CITY OF MURRIETA  
Council Chambers  
1 Town Square  
Tuesday, September 2, 2025  
4:15 PM CLOSED SESSION  
6:00 PM REGULAR MEETING  
Murrieta, CA 92562  
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Cindy Warren  
Mayor  
Jon Levell  
Lisa DeForest  
Mayor Pro Tem  
Council Member  
Lori Stone  
Ron Holliday  
Council Member  
Council Member  
Justin Clifton, City Manager  
Tiffany Israel, City Attorney  
Cristal McDonald, City Clerk  
MURRIETA CITY COUNCIL (CC)  
MURRIETA COMMUNITY SERVICES DISTRICT (CSD)  
MURRIETA FIRE DISTRICT (FD)  
MURRIETA LIBRARY BOARD (LB)  
MURRIETA REDEVELOPMENT SUCCESSOR AGENCY (RSA)  
MURRIETA HOUSING AUTHORITY (HA)  
MURRIETA FINANCING AUTHORITY (FA)  
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CLOSED SESSION  
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RECESS TO CLOSED SESSION  
6:00 PM REGULAR MEETING  
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ROLL CALL  
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE  
INVOCATION  
PRESENTATIONS  
APPROVAL OF AGENDA  
CITY MANAGER - ADMINISTRATIVE UPDATE  
GOVERNING BODY COMMISSION/COMMITTEE/BOARD (CCB)  
REPORTS/ANNOUNCEMENTS  
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shall not exceed two minutes. The City Clerk will use the computerized timer.  
PUBLIC COMMENTS (NON-AGENDA)  
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business, which does not relate to any item listed on the printed agenda. Normally no action  
may be considered or taken by the governing bodies on any matter not listed on the agenda.  
Each speaker will be limited to three minutes.  
CONSENT CALENDAR - APPROVAL OF ITEMS 1 – 8  
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bodies, and will be enacted by one motion in the form listed. There will be no discussion of  
these items unless, before the governing body votes on the motion to adopt, specific items  
are removed from the Consent Calendar for separate motions.  
Recommended Action:  
1.  
Waive reading, by title only, of all Ordinances and Resolutions. Said Ordinances and  
Resolutions which appear on the public agenda shall be determined to have been read by title  
and further reading waived.  
2.  
3.  
Recommended Action:  
Approve the minutes of the August 19, 2025 Regular City Council meeting.  
Recommended Action:  
Approve a three year extension of the agreement between the City of Murrieta and Granicus  
LLC for short-term vacation rental administration services, extending the agreement until  
November 3, 2028;  
Authorize the exemption from bidding requirement; and  
Authorize the City Manager to execute the agreement.  
Recommended Action:  
4.  
5.  
Approve Amendment No. 1 to the Lease Agreement with Murrieta National Little League for  
Hunt Field, located at 41810 Juniper Street; and  
Authorize the City Manager or his designee to execute Amendment No. 1 and any related  
documents.  
Recommended Action:  
Approve a three-year agreement with Urban Futures, Inc., with the option of two one-year  
extensions for municipal financial advisory services; and  
Authorize the City Manager to execute the agreement.  
Recommended Action:  
6.  
7.  
Accept the improvements for the 2023 Citywide Slurry Seal Project, CIP No. 13048, as  
complete; and  
Direct the City Clerk to record a Notice of Completion and release bonds in accordance with  
State law and City ordinances.  
Recommended Action:  
Approve a Purchase Order with Michael Baker International in the amount of $411,100, for  
engineering design consulting services for the Whitewood Road Widening Project, CIP No.  
8389; and  
Approve a ten percent (10%) contingency of $41,110.  
8.  
Recommended Action:  
Receive and file this report providing an update on the status of City Council priority projects  
since the priorities were last reviewed and confirmed at the City Council Workshop on February  
10, 2025.  
PULLED CONSENT CALENDAR ITEMS  
PUBLIC HEARINGS  
9.  
Recommended Action:  
Conduct the Public Hearing;  
Find that the adoption of the ordinance authorizing the Development Agreement is consistent  
with the approved 2024 Addendum to the Subsequent Environmental Impact Report certified  
for the Triangle Specific Plan (State Clearinghouse No. 2008061104) as described in this staff  
report and the proposed ordinance; and  
Introduce and conduct the first reading of Ordinance No. 623-25 entitled: An Ordinance of the  
City Council of the City of Murrieta Approving Development Agreement 2024-00004 with Tres  
Estrellas, LLC and Domenigoni Barton Properties, LLC for the Shops at the Triangle Project  
Located on Approximately 64.3 Acres Located on the South Side of Murrieta Hot Springs Road  
between Interstate 15 and Interstate 215 (Development Agreement).  
10.  
Recommended Action:  
Conduct the Public Hearing and receive public comments;  
Find that the proposed ordinance is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act  
(CEQA) under Section 15061(b)(3) of the CEQA Guidelines, which provides that CEQA only  
applies to projects that have the potential for causing a significant effect on the environment  
based on the fact that it can be seen with certainty that there is no possibility that adoption of  
the proposed ordinance would not have a significant effect on the environment; and  
Introduce and conduct the first reading of Ordinance No. 624-25 entitled: An Ordinance of the  
City Council of the City of Murrieta, California, to Revise Title 16 of the Murrieta Municipal Code  
by Adding Section 16.44.045 and Amending Sections 16.08.010, 16.44.150, and 16.110.020  
Related to Group Homes, Sober Living Homes, and Residential Care Facilities.  
NOTIFICATIONS  
RECONSIDERATION  
COUNCIL MEMBER REQUESTS TO ADD ITEMS TO FUTURE AGENDAS  
ADJOURNMENT