[Call to Order]
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          WELCOME, EVERYBODY TO THE AGENDA OF THE CITY COUNCIL. THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY OF COACHELLA. THE CITY COUNCIL SITTING AS THE COACHELLA SANITARY DISTRICT, COACHELLA FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT. COACHELLA FINANCE AUTHORITY, COACHELLA. EDUCATION AND GOVERNMENT ACCESS CABLE CHANNEL CORPORATION COACHELLA WATER AUTHORITY SUCCESSOR AGENCY TO THE COACHELLA REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY AND THE COACHELLA PARKS AND RECREATION FOUNDATION. TODAY IS OCTOBER 9TH, 2024. I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER. WE'LL MOVE ON NOW TO THE ROLL CALL. IF THE CLERK COULD PLEASE NOTE THE ATTENDANCE WE HAVE NOT HEARD FROM COUNCIL MEMBER GALARZA. WITH THAT, WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. I'M GOING TO ASK OUR CITY ATTORNEY TO LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE. REPEAT AFTER ME. 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. WE'LL MOVE ON NOW TO 
          [Approval of Agenda]
APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA. ARE THERE ANY MODIFICATIONS TO THE AGENDA? MR. CITY MANAGER? NO MODIFICATIONS, MR. MAYOR. CAN WE GET A ROLL CALL TO APPROVE THE AGENDA? MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGENDA AS PRESENTED. THERE'S A MOTION. IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR 
          [Proclamations/Presentations/Direction]
SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE. MOTION CARRIES. WE'LL MOVE ON TO A PROCLAMATION PRESENTED TO SERGEANT TOM ANDERSON. AND I'M GOING TO ASK OUR CHIEF TO MAYBE SAY A FEW WORDS, AND THEN WE'LL GO UP AS A COUNCIL FOR LIEUTENANT. I SEE BOTH THE CHIEF AND THE LIEUTENANT HERE. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS CAPTAIN ANDY MARTINEZ. I'M THE COMMANDER OF THE SHERIFF'S STATION AND JOINED UP HERE WITH LIEUTENANT VASQUEZ, WHO ACTS AS THE CHIEF OF POLICE FOR THE CITY OF COACHELLA. AND SERGEANT TOM ANDERSON, WHO SUPERVISED THE COACHELLA COMMUNITY ACTION TEAM. FOR HOW LONG WAS IT, TOM? TWO YEARS. JUST ABOUT TWO YEARS. SO TOM HAS BEEN A GREAT ASSET TO THE CITY. 
          HE'S BEEN A FANTASTIC FRIEND, MENTOR TO THE TEAM AND CONTRIBUTED A LOT TO THE TO THE COMMUNITY AS HE'S DONE IN MANY OF HIS OTHER CAREERS. AS I SAID BACK THERE, I WONDERED, LIKE, WHAT CAN I SAY ABOUT TOM? AND I HAVE ONE SOLID MEMORY. TOM DOES FANTASTIC AT EVERYTHING HE DOES, AND I HAVE NO DOUBT THAT WHEN HE MOVES OVER TO OR HE'S OVER AT AVIATION, BUT WHEN HE BECOMES A PILOT AND ACHIEVES HIS LIFELONG DREAM, HE'S GOING TO DO FANTASTIC AS HE'S DONE WITH EVERYTHING ELSE. SO TOM WAS A MOTOR FOR SEVERAL YEARS, IF YOU DIDN'T KNOW. AND WHAT WAS IMPRESSIVE ABOUT THAT? TOM AND I WERE IN A IN A POLICE IN A CHASE OF A MURDER SUSPECT TOGETHER. 
          BUT TOM WAS LEADING IN THE FRONT ON A MOTORCYCLE AT OVER 100 MILES AN HOUR. WAS VERY IMPRESSIVE. SO HE FILLS THE NEED FOR SPEED? YEAH, HE DOES. NOW HE'S GOING TO BE DOING IT IN THE SKY. THAT'S RIGHT. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH, TOM. AND COUNCIL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR TAKING THE TIME TO RECOGNIZE TOM'S ACHIEVEMENTS. LIEUTENANT, CAPTAIN. YES. JUST A FEW WORDS. 
          THANKS AGAIN. I WANT TO THANK THE MAYOR AND THE CITY COUNCIL FOR PROVIDING THIS OPPORTUNITY FOR TOM. MUCH LIKE THE CAPTAIN, I WANT TO ECHO HIS HIS STATEMENTS, BUT I'VE WORKED WITH TOM DURING HIS TIME HERE IN COACHELLA, AND I WORKED WITH HIM WHEN HE WAS A MOTOR ALSO. BUT WHEN HE CAME OVER AND STARTED WORKING FOR ME HERE FOR THE CITY, IT RELIEVED ME OF A LOT OF MY RESPONSIBILITIES AND MADE MY JOB MUCH, MUCH EASIER. I WOULD JUST HAVE TO GIVE HIM A CALL. 
          GIVE HIM A TEXT. THINGS WERE TAKEN CARE OF AND WHEN YOU HAVE SOMEBODY TO RELY UPON WITH NO QUESTION, AND I KNOW ALL OF YOU CAN RELATE TO THIS, IT MAKES YOUR JOB SO MUCH EASIER. AND THAT'S WHAT HE DID FOR ME. SO I'M REALLY GOING TO MISS HIM IN THIS POSITION. AND LUCKILY I GOT A GOOD SERGEANT TO REPLACE HIM. BUT WE'LL SEE HOW THAT GOES TOO BECAUSE HE'S GOT TO WORK UP TO IT. YOU HEAR THAT BACK THERE? BUT AGAIN, I MISS TOM. I WISH HIM LUCK IN HIS NEW ASSIGNMENT. 
          IT'S SOMETHING HE'S BEEN WORKING TOWARDS FOR A LONG TIME, SO I'M HAPPY HE FINALLY GOT THERE. I'M GOING TO ASK THE COUNCIL TO JOIN US. AND, SERGEANT, IF YOU CAN JOIN US AS WELL. I'M GOING TO READ SOME AND I'M GOING TO PASS IT AROUND TO MY COLLEAGUES TO HELP US IN THIS PROCLAMATION. 
          AND THIS IS A CITY OF COACHELLA, CALIFORNIA PROCLAMATION. WHEREAS SERGEANT THOMAS ANDERSON WAS BORN AT THE MARCH AIR FORCE BASE IN RIVERSIDE, CALIFORNIA. THAT'S PROBABLY WHERE YOU GOT YOUR YOU GOT TO SEE FLYING FOR THE FIRST TIME. YEAH. AND RAISED BY HIS MOTHER, WHO WORKED AS A SOCIAL WORKER, AND HIS FATHER, WHO SERVED AS A AND RETIRED FROM THE UNITED STATES AIR FORCE. AND HIS INTEREST IN AIRCRAFT AND SERVICE WAS BORN. AND WHERE DID YOU LEAVE OFF HERE? WHEREAS SERGEANT 
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THOMAS ANDERSON SERVED IN THE UNITED STATES ARMY FROM JULY 1996 TO FEBRUARY 2005 AS AN AMMUNITION SPECIALIST, ATTENDED BASIC TRAINING IN FORT SILL, OKLAHOMA, ATTENDED ADVANCED INDIVIDUAL TRAINING AT REDSTONE ARSENAL, ALABAMA, AND STATIONED AT FORT LEWIS, WASHINGTON STATE. 
          HE WAS DEPLOYED TO GERMANY, KOREA, AND IRAN, AND IRAQ FROM 2003 TO 2004. FOR OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM AND. WHEREAS SERGEANT THOMAS ANDERSON WAS PROMOTED TO SERGEANT ON DECEMBER 19TH, 2019, AND TRANSFERRED TO THE THERMAL THERMAL SHERIFF STATION SERVING THE CITY OF COACHELLA AND ADJOINING AREAS AS A PATROL SUPERVISOR, STATION TRAINING SUPERVISOR, FIELD TRAINING SUPERVISOR, AND SERVED AS THE COACHELLA COMMUNITY ACTION TEAM SUPERVISOR FROM JANUARY 12TH, 2023 TO OCTOBER 2ND, 2024. AND. WHEREAS ON OCTOBER 3RD, 2024, SERGEANT THOMAS ANDERSON WILL NOW BE TRANSFERRED TO THE SHERIFF'S EMERGENCY OPERATIONS DIVISION, SPECIFICALLY THE AVIATION UNIT, FULFILLING A LONG TIME AMBITION TO PATROL AND SERVE THE COMMUNITIES OF RIVERSIDE COUNTY TO INCLUDE THE CITY OF COACHELLA FROM THE AIR AND. NOW, THEREFORE, I, STEPHEN HERNANDEZ, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF COACHELLA AND THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COACHELLA. BY THE POWERS VESTED IN US, DO HEREBY CONGRATULATE THOMAS ANDERSON AND URGE ALL CITIZENS OF THE CITY OF COACHELLA TO EXPRESS GRATITUDE ON HIS CURRENT ROLE AS THE SHERIFF, COACHELLA COMMUNITY ACTION TEAM SUPERVISOR AND WISH HIM LUCK AS HE TRANSFERS TO THE SHERIFF EMERGENCY OPERATIONS DIVISION AVIATION UNIT. CONGRATULATIONS. AND THANK YOU FOR BEING. FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DON'T KNOW ME, I'M NOT A PUBLIC SPEAKER. IT'S PROBABLY THE LEAST THING THAT I ENJOY. BUT I'D LIKE TO THANK THE MAYOR, THE CITY COUNCIL, THE CAPTAIN MARTINEZ, LIEUTENANT VASQUEZ, FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE THE CITIZENS OF COACHELLA. THERE'S SOME GREAT FOLKS OUT THERE. THE CITY STAFF HERE IS AWESOME. THEY'VE ENJOYED WORKING WITH THEM. AND MY TEAM THAT'S HIDING BACK THERE IN THE BACK. AN EXTRA SPECIAL THANKS TO THEM, BECAUSE WITHOUT WITHOUT THEM, I WOULDN'T BE HERE. THEY'RE THE ONES THAT MADE ME SUCCESSFUL, SO I APPRECIATE IT. CAN WE BRING THEM UP? BRING THEM UP SO WE CAN. THANK YOU. COME ON, CANDY, YOU MIGHT BE RETIRED, BUT YOU'RE NOT GONE. YEAH, SO I DO WANT TO SHARE A FEW WORDS JUST FROM MY INTERACTIONS. AND RELATIONSHIP WITH THEM. SERGEANT ANDERSON AND HIS DEDICATION TO OUR COMMUNITY, TO OUR RESIDENTS. BUT ALWAYS GOING ABOVE AND BEYOND AND DOING IT VERY NATURALLY AND DOING IT WITH WITH KINDNESS AND PROFESSIONALISM. SOME OF OUR, I WOULD SAY PARTNERSHIPS IS ONE OF THEM WAS IT WAS HURRICANE HILLARY AND WE WERE ON DYLAN ROAD AND THERE WAS THESE CARS THAT KEPT COMING THROUGH AND WE KEPT THINKING LIKE, OH, DON'T COME THROUGH. AND ONCE AGAIN THEY WOULD COME THROUGH AND THEY WOULD GET STUCK IN THE FLOODING AND YOU WOULD SEE SERGEANT ANDERSON AND SOME OF THE OTHER DEPUTIES GOING OUT AND THEN CARRYING THOSE FOLKS OUT BECAUSE THEY WERE TOO AFRAID TO GET OUT OF THEIR VEHICLES. AND THEN ONCE AGAIN, THERE WAS PICTURES OF SERGEANT ANDERSON CARRYING PEOPLE AS WELL. AT AVENUE 52 AS WELL, THERE WAS FLOODING OUT THERE. THAT'S JUST A LITTLE BIT OF THE REFLECTION OF SERGEANT ANDERSON AND HIS COMMITMENT TO OUR COMMUNITY AND TO OUR CITY. AND SO I'M FOREVER GRATEFUL FOR YOUR DEDICATION AND COMMITMENT TO US. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. LET'S TAKE A PHOTO. ONE, TWO, THREE. I THINK WE'RE MISSING ONE. COUNCIL MEMBER. DON'T BE SHY. HOLD ON. READY? ONE, TWO. THREE. OKAY. CORRECT. 
          CONGRATULATIONS, SERGEANT. JUST WHEN YOU THOUGHT YOU WERE GOING TO RETIRE, I THOUGHT YOU NEEDED TO MEET WITH THE FIREWORKS. MAN. I SAID. I DON'T KNOW. YEAH. WELL, WE GOT YOU A LITTLE SOMETHING. APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. YEAH. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THIS IS CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS APPRECIATION WEEK. AND SO WE ARE GOING TO BE I WANT TO CALL UP RENE ROSALES. RENE. 
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WELCOME. GOOD EVENING. MAYOR. MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL, THIS PROCLAMATION IS FOR THE TEAM. 
          OCTOBER 2ND WEEK OF OCTOBER HAS BEEN DESIGNATED AS CODE ENFORCEMENT APPRECIATION WEEK IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA. AND I BELIEVE THERE'S A PROCLAMATION FOR THE TEAM. THE TEAM IS HERE TO RECEIVE IT. ALL RIGHT. IF YOU COULD INTRODUCE YOUR TEAM, AND THEN WE'LL HAVE THEM JOIN US UP HERE. I THINK THEY'RE HIDING IN THE BACK AS WELL, TOO. SO JESSICA'S BEEN WITH US FOR CLOSE TO THREE YEARS NOW. PEDRO'S BEEN HERE FOR SIX YEARS, BUT HE ACTUALLY CAME FROM THE COUNTY WITH EXPERIENCE IN CODE ENFORCEMENT WITH THE COUNTY. AND HE'S BEEN HERE WITH US FOR ABOUT TWO YEARS. SO WE HAVE ONE ON LEAVE RIGHT NOW. BUT THIS IS THE TEAM THAT ACTUALLY PUTS TOGETHER MANY REPORTS. AS SMALL AS OUR TEAM IS, THE WORK IS GETTING DONE, AND WE HOPE TO KEEP EXTENDING OUR TEAM TO MAKE A BETTER STRIDE FOR THE CITY. THE RESIDENTS OF COACHELLA COUNCIL, IF YOU COULD JOIN ME UP FRONT AS WELL. 
          I'M GOING TO DO THE SAME THING WHERE I'M GOING TO PASS THE PROCLAMATION AROUND. IT SAYS WHEREAS THE CITY OF COACHELLA, CALIFORNIA PROCLAMATION IS. WHEREAS THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA HAS PROCLAIMED THE SECOND WEEK OF OCTOBER AS CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS APPRECIATION WEEK. AND WHEREAS CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS PROVIDE FOR THE SAFETY, HEALTH AND WELFARE OF CITIZENS THROUGH THE ENFORCEMENT OF LOCAL, STATE, AND FEDERAL LAWS AND ORDINANCES DEALING WITH VARIOUS ISSUES OF BUILDINGS, ZONING, HOUSING, ANIMAL CONTROL, ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH AND LIFE SAFETY AND WHEREAS THEIR THIRD ONE WHEREAS CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS HAVE CHALLENGING AND DEMANDING ROLES AND OFTEN DO NOT RECEIVE RECOGNITION FOR THE JOB THEY DO IN IMPROVING QUALITY OF LIFE FOR RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES OF LOCAL COMMUNITIES AND. WHEREAS THE ROLE OF MANY CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS HAS EXPANDED IN RECENT YEARS WITH JURISDICTIONS INCREASINGLY RELYING ON THE EXPERTISE AND TRAINING OF CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS IN THEIR COMMUNITIES AND WHEREAS. HERE. THIS ONE HERE. YEAH. WHEREAS CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS ARE DEDICATED, HIGHLY QUALIFIED AND HIGHLY TRAINED PROFESSIONALS WHO SHARE THE GOALS OF PREVENTING NEIGHBORHOOD DETERIORATION, ENHANCING COMMUNITIES, ENSURING SAFETY AND PRESERVING PROPERTY VALUES THROUGH KNOWLEDGE, TRAINING AND APPLICATION OF HOUSING, ZONING AND NUISANCE LAWS. NUISANCE. LAST ONE. AND WHEREAS, THE CITY OF COACHELLA RECOGNIZES AND HONORS THE CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS THAT SERVE OUR COMMUNITY AND ACKNOWLEDGE THEIR ROLE IN LEADING THE WAY TO IMPROVE QUALITY OF LIFE WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY. NOW, THEREFORE, OUR MAYOR AND OUR CITY COUNCIL OF COACHELLA, BY THE POWER VESTED IN US, DO HEREBY RECOGNIZE JESSICA NAVARRO, SARAH MONTANO, JOEL ZENDEJAS, PEDRO HERNANDEZ, AND RENE ROSALES AND ENCOURAGE ALL CITIZENS OF THE CITY OF COACHELLA IN RECOGNIZING AND EXPRESSING OUR APPRECIATION FOR THE DEDICATION AND SERVICE BY THE INDIVIDUALS WHO SERVE AS OUR CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. 
          PHOTO. THANK THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL FOR THIS RECOGNITION. AND ALSO WE ALSO WANT TO THANK SERGEANT ANDERSON, WHO WAS VERY HELPFUL WORKING WITH OUR TEAM. I KNOW OUR TEAM IS GOING TO WE MIGHT MISS YOU, BUT WE'RE ALSO A LITTLE JEALOUS THAT YOU'RE GOING TO BE UP IN THE SKY MONITORING US FOR FUN. BUT WE THANK YOU. AND OF COURSE, WE WANT TO LET OUR STAFF KNOW THAT THEY'RE REALLY HARD WORKERS, AND WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO DO THE BEST FOR THE RESIDENTS. ALL RIGHT. 
          GETTING CLOSER. PHOTO. ALL RIGHT. ONE, TWO JESSICA, GET A LITTLE BIT MORE. 123 OKAY. 
          THANK YOU BOTH FOR THOSE. PRESENTATIONS ARE VERY VERY VITAL TO OUR PUBLIC SAFETY. WE HAVE A PRESENTATION FROM SOME FRIENDS FROM THE PALM SPRINGS AIRPORT MASTER PLAN UPDATE. 
          THEY'RE HERE TO GIVE US AN UPDATE. WELCOME. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING US. I AM MARK DWYER. I AM THE STAKEHOLDER LEAD FOR PALM SPRINGS AIRPORT ON BEHALF OF HARRY BARRETT, OUR AIRPORT MANAGER, AND SCOTT STYLES, THE CITY MANAGER AND THE COUNCIL, WE REALLY APPRECIATE 
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THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TO THE CITY OF COACHELLA AND FOR YOU ALL TO PROVIDE THE FORUM FOR US TO GIVE AN UPDATE ON THE AIRPORT MASTER PLAN. WE ALSO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT COMMISSIONER DELGADO, COUNCIL MEMBER DELGADO, YOUR WORK ON THE AIRPORT COMMISSION, WE REALLY APPRECIATE ALL THAT YOU DO. SITTING ON THAT COMMISSION AND REPRESENTING THE CITY OF COACHELLA. ALSO JOINING ME TODAY IS MY COLLEAGUE DEBBIE CHEN. AND FROM AIRPORT LEADERSHIP, WE HAVE JAKE INGRASSIA AND RAMON SANCHEZ. SO WE'LL BE ABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU ALL HAVE. SO I HAVE ABOUT A 15 SLIDE DECK THAT I'LL BE GOING THROUGH, AND WE'RE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU ALL HAVE AT THE END. SO WHAT IS AN AIRPORT MASTER PLAN? WELL, IT'S A FEDERAL REQUIRED DOCUMENT TO HELP THE AIRPORT PLAN STRATEGICALLY FOR THE FUTURE. IT ALSO HELPS IDENTIFY NEW PROJECTS TO SUPPORT THAT LONG, LONG TERM GROWTH AND STRATEGY. THIS IS ONLY A PLAN. EVERY COMPONENT OF THE PLAN STILL HAS TO GO THROUGH ITS OWN ENVIRONMENTAL APPROVALS AND FUNDING FOR COMPLETION. SO WHY DO WE NEED AN AIRPORT MASTER PLAN? WELL, PALM SPRINGS AIRPORT WAS BUILT TO ACCOMMODATE 1.5 MILLION ANNUAL PASSENGERS. TODAY, WE'RE WELL ABOVE 3 MILLION ANNUAL PASSENGERS. AND SO WE NEED TO PLAN FOR THE FUTURE BECAUSE THIS GROWTH IS GOING TO CONTINUE. AND SO WE WANT TO DO AS PART OF THIS PLAN IS LOOK TO PRESERVE THOSE ICONIC ELEMENTS OF THE AIRPORT THAT MAKE IT UNIQUE, CREATE A BETTER PASSENGER EXPERIENCE FOR TODAY AND TOMORROW, AS WELL AS 20 YEARS FROM NOW. WE WANT TO ACCOMMODATE FOR THAT FUTURE GROWTH. WE WANT TO BEGIN NEW SUSTAINABILITY INITIATIVES AND OF COURSE, COMPLY WITH THE LATEST AIRPORT SAFETY REGULATIONS. SO THE AIRPORT IS INCREASING IN POPULARITY. IN 2022, THERE WAS A LITTLE OVER 3 MILLION ANNUAL PASSENGERS. WE'RE ABOUT AT 3.5 MILLION TODAY. AND IF WE LOOK TOWARDS 2027, WE'RE AT A LITTLE OVER 4 MILLION. AND IF YOU LOOK OUT TO 2042, WE'RE SURPASSING 6 MILLION ANNUAL PASSENGERS AT PALM SPRINGS AIRPORT. WHY IS THAT HAPPENING? WELL, TOURISM IS SURGING. WE'RE SEEING A 4% INCREASE BETWEEN 2017 AND 2022 OF VISITORS WITHIN THE AREA. THERE'S ALSO A RESIDENTIAL BOOM THAT'S CONTINUING THROUGHOUT THIS REGION THAT IS GROWING FASTER THAN THE UNITED STATES. AND FASTER THAN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA. SO THIS ON TOP OF THE FACT THAT PEOPLE ARE JUST FLYING MORE FREQUENTLY THAN THEY DID IN THE PAST, ABOUT TEN, 15 YEARS AGO, THE AVERAGE PERSON WOULD FLY ABOUT 1.1 TIMES PER YEAR. NOW THAT'S PUSHING UP TO 1.41.5. SO WE'RE SEEING THIS ORGANIC GROWTH THAT'S HAPPENING AT THE AIRPORT, AND WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE'RE PLANNING FOR THAT. THAT WAY WE DON'T HAVE CONGESTION ISSUES. WE DON'T RUN OUT OF GATES. WE DON'T RUN OUT OF TERMINAL SPACE AT THE AIRPORT. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE PASSENGER EXPERIENCE THAT WE WANT TO PRESERVE AND GROW AND DEVELOP, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT IS GOING TO BE THERE, YOU KNOW, 10 OR 15 YEARS FROM NOW WHEN THERE'S GOING TO BE MORE PEOPLE USING THE AIRPORT. THERE'S ALSO PARKING DEMAND AND PARKING NEEDS. SO WITH MORE PEOPLE, THERE'S MORE VEHICLES THAT WILL NEED TO BE PARKED AT THE AIRPORT, AND MORE RENTAL CARS THAT WILL BE NEEDED. SO WE NEED TO PLAN FOR THAT AND ACCOMMODATE FOR THAT. SO THAT'S ALL PART OF OUR PLANNING PROCESS HERE. SO WHERE ARE WE AT IN THIS OVERALL PROCESS? WELL, WE'RE BASICALLY BETWEEN NUMBER TWO AND NUMBER THREE. RIGHT NOW. WE'RE GOING THROUGH THE IDENTIFICATION OF THE VARIOUS ALTERNATIVES. AND WE'RE WORKING THROUGH THE PROCESS NOW TALKING TO STAKEHOLDERS LIKE THE CITY OF COACHELLA AND OTHERS UP AND DOWN THE ENTIRE COACHELLA VALLEY LOOKING FOR FEEDBACK AND THOUGHTS AS WE MOVE TOWARDS THE SELECTION OF A PREFERRED ALTERNATIVE THAT PROCESS GOES THROUGH THE AIRPORT COMMISSION, AND THEN IT GOES TO OUR PALM SPRINGS CITY COUNCIL FOR FORMAL APPROVAL. WHAT ARE WE HEARING ABOUT THE AIRPORT? WELL, WHAT WE'RE HEARING FROM STAKEHOLDERS IS THEY LIKE HOW QUAINT IT IS. THEY LIKE THE WALKABILITY OF IT. THEY LIKE HOW IT'S BUILT ON THE HUMAN SCALE. THEY LIKE HOW THE FACT THAT IT'S INDOOR, OUTDOOR, THEY LOVE THE FACT THAT YOU CAN SEE THE MOUNTAIN VIEWS WHEN YOU WALK OUTSIDE THE WEXLER TERMINA. THEY LOVE THE WEXLER TERMINAL. 
          AND SO WE WANT TO LOOK AT ALL THOSE THINGS, AND WE WANT TO PRESERVE WHAT WE CAN AND ENHANCE WHAT WE CAN, AND ALSO MAKE ADJUSTMENTS TO MAKE SURE WE'RE NOT HAVING ISSUES LIKE, OH, IT GETS TOO CONGESTED WHEN, YOU KNOW, IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DAY, THERE'S NO THERE'S NO SPACE NEAR THE CURBS TO PARK A CAR OR BAGGAGE CLAIM IS CONGESTED. THESE ARE THE THINGS WE WANT TO ADJUST AND ACCOUNT FOR AS WE'RE WORKING THROUGH THE MASTER PLAN. SO 3 OR 4 MONTHS AGO, THE COMMISSION GAVE TO THE CITY COUNCIL ALTERNATIVE ONE, WHICH HAS WHICH YOU CAN SEE HERE, THERE'S A NORTH CONCOURSE, A SOUTH CONCOURSE. AND WHAT'S IN ORANGE. THERE IS A RENTAL CAR CENTER. THIS WAS RECOMMENDED BY THE COMMISSION TO THE COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL. THE COUNCIL CAME 
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BACK AND SAID, WE WANT TO DO ADDITIONAL TRAFFIC STUDIES, AS WELL AS LOOK AT AN ALTERNATIVE LOCATION FOR THE RENTAL CAR CENTER ON THE SOUTH SIDE, AND THAT WAS INTENDED TO FREE UP THE AREA. THAT'S THAT'S NEAR THE WEXLER BUILDING AND KEEP THAT AS OPEN SPACE, AS WELL AS KEEP THE OPEN SPACE NEAR PALM SPRINGS CITY HALL. SO THESE WERE VERY INTENTIONAL. IT WAS A VERY INTENTIONAL REQUEST FROM PALM SPRINGS CITY COUNCIL TO STUDY. AND ANOTHER ALTERNATIVE ON WHERE THAT RENTAL CAR CENTER LOCATION IS GOING TO BE. THAT'S WHY THAT IS IN ORANGE. SO HERE'S SOME DIFFERENT VIEWS OF WHAT ALTERNATIVE ONE WOULD LOOK LIKE. YOU COULD SEE THAT HERE, AND YOU COULD SEE WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE COMING OUT OF THE WEXLER TERMINAL, LOOKING TO THE NORTH. 
          THIS RENDERING SHOWS A PARKING STRUCTURE THAT WOULD BE TWO LEVELS UNDERGROUND, THREE ABOVE GROUND. THE THIRD WOULD BE PARKING ON TOP OF THE ROOF. SO IT'S ACTUALLY TWO LEVELS OF PARKING WITH PARKING ON TOP OF THE ROOF. SO WE'RE WORKING THROUGH THE PROCESS NOW, AND WE'VE DEVELOPED ALTERNATIVE TWO, WHICH IS THE SOUTH SITE FOR THE RENTAL CAR LOCATION. THIS IS A FIVE LEVEL PARKING STRUCTURE. IT'S FOUR LEVELS OF PARKING WITH ROOFTOP PARKING ON THE FIFTH LEVEL. THIS WOULD REQUIRE BUSSING TO GO FROM THE WEXLER TERMINAL AND THE BAGGAGE CLAIM AREA AROUND TO THE RENTAL CAR SITE. THIS IS VERY COMMON AT AIRPORTS AROUND THE GLOBE. THIS IS A LITTLE BIT OF A DIFFERENT APPROACH THAN WHAT EVERYONE'S USED TO AT PALM SPRINGS AIRPORT, WHERE YOU GET OUT, YOU WALK, YOU GRAB YOUR BAGS, AND YOU CAN WALK TO THE RENTAL CAR LOCATION. SO THIS IS UNDER CONSIDERATION FOR THE COUNCIL TO CONSIDER. AND THE COMMISSION IS GOING TO BE REVIEWING THIS AND THE TRAFFIC IMPACTS AND MAKING THEIR RECOMMENDATION TO THE CITY COUNCIL HERE WITHIN THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS. WHAT DOES THIS LOOK LIKE IN TERMS OF COST? WELL, PHASE ONE WOULD BE TO BUILD OUT THE NORTH CONCOURSE AS WELL AS THE RENTAL CAR CENTER. 
