The Elsinore Valley Municipal Water District board approved an amendment to the Joint Community Facilities Agreement for Pardee Homes’ Westlake development.The 4-0 vote Thursday, Sept. 10, with Harvey Ryan not able to participate in the vote, amended an August 2019 agreement between Pardee Homes, the water district and the city of Lake Elsinore to add a new water transmission line for the project.Pardee Homes is developing 163 single-family homes near the intersection of Grand Avenue and Riverside Drive. The Aug. 22, 2019, EVMWD board meeting approved the original Joint Community Facilities Agreement. The creation of a community facilities district allows bonds for infrastructure to be repaid through assessments on property. These are sometimes known as mello-roos taxes due to th
