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ALL RIGHT. I'D LIKE TO CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER. TIME IS 601. I'D LIKE TO WELCOME EVERYBODY TO SCHEDULE A PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING FOR THE CITY OF COACHELLA. TODAY IS OCTOBER 2ND, AND THE TIME IS 601. I'D LIKE TO STAND IF WE CAN HAVE. COMMISSIONER, WHAT ARE YOU. IF YOU CAN LEAD US INTO THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, PLACE YOUR HAND OVER YOUR HEART. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. THANK YOU SO MUCH. YOU ALL MAY BE SEATED, MR. DIRECTOR, CAN WE GET A ROLL CALL, PLEASE? YES THANK.
COMMISSIONER. JUST ONE MOMENT. COMMISSIONER, ARE YOU GOOD? OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH, DIRECTOR. GO AHEAD. COMMISSIONER RAMIREZ. PRESENT. COMMISSIONER MURILLO. PRESENT.
ALTERNATE COMMISSIONER FONSECA. PRESENT COMMISSIONER. ARVIZU. PRESENT. VICE CHAIR. GONZALEZ.
PRESENT AND CHAIR. HERNANDEZ. PRESENT ALL RIGHT. I'D LIKE TO MOVE OVER ON NOW TO THE APPROVAL
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OF THE AGENDA. CAN WE GET A MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGENDA? I'LL MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGENDA. AWESOME. CAN WE GET A SECOND, PLEASE? I'LL SECOND. AWESOME. CAN WE GET A ROLL CALL, COMMISSIONER RAMIREZ. YES. COMMISSIONER MURILLO. YES. COMMISSIONER FONSECA. I DON'T THINK I CAN VOTE. OH, SORRY ABOUT THAT. YES. YOU'RE CORRECT. SORRY ABOUT THAT. VICE CHAIR GONZALEZ AND CHAIR. YES. OKAY. AND CHAIR. HERNANDEZ. YES, SIR. ALL RIGHT. NOW MOVING TO ITEM[APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES]
NUMBER ONE, APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES. PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING MINUTES FOR SEPTEMBER 18TH. CAN I GET A MOTION TO APPROVE THOSE MEETING MINUTES? I'LL MOTION TO APPROVE THE PLANNING COMMISSION MEETINGS OF SEPTEMBER 18TH, 2024 WITH NO EDITS. I'LL SECOND THAT.PERFECT. THANK YOU. CAN WE GET A ROLL CALL? OKAY COMMISSIONER RAMIREZ. YES. COMMISSIONER MURILLO. YES. VICE CHAIR GONZALEZ. I'M SORRY. COMMISSIONER ARVIZU. YES. VICE CHAIR. GONZALEZ. YES. AND CHAIR HERNANDEZ. YES, SIR. ALL RIGHT. MOVING OVER TO ANY WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS, NO REPORT FROM STAFF. ALL RIGHT. MOVING ON TO PUBLIC COMMENTS FOR NON-AGENDA ITEMS, THE PUBLIC MAY ADDRESS THE COMMISSION ON ANY ITEM OF INTEREST TO THE PUBLIC THAT IS NOT ON THE AGENDA, BUT IT'S WITHIN THE SUBJECT MATTER JURISDICTION THEREOF. PLEASE LIMIT YOUR MEETING. YOUR. I'M SORRY, YOUR COMMENTS TO THREE MINUTES. THE TIME IS 604. I'D LIKE TO OPEN THE PUBLIC COMMENT. ANYBODY PRESENT? NO ONE ONLINE. NO ONE ONLINE. I'D LIKE TO CLOSE AT SIX. OH FOUR. ALL RIGHT. MOVING OVER TO REPORTS AND REQUESTS. MR. DIRECTOR. CHAIR.
NO REPORTS OR REQUESTS FROM STAFF AND NON HEARING ITEMS. THERE ARE NONE. ALL RIGHT.
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MOVING OVER TO PUBLIC HEARING CALENDAR. AND OUR ONLY ITEM ON THE AGENDA, ITEM NUMBER TWO FOR REZONING OF POCKET AREA. CHANGE OF ZONE NUMBER 24. DASH ZERO SEVEN. OKAY. THANK YOU. CHAIR.MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION, GABRIEL PEREZ, YOUR DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DIRECTOR.
