Mar 12, 2025 City Council Meetings

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I ONLY GOT ONE. WELCOME, EVERYBODY, TO THE AGENDA OF THE REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING OF THE CITY OF COACHELLA. THE COUNCIL SITTING AS THE COACHELLA SANITARY DISTRICT, COACHELLA FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT, COACHELLA FINANCING AUTHORITY, COACHELLA EDUCATION AND GOVERNMENT ACCESS CABLE CHANNEL CORPORATION, COACHELLA WATER AUTHORITY, COACHELLA SUCCESSOR AGENCY TO THE COACHELLA REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY AND THE CITY OF COACHELLA PARKS AND RECREATION FOUNDATION. IT'S 6:00. I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER. I'M GOING TO ASK THE CLERK TO. PLEASE NOTE FOR THE RECORD, THE ATTENDANCE WITH COUNCIL MAYOR PRO TEM DELGADO SCHEDULED TO ARRIVE SHORTLY. I'M GOING TO ASK OUR CITY MANAGER TO LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. I'M

[APPROVAL OF AGENDA]

[PROCLAMATIONS/PRESENTATIONS/DIRECTION]

WHEREAS DIANA RECOGNIZES THE AMAZING IMPACT A RESIDENT CAN HAVE ON THE PLANNING COMMISSION BY DEDICATING HER TIME TO FOSTERING SUSTAINABLE GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT THAT ENHANCES THE CITY'S CHARACTER AND INFRASTRUCTURE. NOW, THEREFORE, I, STEPHEN HERNANDEZ, MAYOR AND THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COACHELLA, BY THE POWERS VESTED IN US, DO HEREBY RECOGNIZE DIANA RAMIREZ AND URGE ALL CITIZENS OF THE CITY OF COACHELLA. AND JOINING ME TO COMMEMORATE, TO COMMEMORATE THEIR COMMITMENT TO SERVING THE COMMUNITY. CONGRATULATIONS, DIANA. THANK YOU. NOW THE MIC IS YOURS. IT IS WORKING. NO. OKAY. WELL, GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. MY NAME IS DIANA RAMIREZ. FOR THOSE WHO DON'T KNOW ME, I SERVE TO COMPLETE A VACANCY ON THE PLANNING COMMISSION FOR ABOUT TWO YEARS. AND COMMEND MAYOR PRO TEM. JUST IN TIME. ACTUALLY, MAYOR PRO TEM DENNIS DELGADO SELECTED ME. NOT KNOWING ME. NOT KNOWING YOU KNOW, ANYTHING ABOUT ME. AND SHE TRUSTED IN MY JUDGMENT. AND, YOU KNOW, SHE GAVE ME A VOTE OF CONFIDENCE AND

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DICIENDO HABLA ESPANOL SOY DIANA RAMIREZ YO ACCOMPLISHED UN TÉRMINO DE DOS ANOS PARA ESTA POSITION DE COMISION DE PLANIFICATION Y SOY UNA RESIDENT Y UNA RESIDENT ORGULLOSA DE COACHELLA, VERDAD Y DURANTE MI TIEMPO SIRVIENDO COMO ERA VERDAD APRENDI MUCHAS COSAS Y COMO PODEMOS INVOLUCRADOS VERDAD EN NUESTRA COMUNIDAD Y VER EL DESARROLLO DE LA CIUDAD DE COACHELLA, LOS INVITO A TODOS LOS CIUDADANOS DE COACHELLA Y DE TODAS PARTES SE INVOLUCRE EN ACTIVIDADES Y EL DESARROLLO ES MUY IMPORTANTISIMO. USTEDES TIENEN VOZ Y VERDAD. Y QUIERO DAR A GRACIAS A MI FAMILIA POR SU PACIENCIA, PORQUE SIEMPRE ESTABA ESTUDIANDO VIENDO ALGO EN EL INTERNET PARA PARA MIS JUNTAS Y LOS AGRADEZCO POR SU APOYO. MI TIA MI SABRINA'S MI MAMA, MI PAPA, MI HERMANA VERDAD Y TODOS Y. GRACIAS. AL CONSIGLIO POR SU APOYO AL ALCALDE Y LA MAYOR PRO TEM. NO SÉ COMO SE DICE EN ESPANOL. GRACIAS A LA SENORITA DELGADO. VERDAD PORQUE ELLA ME NOMINA Y POR SU VOTO DE CONFIANZA EN ME Y MUCHAS GRACIAS A TODOS Y EL THANK YOU, CITY STAFF AND EVERYONE. I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU GUYS. THANK YOU. JUST. FELICIDADES HUERTA A LA FAMILIA RAMIREZ. NO SABEMOS QUÉ ES UNA FAMILIA MUY INVOLUCRADO EN LA CIUDAD Y SABEMOS TIENEN PUES VARIOS ANOS PUES SIRVIENDO LA COMUNIDAD Y TAMBIÉN EN SUS NEGOCIOS PEQUENOS Y ES LO BONITO DE SU FAMILIA. QUÉ PUES SON EMPRESARIOS NO SON PERSONAS DE NEGOCIO Y HAN FORMADO PARTE DE ESTA COMUNIDAD. Y ESO ES MUY IMPORTANTE HACER IN ENGLISH. I WOULD JUST THANK YOUR FAMILY.

THANK YOU. YOU HAVE A BEAUTIFUL FAMILY. YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN ENTREPRENEURS HERE IN THE CITY FOR QUITE SOME TIME. YOU KNOW, YOU ARE NOW SELLING INSURANCE. YOUR MOM, YOU KNOW, SHE GAVE ME MY FIRST HAIRCUT BY THE WAY. SHE DID. AND SHE KNEW MY GRANDMA. YES, SHE DID. AND THEN YOUR DAD TOO, WITH HIS BUSINESS AND YOUR SISTER. ALL OF THEM, YOU KNOW. AND SO BIG. THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU GUYS. AND KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK. WE DON'T EXPECT YOU TO GO AWAY. I HAVE A FEELING THAT YOU'RE GOING TO STAY ACTIVE. YOU YOUR FAMILY HAS A WAY OF STAYING ACTIVE. THAT'S WHO YOU ARE. HERE WE ARE. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. DO YOU WANT A PICTURE? YES. I JUST WANT TO GIVE A FEW A FEW WORDS TO DIANA. WHEN SHE SUBMITTED HER APPLICATION, I DID NOT KNOW WHO SHE WAS, BUT FOR ME, SHE WAS BY FAR THE PERSON WHO HAD STUDIED EVERYTHING. HER COMMENTS. I MEAN, YOU CAN TELL THAT THERE WAS A LOT OF DETAIL AND IT SHOWED A LOT TO HER WORK ETHIC AND HOW MUCH SHE WAS GOING TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION. AND THEN ONCE I NOMINATED HER, SHE EMAILED ME. AND SO WE MET. I DID NOT KNOW AT THE TIME THAT SHE WAS A DAUGHTER OF MAGDALENA IN THE BACK. MAGDALENA IS MY HOMETOWN HERO, SO HER NAME IS NOW ON THE PLAQUE. AND THE REASON IS FOR BECAUSE SHE HAS A BUSINESS HERE, A HAIR SALON THAT'S OVER 40 YEARS, OVER 40 YEARS ON SEVENTH STREET IF YOU HAVEN'T VISITED THERE. BUT IT JUST SHOWS HOW COMMITTED THEY ARE TO OUR COMMUNITY AND ALSO THEIR LONG HISTORY. MAGDALENA IS ONE OF THE FEW FEMALE BUSINESSES THAT HAVE BEEN HERE FOR THAT LONG, AND THAT'S A BIG, BIG DEAL FOR US. SO ALSO, THANK YOU, MAGDALENA, FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU'VE DONE.

AND IT'S A BIG REFLECTION OF HOW DIANA HAS BECOME AN ADULT AND HOW MUCH SHE HAS CONTRIBUTED TO

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BILL IS HIS AUDIO ON IT. SOUNDS VERY LOW. CAN WE MAYBE PUT UP THE MIC OR INCREASE THE VOLUME? HOW ABOUT NOW? THERE YOU GO. WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THESE MICS. OKAY. SORRY. THE FEDERAL FUNDS RATES RIGHT NOW AS OF JANUARY 2025. AND I DON'T THINK THE FED'S GOING TO MOVE ANYTIME SOON ON THESE. BUT WE'RE SITTING AT FOUR AND A QUARTER TO 4.5%. OUR GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT IS SITTING AT 2.3% IN THE FOURTH QUARTER. OUR INFLATION DECELERATED IN JANUARY 20TH 5 TO 2.9%, AS COMPARED TO 3.1 IN JANUARY OF 24. AND THE NUMBERS FOR FEBRUARY JUST CAME OUT, AND THEY CAME OUT BETTER THAN WHAT THEY EXPECTED. THEY THOUGHT 2.9 AGAIN, IT WAS AT 2.8%, EVEN THOUGH I DON'T THINK IT'S ENOUGH FOR THEM TO DO ANYTHING WITH RATES, BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF FINANCIAL INSTABILITY RIGHT NOW BECAUSE OF TARIFFS AND NOT KNOWING WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN TOMORROW, BECAUSE THINGS KEEP GETTING, YOU KNOW, EXCISED AND THEN IT'S TAKEN AWAY THE NEXT DAY BASED UPON HOW EVERYBODY'S REACTING. SO IT'S VERY DICEY OUT THERE RIGHT NOW. UNEMPLOYMENT HAS STATED HISTORIC LOW RATE AT 4% LAST YEAR, THOUGH IT WAS A LITTLE LOWER 3.8%. HOUSING. THE HOUSING MARKET IN COACHELLA WAS CHARACTERIZED BY RISING PRICES AND INVENTORY. THERE'S A 6.1 MONTH SUPPLY OF HOMES. HOME SALES DECREASED IN JANUARY 25TH BY 4.9%, BUT THEY WERE UP 1.2.

I'M SORRY THEY DECREASED 1.2% AS COMPARED TO DECEMBER 24TH. HOUSING PRICES EXPERIENCED AN INCREASE OF 2.3%. EXPECTATIONS IN 25, HOME SALES, INCREASING BY 13.5% OF EXISTING HOMES, NEW HOMES INCREASING BY 19%. AND WE'RE SEEING GOOD MOVEMENT THERE. OUR DEVELOPERS ARE STILL DOING WELL IN THE CITY. NEXT, PERSONAL INCOME DECREASED BY 6/10 OF A PERCENT IN THE FOURTH QUARTER, BUT CONSUMPTION INCREASED BY A HALF A PERCENT. PERSONAL SAVINGS INCREASED BY ONE TENTH OF A PERCENT OVER THE SAME QUARTER A YEAR AGO. CALIFORNIA'S ECONOMY IS POISED TO GROW 2.7% FROM 2024. UNEMPLOYMENT IN FEBRUARY STOOD AT 5.5%, AND COACHELLA UNEMPLOYMENT WAS AT SEVEN 10.7% IN FEBRUARY. 25 IS COMPARED TO 9.4 IN FEBRUARY OF 24. AND NOW THE IMPORTANT STUFF. IF WE LOOK YEAR OVER YEAR AT EXPENDITURES TO REVENUES, YOU CAN SEE THAT OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS WE HAD A BALANCED BUDGET BACK IN 2122 DURING THE COVID YEARS. THE LAST

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I'VE HEARD FROM FIRE THAT WE ARE NOT EXPECTING A BIG INCREASE, BUT FROM POLICE. I'M MEETING AT THE WITH SO ON MONDAY AND WE KNOW THAT DEPUTIES GOT A 7% INCREASE. SO I KNOW THAT OUR INCREASE IS AT LEAST GOING TO BE THAT WHEN WE'RE SPENDING ALMOST $12 MILLION ON POLICE AND A 7% INCREASE, THAT'S 840,000 TO THE GENERAL FUND WITHOUT DOING ANYTHING, WITHOUT CHANGING ANY SERVICES WHATSOEVER. AND THEN SALARIES AND BENEFITS, THE EMPLOYEES ARE SCHEDULED TO GET A 4% INCREASE NEXT YEAR, BASED UPON THE MOU THAT WE HAVE IN PLACE. IF YOU LOOK AT ACTUALS BETWEEN 2324 VERSUS 2425, AND THIS IS A THING THAT MAKES ME STAY UP AT NIGHT, AT LEAST RECENTLY, WE'VE SPENT ALMOST $700,000 MORE AT MID-YEAR, AND THAT'S NOT TAKING INTO ACCOUNT A FULL YEAR, BECAUSE NOT ALL OF THESE PEOPLE WERE HIRED JULY 1ST. SO DO I REALLY THINK THAT THE BUDGET IS GOING TO COME IN AT 9.9 MILLION? I REALLY THINK IT'S GOING TO THAT'S THAT'S ALARMING. OUR DONATIONS, CONTRIBUTIONS AND EVENTS. LAST YEAR, WE SPENT 458,000 THROUGH JANUARY 31ST. THIS YEAR WE SPENT 802,000 $350,000 INCREASE. IT'S YOU CAN JUST SEE WHAT'S GOING ON. WE'RE WE'RE SPENDING A LOT MORE MONEY THAN WHAT WE DID BEFORE IN THE PAST. AND IT'S BECAUSE IN THE LAST TWO YEARS, WE'VE ADDED NEARLY 20 POSITIONS. WHEN I LEFT HERE BACK IN 2021, WE HAD 76 POSITIONS. NOW WE HAVE 95. AND I UNDERSTAND THAT HELP IS NEEDED FOR STAFF, BUT WHEN WE KNOW WE HAVE PROBLEMS WITH OUR ELECTRIC UTILITY AND NOT BEING ABLE TO SERVE, AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO BE DEALING WITH OUR WATER ISSUES WITH CHROME SIX, IT'S GOING TO START AFFECTING DEVELOPMENT. AND AT SOME POINT, YOU KNOW, IF REVENUES CANNOT KEEP UP WITH WHAT WE'RE SPENDING BASED UPON WHAT WE HAVE IN, YOU KNOW, INCREASES COMING UP IN THE MOU, WE'RE I'M NOT WORRIED ABOUT THIS YEAR'S BUDGET. I'M WORRIED ABOUT NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET, BECAUSE IF THE DOWNWARD TREND CONTINUES WITH OUR SALES TAX, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A DEFICIT. SO WHAT'S GOING TO END UP HAPPENING. AND WE WILL YOU KNOW, STAFF IS WORKING ON WE SENT OUT THE BUDGET CALENDARS LAST WEEK TO THE DEPARTMENTS WITH THEIR THEIR WORKSHEETS. AND WE'RE GOING TO WE'RE WORKING ON IT RIGHT NOW. AND WE'RE GOING TO DO EVERYTHING THAT WE CAN TO TRY TO BALANCE THE BUDGET. BUT I CAN TELL YOU RIGHT NOW, IT'S GOING TO BE TOUGH. SO LOOKING AT FUND BALANCE LAST YEAR OUR UNASSIGNED FINISHED AT 13 MILLION. WE'VE APPROPRIATED ABOUT $6 MILLION. AND THERE'S ANOTHER SLIDE THAT FOLLOWS THIS WHERE I'VE ALREADY WENT THROUGH THIS WITH YOU ONCE BEFORE. JUST JUST REAL QUICK.

WHAT'S THE WHAT'S THE RECOMMENDED GATSBY FUND BALANCE PERCENTAGE AND ARE WE MEETING IT? YES YOU ARE, BECAUSE IF YOU TAKE INTO ACCOUNT IT'S 30%, 33%, 33%. FROM WHAT I REMEMBER, IT'S BEEN A FEW YEARS SINCE I'VE, I'VE LOOKED AT THAT, BUT 33% IS WHAT I REMEMBER IT BEING. SO IF WE HAVE A $40 MILLION BUDGET, WE SHOULD HAVE $12 MILLION IN RESERVES. SO RIGHT NOW, IF YOU LOOK AT WHERE WE END UP AT THE YEAR END, WE BECAUSE OF WE'RE SPENDING MORE MONEY, WE HAVE TO PUT MORE INTO COMMITTED. AND THAT'S FOR ECONOMIC UNCERTAINTY. SO OUR COMMITTED BALANCE IS 9.3 MILLION. AND THEN OUR UNASSIGNED IS 7.6 MILLION TO END THE YEAR END. SO WE'RE STILL WE HAVE $16 MILLION SAID WELL ACTUALLY $17 MILLION SET ASIDE. SO WE'RE MEETING THAT OBLIGATION. BUT THERE'S THE OTHER SIDE OF LOOKING AT IT, TOO. WE HAD A LOT MORE. YEAH. NO, WE WENT UP TO SO I THINK IT'S WE WENT UP TO PROBABLY A $20 MILLION UNASSIGNED OVER THE COURSE OF IF YOU LOOK AT OUR FINANCIALS THE LAST YEAR THAT I WAS HERE, WE ACTUALLY HIT $20 MILLION IN UNASSIGNED FUND BALANCE, I MEAN, I GENERALLY BELIEVE THAT, YOU KNOW, CITIES AREN'T BANKS AND THERE'S GOOD PROJECTS THAT NEED TO GO OUT. RIGHT. LIKE AND SO WE DID ALLOCATE SOME GOOD DOLLARS TO, YOU KNOW, STREET LIGHTS, YOU KNOW, AND IF YOU GO TO THE NEXT LIST, YOU LOOK AT SOME OF THOSE PROJECTS, YOU KNOW, IN TERMS OF WHERE DOLLARS WERE ALLOCATED. THEY'RE PRETTY GOOD. YOU KNOW, I DO SEE SOME AREAS WHERE THERE WAS PROFESSIONAL SERVICES, YOU KNOW, WHICH WE'RE PROBABLY GOING TO SEE A SAVINGS. BUT BUT THEN THERE'S OTHER LITTLE THINGS. I THINK YOU'VE MADE A POINT REGARDING SPONSORSHIPS THAT YOU WANT TO WE WANT TO KIND OF, YOU KNOW, SALARIES, SALARIES, SALARIES GOING UP A MILLION AND A HALF IN A YEAR IS SALARIES IS THE BIGGEST THING BECAUSE I THESE WE TALKED ABOUT THIS BEFORE WHEN I WAS HERE BEFORE ONE TIME PROJECTS COMING OUT OF FUND BALANCE. GOOD. GREAT. WHEN WE HAVE A TALE AFTER THE FACT THAT NOT ONLY JUST IT'S NOT JUST

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WE'RE ACTUALLY WE'LL BE BACK TO YOU IN MAY TO ADOPT THE BUDGET. SO COME MAY YOU DO SEE, YOU KNOW, SOME ISSUES WITH THE ECONOMY SALES TAX AND THEN THE FULL PICTURE WHERE WE MAY HAVE TO MAKE SOME ADJUSTMENTS. THAT'S KIND OF THE MESSAGE. THAT'S. YEAH, THAT'S KIND OF WHERE I'M GOING WITH IT. YOU KNOW TYPICALLY WHEN THE CONSULTANTS COME IN AND THEY TALK ABOUT SALES TAX WITH US, YOU CONSTANTLY SEE IT GROWING OVER TIME. AND NOW IT'S FLATTENED OUT AND IT'S ACTUALLY DROPPED BECAUSE WITHIN THAT MEASURE YOU WE COLLECT ON CAR SALES OUT OF THE CITY, EVEN THOUGH WE DON'T HAVE A CAR DEALERSHIP. WE COLLECT A LOT OF MONEY FROM CAR DEALERSHIPS OUT OF TOWN BECAUSE WHEN THEY REGISTER THEIR VEHICLE, THAT 1% MEASURE YOU COMES BACK TO US. CAR SALES ARE DOWN. YOU KNOW, THERE WAS A GLUT OF CARS BEING BOUGHT BECAUSE NOBODY BOUGHT A CAR DURING COVID. CARS WEREN'T BEING BUILT. YOU KNOW, IT WAS TOUGH TO GET A NEW CAR. EVERYBODY WENT OUT AND GOT THEIR NEW CAR, AND NOW EVERYBODY'S SITTING ON THE CAR.

