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READY? WHENEVER YOU'RE READY. ALL RIGHT. I CALL TO ORDER THIS MEETING ON 4:31 P.M. WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO LEAD THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE? I DO, OKAY. THANK YOU. SUPERINTENDENT. OVER YOUR HEART. READY TO BEGIN? 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. VINCENT, COULD YOU READ THE ROLL CALL, PLEASE? SURE. COMMISSIONER NUNEZ.
PRESENT. COMMISSIONER VALLE. PRESENT. COMMISSIONER LAURA SALDIVAR IS ABSENT. I DO BELIEVE SHE'LL BE RUNNING LATE. SHE'LL BE RUNNING LATE. OKAY. COMMISSIONER MENDEZ PRESENT.
COMMISSIONER FAUSTO. PRESENT. COMMISSIONER COBOS. AND COMMISSIONER COBOS DID MENTION THAT HE WILL. HE WILL BE ABSENT FOR TODAY'S MEETING. COMMISSIONER MEZA. PRESENT.
COMMISSIONER ARRIAGA. AND COMMISSIONER PULIDO. HERE. THANK YOU. I WOULD LIKE THE APPROVAL
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OF THE AGENDA. AT THIS TIME, THE COMMISSION MAY ANNOUNCE ANY ITEMS BEING PULLED FROM THE AGENDA OR CONTINUED TO ANOTHER DATE. OR REQUEST THE MOVING OF AN ITEM ON THE AGENDA. NO CHANGES TO THE AGENDA. COMMISSIONER, MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE? I. MOTION TO APPROVE. MAY I HAVE A SECOND MOTION? I HAVE, A MOTION TO APPROVE. THANK YOU. NOW FOR THE[Approval Of The Minutes]
APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES. ITEM ONE. REGULAR MEETING MINUTES OF DECEMBER 16TH, 2024 OF THE CITY OF COACHELLA YOUTH ADVISORY COMMISSION. MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE? I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE. MAY I HAVE A SECOND MOTION TO APPROVE? I MOTION TO APPROVE. THANK YOU. NOW FOR[Presentations]
PRESENTATIONS. ITEM TWO SAFE SPACE CAMPAIGN AND TEEN SOCIAL PROGRAMING 2025. HI. GOOD AFTERNOON. ARE YOU GOOD? YOU'RE GOOD. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. JESUS. SO THANK YOU. SO JUST GOING OVER WHAT WE HAD PREVIOUSLY DISCUSSED IN THE LAST FEW MEETINGS. WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, THE SAFE SPACE CAMPAIGN AND TEEN SOCIAL. THAT WAS KIND OF LIKE WHERE WE LEFT IT FROM THE LAST MEETING. AND THROUGH PARTNERSHIP WITH THE DESERT RECREATION DISTRICT, THEY HAVE IDENTIFIED FOUR, FOUR DATES THIS SUMMER, MARCH 15TH, THE JUNE 12TH, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CENTER AS WELL. AND JULY 10TH AND AUGUST 14TH. AND THEN IF YOU LOOK IN I ALSO HAVE THE FLIER IN FRONT OF YOU. LIST OUTLINING THE ACTIVITY FOR EACH NIGHT. SO THURSDAY, MAY 15TH WE HAVE A PIZZA AND PAINT NIGHT. THURSDAY, JUNE 12TH WE HAVE THE OPEN MIC NIGHT AGAIN WITH PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CENTER. JULY 10TH WILL ALSO BE THE NETWORK IN THE CHILL. AND THEN ALSO FINALLY THE AUGUST 14TH IS THE GAME NIGHT. AND THEN I DIDN'T HAVE THE I DIDN'T PRINT OUT THE HANDOUT FOR THAT ONE.BUT THIS IS AN ACTIVITY THAT'S DONE HERE AT THE CENTER WITH THE LGBTQ. AND THEY MEET EVERY WEDNESDAY IN JUST A, YOU KNOW, MAINLY TARGETED FOR THE YOUTH. IT'S FOR YOU THE OPPORTUNITY TO HANG OUT, YOU KNOW, AND JUST BE AMONGST WITH OTHER TEENAGERS. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS ON THOSE TWO ITEMS OR A COUPLE OF ITEMS I SHOULD SAY. ANYONE HAVE QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT. SO IF I CAN JUST WANTED TO PIGGYBACK ON TO VINCENT'S PRESENTATION. OUR INTENT WITH THIS PRESENTATION IS REALLY TO RESPOND TO THE COMMISSION'S CAMPAIGN WITH REGARD TO SAFE SPACES. AND I THINK THAT IN OUR CONVERSATION THAT WE HAD AT OUR LAST MEETING. HAPPY 2025, EVERYONE. LAST YEAR. RIGHT. WE HAD A LOT OF GOOD DIALOG, AND I THINK IT LED US TO A PLACE WHERE WE, THE COMMISSION HAD ASKED US TO BRING SOMETHING BACK THAT WAS MORE OF A SOCIAL OPPORTUNITY FOR TEENS TO FEEL FULLY INCLUSIVE, WHERE EVERYONE WAS INVITED, AND WOULD ALLOW THOSE OPPORTUNITIES TO HAVE THE INTERACTION FOR YOUTH PRIMARILY KIND OF, I THINK, FOCUSED MORE AT THAT TEEN AGE RANGE. BUT THAT WAS OUR INTENT WITH COMING BACK WITH THIS. SO WE'RE LOOKING FOR SOME
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FEEDBACK. IF THIS IS SOMETHING THE COMMISSION WOULD LIKE TO SEE ROLLED OUT, OR IF YOU HAVE ANY RECOMMENDATIONS ABOUT HOW YOU WOULD LIKE US TO, YOU KNOW. CHANGE IT, MOLD IT, SOMETHING TO THAT EFFECT. SO. SURE. SO OVER THE OVER THE PAST MONTH, LIKE RIGHT AFTER THE LAST MEETING THAT WE HAD, I RESEARCHED ONLINE AND TRIED LOOKING AT LIKE IDEAS THAT I CAN COME UP WITH. AND I WAS THINKING LIKE, WOULD WE BE ABLE TO LIKE INSTEAD OF CALLING IT LIKE A SAFE SPACE CAMPAIGN? LIKE IT'LL STILL BE A SAFE SPACE, RIGHT? BUT WHAT IF WE COME UP WITH A NAME? AND I WAS THINKING SOMETHING LIKE, TOGETHER WE THRIVE. LIKE, I WANTED TO KNOW IF IT WAS POSSIBLE TO DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT. AND I WAS THINKING, WE CAN ALSO MAYBE HAVE LIKE A SLOGAN.AND I WAS THINKING SOMETHING LIKE A SAFE SPACE FOR EVERY HEART AND MIND. I WAS THINKING SOMETHING LIKE THIS. BECAUSE IF I FEEL LIKE IT'S GENERAL AND IT CAN APPLY TO EVERYBODY, AND I FEEL LIKE IT'S SOMETHING INCLUSIVE, AND I FEEL LIKE IT ALSO ENCOURAGES THE IDEA THAT WHEN WE ALL COME TOGETHER, LIKE ALL YOUTH, LIKE WE LIKE, THAT'S HOW WE PERFORM BEST, YOU KNOW, LIKE WHEN WE ALL WORK AS A TEAM. AND I ALSO CAME UP WITH A FEW COLORS THAT WE CAN USE ON A LOGO THAT WE CAN HAVE FOR THAT. AND THESE COLORS WOULD REPRESENT DIFFERENT THINGS. SO I CAME UP WITH SO ORANGE WOULD MEAN LIKE COMMUNITY. THAT'S WHAT THAT WOULD REPRESENT. BLUE WOULD REPRESENT TRUST. GREEN WOULD REPRESENT GROWTH. AND I WAS THINKING THESE THREE COLORS BECAUSE THESE WOULD BE LIKE THE MAIN THINGS THAT A SAFE SPACE CAMPAIGN LIKE FOCUSED ON THE YOUTH, I FEEL LIKE WOULD INCLUDE. AND SO FOR THE AWARENESS, I FEEL LIKE FOR THE SAFE SPACE CAMPAIGN, WE CAN HAVE LIKE CERTAIN THEMES THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. I WAS THINKING SOMETHING LIKE UNDERSTANDING SAFE SPACES AND WHY THEY MATTER, LIKE MAYBE HAVE LIKE A THING WHERE LIKE YOUTH CAN COME TOGETHER AND IT'S LIKE A, LIKE AN INFORMATIONAL