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A MAJORITY HERE. DO YOU WANT TO OPEN IT UP OR DO YOU WANT TO WAIT? I CAN YEAH, LET'S GET IT
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OPEN AND THEN WE'LL JUST GO ON TO CLOSED SESSION. I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER AND JUST ANNOUNCE THAT UNDER AB 2449, I WILL BE PARTICIPATING REMOTELY. I AM ON TRAVEL WHILE ON OFFICIAL CITY BUSINESS AND IN THE AT IN GEORGIA. ATLANTA, GEORGIA. SO WELCOME EVERYBODY. AND LET ME JUST. AS SOON AS I GET THIS AGENDA PULLED UP. WELL WELCOME EVERYBODY TO THE CITY OF COACHELLA. CLOSED SESSION. THE CITY OF COACHELLA CITY COUNCIL MEETING. THE COUNCIL SITTING AS THE. JUST PULLING UP MY AGENDA. SORRY. THE COUNCIL SITTING A CLOSED SESSION. REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY OF COACHELLA. THE COUNCIL SITTING AS THE COACHELLA, COACHELLA, SANITARY DISTRICT. COACHELLA FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT, COACHELLA FINANCING AUTHORITY, COACHELLA EDUCATION AND GOVERNMENT ACCESS CABLE CHANNEL CORPORATION COACHELLA WATER AUTHORITY, SUCCESSOR AGENCY TO THE COACHELLA REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY AND THE COACHELLA PARKS AND RECREATION FOUNDATION. TODAY IS JULY 23RD, 2025. GOING TO GO AHEAD AND ASK THE CLERK TO NOTE FOR THE RECORD THE ATTENDANCE, AND WE'RE GOING TO MOVE TO[Approval of Agenda]
APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA AT THIS TIME. THE COUNCIL BOARD CORPORATION AUTHORITY MAY NOT ANNOUNCE ANY ITEMS BEING PULLED FROM THE AGENDA. MR. CITY MANAGER, ARE THERE ANY ITEMS TO BE PULLED FROM THE AGENDA? NOT AT THIS TIME, NO THANK YOU. OKAY. WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO ASK THE COUNCIL. IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGENDA? A MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGENDA? I'LL GO AHEAD. SECOND, THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.I'M SORRY, MAYOR. REAL QUICKLY, BECAUSE YOU'RE REMOTE. WE DO HAVE TO DO A ROLL CALL VOTE.
OKAY. CAN WE GET A ROLL CALL? COUNCIL MEMBER. PEREZ HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER. DOCTOR FIGUEROA.
YES. MAYOR HERNANDEZ, I MOVE ON NOW TO PUBLIC COMMENTS. THIS IS A PUBLIC COMMENT ON CLOSED SESSION ITEMS. IS THERE ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE THAT WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A PUBLIC COMMENT? NONE.
[Adjourn to Closed Session]
OKAY. SEEING THAT, WE'LL MOVE ON TO ADJOURNMENT TO CLOSED SESSION. WE WILL BE ADJOURN I THOUGHT. OH. NO, NO. GOOD EVENING EVERYONE, AND WELCOME TO THE CITY OF COACHELLA CITY[Reconvene Regular Meeting]
COUNCIL MEETING. WE'RE RECONVENING TO THE REGULAR MEETING. COUNCIL MEMBER FIERRO, CAN YOU LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, PLEASE? PLACE YOUR RIGHT HAND OVER YOUR HEART.READY? BEGIN. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. THANK YOU. DO WE HAVE ANY CLOSED SESSION ANNOUNCEMENTS? YES. THANK YOU.
MAYOR PRO TEM COUNCIL MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC. THE CITY COUNCIL MET IN CLOSED SESSION PURSUANT TO THE ITEMS LISTED ON THE CLOSED SESSION AGENDA, AND THERE IS NO REPORTABLE ACTION. THANK YOU.
[Proclamations/Presentations/Direction]
RYAN. MOVING ON TO THE PRESENTATION FOR THE COACHELLA RAIL STATION RAIL STATION FEASIBILITY STUDY. GOOD EVENING KENDRA. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR PRO TEM DELGADO, MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL. TONIGHT, MR. JOEL IS GOING TO BE PRESENTING ON THE RAIL STATION FEASIBILITY STUDY.SO I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO HIM. THANK YOU. HELLO. MY NAME IS JOEL SARKISIAN I'M WITH HDR, THE CONSULTING FIRM CONDUCTING THE STUDY I'M THE DEPUTY PROJECT MANAGER. THIS IS OUR SECOND PRESENTATION REGARDING THE STUDY. SO OUR FIRST TIME WAS BACK IN FEBRUARY PM MURRAY LOUIS ADAMS CAME AND PRESENTED. SO AS A REMINDER, THE PURPOSE OF THIS STUDY IS REALLY TO SELECT A PREFERRED STATION SITE AND DEVELOP PRELIMINARY DESIGNS AND LAND USE PLANS FOR THE SURROUNDING AREA. SO WE PREVIOUSLY PRESENTED THE PREFERRED SITE JUST DOWN THE STREET HERE IN PUEBLO VIEJO. AND THEN IN THIS PRESENTATION WE'RE GOING TO FOCUS MORE ON THE DESIGN OF THE STATION ITSELF AND THEN THE LAND USE VISION AROUND IT. SO OUR PROCESS BEGAN IN FALL OF 2024. AND THE FIRST, FIRST PHASE OF THE STUDY WAS REALLY LOOKING AT THREE DIFFERENT SITES. WE ANALYZED VARIOUS FACTORS AND RECOMMENDED THE SITE AND IN PUEBLO VIEJO, AND THEN WE MOVED INTO REFINING THE DESIGN OF THAT SITE AND VISIONING FOR THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITY. SO
