
re
happy to ask any answer any
questions or take any further
direction that you would like.
Okay. Thank you any questions
of staff from City Council? I
have one question just popped
up. Actually. I know we had a
good discussion about this
earlier. I. Guess my question
is Since a term limit is, I
guess, two years and above,
right? What if somebody was to
do let
s say six months or a
year How many times. Can they
do that. So if we have somebody
that comes in, for instance,
let
s say they get appointed
for a year and then let
s say,
maybe GOD forbid the next time
they get sick or something
happens. Do we also want to put
a limit on how many times they
can come back within that
shorter amount of time of the
two years. Does that make sense?
Um. It does we? That seems like
a very rare occurrence so far
in this city
s history, we
ve
pretty much just had a vacancy
occurs because the council
member is appointed to higher
office where there might be a
resignation of Stewart
s. We
haven
t had the experience, nor
am I aware of cities that
routinely have an experience
with multiple appointments of
the same person. If the council
would like to give us direction
on that we
re happy to take it.
And that
s the thing I
ve never
heard of that. I
m just saying,
like the there you go like the
what if, And so what if we just
put it in there and just say
Okay, this is maybe you can do
one of those and or whatever we
decide. Don
t. I don
t see the
need and we don
t have to. I
just thought of it. I was like,
I just want to make sure we
re
covering all bases. I
especially if you
ve got a
really qualified candidate like
a gene Wonderlic to be able to
come in and fill that gap until
the next election cycle. Why,
not keep using them. I mean or
her So, for instance, Maybe I
m
Just not explaining myself,
Right? So. Let
s say I get
appointed for a year. Okay, Um
and then I come back in and I
get elected because I I was I
did that great of a job and
then I get sick and then so I
like I have to take myself off
the dais because of whatever
illness or whatever that MAY be,
And, then I want to run again.
Like. How is are we? Are? We
okay with that to let them
continue to run, And if we are,
it
s fine. I just want to just
take a look at that. So okay
running, then just keep running.
I. Just. Want to make sure that
we
re covering all bases so we
can
t cover. Obviously, every
situation that ever comes up.
But if it
s less than two years,
and that
s what we decide on. I
think that
s totally fine.
Sounds good. Okay. Any other
questions of staff. Okay. If,
Not. Are there any public
comments on this item? There
are no public comments on this
item. We did have public
comments that were incorporated
on this item from previous
comments. Alright, we
ll go and
entertain a motion and a second.
I will motion second. Let us
vote. Council member brand.
It
s not working. Is it in the
affirmative, affirmative. Okay,
that passes 50. Thank you,
Everybody. All right, moving on
to our departmental reports.
These are all receiving file
will move to our items for
future agendas. Item, number
one is considered creation of
ad hoc subcommittee to discuss
to make the police department
at the request of Mayor pro Tim
Stewart. Alright MISTER Mr
Mayor. We have several public
comments on all of these and we
do have a total limit of 15
minutes. So can we go ahead and
here just from all four
speakers at this point that are
in person? Um. If that is the
mayor
s. Well, That Seems a
reasonable okay. Um. So at this
point, I will go ahead and
again. All the speakers have
Three minutes each, so we
ll
have Laurel Lamont to be
followed by Briana Mason. Hi so
I
m just here to encourage vote
for yes to place affordable
housing rent control on the
agenda. Going forward. I don
t
see us taking any extreme
action to help renters right
now. Obviously I show up for
attainable homeownership often.
And all things housing. We
re
drowning out here, and there
s
no sense of urgency and I know
city staff is designed to
advise you because you can
t
know everything if you need to
borrow some housing books have
plenty I can lend out. Um, but
you can
t know everything. So,
you have to rely on city staff.
Please do not take it to a
subcommittee. Please Do not let
it go to a subcommittee to sit
for a year. We Need Renters
need action Now we need we
re
long out before ever owning a
home here if ever going to be
able to own a home here and
there
s no home security and
rent There
s no home security
in it. We
ve created the access
to the lesser earning workforce
in the employment we have not
built for those employees. We
need some housing, security
housing security is exists in
affordable housing, rent
control. That
s a start. Let
s
please put it on the agenda.
Let
s not push it to a
subcommittee. Your staff is not
recognizing Erin Adams told me
in an email when the concerts
happened that you know where I
live was a choice. It
s not a
choice. We have an affordable
overlay zone for a reason. We
don
t have equitable housing
within your pretty pre planned
communities. I
ve seen it
before. I
m saying it again.