MEETING OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. AND THERE'S ANOTHER THEME THAT I ALSO WAS THINKING ABOUT CALLED EMPATHY AND ACTION BUILDING BRIDGES AND NOT ACTIONS. SO LIKE BASICALLY TEACHING YOUTH HOW TO RESPOND TO SITUATIONS WITH EMPATHY INSTEAD OF LIKE AGGRESSIVE WAYS OF DOING THINGS OR, YOU KNOW, LIKE JUST BASICALLY ENCOURAGING POSITIVITY OVER ANYTHING ELSE, BASICALLY. AND I ALSO CAME UP OR I WAS ALSO THINKING ABOUT LIKE AN EVENT THAT WE CAN THAT I WAS WONDERING IF WE CAN HAVE IF I CAN. I'M NOT TRYING TO CUT YOU OFF, COMMISSIONER, BUT REALLY JUST KEEPING TO THE ITEM SO FAR. SO I THINK SOME OF THOSE ARE ALSO APPROPRIATE TO THE COMMISSIONER COMMENT SECTION THAT WE WILL STILL BE GETTING TO. BUT THIS ITEM IS BEFORE THE COMMISSION AS A STANDALONE ITEM, RIGHT? IT WAS A RESPONSE TO THE DIALOG WE HAD AS A IT IT IN RESPECT TO THE SAFE SPACE CAMPAIGN, AND I APPRECIATE THE COMMENTS I'VE WE'VE TAKEN NOTE BOTH OF US. AND I THINK THAT MAYBE HAVING SOME DIALOG ON JUST THE COMMENT ABOUT THE NAME OF THE CAMPAIGN AND IF THIS SOCIAL STILL FITS IN WHAT THE COMMISSION WANTS TO SEE, TO BE ONE OF THE PRODUCTS OF ITS CAMPAIGN. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THIS AS ONE OF THE PRODUCTS OF THE CAMPAIGN. GETTING A LOT OF. I SAW A COUPLE NODS. ANYONE NOT COMFORTABLE WITH AS PRESENTED? I THINK WE ALL STAND COMFORTABLE. OKAY, SO WITH WITH THAT DISCUSSION, WE AS THE PRESENTED ITEM WOULD KIND OF DO A MAY THROUGH SUMMER, MAY, JUNE, JULY, AUGUST I THINK WAS THE GREAT THING ABOUT THIS. THIS PROPOSAL IS ALSO THERE'S NO MONETARY IMPACT TO THE CITY'S BUDGET BECAUSE OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH TRT WILL ALLOW US TO ABSORB IT WITHOUT HAVING AN IMPACT. SO WE DID TALK TO THE CENTER. THEY ARE ALSO ON BOARD IN THE COLLAB, AS WAS SOMETHING THAT I THINK THE COMMISSIONERS WANTED TO SEE, WANTED TO SPEAK TO COMMISSIONER PULIDO'S COMMENTS WITH REGARD T, I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S ANY INTEREST IN DISCUSSING THE CAMPAIGN NAME, I GUESS BECAUSE THAT WOULD OBVIOUSLY KIND OF MEET KIND OF BE HOW WE ROLL THIS OUT. RIGHT? SO WE WERE DEFINITELY ROLLING THE SOCIAL ADDED PROGRAMING THAT WE THAT WAS PRESENTED AS PART OF THE CAMPAIGN THAT THE COMMISSION IDENTIFIED TO BE THE SAFE SPACE CAMPAIGN, AND MAYBE I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS WANTED TO HAVE ANY DIALOG ON THAT TOPIC NOW, OR IF YOU GUYS WANT US TO BRING THAT BACK. BECAUSE THAT NAME WAS SOMETHING THAT ORIGINATED WITH
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THE COMMISSION A FEW MONTHS BACK. I HEAR A LITTLE BIT OF A DIFFERENT RECOMMENDATION. AND JUST FOR CLARITY, AS WE START TO MARKET THE CAMPAIGN, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE MARKETING A NAME THAT IS, IS REFLECTIVE OF HOW EVERYONE FEELS. WELL, I BELIEVE THAT'S A GOOD IDEA. A CHANGE IN TITLE. IT'S OR HOW HE OR HOW JOSHUA PROPOSED IT. IT'S VERY GENERAL, AS HE SAID, AND IT'S MORE IT'S SOMETHING YOU ACTUALLY SEE ALL AROUND. SO I WOULD AGREE IN THAT WE SHOULD CHANGE IT AND MAYBE WE SHOULD BRING IT UP TO A FUTURE MEETING. OKAY. OKAY. IS THERE SUPPORT FOR THAT? PERFECT. WITH RESPECT TO A LOGO, CAN I SIMPLY JUST COMMENT ON THAT? WE WOULD PROBABLY BE ROLLING ALL THIS OUT WITH THE CITY'S LOGO AND USING THAT AS THE LOGO, BECAUSE IT'D BE A CITY BACKED EVENT. SO IF THAT'S OKAY, WE WOULD DEFINITELY MARKET IT AS A CAMPAIGN AND THE YOUTH ADVISORY COMMISSION, BUT IT WOULD BE WITH THE COACHELLA LOGO THAT YOU GUYS ARE ALL THANK YOU FOR WEARING THE SHIRTS REPRESENTING. THAT SOUNDS PERFECT. OKAY, AWESOME. THANK YOU FOR THE FEEDBACK, COMMISSIONERS. ON THIS ITEM. I ALSO I WANTED TO MENTION AN IDEA OF MAYBE LIKE A POTENTIAL EVENT THAT WE CAN HAVE IN THE FUTURE. I WAS THINKING, WHAT IF WE HAVE LIKE LIKE A, A MUSIC FESTIVAL AT THE VETERANS PARK, BUT WITH THE YOUTH, LIKE, WOULD THAT BE SOMETHING THAT WAS THAT, WOULD THAT CAN BE POSSIBLE. SO WE HISTORICALLY WE HAVE PARTNERED WITH VARIOUS AGENCIES. ONE OF THE EVENTS THAT HAS BEEN RECURRING, IT HAS HAD A COUPLE OF BREAKS, HAS BEEN THE HUE. BEFORE WE DO SOMETHING ALL ON OUR OWN, I'D LIKE TO VISIT AND SEE IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THEY'RE LOOKING TO BRING BACK THIS YEAR, AND IT MIGHT BE SOMETHING THAT WE CAN PARTNER WITH. THE AGENCIES THAT USUALLY COLLABORATE TO DELIVER THAT EVENT, THAT THAT EVENT IS FOCUSED AT THE YOUTH AND THAT YOUTH BANDS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE. I'M NOT SURE IF ANY OF THE COMMISSIONERS HAVE HEARD OF THAT EVENT. IT WAS ACTUALLY HELD AT VETERANS PARK. I'VE HEARD OF IT. SO WE CAN BRING YOU AN UPDATE ON THAT. ONCE WE CONNECT WITH THE AGENCIES AND SEE IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S STILL FORTHCOMING, AND THEN WE CAN CONNECT YOU DIRECTLY WITH THEM AND, AND INCORPORATE YOURSELVES INTO THE PLANNING AND ORGANIZING OF THAT. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. WILL THAT BE ALL FOR THIS ITEM? IT WILL, I THINK. YEAH. THAT'S IT UNLESS ANYBODY ELSE WANTS TO. ALL RIGHT. MOVING ON TO ITEM THREE. YOUTH ADVISORY COMMISSION VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES 2025. SO AS WE HAVE YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THE BIG MAIN PROJECT FOR THE SOCIAL HAPPENING FOR THE SUMMERTIME. WE ALSO WANTED TO INCLUDE A FEW OTHER EVENTS THAT POTENTIALLY MAY BE INTERESTING, YOU KNOW, FOR THE GROUP TO PARTICIPATE. I SEE IT AS A BIG OPPORTUNITY, YOU KNOW, TO PUT YOUR FACES OUT THERE. THE NEXT ONE THAT WE HAVE UP IS IN FEBRUARY FOR ARBOR DAY.THIS IS ON FEBRUARY 22ND. THIS WILL BE AT BACKDOOR PARK. AND THIS IS A COUPLE OF PICTURES FROM FROM PREVIOUS EVENTS WHERE. YOU KNOW, VOLUNTEERS WOULD COME OUT AND SPEND THE EVENING, SPEND THE MORNING THERE ACTUALLY A COUPLE OF HOURS PLANTING SOME TREES AND BASICALLY TRYING TO REVITALIZE OUR COMMUNITY BY MAKING IT A GREEN SPACE FOR BETTER AND JUST IMPROVING THE SITUATION THROUGHOUT OUR PARKS. SO AGAIN, THAT'S ON FEBRUARY. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 22ND, 8 A.M.