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THEN IN AT THIS STAGE, WE HAVE SOME SOME CONCEPTS TO SHARE AND WE'RE GOING TO BE COLLECTING FEEDBACK. WE ACTUALLY HAVE A PUBLIC MEETING TOMORROW ACROSS THE STREET IN THE LIBRARY. AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO BE TAKING THAT FEEDBACK, REFINING THOSE STATIONARY PLANS, STATION DESIGNS, AND THEN FINALIZING OUR PLAN IN FALL OF THIS YEAR. SO OVERALL, SO THIS IS ONE STATION THAT'S PART OF A BROADER PROJECT, THE COACHELLA VALLEY RAIL PROJECT, WHICH IS BEING LED BY RCTC, THE RIVERSIDE COUNTY TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION, AND THAT THE GOAL OF THAT IS TO INSTITUTE DAILY PASSENGER SERVICE FROM LA TO THE COACHELLA VALLEY, ENDING HERE IN COACHELLA. SO WE'RE LOOKING AT THE STATION AND THEN ALSO LAYOVER FACILITY WHERE TRAINS WOULD GET STORED OVERNIGHT AND THEN MAKE THEIR WAY BACK INTO LA THROUGH ORANGE COUNTY. THIS PROJECT HAS BEEN IN THE WORKS FOR MANY YEARS, AND WE DON'T HAVE A SPECIFIC TIME FRAME OF WHEN THAT WOULD COME, BUT WE'RE LAYING THE GROUNDWORK FOR THE FUTURE, SO OUR OUR STUDY, LIKE I SAID, YOU KNOW, FALLS INTO THIS BROADER EFFORT. WE DID RECOMMEND A PREFERRED SITE, BUT THAT'S NOT THE OFFICIAL FINAL SELECTION. THAT'S GOING TO HAVE TO FOLLOW THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROCESS THAT'S BEING LED BY OUR CTC. THERE'S A LEGAL REQUIREMENTS TO THAT. BUT WE DO FEEL THAT THIS IS THE A GOOD SITE AND. THIS THE FINDINGS OF OUR STUDY WILL FEED INTO THAT FUTURE WORK. SO ON THE FOLLOWING SLIDE, THIS IS THE SITE THAT WE RECOMMENDED. IT'S JUST DOWN THE STREET, AS I MENTIONED, BETWEEN ROUGHLY SECOND STREET AND FIFTH STREET ALONG THE RAILROAD. AND THEN RIGHT ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE SITE IS THE COMMUNITY RESILIENCE CENTER, WHICH IS ANOTHER CITY PROJECT TO REHABILITATE THAT OR REDESIGN THAT, THAT BUILDING THAT EXISTS INTO A CIVIC USE. SO, SO FAR WE'VE HAD TWO PUBLIC WORKSHOPS, THREE POP UP EVENTS, AND HELD THREE TECHNICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETINGS WITH STAKEHOLDERS. AND WE HAVE AN ADDITIONAL THIRD PUBLIC WORKSHOP, AS I MENTIONED, TOMORROW, ACROSS THE STREET AT THE LAST PUBLIC WORKSHOP, WE ASKED ABOUT WHAT PRIORITIES THE PUBLIC HAD FOR THE STATION AND THE SURROUNDING AREA. AND SO THINGS THAT WE HEARD THAT FOR THE AREA, PEOPLE ARE REALLY THEY WANT A VIBRANT SPACE WITH A MIX OF USES, COFFEE SHOPS, RESTAURANTS, MIXED USE RESIDENTIAL THAT HAS HOUSING ON THE UPPER LEVELS, RETAIL OR SOMETHING ON THE GROUND LEVEL. THAT'S SORT OF A SPACE THAT THEY WANT AND THAT REALLY ALIGNS, YOU KNOW, IT'S BUILDING OFF OF WHAT'S ALREADY HERE AND WHAT'S IN THE EXISTING PLANS ALREADY. AND THEN FOR THE STATION ITSELF, PEOPLE ARE REALLY INTERESTED IN COMFORT AND SECURITY FEATURES, LIGHTING, SHADE, SECURITY CAMERAS. YOU KNOW, IT'S REALLY HOT OUT TODAY. SO THE SHADE IS A BIG DEAL FOR COMFORT. AND THEN ANOTHER THEME THAT WE'VE REPEATEDLY HEARD IS THAT THE PUBLIC WANT US TO, YOU KNOW, ACKNOWLEDGE THE HISTORICAL AND CULTURAL BACKGROUND OF THE CITY, PARTICULARLY WITH REGARD TO AGRICULTURE AND THE HISPANIC AND INDIGENOUS ROOTS HERE, AND THE WAYS THAT WE CAN INCORPORATE THAT INTO THE DESIGN OF THE STATION AND BE SORT OF AN ICONIC, VERY COACHELLA LOOK, RATHER THAN JUST ANOTHER STATION IN ANOTHER PLACE. SO THIS THIS SLIDE SHOWS THE, THE POTENTIAL STATION LAYOUT. SO WE'RE ASSUMING THERE ARE CURRENTLY TWO EXISTING TRACKS. WE'RE ASSUMING THAT AS PART OF THE BROADER PROJECT, THERE WOULD NEED TO BE A THIRD TRACK TO SERVE ALL THREE OF THOSE TRACKS. WE WOULD HAVE TWO PLATFORMS, ONE ON THE WEST SIDE SERVING ONE OF THOSE TRACKS AND ANOTHER BETWEEN THE OTHER TWO TRACKS, AND THEN THESE WOULD BE CONNECTED WITH A PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE, AND THEN THAT THAT BRIDGE WOULD ALSO NOT NOT JUST PROVIDE ACCESS TO THE PLATFORMS, BUT ALSO SERVE AS A AS A WAY TO CROSS OVER THE RAILROAD THAT DOESN'T CURRENTLY EXIST FOR PEOPLE IN PUEBLO VIEJO, WANT TO ACCESS THAT COMMUNITY RESILIENCE CENTER ACROSS THE WAY. THEY CAN USE THAT BRIDGE ANY TIME OF DAY, WHETHER THERE'S, YOU KNOW, TRAIN THERE OR NOT. SO IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT THE STATION AND THE TRAINS. IT ALSO CONNECTS THE TWO HALVES OF THE, THE CITY. AND THEN WE WOULD HAVE THE PARKING APPROXIMATELY BETWEEN FOURTH STREET AND SIXTH STREET, THE ENTRANCE WOULD BE ON STICKS AND THEN EXIT WOULD BE COMING OUT ON FOURTH, AND THEN WE'D HAVE OUR STATION BUILDING REALLY AROUND[00:10:01]
FOURTH STREET, KIND OF CREATING A NODE THERE, AND THEN POTENTIALLY DOWN AT SIXTH STREET, THERE COULD BE SOME OTHER, OTHER USE IN THAT SPACE BETWEEN THE, THE TRACKS AND THE GRAPEFRUIT BOULEVARD. THERE'S LITTLE STRIP OF LAND THERE. THERE'S ALREADY THINGS OUT THERE AND THAT THOSE COULD CONTINUE TO BE USED. SO HERE WE HAVE JUST SOME CONCEPTS THAT WE WANT TO SHARE. THEIR PRELIMINARY IT COULD CHANGE. BUT THIS KIND OF SHOWS HOW THE STATION COULD REALLY INTEGRATE WITH THE COMMUNITY. AND SO IT'S ON THE OTHER SIDE OF GRAPEFRUIT BOULEVARD. BUT YOU KNOW, THE DEVELOPMENT OF THAT STATION CAN KIND OF MAKE IT FEEL LIKE WHEN YOU'RE COMING DOWN GRAPEFRUIT BOULEVARD THAT YOU'RE DRIVING, YOU'RE IN A PLACE RATHER THAN, YOU KNOW, BESIDE OR GOING GOING PAST DOWNTOWN, YOU'RE ACTUALLY IN DOWNTOWN. SO THAT'S JUST SOME CONCEPTS PRELIMINARILY. SO BEYOND THE STATION, WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT, YOU KNOW, VISIONING FOR THIS WHOLE WHOLE