[0:21] Steve ridden from Cross Point

[0:23] Church for the invocation and

[0:24] follow by pastor. It

[0:25] s going to

[0:28] be the flag salute by MR. Jake

[0:30] and MR. Reed Watson, so if we

[0:37] can all please stand.

[0:38] Thank you for the privilege of

[0:39] being here with all of you

[0:40] today. Just a couple of quick

[0:41] comments. I

[0:41] m not going to

[0:42] preach a sermon or take an

[0:44] offering, I promise, but we

[0:44] ve

[0:45] had the chance to work with the

[0:47] city on several occasions, and

[0:48] the stories you hear from

[0:49] people as though the city is

[0:50] this, and you have trouble.

[0:51] Every time I

[0:51] ve worked with

[0:54] your staff here, uh, Christine

[0:56] Demko, Tanis. Carlos and plant

[0:58] checking Gus and code

[0:59] enforcement. Elsa and fire.

[1:00] Margot and community

[1:02] development have been a dream.

[1:03] Have been awesome to work with.

[1:04] So whatever you

[1:05] re paying them,

[1:06] you have to give them a raise.

[1:06] They

[1:08] re fantastic. Let

[1:08] s pray.

[1:12] Jesus, today, uh, we recognize

[1:14] at the foundation of all this,

[1:17] all of all this, that, uh, our

[1:19] resources, our positions, our

[1:21] power, our authority, all of

[1:24] it. Ultimately is derived from

[1:25] you and comes from you. We

[1:25] re

[1:26] grateful for what you

[1:26] ve given

[1:28] us. GOD, I pray for these men

[1:30] and women, for the the

[1:31] business, the work they are

[1:32] doing today, the decisions

[1:32] they

[1:34] re making today. They

[1:35] would do all this in a way that

[1:37] helps people best and honors

[1:40] you. The greatest. Amen.

[1:43] Amen. Pastor Steve, thank you.

[1:44] All right. And next we are

[1:46] going to call up, uh, MR. Jake

[1:49] and MR. Reed Watson. The Watson

[1:52] boys. Hi, guys. All right. And

[1:52] they

[1:54] re going to be doing the

[2:01] flag solution for us.

[2:05] Okay. You.

[2:07] Put your right hand over your

[2:11] heart. Ready? Begin. I pledge

[2:14] allegiance to the flag of the

[2:17] United States of America. And

[2:20] to republic for which it

[2:24] stands. One nation under GOD,

[2:26] indivisible, with liberty and

[2:28] justice for all.

[2:29] Great job. Gentlemen, come on

[2:32] up. Great job. Come on up. Come

[2:35] on up.

[2:39] I appreciate you guys.

[2:40] Awesome job, guys. Really,

[2:45] really good. So just let

[2:47] everybody know each each city

[2:48] council meeting. We are calling

[2:51] up a really, like, young kids

[2:53] high school and under to come

[2:55] up and do the flag salute. So I

[2:56] always put it out there. If you

[2:58] have anybody or know anybody

[2:59] who you know is in high school

[3:01] or below and can do the flag

[3:03] salute, please let us know.

[3:05] Alrighty. That being said,

[3:05] we

[3:06] re going to move into our

[3:08] roll call if we can please

[3:09] start that and get a roll call,

[3:09] ma

[3:12] am. Yes, mayor Alexander,

[3:12] I

[3:14] m here. Councilmember calf is

[3:15] here. Council Member Ryan here.

[3:16] Council member Schwenk here.

[3:18] And council member Stewart.

[3:19] Outstanding. Okay. So we

[3:20] re all

[3:21] here. Let

[3:22] s start out. Uh,

[3:22] we

[3:23] re going to we have four

[3:25] presentations today. Our first

[3:27] one is going to be, uh,

[3:29] regarding the 250th anniversary

[3:29] for the United States of

[3:31] America. So we always have a

[3:33] quote this year from our

[3:35] founding fathers. But I think,

[3:37] Stu, you have two quotes that

[3:37] you

[3:37] re going to add, which I

[3:39] was really appreciative of. So

[3:39] I

[3:40] m going to roll it to you.

[3:44] All right. So I believe we have

[3:49] a, uh, slide. There we go. The

[3:51] purpose of money is to purchase

[3:53] the freedom to pursue that

[3:55] which was useful and

[3:58] interesting. And this is a

[4:00] whole different quote. When you

[4:03] run in debt, you give another

[4:05] person, you give another power

[4:08] over your liberty. And so this

[4:10] is kind of apropos for the city

[4:13] of Temecula, because we use

[4:15] that money for really, really

[4:18] good purposes. Um, and one of

[4:20] those purposes is to get out of

[4:21] debt. So we

[4:23] re literally a debt

[4:26] free city in about 4 or 5 more

[4:28] weeks, we will be completely

[4:30] pension obligation free. We

[4:30] ve

[4:34] been, uh, facilities debt free

[4:37] for about a year now. And so,

[4:41] um, just using the money in the

[4:46] most effective way is, is how

[4:51] you control, uh. People from

[4:53] controlling you. And so, so by

[4:55] staying out of debt, by using

[4:57] the money for good purposes,

[5:00] such as parks and, uh, we

[5:01] ve

[5:01] we

[5:04] ve done so much with it

[5:06] while paying down the debt. So

[5:10] really, we with the pickleball

[5:14] and the, uh, the, uh, skate

[5:17] park and the roller rink, all

[5:19] this was done while we were

[5:21] still paying down our debt. So?

[5:21] So it

[5:23] s amazing once you once

[5:24] you get control of your

[5:26] finances, what a difference

[5:28] that can make in government and

[5:30] in your own personal life. So

[5:31] thank you.

[5:33] All right. Great job. Thank you

[5:35] very much. Sue. All right. The

[5:37] next presentation is going to

[5:40] be read by myself. And it

[5:40] s a

[5:42] presentation of certificate of

[5:44] a recognition to Dorothy

[5:44] Skidmore. We

[5:45] re also known as

[5:47] Dottie, recognizing her for her

[5:49] 102nd birthday. So she was

[5:50] supposed to be here with us

[5:53] today. And to my understanding,

[5:53] she

[5:54] s watching online. So if

[5:55] everybody can say happy

[5:59] birthday, happy birthday, I was

[6:00] going to sing to her. But I

[6:01] think that would take some

[6:02] time. Um, but I just I

[6:02] m

[6:03] putting a little shout out as

[6:04] well, because I

[6:05] m planning on

[6:07] actually going to our house to

[6:08] present this certificate, so I

[6:08] don

[6:09] t know if she knows that.

[6:10] So here within the next couple

[6:12] of weeks or today possibly as

[6:14] well. So with that, I

[6:14] d like to

[6:15] just read off the certificate

[6:17] of congratulations to, uh, MISS

[6:20] Dottie, the City of Temecula

[6:21] wishes you the warmest

[6:23] congratulations on celebrating

[6:25] your 102nd birthday this year.

[6:27] In addition to reaching a

[6:29] milestone age, we would like to

[6:31] proudly recognize the time,

[6:33] talent, and dedication you

[6:35] contributed to our community.

[6:36] We are grateful for your

[6:39] service on the p-38 Aircraft

[6:42] Association or Association at

[6:45] MARCH Air Force Base and Marine

[6:47] Corps League Detachment 1057,

[6:50] in southwest Riverside County

[6:51] and in the Marietta City

[6:53] Veterans Memorial Committee.

[6:54] The City of Temecula

[6:56] congratulates you and wishes

[6:58] you many more enjoyable years

[6:59] with your family and your

[7:01] friends. Dottie, we just can

[7:01] t

[7:03] thank you enough for being 102

[7:05] and allowing us to be able to

[7:06] congratulate you on such a

[7:08] wonderful day. We wish you a

[7:10] happy birthday and many more.

[7:10] So I

[7:11] ll be seeing you here

[7:13] shortly. Alright, so that being

[7:16] said, uh, the next one is going

[7:19] to be a presentation by MR.

[7:20] Scott. I want to say this

[7:23] right. Rainer Ranger I see.

[7:25] Okay, there we go. Of the Rose

[7:26] Haven Heritage Garden if you

[7:27] would like to come up. And I

[7:28] think you have a couple of

[7:29] people that you want to bring

[7:33] up with you just to point out

[7:33] what we

[7:35] re doing today. So once

[7:37] a month we have a local

[7:39] nonprofit coming out to be able

[7:40] to highlight what they do

[7:41] within the community, uh, how

[7:43] they, how they, they serve

[7:45] others, what that looks like.

[7:46] And serving others look so

[7:48] different. And so I wanted to

[7:49] be able to bring up different

[7:51] nonprofits, similar to the Rose

[7:53] Haven Heritage Garden, to just

[7:55] kind of show off what they do

[7:55] and what they

[7:56] re needing, and

[7:57] how our community can get

[7:59] involved as community service

[8:01] community here in our city. So

[8:02] I want to just say one thing

[8:04] before you start. Sure. I had

[8:07] individuals call after our

[8:09] state of the city and say,

[8:10] literally tell me that they

[8:12] went to the Rose Haven after

[8:13] state of the city because they

[8:13] didn

[8:14] t even know what existed.

[8:15] So we

[8:16] re super excited you

[8:16] re

[8:16] here. We

[8:17] re thankful, and I

[8:17] m

[8:18] going to have you take it away

[8:19] from now.

[8:20] Well, thank you so much, mayor,

[8:22] and I do appreciate the support

[8:22] you

[8:24] ve given us to help us

[8:26] increase our visibility. So on

[8:28] behalf of the Temecula Valley

[8:30] Rose society and the Rose Haven

[8:32] Heritage Garden, thank you for

[8:34] the opportunity to share with

[8:36] you our new video, Extending

[8:38] the Legacy of Rose Haven,

[8:41] produced by the Media Lab,

[8:43] which is a film and media

[8:45] school in Temecula providing

[8:47] vocational skills training to

[8:50] adults with disabilities.

[8:52] Established in 2020, Media Lab

[8:54] has grown from six students to

[8:57] a current roster of 85, all of

[8:58] whom are given the opportunity

[9:00] to learn how to write scripts,

[9:02] run cameras, perform, edit and

[9:05] distribute their work on media.

[9:08] The Media Lab has also produced,

[9:10] uh, video collaborations with

[9:12] the city of Temecula. Zach, you

[9:14] MAY know that from your state

[9:16] of the city address that he did

[9:17] a video for you, so you have

[9:20] some knowledge. Having produced

[9:22] our video pro bono, we felt

[9:24] they deserved some well-earned

[9:28] community recognition. So let

[9:29] me introduce Patrick Merrill

[9:32] with the Media Lab. Patrick,

[9:32] we

[9:34] re so appreciative of your

[9:36] video, which will support us as

[9:37] we celebrate our 35th

[9:41] anniversary in OCTOBER of 26.

[9:42] The Media Lab website. If you

[9:44] want to learn more, the Media

[9:48] labs, the Media Lab. With that,

[9:50] please run the video.

[9:53] Thank you.

[9:54] Welcome to our garden. I

[9:55] ve

[9:56] been with the society since we

[9:58] started in 1990.

[10:00] In the newspaper one day there

[10:03] was a little notice about a

[10:05] beginning road society, and so

[10:06] I went to the meeting. Rebecca

[10:08] was there and we started the

[10:10] Rosa. About a year later, bill

[10:13] Johnson does this corner lot.

[10:14] He said we could plant a rose

[10:15] garden here. And we started

[10:17] with about 400 rose bushes.

[10:19] Here we are today, 35 years

[10:22] later with a beautiful spot.

[10:24] So I joined the newly formed

[10:27] Rose society and decided that I

[10:29] would become a consulting rose

[10:31] in creating a garden like this

[10:33] require not only money, we

[10:33] don

[10:35] t have government support.

[10:37] We do ask for donations of

[10:39] people who visit the garden.

[10:41] Also the volunteers to make it

[10:46] happen.

[10:46] I

[10:48] m a volunteer here at Rose

[10:49] Haven Heritage Garden. I

[10:49] m also

[10:50] on the board for the Temecula

[10:53] Valley Rose society, and it

[10:55] means I get to be hands on in

[10:56] the garden as much as I like.

[10:57] So by being part of the Rose

[11:00] Haven Committee, we understand

[11:01] each of the areas of the garden

[11:03] and what needs work and who can

[11:04] come and volunteer. And it

[11:04] s

[11:05] just a learning process too.

[11:06] It

[11:08] s a lot of fun to learn. You

[11:10] know, to see the joy that

[11:12] people have when they come here

[11:15] overflowing with emotion and

[11:16] how beautiful it is. They thank

[11:17] us for all the work that we do.

[11:18] So it

[11:19] s just we see how much

[11:21] people enjoy it. Such a zen

[11:22] full experience. You just sit

[11:23] there and see all the little

[11:24] critters that are out here. We

[11:25] can hear the fountain. If

[11:25] you

[11:26] re working in certain

[11:26] parts, you

[11:27] re just out in

[11:27] nature. Everything that

[11:28] s in

[11:29] your head just goes away and

[11:29] you

[11:30] re just focused on what

[11:30] s

[11:32] in front of you.

[11:36] This is truly a garden that is

[11:38] here for our area and serves a

[11:40] great purpose to not only our

[11:41] whole garden, but all the

[11:43] gardens around us. The

[11:45] pollinator garden was developed

[11:50] in 2024 with the global message

[11:53] of climate change and caring

[11:56] for the Earth. As an overall,

[11:58] you know, having all native

[12:00] Southern California plants

[12:02] planted in this garden, that is

[12:04] what attracts the native

[12:06] Southern California

[12:08] pollinators. Our bees that are

[12:10] native to Southern California

[12:12] are mason bees. They

[12:12] re great

[12:15] pollinators. The type of

[12:17] habitat that we have created

[12:19] for them with tubes allow them

[12:22] to reproduce and pollinate our

[12:27] plants.