SO THIS ITEM IS OUR PUBLIC HEARING ITEM, THIS IS FOR THE REZONING OF POCKET SEVEN AREA, WHICH IS A COUNTY AREA, BUT WITHIN THE CITY SPHERE OF INFLUENCE, THE TITLE OF IT IS CHANGE OF ZONE 24, DASH ZERO SEVEN. SO IT'S A PROPOSAL TO PRE ZONE 51 PARCELS IN UNINCORPORATED RIVERSIDE COUNTY, TWO ZONING DESIGNATIONS. THE RESIDENTIAL ESTATE AND COMMERCIAL GENERAL. SO SOME BACKGROUND ON THIS. YOU MIGHT RECALL THAT IN 2023, THERE WAS A GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT THAT CAME BEFORE YOU, IN ORDER TO ESTABLISH GENERAL PLAN DESIGNATIONS FOR SOME OF OUR, AREAS IN THE COUNTY THAT ARE IN THE PLANNING AREA FOR THE CITY.
BUT THEY ACTUALLY DID NOT HAVE DESIGNATIONS. THE REASON WHY WE CREATED DESIGNATIONS IN THOSE AREAS IS THAT THAT WOULD ALLOW THE CITY TO BE ELIGIBLE TO BE ABLE TO CONSIDER ANNEXATION IN THE FUTURE. SO ONE OF THOSE AREAS WAS THE POCKET SEVEN AREA. AND THAT AREA IS DESCRIBED MORE BY NORTH AREA NORTH OF AVENUE 52 OR WEST OF CALHOUN STREET. AND THEN EAST OF JACKSON STREET, AND JUST SOUTH OF THE LA COLONIA NEIGHBORHOOD, SO IN TOTAL, IT'S 51 PARCELS. IT'S GENERALLY, KIND
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OF AGRICULTURAL, RURAL IN NATURE, IN THAT AREA. AND SO, SO WE ESTABLISHED TWO DESIGNATIONS.ONE IS THE STATE RANCHO, WHICH IS KIND OF IN KEEPING WITH THE COUNTY DESIGNATIONS CURRENTLY.
AND THEN THE SUBURBAN RETAIL DISTRICT, WHICH IS THE AREA THAT WOULD COVER THE PARCEL OF THE FUNERAL HOME AT THE CORNER OF JACKSON AND AVENUE 52. SO PRE ZONING IS A PREREQUISITE FOR THE CITY TO BE ABLE TO SUBMIT AN ANNEXATION APPLICATION. AND SO THAT'S WHY THIS IS BEFORE YOU TODAY. SO WE HAVE THE GENERAL PLAN LAND USE. BUT WE DON'T HAVE THE PRE ZONING FOR THIS AREA. SO THE CITIES ARE ABLE TO PRE ZONE OUTSIDE OF THE CITY BOUNDARIES. AND WE NEED TO DO THAT IN ORDER TO SUBMIT APPLICATION. SO THIS IS THE AREA SHOWN ON THE MAP IN THE RED RECTANGLE. SO AS YOU CAN SEE BY THE AERIAL, IT'S, IT'S ADJACENT TO THE CITY OF INDIO. IT'S CURRENTLY IN THE SPHERE OF INFLUENCE OF THE CITY OF COACHELLA. YOU MIGHT RECALL THAT WE HAD, LAFCO APPROVAL FOR THIS TO BE INCLUDED AS PART OF THE SPHERE OF INFLUENCE. SO THIS MAP SHOWS THE OTHER PARTS OF THE SPHERE OF INFLUENCE TO THE EAST IN HASH, AND ALSO TO THE NORTH, SO OUR APPLICATION FOR ANNEXATION WOULD INCLUDE POCKET SEVEN, BUT ALSO THE OTHER SPHERE OF INFLUENCE AREAS TO THE EAST OF CALHOUN AND THEN NORTH OF POCKET SEVEN. SO AND THIS IS THE BOUNDARY OF THE ANNEXATION. SO IT'S BEYOND THE SCOPE OF WHAT'S EVEN IN HERE IN THE PRE ZONE. THE REASON WHY WE DON'T NEED A PRE ZONED THOSE OTHER AREAS IS THAT THEY ALREADY HAVE A PRE ZONING. SO JUST TO TAKE A STEP BACK. SO THESE WERE THE THREE AREAS THAT ARE IN THE PLANNING AREA FOR THE CITY. AND THE PLANNING AREA IS THE AREA THAT THE CITY PLANS FOR ITS FUTURE, WHERE IT POTENTIALLY COULD GROW INTO. SO IT HAS ESTABLISHED A PLANNING AREA THAT AREA WAS EVALUATED IN THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT THAT WAS PREPARED WITH THE GENERAL PLAN, BUT THERE JUST WAS NOT A GENERAL PLAN.
