Apr 23, 2025 City Council Meetings

[Call to Order]

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A REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY OF COACHELLA, THE COUNCIL SITTING AS THE COACHELLA SANITARY DISTRICT, COACHELLA FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT, COACHELLA FINANCING AUTHORITY, COACHELLA EDUCATION AND GOVERNMENT ACCESS CABLE CHANNEL CORPORATION COACHELLA WATER AUTHORITY, SUCCESSOR AGENCY TO THE COACHELLA REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY AND THE COACHELLA PARKS AND RECREATION FOUNDATION. TODAY IS APRIL 23RD, 2025. I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER. I'M GOING TO ASK THE CLERK IF YOU COULD NOTE FOR THE ATTENDANCE. WE HAVE A FULL

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MOTION TO APPROVE THE MOVE. TO WHERE? EARLY IN THE MEETING. YES. WE CAN DO IT RIGHT AFTER CONSENT, PERHAPS? YES. THERE'S A MOTION. IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE. AND THEN THAT'S. THAT'S TO MOVE THE ITEM. CAN I GET A MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGENDA AS MODIFIED? MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGENDA AS MODIFIED. IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND. OKAY. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE. MOTION CARRIES. WE'LL MOVE ON NOW TO PUBLIC COMMENTS. THIS IS PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ITEMS BEING PULLED FROM THE ON CLOSED SESSION ITEMS THAT SHOULD READ. IS THERE PUBLIC COMMENTS ON CLOSED SESSION? NONE. NONE.

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[Reconvene Regular Meeting]

THANK YOU. MAYOR PRO TEM COUNCIL AND 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

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FELICIDADES SECOND. OKAY.

YOU KNOW WHERE THEY HAD SOME TECHNICAL ISSUES WITH THE SOFTWARE? SO THE HTML TIMES FOR THE AGENDAS OF THE AGENDA WAS CORRECT. BUT THE ATTACHMENT FOR THIS. THAT'S CORRECT. WHICH MEANS WE HAVE TO MOVE. I THINK. MAYBE I SHOULD. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. THANK

[Written Communications]

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[Public Hearing Calendar (Quasi-Judicial)]

MR. RON GOLDMAN. THANK YOU. MAYOR PRO TEM, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL, RON GOLDMAN, I'M A CONSULTING PLANNER FOR THE CITY, AND I HAVE BEEN WORKING ON LAW AND ORDER SINCE 2011. SO IT WAS STARTED BACK IN THE PLANNING STAGES BACK IN THE SPRING OF 2011, WAS APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL IN NOVEMBER OF 13, AND THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT WAS APPROVED IN NOVEMBER OF I'M SORRY, IN JUNE OF 2014. SO THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT TRAILED THE ACTUAL APPROVAL OF THE SPECIFIC PLAN. SO I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU KIND OF AN OVERVIEW OF THE SPECIFIC PLAN PROJECT. I'M GOING TO COMPARE THE ORIGINAL DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT WITH THE FIRST AMENDMENT AND THE PROPOSAL BEFORE YOU TONIGHT, WHICH IS THE AMENDED AND RESTATED DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT. AND THEN LASTLY, I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND STAFF. SO JUST TO SUMMARIZE, THE PROJECT IS LOCATED ON 2200 ACRES. IT'S IN THE EASTERN END OF THE CITY. IT IS ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF INTERSTATE TEN. IT IS NORTH OF AVENUE 52. IT IS EAST OF THE ALL-AMERICAN CANAL. AGAIN, THE AREA IN THE KIND OF RIGHT HAND SQUARE WAS AN AREA ABOUT 640 ACRES. IT WAS ANNEXED INTO THE CITY IN 2014, SO ORIGINALLY THAT WAS NOT PART OF THE SPECIFIC PLAN CITY. I SHOULD SAY IT WAS PART OF THE SPECIFIC PLAN. SO AGAIN, IT WAS APPROVED IN NOVEMBER OF 2013 AND THE ORIGINAL DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT BECAME EFFECTIVE ON JULY 25TH, 2014. THE SPECIFIC PLAN CONTAINED 7800 UNITS OF VARYING DENSITIES, RANGING FROM TWO TO THE ACRE TO 25 UNITS TO THE ACRE. YOU CAN SEE THE SPECIFIC PLAN PROPOSED THE ACCESS ON AVENUE 50 CROSSING THE CANAL, AND ALSO ON AVENUE 52. THAT WAS THE TRANSIT LOCATIONS FOR PHASES ONE THROUGH FOUR OF THE PROJECT. THE PROJECT WAS CONDITIONED THAT ANYTHING THAT WAS CONTAINED IN PHASE FIVE HAD TO HAVE THE INTERCHANGE AT I-10 AND AVENUE 50 CONSTRUCTED AND OPERATIONAL.

THE PROJECT ALSO HAD THREE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SITES AND ONE MIDDLE SCHOOL. WITHIN THE PROJECT BOUNDARIES HAD A NUMBER OF OPEN SPACE AREAS THAT WERE PRESENT. YOU CAN SEE ON THE LEFT HAND CORNER OF THE PROJECT SITE, THERE'S A LOT OF GREEN GOING THROUGH THERE. THAT'S THE SAN ANDREAS FAULT. IT GOES IN, TRAVERSES THE SITE KIND OF AT AN ANGLE AS IT GOES DOWN THROUGH THE PROJECT SITE AND ALL THAT IS OPEN SPACE. THE PLANS WERE FOR THAT ONE GREEN AREA UP THERE TO BE 175 ACRE PARK, AND THEN OTHER OPEN SPACE AREAS ALONG THE FAULT AS WELL. THERE'S SOME SIGNIFICANT DRAINAGE THAT GOES THROUGH THE PROJECT SITE COMING FROM THE NORTH OF I-10 AND COMING FROM THE HILLS KIND OF TO THE EAST OF THE PROJECT SITE. AND ALL THOSE WERE TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION WHEN THE PROJECT WAS APPROVED AND THE PROJECT AGAIN CONDITIONED SIGNIFICANTLY IN TERMS OF EARTHQUAKE FAULTING, FLOODING, TRANSPORTATION, A NUMBER OF MAJOR ISSUES THAT WERE BASICALLY LED TO THIS SPECIFIC PLAN. LAND USE. THIS IS THE TABLE THAT THE SPECIFIC PLAN CONTAINS IN TERMS OF THE LAND USES, AGAIN, 7200 UNITS, SINGLE FAMILY AND MULTIPLE FAMILY, ONE POINT 5,000,000FT■!S OF RETAIL OFFICE SPACE, THREE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, ONE MIDDLE SCHOOL, APPROXIMATELY 344 ACRES OF PARKS, 557 ACRES OF OPEN SPACE, AND 112 ACRES OF ROADWAYS. SO YOU CAN SEE ON THAT TABLE THE VARIOUS DENSITIES THAT WERE PROPOSED WITHIN THE SPECIFIC PLAN AREA. AND AGAIN, 7800 UNITS WAS THE GOAL FOR THE SPECIFIC PLAN. THERE WERE THREE VILLAGES PROPOSED WITHIN THE PROJECT ON THE NORTH SIDE THE GATEWAY VILLAGE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE PROJECT, THE CENTRAL VILLAGE AND THEN THE MORE HILLY AREAS. KIND OF ON THE SOUTH SIDE WAS THE HILLSIDE VILLAGE. ONE OF THE BEST ATTRIBUTES I THOUGHT WITH THIS PROJECT WAS 100 FOOT PASEO THAT CONNECTED ALL THE VILLAGES TOGETHER SO THAT YOU COULD GET FROM ONE VILLAGE TO ANOTHER VILLAGE WITHOUT GOING ON A STREET. IT WAS PLANNED THAT YOU COULD GO ON THIS PASEO THAT TOOK YOU THROUGH THE SCHOOLS, THROUGH THE PARKS, AND CONNECTED ALL THE ENTIRE PROJECT TOGETHER. THE PROJECT WAS ENVISIONED TO HAVE FIVE PHASES. YOU CAN SEE ON THE SCREEN BEFORE YOU PHASE ONE,

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THERE WAS A DA FEE OF $2,500 PER DWELLING UNIT PAID UPON OCCUPANCY PERMIT. IT FROZE DIFF FEES FOR THE FIRST 2000 UNITS, AND THERE WERE A NUMBER OF CONSTRUCTION MILESTONES THAT WERE WITHIN THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT BASICALLY REQUIRED THAT CONSTRUCTION BEGAN WITHIN FIVE YEARS OR BY JULY 25TH, 2019, THAT 800 OCCUPANCY PERMITS BE ISSUED WITHIN TEN YEARS, THAT 50,000FT■!S OF COMMERCIAL BE CONSTRUCTED AND OCCUPIED WITHIN 15 YEARS AT 140 HOTEL ROOMS, BE READY FOR OCCUPANCY WITHIN 20 YEARS. ONE OF THE OTHER IMPORTANT ITEMS WAS THE FIRE STATION. THERE WAS A FIRE STATION PLANNED IN THAT SPECIFIC PLAN AREA, AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT REQUIRED A SEPARATE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT AND BOND BE POSTED PRIOR TO THE ISSUANCE OF THE FIRST BUILDING PERMIT. THERE WAS ALSO CONDITIONS AND NEGOTIATIONS REGARDING CFDS, AND THAT THEY HAD TO FORM A CFD WITHIN THE SUBMITTAL OF THE FIRST BUILDERS MAP, AND THAT PARKS FIRE IN GENERAL GOVERNMENT FEE WERE DEEMED FULLY SATISFIED BECAUSE THE DEVELOPER WAS GOING TO BUILD THE PARKS AND PROVIDE MONEY TO THE CITY, AND ALSO HAVE A SEPARATE AGREEMENT WITH FIRE ON CONSTRUCTION OF THE STATION. AND THEN AGAIN AVENUE 50 EXTENSION INTERCHANGE. THE CITY AND LANDOWNER WERE WORKING TOGETHER TO SECURE FUNDING FOR THAT. IT WAS ENVISIONED BACK IN 2013 AND 14 THAT THE INTERCHANGE WOULD BE CONSTRUCTED AND OPERATIONAL IN 2017. OBVIOUSLY, THAT DID NOT HAPPEN. SO WHAT HAPPENED IN TERMS OF AFTER THE SPECIFIC PLAN DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT WERE APPROVED, THE APPLICANT STARTED WORKING ON THE PLANS FOR AVENUE 50, PLANS FOR CROSSING THE TWO CANALS AT AVENUE 50 AND 52, AND IT TOOK LONGER THAN THEY ENVISIONED. SO WHAT HAPPENED IS IN 2019, IT BECAME APPARENT THAT THE LANDOWNER WAS NOT GOING TO MEET THE FIRST MILESTONE OF CONSTRUCTING SOMETHING ON THE PROJECT WITHIN FIVE YEARS, WHICH WOULD HAVE BEEN JULY 25TH OF 2019. SO THEY SUBMITTED AN AMENDMENT TO THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT. IN 2019. IT WAS APPROVED BY THE CITY IN 2020, AND THE CITY CHANGED A FEW THINGS IN TERMS OF WHAT THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT STATED. PRETTY MUCH THE CITY GAVE THE APPLICANT ANOTHER FIVE YEARS TO START CONSTRUCTION ON ALL THE ISSUES IN TERMS OF CONSTRUCTION, 800 OCCUPANCY PERMITS, THE 50,000FT■!S YOU CAN SEE ON THAT COLUMN ON THE RIGHT. WE BASICALLY PROVIDED ANOTHER FIVE YEARS FOR THEM TO GET STARTED IN THIS FOR THIS PROJECT. THE OTHER THING THE CITY DID IS INSTEAD OF 500 AFFORDABLE DWELLING UNITS, THE CITY SAID, NOPE, YOU'RE GOING TO DO 1000. AND THE APPLICANT AGREED. WE LAID OUT WHAT THEY NEEDED TO DO. HOW MANY WERE GOING TO BE IN PHASE ONE, HOW MANY IN PHASE TWO, AND THEN HOW MANY IN THE REMAINING PHASES. THE OTHER THING WAS THAT INSTEAD OF $2,500 PER DWELLING UNIT, THE CITY REQUIRED THAT THE FEE BE 2% OF THE CONSTRUCTION PROJECT AS CONTAINED IN THE MUNICIPAL CODE. AND THEN THERE WAS A SIGNIFICANT FEE IF THE DEVELOPER WAS GOING TO SELL ANY OF THE PROPERTY, SELL ANY OF THE LOTS THAT WERE GOING TO BE PROPOSED WITH THE TENTATIVE MAP, AND THAT FEE INCREASED BY 5%. SO

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AND YOU KNOW, YOU YOU YOU PUT YOU MADE IT ALL COME TOGETHER AND YOU FEEL THAT THIS IS A FINANCIALLY PRUDENT DOCUMENT THAT WILL MAKE SURE THAT AS THIS THING GETS BUILT OUT, THAT THE CITY IS ABLE TO, YOU KNOW, PAY ITS OWN WILL HAVE DEVELOPERS ABLE TO PAY ITS OWN WAY, AND THAT THE CITY IS NOT GOING TO BE FINANCIALLY LIABLE IN ANY WAY HERE. NO, IN FACT, RON COULDN'T HAVE PUT IT BETTER THE LAST TIME THAT THE DEVELOPER WAS IN AND AMENDED THE AGREEMENT. THERE WAS A FEW LARGE FEES IN THERE BECAUSE THEY WERE THEY JUST NEEDED TO GET THE EIR EXTENDED.

THEY NEEDED TO EXTEND THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT, AND THEY NEGOTIATED SOMETHING THAT WASN'T FEASIBLE. SO WE CAME BACK AND MADE THIS MORE REASONABLE. IT DOESN'T PUT THE CITY IN A POSITION WHERE WE'RE LOSING ANYTHING. AND IN FACT, A LOT OF THOSE FEES WERE ONE TIME FEES.

IT WASN'T REOCCURRING FEES. SO A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT FEE IS ONE TIME WE COULD SPEND IT ON A PROJECT, SAY, OUTSIDE THE CITY, BUT IT DOESN'T HELP PAY FOR GENERAL FUND REOCCURRING EXPENSES. SO WITH WHAT THE PROGRESS WAS DONE WHEN JONATHAN HOY WAS HERE, ANDREW BEING HERE, WE FINISHED THE ALL OF THE AVENUE 50TH CORRIDOR OVER THE WHITEWATER, NOT THE WHITEWATER, BUT OVER THE ALL-AMERICAN CANAL. AND ALSO AT THE INTERCHANGE. THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF WORK THAT'S DONE. AND ALSO WE'VE GOTTEN THE RIGHT OF WAYS THAT WE'VE NEEDED. THERE'S A LOT OF WORK THAT HAS BEEN DONE, BUT IT JUST SAT. I'VE KNOWN THE DOCTOR FOR A LONG TIME. THE DOCTOR, I KNEW HIM BACK WHEN I WORKED IN HEMET, AND THE DOCTOR DOES GET THINGS DONE. WE NEED TO MAKE THIS WHERE THE CITY SAW SOMETHING ACTUALLY HAPPEN WITH THIS DEVELOPMENT. AND ALSO WE NEED ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN THE CITY. THIS IS IT WAS IT WAS A GREAT THING TO COME IN AND GET TO FINISH UP BECAUSE I'VE SEEN IT THE WHOLE WAY. I WAS HERE WHEN WE DID THE FIRST AGREEMENT, WHEN WE DID THE AMENDMENT, AND NOW TO SEE THIS THING THROUGH THE IMPORTANT THINGS THAT ARE IN PLACE FOR THE CITY. WE'RE GETTING OUR PARKS, WE'RE GETTING OUR FIRE STATION. THEY'RE GOING TO PAY US FOR SOME GOVERNMENTAL FACILITIES UP THERE AS WELL. THROUGH WE'RE GOING TO ISSUE BONDS. WE'RE GOING TO DO SOME BONDS UP THERE. WE'VE AGREED TO WORK WITH THEM ON THAT. WE'VE PUT IN TWO POINTS OF ACCESS. WE'RE THEN COME IN OVER 50TH AND THE ALL-AMERICAN CANAL AND 52 IN THE ALL-AMERICAN CANAL. AND 52 IS VERY IMPORTANT BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE THE INFRASTRUCTURE COMES IN FOR WATER AND SANITARY. WE'RE ALSO WORKING THROUGH THE RFP PROCESS TO BE ABLE TO GIVE THEM POWER AS WELL. THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT ELSE THAT WAS CONSIDERED. THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT BUILDING IN THIS ONE POCKET WHERE YOU CAN BUILD 1500 HOMES, WHERE IT'S NOT SUCH A STRETCH TO GET THE UTILITIES THERE. IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT'S UNATTAINABLE. THEY'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO ISSUE BONDS TO GET THOSE BRIDGES BUILT, TO ALLOW THEM TO BE ABLE TO BOND MORE, TO DO THE REST OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE THEY NEED. THE MAIN THING WE NEED TO SEE HAPPEN IS THIS THING GET OFF THE GROUND. IT CAN BE A WONDERFUL PROJECT. IT'S SOMETHING ELSE TO REMEMBER TOO, IS NOT ONLY THE DOCTOR HAS GREAT FAITH IN US. THE DOCTOR. EVEN BEFORE WE FINISHED THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT, THE DOCTOR PURCHASED THE PROPERTY. HE HAD OPTIONS ON IT AND HE WENT AND PURCHASED THE PROPERTY. BUT THE DOCTOR ALSO OWNS THE PROPERTY TO THE NORTH, RIGHT ON THE OTHER SIDE OF WHERE THE INTERCHANGE IS GOING TO BE. SO THE DOCTOR IS INVESTING HEAVILY IN US. WE'RE ALSO SHOWING FAITH IN HIM THAT WE KNOW THAT HE WANTS TO GET THIS THING DONE AS WELL. SO IT CAME TOGETHER QUICKLY AT THE END. I KNOW THAT IT WAS A LONG PROCESS.

