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MOVE ON. NOW, THE PUBLIC COMMENTS ON NON-AGENDA ITEMS. ANYONE IN THE PUBLIC LIKE TO ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL? WE DID RECEIVE THREE WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS THAT WERE FORWARDED TO THE COUNCIL ON NON-AGENDA ITEMS FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. ONE WAS FROM MONIQUE MENDOZA, THE SECOND, DAMIAN OLIVARES, AND THE THIRD FROM TONY AGUILAR. THANK YOU.

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RECEIVED. WE'LL GO DOWN TO CONSENT CALENDARS, RECOMMENDED THE CONSENT ITEMS BE ACTED UPON SIMULTANEOUSLY. WHAT ARE THE WISHES OF THE CITY COUNCIL? MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT CALENDAR? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING I, I MOTION CARRIES ONE. NOW TO NEW BUSINESS

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CALENDAR. THIS IS CONSIDERATION TO FILL TWO PLANNING COMMISSION VACANCIES. FOR THE RECORD, THE APPLICATION PERIOD WAS STILL OPEN. CORRECT? OR DID IT CLOSE? I THINK WE CLOSED IT TODAY. WE CLOSED IT TODAY AT THREE, SO THERE WERE STILL APPLICATIONS COMING IN. I THINK THERE WERE A COUPLE. SO THERE WAS IT WAS STILL OPEN. YES. AND SO PEOPLE WERE STILL APPLYING. YES. OKAY.

COOL. THERE WERE THREE ADDITIONAL APPLICATIONS THAT WERE RECEIVED DURING THIS OPENING OF THE APPLICATION PERIOD. THOSE HAVE BEEN DISTRIBUTED TO YOU BY OUR DEPUTY CITY CLERK. WE DID HAVE ONE APPLICANT WHO WITHDREW HER APPLICATION JUST A COUPLE MINUTES AGO, MISS ELIZABETH AGUILAR. SO SHE WITHDREW HER APPLICATION. IT WAS REQUESTED FOR STAFF TO BRING FORWARD SOME INFORMATION JUST ABOUT OUR PLANNING COMMISSION AND SOMEWHAT SOME LOGISTICS THAT OTHER PLANNING COMMISSIONS HAVE WITHIN THE COACHELLA VALLEY. SO JUST TO START, THE CITY OF COACHELLA CONSISTS OF FIVE REGULAR MEMBERS AND ONE ALTERNATE MEMBER.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT. ANY NOMINATIONS? I'D LIKE TO NOMINATE MELISSA TORRES. MISS TORRES. WAS ALSO NOMINATED. LAST MEETING. SHE WAS NOT. MISS LOPEZ WAS NOMINATED LAST MEETING. MISS TORRES IS ONE OF THE NEW APPLICATIONS THAT WAS RECEIVED. MISS TORRES IS ONE OF THE NEW APPLICANTS THAT WAS RECEIVED. YES. OH, HERE SHE IS. ALL APPLICANTS HAVE BEEN MADE AWARE OF THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING TONIGHT, SO THEY MAY BE AVAILABLE VIA ZOOM TO

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PARTICIPATE AS WELL. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THEM IF THEY'RE IN ATTENDANCE. THANK YOU. KENDRA.

WAS MISS TORRES IN THE AUDIENCE? I DON'T BELIEVE SHE'S HERE, BUT SHE MAY BE PARTICIPATING VIA ZOOM. IS SHE ON ZOOM? WE ASSUME WE ONLY HAVE STEPHANIE EMBRY'S. SHE DID CALL. SHE WAS RUNNING LATE, SO SHE WAS GONNA TRY AND LOG ON TO ZOOM. OKAY. AND THEN I'M THINKING OF NOMINATING MISS VANESSA. OR DO YOU PRONOUNCE HER LAST NAME OR OR. HER BUSINESS BACKGROUND? OKAY. I WILL ACCEPT YOUR NOMINATION FOR VANESSA OR GRETA, AND I'LL ACCEPT YOUR NOMINATION OF MISS ALYSSA TORRES. A MOTION THE ITEM TO GO FORWARD SECOND. I'LL TAKE ROLL. COUNCIL MEMBER.

PEREZ. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. FIGUEROA. AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER. MAYOR. PRO TEM DELGADO. YES.

MAYOR. HERNANDEZ. HI. MOVE ON NOW TO ITEM NUMBER 15. THIS IS TO ADOPT RESOLUTION 20 2536, AUTHORIZING THE CONDITIONAL LOAN COMMITMENT LETTER TO DEFERRAL LOCAL DEVELOPMENT IMPACT FEES FOR THE SIXTH STREET SENIOR APARTMENTS AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECT IN THE AMOUNT OF $1.17 MILLION. I DO WANT TO STATE BEFORE WE GET STARTED ON THIS, THAT I CHECKED WITH OUR LEGAL COUNSEL REGARDING MY ABILITY TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS ITEM, AND WE MEASURED PER THE RULES. AND THERE IS A AN ASSUMPTION, PRESUMPTION, PRESUMPTION, PRESUMPTION THAT I'M LEGAL AND I CAN PARTICIPATE IN THIS BECAUSE THE PROJECT IS OVER 1000FT FROM MY REAL PROPERTY. SO I DO WANT TO STATE THAT FOR THE RECORD, THAT I CAN PARTICIPATE, AND I WILL. AND WITH THAT, SELENA.

YES. GOOD EVENING AGAIN, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. SO THIS IS THE SIXTH STREET SENIOR APARTMENTS REQUEST THAT THE COUNCIL CONSIDERS AUTHORIZING A CONDITIONAL LOAN COMMITMENT LETTER TO BASICALLY DEFER LOCAL DEVELOPMENT IMPACT FEES FOR THE SIXTH STREET SENIOR APARTMENTS AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECT IN THE AMOUNT OF 1.17179 MILLION. AND WE DO HAVE ALEX, THE PROJECT MANAGER FROM CHELSEA INVESTMENT ON THE LINE. I JUST WANTED TO MAKE THE COUNCIL AWARE THAT HE IS AVAILABLE. SHOULD ANYONE HAVE QUESTIONS. SO I WANTED TO PROVIDE YOU GUYS WITH A LITTLE BACKGROUND. SO BASICALLY WE HAVE SUBMITTED AN APPLICATION TO TCAC. I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE OUR THIRD TIME. SO WE HAD AN UNSUCCESSFUL 2024 SECOND ROUND, 9% TAX CREDIT APPLICATION SUBMISSION IN JULY 2024, AND OUR TIE BREAKER SCORE WAS 59.77%. THEN THERE WAS ANOTHER UNSUCCESSFUL SUBMISSION IN 2025, IN THE FIRST ROUND OF 9% TAX CREDITS IN MARCH, AND THAT TIE BREAKER SCORE WAS 68.07%. AND SO, BASED ON THE HISTORICAL WINNING TIEBREAKERS FOR THE LAST THREE YEARS, CHELSEA INVESTMENT CORPORATION BELIEVES THAT THE TIEBREAKER NEEDS TO BE INCREASED IN ORDER. IN ORDER FOR US TO SECURE A TAX CREDIT ALLOCATION IN THE 2025 SECOND ROUND. THE SECOND ROUND SUBMISSIONS ARE DUE JULY 8TH. I THINK IT IS. SO THEY'RE VERY BUSY RIGHT NOW PREPARING THAT TAX CREDIT APPLICATION. SO IN ORDER FOR US TO INCREASE THE PROJECT'S TIEBREAKER SCORE, THE HARD COSTS NEEDED TO BE REDUCED AND ADDITIONAL SOFT FINANCING NEEDED TO BE SECURED. AND SO HERE'S WHAT IT WILL LOOK LIKE IF YOU LOOK HERE. IF WE DO ALL THE THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING HERE, OUR POTENTIAL TCAC TIEBREAKER SCORE COULD BE ANYWHERE BETWEEN 75.8% AND 80.18%. THESE ARE REALLY, REALLY GREAT TIEBREAKER SCORE PERCENTAGES, AND I THINK THIS WILL HELP THE PROJECT GET SELECTED FOR FUNDING. AND SO CHELSEA WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT THE PROJECT WILL INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING KEY IMPROVEMENTS. SO THE COMMERCIAL SPACES WILL BE FINISHED TO A WARM SHELL CONDITION. AND WHAT THAT MEANS IS THAT YOU'LL GET A FINISHED RESTROOM, INSULATION, DRYWALL, PAINT, ELECTRICAL, HVAC AND FIRE SPRINKLERS. AND THEN THE PROJECT WILL ALSO BE PROVIDING ENCLOSED AND CONDITIONED CORRIDORS TO HELP MAKE MORE COMFORTABLE LIVING CONDITIONS FOR THE SENIOR RESIDENTS. THIS WAS AN ITEM IMPORTANT TO THE STRATEGIC

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GROWTH COUNCIL AND ALSO THE CITY COUNCIL AND DEVELOPMENT TEAM. THE OVERHEAD UTILITY POLES, HOWEVER, ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE PROJECT WILL NOT BE UNDERGROUNDED AFTER ALL, AS A CONDITION OF APPROVAL THAT WILL YIELD SIGNIFICANT COST SAVINGS. APPARENTLY, SOME OF THESE POWER POLES ARE SERVICING SOME OF THE HOMES ON ON THE BACKSIDE, YOU KNOW, AND SO IT'S GOING TO BE REALLY TOUGH TO DO THAT AND EXPENSIVE. AND SO THEY'RE CONDITIONAL LOAN LETTER IS BASICALLY GOING TO HAVE THE FOLLOWING TERMS. SO THE LOAN AMOUNT THAT WE WOULD BE DEFERRING IS 1.179 MILLION. THE LOAN TERM IS 55 YEARS WITH THE LOW INTEREST RATE OF 3%. AND OF COURSE REPAYMENT IS EXPECTED IN FULL AT THE END OF THE LOAN TERM. OR SHOULD A SALE OR REFINANCE OCCUR. AND SO THE ANNUAL PAYMENTS WILL BE 50% OF THE RESIDUAL RESIDUAL CASH FLOW.

AND THEN THE LITTLE GRAPHIC AT THE BOTTOM. AND I APOLOGIZE THAT WE DON'T HAVE LIKE A COLOR RENDERING. THAT'S WHAT THIS PROJECT WILL LOOK LIKE. AND SO THE PROJECT JUST COULDN'T CONTINUE CREATING RENDERINGS BECAUSE THAT ADDS ADDITIONAL EXPENSE. AND SO THEY HAVE A BLACK AND WHITE LITTLE RENDERING THERE ON THE BOTTOM RIGHT. AND HERE'S THE PROJECT AND FUNDING TIMELINE. SO CHELSEA WILL SUBMIT FOR TAX CREDITS ON JULY 8TH WITH THE CALIFORNIA TAX ALLOCATION COMMITTEE. AND THEN ON JULY 22ND, THE KINGDOM SIMULATED RESULTS WILL KIND OF COME OUT.

AND THESE PEOPLE ARE VERY, VERY HIGH LEVEL. THEY'RE ABLE TO PREDICT BASED ON SUBMISSIONS AND ALL THIS GOOD STUFF IF YOU MIGHT GET FUNDED OR NOT. SO THESE ARE UNOFFICIAL SIMULATED RESULTS AND THOSE WILL BE AVAILABLE JULY 22ND. AND THEN ON SEPTEMBER 30TH, TCAC WILL RELEASE THE 9% AWARDS. SO THAT WILL BE SO WE'LL KNOW IN SEPTEMBER FOR SURE IF OUR PROJECT WILL WILL BE SELECTED FOR TAX CREDITS. AND THEN AFTER THAT IT'S GOING TO BE LIKE MARCH 30TH. THE PROJECT WILL CLOSE ON ALL FINANCING BY APRIL 27TH OF 2026. WE'LL START CONSTRUCTION AND THEN BY JUNE OF 2027, CONSTRUCTION WILL BE COMPLETED. SO I WANTED JUST TO ALSO LET THE COUNCIL KNOW THAT THE STRATEGIC GROWTH COUNCIL, WHO GAVE US 7.7 MILLION FOR THIS PROJECT, THEY ARE ON HIGH ALERT ABOUT THE PROGRESS THAT THIS PROJECT IS MAKING, BECAUSE THEY WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IF THIS PROJECT IS GOING TO BE BUILT, THAT IT GETS STARTED REAL SOON. NOT, YOU KNOW, THREE YEARS FROM NOW, BECAUSE IF THEY NEED TO REALLOCATE THAT AMOUNT, THE 7.7 MILLION, THEY WANT TO DO IT NOW, NOT LATER. AND THEY WOULD RATHER DO IT LIKE IN THIS TIME FRAME BETWEEN NOW AND SEPTEMBER, SO THAT AN AMENDMENT COULD HAPPEN IN NOVEMBER. SO EVERYBODY IS ON PINS AND NEEDLES BECAUSE WE WANT THE PROJECT TO BE FUNDED. BUT WE WILL SEE WHAT WHAT HAPPENS. WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY THAT. REALLOCATED TO WHAT? TO ANOTHER PROJECT IN THE CITY. OTHER PROJECTS IN THE CITY WITHIN COACHELLA. BECAUSE IF YOU RECALL WE WERE CUT 7.25 MILLION. WE WON'T LOSE IT. WE WON'T LOSE IT. BUT WE HAVE TO BE ABLE TO REALLOCATE QUICKLY BECAUSE THEN WE WON'T HAVE TIME TO SPEND IT. GOT IT, GOT IT.

YEAH. AND THEN PEOPLE HAVE OUR PROJECT PARTNERS WILL HAVE TO GO BACK AND EDIT BUDGETS AND, YOU KNOW, ADD SCOPE. THAT'S GOOD. THANK YOU. OH EXCUSE ME, I MEANT TO GO BACK TO. WHAT HAPPENED.

OKAY. THERE WE GO. SORRY I MEANT TO HIGHLIGHT. SO. YEAH. SO JUST IN CASE ANYONE FORGOT, THESE ARE 53 UNITS OF SENIOR FOR SENIOR RESIDENTS. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE APPROXIMATELY 4700FT■!S OF COMMERCIAL SPACE. THERE'S GOING TO BE 1290FT■!S FOR A COMMUNITY BUILDING, WHERE IT WILL BE EQUIPPED WITH A KITCHEN, RESTROOMS, COMPUTER ROOM AND THE MANAGEMENT OFFICE. AND THEN THAT CONCLUDES THE PRESENTATION. COUNCIL. IT'S GOOD TO KNOW THAT IF POINTING THAT OUT, IF FOR SOME REASON IT CAN'T RIGHT, THAT THAT FUNDING DOESN'T GET LOST FROM THE COACHELLA GETS REALLOCATED. SO I HAVE A NUMBER OF QUESTIONS ON THIS. I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT AS I START MY QUESTIONING, THAT THERE'S NO ASSUMPTION THAT LIKE, OH, YOU COACHELLA, ZANTE OR MARY, RIGHT? AFFORDABLE HOUSING. NO WE'RE NOT. WE'VE BUILT A LOT OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING, AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO BUILD A LOT OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING. IN FACT, WHEN YOU LOOK AT HOW MUCH ASSETS CHELSEA HAS IN THE CITY, YOU KNOW, WE'VE HELPED CHELSEA BUILD UPWARDS OF $160 MILLION IN ASSETS, OBVIOUSLY, TWO AS YOU COME INTO DOWNTOWN, BUT THEN YOU HAVE THE CESAR CHAVEZ

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APARTMENTS, VILLAS, AND THEN WHAT ELSE DO WE GOT? SELENA? WE HAVE CESAR CHAVEZ, PUEBLO VIEJO VILLAS, AND THEN THE SENIOR. OH YEAH. CHELSEA. YEAH. SO THERE'S FOUR, RIGHT? YEAH. AND SO THEY GOT $160 MILLION OF ASSETS, A LOT OF ASSETS. AND, AND WE'RE VERY FAMILIAR WITH WORKING WITH CHELSEA. AND WE KNOW WHAT THEY DO. RIGHT. THEY THEY APPROVE THE PROJECT AND THEN THEY COME BACK TO US AND THEN THEY SAY, HEY, WE CAN'T AFFORD IT ANYMORE. SO WE GOT TO TAKE OFF THE ELEVATOR OR BRING DOWN THE ASSETS, OR WE'RE GOING TO PUT THIS MARBLE TOP. AND NOW WE GOT TO DO WHATEVER, ANOTHER ONE. SO WE'RE VERY, VERY FAMILIAR. AND I GOT I'M VERY FAMILIAR AS WELL. YOU KNOW THE CHELSEA. AND WE'VE BEEN HELPFUL TO THEM IN PURSUING OTHER FUNDING OPTIONS. AND, AND I KNOW FOR A FACT THAT THEY'RE PURSUING EIGHT HOUSING VOUCHERS AND AT THE COUNTY. AND SO IN THAT FORMULA THAT YOU'RE PRESENTING IS THAT CALCULATED. BECAUSE IF I RECALL, BASED OFF OF THE I THINK THERE WAS THREE PROJECTS THAT WERE AWARDED THIS LAST ROUND, THE RUNNER UP WAS 84. AND SO EVEN IF WE MAKE THIS LIKE PUSH. THE, THE RUNNER UP, I THINK PROJECT OF MORENO VALLEY WAS LIKE 84. WHAT DO WE CALL THOSE. YEAH. SCORE LIKE THE TIEBREAKERS. SO IN YOUR BUDGET THAT YOU I MEAN WE HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE TO LOOK AT THE BUDGET BUT YOU HAVE. DID THEY INCLUDE THOSE EIGHT VOUCHERS. DID LIKE AND ARE THEY SURE THIS IS WHAT IT'S GOING TO GET THEM TO IN TERMS OF, YOU KNOW, THEIR TIEBREAKER SCORE. IS IT THIS IS IT. YES. THEY DID INCLUDE THE VOUCHERS.