[12:27] But it wasn

[12:29] t until I had a

[12:32] health issue that took me to

[12:35] the hospital nearby. I would

[12:37] stop here at the garden on the

[12:39] way home from the hospital,

[12:41] just to catch my breath,

[12:44] meditate, reflect. Just

[12:46] enjoying the peacefulness of

[12:49] this garden. I would meet the

[12:52] people who were volunteering

[12:53] here and decided to get

[12:55] involved. So I encourage other

[12:58] people if they have time or

[13:00] inclination to volunteer. We

[13:01] certainly could use your help

[13:05] here in the garden.

[13:06] People take pictures of

[13:07] flowers, but it

[13:07] s better to be

[13:09] with the flowers. They have the

[13:11] flower right in front of you.

[13:11] That

[13:13] s more exciting. You know,

[13:13] that

[13:14] s what an artist does, is

[13:16] engage with nature. And he was

[13:18] like, when you really stare up

[13:20] and just study the contours of

[13:23] a plant or whatever subject is,

[13:23] you

[13:31] re touching it in a way.

[13:33] The American Rose society,

[13:35] which our local society is a

[13:37] part of, is a member of the

[13:40] World Federation Rose society

[13:42] at their conference every three

[13:45] years, there are inducted

[13:47] into the Hall of Fame. The

[13:47] reason they

[13:49] re inducted is that

[13:51] the roses perform around the

[13:54] world. If you see a rose here

[13:56] in our Hall of Fame, you will

[13:58] know that it is a rose that you

[14:00] can put it in your own garden

[14:03] and it will perform well. And

[14:03] we

[14:06] re not just roses. We have

[14:08] so many different environments

[14:12] within the entire rose garden.

[14:14] So if you want to see what

[14:16] plants that grow well in this

[14:19] community, Rose Haven is worth

[14:31] your time to come and visit.

[14:32] It provides.

[14:33] A place for people.

[14:35] To come and sit and listen to

[14:38] the water fall. And reflect.

[14:39] In an urban environment, it

[14:39] s

[14:40] hard.

[14:40] To.

[14:41] Find a place like this.

[14:43] It was started by.

[14:46] A group of. Rose enthusiasts

[14:47] and they were gifted the

[14:49] opportunity to plant roses

[14:50] here, and they

[14:51] ve turned it

[14:52] into what you

[14:52] ve been able to

[14:56] see as the. Most gorgeous and.

[14:58] Only true public.

[15:00] Garden in Temecula. The

[15:02] Rosamond Heritage. Garden is

[15:04] totally supported by

[15:04] volunteers.

[15:05] Everything you.

[15:06] See is.

[15:07] Done by volunteers, whether

[15:08] it

[15:08] s.

[15:08] Pruning, it

[15:10] s fertilizing, it

[15:10] s

[15:11] mulching, it

[15:12] s raking, it

[15:13] s

[15:14] taking care of the weeds. We

[15:17] also need donors. Every single

[15:19] thing that you donate goes to.

[15:22] Maintain this garden. We want

[15:24] you to be involved. Go to our

[15:26] Instagram, our Facebook page,

[15:29] your time is the most

[15:31] important. Element of keeping

[15:43] this garden alive and well.

[15:44] Scott, do you want to come back

[15:45] up? Do you have anything else

[15:49] left to say? Said it all,

[15:49] didn

[15:50] t it?

[15:51] Thank you very much for all

[15:53] your support. And we

[15:54] re looking

[15:55] forward to the many things

[15:56] we

[15:56] re going to be doing with

[15:58] the city and the year ahead,

[16:00] including our summer camps for

[16:03] youth. Uh, first time that the

[16:06] program of Temecula is offering

[16:08] youth garden camps. So put in a

[16:10] plug for that as well.

[16:11] Thank you, thank you. If I can

[16:13] ask one last question, if

[16:13] there

[16:15] s one, 2 or 3 things that

[16:17] your organization needs, what

[16:19] does that look like?

[16:22] Well, um, donors. Okay.

[16:26] Volunteers, memrs.

[16:27] Love that.

[16:28] Those are our three buckets of,

[16:30] you know, of interest. But

[16:33] being totally, um, volunteer

[16:35] run and donation funded and

[16:36] going into our 35th

[16:37] anniversary, that

[16:38] s what we

[16:40] need. We need, um, corporate

[16:42] and individual sponsorship and

[16:45] donation support and volunteers

[16:47] to help us both in the garden

[16:49] and organizationally. Because

[16:51] as you can imagine, and as you

[16:53] can see in the legacy video,

[16:57] um, those who I call the OGs,

[16:59] the original gardeners, we

[16:59] re

[17:00] getting a little older. We need

[17:02] a new wave of talent coming in

[17:04] from a volunteer standpoint.

[17:06] So I love that. Thank you.

[17:07] Well, I just want to thank you

[17:08] and your team for all that you

[17:09] guys do. And thank you again

[17:10] for doing the wonderful video

[17:12] with your team as well. So

[17:15] thank you very much.

[17:18] Thank you guys for making.

[17:19] Okay.

[17:21] All right okay. So that will

[17:23] conclude our presentations.

[17:24] MADAM Mayor we

[17:24] re.

[17:26] Going to go ahead and go back.

[17:27] Oh yes. We still have one more

[17:27] don

[17:28] t we.

[17:28] The mayor

[17:31] s trophy. Um, yes.

[17:32] I want to save the best for

[17:33] last two.

[17:33] It

[17:34] s wonderful.

[17:35] This was great. All right, so

[17:35] I

[17:36] m going to call down my

[17:38] entire team up here if we can.

[17:39] All the council members, and I

[17:40] believe you are going to read

[17:41] off the names.

[17:41] I

[17:42] m happy to do that.

[17:43] Thank you very much. All right,

[17:43] let

[17:44] s do it.

[17:45] And as the council is

[17:47] approaching the podium, we will

[17:48] note that the California

[17:49] mayor

[17:50] s Cyber Cup event focuses

[17:52] on the regional importance of

[17:54] cybersecurity education and

[17:55] community engagement by

[17:57] providing a platform that

[17:59] allows all students to engage

[18:01] and grow their skills. Students

[18:02] work together in teams to

[18:04] compete and solve various

[18:05] challenges related to

[18:07] cybersecurity and information

[18:09] technology. The city of

[18:11] Temecula congratulates the team

[18:13] again for placing first in the

[18:14] high school division, and

[18:17] wishes you continued success in

[18:19] future endeavors. And today, we

[18:22] have with us Coach Chris Meglio

[18:26] and six individual students

[18:29] Geek Williams, Terrence Cota,

[18:34] Ophelia, Rudra, Goa, Kevin Cao,

[18:38] Albert Alberto Cota, Polo, and

[18:41] Cheyenne Ahmed. Welcome guys

[18:42] and gals.

[18:44] All right, we got everybody up

[18:45] here that

[18:48] s here today. Okay,

[18:49] well, first off, I just want to

[18:51] just say congratulations to you

[18:53] guys. A lot of hard work being

[18:55] put in. And again, you know,

[18:55] you

[18:56] re always bringing this

[18:57] trophy back. So I very

[18:59] appreciative. And I

[18:59] d like to

[19:00] be able to take a picture and

[19:02] then see if any of our council

[19:03] members has anything else to

[19:06] say and go from there. And then

[19:07] we

[19:07] re going to end up also

[19:09] handing out medals to all of

[19:09] you as well. So I think we

[19:10] re

[19:11] going to have the mayor pro tem

[19:12] do that part, and we

[19:12] ll hand

[19:13] out the certificates as well.

[19:15] And um, yeah, let

[19:15] s do let

[19:16] s do

[19:17] a photo first and we

[19:17] ll go from

[19:27] there.

[19:34] Yeah, yeah. All right. Ready

[19:44] one. Perfect. One more, one

[20:08] more. Yep. Two, three.

[20:09] Outstanding. All right, well,

[20:09] let

[20:11] s do this. If I can have a

[20:12] mayor pro tem. And, Steve, if

[20:13] you guys want to come down here

[20:17] on this end and we will have

[20:19] each one of you guys come down

[20:19] and we

[20:20] ll put the medals on you

[20:21] guys, as well as shake your

[20:22] hands and congratulate you

[20:24] guys. So let

[20:25] s first do I

[20:25] m

[20:26] going to really push these

[20:28] names. Um, I

[20:28] m going to just

[20:29] say the first name. So let

[20:29] s do

[20:32] coach first. Coach come on

[20:34] down. Thank you for all you.

[20:39] Did.

[20:41] Oh he. Just he just says this

[20:43] is last day for in retirement

[20:44] as far as for doing this.

[20:49] So congratulations on you..

[20:51] All right MR. Rio. Who

[20:53] s Rio.

[20:53] Hi, Rio.

[20:55] Congratulations.

[20:57] Thank you very much. Great job.

[21:00] And then here you go. All

[21:05] right. Uh, the next one is is

[21:07] it Terence? I say that right.

[21:09] All right, there you go.

[21:11] Congratulations. All right.

[21:12] Thank you very much for your

[21:14] hard work and dedication. All

[21:19] right. Shot shy. Cheyenne. I

[21:20] see that right. There we go.

[21:22] There you go, sir. Great job.

[21:26] Congratulations. Okay, MR.

[21:28] Williams, I

[21:29] m going to do I

[21:29] m

[21:30] gonna do your last name first.

[21:31] There you go. How do you say

[21:33] your first name? Gokey. All

[21:34] right, well, great job. Thank

[21:37] you.

[21:38] All right.

[21:41] Kakao.

[21:41] Whoops.

[21:42] Whoops. I

[21:42] m dropping your

[21:44] certificate, MR. Kevin. And how

[21:46] do you say your last name? How

[21:47] nice to meet you. And

[21:48] congratulations. All right,

[21:49] sir, thank you very much.

[21:51] Great job.

[21:53] Alberto, how do you say your

[21:56] last name? Yeah. That. Okay.

[21:58] There you go.

[21:59] Congratulations.

[22:04] Thank you very much. All right.

[22:04] I

[22:05] m going to pass this down to

[22:06] see if any of my colleagues

[22:06] have.

[22:08] Any.

[22:10] There are a lot smarter than I

[22:10] am. That

[22:12] s all I can say. I I

[22:12] m

[22:14] always amazed every time I see

[22:15] this group of kids and what

[22:17] they actually do is pretty

[22:18] crazy.

[22:19] So.

[22:21] Congratulations.

[22:22] Yeah, I love the Stem programs.

[22:23] Love what you guys do. I

[22:23] m

[22:24] sorry to hear it

[22:24] s it

[22:25] s you.

[22:25] Did I hear it

[22:26] s your last year?

[22:28] This is my last day. So

[22:28] they

[22:28] ve.

[22:29] Won.

[22:30] Three of the last four. Wow.

[22:31] And they

[22:32] re set up to do really

[22:33] well next year with our new

[22:34] coach.

[22:35] Wonderful. Well, thank you for

[22:37] all your hard work and guys.

[22:39] Congratulations.

[22:40] Yeah. Thank you very much.

[22:41] For all.

[22:42] Your hard work. And then to.

[22:43] The team we

[22:43] re just really

[22:44] proud of you. You can bring

[22:46] this cup back. So just way to

[22:47] represent Temecula so well.

[22:47] Thank you.

[22:50] Great job.

[22:54] I, I also hello.

[22:54] Hello.

[22:55] All right I

[22:56] m so sorry. It

[22:56] s my

[23:02] first time with this mic.

[23:06] All right. Hello. Excuse me.

[23:06] I

[23:07] ll just pop left. Um, I just

[23:08] want to say thank you to the

[23:10] city of Temecula. I want to say

[23:11] thank you to Great Oaks High

[23:12] School. I want to say thank you

[23:14] to MR. Fish and Michio for all

[23:15] his medication and for the

[23:16] city

[23:17] s dedication to

[23:18] cybersecurity and education and

[23:21] career education. And I also

[23:23] have a medal for MISS, uh,

[23:25] Mayor Alexandra, uh, to

[23:27] congratulate her for her

[23:30] leadership. Um, and, uh, you

[23:51] know, um, thank you. Thank you

[23:59] for to my.

[24:02] You see all sorts of things

[24:18] online.

[24:19] Oh.

[24:23] Thank you.

[24:24] Yes.

[24:25] Oh, yeah. Even if someone was

[24:30] older. Yeah.

[24:47] Thank.

[24:49] Luke.

[24:53] Just.

[24:53] It

[24:55] s on.

[24:55] It

[25:01] s cool.

[25:02] Alrighty, gentlemen, to the

[25:03] team again. Congratulations.

[25:04] And thank you for your hard

[25:08] work and dedication. All right,

[25:08] now, we

[25:09] ve gone through all of

[25:10] our presentations. Is that

[25:11] correct, ma

[25:11] am? Thank you for

[25:13] keeping me in check here. Uh,

[25:15] the next one is boarding

[25:16] commissions, which we have no

[25:18] reports on. Next one is our

[25:20] amazing public safety report

[25:22] done by the County of Riverside

[25:22] Sheriff

[25:23] s Department Chief Mark

[25:24] Ghaly.

[25:25] Amazing indeed, ma

[25:26] am. Thank

[25:28] you. Uh, mayor Alexandria

[25:30] council, city staff members of

[25:31] the public. Good afternoon.

[25:31] It

[25:33] s a pleasure to be with you.

[25:34] Next slide please. I

[25:35] ve just

[25:37] some stats for you and then

[25:37] some information I

[25:37] m going to

[25:38] share with you about our core

[25:42] team. Um, here we have a slide

[25:44] for first slide. Total calls

[25:46] for service for MAY 2026. Uh,

[25:52] came in 5857 calls graph

[25:53] beneath that MAY calls for

[25:55] service priorities one through

[25:57] four. Uh, priority one calls

[25:59] that came in at 73. Priority to

[26:01] that just over 2000 priority

[26:04] threes 2480. And priority four

[26:06] is at 1240. Next slide please.