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THOSE STUDIES DONE AND THE PROJECT OFF THE GROUND, THAT'S GOOD. YEAH. THE DOCTOR SAID THAT HE WANTS TO BE BREAKING GROUND WITHIN FOUR YEARS. THAT'S GREAT. YEAH, I THINK JUST I MEAN, I UNDERSTAND IT, IT TAKES TIME. IT'S A HUGE PROJECT. IT'S GOING TO BE REALLY GREAT. BUT I THINK JUST FOR THE COUNCIL TO HAVE A VISUAL OF TIMELINES, NOT NECESSARILY. YOU HAVE TO MEET THIS BY THIS TIME. NO, IT'S MORE OF WE HOPE, WE EXPECT OR WE HOPE TO HAVE THIS STUDY DONE BY THIS TIME, JUST SO THAT WE CAN KIND OF GET AN IDEA OF WHERE YOU'RE AT, RIGHT. THANK YOU. I DIDN'T KNOW THE SAN ANDREAS FAULT. I KNEW IT WAS UP THERE. I JUST DIDN'T KNOW EXACTLY WHERE. BUT AND I'M HOPING THAT THEY KEEP THAT SAME MODEL WHERE THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE THAT, YOU KNOW, FOR NOTHING. YES, YES. ALL OF THAT, THAT AREA THAT KIND OF TRAVERSES ALONG THE CANAL IS ALL IN FAULT, ALL IN OPEN SPACE. YEAH, YEAH. AND AGAIN, WE GET 175 ACRE PARK. SO AND THE DOCTOR HAS, YOU KNOW, PRETTY GRANDIOSE PLANS ON THAT SITE. I'VE SEEN HIS VISION OF WHAT HE WANTS TO DO IS A COMPLETE SOCCER FACILITY UP IN THAT AREA. OKAY. THANK YOU. ANY COMMENTS? THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING ITEM, SO I'M GOING TO OPEN IT UP TO THE PUBLIC AT 631. ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS FROM MEMBERS IN THE AUDIENCE OR ONLINE? I DO NOT HAVE ANY SPEAKER SLIPS. IS THERE ANYBODY ON ZOOM? IF THERE'S ANYBODY ON ZOOM WHO WOULD LIKE TO COMMENT, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. THERE ARE NONE. THANK YOU. SO WE'LL CLOSE THE ITEM AT 631. I DO JUST HAVE A FEW COMMENTS IS THAT, YOU KNOW, BEFORE WE CAN GET INTO ANY OF THE PHASES AND BUILDING OUT IS THAT THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT ITSELF TOOK TOOK A LONG TIME FOR US TO, TO GET HERE. AND WE DO HAVE TO APPRECIATE THE DOCTOR'S WILLINGNESS TO PURCHASE AND TAKE OVER LA ENTRADA. THERE WAS A LOT OF RESIDENTS AND VOLUNTEERS AND STAKEHOLDERS WHO PARTICIPATED IN LA ENTRADA IN GETTING THAT GOING, AND SO I AM APPRECIATIVE OF STAFF AND OF BILL AND THEN ALSO OF STAN AND JACK IN THE BACK AND THE DOCTOR, JUST TO MAKE SURE. AND RON AND SETH IS THAT WE CLOSE THIS OUT AND WE CAN MOVE THIS FORWARD. AND NOW THAT THEY HAVE THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT IN PLACE, NOW THEY CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH THE WITH THE REST OF THE STEPS. SO WITH THAT, IS THERE A MOTION TO MOVE THE ITEM FORWARD, A MOTION TO MOVE TO THE SPECIAL LANGUAGE. LET ME READ IT. MOTION TO ADOPT.

ORDINANCE NUMBER 1223. AMENDING THE APPROVING THE AMENDED AND RESTATED LAND THROUGHOUT THE CALIFORNIA CITY DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT. YEAH. AND THIS IS FIRST READING SO WE WILL BRING IT BACK OKAY. THANK YOU. IS THERE A SECOND A SECOND WE HAVE A ROLL CALL. COUNCILMEMBER PEREZ. YES. COUNCILMEMBER FIGUEROA. AYE. COUNCILMEMBER VISION. AYE. MAYOR PRO TEM DELGADO. YES. MAYOR. HERNANDEZ. AYE. I WILL JUST FOR ONE SECOND, I WILL ALSO MENTION THAT WHEN WE

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AND THEN, YOU KNOW, JUST JUST LIKE BILL SAID, IT'S A LEGACY PROJECT. SO WE WON'T WE'LL SEE

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THANK YOU SO MUCH. THAT WAS A GREAT JOB, SELENA. AND I WOULD LOVE IF WE COULD GET, YOU KNOW,

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THERE'S A SAMPLE PACKET, RIGHT? HOW MUCH WOULD YOU ALL LIKE GUIDE THE BUSINESS OWNERS FOR LIKE CREATING THEIR LIKE DO YOU HAVE TEMPLATES FOR THEM. BECAUSE I SAW THAT THERE'S LIKE IN THE PRESENTATION THE ITEM THERE'S LIKE TEMPLATES FOR THEM. LIKE HOW MUCH OF THEM DO THEY HAVE TO CREATE ON THEIR OWN AND HOW MUCH CAN THEY BECAUSE IS THERE A UNIFORMITY FOR THEM TO MATCH, LIKE WHEN YOU GO TO ANY RESTAURANT RESTAURANT WEEK? YES. SO WE DO HAVE WORD DOCUMENT TEMPLATES THAT THEY CAN JUST DROP THEIR MENU OR SPECIAL OFFER INTO. WE HAVE SOME SUGGESTIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS, DEPENDING ON THE TYPE OF RESTAURANT AND WHAT THEIR USUAL PRICE POINTS ARE AT. IF IT MAKES MORE SENSE FOR THEM TO DO A PREFIX MENU OR SPECIAL OFFER MENU. SO WE DO WORK WITH THEM ON THAT. WE SIT DOWN, YOU KNOW, EITHER IN PERSON OR OVER EMAIL AND PROVIDE THOSE RESOURCES. WE HAVE SOME ASSETS FOR RESTAURANT WEEK AS WELL, LIKE BROCHURES AND LITTLE COASTERS AND WINDOW CLINGS AND THINGS THAT THEY CAN START PUTTING UP TO LET PEOPLE KNOW THAT THEY'RE PARTICIPATING IN RESTAURANT WEEK. AND THEN WE, OF COURSE, PUT THEIR RESTAURANT AND THEIR OFFER UP ON OUR WEBSITE AND PROMOTE THAT OUT AS WELL. YEAH. YOU KNOW, I SERVE ON THE WHICH ONE. DID YOU HAVE SOME FOLLOW UP? NO. YOU KNOW, JUST SOME I SERVE ON THE NOW PART OF THIS VISIT, GREATER PALM SPRING JPA. AND I THINK JUST SOME CONTEXT, IT'S IMPORTANT THAT THEY'RE THEIR SOCIAL MEDIA AND HOW THEY ARE ABLE TO GAIN EXPOSURE I THINK IS IMPORTANT.

AND SO I THINK IT'S A IT'S A GOOD SEGUE. HOW DO YOU INTRODUCE THE EATERY PLACES TO THE REST OF THE AREA? SO BUT I THINK JUST REALLY MAKING SURE THAT RESTAURANTS WILL HAVE THE SUPPORT FROM VG, LIKE IF THEY WANT TO SIGN UP BECAUSE YOU'RE GOING TO ARE YOU GOING TO REACH OUT TO THEM AND THEN SEE WHO'S INTERESTED IN. YES. YEAH. SO WE'LL REACH OUT IN PERSON. WE'LL GO, YOU KNOW, TAKE PACKETS AROUND THAT, HAVE THE INFORMATION ABOUT SIGN UP. WE'LL ALSO EMAIL AND PHONE CALL. WE'VE BEEN EMAILING AND PHONE CALLING AND REACHING OUT. BUT IT HAS THAT $400 PRICE POINT ON IT RIGHT NOW. SO. CURRENTLY OUR ONLY COACHELLA RESTAURANT PARTICIPATING IS THAT CAFE, 54 AUGUSTINE CASINO. BUT YEAH, WE HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO GET A, YOU KNOW, INDEPENDENT LOCAL COACHELLA RESTAURANT YET. OTHER QUESTION. THANK YOU. DO YOU HAVE ANY SELENA REALLY QUICKLY. SO THE SPONSORSHIP REQUEST. SO BASICALLY WE WOULD BE COVERING THAT COST FOR THEM TO PARTICIPATE. YES. BUT LET'S SAY SO THERE ARE YOU KNOW WE COULD DO 1015 ETC. BUT LET'S SAY WE DO TEN. HOW WOULD WE WHO WOULD DECIDE LIKE WHICH RESTAURANTS ARE REACHED OUT TO? WHAT IF WE HAVE A LOT OF INTEREST? LIKE HOW ARE WE GOING TO WORK THAT OUT? YOU KNOW, I THINK JUST KIND OF FIRST COME, FIRST SERVE BASIS. AND, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE I WAS THINKING THAT MYSELF AS WELL, LIKE, HOW DO WE DECIDE? AND I THINK IF WE JUST MAKE IT FIRST COME, FIRST SERVE, THAT WOULD BE THE WAY TO GO. I'D SAY, OKAY, THOSE THOSE ARE MY QUESTIONS.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE? YEAH, I HAVE A QUESTION. IN THE PAST, WHAT HAS BEEN THE OUTCOME? OH, THIS IS OUR FIRST TIME PARTICIPATING. THIS WOULD BE OUR FIRST TIME. YES, BECAUSE

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BUT WE DID LAUNCH THE WEBSITE ON THE 1ST OF APRIL. SO WE TRY TO GET EVERYONE AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE REGISTERED BEFORE THAT SO THAT THE WEBSITE IS FULL WHEN WE LAUNCH IT AND START PROMOTING IT. BUT THEY CAN THEY CAN REGISTER ALL THE WAY UP UNTIL MAY 28TH, MAY 30TH THIS YEAR. SO OTHER THAN, THAN SIGNING UP OR OR BEING ONE OF THE TEN BUSINESSES, RESTAURANTS THAT ARE INTERESTED, ARE THERE ANY REQUIREMENTS OF THE RESTAURANT ITSELF? WE JUST REQUIRE THAT THEY THAT THEY DO OFFER WHATEVER THE SPECIAL OFFER IS, THAT IT IS AVAILABLE TO EVERY DINER THAT COMES IN. THERE CAN'T BE LIKE AN EXTRA FEE OR. SPECIAL RESERVATION OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. IT DOES NEED TO BE AVAILABLE TO EVERYONE OVER THOSE TEN DAYS. THAT'S PRETTY MUCH IT.

ON THE REQUIREMENTS. AND IF THEY DO A SET PREFIX MENU THAT IT COMES IN AT ONE OF THE PRICE POINTS. OTHERWISE IT'S A SPECIAL OFFER MENU. SO IF IT'S A IF IT'S A, YOU KNOW, $49 DINNER MENU, IT NEEDS TO HAVE AT LEAST THREE ITEMS OR COURSES. SO IF THEY NEEDED TO DO TWO COURSES FOR 49, IT WOULD NEED TO BE A SPECIAL OFFER MENU. SO IT'S JUST THINGS LIKE THAT. THANK YOU. YEAH THE SAMPLES ON HERE ARE REALLY, REALLY GOOD. MY CONCERN IS ONLY BECAUSE THEY NEED TO BE PROVIDED AND IN SPANISH AS WELL. BUT I THINK THE SAMPLES ARE REALLY GOOD. AND EXPLAINING WHAT THE MENU PRICING SHOULD BE. AND THEN MY LAST QUESTION IS, SO IF WE DO THE TEN FOR 4500, THEN WHAT HAPPENS IF WE DON'T GET TEN PARTICIPANTS? I THINK I'M SURE THE VISIT GREATER PALM SPRINGS WILL BE FLEXIBLE. I'M ACTUALLY PRETTY CERTAIN THAT WE'LL GET TEN PARTICIPANTS. AT THE VERY LEAST, I'M SURE THEY CAN WORK WITH US AND JUST, YOU KNOW, CHARGING FOR WHAT? THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT ENROLLED. BUT I REALLY THINK WE'LL GET AT LEAST TEN. OKAY. GOOD. AND WHEN YOU SAY AT LEAST SELENA, DO YOU THINK THAT MAYBE THAT WE SHOULD DO MAYBE ANOTHER PRICE POINT? I MEAN, IF YOU'RE SAYING THAT WE'RE GOING TO GET AT LEAST 10 OR 15 IS REASONABLE, YOU KNOW, 15, BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S ATTAINABLE. YOU KNOW, BECAUSE I DID WORRY ABOUT THAT, TOO. WHAT IF PEOPLE DIDN'T WANT TO PARTICIPATE BECAUSE THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT IT IS? BUT, YOU KNOW, I THINK 15 WOULD BE REASONABLE. BUT AGAIN, IT'S UP TO THE COUNCIL TO DECIDE.

SELENA, I'M WONDERING IF WE DO THE TEN AND THERE'S MORE PARTICIPANTS THAN AND THEN DAVIS I KNOW YOU'RE ON HERE IS THAT THEN CAN WE JUST GO JUMP FROM THE TEN TO THE 15 IF NEEDED? I BELIEVE WE CAN. IF IT'S WITHIN THE CITY MANAGER'S SIGNING AUTHORITY TO KIND OF AUTHORIZE AN ADDITIONAL LIKE $6,000, I THAT I MEAN, IF THAT'S THE WISHES OF THE COUNCIL, THE REASON I SAY IT IS BECAUSE FOR, FOR A LONG TIME, OUR SMALL BUSINESSES, OUR RESTAURANTS HAVE BEEN NEEDING A LOT OF MARKETING AND OTHER TYPES OF TOOLS AND SUPPORT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE SUCCESSFUL. AND NOT ONLY IS THIS OBVIOUSLY MARKETING THEM AT THE TIME, AND THEN ALSO THROUGHOUT THE COACHELLA VALLEY, WHICH IS THE BIG ADVANTAGE FOR THEM, BUT ADDITIONALLY, IS THAT THE PROMOTIONAL OPPORTUNITIES AFTER THE ONE WEEK IS OVER? BECAUSE I KNOW THERE WAS MANY

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BUT WE DO SURVEY THEM RIGHT AFTERWARDS TO ASK. SO AGAIN, WE KNOW, YOU KNOW, HOW MANY PEOPLE FROM OUR WEBSITE ARE LOOKING AT THEM, CLICKING ON THEM, CALLING, AND THEN WHERE THOSE PEOPLE ARE COMING FROM, YOU KNOW, IF IT WAS LOCAL RESIDENTS OR PEOPLE FROM OUT OF THE AREA. SO THOSE ARE OUR PRIMARY METRICS. WE ALSO, YOU KNOW, WILL WORK WITH DIFFERENT RESTAURANTS IN TERMS OF PROMOTION ON OUR DINE GPS SOCIAL MEDIA CHANNEL. AND SO WE CAN KIND OF SEE, YOU KNOW, IF THAT CONTENT IS POPULAR OR GETTING VIEWED AND GETTING MORE CLICKS OVER AGAIN TO THAT COOL.