AND I BELIEVE I WAS SHOWING OUR CITY MANAGER THE PROFORMA. AND WITH THE ASSUMPTIONS OF THE VOUCHERS FROM THE COUNTY. AND SO THE DISTINGUISHING FACTOR HERE IS THAT OUR PROJECT IS THE ONLY ONE FOR SENIORS RIGHT NOW. OF COURSE, WE DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S GOING TO BE ANOTHER ONE THAT COMES OUT OF NOWHERE IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, BUT IT DOESN'T APPEAR LIKE I THINK IT WOULD BE REALLY DIFFICULT TO COME UP WITH ONE THAT QUICKLY, BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO HAVE SITE CONTROL AND ALL THIS OTHER STUFF. AND SO, SO RIGHT NOW, THE THAT, THAT ONE THAT YOU MENTIONED, I THINK WOULD BE IN A DIFFERENT CATEGORY, LIKE IT'D BE UNDER LARGE FAMILY OR, YOU KNOW, IT WOULDN'T BE IN THE SENIOR CATEGORY. SO WE'RE HOPING THAT BY ELEVATING OUR TIEBREAKER PERCENTAGE SCORE THAT THE PROJECT WILL GET FUNDING. SO IF WE WOULD HAVE DONE THIS IN THE FIRST ROUND, DO YOU THINK IT WOULD HAVE MADE A DIFFERENCE? YOU KNOW WHAT I THINK IT WOULD HAVE. DOES THAT WHAT CHELSEA IS SAYING. YES. AND I HAVE ALEX EARL ON THE LINE. AND HE CAN ALSO HELP US ANSWER QUESTIONS. ALEX, ARE YOU THERE? CAN HE BE PROMOTED? ALEX EARL TO SPEAKER, PLEASE LET ME SEE WHAT HE'S SAYING. HE MESSAGED ME RIGHT NOW. HELLO? HE'S ON ZOOM. YEAH.

HEY, ALEX, CAN YOU SEE US AND HEAR US? YEP. GREAT. I CAN'T FIND A WAY TO TURN ON MY CAMERA, BUT YES, I CAN HEAR YOU GUYS. AND I HEARD THE CONVERSATION. SO A COUPLE THINGS TO CLARIFY. ONE, WE THE PROFORMA THAT WAS CIRCULATED JUST PRIOR TO THE MEETING. MAYOR DOES NOT REFLECT PROJECT BASED VOUCHERS. WE DIDN'T FEEL IT WAS RESPONSIBLE TO ASSUME THAT WE ARE RECEIVING THOSE. THERE ARE A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF APPLICANTS FOR THAT VOUCHER PROGRAM. GRANTED, THE COUNTY DOES HAVE OVER 220 VOUCHERS AVAILABLE. IT IT'S REALLY GEARED TOWARDS PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING IN PROJECTS THAT HAVE A FULL TIME SERVICE COORDINATOR. WE SCORE 65 OUT OF A POSSIBLE 115 POINTS, JUST GIVEN THE NATURE OF A SENIOR PROJECT, AND WE BEEFED UP OUR SERVICES. WE'RE ACTUALLY COMMITTING TO OVER 200 HOURS OF A FULL TIME, NOT FULL TIME TO 200 HOURS OF INSTRUCTOR LED CLASSES AND ALSO OVER 100 AND OVER 100 HOURS OF WELLNESS CLASSES FOR THE SENIOR POPULATION THERE. AND THAT GOT US SOME EXTRA POINTS. BUT THE BASELINE PROFORMA THAT WE CIRCULATED FOR THE MEETING IS THAT 75.18% LAST ROUND. I HAVE THE NOTES HERE. LAST ROUND, THE WINNERS WERE AT. LET'S SEE HERE, 84. YEAH. SO COMING UP ON THIS ROUND, THE PROJECT THAT WAS NOT AWARDED WAS LYNNWOOD ROSE, WHICH IS A SPECIAL NEEDS PROJECT. SO THEY'RE IN THEIR OWN SEPARATE CATEGORY. THEY'RE AT 80.068. BUT IF EVERYTHING COMES TO FRUITION BETWEEN THIS DEFERRED IMPACT FEE LOAN AND THE PROJECT BASED VOUCHERS, WE'RE GOING TO BE

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SOMEWHERE AROUND 83, 84%. THE OTHER PROJECT THAT IS A LARGE FAMILY PROJECT, AGAIN SEPARATE FROM SENIORS CATEGORY, WAS FONTANA COURT PLACE AT A 67.84%. AND SO LAST ROUND, THAT PROJECT WAS RIGHT ON OUR HEELS. WE CAME IN AT ROUGHLY 68%. AND SO WE KNOW ALL THESE PROJECTS ARE DOING WHAT THEY CAN, SIMILAR TO US TO INCREASE THEIR TIEBREAKER. WE DID GO AROUND AND ASK ALL OF OUR EXISTING SOURCES BETWEEN COUNTY HOME, THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF DEVELOPMENTAL SERVICES FOR THE INTELLECTUALLY AND DEVELOPMENTALLY DISABLED UNITS, AND ALONG WITH THE INLAND REGIONAL CENTER FOR ADDITIONAL FUNDS. UNFORTUNATELY, THE TIMING DIDN'T WORK OUT FOR THEIR NEXT RFP FOR ADDITIONAL FUNDING. THE CRP FUNDS THAT ARE TIED TO THE ID UNITS, THEIR NEXT RFP COMES OUT IN JULY, AND SO THAT WOULDN'T LINE UP WITH INCREASING OUR TIEBREAKER FOR THE FOR THE 9% ROUND RIGHT NOW. BUT WELL, THANK YOU FOR THE CLARIFICATION BECAUSE SELENA SAID IT WAS INCLUDED IN YOUR ■PERFORMANCE. YOU'RE SAYING IT WAS NOT? NO. SORRY, ALEX. YEAH. BECAUSE ALEX, IF YOU CAN JUST LET THE MAYOR KNOW THAT I HAD SENT TO PERFORMANCE, THERE'S ONE. YEAH.

SHE REACHED OUT TO ONE. SHE TRIED CONTACTING ME, AND I. I WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF A MEETING.

I MEAN, GRANTED, THIS WAS ONLY AN HOUR OR SO BEFORE THE COUNCIL MEETING, SO WE SHE REACHED OUT TO THE COUNTY, WHICH THEY RECEIVED THE APPLICATION PROFORMA, WHICH. YES. WHEN YOU SUBMIT AN APPLICATION FOR VOUCHERS, YOU HAVE TO SHOW THE VOUCHERS IN YOUR PROFORMA.

HOWEVER, FOR THE 9% APPLICATION, WE CAN'T PROCEED WITH THAT ASSUMPTION UNTIL WE HAVE THAT AWARD IN HAND. AND SO THAT'S WHY WE HAVE TWO SEPARATE. UNDERSTOOD. THAT'S WHY I JUST TOOK HER WORD FOR WHAT IT WAS. AND NEXT QUESTION. AND IT REALLY IS DIRECTED TO YOU, MR. CITY MANAGER. IT BECAUSE BECAUSE I SEE THIS AS PRESIDENT CITY AND IT IS IT IS PRECEDENT SETTING.

WE'VE NEVER DONE A $1.1 MILLION DIFF DEFERRAL OVER 55 YEARS. IT'S PRETTY MUCH FREE MONEY. AND THERE'S TWO THINGS THAT THAT ONE IS, WELL IF WE DO IT FOR THEM, WE HAVE THE DOLORES HUERTA APARTMENTS THAT ARE GOING TO ASK AND SAY WE WANTED TO AND WHAT ARE WE GOING TO SAY TO THEM? BECAUSE IF I'M, IF I RECALL CORRECTLY, THOSE LAWS, HUERTA CAME IN HERE AND SAID, HEY, OUR DEVELOPMENT FEE WE UNDER WE WERE OVER BUDGET. WE DIDN'T MAKE OUR REVENUE CITY CAN YOU HELP? AND WE SAID NO. AND SO THE QUESTION IS WHEN THEY GOT PHASE TWO. AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE KVC 24 HOUSES OVER THERE TOO. AND SO MY POINT IS, IS THAT EVERYBODY'S GOING TO SEE THIS AND THEY'RE GOING TO SAY ME TOO. I WANT THE SAME THING. AND WE SHOULD THINK ABOUT THAT BECAUSE THIS IS PRECEDENT SETTING. SO HOW ARE WE GOING TO HANDLE THAT? WHEN I WAS APPROACHED WITH THIS FROM CHELSEA, I KNOW THAT WE DON'T HAVE SENIOR FACILITIES, I THINK. WHAT DID YOU SAY? SIX. WE HAVE SIX, SIX UNITS NOW IS ALL THAT WE HAVE. AND SO IN MY MIND, THAT'S A NEED THAT WE HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO FILL. AND SO BASED UPON THAT, THE PRECEDENT IS THAT WE ARE GOING TO POSSIBLY APPROVE A DEVELOPMENT IMPACT FEE DEFERRAL, BUT THAT WE MAKE THAT AVAILABLE TO OTHER SENIOR PROJECTS BECAUSE WE HAVE A DEFICIT THERE, NOT TO ALL PROJECTS, BUT TO SENIOR PROJECTS, BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE THE. SO ARE WE GOING TO DEVELOP A POLICY THEN THAT SAYS, HEY, THE COUNCIL IS WILLING TO, IN ADDITION TO PUBLIC SAFETY DEFERRAL, BECAUSE WE ALREADY STARTED THAT. RIGHT. AND HERE'S THE INTERESTING THING IS THAT IT'S NOT JUST AFFORDABLE HOUSIN.

PROJECTS HAVE TAKEN ON PUBLIC SAFETY DEFERRAL. NOW WE HAVE MARKET RATE HOUSING THAT WANTS TO TAKE ON PUBLIC SAFETY APARTMENTS, I SHOULD SAY APARTMENTS. AND WE DID THAT. BUT THERE'S NO POLICY. IT'S REALLY AT THE DISCRETION OF LIKE TALK TO THE CITY MANAGER, YOU KNOW.

AND SO OKAY, SO YOU KNOW, FOR A FACT THAT THEY'RE GOING TO ASK, YOU KNOW, AND RIGHTFULLY SO. SO YOU'LL COME BACK WITH A POLICY TO US. YES. THAT'S GOING TO SAY, HEY COUNCIL. WE THINK IT'S A GOOD POLICY TO INCENTIVIZE THE BUILDING OF SENIOR CENTER OR SENIOR HOUSING. YES. IT'S ONLY YES. THAT'S WHAT WE'VE DONE SO FAR. AND I BELIEVE WHEN WE HAD THE DEFERRAL SO FAR WE'RE GOING TO DO IT. NO. BUT YES, MOVING FORWARD AND WITH THE MARKET RATE DEFERRAL AND CFD, IT WASN'T FOR 55 YEARS I THINK IT WAS OVER. YEAH, IT WAS OVER A MUCH SHORTER PERIOD OF TIME. IT WAS SEVEN.

AND THEN I THINK WE AND THEN AND THEN I THINK WE SAID MAYBE, I THINK MAYBE WE ALLOWED FOR 15.

CHELSEA CAME BACK ASKED FOR 15, YOU KNOW. SO WE DID IT AND THEN EVERYBODY ELSE ASKED FOR IT.

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OKAY. SO MY SECOND QUESTION THAT'S THAT'S ON FEES. CAN WE AFFORD IT. YOU KNOW WE'VE WE'VE WE'VE WE'RE USING FEES IN WATER AND SEWER. AND BY THE WAY YOU KNOW WE'RE LOOKING AT THE CHROME SIX. IT'S GOING TO BE $90 MILLION THAT OUR RESIDENTS WILL HAVE TO BOND FOR. YOU KNOW, WE'RE LOOKING AT OPERATION COSTS UPWARDS OF I DON'T KNOW YOU PROBABLY IT'S DAUNTING. BUT THEN YOU ALSO HAVE, YOU KNOW, OTHER PARK EXPANSIONS. WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, MAJOR FACILITIES, ETCETERA. WHERE'S THAT DELTA? LIKE IF WE'RE PUTTING 1.1, IF ANOTHER DEVELOPER, DOLORES HUERTA TWO COMES WITH ALL NOW SENIOR HOUSING AND THEY'RE GOING TO DO 80 UNITS. SO IT'S PROBABLY GOING TO BE 1.7. SO WE'RE LOSING NOW WE'RE OUT. WHAT 2.72.9 MIL. MAYBE CVAC SEES THIS AND SAYS, HEY, WE'RE GOING TO DO THE SAME THING ON THOSE 24 UNITS. THERE'S GOING TO BE ALL SENIOR HOUSING, LIKE, OKAY, SO THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN OUR OUR DEVELOPMENT IMPACT FEES ARE BEING AFFECTED.

AND THEN SO, SO WHAT GIVES. RIGHT. AND THEN IN ABSENCE OF WE KNOW FOR A FACT THE STATE'S FACING AUSTERITY. WE KNOW FOR A FACT NOW THAT, YOU KNOW, TRUMP HAS SIGNED AN EXECUTIVE ORDER THAT ANY SANCTUARY CITIES, YOU KNOW, ARE NOT GOING TO BE GETTING GRANTS. RIGHT. LIKE SO I WANT TO UNDERSTAND AND I WANT THE COUNCIL TO UNDERSTAND WHAT POTENTIALLY IS AT STAKE IF WE DO THIS. AND I'M SOMEONE THAT BELIEVES LIKE, HEY, PUT YOUR MONEY WHERE YOUR MOUTH IS AT, BUILDING AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND INCENTIVIZING IT IS GOOD, BUT JUST KNOW THAT EVERYBODY ELSE IS GOING TO ASK, BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS IN THE DEVELOPMENT WORLD AND YOU'RE GOOD RIGHT NOW WITH THAT. I'M GOOD WITH THAT BECAUSE I KNOW THAT WE HAVE COMMITMENTS ON GRANTS THAT WE'VE RECEIVED, AND WE HAVE SET ASIDES TO BE ABLE TO MATCH THOSE REQUIREMENTS, BUT WE'RE NOT GOING TO DEVELOPMENT IMPACT FEES, THOUGH, WHEN I DON'T LOOK TO THE FUTURE AND THEN BUDGET THOSE REVENUES AS IF THEY'RE COMING IN TO COVER CURRENT EXPENSES, I ONLY TAKE WHAT WE HAVE AND I KNOW WHAT WE HAVE BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW ULTIMATELY WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN WITH DEVELOPMENT. SO RIGHT NOW WE'RE AT A POINT WHERE WE HAVE A PYRAMID POINT. I THINK WE HAVE 134 HOMES LEFT TO BUILD AND THEN PYRAMID RANCH. SORRY, KEEP ON CLIMBING MARIPOSA POINT, RIGHT, AND GET THEM CLOSE ENOUGH. SORRY ABOUT THAT. BUT ANYHOW, I KNOW WE HAVE THAT. WE POSSIBLY HAVE THE CHELSEA APARTMENTS FOR THE SENIORS AND WE ALSO HAVE THE ABODE PROJECT. BUT BEYOND THAT, AND THEN WE HAVE. YEAH, ABODE, WHICH IS APOLLO. WAS IT PALO VERDE? VILLA VERDE? WHAT IS IT? VILLA VERDE? CAN YOU CHANGE THE NAME OF THAT? BUT ANYWAY. BUT BUT JUST ANY. THOSE ARE RIGHT.

BUT THEY'RE ALREADY FUNDED. THEY START IN THE FALL, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN. RIGHT. SO WE DON'T NEED TO WORRY ABOUT THAT. BUT BEYOND THAT, THOUGH, I KNOW THERE'S GOING TO BE FEES COMING IN FROM THOSE. BUT AFTER THAT, UNTIL WE HAVE OUR POWER SITUATION RESOLVED, ACTUALLY, THE WAY IT'S SETTING UP RIGHT NOW IS THAT THEY'RE THE LAST PAYING FEE, BECAUSE WITH THIS DEFERMENT OF 55 YEARS, I'M PROBABLY NOT GOING TO BE ALIVE, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? BUT LIKE, BUT SO BY THE TIME THEY'RE GOING TO COME AND PAY THE CITY. I THINK THE COUNCIL NEEDS TO BE AWARE THAT LIKE, THAT'S THAT'S FREE MONEY. WELL, THERE IS A LOAN. AND IF THEY REFINANCE THEY DO HAVE TO PAY US OR IF THEY SELL IT, THEY HAVE TO PAY US. AND WHAT'S GOING TO END UP HAPPENING, ESPECIALLY IN A LOT OF THE CFD DEFERRALS, WE END UP OWNING A LOT OF PROPERTY AT THE END OF THIS. OKAY. SO 55 YEARS FROM NOW, THE COUNCIL CAN HAVE ASSETS. YES. ALL RIGHT. SO I THINK WHAT'S EQUALLY IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND AND DISCUSS HERE IS THAT WHAT'S THE DEADLINE SELENA JULY 8TH FOR TAX CREDITS. YES JULY 8TH JULY 8TH. AND THEN ALEX, CAN YOU GIVE A LITTLE BIT OF THE HISTORY OF THE APPLICATIONS THAT WERE PROVIDED, THE DATES? AND THEN ALSO, IS THIS THE LAST TIME THAT WE CAN DO THE APPLICATION FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR, AND IF SO, THEN WHEN IS THE NEXT APPLICATION OPENING. AND THEN HOW LONG DOES THAT KICK OUT THE SENIOR HOUSING. YEAH. SO LAST ROUND OR THIS THE PROJECTS THAT WE KNOW WERE UP AGAINST THIS ROUND, AS I MENTIONED ARE LINWOOD ROSE AT 80.068% AND FONTANA COURT PLACED AT 67.42. LAST ROUND. THE WINNERS FOR THE INLAND EMPIRE REGION WERE VILLA VERDE, WHICH YOU GUYS WERE JUST DISCUSSING AT A TIEBREAKER OF 87.25%, AND THEN A SEPARATE SPECIAL NEEDS CATEGORY PROJECT, US VETS E STREET, THAT HAD A TIEBREAKER OF 80.25%. SO THAT GIVES YOU AN IDEA OF WHAT IT TAKES TO WIN JUST BASED ON LAST ROUND IN THE 80S. AFTER THIS ROUND, THERE ARE NO MORE 9% APPLICATIONS

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AVAILABLE IN IN 2025, WE WOULD HAVE TO PUNT UNTIL MARCH OF 2026 WOULD BE THE NEXT AVAILABLE 9% APPLICATION, AT WHICH POINT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE WE'RE COMING TO THE END OF OUR SITE CONTROL PERIOD.