TO 1030. AND HOPEFULLY, YOU KNOW, IF WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, CONSENSUS THAT THE GROUP COULD BE OUT THERE, THIS WOULD BE A GOOD, YOU KNOW, OPPORTUNITY TO BE ALL CAPTURED ALL TOGETHER AS A GROUP. THE NEXT ONE IS IN MARCH. WE HAVE THE DAY OF THE YOUNG CHILD EVENT THAT HAPPENS JUST BEHIND US OVER HERE AT VETERANS PARK. THIS IS ON MARCH 8TH AT 9 A.M. TO 12 P.M. AGAIN, THIS ONE IS REALLY FOCUSING ON THE LITTLE ONES, THE LITTLE ELEMENTARY KIDS, I THINK SO, RIGHT. IT'S IT IS YOUNG KIDS. SO I THINK THE AGE GROUP IS KIND OF LIKE PRE PRE-KINDER HONESTLY, IT'S REALLY FOCUSED ON LITERACY AND DEVELOPING OUR KIDDOS. BUT YES, OUR LITTLE ONES AND THE VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITY FOR THE YOUTH ADVISORY COMMISSION WOULD BE HELPING, ASSISTING AND JUST MAKING THAT EVENT HAPPEN. APRIL, I DON'T HAVE A DATE FOR THIS ONE. THIS ONE WILL BE MAINLY LED THROUGH THE GROUP. IT'S ADOPT A PARK. YOU HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO, YOU KNOW, TO DO SOME SORT OF CLEANUP THERE AT ANY PARK THAT YOU LIKE. I JUST POSTED RANCHO LAS FLORES FOR, FOR THIS
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PRESENTATION. AND THEN AT THE END OF IT, WE'LL PUT UP SOME SORT OF PLAQUE THAT THIS IS TECHNICALLY OWNED BY THE YOUTH ADVISORY COMMISSION. SO YOU GET TO PUT YOUR NAME ON IT AS A SECTION OF THE PARK AND SAY THAT THIS BELONGS TO YOU GUYS. AND THEN LASTLY, LASTLY, BEFORE THE SUMMER SAFE SPACE CAMPAIGN I HAVE FOR MAY IS THE FINE FOOD BANK. THIS ONE IS ANOTHER VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITY THAT HAPPENS INDOORS. SO AGAIN, MAY GETS A LITTLE BIT WARMER AT THAT TIME OF THE YEAR. SO YOU'LL BE ABLE TO STAY INSIDE OF A SHADE A LITTLE BIT OF SHELTER AND YOU'LL BE ABLE TO HELP OUT AGAIN. GIVE BACK TO YOUR COMMUNITY BY HELPING OUT WITH THE FINE FOOD BANK. AND THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. IS THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? IF YOU WANT, YOU COULD IDENTIFY ALREADY IF YOU GUYS MAY HAVE A DISCUSSION TO IDENTIFY THE DATE THAT YOU MAY HAVE FOR ADOPT A PARK AND THEN FOR THE FOR THE FINE FOOD BANK, THAT ONE. I'LL GET BACK TO YOU ON A DATE ON THAT ONE. I STILL NEED TO CONNECT WITH THEM WITH THE ORGANIZATION TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THEY THEY WOULD LIKE YOU GUYS TO BE THERE IN ATTENDANCE. ALL RIGHT. FOR ADOPT THE PARK, I WOULD PROBABLY SAY IT WOULD HAVE TO BE IN A WEEKEND IF POSSIBLE, LIKE MAINLY SATURDAY, JUST IN CASE ANYONE HAS TO GO TO CHURCH. OKAY. AND DON'T WE HAVE SPRING BREAK IN APRIL? IT IS IN APRIL.OH IT IS, YEAH. WOULD IT BE POSSIBLE TO DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT DURING THE SPRING BREAK JUST IN CASE? DO WE ALL HAVE THE SAME SPRING BREAK, OR DO YOU KNOW, LIKE WHAT DAY IS THERE? I'M I'M I'M SURE YEAH, I'M SURE IT'S THE SAME FOR SURE. YEAH. OKAY. AND SHADOWS IS IT RUN BY A DIFFERENT DISTRICT. YEAH. THE INDIO RIGHT. OR DESERT. YEAH. IS IT EARLY OR MID APRIL. IT'S. I AM NOT SURE. IT'S THE WEEK OF THE 20TH OKAY. AND WE DON'T NEED TO SOLIDIFY DATES AT THIS TIME.
COMMISSIONERS. WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR IS THESE WERE IDEAS OF WAYS TO INCORPORATE SOME VOLUNTEERISM INTO YOUR TERM DURING THE YEAR AS MEMBERS OF THE ACT. RIGHT. SO IF THESE ARE NOT IN LINE WITH SOMETHING THAT YOU, YOU GUYS AS A BODY WANT TO DO, WE'RE OKAY. WE'RE OPEN TO SUGGESTIONS AND WE CAN SWAP THEM OUT FOR SOMETHING ELSE. WE JUST TOOK THE CALENDAR AND REALLY WANTED TO GIVE YOU SOME OPTIONS OF SOME, SOME IDEAS. SO WE'RE NOT YOU KNOW, YOU ARE NOT PIGEONHOLED TO THESE. THESE ARE JUST SOME, SOME OPTIONS THAT WE THOUGHT MIGHT BE GOOD TO SHARE.
I PERSONALLY WOULD PROBABLY LIKE TO DO THEM ALL. AND I HAVE ALSO RECEIVED LIKE EMAILS OF LIKE POSSIBLE OPPORTUNITIES. WAS THAT FROM LIKE EITHER ONE OF YOU OR WAS IT AN EMAIL FROM ELSEWHERE? NO, IT WAS FOR ME BECAUSE IT WAS MAINLY LIKE CITY EVENTS. OH, OKAY. YEAH. YES. YOU RECEIVED THOSE FROM JESSICA NAVARRO. SHE SENT OUT ALL OF OUR EVENT DATES FOR THE CALENDAR AND THROUGH JULY. SO ALL OF OUR COMMISSIONERS, YOU GUYS ARE OUR YOUTH ADVISORY COMMISSION. SO OUR PLANNING COMMISSIONERS, OUR PARK COMMISSIONERS, WE SENT THOSE OUT TO ALL OF OUR COMMISSIONERS. JUST SO THAT YOU GUYS ARE FAMILIAR WITH WHEN THE CITY IS CELEBRATING DIFFERENT THINGS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, AND WE USUALLY SEND OUT THOSE INVITES IN SIX MONTHS. SO YOU GOT EVERYTHING TO THE 4TH OF JULY, I THINK. SO YOU GUYS ARE ALWAYS WELCOME TO ATTEND THOSE.