LAND USE DESIGNATION ESTABLISHED BACK THEN. SO WE DID THAT. AND THAT'S WHY YOU SEE THOSE AREAS NOW HAVE THE COLOR THAT YOU SEE ON THE MAPS. AND THEN THE POCKET SEVEN AREA POINTED THERE IS THE STATE RANCHO DESIGNATION. THAT WAS THE GENERAL PLAN LAND USE AND ALSO THE SUBURBAN RETAIL, JUST TO GIVE YOU A BACKGROUND OF THE COUNTY GENERAL PLAN, LAND USE, IT'S A STATE DENSITY RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL RETAIL. SO WHEN WE TOOK THIS TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND CITY COUNCIL LAST YEAR, WE WERE TRYING TO MIRROR WHAT THE COUNTY ACTUALLY HAS ON THE BOOKS. SO, SO IT WOULDN'T BE A SURPRISE TO THE PROPERTY OWNERS OUT THERE AS FAR AS THE COUNTY ZONING, THESE ARE THE THREE DESIGNATIONS WHICH ARE MOSTLY COMPATIBLE WITH THE COUNTY GENERAL PLAN LAND USE, LIGHT INDUSTRIAL. I'M SORRY, LIGHT AGRICULTURE AND COMMERCIAL. SO REALLY ALLOWING FOR LOTS OF 20,000FT■!S AND A DENSITY OF 2.2 DWELLING UNITS PER ACRE. SO, SO WE THE, THE LAND USE CHANGE IN THE GENERAL PLAN WAS TO A STATE RANCHO. SO WE MIRRORED THE 2.2 DWELLING UNITS PER ACRE MAXIMUM. AND AGAIN, WHAT IT ALLOWS ONE 1 TO 2.2 DWELLING UNITS PER ACRE.
SUBURBAN RETAIL ALLOWS A FLOOR AREA RATIO OF ONE. AND THAT'S THE PARCEL WITH THE FOREST LAWN.
SO WHAT WOULD THIS LOOK LIKE ON OUR ZONING MAP? SO, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE DIFFERENT COLORS FOR DIFFERENT ZONES IN THE CITY, AND YOU COULD SEE A ROUND POCKET SEVEN. YOU COULD, AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, SOME OF THESE AREAS THAT OUR SPHERE OF INFLUENCE HAVE ALREADY PRE ZONING DESIGNATIONS.