WE WOULD HAVE TO GO BACK TO THE SELLER AND RENEGOTIATE SITE CONTROL. SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S ON THE HORIZON. THIS IS THE THIRD TIME THAT WE WILL HAVE BEEN APPLYING FOR 9% TAX CREDITS. JUST TO GIVE YOU A SENSE OF, YOU KNOW, HOW HOW LONG THIS PROJECT HAS BEEN IN, IN FRUITION AND COMING FORWARD. AND IT'S ALSO, AS I BELIEVE CYNTHIA MENTIONED EARLIER, JUST HOW MUCH PRESSURE WE'RE GETTING FROM STRATEGIC GROWTH COUNCIL IN TERMS OF THE TRANSFORMATIVE CLIMATE COMMUNITIES GRANT. WAS THAT WAS THERE ANOTHER QUESTION THAT YOU HAD, COUNCIL MEMBER DELGADO THAT I MISSED? AND SO HERE'S HERE'S WHERE WHERE I'M AT AND SOME OF THOSE ISSUES THAT THE MAYOR SHARED WERE BROUGHT TO ME AS WELL. AND I AGREE. I MEAN, 55 YEARS IS A LONG TIME OUT, YOU KNOW, AND WHEN ARE WE REALLY GOING TO GET THAT PROPERTY OWNER SHOULD THEY NOT PAY IT BACK? THE PROBLEM THAT I'M FACED WITH IS THAT WE'RE HOW MANY WEEKS OUT. AND SO WHEN WE'RE THIS CLOSE TO A DEADLINE AND I, I REALLY, REALLY, REALLY IT MAKES ME UNCOMFORTABLE WHENEVER WE'RE THIS CLOSE TO DEADLINES BECAUSE AND THEN WE DON'T HAVE THAT MUCH WIGGLE ROOM. WE DON'T, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T HAVE THAT MUCH NEGOTIATING THAT WE CAN DO AT THIS TIME BECAUSE WE NOT THAT WE WAITED, BUT BECAUSE THE DEADLINE IS SO CLOSE AT THIS POINT, YOU KNOW, AND WE'VE WE'VE COME ACROSS THE SITUATION MANY TIMES IN THE YEARS THAT I'VE SERVED ON COUNCIL IS THAT WE HAVE THINGS THAT ARE BROUGHT BEFORE US, AND THEN THERE'S A DEADLINE. AND SO IT'S EITHER, YOU KNOW, WE KILL THE WHOLE PROJECT OR WE ACCEPT IT AND WE MOVE FORWARD. IF WE SAY NO, THEN NOW SENIOR HOUSING HAS TO BE PUSHED OUT AN ENTIRE YEAR OUT. AND THEN THE PROPERTY OWNER. I'M NOT SURE IF SHE'S STILL GOING TO BE WILLING TO SELL THAT PROPERTY. AND SO FOR SOME THAT ARE KIND OF LISTENING IN WHERE THE APARTMENTS ARE GOING TO, THERE'S AN OWNER OF THAT LAND. AND SO SHE'S BEEN WAITING. HOW LONG UNTIL THIS APPLICATION PROCESS IS OVER AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER. AND THIS IS A WOMAN THAT'S, YOU KNOW, SHE'S SHE'S A SENIOR. AND SO THIS IS HER INCOME. YOU KNOW, SHE MUST BE MAYBE, YOU KNOW, LATE 60S, EARLY 70S IS WHO THE PROPERTY OWNER IS SO THAT EVERYONE UNDERSTANDS THIS IS HER PROPERTY. THIS IS HER LIFE SAVINGS. THIS IS ALL SHE HAS.

AND SO WHEN WE'RE HOLDING IT AND WE'RE HOLDING IT AND WE'RE HOLDING IT, THEN SHE'S NOT ABLE TO RETIRE AND DO WHAT SHE WANTS TO. AND WHATEVER DREAMS AND GOALS THAT SHE HAS. SO THIS IS WHERE SHE'S AT. SHE'S KIND OF STUCK FOR A BIT. AND THEN YOU HAVE ALL THE CO-APPLICANTS HOW MANY CO-APPLICANTS DO WE HAVE FOR THE SIXTH STREET SENIORS? IT'S JUST PACIFIC SOUTHWEST COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, WHICH IS THE NONPROFIT ARM UNDER CHELSEA INVESTMENT CORPORATION. SO THAT'S THAT'S WHERE WE'RE AT. AND WHAT MAKES ME UNCOMFORTABLE, TO BE HONEST, IS THAT WE WAITED THIS LONG WERE IT PUTS US IN A SITUATION THAT WHAT SO WE YOU KNOW, WE SAY NO AND THEN WE DEFER HOUSING WHEN WE KNOW SENIOR HOUSING AND NECESSITY. IN THE CITY OF COACHELLA, HOW MANY SENIORS LIVE IN THE CITY OF COACHELLA? YOU KNOW, HOW MANY OF THEIR PARENTS ARE LIVING IN THE GARAGE OR IN AN EXTRA CASITA THAT THEY'RE THAT THEY HAVE PUT IN THEIR HOME BECAUSE THEY CAN'T AFFORD TO GO ANYWHERE ELSE? THEY CAN'T AFFORD TO MAINTAIN THEIR OWN PROPERTY. YOU KNOW, THEY WANT TO BE ABLE TO LIVE IN A COMMUNITY THAT GIVES THEM A GOOD QUALITY OF LIFE. THAT'S WHAT THEY WANT. THEY JUST WANT TO BE ABLE TO RETIRE AND ENJOY THEIR LIVES. AND SO THIS IS A QUESTION THAT WE GET ALL THE TIME. AND WHEN WE DID THE GROUNDBREAKING FOR THE APARTMENTS A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, SOME OF THE SENIORS, BECAUSE THE SENIORS ALWAYS SHOW UP, THEY WERE ASKING ME IS, YOU KNOW, CAN I APPLY FOR THE APARTMENTS THAT WERE THERE? AND MY ANSWER TO THEM IS, YOU KNOW, THIS THE APPLICATION TO BE PUT ON THE WAIT LIST IS NO LONGER AVAILABLE. AND THE REALITY IS, I TOLD HER, IS WE GOT THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE WHO ARE APPLYING AND ONLY ABOUT 100 THEN GET AWARDED OR GET TOLD THAT THEY CAN COME IN. SO I SAID, HEY, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A SENIOR HOUSING COMING IN. AND SHE'S LIKE, WELL, WHEN IS IT? I WAS LIKE, I DON'T I DON'T HAVE AN ANSWER. I DON'T, BECAUSE WE KEEP GOING OVER AND OVER AND NOW WE'RE IN THE THIRD APPLICATION. AND SO WHAT I AM GOING TO SAY, AND I AGREE WITH THE MAYOR ABOUT THE 55 YEARS OUT, I REALLY DO AGREE WITH YOU. BUT IT GETS TO THE POINT THAT, OKAY, SO WE SAY NO THEN THEN WE DELAY IT, BUT I DO, I DO. THAT'S NOT WHAT I'M SAYING. NO, NO. BUT HOLD ON, I, I DO SUPPORT THOUGH,

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AND I AGREE WITH YOU ABOUT PUTTING A POLICY FORWARD BECAUSE IT DOES. THE CRITERIA DOES NEED TO BE PLACED THERE TO MAKE SURE THAT OTHER FOLKS IN DIFFERENT TYPES OF AGENCIES, OR WHATEVER TYPE OF HOUSING OR APARTMENTS THEY WANT TO PUT IN, THAT IT'S MADE VERY CLEAR THAT THIS IS ONLY FOR SENIOR HOUSING BECAUSE IT'S A NEED AND WHATEVER OTHER CRITERIA NEEDS TO BE PUT ON THERE. BUT I, I HAD HOPE THAT THERE WAS MORE WIGGLE ROOM WHERE, WHERE WE DIDN'T HAVE TO APPROVE IT THE WAY IT IS. AND I WAS MADE AWARE OF IT MAYBE LIKE THREE WEEKS, THREE WEEKS AGO.

PRIOR TO THIS, I DID NOT KNOW THAT THESE CONVERSATIONS WERE BEING HAD. I WAS NOT INCLUDED. I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT WAS BEING ASKED. I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT REQUIREMENTS WERE BEING ASKED.

AND SO THIS IS WHEN IT'S IMPORTANT AS WELL IS THAT AS COUNCIL, WE'RE GETTING UPDATED AND PRESENTED SO THAT WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE HOLDING PEOPLE ACCOUNTABLE WHILE ALSO NOT LOSING SENIOR HOUSING. SO THAT'S WHERE I'M AT. TO ME IT'S LIKE, WELL, WHAT DO WE DO AT THIS POINT? WE GOT, YOU KNOW, WE GOT A FEW WEEKS WHERE WE HAVE THAT THAT DEADLINE. I MY COMMENTS ARE MEANT THAT IF YOU DO THIS, OTHERS ARE GOING TO ASK FOR THE SAME. AND, YOU KNOW, MAYOR PRO TEM SAYS THAT, THAT IF WE DON'T DO THIS, IT'S SOMEBODY'S GOING TO LOSE THEIR RETIREMENT. WELL, THAT OPENS UP A CAN OF WORMS BECAUSE OTHER PEOPLE NEED TO RETIRE, TOO. NO, I SAID SENIOR HOUSING. WELL, YEAH, BUT YOU SAID YOU SAID SOMEBODY THAT HELD ON TO THIS LAND AND THAT IF HE SHE DOESN'T GET THIS PROJECT DONE, THAT SHE'S NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO RETIRE. IT'S NOT OUR JOB TO RETIRE PEOPLE. WE'RE NOT IN THAT BUSINESS. OUR JOB IS TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT WE'RE FISCALLY SOUND. AND MY POINTS ABOUT WHAT I'M ASKING YOU, BILL, IS, IS ONE, BRING BACK A POLICY SO THAT WE DON'T GET WE'RE GOING TO GET EVERYBODY SAYING, I WANT THE SAME DEAL. SO THEN IF WE IF THE COUNCIL'S PRIORITY IS TO SAY WE WANT TO SUPPORT IT ONLY FOR SENIOR HOUSING, AND THEN WE SHOULD SET A LIMIT. THIS IS 54 THREE UNITS. WHAT DO WE WANT TO BUILD 100, 150. BECAUSE WE ALSO GET TO A DELTA WHERE THERE'S IMPACTS ON WATER. THERE'S IMPACTS ON SEWER BY THE WAY. LIKE HAVE YOU SEEN THE SENIOR CENTER. YOU GO OVER THERE, THEY'RE AT THE SEAMS. AND IN THOSE DEVELOPMENT IMPACT FEES, THERE'S ALSO FEES THAT GO FOR EXPANSIONS OF FACILITIES. WHAT WE DON'T HAVE THE DEVELOPMENT IMPACT FEES. WELL GUESS WHERE THEY'RE GOING TO COME. THEY'RE GOING TO COME TO ASK US FOR GENERAL FUND MONEY SO THAT WE CAN EXPAND. AND WHAT WE'RE SAYING TODAY, OR ACTUALLY WHAT WE'VE BEEN SAYING RECENTLY IS THAT, OH, WE'RE IN A BUDGET DEFICIT, SO THERE NEEDS TO IT NEEDS TO BE THOUGHT OUT LIKE, OKAY, LIKE IF WE'RE GOING TO IF WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON SOMETHING, CERTAINLY, YOU KNOW, SHOULDN'T BE IF SOMEBODY'S RETIREMENT, BUT IT SHOULD BE WHAT OUR PRIORITIES. WE WANT TO BUILD 100 UNITS. AND YOU KNOW, DOLORES HUERTA IS GOING TO COME. THEY'LL CHANGE THEIR WHOLE PERFORMANCE AND SAY, WE'RE GOING TO BUILD ANOTHER 47 UNITS OF SENIOR HOUSING, WATCH THEM, BECAUSE EVERYBODY'S GOING TO DO IT. SO THAT'S MY POINT, IS THAT BE CAREFUL WHAT THE PRESIDENT'S HEADING. AND THEN WHAT ARE WE THINKING ABOUT AS A POLICY. SO THAT'S WHERE I'M AT. AND SO I'LL MOTION TO APPROVE THIS. BUT I'LL ADD THAT YOU COME BACK WITH THE POLICY IN THE NEXT 60 DAYS, AND THAT YOU LET THE COUNCIL STIPULATE WHAT, HOW MANY UNITS WE WANT TO SEE. IF IT'S 100, THEN LET'S BUILD 100. THAT'S 150. LET'S BUILD 150. BUT I DON'T WANT THIS. LIKE I DON'T THINK THE CITY SHOULD HAVE THIS, LIKE, NEVER ENDING DEAL WHERE WE HAVE DEVELOPERS THAT HAVE OVER $160 MILLION OF ASSETS AND CAN COME UP WITH $1.1 MILLION. SO I WANT TO CORRECT, BECAUSE MY WORDS HAVE BEEN TWISTED. IN NO WAY AM I SAYING, HEY, LET'S HOLD IT ALL UP FOR ONE RESIDENT. WHAT I AM SAYING IS THAT SENIORS ARE BEING IMPACTED HERE. SO NOT ONLY IS A HOUSING NOT BEING ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD, BUT ALSO THE PERSON WHO HAPPENS TO OWN THE PROPERTY IS ALSO A SENIOR.

THEY'RE ALL SENIORS AND ADDITIONALLY IT'S NOT. ON SPECULATION TO HER. 20 YEARS AGO, STEVEN WAS I KNOW, I KNOW WHO OWNS IT, AND I TOLD HER THE SAME THING WHEN SHE CAME AND TOLD ME. I SAID, YOU BOUGHT IT ON SPEC AND CONGRATULATIONS, YOU KNOW? YEAH. SO I'M NOT SAYING I'M AGAINST IT, BUT I DON'T I AND I DON'T AGREE WITH TREATING PEOPLE THAT WAY REGARDLESS OF HOW THEY PURCHASED IT IS NONE OF MY BUSINESS. IT REALLY ISN'T, AND NEITHER SHOULD IT BE ANYBODY ELSE'S HERE. THAT'S THAT'S. YOU BROUGHT IT UP. WHAT I AM SAYING, THOUGH, IS THAT WHAT I MADE A POINT OF IS THAT IT KEEPS GETTING DEFERRED. AND SO WHAT ALEX IS SAYING IS THAT, HEY,

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WE'RE RUNNING INTO THIS DEADLINE WITH THAT PROPERTY OWNER TO WHERE WE'RE GOING TO LOSE IT ALL TOGETHER, AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO LOSE THE GRANT AS WELL. THEY DIDN'T GET DEFERRED. THEY LOST.

THIS IS THE THIRD TIME THEY'RE GOING BACK. SO THERE'S THE COUNCIL HAS BEEN TRYING TO MOVE THIS PROJECT FORWARD. WE WENT OUT. WE WROTE A GREAT TCC APPLICATION. RIGHT SELENA. YES 8.3 MILLION. GOT THEM. NOW WE'RE GOING TO BE 1.1 MORE. AND THEN HOW MUCH IN THE CFD DEFERRAL.

WHAT ANOTHER 700,000. YEAH ABOUT SEVEN. SO WE'RE WE'RE GOING TO BE ALL IN 9.7 WITH THEM. LIKE WE'RE A GOOD PARTNER. IT'S ALL I'M SAYING THAT IS THAT IS THAT WE NEED TO THINK THROUGH THESE POLICIES. THAT'S THAT'S THE POINT. WELL, NOT JUST THAT THERE'S A MOTION, NOT JUST THAT MAYOR, BUT YOU'RE ALSO GOING AFTER SOMEONE FOR WHICH IS COMPLETELY UNNECESSARY. IT REALLY ISN'T. YOU KNOW, YOU'VE HIGHLIGHTED HER, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER. YOU KNOW, YOU GUYS KNOW ABOUT EACH OTHER IS REALLY NONE OF MY CONCERN. YOU BROUGHT IT UP AND YOU SAID THAT WE SHOULD BE CONCERNED WITH SOMEBODY'S RETIREMENT. I CAN REPLAY THE MESSAGE. AND I DON'T BELIEVE THAT THAT'S THAT'S THAT'S OUR JOB. THANK YOU. MAYOR, JUST A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. GUYS HAVE HAD THE FLOOR FOR A MINUTE. FOR A MINUTE THERE. BUT. WHY WASN'T THIS BROUGHT UP SOONER OR DID THEY JUST RECENTLY WERE THEY TOLD, HEY, YOU DIDN'T MEET THE CRITERIA. YOU DIDN'T GET THIS TAX CREDIT? IS THAT HOW IT HAPPENED OR WHY? WHY ARE WE JUST SEEING THIS NOW? ACTUALLY, THE STAFF HAS BEEN WORKING DILIGENTLY WITH CHELSEA INVESTMENT CORPORATION ACROSS TIME. ACTUALLY, WE BEGAN WORKING ON FORMULATING AN AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT PROJECT IN ROUND FOUR. SO THAT'S LIKE THREE, FOUR YEARS AGO NOW. AND THEN ROUND FIVE, WE PUT THIS TOGETHER. AND SO BUT ALL ALONG THEY HAVE BEEN BRINGING THEY'VE BEEN WORKING CLOSELY WITH COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, MYSELF, OUR CITY MANAGERS, DOCTOR GABRIEL MARTIN WHEN HE WAS HERE AND NOW MR. WILLIAM PATTISON. SO THEY'VE BEEN, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO AGAIN GET TO THE THINGS THAT ARE GOING TO HELP THEM, YOU KNOW, INCREASE THEIR TIEBREAKER SCORE. AND SO WE'VE SPANNED THE GAMUT FROM REMOVING CERTAIN ARCHITECTURAL DETAILS TO SIMPLIFYING THINGS TO AGAIN, LIKE SO WE'VE DONE A LOT WE'VE DONE A LOT MORE. YES. AND IT'S BEEN IT'S BEEN QUITE A BIT. AND THEY WERE NOTIFIED FROM TCAC LIKE ALEX WAS AT IN MAY THAT WE GOT THE NOTIFICATION. YES, YES. SO IN MAY THEY NOTIFIED EVERYONE, HEY YOU DIDN'T MAKE IT AFTER ALL. SO THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE SUBMIT JULY 8TH, ON JULY 22ND, WE PROBABLY WILL HEAR FROM THE KINGDOM PEOPLE AND THEY'LL TELL US WHAT THE SIMULATED RESULTS COULD LOOK LIKE. AND SO WE'LL KNOW RIGHT AWAY IF THE PROJECT WILL GET FUNDED OR NOT. AND USUALLY THAT'S JUST A SIMULATION. IT'S NOT ACCURATE. IT'S AN APPROXIMATION. AND BUT IT'S USUALLY PRETTY ACCURATE. SO IF THEY RELEASE THE RESULTS AND THEY TELL YOU YOU DIDN'T MAKE IT, WE'LL KNOW RIGHT AWAY. AND SO BUT ALEX, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO SHARE THE HISTORY. WELL, JUST TO ANSWER COUNCIL MEMBER VERN'S QUESTION DIRECTLY, THIS SPECIFIC ITEM JUST CAME UP MOST RECENTLY WITHIN THE PAST FEW WEEKS, JUST AS A KIND OF AN OUTSIDE OF THE BOX IDEA, THINKING, WHAT ELSE CAN WE DO TO INCREASE THE TIEBREAKER? AFTER I GOT BASICALLY NO'S FROM ALL OF OUR EXISTING SOURCES ON ON INCREASING THEIR, THEIR FUNDS, YOU KNOW, WE WENT BACK TO THE CITY STAFF AND SAID, YOU KNOW WHAT? WHAT ELSE CAN WE DO? WE ALL KIND OF WE MET SEVERAL TIMES THINKING, TRY TO COME UP WITH IDEAS. AND EVENTUALLY THE DEFERRED IMPACT FEE LOAN CAME UP AFTER WE HAVE ALREADY COME BEFORE COUNCIL, MOST RECENTLY ABOUT A MONTH OR SO AGO TO INCREASE THE CFD DEFERRAL LOAN. SINCE FEES HAVE GONE UP SINCE THAT COMMITMENT LETTER WAS MADE BACK IN 2023. SO IT WAS IT WAS JUST AN IDEA THAT UNFORTUNATELY DIDN'T COME TO FRUITION UNTIL, YOU KNOW, THIS LATE IN THE GAME WITH TWO WEEKS COMING UP TO THE APPLICATION. SO IT WASN'T INTENDED TO BE A, YOU KNOW, PUT YOU GUYS IN A, IN A BOX AND NOT HAVE THE ABILITY TO NEGOTIATE.

