CITY OF MURRIETA  
Council Chambers  
1 Town Square  
Tuesday, June 18, 2024  
4:15 PM CLOSED SESSION  
6:00 PM REGULAR MEETING  
Murrieta 92562  
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Lori Stone  
Mayor  
Cindy Warren  
Lisa DeForest  
Mayor Pro Tem  
Council Member  
Jon Levell  
Ron Holliday  
Council Member  
Council Member  
Kim Summers, 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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RECESS TO CLOSED SESSION  
6:00 PM REGULAR MEETING  
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ROLL CALL  
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE  
INVOCATION  
PRESENTATIONS  
APPROVAL OF AGENDA  
DEPARTMENT/COMMISSION ANNOUNCEMENTS  
CITY MANAGER - ADMINISTRATIVE UPDATE  
City Manager Administrative Updates is the opportunity for the City Manager to provide  
community updates, as well as Department or Commission announcements on current or  
upcoming projects.  
โ€ข City Manager: Cal Recycle, Isaac Bravo, Management Analyst  
โ€ข Community Services: Special Events, Laura Frasso, Coordinator-Event Specialist  
โ€ข Community Update: Cristina Davies, Public Information Officer  
GOVERNING BODY COMMISSION/COMMITTEE/BOARD (CCB) REPORTS  
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on conferences, seminars, and Commission, Committees, and/or Boards meeting attendance.  
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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 โ€“ 16  
All matters listed on the Consent Calendar are to be considered routine by the governing  
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 June 4, 2024 City Council Regular Meeting.  
Recommended Action:  
Ratify prior renewals with GovQA that exceeded the City Manager's contract authority;  
Authorize the exemption from bidding requirements;  
Authorize the City Manager or her designee to approve renewals in a form acceptable to the  
City Attorney, with GovQA for public records request software for a total not to exceed  
$76,240.08 plus a 5% contingency;  
Amend the Fiscal Year 2024/25 Operating Budget in the General Ledger Account by $13,800.  
4.  
Recommended Action:  
Adopt Resolution No. 24-4746 entitled: A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Murrieta  
Repealing Resolution No. 08-1992 and Providing Publication Requirements for Ordinances by  
Authorizing Ordinance Summaries and Designating an Ordinance Summary Official Pursuant  
to California Government Code ยง36933; and  
Adopt Resolution No. 24-4747 entitled: A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Murrieta  
Designating Posting Locations in the City.  
Recommended Action:  
5.  
6.  
Approve a three-year agreement with Animal Friends of the Valleys, Inc. for city-wide animal  
control services; and  
Authorize the City Manager or designee to execute the agreement and related documents.  
Recommended Action:  
Authorize the City Manager to execute agreements with Architerra Inc. and Van Dyke  
Landscape Architects for on-call landscape plan check review and inspection services.  
7.  
Recommended Action:  
Approve a purchase order with HR Green Pacific, Inc. for On-call Plan Check Engineering  
services for Fiscal Year 2024/25, for an amount not to exceed $200,000 from the Engineering  
General Fund; and  
Authorize the City Manager to execute the purchase order on behalf of the City.  
8.  
Recommended Action:  
Approve a purchase order with Rick Engineering Company for on-call traffic engineering  
consulting services for Fiscal Year 2024/25 for an amount not to exceed $68,643 from the  
General Fund;  
Approve a purchase order with Rick Engineering Company for on-call traffic engineering  
consultant services for Fiscal Year 2024/25, for an amount not to exceed $226,260 with  
$69,980 from Capital Improvement Plan Project No. 13049, $69,980 from Capital Improvement  
Plan Project No. 13050, $69,980 from Capital Improvement Plan Project No. 13053, and  
$16,320 from Capital Improvement Plan Project 13054; and  
Authorize the City Manager to execute the purchase orders on behalf of the City.  
9.  
Recommended Action:  
Approve a purchase order with Michael Baker International, Inc. for on-call plan check services  
for Fiscal Year 2024/25 for an amount not to exceed $800,000 from the General Fund;  
Approve a purchase order with Michael Baker International, Inc. for National Pollutant  
Discharge Elimination System services for Fiscal Year 2024/25 for an amount not to exceed  
$55,000 from the Engineering NPDES Fund;  
Approve a purchase order with Michael Baker International, Inc. for Land Development Review  
services for Fiscal Year 2024/25 for an amount not to exceed $69,357 from the General Fund;  
and  
Authorize the City Manager to execute the purchase order on behalf of the City.  