We
re not included. We
ve been
excluded. We weren
t
incorporated in the design.
Let
s talk about the start.
Let
s give us housing security.
Let
s put it on the agenda and
then let
s start talking about
attainable home ownership and
equitable opportunities in
existence of housing. And home
ownership. That
s my public
comment. Thank you. Thank you
next speaker. The. Next speaker
is Brianna Mason. Welcome.
Hello. Um, I
m going to
introduce myself as a person to
you before I make a demand. I
m,
a longtime resident of Temecula.
I
m, also resident in the old
town to make low affordable
housing. I
m, a single mother
to a disabled child. I
m a
caregiver to my 88 year old
grandmother. Um. I
m in social
work I
ve actually served for
child protective services here
for seven years in Temecula if
you
ve had Children or
grandchildren, and this goes
out, and I
ve probably service
their classmates helped their
parents to get over obstacles.
Mental health issues. Substance
abuse. Um Currently I work
under grant for the Office of
victims of crime, So. I
m
helping our community members
who are victims of various
crimes, domestic violence,
things like tha. Um. I want to
empower members of our
community and I need to start
with myself. I
m Very nervous
right now, So I apologize, but
I need to start with myself. Um
no one gets into social work
for the money. We all know that
And. I
m not rich in money, but
I am rich and how I care for
others and how I care for my
community. My special needs son
and I currently live in a
roughly 500 square foot, one
bedroom apartment. And. We soon
MAY not be able to afford even
living there. I represent a
social class who It
s taking
care of our Children, but also
taking care of our parents and
our grandparents. Excuse me.
And. We
re doing the best we
can. With an economy that is
working against us. It is no
longer Good for us to even go
to college. What is the point.
We come out with student debt.
And then we can
t even afford a
home in the community we
ve
grown up in So I
m asking that
you add Rent control and
affordable housing. Please.
We
re begging you. We are not
here with our hands out asking
for anything. We are just
asking to be able to live here
and we are not And a social
class right now. We are too
rich for assistance. But, we
are 24 poor to afford a home
here to rent here. Please help
us. Please help us. Thank you.
Specter here. The. Next speaker
is Brian Nash to be followed by
Daniel Kit. Welcome. How
s it
going? Um? I
m not gonna top
that. Thank you for being so
honest about all of this, Um
Jessica You said a few minutes
ago. It
s nice that the police
have somewhere Close to home
that they can spend, um, you
know, between work and home in
regard to the police station.
That
s what these guys are
asking for as well. Um, so
let
s talk around control. Got
an m b a from a top school.
I
ve spent my career in
financial services. I
understand investments as well
as anybody in this room. I get
why rent control feels like
something that
s challenging.
Something to bury in a
subcommittee. Something to do
away with this quickly and
quietly as possible, but
investments sometimes takes
formal ways We might not
necessarily consider By
imposing rent controls you
invest in our communities. You.
Invest our small businesses.
Hell even in the mega
corporations that make up a lot
of this area. Simply by helping
to provide all ready and
willing workforce proximal to
the people that they serve. We
already see the downsides of a
lack of run control. You
literally just saw it. People
are traveling from all over the
place to work jobs that can
t
cover their bills. While.
There
s some that MAY happily
boast about driving from GOD
knows where in California to
for a job. Who does that now?
The math just sometimes doesn
t
work. So. What happens? Workers
drop out of the labor force,
and we all feel it. This means
it takes longer for any of us
to get anything done. How. Much
productivity are each of us
losing every single week
waiting just a simple extra
couple minutes a day at
Starbucks or wherever As, the
man who took the man with the
yellow hat on his spirit Quest
in curious George, Very monkey,
Christmas, sai. It
s about
time. Time is an investment.
None of us think too much about
But it
s super important. More
time means more gets done,
which is good for all of us.
It
s good for Temecula. Let
s
also talk briefly about
Temecula, as young people were
aware of the brain drain that
happens after kids graduate
from high school around here or
maybe even a couple of years of
tuition Free college. Wouldn
t
be rad if we actually attracted
them to stay. And build
businesses or careers locally,
something that we have failed
miserably at forever. And all
it takes is actually making the
area remotely affordable. But
again. I know investing. I know
what people want to see? So
here we go. Rent control can
mean $5200 per year per person
per commuter. Imagine what the
people could do with that.