IT WAS JUST A, AN IDEA THAT CAME UP AT THE LAST MINUTE THAT WE'RE JUST WE'RE OUT OF IDEAS. AND YEAH, THIS IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE THOUGHT MIGHT MIGHT BE POSSIBLE. UNDERSTOOD. SO WERE THERE ANY OTHER OPTIONS, ANYTHING ELSE THAT CAME UP? I MEAN, HE JUST MENTIONED THAT YOU GUYS WERE DISCUSSING THIS FURTHER. WAS THERE ANYTHING ELSE THAT CAME UP? YEAH, JUST THE LOWERING THE CEILING HEIGHT. AND ALSO WHAT WAS THE OTHER ITEM? ALEX. THE THERE WAS NO BALCONIES. YEAH. WARM SHELL, THE UTILITY POLES. YEAH. THE BALCONIES, THE CEILING HEIGHT.

AND WE KEPT THE WARM SHELL. WE REMOVED THE REQUIREMENT FOR THE UTILITY POLES BEING MOVED. I THINK IT WAS ABOUT 600,000, WHICH HELPED THEM. AND THE DEVELOPMENT IMPACT FEE. AND WE KNEW THAT WE NEEDED TO GET CLOSE TO 80% TO BE COMPETITIVE. AND SO HE WORKED THE NUMBERS BASED UPON

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RECOMMENDATIONS. THEY WANTED TO REMOVE THE WARM SHELL, TOO, AND WE KEPT THAT IN. THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT. AND YOU DIDN'T LIKE THE CEILING HEIGHTS, TOO? YOU DIDN'T YOU DIDN'T LEFT THOSE.

YOU LEFT THOSE HOUSES. YEAH. AND DID ALL OF OUR DEPARTMENTS TAKE A LOOK AT THIS, EVERYONE WHO IS INVOLVED TO SEE HOW THIS WOULD IMPACT LIKE WATER AND SEWER, ALL OF THAT HAVE ALL HAVE THEY TAKEN A LOOK AT ALL OF THIS? ARE THEY AWARE. YES. YEAH. AND ANDREW WAS ALSO INVOLVED WITH IT AS WELL.

ANDREW WAS INVOLVED. YES. OKAY. WELL IT'S I UNDERSTAND YOU KNOW WE'RE WE'RE CUTTING IT SHORT.

AND I AGREE WITH MY COLLEAGUES. SENIOR HOUSING IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT. HOUSING IN GENERAL IS IMPORTANT. I KNOW WE ARE FACING, YOU KNOW, TOUGH TIMES RIGHT NOW THROUGHOUT THE STATE. BUT IT IS DIFFICULT WHEN WE RELY ON ON SOME OF THIS. AND, YOU KNOW, I AGREE WITH MY COLLEAGUES. IT'S IT PUTS US IN A VERY DIFFICULT SITUATION. SO IT'S UNFORTUNATE THAT WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF TIME TO TAKE A LOOK AT OTHER OPTIONS. BUT ONE THING THAT I WANT TO POINT OUT FOR THE FOLKS THAT ARE HERE AND THAT ARE LISTENING TO, IS THAT THIS ISN'T JUST SOMETHING THAT WE'RE NOW SEEING AS AN OPTION OR THAT WE HAVEN'T WORKED WITH THIS DEVELOPER. WE'VE WORKED A LOT. WE'VE, YOU KNOW, GONE BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD AND MADE SOME CHANGES AS A CITY REQUIREMENTS. WE'VE TAKEN THINGS. WE'VE REMOVED THINGS. SO IT'S NOT LIKE WE KIND OF JUST LET THEM OUT ON THEIR OWN. WE DID NOT. WE ARE TRYING WE DO A VERY GOOD JOB, I THINK, IN OUR STAFF DOES A GOOD JOB AT TRYING TO HELP THE DEVELOPERS AND ENSURE THAT THEY CAN HAVE THEIR PROJECTS, AND YOU KNOW THAT THEIR PROJECTS WORK OUT. SO THIS ISN'T, YOU KNOW, UNFORTUNATELY, IT'S THE WAY IT WORKS, THE TAX CREDITS AND THE APPLICATIONS. YEAH, THEY'RE VERY THEY'RE I'M SURE THEY'RE VERY TEDIOUS AND THEY'RE VERY COMPETITIVE. BUT I THINK WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO MAKE A DECISION ON WHETHER WE'RE GOING TO, YOU KNOW, DO THIS NOW OR HOW THIS IS GOING TO WORK BECAUSE YOU'RE SUBMITTING THIS JULY 8TH. HOW MUCH TIME DO WE HAVE? WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF TIME. SO IT'S UNFORTUNATE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE IN THIS SITUATION RIGHT NOW, BUT WE DO NEED SENIOR HOUSING. I WILL SAY THAT AND A LOT. WE HAVE BEEN TELLING A LOT OF OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS THIS IS COMING. THIS IS COMING. AND SOMEBODY BROUGHT IT UP. I DON'T KNOW WHICH ONE OF MY COLLEAGUES, BUT YEAH, WHEN WE HAD THE RIBBON CUTTING RECENTLY, A LOT OF OUR SENIOR COMMUNITY WAS ASKING ABOUT THIS. SO JUST KEEP THAT IN MIND. BUT FOR THE FOLKS THAT ARE LISTENING TO US, YOU KNOW, WE DID WE ARE WORKING DILIGENTLY WITH THIS DEVELOPER. AND WE HAVE IN MANY WAYS, AND OUR PLANNING COMMISSION HAS TAKEN A LOOK AT IT TOO. SO THE OTHER THING TOO, AND THIS IS IMPORTANT AND THIS IS WHAT I THINK. SELENA, I'M NOT SURE STRUCTURALLY IN THE ORGANIZATION WHO IS WORKING WITH, YOU KNOW, OUR OUR HOUSING DEVELOPERS ON THE MANAGEMENT. RIGHT. AND, AND WHAT'S IMPORTANT IS THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE FOUR ASSETS. BY THE TIME THEY'RE DONE. THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE $200 MILLION INVESTED IN COACHELLA. AND THE CITY HAS SKIN IN THE GAME WHERE THEIR BANK. RIGHT. LIKE $55 MILLION DEFERMENT OF 1.1 MILLION. I WANT THAT DEAL, YOU KNOW, BUT WE'RE THE BANK. SO THEN SO THEN THE NEXT QUESTION HAS TO BE IS, IS WHAT'S THE ADD BACK IN THE COMMUNITY LIKE? AND HOW DO THEY ARTICULATE HOW THEY'RE A GOOD COMMUNITY PARTNER. YOU KNOW. AND YOU KNOW, LAST WEEK WE HAD 500 YOU KNOW FEDERAL AGENTS COME THROUGH HERE. AND THERE'S A LOT OF FEAR IN TOWN, YOU KNOW. AND I SAW KVCC, FOR EXAMPLE. THEY JUST DID A BIG EVENT AND THEY HAD THEIR THEY HAD THEIR CUSTODIANS AND FOLKS, THEY WERE ON THE LOOKOUT AND THEY SAID, HEY, IN CASE SOMEBODY COMES IN, THEY'RE GOING TO LOCK THE DOOR AND SAY, HEY, WE DESERVE THE RIGHT TO NOT OPEN THE DOOR FOR YOU. I'VE SEEN, YOU KNOW, FOR EXAMPLE, THERE'S STILL VACANT BUILDINGS OUT THERE. AND, YOU KNOW, WE'VE HAD A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT USERS THAT WANT TO BUY SPACE AND THEY'RE TRYING TO NEGOTIATE DIFFERENT LEASE SPACES, ETC. LIKE, LIKE, YOU KNOW, HOW CHELSEA BECOMING A COMMUNITY PARTNER IN OUR TOWN. AND I THINK THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT. YOU KNOW, ALEX, YOU'RE ON HERE. YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, WHAT IS WHAT IS YOUR COMMITMENT TO THIS COMMUNITY LOOK LIKE. AND YOU NEED TO ASK YOUR BOSSES, ASK YOUR BOSSES OF HOW YOU'RE GOING TO ENGAGE IN CIVICS IN TERMS OF, YOU KNOW, BEING A PART OF THIS COMMUNITY AND SUPPORTING OTHER NONPROFITS.

YOU KNOW, YOU THERE'S CONVERSATIONS OF AUSTERITY AND EVENTS THAT MAYBE NEED TO BE CUT BACK, ETC. AND LIKE, YOU GOT SOME SKIN IN THE GAME FROM US, SO WHAT'S THE FUTURE LOOK LIKE?

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AND THOSE AND THESE ARE ALL VALID THINGS TO ASK RIGHT NOW BECAUSE YOU'RE ASKING, YOU KNOW, AND VERY, VERY IMPORTANT THAT NOT ONLY THEM GOT FOUR PROJECTS UPWARDS OF WHAT DO YOU THINK, 350 UNITS, 400 UNITS NOW SELENA. YEAH. ABOUT BECAUSE JUST BETWEEN THE TWO RIGHT THERE. THAT'S LIKE 240 TO 40 PLUS 54, NOT 300. THEN THE ONE CESAR CHAVEZ, WE'RE WE'RE ABOUT 400 UNITS, ALMOST 400 UNITS. YOU KNOW, THIS PROJECT WILL BRING SOME SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE FOR THE CITY. AND SO WE'RE HOPING THE SENIOR CITIZENS VOTED FOR A LIKE A SENIOR BUS THAT WILL BUS THEM FROM THE PROPERTY THERE, OR MAYBE IT WILL BE A TROLLEY OR SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, THAT CAN GO AROUND THE DOWNTOWN AND KIND OF BUS PEOPLE AROUND AND GET THEM TO THE TCC RELATED TCC. SO THAT'S US AGAIN, THAT'S THE FEDERAL. I'M ASKING THEM WHAT IS THEIR COMMITMENT TO OUR COMMUNITY. AND THAT'S MAYBE A CONVERSATION THAT I CAN HAVE WITH THEM AS A MAYOR AND OTHERS HERE AND SAY, ALL RIGHT, WHAT'S YOUR PROGRAMING LOOK LIKE TO THIS COMMUNITY? WHAT'S THE BUY IN? YOU KNOW, YOU GOT A LOT OF ASSETS. MAYBE WE SHOULD HAVE BEEN ASKING, YOU KNOW, BEFORE, BUT ALL FAIR QUESTIONS TO ASK THEM. YEAH. BECAUSE KVCC DOES THAT LIKE. ALEX, ARE YOU A HOMETOWN KID? YOU'RE THE PROJECT MANAGER? SURE. YEAH. WELL, YOU YOU OWN A HOUSE HERE IN COACHELLA. I DON'T YET, NOT YET, DON'T YET. BUT YOU SHOULD. YEAH.

YOU SHOULD. RIGHT? YEAH. WE YOU KNOW, AS YOU KNOW, WE'VE, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY, HAVE WORKED ON SEVERAL PROJECTS THERE. THE SUNLINE BUS HUB WAS A HUGE ONE. YOU KNOW, THE RESTORATION OF SIXTH STREET THAT WAS PART OF THE INFILL INFRASTRUCTURE GRANT, YOU KNOW, AND PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY. BUT, YOU KNOW, WE VALUE ALL OF OUR ALL THAT WORK AS A PARTNERSHIP AND, AND PART OF OUR HELP WITH THE COMMUNITY THERE IN TERMS OF FUTURE WORK. YOU KNOW, I, I MOST RECENTLY MET WITH LYFT TO RISE AND PLAN ON ENGAGING MORE WITH THEIR ORGANIZATION AND JOINING SOME OF THEIR MONTHLY WORKSHOPS IN TERMS OF MEETING WITH OTHER DEVELOPERS IN THE AREA. AND, YOU KNOW, AS YOU KNOW, AS YOU MENTIONED, WE HAVE QUITE THE FOOTPRINT WITHIN THE CITY OF COACHELLA, BUT WE'D BE HAPPY TO ENGAGE IN FURTHER CONVERSATIONS AND GET FEEDBACK ON WHAT, YOU KNOW, COUNCIL AND MAYOR WOULD LIKE TO SEE IN TERMS OF, YOU KNOW, FUTURE ENGAGEMENT AND CIVIC STEWARDSHIP. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. I HAVE A MOTION OUT THERE THAT WE'LL APPROVE THIS, BUT WITH A CAVEAT THAT. A POLICY BE BROUGHT BACK TO THE COUNCIL, THAT SPECIFICALLY LOOKING AT HOW MUCH WE WANT TO DEFER AND PARTICIPANTS SPECIFICALLY FOR SENIOR HOUSING, LET THE COUNCIL SET THE NUMBER. AND I THINK THAT'S THAT'S FAIR. AND WE CAN FIGURE OUT WHAT THE LONG TERM IMPACT IS GOING TO BE TO OUR COMMUNITY. THAT'S MY MOTION. I KNOW YOU HAVE A LETTER FROM LEFT TO RIGHT. WE DO, AND I'M JUST GOING TO READ IT INTO THE RECORD WE RECEIVED, NOT READ THE LETTER, JUST STATE THAT WE RECEIVED A LETTER FROM IAN GABRIEL, DIRECTOR OF COLLECTIVE IMPACT FROM LYFT TO RISE FOR THIS ITEM. IS THERE A SECOND? ARE THEY IN SUPPORT OF THE ITEM? YES, YES, I'LL GO AHEAD. AND SECOND, I'LL TAKE ROLL. COUNCIL MEMBER PEREZ. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. FIGUEROA. AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER. NGUYEN. AYE. MAYOR PRO TEM DELGADO. YES. MAYOR HERNANDEZ I WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER 16. THIS IS APPROVING JOB TITLE CHANGE AND APPROVING THE EXECUTIVE COLA OF 4%. GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL MEMBERS. THE ITEM BEFORE YOU.