[26:09] Again a breakdown um of our

[26:10] priority calls one through four

[26:12] and the pie chart. And in the

[26:13] upper right corner you see that

[26:14] the average response times

[26:17] priority one calls list a

[26:18] little over six minutes. Uh,

[26:20] response time to our priority

[26:22] one calls, 11 minutes to

[26:24] priority two, 16 and 21 to our

[26:26] threes and fours. Nothing

[26:27] surprising there. It

[26:27] s about

[26:29] what we average. Next slide

[26:31] please. So I have some stats up

[26:32] there for you about our core

[26:34] team. And I have a little, um,

[26:34] information that I

[26:35] m going to

[26:37] share with you about that. Um,

[26:39] and see the stats for JANUARY

[26:41] through MAY of 2026. Area

[26:43] checks, camp checks. And so

[26:44] down the left side there. So

[26:45] our core team, which operates

[26:47] from the Old Town Sheriff

[26:47] s

[26:48] substation, focuses on

[26:49] improving quality of life

[26:50] throughout the city by

[26:52] combining outreach, enforcement

[26:53] and problem solving, working

[26:55] closely with seized swag,

[26:57] behavioral health professionals

[26:59] and other community partners.

[27:00] Core deputies address ongoing

[27:02] community concerns while

[27:03] helping connect individuals and

[27:05] families with available

[27:08] resources and services. The

[27:09] statistics displayed on the

[27:11] screen provide a snapshot of

[27:12] the team

[27:13] s activity each month

[27:14] since the beginning of the

[27:15] year. While a number of

[27:16] themselves are important, they

[27:18] only tell part of the story.

[27:21] Each outreach attempt a camp

[27:22] check, a pedestrian contact

[27:24] represents an opportunity to

[27:26] engage with individuals in

[27:27] need, address community

[27:29] concerns, and connect people

[27:30] with services that can help

[27:32] improve their circumstances.

[27:34] One recent success story

[27:35] highlights the impact of this

[27:37] collaborative approach, and

[27:38] demonstrates how consistent

[27:40] outreach, enforcement, and

[27:43] partnership between core Swag

[27:45] and other service providers can

[27:47] produce meaningful results. For

[27:48] years, core deputies and Swag

[27:50] personnel worked with an

[27:51] individual who had become well

[27:53] known throughout the community

[27:54] due to chronic homelessness,

[27:56] substance abuse, and repeated

[27:58] contacts with law enforcement.

[28:00] Despite numerous outreach

[28:01] efforts and offers of

[28:03] assistance, he was often

[28:05] unwilling or unable to accept

[28:09] help. Following a recent arrest

[28:11] and period of incarceration, he

[28:12] experienced what he described

[28:16] as, quote, a moment of clarity

[28:17] and reached out seeking

[28:18] treatment with the assistance

[28:20] of swag and community partners.

[28:22] He was successfully connected

[28:24] to a sobering center and later

[28:25] transferred into a treatment

[28:27] program. Perhaps most

[28:29] importantly, he shared that the

[28:30] consistent encouragement and

[28:31] support he received from core

[28:33] deputies from Swag and city

[28:35] staff over the years left a

[28:37] lasting impression on him, even

[28:38] during times when he was not

[28:40] receptive to help. He

[28:42] specifically credited those

[28:43] efforts as one of the reasons

[28:45] he ultimately chose to begin

[28:47] his recovery journey. While

[28:49] every situation is unique, the

[28:50] story demonstrates the value of

[28:51] Temecula collaborative approach

[28:53] to addressing homelessness and

[28:55] quality of life concerns by

[28:55] combining outreach,

[28:57] accountability, and access to

[29:00] services. Core Swag and other

[29:01] community partners continue

[29:03] creating opportunities for

[29:05] positive change while enhancing

[29:06] the quality of life throughout

[29:09] our community. And so, uh, I

[29:10] would just add that I

[29:11] m

[29:13] extremely proud of my core

[29:15] deputies and the work that all

[29:18] the city staff does and swag.

[29:19] Uh, it is not an easy space to

[29:21] operate in. It

[29:21] s often

[29:22] thankless. It

[29:25] s, um, something

[29:26] that not everybody can do or

[29:28] has the ability or patience or

[29:29] willingness to do. But I think,

[29:33] again, this example, um,

[29:34] demonstrates the importance

[29:36] that we continue this

[29:38] collaborative effort to address

[29:39] this issue in our community.

[29:43] And, um, it certainly is, um,

[29:45] wonderful to see the success,

[29:47] the success stories that can

[29:49] come about when people finally

[29:50] reach the point where they

[29:50] re

[29:52] ready to make a change for

[29:54] themselves. And so, again, uh,

[29:55] just a good example of that.

[29:56] And it

[29:57] s something that I will

[29:58] continue to encourage the core

[30:00] deputies and the city staff to,

[30:02] to continue to push forward in

[30:04] that space. So unless there

[30:04] s

[30:05] any questions for me, uh, that

[30:07] will conclude my public safety

[30:07] report.

[30:10] Any questions for my colleagues?

[30:12] No. Okay. You guys are all

[30:13] doing a great job. Thank you,

[30:14] thank you. Keep up the great

[30:16] work. All right. Next we

[30:16] re

[30:17] going to move into public

[30:19] comment, uh, for non-agenda

[30:21] items, do we have any public

[30:22] comments?

[30:23] Yes, MADAM Mayor, we have four

[30:26] public comments on non-agenda

[30:28] items. There are no other

[30:29] public comments on any portion

[30:31] of the agenda item. Each

[30:32] speaker will be limited to

[30:34] three minutes pursuant to the

[30:36] rules listed on the agenda. The

[30:39] first speaker is Susan Witten,

[30:46] to be followed by Laura Lamont.

[30:47] Spring rose.

[30:49] Hi, MISS Susan, good to see

[30:50] you.

[30:51] Um.

[30:51] I just.

[30:53] Want to say thank you. And to

[30:56] echo what Scott has talked

[30:57] about today, after you

[30:58] ve seen

[31:00] the beautiful, um, video, but

[31:01] also the one that you all

[31:02] produced for the state of the

[31:04] city. I have shared that with

[31:06] all of my friends and family.

[31:06] They

[31:06] re sick of it. It

[31:07] s like,

[31:09] why? Because it

[31:10] s beautiful.

[31:12] Um, so we want to just say

[31:14] thank you for all the things

[31:14] that you

[31:15] ve helped us with this

[31:16] year as a non-profit

[31:18] organization. We started the

[31:20] year with a grant for tools

[31:22] that enable us to to provide

[31:24] the right kinds of tools for

[31:25] the right kinds of activities

[31:27] throughout the garden, for the

[31:28] folks who come for our

[31:30] educational classes. And this

[31:32] summer, with the science camp,

[31:33] all of the kids will have their

[31:36] own tools to work with. So it

[31:37] is a wonderful project that

[31:38] we

[31:39] re thankful that we got the

[31:42] funding. Um, we also got the

[31:44] buckets for the composting,

[31:45] which I was here a couple of

[31:47] times to get more of them, and

[31:49] we had 40 moms and daughters

[31:51] who actually donated compost

[31:52] throughout the year. So that

[31:55] was 930 hours of community

[31:56] service that they earned by

[31:58] bringing compost to our rose

[32:00] garden. And we use that in the

[32:01] garden, but we also give it out

[32:04] to the community as well. And

[32:06] then, uh, the last thing was

[32:07] the end of the year

[32:08] collaboration with the

[32:10] Community Services department,

[32:12] um, to put on the science camp,

[32:12] which we

[32:14] re extremely excited

[32:16] about. So we have future garden

[32:17] scientists within our midst.

[32:19] And for all those kids who

[32:19] maybe don

[32:21] t have a garden, this

[32:22] is a wonderful opportunity. So

[32:24] we just wanted to say thank you

[32:26] and come and smell the roses.

[32:27] All right. Thank you Susan.

[32:28] Always great to see you, ma

[32:32] am.

[32:35] Next up is Laura Lamont, to be

[32:38] followed by Steven Gerrard.

[32:39] How are you, Laurel.

[32:41] Hi.

[32:41] All right. I

[32:42] m going to try

[32:43] something a little different.

[32:44] Instead of talking about

[32:46] warehouse at Creekside, let

[32:47] s

[32:53] talk about your local workforce.

[32:56] Where in Temecula can a full

[32:59] time grocery worker afford to

[33:02] live? Without it being

[33:05] combative, I just challenge

[33:06] every single one of you to go

[33:08] back home tonight and really

[33:11] give that some thought. Have

[33:12] that conversation when they

[33:12] re

[33:16] bagging your groceries because

[33:16] it

[33:18] s not transitional work.

[33:18] It

[33:20] s full time employment and

[33:25] the local workforce is here to

[33:26] be accessible to the

[33:29] homeowners. But without a

[33:32] diversity of housing stock, we

[33:32] don

[33:35] t have room or the space

[33:38] for the workforce. We

[33:39] ve got to

[33:44] create a solution to this. My

[33:47] son turned 21st JUNE first and

[33:48] I apologize. I couldn

[33:49] t be here

[33:50] at that last meeting. That

[33:52] massive power line meeting. I

[33:53] was at a therapy appointment

[33:58] with my son because a single

[34:01] mom raising a boy without a

[34:04] grandparent or a father figure,

[34:08] just myself. Somebody who chose

[34:10] to produce a child and bring a

[34:13] child into the world. I didn

[34:13] t

[34:16] choose abortion. I have been

[34:18] housing insecure for his entire

[34:20] life, but I have been fully

[34:27] employed my entire life. My

[34:30] last two paychecks, 1514

[34:32] hundred, my rent in an

[34:33] affordable apartment in

[34:38] Temecula, $2,250. That

[34:39] s not

[34:43] affordable. That

[34:46] s not doable.

[34:46] That

[34:48] s more expensive than some

[34:51] homeowners mortgages in this

[34:59] city. I am asking you, as my

[35:01] representatives, as this

[35:02] community

[35:04] s representatives, to

[35:08] have this dialogue. Stu, I

[35:09] m. I

[35:10] keep looking at you because I,

[35:12] I, I just know that you have

[35:15] this really good heart, and you

[35:16] always kind of

[35:20] self-deprecating, but you are a

[35:23] numbers guy. You are a data

[35:25] guy. Brendon. You already know

[35:26] I like you and I value you and

[35:28] I respect you and Matt Ron as

[35:29] well. The other two, I don

[35:29] t

[35:32] know. But just look at this.

[35:32] Let

[35:34] s have this dialogue. It

[35:34] s

[35:36] not an impractical dialogue to

[35:39] have. Thank you.

[35:40] Thank you so much for your

[35:42] comments.

[35:45] The next speaker is Steven

[35:48] Gerrard. Sadowski to be

[35:49] followed by our last speaker,

[35:51] Isabelle.

[35:57] Hello, Steven.

[36:04] Looking good.

[36:06] Good afternoon, beloved mayor.

[36:09] Council citizens of Temecula. I

[36:11] am lay brother Steven Gerrard,

[36:12] said I

[36:14] m delighted to be back

[36:15] in your wonderful city of

[36:18] Temecula and I love roses. I

[36:21] love gardening, uh, a lot, lot,

[36:21] lot that

[36:22] s going on here. Very

[36:25] professional city council. Uh,

[36:26] for those of you who don

[36:26] t know

[36:29] it, I traveled the country, uh,

[36:30] amplifying a new pro-life

[36:33] possibility. That pro-life

[36:36] possibility is called usa pre

[36:38] born personhood cities. I

[36:38] ve

[36:40] left a wonderful Bible bookmark

[36:42] with your staff for all of you.

[36:45] Uh, the mayor and council. Uh,

[36:49] step one of the. Let

[36:50] s retract

[36:51] a little bit. I was able to

[36:54] make it to your California

[36:56] MARCH for life. Uh, in

[36:58] Sacramento in mid MARCH. And I

[37:00] can attest that about 4000

[37:02] citizens showed up and were

[37:04] very exuberant about the

[37:06] sanctity of life. And there

[37:06] s

[37:08] some pictures right there which

[37:10] justify that. And I

[37:11] m delighted

[37:12] to let you know that they

[37:14] support new usa pre born

[37:17] personhood cities. My goal is

[37:19] to get you to move in the new

[37:20] direction. I think you

[37:20] ll be

[37:23] interested in it. We can do it

[37:24] because of the us Supreme

[37:27] Court. Dobbs decision. Step one

[37:29] is to pass a pre born

[37:32] personhood resolution. That

[37:32] s

[37:34] step one. And I

[37:34] m providing you

[37:36] a copy of one of those

[37:39] resolutions. Step two the

[37:41] citizens now have the ability

[37:44] to actually vote in pre born

[37:46] personhood language into a

[37:47] charter. Now you

[37:49] re a new city.

[37:51] I think you started in 1989. As

[37:53] your symbol indicates. So you

[37:55] would go ahead and form a

[37:58] charter commission in the

[37:59] future and you would establish

[38:02] your city charter, and then you

[38:03] would bring me in. I have the

[38:05] preamble covenant language for

[38:07] the charter. I can tell you

[38:09] that that language has already

[38:10] been published in newspapers.

[38:10] There

[38:12] s an example of one of my

[38:14] efforts in the United States.

[38:17] By doing so, you will become on

[38:18] the East Coast. We call it safe

[38:21] cities. But actually right here

[38:22] I prefer that you just call it

[38:25] a safe, pre born personhood

[38:27] city. This is a new direction

[38:29] for pro-life in America. My

[38:31] goal is to transform the

[38:33] culture of death into the

[38:34] sanctity of life. We can do

[38:36] that because of the us Supreme

[38:38] Court. Dobbs decision. I

[38:38] d like

[38:40] to end with a song on the

[38:43] Bible. Bookmark by Ann Delaney,

[38:46] Menlo Park cancer survivor who

[38:48] let the bleeding.

