YOU. I LET ME, LET ME FROM MY HEAD. GOOD MORNING AND WELCOME EVERYBODY TO THE JOINT POWERS
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AUTHORITY MEETING OF THE CITY OF COACHELLA. THE 29, BAND OF MISSION INDIANS AND THE CABAZON, CAHUILLA INDIANS. LET ME GO AHEAD AND CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER, AND PRESENT OR THE CITY OF COACHELLA. AND BOTH OF OUR TRIBAL PARTNERS. AND I DON'T KNOW WHO ELSE IS PART OF THE JPA, BUT I THINK THIS IS US, WE DO HAVE A FEW ITEMS ON THE AGENDA. THE MINUTES ON THERE.ANDREW. ARE PERFECT, NO, WE DO NOT. SORRY WE DO NOT HAVE MINUTES TO APPROVE TO ORDER. AND
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THEN, I'M GOING TO ASK FOR AN APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA. ARE THERE ANY CHANGES TO THE AGENDA OR MODIFICATIONS? WE WERE INFORMED THAT PURSUANT TO AB 22664, THAT, CABAZON WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO ATTEND IN PERSON BECAUSE OF AN EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCE. SO THEY WOULD THEY REQUESTED TO, AN ACTION BE ALLOWED FOR THEM TO VOTE VIRTUALLY AND ATTEND VIRTUALLY FOR THAT SITUATION. SO WE WOULD LIKE TO ADD THAT TO THE AGENDA. AND HAVE THE COMMISSION APPROVE THAT. IS THERE A MOTION TO ADD THAT ACTION? THANK YOU. I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO ADD THAT TO THE AGENDA. IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE MOTION CARRIES. WELCOME. CABAZON ON. WE ALSO NEED TO MAKE A MOTION TO HAVE ANTHONY SERVE AS THE ALTERNATE ALTERNATE. OR IS HE JUST AUTOMATICALLY I DON'T KNOW. YEAH. NO. YOU WOULD BE AUTOMATICALLY BECAUSE DO YOU WANT TO JOIN THE GROUP AT THE TABLES AS AN ALTERNATE BRING A CHAIR. YEAH. I'LL MOVE ON TO THE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES. THERE ARE NONE PRESENTATIONS. THERE[NEW BUSINESS CALENDAR ]
ARE NONE. CONSENT CALENDAR. THERE ARE NONE. WE'LL MOVE ON TO NEW BUSINESS. THIS IS FOR THE ADOPTION OF RESOLUTION DOCTOR 2020 4-01 FEDERAL HIGHWAY BRIDGE PROJECT HPB 5294. AND THIS IS RELINQUISHING PROJECT MANAGEMENT AND PROJECT LEAD RIGHTS. AND RESPONSIBILITY OF HPB 5294 018 FROM THE CITY OF COACHELLA TO THE 29 PALMS BAND OF MISSION INDIANS PRAYER ASSEMBLY BILL AB 2261. OKAY. STAFF REPORT. SO THE STAFF REPORT WAS PROVIDED WITH THE AGENDA, AND AS, MR. HERNANDEZ HAS STATED THAT THE WE'RE ASKING YOU TO ADOPT A RESOLUTION TO TRANSFER THE LEAD RESPONSIBILITIES FROM THE CITY OF COACHELLA TO TWENTYNINE PALMS, PREVIOUS ACTION WITH THE BOARD. WE'VE PASSED RESOLUTIONS IN THE PAST IN ORDER TO AUTHORIZE THE CITY TO BE THE LEAD AGENCY AND TAKE ON CONTRACTS RELATIVE TO THE, DYLAN ROAD BRIDGE PROJECT, BUT DUE TO SUCCESSFUL LOBBYING WITH TWENTYNINE PALMS, WE HAVE A NEW STATE LAW THAT