WE'VE MADE SOME CHANGES IN STAFF. AND ANDREW WAS ACTUALLY PROMOTED INTO. WELL IT'S KIND OF A LATERAL BUT A PROMOTION ALSO HE'S TAKING ON MORE WORK AS WE TALKED ABOUT AT THE LAST MEETING. BUT HE'S GOING TO BE THE PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR SLASH CITY ENGINEER. AND SO WE'RE GOING TO FREEZE THE CITY ENGINEER POSITION. AND WHAT I'M ASKING FOR IS TO RAISE HIS SALARY TO EQUAL TO WHAT THE FINANCE DIRECTOR POSITION IS. WE ALSO HAVE A. THE TITLE CHANGE FROM ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR TO COMMUNITY SERVICES DIRECTOR. THE MAYOR MADE A GREAT POINT AT THE LAST MEETING STATING THAT WITH EVERYTHING THAT MORITZ WAS DOING AND ALSO THE FORMER PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR AND WHAT HE DOES IS THE CITY ENGINEER, WE'RE LOADED HIM UP WITH QUITE A BIT. AND SO I TOOK THAT INTO CONSIDERATION. AND AT ONE POINT THE CITY DID HAVE A COMMUNITY SERVICES DIRECTOR, AND I WOULD LIKE TO CHANGE SELENA'S TITLE TO THAT, BECAUSE SELENA DOES A GREAT JOB WITH OUTREACH. I THINK SHE CAN DO GREAT WITH EVENTS. SHE CAN DO GREAT WITH THE RECS DEPARTMENT. WE HAVE AN RFP THAT'S OUT THERE FOR SOCCER THAT SHE'S GOING TO HAVE TO JUMP INTO THE MIDDLE TO, AND I KNOW THAT SHE'S GOT STAFF AND THE ABILITY TO DO SO. WE'RE GOING TO SHARE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES RATHER THAN JUST BEING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN ONE DEPARTMENT. I LIKE THE WAY THAT WE KIND OF APPROACHED IT WHEN WE WERE AT THIS LAST YEAR,

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WHERE MYSELF, THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, THE INTERIM COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR, WHO IS NOW THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR, KEN, KENDRA AND SELENA, WE ALL TOOK ON THAT THAT JOB WHEN WE WERE AT ICSC, BECAUSE EACH OF US BRING A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE. WE BOTH HAVE. WE ALL HAVE KNOWLEDGE IN DIFFERENT THINGS. AND SO I THINK TOGETHER, WORKING ON THAT AS A TEAM IS MORE EFFECTIVE THAN DOING IT AS AN INDIVIDUAL. I THINK WE'RE GOING TO BE MORE EFFECTIVE THAT WAY. ALSO, WITHIN THIS PROPOSAL, IT'S THE MOU. AND THE MAYOR'S TALKED ABOUT AUSTERITY, AND I'VE MET WITH THE GROUP. IN FACT, AFTER I WAS APPOINTED, WE ALL HAD A MEETING THE NEXT DAY AND I LET THEM KNOW THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE FREEZING THE COLAS TO THE EXECUTIVE GROUP. IT'S ABOUT A $30,000 SAVINGS TO THE GENERAL FUND, BUT ABOUT $60,000 TOTAL BECAUSE WE ALLOCATE THOSE SALARIES ACROSS GENERAL FUND, WATER AND SANITARY. AND SO THAT'S ALSO WITHIN HERE. SO WITH THAT, IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS THE COUNCIL I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER THOSE. OTHERWISE I'D ASK THAT THE COUNCIL AMEND THE MOU WITH THE MANAGEMENT GROUP FOR THIS YEAR. SO DO YOU HAVE YOU HAVE TWO SEPARATE ITEMS AND ONE MY THING IS LIKE IF WE CAN REVISE THE BUDGET AGAIN, HOLD OFF ON SAYING NO OR SAYING YES TO THE COLAS UNTIL WE CAN REVISE THE BUDGET AGAIN. I DON'T KNOW IF WE'RE ABLE TO BRING IT BACK OR SEPARATE THE TWO. I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S IF THAT'S POSSIBLE. OKAY, THAT IS POSSIBLE. YOU CAN SEPARATE THEM I LIKE THAT. SO I WOULD LIKE TO HOLD OFF ON, ON, ON, ON THE COLAS UNTIL WE CAN LOOK AT THE BUDGET AGAIN AND DETERMINE WHERE OUR SHORTFALLS ARE. AND THEN IF IN THE END IT HAS TO HAPPEN, THEN, THEN WE CAN MOVE FORWARD. BUT I WOULD LIKE TO HOLD OFF ON THAT FOR NOW. I CAN SUPPORT THAT. AND, AND I THINK THE COUNCIL MEMBER IS RIGHT THAT LET'S GET A FULL PICTURE AND THEN WE'LL MAKE APPROPRIATE ADJUSTMENTS ALL IN ONE SWOOP. ONCE ONCE WE FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH EVERYTHING. BUT I APPRECIATE YOU LISTENING TO US. YOU KNOW ME. AND REGARDING, YOU KNOW, SETTING PEOPLE UP TO SUCCEED AND RESTRUCTURING, YOU KNOW, AND SO CONGRATULATIONS TO ANDREW. YOU KNOW, HE IT SOUNDS LIKE WE'RE CONSOLIDATING THAT. AND WE'LL HAVE ONE PERSON. AND CONGRATULATIONS TO SELENA WHO'S GOING TO BE THAT PERSON. AND CONGRATULATIONS TO KENDRA WHO'S NOW THE NEW. DIRECTOR PLANNING DIRECTOR. AND SO YOU'RE GETTING YOUR EXECUTIVE TEAM IN ORDER, YOU KNOW. AND SO THAT'S WAS MY CONCERN. AND ALL THE FOLKS HERE ARE PART OF THAT. RIGHT. AND WE ARE WE'RE SUPPORTIVE OF. SO, YOU KNOW, SO LONG AS YOU'RE LETTING US KNOW LIKE, OKAY, WE'VE MADE THESE CHANGES AND YOU'RE DOING IT AND I SKIPPED ONE, I APOLOGIZE, BUT I'M ALSO YOLANDA HAS BEEN PROMOTED ALSO. SHE WAS INTERIM AND SHE'S NOW THE HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGER. CONGRATULATIONS. WE HAVE ONE EXECUTIVE POSITION TO FILL, WHICH IS THE FINANCE DIRECTOR, WHICH I PLAN TO HAVE FILLED WITHIN THE NEXT TWO WEEKS. THREE WEEKS, ACTUALLY. CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF YOU. SUPPORT LOCAL BUSINESSES AS YOU CELEBRATE. AND I'LL MOTION TO APPROVE WITH THE SEPARATION OF THE COLA AND ONLY THE STRUCTURAL AND THE JOB TITLE CHANGES AND SO THE FREEZING OF THE COLA WILL BE BROUGHT BACK IN ANOTHER. OKAY, BUT I HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS THOUGH. THE MOU AND ALSO THE CONTRACTS WITH THE REGULAR EMPLOYEES. THEY ALL TAKE EFFECT JULY 1ST. SO IF THERE WAS A CONSIDERATION TO REDUCE IT, IT WOULD HAVE TO BE RETROACTIVE. YEAH. UNDERSTOOD. SO IF WE'RE SEPARATING IT, ARE YOU TAKING A VOTE ON THE ON THE COLA OR ARE YOU ARE WE TAKING A VOTE ON THE TITLES. TITLES? THE MOTION.

YEAH. THE MOTION ON THE FLOOR IS FOR THE TITLES ONLY. OKAY. SO I, I DO HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS. BILL.

FOR ANDREW. I GUESS I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND THIS WHEN WE'RE DOING PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR, CITY ENGINEER, CONSIDERING THAT HE IS AN ENGINEER, COULDN'T HE JUST BE PROMOTED TO THE PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR? HIS REQUEST IS ALSO BE RECOGNIZED AS BEING A P AND BEING THE CITY ENGINEER. HE TAKES PRIDE IN THAT, AND I AGREED TO PUT THAT FORWARD BECAUSE HE WILL BE SERVING BOTH PURPOSES, BECAUSE HE WILL BE IN CHARGE OF THE CIP PROGRAM. SO HE HE WANTED. YES, ABSOLUTELY. YES.

I SEE THOSE. AND THEN SELENA. SELENA, WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS? ARE YOU COMFORTABLE WITH THE COMMUNITY SERVICES DIRECTOR POSITION? I MEAN, I WAS JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHY WE

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COULDN'T JUST PUT EVERYTHING UNDER ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. WHY DON'T YOU WANT TO COME UP, PLEASE? COUNCIL. I'M VERY GRATEFUL FOR, YOU KNOW, THINKING OF THE RESTRUCTURING AND ALLOWING ME TO SERVE AS A COMMUNITY SERVICES DIRECTOR. I WAS JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHY WE COULDN'T JUST PUT EVERYTHING UNDER MY CURRENT TITLE, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, BECAUSE IT'S JUST ADDITIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES. ESSENTIALLY, ALL OF IT IS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. BUT I'M HAPPY, YOU KNOW, TO ENTERTAIN, OBVIOUSLY THE CHANGE IN TITLE, YOU KNOW, I THINK ALL THE WORK THAT I DO IS, IS FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. IF YOU RECALL, I GAVE YOU GUYS AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIC PLAN, AND I COVERED ALL THE QUALITY OF LIFE ITEMS THAT I'VE, YOU KNOW, OVERSEEN THE APPLICATIONS FOR, WHETHER IT WAS THE LIBRARY OR PARKS, YOU KNOW, TCC AND ALL THE PROJECTS THAT COME WITH THAT. AND SO ALL OF THAT IS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, ESSENTIALLY, BECAUSE THERE'S EVEN WORKFORCE TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVES EMBEDDED IN THAT. BUT LIKE I SAID, I RESPECT I THINK I HAD SHARED WITH BILL THAT CAN WE JUST ADD THE ADDITIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT? BUT I RESPECT YOUR WISHES. AND SO THOSE ARE MY THOUGHTS. BUT I, I JUST WANTED TO TELL YOU THAT I'M JUST GRATEFUL TO HAVE A JOB AND TO CONTINUE SERVING THE CITY OF COACHELLA IN THIS CAPACITY. I LOOK FORWARD TO THE TEAM THAT THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE. AND, YOU KNOW, THAT'S VERY EXCITING BECAUSE IT'S GOOD WORK AND YOU'RE OUT THERE CONNECTING WITH THE COMMUNITY. AND THAT'S WHAT I LIKE TO DO. AND I JUST WANT TO CONTINUE SEEING OUR CITY PROGRESS, YOU KNOW, IN A VERY POSITIVE DIRECTION. I HAVE SOME IDEAS FOR HOW WE CAN CONTINUE THAT, YOU KNOW, IN THE ABSENCE OF POTENTIAL, SOME GRANTS THAT MIGHT NOT COME THROUGH OR, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER. SO IT'S REALLY EXCITING TO AGAIN, CONTINUE CONNECTING WITH THE COMMUNITY IN THIS WAY. SO I LEAVE IT TO YOU GUYS. DO YOU YOU PREFER THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR? I KNOW ANDREW WANTS SLASH CITY ENGINEER, BUT YOU PREFER. YEAH.

JUST BECAUSE ABILITIES AND THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF COMMUNITY, WHICH IS YOU'RE GETTING AT WHAT IS THE RECREATION AND THEN RECREATION. YEAH. SPECIAL EVENTS PROGRAMING. AND I DID LOOK AROUND AND OTHER OTHER PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY LIKE IN INDIO, MIGUEL HAS SPECIAL EVENTS AND EVERYTHING THAT I CURRENTLY HAVE UNDER ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND, AND THEN OTHER PEOPLE THROUGHOUT SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, BECAUSE I JUST LOOKED AT SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA AND BUT I LIKE I SAID, I'M HAPPY TO SERVE IN THIS NEW CAPACITY. I JUST LOVE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. JUST BECAUSE I DIDN'T REALIZE ALL THE WORK THAT I HAD BEEN DOING ACROSS TIME, YOU KNOW? SO DOCTOR GABRIEL MARTIN HAD A REALLY GOOD VISION AND HE WAS LIKE, SELENA, YOU ARE THE REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY IN THE ABSENCE OF THE RDA. AND HE'S LIKE, ALL THE WORK YOU'RE DOING, IT'S CALLED ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. AND AS YOU ALL KNOW, FOR HIM THIS WAS HIS BABY. SO I FELT VERY HONORED WHEN HE GAVE ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE IN THAT CAPACITY, BECAUSE IT REALLY IS AN ENORMOUS, YOU KNOW, PRIVILEGE, YOU KNOW, SO BUT I DO WANT TO SAY THAT I RESPECT WHAT THE COUNCIL WANTS TO DO. I'M JUST THANKFUL THAT I HAVE A JOB. AND IN THIS TOUGH ECONOMY. SO I RESPECT. BUT YEAH, THOSE ARE MY THOUGHTS. AND I THANK YOU FOR ASKING. THANK YOU. WELL. LISTEN, FROM FROM OUR LAST MEETING, IT'S REALLY, REALLY IMPORTANT FOR ME THAT OUR EMPLOYEES, OUR TEAM, OUR EXECUTIVE TEAM MEMBERS FEEL SUPPORTED, THAT THERE'S EFFORT HERE TO MOVE TOGETHER, FORWARD, THAT WE'RE DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN TO ENCOURAGE, MOTIVATE, EXCITE, SUPPORT PEOPLE ALONG THE WAY. AND I'VE TAKEN THAT VERY SERIOUSLY SINCE, SINCE THEN. AND SO WITH THAT, I DO. I'M OKAY WITH LEAVING IT AT THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR. IT'S WHERE MY COLLEAGUES WHERE THEY WANT TO BE AT. BUT I WANT TO ENSURE THAT OUR EXECUTIVE TEAM MEMBERS FEEL SUPPORTED. AND I SAY THAT BECAUSE IT TRICKLES DOWN. AND I'VE BEEN I'VE BEEN HEARING A LOT FROM FROM MANY FOLKS, A LOT OF OUR, A LOT OF OUR PEOPLE EMPLOYED AT THE CITY. AND, AND THAT HIERARCHY IS IMPORTANT. AND I'M HEARING FROM EMPLOYEES, I'M HEARING FROM SUPERVISORS. AND WE NEED TO MAKE SURE AS WE'RE MOVING FORWARD THAT WE'RE TREATING EACH OTHER WITH RESPECT AND THAT WE'RE MOVING FORWARD TOGETHER IN WHATEVER CAPACITY THAT IS. SO THANK YOU. I THOUGHT YOUR RESTRUCTURING PLAN WAS PRETTY GOOD, YOU KNOW, AND IT

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REALLY IS. YOU KNOW, YOU'RE PROMOTING PEOPLE AND YOU'RE TRYING TO CREATE AN ORGANIZATION AND A STRUCTURE THAT YOU FEEL COMFORTABLE. BILL. BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE MAYBE WE NEED MORE WORK. I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU ALL HAVE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO TALK AND HOW YOU STRUCTURE THAT AND HOW YOU FIGURE THAT OUT. LIKE, AND I FEEL A LITTLE UNCOMFORTABLE, LIKE, LIKE, YOU KNOW, JUST. YOU KNOW, THIS IS YOUR RESTRUCTURING PLAN, YOU KNOW, AND SO IT SOUNDS LIKE THERE'S SOME DISAGREEMENT HERE ON THE DAIS WITH IT. AND. YEAH. HOW DO YOU WANT TO HANDLE THIS? I HAD COME UP WITH COMMUNITY SERVICES DIRECTOR BECAUSE IT'S ALSO THE SENIOR CENTER AS WELL.

COMMUNITY SERVICE MANAGER OR DIRECTOR IS PRETTY, PRETTY GOOD TITLE TO HAVE IN IN NOT ONLY IN HERE BUT IN OTHER COMMUNITIES BECAUSE IT'S ENCOMPASSING. YOU COULD DO A LOT OF STUFF. SO LOOK AT IT FROM THAT STANDPOINT. IT'S NOT LIMITING. IT'S ACTUALLY TELLING YOU YOU CAN DO A LOT MORE AND THERE'S CONFIDENCE THAT YOU CAN DO IT. SO I I'M OKAY WITH THE CITY MANAGER'S RECOMMENDATION. BUT IF THE COUNCIL FEELS THAT WE NEED TO NOT KEEP IT AS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, AND I GUESS, I MEAN, I'M JUST TRYING TO SUPPORT YOU, BILL, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, THAT WAS A THAT WAS A THAT WAS A REQUEST LAST WEEK, RIGHT? THAT YOU PUT TOGETHER AN EXECUTIVE TEAM AND THEN YOU NAME YOUR PEOPLE AND YOU STRUCTURE THIS ORGANIZATION TO WIN AND PERFORM.

SO I SEE WHAT YOU DID. IT'S A GOOD IT'S A GOOD MOVE. YOU KNOW, YOU'RE YOU'RE YOU'RE PUBLIC ADMINISTRATOR RIGHT NOW. THERE IS A MOTION TO SEPARATE IS THERE. SO IS THERE. YOU KNOW, I WANT TO HEAR FROM THE OTHER MEMBERS OF COUNCIL. YOU KNOW, I'M, I'M, I SUPPORT, YOU KNOW, WHEREVER THE COUNCIL GOES ON AN, AND I UNDERSTAND, YOU KNOW, WHERE A BILL IS, IS COMING FROM AND, YOU KNOW, HEY, WE'RE WE'RE ADDING LIBRARY PROGRAMING, WE'RE ADDING, YOU KNOW, THE RECREATION. MOST OF IT WE SUBCONTRACT OUT. I MEAN, MOST OF IT. LIBRARY SYSTEM SERVICES TAKES CARE OF THE LIBRARY. WE GOT THE RECREATION. WHO TAKES CARE OF THE RECREATIONAL STUFF.

SO I'M YOU KNOW, I, I SUPPORT WHEREVER THIS COUNCIL WANTS TO LEAD INTO IT. I JUST, I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT OUR EMPLOYEES ARE FEELING SUPPORTED. AND THAT'S REALLY WHERE I'M COMING FROM. AND SO WHEREVER MY, MY COLLEAGUES FEEL ON IT, YOU KNOW, WHETHER IT'S THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR AND YOU PUT RECREATION AND LIBRARY PROGRAMING UNDER IT, OR WHETHER

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YOU KEEP THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR AND YOU PUT OR OR YOU KEEP THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR AND PUT LIBRARY PROGRAMING AND RECREATION UNDER IT, OR WHETHER YOU PUT COMMUNITY SERVICES DIRECTOR AND THEN PUT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES UNDER IT.

YOU KNOW, I'M, I, I SUPPORT WHATEVER MY COLLEAGUES GO WITH IT. YOU KNOW, WHEN I SAW THIS, I HAD TO GOOGLE LIKE DIFFERENT TYPE OF THINGS IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA THAT FELL UNDER THAT.

AND YOU KNOW, I SAW OTHER WORDING, COMBINATIONS OF COMMUNITY ECONOMIC SERVICES AND OTHER ITEMS THAT SIT WITHIN. I SAW THE CITY OF INDIO, WHERE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DOES SIT UNDER IT. AND MIGUEL IS OUT THERE. HE'S THAT LONE PERSON SOMETIMES AT EVENTS, DOING EVERYTHING FROM BACK AND FORTH, BACK AND FORTH. SO HE'S OUT THERE DOING THE EVENTS. AND SO I'VE SEEN HIM UNDER THAT. YOU KNOW, HE DOES THAT TITLE CODE THAT, THAT, THAT WORKING TITLE.