Think of the benefits to say
all down Temecula restaurants.
The Economic benefit is
undeniable if you wish to look
beyond a handful of wealthy
investors. So before we bury
rent control in some nebulous
committee. I think it
s
important that we actually
consider the trade off that
will lack around control
actually has on the growth of
Temecula. I believe it
s worth
serious consideration. Thanks.
Thank you next speaker are last
in person speaker is Daniel Kit.
Welcome. Good Evening. City
Council members, Mr Mayor Mayor
Pro tem and city staff. Thank
you for giving me this
opportunity to speak with you
this evening regarding the
formation of the ad hoc
committee to form a standalone
fire department. My name is
Daniel Kit and I
m, one of the
deputy district vice presidents
representing Cal fire. I f f
local to 881 in the Riverside
district. In my day job as we
call it. I
m, an engineer
paramedic assigned to our
county hazardous materials team
in Winchester. I wanted to take
this opportunity to speak on
the behalf of the 50 plus local
+281 members we represent in
the Temecula City contract. Cal
Fire, Riverside County fire and
local to anyone have enjoyed a
positive, prosperous
relationship with the city of
Temecula for decades. Temecula
contract is our flagship
schedule a contract in this
unit and in the state. In 2000
at the direction of the City
Council working with Cal fire
local to it. 81 and Cal Fire
management. Temecula is one of
the first cities in Riverside
County to add paramedics for
the protection of his residence.
In 2005, Riverside County, The
City Council approved and was
the first contract in Cal fire
Riverside County Fire to have
industry standard for o l s
municipal staffing on all city
fire engines. This brought the
city in line with industry
standard for als municipal
staffing on all city fire
engines. All. This was achieved
through the local control that
the City Council has
Cooperative fire protection is
the biggest benefit of
contracting with Cal Fire,
Riverside County Fire At any
given time 24 hours a day
Temecula is able to call on any
of Cal fire. Riverside County
fires 82 advanced life support
paramedic engine companies. A
trunk of a truck companies, six
urban search and Rescue Task
force is a full time staff os
type one hazmat team over a
dozen wild land fire engines
and the largest aerial
firefighting fleet in the world,
including tankers and
helicopters. Heavy equipment
such as Dozers and potentially
dozens of firefighting hand
crews. All of this is thanks to
your the City council
s
dedication to the citizens of
Temecula and the Professional.
Firefighters sworn to protect
them. In addition to all the
services above the five fire
stations serving the city of
Temecula are integrated part of
this community. Whether it be
dinner with a firefighter fire
station tours. High school
career Expos or the Fire
Explorer program for use
interested in pursuing a career
in the fire service. The
members of the Cal Fire,
Riverside County Fire and local
281 or 100% committed to the
citizens of Temecula. Our local
to 881 Professional
firefighters are some of the
best in the world and I would
put them up against any fire
department any day. In closing.
I would like to again. Thank
you for your time and for
letting me speak to you this
evening that Temecula City
Council has time and time again
shown its commitment to public
safety and its dedication to
Cal fire Riverside County fire
and we look forward to that
continued relationship. Thank
you. Thank you. MADAM City
clerk there anymore speakers,
Mr Mayor. We do not have any
other in person speakers. I
will say I have a number of
email comments so that emails
received from Uh Mark Darcy in
regards to the fire item and
the emails received from Sarah
Patton. Tammy Meyer, Lorne
Fournier Martha Howard,
Jennifer, Cornelius, Atlanta
Salyer and Melissa Bourbon is
regarding the affordable
housing rec control measure.
They will all be put into the
record. Okay? I appreciate that.
Okay Well, now move into item
number one, which is considered
creation of ad hoc subcommittee
to discuss to make a police
department at the request of
the airport. Tim Swart. You.