ALLOWS THEM TO TAKE ON THE LEAD AGENCY AND MANAGEMENT RESPONSIBILITIES FOR THE PROJECT, SO WE ARE ASKING TO RELINQUISH THE RESPONSIBILITIES THAT WERE ASSIGNED TO COACHELLA IN THE PREVIOUS RESOLUTION AND ALLOW THOSE LEAD AGENCY RESPONSIBILITIES TO BE TRANSFERRED TO THE TWENTYNINE PALMS BAND OF MISSION INDIANS, I CAN GO THROUGH AND READ SOME OF THE BACKGROUND OR DISCUSSION OR IF, IF EVERYONE HAS HAD A CHANCE TO READ THE STAFF REPORT AND LOOK THROUGH THE RESOLUTIONS, THEN I COULD ALSO ENTERTAIN A MOTION IF THAT IS SOMETHING. I THINK WHAT'S IMPORTANT HERE IS THAT, WE ACKNOWLEDGE THE WORK OF THE TRIBE AND GETTING AB 226, ONE PASS AND ALLOWING, TRIBES TO NOW BE LEADS AS WELL AS RECEIVE STATE AND FEDERAL DOLLARS ON PROJECTS THAT HOPEFULLY OUR GOAL IS TO TRY TO FAST TRACK OR GET MORE MOMENTUM ON SOME OF THESE DEALS. SO TO THAT END, RIGHT, I MEAN, WE DO HAVE VARIOUS TRIBES. AND I THINK FOR US IN COACHELLA, IT'S A MATTER OF WANTING TO BUILD INFRASTRUCTURE. AND I BELIEVE THAT THAT'S THE SAME SENTIMENT WITH BOTH OF OUR OR ALL THREE OF OUR TRIBAL PARTNERS HERE IN THE CITY, THAT THEY WANT TO DO THEIR PART IN BUILDING INFRASTRUCTURE. SO I THINK IT'S A GOOD THING THAT THE TRIBES WILL NOW BE ABLE TO BE THE PROJECT LEAD. AND SO I I'LL MAKE A MOTION IF, TO APPROVE THE ACTION. AND IF THERE'S SOME[00:05:03]
DISCUSSION, WE CAN HAVE THAT AS WELL. I'LL SECOND THAT MOTION AND ALSO ON BEHALF OF CHAIRMAN AND PALMS, THANK THE CITY OF COACHELLA AND THE MAYOR AND STAFF AND COUNCIL FOR TAKING THIS FOR HOW MANY YEARS TO GET IT TO WHERE IT IS NOW. AND, WITH THIS NEW AB BILL, ALLOWING THE TRIBES TO NOW STEP IN AND ASSIST THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES AND CITIES SO THE BURDEN ISN'T AS LARGE ON YOUR PLATES. AND BE A GOOD PARTNER AND HELP NOT ONLY WITH INFRASTRUCTURE DIRECTLY ADJACENT, BUT INFRASTRUCTURE IN NEED FOR THE COMMUNITY. BECAUSE THIS BILL ALLOWS US TO DO THAT.SO THAT WAS THE PURPOSE OF CHAIRMAN'S DIRECTION FOR US TO HELP NOT ONLY COACHELLA, BUT ALL SURROUNDING AREAS TO HELP IMPROVE THE ROADWAYS INFRASTRUCTURE SO THAT OUR RESIDENTS AND OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS HAVE A SAFER, BETTER WAY OF MANEUVERING NOT ONLY THROUGH THE CITY BUT ALSO TO THE RESERVATION. SO THANK YOU ALL. IS THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS? THERE IS A MOTION AND A SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE, AYE, AYE. I AND THAT'S THAT'S AN AFFIRMATIVE ON ZOOM THE NEXT ACTION IS THE ELIMINATION OR THE TERMINATION OF THIS JPA. OBVIOUSLY, THIS JPA WAS FORMED TO TRY TO, YOU KNOW, BUILD INFRASTRUCTURE AND GET COORDINATION. BUT WITH THE TRIBES NOW HAVING THE ABILITY TO DO THAT ON THEIR OWN, THE PURPOSE OF THIS JPA HAS BECOME, IN SOME