WE, WE, WE DO THAT ON PURPOSE BECAUSE WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE IS BOTH INFORMED AND IF THEY CAN ATTEND, WE'D LOVE TO SEE THE ATTENDANCE OBVIOUSLY. AND REPRESENTATION.
ALL RIGHT OKAY. BUT ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO ADD ANYTHING. I ALSO HAD A FEW MORE IDEAS. THIS LIKE AGAIN THIS IS IT FOCUSED ON VOLUNTEERISM. YEAH. YEAH. IT'S FOCUSED ON THE VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES. SO I WAS THINKING MAYBE WE CAN HAVE LIKE A TRASH A TRASH PICKUP DAY, LIKE WHERE WE'RE GOING AROUND COACHELLA. LIKE, I KNOW THERE'S ALREADY ONE THAT'S LIKE CLEANING THE PARK, BUT I WAS THINKING MAYBE, LIKE GOING AROUND COACHELLA AND WE DO HAVE ANOTHER PROGRAM VERY SIMILAR TO ADOPT A PARK, AND IT IS CALLED ADOPT THE STREET. SO IF YOU WANTED TO DO BOTH, YOU COULD DO BOTH. AND ESSENTIALLY THE REQUIREMENTS ARE VERY SIMILAR. IT'S SIMPLY A QUARTERLY COMMITMENT. AM I RIGHT FOR. YEAH FOR COMMITMENTS THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE YEAR. AND THEN SO YOU COULD DO LITTER CONTROL ALONG A CERTAIN SEGMENT OF, YOU KNOW, VAN BUREN OR FREDERICK OR WHICHEVER STREET THE COMMISSION WANTED TO ADOPT, YOU COULD ACTUALLY DO BOTH. IT DIDN'T HAVE TO BE ONE ONE MONTH AND ONE ANOTHER MONTH. YOU COULD DO BOTH, MAYBE IN THE MONTH OF APRIL, OR YOU COULD DO ONE ON ONE DIFFERENT MONTHS. YEAH. SO WE'RE HAPPY TO SHARE THE INFORMATION ABOUT ADOPT A PARK AND WE'LL BRING THE APPLICATIONS FOR BOTH TO THE COMMISSION NEXT MEETING. YEAH. THANK YOU. I WAS ALSO THINKING, HOW ABOUT LIKE WOULD IT BE POSSIBLE IF WE CAN
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PAINT LIKE OVER GRAFFITI, LIKE BASICALLY A GRAFFITI CLEANUP? WE CAN BRING THAT BACK. DID YOU WANT TO DO THAT? IN ADDITION TO THESE? YEAH. LIKE IF IT IF IT'S POSSIBLE. OF COURSE. LIKE THESE ARE JUST IDEAS THAT I CAME UP WITH, YOU KNOW, AND I FEEL LIKE IF THE YOUTH WERE TO BE MORE FOCUSED ON, LIKE, YOU KNOW, ON, LIKE ON MORE EVENTS LIKE THIS BECAUSE USUALLY I SEE EVENTS, BUT I SEE ADULTS, YOU KNOW, WORKING THEM. AND I FEEL LIKE IF THE YOUTH WERE MORE INVOLVED, LIKE IN THINGS LIKE A GRAFFITI CLEANUP OR, OR THINGS LIKE THAT, I FEEL LIKE THAT WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, LIKE, REALLY THAT WOULD BE REALLY GOOD. DO YOU HAVE AN AREA IN MIND FOR THAT? I DON'T IF ANYTHING, WE COULD LOOK AROUND NOW LIKE WE DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE TO GO SEARCH FOR IT. BUT ONCE WE DO SEE IT, WE CAN THINK OF AN AREA. YES. IF YOU GUYS HAVE LIKE AN AREA IN MIND THAT YOU WANTED TO HELP BEAUTIFY LIKE WEED ABATEMENT GRAFFITI, GENERALLY WHEN WE HAVE DONE THOSE BEFORE. SO YOU USUALLY IDENTIFY THE SPACE THAT YOU FEEL NEEDS SOME OF THAT TLC. RIGHT.AND THEN WE CAN HELP SUPPORT THAT EFFORT. BUT I GUESS I WOULD PREFER IF IT CAME FROM THE COMMISSION AS OPPOSED TO US TELLING YOU WHAT AREA, BECAUSE I KNOW IT WOULD BE KIND OF CLOSER TO YOUR HEARTS WITH RESPECT TO IF YOU PICK THAT SPACE IN COACHELLA THAT YOU WANTED TO HELP GIVE SOME LOVE TO. ANY OTHER IDEAS? NOT NOT RELATED TO, LIKE VOLUNTEERING SPECIFICALLY, I CAME UP WITH THINGS LIKE LIKE INTERNSHIPS OR INTERNSHIP OPPORTUNITIES. LIKE I WAS ALSO WONDERING IF THE CITY WOULD BE ABLE TO PROVIDE SO. AND I DON'T MEAN TO CUT YOU OFF, SO I'M GOING TO JUST REITERATE THIS AND JUST GENERALLY BROWN ACT ONLY ALLOWS US TO SPEAK ON THE ITEM.
SO ON THE ITEM, ANYTHING RELATED TO THAT ITEM, WE CAN KIND OF, YOU KNOW, WORK OUR WAY THROUGH.
BUT IF WE'RE GOING TO BRANCH OFF TO A NEW TOPIC, THEN WE NEED TO AGENDIZE IT. OR YOU CAN IDENTIFY ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE THAT YOU WANT STAFF TO EVALUATE FURTHER ON YOUR COMMENT SECTION.
SO WHAT I DID HERE IS THAT YOU WOULD LIKE US TO BRING BACK SOMETHING ON THE ADOPT A STREET OPTION, AND I SAW A LOT OF NODS. SO I THINK THERE'S SUPPORT IN IN THAT FROM THE COMMISSION. AND ALSO A COMMUNITY CLEANUP GRAFFITI ABATEMENT. BUT THE COMMISSION WILL DISCUSS NOT DISCUSS, BUT COMMISSIONERS, YOU GUYS WILL COME BACK IN FEBRUARY WITH SOME IDEAS INDIVIDUALLY THAT YOU WOULD LIKE US TO EVALUATE, TO PUT TOGETHER FOR THE LOCATION THAT YOU WOULD LIKE THAT ABATEMENT TO OCCUR. AM I AM I ON THE RIGHT TRACK? YES. YES. OKAY. AWESOME. AND SO OTHER COMMENTS ON NOT RELATED. ANY COMMENTS RELATED TO THIS ITEM? OBVIOUSLY WE'D LIKE TO HEAR THEM, BUT ANY OTHER COMMENTS OUTSIDE OF THIS ITEM I THINK SHOULD KIND OF WAIT TO THE COMMISSIONER COMMENT SECTION JUST FOR BROWN GIRLS. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. IF THAT IS SET, THEN WE HAVE NO NEW BUSINESS. AND THE PUBLIC COMMENTS NON-AGENDA ITEMS. THE PUBLIC MAY ADDRESS THE COMMISSION ON ANY ITEM OF INTEREST TO THE PUBLIC THAT IS NOT ON THE AGENDA, BUT IS WITHIN THE SUBJECT MATTER JURISDICTION THEREOF. PLEASE LIMIT YOUR COMMENT COMMENTS TO THREE MINUTES. ANYBODY ON ZOOM? NO THANK YOU, THANK YOU. REPORTS