10.  
Recommended Action:  
Approve a purchase order with Anser Advisory Management, LLC, dba Anser Advisory, for  
on-call inspection services for Public Works and Storm Water Pollution Prevention Plans for  
Fiscal Year 2024/25 for an amount not to exceed $300,000 from the Engineering General  
Fund;  
Approve a purchase order with Anser Advisory Management, LLC, dba Anser Advisory, for  
on-call NPDES inspection services for Fiscal Year 2024/25 for an amount not to exceed  
$120,000 from the Engineering General Fund; and  
Authorize the City Manager to execute the purchase order on behalf of the City.  
11.  
Recommended Action:  
Authorize a two-year agreement with Rosenow Spevacek Group, Inc;  
Authorize the City Manager to execute all necessary documents for two years with two  
additional one-year extensions; and  
Acknowledge the bidding requirements were waived for the Proposed Agreement.  
Recommended Action:  
12.  
Adopt the following Resolutions approving the Fiscal Year 2024/25 Tax Rates for the  
Community Facilities Districts:  
Resolution No. 24-4749 entitled: A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Murrieta,  
California, Determining and Levying the Special Tax in Community Facilities District No. 2000-1  
(Greer Ranch) for Fiscal Year 2024/25;  
Resolution No. 24-4750 entitled: A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Murrieta,  
California, Determining and Levying the Special Tax in Community Facilities District No. 2000-2  
(The Oaks) for Fiscal Year 2024/25;  
Resolution No. 24-4751 entitled: A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Murrieta,  
California, Determining and Levying the Special Tax in Community Facilities District No. 2001-1  
(Bluestone Communities/Murrieta Highlands) for Fiscal Year 2024/25;  
Resolution No. 24-4752 entitled: A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Murrieta,  
California, Determining And Levying The Special Tax In Community Facilities District No.  
2003-1 (Murrieta Springs) For Fiscal Year 2024/25;  
Resolution No. 24-4753 entitled: A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Murrieta,  
California, Determining and Levying the Special Tax In Community Facilities District No. 2003-2  
(Blackmore Ranch) for Fiscal Year 2024/25;  
Resolution No. 24-4754 entitled: A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Murrieta,  
California, Determining and Levying the Special Tax in Community Facilities District No. 2003-3  
(Creekside Village) for Fiscal Year 2024/25;  
Resolution No. 24-4755 entitled: A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Murrieta,  
California, Determining and Levying the Special Tax in Community Facilities District No. 2003-4  
(Bluestone Communities II/Mapleton) for Fiscal Year 2024/25;  
Resolution No. 24-4756 entitled: A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Murrieta,  
California, Determining and Levying the Special Tax in Community Facilities District No. 2004-1  
(Bremerton) for Fiscal Year 2024/25;  
Resolution No. 24-4757 entitled: A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Murrieta,  
California, Determining and Levying the Special Tax in Community Facilities District No. 2004-2  
(Murrieta Fields) for Fiscal Year 2024/25;  
Resolution No. 24-4758 entitled: A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Murrieta,  
California, Determining and Levying the Special Taxes in Community Facilities District No.  
2004-3 (Meadowlane/Amberwalk I & II) for Fiscal Year 2024/25;  
Resolution No. 24-4759 entitled: A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Murrieta,  
California, Determining and Levying the Special Tax in Community Facilities District No. 2005-1  
(Springbrook) for Fiscal Year 2024/25;  
Resolution No. 24-4760 entitled: A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Murrieta,  
California, Determining and Levying the Special Tax in Community Facilities District No. 2005-5  
IA A (Golden City) for Fiscal Year 2024/25; and  
Resolution No. 24-4761 entitled: A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Murrieta,  
California, Determining and Levying the Special Tax in Community Facilities District No. 2005-5  
IA B (Golden City) for Fiscal Year 2024/25.  
Recommended Action:  
13.  
14.  
Approve Amendment No. 1 to the Agreement with Yunex, LLC in the amount of $46,720 to  
provide continued traffic signal maintenance services; and  
Authorize the City Manager or designee to execute Amendment No. 1 and related documents  
on behalf of the City.  
