Oct 22, 2025 City Council Meetings

[Call to Order]

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TO THE AGENDA OF THE CITY COUNCIL. CLOSED SESSION OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY OF COACHELLA. THE CITY COUNCIL SITTING AS COACHELLA SANITARY DISTRICT, COACHELLA FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT, COACHELLA FINANCING AUTHORITY, COACHELLA EDUCATION AND GOVERNMENT ACCESS CABLE CHANNEL CORPORATION. COACHELLA WATER AUTHORITY, SUCCESSOR AGENCY TO THE COACHELLA REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY AND COACHELLA PARKS AND RECREATION FOUNDATION. TODAY IS OCTOBER 22ND, 2025. IT'S A SPECIAL DAY. IT'S MY DAUGHTER ISABELLA'S BIRTHDAY. AND SHE'S IN COLLEGE. WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER AT 5:00. WE DID GET A NOTICE FROM THE COUNCIL OF MAYOR PRO TEM DELGADO THAT SHE WILL BE A LITTLE BIT LATE. AND WITH THAT, WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE ROLL CALL. PLEASE NOTE FOR THE 10TH, I HAVEN'T HEARD FROM

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COUNCIL BOARD. CORPORATION AUTHORITY MAY ANNOUNCE ANY ITEMS BEING PULLED. BILL, ANY ITEMS THAT ARE GOING TO BE PULLED. NO. NO ITEMS TO BE PULLED OR NO CHANGE. CAN WE GET A MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGENDA? MOTION A MOTION, A MOTION. IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND.

THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE. MOTION CARRIES WITH THAT. WE'LL MOVE ON TO PUBLIC COMMENTS. ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS ON CLOSED SESSION

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[Reconvene Regular Meeting]

AND I'M GOING TO ASK OUR CITY MANAGER IF YOU CAN LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, PLEASE. PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.

AND BEFORE I BEGIN, I'LL JUST QUIERO DARLE QUIERO DARLE FELIZ CUMPLEANOS AL SENOR GABRIEL HERNANDEZ. HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO DANIEL. NO TENEMOS PASTEL. QUÉ BUENO? WE HAVE NO CAKE. BUT HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MR. HERNANDEZ. ARE. GANAR EL CAMINO, LA CASA. ESTA. ALL RIGHT, WELL, COUNCIL

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COME ON UP. I DIDN'T I DON'T HAVE A NAME UP HERE OR ELSE I WOULD. I WOULD MENTION YOU BY NAME. SO IF YOU COULD INTRODUCE YOURSELF, THAT'D BE AWESOME. YEAH. HELLO EVERYONE. MY NAME IS CECILIA. I USE SHE HER PRONOUNS AND I'M THE PROGRAM COORDINATOR AT YOUTH LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE. HELLO, MY NAME IS ANNA GARCIA. I USE SHE HER PRONOUNS AND I'M A YOUTH PARTICIPANT AT WILEY. HELLO, MY NAME IS ASHLEY VEGA. I'M ALSO A YOUTH PARTICIPANT. SO THANK YOU FOR HAVING US. WE ACTUALLY HAVE A ONE PAGER THAT I BELIEVE WE GAVE TO SOMEBODY UP, AND THAT JUST GIVES MORE INFORMATION ON THE PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVE AND THE WORK THAT WE DO WITHIN COACHELLA AND INCORPORATED. SO THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME TO READ OUR ONE PAGER. YEAH.

LET ME SEE IF WE CAN. GO OVER. THIS SPRING WE DID AN ART GALLERY, WHICH WAS FOR THE YOUTH. THE YOUTH GOT TO PRESENT AND DISPLAY THEIR MENTAL ART, THEIR ART BASED ON THEIR MENTAL HEALTH AND WHAT THEY PERCEIVE IT AS OF IT. IT EXPLORES THEMES OF HEALING, RESILIENCE AND IDENTITY. WHAT WAS SO GREAT ABOUT THIS EVENT WAS THAT OVER 100 PEOPLE PARTICIPATED AND ENGAGED WITH THIS ART. THIS ART WAS LOCATED IN THE COACHELLA LIBRARY AND WAS LATER MOVED TO THE PALM SPRINGS ART MUSEUM. SO RECOGNIZING THAT THE ECB, INCLUDING THE CITY OF COACHELLA,

