FPUD renews MRCD lease for Fallbrook Community Garden

The Mission Resource Conservation District leases 0.58 acres of Fallbrook Public Utility District property for the Fallbrook Community Garden, and that lease had a Monday, June 17, 2024, expiration date. The FPUD board meeting Wednesday, May 29, included a 4-0 vote, with Ken Endter absent, to extend the lease for another five years.

The lease will now expire June 17, 2029. The MRCD will pay FPUD a dollar a year to rent the Alturas Road property.

Although the MRCD is the formal lessee and the lease prohibits any sublease or assignment of the lease without FPUD’s consent, the MRCD partners with...