CITY OF MURRIETA  
Council Chambers  
1 Town Square  
Tuesday, November 4, 2025  
5:30 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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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 – 7  
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 October 21, 2025 Regular meeting minutes.  
Recommended Action:  
Adopt Resolution No. 25-4892 entitled: A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Murrieta,  
California, Ratifying the Consolidated Check Register for the month of August 2025.  
4.  
Recommended Action:  
Accept a State of California Office of Traffic Safety Program Grant award in the amount of  
$120,000;  
Amend the Fiscal Year 2025/26 Operating Budget to allocate and appropriate the $120,000, in  
grant funds and carry over any unused grant budget to Fiscal Year 2026/27; and  
Authorize the City Manager, and/or their designee, to execute all necessary documents and  
take actions required to accept, implement, and administer the grant, including ratification of  
the designees’ execution of the grant agreement.  
Recommended Action:  
5.  
Amend the Fiscal Year 2025/26 Capital Improvement Plan budget to appropriate  
$1,197,077.91 for Capital Improvement Project No. 22039;  
Approve the use of the Measure T Fund Community Services Department Facility Repair  
Reserve in the amount of $1,197,077.91;  
Award the construction contract for the Los Alamos Hills and Torrey Pines Park Synthetic Turf  
Replacement Project, Capital Improvement Project 22039, to the lowest responsible bidder,  
Horizons Construction Company International, Inc., in the amount of $994,850.36, plus a 15%  
contingency; and  
Authorize the Mayor to execute the agreement.  
Recommended Action:  
6.  
7.  
Approve the purchase of two Ford F-750 dump trucks under the City's current agreement with  
Enterprise Fleet Management; and  
Authorize the City Manager to execute the Enterprise Open-End (Equity) Lease Rate Quote  
No. 8781562.  
Recommended Action:  
Accept a Selective Traffic Enforcement Program Grant Award of $160,000, from the State of  
California Office of Traffic Safety;  
Amend the Fiscal Year 2025/26 Operating Budget to allocate and appropriate the grant  
funding; and  
Authorize the City Manager, and/or their designee, to execute all necessary documents and  
take actions required to accept, implement, and administer the grant, including ratification of  
the designees’ execution of the grant agreement.  
PULLED CONSENT CALENDAR ITEMS  
PUBLIC HEARINGS  
DISCUSSION  
8.  
Recommended Action:  
Amend the Capital Improvement Plan Budget for Fiscal Year 2025/26 and appropriate  
$1,849,060.30 from the Measure T Fund Unassigned Fund Balance into CIP No. 21019;  
Amend the Capital Improvement Plan Budget for FY2025/26 and appropriate $35,000 from the  
Measure T Fire Fund Facility Reserve into CIP No. 21019;  
Award the construction contract for the Fire Station 1 Site Improvements Project, CIP No.  
21019, City Project No. 22-452, to DEARK E&C, INC in the amount of $2,777,760;  
Authorize a fifteen percent construction contingency of $416,664;  
Authorize the City Engineer to approve contract change orders not to exceed fifteen percent of  
the contract amount; and  
Authorize the Mayor to execute the construction contract.  
9.  
Recommended Action:  
Conduct the first reading and introduce Ordinance No. 625-25 entitled: An Ordinance of the  
City Council of the City of Murrieta, California, Adopting the 2025 California Building Standards  
Code; and  
Schedule a Public Hearing to conduct the second reading of Ordinance No. 625-25 for the  
November 18, 2025, City Council Meeting.  
Recommended Action:  
10.  
Introduce and conduct the first reading of Ordinance No. 626-25 entitled: An Ordinance of the  
City Council of the City of Murrieta, California, Adopting the California Fire Code, 2025 Edition,  
Based on the 2024 International Fire Code Including Local Amendments and Additions;  
Introduce and conduct the first reading of Ordinance No. 627-25 entitled: An Ordinance of the  
City Council, Adopting the 2025 California Wildland-Urban Interface Code, Based on the 2024  
International Wildland-Urban Interface Code, Including Local Amendments and Additions; and  
Schedule a public hearing to conduct the second reading of Ordinance Nos. 626-25 and  
627-25 for the November 18, 2025 City Council Meeting.  
NOTIFICATIONS  
RECONSIDERATION  
COUNCIL MEMBER REQUESTS TO ADD ITEMS TO FUTURE AGENDAS  
ADJOURNMENT