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AND WE'D LOVE TO SHARE THE SPECIFICS, BUT WITH TIME CONSTRAINTS, WE JUST RECOMMEND YOU ALL LOOK AT OUR OUR ZINE THAT WE CREATED AND ALSO OUR WEBSITE. BUT SOME OF THE SOLUTIONS IDENTIFIED BY COMMUNITY MEMBERS INCLUDED TAKING CONTROL OF TESTIMONIES AND NARRATIVES, AND ALSO BUILDING MORE SUSTAINABLE INFRASTRUCTURE LIKE THIRD SPACES, TAKING PREVENTATIVE MEASURES TO PROTECT OURSELVES AND OUR LOVED ONES, AND HOLDING THOSE IN POWER, INCLUDING DECISION MAKERS AND CORPORATIONS, ACCOUNTABLE. SO WE THEN USE THIS DATA TO DEVELOP A CAMPAIGN TO CREATE AND SHARE OUR NARRATIVES AND TESTIMONIES THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA, OUR ZINE, AND A PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT. AND THIS IS ACTUALLY A PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT I HELPED CREATE WITH OTHER FOLKS IN THE GROUP.

COULD IT BE MORE THAN JUST A HEADACHE? A COUGH? OR ALLERGIES? IF YOU INHALE DANGEROUS CHEMICALS EMITTED FROM FACTORIES LIKE THE DESERT VIEW POWER PLANT, PESTICIDES FROM AGRICULTURAL FIELDS, LOOSE DUST AND DIRT KNOWN AS FUGITIVE DUST, THE TOXIC SALTON SEA. THEN YOU LIVE IN THE EASTERN COACHELLA VALLEY AND ARE EXPOSED TO THESE DANGEROUS POLLUTANTS. A DIFFERENT WORLD IS POSSIBLE, BUT IT WON'T HAPPEN OVERNIGHT. AS WE BUILD TOWARDS A HEALTHIER ECV. PROTECT YOURSELF AND YOUR LOVED ONES. KNOW THE SIGNS OF POTENTIAL RESPIRATORY ILLNESSES.

VISIT YOUR DOCTOR AND SHARE YOUR SYMPTOMS. ALL RIGHT, SO TO DEVELOP THE PSA, WE VISITED POLLUTING SITES IN THE ECV THAT WERE IDENTIFIED IN THE SURVEYS, AND WE RECORDED THEM TO MAKE THEM VISIBLE TO THE COMMUNITY. AND THAT'S BECAUSE SOMETIMES PEOPLE MAY NOT KNOW WHAT THEY'RE LIVING NEXT TO OR THE HARM IT MIGHT BE CREATING. AND WE ALSO RECORDED THE HOMES SURROUNDING THESE SITES TO MAKE IT VISIBLE THAT THERE ARE PEOPLE AND FAMILIES LIVING AROUND THEM, AND THEY'RE BEING DIRECTLY IMPACTED. SO THIS IS AT THE TOP CORNER. THAT'S A PICTURE OF MY PARTNER AND I WALKING UP TO THE SALTON SEA AND BEING THERE. THERE WAS A PHYSICAL SENSATION. IT HAD JUST RAINED, SO IT WAS HUMID. AND ULTIMATELY IT DID FEEL LIKE YOU WERE BEING EXPOSED TO RADIATION, AND IT WAS VERY HARD TO BREATHE. SO THAT WAS VERY GROUNDING INTO HOW THIS ISSUE EXISTS, HOW OUTRAGEOUS IT IS THAT THIS HAS GONE ON FOR DECADES WITHOUT EFFORT TO REALLY ADDRESS IT, TO CLEAN THE SALTON SEA. AND THAT LEFT A LONG LASTING IMPACT. YOU KNOW, THERE ARE ACTIONS AND DECISIONS THAT LED UP TO THIS ISSUE, BUT IT IS UP TO US AS COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT. AND WE HAVE THE POWER TO MAKE SURE IT'S DONE. AND FOR THE ACTUAL PSA, WE WORKED WITH AN ELDER. HER NAME WAS NELLIE, AND SHE PORTRAYED THE SYMPTOMS THAT WE WE HIGHLIGHTED FROM POLLUTION EXPOSURE. AND SHE MENTIONED IT WAS VERY EASY TO ACT OUT THOSE SYMPTOMS BECAUSE SHE EXPERIENCES THEM HERSELF AND SHE JUST NEVER CONSIDERED IT'S CAUSED BY LOCAL AIR POLLUTION. SO FOR THE PSA, THE FOCUS WAS BOTH AWARENESS AND EMPOWERMENT, AWARENESS OF WHAT'S HAPPENING, THE SYMPTOMS AND ALSO EMPOWERMENT THAT A DIFFERENT WORLD IS POSSIBLE, THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO LIVE LIKE THIS.