[38:52] Hearts, who let the beating

[38:56] heart show you there is life in

[38:58] the womb.

[39:00] GOD bless you. Email me and

[39:01] text me. I

[39:01] ll be happy to give

[39:03] you all the education. Thank

[39:04] you for all your love of the

[39:05] city.

[39:06] Thank you sir for coming.

[39:08] In. And the last speaker is

[39:25] Isabel.

[39:26] Afternoon, Isabel.

[39:28] Hello, my name is Isabel. I

[39:29] didn

[39:31] t prepare a speech today

[39:33] for the Rose Haven Garden. I

[39:34] just want you to know if you

[39:34] re

[39:36] still here. Um, the orange and

[39:38] black koi fish has a hook in

[39:39] its mouth. I told one of the

[39:40] volunteers, but it

[39:40] s still

[39:41] there. When I went back the

[39:43] next day. You

[39:44] re welcome. Um,

[39:44] I

[39:46] ve been homeless 18 months,

[39:48] going on 19. I have actually

[39:50] asked for help. And as someone

[39:51] who has experienced

[39:53] homelessness firsthand, I have

[39:55] witnessed all the brokenness in

[39:57] the system. And I think it

[39:57] s

[39:58] important not to just focus on

[40:00] the positive, because in doing

[40:02] so, you ignore the suffering

[40:03] that people actually have to

[40:05] endure. And it does not bring

[40:07] effective solutions to people

[40:10] who have to try to navigate a

[40:10] system they don

[40:11] t know much

[40:15] about. I overheard a woman who

[40:17] was leaving a dv domestic

[40:19] violence situation saying that

[40:20] the shelter didn

[40:20] t open until

[40:23] Monday, and it was a Friday.

[40:23] There

[40:24] s been a lot of different

[40:26] encounters, stories that I

[40:26] ve

[40:27] heard, and I understand people

[40:28] can turn their lives around,

[40:29] but when the odds are stacked

[40:31] against them and they have

[40:34] asked for help repeatedly and

[40:36] their personal autonomy is

[40:38] something that is in my

[40:41] particular circumstances,

[40:42] seemingly wanting to be taken

[40:45] away from me. I don

[40:45] t think

[40:45] that

[40:47] s acceptable. We do have a

[40:49] us Constitution where I know we

[40:51] have rights. We have civil

[40:52] rights as well as freedom of

[40:54] religion. I have peacefully

[40:56] protested outside of the city

[40:57] hall and law enforcement

[40:59] officers had told me that the

[41:01] city told me that they wanted

[41:03] me off their property, even

[41:04] though it was public property,

[41:05] and I have a right to

[41:08] peacefully protest. And it just

[41:08] seems that it

[41:09] s okay that if a

[41:11] human being suffers in silence,

[41:12] so long as it

[41:14] s not in your

[41:17] face where people are aware of

[41:18] it. And I don

[41:19] t think that

[41:19] s

[41:20] okay. And I don

[41:20] t think that

[41:21] s

[41:22] excusable. And I

[41:23] m not here to

[41:25] a place blame. But just to

[41:28] point out how inhumane it is

[41:29] and how there

[41:30] s different ways

[41:32] of handling things. I overheard

[41:34] the officer, Mark, expressing

[41:36] how he helps individuals who go

[41:37] through homelessness and

[41:38] oftentimes doesn

[41:38] t get thanked

[41:41] for it. When an individual has

[41:43] been very, very, very

[41:44] traumatized, they

[41:45] re not in a

[41:47] state or a place to be

[41:49] thankful. If someone goes out

[41:50] and saves an individual who is

[41:53] drowning, or is a lifeguard

[41:54] going to get angry at that

[41:55] person for hitting them in the

[41:55] head while they

[41:56] re wailing

[41:57] their hands, just trying to

[41:59] stay afloat? There

[41:59] s a lot of

[42:01] brokenness in the system, and

[42:01] I

[42:03] ve spoken many times, and I

[42:03] think it

[42:05] s just a shame. I

[42:05] think it

[42:07] s a shame and it

[42:07] s

[42:09] heartbreaking because real day

[42:12] suffering has happened in many

[42:12] people

[42:13] s lives, and sometimes

[42:15] they need help. But when trust

[42:15] is broken, it

[42:16] s broken. And

[42:17] oftentimes it can

[42:17] t always be

[42:20] repaired. I have spent so many

[42:22] nights in my life where I have

[42:24] had sheer panic, terror and

[42:27] fear, trusting nobody. And

[42:27] that

[42:28] s not an exaggeration.

[42:29] And that

[42:30] s your time.

[42:30] I

[42:31] m well aware. Thank you

[42:32] Jessica.

[42:32] Thank you ma

[42:37] am. All right,

[42:37] let

[42:39] s move on to the next is

[42:40] going to be our city Council

[42:41] reports. Would any of my

[42:43] colleagues like to go first on

[42:47] that one? All right, MR. Stew.

[42:51] I believe I have a slide. All

[42:53] right. Summer concert series

[42:56] starts Thursday, two days. Um,

[42:59] first one is Pulp Vixen, which

[43:02] is always entertaining. Um,

[43:04] this is this is, to me, one of

[43:06] the one of my other favorite

[43:08] times of the year is summertime

[43:09] concerts. And this year we

[43:10] re

[43:11] having eight concerts instead

[43:14] of the normal five. And, um,

[43:15] what

[43:16] s really cool about these

[43:18] events is the fact that you see

[43:20] neighbors sitting with

[43:22] neighbors, and it

[43:23] s just it

[43:25] really brings the community

[43:27] together and there

[43:27] s no

[43:30] politics in concerts or in

[43:31] music. It

[43:31] s just it

[43:32] s just

[43:34] beautiful music and it

[43:35] s just a

[43:37] lot of fun. So if you get a

[43:40] chance, come out this Thursday,

[43:42] get here before seven, because

[43:43] it usually fills up pretty

[43:44] good. So if you get here around

[43:46] six and there

[43:46] s going to be

[43:49] food vendors on the outside of

[43:50] the quad, they

[43:52] re so, uh, come

[43:54] down, have a little snack

[43:57] before the concert series. But

[43:57] it

[43:59] s always, always a lot of

[44:00] fun. So that

[44:01] s that.

[44:03] All right. Thank you. Stu.

[44:05] Matt. Anything? All right. Move

[44:07] to my left. Go ahead.

[44:08] Back. Yeah. Thank you very

[44:09] much, MADAM Mayor. I have a

[44:10] couple of slides and a quick

[44:13] reel. I wanted to put together

[44:15] a team to support habitat for

[44:17] humanity Inland Valley. So

[44:17] they

[44:18] re doing this playhouse

[44:20] blitz at Storm Stadium on JUNE

[44:23] 26th from 9 to 1. Um, if anyone

[44:24] would like to join me in

[44:26] building this playhouse, I

[44:26] d be

[44:28] more than happy to let you join

[44:29] the team. So it

[44:29] s whether it

[44:29] s

[44:30] my colleagues or someone on

[44:32] city staff or just anyone out

[44:34] in the community. Uh, join me

[44:36] while we do some good for

[44:38] habitat for humanity. And I

[44:38] m

[44:39] pretty sure you get to enjoy a

[44:40] baseball game as well, so that

[44:43] should be a fun day. Um, if we

[44:46] could go to the. Okay, we can

[44:47] do this one. Uh, so, you know,

[44:48] through, you know, city

[44:49] council, I

[44:50] ve met some really

[44:51] great people. And one of those,

[44:53] uh, persons is, uh, Bridget

[44:54] Morris is a COUNCILWOMAN In

[44:56] Wilda Moore. And through her, I

[44:57] met some really cool willed

[44:59] Martians. And they do this, um,

[45:02] taco bike ride in Willmar, and

[45:02] they

[45:03] re doing one. They

[45:03] re

[45:04] actually coming down to

[45:05] Temecula. So if anyone would

[45:08] want to, uh, to join us on that

[45:09] ride, it

[45:10] ll be next Tuesday.

[45:10] We

[45:11] ll meet at the Stampede

[45:12] parking lot at 620, and we

[45:13] re

[45:14] gonna ride to Los Tacos over by

[45:16] Chaparral High School, and then

[45:16] we

[45:17] ll ride back. So just kind

[45:20] of a fun, fun evening. Uh,

[45:21] supporting local businesses.

[45:25] And 250 tacos, $2.50 tacos. So

[45:25] you can

[45:27] t really beat that. And

[45:29] then the last one will be this

[45:30] slide. So we

[45:30] re always working

[45:32] on ways to improve our parks.

[45:34] And one of those is restrooms.

[45:36] And so we continually get

[45:38] requests for restrooms in our

[45:40] parks. And over the last few

[45:40] years, we

[45:42] ve updated quite a

[45:44] few of our parks. And this year

[45:44] we have we

[45:46] ll be unveiling

[45:46] actually, they

[45:48] re open now, but

[45:49] two new restrooms, one at Long

[45:51] Canyon Creek Park and the other

[45:52] at Vail Ranch Park. So if we

[45:53] could roll that reel.

[45:54] Hey everyone, it

[45:54] s Mike Wooten

[45:55] again, and we have an important

[45:57] update on the Long Canyon Creek

[45:59] and Vail Ranch parks. And yes,

[45:59] it

[46:01] s about bathrooms. It

[46:02] s not

[46:03] every day we leave with the

[46:04] bathroom story, but when nature

[46:05] calls, local government

[46:07] answers. You probably heard us

[46:08] talking about these restroom

[46:09] projects for a while now, and

[46:09] we

[46:10] re excited to say they

[46:10] re no

[46:12] longer just coming soon. The

[46:13] restrooms are open, fully

[46:15] operational, and helping make

[46:15] everyone

[46:16] s life a little bit

[46:18] easier at the parks. So next

[46:18] time you

[46:19] re out enjoying one of

[46:20] these parks, you can rest easy

[46:22] knowing that these facilities

[46:23] are up and running. I know it

[46:23] s

[46:24] not the flashiest project we

[46:24] ve

[46:26] covered, but it might be one of

[46:34] the most appreciated.

[46:36] And that is the progress report

[46:37] for our bathrooms. And

[46:38] definitely like the restrooms

[46:39] are certainly like one of the

[46:41] most appreciated items in our

[46:41] parks, whether you

[46:42] re with your

[46:43] littles or if you

[46:43] re out on a

[46:45] run or a ride or something and

[46:47] need water and a restroom. But

[46:48] these on your map in there are

[46:49] now two new restrooms in our

[46:50] parks, and we

[46:51] ll be looking to

[46:53] add more in the future. All

[46:53] right. Thank you.

[46:55] Great information. We all need

[46:59] bathrooms. Uh, Cal us. You

[47:00] don

[47:01] t have anything. Okay. All

[47:01] right. I

[47:02] m just going to kick

[47:03] it off real quick here. We

[47:03] ll

[47:05] start out with the last meeting

[47:07] that I had just last week with

[47:08] the mayor

[47:09] s roundtable. So I

[47:12] had an opportunity for our JUNE

[47:14] roundtable to bring in

[47:16] businesses of all types, uh,

[47:17] and talking really about

[47:18] economic development and what

[47:19] that looks like in our city. We

[47:21] brought in our staff to be able

[47:22] to have those conversations as

[47:25] well and see what is going

[47:27] really, really well and where

[47:29] we need to continue to do

[47:30] better here as a city with our

[47:32] businesses. We end up having

[47:34] the chamber come in. We had,

[47:36] uh, manufacturers come in

[47:38] coffee shop, uh, you know, let

[47:40] me see. We we brought in a

[47:41] coffee shop. We we invited

[47:43] them. We had invited medical

[47:46] old town, uh, retailer, small

[47:47] businesses. The mall,

[47:48] restaurant, entertainment,

[47:50] private schools and large

[47:51] retailers as well. So we really

[47:54] wanted to look at a variety of

[47:56] different businesses and see

[47:58] how we can collaborate and work

[48:00] together and see where really

[48:02] we can continue to improve as a

[48:03] city and looking at what not

[48:05] only that they need, but also

[48:06] our community needs. So I just

[48:07] want to give a shout out to

[48:09] each one of those who came, uh,

[48:11] brought great information and

[48:12] we were able to take some of

[48:14] that back and be able to

[48:15] utilize it, whether it

[48:15] s

[48:17] economic development or even

[48:19] other areas. So I just want to

[48:20] say thank you to them and also

[48:21] to the team for putting that

[48:24] together. Uh, the next slide

[48:26] please. Next one, I want to

[48:27] invite everybody to come out.

[48:30] This has been something that

[48:30] we

[48:30] ve been talking about for

[48:32] the last few months and has

[48:33] quickly unfolded. I just want

[48:36] to say thank you to our us

[48:37] representative, Darrell Issa,

[48:39] our Congressman. We have a

[48:41] gentleman here who is a Chief

[48:43] Warrant Officer, Eric Howe with

[48:44] the United States Marine Corps.

[48:47] And we are going to, uh,

[48:49] basically be over in are we

[48:51] doing it in front or. Betsy,

[48:51] we

[48:52] re doing it right here.

[48:52] That

[48:54] s right. Uh, for his

[48:56] heroic actions during, uh,

[48:57] during the time of the us

[48:59] embassy in Panama invasion in

[49:01] 1989. So he is going to be

[49:03] finally receiving his award of

[49:04] Foreign Service Award for

[49:07] heroism. So we are very excited

[49:08] and thankful that, uh,

[49:09] Congressman Darrell Issa is

[49:11] going to come and represent and

[49:13] present that to him. But I also

[49:14] want to just put that out to

[49:16] the public for anybody. And

[49:17] Temecula and beyond, to be able

[49:19] to come out and just be able to

[49:20] be there and be a part of that.