RIGHT. SO TO THE EAST OF CALHOUN IT'S ZONED GENERAL NEIGHBORHOOD. SO THAT'S A LITTLE BIT MORE HIGH DENSITY ZONING BETWEEN 7 TO 25 DWELLING UNITS PER ACRE. BUT ALSO TO THE NORTH OF POCKET SEVEN IS GENERAL NEIGHBORHOOD AS WELL. AND THEN ALSO RURAL RANCHO, SO IN THE POCKET SEVEN AREA IN THE BLUE RECTANGLE IS, YOU KNOW, ALL THOSE MOST OF THE PARCELS EXCEPT FOR ONE. SO 50 OF THE PARCELS WOULD BE ZONED RESIDENTIAL ESTATE, IN OUR ZONING STANDARDS, WE HAVE THAT SO THAT IT WOULD ALLOW FOR 20,000 SQUARE FOOT MAXIMUM LOTS. AND AGAIN, THAT'S CONSISTENT WITH THE COUNTY ZONING. IT DOES ALLOW, ONE HOME ON EACH PARCEL, THE USE ALSO ALLOWS FOR, ANIMAL KEEPING LIKE EQUESTRIAN USES AS WELL AS, WE ADDED THE LODGING, SO YOU MIGHT RECALL WHEN WE TOOK
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THIS BEFORE THE PLANNING COMMISSION LAST TIME. SO THE CITY COUNCIL JUST APPROVED THAT.AND THEY'RE HAVING A SECOND READING ON THAT NEXT WEEK, AND THEN AGAIN, THE TWO DESIGNATIONS. SO THE TWO PRE ZONES ARE RESIDENTIAL ESTATE ZONED. AND THE GENERAL COMMERCIAL ZONE, AS FAR AS ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW FOR, FOR THIS, THERE WAS AN ADDENDUM PREPARED WITH THE GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT LAST YEAR. AND THAT ADDENDUM WOULD ADDENDUM IS YOU'RE IDENTIFYING THAT THERE ARE NO MORE SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS THAN THOSE THAT WERE ALREADY EVALUATED. UNDER THE EIR RIGHT, FOR THE GENERAL PLAN. SO WE MADE THAT DETERMINATION LAST YEAR WITH THE GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT, BECAUSE THIS ZONING EFFORT IS ONLY TO MAKE IT COMPLIANT WITH THE GENERAL PLAN. THERE IS NO FURTHER ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS. SO WE'RE MAKING A FINDING THAT IT'S CONSISTENT WITH THAT ADDENDUM FROM LAST YEAR. SO THE RECOMMENDATION IS THAT THE PLANNING COMMISSION DETERMINED THAT THE ANALYSIS OF THE PROJECT, ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS ARE BEST PROVIDED THROUGH THE ADDENDUM I JUST MENTIONED THAT WERE ADOPTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL THROUGH ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT 20 3-03 AND THAT YOU ADOPT THE ACCOMPANYING RESOLUTION. PC 2024 DASH 23 RECOMMENDING THAT THE CITY COUNCIL ADOPT THE CHANGE OF ZONE THAT WOULD PRE ZONE THE 51 PARCELS. SO THAT'S THE END OF MY PRESENTATION. I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS JUST TO GIVE YOU SOME IDEA OF WHAT OCCURRED ALONG THIS EFFORT. THERE WAS A LOT OF COMMUNITY OUTREACH THAT HAPPENED. THE NOTIFICATION TO PROPERTY OWNERS, I'M HOPING THAT'S A GOOD THING THAT NO ONE SHOWED UP, AND SO THAT MEANS PEOPLE ARE WELL AWARE THAT THIS WAS GOING TO TAKE PLACE IN THOSE COMMUNITY MEETINGS. WE MENTIONED THAT THIS WOULD BE THE PRE ZONING FOR THE AREA. SO THERE WAS A LOT OF OUTREACH TO THE COMMUNITY. THANK YOU. PERFECT. THANK YOU SO MUCH, MR. DIRECTOR FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. ALL RIGHT. ANY QUESTIONS. COMMENTS FOR THE DIRECTOR WE CAN START WITH COMMISSIONER. MURILLO YES. SO, I JUST HAD ONE QUESTION IN THAT SAME AREA OF POCKET SEVEN IS WHERE THAT, DOG HOTEL IS. RIGHT. SO THE PRE ZONING CHANGES DOES IT. HOW DOES IT AFFECT THEM OR BECAUSE IT DOES KIND OF CHANGE INTO A GENERAL COMMERCIAL. SO THAT PROTECTS THEM IN SOME WAY. THE THAT PARCEL WILL BE RESIDENTIAL ESTATE. SO RESIDENTIAL ESTATE ALLOWS FOR HOUSING ANIMAL KEEPING. SO THEY DID SHOW UP TO THE COUNCIL MEETING. WHEN THE CHANGES TO THE ZONING CODE WERE RECOMMENDED. SO THEY ASKED THAT ANIMAL SERVICES, LIKE WHAT THEY PROVIDE. AND BECAUSE THEY WANT TO HAVE A FUTURE EXPANSION THAT THAT IT BE ALLOWED. SO WE INCLUDED THAT AS A STANDALONE USE IN THAT ZONE WITH APPROVAL OF A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT. SO IF THEY WERE TO EXPAND, THEY WOULD COME BACK TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION. OKAY BUT, BY US APPROVING THIS, THEY WOULD CONTINUE TO BE ABLE TO OPERATE AS THEY ARE TODAY.