SO WE'RE WE'RE EXPERIENCING THAT EFFECT AS WELL. SO IT'S JUST WHERE WE'RE AT. YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST INFORMING YOU. BUT I'M LETTING YOU KNOW MY CONCERNS AS WELL. SO THERE THERE ARE OBVIOUSLY ITEMS THAT THE COUNTY, THE COUNCIL MIGHT HAVE MADE SOME REQUESTS. RIGHT. AND THEN IF YOU LOOK AT THIS LIST, LIKE WHAT STILL HASN'T BEEN LIKE ACTUALLY SPENT OR APPROPRIATED, RIGHT.

THE LIST JUST BECAUSE IT WAS THERE AND COUNCIL GOT APPROVAL OR APPROVED SOMETHING DOESN'T NECESSARILY MEAN A PO WAS CUT OR THAT A CHECK WAS CUT AND IT WAS ACTUALLY SPENT. THAT'S CLEANED UP AT YEAR END. BECAUSE IN MY MIND, IF SOMETHING WAS APPROPRIATED AND NOT SPENT, IT SHOULD GO AWAY, RIGHT? HOWEVER, WE DID IT COMPLETELY DIFFERENT THAN WHAT WE DID BEFORE.

NORMALLY YOU WOULD APPROPRIATE AND SPEND, YOU KNOW, YOU GIVE, YOU DO AN RFP, YOU'D GET A BID, YOU'D APPROPRIATE THE BUDGET AND YOU WOULD ALSO APPROPRIATE OR SPEND THAT MONEY. ALONG WITH THE APPROPRIATION. WE DID A BUNCH OF APPROPRIATIONS WITH NO EXPENDITURE ATTACHED TO THEM.

I'VE NEVER SEEN THAT BEFORE. SO THEN WHAT'S THAT PERCENTAGE RIGHT NOW? SO FOR EXAMPLE, I CAN SPOT LIKE LAST MEETING WE HAD THE FACADE IMPROVEMENT GRANT. THAT'S A MILLION BUCKS. YOU HAVE IT HERE AS AN EXPENDITURE LINE ITEM. WELL IT'S ACTUALLY IT'S, IT'S ASSIGNED RIGHT NOW BECAUSE WE'VE SET IT ASIDE. IT'S LIKE WE'VE ENTERED INTO A CONTRACT TO DO SOMETHING. BUT WE HAVEN'T WRITTEN THE CHECK YET. SO IT DOESN'T MEAN WE'RE GOING TO WRITE THE CHECK. WE CAN CHANGE OUR MIND. BUT YOU KNOW, THERE'S PAGES OF THIS STUFF THAT IS OUT THERE AND I'VE NEVER SEEN THIS.

MAYBE WHAT WE WANT TO DO IS, IS LOOK AT WHERE WE'VE WRITTEN A CHECK AND THEN WHERE WE HAVEN'T WRITTEN A CHECK AND THEN BRING THAT TO THE COUNCIL AGAIN. WE WILL WITH THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. THAT DOESN'T GET CLEANED UP UNTIL YEAR END. IN FACT, YOU'LL GET THE CAFR. IT'S NOT CALLED CAFR ANYMORE. IT'S CALLED THE ACFR. NOW, THE ANNUAL COMPREHENSIVE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, THOSE WILL BE COMING TO YOU. THEY'RE NOT FINISHED YET. SO I'VE BEEN PUSHING TO GET THOSE DONE. BUT I THINK IF YOU GO BACK ONE SLIDE, IF YOU LOOK AT, YOU KNOW, WHERE OUR FUND BALANCE IS AT, AND IF YOU LOOK AT WHERE THE RECOMMENDED GAS FEE WAS AND WHERE WE WERE IN TERMS OF LIQUIDITY, I MEAN, WE HAD $20 MILLION IN RESERVES, WHICH IS GREAT, RIGHT? WHICH BUT THEN WE ALSO STARTED WORKING ON SOME COOL PROJECTS LIKE DYLAN ROAD. AND I KNOW THE OTHER PROJECT THAT'S COMING OUT THERE ON 52, IF YOU GO TO 52, IT'S LIKE A COBBLESTONE STREET, YOU KNOW? AND THEN I KNOW FIRE, FOR EXAMPLE, WANTS A NEW FIRE STATION. SO WE'RE TRYING TO APPROPRIATE, YOU KNOW, DOLLARS TO, TO BUY LAND, YOU KNOW, AND SO, SO AND SO IF THOSE ARE THINGS THAT WE DON'T WANT TO DO, RIGHT, IF WE DON'T WANT TO DO 52, IF WE DON'T WANT TO BUY A NEW FIRE STATION OR, OR BUY LAND, THEN BRING THEM UP HERE TO THE COUNCIL AND WE CAN HAVE THESE CONVERSATIONS. IF THEY'RE STILL A PRIORITY. WE ACTUALLY WILL HAVE TO BRING A STAFF REPORT BACK TO YOU TO UNASSIGNED FUND BALANCE BECAUSE YOU ASSIGNED IT. THAT'S WHY THAT'S THE $11 MILLION IS SITTING THERE, BECAUSE PART OF THAT $5 MILLION THAT HAPPENED A YEAR AGO OR WHATEVER, IT'S STILL IN THERE. YEAH. SO PART OF IT BECAUSE LIKE I SAID, I HAVE NO IDEA WHY IT WAS DONE THAT WAY. IT SHOULDN'T HAVE BEEN DONE THAT WAY. NO, I GUESS MY POINT IS, IS THAT IF WE WANT TO UNASSIGN IT, YES. THEN I HAVE TO BRING BACK A STAFF REPORT AND THEN AND THEN WHAT WILL HAPPEN IS THAT OUR FUND BALANCE ON OUR UNASSIGNED WILL. IT'S JUST GOING TO MOVE.

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IT'S NOT NECESSARILY THAT THERE'S NEW CONNECTIONS. YOU KNOW A COUPLE HUNDRED CONNECTIONS. SO REVENUE IS UP FOR UTILITY SERVICE. BUT OUR CONNECTION FEES WHAT WE COLLECT FROM DEVELOPERS WHEN THEY COME IN AND CONNECT UP TO THE SYSTEM, THAT'S UP BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN PERMITTING A LOT OF HOUSES, WHICH IS GREAT. HOWEVER, YOU KNOW, WE GOT TO THINK, YOU KNOW, AT SOME POINT I.D. IS GOING TO SAY, I CAN'T SERVE. AND SO WE'RE WORKING ON THAT. YOUR RFP WILL BE COMING BACK TO YOU. I'M HOPING BY THE END OF APRIL TO POSSIBLY ENTER INTO A CONTRACT WITH WE HAD THREE RESPONDERS ON THE RFP FOR. WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY ID? IS THAT THERE IS NO POWER, RIGHT? THEY CAN'T GET WELL SERVED. THEY'LL SERVE. BUT YOU HAVE TO PUT IN A SUBSTATION.

AND, YOU KNOW, A LEAD TIME ON A SUBSTATION IS 2 TO 3 YEARS. SO IT'S GOING TO CREATE SOME BOTTLENECKS FOR US. SO IT'S SAFE TO SAY THAT WE'RE FAST APPROACHING THE DE FACTO MORATORIUM ON GROWTH BECAUSE WE HAVE NO POWER. YEAH. BECAUSE SOMEBODY DIDN'T PLAN AHEAD AND IT WASN'T THE CITY. IT WAS I'D. AND THEIR ABILITY NOT TO ISSUE BONDS, TO PUT IN INFRASTRUCTURE TO SUPPORT GROWTH AND UNDERSTOOD IT'S A BROKEN RECORD. BUT I DON'T MIND REPEATING. THE OTHER THING THAT'S VERY CONCERNING HERE IS NOT THAT THE REVENUE AND THAT WE'RE MEETING OUR OBLIGATIONS AND EVERYTHING ELSE, IT'S THAT CHROME SIX THAT FRANKIE IS WORKING ON, YOU KNOW.

YEAH. THAT'S THAT'S YES. THAT TO ME IS LIKE THE BIGGEST THING THAT'S WORRISOME BECAUSE THAT'S A THAT'S A $100 MILLION INVESTMENT THAT IS PROBABLY GOING TO DRIVE WATER RATES UP BY LIKE 100%. MAYBE 200, 200 WOULD BE MY ESTIMATE. AND YEAH, IT'S BASICALLY IT'S AN UNFUNDED MANDATE. SO THE STATE CHANGED THEIR REQUIREMENT AND WITHOUT LIKE WITHOUT FUNDING IT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GOING TO GO FROM AN AVERAGE WATER BILL OF 33% TO 90 SOMETHING DOLLARS, MAYBE $120 TO THE RESIDENT JUST TO GET WATER. AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE HAVEN'T TACKLED. BUT I THINK THAT'S PROBABLY THE BIGGEST ITEM THAT WE NEED TO FACE. WE HAVE TO COMPLY BY I BELIEVE IT'S OCTOBER OF 2027 AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE FINES ARE OR WHAT HAPPENS IF WE DON'T DO IT, BUT I KNOW THAT IT'S GOING TO BE BETWEEN TALKING TO THE UTILITIES DIRECTOR THAT IT'S GOING TO BE BETWEEN 72 AND $90 MILLION, BASED UPON THE METHOD TO TREAT THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. AND THAT'S WHERE THE CAPITAL COST. WE CAN BOND FOR THAT. BUT TO BE ABLE TO BOND, WE HAVE TO DO A RATE STUDY, WHICH WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF DOING RIGHT NOW, THAT HAS TO SUPPORT BOND ISSUANCE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE COVERING OUR BOND. YOU KNOW, OUR INDEBTEDNESS, THAT DOESN'T THAT DOESN'T TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE O&M PIECE OF IT. THAT'S JUST TO GET THE CAPITAL IN PLACE, LET ALONE TRYING TO TAKE CARE OF IT. AND THEN WHATEVER, YOU KNOW, COAGULATION OR WHATEVER IT IS THAT THEY'RE GOING TO USE TO TREAT IT, ALL THAT STUFF COSTS MONEY. AND WE'RE PROBABLY GOING TO HAVE TO ADD PEOPLE AS WELL, BECAUSE IT'S ANOTHER PROCESS THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN AT EVERY WELLHEAD. SO IT'S NOT THAT'S NOT GOOD NEWS. NO. THAT'S A SCARY PROPOSITION, YOU KNOW, AND IT'S JUST ONE OF THESE THINGS THAT, YOU KNOW, TO GET THE AVERAGE IF YOU LOOK AT WHAT PEOPLE ARE SUPPOSED TO PAY IN WATER AND SEWER, IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE LIKE LESS THAN 3%, YOU KNOW, BUT WHEN YOU FACTOR IN THE CHROME SIX STANDARD AND THE POTENTIAL INCREASES TO ALL THAT, THAT MEANS THAT PEOPLE SALARY ARE PROBABLY GOING TO GO UPWARDS OF SEVEN, 8% OR 9%, RIGHT? LIKE LIKE IN TERMS OF WHAT THEY'RE PAYING JUST FOR WATER UTILITIES. BECAUSE PEOPLE ON AVERAGE, IF YOU LOOK AT WHAT OUR, OUR INDIVIDUAL MEDIUM INCOME HERE IN THE CITY OF COACHELLA, IT'S NOT VERY HIGH, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? SO MORE THAN 3% OF THEIR SALARY IS GOING TO GO TO PAY FOR WATER AND SEWER, WHICH WE'RE GOING TO HEAR FROM OUR RESIDENTS. AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT, LIKE OUR

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THAT'S GOING TO IMPACT EVERYBODY. UTILITIES ARE GOING TO BE UNAFFORDABLE IS WHAT IT IS AMOUNTING TO. WHEN YOU LOOK AT IT IN THE NEXT FOUR YEARS. SO IT'S NOT ONLY IS IT THE COST OF GLOBAL WARMING, BUT REGULATION. AND YES, IT'S LIKE YOU CAN'T EVEN AFFORD TO LIVE IN THE DESERT BECAUSE YOU CAN'T PAY FOR WATER. YOU KNOW, WE HAVE OUR CHALLENGES. WE'VE ALWAYS WE'VE ALWAYS, YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN HERE FOR, YOU KNOW, SINCE 2010 AND WE'VE ALWAYS HAD SOMETHING GOING ON. THE LAST TIME WE HAD A DEFICIT WAS BACK IN 2012 AND THE MEASURES WERE PASSED. WE PASSED MEASURE YOU, THEY GOT THE UT AND THINGS TURNED AROUND. AND, YOU KNOW, THERE'S ALWAYS GOING TO BE THINGS THAT ARE THROWN IN OUR FACE. AND WITH A GOOD COUNCIL AND GREAT CONSTITUENTS AND TRUST IN THE COUNCIL, WE'LL GET THROUGH IT. WE WILL AND WE DID BEFORE AND WE'LL DO IT AGAIN.

SO. I THINK. EXPENDITURES. YOU KNOW, WE'RE BASICALLY WE'RE WE'RE LOWER THAN WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE. BUT THAT'S BECAUSE IN 23 I'M SORRY IN 24 THERE WERE INTEREST PAYMENTS THAT WERE MADE. SO THAT THERE'S NOTHING POSTED FOR THIS YEAR. SO ON AN AVERAGE, WE'RE KIND OF WHERE WE NEED TO BE OR SUPPOSED TO BE. SO I'M NOT WORRIED ABOUT THE EXPENDITURE AND THE WATER AUTHORITY. AND AGAIN, GIVEN WHERE WE'RE AT TODAY, NOT WHERE WE NEED TO BE TWO YEARS FROM NOW. SO AND THE NEXT ONE FUND BALANCE, ACTUALLY FUND BALANCE IS INCREASING. AND THAT'S BECAUSE WE HAD TO FRONT THE MONEY FOR OUR GRANT PROJECT. AND THAT MONEY IS COMING INTO US. IT WAS ON A REIMBURSEMENT BASIS. WE HAD TO FRONT THAT MONEY. WE USE FUND BALANCE. AND THAT MONEY IS COMING BACK IN BECAUSE ON THE PREVIOUS SLIDE, YOU SEE THAT THERE'S GRANT REVENUE COMING IN OF $3.2 MILLION. THAT'S WHERE THAT FUND BALANCE IS COMING BACK FROM. IT'S NOT THAT THERE ARE SOME MIRACULOUS, YOU KNOW, INCREASE IN RATES OR SOMETHING HAPPENED OR WE ADDED A THOUSAND HOMES. THAT'S NOT THE CASE. IT'S JUST WE'RE BEING REIMBURSED AS ALL THAT'S WHAT'S AFFECTING FUND BALANCE. BILL, I'M ASKING THESE QUESTIONS BECAUSE I'M JUST THINKING ABOUT POTENTIAL IMPACTS. AND IF WE CAN LOOK AT A STRATEGY, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE STRATEGIES MAY BE AND I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH, WHEN YOU LOOK AT OUR EXPENDITURE SIDE, HOW MUCH OF IT IS GOING TO PAY OFF DEBT SERVICE, AND MAYBE WHAT WE SHOULD DO IN THE NEXT FEW YEARS IS REALLY CONCENTRATE ON PAYING OFF DEBT SERVICE. AND THEN AT THAT POINT WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT POTENTIAL NEW BONDS, WE HAVE THAT MUCH MORE CAPACITY BECAUSE WE PAID OFF OUR BOND. NOW, I IMAGINE THAT WE REFINANCED ALL OF THOSE BONDS BACK WHEN RATES WERE HISTORICALLY LOW WITH URBAN FUTURES. AND A LOT OF OUR RATES ARE IN THE VERY LOW THREES OR HIGH TWOS. SO WE'RE GOING TO PAY MORE IF WE REFINANCE. HOWEVER, I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING THOUGH BECAUSE BECAUSE WE WOULD TAKE WHAT WAS LEFT OF THE TAIL OF TEN YEARS. SUPPOSE WE HAVE TEN YEARS LEFT TO PAY ON A BOND. WE CAN TAKE THAT AND PUT IT INTO THE NEW BOND AND PAY IT OUT OVER 30 YEARS INSTEAD OF TEN YEARS. SO IT SHOULD REDUCE OUR DEBT SERVICE PAYMENT, NOT NECESSARILY SAVING US MONEY BECAUSE OUR INTEREST RATE IS GOING TO BE BETTER, BUT IT'S GOING TO REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF TOTAL DEBT PAYMENTS THAT WE'RE MAKING PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST. SO I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. YES. I MEAN, THE OTHER SIDE OF THIS IS THAT IF WE HAD ANY CAPITAL LIKE EXPENDITURE PLANS AND WE NEEDED WE HAD LIKE DEPRECIATION THAT MAYBE WE WERE GETTING READY TO DO THAT MAY HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, KIND OF GET STRETCHED OUT EVEN MORE. BUT BUT I THINK IN TERMS OF LIKE THE IMPACT ON OUR RESIDENTS, THAT'S WHAT I'M REALLY CONCERNED ABOUT, YOU KNOW, AND THEN AT THE END OF THE DAY, IS IT REALLY GOING TO MATTER IS COMPARED TO. YEAH, NO, BUT YOU'RE RIGHT THOUGH, BUT AS COMPARED TO, YOU KNOW, SO WE'RE GOING TO ADD A WELL OR WE'RE GOING TO PUT IN ANOTHER LINE OR WE'RE GOING TO DO WHATEVER IS COMPARED TO WHAT CHROME SIX IS GOING TO COST. IT'S NOT GOING TO MATTER. NOT WHEN YOU'RE TALKING, YOU KNOW, CLOSE TO $100 MILLION. IT'S. LAWRENSON. YEAH. SO WE'LL GET AS CREATIVE AS WE CAN. BUT GETTING OVER THAT IS IT'S GOING TO BE A CHALLENGE. I'LL JUST LEAVE IT AT THAT. NOW WHAT ABOUT

