[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