WE DO, WE DO PROVIDE A RECAP AS WELL FOR RESTAURANT WEEK AS A WHOLE. AND WE CAN DO KIND OF A CITY LEVEL DETAIL AS WELL FOR THE CITY MIGHT BE A GOOD IDEA THAT WE PROVIDE SOME TYPE OF METRIC FOR THE RESTAURANT. I GET, I GET YOUR SIDE WHERE YOU CLICKS, ETC. BUT LET'S, LET'S SELENA COME UP WITH A SMALL METRIC. THAT WAY WE CAN TRACK. AND THEN IN THE FUTURE, IF WE DO THIS AGAIN, THEN WE CAN ADJUST AND TAILOR AND TRY TO GET MORE VISITORS TO FOLKS. SO I MEAN, THE MORE DATA, THE BETTER, RIGHT. AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, THAT'S THAT'S BE SUCCESSFUL. I LIKE THE IDEA OF, YOU KNOW, WE START WITH TEN AND IF MORE MORE GET ADDED, IT'S WHEN THE CITY MANAGERS PURVIEW AND WE JUST ADJUST, YOU KNOW, AND GO FROM THERE. SO I'LL MOTION TO APPROVE THAT IF THAT'S IF THAT'S THE DIRECTION. IS THERE A SECOND. AT WHAT LEVEL IT'LL BE. IT'LL BE AT A TEN LEVEL, BUT WITH WITH THE ABILITY TO ADJUST TO 15 PER THE CITY MANAGER'S DISCRETIONARY ABILITY. IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL GO AHEAD AND SECOND, I'LL TAKE ROLL. COUNCILMEMBER PEREZ. YES.

COUNCILMEMBER FIGUEROA, A COUNCILMEMBER VITKIN A MAYOR PRO TEM. DELGADO. YES. MAYOR HERNANDEZ. HI. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. COUNCIL. THANK YOU. DAVIS. THANK YOU. SELENA. THANK YOU.

DAVIS. THANK YOU SELENA. NOW WE'RE MOVING ON TO ITEM 20. I THINK THAT SELENA I THINK THAT'S YOU AGAIN. YES. HELLO AGAIN. SO THE ITEM BEFORE YOU, I JUST WANTED TO ANNOUNCE THAT I HAVE A FEW SLIDES THAT I WILL INTRODUCE THE ITEM. AND THEN I DO HAVE MISS JANELLE WITH GROWING COACHELLA VALLEY ON ZOOM. SO IF WE COULD PROMOTE HER TO PRESENT HER THAT, THAT WOULD BE REALLY, REALLY HELPFUL. AND SO ITEM NUMBER 20 IS REQUESTING THAT THE COUNCIL AUTHORIZE AN APPROPRIATION IN THE AMOUNT OF 4500 TO SECURE THE VENUE FOR THE 2025 COACHELLA AGRICULTURAL SUMMIT AND POTENTIALLY APPOINT A COUNCIL MEMBER TO THE AGRICULTURAL SUMMIT AD HOC COMMITTEE. IF THE COUNCIL SO CHOOSES. AND SO I'LL BEGIN WITH JUST THE FIRST FEW SLIDES, AND THEN WE'LL TURN IT OVER TO MISS JANELLE. AND SO BECAUSE THIS ITEM, I WANTED TO GIVE THE COUNCIL AN OPPORTUNITY TO CONSIDER APPOINTING A NEW COUNCIL MEMBER IF THAT'S THE DIRECTION THAT THE COUNCIL WOULD LIKE TO TAKE FOR THE AGRICULTURAL SUMMIT AD HOC COMMITTEE COUNCIL MEMBER STEPHANIE HAHN PREVIOUSLY SERVED IN THIS ROLE. AND AT THE LAST

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UNLESS THE COUNCIL WOULD LIKE TO HEAR THE PRESENTATION BY JANELLE FIRST. NO YOU CAN OKAY. GO AHEAD. YEAH. SO RIGHT NOW AT THE ON THE AD HOC COMMITTEE WE HAVE MEMBERSHIP FROM CV UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT. WE HAVE A CECE FARMS AND A NUMBER OF OTHER PARTNERS. LET ME JUST GET TO THAT SLIDE BECAUSE I KNOW SOME OF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN THE PARTNERSHIPS WE HAVE OR FOURTH DISTRICT, COACHELLA VALLEY WATER DISTRICT, THE BLUE ZONES, HIDDEN HARVEST, RIVERSIDE COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES, THE RIVERSIDE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEM, AND TAMALPA FARMS, TO NAME A FEW. SO SOME OF THESE PEOPLE ARE ON THE AD HOC COMMITTEE IN ADDITION TO OTHER STAFF MEMBERS FROM THE CITY. AND THEN, OF COURSE, A COUNCIL MEMBER AND OTHER MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT WISH TO JOIN. AND SOME OF THE TOPICS THAT THE COMMITTEE COVERS ARE RELATED TO.

LET ME GO BACK, HEALTH AND WELLNESS, FRESH FOODS, SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE. YOU KNOW, WE TALKED ABOUT OUR COMMUNITY RESILIENCE CENTER AND EVEN JUST WELLNESS IN THE COMMUNITY. FOR EXAMPLE, AT THE WELLNESS HUB. AND ALL OF THIS TIES BACK INTO THE GENERAL PLAN.

AND SO I JUST WANT TO LEAVE IT THERE FOR COUNCIL TO DISCUSS THE NEXT STEPS FOR THE AD HOC COMMITTEE FOR THE AGRICULTURAL SUMMIT. THANK YOU. I'D LIKE TO MOVE TO NOMINATE COUNCIL MEMBER PEREZ TO LEAD THIS. I THINK THIS IS A GOOD EFFORT. YOU KNOW, THE CITY OF COACHELLA, WE HAVE A LIKE A $900 MILLION AGRICULTURE INDUSTRY HERE IN THE EASTERN COACHELLA VALLEY. AND SO AND IT'S PRIMARILY OUT OF HERE. IT'S OUT OF OUT OF COACHELLA WHERE THE WHERE THE LIKE THE CENTER WITH RESPECT TO RIVERSIDE COUNTY, RIVERSIDE COUNTY, IT'S LIKE $1.4 BILLION AGRICULTURE, BUT A LOT OF IT IS OUT OF HERE. AND SO I THINK IT WOULD BE A GOOD VENTURE FOR YOU, A GOOD, GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE, GET TO KNOW A LOT OF THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS. AND, AND THAT'S IF, IF, IF THE CITY IS STILL AMENABLE OR THE COUNCIL IS STILL AMENABLE TO PUT THIS ON. IF NOT, THEN WE CAN LET OUR STAKEHOLDERS KNOW THAT WE'RE GOING TO CANCEL IT OR WHATNOT. SO BUT I THINK YOU'D BE A GOOD PERSON TO SERVE ON THIS COMMITTEE. COUNCIL MEMBER. DO YOU ACCEPT? THANK YOU, MAYOR, BUT FOR PERSONAL REASONS. I WOULD LIKE TO NOMINATE SOMEBODY ELSE. I DON'T KNOW WHAT MY SCHEDULE WILL LOOK LIKE IN A MONTH OR TWO MONTHS, SO I DON'T WANT TO SAY YES AND THEN FAIL. I THINK IF SOMEBODY CAN DO IT, THEN I WOULD LIKE I'LL NOMINATE PUNTA DELGADO. BUT RIGHT NOW, PERSONALLY FOR PERSONAL REASONS, I WOULD NOT TAKE IT. I WOULD HAVE LOVED TO, BUT RIGHT NOW MY SITUATION IS NOT GOOD AND I DON'T WANT TO FAIL. THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE ALREADY INVESTED A LOT OF TIME IN THE SUMMIT. UNDERSTOOD. WELL, I'LL SECOND THAT MOTION. IF MAYOR PRO TEM ACCEPTS IT, I'LL ACCEPT THE NOMINATION. THANK YOU. DO WE THEN DO THAT? TWO SEPARATE ITEMS. YES. I HAVE THE NEXT ITEM THAT I NEEDED TO PRESENT TO THE COUNCIL. AND BEFORE WE GET TO JANELLE'S PRESENTATION, OR HER PART IS, I JUST WANTED TO RECOMMEND THAT THE CITY COUNCIL CONSIDERS APPROPRIATING $4,500 FOR THE VENUE FOR THE ACT SUMMIT, WHICH RIGHT NOW IT'S RANCHO 51 DATE GARDENS. AND SO I JUST WANTED TO ASK THE COUNCIL ABOUT THAT. AS MISS PERCY ON THE ONLINE. YES, MISS PERCY. YES. CAN YOU HEAR US? THANK YOU FOR JOINING US ONLINE. YES. THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. I REALLY APPRECIATE BEING HERE. AND I JUST WANT TO SAY A FEW WORDS THAT FIRST, FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DON'T KNOW, GROWING COACHELLA VALLEY IS A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION CONSISTING OF FARMERS AND OTHER AGRICULTURAL PROFESSIONALS. WE'VE JUST COMPLETED OUR TEN YEAR, OUR 10TH YEAR, WHICH IS VERY EXCITING, AND I JUST WANT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT WE WERE REALLY THRILLED WHEN THE CITY CONTACTED US TO ASSIST WITH THIS AG SUMMIT. I'M DATING MYSELF, BUT I WAS INVOLVED WITH THE AG SUMMIT IN 2003 AND 2004, AND BOTH WERE

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WE CAN PUT COACHELLA PRODUCE ON THE MAP TOGETHER. ON BEHALF OF GROWING COACHELLA VALLEY BOARD, I SEE THE AG SUMMIT AS A WIN WIN FOR THE CITY AND THE FARMERS. AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, PLEASE, PLEASE LET ME KNOW. THANK YOU AGAIN FOR HAVING ME. THANK YOU, MISS PERCY. IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM MEMBERS OF COUNCIL? SO YOU TALKED ABOUT THE PROGRAM AND YOU KNOW NOT TO GO TOO DEEP INTO THE PROGRAM. I THINK THE IS THE PROGRAM INTENDED FOR PEOPLE WHO WANT TO BREAK INTO. LIKE AG OR AG ADJACENT PEOPLE THAT SUPPORT JUST THE IN THAT PROGRAM, LIKE WHO THE PROGRAM IS TAILORED TOWARDS, LIKE HOW THE PROGRAM WHO IS IT TAILORED TOWARDS? IS IT LIKE IT'S OPEN TO THE COMMUNITY FROM MY UNDERSTANDING, BUT LIKE, HOW IS IT TAILORED LIKE YES, THE AND YOU KNOW, WE'VE HAD MANY DISCUSSIONS ABOUT THAT. YOU KNOW, IT'S LIKE, WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF THE PROGRAM? PURPOSE IS TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ABOUT AGRICULTURE. BUT, YOU KNOW, IN ON THE FLIP SIDE, WE ALSO WANT THE AGRICULTURE INDUSTRY TO BE THERE TO PARTICIPATE. SO IT, YOU KNOW, IS FOR INDUSTRY LEADERS, THE COMMUNITY, RESIDENTS TO LEARN SOMETHING ABOUT. LIKE I, LIKE I MENTIONED, WE WOULD LIKE THE RESIDENTS AND THE COMMUNITY LEADERS TO HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING OF WHERE THEIR FOOD COMES FROM AND THE ECONOMIC IMPACT THAT THE AGRICULTURE COMMUNITY HAS ON OUR VALLEY. SO IT IT'S KIND OF A MIXTURE OF BOTH. IT'S GEARED TO BE BENEFICIAL TO BOTH PARTIES, THOSE WHO ARE IN FARMING AND THOSE WHO ARE NOT IS THERE.

MAYBE WE CAN ASK THE QUESTION A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT TO DOCTOR FIGUEROA. IS THERE SOMETHING IN PARTICULAR THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT YOU CAN PROVIDE FEEDBACK TO THE CHAIR AND HOW TO STRUCTURE THE PROGRAM? THAT WAY WE CAN ACCOMPLISH SOME OF THOSE GOALS. I FOR ONE, YOU KNOW, IN TERMS OF, YOU KNOW, MAKING SURE THAT PEOPLE UNDERSTAND WHERE OUR FOOD COME FROM AND THE SEASONALITY ADVANTAGE THAT THE COACHELLA VALLEY HAS, AND BEING FIRST TO MARKET. AND THEN, YOU KNOW, THE IMPACTS OF, OF TARIFFS AND PERHAPS THE SHOT IN THE ARM THAT THAT MAY CREATE FOR OUR INDUSTRY, LIKE I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I'D LIKE TO KIND OF UNDERSTAND A LITTLE BIT BETTER, OR EVEN IN SOME WAYS HELP ADVOCATE FOR, PARTICULARLY AS THERE'S A LOT OF, YOU KNOW, CHANGES FEDERALLY AND TRYING TO TRYING TO JUST AS A SUGGESTION, MAYBE THERE MIGHT BE A SEGMENT OF HOW HOW WE ALL LEARN ABOUT THAT, RIGHT? LIKE THAT'S, THAT'S PART OF WHY THIS SUMMIT IS GOING TO HAPPEN, SO THAT WE CAN STAY INFORMED OF WHAT'S HAPPENING CURRENTLY, BUT THEN ALSO ANTICIPATE POTENTIAL CHANGES THAT MAY BE OCCURRING THAT MAY BENEFIT US OR NOT DOWN THE ROAD.

SO JUST SOME SUGGESTIONS. I KNOW, I KNOW WHEN YOU CREATE A COMMITTEE, IT'S AN ITERATIVE PROCESS. IT'S NOT SET RIGHT AWAY. IT'S NOT YOU KNOW, YOU CAN'T JUST BE LIKE, OH, I GOT A PROGRAM TOMORROW. IT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, YOU KNOW, FOLKS THAT ARE WORKING ON IT, YOU GET

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DETAILED OR CONCRETE WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ATTENDEES WHO WHO'S THE TARGET AUDIENCE? WHO ARE WE TARGETING? IS IT COACHELLA RESIDENTS? IS IT BECAUSE KEEP IN MIND THAT IF WE'RE GOING TO BE THE LEAD AND IT SEEMS LIKE THE CITY OF COACHELLA IS THE LEAD, IT SOUNDS LIKE THE CITY OF COACHELLA REACHED OUT TO ALL THESE MULTIPLE AGENCIES AND SAID, HEY, WE'RE GOING TO WE WANT TO HAVE AN ACT SUMMIT, OKAY? BUT AGAIN, YOU KNOW, IT'S COMING BACK TO CITY STAFF, WHERE WE'RE USING MULTIPLE EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS. SO WHAT IS THE BENEFIT TO COACHELLA RESIDENTS? BECAUSE THE MAJORITY OF OUR RESIDENTS, A GOOD A GOOD PORTION OF OUR POPULATION, THEY WORK ON THE FIELDS, THEY WORK IN THESE FIELDS. SO THEY KNOW WHAT THEY KNOW WHAT COACHELLA IS PRODUCING AS FAR AS AGRICULTURE. THEY KNOW WHAT THE UNINCORPORATED AREA. THEY KNOW WHAT WE'RE GROWING, THEY WORK THE FIELDS. AND SO KEEP IN MIND THAT THAT'S, YOU KNOW, WE NEED A LITTLE BIT MORE. SO WHO'S WHO'S THE TARGET AUDIENCE HERE? IS THAT A QUESTION. YEAH. SORRY. OH I THINK I THINK I THINK I HEARD IT EARLIER THAT THE TARGET AUDIENCE IS, IS RESIDENTS, INDUSTRY STAKEHOLDERS, ELECTED OFFICIALS AND YOU KNOW, AND THOSE ARE THE FOLKS THAT THAT WILL BE INVITED TO THIS EVENT. IS THAT CORRECT, JANELLE. YES, THAT THAT WAS THE DISCUSSION THAT WE HAD. LIKE I SAID, WE STARTED MEETING, I DON'T KNOW, 6 OR 7 MONTHS AGO, AND THAT'S WHAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT. WHO'S THE INTENDED AUDIENCE? WHAT'S THE PURPOSE? AND YOU KNOW, WE DISCUSSED IT WAS FOR COMMUNITY LEADERS, FOR RESIDENTS. AND AGAIN, IT WAS TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ABOUT AGRICULTURE. SO THEY HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THE AGRICULTURE IN THE AREA.