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DILEMMA WHERE THERE'S THE CITY OF PATERSON, ONLY HAS ABOUT 7000 CONNECTIONS. AND SO THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO FACE THE SAME DILEMMA. IT'S ONLY 7000 CONNECTIONS. AND SO THERE'S THE MONEY OUT THERE IN THE STATE IS NONEXISTENT. IT'S VERY SMALL TO ORIGINALLY PEOPLE THOUGHT WAS GOING TO BE AVAILABLE. THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT THAT. I GUESS THERE'S A LAW WHERE PEOPLE HAVE THE RIGHT TO SAFE DRINKING WATER AND GOING THROUGH LEGISLATION FOR THAT TO TRY TO GET MONEY, BECAUSE ULTIMATELY THEY'RE SAYING, WELL, IT GREATER THAN TEN PARTS PER BILLION, YOUR WATER IS NOT SAFE IS WHAT THE STATE'S BASICALLY SAYING. IT'S LIKE, WELL, YOU HAVE A LAW WHERE WE HAVE TO HAVE WHAT YOU CALL SAFE DRINKING WATER. EVEN THOUGH WE'VE BEEN CONSUMING THE WATER FOR, YOU KNOW, THOUSANDS OF YEARS. BUT IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, IT WAS A, A PROP FOR RECENTLY INCLUDED POTENTIAL DOLLARS FOR THE IAP OR SOMETHING, I THINK, BUT IT'S NEVER WELL AFTER THE BOND GETS PASSED. THEN AT THAT POINT WE NEED THE SUBSEQUENT LANGUAGE TO ALLOCATE THOSE DOLLARS FROM THE BOND TO THE PROGRAMS THAT IT COULD BE USED FOR, RIGHT AND CORRECT. AND SO I DON'T NECESSARILY KNOW HOW CLEAN DRINKING WATER IS GOING TO FARE WHEN IT COMES TO LIKE OTHER THINGS LIKE PARKS. OR THEY KEEP ON TALKING ABOUT THE. PFAS, YOU KNOW, THE, THE. YES. AND THEY SAID, OKAY, YOU KNOW, WE UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS A BURDEN ON YOU, BUT THAT COST TO REMOVE THAT STUFF, THIS IS NOTHING AS COMPARED TO WHAT IT'S GOING TO COST TO TREAT THAT STUFF. AND THAT'S A BIGGER INNER CITIES. YEAH. THEY'VE EVEN GOT WORSE NEWS. YOU KNOW LA AND YOU KNOW ANY PLACE WHERE THERE'S ANY INDUSTRIAL. OH I GET IT LIKE THIS. THIS TO ME IS JUST LIKE THIS IS AN AREA THAT IT'S LIKE NATURALLY OCCURRING AND IT'S THE BURDEN OF TRYING TO RELEASE THAT. LIKE, YEAH, IT WASN'T BECAUSE JET FUEL WAS SPILLED ALL OVER THE GROUND OR WHATEVER.

THAT'S NOT WHAT THE CASE IS HERE. WE WERE IN A SEISMIC AREA. IT'S JUST NATURALLY OCCURRING.

SO YEAH. THIS IS THANK YOU, ERIN BROCKOVICH. WHO DID THIS? THIS WAS HER ATTORNEYS. THIS WAS HER JUST LIKE TO. RYAN. YES. THIS IS LIKE I'M NOT AFRAID TO CALL HER OUT. THIS IS HER LIKE, YOU KNOW, NOW THE IMPACT ON THE LIKE. AND THEN AND THEN YOU GOT TO ASK YOURSELF, ALL RIGHT, WE'VE ALL BEEN DRINKING THIS WATER FOR 100 AND SOMETHING YEARS, LIKE, HOW ARE YOU DOING? YEAH. NOT BAD.

I'M GONNA HAVE A DRINK, BY THE WAY. SO IN THE SANITARY DISTRICT. I'M MOVING AHEAD.

SANITARY DISTRICT. WE'RE AHEAD. OUR REVENUES ARE GREATER THAN WHAT THEY WERE BECAUSE WE FOUND THAT WE WERE CHARGING SOME COMMERCIAL ACCOUNTS INCORRECTLY. SO THAT REVENUE IS UP. THE CORRECTION HAS BEEN MADE, AND IT'S SHOWING UP IN THE REVENUES FOR SERVICE CHARGES. GOOD CATCH.

WHO DID THAT? WHO CAUGHT THAT? I BELIEVE IN THE ACCOUNTING DEPARTMENT. AN ACCOUNTANT CAUGHT IT. IT'S FUNNY WHAT HAPPENS WHEN WE ALLOCATE ACCOUNTANTS. ACTUALLY I GOT I GOT BETTER STORIES ABOUT ACCOUNTANTS CATCHING THINGS BECAUSE IT'S FUNNY BECAUSE ON THE NEXT ONE, IF YOU LOOK AT EXPENDITURES YEAR OVER YEAR, WE'RE ABOUT WHERE WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE. IT'S A LITTLE BIT LESS, BUT NOT MUCH. BUT IF YOU LOOK IN THE ADOPTED BUDGET PIECE, IF YOU LOOK DOWN AT THE BOTTOM, ALL OF A SUDDEN WE WENT FROM SPENDING ABOUT $590,000 A YEAR TO $2.8 MILLION.

IT'S LIKE, WHAT THE HECK HAPPENED THERE? IT'S LIKE, OH, IT'S AN ERROR IN HOW MANY CELLS WE CAPTURED. THAT ALSO INCLUDED THE, THE PRINCIPAL PAYMENTS TOO, BECAUSE REMEMBER, WE HAVE THE DEBT SERVICE FROM THE USDA WHERE IT'S LIKE $1.5 MILLION A YEAR. THEY'LL BE PAID OFF IN A COUPLE OF YEARS. THAT GOT CAPTURED IN THAT NUMBER. SO AND THREE SETS OF EYES WERE ON THAT. AND CAUGHT

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THEY WILL BE DONE ON TIME. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE OUR FINANCIALS DONE ON TIME MOVING FORWARD.

FUND BALANCE. THAT IS NOT CORRECT EITHER. WE'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO HAVE AN INCREASE OF ABOUT $1 MILLION, AND THAT'S BECAUSE OF THE COLLECTIONS FOR FEES, FOR SERVICE CHARGES. AND THAT'S BECAUSE WE JUST FINISHED GETTING DONE WITH RATE INCREASES. I THINK IT'S BEEN TWO YEARS SINCE WE HAD OUR LAST INCREASE, AND WE'VE HAD MORE CONNECTIONS TO THIS SYSTEM. SO SANITARY IS DOING OKAY FOR NOW. BUT AT SOME POINT, YOU KNOW, WE'LL GET CAPACITY. WE'LL HAVE TO EXPAND THE SYSTEM. WE HAVEN'T BEEN SETTING ASIDE COMPLETELY FOR DEPRECIATION, SO WE'LL PROBABLY HAVE TO BOND FOR ANYTHING THAT WE HAVE TO DO IN THE FUTURE AS WELL. BUT THAT'S WAY DOWN THE ROAD. FIRE DEPARTMENT. THE THING I WANT TO FOCUS ON HERE IS THAT DOWN AT THE BOTTOM, THERE'S TRANSFERS THAT COME OUT OF THE GENERAL FUND. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT HAS ITS OWN TAX REVENUE THAT COMES IN FROM PROPERTY TAX. IT'S NOT SIZABLE. IT'S ABOUT $1.2 MILLION A YEAR. THERE'S ALSO A CFD THAT'S COLLECTED OUR TRANSFER THOUGH BECAUSE WE ADDED THE SQUAD, WE ADDED PEOPLE. OUR TRANSFER WENT UP CONSIDERABLY ONE YEAR TO THE NEXT BECAUSE OF THAT ADDITION. SO THAT'S A DIRECT HIT TO THE GENERAL FUND, WHICH I ALSO TALKED ABOUT EARLIER IN THE SLIDES. AND JUST THE EXPENSES. AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, FIRE DEPARTMENT DID DO US A FAVOR. THEY WAITED A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE THERE WAS GOING TO BE, I BELIEVE, A MARSHAL AND AN INSPECTOR, AND THEY HELD OFF ON THOSE HIRES. SO I BELIEVE THEY'RE GETTING READY TO START NEXT MONTH, AND THEY'LL BE OVER IN THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT. SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE SOME SAVINGS THIS YEAR. BUT NEXT YEAR WE WILL SPEND THE 5 MILLION. THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD TALK ABOUT THOUGH, BECAUSE IF YOU SAID WE'RE GETTING A MARSHAL AND INSPECTOR, WELL, IF THERE'S GOING TO BE A MORATORIUM ON DE FACTO ON GROWTH WITH THE IDEA WAS TO PAY FOR IT OUT OF. BUT THEY'RE ALSO GOING TO BE DOING INSPECTIONS. THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE DOING ANNUAL INSPECTIONS IN RESTAURANTS. AND THERE'S THINGS THAT ARE NOT BEING DONE RIGHT NOW THAT YOU SHOULD BE DOING. YOU KNOW, I WOULD. THANKFULLY, THERE HASN'T BEEN, YOU KNOW, BUT KITCHEN FIRES AND THINGS WE WERE TOLD, RIGHT. WE WERE TOLD THAT IT'S GOING TO PAY FOR ITSELF. WE NEVER RECOVER 100%. YOU HOPE TO, BUT YOU KNOW, 60 TO 70% WOULD BE MY GUESS AS TO WHAT, YOU KNOW, NO DEPARTMENT EVER COVERS ITSELF. IF YOU LOOK AT WITHIN THE GENERAL FUND, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE COLLECT IN BUILDING FEES. IS THAT WHAT BUILDING AND SAFETY COLLECTS? NO PLANNING DEPARTMENT, NO ENGINEERING? NO. THERE'S ALWAYS YOU'RE NEVER 100% EFFECTIVE, SO YOU ONLY CAPTURE ANYWHERE FROM BETWEEN 50 TO 75% OF WHAT YOU SPEND, BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT 100% EFFICIENT. SO YES, THAT'S WHAT WAS TALKED ABOUT. AND, YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHERE WE'RE AT. I THINK IT WILL BE GOOD TO HAVE THE PROGRAM AND IT WON'T BE COMING FROM THE COUNTY BECAUSE THE COUNTY WASN'T SERVICES THE WAY WE WILL BASED UPON HAVING IT IN HOUSE. SO ME AND THE CHIEF HAVE TALKED ABOUT IT. AND SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO GETTING THAT PROGRAM ROLLING OUT. AND IF YOU'RE COMFORTABLE WITH IT. YES. YEAH. OKAY. AND THEN THE CALENDAR, WE SENT OUT WORKSHEETS TO ALL THE DEPARTMENTS ON THE THIRD. I'M PUTTING TOGETHER REVENUE ESTIMATES. NOW. THE WORKSHEETS WILL BE BACK FROM THE DEPARTMENTS BY THE END OF MARCH. WE'RE GOING TO MEET WITH THE DEPARTMENTS TO SEE WHAT THEY'RE ASKING FOR. I'VE LET THEM KNOW THAT I DO NOT WANT TO SEE ANY NEW EMPLOYEES. NO NEW HIRES. HOLD THE LINE. IS THE MESSAGE. YEAH, HOLD THE LINE. AND IN FACT, CUT WHERE YOU CAN. AND IF THEY CAN, YOU KNOW, WE TALKED ABOUT BUDGET WORKSHOPS AND THINGS THAT COUNCIL MEMBER DOCTOR FRANK HAD TALKED ABOUT IT. AND I THINK THAT ONE SLIDE I'M GOING TO GO BACK TO IT BACK IN THE GENERAL FUND. AND IT'S NOT SO MUCH BY DEPARTMENT. IT'S BY TYPE. THE CATEGORY OF EXPENDITURE. AND IF YOU LOOK SALARIES AND BENEFITS, LEGAL EXPENSES, PUBLIC SAFETY, IF YOU LOOK AT WHERE MOST OF OUR EXPENDITURES TAKE PLACE, THOSE ARE THINGS THAT WE HAVE COMMITTED. AND IF YOU WANT TO GET INTO, YOU KNOW, LIKE COMPUTER SOFTWARE OR BOOKS AND PERIODICALS AND DUES AND, YOU KNOW, SUBSCRIPTIONS, IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT A $38 MILLION BUDGET, YOU MAY HAVE ABOUT $4 MILLION IN THAT BUDGET THAT YOU CAN ACTUALLY CHANGE AND MANIPULATE. YOU KNOW, WHERE YOU GET INTO HOW MUCH PAPER ARE WE BUYING, HOW

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YES. SO YEAH, YOU DON'T WANT TO SAY THAT WORD BECAUSE I WAS ACCUSED OF. YEAH. POSSIBLY.

YEAH. DOING SOMETHING LIKE THAT. NO I'M NOT RECOMMENDING THAT NOR WOULD I. WE HIRED TO A CERTAIN POINT WE DO HAVE RESERVES. WE NEED TO SEE WHERE THIS GOES. YOU KNOW, THE PRESIDENT'S BEEN VERY ACTIVE IN THE FIRST 120 DAYS, FOR BETTER OR WORSE. AND IN MY MIND, I KNOW A CERTAIN WAY THAT I FEEL ABOUT IT. YOU KNOW, WHEN THE STOCK MARKET DROPS A COUPLE OF THOUSAND POINTS IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS, YOU KNOW, THAT'S WORRISOME TO A LOT OF PEOPLE. I MEAN, I THINK, YOU KNOW, AND I KNOW I'M TALKING A LOT, BUT I'VE BEEN HERE THE LONGEST. BUT I, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE DEVELOP A, A CLEAR UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT OUR ENERGY CAPACITY IS IN THE CITY. AND THEN AND THEN WE WORK TOWARDS DEVELOPING AN ECONOMIC PLAN BASED OFF WHAT ENERGY IS AVAILABLE. AND, AND THEN AS WE GO THROUGH THIS RFP, WE LOOK AT WHAT, WHAT THE FUTURE COULD LOOK LIKE. BUT THAT'S BASED OFF OF PROCUREMENT OF NEW SUBSTATIONS, NEW ENERGY FACILITIES. RIGHT. LIKE SO. SO THE SHORT TERM PLAN LIKE RIGHT NOW, IT'S HOW CAN WE MOVE THE CITY AND CAPITALIZE ON WHAT WE HAVE. AND THOSE ARE REAL, STRAIGHT, HONEST CONVERSATIONS THAT I'D, YOU KNOW, IF WE ONLY HAVE FIVE MEGS OF CAPACITY LEFT, THEN WE HAVE FIVE MEGS OF DEVELOPMENT LEFT. AND THEN AT THAT POINT, LIKE BUT I THINK WE CAN HIT THAT LIKE WITHIN THIS YEAR AND, AND TRY TO KEEP LIKE GROWTH HAPPENING AS MUCH AS WE CAN AND PROBABLY EVEN THINK ABOUT IT FROM A LIKE A TRUE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STANDPOINT, LIKE WHAT IS GOING TO BE MORE REVENUE GENERATING. SO OUR MORE HOUSE IS GOING TO BE MORE REVENUE GENERATING OR LIKE, YOU KNOW, A NEW HOTEL, LIKE NEW HOTEL IS GOING TO BE MORE REVENUE GENERATING. RIGHT? SO, SO LIKE, YOU KNOW, MAKING A GETTING GETTING INTO THE FINITE, IT'S UNFORTUNATE THAT WE HAVE TO EVEN THINK LIKE THAT, BECAUSE WE WOULD JUST HOPE THAT GROWTH WOULD OCCUR AND THERE'D BE PLENTY OF ENERGY. BUT WHEN YOU CONSIDERATION IT SHOULDN'T EVEN BE A CONCERN. YEAH. EXACTLY. RIGHT. BECAUSE WE WANT IT ALL.

BUT RIGHT NOW WE'RE WE'RE LIMITED. IT'S LIKE, WELL WHAT SHOULD WE GET. YOU KNOW. SO BACK TO THE CALENDAR. WE'LL HAVE A BUDGET STUDY SESSION WITH THE COUNCIL ON THE 14TH OF MAY. WE CAN HAVE ONE THE WEEK IN BETWEEN IF WE NEED TO. IF THERE ARE QUESTIONS OR I'M HAVING TROUBLE BALANCING THE BUDGET, I. WE'LL GET THROUGH IT. IT'LL BE FINE. I'D LIKE TO ADOPT THE BUDGET MAY 28TH. IF WE NEED TO HAVE AN EXTRA HEARING, THEN WE'D ADOPT IT ON JUNE 11TH. AND WE DID IT A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO WHEN I WAS HERE. WE DID IT IN MAY, AND I EVER SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE, WE'VE DONE IT IN MAY, SO THERE'S NO REASON TO NOT DO THAT. I'LL GIVE YOU GOOD INFORMATION. AND IT'S INFORMATION THAT WHEN WE COME BACK THE YEAR AFTER, I'M. I'VE ALWAYS BEEN ASKED MAYOR, I'VE ALWAYS BEEN CONSERVATIVE. AND I'M GOING TO CONTINUE TO BE WELL. WE DID REALLY WELL. I MEAN, THAT'S YOUR NUMBERS GUY. AND THAT'S WHAT I APPRECIATE ABOUT YOU. IT'S NUMBERS. NOW THE QUESTION BECOMES IS YOU'RE AN INTERIM YOU KNOW. SO THEN WHAT DOES THE COUNCIL WANT TO DO.

