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          ALL RIGHT. TO MAY BE RECEIVED IN PERSON, EMAIL OR ZOOM. ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK IN PERSON DURING THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD, OR ON A PARTICULAR ITEM, IS REQUIRED TO FILL OUT A REQUEST TO SPEAK FORM IN REAL TIME. IN PARTICIPATING DURING THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD, PARTICIPANTS MUST BE VISIBLE ON CAMERA AND USE THE RAISED HAND FUNCTION ON ZOOM. 
          THE MEETING WILL BE CALLED TO ORDER AT 501. CAN I PLEASE HAVE ROLL CALL? COUNCIL MEMBER PEREZ. 
          HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER. DOCTOR FIGUEROA. PRESENT. COUNCIL MEMBER. BERGEN. HERE. AND MAYOR 
          [Approval of Agenda]
PRO TEM DELGADO. HERE. IS THERE APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA? MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGENDA. IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE. ARE THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT FOR CLOSED SESSION ITEMS? NO. NONE. CAN WE DO ROLL CALL FOR THE AGENDA? OH, FOR THE APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA? YEAH, AFTER THE APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA. ROLL CALL. I THINK WE CAN SAY IT AS A CONSENSUS. OKAY. 
          [Adjourn to Closed Session]
WE'RE GOOD. THANK YOU. 
          [Reconvene Regular Meeting]
GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. WE'LL RECONVENE FROM CLOSED SESSION. CAN I HAVE BILL, CAN YOU LEAD US INTO 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. DO WE HAVE ANY CLOSED SESSION ANNOUNCEMENTS? YES. THANK YOU. MAYOR PRO TEM COUNCIL MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC. 
          THE CITY COUNCIL MET IN CLOSED SESSION PURSUANT TO THE ITEMS LISTED ON THE CLOSED SESSION AGENDA, AND THERE IS NO REPORTABLE ACTION. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AND NOW WE'RE GOING 
          [Proclamations/Presentations/Direction]
TO MOVE ON TO THE PRESENTATION FOR THE COMMUNITY RESILIENCE CENTER PROJECT UPDATE. GOOD EVENING COUNCIL. THANK YOU. OKAY. SO I JUST WANTED TO GIVE THIS AS AN UPDATE FOR THE CRC. 
          KIND OF LET YOU KNOW WHERE WE STAND ON THE PROJECT AND WHAT STEPS WE'RE GOING TO BE TAKING IN THE NEAR FUTURE TO HELP MOVE THE PROJECT FORWARD. THIS BEGINNING PART OF THE PRESENTATION, THIS IS THE OLDER PRESENTATION, I BELIEVE IT'S BEEN PRESENTED TO COUNCIL BEFORE, AND THIS IS WHAT WAS ALSO PRESENTED TO THE SGC. SO THE REASON TO GO AFTER THIS PROJECT IS BECAUSE OF OUR COACHELLA CLIMATE ACTION PLAN, WHICH IDENTIFIED THAT THE CITY IS GOING TO SEE A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN TEMPERATURE AND EXTREME HEAT OVER 113 DEGREES BY 2050. WE'RE EXPECTING AS MANY AS 50 PER YEAR EXTREME HEAT DAYS, AND IT'S ANTICIPATED THESE CLIMATE CHANGES WILL EXACERBATE HEALTH INEQUITIES AND LEAD TO HIGHER INCIDENTS OF HEAT RELATED ILLNESSES. LOOKING AT HOW WE CAN ADDRESS SOME OF THESE NEEDS IN OUR COMMUNITY. WE WANTED TO HAVE AN AREA WHERE WE COULD FOCUS ON TWO MAIN THINGS, WHICH IS FOOD SECURITY AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS. SO LOOKING AT THE FOOD SECURITY, WE WANTED TO BE ABLE TO HAVE A LOCATION IN THE CITY WHERE WE'D BE ABLE TO HAVE EDIBLE LANDSCAPES AND COMMUNITY GARDENS, COMPOSTING EDUCATION, GARDENING TOOLS AND RESOURCES, EMERGENCY FOOD AND AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION PARK. AND THEN FOR THE EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS, LOOKING AT HAVING BACKUP ENERGY SOURCES, COOLING CENTERS, COMMUNITY TRAINING PROGRAMS AND AN EMERGENCY SHELTER. SO LOOKING AT THOSE NEEDS, WE IDENTIFIED THE HIDDEN HARVEST BUILDING, WHICH IS ON 2.9 ACRES, AND IT'S ABOUT A 17,800 SQUARE FOOT BUILDING. 
          IT WAS BUILT IN THE 1920S, AND IT WAS ORIGINALLY KNOWN AS THE GRAPE GROWERS ASSOCIATION OF COACHELLA VALLEY. THE BUILDING I THINK I HOPEFULLY MOST OF YOU KNOW IT. IT'S THE BUILDING AT THE END OF PETER RABBIT LANE, ADJACENT TO THE TRAIN TRACKS, AND THE CITY HAS ALREADY ACQUIRED THIS PROPERTY. THIS IS A NICE HISTORIC PICTURE THAT SHOWS WHAT IT LOOKED LIKE WAY BACK IN THE DAY. YOU CAN STILL SEE THE OLD TRAIN STATION IN THIS PICTURE, WHERE FIFTH STREET USED TO CROSS THE TRAIN TRACKS. YOU USED TO BE ABLE TO CROSS OVER. AT THE FIFTH STREET AT GRADE CROSSING TO GET OVER TO THE PACKING HOUSE. HERE'S SOME AERIAL PHOTOS OF WHAT THE BUILDING LOOKS LIKE IN ITS CURRENT STATUS. AND HERE IS A PRESENTATION OF WHAT WE 
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PRESENTED TO THE SGC. THIS WAS OUR ORIGINAL CONCEPT OF WHAT WE THOUGHT THE BUILDING COULD BE ENVISIONED AS MOVING FORWARD. SO I WANT THAT THROUGH PRETTY QUICK AS I WAS KIND OF JUST THE BACKGROUND HISTORY. MOVING FORWARD, WE HAVE NOW PURCHASED THE BUILDING AND WE HAVE SUCCESSFULLY RECEIVED A GRANT FROM THE SGC TO REHABILITATE THIS BUILDING AND DELIVER THOSE KEY POINTS THAT I KIND OF MENTIONED EARLIER IN THE PRESENTATION. SO WE NOW HAVE THE PROJECT F 39, THE COMMUNITY RESILIENCE CENTER. SO AGAIN, JUST TO GO THROUGH THE BACKGROUND OF WHERE WE ARE AT THIS POINT. THE CITY WE HAVE PURCHASED, THE HIDDEN HARVEST BUILDING AND WE HAVE OBTAINED A $10 MILLION GRANT FROM THE CALIFORNIA STRATEGIC GROWTH COUNCIL. AND THAT'S FOR THE REHABILITATION OF THE STRUCTURE AND THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE COMMUNITY RESILIENCE CENTER. WE PREPARED DRAFT CONCEPT DRAWINGS. WE HAVE ARCHITECTURAL RENDERINGS. WE HAVE SITE PLANS. WE HAVE CONCEPT PLANS. AND WE HAVE STREET PLANS. AND THESE HAVE ALL BEEN PREPARED OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS IN ORDER TO HELP ADVANCE THE PROJECT. BASED ON THE PRELIMINARY CONCEPTS. THE PROJECT THAT WE HAD IMAGINED WHEN WE WERE ADVANCING WITH, WITH ADVANCING THIS PROJECT WITH THE SGC. WE ENVISIONED A PROJECT THAT WOULD PROBABLY COST AROUND $14.4 MILLION. AND WHEN WE ADVANCED THAT BUDGET, WE HAD ANTICIPATED THAT WE'D BE ABLE TO FIND ADDITIONAL GRANT FUNDING IN ORDER TO SUPPLEMENT THE $10 MILLION THAT WE HAD FROM THE SGC. SO WE KIND OF WE MOVED FORWARD KNOWING THAT WE HAD THAT $4.4 MILLION FUNDING GAP. 
          HOWEVER, YOU KNOW, BASED ON CURRENT FEDERAL GRANT PRIORITIES AND REDUCTIONS TO THE FEDERAL EPA AND USDA GRANT PROGRAMS. THERE IS A CONCERN THAT IT'S GOING TO BE A LOT HARDER TO GET THAT $4.4 MILLION FUNDING GAP IN ORDER TO MAKE THIS A COMPLETE PROJECT. SO ONE OF THE THINGS WE'RE WORKING ON RIGHT NOW IS HOW CAN WE REVISE THE CONCEPT? HOW CAN WE SCALE BACK A LITTLE BIT AND MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE A $10 MILLION PROJECT, THAT WE CAN MOVE FORWARD? WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO WORK WITH THE SGC, WORK WITH OUR COMMUNITY, WORK WITH OUR PARTNERS, AND MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN STILL DELIVER THIS PROJECT WITHOUT THAT FUNDING GAP. WE DID APPLY FOR A EPA GRANT. EPA GRANTS ARE NO LONGER AVAILABLE. WE DO HAVE ANOTHER GRANT THAT WE'VE APPLIED FOR AS WELL. SO WE ARE STILL HOPING TO HAVE OPPORTUNITIES TO FILL THAT FUNDING GAP. BUT RIGHT NOW, IN ORDER TO ADVANCE THE PROJECT, ADVANCE THE DESIGN BUILD PORTION OF THE PROJECT, WE'RE LOOKING AT WHAT CAN WE DO TO SCALE THIS BACK AND HAVE A $10 MILLION PROJECT WE CAN DELIVER TODAY? SO THIS IS A PROPOSED I WANT TO EMPHASIZE PROPOSED. WE THIS BUDGET DOES STILL HAVE TO BE APPROVED BY THE SGC. SO AS WE GO THROUGH THE FINAL GRANT APPROVAL PROCESS AND WE HAVE OUR GRANT AGREEMENT. OUR GOAL IS TO WORK WITH THE SGC AND WORK WITH OUR PARTNERS TO COME UP WITH A GRANT AGREEMENT THAT IS IN THE $10 MILLION RANGE, SO THAT WE CAN ADVANCE THIS PROJECT TODAY. SO THESE ARE THESE ARE PRELIMINARY NUMBERS. AND THIS IS STILL GOING TO BE UNDER REVIEW WITH THE SGC IN ORDER TO COME UP WITH THIS VALUE. SO KIND OF LOOKING AT THE TOTAL COSTS HERE, ONE OF THE BIGGEST REDUCTIONS YOU'LL SEE IS IN THE ARCHITECTURE AND ENGINEERING DESIGN. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE THINK WE CAN DO TO REALLY REDUCE THE COST IS WE'RE GOING TO ADVANCE THIS AS A DESIGN BUILD CONTRACT. BY ALLOWING A DESIGN BUILD TO COME IN, INSTEAD OF HAVING A FULL DESIGN UPFRONT, ALLOWING A BUILDER AND OPERATOR TO COME IN AND HAVE CONTROL OF THAT DESIGN PROCESS WILL INTRODUCE A LOT OF SAVINGS IN THE DESIGN UP FRONT BY ALLOWING THEM TO KIND OF ADVANCE THE PROJECT IN STAGES AND ADVANCE THE PROJECT. KIND OF IN COMPLIANCE WITH WHAT THEY NEED TO DO AS A DEVELOPER AND AS AN OPERATOR. WE DID NOT REDUCE THE TOTAL BUILDING CONSTRUCTION BY VERY MUCH. AND THAT'S KIND OF ONE OF THE KEY POINTS WE NEED TO MAKE HERE IS IN ORDER TO ADVANCE THIS PROJECT, WE REALLY NEED THOSE DOLLARS IN THE ACTUAL BUILDING SO THAT WE CAN ACTUALLY TURN THE LIGHTS ON, GET THE AIR CONDITIONING WORKING, AND DELIVER THE ENTIRE PROJECT THAT WAS PROMISED IN THE GRANT. ONE OF THE LARGER CUTS IS IN THE PHOTOVOLTAIC SOLAR. WE DO. WE ARE STILL GOING TO HAVE FULL SOLAR BATTERY BACKUP FOR THE BUILDING. WE DID HAVE SOME REVISED CONCEPT AND WE HAVE WORKED WITH OUR SOLAR POWER OPERATOR, AND THEY'VE GIVEN US REVISED ESTIMATES. IN ORDER TO BRING THAT COST DOWN AND SOME OF THE BIGGEST AREAS WHERE WE THINK WE CAN MAKE CUTS IS ON THE EXTERIOR SITE IMPROVEMENTS AND ON THE STREET IMPROVEMENTS. THE ORIGINAL BUDGET DID HAVE A LOT OF EXTRA KIND OF SITE IMPROVEMENTS OFF SITE IN ORDER 
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TO KIND OF TIE IN THE WHOLE NEIGHBORHOOD. AND THERE WERE A LOT OF VERY NICE, FANCY KIND OF IMPROVEMENTS THAT WERE EXTERIOR. BUT WE THINK THAT WE HAVE OPPORTUNITIES TO GET THOSE IMPROVEMENTS FUNDED THROUGH OTHER GRANT OPPORTUNITIES IN THE FUTURE. AND WE REALLY WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE FOCUSING THE FUNDING TODAY ON THE STRUCTURE ITSELF. GETTING THE DOORS OPEN. AND I DO WANT TO MENTION THE PROGRAMING. WE HAVE A LOT OF PARTNERS THAT WENT INTO THIS GRANT. THEY WERE CRUCIAL TO ACTUALLY GETTING THE GRANT. THAT'S WHY I REALLY WANT TO EMPHASIZE THAT THIS IS PRELIMINARY BUDGET, AND THIS WILL BE SUBJECT TO REVIEW BY THE SGC BEFORE WE GO THROUGH A FINAL APPROVAL. BUT WE ARE LOOKING AT CUTTING THE PROGRAMING DOWN. 
          SIGNIFICANTLY AS WELL. AS WE MOVE FORWARD, IT'S GOING TO TAKE ABOUT THREE YEARS TO DO DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION. AND WE THINK THERE'S A LOT OF OPPORTUNITIES FOR GRANT FUNDING FOR PROGRAMMATIC SUPPORT WHEN THE BUILDING IS OPEN. SO WE ARE HOPING THAT BY SHUFFLING THOSE FUNDS OR MAKING SURE THAT THOSE FUNDS REMAIN AVAILABLE FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE BUILDING, GETTING THE DOORS OPEN, GETTING THE BUILDING OPERATIONAL WILL HELP US SECURE THOSE ADDITIONAL PROGRAMMATIC FUNDING. OVER THE NEXT THREE YEARS, BEFORE SOME OF OUR PARTNERS ACTUALLY MOVE INTO THE BUILDING AND GO INTO THE OPERATION PHASE. AND THEN THE OTHER MAJOR AREAS, THE GRANT ADMINISTRATION. WE ARE PROPOSING WE HAD PROPOSED TO SUPPLEMENT STAFF, HAVE STAFF BE ABLE TO BUILD AGAINST THE GRANT. BUT WE'RE ALL HERE. WE'RE ALL FULL TIME EMPLOYEES, SO WE'RE HOPING THAT WE CAN DELIVER THE GRANT JUST WITH OUR REGULAR STAFF TIME, AND WE CAN ALLOCATE THOSE FUNDS TOWARDS THE ACTUAL STRUCTURE. AS FAR AS KIND OF LOOKING AT HOW THAT WOULD CHANGE THE OVERALL CONCEPT. THIS WAS OUR ORIGINAL CONCEPT SITE LAYOUT. AND SOME OF THE THINGS WE WOULD CHANGE. WE DO HAVE TO MEET ALL THE ASPECTS THAT WE HAVE WITH THE GRANT. THAT'S GOING TO BE VERY IMPORTANT TO US. SO ALL THE ASPECTS THAT WOULD REMAIN WOULD BE THE EDIBLE GARDENS, THE COMMUNITY GARDENS, THE COMPOSTING EDUCATION, THE GARDENING, THE EMERGENCY FOOD, THE AGRICULTURAL BANK AND SOME OF THE ITEMS THAT WOULD BE REMOVED WOULD BE LIKE THE LARGE CONCRETE OUTDOOR AMPHITHEATER, THE MEDITATION GARDENS, THE OUTDOOR DEMONSTRATION COOKING. 
          THESE ARE KIND OF LARGER CONCRETE ITEMS THAT WERE A LITTLE MORE EXPENSIVE. BUT THOSE AREN'T NECESSARILY NEEDED FOR MEETING THE GRANT PERSPECTIVE. SO WE HAVE ROOM TO REMOVE SOME ITEMS IN THOSE AREAS TO BRING THE HELP BRING THAT COST DOWN. RELATIVE TO THE CONCEPT BUILDING LAYOUT, THIS WAS THE ORIGINAL LAYOUT WE HAD. LARGE COMMERCIAL KITCHEN. THE CRC AREA, BUSINESS INCUBATOR AREA, AND A DECENT AMOUNT OF SPACE FOR THE HIDDEN HARVEST OPERATIONS AS WELL. 
          LOOKING AT HOW WE CAN REDUCE THAT OVERALL SCOPE, WE HAVE TALKED TO POTENTIAL DEVELOPERS AND OPERATORS ON THIS PROJECT, ON ON HOW WE COULD LOOK AT REDUCING THAT OVERALL SCOPE. AND I WANT TO EMPHASIZE THAT, YOU KNOW, IF WE REDUCE THIS, WE WOULD HAVE NO REDUCTION TO THE CRC AREAS, NO REDUCTION TO THE HIDDEN HARVEST AREAS. WE WOULD BE MAINTAINING ALL OF THE AREAS FOR OUR NONPROFIT PARTNERS, AND WE'D BE MAINTAINING ALL OF OUR EDUCATION AND TRAINING AREAS. 
          SOME OF THE AREAS ON THE STRUCTURE THAT WE THINK WE CAN BRING THE COST DOWN A LITTLE BIT WOULD BE REDUCING THE EXTERIOR DECK SPACE. THE LARGE KITCHEN DEMONSTRATION AREA, WE THINK WE CAN ACTUALLY SHRINK THAT IN SIZE A LITTLE BIT, BECAUSE THE SQUARE FOOTAGE OF REMODELS AND KITCHENS IS A LOT HIGHER THAN THE SQUARE FOOTAGE. REMODEL FOR OFFICE SPACE. AND THEN SOME OF THE AREAS THAT WERE INTENDED FOR POTENTIAL COMMERCIAL LEASE AREAS. WE THINK THAT IF WE DELIVER THOSE AS WARM SHELL, THAT WILL ALLOW LEASE PARTNERS TO COME IN AND DO SOME OF THEIR OWN TENANT IMPROVEMENTS. SO THAT ALLOWS US TO BRING SOME OUTSIDE MONEY INTO THE PROJECT AND HAVE OUTSIDE DEVELOPERS DOING SOME OF THOSE TENANT IMPROVEMENTS IN AREAS THAT MIGHT BE COMMERCIAL LEASE. WARM SHELLS. IS THAT WHAT YOU SAID? YEAH. WARM SHELL. THIS MEANS WHEN YOU HAVE THE YOU HAVE THE STRUCTURE FULLY READY. IT'S KIND OF LIKE THE THAT'S WHAT WE CALL THE OFFICE SPACE. THAT'S LIKE AT THE JUST FOR CLARIFICATION FOR PEOPLE BECAUSE LIKE I DON'T KNOW WHAT WARM SHELL IS. SO IT ALLOWS OUR LESSEES TO COME IN AND DO TENANT IMPROVEMENTS. THE UPSTAIRS PLAN, NOTHING WOULD CHANGE ON OUR UPSTAIRS PLAN. WE DO HAVE AN UPSTAIRS. THAT'S WHERE ALL OF OUR STORAGE FOR OUR CRC SUPPLIES WOULD BE FOR THE COMMUNITY RESILIENCE AND FOR OUR EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS. SO ALL THAT REMAINS BECAUSE THOSE ARE GRANT DELIVERABLES. THE PHOTOVOLTAIC ORIGINALLY WE HAD THE ENTIRE WEST HALF OF THE ROOF BEING PHOTOVOLTAIC. AND WE THINK WE HAVE WORKED WITH THEM. WE'VE REDUCED THAT DOWN A LITTLE BIT, BUT WE'RE STILL GOING TO HAVE SUBSTANTIAL SOLAR AND BATTERY BACKUP AVAILABLE FOR THE STRUCTURE. FOR THE EXTERIOR. 
          LIKE I SAID, OUR ORIGINAL STREET CONCEPT PLANS WAS TO HAVE FULL STREET IMPROVEMENTS, PARKING, CURB, GUTTER, AND SIDEWALK FROM THE BUILDING ALL THE WAY UP TO AVENUE 50. BUT TO BRING THOSE 
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COSTS DOWN, WE WOULD BE REDUCING THAT WHERE WE WOULD BE DOING PARKING JUST IN FRONT OF THE BUILDING. SO WE'D BE DOING THE CURB, GUTTER AND SIDEWALK IN FRONT OF THE BUILDING, THE PARKING IN FRONT OF THE BUILDING. AND THEN WE WOULD BE LOOKING FOR, YOU KNOW, ADDITIONAL GRANT FUNDING LATER IN ORDER TO DO THAT, INFILL SIDEWALK IN BETWEEN THE STRUCTURE AND AVENUE 50. FOR THE WHOLE BUILDING ITSELF, I MEAN, THE IDEA IS TO NOT REALLY REDUCE THE SCOPE OF THE BUILDING. WE WANT TO HAVE A FULLY DELIVERED BUILDING THAT WE CAN TURN THE LIGHTS ON, HAVE FULLY OPERATIONAL, AND WE WANT TO TRY TO GET THIS DONE WITH A DESIGN BUILD PROCESS QUICKLY SO THAT WE CAN. WE THINK THAT BY HAVING A FULLY DEVELOPED CONCEPT ON THE STRUCTURE AND FOCUSING OUR FUNDS ON THE STRUCTURE ITSELF, THAT GIVES US BETTER OPPORTUNITIES TO GO FOR THOSE ADDITIONAL GRANTS, TO GO FOR THOSE INFILL SIDEWALK GRANTS, AND TO GO FOR PARK GRANTS OR LAND GRANTS TO HELP IMPROVE SOME OF THE ADDITIONAL EXTERIOR SPACE THAT WE MAY HAVE LEFT OUT IN THE FIRST PHASE. AND TO ALSO GO AFTER THOSE GRANTS FOR THE PROGRAMING FOR ALL OF OUR PARTNERS WHO ARE GOING TO BE IN THE BUILDING AS WELL. SO THESE ARE OUR ELEVATIONS OF THE BUILDING. THESE ARE THE VIEW FROM THE HIDDEN HARVEST SIDE, THE VIEW FROM THE TRAIN SIDE. 
          AND AGAIN, THE GOAL IS TO KEEP THESE LARGELY UNCHANGED. THESE ARE SOME OF THE ARCHITECTURAL RENDERINGS. SO AGAIN THIS IS STILL THE VISION. THIS IS STILL THE DELIVERY WE WANT TO HAVE. 
          AND JUST LOOKING AT A LITTLE BIT OF SCALE BACKS ON PRIMARILY EXTERIOR FEATURES. SO THAT WE CAN STILL DELIVER THIS PROJECT ON TIME AND ON BUDGET. THE ONLY THING YOU'D REALLY SEE CHANGE HERE IS MAYBE A SLIGHT REDUCTION IN THE COVERED DECK AREA. THIS IS JUST THE VIEW FROM THE HIDDEN HARVEST SIDE. SO AGAIN, STILL TRYING TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS SAME VISION ON HOW WE ADVANCE THE PROJECT. FOR NEXT STEPS. OBVIOUSLY I'M HERE TONIGHT BECAUSE I'M SEEKING. YOU KNOW, ADVICE FROM COUNCIL AS TO MAKING SURE THAT YOU GUYS ARE ON BOARD, MAKING SURE THAT THE PUBLIC IS INFORMED ON WHAT OUR NEXT STEPS ARE AND HOW WE PLAN ON ADVANCING THE PROJECT. RIGHT NOW, WE ARE WORKING TO COMPLETE OUR FINAL GRANT AGREEMENT WITH THE SGC THAT WILL BE BASED OFF OF A $10 MILLION TOTAL PROJECT BUDGET. WE PLAN ON RELEASING AN RFP THAT WILL BE FOR DESIGN BUILD. AND WE'LL RELEASE THAT FOR QUALIFIED DEVELOPER OPERATORS. SO THE PERSON WHO ACTUALLY DESIGNS AND BUILDS THE PROJECT WILL ALSO BE THE OPERATOR. SO THEY'LL BE THE ONES WHO ACTUALLY MANAGE THE BUILDING FOR THE 2 OR 3 YEARS AFTER CONSTRUCTION IS COMPLETE AS WELL. THE CITY WILL WORK CLOSELY WITH THE DESIGN BUILD TEAM, AND WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE UTILIZING VALUE ENGINEERING SO THAT WE CAN DELIVER COMPLETE PROJECT. MAKE SURE THAT WE MEET ALL OF THE GOALS, ALL THE CHECK MARKS THAT ARE REQUIRED FOR OUR CURRENT GRANT THAT WE HAVE. AND DELIVER THE PROJECT ON BUDGET. IT'S ANTICIPATING THAT DESIGN PROCESS WILL TAKE 1 TO 1 AND A HALF YEARS, AND CONSTRUCTION WILL TAKE 1 TO 1 AND A HALF YEARS. SO WE'RE LOOKING AT A OPENING WITHIN TWO AND A HALF TO THREE YEARS. ONCE WE HAVE OUR SGC GRANT AGREEMENT IN PLACE. 
          OBVIOUSLY, MOVING FORWARD, CITY STAFF IS GOING TO CONTINUE TO GO AFTER EVERY GRANT OPPORTUNITY WE CAN. AND SEEK PARTNERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES SO THAT WE CAN ENHANCE THE OVERALL PROJECT AND POTENTIALLY DELIVER SOME OF THOSE ADDITIONAL EXTERIOR ITEMS THAT WE'RE HOPING TO REDUCE RIGHT NOW IN THIS PHASE. AND WE WILL VERY MUCH BE GOING AFTER GRANT OPPORTUNITIES TO HELP SUPPLEMENT ANY FUNDING FOR OUR PROGRAMMATIC PARTNERS AS WELL. SO THAT'S THAT'S A CONCLUSION OF THAT PRESENTATION. IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS FROM MEMBERS OF COUNCIL? IF YOU WERE TO GET ADDITIONAL GRANTS ONCE THE PROJECT IS IN PROCESS, WOULD YOU BE ABLE TO ADD WHAT YOU SAID YOU WOULD HAVE TO REMOVE? ABSOLUTELY. YEAH. SO THE GOAL WOULD BE TO WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO ADVANCE THE PROJECT. WE DON'T WANT TO HAVE TO WAIT A LONG TIME TO TRY TO FIND SUPPLEMENTAL FUNDING BEFORE WE CAN START. SO THE GOAL IS TO RELEASE A $10 MILLION PROJECT RIGHT NOW. AS LONG AS SGC APPROVES THAT BUDGET AND APPROVES THAT APPROACH. AND YES, ANY ADDITIONAL GRANT FUNDING WE GET, WE WOULD BE ABLE TO AMEND THAT CONTRACT AND MAKE SURE THAT ANY ADDITIONAL DELIVERABLES WOULD BE ADDED TO THE PROJECT THROUGH AN AMENDED THROUGH AN AMENDMENT. OKAY, ANDREW. SO THE GAP WAS 4.5 MILLION. THAT'S WHAT WE WERE LOOKING AT, THAT WE WERE STILL GOING TO TRY TO MAKE UP FOR OR FIND. YES. 4.4 IS THE GAP FOR PETER RABBIT AREA. OKAY. AND THE 10 MILLION THERE. SO BECAUSE THERE'S BEEN CHANGES IN THE ADMINISTRATION AND YOU KNOW THE STATE'S BEING IMPACTED, A LOT OF LOCAL JURISDICTIONS ARE BEING IMPACTED. WE DON'T SEE BEING 
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IMPACTED WITH THAT $10 MILLION GRANT. WHAT I MEAN IS WE DON'T FORESEE US NOT RECEIVING IT. 
