San Jacinto’s City Council holds public hearings Tuesday night on two annexations south of Ramona Expressway, including a 151-home tract. Hemet’s Planning Commission takes up a development agreement for the Rancho Diamante subdivision the same evening, and Valley-Wide’s park board adopts a special tax for a new Winchester community facilities district Monday.
Below is what each body had posted as of Saturday morning, Oct. 17. Where an agenda is not up, we say so.
Monday, Oct. 19
Hemet Youth Council, special meeting, 5 p.m.
Hemet Public Library, second floor, 300 E. Latham Ave. Items: continued review of the Youth Council bylaws; the Christmas in the Park event project; and a discussion of an e-bike ordinance “as directed by City Council.” No dollar figures are listed. Online comments are due by 2 p.m. Agenda: Hemet CivicWeb.
Valley-Wide Recreation and Park District board, 5:30 p.m.
District Office, 901 W. Esplanade Ave., San Jacinto. Regular meeting.
- Action, Ordinance 2026-3. Adopt an ordinance authorizing the levy of special taxes in Winchester Community Facilities District Zone 33 (San Pedro Farms). The staff report says the board held the formation hearing and landowner election Sept. 21. The territory is generally north of Holland Road, east of Leon Road, west of Eucalyptus Road and south of Ano Crest Drive in Winchester. The levy would begin in fiscal year 2027-28.
- Action, Ordinance 2026-4. Authorize special taxes in Community Facilities District 2020-1 (Water Quality Management Plan), Annexation No. 14 (Tax Zone No. 15).
- Contracts. Larry Minor Regional Park modular building refurbishment to Unified Modular Corp., $99,577.26; eight bleacher systems from Great Western Recreation, $74,257.57; Diamond Valley Aquatic Center play structure bonding to California Commercial Pools, $91,051; Bill Gray Park accessibility improvements to H L Hitchcock Construction Inc., $70,710.
- Resolution 1480-26. Declare a well site within La Paloma Park in Menifee exempt surplus land and approve its conveyance.
Agenda: Valley-Wide CivicWeb.
Tuesday, Oct. 20
Riverside County Board of Supervisors, 9:30 a.m.
County Administrative Center, 4080 Lemon St., Riverside. Items near the valley: Tentative Tract Map 38483, 96 residential lots on 28.22 acres in the Winchester area, with intent to adopt a mitigated negative declaration; a public hearing on the conditional vacation of portions of Leon Road in Winchester (Resolution 2026-187); renewal of the bark-beetle and Golden Spotted Oak Borer emergency for Idyllwild and Pine Cove; and an amended conflict-of-interest code for Valley-Wide. No item names Hemet or San Jacinto. Agenda: county IQM2.
San Jacinto City Council, 5:30 p.m. closed session, 6:30 p.m. open session
Community Center, 625 S. Pico Ave. Regular meeting with two public hearings.
- Public hearing, Item 4.1 / Annexation A (P22-004). Annex 43.68 acres south of Ramona Expressway, between Alessandro and Vernon avenues, subject to approval by the Riverside Local Agency Formation Commission (LAFCO). The Planning Commission recommends adopting a mitigated negative declaration, Resolution 4151 authorizing the annexation, and Resolution 4152 approving Tentative Tract Map 34271 and Lot Line Adjustment 22-01. The staff report says the map would create 151 single-family lots; the applicant is Cornell Kasbergen.
- Public hearing, Item 4.2 / Annexation B (P22-084). Resolution 4153 authorizing annexation of 143.62 acres, 92 parcels, within the city’s sphere of influence. Staff calls the project exempt from CEQA under Guidelines Section 15183.
- Consent. September warrants and disbursements of $6,629,748.04.
- Closed session. Public employee performance evaluation/appointment/employment: City Manager.
Written comments go to [email protected] or the City Clerk, 595 S. San Jacinto Ave., by 3 p.m. the day of the meeting. Live phone comment: (951) 465-7684, conference ID 706 805 861#. Agenda: San Jacinto AgendaLink.
Hemet Planning Commission, 6 p.m.
Council Chambers, 450 E. Latham Ave. Regular meeting.
- Public hearing, Item 9.A / Development Agreement 26-001, Rancho Diamante Tentative Tract Map 36841. A 245.07-acre site south of Stetson Avenue, west of Warren Road and east of the San Diego aqueduct, in the Page Ranch planned community. Property owner: Rancho Diamante Investments LLC. Staff recommends Resolution 2026-015 recommending that the City Council adopt an ordinance approving the agreement, and says no new CEQA review is required under a previously certified supplemental EIR.
- Continued item 8.A / Extension of Time 26-003, Ramona Creek Tentative Tract Map 38309. A requested three-year extension for 219 single-family lots and 114 detached cluster lots on 56.41 acres. Staff recommends opening the hearing, taking testimony and continuing it to Nov. 17 at 6 p.m.
Online comments are due by 2 p.m. Zoom webinar ID 161 109 8944, passcode 688013. Agenda: Hemet CivicWeb.
Wednesday, Oct. 21
Eastern Municipal Water District board, 9 a.m.
Board Room, 2270 Trumble Road, Perris. Zoom webinar ID 836 7970 8156, passcode 480797. The district’s events calendar lists the meeting. The agenda had not been posted where the Chronicle could read it as of Saturday morning; the board portal (meeting ID 2376) was behind a security check. Calendar: EMWD.
Riverside County Planning Commission, 9 a.m.
4080 Lemon St., Riverside. No Hemet or San Jacinto items. The agenda includes a three-year extension request for Tentative Tract Map 38263, 135 condominium units in the Belle Terre specific plan (applicant Diamond Valley LLC). Agenda: county IQM2.
Thursday, Oct. 22
Hemet Investment Oversight Committee, 3 p.m.
City Hall, Sister Cities Room. The city’s calendar lists the meeting. Agenda not yet posted as of Saturday morning. Calendar: Hemet CivicWeb.
Hemet’s Development Review Committee meeting for Oct. 22 is cancelled for lack of agenda items; the next is Oct. 29.
Not meeting this week
Hemet City Council’s next regular meeting is Oct. 27. Hemet Unified’s next board meeting on its portal is Nov. 17. San Jacinto Unified had no board meeting posted for this week after its Oct. 8 meeting. San Jacinto’s Planning Commission is listed for Oct. 27. Mt. San Jacinto College’s next board meeting is listed for Nov. 12. Lake Hemet Municipal Water District’s board adjourned to Nov. 19. Riverside LAFCO lists a special meeting Oct. 28.
The Chronicle builds this calendar from agendas and notices each body posts. Meeting times and items can change after publication.
