I WAS LIKE, THAT NAME SOUNDS FAMILIAR. OKAY. WHO'S THIS?
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WELCOME TO THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING. CLOSED SESSION AND REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY OF COACHELLA.THE LIVE STREAM OF THE MEETING MAY BE VIEWED ONLINE BY ACCESSING THE CITY'S WEBSITE AT COACHELLA.ORG, AND CLICKING AND CLICKING ON THE WATCH COUNCIL MEETINGS.
AND WE'LL CALL TO ORDER THE MEETING AT 5:03 P.M..
AND IF WE CAN HAVE A ROLL CALL, PLEASE. COUNCIL MEMBER PEREZ.
HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER. FIGUEROA. PRESENT. COUNCIL MEMBER PRESENT.
AND MAYOR PRO TEM DELGADO. HERE. IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGENDA?
[Approval of Agenda]
MOTION AS PRESENTED. IS THERE A SECOND? I. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE, AYE. DID WE RECEIVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS FOR CLOSED SESSION ITEMS? NONE FOR CLOSED SESSION. OKAY. AND WE'LL ADJOURN TO THE CLOSED SESSION.[Adjourn to Closed Session]
GOOD EVENING. WE'LL RECONVENE THE MEETING AT 6 P.M..[Reconvene Regular Meeting]
AND IF I CAN ASK DOCTOR FIGUEROA TO LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.WITH YOUR HAND OVER YOUR HEART. READY? BEGIN.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
DO WE HAVE ANY CLOSED SESSION ANNOUNCEMENTS? YES.
THANK YOU. MAYOR PRO TEM COUNCIL MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC.
THE CITY COUNCIL MET IN CLOSED SESSION PURSUANT TO THE ITEMS LISTED ON THE CLOSED SESSION AGENDA, AND THERE WAS NO REPORTABLE ACTION. THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT.
THANK YOU. AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO MOVE FORWARD TO WITH THE PRESENTATION, THE PRESENTATION OF
[Proclamations/Presentations/Direction]
PROCLAMATION TO SANDY CROSS. YEAH. SHE SHE WON'T BE JOINING US.FROM THE. CITY OF COACHELLA, CALIFORNIA PROCLAMATION.
WHEREAS NEARLY TEN YEARS OF DEDICATED SERVICE, SANDY CROSS HAS ANNOUNCED HER RETIREMENT FROM THE CITY OF COACHELLA EFFECTIVE JANUARY 2025. AND WHEREAS SANDY WAS BORN IN ALASKA AND LATER MOVED TO THE COACHELLA VALLEY, WHERE SHE MADE SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE CITY OF CATHEDRAL CITY, HAS A PERSONNEL ANALYST, THE CITY OF INDIO AS A HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGER, AND THE DESERT RECREATION DISTRICT AS A RESOURCE AND HUMAN RESOURCES ADMINISTRATOR.
AND WHEREAS, SANDY JOINED THE CITY OF COACHELLA ON MAY 4TH, 2015 AS A HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGER, AND WHEREAS, DURING HER TIME, SANDY TRANSFORMED THE HUMAN RESOURCES DEPARTMENT INTO A WELCOMING, SUPPORTIVE AND TRUSTED RESOURCE FOR ALL EMPLOYEES.
NOW, THEREFORE, STEVEN HERNANDEZ, MAYOR AND THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COACHELLA, BY THE POWERS VESTED IN US, DO HEREBY RECOGNIZE SANDY CROSS AND URGE ALL CITIZENS OF THE CITY OF COACHELLA AND JOINING US TO COMMEMORATE THEIR COMMITMENT, HER COMMITMENT TO SERVING THE COMMUNITY. THANK YOU.
A BIG THANK YOU TO SANDY CROSS FOR DEDICATING MANY YEARS TO THE CITY OF COACHELLA.
WE'RE VERY GRATEFUL TO HER AND APPRECIATE HER TIME HERE WITH US.
SHE'S NOT ABLE TO JOIN US IN IN PERSON OR ON ZOOM.
SO WE'LL BE EMAILING HER PROCLAMATION TO HER.
AND THEN NOW MOVING ON FOR A PRESENTATION FROM UCR EXTENSION FOR BUSINESS MANAGEMENT COURSE.
DO WE HAVE ANYBODY IN PERSON OR ON ZOOM? HI, EVERYONE. GOOD AFTERNOON OR GOOD EVENING? I JUST WANTED TO JOIN TODAY. THANK YOU FOR HAVING US HERE, JUST TO INFORM EVERYONE AND LET EVERYONE KNOW ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY THAT WE ARE OFFERING. WITH THE CITY OF COACHELLA AND UCR UNIVERSITY EXTENSION FOR A SEVERAL BUSINESS MANAGEMENT COURSES THAT WE WILL BE
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OFFERING COMPLETELY FREE OF COST FOR RESIDENTS OF THE CITY.SO WE DO HAVE A COUPLE INFO SESSIONS COMING UP.
THE NEXT ONE BEING FEBRUARY 27TH FROM 12 TO 1 P.M.
ONE OF THE PROGRAMS WILL BE A MICRO MBA PROGRAM, WHICH WILL GIVE YOU AN OVERVIEW OF ALL ESSENTIAL BUSINESS CONCEPTS TO HELP YOU GROW YOUR BUSINESS. FROM ACCOUNTING AND FINANCE TO HUMAN RESOURCES TO STRATEGIC LEADERSHIP, ALL OF THESE TOPICS WILL BE COVERED WITHIN THE MICRO MBA. WE ALSO HAVE A BUSINESS READINESS COURSE AVAILABLE AS WELL AS BUSINESS ENGLISH ONE AND BUSINESS ENGLISH TWO.
HERE'S SOME QR CODES AS WELL FOR THE SPECIFIC PROGRAMS THAT YOU CAN SCAN AND GET MORE INFORMATION FOR, AS WELL AS THE SCHEDULE. SO YOU'LL SEE. CLASSES WILL BE HELD ON FRIDAYS AND SATURDAYS FROM 9 A.M.
TO 12 P.M. YOU ALSO HAVE DATES AVAILABLE ON THE SCREEN.
AND ONCE AGAIN, THE CLASSES WILL ALSO BE HELD IN THE COACHELLA BRANCH CITY LIBRARY.
FOR ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO REACH OUT TO US.
YOU CAN ALWAYS REACH US AT (951) 827-0157. AND THERE'S ALSO AN EMAIL ON THE SCREEN THAT YOU COULD SEE SUCCESS@UCR.EDU. WE'RE ALWAYS HAPPY TO HELP. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THANK YOU. DOCTOR, DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS? I KNOW THAT YOU.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT YOU. YEAH. JUST WITH YOUR ENROLLMENT RATES RIGHT NOW.
SO WE DO HAVE ABOUT 12 STUDENTS, I BELIEVE, THAT HAVE BEEN ADMITTED INTO THE PROGRAM.
I BELIEVE WE HAVE 8 OR 9 THAT ARE CURRENTLY THAT HAVE CURRENTLY RSVP'D FOR THE NEXT INFO SESSION AND WE HAVE ADDED A ZOOM INFO SESSION AS WELL. WE DON'T HAVE THE DETAILS HERE ON THE SCREEN CURRENTLY, BUT WHEN INDIVIDUALS CLICK ON THAT LINK TO RSVP OR GO TO THAT QR CODE, THEY WILL SEE THE ZOOM OPTION AVAILABLE AS WELL.
BUT WE DO HAVE LIKE I MENTIONED, ABOUT 8 OR 9 THAT HAVE RSVP'D FOR THE FEBRUARY 27TH SESSION.
SO WE'RE HOPING TO INCREASE THOSE ENROLLMENT NUMBERS.
OKAY. THANK YOU. ARE THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM MEMBERS OF COUNCIL? NO. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR GIVING US THE PRESENTATION AND MAKING TIME OUT OF YOUR DAY TO PRESENT TO US.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU ALL. HAVE A GREAT EVENING.
AND THEN WE'LL MOVE OVER TO ITEM NUMBER FOUR, GENERAL FUND BALANCE FOR FISCAL YEAR 2324 AND FISCAL YEAR 2024 AND 2025. GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL MEMBERS.
WHEN I FIRST GOT BACK, THE FIRST THING THAT I WANTED TO DO WAS FIND OUT WHERE WE WERE FINANCIALLY, BECAUSE FROM AFAR, YOU KNOW, I CAN'T LET GO OF SOMETHING YOU PUT YOUR, YOUR LIFE INTO FOR ALMOST TEN YEARS.
AND SO I WOULD WATCH COUNCIL MEETINGS FROM AFAR, AND I'D NOTICE THAT THERE WERE QUITE A FEW FUNDS BEING TAKEN AWAY FROM THE GENERAL FUND AND OUR FUND BALANCE WAS DIMINISHING. SO WE'RE GOING TO GO OVER SOMETHING.
BUT A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO WHEN I WAS HERE, WE HAD ABOUT.
ALMOST $18 MILLION SITTING IN RESERVES. AND IT'S NOT THAT THAT'S OUR TOTAL RESERVES.
IT'S NOT. BUT THOSE ARE SPENDABLE RESERVES. IT'S LIKE CASH THAT WE HAVE ON HAND THAT WE CAN SPEND.
SO IF SOMETHING HAPPENS, WE CAN GO TO THOSE FUNDS AND USE THEM ALMOST LIKE A RAINY DAY FUND, THOUGH THERE'S ANOTHER SET ASIDE FOR THAT AS WELL. ALMOST $3 MILLION IS NOT MUCH.
BUT, YOU KNOW, LOOKING AT IT AND I KNOW YOU'VE SEEN IT AND THE THE CROWD, THE CONSTITUENTS HAVEN'T SEEN THIS, BUT IT'S REMARKABLE WHAT IT TOOK US ALMOST TEN YEARS TO BUILD HAS BEEN ALMOST DEPLETED WITHIN 18 MONTHS.
THAT WAS WITH CHELSEA, AND WE WERE GOING TO DO THE TRANSIT HUB WITH SUNLINE.
THERE WAS A SHORTFALL, THOUGH. WE WERE OVER BUDGET.
I THINK IT HAD TO DO WITH LAND. THERE WAS ABOUT $1 MILLION SHORTFALL.
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BUT WE DECIDED AT THAT POINT TO PUT ANOTHER ALMOST $500,000 INTO THE PROJECT.AND THAT'S WHAT YOU SEE THERE ON THAT SECOND LINE.
THAT WAS THE FIRST TIME THAT WE WENT TO GENERAL FUND RESERVES IN QUITE A WHILE.
BUT NOT TO THE FREQUENCY THAT YOU SEE OVER THE NEXT 18 MONTHS.
AND THAT WAS ACTUALLY TO BRING ME BACK ON AFTER THE FACT, TO DO SOME CONSULTING WORK SO THAT ONE WILL GO AWAY BECAUSE IT WAS NOT EXPENDED, IT WAS ENCUMBERED, BUT IT WASN'T SPENT. SHADE STRUCTURES AT THE PARK.
THOSE MONIES WERE SPENT. IT WAS TOO FAR. ANOTHER $200,000 FOR THE BLUE ZONES PROJECT.
AND DON'T GET ME WRONG, I MEAN, THAT'S WHAT GENERAL FUND RESERVES ARE FOR ONE TIME PROJECTS.
YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE NOT PUTTING THINGS INTO ASKED FROM THE GENERAL FUND THAT ARE GOING TO CONTINUE TO HIT TO HAVE A TAIL, BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE YOU GET IN TROUBLE, BECAUSE YOU THINK IT'S A ONE TIME HIT, AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN IT HAS TO BE BUILT INTO THE BUDGET YEAR AFTER YEAR. IT CREATES A STRUCTURAL PROBLEM MOVING FORWARD. SO A LOT OF THIS STUFF ONE TIME A LANGUAGE, CAMERAS FOR DUAL LANGUAGE CAMERAS FOR SWAGIT 109,001 TIME EXPENSES AGAIN STREET REHAB. I THINK THERE WERE THREE COMMUNITIES WHERE STREETS WERE DONE, $1.2 MILLION.
YOU KNOW, BACK IN THE PAST, WE WE WE WE BORROWED MONEY TO DO STREETS BACK IN THE EARLY 2000, AND WE BORROWED MONEY FROM GAS TAX TO DO THAT, AND WE'RE STILL PAYING FOR THOSE STREETS THAT NOW ARE ACTUALLY BEING REHABBED IN SOME AREAS AGAIN. AND IT'S GOOD TO USE GENERAL FUND MONEY OR ONE TIME MONEY EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE, BUT NOT CONSTANTLY GOING TO. WE HAVE OTHER SOURCES OF FUNDS TO REHAB OUR STREETS, AND UNFORTUNATELY, BECAUSE OF THE PROJECTS THAT WE'VE HAD COME FORWARD, WE DON'T HAVE SB1 MONIES.
YOU KNOW, THE THE WEATHER IS TOUGH ON THE STREETS OUT HERE.
AND SO AT TIMES WE DO NEED TO GO TO THE GENERAL FUND.
BUT OVER THE LAST 18 MONTHS WE WENT TO THE GENERAL FUND A LOT TO DO THESE THINGS.
THE SOFTWARE WE, WE HAD TO UPGRADE OUR SOFTWARE.
WE HAVE THE EDEN SYSTEM. IT'S UPGRADING TO MUNIS.
WE USE SOME ARPA FUNDS FOR THIS. HOWEVER, IT WASN'T ENOUGH TO COVER BECAUSE WE HAD ALSO DEDICATED A LOT OF ARPA FUNDS TO THE FIRE STATION AND OTHER THINGS. 633,000. IT WAS BETTER THAN THE 1.2 MILLION IT WAS GOING TO COST ORIGINALLY.
BUT I THINK WE'VE BEEN ON THE EDEN SYSTEM FOR ALMOST 20 SOMETHING YEARS.
SO AGAIN, GOOD ONE TIME USE OF MONEY. THE FACADE IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM.
THOSE MONEY WILL COME BACK, AND IT'S GOOD THAT IT'S A LOAN.
AND ACTUALLY, THERE WAS NO INTERFUND LOAN AGREEMENT DONE ON THAT PROJECT. SO WE HAVE TO COME BACK TO COUNCIL AND GET THAT APPROVED, BECAUSE WHEN THE GENERAL FUND LOANS AND OTHER FUND MONEY, THERE HAS TO BE AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE GENERAL FUND AND THAT FUND THAT ACTUALLY IS LOANED MONEY.
SO THAT WILL BE COMING BACK TO YOU. YOU KNOW, IT WAS A PRIORITY.
THE ROAD NEEDED WORKED ON UP THERE. AND SO THE GENERAL FUND, EVEN THOUGH IT'S IT'S A REDUCTION IN FUND BALANCE, IT WILL BE REPAID, BUT IT'S NOT GOING TO BE REPAID FOR OVER TEN YEARS.
AND THEN WITHIN THE BUDGET, WHICH IS KIND OF STRANGE.
TYPICALLY YOU WOULD COME BACK TO COUNCIL WHEN YOU'VE IDENTIFIED LAND.
SO I'M NOT EXACTLY SURE HOW OR WHY THAT HAPPENED.
SO WE ENDED UP LAST YEAR WITH ABOUT $10 MILLION OF FUND BALANCE.
SO WE ROLL INTO THIS YEAR. THERE'S A SUSTAINABILITY PROJECT IN PUEBLO VIEJO.
IT WAS LANDSCAPING. OTHER THINGS THAT THE GENERAL FUND HAD TO PUT MONEY INTO.
234,000. ENERGY SMART CONTROLLERS, WHICH WAS PART OF THE ALLIANCE PROJECT, THE ONE THAT PUT IN THE I BELIEVE THIS WAS FOR THE LIGHTING AT THE BALLPARKS IS WHAT THIS WAS FOR.
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ANOTHER 242,000. WE BORROWED MONEY TO DO THAT.THERE WAS A LEASE AND I'M NOT QUITE SURE HOW IT HAD TO HAVE BEEN AN ADULT OR SOMETHING TO THE PROJECT, BUT WE SHOULD HAVE WE SHOULD HAVE WENT TO THE LEASE TO SEE IF THERE WERE ANY MORE MONEY SITTING THERE, INSTEAD OF JUST PULLING IT OUT OF THE GENERAL FUND, BECAUSE IF IT WAS STRICTLY PARKS, THAT'S FINE.
BUT IF IT HAD ANYTHING TO DO WITH THE SANITATION PLANT OR STREET LIGHTS, IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN CHARGED BACK TO THE SOURCE OF WHERE THESE FUNDS WERE ACTUALLY BEING USED. SO I WILL BE LOOKING INTO THAT. THE BIG ONE, AVENUE 52, $3 MILLION.
THAT WAS THE ONE THAT CAUGHT MY EYE. THAT'S I UNDERSTAND I TALKED TO ANDREW ABOUT THIS AND THE REASON FOR THE REHAB ON THIS ROAD. I DRIVE IT EVERY MORNING. IT'S IT'S ROUGH.
IT'S IT'S IT'S IN BAD SHAPE. BUT WHEN WE PUT IN THE BRIDGE AT AVENUE 50 OVER THE WHITEWATER, THAT IS GOING TO BE BASICALLY THE MAIN WAY INTO THE CITY.
AND THERE'S GOING TO BE A LOT OF TRAFFIC ON THAT.
AND THEN THE CONDITION IT'S IN. IT REALLY DOES NEED TO BE IMPROVED.
SO EVEN THOUGH IT'S A LOT OF MONEY AND YOU KNOW, IT NEEDS TO BE DONE.
SO BASED UPON THE ARGUMENT HE MADE THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT 50 IS GOING TO BE CLOSED AND EVERYBODY'S GOING TO BE COMING TO 52, IT MAKES SENSE, THE TIMING OF IT. COUNCIL MEMBER FIGUEROA CALLED ME UP, DOCTOR FIGUEROA AND HE SAID THE UNIVERSITY OF UCR IS ON THERE. THE BUSINESS PROGRAM THAT WAS ARPA FUNDS.
IT IS ARPA FUNDS. HOWEVER, WE OVERSPENT OUR ARPA FUNDS.
WE'VE SPENT THAT MONEY. AND ONCE YOU SPEND MONEY WITH THE ARPA FUNDS, YOU CAN'T REPROGRAM IT.
AND THERE WAS AN APPROVAL FOR AN EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT FOR 138,000.
THAT WAS ONE THAT SHOULDN'T HAVE SHOWED UP THERE, BECAUSE THAT SHOULD BE DONE DURING THE BUDGET PROCESS, BECAUSE THAT'S THAT IS NOT A ONE TIME COST. THAT IS A SNAPSHOT THAT WILL CONTINUE ON.
ONCE YOU'VE HIRED THAT POSITION, IT STAYS IN THE BUDGET. IT DOESN'T GO AWAY.
AND AT THIS POINT, ANY OPEN POSITIONS THAT WE HAVE NOT FILLED THAT WERE APPROVED, THAT DID NOT HAVE SOMEBODY THAT WAS AN EXISTING POSITION UNTIL WE GET THROUGH THE BUDGET RIGHT NOW, I'M HOLDING OFF ON THOSE HIRES BECAUSE I NEED TO SEE WHERE WE'RE AT AND TO TALK A LITTLE.
OUR AUDITS ALMOST FINISHED. IT'S LATE. WE'VE BEEN SHORT STAFFED, AS YOU CAN SEE IN THE AGENDA.
LATER ON, WE'RE GOING TO ADD AN INTERIM FINANCE DIRECTOR, BECAUSE I WOULD LIKE TO THINK THAT I COULD TAKE THAT ON AND DO IT LIKE I DID BEFORE WHEN I FIRST BECAME CITY MANAGER, BUT I CAN'T. THERE'S THERE'S TOO MUCH GOING ON AND TOO MUCH TO CATCH UP ON.
THE GOOD NEWS. I MEAN, THIS IS TOUGH. THERE'S A LOT OF MONEY THAT'S BEEN SPENT.
BUT IF YOU LOOK AT OUR 2324 FINANCIALS, WE HAVE ABOUT A $3 MILLION SURPLUS IN THERE THAT WILL BE REPORTED OUT TO THE COUNCIL ONCE THE AUDIT IS FINISHED. AND THAT'S THE LAST BUDGET THAT I PUT TOGETHER. BUT WE NEED TO REMEMBER I DIDN'T ADD ANY FIRE DEPARTMENT PEOPLE.
SO GREAT NEWS IS, IS THAT A YEAR AND A HALF AGO WE PUT $3 MILLION INTO RESERVES.
WE RECEIVED OUR REVENUES FROM THE COUNTY. AND SO WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING MID-YEAR.
I'D LIKE TO BRING THE MID-YEAR TO YOU, THE FIRST MEETING IN MARCH TO GIVE YOU A BETTER IDEA OF WHERE WE STAND, I UNDERSTAND THAT WE'RE ABOUT EVEN TO WHERE WE WERE WITH THE YEAR BEFORE, BUT THAT'S NOT NECESSARILY A GOOD THING, BECAUSE WE ALSO BUILT IN A WHOLE LOT MORE EXPENSES THAT WE HAVE TO ACTUALLY PAY FOR.
SO THAT $3 MILLION SURPLUS IS NOT GOING TO BE $3 MILLION AGAIN THIS CURRENT YEAR THAT WE'RE IN.
BUT WE CANNOT CONTINUE THIS PACE AND BE FISCALLY STABLE.
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WE HAVE GREAT RESERVES. BUT THOSE RESERVES, I GUESS THE BEST WAY I CAN PUT IT IS CASH.YOU KNOW, IT'S ALMOST LIKE YOUR HOME BUDGET. I'VE GOT A HOUSE AND I'VE GOT THIS AND I'VE GOT THAT AND I'VE GOT ASSETS, I'VE GOT VALUE. BUT UNTIL I SELL THOSE ASSETS OR GET MONEY COMING IN FOR THEM, THEY'RE NOT AVAILABLE TO ME.
THOSE THINGS WILL BE PAID AS DEVELOPERS COME IN AND DEVELOP PROPERTIES.
THEY'RE GOING TO TAKE 20 OR 30 YEARS TO FINALLY REPAY THE GENERAL FUND.
THAT'S WHY WE REALLY HAVE TO KEEP AN EYE ON THIS NUMBER THAT'S LIQUID.
BECAUSE IF SOMETHING BAD DOES HAPPEN, THERE'S AN EARTHQUAKE, GOD FORBID.
YOU KNOW, OR SOMETHING. WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ABLE TO OPERATE AND SERVE THE CONSTITUENTS.
AND SO WHEN WE BUILT THE RESERVES TO THE LEVEL THAT WE DID THE LAST TIME, THAT WAS WHAT WAS IN MIND.
AND WHEN I FIRST CAME IN, WE'D BEEN THROUGH LAYOFFS.
WE'D BEEN THROUGH FURLOUGHS. IT WAS A TERRIBLE TIME, AND WE HAD ABOUT $6 MILLION IN RESERVES.
AND WE'RE VERY PROUD OF THE WORK THAT WE DID TO GET UP TO 18 MILLION.
I WANTED TO MAKE SURE IT DIDN'T HAPPEN AGAIN BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THERE'S THERE'S GREAT PEOPLE THAT WORK HERE. AND THE LAST THING YOU WANT TO DO IS, IS, YOU KNOW, DO A HIRING FREEZE OR A FURLOUGH OR LAYING OFF OR WHATEVER.
THAT'S THE LAST THING THAT WE WANT TO HAVE HAPPEN. AND SO WE NEED TO BE VERY DILIGENT MOVING FORWARD AS TO ESPECIALLY BIG PROJECTS, PAVING AND THINGS LIKE THAT, WHERE WE KEEP AN EYE ON THE GENERAL FUND AND THAT THE COUNCIL GETS UPDATES MORE OFTEN THAN NOT ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON WITH FUND BALANCE.
SO THAT'S MY REPORT TO YOU, AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER THEM.
THERE'S. YEAH, THERE'S THERE'S UNDESIGNATED AND THEN THERE'S SPENDABLE UNDESIGNATED.
AND THEN SPOKEN FOR SPOKEN FOR THERE'S A BUNCH OF MONEY THERE BECAUSE THE GENERAL FUND IS LOANED OUT MONEY OVER TIME TO BE ABLE TO BUILD PROJECTS LIKE THE LIBRARY, FIRE STATION, CIVIC, YOU KNOW, THE OTHER PROPERTIES THAT WE HAVE, THE CORPORATE YARD AND THE CIVIC CENTER.