          RIGHT. NO. I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY, WE'LL FEEL A LOT MORE COMFORTABLE WHEN WE HAVE OUR GRANT AGREEMENT IN PLACE AND WE ARE WORKING TO GET THAT DONE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. OKAY. THAT'S WHY WE WANTED TO PRESENT THIS TO THE PUBLIC. SO IT'S KIND OF OUT THERE AND OPEN AS FAR AS WHAT WE ARE DOING TO MOVE FORWARD. BUT NO, THAT IS A STATE LEVEL GRANT. IT IS NOT CURRENTLY UNDER ANY RISK OF BEING TAKEN THAT WE'RE AWARE. SO AFTER TONIGHT, AFTER RECEIVING DIRECTION FROM THE COUNCIL TONIGHT, YOU'LL TAKE IT BACK. YOU'LL SUBMIT AN AGREEMENT AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO WAIT FOR THEM TO ALSO TAKE A LOOK. HAVE THEY SEEN THE REDUCTION IN PROGRAMING ALREADY OR THEY HAVEN'T SEEN THAT YET? YES. WE HAVE HAD INTERNAL MEETINGS WITH THEM. WE'VE GONE OVER THIS BUDGET. THESE EXACT SAME CUTS IN THIS BUDGET WITH THEM. THEY GAVE US KIND OF PRELIMINARY POSITIVE FEEDBACK. WE HAVE TO THEY HAVEN'T GIVEN US A FORMAL THUMBS UP OR THUMBS DOWN ANSWER YET. 
          UNDERSTOOD. OKAY. THANK YOU. YEAH. SO JUST YOU HAVE THE REDUCTION IN THAT. SO DO YOU KNOW WHEN THE WHEN YOU SEND THIS TO THE STATE, YOU KNOW, LIKE THE TIMELINE IS ON, ON GETTING YOUR AGREEMENT OR. I CAN CHECK WITH SELENA I BELIEVE WE'RE TRYING TO AIM FOR THE END OF APRIL. OKAY. 
          YEAH. FOR THE GRANT AGREEMENT. OKAY. OKAY. OKAY. I JUST WANTED TO SEE THE TIMELINE. ANDREW, FOR THE CO-APPLICANTS. SINCE WE'RE REVISING AND REDUCING THE 4.4 MILLION. SO WHAT WE PLANNED WAS FOR THE 14.4, WE GOT THE SGC FOR 10 MILLION. SO WE WERE ANTICIPATING TO GET THE REMAINDER OF THE 4.4 MILLION THROUGH AN EPA GRANT, WHICH THAT FUNDING AND THOSE OPPORTUNITIES ARE NO LONGER AVAILABLE. AND SO WITH THE APPLICANTS, WHEN WE DESIGNED IT FOR $14.4 MILLION, SINCE WE'RE SINCE WE'RE CUTTING DOWN THE PROGRAMING, DOES THAT MEAN THE CO-APPLICANTS WILL NOW HAVE TO REDUCE THE PROGRAM THAT THEY WERE GOING TO ORIGINALLY PROVIDE? SO THEY NEED TO THEN ALSO PROVIDE MODIFICATIONS TO WHAT WAS ORIGINALLY SUBMITTED. YES, POTENTIALLY. SO ONE OF THE REASONS WE ARE LOOKING AT THE PROGRAMING IS BECAUSE WE DO FEEL THAT THERE'S A LOT OF GRANT OPPORTUNITIES TO SUPPLEMENT THAT PARTICULAR NEED. BUT IF COUNCIL GIVES DIRECTION THAT THEY WANT TO KEEP THE PROGRAMING, FUNDING AT THE FULL LEVELS, THAT WE WOULD OBVIOUSLY TAKE THAT DIRECTION TO HEART AND WE WOULD REVISE THESE BUDGETS IF THAT'S THE DIRECTION THAT WANTED TO HAPPEN. OBVIOUSLY WORKING WITH THOSE PARTNERS IS VERY IMPORTANT TO OUR CITY PRIORITIES AND THE FUTURE PRODUCTIVITY OF THE BUILDING AND THE STRUCTURE. NO I AGREE. AND THEN SO FOR SELENA, THEN OBVIOUSLY YOU'VE REACHED OUT TO THE APPLICANTS AND THEN THEY'VE THEY'VE SHARED THAT THEY WERE GOING TO REDUCE THE BECAUSE THERE WAS A LOT OF WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT IN THERE AS WELL THAT WE WERE GOING TO BE PROVIDING. YES. SO WE'RE STILL GOING THROUGH THE POSTAL WORD CONSULTATION PROCESS. AND THAT ENTAILS GOING OVER EVERYTHING, ALL THE WORK PLANS, ALL THE BUDGETS. AND SO OUR PARTNERS HAVE PROVIDED LIKE BUDGETS AND DESCRIPTIONS WITHIN THE ORIGINAL ALLOCATIONS. AND SO WE HAVE NOT MET WITH THEM JUST YET BECAUSE WE BARELY PRESENTED THE BUDGET REDUCTIONS TO SGC. SO LIKE ANDREW INDICATED, THEY GAVE US, YOU KNOW, THEY WERE OKAY WITH WHAT WE SUBMITTED, BUT THEY'RE GOING TO GET BACK TO US BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO BALANCE, LIKE THE CONSTRUCTION VERSUS PROGRAMMATIC. AND SO WE'LL SEE. WE'RE GOING TO FIND OUT PROBABLY NEXT WEEK IF THEY'RE OKAY WITH THEIR PROPOSED, YOU KNOW, TO STAY WITHIN THE $10 MILLION REWARD BASICALLY. AND THEN AFTER THAT THEY'RE GOING TO PROCESS OUR GRANT AGREEMENT. AND THAT'S GOING TO TAKE LIKE A MONTH FOR THEM TO GET IT BACK TO US, FULLY EXECUTED. AND THEY'LL EMAIL IT TO BILL. AND THEN HE CAN SIGN. AND YOU KNOW, AND IT'S PROBABLY LOOKING LIKE JUNE, TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, LIKE EARLY JUNE, THAT WE WOULD HAVE A SIGNED GRANT AGREEMENT BECAUSE THEY'RE ALSO TRYING TO GET THIS OUT THE DOOR FOR US, BECAUSE THIS THIS PROGRAM IS NOT AT RISK BECAUSE IT'S NOT IT'S FUNDED BY THE GENERAL FUND, NOT THE OTHER THE OTHER FUNDS THAT ARE AT RISK. SO WE'RE OKAY. WE JUST NEED TO GET TO THE GRANT AGREEMENT. YEAH. AND THAT'S WHAT MY CONCERN IS BECAUSE I KNOW THAT WHEN WE GO THROUGH THESE, ESPECIALLY WITH GC, THEY REALLY DO HAVE A VERY TOUGH CRITERIA THAT WE HAVE TO MEET. AND WE'VE BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL WITH, WITH EACH APPLICATION TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE GETTING THOSE HIGH POINTS AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. AND THERE IS A CRITERIA FOR DIFFERENT WHETHER IT'S OPERATIONS. CORRECT. AND SO, YOU KNOW, DO YOU THINK THAT WHEN WE THEN RESUBMIT OR MODIFY THE ORIGINAL APPLICATION THAT WE'RE STILL 
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GOING TO MEET THAT POINT SYSTEM REQUIREMENT OR SO I THINK THAT MAYBE SOME OF OUR NONPROFITS WILL HAVE TO BE REINSTATED TO THE ORIGINAL LEVEL, JUST BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF WORKFORCE TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATED WITH THEIR WORK. AND SO BUT I, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GOING TO HOPE FOR THE BEST BECAUSE I THINK ANDREW MADE A VERY GOOD POINT WHEN WE WERE REVIEWING, YOU KNOW, JUST EVERYTHING. AND IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT. SO THE CRC WILL NOT BE OPERATIONAL FOR THREE YEARS. AND THIS IS A FIVE YEAR GRANT TERM. AND SO IT'LL BE TWO YEARS REALLY THAT THE NONPROFITS WILL HAVE TO INFUSE IT WITH RESOURCES AND WHAT HAVE YOU. AND SO WE THINK THAT GIVEN THEIR CAPACITY, THEY MIGHT NOT EVEN BE ABLE TO SPEND ALL THAT MONEY THAT THEY WERE ORIGINALLY ALLOCATED. BUT AGAIN, WE'RE GOING TO LEAVE IT UP TO THEM AND ALSO SGC, BECAUSE WE HAVE TO OBVIOUSLY CONSULT THEM AND REALLY GIVE THEM A CHANCE TO SEE WHERE WE CAN COME TOGETHER AND STILL DELIVER THE SAME IMPACTFUL PROGRAMING. YEAH. IS THAT IS THAT WHY THERE WAS A MORE OF A GREAT. REDUCTION INTO THE EXTERIOR, RATHER THAN THE PROGRAMING AND EVERYTHING ELSE WITHIN, LIKE THE RIGHT, THE SQUARE FOOTAGE OF THE FOOD AND EVERYTHING ELSE. YES. I'M JUST CONCERNED. I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT WE DON'T LOSE THE 10 MILLION BECAUSE WE'RE NO LONGER MEETING THAT CRITERIA. AND THAT'S WHAT MY MAIN CONCERN IS RIGHT NOW. AND SO EVEN IF WE DISCUSS IT WITH SGC THAT THERE'S AND I DO AGREE WITH BOTH OF YOU THAT THERE IS A LOT OF POTENTIAL MONIES IN THE FUTURE TO PROVIDE FOR THAT PROGRAMING. BUT AND SO THEN WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO SHARE WITH SGC THAT WE'RE DEPENDENT ON OTHER PROGRAMS, ON OTHER FUNDING FOR PROGRAMING AS WE ROLL OUT THE FIVE YEARS. YEAH. AND THEY KNOW BECAUSE WE'VE PRESENTED LIKE WHO WE'VE SPOKEN TO AND WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO TO SECURE ADDITIONAL GRANT FUNDING. BUT I MEAN, YOU KNOW, NOT WE DON'T HAVE THAT MONEY SECURED JUST YET. AND SO I'M COMMITTED TO CONTINUING TO PURSUE GRANT FUNDING, SUPPORT TO FUND THE PROGRAMMATIC BECAUSE, LIKE ANDREW INDICATED EARLIER, IT'S MUCH HARDER TO GET DOLLARS FOR CONSTRUCTION THAN IT IS FOR THE PROGRAMMATIC. BUT AT THE SAME TIME, WE'LL SEE WHAT THE FUNDER SAYS, BECAUSE THEY ALSO HAVE TO LOOK AT THE POINTS AND HOW WE WON. SO EVEN OUR GRANTS MANAGER AND I WENT OVER LIKE HOW WE COMPETED AGAINST OTHER PROJECTS, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE REMEMBER, THIS ONE WAS HIGHLY CONTESTED BECAUSE WE WERE JUST WE ONLY WON BY LIKE TWO POINTS. AND SO YOU GOT TO LOOK, GO BACK AND SEE HOW WE WON. RIGHT. SO WE WERE ANALYZING THAT. AND SO THAT'S THAT'S WHY I WAS LIKE BUT BUT YEAH WE'LL SEE WHAT SGC TELLS US. BECAUSE THEY WERE VERY UNDERSTANDING ABOUT THE FACT THAT THE EPA HAS BEEN ELIMINATED, AND THEY ACTUALLY RESCINDED ALL THE PREVIOUS GRANT AWARDS THAT WERE MADE THROUGH THAT PROGRAM. YEAH, THAT'S THAT'S MY MAIN CONCERN. NOT SO MUCH WHAT YOU GUYS HAVE ELIMINATED AND DECREASED. I KNOW YOU SPENT A LOT OF TIME WITH IT, BUT MORE IS THAT AS WE MOVE FORWARD THAT WE HAVE A STRONG ENOUGH APPLICATION. WE'RE MAKING THOSE MODIFICATIONS BECAUSE OF THAT TOUGH CRITERIA. AND WE WENT TO SACRAMENTO AND THERE WAS PEOPLE WHO WERE JUST THEY JUST SLID UNDER. AND SO I DON'T WANT US. OBVIOUSLY WE'RE VERY CLOSE TO BUMPING IT. THAT'S RIGHT. WE WENT TO SACRAMENTO FOR IT. AND YOU SAW PERSONALLY HOW PEOPLE WERE LIKE. AND THEN THE SECOND QUESTION I HAVE IS BECAUSE WE'RE ALSO USING IT AS AN EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS CENTER, IS THAT THE REDUCTION OF THE FOR THE BACKUP GENERATOR, IS THAT GOING TO BE SUFFICIENT TO WHAT WE HAVE? I THINK SO. ANDREW, DO YOU WANT TO SPEAK TO THAT? BECAUSE GREAT ALTERNATIVES GAVE US A PROPOSAL. 
          SO. SO THE WE'LL ACTUALLY BE PURCHASING SEPARATELY A GENERATOR THAT CAN RUN THE FACILITY FOR MULTIPLE DAYS. SO EVEN ON THE ORIGINAL PROPOSAL WITH THE $1 MILLION FOR SOLAR, THAT WAS KIND OF A ROUGH ESTIMATE AT THE BEGINNING. SO WE THINK THAT THAT ESTIMATE WAS ACTUALLY VERY HIGH ANYWAY, BUT THAT WAS ONLY ABLE TO PROVIDE POWER TO THE BUILDING FOR. NOT EVEN 24 HOURS. IT WAS LIKE IT WAS LIKE 4 OR 5 HOURS OF POWER. SO NO MATTER WHAT, WE HAD TO HAVE AN ALTERNATIVE SOURCE. SGC WILL NOT PROVIDE ANY FUNDING FOR ANY DIESEL POWERED OR FUEL POWERED GENERATORS. SO WE STILL HAVE A PLAN IN PLACE TO PROVIDE THAT BACKUP POWER THAT WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR THREE HOURS OR I MEAN FOR SORRY, FOR THREE DAYS. 72 HOURS IS KIND OF THE STANDARD THAT YOU WANT TO HAVE FOR AN EMERGENCY CENTER. THANK YOU. ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FOR CITY STAFF? THANK YOU GUYS. I KNOW IT'S IT MUST BE STRESSFUL AND NERVE WRACKING. 
          YOU KNOW, YOU DID SO WELL, SELINA. AND THERE WAS SO MUCH TO GO INTO IT. AND YOU'RE ALMOST KIND OF, YOU KNOW, STARTING ALL OVER AGAIN. AND SO THAT'S THAT'S A TOUGH THAT'S A TOUGH JOB YOU GUYS HAVE. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR IT. THANK YOU. SO THEN SO THEN EVERYBODY'S GOOD WITH 
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THE REDUCTIONS. THANK YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU. NOW WE'LL MOVE FORWARD WITH THE CANNABIS UPDATE PRESENTATION. GOOD AFTERNOON. MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL ARNIE FERNANDEZ MANAGEMENT ANALYST FOR DEVELOPMENT SERVICES. AND I'LL BE PRESENTING ON OUR CANNABIS COMPLIANCE UPDATE. AND THEN I'LL HAVE OUR UTILITIES DIRECTOR PRESENT A PORTION OF THE PRESENTATION AS WELL. OKAY. SO JUST STARTING OFF WITH A BIT OF BACKGROUND. OUR CITY COUNCIL IN 2016 DID ADOPT AN ORDINANCE TO ALLOW FOR COMMERCIAL CANNABIS ACTIVITY IN THE CITY THAT ENTAILED CULTIVATION, MANUFACTURING, TESTING, AND DISTRIBUTION OF CANNABIS PRODUCTS. WITH THIS, THE ESTABLISHMENT OF ZONING REQUIREMENTS DID OCCUR AS WELL. SO THERE WERE CERTAIN ZONES WHERE CANNABIS, COMMERCIAL CANNABIS WERE ALLOWED IN THE CITY, AND THAT WAS THE WRECKING YARD AS WELL AS THE INDUSTRIAL ZONES. AND THEN TWO YEARS LATER, IN 2018, OUR COUNCIL DID ADOPT ANOTHER ORDINANCE THAT ALLOWED THE ESTABLISHMENT AND REGULATION OF RETAIL CANNABIS BUSINESS IN THE CITY. AND THE ZONING FOR THESE WERE MORE IN THE COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL ZONES OF THE CITY TO BE ALLOWED TO OPERATE A CANNABIS BUSINESS IN THE CITY, THE OPERATOR WOULD HAVE TO OBTAIN A LAND USE ENTITLEMENT, WHICH WOULD BE THE CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT, AS WELL AS A CANNABIS REGULATORY PERMIT, WHICH WOULD BE THE LOCAL CANNABIS PERMIT, KIND OF EQUIVALENT TO THE STATE LICENSE. BUT ON THE LOCAL SIDE. SO IN 23, 2023, THE CITY DID ALSO ESTABLISH OR STAFF ESTABLISH A CANNABIS COMPLIANCE TEAM. SO SINCE THE ADOPTION OF THE PROGRAM OR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PROGRAM IN THE CITY, WE HAVE LEARNED A LOT OF NEW THINGS. AND THERE'S HAD A LOT OF NEW ISSUES HAVE CAME ABOUT. SO ONCE WE HAD A FULL TIME STAFF MEMBER, WHICH WAS MYSELF, WE KIND OF ESTABLISHED A MORE ROBUST COMPLIANCE TEAM. AND OUR COMPLIANCE TEAM DOES ENTAIL SEVERAL INTERNAL DEPARTMENTS AS WELL AS EXTERNAL DEPARTMENTS. SO INTERNALLY WE HAVE THE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT UNDER THE COMPLIANCE TEAM THAT ENTAILS CANNABIS DIVISION, WHICH WOULD BE THE MANAGEMENT ANALYST, WHICH IS MYSELF. WE HAVE CODE ENFORCEMENT WHICH IS UNDER OUR CODE COMPLIANCE MANAGER, WHICH IS RENEE, AND WE HAVE BUILDING AND SAFETY, WHICH IS OUR BUILDING OFFICIAL, LISANDRO. AND THEN INTERNALLY WE ALSO HAVE UTILITIES AND ENVIRONMENTAL, WHICH WOULD BE OUR UTILITIES DIRECTOR, CASTULO AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAM MANAGER ABRAHAM. AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE AN EXTERNAL MEMBER TO THE TEAM. 
          AND THAT WOULD BE WITH RIVERSIDE COUNTY FIRE DEPARTMENT OR SUPERVISING FIRE MARSHAL, WHICH IS CARLOS RODRIGUEZ. SO COMPLIANCE MAY SEEM A LITTLE SIMPLE, BUT AS YOU CAN SEE, IT'S A LITTLE COMPLEX AND TAKES A FEW DEPARTMENTS AND EXTERNAL DEPARTMENTS AS WELL TO KIND OF JOIN ON THE COMPLIANCE TEAM. HERE'S A LIST OF OUR BUSINESSES THAT ARE CURRENTLY OUT OF COMPLIANCE. SO THE CITY DOES CURRENTLY HAVE A TOTAL OF 24 FACILITIES. WE HAVE 15 THAT ARE OUT OF COMPLIANCE. SO A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN HALF. THERE'S SOMEONE HERE THAT ARE PART OF THE DELGO PROJECT WHICH IS UNDER ONE KIND OF ONE, ONE PROJECT. SO THERE'S SOME SMALL BUSINESSES IN THAT DEVELOPMENT THAT ARE WITHIN. SO IT KIND OF SEEMS LIKE A LOT, BUT THAT'S ONLY UNDER ONE PROJECT. SO THAT WOULD BE THE FIRST SIX BUSINESSES. AND THEN AFTER THAT WE HAVE SOME CULTIVATORS AS WELL AS STOREFRONT RETAILERS AND MANUFACTURING. SO I'LL KIND OF GO IN DEPTH ON THE STATUS OF COMPLIANCE AND INFORMATION ON WHY THEY'RE OUT OF COMPLIANCE AS WELL. SO WE HAVE A FEW CATEGORIES THAT THEY'RE OUT OF COMPLIANCE WITH. WE HAVE BUILDING AND SAFETY, WHICH ENTAILS LIKE BUILDING PERMITS, CERTIFICATES, CERTIFICATES OF OCCUPANCY AND BUILDING FINALS, LAND USE ENTITLEMENTS. SO MAYBE THEY MAY BE OUT OF COMPLIANCE WITH THEIR CONDITIONAL USE PERMITS. UTILITIES, WHICH ENTAILS THE WASTE WASTEWATER DISCHARGE. AND THEY'LL GO AHEAD AND GO IN DEPTH WITH THAT AND TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT TALK ABOUT THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE. WE HAVE ODOR CONTROL. SO SOME ISSUES WITH ODOR CONTROL. WE'RE WORKING WITH SOME OF THEM ALREADY ON THAT AS WELL. AND CRP. SO SOME OF THEM HAVE NOT BEEN ISSUED A REGULATORY PERMIT BECAUSE THEY'RE OUT OF COMPLIANCE WITH OTHER AREAS. 
          UNTIL THEY MEET COMPLIANCE WITH ALL DEPARTMENTS WILL BE ISSUED A CRP. SO FOR DELGRO HERE IN THIS INSTANCE, SINCE THEY'RE OUT OF COMPLIANCE WITH UTILITIES, THEY WERE ISSUED A WASTEWATER DISCHARGE PERMIT WITH CONDITIONS FOR A CERTAIN TIME FRAME. THAT'S WHY THEY WERE ISSUED A CRP. BUT THEY'LL GO INTO THAT AS WELL WHEN THEY GIVE THEIR PORTION OF THE PRESENTATION. AND THEN WE HAVE TAXES. SO WE HAVE TWO THAT ARE IN COMPLIANCE WITH TAXES. SO I'LL HAVE CASTULO GIVE A BRIEF PRESENTATION ON HIS END, AND I'LL COME BACK TO FINALIZE THE PRESENTATION. GOOD EVENING COUNCIL. FOLLOWING UP ON ANI'S COMMENTS. THERE'S AS YOU MENTIONED, THERE'S SEVERAL LAYERS OF COMPLIANCE HERE. AND SO WHAT I'M GOING TO DO, AS SHE SAID, I'M GOING TO FOCUS ON THE 
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UTILITY ASPECT OF COMPLIANCE. AND THAT'S IN PARTICULAR FOCUSED ON THE DISCHARGE, THE WASTE DISCHARGE THAT'S PRODUCED BY CANNABIS CULTIVATORS AND THAT ARE SENT TO OUR TREATMENT PLANT AND OUR COLLECTION SYSTEM. SO EVERYTHING THAT I'M GOING TO SPEAK ABOUT IS RELATED TO CULTIVATORS, RIGHT. THE, THE, THE CANNABIS PROGRAM AS A WHOLE IS MADE UP OF MORE THAN JUST CULTIVATION. IT'S MADE UP OF RETAIL, IT'S MADE OF MANUFACTURING. BUT AS IT RELATES TO THE UTILITIES DEPARTMENT HERE IN PARTICULAR, IT'S ALL RELATED TO CULTIVATORS BECAUSE OF THEIR DISCHARGE INTO THE TREATMENT PLANT. SO JUST A LITTLE BIT OF A RECAP HERE OF A REMINDER. THE CITY OF COACHELLA OWNS AND OPERATES ITS OWN WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT THAT'S VERY UNIQUE TO THE CITY OF COACHELLA. THERE'S ONLY ONE OTHER CITY IN THE WHOLE VALLEY THAT OPERATES AND OWNS ITS OWN WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT. OUR TREATMENT PLANT IS KNOWN AS THE COACHELLA SANITARY DISTRICT WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT, AND IT'S REGULATED AND UNDER PERMIT BY THE CALIFORNIA REGIONAL WATER QUALITY CONTROL BOARD. SO WE HAVE A PERMIT THAT ALLOWS US TO OPERATE THIS TREATMENT PLANT AND REQUIRES US TO DISCHARGE A CERTAIN WATER QUALITY INTO THIS BODY OF WATER THAT'S CONSIDERED A BODY OF THE STATE BODY OF WATER OF THE STATE. AND SO I KIND OF PUT AN ARROW THERE TO SHOW YOU WHERE THE WASTEWATER DISCHARGE GOES INTO THE WHITEWATER RIVER, AND THEN THAT WATER EVENTUALLY FLOWS ALL THE WAY TO THE SALTON SEA. AND SO THESE PERMITS AND THE FUNCTION OF THESE STATE DEPARTMENTS ARE TO PREVENT POLLUTION INTO THESE WATERS OF THE STATE. AND SO THE PERMIT HAS A BUNCH OF REGULATIONS ON CONTAMINANTS THAT THAT WE CAN EXCEED. WHEN WE PUT THAT DISCHARGE INTO, INTO THE WHITEWATER RIVER. SO THE MUNICIPAL CODE GIVES US SOME POWERS TO, TO ENSURE THAT WE IMPLEMENT PRACTICES ON OUR SYSTEM THAT ALLOWS US TO COMPLY WITH THESE RULES AND REGULATIONS BY THESE REGULATORY AGENCIES. 