RIGHT. SO IT'S YOU KNOW, BUT ALSO I SEE IT IN THE PERSPECTIVE WHEN YOU GO OUT AND TALK TO SOMEONE LIKE CHELSEA CORP. OR OTHER DEVELOPERS AND THEY'RE LIKE OTHER COMMUNITY SERVICES DIRECTOR, YOU KNOW, WHERE'S THE ECONOMIC PERSON. RIGHT. SO BUT YOU KNOW, YOU GOT TO THINK LIKE, ARE THEY WORKING WITH BIGGER CITIES WHO KNOW THAT THAT TITLE MEANS THAT UNDER THAT OR HOW DOES THAT WORK? SO, YOU KNOW, ALL THOSE THINGS CAME TO ME THINKING, HOW IS THIS GOING TO PLAY OUT INTO THIS BIGGER? LIKE THE OUTWARD FACING PIECE, RIGHT? LIKE LIKE PEOPLE ARE LISTENING.

THEY KNOW THAT YOUR JOB IS STILL TO DO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S A TEAM EFFORT.

AND I SAW IT AT ICSC, RIGHT? I SAW THE TEAM EFFORT WITH KENDRA AND SELENA AND BILL WORKING ALL TOGETHER. SO, YOU KNOW, I CAN YOU KNOW, I CAN SEE THE BENEFITS OF BOTH SIDES OF THE OF THE ITEMS AS WELL. SO, SO IT'S REALLY LIKE, YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE WE DRIVING FOR IN THE OUTSIDE FORCE. RIGHT. SO I THINK THAT'S A BIG KEY PIECE. SO YEAH I'M, I'M OKAY WITH WITH EITHER OR.

BUT I JUST I DO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE HER COMMENTS AND HOW SHE FEELS ABOUT THE TITLE CHANGE BECAUSE AT THE AT THE END OF THE DAY, YOU'RE THE ONE THAT'S GOING TO BE, YOU KNOW, PERFORMING AT UNDER THAT TITLE. SO BILL, ARE WE ABLE TO LIKE, INTEGRATE THE WHOLE NAME, TITLE, COMMUNITY ECONOMIC SERVICE DIRECTOR OR ARE WE ABLE TO DO THAT? THE TITLES ARE ARE WE? WE CAN DO WHATEVER WE WANT. THAT'S THE BEAUTY OF IT. COUNCIL GIVES DIRECTION. AND IF WE WANTED, YOU KNOW, WE COULD BE LIKE A HYPHENATED NAME. YOU KNOW, WE COULD HAVE TEN NAMES BEHIND IT IF WE WANT TO. I IT'S I KNOW, I KNOW SELENA IS CAPABLE OF DOING THIS AND I SHOW FULL CONFIDENCE IN HER AND THAT'S WHY I'VE RECOMMENDED THIS. BUT I UNDERSTAND, YOU KNOW, TITLES ARE IMPORTANT TO SOME PEOPLE. YOU KNOW, IT'S LIKE ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES DIRECTOR. THEY'RE STILL FINANCE DIRECTOR, BUT SOME PEOPLE WANT TO BE A FINANCE DIRECTOR STILL. SO I GET THAT. SO IF WE WANT TO HYPHENATE IT AND SAY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR, COMMUNITY SERVICES OR COMMUNITY SERVICES, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR, THE DIRECTOR OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, PARKS AND REC, FACILITIES MANAGEMENT AND SPECIAL EVENTS. EVERYTHING DOT DOT DOT. YEAH. SO OR YOU KNOW, I JUST I JUST WANT TO KNOW AND COME UP WITH LIKE A COOL LITTLE, YOU KNOW, CASA OR SOMETHING. I DON'T KNOW WHATEVER THAT EXPOSE. YEAH. BUT THEN THERE'LL BE A MEME OR SOMETHING. BUT NO I JUST. AND COUNCIL MEMBER, MAYOR PRO TEM, YOU YOU MAKE A GOOD POINT. WE TALK, BUT I, YOU KNOW, I, YOU KNOW, IT'S I'M HAPPY TO HEAR THIS, BUT BUT THE MAYOR MADE A POINT TO I I'M SHOWING FULL CONFIDENCE IN SELENA. I KNOW SHE CAN TAKE THIS STUFF ON. SHE EXCEEDS IN EXCELS AND GRANTS. YOU'RE NOT YOU'RE NOT GETTING THAT EMOTION. YOU'RE GETTING MORE WORK. YEAH. I THE SAME THOUGH. YEAH. SO THE SO WHAT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT RESPONSIBILITIES STILL FALL UNDER SELENA. IT'S IN THE JOB DESCRIPTION RIGHT. THAT'S THE I WOULD SAY YES BUT I STILL LIKE THE APPROACH WHERE WE'RE WORKING TOGETHER RIGHT NOW. I KIND OF MADE A LITTLE CHANGE WHERE IF I'M MEETING WITH SOMEBODY AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ELECTRIC OR WE'RE TALKING WITH A DEVELOPER THAT COMES IN, OR EVEN LIKE A MR. CHANDY COMING IN LAST WEEK, WE'RE THE THREE OF US ARE MEETING WITH PEOPLE THAT COME IN. IT'S NOT JUST ONE OF US OR TWO OF US. IT'S ALL THREE OF US.

AND I LIKE THAT BECAUSE THAT WAY THEY GET THE WHOLE FACE. YEAH. SO WHAT DID YOU THINK OF THE MEETING, SELENA? I THINK IT'S VERY BENEFICIAL. AND I THINK, AND I APOLOGIZE, I GUESS I WAS THINKING OF IT LIKE THE WAY THAT DOCTOR FIGUEROA HAD MENTIONED, LIKE, I, I GUESS I WAS JUST A LITTLE WORRIED ABOUT HOW WOULD PEOPLE THINK, LIKE IF, LIKE IF I'M INTRODUCING MYSELF TO, LIKE, MR. CHANDY AND HIS GROUP AND THEN THEY'RE LIKE, WAIT, WHO? YOU'RE WHY ARE YOU HERE IF

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YOU'RE THE COMMUNITY SERVICES DIRECTOR? RIGHT. AND SO THAT THAT WAS MY CONCERN LIKE AS WELL THAT I JUST KIND OF THOUGHT THAT MAYBE THEY WOULDN'T UNDERSTAND, LIKE WHERE'S ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OR YOU KNOW, BUT YEAH, I MEAN, SO EVEN A HYPHENATED TITLE WOULD BE GREAT OR, YOU KNOW, LIKE THE MAYOR INDICATED, MAYBE IT'S COM DEV, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW, BUT YEAH. SO I THINK THAT'S, THAT'S HOW I WAS THINKING OF IT, LIKE, HOW ARE WE GOING TO INTEGRATE ALL THAT. BECAUSE THOSE ARE IMPORTANT THINGS THAT WE WANT TO PURSUE THAT ARE ALSO YOU GUYS SHOULD COME UP WITH A TITLE. DO WE CONTINUE THIS? YEAH. CAN WE LET'S CONTINUE THIS AND COME UP WITH A I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY. LIKE IN THE JOB DESCRIPTION, IT STILL HAS LIKE IT'S BULLET POINT NUMBER LIKE SIX. IT STILL HAS THAT BIG PORTION. AND I'M USED TO HAVING LIKE PERCENTAGES. BUT WHEN I VIEW IT IT'S LIKE A BIG PERCENTAGE OF THEIR JOB IS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. RIGHT. SO THAT WAS THE POINT BASED ON BIG PARAGRAPHS. THAT'S HOW I DO IT. BUT I UNDERSTAND THAT I'M COMFORTABLE WITH THE, THE TITLE, I, I DON'T I THINK IT'S I THINK IT OPENS IT UP FOR MORE. THAT'S WHAT THAT'S HOW I SEE IT. BUT I'M NOT BUT I'M NOT THE PERSON GETTING THE TITLE CHANGE. AND I UNDERSTAND THAT TOO. SO WHEN I LOOK AT IT AND I MEET PEOPLE AND THEY TELL ME I'M COMMUNITY SERVICES, YOU KNOW, DIRECTOR, WHATEVER, I JUST THINK, OH MY GOD, THEY HAVE A LOT OF WORK.

THAT'S WHAT COMES TO MY MIND. AND IT'S YEAH, THEY'RE DOING A LOT OF DEVELOPMENT WORK AND A LOT OF THINGS. I DON'T SEE IT AS YOU KNOW, PERSONALLY, I DON'T SEE IT AS ANYTHING NEGATIVE. BUT IT'S IF I MAY BE HONEST, IT'S A LITTLE AWKWARD THAT, YOU KNOW, SHE'S RIGHT HERE AND WE'RE DISCUSSING THIS AND SHE'S, YOU KNOW, GIVING COMMENT. IT'S GREAT THOUGH. WE WANT TO HEAR YOU.

THAT'S TRUE. BUT IT IS A LITTLE AWKWARD TO BE DISCUSSING IT IN FRONT OF HER. YEAH, THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING. LET'S CONTINUE THIS ITEM. WE'LL CONTINUE THIS ITEM. I'LL RESEND MY MOTION AND CONTINUE. CAN CAN WE MAKE THE ONE CHANGE THOUGH WITH ANDREW? CAN YOU APPROVE OKAY. YEAH.

YEAH, YEAH. THANK YOU. YEAH. ALL RIGHT. I'LL. I'M SORRY. WE'RE GOING TO SEPARATE ALL THREE THEN. YEAH. OKAY. SO A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CHANGE TO THE TO THE PUBLIC WORKS. FOR WHAT? WHAT AM I WHAT PUBLIC PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR. CITY. CITY ENGINEER. YEAH. AND THEN THE REST WILL CLEAN UP DURING THE BUDGET PROCESS. YEAH. OKAY. I'LL SECOND HIS MOTION. I'LL TAKE ROLL.

COUNCILMEMBER MENDEZ. YES. COUNCILMEMBER FIGUEROA. AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER, CAN I. OH, HI.

MAYOR PRO TEM DELGADO. YES. MAYOR HERNANDEZ. HI. WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER 17. THIS IS A NEW PROCESS THAT WE HAVE TO FOLLOW BY STATE LAW. THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING ON REPORTING OF VACANCIES, RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION EFFORTS. WE HAVE ONE VACANCY BILL IS A FINANCE DIRECTOR. BUT THIS IS A NEW REQUEST. THIS IS A REQUIREMENT. SO IS THERE A STAFF REPORT ON ITEM NUMBER 17. I'M HAPPY TO GIVE IT. MR. MAYOR COUNCIL THIS AS YOU MENTIONED IS A NEW LAW WENT INTO EFFECT ON JANUARY 1ST. IT DOES REQUIRE A PUBLIC HEARING TO ANNOUNCE THE VACANCIES THAT ARE CURRENTLY AT THE CITY. WE DO HAVE ONE. IT IS THE DIRECTOR OF FINANCE. THE LAW REQUIRES THAT WE OPEN IT UP TO ANY PUBLIC COMMENT. THE BARGAINING UNITS WERE INVITED TO PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENT OR PRESENTATION AT THIS PUBLIC HEARING. 722 I'M GOING TO OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING.

ANYBODY WOULD LIKE TO TALK TO US ABOUT OUR VACANCIES? WE ONLY HAVE ONE. YOU CAN APPLY. THE CITY FINANCE DIRECTOR MANAGER. WELL, WHAT DO WE CALL IT NOW? FINANCE DIRECTOR? FINANCE DIRECTOR, MAYOR, WOULD YOU NOT HAVE ANY COMMENTS IN PERSON OR ON ZOOM? I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE? MOTION TO APPROVE. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE. SORRY. IF I CAN JUST CLARIFY, BECAUSE I DIDN'T HEAR EVERYONE OR MOTION SECOND, SECOND, SECOND. AND THEN I FOR EVERYONE. THANK YOU. MOVE ON TO

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REPORTS AND COUNCIL COMMENTS. WE'LL START ON MY RIGHT AND THEN WE WILL GO TO COUNCIL MEMBER YADIRA. AND WE'LL GO TO MAYOR PRO TEM AND WE'LL GO FROM THERE. COUNCIL MEMBER EATON NO COMMENTS. JUST WELL, I GUESS THERE IS A COMMENT. THERE WAS A LOT THAT WAS GOING ON IN THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS. WHEN IT COMES TO ICE BEING PRESENT IN THE COACHELLA VALLEY. AND I JUST WANT TO SHARE THAT, YOU KNOW, IT DOES MAKE A LOT OF OUR COMMUNITY DEFINITELY UNCOMFORTABLE. AND I WANT TO SHARE THAT WE'RE WITH YOU. WE UNDERSTAND THE SITUATION. IT'S VERY TOUGH. WE HAVE BEEN OR I DON'T KNOW MY COLLEAGUES, BUT I HAVE BEEN GETTING A FEW MESSAGES FROM THE

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BUSINESS COMMUNITY. WHAT CAN THEY DO? ARE THEY ABLE TO CLOSE THEIR DOORS? AND THEN THROUGHOUT THE COACHELLA VALLEY, I, I DID HEAR SOME BUSINESSES THAT WERE OBVIOUSLY FEARFUL FOR THEIR EMPLOYEES, JUST THEM, YOU KNOW, MAY NOT HAVE HAD ANYTHING TO DO WITH THEIR STATUS, BUT THEY WERE STILL AFRAID. AND SO THEY DID CLOSE THEIR DOORS. A FEW BUSINESSES, THEY WERE NOT OPENING FOR A FEW DAYS, AND THEY DID THAT. SO JUST TO OUR COMMUNITY, IF THERE IS ANYTHING THAT YOU NEED THAT YOU DON'T FEEL COMFORTABLE GOING OUT AND GETTING THERE ARE THERE'S A LOT OF RESOURCES. THERE'S TODAK THAT'S ACROSS THE STREET FROM US. THEY ARE PROVIDING A LOT OF HELP AND RESOURCES. THERE'S A CALL NUMBER THAT YOU CAN USE. I KNOW THEY'RE ON THERE VERY MUCH ON SOCIAL MEDIA, ON FACEBOOK, INSTAGRAM. SO LOOK THEM UP IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT YOU NEED, IT'S TODAK AND THEN FIND FOOD BANK. THEY WERE SOME OF THEIR EMPLOYEES WERE ACTUALLY OFFERING TO DELIVER FOOD TO PEOPLE'S HOMES. SO THEY'RE ALSO ON SOCIAL MEDIA. AND YOU CAN FIND THEM ON THEIR WEBSITE. BUT FIND FOOD BANK IS ABLE TO PROVIDE, YOU KNOW, ASSISTANCE WITH FOOD AND THEN JUST, YOU KNOW, IN ADDITION, IF ANYONE AND I I'M I SHARED THIS ON MY SOCIAL MEDIA, BUT IF ANYBODY DOESN'T FEEL COMFORTABLE GOING EVEN TO LIKE THE PHARMACY AND YOU NEED YOUR MEDICATIONS OR WHATNOT, I KNOW THAT THERE ARE SOME COMMUNITY MEMBERS, INCLUDING MYSELF, YOU KNOW, IF THERE'S ANYTHING WE CAN DO WHEN IT COMES TO PICKING UP YOUR MEDICATION AND TAKING IT TO YOUR HOME, YOU KNOW, I PERSONALLY WANT TO LET YOU KNOW, I, I WOULD BE WILLING TO DO THAT ON SOCIAL MEDIA, ON INSTAGRAM, FACEBOOK, MESSAGE ME. AND WE'RE JUST HERE TO HELP. WE'RE A COMMUNITY. WE'RE A SMALL COMMUNITY, I THINK, AND WE NEED TO BE THERE FOR EACH OTHER NO MATTER WHAT. AND SO IF ANYONE NEEDS ANY ASSISTANCE AND YOU DON'T KNOW WHERE TO GO, FIND US ON SOCIALS. AND I KNOW MY COLLEAGUES HERE WOULD BE ALSO WILLING TO, YOU KNOW, GUIDE YOU AND LET YOU KNOW WHERE YOU CAN GET SOME RESOURCES. BUT THOSE ARE ALL MY COMMENTS. I'M WITH YOU, I SEE YOU AND I FEEL FOR YOU. MY HEART ACHES FOR A LOT OF FAMILIES THAT ARE GOING THROUGH A LOT OF JUST A LOT OF UNCERTAINTY. SO WE'RE HERE FOR YOU. AND, YOU KNOW, ON ANOTHER NOTE, THANK YOU TO STAFF FOR BEING HERE FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU GUYS DO. I KNOW THAT YOU'RE ALSO VERY WILLING TO ALSO HELP THE COMMUNITY AND YOUR NEIGHBORS AND EVERYONE. SO I APPRECIATE YOU TOO. THOSE ARE ALL MY COMMENTS. DOCTOR FIG. FIRST I WILL. THERE IS A FREE MICROCHIP, PET VACCINES AND ID TAGS FOR THE FIRST COME, FIRST SERVE ON THIS SATURDAY THE 29TH, SUNDAY, THE SUNDAY, THE 29TH. I HAVE IT OPEN RIGHT HERE. YES, SUNDAY. SUNDAY THE 29TH AT ALL OF RIVERSIDE COUNTY'S ANIMAL SHELTER. SO THE CLOSEST TO US IS IN THOUSAND PALMS. SO I'LL SEND THAT FLIER TO THE PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER. AND I THINK THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT'S MICROCHIP AND VACCINES. AND AS WE KNOW, MICROCHIPPING IS WHAT SAVES YOUR DOG FROM, YOU KNOW, ENDING UP IN THE SHELTER. AND YOU NEVER KNOW WHEN IT'S THERE BECAUSE IT GETS SCANNED AND YOU'RE ABLE TO GO PICK IT UP. AND I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT IN A GOOD STEP. SO THAT THERE WAS A FIRST POSITIVE CASE OF SAINT LOUIS ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS FOUND IN THE EASTERN COACHELLA VALLEY. AND THAT IS ONE OF IT'S NOT WEST NILE, BUT IT'S ONE OF THE OTHER VIRUSES THAT IS GENERATED THROUGH THE INVASIVE SPECIES OF MOSQUITO THAT WE HAVE HERE IN THE DESERT. SO I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT PEOPLE KNOW IT'S MOSQUITO SEASON AND TURN OVER YOUR WATER POTS AND THROW OUT YOUR WATER.