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AND REQUESTS. COMMISSIONER COMMENTS AND PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR'S COMMENTS. COMMISSION COMMENTS. ALWAYS FIRST. ALL RIGHT COMMISSIONER COMMENTS. SO THIS IS WHERE I WOULD BE ABLE TO GIVE MY IDEAS THAT OKAY. ANY QUESTIONS. YEAH OKAY. SO I WAS SO LIKE ABOUT THE INTERNSHIPS I WAS THINKING LIKE WHAT IF WE REACH OUT TO LOCAL BUSINESSES LIKE AROUND THE AREA, THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL FOR THE YOUTH TO INTERN IN. I ALSO WANTED TO KNOW IF THAT WOULD BE POSSIBLE BECAUSE BASED ON LIKE MY SEARCHES IN THE PAST, I FEEL LIKE I'VE NOTICED THERE THERE AREN'T REALLY A LOT OF LIKE INTERNSHIP OPTIONS IN COACHELLA. YOU KNOW, LIKE IT'S VERY RARE TO FIND A GOOD INTERNSHIP OPPORTUNITIES AND THEY DON'T HAVE TO BE PAID LIKE IT'S JUST AS LONG AS WE'RE EARNING, YOU KNOW, LIKE SOME TYPE OF LIKE REALLY, YOU KNOW, LIKE GOOD, GOOD. YEAH. EXPERIENCE. THIS PAST SUMMER, WE DID HAVE THE COACHELLA PROMISE INTERNSHIP AND OF COURSE WE WERE ALL PAID. BUT I WOULD LIKE TO SECOND WHAT HE SAID, THAT EVEN IF THEY'RE NOT PAID, THEY WOULD STILL DO WELL AND IT WOULD STILL BENEFIT US, BENEFIT US IN THE LONG RUN. AND ALSO ON THE SUBJECT WHERE YOU SAID OPPORTUNITIES, BASICALLY, I DO REMEMBER THAT. BRIANNA ALSO[00:25:03]
SPOKE OF THAT IN ONE OF OUR LIKE PREVIOUS MEETINGS. IT WAS AROUND THE FIRST OR SECOND ONE. BUT ON THE SUBJECT OF OPPORTUNITIES, WE DON'T SEE MUCH OF THAT HERE. BESIDES, LIKE UNTIL I FOUND OUT ABOUT THIS ONE. THIS WAS AMAZING. SO IF WE CAN EXPAND IT FOR MORE YOUTH TO DO IT, THEN THAT WOULD ALSO BE AMAZING. THANK YOU. I ALSO WAS THINKING ABOUT WHAT IF THE YOUTH ARE ABLE TO VOLUNTEER AT SENIOR CENTERS? I KNOW THERE'S ONE LIKE BEHIND THE LIBRARY, I BELIEVE. ARE THERE ANYTHING IS THERE ANYTHING HAVING TO DO WITH LIKE VOLUNTEERING IN LIKE OUT THERE? SO OUR SENIORS ARE HONESTLY THEY'RE VERY ACTIVE. WE HAVE A VERY ACTIVE SENIOR CENTER AND THEY ACTUALLY VOLUNTEER THEMSELVES. SO IF THERE IS INTEREST IN COLLABORATING WITH THE SENIOR CENTER, THE COLLABORATION WOULD NOT BE VOLUNTEERISM LIKE TO HELP THEM.THEY THEY LIKE HELPING THEMSELVES. THEY'RE ABLE AND THEY THEY WANT TO DO THOSE COMPONENTS. BUT THEY WOULD WELCOME YOU ALL IF YOU GUYS WANTED TO DO LIKE A WII BOWLING COMPETITION WITH THEM BECAUSE THEY ARE ALL ABOUT IT. YEAH. IF YOU WANT TO GO OVER AND YOU WANT TO KARAOKE, IF YOU WANT TO SALSA DANCE, THEY WILL TAKE YOU UP ON ALL THAT COULD. YEAH. COULD WE DO AN EVENT LIKE THAT? WE COULD LIKE, BUT INCLUDE MORE YOUTH AS WELL? YEAH. ALL RIGHT. THAT SOUNDS THAT SOUNDS LIKE BOTH FUN. AND SO IF THAT'S OF INTEREST, I KNOW THAT THEY WOULD BE DOWN FOR THAT. IN ALL HONESTY, THEY THEY LOVE HAVING COLLABORATIONS AND THEY'RE VERY SOCIAL. OUR SENIORS AND THEY'RE THEY'RE A LOT OF FUN. SO IF THAT'S INTEREST OF YOU ALL, WHAT JUST OUT OF CURIOSITY. AND THIS WAS SOMETHING WE'LL PULL AFTER. BUT SO FOR ALL THE VOLUNTEERISM, WE'LL PROBABLY PULL EVERYBODY ABOUT WHAT YOUR AVAILABILITY IS. AND THEN FOR THE SENIOR OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE LIKE A, YOU KNOW, A COLLAB WITH OUR SENIORS EVENT, THEY ARE A MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY CREW. SO I DON'T KNOW, MAYBE THAT WEEK THAT IS THE SPRING BREAK WEEK. THAT MIGHT BE A GOOD WEEK TO LOOK AT DOING THAT WITH THEM. IF THAT SEEMS LIKE AN OPPORTUNITY THAT'S AVAILABLE FOR ALL COMMISSIONERS. YEAH. OR AT LEAST THE MAJORITY OF ALL. OKAY, AWESOME. THEN WE'LL WORK WITH OUR TEAM AT THE CENTER TO COME UP WITH SOME SOME DATES AND TIMES. AND WE BOWLING MORE INTERESTING OR KARAOKE BOWLING. I'M NOT A GOOD SINGER. LOTERIA. LOTERIA. I WOULD NOT GO THAT ROUTE. THEY THEY'RE THEY'RE THEY'RE DOING LOTERIA FOR THEIR. MY GRANDMA USED TO GIVE ME ALL THE TIME SO BUT ANY OF KIND OF THE MORE YOU KNOW LIKE FUN ACTIVITIES THEY ARE VERY I THINK A BOWLING OKAY. VERY NICE. THAT SOUNDS GREAT. I'LL WORK WITH THEM ON THAT AND REPORT BACK.
YEAH. THANK YOU. I ALSO HAD I CAME UP WITH ANOTHER ONE. DO WE DO ANYTHING FOR EASTER HERE? WE DO. WE DO THE EXTRAVAGANZA. OH, IT'S AN EASTER EGG HUNT AT THE PARK, USUALLY A COUPLE DAYS BEFORE EASTER. SO WE DON'T, YOU KNOW, CONFLICT WITH THE FAMILIES. YEAH. ALREADY PRE-PLANNED EVENTS. YEAH. WHAT IF DO WE HAVE ANYTHING THAT'S, LIKE, STUDENT LED, LIKE STUDENT LED WORKSHOPS, THINGS THAT KIND OF ENCOURAGE, LIKE, LIKE LEADERSHIP WITHIN THE YOUTH. WE DO COLLABORATE. SO WE DO COLLABORATE WITH DESERT RECREATION DISTRICT, AS I MENTIONED. AND THEY DO I KNOW THAT THEY DO A LEADERS PROGRAM IN THE SUMMER. YEAH. BECAUSE I WAS THINKING, WHAT IF WE HAVE WORKSHOPS THAT CAN HELP YOU WITH BUILDING YOUR PUBLIC SPEAKING SKILLS OR LIKE ANYTHING OF THAT SORT, YOU KNOW, LIKE OBVIOUSLY FOCUS FOR THE YOUTH SO THEY CAN BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE ESPECIALLY NOWADAYS, LIKE THE NEWER GENERATION, THEY'RE MORE INTERESTED IN LIKE ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND THINGS IN THAT ASPECT. SO I WAS THINKING LIKE MAYBE THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE REALLY HELPFUL. SO I WANTED TO KNOW, YOU KNOW. GOING BACK TO LIKE THE WHOLE LIKE TEEN SOCIAL EVENTS. IS THERE ANY WAY THAT I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY LIKE WE'LL BRAINSTORM BUT LIKE TO JUST LIKE GET THE WORD OUT BECAUSE I KNOW, LIKE IT'S KIND OF HARD TO GO ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND LIKE SOMETIMES LIKE YOU'LL PASS BY LIKE POSTS.