          AND IN THE CODE, THE DEPARTMENT IS GIVEN THE AUTHORITY TO REQUIRE THE INSTALLATION OF MAINTENANCE. THE INSTALLATION AND THE MAINTENANCE OF PRETREATMENT AND MONITORING FACILITIES TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE NOT RECEIVING DISCHARGE OF CONCERN THAT MIGHT PUT US OUT OF COMPLIANCE WITH THESE PERMITS. AND SO A COMMON EXAMPLE OF THIS IS WASTEWATER AGENCIES. THEY TAKE ON FLOW FROM WHAT'S CALLED HIGH END USERS, LIKE COMMERCIAL USERS. THOSE THOSE THE COMMON ONES ARE RESTAURANTS. AND SO PRETTY COMMON THING TO DO IS TO REQUIRE RESTAURANTS TO PUT IN GREASE INTERCEPTORS SO THAT THEY'RE ABLE TO PUMP ALL THE GREASE AND ALL THE FATS AND NOT ALLOW THOSE TYPES OF FATS AND OILS AND GREASE TO GO INTO OUR TREATMENT PLANT, NOT GO INTO OUR PIPES BECAUSE IT CREATES ISSUES. SO THAT'S AN EXAMPLE OF A PRETREATMENT DEVICE THAT YOU TYPICALLY INSTALL TO PREVENT CERTAIN DISCHARGES TO GO INTO YOUR TREATMENT PLANT. BUT THOSE ARE THOSE ARE MORE THE GENERAL THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN IN PRACTICE. THE WHOLE CONVERSATION ABOUT CANNABIS DISCHARGE IS RELATIVELY, RELATIVELY NEW. CANNABIS CULTIVATION WAS NOT ALLOWED UNTIL JUST A FEW YEARS AGO, AND CANNABIS CULTIVATION AS A WHOLE, WHEN THE STATE WAS CONTEMPLATING ALLOWING CULTIVATION TO OCCUR OF CANNABIS, IT WAS IT WAS FLAGGED THAT THEY HAD CONCERNS WITH THOSE WASTEWATER DISCHARGE, UNDERSTANDING THE WAY THAT CANNABIS WOULD BE CULTIVATED. AND SO WHAT THEY DID IS THE ORIGINAL BOARD, THE SAME REGIONAL BOARD THAT REGULATES OUR WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT, THAT SETS REQUIREMENTS ON THE DISCHARGES THAT COME OUT OF OUR WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT. WHAT THEY DID IS THEY CREATED A PERMIT, A BOARD ORDER THAT EVERY CANNABIS CULTIVATOR HAD TO GET COVERAGE UNDER IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO OPERATE A CANNABIS CULTIVATION COMMERCIAL BUSINESS. AND SO THIS IS THIS IS THAT BOARD ORDER. AND SO EVERY CANNABIS CULTIVATOR IS REQUIRED TO RECEIVE COVERAGE UNDER THIS, UNDER THIS PERMIT. AND THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT WAYS TO DO THAT. ONE OF THE WAYS TO DO THAT, AND I THINK IT'S PROBABLY THE EASIEST WAY TO DO THAT, IS FOR CULTIVATORS WHEN THEY APPLY UNDER COVERAGE TO SIMPLY POINT AT THE LOCAL WASTEWATER AGENCY AND SAY, I'M GOING TO DISCHARGE MY WASTEWATER TO THE LOCAL WASTEWATER AGENCY. AND I'VE SATISFIED ALL OF THEIR REQUIREMENTS. I'M OKAY WITH THEIR POLICY, AND THEY KIND OF SELF CERTIFY THAT THEY'VE KIND OF CLEARED ALL OF THE LOCAL WASTEWATER AGENCIES REQUIREMENTS AND POLICIES, AND IT ALLOWS THEM TO HAVE COVERAGE UNDER THIS. OTHERWISE THEY WOULD HAVE TO FIND COVERAGE IN ANOTHER WAY 
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THAT SOMETIMES WOULD REQUIRE THEM TO CONTAIN THEIR DISCHARGE IN A TANK AND HAUL IT TO SOME OTHER TYPE OF APPROVED FACILITY, WHERE THEY COULD THEN DISPOSE OF THAT DISCHARGE, SO THAT THESE ARE KIND OF THE THINGS THAT THAT WOULD PUT THESE CULTIVATORS OUT OF COMPLIANCE. AND SO I'M GOING TO GO OVER THE FACILITIES THAT ARE OUT OF COMPLIANCE, AND THEY'RE ALL OUT OF COMPLIANCE BECAUSE THEY CERTIFIED AND THEY HAVE COVERAGE UNDER THIS BOARD ORDER WHERE THEY WHERE THEY STATED THAT THAT THEY'RE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE POLICIES OF THE AGENCY AND THAT THE AGENCY IS SATISFIED IN THE WAY THAT THEY'RE DISCHARGING THEIR, THEIR, THEIR WASTE STREAM. AND SO, JUST TO A LITTLE BIT MORE, AGAIN, BECAUSE CANNABIS IS SO NEW AND THE THERE'S NOT A LOT OF DATA ON WHAT MAKES UP THE DISCHARGE AND WHETHER THAT SHOULD BE AN ISSUE OF CONCERN THAT MIGHT IMPACT THE WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT, NOT JUST OUR TREATMENT PLANT, BUT TREATMENT PLANTS THAT ARE OPERATED ACROSS THE STATE. MOST WATER AGENCIES SIMPLY DON'T ACCEPT CANNABIS DISCHARGE. THERE IS NO OTHER AGENCY IN THE COACHELLA VALLEY UNTIL RECENTLY THAT ALLOWS CANNABIS DISCHARGE TO ENTER THEIR SYSTEM AND EVENTUALLY GO INTO THEIR TREATMENT PLANT THAT INCLUDES VALLEY SANITATION DISTRICT, OUR NEIGHBOR, THEY DON'T TAKE ANY CANNABIS DISCHARGE. THAT INCLUDES COACHELLA VALLEY WATER DISTRICT, WHICH PROBABLY COVERS AT LEAST 80% OF THE ENTIRE VALLEY. THEY DON'T TAKE ANY CANNABIS DISCHARGE, AND I BELIEVE DESERT HOT SPRINGS, WHICH IS PROVIDED SERVICE BY MISSION SPRINGS WATER DISTRICT, IS STARTING TO ALLOW FOR THAT. BUT THEY THEY ARE REQUIRING THE EXACT SAME THING THAT WE ARE REQUIRING, WHICH IS TO INSTALL SAMPLE BOXES SO THAT THE AGENCY HAS THE ABILITY TO MONITOR, TO TAKE SAMPLES OF THE DISCHARGE AND MONITOR THE STRENGTH OF THAT DISCHARGE AND MAKE A DETERMINATION IF THESE BUSINESSES SHOULD SHOULD BE INSTALLING PRETREATMENT DEVICES TO PREVENT ANY, ANY NEGATIVE IMPACT TO THE TREATMENT PLANT. AND SO THOSE ARE EXACTLY OUR REQUIREMENTS. WE WE'VE WHAT WE'VE REQUIRED FROM ALL OF THESE CULTIVATORS IS GO AHEAD. YOU'RE ALLOWED TO DISCHARGE INTO OUR SYSTEM. BUT WE LIKE WE WOULD WE REQUIRE YOU TO INSTALL A SAMPLE BOX SO THAT WE CAN TAKE A SAMPLE WHENEVER WE WANT. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT HAS BEEN COMMUNICATED TO ALL OF THESE BUSINESSES THAT YOU SEE LISTED HERE. AS I MENTIONED, THERE IS A BIG CAMPUS CALLED DELGRO. THIS IS A PROJECT THAT STARTED AROUND 2017. THIS HAS ONE ISSUE THAT'S EVEN OUTSIDE OF THE SAMPLE BOX REQUIREMENT THIS THIS BUSINESS HERE, WHEN IT FIRST STARTED, CAME IN AS, AS THIS CAMPUS THAT WAS GOING TO INCLUDE THAT RED AREA, THAT RED AREA NEVER MATERIALIZED. IT DOESN'T APPEAR THAT IT'S GOING TO MOVE FORWARD. BUT WHAT THEY DID IS THEY BUILT A SEWER SYSTEM TO WHERE THEY'RE DISCHARGING THAT WASTEWATER THROUGH PRIVATE PROPERTY. SO IF YOU SEE THAT ARROW, THAT KIND OF GOES DIAGONAL INTO HARRISON STREET, THAT'S THAT'S THE DIRECTION OF THE FLOW. SO THERE'S DELGRO IS, IS KIND OF THE FIRST TWO ARROWS GOING DOWN AND GOING TO THE RIGHT. THAT IS THAT IS ONE PARCEL THAT'S PRIVATE, THAT'S ONE PRIVATE PARCEL. AND THEN THE AREA IN THE RED ARE TWO OTHER PRIVATE PARCELS. THE ONE PARCEL IS DISCHARGING THROUGH ANOTHER PRIVATE PARCEL, TWO PRIVATE PARCELS. AND THERE'S BEEN CONCERNS FROM THE PARTIES IN THE RED AREA THAT THAT THEY'VE EXPRESSED CONCERNS TO THE CITY THAT THEY'RE TAKING ON, THAT THAT FLOW IS GOING THROUGH THEIR THROUGH THEIR PROPERTY WITHOUT PERMISSION. SO WE'VE ALSO SENT THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT HERE A LETTER GIVING THEM SIX MONTHS. THEIR PLANS ARE APPROVED. THEY THEY WERE DIRECTED TO PULL THE PERMIT FROM PLANNING DEPARTMENT IN ORDER TO DIVERT THAT FLOW BACK INTO AVENUE 48. YOU'LL SEE THE OTHER ARROW THAT I PUT THERE, THE DASH KIND OF PURPLE ARROW WITH THE WITH THE ARROW POINTING TO AVENUE 48 TO THE TOP OF THE PAGE. THAT'S THE WAY THEY'RE GOING TO DIVERT THE WATER, THEIR WASTE FLOW, BACK TO THE STREET. THEY'RE ALL WITHIN. 
          THEY SHOULD BE CONTAINING ALL OF THAT WASTE WITHIN THEIR OWN PROPERTY, NOT CROSSING PRIVATE PROPERTY. SO THIS IS ONE UNIQUE THING WITH THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT IS AS OF LAST I BELIEVE, LAST THURSDAY, THEY ARE GIVEN SIX MONTHS TO COMPLETE THAT PROJECT. OTHERWISE I THINK THEY MIGHT FACE ADDITIONAL. VIOLATIONS. AND SO THE OTHER THING THAT THESE BUSINESSES ARE 
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REQUIRED TO DO, AS I MENTIONED, IS INSTALL SAMPLE BOXES. THERE'S ABOUT SIX BUSINESSES IN HERE. 
          IT'S ONE IT'S ONE BIG PROJECT. BUT THEY CREATED SIX SEPARATE BUSINESSES WHICH ALL HAVE THEIR OWN COVERAGE UNDER THESE PERMITS. SO THERE'S SIX DIFFERENT CANNABIS CULTIVATION PERMITS EACH ATTRIBUTED TO ONE OF THESE BUILDINGS. AND SO FOR THE MOST PART, THOUGH, IT SEEMS THAT THE PROJECT OWNERS ARE ON TRACK TO MEET THESE CONDITIONS, BOTH THE REROUTING OF THE OF THE WASTE FLOWS ■TO BACK TO AVENUE 8 AND THE INSTALLATION OF THE SAMPLE BOXES WE'VE GIVEN THEM ON THE SAMPLE BOXES UNTIL THE END OF THIS CALENDAR YEAR. SO WE'VE GIVEN THEM UP UNTIL DECEMBER 31ST OF 2025. AND WE BELIEVE, I THINK THEY BELIEVE AS WELL THAT THAT'S ACHIEVABLE. AND IT SEEMS THAT EVERYBODY'S MOVING TO HIT THAT TARGET. THESE ARE SOME OF THE OTHER ONES, THE TWO THAT ARE RIGHT NEXT TO DELGRO ARE JV AND AJAX. JV HAS INDICATED THAT THAT THEY WILL NOT DISCHARGE TO OUR SEWER, THAT THEY ARE GOING TO TAKE THE PATH OF DOING SOMETHING DIFFERENT. AND SO WHAT WE'VE REQUIRED THEM TO DO IS TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY AMEND THE PERMIT THAT THEY HAVE WITH THE STATE WATER BOARD RELATED TO COVERAGE. THAT DOESN'T POINT TO THE FACT THAT WE'RE THAT THAT THEY'RE SENDING THEIR DISCHARGE TO US. SO WE WILL REQUIRE EVIDENCE THAT THEY'VE AMENDED THAT PERMIT SO THAT THEY HAVE COVERAGE UNDER A DIFFERENT FORMAT, AND THEY'RE IN AGREEMENT WITH THAT. AJAX IS AN AGREEMENT. WE'VE TALKED TO THEM. THEY'RE UNDER CONSTRUCTION. AND THERE'S AT THIS POINT, NO CONCERNS THAT THEY WON'T HAVE THOSE SAMPLE BOXES INSTALLED BY THE END OF THE YEAR. SCARLET RAY. THEY REQUESTED SOME ADDITIONAL TIME TO DETERMINE WHAT OPTION THEY'RE GOING TO TAKE. ARE THEY GOING TO TAKE THE OPTION OF DISCHARGING TO THE CITY, OR ARE THEY GOING TO TAKE THE OPTION OF DOING SOMETHING DIFFERENT? SO RIGHT NOW THEY OWE US AN ANSWER. I THINK THEY WE EXPECT AN ANSWER FROM THEM BY NEXT WEEK FOR THEM TO TELL US WHAT WHAT OPTION THEY'RE GOING TO TAKE. AND THE LAST ONE THERE IS, IS ANOTHER ONE WHERE WE'VE BEEN IN CONTACT WITH THEM. WE'VE WE'VE EXPRESSED THE NEED FOR A SAMPLE BOX. AND FOR THE MOST PART, THEY SEEM TO BE MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. AND AS OF NOW, THEY'RE WE FEEL CONFIDENT THAT THEY THAT THEY WILL INSTALL THIS, THIS SAMPLE BOX BY THE END OF THE CALENDAR YEAR. AND THAT COVERS MY PORTION OF THE PRESENTATION. THANK YOU. CUSTOMER. THANK YOU. OKAY. I'LL BE COVERING THE REST OF THE PRESENTATION FROM HERE. OKAY. SO WITH THE CRP RENEWALS AND WITH THE NEW COMPLIANCE TEAM, WE HAVE BEEN CONDUCTING ANNUAL INSPECTIONS OF SITES. SO WITH THESE INSPECTIONS WE HAVE BEEN FINDING DIFFERENT THINGS THAT NEED TO BE ADDRESSED OR CORRECTIONS THAT NEED TO BE ADDRESSED FROM DIFFERENT BUSINESSES. SO HERE'S A TIMELINE OF WHAT WE'VE FOUND OR HOW WE WORK WITH THESE BUSINESSES AS WELL. IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT ONCE WE FIND CERTAIN THINGS THAT NEED TO BE ADDRESSED ON SITES, WE'RE NOT TRYING TO SHUT ANY BUSINESS DOWN. WE'RE TRYING TO WORK WITH THEM AND GIVE THEM A PATH TO COMPLIANCE WHERE THEY CAN ADDRESS SOME OF THESE ISSUES LITTLE BY LITTLE, BECAUSE SOME OF THESE DO HAVE BIGGER ISSUES THAT NEED A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME TO BE CORRECTED. SO FOR JVS, THIS ONE IS THE CULTIVATION FACILITY IN THE WRECKING YARD. 
          SO THIS ONE OUR STAFF DID CONDUCT A SITE VISIT FOR THEIR CRP RENEWAL IN JULY OF 2024. WE DID MAIL THEM A CORRECTION LETTER WITH A LIST OF EXTENSIVE CORRECTIONS, BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO ADDRESS THINGS WITH BUILDING AND SAFETY AS WELL AS FIRE, SO THEY DON'T HAVE BUILDING PERMITS AS WELL AS A FINAL FROM BUILDING. AND THAT WILL TAKE A LOT OF TIME TO DO. SO, THEY NEEDED TO SUBMIT PLANS TO THE CITY FOR THEIR TENANT IMPROVEMENT. SO WE DID MEET WITH THEM IN NOVEMBER. WE GAVE THEM THAT TIMELINE. THEY WEREN'T ABLE TO MEET CERTAIN MILESTONES ON TIME, BUT WE DID GO OUT THERE AGAIN AND DO A FOLLOW UP INSPECTION WITH FIRE TO PROVIDE THEM ADDITIONAL SUPPORT AS WELL AS GUIDANCE, AND WE GAVE THEM UNTIL THIS MONTH TO SUBMIT THOSE PLANS. SO WE HAVE BEEN GIVING THEM EXTENSIONS AND WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THEM TO OBTAIN THOSE PERMITS FOR AJAX. WE WENT AHEAD AND DID AN INSPECTION THERE IN AUGUST OF 2024. I BELIEVE THEY HAD AN INSPECTION REGARDING A BUILDING PERMIT THAT WAS SEPARATE FROM THE CULTIVATION FACILITY. SO OUR STAFF DID FIND THAT THEIR BUILDING WAS NOT FINALED. AFTER THAT, THEY SUBMITTED PLANS TO THE CITY TO GET THEIR PROPER BUILDING PERMITS. SO IN OCTOBER, WE ISSUED A CORRECTION NOTICE TO THEM FOR THOSE BUILDING PERMITS, THE APPLICATION. AND THAT SAME MONTH WE MET WITH THEM TO KIND OF ESTABLISH MILESTONES, GO OVER THEIR PLANS TO LET THEM KNOW 
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WHAT THEY NEED TO SUBMIT EXACTLY TO BUILDING AND SAFETY AND FIRE. THEIR PLANS WERE IN REVIEW FOR QUITE SOME TIME BECAUSE THEY HAD SEVERAL CORRECTIONS AND THEY HAD TO GET APPROVAL FROM FIRE AS WELL. BUT RIGHT NOW THEY WERE ISSUED ISSUED A BUILDING PERMIT, AND THEY'RE THEY'RE UNDER CONSTRUCTION. SO THEY'RE MAKING PROGRESS AS WELL. MASSIVE INDUSTRIES. THIS IS A CULTIVATION FACILITY ON AVENUE 54. SO RIGHT ACROSS FROM THE CIVIC CENTER, WE DID CONDUCT A SITE VISIT FOR THEIR CANNABIS REGULATORY PERMIT RENEWAL IN AUGUST OF LAST YEAR. THAT SAME MONTH, WE SENT THEM A CORRECTIONS LETTER, AND WE MET WITH THEM AS WELL TO ESTABLISH MILESTONES AND DEADLINES FOR COMPLIANCE. SO THEY WERE ISSUED A DATE TO COMPLY BY. THEY FELT LIKE THEY NEEDED ADDITIONAL TIME. SO WE'VE BEEN MEETING WITH THEM AS WELL. THEY'VE BEEN SUBMITTING PLANS TO THE CITY. I BELIEVE THEY'RE ON THEIR SECOND CORRECTIONS, BUT THEY'RE SUBMITTING THOSE CORRECTIONS AS WELL. SO RIGHT NOW THEY WERE REQUIRED TO SUBMIT CORRECTIONS. 
          LAST MONTH. THEY ASKED FOR EXTENDED TIME. WE'RE TRYING TO BE CONSISTENT WITH ALL OF THESE BUSINESSES, SO WE'RE TRYING TO GIVE THEM THE ADDITIONAL TIME THEY NEED. BUT ONCE THEY MEET, ONCE THEY MISS CERTAIN DEADLINES, WE START. WE WILL START WITH ENFORCEMENT. SO WE'RE TRYING TO WORK WITH THEM. D9 WE DID CONDUCT A SITE VISIT BACK IN APRIL OF LAST YEAR FOR THEIR RENEWAL AS WELL. WE MET WITH THE APPLICANT, DISCUSSED SOME OF THE PENDING REQUIREMENTS THAT THEY HAD. A LOT OF THE REQUIREMENTS HAVE TO DO WITH THEIR CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT. THEY WERE PROPOSING A BIGGER PROJECT NOW BECAUSE OF THE POWER ISSUE. THEY KIND OF WANT TO KEEP WHAT'S EXISTING ON SITE. SO WE KIND OF MET WITH THEM WITH THAT CUP REQUIREMENT FOR THE MODIFICATION. THEY SUBMITTED PLANS. THEY'RE THEY'RE WORKING WITH PLANNING RIGHT NOW FOR THAT TO UP MODIFICATION. AND THEY NEED TO SUBMIT CORRECTIONS. SO WE'RE ACTUALLY MEETING WITH THEM NEXT WEEK TO DISCUSS THEIR ENGINEERING PLANS. LIGHTHOUSE. WE DID AN INSPECTION FOR THIS BUSINESS IN MAY OF 2024 LAST YEAR. THIS WAS FOR THEIR RENEWAL OF THEIR CRP. WE DID SEND THEM A CORRECTION NOTICE OR A LETTER IN JUNE OF 2024. FROM HERE, WE DID NOTICE THAT THEY HAD MISSED A QUARTER OF TAX PAYMENTS. SO FINANCE DID ISSUE THEM A NOTICE OF NON-FILING FOR TAXES AGAIN IN OCTOBER. FINANCE DID SEND THEM A DEMAND FOR PAYMENT FOR THEIR TAXES, AND IN DECEMBER THEY CAME TO A PAYMENT PLAN AGREEMENT. AT THAT TIME, THE BUSINESS MADE NO PAYMENTS TO THE CITY AND MARCH OF LAST OR LAST MONTH OF THIS YEAR IN MARCH, STAFF OR ADMINISTRATIVELY MADE A ESTABLISH A NEW PAYMENT PLAN FOR LIGHTHOUSE. AND COUNCIL. NOW I'D LIKE TO ADDRESS YOU ABOUT THE LIGHTHOUSE BECAUSE IN A RESIGNATION LETTER THAT CAME FROM OUR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR THAT WAS DIRECTED TO THE COUNCIL AND GOT OUT TO THE PUBLIC, IT WAS STATED THAT I WAS ACTING UNETHICALLY AND I TAKE. IT BEYOND UPSETS ME. I'VE NEVER BEEN CALLED THAT IN MY 30 YEARS OF WORKING. JUST LIKE ARNIE HAS SAID, THOSE TAXES WERE DUE AT THE SECOND QUARTER, WHICH IS BACK IN LAST JUNE, THIRD QUARTER AND FOURTH QUARTER. BEFORE I EVEN ARRIVED HERE, THERE WERE $90,000 THAT WERE DUE, NO PENALTIES OR INTEREST WERE CALCULATED ON THOSE. IT WAS STATED THAT I WAS DOING BACK DOOR DEALS OR SOMETHING WITH THE LIGHTHOUSE, AND THAT'S NOT THE CASE WHATSOEVER. AND IN FACT, SINCE I'VE BEEN BACK, WE'VE ENTERED INTO A PAYMENT ARRANGEMENT WITH THEM. THEY'VE PAID US 22,000 OF THE 90,000 THEY OWE US, AND ACTUALLY THEY OWE US CLOSER TO 136,000 WITH PENALTIES AND INTEREST. AND SO THAT BALANCES DOWN TO I BELIEVE IT'S 119,000 NOW. SO I JUST WANTED TO CLEAR THAT UP, BECAUSE I'VE NEVER HAD MY INTEGRITY OR MY ETHICS CALLED INTO QUESTION. AND THE ENTIRE TIME I'VE EVER WORKED, INCLUDING THE TIME THAT I WORKED FOR YOU, I'VE EVERYBODY'S ACTING LIKE I'VE NEVER BEEN HERE BEFORE. I'VE SERVED THE CITY FOR ALMOST 12 YEARS TOTAL. BETWEEN BEING A FINANCE DIRECTOR, THE CITY MANAGER, COMING BACK AS THE CITY MANAGER FOR SIX MONTHS AFTER I RETIRED, ALMOST A YEAR AS THE FINANCE DIRECTOR AND NOW BACK AGAIN. AND OBVIOUSLY YOU HAVE FAITH IN ME. OTHERWISE I WOULDN'T BE HERE. BUT TO HAVE THAT HAPPEN AND GET OUT INTO THE PUBLIC IS. IT'S VERY DISAPPOINTING. I'LL JUST PUT IT THAT WAY. I DON'T KNOW IF RYAN WOULD BE A TIME TO TALK ABOUT. 
          IT'S OKAY. I JUST WANT TO MAKE THAT CLEAR TO THE COUNCIL. I'M NOT DOING ANYTHING UNDERHANDED. 
          I'M TRYING TO HELP THE CITY. I'M TRYING TO COLLECT. AND IN FACT, IF ANYTHING WASN'T BEING DONE RIGHT, IT WAS BEFORE I GOT HERE. SO THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME THAT TIME. OKAY, SO WITH THE 
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LIGHTHOUSE, PART OF THE CORRECTIONS WAS ALSO ADDRESSING THE PARKING REQUIREMENTS AS WELL AS THE PERMANENT POWER THAT THE FACILITY DOESN'T HAVE ON SITE YET. SO STAFF WAS WORKING ON ADDRESSING THESE ISSUES AND GIVING THEM GOALS AS WELL TO MEET COMPLIANCE. THE CUP FOR THE PARKING REQUIREMENT WE PLANNING IS WORKING ON IT. WE KIND OF STOPPED ON THAT BECAUSE THEY WERE POTENTIALLY GOING TO RECEIVE PARKING FROM THE OPPOSING PARCEL. SO RIGHT NOW THAT'S STILL BEING WORKED ON FOR COACHELLA CLUB. LAST YEAR IN MAY, THE BUSINESS DID SUSPEND OPERATIONS DUE TO FINANCIAL HARDSHIPS. THAT'S WHEN WE NOTICED THAT THEY WEREN'T ALSO PAYING THEIR CANNABIS TAXES. FINANCE DID MAIL THEM THE FILING NOTICE, AS WELL AS A REQUEST TO PAY IN BETWEEN THAT TIME, THEY DID ESTABLISH A PAYMENT PLAN WHERE THEY MADE ONE PAYMENT, BUT AFTER THAT THEY COULDN'T MAKE ANY ADDITIONAL PAYMENTS AS WELL. AND THEN IN MARCH EARLY THIS YEAR, WE DID MEET WITH THE APPLICANT, WITH THE BUSINESS OWNER. HIS NAME IS ARMIN, AND WE DID ESTABLISH A PAYMENT PLAN. AND WE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE CUP AND WHAT IT WOULD TAKE TO FOR THE BUSINESS TO KEEP OPERATING. SO THAT'S SOMETHING WE'RE WORKING WITH THEM AS WELL. 
          AND COACHELLA GREENERY, THIS IS THE RETAIL FACILITY OR THE DISPENSARY ON AVENUE 48 ON THE WRECKING YARD. THEY DID MEET WITH STAFF TO DISCUSS THEIR CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY. WE DID REALIZE THAT THEY DIDN'T HAVE THEIR CFO OR BUILDING FINALS EITHER. WE ESTABLISHED THOSE MILESTONES AND DEADLINES, DEADLINES WITH THEM, AND RIGHT NOW THEY'RE MAKING FINAL IMPROVEMENTS, SO THEY NEED TO MAKE IMPROVEMENTS TO THE PARKING LOT, THE RESTROOM, AND THEY'RE MAKING THE FINAL TOUCHES ON THAT. SO WE SHOULD BE GETTING THAT ONE IN COMPLIANCE PRETTY SOON. SO HERE'S A LITTLE SNAPSHOT OF OUR CANNABIS REVENUE THROUGHOUT THE FISCAL YEARS FROM 2020 TO 2025. WE SEE THAT THERE'S BEEN KIND OF A DECLINE IN REVENUE FROM CULTIVATION. 
          IT'S ALSO KEY TO KEEP IN MIND THAT THE CULTIVATION TAX DID DECLINE. WE DID DROP THE TAX FROM, I THINK IT WAS $5 PER SQUARE FOOTAGE TO 3% OF THEIR TOTAL GROSS RECEIPTS. SO WE KIND OF DID DROP THE TAX ON CULTIVATION. SO THAT CAN KIND OF REFLECT IN THE TAX PAYMENTS AS WELL FOR DISTRIBUTION. WE DID ELIMINATE THE TAX FOR THAT. SO THAT'S WHY WE DON'T HAVE ANY TAX PAYMENTS AFTER 2022. AND FOR RETAIL, WE DID SEE KIND OF AN INCREASE IN THE 2023 2024 FISCAL YEAR. BUT RIGHT NOW WE'RE SEEING THAT NUMBER KIND OF DROP. AND THE 364,000 THAT IS STILL PENDING TWO ADDITIONAL QUARTERS. SO THAT WOULD BE FOR THE TWO FIRST QUARTERS OF THE FISCAL YEAR. SO RIGHT NOW WHAT STAFF IS DOING TO KIND OF ADDRESS COMPLIANCE IS WE'RE IMPLEMENTING MILESTONES AND DEADLINES FOR BUSINESSES. LIKE I SAID, WE'RE NOT TRYING TO SHUT ANYONE DOWN. 
          WE WANT OUR OPERATORS TO KEEP OPERATING. BUT WITH MILESTONES AND DEADLINES AND TO KEEP MEETING COMPLIANCE, BECAUSE IF THEY DON'T MEET THOSE DEADLINES AND ENFORCEMENT WILL HAPPEN. WE ARE HAVING CHECK INS WITH BUSINESSES, SO WE'RE MORE THAN WILLING TO MEET AND GO ON SITE TO HELP OUT THESE BUSINESSES OUT ADDRESSING THEIR FIRE AND SAFETY ISSUES OR LIFE AND SAFETY ISSUES. AND STAFF IS MEETING ON A BIWEEKLY BASIS REGARDING COMPLIANCE TO KIND OF JUST KEEP UP TO DATE AND INFORM EACH OTHER ON THE STATUS OF EACH BUSINESS AND ESTABLISH SOME MILESTONES FOR THE BUSINESSES AS WELL. SO I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF INFORMATION, BUT I WILL BE AVAILABLE. THANK YOU. SO YOU SAID YOU DO ANNUAL INSPECTIONS. 
          YES. IS THAT FOR CULTIVATION AND DISPENSARIES? FOR DISPENSARIES? WE DO IT ANNUALLY BECAUSE THERE ARE REGULATORY PERMIT EXPIRES. SO THE REGULATORY PERMIT IS ACTIVE FOR A YEAR. FOR CULTIVATORS IT'S EVERY TWO YEARS. SO USUALLY WE TRY TO DO IT ANNUALLY OR WHEN THEIR RENEWAL STARTS TO COME UP. AND YOU SHARED A LOT. SO YEAH I'M SORRY IF SOME OF MY QUESTIONS LIKE OVERLAP OR YOU'VE ALREADY EXPLAINED THEM, BUT JUST A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT I'M KIND OF LOOKING AT HERE REALLY QUICKLY. THE COACHELLA CANNA CLUB, DID YOU MENTION HOW MUCH THEY OWED? BECAUSE I KNOW IT'S ON THERE'S ON HERE THAT THEY'RE ON A PAYMENT PLAN, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF IT WAS MENTIONED HOW MUCH. YES. THEY OWE TWO QUARTERS QUARTERS ONE AND TWO OF 2024. I BELIEVE IT'S ABOUT 25,000. OKAY. AND WHAT SO FOR THESE THAT HAVE THAT ARE NOW IN A PAYMENT PLAN, WHAT CRITERIA DO WE USE TO ESTABLISH WHAT THEIR PAYMENT PLAN WILL LOOK LIKE. SO FOR CANNA CLUB THEY WE DID MEET WITH THEM AND ASK THEM WHAT THEY CAN GIVE TO THE CITY RIGHT NOW BECAUSE I KNOW THEY'RE GOING THROUGH FINANCIAL HARDSHIP. SO WE ASKED THEM HOW WE CAN KIND OF MEET THEIR WHAT THEY CAN MEET WITH THE CITY. SO THEY WENT AHEAD AND LET ME KNOW HOW MUCH THEY CAN GIVE AS A PAYMENT PLAN. I CHECKED IN WITH OUR CITY MANAGER AND HE SAID THAT HE'S WILLING TO DO THAT. HE DID MENTION WE CAN REVISIT THE PAYMENT PLAN IN SIX MONTHS. SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'LL BE LOOKING AT IN SIX MONTHS. AND THEN FOR LIGHTHOUSE, I BELIEVE THAT WAS ADMINISTRATIVELY APPROVED BY UPPER MANAGEMENT. SO I DIDN'T ESTABLISH THAT PAYMENT 
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PLAN. SO EVERY SO WE DON'T REALLY HAVE LIKE OKAY THIS IS WHAT WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT AND THIS IS HOW WE'RE GOING TO GO THROUGH. IT KIND OF JUST VARIES. SO YOU HANDLE THE CANNA CLUB, BUT SOMEBODY ELSE HANDLED A PAYMENT PLAN FOR THE LIGHTHOUSE. YOU SAID, WELL WE FOR THE KENNEL CLUB, IT WAS PRESENTED TO ME AND I BROUGHT IT UP TO UPPER MANAGEMENT AND THEY KIND OF SAID YES OR NO OKAY. TO THAT. YEAH. SO INITIALLY FINANCE WOULD HANDLE THAT. BUT I THINK STARTING LAST MONTH I STARTED HANDLING MORE OF LIKE THE TAX PAYMENT AND PAYMENT PLANS AND ALL OF THAT STUFF. BUT YEAH, FOR LIGHTHOUSE, THAT'S THAT'S A LITTLE DIFFERENT. AND PRIOR TO THE PRIOR TO THE PAYMENT PLANS, YOU GUYS TYPICALLY DO REACH OUT TO THEM AND SIT WITH THEM AND MEET WITH THEM AND SAY, HEY, YOU'RE OUT OF COMPLIANCE HERE, OR YOU HAVEN'T PAID TAXES OR YOU HAVEN'T PAID THIS AND THAT. YOU GUYS DO HAVE THAT RELATIONSHIP WITH THE WITH WITH THESE BUSINESSES, RIGHT? YEAH. SO WE'VE MET WITH LIGHTHOUSE A FEW TIMES LAST YEAR AND CANNA CLUB, AND EVERY TIME WE MEET WITH THEM WE TELL THEM, HEY, LIKE YOU'RE STILL YOU STILL NEED TO PAY YOUR TAXES. AND THEY'RE LIKE, YES, WE'RE WORKING WITH FINANCE. THEY'RE ESTABLISHING A PAYMENT PLAN THAT'S BEING IN THE WORKS. SO SINCE, YOU KNOW, DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS, WE KIND OF TOOK THE WORD FOR IT. FINANCE WOULD TELL US, HEY, YES, WE'RE WORKING WITH THEM. WE SENT A LETTER OUT AND THAT'S HOW IT WOULD. THAT'S HOW IT WOULD WORK. OKAY. SO MY CONCERN IS WITH THE STOREFRONTS, JUST BECAUSE OF, WELL THAT THEIR STOREFRONTS. SO THAT'S LIKE MY ONLY CONCERN IS HOW THEY LOOK. 