WE DON'T HAVE TO BEAR THESE COSTS. NOW THAT WE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT PSA. I'D LIKE TO TALK ABOUT SCENES. SCENES HAVE BEEN A PART OF WILDLIFE PROGRAMING FOR YEARS. WE EXPLORE THEMES SURROUNDING ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE AND MENTAL HEALTH IN OUR COMMUNITIES, AS WELL AS SHARE TOPICS WE LEARN THROUGH PROGRAMING. YOUTH USE ZINES AS A CALL TO ACTION, A WAY TO SHARE PERSONAL EXPERIENCES AS WELL AS STORIES AND NARRATIVES, AND TO RAISE AWARENESS. PLEASE TAKE THE TIME TO SCAN THIS QR CODE ON THE SLIDE SO YOU CAN

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YEAH. SO IN SUMMARY, THIS ENTIRE CAMPAIGN, ALL THIS WORK WE'VE BEEN DOING HAS BEEN REALLY ROOTED IN OUR OWN COMMUNITY, OUR HOME AND THOSE WHO MAKE IT STRONG. YOU KNOW, OUR NEIGHBORS, THE PEOPLE, THE ANIMALS, THE PLANTS. AND IT'S REALLY SHINED A LIGHT ON THE LAND WE LIVE ON. ACKNOWLEDGING THAT THESE CONDITIONS COME FROM COLONIALISM, THE SETTLING OF THE LAND IN WHICH PEOPLE HAVE BECOME SEPARATED FROM RELATIONSHIPS TO THE LAND, AND ALSO ACKNOWLEDGING AND HONORING THE INDIGENOUS PEOPLES THAT CAME BEFORE US, WHO CONTINUE TO STEWARD THE LAND AND MAINTAIN THOSE RELATIONSHIPS WITH IT. SO ULTIMATELY, THIS WAS ALL DONE AND CARE FOR THE COMMUNITY, AND WE'RE USING OUR VOICES TO SHOW OUR PRIDE AND OUR HOPE FOR ITS FUTURE. YEAH. SO WE'RE HERE NOT ONLY TO SHARE ON THE WORK THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING, LIKE THE ZINES, AND TO SHARE THE IMPACT THAT IT HAS ON ECV YOUTH. BUT WE'RE ALSO HERE TO ASK THE COUNCIL IF YOU ALL WOULD GIVE US THE OPPORTUNITY TO DISCUSS THE DEVELOPMENT OF A YOUTH CENTER HERE IN THE CITY OF COACHELLA FOR YOUTH AGES 14 THROUGH 25. SO THIS WOULD SERVE AS A THIRD SPACE AND ALSO AS A CLIMATE RESILIENCE CENTER. SO IN CASE THERE'S ANY TYPE OF LIKE NATURAL DISASTER OR THERE'S A REALLY BAD AIR QUALITY DAY, THE CLIMATE RESILIENCE CENTER WOULD COME IN AS A SHELTER AS WELL, AND YOUTH WOULD HAVE ACCESS TO RESOURCES HERE, WHETHER IT'S CONNECTED TO MENTAL HEALTH. BUT THEY WOULD ALSO HAVE LEADERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES. IT COULD ALSO SERVE AS A CREATIVE HUB AND MUCH MORE. SO A LITTLE BIT ABOUT ME IS THAT I GRADUATED CLASS OF 2025. AND SO BECAUSE OF THIS, I HAD A CHANCE TO EXPERIENCE THE WELLNESS CENTERS IN OUR HIGH SCHOOLS. BUT NOW THAT I'VE GRADUATED, I REALIZED THAT PEOPLE DON'T HAVE THESE KINDS OF SUPPORT WHEN THEY GRADUATE, JUST BECAUSE OF THE LACK OF INSURANCE AND THE LACK OF MONEY. WE LIVE IN A VERY HOW DO I SAY THIS? A VERY POOR COMMUNITY. SO SOCIOECONOMIC, SOCIOECONOMIC. THANK YOU SO MUCH. LOW SOCIOECONOMIC. WELL, YES. THANK YOU SO MUCH. SO BECAUSE OF THIS LACK OF MONEY, WE NEED CENTERS LIKE THIS. SO THIS EMPHASIZES THE NEED FOR A THIRD SPACE HERE IN THE COACHELLA VALLEY. AN EXAMPLE I CAN PROVIDE IS THE TASTE CENTER IN LA QUINTA. THAT CENTER IS VERY POPULAR AMONGST THOSE PEOPLE BECAUSE IT ALLOWS IT CREATES A SPACE FOR PEOPLE JUST TO CONNECT AND GET THERAPY. IT PROVIDES A LOT OF RESOURCES. SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT I WOULD ENVISION THE COACHELLA VALLEY TO HAVE. AND ANOTHER EXAMPLE I CAN PROVIDE IS THE INDIO, THE INDIO TEEN CENTER. THIS IS AGAIN A SPACE FOR YOUTH TO GO IN AND JUST KIND OF RELAX AND JUST DEBRIEF A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THEIR EXPERIENCES. YOU KNOW, I FEEL LIKE WHEN WE'RE IN HIGH SCHOOL, WE HAVE SO MUCH PACKED ON US. RIGHT? BUT THEN WHEN WE GRADUATE, WHO'S THERE FOR US? YOU KNOW, NO ONE'S THERE FOR US.

