# City Council Meeting 10/13/26


**Body:** City of Hemet
**Date:** October 12, 2026
**Jurisdiction:** SLED

**Tags:** Construction & Infrastructure, Energy & Utilities, Physical Infrastructure


The October 13, 2026 Hemet City Council meeting included several infrastructure and spending actions. The council approved a roughly $1.8 million increase to Pacific HydroTech Corporation’s design-build agreement for CIP 5717, the treatment plant for Wells 15 and 16, including about $300,000 for cartridge prefiltration and approximately $1.5 million for well rehabilitation. The project’s estimated total cost is just under $7.5 million, with $450,000 appropriated from the water utility fund; staff said settlement funds related to the contamination are intended to cover the project. The council also adopted the 2025 Pavement Management Plan, which identifies an estimated $13 million annual investment to maintain current pavement conditions; adoption did not itself allocate funding. A South Carmelita Street total-reconstruction contract was also approved as a consent item, with construction expected to begin before year-end, although the transcript does not provide the contract amount or vendor.

The council approved for introduction and first reading an industrial-development zoning ordinance establishing review tiers and standards for logistics uses, including fire-safety and community-review provisions; the motion prohibited cold-storage facilities in all zones. The council discussed a proposed six-month Western Park events pilot, but did not authorize it: staff was directed to revise the proposal, address concerns from local restaurants, and return it for further discussion, with food trucks opposed by council members. Separately, the council approved unfreezing nine police department positions, with a full-year estimated cost of about $1.3 million. No other major procurement awards were identified.

**Source:** City of Hemet