          AND ONE IN PARTICULAR, THE LIGHTHOUSE, WHICH IS PRETTY KNOWN TO EVERYONE WHAT IS GOING ON WITH THEIR PARKING LOT. I'VE BEEN HEARING ABOUT THIS SINCE I WAS A COMMISSIONER, A PLANNING COMMISSIONER. AND, YOU KNOW, I I'VE NOW BEEN ON COUNCIL ALMOST THREE YEARS. SO THAT'S THAT GOES THAT DATES BACK TO THEN. AND ACTUALLY I WAS AS I WAS GOING THROUGH THE PRESENTATION, I REMEMBERED THAT AS A COMMISSION, WE ACTUALLY VOTED TO REVOKE THEIR CUP OR WE VOTED TO ADVISE THE CITY COUNCIL TO REVOKE THEIR CUP FOR THE REASONS THAT THEY DID NOT HAVE THEIR TRASH BINS. 
          THEY WERE NOT ENCLOSED. I THINK THEY NEEDED TO BE ENCLOSED. THEIR PARKING LOT WAS NONEXISTENT. PEOPLE WOULD JUST PARK ON THE GRAVEL OR THE LITTLE ROCKS THAT THEY HAVE THERE, AND WE WERE GETTING A LOT OF CONCERNS FROM THE COMMUNITY. WE STILL DO. I SEE IT ALL THE TIME. 
          EVEN LIKE ON SOCIAL MEDIA, PEOPLE WILL PUT, YOU KNOW, THE LIGHTHOUSE AND STUFF LIKE THAT. 
          SO THAT WAS YEARS AGO THAT WE RECOMMENDED TO THE CITY COUNCIL THAT WE SHOULD REVOKE THEIR CUP FOR THOSE REASONS. WHAT HAS BEEN THE PROGRESS SPECIFICALLY WITH THEIR PARKING LOT, WITH THEIR BINS THAT, YOU KNOW, WERE NOT ENCLOSED AND IT WAS A GOOD IT WAS A GREAT CONCERN BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW WHAT'S BEING THROWN IN THOSE TRASH BINS. SO I JUST KIND OF WANT TO UNDERSTAND. IT'S BEEN A WHILE SINCE I'VE SEEN IT. YOU KNOW, THE LAST TIME THAT I LOOKED AT IT WAS AS A PLANNING COMMISSIONER. BUT WHAT HAS BEEN THE PROGRESS NOW WHEN IT COMES TO THOSE ISSUES? YEAH. SO I'M NOT SURE WHAT THE RESULT WAS WHEN THAT HAPPENED BECAUSE I WASN'T HERE. BUT ONCE I STARTED IN MY POSITION, WE DID GO AHEAD AND START THIS COMPLIANCE TEAM. THEY DID SUBMIT THE CUP APPLICATION TO MODIFY THE PARKING LOT, TO ESTABLISH THE PERMANENT POWER AND TO THE TRASH ENCLOSURE WAS PART OF THE CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL FOR THAT. SO WE I WAS WE'RE PRETTY CLOSE TO FINISHING THAT CUP MODIFICATION CURRENTLY. IT WAS PUT ON HOLD. SO BILL, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT TO KIND OF TOUCH ON THAT WHY IT WAS PUT ON HOLD, BUT WE WERE ALREADY TOWARDS THE END AND GETTING READY TO TAKE IT TO PLANNING COMMISSION BECAUSE THEY SUBMITTED A NEW SITE PLAN PROPOSING NEW PARKING, THE TRASH ENCLOSURE. SO EVERYTHING THAT YOU'RE ASKING ABOUT THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN ADDRESSED WITH THE CUP MODIFICATION. SO I THINK OUR CITY MANAGER CAN KIND OF EXPLAIN WHY THAT WAS PUT ON HOLD. YES. THANK YOU. WHEN WE HAD FIRST ENTERED INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH THE GLENROY, THERE WAS A CFD THAT WAS ISSUED TO PAY FOR INFRASTRUCTURE AND FOR PARKING LOTS. AND SO THERE WERE LOT SPLITS THAT WERE DONE ON THAT PROPERTY. AND THE LIGHTHOUSE IS PAYING ASSESSMENTS ON THAT CFD FOR THE PARKING LOT. HOWEVER, DUE TO LITIGATION AND BANKRUPTCY, THE OPENING OF THE PARKING LOT WAS HELD UP IN COURT. COULDN'T OPEN UP THAT PARKING LOT, EVEN THOUGH THE LIGHTHOUSE WAS PAYING AN ASSESSMENT FOR THAT PARCEL. SO NOW THAT THE GLENROY PROPERTY HAS BEEN PURCHASED BY REMO PACELLI, THEY'RE WE'RE IN DISCUSSIONS WITH HIM NOW TO GET THAT PARKING LOT OPEN BECAUSE THE BANKRUPTCY, YOU KNOW, IT'S OVER. ANOTHER PERSON HAS PURCHASED THE PROPERTY. AND SO WHEN THEY COME IN TO PULL THEIR GRADING PERMITS, MR. PACELLI HAS AGREED TO OPEN UP THE PARKING LOT. AND SO AT THAT POINT, I HAD FOUND OUT THAT THERE WAS ANOTHER CIRCULATION KIND OF AROUND THE 
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BUILDING TO PUT PARKING, WHICH I DON'T KNOW IF IT WAS FEASIBLE OR NOT, BUT THIS WILL SOLVE THAT PROBLEM SO THAT TEMPORARY ASPHALT CAN BE PUT IN TO GET TO THOSE PARKING LOTS SO THAT THE PARKING LOTS CAN BE UTILIZED. SO WHAT'S THE TIMELINE ON THAT? ANDREW HAS, AS MR. PACELLI COME IN TO PULL PERMITS? I KNOW THAT WE WERE GOING TO REACH OUT TO HIM AND HAVE HIM DEDICATE, YOU KNOW, TO OPEN UP THE PARKING LOT WHEN HE CAME IN TO PULL GRADING PERMITS. DOES ANYTHING HAPPEN WITH THAT? I'D HAVE TO CHECK WITH MY TECHNICIANS WHO GET THE PERMITS, BUT THEIR GRADING PLANS HAVE BEEN APPROVED AND SIGNED SO THEY ARE READY TO PULL THE PERMITS. OKAY, SO IT SHOULD BE SHORTLY. AND THEN AFTER THAT, HOW LONG WOULD IT TAKE FOR THEM TO GET THE START USING THE PARKING LOT? THE PARKING LOT IS ALREADY CONSTRUCTED, SO IT'S ALREADY PAVED. THEY JUST NEED TO ADD THE TEMPORARY ASPHALT DRIVEWAY. SO IT WOULD BE VERY QUICK AT THE VERY BEGINNING. 
          YEAH. MOBILIZING ON SITE. THEY'D BE ABLE TO PROVIDE ACCESS TO THAT. YEAH BECAUSE I SAW THEY HAVE LIKE A FENCE AROUND IT. YE. OKAY. OKAY. YEAH. BECAUSE THAT'S BEEN IN THE WORKS FOR A LONG TIME. AND TO BE FAIR TO I UNDERSTAND THAT THAT HOTEL SITUATION WAS LENGTHY. IT'S STILL GOING ON. BUT ALSO IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT ALTHOUGH THE HOTEL HASN'T BEEN I MEAN, THERE'S NOTHING GOING ON THERE. THE LIGHTHOUSE HAS BEEN OPEN FOR BUSINESS. IT'S BEEN, YOU KNOW, SELLING. THEY'VE BEEN DOING THEIR, THEIR, THEIR BUSINESS THERE OPEN. AND SO I'M JUST CURIOUS, WHY IS IT TAKING SO LONG FOR THEM TO DO ALL OF THESE THINGS? THAT IS PART OF THEIR CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT. AND IT'S NOT SOMETHING JUST CONDITIONED TO THEM. IT IS SOMETHING THAT WE DO OVERALL. IT'S THE PROCESS THAT WE DO WHEN IT COMES TO THESE BUSINESSES. WE TYPICALLY ASK FOR CERTAIN THINGS THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT THEY NEED TO MEET REQUIREMENTS AND THEY JUST HAVEN'T DONE IT. AND THIS HAS BEEN AGAIN, I'VE BEEN ON COUNCIL NOW ALMOST THREE YEARS. THIS HAS BEEN HAPPENING SINCE I WAS A PLANNING COMMISSIONER. AND I REMEMBER CLEARLY WITH OUR COMMISSION WE SAID WE NEED TO REVOKE THE CUP ALREADY. WE'VE BEEN PROMISED, YOU KNOW, ALL OF THESE THINGS THAT THEY'RE GOING TO DO AND THEY DON'T DO THEM. AND ONE OF THEM WAS A TRASH, BUT I SAW THAT THEY DID FIX THAT. SO OKAY, THOSE ARE ALL MY QUESTIONS FOR NOW. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER PEREZ, DO YOU HAVE FOLLOW UP QUESTIONS SO I DID. WHAT ARE THE REQUIREMENTS FOR DISPENSARIES COMPARED TO CULTIVATION? IS THERE A CERTAIN HOURS THAT THEY ARE ABLE TO OPERATE. YEAH. SO THOSE REQUIREMENTS WOULD BE ALIGNED WITH THE STATE I BELIEVE IT'S 8 TO 10 P.M, 8 A.M. TO 10 P.M. AND WHAT OTHER REQUIREMENTS DO THEY HAVE TO GO BY SO THEY HAVE SIMILAR REQUIREMENTS. IT WOULD BE LIKE THE SECURITY GUARD, THE ODOR CONTROL, THE BACKGROUND SCAN. SO THERE'S A THERE'S A FEW REQUIREMENTS THAT THEY HAVE TO SUBMIT TO THE CITY. AND I KNOW THAT YOU SAID THAT AS LONG AS THEY'RE COMPLYING WITH THE REQUESTS THAT WE'RE ASKING THEM, THEY'RE STILL BEING ABLE TO DO BUSINESS. CORRECT? YES. YEAH. SO WE HAVEN'T SHUT ANYONE DOWN. SO WE HAVE NO DISPENSARIES, NO CULTIVATION, NO LOCATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN SHUT DOWN, THAT HAVE BEEN SHUT DOWN BY THE CITY. NO. OR BY STATE? BY THE STATE. YES. WHY WAS THAT? FOR THE FOR SEVERAL REASONS. I THINK THE STATE MENTIONED ABOUT NOT ALLOWING PEOPLE TO OR THE STATE TO CONDUCT THEIR INSPECTIONS AND SECURITY GUARD REASONS AND THINGS TO DO WITH THEIR RETAIL OR LIKE WHAT THEY HAVE SELLING IN THE BUSINESS. SO DO THEY HAVE SEPARATE REGULATIONS THAN THE CITY DOES? CORRECT. YEAH. THERE'S CERTAIN REGULATIONS THAT THEY LOOK AT. WE ONLY LOOK AT LIKE THE SECURITY, THE ODOR CONTROL, CERTAIN REGULATIONS THAT WE HAVE INTERNALLY. YEAH. 
          SO THEY'RE DIFFERENT. AND THEN THE STATE, HOW OFTEN DO THEY COME AND DO THEIR INSPECTIONS? I DON'T KNOW, SOMETIMES THEY CAN COME WHENEVER THEY WANT. THEY CAN COME MORE THAN ONCE A YEAR. 
          MAYBE THEY DON'T COME AT ALL DURING DURING THE YEAR. BUT RECENTLY WE'VE BEEN HEARING THEM COME DOWN A LITTLE BIT MORE OFTEN. AND HOW MANY BUSINESSES DO YOU SAY THAT WE'VE HAD SHUT DOWN? TWO. TWO. AND THEN MY OTHER QUESTION IS THE LIGHTHOUSE. APPARENTLY THEY WERE GIVEN SEVERAL NOTICES TO PAY THEIR TAXES. WHO WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR ALLOWING IT TO CONTINUE TO GET THIS FAR? SO FINANCE IS THE ONE THAT ISSUED THE NOTICES AT THE TIME. AFTER THAT, WE WERE WORKING WITH THEM TO KIND OF ADDRESS OR PAY THE TAX, PAY THE TAXES. SO THEY WERE THEY ENTERED INTO A PAYMENT PLAN WITH THE CITY FROM THERE IN DECEMBER. THAT'S WHEN THEY DIDN'T EVEN BOTHER, I GUESS, MAKING THOSE PAYMENTS AND WHO WAS WHO KEPT AUTHORIZING THEM TO CONTINUE IN BUSINESS. SO NOT SHUTTING THEM DOWN, NOT SHUTTING THEM DOWN. YEAH. I BELIEVE THAT WAS LIKE UPPER MANAGEMENT DECISION. OKAY. BECAUSE YOU SAID THAT THE CANNON CLUB, THEY DID MAKE AT LEAST ONE PAYMENT THEY MADE. AT LEAST THEY MADE ONE PAYMENT. WHEN THE PAYMENT PLAN WAS ESTABLISHED 
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LAST YEAR. BUT AFTER THAT THEY KIND OF STOPPED. AND THEN HAVE THEY MADE ANY PAYMENTS THE MONTH OF MARCH, THE MONTH OF MARCH. THEY MADE A PAYMENT LAST WEEK. THEY DID. OKAY. YES, YES, I THINK THAT'S IT. THANK YOU. QUESTION ON THE PAYMENT PLANS. WHAT ARE THEIR LIKE? ARE THEY PAYING MONTHLY ON THE PAYMENT PLAN FOR LIGHTHOUSE. THEY'RE PAYING FOR BOTH OF THEM. YEAH. 
          FOR LIGHTHOUSE THEY'RE PAYING WEEKLY OKAY. AND FOR CANADA CLUB THEY'RE PAYING MONTHLY OKAY. 
          YEAH. SO NOW WE HAVE TO KEEP TRACK OF TRACK OF THAT. WHY? WHY IS IT THAT. WHY DON'T WE HAVE, LIKE SOMETHING MORE LIKE STRUCTURED. WHY IS IT THAT SOME ARE PAYING WEEKLY AND SOME ARE PAYING MONTHLY? IT'S BASED ON FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, IT'S BASED ON LIKE WHAT THEY CAN GIVE AT THE TIME, WHAT'S FEASIBLE FOR THEM. LIKE THE LIGHTHOUSE, I WOULD I DIDN'T ESTABLISH THAT PAYMENT PLAN, BUT WITH CANADA CLUB, THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT I DID CONSULT WITH UPPER MANAGEMENT AND THEY FOUND IT FEASIBLE FOR THE NEXT SIX MONTHS. SO AFTER THE SIX MONTHS, WE'LL REVISIT THAT. SO I GUESS IT'S A CASE BY CASE BASIS. I ACTUALLY ESTABLISHED THE ONE FOR THE LIGHTHOUSE, AND IT WAS BASED UPON THE AMOUNT THAT THEY OWED, THE DISTANCE OF TIME, AND THE FACT THAT THEY WERE GIVEN A PAYMENT PLAN BACK IN DECEMBER AND MADE NO PAYMENTS. AND SO AT THAT POINT, I BELIEVE IT WAS MENTIONED THAT THE FORMER DIRECTOR WAS WORRIED ABOUT THEM SELLING THEIR BUSINESS. I DON'T KNOW WHERE THAT WAS FROM. I DON'T KNOW WHERE THAT CAME UP AND THAT WE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO COLLECT. AND SO I NEGOTIATED A $5,000 A WEEK PAYMENT BEING MADE TO US. AND IF THEY DO NOT MAKE THAT PAYMENT, THEN THEY WILL BE GIVEN A 30 DAY NOTICE, AT WHICH POINT THE ENTIRE AMOUNT IS DUE, OR WILL RED TAG THEIR BUSINESS AND WHAT WAS THEIR PAYMENT PLAN BEFORE? I DON'T KNOW. YEAH, THAT WAS ESTABLISHED BY FINANCE. I DON'T KNOW AT THE TOP OF MY HEAD, BUT THEY HAD A PAYMENT PLAN IN PLACE. ANY MORE QUESTIONS? AND I CAN YOU GO BACK TO WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT THE CULTIVATIONS FROM THE DISCUSSIONS AND THEN WHEN THEY WERE SO THE NEXT. SORRY. MOVE FORWARD PLEASE. HERE. SO THE LAST COMMUNICATION WITH JBS WAS IN 2025. IT ORIGINATED IN JULY 2024 AND THEN AJAX. IT WAS AUGUST 2024. AND THEN OUR LAST CONVERSATION WITH THEM WAS MARCH 2025. CAN YOU GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE? MASSIVE AND D9 IT'S APRIL AND AUGUST OF 2024. HOW LONG HAVE THEY BEEN OPERATING? THEY'VE BEEN OPERATING AT IT'S DIFFERENT FOR EACH FOR JVS. THEY WERE OPERATING SINCE WHEN THEY GOT THEIR PERMITS. THEY DID GO THROUGH AN OWNERSHIP CHANGE THROUGHOUT THAT TIME. SO A LOT OF A LOT OF THINGS HAPPENED THROUGHOUT THAT TIME. SO WHEN I CAME ON BOARD IN 2023, I KIND OF HAD TO GO THROUGH EVERY BUSINESS AND SEE WHO'S OPERATING AND WHO'S WHO'S NOT. SO I KIND OF HAD TO DO THAT RESEARCH, REACH OUT FOR THEIR CRP'S FOR THEIR LOCAL PERMITS. SO THEY'VE BEEN OPERATING FOR QUITE A WHILE. JV AJAX I THINK AJAX STARTED OPERATING NOT THAT LONG AGO WHERE WITHOUT A QUORUM. SO WE'LL NEED TO STOP AT THIS POINT. OH I SEE YEAH OKAY. SORRY GUYS. WE HAVE TO HAVE THREE PEOPLE HERE. SORRY. 
          MR. MAYBE WE SHOULD TAKE A FIVE MINUTE RECESS TO ALLOW SOME OF MY COLLEAGUES OKAY. ANA, ARE YOU SORRY? CAN YOU. THANK YOU. SORRY. SO AS AS I WAS SAYING, SOME OF THESE STARTED OPERATING RIGHT WHEN THEY RECEIVED THEIR PERMITS BACK IN 2018 FOR MASSIVE INDUSTRIES. 
          THEY DIDN'T START OPERATING UNTIL 2024. I KNOW THEY RECEIVED THEIR PERMITS, I THINK IN 2023, BUT THEY WERE HAVING SOME ISSUES WITH STARTING THE OPERATIONS. I THINK IT WAS MORE LIKE FINANCIAL D9. THEY HAVE BEEN OPERATING FOR SOMEWHAT FOR SOME TIME SINCE THEY OBTAINED THEIR PERMIT. THEY 
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DID STOP FOR QUITE A FEW YEARS AND THEY RECENTLY STARTED OPERATING AGAIN IN 2024. ALL OF THESE, THEY STARTED OPERATING AS SOON AS THEY GOT THEIR PERMITS. I THINK CANNA CLUB WAS 2022 AND THEN LIGHTHOUSE PROBABLY AROUND THAT SAME TIME AS WELL. AND THEN SAME THING FOR GREENERY. SO AS SOON AS THEY GOT THEIR RETAIL LICENSES, THAT'S WHEN THEY STARTED OPERATING. AND THEN HOW LONG HAS GREENERY BEEN OPERATING? GREENERY I BELIEVE SINCE 2022. YEAH. THEY'RE ALSO PART OF OUR SOCIAL EQUITY PROGRAM. YEAH. SO IF YOU I'M SORRY, GO BACK TO THE TWO SLIDES BACK. WHAT I'M WHAT I'M TRYING TO GET TO IS THAT A LOT OF THESE BUSINESSES HAVE BEEN CULTIVATING AND OPERATING FOR, FOR MANY YEARS. AND SO I SEE THAT ONCE WE STARTED THEN REACHING OUT TO THEM, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THE CITY REALIZED THAT, HEY, THESE ARE ALL OUT OF COMPLIANCE FOR SEVERAL DIFFERENT REASONS. AND SO I'M TRYING TO GET TO IT, AS IN IF THEY'VE BEEN OPERATING FOR MULTIPLE YEARS AND JVS, YOU KNOW, THEY THEY HAD REACHED OUT TO ME BECAUSE THEY WERE JV HAS BEEN OPERATING SINCE LIKE 2018, 2018. AND SO THEN WHEN JV WAS REACHED OUT WAS IN JULY 2024, BUT THEY HAD BEEN OPERATING FOR SIX YEARS ALREADY FOR AJAX, I THINK THE SAME THING FOR A FEW YEARS. BUT THEN AS WE GO, AS WE MOVE FORWARD. SO WE'RE LOOKING AT, YOU KNOW, MANY OF THESE BUSINESSES THAT HAVE BEEN OUT OF COMPLIANCE. AND I KNOW THAT COUNCIL MEMBER BREED HADN'T TALKED ABOUT THE LIGHTHOUSE, BUT IS THAT THERE'S MANY OF THEM. AND SO HOW DO WE GET TO HOW DO WE GET TO WHERE WE STARTED REACHING OUT TO THEM IN MID 2024 AND THEN NOT PRIOR. SO BEFORE THEY WERE OPERATING THEM WITHOUT PROPER PERMITS, THEY, THEY THAT MEANS THAT IF THEY HAD A CRP, THEY WEREN'T OPERATING WITH THE CRP THAT WAS CONDITIONED OR THAT HAD MET ALL THE PERMIT REQUIREMENTS TO EVEN HAVE A CRP, BECAUSE DOES HE HAVE TO HAVE A CRP? THAT'S LIKE THE FINAL ONE, RIGHT? THAT'S AFTER THE CUP. THAT'S AFTER ALL THE, YOU KNOW, THE BUILDING PERMIT AND EVERYTHING ELSE. SO CRP IS THE VERY END. AND SO HOW DID AND HOW DID WE GET HERE? HOW IS IT THAT WHAT WAS HAPPENING BEFORE. YEAH. SO I BELIEVE THEIR CRP WERE ISSUED WITH THE CONDITION THAT THEY OBTAIN ALL OF THEIR PERMITS, ALL APPROVALS FROM EVERY DEPARTMENT. APPARENTLY A LOT OF THEM DIDN'T ABIDE BY THE CRP OR THE CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL, OR THEY JUST NEVER READ THEM BECAUSE WHEN WE WOULD MEET WITH THEM ONCE WE DID THE SITE INSPECTIONS, WE STARTED THAT PROGRAM IN 2023, LIKE I MENTIONED. SO THAT'S WHEN WE WOULD REACH OUT AND SAY, HEY, LIKE ON YOUR CRP ON YOUR CUP, IT SAYS YOUR CONDITION TO OBTAIN ALL OF THESE PERMITS. SO THAT'S WHERE WE STARTED FINDING DOING THE SITE VISITS AND FINDING THAT THEY WEREN'T ABIDING BY THE CRP. 
          A LOT OF THEM DIDN'T EVEN KNOW. LIKE I MENTIONED, A LOT OF THEM DID GO THROUGH OWNERSHIP CHANGES. SOME, SOME. SOMETIMES IT DIDN'T WORK OUT FOR THE BUSINESS. SO A NEW OWNER TOOK OVER AND THEY JUST DIDN'T REALLY KNOW THE REQUIREMENTS. I'M SURE THERE WAS LIKE A LACK OF COMMUNICATION BETWEEN THE CITY AND THEM, OR THEY THOUGHT THEY WERE IN COMPLIANCE. SINCE THEY'RE BUYING A NEW BUSINESS THAT'S ALREADY PERMITTED. OKAY, WE'RE IN COMPLIANCE. SO THEY JUST ASSUMED. BUT LIKE I SAID, NOW THAT WE'RE FINDING THAT THEY'RE OUT OF COMPLIANCE, WE ARE WORKING WITH THEM. WE DON'T WANT TO SHUT THEM DOWN AND STOP THEIR BUSINESS. WE JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE MEETING THE DEADLINES AND MILESTONES. AND HOPEFULLY I'M I'M HOPEFUL THAT WE'LL BE GETTING A LOT OF THESE IN COMPLIANCE BY THE END OF THE YEAR. SO, SO FOR JV AS. 
          HAD JT'S NOT REACHED OUT TO ME, I WOULDN'T HAVE I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND, I DIDN'T KNOW THAT THERE WAS THAT MANY BUSINESSES, CANNABIS BUSINESSES THAT WERE OUT OF COMPLIANCE, BUT ALSO IN, YOU KNOW, IN THEIR DEFENSE IS THAT, YOU KNOW, THE CITY JUST WASN'T FOLLOWING UP. I MEAN, LET'S BE HONEST, YOU KNOW, IN IN FAIRNESS TO THEM. AND SO I GUESS WHAT I'M TRYING TO GET TO IS AND THEN WHAT CORRECTIONS HAVE BEEN MADE, IF THEY'VE BEEN OPERATING FOR JV, I THINK IT'S 2018. AND SO I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THE OTHERS, BUT I KNOW THAT THEY'VE BEEN OPERATING FOR MANY, MANY YEARS BECAUSE IT WAS IT WAS WHEN I WAS ON THE PLANNING COMMISSION THAT WE WERE APPROVING ALL THE CANNABIS ZONES. SO WE'RE LOOKING AT QUITE A BIT NOW A FEW YEARS BACK. AND SO THEN HOW DID WE GET HERE? HOW DID WE GET TO WHERE IN MID 2024 IS WHEN WE'RE CALLING FOLKS SAYING, HEY, YOU KNOW, IS YOUR, YOUR, YOUR CRP IS, IS, YOU KNOW, OUT OF DATE AND THEN THEY'RE LIKE, OKAY, WELL YOU NEED TO RENEW IT. AND THEN THEY'RE COMING BACK AND THEY'RE SAYING, OKAY, WE NEED TO RENEW IT. AND YOU'RE LIKE, WELL, WAIT A MINUTE, YOU DON'T HAVE YOUR OCCUPANCY PERMIT? WELL, WAIT A MINUTE. YOU DON'T HAVE THIS, YOU DON'T HAVE THAT. YOU DON'T HAVE A BUSINESS PERMIT. AND SO I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND HOW HOW WE GOT HERE WITHOUT CATCHING ANY OF IT PRIOR. YEAH. AND THAT'S BECAUSE WE DIDN'T HAVE A VERY ROBUST COMPLIANCE TEAM WHEN THEY STARTED OPERATING. RIGHT. SO I KNOW THAT THE PRIOR LIAISON THAT WAS PART TIME, SHE WOULD WORK MORE ON THE BUSINESS SUPPORT 
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SIDE. SO HELPING THEM TO START OPERATING TO GET THEIR PERMITS TO KIND OF CONNECT THEM WITH THE STATE. SO IT WAS MORE OF LIKE A BUSINESS SUPPORT THING. THE COMPLIANCE PORTION WASN'T VERY ROBUST. SO NOW WE'RE TRYING TO DO A BETTER JOB WITH THAT AND ENSURE COMPLIANCE. AND WE DO HAVE AN ESTABLISHED TEAM THAT HAS BEEN VERY HELPFUL IN THE PROCESS. SO THAT'S WHY WE'VE BEEN A LITTLE BIT MORE STRICT ON IT. SO INITIALLY I WAS GOING TO BE MORE OF THE BUSINESS SUPPORT SIDE, BUT NOW I'M A LITTLE BIT MORE OF THE COMPLIANCE SIDE AS WELL. SO THAT'S ALSO CHANGED. 