RIGHT. LIKE WE HAVE BUDGET CHALLENGES AHEAD OF US. WE HAVE WE HAVE RESERVES. WE HAVE WE HAVE POTENTIAL BUDGET, YOU KNOW, SALES TAX REVENUE. AND THEN BILL IS ONLY CONTRACTED TO WORK, YOU KNOW, 900 HOURS. I DON'T I DON'T KNOW I THINK THAT'S 960. YEAH. YOU'RE COUNTING NOT ME. YEAH.

WELL NO I GOT TO KEEP TRACK BECAUSE IF I GO OVER 960 THEN I REINSTATE AND THEN I'M IN

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SO SOME OF THE DECLINES THAT WE SEE, WE SEE IT IN GAS TAX, WE SEE IT IN THE CANNABIS TAX. AND THEN POSSIBLY ALSO IN HOMES. IF SOME OF THOSE DEVELOPMENTS I KNOW THERE'S SOME DEVELOPERS THAT ARE STILL LOOKING TO DEVELOP AND SOME OF THEM DON'T HAVE WILL SERVE LETTERS YET. SO THOSE ARE QUESTION MARKS. AND THEN CHROMIUM SIX AND ENERGY ARE BIG QUESTION MARKS. THEN WE HAVE INCREASES IN CODE STREET POLICE FIRE INSURANCE EVENTS. AND THEN WHEN I WAS HEARING THE 1.6, I SEEN OUR CHIEF BACK THERE KIND OF HIGH FOR A BIT. SO I KEPT LOOKING OVER THERE. AND THEN WE HAVE INCREASES AND THEY'RE GOING TO CONTINUALLY INCREASE POLICE FIRE. AND THEN THE 20 POSITIONS THAT WE'VE YES, THAT WE'VE ADDED, WE ARE IN OUR CONTRACT. WE HAVE TWO YEARS LEFT ON OUR CONTRACT. JULY 1ST THERE'S A 4% COLA COMING TO ALL EMPLOYEES AND THEN 3% THE FOLLOWING YEAR, JULY 1ST. SO THEN WE'LL BE BACK IN THE NEGOTIATIONS AGAIN. SO THE TRAJECTORY WE ARE RIGHT NOW IS THAT REVENUES ARE DECLINING. AND THEN OUR EXPENSES ARE INCREASING. AND THEY'RE GOING TO BE INCREASING OBVIOUSLY ANNUALLY. AND THE 4% THAT WE'RE GOING TO GET HIT WITH IN THE NEXT YEAR AS WELL. AND SO WE DO HAVE A LOT OF GREAT SERVICES, A LOT OF PROJECTS THAT WE'VE APPROVED. WITHOUT A DOUBT. THEY'RE MUCH NEEDED PROJECTS. BUT IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT THAT WE'RE PROJECTING CORRECTLY AND THAT WE'RE MANAGING IT AS IT SHOULD BE MANAGED, SO THAT WE'RE NOT THEN PUTTING OURSELVES IN A SITUATION. WE'RE GOING TO GO INTO DEBT WITHOUT HAVING ANY REVENUES INCREASING. AND THAT, FOR ME, IS WHERE THE CONCERN IS IF WE'RE DECLINING AND THEN WE HAVE AREAS THAT WE HAVE BIG QUESTION MARKS OF WHETHER WE CAN SUPPLY ENERGY OR NOT, THEN OBVIOUSLY THEN IT SLOWS IT DOWN EVEN FURTHER. SO OUR COST CONTINUOUSLY IS INCREASING, AND THEN OUR REVENUES ARE GOING TO CONTINUOUSLY DECREASE. IF WE DON'T, THEN. YOU KNOW, DISCUSS THE ENERGY PROBLEM, THEN COME UP WITH SOME TYPE OF SOLUTION. AND I KNOW THAT WE PUT THE RFP OUT AND I THINK THAT WE THAT CLOSE ALREADY. YEAH. WITH THE RFP CLOSED WE'RE REVIEWING THEM RIGHT NOW. AND MY PLAN IS TO GET THE RFP, THE RECOMMENDATION. THERE'S FOUR OF US THAT ARE LOOKING AT IT, A COUPLE CONSULTANTS INTERNALLY ENERGY PERSON FROM CORONA AND THEN MYSELF ARE LOOKING AT THEM. WE'LL MAKE A RECOMMENDATION TO THE COUNCIL, I'M HOPING THE LAST MEETING OF APRIL, SO THAT AT THAT POINT WE CAN NEGOTIATE A MUNICIPAL SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH THE BIDDER THAT WAS SUCCESSFUL. AND THEN I GOT AN AVENUE 50. WE HAVE THAT BIG AREA WHERE WE WERE GOING TO BE POTENTIALLY PUTTING IN A HOTEL, AND THAT AREA DOESN'T HAVE A WILL SERVE LETTER EITHER. THAT DEVELOPER DOESN'T HAVE A WILL SERVE EITHER. SO THAT'S AGAIN POTENTIAL OBVIOUSLY TILT THAT WE WERE HOPING TO RECEIVE, BUT WE DON'T KNOW WHERE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ON ON 48TH. YOU MEAN NO ON AVENUE 50. AND THEN WHAT IS THAT CALHOUN. NO, IT'S NOT CALHOUN.

IT'S. OH, WELL, THERE'S ACTUALLY THERE'S A THERE'S A COUPLE OF POINTS WE GAVE GABRIEL GAVE ME A GREAT MAP OF POTENTIAL DEVELOPMENTS. AND THEN THERE'S A THING CALLED THE RANCH, AND THERE'S ANOTHER ONE THAT ACTUALLY CAME IN ON ANOTHER. DATE GROVE, WHERE THERE WERE BEAUTIFUL PROJECTS AND THERE'S LIKE ADUS AND IT'S LIKE A LITTLE RESORT, BUT THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO GET POWER FOR IT. AND IF THEY DO, IT'S GOING TO BE A COUPLE YEARS DOWN THE ROAD. SO WE IT'S CRAZY BECAUSE YOU'D THINK WITH THE ECONOMY IS A LITTLE CRAZY RIGHT NOW, BUT WE HAVE SO MANY DEVELOPERS KNOCKING ON OUR DOOR. AND IT'S LIKE THE TIMING IS TOUGH BECAUSE EACH DEVELOPER THAT WALKS THROUGH THE DOOR OR ENERGY, YOU KNOW, AVAILABILITY IS SHRINKING BY THE DAY. AND I'VE TALKED TO A FEW PEOPLE WHERE THERE'S SOME IDEAS FLOATING AROUND, EVEN WITH THE, YOU KNOW, THERE'S JPA, YOU KNOW, WITH THE CVAG, WE'RE GOING TO MEET WITH THEM. I'M GOING TO TALK TO THEM AND, AND FIND OUT WHAT THEIR PLANS ARE. INDIO HAS GOT A PLAN THAT THEY'VE GOT IN

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THE PROBLEM IS, IS IT'S STILL GOING TO TAKE 2 TO 3 YEARS TO GET A TRANSFORMER. THAT'S THE PROBLEM. AND YOU'D THINK, YOU KNOW, WITH EVERYBODY KNOWING THAT THERE'S AN ENERGY PROBLEM WITH THE FIRES IN LA AND EVERYTHING ELSE, YOU'D THINK, I WANT TO GO INTO THE TRANSFORMER BUSINESS BECAUSE I THINK I CAN MAKE A LOT OF MONEY WITH THAT RIGHT NOW. BUT I DON'T KNOW THAT ANYBODY'S GEARING UP FOR THIS BECAUSE EVERYTHING'S GOING ELECTRIC RIGHT NOW. SO, SO THAT WAS OBVIOUSLY WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ENERGY. AND IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND THAT EVEN THOUGH WE PUT AN RFP OUT, EVEN THOUGH WE'VE GOT GOOD APPLICATIONS IN RETURN, THAT IT'S GOING TO TAKE A FEW YEARS. AND YES, IT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN IN A YEAR. IT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN IN TWO YEARS. WE'RE SAYING THREE YEARS DOWN THE ROAD THAT'S WITHOUT ANY CHALLENGES.

THAT'S THREE YEARS STRAIGHT WITHOUT ANY CHALLENGES. THEN WE'RE GOING TO GET IT IN THREE YEARS. THAT'S WHAT THAT IS GETTING, GETTING ALONG WITH IED AND EVERYTHING JUST FLOWING SMOOTHLY. YES. CORRECT. AND SO I DOUBT THAT IT'S GOING TO BE SMOOTH THE ENTIRE THREE YEARS.

AND SO I DON'T EVEN KNOW. I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY WE WANT IT TO HAPPEN IN THREE YEARS. BUT AGAIN, THERE ARE THINGS THAT ARE UNCONTROLLABLE AND THERE ARE THINGS THAT MIGHT BE CHALLENGING US, THAT MIGHT BE DELAYING THAT EVEN FURTHER. AND SO IN THESE AREAS THAT YOU'RE EXACTLY RIGHT.

WHERE WE PUT THE RFP FOR THE EAST SIDE IS THAT WE HAVE EXISTING. I'D, YOU KNOW, CONSUMERS, CUSTOMERS, OBVIOUSLY. THAT'S WHERE MY MORE MY CONCERN IS, AND I KNOW THAT WE WERE FINALLY CLOSING OUT. THERE WERE LANDRADA IS AND YOU KNOW, HOPING DOWN THE YEARS, YOU KNOW THAT WE'RE GOING TO GET SOMETHING BACK THERE. BUT THE HOPE WAS THAT AS WE'RE BUILDING OUT OUR OWN ENERGY, THAT WE'RE ABLE TO PROVIDE FOR THEM AS THEY'RE BUILDING OUT TO SO THAT WE'RE STEADY AND THAT THERE ISN'T ANY DELAYS. AND IF THEY'RE WANTING TO BUILD ALREADY THAT WE HAVE THE ENERGY THAT WE CAN SUPPLY THEM. YEAH. IN FACT, WE'RE WE'RE ALMOST FINISHED WITH THE DA WITH THEM AND THEY HAVE TO COME TO US FOR POWER. WE HAVE POWER AVAILABLE. THEY HAVE TO COME TO US FOR POWER. SO THAT'S PART OF THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT. IT'S TOUGH THAT ONE. YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN WORKING SINCE I WAS HERE IN 2016. WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS ENERGY THING, MEETING WITH IDA AND TRYING TO FIGURE OUT SOMETHING. AND I KNOW THAT THERE'S BEEN SOME MOVEMENT WITH THE BOARD AND THERE'S MORE DISCUSSIONS. BUT WE WAITED TOO LONG AND WE TRIED. WE KNEW IT WASN'T LIKE WE DIDN'T GO OUT THERE AND TRY IT, BECAUSE WE DID. WE REALLY DID. AND TRYING TO GET AHEAD OF IT. AND IT'S JUST WE KEPT ON RUNNING INTO ROADBLOCKS AND YOU KNOW, THE REASON I HAD SAID IN DECEMBER OF 2004 IS WHY I WAS FOCUSING THIS YEAR ON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IS BECAUSE WE HAVE TO WE HAVE TO AS THINGS ARE DECLINING, WE HAVE TO BRING IN OTHER TYPES OF OR SOURCES OF, OF REVENUES. BUT WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE? SO THINGS ARE DECLINING AND THE GAS TAX IS DECLINING. AND THE CANNABIS TAX IS, IS, IS TAKING A DIVE TO THEN AND THEN, YOU KNOW, SO WHERE DO WE HOW DO WE MOVE FORWARD. AND YOU KNOW, WE HAVE WE HAVE WE HAVE SOME GOOD BITES ON ON THE OLD GLENROY PROJECT. I THINK THAT WE'RE GOING TO HOPEFULLY SEE SOMETHING MOVING ON THAT YOU DID INCREASE THE TOT RATE, WHICH WILL HELP WITH WE HAVE A LOT OF SHORT TERM RENTALS. WE COLLECTED MORE WAY MORE REVENUE THAN I THOUGHT WE WERE THERE. AND SO THAT WILL HELP. IT'S GOING TO BE 4 OR $500,000 IS WHAT'S GOING TO HIT THE GENERAL FUND. WITH THAT, WE GET A HOTEL OPEN, WE START WORKING WITH, YOU KNOW, OTHER DEVELOPERS THAT ARE TALKING ABOUT MAYBE DOING A HOTEL, YOU KNOW, IN TOWN CLOSER TO THE FAIRGROUNDS, NOT THE FAIRGROUNDS, THE POLO GROUNDS. THERE ARE SOME POWER THERE WHERE, YOU KNOW, A DEVELOPER MAY BE ABLE TO DO THAT AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN MEET UP WITH THEM AT ICC. WE CAN STRING LINES TOGETHER.

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BUT YOU KNOW, THEY'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO BUILD QUICKER THAN WE ARE BECAUSE THEY DO HAVE POWER.

SO PARTNERING WITH THEM AND MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE ABLE TO PROVIDE CRITICAL SERVICES TO OUR COMMUNITY, I BELIEVE THEY'RE GOING TO BE A PARTNER WITH US. THE FORMER ASSEMBLYMAN, WE HAD GREAT CONVERSATIONS WITH HIM, ME AND THE MAYOR, EDUARDO GARCIA. YES. YEAH, I LIKE HIM, I LIKE HIM, YEAH. HE'S A GOOD GUY. HE'S A GOOD GUY. EVERYBODY UP HERE DOES. BUT I LIKE HIM. HE'S A GOOD GUY. WELL, HE WANTS HE WANTS TO HELP THE CITY. SO HE'S HE'S GOING TO BE A GREAT LIAISON BETWEEN US AND THE TRIBE. SO I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT A BIT OF THAT AS WELL. IS THAT THE FORMER ASSEMBLY MEMBER IS NOW THE CONSULTANT FOR THE SPOTLIGHT 29 TRIBE, AND THERE WAS ALWAYS A CONCERN, YOU KNOW, THAT THEY PURCHASED UP THAT LAND, YOU KNOW, THAT TOOK UP OUR TOT OUR COMMERCIAL AND IT WAS AN ENTERTAINMENT ZONE. IT WAS PERFECT BECAUSE WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, BOTH THE HIGHWAYS THERE, 86 AND TEN. YOU KNOW, IT WAS A PERFECT LOCATION. BUT THE REALITY IS WE DIDN'T KNOW HOW LONG IT WAS GOING TO SIT EITHER, YOU KNOW. SO THAT WAS ALSO OBVIOUSLY A CHALLENGE. I'M, I'M PLEASED THAT THE ASSEMBLY FORMER ASSEMBLY MEMBER IS WORKING WITH US. AND THERE WAS A LOT OF GREAT CONVERSATIONS THERE ABOUT HOW WE CAN GET BACK SOME OF THAT LOSS.

AND SO THAT IS I THINK THAT'S ALSO GOING TO BE HELPFUL TO US. YEAH, IT'S GOING TO BE NECESSARY. AND HE UNDERSTOOD THAT. IT'S NICE HAVING SOMEBODY FROM THE CITY SIDE THAT UNDERSTANDS, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO WORK TOGETHER FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS. AND SO I KNOW THAT HE KNOWS MUNICIPAL FINANCE AS WELL. SO HE KNOWS THE PAIN WE'RE GOING TO SUFFER BECAUSE OF THESE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS THAT THE TRIBE IS DOING SO AND HE LIVES THERE. IT'S A PRIORITY FOR HIM. YES. YEAH. ABSOLUTELY. APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. I STILL WANT TO PIGGYBACK ON MR. CERVANTES'S QUESTION ABOUT THE GRANTS. RIGHT. AND, YOU KNOW, ARE ALL 20 OF THOSE POSITIONS FUNDED BY THE GENERAL FUND? BECAUSE I KNOW THERE'S ONE POSITION, THERE'S ONE THAT'S FUNDED BY THE TCC GRANT. AND I BELIEVE THAT'S IT. WELL, EVERYBODY CAN CHARGE TO IT.

THERE'S AN ADMIN POOL THERE THAT'S SITTING THERE IN THE TCC, BUT I BELIEVE THAT ONE IN THE BUDGET, IT WAS LISTED AS ONE PERMANENT POSITION FUNDED BY THE GRANT. BUT THAT GRANTS A THREE YEAR GRANT. SO AND YOU KNOW, HOPEFULLY THINGS THINGS WILL CHANGE IN THREE YEARS AND WE'LL BE ABLE TO CONTINUE TO FUND THAT POSITION. BUT IT WAS FUNDED WITH A GRANT. YES. BUT THAT BUT THAT'S ALSO NOT PART OF IT'S ACTUALLY YOU'LL SEE IT IN GRANT WHEN YOU SEE ALL OF THE FUNDS COME TO YOU IN THE BUDGET, YOU'LL SEE THAT THERE'S EXPENDITURES FOR SALARIES IN THAT, THAT THAT SALARY IS NOT INCLUDED IN THAT SALARY CAPS FOR GENERAL FUND. IT'S NOT IN THERE.