AWESOME. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. PERFECT. THANK YOU SO MUCH, VICE CHAIR GONZALEZ, I JUST WANT TO COMMEND THE STAFF, THE CITY FOR OUTSTANDING JOB WELL DONE, JOB WELL DONE. THANK YOU. AWESOME COMMISSIONER, ANY COMMENTS FOR THE DIRECTOR? THE ONLY THING IS YOU MENTIONED THAT THERE WAS, MEETINGS HELD, RIGHT? AND NO ONE SHOWED UP OR GAVE ANY COMMENTS WITH ALL OF THAT, WAS THERE EVER ANY ANY ONLINE COMMENT PROVIDED, OR ANY OTHER BUSINESSES THAT SPOKE ON THE ISSUE? I HAD ONE PERSON THAT LIVED IN LIVES IN INDIO AND TRILOGY VISIT THIS WEEK AND JUST ASKING WHAT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN. THEY WERE CONCERNED THAT THIS ACTION WAS GOING TO PROVE LIKE HIGHER DENSITY, AND THEY WERE PROVIDING THE EXAMPLE, LIKE THE JEFFERSON STREET APARTMENTS, LIKE THE MULTI-STORY BUILDING BY HI111 LIKE, NO, THAT'S NOT HAPPENING WITH THIS. SO SHE WAS RELIEVED, AS FAR AS OTHER COMMENTS, WE MET WITH PROPERTY OWNERS IN THIS AREA, AND SO THAT'S WHY SOME OF THEM WERE INTERESTED IN LODGING USES THAT WAS IN KEEPING WITH KIND OF LIKE AN AGRICULTURAL RURAL SETTING. THAT'S WHY THOSE CHANGES CAME BEFORE YOU WHEN WE TOOK THAT, ZONING CHANGE FORWARD. OKAY. THAT'S IT. THANK YOU. AWESOME. AND LASTLY, COMMISSIONER RAMIREZ. YEAH SO THANK YOU, DIRECTOR. AND I WANT TO COMMEND YOU AND THE STAFF BECAUSE I WAS I PARTICIPATED INADVERTENTLY IN ONE OF THESE WORKSHOPS, AND I DID SEE COMMUNICATIONS AND WHATNOT. SO IT WAS VERY WELL THOUGHT OUT. AND I APPRECIATE YOU GUYS, INCLUDING THE RESIDENTS OF THESE 51 PARCELS AND THE COMMUNICATION FOR EVEN HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS AROUND THE AREA. SO I THINK YOU
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GUYS DID A REALLY GOOD JOB AT PRESENTING AND EDUCATING AND KEEPING IN COMMUNICATION WITH THE RESIDENTS. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. THANK YOU. SO I THOUGHT IT WAS REALLY WELL DONE. THANK YOU.AWESOME. ALL RIGHT. AND THE LAST COMMENTS OR QUESTION IS JUST THE ULTIMATE BUILD OUT OF THE ROAD RIGHT OF WAY ON JACKSON EAST RIGHT ALL THE WAY FROM 52 TO 48. OR IS THAT IS THAT PART? ARE THEY AWARE IS THAT, YOU KNOW, THE CITY IS LOOKING AT MAYBE EXPANDING THAT ROAD IN THE FUTURE OF DOING TWO WAYS EACH SIDE, EACH SIDE. YOU SAID AVENUE 52. YEAH. FROM 52 TO 48.