AND, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS TOO, WE'RE LOOKING AT IS, IS GETTING A REPORT ON THE ECONOMIC IMPACT THAT AGRICULTURE HAS ON THE VALLEY AND PRESENTING THOSE FINDINGS AT THE SUMMIT. AND SO THAT'S IN THE WORKS ALSO. BUT YEAH, IT IT WAS MULTI IT WAS A COMBINATION OF AGRICULTURE AND LOCAL RESIDENTS AND COMMUNITY LEADERS. I THINK YOU KNOW WHEN YOU ORGANIZE THINGS LIKE THIS THAT YOU KNOW HAVE A HUGE ECONOMIC IMPACT ON THIS CITY IN PARTICULAR, YOU KNOW THE PURSUIT OF THE PERFECT OR THE GET THE ANSWERS IS THE PERFECT SHOULDN'T BE THE ENEMY OF THE GOOD. AND, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I KNOW FOR A FACT IS, YEAH, WE IT'S OBVIOUS THAT, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A LOT OF FOLKS THAT WORK IN THE AGRICULTURE INDUSTRY, EVEN IN THE CANNABIS INDUSTRY, BUT THERE'S A LOT OF THREATS. AND IF YOU LOOK AT, FOR EXAMPLE, WHERE I GREW UP WORKING, I GREW UP WORKING IN THE GRAPES AND MY GRANDMA AND GRANDPA AND I WALKED THE VINEYARDS. AND IF YOU LOOK AT WHERE THAT INDUSTRY IS AT, IT'S NOT EXISTENT HERE IN COACHELLA. AND SO WHAT THE FARMERS HAVE DONE IS, YOU KNOW, THEY'VE PLANTED A LOT OF DATE TREES AND, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN MAYBE WORK ON A DATE FARM, YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE NOT AFRAID OF HEIGHTS FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS.

BUT THEN THOSE PALM TREES GROW AND ALL OF A SUDDEN, YOU KNOW, IT'S A DIFFERENT SKILL SET OF YOU BEING ABLE TO GO UP AND, YOU KNOW, TAKE DOWN SOME OF THOSE THORNS AND CLEAN THEM, ETC, AND LESS JOBS AS WELL. YOU KNOW, IF YOU LOOK AT THE CANNABIS INDUSTRY LIKE, YOU KNOW, WE THOUGHT THERE WAS GOING TO BE A HUGE OPPORTUNITY AND ENERGY BECAME A BIG FACTOR. AND ALSO OTHER AREAS THAT STARTED OPENING UP AND COMPETITION BECAME A NEW FACTOR. AND SO I THINK ANYTIME WE, WE, WE HAVE INDUSTRIES IN OUR, IN OUR, IN ANY COMMUNITY, I THINK IT'S ALWAYS IMPORTANT THAT WE STAY INFORMED AND KNOW WHAT'S WHAT'S COMING DOWN AS THREATS. THE OTHER SIDE OF THIS TOO, IS THAT WHEN YOU YES, WE HAVE OUR STAFF, RIGHT. BUT OUR STAFF IS NOT INDUSTRY INDUSTRY EXPERTS WHEN IT COMES TO, YOU KNOW, AGRICULTURE. AND SO WE'RE RELYING ON A LOT OF COLLABORATION WITH FOLKS, AND WE'RE RELYING ON THEIR EXPERTISE AND SOMETIMES THE ABILITY TO GET

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AND SO THANK YOU. JANELLE, FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT AND TAKING OUR INVITATION FOR BEING HERE AND PARTICIPATING AS CITY MANAGER. I DO FEEL IT'S IMPORTANT THAT THE MAYOR'S BROUGHT UP SOME GOOD POINTS AS WELL, BUT I UNDERSTAND TOO, WHEN WE'RE INVESTING A LOT OF STAFF TIME, IT IT DOESN'T ALLOW US TO DO SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE NEED TO DO TO PROVIDE SERVICES TO OUR CONSTITUENTS. AND SO WE CAN'T GET CAUGHT UP ON SPECIAL PROJECTS. BUT WE DO HAVE EXPERTISE AND WE CAN LEND OUR TIME, BUT WE ALSO NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT OUTSIDE ACTIVITIES ARE DRIVEN BY THOSE THAT BENEFIT FROM THOSE. AND THAT WOULD BE THE FARMERS THEMSELVES. WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN SUPPORT AND SEND OUR, OUR SUPPORT THEIR WAY. BUT ULTIMATELY THE SUMMIT IS FOR THE FARMERS BY THE FARMERS. TEMECULA WINE COUNTRY WASN'T BUILT BY THE COUNTY OR

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MAYOR BROUGHT UP ANOTHER GOOD POINT. TARIFFS MAYBE CROPS DO GET GROWN HERE AGAIN BASED UPON HOW LONG TARIFFS STAY IN PLACE. AND IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S PERPETUAL, YOU KNOW, MAYBE WE'RE NOT IMPORTING GRAPES FROM MEXICO OR WHATEVER AND WE'RE GROWING THEM HERE. AGAIN. IT'S IMPORTANT. AND OUR OUR COMMUNITY AND OUR FAMILY IS DEPENDENT UPON THIS. LIKE YOU SAID, MANY FAMILIES WORK IN THE FIELDS. AND IF THOSE IF THE FIELDS BECOME BARREN AND IT'S FILLED WITH HOMES, PEOPLE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO FIND ANOTHER PLACE TO WORK AND THEY'LL HAVE TO LEAVE. AND WE DON'T WANT THAT EITHER. WE WANT TO SUPPORT OUR COMMUNITY. SO THE SUMMIT'S IMPORTANT TO US, BUT WE DO NEED TO KNOW OUR ROAD PATH, AND THE FARMERS HAVE TO BE A PART OF THIS WITH US. AND SO I'M QUITE SURE THAT THEY WILL BE THERE. THEY HAVE TO BE. SO THANK YOU FOR ASKING. SO AND SO THOSE THOSE ARE MY CONCERNS. AND THE MAYOR BROUGHT UP A LOT OF GREAT POINTS AS THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON. BUT I WILL TELL YOU FROM FIRSTHAND, BECAUSE I SPEAK TO THESE PARENTS FIVE DAYS A WEEK, THEY KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON. THEY KNOW WHAT VEGETABLES ARE GOING UP. THEY KNOW WHAT FRUITS ARE GOING UP. THEY THEY KNOW IT. THEY WORK IT. THEIR FAMILIES WORK IT. SO THEY DIRECTLY THEY DO KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON OUT THERE. I, I WOULD ASK IS THAT I SINCE I'VE BEEN APPOINTED TO IT, I, I WILL ACCEPT IT. BUT I DO WANT TO MEET WITH THOSE PARTICIPANTS AS WELL ON THE COMMITTEE AS TO WHOSE RESPONSIBILITY IS IT FOR WHAT? BECAUSE I DON'T WANT THE CITY TO BE JUST THE LEAD AND LEADING THIS ENTIRE SUMMIT AND THEN HAVE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF, YOU KNOW, FINDING SPONSORS AND FINDING SPEAKERS AND, AND WHAT, YOU KNOW, WHO OR WHAT ORGANIZATIONS ARE WE REACHING OUT TO? WHO'S GOING TO PUT UP THESE EDUCATIONAL SESSIONS? I DO WANT THAT THERE BE, YOU KNOW, RESPONSIBILITY AMONG ALL THE COMMITTEE ORGANIZATIONS. AND SO AND SO WITH THAT, I, I AM NOT COMFORTABLE SPENDING $4,500 OF TAXPAYERS DOLLARS TO SOMETHING THAT I WE STILL DON'T HAVE A STRUCTURE FOR, AND I STILL DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH THE EVENT IS GOING TO COST. I DO WE AS THOUGH DO WE HAVE A BUDGET FOR THE SUMMIT? NO. FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, THEY'RE STILL WORKING ON THAT THROUGH THE COMMITTEES, TO MY UNDERSTANDING. SO THE ONLY THING THAT'S COME TO OUR ATTENTION IS JUST WHERE THE LOCATION IS FOR THE SUMMIT, THAT THAT'S ALL THAT I KNOW AT THIS POINT. IS THAT MORE LIKE A SAVE THE DATE? YES, PROBABLY TO SAVE THE DATE.

RIGHT. BECAUSE THAT THE VENUE THAT IT'S PRETTY BUSY VENUE. I MEAN, THAT'S, THAT'S THAT'S PROBABLY WHAT IT IS. SO, SO WELL, YOU'RE, YOU'RE THE CHAIRWOMAN, YOU KNOW, YOU'LL GET TO LEAD AND, AND ASK YOUR COMMITTEE MEMBERS, SINCE YOU ACCEPTED, TO SHARE IN THE RESPONSIBILITY. THAT'S WHAT LEADERSHIP IS ABOUT, ABOUT YOU LEADING THAT CHARGE AND GETTING OTHERS TO TAKE ON THE LOAD. SO I LOOK FORWARD TO WHAT YOU DO AND HOW YOU BRING IT FORWARD. YOU ACCEPT IT, RIGHT? THANK YOU MAYOR. YOU'RE WELCOME FOR YOUR ENCOURAGEMENT. YOU'RE WELCOME. I MEAN, THAT'S I MEAN, THOSE ARE YOUR CONCERNS. YOU VOICED THEM OUT LOUD. AND I THINK WHEN YOU MEET WITH THE WITH THE COMMITTEE, THAT'S WHAT YOU CAN TELL THEM SAYING, HEY, WE NEED YOU TO WE NEED YOU TO PICK, YOU KNOW, TAKE RESPONSIBILITY AS YOU SAID AND TAKE ACCOUNTABILITY.

THAT'S WELL, WE CAN HAVE THOSE CONVERSATION AS COMMITTEE MEMBERS AS WHAT THE STRUCTURE IS AND WHAT THE NEXT STEP IS. AND IS THERE A NEXT STEP, YOU KNOW, AND SO AND SO WITH THAT, YOU KNOW, I'M I DON'T WANT TO SECURE THE EVENT YET UNTIL WE KNOW ONE IS WHAT IS THE BUDGET OF THE EVENT. AND THEN WHO'S PARTICIPATING AND WHAT STAFF AND RESOURCES ARE BEING PROVIDED BY EACH AGENCY. SO ARE WE ABLE TO BRING IT BACK? LIKE ONCE YOU YOU ATTEND THE, THE AG SUMMIT MEETINGS AND THEN YOU CAN BRING IT BACK TO US AND LET US KNOW. YEAH, WELL, HONESTLY, WHAT I WOULD DO IS, IS WE FOR ME, WE WOULD PRESENT AS AN AD HOC SUBCOMMITTEE FIRST TO COUNCIL.

YOU KNOW, I WOULDN'T BRING SOMETHING FORWARD AND SAY, HEY, THIS IS $4,500 FOR THIS EVENT.

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AND BECAUSE IT WAS SO LONG AGO, BACK IN 2016, ADDITIONAL RESEARCH HAD TO BE DONE. AND SO SHE HAD LET ME KNOW THAT SHE FELT IT WAS BECAUSE OF CIVIL RIGHT. IN FACT, BACK IN THE DAY, THERE WAS A NEWSPAPER ARTICLE THAT THERE WAS A CASE IN INDIO AND A CASE IN COACHELLA, AND HER CASE WAS ACTUALLY AT HER PARENTS HOUSE. HER PARENTS ARE NOW PASSED, AND SHE JUST HAS THE HOUSE ON HER OWN. AND COME TO FIND OUT, YES, IT WAS THE LIEN BASED UPON A CRIMINAL PROSECUTION BY SILVER AND RIGHT. IT WAS SOMETHING THAT THE CITY DID NOT REMOVED OFF OF THE TAX ROLLS. SO. THROUGH HARD WORK OF HERSELF AND THEN THROUGH WORK OF STAFF, THERE WAS CONTACT MADE WITH THE COUNTY ASSESSOR'S OFFICE, BECAUSE ACTUALLY TOMORROW HER HOUSE IS GOING UP ON TAX LIEN SALE. AND SO I LET HER KNOW THAT I WOULD DO ALL THAT I COULD TO MAKE SURE WE WOULD GET THE LIEN REMOVED OFF OF HER PROPERTY SO SHE COULD KEEP HER HOUSE. AND SO ANGIE FROM THE COUNTY ASSESSOR'S OFFICE HAS BEEN IN CONTACT WITH ME, AND WITH THE APPROVAL OF THE REMOVAL OF THE LIEN, THEY'RE GOING TO CONTACT THE ASSESSOR'S OFFICE AND REMOVE HER HOME FROM TAX LIEN SALE WITH THE APPROVAL OF THIS. AND SO AT THIS POINT, BECAUSE OF OUR ACTIONS IN THE PAST, AND WE NO LONGER CRIMINALLY PROSECUTE ON CODE CASES AND WE NO LONGER USE SILVER. AND. RIGHT. I'M ASKING TO MAKE A CORRECTION ON SOMETHING THAT HAPPENED A WHILE AGO AND REMOVE THE LIEN FROM FROM HER PROPERTY AND KEEP HER IN OUR HOUSE. SO THAT IS MY REPORT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. BILL. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL? QUESTION.

BILL, WHAT IS THE I THINK I THINK THE COUNCIL PREVIOUSLY MOVED TO RATIFY AND AMEND ALL OF THOSE. YES. OKAY. SO THEN WHAT IS REMAINDER. WHAT OTHER CASES GOT. GOT SOME LIENS ON. AND WHERE HAVEN'T THEY BEEN REMOVED AND WHAT'S GOING ON. WE'RE GOING TO RESEARCH THAT BECAUSE I HAD THOUGHT THAT THAT WAS DONE. AND SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE RESOLUTIONS WERE COUNCIL APPROVED THE LIEN OF THE HOMES AND MAKE SURE THEY HAVE BEEN REMOVED FROM THE TAX ROLLS.

I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT. IF YOU CAN BRING THAT BACK AND THEN BRING A SUBSEQUENT ITEM WHERE WE BRING ALL THOSE CASES AND WE TAKE THE SIMILAR ACTION. YES. YOU'RE A HERO, BILL. NO, WE'RE WE'RE RIGHTING A WRONG. AND COUNCIL IS ALLOWING THIS TO HAPPEN. SO THANK YOU FOR

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AND WE CAN DO THAT. I NORMALLY WITHIN FIVE YEARS, IF SOMEBODY HASN'T PAID THEIR ASSESSMENT, THEN IT GOES UP FOR TAX LIEN SALE. BUT I BELIEVE IT WAS BECAUSE THIS INDIVIDUAL WAS TRYING TO MAKE THE PAYMENTS, TRYING TO HOLD ON TO THE HOUSE, THAT THERE WERE PAYMENT PLANS PUT INTO PLACE. AND THEN, OF COURSE, BECAUSE THE LIEN WAS SO LARGE, THERE WAS FAILURE. AND AT SOME POINT, BASED UPON THE TIMING OF THE FAILURE, IT FINALLY CAME UP TO THE POINT WHERE THE COUNTY WAS GOING TO MOVE FORWARD. SO IT'S TOO BAD THAT THIS HAPPENED, BUT $18,500 IS STILL THERE. AND SO IT'S NOT AS IF IT WAS PAID. SO THIS IS A GOOD SITUATION FOR THE CITY TO MAKE. RIGHT. AND THEN SO I'M ALSO UNDERSTANDING THEN CODE IF THERE'S A LIEN ON SOMEONE'S PROPERTY BECAUSE THEY HAVE CODE VIOLATIONS WE CAN WE CAN LIEN OR WE'LL JUST IN THE PAST WHEN WE HAD THE WHEN WE WERE IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE ORGANIZATION, THE LIEN TOOK PLACE BECAUSE THERE WAS CODE VIOLATIONS THEN THAT WEREN'T THERE BEFORE. OR THERE WERE ALSO CHARGES FOR PROPERTY CLEANUP. SOMETIMES THOSE WERE PAID IF WE ACTUALLY WENT IN AND CLEANED UP PROPERTY, BUT IT WAS THE FEES THAT THE SILVER AND WHITE WAS CHARGING. AND THEN THEY WERE SENDING TO THE CITY TO GO COLLECT AGAINST THE PROPERTY OWNER. THOSE WERE THE THINGS THAT WERE BEING LEANED. THAT'S WHAT WAS THE LARGE AMOUNT THAT 18,500 WAS THE BILL FROM SILVER.