AREA AROUND IT. SO THIS IS A MOBILITY FRAMEWORK FOR THAT AREA ON THE EAST SIDE THAT'S NOT REALLY DEVELOPED AT THE MOMENT. REALLY AGRICULTURAL USES DOWN THE LINE WE SEE THAT GETTING DEVELOPED, YOU KNOW, NOT NOT RIGHT AWAY BUT EVENTUALLY. AND SO THIS IS JUST A FRAMEWORK OF HOW THE STREET NETWORK COULD DEVELOP ON THAT SIDE AND HAVE MULTIMODAL, YOU KNOW, PATHWAYS THAT REALLY LINK UP AT THE STATION WHERE THAT CROSSING POINT, AS I MENTIONED, IS IT CONNECTS THE TWO SIDES OF THE COMMUNITY. YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE A PEDESTRIAN, YOU DON'T HAVE TO WALK ALL THE WAY DOWN TO 48TH STREET OR 50TH STREET OR AVENUE AND CROSS OVER. YOU CAN WALK RIGHT ACROSS THAT, THAT BRIDGE AND, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN GET COFFEE ON THIS SIDE. GO OVER TO THE COMMUNITY RESILIENCE CENTER, JUST A SHORT, SHORT WALK WITHOUT HAVING TO GO ALL THE WAY AROUND THE RAILROAD. ONE OF THOSE BIG OVERPASSES. SO HERE WE HAVE SOME SOME CONCEPTS FOR THE LAND USES ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE STATION. REALLY, LIKE I WAS MENTIONING EARLIER, BUILDING ON WHAT'S ALREADY HERE, WHAT THE COMMUNITY WANTS, THAT VIBRANT URBAN CENTER WITH LOTS OF USES, WHERE IT'S A DESTINATION THAT YOU COME TO, NOT JUST A PLACE YOU GET ON THE TRAIN TO GO SOMEWHERE ELSE, A PLACE THAT PEOPLE MIGHT TAKE THE TRAIN HERE, RIGHT? COFFEE SHOPS, BOUTIQUES, MIXED USE RESIDENTIAL GROUND FLOOR ACTIVATED RESTAURANTS, THAT SORT OF VIBRANT SPACE. SO FOR THE EAST SIDE, WE LIKE I SAID, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T SEE THIS DEVELOPING RIGHT AWAY. BUT OVER THE LONGER TERM, YOU KNOW, EVENTUALLY THINGS COULD GET DEVELOPED OVER THERE. AND WE WANT TO WE WANT TO LEAN INTO THE HISTORY OF THE CITY AND THE AGRICULTURAL USES.WE SEE OPPORTUNITIES FOR ADAPTIVE REUSE AND DEVELOPING, YOU KNOW, ATTRACTIONS THAT KIND OF LEAD INTO THAT. LIKE A LIKE MARKETS AND RESTAURANTS TO HAVE A THEME, THE LOOK AND THE FEEDS INTO THAT AGRICULTURAL HISTORY. AND THEN FOR THE SO THAT WOULD THOSE WE IMAGINED YOU KNOW CLOSER TO THE STATION AND THEN FOR THE REST OF THE TO THE AS YOU GET A LITTLE BIT FURTHER AWAY, WE FORESEE, YOU KNOW, MORE HIGH INTENSITY IN THE LONGER TERM RESIDENTIAL OFFICE, MIXED USE THAT WOULD PROVIDE BOTH HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES AND EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES. AND THIS REALLY ALIGNS WITH THE CITY'S EXISTING GENERAL PLAN AND DESIGNATION OF THAT LAND AS URBAN EMPLOYMENT. SO THEN WE ALSO WANTED TO GIVE YOU GUYS A SNEAK PEEK OF SOME SOME RENDERINGS OF WHAT THIS STATION COULD LOOK LIKE. AGAIN, THESE ARE ALL JUST CONCEPTUAL. WE'RE GOING TO BE REFINING THESE BASED ON THE FEEDBACK THAT WE'VE THAT WE'RE GOING TO COLLECT. AS THE PROJECT CONTINUES. SO THIS SLIDE JUST SHOWS AN OVERHEAD VIEW OF THE STATION, KIND OF LIKE THE ONE I SHOWED BEFORE, BUT A LITTLE LESS ENGINEERY AND MORE THIS IS WHAT IT WOULD ACTUALLY LOOK LIKE. RIGHT. SO WE HAVE A PARKING LOT. WE HAVE A BRIDGE OVER THE RAILROAD PLATFORMS. THIS IS KIND OF WHAT THEY LOOK LIKE IN REAL LIFE. AND THEN HERE. SO THIS IS A VIEW LOOKING FROM THE PARKING LOT AT THE BRIDGE STRUCTURE. AND YOU KNOW YOU'LL SEE THE SPIRAL RAMP FROM THE, THE GROUND LEVEL UP TO THE BRIDGE. THAT'S AN OPPORTUNITY OF SOMETHING THAT COULD HAVE AN ICONIC LOOK TO IT. AND YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE COMING DOWN GRAPEFRUIT BOULEVARD FROM, FROM INDIA, YOU SEE, OH, I'M IN COACHELLA NOW. THERE'S THE STATION, I KNOW WHERE I AM. AND THEN ON THE, THE FENCING AND THE, THE WALLS OF THE, THE BUILDING THERE, YOU KNOW, NOT VERY DETAILED. IT'S
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HARD TO, TO SEE ON HERE, BUT WE IMAGINE THAT, YOU KNOW, OPPORTUNITIES FOR ARTWORK AND THAT'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO LEAN INTO THE, THE CULTURAL ELEMENTS OF THE CITY. YOU HAVE ARTWORK THAT'S SPECIFIC TO COACHELLA AND GIVE THAT BRANDING. SO THIS SHOWS, YOU KNOW, A SHADED STRUCTURE STRUCTURE. THIS IS ON THE PARKING LOT SIDE, NOT THE PLATFORM SIDE IS WHAT THIS COULD FEEL LIKE. THERE'S A WAITING AREA, THE SHADE PROTECTING YOU FROM THE SUN. AND THEN THIS IS SORT OF THE OTHER SIDE OF THAT, THAT WALL THERE ON THE PLATFORM. SO THIS IS WHAT IT WOULD LOOK LIKE, COULD LOOK LIKE IF YOU'RE WAITING FOR A TRAIN, THIS TRAIN PULLING UP, THERE'S THE BRIDGE.THIS IS WHAT IT WOULD FEEL LIKE TO BE IN THAT, THAT SPACE. SO NEXT STEPS WE'RE GOING TO BE HOSTING A COMMUNITY WORKSHOP. THAT'S PROBABLY THE FIFTH TIME I'VE SAID THAT. TOMORROW ACROSS THE STREET WE'RE GOING TO BE COLLECTING MORE FEEDBACK. WE'RE FINDING A STATION DESIGN CONCEPTS, PREPARING PRELIMINARY ENGINEERING PLANS, COST ESTIMATES AND THEN STATIONARY LAND USE PLAN AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES. AND THEN ON THE LAST SLIDE WE HAVE WE DO HAVE A LINK TO THE PROJECT WEBSITE. IF YOU GUYS ARE INTERESTED IN LEARNING MORE AND I'LL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU SO MUCH. COUNCIL. DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS.