SO I THINK LIKE MAYBE IF WE LIKE, REALLY EMPHASIZE LIKE THIS EVENT, LIKE, I THINK WE CAN GENERALLY GET A LOT OF PEOPLE TO GO, BUT I THINK WE JUST NEED TO BE VERY, LIKE, JUST VERY SHOWY WITH LIKE THE FLIERS AND STUFF LIKE JUST TO MAKE IT LIKE, LIKE BIG AND LIKE MAYBE LIKE EVEN LIKE A TRADITION AND STUFF. SO LIKE, REALLY JUST EMPHASIZE ON THE WHOLE, LIKE, JUST LIKE FLIERS AND STUFF. YEAH. YEAH. ARE THERE ANY MORE COMMENTS FROM THE COMMISSIONERS? I WAS
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WONDERING IF DOES THE CITY OF COACHELLA OFFER ANYTHING WITH LIKE SCHOLARSHIP OPPORTUNITIES? LIKE, DO YOU GUYS HAVE ANY OUTREACH, LIKE WITH SCHOLARSHIP OPPORTUNITIES, LIKE BRINGING SCHOLARSHIPS MORE INTO THE CITY? BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE LIKE WHEN I SEARCH ONLINE, LIKE I DON'T REALLY FIND MUCH LIKE FOR, FOR LIKE MERIT BASED OR I MEAN, FOR LIKE ACADEMIC, YOU KNOW, LIKE AWARDING ACADEMIC, LIKE THE ACADEMIC ASPECT OF STUDENTS OR LIKE THOSE WHO ARE LOOKING FOR OR LIKE TO FURTHER THEIR EDUCATION. LIKE, DOES THE CITY OF COACHELLA OFFER ANYTHING LIKE THAT, OR IS THERE ANYTHING LIKE IN COACHELLA LIKE THAT? SO WE DO OFFER A PRETTY EXPANSIVE WE'VE HAD AND I DON'T KNOW THE NUMBER OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, BUT WE HAVE GROWN OUR INTERNSHIP PROGRAM, WHICH IS, I THINK, HOW WE'RE LOOKING TO REALLY INVEST IN OUR YOUTH IS TO ALLOW THEM THE OPPORTUNITY TO BOTH EXPERIENCE GOVERNMENT TYPE OFFICES AND WORK OPPORTUNITIES AND ALLOW THEM KIND OF THAT FRONTLINE VIEW OF DIFFERENT ROLES IN GOVERNMENT AGENCIES. SO WE'VE REALLY GROWN THAT PROGRAM, COLLABORATED WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, ALSO GROWING THEIR PROGRAM THROUGH THE GRANT THAT WAS A COLLABORATION THERE. SO THAT HAS BEEN KIND OF OUR FOCUS IS GETTING THE SKILLS AND THE TOOLS TO OUR YOUTH. THOSE THAT ARE INTERESTED, THOSE OPPORTUNITIES THROUGH INTERNSHIPS. YEAH. HOW ABOUT LIKE WORKING WITH LOCAL OR NOT LOCAL? HOW ABOUT LIKE BRINGING IN LIKE A LIKE ART EDUCATION OR LIKE FREE TUTORING? DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING OF THAT SORT? WE DON'T. I THINK WE REALLY LEAN ON THE SCHOOL DISTRICT TO DO MORE OF THOSE KIND OF LIKE EDUCATIONAL CORE PIECES. YEAH. OKAY. AND IN OUR SOCIAL SUBMITTAL THAT WE IDENTIFIED, I THINK ONE OF THEM IS A ART NIGHT. YEAH. SO THINGS LIKE, LIKE BRINGING IN LIKE, LIKE THE ROTARY CLUB, THAT WOULD BE MORE WITH THE LIKE THE DISTRICTS, THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS.LIKE, WHAT IF WE WERE THE ROTARY CLUB INTO TO DO WHAT, LIKE FOR SCHOLARSHIPS, LIKE, WOULD IT BE POSSIBLE TO BRING THEM IN FOR LIKE TO HELP FUND SCHOLARSHIPS? I THINK THEY ALREADY DO FUND SCHOLARSHIPS. MY UNDERSTANDING IS THE ROTARY CLUB ACTUALLY AWARDS SCHOLARSHIPS ANNUALLY.
OKAY. AND HOW ABOUT THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE? THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE? I DON'T KNOW THAT THEY HAVE THAT, BUT THEY ALSO DO HAVE AN INTERN PROGRAM. OKAY. FROM THE COACHELLA PROMISE INTERNSHIP. I DO RECALL I'VE HAD SOME PEERS INTERN AT THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. YEAH, JUST TO KNOW, HOW ABOUT HAVING, LIKE, A SCHOLARSHIP FAIR? LIKE, BECAUSE I KNOW WHICH ONE WAS IT? THE AGUA CALIENTE CASINO ALREADY DOES LIKE COLLEGE FAIRS, BUT I NEVER SEE, LIKE, FAIRS OR LIKE ANY TYPE OF, LIKE, WORKSHOP THAT'S KIND OF INFORMING YOU ABOUT, LIKE, SCHOLARSHIPS OR LIKE BEING ABLE TO TALK TO THE PEOPLE THAT ARE BASICALLY BEHIND, LIKE, YOU KNOW, THE SCHOLARSHIP ASPECT OF THAT, YOU KNOW, LIKE, I THINK, AGAIN, WE WOULD REALLY LEAN ON THE SCHOOL DISTRICT TO KIND OF LEAD THAT, AND WE'D BE HAPPY TO SUPPORT THAT. BUT THAT WOULD REALLY BE SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE KIND OF CORE TO THE MISSION OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. DO DO YOU GUYS, AS SCHOOL DISTRICTS, DO THINGS OF THAT NATURE? NO. OKAY. WE DO HAVE COLLEGE FAIRS EVERY SO OFTEN, AND I DO BELIEVE THEY DO TALK ABOUT SCHOLARSHIPS LIKE INTO THEIR RESPECTIVE UNIVERSITIES. YEAH. SO BECAUSE THAT'S BEEN MY UNDERSTANDING IS USUALLY THAT THERE IS LIKE ESPECIALLY AS YOU GUYS ARE APPLYING. RIGHT. LIKE IN THE BEGINNING OF THE I, IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME SINCE I'VE BEEN A SENIOR, BUT I REMEMBER THAT WHOLE FAFSA AND ALL THAT PERIOD OF TIME, THERE WAS THAT WHOLE THERE WAS A BIG PUSH FROM THE SCHOOL USUALLY OF LIKE GETTING YOU SOME RESOURCES TO HELP YOU SUBMIT THAT AND ALL THE DEADLINES FOR THE, FOR THE UNIVERSITIES. SO I THINK THAT I'M STILL GETTING NODS. SO I THINK THAT'S STILL HAPPENING IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS. SO I WOULD CONSIDER THAT TO KIND OF BE THAT FAIR OPPORTUNITY WHERE THEY CONNECT YOU WITH BOTH RESOURCES AND OPPORTUNITIES TO SUBMIT FOR A LOT OF THOSE THINGS, THE SCHOOL, THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND THE CITY ARE WE COLLABORATE. WE WOULD KIND OF LEAN AND SUPPORT THEM AS THEY NEED TO DELIVER THAT. BUT I USUALLY WHEN I THINK OF A COLLEGE FAIR, I USUALLY THINK OF THE EDUCATIONAL ARM OF THE OF THE OF THE CITY. I ALSO CAME UP WITH I LIKE MORE LIKE DETAILED INFORMATION FOR LIKE A POTENTIAL LIKE YOUTH MUSIC AND ARTS FESTIVAL AT THE VETERANS PARK. WOULD I IS IT OKAY IF I SHARE LIKE MORE DETAILS ON THAT? YES. YEAH. OKAY. SO I WAS