Now have the floor. Okay, so
basically I had a great meeting
with Sheriff Bianco on this
issue, and a couple of things
came out of it. He clarified
that Um. Our officers do not
have to leave. Macula if they
promote, which is was a big
sticky point for me. I I
understand that was a policy of
the previous sheriff. And so,
um, I didn
t realize that the
current sheriff does not have
that policy in place. So that
was a huge thing for me. Um,
also, he expressed. He totally
supports the idea of us having
our own police station in in
Temecula. And. He
s got. He
just built a police station in
a group of Valley, so that was
very encouraging to hear that
cost, and that
s why I wanted
to, um, put it in our budget
thought of a police station
within the city of Temecula. Um
So. I
m. I
m literally
withdrawing the idea of
starting our own pd, but I want
to push forward the idea of
bringing our sheriff
s officers
inside our city limits. Ah. I
feel That
s something that we
need to do as a city to show
our, um dedication to public
safety and, um and instead of
having a commuter police force
will have a police force that
actually exists within the city
of Temecula. So. That
s. That
s
where I
m going with that, as
far as I
m concerned, I
ve
talked to San Diego p. D
lieutenant, and he was talking
about the Incredible Um uh,
Time that they
re having with
attrition down in San Diego
that they have, literally even
if they filled their academy up
and every single guy passed,
they would still go negative
every year as far as how many
officers are terming out, you
know injury, um So I don
t want
the city to be in that kind of
a situation. So. That
s that
s
something i
m. I
m thinking I
don
t want to. I don
t want to
go down that route because
recruitment Is going to be a
lot harder than first
anticipated, and that was
something sheriff Bianca
pointed out, and I was able to
verify with several other
agencies. So, Um there
s is
just a huge struggle right now
to get anybody to want to do,
Um Policing work. So, um so I
m
in favor of keeping our shares
but keeping them inside our
city limits by building a
police station, creating
ownership, creating. Um, um
Just a better sense of public.
Um Appreciation and or
ownership, so That
s Where I so
I
m literally going to remove
the idea of creating our own pd,
But I want to kind of shift
into the police station model.
Okay? So. Is that a wholesale
removal of this? Yes. You want
to modify it to anything? Are,
you good with the current
public safety subcommittee we
have handling this. I mean, I.
Don
t think I
m on it, but I
would I would want I think a
separate subcommittee city
manager? What would you Say
about this. Yeah, we have a We
have a dedicated And this this
probably, um will be in
conflict with what you just
said. But. We have a dedicated,
um Had hock subcommittee. Is
that the surplus lands, public
safety ad hoc and in reading
the description The
subcommittee will work with
staff to evaluate and discuss
the city
s public safety
operations, opportunities for
efficiencies and other related
matters. This includes
evaluating alternatives to the
police base of operations
located at the South West
Station. Um And I Think Mayor
Pro tem. That
s what you
re
you
re asking for your correct
You
re not currently listed on
that council members, Alexander
and cafes are assigned to that
subcommittee, So I think that
would be something the council
needs to discuss. I don
t know
that you need to solve that. At
this moment. But. If this
becomes an agenda item in two
weeks. Ts something that
you
re going to need to Think
about if we want to assign
something completely different,
or if stew you want to replace
somebody on that ad hoc
subcommittee that
s also
available to the subcommittee.
But. We
re going to be looking
for council direction if this
goes forward Mhm. So So. Do. I
have to bring it back again Or
can we take it from here and
put it right on the agenda
recommendation Barring Peter
telling me we can
t do this.
This is more you Mayor Pro tem
Clarifying your future agenda
item, not the actual agenda
item itself, So. I
m
comfortable as long as you
re
clarifying for your colleagues
benefit What. It is that
they
re voting on this evening.
What. It is they
re not voting
on this evening and then voting
up or down If you want to see
this? Come back in two weeks.
I
m comfortable. In
clarification. What were you We
would be voting on is bringing
this back as only a discussion
and a police station model
versus a, um stand up p d. Okay.
And and and let
s just assume,
let
s play this out. Let
s that
this gets approved and it gets
on the agenda. We can have the
discussion about it
s just
appropriate for this current
subcommittee. And if we
d like
to make changes, and we could
do so at that time, right, so
we don
t necessarily have to
create anything new. We. Don
t
we already have the
infrastructure in place, so
Okay? I think we
re good, but I
want to open it up to any
questions of the balance of the
council if anyone
s insured, Mr
Mayor Pro tem. I do, um You had
mentioned earlier in the
meeting, and I think it can
t
get lost in this conversation
as it has your voting and you
want to bring stuff back. It
s
a little confusing, but I think
the mayor pro tem has kind of
like a two Really two things
that are connected.
Interconnected. One is the ad
hoc and the discussion on a
police station. And. Then,
There
s a correlating financial
policy. City Council policy
related to that action. I would
envision both of those being
part of any future staff report
for this council
s discussion.
Indirection. That makes sense,
doesn
t it would have to be.