WE HAVE TO FIND THOSE OPPORTUNITIES, IF ANYTHING. AND I FEEL LIKE THIS WOULD ALL CONNECT US AS A COMMUNITY AND ALSO HELP OUR YOUTH BE BETTER CONNECTED. YEAH. SO JUST CONSIDERING THE CONDITIONS WITH AIR QUALITY, BRINGING IT BACK TO THE ECB, ECB BEING AN AB 617 COMMUNITY, HOW MANY FOLKS ARE AT RISK WHEN THEY'RE OUTDOORS. AND THE IMPACT IT HAS ON OUR YOUTH. FOR EXAMPLE CVUSD HAS SOME OF THE HIGHEST RATES OF ABSENTEEISM AND THAT'S CAUSED BY NUMEROUS FACTORS, BUT ESPECIALLY THE HEALTH CONDITIONS LIKE ASTHMA THAT LEADS STUDENTS TO EITHER GO HOME EARLY OR TO NOT GO TO SCHOOL AT ALL BECAUSE OF THE HEALTH EFFECTS OF AIR POLLUTION. SO AIR POLLUTION ALSO IMPACTS PEOPLE'S QUALITY OF LIFE BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, FEAR OF BEING ABLE TO GO OUTSIDE. AND THAT LEADS TO MENTAL HEALTH

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SO I THINK IT'S A IT'S AN IMPORTANT TOPIC AND MAYBE WE CAN HAVE MORE DIALOG ON IT OUTSIDE OF THIS, MAYBE WITH OUR TEAM MEMBERS AND SOME MEMBERS OF COUNCIL AS TO HOW WE CAN CREATE A SPACE. BUT I KNOW THAT THIS IS DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN ON CITY COUNCIL'S AGENDA, IS TO PROVIDE A SPACE FOR FOR ALL OF YOU TO TO GATHER. YEAH, BUT I DO WANT TO THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR, YOUR EFFORTS AND YOUR COMMITMENT. YOU'RE EXTREMELY, EXTREMELY INVOLVED, BUT EXTREMELY INTELLIGENT AS WELL. JUST ABOUT SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT ARE SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE. AND I THINK FINDING SOLUTIONS IS IS SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO, TO HAPPEN TOGETHER, I THINK. BUT AS FAR AS THE CITY I DO, I DO FEEL THAT WE NEED TO CREATE A SPACE. YOU ALSO SHARED THAT YOUR SPACE, YOUR OFFICE IN THE CITY OF COACHELLA, WAS IT DAMAGED, FLOODED? FLOODED, YEAH. SO WE CURRENTLY DON'T HAVE THE SPACE. WE WORK IN DIFFERENT AREAS LIKE THE COACHELLA LIBRARY. YEAH, WE'RE FROM HOME.