MR. CHAIRMAN, DID YOU HAVE A QUESTION? WHAT WAS IT? YEAH, JUST THE COMPARABLES FROM FEDERAL FUNDING FROM LAST YEAR TO THIS YEAR. WHAT DO YOU SEE THAT DEFICIT? WELL, WE DIDN'T GET ANY FEDERAL FUNDING LAST YEAR. WE DIDN'T IN FACT, WE APPLIED FOR AN EPA GRANT AND WE WERE DENIED IT. AND WE WERE SUPPOSED TO GET, I BELIEVE, $8 MILLION IN 20 IS WHAT WE APPLIED. OH, 20, 20 AND WE GOT NOTHING. YEAH, WE'VE GOTTEN NOTHING FROM THE FEDS. IT'S THIS ALL OF OUR GRANTS HAVE BEEN PRIMARILY STATE GRANTS. STATE GRANTS. YEAH, YEAH. AND THAT'S THAT'S BEEN THE ISSUE, RIGHT? IS THAT HEY, WE GOT OUR CONGRESSMAN THAT'S FROM HERE. AND YET WE GOT NOTHING. BUT THAT ASIDE REALLY QUICKLY IS FOR SOME OF THESE GRANT APPLICATIONS THAT WE PUT IN LIKE FOR THE TO FINISH OUT THE RANCHO LAS FLORES. YOU KNOW, IF WE DON'T GET THESE, IF WE DON'T GET THOSE AWARDED, THEN, YOU KNOW, WHAT DO WE HAVE TO PUT IN TO FINISH UP OR FINISH OUT LAS FLORES. IF WE FUND IT, WOULD I, WE COULD BORROW FROM THE PARKS QUIMBY AND DO LIKE WE DID WITH THE LIBRARY WHERE WE WOULD DO AN INTERFUND TRANSFER, WHERE THE GENERAL FUND WOULD LOAN THAT MONEY TO THE PARKS. THANKFULLY, A LOT OF THOSE FUND BALANCES THAT WERE NEGATIVE IN THE FEES BECAUSE WE'D ADVANCE FUNDS OR CLEANING UP EXCEPT FOR PUBLIC FACILITIES AND GOVERNMENT FACILITIES AND PARK IN THE LIBRARIES. BUT STREETS AND PARKS HAVE MONEY IN THEM AGAIN. SO WE COULD WE COULD DO AN ADVANCE WHERE IT'S NOT THE GENERAL FUND PAYING FOR IT, BECAUSE WE ALSO DON'T WANT TO REDUCE OUR ABILITY TO COLLECT PARKS MONIES FROM DIF. WHEN PEOPLE PULL PERMITS OR WE HOLD OFF ON THE PROJECT AND WE DON'T HAVE TO BUILD IT UNTIL WE APPLY AND ARE SUCCESSFUL, BUT WE'LL LOSE THE GROUND. WE'LL LOSE THE GROUND. WHAT IS IT? THE GRANT? WAS IT 810? WHAT DID WE GET? HOW MUCH? FOR? YOU KNOW, FOR THE LAS FLORES? EIGHT. 8.5 8.5 MILLION. 8.5. AND THEN I

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NO, NO, NO, WE HAVE TO WE HAVE TO DO THAT. NO, WE'RE NOT GOING TO SEND MONEY BACK. SO NO. YEAH.

NO FOR SURE FOR SURE. LIKE WE'RE NOT IN THE BUSINESS. THAT DOES GO AGAINST MY GRAIN. WE'RE NOT IN THE BUSINESS OF SENDING MONEY BACK. RIGHT? I MEAN, IT'S JUST MORE ABOUT SCALING, YOU KNOW, BILL, IS THAT SOMETHING I DO REALLY APPRECIATE ABOUT YOU TOO, IS WHERE IS THAT? YOU'RE VERY GOOD WITH TAKING MONIES FROM WHERE THEY NEED TO BE TAKEN AND THEN PLANNING THEM OUT. AND I DO APPRECIATE THAT. YEAH. THANK YOU. THE VBA DOESN'T REALLY LIKE IT. YEAH. THEY DIDN'T LIKE ME WHEN. YEAH. WELL I YOU KNOW, THERE WAS A METHOD TO MY MADNESS BECAUSE IF WE PAID GENERAL FUND MONIES FOR THE LIBRARY, WE COULD NO LONGER COLLECT A LIBRARY FEE ON NEW HOMES. AND IT'S LIKE, WELL, NO, WE ADVANCED THAT MONEY AND NOW WE GET TO GET THAT MONEY BACK. AND SO, YEAH, THERE WAS A BEEF ABOUT IT, BUT IT WAS BACK. SAID IT WAS OKAY, THERE'S AN INTERFUND LOAN AGREEMENT AND ALL IS WELL. THE COUNCIL JUST GOT TO STAY STRONG AND LIKE THE DREDGING AND THE BUILDERS SAY, HEY, WHAT BILL IS DOING, IT'S NOT GOOD. YOU KNOW, THAT'S. I BEG TO DIFFER, BUT THANK YOU COUNCIL. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. WELL, I THINK IT'S A AT LEAST FOR THIS YEAR THAT THE, THE, THE MESSAGE IS WE ARE BALANCED AND WE HAVE THREATS. YEAH WE HAVE, WE HAVE THREATS.

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AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER. WHITE. AYE. MAYOR PRO TEM DELGADO. YES. MAYOR. HERNANDEZ. I MOVE FORWARD

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SO LET ME GO AHEAD AND CONTINUE. SO WE'RE RECOMMENDING THAT THE CITY COUNCIL CONSIDER ADOPTING RESOLUTION NUMBER 20 2511. SETTING THE AMOUNT OF SHORT TERM VACATION RENTAL PERMIT

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SELENA, I KNOW WE WENT THROUGH THIS AND FORGIVE ME IF I'M ASKING AGAIN, BUT FOR THE SEASONAL PERMIT MARCH 1ST THROUGH JUNE 1ST, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT COACHELLA FEST TWO TWO EVENTS, STAGECOACH AND THEN THE TENNIS GARDENS. YES. AND SO NORMALLY DURING THOSE WEEKENDS, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE ARE RENTING OUT THEIR HOUSES LIKE 2000, 2000 A DAY. SO IF THEY'RE RENTING THREE DAYS, IT'S TWO, FOUR, 6000 AND THEN MULTIPLY THE 6000 BY FOUR AND YOU'RE MAKING ABOUT CLOSE TO 20 TO 24,000. IF YOU'RE DOING ALL FOUR, ALL FOUR WEEKENDS. AND THEN MY POINT IS THAT WE HAVE ANNUAL PERMITS AND NOT EVERYBODY MIGHT BE MAKING THAT 20,000 FOR THE SEASONAL PERMIT. AND SO I GUESS MY QUESTION IS THAT, YOU KNOW, IS IT FAIR WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT WHAT THESE FOLKS ARE BRINGING IN? I MEAN, IS IT IS IT UPSIDE DOWN WHERE THE SEASONAL PERMITS, WHERE THE THOSE FOLKS THAT ARE RENTING DURING THE SEASON ARE ACTUALLY MAKING MORE THAN THOSE WHO ARE DOING THE ANNUAL PERMIT? SO I CAN HAVE CESAR COME UP AND SPEAK TO THAT, BECAUSE WE DID TAKE A LOOK AT THE NUMBER OF APPLICATIONS THAT WE RECEIVE DURING THE SEASON. AND SO WE SET IT AT BETWEEN MARCH 1ST AND JUNE 1ST BECAUSE WE WANTED TO CAPTURE AN ADDITIONAL EVENT, WHICH IS THE, I GUESS, THE FORMULA ONE THAT'S COMING TO THE TO THERMAL, I GUESS. AND SO BUT ALSO WE LEARNED THAT APPARENTLY THE PEOPLE THAT WORK THESE FESTIVALS KIND OF SHOW UP A LITTLE BIT EARLIER THAN THE FESTIVAL TIMEFRAME. SO WE WERE WE WERE TRYING TO BE MINDFUL OF THAT.

THE, THE TIME FRAMES. RIGHT. AND SO SINCE WE DO RECEIVE THE MAJORITY OF LIKE THE APPLICATIONS AND THEY'RE JUST FOR THE SEASON, WE FELT IT WAS FAIR TO CHARGE THAT RATE BECAUSE THE ANNUAL PERMIT HOLDERS, YOU KNOW, WE WE'VE SEEN AND CESAR, CAN YOU COME UP, PLEASE. WE HAVE SEEN THAT, YOU KNOW, HOW MANY DO WE ACTUALLY GET ANNUAL PERMIT REQUESTS? I THINK LIKE USUALLY THERE ARE ABOUT 350 ANNUAL. AND THEN AND THEN FOR THE SEASONAL SEASONAL IT RIGHT NOW THE PROGRAM THAT I HAVE, WE'RE PROBABLY OVER SIX. YEAH. 700 JUST THAT JUST POPPED UP IN THE SYSTEM FOR SEASONAL ONLY SEASONAL OKAY. AND SO THIS IS WHERE I'M GETTING AT. IS THAT, IS IT FAIR. ARE WE BEING FAIR. SO IF SOMEONE AN ANNUAL PERMIT CAN BE ANYTHING IT CAN BE A CASITA. IT CAN BE A ROOM. I MEAN, LET'S BE HONEST. IT CAN BE ANY OF THOSE THINGS. SO YOU CAN BE PULLING SOMEONE THROUGHOUT THE YEAR THAT MIGHT BE ONLY MAKING 6000, 7000, 8000. BUT THEN WE'RE LOOKING AT SEASONAL PERMITS WHERE PEOPLE ARE DOING FOUR EVENTS, YOU KNOW, 6000 A PIECE OF MAX. SO WE CAN DO ANYWHERE FROM 3 TO 6000 AND THEN MULTIPLY THAT. AND SO I GUESS MY POINT IS THAT ARE WE BEING MINDFUL WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT THOSE WHO ARE GETTING PERMITS DURING THE FESTIVALS COMPARED TO THOSE THAT WHAT WE SEE IS THAT? SO, FOR EXAMPLE, WE IN THE ANNUAL PERMIT HOLDERS. SO THOSE PEOPLE COULD BE WHAT WE'VE SEEN IS THAT THEY LIKE THE SAME PEOPLE BECAUSE CESAR WAS ANALYZING THAT ARE CONDUCTING LIKE MULTIPLE MORE THAN LIKE THE PEOPLE THAT ARE DOING THE RENTALS DURING THE SEASON. AND SO WE DO BELIEVE THAT IT IS FAIR THAT THE ANNUAL PERMIT HOLDERS PAY $800, AND THE OTHER PEOPLE WHO ONLY FOCUS DURING THE FESTIVAL TIME TO BE AT THE $400 RATE, BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT THEY DON'T THEY DON'T PUT THEIR THEIR PROPERTY UP YEAR ROUND. AND SO THE YEAR ROUND PEOPLE. CESAR, WOULD YOU SAY, HOW MANY TIMES WOULD THEY RENT THEIR HOME? PROBABLY ON AVERAGE THEY'RE LIKE $450 A NIGHT FOR THE YEAR ROUND.

AND IF YOU LOOK AT THOSE HOMES THERE WERE LIKE SPECTACULAR. THEY HAVE SWIMMING POOLS. THEY GOT GAME ROOMS. SO THEY'RE MAKING, YOU KNOW, MORE THAN, THAN THE, THE SEASONAL FOR SURE.

THEY'RE USUALLY RUNNING ABOUT I'D SAY ABOUT YOU KNOW, USUALLY THEY RUN IT FIVE DAYS IN A ROW BESIDES THE INSTEAD OF THE THREE DAYS. SO USUALLY WHEN THEY RENT, YOU KNOW, THOSE ARE LIKE FIVE DAYS. SO THEY'RE RAKING IN ABOU, I WOULD SAY ABOUT 13,000 A WEEK. AND THAT'S NOT INCLUDING IF SOME OF THEM HAVE LIKE THREE HOMES. RIGHT, RIGHT. AND THEN FOR THE OTHER CITIES, ARE THEY ALSO DOING SEASONAL OR DO THEY HAVE JUST A ONE TIME FEE FOR EVERYBODY? ONE THAT I BELIEVE DOES IS THE CITY OF LA QUINTA. IS THE ONE THAT HAS THE SEASONAL. HOW MANY APPLICATIONS DID YOU SAY YOU YOU SAW? DID YOU SAY 700? NOT APPLICATIONS? NO. SORRY. THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE POPPED UP THAT ARE RENTING THEIR HOMES RIGHT NOW, WE HAVE A SOFTWARE PROGRAM THAT SCAN ALL

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OUR RENEWAL IS DUE. AND THEY'VE DONE A PHENOMENAL JOB AT I THINK THEY'VE PROBABLY HELPED US IDENTIFY JUST 20, MAYBE 20 PROPERTIES THAT WERE NOT. LET'S JUST SAY, HYPOTHETICALLY, I WANT TO RUN UP MY HOUSE FOR AIRBNB. ALL I HAVE TO DO IS JUST GO GET THIS PERMIT FEE. AND IF I WANT TO DO SEASONAL, IT'S 400 BUCKS. OR DO I HAVE TO GET A BUSINESS LICENSE FEE TO. THAT'S SOMETHING THAT FOR YOU GUYS TO CONSIDER. NO, BUT I MEAN I MEAN, I'M ASKING, DOES THIS $400 INCLUDE BOTH OR IS IT JUST ONE OR BOTH? IT'S BOTH. IT'S BOTH. AND THEN ALSO IS THAT AND I KNOW I ASKED THIS QUITE A BIT, IS THAT IF WE CAN PUT THE CRITERIA TO GETTING SET UP. SO ON THE WEBSITE, ON THE WEBSITE, THE CRITERIA FOR, FOR A PERMIT TO PULL A PERMIT, WE DO HAVE IT ON THERE. YOU JUST HAVE TO CLICK ON THE TILE. AND THEN WHEN YOU CLICK ON IT, IT TAKES YOU TO THE APPLICATION PORTAL. AND ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE PORTAL IT'LL GIVE YOU STEP BY STEP HOW TO GO ABOUT IT. AND SO YOU HAVE SO IT IT'LL IT'LL TELL YOU TOO THAT YOU HAVE TO BE PREPARED WITH CERTAIN DOCUMENTS THAT YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO UPLOAD. AND SO THAT'S ALL THERE ON THE PORTAL. SO WE DO HAVE THAT ON THERE. AND IT HAS LIKE THERE'S FOUR DIFFERENT TILES ON THE WEBSITE THAT SHOW WHERE IS IT AT. IT'S UNDER ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND IT'S UNDER SHORT TERM VACATION RENTALS. SO THERE'S LIKE A LITTLE CLICK AND THEN YOU CLICK THERE AND IT'S THERE. SO I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THE MAYOR PRO TEM IS SAYING ABOUT FAIRNESS. SO ARE YOU SUGGESTING THAT THE SEASONAL PERMIT GO TO 800 AS WELL? I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I'M BEING FAIR TO EVEN THOSE WHO HAVE ANNUAL PERMITS. AND I KNOW WE DISCUSSED THAT BEFORE, IS THAT WE DON'T KNOW HOW MANY, HOW MUCH MONEY SOMEONE'S MAKING. SO LET'S SAY THAT SOMEONE'S JUST DOING SOMETHING FOR SHORT TERM IS THAT THEY MIGHT BE HAVING TO PAY DOUBLE OF WHAT SOMEONE PAYS IN A SEASONAL PERMIT BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT RENTING AS MUCH. WHAT YOU'RE WHAT YOU'RE PULLING IS AT THE MAX. RIGHT? CAESAR? WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IS SOMEONE CAN BE RENTING $450 A DAY, BUT THAT'S AT THE MAX. THAT'S NOT EVERYONE, YOU KNOW. THAT'S. I MEAN, LET'S BE FAIR. IT'S NOT EVERYONE. WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IS, HEY, YOU KNOW, THESE THEY'RE MAKING A LOT OF MONEY. ABSOLUTELY. WITHOUT A DOUBT, SOME OF THEM ARE MAKING MONEY, BUT THEN NOT ALL OF THEM CAN'T. AND SO IT MAKES ME JUST A BIT UNCOMFORTABLE FOR SOMEONE TO COME IN AND SAY, HEY, WHY AM I PAYING $800 IF I ONLY GET THIS MUCH A YEAR? BUT THE FOLKS WHO ARE MAKING, YOU KNOW, 15, 20,000 FOR THE FOR THE WEEKENDS ALONE ONLY PAY 400. IT'S WHAT I'M GETTING TO. I JUST SO THEN SO THEN YOU'RE JUSTIFYING IT. BUT YOU'RE PROPOSING TO DO WHAT. HOW DO YOU WHAT DO YOU WANT TO DO IN TERMS OF ADDRESSING FAIRNESS? WELL, IF WE'RE ALL COMFORTABLE WITH THE $400, I'LL MOVE WITH THE $400. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE THAT WE'RE ADDRESSING IT. AND SO IT'S HARD TO DO SO. SO YOU WANT SEASONAL AND ANNUAL TO BE 400. NO, NO I THINK THE 800 SHOULD STAY COMPARED TO WHAT EVERYBODY ELSE IS DOING. WE'RE STILL INCREDIBLY LOWER. WE'RE STILL INCREDIBLY LOW. CELINA. SO IF SOMEBODY HAS A SEASONAL RENTAL AND THEY DECIDE THEY WANT TO RENT, SAY IN SEPTEMBER, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE WE HAVE AN EVENT, EVENTS POP UP ALL OF A SUDDEN, WOULD THEY HAVE TO APPLY FOR AN ANNUAL PERMIT THEN? YES, WE WOULD HAVE TO EXPLAIN THAT. OKAY. YOU KNOW THAT THIS IS ONLY FOR MARCH 1ST THROUGH JUNE 1ST. AND SO THOSE BOOKINGS WOULD HAVE TO ONLY OCCUR DURING THAT TIME FRAME. AND SO IF ANYONE IS THINKING ABOUT HAVING A TAKING PART OF ANOTHER EVENT OR WHATEVER, THEY WE WOULD RECOMMEND, WELL THEN PULL THE ANNUAL BECAUSE THEN YOU CAN, YOU KNOW, JUST DO IT AT ANY TIME.

LIST YOUR LISTING AT ANY TIME. SO IF THEY GET A SEASONAL PERMIT AND THEY DECIDE, YOU KNOW WHAT, THERE'S GOING TO BE A BIG EVENT IN SEPTEMBER, I'M GOING TO GO PULL A PERMIT. THEY WOULD HAVE TO PAY AN ADDITIONAL $800. I MEAN, I THINK AT THAT POINT, YOU KNOW, THIS IS WHERE COUNCIL CAN PROVIDE POLICY DIRECTION. WE CAN PRORATE IT OR JUST SAY PAY THE $400 DIFFERENCE. BUT, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE WE HAVE TO REALLY MAKE DRAW THE LINE ON THE SAND AND BE LIKE, HEY, IT'S EITHER $400 FOR THIS PERIOD OR 800 YEAR ROUND AND THEN JUST KEEP IT THAT WAY. OTHERWISE. OR WHY EVEN DO A SEASONAL PERMIT? JUST JUST DO ONE. JUST ONE LIKE EVERY OTHER CITY. AND THEN JUST THIS IS OUR RATE. SO WE. YEAH. AND OF COURSE THE COUNCIL CAN PROVIDE THAT DIRECTION. YOU KNOW, WE COULD DO ONE FEE FOR EVERYONE AND THEN JUST KEEP IT EASY OR YOU KNOW, WE COULD DO THE, THE TIERED RATE. I DO HAVE A COMMENT JUST BECAUSE, YOU KNOW AS DURING THE PANDEMIC. RIGHT.