          THAT'S A TOTAL PROJECT COST OF AROUND $880 MILLION. THE TOTAL PROJECT TO DO BUILD OUT THE SOUTH CONCOURSE AS WELL, WOULD EQUATE TO A LITTLE OVER $2 BILLION. WELL, PHASE ONE JUST INCORPORATES THE NORTH TERMINAL AS WELL AS THE RENTAL CAR SITE THAT WOULD BEGIN THE ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS IN 2025, AND THE CONSTRUCTION WOULD BE COMPLETED ON THAT SHORTLY AFTER 2029. SUSTAINABILITY IS AT THE HEART OF THE MASTER PLAN. THAT'S THE MASTER PLAN. WILL ALIGN WITH THE EXISTING CITY SUSTAINABILITY POLICIES. WE PLAN TO USE SOLAR AND MORE SOLAR THAN WE HAVE DROUGHT TOLERANT LANDSCAPING. THERE'S RUNWAY IMPROVEMENTS. THERE'S INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLES. WE WANT TO CONTINUE DOING ANYTHING WE CAN FOR RESOURCE SAVING EFFORTS LIKE LOW WATER AND RECYCLING PROGRAMS. THIS IS ALSO TAXIWAY IMPROVEMENTS TO MINIMIZE EMISSIONS AND AIRCRAFT EMISSION. ANOTHER COMPONENT OF THIS IS HOW DO WE CONTINUE TO MITIGATE AIRPLANE NOISE. JUST BECAUSE THERE'S MORE PEOPLE THAT IS EXPECTED TO BE AT THE AIRPORT DOES NOT MEAN THAT THERE'S NECESSARILY A DOUBLING OF PLANES. FOR EXAMPLE, PLANES ARE EXPECTED TO GET LARGER AND WITH THE AIRPLANE MANUFACTURING SECTOR, IS ALWAYS LOOKING AT WAYS TO IMPROVE HOW NOISY PLANES ARE. SO THEY'RE USING THE LATEST AND GREATEST TECHNOLOGIES TO MAKE THEM AS QUIET AS POSSIBLE. WE'RE ALSO RESTRICTED BY THE AIRPORT, AIRPORT NOISE AND CAPACITY ACT OF 1990. THIS IS THIS PREVENTS ALL U.S. AIRPORTS FROM IMPOSING RESTRICTIONS ON FLIGHT SCHEDULES AND THE NUMBER OF FLIGHTS AND NOISE LIMITS. SO WE TAKE THAT ALL INTO CONSIDERATION AS AS WE'RE WORKING THROUGH THE MASTER PLAN, WE ALSO ENCOURAGE GOOD NEIGHBOR PRACTICES, AND THERE'S OPPORTUNITIES TO VOICE ANY CONCERNS ABOUT AIRPORT, AIRPLANE OR AIRPORT NOISE AT A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT OPTIONS. THERE. SO HOW ARE AIRPORTS FUNDED? WELL, PALM SPRINGS AIRPORT IS ITS OWN ENGINE IN TERMS OF IT MAKES ITS OWN REVENUES AND IT SPENDS IT THERE ON THE PROPERTIES. SO ALL OF THE PARKING FEES, YOUR LANDING FEES, CONCESSION FEES AND TAXES THAT ARE GENERATED ON THE AIRPORT STAY ON THE AIRPORT. 
          SO NO LOCAL TAXES ARE USED TO PAY FOR THIS PROJECT. SO THAT CONCLUDES THE UPDATE ON THE MASTER PLAN. IF THERE'S ANY COMMENTS, PUBLIC COMMENTS FROM ANYONE OR ANYONE THAT'S LISTENING TO THIS ONLINE, PLEASE VISIT PALM SPRINGS AIRPORT MASTER PLAN .COM AND SUBMIT YOUR COMMENT THROUGH THAT WEBSITE. I DO WANT TO CLOSE WITH A COUPLE OF REALLY FUN UPDATES ON WHAT'S HAPPENING CURRENTLY AT THE AIRPORT THAT YOU CAN SEE TODAY. WELL, WE HAVE SOME NEW SERVICE FROM FRONTIERS AIRLINES GOING NONSTOP TO SFO AND DENVER DELTA. THERE IS A NONSTOP SERVICE TO 
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JFK AND UNITED AIRLINES TO WASHINGTON-DULLES. AND THERE'S SOME REALLY GREAT NEW CONCESSIONS THAT REFLECTS THE FLAVOR OF COACHELLA VALLEY. YOU COULD SEE THIS CACTUS TO CLOUDS. 
          THERE'S NINE CITIES. THERE'S THE COACHELLA VALLEY COFFEE. LAS CAZUELAS IS THERE IN THE AIRPORT. NOW, THESE JUST ALL RECENTLY OPENED. REALLY, REALLY GREAT TO PROVIDE TO PEOPLE VISITING THE AIRPORT AND GET THE LOCAL FLAIR AND FLAVOR RIGHT THERE AT THE AIRPORT. SO HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. YOU ALL HAVE COUNCIL. ANY QUESTIONS? I FLY OUT OF THAT AIRPORT TOO MUCH AND I DID SEE THE NEW STUFF. ACTUALLY. IT'S PRETTY COOL AND IT'S VERY MODERN. AND SO IT'S LIKE IT'S DIFFERENT. IT WAS KIND OF CONFUSING BECAUSE THE COFFEE SHOP WASN'T LIKE THE COFFEE SHOP IS CLOSED AND IT'S 5:00 IN THE MORNING. WHY IS IT CLOSED? SO I SAW THAT IT FINALLY MOVED AROUND AND VERY MODERN. AND YOU KNOW, I THINK PEOPLE ARE JUST GETTING ADJUSTED TO THE NEW SPACE AND EVERYTHING, BUT I, I UNDERSTAND THAT SECOND OPTION ON THE PARKING STRUCTURE ON THE SIDE, BUT I KNOW LIKE DO YOU THINK THAT WILL CAUSE ANY LIKE ANY ISSUES WITH LIKE THE RENTAL CAR PEOPLE ARE STILL GOING TO GO TO IT. YOU FLY TO ANY OTHER AIRPORT AND YOU HAVE TO WALK AROUND. BUT WHAT WILL HAPPEN WITH LIKE THE, THE, THE CONGESTION IN IN THE LOOP AROUND NOW THAT YOU GOT TO WAIT FOR A BUS AND STUFF LIKE THAT? WHAT HAPPENS WITH THAT? AND THAT'S MY QUESTION. YEAH, IT'S A GREAT QUESTION. SO THE THERE WOULD BE AN ELECTRIC BUS THAT WOULD OPERATE ABOUT 20 HOURS A DAY GOING TO AND FROM THE FACILITY. IT'S A SHORT, VERY SHORT RIDE. IT'S LESS THAN FIVE MINUTES, BUT IT WOULD JUST RUN AS A CIRCULATOR AND THERE WOULD BE PEOPLE PICKING UP THE BUS LOCATION WOULD BE PICKED UP NEAR WHERE THE BAGGAGE CLAIM AREA IS, AND IT WOULD GO DIRECTLY TO THAT SITE. SO I DON'T THINK ANYBODY WOULD WAITING VERY LONG, MUCH MORE THAN 5 TO 10 MINUTES. AND THE PARKING YOU TALKED ABOUT THE PARKING STUDY, IS THAT PARKING ALSO GOING TO LOOK AT THE RATES FOR THE DIFFERENT PRICES OF DIFFERENT LOTS, BECAUSE ON HERE YOU HAVE LIKE VERBIAGE OF LIKE PREMIUM A LOT BECAUSE IT'S CLOSEST. IS THAT GOING TO DIVIDE ITEMS IN THAT PERSPECTIVE. LIKE YEAH THOSE DECISIONS ON PARKING AND THE RATES HAVE NOT BEEN DECIDED UNTIL WELL AFTER THE MASTER PLAN IS IMPLEMENTED. BUT THAT WOULD BE PART OF THE CONSIDERATION AS THEY'RE WORKING THROUGH. THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE GIVING AWAY, BY THE WAY. YOU NAMED THEM. SO I'M JUST THINKING THAT'S GOING TO BE LIKE A $60 PARKING. NOW. THAT'S MY PERSPECTIVE. AND THEN I'M LOOKING AT THIS. I'M JUST GIVING YOU SOMEONE THAT'S LOOKING AT THIS. YES. BUT THEY'RE GOING TO THINK THAT YOU'RE ALREADY GOING TO CHARGE $60 TO PARK THERE. ONE RIGHT NOW I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE RATE THAT RATE WOULD IS GOING TO BE. I'M JUST GIVING YOU COMMENTS LIKE BASED ON WHAT I'M LOOKING AT, LIKE VERB OPTICS ON THAT. SO I'M JUST SAYING BECAUSE OTHER AIRPORTS WILL CHARGE YOU MORE OF YOUR CLOSER. RIGHT. SO I'M JUST I'M JUST I'M THINKING IS THAT WHAT'S GOING TO EVERYONE'S GOING TO GO PARK IN THAT PARKING STRUCTURE NOW. SO BUT I'M JUST MAKING GENERIC COMMENTS FOR MYSELF. OKAY. THE PARKING SORRY I, I THINK CONGRATULATIONS IN TERMS OF, YOU KNOW, THE CITY AND THE BOARD LOOKING AT EXPANSION, THOSE NUMBERS ARE PRETTY AMAZING THAT, YOU KNOW, ORIGINALLY WAS BUILT FOR 1.5 AND YOU'RE UP TO 3.2 MILLION VISITORS. A YEAR. AND SO OBVIOUSLY WE NEED TO GROW AND ACCOMMODATE MY ISSUE THERE IS REALLY MORE ABOUT THE PARKING LIKE I WHEN WE FLY OUT OF THERE SOMETIMES IT IS DIFFICULT TO FIND PARKING UP FRONT OR EVEN ON THE SIDE, OR YOU GOT TO FIND, YOU KNOW, KIND OF WALK. IN FACT, THAT ONE TIME COUNCIL MEMBER DELGADO AND I PARKED WAY OUT IN THE CORNER AND I THINK I SCARED HER BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, IT WAS REALLY DARK AND IT WAS REALLY LATE. AND HE CREEPED UP FROM BEHIND. SO, YEAH. COUNCIL MEMBER IT'S LIKE. AND SO BUT BUT YEAH. 
          BUT I THINK PARKING IS LIKE VERY VERY IMPORTANT AT AIRPORTS. I'M WITH YOU GUYS IN TERMS OF GOING TO A RENTAL CAR LIKE ANY AIRPOR, YOU GO TO YOU, YOU JUMP ON A LITTLE TROLLEY AND YOU GO AND GET YOUR RENTAL CAR. AND SO I THINK IT'S A GOOD IDEA. MY QUESTION TO ALL OF YOU GUYS IS THAT OBVIOUSLY $2 BILLION, THAT'S THAT'S A TALL FEE, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, SO HOW ARE YOU ALL PROPOSING TO FUND THIS? AND I'M THE FIRST THING THAT CAME TO MY HEAD WAS WHEN I REMEMBER WHEN I WENT TO UCR AND THEY GOT REALLY AMBITIOUS ON BUILDING BUILDINGS. AND ONE OF THE THINGS THEY STARTED DOING WAS CHARGING THE STUDENTS A LITTLE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT FUND, YOU KNOW, AND I MEAN, WHEN I WAS GOING THERE, I DIDN'T REALLY MIND IT IF I'M GOING TO THE AIRPORT AND IF I'M PAYING $1.50 OR TWO BUCKS TO IMPROVE THE AIRPORT, I WOULDN'T MIND IT EITHER. BUT JUST WHAT ARE SOME OF THE OPTIONS OR WHAT ARE YOU ALL THINKING IN TERMS OF THE HOW ARE YOU GOING TO FINANCE THIS PROJECT? SO THE ON THE IT'S A GREAT QUESTION. SO FOR A RENTAL CAR CENTER THE OPTION THERE COULD BE A PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP THAT WOULD BE FUNDED BY THE RENTAL CAR OPERATORS THAT 
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ARE THERE. SO YOU KNOW, YOU YOU THIS IS VERY COMMON PRACTICE. YOU SEE THIS AT AIRPORTS THAT ARE BUILDING THESE RENTAL CAR CENTERS ACROSS THE NATION. LAX JUST DID THIS. DENVER HAS ANOTHER EXAMPLE THERE. SO THAT WOULD BE ONE OPPORTUNITY THAT IS WORTH EXPLORING. THERE'S ALSO BONDS TO PAY AGAINST ALL THE LANDING FEES THAT WOULD BE COMING IN THROUGH THROUGH THE AIRPORT. SO THERE'S A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT MECHANISMS THAT THAT THEY'RE STUDYING TO SEE HOW THAT WOULD BE PAID FOR IN TERMS OF KIND OF LIKE THE TIMELINE, WHAT SHOULD WE EXPECT THIS HAPPENING TOMORROW, OR IS IT HAPPENING LIKE 20 YEARS OR WHAT'S WHAT ARE WE THINKING. SO IF SO, ONCE WE MOVE THROUGH THE MASTER PLANNING PROCESS, THEN WE WOULD MOVE INTO ENVIRONMENTAL PROCESS. AND THAT WOULD BE FOR THE NORTH TERMINAL. AND THEN THE RENTAL CAR CENTER. SO THAT'S PHASE ONE. PHASE TWO WOULD BE THEN BUILDING OUT THE SOUTH KIND OF TERMINAL AREA. SO THAT'S LOOKING MUCH FURTHER DOWN THE ROAD, PROBABLY 7 OR 8 YEARS AT LEAST. SO GETTING THROUGH PHASE ONE WITH THAT NORTH CONCOURSE AND THE RENTAL CAR CENTER, THAT'LL TAKE US THROUGH ABOUT 2028. OKAY. SO GOOD. I THINK THIS IS GREAT NEWS FOR THE REGION. OBVIOUSLY IT'S SO IT'S VERY CONVENIENT IF YOU FLY INTO PALM SPRINGS YOU'RE HOME AT LEAST FROM COACHELLA. WE'RE HERE IN LIKE 40 MINUTES COMPARED TO SAY ONTARIO OR ANYWHERE ELSE. IT'S, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE GOING TO TAKE AN HOUR AND A HALF, TWO HOURS OF TRAFFIC. SO I LIKE THAT. IT'S CONVENIENT. IT'S GOOD. GOOD FOR ALL OF US. THANK YOU. IT'S A REGIONAL ASSET AND WE APPRECIATE YOUR TIME TO SPEAK WITH YOU ALL TODAY ABOUT IT. 
          THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE? SO I DO WANT TO STRESS THIS IS A MASSIVE UNDERTAKING. IT'S MUCH LIKE BUILDING A CITY. WE HAVE A GENERAL PLAN. THEY HAVE A MASTER PLAN. THEY NEED REVENUES. THEY HAVE EXPENDITURES THAT ARE GROWING. WHEN THIS WAS INITIALLY BUILT, IT WAS FOR MUCH SMALLER TYPE OF AIRPLANES. AND OBVIOUSLY THAT'S BEEN GROWING AND WE'VE BEEN ACCOMMODATING FOR THOSE LARGER PLANES AS MUCH AS WE COULD, AS MUCH AS WE CAN. BUT, YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST NOT BUILT FOR THOSE TYPES OF BIG JETS THAT ARE COMING IN. AND WE'RE ACCOMMODATING FOR, AS HE MENTIONED, WE DO HAVE SERVICES THAT NEED TO BE ATTENDED TO, AND THE TOURISM IS GROWING. IT'S OUR NEAREST AIRPORT. BUT I KNOW EVEN PEOPLE FROM OUTSIDE THE VALLEY COME TO PALM SPRINGS JUST BECAUSE IT'S SO MUCH EASIER TO COME IN AND GET OUT OF IT AND INTERESTINGLY, IS THAT THE RENTAL CAR, IT ACTUALLY BRINGS IN A LOT OF REVENUE FOR THE AIRPORT, AND WE'RE VERY DEPENDENT ON IT. I KNOW IT WAS A BIT OF A SHOCK, I THINK, OR SURPRISING FOR ME, KNOWING THAT THE RENTAL CAR SERVICES BRING IN THAT MUCH REVENUE AT THE AIRPORT, THAT IT REALLY HAS BECOME ONE OF OUR GREATEST GENERATORS, AND WE DEPEND ON IT. AND MUCH LIKE A CITY, WE ALSO NEED TO GROW ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, WHICH IS WHY YOU SEE A LOT OF THE NEW CONCESSIONS THERE AND RESTAURANTS AND NEW SHOPS THAT YOU SEE THERE AS WELL. BUT JUST LIKE AS HE MENTIONED, IS THAT THIS IS A MULTI-PHASE APPROACH AND IT'S GOING TO TAKE MANY, MANY, MANY YEARS. BUT IT IS CRITICAL THAT WE ADOPT A MASTER PLAN SO THAT WE HAVE A FRAMEWORK TO WORK WITHIN AND THAT WE'RE ACCOMMODATING THOSE TOURISTS THAT ARE COMING IN AND OUT OF THE OUT OF PALM SPRINGS. THERE ARE ADDITIONS TO IS THAT I KNOW THE BAGGAGE CLAIM IT'S BECOME. 
          WE'VE ALL GROWN IT AS WELL. AND SO THAT'S GOING TO BE KICKED OUT AND EXPANDED AS WELL. I THINK THE WALL IN THE BACK IS GOING TO BE KICKED OUT, PUSHED OUT, AND THEN NEW BAGGAGE AREA IS GOING TO BE YEAH. EXACTLY. YES. AND SO THERE IS A LOT OF ACCOMMODATIONS EVEN TO PHASING IT OUT. AND HE TALKED ABOUT PARKING AND JUST LIKE A CITY HAS TO DO, WE HAVE TO DO TRAFFIC STUDIES TO SEE THE IMPACT, NOT JUST AT THE AIRPORT, BUT ALSO WHAT'S GOING TO CARRY OVER TO THE CITY OF PALM SPRING. 
          SO IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT THOSE TRAFFIC STUDIES AND THAT WE'RE TRYING TO GET THE PARKING AND THE TRAFFIC AS SMOOTH AS POSSIBLE. ONE OF THE BIGGEST CONCERNS FOR MANY OF THE COMMISSIONERS WAS THAT THERE WASN'T SUFFICIENT PARKING, AS THE MAYOR MENTIONED, BUT THERE WAS A STUDY DONE AND WHAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE IS ENOUGH TO PROVIDE FOR WHAT WE HAVE COMING IN AND GOING IS JUST WHAT WE NEED TO DO IS START PLANNING FOR THE BUILD OUT AND THE INCREASE. 
          BUT I FELT THE SAME WAY. BUT THERE WAS A STUDY DONE AND WHAT THE PARKING HAS NOW, WHAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE DOES ACCOMMODATE FOR THE TRAFFIC THAT WE HAVE NOW. SO I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR 
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COMING OUT, AND I WANT TO THANK THE TEAM IN THE BACK AS WELL. THIS IS A LOT OF WORK AND THERE ARE A LOT OF COMMISSIONS AT THE CITY OF PALM SPRINGS. SO EVEN WITH SOME OF THE ART THAT'S GOING INTO THE AIRPORT, WE GOT TO KICK IT OVER TO THE ART COMMISSION FOR PALM SPRINGS, AND THEN IT COMES BACK. SO THERE'S ACTUALLY A LOT OF RELATIONSHIPS AND PARTNERSHIPS. SO I THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR COMMITMENT AND ALL THE HARD WORK THAT YOU GUYS HAVE INVESTED INTO IT. THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. GOOD. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. WE'LL MOVE ON NOW TO A PRESENTATION ON FINE FOOD BANK HUNGER ACTION MONTH SUMMARY AND CITY IMPACT REPORT. WELCOME. 
          BEFORE THE AIRPORT COMMISSION LEAVES HERE. OH. THEY'RE LEAVING. I WAS GOING TO MENTION I'VE BEEN ON A PLANE 15 TIMES IN THE LAST 12 WEEKS, AND I AM ALWAYS SO HAPPY TO LAND BACK IN PALM SPRINGS AGAIN AFTER BEING AT ALL THE BIG AIRPORTS. SO I APPRECIATE THE PRESENTATION. 
          THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU FOR SERVING ON THAT COMMISSION AND KEEPING IT LOCAL. 
          THANK YOU. I'M DEBBIE ESPINOSA AND I'M THE PRESIDENT AND CEO. AND I WANT TO FIRST SAY THANK YOU TO MAYOR HERNANDEZ CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, CITY STAFF, AS WELL AS THE RESIDENTS OF THE CITY OF COACHELLA FOR ALLOWING ME TO COME HERE TODAY AND PRESENT BEFORE YOU EVERY SEPTEMBER. IT'S HUNGER ACTION MONTH THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES, AND IT'S A BIG FEEDING AMERICA FOOD BANK EVENT WHERE ALL OF THE CITIES LIGHT UP IN ORANGE, OR AS MANY AS WE POSSIBLY CAN GET THROUGHOUT THE US TO CALL THE ATTENTION TO THE FACT THAT PEOPLE ARE STILL FOOD INSECURE IN ONE OF THE GREATEST COUNTRIES IN THE WORLD, AND IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO CONTINUE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT AS WE LIVE HERE IN THE UNITED STATES, FOR PEOPLE TO WONDER WHERE THEIR NEXT MEAL IS COMING FROM WITH SO MUCH ABUNDANCE THAT WE HAVE, THERE'S THIS IMPORTANCE FOR US TO CONTINUE TO UNDERSTAND THAT TOGETHER, AS THE UNITED STATES, AS STATES, OURSELVES, AS COUNTIES, AND AS OUR CITY AND OUR COMMUNITIES, BECAUSE EACH ONE OF OUR AREAS IS VERY DIFFERENT THAN ONE ANOTHER. ON HOW WE TACKLE ENDING FOOD INSECURITY CAN LOOK DIFFERENT FOR ALL OF THE DIFFERENT PLACES HERE IN THE UNITED STATES, BECAUSE OF THE WAY IN WHICH ALL OF OUR COMMUNITIES ARE COMPOSED. SO FOR US, IT'S IMPORTANT FOR FINE FOOD BANK TO COME OUT TO EACH ONE OF THE CITIES EVERY YEAR AND TO BE ABLE TO GIVE A STATE OF HUNGER. THE STATISTICS AND THE DATA THAT'S SPECIFICALLY GOING ON IN EACH ONE OF THE CITIES. I'M VERY HAPPY TO SAY THAT THE CITY OF COACHELLA, AS WELL AS ALL OF THE CITIES HERE IN THE COACHELLA VALLEY, HAVE BEEN VERY, VERY COLLABORATIVE, HAVE BEEN SUPPORTIVE OF THE WORK FINE FOOD BANK HAS BEEN DOING FOR OVER 35 YEARS NOW. IN THIS DESERT REGION, AND WE STARTED AS SMALL AS ONE GENTLEMAN WHO WAS THE FOUNDER BACK IN 1983, PICKING UP FOOD AND RESCUING IT AT THE BACK OF A GROCERY STORE IN A BLUE PINTO AND TAKING IT TO HIS NEIGHBOR WHO WAS HOMELESS AND FEEDING HIM WHEN HE HAD NOTHING TO WHAT IT IS NOW WHERE WE DISTRIBUTE OVER 20 MILLION POUNDS OF FOOD ANNUALLY AND WE SERVE OVER 125,000 PEOPLE ON AVERAGE, EVERY MONTH. SO WHAT WE HAVE DONE IS, IS SO YOU CAN SEE WHAT THE STATISTICS LOOK LIKE SPECIFICALLY FOR THE CITY OF COACHELLA. WE'VE PUT A FACT SHEET TOGETHER FOR YOU. I'M NOT GOING TO READ IT LINE BY LINE. THAT'S SOMETHING FOR ALL OF YOU TO MARINATE OVER. BUT WHAT I DO WANT TO DO IS JUST GIVE SOME HIGHLIGHTS, NOT JUST FOR YOU TO BE ABLE TO HEAR, BUT FOR THE COMMUNITY TO BE ABLE TO HEAR TOO, AS WELL. WE KNOW THROUGH THE STUDIES THAT FEEDING AMERICA HAS DONE IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE U.S. CENSUS BUREAU, THE BUREAU OF LABOR AND STATISTICS, AS WELL AS NIELSEN IQ AND THE AMERICAN COMMUNITY SURVEY, WHICH IS A CENSUS DATA. APPROXIMATELY 15% OF THE COACHELLA RESIDENTS ARE FOOD INSECURE, MEANING THAT THEY ARE WONDERING WHERE THEY ARE STABLY GOING TO GET THEIR MEALS FROM BECAUSE THEY HAVE A DIFFICULT TIME PROVIDING IT FROM THEMSELVES. THIS 15% ONLY REPRESENTS THE PEOPLE THAT WERE CAPTURED IN CENSUS. AND AS ALL OF YOU KNOW, NOT EVERYBODY IS COUNTED DURING CENSUS AND ESPECIALLY DURING THIS LAST CENSUS BECAUSE IT WAS DURING THE TIME OF COVID. WE PROJECT THAT THIS NUMBER IS ANYWHERE BETWEEN 3 TO 5% HIGHER THAN WHAT IT'S SHOWING ON THE DATA. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DO WHEN WE'RE GOING OUT AND WE'RE UNDERSTANDING COMMUNITIES AND HOW TO BE ABLE TO FIGHT AND BATTLE FOOD INSECURITY AS WE LOOK AT DENSITIES OF POPULATIONS. AND THEN WE TRY TO LAND OUR RESOURCES IN THERE, WHETHER IT'S THE AGENCIES LIKE YOUR CHURCHES AND YOUR FOOD PANTRIES THAT ARE HERE, LOCATED IN COACHELLA, YOU CAN SEE HERE THERE'S SEVEN OF THEM WHERE WE STOCK AND SUPPLY ANYWHERE BETWEEN 75 TO 100% OF THEIR FOOD SUPPLY, SO THEY DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT WHERE THEIR FOOD IS COMING FROM TO SERVE THE 
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CLIENTS, FIND FOOD BANK WORKS WITH THEM TO FIND IT FOR THEM, SO THEY CAN FOCUS ON CLIENT SERVICES AND THEN WHERE THERE AREN'T ENOUGH AGENCIES IN THE LOCATIONS OF HEAVILY DENSE POPULATIONS OF PEOPLE THAT ARE FOOD INSECURE, WE ACTUALLY BRING IN OUR MOBILE MARKETS TO HELP SUPPORT IT, TOO. WE HAVE TWO OF THEM HERE IN COACHELLA. ONE IS AT LAS FLORES PARK AND THEN THE OTHER ONE IS AT COACHELLA, WHICH IS SENIOR SPECIFIC. SO WE ACTUALLY HAVE SENIOR SPECIALTY PROGRAMS WHERE THEY GET A BOX OF FOOD THAT IS TAILORED TO A SENIORS NEEDS. FOR INSTANCE, LOW SODIUM, LOW FAT. THERE'S NO GRAPEFRUIT JUICES OR JUICES THAT CAN POTENTIALLY INTERACT WITH THEIR MEDICINES, AND IT'S ACTUALLY ONE OF THE LARGEST USDA PROGRAMS THAT YOU HAVE TO BE CONTRACTED WITH WITH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IN ORDER TO DO IT. FIND FOOD BANK REPRESENTS ALL OF THE COACHELLA VALLEY DESERT REGION OVER 10,000MI■!S. BECAUSE WE GO ALL THE WAY DOWN TO BLYTHE AND THE ARIZONA BORDER, ALL THE WAY DOWN TO IMPERIAL COUNTY, AND THEN OVER TO ANZA, AND THEN OVER TO THE JOSHUA TREE AREA. SO THIS BIG DESERT REGION, WE ARE THE ONES THAT HOLD THE FEDERAL CONTRACTS TO BE ABLE TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR COMMUNITIES ARE REPRESENTED AND GETTING THEIR SHARE OF FEDERAL COMMODITIES IN. AND THAT'S HOW WE ARE ABLE TO DISTRIBUTE OVER 20 MILLION POUNDS OF FOOD. IT'S A COMBINATION OF THE FEDERAL CONTRACTS OUR LOCAL FARMERS, FARMERS ACROSS THE WESTERN REGION OF THE UNITED STATES DONATING PRODUCE TO US LARGE CORPORATIONS LIKE TARGET DISTRIBUTION CENTERS, WALMART DISTRIBUTION CENTERS, AMAZON DISTRIBUTION CENTERS MAKING DONATIONS TO THE FOOD BANK ON BEHALF OF THE ENTIRE COACHELLA VALLEY AND DISTRIBUTING FOOD OUT FROM THERE. SO WE ARE LIKE THE DONATION CLEARINGHOUSE FOR THE DESERT ON TOP OF THAT, WE STARTED LAUNCHING OUTREACH PROGRAMS AS WELL AS ENDING HUNGER FOR A LIFETIME PROGRAMS BECAUSE IT'S NOT ENOUGH TO JUST DO EMERGENCY FEEDING. IT'S ALSO ABOUT TEACHING PEOPLE AND GIVING THEM THE SKILL SETS TO BE ABLE TO FEED THEMSELVES. BECAUSE MANY OF OUR CLIENTS ARE ACTUALLY WORKING ADULTS AND FAMILIES WHO ARE JUST TRYING TO BE ABLE TO MAKE ENDS MEET BECAUSE THEIR INCOMES ARE NOT LINING UP WITH THE CONTINUALLY ESCALATING COST OF FOOD PRICES, GAS PRICES, ENERGY PRICES, ALL OF THOSE THINGS THAT WE ALL FEEL OURSELVES, NO MATTER WHAT INCOME LEVEL WE ARE HERE IN THE DESERT, WE SEE IT AND WE FEEL IT. AND SO FOR MANY OF OUR CLIENTS, THEY HAVE SHARED WITH US. CAN YOU HELP US IN OTHER WAYS TOO? WE LOVE THE FOOD, BUT CAN YOU HELP US WITH PROFESSIONAL SKILLS DEVELOPMENT? CAN YOU HELP US UNDERSTAND HOW TO INTERVIEW BETTER SO I CAN GET THE MANAGERIAL POSITION, AS OPPOSED TO THE POSITION THAT I'M IN RIGHT NOW? BECAUSE IF I CAN BRING MYSELF OFF THE LINE, THAT IS REALLY WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO DO. AND WE SAY STAY ON OUR LINE FOR HOWEVER LONG AS YOU NEED, BUT WE'LL BRING THESE OTHER RESOURCES TO YOU TO BE ABLE TO HELP YOU. SO WE STARTED OUR LAUNCH ON ROOT CAUSAL WORK AS WELL, AND YOU'LL SEE THAT ON THE BOTTOM PORTION OF THIS FLIER WHERE YOU CAN SEE WE DO THE OUTREACH SERVICES, GETTING THEM CONNECTED TO UTILITY ASSISTANCE, RENTAL ASSISTANCE. WE WORK WITH THEM ON FILING FOR DISABILITY BENEFITS BECAUSE WE KNOW IF THEY CAN GET THOSE BENEFITS. IT FREES UP MONEY FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO BUY FOOD FOR THEMSELVES, TOO. AS WELL. AND THEY FEEL MORE INDEPENDENT AS OPPOSED TO DEPENDENT ON THEIR BASIC AND PRIMAL NEEDS. AND THEN ON TOP OF THAT, WE'VE ALSO LAUNCHED A ROUND OF YOUTH DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS, TOO, AS WELL, BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT THE ONLY WAY TO BREAK POVERTY CYCLES AND FOOD INSECURITY CYCLES IS IF WE INVEST IN OUR YOUTH TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THOSE SKILL SETS THAT THEY MAY NOT BE GETTING BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE THE ABILITY TO PLAY SPORTS AND LEARN HOW TO WORK TOGETHER AS A TEAM. THEY DON'T HAVE THE ABILITY TO JOIN KEY CLUBS OR OTHER THINGS BECAUSE THEY CAN'T PAY THE FEES. TO BE ABLE TO LEARN THE COMMUNICATION SKILLS AND THE LEADERSHIP SKILLS THAT THEY'RE GOING TO NEED TO BE ABLE TO COMPETE, TO GET INTO COLLEGE, TO HIGHER EDUCATION, AND TO GET INTO THE JOB MARKET. SO WE'VE LAUNCHED A SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM WHERE WE PROVIDE $800 SCHOLARSHIPS, UP TO $800 SCHOLARSHIPS TO HELP CHILDREN BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN THOSE ACTIVITIES. BECAUSE MANY OF THOSE CHILDREN ARE COMING THROUGH OUR LINES AND THEY'RE TELLING US THESE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE NEED IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO HELP OURSELVES. WE ALSO HAVE A YOUTH ADVISORY CABINET, WHERE WE HAVE REPRESENTATIVES FROM HIGH SCHOOLS BE ABLE TO HELP US UNDERSTAND WHAT CHILDHOOD HUNGER LOOKS LIKE IN OUR COMMUNITIES. THEY INFORM US AND WE EDUCATE THEM ON WHAT FOOD INSECURITY IS. 