[49:23] So that was that one. Uh, next

[49:25] slide please, for 4th of JULY.

[49:28] And finishing on this, we have

[49:29] the 4th of JULY parade coming

[49:31] up. Everybody should know by

[49:33] now is our 250th birthday. And

[49:35] we really want to make this

[49:38] something special. And our team

[49:39] is really doing a great job

[49:41] being able to reach out to

[49:42] people. We still have more

[49:43] entries left, and it

[49:44] s going to

[49:45] be closing down, I believe in

[49:46] about a week if I

[49:47] m correct as

[49:49] a team shaking their head. And

[49:49] so i

[49:51] m very excited for that.

[49:52] But I we want to make sure we

[49:53] can fill up all those entries,

[49:53] but we

[49:54] d also like to see the

[49:55] entire community come out for

[49:56] the 4th of JULY parade,

[49:58] obviously, 4th of JULY on

[50:00] Saturday, and that is going to

[50:02] be here on Front Street, along

[50:04] with our 4th of JULY fun and

[50:06] fireworks on Saturday, 4th of

[50:08] JULY, uh, from 2 to 10 at

[50:09] Ronald Reagan Sports Park. So

[50:11] come on out. Enjoy. It

[50:11] s going

[50:13] to be a great time as always,

[50:15] and I just want to just just

[50:16] speak out to the to the lady

[50:20] that that came last. Um, just

[50:21] want to speak out to the

[50:23] community first. Really. You

[50:24] know, having been on this

[50:25] council now for six and a half

[50:26] years, it

[50:27] s been an honor and a

[50:29] pleasure working with everybody

[50:32] from community services to

[50:34] swag, uh, to the nonprofits.

[50:37] And I can definitely sit here

[50:41] and say, 110% that this city

[50:43] does everything it can to be

[50:45] able to support individuals who

[50:47] are dealing with homeless

[50:49] issues, and there is not one

[50:51] person that ever comes before

[50:53] any of us that we ever want to

[50:56] shun away or say, you

[50:56] re not

[50:58] worthy. And so to that woman

[51:00] that came, please come back,

[51:02] reach out to myself. I would

[51:03] love to be able to sit with

[51:03] you. I think I

[51:04] ve said that

[51:06] before, but we have an

[51:08] incredible community here, and

[51:10] this community does not look at

[51:12] homelessness lightly. And we

[51:13] will continue to work hard in

[51:15] making sure that everybody who

[51:17] wants a home has a pathway to

[51:19] get into a home. And today, I

[51:20] just had an incredible

[51:22] opportunity to sit with some

[51:24] ladies who were leaders in

[51:25] nonprofits. And what we

[51:25] re

[51:27] looking at possibly doing in

[51:28] the future and how we can

[51:30] continue to work together. So

[51:31] for that woman, please come

[51:33] back, reach out to me via

[51:34] email, or just come back to

[51:36] City Hall. So with that, we

[51:37] re

[51:40] going to move on to our consent

[51:43] calendar. And we have 11 items

[51:44] today. And I

[51:45] ll read the titles

[51:47] to them. Number one is the

[51:49] waive reading of titles and

[51:50] texts of all ordinances and

[51:51] resolutions included in the

[51:53] agenda. Number two, approve

[51:55] action minutes of MAY 21st,

[51:58] 2026 to MAY 26th, 2026. Number

[52:00] three approved list of demands.

[52:02] Number four adopt resolutio

[52:04] approving the Statement of

[52:06] Investment Policy and

[52:07] delegating investment authority

[52:09] to the City Treasurer. Number

[52:11] five adopt list of projects to

[52:15] be funded by Senate Bill sb one

[52:18] for fiscal year 2026, 2027.

[52:20] Number six approve city

[52:22] sponsorship contribution to

[52:24] Mount sac College tribute

[52:26] campaign supporting University

[52:27] Center efforts and student

[52:30] success initiatives. Number

[52:32] seven Award construction

[52:33] contract to the Vance

[52:35] Corporation for the road for

[52:36] the road Pavement

[52:41] Rehabilitation Project 2505

[52:42] number eight approved First

[52:44] Amendment with County of River

[52:46] Riverside. For library services

[52:48] at the Ronald h. Roberts

[52:50] Temecula Public Library.

[52:52] Library number nine. Approve

[52:53] First Amendment to minor

[52:54] maintenance agreement with

[52:56] Computer Alert Systems, Inc.

[52:58] For fire and security alarm

[53:00] monitoring services for fiscal

[53:03] year 2026 2027. Number ten

[53:04] adopt resolution declaring an

[53:06] emergency condition for the

[53:08] repair and replacement of the

[53:10] storm drain along Inez Road and

[53:12] declaring the public interest

[53:14] and necessity requirements work

[53:15] to be performed without

[53:17] competitive bidding pursuant to

[53:19] Public Contract Code Section

[53:26] 1102, 21, 68 and 22050, and our

[53:28] last one, number 11, accept

[53:30] improvements and file the

[53:32] notice of completion for

[53:34] sidewalks, paver road projects.

[53:37] 1920. Unless I have, my

[53:38] colleagues would like to pull

[53:40] an item. Can I get a motion of

[53:41] approval?

[53:41] I

[53:43] ll move consent second.

[53:44] Okay, let

[53:47] s vote. All right.

[53:49] Uh, City clerk, I am going to

[53:49] yay on everything, and I

[53:50] m

[53:52] going to say nay to number six,

[53:55] please.

[53:56] That will be the same for me,

[54:00] MADAM City clerk.

[54:02] For the record, I just noted

[54:06] two nays on number six, and you

[54:08] can go ahead and vote on the

[54:10] full consent calendar. Now.

[54:17] Thank you very much. All right.

[54:19] And that motion passes five

[54:20] zero. Thank you to my

[54:23] colleagues. All right. Next, I

[54:23] think I

[54:24] m passing this over to

[54:25] Stu for community service

[54:27] district. But before that,

[54:27] we

[54:28] re going to recess the city

[54:30] council meeting, uh, to

[54:32] scheduled meetings of this, uh,

[54:33] of the Temecula community

[54:34] services District, the

[54:36] successor agency to the

[54:37] Temecula Redevelopment Agency

[54:39] and the Temecula Housing

[54:40] Authority and or the Temecula

[54:42] Public Financing Authority.

[54:44] Over to you, Stu, for community

[54:45] services.

[54:48] All right. I will, uh, begin

[54:50] the Temecula community service

[54:52] meeting. Uh, MADAM Secretary,

[54:52] please note, we

[54:53] re all still

[54:55] here. Are there any public

[54:57] comments? Okay. Seeing none, we

[54:59] have only one item which is

[55:00] approved. Action

[55:04] Minutes of MAY 26th, 2026.

[55:04] I

[55:05] ll move the item.

[55:06] Second.

[55:06] It

[55:07] s been moved and seconded.

[55:15] Please vote. And that passes

[55:17] five zero. So, do we have a

[55:17] director

[55:19] s report?

[55:20] We do indeed. We have several

[55:20] items. We

[55:21] d like to bring

[55:21] everybody

[55:23] s attention to. First

[55:24] and foremost, we have the

[55:25] summer reading program over at

[55:26] the library. So this is a

[55:29] beloved annual tradition where

[55:30] for six weeks in the summer,

[55:32] you can go to the library every

[55:32] single week. There are

[55:34] different activities. Every

[55:35] Wednesday is Wacky Wednesday,

[55:36] and there

[55:37] s a fun activity for

[55:38] everyone. There are reading

[55:40] clubs and challenges for all

[55:40] ages. There

[55:41] s face painting.

[55:42] It

[55:43] s just an amazing,

[55:45] absolutely free resource for

[55:46] families in the community. So I

[55:47] encourage everyone to take

[55:49] advantage of this. Uh, that

[55:51] began yesterday on JUNE 8th and

[55:52] it will run for the rest of the

[55:52] summer, so don

[55:53] t MISS It. Next

[55:55] slide please. Over at the Mary

[55:57] Phillips Senior Center, we host

[55:59] a cool and a warm center. And

[56:00] basically what that means is

[56:01] during the summer months when

[56:01] it

[56:02] s hot out, if you are

[56:03] suffering from the heat and you

[56:05] need a place of respite, you

[56:06] can go to Mary Phillips Senior

[56:08] Center, have some water, sit,

[56:09] enjoy the company, and just be

[56:10] in a place that is nice and

[56:12] cool. And in the winter, same

[56:13] thing. We offer a warm center

[56:15] so that will be operational as

[56:16] the cool center from JUNE 1st

[56:18] through OCTOBER 15th of this

[56:20] year. Next slide please. And

[56:22] then we have coming up on

[56:23] Saturday our Juneteenth Culture

[56:25] days over at Sam Hicks Monument

[56:26] Park. That will be from 11 A.M.

[56:28] To 1 P.M.. Like all of our

[56:28] culture days, we

[56:29] re going to

[56:30] have some great food, music,

[56:31] crafts and entertainment.

[56:34] Again, great free event for

[56:35] families of all ages to come

[56:37] and enjoy. Next slide please.

[56:38] And last but not least, I

[56:39] wanted to mention our summer

[56:41] fun camps. Starting this week

[56:42] we have summer fun camps on

[56:43] just about every topic you can

[56:45] imagine. You can register for

[56:47] these classes and the one that

[56:48] the Rose society was mentioning

[56:49] earlier about our gardening

[56:51] science camp, which is going to

[56:53] be for kids 6 to 13 years old.

[56:54] You can register for all of

[56:57] these camps at Temecula, gov.

[56:59] Classes. We have things for

[57:00] every interest fitting, every

[57:01] time slot. I mean, there

[57:01] s just

[57:03] a ton of activities this summer

[57:04] for your kids to take part in.

[57:06] And that concludes my report.

[57:10] Right. And General managers

[57:13] report. Nothing further. All

[57:16] right. Any directors nones. We

[57:17] will adjourn until the next

[57:19] one.

[57:21] All right. And we are going to

[57:22] reconvene the Temecula City

[57:24] Council meeting. All right. I

[57:24] d

[57:26] like to call to order a joint

[57:28] meeting for the city council.

[57:29] Temecula community Services

[57:31] district and successor agency

[57:33] to the Temecula agency to the

[57:34] Temecula Redevelopment Agency.

[57:36] So this will be our joint

[57:38] public meeting or joint hearing.

[57:40] Uh, number three, we are going

[57:42] to talk about thepproval for

[57:45] fiscal years 2027 through 31,

[57:47] capital improvement, cip to

[57:49] adopt fiscal year 2026 through

[57:51] 27, cip and annual operating

[57:52] budgets for the city of

[57:54] Temecula. The Temecula

[57:55] Community Services District,

[57:56] and the successor agency to the

[57:59] Redevelopment Agency. And I

[58:01] would ask if Jennifer Hennessey

[58:02] can please give us our staff

[58:02] report.

[58:03] Sure.

[58:04] Thank you. Yes, ma

[58:04] am.

[58:05] Good afternoon.

[58:07] Mayor, city council members.

[58:07] Today

[58:08] s presentation will be an

[58:10] abbreviated version of the

[58:11] annual operating budget and

[58:12] capital improvement program

[58:14] that was presented in detail

[58:14] during the council

[58:15] s budget

[58:19] workshop held on MAY 21st. Will

[58:20] provide the highlights of the

[58:22] General Fund measure s and csd

[58:23] funds, as well as the city

[58:24] s

[58:26] Capital Improvement Program. I

[58:28] will also summarize updates to

[58:30] the budget policies and review

[58:31] the actions taken at the budget

[58:33] workshop that will be included

[58:34] in the final budget. If

[58:37] approved today. The General

[58:38] Fund serves as the city

[58:39] s

[58:40] primary operating fund and

[58:42] provides the funding required

[58:43] to deliver public safety,

[58:45] public works, community

[58:46] development and administrative

[58:47] services to the City of

[58:50] Temecula. General fund revenue

[58:52] is projected to reach $126

[58:54] million, with sales tax

[58:56] contributing 38% of total

[58:58] revenue. Expenditures are

[59:00] projected to be 112 million.

[59:02] Next fiscal year, and transfers

[59:04] to other funds include $1

[59:06] million repayment to the fire

[59:08] Facility Acquisition Fund,

[59:10] which had advanced $5 million

[59:11] to the general fund to

[59:13] accelerate the debt payoff for

[59:13] the city

[59:16] s pension, and as part

[59:17] of the debt liability payout

[59:19] strategy, 9.3 million in

[59:21] available general fund balance

[59:23] will be utilized to completely

[59:24] pay off the unfunded pension

[59:27] liability and to ensure that

[59:28] the city has the resources to

[59:30] address any future pension

[59:33] liabilities. A $7.5 million

[59:34] deposit into the city

[59:34] s pension

[59:39] trust is recommended. Total

[59:41] l fund expenditures are

[59:43] projected to increase by 8% to

[59:46] 112 million, of which 58% is

[59:48] dedicated to public safety. The

[59:48] sheriff

[59:50] s budget reflects an 8%

[59:52] increase due to negotiated

[59:53] compensation adjustments

[59:55] between the Riverside County

[59:57] and the Riverside. Riverside

[59:57] Sheriff

[59:59] s Association. The fire

[1:00:02] budget reflects a 7.7% increase

[1:00:03] due to the prior year

[1:00:03] s vacant

[1:00:05] positions, which are assumed to

[1:00:08] be filled in 2627. The

[1:00:09] remaining non safety

[1:00:11] departments make up 42% of the

[1:00:13] general fund budget and are

[1:00:14] decreasing slightly from the

[1:00:17] prior year by 0.2% due to

[1:00:19] pension savings, offsetting all

[1:00:21] other increases and the

[1:00:22] non-departmental category

[1:00:23] includes payments for the

[1:00:25] Calpers replacement benefit.