WE WORK FROM SIXTH STREET. SO WHERE WAS YOUR SPACE THEN? IT'S ON THE CORNER OF SIXTH STREET AND CESAR CHAVEZ, WHERE 7-ELEVEN USED TO BE. RIGHT OVER THERE. OKAY. YEAH. SO WE DID HAVE AN OFFICE SPACE THERE. WE HOLD PROGRAMING THERE. OBVIOUSLY WE WOULD WORK THERE, BUT THERE WAS A FLOODING AND IT AFFECTED OUR OFFICE, SO WE'RE NOT THERE ANYMORE. OKAY. ARE YOUR STUFF IN YOUR BELONGINGS STILL THERE AS WELL OR. YEAH, WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF MOVING THINGS OUT. SO WE THIS IS OUR LAST MONTH THERE. SO WE'LL BE CLEANING OUT PRETTY SOON. YEAH.

AND I WAS I WAS GONNA, YOU KNOW, OFFER THE LIKE LIBRARY SPACE IF IT WAS AVAILABLE. BUT OBVIOUSLY BEING MOBILE, IT'S A LOT HARDER WHEN YOU CAN'T SET UP YOUR THINGS THERE. I THINK TO WORK OFF OF I THINK THAT'S YEAH, IT ACTUALLY HAPPENED MIDWAY THROUGH COACHELLA UNINCORPORATED PROGRAMING. SO WE HAD TO DO A LOT OF OUR MEETINGS VIRTUAL, WHICH ISN'T A BAD THING, YOU KNOW. BUT IT IS A DIFFERENCE WHEN WE'RE LIKE ACTUALLY IN PERSON. WE'RE GRATEFUL THAT A LOT OF OUR PARTNERS ACTUALLY RENT OUT THEIR ROOMS TO US, LIKE THE CENTER LEADERSHIP COUNCIL FOR JUSTICE AND ACCOUNTABILITY. AND THEN OBVIOUSLY USING LIKE LOCAL