          AND I'M VERY HAPPY TO SAY THAT WE'VE ACTUALLY PROVIDED ONE COACHELLA STUDENT, ONE COACHELLA HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT, A $1,600 SCHOLARSHIP TO BE ABLE TO GO TO CAL BERKELEY, WHO SERVED ON OUR INAUGURAL YOUTH ADVISORY CABINET. AND WE'RE SUPER PROUD OF HIM. SO THERE'S SO MANY THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING RIGHT NOW. WE'RE IN PARTNERSHIP ALREADY BECAUSE YOU HELP US BE 
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ABLE TO DISTRIBUTE FOOD INTO THOSE DENSE POPULATIONS. BUT OUR GOAL IS, IS BY EDUCATING CITY COUNCIL ON THIS. THERE'S SO MANY OTHER OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE CAN PARTNER WITH YOU ON IN ORDER TO ADVANCE FOOD INSECURITY. OUR FOOD SECURITY IN THE COACHELLA, THE CITY OF COACHELLA AND THE REST OF OUR COMMUNITIES THROUGHOUT THE VALLEY. SO I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE, BUT I JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU THE SCOPE OF SERVICES AND WHAT'S BEEN HAPPENING IN 2024, IN YOUR CITY COUNCIL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. I'D JUST LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU FOR THE WORK. YOU ALL DO. I HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE TO VOLUNTEER AS MUCH AS I HAVE, AND I'VE GONE A FEW TIMES, BUT WHEN I WAS A KID GROWING UP IN 1976, YOU KNOW, FOLKS LIKE YOU, I DON'T REMEMBER WHO WAS DOING IT. MAYBE FIND FOOD BANK. BUT I REMEMBER MAKING LINE AND YEAH, MAKING SURE THAT I GOT, YOU KNOW, WITH MY FAMILY AND SO IT MADE THE DIFFERENCE FOR ME GROWING UP. AND I KNOW IT'S MAKING A DIFFERENCE FOR MANY OTHERS. SO I JUST APPRECIATE THE WORK YOU ALL DO IN ENSURING THAT OUR RESIDENTS HAVE ACCESS TO FOOD. AND SO IT'S AN AMAZING WORK. IT'S GOD'S WORK. AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, IT'S OBVIOUSLY, YOU KNOW, I'M A BELIEVER THAT IT'S A HUMAN RIGHT AS A SOCIALIST MYSELF. AND SO I'M GLAD THAT PEOPLE ARE DOING THAT WORK. ABSOLUTELY. FOOD IS DEFINITELY A HUMAN RIGHT. IT CUTS BEYOND EVERYTHING THAT WE TALK ABOUT. ANY KIND OF POLITICS, ANY KIND OF WHATEVERS LIKE FOOD IS A HUMAN RIGHT BECAUSE IT'S WHAT WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO SURVIVE PRIMARILY, AND IT'S WHAT WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO THRIVE. SO I APPRECIATE YOU SHARING YOUR STORY AND YOU GET IT. YOU GET IT. I HAVE A QUESTION JUST ON UNDERSTANDING THE NUMBERS. SURE. SO TOTAL ENGAGEMENTS I GET THAT 147,000 A YEAR AND THEN AS YOU GO DOWN IT SAYS TOTAL PEOPLE SERVED AT FINE CMS AND COACHELLA 31,000 PLUS. 
          AND THEN COACHELLA RESIDENTS SERVED AT ALL 46. YEAH, 69. SO IS THAT YOU PEOPLE DO MULTIPLE VISITS PER WEEK OR HOW DOES IT HELP? YEAH, AND THAT'S THE REASON WHY WE'RE STARTING TO USE CLIENT ENGAGEMENTS MORE BECAUSE WHEN IT COMES TO FOOD INSECURIT, EVEN THOUGH WE'RE A SUPPLEMENTAL PROGRAM, WE KNOW THAT SOME PEOPLE MAY NEED TO ENGAGE MORE THAN ONCE PER MONTH IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO MAKE ENDS MEET. IN FACT, MANY OF OUR FAMILIES ARE MULTIGENERATIONAL FAMILIES THAT ARE LIVING IN ONE HOUSEHOLD, AND I'M NOT SURE IF ANY OF YOU HAVE TO FEED KIDS AN AUNT OR AN UNCLE AND A GRANDPARENT. THAT'S ALL LIVING THERE. I KNOW I'M FILIPINO, SO WE HAD TO FEED EIGHT PEOPLE IN THE HOUSEHOLD BECAUSE I HAD MY TWO AUNTS, MY GRANDMOTHER, AND THEN THE FIVE OF US THAT WERE LIVING THERE. AND THEN EVENTUALLY A GRANDBABY CAME IN FOR MY PARENTS TOO. SO WE HAD LIKE FOUR GENERATIONS IN THE HOUSEHOLD AT ONCE, AND FOOD JUST GOES OUT LIKE THERE'S NO TOMORROW. AND WHAT WE WHAT WE WANT TO DO IS NEVER MAKE PEOPLE FEEL LIKE THEY CAN'T COME BACK TO US, BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT THERE'S MANY PEOPLE IN THOSE SITUATIONS WHERE THAT 20 TO 30 POUNDS OF FOOD THAT WE GIVE, OR EVEN 50 POUNDS OF FOOD, SOMETIMES WHEN WE'RE ABLE TO THAT'S, YOU KNOW, FOR A FAMILY WHERE THERE'S 6 OR 7 PEOPLE THAT ARE LIVING IN THE HOUSEHOLD, THAT'S NOT GOING TO LAST THE WHOLE MONTH, EVEN WHEN THEY ARE SUPPLEMENTING THEMSELVES. WHEN YOU SEE THE 69,000 NUMBER AT THE 46 FINE COMMUNITY MOBILE MARKETS, THE REASON WHY WE PUT THAT DOWN THERE IS BECAUSE WE ACTUALLY NOW ARE DOING DATA TRACKING USING TECHNOLOGY, SO WE CAN REALLY ISOLATE AND UNDERSTAND WHAT ARE THE PATTERNS OF MOVEMENT OF PEOPLE AND HOW DO THEY RECEIVE THEIR FOOD AND WHAT TYPES OF FOOD THEY'RE RECEIVING. SO THE 69,000 ARE COACHELLA RESIDENTS THAT MAY HAVE ACCESS EASIER TO LIKE PLACES WHERE THEY WORK. SO THEY MAY BE WORKING IN PALM SPRINGS AT THE AIRPORT, LET'S JUST SAY. AND THEY ARE GOING TO OUR PALM SPRINGS COMMUNITY MOBILE MARKET THAT'S LOCATED AT THE PALM SPRINGS CONVENTION CENTER, BECAUSE IT'S ON ROUTE. ON THE WAY HOME. SO THAT'S THE REASON WHY WE LIKE TO SHOW THAT STATISTIC, IS THAT IT'S NOT WHAT YOU SEE JUST HERE IN COACHELLA IS NOT INDICATIVE OF WHAT THE TOTAL NEED OF COACHELLA IS, BECAUSE THEY'RE ACCESSING FROM DIFFERENT PLACES AS WELL. BUT THAT WAS A GREAT QUESTION. YOU'RE THE FIRST ONE THAT ASKED THAT QUESTION. I'VE BEEN TO MANY CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS. NO, IT'S JUST I THINK YOU'RE YOU'RE YOU'RE ANSWERING THE QUESTION AND JUST PROVIDING CLARITY. AND PEOPLE ARE MAKING MULTIPLE VISITS PER MONTH. YEAH. AND THE POINT ABOUT HAVING MULTIPLE FAMILIES IN A HOME IS A BIG ONE BECAUSE YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. OUR OUR CITY HERE. I THINK OUR AVERAGE PERSON PER HOUSEHOLD IS ABOUT FIVE SIX. YEAH. I THINK THE LAST STATISTIC THAT I SAW WAS I BELIEVE THAT YOU'RE 5.75 PEOPLE ON AVERAGE PER HOUSEHOLD IN COACHELLA IS WHAT I REMEMBER SEEING. AND WE ARE MULTIGENERATIONAL. I GREW UP IN A MULTIGENERATIONAL HOUSEHOLD. SAME THING WITH GRANDMA. IT GETS EVEN MORE EXPENSIVE WHEN YOU HAVE, YOU KNOW, HIGH SCHOOL BOYS. OH YEAH. YEAH. SO THAT BRINGS THAT BRINGS FRIENDS OVER, THAT BRINGS 
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FRIENDS OVER THE HIGH SCHOOL BOYS. THEY BRING THEIR FRIENDS OVER THAT ARE ALSO BOYS. AND THEN, YOU KNOW, MANY OF THEM ARE IN THE SAME SITUATION TOO AS WELL. AND SO THEIR ATHLETES AND THEN. YEAH. AND THEN IN THE SUMMERTIME, THE FOOD INSECURITY RATE KICKS UP BECAUSE MANY OF THEM WHERE THEY WOULD RECEIVE AND THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS DO A GREAT JOB WITH THE SUMMER FEEDING PROGRAMS. BUT IT'S STILL NOT ENOUGH, BECAUSE WHEN YOU HAVE A CHILD OR CHILDREN LANDED IN THE HOME AND THEY'RE THERE THE WHOLE DAY, SOMEHOW THEY JUST RUN THROUGH FOOD LIKE THERE'S NO TOMORROW. AND I SAY THAT BECAUSE I HAVE A 19 AND 22 YEAR OLD, AND I JUST REMEMBER THOSE DAYS WHERE I'M LIKE, MY GOD, I JUST WENT GROCERY SHOPPING YESTERDAY. AND WHAT HAPPENED? I JUST GOT HOME AND IT'S ALL GONE, YOU KNOW? SO AGAIN, WE DON'T EVER WANT PEOPLE TO FEEL LIKE THEY DON'T HAVE ACCESS IF THEY NEED TO MAKE MULTIPLE VISITS. MANY OF OUR CLIENTS ARE VERY HONEST. THEY ONLY TAKE WHAT THEY NEED BECAUSE THEY KNOW THAT THEIR NEIGHBORS ARE IN THE SAME SITUATION AS THEM. AND SO THEY'RE VERY GOOD ABOUT THAT. YEAH. THANK YOU FOR LIGHTING UP AN ORANGE TOO AS WELL FOR HUNGER ACTION MONTH. THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU DO. I KNOW THAT WE'VE, I, YOU KNOW, WITH THE COUNTY WE'VE DONE A COUPLE OF RESOURCE FAIRS THAT HAVE, YOU KNOW, ALSO HAVE AN IMPACT HERE IN RESIDENCE IN COACHELLA. BUT THE ORGANIZATION IS ALSO EXTREMELY FLEXIBLE BECAUSE WE'VE DONE RESOURCE FAIRS AND FOR ONE REASON OR ANOTHER, MAYBE WE DIDN'T REACH OUT TO FIND FOOD BANK, BUT YOU REACHED OUT TO US. AND SO OR SOMEONE FROM YOUR ORGANIZATION REACHED OUT TO US AND SAID, HEY, I WANT TO PARTICIPATE. AND WE SAID, WELL, CAN YOU PROVIDE, YOU KNOW, BOXES OF FOOD? AND I MEAN, I DON'T REMEMBER HOW MANY HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE WERE SERVED. 
          AND THAT HAPPENED MORE THAN ONCE. AND ALSO DURING THE SUMMER, YOU KNOW, SOME COMMUNITIES ARE IMPACTED BECAUSE OF POWER OUTAGES. AND WE EXPERIENCED THAT IN, YOU KNOW, COMMUNITIES LIKE NORTH SHORE. AND AGAIN, YOUR ORGANIZATION WAS THERE, YOU KNOW, PROVIDING WATER AND FOOD, A LOT OF THINGS. SO WE REALLY DO APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO. AND, YOU KNOW, JUST BEING HERE AND SHARING THE DATA WITH US AND, YOU KNOW, HAVING THAT OPPORTUNITY TO KIND OF TALK AND ASK QUESTIONS. AND THEN ALSO A REALLY COOL THING THAT I KNOW THAT YOU GUYS DO. AND IT'S ON HERE TOO, LIKE THE OUTREACH SERVICES. AND NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT YOU GUYS ARE ABLE TO DO THAT, BUT YOU EVEN HELP WITH APPLICATIONS FOR MEDI-CAL AND CALWORKS, WHICH I LEARNED BECAUSE YOU WENT TO ONE OF OUR RESOURCE FAIRS. SO IT'S YOU HAVE A TREMENDOUS IMPACT IN THE RESIDENCE, NOT JUST IN COACHELLA, BUT I THINK THROUGHOUT THE COACHELLA VALLEY. 
          SO THANK YOU. WE REALLY APPRECIATE YOU. WE TRY OUR BEST. AND I, YOU KNOW, WE'RE ALL OF OUR STAFF. YOU KNOW, WE HAVE ALMOST 50 FULL TIME STAFF TO MAKE IT HAPPEN. BUT WE HAVE OVER 2000 VOLUNTEERS THAT HELP US MAKE IT HAPPEN. AND THERE'S THE STATISTIC HERE, TOO, AS WELL, OF HOW MANY VOLUNTEERS THAT YOU HAVE REGISTERED, 387 RESIDENTS OF COACHELLA ARE REGISTERED AT FINE FOOD BANK. OF THAT 2000, AND WE COULDN'T MAKE IT HAPPEN WITHOUT THEM. YOU TOUCHED ON SOMETHING REALLY INTERESTING, THOUGH, BECAUSE YOU TALKED ABOUT THE DISASTERS, AND I REMEMBER THAT WHEN ALL THE POWER POLES CAME DOWN AND SO FIND FOOD BANK IS THE OFFICIAL FOOD BANK AND HUNGER RELIEF ORGANIZATION THAT SUPPORTS BOTH COUNTY, STATE AND FEDERAL WHENEVER THERE'S A MAJOR DISASTER. SO FOR INSTANCE, WHEN HURRICANE OR TROPICAL STORM HILLARY CAME THROUGH AND THERE WAS THE BIG LANDSLIDES THAT HAPPENED IN THE CITY OF CATHEDRAL CITY, WE WERE OUT THERE IMMEDIATELY BECAUSE ALL OF THOSE PEOPLE, THEY HAD LOST ALL OF THEIR HOME, ALL OF THEIR FOOD, EVERYTHING. AND IT WAS IN ONE OF THE MID TO LOWER INCOME PARTS OF CATHEDRAL CITY. AND SO WE WERE OUT THERE KICKING UP OUR MOBILE DISTRIBUTIONS LIKE ONCE A WEEK IN ORDER TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE WERE ADEQUATE. YOU GUYS SAW WHAT WE DID DURING THE TIME OF COVID, AND IN FACT, THAT'S WHEN WE LAUNCHED THE LAS FLORES PARK COMMUNITY MOBILE MARKET, AND WE WERE SERVING OVER, I THINK, 650 HOUSEHOLDS EVERY TIME WE WENT OUT THERE. AND IT WAS A MAJOR ENDEAVOR BY THE CITY AND FIND FOOD BANK TOGETHER TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN. AND SO, YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHY WE HAVE THE WAREHOUSE WHERE WE ARE. I KNOW THAT SOME OF YOU HAVE BEEN TO THE WAREHOUSE ALREADY. YOU'VE SEEN IT LOOKS LIKE A MINI COSTCO. YEAH. WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF ACTUALLY, I WELCOME ALL OF YOU TO COME OUT AND TAKE A TOUR WITH ME OF THE NEW FACILITY THAT WE'RE BUILDING NEXT DOOR TO IT TO DOUBLE THE SIZE, BECAUSE WE'RE OVER CAPACITY BY DOUBLE IN OUR CURRENT ONE. AND SO FOR US TO MAKE SURE THAT WE NEVER HAVE TO TURN FOOD AWAY, INCLUDING DURING THE TIMES OF DISASTER, WE'RE WIDENING OUR FOOTPRINT. THAT WILL NOW BE THE FOOD SECURITY CAMPUS FOR THE ENTIRE DESERT REGION, AND WE'RE SUPER PROUD OF IT. AND ALL OF THE CITIES SHOULD BE PROUD BECAUSE OF THEIR PARTNERSHIPS WITH FINE FOOD BANK THAT WE'RE ALL DOING WHAT WE NEED TO DO TO MAKE SURE NO ONE STARVES YOUR YOUR BUILDER IS OUT OF COACHELLA. I'M SORRY, YOUR BUILDER ON THAT IS OUR BUILDER IS OUT OF COACHELLA. YEAH, WE YOU KNOW, WE HAD A LOT OF PEOPLE BID TO BE THE GCS ON 
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THAT. AND FOR FIND, IT WAS IMPORTANT FOR US TO USE LOCAL. WE'RE WE'RE ALL ABOUT SUPPORTING LOCAL BECAUSE OF WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT. AND SO BILL SANCHEZ WITH CAPITAL BUILDERS, WHO'S BORN AND RAISED HERE IN THIS AREA, ALONG WITH MANY OF HIS STAFF, WE'RE VERY PROUD TO HAVE HIM ON OUR TEAM. YOUR 387 VOLUNTEERS. FROM COACHELLA. SO IS THAT PEOPLE GOING DIRECTLY TO FIND OR AS WELL AS DIFFERENT NONPROFITS OR GROUPS THAT YOU DELIVER TO HERE IN COACHELLA? IT'S A COMBINATION OF PEOPLE COMING TO FIND TO HELP US PACK, BECAUSE WE NEED IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO GET ALL OF THAT FOOD OUT. WE NEED TO PROCESS IT BECAUSE IT COMES IN THOSE BIG PALLETS AND CASES THAT YOU SEE AT COSTCO. SO WE'VE GOT TO LIKE BREAK IT DOWN. BUT THEN THERE ARE ALSO VOLUNTEERING AT LIKE LAS FLORES PARK AND COACHELLA TO HELP SUPPORT THE DISTRIBUTION OF FOOD DIRECTLY TO THE COMMUNITIES TOO, AS WELL. I'M JUST I MENTIONED THAT BECAUSE ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DO REALLY GOOD HERE IN COACHELLA IS, IS WE VOLUNTEER, A LOT OF PEOPLE VOLUNTEER, AND WE HAVE REALLY GOOD JUST NONPROFIT CAPITAL, YOU KNOW, AND IT'D BE IT'D BE MAYBE A GOOD IDEA THAT IN THE FUTURE THAT WE PARTNER WITH YOU ALL ON LOOKING AT FEDERAL GRANTS OR STATE GRANTS AND TRYING TO BRING SOME RESOURCES THERE, BECAUSE THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THE GRANTING AGENCIES WANT TO SEE. THE PARTNERSHIPS AND COLLABORATIONS. SO, SELENA, MAYBE WE CAN REALLY THINK THROUGH THAT AND SAYING, HEY, LIKE WE'RE BUILDING A RESILIENCY CENTER FOR YES, I'VE BEEN HEARING ABOUT IT AND I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE HOW THAT TURNS OUT. 
          BUT I THINK THAT RESILIENCY CENTER, THERE COULD BE MAYBE SOME OPPORTUNITIES THERE. AND WE GET BECAUSE OF THE NATURE OF WHAT WE DO AND BECAUSE WE'RE ALREADY REGISTERED IN WHOLE CONTRACTS WITH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND STATE. IT'S NOT NECESSARILY EASIER. BUT IF AWARDED, IT'S EASIER BECAUSE WE'RE ALREADY IN CONTRACT WITH THEM. RIGHT? SO I MEAN, WE'RE WORKING ON A COUPLE OF GRANTS RIGHT NOW THAT ARE SPECIFICALLY TARGETED FOR RURAL AGRICULTURAL COMMUNITIES THROUGH THE USDA. AND WE'RE STARTING TO DO INVESTMENTS INTO LOCAL GROWERS, SMALL GROWERS, PRIMARILY GROWERS OF COLOR THAT ARE LOOKING TO LAUNCH THEIR BUSINESSES. SO WE'RE PARTNERING WITH ANOTHER SOCIAL JUSTICE GROUP TO BE ABLE TO TEACH ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FOR FARMERS TO BE ABLE TO UNDERSTAND HOW TO GROW THEIR BUSINESSES. SO WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THAT PROGRAM. THAT'S VERY COOL. YEAH, I GOT TO SEE THEM LAY THE CONCRETE AND RIDE THE ZAMBONI SO THEY WERE THE THAT WAS COOL. THAT WAS ZAMBONI'S WERE GOING AROUND TO SEE AND I HAVE TO GO BACK. RIGHT. AND I SEE HOW MUCH CONSTRUCTION YOU'VE DONE SINCE THEN, BUT IT WAS NEAT. THANK YOU FOR COMING TODAY. ABSOLUTELY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU. THANK YOU. 
          ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. MOVE ON NOW TO A PRESENTATION BY THE GREATER COACHELLA VALLEY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. WELCOME CHAMBER. DO YOU HAVE ANYBODY ON ZOOM VIRTUAL? I HAVEN'T SEEN YO. 
          GWEN. YEAH. SO MR. BRANDON MARLEY WILL BE VIRTUALLY PRESENTING. HE'S A LITTLE BIT UNDER THE WEATHER. OR HE WOULD HAVE BEEN HERE TODAY. HE'S NOT FEELING WELL. CAN YOU HEAR ME? I'M SORRY. BRANDON, WE CAN TABLE IT. IF YOU'RE NOT FEELING WELL. YEAH, I APOLOGIZE A LITTLE UNDER THE WEATHER, BUT I DIDN'T WANT TO MISS THE MEETING ALTOGETHER. SO THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. 
          MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL. AND I WILL GO AHEAD AND SHARE MY SCREEN, IF THAT'S OKAY. 
          OR DO YOU ALL HAVE THE PRESENTATION UP THERE? SHARE SCREENS. OKAY. ALL RIGHTY. ARE YOU ALL SEE THIS? OKAY. NO, NO. CAN WE JUST GET THE PRESENTATION UP? THERE YOU GO. WE GOT YOUR SCREEN. BRANDON. OKAY, SO I'LL GO AHEAD AND JUMP IN AND FEEL FREE TO HOP IN IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS AT ANY TIME, I'LL TRY TO MOVE QUICKLY. AND IF I PAUSE, IT'S TO COVER A COUGH. SO JUST STARTING OFF, YOU KNOW, WE'LL JUMP STRAIGHT INTO OUR CURRENT TEAM THAT WE HAVE IN HOUSE. I THINK YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH THE MAJORITY OF THE FACES. SOME MAY BE SOMEWHAT NEW MYSELF, BARB AND TINA, AS WELL AS AUSTIN. AUSTIN OVERSEES ALL OF OUR ADVERTISING AND OUR SPONSORSHIP SALES, AND MARIE IS ONE OF OUR NEWEST TEAM MEMBERS. SHE'S OUR MARKETING COORDINATOR. SO ANN MARIE IS HANDLING ALL OF OUR SOCIAL MEDIA PRODUCTION OF MAGAZINES. SHE'S DOING THE PRESENTATIONS AT STATE OF THE CITIES, ALL THOSE SORT OF THINGS. NATALIE AND EDGAR HOLD A BIT OF A DUAL ROLE WITH 
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MEMBERSHIP. NATALIE IS PRIMARILY THE POINT OF CONTACT FOR OUR MEMBERS FROM LA QUINTA EAST AND THEN EDGAR IS PRIMARILY ANYWHERE INDIAN WELLS WEST. NATALIE HANDLES A LITTLE BIT MORE OF THE ADMINISTRATION ELEMENTS THAT WHY HER. THAT'S WHY HER TERRITORY IS A LITTLE SMALLER, BUT IS ALSO A RESIDENT OF COACHELLA. SO IS A LITTLE BIT MORE OF FAMILIAR WITH THE WESTERN SIDE OF THE COACHELLA VALLEY. BOTH ARE BILINGUAL, AND WE HAVE THREE OF OUR STAFF MEMBERS CURRENTLY THAT ARE BILINGUAL AS WELL. SO WE MAKE SURE WE'RE ABLE TO, YOU KNOW, COMMUNICATE EASILY WITH WITH DIFFERENT MEMBERS THAT WE HAVE ACROSS THE VALLEY MOVING FORWARD. OUR CURRENT BOARD FOR THE COACHELLA CHAMBER, STEVE GARCIA, WHO IS, YOU KNOW, RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET FROM YOU ALL THERE IS OUR CURRENT SERVING CHAIR, STEVE, HAS BEEN A GREAT ADDITION TO THE BOARD AND REALLY NICE TO HAVE THAT LOCAL BUSINESS OWNER AS A GOOD VOICE FOR THE CHAMBER AND THE COMMUNITY. AND IT'S BEEN REALLY NICE BUILDING A RELATIONSHIP WITH THEM AS WELL. HE'S REALLY INVESTED IN IN THE CITY OF COACHELLA. WE ALSO HAVE CHRIS LITTLE WITH DESERT JET, JOSE LORA WITH NBC, PALM SPRINGS, UNIVISION, WHO ALSO IS THIS YEAR'S AMBASSADOR AND VOLUNTEER OF THE YEAR FOR THE COACHELLA STATE OF THE CITY. MYRNA FLORES WITH FOREST LAWN, MIRA PEREZ WITH INTEGRITY AGENTS, INSURANCE. ANGELO PEREZ WITH CSI, HOUSE SECURITY, JESSICA ARROYO WITH ALTURA AND ANTHONY REYNA WITH SUN COMMUNITY. SO JUST CONTINUING TO BUILD THAT OUT, CREATE MORE ENGAGEMENT. WE'RE DEFINITELY SEEING A MUCH MORE ENGAGED BOARD THIS YEAR ON THE COACHELLA BOARD THAN WE DID THIS TIME LAST YEAR. ALTHOUGH WE WERE SMALL BUT MIGHTY, WE'RE SEEING MORE MEMBERS AND A LOT MORE ENGAGEMENT AND INVESTMENT INTO THE COACHELLA COMMUNITY, SO THAT'S BEEN NICE TO SEE. OUR MARKETING CONTINUES TO TICK UPWARDS. WE'RE OVER 6500 EMAIL SUBSCRIBERS WITH OVER A 50% OPEN RATE. I THINK ONE OF THE BIG THINGS THAT WE'VE SEEN WITH JUST NOT THE OPEN RATE, BUT OUR ACTUAL ENGAGEMENT, OUR CLICK RATES ON THE CONTENT THAT WE'RE SHARING OUT, WHETHER IT'S CITY OR MEMBERS OR CHAMBER NEWS. WE WENT FROM WHEN I CAME ON BOARD IN THIS POSITION ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF AGO NOW, WE WERE SITTING AT AROUND A 1% CLICK RATE. OUR CLICK RATE VARIES BETWEEN ABOUT 10 TO 13%. NOW, IN ADDITION TO THE OVER 50% OPEN RATE. SO WE'RE JUST SEEING A LOT MORE ENGAGEMENT ON OUR STUFF ON MEMBERS, STAFF MEMBERS GETTING MORE VALUE IN OUR PARTNERS, GETTING MORE VALUE OUT OF OUT OF THE CHAMBER MEMBERSHIP. SOCIAL. 
