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THIS MEETING AT 436. WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO LEAD THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE? I'LL DO THAT.
RIGHT HAND OVER YOUR HEART. READY? BEGIN. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. AND TO REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. THANK YOU, VICE CHAIR THOMAS, MAY YOU LEAD THE ROLL CALL, PLEASE. SURE. COMMISSIONER NUNEZ IS ABSENT. COMMISSIONER VALLE HERE.
COMMISSIONER SALDIVAR. PRESENT. COMMISSIONER MENDEZ PEREZ. HERE. COMMISSIONER. FOSTER. PRESENT.
COMMISSIONER. COBOS. PRESENT. COMMISSIONER. MEZA. HERE. COMMISSIONER. ARRIAGA. HERE.
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COMMISSIONER. PULIDO. HERE. TO APPROVE 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. THERE ARE NO CHANGES TO THE AGENDA. MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGENDA? OH, I MOTION TO APPROVE. MAY I HAVE A SECOND MOTION TO APPROVE OF THE AGENDA? I WOULD LIKE TO GIVE A SECOND MOTION. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE. AYE. MOTION[Approval Of The Minutes]
CARRIES. THE MOTION CARRIES. APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES. ITEM ONE. REGULAR MEETING MINUTES OF JANUARY 13TH, 2025, 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? HIGH. MOTION TO APPROVE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE. CARING. THE MOTION CARRIES. THERE IS NO NEW[Presentations]
BUSINESS ON THE CALENDAR. OH, SORRY. PRESENTATIONS. ITEM TWO UPDATE. YOUTH ADVISORY COMMISSION. VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES 2025. OKAY. THANK YOU. SO WHAT I HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU IS JUST A CONTINUATION FROM LAST, FROM THE LAST MEETING THAT WE HAD. I ONLY WANTED TO DISCUSS. I SENT AN EMAIL OUT TO ALL THE COMMISSIONERS REGARDING ALL OF THE UPCOMING VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES. JUST WANTED TO GET A CONFIRMATION FROM YOU WHO WOULD BE ATTENDING. IF YOU CAN MAKE ANY OF THOSE ANY OF THOSE DATES. SO THE FIRST ONE COMING UP ALONG THE WAY IS THE ARBOR DAY, THE FEBRUARY SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 22ND THAT WILL BE AT BEJUMA PARK. MARCH 1ST. THAT'S THAT'S WHEN FROM THE LAST MEETING. THAT'S A KIND OF A CONTINUATION. IF WE WANT TO HAVE A DISCUSSION AS TO WHICH PARK OR STREET THAT THE COMMISSION WOULD LIKE TO FOCUS ON, AND THEN MARCH 8TH, WE HAVE THE DAY OF THE YOUNG CHILD EVENT ON AT VETERANS PARK. AND THEN, I BELIEVE, APRIL 21ST. THAT'S DURING THE SPRING BREAK DURING THE SCHOOL YEAR.CONTINUING FROM THE LAST CONVERSATION ABOUT DOING SOMETHING WITH THE SENIOR CENTER, WE MADE CONTACT WITH THE SENIOR CENTER. THEY DID CONFIRM THAT DATE WORKS FOR THEM. SO IF YOU CAN, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO BE IN ATTENDANCE, YOU WANT TO TEST OUT YOUR YOUR BOWLING SKILLS AGAINST A FEW OF THE SENIORS. APPARENTLY. APPARENTLY THEY DO THIS. THEY HOLD LIKE A TOURNAMENT THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE DESERT. WHICH SENIOR CENTER IS THE BEST? SO IF YOU THINK YOU CAN HANG WITH THEM, LET'S LET'S SEE THAT THAT WOULD BE KIND OF INTERESTING TO SEE. AND THEN LASTLY, FOR APRIL 26TH, THIS IS THE FINE FOOD BANK. I PROPOSE THIS DATE TO THEM BECAUSE THEN NORMALLY THEY HAVE