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YOU GUYS PICK THEM UP, TAKE THEM TO YOUR GUYS'S MEETINGS, AND THEN YOU GUYS TAKE THEM BACK HOME, RIGHT? THAT'S CORRECT. WE OFFER TRANSPORTATION, AND IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE ALWAYS HAVE EITHER SNACKS OR MEAL. IT'S JUST LIKE THE BASICS. AND AND THEN ALSO WE PROVIDE STIPENDS. SO ALL OF THE WORK THAT YOUNG PEOPLE HAVE DONE, WHETHER IT WAS THROUGH LIKE PARK DESIGN, THE PSA, THEY GET PAID FOR THEIR TIME AND ENERGY, WHICH IS ALSO SOMETHING VERY IMPORTANT BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, NOT ALL OF THEM CAN WORK DURING HIGH SCHOOL, OR IT'S JUST HARD TO FIND A JOB, TOO. AND I WOULD SAY MAJORITY OF THE YOUNG PEOPLE IN COACHELLA UNINCORPORATED HAVE ALREADY GRADUATED. SO THEY'RE IN THAT AGE RANGE OF LIKE, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO FIND A JOB AND STUFF OR WORKING. YEAH. THANK YOU. I COMMEND YOU ALL, YOU KNOW, YOUNG LEADERS WHO YOU GUYS ARE VERY DATA DRIVEN. SO I WAS LISTENING TO SOME OF YOUR, YOUR, YOUR DATA NUMBERS AND THEY'RE VERY GOOD. I, I DO WANT TO TAKE AN OPPORTUNITY TO, YOU KNOW, MAYBE ENGAGE YOU A LITTLE BIT MORE IN TERMS OF, YOU KNOW, WORKING WITH OUR STAFF. SO YOU MENTIONED THAT ONE OF THE GOALS IS TO CREATE A YOUTH CENTER, BUT ALSO A CLIMATE RESILIENCY CENTER. RIGHT. WELL, CITY OF COACHELLA IS MOVING ON A CLIMATE RESILIENCY CENTER. AND FOR EMERGENCY SERVICES, WE GOT A BIG GRANT FOR HERE AT THE OLD PACKING SHED AND THE ABILITY TO PARTNER WITH YOU WOULD BE AMAZING BECAUSE WE'RE ALWAYS LOOKING. NOW, THERE WAS A THERE WAS A GROUP OF PARTNERS ALREADY, BUT WE'RE WE'RE EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES. WE WANT TO PARTNER WITH EVERYBODY BECAUSE THIS IS ABOUT SUSTAINING OUR EFFORTS. AND SO I'M GOING TO ASK YOU TO MAYBE REACH OUT TO SELENA. SELENA'S OVER THERE IN THE CORNER AND MAYBE TALK TO HER OVER THERE AND SEEING HOW WE CAN INTEGRATE, YOU KNOW, THEIR IDEAS, BUT ALSO THE THE YOUTH COMPONENT, THE YOUTH CENTER COMPONENT. NOW, THERE'S THERE'S ALSO ANOTHER EFFORT GOING ON HERE IN THE CITY WHERE THERE'S A LIBRARY ANNEX THAT'S GOING TO BE BUILT. AND THE LIBRARY ANNEX, IT'S, IT'S IT'S A COUPLE OF YEARS OUT, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? BUT IT'S ALSO ABOUT PARTNERSHIPS THERE, AND IT'S ABOUT PROGRAMING, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE ONE OF THE THINGS THAT AS YOU'RE SAYING, LIKE IF YOU THINK ABOUT WHAT'S THE LIBRARY ACROSS THE STREET DOING, IT'S FULL OF, YOU KNOW, 20 SOMETHINGS AND FOLKS THAT ARE REALLY ENGAGED. AND AS, AS WE START TO REALLY THINK THROUGH WHAT THE LIBRARY ANNEX IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE, IT SHOULD BE ITERATIVE AND AND INCLUDE ALL OF YOU IN TERMS OF HOW WE PROGRAM THAT SPACE AND HOW WE DESIGN THAT SPACE FROM THE INSIDE. AND I KNOW ANDREW IS SOMEWHERE HERE. ANDREW, WHERE ARE YOU? WHERE IS YOUR HAND? BEHIND YOU. THERE HE IS RIGHT THERE. I THINK CREATING THOSE LITTLE PARTNERSHIPS WITH HIM TOO WOULD BE WOULD BE IDEAL YEARS AGO. AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT MAYBE WE WANT TO GET YOUR GUYS'S ATTENTION ON AND COOPERATION FROM, BECAUSE I NOTICED THAT, AND I LOVE THE FACT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT AB AB 617, BECAUSE WHEN IT ORIGINALLY CAME OUT, THESE COMMUNITIES WERE NOT INCLUDED IN THAT ASSEMBLY BILL. AND AND WHAT'S IMPORTANT ABOUT AB 617 IS THAT IS THAT IT'S BASICALLY THE COW AND VIRAL SCREEN, AND THAT COW AND VIRAL SCREEN IS WHAT HAS ONCE WE WERE ABLE TO ADJUST IT AND CHANGE IT AND GET THESE COMMUNITIES IN, IT MADE US IT MADE US OPEN FOR MONEY. AND IF YOU AND IF YOU'RE FOLLOWING WHAT'S GOING ON RIGHT NOW, THEY JUST KIND OF REPROGRAMED CAP AND TRADE DOLLARS, ETC. AND SO THERE POSSIBLY COULD BE ANOTHER PARTNERSHIP OR AN AVENUE WHERE WE CAN GO AFTER MONEY. SO I THINK THAT THAT CONVERSATION IS IMPORTANT. BUT BUT I GUESS MY POINT ABOUT THIS IS THAT COACHELLA UNINCORPORATED, THAT WAS A GROUP THAT CAME OUT OF THAT 617 EFFORT THROUGH THE CALIFORNIA ENDOWMENT WITH ALIANZA AS WELL, BECAUSE THEY WERE BEING FUNDED BY, BY THE. THE CALIFORNIA ENDOWMENT WHEN THEY WERE IN COACHELLA AND THEY WERE PUT AND THE THE ORIGINAL IDEA WAS THAT THE CALIFORNIA ENDOWMENT WAS GOING TO INVEST, I DON'T KNOW, MILLION FIVE, $10 MILLION TO BUILD THE CENTER THAT THE COUNCILWOMAN IS TALKING ABOUT. AND IT JUST NEVER HAPPENED. BUT THOSE EFFORTS OF HOLDING PEOPLE ACCOUNTABLE, NOT ONLY ELECTEDS, BUT BUSINESSES, BUT ALSO FOUNDATIONS, RIGHT? THEY HAVE CALIFORNIA ENDOWMENTS, GOT A LOT OF A LOT OF MONEY. AND SO IF THERE'S AN EFFORT, LIKE WITH ALL THE NONPROFITS TO BUILD CAPACITY TO GO AFTER THOSE MONIES, THEN WE IN THE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT THEY'VE BUILT CAN HELP HOLD THEM ACCOUNTABLE AND GO AFTER BIG MONEY. SO I THINK THOSE, THOSE, THOSE, THOSE, THOSE IDEAS I'M THROWING OUT, LIKE IN TERMS OF,