          WE CONTINUE TO SHOW OVER 25,000 FOLLOWERS. AND AS YOU PROBABLY NOTICED, WE HAVE HAD AN UPTICK ON OUR SOCIAL ENGAGEMENT AND THE SOCIAL CONTENT IN GENERAL, AND MARIE'S BEEN DOING A GOOD JOB WITH THAT AND JUST JUST BUILDING MORE ENGAGEMENT. I THINK WITH OUR SOCIAL, WE'RE NOT JUST HAVING POSTS TO GO UP. IT'S POSTS, BUT WE DO HAVE SOME NEW PLANS THAT WE'RE PUTTING IN PLACE WITH THESE, SUCH AS BUSINESS WALKS. WE'VE IMPLEMENTED MICROSOFT TEAMS ACROSS ALL TEAM MEMBERS PHONES. AS WE KNOW, ANNE MARIE WON'T BE AT EVERY SINGLE EVENT. RIBBON CUTTING AND ALL OF THOSE THINGS, BUT WE WANT TO DIVIDE AND CONQUER. SO IT'S A QUICK, EASY THING FOR A TEAM MEMBER. IF THEY'RE OUT VISITING SOME MEMBERS DOING A BUSINESS WALK THROUGH THE CITY TO JUST SHARE ON TEAMS QUICKLY TO ANNE MARIE, WHAT THOSE IMAGES ARE AND WHERE THEY'RE AT, AND THEN SHE CAN GET THOSE POSTED ON SOCIAL TO GET A LITTLE BIT MORE ENGAGEMENT FOR THOSE BUSINESSES. MEMBERSHIP. WE'VE HAD MULTIPLE RIBBON CUTTINGS SO FAR THIS YEAR. WE'VE BEEN DOING MONTHLY BUSINESS WALKS. A LOT OF OUR BUSINESS WALKS HAVE BEEN BASED AROUND TACOS, TEQUILA, TEQUILA AND TREVELLAS. AS YOU AS YOU KNOW, THAT EVENT IS RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER. LITERALLY. SO A LOT OF THAT HAS BEEN TO GET THE VENDOR ENGAGEMENT AND GET BUSINESS ENGAGEMENT FOR THAT, FOR THIS YEAR, WE HAVE APPROXIMATELY OVER 1000 CURRENT MEMBERS, AND IN THIS PAST YEAR, WE'VE SEEN A GROWTH NOT JUST IN OUR RETURNING MEMBERS, BUT A GROWTH OF 122 MEMBERS IN THIS PAST YEAR. WE ALSO DO HAVE AN UPCOMING MIXER WITH AUGUSTINE CASINO THAT WE'RE PLANNING AND NOTE FOR THE REGIONAL BOARD THAT LINDSEY GRANT, WHO IS THE CHIEF MARKETING OFFICER FOR AUGUSTINE, IS OUR INCOMING CHAIR AND WILL BE HOLDING THE ROLE OF REGIONAL CHAIR AFTER JULIO FIGUEROA TURNS OUT AT THE END OF THE YEAR. SO YOU WILL HAVE SOMEONE WORKING IN COACHELLA. THAT IS MY DIRECT BOSS GOING INTO NEXT YEAR. SO YOU HAVE THE UPPER HAND THERE. 
          I'M NOT IN PERSON, SO I DON'T KNOW IF ANY OF THESE JOKES ARE WORKING AT ALL UPCOMING EVENTS. 
          WE HAVE OUR STATE OF THE CITY SPONSORSHIPS HAVE GONE UP. I'M SURE YOU'VE SEEN WITH TITLE AND PRESENTING, WE'VE SEEN MORE OF THOSE. COME ON BOARD. WE'RE ON TRACK FOR INCREASED ATTENDANCE THIS YEAR. TACOS, TEQUILA. WE'RE UP TO 16. FOOD VENDORS. WE HAD SOME NEW ONES ENGAGE. WE REALLY HAD TO PRESS SOME OF THE WINNERS BECAUSE THEY WEREN'T RESPONDING, AND WE WERE HAVING THE SPOTS FILL UP FASTER THIS YEAR. AND I THINK THAT'S JUST REALLY HAVING STAFF THAT'S THAT'S A LITTLE BIT MORE IMMERSED INTO THE COMMUNITY THAN THEY HAVE BEEN IN IN THE PAST YEAR OR TWO. CONTINUING 
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WITH THE CHALLENGES, COMPETITOR EVENTS, PROMOTIONS AND PRICING, ONE OF THE THINGS YOU'LL SEE LATER, I KNOW YOU HAVE ON THE AGENDA OUR CONTRACT FOR THIS YEAR. ONE OF THE ADJUSTMENTS YOU'LL SEE IS SOMETHING I HAD TALKED TO STAFF A LOT TO SELENA AND GABE ON WAS TRYING TO FIND A WAY THAT WE COULD LOWER THAT TICKET PRICE. SO YOU'LL SEE THIS YEAR THE BAR IS JUST KIND OF AN OPEN BAR YOU PURCHASE AT THE BAR. THE PARK ITSELF IS OPEN. WE KNOW THAT WAS A THING THAT WAS PUSHED FROM LAST YEAR, AND THE TICKETS THIS YEAR FOR THE TACOS ARE ONLY $20 RATHER THAN 25 FOR LAST YEAR. SO WE WERE ABLE TO OFFSET A LITTLE BIT OF THAT COST. THAT'S WHERE A LITTLE BIT OF THAT COST INCREASE COMES FROM. TO KIND OF TRY TO DUAL OFFSET, WHERE THOSE EXPENSES COME FROM. AND THEN THE HOLIDAY PARADE AGAIN WILL BE PROVIDING DRIVERS FOR THAT EVENT. SO THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT WE KIND OF HAVE COMING THROUGH THE END OF THIS YEAR THAT THAT ARE TOP OF MIND, THE VISITOR CENTER. WE'RE CONTINUING TO SEE AN AVERAGE BETWEEN 3 TO 5 VISITORS DAILY. 
          IT'S APPROXIMATELY 65 TO 70 A MONTH. NOW. COMMON THINGS ARE VENDORS FOR EVENTS, TOURISTS LOOKING FOR INFORMATION, GUESTS LOOKING FOR CITY HALL OR CITY FACILITIES. THE MEXICAN CONSULATES. NOT AS MUCH AS IT USED TO BE, I'LL SAY THE COMMUNICATION BETWEEN THOSE AND WHAT THEY'RE GETTING OUT TO PEOPLE NEEDING THE CONSULATE HAS BECOME A LOT MORE CLEAR, WHILE DURING THAT WEEK IT WOULD BE WE WOULD GET PRETTY BOMBARDED. IT SEEMS TO HAVE DIALED BACK SOME, SO WE'RE HAPPY TO SEE THAT THAT EVEN OUT, JUST NOT SO MUCH THAT WE DON'T WANT TO SERVICE THEM AND TALK TO THEM. WE JUST DON'T WANT THEM BEING FRUSTRATED THAT THEY'RE AT THE WRONG PLACE. SO GETTING THEM REDIRECTED OVER THERE AND JUST LOOKING FOR GENERAL INFORMATION ON BUSINESSES IN THE AREA, YOU KNOW, BUSINESS REFERRALS, OF COURSE, THAT'S ALWAYS TOP OF MIND WITH THE CHAMBER. WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT. WE DO HAVE THAT GRANT GOING. ONE THING I DID WANT TO NOTE ON THIS IS WE HAD A GOOD CALL WITH THE COUNTY ABOUT A WEEK AND A HALF AGO. THEY REACHED OUT THIS PROGRAM WAS PLACED OUT THROUGH THE COUNTY IN ALL FIVE DISTRICTS. WE WERE ABLE TO GET THE DISTRICT FOR ONE SECURED FOR US, BUT THE INTERESTING NOTE THAT WE HAD FROM IT IS WE DIDN'T REALIZE THIS, BUT HALF OF THE FULLY SUBMITTED AND RUNNING GRANTS THAT HAVE GONE THROUGH THE PROGRAM HAVE BEEN THROUGH OUR DISTRICT, SO THEY WERE REALLY CALLING JUST TO KIND OF GET AN OVERVIEW ON WHAT WE'RE DOING, HOW WE'RE DOING IT, AND TO TALK TO US ABOUT MORE WAYS IN THE FUTURE THAT WE CAN WORK WITH THE COUNTY ON WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT. 
          THE REALLY PLEASED WITH THE RESULTS THAT THEY'VE BEEN SEEING FROM THE CHAMBER SO FAR. AND THAT'S REALLY FOR ME, THAT'S BEEN A BIG TALKING POINT SINCE THE DAY I WALKED IN THE DOOR. 
          WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT. WHILE THERE'S LOTS OF GREAT RESOURCES THAT ARE AVAILABLE ON A COUNTY LEVEL, GETTING THAT INFORMATION OUT TO THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY AND GETTING THAT OUT TO THE COMMUNITY, I THINK HAS BEEN WHERE THE GAPS HAVE BEEN. AND THEY KNOW THAT AS WELL. THEY ONLY HAVE SO MANY STAFF MEMBERS THAT ARE ABLE TO GET OUT THERE AND KNOCK THOSE DOORS. SO I THINK THE MORE THAT THE CHAMBER CAN PARTNER WITH THEM ON THAT SIDE, THE BETTER IT'S GOING TO BE FOR WORKFORCE AND THE BETTER IT'S GOING TO BE FOR THE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE. SO JUST LOOKING FORWARD TO CONTINUING THAT PARTNERSHIP AND GROWING THAT PARTNERSHIP AS WE CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD. SO I'M UP FOR ANY QUESTIONS. I KNOW I USUALLY KEEP IT SHORT AND SWEET, BUT HAPPY TO HEAR ANYTHING FROM YOU. ANY QUESTIONS COUNCIL. NO, BUT I'M EXCITED FOR THE TACOS, TEQUILAS AND CHEVELLES TO SEE. ARE YOU GOING TO BE A JUDGE AGAIN? I'M GONNA BE A JUDGE AGAIN. I THINK YOU AND MAYOR PRO TEM ARE DOING THAT. NO, SHE DON'T WANT TO DO IT. NO, I DID IT LAST YEAR. FULL DISCLOSURE, I WAS IN A FOOD COMA RIGHT AFTER. NO, I WAS GOING TO SAY STEPHANIE MAY GIVE THE RECOMMENDATION TO METER YOURSELF ON EATING THE FULL TACOS. NOBODY TOLD ME UNTIL AFTER THE FACT. THEY SAID YOU WERE ONLY SUPPOSED TO TASTE IT. I SAID, WELL, YOU DIDN'T TELL ME I WAS EATING EVERYTHING AFTER, LIKE THE FIFTH VENDOR, I WAS GONE. IT WAS SO EMBARRASSING. 
          ANYWAYS, THANKS, BRANDON. ABSOLUTELY. NO, IT WAS FUN AND I MY KIDS GOT TO JOIN IN A BIT TOO BECAUSE OF THAT. SO WE APPRECIATED IT. YEAH. COUNCIL MEMBER DELGADO ANYBODY WANT TO VOLUNTEER TO BE A JUDGE? I THINK YOU'VE DONE IT BEFORE. NO, I DON'T EAT MEAT, REMEMBER. SO THAT'S RIGHT. OH, NOBODY. SEE, THIS IS THE NO MEAT EATING SIDE OVER HERE. NO, I'LL DO THE TEQUILA TASTING. THE TEQUILA TASTING. BUT YOU DON'T NEED ME EITHER. MAYBE ONE OF THE PLANNING COMMISSIONERS. OH, YEAH. YEAH. REACH OUT TO ME. THE CHAIR OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION. YOU CAN REACH OUT TO HIM. YEAH, SEE, ONE OF THEM CAN WANT TO DO IT. THEY CAN DO IT? YEAH. WE HAVE WE HAVE SOMEONE. BUT LET ME KNOW. THE TEQUILA TASTING. I'M MORE THAN HAPPY, CHAVELA. TASTING AS WELL. I'M HAPPY TO HELP YOU OUT WITH THAT. I'M SURE THAT THEY WOULDN'T MIND DOING A LITTLE BIT OF TASTING WITH IT. OKAY, I GOT IT. THANK YOU. IF THERE ARE NO OTHER QUESTIONS, I HAVE A FEW. BRANDON. THANK YOU FOR TAKING ON THE ACCOMMODATIONS THAT WE ASKED FOR LAST YEAR ABOUT SOME OF THE CHALLENGES THAT WE'VE SEEN FOR SOME OF THESE EVENTS AND TURNOU, SOME OF THE CHALLENGES. I KNOW THAT WE'VE HAD HERE FOR OUR SMALL BUSINESS COMMUNITY IS THAT 
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WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF MEMBERSHIPS ENROLLING INTO THE GREATER COACHELLA VALLEY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, AND SOME OF THOSE CHALLENGES HAVE BEEN THAT THE FEES ARE TOO HIGH. AND ADDITIONALLY, IS THAT SOME OF THESE EVENTS ARE BEING HELD DURING THE DAY WHEN MANY OF OUR BUSINESSES OR PEOPLE WHO ARE LOOKING INTO STARTING A BUSINESS CAN'T ATTEND. I'M VERY HAPPY THAT WE'RE SECURING SO MUCH MONEY FROM THE COUNTY, BUT I ALSO WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE TRYING TO PROVIDE SOME OF THAT FUNDING TO OUR LOCAL BUSINESSES. AS YOU AS YOU'RE WELL AWARE, IS THAT THE MAJORITY OF OUR BUSINESSES ARE SMALL BUSINESSES AND THEY'RE FAMILY OPERATED, WITH MANY TIMES HAVING THEIR KIDS OR FAMILY MEMBERS OPERATING THESE BUSINESSES. SO OF COURSE, ANY TYPE OF MARKETING FUNDING OR ANYTHING THAT'S GOING TO HELP OUT WITH ADDITIONAL REVENUE INCREASES IS GREATLY APPRECIATED. ABSOLUTELY. AND I THINK THAT'S ONE OF THE NICE NOTES. IT'S WHY I WANT TO TRY TO FIND MORE AVENUES, LIKE THE EMPLOYER CONNECT PROGRAM. SO WHILE WHILE THE ONE GRANT PORTION DOES PUT SOME FUNDING INTO THE CHAMBER FOR US TO BE ABLE TO STAFF AND EXECUTE IT, BUSINESSES GET UP TO $9,600 BACK IN THEIR POCKET FOR THIS PROGRA. 
          SO IT'S GOING TO PAY FOR THEIR EMPLOYER FOR THAT NEW EMPLOYEE FOR UP TO THAT FIRST 90 DAYS. 
          AND THAT'S WHERE WE'RE WANTING TO ENGAGE MORE WITH WORKFORCE. HOW DO WE FIND MORE AVENUES LIKE THAT? MORE INCENTIVE PROGRAMS FOR HIRING, MORE ASSISTANCE TO SMALL BUSINESSES FOR HIRING? IT'S EXPENSIVE TO RUN BUSINESS. IT JUST IS. AND IT'S REALLY EXPENSIVE IN CALIFORNIA. SO WHEN YOU'RE NOT THAT THAT HIGH IN BUSINESS, THAT JUST HAS REALLY FLUSH COFFERS, IT BECOMES DIFFICULT. AND YOU KNOW WHAT? HOW DO WE WORK WITH WORKFORCE? HOW DO WE WORK WITH THE STATE AND THE CITY? YOU KNOW, I KNOW THAT'S NOT ALWAYS AN OPTION, BUT MAYBE, YOU KNOW, YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN DOING SOME GREAT WORK ON GRANTS. MAYBE THERE'S SOME THINGS THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO WORK ON ON THAT SIDE AND JUST CREATE CONTINUE TO CREATE THOSE OPPORTUNITIES. AND I'M ALWAYS IF MONEY IS A CHALLENGE WITH BECOMING A MEMBER AND WORKING WITH US AS A MEMBER, YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO TRY TO BRIDGE THAT GAP AS MUCH AS WE CAN. WE WANT TO COVER OUR COSTS, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, TRY TO KEEP THAT AS LOW AS POSSIBLE. SO I'M DEFINITELY OPEN TO IDEAS AND OPTIONS ON HOW WE CAN TRY TO REDUCE SOME OF THOSE THINGS. I AGREE, AND I THINK MAYBE IF SELENA CAN AND I'M SURE YOU'RE IN IN PARTNERSHIP AND COMMUNICATION WITH BRANDON QUITE A BIT, BUT THERE ARE SPECIFIC TYPE OF PROGRAMS THAT I THINK ARE NEEDED AND TARGETED HERE IN THE CITY OF COACHELLA AND MANY OF OUR SMALL BUSINESSES HAVEN'T. DON'T HAVE THE EDUCATION OR THE EXPERIENCE TO GO MOBILE OR TO USE ANY TYPE OF TECHNOLOGY. SO THEIR WAY OF DOING THINGS IS, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE COME INTO THEIR STORE AND, AND, YOU KNOW, THAT'S THAT'S THE WAY THEY THEY'VE BEEN BEEN DOING IT HISTORICALLY. BUT MY GOAL IS ALWAYS TO TRY TO GENERATE AS MUCH REVENUE AS WE CAN. AND SUPPORT THEM SO THAT THEY'RE SUCCESSFUL. ABSOLUTELY. WE'LL KEEP WORKING TOWARDS THAT AS WELL AND HAPPY TO MEET AND TALK AND PASS IDEAS AROUND TOO. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS. NO. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. WITH THAT WE'LL MOVE ON NOW TO WRITTEN 
          [Consent Calendar]
COMMUNICATIONS. THERE ARE NONE. WE'LL MOVE ON NOW TO THE CONSENT CALENDAR. IT'S RECOMMENDED THAT THE CONSENT ITEMS BE ACTED UPON ON INTENSELY ANY. IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT CALENDAR MOTION? I'M GOING TO PULL ITEM 12. THERE'S A MOTION YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND TALK ABOUT. 
          ITEM 12. GET A STAFF REPORT ON ITEM 12. GOOD EVENING COUNCIL ITEM 12 IS ACTUALLY ADOPTING RESOLUTION NUMBER 20 2456, AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE AND RECORD A DEED RESTRICTION FOR THE RANCHO LAS FLORES PARK PHASE TWO PROPERTY AND SO THIS DEED RESTRICTION IS ACTUALLY PART OF THE GRANT REQUIREMENT THAT THE CITY RECEIVE FOR THE EXPANSION OF RANCHO LAS FLORES. AND SO BASICALLY, THE STATE WILL NOT PROCEED WITH DISBURSING GRANT FUNDS UNTIL THIS DEED RESTRICTION IS FILED. AND IT'S BASICALLY JUST GUARANTEEING THAT THE CITY WILL KEEP THE PARK SPACE, A PARK SPACE FOR I THINK IT'S 30 YEARS. AND SO WE HAVE TO FILE FILE THIS WITH THE COUNTY. SO THIS IS SORT OF A ROUTINE ITEM. AND YEAH. AND SO I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT. SELENA ONCE WE DO THE DEED RESTRICTION AND THEN WHAT'S THE TIMELINE. WHEN DO YOU THINK THAT MAYBE AFTER THAT WE'LL START RECEIVING SOME OF THAT $8 MILLION SO THAT WE CAN START THEN BUILDING IT OUT? I THINK THAT'S ARE WE WAITING THEN FOR WELL, ARE WE GOING TO GET IT IN DIFFERENT PHASES? THE 8 MILLION OR DO WE GET IT ALL UP FRONT? WELL, SO WE HAD TO SUBMIT LIKE A FUNDING PLAN TO THEM SO THAT WE COULD, COULD KIND OF 
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PHASE OUR DRAWDOWNS. AND SO, SO RIGHT NOW WE'RE IN THE DESIGN PHASE. AND SO WE HAVE ATTEMPTED TO SUBMIT, YOU KNOW, A DRAWDOWN. BUT BUT THEN WE FORGOT THAT WE HAD THIS DEED RESTRICTION DOCUMENT BECAUSE TYPICALLY YOU DON'T HAVE TO FILE IT SO SOON. BUT THE STATE I GUESS IS LIKE HEY, JUST FILE IT NOW AND GET IT OVER WITH. AND SO WE WERE LIKE, OKAY, SURE. SO YEAH, SO THAT'S WHAT THIS ITEM IS ABOUT. AND THEN AFTER THE DEED RESTRICTION, WE'RE LOOKING INTO WHAT PHASE IN THE PLANNING OF DOING BUILDING OUT THE SECOND PHASE OF RANCHO LAS FLORES. SO THE FIRST PART WOULD, YOU KNOW, WE'RE IN THE DESIGN PHASE AND THEN ONCE WE GET TO THAT, ANDREW WILL BRING OPTIONS TO THE COUNCIL. AND THEN WE THEN GO WITH BIDDING THE PROJECT. ONCE PEOPLE FINISH DEVELOPING THE PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS. BECAUSE RIGHT NOW WE'RE JUST LOOKING AT CONCEPTS AND, YOU KNOW, DOING ALL THAT GOOD WORK. AND I CAN HAVE ANDREW SPEAK ON THAT. I THINK HE'S HERE. IF ANDREW WOULD LIKE TO SAY A FEW WORDS ABOUT THAT, IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE HE WANTS TO. HE'S LIKE, I DON'T I THINK HE WANTS TO SAY SOMETHING. NO, I'D LOVE TO. I'M EXCITED ABOUT THIS PROJECT. I WE'RE ACTUALLY PLANNING ON BRINGING THE LAS FLORES PARK PROJECT TO THE NEXT CITY COUNCIL MEETING. AT THE FIRST MEETING IN NOVEMBER, NOVEMBER 11TH, I THINK. SO WE ARE AT ABOUT 80% COMPLETE ON THE PLANS, AND WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO PRESENT THREE DIFFERENT KIND OF FUNDING OPTIONS AND CONCEPTS TO THE CITY COUNCIL SO THAT WE GET FULL BUY IN BEFORE WE GO TO THE 100% DESIGN. BUT AFTER THAT MEETING AND WE GET DIRECTION FROM THE COUNCIL, WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO FINALIZE THE 100% DESIGN AND SPECIFICATIONS. PROBABLY WITHIN ONLY A COUPLE OF MONTHS, AND THEN WE'D BE ABLE TO GO OUT TO BID, PRESUMING ALL OF OUR OTHER GRANT OBLIGATIONS ARE MET SO THAT WE CAN MAKE SURE WE HAVE FUNDING BEFORE WE GO OUT TO BID FOR THAT PROJECT. WE GOT ABOUT 8.7 MILLION FOR IT, OR YES, SIR. AND THEN YOU'RE PROBABLY AT ABOUT 13 MILLION RIGHT NOW. WEL, THAT'LL BE WHAT WE'LL DISCUSS AT THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING. 
          THERE'S DIFFERENT OPTIONS. THERE'S A MINIMUM OPTION THAT WE KNOW WILL PRESENT, AND THERE'LL BE HIGHER END OPTIONS. AND WE'LL PRESENT SOMETHING IN THE MIDDLE. WHAT IS HOW BIG IS THAT SITE AGAIN? I THINK IT WAS THE WHOLE THING 27 ACRES OR. BUT THE WHOLE THING. RIGHT. BUT WHAT'S THE. 
          YEAH, BUT WHAT'S THE SECTION THAT WE'RE GOING TO BUILD OUT. THE CURRENT SECTION WE'RE DEVELOPING IS 13. AND THEN OUR ORIGINAL GRANT, WE APPLIED FOR A PARK THAT WAS ONLY SIX. SO WE'VE MORE THAN DOUBLED THE SIZE BUT HAD TO KEEP THE SAME BUDGET. SO WE'LL BE, YOU KNOW, AGAIN PRESENTING IT TO THE WHOLE COUNCIL WITH ALL THE VARIOUS OPTIONS. SO THAT WE CAN DISCUSS THE FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS OF DOUBLING THE SIZE OF THE PARK AND HOW WE WANT TO PROCEED WITH IT. I THOUGHT I SAW A PHOTO WHERE WE WERE. WE WERE AT THE LIBRARY PLAYING CHARRETTES AND COUNCIL MEMBER GALLARDO'S DAUGHTER WAS ASKING FOR A TRAIN. AND SO I THINK THAT'S A. TRAIN'S COMING. IT WAS IT WAS PART OF THE ACTIVITIES SHE DID. SHE DIDN'T. SHE DIDN'T FEEL ENTITLED FOR ASKING FOR TRAIN. IT WAS THE TRAIN PICTURE WAS THERE. AND THEY ASKED MADE A CHOICE. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE CLARIFY THAT, THAT IT WAS A SELECTION THAT WAS THERE WITH MY KIDS. IT WAS AN OPTION. THEY'RE THEY'RE HUMBLE KIDS. I JUST WANT TO. OKAY. BUT YEAH. SO AGAIN, IF NEXT COUNCIL MEETING, I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO PRESENTING THAT AND HAVING A MORE ROBUST CONVERSATION WHEN WE HAVE THE FULL PRESENTATION UP FOR THE COMMUNITY. SELENA, IS THERE ADDITIONAL FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES AND GRANTS TO BE ABLE TO MAKE UP THE REST OF THAT MONEY THAT WE NEED? UNFORTUNATELY, NOT. RIGHT NOW, BUT WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO PURSUE ADDITIONAL GRANT FUNDS BECAUSE WE OBVIOUSLY WANT YOU KNOW, TO FUND THIS FULLY. SO YEAH, NO, WE'RE ACTIVELY LOOKING OKAY. GOOD. LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING AT THE NEXT MEETING. YES. WE'RE SPENDING A LOT OF TIME ON IT. WE'RE GOING TO SPEND A LOT OF TIME IN THE NEXT MEETING. IT'LL BE A LOT. YES. 
          YEAH. THE WHOLE FINANCIAL DISCUSSION AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR MAKING UP THE GAP AND FUNDING OBLIGATIONS WILL ALL BE PRESENTED AT THE NEXT MEETING. THE REASON I PUT IT BECAUSE IT IS AN IMPORTANT CONVERSATION, AND RESIDENTS HAVE BEEN ASKING FOR THE SECOND PHASE OF THAT BUILD OUT THAT THEY'VE BEEN TOLD THAT THEY WERE GOING TO GET. AND SO IT'S SOMETHING THAT THEY'RE VERY EXCITED FOR AND, AND IMPATIENT ABOUT. AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I'M GIVING THEM THE CORRECT INFORMATION. YEAH. THANK YOU FOR YOUR QUESTION, ANDREW. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS I THINK NO NO NO OKAY OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION. 
          DO WE HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE I CONSENT. 
          CALENDAR CARRIES. WE'LL MOVE ON NOW TO ITEM NUMBER 15. MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO OR NOT MOTION. BUT I'D LIKE TO SEE IF WE COULD ADJUST ECR. WE HAVE THEM PRESENT HERE. I DO THAT COMMUTE EVERY DAY. IT'S AN HOUR AND A HALF AND I'D LIKE TO SEE IF WE CAN MOVE THEM UP TO UP IN THE FIRST ITEM IN THE NEW BUSINESS, SO THAT THEY CAN GET ON THE ROAD BACK HOME VERSUS WAITING A FEW HOURS. OKAY, WELL, WE WILL TAKE A MOTION TO CAN I HAVE A MOTION TO BRING UP ITEM NUMBER 19, A MOTION. IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. 
