TO: HONORABLE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL
FROM: Kim Summers, City Manager
PREPARED BY: Kristen M. Crane, Assistant City Manager
SUBJECT: Consideration of a Resolution Supporting the Need for Expanded
Public Higher Education Institutions within Southwestern Riverside
County
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RECOMMENDATION
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Adopt Resolution No. 24-4727, entitled: A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Murrieta, California, Supporting the Need for Expanded Public Higher Education Institutions within Southwestern Riverside County and State and Regional Funding for the Cost of Tenant Improvements to Create an Expanded Presence for California State University, San Marcos at the Mt. San Jacinto College Campus in Temecula Valley.
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PRIOR ACTION/VOTE
None.
CITY COUNCIL GOAL
Aggressively pursue economic development.
BACKGROUND
In recent years, there has been discussion amongst local Southwest Riverside County elected officials, as well as representatives from Mt. San Jacinto College (MSJC) and California State University, San Marcos (CSUSM), about the need for expansion of higher education opportunities in the Southwest Riverside County region. Some of these discussions occurred during 2022 and 2023 at the Southwest Elected Leaders Collaborative meetings (formerly the Southwest Women Elected Leaders Collaborative).
As an outgrowth of these discussions, on November 13, 2023, representatives of MSJC and CSUSM, Council Member Dr. Lisa DeForest, and Menifee Council Member Lesa Sobek invited local government representatives to attend a meeting related to the possible formation of a Southwestern Riverside County Higher Education Coalition. The meeting invitation was sent to a broad stakeholder group, including all the City Council Members and City Managers for the cities from Corona east to Moreno Valley and south to the Riverside County line; the school district board members ...
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