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Council amends legislative platform language on insurance and housing; adopts nuisance abatement assessments for Old Town properties
Summary
Council unanimously approved additional insurance and a city‑specific housing statement to its 2025 legislative platform and later adopted a special assessment to recover emergency abatement costs for hazardous Old Town parcels (June–Dec 2024). Both motions passed 5‑0.
At its Jan. 28 meeting the Temecula City Council unanimously approved two separate formal actions: a change to the city’s 2025 legislative platform adding a city‑specific insurance provision and a proposed housing statement, and a resolution confirming special assessments for emergency nuisance abatement of certain Old Town parcels.
Votes at a glance
1) Legislative platform amendments — approved 5‑0 Staff introduced a city‑specific insurance provision requested by Councilmember Schwenk and a proposed city‑specific housing statement that would broaden the platform’s advocacy tools in Sacramento. After brief discussion Councilmember Schwenk moved the city‑specific housing language and the motion was seconded and carried unanimously. The new insurance language supports legislation, funding and policies to expand homeowner and commercial insurance options and maintain solvency of mechanisms that protect consumers in high‑risk areas; the housing language supports initiatives to promote homeownership, strengthen housing resiliency after natural disasters, preserve aging housing stock and leverage state/federal resources.
2) Public‑nuisance abatement special assessment — adopted 5‑0 Staff presented a resolution to confirm special assessments to recoup costs for emergency abatement work performed on parcels west of Mercedes Street and south of Third Street in Old Town after the property owner refused to maintain a protective fence and hazardous conditions were identified. The owner had signed a voluntary right‑of‑entry; staff documented multiple notices and sought council confirmation to place a special assessment on the property tax roll to recover city costs for abatement covering the period June 16, 2024 through Dec. 13, 2024. With no public comment, the council closed the hearing and voted 5‑0 to adopt the resolution.
Both items passed by unanimous voice/roll call. No amendments or abstentions were recorded at the time of each vote. Staff will add the insurance and housing language to the legislative platform and will record the adopted assessment on the parcels’ property tax records; staff noted future resolutions may be needed if the nuisance is ongoing.