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AYE. MOTION CARRIES. I'M SORRY, COUNCIL MEMBER DELGADO, I DIDN'T HEAR. I THANK YOU, SIR. WE'LL 
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MOVE ON NOW TO ITEM NUMBER 19. THIS IS TO APPROVE AMERICAN RECOVERY RESCUE PLAN FUNDS FOR THE STATE AND LOCAL FISCAL RECOVERY FUND PROGRAM FOR BUSINESS MANAGEMENT PROGRAM WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, RIVERSIDE EXTENSION. GOOD EVENING, MR. MAYOR. MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL, THE ITEM BEFORE YOU IS TO APPROVE A RESOLUTION 2024 DASH 57 TO DO A SMALL BUSINESS MANAGEMENT PROGRAM WITH UCR EXTENSION CENTER. A LITTLE BACKGROUND THE CITY OF COACHELLA DID RECEIVE A $10.9 MILLION FROM THE ARPA FUNDS THROUGH, YOU KNOW, DURING THE COVID CRISIS IN NOVEMBER 2021, CITY COUNCIL ALLOCATED 500,000 FOR WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS. ALL ARPA FUNDS MUST BE OBLIGATED BY THE DECEMBER 30TH 1/31, 2024, AND WE MUST SPEND ALL THE MONEY BY NEXT YEAR. DECEMBER 31ST. I MEAN 2025. I'M SORRY. SIX. YEAH, SORRY. THAT WAS A TYPO. IT WAS 25. IT'S 26. IS IT 26? I'M SORRY, I APOLOGIZE 26. YOU'RE RIGHT. YES. AND THEN THESE ARE THE KIND OF PROGRAMS WE'VE BROUGHT TOWARDS COUNCIL RECENTLY. WE DID THE STUDENT INTERNSHIP PROGRAM WITH ONE FUTURE COACHELLA VALLEY. WE DID THE COACHELLA PROMISE INTERNSHIP PROGRAM WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND NOW WE'RE BRINGING THE SMALL BUSINESS MANAGEMENT PROGRAM WITH UCR EXTENSION CENTER. AND WE SPENT OVER 800, ALMOST $900,000 IN WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT. AND THERE WERE EXCESS FUNDS. WE DURING OUR RECENT DISCUSSIONS, WE ELIMINATED A PROJECT AND THAT FREED UP A LOT OF MONEY. SO 300,000 WENT TO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT FOR THE NEW DOORS, AND THE REST WILL BE COMING THIS WAY. AND I THINK IF THIS ITEM IS APPROVED TONIGHT, WE'LL HAVE ABOUT 23,000 LEFT OVER. YOU KNOW, THE PROGRAM ITSELF IS SPECIFICALLY DESIGNED FOR BUSINESS PROFESSIONALS, SMALL BUSINESSES OR ENTREPRENEURS WHO WANT TO START THEIR OWN BUSINESS OR CURRENTLY HAVE THEIR OWN BUSINESS. IT'S A WELL ESTABLISHED BILINGUAL PROGRAM, AND UCR REPRESENTATIVES WILL PROVIDE MORE DETAILS ON ON THE PROGRAM AND HOW IT WORKS. YOU KNOW, EACH OF THESE PROGRAMS ARE DIFFERENT AND THEY WILL RUN DIFFERENT TIMES. THE BUSINESS READINESS WILL RUN ABOUT SIX WEEKS. THE MICRO MBA WILL RUN ABOUT 12 WEEKS, AND THE BUSINESS ENGLISH ONE AND TWO WILL RUN ABOUT FOUR WEEKS. HERE'S THE BUDGET. IT'S A $287,220 PROGRAM. 
          THE COOL PART ABOUT THIS PROGRAM IS ONCE THE INDIVIDUALS COMPLETE THE PROGRAM, THEY WILL BE GETTING A $2,000 STIPEND TO IMPLEMENT FOR BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT AND STARTING THEIR BUSINESS OR IMPROVING THEIR BUSINESS. SO WE ARE PRETTY EXCITED WE'RE ANTICIPATING A GOOD NUMBER OF STUDENTS MARKETING WILL BE, YOU KNOW, WORKING HARD TO GET ALL THE MARKETING DONE. THIS HAS NO IMPACT TO THE GENERAL FUND. AS INDICATED. IT'S BEING FUNDED BY THE ARPA FUNDS. AND IF THE FUNDS AND IF THE FUNDS AREN'T USED BY A CERTAIN TIME, THEY CAN BRING IT BACK TO US AND WE CAN USE IT FOR OTHER PROGRAMS. IF FOR EXAMPLE, THEY ONLY GET 25 STUDENTS, THEY WOULD GIVE US BACK THE MONEY AND WE WOULD BE ABLE TO IMPLEMENT OTHER PROGRAMING. STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVING THE ITEM, THE RESOLUTION AND AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE THE AGREEMENT FOR ADMINISTRATION AND DISTRIBUTION OF ARPA FUNDS. 
          DURING THIS TIME, I'D LIKE TO CALL UP BRING UP THE OTHER PRESENTATION, AND ALLOW UCR REPRESENT UCR REPRESENTATIVES TO MAKE THE PRESENTATION. ON A PERSONAL NOTE, I AM A UCR ALUMN, AND I THINK THIS IS A GREAT PROGRAM. I DID MY PROJECT MANAGEMENT CERTIFICATION THROUGH THE UCR EXTENSION PROGRAM. THEY DO GREAT WORK A LOT OF DETAILS. AND, YOU KNOW, BEING PART OF THIS, HAVING THIS DEGREE OR THIS EDUCATION DOES HELP OPEN UP OPPORTUNITIES FOR SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS IN REGARDS TO CAPITAL FINANCING, RIGHT? BANKS, YOU KNOW, ALL THEY REALLY CARE ABOUT IS INCOME AND CREDIT SCORES. BUT IF YOU DO HAVE SOME TYPE OF DEGREE OR TRAINING, THEY ARE MORE LIKELY TO IMPROVE YOUR CHANCES OF GETTING A LOAN AND AT A LOWER INTEREST RATE AS WELL. 
          SO IT'S. GREAT. THANK YOU DOCTOR MARTIN. THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT TO YOU. 
          MY NAME IS KEVIN VAUGHN. I'M DEAN OF UNIVERSITY EXTENSION AT UCR, AND I JUST WANTED TO I THINK THAT WAS A GREAT OVERVIEW OF THE OF THE PROGRAM THAT WE'RE PROPOSING HERE. BUT JUST TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF A BACKGROUND OF WHO WE ARE, WHAT WE DO, AND WHY WE'RE PROPOSING THIS. SO WE'RE THE CONTINUING EDUCATION AND PROFESSIONAL STUDIES DIVISION OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, RIVERSIDE. AND WE ALL KNOW UCR, ONE OF THE TOP UNIVERSITIES IN THE COUNTRY, TOP 1.3% IN THE WORLD, NUMBER ONE IN THE US FOR SOCIAL MOBILITY. AGAIN THIS YEAR, US NEWS AND WORLD REPORT NUMBER SIX, PUBLIC UNIVERSITY BY PRINCETON REVIEW AND NUMBER NINE PUBLIC UNIVERSITY BY PRINCETON REVIEW. TOP GREEN COLLEGES. SO EXCELLENT UNIVERSITY. WE'RE THE CONTINUING 
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EDUCATION. THE SELF-SUPPORTING CONTINUING EDUCATION DIVISION WITHIN THE UNIVERSITY. WE'VE BEEN AROUND JUST ABOUT AS LONG AS THE UNIVERSITY HAS. WE HAVE ABOUT 65 PROGRAMS THAT RESULT IN CERTIFICATES WHERE THE NON-DEGREE GRANTING DIVISION WITHIN THE UNIVERSITY, WE HAVE ABOUT 200 PLUS INSTRUCTORS WHO TEACH OUR CLASSES AND PROGRAMS, MOST OF WHOM HAVE ADVANCED DEGREES AND MOST OF WHOM ARE EMBEDDED WITHIN THEIR PROFESSION. SO THEY HAVE REAL WORLD EXPERIENCE, AND THEY BRING THAT TO THEIR CLASSES AND TO THEIR STUDENTS. AND WE DO A BUNCH OF OTHER THINGS THAT I JUST WANTED TO MENTION. WE'VE GOT CORPORATE TRAINING. WE DO, WE DO WORKFORCE TRAINING TO THE POINT BEFORE, FROM THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. WE DO. WE HAVE A DEGREE COMPLETION PROGRAM FOR THOSE WHO HAVE STOPPED OUT OF UCR. WE HAVE PUBLIC EDUCATION PROGRAMS. WE'RE VERY, VERY STRONG IN EDUCATION. WE HAVE PARTNERSHIPS WITH SCHOOL DISTRICTS ACROSS THE INLAND EMPIRE. WE HAVE AN OSHER LIFELONG LEARNING INSTITUTE BASED AT THE PALM DESERT CENTER, AND WE ALSO HAVE PATHWAY PROGRAMS FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS TO HELP THEM MATRICULATE INTO THE UNIVERSITY. AND AS YOU CAN SEE, ABOUT 90% NINE OUT OF TEN OF OUR STUDENTS SURVEYED SAID THEY LEARNED VERY SPECIFIC SKILLS AND COMPETENCIES THAT WERE NECESSARY TO SUCCEED AS A PROFESSIONAL. AND WE'RE REALLY PROUD OF THAT BECAUSE THAT'S THAT'S THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT WE DO AND WHAT WE WANT TO DO. SO WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING HERE IN THE WITH THE ARPA FUNDS IS TWO, BASICALLY TWO PROGRAMS THAT WILL HELP RESIDENTS OF COACHELLA TO GROW THEIR OWN BUSINESSES. THERE'S TWO PROGRAMS, PLUS AN OPTIONAL THIRD PROGRAM IN BUSINESS ENGLISH. THE FIRST PROGRAM IS BUSINESS READINESS, AND THIS IS FOR SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS OR NEW PROSPECTIVE BUSINESS OWNERS WHO ARE LOOKING TO START THEIR OWN BUSINESS WITHIN THE CITY, LOOKING FOR FOUNDATIONAL SKILLS IN BUSINESS, AND INCLUDES ONE ON ONE COACHING FROM THE CALIFORNIA OFFICE OF THE SMALL BUSINESS ADVOCATE. STUDENTS, WILL OR LEARNERS WILL GAIN UNDERSTANDING OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP, FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT CONCEPTS, CUSTOMER DISCOVERY, AND COMPETITIVE ANALYSIS TOOLS, AS WELL AS BUSINESS MODEL AND BUSINESS MODEL CREATION AND CREATING BUSINESS PLANS. NOW, FOR THOSE WHO ALREADY HAVE BUSINESSES AND ARE ESTABLISHED AND KNOW A LOT OF THOSE FUNDAMENTAL CONCEPTS, WE'RE OFFERING A MICRO MBA, WHICH YOU CAN THINK OF IT AS AN OVERVIEW OF WHAT YOU WOULD LEARN IN A $55,000 PER YEAR MBA PROGRAM AT UCR, AND IT'S REALLY WHERE THEY WOULD HONE ADVANCED, VERY ADVANCED SKILLS IN BUSINESS MANAGEMENT, REALLY WITH AN EYE TOWARDS POTENTIALLY PURSUING AN MBA IN THE FUTURE, THOUGH, THEY WOULDN'T HAVE TO. SO WITHIN THE MICRO MBA, THEY, A LEARNER, WOULD DEVELOP COMPREHENSIVE BUSINESS FUNDAMENTALS. THEY WOULD APPLY CRITICAL THINKING AND PROBLEM SOLVING SKILLS AND HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO ANALYZE REAL WORLD SCENARIOS RELEVANT TO TODAY'S MANAGERS. TODAY'S BUSINESS OWNERS. AND THIS THE PROGRAM THAT WE OFFER IN MICRO MBA IS ACTUALLY TEAM TAUGHT BY INDUSTRY EXPERTS. WE USUALLY HAVE 5 OR 6 INSTRUCTORS THAT TEACH THIS THIS PROGRAM. SO IT'S A REALLY NICE MODULAR APPROACH TO LEARNING THE FUNDAMENTALS OR THE ADVANCED FUNDAMENTALS OF BUSINESS. NOW IN ADDITION TO THIS, FOR THOSE WHO ARE DOING ONE THING I WANTED TO SAY ABOUT BUSINESS READINESS, WE CAN TEACH THAT IN SPANISH AND IN ENGLISH. SO IT'S A IT'S A BILINGUAL PROGRAM. FOR THOSE WHO WOULD TAKE IT IN SPANISH. WE OFFER AN ADD ON OPTIONAL BUSINESS ENGLIS, TWO COURSES FOR ESSENTIALLY SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS OR NEW BUSINESS OWNERS OR PROSPECTIVE BUSINESS OWNERS WHO ARE LOOKING FOR BASIC BUSINESS ENGLISH. TWO CLASSES BUSINESS ENGLISH, ONE. 
          BUSINESS ENGLISH TWO. THE FIRST ONE INTRODUCES BASIC COMMUNICATION SKILLS AND THE SECOND ONE LEARNERS INCREASE THEIR KNOWLEDGE OF IDEAS ISSUES IN THE BUSINESS WORLD THAT ARE APPROPRIATE FOR BUSINESS OWNERS. SO IT'S A VERY SPECIALIZED COURSE FOR THOSE. FOR THOSE WHO WANT TO LEARN ENGLISH WITHIN THE BUSINESS CONTEXT. SO YOU ALREADY SAW THE BREAKDOWN. THESE THREE PROGRAMS. I'LL JUST BREAK IT DOWN A LITTLE BIT FURTHER. MICRO MBA, THE TUITION IS $3,000 FOR THE COURSE. AND AGAIN COMPARE THAT TO A $55,000 PER YEAR MBA AT UCR. BUSINESS READINESS COURSE IS $550 PER COURSE, AND THEN BUSINESS ENGLISH, THE HANDOUT OR THE SLIDE DECK THAT YOU ALL RECEIVED ACTUALLY HAS AN ERROR IN THAT IT'S ACTUALLY $450 PER STUDENT PER COURSE. IT'S 
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$900. IF A STUDENT WERE TO TAKE BOTH BUSINESS ENGLISH ONE AND BUSINESS ENGLISH TWO, YOU HAVE ALL OF THE INFORMATION THERE. WE WOULD LIKE TO START IN THE SPRING OF 2005. THE MICRO MBA COMES WITH FOUR ACADEMIC UNITS AND THE OTHER COURSES COME WITH CONTINUING EDUCATION UNITS. AND THEN ALL OF THESE ARE, YOU KNOW, AS THE CONTINUING EDUCATION PROFESSIONAL STUDIES ARM OF THE UNIVERSITY. THE STUDENTS ARE TRANSCRIPTED AND THEY AND THEY GET A STUDENT RECORD WITHIN UCR. 
          WE'RE LOOKING FOR ABOUT 30 STUDENTS IN EACH OF THESE. A COUPLE OF POINTS HERE, THE AS DOCTOR MARTENS SUGGESTED, WE'VE GOT STARTUP GRANTS THAT ARE BUILT INTO THIS BUDGET FOR THOSE WHO COMPLETE EITHER THE MICRO MBA OR THE BUSINESS READINESS COURSE OF UP TO 38 COMPLETERS. 
          AND WE'RE BUILDING $2,000 PER COMPLETER INTO THIS BUDGET. SO WHEN THEY FINISH, THEY'RE ELIGIBLE FOR THAT $2,000 GRANT. ONE OF THE IMPORTANT PARTS OF THIS, TO THE POINT ABOUT MARKETING EARLIER, IT'S REALLY, REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE MARKET THIS. WELL, WE WOULD CONSIDER THIS A NEW MARKET FOR US AND NEW PROGRAMS IN A NEW MARKET. AND SO WE'RE WE HAVE A PLANNED CAMPAIGN FOR MARKETING, MARKETING CAMPAIGN. SO WE WOULD DEVELOP A MARKETING CAMPAIGN TO REACH AND ENGAGE COACHELLA RESIDENTS. CO-MARKET WITH THE CITY OF COACHELLA, WE WOULD DO INFO SESSIONS AND WEBINARS. WE WOULD DO THEM ONLINE. WE COULD DO THEM IN PERSON AS WELL. FOR PROSPECTIVE STUDENTS, WE CAN DO ON THE GROUND, OR WE PLAN TO DO ON THE GROUND RECRUITMENT, WHERE WE CAN ATTEND OFFICIAL CITY EVENTS LIKE THE TACO TEQUILA TASTING. WE COULD BE THERE FOR THAT. WE'D LOVE TO BE THERE FOR THAT. AND YES, ABSOLUTELY. AND HOST INFORMATION. WE COULD, YOU KNOW, HAVE A BOOTH THERE, RIGHT. OR OTHER KINDS OF EVENTS AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DO, AND WE'RE REALLY PROUD OF THIS, IS THAT WE DO WE HAVE ONE ON ONE ADVISING AT UCR EXTENSION, NOT ONLY FOR ENROLLMENT ADVISING, BUT WHEN THE STUDENTS ARE IN THE CLASS. AND SO WE, YOU KNOW, OUR GOAL IS TO MAKE EVERY STUDENT SUCCESSFUL. AND SO WE WE'RE REALLY PROUD OF THE FACT THAT STUDENTS WHO GO THROUGH OUR PROGRAMS FINISH. AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, THAT STATISTIC THAT YOU SAW EARLIER, THEY GET THOSE SKILLS THAT THEY NEED TO MOVE ON. AND JUST SOME VALUE PROPOSITIONS HERE. WE THINK THAT THIS IS A REALLY GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE COACHELLA RESIDENTS WHO WANT THEM BUSINESS SKILLS. WE OFFER DIRECT KNOWLEDGE APPLICATION WHERE WE HAVE REAL WORLD SCENARIOS AND REAL WORLD INSTRUCTORS WHO ARE WHO HAVE REAL WORLD EXPERIENCE AND WHAT THEY'RE TEACHING. WE HAVE ACCESS TO MENTORSHIP, ESPECIALLY IN THE BUSINESS READINESS PROGRAM. I THINK THIS IS A REALLY GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO EXPAND ECONOMIC GROWTH AND EXPAND JOB CREATION AND OVERALL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN THE CIT. AND, YOU KNOW, JUST SORT OF ON A GENERAL LEVEL, IT INCREASES EDUCATIONAL EQUITY WITHIN COACHELLA. AND WE ALSO THE OTHER THING ABOUT THIS THAT I FORGOT TO MENTION ABOUT THE MICRO MBA, WE HAVE A AN MOU WITH THE SCHOOL OF BUSINESS. ANYBODY WHO FINISHES THE MICRO MBA AND THEY WANT TO CONTINUE ON FOR AN MBA AT THE UCR SCHOOL OF BUSINESS. THEY'RE ELIGIBLE FOR A $5,000 SCHOLARSHIP FOR FINISHING OUR PROGRAM. IF THEY WANTED TO GET THE FULL BLOWN MBA. WE STAND BY THE MICRO MBA THAT THERE'S A LOT OF FUNDAMENTALS THAT A STUDENT WOULD LEARN IN THAT. BUT IF THEY WANTED TO GO ON FOR A FULL MBA, WE OFFER THAT AS WELL. SO THESE ARE OUR CONTACTS. THAT'S ME. YOU CAN ALWAYS REACH OUT TO ME. I WANT TO INTRODUCE AGAM PATEL, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF PALM DESERT CENTER, AND ALSO LAURA WILLIAMSON, WHO IS OUR SENIOR DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT. AND THEN YOU ALSO HAVE IVAN MELCHER THERE, WHO'S OUR DIRECTOR OF CORPORATE AND CUSTOM PROGRAMS. BUT HE IS NOT HERE. BUT YOU'VE GOT HIS INFORMATION, SO I'LL LEAVE IT AT THAT AND SEE IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL QUESTIONS I THINK THANK YOU. SO MUCH FOR THIS PRESENTATION AND FOR MAKING YOUR WAY OUT HERE. YOU KNOW, THERE'S OPTIONS, BUT YOU'RE HERE AND IT MAKES IT A LOT MORE PERSONABLE. 
          YOU KNOW, FOUR OF US HERE ARE UCR GRADUATES. AND SO UCR AND PLEASANT CITY MANAGER AND I'M SURE A LOT MORE STAFF. AND SO, YOU KNOW, UCR'S IS HOME, YOU KNOW, TO THE COACHELLA VALLEY AND LIKEWISE. AND SO I ACTUALLY USED TO WORK AT DIXON CENTER WHEN I WAS IN UNDERGRAD UNDER DOCTOR MARIE MARTIN. AND SHE'S STILL THERE AND SHE'S A GREAT MENTOR AND A BOSS. WHEN I WAS 
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THERE, SO VERY HAPPY. AND ABOUT THE SERVICES THAT YOU ALL PROVIDED THEN AND I'VE BEEN A STUDENT AS WELL IN DIFFERENT COURSES HERE AND THERE. WHEN I WAS LOOKING AT GOING BACK TO RECEIVING A MASTER'S, I DID SOME CLASSES THERE BECAUSE I'D BEEN OFF SCHOOL FOR LIKE FIVE PLUS YEARS, AND I REALLY APPRECIATED THE LESSONS AND THE PROFESSORS. I THINK THIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO BRING TO OUR RESIDENTS, TO OUR BUSINESS OWNERS AND THOSE THAT ARE INTERESTED IN IN, IN EITHER CREATING A BUSINESS OR LOOKING INTO EVEN A MICRO MBA OR AN MBA PROGRAM, VERY SUPPORTIVE OF HIGHER EDUCATION AND ANYTHING THAT WE CAN DO, AS YOU KNOW, LEADERS IN OUR COMMUNITY TO ACHIEVE ANY BRIDGES AND CLOSING ANY GAPS IN OUR COMMUNITIES. AND I THINK THIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT PRESENTATION. 
          THANK YOU. A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS. WHERE IS WHERE IS THE PROGRAM GOING TO BE OFFERED. SO WE CAN YOU KNOW ONE OF THE THINGS ABOUT UNIVERSITY EXTENSION IS THAT WE CAN BRING A PROGRAM TO YOU, BRING A PROGRAM TO THE COMMUNITY. WE CAN DO IT AT OUR FACILITY. WE CAN DO IT ONLINE. WE CAN DO IT HYBRID IN CONVERSATIONS WHEN WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THIS, WE UNDERSTAND THAT IT WOULD BE BEST FOR THE RESIDENTS OF COACHELLA TO HAVE THE PROGRAM HERE IN THE CITY OF COACHELLA. SO THAT'S WHAT WE WOULD DO. AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT SPACES ARE AVAILABLE. 
          LIBRARY ACROSS THE STREET. PERFECT, PERFECT. YOU GOT A CLASSROOM? I THAT WAS MY MAIN CONCERN. YOU KNOW, IF WE'RE IF WE GOT TO TAKE FOLKS TO RIVERSIDE TO THE EXTENSION CENTER BECAUSE IT'S NOT GOING TO WORK, YOU KNOW, BUT IF BUT IF YOU'RE GOING TO BE HERE AND IT'S ONCE A WEEK OR TWICE A WEEK, I DO LIKE THE, YOU KNOW, TEACHING PEOPLE HOW TO FISH, YOU KNOW, KIND OF WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE. AND YOU KNOW, I'M ALL FOR IT AT THAT POINT. I THINK IT'S A GOOD IF WE CAN IF WE CAN ACCOMMODATE HERE AND THAT'S IT'S THE BEST ROUTE. YEAH. AND THEN THE COURSES YOU DON'T HAVE, JUST SO PEOPLE KNOW THERE'S NO PREREQUISITE OF AN UNDERGRADUATE DEGREE REQUIREMENT. CORRECT? THAT IS CORRECT. OKAY. YES WE DO. WE DO HAVE A COUPLE OF PROGRAMS THAT THAT REQUIRE A DEGREE. BUT THESE ARE THESE ARE NOT THESE DO NOT REQUIRE A DEGREE. YOU WANT TO EMPHASIZE THAT IT'S TRULY OPEN TO ANYONE THAT WANTS TO BE A BUSINESS OWNER. YEP. SO OKAY. OPEN ACCESS. WE BELIEVE IN OPEN ACCESS. OKAY. JUST A QUICK QUESTION. ARE YOU IS THERE TWO PROGRAMS THAT ARE BEING OFFERED OR THREE. SO THERE'S TWO TWO BASIC PROGRAMS. THE BUSINESS READINESS SORT OF THE MORE THE KIND OF THE STARTER PROGRAM, THE MICRO MBA, THE MORE ADVANCED ONE. AND THEN THERE'S THE BUSINESS ENGLISH. THAT'S AN ADD ON FOR THE BUSINESS READINESS, BECAUSE BUSINESS READINESS WE CAN DO IN EITHER SPANISH OR ENGLISH. SO WHAT WE WOULD RECOMMEND IF, IF WE DID A SPANISH SECTION FOR, LET'S SAY, 15 LEARNERS WHO WANTED TO DO BUSINESS READINESS, WE WOULD RECOMMEND THAT THEY WENT ON AND TOOK BUSINESS ENGLISH AS WELL TO GIVE THEM SOME FUNDAMENTALS OF BUSINESS ENGLISH. OKAY. THANK YOU. SO IN TOTAL, HOW MANY STUDENTS DO YOU THINK WE CAN TAKE. SO WE'RE PROPOSING 9090 STUDENTS TOTAL. YEAH OKAY. SO I THINK THAT'S GOING TO BE AND I LIKE THAT IT STARTS IN THE SPRING. SO WE'LL HAVE BASICALLY A GOOD 90 DAYS. WELL WHEN'S THE SPRING QUARTER START. IS THAT THAT'S THAT IN MARCH MARCH. YEAH. INTO MARCH. YEAH. SO THEN WE'LL HAVE A GOOD FIVE MONTHS TO TRY TO RECRUIT 90 STUDENTS. YEAH. AND THAT'S WHY WE HAVE A MARKETING BUDGET BECAUSE IT'S, IT'S, IT'S A, IT'S A SIGNIFICANT LIFT. WONDERFUL. YEAH. THAT'D BE YOU KNOW THE JUST IN TERMS OF IDEAS RIGHT. LIKE WE HAVE AND THIS IS WHERE I'M HOPING WE CAN CONNECT THE DOTS WITH, WITH SOME OF THE THINGS WE'RE DOING HERE. WE HAVE A PRETTY ROBUST GROUP OF FOLKS THAT ARE DOING A LOT OF LIKE HOME KITCHENS, AS WELL AS PUTTING UP THEIR LITTLE TACO SHOPS AND ALL THAT OTHER STUFF. 
          AND THEN WE HAVE PEOPLE THAT ARE WE HAVE A LOT OF SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS HERE THAT, YOU KNOW, CONSTRUCTION AND, AND CONTRACTORS, ETC. AND I THINK WE JUST GOT TO REALLY THINK THROUGH, LIKE HOW TO, HOW TO GAIN OR HOW TO GET THOSE PEOPLE TO BE INVOLVED IN THESE COURSES. 
          YEAH. YOU KNOW, BECAUSE AND WE SHOULD ALSO KIND OF FOLLOW UP WITH LIKE DIFFERENT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES, GABE AND SELENA, IN TERMS OF WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO SEE HERE IN DOWNTOWN OR ANYWHERE THROUGHOUT THE CITY, IT'S I THINK IT'S A GREAT TOOL, BUT IT'S ABOUT CONNECTING THE DOTS WITH WHAT WE WANT TO SEE. YEAH, WE'D LOVE TO WORK WITH YOU ON THAT BECAUSE WE HAVE LIKE I SAID, WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, 65 PLUS PROGRAMS, SOME OF WHICH MIGHT NOT WORK HERE, BUT SOME OF WHICH MAY AND, YOU KNOW, WORKING WITH YOU, WORKING WITH THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, WORKING WITH WORKFORCE 
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DEVELOPMENT, I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF OPPORTUNITY TO BRING TO BRING, YOU KNOW, A WORLD CLASS EDUCATION TO DO YOU GUYS DO KIND OF ANALYSIS AS WELL OF HOW WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO SUSTAIN THESE EFFORTS AFTER THE FACT. RIGHT. LIKE, I MEAN, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT 90 STUDENTS AND FOUR WEEK PROGRAM. SO YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, A GOOD EIGHT WEEKS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. 