Recommended Action:  
Approve an agreement with International Business Information Technologies, Inc., doing  
business as LEFTA Systems, for Law Enforcement Field Training Application software, waiving  
the bidding requirements, pursuant to Municipal Code Section 3.08.280;  
Approve the use of the LEFTA System for a term of five years; and  
Authorize the City Manager or designee to execute the agreement and related documents.  
15.  
Recommended Action:  
Approve an agreement with M. Pino and Associates, Inc. for background investigations for  
Concealed Carry Weapon License applicants and waive the bidding requirements as allowed  
per Municipal Code Section 3.08.280; and  
Amend the Fiscal Year 2024/25 Operating Budget associated with the General Fund and  
Measure T Fund as discussed below.  
16.  
Recommended Action:  
Conduct the second reading and adopt Ordinance No. 605-24 entitled: An Ordinance of the  
City Council of the City of Murrieta, California, amending Title 10 of the Murrieta Municipal  
Code relating to bicycles, electric bicycles, scooters and skateboards, and passenger loading  
and unloading of vehicles and adoption of exemption from the California Environmental Quality  
Act (CEQA).  
PULLED CONSENT CALENDAR ITEMS  
PUBLIC HEARING  
17.  
Recommended Action:  
Conduct a Public Hearing; and  
Adopt Resolution No. MFD 24-223 entitled: A Resolution of the Board of Directors of the  
Murrieta Fire District Approving the Fiscal Year 2024/25 Operating Budget for the Murrieta Fire  
District.  
DISCUSSION  
18.  
Recommended Action:  
Approve moving forward to the next phase of project design for design Option B;  
Approve the recommended project financing strategy, including use of an inter-fund loan;  
Authorize the City Manager to approve a change order for $222,700 to SVA Architects, Inc.,  
Purchase Order No. P03681, for the next phase of design services;  
Approve a purchase order for $475,000 to RWBID Construction Management, LLC, for project  
and construction management services; and  
Authorize the $500,000 Fiscal Year 2024/25 Capital Improvement Budget for the children's  
library expansion (CIP 21027) to be eligible for use effectively immediately.  
19.  
Recommended Action:  
Adopt Resolution 24-4762, entitled: A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Murrieta,  
California, Opposing California Initiative #21-0042A1, which would Significantly Undermine  
Local Control and Disrupt the Ability of Local Governments to Provide Essential Services and  
Infrastructure.  
20.  
Recommended Action:  
Adopt Resolution No. 24-4763 entitled: A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Murrieta,  
California, Calling for the Holding of a General Municipal Election to be Held on Tuesday,  
November 5, 2024, for the Purpose of Electing Certain Officers of Said City as Required by the  
Provisions of the Laws of the State of California Relating to General Law Cities; and, Other  
Election Matters as Required by Law, to include in the event of a tie vote, the tie will be  
determined by lot; and  
Adopt Resolution No. 24-4764 entitled: A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Murrieta,  
California, Requesting the Board of Supervisors of Riverside County to Consolidate a General  
Municipal Election to be Held on November 5, 2024, with the Statewide General Election to be  
Held on Same Date Pursuant to ยง10403 of the California Election Code and Other Election  
Matters as Required by Law; and  
Adopt Resolution No. 24-4765 (OPTION A - 200 words) entitled: A Resolution of the City  
Council of the City of Murrieta, California, Adopting Regulations for Candidates for Elective  
Office, Pertaining to, and Costs of, Candidate Statements Submitted to the Voters at the  
Consolidated General Municipal Election to be Held on Tuesday, November 5, 2024; OR  
Adopt Resolution No. 24-4765 (OPTION B - 400 words) entitled: A Resolution of the City  
Council of the City of Murrieta, California, Adopting Regulations for Candidates for Elective  
Office, Pertaining to, and Costs of, Candidate Statements Submitted to the Voters at the  
Consolidated General Municipal Election to be Held on Tuesday, November 5, 2024; and  
Direct the City Clerk to fulfill any administrative requirements in accordance with the law.  
GOVERNING BODY ANNOUNCEMENTS  
Governing Body Announcements is the opportunity for the City Council to provide  
miscellaneous reports and announcements. Announcements shall not exceed two minutes.  
The City Clerk will use the computerized timer.  
COUNCIL MEMBER REQUESTS TO ADD OR WITHDRAW ITEMS TO FUTURE AGENDAS  
ADJOURNMENT