          AND THEN SO YOU KNOW I KNOW WE HAVE RENEE HERE TOO. IS THAT RENEE THEN HOW HOW ARE YOU. DO YOU GET ANY OF THESE COMPLIANCE CONCERNS OR ISSUES. AND HOW DOES THAT GO THROUGH CODE? LIKE WE SAID, THERE WAS A POSITION THAT WAS ACTUALLY DEDICATED TO THE CITY, WHICH WAS A CANNABIS LIAISON, AND THAT PERSON'S JOB DESCRIPTION WAS THE BUSINESS PORTION AND COMPLIANCE. AT THAT TIME, COUNSEL SAID, CODE ENFORCEMENT. WE DIDN'T HAVE THE STAFF TO ACTUALLY MONITOR THAT. 
          SO THEY HIRED A PERSON STRICTLY FOR ENFORCEMENT OF CANNABIS. OBVIOUSLY, THE CANNABIS ENFORCEMENT PORTION WASN'T OCCURRING AND THE CRP'S WERE BEING ISSUED BEFORE ANY ANY OTHER APPLICATIONS WERE BEING SUBMITTED AND WERE BEING RELEASED. AND I THINK THAT WAS ONE OF THE ISSUES THAT THEY WERE RECEIVING. CRP'S BEFORE ANY, ANY INSPECTIONS WERE MADE, ANY SITE VISITS WERE MADE. SO I THINK THAT'S WHAT CAUSED A LOT OF THE CONFUSION AT THE BEGINNING OF THE CANNABIS PROGRAM HERE IN THE CITY. AND, AND SO WHY WHY AS A CITY DID WE SAY, HEY, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE PUTTING AN APPLICATION, HERE'S A CRP. DID WE NOT VET IT CORRECTLY WHERE WE SAID, HEY, YOU KNOW, LET'S MAKE SURE THAT LEADING UP TO THE CRP THAT THEY NEED TO HAVE, YOU KNOW, PERMIT A PERMIT B, PERMIT C, I THINK THERE WAS JUST A LOT OF CONFUSION. IT WAS NEW TO THE CITY. THE STATE HAD SOME REQUIREMENTS, THE CITY HAD SOME REQUIREMENTS. AND I THINK THERE WAS JUST MISCOMMUNICATION BETWEEN CITY AND STATE. BUT NOW THAT WE HAVE THIS TEAM, WE'RE ABLE TO WORK WITH THESE PEOPLE TO GET THEM BACK INTO A PATH TO COMPLIANCE. AND, YOU KNOW, I, I SEE JOHN JOHN IN THE BACK AND, YOU KNOW, HE THEY REACHED OUT TO ME IN 2024 BECAUSE THEY HAD BEEN SHUT DOWN. AND THEN THAT'S WHEN I GOT REALLY, REALLY INVOLVED AT THAT POINT BECAUSE I WAS TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHAT I HAD MISSED BECAUSE I WAS UNAWARE OF THOSE CHALLENGES THAT WERE GOING ON OUT THERE. AND I STARTED REALLY DIGGING IN A BIT FURTHER, AND I LEARNED MORE AND MORE. BUT THEN IT WAS THERE WAS SOME CONFUSION FOR ME, AS WELL AS AS WHY SOME BUSINESSES SAID, HEY, WE'RE GOING TO SHUT DOWN AND RED TAG THIS BUSINESS BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE. BUT THEN THEN I GUESS IS HOW DO WE THEN JUSTIFY ONE SHUTDOWN AND NOT THE OTHER? SO NOT NOT TO CONFUSE THINGS WITH RED TAGGING. SOMETIMES RED TAGGING MEANS ILLEGAL CONSTRUCTION THAT'S OCCURRING. 
          SO THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT WILL ISSUE A RED TAG OR A NOTICE FOR SITE. BUT THERE HASN'T BEEN ANY CANNABIS BUSINESS THAT'S BEEN SHUT DOWN COMPLETELY TO REFERENCE THESE PERMITS THAT ARE BEING APPLIED FOR. WELL, THERE WAS ONE THAT WAS SHUT DOWN FOR MANY MONTHS. WE DID HAVE ONE BUSINESS THAT WAS SHUT DOWN FOR MANY MONTHS. WHICH ONE WAS. THAT WAS THE JOHN'S AND I BELIEVE BECAUSE THERE WAS ISSUES WITH THE BUILDING PERMITS. YEAH. SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT AS WE'RE MOVING, MOVING FORWARD, THAT WE AS A CITY ALSO UNDERSTAND THAT, YOU KNOW, WE HAD AN OBLIGATION AND RESPONSIBILITY ALSO TO MAKE SURE THAT THE ENFORCEMENT WAS THERE, BUT THAT WE WERE APPROACHING IT WITH EDUCATION AND OBVIOUSLY AS MUCH SUPPORT AS WE CAN FOR ANY OF OUR BUSINESSES BECAUSE WE RELY ON THAT SALES TAX, WE RELY ON THAT CANNABIS TAX. AND AS WE'RE LOOKING INTO OUR BUDGET, WE'RE GOING TO RELY EVEN MORE HEAVILY ON THESE TYPES OF TAXES. 
          YOU KNOW, AS WE'RE SEEING THAT, YOU KNOW, WE MIGHT BE GOING UPSIDE DOWN A BIT. THAT'S CORRECT. SO I DO WANT TO MAKE SURE AND I KNOW I'VE SAID IT BEFORE, BUT THAT THAT WE ALSO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT, HEY, WE WEREN'T THE CITY WASN'T ON TOP OF IT AS IT SHOULD. THAT'S JUST THAT'S JUST BE HONEST. BUT IN FAIRNESS TO THEM, THAT WE'RE GIVING THEM THE OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE UP TO COMPLIANCE AND THEY'RE GIVING THEM AS MANY OPPORTUNITIES TO GET THERE, BECAUSE WHAT'S HAPPENING IS THAT, LIKE FOR SOME OF THEM THAT HAVE BEEN ISSUED A CRP, IS THAT THEY GOT TO GO BACK NOW AND GET ALL THESE BUSINESSES AND ALL THESE PERMITS LEADING UP TO THE CRP, AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THAT. THAT'S A HEAVY, HEAVY MONEY THAT THESE BUSINESSES ARE GETTING HIT WITH THAT THEY WERE UNAWARE OF BEFORE. THAT'S RIGHT. AND IT WAS JUST A CONFUSION, I THINK, BECAUSE THE STATE WAS TELLING THESE APPLICANTS TO GO TO THE CITIES AND GET THEIR CRP, OR ELSE THEY COULDN'T GET A STATE LICENSE. SO THE CITY WAS ISSUING THE CRP WITH THE CONDITION THAT YOU WERE GOING TO MEET ALL THESE CONDITIONS WITH IT. BUT SOME WERE THINKING, I HAVE MY CRP, I'M JUST GOING TO GO APPLY WITH THE STATE NOW AND I'M OKAY. THEY WEREN'T UNDERSTANDING THAT THEY HAD TO MEET CERTAIN CRITERIA TO CONTINUE THEIR FINAL PERMIT. AND THEN YOU SAID THAT THERE WAS POSSIBLY THE STAFFING, WASN'T THERE THEN TO ALSO BE FOLLOWING UP? THAT'S CORRECT. WE DIDN'T HAVE THE STAFFING AT THE TIME. IT WAS NEW TO THE CITY. SO I 
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THINK THE APPROACH THAT THE CITY IS TAKING NOW, GIVING THEM A PATH TO COMPLIANCE, WORKING WITH THESE OWNERS, MEETING WITH THEM ONE ON ONE HAS BEEN ACTUALLY A BIG DIFFERENCE HERE TO THE CITY. 
          SO WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO WORK WITH RENEE. I JUST HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS FOR THE SAMPLE BOXES. 
          FOR THE CULTIVATORS IS HOW MANY CURRENT CULTIVATION BUSINESSES DO WE HAVE THAT THAT DO HAVE THE SAMPLE BOXES? ARE THERE ANY TO FOR THE DISCHARGE? TO MY KNOWLEDGE. I DON'T BELIEVE THAT ANYBODY HAS A SAMPLE BOX. IF YOU LOOK AT THAT LIST, I BELIEVE THERE'S TEN BUSINESSES IDENTIFIED ON THAT LIST THAT ARE OUT OF COMPLIANCE DUE TO NOT HAVING THE SAMPLE BOXES. BUT AGAIN, THE ELK GROVE REPRESENTS SIX OF THOSE. I SEE. THEY'LL GROW. THEY'LL GROW HAS SIX OF THEM I SEE. AND BUT TO THE POINT I MADE EARLIER NOW THAT NOW THAT WE'RE ALL WORKING TOGETHER AND WE HAVE BEEN TRACKING AT LEAST ON OUR SIDE, I THINK FOR AS FAR AS 2023, ALSO WE'VE CREATED WE'VE CREATED A PAPER TRAIL WHERE WE'VE KIND OF GIVEN DEADLINES, DEADLINES HAVEN'T BEEN MET, AND THEN DEADLINES HAVE BEEN EXTENDED AND THEY'VE BEEN EXTENDED AGAIN. AND SO FOR THE MOST PART, THE ALL OF THE LATEST COMMUNICATIONS HAVE HAVE KIND OF BEEN AGREEMENTS IN WRITING VIA LETTERS AND MEETINGS THAT EVERYBODY FEELS COMFORTABLE AS IT RELATES TO THE INSTALLATION OF THE SAMPLE BOXES, THAT THEY CAN BE INSTALLED BY THE END OF DECEMBER OF 2025, SO THAT WE ARE HOLDING THAT AS A KIND OF FINAL LINE UNDERSTANDING, AS YOU MENTIONED, THAT THAT THIS IS KIND OF BEEN GETTING KICKED DOWN THE ROAD FO, FOR MANY YEARS. AND I DO THINK THAT STAFF FEELS THAT YOU WOULD WANT US TO OFFER AS MANY OPPORTUNITIES TO RESOLVE THESE ISSUES. BUT AT THE SAME TIME, IF WE DON'T RESOLVE THEM, THEN I THINK WE CONTINUE TO PUT OURSELVES IN A SITUATION EVERY TIME THIS COMES UP TO THE QUESTION OF WHY HAVEN'T YOU FIXED IT BEFORE? SO WE'RE KIND OF STUCK IN THAT IN THAT AREA WHERE EVENTUALLY I THINK WE HAVE TO MAKE A DETERMINATION THAT, YOU KNOW, THIS IS, YOU KNOW, WE'VE WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO WORK WITH YOU FOR TWO YEARS OR THREE YEARS. AND. YEAH. AND SO THERE HAS TO BE KIND OF A NEXT STEP. 
          SO BUT BUT I THINK IN GENERAL, THE TAKEAWAY THAT YOU SHOULD TAKE FROM THE SAMPLE BOXES AND EVEN THE WHOLE PROGRAM IS THAT IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S WORKING. AND THE EXPECTATION IS THAT MOST OF THESE FOLKS, PROBABLY ALL OF THEM, SHOULD COME INTO COMPLIANCE PRETTY SOON HERE BY THE END OF THE CALENDAR YEAR. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. I, I, I THINK WE ALL HAD CONCERNS AND I WAS COMPLETELY UNAWARE OF THE ONE BUSINESS OWNER THAT THEN KIND OF RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DISCHARGE FOR THE OTHER SIX. BUT I DO HOPE THAT BY DECEMBER, BECAUSE THAT'S, I THINK A LITTLE BIT OF AN ELEVATED ISSUE. MAYBE SOME OF THE OTHERS THAT THAT WE DO COME TO SOME SOLUTION BY THEN. SO ON THAT PARTICULAR ISSUE, JUST RELATED TO THAT, WE ISSUED A LETTER LAST WEEK THAT GIVES THAT OWNER SIX MONTHS TO DIVERT THAT FLOW AND CONTAIN IT ALL WITHIN THEIR PRIVATE PROPERTY. AND THEY'RE IN AGREEMENT THAT THEY CAN ACHIEVE THAT. SO THAT'S FOR THAT PARTICULAR OWNER. THAT IS A PRIORITY. AND THE SAMPLE BOXES CAN COME LATER. OKAY. RIGHT. 
          THANK YOU. COUNCIL, ARE THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FOR THE FUTURE WHEN YOU CAN HAVE THE LAST TWO QUARTERS OF THE INCOME? IT'D BE INTERESTING TO SEE WHAT WHERE OTHER CITIES, FOR EXAMPLE INDIO, WHAT THEIR INCOME IS BECAUSE I'M WONDERING IF IT'S LOW BECAUSE NOW THERE'S MORE COMPETITION FOR STOREFRONTS JUST TO SEE WHERE WE STAND COMPARED TO INDIO, BECAUSE THAT'S THE OTHER CITY THAT HAS THE DISPENSARY THAT'S NEXT TO US NOW. RIGHT? SO I JUST WANT TO SEE, LIKE, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE ALMOST 722 IN FISCAL YEAR 23, 24. YEAH, BUT IT'S FISCAL YEAR 2425. AND YOU'RE ONLY AT 186 WITH THE COMPONENT THAT THERE IS MISSING PAST DUE TAXES. BUT ALSO I WANT TO SEE LIKE WHERE WE END AND THEN WHERE INDIO ENDS OF COURSE. YEAH. BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT TO SEE WHERE, YOU KNOW, THE FLOW OF IS IT BECAUSE OF TAX PRICE OR WHAT THAT REALLY IS. RIGHT. BECAUSE I THINK IT'S EVERYONE'S IT'S LIKE A FLOODED MARKET. RIGHT. SO YOU CAN'T REALLY WHAT IS THAT GOING TO LOOK LIKE. RIGHT. AS THE DOLLARS MOVE. YEAH. AND WE DO HAVE CANNABIS ACTION TEAM MEETINGS ON A QUARTERLY BASIS. AND THAT ENTAILS CERTAIN DEPARTMENTS OF THE CITY AS WELL. AND WE HAVE WE HAVE BEEN LOOKING AT OR KIND OF EXPLORING WHAT OTHER CITIES ARE MAKING A REVENUE, AND THEY KIND OF DO COMPARE TO COACHELLA OR THEY'RE 
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KIND OF THE SAME. SO IT SEEMS LIKE THE INDUSTRY IS KIND OF HURTING THROUGHOUT THE CITY OR THROUGHOUT EVERY CITY, BUT WE CAN DEFINITELY BRING THAT INFORMATION TO COUNCIL WHEN WE GIVE ANOTHER UPDATE ON THE CANNABIS PROGRAM. YEAH, AND I THINK IT WOULD BE IMPORTANT TO SEE WHAT THE OTHER. YEAH. AND OTHER CITIES ACTUALLY ALSO ALWAYS REACH OUT TO COACHELLA FOR ADVICE ON COMPLIANCE AND THEIR ORDINANCES. SO I THINK THEY KIND OF LOOK TO US TO, TO GET SOME INFORMATION BECAUSE THEY, THEY THINK WE HAVE A PRETTY GOOD PROGRAM. YEAH. THE TRIBE IS ALSO GETTING TO US THERE AS WELL, BECAUSE THEY HAVE A CONSUMPTION LOUNGE AS WELL. 
          YES. YEAH. SO NEAR THREE, NEAR THREE WITHIN DISTANCE OF OUR THREE CURRENT DISPENSARIES. WELL MINUS THE KIND OF CLUB BECAUSE THEY SHUT DOWN. BUT YOU KNOW, LOOKING AT THESE NUMBERS, YOU KNOW WE'RE SEEING YOU KNOW THAT WE WENT DOWN ALMOST 1.4, 1.4, 1.3. IT'S EFFECT. IT'S PART OF WHAT'S AFFECTING THE BUDGET. THAT'S IT. THAT'S EXACTLY IT. THAT'S EXACTLY IT. SO WHILE THESE BUSINESSES MIGHT BE OUT OF COMPLIANCE, THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT THEY HAVE TO INVEST TO GET INTO COMPLIANCE AND THEN BUT IT'S ALSO SHOWING US THAT THEY'RE NOT THEY'RE NOT MAKING WHAT THEY USED TO BE. YOU KNOW, THEY'RE GETTING HIT HARD OUT THERE. SO. RIGHT. AND THAT'S WHY WE'VE BEEN FLEXIBLE AS WELL. YEAH. THANK YOU. AND I THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. ARE THERE ANY WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS. NONE. THANK YOU. IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE ON 
          [Consent Calendar]
THE CONSENT CALENDAR? ITEMS FIVE THROUGH EIGHT. IS THERE A SECOND, SECOND SECOND. ALL THOSE 
          [9. Authorize a Sponsorship Request for Escaramuza Charra Reynas Del Valle Coachella in the Amount of $1,000 for its Mariachi Under the Stars Event]
IN FAVOR I. AND THEN IF WE CAN HAVE FOR ITEM NUMBER NINE, IF WE CAN HAVE THOSE WHO HAD SUBMITTED PUBLIC COMMENTS TO BE PROVIDED THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK MARGARITA LOPEZ, MIRANDA LOPEZ, JIMENA NUNO, ROSALYN PEREZ AND ARLETTE AYON. OKAY. I'M SORRY. GOOD EVENING COUNCIL, THANK YOU FOR GIVING US THE OPPORTUNITY TO ASK FOR SPONSORSHIP FOR OUR MARIACHI UNDER THE STARS EVENT. 
          TYPICALLY IS THE ADULTS MAKING THE SPEAKING. SO IN THIS IN THIS CASE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THE YOUTH SPEAK FOR US. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS MIRANDA LOPEZ. I AM THE CAPTAIN OF REINA DEL VALLE DE COACHELLA. I WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU GUYS FOR YOUR TIME AND SUPPORT FOR OUR EVENT AND OUR BEAUTIFUL SPORT. OUR TEAM IS MADE UP OF EIGHT GIRLS WEARING COLORFUL SCARAMUZZA DRESSES AND RIDE OUR HORSES SIDESADDLE. WE PERFORMED CHOREOGRAPHED, SYNCHRONIZED MANEUVERS TO MUSIC. OUR TEAM AND PERFORMANCES ARE STRICTLY JUDGED BY EXPERTS ON PRECISION, TIMING, ATTIRE, AND EVEN OUR SADDLES. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. IS JIMENA NUNO. 
          GRACIAS POR SU APOYO A NUESTRO EQUIPO DE ESCARAMUZA. IT'S AN HONOR TO REPRESENT THE NUESTRA CULTURA Y AL MISMO TIEMPO REPRESENTING EL DEPORTE NACIONAL POR EXCELENCIA. NUESTRO CASO ES LA ESCARAMUZA TODO ESTO NOS IMPULSA PARA SEGUIR MOTIVANDO A NUESTRO EQUIPO REINA DEL VALLE. 
          GRACIAS GRACIAS GRACIAS. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS ROSALYN PEREZ. WE ARE HERE TO ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND TO INVITE YOU TO JOIN US IN THIS BEAUTIFUL, COLORFUL FOLKLORIC CULTURAL EVENT ON APRIL 27TH, 2025, FROM 4 TO 10 P.M. AT THE RANCHO ESCONDIDO VENUE AND COACHELLA. 
          YOU CAN FIND US ON REINA DEL VALLE. ORG, WHERE YOU CAN PURCHASE TICKETS AND MAKE DONATIONS. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS ARLETTE. I ON OUR PARENTS AND VOLUNTEERS HAVE BEEN OUR BIGGEST OUR BIGGEST SUPPORTERS SINCE WE SINCE WE STARTED PRACTICING THE SPORT, THE MARIACHIS AND THE STARS IS A VERY IMPORTANT EVENT AND FUNDRAISER BECAUSE IT COVERS OUR COMPETITION AND TRAVELING EXPENSES HERE IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA AND MEXICO. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. THAT WAS IT. THANK YOU. I JUST WANT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT WE'RE TRYING TO OPEN UP THIS SPORT TO KIDS. RIGHT NOW. IT'S ONLY GIRLS FROM AGES 5 TO 15, AND WE ARE HOPING TO GET A CREATE A SHADOW TEAM TO HAVE THE BOYS JOIN THE CHARRERIA. THANK YOU. NICE. 
          THANK YOU. I'LL DEFINITELY BE IN ATTENDANCE. BILL. MYRA. RYAN. DELIA, YOU HAVE ANOTHER. WE DO 
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HAVE TICKETS HERE IF YOU'D LIKE TO MAKE YOUR PURCHASE. DOES COUNCIL WANT TO GO THIS WAY? WE CAN TAKE A PICTURE. YEAH, THAT'D BE GREAT. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. 
          COUNSELOR. THERE YOU GO. YOU GOTTA PUT IT ON. NO. YEAH, OKAY. READY? ONE. TWO. THREE, I GOTTA GO. COUNCIL. JUST TO ADD TO THIS, I OVERSEE THE FIREWORKS BOOTH YEARLY THROUGHOUT THE CITY, AND THIS GROUP HAS BEEN GRANTED A FIREWORKS BOOTH FOR FUNDRAISER THIS YEAR. SO NOT ONLY ARE THEY ASKING FOR A SPONSORSHIP, BUT THEY WILL BE WORKING IN THIS HOT JULY, JUNE, JULY MONTHS THAT HOPEFULLY EVERYONE CAN SUPPORT THEM BECAUSE IT'S REALLY HARD TO ACTUALLY OVERSEE THE BOOTH 24 HOURS A DAY FOR TEN DAYS. SO GOOD LUCK YOU GUYS. THANK YOU. 
          CHIEF TOVAR. I THINK WITH THE NEW FIRE SQUAD, WE GOT LIKE MAYBE ANOTHER 5 OR 6 PEOPLE THAT CAN ATTEND. OKAY, OKAY. I MOTION TO APPROVE THE SPONSORSHIP. I'LL SECOND, I DON'T MIND. SORRY, I GOT TOO EXCITED. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, I ALL RIGHT, NOW MOVING ON TO ITEM NUMBER TEN. 
          [New Business Calendar (Legislative and Administrative) (Part 1 of 2)]
GOOD EVENING, VICE MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS, SELENA JIMENEZ, DIRECTOR OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. THE ITEM BEFORE YOU IS ITEM NUMBER TEN. THE STAFF IS REQUESTING AUTHORIZATION FOR AN APPROPRIATION IN THE AMOUNT OF $4,500 TO SECURE THE VENUE FOR THE 2025 COACHELLA AGRICULTURAL SUMMIT. AND I JUST WANTED TO GIVE A LITTLE CONTEXT ABOUT WHAT THE AGRICULTURAL SUMMIT IS ABOUT. SO THE COACHELLA AGRICULTURAL SUMMIT IS A SUSTAINABILITY EVENT FOR AGRICULTURE AND BIO AGRICULTURE, BRINGING TOGETHER FARMERS, SUPPLIERS, PROCESSORS, BRANDS, ACADEMIA, CONSERVATION ORGANIZATIONS AND THE PUBLIC SECTOR. THE SUMMIT IS A MEETING PLACE FOR ALL AGRICULTURAL STAKEHOLDERS TO LEARN FROM EXPERT SPEAKERS, SHARE CHALLENGES AND SUCCESSES, AND FORGE AND STRENGTHEN CROSS-SECTOR PARTNERSHIPS, WHICH WILL DRIVE A MORE SUSTAINABLE FUTURE FOR THE AGRICULTURAL INDUSTRY IN COACHELLA AND BEYOND. THIS SUMMIT IS SCHEDULED FOR NOVEMBER 13TH, 2025. AND SO WE WANTED TO EXPLAIN A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE CONNECTIVITY TO THE GENERAL PLAN, SPECIFICALLY THE COMMUNITY HEALTH AND WELLNESS ELEMENT. AS SOME OF YOU MAY HAVE RECALLED FROM SERVING ON THE PLANNING COMMISSION, YOU KNOW, THE PROCESS OF GETTING TO THE GENERAL PLAN ENTAILS NUMEROUS COMMUNITY MEMBERS, COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS, AND OTHER PUBLIC AGENCY PARTNERS THAT EMBARK WITH THE CITY OF COACHELLA TO ENSURE THAT THE COMMUNITY HEALTH AND WELLNESS ELEMENT AND THE REST OF THE GENERAL PLAN CONTAINED A FRAMEWORK AND POLICIES THAT WOULD ENHANCE THE SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS TO IMPROVE HEALTH OUTCOMES AND BEHAVIORS, INCREASED QUALITY OF LIFE, ENSURE SOCIAL EQUITY. CREATE COHESIVE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT ALLOW RESIDENTS TO IMPROVE THEIR PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH. ENSURE ACCESS TO NUTRITIOUS AND AFFORDABLE FOODS THAT CAN BE PURCHASED OR GROWN IN THE IN THEIR VERY OWN NEIGHBORHOOD. THE FORMATION OF THE AG SUMMIT. HERE'S A LITTLE TIMELINE OF HOW IT CAME ABOUT. IT WAS FIRST PRESENTED BY OUR PREVIOUS DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DIRECTOR AT THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND PLANNING SUBCOMMITTEE BACK IN JULY OF 2024. THEN THE ITEM WAS BROUGHT TO COUNCIL AND IT WAS APPROVED FOR UNANIMOUS ROLL CALL VOTE. COUNCIL MEMBER GALARZA HAD LEFT THE MEETING, SO THAT WAS WHY IT WAS FOUR ZERO, NOT FIVE ZERO. AND THAT HAPPENED SEPTEMBER 11TH OF 2024. THEN THERE WAS AN AG 
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SUMMIT AD HOC COMMITTEE THAT WAS FORMED. IT WAS A KICKOFF MEETING AND WORKING GROUPS WERE ALSO FORMED. ON OCTOBER 2ND, 2024. AND THEN IN 2025, AN RFP WAS RELEASED BY OUR PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER FOR BRANDING, MARKETING SERVICES AND PROMOTIONAL STRATEGY FOR THE AG SUMMIT, AND THAT WAS POSTED MARCH 31ST, 2025, WITH THE DEADLINE OF APRIL 11TH OF 2025. 
          AND HERE WE'RE JUST DISPLAYING JUST THE CONNECTIVITY YOU HAVE, THE CONNECTION TO THE HEALTH AND WELLNESS ELEMENT, POSSIBLY A FARMER'S MARKET, SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURAL PRACTICES. WE HAVE THE WELLNESS HUB THAT IS SUPPOSED TO FEATURE DEMONSTRATION KITCHENS, WHERE PEOPLE LEARN HOW TO EAT HEALTHY AND NUTRITIOUS MEALS. AND THEN WE HAVE OUR CRC OR COMMUNITY RESILIENCE CENTER THAT WILL ALSO SERVE AS A PLACE WHERE PEOPLE CAN ACCESS KNOWLEDGE ABOUT COMPOSTING, ABOUT, YOU KNOW, EVEN IF THEY WANT TO START UP A FOOD BUSINESS OR LIKE GROWING THEIR OWN GARDENS. WE HAVE SARVODAYA FARMS THAT WILL BE THERE ON SITE. AND THEN WE HAVE EXCUSE ME, AND THEN WE HAVE THE COACHELLA HEALTHY FOOD FOOD TRUCK. OH, I WONDER WHAT HAPPENED TO THE LITTLE ICON. I APOLOGIZE, I HAVE IT ON MY PRESENTATION. IT DISAPPEARED ON ME. I'M SORRY. ANYWAY. AND SO WE HAVE THE. OH, THERE. IT'S BACK. YAY! OKAY. THANK YOU JASON. 
