MWD advances annexation of City of Murrieta maintenance yard
The City of Murrieta owns 6.91 acres at the intersection of Fig Street and Adams Avenue. That land is not within the boundaries of a water or sewer district, and on August 20 the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California board approved the Eastern Municipal Water District environmental findings to annex the land into the MWD and EMWD boundaries.The MWD board also approved terms and conditions for the annexation, which will also need approval of Riverside County’s Local Agency Formation Commission. Eastern is the lead agency for the annexation process and adopted an environmental Mitigated Negative Declaration for the annexation, and the MWD action specified that MWD has reviewed and considered the Mitigated Negative Declaration. The environmental documentation anticipates an