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THERE'S A THERE'S A GROUP ACROSS THE STREET, MARNIE, WITH SHE HAS A GROUP AS WELL THAT'S TALKING ABOUT A YOUTH CENTER TOO. SO THE MORE YOU ALL CAN COLLABORATE AND WORK TOGETHER TO TRY TO BRING IN AND GO AFTER MONEY. RIGHT. AND, AND THAT'S GOING TO BE IMPORTANT. AND THE OTHER ANGLE OF THIS IS HOW DO WE HOLD. WE USED TO HAVE AN ASSEMBLY MEMBER THAT WAS IN OFFICE THAT HE BROUGHT SOMETHING LIKE 170 SOMETHING MILLION DOLLARS TO THE EAST, LIKE TO COACHELLA, THERMAL, MECCA, INDIO, ETC. GOT A LOT OF MONEY. WE GOT ANOTHER ASSEMBLY MEMBER NOW, MAYBE NOT PART OF THE MAJORITY PARTY, BUT THAT'S THAT'S WHERE THAT STATE REPRESENTATION MATTERS BECAUSE WE CAN DRAW DOWN MONEY, AND WHEN WE DON'T HAVE THE STATE REPRESENTATION, IT BECOMES A LITTLE HARDER. BUT JUST THROWING OUT IDEAS LIKE JUST GETTING YOUR GUYS'S THOUGHTS GOING ABOUT COLLABORATION AND THEN INCLUDED AND I TALKED TO YOU GUYS EARLIER, YOU SEE THEM RIGHT THERE TOO. YEAH. THEY'RE THEY'RE WORKING ON A LOT OF ISSUES WITH THE BLUE ZONE EFFORTS. AND THESE ARE THESE ARE ALL EFFORTS THAT ALIGN AND COMPLEMENT, PARTICULARLY ON THE MOBILITY SIDE, BECAUSE THEY'RE LOOKING AT HOW TO HOW TO BRING BUS STOPS AND HOW TO CREATE. THERE WAS A YOUNG LADY THAT I HAD A CONVERSATION OUT OF BERKELEY, LIKE TALKING ABOUT LIKE, HEY, HOW DO WE IMPROVE TRANSPORTATION OUTCOMES? SO I THOUGHT IT WAS REALLY IMPORTANT THAT YOU ALL CONNECT AND REALLY THINK THROUGH LIKE COLLABORATION AND PARTNERSHIPS SO THAT WE CAN BRING MONEY HOME AND CHANGE OUR OUTCOMES. SO THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS. GOT A LITTLE WINDY THERE IF YOU GUYS IF YOU GUYS WOULD LIKE TO STAY.

THE SENIORS ARE HERE TO TALK ABOUT TRANSPORTATION. BUT THEN WE ALSO HAVE OUR ENGINEER WHO'S GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT THESE PROJECTS, WHICH IS GOING TO INCLUDE THAT RESILIENCY CENTER IN THERE. SO YOU GUYS CAN HEAR AN UPDATE ON THAT AND THE LIBRARY ANNEXATIONS. IF YOU GUYS WANT TO STAY A LITTLE BIT LONGER TO LISTEN TO THOSE PRESENTATIONS TOO, I THINK THAT WOULD BE BENEFICIAL. THANK YOU. WE APPRECIATE ALL YOUR COMMENTS. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

AND WE DID A REALLY GOOD JOB. THANK YOU. KEEP ENGAGED. WE APPRECIATE YOU GUYS. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. DO YOU HAVE A PRESENTATION BY THE ALZHEIMER'S ASSOCIATION. WELCOME. WELL HELLO. HOW ARE YOU GUYS. GOOD. HOW ARE YOU? IT'S A GOOD EVENING. IT'S WINDY. WE'RE ALL HAVING A GOOD TIME, I GUESS. WELL, FIRST AND FOREMOST, I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU WHO ARE HERE WITH YOUR TIME. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMITMENT TO OUR COMMUNITY. IT IS SUCH AN IMPORTANT PART OF WHO WE ARE AND WHAT WE DO. MY NAME IS MICHELLE SILVIA SALATO. I AM THE PROGRAM MANAGER AT THE ALZHEIMER'S ASSOCIATION. I DO THREE THINGS WITH MY JOB CREATE, EDUCATE, ADVOCATE, CREATE PROGRAMING SUCH AS OUR MUSIC AND OUR ART PROGRAMING EACH MEETING AT LEAST THREE TIMES A MONTH. NOW THEY'RE INCREASING.