BUT THOSE ARE ALL REPAID. IF WE DIDN'T CREATE LOANS BETWEEN THE GENERAL FUND AND THAT WE USED, WE WENT AND BORROWED MONEY. WE GOT BONDS TO DO THAT.
AND THE GENERAL FUND IS PAYING THEM RIGHT NOW. IF WE WOULDN'T HAVE PUT THOSE LOANS IN PLACE, DEVELOPERS COULD HAVE COME IN AND SAID, HEY, YOU BUILT A LIBRARY, YOU CAN NO LONGER CHARGES FEES FOR A LIBRARY.
WHEN SOMEBODY PULLS A PERMIT FOR FOR A HOUSE, THEY PAY A LIBRARY FEE.
EVERY HOUSE IN THE CITY HAS TO PAY FOR THE CONTRIBUTION OF THE LIBRARY.
IF THE GENERAL FUND PAID FOR THAT LIBRARY, THE BUILDERS WOULD SAY, YOU DON'T NEED A LIBRARY.
I'M NOT GOING TO PAY YOUR FEE. AND THEY'D HAVE A POINT. THEY'RE CORRECT. HOWEVER, WHEN WE SET IT UP, YOU KNOW, WE WERE THINKING AHEAD AND KNOWING THAT WE NEED TO COLLECT THAT FEE, THAT THE GENERAL FUND SHOULDN'T BE PAYING FOR THAT.
AND ACTUALLY, THE CONSTITUENTS AS THEY COME IN WILL BE USING THE LIBRARY.
THAT'S WHY WE CREATED THOSE LOANS, WAS TO DO THAT.
WE ALSO HAVE LOANS THAT ARE IN PLACE FOR LOW INCOME HOUSING DEVELOPERS, WHERE THEY PAY INTO THE CFD FOR POLICE AND FIRE, WHERE WE'VE EXTENDED OUT THEIR TIME OF WHEN THEY CAN PAY.
WE'RE NOT GETTING THOSE MONIES, BUT WE HAVE TO ACCOUNT FOR THEM. SO EVERY YEAR THAT GOES BY THAT THEY'RE NOT PAYING US AND THERE'S A LOAN IN PLACE, AND IF THEY REFINANCE OR SOMETHING ELSE HAPPENS, THOSE MONIES WILL COME TO THE CITY.
BUT I CAN'T GO GET THAT MONEY RIGHT NOW, I CAN'T.
SO WHAT WE NEED TO FOCUS ON IS OUR LIQUID MONEY.
AND THIS IS OUR LIQUID MONEY. IT'S LIKE CASH, CASH IN OUR WALLET.
AND IT'S VERY IMPORTANT BECAUSE EVEN THOUGH WE LOOK LIKE WE HAVE TONS OF RESERVES, WE DO.
WELL, I CAN'T SELL, YOU KNOW, THE LOAN BETWEEN THE GENERAL FUND AND THE THE LIBRARY.
YOU CAN'T SELL THE LIBRARY. SO. BUT GREAT QUESTION.
THANK YOU. ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM MEMBERS OF COUNCIL.
YES. FOR FOR THE 20 FOR 24, 25. AND WHAT WE DO IS WE TAKE A SNAPSHOT, WE WE HAVE THIS SPREADSHEET WHERE WE LOOK FROM YEAR TO YEAR AND DEVELOP SOME METRICS TO KNOW. BASED UPON THIS PERIOD OF TIME, WE'VE RECEIVED HISTORICALLY APPROXIMATELY 60% OF THE REVENUE IN ONE AREA.
AND I JUST WE HAVEN'T HAD TIME TO DO THAT YET.
BUT YES, I NEED A COUPLE MORE WEEKS AND ALSO REVENUES THAT WE GET FROM THE COUNTY.
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WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE THINGS WERE RECEIVED AND REPORTED, SO WE CAN COMPARE THEM ONE YEAR TO THE NEXT. THOSE ARE IN NOW.I WOULD HOPE THAT THE AUDITORS WILL COME OUT AND DISCUSS WHAT HAPPENED WITH THE YEAR BEFORE'S AUDIT.
AND THEN WE'VE ADOPTED A BUDGET EVERY YEAR THAT I'VE BEEN AROUND IN MAY.
I PLAN ON HAVING THE BUDGET BACK TO YOU GUYS AT THE END OF MAY.
COULD WE HAVE A BUDGET WORKSHOP IN APRIL? I'M ON THE MOSQUITO VECTOR CONTROL, AND THEY DO LIKE A, LIKE A BUDGET STUDY SESSION WHERE, LIKE, IT'S ALL WE TALK ABOUT IS THAT JUST MAYBE WE WILL I WILL GIVE YOU THE BUDGET AND I'LL GO OVER IT.
AND THEN AT THAT POINT THERE'S QUESTION AND ANSWERS.
AND THEN WE TYPICALLY HAVE A MEETING IF YOU WANT TO SCHEDULE A MEETING IN BETWEEN FOR A WORK STUDY, WE CAN DO THAT. OR WE COME BACK AND MY DOOR IS ALWAYS OPEN.
YOU JUST COME IN AND WE CAN TALK ABOUT WHATEVER.
OR, YOU KNOW, I KNOW THAT WE HAVE A NEW COUNCIL MEMBER NOW, ANYTHING THAT YOU WANT TO KNOW ABOUT WHAT WE'VE DONE OR HOW WE'VE DONE THINGS BEFORE IN THE PAST, THAT'S ONE THING I KNOW INSIDE AND OUT, IS, IS THE FINANCES OF THE CITY AND BUDGETING.
SO I, I CAN PROBABLY TALK TOO MUCH ABOUT IT, BUT IT'S SOMETHING THAT I HAVE A PASSION FOR.
BUT YES, WE CAN DO WHATEVER YOU'D LIKE TO DO.
OKAY. ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM MEMBERS OF COUNCIL OR COMMENTS? THANKS, BILL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. WAIT. BILL.
I HAVE LOTS OF THINGS TO SHARE. SO. AND HOW MUCH ARE WE GETTING REFUNDED? WE'RE GETTING THE THE 1 MILLION BACK FROM THE DYLAN ROAD.
IS IT 1 MILLION OR 1,000,600? SO WE'RE GETTING THAT BACK.
IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE THAT WE'RE GETTING BACK? NOT THAT I'VE IDENTIFIED NOW.
SO IT'S THE 1.6 AND THEN THE 3 MILLION, RIGHT? WELL, THE 3 MILLION THERE IS NO I CAN'T IF SEE, IT'S THE PROBLEM WITH ALMOST WE ISSUED BONDS IN THE GAS TAX FUND.
WE'RE STILL PAYING FOR THOSE. AND IT WAS A 30 YEAR BOND.
I REFINANCED THOSE BACK IN LIKE 2015 OR SO BECAUSE INTEREST RATES WERE SO LOW.
SO OUR DEBT SERVICE PAYMENT WENT DOWN. BUT NOW AT THIS POINT, GAS TAX WITH THE STAFF THAT WE HAVE JUST MAINTAINING STREETS, POTHOLES AND THINGS LIKE THAT, THERE'S REALLY NO MONEY LEFT IN GAS TAX.
SO WE'D HAVE TO GO TO MEASURE A OR THE SB1. YEAH.
WE COULDN'T REPAIR OR REHAB A STREET. YEAH. GIVE ME ONE SECOND FOR LIKE THREE YEARS.
ANGELA, WE CAN HEAR YOU GUYS OVER HERE, CAN YOU? SORRY, SORRY. GO AHEAD. YEAH. IF WE BORROWED FROM MEASURE A OR SB1, WE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO REHAB A STREET IN THE CITY FOR AT LEAST THREE YEARS TO DO ANYTHING WITH JUST THAT $3 MILLION ALONE.
I THINK WE GET ABOUT $1 MILLION A YEAR IN SB1 MONIES.
AND THEN WE ALSO IN TALKING TO ANDREW, WE HAVE MATCHES ON THAT.
AND I THINK WE'VE ONLY GOT 700,000 OF THAT SET ASIDE RIGHT NOW.
SO THAT'S ANOTHER ISSUE THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO DEAL WITH.
AND AS I, YOU KNOW, AS I'M AROUND A LITTLE LONGER, I'LL FIND OUT MORE AND MORE OF THESE THINGS.
BUT THERE'S THERE'S SOME ISSUES WITH OUR ROAD FUNDS.
SO, SO OBVIOUSLY THERE'S A LOT OF CONCERNS BECAUSE IT SOUNDS LIKE FOR, WELL, ONE IS THAT I'M THINKING THAT MANY OF OUR ACCOUNTS ARE DEPLETED IF WE'RE PULLING ART FOR SOME OF THE FROM SOME OF THESE UNASSIGNED FUNDS.
SO AND I SEE QUITE A BIT I KNOW THAT SHOULD BE COMING FROM DIFF.
RIGHT. WHAT. AND AT THAT POINT, YOU KNOW, MY RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE TO NOT DO IT.
AND THAT'S ON HOLD RIGHT NOW. BUT THE $3 MILLION FOR 52.
ANDREW MADE A GREAT POINT BASED UPON WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH THE BRIDGE.
BUT THEN I GOT TO FIND MONEY TO, YOU KNOW, THE SUPPLEMENTAL THAT WE NEED TO, YOU KNOW, THE MATCHING FOR THE BRIDGE, TOO. SO THERE'S A FEW THINGS GOING ON. SO. AND THEN FOR, FOR THE ARPA FUNDS AND WE OVER PROJECTED TO THE POINT WE OVERSPENT BY 200,000. SO THAT WILL ACTUALLY BE IMPACTING THIS.
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I'M NOT WORRIED, GENERAL. THE GENERAL FUND STRUCTURALLY IS FINE.WE'RE OKAY. IT'S JUST WE WE REALLY HIT THE RESERVES HARD IN THE LAST 18 MONTHS.
BUT THE GENERAL FUND'S FINE. AND WHEN YOU LOOK STRUCTURALLY AT THE GENERAL FUND YEAR TO YEAR, WE'RE OKAY. WE'RE NOT IN A DEFICIT. WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE TO CHANGE ANYTHING.
ALL OF THIS STUFF? YES. AND THAT WAS ONE TIME.
SO IT'S OKAY. AND BUT I MEAN, I YOU KNOW, I UNDERSTAND THAT THE UNION'S WORRIED ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S GOING ON WITH EMPLOYEES. AND THERE THERE'S NOTHING TO WORRY ABOUT.
WE'RE NOT GOING TO WE'RE NOT GOING TO LAY ANYBODY OFF.
NOBODY'S GOING TO GET FURLOUGHED. OUR OUR GENERAL FUND IS FINE.
IT'S OUR RESERVES THAT WE TAPPED INTO FOR ONE TIME EXPENSES, AND WE JUST CAN'T CONTINUE TO DO THAT.
SO HOW MANY HOW MANY MILLIONS DID WE SPEND IN THE LAST TWO YEARS.
FROM RESERVES? WELL, ALMOST $12 MILLION. TWO THIRDS OF OUR RESERVES ARE GONE.
OKAY. AND THEN WE HAVE GRANTS. OBVIOUSLY, THE CITY WERE VERY, VERY SUCCESSFUL AT SECURING GRANT MONIES, AND THAT'S A CONCERN THAT I BROUGHT UP QUITE A BIT IS BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WHILE IT'S GRANT FUNDING, WE STILL HAVE TO PUT UP QUITE A BIT OF MONEY AS WELL TO BE ABLE TO SECURE SOME OF THESE FUNDS, WHETHER THEY'RE STUDIES THAT WE HAVE TO CONTRACT OUT TO CONSULTANTS, WHETHER IT'S MATCHING FUNDS.
SO WE HAVEN'T GOTTEN HIT WITH THOSE MAINTENANCE EITHER, BECAUSE I KNOW IT'S BEEN HAPPENING IN THE LAST THREE YEARS WHERE WE'VE HAD MOST OF THAT DEVELOPMENT COME THROUGH AND THE LIFESPAN ON THOSE THINGS, YOU KNOW, DEPENDING UPON THE HARDSCAPES OR WHATEVER.
IF IT'S PARK STUFF, THEN YES, THERE'S GOING TO BE MAINTENANCE IMMEDIATELY, ESPECIALLY PUT IN PLANTS.
THE URBAN GREENING AND THE TREES AREN'T GOING TO TRIM THEMSELVES.
SO YEAH, NO, THERE'S DEFINITELY A TAIL ON SOME OF THE STUFF THAT'S GRANT RELATED.
BUT WE ALSO HAVE AN ISSUE TOO, WHERE OUR GRANTS ARE STACKING UP AGAINST EACH OTHER, WHERE WE'VE BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL, WHICH IS GREAT. BUT NOW ANDREW'S GOT THIS LIST OF PROJECTS THAT HE'S GOT AND TRYING TO TAKE A BITE.
WE'RE GETTING DEEP RIGHT NOW. AND SOME OF THE THINGS YOU'RE RIGHT, THEY DO REQUIRE A MATCH.
AND WHERE'S THE MATCH COMING FROM? THE MATCH IS GOING TO COME FROM THE GENERAL FUND. LIKE, YOU KNOW, THE ROAD PROJECT BEFORE IN THE PAST, IF WE'RE BUILDING A BRIDGE, WE COULD GO TO MEASURE AIR.
WE COULD GO TO SB1. OR EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE THERE WERE FUNDS THAT WERE AVAILABLE THROUGH ARKITEK WHERE WE COULD ASK FOR ADDITIONAL HELP OR FUNDING ON SOMETHING, AND THEY WOULD SEND US MONEY. BUT I DON'T THINK THAT THAT EXISTS ANYMORE.
I HAVEN'T HEARD OF IT ANYHOW. I THINK IN THE PAST, FROM WHEN I SERVED HERE IN 2020, AND MY TIME ON THE PLANNING COMMISSION WHEN WE WERE CLOSE TO DEPLETING ANY ACCOUNTS, USUALLY WE KIND OF WAITED FOR IT TO GET BUILT BACK UP BEFORE WE EVEN CONSIDERED.
YOU KNOW, THINKING OF ANY PROJECTS OR, YOU KNOW, MAKING ANY PROJECTIONS.
AND THEN NOW GOING ON TO POSITIONS. THIS IS A QUESTION THAT I ASKED QUITE A BIT.
AND THAT'S BECAUSE AS YOU, AS YOU KNOW, YOU MENTIONED HERE IT'S NOT A ONE TIME COST.
IT'S REOCCURRING. AND SO HOW MANY POSITIONS DO WE HAVE NOW THAT WE HAVE NOT FULFILLED THAT.
I DON'T KNOW OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD. I BELIEVE THAT MOST EVERYTHING IS FILLED AT THIS POINT.
I KNOW THAT THIS POSITION HAS NOT BEEN FILLED, OR MAYBE 1 OR 2 OTHERS.
WHAT I'VE TOLD HR IS THAT IF IT'S A POSITION THAT EXISTS THAT WAS FILLED BEFORE, IN THE PAST AND IS NOT NEW, THAT WE'RE GOING TO RECRUIT AND FILL THAT POSITION. BUT IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT'S BRAND NEW AND OPEN, WE'RE GOING TO HOLD OFF ON THAT FOR RIGHT NOW UNTIL I GET INTO THE BUDGET JUST TO, YOU KNOW, BE CAUTIOUS. NOT THAT 2 OR 3 POSITIONS ARE GOING TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE.
YOU KNOW, IT'S A 3 OR $400,000. IT'S NOT GOING TO WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, $38 MILLION, IT'S REALLY NOTHING. BUT JUST TO BE CAUTIOUS, THOUGH.
ONE OF MY CONCERNS AS WELL IS AND I SAID IT MANY TIMES WHEN I WAS HERE IS WE WERE HIRING SO MANY POSITIONS, WE WERE OPENING UP SO MUCH POSITIONS, AND WE WERE HIRING SO MANY PEOPLE WITHIN A SHORT WINDOW THAT MY CONCERN WAS THAT IN A YEAR OR TWO YEARS OUT, WE WE'RE GOING TO REALLY START FEELING WHAT THAT WAS GOING TO COST US WHEN WE OBVIOUSLY, LIKE YOU SAID,
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IT'S IT'S A REOCCURRING, YOU KNOW, COST EVERY SINGLE YEAR AND THEN ALSO DOESN'T, YOU KNOW, ADD IN THE COLA AND EVERYTHING ELSE THAT WE HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, ALSO BE BUILDING UP.I MEAN, LET'S BE HONEST, YOU KNOW, WE'RE BUILDING IN POSITIONS. WE'RE ALSO INCREASING THE COST THAT GOES THROUGH THAT OVER TIME AS WE'RE ADJUSTING ALL THESE OTHER THINGS THAT THAT WE NEED TO OBVIOUSLY MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE PROVIDING OUR, OUR EMPLOYEES.
SO, SO I'M NOT QUITE SURE, AS YOU SAID ON THE TAIL END, HOW IT'S HOW IT'S GOING TO HIT US.
BUT THAT IS SOMETHING THAT I WAS DEEPLY CONCERNED ABOUT IS TWO YEARS IN WHAT THAT WAS GOING TO BE FOR US, ESPECIALLY WHEN IN TWO YEARS WE DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE IN THE GENERAL FUND, OR WE'RE GOING TO GO DOWN 1 MILLION OR 2 MILLION.
AND WHAT THAT'S LIKE FOR US, AND WHEN WE TAPPED INTO $12 MILLION INTO OUR RESERVES.
IT DOESN'T LEAVE US A LOT OF WE HAVE. WE HAVE TO BE MUCH CLOSER NOW.
AND TYPICALLY IN THE PAST, YOU KNOW, YOU'VE HEARD I'M CONSERVATIVE WHEN IT COMES TO THINGS.
AND THERE WAS A REASON FOR IT BECAUSE WE LIVED THROUGH WHEN I FIRST GOT HERE.
BUT STRUCTURALLY WE'RE OKAY. BUT BUT YOU'RE RIGHT, THOUGH.
WE HAVE TWO YEARS LEFT ON OUR CONTRACT WILL BE NEGOTIATED, ANOTHER CONTRACT.
AND THAT'S A LOT IN JUST A FEW YEARS. I UNDERSTAND THAT EVERYBODY'S BUSIER AND, YOU KNOW, BUT THE CITY'S POPULATION HAS GROWN ABOUT 3% IN OUR PAYROLL, NOT OUR PAYROLL, BUT OUR EMPLOYEE COUNT HAS GROWN 23%.
WE WILL. WE'LL FIGURE IT OUT. JUST SO, SO YEAH, I THAT IS ONE OF MY CONCERNS IS AND I AND I WAS VERY HONEST ABOUT IT IS THAT WE HAD HIRED SO MANY FOLKS AT THE SAME TIME. AND I'M NOT SAYING THAT IT'S NOT NEEDED.
I'M NOT SAYING THAT THAT THE DIRECTORS DON'T NEED THAT TYPE OF SUPPORT EITHER.
BUT WHAT I AM SAYING IS THAT I WAS CONCERNED THAT THERE WERE SO MANY AT ONE TIME.
AND SO IT'S VERY, VERY HARD FOR US TO BE ABLE TO KNOW WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BE AT IN TWO YEARS, BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE THAT MUCH WIGGLE ROOM FROM OUR EXPENDITURES AND OUR REVENUES.
THERE'S WHAT IS IT? THE DIFFERENCE IS USUALLY 1.5 WHAT IN THE BETWEEN OUR REVENUES AND OUR EXPENDITURES? YEAH. FOR RESERVES PUTTING INTO RESERVES, YOU KNOW, $3 MILLION A YEAR AND A HALF AGO.
SO I MEAN, THAT WAS FAR BETTER THAN I THOUGHT IT WAS GOING TO GO.
BUT, YOU KNOW, WE SHOULD TALK ABOUT THIS AT MIDYEAR.
BUT OUR LARGEST SALES TAX PRODUCING COMMODITY IN THE CITY IS, IS GAS.
AND WE JUST LOST GAS REVENUE TO THE TRIBAL FUELING STATION OPEN.
AND EVERY TIME I DRIVE BY, THERE'S MORE AND MORE VEHICLES THERE.
AND WE GET NOTHING FROM THAT. AND THAT'S MONEY THAT'S BEING SIPHONED OFF OF THE CITY.
AND I'M VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THAT, BECAUSE 60% OF OUR SALES TAX REVENUE IS FROM FUEL SALES.
AND WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN THERE? I WE'RE WE HAVE NO AGREEMENTS IN PLACE TO POSSIBLY CAPTURE SALES TAX, YET WE'RE PAYING FOR PUBLIC SAFETY THERE. IT'S A TOUGH THING.
YEAH, IT'S A TOUGH THING. IT WAS OUR SALES TAX.
IT WAS OUR ENTERTAINMENT ZONE. YEAH. WHEN I WAS IN TEMECULA, WHEN PECHANGA CAME IN AND THEY GOT TO THEM TO, YOU KNOW, HELP WITH SOME THINGS, AND THEY CREATED THEIR OWN FIRE DEPARTMENT AND THEY PUT IN A BRIDGE, BUT TEMECULA WASN'T GETTING MUCH FROM FROM THE TRIBE THERE EITHER.
IT'S GOING TO START IN THE DISPENSARY AND THERE'S A CONSUMPTION ALLOWANCE THERE.
I DO HAVE A REQUEST FOR MANY OF THE REOCCURRING EVENTS BECAUSE I, I SEE THAT WE'RE PULLING RESERVES FOR MANY OF OUR EVENTS, BUT IT'S NOT A ONE TIME FEE. IT'S NOT A ONE TIME COST.
BACK WHEN I WAS HERE, WE USED TO JUST CREATE A LINE ITEM AND IT WAS CALLED NON-DEPARTMENTAL.
IT WAS KIND OF A CATCH ALL AT THE END OF THE GENERAL FUND, AND IT WAS SPONSORSHIPS AND EVENTS, AND WE WOULD JUST PUT A BUNCH OF THINGS IN THERE, AND WE WERE SPENDING $700,000 A YEAR AND IT WAS JUST,
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OKAY, WE'RE DONE. AND THEN WHOEVER WANTED SPONSORSHIPS OR EVENTS WOULD COME IN AND KIND OF, YOU KNOW, WE'D IDENTIFY SOME OF THEM. BUT WE ALWAYS CAME BACK TO THE COUNCIL TO GET MORE.AND AT THAT POINT, BECAUSE OF WHAT WE WERE SPENDING ON THESE THINGS, I WANTED THE COUNCIL TO SEE THEM, FOR THEM TO COME IN FRONT OF THEM, TO KNOW HOW MUCH WE'RE SPENDING ON EACH EVENT.
AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, THINGS GET STUCK ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR AND THEY JUST BECOME ROUTINE.
AND YOU KIND OF FORGET HOW MUCH WE SPENT ON THIS STUFF.
AND I'M SURE THAT WE'RE OVER $1 MILLION ON THIS STUFF NOW.
I AGREE I AGREE. SO IT'S IF YOU WANT YOU BRING WHEN YOU BRING BACK THE MID-YEAR BUDGET, IF YOU CAN, SOME OF THESE ITEMS THAT WE KNOW ARE REOCCURRING, IF YOU CAN SEPARATE THEM SO THAT WE KNOW WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BE GETTING HIT WITH EVERY SINGLE YEAR. BUT I THINK THAT WE NEED TO, INCLUDING THE EVENTS AND THE SPONSORSHIPS RIGHT HERE.
YEAH, YEAH. FOR FOR SOME OF THE LIKE THE SYNERGY.
AND THEN I THINK THE REALM OF THOSE MUERTOS, IT'S 45,000 AND THEN SO WE START COUNTING THEM UP AND MANY OF THOSE VENDORS WERE ABOUT 100 K, BUT IT'S 100 K THAT WE, THAT WE'RE PAYING INTO EVERY SINGLE YEAR.
AND SO IF WE CAN SEPARATE OR IF YOU CAN IDENTIFY ANYTHING THAT'S REOCCURRING SO THAT THEN WE CAN PLAN BETTER FOR IT AND MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THOSE AVAILABLE FUNDS THROUGH THE GENERAL FUND AND NOT THROUGH RESERVES.
SO WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE IT IN THE BUDGET AGAIN? AS A LINE OR. BECAUSE AT THAT POINT, IF ONCE IT'S IN THE BUDGET, IT'S APPROPRIATED, WE DON'T HAVE TO COME BACK TO THE COUNCIL TO APPROVE STUFF.