WAYS, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S THE WORD I'M LOOKING FOR? OBSOLETE, WHERE WE'RE JUST UNNECESSARY. UNNECESSARY? YEAH SO. YEAH. SO FOR THE SECOND ITEM, WE'RE ASKING TO ADOPT RESOLUTION DOCTOR, 2020 402, WHICH AUTHORIZES THE TERMINATION OF THE JOINT EXERCISE POWERS AGREEMENT AND THE DISSOLUTION OF THE DILLON ROAD JOINT POWERS AUTHORITY, IF YOU'VE HAD A CHANCE TO READ THE STAFF REPORT, I REALLY PRESENTED THIS AS A, AS AN ITEM OF SUCCESS, IT'S, YOU KNOW, IT'S VERY SUCCESSFUL FOR THESE THREE GROUPS TO COME TOGETHER. WITH THIS PROJECT. YOU KNOW, WHEN WE ORIGINALLY STARTE, THERE WASN'T CLEAR DESIGNATION AS TO WHO OWNED THE BRIDGE, WHO WOULD HAVE RESPONSE, WHO WOULD BE ABLE TO HAVE RESPONSIBILITIES MOVING FORWARD, SO THE RIGHT OF WAY CONSIDERATIONS, THE OWNERSHIP CONSIDERATIONS, THERE WAS NO FUNDING FOR THE PROJECT, SO ALL THREE OF THESE AGENCIES HAVE WORKED SUCCESSFULLY OVER THE YEARS TO CLARIFY THOSE RIDERSHIP, THE RIGHT OF WAY QUESTIONS, WE'VE SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED SEQUA AND NEPA PROG, PROGRAMS AND HAD THOSE ADOPTED BY THE STATE, AND WE'VE SUCCESSFULLY SECURED HBP FUNDING AND THROUGH THE DILIGENT WORK OF TWENTYNINE PALMS, EVEN SECURED, THE AB 2261 TO EFFECTIVELY CHANGE STATE LAW AND ALLOW THE MANAGEMENT TO MOVE FORWARD, ALLOWING THEM TO BE THE ENTITY MOVING FORWARD, SO WITH THOSE KIND OF SUCCESS STORIES OVER THE YEARS AND RESOLVING ALL OF THOSE ISSUES, THE ACTUAL NEED FOR THE DELANO JPA, IS KIND OF UNNECESSARY MOVING FORWARD, BECAUSE WITH THE OWNERSHIP, WITH THE PROPERTY OF THE BRIDGE, THE PROPERTY UNDERLYING THE BRIDGE AND THOSE RIGHT OF WAY NEEDS NOW CLARIFIED. AND THE MONEY AND THE MONEY BEING CLARIFIED, SINCE THE MONEY HAS BEEN SECURED THROUGH HBP AND WE HAVE A CLEAR PATH ON HOW TO DIRECT THAT MONEY. THE NECESSITY OF THE JPA IS NO LONGER NECESSARY FOR THE IMMINENT COMPLETION OF THE BRIDGE. SO THE RECOMMENDATION OF THIS RESOLUTION IS TO TERMINATE THE JOINT EXERCISE POWERS AGREEMENT BETWEEN OUR THREE AGENCIES AND DISSOLVE THE DILLON ROAD JOINT POWERS AUTHORITY. SO ANY QUESTIONS ON ANY OF THAT? NO. NO MOTION TO APPROVE THIS ACTION. IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND THAT MOTION. ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE FIVE ZERO. I I OKAY. ALL RIGHT. MOTION CARRIES. OKAY. THAT IS THE COMPLETION OF THE AGENDA, I GUESS ARE WE SUPPOSED TO ASK FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS? IS THERE ANYBODY IN THE PUBLIC THAT WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS US? SEEING NONE. THE MEETING IS OVER. THANK YOU ALL FOR ATTENDING. AND THANK YOU, EVERYBODY. AND GEORGE, ALL THE BEST TO YOU AND YOUR. THANK
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