          WELL, IT SAYS TWICE, TWICE A SUMMER OR 612. YEAH. SO, SO I'M WONDERING LIKE IF MAYBE AS PART OF THIS THAT THERE COULD BE SOME ANALYSIS ON HOW WE AS A COMMUNITY CAN HELP SUSTAIN OR CONTINUE EDUCATION. AND I'M JUST WONDERING IF MAYBE THERE'S A CHAMBER THE RIGHT TOOL OR THE RIGHT PEOPLE TO HELP US DO THAT. AND WHAT DO WE NEED TO DO FOR THEM IN ORDER TO LIKE WAS ONE OF THE THINGS I'M STRUGGLING WITH, WITH THE CHAMBER IS, IS LIKE, WHERE ARE THEY GOING? YOU KNOW, LIKE, I DON'T KNOW, I THINK OUR CHAMBER IS A SPECIAL EVENT AGENCY NOW AND NOT SO MUCH OF REALLY LIKE, LIKE JUST REALLY HOLDING UP LIKE SMALL BUSINESSES. I'M WONDERING IF THERE COULD BE SOME ANALYSIS ON, ON HOW DO WE SUSTAIN THESE EFFORTS. YEAH. SO THERE'S TWO THINGS WE ABSOLUTELY DO MARKET ANALYSIS OF THE KINDS OF PROGRAMS THAT IN FACT WE DID ONE FOR THE FOR THE COACHELLA VALLEY WRIT LARGE, RIGHT. THE KINDS OF PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVE THAT WOULD WORK REALLY WELL IN THE COACHELLA VALLEY. WE HAVE THAT DATA. THE CHALLENGE FOR US, I MEAN, YOU SAID SUSTAIN, RIGHT? WE'RE A SELF-SUPPORTING ORGANIZATION. WE DON'T GET STATE FUNDS AS PART OF OUR REGULAR OPERATION. AND SO ALL OF THE ALL OF OUR EXPENSES HAVE TO BE PAID WITH TUITION, ESSENTIALLY. SO WHAT WE TRY TO DO IS ESPECIALLY IN AREAS WHERE IT'S DIFFICULT TO, YOU KNOW, PAY $3,000 FOR A MICRO MBA, FOR EXAMPLE, OR EVEN $500 FOR BUSINESS READINESS COURSE. WE LOOK FOR GRANTS WITH THE STATE, WITH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, AND THEN WE ALSO LOOK FOR DONORS AS WELL. AND THAT'S THAT'S WHY LAURA WILLIAMSON IS HERE. OUR SENIOR DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT. SO THOSE ARE AND WE'VE BEEN VERY ACTIVE RECENTLY IN LOOKING FOR AND WRITING GRANTS, STATE GRANTS AND FEDERAL GRANTS TO TRY TO SUPPORT THIS WORK. AND THERE'S A LOT OF MONEY OUT THERE. THERE'S A LOT OF COMPETITION AS WELL. BUT THERE ARE WAYS THAT WE CAN PARTNER THAT I THINK COULD PROVIDE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BRING IN MORE, MORE FUNDING ESSENTIALLY FOR THESE KINDS OF PROGRAMS, I THINK. CAN I ADD A COMMENT, MR. MAYOR, MAYBE WE CAN SALINAS TO HEAR LIKE CAN BECOME PARTNERS IN A GRANT AND BECOME MORE COMPETITIVE AND BE CO PARTNERS AND BE MORE COMPETITIVE IN THE GRANT WRITING APPLICATION BECAUSE YOU HAVE A PARTNER THAT THAT THOSE FUNDS ARE ALREADY ALLOCATED FOR, AND YOU CAN HAVE PROOF OF SOMETHING THAT WORKS. 
          YEAH. SO YEAH, THAT'D BE FANTASTIC. IS THERE ANY OPPORTUNITIES TO PARTNER WITH AGENCIES OR CORPORATIONS FOR WHEN THAT THEY FULFILLED THE COURSES? SORRY. SO ONCE THEY FULFILLED THE PROGRAM IS THERE WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SUSTAINABILITY, IS THAT IS THERE OPPORTUNITIES OR CONVERSATIONS WITH AGENCIES OR CORPORATIONS, ANYONE SO THAT THEY CAN THEN CONTINUE ON. AFTER THAT, THEY FINISH THEIR COMPLETED THE PROGRAM. THERE? THERE IS. AND IN FACT, WE HAVE MANY CORPORATE PARTNERS IN THE INLAND EMPIRE THAT WE DO TRAINING, WE DO CORPORATE TRAINING AS WELL. WE HAD A DEPARTMENT OF LABOR GRANT FOR APPRENTICESHIPS, AND WE WERE PLACING APPRENTICESHIPS IN PROJECT MANAGEMENT AND CYBERSECURITY IN COMPANIES. WE DON'T HAVE THAT MONEY ANYMORE. BUT WE CAN YOU KNOW, WE'RE WE'RE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR MORE OPPORTUNITIES. WE ALSO HAVE A PRETTY ROBUST INTERNSHIP PROGRAM THAT WE HAVE. YET WE WE'VE USED IT IN CERTAIN CONTEXTS FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS ACTUALLY. AND IT'S A PARTICULAR PROGRAM THAT THEY COME FOR. BUT THERE'S A REALLY BIG OPPORTUNITY TO DO THIS FOR OUR SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA RESIDENTS AS WELL. RESIDENTS OF THE COACHELLA VALLEY. SO I THINK THERE'S BIG OPPORTUNITIES THERE MATCHING WITH THE CORPORATE CORPORATIONS AND THE AND THE BUSINESSES THAT WE ALREADY PARTNER WITH. AND THEN WE HAVE A COUPLE OF PROGRAMS THAT I THINK COULD PROBABLY HELP THERE. YEAH, I THINK THE PLAN OVERALL, YOU COULD HAVE DONE A WONDERFUL JOB IN THINKING THIS OUT. IT'S VERY CLEVER. IT'S VERY DETAILED ORIENTED AND IT'S VERY WELL THOUGHT OUT NOT ONLY BEFORE, DURING THE PROGRAM AND AFTER. THE THING I DO ASK IS, IS THAT WE HAVE A LOT OF BUSINESSES THAT 
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ARE OPERATING OUT OF THEIR HOMES, AND IT WOULD BE GOOD. I THINK A GOOD OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM TO ALSO PARTICIPATE, OR IF THEY'RE BECOME AWARE THAT THE PROGRAM EXISTS SO THAT THEY CAN PARTICIPATE IN IT. BUT YEAH, THAT'S GREAT. AND THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WHY WE'RE HOPING TO WORK WITH YOU ON THE MARKETING. YEAH. SO THAT WE KNOW EXACTLY THAT, SO THAT WE KNOW WHO TO TARGET. YEAH. NOT TARGET BUT YOU KNOW WHO TO WHO TO REACH OUT TO. YEAH. BUT I THINK FOR US I THINK SEEKING OUT SOME OF THOSE PARTNERSHIPS AND AGENCIES AND CORPORATIONS SO THAT ONCE THEY'RE DONE WITH THE PROGRAM, THEY CAN GO INTO THE JOB MARKET IMMEDIATELY. I THINK THAT'S MAYBE SOMEWHERE WHERE WE CAN CONNECT THOSE DOTS AS THEY WERE MENTIONING. YEAH. THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. MOTION TO APPROVE. ALL RIGHT. THOSE ARE QUESTIONS. THERE'S A MOTION IS THERE A SECOND. I'LL SECOND THE SECOND. CAN WE GET A ROLL CALL? YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. DELGADO. YES. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER. GALARZA. AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER. FIGUEROA. I HAVE TO MAKE A NOTE AND COMMENT. I DO WORK AT THE UNIVERSITY SYSTEM, AND I DO NOT GAIN ANY MONEY FROM THIS BECAUSE I DO NOT WORK FOR THAT DEPARTMENT. AND MY VOTE IS. YES. THANK YOU. AND MAYOR PRO TEM VIRGIN I MAYOR HERNANDEZ, I MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER 15. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. ITEM NUMBER 15. THIS IS TO APPROVE PLANS AND AUTHORIZE STAFF TO BID FOR AVENUE 52. YES, SIR. ANDREW. OKAY. THANK YOU, MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS, FOR HAVING THIS PRESENTATION TONIGHT. THIS AS YOU HAD ALREADY MENTIONED, THIS IS PART OF OUR STREET. 139 PAVEMENT RESURFACING PROGRAM. AND WE'RE LOOKING TO APPROVE PLANS AND AUTHORIZE THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT TO BID AVENUE 52. I'VE PRESENTED THE PAVEMENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM REPORT TO YOU GUYS MULTIPLE TIMES, SO I DON'T WANT TO REHASH THAT AGAIN. BUT IN FEBRUARY 2024, I BROUGHT THE INITIAL RESULTS OF THE PAVEMENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM PLAN, AND WE HAD FOUR PROJECTS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT AT THAT TIME THAT WE WANTED TO TRY TO COMPLETE WITH THE STREET. 139 PROJECT. THE FIRST PROJECT WAS DYLAN ROAD, AND THE COUNCIL HAS ALREADY AWARDED THAT PROJECT THAT WAS ABLE TO BE FUNDED THROUGH BORROWING AGAINST OUR DYLAN ROAD IMPROVEMENT PROJECT, AND THAT CONSTRUCTION IS SCHEDULED TO START IN THE MONTH OF OCTOBER. AND WE DID TWO RESIDENTIAL PROJECTS, OUR BUENA VISTA AND NAVARRO, WHICH ARE BOTH COMPLETE. THOSE WERE JUST APPROVED FOR THE NOTICE OF COMPLETION ON OUR CONSENT CALENDAR. SO THE LAST PROJECT THAT WE TALKED ABOUT AT THAT MEETING WAS AVENUE 52, AND WE SAVED THIS ONE FOR LAST. AGAIN, THIS MAP HAS BEEN HERE A COUPLE OF TIMES. THIS IS OUR ATLAS PAVEMENT STREET VIEWER. IT SHOWS THE CONDITION OF ALL THE STREETS THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE CITY. THIS DIAGRAM WAS PRESENTED IN FEBRUARY AS WELL, SHOWING THAT AVENUE 52 BETWEEN TYLER AND THE WHITEWATER BRIDGE IS IN A SERIOUS TO FAILED CONDITION, AND THE RECOMMENDATION WAS TO CONTEMPLATE AN IMMEDIATE REPAIR OF THAT SECTION OF ROAD. THIS IS THE DATA THAT WE GOT FROM THE MOBILE VAN THAT DRIVES DOWN THE STREETS. YOU CAN SEE THE VERY EXTENSIVE CRACKING ON AVENUE 52. IT IS OUR IT IS OUR ONE KIND OF MAIN CORRIDOR STREET THAT IS IN THE WORST CONDITION. AND YOU CAN SEE THE PCI. IT'S PRETTY SMALL FONT ON HERE. BUT THIS SECTION HAS A PCI OF 12. AND WE ARE LOOKING TO HAVE ALL OF OUR CITY STREETS BE AT AN AVERAGE OF 70 OR ABOVE. WE DID DO ALL OF THE DESIGN AND ENGINEERING ON THIS IN HOUSE, SO THAT SAVED US MONEY ON FRONT ON ANY TYPE OF DESIGN FEES. AND AS FAR AS WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT TO DO THIS PROJECT, BECAUSE IT IS A MAIN CORRIDOR STREET, IT WILL REQUIRE FULL DEPTH REMOVAL AND REPLACEMENT OF THE ASPHALT DOWN TO SIX INCHES. WE ARE HOPING TO DO ALL THE INFILL SIDEWALK ALONG THE SOUTH SIDE AS WELL, WITH THIS PROJECT. AS LONG AS WE'RE OUT THERE, WE'RE TEARING UP THE STREET. 
          WE'RE DOING A CONSTRUCTION PROJECT. LET'S GET THE STREET DONE RIGHT SO WE DON'T HAVE TO GO IN. AND DO, YOU KNOW, CONCRETE REPAIRS LATER AND DAMAGE THE NEW ASPHALT THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE PUTTING IN SO THAT WE YOU KNOW, INVEST IN THE STREET NOW. SO PART OF THE PROJECT DOES INCLUDE REPLACING THE DAMAGED CURB AND GUTTER AROUND THE EXISTING LANDSCAPE MEDIANS AND DOING THE INFILL LANDSCAPE ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE STREET, WHICH ALSO INCLUDE PUTTING IN A COUPLE, I BELIEVE, FIVE DRIVEWAYS MAKING THE DRIVEWAYS ADA COMPLIANT. WE WHEN WE DO THE INFILL SIDEWALK ALONG THERE AS WELL, JUST KIND OF LOOKING AT THE OVERALL STREET. I 
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WANTED TO SHOW THE SECTION THAT HAS THE MISSING SIDEWALK. AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE'S EXISTING CURB AND GUTTER, THE CURB AND GUTTER ON THE SIDEWALK SIDE IS ACTUALLY IN PRETTY GOOD SHAPE. I DON'T THINK WE NEED TO REPLACE THAT. IT'S THE CURB AND GUTTER AND THE MEDIANS THAT'S IN REALLY BEAT UP SHAPE THAT NEEDS REPLACED. AND AGAIN, JUST KIND OF LOOKING FURTHER DOWN, WE DO HAVE THE SIDEWALK ON THE NORTH SIDE, BUT WE DON'T HAVE ANY SIDEWALK ON THE SOUTH SIDE. SO WE'D LIKE TO GET THAT MISSING LINK PUT IN, ESPECIALLY NOW THAT WE HAVE THE CV LINK CONNECTORS AND EVERYTHING. HAVING THAT PEDESTRIAN ACCESS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE STREET IS IMPORTANT FOR THE FINISHED LOOK ON THE STREET IN THIS AREA YOU CAN SEE THE DIRT. THIS IS ACTUALLY THE CITY LOT IN THIS AREA. THE DIRT IS RAISED UP A LITTLE BIT. SO THE PROJECT ALSO INCLUDES ABOUT 800FT OF RETAINING CURB, WHICH WOULD BE PLACED ON THE BACK SIDE OF THE SIDEWALK. SO WE DON'T HAVE A BUNCH OF DIRT SLOUGHING DOWN ONTO THE SIDEWALK AFTER THAT PORTION IS COMPLETED. AS FAR AS THE PROPOSED IMPROVEMENT, BECAUSE THE STREET IS SO WIDE, THIS ACTUALLY INCLUDES 280FT■!SF FULL DEPTH ASPHALT REPLACEMENT, ABOUT 2000 LINEAR FEET OF REHABILITATED CURB AND GUTTER, 2000 LINEAR FEET OF NEW SIX FOOT WIDE SIDEWALK. AGAIN, THE ALMOST 800 LINEAR FEET OF THE RETAINING CURB, AND FOUR NEW ADA RAMPS ALONG THE PROJECT. AS WELL. AND WE WOULD ALSO REPLACE THE FAILED CONCRETE CROSS GUTTER AT THE INTERSECTION OF ENTERPRISE. WE WOULD NOT BE DOING ANY WORK COMING DOWN ENTERPRISE THAT WAS DISCUSSED IN THE FEBRUARY MEETING ABOUT NOT WANTING TO INCLUDE ANY ADDITIONAL WORK ON ON ENTERPRISE. SO WE'RE JUST DOING THE CONCRETE CROSS GUTTER RIGHT AT ENTERPRISE SINCE THAT IS IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT TO THE AVENUE 52 PROJECT. SO THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION FOR THIS PROJECT, WE WANTED TO GET DIRECTION FROM CITY COUNCIL BEFORE WE PUT OUT THE BID, JUST BECAUSE IT IS A RELATIVELY LARGE NUMBER AS FAR AS THE EXPENSE OF THE PROJECT, THE PLANS WERE INCLUDED IN THE OVERALL PROJECT. SO WE'RE ASKING TO KIND OF APPROVE OUR OVERALL CONCEPT AS FAR AS THE INFILL SIDEWALK, THE DRIVEWAYS AND THE FULL DEPTH REPLACEMENT OF THE ASPHALT, WE ANTICIPATE THAT THE FULL PROJECT COST FOR PROJECT MANAGEMENT, THE SURVEY NEEDS AND MATERIALS TESTING, AND THE FULL CONSTRUCTION IS GOING TO BE ABOUT $3 MILLION. AND THEN FOR THE FISCAL IMPACT, WE HAVE EXPENDED ALL OF OUR MEASURE A FUNDS FOR THE YEAR ON THE PROJECTS THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN COMPLETED. SO THIS WOULD BE A GENERAL FUND APPROPRIATION TO COMPLETE THIS PROJECT. SO WITH THAT, I'M HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS. COUNCIL. LEFT SPEECHLESS. WELL, JUST LIKE 250FT■!S, 250,000FT■!S OF LIKE YOU'RE GOING TO GO TO THE LIKE SIX INCHES. YEAH. YES. YEAH. BEING A PRIMARY CORRIDOR, IT'S A VERY THICK STREET. SO I MEAN THE COST RAMP UP PRETTY QUICK WHEN YOU HAVE TO DO THE FULL DEPTH REMOVAL. THE STREET HAS COME UP MANY TIMES IN PUBLIC MEETINGS WITH CITIZENS COMMENTING ON IT IN EVERY MEETING THAT WE HAVE RECENTLY. YEAH. AND IT'S I DON'T THINK WE'VE DONE ANY MAINTENANCE ON THE STREET IN 30 YEARS SINCE IT'S BEEN PUT IN. SO IT'S LONG OVERDUE. YEAH. WHICH THE NUMERICAL ANALYSIS SHOWS AS WELL, SAY IS WHAT'S THE ALTERNATIVE? YOU KNOW, I MEAN, IF WE'VE ALREADY USED ALL THE MEASURE E FUNDS, THIS IS A PROBLEM. IT'S REALLY BAD. IT'S IN REALLY BAD SHAPE. THAT CORRIDOR ON AVENUE 52. AND YOU KNOW, I DON'T SEE I CAN'T SEE US NOT PRIORITIZING THIS OR FOCUSING ON IT. IT IS A FOCAL POINT. WE DO HAVE TO ADDRESS IT. IT IS GOING TO BE EXPENSIVE IF THERE IS ALTERNATIVE MODES OF FUNDING, I'M SURE YOU WOULD HAVE SOUGHT THEM OUT AND I'M SURE YOU WOULD BE AWARE OF THEM ALREADY. SO IF YOU'RE COMING FORWARD AND ASKING FOR 3 MILLION FROM THE GENERAL FUND, I KNOW THAT YOU'VE ALREADY ATTEMPTED TO SEEK FUNDS IN EVERY OTHER SOURCE THAT WE COULD POSSIBLY SEEK IT OUT. THE ALTERNATIVE COULD BE THAT WE WAIT AND THEN WE DO A NEXT BUDGET CYCLE, BUT THEN THAT WOULD PUT A BIG DENT IN ALL OF THE OTHER PROGRAMS OR ALL THE OTHER STREETS THAT WE WANT TO PAVE. OR I MEAN, IF YOU LOOK AT THE MAP THAT YOU'VE LAID OUT THERE REGARDING ALL THE STREETS THAT ARE RED, THERE'S A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF PROJECTS THAT WE NEED TO GET AFTER MY, I LOOK, I THINK YOU BROUGHT THIS UP. YOU BROUGHT DYLAN UP AND YOU 
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USED MONEY FROM THE GENERAL FUND AND DYLAN AND THEN NOW YOU'RE USING 3 MILLION FROM THE GENERAL FUND OR YOU'RE PROPOSING MY, MY, MY THINKING. AND THIS IS WHAT I ASKED YOU, GABRIEL, TO BRING BACK IS TO COME BACK WITH A PLAN ON OUR LIQUIDITY, ON OUR RESERVES. AND THAT WAY, WE COULD GET AN UNDERSTANDING OF HOW MUCH WE HAVE AND WHERE WE WANT TO APPLY IT TO. I THINK THAT OBVIOUSLY THE ROAD IS A IT'S A GOOD THING. I'M NOT SAYING WE SHOULDN'T. I'M JUST SAYING HOW MUCH. I'M JUST THINKING WHAT, HOW MUCH. AND THEN THE OTHER THING IS, IS THAT I DO BELIEVE WE SHOULD BE MAKING INVESTMENTS FOR THE FUTURE. SO IN OTHER WORDS, BUYING SOME PROPERTY BECAUSE GOD ONLY KNOWS, LIKE THE WAY COACHELLA IS GROWING AND THE WAY PRICES ARE INCREASING, BUYING PROPERTY IN THE FUTURE IS GOING TO BE EXPENSIVE. SO IF WE'RE MAKING A DENT AND USING SOME OF OUR GENERAL FUND, COME WITH A PLAN, I'M GOING TO ASK YOU TO DO THAT. LIKE YOU COULD COME BACK WITH A PLAN. BUT AGAI, I DO KNOW THAT LIKE THIS STREET IS VERY, VERY WELL NEEDED. I WILL SAY YOU HAVE THE CENTER MEDIANS, LIGHT THEM UP LIKE RIGHT NOW. THEY'RE NOT LIT. IF THERE IS ELECTRICITY THERE, IF WE CAN PULL IT, IF YOU'RE GOING TO BE LIKE, SEE IF WE CAN ADD A CONDUIT TO THE MIDDLE AND THEN GET THAT AREA LIT UP, GET THE MIDDLE LIGHTS LIT UP BECAUSE IT'LL BEAUTIFY KIND OF THAT LITTLE AREA AS WELL AS FIX THE STREETS, BECAUSE THOSE PALM TREES ARE NICE. THEY LOOK GOOD. I DON'T KNOW THAT WE EVER DO. WE CLEAN. DO WE? DO YOU ACTUALLY TRIM OR CLEAN THEM UP? WHAT DO YOU SAY? YEAH. ARE THEY LIT? YEAH. SO IF YOU CAN RUN A CONDUIT, TRY TO LOOK AT THAT. I MEAN BECAUSE EVENTUALLY. RIGHT 52 IS GOING TO GO ALL THE WAY DOWN TO JACKSON AND WE'RE EITHER GOING TO HAVE TO BUY ONCE WE GET OVER THE BRIDGE, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO START LOOKING AT BUYING SOME OF THE HOMES OVER THERE AS WELL. SO JUST THINK OF IT LIKE, LIKE KIND OF WHERE WE'RE HEADED IN WITH THAT CORRIDOR. BUT I'M NOT OPPOSED TO DOING THIS SO LONG AS I HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING OF WHERE OUR LIQUIDITY IS GOING AND HOW MUCH YOU'RE GOING TO, YOU'RE GOING TO DOLE OUT, GIVE AND DOING THESE TYPES OF PROJECTS, BECAUSE THIS IS THE SECOND ONE YOU GOT, DYLAN. AND NOW THIS ONE AND, AND HOW MUCH DO WE HAVE NOW. AND GENERAL FUND RESERVES I'M BRINGING THAT PRESENTATION AT THE NEXT CITY COUNCIL. OKAY. AND KEEP IN MIND THIS IS JUST TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE BIDDING PROCESS AND WE'LL GET REAL NUMBERS. AND THEN THE COUNCIL CAN APPROVE THE BIDS OR DENY THE BIDS BASED ON THAT ANALYSIS. SO YEAH, HE'S PRETTY ACCURATE. I DID WANT TO COMMENT ON THAT AS WELL. THAT, YOU KNOW, BEFORE HAVING CONTRACTORS PREPARE BIDS AND GO THROUGH THE BONDING PROCESS, BID BONDS AND ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF. I WANTED TO, YOU KNOW, JUST CONFIRM THAT WE HAD SUPPORT TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE PROJECT. WHEN WE FINISHED THE BID PROCESS. OBVIOUSLY, WE STILL HAVE TO COME BACK TO CITY COUNCIL WITH THE EXACT FINAL NUMBER. YOU KNOW, BASED OFF OF HOW THOSE BIDS COME IN. HOPEFULLY THE BIDS COME IN A LITTLE LOWER THAN THAT ACTUAL ESTIMATE. OKAY. YEAH. AGAIN, I'M NOT OPPOSED. I JUST I WANT TO SEE WHERE WE'RE HEADED. BUT OUR LIQUIDITY AND THEN KEEP IN MIND TOO, LIKE THE YOU KNOW, WE'VE MADE SOME BIG CONTRACTUAL CHANGES FOR OUR PUBLIC SAFETY AND LET'S, LET'S HOPE THAT REVENUE CONTINUES THE WAY IT DOES. BUT WE MAY BE IN A DEFICIT, RIGHT, REALLY FAST WITH WITH ALL THE NEW, YOU KNOW, BIG INCREASES. I MEAN, LAST, LAST AGENDA WAS 5 MILLION FOR FIRE SERVICE. IT'S A LOT, YOU KNOW, AND THEN IN ADDITION WE ADDED, YOU KNOW, POLICE. SO WE HAD TO COUNT. WE GOT TO MAKE IT COUNT. SO JUST BE VERY VERY MINDFUL OF EVERYTHING. RIGHT NOW. AWESOME. 
          I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE. SECOND I'M SORRY, WAS THE SECOND COUNCIL MEMBER FIGUEROA. YEAH. 
          OKAY. I'LL GO AHEAD AND TAKE ROLL. COUNCIL MEMBER. DELGADO. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER GALARZA I. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER. FIGUEROA I. MAYOR PRO TEM I MAYOR HERNANDEZ. I THANK YOU. WE'LL MOVE FORWARD ON ITEM NUMBER 16. I THINK THIS IS JUST AN EXTENSION. RIGHT, SELENA? OR YOU'RE GOING TO ADD MORE MONEY. YES. AND THEN I'M WONDERING, GABE, YOU SAID YOU HAVE $26,000 LEFT NOW IN ARPA. 
          WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO WITH THOSE DOLLARS? I WOULD JUST ADD THEM HERE 526,000. THAT WAY WE CAN JUST BE DONE WITH ARPA 2320 3000. UNLESS THE COUNCIL'S GOT OTHER IDEAS WHAT TO DO WITH 23,000, BECAUSE THIS PROGRAM IS ALREADY OVERPRESCRIBED, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN. YES, THAT'S CORRECT. WELL, HERE'S WHAT I THINK IS ALSO IMPORTANT TO WITH THIS PROGRAM TO MARITZA AND, AND 
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I'M HOPING. YES. OH, SORRY. SELENA. SELENA. NO. THAT'S OKAY. I WAS LIKE, MAUREEN, SORRY, SORRY. I NEED MY GLASSES. YOU GUYS ARE WEARING THE SAME COAT. WE'RE WEARING THE SAME COAT. 
          YEAH. THAT'S RIGHT. WE'RE TWINS TONIGHT. YOU'RE TWINNING, YOU KNOW. YEAH, EXCEPT I'M HEAVIER. 
          SO HERE'S WHAT I'M WONDERING. SELENA. I'M SORRY. SO LAST TIME AROUND, WE WERE VERY BROAD IN TERMS OF WHO COULD QUALIFY FOR THAT MONEY. AND BASICALLY EVERY HOME COULD QUALIFY. AND MY CONCERN TODAY IS THAT WE HAVE A VERY OLD HOUSING STOCK THAT WE SHOULD REALLY MAKE AN EFFORT TO GET THOSE HOMES UP, LIKE THE PONDEROSA SIERRA VISTA, COCHINITA, YOU KNOW, AVENUE 52 NOW, LIKE THOSE AREAS. AND IF YOU LOOK AT THOSE HOMES, A LOT OF THEM DON'T HAVE INSTALLATION. 