          ANYWAY. AND SO WE HAVE A COACHELLA HEALTHY FOOD TRUCK PROGRAM AS YOU'VE LEARNED ABOUT THAT IN THE LAST FEW MONTHS. AND THEN HERE'S JUST A SAMPLE. AND PLEASE KNOW THAT THIS IS DEFINITELY NOT THE OFFICIAL AGENDA OR THE BREAKOUT OR ORGANIZATION OF THE PROGRAM. I JUST KIND OF THREW THIS UP HERE TO KIND OF SHOW EVERYONE WHAT IT COULD POSSIBLY ENTAIL, YOU KNOW? BECAUSE RIGHT NOW WE DO KNOW THAT THE SUMMIT IS SCHEDULED TO TAKE PLACE BETWEEN, I THINK, 8 A.M. AND ALL THE WAY TO 1 P.M. AND SO, SO SOME OF THE POSSIBLE AGENDA TOPICS INCLUDE THINGS LIKE LIKE INNOVATIVE APPROACH TO ADDRESSING LAND USE CHANGE OR INVESTING IN YOUR WORKFORCE TO BUILD BUSINESS RESILIENCE. WORKING WITH AG RETAIL TO SCALE CONSERVATION OR THINGS LIKE STRENGTHENING SUPPLIER CUSTOMER SUSTAINABILITY PARTNERSHIPS. SO THIS WOULD THESE SORT OF TOPICS WOULD BE DEVELOPED AND THEN DISCUSSED THROUGHOUT THE DAY AT THE SUMMIT IN, IN THE FORM OF EITHER LIKE AN OPENING KEYNOTE SPEAKER OR LIKE BREAKOUT SESSIONS AND, AND WHAT HAVE YOU AND OTHER NETWORKING OPPORTUNITIES THAT COULD BE AFFORDED THERE. AND THESE ARE THE PARTNERS THAT HAVE CONVENED FOR THE AG SUMMIT. AND SO YOU HAVE THE GROWING COACHELLA VALLEY, MISS JANELLE PERCY, WE HAVE A CECE FARMS MARK TAWADROS, THE FOLKS AT HIDDEN HARVEST, COACHELLA VALLEY UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT, BECAUSE THEY HAVE THAT FARM AT CV HIGH SCHOOL WHERE THEY, I GUESS, GROW AND RAISE ANIMALS, GROW PRODUCE AND RAISE ANIMALS. FOURTH DISTRICT SUPERVISOR VICTOR MANUEL PEREZ WE HAVE THE RIVERSIDE COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES, THE RIVERSIDE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEM, TAMALPA FARM, THE BLUE ZONES, COACHELLA VALLEY, COACHELLA VALLEY WATER DISTRICT, AND OTHER PEOPLE THAT I'M PROBABLY JUST NOT MENTIONING HERE THAT ARE ALSO LOOKING TO PARTNER UP. ONE OF THEM WAS THE DESERT HEALTHCARE AND FOUNDATION DISTRICT. THEY'RE INTERESTED IN IN SUPPORTING THE AGRICULTURAL SUMMIT. AND HERE IS THE REQUEST. SO THE REQUEST IS FOR COUNCIL TO CONSIDER AUTHORIZING AN APPROPRIATION IN THE AMOUNT OF 4500 TO SECURE THIS SITE AT RANCHO 51 DATE GARDENS. THE OWNERS OF THE PROPERTY HAVE BEEN CONTACTED, AND THEY OFFERED THE CITY A DISCOUNTED RATE OF 4500. 
          TYPICALLY, THIS PROPERTY FOR THIS REQUEST WOULD GO FOR ABOUT $7,000, AND SO THEY OFFERED THE CITY THIS ALL INCLUSIVE $4,500 RATE. AND THAT CONCLUDES THE PRESENTATION. IF ANYBODY HAS ANY QUESTIONS, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER. YEAH. QUESTIONS. SO THE PART OF THE AD HOC COMMITTEE IT WAS TO PICK. SO I SAW THE MEMBERS AND ALL THAT STUFF AND IT WAS PICKED TO PICK THE LOCATION. I'M JUST WONDERING, I KNOW THAT I WAS LOOKING AT THE PACKET AND SAID, YOU KNOW, THEY HAD IT AT ANTHONY VINEYARD, SO I'M NOT SURE IF WE LOOKED AT YOU HAVE THE TEMPE. HOW DO YOU PRONOUNCE IT? TAMALPA FARMS, WHO ARE A PARTNER, AND THEY ALSO HAVE A NICE LIKE SPACE OUT THERE. RIGHT. LOOK, SO I'M 
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JUST WONDERING HOW WE GOT TO THIS SPECIFIC VENUE, ASIDE FROM KEEPING IT LIKE IN AN AGRICULTURE, LIKE FROM THE TRADITIONAL. YEAH, SPACE THAT WAS LIKE AN ANTHONY VINEYARDS JUST BECAUSE I THINK LIKE, I DON'T KNOW, NOT IN THAT COMMITTEE OR ANYTHING, BUT IT'S THE LIKE THE SPIRIT OF THE AG SUMMIT, LIKE YOU'RE IN SEEING THE, THE CARS AND YOU KNOW, IN THE, IN THE LIKE ANTHONY VINEYARDS OR COMING AND SEEING LIKE AND BEING ABLE TO DO LIKE A TOUR. I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'VE DONE THERE BUT LIKE, I DON'T KNOW. THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT WHEN I WAS GOING THROUGH THE PACKET. MANY OF THESE VENUES THAT YOU JUST MENTIONED WERE ACTUALLY CONSIDERED AND, AND SOME OF THEM WERE NOT AVAILABLE OR THEY DIDN'T HAVE, LIKE ADA ACCESSIBILITY OR EVEN LIKE THE ABILITY TO ACTUALLY EXCUSE ME, ACTUALLY KEEP ALL THOSE CARS PARKED OR, YOU KNOW, LIKE SPACE WAS A, AN ISSUE AND EVEN, YOU KNOW, BATHROOM USE AND ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF SOME OF THESE OTHER PLACES DIDN'T HAVE, LIKE, YOU KNOW, BATHROOM FACILITIES OR EVEN LIKE AREAS WHERE PEOPLE COULD BREAK OUT FOR THE BREAKOUT SESSIONS OR JUST LIKE TO IF YOU WANTED TO KEEP EVERYBODY TOGETHER. THE DATE GARDENS IS LARGE ENOUGH WHERE YOU CAN KEEP EVERYONE YOU KNOW, LIKE TOGETHER, AND NOBODY HAS TO GO ANYWHERE. SO MANY CONSIDERATIONS WERE TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT AND I THINK, AS YOU MENTIONED, DOCTOR FIGUEROA, THE OTHER I THINK CRITERION WAS THE FACT THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE IN KEEPING WITH THE SPIRIT OF LIKE, DATES. YOU KNOW, AS YOU'VE HEARD, WE'RE TRYING TO DO A DATE ROUTE AND, YOU KNOW, FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PURPOSES AND, YOU KNOW, AND JUST STAYING LIKE, TRUE TO THE SENSE OF LIKE, OKAY, WE'RE GOING TO CONNECT WITH AGRICULTURE. BUT THEN ALSO LIKE THERE'S AN ELEMENT OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, P7 SPHERE OF INFLUENCE REASONS, YOU KNOW, THAT THAT WE WANT TO MAKE IT INVITING THAT THE CITY IS, IS A PLACE THAT COULD HELP WITH, WITH THEIR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND BUSINESS GROWTH. 
          AND SO I THINK THOSE WERE SOME OF THE THINGS I HEARD. BUT I KNOW COUNCIL MEMBER VITTON IS MORE THAN WELCOME TO SHARE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION BECAUSE I, I DIDN'T I MAY HAVE MISSED SOMETHING. HOW YOU DID GREAT. THANK YOU SELENA. SO JUST A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS. THAT COUNCIL MEMBER DOCTOR FIGUEROA MENTIONED. SO WE DID TOUR QUITE A FEW SITES. AND THE QUESTION ALWAYS CAME BACK OF WHERE DO WE PUT TABLES? WHERE DO WE PUT EXHIBITOR BOOTHS, ALL OF THAT, AND WHAT SUSTAINABLE. THE FIRST PLACE THAT WE ACTUALLY VISITED WAS CV HIGH SCHOOL, THEIR FARM. 
          SO THAT WAS THE VERY FIRST PLACE, AND WE WERE ALL VERY HOPEFUL THAT IT WOULD WORK OUT. 
          AND THEN WE ALSO DID HAVE A BRIEF CONVERSATION ABOUT USING I DON'T KNOW HOW TO SAY IT. 
          TAMALPA FARMS, THANK YOU. AND THEY WEREN'T SURE IF THEY WOULD HAVE ENOUGH SPACE. THEY DID OFFER FOR US TO GO INTO IT, BUT THAT WAS THE FIRST THING THAT THEY CAME BACK AND SAID, WE'RE NOT SURE IF IT'LL HOLD 100 TO 100 PEOPLE, 150 PEOPLE, ETC. THEN AT THE AT RANCHO 51, THAT WAS ANOTHER SITE THAT WE TOURED AS WELL, WHICH WAS THEN DECIDED BY THE AD HOC COMMITTEE THAT THAT WOULD BE THE LOCATION. SO THEY DID OFFER TO PART OF THE PROGRAMING IS WE'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO INCLUDE A TOUR OF WHAT THEY DO AND HOW THEY CLEAN THEIR DATES. SO THAT'S ACTUALLY GOING TO BE PART OF THE ACT SUMMIT. THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE SOME OF THEIR EMPLOYEES THERE. THEY'LL BE GETTING ON TOP OF THE OF THE PALM TREES, AND THEY'RE GOING TO BE DOING THE WHOLE, YOU KNOW, WITH THE DATES AND EVERYTHING. THEN WE'RE GOING TO WALK OVER TO THE WAREHOUSE. THEY KIND OF WALK US THROUGH THE WHOLE THING AND SHOW THE ATTENDEES AND THE GUESTS WHAT THE PROCESS IS LIKE FOR THE DATES AND HOW THEY CLEAN THEM AND HOW THEY PACKAGE THEM AND ALL OF THAT. SO IT IS VERY, VERY, VERY MUCH AG. IT'S LIKE SCREAMING AG. THAT WAS THE WHOLE PURPOSE OF THE ACT SUMMIT. SOME FOLKS DID RECOMMEND FROM THE AG, THE AD HOC COMMITTEE, THAT WE DO IT INDOORS IN CASE THE WEATHER WASN'T HELPFUL, BUT THEN THE MAJORITY OF THE AD HOC COMMITTEE WAS VERY SET ON. BUT IF IT'S AN AG SUMMIT, WE NEED TO HAVE IT OUTDOORS. LET'S TRY TO HAVE IT OUTDOORS. AND THEN THAT'S HOW WE LANDED WITH RANCHO 51. AND THEN JUST TO CLARIFY, IT'S NOT ONLY TO SECURE THAT'S THE TOTAL COST OF THE PROPERTY. WE'RE NOT IT'S NOT JUST LIKE A DOWN PAYMENT OR ANYTHING OF THAT SORT. THE FOR THE 4500 IS THE COST FOR THE VENUE. THERE'S NO ADDITIONAL COST AFTER THAT. SO IT'S TO SECURE IT. BUT ALSO FOR THE EVENT. THANK YOU SELENA. AND DID YOU GUYS TOUR BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THEY GROW THEIR OWN VEGETABLES AND FRUITS AND GOING OUT THERE AND SHOWING THE PEOPLE HOW THEY ACTUALLY GO OUT CAN GROW AND SUSTAIN THEIR OWN FRUIT AND VEGETABLES WOULD BE ACTUALLY 
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A GOOD IDEA TO SHOW PEOPLE LIKE, HEY, LOOK, THIS IS WHAT WE'RE DOING. GO OUT AND PICK PICK YOUR OWN CROPS SO THAT YOU CAN SEE. BECAUSE I KNOW WHEN THEY FIRST OPENED, I WENT TO THE GRAND OPENING, AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT THEY DID. THEY TOOK PEOPLE OUT TO SEE HOW THEY GROW THEIR CROPS. AND I THINK I DON'T REMEMBER IF THEY HAD DATES, BUT THEY HAD EVERYTHING FROM LIKE CELERY, POTATOES, EGGPLANT. THEY GREW A LOT OF STUFF. AND THEY ACTUALLY THEY DID HAVE DATES TOO. THEY HAD DATE SHAKES ON THERE THAT THEY SOLD. AND I THINK THEIR THEIR PARKING LOT IS ACTUALLY PRETTY, PRETTY BIG. AND I'M JUST SAYING BECAUSE IT'S ACTUALLY OUTSIDE AND IT SHOWS PEOPLE WE REALLY WANTED TO MAKE THAT WORK, YOU KNOW. AND EXCEPT BECAUSE THEY'RE LITTLE, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE EVER VISITED THE LITTLE CENTER THAT THEY HAVE THERE FOR THE EDUCATIONAL CENTER, I THINK THE CAPACITY WAS LIKE 50 PEOPLE OR LESS. I THINK IT WAS LIKE MARISA IS FAMILIAR AS WELL. AND SO THEY HAD TOLD US THAT THE STAGING FOR THE OUTDOORS, THAT'S WHERE THE COST IS, BECAUSE I THINK THE STAGING FOR LIKE, YOU KNOW, JUST THE CANOPIES AND LIKE EXTRA TABLES AND CHAIRS, WE WERE QUOTED AND I DON'T REMEMBER IF MARISSA REMEMBERS, BUT IT WAS LIKE CLOSE TO $50,000. I WAS LIKE, OH, YOU KNOW, BUT I, I DEFINITELY WOULD HAVE LOVED TO HAVE BEEN THERE BECAUSE IT'S SO BEAUTIFUL. AND YOU'RE CONNECTED TO AGRICULTURE RIGHT THEN AND THERE. AND THERE'S JUST IT'S JUST A VERY SPECIAL SITE. AND, BUT I THINK COSTS THE COST WAS REALLY PROHIBITIVE. AND EVEN FOR THEM TOO, BECAUSE THEY HAD TO BRING EXTRA STUFF TO STAGE IT. AND BUT BUT WHAT WE DO PLAN ON DOING IS TO HAVE THEM FEATURED AT RANCHO 51 AS WELL. THEY'LL HAVE A PRESENCE, THEY'LL HAVE A BOOTH. THEY'LL, IF THEY WISH TO BE A SPEAKER, TO HAVE A BREAKOUT SESSION THERE, YOU KNOW, THAT'S AVAILABLE TO THEM. SO WE DEFINITELY DON'T WANT TO LEAVE THEM OUT OF THIS PROCESS. WE WANT TO BE INCLUSIVE. SO THERE'S GOING TO BE SEPARATE SESSIONS THAT PEOPLE CAN CHOOSE TO LISTEN TO. YES. AND BEING IN THAT RANCH THAT'S ENCLOSED, ARE PEOPLE GOING TO BE ABLE TO LISTEN SINCE IT'S GOING TO BE OUTSIDE? YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO OFFER IS THE AUDIO. SO LIKE THERE'S GOING TO BE AUDIO, THE ABILITY TO SO THAT YOU CAN PROJECT AND LISTEN OTHERWISE. AND I THINK THE OTHER CONSIDERATION THAT THE COMMITTEE HAD DISCUSSED WAS TO KEEP PEOPLE LIKE JUST IN THAT SQUARE, SO THAT IF YOU DO HAVE BECAUSE I DON'T THINK THEY'VE DECIDED RIGHT ON THE PROGRAM IF THEY'LL HAVE CONCURRENT BREAKOUTS. BUT I KNOW THEY DEFINITELY WANT TO HAVE SOME EDUCATION, SOME FORUM. AND SO AND AGAIN, COUNCIL MEMBER READ, PLEASE HELP ME OUT BECAUSE I KNOW THAT I WASN'T AT ALL THE MEETINGS. I ONLY ATTENDED LIKE 1 OR 2 OR SOMETHING. THAT'S OKAY. YEAH. SO THE AD HOC COMMITTEE IS VERY MUCH MOST OF THEM ARE FOR HAVING BREAKOUT SESSIONS. AND THEN SOME OF OUR COMMITTEE MEMBERS THINK THAT WE SHOULD START OFF A LITTLE BIT, NOT COMPLETELY GOING OUT AND DOING BREAKOUT SESSIONS IN THE FIRST EVENT, MAYBE STARTING OFF ON A LITTLE SMALLER SCALE, BUT STILL, THE BREAKOUT OF THE PROGRAM WOULD INCLUDE DIFFERENT SPEAKERS ON DIFFERENT THINGS. SO ONE OF OUR SPEAKERS THAT WE HAVE SECURED, IT'LL BE DESERT HEALTHCARE NETWORK. AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE SHARING IS SOME OF THE WORK THAT THEY DID DURING COVID, AND HOW THEY HAD THEIR MOBILE UNIT GOING OUT TO CERTAIN FARMS, AND THEY WERE PROVIDING HEALTHCARE SERVICES ON SITE. SO OUR FARM WORKERS DIDN'T HAVE TO GO ANYWHERE. THEY WENT DIRECTLY TO THEM AND THEY WOULD HOST ALL OF THESE DIFFERENT, LIKE CLINICS AND EVENTS FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO USE THAT. SO THE TOPIC FOR THAT WILL BE LIKE, HOW DO YOU KEEP YOUR WORKFORCE HEALTHY? HOW DO YOU GIVE ACCESS TO YOUR WORKFORCE WHEN IT COMES TO HEALTH? HOW DO YOU GIVE THEM ACCESS TO ALL OF THAT? SO THAT'S ONE OF THE TOPICS THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE. AND THEN WAS ANTHONY VINEYARDS ASKED TO HOST OR. NO, WE TOURED THE SITE AND OCEAN MIST. WE DID NOT TOUR OCEAN MIST. NO, ONLY BECAUSE THEY HAVE A BIG BUT THAT WOULD BE AN INDOOR FACILITY. I MEAN, THEY HAVE A BIG PARKING LOT, BUT THEIRS WOULD BE INDOORS. AND SINCE THEY ALSO RESIDE IN THEY HAVE THEIR COMPANY IN COACHELLA, SOMETHING WHERE THEY CAN WALK FROM OCEAN MISS TO ANTHONY VINEYARDS AND TOUR BOTH FACILITIES. AND YEAH. AND THEN THE. SO THE OTHER THING THAT WE'RE ALSO TRYING TO ENSURE THAT WE DO IS WHETHER ONE OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS FROM ACTUALLY OUR CO-CHAIR, JANELLE PERCY, WHO'S WITH GROWING COACHELLA VALLEY, WAS TO HAVE MAKE THE EVENT A LITTLE LONGER AND DO A TOUR OF THE SITES. AND THE OTHER THING THAT WE WANT TO DO, AND THIS IS GOING TO BE PART OF, LIKE OUR MARKETING STRATEGY IS WE DON'T WANT TO LEAVE ANY OF THE PROPERTY OWNERS OUT OR THOSE THAT HAVE THEIR RANCHOS IN THE CITY OF COACHELLA. SO WE ARE GOING TO ALLOW THEM WE'RE GOING TO WORK WITH THEM TO RECORD A VIDEO ON THEIR PROPERTY, WHAT THEY GROW, WHAT THEY'RE ABOUT, WHAT THEY'RE PRODUCING, HOW THE KIND OF OUTREACH THAT THEY'RE DOING. BECAUSE A LOT OF THE 
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GROWERS DO A LOT OF REALLY GOOD WORK, EVEN WITH STUDENTS LIKE ASSIST FARMS. MARK TADROS, HE'S NOT IN THE CITY OF COACHELLA, BUT HE DOES HOST A LOT OF LIKE, DIFFERENT EVENTS WHEN IT COMES TO LIKE EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS FOR THE STUDENTS. SO YES, WE'RE NOT WE OUR INTENT IS NOT TO LEAVE ANY OF THOSE FOLKS OUT. AND ACTUALLY, THEY SIT ON OUR AD HOC COMMITTEES, TOO. SO THEY'RE THEY'RE THEY'RE AWARE WE I ALWAYS GO TO THE GROWING COACHELLA VALLEY MEETINGS AND WE GIVE THEM AN UPDATE. WE'LL TELL THEM, LIKE, THIS IS, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE'RE DOING IN THE CITY OR THIS IS WHAT WE'RE DOING, YOU KNOW, WITH THIS. AND JANELLE ALSO DOES A REALLY GOOD JOB AT KEEPING THEM INFORMED AND JUST SAYING, THIS IS WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO WITH THIS ACT SUMMIT. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER NGUYEN, IS THERE IS THERE A REASON WHY WE HAVEN'T HAD A PRESENTATION FROM THE COMMITTEE, FROM THE SUB, FROM THE AG COMMITTEE? I MEAN, I DIDN'T WE JUST LET ME GO BACK. I THINK IT'S BEEN LIKE, I KNOW WE OR SORRY, THE PRESENTATION IS OUT THERE. I WAS GOING TO LOOK AT THE TIMELINE. OH I HAVE IT HERE. SO IT REALLY HASN'T BEEN THAT MANY MEETINGS I SUPPOSE, BECAUSE THE AD HOC COMMITTEE FORMED IN OCTOBER AND THEN THEY'VE ONLY MET OCTOBER, I THINK NOVEMBER, OCTOBER, NOVEMBER. I'M NOT SURE THAT THERE WAS A MEETING IN DECEMBER WAS ANY, BUT I THINK THEY'VE HAD LIKE THREE MEETINGS. AND SO I THINK THE INTENT FROM WHAT I UNDERSTOOD IS THAT THEY WANTED TO COME BACK AND GIVE A PRESENTATION AND AN UPDATE TO THE COUNCIL ONCE. MAYBE THERE WAS MORE SOLID INFORMATION TO KIND OF TALK ABOUT, BECAUSE AS YOU SAW TONIGHT, I HAD JUST SPECULATIVE THINGS THAT WERE MADE UP. RIGHT. LIKE, I MEAN, I'M JUST IMAGINING BASED ON OTHER AD HOC SUMMITS THAT HAVE BEEN HELD ELSEWHERE, WHAT THE POSSIBLE TOPICS COULD BE, WHAT THE SCHEDULE COULD LOOK LIKE. BUT SO RIGHT NOW, ALL WE KNOW IS THAT THE LIKE, THE DATE, THE VENUE AND THEN LIKE THE TIME FRAME, YOU KNOW, AND SO ALL THE OTHER DETAILS ARE STILL BEING WORKED OUT AND, YOU KNOW, EXCUSE ME. SO I THINK, I THINK OF COURSE WE WOULD LOVE TO OR YOU KNOW, ON I OR ANYBODY CAN COME BACK AND PROVIDE ANOTHER UPDATE. 
          I GUESS I JUST WHAT I'M A BIT IS THAT I KNOW YOU'RE PRESENTING SELENA, BUT THEN I'M A BIT CONFUSED AND SO IS IT THE SUMMIT, IS IT THE CITY INVOLVEMENT? ARE YOU INVOLVED IN THE IN THE MEETINGS? YEAH. SO THE SO THE ACT SUMMIT WAS FORMED LIKE I MENTIONED, IT DID COME TO COUNCIL IF YOU GUYS RECALL. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS DO, BUT SEPTEMBER 11TH, 2024, THE CITY COUNCIL WAS GIVEN A PRESENTATION BY OUR DEVELOPMENT SERVICES FORMER DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DIRECTOR GABRIEL PEREZ. AND SO HE OUTLINED, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE I THINK THE PRESENTATION WAS JUST CALLED AD HOC FORMATION OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. IT WASN'T CALLED THE ACT SUMMIT. AND BECAUSE WE HAD A TOUGH TIME, LIKE LOOKING FOR THAT, THE VERBIAGE. AND THEN WE REALIZED, OH, NO, THAT WASN'T WHAT THE PRESENTATION WAS CALLED. SO I THINK THAT'S WHY THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF CONFUSION. AND SO IT WAS CALLED FORMATION OF THE AD HOC COMMITTEE FOR THE AGRICULTURAL SUMMIT. AND SO THERE THE COUNCIL SELECTED COUNCIL MEMBER TO SERVE, BECAUSE I BELIEVE, YOU KNOW, I THINK YOU HAD WANTED DOCTOR FIGUEROA TO SERVE. AND THEN HE SAID NO. AND SO THEN I THINK COUNCIL MEMBER BIDEN WAS CHOSEN. AND SO WITH THE INTENTION TO FORM, I MEAN, TO PLAN THE AGRICULTURAL SUMMIT. I THINK DURING THAT MEETING. YOU'RE RIGHT, IT WASN'T DISCUSSED AT THAT TIME THAT IT WOULD BE A SUMMIT. IT WAS JUST AN APPOINTEE TO THE AD HOC COMMITTEE, WHICH MAKES SENSE BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF AGRICULTURE OUT HERE, AND THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS AND INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE PARTICIPATING IN IT. BUT I, I FEEL THAT WHEN IT COMES TO US PROVIDING MONEY TO CERTAIN THINGS, THAT THERE'S REALLY NO PROGRAM IN PLACE. YOU KNOW, IT'S I KNOW WE'RE GETTING THIS PRESENTATION, BUT I STILL REALLY DON'T KNOW. I MEAN, WE'RE SAYING, HEY, IT'S FOR IT'S TO SECURE THE EVENT, BUT WE DON'T EVEN HAVE WHAT WHAT IS THE PROGRAM? WHAT IS. YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? IT'S. AND THIS IS WHY I WOULD I WOULD LIKE TO SEE, YOU KNOW, IF IT'S JANELLE PERCY WHO'S THE VICE CHAIR THAT SHE PRESENT TO US AND MAYBE SHARE A BIT MORE ABOUT WHAT THAT WHAT THE EDUCATIONAL PORTION IS GOING TO BE. I KNOW COUNCIL MEMBER PEREZ HAD A LOT OF GREAT QUESTIONS. HEY, IF IT'S OUTDOORS AND HOW ARE WE DIVIDING UP THESE DIFFERENT TYPES OF. IS IT SESSIONS, SESSIONS, SESSIONS. 
          BUT THAT ISN'T IN THE PRESENTATION. I, I DO WANT TO GET INTO THE HABIT OF MAKING 
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SURE THAT WHEN WE'RE BRINGING SOMETHING FORWARD THAT WE HAVE WHAT'S GOING TO TAKE PLACE. AND I SAY THIS BECAUSE I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR RESIDENTS WHO, YOU KNOW, ARE, ARE CHIMING IN, THAT THEY UNDERSTAND EXACTLY WHERE THE MONEY IS. AND AS OF NOW, I DON'T REALLY KNOW. I MEAN, I KNOW IT'S GOING TO SECURE THE EVENT, BUT THE ACTUAL SUMMIT ITSELF, I WOULD LIKE TO GET MORE INFORMATION ABOUT IT. AND THEN TWO IS COUNCIL MEMBER BEATON HAD A LOT OF GREAT INPUT ABOUT THE SITE VISITS. YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THAT DISCUSSION IS FOR ANTHONY VINEYARDS. IF THAT SITE WAS TOURED, WAS IT NOT A GOOD CANDIDATE FOR THE EVENT TO TAKE PLACE IN? I THINK THERE WERE VARIOUS I DON'T RECALL. I DIDN'T GO ON THAT TOUR. SO I, YOU KNOW, I'M NOT SURE WHAT THE HESITATIONS OR RESERVATIONS WERE, BUT I DO. I CAN'T SAY THIS, THIS IS THIS WAS SUPPOSED TO BE SORT OF AN UPDATE AS WELL. I INITIALLY HAD MY PRESENTATION LIKE QUEUED UP TO JUST TALK ABOUT THE VENUE, LIKE, YOU KNOW, SECURING THE FUNDING SO THAT THE VENUE IS SECURED FOR THE FALL BECAUSE, AS YOU KNOW, RANCHO 51 IS VERY POPULAR. BUT YEAH, WE CAN CERTAINLY HAVE JANELLE COME BACK IF THAT'S WHAT THE COUNCIL WANTS AND PRESENT, YOU KNOW, MORE INFORMATION WHEN IT'S AVAILABLE BECAUSE I, I, I UNDERSTAND THAT, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T HAVE THE, THE FORMAL PROGRAM OR, YOU KNOW, THE SCHEDULE BROKEN OUT. BUT I DO KNOW THAT, I MEAN, UNLESS COUNCIL MEMBER KNOWS MORE THAN I DO BECAUSE I KNOW SHE'S ON THE COMMITTEE OR THE LITTLE WORKING GROUP FOR THE PROGRAM. SO I DON'T KNOW IF MAYBE THERE'S MORE SOLID INFO. THANK YOU. SELENA. YEAH. SO I AM PART OF THE SO WE HAVE DIFFERENT COMMITTEES. WE HAVE ONE THAT TALKS ABOUT MARKETING AND STRATEGY THAT SITS ON AND ALSO TAKES THE LEAD ON AS WELL. AND THEN WE HAVE ONE FOR FUNDRAISING, WHICH IS HOW WE'RE GOING TO PAY FOR THE EVENT. AND THEN WE HAVE ONE TO TALK ABOUT THE PROGRAM AND DISCUSS THE PROGRAM. I DIDN'T WANT NECESSARILY TO SHARE OR TO HAVE SELENA INCLUDE THE PRESENTATION OR THE PROGRAM ITSELF, BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T SECURED SOME OF THE SPEAKERS. AND SO I DIDN'T WANT TO PUT THAT OUT THERE NECESSARILY. AND WE'RE STILL TRYING TO ENSURE THAT PART OF THE PROGRAM INCLUDES A PANEL. 