I JUST DIDN'T KNOW THAT WE WERE TAPPING INTO RESERVES FOR THEM.
AND SO THAT'S WHY I SAY THEY'RE REOCCURRING. AND SO USUALLY WHEN WE GET INTO THESE RESERVES, WE WANT A ONE TIME KIND OF HIT. BUT THESE ARE REOCCURRING.
BECAUSE AT THAT POINT I GOT APPROVAL TO GO SPEND THE MONEY.
NOW, IF THERE'S AN RFP OR A CONTRACT THAT HAS TO BE LET ON IT, THEN YOU SEE IT, OR IF IT'S OVER THE CMS SPENDING AUTHORITY, THEN YOU HAVE TO SEE IT. BUT I HAD JUST DONE IT THAT WAY TO BRING THINGS TO LIGHT, TO BRING IT TO YOUR ATTENTION.
BUT THAT'S NOT HAPPENING. SO WE NEED TO DO IT ANOTHER WAY.
WE CAN BUILD IT IN THE. YOU CAN BRING THE LIST TO THE COUNCIL IN APRIL.
YEAH. OR JUST THAT WILL CHANGE THE WAY WE'VE BEEN DOING IT.
SO THERE'S ALWAYS AN AGREEMENT FOR EACH ONE OF THOSE AMOUNTS THAT IS APPROVED.
AND THEN, YOU KNOW, AND THEN WE SIGN THEM FOR THEM TO BE APPROVED.
THANK YOU ANGELA. SO IF YOU CAN BRING THOSE ITEMS FORWARD SO THAT WE CAN SEE HOW MUCH WE'RE GETTING HIT AND HOW FAST WE'RE GETTING HIT WITH IT, BECAUSE SEEING IT INDIVIDUALLY IS ONE THING, BUT SEEING THEM ALL ADDED UP HERE IS VERY DIFFERENT.
AND SO THIS GIVES US A VIEW OF ALL OF THEM INSTEAD OF THE ONE TIME THAT THEY'RE COMING FORWARD.
BECAUSE IT'S HARD FOR US TO REMEMBER EVERYTHING THAT IS, AT LEAST IT IS FOR ME.
SO SO THAT WOULD BE VERY BENEFICIAL. OKAY. YES, WE CAN DO THAT.
THANK YOU. SURE. THANK YOU. BILL. IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR FURTHER COMMENTS FROM MEMBERS OF COUNCIL? OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OKAY. ARE THERE ANY WRITTEN
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WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS? THERE IS ONE THAT WAS FORWARDED TO COUNCIL TODAY.IT WAS RECEIVED BY A RESIDENT, MARIA REESE. AND IT READS DEAR MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, I AM WRITING TO EXPRESS MY CONCERNS REGARDING THE TREATMENT THAT THE CITY GAVE TO DOCTOR GABRIEL MARTIN,
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OUR CITY MANAGER, WHO WE SUPPORTED THEN AND NOW.VIOLATIONS OF THE BROWN ACT THAT HAVE BEEN TAKING PLACE WITHIN OUR CITY'S GOVERNANCE IS VISIBLE.
AS A MEMBER OF THIS COMMUNITY, I FEEL IT IS MY RESPONSIBILITY AND RIGHT TO SPEAK OUT WHEN TRANSPARENCY, FAIRNESS AND PUBLIC ACCOUNTABILITY ARE BEING COMPROMISED.
FIRST AND FOREMOST, THE WAY OUR CITY MANAGER, DOCTOR MARTIN, WAS TREATED WAS UNETHICAL.
NEXT, THEY MADE ARRANGEMENTS TO BRING BACK BILL PATERSON.
DISGUSTING. FURTHERMORE, BILL HAS A DOMESTIC VIOLENCE RECORD WITH THE TOWN OF APPLE VALLEY.
BY KICKING HIS GIRLFRIEND IN THE BACK. WOW. THAT'S WHO IS OUR LEADER NOW.
HOWEVER, IT IS OBVIOUS THAT COUNCIL DISCUSSIONS HAPPENED BEHIND CLOSED DOORS AND WITH INSUFFICIENT PUBLIC NOTICE, WHICH DIRECTLY UNDERMINES THE DEMOCRATIC PROCESS AND PUBLIC INPUT.
YOU SAID THERE'D BE NO RETALIATION. HIM BEING THERE IS EXACTLY THAT.
GET HIM OUT. COACHELLA DESERVES BETTER. DON'T EMBARRASS OUR CITY ANYMORE.
MARIA RUIZ, ANGRY RESIDENT. THANK YOU. ARE THERE ANY OTHERS? THAT WAS THE ONLY ONE.
THERE WAS ONE THAT WAS FORWARDED. IS THAT TODAY? YES. IT WAS FORWARDED TODAY TO COUNCIL. SO I HAVE I HAVE TWO.
IS THIS A DIFFERENT ONE? THIS WAS FORWARDED AT 5:02 P.M..
SO I HAVE ONE FROM REBECCA FLORES. IS THAT ANOTHER ONE? DID YOU RECEIVE THAT ONE? NO. LET ME JUST. THAT ONE IS FROM JANUARY 22ND.
WAS IT FORWARDED TODAY? I HAVE IT UP AT THE. IT WAS FORWARDED TO ME TODAY AT 523.
SO I DON'T KNOW IF IT WAS READ THE LAST TIME. BUT THANK YOU.
THANK YOU FOR THE COMMENTS. NOW MOVING ON TO THE CONSENT CALENDAR.
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ARE THERE ANY ITEMS THAT MEMBERS OF COUNCIL WOULD LIKE TO PULL OR DISCUSS OR GET A PRESENTATION ON.I JUST HAVE A QUESTION ON 11, AND THEN I JUST HAVE A QUESTION FOR GABE ON 19 ABOUT THE P SEVEN.
SO 11 AND 19. ARE THERE ANY OTHERS? 14 AND 15 AND THEN 14 AND 15.
WE'RE STARTING OFF NUMBER 11. GABRIEL IS GABRIEL FOR THE DEATH? OH, NO. IT'S SELENA. MY QUESTION IS, IS DIFFERENT.
NOT ABOUT THE PROJECT. IT'S JUST MORE ABOUT THE.
THIS PROJECT IS IS IS LIKE A SUNSETTED PROJECT ALREADY OR IS IT STILL ACTIVE? IT'S DIFFERENT THAN THE FACADE PROGRAM, RIGHT? THIS IS LIKE A STRUCTURAL PROGRAM, RIGHT? YES. I WAS READING THE AGENDA PACKET AND GOING THROUGH IT. SO. YEAH, THIS PROGRAM IS OVER WITH. THIS IS JUST WE'RE COMING BACK AND JUST KIND OF, YOU KNOW, TOOK A MINUTE FOR THEM TO DO THE IMPROVEMENTS.
AND SO I THINK I THINK THEY GOT A CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY BACK IN.
THIS IS HOW OLD? JANUARY 22ND OF 2022. AND IF YOU GUYS WERE ABLE TO LOOK AT YOUR STAFF REPORT, THEY DID A BEAUTIFUL JOB. THERE'S A BEFORE AND AN AFTER.
YEAH. AND BUT YEAH THIS PROGRAM WE HAVEN'T BUDGETED ANY FURTHER FUNDS.
IT'S DONE OKAY. I JUST WAS WONDERING BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, I WAS LOOKING AT THE AGENDA AND I LOOKED AT THAT, AND THEN I LOOKED AT THE FACADE PROGRAM, BECAUSE THEN THE FACADE PROGRAM HAS, LIKE, NEW STUFF COMING IN, RIGHT? YES.
SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THIS ONE'S LIKE SUNSETTED.
YES. COMPLETELY DIFFERENT FROM THE FACADE IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM.
OKAY. OKAY. THAT WAS JUST SELENA FOR FOR THE FOR THIS TYPE OF PROGRAM.
HOW DO RESIDENTS OR BUSINESSES OR BUSINESSES.
RIGHT. HOW DO BUSINESSES BECOME AWARE THAT THE PROGRAM EXISTS? I BELIEVE I DIDN'T RUN THE PROGRAM BECAUSE THIS THIS WAS TAKING PLACE BACK IN 2018.
AND, AND AT THAT POINT IN TIME, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE WILL ASK, HEY, IS THERE ANY HELP OR IS THERE ANY PROGRAM THAT I CAN, YOU KNOW, TAP INTO? I'M GOING TO MAKE A SIZABLE INVESTMENT IN THE IN THE FACILITY.
I MEAN, THE BUILDING. AND SO I BELIEVE I REALLY BELIEVE THAT THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED.
PEOPLE HAD A CONVERSATION AND JUST KIND OF SAID, HEY, WE DO HAVE THIS PIP PROGRAM.
MAYBE, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE ELIGIBLE OR, YOU KNOW, SO FILL OUT THE APPLICATION AND WE'LL GO FROM THERE.
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SO I DO BELIEVE THAT THAT'S HOW IT KIND OF CAME ABOUT.YEAH. AND THEN FOR THE FOR THE PROGRAM DO WE HAVE ANY DOCUMENTS THAT WE CAN READ INTO IT A BIT MORE? YEAH. FOR FOR THE. YEAH, I THINK THE APPLICATION, SO I APOLOGIZE.
I'M SO SORRY. I DIDN'T MEAN TO CUT YOU OFF. NOT FOR THE APPLICATION, BUT THE PROGRAM ITSELF.
YES. SO THE PROGRAM ITSELF, I, I APOLOGIZE, I THOUGHT MAYBE WE PUT THE IT'S A VERY SHORT GUIDELINE, LIKE, IT'S LIKE A TWO PAGER. I CAN EMAIL YOU THE THE PROGRAM INFORMATION.
THANK YOU. YEAH, I'LL WRITE THAT DOWN. WE'LL SEND IT VIA EMAIL.
AND THEN MY LAST QUESTION, SELENA, IS SO THERE'S ALWAYS CONCERNS AND, AND EVEN, YOU KNOW, I'M GOING TO HAVE THIS ALSO THIS QUESTION WHEN WE GO THROUGH THE FACADE PROGRAM AS WELL.
AND SO WHEN WE'RE GIVING THESE TYPES OF MONIES DOES IT HAVE TO STAY WITHIN THAT OWNERSHIP AND THEN ARE THEY IS THERE THE ABILITY TO, TO, TO SELL? BECAUSE I DO HAVE A CONCERN.
SO IF WE'RE GOING TO BE INVESTING AND OR PROVIDING LOANS TO ANY BUSINESSES OR UNOCCUPIED BUILDINGS THAT IF THEY'RE GOING TO SELL THEIR, THEIR PROPERTY, THEN IT'S NOT VERY MUCH OF A BENEFIT.
SO DOCTOR QURESHI INDICATED. SO SHE'S BEEN SHE'S ALREADY BEEN IN OPERATION FOR ABOUT THREE YEARS.
AND SO WITH THE SP PROGRAM, THERE'S SUPPOSED TO BE IN OPERATION FOR FOUR.
AND THEN AFTER THAT WE CAN REMOVE THE LIEN BECAUSE THE CITY DOES EXPECT TO OBVIOUSLY RECOVER THE THE FUNDING, THE INVESTMENT. AND SO SO AFTER, YOU KNOW, FOUR YEARS FROM THE CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY DATE, THEN WE CAN RELIEVE THEM AND NOT, NOT HAVE A LEAN ON THEIR PROPERTY.
BUT YEAH, WE WOULD PLACE A LIEN TO ENSURE THAT THEY DON'T SELL THE PROPERTY BEFORE THE CITY CAN AT LEAST, YOU KNOW, RECOVER THAT INVESTMENT. AND SO IN THE GUIDELINES, IT WAS INDICATED THAT IT'D BE FOUR YEARS.
OKAY. RIGHT. AND THE FACADE IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM IS FIVE YEARS.
FIVE YEARS. OKAY. RIGHT. THANK YOU. ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FOR SELENA? THANK YOU. SELENA. YEAH I THINK YOU GUYS WERE PULLING ANOTHER ITEM 14 AND 15.
YES, I THINK THOSE ARE OURS TOO. IT'S A SORRY.
I THINK THE COMMUNITY, THERE'S A I THINK SPONSORSHIP REQUEST.
IT'S TWO DIFFERENT SPONSORSHIP REQUESTS, I BELIEVE.
YES. OKAY. IT'S 14 AND 15. OH, WELL. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. YES. SO MY QUESTION IS HOW IS EVENT 14 WOMEN RAISING REBOZOS.
HOW IS THAT ADVERTISED? AND IS THAT SENT OUT LIKE IN OUR WATER BILLS? LIKE, HOW DO PEOPLE KNOW ABOUT IT? BECAUSE I HAD NEVER HEARD ABOUT IT.
SOME PEOPLE STILL DON'T USE SOCIAL MEDIA. I KNOW LIKE WHEN WE HAVE EL GRITO AND SOME EVENTS LIKE THAT, IT'S ADVERTISED, YOU KNOW, THE CITY ADVERTISES IT.
LIKE, ARE THEY MADE AWARE? YES. SO THAT THEY CAN ATTEND THIS THIS EVENT.
THEY WORK WITH, LIKE, THE BALLET FOLKLORICO AND THE MARIACHI STUDENTS.
I DON'T KNOW WHICH PROGRAMS, BUT I PERSONALLY ATTENDED LAST YEAR'S EVENT AND I SAW THAT THEY HAD A WHOLE LOT OF YOUTH THERE, YOU KNOW, PARTICIPATING EITHER THROUGH THE BALLET FOLKLORICO OR THE MARIACHI.
AND THEN THEY ALSO HAD THESE IS IT THE, THE GRUPO THEY CAME LAST MEETING.
I CAN'T PRONOUNCE. BUT ANYWAY, THEY HAD THEM THERE PERFORMING AND SO THEY HAD LIKE, YOU KNOW, THE DANZA AZTECA OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. SO THEY DID.
AND I THINK THEY'RE IN THEIR NASCENT STAGES, SORT OF.
SO THEY HAVEN'T I DIDN'T SEE A WHOLE LOT OF ADVERTISING, BUT THEY, THEY DO ATTEMPT TO ADVERTISE.
SO I DID HEAR ABOUT IT LIKE THAT PERSONALLY. BUT, YOU KNOW, I DIDN'T SEE IT ON OUR SOCIAL MEDIA CHANNELS OR WEBSITE OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, BUT YOU KNOW, BUT I KNOW THEY'RE MAKING BONA FIDE EFFORTS TO TO REACH OUT AND CAST A WIDER NET, BECAUSE I BELIEVE AT THE EVENT THEY HAD PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER RIVERSIDE COUNTY, INLAND EMPIRE.
THERE WAS AT LEAST 200 PEOPLE THERE, YOU KNOW, AT THE EVENT.
BUT MY OTHER QUESTION IS WHY NOT HAVE IT AT VETERANS PARK OR AT THE LIBRARY AREA? WHY NOT HAVE IT HERE IN THE CITY OF COACHELLA? WHY? WHY AT SPOTLIGHT 29? ALSO $50 LIKE, ESPECIALLY RIGHT NOW WITH WITH THE COST AND EVERYTHING.
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SEEMS LIKE A LOT OF PEOPLE PROBABLY WON'T BE ABLE TO AFFORD AFFORD THAT.FOR THE SPONSOR, I THINK IT'S A LITTLE TOO MUCH.
IF IT WAS HERE IN THE CITY WHERE PEOPLE CAN ACTUALLY JUST WALK, NOT HAVE TO DRIVE.
YOU KNOW, IT'S CLOSER. I WOULD, I WOULD BE IN APPROVE OF, OF FUNDING EVERYTHING.
BUT IT'S JUST TO ME IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S A LOT.
I WOULD, I WOULD SAY I DON'T KNOW WHAT OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS, BUT I WOULD BE IN FAVOR OF A THOUSAND.
ESPECIALLY LOOKING AT WHAT OUR FUNDS LOOK LIKE RIGHT NOW TOWARDS TOWARDS THAT EVENT.
YEAH. YEAH, DEFINITELY. I CAN I DO KIND OF UNDERSTAND IF WE'RE TAPPING INTO THAT MANY RESERVES.
BUT YOU KNOW WHAT I DID CALCULATE THE YOU SAID IT WAS 200 FOLKS IN ATTENDANCE AND I MULTIPLIED THAT BY 50, AND THAT WAS 10,000. SO IF WE'RE LOOKING AT 11,000 AND THIS, YOU KNOW, FOR THE FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS EVENT.
DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? YEAH. SO RIGHT. BECAUSE IT'S 11,000, THE COST OF THE EVENT.
BUT IF YOU'RE SAYING THERE'S 200 PEOPLE THERE AND THEY'RE THEY'RE PAYING 50, $50, THEN THERE'S ACTUALLY THEN THERE'S ACTUALLY NOW SOME MONEY COMING IN. SO THERE'S AN ADDITIONAL 4K THERE.
SO, YOU KNOW, IF COUNCIL MEMBER PEREZ FEELS THAT WE SHOULD BRING IT DOWN BECAUSE CONCERNS OF THE, THE MONIES THAT WE'VE JUST BEEN SHARED IS THAT I THINK WITH THAT PROJECTION THAT YOU'VE JUST SHARED THAT WILL OFFSET THE OTHER, THEY'LL PROVIDE THE OTHER 4000 TO BE ABLE TO PUT THE EVENT TOGETHER.
SELENA, DO WE HAVE ANYBODY ONLINE TO PRESENT OR TO SHARE, LIKE HOW MANY ATTENDEES THEY HAVE PER YEAR? DO WE HAVE ANY OF THAT INFO? OKAY. WE CAN. YEAH.
YEAH. ARE YOU ON? CAN YOU HEAR US? HELLO? YES, WE CAN HEAR YOU.
OH, OKAY. CAN YOU SEE ME? NO. OH, OKAY. WELL, WHAT WAS YOUR QUESTION? I JUST COULD YOU GIVE THE COUNCIL AN OVERVIEW OF EXPENDITURES? EXPENSES FOR THE EVENT. THERE, THERE. WELL, LET ME ADDRESS COUNCILMAN PEREZ FIRST.
AND THE TWO YEARS AGO, WE HAD IT IN THE LIBRARY, AND IT WAS TOO CROWDED.
AND WE CHARGED $50 BECAUSE IT COSTS MONEY TO TO DO A FUNCTION JUST LIKE THIS.
IF, I MEAN, IF YOU'VE NEVER BEEN INVOLVED IN THE COMMUNITY, I'VE NEVER GONE TO ANY OF OUR EVENTS, THEN YOU WOULDN'T KNOW, RIGHT? BUT THIS IS OUR EVENT.
WE'VE BEEN DOING THIS FOR 14 YEARS. WE EMPOWER WOMEN.
IN FACT, THIS YEAR, MARISSA MARTINEZ IS OUR WOMAN WARRIOR AWARD.
THAT'S OUR RECIPIENT FOR THIS YEAR. IT TAKES MONEY, YOU KNOW.
I MEAN, ART AND MUSIC AND TRADITIONAL CULTURAL PROGRAMS LIKE THIS.
DON'T DO IT. WE DON'T DO IT ON. IT'S HARD TO GET FUNDING.
AND NOW YOU GUYS ARE CUTTING, JUST LIKE IN CALIFORNIA, CUTTING DOWN OUR FUNDING FOR ARTS AND MUSIC.
IT'S RIDICULOUS. IF YOU'VE NEVER BEEN TO ONE EVENT, YOU HAVE NO RIGHT TO TALK AT ALL.
YOU'VE NEVER BEEN TO A. YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW WHO YOU ARE.
DENISE, YOU KNOW WHAT WE DO. FRANK. YOU KNOW WHAT WE DO.
WHAT THE HECK? WHAT? WHAT DO YOU GUYS WANT US TO DO? WE NEED FUNDING. DON'T YOU UNDERSTAND? WE RAISED $10,000.
I'M ASKING FOR FIVE. FREAKING $5,000. AND YOU GUYS CAN'T EVEN FUND THAT.
HOW DO YOU EMPOWER WOMEN? HOW DO YOU EMPOWER ARTISTS? YOU KNOW, THE BEST THING FOR US TO DO IS THOSE ORGANIZATIONS OUT THERE LISTENING TO ME DO NOT DO ANYTHING FOR THE CITY OF COACHELLA ANY LONGER.
DON'T DO ART. DON'T DO MUSIC. DON'T DO ANYTHING.
DON'T PARTICIPATE IN THE CHRISTMAS PARADE. DON'T DO THE ROOM WITH THE MONITORS THAT WILL SHOW YOU.
BECAUSE YOU NEED THOSE PROGRAMS IN OUR COMMUNITY.
YOU NEED ART. YOU NEED MUSIC. WE DON'T MAKE ANY MONEY FROM THIS.
WE DO. RUBEN AND I WILL DO THIS. PEOPLE THAT BEEN IN OUR ORGANIZATIONS FOR YEARS, FOR 14 FREAKING YEARS, HAVE NEVER MADE ONE FREAKING PENNY. WE DO IT BECAUSE WE LOVE OUR COMMUNITY.
WE HAVE A PASSION. NOT LIKE SOME OF YOU UP THERE ON COUNCIL.
YOU GUYS DON'T HAVE THAT PASSION. YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND ABOUT ART.
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YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND ABOUT ABOUT MUSIC. YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS NECESSARY IN A COMMUNITY.DON'T FUND US. DON'T EVEN GIVE US A FREAKING THOUSAND DOLLARS.
YOU CAN SHOVE IT UP WHEREVER YOU WANT IT CAME FROM.
THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS FROM ANY OTHER MEMBERS OF COUNCIL? SO IS YAYA STILL ON LINE? YEAH. OKAY. YAYA I'M WONDERING IF THAT WE CAN IDENTIFY OR I CAN IDENTIFY OTHER FUNDING SOURCES.
BUT THERE ARE OTHER FUNDING SOURCES I THINK, THAT ARE AVAILABLE THAT WOULD BE HAPPY TO DONATE.
I'M SURE IT'S $500 HERE, $500 THERE, BUT IT STARTS QUICKLY ADDING UP TO THE 5000.
IF THAT'S A THAT'S AN OPTION FOR YOU. SHE'S STILL ON.
I DON'T REALLY WANT TO TALK RIGHT NOW BECAUSE I'M VERY ANGRY.
YEAH, I THINK THAT. AND THAT'S ALL I WANT BECAUSE I DON'T WANT NO CONNECTIONS WITH NONE OF YOU GUYS.
NONE OF YOU. WE ARE TIRED OF OF THIS BULLSHIT, AND I'M NOT.
I DON'T HAVE EXCUSE FOR MY BULLSHIT WORD. OKAY.
YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN REALLY PATIENT, VERY, VERY, VERY PATIENT WITH THIS COMMUNITY.
WE'VE DONE SO MUCH FOR YOU GUYS. AND YOU SIT THERE AND YOU TELL US THAT THERE'S NO MONEY.
THERE IS MONEY. AND YOU GUYS SHOULD PUT MORE MONEY ON THE SIDE FOR FOR FUNCTIONS LIKE THIS.
BECAUSE WE NEED IT. PEOPLE NEED IT. AND THAT $50, YOU KNOW, WE HAD 200 PEOPLE.
THE PARK. YOU KNOW WHY? BECAUSE THEY'LL RAIN ON US OR SOME KIND OF WEATHER CONDITION WILL COME UP.
YOU GUYS SPENT SO MUCH MONEY ON THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT.
WE DON'T WANT THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT ANYMORE.
WE WANT OUR OWN POLICE STATION THE WAY IT USED TO BE.
WE WANT THAT. WE WANT ART. WE WANT MUSIC, AND WE ARE TIRED.
MAYBE WE CAN MUTE SINCE THERE'S VULGAR LANGUAGE.
SORRY. THANK YOU. RYAN I'LL FOLLOW UP WITH YEAH.
SHE SHE SHARED ABOUT PROVIDING IT THROUGH AN EMAIL.
SO I THINK THAT WE CAN FIND SOME OTHER FUNDING SOURCES, SOME PRIVATE FUNDING SOURCES.