NO, BUT WE'LL SEE. I'LL SEE YOU GUYS THERE TOMORROW. I'LL STOP BY. SO THANK YOU FOR THE WORK THAT YOU KNOW, LOOKING AT WHAT WE'RE POTENTIALLY GOING TO HAVE A RAIL. SO. COUNCIL MEMBER PEREZ NO THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION. I ONLY HAVE FOR THE FOR THE FUNDING.
WHERE ARE WE AT WITH FUNDING FOR IT? SORRY. CAN YOU REPEAT WHEN WE WHEN WILL WE HAVE FUNDING? I KNOW THAT THE FUNDING WAS BEING KICKED OUT. I THINK BY I THINK CTC WAS KICKING DOWN SOME AND I DON'T KNOW IF SCAG WAS KICKING DOWN SOME AND THEN THE STATE. SO THIS IS THE FUNDING FOR OUR STUDY OKAY. OKAY. GOOD. RIGHT. YEAH. FOR THIS IS THE FUNDING FOR THE FOR THE STUDY ONLY, BUT FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION MEANING THE IMPLEMENTATION STUDY. SO THE FUNDING FOR THE STUDY IS ALL WORKED OUT. THE FUNDING FOR IMPLEMENTATION IS TBD THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE LEADING THE OVERALL IMPLEMENTATION OF THE CORRIDOR, AND THEY'RE WORKING ON PUTTING TOGETHER FUNDS TO MOVE INTO THE NEXT PHASE. SO WE'RE JUST MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE ALL THE COMMUNITY FEEDBACK AND THE STUDY DONE TO STRENGTHEN IT SO THAT WE CAN LOCK IN MORE FUNDING. YEAH. SO THIS THIS POSITIONS THE CITY FOR THE FUTURE, RIGHT? FOR IF THERE WAS A DESIRE TO BUILD A STATION YOU CAN GO AFTER GRANTS YOURSELF. YOU KNOW, MAYBE THAT HAPPENS BEFORE THE BROADER PROGRAM. LIKE IF YOU WANT TO HAVE THE SUNSET LIMITED COME THROUGH AND STOP HERE. YEAH. OR AND THEN ALSO THE, THE LAND USE STUFF. RIGHT. THAT WHEN YOU, WHEN YOU SET A LAND USE PLAN IT DOESN'T HAPPEN RIGHT AWAY. AND THAT'S BEEN YOU KNOW WE THINK IT'S BENEFICIAL WHETHER THE STATION COMES HERE NEXT WEEK OR 20 YEARS FROM NOW. SURE. AND IT WILL TAKE TIME FOR THINGS TO BUILD OUT. YEAH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION. AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU. YEAH.
THANK YOU. NOW MOVING ON TO THE CONSENT. CALENDAR, AM I WHERE AM I AT WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS.
FORGIVE ME. I'M FEELING A BIT UNDER THE WEATHER, SO I'M A BIT ALL OVER THE PLACE. DO YOU HAVE ANY WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS? NONE. AND THEN DO WE HAVE ANY WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS OR COMMENTS SUBMITTED FOR THE CONSENT CALENDAR? NONE. IS THERE AN APPROVAL? A MOTION TO APPROVE
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THE CONSENT CALENDAR? ARE THERE ANY ITEMS THAT ANY MEMBER OF THE COUNCIL WOULD LIKE TO PULL SO THAT WE CAN REVIEW FURTHER? NO MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT CALENDAR AS PRESENTED FOR A SECOND. SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY I, I. AND MAYOR PRO TEM. I'LL JUST NOTE THAT WE DON'T HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT FOR NON AGENDIZED ITEMS AS WELL. OH THANK YOU SO MUCH JOANNE. AND[New Business Calendar (Legislative and Administrative)]
THEN MOVING ON TO ITEM 14. KENDRA. OH SELENA GOOD EVENING SELENA. GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING COUNCIL I DON'T HAVE A PRESENTATION BUT I CAN GIVE AN ORAL PRESENTATION. AND SO THE ITEM BEFORE YOU IS SIMPLY A COLLECTION AGREEMENT WITH VERBAL AND EXPEDIA. AND IT'S SO THAT THE CITY CAN SO THAT FOR THE COLLECTION AND REMITTANCE OF THE CITY'S TRANSIENT OCCUPANCY TAX AND THE GREATER PALM SPRINGS TOURISM BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT ASSESSMENT OR BID THAT IS DUE FROM HOMEOWNERS AND GUESTS THAT ARE THAT BOOK. SHORT TERM VACATION RENTALS IN COACHELLA THROUGH THE HOMEAWAY OR THE VERBAL SLASH EXPEDIA PLATFORM. AND SO WE'RE LOOKING[00:20:02]
FOR YOUR APPROVAL TO ALLOW OUR CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE THE AGREEMENT. THANK YOU. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM MEMBERS OF COUNCIL? NO, NO. DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS ON THIS ITEM? NONE IN THE ROOM. DO WE HAVE ANY ON ZOOM? IF THERE'S ANYBODY ON ZOOM, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A COMMENT. PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. THERE ARE NONE. THANK YOU SO MUCH. IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE ITEM? YEAH, I'LL DO A MOTION TO APPROVE THE ITEM. AND I JUST WANT TO. DAVIS IS HERE FROM VISIT GREATER PALM SPRINGS TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO HER FOR THAT. AND, YOU KNOW, THANK YOU FOR WORKING AND MAKING THE CITY PART OF, YOU KNOW, WORKING THAT VISIT GREAT SPRINGS AND BRINGING US INTO THE FOLD OF EVERYTHING LIKE THAT. SO. IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL GO AHEAD AND SECOND ALL THOSE IN. OKAY. CAN YOU HAVE A ROLL CALL, PLEASE? COUNCIL MEMBER PEREZ.AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER. DOCTOR FIGUEROA. YES. MAYOR PRO TEM DELGADO. YES. COUNCILMEMBER PEREZ DOESN'T WANT ME TO SIT VERY CLOSE TO HER. THANK YOU. MOVING ON TO ITEM 15. IS I WOULD LIKE TO PULL THAT ITEM AND BRING IT BACK AT A LATER TIME UNTIL WE CAN HAVE A REVIEW OF OUR BUDGET.