A SATURDAY THE FIRST SATURDAY OF THE MONTH FOR THAT'S TARGETED FOR YOUTH AND FOR TEENS. UNFORTUNATELY, THAT DATE HAS ALREADY BEEN BOOKED UP. SO I KIND OF PUSHED THEM FOR APRIL 26TH ON FRIDAY. AGAIN, THAT'S THAT'S DURING YOUR YOUR YOUR SPRING BREAK. IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN DOING THAT PLEASE LET ME KNOW. AND THEN I CAN AT LEAST GET YOUR NAMES ON THE LIST. OR IF THERE'S ANYBODY ELSE THAT YOU WANT TO BRING ALONG WITH YOU, PLEASE LET ME KNOW. AND. AND THEN AGAIN, WITH THE TEEN SOCIAL FOR THE SUMMER SERIES, IF YOU COULD GO AHEAD
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AND PLEASE AGAIN, LET ME KNOW WHAT WHAT DATES YOU CAN COMMIT TO THAT. JUST SO I COULD HAVE A ROUGH IDEA WHO'S GOING TO BE SHOWING UP IN ATTENDANCE. OKAY. AND THAT CONCLUDES THE PRESENTATION. I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY KIND OF QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE, OR IF YOU WANT TO HAVE A DISCUSSION AGAIN ON ANYBODY, BRING IT BACK UP FOR THE ADOPT THE PARK AND ADOPT A STREET. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. WE ARE FOR THAT DATE. FOR THE MARCH 1ST WE WILL BE AT RANCHO LAS FLORES PARK DOING A COMMUNITY CLEANUP. SO IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, SINCE STAFF WILL ALREADY BE THERE OR IF NOT, AGAIN, IF YOU HAVE ONE THAT YOU IF THE COMMISSION WANTS TO FOCUS ON, PLEASE LET US KNOW THAT WHAT THAT CHOICE WILL BE. PLEASE CAN I ASK WHAT DAY OF THE WEEK IS FEBRUARY 22ND? FEBRUARY 22ND. THAT'S A SATURDAY. OKAY. AND AGAIN, I DON'T I DON'T NEED TO ANSWER ON WHETHER OR NOT YOU'RE GOING TO ATTEND IT TONIGHT. YOU COULD JUST GO AHEAD AND RESPOND TO THAT EMAIL. I'LL REFIRE THAT AGAIN LATER THIS EVENING. AND THEN WHENEVER YOU GET A CHANCE, YOU GO AHEAD AND GIVE ME A RESPONSE. ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SO FOR THE MARCH 1ST, THE ADOPTED PARK OR STREET, IT'S SAID THAT THERE WILL BE THE FIRST ONE. RIGHT. WE ARE THE CITY WILL BE DOING WILL BE HAVING OUR COMMUNITY CLEANUP EVENT THAT DAY. OKAY. IT'S COMPLETELY SEPARATE FROM FROM THAT. WHAT WE DO IS WE COLLECT TRASH AND BULKY ITEMS, AND THE RESIDENTS COME OVER AND THEY DROP OFF ANYTHING THAT THEY WANT TO GET RID OF. ALL RIGHT. SO THEN WE WOULD HAVE TO DECIDE ON A PLACE DIFFERENT THAN. THAT'S THE WISHES OF THE COMMISSION.YES, PLEASE. OKAY. ARE WE ALLOWED TO SPEAK OF IDEAS RIGHT NOW? OKAY. DO ANY OF YOU ATTEND, LIKE, GO TO A PARK THAT MIGHT SEEM NOT FULLY CLEANED. FOR ALL OF THE ALL OF THE PARKS THAT I'VE GONE TO, AT LEAST THEY SEEM FULLY CLEANED. BUT I FEEL LIKE A PARK THAT IS OFTEN NEGLECTED IS TOP PART IS THE ONE THAT IS BY I FORGOT WHERE. IT'S NEAR THE LARGE CHURCH, RIGHT? 53 RIGHT? YEAH, YEAH, IT'S A SMALLER PARK, SO THAT'S WHY I THINK IT'S PROBABLY MOSTLY NEGLECTED. BUT IF WE WERE TO CLEAN THAT, WHICH I THINK WOULD BE AMAZING THAT WE DO IS IT WOULDN'T TAKE SO LONG, WHICH WOULD PROBABLY BE BETTER. BUT. I SPRAINED MY KNEES. IT ALSO SAYS STREET. SO IF ANYONE HAS AN IDEA FOR A STREET. PARKS, STREETS, ANYTHING THAT LIKE YOU GO OUT THERE AND YOU SEE SOME TRASH OR. WELL, I AGREE WITH YOUR IDEA, JUST BECAUSE I DON'T SEE MANY PARKS THAT ARE LIKE FULLY DIRTY, THAT MEANS OUR COMMITMENT. SO IF YOU THINK THAT'S A PLACE THAT NEEDS TO BE WORKED ON, I THINK WE SHOULD WORK ON THAT ONE. OKAY. TO PARK.