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NOW THAT BUMPS UP TO AN ANNUAL, EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE DOING ONE TIME IN THIS, IN THE SEASONAL, IT JUST BECOMES VERY CONFUSING TO THAT. THAT'S MY CONCERN IS, IS THAT IS THERE IS THERE A WAY WHERE THEY CAN ALSO MAKE MAYBE PAYMENTS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, OR DOES IT HAVE TO BE ONE TIME UPFRONT? YEAH, WE KNOW ONE. WE DID LOOK AT LOOK AT THAT BECAUSE I WAS THINKING ABOUT THAT LIKE COULD SOMEONE MAKE PAYMENTS? AND I DIDN'T SEE ANYBODY ELSE OFFERING PAYMENTS. BUT I THINK IT'LL BE HARDER FOR FINANCE TO ALSO MAKE PROJECTIONS IF WE'RE DOING PAYMENTS. AND THEN WHAT DO WE DO IF SOMEBODY DOESN'T PAY. YEAH. YOU KNOW. YEAH. YES. HEY. BUT YOU KNOW WHAT THOUGH. LIKE THAT'S $280,000, 700 PEOPLE DOING AND THEN TIMES 400 THAT'S. AND IF YOU GO DOUBLE THAT, IF WE GO STRAIGHT 800, THAT'S 400,000 480,000 FOR THE CITY. SO I LOOK I GET IT. I THINK THIS WORKS. I THINK THE CONSIDERATION, YOU KNOW, WHAT THE COUNCIL MEMBER PEREZ SAID LIKE THAT IF THAT IF SOMEBODY HAS A SEASONAL PASS AND THEY WANT TO GO ANNUAL BECAUSE THE DE SEPTIEMBRE NOW IS STARTING NOW, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? IT'S GETTING BIG THAT, HEY, JUST PAY AN EXTRA 400 BUCKS AND YOU CAN HAVE A WEEKEND OUT OF IT. YOU KNOW, I MEAN, THAT THAT WOULD BE FAIR. I THINK THAT'S IF THE ISSUE IS FAIRNESS. IT'S LIKE, HEY, LIKE, DON'T MAKE ME PAY 1200, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? BECAUSE I PAID 400 AND THEN I'M OUT OF THE SEASON NOW. SO THAT'S SOMETHING I THINK WE CAN CONSIDER. RIGHT? LIKE IF IT'S IF YOU PAY 400 AND WE'LL PRORATE IT SO THAT YOU CAN, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, THE WINTER SEASON IS GETTING POPULAR, RIGHT? AND MORE AND MORE PEOPLE, MORE AND MORE PEOPLE ARE HANGING OUT IN COACHELLA OR PARK. AND THEN THE OTHER SIDE OF IT IS THAT YOU GOT A LOT OF CITIES THAT, LIKE, YOU KNOW, THAT ARE STARTING TO BAN OR LIMIT AIRBNB. SO I THINK THAT MAKES SENSE THAT IF THAT, IF THAT, IF YOU KNOW, SOMEBODY GETS A SEASONAL PASS BUT WANTS TO GO AND COME TO THE, YOU KNOW, DO IT IN WINTER, LIKE, YEAH, JUST PRORATE IT. WHAT IS IT TO THE, THE, THE TWO NUMBERS THAT YOU HAVE ON HERE FOR LA QUINTA, YOU HAVE TWO DIFFERENT WHAT ARE THEY. YOU KNOW WHAT ONE WAS FOR HOME SHARE. AND ONE WAS JUST LIKE A PULLING A PERMIT. THAT'S A WHOLE NOTHER THING WE HAVEN'T DONE HOME SHARE. YOU KNOW, WE SHOULD DO IT YET. THAT'S. HOME SHARE IS FRACTIONAL OWNERSHIP, RIGHT. IS THAT WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT? LIKE FRACTIONAL HOME OWNERSHIP I THINK SO YEAH. THAT'S WHAT THAT IS. YEAH. IT'S FRACTIONAL OWNERSHIP. YEAH. ALL RIGHT I'M I'M I'M COMFORTABLE WITH THIS. SO LONG AS WE, WE DO WHAT COUNCIL MEMBER YADIRA SAID IS THAT THERE'S, THERE'S A CONSIDERATION FOR SOMEBODY THAT COMES IN SEPTEMBER AND SO WE CAN PRORATE IT. SO IT'S NO MORE THAN 800 A YEAR. RIGHT? SO WE ARE GOING TO HAVE PEOPLE WHO ARE GOING TO COMPLAIN AND SAY, WHY ARE THEY PAYING 800? AND THAT'S THAT'S THE ARGUMENT. IT'S FAIR.

YEAH. I WAS GOING TO ASK SOMETHING. I COMPLETELY FORGOT. GUYS, ARE YOU GOING TO BE THEN MANAGING ALSO THEN. SO IF SOMEONE DOES JANUARY AND THEN THEY DO SOMETHING ONE TIME IN THE SEASON AND THEY DO THEN SOMETHING IN SEPTEMBER, EVEN THOUGH THEY RENT THREE TIMES, THEY FALL UNDER THE 800. YEAH. WELL WE WILL PRORATE I MEAN YEAH. EXACTLY. YEAH. SORRY. YES.

THEY PAY THE ANNUAL PERMIT HOLDER, WHICH IS MORE I GOT TO ASK, IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS FROM

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I'LL TAKE ROLL. COUNCIL MEMBER PEREZ. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. FIGUEROA. AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER.

WHITE. AYE. MAYOR PRO TEM DELGADO. YES. MAYOR. HERNANDEZ. ALL RIGHT, MOVE ON NOW TO ITEM NUMBER 17. THIS IS TO CONSIDER AND PROVIDE DIRECTION UPON WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS. SO, RYAN, THIS IS YOUR ITEM OR OR WHO'S. OKAY. I'LL GO AHEAD. YEAH. IT'S WE'RE BRINGING FORTH THE ITEM. AND THE REASON WHY WE'RE BRINGING IT FORTH IS THERE HASN'T BEEN ANY CHANGES SINCE COVID. SO HISTORICALLY PRE COVID WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS WERE NOT READ OUT LOUD IN THEIR IN THEIR TOTALITY. SO DURING COVID SINCE WE WERE COMPLETELY VIRTUAL, WE BROUGHT FORTH DIFFERENT WAYS TO BE ABLE TO ALLOW THE OUR RESIDENTS TO PARTICIPATE DURING THE MEETING. AND WE SET A LIMIT OF 250 WORDS AND RECEIVING THOSE PUBLIC COMMENTS BY 3 P.M. AND THEN THEY WOULD BE READ ALOUD.

ANYTHING RECEIVED AFTERWARD WOULD STILL BE FORWARDED OVER TO COUNCIL. THAT HAS NOT BEEN CHANGED. SO WE WOULD JUST LIKE TO CLEAN UP THE AGENDA SO THAT IT CAN REFLECT WHAT WE ARE DOING. NOW WE'RE BACK IN IN COUNCIL CHAMBERS, SO IF WE WOULD LIKE TO GO, WE WOULD LIKE YOUR RECOMMENDATION. IF YOU'RE OKAY WITH GOING BACK TO JUST READING THEM INTO THE RECORD, THEY'LL STILL BE FORWARDED TO COUNCIL, CHANGING THE TIME AS WELL, INSTEAD OF RECEIVING THEM BY 3:00 PM, BUT MAYBE 12:00 PM, WHICH ALLOWS FOR THEM TO BE FORWARDED TO COUNCIL. YOU GET TO READ THOSE BEFORE COMING HERE, AND THEN IF ANYTHING NEEDS TO BE REVIEWED BY LEGAL, THAT CAN BE DONE SO AS WELL. SO THE RECOMMENDATION IS TO GO BACK TO PRE-COVID PRACTICES, RYAN, IS THAT IT'S NOT A RECOMMENDATION. WE'RE JUST LOOKING FOR DIRECTION, JUST CLARITY FOR STAFF ON ON WHETHER OR NOT WE WANT TO CONTINUE WITH THIS PRACTICE. WE HAVEN'T HISTORICALLY DONE IT. WE DID IT BEGINNING WITH COVID. WE'VE CONTINUED IT. WE JUST WANT CONFIRMATION THAT YOU WANT TO CONTINUE. WHAT DO OTHER CITIES DO? MOST CITIES DO NOT READ ORALLY WRITTEN COMMENTS INTO THE RECORD. THEY THEY TAKE IT INTO THE RECORD, BUT IT'S NOT ORALLY READ OUT LOUD AT THE MEETINGS. OKAY, THAT'S FAIR RYAN, I KNOW SOME OTHER CITIES DO THIS IS THAT IF THERE ARE PUBLIC COMMENTS OR RECEIVED THROUGH EMAIL, IS THAT THEY NOT BE READ? BUT THEN CAN I THINK SOME OTHER CITIES ARE PROVIDING THE COMMENT SO THAT AT LEAST WE HAVE A COPY ON THE ON THE DIAS? PRINT IT OUT. YEAH, I SERVE ON THE MOSQUITO VECTOR CONTROL AND THEY HAVE THEY HAVE THEM AT THE DAIS FOR THE TRUSTEES, BUT THEY ALSO HAVE THEM WITH THE CLERK FOR PUBLIC IF THEY WANT TO READ THEM AS WELL. SO THAT MAKES A LOT OF SENSE. I THINK THOSE ARE GOOD PRACTICES LIKE THAT. WE GO BACK TO THE WAY IT WAS, AND IF THERE ARE WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS THAT YOU JUST PRINT THEM OUT. WE GET TO SEE THEM JUST IN CASE WE MISSED THEM ON OUR EMAIL, AND THEN WE GO FROM THERE. SO WE'LL PRACTICE THAT. DO WE HAVE TO MAKE A MOTION TO THIS OR THIS IS THERE'S NO MOTION THAT'S NECESSARY. WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT WE UPDATE THE AGENDA AT THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING TO GIVE NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC THAT WE WILL NOT BE READING ALOUD ANY WRITTEN COMMENTS THAT ARE SUBMITTED. AND THEN, TO YOUR POINT, ANGELA, IS IT EASIER TO DO LIKE A 12 P.M.

DEADLINE OR FOR LIKE DELIA? I KNOW IT'S KIND OF TOUGH. IT WOULD BE. SHE'S USUALLY, YOU KNOW, GOING BACK AND FORTH TRYING TO FINISH SOME LAST MINUTE ITEMS BEFORE SHE COMES HERE. SO YES, IF WE CAN CHANGE THE DEADLINE TO 12 P.M, IT WOULD BE HELPFUL. BETTER. SO IN THE AGENDA, DOES IT SAY THAT YOUR COMMENTS WILL BE WRITTEN OUT LOUD IN THE CURRENTLY? YES. IT HASN'T BEEN CHANGED SINCE COVID, SO WE WOULD UPDATE THAT. OKAY. SO FOR TODAY, I MEAN WE WOULD HONOR WHAT THE AGENDA STATES AND THEN EFFECTIVE NEXT MEETING THE AGENDA WOULD BE UPDATED OKAY.

AND THEN SINCE WE'RE ON THE REGARDING PUBLIC COMMENTS ABOUT ZOOM, THEN DO OTHER CITIES ALSO ALLOW ZOOM COMMENTS? I WOULD SAY IT'S A MIX. SOME CITIES DO AND SOME CITIES DO NOT ALLOW ZOOM.

AND THEN WHAT IS WHAT IS COUNCIL? I MEAN DO YOU GUYS WANT TO CONTINUE WITH ZOOM OR. I THINK THERE'S SOME PEOPLE THAT CAN'T ATTEND IN PERSON. AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, IF THEY HAVE A COMMENT OR THEY HAVE A CONCERN, I THINK THEY SHOULD BE ABLE TO MAKE IT. AND I THINK GOING ON ZOOM AND SPEAKING THEIR OPINION, YOU KNOW, I AM FOR THAT. I DON'T MIND ZOOM SO LONG AS THEY TURN ON THEIR SCREEN. I AGREE I WAS GOING TO GET TO THAT TOO, I AGREE. SO AS LONG AS THEY TURN ON THEIR SCREEN. YES. OKAY, SO YOU WOULD LIKE FOR THEM FOR IT TO BE WRITTEN IN THE AGENDA THAT IF MAKING A COMMENT THROUGH ZOOM SCREEN MUST BE TURNED ON. YEAH. OKAY. AND IN THE CASE WHERE WE

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GOOD POINT. ALL RIGHT. THERE IS NO ITEM. THERE'S NO IT'S JUST DIRECTION. YEAH. WE'LL MAKE SURE WE UPDATE THE AGENDA TO REFLECT COUNCIL'S DIRECTION AT THE NEXT MEETING. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.

THESE ARE PROVIDE DIRECTION APPROVAL OF APPOINTMENT OF THE CITY CULTURE AND ARTS COMMISSION. THEY'RE MY APPOINTMENTS. SO APPOINT THE ALTERNATE COUNCIL. I JUST RECEIVED AN UPDATE. AND SO DIANA RAMIREZ DOES NOT WISH TO BE CONSIDERED FOR THE CULTURAL AND ARTS COMMISSION. SO THAT LEAVES JUST THE TWO PEOPLE LISTED, IRENE RODRIGUEZ AND JAVIER FIGUEROA. SO FOR MY APPOINTMENTS, APPOINT THE ALTERNATE AND APPOINT THE COMMISSIONER. SO ONE AND ONE YOU CAN APPOINT JAVIER OR IRENE. DOESN'T MATTER, YOU KNOW, TO SERVE ON THE COMMISSION WHO WILL BE THE ALTERNATE? JAVIER. JAVIER.

ALL RIGHT. DO I NEED A MOTION? WE'LL NEED A MOTION ON THAT MOTION. A MOTION TO APPOINT THE TWO REMAINING FOLKS, AND WE'LL GO FROM THERE. I THINK YOU WANT A SECOND. SECOND? TO MOTION. NO, I DIDN'T KNOW. I HAVE A MOTION. THERE'S A MOTION. THERE'S A SECOND BY DOCTOR FIGUEROA. OKAY, MOTION. AND A SECOND. I'LL GO AHEAD AND TAKE A ROLL. COUNCIL MEMBER. PEREZ. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. FIGUEROA. AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER. AYE. MAYOR PRO TEM DELGADO. YES. MAYOR HERNANDEZ, I

[PUBLIC COMMENTS (NON-AGENDA ITEMS)]

WE HAVE SOME PUBLIC COMMENTS. OUR FIRST ONE IS LORRAINE SALAS AND THE FOLLOWING LORRAINE IS GOING TO BE JOSE GONZALEZ. OKAY. OKAY. GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. HAPPY WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH AND I WOULD LIKE TO ALSO HONOR ERIN BROCKOVICH FOR SETTING THOSE CHROMIUM SIX STANDARDS. BECAUSE BECAUSE OF THAT, WHAT HAPPENED? A LOT OF PEOPLE GOT CANCER. SO ANYHOW, I'M HERE TO SHOW MY SUPPORT FOR YADIRA PEREZ, AND THERE ARE MANY PEOPLE THAT ARE NOT IN THIS ROOM THAT SUPPORT YOU. AND IT'S VERY UNFORTUNATE THAT THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT ARE CALLING FOR HER, FOR YOUR RESIGNATION. SO THOSE CALLING FOR THERE FOR YOUR RESIGNATION, THEY DON'T HAVE ANY LEGITIMATE REASON FOR IT OR JUSTIFICATION FOR SUCH STATEMENTS. MAYBE THOSE CALLING FOR YOUR RESIGNATION SHOULD BE HOLDING RESENTMENT, OR PROBABLY ARE HOLDING RESENTMENT FOR CHANGE, FOR CHANGES THE VOTERS VOTED FOR. IF YOU WANT TO EXPRESS RESENTMENT, I HAVE AN ISSUE THAT MAYBE YOU SHOULD PUT YOUR FOCUS ON, AND THAT IS OVER 100 FARM WORKING FAMILIES ARE STILL BEING EXPOSED TO ARSENIC IN THEIR TAP WATER. AFTER FIVE YEARS OF THE INITIAL READING BY THE EPA THAT IT WAS OVER STANDARD. MAYBE WE SHOULD PUT OUR FOCUS INTO MAKING SURE THOSE FAMILIES ARE NOT BEING EXPOSED STILL. AND I KNOW THERE'S PEOPLE IN THIS ROOM THAT HAVE THE POWER AND HAVE THE LEADERSHIP POSITION TO MAKE SURE THOSE FAMILIES ARE NOT ONLY NOT BEING EXPOSED, BUT ALSO PUT INTO HOMES THAT THAT ARE UP TO STANDARD AS WELL. SO I'VE BEEN HEARING TO LIKE THE I THINK THE $30 MILLION THAT WAS SET ASIDE FOR THOSE FAMILIES. I'VE BEEN HEARING ABOUT APARTMENTS THAT WANTED THAT ARE

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BACK TO YOUR BEHAVIOR, MISS JARIDA. IT'S EMBARRASSING FOR A PUBLIC SERVANT OF YOUR STATURE AS A REPRESENTATIVE OF THIS COMMUNITY ON COUNCIL TO BEHAVE IN THAT MANNER AS IF WHEN YOU WERE SO DECEITFUL, SPECIFICALLY WHEN YOU WERE RUNNING ON TRANSPARENCY. SO FOR THOSE THAT SAY IT'S NOBODY'S BUSINESS, IT IS. IT IS OUR BUSINESS BECAUSE WE ELECTED YOU TO DO THE PEOPLE'S WORK, NOT TO MAKE SPECTACLES IN PARKING LOTS AND PUBLIC PLACES THAT MAKE THE HEADLINES ON THE ICE WEBSITE. THAT'S EMBARRASSING. WE'RE ALREADY HAVING SO MANY PROBLEMS IN OUR COMMUNITY, WITH OUR PEOPLE THAT ARE UNDOCUMENTED, TO BRING THEM TO LIGHT IN THIS FORM. WHEN YOU WERE SO DECEITFUL WITH YOUR FACTS, WHEN YOU YOURSELF ARE AN INVESTIGATOR AND KNOW EXACTLY WHAT A FACT IS SUPPOSED TO BE, I SURELY DO. IT'S EMBARRASSING. YOU PUT US IN A PLACE THAT WE SHOULD HAVE NEVER BEEN FOR YOUR OWN, YOUR OWN OWN SELFISHNESS. AND FOR THAT, MISS PEREZ, YOU HAVE SHOWN YOURSELF TO NOT BE WORTHY OF WHERE YOU'RE SITTING. AND I, ALONG WITH MANY OTHER COMMUNITY MEMBERS, PERHAPS LET YOU BELIEVE THAT YOU SHOULD RESIGN. YOU HAVE SHOWN TO NOT BE WORTHY OF THE VOTE THAT YOU RECEIVED OF CONFIDENCE, ESPECIALLY COMMENTS.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. WHEN YOU RAN ON TRANSPARENCY AND YOU HAVE DONE NOTHING BUT BE DECEITFUL. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. NEXT UP WE HAVE JOSE GARDUNO JOSE. BUENOS AIRES PUEDE AQUI DE NUEVO OTRA VEZ AQUI PRESENT PARA DAR LA CARA POR LA COMUNIDAD DE COACHELLA. EL PUEBLO DE COACHELLA ESTA DICIENDO NOS AC COMO PIDIERON AL AL GERENTE DE LA CIUDAD DE COACHELLA. SIN DARNOS UN EXPLICACION Y ASI MISMO DICE. SIN TENER MAS SIENTE AQUI CUANDO VENIMOS PARA LOCALES A USTEDES AQUI PRESENTES LA SENORA DE ORDONEZ A FRANCISCO UNA DE LAS COSAS. LES PEDIMOS A FAVOR QUERIAMOS UN. EXPLICACION EL POR QUÉ BIEN DE ESTE RUIDO? UNA PERSONA TRABAJANDO EN ESTA DE LA CIUDAD DE COACHELLA. A LA CIUDAD DE COACHELLA. HERMOSA. QUÉ TODA LA GENTE POR AQUI? DESEAN BUEN MANAGER AC MISMO LA CIUDAD DE COACHELLA. EL PUEBLO DE COACHELLA ESTA DICIENDO QUÉ.