OKAY. IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND IT. SO JUST AND THEN JUST TO MAKE IT CLEAR THAT I THINK WE'RE BRINGING BACK SOME ITEMS FOR AUGUST 6TH BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO REVIEW THE BUDGET MORE THOROUGHLY BEFORE MOVING ON ANY OTHER. DO WE HAVE A BUDGET WORKSHOP NEXT WEDNESDAY? ACTUALLY, I WAS GOING TO DO THAT DURING COUNCIL COMMENTS. I'D LIKE TO HAVE A WORKSHOP WITH THE COUNCIL NEXT WEDNESDAY BECAUSE THERE'S NO PLANNING COMMISSION AND THEN ON THE SIXTH, COME BACK FOR ADOPTION BECAUSE WE WANT TO PUT UP A LINCOLN OR NEW FINANCE DIRECTOR IS ON NOW, AND HE'S BEEN REVIEWING SINCE HE'S BEEN HERE MONDAY. HE'S BEEN TEARING INTO THREE DAYS. YEAH. SO YEAH, HE HE HIT THE GROUND RUNNING LITERALLY. SO YES. SO THAT WAS ONE OF MY COMMENTS LATER ON. BUT YES. AND THEN WE CAN COME BACK AND REVIEW THE STUFF. YEAH OKAY. PERFECT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THAT. SO WITH COUNCIL DIRECTION THEN WE WILL PULL THIS ITEM. YES. AND BRING IT BACK AT A LATER DATE. SOUNDS GOOD. CAN YOU GET ROLL CALL PLEASE? COUNCIL MEMBER PEREZ. YES.
COUNCIL MEMBER. DOCTOR FIGUEROA. HI. MAYOR PRO TEM DELGADO. YES. MOVING ON TO ITEM 16.
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MAYOR PRO TEM DELGADO, MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL. TONIGHT, I'M GOING. IS THAT COSTELLO TWO? NO. IT'S OKAY. YEAH, I SEE THE AGENDA. I'M SORRY. I DON'T KNOW IF THE AGENDA IS WRONG. OKAY.THE PRINTED ONE HAS THE HOUSING ELEMENT ONE WE HAVE HERE. 17 I THINK IS WHEN THE ONE. YEAH.
THANK YOU. COUNCIL. GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU. TONIGHT I'M GOING TO BE INTRODUCING THE ORDINANCE TO UPDATE ITEMS IN THE HOUSING ELEMENT. THIS WAS REQUESTED BY HCD IN ORDER IN ORDER FOR US TO OBTAIN A CERTIFIED SIX CYCLE HOUSING ELEMENT. SO JUST A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND. THE LAST TIME I WAS HERE BEFORE YOU DISCUSSING THIS ITEM WAS ON MAY 14TH, STAFF PRESENTED AN UPDATE TO THE CITY COUNCIL ON THE STATUS OF THE SIX CYCLE HOUSING ELEMENT. ON MAY 15TH, HCD REVIEWED AND APPROVED THE PROPOSED CHANGES AND PROVIDED A LETTER TO THE CITY STATING THAT ALL PROPOSED CHANGES ARE IN COMPLIANCE WITH STATE HOUSING LAW AND MEET THE STATUTORY REQUIREMENTS RELATED TO REZONING TO ACCOMMODATE RHNA. ON JULY 2ND, THE PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL OF THE UPDATED SIX CYCLE HOUSING ELEMENT TO THE CITY COUNCIL. SO SOME SOME OF THESE NEXT FEW CHANGES THAT YOU'RE GOING TO SEE, THERE'S FIVE IN TOTAL.
THREE OF THE FIVE CONTAIN THE SAME VERBIAGE AND LANGUAGE. THAT LANGUAGE IS JUST GOING TO BE ADDED INTO THREE DIFFERENT ZONING DESIGNATIONS WITHIN THE MUNICIPAL CODE. SO THIS LANGUAGE STATES THAT FOR SITES THAT ARE IDENTIFIED TO ACCOMMODATE THE LOWER INCOME REGIONAL HOUSING NEED ALLOCATION, MULTIFAMILY USE SHALL BE A USE BY RIGHT AND PERMITTED WITHOUT DISCRETIONARY ACTION FOR DEVELOPMENT, IN WHICH AT LEAST 20% OF THE UNITS ARE AFFORDABLE TO LOWER INCOME HOUSEHOLDS AND SHALL MEET ALL THE REQUIREMENTS PURSUANT TO GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 65583.2.
THIS IS A SECTION OR ITEM THAT HCD SPECIFICALLY WANTED TO INCLUDE IN OUR MUNICIPAL CODE.