AND THEN BILL, ALSO WHEN YOU BRING BACK THE MONEY, THE MID-YEAR BUDGET, IF YOU CAN SEPARATE THE THE ART SO THAT WE CAN IDENTIFY WHAT WE CAN PROVIDE. SO IF WE'RE DEPLETING THE DIFF ACCOUNT FOR ART IS I THINK WE HAVE SOME DEVELOPMENTS COMING IN THIS YEAR, NEXT YEAR SO WE CAN BUILD THAT BACK UP. BUT WE COULDN'T USE THE DEVELOPMENT IMPACT FEE MONEYS FOR THIS EVENT.
I WOULD NO, NO. BUT DON'T WE HAVE A DIFF FOR ART.
IT IS. BUT IT'S FOR PROJECTS THOUGH, YOU KNOW, SCULPTURES AND THINGS LIKE THAT OR EVEN THE, YOU KNOW, THE I THINK WE CAN'T USE IT FOR AN EVENT.
OKAY. SO, SO LET'S IDENTIFY WHAT WE'RE PUTTING ASIDE FOR, FOR ART AND THEN WE CAN GO FROM THERE.
THANK YOU. JUST REALLY QUICKLY. THANK YOU. SELENA.
I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE IMPORTANT MOVING FORWARD THAT WE HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH THE FOLKS THAT ARE ASKING FOR SPONSORSHIP AND JUST KIND OF EXPLAIN TO THEM WHAT'S GOING ON WHEN IT COMES TO, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE FUNDING THAT THEY'RE ASKING FOR.
AND WE DEFINITELY DON'T I DON'T I WON'T SPEAK FOR THE ENTIRE COUNCIL.
I DON'T WANT TO SEE SOME OF THIS STUFF GOING AWAY.
I'VE LOOKED AT THEIR STUFF ON FACEBOOK AND WHEN THEY GO LIVE AND WHATNOT.
BUT JUST SO THAT WE SO THAT THEY CAN ALSO UNDERSTAND AND WE CAN LET THEM KNOW WHAT IT IS THAT THE COUNCIL OR SOME OF THE COUNCIL IS LOOKING TO DO. AND FOR THOSE THAT ARE HEARING THE MEETING.
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WE DON'T WANT YOU TO NOT BE HERE. THAT'S NOT WHAT WE WANT.OUR COMMUNITY ASKS FOR IT, AND IT GOES A LONG WAY WHEN THERE'S PROGRAMING FOR STUDENTS.
A LONG, LONG WAY. WE KNOW THE IMPACT THAT IT CAN MAKE IN THE LIVES OF A LOT OF PEOPLE AND FAMILIES, AND WE DEFINITELY DON'T WANT THAT TO GO AWAY.
SO BEAR WITH US WITH SOME OF THE CHANGES. WE APPRECIATE YOU.
BUT I THINK THAT ONCE WE, YOU KNOW, ALLOCATE IF WE'RE ALLOCATING MONEY TO ART IS THAT THEN WE'RE CAREFULLY LOOKING AT WHERE WE CAN SPEND IT AND WHAT NONPROFITS WE'RE GOING TO SPEND IT TO.
WE HAVE THE COMMUNITY BASED GRANT PROGRAM, WHERE IT'S A $1,000 PER SPONSORSHIP, AND THEY'RE REQUIRED TO PUT IN WHAT THEY'RE SPENDING, WHAT THEIR REVENUES ARE, AND IF THERE'S ANY ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS IN THAT AND THAT PROGRAM, SELENA WAS GOING TO TALK ABOUT THAT. IT'S NOT BEING FOLLOWED AND IT NEEDS TO BE FOLLOWED.
THERE WAS, I BELIEVE, $15,000 SET ASIDE FOR THAT.
NOW, SOMETHING LIKE THIS WOULD GO INTO THERE.
BUT COUNCIL, WHEN THEY ESTABLISH THAT PROGRAM, PUT A LIMIT OF $1,000 ON THOSE THOSE ASKS AND YOU COULD ONLY COME BACK ONCE A YEAR I BELIEVE. AND IT WAS JUST NOW THE COUNCIL WANTS TO CHANGE THAT PROGRAM, AND THIS WOULD FALL INTO THAT COMMUNITY BASED GRANT PROGRAM.
IF COUNCIL WANTS TO INCREASE THE ALLOCATION TO THAT FROM 15,000 TO 50,000 AND MAYBE RAISE THE LIMIT TO 5000, BUT ONE TIME PER YEAR OR SOMETHING, IT'S A POLICY DECISION.
BUT THIS COMMUNITY BASED GRANT PROGRAM WAS SUPPOSED TO DO THIS.
AND IT AND IT'S JUST IT'S IT'S ESCALATED OVER TIME.
SO IT'S SO IT'S 15,000 THAT WE ALLOCATE AND IT'S 1000.
SO IT WOULD BE 15 APPLICANTS FOR 1000. SO I DON'T THINK IT'S SO MUCH CHANGES.
BUT WE DO HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO OUR RESIDENTS THAT WERE SPENDING AND THAT WERE BEING FINANCIALLY RESPONSIBLE WHILE STILL TRYING TO PROVIDE AS MANY SERVICES AND SUPPORT TO AS MANY DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS AS AS WE CAN.
BUT WITH THE BUDGET THAT WAS PROVIDED, WE DO WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT MOVING FORWARD, THAT WE'RE USING THE CORRECT ACCOUNTS AND THAT WE HAVE SOME TYPE OF STRUCTURE IN PLACE SO THAT AT LEAST, WE CAN FOLLOW IT. AND THEN ALSO THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN REQUESTING MONEY THAT THEY ALSO KNOW WHAT NEEDS TO BE FOLLOWED. BUT I DON'T THINK IT'S SO MUCH CHANGES.
I THINK IT'S JUST MOVING, MOVING FORWARD AND THEN BEING FINANCIALLY RESPONSIBLE AND THEN MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE TAPPING INTO THE RIGHT ACCOUNTS FOR THE RIGHT MONIES, THAT'S WHAT IT IS. OKAY. AND THEN IF WE CAN HAVE A PRESENTATION ALSO FOR NUMBER 15, JUST A QUICK QUESTION.
ARE YOU ALLOCATING $1,000? I JUST WANT TO I WASN'T SURE WHAT TRANSPIRED.
FOR US, I'M JUST ASKING. YEAH. SO YEAH. SO WE'RE WE'RE ALLOCATING $1,000.
I DON'T KNOW WHERE THE OTHER MEMBERS OF COUNCIL.
ARE WE GOING TO TAKE A VOTE SEPARATELY FOR THIS LINE ITEM? WELL, YEAH, WE'RE DISCUSSING THAT. BUT YES, I'M GOING TO PULL IT INDIVIDUALLY.
SO. ALL RIGHT. SO YES. SO THE MOBIUS CONFERENCE THEY ARE LOOKING AT HOSTING IT HERE IN THE CITY OF COACHELLA AT THE LIBRARY. AND THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE STUDENTS FROM, FROM CV HIGH SCHOOL, DESERT MIRAGE AND JUST YOU KNOW THROUGHOUT THE VALLEY POLY THEY'RE GOING TO FOCUS ON EASTERN COACHELLA VALLEY AND THEN BRING THEM HERE.
AND SO THEIR REQUEST FOR $3,000 IS FOR TO COVER TRANSPORTATION, POSSIBLY TRANSPORTING THE STUDENTS, LODGING EXPENSES FOR THE SPEAKERS, STIPENDS FOR THE SPEAKERS, AND I GUESS FOOD AS WELL FOR THE STUDENTS.
THE ORGANIZERS TOLD ME THAT THAT I THINK THEY WERE LAST YEAR THEY HAD 200 PEOPLE, ABOUT 200 PEOPLE.
AND EXCUSE ME, HE DID SEND PICTURES ABOUT THE PROGRAM AND, YOU KNOW, BUT HE SENT THEM TOO LATE.
YOU KNOW, I JUST GOT HIM. AND SO I'M LIKE, HOW DO I SHOW PICTURES? SO, SO I APOLOGIZE AND BUT BUT THAT'S WHAT HE SAID THE MONEY WOULD BE USED FOR TO TRANSPORT THE STUDENTS, POSSIBLY BECAUSE SOMETIMES THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS DON'T PROVIDE THE TRANSPORTATION AND THEN LIKE THE FOOD FOR THE DAY OF SPEAKER STIPENDS,
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SPEAKER LODGING, AND THEN LIKE JUST OTHER OTHER NEEDS THAT ARE GOING TO BE NECESSARY TO BUILD UP THE PROGRAMING AT THE LIBRARY.SO IS THERE LIKE AN OFFSET ON THAT ONE OFFSET COST? SO THE THERE ISN'T A BREAKDOWN OF THERE IS, THERE IS NOT.
BUT WE CAN REQUEST ONE AND BRING IT BACK. OR YOU CAN YOU KNOW, MAKE AN ALLOCATION AS YOU WISH, BUT THEY'RE MORE THAN HAPPY TO PROVIDE LIKE AN OVERALL BREAKDOWN BECAUSE HE DID SAY THAT WE'LL PROVIDE THAT IF NECESSARY.
SO IF WE'RE GOING TO DO 1000, WE'RE DOING 1000 FOR THE CHILDREN'S DISCOVERY, WE'RE DOING 1000 FOR CULTURES, AND THEN WE'RE DOING 1000 FOR THE MOBIUS CONFERENCE.
BUT I WILL I WILL SAY THIS AND I'LL I SAID IT BEFORE, AND I'LL SAY IT AGAIN, IS THAT WE DO HAVE A LOT OF PARTNERS, AND THERE ARE MANY PARTNERS HERE THAT WE HAVE IN ATTENDANCE, AND I'M CERTAIN THAT SOME OF THEM COULD PROVIDE SOME FUNDING TO HELP SUPPORT US. 500 HERE, $250 THERE. BUT THAT STARTS ADDING UP VERY QUICKLY.
SO OKAY, SO NOW WE'RE MOVING ON TO ITEM NINE, ITEM 19.
OH SORRY. I HAVE A COMMENT ON YEAH, APOLOGIES ON ITEM 15.
REGARDING THE MOBIUS CONFERENCE, I'VE ATTENDED THE MOBIUS CONFERENCE.
I WAS A SPEAKER LAST YEAR VERY BRIEFLY JUST KIND OF TALKED ABOUT, YOU KNOW, MY ROLE AND WHATNOT.
IT WAS ALL HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS, ALL CV, AND THEY BUSED IN STUDENTS FROM DESERT MIRAGE.
THEY DO A LOT OF OUTREACH WITH THE KIDS. THEY PROGRAM WITH THE KIDS.
THEY ASK THEM DIRECTLY WHO THEY WANT TO BE TALKING TO, WHO THEY WANT PRESENTATIONS FROM.
AND A LOT OF OUR KIDS DO WANT TO GO INTO THAT INDUSTRY, SO IT'S SOMETHING THAT THEY ENJOY.
SO I SUPPORT THE 3000 BECAUSE IT'S HERE. IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S DIRECTLY ASSISTING OUR KIDS, OUR STUDENTS, AND THE PROGRAMING IS REALLY SHAPED AROUND WHAT IT IS THAT THEY WANT TO SEE.
SO JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT THEY HAVE MY SUPPORT FOR THE 3000.
WE DO HAVE MULTIPLE CONTRACTS AND MONIES THAT ARE GOING TO.
SOME OF THE SAME INDIVIDUALS UNDER DIFFERENT BUSINESSES.
AND SO AGAIN, I'M NOT I'M GOING TO STRESS THAT AGAIN IS THAT I DO THINK THAT WE CAN REACH OUT TO SOME OF OUR PARTNERS AND, AND ENSURE THAT THEY CAN HELP UP A BIT. SO IS THERE ANY COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL? NO COMMENTS. SO WE CAN GO ON TO NUMBER 19. OKAY.
I THINK THAT'S GP. YEAH. YEAH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
HELLO. MAYOR PRO TEM DELGADO AND MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL.
DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR WOULD LIKE A PRESENTATION? A QUICK QUESTION. SO THIS IS A CONTINUATION RIGHT. BECAUSE WE'RE IN THAT PROCESS. AND SO THIS IS GOING TO BE ANOTHER ROUND OF GOING INTO THE COMMUNITY KNOCKING ON THE DOORS.
MAKING SURE THAT THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS ARE STILL BECAUSE THEY STILL NEED TO VOTE, RIGHT? SO I'M JUST TRYING TO MAKE SURE, LIKE WHERE WE'RE AT WITH THIS NEXT STEP. THEY STILL HAVE TO VOTE ON THE ACTUAL ANNEXATION, RIGHT? CORRECT. IT WOULD BE THE CONTINUATION OF OUTREACH SERVICES THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING BEFORE WITH THE COMMUNITY.
OKAY. SO IT WOULD BE TO CONTINUE TO KEEP THEM INFORMED OF WHAT WE KNOW IS THAT THE LAFCO DECISION MAY HAPPEN IN MAY OR JUNE. AND SO WE JUST WANT TO CONTINUE TO HAVE THOSE OUTREACH MEETINGS, THE MAILERS GO OUT TO THEM AND THE REGULAR COMMUNICATION.
YEAH. IF YOU WOULD BE ABLE TO BRING BACK LIKE A PRESENTATION WHERE YOU'RE AT WITH EVERYTHING TO MAKE SURE, YOU KNOW, WE KIND OF UNDERSTAND, LIKE THAT PROCESS OF WHERE WE'RE AT WITH P7, THAT WOULD BE REALLY GOOD.
SO THAT WAY WE WE KNOW, BUT ALSO THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT YOU'RE GOING TO KNOCK ON THE DOOR LIKE THEY KNOW WE'RE LIKE THIS WHOLE LIKE ANNEXATION PROCESS IS SO THEY MAKING SURE LIKE THE TIMELINE AND AND THAT WAY THEY UNDERSTAND LIKE WHAT'S WHAT'S NEXT.
SO THEY KNOW LIKE WHAT'S THAT PROCESS GOING TO LOOK LIKE.
ALSO ON OUR END AS WELL. DEFINITELY. AND JUST GIVING AN UPDATE.
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IT SHOULD BE AT THE LIBRARY, BUT WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE AWARE OF THAT.SO ALL THIS IS ALSO A STUDY IN THAT AREA. WE'RE NOT DOING ANY ACCUSATION IN THAT AREA.
OKAY. OKAY. THANK YOU. GABRIEL, ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? JUST A COMMENT. THANKS FOR, YOU KNOW, SHARING A LITTLE BIT OF WHAT POCKET SEVEN IN THAT AREA IS DOING.
I'VE GONE TO THEIR MEETINGS AND THE COMMUNITY IS VERY ORGANIZED BEING ABLE TO SEE THEM.
I MEAN, YOU WOULD WANT TO SEE THAT EVERYWHERE, RIGHT, WHENEVER THIS IS GOING TO OCCUR.
BUT THEY'RE EXTREMELY ORGANIZED. THEY KNOW EVERYTHING.
I'VE GONE TO SOME OF THEM OR EVEN SEEN THEM AT DIFFERENT EVENTS.
AND I'LL ASK THEM LIKE, OH, WHAT'S GOING ON? THEY'LL BE LIKE, OH, YOU KNOW, WE WENT TO THIS MEETING.
GABRIEL TALKS TO US ALL THE TIME, LETS US KNOW WHAT'S HAPPENING.
AND SO I JUST WANTED TO SAY, YOU GUYS ARE DOING A REALLY GOOD JOB WITH POCKET SEVEN, AND IT HELPS A LOT THAT THEY'RE VERY VOCAL, THEY'RE VERY OUTSPOKEN. THEY'RE A GREAT NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO CONTINUING THE WORK AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET THEM IN OUR CITY SOON.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU. I THINK GABRIEL. AND TO COUNCIL MEMBER FIERRO'S POINT IS THAT I WAS COMPLETELY UNAWARE THAT THESE MEETINGS WERE HAPPENING. YOU KNOW, WE WERE NEVER INVITED.
I WAS NEVER INVITED TO THE MEETINGS. BUT TALKING TO THESE COMMUNITY MEMBERS, I THINK, WOULD HAVE BEEN VERY BENEFICIAL FOR ME TO HEAR DIRECTLY FROM THEM, OR AT LEAST WHAT STAFF WAS PROPOSING, BECAUSE I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF ITEMS THAT ARE BEING DISCUSSED AND THEY'RE HIGH COST ITEMS TOO.
YOU KNOW, THEY COME WITH THE WITH MILLIONS OF DOLLARS AS WELL.
I THINK THAT'S WHAT THE THE TICKET ON THERE IS, I THINK GOES TO 3 MILLION OUT THERE.
AND SO WE'RE LISTENING TO WHERE OUR FUNDING IS.
BUT WE DO HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY OF 42,000 RESIDENTS.
AND SO WE JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE MOVING FORWARD AS, AS FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE AS AS WE CAN.
BUT I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THE MEETING IN MARCH.
BECAUSE WE HAVE THE MESQUITE PROJECT GOING THROUGH. WE HAVE THE POCKET SEVEN GOING THROUGH. WE SPENT A LOT OF TIME OVER AT LAFCO HAVING THESE DISCUSSIONS, BUT I WAS UNAWARE OF THE ADDITIONAL ITEMS THAT WERE BEING DISCUSSED.
YEAH. AND WE CAN CONTINUE TO DO THAT HERE AT COUNCIL.
AND WE'LL KEEP INFORMING BILL CITY MANAGER, TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU GUYS GET THOSE COMMUNICATIONS.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OKAY. AND SO IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT COUNT? DO I DO THEM IN? MAYOR PRO TEM I'D RECOMMEND WE PULL 14 AND 15.
THEN FOR SEPARATE ACTION AFTER WE ACT ON THE CONSENT.
OKAY. SO IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE NUMBER 14 AND TO REDUCE IT FROM 5000 TO 1000 BASED ON THE GRANT THAT WE. IS THAT THE WAY. YEAH, WE CAN DO WE CAN CERTAINLY DO A MOTION ON 14 AND 15 SEPARATELY.
BUT DO WE WANT TO DO MAYBE WE CAN APPROVE THE CONSENT ABSENT 14 AND 15 FIRST.
OKAY. YES. OKAY. SO IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT CALENDAR WITHOUT 14 AND 15? WE'LL DO THAT. WE'LL DO THAT AFTERWARDS. MOTION.
IS THERE A MOTION? A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT CALENDAR? SECOND. AND THEN CAN YOU DO A ROLL CALL? YES, I WILL DO A ROLL CALL.
COUNCIL MEMBER PEREZ. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. FIGUEROA.
AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER. WHITE. AYE. MAYOR PRO TEM DELGADO.
YES. AND THEN. RYAN. FOR 14 OR 15. DO I DO THOSE SEPARATELY, OR CAN I DO THIS TOGETHER? YOU CAN. YOU CAN DO THEM EITHER WAY. YEAH. OKAY.
AND THAT WOULD BE 1000 FOR BOTH. CORRECT? YES.
IS THERE A SECOND? I'M SORRY. WHAT IS THE. WHO WAS THE MOTION? COUNCIL MEMBER. A MOTION. OH, I'M SORRY, I DIDN'T HEAR YOU.
SO CAN YOU SPEAK INTO THE MIC? SO I SAID I MOTIONED IT.
OKAY. THANK YOU. IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND.
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I'LL TAKE ROLL. COUNCIL MEMBER PEREZ. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER.FIGUEROA. AYE. MAYOR PRO. I'M SORRY. COUNCIL MEMBER.
NGUYEN. NO. MAYOR PRO TEM DELGADO. YES. OKAY.
AND THEN NOW WE'RE MOVING ON TO ITEMS 20 AND 21.
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CAN I MOVE THEM BOTH TOGETHER? RYAN. YOU CAN.OKAY. SO ITEMS NUMBER 20 AND 21 WILL MOVE THEM TO THE NEXT CITY COUNCIL SCHEDULED MEETING.
WHEN THE MAYOR IS IN ATTENDANCE. SO NOW WE HAVE ITEM NUMBER 22.
HELLO AGAIN. SO THE ITEM BEFORE YOU IS WE'RE SIMPLY AMENDING THE FACADE IMPROVEMENT GRANT PROGRAM GUIDELINES TO ALLOW FOR INTERIOR IMPROVEMENT INVESTMENTS TO COUNT AS LEVERAGING FOR THE EXTERIOR IMPROVEMENTS.
EXCUSE ME. BECAUSE, AS YOU KNOW, PREVIOUSLY, THE GUIDELINES ONLY ALLOWED PEOPLE TO COUNT THE EXTERIOR IMPROVEMENTS FOR LEVERAGING PURPOSES. AND BUT NOW, BECAUSE MAYOR PRO TEM DELGADO BROUGHT TO STAFF'S ATTENTION THAT WE SHOULD ALLOW TO, YOU KNOW, FOR THE INTERIOR IMPROVEMENTS TO ALSO COUNT AS LEVERAGING FOR THE EXTERIOR IMPROVEMENTS.
AND SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE IS MAKING A RECOMMENDATION TO AMEND THE FACADE IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM GUIDELINES SO THAT WE CAN GO AHEAD AND MOVE FORWARD WITH OUR GRANT AWARDS. AND SO. EXCUSE ME. AND SO WE'LL BRING THAT BACK AT THE NEXT CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
SO WE, WE DIDN'T WANT TO BRING ANYTHING BACK UNTIL WE KNEW THAT THEY COULD COUNT THE LEVERAGING FOR THE INTERIOR, FOR THE EXTERIOR. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FOR THE ITEM? SELENA, WHAT IS THE REQUIREMENT TO BE ABLE TO RECEIVE THE GRANT? IS IT TWO THIRDS OR IS IT TWO THIRDS? YEAH. AND SO IF IT'S UP TO 100,000 AND WE'RE DOING TWO THIRDS OF THE REQUIREMENT, I DON'T THINK EVERYONE MAYBE COULD AFFORD THE 66,000 BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S WHAT IT IS.
RIGHT. SOMETHING LIKE THAT. AND SO I DO THINK THAT JUST TO MAKE IT MORE AFFORDABLE TO MANY FOLKS OUT THERE, AND THEY MIGHT NOT BE WANTING. SO LET'S SAY, FOR EXAMPLE, THEY WANT TO PUT IN, YOU KNOW, 50,000 I THINK FOR MANY 100,000, WE'RE GOING TO MATCH IT WITH 50,000 THAT THAT WOULD BE SUFFICIENT JUST TO IMPROVE THE FACADE.
OBVIOUSLY MANY BUILDINGS AND I THIS IS WHY I BROUGHT THE ITEM FORWARD, IS THAT THERE IS A LOT OF VIOLATIONS INTERNALLY WITHIN THESE BUILDINGS, ESPECIALLY BECAUSE THEY'RE DECADES OLD. AND SO THEY'RE SITTING THERE.
AND WE REALLY DO NEED TO BE A LITTLE BIT MORE STRONGER WHEN TRYING TO GO AFTER THIS TYPE OF MONIES.
SO THE ONE THIRD WILL BE BRINGING IT DOWN TO ABOUT 33,000, 35,000.
5000. YEAH. I JUST WANTED TO ADD THAT PEOPLE DID EXPRESS CONCERN FOR THAT, YOU KNOW, BUT WE, YOU KNOW, THEY WERE LIKE, HEY, LET'S LET'S SEE IF THEY'LL COUNT THE LEVERAGING FOR THE INTERIOR, FOR THE EXTERIOR.
SO YEAH, YOU KNOW, SO WE THOUGHT WE WOULD TAKE THIS STEP FIRST AND THEN MOVE ON.
YEAH. AND I THINK MANY OF THESE BUSINESS OWNERS, WHAT THEY'RE DOING IS THEY'RE SEEKING OUT LOANS.
AND SO MANY TIMES THEY JUST DON'T HAVE THE RESOURCES TO BE ABLE TO GET A LOAN FOR 66,000, AND I THINK 33,000 A BIT MORE DOABLE WHEN SEEKING OUT THESE LOANS. AND SO I I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IT GO DOWN TO 33,000.
SO THE LOAN RIGHT NOW IS AT 66,000, RIGHT? THEY HAVE TO MATCH THEIR SHARE THEIR THEIR SHARE, THEIR SHARE. AND SO IN ORDER TO GET THE MAX. AND SO YEAH.
BECAUSE I HAVE TO TELL YOU THAT IN POLLING PEOPLE, THEY DID SAY IT WAS A LITTLE MUCH, BUT, YOU KNOW, SO, SO, SO THIS IS A GOOD THING TO HAVE THE TWO AMENDMENTS, YOU KNOW, THE ONE FOR THE INTERIOR IMPROVEMENTS TO COUNT FOR LEVERAGING AND THEN TO REDUCE, REDUCE THE GUIDELINES FROM TWO THIRDS TO ONE THIRD.