YEAH I AGREE. ALL RIGHT. THEN WE CAN ALSO DO A PARK THAT HAS A MORE FLOW OF PEOPLE THAT GO IN AND OUT. MAYBE THOSE COULD BE DIRTIER, LIKE DATELAND. I KNOW THERE WERE GILMER PARK SOMETIMES IS DIRTY. I MEAN, MAYBE WE CAN LOOK INTO THE PARK TO LIKE IN THE PARKING LOT AFTER EVENTS.
YES. IS THERE ANY EVENT ON ANY PARK LIKE THE DAY BEFORE MARCH 1ST? BECAUSE THEN IF THERE CAN BE, WE COULD PROBABLY CLEAN IT UP THE DAY AFTER, WHICH WOULD BE ON THE 1ST OF MARCH. NO WE DON'T. OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD. WE DON'T HAVE ANY EVENTS LIKE THAT AFTER MARCH 1ST. THANK YOU.
THE MARCH 8TH. BUT YOU MEAN YOU'LL ALREADY BE THERE FOR DAY OF THE CHILD? THAT'S A THAT'S AN EVENT THAT YOU WANT TO BE ATTENDING. THE ARBOR DAY ONE. I MEAN, YOU'LL ALREADY BE PLANNING TREES. YOU'LL BE ASSISTING PLANTING TREES ON THAT DAY. SO WE WANT FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, LIKE IF THE COMMISSION WOULD LIKE TO PROCEED WITH DOING DOING A COMMUNITY CLEANUP AT THE TOP
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LOT PARK. YES. THAT'S THAT COULD BE AN OPTION AS WELL. RIGHT? MAYBE. WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE PARK THAT IS BY BY AVENUE 50? NUMBER 50 ON TYLER, SIERRA VISTA. OR THE ONE CLOSER BY THE SCHOOL. THE ONE THAT IS LIKE 5049. AND THEN YOU PASS CALHOUN. IT'S IN RANCHO LAS FLORES BECAUSE THAT PARK I KNOW THEY HAVE A LOT OF A LOT OF SOCCER GAMES THERE LIKE FOR LIKE SUNDAY LEAGUE OR LIKE KIDS. AND THEN OFTENTIMES THAT I GO THERE FOR A RUN, I SEE LIKE GATORADE BOTTLES OR CANS. SO THEY DO GET PICKED UP FAST. SO I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S DIRTY RIGHT NOW, BUT WHEN I DO GO THERE, IT'S A LITTLE DIRTIER. SO WE CAN WORK ON THERE. IT'S A IF YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT RANCHO LAS FLORES PARK, IT IS. IT'S 48TH AND VAN BUREN, IT'S A MUCH BIGGER. YEAH, IT'S A MUCH BIGGER FACILITY. IT'S YEAH, IT'S WAY BIGGER THAN TOT LOT. SO. YEAH. LET'S SAY IF THAT'S SATURDAY.AND IT MIGHT CONTAIN MORE TRASH. IT'S JUST THE AMOUNT OF TIMES I'VE BEEN TO TODD PARK, THOUGH, IT IS NEGLECTED OR IT'S NOT THAT DIRTY. IT'S NOT LIKE IT WOULDN'T REQUIRE MUCH WORK FROM US. IT'S NOT MUCH BIGGER. YEAH, OKAY. ALSO WITH THE WITH THE HANDS THAT WE HAVE, WE COULD ALSO BECAUSE IT SAYS FROM 8 A.M. TO 11 A.M, THAT'S THREE HOURS. I THINK WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO GET IT DONE BY THREE HOURS. OKAY. I'LL GO AHEAD AND PROCEED WITH THE RANCHO LAS FLORES LOCATION THEN. SO JUST MAKING SURE THAT EVERYONE AGREE ON THAT. YEAH. OKAY. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT THEN.