QUÉ SE ESTA DE LA SENORA DE ADERA. PORQUE SI MISMO COMO NO NOS EXPLICACION CON EL GERENTE

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GRACIAS, GRACIAS. NEXT UP WE HAVE MARIBEL NUNEZ. HELLO, EVERYONE. MARIBEL NUNEZ WITH INLAND EQUITY COMMUNITY LAND TRUST AND THE INLAND EMPIRE TENANT UNION HAVE BEEN ORGANIZING IN COACHELLA VALLEY SINCE 2012. I LIVE IN RIVERSIDE, BUT I THINK WE ALL KNOW THAT WE WORK AND LIVE IN THE TWO VALLEYS IN THE VALLEY, COACHELLA VALLEY. SO IT'S ONE VALLEY. I WANTED TO SEND AN INVITATION. I ALREADY SENT AN INVITATION TO YOU ALL. WE HAVE AN UPCOMING MOBILE HOME PARK, STATE LAW TRAINING FOR APRIL 9TH, AND I DO HAVE SOME COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT ACCEPTED THE INVITE, AND WE EXTEND IT TO RESIDENTS, CITY ELECTEDS BOARD OF SUPERVISORS. SO HOPEFULLY WE CAN HAVE YOU GUYS JOIN US. AND I WANTED TO MENTION THAT WE'RE VERY GRATEFUL THAT COACHELLA HAS DEFINITELY SET THE PRECEDENT WITH THE FORMER ASSEMBLY MEMBER, YOU KNOW, SUPPORTING TENANT PROTECTIONS AND SENATE BILL 567 CONGRESSMAN RAUL RUIZ HAS TAKEN A POSITION FOR RENT STABILIZATION, BEING PRO TENANT. AND I THINK THAT THAT'S WHERE WE WANT THE ENERGY TO GO TO. YOU KNOW, FOR US, WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO ADVOCATE AND NOT TO COMPLAIN ABOUT COACHELLA VALLEY ELECTEDS, BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO PUSH RENT CONTROL AT THE STATE LEVEL. BUT A LOT OF OUR FOLKS ARE BEING BOUGHT AND WE CAN'T GET LIKE RENT, LIKE AN UPDATE ON RENT CONTROL. AND SO THEN WE HAVE TO DO CITY BY CITY, RIGHT? AND SO IN PARIS, WE'RE DOING IT IN RIVERSIDE, WE'RE DOING IT.

AND SO THAT'S WHERE WE WANT YOU TO PUT YOUR ENERGY. HOW DO WE GET RENT CONTROL IN COACHELLA AND HOW DO WE RAISE THE MINIMUM WAGE, STRENGTHEN IMMIGRANT RIGHTS, NOT TALK ABOUT IT OR COMPLAIN ABOUT PEOPLE'S ISSUES? AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WAS BROUGHT UP ABOUT OUR COUNCIL MEMBER RECORDING ABOUT AN ARREST, SHE MIGHT HAVE SEEN THAT THERE'S TRAININGS THAT WE'RE ASKING PEOPLE TO RECORD WHEN SOMEONE'S BEING ARRESTED. SO THEN THAT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU ALL HAVE TO KNOW. IS THAT MAKING A SPECTACLE IS THAT THAT'S WHAT WE AS ADVOCATES ASK PEOPLE TO DO WHEN THEY'RE GOING TO GET A RESIDENCE, GOING TO GET ARRESTED. SO THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO BRING UP. WE REALLY HAVE TO REALLY FOCUS ON BRINGING EVERYBODY TOGETHER. THERE'S A LOT OF IMMIGRANT RIGHTS LEADERS THAT WANTED TO COME, BUT BECAUSE OF ICE AND OTHER THINGS, THEY JUST CAN'T COME AND SPEAK. THERE'S A LOT OF FEAR. WE'RE TRYING TO HAVE PEOPLE DO PUBLIC COMMENTS FOR RENT CONTROL, BUT THEY'RE FEARFUL THAT THEIR LANDLORD IS GOING TO GO AFTER THEM BECAUSE ESPECIALLY THE UNDOCUMENTED COMMUNITY IS VERY SCARED TO COME. AND SEEING THINGS LIKE THIS, THAT WE'RE NOT UNITED. WE NEED TO COME TOGETHER AND NOT AND SUPPORT COUNCIL MEMBER PEREZ. SO THAT'S THAT'S WHERE I WANT TO REALLY ASK IS THAT THE OPPOSITION WANTS US TO BE DIVIDED AND WE NEED TO BE WE NEED TO BE UNITED. THAT'S WHAT CHAD BIANCO WANTS US TO BE. HE WANTS TO BE DIVIDED. SO PLEASE, LET'S SUPPORT COUNCILMEMBER PEREZ. WHATEVER'S GOING ON IN HER FAMILY, THAT'S HER FAMILY. SHE DIDN'T GET ARRESTED. SO LET'S FOCUS ON MOVING FORWARD.

THAT'S WHAT THE HISTORY OF COACHELLA IS. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

OKAY. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE THAT WOULD LIKE TO MAKE PUBLIC COMMENT HERE IN THE AUDIENCE? YES. IF YOU CAN JUST COME. OH GO AHEAD. YES. OKAY. THIS IS GIOVANNI. YES. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN OF THE COUNCIL. MY NAME IS GIOVANNI. I'M A I'M A LIFELONG.

EXCUSE ME. I'M A LIFELONG RESIDENT OF HERE IN THE CITY OF COACHELLA. MY PUBLIC COMMENT COMES NOT AS ANY OF THE MATTERS THAT WERE JUST DISCUSSED. MINE COMES AS A AS A QUESTION AND MORE OF A WHAT WILL THERE BE AN UPDATE TO REGARDING TO THE BUILDING ACROSS THE STREET, THE OLD COACHELLA LIBRARY? I WAS CURIOUS TO KNOW WHAT IT'S BEING USED AS OR WHAT IT WILL BE USED AS. I REMEMBER I SPOKE WITH SOME OF THE LIBRARIANS MENTIONED TO ME THAT IT'S BEEN CLEARED OUT DUE TO HAZARDOUS MATERIALS. AND I COME HERE TO PROPOSE THE IDEA OF INTRODUCING IT AS A AS A COMMUNITY BUILDING OR LIKE A CENTER. THAT WAY IT INTRODUCES DIFFERENT EVENTS RELATING TO MUSIC, POETRY AND ART AND OTHER FORMS. I THINK IT WOULD BE A GREAT PLACE AND OUTLET FOR THE

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[WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS]

THE COMMUNITY IS RECOGNIZING THESE PATTERNS, THE POLITICIANS PERPETUATING THEM, AND IS SPEAKING OUT. IF WE WERE TO FOCUS ON INDIVIDUAL ACTIONS AND THEIR CONSEQUENCES, WE WOULD NEED TO ADDRESS THE FELONY CONVICTION OF OUR CITY MAYOR FOR APPROPRIATION OF STOLEN PROPERTY. WE NEED HOUSING. WE'RE FACING A CLIMATE CRISIS. OUR IMMIGRANT, TRANS AND DISABLED COMMUNITY IS BEING TARGETED. THESE ARE THE ISSUES THAT DEMAND YOUR ATTENTION. IT'S TIME TO STOP THE INFIGHTING AND START PRIORITIZING THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY. I URGE YOU TO FOCUS ON ADDRESSING THE URGENT ISSUES FACING OUR COMMUNITY. START WORKING TOGETHER TO CREATE SOLUTIONS THAT BENEFIT EVERYONE, ESPECIALLY OUR MOST MARGINALIZED COMMUNITY MEMBERS. NOT A SELECT FEW, NOT DONORS, FRIENDS, OR DEVELOPERS. THE NEXT WRITTEN COMMENT IS FROM KARINA VILLA.

VILLALPANDO ALSO RECEIVED TODAY AND FORWARDED TO THE COUNCIL AND IT READS DEAR CITY CLERK, I HOPE THIS MESSAGE FINDS YOU WELL. I AM WRITING TO RESPECTFULLY REQUEST THAT YADIRA PEREZ NOT BE REMOVED FROM COUNCIL. I STRONGLY BELIEVE THAT SHE IS THE RIGHT PERSON FOR THIS POSITION, AND THIS IS WHY WE VOTED FOR HER IN THE FIRST PLACE. EVERYONE DESERVES THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO

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HOW CAN THE MAYOR APPOINT THE BROTHER OF JESUS GONZALEZ? HOW CAN WE TRUST HIM? AND HE HAS A FELONY HIMSELF? HOW CAN SOMEONE SERVE AS AN ELECTED OFFICIAL IF HE HAS A FELONY? ISN'T HE BREAKING THE LAW? PEOPLE WHO HAVE CONVICTED FELONIES CAN'T SERVE AS MAYOR OR CITIZEN OF COACHELLA. TANYA MIRANDA. THE NEXT ONE IS FROM JESSICA JIMENEZ AND IT READS, GOOD AFTERNOON. I AM A PROUD COMMUNITY MEMBER OF THE COACHELLA VALLEY, AND IT HAS COME TO MY ATTENTION THAT YADIRA

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FOR MANY YEARS, THE REAL CORRUPTED AND THIEF OFFICIALS HAVE HAD MAJORITY DATING BACK FOR DECADES. CORRUPT OFFICIALS HAVE BEEN TRAINED AND ALIENATED IN POLITICS TO CONTINUE HAVING CONTROL AND DISTRIBUTION OF CITY FUNDS TO INCLUDE THE FLOW OF NARCOTICS THROUGH THE CITY.

PEREZ HAS SERVED OUR COMMUNITY FOR 18 YEARS. THE DAY HER HUSBAND WAS ARRESTED, SHE ACTED WITH HER EMOTIONS AND SHOWED THE HUMAN SIDE OF HER, ONE THAT MANY IMMIGRANTS CAN RELATE TO. HER EMOTIONS ARE TO BE APPLAUDED, NOT BE SHAMED, FOR WE NEED TO KEEP OUR HARDWORKING CITY OFFICIALS LIKE PEREZ AND COUNCIL. SHE HAS THOUSANDS OF SUPPORTERS AND WE CONTINUE TO SUPPORT HER TENACITY AND DRIVE TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE AND A SAFER COACHELLA. THANK YOU. THE NEXT ONE IS FROM LILY DIEGO AND IT READS GOOD AFTERNOON. YADIRA PEREZ IS AN OUTSTANDING MEMBER OF THE COACHELLA COMMUNITY AND WILL BRING THE MUCH NEEDED INNOVATIONS FOR OUR BELOVED VALLEY. IT WOULD BE A MISTAKE TO HAVE HER REMOVED FROM CITY COUNCIL. IT WOULD BE A MISTAKE TO HAVE HER STEP DOWN BEFORE HER PLANS FOR THE FUTURE COMES TO FRUITION. PLEASE RECONSIDER AND KEEP YADIRA PEREZ PART OF THE CITY COUNCIL, AND LET US CONTINUE TO WORK TOGETHER TOWARDS A BRIGHTER FUTURE. WE STILL HAVE MORE WRITTEN COMMENTS. THE NEXT ONE READS.

YADIRA PEREZ I'M SORRY IS FROM BRIANA. EMAIL BRIANA RAMIREZ AND IT READS YADIRA PEREZ NEEDS TO STAY IN THE CITY COUNCIL FOR MANY REASONS. FOR STARTERS, WITH YADIRA INVOLVED IN OUR COMMUNITY, WE'RE ASSURED THAT WE HAVE SOMEONE WHO KNOWS WHAT WE NEED TO GET THINGS DONE. IT'S NOT JUST FOR THOSE WHO WORK IN POLITICAL REALMS, IT'S ALSO A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION. SHE BRINGS POSITIVE CHANGES, UNIQUE PERSPECTIVES, IDEAS AND EXPERIENCE TO ISSUES AND PROJECTS AT A LOCAL LEVEL. YADIRA IS ONE PERSON I CAN HONESTLY SAY THAT CARES ABOUT CONCERNS OF THE VOICES THAT ARE NOT BEING HEARD FOR THE ISSUES IN OUR COMMUNITIES. YADIRA IS A LEADER WHO PLAYS A VITAL ROLE IN MAKING SURE OUR COMMUNITY IS SAFE, HEALTHY, SUCCESSFUL, SOCIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY. NEVERTHELESS, IT WOULD BE A VERY HARMFUL ACT TO OUR COMMUNITY IF YADIRA PEREZ DOES NOT STAY IN THE CITY COUNCIL. WE ARE DESPERATE TO HAVE MORE STRONG MINDED COUNCILS LIKE YADIRA. THANK YOU. THE NEXT ONE IS FROM MILEY TREVINO-SAUCEDA AND IT READS HELLO COUNCIL MEMBERS AND MAYOR. AS YOU KNOW, I AM A LONG TIME RESIDENT OF THE COACHELLA VALLEY AND FOR ALL OF MY ADULT LIFE, I HAVE BEEN AN ADVOCATE AND ACTIVIST FOR IMMIGRANT FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES. MY WORK IN COACHELLA INCLUDES THE FOUNDATION OF THE MUJERES MEXICANOS, AS WELL AS LIDERES CAMPESINAS AND I NOW LEAD ANOTHER NATIONAL ORGANIZATION, WHICH I FOUNDED, ALIANZA NACIONAL DE CAMPESINAS. IT HAS BEEN PAINFUL TO LEARN THAT THE PUBLIC SEPARATION OF COUNCIL MEMBER YADIRA PRESSES FAMILY, BUT APPALLING TO LEARN OF THE WAYS IN WHICH HER PRIVATE FAMILY IMMIGRATION STRUGGLES HAVE BEEN WEAPONIZED AS A WAY TO FURTHER HARM HER POLITICAL GAIN. MISS PEREZ'S EXPERIENCES ARE NOT UNLIKE THE EXPERIENCES OF THOUSANDS OF U.S. CITIZENS AROUND THE COUNTRY, WHOSE FAMILY MEMBERS ARE IMPERFECT AND HAVE FACED THEIR OWN LIFE CHALLENGES, AND WHOSE IMMIGRATION STATUSES ARE NOT ALWAYS POSSIBLE TO PERFECT IN THIS BROKEN IMMIGRATION SYSTEM. IN A COMMUNITY LIKE COACHELLA, WHERE SO MANY FAMILIES SHARE IMMIGRANT STORIES OF THEIR OWN, IT MAKES NO SENSE TO JUDGE OR PENALIZE COUNCIL MEMBER PEREZ. ON THE CONTRARY, HER EXPERIENCES WITH IMMIGRATION SYSTEM, AS WELL AS HER COMPLEX EXPERIENCES WITH THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM AND HER FAMILY, POSITIONS HER WELL TO UNDERSTAND THE CHALLENGES THAT ARE FACED BY FAMILIES IN COACHELLA AND AROUND THE REGION.

I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH HER MOVING FORWARD TO CONTINUE BUILDING SOLUTIONS FOR COACHELLA VALLEY IMMIGRANT FAMILIES. UN ABRAZO COUNCIL MEMBER PEREZ POR LA PARTICIPACION DE MUJERES EN EL LIDERAZGO MAYOR LEE TREVINO-SAUCEDA, COACHELLA VALLEY. THE NEXT ONE IS FROM SARAH LOPEZ JIMENEZ, AND IT READS IF COACHELLA NEEDS BETTER, KEEP YADIRA PEREZ. SHE HAS A

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[02:10:05]

COACHELLA AT YAHOO.COM. IT DOES EXCEED THE 250 WORD COUNT, BUT IT'S ALSO IN SUPPORT OF COUNCILWOMAN PEREZ. THIS NEXT ONE IS FROM JACKIE SERRANO, AND IT READS, DEAR CITY CLERK, I'M WRITING TO SHOW MY SUPPORT FOR COUNCILWOMAN YADIRA PEREZ. YADIRA IS A DEDICATED AND VALUED MEMBER OF OUR COMMUNITY. I HAVE HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF OBSERVING HER INVOLVEMENT IN VARIOUS COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES AND CAN SPEAK CONFIDENTLY ABOUT HER INTEGRITY, KINDNESS AND COMMITMENT TO IMPROVING THE LIVES OF OTHERS. YADIRA DEMONSTRATES A DEEP DESIRE TO MAKE A POSITIVE IMPACT IN THE COMMUNITY. I'VE SEEN FIRSTHAND HOW SHE DOESN'T MIND HELPING NEIGHBORS IN NEED OR OFFERING GUIDANCE TO THOSE FACING CHALLENGES, AND CONSISTENTLY GOES ABOVE AND BEYOND IN CONTRIBUTING TO THE WELL-BEING OF THOSE AROUND HER. SHE HAS SHOWN HER SUPPORT AND COMPASSION TO ME, SPECIFICALLY. WHEN I WAS IN THE HOSPITAL, NOT ONLY DID SHE SEND HER BEST WISHES THROUGH MESSAGES, BUT SHE VISITED ME. I AM CONFIDENT THAT YADIRA WILL CONTINUE TO MAKE MEANINGFUL CONTRIBUTIONS TO OUR COMMUNITY, AND I WHOLEHEARTEDLY RECOMMEND THEM FOR ANY COMMUNITY RELATED ROLES OR OPPORTUNITIES. SINCERELY, JACKIE. THE NEXT ONE IS FROM CAMBIUM AWARD. NOT SURE IF THAT'S OUR NAME OR IF I MISPRONOUNCED IT, BUT IT READS TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN. I AM SUPPORTING YADIRA PEREZ AND COUNCIL. I SUPPORT YADIRA PEREZ IN STANDING UP FOR FAMILIES FOR WHAT SHE STANDS FOR, SUCH AS SAFETY AND TRANSPARENCY, AS WELL AS MAKING CHANGES FOR COMMUNITIES. YADIRA PEREZ DEMONSTRATES PROFESSIONALISM, LEADERSHIP, INTEGRITY AND COMMITMENT. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE YADIRA PEREZ COMPLETE HER TERM.