OKAY. SO THEN THEN THAT THAT WOULD BE BUT THEN THEY WOULD GET A MATCHING OF UP TO 33,000.
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RIGHT. IT WOULD, IT WOULD JUST CREATE AN ESCALATOR OF THEY, THEY WOULD GET 66,000.THEY WOULD HAVE TO CONTRIBUTE 33,000. AND WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IS WE SET ASIDE $1 MILLION WITHIN THAT PROGRAM, SO THERE WOULD BE LESS SUBSCRIPTIONS TO IT, BECAUSE WE'D GO THROUGH THAT MILLION DOLLARS QUICKER, IS ALL. SO INSTEAD OF BEING ABLE TO DO 30 BUILDINGS WE'RE NOW GOING TO BE ABLE TO DO.
15 OKAY. YEAH, BUT BUT THOSE 15 YOU'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO GET THEM WITH THIS RECOMMENDATION.
MORE PEOPLE BECAUSE WE WILL HAVE MORE PARTICIPATION BECAUSE BEFORE IN THE PAST WITH THE OTHER PROGRAM, WE ONLY HAD A FEW BUSINESSES TAKE ADVANTAGE OF IT BECAUSE THERE WASN'T MUCH OF A MATCHING THERE.
AND IF IT'S VERY POPULAR, WE MAY COME BACK AND, YOU KNOW, LOOK AT ANOTHER APPROPRIATION.
BUT WE'LL SEE HOW THIS DOES BASED UPON COUNCIL'S YOU KNOW, RECOMMENDATION.
AS WE'RE PULLING A LOT OF THESE MONIES OUT, IS THAT OBVIOUSLY WE WANT TO GET SOMETHING BACK.
AND SO WHEN WE DO THE MATCHING FUNDS, IS THERE A TIME PERIOD THAT THEY NEED TO OPEN UP BY OR WHAT? HOW IS THAT? YOU KNOW, IN THE GUIDELINES IT STATES THAT IT'S AND PARDON ME THAT I'M BLANKING OUT, BUT THERE IS A TIME LIMIT, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE EVEN LIKE WHEN WE FINISH JUST KIND OF REVIEWING EVERYTHING, THERE'S I THINK IT'S, I THINK WE GAVE THEM LIKE 180 DAYS TO COMPLETE THE WORK, YOU KNOW, BUT OBVIOUSLY WE CAN GRANT EXTENSIONS IF THEY'RE NOT ABLE TO COMPLETE THE WORK WITHIN 180 DAYS. AND EXCUSE ME.
SO WE HAVE THE MINI GRANT FOR $5,000 WHERE THERE'S NO MATCH REQUIRED.
AND SO SO JUST KNOW THAT TOO, THAT WE WE DO HAVE A LOWER LEVEL OPPORTUNITY FOR PEOPLE THAT DON'T WANT TO OR THAT ARE UNABLE TO GIVE A MATCH, BUT THAT STILL WANT TO PARTICIPATE AND DO SOME MINOR REPAIRS.
HOW DOES THAT WORK? ARE WE SAYING THEN THAT. OH, MOST OF THESE BUSINESSES ARE OPEN? OKAY. YEAH. NOBODY HAS APPLIED. THAT IS NOT OPEN.
WE HAVE A LOT OF VACANT BUILDINGS IN THE RIGHT BECAUSE IT EXTENDS FROM AVENUE 52 TO SIXTH STREET.
SO SIXTH STREET BETWEEN GRAPEFRUIT BOULEVARD AND THEN CESAR CHAVEZ.
AND THEN IT GOES FROM, I GUESS, SIXTH STREET, CESAR CHAVEZ ALL THE WAY TO 52.
YOU KNOW, I DON'T WANT TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL BURDEN TO THEM.
OKAY. ARE THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS FOR THE FACADE PROGRAM? ANY GRANT. OKAY. SO IS THERE A MOTION TO MOVE THE ITEM FORWARD AND THEN REDUCE THE TWO THIRDS TO ONE THIRD? YES. IS THERE A SECOND? CAN WE JUST STATE THAT YOU MOTION INSTEAD OF JUST SAYING YES.
I MOTION. THANK YOU. CAN WE GET A SECOND? I'LL SECOND FOR THE CHANGES.
I'LL SECOND WITH THE CHANGES. WITH THE AMENDMENTS.
WITH THE AMENDMENTS? YES. I'LL GO AHEAD AND TAKE A ROLL.
COUNCIL MEMBER PEREZ. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. FIGUEROA.
YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. WITKIN. YES. MAYOR PRO TEM DELGADO.
YES. OKAY. AND NOW WE'RE MOVING ON TO ITEM. THANK YOU.
SELENA. ITEM 23. GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR PRO TEM, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL.
THERE IS A PRESENTATION. JUST SOME BULLET POINTS.
THIS HAS BEEN THE CASE SINCE THE END OF 2018.
THAT'S TAKEN A LOT OF RESOURCES FROM THE CITY.
IT WAS ACTUALLY BEING OCCUPIED BY INDIVIDUALS EXPERIENCING DRUG ADDICTION.
HOMELESSNESS. CODE ISSUED VARIOUS NOTICES TO THE PROPERTY OWNER AND FINDING OUT THAT THEY WERE
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DECEASED. SO THE LOCATION WAS TECHNICALLY ABANDONED.WE CONTINUED WITH ADMINISTRATIVE CITATIONS. IN 2019, THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE GOT INVOLVED.
IT BECAME A BIT OF A BLOCKAGE THERE BECAUSE THERE WERE SOME TYPE OF SILENT LITIGATION.
IN 2024, THE PROPERTY GOES DELINQUENT ON PROPERTY TAXES.
SO JUST THE RESOURCES INVOLVED, ACTUALLY TOOK A NOTE HERE.
COACHELLA STAFF BETWEEN OFFICE AND FIELD STAFF IS PROBABLY PUT IN ABOUT 100 HOURS.
THAT'S BEEN LOST FOR THIS. THE COACHELLA FIRE DEPARTMENT STATED THERE'S BEEN SIX CALLS FOR SERVICE FOR LOCATION, WHICH WAS FULL FIRE CALL OUTS. THE RIVERSIDE COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT REPORTED 491 CALLS WITHIN THE AREA, WITH 48 STRICTLY FOR THIS LOCATION. THE CVAG HOMELESS TASK FORCE HAS BEEN OUT WITH US AT LEAST 50 TIMES TO THE LOCATION TO GET ANY ASSISTANCE TO THE INDIVIDUALS THAT WERE HANGING OUT IN THERE. AND WE'VE ALSO CONTACTED THE RIVERSIDE COUNTY BEHAVIORAL HEALTH DEPARTMENT THAT'S BEEN OUT THERE ABOUT 20 TIMES AS WELL TO THIS IS WHAT IT LOOKED LIKE IN 2019 WHEN IT FIRST WE STARTED ACTUALLY GETTING PEOPLE OUT OF THERE.
THIS IS WHAT THE CURRENT STATUS IS OF THE LOCATION.
THE NEIGHBORS HAVE REALLY FRUSTRATED. THEY WANT TO SEE SOME ACTION.
LIKE I SAID, THIS CONTRACT WAS APPROVED OCTOBER OF LAST YEAR FOR THE ORIGINAL AMOUNT OF 40,000.
AQMD ACTUALLY REPLIED BACK TO US THAT THEY WANTED ADDITIONAL TESTING FOR THE LOCATION, AND WE SENT THE CREWS OUT TO DO THE SAMPLING, AND THEY CAME BACK WITH ADDITIONAL YOU KNOW, ASBESTOS AT THE LOCATION, WHICH ACTUALLY THE COST WENT UP.
WE'RE ASKING FOR AN ADDITIONAL 47,557 TO COMPLETE THIS PROJECT, WHICH IS GOING TO BE DEMOED, ACTUALLY ABATED WITH THE ASBESTOS AND THEN DEMOED YOU KNOW, THE LOCATION IS STILL IT'S CITY OWNED.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL OR COMMENTS? SO HAVE THERE ANY JUST SOME COMMENT. YOU KNOW, ESPECIALLY SINCE THERE'S BEEN LIKE FIRES IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.
YOU KNOW, THIS IS COULD BECOME A HAZARD, RIGHT? WE DON'T TAKE CARE OF IT. AND THE LIABILITY THAT LANDS ON THE CITY BECAUSE IT'S CITY OWNED NOW.
THAT IS CORRECT. AND I KNOW THE AMOUNT WENT UP BECAUSE THERE WAS LIKE ADDITIONAL THINGS THAT THEY FOUND OR THE ORIGINAL WAS 109FT² OF ASBESTOS THAT NEEDED TO BE ABATED.
AND NOW IT WENT TO 30 600FT² OF ABATEMENT. THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE.
AND THEY CAME BACK WITH IT IS WHAT IT IS. AND THAT'S, YOU KNOW, THE RESPONSE WE GOT FROM THEM.
OKAY. THANK YOU RENEE. IT WAS VERY HELPFUL PROVIDING THE SLIDE WITH THE CALLS THAT ARE BEING RECEIVED, BECAUSE I THINK, YOU KNOW, WHILE SPENDING THE 87,000 IN THIS SITUATION, I THINK WE'RE ACTUALLY SAVING BECAUSE OF THE AMOUNT OF SERVICE CALLS BEING LOGGED.
THERE'S A LOT OF LABOR THAT'S BEING PUT INTO IT.
THAT'S CORRECT. I THINK IT'S A COST SAVINGS, TO BE HONEST AND HOPEFULLY REDUCE CRIME IN THAT STREET.
I CAN TELL YOU THAT, I HOPE SO, I KNOW WE ACTUALLY WE CHECK ON IT PROBABLY DAILY JUST TO MAKE SURE THE NEIGHBORS HAVE OUR, OUR CELL PHONES. THEY KNOW TO CALL US IF THEY SEE SOMEONE IN THERE, THEY KNOW TO CALL THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, AND THEY'RE TO THE POINT WHERE THEY'RE WAITING FOR A RESPONSE AFTER TONIGHT'S MEETING TO SEE WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN.
SO. THANK YOU. ARE THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS FROM THE FROM THOSE ATTENDING, EITHER IN PERSON OR OVER ZOOM? NO. ONE ONLINE? NO. OKAY.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU. RENEE. IS THERE A MOTION TO MOVE THE ITEM FORWARD? MOTION. IS THERE A SECOND? I AND THE ROLL CALL.
YES. I'LL GO AHEAD AND TAKE ROLL. COUNCIL MEMBER PEREZ? YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. FIGUEROA. AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER.
NGUYEN. AYE. MAYOR PRO TEM DELGADO. YES. THANK YOU.
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THIS ORGANIZATION HAS BEEN VERY HELPFUL HERE FOR THE CITY.THE 16,000 THAT WERE ISSUED LAST YEAR IT WAS THEY COMPLETED SUCCESSFULLY, COMPLETED ABOUT 146 SURGERIES AND VACCINATED OVER 2000 PETS. THEIR GOAL IS TO CONTINUE TO DO THAT. THEY DO SPECIAL.
SO THEY ARE VERY GRATEFUL. WE MADE ROOM WITH THE HELP OF MARITZA MARTINEZ.
WE DO LOAN THEM THE SHADE STRUCTURE. WE GOT POWER FOR THEM.
SO THEY ACTUALLY THEY'RE REALLY HAPPY THAT THEY'RE DOING THIS, THESE EVENTS UNDER THE SHADE STRUCTURE DUE TO, YOU KNOW, THE TEMPERATURES OUT HERE. SO THEY ARE REQUESTING 25,200 TO CONDUCT SEVEN CLINICS, AND IT AVERAGES OUT TO ABOUT 3600 A CLINIC. IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM MEMBERS OF COUNCIL? I JUST HAVE A CAN WE MAKE YOU KNOW, ARE THE SORRY ARE THE DATES GOING TO BE ON THE CITY CALENDAR AND THE LINKS AVAILABLE FOR PEOPLE TO SEE WHERE THEY'RE GOING TO BE? THE ONLY REASON I BRING THAT UP IS BECAUSE THE, YOU KNOW, THE COUNTY SUPERVISOR AND THE COACHELLA VALLEY ANIMAL CAMPUS HAVE A CALENDAR NOW WITH ALL THE FREE SPAY AND NEUTER CLINICS ON THEIR WEBSITE.
SO REALLY SEEING HOW WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT WE PROVIDE THAT IN EITHER THE CALENDAR OR WE CAN WORK WITH THIS COACHELLA VALLEY ANIMAL CAMPUS TO BE ABLE TO, YOU KNOW, LET THEM KNOW THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THESE HERE FOR CITY OF COACHELLA RESIDENTS, SO THEY KNOW WHEN THEY'RE GOING TO BE TO PARTNER WITH OTHER AGENCIES AS WELL.
WE'LL GET THAT INFORMATION, AND WE'LL ACTUALLY CONNECT THEM WITH OUR PIO TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT GOES ON OUR CITY WEBSITE. AGAIN, I THINK THEY'RE AVAILABLE VIA ZOOM IF THERE'S ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS AS WELL.
CAN WE JUST ADD TO WHAT COUNCIL MEMBER DOCTOR FIGUEROA SAID ALSO THAT THEY CAN SHARE AND SHARE THAT INFORMATION WITH RESPECT, AND WE CAN ADD THAT ON SOCIAL MEDIA, BECAUSE A LOT OF FOLKS DO GET SOME OF THE INFORMATION OFF OF THERE.
IT'S JUST HELPFUL TO HAVE IT EVERYWHERE. YEAH, THEY'VE BEEN VERY HELPFUL.
THEY MAXED OUT AT 30 SURGERIES PER DAY, AND WE DO HAVE QUITE A BIT THAT STILL STAY ON STANDBY.
SO THEY FILL OUT THEIR SCHEDULE EVERY TIME THEY'RE OUT HERE.
YEAH. AND THEN LASTLY, YOU KNOW I THINK THE IMPORTANCE IS THE EDUCATION OF SPAY AND NEUTER BECAUSE THAT REALLY IS WHAT PREVENTS MORE ANIMALS ENDING UP IN THE ANIMAL SHELTER. THAT'S CORRECT.
THE SPAY AND NEUTER PROGRAM REALLY GETS IN AND DOUBLES DOWN BECAUSE FOR EVERY DOG, EVERY CAT YOU BRING IN THAT'S, YOU KNOW, 12 KITTENS AND FIVE DOGS ROAMING AROUND THE STREETS ENDING UP, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE WHAT HAPPENS IS THEN YOUR TEAM IN PUBLIC WORKS HAS TO PICK UP THE SCRAPED DEAD DOGS WHERE THEIR PARENTS HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, WALK AROUND WITH THEIR YOU KNOW, IT'S VERY TRUE BECAUSE WHO'S WHO'S GETTING THAT THAT AFFECTS THE CHILDREN, THAT THEY'RE LIKE, OH, THAT THAT'S MY DOG THAT RAN AWAY.
AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S VERY IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT PREVENTS THAT FROM PEOPLE'S, YOU KNOW, THAT.
AND THEN ALSO THEY THEY DON'T OFFER MICROCHIP IN THIS PROGRAM. RIGHT? THEY THEY RECOMMEND IT.
THEY RECOMMEND YEAH, THEY DO HAVE RESOURCES. THEY WORK WITH OTHER AGENCIES.
BUT MAYBE THAT'S SOMETHING WE CAN ASK. ARE THEY MELANIE OR JANINE? THEY WERE GOING TO TRY AND BE HERE, BUT THEY'RE UP FROM THE YUCCA VALLEY AREA, AND I KNOW THEY WERE HAVING TROUBLE GETTING DOWN HERE.
I AM HERE. OH, THERE SHE IS. AND WE DO PROVIDE MICROCHIPS.
OKAY. VERY COOL. AND THEN JUST A FOLLOW UP QUESTION FOR THE MICROCHIP.
HOW WOULD WE BE ABLE TO ADD THAT IN IN FUTURE EVENTS OR.
I'M SORRY, ARE YOU SAYING THAT THE MICROCHIP IS ALSO GOING TO BE ADDED TO THE MIX? WHEN WHEN WE DO SPAY AND NEUTER, WE ALSO INCLUDE ALL VACCINES AND MICROCHIPS TO OUR SERVICES.
SO WHEN THEY COME IN, WE ASK THEM WHAT OTHER SERVICES THEY WANT.
AND THEY CAN THEY CAN TELL US AT THAT TIME THEY WANT A MICROCHIP OR VACCINES.
AND THEN SOMETIMES WE HAVE PEOPLE SPONSOR THE VACCINE AND MICROCHIP CLINIC.
WE HAD ONE IN NOVEMBER THAT WAS SPONSORED, AND I BELIEVE THERE WERE CLOSE TO 400 VACCINES AND MICROCHIPS THAT WERE GIVEN OUT FREE OF CHARGE. OKAY. AND THEN I'M BILL, WE GOT ANOTHER EMAIL ABOUT A POTENTIAL PARTNERING WITH THE FOURTH DISTRICT SUPERVISOR WITH THE COUNTY ALSO. SO HOPEFULLY WE CAN ALSO PARTNER AND BRING AN ADDITIONAL ONE.
SO ARE THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL.
I THINK THIS IS ALSO ANOTHER COST SAVING MEASURE FOR THE CITY.
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I AND I DON'T KNOW IF JANINE FOR FOR THE TRAP.FOR TRAP AND RELEASE. IS THAT SOMETHING THAT THAT YOU GUYS ALSO PROVIDE? OBVIOUSLY NOT IN THE SIX VISITS, BUT IS THAT SOMETHING IS THAT A SERVICE THAT YOU GUYS ALSO PROVIDE? YES. IN FACT, WE'VE DONE SEVERAL OF THEM DOWN THERE AT BAGHDAD PARK.
WE HAD A, I BELIEVE, ONE IN FEBRUARY OF LAST YEAR WHERE WE DID 51 ANIMALS, AND THEN IN MARCH WE ACTUALLY BROUGHT OUT THE RIVERSIDE COUNTY BUS. AND WE DID 90 ANIMALS AT THAT TIME.
OKAY. AND THAT'S A THAT'S A GREAT PROGRAM BECAUSE WE KNOW OUR ANIMAL SHELTERS ARE ARE FULL.
AND SO THAT'S ANOTHER MEASURE TO KEEP OUR ANIMALS FROM INCREASING, FROM MULTIPLYING.
AND JUST TO ADD, BESIDES THE CITY FUNDING, THE SPECIAL FUNDING THEY GET, THEY'VE BEEN ABLE TO SPAY AND NEUTER 675 DOGS AND CATS AND VACCINATED ALMOST 2000 PETS. THAT'S BESIDES CITY FUNDING THAT THEY RECEIVED FOR SPECIAL FUNDING.
THANK YOU. ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS FROM MEMBERS OF FOR ATTENDEES OR ANYONE ON ZOOM? NO COMMENTS ONLINE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU RENEE.
IS THERE A MOTION TO MOVE THE ITEM FORWARD? MOTION TO APPROVE.
IS THERE A SECOND? I KNOW THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND.
CAN YOU DO A ROLL CALL? YES. COUNCIL MEMBER PEREZ.
YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. FIGUEROA. AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER.
NGUYEN. AYE. MAYOR PRO TEM DELGADO. YES. NOW, MOVING ON TO ITEM 25.
OKAY. THANK YOU. TO PROMOTE TO RIGHT HERE. OKAY.
THANK YOU. MAYOR PRO TEM, MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL.
THIS ITEM IS REGARDING THE LIKE EXCHANGE RELATED TO THE KPC COACHELLA SPECIFIC PLAN.
IF YOU COULD GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. JUST TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND.
SO THE KPC SPECIFIC PLAN HAS BEEN IN PROCESS FOR A FEW YEARS.
IT IS A 2800 ACRE PROJECT LOCATED ON THE NORTHEASTERN PORTION OF THE CITY.
AT THIS TIME, THE DRAFT EIR IS UNDER PREPARATION, AND WE NEED THE LIKE EXCHANGE APPROVED BY THE CITY AND ALSO BY THE COUNTY, WHICH I'LL EXPLAIN IN A MINUTE BEFORE THE DRAFT EIR IS RELEASED FOR PUBLIC REVIEW.
NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. SO THE ENTIRE 2800 ACRE SITE IS LOCATED WITHIN THE CVM'S HCP, AND A PORTION OF THE SITE IS SHOWN IN GREEN IS WITHIN EAST INDIO HILLS CONSERVATION AREA.
SO THE ISSUE THAT WE FACED WAS THE ROAD VISTA DEL NORTE, GOING ACROSS THE AMERICAN CANAL AND INTO THE SITE WAS HAVING IMPACTS THROUGH THE EAST INDIO HILLS CONSERVATION AREA. AND THOSE IMPACTS COULD NOT BE MITIGATED ON SITE.
THE SPECIES OF PLANTS AND ANIMALS THAT LOCATION WERE NOT SUFFICIENT ON SITE, SO THE APPLICANT HAD TO LOOK OFF SITE FOR PROPERTY THAT WAS AVAILABLE. YOU COULD GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.
THIS IS A CLOSE UP OF THAT CROSSING OF VISTA DEL NORTE AND THE EAST INDIO HILLS CONSERVATION AREA.
YOU CAN SEE THE DIRECT IMPACTS THAT ARE IN PINK.
AND THERE'S ABOUT SIX ACRES THAT ARE GOING TO BE I'M SORRY, I'M SORRY, 7.92 ACRES OF DIRECT IMPACTS.
AND THEN 56 ACRES OF INDIRECT IMPACTS SHOWN IN THE BLACK CROSS-HATCHED.
SO ALL TOLD, THERE WERE 64 ACRES OF IMPACTS TO THE EAST INDIO HILLS CONSERVATION AREA.
NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. SO THE CVM, CCP ALLOWS FOR LIKE EXCHANGES WHEN YOU HAVE A SITUATION WHERE YOU CANNOT MEET THE OBJECTIVES AND YOU NEED TO GO OUT AND FIND ADDITIONAL PROPERTIES ELSEWHERE IN EXCHANGE FOR THE IMPACTS THAT ARE OCCURRING WITHIN ONE CONSERVATION AREA.
SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DEALING WITH FOR THE LIKE EXCHANGE.
NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. SO THE APPLICANT WENT OUT AND THEY FOUND 100 ACRES OF LAND.
IT'S IN THE UNINCORPORATED COUNTY. IT'S ADJACENT TO THE DOS PALMAS CONSERVATION AREA, SHOWN IN TAN, AND YOU CAN SEE THE ONE PARCEL. THE LARGER PARCEL AND OUTLINED IN GREEN IS 80 ACRES.
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AND THE PROPOSAL IS TO DEDICATE THOSE 100 ACRES TO THE KVK IN EXCHANGE FOR THE 64 IMPACTS OF TO THE EAST INDIA HILLS CONSERVATION AREA. AND AS I MENTIONED, THE LIKE EXCHANGE ALSO NEEDS TO BE APPROVED BY THE COUNTY BOARD SINCE IT'S INCREASING THE DOS PALMAS CONSERVATION AREA. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.THE PROCEDURE IS THAT THE LIKE EXCHANGE HAS TO BE SUBMITTED TO THE DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE AND THE US FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE, AND THEY HAVE A 60 DAY REVIEW PERIOD TO COMMENT AND TO AGREE OR DISAGREE WITH THE LIKE EXCHANGE.
WE RECEIVED CONFIRMATION ON JANUARY 14TH, 2025 THAT THEY WERE IN CONCURRENCE WITH THE LIKE EXCHANGE AND THAT THE IT WOULD RESULT IN EQUAL OR GREATER BENEFITS TO COVERED SPECIES AND CONSERVE AND CONSERVE NATURAL COMMUNITIES AS COMPARED TO THE IMPACTS ANALYZED IN THE CVM, ACP. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. THE PROJECT THE PROPOSED LIKE EXCHANGE IS EXEMPT FROM SEQUA PURSUANT TO SECTION 15.325. A NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. THE RECOMMENDATION IS TO ADOPT RESOLUTION 2020 505, APPROVING THE LIKE EXCHANGE WITH THE KPC COACHELLA SPECIFIC PLAN.