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THINKING OBVIOUSLY THIS WOULD BE OPEN FOR ANYBODY TO SIGN UP FOR. WE WOULD BE ABLE TO SIGN UP AT THE LIKE MAYBE SOMEWHERE LIKE AT THE COACHELLA LIBRARY, LIKE HAVE A SIGN UP CENTER WHERE EVERYBODY GOES THERE. YOU KNOW, WHOEVER WANTS TO BE LIKE, WANT TO PERFORM OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.AND LIKE FOR THE DATE, I WAS THINKING MAYBE A HOLIDAY, MAYBE SOMETHING LIKE, HOW ABOUT LIKE, LIKE MOTHER'S DAY OR VALENTINE'S OR NOT VALENTINE'S? BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE THAT WOULD BE TOO EARLY. BUT HOW ABOUT, LIKE, A MOTHER'S DAY THING WHERE, LIKE, THE FESTIVAL CAN BE WHERE, LIKE, KIDS ARE COMING TO PLAY MUSIC AND MAYBE THEY CAN TRY AND DEDICATE IT TO THEIR PARENTS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. AND FOR THE INTENTION, I WAS THINKING LIKE ENCOURAGING POSITIVE AND HEALTHY CONNECTIONS, YOU KNOW, BETWEEN EACH, EACH AND LIKE EVERYBODY THERE GETTING KIDS OUT OF THE STREETS BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE WHEN LIKE I FEEL LIKE WE NEED MORE EVENTS THAT ARE FOCUSING LIKE ON TEENS, YOU KNOW, AND OBVIOUSLY LIKE HIGH SCHOOL AGES, LIKE, I THINK IT'S NICE THAT WE HAVE LIKE THE YOUNGER AGES TOO. BUT I FEEL LIKE WHEN IT COMES TO THE TEENAGERS, LIKE THERE'S LESS OF THAT. AND I FEEL LIKE THIS WOULD ALSO HELP THEM LIKE DEVELOP THEIR THEIR PERFORMING CONFIDENCE. I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF LIKE BANDS AROUND, LIKE IN THE SCHOOLS AROUND HERE, OBVIOUSLY. AND I WAS THINKING LIKE THIS WOULD ALSO GIVE THEM A CHANCE TO BE ABLE TO LIKE, SHOW OFF THEIR SKILLS IN A FESTIVAL LIKE THIS. AND SINCE THE VETERANS PARK DOES HAVE LIKE A STAGE, I CAN ALREADY SEE LIKE SOMETHING LIKE THIS WORKING OUT. AND WE CAN ALSO HAVE LIKE MAYBE LIKE FOOD VENDORS, LIKE FOOD TRUCKS, LIKE HOW WE'VE HAD IN THE PAST, LIKE SET UP AS WELL AS THE MUSIC GOING ON. AND LET'S SEE. YEAH. AND WE CAN ALSO MAYBE INVITE LIKE SCHOOL BANDS TO DO.
LIKE MAYBE WE CAN LIKE HAVE IT BE. LIKE A COMPETITION OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, YOU KNOW, TO KIND OF LIKE MAKE IT FUN AND THEN OBVIOUSLY LIKE AWARD INCENTIVES FOR THOSE LIKE MAYBE LIKE SMALL MONEY AMOUNTS OR IF NOT LIKE A CERTIFICATE OF APPRECIATION FOR VOLUNTEERING FOR SUCH A THING. I KNOW, LIKE THE SPELLING BEES, THEY HAVE LIKE CERTIFICATES THAT YOU THAT YOU EARN AFTER AT LEAST LIKE REACHING LIKE A RUNNER UP LEVEL. SO MAYBE LIKE A CERTIFICATE OF THAT SORT, LIKE SHOWING LIKE, HEY, LIKE THIS IS WHAT I DID. AND THEN YOU CAN PUT THAT UP AS LIKE, YOU KNOW, YOU PARTICIPATED IN A MUSIC FESTIVAL. I THINK THAT WOULD BE NICE. AND THEN ALONG WITH THAT, I KNOW I SAID MUSIC AND ART FESTIVAL. SO FOR THE ART ASPECT, I FEEL LIKE I WAS THINKING OF MAYBE HAVING LIKE ART DISPLAYS, LIKE IN A GALLERY STYLE WAY, LIKE AT THE VETERANS PARK, BECAUSE I KNOW THERE ARE A LOT THERE'S LIKE LOTS OF ARTISTS OUT HERE, ESPECIALLY LIKE YOUNGER ONES, PEOPLE WHO, LIKE, WOULD MAYBE WANT TO SHOW OFF THEIR SKILLS.
AND I THINK IT WOULD BE GREAT IF WE WERE ABLE TO DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT. I KNOW THERE'S ALREADY LIKE A COMPETITION, LIKE ART THING WITH THE FAIR IN INDIO, WHERE YOU GET RANKED ON HOW GOOD YOUR YOUR ART IS. I'M NOT SURE WHAT IT'S CALLED SPECIFICALLY, BUT MAYBE WE CAN HAVE LIKE PEOPLE SUBMITTING THEIR ART TO LIKE A TO LIKE THE MUSIC AND ARTS FESTIVAL AND DISPLAY THEIR ART IN THE GALLERY LIKE STYLE LIKE THAT. AND THEN AND THEN WE CAN FIND OUT HOW TO ADVERTISE THAT LIKE OBVIOUSLY MAKE FLIERS AND, AND USE THE SOCIAL MEDIA AND THINGS LIKE THAT. LET'S SEE. AND THEN WE CAN ALSO OFFER VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES FOR, FOR ANYBODY FOR THIS EVENT. SO WE CAN HAVE PEOPLE HELP US WITH THE SETUP. WE CAN HAVE PEOPLE LIKE IF WE'RE GOING TO USE TICKETS, LIKE IF WE'RE GOING TO USE TICKETS FOR PEOPLE TO LIKE, OBVIOUSLY JOIN IN. WE CAN HAVE PEOPLE VOLUNTEERING FOR GIVING OUT THE TICKETS AND MAKING SURE THAT WE LIKE, REGISTER EVERY LIKE EVERYBODY, EVERY PARTICIPANT'S NAME AND THINGS LIKE THAT. AND THEN MAYBE LIKE USHERS, LIKE CROWD MANAGEMENT, VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES. I KNOW THERE'S BEEN THINGS LIKE THAT IN OTHER EVENTS, BUT DO YOU THINK THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD BE ABLE TO EXECUTE, THAT THE CITY OF COACHELLA WOULD OBVIOUSLY, OR THE YOUTH ADVISORY COUNCIL WOULD BE LIKE, YOU KNOW, LIKE BASICALLY BRINGING IN. SO THERE ARE A LOT OF ITEMS THAT YOU YOU MENTIONED. I THINK WE WILL TAKE THOSE BACK AND WE NEED TO KIND OF DIGEST AND SEE WHICH OF THOSE ARE DOABLE. WE DO HAVE WE'RE LOOKING AT, YOU KNOW, FIVE MONTHS KIND OF PERIOD. SO THAT
