Menifee City Council approves parkland purchase

BMLA Landscape Architects offered a rendering of what the 2-acre passive park could look like. Valley News/Courtesy photo
The Menifee City Council has approved an agreement with Faith Lutheran Church to purchase some of the church’s land for a passive park. A 5-0 vote on August 6 approved a purchase and sale agreement for the real property at the northwest corner of Portsmouth Drive and Roanoke Road. The 1.94 acres of land will be purchased for $450,741.15. The city manager was also authorized to execute any necessary documents for the sale and to execute a Covenants, Conditions, Restrictions, and Easement Agreement with Faith Lutheran Church. In 2021, Faith Lutheran Church offered to sell the city a portion of the church property in the 28200 block of Portsmouth Drive for the development of a dedicated passive park for the local senior community. Because the passive park will be an open green space, the
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