WILL THERE BE ARE WE ABLE TO ADD MORE OPPORTUNITIES WHERE WE CAN ADD MORE OF THE YOUTH IN THE CITY? LET'S SEE. CAN SO WE'RE ALLOWED TO INVITE, LET'S SAY OUR FRIENDS AS WELL. CORRECT. FOR THE WHICH EVENT FOR THE LET'S SAY THE CLEANUP OR THE. YEAH THAT'S THE CLEANUP. WOULD THAT BE POSSIBLE TO INVITE LIKE SOME OF OUR PEERS? I DON'T SEE WHY NOT. ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. THE ONE THAT I WOULD BE REALLY CRITICAL ABOUT, JUST IN CASE IF IT'S AN ISSUE, WOULD BE FOR THE FINE FOOD BANK, BECAUSE THEY DO REQUIRE THERE'S SOME THAT YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE THEY HAVE A FULL NAME LIST, AND THEY MIGHT MAKE, YOU KNOW, TO VERIFY WHO'S WHO'S WHO, BECAUSE THAT'S A LITTLE BIT MORE TIGHT WITH THAT. FOR EVERYTHING ELSE I DON'T SEE, I HAVE I DON'T HAVE ANY RESTRICTIONS FOR IT. ALL RIGHT. FOR ARBOR DAY, YOU'RE WELCOME TO BRING MORE HANDS ONLY BECAUSE THAT ONE THAT'S WE ARE PLANTING A LOT OF TREES FOR THAT DAY. SO THAT'S KIND OF ALL HANDS ON DECK FOR THAT ONE. ALL RIGHT. AND HOW WOULD WE GO ABOUT IT TO INVITE SOME OF OUR PEERS. DO WE JUST SEND YOU NAMES OR WOULD YOU NEED ANYTHING OR DO THEY JUST HAVE TO GO FOR WHICH EVENT FOR, LET'S SAY, THE ARBOR DAY AT NO ARBOR DAY, THAT THAT THAT'S NOT NECESSARY. ONLY THE ONLY ONE THAT I NEED ACTUAL NAMES WOULD JUST BE FOR THE FINE FOOD BANK. ALL RIGHT. SO THEY WOULDN'T HAVE TO CHECK WITH YOU AT ALL. THEY WOULD JUST HAVE TO COME FOR THE FINE FOOD BANK, FOR THE ARBOR DAY, FOR ARBOR DAY. IF THEY JUST WANT TO HELP, THEY JUST CAN COME. YEAH, THEY CAN JUST SHOW UP. YEAH. ALL RIGHT. FOR THE FINE FOOD BANK, WHAT WOULD WE BE DOING OVERALL THAT DAY? ARE WE GONNA BE PASSING OUT FOOD, COLLECTING FOOD FOR THE PREFERABLY DURING THAT TIME OF THE YEAR? ONLY BECAUSE IT'S APRIL, IT'S A LITTLE WARMER. I WOULD LIKE I WOULD IMAGINE YOU WOULD STILL WANT TO BE INSIDE OF A OF A FACILITY. THEY DO HAVE OTHER OPTIONS IF YOU WANT TO WORK OUTSIDE AND BEING HANDING OUT HANDING OUT FOOD DURING LIKE A CAR DRIVE LIKE THAT. BUT I PREFER I SELECTED PURPOSELY SELECTED IT TO BE INSIDE. SO IT WOULD BE LIKE PACKAGING,
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PACKAGING. YOU'D BE SORTING OUT, SORTING SOME SORT OF FOOD BASKETS.SO I HAVE A QUESTION FOR MORE. FOR MARCH 8TH DAY OF THE YOUNG CHILD. IS THAT LIKE A LARGE EVENT OR IS IT LIKE JUST PEOPLE COME IN AND THAT ONE, THAT ONE IS A LARGER EVENT? WE DO HAVE A LOT OF THE YOUTH, THE VERY LIKE THE ELEMENTARY KIDS SHOW UP MAINLY. IT'S A BIG ONE, BIG RESOURCE FAIR. AND THEN THEY'LL JUST BE HANDING OUT THINGS TO THE LITTLE KIDS, HELPING OUT WITH THE EVENT. SO WE HAVE LIKE LITTLE BOOTHS AND STUFF LIKE THAT. DOES THE CITY DOES. ARE YOU ASKING? YEAH, YES WE DO. AND THEN ALL OF OUR PARTNERS THAT WE HAVE THAT ARE SPONSORS OF THE EVENT, THEY WILL HAVE THEIR BOOTHS AS WELL. SO IF WE WERE TO VOLUNTEER FOR THE DAY OF THE YOUNG CHILD, LIKE, WHAT WOULD WE LIKE? WHAT ARE SOME THINGS THAT THE YOUTH COMMISSION WOULD BE DOING? YOU'D BE HELPING OUT, BASICALLY JUST ROLLING OUT THE EVENT SET UP AND BREAKDOWN AND HELPING OUT WITH ASSISTING WITH ANY KIND OF NEEDS AS NECESSARY. AND THEN ALSO TOO, IF YOU WANT TO. WE ALSO HAVE THE CITY BOOTH THERE PASSING OUT ANY KIND OF GIVEAWAYS. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. WILL THAT BE ALL FOR THIS ITEM? YES. UNLESS THE COMMISSION WANTS TO HAS ANY OTHER THING TO ADD TO IT. SO WHAT, EVERYONE WOULD LIKE TO MOVE ON. YEAH. YEAH. ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. ON TO THE PUBLIC COMMENTS. THE PUBLIC MAY ADDRESS THE COMMISSION ON ANY ITEM OF INTEREST IN THE PUBLIC THAT IS NOT ON THE AGENDA, BUT IS WITHIN THE SUBJECT MATTER JURISDICTION THEREOF. PLEASE LIMIT YOUR COMMENTS TO THREE MINUTES. NO
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ONE. MOVING ON TO REPORTS AND REQUESTS, COMMISSIONER. COMMENTS. WELL, WE DID HAVE A COMMENT FROM THE MAN THAT WAS TALKING TO US OUTSIDE ABOUT HOW THERE WAS A BIRD BIRD DEFECATIONS ON THE STREETS OF COACHELLA, AND HE HE SAID HE SAID SOMETHING THAT AT LEAST TOUCHED MY HEART. HE SAID THAT THERE WAS A DISPARITY BETWEEN COACHELLA AND INDIA, THAT INDIO WAS A LOT CLEANER, LIKE THE STREETS, THAT COACHELLA IS KIND OF NEGLECTING. THOSE THINGS COMPARATIVELY. SO I WAS THINKING THAT MAYBE ON TOP OF LIKE. ON TOP OF THE PARK, THE PARK IS A PARK AND STREET. WE COULD ALSO LIKE CLEAN UP PLACES THAT SEEM LIKE THEY HAVE LIKE BIRD POOP OR LIKE THE GUTTERS OR CLOGGED UP THINGS LIKE THAT. WE COULD JUST GO OUT MORE OPPORTUNITIES LIKE THAT. WOULD THERE BE A POSSIBILITY OF DOING LIKE CLEANING UP THE STREETS? LIKE AS. IF THAT'S SOMETHING FOR THE COMMISSION. WE CAN LOOK AT THAT. WE JUST NEED TO IDENTIFY A STREET THAT WOULD THAT YOU WOULD WANT TO BE WORKING ON. OKAY. ALL RIGHT.USUALLY OFF OF LIKE I CAN THINK OF CESAR CHAVEZ ON CESAR CHAVEZ AROUND WHERE CARL'S JUNIOR IS.
THERE'S USUALLY LIKE TRASH ON THE FLOOR, LIKE, COMING TOWARDS, LIKE CESAR OR TO THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, LIKE THAT STREET BY THE CESAR CHAVEZ ELEMENTARY. SO BETWEEN THAT AND CARL'S JUNIOR, THERE IS TRASH. LIKE, THAT WAS KIND OF CONFUSING, LIKE IN FRONT OF TACO BELL, BASICALLY, BUT ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE STREET. SO THERE'S USUALLY LIKE BIRD DEFECATIONS THERE THAT WE COULD PROBABLY GO THERE. YEAH. SO ALL OF THAT WOULD STILL BE PART OF THE ADOPT THE STREET PROGRAM. SO WHICHEVER YOU WANT TO TACKLE FIRST, COMMISSIONER AND THEN WITH THE COMMISSION AS WELL, IF THAT'S GOING BACK TO THAT DATE THAT YOU HAD SELECTED FOR THAT MARCH 1ST, PLEASE LET ME KNOW IF THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT YOU WANT TO DO THAT INSTEAD OF THE RANCHO LAS FLORES, OR WE'LL HAVE TO PICK ANOTHER DATE FOR THE STREET PART. SO WOULD IT BE POSSIBLE FOR US TO DO BOTH IF
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THE COMMISSIONER IS OKAY WITH IT? WELL, THEN SEPARATE DAYS. ON SEPARATE DAYS. OKAY. WOULD THAT BE ALL RIGHT FOR THE COMMISSION? YEAH, YEAH. ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. IF THAT IS ALL, DO I JOIN THE MEETING? YEAH. NO IT'S NOT. NO ADDITIONAL COMMENTS FROM THE COMMISSION. ALL RIGHT. I ADJOURN THIS MEETING AT 4:56 P.M. THANK