[1:00:27] Property tax administration and

[1:00:31] the Staffing Continuity Reserve.

[1:00:34] The ending fund balance for the

[1:00:36] general fund is projected to be

[1:00:39] 29.7 million. Next fiscal year,

[1:00:41] reserves are fully funded at 28

[1:00:42] million, and after deducting

[1:00:43] for future commitments, the

[1:00:45] available fund balance is

[1:00:48] projected to be 1.1 million for

[1:00:50] one time appropriations, or the

[1:00:51] further pay down of debt per

[1:00:56] budget policy. Measure s is the

[1:00:58] $0.01 transactions and use tax

[1:00:59] approved by Temecula voters in

[1:01:02] NOVEMBER of 2016. This revenue

[1:01:03] source became effective in

[1:01:05] APRIL of 2017 and has generated

[1:01:11] nearly $275 million in revenue.

[1:01:14] For fiscal year 2627, measure s

[1:01:16] revenues expected to increase

[1:01:18] by 3.5% over the prior year to

[1:01:21] 40.7 million. Total

[1:01:22] appropriations are budgeted at

[1:01:25] 48 million and are in line with

[1:01:25] council

[1:01:26] s policy guidelines.

[1:01:28] Prioritizing public safety,

[1:01:30] asset management, capital

[1:01:34] projects and community services.

[1:01:37] The Temecula Community Services

[1:01:38] District is a separate legal

[1:01:40] entity from the city, and has

[1:01:43] its own operating budget, and

[1:01:45] for next fiscal year, the csd

[1:01:46] budget reflects revenue

[1:01:49] totaling 19.7 million. Program

[1:01:51] revenue, which includes the

[1:01:52] income from contract classes,

[1:01:54] registration fees, de camp,

[1:01:56] aquatics and theater tickets is

[1:01:59] projected to be $3 million.

[1:02:01] Measure c, which is the $74 and

[1:02:03] 44 cent parcel tax dedicated to

[1:02:04] parks, programs and

[1:02:06] maintenance, is expected to be

[1:02:08] $2 million, and the measure s

[1:02:10] contribution of 14.7 million

[1:02:13] provides the remaining revenue

[1:02:14] necessary to cover the

[1:02:15] operations and maintenance to

[1:02:19] facilitate programs, services

[1:02:21] and events. Operating

[1:02:23] expenditures of 19.7 million

[1:02:26] are decreasing by 4.2%,

[1:02:27] primarily due to the savings

[1:02:29] from five vacant authorized

[1:02:31] positions and 15 project

[1:02:33] positions, leaving an ending

[1:02:35] fund balance of $100,000 for

[1:02:39] fiscal year 2627. The Capital

[1:02:40] Improvement Program is a

[1:02:42] comprehensive five year plan

[1:02:43] that addresses the capital

[1:02:44] needs of the city. Capital

[1:02:46] projects are those that cost

[1:02:48] over $30,000, have a long term

[1:02:50] life span, and are generally

[1:02:54] non-recurring. The fiscal year

[1:02:58] 27 through 31 cip includes 94

[1:03:00] separate projects, with total

[1:03:04] cost of over $916 million. The

[1:03:05] city has secured funding

[1:03:07] sources totaling 634 million,

[1:03:10] or 69% of the total cip, and

[1:03:12] the remaining 283 million is

[1:03:14] unspecified at this time.

[1:03:15] However, before construction

[1:03:16] begins on any of these

[1:03:18] projects, a funding source will

[1:03:20] be identified between the

[1:03:21] current year and the next

[1:03:22] fiscal year. It

[1:03:23] s anticipated

[1:03:25] the cip spending will exceed

[1:03:28] $192 million. After extensive

[1:03:30] review, cip projects have been

[1:03:32] prioritized to ensure that

[1:03:33] funding is available for

[1:03:35] several high profile projects

[1:03:37] approved at the cip workshop

[1:03:41] held last fall. The annual

[1:03:42] operating budget contains the

[1:03:43] city

[1:03:44] s budget and fiscal

[1:03:45] policies, which are reviewed

[1:03:47] each year, and this year we are

[1:03:49] recommending modifications to

[1:03:51] two existing policies and the

[1:03:55] addition of three new policies.

[1:03:57] The first is the capital

[1:03:58] Financing and Debt management

[1:04:01] policy. This policy has been

[1:04:03] expanded to include new goals,

[1:04:04] criteria and criteria to be

[1:04:06] considered before approving any

[1:04:08] new general fund debt and a

[1:04:09] section on arbitrage rebate

[1:04:12] compliance. Next is a new

[1:04:14] policy that codifies the

[1:04:15] desired timing of the city

[1:04:15] s

[1:04:18] cost allocation plan and user

[1:04:20] fee study updates to be every 3

[1:04:23] to 5 years, with a final

[1:04:25] payment of the debt liability

[1:04:26] payoff strategy in JULY. We

[1:04:28] will now turn to the

[1:04:30] sustainability efforts to

[1:04:31] remain 100% funded in the

[1:04:32] city

[1:04:33] s pension. It

[1:04:33] s

[1:04:34] recommended to utilize the

[1:04:37] pension trust as a reserve for

[1:04:38] future liabilities that MAY

[1:04:41] arise. When Calpers calculates

[1:04:41] the city

[1:04:42] s funded status each

[1:04:44] year. And similar to the

[1:04:46] pension funding policy, we

[1:04:46] re

[1:04:48] recommending a new policy to

[1:04:49] address the funding of the

[1:04:49] city

[1:04:51] s retiree health benefit

[1:04:53] program, currently funded at

[1:04:55] 120%. This new policy will

[1:04:57] address the uses of these funds

[1:04:59] and how to replenish the trust.

[1:05:00] If the funded status drops

[1:05:03] below 100%. And finally, we

[1:05:03] re

[1:05:05] recommending the removal of the

[1:05:06] debt liability pay down

[1:05:08] strategy policy. As we have

[1:05:11] achieved the objectives by

[1:05:12] paying down all city

[1:05:13] liabilities and are currently

[1:05:18] debt free. At its budget

[1:05:19] workshop on MAY 21st. The

[1:05:21] council had a robust discussion

[1:05:23] about several items and made

[1:05:24] recommendations to include the

[1:05:26] following items in the adopted

[1:05:31] budget and cip. The first is a

[1:05:32] one time contribution of

[1:05:35] $25,000 to the Msj c Endowment

[1:05:36] Fund to support the school

[1:05:36] s

[1:05:37] foundation, and providing

[1:05:39] student scholarships, grants

[1:05:42] and capital needs. Next is a

[1:05:44] capital project allocation of

[1:05:47] an additional $500,000 in

[1:05:48] funding to update both

[1:05:49] playgrounds at the Ronald

[1:05:51] Reagan Sports Park, bringing

[1:05:52] the total project budget to

[1:05:58] 1,350,000. To prioritize the

[1:05:59] rehabilitation of the

[1:06:00] intersection of Margarita and

[1:06:02] Winchester roads. Existing

[1:06:03] budget within the pavement

[1:06:05] management, pavement

[1:06:07] rehabilitation cip will be

[1:06:08] diverted to complete this

[1:06:13] project. $500,000 in Community

[1:06:15] Reinvestment Program funding

[1:06:17] was allocated to install

[1:06:19] wayfinding signs in Old Town.

[1:06:20] This project is being converted

[1:06:22] from an operating expenditure

[1:06:26] to a capital project. And

[1:06:27] finally, as mentioned earlier,

[1:06:28] modifications to the city

[1:06:29] s

[1:06:31] debt policy are included in the

[1:06:33] new budget and after discussion

[1:06:34] at the budget workshop, Council

[1:06:36] recommended reducing the debt

[1:06:38] service limitation for the

[1:06:40] general fund obligations from

[1:06:41] 10% of general fund revenue,

[1:06:44] down to 5%. Additionally,

[1:06:45] Council recommended adding

[1:06:48] policy language requiring any

[1:06:49] future debt obligations. Be

[1:06:52] agenda at an accessible public

[1:06:55] meeting. That concludes my

[1:06:56] presentation and I

[1:06:56] m available

[1:07:00] for any questions.

[1:07:01] Alrighty. Thank you very much,

[1:07:04] MRS. Hennessy. All right. Let

[1:07:04] s

[1:07:06] move into council questions. Do

[1:07:07] we have any on my left? We

[1:07:08] ll

[1:07:09] start this time.

[1:07:10] No questions.

[1:07:10] Not have any questions.

[1:07:11] Okay.

[1:07:13] Anybody on my right. Okay.

[1:07:14] Seeing as there is none, we are

[1:07:16] going to open the public

[1:07:18] hearing. Do we have any

[1:07:19] comments? We don

[1:07:19] t. So we

[1:07:20] re

[1:07:21] going to close it. Close the

[1:07:23] public hearing. All right.

[1:07:23] Let

[1:07:25] s move into the discussion

[1:07:27] for council. Who would like to

[1:07:31] kick it off. If anybody or a

[1:07:32] motion.

[1:07:32] I

[1:07:34] ll go ahead and move the item.

[1:07:36] Um, and just maybe make a brief

[1:07:36] comment.

[1:07:37] Yeah. Please go ahead.

[1:07:38] Okay. Yeah. So I

[1:07:38] ll move the

[1:07:39] item. I

[1:07:41] m certainly proud of

[1:07:42] the council here. I

[1:07:43] m proud of

[1:07:45] our team. Um, past council

[1:07:45] s

[1:07:46] past staff. Everyone has done a

[1:07:49] fantastic job budgeting our

[1:07:52] city. So thank you. And you

[1:07:54] know, the residents are, um,

[1:07:56] benefiting from that. You know,

[1:07:58] fiscal conservatism and saving

[1:07:59] and living within our means and

[1:08:02] everything. Um, as far as,

[1:08:03] like, sort of the action items,

[1:08:05] you know, I was, I was hoping

[1:08:06] for a less than 5%. But it

[1:08:06] s

[1:08:07] not a hill I

[1:08:07] m willing to die

[1:08:09] on. Um, so I think the

[1:08:10] consensus at the meeting was

[1:08:11] 5%. So I

[1:08:12] ll certainly support,

[1:08:14] you know, support that. And and

[1:08:15] then the future meeting as

[1:08:17] well. As far as if we just have

[1:08:18] a future meeting that would

[1:08:20] satisfy the itch I have with

[1:08:22] respect to that. Um, but other

[1:08:22] than that, I

[1:08:24] m very happy with,

[1:08:26] with this process and, and look

[1:08:28] forward to future success with

[1:08:29] you all.

[1:08:30] Awesome. All right. Great.

[1:08:32] Thank you, mayor Pro tem.

[1:08:33] Yeah, just real quick. Uh,

[1:08:35] again, remarkable job as

[1:08:38] always, MISS Hennessy. Uh, self

[1:08:39] and staff and city manager

[1:08:40] s

[1:08:41] office. Everybody else that

[1:08:41] s

[1:08:42] been involved. I know each

[1:08:43] department has to go through

[1:08:45] this process as well. And so

[1:08:45] appreciate everybody

[1:08:46] s stepping

[1:08:47] up this year, especially as

[1:08:47] we

[1:08:49] re starting to make some

[1:08:51] some tougher fiscal decisions.

[1:08:53] Um, the lack of, I think

[1:08:55] comments and public input just

[1:08:57] to for those that are watching

[1:08:57] this and don

[1:08:58] t know, there was

[1:08:59] a whole public hearing just on

[1:09:01] this that was like four hours

[1:09:03] long or something. So we went

[1:09:04] through a very robust version

[1:09:06] of this already. So, you know,

[1:09:07] we

[1:09:07] ve already asked our

[1:09:09] questions, had a great debate

[1:09:10] and had a good discussion and

[1:09:12] very happy with the way this

[1:09:12] year

[1:09:14] s budget went out. And Stu

[1:09:16] mentioned it earlier, is that,

[1:09:16] you know, it

[1:09:16] s pretty

[1:09:18] remarkable that in a few weeks,

[1:09:18] we

[1:09:20] re going to be one of the

[1:09:23] only cities in California that,

[1:09:26] uh, that is debt free. Um, and

[1:09:28] no pension obligations as well.

[1:09:30] And, uh, appreciate the start.

[1:09:32] And truly the policy changes

[1:09:33] that were made. I appreciate

[1:09:34] everybody taking those to

[1:09:36] heart. And, and but also really

[1:09:38] appreciate the idea of moving

[1:09:40] that, uh, $7.5 million into a

[1:09:41] long term pension trust fund. I

[1:09:42] think that

[1:09:43] s a huge stability

[1:09:45] step for, for us moving forward

[1:09:46] and is going to make a big

[1:09:48] difference. So thank you all.

[1:09:49] All right.

[1:09:49] Stu I

[1:09:50] ll second it.

[1:09:52] All right okay. Well I just

[1:09:54] want to say again same things.

[1:09:56] Uh, thank you to staff

[1:09:56] Jennifer. Thank you to you and

[1:09:58] your team. You guys did a great

[1:09:59] job. Thank you to everybody

[1:09:59] who

[1:10:00] s just really making

[1:10:02] Temecula. Temecula, uh, we

[1:10:02] re

[1:10:03] able to do great things because

[1:10:06] we are fiscally sound. So with

[1:10:06] that, let

[1:10:19] s go to vote. All

[1:10:20] right. With that, motion passes

[1:10:22] five zero. All right. Let

[1:10:22] s

[1:10:26] move on to item number 14. All

[1:10:26] right. We

[1:10:27] re going to move to

[1:10:29] our business items. Uh next is

[1:10:31] going to be itember 14. Uh

[1:10:33] approve revised schedule of

[1:10:34] authorized pension, salary,

[1:10:36] scheduled employment agreements

[1:10:38] with executive officials,

[1:10:39] improve a memorandum of

[1:10:41] understanding with Teamsters

[1:10:43] Local 986 and amend the

[1:10:45] restated Management comp

[1:10:47] Compensation plan and Council

[1:10:48] Compensation plan. And we are

[1:10:51] going to get a staff report by

[1:10:53] Becky Abdomen. Did I say your

[1:10:54] last name?