THANK YOU. THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. AND COUNCIL, I JUST WANT TO MENTION THIS IS REQUIRED IN ORDER FOR THE DRAFT EIR TO BE RELEASED FOR THE PROJECT. SO THIS NEEDS TO HAPPEN BEFORE THAT AS WELL AS THE APPROVAL BY RIVERSIDE COUNTY.
AND I DO WANT TO MENTION THAT THE APPLICANT FOR THE KPC PROJECT IS IN THE AUDIENCE.
THANK YOU. ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS ON THE ITEM OR FOR THE FOLKS IN ATTENDANCE? OKAY. THERE AREN'T ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS.
ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FROM ANY OF THE ATTENDEES OR ANYBODY ON ZOOM? NO ONE ONLINE. THANK YOU. DID YOU GUYS WANT TO COME UP AND MAKE COMMENTS OR.
YEAH. WELL, I WAS JUST GOING TO COMMENT. OUR NEXT ITEM THAT WE'LL WE'RE WORKING ON THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT AS WELL ON LA ENTRADA, AND EVERYTHING IS GOING REALLY WELL WITH THE CITY, AND WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO BRINGING THAT BACK TO YOU ALSO, HOPEFULLY YOUR FIRST SESSION IN MARCH. THAT'S THANK YOU.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS? OKAY. OKAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR WORDS.
IS THERE A MOTION TO MOVE THE ITEM FORWARD? MOTION TO APPROVE RESOLUTION 2020 5-5.
APPROVING THE LIKE EXCHANGE FOR THE KPC COACHELLA SPECIFIC PLAN.
IS THERE A SECOND? WE'LL GO AHEAD AND SECOND.
OKAY, I'LL GO AHEAD AND TAKE ROLL. COUNCIL MEMBER PEREZ.
YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. FIGUEROA. AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER.
WHITE. AYE. MAYOR PRO TEM DELGADO. YES. THANK YOU.
STAN. NOW, MOVING ON TO ITEM 26.
HELLO AGAIN. COUNCIL. THE ITEM BEFORE YOU IS REQUESTING AUTHORIZATION TO USE HOME PROGRAM INCOME FUNDS IN THE AMOUNT OF $1,610,000 TO FUND 24. FIRST TIME HOMEBUYER PROGRAM LOANS AND AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH THE COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE HOUSING AND WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS TO ADMINISTER THE PROGRAM FUNDS.
AND I JUST WANT TO GIVE A LITTLE BACKGROUND. I KNOW I GAVE YOU GUYS A VERY LENGTHY STAFF REPORT, BUT I JUST KIND OF WANTED TO GIVE YOU THE HIGH LEVEL HIGHLIGHTS.
SO THE COUNT SO THIS PROPERTY, IF YOU GUYS RECALL, THIS WAS THE PARKLAND THAT WAS SOLD.
AND SO BECAUSE OF THE SURPLUS LAND ACT, EXCUSE ME A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF HOUSING LOTS HAD TO BE DEDICATED TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING. AND SO THE COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE RECEIVED A REQUEST FROM THE COACHELLA VALLEY HOUSING COALITION AFTER THEY PURCHASED THE LOTS TO YOU KNOW, TO, TO BASICALLY, YOU KNOW, THEY WERE ASKING FOR 1.4 MILLION TO BUILD.
EXCUSE ME? TO BUILD OUT THE 24 SINGLE STOREY, FOUR BEDROOM, SINGLE FAMILY DETACHED HOMES THERE AT WHAT IS MARIPOSA POINT OR THE OTHER SIDE. AND SO AND SO I JUST WANTED TO KIND OF GO OVER ALSO THAT THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT,
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ALSO KNOWN AS HCD THEY DID TELL CITIES WITH HOME HOME PROGRAM INCOME FUNDS THAT IF YOU DON'T EXPEND THESE DOLLARS BY JUNE, THEY WILL REACH IN AND TAKE THE MONEY. SO SO ANYWAY, AND SO THE COUNTY IS WORKING WITH THE CITY.IF YOU GUYS LOOKED AT THE BUDGET BREAKDOWN THERE'S QUITE A BIT OF FUNDING THAT HAD TO BE ALIGNED IN ORDER TO MAKE THE, THE PROJECT WORK. AND, YOU KNOW, SO 24 HOUSEHOLDS IN THE CITY OF COACHELLA WILL GET THEIR HOME IN ANYWHERE BETWEEN 9 AND 12 MONTHS, USING THE SUM OF THEIR COMBINATION OF THEIR SWEAT EQUITY.
SO THE KVK WILL PROBABLY HAVE TWO SETS OF GROUPS WORKING TOGETHER TO BUILD THEIR HOME.
AND SO SO BASICALLY, THE CITY WILL BE LEFT WITH A BALANCE OF $176,611.
IF THE COUNCIL APPROVES THE THE REQUEST FOR 11.
YEAH, THE MONEY HAS AN END DATE, RIGHT. OTHERWISE THE STATE IS GOING TO TAKE IT BACK.
YES, THEY SURE WILL. AND ESPECIALLY IN THESE TIMES.
YEAH. THEY'RE TRYING TO ACCELERATE HOUSING PRODUCTION AND.
YEAH. CORRECT. AND THIS WOULD HELP OUR ARENA NUMBERS.
YEAH. ABSOLUTELY. OKAY. OF COURSE, BECAUSE WE'LL MEET THE INCOME THRESHOLDS AND, YOU KNOW, WE'RE ADDING INVENTORY, SO THIS WILL HELP. OKAY.
SORRY. SELENA, DO YOU KNOW IF THIS IS SOMETHING SIMILAR THAT WE DID IN IN BELLISSIMA? NOT THE SECOND PHASE, BUT THE FIRST PHASE. YES, THAT IS CORRECT.
OKAY. THANK YOU. JUST WANTED TO SEE IF IT MADE SENSE.
AND SO DID THEY GIVE YOU A KVK GIVE YOU A TIMELINE.
YEAH. THEY WOULD SO THEY TOLD US THAT THEY COULD POTENTIALLY BEGIN IN JUNE, ACTUALLY.
OKAY. BECAUSE THERE'S NO LIKE IT'S NOT FEASIBLE TO DO ANY OTHER TYPE OF PROGRAM WITHIN A SIX MONTHS.
WELL, FOUR MONTHS. RIGHT. SO. RIGHT. SO WE'D HAVE TO ALLOCATE BECAUSE WE AS LONG AS WE CAN SHOW HCD THAT WE ARE ALLOCATING AND THAT WE'RE GOING TO COME BACK AT THE NEXT MEETING WITH A CONTRACT OR AN MOU OR WHATEVER. THERE THAT THAT WILL SATISFY THEM.
THEY'RE GOING TO GO PICK THAT THE EMPTY COINS IN EVERY SINGLE POCKET, RIGHT? YES. OKAY. REALLY GREAT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
AND THEN BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT OUR FINANCES, YOU KNOW, AT THE BEGINNING OF THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING, BILL, COULD YOU EXPLAIN A BIT WHERE THE MONIES ARE COMING FROM AND THE DEADLINE? AND THEN ALSO, IF WE DON'T SPEND IT WITHIN THE FOUR MONTHS, WHAT HAPPENS TO THAT FUNDING? IT'S PROGRAM INCOME. YEAH, IT'S IT'S PROGRAM INCOME.
IT'S SITTING IN A DESIGNATED FUND. IT'S A SPECIAL REVENUE FUND.
SO THOSE MONIES CAN ONLY BE SPENT FOR THAT PROGRAM.
IT'S LIKE WHEN THERE WAS RDA, YOU HAD TO SPEND IT ON RDA PURPOSES.
OR IF WE COLLECT DIF, WE HAVE TO SPEND IT ON IMPROVEMENTS THAT THAT WERE COLLECTED FOR.
SAME DIFFERENCE. IT'S WE CAN PAY A PORTION OF IT'S GOING BACK INTO THE GENERAL FUND TO PAY FOR ADMINISTRATION OVER THE YEARS THAT WE'VE ADMINISTERED THE FUND BECAUSE WE'VE NEVER TAKEN ANY ADMIN IN. BUT THE REST OF IT, THOUGH, THERE'S NO ABILITY FOR US TO TAKE ANY OF THAT MONEY AND PUT IT INTO THE GENERAL FUND.
SO THESE HAVE TO BE SPENT ON HOUSING PURPOSES.
AND I FOUND OUT FROM SELINA, YOU KNOW, WHEN I CAME ON THAT WE HAD TO DO SOMETHING WITH THIS MONEY.
AND SO SHE CAME UP WITH THIS PLAN AND I FULLY AGREE WITH IT.
SO, YEAH. AND THEN MAYOR PRO TEM, I JUST WANTED TO ADD THAT THE REASON WE HAVE PROGRAM INCOME, IT'S BECAUSE EVERY SO WHEN THE CITY APPLIED FOR THAT GRANT PROGRAM HOME MANY, MANY YEARS AGO SO IT WAS DESIGNED WHERE IT'S A LOAN THAT WE'RE GIVING PEOPLE SO THEY CAN BUY THEIR FIRST HOME.
AND SO WHAT HAPPENS IS WHEN THEY REPAY BACK THE LOAN, IT GOES INTO THIS PROGRAM, INCOME FUND.
SO EVERY YEAR WE REPORT TO HCD AND LET THEM KNOW WHO HAS REPAID BACK THE LOAN.
AND THEN WE HAVE TO LIKE PUT PUT ALL THAT INFORMATION THERE AND THEN SEND IT TO THEM AND THEN EVEN REPORT LIKE ON ANY INTEREST THAT WE ARE ACCRUING AND IF WE USED ANY ADMIN FUNDING OR WHATEVER. SO ALL OF THAT HAS TO BE REPORTED BACK TO HCD ON AN ANNUAL BASIS, OR YOU WILL NOT BE ELIGIBLE FOR ANY GRANT FUNDS, INCLUDING THE GRANT DOLLARS THAT WE'VE RECENTLY SECURED.
SO THEY DO REQUIRE THAT WE REPORT ON THIS AS WELL.
SO THAT'S WHERE THAT PROGRAM INCOME IS COMING BACK.
SO WE HAVE LIKE A PERPETUAL FUNDING SOURCE. ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS.
I HAVE A QUESTION AS FAR AS THE APPLICANTS. HOW IS THAT STREAMLINED? IS IT RESIDENTS OF COACHELLA? YES. OKAY. ONLY RESIDENTS OF COACHELLA.
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AND THEN ALSO THEY HAVE TO MEET THE INCOME THRESHOLDS.AND IN ADDITION TO THAT, HCD HAS REALLY STRICT MARKETING AND OUTREACH GUIDELINES BECAUSE IN THE PAST, THEY USED TO BE AVERSE TO FUNDING, LIKE A WHOLE TRACT OR WHATEVER.
AND BUT BECAUSE THERE'S A HOUSING CRISIS, HCD IS NOW NOT REALLY TAKING THAT INTO ACCOUNT ANYMORE.
SO NOW THEY'RE LIKE, HEY, LET'S ACCELERATE HOUSING PRODUCTION.
AND AND SO THEY'RE JUST LOOKING AT YOU KNOW, JUST THAT, THAT WE'RE FOLLOWING ALL THE INCOME THRESHOLDS THAT WE'RE CONDUCTING PROPER OUTREACH AND MARKETING, THAT IT'S FAIR, YOU KNOW, AND IT'S FOR PEOPLE IN THE CITY OF COACHELLA, NOT, YOU KNOW, ANY OTHER JURISDICTION. OKAY. THANK YOU.
AND SO SO THE INCOME, THE MONIES THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT CAN ONLY BE SPENT FOR HOUSING.
AND IF WE DON'T USE IT, THEN WE LOSE THAT TYPE OF FUNDING.
AND WE HAVE A DEADLINE OF HOW MANY MONTHS? JUNE 30TH.
JUNE 30TH. SO THIS IS THE BEST PROGRAM TO PUT FORWARD WITHIN THE TIME FRAME THAT WE HAVE.
YES, BECAUSE IT'S READY TO GO. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.
ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS FROM ANY MEMBERS ON ZOOM OR PRESENT? DO WE HAVE PEDRO RODRIGUEZ ON OR JUAN GARCIA? YEAH, YOU HAVE BOTH OF THEM. OKAY. PEDRO, DID YOU WANT TO SAY SOMETHING ABOUT THE PROGRAM RAM OR.
PEDRO RODRIGUEZ IS THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OR CEO OF COACHELLA VALLEY HOUSING COALITION.
CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES, WE CAN HEAR YOU NOW. YEAH.
IT'S 80% BELOW OF COUNTY MEDIA. AND SO THE FAMILIES CAN ONLY QUALIFY FOR A CERTAIN AMOUNT.
AND THEN THE HOUSE COST IS A LITTLE HIGHER, A LOT HIGHER THAN WHAT THEY QUALIFY FOR.
SO WE NEED THIS SUBSIDY FINANCING TO HELP THE FAMILIES QUALIFY.
AND WE WOULD APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU PEDRO. ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FOR PEDRO? A MOTION TO APPROVE AUTHORIZE THE USE OF THE HOME PROGRAM'S INCOME FUNDS AND THE AMOUNT OF 1.6.
$610,000 FOR THE 24 HOMES. IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND THAT MOTION. I'LL TAKE ROLL. COUNCIL MEMBER PEREZ.
YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. FIGUEROA. AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER.
WHITE. AYE. MAYOR PRO TEM DELGADO. YES. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. SELENA. THANK YOU. NOW, MOVING ON TO ITEM 27.
WE HAVE ONE PUBLIC COMMENT. IT IS JUDY ANN SIMON, PLEASE.
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AND IF WE CAN PUT UP THE THREE MINUTE CLOCK.OKAY. AND PUBLIC COMMENTS ARE LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES.
THERE'S A TIMER ON THE SCREEN. HI, JULIANNA. GOOD EVENING.
THIS IS WHAT BRINGS US HERE TONIGHT. I'M DOCTOR JUDY ANN.
UNFORTUNATELY, THE TRASH HAS GONE FROM BAD TO WORSE.
OVER TIME, IF YOU HAD TO DRIVE BACK AND FORTH FROM YOUR HOME TO WORK AND BACK OFF OF ON VISTA DEL NORTE, YOU EACH DAY, YOU WOULD BE QUITE DISGUSTED. IT'S NOT HOMELESS PEOPLE SO MUCH ANYMORE.
NO TRUCKS ALLOWED, BUT. AND IT WAS KNOCKED DOWN.
NEVER REPLACED. ALTHOUGH I WAS THE SQUEAKY WHEEL.
APPARENTLY NOT SQUEAKY ENOUGH. SO I'M HOPING YOU SAID THE MAGIC WORD THAT WE CAN WORK TOGETHER, AND THAT WE CAN GET THIS AREA BACK TO A MUCH, MUCH MORE PRISTINE.
LOOK, YOU CAN'T EVEN IMAGINE. SO YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT ROUGH ROAD? HOW MANY FLAT TIRES I'VE HAD? MY NEIGHBORS HAVE HAD.
HOW MANY STEERING WHEEL ALIGNMENTS, YOU NAME IT.
I'M NOT. YOU KNOW, I DON'T WANT TO GO INTO THAT.
BUT JUST THE COST ALONE, BECAUSE OF DRIVING ON THIS ROUGH ROAD IS OFF THE CHARTS.
UNBELIEVABLE. THEY KNOW ME BY NAME AT THE AT THE AUTO MECHANIC, FIRST NAME, FIRST NAME BASIS.
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SO IF WE COULD ALSO GET A TIMELINE FROM YOU, THAT WOULD BE REALLY APPRECIATED.AND AND THANK YOU. SO I HAVE, OVER TIME PICKED UP TRASH.
I WANTED TO BRING YOU A LITTLE SAMPLING OF WHAT I DO ON A REGULAR BASIS.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER PUBLIC COMMENTS? NO. IF YOU'D LIKE TO SPEAK, JUST STATE YOUR NAME, AND THEN WE CAN FILL OUT ONE OF THE FORMS WHEN YOU'RE DONE. I'M SORRY. YEAH. JUST IF YOU CAN COME UP TO THE MIC AND THEN JUST STATE YOUR NAME, AND THEN I CAN GET A FORM FROM YOU AFTER.
I'M SORRY. COME OVER AND TALK. MY NAME IS ALICIA.
OKAY. I'M HERE FOR THE SAME REASON AS JULIANNE.
APPEALING TO THE GOOD NATURE. AND ALSO, YOU KNOW, THE NEW PEOPLE HERE THAT ARE IN OUR CITY OF COACHELLA, WHICH I'M VERY PROUD TO BE A PART OF. I DO HAVE PRIDE OF OWNERSHIP, AND I WOULD LOVE TO SEE MY STREET AT LEAST CLEAN.
IT IS IN DISREPAIR. I JUST HEARD THIS THAT, YOU KNOW, THE FUNDS ARE NOT THERE TO FIX IT, BUT MAYBE A LITTLE PATCH HERE AND THERE WOULD DO YOU KNOW, BUT AT LEAST THE CLEANUP WOULD BE REALLY APPRECIATED.
MAYBE IF WE, YOU AND I GET TOGETHER, WE CAN IF IT'S CALTRANS, MAYBE WE CAN BETWEEN YOU GUYS AND I CALL THEM AND HAVE THEM CLEAN UP IN A REGULAR BASIS BECAUSE RIGHT NOW I DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED, BUT THE SIDE OF THE STREET IS EXTREMELY DIRTY.
BUT IT'S JUST IT'S TOO MUCH. IT'S TOO MUCH FOR HER.
AND, YOU KNOW, I WOULD LOVE TO SEE SOMETHING DONE WITH OUR STREET.
I AM VERY PROUD OF BEING A CITIZEN OF THIS BEAUTIFUL CITY OF COACHELLA.
AND WE EVEN ARE, YOU KNOW, WE CAN HELP WITH THE CLEANUP.
LET ME KNOW WHEN. LET ME KNOW WHAT HOURS. AND I WOULD BE MORE THAN WILLING.
I'M APPEALING TO YOU GUYS, TO THE NEW PEOPLE HERE.
THAT, YOU KNOW, THE PAST. SOME OF THE PEOPLE WHO ARE GONE COULDN'T HELP US WITH.
SO I'M HOPING THAT YOU GUYS COULD HELP US. IT'S GREATLY APPRECIATED.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR LISTENING TO US. AND I APPRECIATE APPRECIATE YOU GUYS.
VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ONE OF THE GREAT BENEFITS OF DOING THE PUBLIC COMMENTS HERE IS THAT WE HAVE OUR ENTIRE TEAM HERE, SO WE CAN GET ALL AS MANY QUESTIONS ANSWERED AS WE CAN.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER PUBLIC COMMENTS? I DON'T HAVE ANY THAT ARE PRESENT.
DO WE HAVE ANY ON ZOOM? NO ONE ONLINE. OKAY. THANK YOU.
AND NOW WE'RE MOVING ON TO ITEM NUMBER 27. OKAY.
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GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL MEMBERS. STAFF IS ASKING YOU TO ADOPT RESOLUTION 20 506, A RESOLUTION TO APPROVE APPOINTING KAY REYNOLDS AS THE INTERIM FINANCE DIRECTOR. CALPERS REQUIRES THAT WE COME TO COUNCIL.YOU APPROVE A RESOLUTION BECAUSE KAY IS A RETIRED ANNUITANT, JUST AS I AM.
AND AND SHE ALSO SERVED HERE AS THE COMPTROLLER, AS OUR COMPTROLLER FOR FOUR YEARS.
AND SO BRINGING HER IN, WE'VE HAD THE POSITION OPEN FOR TWO YEARS.
I SERVED ALMOST TEN MONTHS DURING THAT TWO YEARS, BUT IT'S STILL OPEN.
WE RAN A RECRUITMENT AND IT'S BACK OUT BEING RECRUITED AGAIN BECAUSE I'M LOOKING FOR A SPECIFIC INDIVIDUAL THAT KNOWS GOVERNMENTAL ACCOUNTING, NOT ENTERPRISE ACCOUNTING, NOT BUSINESS ACCOUNTING, BUT GOVERNMENTAL ACCOUNTING.
THE RATE OF PAY THAT YOU WILL EARN IS $106.01.
I'M REQUIRED TO REPORT THAT OUT. I WOULD ASK THAT COUNCIL APPROVE BRINGING KAY BACK TO THE CITY.
I WE WE NEED THE HELP. WE'RE GOING THROUGH IMPLEMENTATION OF OUR ERP SYSTEM ALSO.
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IT TAKES A LOT OF TIME OF THE COMPTROLLER, AND THERE'S ONLY SO MUCH TIME IN A DAY.SHE'LL BE ABLE TO BASICALLY DO LIKE I'VE DONE HIT THE GROUND RUNNING.
AND SHE'S SHE'S AN EXCELLENT RESOURCE FOR ME.
SO I ASK THAT YOU ALLOW ME TO BRING HER BACK.
THANK YOU. ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FROM MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL FOR BILL? JUST A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS I AGREE BILL. I THINK WE DEFINITELY NEED SOME HELP WHEN IT COMES TO ALSO GETTING OUR FINANCE DIRECTOR IN.
SO IT'S BEEN OPEN FOR TWO YEARS. WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO RECRUIT FOR TWO YEARS.
WHEN IS THE NEXT INTERVIEW? DO WE HAVE PEOPLE LINED UP? ARE PEOPLE ON THIS DAIS A PART OF THAT INTERVIEW PROCESS? DO WE KNOW WHEN THE NEXT INTERVIEW WILL BE CONDUCTED? HOW ARE WE KEEPING TRACK OF ALL OF THAT? WELL, TYPICALLY IN THE PAST, IT'S VERY INTERESTING THAT COUNCIL WAS INVOLVED WITH THE INTERVIEW PROCESS. THAT'S ONLY HAPPENED ONCE BEFORE WHEN THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT MANAGER WAS HIRED.
THE FORMER CITY MANAGER, THE MAYOR AND DOCTOR FIGUEROA SAT ON A PANEL.
IT WAS A VERY STRANGE PANEL THAT WAS ASSEMBLED BEFORE THAT, WHERE YOU HAD STAFF INTERVIEWING FOR A DIRECTOR POSITION, WHICH I SUPPOSE THAT WAS PROBABLY BASED UPON FIT OTHER DEPARTMENT HEADS ALSO INTERVIEWED.
THERE WERE THREE CANDIDATES THAT COME BACK. THE THREE CANDIDATES, TWO OF THEM HAD, AND ONE OF THEM WAS ENTERPRISE, WHICH WAS A WATER DISTRICT, WHICH I'VE BEEN THROUGH THAT BEFORE WHERE WE'VE HIRED SOMEBODY AND BEFORE IN THE PAST.
AND TO BE ABLE TO HAVE SOMEBODY COME IN AND PUT TOGETHER FINANCIALS TO PUT TOGETHER A BUDGET, IT DOESN'T WORK. AND IF I, I GUESS WE'RE A FINANCE DIRECTOR AND LOOKING TO HIRE SOMEBODY AS MAYBE AN ACCOUNTANT OR A CONTROLLER WHERE I COULD SPEND TIME WITH THEM AND TEACH THEM THE NUANCES OF IT. GREAT. BUT WE DON'T HAVE THAT LUXURY.
AND THEN ANOTHER ONE WAS SCHOOL DISTRICT AND THEN CITY, AS I THINK AN ACCOUNTING MANAGER, I BELIEVE. THEY WEREN'T A FIT. AND SO I REJECTED THE THREE CANDIDATES AND WE PUT IT BACK OUT FOR IT'S BACK OUT AND I THINK FOR FOUR WEEKS WE'RE RECRUITING AGAIN. AND SO I HAD FOUND A CANDIDATE BY ACCIDENT THROUGH RESUMES, BUT THIS INDIVIDUAL IS NOT ABLE TO COME IN AND INTERVIEW BECAUSE THEY JUST HAD A CHILD.
HOWEVER, THEY WILL BE READY TO COME BACK TO WORK IN ABOUT EIGHT MONTHS.
AND MY PLAN IS, IS THAT AT SOME POINT WHEN K'S 960 HOURS ARE UP, SHE'LL BE LEAVING BECAUSE SHE HAS TO, BECAUSE SHE'S A RETIRED ANNUITANT AND HOPEFULLY WITH ANOTHER RECRUITMENT, IT CAN DRAG ON FOR A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE WE'VE HAD NO LUCK OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS.
