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Council stalls on developer-built public-safety campus; asks staff to renegotiate covenant

Moreno Valley City Council · April 7, 2026
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Summary

After prolonged debate about a covenant with Highland Fairview that would require a developer-built public-safety campus once 7,000 residences are permitted, the council voted to continue the item and directed staff to seek amended terms to secure earlier site control and clearer developer obligations.

Moreno Valley’s council on April 7 deferred final action on a plan that would place a public-safety campus on land controlled by Highland Fairview and Merwin Properties. The original developer agreement would have obligated Highland Fairview to set aside about 10 buildable acres and construct a turnkey police‑and‑fire campus once it reached a 7,000th residential permit trigger across its projects.

City attorneys and staff explained a major complication: recent…

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