TO REMOVE A BARRIER FOR BUILDING AFFORDABLE HOUSING WITHIN THE COMMUNITY, AND THIS IS FOUND IN OUR URBAN EMPLOYMENT ZONE. IT WOULD ALSO BE ADDED TO THE DOWNTOWN, PUEBLO VIEJO AND DOWNTOWN TRANSITION ZONES, AND ALSO TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL ZONES. SO FOR THESE THREE ZONES, THAT LANGUAGE REMAINS THE SAME, AND IT WOULD ALLOW THE DEVELOPMENT OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS THAT MEET STATE REQUIREMENTS BY RIGHT. THE NEXT CHANGE THAT HCD
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FELT WAS A BARRIER TO CONSTRUCT AFFORDABLE HOUSING WAS THE FOUR STORIES OR 50FT, WHICHEVER IS LESS. THEY REQUESTED THAT WE MODIFY THE DOWNTOWN TRANSITION ZONE TO READ FIVE STORIES OR 75FT HIGH, WHICH IS CONSISTENT TO WHAT'S ALREADY EXISTING IN THE DOWNTOWN ZONE. AND THE FINAL CHANGE WAS A REQUEST FOR THE MINIMUM DENSITY TO BE INCREASED FROM 15 DWELLING UNITS PER ACRE TO 20 DWELLING UNITS PER ACRE FOR MULTIFAMILY RESIDENTIAL UNITS, MEANING LOW INCOME STATE REQUIREMENTS AND THE CONNECTED I'M SORRY, IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL ZONE. STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO INTRODUCE ORDINANCE NUMBER 1225, APPROVING AMENDMENTS TO THE MUNICIPAL CODE TO PERMIT CERTAIN AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS BY RIGHT, AND AMEND CERTAIN HEIGHT AND DENSITY STANDARDS FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS IN ORDER TO BRING THE CITY'S SIX CYCLE HOUSING ELEMENT INTO COMPLIANCE WITH STATE LAW. I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU GUYS MAY HAVE. THANK YOU. KENDRA, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR STATEMENTS FROM MEMBERS OF COUNCIL? JUST THE ONE OF THE STORIES. SO THEY WANT US TO MAKE IT MORE FLEXIBLE ON THE DEVELOPER. IS THAT WHAT THE CORRECT. YEAH. SO THEY WANT TO HAVE US MAKE IT CONSISTENT WITH WHAT WAS IN THE DOWNTOWN ZONE. HCD FEELS AFTER REVIEWING OUR HOUSING ELEMENT THAT RESTRICTING NEWER LOW INCOME DEVELOPMENTS TO FOUR STORIES IS A BARRIER FOR BUILDING AFFORDABLE HOUSING. SO THEY FEEL BY ALLOWING THE DEVELOPER TO BUILD AN ADDITIONAL STORY, IT WILL HELP ELIMINATE THAT BARRIER. SO THAT'S JUST A MAXIMUM REQUIREMENT THAT'S CHANGING. IT'S NOT A MINIMUM. SO IT'S NOT A MINIMUM OF FIVE STORIES. IT'S THEY CANNOT BUILD MORE THAN FIVE STORIES. CAN'T GO PAST THE 5 OR 75FT OKAY. YEAH. THAT'S GOOD. THANK YOU. IS THERE ANY COMMENTS FROM MEMBERS IN THE AUDIENCE OR ON ZOOM? MAYOR PRO TEM, THIS IS AGENDIZED AS A PUBLIC HEARING, SO WE SHOULD OPEN IT UP OKAY. WE'RE GOING TO OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 627. DO WE HAVE ANYBODY ON ZOOM? THERE'S ANYBODY ON ZOOM WHO'D LIKE TO COMMENT ON THIS ITEM. PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. THERE ARE NONE. WELL, THEN I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING ITEM. THANK YOU FOR THE REMINDER. AND THERE'S. WAS THERE A MOTION IN A SECOND? YEAH. MOTION TO APPROVE THE INTRODUCTION OF ORDINANCE NUMBER 1225 AMENDMENT AMENDING SECTION 17.16 POINT ZERO 20 POINT AND 17.18 POINT ZERO 20 AND 1718 .03 17, 24.0 20 AND 1720 4.0 30 OF TITLE 17 ZONING OF THE COACHELLA MUNICIPAL CODE.I'LL GO AHEAD AND SECOND, WE HAVE A ROLL CALL, PLEASE. COUNCIL MEMBER PEREZ. YES, ANGELA. IT SAYS ANGELA THERE. I'M SORRY, I'M NOT FEELING VERY WELL, DOCTOR FIGUEROA, HI. MAYOR DELGADO. YES. THANK YOU. KENDRA. GOOD EVENING. CASTELO. THIS WILL BE FAST. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR PRO TEM, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL. THIS IS A YEARLY ITEM THAT WE BRING BEFORE YOU FOR THE COLLECTION OF THE SANITARY SEWER CHARGE ON THE SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL USERS. SO WE BRING THIS TO YOU EVERY YEAR. THE BIG TAKEAWAY HERE IS WE HAVE THIS YEAR, 7285 PARCELS THAT WILL BE CHARGED SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL RATE. AND WE HAVE 7098 PARCELS THAT ARE ELIGIBLE FOR THE UT TAX, FOR A TOTAL OF ABOUT $4.6 MILLION THAT WE ARE GOING TO BE LEVYING FOR SEWER CHARGES. SO LOOKING FOR AUTHORIZATION TO APPROVE THE RESOLUTION, IS THERE ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FROM MEMBERS OF COUNCIL? WE'LL OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING ITEM AT 629. IS THERE ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE ON ZOOM WHO HAS ANY COMMENTS? THERE ARE NO HANDS RAISED. THANK YOU. WE'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING ITEM AT 630. IS THERE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO MOVE THE ITEM FORWARD? MOTION TO APPROVE ADOPTING RESOLUTION NUMBER 2020 DASH TWO. IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL GO AHEAD AND SECOND ROLL CALL, PLEASE. COUNCIL MEMBER PEREZ. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. DOCTOR. FIGUEROA. AYE. MAYOR PRO TEM DELGADO. YES. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. AND NOW
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WE'RE MOVING ON TO REPORTS. AND FROM MEMBERS OF COUNCIL STARTING OFF WITH COUNCIL MEMBER FIGUEROA. I JUST A CLEAR. QUICKLY. I DID GO AND DO A PUBLIC COMMENT AT THE CALIFORNIA[00:30:02]
WATER RESOURCE BOARD MEETING LAST WEEK TO ADVOCATE FOR HOW WE, YOU KNOW, THEIR IMPLEMENTATION OF POTENTIAL WAYS TO GET FUNDING FOR THE CHROMIUM SIX AND HOW WE CAN BETTER REALLY FIND A SOLUTION AND HOW DO WE NAVIGATE AS A CITY, BUT ALSO KNOWING THAT THERE'S OTHER AGENCIES AND OTHER SERVICES THAT ARE IN THE SAME PREDICAMENT. RIGHT. AND SO HOW DO WE REALLY LOOK AT THAT AND FINDING WAYS TO MAKE IT FEASIBLE? I THINK IN WITH THE WORK OF STAFF, WITH CASTULO AND THE CITY MANAGER, MR. PATTERSON, REALLY LOOKING AT THAT. RIGHT. AND SO I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT IN SEEING WHERE WE GO WITH THIS. RIGHT. SO. I DON'T HAVE MUCH SUMMER LOOKING FORWARD TO THE BUDGET. WORKSHOP NEXT WEEK. AND JUST LET ME KNOW WHAT TIME IT IS, BECAUSE I HAVE TO HAVE A HARD CUT OFF AT LIKE 630. SO I GOTTA GET ON A PLANE. SO THAT'S WHY. SO I HAVE A HARD CUT OFF. SO JUST LET ME KNOW WHAT TIME IT IS NEXT WEEK. BUT THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS. ENJOYING THEIR SUMMER. AND THEN I HAD ONE MORE THING IN MY BRAIN. I'LL GO TO THE RAIL STUDY TOMORROW, SO LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT. SO THANK YOU. THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS, MADAM MAYOR PRO TEM.OKAY, I'LL MAKE A QUICK TOOL. I JUST WANT TO THANK VERONICA AND ADRIANA FROM THE SENIOR CENTER.
I ACTUALLY ATTENDED THEIR KARAOKE LAST THURSDAY AND I WAS FORCED TO SING, SO IT WAS GOOD.
IT WAS ACTUALLY A REALLY NICE EVENT. I WANT TO THANK THEM FOR THEIR HOSPITALITY AND SEEING HOW MANY PEOPLE ACTUALLY SHOWED UP TO PLAY LOTERIA. THERE WAS NO SPACES ON SATURDAY. I ALSO ATTENDED THE WEBINAR FROM QUOFEM, WHICH PROVIDED A LOT OF INFORMATION FOR A LOT OF OUR UNDOCUMENTED FAMILIES, A LOT OF GOOD RESOURCES WHICH WERE FORWARDED TO ROSETTE. SO HOPEFULLY WE CAN ADD THAT TO OUR SOCIAL MEDIA SITE AND BE A RESOURCE. RESOURCEFUL INFORMATION FOR OUR RESIDENTS AND TO ALL OF OUR COACHELLA VALLEY RESIDENTS. JUST WANT TO REMIND YOU GUYS THAT THE CV LINK IS NOT FOR VEHICLES. PLEASE DO NOT RIDE YOUR VEHICLES ON TOP OF THE CV LINK. IT IS FOR PEDESTRIANS AND BICYCLISTS. WE DON'T NEED ANY ACCIDENTS ON THERE. I WANT TO THANK THE LIBRARY STAFF WHO SHOWED UP FOR OUR COUNCIL MEETING TO THANK ALL OF OUR EXECUTIVE STAFF MEMBERS, ALL THE CITY STAFF. THANK BILL. I WANT TO THANK OUR LOCAL FIRST RESPONDERS ALSO FOR SHOWING UP, CAPTAIN AND OUR CHIEF FROM CAL FIRE AND THEN OUR NEWLY FINANCED DIRECTOR, MR. BOGART. WELCOME AND THANK YOU. THANK YOU. I DO WANT TO START OFF BECAUSE IN THE LAST MEETING, I SAID THAT I WAS GOING TO IN MY EMAIL, I SAID I WAS GOING TO START OFF WITH MAKING AN APOLOGY BECAUSE I THINK I HURT SOME FOLKS. AND FOR THOSE THAT KNOW ME, YOU KNOW, I KNOW I'M VERY I CAN BE VERY DIRECT, BUT IT'S NEVER, EVER MY INTENTION TO EVER HURT ANYONE OR TO MAKE ANYONE FEEL POORLY. SO I DO APOLOGIZE TO THE DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR. VANESSA, I KNOW THAT YOU'RE HERE. AND ELSA ALSO, I THINK THERE WAS A MISS. THERE WAS A CONFUSION WHEN I USED THE WORD COUNTER. YOU KNOW, ON OUR SIDE WE SEE COUNTER AS RESIDENTS AND CLIENTS. AND WHEN THEY SEE COUNTER, THEY SEE IT AS, AS STAFF BECAUSE THAT'S THEIR VIEW. AND SO AND GOING BACK TO THAT IS WE HAD A RESIDENT WHO WAS WAITING FOR THE PERMIT. BUT THE WHILE I WAS WAITING AND TALKING AND ENGAGING WITH THE GENTLEMAN, VANESSA DID COME UP TO SEE IF WE NEEDED ASSISTANCE, SHE CAN SEE THAT WE WERE STILL TALKING. SO SHE WENT BACK AND THEN ELSA CAME UP, AND THEN WE TALKED ABOUT THE ABOUT THE SOLAR PANEL. SO I HOPE THAT YOU, VANESSA, I HOPE THAT YOU WILL ACCEPT MY APOLOGY IF I IF IN ANY WAY IF YOU MISTOOK THAT SORRY ABOUT THAT. AND THEN ALSO GOOD NEWS IS THAT WE THE ENERGY CHALLENGE THAT WAS GOING ON THE MAN HIS HOUSE WAS, WAS VISITED THAT THAT DAY. SO THAT WAS WONDERFUL. AND YOU KNOW AND THEN KENDRA HAD SOME GOOD IDEAS ABOUT, YOU KNOW, HOW DO WE ASSIST FOLKS OUTSIDE OF OUR ABILITY AND OUR CONTROL. AND OBVIOUSLY THERE'S ALWAYS FUNDING AND FINANCE FINANCIAL IMPACTS THAT OUR RESIDENTS SEE, AND WE'RE ALWAYS TRYING TO HELP ASSIST THEM IN WAYS. AND SOMETIMES THAT TAKES A WHILE, YOU KNOW, AND THAT'S A THAT'S A BIT TOUGH, I THINK FOR EVERYONE, FOR THE EMPLOYEES AND FOR ALL OF US, WHEN WE HAVE TO MAYBE TELL SOMEBODY OR TURN THEM AWAY BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE THAT TYPE OF ASSISTANCE. I DID I DID FOLLOW THROUGH ON THE AG SUMMIT, SO I SPOKE TO JANELLE AND WE DID COME UP. WE DID COME TO AN AGREEMENT TO DO IT WOULD BE MORE OF AN AG BRIEFING, REALLY FOCUSED ON THE AGRICULTURAL
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INDUSTRY AND THE CHALLENGES THAT THE FARMERS AND THE WORKERS ARE FACING. AND SO IT'S NOT GOING TO BE AN AGRICULTURE BRIEFING. AND GROWING COACHELLA VALLEY IS THEY'RE DOING THE ALL THE PROGRAMING FOR US. SO THAT'S THAT'S VERY NICE OF THEM BECAUSE THAT'S A HUGE WEIGHT OFF OF US.AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO PROVIDE THE LIBRARY AND THEN ALSO DO MAYBE A VIDEO AND THEN JUST GO ACROSS TO THE LIBRARY. AND I SEE OUR LIBRARY MANAGER THERE TO SEE THE, YOU KNOW, THE MURAL THAT WE WERE GIVEN. AND I THINK THAT WE HAVE SOME HISTORICAL PICTURES THAT I THINK YOU GUYS ALREADY HAVE THEM ON. WE CAN JUST PLAY THEM. IT'S ON NOVEMBER 13TH, SO WE'LL WE'LL CONNECT WITH YOU ON THAT. BUT I THINK IT'S JUST A QUICK LITTLE ENGAGEMENT. BUT SO THERE WILL BE A PANEL DISCUSSION AND THEN WE'LL BE INVITING STAKEHOLDERS AND LEGISLATORS. I SEE OUR CHIEF TOVAR HERE AND CAPTAIN MARTINEZ HERE. AND SO I'M I'M HOPING THAT YOU WILL ALSO BE IN ATTENDANCE. THEY, YOU KNOW, THEY THEY DIRECTLY ASKED FOR THESE ORGANIZATIONS ALL TO BE IN ATTENDANCE. SO I'M HAPPY THAT YOU'RE HERE. FOR SUNLINE. AND THEN WE HAD A BIT OF A, OF A DISCUSSION WHEN IT CAME TO THE BUS STOP ON SEVENTH STREET IN FRONT OF THE SENIORS. AND SO, SO SUNLINE WAS KIND ENOUGH TO WHAT THEY'RE TRYING TO DO IS GIVE THE CITY OF COACHELLA TO CUTAWAY BUSSES. AND THESE ARE NICE SIZED BUSSES. IF ANYBODY IS FAMILIAR WITH THEM, YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE THE HANDICAP. YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE THE ABILITY TO, YOU KNOW, BRING IN SOMEONE WITH A WHEELCHAIR, HAVE THE WHEELCHAIR ACCESS. SO THEY'RE CURRENTLY LOOKING INTO PROVIDING US THE CUTAWAY BUSSES BY THEY'RE GOING THROUGH THE PROCESS OF SIGNING THEM OVER. SO HOPEFULLY WE'LL BE ABLE TO GET THAT DONE. AND, AND THEN WE'LL THEN INCORPORATE IT INTO SOME OF THE CURRENT GRANTS THAT WE HAVE ALREADY GOING IN THE CITY OF COACHELLA. ONE IS WITH THE COACHELLA PROSPERA, I THINK THE COACHELLA PROSPERA IS WITH THE TESLAS. RIGHT. AND THEN AND THEN THERE'S THE WITH THE SENIOR CENTER IS WHAT WAS GOING TO BE PROVIDING, I THINK TRANSPORTATION TO AND FROM THE TRANSIT HUB TO THE SENIOR CENTER. AND SO WE DISCUSSED IT, WE STOPPED BY AND WE TALKED TO THE SENIORS. AND THERE'S QUITE A BIT AND IT'S ALWAYS BEEN QUITE A BIT OF TRANSPORTATION CHALLENGES. SO WE IDENTIFIED THREE DIFFERENT TYPES OF TRANSPORTATION THAT WOULD BE HOPEFULLY AVAILABLE AND AVAILABLE SOON. BUT HAVING THOSE BUSSES REALLY DOES HELP A GREAT DEAL, BECAUSE IT REALLY DOES ELIMINATE THEN HAVING TO GO THROUGH THE LENGTHY PROCESS AND THE ONE OR THE $2 MILLION MINIMUM TO PUT A BUS STOP THERE. IT JUST TAKES A MUCH MORE GREATER PROCESS. SO THIS GIVES OUR SENIORS THE ABILITY TO NOT JUST GET TAKEN FROM THE SENIOR CENTER, BUT DIRECTLY TO THE TRANSIT HUB, AND THEN THE HOURS OF WHEN THOSE BUSSES ARE ARRIVING. AND THEN THIS WEEK ON THE 24TH AND 25TH, I'M GOING TO BE GOING TO A IT'S A QUICK CONFERENCE. IT'S FOR IT'S CALLED REFLECT EFFECT. AND IT'S PART OF THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF GOVERNMENTS. AND SINCE I SERVE ON THEIR TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE, I GET A LOT OF THESE OPPORTUNITIES AND INVITATIONS. SO I'LL BE ATTENDING THAT AND I'LL BE HAPPY TO THEN PROVIDE BACK SOME OF THE WAYS THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO CONTINUE WITH CLEAN ENERGY AND ALL THESE OTHER WAYS OF PROVIDING SUSTAINABILITY. AND SO WITH THAT, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO BILL AND THANK YOU, MAYOR PRO TEM. LIKE DOCTOR FRANK WAS SAYING, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A BUDGET WORKSHOP ON THE SIXTH.
I'M ON THE I'M SORRY, ON THE 30TH, AND ON THE SIXTH WE'LL BRING IT BACK FOR ADOPTION. WE HAVE LAFCO TOMORROW, WE HAVE THE P7 HEARING. SO WE'LL ALL THE EXECUTIVE STAFF FOR THE MOST PART WILL BE HEADING OUT. AND WE HOPE TO BE SUCCESSFUL THERE BECAUSE THAT REVENUE THAT COULD COME IN POSSIBLY FROM P7 WILL BE VERY IMPORTANT TO THE CITY. WITH THAT, THAT'S ALL I HAVE. OF COURSE. WELCOME, LINCOLN. I'M VERY, VERY, VERY HAPPY TO HAVE HIM. IT WAS LIKE A WEIGHT WAS LIFTED OFF ME WHEN HE WALKED THROUGH THAT DOOR. SO I ACTUALLY TAPPED HIM A DAY EARLY THE WEEK BEFORE, BUT I KNEW THAT I COULDN'T TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT. SO HE CAME BY AND GOT FAMILIAR WITH SOME STUFF, AND HE'S BEEN A GREAT ADDITION SO FAR. I KNOW HE'S GOING TO HE'S GOING TO DO SOME GREAT WORK WITH US. SO HE'S BEEN OFFICIALLY HERE THREE DAYS. YES. YEAH. HE STARTED MONDAY.
YEAH. AND HE'S A HE'S GOING STRAIGHT INTO IT WITH TWO SPECIAL MEETINGS. IF YOU GO INTO HIS OFFICE TOO, HE'S MOVED IN, GOT HIS BOXES AND EVERYTHING IS READY TO GO. SO YEAH. SO THANK
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YOU. VERY GOOD TO HAVE HIM HERE. CONGRATULATIONS. WELCOME TO THE TEAM. I HOPE THAT YOU'VE BEEN GIVEN A TOUR OF BOTH FACILITIES. AND I HOPE THAT THE EMPLOYEES GET A CHANCE TO GREET YOU. SO THANK YOU. WELCOME. AND WITH THAT, WE'LL