Yeah. So, Mr mayor for
clarifying purposes, your
motion that you would be voting
up or down is whether or not to
consider the creation of an ad
hoc subcommittee to discuss the
Temecula sheriff
s station and
any related funding mechanisms.
Would you like to see that on a
future agenda? Yes, okay. So
entertain, So we have a motion
motion second it and let
s vote.
Council member Brown. Are you
in the primitive affirmative.
Thank you. Okay and that passes
50, and we
ll see that in two
weeks. Okay item number two is
considered creation of ad hoc
subcommittee to discuss
Temecula Fire department at the
request of council member cafes.
You have the floor. So when i
initially proposed this about a
month or so ago, my initial
thought was working alongside
Cal fire on strike teams and
different assignments. I always
thought that Cal fire deserve
more. And when I mean my
dessert more. I mean, I believe
that they deserve more pay, and
they deserve more Time off Cal
fire compared to a lot of
municipal departments work more.
And they aren
t compensated for
the work that they do. So when
I proposed this, my initial
thought was that
s what I
wanted for Cal fire and that
s
what I wanted for our
firefighters here in the city
of Temecula, But after doing my
own research of my own do
diligence. I realized that that
is something that Necessary
Let
s above Temecula City
councils around of authority,
and I
ve come to the conclusion
that Cal fire and more
specifically, Riverside County
fire provides the best fire and
emergency services to the
residents of Temecula and
therefore I will not be moving
forward with my request for
subcommittee for Temecula Fire
Department. Okay. Thank you
very much, noted. Okay. Item
number three. Consider Rent
Control Ordinance for
affordable housing at the
request of council members,
Stuart, you have the floor. All.
Right. So this is really
something that I just wanted to
daylight. And I I
m. I really
want to ask our city manager?
To come back and give a report
on what rent controls and what
does affordable housing. Look
like inter macula from from our
investment, you know, because
we have invested a lot of money
in the city of Temecula. Uh, in
affordable housing, and so and
what did the covenants look
like on the actual managers of
the buildings and the property
owners, and so I? For me it was
more just to clarify. What is
in place right now, so because
you can
t talk about something,
if you don
t know the answer,
and that
s and that
s what I
feel like. You know the
discussion was going on is, you
know MISS Lamont wants
something. And I need to know
what and I need the public to
know what we can and what we
can
t do. And. So, I. I
m just
asking us to have our city
manager. Or whoever he assigns
to come back and explain how
the covenants Ah, on, um, the
affordable housing. And. What
s
in the pipeline. What do we
have? What? How?Re we
affecting this community who
who basically feels faceless.
How, are we addressing their
needs? At a city level with
because I know we
re doing a
lot, but I don
t think the
public knows we
re doing a lot
so I would like to have that
report. Just the daylight, all
the information just so when
you know when we talk about
rent control We
re going to
find out. We already have it,
But I want that to come from
the city manager talking about
exactly what? What we have in
place already and Um So. That
s
what I
m, asking the council to
Take. This a little farther.
Alright, I
ll open up for any
quick questions from balance of
the council. Um, So. I
m not
seeing any So in instead you
re
asking, you know, not for rent
Control ordinance, but a
presentation on that
s what I
m
asking affordable housing and
right. Okay. Um I mean that
seems reasonable and I know
we
ve done them past meetings,
and I know, I
m even ready
Commission has seen him as well.
But. It
s definitely something
that it wears on your heart.
When you hear these stories,
and and I think it
s important
that we communicate that back
to the community, so I would
certainly support that, and Um.
I guess I
ll make the motion
motion so emotions you consider
So actually, Mr Mayor, You
don
t need to have a motion on
that and what I heard from
mayor pretension. Frank Stewart
is that he is pulling that item
and instead directing the city
manager to go ahead and bring
back a presentation. Okay? And.
That
s even cleaner process.
Okay, fantastic. Doesn
t work
since you
re since you
re
voting isn
t working. Okay? And.
Last item is Adam for is
considered the process for
placement of future agenda
items at the request of myself.