I THINK I HAVE AN EXCELLENT CANDIDATE LINED UP.
IT'S JUST SHE'S A NEW MOTHER AND NOT READY TO COME IN FULL TIME.
SO THERE IS A PLAN. WE CAN'T HAVE. PART OF WHAT HAPPENED WAS BECAUSE WE DIDN'T HAVE A FINANCE DIRECTOR, AND, YOU KNOW, HAVING THE LUXURY OF HAVING A FINANCE DIRECTOR.
BECAUSE WHEN I FIRST GOT PROMOTED, I COULDN'T FIND SOMEBODY TO TAKE MY SPOT EITHER.
IT'S VERY TOUGH TO GET STRONG RECRUITS OUT HERE.
I DON'T KNOW WHY. WE HAVE EXCELLENT BENEFITS.
SO I FOUND A GREAT PATCH. I KNOW KATE CAN DO THE WORK.
SHE'S GREAT AT IT. I DON'T HAVE TO, YOU KNOW.
I DON'T HAVE TO QUESTION THE WORK. AND IT ALLOWS ME TO DO.
WHAT I NEED TO DO IS FOCUS ON GETTING US ON TRACK AND KEEPING ON TRACK.
I CAN'T IMAGINE HOW MUCH MONEY WE'VE SPENT TRYING TO RECRUIT A FINANCE DIRECTOR.
AND SO JUST KIND OF THINKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, TO MAYOR PRO TEM DELGADO'S POINT OF, YOU KNOW, TAKING A LOOK AT WHERE WE'RE ALLOTTING FUNDING AND HOW WE NEED TO BE A LITTLE BIT MORE CAREFUL WITH ALL OF THAT.
DEFINITELY VERY IMPORTANT THAT YOU HAVE SET WHO'S GOING TO BE PART OF, YOU KNOW, THE PANEL FOR INTERVIEWS? I WASN'T SURE WHO WHO IT WAS FROM THE DIOCESE.
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ASKING AND WHEN ARE WE GOING TO HAVE A FINANCE DIRECTOR? BECAUSE THE, THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT WE'RE SPENDING ADVERTISING AND LOOKING AND CONDUCTING INTERVIEWS, I'M SURE IT'S ADDING UP. AND SO THE CITY WE WE NEED A FINANCE DIRECTOR.SO HOPEFULLY WE'RE ABLE TO, YOU KNOW, TO FIND SOMEBODY SOON.
I COMPLETELY AGREE WITH YOU. I COULD NOT BE MORE IN AGREEMENT.
I KNOW HOW IMPORTANT IT IS. YEAH. THANKS, BILL.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM MEMBERS OF COUNCIL? SO K IS IS UP TO THE STANDARD. SHE'LL BE ABLE TO BE A QUALIFIED FINANCE DIRECTOR.
UNTIL WE START RECRUITING ONCE MORE. YES, ABSOLUTELY.
OKAY. THANK YOU. ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS FROM MEMBERS PRESENT OR ANYONE ON ZOOM.
I DON'T HAVE ANY SPEAKER SLIPS FOR THIS ITEM. IS THERE ANYONE ON ZOOM? NO ONE ONLINE.
THANK YOU. IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE ITEM? THE APPOINTMENT OF KAY REYNOLDS. I MOVE TO ADOPT RESOLUTION NUMBER 2025.
DASH ZERO SIX, APPOINTING KAY REYNOLDS AS INTERIM FINANCE DIRECTOR PURSUANT TO GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 7522.56 AND 21221 PARENTHESES H. THANK YOU. IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND.
I'LL TAKE ROLL. COUNCIL MEMBER PEREZ. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER.
FIGUEROA. AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER. WHITE. AYE. MAYOR PRO TEM.
YES. THANK YOU. BILL. IS THIS YOUR ITEM AS WELL? YES. STAFF WOULD ASK YOU TO APPROVE RESOLUTION 20 508.
AND IT'S WHEN WE PUT UP OUR SALARIES, OUR SCHEDULE.
THERE'S ONE FOR THE MANAGEMENT GROUP. AND WHEN MY APPOINTMENT WAS TAKING PLACE FOR PUTTING ME IN AS ACTING HEAD, NOTICE THAT THERE WAS NO SALARY WITHIN THE MOU FOR THE CITY MANAGER, AND SALARY IS 287,000.
AND SO THIS RESOLUTION ADDS THAT TO THAT CHART SO THAT WE'RE IN COMPLIANCE WITH PER'S.
WE HAVE TO PUT THIS OUT. IT WAS AN OVERSIGHT ON THE BEHALF OF HR.
SO THAT'S ALL THAT THIS IS, IS JUST ADDING THAT TO THAT MOU.
THANK YOU. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM MEMBERS OF COUNCIL? ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC OR ANYONE ON ZOOM? MY NAME IS JACK GILLAN AND I REPRESENT THE KPC GROUP.
I WAS HERE ON ITEM NUMBER 25, BUT I STUCK AROUND BECAUSE I SAW THIS ITEM WAS ON THE AGENDA.
I WANT TO SAY TO EVERYONE THAT I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH MR. PATTERSON NOW FOR THREE WEEKS. I'VE BEEN WORKING ON A PROJECT CALLED LAW AND ORDER FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS, AND THE AMOUNT OF PROGRESS WE'VE MADE IN THE LAST THREE WEEKS WITH MR. PATTERSON BEING INVOLVED WITH THE CITY, IS ABOUT EQUAL TO THE AMOUNT OF PROGRESS HE MADE THE PREVIOUS TWO YEARS.
SO I JUST WANT TO ECHO MY SUPPORT FOR HIM. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. ARE THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS FOR THIS ITEM? ANYTHING ON ZOOM? NO. NO COMMENTS ONLINE. THANK YOU.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? MOTION TO APPROVE.
ADOPT A MOTION TO ADOPT RESOLUTION NUMBER 2025.
DASH ZERO EIGHT. IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND.
THANK YOU. I'LL TAKE ROLL. COUNCIL MEMBER. COUNCIL MEMBER.
PEREZ. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. FIGUEROA. AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER.
VERGENNES. WHICH ITEM IS THIS? ONE MORE TIME.
THANK YOU. SORRY, MY IPAD WENT FAST. I AND MAYOR PRO TEM DELGADO.
YES. THANK YOU. NOW, MOVING ON TO ITEM 29. RYAN, ARE YOU PRESENTING ON THIS? YEAH, I'LL PRESENT IT. THANK YOU. MAYOR PRO TEM AND COUNCIL.
THE ITEM BEFORE YOU IS FOR THE APPOINTMENT OF MR. PATTERSON AS INTERIM CITY MANAGER. THE TERMS OF THE PROPOSED EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT ARE VERY SIMILAR TO THE TERMS OF HIS AGREEMENT AS ACTING CITY MANAGER.
AS YOU MENTIONED, HE'S A CALPERS RETIRED ANNUITANT.
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THAT MEANS THAT MR. PATTERSON CANNOT EXCEED 960 HOURS OF WORK WITHIN A FISCAL YEAR.THAT INCLUDES NO OVERTIME, NO BENEFITS PAID LEAVE OR PAID HOLIDAYS.
THE RESOLUTION FOR HIS APPOINTMENT IS BEFORE YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.
THANK YOU RYAN. IS ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM MEMBERS OF COUNCIL? ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FROM ANYONE IN ATTENDANCE OR ON ZOOM? THANK YOU. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE? NO COMMENTS ONLINE.
NO COMMENTS. THANK YOU. IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM 29.
MOTION TO APPROVE RESOLUTION NUMBER 2020 507.
IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND. I'LL GO AHEAD AND TAKE ROLL.
COUNCIL MEMBER. PEREZ. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. FIGUEROA.
AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER. WHITE. AYE. MAYOR PRO TEM DELGADO.
YES. THANK YOU. RYAN. NOW, MOVING ON TO ITEM 30.
[Public Hearing Calendar (Quasi-Judicial)]
THANK YOU, MAYOR PRO TEM, MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL AND REPRESENTATION ON THIS.THIS IS TO ADOPT A FEE FOR THE COACHELLA HEALTH HEALTHY FOOD TRUCK PERMIT PILOT PROGRAM.
YOU MIGHT RECALL THAT ON JANUARY 22ND, THE COUNCIL DID APPROVE TWO ORDINANCES TO ALLOW FOR HEALTHY FOOD TRUCKS IN CITY PARKS, DOWNTOWN ZONES AND ALSO AN ACTIVE DATE FARMS. THIS WOULD HELP IMPLEMENT THE GENERAL PLAN WHICH CALLED FOR THIS PROGRAM FROM 2015.
AND SO THERE WAS A FEE ANALYSIS DONE, AND THE FEE ANALYSIS ASSUMED A COST OF ABOUT $400 TO BE ABLE TO FOR STAFFING RELATED TO THE THE APPLICATION AND PROCESSING IT.
BUT INSTEAD WE ARE REQUESTING THAT YOU ADOPT A FEE THAT'S HALF OF THAT, WHICH WOULD BE $200 FOR THAT PERMIT FEE FOR THE FIRST TIME AND THEN $100 FOR THE RENEWAL. THE OTHER ANTICIPATED FEES THAT A FOOD TRUCK OPERATOR WOULD HAVE TO PAY WOULD BE THOSE WITH THE COUNTY, AND SO THEY'D HAVE TO PAY HEALTH DEPARTMENT FEES, BUT THEY'D ALSO HAVE TO PAY THE BUSINESS LICENSE FEE WITH THE CITY.
THERE'S ANOTHER FEE FOR THE MOBILE FOOD FACILITY.
THE COUNTY CLERK. FICTITIOUS FICTITIOUS NAME FEE.
SO I JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU THAT BACKGROUND, AND WE ARE RECOMMENDING THAT YOU ADOPT A RESOLUTION TO APPROVE THOSE PERMIT FEES FOR FOR THIS PROGRAM. HAPPY TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS IF YOU HAVE ANY.
THANK YOU. I THINK THE PRICE REDUCTION IS GOOD BECAUSE IT ENTRY LEVEL.
SO HOPEFULLY THEY'RE ABLE TO THAT I THINK IT'LL BE THE OTHER NON-MONETARY UP FRONT.
IT'LL BE MORE LIKE ADJUSTING THEIR MENU. SO BUT YEAH.
THAT'S IT. THANK YOU. ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS FROM MEMBERS OF COUNCIL? NO. GABRIEL, HOW MANY HOW MANY FOOD TRUCK OPERATORS DO WE HAVE? WHO HAVE BUSINESS LICENSE IN THE CITY? I DON'T THINK WE HAVE ANY.
YEAH, BECAUSE IT'S NOT ALLOWED. WE DON'T HAVE ANY. YOU WOULD ONLY BE ABLE TO DO IT IF YOU HAD A SPECIAL EVENT PERMIT OR AT THE CONTAINER PARK, BUT THERE'S NO FOOD TRUCKS THERE. SO WHEN WE DID THE THE CART ORDINANCE THAT ESTABLISHED KIND OF LIKE THE STRUCTURE AND THE FRAMEWORK TO BE ABLE TO OPERATE A CART OR CARTS. YEAH, BUT NOT NOT FOR A FOOD TRUCK, THOUGH.
SO MORE OF THE MOBILE FOOD FACILITY. THAT'S A LITTLE BIT LESS THAN A FOOD TRUCK.
YEAH. RIGHT. AND SO THAT'S WHAT I'M GETTING TO, IS THAT I KNOW WE PUT THIS PROGRAM TOGETHER, OR JUST PROVIDED THE FRAMEWORK AND THE STRUCTURE FOR PEOPLE WHO WANTED TO OPERATE CARTS SO THAT THEY KNEW WHERE THEY COULD OPERATE AND THEN WHAT THE FEES WERE, ETC.. AND THEN I'M WONDERING IF, DO SOME OF THE OTHER CITIES HAVE A FOOD TRUCK BUSINESS PROGRAM SET? YES. SO MAYBE, MAYBE WE SHOULD CONSIDER ALSO PROVIDING ONE.
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AND I SAY THIS BECAUSE I'VE READ OBVIOUSLY THE BLUE ZONE PROGRAM FOR THE THE TRUCKS.AND WE KNOW THERE'S ALWAYS A NEED TO PROVIDE HEALTHY FOOD.
AND WE KNOW THAT WITH LATINOS, WE WE LIKE TO EAT A LOT OF FOOD.
THAT'S MAYBE NOT THE HEALTHIEST. BUT AND WE DO HAVE A LOT OF ISSUES HERE IN THE CITY.
YOU KNOW, WE HAVE RESIDENTS THAT ARE DIABETIC, HAVE HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE.
BUT I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ALSO PROVIDING A STRUCTURE AND FRAMEWORK FOR THOSE WHO MAYBE DON'T WANT TO OPERATE IN THE HEALTHY FOOD PROGRAM, AND THAT WE ALSO GIVE THEM AN OPPORTUNITY IF THEY DON'T WANT TO MAYBE GO INTO THIS TYPE OF FOOD TRUCK OPERATION BECAUSE IT IS VERY IT IS A SPECIALTY. AND I THINK MANY OF THE FOLKS THAT WE HAVE COMING IN THAT ARE EITHER HAVE FOOD CARTS OR TRUCKS IS THAT THEY'RE OPERATING FROM HOME. AND SO I THINK THEIR SPECIFIC FOODS THAT THEY'RE ALREADY COMFORTABLE WITH AND THEN HAVE LEARNED HOW TO PROVIDE OR COOK OVER TIME.
AND SO MAYBE SHIFTING THEM FROM CERTAIN TYPES OF FOOD THAT THEY'VE BEEN COOKING AND PROVIDING AND PREPPING AND THEN GOING INTO JUST BEING ABLE TO GIVE THEM A HEALTHY FOOD OPERATION MIGHT BE A BIG TRANSITION FOR THEM, IS WHAT I'M SAYING.
AND SO I DO THINK THAT WE WE DO NEED TO MAYBE PROVIDE THAT FRAMEWORK AS WELL.
AND IF WE CAN ALLOW ALSO FOOD TRUCKS IF THEY WANT TO OPERATE IN THE CITY, AND MAYBE A WAY TO APPROACH THAT RIGHT NOW, THE ORDINANCE THAT YOU ADOPTED DON'T ALLOW FOR THAT.
SO MAYBE WHEN THIS PROGRAM KICKS OFF IN AT THE END OF FEBRUARY, WE COULD SEE HOW WELL THAT GOES FIRST TWO MONTHS, SEE WHO IS ACTUALLY APPLYING FOR IT. YEAH. WE DID ADOPT ONLY A 25% MENU THAT HAS TO BE HEALTHY.
SO THE OTHER 75% DOESN'T NEED TO DO THAT. STAFF WAS THINKING IT WOULD BE 50%, BUT ACTUALLY THE THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT WAS SAYING, HEY, YOU GUYS ARE BEING TOO STRICT. BRING IT DOWN TO 25%.
JUST A LITTLE BIT OF TWEAKS TO THE MENU. SO I WOULD KEEP THAT IN MIND.
BUT LET'S SEE HOW IT GOES IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS AND SEE WHAT THE TAKERS ARE ON THIS PROGRAM.
IF IF NO ONE'S APPLYING, OBVIOUSLY THERE MIGHT BE AN ISSUE.
YEAH, YEAH, THAT'S A WONDERFUL APPROACH. I, I WASN'T AWARE THAT IT WAS A REQUIREMENT WAS 25%.
SO OBVIOUSLY IF THEY WANT TO GO HIGHER THEY CAN BUT THAT'S THE LIMIT.
SO ARE THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FROM MEMBERS? I THINK IT'S GOOD TO KNOW ALSO THAT WE ARE BUILDING.
WE DID BUILD WE'RE BUILDING A COMMITTEE THAT WE GET TOGETHER WITH ALSO OUR US AND BLUE ZONES.
THE BLUE ZONES NATIONAL TEAM. SO THERE ARE OTHER CITIES THAT HAVE IMPLEMENTED A HEALTHY FOOD TRUCK POLICY THAT WE'RE WORKING WITH TO SEE WHAT THEIR SUCCESSES ARE, AND THEY'RE HELPING US DEVELOP THAT GUIDELINE. THERE'S ALSO GOING TO BE RESOURCES AVAILABLE AND NUTRITION FREE, YOU KNOW, NUTRITION COURSES THAT WE'RE WORKING WITH, WITH OUR US AS WELL.
SO ALL OF THOSE RESOURCES WILL BE PROVIDED. THANK YOU.
THAT'S GREAT ANGELA, THANK YOU FOR SHARING THAT. ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS FROM MEMBERS PRESENT OR ANYONE ON ZOOM? WE DID HAVE ONE HAND RAISED ON ZOOM. FRANKIE MORALES, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND IF YOU STILL WANT TO SPEAK.
NO HAND RAISED. OKAY. OKAY. IS THERE A MOTION? DID YOU HAVE OTHER MOTION TO APPROVE THE ADOPT RESOLUTION NUMBER 2020 504? IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND HIS MOTION. CAN YOU PROVIDE ROLL CALL? YEAH. I BELIEVE THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING ITEM.
OH, IT IS THE PUBLIC HEARING. OH, OKAY. SO I'M GOING TO OPEN UP THE ITEM TO TO THE COMMUNITY.
AND TWO QUICK. ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS PROVIDED? SO I APOLOGIZE. WE SHOULD HAVE OPENED UP THE PUBLIC HEARING BEFOREHAND. AND THERE ARE NO HANDS RAISED AT THE MOMENT.
THERE'S NO ONE HERE IN PUBLIC. SO YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
OKAY. WE'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. THANK YOU.
WE HAVE A MOTION AND WE HAVE A SECOND. CAN YOU PROVIDE ROLL CALL? CAN I GO AHEAD AND GET THAT FIRST MOTION, PLEASE? AGAIN. THANK YOU, A MOTION FIGUEROA.
AND THE SECOND COUNCIL MEMBER. AND I'LL GO AHEAD AND TAKE ROLL.
COUNCIL MEMBER PEREZ. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. FIGUEROA.
AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER. NGUYEN. AYE. MAYOR PRO TEM DELGADO.
YES. THANK YOU. OKAY. ARE THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS FOR NON-AGENDA ITEMS? WE ALREADY TOOK PUBLIC COMMENT BEFORE THE 8:00 HOUR.
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ARE THERE ANY REPORTS OR REQUESTS? I JUST HAVE A QUICK UPDATE FROM MY CVAG PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE.[Reports and Requests]
THEY DID DO A PRESENTATION FROM THE CAL FIRE ABOUT THE WILDFIRES.AND SO I'M GOING TO SEND THAT OVER TO STAFF. I'M REALLY LOOKING AT HOW DO WE MAKE SURE, YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE WE LOOKING AT IN THE AREAS FOR ANY IT'S GOING TO RAIN TOMORROW, RIGHT? AND THIS WEEK. AND THAT'S GOOD. BUT ALSO LOOKING AT WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN AFTERWARDS IN THE SPRING WITH THE GROWTH AND MAKING SURE THAT I SAW THE DEVELOPMENT IN THE CITY.
SO, YOU KNOW, MAKING SURE WE'RE PREVENTATIVE ON THAT.
SO THEY'RE MOVING TOWARDS THAT AND THEN DID ATTEND MY VISIT, GREATER PALM SPRINGS BOARD MEETING.
AND PROVIDED THE NOW INTERIM CITY MANAGER WITH THE THEIR LEGISLATIVE UPDATE.
SO YOU CAN PROVIDE THAT TO THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STAFF AS WELL.
SO THERE WAS SOME GOOD UPDATES IN THERE FOR THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STAFF.
THANK YOU. DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS? COUNCIL MEMBER I DO.
WHAT THEY'RE DOING IS THEY'RE GATHERING DIFFERENT PARTNERS THROUGHOUT THE CITY AND THE COMMUNITY.
AND THEY'RE TRYING TO ENSURE THAT THEY GET TRAINING.
AND HOW CAN THEY PROVIDE SUPPORT TO THEIR TEACHERS, THEIR STAFF? THEIR CLASSIFIED STAFF WHEN IT COMES TO IMMIGRATION, CONSIDERING ALL OF THE CHANGES THAT ARE HAPPENING RIGHT NOW.
SO IT WAS JUST A ROUND TABLE. THEY TOOK IN ALL OF OUR INFORMATION, OUR COMMENTS OR CONCERNS.
AND ONE OF THE MAIN QUESTION IS, YOU KNOW, ARE WE STILL A SANCTUARY CITY? WILL WE CONTINUE TO BE A SANCTUARY CITY? WILL THAT CHANGE AT ANY POINT? AND THEN THE OTHER QUESTION THAT THEY PRESENTED WAS, HOW ARE YOU AS A CITY OR A COUNCIL MEMBER? HOW ARE YOU GOING TO PROTECT OUR RESIDENTS WHEN THEY'RE OUT IN BUSINESSES AND SHOPS AND, YOU KNOW, IN OUR AREA. AND SO I LET THEM KNOW THAT I WOULD COME BACK AND OBVIOUSLY TELL MY COLLEAGUES AND JUST EXPRESS, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THEIR CONCERNS. BUT THAT WAS ONE OF THE MEETINGS THAT WE HAD, AND I KNOW THEY'RE GOING TO BE RECURRING NOW.
THE TEACHERS UNION IS INVOLVED. THERE'S ANOTHER UNION THAT IS INVOLVED FOR CLASSIFIED.
AND REALLY, WHAT THEY'RE TRYING TO DO IS JUST ENSURE THAT WE'RE ALL HANDS ON DECK WHEN IT COMES TO THIS ISSUE AND HOW WE'RE PROTECTING OUR STUDENTS, OUR, OUR FAMILIES AND EVERYONE. I ALSO ATTENDED A COMMUNITY MEETING AT DISTRICT 35 AND THE BBC.
MY HOMES, AND I STILL CAN'T REMEMBER THE EXACT NAME.
IT'S IT'S WHAT IT STANDS FOR LMD. I ALWAYS FLIP THEM AROUND, BUT I ATTENDED THAT COMMUNITY MEETING.
IT WAS IT WAS REALLY GREAT TO BE ABLE TO TALK TO THE COMMUNITY.
AND MARISA GAVE THEM A PRESENTATION OF ALL THE GREAT THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING IN THE CITY THE PARKS, THE ENHANCEMENTS, LIGHTING, ALL OF THAT. AND SO THEN AFTERWARDS, THE COMMUNITY FELT COMFORTABLE TO SHARE A LOT OF THEIR CONCERNS.
SO SPECIFICALLY IN THE COMMUNITY, WHICH INCLUDES PHASE ONE AND PHASE TWO.
THANK YOU THAT THEY KIND OF PASSED AROUND WITH ALL THE NEIGHBORS.
AND BASICALLY THEY SIGN AND THEY PETITION TO TAKE A LOOK INTO POSSIBLY ADDING SOME SPEED BUMPS IN THAT COMMUNITY, BECAUSE AFTER PHASE TWO WAS COMPLETED, THEY HAVE A LOT MORE TRAFFIC NOW, AND THAT MEANS MORE VEHICLES.
AND ACCORDING TO SOME OF THE RESIDENTS, WHICH I HAVE SEEN IN THAT AREA TOO.
SO THAT WAS ONE OF THE THINGS. AND THEN THE OTHER REALLY IMPORTANT THING THAT THEY BROUGHT UP THAT, YOU KNOW, MR. CITY MANAGER, I'M GOING TO LOOK AT YOU AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN BRING THIS BACK TO COUNCIL AT SOME POINT.
AND YOU'RE SMILING BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, YOU'VE PROBABLY HEARD IT TOO.
BUT THEY IT WASN'T NECESSARILY PHASE ONE, BUT RATHER PHASE TWO.
THE, THE THE PHASE TWO, WHICH WAS THE LATEST COMPLETION OF THAT DEVELOPMENT.
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WHATEVER IT MAY BE. SO THEY'RE HAVING ISSUES WITH PARKING, LOUD NOISE, LOUD MUSIC.AND SO WE DID HAVE SOME FOLKS FROM THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT THAT, YOU KNOW, WENT UP TO THEM AND TALKED TO THEM ABOUT IT AFTERWARDS, WHICH WAS REALLY GOOD. BUT JUST WANTED TO BRING THAT TO THE ATTENTION OF MY COLLEAGUES HERE.