AND. RIGHT. SO THEN AT THAT POINT, SILVER. AND RIGHT THEN WE WERE NO LONGER THEN HAVING ANY COMMUNICATION OR CONTACT WITH THAT HOMEOWNER. NOT AFTER THE FACT, NOT ONCE IT WAS NOT ONCE IT WAS CLEANED. OKAY. SO THE HOMEOWNER THAT MADE PAYMENTS, WILL SHE GET REIMBURSED FROM THE COUNTY OR IS IT ONLY BASED BECAUSE IT'S IF IT'S PRORATED, RIGHT. IT'S A PAYMENT PLAN. IS IT BASED ON WHAT THEY WERE PAYING TOWARDS OR SHE WAS ACTUALLY BEHIND ON HER PROPERTY TAXES ANYHOW, SO THAT THAT WHOLE 18,500 IS STILL ON, ON HER PROPERTY. SO WHEN WE REMOVE THIS SHE WILL NOT BE SUBJECT TO LIEN. SHE STILL MAY BE A LITTLE BEHIND ON HER TAXES, BUT NOT LIKE SHE WAS. OKAY. SO JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY THAT. SO THANK YOU BILL. THANK YOU. IS THERE A MOTION TO MOVE THE ITEM FORWARD? YEAH. MADE A MOTION. IS THERE A SECOND. I'LL SECOND. ROLL CALL PLEASE. COUNCIL MEMBER PEREZ. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. FIGUEROA. AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER. AYE. MAYOR PRO TEM DELGADO. YES. MAYOR. HERNANDEZ. AYE. MOVING DOWN TO ITEM 22. RYAN. YES. THANK YOU.

COUNCIL, THIS ITEM BEFORE YOU IS FOR DISCUSSION AND POTENTIAL DIRECTION TO STAFF FOR UPDATES TO THE ORDER OF BUSINESS ON CITY COUNCIL AGENDAS, SPECIFICALLY AS IT RELATES TO PUBLIC COMMENT ON

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THANK YOU. RYAN, IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS COMMENTS? I THINK MOVING THEM TO THE FRONT IS A GOOD IDEA BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, IT HELPS WITH ESPECIALLY PEOPLE THAT HAVE WE'VE HAD SOME PEOPLE THAT COME TO DO, YOU KNOW, OFF CYCLE PRESENTATIONS AND THEY WANT TO TALK ABOUT YOUTH ITEMS OR THEY WANT TO DO A BRIEF PRESENTATION LIKE THE MOSQUITO VECTOR CONTROL CAME LAST TIME, AND THEY DIDN'T REALIZE THAT THE PUBLIC COMMENTS ARE AT THE VERY END. AND SO THEY'RE ALSO WAITING TILL THE VERY END. SO I THINK THAT'S A THAT'S A GOOD ONE. SO. AGENCIES AND MAYBE MAYBE THIS IS WHERE YOU NEED TO EDUCATE THEM BECAUSE YOU SIT ON THE BOARD. BUT AGENCIES WHO WANT TO MAKE PRESENTATIONS HAVE THE RIGHT TO COME TO US AND REQUEST TO DO A PRESENTATION. AND WE DO THAT, WE ACCOMMODATE THEM. SO, SO THE, THE ONE THING THAT, THAT THE PUBLIC COMMENT IS ABOUT IS ABOUT OUR RESIDENTS. AND IF YOU NOTIC, LIKE OUR LIKE OUR RESIDENTS WHEN THEY DO COME, THEY, THEY SIT IN AND THEY AND THEY HEAR AND I'VE HEARD SO MANY COMMENTS FROM OUR RESIDENTS THAT SAID, YOU KNOW WHAT, I APPRECIATE IT SITTING DOWN BECAUSE I FIND OUT WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE CITY AND I INFORM MYSELF AND I LIKE IT. AND I DIDN'T KNOW THIS, AND I DIDN'T KNOW THAT, AND I DIDN'T KNOW YOU GUYS DID THIS. AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S PRETTY COOL. AND WE'VE BEEN REALLY GOOD ABOUT FINISHING. AND THEN WE'VE ALSO BEEN REALLY GOOD ABOUT ABOUT THEY DON'T THEY'RE NOT HERE PAST EIGHT, TEN, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE IF THERE'S A MEETING THAT'S GOING TO GO TO NINE, 10:00, BOOM, 8:00 COMES, THEY GET THERE GIVEN THEIR TIME AND I HAVEN'T HAD ANY RESIDENTS THAT HAVE COME TO ME AND SAID, YOU KNOW WHAT, YOU SHOULD CHANGE THIS. AND I JUST WANT TO COME IN AND GET OUT. YOU KNOW, I HAVEN'T SEEN THAT. I IN FACT, I WHAT I'VE SEEN IS THAT THE FACT THAT THEY GET TO BE HERE AND THEY GET TO LEARN, IT'S ACTUALLY MADE THEM MORE INVOLVED AND THEY GET TO KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON AND THEY ACTUALLY FEEL LIKE, HEY, THAT WAS A NICE CONVERSATION. THERE WAS A THERE WAS A TIME THAT THAT I THINK, LIKE MOVING IT TO THE FRONT WOULD HAVE REALLY MADE A DIFFERENCE. AND, OR AND THAT WAS WHEN WE USED TO BE ON, ON PUBLIC BROADCASTING AND PEOPLE WOULD ACTUALLY TUNE IN AND THEY COULD SEE WHAT WAS HAPPENING AND ALL THIS OTHER STUFF. AND I KNOW WE DO OUR PART RIGHT NOW WHEN WE PUT IT ON FACEBOOK AND WE, WE, I THINK WE MAYBE HAVE OUR OWN LITTLE YOUTUBE PAGE. AND I THINK THAT'S COOL, RIGHT? BUT LIKE, UNLESS YOU KNOW ABOUT THOSE THINGS LIKE, LIKE YOU REALLY DON'T KNOW WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THAT CITY HALL BECAUSE, I MEAN, NOT EVERYBODY'S WATCHING TV ON FACEBOOK, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? AND IT'S JUST LIKE, IT'S EVERYBODY'S SCROLLING THROUGH FACEBOOK, RIGHT? LIKE SO THE FACT THAT PEOPLE ARE COMING, THEY GET TO SIT DOWN, THEY GET TO LIKE, HEAR I HAVEN'T HEARD OF A COMPLAINT UNLESS I'M WRONG, YOU KNOW, THAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING, HEY, I DIDN'T APPRECIATE THAT DISCUSSION. HEY, YOU KNOW WHAT I DIDN'T APPRECIATE? YOU KNOW, THE FACT THAT THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT THAT I LISTENED IN LIKE I'VE GOTTEN NOTHING BUT FOLKS SAYING, THAT'S PRETTY COOL. YOU KNOW, I DIDN'T KNOW THAT I CAN GET A GRANT, YOU KNOW, AND IF WE PUT THEM RIGHT AT THE FRONT, THEY'RE JUST GOING TO COME IN, COME OUT, AND THEY'RE NOT GOING TO KNOW ABOUT WHAT OPPORTUNITIES THE CITY OR WHAT ISSUES THE CITY MAY BE FACING. SO TRANSPARENCY ALSO IS A FACTOR, RIGHT? LIKE LIKE YOU GET PEOPLE JUST COME IN AND SAY WHAT THEY SAY, THEY'RE GONE. AND I GET IT EXPEDIENCY AND I GET IT LIKE WE WANT TO GET THEM ON THEIR WAY, BUT ALSO THE OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN AND TO KNOW WHAT'S HAPPENING AND BE INFORMED. I THINK IT'S KIND OF COOL, YOU KNOW, BUT I'M NOT SURE WHY THIS GOT BROUGHT ON. BUT ANYWAYS, THAT'S, THAT'S THAT'S HOW I SEE IT. IT OFFERS OUR RESIDENTS TO A GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO BE PARTICIPATE, YOU KNOW, GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO SEE TRANSPARENCY AND A GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHAT SERVICES ARE AVAILABLE. AND THAT'S IT'S A PRETTY GOOD COMPROMISE. I THOUGHT IT WAS WELL THOUGHT OUT. YOU KNOW. COUNCIL MEMBER, I THINK BEEMAN JACINTO, BACK IN THE DAY KIND OF WAS VERY THOUGHTFUL IN HOW SHE SET IT UP.

GOOD POINT. THANK YOU. MAYOR. ARE THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS, STATEMENTS, QUESTIONS? OTHER

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THERE'S OTHER THERE'S DIFFERENT METHODS. YEAH. SO JUST TO CLARIFY THE THIS ITEM, THE PUBLIC COMMENT ON OUR AGENDA IS FOR NON AGENDIZED ITEM. SO THE WAY THAT WE HAVE IT NOW IT IS IT ENSURES COMPLIANCE WITH THE PUBLIC MEETING LAWS. OFFERS EQUITABLE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK WHILE MAINTAINING AN ORDERLY PROCESS. YOU KNOW. SO FOR ANY NON AGENDIZED ITEMS WE MOVE IT TO THE FRONT OF THE MEETING. THEN WE'RE GOING TO RUN INTO A SITUATION WITH ALL OF THE COMMENTS DURING THAT TIME. ARE ARE GOING TO BE NON RELATABLE TO THE AGENDA AT ALL. AND SO IT CAN THEN DISRUPT THE FLOW OF THE MEETING, DELAY THE FLOW OF THE MEETING. AND AS THE MAYOR MENTIONED HAVING IT WHERE WE'RE AT NOW BUT STILL BRINGING IT UP AT THE 8:00 HOUR, IT WILL ENCOURAGE MORE INFORMED COMMENTARY WHEN PUBLIC COMMENT DOES COME TO THE TABLE AT 8:00.

AND AS I REMEMBER, THAT WAS PART OF THE DISCUSSION. THANK YOU. ANGELA, ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS STATEMENTS? SO I THINK WHEN ONE OF THE ISSUES WAS WHEN WE HAVE A LOT OF THE YOUNGER GROUPS THAT COME IN WITH THE KIDS AND THEY HAVE TO WAIT TOWARDS THE END, I THINK THAT WAS ONE OF THE ISSUES TOO, IS BECAUSE THERE WERE THEY WERE HAVING TO WAIT. AND I KNOW THAT AS ADULTS WE CAN WAIT. BUT WHEN IT HAS TO DO WITH CHILDREN, THEIR THEIR PATIENCE KIND OF STARTS TO WEAR OUT. SO I THINK THAT WAS ONE OF ONE OF THE, THE REASONS I, I, I ASKED FOR, FOR THE ITEM. AND THEN THERE'S SEVERAL REASONS. AND I ALSO I ENJOY THOSE WHO COME IN THAT, THAT WANT TO PARTICIPATE AND, AND LISTEN TO A LOT OF THE AGENDIZED ITEMS THAT THEY WERE UNAWARE OF. THOSE ISSUES WERE GOING ON THOSE TOPICS, BUT I STILL THINK THAT IT'S UP TO THEM TO DECIDE TO STAY. AND I THINK THAT MANY OF THEM WHO DON'T HAVE MAYBE YOUNG CHILDREN IN THE HOME CAN DO SO, AND THEY CAN CHOOSE.

SO I JUST DON'T WANT TO HAVE ANYBODY SIT THERE AND LISTEN TO EVERYTHING ELSE BECAUSE IT'S AT 8 P.M, YOU KNOW, I WANT TO GIVE THEM LET'S GIVE THEM THE OPPORTUNITY TO STAY. IF THEY WANT TO STAY PAST THE COMMENTS. BUT I SERVE ON MANY ORGANIZATIONS, MANY BOARDS, MANY COMMITTEES AND THE PUBLIC COMMENTS ARE ALWAYS AT THE VERY BEGINNING. AND IT'S JUST FOR THAT. IT'S FOR THAT REASON BECAUSE PEOPLE DO HAVE RESPONSIBILITIES AT HOME. AND WHEN YOU HAVE A YOUNG FAMILY, 8 P.M. IS LATE FOR A LOT OF FOLKS, IT REALLY IS. AND WE HAVE A POPULATION THAT HAS, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A LOT OF COMBINED FAMILIES. WE HAVE FAMILIES WITH, YOU KNOW, THREE KIDDOS IN THE HOME. WE HAVE FAMILIES. WE HAVE PARENTS WHO HAVE THEIR THEIR KIDS THAT ARE GOING TO SCHOOL THE NEXT DAY. THEY GOT TO BE THERE AT SEVEN IN THE MORNING.

THEY GOT TO BE THERE AT EIGHT IN THE MORNING. I DON'T WANT TO TAKE THAT DECISION MAKING AWAY FROM THEM. APM IS LATE, ESPECIALLY IF THERE ARE A LOT OF OTHER SPEAKERS AND MANY TIMES WHEN IT'S PUBLIC COMMENTS YOU HAVE, LIKE FOR EXAMPLE, IF IT'S CONTROVERSIAL ISSUES, YOU HAVE A LOT OF FOLKS IN ATTENDANCE WANTING TO SPEAK. SO NOW YOU HAVE THOSE FOLKS NOW HAVING TO WAIT EVEN FURTHER TO MAYBE 815 PAST THAT TO BE ABLE TO GIVE THEIR COMMENTS AND GIVE ME A SECOND. ANGELA. THANK YOU. ADDITIONALLY, IS THAT THERE WAS ONE MEETING BEFORE THAT WE ENDED LIKE AT 7:35 P.M. AND THAT'S ANOTHER REASON WHY I BROUGHT IT FORWARD, BECAUSE IN IN THE MEETINGS WHERE, WHERE THEY'RE GOING TO BE ADJOURNED PRIOR TO 8 P.M, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE WE'VE PUBLICIZED IT AS 8 P.M. AND SO PEOPLE ARE UNAWARE THEN THAT, YOU KNOW, THE PUBLIC COMMENTS AT 8 P.M. SO IF WE ADJOURN AT 745, THEN WE ADJOURN AT 745, WE CAN OPEN THEM UP AT 745, BUT WE HAVE IT SCHEDULED TO 8 P.M. AND THERE HAS BEEN MANY TIMES WHERE WE'VE GONE BEYOND 8 P.M. BECAUSE WE'RE IN THE MEETING, WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF AGENDIZED ITEMS. SO THAT MEANS THAT MANY TIMES SOME OF THESE ITEMS TAKE A LONG TIME TO DISCUSS. AND SO WE'RE AT THE 8:00 HOUR ALREADY. AND SO WE'RE HAVING THIS LONG CONVERSATION. AND IT'S AFTERWARDS LIKE, OH WAIT A MINUTE. YOU KNOW, IT'S PAST 8 P.M, IT'S 820. AND SO NOW WE'VE WE'VE HAD PEOPLE WAIT LONGER BECAUSE WE'RE ADDING THEM SOME, SOME TIME IN THE MEETING. AND SO THESE ARE JUST SOME OF MY CONCERNS IS THAT THAT PUBLIC COMMENTS SHOULD BE MOVED TO THE FRONT OF THE MEETING. AND, YOU KNOW, IF, IF SOME OF THE ATTENDEES WANT TO STAY LONGER TO LEARN MORE ABOUT HOW MEETINGS ARE CONDUCTED, THAT'S THEIR DECISION TO DO THAT. I DON'T WANT TO KEEP THEM FROM THE RESPONSIBILITIES AT HOME. I HAVE

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AND WE HAVE A VERY QUICK AGENDA. RIGHT. JUST FIVE ITEMS ON THE AGENDA. PUBLIC COMMENTS CAN BE AT 630, FOR EXAMPLE, BECAUSE THE AGENDA IS SHORT, THE ONLY REASON WHY WE HAVE THE 8:00 STIPULATION THERE IS TO BE REFLECTIVE OF THE TIME OF OUR RESIDENTS. RIGHT? AND I THINK THE REASON WHY WE DIDN'T AND THE REASON WHY WE DIDN'T MOVE IT TO THE FRONT, IS ALSO TO BE RESPECTIVE, RESPECTFUL OF THE TIME OF OUR RESIDENTS SO THAT THOSE NON AGENDIZED ITEMS DON'T TAKE UP TWO HOURS OF OUR MEETING BEFORE WE ACTUALLY GET TO THE BUSINESS OF THE CALENDAR. NOW, I UNDERSTAND MOST OF COUNCIL HERE DOES NOT HAVE CHILDREN, BUT IF IT'S MOVED TO THE TOP, I DO STILL HAVE, YOU KNOW, A TEENAGE, AN 18 YEAR OLD AND A 14 YEAR OLD THAT ARE VERY ACTIVE IN SPORTS.