AND IF YOU HAVE ANIMALS OUTSIDE, OR DOG BOWLS THAT ARE OUTSIDE OR ANYTHING THAT HAS WATER THAT SITS OUTSIDE, I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT YOU TURN AROUND BECAUSE THAT ONE MOSQUITO BITE COULD BE LIFE THREATENING. THE DAY OF THAT ICE RAID, I WENT OUT TO GO TALK TO DAHLIA TO DO SOME STUFF IN THE CITY, AND I DROVE, YOU KNOW, THE WHOLE TOWN JUST FELT LIKE IT WAS IN PANIC MODE.

AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, DAHLIA WAS TALKING TO ME AND SAID, PEOPLE KEEP CALLING THE CITY AND WANT TO KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON, AND, YOU KNOW, AND HOW ARE WE GOING TO RESPOND OR WHAT'S GOING ON. AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE COME AS A COMMUNITY AND LOOK AT, YOU KNOW, FIRST OF ALL, I DON'T KNOW WHY THE MILITARY CAME AND, YOU KNOW, THE FEAR THAT INSTILLS IN PEOPLE THAT DAY WHEN YOU SEE 35 PLUS VEHICLES JUST DRIVE DOWN AND THEN THEY SET UP ON IN A PARK DOWN NEXT TO A MEDICAL CLINIC THAT SUPPORTS MIGRANT WORKERS AND SUPPORTS PEOPLE THAT COME TO LOW, YOU

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KNOW, OUR LOW INCOME AND, YOU KNOW, IT JUST INSTILLS THIS FEAR AND IT INSTILLS FEAR IN EVERYBODY. AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO REMEMBER THAT WE CAN'T LET THE THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE TRYING TO DO INSTILL FEAR IN THE COMMUNITY. AND WE NEED TO COME TOGETHER AS A COMMUNITY. AND, YOU KNOW, AS COUNCIL MEMBER, EATON SAID, IS COME TOGETHER AS A COMMUNITY AND BE ABLE TO BE THERE TO SUPPORT ONE ANOTHER BY PROVIDING ASSISTANCE AND GETTING MEDICATION, FOOD OR OR, YOU KNOW, IF PEOPLE DON'T FEEL COMFORTABLE, YOU KNOW, HELPING THEM OUT IN DIFFERENT WAYS. AND I THINK THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT. AND THAT DAY WAS A VERY, YOU KNOW, VERY SOMBER DAY IN A LOT OF DIFFERENT WAYS BECAUSE OF WHAT WAS GOING ON. AND, YOU KNOW, AND I KEEP SEEING A LOT OF THE STUFF ON THE NEWS AND, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN'T TOUCH SOCIAL MEDIA SOMETIMES BECAUSE OF THE HATEFUL COMMENTS THAT THAT PEOPLE MAKE TOWARDS THE IMMIGRANT COMMUNITY. AND, YOU KNOW. IT JUST IS SADDENING. BUT WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T LET THAT FEAR GET INSTILLED IN US, BECAUSE THAT'S HOW PEOPLE WIN IS THE FEAR AND MAKING SURE WE FIGHT BACK. AND, YOU KNOW, COMING TOGETHER AS A COMMUNITY IS IMPORTANT. AND THOSE ARE, YOU KNOW, REALLY WANTING TO HIGHLIGHT THAT. AND IT'S, YOU KNOW, HOW I FEEL ABOUT THAT BECAUSE I'VE, YOU KNOW, THAT DAY WAS JUST NOT A IT WASN'T A GOOD DAY IN A LOT OF DIFFERENT WAYS. AND. I DO HAVE A FOLLOW UP MEETING WITH MR. CITY MANAGER NEXT WEEK FOR THE ANIMAL SHELTER CONTRACT. SO WE'LL BE MEETING ABOUT THAT AND HOPEFULLY WE'LL HAVE AN UPDATE ON ON WHAT THOSE SERVICES LOOK LIKE. AND I'M LOOKING COLLEAGUES AT THE CVAG GENERAL ASSEMBLY MEETING NEXT WEEK. COOL. THANK YOU. YEAH, I HAD A LOT OF PEOPLE CALLING ME LAST LAST WEEKEND.

THEY WERE AFRAID OF WHAT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN. I DID REMIND THEM AGAIN, THERE IS RESOURCES.

THERE IS A LOT OF RESOURCES TO INCLUDE TODAK. SO IF YOU GUYS ARE AFRAID, IF YOU GUYS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, PLEASE REACH OUT. THERE ARE SERVICES. IT IS VERY EMOTIONALLY. I KNOW IT IS VERY HARD FOR A LOT OF FAMILIES. I STILL, LIKE I SAID LAST TIME, I DO NOT APPROVE THE SEPARATION OF FAMILIES. IT IS HARD, EMOTIONALLY DEPRESSING. IT IS STRESSING. IT IS FRUSTRATING, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU HAVE KIDS WHO ALL THEY KNOW IS THIS COUNTRY AND NOTHING ELSE. AND I'LL LEAVE. I'LL LEAVE THAT ISSUE AT THAT. IF THEY ARE GOING TO PROTEST, PLEASE, PLEASE STAY AWAY FROM THE VIOLENCE. STAY AWAY FROM THE VANDALISM. THAT IS NOT WHO WE ARE. THAT IS NOT WHAT WE REPRESENT. WE WANT TO BE HERE IN THIS COUNTRY BECAUSE WE HAVE A LOT OF RIGHTS, BECAUSE IT IS A BEAUTIFUL COUNTRY. EVEN THOUGH WE ARE GOING THROUGH TURMOIL RIGHT NOW, IT IS A COUNTRY THAT EVERYBODY WANTS TO LIVE IN. KIDS ARE OUT OF SCHOOL RIGHT NOW. SO I DO WANT TO REMIND A LOT OF THE PARENTS. RESIDENTS OF COACHELLA ARE POOL IS OPEN, SO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT. THERE IS ALSO THE REC CENTER THAT HAS TEEN NIGHTS, SO IT'LL HELP KIDS SOCIALIZE TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT. THEY ALSO HAVE THE COACHELLA BOXING CLUB THAT'S OPEN MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY FOR A LOT OF KIDS TO STAY ACTIVE, HAVE SOME STRUCTURE THAT ALSO HELPS. AND 4TH OF JULY IS COMING UP.

JUST A REMINDER, THE ONLY FIREWORKS THAT ARE ALLOWED IN THE CITY OF COACHELLA ARE THE ONES THAT ARE PURCHASED AT THE FIREWORKS BOOTH, SO PLEASE BE CAREFUL AND I WISH EVERYBODY A GOOD 4TH OF JULY. TO OUR LOCAL FIRST RESPONDERS. THANK YOU FOR ALL THE HARD WORK YOU GUYS DO.

MAYOR PRO TEM. THANK YOU. AND JUST FORGIVE ME IS THERE IS TODAK PUTTING A LIST TOGETHER OF WHERE YOU CAN COLLECT RESOURCES OR THEY HAVE THEY HAVE A WEBSITE. SO DOES COACHELLA VALLEY WOMEN'S MARCH. I WANT TO SAY THEY'VE ALSO BEEN PUTTING UP A LOT OF STUFF ON SOCIAL MEDIA.

PEOPLE CAN REACH OUT TO ME TO I'M MORE THAN WILLING TO, TO PROVIDE THEM WITH INFORMATION AND RESOURCES THAT I HAVE. I THINK IT'S CRITICAL THAT WE'RE RESHARING THOSE POSTS AS WELL, SO THAT PEOPLE KNOW WHERE TO GET RESOURCES FROM OR TO GET SUPPORT, WHETHER IT'S SHOPPING OR PICKING UP GROCERIES FOR THEM OR WHATEVER OTHER CAPACITY THEY NEED THAT SUPPORT. BUT AND I SAY THAT BECAUSE TO MY COLLEAGUE'S POINT IS, THERE IS A LOT OF PEOPLE REACHING OUT BECAUSE THEY'RE AFRAID AND, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE REACHING OUT TO THE CITY OF COACHELLA BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE LOOKING FOR ANSWERS. BUT I DO THINK IT'S IMPORTANT ALSO, AS WELL AS THAT, WHILE THIS IS HAPPENING, IS THAT WE DO PUT A STATEMENT TOGETHER, JUST LETTING FOLKS KNOW, AT LEAST WHEN THEY'RE CALLING IS PROVIDING THEM RESOURCES OR ANYTHING ELSE. BUT WE I WANT TO DEFER THEM TO THE RIGHT AGENCIES WHEN THEY ARE CALLING. I DON'T WANT TO JUST SAY THAT, HEY, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T KNOW WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE CITY OF COACHELLA AND THEREFORE AND JUST LEAVING IT AT THAT, IT WOULD BE GOOD, MAYBE JUST TO HAVE SOME CONTACT INFORMATION WHERE WE CAN REFER THEM TO. IT IS VERY PAINFUL, AND MANY OF US COME FROM MIGRANT FAMILIES. I AM FIRST GENERATION

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AND MY PARENTS CAME HERE AND HARD WORKING MIDDLE CLASS RESIDENTS. YOU KNOW, MANY OF THE EXECUTIVE TEAM MEMBERS AND STAFF HAVE SEEN MY PARENTS. THEY'VE KNOWN THEM, REALLY. THEY KNOW THEM VERY WELL FROM THE COMMUNITY, JUST FROM THEIR 50 YEARS OF LIVING AND GIVING BACK TO THIS COMMUNITY. THEY HAVE ALWAYS BEEN VERY COMMUNITY ORIENTED, AND IT'S GIVEN ME IT'S VERY MUCH A BLESSING WHEN YOU'RE WHEN YOU LIVE IN THE CITY OF COACHELLA AND YOU'RE ABLE TO SPEAK TO THE MULTIPLE GENERATIONS. AND SO IT'S GRANDKIDS OF, YOU KNOW, MY PARENTS, FRIENDS OR THEIR GRANDPARENTS, THEY KNOW THEY USED TO KNOW MY GRANDPARENTS. SO THERE'S A ALTHOUGH THE CITY OF COACHELLA IS GROWING, THERE'S STILL THAT SMALL TOWN FEELING THAT WE ALL STILL REALLY LOVE HERE IS BECAUSE WE KNOW EACH OTHER, WE KNOW EACH OTHER'S NEIGHBORS. AND DURING THE TIME OF MY PARENTS, THEY WERE THE DURING THAT TIME THEY WERE THERE WAS A GROUP OF PEOPLE COMING FROM MEXICALI. YOU KNOW, MY DAD WAS COMING FROM MEXICALI AND THEY BOUGHT THEIR HOUSES. THEY WOULD GO TO EACH OTHER'S HOUSES AND THEN, YOU KNOW, BUILD THE BRICK WALL, BUILD THIS. YOU KNOW, IT WAS JUST THAT TYPE OF COMMUNITY DURING THOSE TIMES.

AND IT'S STILL THAT WAY AS AS IT'S PROVEN OVER AND OVER. WE DO HAVE THE 4TH OF JULY EVENT.

COMING UP, AND I AM FEARFUL, I GUESS MAYBE NOT FEARFUL, BUT A LITTLE SAD IS THAT WE MIGHT NOT HAVE A BIG TURNOUT AS WE HAD MAYBE IN THE PAST, JUST BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE AFRAID TO COME OUT AND THEY DON'T KNOW WHETHER WHO'S GOING TO COME OUT OR WHEN THEY'RE GOING TO COME OUT. SO THEY'RE JUST THEY'RE CONSTANTLY LIVING IN FEAR. AND IT ALSO BREAKS MY HEART THAT MANY OF THEM ARE NOT SHOWING UP FOR WORK BECAUSE AS SOMEONE WHO'S ALWAYS BEEN A SINGLE PARENT, THAT THAT MEANS THAT THEY'RE GETTING HIT FINANCIALLY AT HOME JUST BECAUSE OF THE FEAR OF GOING TO WORK.

AND THAT DOES BREAK MY HEART AS WELL. I, I ATTENDED THE SUNLINE TRANSIT AGENCY BOARD MEETING TODAY, AND THERE WAS A GOOD COMMENT, ACTUALLY, FROM JESUS, WHO'S IN THE AUDIENCE ABOUT THE ABOUT HAVING A BUS STOP WHERE THE SENIOR CENTER IS. THAT LOCATION HAS BEEN MOVED, OBVIOUSLY, NOW ON CESAR CHAVEZ BOULEVARD. SO IT'S MORE OF A DISTANCE FOR THEM. SO THAT DID SPARK UP A CONVERSATION BETWEEN MYSELF AND OUR CEO, MONA. WE TALKED ABOUT SUNDIAL, WHICH IS ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY. BUT THEN TOO IS THAT SUN. SUN LINE HAS SHUTTLES OR BUSSES THAT THEY'RE NO LONGER USING. AND SO THAT CONVERSATION CAME UP THAT, YOU KNOW, SHE'S GOING TO SEE WHETHER IT'S DOABLE OR NOT, BUT THEY CAN SIGN OVER SOME OF THAT TO THE CITY OF COACHELLA AT NO COST.

SO, YOU KNOW, THAT WAS VERY GENEROUS OF HER TO MAKE THAT OFFER. THE ADOPTED THE STRATEGIC PLAN. AND I'M HOPING THAT WE GET TO OUR STRATEGIC PLAN SOON. IT JUST NOT ONLY DOES IT PUT US IN THE RIGHT PATH, BUT IT ALSO THEN HIGHLIGHTS SOME OF THE BUDGET CHALLENGES THAT WE'RE DISCUSSING, AND WE CAN DISCUSS THEM OPENLY WITH THE EXECUTIVE TEAM MEMBERS AS WELL. I'M STILL GOING TO GO BACK TO ASKING FOR THE BEAUTIFICATION PLAN, SPECIFICALLY ON THE CESAR CHAVEZ CORRIDOR. AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT VIOLATIONS. IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT GOING OUT THERE AND ENCODING PEOPLE, BUT IT'S REALLY MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE ALSO UPDATING POLICIES TO BEAUTIFY THAT AREA. SO WHETHER IT'S SIGNAGE, WHETHER IT'S FRONTAGE, ANY OTHER STUFF THAT WE KNOW IS QUITE DATED. BUT I WOULD REALLY, REALLY LIKE TO SEE THAT WHOLE CORRIDOR CLEANED UP, ESPECIALLY FROM ALL THE THOUSANDS OF FOLKS THAT WE GET TRAVELING THROUGH THAT STREET.

WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, THAT IS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BECAUSE IT BRINGS PEOPLE TO OUR CITY. WE'VE HAD A GREAT DEAL OF CONVERSATION OVER THE ANIMAL CONTROL SERVICES AND THOSE FEES INCREASING. YOU KNOW, WHEN IN IN POCKET SEVEN, YOU KNOW, I LIKE TO TALK ABOUT THEM QUITE A BIT. IS THE LOVING ANIMALS, WHICH IS FULLY FUNDED BY BY DONORS, YOU KNOW, AND THAT'S A GREAT ASSET TO THE CITY OF COACHELLA. IF WE GET THAT ANNEXED IN, THAT'S GOING TO BE A GREAT, A GREAT SERVICE TO THE CITY OF COACHELLA AT NO COST TO US. YOU KNOW, THEY'RE REALLY GOING TO BE TAKING ON A LOT OF THAT. THOSE ANIMALS THAT WE'RE SEEING OUT THERE AND SOME OF THOSE CHALLENGES AS WELL. AND LASTLY, I DO WANT TO GIVE RUBEN RAMIREZ JUST SOME RECOGNITION,