AND, AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN BRING THAT BACK. I KNOW THAT THERE WAS SOMETHING THAT WE WERE CONDUCTING SOME RESEARCH LOOKING INTO HOW WE CAN ADD SOME TEETH TO A SHORT TERM RENTAL ORDINANCE. BUT I WOULD REALLY LOVE TO SEE THAT COMING BACK TO OUR COUNCIL SO THAT WE CAN PROVIDE SOME KIND OF FEEDBACK AND JUST TAKE A LOOK AT IT A LITTLE FURTHER. AND THEN SORRY, IT'S BEEN A BUSY MONTH.
AND THEN ON FEBRUARY 6TH, I ATTENDED THE SKAG JOINT MEETING OF POLICY COMMITTEES.
SO SOME OF US SIT ON THE POLICY COMMITTEES. I SPECIFICALLY SIT ON THE ENERGY ONE.
ENERGY AND EFFICIENCY, I BELIEVE IT IS. AND THE ENTIRE PROGRAMING OR THE PRESENTATION FOR THAT DAY.
I MEAN, SCHOOLS WERE BURNT DOWN, CHURCHES HOMES.
A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE DISPLACED. AND SO THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT COLLECTIVELY WORKING TOGETHER, AND HOW TO BRING ON DIFFERENT RESOURCES FROM ACROSS THE STATE TO ENSURE THAT SOME OF THESE FAMILIES ARE BEING SUPPORTED.
BUT IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT FOR US TO KIND OF JUST SEE WHAT ARE SOME COMMUNITIES FACING AND HOW WE CAN BETTER PREPARE OURSELVES AND ENSURE THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO HOPEFULLY EVER DEAL WITH SOMETHING OF THAT SORT. AND THEN MOST RECENTLY, I ALSO ATTENDED THE COMMUNITY MEETING IN DISTRICT 29, WHICH IS IN THE SOMERSET COMMUNITY. IT'S RIGHT ACROSS FROM AUGUSTIN CASINO, AND SOME OF THEIR CONCERNS WERE PRETTY SIMILAR TO BELLISSIMA, WHICH MAKES SENSE. THEY'RE VERY CLOSE IN PROXIMITY.
SPEED BUMPS. THAT WAS ONE OF THEIR MAIN CONCERNS.
AND ALSO THEY MENTIONED THAT A LOT OF THEIR A LOT OF THEIR NEIGHBORS HAVE BEEN DEALING WITH THEFT.
SO THEY LEAVE THEIR WORK TRUCKS OUTSIDE, OF COURSE, AND THEY'VE BEEN DEALING WITH A LOT OF THEFT.
AND SO AGAIN, WE HAD DEPUTIES THAT WERE THERE ON SITE AND THEY WERE TALKING TO THEM ONE ON ONE, WHICH WAS REALLY GOOD. AND THEN THEY ALSO MENTIONED THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO HAVE MEETINGS A LITTLE BIT MORE FREQUENTLY, NOT SO FAR OUT. AND I INTRODUCED MYSELF TO THEM, AND I DID LET THEM KNOW ABOUT THESE MEETINGS THAT WE HAVE.
AND I INVITED THEM TO COME TO TALK TO US HERE AND ALSO SHARE SOME OF THEIR CONCERNS.
SHE'S NEVER HAD A, A COUNCIL MEMBER EVER SHOW UP TO ANY OF THE MEETINGS.
SO SHE WAS VERY GRATEFUL. I DID EXPLAIN THAT, YOU KNOW, WE ARE INVITED TO THEM, BUT SOMETIMES WE HAVE TO WORK AROUND OUR SCHEDULE AND WE WON'T ALL BE ABLE TO MAKE IT, BUT WE'RE DEFINITELY HEARING.
AND THAT I WOULD BRING THIS BACK TO MY COLLEAGUES, OF COURSE.
AND THEN TODAY I ATTENDED A MEETING THAT WE HAD AT THE CORPORATE YARD.
IT WASN'T SOMETHING PUT TOGETHER BY US, BUT WE DID SOMEWHAT FACILITATE IT.
AND IT WAS A CALIFORNIA AGRICULTURAL LAND EQUITY AND TASK FORCE.
AND SOME OF THE THINGS THAT THEY TALKED ABOUT WERE ABSENTEE PROPERTY OWNERS.
THEY FOCUSED ON LAND ACCESS AND THE FARMLAND THAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE HERE IN THE AREA.
IT WAS INTERESTING TO KIND OF HEAR HOW THEY'RE TRYING TO FACILITATE SOME OF THIS LAND ACCESS FOR THE INDIVIDUALS THAT LIVE HERE, AND WHAT THEY CAN DO WITH THAT LAND. I WOULD JUST SAY, AND I DID SPEAK TO SOME PEOPLE FROM THE STATE AND SO THEY KNOW.
BUT WHENEVER WE HAVE THOSE TASK FORCE, WHENEVER WE HAVE THE STATE HERE, IT WOULD BE GREAT IF WE CAN GET THAT INFORMATION AND DISTRIBUTE IT THROUGHOUT THE CITY, PUT IT ON OUR SOCIAL MEDIA, PUT TOGETHER A PRESS RELEASE SHARE IT ON, ON FACEBOOK OR ON OUR NEWSLETTER THAT I KNOW WE HAVE, BECAUSE IT WAS A REALLY GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR COMMUNITY TO SHOW UP.
AND I'LL BE HONEST, I BELIEVE IT WAS MYSELF AND TWO OTHER STAFFERS FROM THE CITY THAT WERE THERE.
ASIDE FROM JUST THE TASK FORCE. SO IN A SENSE, THERE WASN'T ANYONE REALLY FROM THE COMMUNITY.
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AND THE IMPORTANT THING ABOUT THAT IS THAT THEY'RE ACTUALLY WORKING ON A DOCUMENT THAT THEY'RE GOING TO PROVIDE TO THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE OF THE INFORMATION THAT THEY GET OUT OF HERE. AND WE DIDN'T HAVE ANYONE WE DIDN'T HAVE THE GROWERS THERE.WE DIDN'T HAVE CBW. THEY TALKED ABOUT WATER. WE DIDN'T HAVE A LOT OF INDIVIDUALS.
THE COUNTY WASN'T PRESENT. AND SO IT'S I THINK IT'S JUST IMPORTANT THAT WHENEVER WE'RE GETTING THAT INFORMATION THAT, HEY, THEY'RE GOING TO USE OUR SPACE, LET'S DISTRIBUTE THAT, THAT OUT, WORK WITH THEIR PIO AND SAY, HOW CAN WE GET SOME FOLKS INTO THIS MEETING? IT BENEFITS US.
THEY'RE USING OUR SPACE, WHICH IS GREAT. WE'RE ALL FOR IT.
BUT I THINK WE NEED TO DO A BETTER JOB WITH EITHER TELLING THEM HOW TO DO OUTREACH IN OUR COMMUNITY OR HELPING THEM DO THE OUTREACH IN OUR COMMUNITY, BECAUSE I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE SHOW UP TO THOSE SPACES.
THEY DID DO SOME RESEARCH AND THEY TALKED TO SOME FOLKS.
BUT AGAIN, IT WOULD BE REALLY BENEFICIAL FOR OUR COMMUNITY TO BE ABLE TO SHOW UP IN THAT CAPACITY, AND I'M SORRY I TALKED A LOT, BUT THOSE WERE ALL MY COMMENTS.
AND THANK YOU, STAFF, FOR ALL OF THE GREAT WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING FOR BEING HERE EVERY DAY.
I REALLY WANT TO SAY THAT YOU GUYS ARE INCREDIBLE.
YOU'RE DOING A GREAT JOB. AND I JUST I'M I'M GRATEFUL TO ALL OF YOU FOR ALL OF THE GOOD WORK YOU DO.
AND SO JUST KEEP KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK AND LET'S CONTINUE TO WORK TOGETHER.
BUT THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE. THANK YOU.
COUNCILMEMBER. COUNCILMEMBER. COMMENTS. YEAH.
I LEARNED A LOT. THERE WAS A LOT OF NETWORKING, GOT TO MEET A LOT OF MAYORS AND NEW COUNCIL MEMBERS, TALKED TO THEM ABOUT HOW THEY RUN STUFF IN THEIR CITIES, HOW THEIR MEETINGS GO CLOSED SESSIONS AND ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF, WHICH WAS GOOD. LEARNED A LOT MORE ABOUT THE BROWNS ACT, NEPOTISM, ALL THAT GOOD, GOOD EXPERIENCE.
THEIR CONCERN ALSO WAS THAT THERE WAS NO SPEED BUMPS IN THE WATER BASIN SLASH PARK.
RENEE WAS QUICK TO GET IN CONTACT WITH ANDREW AND TALK ABOUT THAT.
AND THANK YOU EVERYBODY FOR ATTENDING AND ALL THE WORK YOU DO.
THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER PEREZ. SO THE THEY'RE CALLED LMD MEETINGS.
AND WE GO TO THE DIFFERENT RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITIES.
AND WE TALK ABOUT LIGHTING AND MAINTENANCE THAT'S USUALLY MAINTAINED BY THAT RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITY.
BUT OBVIOUSLY IN THESE SPACES RESIDENTS, YOU KNOW, TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK ABOUT MANY OTHER ISSUES THAT THEY SEE THEY WANT TO ADDRESS GOING ON IN THE CITY. AND I WOULD SAY FROM ALL THE ONES THAT I HAVE ATTENDED ATTENDED, AND I WAS PRETTY CONSISTENT ALL OF LAST YEAR.
IT'S SPEEDING BUMPS AND THEN ROAD IMPROVEMENTS.
IT'S ALWAYS BEEN THOSE TWO THINGS. SO FOR SPEEDING BUMPS ANDREW, CAN YOU PROVIDE A LIST OF WHO IS IN LINE TO GET SPEEDING BUMPS AND THEN ALSO THE REQUIREMENTS TO GET SPEEDING BUMPS BECAUSE I THINK DOES IT REQUIRE FOR THEM TO COLLECT SIGNATURES? RIGHT. YEAH. SORRY.
SO THEY WE DO HAVE A PROCESS WHERE THEY CAN COLLECT SIGNATURES TO GET SPEED BUMPS.
BUT THAT DOESN'T GUARANTEE THAT A SPEED BUMP WOULD GO INTO A COMMUNITY.
WE ALSO, FROM A PUBLIC SAFETY STANDPOINT, TOO MANY SPEED BUMPS ACTUALLY MAKES AMBULANCES GO SLOWER.
WE DO NOT APPROVE SPEED BUMPS ON COLLECTOR STREETS.
SPEED BUMPS ARE ONLY ON INTERNAL RESIDENTIAL STREETS.
SO A LOT OF TIMES, WE'LL GET A WHOLE COMMUNITY.
THEY'LL ALL SIGN A PETITION ASKING FOR A SPEED BUMP ON, YOU KNOW, LIKE AVENUE 52 OR OR VAN BUREN.
AND THOSE ARE GOING TO BE DENIED EVERY TIME, JUST FROM A PUBLIC SAFETY STANDPOINT.
AND RELATIVE TO THE TWO SPEED BUMPS AT THE THE BASIN AT AVENTINE.
THAT'S ALREADY BEEN FULLY DESIGNED AND ADVANCED FORWARD.
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SO DEPENDING ON THE SPENDING AUTHORITY ON HOW MUCH THAT ESTIMATE IS GOING TO BE THAT MIGHT BE SOMETHING THAT COMES BACK TO CITY COUNCIL WITHIN THE NEXT COUPLE OF MEETINGS. THANK YOU. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR ALL OF US MEMBERS OF COUNCIL WHILE WE'RE TALKING TO RESIDENTS AND SOME OF THESE COMMUNITY MEMBERS IS WHAT THE REQUIREMENTS ARE AND WHAT WE NEED TO MEET, BECAUSE I ALSO DON'T WANT TO BE OUT THERE TELLING THEM THAT THEY'RE GOING TO GET SPEED BUMPS AND TO COLLECT SIGNATURES JUST FOR IT TO GET DENIED.IT TAKES A LOT OF WORK AND THEY GET ENCOURAGED, YOU KNOW, THEY THINK, ALL RIGHT, IF I MEET THIS QUOTA OF SIGNATURES, THEN I'M GOING TO GET A SPEED BUMP. AND THEN, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE OBVIOUSLY DISAPPOINTED AND FRUSTRATED WHEN THEY GO THROUGH THAT WHOLE PROCESS AND THEY'RE DENIED. SO I DO THINK NOW THAT I'M FULLY AWARE, IS THAT WE'RE ALSO PROVIDING THAT TYPE OF EDUCATION AND INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATING IT OUT CORRECTLY AS WELL. THAT LEADS TO MY NEXT COMMENT IS SPEEDING IN THE CITY.
AND SO WE GET A REPORT AND I JUST GOT THE, THE REPORT FROM OUR CHIEF OF POLICE, VASQUEZ.
IS AND ON THEIR IN THE MONTH OF I GUESS IT'S THIS MONTH.
AND SO WE DID BRING IN THIS TRAFFIC DEPUTY THAT WAS JUST WE CONTACTED THEM SPECIFICALLY JUST TO DO THE MOVING VIOLATIONS THAT OBVIOUSLY WE KNOW GOES ON IN THE CITY.
SPEEDING HAPPENS IN EVERY CITY. IT REALLY DOES.
BUT I THINK IN THIS CITY, BECAUSE THERE HASN'T BEEN ACCOUNTABILITY AND WE HAVEN'T HAD SOMEONE YOU KNOW, PROVIDING THESE CITATIONS AND VIOLATIONS, IT'S GROWN.
AND SO I HOPE NOW THAT OUR RESIDENTS SEE AND THOSE WHO ARE PASSING BY THAT YOU KNOW, IF THEY'RE SEEING SPEEDING, IF THEY'RE SEEING RUNNING RED LIGHTS OR STOP SIGNS, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE GOING TO GET THEY'RE GOING TO GET CITED.
SO THAT'S JUST A RESPONSE TO SOME OF THE SPEEDING BECAUSE I AGREE WITH ANDREW.
SPEEDING BUMPS DON'T RESOLVE THE SPEEDING AND HE'S ABSOLUTELY CORRECT.
I KNOW CAL FIRE WASN'T HAPPY WHEN WE WERE PUTTING SPEED BUMPS, AND THERE ARE CERTAIN PLACES, I GUESS, ON THE SPEED BUMP THAT'S SUPPOSED TO BE MADE SO THAT THE TRUCK CAN GO THROUGH, AND THEY WENT UP WITHOUT THOSE SPACES.
AND THEN ALSO, WHEN IT COMES TO CRIME, WE GET A WEEKLY REPORT ALSO FROM OUR CHIEF OF POLICE.
AND IN THIS REPORT IT'S CALLED COACHELLA. AND THEN IT'S PART ONE CRIMES, PART TWO.
AND SPECIFICALLY ON THIS, IT GIVES US THE LOOK OF THE CITY, AND IT TELLS US EXACTLY WHERE THE CRIMES ARE HAPPENING, WHETHER IT'S THEFT, WHETHER IT'S SOME TYPE OF VIOLENT CRIME.
BUT WE DO RECEIVE THIS REPORT AND WE RECEIVE IT EVERY SINGLE WEEK.
AND THIS IS VERY BENEFICIAL FOR US SO THAT WE KNOW WHAT AREAS ARE RECEIVING MORE CRIME, BUT KNOW THAT THEY'RE ALSO KEEPING TRACK OF IT SO THEY KNOW WHERE THE CRIME IS HAPPENING AND WHERE IT'S REOCCURRING.
AND THEY NEED TO THEY NEED TO KNOW. THEY KNOW WHERE TO FOCUS A BIT MORE.
SO KNOW THAT THEY THEY ARE KEEPING TRACK OF IT.
AND WE'RE GETTING A REPORT ON IT EVERY SINGLE WEEK.
AS FAR AS THE COMMUNITY CONCERNS ARE BEING PROVIDED, I DO THINK, AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE ASKED FOR BEFORE, IS TO PROVIDE LISTENING SESSIONS. AND BEING OUT THERE IN THE COMMUNITY OUTSIDE THE AMD MEETINGS, BECAUSE, AGAIN, YOU KNOW, THAT SPECIFICALLY FOR LIGHTING AND MAINTENANCE.
AND SO I THINK PROVIDING THESE LISTENING SESSIONS JUST TO HEAR SOME OF OUR MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY IN A PROPER SPACE SO THAT WE CAN ADDRESS IT WITH THE DEPARTMENT HEADS IN THERE, I THINK THAT'S MORE BENEFICIAL.
FOR THE LEAGUE OF FOR CAL CITIES. I DO WANT TO PROVIDE A LEGISLATIVE UPDATE, SO I'M GOING TO HAVE OUR PRESIDENT PROVIDE THAT UPDATE. I HAVE BEEN REAPPOINTED AS THE EXECUTIVE TEAM MEMBER FOR THE RIVERSIDE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA LEAGUE OF CITIES, AND THERE'S A LOT OF ITEMS THAT WE'RE FOCUSING ON AT THE STATE LEVEL THAT WE WANT TO SUPPORT.
AND SO I WILL ASK THEM AS WELL TO COME FORWARD TO PRESENT.
WE HAVE A CONFERENCE THAT MANY OF US ARE GOING TO IS ICSC.
AND I THINK IT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY. AND I KNOW SELENA HAS DONE A WONDERFUL JOB, BUT TO REALLY HAVE A PROGRAM OR A PLAN IN PLACE AND TO TARGET CERTAIN COMPANIES OR, YOU KNOW, THERE'S I KNOW THEY HAVE THESE KIND OF THESE LITTLE HUBS WHERE WE CAN VISIT THEM.
AND I JUST IDENTIFY AND HAVE MEETINGS WITH THEM THROUGHOUT OUR TIME AT THE CONFERENCE AND JUST BEING ABLE TO BRING IN AS MUCH REVENUE AND BUSINESSES AS WE CAN. AND LET'S SEE.
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A GREAT COMMENT THAT COUNCIL MEMBER VIETNAM BROUGHT UP WHEN IT COMES TO THE STRS.AND SO GABRIEL PEREZ, WE DID ASK FOR HIM TO COME FORWARD.
WE WANTED TO SEE WHERE THE CONCENTRATION OF STRS WERE.
SO WE KNEW THAT NEW COMMUNITIES, THAT THEY WERE BEING BOUGHT OUT BY COMPANIES.
SO THEY WERE BUYING 4 OR 5 HOUSES WITHIN A RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITY.
SELENA. OKAY. GABRIEL LOOKS AT SELENA. AND TO SEE THE DISTANCE REQUIREMENTS AS WELL, BECAUSE WE REQUIRE THIS FOR ALL BUSINESSES THAT WE CAN ONLY HAVE CERTAIN A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF BUSINESSES WITHIN A RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITY, AND THAT ALSO APPLIES TO SHORT TERM RENTALS.
AND SO IT'S HOW MANY BUSINESSES WE CAN HAVE WITHIN THAT COMMUNITY.
IS IS NEEDED. AND THEN I KNOW THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT A, SOME TYPE OF IS IDENTIFYING FEES THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE PLACING BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY SOME FOLKS AND WE HAVE FAMILIES THAT RELY ON SOME OF THESE STRS, AND IT'S REALLY JUST TO BE ABLE TO GET BY EVERY SINGLE MONTH.
AND THEN WE HAVE THOSE BIG COMPANIES WHO ARE COMING IN AND BUYING UP BLOCKS.
SO OBVIOUSLY THE FEES THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE MAKING FOLKS PAY, IT NEEDS TO BE REASONABLE AND THAT WE'RE PROPERLY TARGETING THE RIGHT TYPES OF GROUPS. AND WITH THAT I WILL TURN IT OVER TO BILL.
I GUESS IT'S BEEN IN THE WORKS FOR ABOUT EIGHT MONTHS OR SO, SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THAT TOGETHER.
WHERE I LIVE ON THE WEEKENDS IN DANA POINT, SHORT TERM RENTALS ARE A NIGHTMARE.
THEY'RE BAD NEWS THE WAY THEY DEAL WITH THEM THERE.
AND THEN YOU'RE RIGHT, THERE'S CLUSTER POCKETS TOO, WHERE THEY'RE HEAVILY ENTRENCHED.
AND SO YOU LIMIT WITHIN GEOGRAPHIC AREAS HOW MANY THERE CAN BE.
WE'VE ALSO TALKED TO MARISA. I'VE SUGGESTED THAT YOU KNOW WHERE WE HAVE THE SIGNS UP WHERE IT SAYS, YOU KNOW, NO PARKING ON WHATEVER DAY THAT YOU'RE GETTING YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD SWEPT.
I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A SIGN PUT UP WHERE OUR CONTACT FOR THE SHORT TERM RENTALS.
IF YOU'RE HAVING A PROBLEM IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD, PLEASE CONTACT THIS NUMBER.
AND IT'S OUR CONTRACTOR THAT WE USE FOR OUR SHORT TERM RENTAL.
THEY LOOK AT THE TOT, BUT THEY ALSO TAKE IN COMPLAINTS.
I THINK IT WOULD BE GOOD THAT THEY START MONITORING WHERE THESE THINGS ARE HAPPENING AS WELL.
SO WE'RE WORKING ON THAT AS WELL. YEAH. I THINK I COVERED EVERYTHING ELSE.
YOU'VE GOT MID-YEAR COMING UP TO YOU. WE'RE GOING TO START ON BUDGET.
STAFF HAS DONE A GREAT JOB BRINGING ME UP TO SPEED.
AND, YOU KNOW, IT DOES. BUT WE'RE TRYING TO LESSEN THOSE IMPACTS.
AND I REALLY DON'T WANT IT TO HAPPEN WITH THE DEVELOPERS AS WELL.
I'VE REACHED OUT AND HAD MEETINGS WITH IDI. WE GOT THE RFP GOING OUT FOR OUR OWN ELECTRIC UTILITY, SO THAT SHOULD BE INTO THE COUNCIL WITHIN, I'M HOPING LIKE 30 DAYS OR SO WHERE WE'LL RATE THEM AND MAKE A RECOMMENDATION TO ENTER INTO AN MSA.
IT'S BEEN A PLEASURE BEING BACK. I'M ENERGIZED.
THANK YOU, COUNCIL AND THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER.
I'M HAPPY TO BE BACK IN SERVING YOU. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. AND THAT ADJOURNS OUR MEETING. I ACTUALLY HAVE AN ANNOUNCEMENT.
I APOLOGIZE, I JUST WANT TO MENTION THAT WE DO HAVE THE BLUE ZONES POLICY SUMMITS THAT ARE COMING UP THE 26TH AND 27TH, AND WE'VE INVITED ALL OF COUNCIL. OF COURSE, WE WOULD HAVE TO LIMIT, YOU KNOW, FOR EACH SUMMIT ONLY TO COUNCIL MEMBERS PER YOU KNOW, PER SUMMIT. SO I WOULD LIKE TO JUST IF WE CAN JUST GET A REPLY ON WHICH ONES YOU PREFER TO ATTEND SO THAT WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE EQUITABLE IN, IN THOSE DECISIONS, BUT ALSO IF THERE IS ANYONE ELSE IN THE COMMUNITY THAT WE MIGHT HAVE MISSED, AN ORGANIZATION THAT WE MIGHT HAVE MISSED WHEN WE SENT OUT THOSE INVITATIONS TO PLEASE, JUST DON'T HESITATE TO REACH OUT AND WE WILL EXTEND AN INVITATION TO THE POLICY SUMMIT
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WILL BE RECORDED FOR THE LIKE, LIKE WITH NOTES OR ANYTHING.WE ARE GOING TO HAVE NOTES. YES. ANGELA. IS IT THIS MONTH? YES. IT'S FEBRUARY 26TH AND 27TH. CAN YOU CATEGORIZE IT? CAN YOU SEND US A SO THAT WE HAVE IT ON OUR CALENDARS? IT JUST IT'S SO MUCH EASIER. AND I KNOW THAT WE HAVE TO SELECT ONE OR THE OTHER.
YEAH. IT'S JUST BECAUSE IT'S WELL, IT'S THROUGH I CAN CALENDAR I CAN CALENDAR IT AS CITY CLERK.
ONCE I GET CONFIRMATION ON WHICH ONE YOU WOULD LIKE TO ATTEND.
OKAY. PERFECT. THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME. THANKS, ANGELA.
THANK YOU.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.