ESSENTIALLY RIGHT. THE JACKSON BEING THE MAIN CORRIDOR THERE, THERE'S A POSSIBILITY THERE THAT THAT I MEAN, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE COULD LOOK AT. OBVIOUSLY IT'S NOT IN THE CITY YET, IF YOU HAVE A NOTICE, THERE IS A CAPITAL PROJECT THAT THE CITY IS WORKING ON THAT EXTENDS WATER TO THE COMMUNITY TO THE NORTH OF POCKET SEVEN MESQUITE. AND SO THAT PROJECT IS ONGOING. THAT PART OF THE ROAD WILL BE IMPROVED AFTER THE WATER LINES IN, BUT AS FAR AS FUTURE IMPROVEMENTS ON JACKSON, THAT THAT WILL BE YET TO BE DETERMINED. YEAH. OKAY. YEAH, THAT'S ONE OF MY COMMENTS. AND QUESTION. THEN IF WE DO, MAYBE WE CAN KEEP THE EQUESTRIAN THEME THERE RIGHT NEAR THE WHAT'S HAPPENING ON THE WEST SIDE. ALL RIGHT. YEAH. THERE ALSO SEWER INCLUDED IN THAT IMPROVEMENT PROJECT. NO, NOT IN THAT IMPROVEMENT PROJECT. NO I THINK INSTEAD OF THE WATER LINE FROM. YEAH, I SEE IT. YEAH. OKAY ALL RIGHT. ANY MORE COMMENTS? QUESTIONS FOR THE DIRECTOR. NO, NO. SEEING THAT THERE. NONE. ALL RIGHT. CAN WE GET A MOTION? TO EITHER ADOPT OR DENY OR CONTINUE THIS ITEM? I'LL MAKE A MOTION FOR THE REZONING OF POCKET SEVEN AREA. CHANGE OF ZONE NUMBER 24, DASH ZERO SEVEN. ALL RIGHT. CAN WE GET A SECOND OF THE APPROVAL OF THE MOTION? I WILL SECOND THAT. ALL RIGHT. CAN WE GET A ROLL CALL? MR. DIRECTOR? OKAY, COMMISSIONER RAMIREZ. YES, COMMISSIONER MURILLO. YES COMMISSIONER. ARVISO. YES VICE CHAIR. GONZALEZ. YES AND CHAIR HERNANDEZ. YES, SIR. OKAY. MOTION PASSES. MOTION PASSES.
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ALL RIGHT. MOVING ON TO INFORMATIONAL. ANY INFORMATION, ANYTHING INFORMATION, JUST A COUPLE OF QUICK ANNOUNCEMENTS. SO THE RAIL STATION FEASIBILITY STUDY. I MIGHT HAVE MENTIONED THIS BEFORE. WE RECEIVED A GRANT FOR $2 MILLION TO WORK WITH THE RIVERSIDE COUNTY TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION ON THE FEASIBILITY OF A RAIL STATION, AS AN END POINT FOR THE PASSENGER RAIL LINE THAT'S BEING PLANNED BETWEEN UNION STATION LA TO COACHELLA. SO THAT'S KICKED OFF. AND, THERE'S A PLANNING EFFORT THAT'S ALREADY STARTING. SO THERE WILL BE COMMUNITY MEETINGS FOR THAT.SO THE PLANNING COMMISSION WILL BE INVITED TO THAT. AND I'M SURE AS THE PLAN DEVELOPS, THIS WILL BE PRESENTED IN FRONT OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION. ALSO, THE COUNCIL, LET'S SEE WHAT ELSE WE ALSO TODAY WE KICKED OFF A AD HOC COMMITTEE WITH FOR AGRICULTURAL SUMMIT, IN COACHELLA FOR 2025. SO THE IDEA OF THAT IS PROBABLY LIKE TWOFOL. ONE, THE CITY USED TO HAVE AGRICULTURAL SUMMIT FOR THE AGRICULTURAL INDUSTRY BACK IN THE LATE 1990S, AND EARLY 2000, I THINK WHAT WE WANT TO DO HERE IS THERE'S A LOT OF HEALTHY LIVING, POLICIES IN OUR GENERAL PLAN THAT WE WANT TO TIE THAT INTO. SO HOW THAT ALSO THE AGRICULTURAL INDUSTRY CAN TIE INTO THE LOCAL FOOD SYSTEM AND FOOD SECURITY FOR COACHELLA RESIDENTS. SO THAT KICKED OFF, AND IT LOOKS LIKE THAT WILL BE, AN EXCITING EVENT HAPPENING. MAYBE NOVEMBER 