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JUST OF NOT ONLY HIS YEARS HERE IN THE CITY OF COACHELLA, BUT HOW MUCH HE DOES. AND I WAS I DON'T THINK I COMPLETELY UNDERSTOOD WHEN HE WAS THE INTERIM FINANCE DIRECTORS HOW MUCH HE WAS TAKING ON. AND SO IT'S THE INTERIM FINANCE DIRECTOR. WE'RE DOING THE MATH CITYWIDE SOFTWARE UPDATE. YOU KNOW, HE'S DOING THE AUDIT, HE'S DOING THE BUDGET. SO I REALLY HOPE THAT HE HEARS MY MESSAGE AND I'LL PHONE CALL HIM AS WELL, IS JUST MY APPRECIATION OF HIM AND HIS DEDICATION TO THE CITY AND HOW MUCH HE HAS DONE FOR US, AND ASKING FOR VERY LITTLE IN RETURN. SO THAT'S ALL MY COMMENTS. THANK YOU FOR THOSE COMMENTS AND JUST A COUPLE OF HOUSEKEEPING. I GOT A LOT OF FEEDBACK FROM A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT RESIDENTS REGARDING OUR SKATEBOARD PARK. APPARENTLY IT'S NOT FUNCTIONAL, AND LET'S GO AND WALK IT AND LET'S FIGURE OUT WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE SKATEBOARD PARK, BECAUSE SOME OF THE KIDS ARE TELLING ME THAT IT'S NOT IN GOOD WORKING ORDER AND CONDITION, AND THERE'S SOME ISSUES THERE. SO IF WE CAN HAVE STAFF GO OUT THERE AND TAKE A LOOK AT THE SKATEBOARD PARK, THAT'D BE REALLY, REALLY APPRECIATED. THANK YOU. I KNOW ANDREW'S NOT HERE, BUT I DO WANT TO RECOGNIZE THE SLURRY OR THE, YOU KNOW, LITTLE OIL THAT WAS BEEN PUT ON THE ROAD. IT IS LOOKING GOOD. IT IS IT'S IT ULTIMATELY WE'RE GOING TO NEED TO GRIND THAT IN A FEW YEARS. BUT IT GETS US WHERE WE NEED TO BE, AT LEAST FOR NOW. AND THAT MEDIUM IS GOING IT'S LOOKING GREAT. IT'S RAISING A QUESTION FOR FUTURE SIPS RIGHT. OBVIOUSLY THE FREDERICK. NO. THE VAN BUREN CORRIDOR WITH PYRAMID RANCH. WE GOT MEDIUMS THERE. BUT ON THE ENTRANCE COMING IN FROM 48 AND VAN BUREN, YOU KNOW, AND THEN THE BETWEEN WHAT WOULD BE 49 AND 50, THAT'S AN AREA THAT WE NEED TO LOOK AT AND THE OTHER AREA THAT WE NEED TO LOOK AT AS WELL, IN TERMS OF A SIP, I THINK WE'VE CONCENTRATED ON THE ON THE, YOU KNOW, THE NORTH ENTRANCE OF THE CITY. BUT WE SHOULD ALSO THINK ABOUT THE SOUTH ENTRANCE OF THE CITY, WHICH IS COMING IN FROM THERMAL AND MECCA. AND BELIEVE IT OR NOT, THERE'S A LOT OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITY OCCURRING IN THERMAL AT THE AIRPORT, AROUND THE HITS AND THE JUMPING HORSES AND ALL THAT OTHER STUFF. AND THE ENTRANCE COMING INTO COACHELLA ON THE SOUTH SIDE WOULD BE LIKE THE EAST SIDE, SOUTH EAST SIDE OR WHATEVER. WE SHOULD THINK ABOUT IT LIKE THE AREA IN FRONT OF THE APARTMENTS THAT ARE OUT THERE, LIKE IT'S ALL OVERGROWN. SO WE NEED TO GET WE NEED TO GET FIRE OUT THERE TO GO AND GET SOME WARNINGS ON ACCUMULATED RUBBISH, BECAUSE THAT'S GOING TO GO UP IN FLAMES QUICKLY, AT LEAST IN FRONT OF THE APARTMENT. SO I THINK THAT'S VERY, VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE THAT WE LOOK AT THE SOUTH SIDE AND THEN LOOK AT A POTENTIAL CIP PROJECT LONG TERM RIGHT, OF HOW WE CAN IMPROVE THE SOUTH ENTRANCE INTO THE CITY COMING FROM AVENUE 54, AND THEN AND THEN ALSO THE OTHER MEDIAN AT VAN BUREN AND 49 AND 50, JUST TO KIND OF MAKE EVERYTHING MATCH. I THINK IT'LL BE GOOD JUST TO I WANT TO COMPLIMENT AND ECHO THE COMMENTS OF ALL MY COLLEAGUES REGARDING, YOU KNOW, THE. OPERATION THAT OCCURRED LAST WEEK. IT WAS A MULTI FACETED OR MULTI AGENCY EFFORT. IT WAS PRETTY SAD. YOU KNOW, 500 TROOPS OR 500 FEDERAL AGENTS, DEA, ICE. BORDER PATROL. NATIONAL GUARD. I THINK WHAT WE SHOULD ALL BE ALARMED AT IS THAT NEVER IN THE HISTORY OF RIVERSIDE COUNTY, THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, YOU KNOW, UNLESS IT WAS LIKE WACO, TEXAS, HAVE WE EVER SEEN SUCH A LARGE MILITARIZED PRESENCE OF FEDERAL AGENTS COMING THROUGH OUR COMMUNITY? AND I THINK WHAT WE NEED TO REALLY THINK ABOUT IS THIS THE NORM? AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT IS THIS AN UPCOMING NORMAL? AND IF IT IS, THAT'S LIKE REALLY LIKE LIKE WHAT'S GOING ON. AND IF YOU LOOK AT LIKE WHERE THE PRESIDENT AND THE GOVERNOR ARE FIGHTING, IT'S OVER. THE USE OF THE NATIONAL GUARD AND HOW IT CAN BE DEPLOYED. AND I WAS JUST THINKING I WAS LIKE, OH, YOU KNOW, THE ARGUMENT WAS THAT THE NATIONAL GUARD IS GOING TO BE USED IN GREATER LA. I THINK UNDER THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT,

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THEY CONSIDER THIS AREA GREATER LA. SO THIS IS IT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS WHERE WE NEED TO KNOW, AND OUR RESIDENTS NEED TO KNOW THAT THIS IS PROBABLY THE NEW NORMAL, BECAUSE THIS ADMINISTRATION HAS SAID THAT THEY WANT TO ONE, THE 21 MILLION IMMIGRANTS WERE ALLOWED IN, AND TWO, THEY WANT TO LEAVE. THE LARGEST OPERATION OF DEPORTATIONS IN THE HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES. AND SO WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? WELL, THE NUMBER ONE LEADER OF DEPORTATION IN THE UNITED STATES, WHERE WAS OBAMA? HE DEPORTED 3 MILLION. AND THEN NEXT IS PRESIDENT. TRUMP AT 1.6 MILLION. SO I IMAGINE THAT TRUMP'S GOING TO TRY TO GET PAST THREE, 4 MILLION. SO THIS IS GOING TO BE THE NORM. AND I'VE BEEN FOLLOWING WHAT'S GOING ON IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA AND THERE AND THERE. AND THERE'S A LOT OF PRESSURE BEING PUT ON CITY HALL IN A LOT OF DIFFERENT CITIES, AND PARTICULARLY THE CITIES THAT ARE LIKE EAST LA AREA, WHERE THEY HAVE A HEAVY IMMIGRANT COMMUNITY. AND WHAT THOSE CITIES ARE DOING IS AND, AND IS THEY ARE COUNCIL MEMBERS AND THE MAYOR. AND I'D LIKE TO EXTEND, YOU KNOW, AN INVITE FOR COUNCIL MEMBER PEREZ TO JOIN ME IN ACTUALLY WORKING WITH THE NONPROFITS AND ORGANIZING THEM, BECAUSE THE CATHOLIC CHURCH IS ALSO INVOLVED. AND I'VE BEEN TALKING TO FATHER FRANCISCO AND OTHERS WHERE WE CAN CREATE LIKE AN OFFICIAL, LIKE, HERE ARE THE FOLKS THAT WE VETTED. THIS IS WHAT WE'RE GOING TO GIVE OUT TO THE COMMUNITY IN TERMS OF HERE ARE THE RESOURCES THAT WE KNOW. AND THEN I THINK AT THE SAME TIME, WE SHOULD COME UP WITH THE POLICY AND INSTRUCT OUR. STAFF, AND IT COULD BE CONTRACT STAFF ON WHAT TO DO. AND I'LL GIVE YOU A PERFECT EXAMPLE. WE HAVE A HISTORY HERE IN THE CITY, PROBABLY THE LAST SIX YEARS, PROBABLY EIGHT YEARS WHERE WE'VE WORKED WITH THE WITH THE CONSULADO AND THEY DO A LOT OF SERVICES AND, AND THEY'RE IN OUR BUILDINGS AND. YEAH. SO IN THE EVENT THAT WE GET A FEDERAL, YOU KNOW, VISIT, OUR CONTRACTORS NEED TO KNOW WHAT TO DO. OUR CITY STAFF NEED TO KNOW WHAT TO DO. AND WE SHOULD WE SHOULD BRING THAT UP. AND WE SHOULD MAKE IT A POLICY OF SAYING, THIS IS HOW WE WANT YOU TO RESPOND. WE ARE A SANCTUARY. WE ARE A SANCTUARY. AND SO IT'S MORE THAN ADVOCACY. IT'S ALSO HOW US AS A STAFF ARE GOING TO MOBILIZE.

NOW, THE OTHER SIDE OF WHAT'S GOING ON TOO, IS THAT I THINK IT'S VERY, VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE LOOK AT FEDERAL ADVOCACY AND WE JOIN THOSE EFFORTS. AND, AND I'M GOING TO TELL YOU WHY. SO WE DON'T HAVE A FEDERAL LOBBYIST, BUT WE SHOULD BECAUSE WE KNOW FOR A FACT THAT IF YOU LOOK AT HOW THE ADMINISTRATION, THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION HAS MOVED ON SEVERAL HOUSE RESOLUTION BILLS, INCLUDING WHAT THE SENATE AND THE HOUSE THEY'RE LIKE, THEY HAVE THE RILEY ACT. AND THEY YOU KNOW, THERE'S NOW THERE'S H.R. 32, WHICH IS THE NO SANCTUARY ACT, LIKE THEY'RE GOING TO TARGET SANCTUARY CITIES. AND ALREADY THE PRESIDENT HAS SAID NO GRANTS. AND SO THEY'RE ALSO SAYING, HEY, MAYBE ENTITLEMENT PROGRAMS ARE GOING TO GET AFFECTED AND WE NEED TO KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON. AND THE OTHER THING WE NEED TO KNOW IS THAT OR WE IT'S NOT JUST OUR CONGRESSMEN, BUT WE SHOULD BE IN FULL COMMUNICATION WITH OUR SENATOR, BOTH SENATORS, AND WE NEED TO KNOW AND WE NEED TO BE IN COMMUNICATION, TOO, WITH OUR NEIGHBORING CONGRESSMAN, WHO HAPPENS TO BE PRETTY HIGH UP THERE WHEN IT COMES TO LIKE, REPUBLICAN SENIORITY. AND SO WE REALLY NEED TO THINK THROUGH THAT. AND IT'S ABOUT, OKAY, IF OUR RESIDENTS COME HERE, IF ADVOCATES COME HERE, THEN IT'S LIKE, WHAT IS CITY HALL DOING? AND WE NEED TO SAY THESE ARE THE THESE ARE THE THESE ARE THE STEPS THAT WE'VE TAKEN. AND THEN THE OTHER SIDE. AND I KNOW WE'RE GOING THROUGH AUSTERE TIMES, BUT WE NEED TO PUT OUR MONEY WHERE OUR MOUTH IS AT. RIGHT. LIKE SO WE HAVE PEOPLE OUT THERE THAT, THAT ARE SCARED TO GO TO THE GROCERY STORES. YOU KNOW, YOU GOT PEOPLE OUT THERE THAT, THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY WON'T GO TO THE DOCTOR OR PHARMACY, THE KIDS, THE FEAR ON A LOT OF THE KIDS THAT ARE OFF ON SUMMER SCHOOL RIGHT NOW, AND SOME OF THEM DON'T KNOW IF MOM OR DAD IS GOING TO COME HOME, YOU KNOW, AND THAT RIGHT THERE IS LIKE, OKAY, WHAT DO WE DO? HOW DO WE HOW DO WE KIND OF HELP WITH WHAT'S THAT WORD TRAUMA, YOU KNOW, HOW DO WE HELP WITH WITH LIKE, YOU KNOW, CITY HALL IS GOING TO BE A HELPFUL RESOURCE.

SO IT MAY BE THAT WE NEED TO ALLOCATE NOW TO WHOM. I DON'T KNOW, BUT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I THINK COUNCIL MEMBER PEREZ AND I IF SHE JOINS, IF SHE'S AGREEING, LIKE, LET'S FIGURE THAT OUT. LET'S FIGURE THIS STRATEGY OUT OF LIKE, OKAY. BUT I THINK A LOBBYIST TO REALLY HELP US UNDERSTAND. AND THAT WAY WE KNOW AND WE'RE WE'RE IN THE KNOW OF WHAT'S GOING ON IN, IN

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DC IS GOING TO BE VERY, VERY IMPORTANT TO US. AND I WANTED TO BRING THAT UP FOR THE COUNCIL BECAUSE WE SHOULD THAT'S POTENTIALLY A LOT AT STAKE. RIGHT. LIKE AND WHAT WE DON'T WANT TO BE IS REACTIVE. WE WANT TO BE IN THE CONVERSATION AND TRY TO MOVE AS FAST AS WE CAN.

SO I, I BRING THAT UP, MAYBE BILL, YOU KNOW, MAYBE WE LOOK FOR LOBBYISTS. WE BRING SOMEBODY HERE WHERE WE CAN AFFORD IT. AND THEN I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE DEVELOP CLEAR POLICIES OF HOW WE WANT OUR STAFF TO AND OUR CONTRACTORS. RIGHT. LIKE, AND I CAN THINK OF THE LIBRARY, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE A LOT OF THINGS HAPPEN. YOU KNOW, WHERE LIKE, HEY, IF WE SEE FEDERAL AGENTS, IT'S LIKE WE'RE GOING TO LOCK THEM DOWN, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? BECAUSE IT JUST HERE, HERE'S THE OTHER SIDE OF IT TOO, AND IT'S GOING TO LEAD TO OTHER THINGS. THE IMPACT ON THE STREETS IS REAL. THE, THE, THE BUSINESSES THAT HAVE CALLED ME THAT PEOPLE ARE NOT GOING TO THE RESTAURANTS, PEOPLE ARE NOT SHOPPING. AND THEN THE OTHER SIDE OF LIKE AND I FIND IT FUNNY, I'LL TELL YOU A FUNNY STORY. I GOT A CALL FROM. YOU KNOW, THE GENTLEMAN THAT OWNS A FARM AND HE'S LIKE, HEY, YOU GOT TO STOP SAYING THAT. YOU KNOW, THEY WERE GOING INTO THE FIELDS.

AND I WAS LIKE, ARE THEY PULLED UP RIGHT NEXT TO IT? YOU KNOW, WHAT DO YOU EXPECT YOUR, YOUR WORKERS TO DO? LIKE NOT RUN LIKE KEEP WORKING AND SAY, OKAY, IT'S NOT US. LIKE IT'S NOT MY TURN RIGHT NOW. LIKE, AND I WAS JUST LIKE, THAT DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE. LIKE THE HUMAN ELEMENT, IF PARTICULARLY PEOPLE KNOW THAT THEY'RE UNDOCUMENTED, THEY'RE GOING TO RUN AND HIDE. AND THE FUNNY THING IS, IS THAT, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THESE BUSINESSES, THESE BIG FARMS, RIGHT. LIKE A LOT OF FOLKS ARE KIND OF LIKE WONDERING. THEY'RE LIKE, WELL, I THOUGHT I THOUGHT ALL MY WORKERS WERE WERE WERE AMERICAN CITIZENS. AND THERE'S THEY'RE STARTING TO REALIZE LIKE, THEY I THINK IT WAS CONVENIENTLY ONE OF THOSE THINGS WHERE THEY MAYBE DIDN'T KNOW, YOU KNOW, WHERE THE CONTRACTORS ARE GETTING THE FOLKS. BUT IT'S FUNNY BECAUSE NOW YOU'RE STARTING TO HEAR FROM OUR BUSINESSES THAT THAT WE THEY'RE CONCERNED ABOUT LABOR. AND SO THOSE ARE ALL THE THINGS THAT THAT LIKE AS A COUNCIL, AS A CITY, AS, AS AS, YOU KNOW, ADMINISTRATORS, WE ALL YOU GUYS, COMMUNITY SERVICE DIRECTOR OVER THERE. RIGHT. LIKE WE GOT TO THINK THROUGH AND IT'S JUST A NEW NORMAL. AND IT'S UNFORTUNATE. BUT I DEFINITELY SEE THIS LASTING AT LEAST A GOOD. TWO YEARS. I DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENS TO THE HOUSE. MAYBE IT FLIPS, MAYBE IT DOESN'T. BUT YOU KNOW AND THEN THERE'S A LOT OF LAW INVOLVED. RYAN, YOU PROBABLY KNOW MORE, BUT I THINK AT LEAST TWO YEARS, IF NOT, YOU KNOW, ANOTHER THREE AND A HALF. SO IT'S JUST IT'S JUST A REALITY. AND WHAT WE DO AND HOW WE PREPARE OURSELVES AND HOW WE GET THE MESSAGE OUT AND HOW WE'RE ORGANIZED AS A CITY IS GOING TO BE VERY IMPORTANT BECAUSE WE HAVE A LOT OF GOOD PEOPLE OUT THERE. THEY'RE MY FAMILY MEMBERS OR FRIENDS LIKE THEY'RE AND WE NEED TO DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO PROTECT THEM. SO THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS. MR. CITY MANAGER FLOOR IS YOURS.

THANK YOU. MAYOR, I JUST WANTED TO UPDATE THE COUNCIL WE'RE GOING TO BE HAVING DIRECTOR OF FINANCE DIRECTOR INTERVIEWS ON THE SEVENTH, AND I HOPE TO APPOINT BY THE 14TH OF JULY. WE WILL BE BRINGING THE BUDGET BACK TO THE COUNCIL. WE'VE DISCUSSED IT. IT SHOULD BE COMING BACK TO THE COUNCIL. I WOULD LIKE TO DO A PRELIMINARY BUDGET. I KNOW THAT THE COUNCIL MAY BE GONE.

SOME OF THE COUNCIL GONE TO LEO AT THE SECOND MEETING OF JULY. SO I THINK THAT WE'LL HOLD OFF UNTIL YOU'RE BACK FROM THAT SO THAT EVERYBODY GETS THE SAME LOOK AND WE CAN HAVE THAT SAME DISCUSSION. SO WE'LL, WE'LL SCHEDULE PROBABLY HAVE TO HAVE A SPECIAL MEETING IN AUGUST. I HAD A MEETING WITH THE ENTIRE STAFF LAST THURSDAY. I'D LIKE TO DO THIS QUARTERLY WITH THEM. WE HAD A GOOD SESSION TOGETHER. I SPOKE FOR A WHILE, KIND OF UPDATED THEM AS TO WHAT WAS GOING ON ABOUT MY APPOINTMENT, TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT WAS GOING ON FINANCIALLY WITH THE CITY. I BELIEVE THE EMPLOYEES APPRECIATED IT. THEY SAID THAT THEY WANTED TO HAVE THEM MORE OFTEN. AND SO I THINK QUARTERLY I'LL GET TOGETHER WITH THE EMPLOYEES, BUT I JUST WANTED TO UPDATE THE COUNCIL ON THAT. AND AGAIN, CONGRATULATIONS TO KENDRA AND TO YOLANDA AND SELENA. WE WILL FIGURE OUT WHAT WE'RE GOING TO CALL YOU, BUT CONGRATULATIONS. AND YEAH, I LIKE THE COUNCIL SAYS, YOU KNOW, IT'S BEEN A ROUGH YEAR SO FAR, BUT I SEE US COMING TOGETHER AS A GROUP. YOU KNOW, WHEN I WAS FIRST APPOINTED A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO THAT THURSDAY, WE ALL GOT TOGETHER AND WE'RE HAVING MEETINGS TOGETHER, NO ZOOM MEETINGS. WE'RE GOING TO GET TOGETHER AND MEET AS AN EXECUTIVE TEAM AND THEN MEETING WITH THE REST OF THE EMPLOYEES.

I THINK IT'S A GOOD WAY TO START. I TOLD THEM IT'S A NEW DAY AND IT IS A NEW DAY. SO I

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.

Jun 25, 2025 City Council Meetings

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