So, um You know when I first
came onto council, Um, you know
there was this. This feeling of
you would have to communicate
with your colleagues, right? I
remember sitting, you know for
the first First few meetings
and sort of understanding that
the dynamics of what it
s like
to work with the team and, um
and if there were some things
that I wanted to bring forward
and and I would I would reach
out to another council member
and and and say, Hey, I
ve got
this idea, you know? Would you
mind co sponsoring this with me
in bringing that forward? Um
and that worked, You know, I
think that was six or
historically, the unwritten
rules and we we we had to come
into an age is a city and
create policy, and I think it
s
important that we did create
the Policy, but but I see some
problems with it, and I think
Um, if we could have this
discussion at the council level,
we could address some of them,
Um, you know, and and just
really not to go too deep into
this, But, um, you know,
oftentimes we can start with
our city manager like that.
That
s important relationship
that we have, so we should work
with that, Um, we do have many
subcommittees. And. Um. We
heard the nefarious, you know,
send it to a subcommittee thing,
and I see the exact opposite of
that we can spend valuable time.
Looking at things through the
subcommittee. There
s various
other avenues for bringing
items to to To an agenda. The
most important is trying to
build consensus right and
obviously not building
consensus with everyone. But if
I want to bring something
forward, I want to have a
conversation with at least one
other colleague and say, Hey,
um, you know, What. Do. You
think about this, You know. Am
I in the right lane. And you
might say, yeah, that
s what I
could doodle stop, or you might
be like, Okay. That
s that
s
normal. Um So. That
s really
the conversation I want to have
about this? We
re having folks
come to the podium and say, I
want you to do this? I want you
to put an item on and we
re
sort of reacting to that We
re
spending a lot of time on these
future agenda items and we have
an infrastructure in place to
handle a bulk of this. These
asked, so I would just ask that
we place this on the future
engine item, we can have the
discussion and tighten up. Our
council policy at a future
meeting. So with that That
s my
motion, I
ll entertain a secon
Okay. We have a second Let us
vote. Affirmative. Yeah. We
have a one man. Let
s see. Yeah.
Okay, and that fastest 50. Okay.
Thank you everyone. City
managers report. Um, Yeah, MR.
Mayor. I just have a kind of
want to do a quick commercial
here. We don
t often talk about
a business incubator. The City
of Temecula has a business
incubator. It
s located over on
the West side. It
s doing
amazing things and something we
refer to it as t v e two.
Temecula Valley Entrepreneur
exchange, So I
m just going to
do a quick little commercial
for those that aren
t familiar
with what goes on there. You
can see on this slide here, um,
just like shark tank. We do
quick pitch competitions where
we coach folks that are
according investment into a
idea. Entrepreneurial spirit.
You can see there
s an in
person event there on APRIL
12th from 11 30 to 1. Next
slide, please. Um. We also
cater to veterans and I know
this is very important and so
you can see there. There
s a
list of sessions supporting our
veterans population and
starting a business
understanding your market
economics. Financing your
venture. Um a number of classes
and opportunities. Next slide,
please. Here
s another list of
just some random programs that
we picked that are coming up
and the next couple of weeks
marketing campaign strategy.
These are this is free advice.
This is free business advice
taught by legitimate business
owners that know their their
stuff. How to do business with
the city of Temecula. If you
re
interested, how to become one ur Valued contractors and
so attend a session on MARCH
16th next slide. And. Lastly.
Here
s some other practical
programs that are being offered
later in MARCH, whether it
s
ocean certification or
employment law, just a lot of
really great programs. Mary is
our incubator manager over
there. She
s doing a great job.
I know I send all the updates
to the City Council, but for
the general public and for our
business community, it is a
hidden gem. That sometimes
forgotten that it
s available
and out there. So with that, Um
I appreciate the opportunity to
show that this evening, Okay
thank you very much. Mr City
manager, Mr City attorney.
Anything this evening. I have
nothing further. GOD. Darn it.
i was looking forward to
hearing you Talk a little bit.
I do have a long list of topics
I could Okay. No. All, Right.
Thank you, sir. Okay with that
we
ll go ahead and move to our
adjournment if we could put up
a quick slide. Um, this is Ted
Hoffman. He is the mayor pro
tem of the city of Norco. And,
sadly, Ted passed in his sleep
just a few days ago. We We have
served. Many of us has served
with Ted over the years. Um and
he is a gem. He was a gem. Um.
He was obviously a value to
regional leader. The time I
served with him on Arte. He
always had poignant questions
and very thoughtful comments.
And. He always did what he
thought was best for Norco and
the citizens of Riverside
County. So with that we will be
adjourning are meeting this
evening in memory of Ted
Hoffman MAY arrest in peace,