YADIRA PEREZ NOT ONLY UNDERSTANDS THE COMMUNITY BUT WANTS GOOD CHANGE FOR THE COMMUNITY. YADIRA PEREZ HAS EXPERIENCE IN DEALING WITH CONFLICT AND HIGH VOLUME SITUATIONS. YADIRA PEREZ UNDERSTANDS HER COMMUNITY AND THE NEEDS AND CHANGES FOR THE COMMUNITIES. YADIRA HAS BEST INTERESTS AND INTENTIONS FOR THE COMMUNITIES, FOR THE PEOPLE. I AM PROUD TO SUPPORT YADIRA PEREZ, HER VISION, COMMUNITY SERVICE MAKE THEM THE RIGHT CHOICE FOR OUR COMMUNITY AND MAKING LONG LASTING CHANGES. LET'S CONTINUE TO SUPPORT CANDIDATES WHO FIGHT FOR THE BETTER OF THE COMMUNITIES FOR FAMILIES. YADIRA PEREZ FOR COUNCIL. THANK YOU. THE NEXT ONE IS FROM MADDIE FERNANDEZ. IT DOES EXCEED THE 275 WORD COUNT, AND IT STARTS WITH EXPRESSING SUPPORT FOR COUNCIL MEMBER PEREZ. THE NEXT ONE IS FROM MARTHA PEREZ AND IT READS DEAR CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, I AM WRITING TO EXPRESS MY STRONG

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YADIRA HAS CONSISTENTLY DEMONSTRATED HER DEDICATION TO OUR COMMUNITY, ADVOCATING FOR POLICIES THAT BENEFIT RESIDENTS AND WORKING TIRELESSLY TO ADDRESS LOCAL CONCERNS. THE NEXT EMAIL IS FROM JAMES DUNCAN, BUT IT DOES EXCEED THE 250 WORD COUNT AND IT WAS FORWARDED TO

[REPORTS AND REQUESTS]

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FOR CAL CITIES, WHERE WE SUBMITTED A LETTER ON HOMELESSNESS WITH THE WITH THE BRING HOME COALITION, WE'RE ALSO SUPPORTING. I DIDN'T GET MY THING, SB 569, SB FIVE, SB 569 WOULD REQUIRE THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION CALTRANS TO DEVELOP ENCAMPMENT RESOLUTION PLANS AND ESTABLISH ADVISORY COMMITTEES. AND THEN WE'RE ALSO THEN SUPPORTING AB 98, AB 735 AND SB 415. IS MARISA. MARISA FOR THE LEAGUE APPLICATIONS, I KNOW WE'RE GOING

[02:25:08]

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. LET ME GIVE YOU AN ATTA GIRL OR A KUDOS ON INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY. OUR VERY OWN MARITZA MARTINEZ WAS GIVEN AN AWARD BY CULTURAS ON MARCH 8TH. LA MAS CHINGONA AWARD. CONGRATULATIONS. THAT'S PRETTY COOL. I'M GOING TO GET YOU A SHIRT. I THINK THAT'D BE AWESOME. GOOD. GOOD WORK. I ALSO GOT TO ATTEND THE BLUE ZONES. JUST A CHECK IN CONFERENCE THAT THEY HAD, AND I GOT TO ATTEND A DIFFERENT SEGMENT, WHICH WAS A KIND OF LIKE THE BUILDING HEALTHY COMMUNITIES LAND USE BUILDING AREA, AND WE HAD SOME REALLY GOOD CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT, AND WE HAD SOME REALLY GOOD CONVERSATIONS ABOUT ABOUT WHAT WE CAN DO TO MAKE OUR COMMUNITY HEALTHIER, WHETHER IT BE, YOU KNOW, OUR OUR COMPLETE STREET PROGRAM, WHETHER IT BE, YOU KNOW, DIFFERENT AREAS THAT WE CAN PLAN WITH. AND ONE

[02:30:03]

YEAH, LIKE FIVE ACRES. THE IDEA, THE IDEA THERE IS, IS WORKING TO PUT TOGETHER A TRACK MAP AND THEN GOING OUT AND ENTITLING THE PROJECT AND THEN LOOKING AT HOW WE CAN WORK WITH DEVELOPERS TO BUILD A PRODUCT THAT OUR RESIDENTS CAN AFFORD, THAT ARE TWO BEDROOMS THAT ARE LIKE MISSING MIDDLE HOUSING, THAT ARE A LITTLE BIT SMALLER, BUT STILL MEETING THE NEED IN TERMS OF AFFORDABILITY. AND, YOU KNOW, THE BLUE ZONES WANTS TO DO A DEMONSTRATION PROJECT THAT'S PRETTY SUBSTANTIAL. AND SO THEY WANT TO PUT TOGETHER, YOU KNOW, I MEAN BLUE ZONES WENT OUT AND RAISED $9 MILLION FOR ABOUT 4 OR 5 DIFFERENT FIVE COMMUNITIES THROUGHOUT RIVERSIDE COUNTY. AND SO WE HAVE A GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH THEM AND DO A COOL PROJECT. I THINK THAT CAN AT LEAST PROVIDE ABOUT 140 FAMILIES WITH SOME A POTENTIAL LIKE AN OPTION WHERE PEOPLE CAN BUY. AND WE WOULD BE THE FIRST CITY TO REALLY DO THAT. AND I THINK IN RIVERSIDE COUNTY, COUNTY AND, AND PROBABLY IN, IN CALIFORNIA IN THE LONG TIME. SO IT'S SOMETHING THAT I THINK IT'S WORTH A BIGGER CONVERSATION. IT'S WORTH GETTING WITH GABRIEL AND OTHERS TO LOOK AT HOW WE CAN MAKE THIS POSSIBLE, BECAUSE THAT SITE, THAT 4.5 ACRES, MAKES A LOT OF SENSE, WHERE IT'S ALREADY IN THE RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITY AND, AND WORKING TOGETHER WITH BLUE ZONES AND THEN ALSO WITH THE COUNTY AND CREATING A TRACK MAP WHERE WE CAN ACTUALLY OFFER A PRODUCT TO OUR RESIDENTS THAT PEOPLE CAN BUY, YOU KNOW, AND THAT IT CAN BE AT A, AT A, AT A AMI, WHICH IS THE AVERAGE MEDIAN INCOME THAT PEOPLE HAVE. RIGHT. AND SO THAT'S THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I THINK THE COUNCIL SHOULD LOOK AT AND GET INVOLVED IN, AND THEN LOOK AT HOW EVEN FROM AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PERSPECTIVE, WE CAN ENCOURAGE, WE CAN ENCOURAGE SMALL DEVELOPERS OR CONTRACTORS TO BUILD IT OUT. YOU KNOW, IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE JUST ONE DEVELOPER BUILDING OUT THE WHOLE THING, BUT IT CAN BE MULTIPLE DEVELOPERS. AND LIFT TO RISE IS EVEN SOMEONE THAT WOULD BE WILLING TO PARTNER WITH US ON MAKING THIS HAPPEN. SO IF WE WANT TO SEE AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND WE WANT TO CREATE PRODUCTS FOR OUR RESIDENTS, IT'S GOING TO TAKE THE COUNCIL TO ONE SAY THAT THIS IS A GREAT SITE FOR IT TO HAPPEN. AND THEN TWO, SHOW SOME LEADERSHIP, SHOW SOME LEADERSHIP AND THEN AND GET THE OUTCOME THAT WE WANT TO SEE. I ALSO HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO SHOWCASE SOME OF THE ART HERE IN THE CITY OF COACHELLA. OUR OUR ART IS GOING TO BE ACTUALLY SHOWCASED DURING THE COACHELLA MUSIC FESTIVAL AND THE MUSIC FESTIVAL IS IT'S ON YOUTUBE NOW. AND SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO GO TO THE FESTIVAL TO SEE SOME COOL BANDS. YOU CAN JUST TUNE IN TO YOUTUBE. AND DURING THE CHANGING OF THE SETS, THERE'S A THERE'S A SEGMENT. WELL, THEY THEY WANT TO DO PROGRAMING, YOU KNOW, IT'S LIKE 2 OR 3 MINUTE INTERMISSIONS WHERE IT'S, YOU KNOW, SO THE PROGRAMING IS THEY WANT TO START TO UNVEIL LIKE WHAT THEY'RE DOING IN TOWN. AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THAT YOU KNOW, I MENTIONED IS THAT WHAT'S HAPPENING IN TOWN, AND IF YOU LOOK AT HOW YOU GO TO BIG CITIES LIKE MEXICO OR MEXICO CITY, OR YOU GO TO WASHINGTON, D.C, OR YOU GO TO, YOU KNOW, BOSTON, IT'S THE MONUMENTS YOU SEE TELL A STORY OF THE HISTORY THAT'S OCCURRED THERE AND THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THAT HISTORY AND HOW IT SHAPED THE TOWN AND HOW IT'S SHAPED, YOU KNOW, THE COUNTRY. WELL, IN OUR CASE, WE HAVE A FESTIVAL THAT'S BEEN HAPPENING SINCE 99, AND WE HAVE MONUMENTS IN TOWN THAT'S HELPING TO SHAPE THE IDENTITY AND TELL A STORY OF THE FESTIVAL WITHIN OUR TOWN. AND FOR US AS AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY, THAT'S A GOOD THING, THAT WE CAN HIGHLIGHT ARTS AND CULTURE, THAT WE CAN HIGHLIGHT. YOU KNOW HOW

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WELL, WE STUDIED IT WITH BBQ AND OTHERS, AND THEY SAID, WELL, COACHELLA IS A PUBLIC BRAND.

IT'S NO DIFFERENT THAN THE LA DODGERS OR THE LA LAKERS. IT'S COACHELLA MUSIC FESTIVAL. SO FOR THOSE THAT THOUGHT THAT WE COULD STILL OR WE COULD SUE COACHELLA FOR USING A PUBLIC DOMAIN, YOU CAN'T. SO IF YOU CAN'T SUE THEM OR YOU CAN'T FIGHT THEM, YOU JOIN THEM AND YOU DO THE BEST OF WHAT YOU CAN DO IN ORDER TO HIGHLIGHT THAT. AND SO IN ADDITION, RIGHT, THERE'S BEEN SOME REALLY COOL THINGS THAT WE'VE DONE AS A COUNCIL LIKE SUPPORTED THE INITIATIVE WHERE WE HAVE NONPROFITS THAT PARTICIPATE IN THE FESTIVAL. IN ADDITION, WE HAVE AND THEY'RE DOING ARTS IN THERE. IN ADDITION, WE WE'VE WORKED WITH FLOYD AND WE BROUGHT, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE ARTISTS AND FED ARE ARE CAMPESINOS, OUR IMMIGRANTS HERE. AND LIKE TWO, THREE, 400 FAMILIES ARE GETTING FED. AND AT THE SAME TIME, THESE FAMILIES ARE GETTING TO ENJOY A LOCAL OR ACTUALLY A REGIONAL BAND LIKE LOS FARMERS. RIGHT? LIKE THEY'RE PRETTY GOOD FOR THE FARMERS ARE PRETTY GOOD. AND THEN IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE USE THE KEYS TO THE CITY, RIGHT, AS A WAY TO BRING ARTISTS INTO THE CITY OF COACHELLA. AND THEY HAVE BEEN REGIONAL ARTISTS, THEY'VE BEEN LATINO ARTISTS. SO THAT A LITTLE BIT OF THE SHOW IS COMING TO THE CITY. AND AT THE SAME TIME, IF YOU LOOK AT FROM AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STANDPOINT, IT'S PRETTY COOL TO SEE THAT, YOU KNOW, THE KEYS HAVE BEEN GIVEN TO THESE ARTISTS. NOW, THERE'S SOME PEOPLE THAT SAY, WHY THOSE PEOPLE? WHY ARE YOU GIVING THEM THE KEYS? WELL, IT'S BECAUSE WE DO HOMETOWN HEROES.

PEOPLE LIKE IT'S WE CAN DO BOTH. WE HAVE HOMETOWN HEROES, AND IT'S PRETTY AMAZING. LIKE HOW OUR HOMETOWN HEROES ARE HONORED AS WELL. SO IT'S NOT LIKE WE'RE ONLY DOING ONE OR DOING THE OTHER. NO, WE'RE DOING BOTH. WE'RE DOING BOTH, AND WE'RE USING THE FESTIVAL. WE'RE USING THE ART TO HIGHLIGHT COACHELLA. AND I THINK THE BEST THING THAT HAS COME OUT OF IT IS THAT THERE'S BEEN THIS HASHTAG THAT COMES, HAS COME OUT THAT SAYS THE REAL COACHELLA. AND HAD IT NOT BEEN FOR LIKE THE COACHELLA FESTIVAL, THE REAL COACHELLA WOULD NEVER BE REALLY HIGHLIGHTED BECAUSE WE COULD NEVER BUY AS A AS A COMMUNITY, AS A AS A CITY, WHAT IS ESSENTIALLY A $10 BILLION BRAND. IT'S A BIG INTERNATIONAL BRAND. AND SO THE COACHELLA, THE REAL COACHELLA, YOU KNOW, WE'VE WORKED INNOVATIVELY, EVEN THOUGH IT'S FELT LIKE IT'S BEEN KIND OF JUST PIECEMEAL TOGETHER. BUT IT'S BEEN AN EFFORT IN WHICH WE'RE, WE'RE WE'RE WORKING WITH IT AND WE'RE BEING SMART ABOUT HOW WE'RE BRINGING ART, WE'RE BRINGING ARTISTS, WE'RE BRINGING ADVOCACY, WE'RE BRINGING ATTENTION TO THE EAST VALLEY. AND SO ANYHOW, THAT'S GOING TO BE ON YOUTUBE, AND IT'LL BE FUN TO SEE, TO SEE HOW I DO, I GUESS. BUT BUT YEAH, I DO WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT AND, YOU KNOW, TALK ABOUT THE CURRENT STATUS OF, OF, OF IMMIGRATION LAW.

IT'S, IT'S, YOU KNOW, IT'S NO DOUBT AGAIN, YOU KNOW, THAT COACHELLA AGAIN, BEING AN INTERNATIONAL BRAND, YOU HAD THE CURRENT PRESIDENT COME AND ACTUALLY HAVE A RALLY HERE AND USE OUR NAME. RIGHT. AND BROUGHT A BUNCH OF ATTENTION. AND TO ME, THERE'S NO THERE'S NO DOUBT WHERE LIKE, YOU SEE WHAT AN UNFORTUNATE THING THAT'S HAPPENED TO THE COUNCILWOMAN AND HER FAMILY BEING USED NOW NATIONALLY AND, AND YOU KNOW, FOR US, WE'RE A CITY. AND I SAID IT LAST LAST MEETING. WE'RE A CITY THAT VALUES OUR IMMIGRANTS. THEY'RE A CITY THAT THAT WE WELCOME OUR IMMIGRANTS INTO TOWN, YOU KNOW, AND WE'VE DONE A LOT TO HELP THEM, WHETHER IT BE THE PROGRAM THAT WE PUT TOGETHER. DURING DURING COVID, WHERE WE WERE HELPING FAMILIES, 125 FAMILIES AND GIVING THEM RESOURCES, AND THEY WERE ALL THEY WERE ALL UNDOCUMENTED.

THAT'S A THAT'S A UNIVERSAL BASIC INCOME PROGRAM THAT THAT THE CITY PUT TOGETHER, THAT THE CITY PUT TOGETHER. AND WE DIDN'T HAVE TO, BUT WE DID. WE THOUGHT IT WAS IMPORTANT WHEN IT COMES TO THE WAY WE'VE MOBILIZED, RIGHT. WE WORK WITH, WITH WITH COPHAM AND COPHAM IS PART OF THE FABRIC OF, OF OUR DOWNTOWN. AND THEY OFFER RESOURCES AND GIVE DOCUMENTATION TO OR GIVE GIVE THE NECESSARILY LEGAL INFORMATION AND SUPPORT FOR TODAK TODAK TO OUR FAMILIES.

TODAK TODAK IS RIGHT THERE TOO. THEY ALSO HELP OUR IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES. SO WE'VE HELPED COPHAM WE'VE HELPED TODAK, YOU KNOW, SO COACHELLA IS A CITY THAT HAS BEEN VERY, VERY ON THE

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A LOT OF THEM ARE. WELL, THEY'RE HERE IN DOWNTOWN, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN YOU CAN SEE THEM IN ANY, ANY, ANY, ANY TIME DURING THE DAY, YOU KNOW, AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT, THAT, THAT FOR US IS NOT WE PLAY POLITICS BUT WE DON'T PLAY THAT TYPE OF POLITICS. SO ALL ALL THE BEST TO YOU. ALL THE BEST TO YOUR FAMILY. WE ALL HAVE OUR FAMILIES AND WE WISH YOU LUCK. AND WITH THAT, THE FLOOR IS YOURS, MR. CITY MANAGER. THANK YOU, MAYOR. JUST A COUPLE OF REMINDERS FOR THE COUNCIL. THE COACHELLA RAIL STATION FEASIBILITY STUDY, THE WORKSHOP. THE SECOND WORKSHOP IS TUESDAY AT 4 P.M. AT THE LIBRARY. AND THEN THE HEALTHY FOOD TRUCK INFORMATION MEETING IS THURSDAY, MARCH 20TH AT FIVE AND MONDAY, MARCH 24TH AT TWO AT THE LIBRARY. AND I'LL SEND THESE OUT TO THE COUNCIL JUST AS A REMINDER. THANK YOU. AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE. THANK YOU COUNCIL.

THANK YOU BILL. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. W

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.