          A LOT OF THEM DON'T HAVE DOUBLE PANE WINDOWS. SOME OF THEM THEY DON'T EVEN HAVE ROOFS, LIKE THERE'S A COUPLE HOMES OUT THERE IN PONDEROSA THAT LIKE, OR, AND THERE'S LIKE NO ROOFS. I'M HAPPY TO REPORT THAT WE DO. I JUST WANTED TO SHOW YOU GUYS THIS MAP OF OUR CURRENT HEP ASSISTED HOUSEHOLDS IN THE CITY OF COACHELLA. AND RIGHT NOW WE DO HAVE THREE HOMES NEAR THE SIERRA VISTA PONDEROSA HOME AREA THAT HAVE RECEIVED ASSISTANCE, AND ALSO ON AVENUE 52, AS YOU CAN SEE HERE. I DON'T KNOW IF THE LITTLE MOUSE IS WORKING. ISN'T THAT A GATED COMMUNITY RIGHT THERE WHERE THE. NO, NO, AND I APOLOGIZE. THIS THIS MAP WAS CREATED BY BY ME. SO WE HAVE A HOME ON JENNIFER WAY ON MORGAN AND THEN ON AVENUE 52, AND THEN WE HAVE ONE ON DATE AND THEN ON BALBOA STREET CLOSE TO AVENUE 50, AND THEN THE OTHER THREE THAT YOU SEE UP AT THE TOP ON HERNANDEZ WAY, PONDEROSA. AND, AND THE TOP ONE IS PIZANO OR SOMETHING, OR ANYWAY. SO ONLY EIGHT HOMES HAVE QUALIFIED SO FAR. WELL, ONLY WE ONLY HAD ENOUGH FUNDING FOR EIGHT HOMES BECAUSE WE WERE THE COUNTY AND OURSELVES HAVE INVESTED $267,405 BECAUSE THE AVERAGE NEED, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE PEOPLE CAN CAN QUALIFY UP TO $50,000. AND SO NOT EVERYONE NEEDED $50,000. AND SO BUT WE DID HAVE I THINK THERE WAS TWO HOMES THAT NEEDED THE MAX AMOUNT. AND THEN EVERYBODY WAS AROUND 34,030, 28, YOU KNOW, AND SO THAT THAT'S HOW WE EXPANDED OUR 267 405. AND SO I KNOW THE NUMBER SEEMS SMALL, BUT BASED ON CALCULATIONS THAT JUAN GARCIA, WHO IS ACTUALLY ON THE ON THE LINE WITH US TONIGHT IN CASE COUNCIL HAS ANY QUESTIONS, HE IS THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR. I BELIEVE THAT'S HIS TITLE. DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF HOUSING FOR THE COUNTY. AND SO HE INDICATED THAT IF WE IF WE ALLOCATED AN ADDITIONAL 500,000, WE COULD POTENTIALLY HELP ABOUT 18 MORE HOUSEHOLDS IF THE NEEDS ARE, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE WE ALREADY HAVE A WAITING LIST. WE HAVE OVER 100 APPLICATIONS THAT THE COUNTY RECEIVED FOR THE HELP PROGRAM. AND SO WE WOULD BE ABLE TO FUND, I MEAN, AT LEAST 18 APPLICATIONS WITH THIS ADDITIONAL FUNDING SUPPORT AND AGAIN, WE COULD LOOK AT EVERY EVERYBODY AND SEE LIKE WHO WHO NEEDS HOW MUCH AND WHAT HAVE YOU. IT'S JUST GO OVER THE WHOLE BUDGET OKAY. YEAH. SO LET ME START HERE AT THE BEGINNING. YEAH. SO THIS IS ITEM 16. ADOPT RESOLUTION NUMBER 20 2433 ALLOCATING $500,000 IN AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT MONEY TOWARDS THE COACHELLA HOME ENHANCEMENT PROGRAM. AND THEN THE SECOND PART TO THIS IS THAT WE AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH THE COUNTY TO ADMINISTER THE PROGRAM ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF COACHELLA. AND I JUST JUST A QUICK OVERVIEW. SO AS DOCTOR MARTIN INDICATED EARLIER, OUR ARPA ALLOCATION WAS 10.9 MILLION AND WE HAVE TO INCUR COSTS DURING THE PERIOD OF MARCH 3RD OF 2021 AND DECEMBER 31ST OF THIS YEAR. AND THEN WE HAVE UNTIL THE END OF DECEMBER 31ST, 2026 TO EXPEND THE OBLIGATED FUNDS THAT WE INTEND TO OBLIGATE THIS EVENING. AND SO, BASICALLY, OUR HOME ENHANCEMENT PROGRAM HAS ALREADY INVESTED 267,000 IN THE CITY. AND SO THIS WOULD BRING THE INVESTMENT UP TO 700. AND SOMETHING THOUSAND. SORRY. I'M GOING BETWEEN THE SLIDES. AND SO WE REALLY BELIEVE THAT WE COULD REALLY MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN THE 
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REMAINING APPLICATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN RECEIVED THAT ARE ON THE WAITING LIST. AND THESE ARE APPLICATIONS THAT THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN CERTIFIED THAT THEY SUBMITTED EVERYTHING THAT THEY'RE ELIGIBLE, INCOME ELIGIBLE. BECAUSE THERE ARE RESTRICTIONS ON ON WHO WHO IS ELIGIBLE. AND SO YOU HAVE TO BE INCOME ELIGIBLE AND SO WE BELIEVE THAT IT COULD BE ABOUT 18 HOUSEHOLDS THAT COULD BE ASSISTED WITH THIS ADDITIONAL FUNDING. AND NOW THAT YOU'VE ADDED $23,000, POTENTIALLY THAT COULD BE ANOTHER HOUSE. SO THAT COULD BE 19, YOU KNOW. SO I THINK THAT'S PRETTY IMPACTFUL BECAUSE SOME OF THE PEOPLE THAT THE COUNTY OR OUR, OUR PROGRAM, OUR JOINT PROGRAM ASSISTED, I BELIEVE ONE OF THE HOMES THAT HAD THAT ROOF PROBLEM AT THE PONDEROSA WAS ASSISTED. THAT WAS ONE OF THE HOMES THAT IS STILL THERE. I'LL TAKE YOU TO IT TOMORROW. YEAH. NO. WELL, BECAUSE IT'S IN PROGRESS. RIGHT. LIKE IT'S NOT IN PROGRESS. I CAN TAKE YOU TO THE HOUSE. OH, OKAY. WELL, I KNOW IT'S A PROCESS, SO IT DOESN'T HAPPEN OVERNIGHT, SO I APOLOGIZE ANYWAY. SO WE'RE HOPING THAT THAT COUNCIL WILL CONSIDER ALLOCATING $500,000 IN ARPA FUNDS TOWARDS THIS INCREDIBLY ESSENTIAL PROGRAM CALLED THE COACHELLA HOME ENHANCEMENT PROGRAM, AND THAT WE AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH THE COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE HOUSING AND WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS TO ADMINISTER THE HEP PROGRAM. I DO HAVE ONE AVAILABLE FOR ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS THAT THE COUNCIL MIGHT HAVE. 
          JUAN, ARE YOU THERE? CAN YOU HEAR US? SO I ASKED THE QUESTION AND I WANTED IT TO BE ANSWERED. 
          YES. I DON'T REMEMBER ALLOCATING $267,000. WE ALLOCATED 500 CDBG. IT'S CDBG. OKAY. SO WE WENT OVER THE WE WENT OVER A FEW PROGRAMS. WE WENT OVER CDBG, WE WENT OVER THE FACT THAT YOU THAT THAT YOU THAT THE CITY HAS LIKE $1 MILLION OR AND WE WERE GOING TO THE STATE TO GET IT REALLOCATED AND YOU WERE LOOKING AT CHANGING THAT PROGRAM. SO WHAT HAPPENED TO THE SO THAT IS IN THE WORKS IN FACT, WE'VE HAD EVEN JUAN JOIN THOSE CONVERSATIONS WITH HCD. AND SO RIGHT NOW WE'RE AT A POINT WHERE THEY SENT US THEIR GUIDELINES FOR THE FIRST TIME. HOME BUYER PROGRAM. AND SO WE'RE JUST KIND OF, YOU KNOW, REVIEWING ALL THAT, THE GUIDELINES. AND THEN THE APPLICATION, BECAUSE WE DO ACTUALLY HAVE TO SUBMIT AN APPLICATION TO THE STATE, EVEN THOUGH IT'S OUR OWN PROGRAM INCOME. WE HAVE TO PUT IT THROUGH THE SYSTEM. AND THEN THEY GO AHEAD AND APPROVE IT. AND THEN WE BRING IT BACK TO COUNCIL. AND SO THAT'S JUST SO THAT'S FOR FIRST TIME HOME BUYERS. YEAH THAT'S FIRST TIME HOME BUYER. SO THEN WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IS THAT WE ONLY HAVE $267,000 FOR AS OF NOW OF THAT FOR HOME REHABILITATION. YES. 
          FOR OWNER OCCUPIED. YEAH. HOME REHABILITATION. WE COULD USE THE OTHER FUNDS THAT ARE AVAILABLE THAT THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. WE COULD USE IT FOR HOMEOWNER REHAB. RIGHT. THE ONLY THING IS, IS THAT I THINK WE'RE TRYING TO HELP THE 23 LOTS AT THAT DEVELOPMENT WITH COACHELLA VALLEY HOUSING COALITION OR THE COUNTY TO HELP US, LIKE GET THOSE PEOPLE INTO THOSE 23 LOTS. 
          THE D.R. HORTON PROPERTY. YEAH. OKAY. SO THESE ARE ALL PRETTY GOOD SUBSTANTIAL CONVERSATIONS THAT INCLUDE THE COUNCIL. AND BECAUSE NO, WE DO PLAN TO STOP STOP RIGHT THERE. WE DO PLAN TO BRING ALL THESE OPTIONS TO COUNCIL. SO TO KIND OF CLARIFY A FEW ITEMS. SO THE HOME IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM IS DONE BY THE COUNTY AND IT'S BEING DONE IN SERIES. SO THE FIRST SERIES WAS THE CDBG FUNDS, WHICH WAS A 247,000 THAT DID THOSE EIGHT HOMES. SERIES NUMBER TWO IS THE ARPA FUNDS, WHICH PROBABLY WILL DO 18 HOMES. I HAVE ASKED THE COUNTY TO WE RECEIVED, I THINK, OVER 190 APPLICATIONS FOR THIS PROGRAM TO VET THE TO VET THE APPLICATIONS TO SEE WHICH ONES QUALIFY, AND GIVE ME A PHONE NUMBER SO I CAN TAKE THE COUNCIL, ALONG WITH OTHER HOUSING OPTIONS ON HOW TO SPEND THE REST OF THE ARPA FUNDS, AND MAYBE LOOK AT OTHER FUNDS LIKE THE HOME FUNDS. RIGHT? WE STILL HAVE THOSE FUNDS THAT WE CAN REPURPOSE EITHER FOR FIRST TIME BUYER PROGRAM OR THE HOME REHABILITATION PROGRAM. AND THAT HAS CLOSE TO ONE POINT SOMETHING MILLION. SO I WANTED THE COUNTY TO DO THAT ANALYSIS TO GIVE US THOSE NUMBERS, AND THEN WE WOULD BRING THOSE OPTIONS TO THE COUNCIL FOR A POLICY DISCUSSION. AND THEN I THINK, I THINK MAYBE WE'RE I'M GETTING CONFUSED THAT THE NUMBERS THAT WE'VE ALSO HAD, THE TCC GRANT ALSO HAD MONEY FOR HOME REHABILITATION OR FOR LIKE SOLAR, SOLAR EFFICIENCIES. SO THEN THAT SHOULD ALSO BE BUT THAT WAS ALSO IN A SPECIFIC AREA ZONING, CORRECT. IN THE PROJECT AREA, WHICH IS PRETTY VAST. IT 
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COVERS WE MADE SURE THAT OUR PROJECT AREA COVERED THE MOST VULNERABLE PARTS OF THE CITY. SO WE DO HAVE LIKE IT'S IT GOES ALL THE WAY DOWN TO AVENUE 54, ALL THE WAY OVER TO LIKE, I GUESS, FREDERICK, IF YOU CAN KIND OF IMAGINE THAT BOUNDARY OR MAYBE EVEN VAN BUREN AND THEN IT GOES TO CAPTURE PONDEROSA AND ALL THIS AREA RIGHT HERE WHERE SIERRA VISTA IS, AND SO AND THEN UP TO NOT NOT REACHING THE TRIBAL LAND AREA ON AVENUE 50. SO IT'S PRETTY, PRETTY BIG OR. 
          YEAH. YOU KNOW, I THINK WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND THOSE NUMBERS TOO, LIKE HOW MUCH IS GOING TO BE AVAILABLE FOR SOLAR AND, AND $2 MILLION, 2 MILLION. SO WE NEED TO IDENTIFY WHAT JUST GIVE US A PROGRAM SO THAT WE CAN SEE IT, LIKE WHERE WE'RE GOING TO PUT MONEY WITH OUR COMMUNITY SO THAT WE CAN HELP THE COMMUNITY APPLY AS WELL. AND MY ONLY CONCERN LIKE, AT LEAST IF YOU'RE ALSO THINKING ABOUT THOSE HOME FUNDS AND WE'RE GOING TO YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT APPLYING THEM TO THOSE 23 LOTS. WE ALREADY GOT THEIR LOTS FOR LIKE FREE. I MEAN, THOSE LOTS WERE. AND THEN NOW TO GIVE THEM FREE LOTS PLUS THIS I GET IT. BUT THERE'S A LOT OF NEED OUT THERE LIKE A LOT. 
          AND AS I'M WALKING AND TALKING TO PEOPLE, THESE HOUSES ARE NOT LOOKING GOOD. AND SO IF, IF YOU KNOW, IN TERMS OF WHAT OUR WHAT OUR PRIORITIES ARE, YEAH, WE, WE SHOULD BE INVOLVED IN SETTING THOSE PRIORITIES. GABE. YEAH. N, DEFINITELY. AND THAT'S WHY I HAD THE COUNTY DO THOSE. THEY'RE DOING THAT EXERCISE. SO I WOULD PRESENT THOSE POLICY DISCUSSIONS TO YOU. I PERSONALLY LIKE THIS PROGRAM AND I WANT TO HELP OUT AS MANY PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE. IT'S A GREAT PROGRAM. AND IF WE CAN REPURPOSE THE HOME FUNDS FOR THIS PROGRAM AND KNOCK OUT ALL 109 APPLICATIONS, THAT WOULD BE IDEAL. IT WOULD BE A BLESSING FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN HERE FOR 40, 50 YEARS. YOU KNOW, SO WE PLAN ON BRINGING THOSE OPTIONS BACK TO THE COUNCIL BECAUSE STAFF CANNOT CANNOT APPLY FOR ANY OF THAT UNTIL WE HAVE A RESOLUTION FROM COUNCIL APPROVING THE USE OF FUNDS. SO WE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO DO ANYTHING WITHOUT YOUR CONSENT. BUT WE DO WANT TO PROVIDE OPTIONS. AND SO WE WOULD DESCRIBE WHAT THOSE OPTIONS ARE AND WHAT WHAT REGULATORY FRAMEWORK WE'RE LOOKING AT AS WELL. BECAUSE THERE IS A LITTLE BIT OF THAT. AND BUT YEAH WE CAN DEFINITELY BRING ALL OF THOSE OPTIONS BECAUSE WE CAN'T MOVE FORWARD WITH ANY OF IT WITHOUT YOUR APPROVAL. ALL RIGHT SELENA, THE 108 APPLICATIONS THAT WE RECEIVED, IS THAT IN TOTAL OR DID WE RECEIVE MORE AND THEN HAVE THE 108 APPLICANTS THEN BEEN VETTED? THEY'RE IN THE PROCESS OF BEING VETTED RIGHT NOW. YEAH. THEY HAD TO PUT A STOP TO THE INTAKE BECAUSE IT WAS JUST OVERSUBSCRIBED. YEAH. AND THEN SO ONCE WE GO THROUGH THE VETTING OF THE 108 APPLICATIONS AND THEN HOW HOW LONG HAS THAT TAKEN. IS THAT TAKING AN INCREDIBLE AMOUNT OF IT TAKES ABOUT IT TAKES THEIR STAFF. I MEAN, BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO GO TO EACH SITE. IT TAKES ABOUT THREE MONTHS BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO TAKE PICTURES. THEY HAVE TO TAKE MEASUREMENTS AND TALK TO THE OWNERS. AND THEN ALSO THEY HAVE TO VERIFY THAT THEY ARE INDEED LIKE THE OWNER, THE PROPERTY OWNER AND THINGS LIKE THAT. YOU KNOW, ALL THE OTHER INCOME VERIFICATION AND EVEN, YOU KNOW, THEIR CITIZEN STATUS AND SO THERE'S A WHOLE LOT OF ITEMS THAT NEED TO BE COVERED BEFORE THEY MOVE INTO, YOU KNOW WHAT, EVERYBODY GETS AN INTERVIEW. THEY THEY DO GET TO COME INTO THE OFFICE AND TALK TO A LIVE PERSON. MISS GRACE ESCOBAR. AND SO SHE SHE USUALLY WILL JUST VERIFY EVERYTHING AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE ELIGIBLE FOR THE, FOR THE PROGRAM. AND THEN THE NEXT STEP IS THEY HAVE TO GO OUT INTO THE FIELD WITH THE CONTRACTOR TO KIND OF LIKE GAUGE, LIKE WHAT ARE THE NEEDS OF, OF THESE PROPERTIES. AND SO THAT COULD TAKE, YOU KNOW, ANOTHER FEW MONTHS BECAUSE IT'S JUST A PROCESS. AND SHE ALSO HAS TO SUBMIT SHIPPO AND LIKE SEQUA STUFF. SO, SO THAT EVERYTHING YOU KNOW, BECAUSE THAT SOUNDS SILLY, BUT YOU KNOW THAT IS PART OF THE PROCESS AS WELL IS THE ENVIRONMENTAL AND ALL THAT GOOD STUFF. SO AND THEN I'M SURE THE ASSESSMENT, THE FINANCIAL ASK AND WHAT THEY'RE ACTUALLY ELIGIBLE FOR THE EIGHT THAT WE COMPLETED, HOW MANY APPLICANTS WERE RECEIVED WERE THEY EIGHT WERE SELECTED. WELL, THEY WERE THEY WERE PART OF THAT BATCH. THE 100 AND 108 OR WHATEVER. AND SO YEAH, SO THEY WERE PART OF THAT BATCH. I MEAN, I THINK IT'S A GREAT PROGRAM. THERE ARE A LOT OF HOMES THAT ARE IN NEED. 
          THERE'S NO WAY THAT WE CAN EVEN I MEAN, THIS IS VERY HELPFUL, BUT THERE IS A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF HOMES, ESPECIALLY IN THOSE OLDER HOMES LIKE SIERRA VISTA. AND IT'S IT IS IT'S NOT JUST A RUSE, BUT IT'S THE WALLS THAT ARE ALSO COLLAPSING. AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S DEFINITELY IS A 
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PUBLIC SAFETY ISSUE AT THIS POINT AS WELL. AND THE REASON I WAS ASKING ABOUT THE APPLICATION PROCESS IS BECAUSE IT HAS TO BE. I'M SURE IT HAS TO BE A LOT OF TIME AND A LOT OF DIFFERENT FOLKS COMING OUT AND THEN EVALUATING, VERIFYING. SO IT IS A VERY LENGTHY, VERY PROCESS. 
          AND EVEN SO, PROBABLY SOME OF SOME OF THEM WILL PROBABLY BE DENIED JUST BECAUSE THEY DON'T MEET THE REQUIREMENTS. AND THEN IT'S HARD THEN I MEAN, WE KNOW THEY'RE IN NEED REGARDLESS. AND THAT'S A DIFFICULT SITUATION, I THINK, TO BE IN BECAUSE YOU KNOW, THAT THEY'RE IN NEED. IT'S JUST AT THAT POINT IT'S JUST GRAVE. IT SURE IS. SO, SO OUT OF THE 500,000, ARE YOU THINKING THAT MAYBE 18 WILL BE ABLE TO GET I THINK ABOUT 18, 19 JUST BECAUSE IF THE COUNCIL CONSIDERS ADDING THE ADDITIONAL LEFTOVER ARPA FUNDS, THEN THAT COULD HELP ANOTHER FAMILY THAT HAS A NEED OF ABOUT 23,000 OR WHATEVER. SO I DO THINK THAT THAT WOULD HELP. AND MAYBE IT'S TWO FAMILIES, RIGHT? IN AN IDEAL WORLD, IT MAYBE IT'S MORE PEOPLE. MAYBE PEOPLE DON'T HAVE THAT BIG OF A NEED. YOU KNOW, THEY NEED FINANCIAL NEED IS NOT AS BIG. BUT WHAT THEY WHAT SOME OF THESE HOMES BE ELIGIBLE THEN FOR THE SOLAR PANEL INSTALLATION TOO. YES. OR HOW ARE WE BETTING THAT THEY WOULD. YES, THEY WOULD BE BECAUSE THEY'RE IN THE PROJECT AREA FOR TCC, BUT ALSO THE SOLA, THE ROOFTOP SOLAR PROGRAM. YOU HAVE TO BE INCOME ELIGIBLE. SO THANK YOU. THANK SELENA THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THERE'S A MOTION. IS THERE A SECOND JUST TO CLARIFY THIS MOTION GOING TO INCREASE THE 500,000 TO 523. THE REMAINING ARPA FUNDS. YES. OKAY. SO I'M SORRY, WHO WAS THE FIRST MOTION? I'LL MAKE THE FIRST MOTION. SORRY. THANK YOU. AND THE SECOND SECOND. THANK YOU. I'LL GO AHEAD AND TAKE ROLL. COUNCIL MEMBER. DELGADO. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER GALARZA I. COUNCIL MEMBER. FIGUEROA I. MAYOR PRO TEM I. MAYOR HERNANDEZ. HI. THANK YOU. 
          MOTION CARRIES. AND IT IS PAST THE 8:00 HOUR. YEAH. WE CAN GO AHEAD AND TAKE PUBLIC COMMENTS. 
          [Public Comments (Non-Agenda Items)]
IS THERE ANYTHING IN THE AUDIENCE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON A NON AGENDA ITEM OR ANYONE ON ZOOM. THERE SHOULD BE SOME SPEAKER SLIPS OUT THERE. BUT IF YOU WANT TO COME UP JUST STATE YOUR NAME AND YOU CAN FILL IT OUT AFTER ELVIRA CARRILLO. AND I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR OUR BEAUTIFUL BUS TERMINAL, I CRIED WHEN I SAW IT. IT'S GORGEOUS. THANK YOU. YOU GUYS ARE DOING A GREAT JOB. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. ELVIRA WAS A MEMBER OF OUR CITIZENS ACADEMY. SHE'S BEEN A MEMBER COACHELLA FOR. I DON'T WANT TO SAY HOW LONG, BUT, YOU KNOW, YOU'VE BEEN HERE FOR A LONG WHILE. YEAH. 1964. SAME HOUSE, SAME AREA. THAT NEEDS A LOT OF HELP. GOING TO APPLY FOR THIS GRANT. HOPEFULLY. ALL RIGHT. WE'LL MOVE ON NOW TO THE 
          [New Business Calendar (Legislative and Administrative) (Part 2 of 2)]
HOMETOWN HEROES HONOREES. ALL RIGHT. THANKS, SELENA. SORRY. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. 
          THIS ITEM COMES BEFORE YOU EVERY YEAR. IT'S A VERY POSITIVE ITEM, AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE COUNCIL TO REALLY IDENTIFY SOME HOMETOWN HEROES IN OUR COMMUNITY AND IDENTIFY SOME FOLKS TO RECOGNIZE FOR THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS. THIS PROGRAM HAS BEEN AROUND SINCE 2006. IT'S REALLY ESTABLISHED TO RECOGNIZE FOLKS THAT HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO OUR COMMUNITY AND OUR CULTURE. WE HAVE A TOTAL OF 54 PLAQUES UP ON THE HOMETOWN HERO WALL. CURRENTLY, SOME OF THOSE PLAQUES RECOGNIZE ORGANIZATIONS, NOT JUST INDIVIDUALS. SO IN TOTAL, WE REALLY REFLECT AROUND 70 INDIVIDUALS IN THE HOMETOWN HERO HONOREES AT THIS TIME. WE DID PLACE KIND OF A SOCIAL MEDIA OUTREACH TO GET OUR PUBLIC TO GIVE US SOME FEEDBACK. AND THOSE RESULTS ARE IN THE STAFF REPORT BEFORE THE COUNCIL. THIS EVENING, THERE WERE SEVERAL INDIVIDUALS THAT RECEIVED A LOT OF RESPONSES BACK. GENERALLY SPEAKING, THE COUNCIL, MANY TIMES IN THE PAST HAS TAKEN THIS MEETING AND NOT GIVEN US A FULL DIRECTION UNLESS YOU'RE READY TO. IN THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS, I THINK WHAT WE'VE DONE IS EVERY THE MAYOR HAS IDENTIFIED EVERYONE TO PROVIDE A NOMINEE, SO IT'S VARIED IN YEARS SINCE 2006 OF HOW MANY WE DO A YEAR. BUT USUALLY THE RANGE HAS ALWAYS BEEN BETWEEN 2 TO 5. OKAY, SO WITH THAT I WILL DEFER TO COUNCIL ON RECOMMENDATIONS. OR IF YOU WOULD LIKE US TO BRING THIS BACK, OKAY. ARE YOU GOING TO ARE YOU HERE? I'M NOT HERE. 
          [02:20:09]
HOLD ON. SO YEAH. WHAT DO WE WANT TO DO? I THINK WE DO ONE EACH LIKE WE DID LAST TIME. YEA. 
          I'LL START. I'LL GO. JORGE ORTIZ JORGE, HOP. START HERE IN COACHELLA VALLEY. AND I'D LIKE TO RECOGNIZE HIM. I WOULD LIKE TO RECOMMEND MR. MANUEL ARRIAGA. I THINK HE'S A GREAT CITIZEN. 
          DOES A LOT OF WORK WITH THE COMMUNITY, GREAT EDUCATOR. SO THAT'S MY RECOMMENDATION. 
          I'LL JUST MIGHT NOT. GEORGE, YOU KNOW, SINCE I KNOW WE'VE DONE IN THE PAST WHERE IT WILL BE MORE, BUT BECAUSE IT'S LIKE A PARTNER LIKE SO, GEORGE AND HIS WIFE OFTEN WORK TOGETHER AND EMAIL THE OFFICE. SO GEORGE EMAILED OUT THIS TOGETHER. WE'VE DONE IT IN THE PAST WHERE WE HAVE IT. 
          DID EXCEED THE FIVE, BUT IT WAS BECAUSE WE DID LIKE A COUPLE. YES. NO PROBLEM, WE WILL. I KNOW SHE'S NOT ON HERE, BUT I YOU KNOW, WHOEVER RECOGNIZED I NOMINATED HIM, I'D LIKE TO ADD HIS WIFE AS WELL. I'M GOING TO NOMINATE JUANITA GODWIN FROM THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB, WHO'S BEEN RUNNING THAT ORGANIZATION FOR THE LAST 25 YEARS. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THE JUAN TORRES ON HERE IS ACROSS THE STREET. RIGHT. IS THAT WHAT IT WAS? YES. AND HE IS A HOMETOWN HERO. YEAH. 
          OKAY. JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE BECAUSE HE WAS ON THERE. SO. LEE ESPINOSA IS ALSO ON THE LIST. 
          AND HE IS ALSO A HOMETOWN HERO. SO I AM SURE. OKAY. SUSPENSEFUL MAN. ME, ALL OF YOU. LIKE, I GUESS IN THE MEANTIME, I HAVE A COUPLE OF JUST, LIKE, QUESTIONS. OR MAYBE RECOMMENDATIONS. WHILE OUR COUNCIL IS ABLE TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE LIST, BUT SO THERE'S QUITE A FEW NAMES. IS THERE MAYBE A WAY THAT WE CAN, WHEN WE PRESENT IT TO THE COUNCIL, ARE WE ABLE TO ATTACH MAYBE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION? OR LET'S START FROM THE BEGINNING. SO WHEN WE'RE PUTTING IT OUT ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND HOWEVER WE WANT TO GET THE INFORMATION OUT SO THAT THEY CAN VOTE, IS THERE A WAY THAT WE CAN ASK? AND IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE A LOT OF QUESTIONS. BUT MAYBE THAT THEY HAVE A SMALL QUESTIONNAIRE OF LIKE WHAT THEY DO, WHAT THEY'VE BEEN DOING FOR THE COMMUNITY. IF THEY BELONG TO AN ORGANIZATION OR A BUSINESS, AND THAT WE ATTACH THAT TO OUR STAFF REPORTS, WOULD THAT BE POSSIBLE? OF COURSE. OKAY. THANK YOU. MARITZA, SOME OF THESE ARE ALREADY ARE SOME OF THEM ARE ALREADY HOMETOWN HEROES. SOME OF THEM ARE NOT. A LOT OF THEM. 
          MAJORITY OF THEM ARE ARE NEW NAMES. YEAH. IF IN DOUBT, YOU COULD JUST PUT LIKE CTRL F TO SEARCH AND THEN YOU'LL FIND OR I DON'T KNOW ACTUALLY I LIKE THAT SUGGESTION. AND THEN WE USUALLY LIKE YOU KNOW THAT WAY YOU KNOW LIKE AND THEN ANOTHER RECOMMENDATION. SORRY. BUT ANOTHER RECOMMENDATION IS COULD, COULD WE POSSIBLY ALSO HAVE SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO GO BACK AND FORTH BUT HAVE LIKE THESE WERE THE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THIS YEAR. BUT THEY'RE ALREADY HOMETOWN HEROES. JUST AN FYI. AND THEN THIS IS THE LIST. OF COURSE I'LL HIGHLIGHT THOSE NEXT TIME. BUT THERE REALLY IS ONLY LIKE 2 OR 3 THAT ARE THERE'S A WHOLE BUNCH, NO 2 OR 3 THAT ARE ARE BUT JUST, YOU KNOW, TO MAKE IT A LITTLE, JUST SO THAT WE'RE KIND OF AWARE WE DON'T HAVE TO GO, YOU KNOW, WHO IS AN AMAZING PERSON. BUT, YOU KNOW, SHE'S ON HERE, BUT I'M JUST IN THE IN THE NARA, JAPAN. BUT I THINK WE HONORED HER. I THINK SHE'S A HOMETOWN HERO ALREADY. WHO IN EDINA. IN EDINA. SHE'S THE ONE THAT FORMED THE LEADERS CAMPESINAS. AND SHE WAS LIKE, N, THAT'S NOT THE LIST. IT'S NOT ON THE LIST. SO SHE'S ALREADY. THAT'S A LIST OF THE NEW ONES. 