I'M SURE ALL OF YOU REMEMBER WHEN THEY USED TO SLEEP IN THE BACK, YOU KNOW, DURING DURING CLOSED SESSION? I'VE NEVER MENTIONED THIS IN THE PAST, BUT AS YOU YOU DID SAY, THERE'S FAMILIES. I'M A MOM AS WELL. AND IF WE MOVE THIS TO THE FRONT OF THE AGENDA, I'M NOW GOING TO BE GOING HOME A LOT LATER BECAUSE IT WILL ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO COME AND SPEAK ON NON AGENDIZED ITEMS AT THESE MEETINGS. AT THESE MEETINGS, YES. YOU'LL BE LATE TO THESE MEETINGS. I WILL BE LATE GOING HOME TO MY KIDS AND THEN IT AFFECTS YOU THE NEXT DAY. RIGHT. BECAUSE THIS WILL MOVING IT TO THE FRONT OF THE AGENDA. IT'S GOING TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO COME IN AND SPEAK ON THESE NON AGENDIZED ITEMS, KEEP US OFF CALENDAR, PUSH US OFF CALENDAR AND REALLY WE WON'T IT WILL LOSE ORDER ON WHAT WE HAVE. I DON'T I DON'T THINK SO I DON'T I DON'T KNOW THAT IF WE MOVE IT TO THE FRONT, I THINK PEOPLE THAT ARE GOING TO SPEAK TO US ARE, ARE ALREADY DECIDED. I NEED TO GO TALK TO THE COUNCIL, YOU KNOW, AND MY, MY BIGGEST CONCERN IS THAT AND IT HAPPENED PREVIOUSLY WHEN WE MOVED, WHEN WE MOVED THE ITEMS TO THE FRONT, YOU KNOW, THE AUDIENCE WAS EMPTY. AND FOR TRANSPARENCY SAKE, LIKE THERE'S NO TRANSPARENCY, LIKE THERE'S PEOPLE ARE NOT INFORMED AND WE, WE WE'RE LIKE, IF WE HAD OUR TV, IF WE HAD LIKE THE CCTV AND PEOPLE COULD SEE WHAT'S GOING ON, LIKE, I WOULD MAKE ME FEEL GOOD, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? BUT BUT THE FACT THAT WE MOVE RIGHT TO THE FRONT, HOW MANY PEOPLE DO WE GET ON AVERAGE, ONE PERSON, TWO PERSONS, RIGHT THERE. YOU THINK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, HANG OUT. DO YOU ENJOY THE COUNCIL MEETINGS? DO YOU ENJOY THE CONVERSATIONS? YOU KNOW, AND IT'S NOT A MATTER OF, OF, OF GETTING YOU OUT QUICK LIKE GO HOME, YOU KNOW, LIKE LIKE GOVERNMENT IS SOMETHING THAT I, THAT I THINK PEOPLE NEED TO BE INFORMED ABOUT, PARTICULARLY OUR POPULATION. OUR POPULATION IS A POPULATION THAT, YOU KNOW, THE WAY THEY UNDERSTAND GOVERNMENT IS, YOU KNOW, THEIR EXPERIENCE IN MEXICO OR SOME OTHER COUNTRY OR AND THEN WHEN THEY UNDERSTAND HOW THIS OPERATES AND HOW THINGS GO, THEY JUST THEY, THEY REALIZE, LIKE, I DIDN'T REALIZE YOU GUYS DO THAT. I DIDN'T REALIZE WE HAD OUR OWN WATER SYSTEM. I DIDN'T REALIZE WE HAD OUR OWN SEWER SYSTEM. AND MOVING FORWARD, WE HAVE SOME REALLY TOUGH DECISIONS THAT ARE GOING TO BE IN FRONT OF US, AND WE'RE GOING TO NEED TO GO AND REALLY RELY ON OUR RESIDENTS AND SPEAK TO OUR RESIDENTS. AND ONE OF THE THINGS I'VE NOTICED FROM EVERYBODY UP HERE IS AFTER THE MEETING, WHEN THERE'S 15 PEOPLE HANGING OUT, WE'RE QUICK TO GO AND TALK TO THEM AND WE'RE QUICK TO SAY HELLO, AND WE'RE GOING TO LOSE THAT BECAUSE THEY'RE GOING TO LEAVE IN THE BEGINNING. THEY'RE GOING THEY'RE GOING TO SAY WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO SAY AND THEY'RE GOING TO BE GONE. AND SO MY THING IS LIKE, HEY, DON'T LET'S NOT LOSE ANY OF THE AUDIENCE. WE GET, YOU KNOW, AND IT'S JUST IT'S ONE OF THESE THINGS WHERE IT'S LIKE, ALL RIGHT, YOU GET PEOPLE OUT IN A HASTE AND FORGET ABOUT GOVERNMENT AND BYE. BUT WE'RE GOING TO NEED THEM. BELIEVE ME, WE ARE. IF THE CONCERN IS THE CHILDREN WHEN THEY COME, WOULD COUNCIL BE OPEN TO ADDING THEM TO THE FRONT OF THE AGENDA AS A PRESENTATION? THANK YOU. WE'VE ALWAYS DONE IT. COMMENT. I'M SORRY, DID HE WAS HE WAS GOING TO PROVIDE A COMMENT. I JUST WAS WONDERING WHAT OTHER PRACTICES OTHER CITIES DO. IT REALLY RUNS THE GAMUT. THERE ARE THOSE THAT HAVE IT AT THE FRONT. THERE ARE THOSE THAT HAVE IT AT THE END. SOME CITIES HAVE IT AT THE FRONT, BUT IT'S ONLY FOR 30 MINUTES. AND THEN IF THERE'S ANY ADDITIONAL PUBLIC COMMENT ON NON AGENDIZED ITEMS, THOSE GET PUSHED TO THE BACK. SO IT'S REALLY A POLICY CALL AND ON HOW

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OKAY, LET'S DO IT. MAYOR PRO TEM, ARE YOU GOING TO AMEND THAT MOTION THEN TO MAKE IT THE 30 MINUTES? YES, I'LL AMEND THE MOTION TO ADOPT THE 30 MINUTES, AND THEN I'LL SECOND. PERFECT.

OKAY. I'LL TAKE ROLL. COUNCIL MEMBER. PEREZ. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. FIGUEROA. AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER. MEAD. HI. MAYOR PRO TEM DELGADO. YES. MAYOR. HERNANDEZ. NO. THANK YOU. NOW, MOVING ON TO ITEM 23. GOOD EVENING AGAIN, CITY COUNCIL. RON GOLDMAN, CONSULTING PLANNER ON THIS ITEM.

THIS IS A RESOLUTION DETERMINING THE AMOUNT OF PROPERTY TAX REVENUE TO BE EXCHANGED BETWEEN THE COUNTY AND THE CITY. REGARDING THE PROPOSED P7 MESQUITE ANNEXATION. THIS IS AN ANNEXATION CONSISTING OF ABOUT 375 ACRES LOCATED EAST OF JACKSON, SOUTH OF AVENUE 50, NORTH OF AVENUE 52, AND ON EITHER SIDE OF CALHOUN STREET. WE SUBMITTED THE APPLICATION TO LAFCO IN DECEMBER OF 24, AND WE ANTICIPATE A PUBLIC HEARING BEFORE LAFCO NEXT MONTH, MAY 22ND, 2025. THIS IS A PREREQUISITE TO THE LAFCO MEETING. IT'S REQUIRED BY THE CALIFORNIA REVENUE TAXATION COD. BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE A MASTER AGREEMENT WITH THE COUNTY, WE HAD TO NEGOTIATE A SEPARATE AGREEMENT. BILL AND KENDRA AND I MET WITH THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE OFFICE LAST WEEK TO DETERMINE THE AMOUNT OF REVENUE TO BE EXCHANGED. AND THE PROPOSAL IS THAT WE WILL RECEIVE 25% OF ALL PROPERTY TAX REVENUE GENERATED WITHIN THE ANNEXATION AREA UNDER THE AD VALOREM TAX RATE FOR THE PROVISION OF GENERAL MUNICIPAL SERVICES, AND WE WILL RECEIVE 100% OF ALL PROPERTY TAX RATE GENERATED WITHIN THE ANNEXATION AREA FOR THE PREVENTION AND SUPPRESSION OF STRUCTURAL FIRES. THIS WOULD BE EFFECTIVE ON JULY 1ST, FOLLOWING THE

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JUST ONE MOMENT. COUNCIL MEMBER. PEREZ. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. FIGUEROA. AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER.

VIKEN. AYE. MAYOR PRO TEM DELGADO. YES. MAYOR. HERNANDEZ. AYE. THANK YOU. NOW, MOVING ON TO ITEM 24. ANDREW. CAN YOU BRING MY PRESENTATION UP? OKAY. LAST ITEM OF THE NIGHT. THANK YOU ALL FOR GIVING ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT THIS TONIGHT. THIS IS FOR THE AWARD OF A CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT TO ROVE ENGINEERING FOR REPAVING AVENUE 52. ON OCTOBER 9TH, THE COUNCIL APPROPRIATED $3 MILLION FOR STREET IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CITY. THIS WAS FOR THE 2425 FISCAL YEAR. WE HAD ALREADY SPENT A DECENT AMOUNT OF OUR SB ONE TREASURY MONIES ON A COUPLE RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS, AND WE HAD ASKED FOR THIS FUNDING IN ORDER TO COMPLETE ONE OF OUR PRIMARY STREETS AS WELL. WE PUT THE PROJECT OUT TO BID ON MARCH 6TH, AND ON APRIL 8TH WE RECEIVED SEVEN BIDS, WHICH WAS FANTASTIC. WE DON'T NORMALLY GET THAT MANY BIDS, AND OUR LOWEST BID WAS ACTUALLY JUST UNDER $2 MILLION. YOU CAN SEE THE BIDS RANGED FROM THE 1.9 MILLION UP TO 3.4. SO WE'RE VERY HAPPY THAT THE BIDS CAME IN WELL UNDER WHAT OUR ANTICIPATED BUDGET WAS.

AVENUE 52. THE REASON THIS WAS A HIGH PRIORITY STREET. IT IS ONE OF OUR LOWEST RATED PRIMARY ARTERIAL STREETS, AS YOU CAN SEE IN THIS FROM OUR ATLAS PUBLIC VIEW, IT IS PRIMARILY RED. IT'S A MOSTLY FAILING, LOW QUALITY STREET. I DID PUT THE LINK UP THERE. THIS IS ALL FROM OUR ATLAS VIEW PUBLIC WEB PAGE, WHERE THE PUBLIC CAN GO AND THEY CAN SEE THE RATINGS OF ALL OF OUR STREETS. SO I JUST WANT TO KEEP ON ADVERTISING THAT AS SOMETHING THAT THE COMMUNITY CAN GO LOOK AT. WITHIN THE ATLAS VIEW, YOU CAN SEE THE QUALITY OF THE STREET. I THINK MOST PEOPLE ARE AWARE IT'S A IT'S IN VERY POOR QUALITY, VERY ELEVATED, A LOT OF POTHOLES. IT'S IN DESPERATE NEED OF REPAIR. THE PROJECT WILL ALSO INCLUDE REPLACING ALL OF THE DAMAGED CURB AND GUTTER. MOST OF THE CURB AND GUTTER IS COMPLETELY ROTTED AND KIND OF DILAPIDATED.

AND BECAUSE THE BIDS CAME IN BELOW BUDGET, WE ARE ALSO SEEKING TO DO THE SIDEWALK ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE STREET THAT WAS ORIGINALLY PART OF THE BUDGET, AND WE DID HAVE IT AS AN AD ALTERNATE, JUST IN CASE THE NUMBERS WERE HIGH. WE WANTED TO HAVE THAT OPTION TO MAKE SURE THAT WE COULD BE WITHIN BUDGET, BUT BECAUSE THE NUMBERS CAME IN SO FAVORABLE, WE DO WANT TO ADVANCE THAT MISSING LINK SIDEWALK AND THE DRIVEWAYS AS WELL. AND ALSO WHEN WE APPROPRIATE THE MONEY. ONE OF THE COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL WAS THAT WE ALSO MAKE SOME IMPROVEMENTS TO THE MEDIANS AND ADD SOME ADDITIONAL IRRIGATION AND LIGHTING TO THE MEDIANS. SO THAT IS ALSO PART OF THIS PROJECT. AND THIS IS JUST ANOTHER PICTURE OF AVENUE 52 SHOWING THAT NON-COMPLIANT DRIVEWAYS THAT WILL BE REPLACED ON THIS CORRIDOR. SO THE CITY

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UNIVERSAL CONSTRUCTION AND ENGINEERING. WE REVIEWED THE PROTEST. SO PER ARTICLE 27, UNIVERSAL CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING, THEY SUBMITTED THE PROTEST. WE DID AN INDEPENDENT FACTUAL ANALYSIS, AND UPON THE CONCLUSION OF OUR ANALYSIS, WE FOUND THAT THERE WAS NO PERSUASIVE REASON THAT WE DENY THE CONTRACT AROVE THE ITEMS THAT WERE ON THE BID PROTEST.