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WINDOW WILL BE A LITTLE BIT CHALLENGING TO DO. ALL OF WHAT YOU JUST IDENTIFIED. SOME OF THESE ARE THINGS THAT WE HAVE IN PARTNERSHIP WITH OTHER AGENCIES. AND I LIKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BRING THOSE BACK AND SHARE THOS, AND THEN SEE IF THERE'S INTEREST IN THE YOUTH ADVISORY COMMISSION PARTNERING WITH THOSE AGENCIES AND EVENTS THAT ARE ALREADY KIND OF FORMED AND HAVE STRUCTURE TO THEM. YEAH. SO FOR OUR. SORRY. FOR OUR WE. ACTUALLY GOT SICK OVER THE WEEKEND. BUT ASIDE FROM OUR MAIN, I'M ASSUMING IF OUR MAIN PROJECT IS A TEEN SOCIAL EVENT, WE WILL HAVE MORE TEMPORARY PROJECTS THAT WE COULD DO ALONGSIDE THE PROJECT THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE FOCUSING ON.CORRECT. SO TO THE WELL, SPECIFICALLY TO YOU TO HAVE HAS THE CITY DONE ANYTHING IN TERMS OF DONATING OR TRYING TO MAKE A SUPPORT FOR THE LA FIRES? BECAUSE I THINK IF WE COULD DO A SHORT, A SHORT TERM PROJECT, THE LA FIRES AND SHOWING OUR SUPPORT AS A CITY WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT I FEEL THAT THE COMMISSION SHOULD WORK ON, BECAUSE I HAVE YET TO SEE ANY BIG GROUPS WORK TO KIND OF START A SUPPORT FOR THE PEOPLE OF THE LA FIRES. I SAW THAT THE I CAN'T QUITE REMEMBER WHAT GROUP, BUT THEY HAD LIKE A MARATHON TO RAISE MONEY FOR THE LA FIRES. BUT ASIDE FROM THAT, I HAVEN'T HEARD ANYTHING ON THAT. SO IT'S LIKE A TEMPORARY PROJECT. I WOULD WANT TO SEE IF THE CITY OF COACHELLA WOULD LEND US THEIR NAME SO THAT WE COULD START LIKE A CLOTHING DRIVE, AND THEN SEND UP ALL WHAT WE CAN COLLECT TO THE PEOPLE, THE VICTIMS OF THE FIRES UP IN LA. SO YOU'RE ASKING FOR A CLOTHING DRIVE? YEAH, SOMETHING ALONG THE LINES OF FOOD, DRIVE, CLOTHING DRIVE. SIMPLE BASIC SUPPLIES THAT WE COULD SEND UP CANNED FOODS. THE MANNER THAT WE HAVE WORKED COLLABORATIVELY IS WE ARE WORKING WITH OUR TEMPORARY RENTALS RIGHT NOW TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE ARE BEING OFFERED AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE AT LOWER RATES TO ALLOW FOR THOSE THAT HAVE BEEN DISPLACED TO COME OUT TO THE VALLEY, ESSENTIALLY. AND THAT'S KIND OF BEEN A REGIONAL EFFORT. I THINK ALL CITIES ARE CURRENTLY WORKING IN THAT EFFORT. YEAH. SO AGAIN, TO QUESTION, DO YOU KNOW ANY GROUPS THAT ARE CURRENTLY WORKING ON THAT TO AT LEAST ADDRESS THE ISSUE? BECAUSE I'VE BEEN TRYING TO LOOK FOR SOME, BUT I HAVE NOT FOUND ANY. I THINK WE SHARED A POST OVER THE WEEKEND. THERE'S A LONG LIST OF LIKE DIFFERENT HOTELS THAT ARE DOING THAT.
AIRBNBS ARE DOING THAT. SO WE CAN RESEND THAT. BUT IT WAS SHARED OVER THE WEEKEND THROUGH THE CITY'S INSTA AND I THINK THROUGH FACEBOOK. YES. THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME. AND LOCALLY I KNOW IT'S BEING DRIVEN. I THINK JUST TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, COMMISSIONER, IS A LOT OF NONPROFITS ARE SENDING A LOT OF SUPPORT. SO A LOT OF NONPROFITS ARE COLLABORATIONS THROUGH OTHER OF A LOT OF THE FOOD BANKS AND ALL OF THOSE. THEY'RE ALL INVOLVED IN THAT SUPPORT EFFORT. YOU MAY NOT SEE, LIKE SPECIFIC CITIES OUT THERE, BUT A LOT OF DIFFERENT EFFORTS THAT THEIR SISTERS AND BROTHERS TO ARE IN ARE ON THE GROUND. OKAY. THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME.
AND ONE LAST THING THAT I WANTED TO MENTION WAS, OR I WANTED TO ASK, LIKE, IS THERE ANYTHING RELATED TO LIKE, YOUTH COUNCIL, LIKE BONDING, LIKE ANYTHING THAT LIKE THE YOUTH ADVISORY COUNCIL CAN DO TOGETHER, LIKE ACTIVITIES OR LIKE THINGS THAT WE CAN DO JUST, YOU KNOW, TO GET TO KNOW EACH OTHER. I FEEL LIKE THIS WOULD BE ABLE TO ALLOW US TO, YOU KNOW, TRUST, TRUST EACH OTHER MORE. AND I FEEL LIKE GETTING TO KNOW EACH OTHER SINCE WE GO TO OR SINCE SOME OF US GO TO DIFFERENT SCHOOLS, I FEEL LIKE IT'S DIFFICULT TO GET TO KNOW ONE ANOTHER JUST BY SHOWING UP TO ONE MEETING A MONTH. I ALSO HAD SOME IDEAS. MAYBE WE CAN DO LIKE AN ESCAPE ROOM OR HAVING LIKE SOME ICE SKATING ACTIVITIES AT THAT ARENA. I WANT TO CIRCLE BACK EVERYONE I KNOW I SOUND A LITTLE BIT THE BUMMER PERSON, SO I THINK A LOT OF YOU HAVE TAKEN THE BROWN ACT TRAINING, RIGHT? YES, I HOPE OKAY. SO WE WILL RESEND THAT LINK. SO WHAT THE BROWN ACT TRAINING IDENTIFIES IS THAT WHEN THERE IS A QUORUM OF YOU GUYS TOGETHER, THEN YOU ESSENTIALLY BY LAW IT'S A MEETING. SO YOU GUYS DEFINITELY HAVE THE FREEDOM TO COLLABORATE AND JOIN TOGETHER
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AND, AND HAVE SOCIAL SEPARATE EVENTS. WHENEVER THERE IS A MEETING THAT IS DRIVEN BY THE CITY, IT IS VIEWED AS A MEETING. SO IT WILL NEED TO BE NOTICED. SO THOSE TYPES OF THINGS UNFORTUNATELY DON'T REALLY FALL INTO WHAT THE YAC IS, BUT WE CAN. THAT'S WHY I THINK WE WERE LOOKING TO DO SOME OF THE VOLUNTEERISM. SO IT ALLOWS YOU TO INTERACT AND KIND OF HAVE MORE OF THAT, THAT INTERACTION THAT I THINK YOU'RE LOOKING FOR. IF THAT ANSWERS THAT. ABOUT, WHAT WAS IT CALLED THE BROWN ACT? YES. WE'LL SEND THE LINK OVER AGAIN. YEAH. OKAY. YEAH.BECAUSE I WASN'T INFORMED ABOUT ANYTHING LIKE BRINGING IT BACK. LIKE HOW THERE'S LIKE A FIVE MONTH PERIOD WHEN IT COMES TO EVENTS, LIKE WHEN, LIKE, KIND OF LIKE HOW I MENTIONED THE MUSIC AND ARTS FESTIVAL AND YOU SAID THAT THERE WAS LIKE A FIVE MONTH. WHAT WAS IT? THE TERM OF THE YOUTH ADVISORY COMMISSION ENDS, I BELIEVE IT'S JUNE, END OF JUNE, END OF JUNE. SO MY ONLY COMMENT IS THAT THE TERM IS THE END OF JUNE. SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WHATEVER MISSIONS YOU GUYS WANT TO SEE HAPPEN, THAT WE'RE ABLE TO NOT ONLY DEVELOP THEM, BUT SEE THEM BLOSSOM.
RIGHT? YEAH. AND THEN FOR THE BROWN ACT, I, I DON'T REMEMBER EVER THERE BEING LIKE A TRAINING THAT I WAS ABLE TO JOIN. SO I WASN'T INFORMED ON ANYTHING LIKE THAT. WE WILL RESEND IT. WE APOLOGIZE IF YOU DIDN'T RECEIVE IT. YEAH. I DO BELIEVE THE BROWN ACT THAT WE WILL MOST OF US HAD TO PARTAKE WAS JUST A LONG VIDEO. SO YOU DIDN'T NECESSARILY MISS MUCH OF ANYTHING. SO JUST AS LONG AS YOU GET THE VIDEO, YOU SHOULD BE GOOD. YEAH. ANY MORE COMMENTS FROM THE COMMISSIONERS? MOVING ON TO THE PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTORS COMMENTS? NO COMMENTS. I ADJOURN THIS
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