DECEMBER 2021
Monthly Memo from the City Manager
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I hope you are enjoying the holidays with your family, friends, and loved ones. As we approach the New Year, we welcome incoming Mayor Matt Rahn who was appointed by the Temecula City Council to serve as Temecula’s 2022 Mayor beginning tomorrow, January 1, 2022. Zak Schwank was appointed Temecula’s 2022 Mayor Pro Tem. In the absence of the Mayor, the Mayor Pro Tem assumes the Mayor’s duties and responsibilities as presiding officer of the City Council.
Each December, the Temecula City Council selects council colleagues to serve as the Mayor and the Mayor Pro Tem for the following year. Mayor Matt Rahn was elected to the City Council by the citizenry in November of 2014 for a term of four years, and was re-elected in 2018. Rahn first served as Temecula’s Mayor in 2018 with public safety and “Temecula Safe” as the yearlong theme. As shared in a recent press release, Rahn's top priority continues to be public safety as Mayor for 2022. Other key issues include traffic/transportation, responsible/thoughtful growth, parks/recreation (including senior services), maintaining an overall high quality of life as a business-friendly and family-friendly safe city, and safeguarding local control.
Here at City Hall, we'd also like to thank outgoing Mayor Maryann Edwards for her exemplary leadership, resilience, dedication, and love for the City of Temecula. She led the City of Temecula with grace for an unprecedented eighteen months and we are grateful to her for demonstrating Temecula Cares.
Happy New Year!
-Aaron Adams, City Manager
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MORE NEWS FROM CR&R ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES (CR&R)
IMPORTANT INFORMATION REGARDING STATE LAW (SB 1383)
California State law (Senate Bill 1383) requires a 75% reduction in the level of statewide disposal of organic waste by 2025.
What does this mean for every business and household? In short, all California residences and businesses are required to separate organic waste from other trash and non-organic recyclables starting in 2022. Organic waste includes both food waste and other green waste, such as yard trimmings. CR&R will be reaching out to Temecula businesses and residents with more information. Learn about CC&R's organics processing technology.
Questions? Call CC&R's Customer Service: (800) 755-8112
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Temecula On Ice
A few more days are left to ice skate outside in Old Town! Temecula On Ice is open through January 2, 2022.
Location: Town Square Park, 41000 Main Street, Temecula
Daily Rink Hours: Sunday-Thursday:10am-9:30pm and Friday-Saturday:10am-11pm
New Year's Eve Hours: New Year’s Eve Skating Session, 10pm-12:30am
(Rink Hours are subject to change.)
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New Year’s Eve Grape Drop Tonight!
Ring in the new year Temecula-style tonight with the City of Temecula's infamous Grape Drop! Celebrate 2022 twice with an East Coast (9pm) and West Coast (midnight) countdown. The New Year’s Eve Grape Drop will include live music, food vendors, and activities for kids. A free "Fun Zone" will be open from 6pm-10pm.
Date: Friday, December 31, 2021
Time: 6pm-12:30am
Location: Outside of the Civic Center (City Hall), 41000 Main Street
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SANTA GERTRUDIS CREEK PEDESTRIAN/BICYCLE TRAIL
This exciting new trail connection is nearing completion. The project is anticipated to be open during the first quarter of 2022. Below is photo of a recently paved portion of the new trail...
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The Santa Gertrudis Creek Trail extension includes under-crossings at Ynez Road, Interstate 15, and Jefferson Avenue with a paved trail along the Santa Gertrudis Creek to connect to the existing trail along Diaz Road/Murrieta Creek, as shown on the following map... |
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To learn the status of other capital improvement projects citywide, click here.
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ARE YOU SIGNED UP FOR THE
CITY'S EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS
TELEPHONE ALERT SYSTEM?
YOU MUST SIGN UP TO RECEIVE EMERGENCY TELEPHONE ALERTS FROM THE CITY OF TEMECULA
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START 2022 PREPARED
WITH AN
Each kit is $45.99 and includes a backpack filled with items such as drinking water, a 4-in-1 gas and water shutoff tool, gloves, a first aid kit, and a disaster radio with flashlight, and cell phone charger.
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COVID-19 VACCINATION INFORMATION FOR
RIVERSIDE COUNTY RESIDENTS
Questions?
Riverside County Public Health
Phone: 951-358-5000
State Vaccination Hotline: 833-422-4255
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COVID-19 TESTING
FREE (no out-of-pocket cost) COVID-19 Diagnostic Testing (PCR) is available to Riverside County residents who want to be tested.
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CITY OF TEMECULA
41000 Main Street
Temecula, CA 92590
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