20TH, 25. OH, COOL. YEAH THAT'S NICE. AND I IT WAS MENTIONED EARLIER, THERE IS A SUNLINE GRAND OPENING ON THE SEVENTH. SO A LOT OF YOU RECEIVED THAT INVITATION FOR, MONDAY MORNING. SO HOPEFULLY YOU'RE ABLE TO ATTEND A LOT OF THE YOU KNOW, I APPRECIATE THE PLANNING COMMISSION FOR MAINTAINING A HIGH STANDARD FOR WHAT WAS EXPECTED OUT OF THE TRANSIT HUB AND IF YOU CAN SEE WHAT IT IS TODAY, A LOT OF IT'S BECAUSE OF, YOUR SUPPORT ON THAT EFFORT. ALL RIGHT. THAT'S ALL I HAVE. ALL RIGHT. AND HOW IS THE APA? OH, YEAH. SO THERE'S THE AMERICAN PLANNING ASSOCIATION CONFERENCE THAT JUST HAPPENED IN RIVERSIDE. AND SO THAT'S WHERE A LOT OF PLANNERS GET TOGETHER FROM ALL OVER THE STATE. SO WE ATTENDED, ANAHI FERNANDEZ MANAGEMENT ANALYST AND ADRIAN MORENO ALSO ATTENDED. I PRESENTED TWO WORKSHOPS, ONE WITH LYFT, TO RISE ON A LOT OF
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THE CITY'S HOUSING ACCOMPLISHMENTS IN THE CITY SO THAT WAS PRETTY WELL ATTENDED. A LOT OF PEOPLE ATTENDED, AND I WAS SURPRISED, THE OTHER WAS TALKING ABOUT OUR HEALTH ELEMENT THAT WE ADOPTED IN 2015. SO IT WAS A CRITIQUE ABOUT HOW IT'S BEEN GOING SO FAR, MAYBE. WHAT ARE SOME OF THE CHALLENGES ALONG THE WAY? SO WE REPORTED ON THAT ALONG WITH CHRISTIAN RODRIGUEZ FROM KATY. IF YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH HIM, THEY HAVE THEIR OFFICES HERE, AS WELL AS MATT RAMEY, WHO IS THE, OWNER OF BRAMAN ASSOCIATES THAT PREPARED OUR GENERAL PLAN FOR THE CITY.SO A LOT OF PEOPLE ATTENDED THAT, SESSION AS WELL, WE GOT TO REPORT ON THE COMMUNITY RESILIENCE CENTER AT THAT PRESENTATION. SO PEOPLE WERE EXCITED ABOUT IT BECAUSE WE'RE ONE OF THE TEN CITIES IN THE STATE THAT RECEIVE THAT FUNDING. SO THEY WERE CURIOUS TO SEE WHAT WE'RE DOING. AND WHATEVER BECAME WITH THAT OF THAT GRANT THAT WE HAD APPLIED FOR, WITH, THROUGH THEM FOR SOME PLANNING THAT WE WERE GOING TO RECEIVE. RIGHT. I BELIEVE WITH THE GENTLEMAN FROM RICKS ENGINEERING, WHAT, YOU KNOW, WHAT TYPE OF GRANT IT WAS, IT WAS, WE APPLIED THROUGH ARPA, RIGHT? FOR PRO BONO. YES. YEAH WE'LL BRING THAT BACK. IT'S BEEN REALLY DELAYED, ACTUALLY, EXPECTING IT WOULD HAVE BEEN IN SPRING. SO THE QUESTION IS GOING TO BE DO WE WANT TO PROCEED WITH IT AND STILL WAIT OR PROCEED WITH PROFESSIONAL CONSULTANT SERVICES TO GET IT GOING? BECAUSE I WANT TO SEE IT HAPPEN AS SOON AS POSSIBLE TOO. SO WE'RE GOING TO MAKE A DECISION ON THAT SOON. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE UPDATE. AND THEN JUST ONE QUICK UPDATE, BECAUSE I JUST HEARD IT FROM OUR GRANTS MANAGER THIS WEEK. SO WE DID APPLY FOR A FEDERAL GRANT FOR IT'S CALLED RECONNECTING COMMUNITIES. AND THE GRANT APPLICATION IS FOR ESTABLISHING A PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE THAT LINKS DOWNTOWN TO WHERE THE COMMUNITY RESILIENCE CENTER WILL BE. AND SO THAT'LL BE IMPORTANT BECAUSE HOWEVER THAT DEVELOPS ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE RAILROAD, THAT COMMUNITY WILL BE