          WE'RE TRYING TO WE'RE MAKING SURE THAT WE HEAR BACK FROM THE PROPERTY OWNERS THAT ARE GOING TO BE PART OF THAT PANEL. IT IS IT'S APRIL. IT'S STILL EARLY ISH. BUT ALSO, YOU KNOW, WE'RE ON OUR WAY THERE. AND SO ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS IS DEFINITELY TO SECURE THE VENUE AND THEN TO FINALIZE THE PROGRAM. THE NEXT STEP IS ALSO TO START SENDING SPONSORSHIP LETTERS TO ALL OF THE DIFFERENT FOLKS THAT WE'RE GOING TO REACH OUT TO, THAT ARE OUR PARTNERS ALREADY THROUGH THE AD HOC COMMITTEE, BUT THAT ARE HAVE ALSO REACHED OUT AND SAID, HEY, WE HEAR YOU GUYS ARE WORKING ON AN AG SUMMIT. WE WANT TO BE A PART OF IT. HOW CAN WE SPONSOR? SO THERE'S STILL A LOT OF WORK. WE HAVE HAD QUITE A FEW MEETINGS AND YOU KNOW, IT'S TAKEN IT'S I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE A GREAT EVENT AT THIS POINT. YOU KNOW, I'M NOT SURE. AND I KNEW THIS WALKING INTO THIS MEETING AND I COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND, I'M NOT SURE THAT WE WILL HAVE THE SUPPORT OF THE COUNCIL TO MOVE FORWARD NECESSARILY. I DON'T KNOW IF WITH THE ITEM TONIGHT, I DON'T KNOW IF WITH THE ITEM AS A WHOLE OR THE EVENT AS A WHOLE, I'M PREPARED FOR EITHER OR. YOU KNOW, AT THE TIME, I WAS THE ONE THAT WAS ASKED TO SIT ON THE, ON THE COMMITTEE OR AT THE, ON THE AD HOC. BUT I KNOW THAT WAS SOME TIME AGO AND THINGS HAVE CHANGED. AND THAT'S OKAY TOO. SO IF I DON'T HAVE THE IF WE DON'T HAVE THE SUPPORT OF THE COUNCIL, THAT'S FINE. THAT'S OKAY. 
          REALLY. IT'S NO SECRET THIS THIS PROPOSAL OR THIS PROJECT. THIS EVENT WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS VERY WELL THOUGHT OF BY OUR FORMER DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DIRECTOR, GABRIEL PEREZ. AND SO HE WAS THE ONE THAT WAS SITTING IN ALL THE MEETINGS. AND SO I DON'T HAVE THAT SUPPORT WITH HIM ANYMORE. IT'S A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT. SO AGAIN, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER MY COLLEAGUES WANT TO DO I'M HERE FOR IT. I WOULD NOT WANT TO IF IT'S NOT GOING TO GET THE SUPPORT THAT IT NEEDS, THAT'S FINE. I WOULD JUST RECOMMEND THAT WE SHARE THAT AS AS SOON AS WE CAN, JUST SO THAT WE STOP HAVING THE MEETINGS. WE CAN LET THE PARTNERS KNOW. AND THAT WAY WE KIND OF MOVE ON TO OTHER THINGS JUST SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE ANY MORE MEETINGS, BECAUSE THEY DO TAKE SOME TIME. 
          AND THEN WE ALSO DO HAVE SUBCOMMITTEES THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE STARTING TO MEET, 
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ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO MARKETING AND STRATEGY. SO JUST WANT TO PUT THAT OUT THERE, WHATEVER MY COLLEAGUES WANT TO DO. YOU KNOW, I COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND, BUT IT WOULD BE GREAT TO KNOW SOONER RATHER THAN LATER JUST SO THAT WE CAN SHIFT. THANK YOU. AND I THINK THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER, FOR GOING INTO SO MUCH OF THE DETAIL. AND I THINK USUALLY IN THIS TYPE OF SPACES, WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, THE ORGANIZATION WHO'S KIND OF PRESENTING TO US HERE, NOT FROM HERE BECAUSE WE'RE WE'RE LISTENING TO THOSE WHO ARE PRESENTING. I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR A BIT MORE, SINCE THERE ARE I'M LEARNING SO MUCH MORE FROM COUNCILMEMBER THAT THERE'S ALSO COMMITTEES WITHIN THE AD HOC COMMITTEE FOR JUST SPECIALIZED. RIGHT, WHETHER IT'S FUNDRAISING AND NOT. I DO WANT I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR MORE AND I'M NOT SO FOR THE FOR THE FOR THE VENUE I THINK IT'S MORE AS. THE AD HOC COMMITTEE ALSO CAN'T BE DEPENDENT ON THE CITY FOR US TO SECURE THE $4,500 FOR AN EVENT, AND THEN THE SPEAKERS IN THE PANELS AND THE AND THE SESSIONS THEN COME AFTER THAT. IT IS A BIT IT'S NOT TYPICAL. IT'S NOT A TYPICAL APPROACH TO THESE TYPES OF THINGS. WHEN IT COMES BEFORE THE CITY, IT'S USUALLY ALL DONE ALREADY. SO WHEN THE CITY IS GIVING MONEY, BECAUSE THIS IS, YOU KNOW, THIS IS COMING FROM THE GENERAL FUND, THIS IS TAXPAYERS DOLLARS. AND SO WE HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, ALSO SHARE WHERE THAT MONEY IS, IS GOING TO IT'S COMING FROM THE GENERAL FUND. SO I WOULD LIKE JUST IF WE'RE GOING TO SPONSOR IT BECAUSE IT'S A SPONSORSHIP ALMOST. IS IT CONSIDERED A SPONSORSHIP BILL. I SUPPOSE IT COULD BE. YES. YEAH. IT'S LIKE A SPONSORSHIP. AND I SAY IT BECAUSE AGAIN, IT'S FROM THE CITY. AND SO WE JUST HAVE TO BE VERY CAREFUL IN HOW WE'RE LOOKING AT THIS. BUT IT IS A SPONSORSHIP WHEN WE'RE SAYING, HEY, YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO GIVE $4,500 TO THE AD HOC COMMITTEE FOR $4,500 TO SECURE THE EVENT. IT'S A SPONSORSHIP, AND I'M NOT SO MUCH OBJECTING TO THE SCHOLARSHIP, BUT I JUST WE NEED TO KNOW MORE. SO FAR, THE SESSIONS AREN'T CREATED, THE PANELS AREN'T THERE, THE SPEAKERS AREN'T THERE. WE SHOULD HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE. CAN WE HAVE MISS PERCY DO A PRESENTATION IN THIS? SHARE MORE ABOUT THE AD HOC COMMITTEE AND WHERE IT'S AT, AND DISCUSS A BIT MORE. I WOULD LOVE TO LEARN MORE. AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, WHAT I'M HEARING IS AND, YOU KNOW, I'M SAYING THIS RESPECTFULLY, I THINK IF WE CAN CERTAINLY ASK HER TO COME AND PRESENT, BUT I THINK IF SHE'S GOING TO PRESENT LIKE A PROGRAM OR THINGS LIKE THAT, I DON'T KNOW THAT SHE'S GOING TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THAT IN TIME BEFORE. 
          LIKE, I GUESS WHAT I'M SAYING IS IT'S GOING TO REQUIRE SOME PLANNING, FURTHER PLANNING. AND LIKE COUNCIL MEMBER BEATON SAID, YOU KNOW, THE DECISION THAT IS MADE HERE TONIGHT IS GOING TO DETERMINE IF THIS MOVES FORWARD IN ANY SHAPE OR FORM, RIGHT. BECAUSE SETH HAS THE RFP DUE ON FRIDAY, YOU KNOW, SO THERE'S LIKE ALREADY THINGS THAT ARE IN PLACE. AND SO I DON'T KNOW THAT JANELLE IS GOING TO BE ABLE TO BRING BACK WITHOUT FURTHER MEETING AND DEVELOPING LIKE THE PROGRAM AND ALL THAT BECAUSE AS YOU KNOW, LIKE WHEN YOU TALK TO SPEAKERS, YOU HAVE TO COMMIT. 
          LIKE YOU HAVE TO BE LIKE, HEY, I NEED YOU. I WANT YOU THIS DAY AND THIS TIME, AND THIS IS WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO OR WHATEVER. RIGHT. AND SO I THINK IT WOULD ENTAIL MORE PLANNING. AND SO I JUST THINK IT'S KIND OF LIKE MAYBE LET'S THINK ABOUT THAT IF WE CAN. AND I'LL DEFER BACK TO COUNCIL MEMBER TO SEE WHAT SHE WANTS TO RECOMMEND AS WELL. BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW, BECAUSE SETH IS WAITING FOR SELENA. I DON'T MEAN TO INTERRUPT. SORRY, SELENA. SO WE HAVE A DEADLINE. 
          AN RFP HAS BEEN DRAFTED ALREADY. IT'S BEEN PUBLISHED OUT. AND THEN, WITH ALL DUE RESPECT, WHEN WAS COUNCIL GOING TO BE UPDATED ON THE SUMMIT AND THAT THE SUMMIT WAS TAKING PLACE? YOU KNOW, COUNCIL MEMBER BEATON DISCUSSED ABOUT THE DEVELOPER DIRECTOR BEING IN EVERY MEETING. 
          I HAVE NOT HEARD, I DON'T KNOW COUNCILOR FIGUEROA. HAVE YOU HEARD ABOUT ANY OF THE NONE OF THE ACTUAL LIKE MEETINGS OR UPDATES AND ITEMS LIKE THAT OTHER THAN ONE TIME, PROBABLY IN LIKE A COMMENT THAT I THINK SHE MADE, BUT THAT WAS IT. LIKE NOT LIKE AND SO. DID YOU WANT TO SHARE SOMETHING ELSE? YEAH. NO, I JUST WAS GOING TO SAY, I THINK THIS I WANT YOU GUYS TO THINK OF THIS, I GUESS, AS THE FIRST TIME MAYBE, AND WE CAN BRING IT BACK WITH MORE INFORMATION. I THINK IT'S PROBABLY GOING TO TAKE MAYBE SOME AN ADDITIONAL MEETING FOR THE AD HOC MEMBERS. AND, AND THEN AND I THINK ONCE YOU HAVE MORE INFORMATION THEN YOU CAN MAKE A DETERMINATION BECAUSE 
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BECAUSE I DO AGREE IT'S DIFFICULT. RIGHT. AND BUT YOU KNOW MAYBE COUNCIL CAN ALSO PROVIDE SOME GUIDANCE REGARDING THE RFP THAT'S CURRENTLY CURRENTLY OUT. SHOULD EXTEND THAT DEADLINE. AND THEN IF COUNCIL DECIDES NO THIS IS NOT WHAT WE WANT, THEN IT COULD BE JUST CANCELED BECAUSE THAT'S DUE FRIDAY I THINK. RIGHT. SORRY. SO THERE IS AN RFP ALREADY OUT. I THOUGHT IT WAS GOING TO BE DRAFTED AND SENT OUT. IT WAS ALREADY OUT. SHE PUBLISHED IT MARCH 31ST, I ASKED. I THINK IT'S MARCH 31ST THAT SHE GAVE ME, I GUESS SO. SO MY QUESTION, AND WITH ALL DUE RESPECT TO BOTH SELENA AND SETH, IF YOU REALLY PUT THE RFP FOR THE 45, YOU PUT THE RFP. NO, THE RFP IS FOR MARKETING AND MARKETING SERVICES, PROMOTIONAL STRATEGY FOR THE AG SUMMIT TO CREATE, LIKE THE BRANDING, YOU KNOW, AND LIKE. AND SETH CAN SPEAK TO THAT, I SUPPOSE, BUT IT'S WHEN DID THIS COME TO COUNCIL, THE RFP OR WHICH THE RFP FOR THE MARKETING AND ALL OF THAT? I DON'T THINK IT DID. AND I THINK BECAUSE OF THE MAYBE THE, THE LIMIT, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE I THINK THE CITY MANAGER SIGNING AUTHORITY IS 25,000. SO I'M NOT SURE IF SHE WAS THINKING MAYBE IT'S GOING TO BE LESS THAN THAT. THAT SO WE ARE PUTTING MORE THAN 4500 THEN. NO. THIS REQUEST IS STRICTLY FOR THE TO PAY FOR THE VENUE 4500. AND THEN I'M NOT SURE I THINK. GO AHEAD. YEAH. SO HI GOOD EVENING COUNCIL. SO THE RFP IS SIMPLY TO IDENTIFY AN ADVERTISING AGENCY TO ASSIST WITH DEVELOPING THE LOGO, THE VISUAL AND WRITTEN STRATEGY BEHIND THE EVENT SO THAT WE CAN PROMOTE IT. WE DON'T HAVE A DOLLAR AMOUNT ATTACHED TO IT YET. IT'S MORE OF A QUALIFIER FOR WHICH AGENCY WE WOULD PARTNER WITH ONCE THE EVENT IS APPROVED. SO WE'RE JUST DOING OUR DUE DILIGENCE BECAUSE THERE'S NOT MUCH WE CAN DO IN TERMS OF SECURING SPONSORS IF WE DON'T HAVE, YOU KNOW, A SPONSORSHIP PROGRAM SPELLED OUT, WHICH WILL BE DONE IN CONJUNCTION WITH AN ADVERTISING AGENCY AND OUR AD HOC AD HOC COMMITTEES. IT'S IT ALL KIND OF WORKS TOGETHER. THE BRANDING NEEDS TO BE DONE ON THE FRONT END OF PLANNING AN EVENT. IT CAN'T BE DONE ON THE TAIL END BECAUSE WE NEED TO START SHARING. YOU KNOW WHAT THE EVENT IS ABOUT AND THAT THAT COMES ATTACHED WITH A LOGO, WITH WRITTEN COMMUNICATION AND ALL OF THAT. AND THE VIDEO THAT'S PROMOTING ALL OF THE FARMS THAT WILL BE, YOU KNOW, TIED AS PARTNERS THAT ALL THAT'S ALL SYNCHRONIZED. SO WHO'S DOING THE VIDEO IN THE MARKETING. WE DON'T KNOW YET. SO THE RFP WAS PUT OUT TO ANY OPEN TO ANY ADVERTISING AGENCY THAT MEETS THE QUALIFICATIONS. BASICALLY THEY'LL THEY WILL PROPOSE A STRATEGY AND A COST. AND APRIL 11TH WE GAVE THEM TWO WEEKS TO RESPOND WITH BASICALLY THEIR SUBMISSION, THEIR PROPOSED COST. BUT NO DECISIONS HAVE BEEN MADE. IT'S JUST FOR THE MARKETING COMMITTEE'S INTERNAL REVIEW. AND THEN WE WOULD BRING IT BACK TO COUNCIL WITH OUR RECOMMENDATION. 
          I GUESS THIS IS WHERE I'M A BIT CONFUSED. THERE ARE SO MANY DIFFERENT AGENCIES. SO AN RFP WAS PUT OUT FROM BEHALF OF THE CITY. YES. BUT THEN WE'RE GOING TO GET COSTS QUOTES BACK. 
          CORRECT, WHICH WILL BE ADDRESSED WITHIN SPONSORSHIP DOLLARS, FUNDRAISING DOLLARS THAT WILL BE RAISED. SO AS WE CONDUCT OUR OUTREACH FOR SPONSORS, DOLLARS THAT ARE RAISED THROUGH THOSE SPONSORSHIPS WILL GO TOWARD FUNDING THE MARKETING AND ADVERTISING EFFORTS FOR THE EVENT, IN ADDITION TO ANY OTHER COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE EVENT. OKAY, IF THAT MAKES SENSE, IT'S IT DOES. WELL, IT DOES, AND THERE'S A LOT OF PIECES HERE. AND THEN I THINK SO WE'RE DOING THE 4500 FOR THE EVENT. BUT THEN THE CITY IS ALSO DOING THE CITY OF COACHELLA IS DOING AN RFP TO GET COSTS FOR MARKETING, BUT WE'RE NOT GOING TO PAY FOR IT. WE'RE THEN GOING TO LOOK FOR SPONSORS TO PAY FOR THOSE MARKETING. RIGHT. AND PART OF THE SPONSORSHIP PACKAGE WILL BE PROMOTING THOSE SPONSORS IN CONJUNCTION WITH OUR SUMMIT. SO THERE'S A BENEFIT TO THEM UNDERWRITING OR, YOU KNOW, PROVIDING THEIR SPONSORSHIP DOLLARS TOWARD PROMOTING THE EVENT. OKAY. BUT WE DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH THAT'S GOING TO COST YET. THAT'S PART OF THE VETTING OF THE AGENCY. HOW MUCH DO YOU THINK IT'S GOING TO TAKE TO DELIVER ON THE STRATEGY AND THE PROJECT SCOPE THAT WE PUT OUT THERE IN THE RFP? SURE. SO WE PUT THE 4500 TO SECURE THE EVENT. WE STILL DON'T KNOW WHAT THE COST OF THE MARKETING IS GOING TO COME BACK. WE STILL DON'T KNOW WHAT SPONSORSHIPS WE'RE GOING TO GET TO COVER THOSE COSTS. WE STILL DON'T KNOW WHAT THE SESSIONS ARE. WE STILL DON'T KNOW THE SPEAKERS ARE AND WE STILL DON'T KNOW HOW MANY 
          [02:15:04]
PANELS WE'RE GETTING. BUT, BUT, BUT WE'RE SAYING, HEY, COACHELLA IS GOING TO PUT $4,500 TO SECURE AN EVENT, BUT NONE OF THE COSTS FOR MARKETING OR ANYTHING HAS COME IN. THAT'S THE ONLY DEFINITIVE COST AT THIS POINT AS AN EVENT IS THE VENUE. YEAH, THE REST IS GOING TO BE DETERMINED AS WE PUSH FORWARD WITH OUR PLANNING. SO YEAH. WAS THERE ANY CONSIDERATION TO SECURE SPONSORSHIP MONIES TO ALREADY MAYBE PAY FOR SOME OF THE MARKETING? SOME OF THOSE DISCUSSIONS HAVE TAKEN PLACE, BUT WE DID WANT TO PUSH FORWARD WITH THE FORMAL SPONSORSHIP LETTER, WHICH WILL HAPPEN IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE BRAND NEW. WE KIND OF WANTED TO DO THINGS IN THE RIGHT ORDER, LIKE NOT SEND OUT A GENERIC LETTER, BUT, YOU KNOW, HAVE HAVE AN OFFICIAL EVENT BRAND ESTABLISHED THAT WE CAN THEN ROLL, YOU KNOW, ROLL WITH YEAR AFTER YEAR BECAUSE IT'S PART OF, YOU KNOW, PART PART OF THE LEGACY OF THIS EVENT THAT WE HOPE WILL GO ON AND ON. 
          SO THE DISCUSSIONS HAVE BEEN HAD WITH THE FORMALITY OF SENDING OUT A LETTER LIKE WE'VE DONE IN THE PAST FOR OTHER EVENTS HASN'T HAPPENED, BUT DUE TO OUR PARTNERSHIPS WITH SOME OF THE FOLKS THAT ARE ON THE IN THE ON THE AD HOC AD HOC COMMITTEE AND PARTNERSHIPS WITH THE CITY AND STAKEHOLDERS. WE'VE ALREADY HAD SOME DISCUSSIONS AND WE'VE HAD OUTREACH FROM ORGANIZATIONS SAYING, HEY, I'VE HEARD ABOUT THIS AG SUMMIT YOU, THE CITY IS PROPOSING TO HAVE. WE'D BE INTERESTED IN BEING INVOLVED IN SOME CAPACITY, IN WHICH CASE, YOU KNOW, ONCE WE HAVE THOSE SPONSORSHIP LEVELS IDENTIFIED, WE WILL KIND OF SOLIDIFY THE AGREEMENTS WITH THEM. SO IS IT THE CITY WHO'S DOING THE SUMMIT? THE CITY IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE PARTNERS THAT SELENA HAD IN HER PRESENTATION. HAVE WE SECURED ANY FUNDING? NONE THAT I KNOW OF YET. SO WE HAVEN'T GOTTEN ANY SPONSORSHIPS YET? NO, NOT IN WRITING. OKAY. SO WHAT ARE THE WISHES OF COUNCIL? THANKS FOR SETH. I'M GOOD WITH. AS I MENTIONED, I, I THINK THAT THIS IS GOING TO BE TIED A LITTLE BIT OVER TO ME. SO I'M OKAY WITH IF COUNCIL, MY COLLEAGUES WOULD LIKE TO APPOINT A NEW COUNCIL MEMBER TO THIS AD HOC COMMITTEE, I WILL SUPPORT IT 100%. I WILL VOTE YES. I'M NOT AFRAID OF THE WORK. I LOVE DOING THE WORK. THAT'S WHY I RAN IN THE FIRST PLACE. AND THERE'S SOMEONE ON THE AD HOC COMMITTEE THAT ALWAYS MAKES A JOKE. I WON'T SAY WHO IT IS, BUT HE SEES ME EVERYWHERE AND HE ALWAYS TELLS ME, DO YOU LIKE TO? DO YOU EVER SLEEP? YOU KNOW, I SEE YOU EVERYWHERE. AT EVERY MEETING, AT EVERYTHING. SO I'M NOT AFRAID OF THE WORK. I LOVE DOING THE WORK. I LIKE WORKING FOR MY COMMUNITY. I LIKE BEING BUSY. BUT I DO BELIEVE THAT THIS EVENT WOULD PROBABLY GET MORE SUPPORT FROM MY COLLEAGUES IF IT WERE SOMEONE ELSE SITTING ON THE AD HOC. SO I'LL PUT IT OUT THERE. IF YOU GUYS WOULD LIKE TO HAVE SOMEBODY ELSE DO IT. LIKE I SAID, I WILL VOTE YES IMMEDIATELY. I THINK IT'S A GREAT EVENT. I THINK IT'S GOING TO HIGHLIGHT THE CITY OF COACHELLA ON A DIFFERENT LEVEL. AND THAT'S ALL. THAT'S ALL I WANT. THIS EVENT ISN'T ME. I DIDN'T THINK OF THE EVENT. I'M KIND OF JEALOUS. I DIDN'T, BUT I THINK THAT IT'S GOING TO BE AMAZING AND IT'S GOING TO TURN INTO SOMETHING COMPLETELY UNIQUE. I KNOW I SEE IT, THE EVENT ITSELF RIGHT NOW, THE WAY IT IS WORKING, IT'S NOT GOING TO LOOK LIKE THAT IN A FEW YEARS. 
          IT'S GOING TO BE MOLDED INTO SOMETHING VERY UNIQUE AND VERY GREAT. I JUST WANTED TO I WANT TO SEE IT, YOU KNOW, COME THROUGH AGAIN, IF THAT'S THE DESIRE OF MY COLLEAGUES. BUT IF THEY WOULD LIKE TO APPOINT SOMEONE ELSE, I'M ALL FOR IT. I WILL I WILL WHOLEHEARTEDLY SUPPORT IT. IF ANY OF YOU WANT TO TALK AND, YOU KNOW, FOR ME TO BRIEF YOU ON ON THE MEETINGS, I WOULD LOVE TO DO THAT AS WELL. BUT I'M READY TO REMOVE MYSELF FROM THE AD HOC IF THAT'S WHAT'S GOING TO GET THE EVENT GOING. BUT IF MY COLLEAGUES DON'T WANT TO SUPPORT THE EVENT, DON'T WANT TO SUPPORT THIS, YOU KNOW, THE SPONSORSHIP OR SECURING THE VENUE, I'M ALSO READY TO DO THAT AS WELL, WHATEVER IT IS THAT YOU GUYS WANT TO DO, I JUST WANT TO MOVE FORWARD. THAT'S WHAT I LIKE TO DO. I LIKE I LIKE MOVING FORWARD. SO THOSE ARE ALL MY COMMENTS ON THIS PROPOSAL. BUT I'M READY TO DO WHAT YOU GUYS WANT. SO I DON'T THINK IT'S BECAUSE YOU'RE ON THE ON THE COMMITTEE. COUNCIL MEMBER I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF INFORMATION THAT WE NEED. I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE IT TO THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING, AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN HAVE SOME PEOPLE PRESENT. AS FAR AS HAVING SESSIONS, I'VE BEEN TO CONFERENCES WHERE YOU HAVE 
          [02:20:03]
SESSIONS THAT YOU CHOOSE, AND EVEN INSIDE A BUILDING THAT'S CLOSED AND DIVIDED WITH WALLS, YOU CAN STILL HEAR ECHOES, YOU CAN STILL HEAR BEING OUTSIDE, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE CAR NOISES. 
          YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE THE TRAINS. YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE PEOPLE OUT THERE. 
          THAT'S JUST MY CONCERN. IS THAT HOW THAT'S GOING TO PLAY OUT? YOU GUYS HAVE YOUR COUNCIL MEETINGS. I WOULD LOVE TO BE UPDATED ON WHAT'S GOING ON. IF WE GET ANY SPONSORSHIPS FROM HERE UNTIL THEN, UNTIL WE MOVE IT TO THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING. THAT'S WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW. AND WHO KNOWS, MAYBE BY THEN YOU GUYS WILL HAVE ALL THE SPONSORSHIPS YOU GUYS NEED FOR THE EVENT. IT IS A GOOD EVENT. WE ARE AN AGRICULTURAL AREA SO I THINK WE DO NEED SOMETHING LIKE THAT. I JUST WOULD LIKE MORE INFORMATION BEFORE, YOU KNOW, MOVING FORWARD WITH ALL THIS, SINCE WE ALREADY HAVE THE RSVP THAT'S BEING SENT OUT OR THAT WAS SENT OUT, MAYBE WE CAN GET SPONSORSHIPS AND MAYBE BY THEN WE CAN GET AN ESTIMATED COST AS TO WHAT IT'S GOING TO COST. 
          THAT'S JUST MINE. THERE'S A LOT OF IFS ON HERE THAT CAN'T BE ANSWERED YET, SO I, I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE IT TO THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN HAVE MORE INFORMATION AND MORE PEOPLE PRESENT ON THIS. AND I DO AGREE IT'S A GOOD, GOOD IDEA. IT'S NOT THAT YOU'RE ON JUST ON ON. SO I THINK THAT'S GREAT TO MOVE IT TO THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING. COULD WE ALSO MAKE SURE THAT ON THERE IT'S STIPULATED TO CHOOSE A NEW COUNCIL MEMBER TO BE APPOINTED TO THE AD HOC COMMITTEE? WE CAN ADD ANOTHER. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANKS, RYAN. COUNCIL MEMBER FIGUEROA YEAH, I I'M OKAY WITH MOVING IT TO THE NEXT MEETING, BUT JUST A QUESTION FOR THE COUNCIL MEMBER. 
          LIKE I KNOW THAT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT IS THERE, BUT I KNOW THAT THE COLLEGE OF THE DESERT HAS LIKE A PLANT SOILS PROGRAM. SO JUST SEEING HOW LIKE IF THEY'VE BEEN COMMUNICATED BECAUSE I THINK THE BIG PIECE WITH AG, RIGHT WHEN WE WERE DOING THE PRESENTATION IS REALLY LOOKING AT HOW DO WE CREATE THAT WORKFORCE AND THE WORKFORCE. I THINK THE, THE CHANGING WORKFORCE OF AGRICULTURE IS HOW DO WE GET PEOPLE THAT LIVE HERE IN THIS AREA TO BECOME GET INTO AG, RIGHT. BECAUSE SOME PEOPLE ARE BORN INTO AG BECAUSE IT'S PART OF THEIR FAMILY, AS IN LIKE THE FARMER COMPONENT. BUT THEN THERE'S THE PEOPLE THAT ARE BORN IN AG, LIKE I WAS IN MY FAMILY WHO WORKED IN THE FIELDS, BUT THAT MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN BECOMING. NOT JUST FIELD WORKERS, BUT THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE ALL THE DIFFERENT TYPE OF TECHNICAL SKILLS THAT ARE IN AG, BECAUSE THERE'S A BIG FIELD IN AG AND HOW DO YOU GROW THAT? SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I JUST WANTED TO ASK. WHEN YOU GO BACK OVER, MAYBE THEY CAN BRING THAT UP IN THE CONVERSATION. WELL, I GUESS NOW THAT'S, YOU KNOW, FOR THE NEXT COUNCIL MEMBER THAT WILL BE PART OF THE AD HOC COMMITTEE. I DON'T KNOW THAT THE MAYOR WILL WANT TO DO IT. I AM NOT SURE. BUT YOU GUYS HEARD IT HERE. THE RECOMMENDATION, WHICH I THINK IT'S GREAT. I THINK IT'S AMAZING TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT AND PARTNER WITH TODD, BECAUSE I KNOW THEY WOULD LOVE TO BE A PART OF IT. YEAH. AND I THINK IT'S A I THINK IT'S A WONDERFUL EVENT, I REALLY DO. IT'S JUST THERE'S NO OTHER INFORMATION TIED TO IT. AND I THINK ANYBODY WOULD PROBABLY BE THINKING THE SAME THING IF WE COULD SAY WE HAD THESE PANELISTS WHO ARE GOING TO BE SPEAKING AT THE, YOU KNOW, ALL THESE DIFFERENT SESSIONS, AND THIS IS THE COST OF THE ENTIRE EVENT. THIS IS HOW MUCH MONEY WE'VE RAISED. WE'VE FUNDRAISED. BUT NOT EVEN SPONSORSHIP LETTERS HAVE GONE OUT. AND I THINK THESE ARE LEGITIMATE QUESTIONS IS THERE ISN'T ANY INFORMATION FOR US OTHER THAN THE DOLLAR AMOUNT FOR THE EVENT. WE JUST WANT MORE INFORMATION. THAT'S ALL. THAT'S ALL. SO IF YOU CAN BRING IT TO THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING, I THINK SOME OF THE STUFF THAT WE'VE HEARD IS WHAT ARE THE BREAKOUT SESSIONS? WHO WHAT ARE THE COST? I THINK WILL YOU HAVE THE MARKETING COST BY THEN? WHO ARE THE PARTNERS? WHO'S GOING TO CONTRIBUTE INTO WHAT PARTS OF THAT SUMMIT IS? JUST SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE DISCUSSED HERE. SO IS THERE A MOTION TO MOVE THE ITEM TO THE NEXT SCHEDULED CITY COUNCIL MEETING MOTION? AND THERE'S A SECOND, YES. ROLL CALL. COUNCIL MEMBER. PEREZ. 
          YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. DOCTOR. FIGUEROA. COUNCIL MEMBER. VIRGIN. YES. MAYOR PRO TEM DELGADO. YES. THANK YOU. AND THEN IT'S. IT'S 830. IF WE CAN OPEN IT UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS. 
          OKAY. ARE THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS ON. NO, NO, NO PUBLIC COMMENTS. THANK YOU. AND NOW 
          [New Business Calendar (Legislative and Administrative) (Part 2 of 2)]
MOVING ON TO ITEM NUMBER 11. THE BECAUSE MAYOR HERNANDEZ ISN'T AVAILABLE AT THIS MEETING, HE HAS REQUESTED FOR US TO REOPEN THE APPLICATIONS TO APPOINT FOR A PLANNING COMMISSIONER FOR TWO. 
          OR I KNOW WE HAVE IT ON THE AGENDA TODAY FOR ONE, BUT WE'VE RECEIVED THERE'S ANOTHER NOW VACANCY ON THE PLANNING COMMISSION. SO IT BRINGS IT UP TO TWO NOW. AND SO IF WE OPEN IT 
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UP THIS WEEK THEN WOULD WE, WOULD WE BE ABLE THEN TO CLOSE IT BY THE NEXT SCHEDULED MEETING? WE WOULD ONLY BE ABLE TO HAVE THE APPLICATION OPEN FOR ONE WEEK. IF WE PUBLISH TOMORROW, WE WOULD NEED, I GUESS WE COULD TAKE APPLICATIONS THROUGH WEDNESDAY SO THAT WE CAN GET THEM IN THE AGENDA FOR THE NEXT MEETING. EXCUSE ME. SO IF WE'RE GOING TO BE SENDING THE THAT TO THE DESERT SUN, THEY NEED IT THREE DAYS AHEAD TO PUBLISH. SO THEN WE'RE GOING TO NEED TO MAKE IT ON THE 8TH OF MAY THEN IS WHEN IT WOULD COME BACK TO THE COUNCIL. IF WE, BECAUSE OF PUBLISHING DEADLINES. OKAY, OKAY. SO THANK YOU DIANE. IS IT IS IT EIGHTH OR IS IT MAY 14TH. OH I'M SORRY. MAY 14TH. SORRY OKAY OKAY. SO WE'RE WE'RE GOING TO OPEN UP THE APPLICATION PROCESS THREE DAYS. IT'LL BE OPEN NEXT WEEK. AND WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO KEEP IT OPEN FOR TWO WEEKS THEN AT THAT POINT. SO WE SHOULD GET MORE APPLICATIONS THAT WAY OKAY. ALL RIGHT. 
          PERFECT. THANK YOU. SO OTHER THAN THAT NO DECISION NEEDS TO BE MADE ON THAT ITEM. NO. WE'LL JUST MOVE THIS TO THE NEXT MEETING OKAY. THANK YOU. NOW MOVING ON TO THE MEETING OF THE 
          [Reports and Requests]
14TH. OKAY. NOW MOVING ON TO REPORTS AND OR REQUESTS FROM MEMBERS OF COUNCIL. I JUST HAVE A I WENT TO THE ANIMAL CAMPUS MEETING LAST WEEK, AND AT THE ANIMAL CAMPUS MEETING, A DISCUSSION CAME ABOUT FORMING A JPA BETWEEN THE CITIES TO. ESSENTIALLY BE OUR OWN CARETAKERS OF ANIMAL SERVICES. THEY DID A WHOLE PRESENTATION ABOUT IT, AND I JUST WANTED TO DIALOG THAT TO MY COLLEAGUES THAT SOMEONE PRESENTED ABOUT THAT. AND I CAN GET YOU ALL THAT THOSE PRESENTATIONS ON WHAT THAT LOOKED LIKE. AND AT THAT MEETING, I VOTED NO TO PROCEEDING WITH THAT BECAUSE IT WAS A SPLIT COST, BUT ALSO BECAUSE I WANT TO COME BACK AND ASK THE CITY MANAGER WHAT OUR CURRENT CONTRACT FOR THE ANIMAL SERVICES IS, WHAT WE HAVE. AND SO IT'S A FEW YEARS AGO IT WAS AROUND 280,000. NOW IT'S UP AROUND 560,000. AND IT'S GOING TO GO UP AGAIN. CORRECT? YEAH. AND IF WE CAN, YOU KNOW, MAKE SURE THAT WE IF YOU CAN SEND THAT OUT TO FOLKS AND REALLY WE CAN DIALOG ABOUT IT, ABOUT WHAT WE'RE GETTING FOR THOSE SERVICES. AND POTENTIALLY WE CAN MEET WITH THE NEW ANIMAL SERVICES DIRECTOR, BOTH THE INTERIM CITY MANAGER AND MARISA ESPECIALLY. WHAT ARE WE GETTING FOR THAT, THAT DOLLAR AMOUNT AND LOOKING AT WHAT THOSE SERVICES ARE, ENSURING THAT WHAT WE'RE PAYING FOR IS WHAT WE'RE GETTING FOR, BECAUSE I DON'T REALLY SEE THE ANIMAL SERVICES TRUCK ROAM AROUND. SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE PAYING FOR ONE ON CALL. OFFICER FOR THE ANIMAL CONTROL, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, YOU DRIVE AND YOU SEE THE DEAD ANIMALS ON THE SIDE OF THE ROADS AND MAKING SURE THAT THAT'S NOT WHAT'S HOW DO WE GET THAT TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S NOT SITTING THERE AND IT'S TAKING THREE DAYS TO PICK UP A DEAD CARCASS FROM AN ANIMAL. SO REALLY LOOKING AT THAT AND, YOU KNOW, THE COUNTY IS REALLY MOVING FORWARD TO THAT ONE WITHIN A YEAR OR SO TO BECOMING A NO KILL. AND I THINK THAT'S BEEN A VERY HOT TOPIC. WE WE'VE HAD A LOT OF PEOPLE COME IN AND TALK ABOUT THAT. WE'RE HOSTING SPAY AND NEUTER, AND SPAY NEUTER IS WHAT REALLY KEEPS THE POPULATION DOWN, BECAUSE THEN YOU DON'T HAVE THE ANIMALS ROAMING AROUND AS MUCH. AND IF THEY DO ROAM AROUND, THEY'RE SPAYED AND NEUTERED AND THEY WON'T REPOPULATE. AND I THINK THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT. SO WE CAN GET THAT BUDGET OUT TO PEOPLE SO THEY CAN JUST SEE WHAT THE SERVICES ARE AND POTENTIALLY, YOU KNOW, MAYBE I CAN MEET WITH YOU AND MARITZA TO TALK ABOUT THOSE SERVICES OR MEET WITH THE INTERIM OR THE NEW THE NEW ANIMAL SERVICES DIRECTOR WHO JUST STARTED A COUPLE WEEKS AGO. I ATTENDED THE VISIT GREATER PALM SPRINGS BOARD MEETING LAST WEEK, AND THE BID WAS APPROVED. SO THE T BID IS AT ADDITIONAL PAYMENT FOR AIRBNBS FOR THE CITY. AND SO THAT WILL BE EFFECTIVE. 71I THINK. RIGHT. AND SO. SO THAT WILL BE, YOU KNOW, PART OF THAT, ANOTHER INCOME THAT'S GOING TO COME IN. AND HOW DO WE REALLY WORK ON THAT. AND THEN I ATTENDED THE FINE FOOD BANK TELETHON LAST FRIDAY WITH A COUPLE OTHER LOCAL ELECTED OFFICIALS. AND SORRY, I HAVE A NOTE HERE. THEY FUND, I DO RECOMMEND, YOU KNOW, NEXT YEAR, ONE OF MY OTHER COLLEAGUES GOES TO THAT, AND WE REALLY DO A ROTATING EXPERIENCE. THEY FUNDRAISED 354,000 AND $200 IN THAT NIGHT FROM WHEN IT STARTED FOR FIGHTING FOOD, HUNGER AND FOR COMMUNITY ACROSS THE WHOLE DESERT. RIGHT. AND DID ALSO THE MEDICAL CENTER GRAND OPENING. YOU KNOW, DOCTOR PAREDES HAS BEEN HERE IN THE CITY FOR A WHILE. TREASURER PEREZ AND I WERE THERE AND WE PRESENTED THEM 
          [02:30:03]
A. CERTIFICATE. AND I THINK WHAT'S IMPORTANT ABOUT THAT, HE DOES BILINGUAL SERVICES. RIGHT. 
          AND, YOU KNOW, HE KNOWS OUR COMMUNITY AND WE NEED TO GET MAKE SURE THAT WE GET MORE MEDICAL SERVICES LIKE THAT THAT HELP OUR COMMUNITY IN THE AREA. SO AND WITH THAT, MADAM MAYOR PRO TEM, THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS. AND BUILT THE I STILL DO WANT TO BUDGET WORKSHOPS AND MAYBE WE HAVE A BUDGET WORKSHOP LIKE BEFORE. ONCE WE HAVE EVERYTHING SETTLED, LIKE BEFORE CITY COUNCIL MEETING, LIKE A STUDY SESSION BEFORE TO TALK ABOUT THE LARGER SCALE. SO WE GIVE IT LIKE AN HOUR OR SO. BUT THAT'S JUST MY RECOMMENDATION. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER LISA, DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS? I DO. REALLY QUICKLY. I ATTENDED THE SENIOR INSPIRATION AWARDS EVENT AT FANTASY SPRINGS. I WAS STILL NOT FEELING GREAT. I WAS JUST DEALING WITH THE FLU. BUT BUT I REALLY WANTED TO BE THERE AND SUPPORT OUR HONOREE. HE HE'S AMAZING. GABRIEL. HE'S ALWAYS AT THE SENIOR CENTER, HIM AND HIS WIFE, AND THEY HELP WITH ALL KINDS OF STUFF, ACTIVITIES AND, YOU KNOW, HELPING SERVE FOOD AND EVERYTHING. SO IT'S ALWAYS AN HONOR TO BE AROUND HIM AND SEE HIM VERY, VERY ACTIVE. COACHELLA RESIDENT. SO IT'S GOOD TO BE AND BE THERE CELEBRATING THEM. AND THEN I WENT TO THE LMD MEETING LAST NIGHT OR YESTERDAY AFTERNOON FOR THE PLAZA DEL SOL, WHICH IS DISTRICT TEN. I WAS TELLING MARITZA THEY ARE A VERY, VERY PASSIONATE COMMUNITY. THEY ASKED ALL THE QUESTIONS AND THEY WERE NOT THEY DID NOT HOLD BACK, WHICH WAS AMAZING TO FEEL. YOU KNOW, ALL OF THAT PASSION FROM THEM. BUT THEY HAD SEVERAL QUESTIONS AND I'M GONNA GO AHEAD AND CIRCLE BACK WITH OUR INTERIM CITY MANAGER ABOUT SOME OF THE QUESTIONS THAT THEY HAD. BUT JUST TO SHARE WITH MY COLLEAGUES, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THEY BROUGHT UP A LOT, I MEAN, IT WAS A TOPIC THAT ALMOST EVERY SINGLE RESIDENT WAS MENTIONING OVER AND OVER WAS STREETS. SO THEY TALKED ABOUT STREET REPAIRS AND THEY SAID, WE THEY HAND THEM OR WE GIVE THEM A PACKET WITH ALL OF THE DIFFERENT THINGS, INITIATIVES, PROJECTS THAT WE'RE WORKING ON. AS A CITY, MIND YOU, A LOT OF THOSE ARE GRANT FUNDED. SO THEY WOULD LOOK AT THE GRANT OR AT THE AMOUNT AND THEY WOULD SAY, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE ABLE TO SPEND THIS MUCH MONEY, BUT LOOK AT MY STREET LIKE, LOOK HOW IT LOOKS. SO IT WAS INTERESTING TO HEAR ALL OF THAT. WE EXPLAINED TO THEM IT WAS IT WAS GRANT FUNDING AND THAT WE COULDN'T JUST USE IT FOR THE STREETS AND STREET IMPROVEMENT, BUT VERY PASSIONATE COMMUNITY, VERY VOCAL. AND I, AS ALWAYS, WHEN I GO TO THESE MEETINGS, I ALWAYS, ALWAYS TELL THEM, COME BY YOUR HOME, COME BY CITY HALL, THIS IS YOUR YOUR CASA. COME AND SHARE THESE THINGS WITH US TOO. WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU. AND I ALWAYS TELL THEM, THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING US TO COME TO YOUR HOUSE, TO COME TO YOUR COMMUNITY AND HEAR YOU OUT. AND SO AFTER EVERYTHING, I THINK WE LEFT ON A GOOD NOTE, I FELT IT. WE LEFT ON A GOOD NOTE. 
          THEY APPRECIATED STAFF BEING OUT THERE AND JUST HEARING FROM US. SO I LIKE THOSE MEETINGS. YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO GET BECAUSE THEY ARE VOCAL. THEY THEY WILL SAY, HEY, I WANT TO SEE MORE OF THIS, MORE OF THAT. BUT I DO APPRECIATE THESE MEETINGS A LOT BECAUSE I THINK THAT THEY ALLOW FOR US TO JUST HAVE THAT CONNECTION AND THAT COMMUNICATION WITH WITH THE COMMUNITY. THE LAST THING I'LL SAY ABOUT THAT IS A FEW OF THEM DID COMMENT ON THE TIME. SO JUST AS AN FYI, IF WE'RE ABLE TO CHANGE THE TIME, I KNOW THEY START AT 5 P.M. TYPICALLY, I LEAVE MY OFFICE A LITTLE EARLIER SO I CAN MAKE IT TO THE MEETINGS, AND IT DIDN'T DAWN ON ME THAT THEY PROBABLY HAVE TO DO THE SAME THING. THEY HAVE TO LEAVE WORK A LITTLE BIT EARLY, SO IF WE CAN THINK AND CONSIDER ABOUT MAKING THOSE MEETINGS STARTING AT 6 P.M, ALSO TAKING INTO ACCOUNT THAT WE ARE, YOU KNOW, IT'S ALREADY HOT. AND SO JUST KEEPING THAT IN MIND, BUT I'LL BE REACHING OUT TO OUR CITY MANAGER ABOUT SOME OF THEIR REQUESTS, THINGS THAT HONESTLY MADE A LOT, A LOT OF SENSE WHEN THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT THEM. BUT THAT'S IT. THAT'S ALL I HAVE. AND AS ALWAYS, THANK YOU, STAFF. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. APPRECIATE YOU ALL. YOU GUYS ARE DOING GREAT WORK ALL THE TIME. AND I JUST, YOU KNOW, WANT TO APPRECIATE OR SAY THAT I APPRECIATE ALL OF YOU AND YOUR HARD WORK AND EVERYTHING THAT YOU'RE DOING. I KNOW THAT 
          [02:35:01]
THERE'S SOME CHANGES. THERE'S ALWAYS CHANGE. AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST IT'S LIFE. BUT NONETHELESS, WE APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO. ALSO, FOR OUR CITY ATTORNEY, MYRA, EVERYONE, YOU KNOW, OUR OUR CITY MANAGER, BILL, THANK YOU GUYS FOR HANGING IN THERE WITH ALL OF US. WE APPRECIATE YOU. AND JUST THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER, COUNCIL MEMBER PEREZ. 
          YEAH, I ALSO GOT TO ATTEND THE SENIOR INSPIRATIONAL AWARD CEREMONY AND IT WAS REALLY WELL PLANNED EVENT. IT'S REALLY NICE TO RECOGNIZE OUR SENIOR CITIZENS, ESPECIALLY FOR ALL THE HARD WORK THAT THEY DO, BECAUSE THEY DO DO IT FOR FREE. THEY VOLUNTEER AND THEY DO IT OUT OF THEIR HEART. I ALSO GOT TO ATTEND THE COACHELLA VALLEY RESCUE MISSION GRADUATION. THAT WAS VERY INSPIRATIONAL, JUST TO SEE HOW MANY PEOPLE THAT WERE IN THE STREETS THAT WERE ON DRUGS, THAT WERE IN AND OUT OF JAIL, THAT WENT INTO THIS PROGRAM AND WERE ACTUALLY ABLE TO GRADUATE. 
          PEOPLE THAT I SAW IN THE STREETS WERE ACTUALLY GRADUATING. TO ME, IT WAS VERY INSPIRATIONAL JUST TO SEE HOW MUCH PEOPLE WERE ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW, DOING AN EFFORT TO CHANGE THEIR LIFE AND GET BACK ON THEIR FEET. I WASN'T ABLE TO STAY TILL THE END OF THE GRADUATION, BECAUSE THEN I RUSHED OVER TO DOCTOR PEREZ CEREMONY, GOT TO MEET HIM, GOT TO MEET HIS LOVELY WIFE, HIS DAUGHTER AND HIS SON. SO IT WAS IT WAS A BUSY WEEKEND AND I ENJOYED IT. THANK YOU AND THANK YOU FOR ALL THE CITY EMPLOYEES, ESPECIALLY THOSE THAT GO UNDESERVED, THAT PEOPLE DON'T ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW, ACKNOWLEDGE THEM. EVERYBODY. THANK YOU. I KNOW I DON'T ACTUALLY GO A LOT TO THE CITY, BUT I AM GRATEFUL FOR YOUR GUYS'S HARD WORK. BILL RYAN LILJA. THANK YOU. THANK YOU TO ALL. THANK YOU. CIRCLING BACK TO COUNCIL MEMBER FIGUEROA'S COMMENTS ABOUT ANIMAL CONTROL SERVICES, I KNOW WE TOUCH A BIT ON IT. THE LAST MEETING IS JUST THE SPENDING, HOW MUCH WE'RE WE'RE SPENDING, WHAT SERVICES ARE PROVIDING. SO MAYBE AFTER YOU GUYS HAVE YOUR MEETING WITH THE DIRECTOR, MAYBE THE DIRECTOR CAN THEN PRESENT TO US AS TO WHERE WE'RE AT AFTER YOU GUYS HAVE YOUR DISCUSSION AND. HOW MUCH WE'RE SPENDING. I KNOW TWO IS THAT WE'RE SPENDING QUITE A BIT ON THESE CLINICS. AND, YOU KNOW, THAT ADDS UP ALSO TO THE ANIMAL CONTROL SERVICES THAT WE'RE PAYING FOR. I DO WANT TO GO THROUGH THE HOW THE COMMITTEE IS BEING SELECTED. THAT'S THAT'S GOING TO RECEIVE THE PRESENTATIONS FROM THE SOCCER LEAGUES. MARITZA, I KNOW YOU WERE WORKING ON THAT, BUT I THINK THE SELECTION OF THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS IS CRITICAL TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE COMMUNITY MEMBERS IN THERE. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE PEOPLE WHO NOT SO MUCH IN THE LEAGUES, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THERE'S A LOT OF BIAS THERE, AND EVERYBODY HAS THE FOLKS THAT ARE SUPPORTING, RIGHTFULLY SO. BUT IT WOULD BE NICE TO HAVE AN EDUCATOR THERE. IT WOULD BE NICE TO HAVE MAYBE A FIREFIGHTER ON THERE, BUT PEOPLE FROM DIFFERENT AGENCIES THAT WORK IN THE CITY, THAT LIVE IN THE CITY, AND HOW THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE RECREATION GROW IN THE CITY. SO I THINK THAT THAT COMMITTEE SELECTION IS CRITICAL WHEN WE'RE MOVING FORWARD. IT MAKES ME MUCH MORE COMFORTABLE BECAUSE OF THE STAKES OF GOING DOWN TO ONE LEAGUE. I DO WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE BEING AS FAIR AS WE'RE MOVING FORWARD. IT WOULD MAKE ME MUCH MORE COMFORTABLE. 
          ALSO IS THAT I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THE POCKET SEVEN COMMUNITY MEETING THAT'S COMING FORWARD ON APRIL 14TH. I HOPE THAT ALL MY COLLEAGUES CAN MAKE IT AS WELL. THIS IS MY SECOND ONE THAT I WOULD BE ATTENDING, BUT THERE IS A LOT OF A LOT OF DISCUSSION THERE AND A LOT OF IMPORTANT DISCUSSIONS WHEN IT COMES TO INFRASTRUCTURE AND HOW WE'RE GOING TO MOVE FORWARD FOR THAT ANNEXATION, AND ALSO THE IMPORTANCE THAT THOSE LANDOWNERS UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY HAVE AND WHETHER THEY NEED, YOU KNOW, THE TYPE OF INFRASTRUCTURE THAT'S BEING REQUESTED BECAUSE MANY OF THEM ARE OPERATING JUST FINE WITH WHAT THEY HAVE CURRENTLY FROM THE WELLS THAT THEY HAVE CURRENTLY ON THEIR LAND. SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WHEN WE GO IN THERE THAT WE'RE BEING VERY HONEST AND TRANSPARENT ABOUT WHAT THE OPTIONS ARE AND WHAT AS A CITY, WE COULD PROVIDE, KNOWING AGAIN, UNDERSTANDING THAT THE MONEY THAT WE GENERATE IS NOT OUR MONEY. IT'S NOT MY MONEY, IT'S NOT YOUR MONEY. THEY'RE TAXPAYERS DOLLARS MONEY. AND SO HOW WE SPEND IT IS CRITICAL. IT'S REALLY, REALLY IMPORTANT TO ME. SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE PARTICIPANTS UNDERSTAND WHAT WE CAN PROVIDE, WHAT WE CAN FUND, WHAT WE CAN'T, AND WHAT THEIR OPTIONS ARE, AND WHETHER THEY WANT TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THOSE OPTIONS OR NOT. I ATTENDED MY FIRST MEETING TODAY. IT WENT A LITTLE BIT LONGER THAN THAN I ANTICIPATED. BUT YOU KNOW, THE TOPIC OF CONVERSATIONS THERE IS THE REMOVAL OF CALL BOXES THAT YOU SEE ON THE INTERSTATES. AND I LEFT BEFORE A VOTE COULD TAKE PLACE. I'LL GIVE YOU AN UPDATE THE NEXT TIME AROUND. THE 
          [02:40:03]
MEETINGS. IT'S SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE COME BACK, WE REPORT A GREAT DEAL ON. AND I SAID AT THE LAST TIME IS THAT THE MEETINGS IS LIGHTING, LANDSCAPING, MAINTENANCE DISTRICTS. AND SO I KNOW WE GO INTO WE'RE GIVING OUR RESIDENTS A PLATFORM THAT THEY DON'T NORMALLY HAVE. THEY HAVE ACCESS TO COUNCIL, THEY HAVE ACCESS TO EXECUTIVE TEAM MEMBERS, THEY HAVE ACCESS TO CODE. AND SO THEY'RE ASKING ALL THESE QUESTIONS. BUT WE REALLY WE REALLY DO NEED TO PROVIDE THEM A SPACE THAT'S SUITABLE FOR THEM TO, YOU KNOW, ASK THESE QUESTIONS ABOUT ROADS, TO ASK THESE QUESTIONS ABOUT LAW ENFORCEMENT THAT WE'RE BETTER PROVIDE. WE'RE BETTER. THAT WE CAN SUPPORT THEM BETTER AND BE BETTER PREPARED BECAUSE WE'RE GOING IN THERE FOR QUESTIONS FOR LIGHTING AND LANDSCAPING. AND WE'RE GETTING ASKED ABOUT QUESTIONS ABOUT ROADS, ABOUT LAW ENFORCEMENT, RIGHTFULLY SO. BUT I DO WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE PROVIDING THEM THE ACTUAL PLATFORM WHERE WE CAN ACTUALLY PROVIDE THEM THE INFORMATION THAT THEY NEED. AND I KNOW WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE STRATEGIC PLANNING SESSIONS, I KNOW THAT'S NOT COMING UNTIL THE END OF THE YEAR, BUT I KNOW INDIO IS TAKING IT OUT TO THEIR COMMUNITY. SO PART OF THEIR STRATEGIC PLANNING SESSION IS THAT THEY'RE HAVING THEM THROUGHOUT THE CITY, AND THEY'RE GETTING ENGAGEMENT FROM THE RESIDENTS, AND THEY'RE INCLUDING THAT IN THE CITY STRATEGIC PLAN. SO THAT'S THAT'S IT FOR ME. I DO I DO WANT TO FOCUS MORE ALSO IN OUR SMALL BUSINESS COMMUNITY, JUST LIKE WE'VE WE'VE DOVE INTO QUITE A BIT WHEN IT COMES TO CANNABIS BUSINESSES. YOU KNOW, WE REALLY DO NEED TO PROVIDE OUR CURRENT SMALL BUSINESS SUPPORT, WHATEVER CAPACITY THAT THAT CAN BE. BECAUSE AGAIN, I WANT TO STRESS THAT OUR REVENUES ARE NOT LOOKING SO GREAT. AND SO MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE PROVIDING THOSE WHO ARE GENERATING SALES TAX OR GAS TAX OR CANNABIS TAX, THAT THEY'RE GETTING THE RESOURCES AND SUPPORT THAT THEY NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE PROVIDING OUR RESIDENTS WITH THE TYPE OF TAXES THAT THEY THAT THEY'RE DESERVING OF. SO AND WITH THAT, I'LL GET OVER TO THANK YOU. COUNCIL, I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE KENDRA REIF. SHE'S BEEN WITH THE CITY OF SHORT TIME, AND I'VE TAPPED HER TO BE THE INTERIM DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DIRECTOR. SO I'D LIKE KENDRA TO COME UP. AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU KNOW MUCH ABOUT KENDRA. I DIDN'T, SO SHE'S VERY, VERY CAPABLE. IN THE SHORT TIME THAT I'VE WORKED WITH HER. I'M VERY WELL SPOKEN, VERY KNOWLEDGEABLE, VERY CUSTOMER SERVICE FRIENDLY HAS BROUGHT OVER SOME GOOD POINTERS FROM HER TIME IN INDIO. AND I'LL LET HER SPEAK NOW. AND, KENDRA, CONGRATULATIONS AND WELCOME TO THE PODIUM. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. PATTERSON. 
          GOOD EVENING, MAYOR PRO TEM DELGADO AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL. I'M HONORED TO BE APPOINTED TO BE THE INTERIM COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR FOR THE CITY OF COACHELLA. I HAD THE PLEASURE OF WORKING WITH GABRIEL PEREZ. SO I'M. I'M SAD TO SEE HIM LEAVE, BUT I'M HAPPY TO PICK UP WHERE HE HAS LEFT OFF. AS MR. PATTERSON MENTIONED, I CAME FROM THE CITY OF INDIO PRIOR TO WORKING AT THE CITY OF INDIO. I WAS ALSO WITH THE CITY OF ANAHEIM, SO I HAVE ABOUT NINE YEARS OF PUBLIC SERVICE EXPERIENCE AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO CONTINUING TO PICK UP WHERE FORMER DIRECTOR PEREZ LEFT OFF. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. AND THAT IS ALL MY COMMENTS. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. WE'RE ADJOURNED. THANK YOU SO
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