THERE WERE A COUPLE SHEETS THAT WHEN WE SCANNED IT, IT APPEARED THAT THEY WEREN'T WITH THE ORIGINAL DOCUMENT BECAUSE WHEN THEY HAVE THE NOTARIZED DOCUMENT, WHEN THEY NOTICE A DOCUMENT HAS KIND OF LIKE A RAISED TEXTURE TO IT, AND IT CAUSES THE PAGES TO GET STUCK WHEN WE SCANNED IT. SO THERE WAS NO MERIT TO THE BID PROTEST, IT WAS JUST BECAUSE WHEN WE SCANNED IT, A COUPLE PAGES GOT STUCK. BUT THEY DID SUBMIT EVERYTHING THAT WAS NEEDED AND EVERYTHING WAS RESPONSIVE. BID AND THEY DID NOT APPEAL THE DENIAL LETTER. THEIR TIMELINE FOR BEING ABLE TO APPEAL THE DENIAL OF THE BID PROTEST WAS YESTERDAY. SO THERE IS NO CURRENT VALID BID PROTEST THAT WOULD BE MOVING FORWARD. SO AS FAR AS THE FISCAL IMPACT, AS STATED, THERE IS NO ACTUAL FISCAL IMPACT FOR AWARDING THIS CONTRACT BECAUSE WE'VE ALREADY APPROPRIATED THE $3 MILLION TO THIS PROJECT. THE TOTAL ALL IN COST FOR THE PROJECT WITH MATERIALS TESTING CONTINGENCY, THE ENGINEERING FEES THAT WE'VE ALREADY SPENT COMES OUT TO ABOUT $2.2 MILLION, 2,246,006 AND $0.70, TO BE EXACT. SO THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS THAT WE AUTHORIZE THE CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT WITH ROVE ENGINEERING IN THE AMOUNT OF $1,996,097, AND ADD IN THE 10% CONTINGENCY. I ALSO JUST WANT TO COMMENT ON THE LIMITS. THE LIMITS ARE GOING TO BE FROM TYLER TO THE EDGE OF THE WEST EDGE OF THE WHITEWATER BRIDGE. THE REMAINING LITTLE BIT OF ASPHALT FROM THE EAST EDGE OF THE WHITEWATER BRIDGE TO THE HIGHWAY 86. THAT ASPHALT IS ALSO IN REALLY BAD SHAPE, BUT THAT IS ACTUALLY CALTRANS RIGHT OF WAY, NOT CITY RIGHT OF WAY. SO WE WILL BE TRYING TO WORK WITH CALTRANS AND PETITION THEM TO REPAIR THAT LAST LITTLE BIT. AS FAR AS MOVING FORWARD, SINCE WE DID APPROPRIATE $3 MILLION FOR STREET IMPROVEMENTS, THE CITY WOULD LIKE TO SEEK TO STILL SPEND THAT REMAINING $800,000 THAT WAS APPROPRIATED TOWARD STREET IMPROVEMENTS. SO WE HAVE BEEN EVALUATING OTHER AREAS IN THE CITY, IN AREAS THAT COULD USE ADDITIONAL IMPROVEMENT. AND RIGHT NOW, WE'VE IDENTIFIED THE COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE THE LOWEST OVERALL PCI RATINGS. SO THE COMMUNITIES THAT WE'RE CURRENTLY LOOKING AT TO TRY TO COME UP WITH, YOU KNOW, AN ADDITIONAL $800,000 OF COMMUNITY BENEFIT THAT WE CAN PROVIDE WITH THAT MONEY THAT'S ALREADY BEEN APPROPRIATED. THE THERE'S BELCANTO, THERE'S AVENTINE, THE NEIGHBORHOOD AROUND MECCA DUMA, AND THEN PUEBLO VIEJO IS ACTUALLY OUR LOWEST OVERALL RATED STREETS WHEN IT COMES TO PCI RATINGS AND THEN RANCHO CIELO. SO WE'LL BE COMING FORWARD WITH AN ADDITIONAL PROJECT FOR CONSIDERATION. THIS ISN'T PART OF THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION. I JUST WANTED TO POINT OUT WHAT WE ARE PLANNING TO DO WITH THOSE ADDITIONAL FUNDS, IF THEY'RE AVAILABLE TO BE SPENT ON THE COMMUNITY. AND THESE ARE THE TYPES OF STREETS, OR THESE ARE THE COMMUNITIES THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT IN OUR NEXT PHASE. AS FAR AS THE NEXT SETS OF COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE THE LOWEST OVERALL PCI RATING. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU. QUESTIONS? COMMENTS? COUNCIL. SO I HAVE A QUESTION. I KNOW YOU MENTIONED THE GUTTERS 52 IS A REALLY BAD WHEN IT RAINS. THE LAST TIME THAT WE HAD A RAIN, I THINK IT ONLY RAINED FOR ABOUT AN HOUR. AND I'M SAYING BECAUSE I WAS ACTUALLY ON DUTY WHEN I WAS WORKING AND WE HAD SEVERAL CARS FLOATING, WE HAD TO GO RESCUE PEOPLE. I REMEMBER THAT, YEAH, IT WAS IT WAS PRETTY BAD. IT GOT TO A POINT WHERE I

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IT DOESN'T HAVE A PROPER CROWN TO GET THE WATER TO FLOW TO THE SIDES, BECAUSE IT'S ALL HEAVED WHERE THE ASPHALT MEETS THE CURB AND GUTTER. I DON'T THINK A LOT OF THE WATER ACTUALLY GETS INTO THE CURB AND GUTTER AND GETS INTO THOSE STORM DRAINS, BUT I WILL ALSO DISCUSS THAT CONCERN WITH OUR PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT, AND MAKE SURE THAT THOSE STORM DRAIN SYSTEMS ARE FULLY CLEANED AND FACTORED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT HAVING ANY ISSUES THERE. ANDREW, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, YOU'RE RIGHT ABOUT OUR LOCALIZED LITTLE STORM DRAIN SYSTEM, AND YOU'RE RIGHT ABOUT THE CONDITION OF THE STREET AND HOW EVERYTHING JUST GOES THROUGH THE CRACKS AND RIGHT INTO THE SAND. HOWEVER, THERE THERE'S ANOTHER FACTOR, AND IT HAS TO DO WITH CVS FLOOD MASTER PLAN AND THESE ARTERIALS 4850, 52 AND HOW IF YOU LOOK AT WHAT WOULD BE GRAPEFRUIT, YOU KNOW, IT BASICALLY ADDS LIKE A, LIKE A LOCALIZED CHANNEL WHERE WE'RE NOT GETTING OUT INTO THE CANAL.

AND SO THAT'S A WHOLE NOTHER THING THAT WE NEED TO I MEAN, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE TALKED TO CVS ABOUT IN TERMS OF STARTING TO PRIORITIZE, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THESE REGIONAL FLOODING SYSTEMS BECAUSE IT ULTIMATELY BECOMES A REGIONAL, NOT A LOCALIZED. AND I THINK THAT'S A, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, THAT WHOLE CORRIDOR WHERE SHE'S TALKING ABOUT WAS PART OF LIKE, YOU KNOW, A PLAN THAT THEY HAVE WHERE IT WOULD BE VERY, VERY EXPENSIVE, RIGHT? IN ORDER TO DO A REGIONAL FLOOD MASTER PLAN, BECAUSE WE'RE STARTING TO SEE AN IMPLEMENTATION, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE WE'RE STARTING TO SEE THESE HUGE STORM EVENTS. SO IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO KEEP ON OUR RADAR. YOU KNOW, I MEAN, 48 IS A PERFECT EXAMPLE WHERE WE HAVE RIGHT WHERE I LIVE, THAT LITTLE COMMUNITY IS BUILT A LITTLE LOWER AND RIGHT AFTER THE TACO BELL, FOR SOME REASON, IT TAKES ALL THAT FLOW FROM INDIO, GOES RIGHT INTO THAT NEIGHBORHOOD. AND IT'S A BIG PROBLEM. BUT WITH MORE STORM EVENTS COMING, LIKE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THESE REGIONAL FLOOD EVENTS NOW AND IT'S NO LONGER LOCALIZED FLOODING. FUN, FUN. I ALSO RECEIVED FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD THE SAND BUILDS UP ON THE CORNERS RIGHT NOW, BUT THAT'S I'LL TALK TO THE CITY MANAGER ABOUT THAT. BUT I RECEIVED THAT BECAUSE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THAT STREET.

RIGHT. SO LIKE THERE'S A LOT OF SAND AROUND IT BECAUSE THERE'S THAT EMPTY LOT AND THEY'RE DOING A LOT OF CONSTRUCTION, BUT JUST MAKING SURE. WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE ON THE GUTTERS? DOES THE ITEM LIKE ON THE CORNER. HOW DOES THAT LOOK LIKE. AND IT'S GOING TO GET FIXED LIKE THAT INTERCHANGE. RIGHT. BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF STUFF THAT'S GOING ON WITH THE CV LINK. AND WHEN YOU GET THAT CONSTRUCTION DONE, IS THAT GOING TO LIKE HOW IS THAT GOING TO THE FLOW OF TRAFFIC? IS IT GOING TO CHANGE? RIGHT. IT'S GOING TO MAKE SURE IT'S ALL EASIER AND MARKED RIGHT. BECAUSE RIGHT NOW YOU CAN'T REALLY SEE BECAUSE IT'S THE STREETS DESTROYED IN THAT CONDITION. SO JUST MAKING SURE HOPEFULLY THAT GETS ADDRESSED. YEAH I MEAN EVERYTHING IS GOING TO GET FRESH PAINT. EVERYTHING IS GOING TO GET NEW BIKE LANES, NEW PAINT SO THAT THE MARKINGS AND THE WILL BE VERY CLEAR ON THE STREET. OKAY. ARE THERE MEDIANS. THE MEDIANS DOWN HERE ARE GOING TO GET FIXED. THE ONES CLOSER TO TYLER, ARE THEY GOING TO. THEY'RE GOING TO. YEAH. ALL OF THE CURB AND GUTTER GETS REPLACED AND ALL THE MEDIANS. AND WE'RE ADDING ADDITIONAL IRRIGATION AND ADDITIONAL LIGHTING SO THAT WE CAN UPLIGHT THE TREES AND, AND JUST BEAUTIFY THE MEDIANS A LITTLE BIT WHILE WE'RE OUT THERE. AS LONG AS WE HAVE THE STREET OPENED UP, LET'S GET THAT ADDITIONAL CONDUIT IN THERE AND HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY LOOK NICE. BY THE WAY, JUST ANYTIME I POST SOMETHING, EVERYBODY COMMENTS. WHAT ABOUT 52? WHAT ABOUT 52? YES. IT'S COBBLESTONE. AND THE ONE THING THAT'S VERY INTERESTING AND YOU KNOW OBVIOUSLY THE WEIGHT OF THE TRUCKS RIGHT. THAT THAT GO INTO THAT INDUSTRIAL AREA PRETTY HEAVY YOU KNOW. AND IT'S JUST WE'LL PROBABLY BE TALKING ABOUT THIS IN ANOTHER TEN YEARS HAVING TO REPAVE IT. SO MY QUESTION WHEN I MENTIONED ABOUT THE SAND DO YOU HAVE THAT PICTURE. YOU SEE THE CORNER ON HERNANDEZ STREET AND THE TURN LANE THERE. YES. THAT'S A GUTTER. RIGHT. THAT GREEN MARKER. YES. THAT'LL BE AN UPDATED GUTTER. OR IS IT CURRENTLY THERE. THAT GUTTER IS NOT SCHEDULED FOR REPLACEMENT.

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WE SHOULD BE PICKING THAT UP IN OUR JUST REGULAR STREET SWEEPING. BUT THEY MIGHT NOT BE GOING OUT AND DOING THE STREET SWEEPING IN 52 BECAUSE THE STREET'S IN SUCH BAD SHAPE, THEY MIGHT NOT BE PERFORMING THE REGULAR STREET SWEEPING OUT THERE BECAUSE THEY'RE WORRIED ABOUT BLOWING UP CHUNKS OF ASPHALT. SO ONCE WE HAVE THE BRAND NEW STREET AND THE BRAND NEW ASPHALT, THEY'LL BE ABLE TO HAVE MUCH MORE EFFECTIVE STREET SWEEPING OPERATIONS AS WELL.

YEAH, THAT COULD MAKE SENSE. ANDREW, FOR THE I'M SORRY, COUNCILMEMBER ANDREW, FOR THE OTHER AREAS. CAN YOU PUT THE SLIDE BACK ON FOR THE ADDITIONAL AREAS WITH THE LOW PCI RATING? OH, I WENT TOO MANY BUTTONS. THERE WE GO. SO THE ADDITIONAL $800,000, SOME OF THESE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT YOU PROVIDED OR SHARED HERE ARE DO WE KNOW THE COST OF THOSE PROJECTS? I HAVE PRELIMINARY NUMBERS I DIDN'T WANT TO COMMIT RIGHT NOW UNTIL I TALK TO THE. YOU KNOW, TO OUR CONTRACTORS AND ACTUALLY COME UP WITH ESTIMATES. BUT YES, I'VE COME UP WITH ESTIMATES WITH ALL OF THESE NEIGHBORHOODS. YEAH. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT TO ASK A MORE SPECIFIC QUESTION, I'LL ANSWER ANY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS YOU HAVE. YEAH. SO OKAY, SO, YOU KNOW, I WAS THINKING AS I KNEW THAT WE WERE, THAT IT WAS UNDER THE 3 MILLION. I WAS THINKING, OKAY, ARE WE GOING TO THEN, YOU KNOW, BRING BRING BACK THE ITEM AND THEN KICK BACK, THEN THE 800,000 BACK INTO CITY RESERVES. BUT SINCE YOU'RE BRINGING IT OTHER OPPORTUNITIES TO USE THE $800,000 TO IS THAT WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT THESE AREAS, AND I'M SURE YOU HAVE AN ESTIMATE, AN ESTIMATION OF WHAT THE COST MIGHT BE, I'M JUST WONDERING IF IT'S GOING TO GO HIGHER THAN 800,000. WE DO STILL HAVE SOME LEFTOVER SB1 AND MEASURE MONEY AS WELL. SO I WOULD INTENTIONALLY BE KIND OF TARGETING THE 900,000 THAT WE WOULD BE ABLE TO UTILIZE MY ENTIRE APPROPRIATION, AND I WOULD HAVE ADDITIONAL STREET FUNDS THAT I CAN USE TO SUPPLEMENT THAT. SO I WOULD NOT BE ASKING FOR ANY ADDITIONAL GENERAL FUND MONIES TO COMPLETE ANY OF THESE PROJECTS. THE MAYOR PRO TEM BRINGS UP AN EXCELLENT POINT ABOUT YOU JUST MENTIONED TO US, YOU KNOW, THAT WE'RE FACING A $1.9 MILLION DEFICIT COMING NEXT BUDGET YEAR. IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN. YOU ALSO CAME UP HERE PREVIOUSLY AND YOU TALKED ABOUT HOW. THERE WAS TOO MUCH.

RESERVES THAT WERE ALLOCATED TO PROJECTS AND, AND, AND, AND SO I MEAN, AND MEDIA PICKED ON IT, PICKED UP ON IT AND IT WAS LIKE LOST MONEY, YOU KNOW. AND SO, SO IF WE LOOK AT THE. THE LIFESPAN OF THESE ROADS AND I UNDERSTAND, YOU KNOW, BASED OFF OF THE GRADING SYSTEM, ETC. YOU KNOW, THE SHELF LIFE, DO YOU HAVE AN ESTIMATE OF ANDREW, WHAT THE GRADES OF WHERE THEY'RE AT AND, AND HOW MUCH TIME WE CAN GET LIKE EXTENDED IF WE DON'T PAVE. AND THEN TWO, WOULDN'T AN $800,000 INFUSION RE-APPROPRIATED BACK INTO RESERVES KIND OF HELP YOU WITH YOUR $1.9 MILLION BUDGET GAP? AND I SAY THAT BECAUSE YOU'RE ALSO SOME OF OUR PROPOSALS IS TO WE'RE TALKING AUSTERITY. WE'RE WE'RE TALKING. YOU KNOW, ALL OF THE ABOVE. AND FOR THOSE THAT HAVE BEEN PART OF BUDGET CUTS, ALL OF THE ABOVE, YOU KNOW, MEANS REDUCTION IN SERVICES.

RIGHT. AND, AND PROBABLY PEOPLE. AND SO COULDN'T THIS $800,000 OF A SAVINGS BE RE-APPROPRIATED BACK INTO RESERVES AND HELP YOU WITH YOUR $1.9 MILLION DEFICIT? IT'S NOT GOING TO HELP ME WITH MY DEFICIT. BECAUSE WHEN WE SPEND MONEY, WHEN YOU APPROPRIATE MONEY AND SPEND MONEY ON A PROJECT, IT'S A ONE TIME COST, CORRECT. SO AT THIS POINT, PUTTING THE $800,000 BACK INTO THE GENERAL FUND, IT'S A BAND-AID, DOESN'T FIX ANYTHING. IT'S SITTING THERE FOR AN EMERGENCY OR SOMETHING THAT MIGHT HAPPEN. BUT SEEING AS HOW ANDREW JUST GOT THESE EXCELLENT BIDS COMING BACK, WE NEED TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THE FUTURE HOLDS AS FAR AS TARIFFS AND OTHER THINGS GO, AND THE COST OF MATERIALS. WE NEED TO PIGGYBACK ON THIS GREAT BID THAT HE GOT AND REPAIR AS MANY ROADS AS WE CAN WITH THAT MONEY NOW. YES.