ABLE TO BE CONNECTED TO THE DOWNTOWN IN THE FUTURE. SO WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? AN AERIAL CROSSING OR. YES, AND THAT'S BECAUSE THE PACIFIC WON'T ALLOW A PEDESTRIAN CROSSING, LIKE AT GRADE. SO I ALWAYS THINK AT GRADE IS BETTER. RIGHT. BECAUSE BUT, YOU KNOW, WE DID APPLY FOR A PLANNING GRANT. SO THIS WOULD LOOK INTO THE FEASIBILITY OF MAKING SOMETHING THAT'S REALLY GOING TO WORK FOR THE CITY. YEAH. AND THEN HOPEFULLY AFTER THAT WE CAN APPLY FOR AN IMPLEMENTATION GRANT TO GET THE FUNDING TO BUILD IT. OKAY AWESOME. THAT'S A PRETTY COOL CONCEPT. HOW ABOUT, BELOW GRADE THAT COULD BE LOOKED AT AS WELL. YEAH. THE CHALLENGE WITH IT IS I KNOW THAT THERE'S, SOME OF THOSE GAS OR UTILITY LINES OUT THERE UNDERNEATH THE RAILROAD AS WELL. YEAH. MAKES SENSE. ALL RIGHT. I WANTED TO SAY THAT, DIRECTOR PRESENTED AT THE HEALTHY YOUTH SUMMIT. HE DID A REALLY GOOD PRESENTATION. I MENTIONED THAT, TOO. HE DID A PRESENTATION ON DEVELOPING AND PLANNING OF A CITY, AND HE WAS PRETTY GOOD. OH YEAH. I ENJOYED HIS SESSION PRETTY MUCH. I PRESENTED ON SOME THINGS THAT YOU HAVEN'T APPROVED YET, WHICH IS SO. SO YOU KNOW HOW WE HAD THE STUDY SESSION TALKING ABOUT LIKE, YEAH, SO WE DID TALK ABOUT SHADE AND HOW WE'RE TRYING TO PULL SOME OF THESE POLICIES OUT FROM OUR GENERAL PLAN TO IMPLEMENT IN OUR ZONING ORDINANCE AND HOW TO REDUCE HEAT ISLAND. AND SO, SO THAT'LL BE COME BEFORE YOU NEXT. ME? YEAH. OH, PERFECT. IT WAS PRETTY GOOD. OH, ONE MORE ONE MORE COMMENT.
KUDOS TO YOU. YEAH. YOU MENTIONED, A PARTICULAR DEVELOPMENT ALONG JEFFERSON RIGHT AT THE WASH, RIGHT ABOUT THE MULTI MULTI FAMILY MULTI COLOR STRUCTURE. OH YEAH. YEAH AND SO WAS THE RESIDENT. WHAT WAS THE SEDIMENT. OBVIOUSLY HE WAS CONCERNED THAT THAT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN IN THAT AREA. IT'S A HIGH DENSITY I THINK. YEAH. SO I MEAN YOU KNOW OBVIOUSLY THIS IS A VERY RURAL ZONING THAT WE JUST APPROVED. RIGHT. SO, SO I THINK SHE WAS, I THINK SHE HAD MOVED FROM LOS ANGELES TO, TO, TO THERE. AND SHE WAS LIKE, I TRY TO GET AWAY FROM IT. OH, I'M LIKE, YOU KNOW, I THINK WE'RE TRYING TO ENCOURAGE THAT IN OTHER AREAS, RIGHT. LIKE AROUND THE DOWNTOWN. BUT, YOU KNOW, I TOLD HER THE IDEA, THE DENSITY OR THE ESTHETIC DENSITY, I THINK IT'S THE ISSUE. THEY'RE BOTH RIGHT. BOTH. I'M NOT SO SURE ABOUT THE ESTHETIC, BUT THE DENSITY FOR SURE. YEAH. THEY CAN KEEP THAT DESIGN THERE. YEAH. YEAH. I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS. AND THE COLOR SCHEME, MAYBE THE COLOR RIGHT. YEAH. BOTH YEAH, YEAH.
WE'LL KEEP THOSE OPINIONS. ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. ANY FURTHER COMMENTS? QUESTIONS FOR THE. ALL
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RIGHT. WELL, THE TIME IS 626. I WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY FOR THEIR TIME. HENRY. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. OF COURSE. ALWAYS. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU,