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          EVERYONE, AND WELCOME TO THE CITY OF COACHELLA COUNCIL MEETING FOR SEPTEMBER 24TH. 
          PUBLIC COMMENTS CAN BE RECEIVED EITHER IN PERSON, VIA EMAIL OR VIA ZOOM, AND I'LL CALL TO ORDER THE MEETING AT 602. ANGELA, CAN WE HAVE A ROLL CALL, PLEASE? YES. COUNCIL MEMBER PEREZ HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER. FIGUEROA, PRESENT. COUNCIL MEMBER. VISION HERE. MAYOR PRO 
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TEM HERE. THANK YOU. AND THEN, IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGENDA? OOPS. I'M SORRY. 
          I'M SORRY. I MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGENDA AS PRESENTED. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND? THANK YOU. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE, AND THEN COUNCIL MEMBER BUREAU, CAN YOU LEAD US INTO THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE? MR. RIGHT HAND OVER YOUR HEART. READY? BEGIN. 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. AND NOW WE'LL MOVE ON TO PRESENTATIONS. THERE'LL BE A 
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PRESENTATION FROM HIDDEN HARVEST. GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY. MY NAME IS FRANCISCO LINARES. I'M THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF HIDDEN HARVEST. I WAS HONORED TO STEP INTO THE ROLE AFTER OUR FOUNDER, CHRISTY PORTER, RETIRED LAST YEAR. SO. WHO IS HIDDEN HARVEST? HIDDEN HARVEST IS A IS A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION THAT'S BEEN IN THE COACHELLA VALLEY FOR THE PAST 25 YEARS. WE'VE BEEN SERVING THE VALLEY FOR 25 YEARS ALREADY. IT'S A PRODUCE RESCUE AND DISTRIBUTION ORGANIZATION HERE IN COACHELLA. 
          WE ACQUIRE OUR PRODUCE FROM LOCAL PACKING HOUSES HERE FARMS, OCEAN, PETER RABBIT ORGANIC. 
          ALL THIS SURPLUS PRODUCE THAT THEY GIVE US. WE TAKE IT TO SENIOR CENTERS AND PLACES. WE ALSO HAVE OUR LOCAL SMALL FARMERS. THIS FARMERS PROGRAM THAT WE STARTED IS A IT'S ANY FARMER THAT HAS AN ACRE OR OR MORE. WE PAY THEM TO GROW THE PRODUCE FOR US SO WE COULD TAKE FRESH PRODUCE TO OUR SENIORS AND AND YOUTH GROUPS. WE PAY FOR THE PRODUCE IF THEY DON'T HAVE THE MONEY TO START THE PLANTS, IRRIGATION AND STUFF LIKE THAT. WE PUT IT UP FRONT. 
          WHEN IT'S TIME TO HARVEST, WE WE PAY THEM A MARKET PRICE. AND THIS PRODUCE WE WE DO ALL THIS WITH LOCAL DONATIONS FROM. LOCAL PARTNERS HERE. INSTEAD OF US GOING AND BUYING THIS PRODUCE FROM MARKETS IN PLACES LIKE THAT. WE LIKE THE DONATIONS TO STAY HERE LOCAL IN THE COMMUNITY. SO THAT'S WHY WE DECIDED TO START THIS PROGRAM. ALL THE PRODUCE THAT WE GET FROM EITHER PACKING HOUSES OR OUR SMALL FARMERS, WE GO OUT TO SENIOR CENTERS AND DISTRIBUTE IT FOR FREE. WE DO A POP UP STYLE MARKET AND HAND IT OUT TO THEM. THEY GET TO CHOOSE WHAT PRODUCE THEY NEED FOR THEIR HOUSE. WE GO EVERY TWO WEEKS. WE GO TO 55 AND OLDER COMMUNITIES AND ANOTHER COMMUNITY. PARTNERS THAT WE HAVE IS WE SERVE THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS, YMCA, JOCELYN CENTER, DESERT RECREATION DISTRICT, GALILEE CENTER, VINE AND OTHER MORE. MANY AGENCIES HERE IN THE VALLEY WE SERVE ALL THE WAY FROM DESERT HOT SPRINGS TO NORTH SHORE AND UP IN IDAHO. THIS IS A LITTLE BIT OF WHAT WE DO. AND IN ORDER TO DO I, WE WANTED TO INVITE YOU GUYS TO OUR ANNUAL LUNCHEON. IT'S IN NOVEMBER THE 20TH. WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE SEE THE SUPPORT OF THE CITY. WE'VE DONE IT WITH. WE DO THIS EVERY YEAR. LAST YEAR, THE THE CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS WERE OUT THERE. THEY THEY SUPPORTED US. WE'RE ASKING TO SEE IF YOU GUYS COULD SUPPORT US AGAIN THIS YEAR AND. BE OUT THERE WITH US. SOME OTHER CITIES ALREADY JUMPED IN AND JUST WANTED TO SEE IF YOU COULD INVITE YOU GUYS, COUNCIL MEMBERS OR ANYBODY HERE THAT WOULD LIKE TO JOIN US. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THE FOR THE 
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OPPORTUNITY AND HOPE TO SEE YOU SOME OUT THERE. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. CAN I GIVE THESE INVITATIONS TO HER? YES. THANK YOU. ITEM NUMBER TWO. THIS IS A SPECIAL EVENT CALENDAR AND UPDATES. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. THE ITEM BEFORE YOU IS OUR SPECIAL EVENTS CALENDAR FOR THE 2526 SEASON. AND I JUST WANTED TO GIVE THE CITY COUNCIL JUST A BRIEF OVERVIEW AND UPDATE ON SOME OF THE DATES THAT HAVE BEEN CHANGED, OR EVENTS THAT HAVE BEEN RESCHEDULED FOR A DIFFERENT TIME. SO WE START OUT THIS YEAR WITH OUR OCTOBER MOVIES IN THE PARK SERIES WITH DESERT RECREATION DISTRICT. THEN WE MOVE DOWN TO OUR COMMUNITY CLEANUP AND HOUSEHOLD WASTE EVENT, AND WE ADDED ON OCTOBER 18TH OUR TREE PLANTING EVENT AT BAGUMA PARK. THE CITY RECEIVED A GRANT FROM IMPERIAL IRRIGATION DISTRICT TO PLANT TREES AT FADUMA. SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT ADDING TO OUR TREE CANOPY THERE. AND THEN WE HAVE OUR STATE OF THE CITY AT VETERANS PARK. THAT'S SHAPING OUT TO BE A REALLY NICE EVENT. WE'RE REALLY HAPPY ABOUT THAT. THEN WE MOVE INTO OUR OCTOBER 30TH HALLOWEEN CARNIVAL WITH DESERT RECREATION DISTRICT. THE RUN WITH LOS MUERTOS EVENT, VETERANS PANCAKE BREAKFAST, OUR SYNERGY FESTIVAL FROM 11 TO 5 AT DATELAND PARK, AND ON NOVEMBER 13TH WE ARE HAVING THE AGRICULTURAL VISION EVENT AT THE COACHELLA LIBRARY FROM SEVEN TO ABOUT 11:30 P.M. I MEAN AM. AND THEN WE HAVE ANOTHER COMMUNITY CLEANUP EVENT AT RANCHO LAS FLORES PARK ON NOVEMBER 15TH. THEN WE MOVE INTO OUR TREE LIGHTINGS AND HOMETOWN HERO CEREMONY ON DECEMBER 3RD. ON DECEMBER 5TH, WE HAVE OUR BEAUTIFUL HOLIDAY PARADE. AND ONE SPECIAL NOTE THE GUADALUPE PILGRIMAGE WAS CANCELED AND THAT WAS SCHEDULED FOR DECEMBER 12TH. THAT'S BEEN CANCELED. AND THEN DECEMBER 14TH, WE HAVE OUR VOLUNTEER OF THE YEAR EVENT AT THE SENIOR CENTER. AND THEN WE MOVE INTO 2026, AND WE KICK OFF THE YEAR WITH THE COMMUNITY CLEANUP AND HOUSEHOLD HAZARDOUS WASTE EVENT ON JANUARY 24TH. AND HERE IT IS. 
          OUR TACOS, TEQUILA FESTIVAL IS NOW FEBRUARY 7TH, FEBRUARY 21ST. WE HAVE OUR ARBOR DAY EVENT. ON MARCH 7TH, WE'LL HAVE ANOTHER COMMUNITY CLEANUP EVENT AND ALSO THE DAY OF THE YOUNG CHILD EVENT. AND THEN WE HAVE OUR SUAVECITO SUNDAY ON MARCH 15TH AND MARCH 22ND WILL BE OUR MARIACHI FESTIVAL. AND I JUST WANTED TO SHARE WITH THE COUNCIL THAT WE WERE APPROACHED BY THE AUGUSTINE BAND OF THE TRIBE WOULD LIKE TO HELP US SPONSOR THAT EVENT AND MAKE IT EVEN BETTER. SO THAT'S EXCITING AND MORE MORE TO COME ABOUT THAT IN SUBSEQUENT CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS. THEN WE HAVE ON MARCH 26TH, THE SENIOR INSPIRATION AWARDS. THAT IS AN ITEM ON THE AGENDA THIS EVENING. WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THE NOMINATION. THEN WE HAVE THE MARCH 28TH EXTRAVAGANZA EVENT, AND THIS IS TO BE CONFIRMED BY DESERT RECREATION DISTRICT, BECAUSE THEY'RE STILL CONFIRMING IF IT WILL BE MARCH 20TH 8TH OR APRIL 4TH. AND THEN WE HAVE OUR MAIN MOVIES IN THE PARK SERIES MAY 1ST THROUGH THE 22ND ON FRIDAYS, AND THEN ON JUNE 6TH, WE HAVE OPERATION SPLASH AT THE POOL. AND THEN WE END THE YEAR WITH THE JULY 2ND 4TH OF JULY EVENT AT THE PARK. AND THAT CONCLUDES THE SPECIAL EVENTS CALENDAR PRESENTATION. 
          ANY QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. WITH THAT, WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE 
          [Public Comments (Non-Agenda Items) (Limited to a maximum of 30 minutes.  If additional time is required for public comments, they will be heard after Item No. 15. Public Hearing Calendar)]
PUBLIC COMMENTS. THE PUBLIC MAY ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL BOARD ON ANY ITEM OF INTEREST TO THE PUBLIC THAT IS NOT ON THE AGENDA, BUT IS WITHIN SUBJECT MATTER JURISDICTION THEREOF. 
          WE'LL START WITH THOSE THAT ARE HERE IN THE AUDIENCE. I HAVE A REQUEST TO SPEAK FROM BREE. 
          BREE, I APOLOGIZE IF I DON'T PRONOUNCE THIS CORRECTLY. BREE. BREE. OH, BRITTANY. OKAY. SORRY. 
          BRITTANY. ROSE. THANK YOU. SORRY. IT'S TWO T'S. THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME BE HERE TODAY. 
          I'M HERE. BRITTANY ROSE REPRESENTING COACHELLA LIBRARY AS A BRANCH MANAGER. SO I THOUGHT THAT I COULD EITHER DO THIS REGULARLY OR WHENEVER IS REQUESTED. TODAY, IT'S BEEN REQUESTED OF ME TO LET YOU ALL KNOW HOW THE LIBRARY IS DOING. SO I DO HAVE A POWERPOINT. WE 
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PROBABLY WON'T GO THROUGH THE WHOLE THING IN THREE MINUTES. I'LL KEEP IT VERY SHORT AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, YOU CAN LET ME KNOW. WHY DON'T WE SCHEDULE A PRESENTATION FOR HER? YOU DIDN'T KNOW THIS. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE HAVE A BIT OF A MORE ROBUST CONVERSATION. I MEAN, YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND STICK TO THE THREE MINUTES, BUT I THINK, YOU KNOW, OUR LIBRARY SERVICE DOES DESERVE A BIT MORE OF A COMPREHENSIVE, YOU KNOW, THAN THREE MINUTES. YEAH, I'M HAPPY TO DO THAT. I APPRECIATE THAT. WE CAN JUST START IF YOU WANT. 
          MAYBE WE WILL SKIP THE FIRST NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. AND THIS IS WHAT I'LL BE GOING OVER. THIS PICTURE IS REALLY AMAZING BECAUSE IT WAS ACTUALLY GIVEN. IF YOU SEE THE LITTLE CROCHETED ANIMALS THERE'S LITTLE BEARS AND THERE'S AN ICE CREAM CONE AND THINGS. THE PERSON THAT DONATED THESE TO THE LIBRARY ACTUALLY LEARNED HOW TO CROCHET FROM THESE BOOKS, AND THEN DONATED WHAT THEY CROCHETED IN THE BOOK. SO I THOUGHT THAT WAS REALLY INTERESTING. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. SO OUR OBJECTIVES OF COURSE WE ARE A IT SHOULD BE NOTED, AND I THINK EVERYBODY IN COACHELLA WOULD BE PROUD TO KNOW THAT WE ARE ONE OF ONLY THREE LIBRARIES IN THE RIVERSIDE LIBRARY COUNTY SYSTEM THAT SUPPORTED BOTH BY CITY AND BY COUNTY, AMONG OTHER FUNDS. 
          SO WE ARE REALLY LUCKY. WE ALWAYS PROVIDE THE OBJECTIVES. AS FOR RIVERSIDE COUNTY LIBRARY SYSTEM, WHICH IS TO PROVIDE A WELCOMING SPACE WITH TRUSTED INFORMATION AND ENRICHING EXPERIENCES, AS WELL AS I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE REPRESENT THE CITY AND THEIR VARIED NEEDS, AND MAKE SURE THAT WE REPRESENT THE BOARD AND AND WHAT THEY WANT FROM US. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. 
          SO THESE ARE SOME STATS YOU CAN SEE JUST FROM 20 BASICALLY 2023. SOMETIMES I DIDN'T HAVE STATS FROM THEN, BUT 2024 AND 2025. I THOUGHT IT WAS INTERESTING TO NOTE THAT THE LITERACY HAS GONE UP ALMOST 25% SINCE 2017. IN THE CITY OF COACHELLA, WHICH I THINK IS BEAUTIFUL, IT SAYS A LOT ABOUT THE CITY. SOME ARE. PARTICIPATION FOR OUR PROGRAMS WAS AN AVERAGE OF 60 THIS YEAR, WHICH IS QUITE A BIT. OUR LITTLE ROOM ONLY HOLDS 65. SO, YOU KNOW, WENT UP A LOT FROM 2023 AND 2020 FOR LUNCH AT THE LIBRARY, ONE OF OUR BIGGEST FUNDED PROGRAMS, WHICH IS FUNDED THROUGH THE COUNTY, BY THE WAY. SO WE GIVE OUT LUNCH EVERY DAY. AND WE HAD WE GAVE AWAY ALMOST 1600 BOOKS. AND I'M SORRY, MORE THAN THAT. WE GAVE OUT MORE THAN 1600 LUNCHES. AND THAT WAS TO ANYBODY 18 OR UNDER AND ANYONE WITH A DISABILITY. WE HAVE OUR HOME LIBRARY DONATIONS, WHICH THESE ARE BOOKS THAT ARE EITHER GENTLY USED FROM OUR LIBRARY OR BRAND NEW THAT WE WERE ABLE TO GIVE OUT. AND WE GAVE. WE'RE ON PAR TO GIVE ALMOST 2500 AWAY THIS YEAR ALONE. OUR DAILY ATTENDANCE IS UP BY ABOUT 100 PEOPLE A DAY, WHICH IS GREAT. 
          AND OUR CLASS VISITS WENT UP. WE HAD FIVE LAST YEAR AND THEN THIS YEAR WE'VE HAD 25 SO FAR. 
          SO OUR CLASS VISITS ARE PRETTY ROBUST TOO. THEY DON'T JUST SHOW UP. WE DO. WE HAVE A FUN TIME. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. YOU CAN SEE THE BEFORE AND AFTER. AND THIS IS AGAIN THANKS TO THE CITY. SO BEFORE IS KIND OF WHAT'S PROVIDED BY THE COUNTY AND ANY DONATIONS. AND THAT FIRST PHOTO AND THEN THE NEXT TWO PHOTOS YOU SEE THERE A DAD ACTUALLY PUTTING ON A PUPPET SHOW FOR HIS SPOUSE AND OUR SIGNIFICANT OTHER AND BABY, IT WAS PRETTY AMAZING. WE HAVE MOTHERS THAT COME IN, WE HAVE OUR NEW FRUIT STAND THAT WE GOT DONATED FROM ANOTHER LIBRARY. 
          SO WE HAVE A WHOLE BUNCH OF TOYS. IT WAS THE NUMBER ONE REQUEST I HAD WHEN I FIRST STARTED, WHICH WAS THAT PEOPLE WANTED MORE TOYS, AND IN THAT WE'VE HAD TO TEACH PEOPLE HOW TO USE THEM GENTLY AND CLEAN UP AFTER THEMSELVES. BUT IT GIVES AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO TEACH GUARDIANS AND THEIR CHILDREN YOU KNOW HOW TO USE PUBLIC SPACES. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. 
          THESE ARE SOME OF OUR MORE POPULAR PROGRAMS. OF COURSE WE HAVE SANTA COME. WE HAVE THE EASTER BUNNY. COME. ZARZUELA IS A BEAUTIFUL SPANISH OPERA THAT WE PUT ON OR WAS BROUGHT TO US BY THE PALM SPRINGS OPERA GUILD, AND THEY PUT ON A FREE SHOW FOR EVERYBODY HERE IN COACHELLA. WE HAD ALMOST 100 PEOPLE ATTEND THAT. WE DO A WHOLE BUNCH OF THINGS FOR ALL THE HOLIDAYS. 
          THIS IS OUR BOOK CLUB. WE HAVE TWO BOOK CLUBS. IT'S GROWN FROM THREE PEOPLE THE FIRST YEAR I WAS THERE, AND NOW WE'RE UP TO 35 PEOPLE AND TWO BOOK CLUBS. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. THESE ARE ALL OF OUR LOCAL AUTHORS. WE HAVE THE ESTEEMED VICTOR VILLASENOR GRACE OUR PRESENCE LAST WEEK. IT WAS A BLAST. BUT WE'VE HAD OTHER AUTHORS, LOCAL AUTHORS AND THEN CHILD AUTHORS. 
          IF YOU NOTICE THE PICTURE TO MY RIGHT UP AT THE TOP, THAT'S A MOTHER AND SON AUTHOR TEAM THAT CAME AND READ TO THE CHILDREN THERE. SO NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. WE OFFER ALSO VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES. I WANT TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO THANK THE CITY BOARD AGAIN FOR COACHELLA PROMISE. ABSOLUTELY AMAZING PROGRAM THAT WE WERE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN THAT. AND ALL OF THOSE ALL OF THE STUDENTS THERE. WE ALSO WORKED WITH DOCTOR ESPARZA, WHO WE'RE VERY PROUD OF TO HAVE HERE IN COACHELLA. WE'VE ALSO OPENED UP OUR DOORS TO DOCTOR ESPARZA AND LET HER KNOW THAT WE ARE MORE THAN WELCOME TO EITHER COME AND UTILIZE SOME OF OUR TECHNICAL SERVICES, BRING THEM INTO THE CLASSROOM, SHOW STUDENTS HOW TO DO ROBOTICS AND PROGRAMING, OR OPEN UP A SPACE IN OUR LIBRARY FOR CLASSES TO COME INTO OUR LIBRARY AND DO THAT. BUT WE'VE HAD WE ALSO DID A SUMMER VOLUNTEER PROGRAM WHERE A VOLUNTEER CAN EARN $500 TOWARDS A SCHOLARSHIP, AND WE WORK WITH A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT MAYBE DON'T AREN'T ABLE TO GET A JOB, 
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AND THEY WANT SOME EXPERIENCE. AND SO WE OFFER THAT OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM TO HAVE SOME LEARNING CAPABILITIES IN THE IN THE LIBRARY. SO NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. OUR PARTNERSHIPS ARE MANY. THIS IS EVEN THIS ISN'T EVEN A PORTION OF THEM. IT'S A VERY SMALL PORTION OF THEM. BUT WE ONE SIGNIFICANT STORY I CAN TELL YOU YOU CAN SEE OUR SENIORS THERE. THAT WAS LAST HALLOWEEN. SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO THEM COMING THIS HALLOWEEN. DOWN AT THE BOTTOM YOU CAN SEE THAT IS JOSHUA TREE. SHE PUTS ON A PUPPET SHOW EVERY YEAR JOSHUA TREE PARK RANGER, PARK RANGER SARAH PEPPER. AND SHE'S A LOT OF FUN. AND THEN THAT IS ELENA FROM DESERT ARK. 
          WE HAVE DESERT ARK CLIENTS COME TO OUR LIBRARY. THEY UTILIZE THE SERVICES. THEY USE THE ROOM. 
          THEY THEY LEARN HOW TO, YOU KNOW, PUT BOOKS AWAY AND TAKE THE BOOKS OUT THAT THEY LIKE, AND THEY PLAY WITH SOME OF THE TOYS AND THEY READ AND AND WE ALWAYS ACCOMMODATE THEM WHENEVER POSSIBLE. IT'S A JOY TO HAVE THEM IN OUR LIBRARY. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. JUST FOR FULL TRANSPARENCY, I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE BOARD IS AWARE OF HOW HOW WE HANDLE THE FUNDING SO THAT IN THE CITY. SO EVERYBODY KNOWS WHEN I MAKE A PURCHASE FOR THE LIBRARY, IT GOES TO OUR FACILITIES MANAGER. OUR FACILITIES MANAGER MAKES SURE THAT I TAKE IT FROM THE CORRECT FUND. FOR EXAMPLE, IF IT'S COUNTY MONEY OR CITY MONEY OR A DONATION MONEY, THAT THEN GOES TO THE DIRECTOR OF ACCOUNTING TO MAKE SURE THAT I'M UTILIZING IT IN ACCORDANCE TO THE FUND. SO THAT'S A SECOND OR THIRD SET OF EYES ON THAT. AND THEN IT GETS SENT UP TO THE CHIEF LIBRARIAN. AND SOMETIMES THE DIRECTORS IF NEEDED. AND THEN ALL OF THE RECEIPTS ARE AVAILABLE TO THE CITY, COACHELLA CITY MANAGER AND THE BOARD, AND THEN THE RIVERSIDE COUNTY ACCOUNTING DEPARTMENT AS WELL. SO THAT'S THE WAY IT ALL LOOKS. THOSE ARE ALL THE PEOPLE THAT OVERSEE MY SPENDING AND ALL THE SPENDING THAT WE USE FOR THE LIBRARY TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING'S IN ACCORDANCE. ALL RIGHT. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. SO THIS IS THE FUN CHARTS THE FUNDS CHART. THIS IS WHERE YOU CAN SEE THAT RIVERSIDE FUNDS MAJORITY OF EVERYTHING FOR THE LIBRARY IN THE SENSE THAT THEY FUND A LOT OF OUR TRAINING, THE STAFFING, THE MATERIALS THAT WE ORDER. AND WE HAVE A VERY WE HAVE A GREAT LIBRARY THANKS TO THEM. AND THEY ALSO FUND GREAT PROGRAMS SUCH AS OUR ROBOTICS PROGRAM AND OUR OUR CODING PROGRAMS. SO THEY THEY TREAT US VERY WELL AND WE'RE VERY GRATEFUL FOR THEM. THE CITY, HOWEVER, THEY ADD A LOT OF LET'S CALL IT PIZZAZZ TO OUR LIBRARY. THE REASON THAT OUR LIBRARY IS AMONGST SOME PEOPLE'S FAVORITES, I HEAR THAT I HEAR PEOPLE COMING FROM, OF COURSE, ALL THE OTHER CITIES HAVE BEAUTIFUL LIBRARIES AS WELL, AND WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR THEM AND WE SUPPORT THEM. BUT WE DO HAVE PEOPLE COMING OFF OVER TO THE FROM THE DESERT SAYING THEY SPECIFICALLY LIKE OUR LIBRARY. I CAN TELL YOU THAT WE HAVE PEOPLE THAT ARE I HAVE A LIST QUITE LONG OF PEOPLE THAT WANT TO WORK AT OUR LIBRARY. THE MOST RECENT PERSON WE HIRED IS ONLY AN ASSOCIATE FOR 20 HOURS. HE HAS A MASTER'S DEGREE. I MEAN, WE HAVE VERY OVERLY EDUCATED PEOPLE WORKING IN OUR LIBRARY BECAUSE OF WHAT A WONDERFUL ENVIRONMENT IT IS AND BECAUSE OF OUR PATRONS. AND SO ANYTHING THAT PEOPLE ENJOY IN THE LIBRARY IS REALLY BECAUSE OF COACHELLA. SO WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR THAT. WE DO HAVE FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY, WHICH MAYOR PRO TEM HAS BEEN KIND ENOUGH TO HELP US GET THOSE FUNDS AS WELL, AND OTHER DONATIONS. AND WE DO APPLY FOR GRANTS, AND WE GET A LOT OF GRANTS FOR THE RIVERSIDE COUNTY AS WELL. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. 
          THESE ARE SOME FUNDING DETAILS. JUST SHOWS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENCE OF AGAIN, YOU KNOW, RIVERSIDE COUNTY DOES FUND THE MAJORITY OF THE LIBRARY. AND WE COULD HAVE A VERY FINE LIBRARY WITHOUT ANYTHING EXTRA. BUT THE CITY OF COACHELLA HAS ALWAYS JUST MADE OUR LIBRARY EXTRA SPECIAL. AND EVERY SINGLE THING THAT WE ANY SORT OF FUNDING THAT WE GET FROM ANY SOURCE, GOES DIRECTLY BACK INTO PATRONS. WE USE IT TO MAKE SURE THAT NOBODY LEAVES OUR OUR LITTLE LIBRARY EMPTY HANDED. WE HAVE STICKERS AND CANDY AND TOYS AND TREATS AND PRIZES AND EVERYBODY THERE. AND BOOKS. I MEAN, GIVING AWAY ALMOST 2500 BOOKS IN A YEAR IS INCREDIBLE. SO THAT IS ALL THANKS TO THE CITY OF COACHELLA. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. SO JUST THE LONGEVITY. THIS IS NOT AN ASK FOR ANYTHING. THIS IS ONLY TO TELL YOU GUYS THAT WE HUMBLY ARE VERY GRATEFUL TO WORK AT THE LIBRARY. IT HAS BEEN THE JOY OF MY LIFE. THE MOST FUN PART OF MY DAY IS GOING TO WORK. I ABSOLUTELY LOVE IT THERE. I'M VERY GRATEFUL TO THE CITY OF COACHELLA AND WHAT YOU ALL HAVE DONE AS A BOARD FOR THE CITY. I THINK IT'S AN INCREDIBLE CITY, UNLIKE ONE I'VE NEVER SEEN. I HAVE TRAVELED EXTENSIVELY. THIS IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE CITIES IN THE WORLD. AND AND SO I JUST BRING THIS BEFORE YOU ALL AND LET YOU KNOW THAT WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR ANYTHING THAT YOU WANT TO DO. I WANT TO MAKE SURE THE LIBRARY REFLECTS THE BOARD, AND AS LONG AS I'M DOING THAT, THEN I'M DOING MY JOB. WONDERFUL. THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS? ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU, THANK YOU. I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. I JUST HAVE A COMMENT IS I DO I AM VERY GRATEFUL FOR THAT LIBRARY AND ALL THE EDUCATION THAT WE PROVIDE, ESPECIALLY FOR THE KIDS THAT ARE, YOU KNOW, UP TO FIVE YEARS OLD. WE KNOW THAT THOSE ARE VERY CRITICAL YEARS. AND SO I'M HAPPY TO SEE THAT THE LITERACY WENT UP 25%. I THINK THAT'S THAT'S MAJOR. IT REALLY IS. I CAN'T STRESS IT ENOUGH. AND SO I LOOK FORWARD 
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TO YOU COMING BACK. AND THEN ALSO, AS I KNOW AT ONE TIME THAT WE PROVIDED SOME DONATIONS. 
          AND I DO THINK IT'S CRITICAL THAT WE SUPPORT AGAIN AND SEE TO WHAT CAPACITY WE CAN CONTINUE TO PROVIDE AND SUPPORT TO, TO THE KIDS IN THE CITY. AND, YOU KNOW, I SAID THIS BEFORE IS THAT IT'S IT'S NOT JUST THE KIDS THAT ARE LEARNING, BUT WE HAVE A LOT OF THE PARENTS WHO ARE ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS. AND IT'S REALLY WONDERFUL TO SEE THEM ALL LEARN TOGETHER. IT REALLY IS. IT'S SO I, I THANK YOU FOR THE THE HAPPINESS AND JOY THAT YOU'RE THAT YOU'RE PROVIDING US OVER THERE. THANK YOU. IT'S MY PLEASURE. I WOULD LIKE TO ADD THAT SOMETHING THAT I TRIED TO DO THIS YEAR AND I'M OPEN TO DOING IS NOT DOUBLING UP ON THE FUNDING BECAUSE, FOR EXAMPLE, LAST YEAR WE DID EL NINO AND THEN, EXCUSE ME, EL NINO, WE DID EL NINO, AND THEN YOU ALL ALSO DID A DEAL. AND I FELT LIKE THAT WAS DOUBLE DIPPING INTO CITY FUNDS. SO THIS YEAR I'VE TRIED TO SEE WHAT YOU GUYS ARE DOING AND THEN NOT REPLICATE THOSE FUNDS SO THAT YOU'RE NOT PAYING FOR THOSE THINGS TWICE. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. NEXT SPEAKER, RAMONA NEGRETE. RAMONA. BIENVENIDO. 
          BUENAS TARDES, SENORA MIEMBROS DEL CONSEJO. MY NAME IS RAMONA NEGRETE. COACHELLA. EL CENTRO DE PERSONAS MAYORES. NECESITO UP TO THE. EL CENTRO PARA ME OTROS MAYORES. ESPECIALMENTE CON EL COLOR. LA CIUDAD TRABAJAR CON ONLINE PARA REGRESAR UNA PARTE DE AUTOBUS PERMANENTE. AQUI EN EL CENTRO. SENIOR CENTER. PERSONAS CON SOMBRA BIANCA SEGURA ACCESSIBLE POR FAVOR DE ESTO PARA NUESTRA COMUNIDAD. GRACIAS. THANK YOU. TODAVIA SEGUIMOS ESPERANDO EL BUS. NO LO VAN A DAR. PERO POR FAVOR TAMBIÉN UNA PRIORIDAD PORQUE NO ES SUFICIENTE PARA PARA TODOS NUESTROS HOGARES TAMBIÉN PARA MUCHAS PERSONAS MUY DIFICIL SUBIR SUBIR PORQUE MUCHOS DE MUCHAS PERSONAS. NO PUEDEN SOLO UNA MANO PARA PODER SE SUBIR ES MUY DIFICIL HABLANDO DE DOS COSAS. NO EL UN UN ALTO LA PARADA DEL VASTO Y LLEGO EL ALTO. SI LA PARADA DEL VALLE DENISE ES ONLINE. MIRA COMO LES AYUDAR SI QUIEREN. EL. ALTO, ESO ES TODO EL CONSIGLIO. 
          THERE'S TWO THINGS, BILL THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT. THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT A SUNLINE BUS STOP AND WHO OUR MEMBER IS DENISE. WHO'S IN CHARGE OF THAT? I'M NOT IN CHARGE OF IT, BUT I'M ONE OF THE BOARD MEMBERS. THANK YOU. WELL, YOU'RE THE LIAISON FOR THE CITY THERE. AND THEN THE OTHER ONE IS THE THE BUS, THE VAN THAT WE HAVE PICKING THEM UP IS A LITTLE OLD OR. NO, IT'S IT'S INADEQUATE. IT'S INADEQUATE. AND SO WE HAD A BUS BUT IT BROKE DOWN. SO WE GOT TO FIND A BUS. OKAY. AND WE'RE WORKING ON IT WITH SUNLINE. NOTICIAS LOS LOS DOS, AUTOBUSSES ONLINE. VERDAD LOS. IN A WEEK. SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THOSE TWO BUSSES IN A WEEK, TWO WEEKS. SO THOSE BUSSES. THE SUNLINE LO VAMOS A UNA SEMANA A DOS SEMANAS DIJERON HOY. SO EL AUTOBUS GRANDE. SI LE VOY A HABLAR AL INGENIERO. SI SE PUEDE VENIR. ANDREW, CAN YOU COME FORWARD, PLEASE? ANDREW? YES, MA'AM. COULD YOU COULD YOU EXPLAIN TO US ABOUT HAVING A LARGE BUS AND THAT SHORT? THAT SHORT, I GUESS DISTANCE, BECAUSE I ALREADY KNOW WHERE THE ENGINEER FOR SUNLINE TRANSIT AGENCY HAS SHARED THAT THEY CANNOT. IT DOES NOT MEET THE REQUIREMENTS TO BE ABLE TO PUT A LARGE BUS THERE. SO CAN YOU GIVE US A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT? YES. SO THAT WOULD BE ACCURATE. THE TURNOUT THAT THEY HAVE RIGHT NOW WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO HANDLE A FULL SIZE BUS. AND AS YOU MENTIONED AND BILL MENTIONED, WE ARE WORKING WITH SUNLINE TO TRY TO GET THE SMALLER BUSSES THAT WOULD FIT IN THAT TURNOUT. AND THEN I'VE ALSO BEEN TASKED WITH WORKING WITH OUR FLEET SERVICES, WHO HAVE REACHED OUT TO OUR 
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ENTERPRISE FLEET SERVICES. AND I'M ALSO GETTING PRICES FOR A POTENTIAL LEASE OPTION. SO THAT WAY THAT WOULD BE A BACKUP PLAN. IF SOME OF THE SUNLINE OPTIONS DON'T COME THROUGH. WE DO HAVE OUR CURRENT SENIOR BUS, BUT IT'S NOT OPERATIONAL. THE AIR CONDITIONING DOESN'T WORK, SO OUR PLAN IS TO SURPLUS THAT BUS. AND IF WE CAN GET THE BUSSES FROM SUNLINE, THAT WOULD BE THE PREFERRED OPTION. AND IF WE CAN'T, THEN WE HAVE A BACKUP OPTION TO LOOK AT OUR FLEET SERVICES TO POTENTIALLY HAVE A SENIOR BUS AS WELL. SO WE ARE WORKING ON MULTIPLE ANGLES TO TRY TO COME UP WITH A SOLUTION AND HAVE BETTER TRANSPORTATION THAN THE VANS THAT WE'RE CURRENTLY USING. SO BEFORE, CAN I CAN WE HAVE SOMEONE FRANCELINA CAN YOU TRANSLATE WHAT ANDREW HAS JUST SHARED? BECAUSE WE HAVE SHARED THIS MULTIPLE TIMES WITH THE SENIOR CENTER. AND SO I, I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY UNDERSTAND THAT THAT OPTION HAS BEEN LOOKED INTO. AND WE HAVE NOT ONLY THE CITY OF COACHELLA ENGINEER, BUT WE HAVE THE SUNLINE TRANSIT AGENCY ENGINEER AS WELL, SHARING THAT IT DOES NOT MEET THE REQUIREMENTS. SO EVEN IF WE WANTED TO, WE COULD NOT BE ABLE TO TO ESTA DANDO BUENO EL CONSEJO DE LA CIUDAD ESTE LES QUIEREN DEJAR SABER VERDAD EN EL ESPACIO DONDE SE PODRIA PONER UN AUTOBUS. ESTA MUY INADEQUATE. TODO ESTA MUY CHICO. OH NO NO NO CUPO PARA UN AUTOBUS PARA VOLTIANO Y PARA ESO ENTONCES ESTA EL INGENIERO EXPLICO LA ESTA TRABAJANDO OTRA OPCION DE CONSEGUIR UN AUTOBUS. 
          ESTE LO VAMOS A COMPRAR CON LOS FONDOS LES HABIA DICHO FONDOS PARA COMPRAR UN AUTOBUS. PERO TAMBIÉN ESTA LA AGENCIA. SUNLINE ESTA EN LA CIUDAD DOS AUTOBUSSES MINI SHUTTLE AUTOBUSSES TIENEN EL ACCESO PARA PERSONAS CON DESARROLLO Y TAMBIÉN SE VA A EL RAMP PARA LA VERDAD. ENTONCES ESTE DEJARON SABER A LA VICE MAYOR DELGADO EN UNA SEMANA PROXIMAMENTE PUEDEN ESTAR ESOS AUTOBUSSES SON DOS Y SON MINI AUTOBUSSES. O SI NO ES UN AUTOBUS ASI COMO LOS OTROS ASI COMO TIPO SHUTTLE Y LUEGO LA CIUDAD VA COMPRAR OTRO UN NUEVO ESTE. VA A TENER MAS CUERPO TAMBIÉN ESTA MINI. PERO NO NO NO SI TAN PEQUENO. ENTONCES ESO PUES DESCULPA SELENA. PERO SON DOS COSAS. ESTAMOS PLATICANDO UNA. ES ES UNA ESTACION DEL LADO DE YO YO YO VOY ENTENDIENDO INGENIERO PUNTO CON LA GENTE DE SON ESTUDIO. UN AREA IN DONDE ESTA AREA NOS ADECUADA. PERO ESTUVIERAN MAS AREAS O NO MAS UNA AREA ESTUDIADO. YO TENGO YO TENGO NADA MAS ESTUVIERAN ESA AREA O SI AREA ESA ES LA CALLE SIETE ENTRE LAS CALLES. ORCHARD Y VINE O EL SENIOR CENTER EN LAS CALLES Y LUEGO ESO ENTONCES LA PREGUNTA EL SENOR. ANDREW EXPLIQUE SI SI TAMBIÉN ESTUDIA OTRAS CALLES ALREDEDOR DE DONDE ESTA UBICADO ANDREW. THE QUESTION IS IS THAT DID YOU AND SUNLINE STUDY JUST ONE STOP OR DID YOU STUDY MULTIPLE STOPS. 
          AND THEN YOU'VE COME TO THE CONCLUSION THAT THAT STREET IS INADEQUATE? I MEAN, SUNLIGHT ENGINEERS ARE THE ONES WHO DETERMINE WHERE THEY CAN PUT THEIR BUS STOPS. THE TURNOUT IN QUESTION THAT DENISE WAS ASKING ABOUT WAS SPECIFICALLY THE TURNOUT THAT EXISTS IN FRONT OF THE IN FRONT OF THE SENIOR CENTER, SO THAT THAT TURNOUT IS INADEQUATE TO HOUSE A FULL SIZE BUS. SO THE CONCLUSION IS, IS THAT SUNLIGHT ONLY STUDIED ONE TURNOUT AND THAT ONE'S INADEQUATE WHERE ANY OTHERS STUDIED. I'D HAVE TO TALK TO SUNLIGHT DIRECTLY AND ASK THEM IF THEY'VE STUDIED ANY OTHER POTENTIAL ROUTES. CAN WE FIND THAT OUT? THAT'D BE A GOOD YES. 
          THAT'D BE A GOOD THING. IT'S LIKE IF WERE THERE OTHER BECAUSE IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, ACROSS THE STREET NEXT TO THE VERIZON BUILDING, THERE USED TO BE A SUNLIGHT STOP THERE. I'M JUST WHAT WHAT WHY WHY IS WHY IS THAT NO LONGER ADEQUATE? BUT LET ME KNOW. AND THEN TO FOLLOW UP NEXT QUESTION, LET'S SAY LA SEGUNDA PREGUNTA TENGO. SUNLIGHT. MAS ALTO WAS GIVEN A STAR. UTILIZAR PARA RECUERDOS LOS NUESTROS ANCIANOS NUESTROS NUESTRAS PERSONAS DE VERDAD. SO IS SUNLIGHT GOING TO BE DONATING TWO BUSSES THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO PUT INTO 
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THE CITY'S FLEET TO GO AND PICK UP RESIDENTS? OR WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF THOSE TWO BUSSES THAT ARE GOING TO BE DONATED? WHAT ARE WE DOING WITH THEM? YEAH, SO THAT IS THE CURRENT PLAN IS WE WOULD OWN THOSE BUSSES JUST LIKE WE OWN OUR CURRENT BUS. AND ALBERT, THE CURRENT DRIVER, WOULD BE ABLE TO UTILIZE THAT BUS. THAT WAY THEY WOULD BE THE ADA ACCESSIBLE. THEY'D HAVE THE MORE COMPLIANT SEATS, SO WE'D BE ABLE TO TRANSPORT THEM IN A LARGER BUS WITH THE CURRENT STAFF THAT IS CURRENTLY TRAVELING AROUND. AND THEN IN ADDITION, THE CITY IS LOOKING TO AUGMENT. SO WE'LL HAVE THREE BUSSES NOW AT THAT POINT. NO, NO, NO, WE WOULD JUST BE RUNNING ONE BUS. THE IDEA WAS, IS THAT WE HAD TO REPLACE THE EXISTING BUS THAT WAS THERE. THE REASON WHY IT'S TAKING LONG IS WHEN I SPOKE WITH THE SUNLINE GM, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WHEN THOSE BUSSES ARE TRANSFERRED TO US, THAT THEY HAVE NO LIABILITY AFTER THE FACT AND THAT WE INCUR NOTHING THAT THEY MIGHT HAVE HAD IN THE PAST ALSO. SO WE'RE AND HOW THOSE BUSSES WERE DELIVERED, BECAUSE IF THEY WERE BY GRANTS OR SOMETHING ELSE, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE ABLE TO TRANSFER THEM TO US. ALSO, WE NEED TO KNOW THE FUNDING SOURCE, BUT THERE'S JUST GOING TO BE ONE BUS. AND WHEN WE MET WITH THE SENIORS, WE HAD A MEETING OVER AT THE SENIOR CENTER COMMITTEE, AND WE TALKED ABOUT RUNNING OUR BUS AND TAKING THE BUS FROM OUT IN FRONT OF THE SENIOR CENTER AND TAKING IT OVER TO THE BUS STOP. YOU KNOW, THE SHUTTLE STOP OVER ON FIRST AND AND CESAR CHAVEZ TO GET THEM OVER THERE. BECAUSE FROM WHAT WE UNDERSTOOD, THERE ARE ONLY MAYBE TEN SENIORS THAT WOULD UTILIZE THAT ANYHOW. SO WE TALKED ABOUT USING TESLAS. WE WERE USING THE VANS. BUT THE VANS THERE'S ACCESSIBILITY PROBLEMS. SO THE BUSSES WOULD SOLVE THAT ISSUE. SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE WORKING ON. WE SHOULD GET AN ANSWER RELATIVELY SOON. SO THE TWO BUSSES THAT SUNLINE IS GOING TO DELIVER, WE STILL NEED TO SEE IF WE CAN GET LIKE IF THEY'RE ADEQUATE, IF THEY MEET THE GROUND PERFORMANCES. AND IN THE EVENT THAT THAT DOESN'T WORK OUT, THEN WE'LL LOOK AT THE THIRD OPTION, WHICH IS POTENTIALLY BUYING OR LEASING A BUS. YES. 
          SO WE'RE GETTING PRICES FOR THAT SO THAT WE'LL HAVE THAT WE'LL KNOW WHAT THAT OPTION IS. 
          IF IT'S A POTENTIAL BACKUP OPTION. AND THEN I BELIEVE I HAD MENTIONED WE ALSO HAVE SOME GRANT FUNDS THAT WE COULD USE TO GO TOWARDS THAT FLEET OPTION. BUT CAN WE AT THIS TIME, THE PREFERRED OPTION OBVIOUSLY, IS TO GET A FREE BUS FROM SOMEWHERE. AND THERE'S TWO THERE'S TWO DIFFERENT ISSUES WE'RE TALKING. RIGHT. SO ONE IS THE ACTUAL BUS REPLACEMENT WITH THE VANS. YES THAT'S ONE. AND THEN THE OTHER ONE IS ACTUALLY HAVING A ROUTE THAT PICKS THEM UP BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE USING THE SUNLINE GETTING TO AND FROM THE CENTER. RIGHT. SO SO SO LET'S ASK SUNLINE IF THEY STUDIED MORE THAN JUST ONE STOP. I THINK THAT WOULD BE A FAIR QUESTION TO ASK. AND THEN THAT WAY WE CAN ASK OUR SENIORS OR LET OUR SENIORS KNOW THAT MULTIPLE STOPS WERE STUDIED AND EITHER ACTUALLY IT WORKS BECAUSE YOU JUST CROSS THE STREET OR IT DOESN'T WORK BECAUSE OF NEW STREETS THAT WE'VE DONE OR BULB OUTS OR WHATEVER. RIGHT. LIKE THAT'S I THINK I THINK THAT'S THAT'S WHAT WOULD BE FAIR. AND IF I CAN ASK. SENIORS, COMO COMO LLEGARON A A ESTA SITUACION DONDE QUIEREN UN AUTOBUS COMO VINO ESA CONVERSACION. LA LA IDEA DE LOS SENIORS. SIEMPRE SE HABLADO DE UN BUS PORQUE TENIENDO SENIORS POR. QUINCE ANOS VEINTE ANOS CUANDO PERO SE PUSO VERDAD ES ESA ERA EL DIA DEL BUS PARA AHI. ENTONCES ESO SE VIENE HABLANDO. PERO CUANDO LA SEGURIDAD SABEMOS TIENEN TODAS SUS GUIAS TODAS SUS VIDAS. SE CAMBIARON DE AQUI EN EL PARQUE. SENIORS SIEMPRE VIVIERON IN COACHELLA. PERO AHORA O ALGO CON SU FAMILIA CON SUS HIJOS. UNOS VIVEN EN CATHEDRAL. UNOS VIVEN EN PALM DESERT UNO IN DESERT HOT SPRINGS, UNO IN RANCHO MIRAGE VIENEN. ENTONCES ES DONDE VIENEN EL VAS PARA AQUI Y AQUI COMO ELLOS CON SU ANDADOR. 
          TIEMPO DE CALOR. UNA CUADRA MAS CRUSADE AQUI LA BIBLIOTECA LLEGABAN. Y AHORA ESTA LEJOS. 
          EL BASILEA SE BAJAN ESTAR SIENTO SIENTO VIENEN CAMINANDO. NO HAY BANQUETA NO HAY TIENEN CRUZAR CALLES Y TODO ES EL AREA DE ELLOS VERDAD. ENTONCES SON DOS COSAS DIFERENTES. SIEMPRE 
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SE ESTA HABLANDO DEL VAS PORQUE YA LO TENEMOS TENEMOS VANS. ESTAMOS AGRADECIDOS POR ESO POR LOS LOCALES AQUI EN COACHELLA Y SI LO LEVANTAN. PERO TAMBIÉN EN UNA VAN ES BIEN INCOMODO PORQUE CON CON SI NO SE PUEDEN SUBIR CLARO. ENTONCES NO CABE Y TODO ENTONCES POR ESO. SIEMPRE DEL VAS Y AHI Y AGRADECEMOS PLATICANDO CON CON SUNLIGHT DE ESO PLATICANDO DE ESO. YO YO SÉ DE DONDE VIENEN TIENEN ESTAR LIBRES LOS LOS BASES DE TODO PODER USAR SE ACCA Y ESTA BIEN. 
          ESO VERDAD. PERO SUPONGAMOS CAPACITADO. VAYAN A SU CASA POR ÉL Y LO DEJAN HAYA HASTA EL NECESITO DE AQUI AL LEVANTADO AFUERA ESTA HABLANDO DEL VAN DE VEN. ENTONCES DURANTE UNA HORA O ALGO Y NO VAN A ESTAR EN LOS ELEMENTOS HAYA. ENTONCES POR ESO SO DIJO SUNLIGHT. VAMOS A AGREGAR LOS MINI AUTOBUSSES Y ESO ES ESO. SATISFECHO PARA TENER DOS MINI AUTOBUSSES. YO DIGO PARA PARA PARA LOS LOCALES Y DE AQUI NO NECESITAMOS NECESITAMOS UNO NADA MAS TENEMOS EL CHOFER YA YA YA TRABAJA YA TRABAJA PARA LA CIUDAD. YA TODO. ENTONCES RECOGE TODOS VA UNA VUELTA DOS VUELTAS EN COACHELLA. PERO PERO VAMOS PENSANDO LO ESTA ES OTRA COSA VERDAD. PORQUE EL BUS STOP YA ANOS ATRAS. YA VIENE YA AQUI EN LA ESQUINA NO CAMINA VAN MAS ENFRENTE. UN BUS STOP. ESTABA EN LA CALLE AQUI ESO NO ES LA CIUDAD CAMBIA MAS DE NO SÉ QUÉ CUENTA VEINTICINCO NO RECUERDO. ESO CON ESO CAMBIAR PORQUE. TIENE MAS MAS GRANDE. PERO. 
          PERO TAMBIÉN VAMOS A ESTA CONVERSATION LOS ESTAMOS DOS VECES Y LES DIJIMOS. LAS DOS VECES. ESOS MINI AUTOBUSSES SE VAN A DAR SUNLINE TRANSIT AGENCY. ES LO PUEDEN TENEMOS NUEVAS CIUDADES AQUI EN EL VALLE DE COACHELLA. ESO VAN A DAR NOSOTROS NO UNO PERO DOS SO PARA LA CONVERSATION NO NOS VAN DE DOS. PERO ESOS AUTOBUSSES LOS MINI AUTOBUSSES THAT ARE WHEELCHAIR ACCESSIBLE. TODO ESO ES SATISFECHO ES PARA NECESITAN PARA EL SENIOR SI. PERO PERO NOSOTROS PENSAMOS. A LA GENTE DE AFUERA LOS SENIORS IN EL SENIOR EN LA PLACA DICE. ES PARA LOS SENIORS. DIA DE HOY Y DE MANANA. PERO A TRANSIT HUB SI EL AUTOBUS EL LOCAL DE AQUI COMO ESTA TRABAJANDO Y TODO ESTAMOS ESTAMOS CONSCIENTES. SI ESTAN HACIENDO BUEN TRABAJO EN ESO NECESITAMOS TIEMPO PARA PARA QUÉ IBA. PERO LA PARADA ES LA LA GENTE DE AFUERA GABRIEL GABRIEL TENGO LA CONVERSATION PORQUE EN LA AGENDA TAMBIÉN I NEED TO STOP THE CONVERSATION BECAUSE IT'S NOT AGENDIZED. BUT THIS IS A GOOD CONVERSATION. YES. AND THIS IS ONE THAT I THINK DESERVES THE COUNCIL'S ATTENTION AS A WHOLE, BECAUSE THERE'S TWO DIFFERENT ISSUES. 
          ONE ONE IS WE NEED A WE NEED A REPLACEMENT TO THE VANS. AND IT SOUNDS LIKE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A SOLUTION SOON BECAUSE WE'RE GETTING TWO BUSSES DONATED TO US, MEANING BUSSES. AND THEN THE SECOND IS HOW DO WE TRANSPORT PEOPLE FROM THE SUNLIGHT BUS STOP TO THE SENIOR CENTER, AND VICE VERSA, FROM THE SENIOR CENTER TO THE SUNLIGHT. BECAUSE LET'S FACE IT, WE HAVE ONE OF THE NICEST AND GREATEST SENIOR CENTER THAT THE WHOLE, YOU KNOW, FOURTH DISTRICT OR COACHELLA VALLEY IS COMING TO OUR CENTER. AND SO THAT'S A GOOD THING TO HAVE. 
          BUT IN TERMS OF SOLUTIONS, BILL, AND IN TERMS OF SOLUTIONS, SELENA AND ANDREW, LET'S THINK ABOUT THAT. LIKE HOW IS HOW IS THIS SOLUTION GOING TO COME TO REALITY. LIKE HOW ARE WE GOING TO TRANSPORT PEOPLE TO AND FROM? AND IF IT'S AS SIMPLE AS SAYING, HEY, WE'RE GOING TO ASK OUR PERSON WHO IS ALBERT TO TO MAKE A NEW LOOP, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? AND THEN, THEN THEN 
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ARTICULATE THAT. SO MAYBE LET'S AGENDIZE THAT TO THE COUNCIL OR TO THE BOARD HERE. AND THEN THAT WAY WE CAN UNDERSTAND WHAT'S WHAT IS THE SOLUTION. BECAUSE I AGREE WITH THEM. IT'S TWO SEPARATE ISSUES. AND AND AND WE NEED TO FIND A SOLUTION HERE. MINI AUTOBUS IN THE SENIOR CENTER. SO SON DOS COSAS AHORA EL MINI AUTOBUS LOS DEL TRANSIT HUB DIRECTAMENTE ENFRENTE DEL SENIOR CENTER. SO SI IS YOU KNOW IT'S THE SOLUTION. THANK YOU. SI. SO THERE ARE TWO DIFFERENT ISSUES RIGHT. WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THE BUS FOR THE SENIOR WHICH IS FINE. I KNOW YOU GUYS ARE WORKING ON IT AND ALL THAT, BUT THE CONCERN WAS FOR THE OUTSIDE PEOPLE THAT ARE MOVING, THEY'RE GETTING OLD AND THEY'RE MOVING OUT OF THE CITY, BUT THEY STILL WANT TO COME HERE. THEY LIVE IN RANCHO MIRAGE. THEY COME HERE EVERY DAY. RIGHT. LET'S SAY THEY DON'T HAVE A CAR TODAY. THEY'LL GET THE BUS AND THERE'S GOING TO BE A STOP RIGHT IN FRONT. AND IF YOU CHECK IN YOUR PALM DESERT, PALM SPRINGS, EVERYWHERE, SUNBUS HAS A HAS A STOP. CLOSE TO THE SENIOR CENTER IN INDIO AND PALM DESERT IN PALM SPRINGS AND CAT CITY. 
          SO WE'RE JUST SAYING WE, YOU KNOW, NOT FOR US BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE WE'RE FIGHTING AND AND YOU GUYS ARE HELPING US TO GET OUR TRANSPORTATION FOR OUR LOCALS HERE, WHICH ALREADY COME IN A VAN OR, OR ON THE BUS AND, YOU KNOW, BUT IT'S FOR THE OUTSIDE PEOPLE THAT LIVE HERE AND WANT TO COME HERE. YEAH. THAT'S IT. THAT'S THANK YOU. TWO DIFFERENT VIEWS. THANK YOU. 
          GRACIAS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. GRACIAS. MUCHAS GRACIAS. WHEN I'M THEIR AGE, I'M GOING TO BE DOING THE SAME THING IN THE CITY COUNCIL. YOU SHOULD BELIEVE ME, AS YOU SHOULD. AND I MUST SAY, WHEN I WAS THEIR AGE, I FIGURED IT OUT. SO KUDOS TO THEM. MAGDALENA GARCIA. YEAH. 
          YEAH. OKAY. ENTONCES AQUI EN GONZALEZ. MAYOR AND COUNCIL, THANKS FOR THE OPPORTUNITY. 
          IT'S AN HONOR TO BE HERE TODAY. MY NAME IS JESUS ARKIN GONZALEZ. I'M HONORED TO BE THE PUBLIC POLICY LEAD FOR BLUE ZONES PROJECT COACHELLA. OUR JOB HERE IS AT BLUE ZONES IS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE IMPLEMENT POLICIES THAT HELP US LIVE LONGER, BETTER COMMUNITY CONNECTEDNESS, ESPECIALLY FOR OUR MOST VULNERABLE COMMUNITY MEMBERS, IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT TO US. 
          WHEN WE STARTED HERE AT BLUE ZONES PROJECT, WE WENT DIRECTLY TO THE SENIOR CENTER AND WE ASKED THEM WHAT WAS THEIR MAIN PRIORITY. THEIR NUMBER ONE PRIORITY WAS MAKING SURE THAT WE BROUGHT TRANSPORTATION BACK TO THE SENIOR CENTER THROUGH A PERMANENT BUS STOP, BECAUSE WE HAVE OUTSIDE INDIVIDUALS COMING FROM OTHER CITIES HERE. WE HAVE SENIORS THAT WANT TO GO FROM THE SENIOR CENTER TO BASIC COMMODITIES, LIKE THE DOCTOR TO THE GROCERY STORE. YOU KNOW, IT'S IT'S ALSO EXTREMELY IMPORTANT TO NOTE WHAT THE SENIORS JUST ELABORATED, RIGHT. 
          THE FACT THAT THERE WAS A BUS STOP ONCE THERE AND THIS BUS STOP WAS TAKEN WITHOUT ANY COLLECTIVE AGREEMENT FROM THE SENIORS. THIS BUS STOP WAS JUST A BASIC COMMUNITY COMMODITY, JUST TAKING US OUT OF NOWHERE. SO THAT'S SOMETHING ALSO THAT WE WE WANT TO NOTE. AND SINCE THEN AND SINCE THE START OF THIS PROJECT, WHEN WE WENT TO THE SENIOR CENTER, WE STARTED A PETITION. THAT PETITION HAS CLOSE TO A THOUSAND SIGNATURES CALLING FOR THE RESTORATION OF A BUS STOP AT THE SENIOR CENTER. OUR DEDICATION, YOU KNOW, AT BLUE ZONES PROJECT, WE'VE COMMITTED TO DONATING $330,000 TO BUILDING A BUS SHELTER WITH BENCHES AND SHADE. THAT'S SUFFICIENT ENOUGH TO BUILD OUT ALL THE INFRASTRUCTURE FOR THE BUS SHELTER. WE'RE CURRENTLY WORKING WITH SUNLINE. THERE WAS A LOT OF CONFUSION OF WHAT WAS GOING ON, AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF MISINFORMATION, AND I THINK WE NEED MORE CONCRETE FACTS ON WHAT'S GOING ON, BECAUSE SUNLINE IS SAYING THAT WE'RE STILL WAITING FOR A PERMANENT OPTION. THEY'RE STILL COMING BACK TO US WITH SIX OPTIONS ON HOW WE GOT THIS TRANSPORTATION ISSUE DIFFERENT FROM THE TWO BUS STOPS THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE. SO, YEAH, SUNLINE IS STILL IN THE WORKS OF THIS. I KNOW THAT THE SUPERVISOR IS SUPPORTIVE OF THE ISSUE. HE'S HE'S BEEN ON THE ISSUE, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO PARTNERING WITH THE CITY AT THE END OF THE DAY AND MAKING SURE THAT WE WORK TOGETHER RESPONSIBLY TO CREATE A RELIABLE, PERMANENT SOLUTION TO THIS TRANSPORTATION ISSUE. THANK YOU COUNCIL. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. 
          IS THERE ANYONE ON ZOOM? WE HAVE ONE HAND RAISED OKAY. GO AHEAD. DIANA. GOOD EVENING 
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MAYOR AND COUNCIL. MY NAME IS VICENTE ZAMORA. I'M A STUDENT AT UC IRVINE. I STUDY POLITICS AND PUBLIC POLICY. I'VE BEEN FOLLOWING THIS ISSUE AT THE SENIOR CENTER FOR MONTHS. AND DURING DENISE, THE CLOSING COMMENTS ON JUNE 25TH, COUNCIL MEMBER DELGADO TALKED ABOUT A CONVERSATION SHE HAD WITH THE SUNLINE CEO REGARDING CUTAWAY BUSSES AND BUS RESOURCES AT THE SENIOR CENTER. SINCE THEN, I HAVEN'T SEEN ANY RELEASE OF OF AN ACTION PLAN OR REAL PROGRESS. 
          OUR COMMUNITY DESERVES REAL CLARITY, OUR COUNCIL MEMBER, DELGADO AND SUNLINE ARE ACTUALLY WORKING TOWARD A PERMANENT TRANSPORTATION SOLUTION AT THE SENIOR CENTER. 
          OR ARE THESE JUST TEMPORARY BAND-AIDS AND FALSE SOLUTIONS? THERE'S A LARGE GROUP OF YOUTH, INCLUDING MYSELF, READY TO ADVOCATE AND SUPPORT A REAL FIX FOR THIS ISSUE. SENIORS CAN'T WAIT FOR PROMISES THAT NEVER MATERIALIZE. WE NEED TRANSPARENCY, CONCRETE ACTION, AND A PERMANENT FIX. THANK YOU COUNCIL. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE ON ZOOM? NO OTHER HANDS RAISED. OKAY. THOSE ARE ALL THE COMMENTS. THOSE ARE THE 
          [Consent Calendar]
COMMENTS. ALL RIGHT. WITH THAT, WE'LL MOVE ON TO CONSENT CALENDAR. IT'S RECOMMENDED THAT THE CONSENT ITEMS BE ACTED UPON SIMULTANEOUSLY, UNLESS SEPARATE ACTION OR DISCUSSION IS REQUESTED BY A COUNCIL MEMBER. WHAT IS THE WISHES OF THE CITY COUNCIL? I JUST HAVE TO NOTE, NUMBER SIX THE REGULAR MEETING MINUTES OF SEPTEMBER 10TH. JUST A STANDARD THOUGH, SINCE THAT WAS NOT AT THAT MEETING, WE'LL BE ABSTAINING. I WILL BE ABSTAINING FROM ITEM NUMBER NINE AS I OWN PROPERTY THOUSAND FEET LESS THAN 1000FT FROM THIS PROPERTY. FROM THIS LEASE, ANY OTHER? ITEM TO BE PULLED. IS THERE A SECOND? I'M SORRY, WHO WAS THE. DID YOU MOTION DOCTOR FIGUEROA? OKAY. IS THERE A SECOND? OH GO AHEAD SECOND. THERE'S A SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE AYE. ANY NOS? ANY ABSTENTIONS? I'VE NOTED THE ABSTENTIONS. NOTED THE ABSTENTIONS ON ITEM NUMBER NINE AND ITEM NUMBER SIX. MOVE ON TO 
          [New Business Calendar (Legislative and Administrative)]
NEW BUSINESS CALENDAR. SHOULD BE OLD BUSINESS CALENDAR. ITEM NUMBER 15. BILL OR WHO'S GIVING THE PRESENTATION? LINCOLN. LINCOLN. WELCOME BACK FROM VACATION. LINCOLN. ALL RIGHT. 
          THIS IS THE WAY TO COME BACK FROM GREECE. SO WE DID A LITTLE BIT OF ANALYSIS OVER THIS LAST WEEK TO TRY AND GIVE AN IDEA. I WORKED UP A FIVE YEAR PROJECTION FOR THE GENERAL FUND, TRYING TO BE CONSERVATIVE BUT MATERIALLY ACCURATE AS BEST I COULD. THERE ARE A FEW THINGS THE ANNEXATION APPROVAL HAPPENED TODAY, SO THERE'S AN ADJUSTMENT OF REVENUES IN 27, EIGHT, NINE AND 30 FOR THAT. WE HAVE SOME SUCCESSOR AGENCY BONDS THAT ARE GOING TO MATURE IN 2028. SO THAT WILL IMPACT OUR REVENUE IN 28, NINE AND 30. HOWEVER, THAT'S OFFSET BY THE MONROE INTERCHANGE PROJECT THAT'S CURRENTLY GOING ON. AND THAT WAS NOT BUDGETED. BUT WE FOUND OUT THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT ABOUT 600,027 AND 28. SO AFTER ALL OF THOSE, CAN YOU EXPLAIN THAT? AND THAT'S BECAUSE SEVAK MADE AN ANALYSIS OF WHAT THE 10% OF OUR TRAFFIC GOES TO MONROE. SO WE NEED TO CONTRIBUTE. YEAH, I THINK OUR ESTIMATE IS CLOSER TO 6% BECAUSE I THINK WE HAD 5% AT THE JEFFERSON. BUT WE WE WERE TRYING TO GO WITH SOMETHING THAT WAS APPROXIMATELY WHAT WE THOUGHT THE ESTIMATE WOULD BE. SO WE THINK IT'LL BE AROUND 600,000 IN EACH YEAR. THE ORIGINAL ESTIMATE WAS 1.1 MILLION PER YEAR. SO IT'S ALMOST HALF. I'M NOT GOING TO TELL YOU WHICH INTERSECTION I USED TO GET ON THE FREEWAY. SO ANYWAY, WITH THAT, OUR BUDGET, IF WE FILL THE DEFICIT IN FIRE THAT WE HAD OF 300. 25,000, THE NET INCOME IN THE ADOPTED BUDGET WAS 72,000. SO THAT MAKES THIS YEAR'S NET LOSS 256,000 2027. AFTER ADJUSTMENTS, THE NET LOSS LOOKS TO BE ABOUT 1.375 MILLION 2028. ABOUT 1.633 
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MILLION 2029. IT STARTS COMING DOWN TO 1.04 MILLION, AND 2030 BRINGS IT DOWN TO 935,000. ALL LOSSES. WE HAVE A SALES TAX DISPUTE THAT IS GOING ON RIGHT NOW. I FEEL LIKE WE HAVE A GOOD ARGUMENT ON THAT SALES TAX DISPUTE, BUT WE DON'T KNOW HOW IT'S GOING TO RESOLVE IF IT GOES IN OUR FAVOR. THE OTHER NUMBERS ARE WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT. IF IT DOESN'T, WE'RE LOOKING AT UP TO A $1.8 MILLION HIT THIS YEAR AND 450,000 EACH YEAR GOING FORWARD. SO THAT WOULD REVISE THOSE TO 2,000,001.8, 2.1, 1.5 AND 1.4 NET LOSSES. GOING FORWARD, I AM GOING TO BE UNDERTAKING AN EFFORT TO GO THROUGH ALL CONTRACTS THAT THE CITY HAS, SEE IF WE HAVE ANY DUPLICATION AND EFFORTS BETWEEN DEPARTMENTS, IF THERE'S ANY SERVICES THAT WE CAN DO WITHOUT OR PROVIDE IN-HOUSE OR OTHERWISE TRIM BEFORE WE MOVE FORWARD WITH OTHER OPTIONS, HOWEVER, IN 2034, WE'LL ALSO HAVE ANOTHER INFUSION ANNUALLY OF JUST OVER 700,000 FROM SUCCESSOR AGENCY BOND MONEY. AND IN 2036, ANOTHER 1.9 MILLION. SO DOWN THE ROAD, THERE IS SOME MONEY COMING IN THERE. I'VE SPOKEN TO A COUPLE OF PEOPLE ABOUT WHAT WE THOUGHT WOULD BE A POTENTIAL. DISTRIBUTION CENTER, OR I MEAN A FULFILLMENT CENTER. HOWEVER, I FOUND OUT IT'S A DISTRIBUTION CENTER. SO THE REVENUE UPSIDE ON THAT IS NOT WHAT WE WERE ORIGINALLY THINKING. WITH THAT SAID, THESE BUDGET ESTIMATES, WE CUT BACK OUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT EXPENDITURES FROM THE GENERAL FUND FOR MATCHES TO 232,000, DOWN FROM 3.9 MILLION IN 25 AND 1.1 MILLION AND 24. AND I'VE LEFT THOSE BETWEEN 250 AND 300,000 FOR THE NEXT FIVE YEARS. SO THERE'S A LOT OF WORK TO BE DONE TO TRY AND BALANCE THE BUDGET. I KNOW THAT A LOT OF QUESTIONS WERE ASKED ABOUT WHAT THE IMPACT WAS GOING TO BE OVER THE COMING YEARS, SO I DID THIS ANALYSIS THIS WEEK. WE ALSO LOOKED AT THE OPTIONS OF DELAYING THIS ITEM, THE GOLDEN HANDSHAKE FOR A YEAR AND FOR TWO YEARS. IF WE DELAYED FOR ONE YEAR, ONLY ONE MORE PERSON WOULD BE ELIGIBLE AND THAT PERSON IS ALREADY A PEPPER EMPLOYEE. IF WE DELAY TWO ADDITIONAL YEARS, THERE WOULD BE FOUR MORE ON TOP OF THAT ONE, AND TWO OF THOSE ARE PEPPER AND ONE OF THE CLASSICS IS ALSO A DIRECTOR. THE. THE ANALYSIS TO ME SHOWS THAT IF THERE'S GOING TO BE AN ACTION, IT SHOULD PROBABLY BE DONE SOONER RATHER THAN LATER. SO TODAY, RATHER THAN ONE YEAR FROM NOW? YEAH. SOONER RATHER THAN LATER. IT'S OBVIOUSLY COUNCIL'S DECISION. I JUST WANTED TO PROVIDE THE PROS AND THE CONS AND KIND OF PAINT A PICTURE OF WHERE WE'RE AT RIGHT NOW. I SEE SOME EMPLOYEES HERE. DID YOU GUYS WANT TO MAKE SOME COMMENTS? THEY'RE ACTUALLY HERE FOR THE NEXT ITEM. OH FOR THE NEXT ITEM. SO HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE ARE TAKING THE GOLDEN HANDSHAKE THAT I DON'T KNOW. THEY HAVEN'T HAD TO CHOOSE YET, BUT THERE'S 123456789 TEN 11 1213, 14, 15, 16, 17 THAT ARE ELIGIBLE. I I, I WAS TOLD THAT ONLY THERE WAS ABOUT FOUR EMPLOYEES WHO WERE LOOKING TO TAKE IT. THREE OF THEM BACKED OUT AND THAT ONE ONE WAS LOOKING TO TAKE IT. AND THAT ONE EMPLOYEE IS FROM THE WATER AND SEWER DEPARTMENT. SO IF WE HAVE THE ONE EMPLOYEE WHO TAKES IT FROM THE WATER AND SEWER DEPARTMENT, DOES IT IMPACT THE GENERAL FUND AND THEN ALSO LINCOLN. AND I THANK YOU FOR SHARING SOME SOME DETAILS, IS THAT, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU CAME UP WITH THESE NUMBERS, DID YOU PERSONALLY 
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REACH OUT TO TO UNION REPRESENTATIVES FOR THE ESTIMATES IN THE FORECAST? YES. 
          NO, I JUST CREATED IT THIS WEEK. SO I WILL SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, IT'S IT'S CRITICAL. IT REALLY IS THAT WE'RE WORKING WITH OUR UNION AND THAT WE'RE HAVING THESE DISCUSSIONS WITH UNION REPRESENTATIVES, BECAUSE THERE ISN'T ANYONE WHO KNOWS MORE THAN THOSE WHO ENGAGE DIRECTLY ON A DAY TO DAY BASIS WITH EMPLOYEES. I THINK A BIG A BIG ISSUE, I THINK, IS THAT WHEN FOLKS HEAR ABOUT A GOLDEN HANDSHAKE, THEY DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT A GOLDEN HANDSHAKE IS. AND SO I THINK AS SOME OF THESE. EMPLOYEES LOOKED AT THE GOLDEN HANDSHAKE ITSELF AND THEN REALIZED THAT THEY WEREN'T GETTING WAGES FOR TWO YEARS, BUT RATHER THAT THEY WERE GETTING A SERVICE CREDIT FOR TWO YEARS, AND THAT ADDITIONALLY, THE CITY OF COACHELLA WAS NOT PROVIDING ANY INSURANCE BENEFITS, WHICH MEANS THAT NOW NOW, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE THEY GET THE TWO YEAR CREDIT, YOU KNOW, THEY DON'T GET THE WAGES. BUT THEN ALSO IS THAT THEY'RE HAVING TO PAY NOW THEIR INSURANCE OUT OF POCKET. SO WHEN THEY START NOW CALCULATING ALL OF THESE THINGS, THEY START SEEING THAT PERHAPS THAT PERHAPS THEY'RE NOT MAYBE READY TO TAKE IT. OR, YOU KNOW, THIS MIGHT NOT BE THE YEAR I'M SUPPORTIVE OF THE GOLDEN HANDSHAKES. I'M JUST I'M QUESTIONING OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH OUR EMPLOYEES AND REALLY KNOWING WHO'S GOING TO TAKE IT. AND THEN ALSO IS A CONVERSATION. IT'S CRITICAL. IT REALLY IS. 
          YOU KNOW, WE HAVE EXECUTIVES WHO ARE COMING FORWARD AND TALKING ON BEHALF OF 86 EMPLOYEES. HOW DO WE JUSTIFY THAT ON BEHALF OF WHAT, 86 EMPLOYEES? WHAT DO WE HAVE 86 EMPLOYEES RIGHT NOW? YES, 89, 89, 89. SO WHEN WE HAVE THESE DISCUSSIONS, IT'S WE NEED TO KNOW WE REALLY NEED TO HAVE THAT THAT GOOD RELATIONSHIP WITH OUR EMPLOYEES. AND THEN ALSO IS IT'S I THINK IT'S CRITICAL IS IS TO PROVIDE THE EDUCATION BEHIND IT REGARDLESS, REGARDLESS OF THE GOLDEN HANDSHAKE, WHETHER WE OFFER IT THIS YEAR OR WHETHER WE OFFER IT THE FOLLOWING YEAR, IS THAT I THINK IT'S CRITICAL THAT WE BRING IN SOMEONE FROM CALPERS TO TALK AND JUST HAVE TIME TO TALK TO OUR EMPLOYEES. KNOW WHAT? RETIREMENT, YOU KNOW, HOW MUCH ARE THEY GOING TO HAVE, YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE THEY NOT GOING TO BE HAVING? WHAT ARE THEY GOING TO BE PROVIDED? AND AT LEAST IT GIVES THEM A BETTER IDEA OF WHEN, MAYBE WHEN THEY WOULD BE THINKING OF RETIREMENT, IF A GOLDEN HANDSHAKE WOULD BE BEST SUITED FOR THEM. BUT I WILL SAY IS THAT, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE EXECUTIVES, TOP, TOP LEVEL EXECUTIVES GIVING US AN UPDATE ABOUT GOLDEN HANDSHAKES, BUT NOT KNOWING WHO'S GOING TO TAKE IT. I HAVE A I HAVE A QUESTION AND I'M SORRY. I MEAN, THIS IS NEW INFORMATION. SO HOW DID YOU GET THAT INFORMATION? BECAUSE I REACHED OUT TO THE UNION REP, AND THEN YOU TALKED TO CITY STAFF AND ALL THAT OTHER STUFF? NO, I TALKED TO YOU. SO HOW DID YOU KNOW THAT? HOW DID YOU KNOW THAT THAT THAT FOUR WERE INTERESTED AND NOW ONLY ONE IS INTERESTED. AND LIKE, YOU WENT AND TALKED TO STAFF, RIGHT? NO. 
          YEAH. YOU DID LIKE, I MEAN, LIKE, HE DOESN'T EVEN KNOW THAT INFORMATION, BUT YOU DO. WELL, ACTUALLY, WE CAN'T ASK THE EMPLOYEES WHETHER THEY'RE GOING TO TAKE IT OR NOT UNTIL WE'VE OFFERED IT. SO DOES THE SO THEN THE. SO THEN THE UNION WENT OUT AND ASKED THEM IF THEY WERE GOING TO TAKE IT OR NOT. AND SHE KNOWS SOMETHING BEFORE WE DO OR THAT YOU DO. NOBODY'S GOING TO KNOW UNTIL IT'S APPROVED. SO SO I'M JUST INTERESTED TO THE AND WE'VE MET I'VE MET WITH THE UNION MULTIPLE TIMES TALKING ABOUT GOLDEN HANDSHAKE AND THAT WE WERE GOING TO OFFER IT BACK WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT IT IN APRIL. AND IT WAS AN OPTION SO THAT WE COULD LESSEN THE BLOW IF WE WERE GOING TO HAVE TO DO LAYOFFS. BUT SOMEHOW COUNCIL MAYOR PRO TEM HERE KNOWS WHO'S GOING TO TAKE IT. AND I ONLY BRING THIS UP BECAUSE IN THE ITEM IN THE BEGINNING OF IT'S CALLED THE CODE OF CONDUCT. AND I'M GOING TO POINT OUT HOW WHAT SHE DOES IS IN VIOLATION OF THE CODE OF CONDUCT, PARTICULARLY AREA 1.2. IT SAYS, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF CITY MANAGER AND CITY ATTORNEY WHO WORKS DIRECTLY WITH THE CITY COUNCIL AND COUNCIL MEMBERS SHALL NOT ATTEMPT TO OR REORGANIZE AN EMPLOYEE'S PRIORITY OR INFLUENCE THE MANNER BY WHICH CITY STAFF PERFORMS THEIR ASSIGNED FUNCTIONS OR DUTIES. 
          AND IT ALSO SAYS APPEAR AREA 1.1. THE. THE PROHIBITION DOES NOT RESTRICT TO LIMIT THE COUNCIL MEMBERS INQUIRIES THAT CAN BE ANSWERED ROUTINELY AND WITHOUT RESEARCH OR COUNCIL MEMBERS SUPPORT REQUESTS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROTOCOLS ESTABLISHED BY THE CITY MANAGER. 
          THOSE QUESTIONS OF WHO'S GOING TO GO SHOULD BE DIRECTED TO YOU AND TO YOU BECAUSE YOU'RE WORKING WITH US. AND I JUST FIND IT IRONIC THAT MAYBE I'M OUT OF ORDER HERE, BUT IN TERMS OF CODE OF CONDUCT, THAT WOULD BE A VIOLATION OF THE CODE OF CONDUCT, BECAUSE WE DON'T EVEN 
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KNOW. YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW. THEY DON'T KNOW. AND SOMEHOW, YOU KNOW, WHO WOULD TAKE THE GOLDEN HANDSHAKE? WE HAVEN'T EVEN OFFERED IT YET. SO IT'S JUST KIND OF WEIRD. JUST SAYING. SO IT STILL DOESN'T NEGATE THE FACT THAT IF OF YOUR ANALYSIS, LINCOLN, YOUR ANALYSIS IS BASICALLY POINT OUT THAT BASED OFF OF HOW EVERYTHING IS MOVING AND BASED OFF OF ALL THE LIABILITIES, YOUR RECOMMENDATION TO US IS TO DO THIS, OFFER THIS TODAY RATHER THAN LATER. AND I AGREE WITH YOU. I THINK I'VE HAD WE'VE HAD PLENTY OF CONVERSATION ABOUT EITHER OFFERING IT TODAY OR DELAYING IT. I STILL STAND THAT WE NEED TO MOVE ON THE DEFICIT NOW. WE DON'T NEED A DELAY. I THINK WE KNOW WHERE YOU'RE AT, MAYOR PRO TEM, I KNOW, I THINK I KNOW WHERE YOU'RE AT. COUNCIL MEMBER PEREZ I'D LIKE TO SPEAK TO ON MY BEHALF. OKAY. 
          IF IT'S GOING TO BE DIFFERENT THAN LAST WEEK, GO AHEAD. SO MAYOR PRO TEM SAID I'M NOT. 
          IT'S NOT THAT I'M AGAINST THE THE GOLDEN HANDSHAKE. I THINK A LOT OF EMPLOYEES ARE NOT REALLY FAMILIAR WITH WHAT THE GOLDEN HANDSHAKE ENTAILS. HAVE THEY BEEN EDUCATED AND TOLD EXACTLY HOW MUCH MONEY THEY'RE GOING TO BE MAKING? MEDICAL INSURANCE IS A LOT OF MONEY. I WOULD HATE FOR AN EMPLOYEE WHO HAS BEEN WORKING WITH THE CITY 15 YEARS TO THINK THAT BECAUSE THEY'RE GETTING TWO ADDITIONAL YEARS, THEY'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO MAKE IT AND THEN REALIZE THAT THEY DON'T HAVE ENOUGH FOR THE MEDICAL INSURANCE, THEY'RE GOING TO LOSE THEIR HOUSE BECAUSE THEY BELIEVED THAT RETIRING WITH TWO ADDITIONAL YEARS WAS ACTUALLY GOING TO BE GOOD FOR THEM. I WOULD LIKE FOR A CALPERS REPRESENTATIVE TO ACTUALLY GO OUT THERE AND TALK TO EMPLOYEES, AND THEN AFTER THAT, LET THE EMPLOYEES DECIDE IF THEY ARE READY INSTEAD OF PRESSURING THEM. OH, THERE'S GOING TO BE A GOLDEN HANDSHAKE. I HAVE TO TAKE IT. I THINK WE NEED TO EDUCATE THEM AND LET THEM KNOW EXACTLY WHAT IT IS, BECAUSE I REMEMBER WITH PENSION IT WAS VERY DIFFICULT FOR ME UNLESS I HAD A ONE ON ONE PERSON TELLING ME EXACTLY HOW MUCH MONEY I WAS GOING TO MAKE, AND IF I COULD AFFORD TO SURVIVE ON THAT MONEY. NOT EVERYBODY HAS TWO INCOMES. NOT EVERYBODY HAS A SPOUSE THAT GETS MEDICAL INSURANCE. NOT EVERYBODY HAS A SPOUSE THAT HAS A PENSION WAITING FOR THEM WHEN THEY'RE RETIRED. SO I WOULD LIKE BEFORE EVEN MOVING FORWARD, FOR THEM TO HAVE CALPERS REACH OUT AND LET THEM KNOW EXACTLY HOW MUCH MONEY THEY WOULD BE MAKING IF THEY RETIRE IN THE NEXT SIX MONTHS AND THE NEXT YEAR AND THE NEXT TWO YEARS. CERTAINLY, I CAN GIVE A LITTLE INFORMATION ON BACKGROUND ON THAT. CALPERS HOLD SESSIONS QUARTERLY ONLINE FOR THOSE WHO ARE PREPARING TO RETIRE. GIVEN THAT THE GOLDEN HANDSHAKE HAS A SIX MONTH OUT OUTER LIMIT, THAT WOULD GIVE TIME FOR PEOPLE TO DECIDE. ALSO, THE GOLDEN HANDSHAKE ENTITLES THEM TO GET THEIR RETIREMENT AT CURRENT PLUS TWO STEP INCREASES OF 3% IMMEDIATELY. THAT'S THE TWO YEAR BENEFIT. SO IF THEY'RE SALARY WAS GOING TO BE 85% OF THEIR CURRENT SALARY BASED ON THEIR RETIREMENT, THEN YOU WOULD MULTIPLY THAT TIMES 3%, 1.03 TIMES 1.03 TO GET TO THEIR SALARY AFTER THE FACT. AS FAR AS MEDICAL HEALTHCARE GOES, WE DO HAVE AN OPEB PROGRAM, SO WE ARE REQUIRED TO TO CONTRIBUTE FOR RETIREE HEALTH CARE TO THE PIMCO MINIMUM. AND SO THEY WOULD NOT HAVE TO PAY THE FULL PREMIUMS OF THEIR INSURANCE, BUT THEY WOULD HAVE TO PAY PART. AND THAT WOULD CONTINUE THROUGH WHEN THEY TURN 65. AND THEN AFTER THAT, THEY CAN OPT IN TO A MEDICARE PROGRAM. THAT'S THE INFORMATION. AND HOW MUCH WOULD THE PREMIUMS BE THAT, I DON'T KNOW, OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD? WHAT IN ORDER TO GET A CALPERS REPRESENTATIVE TO DISCUSS WHAT THEIR EMPLOYEES OPTION WOULD BE UNDER A GOLDEN HANDSHAKE, WHAT IF THEY WHAT IF THE ACTUAL OPTION NEED TO BE PROVIDED? I MEAN, CALPERS IS NOT JUST GOING TO COME OVER HERE. I MEAN, I DON'T AM I WRONG, JUST CALPERS IS GOING TO SHOW UP AND SAY, HEY, HYPOTHETICALLY, IF THE CITY OFFERS THE GOLDEN HANDSHAKE, THIS IS WHAT IT'S GOING TO DO. IT'S MORE LIKE, HEY, THE CITY JUST OFFERED THE GOLDEN HANDSHAKE. THIS IS WHAT IT CAN DO FOR YOU. I'M NOT SURE IF THEY COME ON SITE FOR INDIVIDUAL MEETINGS. BLINKEN MADE A POINT TOMORROW. PEOPLE DO NOT HAVE TO MAKE UP THEIR MINDS. THEY CAN MAKE UP THEIR MINDS UP AND THROUGH THE END OF THE PERIOD, SIX MONTHS. THEY HAVE TIME TO GO DO THEIR RESEARCH. WE DON'T NEED A YES OR A NO TOMORROW. WE DON'T NEED A YES OR A NO A MONTH FROM NOW. WE NEED A YES OR A NO IN SIX MONTHS FROM NOW. THAT'S CORRECT. 
          AND THEN THE OTHER THING THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO NOTE IS THAT WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS GIVE 
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THE CITY A BUNCH OF OPTIONS IN ORDER TO DEAL WITH ITS IF WITH THE DEFICIT, IN THE EVENT THAT IN ONE YEAR FROM NOW, IT'S NOT GOING TO MATTER, BECAUSE THERE'S ONLY GOING TO BE WE'RE PROBABLY GOING TO HAVE A BIGGER DEFICIT. AND SO A GOLDEN HANDSHAKE WOULDN'T EVEN MAKE SENSE. SO WE'RE AT THAT POINT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO FIRE PEOPLE AND THEY'RE GOING TO LOSE THEIR HOMES. EITHER WAY. WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS AVOID FIRING PEOPLE AND GIVING US THE MOST OPTIONS. SO LET'S DO THIS NOW. THAT WAY, WE DON'T HAVE TO BE IN A SCENARIO WHERE WE'RE LIMITED ON WHAT WE CAN DO A YEAR FROM NOW. I MEAN, WHAT I'M HEARING AND IT'S AND IT'S IT'S JUST LIKE YOUR HOME BUDGET. ARE, ARE ARE WHAT I, WHAT AM I GOING TO CALL YOU? OUR, OUR, OUR DAD OR MOM IS TELLING US ONE YEAR FROM NOW WE'RE IN TROUBLE, GUYS. WE NEED TO MAKE CUTS AND AND WHAT PEOPLE ARE ARGUING HERE IS LIKE, NO, NO, NO, WE CAN WAIT, WE CAN WAIT. 
          OTHERS ARE SAYING, NO, LET'S MAKE THEM. LET'S GET USED TO THIS AND LET'S FIGURE OUT, GIVE US THE BEST OPTION SO THAT WE CAN REDUCE OUR LIABILITIES. I MEAN, THAT'S REALLY HOW I SEE IT. YOU'VE MADE YOUR ARGUMENTS. YOU'VE MADE YOUR ARGUMENT. I'VE MADE MINE. WE NEED TO HEAR FROM YOU. YOU HAVE TO REMEMBER, YOU KNOW, WHY WE'RE HERE. AND IT'S TO LOOK OUT FOR THE BE THE STEWARDS AND THE FIDUCIARY RESPONSIBLE PERSON OF PEOPLE'S MONEY. IT'S TAXPAYER MONEY AT THE END OF THE DAY. RIGHT. AND HOW DO YOU LOOK AT THAT AND AND LOOK AT, YOU KNOW, GROWING UP, YOU KNOW, WE DIDN'T HAVE MONEY FOR X, Y AND Z. AND YOU WOULD GO TO GO TO WALMART WITH MY MOM AND SHE'S LIKE, YOU CAN'T HAVE THAT TODAY BECAUSE NOT IN THE BUDGET TODAY. AND REALLY LOOKING AT THE COST, RIGHT. IF THAT LIKE TALKING 25 PLUS YEARS AGO, INFLATION IS REAL. I WENT TO STARBUCKS AND IT COST $6 FOR AN ICED COFFEE THAT I USED TO PAY $3 FOR FOUR YEARS AGO. AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE INCREASING COST, RIGHT? COST IS GOING TO CONTINUE TO INCREASE AS WE GO. AND WE REALLY NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE CONTINUATION OF A BUDGET THAT WE ALREADY SEE SALES TAX DECREASING OVER THE YEARS. AND YOU GAVE US SOME PROJECTIONS, LINCOLN, ON HOW DOES THAT REALLY LOOK? RIGHT. WHAT IS THAT GOING TO LOOK LIKE WHEN WE'RE SITTING HERE. AND THEN, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A REDUCTION IN THE PURSE STARTS GETTING CLOSER AND CLOSER AND CLOSER. AND, YOU KNOW, EVEN IN DAY TO DAY LIFE TODAY, PEOPLE ARE, YOU KNOW, STRUGGLING WITH THEIR GROCERIES. YOU KNOW, YOU GO WALK DOWN FOOD FOR LESS OR WHEREVER YOU DO YOUR SHOPPING. 
          IT'S A HIGH COST. SO THE RISE OF COST IS EVERYWHERE. IT'S IT'S THAT I WORK IN A PUBLIC AGENCY AND WE'RE SEEING THE INCREASED COSTS OF ALSO THINGS AND POTENTIAL DECREASE IN FUNDING. AND WHAT IS THAT GOING TO LOOK LIKE? WHAT ARE WE GOING TO HAVE TO CUT? RIGHT. IF I'M GOING TO HAVE TO CUT AND HELP CUT SOMEWHERE, WHAT IS THAT GOING TO LOOK LIKE? SO, YOU KNOW, REALLY UNDERSTANDING THAT, AND I THINK I REALLY WANTED TO CENTER THAT BECAUSE I WATCHED THE MEETING FROM LAST, LAST TWO WEEKS AGO AND, AND REALLY SAW THAT, YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO REALLY UNDERSTAND THE COST. RIGHT. AND YOU KNOW, WHAT THE TRUE SAVINGS MIGHT BE, MIGHT BE VARIES. IT'S A IT'S A KIND OF A WAVE. BUT, YOU KNOW, I THINK THERE'S A DIFFERENT THINGS. AND YOU TALK ABOUT THE THAT READY MIX COMPONENT. I THINK THAT'S A YOU KNOW WE SAW THE MEETING AND WHAT IS THAT REALLY GOING TO LOOK LIKE. SO IT'S KIND OF YOU KNOW WHAT IT REALLY, TRULY IS GOING TO HAPPEN. AND HOW DO WE REALLY FOCUS ON ITEMS. SO YOU KNOW I UNDERSTAND AND LISTEN TO BOTH SIDES OF THE ARGUMENT AND, YOU KNOW, WAITING AND SEEING WHERE WE GO FROM HERE. MAYBE WE GET THIS OR THAT OR, YOU KNOW, OR YOU DO IT NOW AND WHAT THE OUTCOME IS. RIGHT. AND SO I DON'T HAVE A CRYSTAL BALL. RIGHT. AND I FEEL LIKE WE HAVE A SHOT AT WINNING THE SALES TAX DISPUTE. OUR ARGUMENT IS SOUND BASED ON THE PRACTICES THAT HAVE BEEN IN PLACE FOR A VERY LONG TIME. BUT IT YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST OUR JOB TO ARGUE OUR SIDE AND SEE WHAT THE DECISION COMES DOWN AS. EVEN WITHOUT THAT, WE HAVE SOME WORK TO DO. AND THAT'S WHY I SAID, YOU KNOW, I PLAN TO GO THROUGH THE CONTRACTS OF THE CITY. WE DON'T HAVE A CENTRALIZED PROCUREMENT, SO IT'S GOING TO TAKE SOME TIME. BUT I THINK THAT BY THE TIME WE GET TO THE NEXT BUDGET, WE'LL HAVE A BETTER IDEA OF WHAT WE CAN CONSOLIDATE, WHAT WE HAVE TO HAVE AND WHAT OUR BOTTOM LINE LOOKS LIKE AT THAT TIME. AND WE'LL RERUN THIS FIVE YEAR FORECAST AT THAT TIME AND, AND SEE WHERE WE'RE AT. BUT I JUST WANTED TO PROVIDE AS MUCH TRANSPARENCY AS POSSIBLE, BECAUSE I KNOW A LOT OF NUMBERS HAVE BEEN THROWN AROUND AT EACH OF THESE MEETINGS, BUT WE HADN'T RUN A FIVE YEAR FORECAST. SO I THIS ONLY, YOU KNOW, I CREATED THIS THIS WEEK. I'M SURE IF I SPENT ANOTHER WEEK ON IT, IT'S GOING TO CHANGE SOME. BUT HOW FAR AWAY WE ARE FROM BREAKEVEN IN SOME YEARS MAKES ME REALIZE THAT WE HAVE SOME WORK TO DO, ONE WAY OR ANOTHER, 
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TO GET TO THAT BALANCE WITHOUT WAITING TILL 2036 FOR EXTRA REVENUES TO KICK IN. THANK YOU. 
          LINCOLN. LINCOLN. JUST A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS REAL QUICK FOR YOU AND FOR BILL AS WELL. THERE WERE SOME COMMENTS THAT WERE BEING MADE AND JUST FOR FULL TRANSPARENCY WITH OUR COMMUNITY THAT'S HERE. AND THEN ALSO THE COMMUNITY THAT'S WATCHING THE MEETING. DO WE FORCE OUR EMPLOYEES TO TAKE THE GOLDEN HANDSHAKE? IF IT'S. IS IT AN OPTION OR ARE WE ASKING THEM TO TAKE IT? NO, IT'S COMPLETELY VOLUNTARY. YOU CAN'T YOU CAN'T FORCE SOMEONE TO TAKE A GOLDEN HANDSHAKE. THANK YOU. I THINK IT WAS REALLY IMPORTANT TO POINT THAT OUT. AND JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT WE PAY ATTENTION TO HOW WE'RE WORDING CERTAIN THINGS AND NOT MAKE OUR COMMUNITY OR OUR EMPLOYEES OR ANYONE THAT'S HERE IN THE AUDIENCE BELIEVE THAT WE'RE GOING TO FORCE SOMEONE OR AN EMPLOYEE TO TAKE THE GOLDEN HANDSHAKE. IT IS AN OPTION, AND NO ONE ON THIS DAIS OR ANYWHERE ELSE SHOULD BE WALKING AROUND TELLING PEOPLE TO TAKE IT OR NOT TO TAKE IT. THAT'S NOT WHAT WE DO. AND SO JUST WANTED TO MAKE THAT CLEAR. AND THEN THE THE SECOND THING THAT I KIND OF WANTED TO ASK YOU, DO YOU RECOMMEND THAT THIS COUNCIL STRONGLY CONSIDER GOING THROUGH AND OFFERING THE GOLDEN HANDSHAKE? MY JOB REALLY ISN'T TO OPINE, BUT TO GIVE THE PROS AND THE CONS ONE POSSIBLE. DECISION FACTOR THAT I HAVEN'T DISCUSSED YET IS THAT FOR EMPLOYEES THAT ARE CONSIDERING TAKING IT, IF IT ISN'T OFFERED, THEY MAY SEE IT AS A BENEFIT TAKEN FROM THEM. THAT'S THE ONLY OTHER THING. THANK YOU LINCOLN. SO I'D LIKE TO CLARIFY SOMETHING. IF I WAS THE ONE THAT SAID FEEL FORCED, WHAT I MEANT IS THEY DON'T KNOW IF THE GOLDEN HANDSHAKE WILL COME AROUND IN TWO YEARS OR NOT. SO HEARING THE THE GOLDEN HANDSHAKE RIGHT NOW, THEY MIGHT FEEL LIKE, OH GOD, MAYBE I NEED TO TAKE IT NOW IS WHAT I MEANT. NOT THAT WE ARE FORCING PEOPLE TO TAKE OR OUR EMPLOYEES TO TAKE THE GOLDEN HANDSHAKE. RIGHT? AND JUST REALLY QUICKLY TO I, I MET WITH THE CITY MANAGER YESTERDAY AND HE TOLD ME TWO PEOPLE WERE LOOKING TO TAKE IT, AND NOW I ONE SAID THAT THEY WEREN'T INTERESTED ANYMORE, BUT IT WAS THE CITY MANAGER WHO'S BEEN GIVING ME THE UPDATES BEFORE. IT WAS 4 OR 5. AND THEN I THINK WHEN I SPOKE TO YOU, WAS IT MAYBE THREE DAYS AGO, YOU TOLD ME IT WAS ABOUT 4 OR 5 EMPLOYEES. NOW, I BELIEVE THE QUESTION WAS FOR THE UNFUNDED. I SAID WE HAD 3 OR 4 UNFUNDED, ONE OF WHICH WOULD BE A RECLASS IF THEY CHOSE IT. THE REST OF THE EMPLOYEES, IF THEY CHOSE TO TAKE IT, WOULD BE REPLACED. AND IT ONLY IF THE ONES THAT WERE CHOSEN TO BE UNFUNDED. IF THEY CHOSE IT, WOULD THOSE POSITIONS BE UNFUNDED? I, I HAVE HEARD NUMBERS. I HAD A COUPLE OF PEOPLE ASK ME QUESTIONS, BUT I DON'T KNOW WHAT AN EXACT NUMBER WOULD BE. ALL RIGHT. AND THEN LINCOLN, JUST TO CLARIFY EARLIER, YOU SAID, YEAH, THIS IS AN OPTION THAT A COUNCIL SHOULD CONSIDER SOONER RATHER THAN LATER. SO I DON'T THINK I MADE THAT UP. BUT NO, I WAS SAYING IF IT IS BEING CONSIDERED BY WAITING A YEAR OR TWO, YOUR YOUR BENEFITS, THERE'S THREE OUT OF 5 IN 2 YEARS THAT WOULD BE NEW ADDITIONS THAT ARE ALREADY PEPPER EMPLOYEES. SO THEY'RE ALREADY AT THAT LOWER PENSION TIER. WHEREAS IF WE MOVE NOW, THE CLASSIC THERE'S ONLY ONE PEPPER EMPLOYEE, ALL THE REST ARE CLASSIC. AND SO THE SAVINGS FROM PENSION WOULD BE RECOGNIZED. NOW RIGHT. WITH THAT I'M GOING TO MAKE A MOTION TO MOVE APPROVAL OF ADOPTION OF 20 2548. AND I WILL ASK, IS THERE ANYONE IN THE AS I MAKE THIS MOTION, I'M GOING TO I'M GOING TO MOVE TO APPROVE TO GRANT A DESIGNATED PERIOD OF TWO YEAR ADDITIONAL SERVICE CREDIT CLARIFICATIONS OF THE GOVERNING BODY. IS THERE A SECOND AND THEN I'LL OPEN IT UP TO ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS. IS THERE A SECOND. I'LL SECOND. AND THEN WITH THAT IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS? I DO NOT HAVE ANY SLIPS HERE IN FRONT OF ME. IS THERE ANYBODY IN THE AUDIENCE OR ON ZOOM? NO. HANDS RAISED ONLINE? NO. I'M GOING TO ASK FOR A ROLL CALL, PLEASE. 
          AND REAL QUICKLY, MR. MAYOR, JUST TO CLARIFY, I KNOW WE TALKED ABOUT THE PERIOD BEING EITHER THREE MONTHS OR SIX MONTHS IN THE RESOLUTION. IT'S CURRENTLY SET AT THREE MONTHS. 
          IS THAT YOUR MOTION FOR A THREE MONTH WINDOW? I WOULD DO A SIX MONTH WINDOW. THAT WOULD BE FINE WITH ME. OKAY. SO WE'LL HAVE THE END DATE AS OPPOSED TO DECEMBER 30TH OF 25 THROUGH 
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MARCH 23RD OF 26 WITH ME. AND THEN I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A SECOND MOTION IS THAT I WILL SUPPORT THE GOLDEN HANDSHAKES, BUT WITH THE LANGUAGE THAT IT HAS TO BE CONTINUED EMPLOYMENT. 
          WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? SO MEANING THAT NO ONE WHO'S CONTRACTED CAN TAKE THE GOLDEN HANDSHAKE. 
          SO YOU WOULD HAVE TO HAVE CONTINUED EMPLOYMENT. COULD WE PUT THAT LANGUAGE? I THINK CALPERS ACTUALLY DRAFTS THE LANGUAGE OF THE RESOLUTIONS, AND WE HAVE TO FOLLOW THEIR TEMPLATES, UNFORTUNATELY. SO SO WE CAN'T PUT THE LANGUAGE IN THERE THAT THE GOLDEN HANDSHAKES BE OFFERED ONLY TO THOSE WHO HAVE CONTINUED EMPLOYMENT. YOU MEAN CONTINUOUS SERVICE, CORRECT. THERE'S ALREADY RULES IN THE CALPERS. AS FAR AS LIKE IF YOU. IF YOU LEAVE A POSITION AND DON'T FIND A NEW ONE IF YOU HAVEN'T RETIRED WITHIN SIX MONTHS, YOU'RE NO LONGER CLASSIC. BUT THE RULES ARE SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT. IF SOMEONE'S COMING OUT OF RETIREMENT, BUT WE DON'T HAVE THE CHOICE OF SAYING WHETHER SOMEONE'S CLASSIC, WHETHER THEY'RE ELIGIBLE, IT'S THAT'S A CALPERS. SO SO THAT MEANS THAT BASICALLY ANYBODY WHO MEETS THE RETIREMENT AGE COULD THEN TAKE THE GOLDEN HANDSHAKE. NOT NECESSARILY. 
          THEY STILL HAVE TO HAVE TOTAL YEARS OF SERVICE CREDIT FOR THE ELIGIBILITY, BE OF RETIREMENT AGE OR BE OF THE AGE REQUIRED. BUT YEAH, ALL THE CRITERIA IS SET BY CALPERS. SO SO ALL RIGHT THANK YOU. THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND. CAN WE GET A ROLL CALL. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER PEREZ. 
          NO. COUNCIL MEMBER. FIGUEROA. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. YES. MAYOR. PRO TEM DELGADO. NO. MAYOR. 
          HERNANDEZ. YES. MOTION PASSES WITH A32 VOTE. ALL RIGHT. WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER 16. THIS IS TO ADOPT RESOLUTION 20 2546 APPROVAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF COACHELLA AND THE TEAMSTERS LOCAL 932 WATER SANITARY DISTRICT TO APPROVE THE RESULTS OF THE BASE COMPENSATION SALARY STUDY FOR UTILITY OPERATIONS. GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL MEMBERS. WHAT YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU IS A RESOLUTION 2546 TO APPROVE A SIDE LETTER AGREEMENT THAT WE REACHED WITH THE SANITARY AND WATER WORKERS. WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON A WELL BACK WHEN WE APPROVED THE CONTRACT WITH ALL EMPLOYEES BACK IN 2023, WE HAD AGREED WITH WATER AND SANITARY THAT WE WOULD DO A SEPARATE COMP STUDY FOR THEM, BECAUSE WHEN YOU GO OUT AND LOOK AT COMPS, MOST CITIES DO NOT HAVE SANITARY AND WATER BOTH NORMALLY, NOT AT ALL. BUT MOST OF THE PLACES THAT WE COME FOR DID NOT HAVE THAT. AND SO IT WAS A REQUEST OF THE UNION TO GO IN AND LOOK AT THAT. WE AGREED TO THAT THROUGH THE NEGOTIATIONS. I WAS ACTUALLY HERE BACK THEN AND SAT IN NEGOTIATIONS AND NEGOTIATED THE CONTRACTS, AND WE HAD AGREED TO DO A COMP STUDY. THE COMP STUDY WAS DELAYED FOR QUITE A WHILE. WHEN I RETURNED, WE HAD A COPY OF THE COMP STUDY. THERE WAS SOME ISSUES WITH THE COMP STUDY BECAUSE IT LOOKED AT MORE THAN WHAT WE WOULD TYPICALLY LOOK AT WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT OUR COMP CITIES. IT ALSO WENT INTO LA COUNTY, IT WENT INTO ORANGE COUNTY, AND SO NEGOTIATING WITH THE UNION, WE WERE ABLE TO SHRINK THE SIZE OF THE COMPS BACK INTO WHAT'S GOING ON WITHIN THE VALLEY. AND I THINK WE GOT OUT TO REDLANDS. TWO WAS THE FURTHEST WE GOT. WE GOT THE RESULTS OF THE STUDY BACK, THOUGH, AND BEFORE THE AVERAGE INCREASE WAS ABOUT 12.8%, THE NEW INCREASE IS ABOUT 12.2%. SO IT DIDN'T MOVE THE NEEDLE MUCH. BUT WHEN IT COMES TO NEGOTIATIONS, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE STAY CONSISTENT BECAUSE WE'LL BE BACK IN NEGOTIATIONS IN ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF AGAIN. SO AT THAT POINT, WE MET WITH THE UNION. WE WERE SUPPOSED TO HAVE THIS DONE SOONER RATHER THAN LATER, AND IT WASN'T. AND WE'RE BEHIND. AND SO WE AGREED TO RETROACTIVELY PAY THEM A 3% INCREASE WITH COUNCIL'S PERMISSION IN CLOSED SESSION BACK TO JANUARY 1ST, 2025, AND THEN OVER THE NEXT TWO YEARS, JULY 1ST, JULY 1ST, THERE WERE VARYING AMOUNTS OF INCREASES BASED UPON THE EMPLOYMENT OF THE PERSON, THE TITLE THAT THEY WERE UNDER, AND SO EVERYBODY WILL BE GETTING DIFFERENT INCREASES, BUT THEY WERE GETTING 3% BECAUSE WE DIDN'T KNOW EXACTLY WHERE IT WAS GOING TO LAND. BUT IF SOMEBODY WAS GOING TO GET 12% OVER THE NEXT TWO YEARS, THEY WOULD GET FOUR AND A HALF, FOUR AND A HALF ON TOP OF WHAT THEY'RE GETTING FOR THE REGULAR COLA AS WELL, BECAUSE THAT WAS TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT AS WELL. THIS IS FUNDED THROUGH WATER AND SANITARY DOESN'T TOUCH THE GENERAL FUND. 
          AND ALSO WE'RE GOING THROUGH A RATE STUDY FOR WATER AND SANITARY. AND WE HAVE PUT THESE CALCULATIONS INTO THE STUDY SO THAT WE MAKE SURE THAT WE COVER OUR COSTS WHEN WE'RE ADOPTING NEW RATES. WHEN WE DO THAT IN ABOUT A YEAR OR SO. SO THAT'S MY PRESENTATION. I'D LIKE TO APOLOGIZE TO THE GENTLEMAN HERE, OUR FINE WORKERS FROM THE SANITARY DEPARTMENTS, THAT WE 
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WERE SO LATE WITH THIS, BUT WE'RE HERE. SO THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. AND AND YOU GUYS THOUGHT BILL WAS A BAD GUY. COME ON. OH, YEAH. BUT. BUT ANYWAY, THAT CONCLUDES MY STAFF REPORT. AND I'LL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL IF YOU HAVE ANY. NO. LOOK, I THINK I THINK WE HAVE A MIGHTY, A MIGHTY WELL-TRAINED TEAM AND WE NEED TO COMPENSATE THEM, YOU KNOW, JUST LIKE ANYBODY ELSE. AND LET'S FACE IT, THERE'S SOME BIGGER AGENCIES THAT HAVE MORE MEANS, AND WE NEED TO STAY COMPETITIVE. AND I KNOW THEY'D LIKE TO TAKE SOME OF OUR GUYS, OR WE CAN TAKE SOME OF THEIR GUYS NOW TOO, YOU KNOW? AND SO WE NEED TO MAKE IT COMPETITIVE. 
          AND I'M ALL FOR THIS. THIS IS THIS IS A NO BRAINER. I'VE SEEN THOSE GUYS WORK. I'VE SEEN THEM IN SOME TRENCHES THAT ARE AT LEAST SIX, SEVEN FEET. YOU KNOW, I SEE THE PICTURES, I PASS BY THE SITES. I SEE YOU GUYS AND LET'S DO, LET'S, LET'S GET THEM UP TO PAR. I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO MOVE THE ITEM FORWARD A MOTION. IS THERE A SECOND I'LL GO AHEAD AND SECOND. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS ANY COMMENTS. SO THIS IS GOING TO BE BILL. THESE RATES WILL BE INCLUDED INTO THAT NEW WATER WITH ALL THAT OTHER WATER RATES. AND WHAT WE'RE LOOKING. YES, YES WE'VE ALREADY WE'VE ALREADY SHARED THESE WITH THEM. WE TOLD THEM WE YOU KNOW DEPENDING UPON COUNCIL ACTION, BUT WE'VE ALREADY PUT IT INTO THE STUDY. SO IT'S IN THERE. YES. WE SENT THIS ALL OVER TO THEM BETWEEN BILL AND WE ALWAYS HEAR ABOUT ALL YOU GUYS AND ALL THE GOOD THINGS YOU GUYS DO. BELIEVE IT OR NOT. THEY ACTUALLY TELL US. YOU TELL US. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, I APPRECIATE IT. THERE'S A MOTION. THERE'S A SECOND. CAN WE GET A ROLL CALL AND NO PUBLIC COMMENTS. RIGHT. OKAY. COUNCIL MEMBER PEREZ. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. FIGUEROA. AYE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER. MEAD. AYE. MAYOR PRO TEM. DELGADO. YES. MAYOR. HERNANDEZ. AYE. MOTION CARRIES. MOVE ON. ITEM NUMBER 17. THIS IS A LETTER BETWEEN THE CITY AND VINTAGE ASSOCIATES, DBA VINTAGE OUTDOORS TO INSTALL TREES. IS IT MORE TREES? YES, MORE TREES. I GOT A I GOT I KNOW WHERE, SO I'LL GO PRETTY QUICK ON THIS. SO YOU CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. OH I HAVE A CLICKER. THANK YOU. SO FOR SOME BACKGROUND IN MAY THE CITY OUR GRANTS DEPARTMENT WE APPLIED TO IID FOR AN ADDITIONAL ROUND OF GRANT FUNDING FOR THEIR TREES FOR ALL PUBLIC GREEN SPACE GRANT. WE NORMALLY GET THIS GRANT EVERY YEAR, AND IT COINCIDES WITH OUR PLANTING THAT WE DO IN HONOR OF ARBOR DAY. BUT THERE WAS SOME EXTRA FUNDS, SO THEY OFFERED AN ADDITIONAL ROUND. AND WE DID GET SOME ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR FIVE MINUTES. WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK. OKAY. AND THIS HAS ALWAYS BEEN A SUCCESSFUL PROGRAM. THESE ARE THE TREES WE PLANTED ON AVENUE 53. FOR THIS SUPPLEMENTAL FUNDING ROUND THAT THEY HAVE. WE WANTED TO PLANT TREES AROUND KIND OF THE DEAD AREAS AROUND THE PARK. WE WORK WITH VINTAGE OUTDOORS TO COME UP WITH A PROGRAM WHERE WE WOULD HAVE ABOUT 53 TO 58 TREES, AND WE IDENTIFIED THE SPOTS ALL AROUND THE PARK THAT DON'T CURRENTLY HAVE ADEQUATE SHADE. THE VINTAGE CAME UP WITH A GRANT OF 30 OR A PROGRAM OF $35,000. THAT INCLUDES PLANTING ALL THE TREES, DOING ALL THE IRRIGATION. THAT'S THE FULLY INSTALLED. PROJECT. ORIGINALLY, I'D HAD ACTUALLY OFFERED US A LITTLE LESS THAN THE FULL GRANT, BUT THEY ACTUALLY DID COME BACK TO US AND THEY HAD THE SOME ADDITIONAL FUNDS. SO THEY ARE OFFERING THE FULL 35,000. SO WE DO NOT HAVE ANY COST SHARES THAT WE NEED TO HAVE WITH THIS. BUT THE MAIN REASON I DIDN'T PUT THIS ON CONSENT, I WANTED TO HAVE THIS AS A NEW BUSINESS ITEM, BECAUSE I DID WANT TO PUBLICLY ANNOUNCE WHEN THIS EVENT WILL BE OCCURRING. SO RIGHT NOW WE WANT TO SET UP THIS EVENT JUST LIKE WE DO WITH OUR ARBOR DAY. WE'LL HAVE THE GLOVES, WE'LL HAVE THE FREE GIVEAWAYS, WE'LL HAVE, YOU KNOW, SOME SNACKS. AND WE WANT TO ENGAGE THE OUR COMMUNITIES THAT NORMALLY ARE INVOLVED IN OUR ARBOR DAY. SO WE'LL HAVE THE DESERT RECREATION DISTRICT, URBAN CONSERVATION CORPS, ALIANZA COLLEGE OF THE DESERT, AND WE ARE PLANNING ON HAVING THE EVENT SCHEDULED FOR OCTOBER 18TH. IT'LL BE 7 A.M. AND WE PLAN ON SETTING UP AN EVENT AREA AT THE POOL. SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT GOT OUT PUBLICLY, SINCE THIS IS OUR LAST COUNCIL MEETING BEFORE THE EVENT. SO AS FAR AS STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS, WE WOULD LIKE YOU TO AUTHORIZE THE AGREEMENT WITH VINTAGE ASSOCIATES FOR THE $35,000 TO PLANT THE TREES. AND THEN WE'D ALSO LIKE YOU TO AUTHORIZE US TO USE THE BAG DUMA POOL PARKING AREA ON OCTOBER 18TH TO HOST THE 
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COMMUNITY EVENT FOR THE PLANTING. WONDERFUL. IS THERE ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FROM MEMBERS OF COUNCIL? IS THERE ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE WHO HAS ANY COMMENTS OR ANYONE ON ZOOM WHO HAS ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ABOUT THE ITEM? NO HANDS RAISED ONLINE. THANK YOU. 
          CAN WE MAKE SURE TO GET A FLIER FOR THE LIBRARY SO THAT THAT WAY MAYBE YOU CAN GET LIKE A FIELD TRIP THAT DAY AT THE LIBRARY? THAT'D BE GREAT. YEAH, THAT'S A GOOD IDEA AND WE'LL HAVE BETTER GRAPHICS ON THAT. AS FAR AS OUR PUBLIC OUTREACH, I'LL WORK WITH SETH AND OUR PIO AND HAVE SOME GOOD INFORMATION THAT GOES OUT TO THE PUBLIC AS FAR AS ADVERTISING THE EVENT AS WELL. WONDERFUL. I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO MOVE THE ITEM FORWARD JUST REAL QUICK, AND I'LL SECOND IT. OBVIOUSLY WE'RE GOING TO PLANT SOME TREES, BUT AREAS OF THE PARK, I WALK THAT PARK THREE TIMES A WEEK. I LOVE THAT LITTLE PARK. ANYWAYS, THE BAGHDAD, IF YOU GO FROM THE KIND OF LIKE THE POOL AND THE WHAT WOULD IT BE? THAT WOULD BE WHAT? MAYBE FIELD THREE I GUESS LIKE THAT AREA. IF WE CAN LOOK AT THAT AREA, IT'S SPARSE WITH LIKE THERE'S NOT A LOT OF TREES RIGHT THERE. I THINK IT'D BE REALLY GOOD TO DO THAT. AND THEN THERE'S ALSO IN WELL YOU KIND OF HIGHLIGHTED. YEAH. LIKE ALL THOSE LITTLE AREAS RIGHT THERE, VERY, VERY SPARSE. AND THEN THERE'S A TRAIL SYSTEM RIGHT THERE THAT THAT LIKE HAS NO SHADE. AND THEN JUST IN TERMS OF WHEN THE SUN HITS IT'S NOT VERY GOOD. BUT IF YOU LOOK AT KIND OF DUMA STREET GOING ALL THE WAY DOWN IN THE PARKING AND WE NEED A FEW MORE TREES RIGHT IN THAT AREA, THERE ARE ADDITIONAL TREES HEADED THAT DIRECTION AS WELL FOR THE EVENT. WE'RE IT'S NOT GOING TO BE THE ENTIRE 50 TREES. THERE ARE SOME TREES WILL PLANT THE WEEK AHEAD JUST WITH OUR STAFF. SURE. 
          TREES THAT ARE KIND OF CLOSER TO THE BUILDINGS AND AREAS CLOSER TO SOME OF THE OTHER PARKING AREAS, MAINLY BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO HAVE OPEN HOLES AND POTENTIAL TRIPPING HAZARDS FOR THOSE. SO OVER THE 53 TO 58 TREES TOTAL, WE WILL BE PLANTING SOME AHEAD OF TIME IN THE AREAS YOU JUST IDENTIFIED. AND I WILL SAY, ALTHOUGH WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TREES, AND BECAUSE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE IMPROVEMENTS OF THIS LITTLE AREA, YOU KNOW, THE THE LITTLE GRASS AREA THAT HAS THE, THE SHADED CANOPY. AND MARITZA BACK IN THE DAY HAD SUGGESTED THAT AS A POTENTIAL DOG PARK. AND I AGREE WITH HER. I MEAN THAT THAT AREA LIKE WE HAVE NO DOG PARKS IN COACHELLA AND THAT LITTLE AREA, RIGHT? THERE WOULD BE A REALLY COOL LITTLE DOG PARK BECAUSE IT'S HARDLY USED AT ALL, AND IT'S NEAR PARKING, IT'S NEAR SHADE, AND IT'S SOMETHING FOR THE COUNCIL TO CONSIDER BECAUSE THERE'S PEOPLE THAT HAVE THEIR LITTLE BIG ONES TOO, AND THEY HAVE NOWHERE TO TAKE THEIR DOGS THROWING THAT OUT THERE. THANK YOU, THANK YOU ANDREW. THANK YOU. MR. 30. OH SORRY. THAT WAS ME. GO AHEAD AND TAKE A MOTION. YEAH, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND, SO I'LL TAKE ROLL. COUNCIL MEMBER PEREZ. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. 
          FIGUEROA. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. MAYOR. PRO TEM DELGADO. YES. MAYOR HERNANDEZ, I MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER 18. THIS IS TO AUTHORIZE THE SPONSORSHIP REQUEST FOR ESCARAMUZA CHAVEZ REINAS DEL VALLE DE COACHELLA IN THE AMOUNT OF 5000 FOR DIA DE LOS MUERTOS EVENT. IS THERE GOING TO BE HERE IN DOWNTOWN AS WELL? NO, IT'LL BE AT AT RANCHO ESCONDIDO IN COACHELLA. IS IT FREE TO THE PUBLIC? NO. THERE IS A PRESALE PRICE OF $20. AND HOWEVER, I BELIEVE THE CITY SPONSORSHIP, I DO HAVE MAGGIE LOPEZ ON THE LINE. IF WE CAN PROMOTE HER TO SPEAKER, SHE CAN BETTER EXPLAIN SOME OF THE BENEFITS, BECAUSE I DO KNOW THAT THERE ARE SOME BENEFITS THAT ARE OFFERED TO THE CITY FOR ITS SPONSORSHIP. LET ME GO AHEAD AND MOVE TO THE NEXT SLIDE. AND MAGGIE, CAN YOU HEAR US? YES. CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES, YES WE CAN. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. I AM MAGGIE LOPEZ AND I AM A RESIDENT OF COACHELLA. I LIVE IN RANCHO ESCONDIDO. IT'S ON THE BORDERLINE OF. IT'S ON 44 BORDERLINE WITH INDIO. SO WE ARE HOSTING OUR THIRD ANNUAL DAY OF THE DEAD DIA DE LOS MUERTOS ON NOVEMBER 2ND OF 2025. 
          THIS YEAR, THE EVENT IS GOING TO TAKE PLACE FROM 3 TO 9 P.M. IT'S A FAMILY CULTURAL EVENT. 
          IT'S OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. THE THE PURPOSE OF THE EVENT IS TO PROVIDE A SAFE AND FAMILY FRIENDLY CELEBRATION FOR OUR COMMUNITY, CELEBRATE AND SHARE MEXICAN HERITAGE AND TRADITIONS, AND ENCOURAGE OUR CULTURAL PRIDE, UNITY AND INCLUSIVITY. AND OF COURSE, SUPPORT OUR LOCAL VENDORS, ARTISTS AND PERFORMERS. WE BELIEVE THAT THIS IS GOING TO BUILD A 
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CULTURAL AWARENESS AND UNDERSTANDING ACROSS DIVERSE COMMUNITIES, AND THEN IT ALSO PROVIDES A POSITIVE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT DURING THE TIME WHEN MOST EVENTS HAVE BEEN CANCELED DUE TO IMMIGRATION ACTIVITIES GOING ON. A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE SCARED. THEY'RE AFRAID TO GO OUT IN PUBLIC. I BELIEVE THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS MOST EVENTS WERE CANCELED OR WERE LIMITED. 
          AND THIS ALSO HELPS PRESERVE THE TRADITION OF YOUNGER TO YOUNGER GENERATIONS. LET THEM KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW OUR CULTURE IS BEAUTIFUL AND TO KEEP IT ALIVE, WE WILL BE PROVIDING TICKETS TO THE CITY. THIS EVENT HAS ALWAYS BEEN SPONSORED BY THE PARENTS AND VOLUNTEERS. WE ARE TRYING TO GET SPONSORS FOR THE EVENT, SO WE ARE ASKING THE CITY TO HELP US OUT WITH THE SPONSORSHIP TO PUT THIS EVENT TOGETHER. IT IS A NONPROFIT EVENT. THE PROCEEDS GO TO THE. 
          THE REINA DEL VALLE AND THIS IS A TEAM. WE'VE BEEN TO THE CITY BEFORE. IT'S A TEAM OF YOUNG GIRLS, BEGINNING AT AGE OF FIVE UP TO THE AGE OF 18, THE LAST YEAR FOR COMPETITION IS AT AGE 60. SO WE DON'T HAVE AN OLDER TEAM. WE ARE STARTING WITH THE YOUNG GIRLS, SO WE'RE TRYING TO PROMOTE THAT OUT THERE. IF IT'S OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, WE DON'T CHARGE ANY FEES. IF ANYBODY IS INTERESTED, WE WELCOME ALL THE YOUNG GIRLS TO THE TEAM. VERY COOL. ARE YOU REQUIRING THEM TO DO AN AUDIT OF ALL THE PEOPLE THE PROCEEDS LIKE WE'RE TRYING TO DO ON THE OTHER FOLKS OR. NO, ABSOLUTELY. I CAN PROVIDE YOU RECEIPTS AND ANYTHING THE CITY REQUESTS. I DON'T THINK YOU NEED TO, BUT I MEAN, WE'RE GOING TO DO START THAT PRACTICE AND IT IS WHAT IT IS, BUT NOT A PROBLEM. OKAY. THANK YOU. PROMOTION MAGGIE I, I WE'RE DOING A SERIES ON MEXICAN HERITAGE MONTH, AND I DON'T KNOW IF ALL OF OUR SLOTS HAVE BEEN TAKEN UP. WE'RE DOING A SERIES AND HIGHLIGHTING PEOPLE IN THE CITY OF COACHELLA WHO HAVE MADE A DIFFERENCE. AND I THINK THAT YOU AND EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO FOR, YOU KNOW, THESE, THESE YOUNG GIRLS REALLY CELEBRATING, YOU KNOW, THE LATINO CULTURE. I THINK THAT WOULD BE REALLY NICE TO MAYBE HIGHLIGHT THAT. I DON'T KNOW IF THEY'RE ALL TAKEN, BUT YEAH, WE CAN GET BACK TO TO YOU AND MAGGIE BECAUSE I THINK SOME INFORMATION WAS SENT OVER TO TELEMUNDO. AND I KNOW RUTH REACHED OUT TO YOU, I BELIEVE, AND CAN CONFIRM AS WELL THAT'S BEEN TAKEN FOR HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH. HI. GOOD EVENING. I'M NOT SURE IF THERE ARE ANY SPOTS REMAINING. WE GAVE KUNA MULTIPLE CANDIDATES, SO WE DON'T KNOW WHO THEY ENDED UP INTERVIEWING, BUT WE'LL WE'LL INQUIRE ABOUT THAT AND GET BACK TO YOU. PERFECT. THANK YOU. THERE'S A MOTION. IS THERE A SECOND? WAS THERE A SECOND? I'LL GO AHEAD AND SECOND. ROLL CALL. I'LL TAKE ROLL. COUNCIL MEMBER. PEREZ. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. FIGUEROA. AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER. VIRGIN. AYE. MAYOR PRO TEM DELGADO. YES. AND THANK YOU, MAGGIE, FOR WILLINGLY WANTING TO PROVIDE THAT DOCUMENTATION. 
          MAYOR HERNANDEZ. YES. MOVE ON NOW TO ITEM NUMBER 19. THIS IS THE CODE OF CONDUCT. YES. I'LL INTRODUCE THIS. THANK YOU. MAYOR. COUNCIL, THE ITEM BEFORE YOU IS A PROPOSED CODE OF CONDUCT FOR COUNCIL MEMBERS. THIS POLICY OBVIOUSLY DOESN'T SUPPLANT YOUR OBLIGATIONS UNDER VARIOUS LEGAL STATUTES, INCLUDING THE BROWN ACT OR POLITICAL REFORM ACT, BUT RATHER SETS SOME COMMON OBLIGATIONS AND EXPECTATIONS THAT EACH OF YOU WILL FOLLOW. 
          THERE ARE SEVEN POLICIES THAT ARE LISTED IN THIS CODE. THEY TOUCH ON THE COUNCIL MANAGER FORM OF GOVERNMENT. THE FACT THAT YOU'LL WORK COLLECTIVELY AND NOTICE MEETINGS LIKE THIS ONE, AND PROVIDING DIRECTION THAT YOU'LL BE RESPONSIBLE STEWARDS OF CITY RESOURCES IN REGARDS TO CONDUCT, THE CODE REQUIRES THAT EACH OF YOU ACT IN A PROFESSIONAL AND DIGNIFIED MANNER, AND THAT YOU TREAT EACH OTHER WITH PROFESSIONALISM AND RESPECT. I'VE ATTACHED A DRAFT CODE OF CONDUCT. I'M HAPPY TO REVISE THIS AS YOU SEE FIT AND TO THE EXTENT YOU WANT TO ADOPT IT, WE CAN DO SO AND IT CAN TAKE EFFECT TOMORROW. HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. I THINK IT'S PRETTY STANDARD. I WILL SAY THAT. THAT UNDER THE CURRENT PRACTICES OF SEVERAL COUNCIL MEMBERS, THEY WOULD BE IN VIOLATION OF THE CODE OF CONDUCT. AND I'LL POINT OUT THAT THERE ARE SEVERAL COUNCIL MEMBERS, MAYBE ONE IN PARTICULAR, THAT LIKES TO SPEND A LOT OF TIME AT CITY HALL WITH SEVERAL DIRECTORS THAT WOULD PUT THEM IN CONFLICT WITH THE CITY MANAGER. AND AND SO BASICALLY YOU GO TO THE CITY MANAGER, YOU GO TO THE CITY 
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ATTORNEY. WE DON'T GO TO OUR DIRECTORS AND AND ASK THEM TO DO X, Y, AND Z. THERE'S PLENTY OF TAPES I SHOULD PROBABLY ASK FOR TAPES OF COUNCIL MEMBERS GOING AND SPENDING HOURS WITH OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR JUST SITTING DOWN AND PARKING IT. AND SO, YOU KNOW, THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT ARE GOING TO HAVE TO CHANGE. I'M ALL FOR THIS. I COMMUNICATE A LOT DIRECTLY WITH OUR CITY MANAGER. I PROBABLY BUG HIM TOO MUCH, YOU KNOW, AND I COMMUNICATE WITH RYAN. BUT IF WE'RE GOING TO MOVE INTO DIRECTOR IN THIS DIRECTION, THEN WE SHOULD ALL ADHERE TO IT. AND JUST REMEMBER, THERE ARE CAMERAS AT CITY HALL, SO IF YOU THINK NOBODY'S WATCHING YOU, YOU'RE BEING WATCHED. SO I REALLY THIS IS ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT COUNCIL MEMBERS BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU ASK FOR. YOU'RE GOING TO BE IN VIOLATION. 
          AND IT IS WHAT IT IS. WELL, I'LL MAKE SOME SOME COMMENTS. YOU KNOW, I BROUGHT THE CODE OF CONDUCT FORWARD. I'VE BEEN ASKING FOR THE CODE OF CONDUCT FOR FIVE YEARS. I TOOK OFFICE IN 2021, WAS ACTUALLY MY SECOND MEETING IN JANUARY. I ASKED FOR THE CODE OF CONDUCT. THE FOLLOWING YEAR. I ASKED FOR THE CODE OF CONDUCT THE FOLLOWING YEAR. AFTER THAT, I ASKED FOR THE CODE OF CONDUCT, AND THE FOLLOWING YEAR AFTER THAT, THE CODE OF CONDUCT, AND THE FOLLOWING YEAR, WHICH WOULD BE TODAY, I ASKED FOR THE CODE OF CONDUCT, AND THE ONLY REASON IT MADE ITS WAY HERE WAS BECAUSE COUNCIL MEMBER PEREZ, WHO'S A NEWLY ELECTED OFFICIAL, FELT THAT WE SHOULD HAVE, YOU KNOW, THIS GUIDELINE THAT WE WORK WITHIN. AND I SAID IT MANY TIMES AS THE REASON THAT THE CODE OF CONDUCT IS, IS NEEDED BECAUSE IT HOLDS US ACCOUNTABLE. 
          I'M HOLDING MYSELF ACCOUNTABLE. AND I YOU KNOW, I KNEW I WAS TOLD, I WAS TOLD THAT WHEN THIS ITEM CAME FORWARD, YOU KNOW, THAT THE MAYOR WAS GOING TO START DOING SOME FINGER POINTING. I WAS WARNED, I CAN I CAN BRING THE VIDEOS OUT AND SPEND HOW MANY TIMES YOU, YOU AND I ACTUALLY I'M GOING TO ASK FOR THE VIDEOS IF YOU CAN PROVIDE VIDEOS OF TO ME ABOUT COUNCIL MEMBER DELGADO'S MEETINGS THAT SHE LIKES TO HAVE WITH DIRECTORS AND AND SHOW ME THE HOURS THAT WAY. IT'S NOT THE MAYOR'S MAKING THINGS UP. NO, YOU'RE ON VIDEO. AND I'M JUST SAYING ADHERE TO IT. SO THANK YOU, MAYOR. YOU KNOW, IF WHEN I ASKED FOR INFORMATION AND I'VE BEEN ASKING FOR INFORMATION FOR YEARS, I AM SOMEONE WHO LIKES DOCUMENTATION, I LIKE PAPERWORK, YOU KNOW, THAT'S THAT'S JUST THE WAY IT'S BEEN FOR THE PAST FIVE YEARS. 
          FOR THOSE WHO KNOW ME, WHEN I GO AND I TALK TO EXECUTIVES, IF I FELT THAT I WAS VIOLATING ANYTHING OR I WAS DOING SOMETHING WRONG, THEN OBVIOUSLY I WOULDN'T BE DOING IT PUBLICLY, I WOULDN'T. I COULD JUST CALL, YOU KNOW, IT'S IT'S THE TRUTH. I COULD JUST CALL IF I FELT THAT I WAS DOING SOMETHING. BUT IT'S AN EASY FIX. THAT'S WHY WE HAVE THE CODE OF CONDUCT. IT'S AN EASY FIX. SO IF IT MAKES PEOPLE UNCOMFORTABLE FOR ME TO BE ASKING AND REQUESTING INFORMATION DONE, I'LL JUST START EMAILING AND REQUESTING INFORMATION TO THE CITY MANAGER AND TO THE ATTORNEY. SO I, I THINK FOR SO AND I MAY BE WRONG AND THIS IS WHY WE NEED THE CODE OF CONDUCT IS FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND IS THAT MEMBERS OF COUNCIL CAN ASK FOR INFORMATION, JUST NOT GIVE DIRECTION TO ANYBODY OUTSIDE THE CCM. AND I COULD BE WRONG. YEAH. SO THE POLICY SAYS THAT COUNCIL MEMBERS CANNOT DIRECT ORDER OR MAKE DEMANDS OF CITY EMPLOYEES. 
          HOWEVER, THEY ARE REQUIRED TO MAKE INQUIRIES THAT CAN BE ANSWERED ROUTINELY AND WITHOUT RESEARCH. SO THERE IS AN EXCEPTION THERE FOR DIRECT COMMUNICATION. TO THE EXTENT THAT IT'S A ROUTINE ANSWER, IT DOESN'T REQUIRE A LOT OF STAFF TIME. THANK YOU. IT'S A ROUTINE, RIGHT? IT DOESN'T REQUIRE A LOT OF STAFF TIME. SO WHAT DOES IT GIVE ME? AN EXAMPLE OF A ROUTINE ASK. I THINK SOMETHING THAT CAN BE ANSWERED QUICKLY, SOMETHING THAT CAN BE ANSWERED ON THE SPOT, SOMETHING THAT DOESN'T REQUIRE THE EMPLOYEE TO GO BACK AND DO RESEARCH. SO ONE OF THE THINGS WOULD BE, HEY, WHERE CAN I GET MY. PERMIT PULLED FOR THE YARD SALE? OH, GO TO GO TO THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT OR CODE ENFORCEMENT. CORRECT. AND THAT WOULD BE AN EXAMPLE OF SOMETHING THAT I THINK IS ROUTINE. BUT IF YOU'RE ASKING, I NEED TO GET ALL THE DETAILED INFORMATION AND HISTORY OF, OF X, Y, AND Z PERMITS THAT WERE TAKEN ON, YOU KNOW, 53 175, WHATEVER STREET LIKE THAT IS REQUIRED RESEARCH. AND THEY ARE TO GO TO THE CITY MANAGER FOR THOSE INQUIRIES. CORRECT. TO THE EXTENT THAT IT REQUIRES RESEARCH, YOU'RE CORRECT. IT SHOULD BE DIRECTED TO THE CITY MANAGER. THANK YOU. SO THAT THANK YOU. THAT'S VERY 
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BENEFICIAL TO ME. SO I WAS ALWAYS IN THE DIRECTION THAT WE CAN ASK FOR INFORMATION. AND USUALLY DOCUMENTATIONS ARE PUBLIC RECORDS. AND SO I DIDN'T THINK THAT ASKING FOR DOCUMENTATION. AND SO I I'VE NEVER ASKED FOR LIKE A PARTICULAR RESIDENCE OR ANYTHING. USUALLY IT'S VERY GENERAL. SO IF IT'S LIKE GRANT FUNDING THEN THERE IS OBVIOUSLY INFORMATION ON IT. BUT YOU, YOU SHARE WHETHER THAT. YEAH, I MEAN IT'S A SUBJECTIVE ANALYSIS. 
          I THINK IF IT'S READILY OBTAINABLE INFORMATION, WHETHER IT'S SOMETHING THAT CAN BE ANSWERED VERBALLY OR IF IT'S A DOCUMENT AND IT'S EASY FOR THAT EMPLOYEE TO OBTAIN THAT DOCUMENT AND SEND IT TO YOU, THAT SEEMS TO BE PERMISSIBLE UNDER THIS CODE. THANK YOU. BUT AGAIN, IF IF THAT'S IF THAT MAKES PEOPLE UNCOMFORTABLE OR IF AT THAT POINT IT'S SUBJECTIVE. EASY FIX. I'LL JUST START EMAILING. AND THAT WAY THERE'S A PUBLIC DOCUMENTATION THAT THAT ANYONE CAN SEE. THE POLICY SAYS, THANK YOU CITY MANAGER. THANK YOU MAYOR. IT'S NOT EMAILING THE STAFF. CITY MANAGER HOLD ON. I STILL WANTED TO GO INTO A FEW THINGS. SINCE THE MAYOR IS GOING INTO ALL OF THIS. THEN I WOULD ALSO THEN CALL OUT THE MAYOR ON THE MANY, MANY THINGS THAT HE HAS DONE FOR YEARS. AND IT'S UNFORTUNATE, IT REALLY IS, BECAUSE THIS SHOULD HAVE BEEN AN EASY ITEM. AGAIN, I HELD MYSELF ACCOUNTABLE. IT'S ME ACTUALLY. 
          YOU DON'T HOLD YOURSELF ACCOUNTABLE. YOU'RE THE ONE THAT'S IN VIOLATION OF THIS. 
          YOU GO AND SIT AND TALK TO DIRECTORS FOR THREE, FOUR HOURS AT A TIME AND THERE'S VIDEO OF IT. SO LET'S NOT PRETEND THAT YOU DON'T DO THOSE THINGS. WE HEARD ABOUT IT ALL SUMMER LONG. 
          WE YOU, YOU'VE ADDRESSED IT. AND I RESPONDED TO IT. BUT AGAIN, IT'S UNFORTUNATE. EVERY CITY HAS A LENGTHIER CODE OF CONDUCT. AND IT'S DONE BECAUSE AGAIN, IT JUST SETS THE RULES AND THE GUIDELINES NO DIFFERENT THAN YOU ENTER A CLASSROOM. AND THERE'S A SET OF RULES THAT EVERYONE HAS TO FOLLOW. I'VE BEEN ASKING FOR THE CODE OF CONDUCT. AND YOU KNOW, IF THE MAYOR FEELS SO STRONGLY ABOUT IT, HE COULD HAVE ASKED FOR THE CODE OF CONDUCT FIVE YEARS AGO OR TEN YEARS AGO, OR 19 YEARS. HE'S BEEN HERE FOR 19 YEARS. WE'VE NEVER NEEDED IT UNTIL YOU GOT HERE. EVERY CITY HAS A CODE OF CONDUCT. IT'S THE RIGHT THING TO DO. IT ALSO OFFERS OUR RESIDENTS AND ANYONE ELSE TO TO LEARN MORE ABOUT WHAT ELECTEDS DO, WHAT OUR ROLE IS, YOU KNOW, THAT'S THE IMPORTANCE OF IT. IT'S ALWAYS NEEDED. IT'S ALWAYS NEEDED. JUST LIKE IN 2021, I PUT A PROCUREMENT PROCESS. THE CITY OF COACHELLA NEVER HAD A PROCUREMENT PROCESS. WE'VE ALWAYS HAD A PROCUREMENT PROCESS WE DID NOT HAVE. WE ALWAYS HAD A PROCUREMENT PROCESS. YES, WE HAVE A PURCHASING POLICY. WE HAD ONE. WE DIDN'T HAVE ONE. SO I THOSE ARE FALSE STATEMENTS. I WILL ADDRESS THAT TOO. I DID MEET WITH CARLOS AND THEN WE ALSO MET WITH THE THE ATTORNEY, THE PROCUREMENT ATTORNEY. HE DID GO BACK AND REVIEW IT. AND WE CAN GO BACK TO THAT ATTORNEY. AND THEN HE CAN THEN SHARE WITH US. WE ASKED BECAUSE THERE WAS JUST A PARAGRAPH AND IT REDIRECTED YOU TO THE PROCUREMENT PROCESS. PURCHASING CONTRACT IS WHAT IT SAID. IT DID NOT EXIST. HE SHARED IT. THAT ATTORNEY SHARED IT. HE SAID THAT IT DID NOT EXIST, THAT IT WAS STARTED UPON, BUT IT'S LIKE IT NEVER WENT TO THE NEXT PART. SO THERE WAS ANY GOVERNMENT CAN EXIST WITHOUT A PROCUREMENT POLICY? WE DID NOT. WE DID NOT. IT IT DIRECTED SOMEWHERE ELSE. AND WE CAN ASK THAT TO. BUT YOU KNOW WHAT? IT'S UNFORTUNATE THAT, YOU KNOW, THE MAYOR IS USING THIS AS CAMPAIGN TIME. YOU KNOW, HE'S CAMPAIGNING, USING A CAMPAIGN TIME. I'M SAYING YOU'RE THE ONE THAT NEEDS TO ADHERE TO IT. YOU'RE THE ONE THAT'S IN VIOLATION OF IT THE MOST. IT'S UNFORTUNATE. IT REALLY IS. AND SO IF THE MAYOR WANTS TO GO INTO THIS A GREAT DEAL IS THAT WE CAN TALK ABOUT POCKET SEVEN, WHERE HE COULD PUSH YOU FOR $3 MILLION OF WATER AND SEWER LINES IN AN AREA THAT DID NOT NEED WATER AND SEWER LINES, THAT THEY HAD WELLS THAT WERE SUFFICIENTLY AND THAT THEY CAN PUT AN ADDITIONAL HOUSE. YES. 
          YOU PUSHED IT. AND THEN WHEN WE SAID NO, YOU KEPT PUSHING IT. YOU KEPT HAVING PRIVATE MEETINGS. THAT'S WHAT IT IS. TRUE, IT IS TRUE. YOU KEPT HAVING THAT FALSE. AND THAT IS THAT IS A GIFT OF PUBLIC FUNDS THAT NEVER OCCURRED. YES IT DID. THAT NEVER OCCURRED. RYAN. 
          ADDITIONALLY, IS THAT ADDITIONALLY, IS THAT THERE WAS A DEVELOPMENT THAT'S COMING THROUGH. IT WAS NEXT TO THE CORE MOUNTAIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. THAT DEVELOPMENT CAME THROUGH THE CITY COUNCIL. WE APPROVED IT. THEN THEY WERE STOPPED, WHICH I DON'T I THINK IT'S ILLEGAL. THEY WERE STOPPED AND THEY WERE TOLD THAT, NO, THEY HAD TO GO AND REDO THE WHOLE THING. AFTER CITY COUNCIL HAD ALREADY APPROVED IT. THEN THEY WERE HELD BACK BECAUSE THEY WANTED TO KICK OVER THAT ADDITIONAL HOUSING TO POCKET SEVEN TO POCKET SEVEN. SO WE WERE HOLDING UP. WE WERE HOLDING UP A DEVELOPER FROM BEING ABLE TO DO THAT. THAT'S 
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BEYOND CODE OF CONDUCT. YOU'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT ILLEGAL STUFF. SO WE CAN GO BACK AND FORTH. 
          THE MAYOR WANTS ALL DAY LONG. AND THEN ALSO IS THAT THE FORMER PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR WAS ALWAYS GETTING CALLS FROM THE MAYOR, GIVING HER DIRECTION. I'M ASKING FOR INFORMATION. HE WAS ASKING DIRECT OR HE WAS GIVING. HE WAS GIVING DIRECTION DIRECTLY TO THAT DIRECTOR OVER AND OVER AND OUT OF FEAR. SHE KEPT DOING IT. SHE FELT THAT SHE HAD TO. ADDITIONALLY, WHEN I GO OUT IN THE PARKS, IN THE FIELDS, THOSE PLAYERS ARE TELLING ME THAT THE MAYOR DOES, YOU KNOW, HE WALKS THOSE AREAS AND THEN HE DIRECTS EMPLOYEES THAT ARE WORKING THERE TO DO SOMETHING OR NOT. AND THEY THEY SAY IT TO ME, YOU KNOW, THEY SAY WE'RE ALL HERE. HE TELLS THE EMPLOYEES, YOU KNOW, YOU GOT TO DO THAT. YOU GOT TO DO THIS TO THE PLANTS. WE CAN GO BACK AND FORTH ALL DAY LONG. WE CAN. BUT IT'S UNFORTUNATE. THE CODE OF CONDUCT IS A GOOD THING. 
          I'VE BEEN ASKING FOR IT FOR FIVE YEARS. THERE'S A REASON FOR IT. LET ME HOLD MYSELF ACCOUNTABLE. ABSOLUTELY. YOU KNOW, BUT IT'S A GOOD THING. IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN PASSED TEN YEARS AGO. AND WHEN I WAS PUSHING FOR IT IN 2021, I HAD HOPE THAT MEMBERS OF THIS COUNCIL WOULD HAVE ALSO SUPPORTED IT. BUT IT WASN'T SUPPORTED. I HAD TO WAIT TILL THIS ELECTION YEAR, YOU KNOW, WHERE YOU HAD ANOTHER MEMBER OF COUNCIL, YOU KNOW, WHO SAID, HEY, THIS IS A GOOD THING FOR US TO HAVE. AND SO I, I, I PUSHED FOR IT. YOU KNOW, THE MAYOR CAN SAY WHATEVER HE WANTS. AND IF THAT'S A POINT, THEN I'M SAYING HERE PUBLICLY, I'M HOLDING MYSELF ACCOUNTABLE BECAUSE I'M THE ONE SAYING, I HAVE RECEIPTS AND I HAVE A VIDEO OF YOU. YOU HAVE INNUENDOS AND LIBEL. OKAY. I'M SORRY, I THANK YOU. I'M NOT THE CITY'S ATTORNEY, BUT GO BACK AND FORTH ON YOUR OWN TIME. I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS. IS IT OKAY? YES. OH, THANK YOU SO MUCH. I RAN OUT OF WATER ALREADY. OKAY, SO I WANT TO KNOW I LIKE THIS. I THINK THIS IS GREAT. I, I WANT TO KNOW HOW WE'RE GOING TO ENSURE THAT WE ARE ABLE TO, TO DO SOME OF THIS AND ENSURE THAT WE'RE ALL FOLLOWING IT. 
          EVERYBODY THAT'S HERE ON THE DAIS. BUT ONE THING THAT I WANT TO ADD IS WE HAVE REGULARLY SCHEDULED SUBCOMMITTEE MEETINGS. ONE, FOR EXAMPLE, THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SUBCOMMITTEE. HOW CAN WE ADD LANGUAGE ON HERE THAT NOT ONE COUNCIL MEMBER OR MEMBER OF THAT SUBCOMMITTEE GETS TO DICTATE WHETHER THERE IS A MEETING OR NOT? I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S ON HERE. WE SHOULD BE HAVING THOSE MEETINGS AND THEY KEEP GETTING CANCELED. AND I'M GETTING DIFFERENT STORIES. A COUNCIL MEMBER IS CANCELING THEM. THEY'RE SAYING THEY DON'T WANT THEM OR, YOU KNOW, THE STAFF THAT IS IS, YOU KNOW, IN CHARGE OF THOSE MEETINGS, DOESN'T WANT THEM. 
          I'M GETTING CONFLICTING STORIES. I DON'T NEED THE STORY. I DON'T CARE FOR IT. I JUST WANT TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THESE MEETINGS THAT ARE REGULARLY SCHEDULED THAT ARE ON THE CALENDAR FOR SINCE JANUARY. THE ONLY REASON I KNOW THESE MEETINGS ARE CANCELED IS BECAUSE THEY SEND ME A THE MEETING INVITE. THEY JUST SEND A CANCELLATION NOTICE. THAT'S IT. BUT I DON'T GET CORRESPONDENCE. I'M NOT TOLD WHY, I'M NOT TOLD. WHEN CAN WE RESCHEDULE? I'M NOT GETTING ANY OF THAT INFORMATION. SO WHETHER IT'S HAPPENING FROM ANOTHER COUNCIL MEMBER'S DIRECTIVE OR NOT, IF IT'S NOT, THAT'S FINE. IF IT IS OKAY, HOW CAN WE ENSURE THAT THIS THIS IS INCLUDED ON THERE? BECAUSE IT DOES TALK ABOUT DIRECTING STAFF AND IT DOES TALK ABOUT THE SUBCOMMITTEES. HOW DO WE ADD THAT ON THERE? RIGHT. YEAH. SO I THINK THAT FALLS UNDER POLICY NUMBER THREE OKAY. WHICH SAYS THAT THE CITY COUNCIL AS A WHOLE SHALL PROVIDE DIRECTION AND GUIDANCE TO ITS SUBSIDIARY BODIES. THE SUBCOMMITTEE WOULD BE A SUBSIDIARY BODY. YES. SO WE CAN ADD LANGUAGE TO POLICY THREE, MAYBE JUST A SENTENCE THAT SAYS NO INDIVIDUAL OR I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT TO MAKE IT SPECIFIC TO NO INDIVIDUAL COUNCIL MEMBER, BUT NO INDIVIDUAL COUNCIL MEMBER. YES. NO INDIVIDUAL COUNCIL MEMBER SHALL DICTATE WHEN A REGULARLY SCHEDULED SUBCOMMITTEE MEETING PERFECT MEETS. THAT WOULD BE GREAT. AND LIKE I SAID, YOU KNOW, IF IT'S NOT HAPPENING, IT'S NOT HAPPENING. BUT AT LEAST IT'S ON THERE, RIGHT? WE CAN WE CAN LOOK AT THAT. WE HAVE THAT TO FALL BACK ON AND THAT'S IT. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S INCLUDED ON THERE. AND THEN THERE'S ANOTHER THING THAT, YOU KNOW, I KIND OF JUST WANTED TO MENTION. I DON'T KNOW THAT THERE'S ANYTHING WE CAN DO ABOUT IT, YOU AND I, RYAN, HERE, BUT FOR OUR CITY MANAGER TOO, IS WE'RE TALKING A LOT ABOUT RESPECT AND ENSURING THAT WE'RE BEING PROFESSIONAL AND WHATNOT. I'VE BEEN A COUNCIL MEMBER FOR THREE YEARS 
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NOW, AND I WAS NOT, YOU KNOW, MY I'VE NEVER BEEN A FAN OF INTERRUPTING PEOPLE, NEVER BEEN A FAN. BUT TO GET A WORD IN THIS, MIKE DOESN'T SEEM TO BE ENOUGH. I ALMOST FEEL LIKE I'M IN THE CLASSROOM AND I HAVE TO, LIKE, RAISE MY HAND OR SOMETHING, WHICH I'M NOT GOING TO DO. WHAT DO WE DO ABOUT THAT? HOW DO WE GET I KNOW THAT OTHER JURISDICTIONS, OTHER ENTITIES, WHAT THEY DO IS THEY HAVE SOME KIND OF TECHNOLOGY WHERE THEY PRESS A BUTTON AND THE CHAIR OR MAYOR OR WHATEVER. WHOEVER'S LEADING THE MEETING, THEY KNOW IT'S TIME TO CALL ON SO-AND-SO AND DOCTOR FIGUEROA. YOUR TURN. GO AHEAD AND GIVE YOUR COMMENTS. HOW DO WE DO THAT? HOW DO WE HOW DO WE GET AND HOW DO WE EXPLORE THAT? BECAUSE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT PROFESSIONALISM. 
          WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, CODE OF CONDUCT AND HOW WE'RE DOING THIS. BUT WE'RE NOT RESPECTING EACH OTHER UP HERE. WE'RE TRYING TO TALK OVER ONE ANOTHER. A LOT OF TIMES PEOPLE RUSH INTO THE VOTE. WHY? BECAUSE THEY DON'T WANT TO HEAR THE OTHER COLLEAGUE, AND THEY DON'T WANT TO HEAR WHAT'S GOING ON. WE'RE ADULTS. WE'RE ADULTS UP HERE. WE SHOULD ALL BE ABLE TO EXPRESS WHAT WE'RE THINKING, EXPRESS WHAT WE THINK AND WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO GET ACROSS, AND ALLOW THE COMMUNITY TO HEAR EVERYONE THAT'S UP HERE. AND IF YOU DON'T HAVE A COMMON GREAT, THEN YOU DON'T HAVE A COMMON. YOU DON'T PRESS THE BUTTON, YOU DON'T RAISE YOUR HAND, YOU DON'T ASK FOR ANYTHING. BUT IF YOU DO AND PEOPLE ARE RUSHING INTO THE VOTE OR PEOPLE ARE RUSHING INTO THINGS, COME ON. NO. BIG NO. I'VE DEALT WITH IT FOR THREE YEARS. IT'S SO I DIDN'T EVEN DEAL WITH THIS IN GRADE SCHOOL, YOU KNOW. WHAT IS THIS? SO I DON'T KNOW. CAN WE ADD IT? CAN WE EXPLORE IT? ANYWAYS, THAT WAS JUST MY COMMENT ABOUT THAT BECAUSE IT'S BEEN VERY UNFORTUNATE TO HAVE TO TO REALLY HAVE TO DEAL WITH IT. AND THEN I TALKED TO YOU BEFORE THE MEETING. SO I'M NOT ECHOING WHAT THE MAYOR IS SAYING, BUT NOT ON PURPOSE AT LEAST. BUT I DO WANT TO ENSURE THAT OUR COUNCIL AND IF IT'S ON HERE THAT ALL CORRESPONDENTS AND ALL REQUESTS ARE DIRECTED TO THE CITY MANAGER AND DIRECTED TO THE ATTORNEY, THAT THAT'S THE WAY IT HAPPENS. I DO NOT BELIEVE THAT ANY COUNCIL MEMBER OR MAYOR FOR THAT MATTER, SHOULD BE SITTING IN ANY STAFFERS OR EMPLOYEES OFFICE FOR A NUMBER OF HOURS. I DON'T THINK THAT SHOULD HAPPEN UNLESS IT IS WITH THE CITY MANAGER, OF COURSE, OR USUALLY WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY OVER THE PHONE OR WHATEVER. BUT IF WE CAN ADD THAT OR HIGHLIGHT THAT, HOWEVER, THAT CAN HAPPEN BECAUSE I'VE BEEN HEARING THAT AS WELL. AND I DO GO TO THE CITY TO I GO TO CITY HALL OR I GO TO THE CIVIC CENTER, THE PERMITTING CENTER, AND I SIT DOWN WITH STAFF, BUT I DON'T SIT THERE FOR HOURS. I DON'T HAVE HOURS. I HAVE 20 MINUTES. AND USUALLY MY CONVERSATION IS, YOU KNOW, A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO, HOW WAS YOUR SUMMER? DID YOU DO ANYTHING FUN? I DON'T USUALLY TALK ABOUT WORK UNLESS I HAVE A MEETING WITH THEM. TODAY I HAD A MEETING WITH KENDRA. KENDRA? WE DID MAYBE 20 MINUTES TOPS, SOMETHING LIKE THAT. SO JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT TOO. IF WE ARE GOING TO GO THROUGH WITH THIS CODE OF CONDUCT, LET'S GET LET'S GO THROUGH WITH IT. PAREJO. EVERYONE, WE SHOULD ALL BE. MAYBE WE SHOULD PRINT THIS OUT AND KEEP IT IN OUR POCKETS. AND THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS. THANK YOU. THAT'S WONDERFUL. I AGREE WITH THAT WHOLEHEARTEDLY. I THINK I THINK IT'S IT'S ALSO THE, THE THE RESPONSIBILITY. USUALLY IT'S THE FACILITATOR WHO KIND OF WRAPS UP THINGS AND KIND OF LEADS THE MEETINGS AND MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY TALKS. IS THERE ANYTHING OUTSIDE OF THAT, RYAN, THAT WE CAN PROVIDE? THERE'S SOME TECHNOLOGY WHERE THERE'S LIGHTS THAT YOU CAN INDICATE. LET'S EXPLORE. OKAY. HAPPY TO DO THAT. YEAH, I CAN DO THAT. OTHERWISE, THE MAYOR WILL BE THE ONE THAT RUNS THE MEETING AND ACKNOWLEDGES THOSE THAT WANT TO SPEAK. CORRECT? CORRECT. YEAH. I, I SERVE ON A LOT OF BOARDS AND MEETINGS, BUT USUALLY IT IS THE FACILITATOR WHO KIND OF, YOU KNOW, MAKES SURE THAT IF SOMEONE'S LONG WINDED, YOU KNOW, THEY KIND OF WRAP IT UP AND THEY, THEY FACILITATE THE MEETING BACK TO WHAT'S ON THE AGENDA. SO THEY MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE GETS EQUAL TIME. REALLY THE THE FACILITATOR LEADS, YOU KNOW, WITH PROFESSIONALISM AND RESPECT BECAUSE THEY ARE THE FACILITATOR. YOU KNOW, THAT'S THAT'S SOME OF THE POWER THAT THE FACILITATOR HAS. SO YES, I AND I THINK THAT MAYBE THAT LANGUAGE SHOULD BE ON THERE TOO, TO SOME DEGREE. IS THAT THE THAT THE FACILITATOR, WHEN IT COMES TO MEETINGS, SHOULD UPHOLD THE MEETING AND MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE GETS EQUAL TIME AND THAT WE'RE TREATED WITH WITH RESPECT AND PROFESSIONALISM. WE CAN 
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CERTAINLY ADD THAT. IT LOOKS LIKE RULE SIX SAYS THAT COUNCIL MEMBERS SHALL TREAT EACH OTHER. 
          MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC AND STAFF WITH PROFESSIONALISM AND RESPECT. WE CAN CERTAINLY ADD SOMETHING REGARDING AT MEETINGS. THE EITHER THE MAYOR, WHOEVER'S RUNNING THE MEETING WILL ACKNOWLEDGE ALL COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR COMMENT PRIOR TO A VOTE. YEAH, I MEAN I THINK THAT IS DOES THAT ARE YOU. DOES THAT WORK FOR YOU? YEAH. HOW DOES EVERYONE ELSE FEEL ABOUT THAT? I WOULD STILL LOOK AT DIFFERENT INSTRUMENTS WHERE WE COULD STILL THAT WOULD WE COULD DO INSTRUMENTS. I MEAN, IT'S ROBERT'S RULES OF ORDER. YEAH, I KNOW WHAT I MEAN. AND SO LOOK, I ALLOW FOR A FREE FLOWING CONVERSATION. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT, YOU KNOW, SOME PEOPLE MAKE THEIR POINTS AND THAT'S IT. I THINK WE PUSH A LITTLE BUTTON, YOU'LL GET YOUR TWO MINUTES AND THEN THAT'S IT. OKAY. WE CAN LOOK INTO THE TECHNOLOGY FOR SURE. BRING THAT BACK. THE BOTH OF THEM I THINK THE LANGUAGE ON BOTH OF THEM. ANYWAYS, I THINK WE NEED SOME UPDATED TECHNOLOGY UP HERE. I AGREE WITH THE COMMITTEES AND COMMISSIONS AND I SERVE ON THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE. I COUNSELED TWICE AND THAT WAS THE BEGINNING. THE BEGINNING WAS BECAUSE IT WAS NEW TO IT. AND THEN I DIDN'T KNOW THAT THE MEETING WAS COMING UP A FEW DAYS. AND THEN THE FOLLOWING MEETING AFTER THAT, I COULD NOT ATTEND. AFTER THAT I HAVE NOT SEEN ANY ANY MEETINGS THAT HAVE BEEN SCHEDULED. AND USUALLY WHAT OCCURS IS THAT THE THE APPROVAL OF MEETINGS GOES THROUGH WHO THEY GO TO. YOU BILL, IT GOES TO THE DEPARTMENT. 
          THE DEPARTMENT COMES TO ME IF THEY HAVE ITEMS. AND THEN AT THAT POINT WE POST THE IF WE HAVE ITEMS TO DISCUSS. SURE. AND THEN SO THAT COMES FROM, FROM, YOU KNOW, THE VERY TOP TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE MEETINGS GOING. BUT THOSE ARE TWO THAT I DID COUNCIL ONE, I REMEMBER IT WAS LIKE A FEW DAYS LATER AND I WAS LIKE, YOU KNOW WHAT? I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW, I CAN'T. AND THE FOLLOWING ONE AFTER THAT, I THINK IT WAS OUT OF TOWN. OUTSIDE OF THAT, THERE HASN'T BEEN ANY SCHEDULED MEETINGS. AND SO USUALLY SO THERE'S ONLY TWO, TWO MEMBERS TO EACH SUBCOMMITTEE. AND SO WHAT HAPPENS IS THAT USUALLY IT GETS POSTED. AND THEN IF ONE MEMBER CAN'T ATTEND THEN IT GETS IT GETS CANCELED. BUT I JUST WANT TO MAKE THAT CLEAR IS THAT THERE WAS ONLY TWO MEETINGS AT THE VERY BEGINNING. AFTER THAT I HAVE NOT SEEN ANY SCHEDULED. 
          HOWEVER, ALSO TO MAKE IT A POINT EQUALLY IMPORTANT AS I KNOW BECAUSE I LIKE TO, I LIKE TO VIEW THE MEETINGS AND IN THE PRIOR YEAR, THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SUBCOMMITTEE MEETINGS WERE CANCELED QUITE A BIT BECAUSE THERE WASN'T THERE WAS LACK OF QUORUM AND THE CANCELLATIONS WERE COMING IN THAT SAME DAY. AT THAT TIME LAST YEAR, I WAS NOT ON THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE, SO THERE WAS CANCELLATIONS THE DAY OF BECAUSE ONE OF THE MEMBERS OF COUNCIL COULD NOT ATTEND. AND SO WITH WITH THAT, I THINK THERE SHOULD ALSO BE LANGUAGE ABOUT CANCELLATIONS. CANCELLATIONS. THEY HAVE TO BE MADE A FEW DAYS BEFORE THEY CAN'T BE THAT DAY OF BECAUSE WHAT WAS HAPPENING LAST YEAR AND THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SUBCOMMITTEE MEETING IS THAT YOU HAD ALL OF STAFF, AND THEN YOU ALSO HAD THOSE WHO WERE PRESENTING WHO WERE AGENDIZED ON THE AGENDA, WHO WERE ALSO THERE WAITING. AND THEN THE DAY OF, YOU KNOW, THEY COULDN'T WE COULDN'T HAVE THE MEETING. AND THEN TWO IS THAT I THINK THAT WE SHOULD CONSIDER ADDING PEOPLE TO THESE SUBCOMMITTEES, BECAUSE IT'S WHEN YOU ONLY HAVE TWO PEOPLE, IT'S ONE PERSON CAN MAKE IT, AND THEN THAT'S IT. IT'S A LACK OF QUORUM. YOU KNOW, I REALLY, REALLY DO THINK THAT WE SHOULD ADD ANOTHER MEMBER TO THE SUBCOMMITTEE THAT WOULD MAKE THEM SUBCOMMITTEES. THOSE WOULD MAKE THEM FULL ON STANDING COMMITTEES. AND SO THEN YOU'D HAVE TO BRING IN THE WHOLE CITY COUNCIL. AND SO AT THAT POINT, RYAN, CAN WE CAN WE ADD LANGUAGE ON THERE THAT AFTER A COUNCIL MEMBER THAT IS ON THAT PARTICULAR SUBCOMMITTEE, AFTER THEY ARE NOT ABLE TO MAKE IT, LET'S SAY, 2 OR 3 MEETINGS THAT THEY BE REMOVED AND WE JUST GET ANOTHER, THE MAYOR HAS THAT OPPORTUNITY TO ELECT OR SELECT ANOTHER COUNCIL MEMBER TO BE ON THERE BECAUSE LIKE I SAID, I THESE MEETINGS HAVE BEEN CANCELED SINCE JANUARY. 
          WE'RE IN SEPTEMBER, JANUARY ALL YEAR. WE CAN CERTAINLY ADD IT TO THIS. I'M NOT SURE IF THIS IS THE BEST PLACE TO PUT IT WHEN IT COMES TO, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE DECLARE A SEAT VACANT ON A SUBCOMMITTEE. BUT WE COULD BRING SOMETHING BACK. YEAH, LET'S EXPLORE THAT, TOO. RYAN 
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IS THERE. IF THERE'S SUBCOMMITTEES, IF THERE'S TWO MEMBERS OF COUNCIL, CAN WE ALSO HAVE I MEAN, THERE CAN BE ANYONE ELSE WHO CAN BE A VOTING MEMBER. IN THE PAST, THERE WAS IT WAS CHANGED. SO IN THE PAST, IN THE PAST, I REMEMBER THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SUBCOMMITTEE HAD THREE MEMBERS, AND THAT WAS THAT WAS WHEN I IT WASN'T TOO LONG AGO. AND SO CAN THERE BE LANGUAGE? DOES IT HAVE TO BE ONLY MEMBERS OF COUNCIL? CAN IT BE, LET'S SAY MEMBERS OF, OF OF THE COMMUNITY WHO CAN ALSO BE A VOTING MEMBER? WE'RE SPEAKING ABOUT ADVISORY BODIES. 
          YEAH. YOU CAN HAVE SOMEBODY ELSE THAT PARTICIPATES THAT'S NOT A MEMBER OF COUNCIL. SO I, I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE'RE BRINGING IT BACK ABOUT CANCELLATIONS, WHICH I THINK IT'S A GOOD IDEA TO BRING THE BRING THAT BACK. SO WHEN WE'RE BRINGING THAT BACK, I THINK A GOOD DISCUSSION ALSO IS THAT THAT WE ADD THAT WE ADD AND I THINK WE SHOULD ALLOW, I THINK THAT SOMEONE IN THE, IN THE COMMUNITY, IN THE CITY SHOULD ALSO BE A VOTING MEMBER, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. SO I THINK THAT SHOULD BE CONSIDERED MAYBE FOR ALL SUBCOMMITTEES WE DON'T HAVE WE HAVE THE PUBLIC SAFETY SUBCOMMITTEE, WHICH HASN'T HAPPENED EITHER. SO WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SUBCOMMITTEES, NONE OF THE SUBCOMMITTEES HAVE HAPPENED THIS YEAR. WE SHOULD MAYBE ELIMINATE ALL SUBCOMMITTEES AND THEN JUST HAVE STUDY SESSIONS WITH ALL THE COUNCILS. I MEAN, THAT'S HOW WE DID IT BEFORE. I SUPPORT THAT, JUST ELIMINATE EVERYTHING AND WE JUST DO A STANDING STUDY SESSION. BUT WE CAN WE'LL BRING BACK THE SUBCOMMITTEES AND WE CAN SET POLICY PERTAINING TO THEM. I THINK MOST CITIES DO HAVE COMMITTEES. I DON'T RIGHT, I DON'T KNOW OF OF, BUT MOST MEMBERS SHOW UP TO THE COMMITTEES. SO THAT'S WHY, YOU KNOW, MAYOR, WE CAN PULL UP. WE CAN PULL IT UP LAST YEAR TO TO SEE HOW MANY CANCELLATIONS YOU HAVE. I DON'T I WANT TO GET AWAY FROM THIS BACK AND FORTH. WE'LL NEVER BE DONE WITH IT. SO WHEN WE'RE BRINGING THAT ITEM, I THINK THAT'S JUST A GOOD CONVERSATION TO, TO HAVE ALL AROUND. OKAY. THEIR MOTION, THERE'S A SECOND. THERE'S A MOTION I THINK A MOTION. IS THERE A SECOND. I SECOND AND JUST REAL QUICKLY IT'S A MOTION AS AMENDED PURSUANT TO COUNCIL MEMBER VIEIRA'S REQUEST. THAT'S CORRECT. WELL, THAT AND THEN MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE THE LANGUAGE OF THE FACILITATOR SO THAT WE HAVE IN 6.1. THAT'S CORRECT. SO WE HAVE TWO REVISIONS. AND THE MOTION IS BASED UPON THOSE TWO. SUBJECT TO THOSE TWO REVISIONS. CORRECT. THE FACILITATOR. IT WILL BE THAT THE COUNCIL MEMBER LEADING THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING WILL ACKNOWLEDGE ALL OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO PUBLICLY BUT FOR COUNCIL MEMBER COMMENT WHEN THAT ITEM IS BEING DISCUSSED. SO EVERYBODY'S GOING TO PUSH A LITTLE BUTTON WE CAN BRING WE CAN BRING SOME TECHNOLOGY IN. IT SOUNDS LIKE THAT'S THERE'S INTEREST THERE FOR THAT SOUNDS GOOD. THERE'S DOES IT LIMIT THOUGH I REMEMBER YOU PUSH THE BUTTON AND THEN YOU WOULD BE LIMITED UNDER THE CHAIR DIRECTION LIMITED TIME. IT'S AT THE DISCRETION OF HOW YOU WANT TO RUN IT. GENERALLY IT'LL BE I'LL LIMIT THE DISCUSSION. EVERYBODY WILL HAVE ONE MINUTE TO TALK AND THEN WE'RE DONE AND WE'LL MOVE ON. EVERYONE THAT'S INCLUDING YOURSELF. WELL, AT MY DISCLOSURE, I'M THE CHAIRMAN. I COULD DO IT THE WAY I WANT. SO FOR PURPOSES OF THIS CODE OF CONDUCT, THOUGH, WE HAVE TWO REVISIONS. AND THEN WE'LL BRING IN SOME SOME OTHER OPTIONS FOR HOW WE ACKNOWLEDGE OTHERS ON THE DAIS. SO CAN WE ADD THE THE THEN IF WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A TIME LIMITATION ON IT, THAT THEN IT BE APPLIED TO ALL FIVE MEMBERS, REGARDLESS OF YOUR FACILITATOR. I DON'T INTEND TO ADD A TIME LIMITATION TO THE CODE OF CONDUCT. YES. SO I THINK WE'LL WE'LL LEAVE THAT. BUT IT IS AT THE DISCRETION OF THE CHAIR. IT GENERALLY IS. THAT'S CORRECT. I MEAN, YOU I MEAN, WHEN YOU'RE THE CHAIR YOU HAVE CERTAIN RIGHTS IN TERMS OF RUNNING THE MEETING UNDER ROBERT'S RULES OF ORDER, I'VE BEEN A LITTLE BIT MORE FREE FLOWING IN, ALLOWING PEOPLE TO MAKE THEIR. ARGUMENT MOISTER REASONS, ETC. IF IF MEMBERS FEEL LIKE THEY'RE NOT ABLE TO OPINE, THAT'S THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I NEED TO DO A BETTER JOB OF RECOGNIZING IF THE TECHNOLOGY IS GOING TO HELP, THAT'S OKAY TOO. BUT I THINK ONCE PEOPLE MAKE THEIR POINT, THEN WE'LL CONTINUE WITH THAT. 
          WE'LL JUST SAY, ALL RIGHT, YOU'VE MADE YOUR POINT. LET OTHERS OPINE. AND WHERE ARE YOU AT? I CAN RUN THE MEETING LIKE THAT. NO PROBLEM. RYAN, CAN YOU ARE YOU PUTTING THE ONE MINUTE ON THERE? I'M NOT. I'M NOT PUTTING ANY TIME LIMITATION ON THIS CODE. YEAH. ALL RIGHT. 
          THANK YOU. THANKS, RYAN. THANK YOU. OF COURSE. THERE'S A MOTION. THERE'S A SECOND. I'LL TAKE ROLL. COUNCIL MEMBER PEREZ. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. FIGUEROA. COUNCIL MEMBER. MAYOR. PRO TEM 
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DELGADO. YES. MAYOR. HERNANDEZ. YES. NO. PUBLIC HEARING ITEMS. REPORTS AND REQUESTS. WE'LL 
          [Reports and Requests]
START TO MY LEFT. COUNCIL MEMBER PEREZ I WAS ABLE TO ATTEND THE REBRANDING OF AUGUSTINE CASINO TO SEVEN FEATHERS. IT WAS A GOOD EVENT. I ALSO ATTENDED THE HOMELESS COMMITTEE. THE COUNTY IS WORKING HOPEFULLY ON A APPLICATION THAT WILL HELP NOT JUST CODE ENFORCEMENT. IT ALSO HELP LAW ENFORCEMENT AND OUR HOMELESS NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS BE ABLE TO KEEP A TAB ON OUR HOMELESS PEOPLE OUT THERE AND BE ABLE TO HAVE A CONTACT PHONE NUMBER, BE ABLE TO REACH OUT AND OFFER MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES AND AND SO FORTH. SO I THINK THAT THAT APPLICATION, WHEN IT'S UP AND RUNNING, WILL BE ACTUALLY REALLY GOOD IN HELPING OUT THESE PEOPLE, BE ABLE TO GET SOME KIND OF ASSISTANCE AND HOPEFULLY IF THEY NEED MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES, BE ABLE TO GET THEM RIGHT THERE AND THEN, BECAUSE I HEARD THAT THERE IS LIKE A BUS THAT ACTUALLY GOES OUT THERE AND GIVES MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES TO OUR HOMELESS. SO HAVING MORE OUT THERE WILL HELP. THAT'S ALL I HAVE. DOCTOR FIGUEROA, IT'S MOSQUITO SEASON. WE JUST HAD A LOT OF RAIN. I'M SURE PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, ESPECIALLY FAMILIES AT HOME WITH LITTLE ONES AND JUST ANYWHERE, MAKE SURE YOU'RE TURNING OVER ANY WATER. THERE'S A MOSQUITO IN HERE FLYING WITH THE LITTLE WHITE STRIPES, AND THAT ONE BITES YOUR ANKLES. SO WATCH OUT. AND I THINK THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT THAT MANY PEOPLE. I WENT TO THE BACKPACK EVENT LAST WEEK. THE COMMUNITY A GREAT PARTNER THAT'S OPENING THEIR NEW BANK HERE IN IN THE CITY AND, YOU KNOW, GIVING OUT FREE BACKPACKS TO THE COMMUNITY. AND I SAW A COUPLE FAMILIES WALK IN WITH THEIR WITH THEIR LITTLE ONES. AND, YOU KNOW, THAT WAS VERY IMPORTANT BECAUSE I KNOW THE SCHOOL YEAR ALREADY STARTED. 
          BUT, YOU KNOW, IT'S ALWAYS LITTLE ONES ALWAYS GO THROUGH BACKPACKS EVERY SIX MONTHS OR SO REALLY FAST. SO THAT'S REALLY GREAT THAT THEY'RE DOING THAT HERE. AND. DIDN'T ATTEND THE LAST MEETING. BUT I SAW THE GREAT HOMAGE THAT WE DID FOR MARIA SERRANO, WHICH WAS, I THINK, VERY IMPORTANT. I REMEMBER MEETING HER A COUPLE TIMES, AND I WENT TO HIGH SCHOOL WITH ONE OF HER GRANDSONS. AND, YOU KNOW, THE IMPORTANCE OF, REMEMBER, SOMEONE THAT MADE A BIG IMPACT IN OUR COMMUNITY HERE IN COACHELLA AND, AND HER FAMILY SHOWING UP TO, TO REALLY DO THAT MEMORY OF HER. SO THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS. COUNCILMEMBER. 
          EDEN, THANK YOU, MAYOR. I ATTENDED THE CVAG ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES COMMITTEE LAST WEEK. WE HAD A COUPLE OF PRESENTATIONS AND ONE WAS FROM EID. AND I KNOW THAT ANDREW TOUCHED UPON ONE OF HIS ITEMS, THE GRANT THAT WAS RECEIVED BY EID FOR TREE PLANTING. AND SO THEY KIND OF WENT OVER THAT AND JUST HOW THEY'RE TRYING TO CONNECT WITH DIFFERENT ENTITIES TO ENSURE THAT THE COMMUNITY AND DIFFERENT ORGS KNOW THAT THIS GRANT IS AVAILABLE. AND THEN ON FRIDAY, ON THE 12TH, I ATTENDED THE ALL VALLEY MAYOR'S LUNCHEON. JUST WANT TO GIVE A LITTLE SHOUT OUT TO OUR MAYOR, DID A GREAT JOB, AND THERE WAS A LOT OF GOOD QUESTIONS THAT WERE BEING ASKED. SOME AROUND IMMIGRATION, YOU KNOW, HOUSING, ALL OF THESE THINGS THAT REALLY IMPACT OUR COMMUNITIES. AND SO HE DID A REALLY GOOD JOB IN THAT. AND THAT'S REALLY IT FOR ME. JUST WANT TO SAY, AS ALWAYS, THANK YOU TO STAFF. THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO EVERY DAY AND YOUR LOVE AND SUPPORT FOR THIS COMMUNITY AND THIS CITY AND FOR US TO. I HAVE BEEN KIND OF REFLECTING A LITTLE BIT ON HOW EVERYONE IS, AND OUR STAFF AND I ALWAYS FEEL WELCOMED. I DON'T KNOW IF IT, YOU KNOW, MATTERS, BUT I FEEL WELCOME WHEN I'M GOING INTO ANY FACILITY THAT WE HAVE WITHIN THE CITY. AND I SEE ALL OF YOU WORKING SO HARD, AND YOU GUYS ARE ALWAYS, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE ON TOP OF EVERYTHING AND WE APPRECIATE YOU. I KNOW IT'S PROBABLY NOT ALWAYS EASY TO BE WHERE YOU'RE AT, AND THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS. THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF CHANGES THIS YEAR THAT HAVE HAPPENED, SOME GOOD AND SOME THINGS THAT WERE A LITTLE BIT, YOU KNOW, BROUGHT A LITTLE UNCERTAINTY. BUT YOU'VE BEEN DOING SUCH A PHENOMENAL JOB AND YOU'RE SO APPRECIATED. I KNOW THAT I TRY TO MENTION THAT AT EVERY MEETING, BUT I, I REALLY DO WANT TO REITERATE THAT AND MAKE YOU FEEL THAT YOU'RE APPRECIATED. YOU'RE LOVED. STAY WITH US. STICK WITH US. YOU KNOW, WE JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE CITY IS GOING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. AND RECENTLY I'VE KIND OF BEEN AS I'VE BEEN REFLECTING, I'VE BEEN THINKING OF THIS YEAR, AND I'VE MENTIONED IT TO A COUPLE OF 
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PEOPLE HERE ON, YOU KNOW, ON STAFF THAT IT HAS BEEN AND I DON'T KNOW HOW THIS WILL COME OUT, BUT IT'S BEEN MY CHILLEST YEAR AS A COUNCIL MEMBER, AND THAT HAS BEEN BECAUSE SOME THINGS THAT, YOU KNOW, I'VE KIND OF WANTED TO SEE THAT I'VE WORKED ON OR TRIED BRINGING FORWARD, HAVEN'T MADE IT. AND I RESPECT IT. I THINK IT'S FINE. YOU KNOW, IT IS WHAT IT IS. I HAVEN'T HAD TOO, TOO MUCH THAT I'VE BEEN ABLE TO WORK ON AS A COUNCIL MEMBER THIS YEAR ON PROJECTS, AND IT'S A LITTLE, I GUESS, DISCOURAGING SOMETIMES BECAUSE MY FEELING, AND THIS IS MY PERSONAL FEELING AND NO ONE CAN TAKE IT FROM ME, IS THAT IF I WORK ON CERTAIN THINGS OR ADD MY NAME TO CERTAIN THINGS, THAT THEY WON'T MOVE FORWARD. AND I'LL GO AHEAD AND SAY IT AGAIN. 
          THIS IS MY FEELING, AND NO ONE CAN SPEAK TO MY FEELING. ONLY. ONLY I CAN SPEAK TO IT. AND IT IS VERY DIFFICULT. IT IS DIFFICULT, BUT WHEN I WALK INTO MEETINGS WITH STAFF AND YOU GUYS UPDATE ME ON CERTAIN THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING, IT KIND OF I'M LIKE, OKAY, THERE IT IS. THAT'S WHY I'M HERE. I HAD A GREAT CONVERSATION, YOU KNOW, EARLIER WITH KENDRA ON A GREAT PROJECT. AND THEN EARLIER IN THE WEEK WITH RENE FROM CODE ENFORCEMENT AND THAT THAT KEEPS ME MOVING. BUT I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT I APPRECIATE YOU GUYS A LOT. YOU GUYS ARE AMAZING AND, YOU KNOW, STICK WITH US. BUT IT'S IT'S BEEN AN INTERESTING YEAR FOR SURE. ANYWAYS, THOSE ARE ALL MY COMMENTS. THANK YOU GUYS. MAYOR PRO TEM, THANK YOU. AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, SUNLINE TRANSIT AGENCY, I WENT TO THE BOARD MEETING TODAY AND THEY HAD SHARED THAT THEY'RE GOING TO PUT THE PANDAS OVER THE SMALL MINI SUNLINE BUSSES, WHICH ARE CLEAN ENERGY BUSSES. 
          AND SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT. I DON'T KNOW, I THINK THEY PROBABLY MAYBE CLEANED UP ALL THE MAYBE CHALLENGES. IF THERE WERE SOME. RIGHT BILL, THEY'RE READY TO HAND THEM OVER. 
          MONA WAS GOING TO GET BACK TO ME. AND THEN ALSO WHEN WE GET THEM FROM THEM, WE PROBABLY SHOULD HAVE THEM WRAPPED AND THEN PUT OUR COACHELLA, YOU KNOW, LABELS ON THEM AND, YOU KNOW, MOVING OUR SENIOR STUFF. YEAH, THAT'S PRETTY NICE, BY THE WAY. THAT'S PRETTY NICE. SO AND THEN ALSO IS THAT JUST TO PIGGYBACK IS THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE I KNOW THAT THE CONVERSATION DIALOG IS THAT IT'S TWO DIFFERENT ISSUES. IT DOESN'T NEED TO BE. WE CAN MAKE IT ONE ISSUE. I THINK THAT WITH THE SMALL MINI BUS, THERE IS SOME TYPE OF MAYBE STOP IN FRONT OF IT. IT'S NOT A BUS STOP, BUT I THINK THAT WE CAN ADD SOMETHING FOR SOMETHING THAT'S THAT'S SMALL THAT WAY, SO THAT IT'S UNDERSTOOD THAT PEOPLE, SENIORS WHO ARE COMING IN FROM ANY OTHER AREA IS THEN PROVIDED TRANSPORTATION TO THE SENIOR CENTER AND IT STOPS THERE. IT'S ALSO EQUALLY IMPORTANT THAT WHEN AT THE TRANSIT HUB, WE HAVE MULTIPLE BUSSES COMING AND GOING THROUGH THERE. SO SOMETIMES WE HAVE TWO BUSSES, ONE'S, YOU KNOW, GOING TO EAST AND THE OTHER ONE'S GOING WEST. AND SO THERE'S NO REASON ALSO THAT IN ADDITION TO THAT, MUCH LIKE A LARGE SUNLINE BUS, THAT WE HAVE THE HOURS OF OPERATIONS OF WHEN BUSSES ARE COMING FROM OUT OF THE AREA AND, AND THEN HAVE MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THE MINI BUS, THEN PICKING PEOPLE UP AND THEN TRANSPORTING THEM TO THE SENIOR CENTER. NOW I JUST I DO WANT TO MAKE IT A POINT THAT THE LARGE BUS, YOU KNOW, IF THERE IS ANOTHER AREA BY THE WAY, IT'S IT'S YOU KNOW, THEY'RE SAYING THE SUNLINE TRANSIT AGENCY, IT'S THE CITY ENGINEER AS WELL, OUR CITY ENGINEER. SO THAT PUTS A LOT OF ADDITIONAL WORK TO IT. BUT JUST TO SO IT'S UNDERSTOOD, IS THAT TRANSIT AGENCIES DON'T PROVIDE INFRASTRUCTURE. THEY PROVIDE TRANSPORTATION, WHICH MEANS THAT IF THIS KEEPS GOING, REMEMBER WE HAVE TWO MINI BUSSES THAT CAN TRANSPORT FROM THE TRANSIT HUB TO DIRECTLY TO THE SENIOR CENTER. BUT THIS LARGE BUS, AND IT NEEDS TO BE UNDERSTOOD THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT MILLIONS OF DOLLARS. AND SO I WANT IT TO BE UNDERSTOOD. 
          TRANSIT AGENCIES WE DO NOT PROVIDE OR THEY DON'T PROVIDE INFRASTRUCTURE. IT'S THE CITY. 
          IT'S THE CITY, YOU KNOW, AND I WHEN I MET WITH THE TWO BY TWO WITH COD AND WHAT THAT CEO WAS ASKING FOR WAS A BUS STOP, THEY WERE ASKING FOR A BUS STOP AT THE MECCA CAMPUS. AND HE'S AND 
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HE'S PURSUING THAT. HE WANTS A BUS STOP THERE. I DON'T THINK SO. SUNLINE IS IT CAN'T PROVIDE A BUS STOP. BUT, YOU KNOW, I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO SEE, YOU KNOW, THAT FALLS UNDER THE COUNTY AND THAT FALLS UNDER COD TO PROVIDE THAT TRANSIT HUB THERE. AND SO THAT'S SOMETHING YOU KNOW, EQUALLY TO TO UNDERSTAND, BECAUSE WE HAVE TWO KIND OF SIMILAR SITUATIONS HERE. 
          YOU KNOW, WE GOT A COLLEGE WHO BRINGS EDUCATION SERVICES TO AREAS THAT ARE UNDERSERVED. AND THEY ALSO DESERVE TRANSPORTATION. AND SO I'M I'M WONDERING HOW THAT'S GOING TO BE PROVIDED THERE. AND WHO'S GOING TO PAY FOR THAT TRANSIT STUFF. IS IT GOING TO BE THE COUNTY OR IS IT GOING TO BE COLLEGE OF THE DESERT. SO I WANT TO DOES THAT HAVE TO DO WITH COACHELLA? WELL, BECAUSE THE POINT OF IT IS THAT, YOU KNOW, I WANT TO MAKE IT A POINT. 
          AND SO THAT WE HAVE THE THE COMPARISON IS THAT WE DON'T PAY. SUNLINE DOESN'T PAY FOR THE BUS STOP. WE HAVE TO THE CITY DOES. AND SO IF WE CONTINUE TO EXPLORE THIS, I JUST WANT TO MAKE IT A POINT THAT IT IS. IT'S GOING TO BE SUNLIGHT CAN REROUTE TO EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE, BUT WE DON'T HAVE ANY INFRASTRUCTURE. WE DON'T HAVE A BUS STOP. THERE IS A BUS. ALL THEY DID PREVIOUSLY WAS PUT UP A BUS SHADE AND THE BUS STOPPED ON THE CORNER HERE RIGHT NEXT TO VERIZON. THE SAME THING CAN BE DONE. IT'S A MATTER OF JUST REROUTING THE BUS. THERE'S NO NEED TO BUILD A COVER, CUT OUT, ETC. THEY WERE ASKING FOR A TRANSIT FOR A BUS STOP IN FRONT OF THE SENIOR CENTER. IT COULD BE ACROSS THE STREET SO BUS STOP. IT COULD BE ACROSS THE STREET. I MEAN, THAT'S THE THING IS, EXPLORING THE OPTIONS. THEY WERE WALKING FROM THE FROM THE SENIOR CENTER TO THE CORNER OVER HERE. THEY COULD WALK FROM THIS CORNER TO THE BACK OF THE VERIZON BUILDING. IT'S WHAT THEY'RE SAYING IS THAT WALKING FROM THE SENIOR CENTER TO THE CURRENT TRANSIT CENTER OVER A MILE IS NOT ADEQUATE. IT'S NOT FAIR. SO IF YOU CAN MOVE IT TO THE OTHER SIDE OR MOVE IT JUST DOWN THE STREET, GIVE THEM A BLOCK INSTEAD OF INSTEAD OF A MILE. THAT'S WHAT I'M HEARING FROM THEM. I'M NOT HEARING THAT THEY WANTED IT DIRECTLY IN FRONT. IF IF THE INFRASTRUCTURE IS INADEQUATE, OKAY, THEN LOOK AT THE CORNER. THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING AT IS LIKE, CAN WE GET A BUS STOP SOMEWHERE IN THE PROXIMITY WHERE THEY DON'T HAVE TO WALK A MILE? THAT'S WHAT I'M HEARING. I'M NOT I'M NOT HEARING THEM SAY, GIVE US A $2 MILLION INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENT. I'M HEARING YOU SAY THAT, NOT THEM. SO. SO IF THE MINI BUSSES THAT WILL STOP DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF THE SENIOR CENTER, THEN THAT'S EVEN A BETTER OPTION BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE TO WALK AT ALL. 
          ADDITIONALLY IS THAT I DO WANT TO PROVIDE A RECOGNITION TO DANIEL RODRIGUEZ, WHO DID A LOT FOR OUR YOUTH. HE WAS A REALLY GOOD SOCCER COACH AND AND TRAINED A LOT OF OUR, KIDDOS. 
          AND MANY OF THEM WENT TO GO ON TO CHAMPIONSHIPS AT THE REGIONAL LEVEL. AT THE STATE LEVEL, HE REALLY, REALLY MADE AN IMPACT IN THIS COMMUNITY TO SO MANY FAMILIES, TO SO MANY KIDS. AND I THINK HE DESERVES FOR US TO RECOGNIZE HIM. THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION ON THE LIBRARY. I THINK THAT AS A CITY, WE CAN DO MAYBE COLLABORATE WITH THE LIBRARY A BIT MORE. I KNOW THAT WE HAD A BACKPACK GIVEAWAY, AND I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, IF WE HAD MAYBE COMBINED THEM, I THINK THAT WE COULD HAVE THAT AT THE AT THE COACHELLA LIBRARY AND THEN ADDITIONALLY, MAYBE PUT SOME DONATE SOME BOOKS INSIDE, YOU KNOW, SO I'M, I KNOW THAT WE CAN REALLY PARTNER BETTER WHEN IT COMES TO HIGHLIGHTING THE LIBRARY AND START USING THE LIBRARY TO GIVE THESE GIVE OUTS. AND I KNOW, LIKE AT THE END OF THE YEAR WE DO BIKES TO. RIGHT. 
          AND SO I WAS THERE LAST YEAR. AND THE PARENTS YOU KNOW THEY THEY GOT THERE A LONG TIME. 
          THEY DIDN'T KNOW WHERE IT'S AT. SO I THINK DOWNTOWN AT THE LIBRARY WOULD MAYBE EVEN BE A BETTER LOCATION. I DID ATTEND A FEW, A COUPLE OF EVENTS AT THE SENIOR CENTER. THEY'RE ALWAYS A LOT OF FUN. YOU KNOW, I ATTENDED JUST VERY QUICKLY. THE SEPTEMBER 16TH EVENT. AND, YOU KNOW, THEY THEY APPOINT A QUEEN EVERY YEAR. SO THERE WAS EIGHT FORMER QUEENS. AND THIS WAS THE NINTH QUEEN. BUT IT'S REALLY FUN. IT'S REALLY FUN. I ALSO WENT TO EL GRITO CEREMONY. IT WAS THE FIRST TIME WE DID IT AT FANTASY SPRINGS. IT WAS A BIT DIFFERENT. OBVIOUSLY WE DIDN'T SO MUCH SPONSOR THAT EVENT IS JUST THAT BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN A GOOD PARTNER FOR SO MANY YEARS, THEY ALLOWED US TO PARTICIPATE THERE WITH THEM, WHICH WAS VERY KIND OF THEM. AND ALSO, AS I 
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SEE OUR CSO BACK THERE, AND I'M WONDERING IF I KNOW THAT THAT GRANT WAS COMING UP AND DID, DID WE CONTINUE ON TO SEARCH FOR ANOTHER ONE? YEAH. SO, YOU KNOW, SHE DOES A GREAT DEAL. 
          AND WE WOULD SEE HER AT BOBBY DUKE A LOT, YOU KNOW, BEFORE AND AFTER. BACK TO THE. GOLDEN HANDSHAKE. YOU KNOW I DID SAY THAT I WASN'T IN SUPPORT OF IT THIS YEAR, BUT I AM IN SUPPORT OF IT NEXT YEAR. SO I WOULD LIKE TO EXPLORE AND OPEN IT UP AGAIN. THERE'S NO REASON WHY WE CAN'T OFFER IT AN ADDITIONAL YEAR. I, I KNOW EXACTLY WHAT IT FEELS LIKE WHERE YOU KNOW YOUR STUFF ISN'T COMING THROUGH, I REALLY DO. IT TOOK ME FIVE YEARS TO GET THE CODE OF CONDUCT ON HERE. I ASKED MANY TIMES FOR THE SMALL BUSINESS GATHERING AND I'M HOPING THAT COMES THROUGH. YOU KNOW, I I'VE ALSO ASKED FOR FOR STUFF, YOU KNOW, LIKE THE CUSTOMER POLICY TO BEING A CUSTOMER FIRST CITY THAT HASN'T COME THROUGH. I'VE ALSO ASKED FOR THE THE YEARLY WHAT IS IT THE EVERY CITY USUALLY HAS IT. WE'RE GOING TO START DOING IT. WE'RE GOING TO TAKE IT OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY. ARE WE TALKING ABOUT JUST STRATEGIC PLANNING? COMMUNITY? THERE YOU GO. THERE WE GO. IT'S THE STRATEGIC PLANNING THAT HASN'T COME THROUGH. AND WE GAVE DIRECTIONS FOR IT TO GO INTO THE COMMUNITY THAT HASN'T COME THROUGH EITHER. SO THERE ARE MANY THINGS THAT I'VE ASKED FOR THAT HAVE NOT COME THROUGH WITH THAT. I THANK YOU ALL FOR FOR BEING HERE AND ALWAYS DOING YOUR VERY BEST FOR US. I'M GOING TO ECHO MY COLLEAGUE'S SENTIMENT AND GIVE SOME ATTABOYS OUTGROWS THE STAFF. I WAS GOING DOWN AVENUE 52 AND IT'S LOOKING GREAT. IT'S LIT UP. IT LOOKS REALLY GOOD, NICE AND SMOOTH. ANDREW. AND OBVIOUSLY YOU GUYS ARE KIND OF IN THE PROCESS OF ADDING THE THE LINE, LANE DEMARCATIONS AND ALL THAT GOOD STUFF. SO IT'S LOOKING REALLY GOOD. AND THEN OBVIOUSLY THE WAY 52 IS CONNECTING TO THE CV LINK, I THINK THAT'S THAT'S SOMETHING THAT KIND OF JUST IMPROVES OUR CORRIDOR OVERALL. 
          I WILL SAY AS WELL THAT LOOK, I WALK TO THE PARK, I WALK A LOT OF THE PARKS AND I DO TALK TO OUR STAFF IS OUT THERE. SOMETIMES I SEE, YOU KNOW, A WATER GEYSER OF SOMEBODY THAT RAN OVER A SPRINKLER OR, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING IS COMPLETELY JUST MAKING A HUGE MESS. AND I'LL TELL THE GUYS, HEY, I KNOW YOU'RE OVER THERE, BUT LOOK AT THIS. LIKE, YOU KNOW, WATER IS FLOWING AND IT'S CREATING A MUDDY SITUATION. AND I'M WALKING THERE AND I'M THE MAYOR. 
          AND YEAH, I FEEL LIKE IT'S MY JOB TO LET PEOPLE KNOW, LIKE, HEY, THIS IS A PROBLEM. THIS IS A PROBLEM. LIKE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GOING TO HEAR FROM IT STOPS GOING TO HEAR FROM IT. 
          BILL'S GOING TO HEAR FROM IT. YOU KNOW, OUR PREVIOUS DIRECTOR WAS REALLY COOL ABOUT MAKING THOSE THINGS HAPPEN. AND THEY'RE GOOD ADDITIONS TO THE COMMUNITY. ONE OF THE THINGS I WILL SAY, AND IT'S AND IT'S JUST A WE DO A REALLY GOOD JOB OF MAINTAINING OUR PARKS. AND WE JUST RECENTLY DID A LOT OF THE RESEEDING AND THE, THE NEW GRASS THAT BAGUMA AND AT LAS FLORES AND IT'S LOOKING REALLY GOOD. IT'S LOOKING REALLY GOOD. I DID GET SOME CALLS REGARDING THE COORDINATION OF PLAY OUT IN THE PARKS, IN PARTICULAR FROM THE BASEBALL LEAGUES, AND I BROUGHT THAT UP TO YOU. BILL, I TALKED TO YOU. I TALKED TO I, YOU KNOW, SELENA ABOUT YOU KNOW, WE DIDN'T WE PREVIOUSLY WHEN WE WERE RESEEDING, WE NEVER AT ONE POINT MADE ANY LEAGUE CUT THEIR SEASON SHORT BECAUSE OF RESEEDING OR RE SCALPING OR ANY OF THAT STUFF. AND I'M AND I WAS REASSURED THAT WE WOULD GET ON IT AND WE WOULD WORK WITH THEIR SCHEDULE. SO CONTINUITY AS STAFF LEAVES. RIGHT. OR STAFF MOVES ON. IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE HAVE CONTINUITY OF SERVICE, OF WHAT THE COMMUNITY EXPECTS. I WANT TO MAKE SURE AND MAKE THIS KNOWN. I THIS HAS BEEN A IT'S BEEN AN INTERESTING YEAR FOR ME AS WELL. I'VE SUFFERED A VERY, YOU KNOW, DETRIMENTAL LOSS. AND I'VE BEEN ON BEREAVEMENT FOR A GOOD PORTION OF THE YEAR. BUT AS I COME BACK, YOU KNOW, AND I'M NOT USED TO. ASKING FOR POLICIES, I'M USED TO GETTING THINGS DONE. AND I REALLY BELIEVE THAT THE SUCCESS OF A CITY IS NOT IMPLEMENTING 
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POLICIES BECAUSE IT DOES NOTHING FOR OUR CONSTITUENCY. THE SUCCESS OF THE CITY AND THE WAY WE'VE BEEN WINNING AND MOVING THE CITY IS BY DELIVERING ON PROJECTS, AND WE'VE DONE A GREAT JOB OF DELIVERING ON PROJECTS. WE'VE DONE A REALLY, REALLY GOOD JOB OF DOING THAT. I AM CONCERNED TODAY THAT BASED OFF OF WHERE WE'RE AT, AND I LOOK AT THE PROJECTS THAT ARE BEING DELIVERED RIGHT NOW, THE NINTH STREET CLOVERLEAF OR BASEBALL DIAMOND, THE 52 BRIDGE OR THE 52 STREET, THE THE IMPROVEMENTS TO, YOU KNOW, WE LAID OUT A REALLY GOOD STREET IMPROVEMENT PLAN THAT ARE GOING INTO OUR NEIGHBORHOODS. WE REALLY DON'T HAVE A LOT OF NEW PROJECTS THAT WE ARE IMPLEMENTING. AND SO I'M WONDERING LIKE, WHERE ARE WE AT WITH LIKE THE, THE, THE PARK EXPANSION, WHERE ARE WE AT WHEN IT COMES TO THE RESILIENCY CENTER? WHERE ARE WE AT WHEN IT COMES TO THE LIBRARY ANNEX EXPANSION? WHERE ARE WE AT WHEN IT COMES TO THE 50TH BRIDGE? AND AND THE THING THAT I WILL SAY, AND THIS HAS A LOT TO DO WITH THE COUNCIL. WE'RE FOCUSING ON A LOT OF THINGS THAT IN REALITY IS NOT REALLY GOING TO BE SUBSTANTIAL OR GOING TO SHOW BENEFIT TO THE COMMUNITY. I MEAN, AS I'VE GOTTEN BACK, I'VE BEEN HERE LAST COUPLE OF MEETINGS, I DON'T KNOW WHEN I WAS GONE AND WHEN THERE THIS NEW COUNCIL MAJORITY, WHAT YOU ALL HAVE DONE, OTHER THAN A CODE OF CONDUCT, I MEAN, WE'RE LIKE, WHAT ARE YOU MOVING ON? AND SO I'LL LEAVE THAT TO THE COUNCIL MAJORITY TO REALLY PONDER, YOU KNOW, LIKE, WHAT IS IT THAT YOU GUYS ARE GETTING DONE? BECAUSE I SEE MYSELF AS THE MINORITY HERE AND UNDER LEADERSHIP OVER HERE. LIKE, WHAT ARE YOU GUYS WORKING ON? SO WITH THAT, I JUST YOU GUYS CAN THINK ABOUT IT. WE CAN THINK ABOUT IT. 
          STAFF. YOU KNOW, I WILL SAY WE DON'T KNOW WHERE EVERYBODY'S GOING TO BE. THERE MAY BE SOME MORE CHANGES. CERTAINLY THIS HAS BEEN THAT YEAR OF A LOT OF CHANGE AND A LOT OF DISRUPTION AND A LOT OF JUST, YOU KNOW, NEW ROLES AND NEW PEOPLE. AND WITH THAT, IT'S VERY DISRUPTIVE. 
          BUT I'M REALLY HOPING THAT COME THE NEXT FEW MONTHS, WE CAN GET SOME MOMENTUM GOING INTO THE NEW YEAR AND ACTUALLY DELIVER ON SOME COOL PROJECTS. I THOUGHT THE PARK EXPANSION WAS GOING TO BE PRETTY DYNAMIC, WOULD HAVE BEEN AWESOME, YOU KNOW, AND AND THE OTHER QUESTION WE NEED TO START ASKING OURSELVES IS IF WE DON'T DELIVER ON THESE PROJECTS, PARTICULARLY WHEN THE STATE IS FACING FACING AUSTERITY, WE MAY LOSE OUR GRANTS. THAT'S REAL, THAT'S REAL. SO WITH THAT, MR. CITY MANAGER, THE TABLE IS YOURS. CAN WE GET AN UPDATE ON SOME OF THESE PROJECTS? AND THIS IS WHERE WE'RE AT BECAUSE I KNOW ANDREW. YEAH. ANDREW. 
          YEAH, YEAH I THINK THE THE AVENUE 50 IS GOING OUT TO BID RIGHT. SO I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S APPROPRIATE TO GIVE UPDATES ON OTHER PROJECTS RIGHT NOW. I JUST I KNOW THE AVENUE 50 IS GOING OUT TO. SO THAT'S COMING THROUGH. I KNOW THE NINTH STREET IS GOING TO BE COMPLETED PRETTY SOON. I THINK THE RESILIENCY CENTER THAT WAS GOING TO BE LOOKED INTO MAYBE THIS YEAR, NEXT YEAR, I THINK WE'RE STILL WAITING ON GRANT AGREEMENTS ON THAT. WE CAN'T MOVE FORWARD BECAUSE WE'RE WAITING ON SDC ON THAT. SO IT'S NOT THE CITY AT THAT POINT. 
          IT'S WE'RE WAITING ON ANOTHER ORGANIZATION CHANGES. SO IT'S AND I ALSO WANT TO STRESS THAT WE'RE FACING MILLION DOLLARS OF A DEFICIT. WE FROZEN EIGHT POSITIONS. I THINK THAT'S THAT SAYS IT ALL. IT DOESN'T HAVE TO DO WITH ANY COUNCIL. I JUST SAID AT THIS POINT WE'RE FINANCIALLY RESTRICTED. AND I SEE OUR CHIEF, OUR DIVISIONAL CHIEF OF CAL FIRE OUT THERE. WE JUST GOT TO FIRE MARSHALS IN AND THEY'VE, YOU KNOW, BEEN GIVEN A LETTER OF RELEASE. AND SO IT'S IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT THAT WE THAT WE'RE UNDERSTANDING THE FULL AS TO WHAT'S HAPPENING. BUT I THINK IT'S GOOD TO GET AN UPDATE. MAYBE NOT TODAY BUT ON ANOTHER COUNCIL MEETING IS IS AN UPDATE ON WHERE SOME OF THESE PROJECTS ARE USUALLY HAPPEN. SO IT'S A GOOD TIME TO TO DO THAT. I WANTED TO SUGGEST THAT THAT'S WHY I WANTED TO COME UP HERE WHEN WE PASSED OUR BUDGET. NORMALLY I DO LIKE A LONG, HOUR LONG PRESENTATION. I GO OVER EVERY PROJECT. THIS YEAR THE MEETING WAS RUNNING REALLY LATE, AND THAT PORTION OF THE PRESENTATION GOT BYPASSED. BUT I DO HAVE A LONG PRESENTATION AND I'D BE HAPPY TO BRING IT 
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BACK IN THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING AND GIVE MY LONG CIP PRESENTATION AND GIVE UPDATES ON ALL OF OUR PROJECTS. SO I DO HAVE THAT AVAILABLE AND I CAN PRESENT THAT AT THE NEXT MEETING. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. MY UPDATE IS ME AND KENDRA AND CASTULO WENT INTO RIVERSIDE TODAY TO LAFCO, AND THERE WAS ONE PROTEST VOTE WHICH WAS FOUR AND A HALF ACRES. SO OUR ANNEXATION WENT THROUGH PAST WONDERFUL. I'M GLAD WE DIDN'T ABANDON THOSE EFFORTS. BILL. 
          YES. NO, THE THE WORK, THE WORK PAID OFF. EVEN THOUGH WE WERE UP AGAINST A MOUNTAIN. THEY GOT OVER IT. SO GREAT NEWS. I DID GET AN EMAIL FROM BATTALION CHIEF KARP. HE'S ACTUALLY BEEN RELOCATED. I DON'T KNOW WHERE HE IS GOING TO, BUT HE SAID IT'S AN EXCELLENT OPPORTUNITY FOR HIS FAMILY. SO I THANKED HIM FOR HIS SERVICE TO THE CITY AND WISHED HIM WELL IN HIS FUTURE. AND WE APPRECIATE HIM. SO MAYBE WE CAN DO A RESOLUTION FOR HIM FOR PROCLAMATION. SORRY I DO. AND THEN ALSO IF WE'RE GOING TO ADD, CAN I, CAN WE ADD WE HAD OUR ENGINEER, SOMEBODY GIVE ME THE TECHNOLOGY, OUR DEPUTY ENGINEER I THINK YOU CAN GET WITH THEM. TWO PEOPLE LEFT TO ALSO PROVIDE THEM. BILL, BILL, BILL, THANK YOU
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