YOU'RE YOU'RE RIGHT. SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT POLICE, YOU LOOK AT FIRE, YOU LOOK AT SALARIES OF

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WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE TO REPAVE THAT ROAD AGAIN. WE HAVE BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL IN GETTING GRANTS. WE'VE DONE A GREAT JOB GETTING GRANTS. HOWEVER, GRANTS REQUIRE MATCHES AND WE'VE TAKEN MONIES THAT SHOULD BE USED TO REPAIR OUR ROADS AND USE THOSE AS MATCHING FUNDS FOR OUR BIGGER PROJECTS. AND IN FACT, THE WHITEWATER OVERCROSSING AT 50 IS GOING TO EAT UP A BUNCH OF OUR SB1 AND MEASURE A MONIES THAT TYPICALLY WOULD BE USED FOR REPAVING OUR STREETS. HOWEVER, WE RECEIVED ALMOST A $60 MILLION GRANT TO BUILD THAT OVERCROSSING, WHICH IS NEEDED.

IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO US LIKE WE HAVE THE GOOD BRIDGE OVER 52. WE NEED ANOTHER ONE AT 50, BECAUSE IF THERE IS AN EVENT, WE NEED PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO GET, YOU KNOW, OUT OF DOWNTOWN AND TO THE FREEWAY. SO I'M VERY FAMILIAR WITH, YOU KNOW, THE COLOR OF MONEY AND WHAT FUNDS DO WHAT, ETC. YOU KNOW, I AND I GET YOUR POINT THAT THAT THE DEFICIT IS, IS IT'S ONE THAT'S LONG TERM BASED OFF OF ONGOING COSTS. MY POINT HERE IS THAT A, A, A $800,000 INFUSION MAKES NEXT YEAR'S PAIN GO JUST A LITTLE LIKE BECOME A LITTLE BIT LOWER IN HOPES THAT REVENUE CAN BOUNCE BACK. NEGOTIATIONS CAN OCCUR WITH TRIBES IN HOPES THAT, YOU KNOW, WE CAN LOOK AT NEW WAYS OF GENERATING REVENUE, MAYBE ENERGY COMES BACK, ETC. I'M JUST TRYING TO BUY A LITTLE BIT OF TIME. AND IF WHAT YOU'RE RECOMMENDING AND SAYING THAT IT'S NOT GOING TO BUY US ANYTHING $800,000, LET'S MAKE THE CUT SO THAT WE CAN GET TO A SUSTAINABLE LEVEL. AND THAT'S BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT I'M HEARING. LET'S GO AHEAD AND MAKE THE CUTS WHEN WE GET THERE. YOU KNOW, MY, MY THING RIGHT NOW IS THAT IF WE DON'T NEED IT AND LET'S SEE HOW MUCH WE CAN BUY, I'M JUST TRYING TO REDUCE THE IMPACT ON SERVICES AND ON PEOPLE. WELL, YOU MAKE A GOOD POINT. HOWEVER, I DON'T BELIEVE THINGS ARE GOING TO GET BETTER. IN FACT, BASED UPON NEWS THAT WE'VE HEARD ABOUT THE TRIBES BUILDING ON 1586 AND ALSO MAVERICK COMING IN TO INDIO, I THINK THINGS MAY GET A LITTLE TOUGHER, WHICH WE CAN LIVE OUT OF RESERVES, BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT WE'D BE DOING. THEN IF WE PUT THAT 800,000 BACK INTO RESERVES, WE'RE LIVING OUT OUR RESERVES. WE CAN'T GO BACK TO OUR SAVINGS CONSTANTLY TO PAY FOR ONGOING SERVICES. WE HAVE A I TALKED ABOUT IT WHEN I FIRST CAME BACK.

I SAID, TODAY WE DO NOT HAVE A STRUCTURAL DEFICIT, MEANING THAT IN THE FUTURE WE CAN FIND OUR WAY OUT OF OUR DEFICIT BASED UPON WHAT WE'RE DOING TODAY. THAT'S NOT THE CASE. BECAUSE OF CERTAIN THINGS THAT HAVE HAPPENED. WE'VE HAD INCREASES IN POLICE, WE'VE HAD INCREASES IN FIRE, WE'VE HAD INCREASES IN OUR STAFFING, WE'VE HAD SALES TAX LOSS FROM A TRUCK STOP OPENING.

THOSE THINGS HAVE CAUSED A STRUCTURAL DEFICIT. SO WE HAVE TO BE DILIGENT ON WHERE WE PUT OUR MONIES. IF THIS BID WOULD HAVE COME BACK AT 3.4 MILLION, 3.5 MILLION, I WOULDN'T HAVE RECOMMENDED IT BECAUSE IT CAME IN MORE THAN WHAT WE THOUGHT IT WAS GOING TO. AND WE'RE DOING LESS THAN WHAT WE THOUGHT WE WERE GOING TO AT THIS POINT, BASED UPON AN ECONOMY OF SCALE.

I THINK WE SHOULD TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS, BECAUSE IF WE WAIT, THOSE BIDS QUITE SURE ARE GOING TO GO UP. THAT'S THAT'S WHY MY RECOMMENDATION. I KNOW IT SEEMS COUNTERINTUITIVE, BUT I KNOW THAT YOU KNOW BETTER TOO. SO I, I'M UNDERSTANDING YOUR, YOUR YOUR KIND OF YOUR FIDUCIARY HAT.

YES. AND THEN I'M ALSO UNDERSTANDING YOUR, YOUR STRATEGY IN TERMS OF ADDRESSING THE STRUCTURAL DEFICIT. I'M JUST TRYING TO BUY TIME, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE I UNDERSTAND WHAT SERVICE REDUCTION AND POSSIBLY STAFF REDUCTIONS, THAT'S ALL. THANK YOU. CAN I ADD ONE MORE POINT, SIR? SURE. I JUST WANT TO COMMENT THAT TONIGHT THE ONLY ACTION WE'RE TAKING IS TO AWARD THE BASE CONTRACT JUST FOR AVENUE 52. THE OTHER COMMENTS ABOUT OTHER STREETS, THOSE ARE THOSE WILL BE BROUGHT FORWARD AS A PUBLIC ITEM. IF AND IF THERE'S NO AND IF THE CONSIDERATION IS THAT THOSE MONIES ARE NEEDED ELSEWHERE AT THAT TIME, THAT'S FULLY UNDERSTOOD. SO YEAH, I'M YEAH, I'M NOT ASKING BECAUSE PART OF WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IS SAYING, HEY, WE'RE GOING TO AWARD THIS CONTRACT, BUT OH, THERE'S 800 K LEFT. WE HAVE THESE ROADS. WE SHOULD APPLY THEM THERE. AND I'M JUST SIMPLY ASKING THE QUESTION, SHOULD WE, YOU KNOW, AND UNDERSTANDING WHERE WE'RE AT WITH THE STRUCTURAL DEFICIT. AND I'M JUST, YOU KNOW, WE'RE BECOMING BEAN COUNTERS NOW BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT'S GOING TO BE REQUIRED. SO I COULD LOOK FORWARD. THAT'S ALL I'M LOOKING FORWARD. IS THERE A MOTION TO MOVE THE ITEM FORWARD? A MOTION TO APPROVE THE

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COUNCIL MEMBER. PEREZ. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. FIGUEROA I. COUNCIL MEMBER. VITKIN I. MAYOR PRO TEM. DELGADO. YES. MAYOR. HERNANDEZ, I THANK YOU, ANDREW. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. ANDREW.

IT'S 819. I'M GOING TO OPEN IT UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS. DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS? HAVE WE RECEIVED ANY PUBLIC COMMENT CARDS? I DO NOT HAVE ANY SPEAKERS FORMS. IS THERE ANYONE ON ZOOM? IS THERE ANYBODY ON ZOOM WHO WOULD LIKE TO COMMENT? PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. THERE ARE NONE. THANK YOU. ARE THERE? I'LL START TO MY RIGHT. COUNCILMEMBER FIERRO, JUST SOME

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GREATER PALM SPRINGS HAD AN AUTISM CERTIFICATION. SO THE OTHER THEY WERE THE FIRST REGION IN THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA AREA THAT IS AUTISM CERTIFIED. SO HOPEFULLY, YOU KNOW, IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE ARE IN A REGION WHERE PEOPLE CAN COME VISIT AND, YOU KNOW, THERE'S SUPPORT FOR THAT FOR AUTISM CERTIFICATION AND THE SERVICES THAT WE HAVE HERE IN OUR IN OUR REGION. AND. THAT IS ALL MY COMMENTS, AND WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO A BUSY MAY. AND THEN WE HAVE A I HAVE A JPA MEETING ON MONDAY FOR THE WASTE TRANSFER STATION. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER. COUNCIL MEMBER, DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS? JUST THANK YOU TO STAFF FOR BEING HERE.

APPRECIATE YOU GUYS AND EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO. THOSE ARE ALL MY COMMENTS. THANK YOU.

COUNCIL MEMBER PEREZ. YES, I WAS FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO VOLUNTEER AT FARM. IT WAS MY FIRST TIME BEING AT RANCHO 51. I HAD A GOOD EXPERIENCE. I WAS ABLE TO GET A TOUR OF THE FACILITY AS WELL.

GOT TO MEET A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT CAME OUT FROM SANTA ANA PALMDALE, AND THESE WERE PEOPLE THAT JUST CAME OUT TO VOLUNTEER, DIDN'T HAVE TO DO WITH THE ORGANIZATION. THEY JUST WANTED TO COME OUT. I SAW A LOT OF CHILDREN OUT THERE THAT ACTUALLY HAD A GOOD TIME, GOT A LOT OF GIFTS. THERE WAS PEOPLE, LOW INCOME FAMILIES THAT WERE ABLE TO BENEFIT FROM IT, RECEIVED FREE CLOTHES AND OTHER ITEMS THAT WERE GIVEN AWAY TO INCLUDE A LOT OF VEGETABLES AND FRUITS THAT WERE GIVEN. SO THAT WAS GOOD. AND I ALSO GOT TO ATTEND MY FIRST COMMITTEE MEETING FOR THE HOMELESS. AND IT WAS ACTUALLY I LEARNED A LOT. I LEARNED THAT PALM SPRINGS HAS REALLY LARGE FACILITY THAT'S ACTUALLY GROWING. I'M HOPING THAT AS I GET MORE INVOLVED THAT I'M ABLE TO ACTUALLY HAVE THEM CONSIDER THE CITY OF COACHELLA TO ALLOW TO TAKE MAYBE FAMILIES.

RIGHT NOW THEY'RE ONLY HOUSING FIVE FAMILIES THERE, BUT THEY ALSO TAKE HOMELESS PEOPLE. THEY TAKE THEIR ANIMALS AS WELL. THEY HAVE A FACILITY FOR THE ANIMALS, AND THEY ALSO HELP THEM GET BACK ON THEIR FEET. RIGHT NOW, PALM SPRINGS POLICE IS ALLOWED TO TAKE HOMELESS PEOPLE THERE.

WE'RE NOT. SO I'M HOPING THAT WE CAN ACTUALLY WORK TOGETHER AND HELP THEM WORK WITH US TO. AND THAT WAS IT. THANK YOU. MAYOR, I DON'T IT'S BEEN A HELL OF A WEEK FOR MY FAMILY AND I AND BUT I'M

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YOU KNOW, THE CITY IS GOING TO MISS OUT ON A LOT OF GOOD PEOPLE AND THAT IT WASN'T HIS FAULT THAT, YOU KNOW, HE WAS AN ENGINEER AND MANAGED 35 ENGINEERS UNDERNEATH OF HIM.

BUT, YOU KNOW, HIS GOAL HAS ALWAYS BEEN TO IMPROVE THE CITY. AND I'M GOING TO MISS HIM. AND HE WAS MY BIG BROTHER AND GOD REST HIM. AND THANK YOU ALL FOR THE SUPPORT AND THE PRAYERS.

APPRECIATE YOU. MY CONDOLENCES. MAYOR. CAN WE TAKE A MOMENT OF SILENCE TO HONOR. FORMER PLANNING COMMISSIONER JASON HERNANDEZ? THANK YOU. MAYOR. I KNOW YOU GAVE HIM A PROCLAMATION. DO YOU WANT IT TO BE BROUGHT BACK HERE SO WE CAN READ IT OPENLY? NO, NO, I ACTUALLY PRESENT IT TO HIM. I WENT TO HIS HOUSE AND. AND THAT'S HOW I KNOW HOW HE FELT. I ACTUALLY GOT IT RECORDED. MAYBE ONE DAY I'LL PLAY IT TO ALL YOU LIKE. VOICES FROM THE DEAD. NOW YOU KNOW, I GUESS. BUT HE HE HE HE FELT VERY STRONG ABOUT HIS WORK. AND I GOT TO, I GOT TO READ IT TO HIM. AND, YOU KNOW, HE HE REALLY LOVED THE CITY. HE, YOU KNOW, HE GREW UP HERE, GREW UP ON 52 AND, AND HE WAS SOMEBODY THAT HE GOT TO, YOU KNOW, TRAVEL THE WORLD AND WORK ON A LOT OF COOL THINGS, YOU KNOW, WITH PG AND E AND SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON.

YOU KNOW, HE WORKED ON THE BULLET TRAIN. THE GUY KNEW WHAT HE WAS DOING WHEN IT CAME TO ENERGY PROCUREMENT. HE WAS JUST A SOLID MAN. AND SO HE TRIED TO DO HIS BEST. YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS HE I REMEMBER HE GOT MAD AT, I THINK IT WAS LOUIS AND GABE, HE'S LIKE, HEY, WE GOT TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT OUR, OUR, OUR ORDINANCE WITH RESPECT TO LIKE THE SATELLITE PLACEMENTS OF TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS. AND HE WAS REALLY OFF AT THE TWO SATELLITES THAT GOT PLACED AT THE WALMART CENTER AND HOW CRAPPY THEY LOOK, HE SAID. AND IT JUST HE'S SAYING WE CAN DO BETTER, WE CAN DO BETTER. AND I THINK THAT'S TRUE. GO, GO TAKE A LOOK AT THEM RIGHT NOW. AND THEY'RE THEY'RE UGLY. AND HE WAS JUST SAYING LIKE, WE CAN DO BETTER. AND HE WASN'T A FAN OF DG. YOU KNOW HE SAID HE UNDERSTOOD IT. BUT YOU GET A LITTLE RAIN AND IT JUST WASHES OUT AND MAKES A BIG MESS. AND YOU KNOW HE STARTED MOVING IT LIKE THREE QUARTER INCH ROCK.

AND THAT WAS SOMETHING THE COUNCIL MOVED ON AND IT JUST REALLY YOU KNOW, HE HE KNEW WHAT HE WAS DOING. AND I THINK HIS COLLEAGUES YOU KNOW, THAT ARE CURRENTLY EITHER SERVING OR. OR OR SERVED WITH HIM. YOU KNOW HE WAS HONORED THAT THEY MADE HIM THE CHAIRMAN, EVEN THOUGH HE DIDN'T HAVE TO BECAUSE JASON JASON KNEW WHAT HE WAS DOING, YOU KNOW, HE KNEW WHAT HE WAS DOING AND HE HE JUST SERVED WELL AND FAITHFULLY. AND, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GOING TO MISS HIM AND PRAY FOR HIS WIFE BEATRICE, BECAUSE SHE SHE IS AMAZING. SHE'S AMAZING. SHE LOST HER HER PARTNER. AND THEY WERE SO GOOD TOGETHER, YOU KNOW, COMPLEMENTED EACH OTHER REALLY, REALLY WELL.

SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU. WE ARE GOING TO TAKE A TRIP TO SACRAMENTO ON THE 6TH OF MAY TO DISCUSS CHROMIUM SIX WITH STATE REPRESENTATIVES UP THERE, AND WILL REPORT BACK ONCE WE HAVE THOSE MEETINGS AND WE COME BACK TO THE MEETING AND I'LL GIVE SOME COMMENTS ABOUT ABOUT WHAT THOSE MEETINGS WERE ABOUT AND HOW THEY THEY TOOK PLACE. I DID MISS THE STATE OF THE COUNTY. I HEARD IT WAS REALLY I HEARD IT WAS REALLY GOOD. IT WAS THE LAST DAY OF SCHOOL FOR THE KIDDOS SO I COULD NOT ATTEND. WE DO HAVE THE IC. WHAT THE? WHICH IS THE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF

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