          OH, STEVE BURNETT, I DIDN'T NOMINATE MYSELF FROM THE OTHER LIST. I SEE, I PICKED FROM THE OTHER LIST. OH, NO, THEY'RE NOT, THEY'RE THEY'RE ON HEROES. YEAH, THEY'RE ALREADY HERE. YEAH. THE OTHER ONE IS JUST LISTENING TO HIS THEORY. I WAS LIKE, WAIT, I CAN'T I DON'T SEE ANYTHING. THIS THIS IS A, THIS IS THE NEW THE ONES THAT WERE NOMINATED THIS YEAR. I MEAN, WE'RE NOT MEETING IN OCTOBER AGAIN, RIGHT? I THOUGHT WE WERE. OH YEAH. THE 23RD. YEAH. OKAY. A LITTLE BIT ABOUT DESSERT. PAUL'S SANCTUARY. IS THAT A LOCAL ONE HERE IN THE CITY OF COACHELLA? I BELIEVE 
          [02:25:01]
THAT ONE IS LOCATED OFF OF. IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN. ISN'T DESERT PAUL'S SANCTUARY LOCATED OFF OF JACKSON? JACKSON? WELL, WE'VE WE'VE DONE THAT FOR I KNOW FOLKS THAT DON'T LIVE HERE ANYMORE. I WANT TO PICK SYLVIA MONTENEGRO BECAUSE I DON'T THINK SHE'S ON THE OTHER LIST. RIGHT. NO, SHE'S NOT ON THE LIST. I HAD A GOOD CONVERSATION WITH HER THE OTHER DAY AT THE MEASURE Y. SO, MADAM MAYOR, MADAM MAYOR. YES. AND THEN. SO IF YOU'RE GOING TO DO SYLVIA, I'LL DO RUDOLPH BECAUSE HE'S A HE'S A VETERAN AND HE'S REALLY DEDICATED A LOT OF TIME TO THE YOUTH AND TRAINING SOME PRETTY EXCEPTIONAL GOALIES OUT HERE. SO NUMBER 23 WHAT ARE YOU DOING. YOU DON'T KNOW. I'M GOING TO GO WITH SOMEONE NOT ON THE LIST BECAUSE THESE ARE JUST PEOPLE THAT THIS IS JUST FEEDBACK. THE COUNCIL HAS NOT ALWAYS GONE OFF OF. I'M GOING TO NOMINATE A LOCAL BUSINESSMAN WHO'S BEEN PROVIDING BOND TO DOWNTOWN COACHELLA EVERYWHERE FOR LIKE THE LAST 50 YEARS, AND THAT'S GEORGE SEJA. I'M GOING TO ASK HIM TO BE OUR HOMETOWN HERO WHO SMELL HIS BREAD EVERY MORNING. AND ARE YOU GOING TO DO AS COUNCIL MEMBER GALARZA DID? DO YOU WANT TO? BUY HIM AND HIS WIFE. YEAH. LA PAREJA. COOL. WE HAVE. WE HAVE OUR SELECTIONS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL. 
          THAT WAY HE CAN BRING THE BOND FOR THE. OH, WOW. COOL. ALL RIGHT. AND SO ALSO AS HOMETOWN HEROES, THEY ARE ALSO INVITED TO BE OUR GRAND MARSHALS FOR OUR PARADE AS WELL. SO THANK YOU. 
          WE'LL MAKE CONTACT THE HOMETOWN HEROES. OH NICE. SO THEY ARE ALSO OUR GRAND MARSHALS. THANK YOU SO MUCH, COUNCIL. THANK YOU. THAT'S NOT ALWAYS THE CASE, RIGHT? IS IT? WE HAVE DONE THAT IN RECENT YEARS. WE'VE WE RECOGNIZE THEM THROUGH THAT. THROUGH THAT RECOGNITION AS WELL. I THOUGHT THAT WAS A GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO INVITE OUR OLYMPIAN TO THAT. AND MAYBE WITH LEE, WE WE'VE ALSO ADDED THEM AS HONOREES. IN THE PAST, DIFFERENT MEMBERS OF THE BOXING CLUB HAVE ALSO BEEN PART OF THE DIGNITARIES THAT ARE HERE. LET'S MAKE SURE WE, THE OUR OLYMPIAN GETS LIKE A, YOU KNOW, NICE VEHICLE OR, YOU KNOW, LIKE DEFINITELY HELP HER OUT. YOU KNOW, SHE REPRESENTED US IN THE OLYMPICS IN COACHELLA. OBVIOUSLY IT'S GREAT AND WE CAN BE A PART OF COURSE OKAY. THANK YOU MARISA THANK YOU THANK YOU. PERFECT. ALL RIGHT. THE NEXT TIME THE NEXT ONE, THE NEXT ITEM TO. SO THIS ITEM IS BACK BEFORE YOU COUNCIL DURING OUR I THINK IT WAS TWO MEETINGS AGO. COUNCIL SHOWED ADVISED STAFF TO BRING THIS ITEM BACK. SO WE DID DO SOME INFORMAL BIDS. AND I'M BRINGING THIS ITEM BACK. THE LAUNCH SITE. IF THIS IS SOMETHING THAT GOES FORWARD, WOULD BE AT VETERANS MEMORIAL PARK, RIGHT BEHIND US. SO WE WOULD SET UP IT TAKES ABOUT 4 TO 6 HOURS DEPENDING ON THE WEATHER. MOST LIKELY WE SHOULD BE GOOD WITH WEATHER BASED ON PRIOR YEARS. IT WOULD REQUIRE SOME MINOR STREET CLOSURES, WHICH WE HAVE NO PROBLEM BEING ABLE TO SUPPORT JUST DURING THE ACTUAL SHOW ITSELF, NOT DURING THE ENTIRE EVENT. WE WOULD WORK WITH THE CONSULTANT TEAM TO DESIGN 10 TO 15 DESIGNS. EACH DESIGN RUNS ABOUT A MINUTE. THEY WOULD PULL ALL THE PERMITS REQUIRED. THE INSURANCE, ALL THE DESIGNS WOULD BE SYNCHRONIZED WITH THE MUSIC, AND IT WOULD COUNT DOWN TO THE TREE LIGHTING ITSELF. WE APPROACHED A CONSULTANTS REGARDING A THREE TO 100 OR 350 DRONE SHOW. FIVE OF THEM PROVIDED PROPOSALS IN RESPONSE. SOME DID NOT. BASED ON THAT, STAFF SCORED ALL OF THOSE RESPONDENTS BASED ON SCORING WERE RECOMMENDING AWARD TO GRIZZLY ENTERTAINMENT AND AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $35,000, AND I WANTED TO GIVE YOU A QUICK CLIP OF SOME OF THEIR WORK. 
          THREE. TWO. ONE RETREAT. NICE. SO WITH THAT, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. I WAS I WAS IN MEXICO CITY FOR THE GRITO AND THEY HAD A DRONE SHOW AND IT WAS JUST AMAZING. IT WAS IN MEXICO AND IT'S SO COOL. I'M SUPPORTIVE. I'M LIKE, I DON'T KNOW. I'M NOT CONVINCED YET THAT THE DRONE SHOW IS THE RIGHT WAY TO GO. I MEAN, LIKE, I, I LOVE WHAT HAPPENS HERE IN TERMS OF THE TREE LIGHTING, THE WAY WE'VE DECORATED, THE WAY YOU HAVE, LIKE THE LIGHT SHOW THAT'S HERE. 
          [02:30:09]
I LOVE THE DECORATIONS. I'M WONDERING IF, LIKE, IF WE CAN ENHANCE THAT OR IF THERE'S SOMETHING MORE LIKE PERSONAL THAT THE COMMUNITY CAN GET, LIKE, LIKE SHOULD WE I DON'T KNOW, I'M JUST LIKE, DO WE WANT TO SEE A DRONE SHOW? I'M JUST NOT CONVINCED THAT A DRONE SHOW IS GOING TO BE LIKE LIKE, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, I'M WILLING TO TRY IT, LIKE, YOU KNOW, TO TRY IT OUT, ETC. BUT, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE MUSIC OUT IN THE HALLWAY THERE THAT WE HAVE SPEAKERS, BUT THE MUSIC'S NOT ON. I DON'T KNOW WHY THE MUSIC'S NOT ON, YOU KNOW, LIKE, SHOULD WE, LIKE, LET'S PUT THE HOLIDAY MUSIC ON. I DON'T KNOW, I'M JUST I'M NOT CONVINCED YET THAT THAT SPENDING 35,000 BUCKS TO DO A, LIKE, A FIVE MINUTE DRONE SHOW, OR HOW LONG IS IT GOING TO GO? IT'LL BE ABOUT 10 TO 12, 12 MINUTE DRONE SHOW. AND THEN HOW MANY DRONES? 300 TO 350 MAX, 350 TO DO LIKE A BIG DRONE SHOULDER LIKE TWO 300, RIGHT? I MEAN, LIKE THE ONES I'VE SEEN THAT LIKE THEY'RE PRETTY MOST CITY AGENCIES DO THAT THAT SAME RANGE. IF YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT LIKE A, LIKE A PROFESSIONAL STADIUM, THEY'RE DOING LIKE DOUBLE THAT SPIDER-MAN. YEAH, YEAH. YOU GET THE MEXICAN FLAG. OH, THAT WAS SO COOL. I THINK IT'S I THINK I THINK IT'S A, YOU KNOW, I, I ONE CAN ARGUE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE SPENDING THIS MONEY, BUT SAME THING COULD BE SAID FOR FIREWORKS. SAME THING COULD BE SAID FOR ANY OTHER LIGHTING. IT'S FOR ENTERTAINMENT. IT'S FOR THE UTILITY OF THE OF OUR COMMUNITY. AND YOU KNOW, IT MAKES FOLKS FEEL HAPPY. IT'S THAT THAT COULD BE SAID ABOUT ANYTHING WE USE THAT'S NOT A DIRECT SERVICE. AND SO I THINK FOR THE ITS INTENTION, IT'S SIMILAR TO OTHER LIGHTS, OTHER FIREWORKS, IT'S NOT ANY DIFFERENT. SO FOR EXAMPLE, COULD WE TAKE THAT MONEY AND THEN GET LIKE PROFESSIONAL ACROBATS AND LIKE DISNEY FIGURINES OR INVITE LIKE A BAND INTO OUR PARADE BECAUSE OUR PARADE IS 10,000, 20,000 PEOPLE, RIGHT. LIKE, WHEREAS THE TREE LIGHTING CEREMONY IS BEAUTIFUL, BUT WE'RE AVERAGING 500 PEOPLE. MAYBE 500 PEOPLE. AND TO THEN TO LOOK AT THAT BUDGET AND, AND DO 32,000, 35,000 BUCKS LIKE, COULD WE ENHANCE THE PARADE LIKE, LIKE BECAUSE I MEAN, ONE OF THE THINGS I'VE ALWAYS THOUGHT ABOU, LIKE, WOULDN'T IT BE COOL TO GET SOME PEOPLE WALKING WITH STILTS, LIKE DRESSED UP IN SOME HOLIDAY THEME AND THEY'RE PART OF OUR PARADE, AND NOW OUR PARADE GETS ENHANCED, LIKE, IF YOU GO TO DISNEYLAND, LIKE, YOU SEE, THESE, LIKE, THE PARADES ARE PRETTY DOPE. LIKE, IT JUST I'M JUST WONDERING, LIKE WHAT? WHAT IF WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE THE HOLIDAY SPECIAL? AND THIS IS WHAT THIS IS ABOUT, RIGHT? LIKE, WE IT'S THIS EVENT. THE TREE LIGHTING. IT'S THE IT'S THE PARADE. IT'S. COULD WE COULD WE LOOK AT OTHER ALTERNATIVES TO MAKE IT VERY SPECIAL? YOU KNOW, AND I'M JUST THAT'S THAT'S WHERE I'M JUST TRYING TO FIGURE, LIKE, WHERE'S THE DOLLAR BEST SPENT UNDERSTANDING THAT AT THE PARADE. LIKE, COULD THE COUNCIL COME OUT ON HORSES, YOU KNOW. NO, NO, I'M I GUESS I'M DOWN TO ANSWER THE QUESTION. WE CAN DEFINITELY. LOOK, WE WERE ASKED TO LOOK AT DRONE SHOW OPTIONS. SO IF STAFF IS STAFF'S RESPONSE TO WHERE THE DRONE SHOW FITS BEST, WE THINK IT WOULD FIT BEST WITH THE TREE LIGHTING. IF YOU'D LIKE US TO BRING BACK SOME OPTIONS TO ENHANCE THE PARADE FOR COMPARABLE AMOUNT, WE'RE HAPPY TO DO THAT AS WELL. I'M JUST WONDERING, LIKE, I DON'T THINK THAT THE DRONE SHOW WOULD FIT WITH THE PARADE. IT'S TOO MANY THINGS TO SO. SO THE OTHER THING TOO, RIGHT. LIKE LIKE I THINK IT'D BE AMAZING THE CARNIVAL AFTERWARDS. RIGHT? LIKE WE WE'VE NOW PEOPLE ARE STAYING AND HERE'S AND HERE'S THE THING TOO, IS THAT WE GOT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE PARADE CAN END IN, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT TEN HOURS SO THAT PEOPLE CAN ACTUALLY HANG OUT IN THE CARNIVAL, RIGHT? LIKE SO. SO IN OTHER WORDS, IF WE HANG OUT, IF WE DO 5 HOURS OR 4 HOURS, AND THIS IS WHERE YOU AND B ARE GOING TO HAVE TO LIKE, YOU HAVE TO TELL, BE LIKE, HEY, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO GET THIS PARADE OF FOUR HOURS. WHATEVER COULD WE ACTUALLY DO SOMETHING WHERE PEOPLE IT'S NOT LATE ENOUGH THAT PEOPLE WANT TO HANG OUT AND WATCH A DRONE SHOW OR LIKE, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, JUST WHAT COULD WE DO TO ENHANCE? AND NOW 10,000 PEOPLE ARE SEEING IT OR PART OF IT, I DON'T KNOW. THAT'S THAT'S 
          [02:35:07]
MY THAT'S MY INITIAL GUT RIGHT NOW. THAT'S WHAT I'M THINKING. SO I THINK WE COULD ALSO PROMOTE THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A DRONE SHOW FOR THE TREE LIGHTING. AND THAT WILL ENHANCE THAT WILL ENHANCE. I MEAN, THAT ALONE WILL ENHANCE YOUR ATTENDANCE TO THE TREE LIGHTING. YEAH. I MEAN, WE DON'T HAVE THAT. AREN'T WE TRYING IF WE'RE ALREADY SPENDING MONEY FOR OUR TREE LIGHTING EVENT? AND AS THE MAYOR MENTIONED, WE DON'T HAVE AS MUCH ATTENDEES AS WE DO FOR THE PARADE. WELL, THEN THAT'S A WAY TO ENHANCE IT, TOO. THAT'S THE WAY IT WORKS. SO I THINK IT'S GREAT TO HAVE A DRONE SHOW FOR THIS, I LIKE IT. I ALSO THINK THE PARADE ITSELF, LIKE PART OF THE REASON WHY WE HAVE SO MANY PEOPLE IS BECAUSE OF ALL THE CHILDREN THAT COME OUT, THAT COME LIKE THE FAMILIES COME SEE THEIR KIDS. AND TAKING THAT AWAY DOESN'T ENHANCE, LIKE REDUCING THAT PART DOESN'T ENHANCE IT. IT ACTUALLY WOULD PROBABLY REDUCE THE NUMBER OF ATTENDEES BECAUSE MOST OF THE ATTENDEES ARE THERE TO SEE SOMEONE THAT'S PARTAKING IN. SO WE'RE NOT SAYING REDUCING THE PARADE. WE'RE NOT SAYING THAT WE'RE MAKING IT EFFICIENT BECAUSE WE HAVE THESE BIG GAPS AND INCLUDE THE SCHOOL DISTRICT HAS ALSO SAID, HEY, THIS IS BECOMING A PROBLEM BECAUSE, YEAH, BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE STAYING OUT TO 12:00 UNDER SCHOOL BUSSES OR WHATEVER. RIGHT. AND SO THAT'S IT'S HOW DO YOU MAKE IT EFFICIENT? BUT HERE'S ANOTHER IDEA. COULD, COULD WE ENHANCE THE MUSIC LIKE COULD, COULD, COULD SOMEBODY FOR EXAMPLE, LIK, YOU KNOW, I MEAN COULD WE HAVE SOMEBODY HERE AS PART OF THE CHRISTMAS TREE LIGHTING THAT'S ACTUALLY A PROFESSIONAL SINGER OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, THAT, THAT WOULD GET SOMEBODY HERE THAT WOULD, THAT WOULD DRAW A CROWD, RIGHT. LIKE, YOU KNOW, I, I'M JUST THINKING LIKE, WHAT IS IT THAT WE COULD THAT WOULD IF OUR GOAL IS TO BRING MORE PEOPLE OUT BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT THIS DRONE SHOW WE'RE TRYING TO DO, RIGHT? BRING MORE PEOPLE OUT, OR ARE WE TRYING TO MAKE IT BETTER FOR 500 PEOPLE? I NEED BOTH, IT'S A COMBINATION. THAT'S WHAT I UNDERSTOOD. THE COUNCIL WANTED TO ADD THIS FEATURE. YEAH, I'M JUST STRUGGLING WITH LIKE, IF THE DRONE SHOW WORTH THE. WHEREAS IF WE GO WITH LIKE, I DON'T KNOW, JUST HYPOTHETICALLY, LIKE RAMON AYALA FOR 15 K OR WHATEVER, WE GET A DEAL AND THEN NOW HE'S HERE, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW. I'M JUST LIKE, I JUST MAY NOT BE HIM. IT COULD BE, YOU KNOW, IS MY SUGGESTION, YOU KNOW, OR IF WE BRING IT, IF WE DO A, YOU KNOW, A HOLOGRAM OF, YOU KNOW, WELL, LET'S PUT ON WHAT WAS HERE AND THEN THEY CAN COME OVER TO THE UNCLE. I THINK THERE'S A GOOD PROPOSAL HERE. STAFF BROUGHT THIS BACK, WHAT, A MONTH OR TWO AGO? I THINK THIS CONVERSATION ABOUT. HEY, YOU KNOW WHAT THE DRONES ARE HORRIBLE IDEA. DON'T BRING IT BACK. SHOULD HAVE HAPPENED THEN, BECAUSE THEN NOW WE TOLD THEM AT THAT MEETING, DO BRING IT BACK. 
          AND NOW WE'RE SAYING, WELL, IT'S HERE. ACTUALLY MAYBE NOT. YOU SHOULD HAVE BROUGHT BACK CHALINO SANCHEZ HOLOGRAM LIKE IT'S WE. WE ASKED THEM TO BRING THIS BACK. IT'S THE ITEM THAT WE HAVE IN FRONT OF US, SO WE SHOULD TAKE A VOTE ON IT. AND IF THE DIRECTION IS, MAYBE BRING BACK SOMETHING ELSE FOR THE FOR THE FOR THE PARADE, THEN WE COULD GO THERE. BUT AGAIN, WE COULD HAVE HAD THIS CONVERSATION WHEN IT FIRST CAME UP AND WE TOLD THEM TO BRING IT BACK. I DON'T THINK I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE. IF YOU NEEDED, IF YOU NEEDED DIRECTION FOR ADDITIONAL OPTIONS, WHEN WOULD YOU NEED THAT DECISION MADE? BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY IT'S JUST YOU KNOW, A COUPLE OF MONTHS AWAY IS, YOU KNOW, EVEN TO COME BACK. LET'S SAY IF YOU WERE TO COME BACK AT THE NEXT MEETING WITH SOME OPTIONS, YOU KNOW, WOULD THAT BE ENOUGH TIME FOR YOU TO BE ABLE TO SEEK OUT OTHER OPTIONS? IT IT REALLY DEPENDS. I MEAN, WE CAN SEARCH OUT FOR IT. WE BASICALLY HAVE A WEEK TO TURN THE AGENDA. SO THAT'S A REALLY SHORT TIME FRAME. I'M NOT SURE WHAT WE'LL FIND FOR YOU IN A WEEK. IN ADDITION, THE DATES ARE COMING CLOSE, SO I MEAN TO HOLD, YOU KNOW, THE DATE IS GOING TO BE MORE CHALLENGING EVEN FOR THE DRONE COMPANY. I'LL REITERATE, LIKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO TELL HER TO BRING SOMETHING ELSE WAS WHEN SHE FIRST BROUGHT THIS ITEM FORWARD TO US. THAT WAS THE OPPORTUNITY. I REITERATE TO MY COLLEAGUES, I DON'T YOU KNOW, THIS ITEM. WE TOLD HER TO BRING IT BACK. IT'S HERE NOW. SO OUR MOTION IS THERE'S NO SECOND IT DIES, BUT A MOTION THAT WE CAN MOVE PAST IT. I'LL SECOND. I'LL GO AHEAD AND TAKE A ROLL. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER DELGADO. I'LL ABSTAIN. OKAY. COUNCIL MEMBER GALARZA I. COUNCIL MEMBER FIGUEROA. NO. MAYOR PRO TEM BERGEN I. MAYOR. HERNANDEZ. NO. THANK YOU. MOTION FAILS. ALL 
          [02:40:08]
RIGHT. WE'LL MOVE FORWARD NOW. AND BUT BRING IT BACK NEXT MEETING WITH YOUR OPTIONS. AND THEN WE'LL. WE'RE DONE. PUBLIC HEARING. PUBLIC COMMENTS. WE ALREADY DID IT. COUNCIL COMMENT. 
          [Reports and Requests]
START TO MY LEFT. I'LL KEEP IT BRIEF. I WAS EXCITED ABOUT THE SUNLINE TRANSIT HUB GRAND OPENING. PEOPLE ARE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT IT. I'M HEARING WONDERFUL COMMENTS ABOUT IT AND THE STAFF AT SUNLINE REALLY, REALLY WANTED TO MAKE THAT A VERY SPECIAL DAY. AND THEY REALLY DID WORK HARD TO TRY TO MAKE IT AS AS BEST AS AS THEY COULD. I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO SOME OF THE EVENTS THAT WE HAVE COMING UP, AND THEY WERE ABLE TO GIVE YOU GUYS THE MASTER PLAN UPDATE TO THE PALM SPRINGS AIRPORT, WHICH OBVIOUSLY SERVES THE ENTIRE COACHELLA VALLEY. SO OTHER THAN THAT, THAT'S IT FOR ME. COUNCIL MEMBER NO REPORT. AND THANKS FOR EVERYTHING TODAY, DOCTOR. MR. CITY MANAGER, I DID MY RECORDING FOR THE STATE OF THE CITY, AND I DID IT AT THE FIRE STATION. AND THERE'S TOO MUCH PIGEON POOP. IT'S VERY DISGUSTING. IT'S A BRAND NEW BUILDING. AND. BUT I LOOKED AT THE IF YOU WANT TO LOOK AT HOW THE LIBRARY IS SET UP WITH THE WITH THE PIGEONS AREN'T ALLOWED TO THING THE WAY THEY DID THE FIRE STATION, IT DOESN'T LOOK THE SAME. SO THERE'S STILL PLACES WHERE THE PIGEONS CAN CAN GO AROUND. AND YOU KNOW, I WAS DOING THE RECORDING AND I'M LIKE, OH, THEY'RE GOING TO SEE THE PIGEON POOP IN THE, IN THE, IN THE VIDEO RECORDING. AND, YOU KNOW, IT WAS JUST KIND OF SADDENING TO SEE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THIS BRAND NEW FACILITY AND THERE'S IT'S ON THE FLOOR. AND I JUST WANTED TO BRING THAT UP. AND IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S BECAUSE THE PIGEON, THEY'RE THEY'RE STILL ABLE TO HAVE CREVICES FOR THEM. AND I THINK THAT'S THE BIGGER TO LOOK AT THAT. SO WE CAN GO BACK AND SEE IT ONCE THERE'S MORE OF THAT. AND WHATEVER THE LIBRARY HAS SEEMS TO WORK BECAUSE YOU DON'T SEE IT REALLY. THERE WE HAVE, YEAH. YEAH. SO PUTTING IT OVER THERE, THAT WOULD BE THERE. AND THEN LOOKING FORWARD TO THE STATE OF THE CITY. AND I ATTENDED THE CITY. STATE OF THE CITY FOR THE CITY OF INDIO. THEN THERE TAJ MAHAL IN THE COUNTY. THAT WAS PRETTY COOL BUILDING TO HAVE IT. SO THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS. I'LL BE BRIEF. I ATTENDED THE SUNLINE TRANSIT HUB RIBBON, CUTTING IT WAS GREAT TO SEE ALL THE COMMUNITY OUT AND EXCITED FOR THAT AND FOR THE SHADE STRUCTURES. THEY DID A REALLY GREAT JOB WITH THAT AND LET'S SEE, I DID THE RECORDING ALSO FOR THE STATE OF THE CITY. IT'S FUN. WHEN I WAS DOING THE RECORDING, THE FOLKS THAT WERE WORKING WITH SAID, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF A LIKE A GOAL WITH YOU BECAUSE YOURS WAS THE FUNNIEST ONE LAST YEAR. SO WE'RE TRYING TO MEET THAT AGAIN. BUT IT WAS IT WAS GREAT TO BE AROUND THE CITY AND DO THE RECORDING AND YEAH, LOOKING FORWARD TO THE STATE OF THE CITY. IT SHOULD BE A GREAT EVENT. IT'S ALWAYS A REALLY GREAT EVENT AND VERY WELL ATTENDED. SO AND JUST THANK YOU TO STAFF FOR BEING HERE AND FOR YOUR SUPPORT ALWAYS AND EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO FOR US. I KNOW THAT WE DON'T THANK YOU ENOUGH, BUT WE REALLY DO APPRECIATE YOU HANGING IN THERE WITH US THROUGH EVERYTHING. AND I KNOW THIS WEEK HAS BEEN, YOU KNOW, LIKE EVERY WEEK. IT'S JUST IT'S FULL OF A LOT OF THINGS. BUT WE REALLY DO APPRECIATE YOU. 
          SO THANK YOU. YEAH. THE RIBBON CUTTING WAS PRETTY COOL. I HAD TO GO BACK AND FORTH FROM JURY DUTY TO THERE AND IT WAS, YOU KNOW, I THINK SUNLINE STAFF, THEIR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, AND IT'S NEAT AND THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER DELGADO TOO, FOR WORKING ON THAT BECAUSE THEY THEY REALLY DID DO A GOOD JOB. AND I THINK THERE'S ANOTHER RIBBON CUTTING COMING UP. I WANT TO SAY THURSDAY OR FOR THE HYDROGEN THE HYDROGEN FACILITY. YEAH. THANK YOU FOR REMINDING ME. YEAH. 
          YEAH. SO THEY THEY INVITED ME OUT TO THAT. TOO BAD THAT THE WEATHER DIDN'T HELP BECAUSE MAN, IT'S BEEN HOT. IT'S BEEN HOT, YOU KNOW. AND BUT IT WAS A REALLY NICE CEREMONY. VERY NICE. 
          OBVIOUSLY WE'VE BEEN IN THE NEWS. YOU KNOW THERE'S A LOCAL LOCAL THE NATIONAL PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE MAKING A STOP RIGHT NEAR OUR BORDER. AND SO I KNOW PUBLIC SAFETY HAS BEEN WORKING WITH SECRET SERVICE. YOU KNOW, IT'S ALL PART OF FREE SPEECH, ETC. AND WHAT WE SAY IS PART OF FREE SPEECH AND OBVIOUSLY WE KNOW OUR COMMUNITY, 98% LATINO. AND, YOU KNOW, FOLKS THAT ARE 
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VERY VITAL TO THIS ECONOMY HERE IN THE COACHELLA VALLEY. AND SO OUR JOB IS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE FEEL SAFE AND THAT WE PROTECT OUR RESIDENTS. AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO DO THAT. HAVING SAID THAT, ON SATURDAY, WE'LL BE HAVING OUR OWN LITTLE RALLY HERE IN DOWNTOWN. SO ALL OF YOU ARE WELCOME. 9 A.M. IN THE MORNING. AND I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE ALL THE COUNCIL THERE TO SPEAK IF THEY WISH TO AS WELL. SO IF YOU ALL WISH TO ATTEND, LET ME KNOW. WITH THAT THOUGH, JUST THANK YOU TO EVERYONE. IT IS GOING TO STILL BE HOT FOR THE REST OF THE WEEK. BUT YOU KNOW, HANG IN THERE AND A LOT OF COOL THINGS HAPPENING IN COACHELLA. GABE, THE FLOOR IS YOURS. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. JUST A FEW COMMENTS. MOVING THE PARK FRIDAY BACK TO THE PARK AND SET OUT TO COMMUNITY CLEANUP EVENT ON SATURDAY. BACK TO PARK. A LEAGUE OF THE CITIES NATIONAL CONFERENCE NEXT WEEK IN LONG BEACH. THE NATIONAL SHAKEOUT DRILL IS ON ON THE 17TH, NEXT WEEK AT 1017, AND THE STATE OF THE CITY IS NEXT WEDNESDAY, THE 23RD AT 730. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THAT. FOR THAT RALLY THAT'S NEAR CITY. HAVE HAS ANYONE REACHED OUT TO US ABOUT USING ANY OF OUR RESOURCES OR SERVICES? NO. NO ONE'S USED ASKING FOR RESOURCES OR SERVICES. IF ANYONE DOES REACH OUT, WE JUST MAKE SURE THAT THAT THAT WE GET REIMBURSED FOR ANYTHING BECAUSE THAT CAMPAIGN IS INFAMOUS FOR USING PUBLIC RESOURCES AND NOT REIMBURSING. 
          SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE ENSURE THAT OUR RESOURCES, INCLUDING PUBLIC SAFETY, IS AVAILABLE TO OUR RESIDENTS BEFORE, YOU KNOW ANYTHING ELSE, WE'LL DO. SIR. 
          THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. WITH THAT
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.