City Manager's Updates

Lennar Homes Moving Quickly on Shadow Rock Project!

On Monday morning I had an opportunity to visit the construction site of the new Lennar Homes Shadow Rock community with Keith Clarke, Bart Reis, Jose Ibarra, and Irwin Salas. Shadow Rock, located off of Sierra Avenue in the northeast area of Jurupa Valley, will be a master planned community with over 400 single-family detached homes and a beautiful new park. Lennar has indicated to us recently that they hope to have their model homes open by the end of this year. Based on what we saw during our visit on Monday, construction is moving forward aggressively, with major infrastructure components such as streets, curb, gutter, and utilities already taking shape. The new community will feature many recreational amenities centered around the new park, and many homes will offer impressive views of the valley below. Lennar has not yet established pricing for the new homes. It is encouraging to see this project moving forward so quickly.

Major Grading Continues at the Vernola Apartments

During our Monday morning tour we also visited the construction site of the new Vernola Apartments, located on Pats Ranch Road north of 68^th Street. This will be a 397-unit rental apartment community with many amenities. Major grading work is underway at the site. The general contractor on the project is Wermers Companies, based in San Diego.

Recruitment Updates—Building the New Team

We are moving forward with the recruitment process for Jurupa Valley’s first full-time in-house Executive Team. Here is a quick rundown on each open position:

Economic Development Manager—I interviewed the top two finalists last week. We have made an employment offer to one of those finalists and are completing the background check process. Regan Williams of Bob Murray and Associates has served as the executive recruiter.

Community Development Director—Tony Dahlerbruch of Peckham and McKenney is serving as the executive recruiter for this position. Tony is doing an extensive outreach effort to potential candidates in advance of the formal interviews. The application closing date is Friday, July 17.

Public Works Director/City Engineer—Bob Murray and Associates has been selected as the recruitment firm for this position. We are working with Valerie Phillips of the firm to develop the recruitment brochure and finalize the outreach strategy. The application closing date has not yet been determined.

Assistant City Manager—Bob Murray and Associates has been selected as the recruitment firm for this position. We are working with Valerie Phillips of the firm to develop the recruitment brochure and finalize the outreach strategy. The application closing date has not yet been determined.

Code Enforcement Department Updates

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Weed Abatement on Vacant Lot

The Code Enforcement Department has issued citations to the owner of the lot in order to gain compliance.

Homeless Encampment on Vacant Lot

The Code Enforcement Department coordinated with the vacant lot owners for successful removal of the encampment.

Illegal Vendor Patrol

Code Enforcement in coordination with the Department of Environmental Health conducted an Illegal Vendor Patrol on
June 20th. In all, seven vendors were cited and three hundred and seven pounds of food
was confiscated.

COVID-19 Updates

The CDC lists 11 symptoms associated with COVID-19

These symptoms usually appear two days to two weeks after exposure to the virus, according to the CDC.

Fever or chills
Cough
Shortness of breath or difficulty breathing
Fatigue
Muscle or body aches
Headache
New loss of taste or smell
Sore throat
Congestion or runny nose
Nausea or vomiting
Diarrhea

Riverside County: 15,142 cases, 435 fatalities
Jurupa Valley: 704 cases, 16 fatalities
The County has begun an anti-body testing program that will involve randomly selected individuals to volunteer to provide a sample at a testing site. The notifications have begun – and if you are contacted, this will be a voluntary ask. They will only be testing those who they send a request to – people can not randomly volunteer to participate

Cal Fire Updates

Welcome Chief Joshua Janssen to the Battalion 14A!

Chief Janssen began his fire service career in 1993 with the Riverside County Fire Department-CDF (Calimesa) as a Volunteer Firefighter. In 1994, he accepted a job as a firefighter with the US Forest Service in the San Bernardino National Forest. He was hired with CDF in 1998 as a Firefighter I in the San Bernardino Unit. In 2001, he promoted to Firefighter II in RRU. In 2002 Josh returned to BDU-Highland as a Firefighter II-Paramedic and then promoted to Fire Apparatus Engineer-Paramedic in 2004. In 2007, he was promoted to Fire Captain on a Schedule B Engine where he worked for the next two years. He was then assigned in the Schedule A program, where he was heavily involved in the EMS and Training Programs for the Cities of Highland and Yucaipa. In 2011, Josh transferred to RRU and assumed a Training Captain position in the Unit’s Training Bureau. In 2015, Josh promoted to Battalion Chief, assigned as the Riverside Training & Safety Chief, where he was responsible for overseeing the Unit’s Training & Safety Programs. In 2017 he transferred to the BDU Training Chief position for two years. He then transferred to the City of Highland Battalion Chief position where he spent the last two years.

Josh has extensive experience in the Fire Control, SART, Safety, and State Fire Training Programs. Josh is on a number of CAL FIRE and State Fire Training Cadres and Committees, including being a Technical Panel Member with UL/NIST. He has also been a member of CAL FIRE’s Incident Management Team 6 since 2015 and is currently Team 6’s Incident Commander Trainee.

Josh is a father of three children; Ryan (daughter) 14 y/o, Jet (son) 12 y/o, Pace (daughter) 8, as well as a husband of 17 years to Natalie Janssen. He was born and raised in the City of Yucaipa, where he attended and graduated from Crafton Hills College with an Associate’s Degree in Fire Science and EMS. He is currently working on his Bachelor’s Degrees in Fire Administration.

Sheriff's Department Updates

Felons in Possession of a Shotgun and Drugs while on Bail

On Sunday, June 14th, 2020, about 11:22 AM, deputies assigned to the Jurupa Valley Station conducted a Post Release Community Service (PRCS) compliance search at a residence in the 3400 block of Skyline Drive, in Jurupa Valley. Deputies contacted two males at the residence, identified as 39-year-old, Rolando Gutierres and 41-year-old, Roberto Villareal Jr., both residents of Jurupa Valley. Deputies learned Gutierres and Villareal were out of custody on bail for unrelated felony charges. Deputies located a loaded shotgun, methamphetamine and several boxes of live shotgun ammunition.

For more information, please visit the Riverside County Sheriff's Department website

Public Works Updates

The Public Works Department has installed six "no trucks over 80 tons" signs along Etiwanda Avenue and the 60 Freeway. Please see the map above and the photos below for the locations of the truck restriction signs.