[1:10:54] Right. It

[1:10:55] s open.

[1:10:56] Open.

[1:10:58] Thank you very much. Okay.

[1:10:59] MISS Becky, take.

[1:11:00] It away. All right. And good

[1:11:01] afternoon, mayor.

[1:11:02] And members of the City.

[1:11:04] Council before you today is a

[1:11:06] comprehensive compensation item

[1:11:07] that.

[1:11:08] Includes adoption.

[1:11:10] Of a resolution approving the

[1:11:11] revised schedule of authorized

[1:11:14] positions and salary schedule,

[1:11:15] approval of revised employment

[1:11:17] agreements for executive

[1:11:19] officials, approval of the

[1:11:21] successor memorandum of

[1:11:22] understanding with Teamsters

[1:11:25] Local 1986, and approval of the

[1:11:27] Amended and Restated Management

[1:11:29] Compensation Plan and Council

[1:11:32] Compensation Plan. The proposed

[1:11:34] resolution approves the revised

[1:11:35] schedule of authorized

[1:11:37] Positions and Salary Schedule

[1:11:40] for fiscal year 2020 627, the

[1:11:42] schedule of authorized

[1:11:43] positions maintains the city

[1:11:43] s

[1:11:45] authorized staffing level at

[1:11:49] 202.2 full time equivalent

[1:11:51] positions, and includes several

[1:11:52] classification and

[1:11:54] administrative updates. The

[1:11:56] salary schedule has been

[1:11:57] updated to reflect the proposed

[1:12:00] 3% cost of living adjustment,

[1:12:02] addition of new classifications,

[1:12:06] and salary study adjustments.

[1:12:08] The Executive employment

[1:12:10] agreements include a 3% cost of

[1:12:12] living adjustment, and provide

[1:12:13] executives with the benefits

[1:12:15] outlined in the Management

[1:12:17] Compensation Plan, including

[1:12:19] participation in the cafeteria

[1:12:22] plan, a $400 monthly automobile

[1:12:24] allowance, and the city

[1:12:24] s

[1:12:26] retention benefit. Executive

[1:12:29] employees also participate in

[1:12:30] the applicable Calpers

[1:12:32] retirement plan based on their

[1:12:35] higher date. Pursuant to

[1:12:38] Government Code Section 54953

[1:12:40] three and Government Code

[1:12:44] Section 3511.1. The proposed

[1:12:46] compensation for local agency

[1:12:48] executive executives must be

[1:12:50] publicly reported prior to

[1:12:52] council action. Accordingly,

[1:12:54] the proposed annual top step

[1:12:55] salaries for the city

[1:12:56] s

[1:12:58] executive employees are

[1:13:00] Assistant City Manager Luke

[1:13:05] Watson, 334,256. Assistant to

[1:13:07] the city manager Betsy Lowery,

[1:13:12] 226,720. Director of it Support

[1:13:14] Services Michael Heslin,

[1:13:16] director of community services

[1:13:18] Erika Russo and director of

[1:13:20] legislative affairs City Clerk

[1:13:22] Randy Joel, each with a salary

[1:13:28] of $269,505.60. Director of

[1:13:29] Community Development Matthew

[1:13:31] Peters, Director of public

[1:13:33] Works Ron Moreno, and Director

[1:13:35] of Finance Jennifer Hennessey,

[1:13:38] each with a salary of

[1:13:44] $276,265.60. The proposed

[1:13:47] Teamsters mou is a three year

[1:13:49] agreement effective JULY 1st,

[1:13:53] 2026 through JUNE 30th, 2029.

[1:13:56] The key provisions include a 3%

[1:13:58] cost of living adjustment

[1:14:01] effective JULY 2026. Future

[1:14:03] Cola is based on the lesser of

[1:14:06] cpi or growth in recurring city

[1:14:09] revenues, but not to exceed 3%.

[1:14:11] An increase in the health

[1:14:14] contribution from 600 per month

[1:14:16] to 1000 per month effective

[1:14:19] JULY 1st, 2026, with additional

[1:14:23] increases to 1050. In JANUARY

[1:14:28] 2027 and 1100 in JANUARY 2028.

[1:14:30] Enhanced short term and long

[1:14:32] term disability benefits,

[1:14:33] including increased benefit

[1:14:35] caps and a reduced waiting

[1:14:38] period. Transition of

[1:14:39] disability and basic life

[1:14:41] insurance premiums from

[1:14:43] employee paid to city paid

[1:14:45] expanded bereavement leave and

[1:14:47] increase in the annual safety

[1:14:51] footwear allowance from 175 to

[1:14:54] $200 and increase in the

[1:14:57] standby pay from 200 and 230 to

[1:15:01] 350 per week. Elimination of

[1:15:02] the cafeteria plan. Cash out

[1:15:04] eligibility for employees hired

[1:15:08] on or after JULY 1st, 2026, and

[1:15:10] it also includes various legal

[1:15:12] Calpers compliance and.

[1:15:16] Admitted administrative updates

[1:15:19] consistent with past practice.

[1:15:20] Those sections shared by the

[1:15:22] management, Compensation and

[1:15:24] City Council compensation plans

[1:15:26] will also be updated to reflect

[1:15:29] the terms of the Mou mentioned

[1:15:31] previously. The Management

[1:15:33] Compensation Plan is applicable

[1:15:35] to the City Manager, Assistant

[1:15:37] City Manager, assistant to the

[1:15:39] City Manager, Department

[1:15:41] directors, mid management and

[1:15:44] confidential employees. The

[1:15:46] estimated fiscal impact of the

[1:15:48] proposed actions is

[1:15:51] approximately 7.35 million,

[1:15:54] representing about 3.7% of the

[1:15:54] city

[1:15:55] s primary operating

[1:15:58] budgets. For fiscal year 2020

[1:16:02] 627. Staff recommends adoption

[1:16:04] of the resolution and approval

[1:16:07] of the remaining items, and

[1:16:08] that concludes my report, and

[1:16:09] I

[1:16:10] m available if you have any

[1:16:10] questions.

[1:16:13] All right. Thank you Becky. All

[1:16:13] right. Let

[1:16:14] s move into council

[1:16:19] questions. Anybody. We

[1:16:19] re good.

[1:16:21] All right. Seeing none we

[1:16:21] re

[1:16:22] going to move into public

[1:16:23] comments. Do we have any public

[1:16:25] comments? No public comments.

[1:16:26] All right. We

[1:16:27] ll either go into

[1:16:29] discussion or motion.

[1:16:29] I

[1:16:31] ll move approval second.

[1:16:31] All right. Let

[1:16:44] s vote. All

[1:16:45] right. That motion passes five

[1:16:47] zero. All right. Thank you very

[1:16:48] much. Oh, yes.

[1:16:50] Go ahead. I just wanted to make

[1:16:53] a brief comment. So, um, just

[1:16:54] respect with respect to the

[1:16:56] workforce. Uh, they

[1:16:56] re the

[1:16:58] heart of everything that we do

[1:17:00] in the city, and I just, um,

[1:17:02] you know, I think this was a

[1:17:03] fair contract extension. I

[1:17:06] think that this was was, um,

[1:17:07] representative of who we are as

[1:17:09] a council and, and and meets

[1:17:11] the needs of our workforce,

[1:17:13] and, um, and sort of that

[1:17:16] retention and all the pieces

[1:17:17] that go into making the city

[1:17:19] function in a very high

[1:17:21] professional way. Um, so I

[1:17:22] m

[1:17:24] glad it passed. Um, that

[1:17:24] s all.

[1:17:25] Thanks.

[1:17:26] All right. Thank you for your

[1:17:29] comment. Absolutely. Yes. Our

[1:17:31] every worker here is important

[1:17:33] and very thankful. All right.

[1:17:34] So number 15, let

[1:17:34] s move into

[1:17:36] that one for the approval to,

[1:17:38] uh, revisiting Council protocol

[1:17:40] manual policy number six

[1:17:42] related to public presentation

[1:17:44] at council meeting to include

[1:17:46] sb 707 specific requirement.

[1:17:47] And I believe, Randy, Julie,

[1:17:47] you

[1:17:48] re going to be giving us a

[1:17:49] staff report on that one,

[1:17:49] ma

[1:17:49] am.

[1:17:51] Yes, MADAM Mayor, um, there is

[1:17:53] a need to update Council policy

[1:17:55] number six, due to the passage

[1:17:58] of Senate bill. Uh, 707,

[1:18:00] otherwise known as sb 707,

[1:18:02] signed into law in OCTOBER

[1:18:04] 2025. The legislation changes

[1:18:06] how eligible public agency of

[1:18:08] which Temecula is one, conduct

[1:18:10] open meetings to improve

[1:18:12] accessibility, language access

[1:18:14] and remote participation under

[1:18:16] sb 707, certain rules regarding

[1:18:18] language access, captioning and

[1:18:20] teleconferencing already took

[1:18:23] effect JANUARY 1st, 2026. By

[1:18:25] JULY 1st, 2026, additional

[1:18:27] requirements for two way

[1:18:29] telephonic or audio visual

[1:18:31] participation and formal

[1:18:33] policies for technology related

[1:18:34] disruptions and reasonable

[1:18:36] accommodation for the

[1:18:37] legislative body to

[1:18:38] participate. To participate

[1:18:40] remotely at meetings must be

[1:18:43] effective. The attached revised

[1:18:44] policy and the agenda packet

[1:18:47] includes these requirements. Sb

[1:18:49] 707 policies were noted on

[1:18:50] pages seven through 12.

[1:18:52] Specifically, these policies,

[1:18:53] specifically addressed

[1:18:56] disruption of public meetings

[1:18:58] and reasonable accommodation

[1:18:59] for elected officials to

[1:19:02] participate remotely. It is

[1:19:03] recommended that the City

[1:19:04] Council approved the revised

[1:19:06] Council Protocol manual, Policy

[1:19:09] Number six, to include these.

[1:19:12] Sb 707 specific requirements.

[1:19:14] In addition, JULY 14th will be

[1:19:15] the first meeting at which the

[1:19:17] city of Temecula will be also

[1:19:20] having the two way telephonic

[1:19:21] and or audio visual

[1:19:23] communication as well. That

[1:19:23] concludes staff

[1:19:24] s report, and

[1:19:24] we

[1:19:25] re happy to answer any

[1:19:26] questions.

[1:19:28] Alrighty. Thank you very much.

[1:19:31] Any council questions? Seeing

[1:19:31] one.

[1:19:31] Yep.

[1:19:35] I do have one question. Um, so

[1:19:36] I love the fact that we

[1:19:37] re

[1:19:38] making meetings more

[1:19:40] accessible, but with the two

[1:19:41] way telephonic and public

[1:19:43] comment, how will that work? So

[1:19:45] if you have 30 minutes for

[1:19:46] non-agenda items and you have,

[1:19:47] you know, people in the

[1:19:48] audience, how does the queue

[1:19:51] work? So like walk me through

[1:19:52] that process.

[1:19:53] Yeah.

[1:19:53] So we

[1:19:54] re still working out

[1:19:57] logistics. But what I can, uh,

[1:19:59] share with you, um, based in

[1:20:00] consultation with the city

[1:20:03] attorney, is we are obligated

[1:20:05] to, um, to administer the

[1:20:08] process in a fair and neutral

[1:20:12] and, um, transparent manner. So

[1:20:13] for practical purposes, I won

[1:20:13] t

[1:20:16] bore you with the back end. Um,

[1:20:18] that it, um. And testing is

[1:20:20] still happening on what I will

[1:20:22] tell you is we anticipate 30

[1:20:23] minute public comment on

[1:20:25] non-agenda items, and most

[1:20:27] likely what will happen is I

[1:20:28] will pull a speaker card from

[1:20:30] somebody that is in person, and

[1:20:32] then I will go ahead and call

[1:20:33] up somebody from the queue, and

[1:20:35] then I will go ahead and pull

[1:20:36] another speaker card, and I

[1:20:38] will hit up somebody from the

[1:20:39] queue. And the same thing will

[1:20:40] happen for business items or

[1:20:42] public hearings or any of those

[1:20:44] things as well. Um, all of the

[1:20:46] speakers will have the

[1:20:48] appropriate amount of time, and

[1:20:51] we will be very strict on time.

[1:20:52] Um, so because we

[1:20:53] re going to

[1:20:55] have to be, um, we will be

[1:20:56] professional, but we will have

[1:20:59] to be a little strict. So there

[1:21:01] will be no more. Please go

[1:21:02] ahead and finish up your

[1:21:04] comment or any of those kinds

[1:21:06] of things. It will be three

[1:21:08] minutes is up. They go out. I

[1:21:09] call the next person. You

[1:21:10] re

[1:21:11] done. The button buzzes, the

[1:21:13] next person queues up. So

[1:21:13] that

[1:21:14] s how we envision it to

[1:21:15] work, sir.

[1:21:16] Okay, I

[1:21:17] m like, I think that

[1:21:19] works well for business items.

[1:21:21] I think it works well for, um,

[1:21:23] for public hearings where I,

[1:21:24] where I

[1:21:27] m going to sort of, um,

[1:21:29] give you my, my unfiltered

[1:21:31] thoughts about this. I think

[1:21:31] it

[1:21:31] s, I think it

[1:21:32] s unfair for

[1:21:34] people that actually show up to

[1:21:36] the meeting and get in line.

[1:21:36] Um, they

[1:21:37] re here early. And

[1:21:39] then for someone to be online

[1:21:40] and to be able to get in the

[1:21:42] queue and potentially, um, if

[1:21:43] we, if we don

[1:21:44] t extend the time

[1:21:45] for non-agenda items, you

[1:21:46] potentially have people that

[1:21:48] live here that weren

[1:21:48] t able to

[1:21:50] speak where someone from across

[1:21:51] the country could log in

[1:21:53] because they like making public

[1:21:54] comments. You know, we

[1:21:54] ve all

[1:21:54] we

[1:21:55] ve all heard these comments.

[1:21:56] If you

[1:21:56] ve ever listened to the

[1:21:58] county Board of Supervisors

[1:22:00] meetings, they do this. Um, so

[1:22:00] I

[1:22:01] m going to just like that

[1:22:01] s

[1:22:03] my concern that I would like

[1:22:04] us, if it

[1:22:05] s legally possible to

[1:22:07] do is prioritize people that

[1:22:08] are sitting here. And if it

[1:22:09] s

[1:22:10] not, and we can sort of work

[1:22:11] through that. But those are

[1:22:11] that

[1:22:12] s like the hesitation I

[1:22:13] have is that you

[1:22:13] ll have folks

[1:22:14] that will come and they won

[1:22:14] t

[1:22:15] be able to speak.

[1:22:16] Yes. And that is definitely one

[1:22:18] of the items that was

[1:22:21] considered in the development

[1:22:23] of, um, not only the the

[1:22:27] legislation, but also in the

[1:22:29] development of our policy and

[1:22:31] our practice and all of that.

[1:22:32] While we would like to give

[1:22:36] preferential, um, um, kind of,

[1:22:38] uh, outlook to those that have

[1:22:40] taken the time to come in. Um,

[1:22:42] at this time, it looks like we

[1:22:44] are going to have to again

[1:22:46] process the, um, administer the

[1:22:49] program in a way that is, um,

[1:22:54] completely 1 in 1. However, I

[1:22:54] m

[1:22:55] happy to go back to the city

[1:22:57] attorney and just make sure

[1:22:59] that we can go through that one

[1:23:00] more time. And there

[1:23:01] s nothing

[1:23:02] that has changed.

[1:23:03] Yeah, I would appreciate that.

[1:23:06] Yeah. No problem.

[1:23:06] Okay. I

[1:23:07] m just pondering that

[1:23:08] myself right now. That was that

[1:23:10] was a good question. Uh, for

[1:23:12] sure. Anybody else have any

[1:23:14] other questions?

[1:23:14] I can

[1:23:15] t see Stu over there.

[1:23:17] Stu. You good? Okay.

[1:23:19] All right. With that, do we

[1:23:20] have any public comment for

[1:23:21] public comment?

[1:23:23] We do not have any public

[1:23:24] comment for public comment.

[1:23:26] All right. With that, uh, any

[1:23:28] discussion or motion.

[1:23:31] Moved to approval?

[1:23:31] All right, let

[1:23:32] s.

[1:23:43] Vote.

[1:23:44] All right. With that, the

[1:23:46] motion passes five zero. Let

[1:23:46] s

[1:23:48] move on to number 16. Adopt

[1:23:49] resolution setting recommended

[1:23:52] fees for chapel memories and

[1:23:54] approval. Name change at the

[1:23:56] request of subcommittee members

[1:23:57] Schwenk and Stewart, if we can

[1:23:58] please get a staff report from

[1:24:02] MISS Erica Russo.

[1:24:03] Sorry about that. Yes we can.

[1:24:05] So many of you probably are

[1:24:07] familiar with the Chapel of

[1:24:08] Memories, which is located in

[1:24:09] front of Sam Hicks Monument

[1:24:12] Park and Temecula Valley

[1:24:14] Museum. That chapel has been a

[1:24:16] historical site in Temecula for

[1:24:18] many, many years. It was also a

[1:24:21] very popular wedding venue. Um,

[1:24:22] previously, that wedding venue

[1:24:23] was administered by a

[1:24:24] partnership with the nonprofit

[1:24:26] we had here in town a couple of

[1:24:28] years ago. We no longer

[1:24:29] continue that non-profit

[1:24:31] partnership, and we had to do

[1:24:32] some renovations to the chapel.

[1:24:33] So we

[1:24:34] ve completely renovated

[1:24:36] the interior. Public works has

[1:24:37] been super helpful in terms of

[1:24:39] helping us just freshen

[1:24:40] everything up so it looks

[1:24:43] really beautiful inside. Here

[1:24:44] you can see a couple of images,

[1:24:45] the exterior on the left, and

[1:24:47] then we have the interior there

[1:24:49] in the lower right, as well as

[1:24:50] a photo of the patio where we

[1:24:51] have it set up like it would be

[1:24:53] for wedding reception. So we

[1:24:54] took it to the parks,

[1:24:55] Recreation and Community

[1:24:57] Services subcommittee a month

[1:24:58] or so ago, and we

[1:24:58] re proposing

[1:25:00] a fee study or I

[1:25:00] m sorry, we

[1:25:00] re

[1:25:01] proposing a fee schedule that

[1:25:03] will enable us to reopen it for

[1:25:05] bookings for weddings, memorial

[1:25:07] services and small personal

[1:25:09] events of that nature. The

[1:25:11] inside capacity is only between

[1:25:12] 50 and 75 people, so this is

[1:25:13] really intended for, you know,

[1:25:14] a very small private

[1:25:17] ceremonies. Next slide please.

[1:25:18] Based on some research we did

[1:25:20] on other comparable venues,

[1:25:22] here are the proposed chapel

[1:25:22] fees. We

[1:25:25] re looking at. Um,

[1:25:27] offering reservations with two

[1:25:28] different tiers. We have

[1:25:29] Temecula residents and then we

[1:25:31] have non-residents. You can see

[1:25:31] it

[1:25:32] s a flat fee for the

[1:25:34] reservation for three hours

[1:25:35] max. Then you can rent

[1:25:37] additional hours up to an eight

[1:25:39] hour max. The patio and kitchen

[1:25:40] are an add on fee. The kitchen

[1:25:41] has been renovated so that it

[1:25:43] functions as a caterers

[1:25:43] kitchen. So if you

[1:25:44] re bringing

[1:25:46] in catered dishes for a wedding

[1:25:47] reception or memorial, you

[1:25:47] re

[1:25:48] able to utilize it for that.

[1:25:50] And then, like all of our city

[1:25:51] facilities, if they

[1:25:51] re rented,

[1:25:52] we have a security deposit

[1:25:54] which is refundable upon

[1:25:56] completion of the rental.

[1:25:58] Part of me, I believe we have a

[1:25:59] brief announcement to make on

[1:26:00] this item from Councilmember

[1:26:03] Ron.

[1:26:04] Oh yeah. So we

[1:26:05] re doing

[1:26:07] business in Old Town on the

[1:26:09] private sector side. So I

[1:26:10] believe I am conflicted out of

[1:26:11] this item. So I

[1:26:12] m going to

[1:26:14] leave the dais.

[1:26:24] But. Alrighty. Okay.

[1:26:25] So, um, with that, we

[1:26:26] re making

[1:26:27] a slight departure from most of

[1:26:29] our rental. Our fee policies

[1:26:31] where we only permit

[1:26:32] reservations six months in

[1:26:34] advance for this because we

[1:26:35] know that people planning a

[1:26:36] wedding need a lot more lead

[1:26:36] time. We

[1:26:37] re allowing

[1:26:38] reservations 12 months in

[1:26:39] advance. It

[1:26:39] s going to be

[1:26:40] available to rent Wednesday

[1:26:42] through Sunday. On Saturdays.

[1:26:42] You won

[1:26:43] t be able to rent it

[1:26:45] earlier than 2 P.M., because

[1:26:45] the farmer

[1:26:46] s market is right

[1:26:47] there, and we know that it

[1:26:48] functionally, it will just be

[1:26:50] impossible to navigate parking

[1:26:52] at that point on a Saturday. If

[1:26:53] any of you have been here for

[1:26:53] Saturday morning farmer

[1:26:53] s

[1:26:54] markets, you know what that

[1:26:54] s

[1:26:57] like. Um, so that essentially

[1:26:58] concludes my report. I

[1:26:58] m open

[1:27:00] to any questions.

[1:27:01] All right. Great. Thank you.

[1:27:02] And it looks beautiful. Great

[1:27:04] job to the team for putting

[1:27:05] that all together. It looks

[1:27:06] beautiful at the chapel.

[1:27:06] Oh I

[1:27:07] m sorry I did have one

[1:27:09] other comment on that. We are

[1:27:11] proposing a name change from

[1:27:11] it

[1:27:11] s it

[1:27:12] s now called the

[1:27:12] Temecula. I

[1:27:13] m sorry. The chapel

[1:27:15] of Memories. That name is

[1:27:16] actually used by another chapel

[1:27:17] in Orange County. And

[1:27:19] additionally Chapel of Memories

[1:27:20] really seems to imply primarily

[1:27:22] memorial services. So we

[1:27:22] d like

[1:27:24] to change that name to. We

[1:27:24] re

[1:27:26] going with Old Town Temecula

[1:27:27] Chapel, which kind of anchors

[1:27:29] it a little more clearly in Old

[1:27:30] Town and locates it, you know,

[1:27:31] in people

[1:27:32] s minds as an old

[1:27:34] town facility. So with that, if

[1:27:35] council supports it, we

[1:27:35] re

[1:27:36] recommending adoption of this

[1:27:37] fee schedule and the name

[1:27:38] change.

[1:27:38] Okay.

[1:27:40] Thank you very much. Thank you

[1:27:42] Eric I appreciate that. So with

[1:27:46] that, uh, council questions.

[1:27:48] Just a comment. Okay.

[1:27:49] We

[1:27:49] re not there. We

[1:27:49] re not

[1:27:50] there just yet. Okay.

[1:27:50] We

[1:27:51] re getting.

[1:27:52] There.

[1:27:54] Any questions? Okay. Next let

[1:27:54] s

[1:27:55] go into public comments. Do we

[1:27:58] have any okay. Now you MAY.

[1:28:02] Go okay. No, this is this is,

[1:28:03] uh, this is going to be a

[1:28:05] really cool asset for the city

[1:28:08] of Temecula. Um, because with

[1:28:09] wedding venues being so

[1:28:12] expensive everywhere, um, this

[1:28:15] allows for a small, intimate

[1:28:18] little wedding that people can

[1:28:21] afford. And so I really am

[1:28:23] supportive of this. And I like

[1:28:25] the the name change, too,

[1:28:27] because it really does stay

[1:28:28] where exactly it

[1:28:30] s at. No one

[1:28:30] s

[1:28:32] going to be confused where old

[1:28:35] Town Temecula Chapel is at. So

[1:28:36] yeah. No, it

[1:28:36] s it

[1:28:37] s a really,

[1:28:38] really cool facility.

[1:28:40] Do we want to add the hallmark

[1:28:40] name.

[1:28:42] Onto it? No, no. Okay. Just

[1:28:44] checking.

[1:28:46] Any anything else on my left?

[1:28:48] No. Okay. Uh, with that.

[1:28:50] Since move approval.

[1:28:50] Four of us.

[1:28:50] Okay.

[1:28:51] Second, second.

[1:28:52] All right, let

[1:29:04] s go to vote.

[1:29:08] And that motion passes 4 to 1

[1:29:09] with one abstained with, uh,

[1:29:12] Mayor Pro tem. Alrighty. Thank

[1:29:13] you very much, gentlemen. Uh,

[1:29:14] Erica, thank you very much for

[1:29:15] all of that. And thank you to

[1:29:17] the team. All right, let me

[1:29:18] see. I think we

[1:29:19] re about done.

[1:29:21] Yes. All right. Departmental

[1:29:22] reports and receiving file

[1:29:23] only. Uh, so we

[1:29:23] re good with

[1:29:25] that. Public comments on non

[1:29:27] agenda item. Do we have anybody

[1:29:29] left? Nope. All right. Thank

[1:29:30] you very much, Mayor Pro Tem

[1:29:32] for coming back. Uh, do you

[1:29:34] have any future items. Okay.

[1:29:35] Anybody else have any future

[1:29:38] items. Nope. All right. Seeing

[1:29:39] as none, uh, city manager

[1:29:41] report, MISTER Luke Watson.

[1:29:42] Nothing further to nightmare.

[1:29:44] Thank you, sir, and to our

[1:29:46] city, uh, city attorney Zach,

[1:29:47] do we have any.

[1:29:48] Uh, MADAM Mayor, the city

[1:29:49] council met in closed session

[1:29:51] on the agenda items listed with

[1:29:52] respect to the second listed

[1:29:54] item. The council unanimously,

[1:29:55] unanimously authorized the city

[1:29:57] attorney to pursue an appeal of

[1:29:58] the trial court

[1:29:59] s judgment. Uh,

[1:30:01] that concludes my report.

[1:30:02] Thank you. Thank you very much.

[1:30:04] And before we adjourn, we just

[1:30:06] want to remind everybody that

[1:30:07] we are going to be going dark

[1:30:09] on JUNE 23rd. So there will be

[1:30:10] absolutely no meeting that day.

[1:30:11] So if you want to come, you

[1:30:11] re

[1:30:12] probably going to be here by

[1:30:14] yourself. Uh, our next meeting

[1:30:17] is going to be, uh, 3:00 on

[1:30:19] JULY 14th. And just as a

[1:30:20] reminder, that is going to be

[1:30:21] when we are going to be

[1:30:22] bringing back the item for

[1:30:25] resolution for sdg and e. So,

[1:30:25] uh, if there

[1:30:26] s any other

[1:30:27] comments with that, we

[1:30:27] d love

[1:30:28] to be able to hear from you.

[1:30:30] And with that, that is the end

[1:30:31] of our meeting and we are

[1:30:32] adjourned. Thank you for

City Council on 2026-06-09 3:00 PM - Regular Meeting - Jun 9th, 2026

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