THEY'RE BOTH FOR THE CONSTITUENT WITH THE DISEASE AS WELL AS THE CAREGIVER WHO COMES WITH THEM. AND WE DO EVERYTHING BUT TALK ABOUT DISEASE. I EDUCATE LIKE I'M DOING RIGHT NOW TO ALL OF YOU GUYS AS THE PROGRAM MANAGER, THAT'S THE BIGGEST THING THAT I DO. I TALK ABOUT THE TEN WARNING SIGNS, HOW TO IDENTIFY THOSE SIGNS, UNDERSTANDING THE DISEASE, HOW TO RESPOND TO BEHAVIORS. AND LASTLY, I WANT TO LEAVE YOU GUYS WITH SOMETHING THAT I ADVOCATE FOR, WHICH IS OUR ONE 800 NUMBER THAT I'LL TALK TO YOU GUYS A LITTLE BIT ABOUT LATER. THIS IS NICE. IT'S NOT A WORKING SORRY, I DON'T HAVE A PRESENTATION. OH OKAY. I EMAILED ONE. SORRY. WELL, I'LL JUST TELL YOU VERY QUICKLY AND I WANT TO ADDRESS ALL OF YOU IN THE ROOM AS WELL. I HATE HAVING MY BACK TO TURN TO PEOPLE, BUT THE REASON WHY IS BECAUSE IT AFFECTS EVERY SINGLE ONE OF US. THE DISEASE OF ALZHEIMER'S AND DEMENTIA IS HEREDITARY. THERE ARE RISK GENES, THERE ARE HEREDITARY GENES. BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY, WE ARE ALL AT RISK BECAUSE WE'RE ALL HUMAN NOW. WE DO THINGS EVERY DAY, LIKE WITH OUR LIFESTYLE. THERE ARE FIVE COMPONENTS IN YOUR LIFE THAT YOU CAN HOLD ON AND UTILIZE MORE TO HOLD ON TO COGNITION LONGER. MY FAVORITE IS SLEEP, JUST FYI. BUT ANOTHER THING IS WE DO A LOT IN EVERYTHING WE DO IS FREE. MY FAVORITE PART OF OUR JOB IS WHEN WE DO OUR VILLAGES, OUR FIELD TRIPS. WE TOOK 24 PEOPLE ON A PRIVATE TOUR TO THE LIVING DESERT, CAREGIVERS AND LOVED ONES WITH DISEASE. WE ARE OPRAH. WE OPERATE WITHIN THE EARLY TO EARLY MIDDLE STAGES OF THE DISEASE BECAUSE THERE ARE THREE STAGES AS I AS YOU CAN TELL, THEY'RE EARLY, MIDDLE AND LATE.

THE EARLY STAGES, WE START TO SEE SOME OF THOSE SIGNS DEVELOP. THOSE ARE WHERE THE THE FORMING OF THE BETA AMYLOID PLAQUES. THOSE ARE THE FIRST THINGS ON THE MRI THAT THEY'LL NOTICE TO DIAGNOSE THE DISEASE OF ALZHEIMER'S. NOW I GET THIS QUESTION A LOT. ALZHEIMER'S DEMENTIA. SAME. DIFFERENT. WHAT IS IT? WELL, THINK OF DEMENTIA AS AN UMBRELLA TERM. IT IS A TERM THAT IS, IN A GENERAL SENSE, COMORBIDITIES THAT RESULT IN MEMORY LOSS. NOW,

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FRONTAL TEMPORAL LOBE. YOU GUYS KNOW ABOUT BRUCE WILLIS? THAT'S WHAT HE HAS. ALSO COMES WITH SOMETHING CALLED APHASIA, WHICH IS LIKE I'M GOING TO LET EVERYBODY KNOW, DOES ANYBODY HAVE A MOMENT WHERE THEY'RE LIKE, I KNOW THE WORD, I SEE THE WORD, I SMELL THE WORD.

THAT IS WHAT IT'S LIKE TO HAVE APHASIA. NOW, THE SECONDARY THING THAT IS IN THE MRI THAT THEY NOTICE IS CALLED A TANGLE. THERE ARE THINGS CALLED DENDRITES THAT CONNECT YOUR NEURONS TOGETHER. AND ONCE THOSE DISCONNECT, THAT AREA IS NO LONGER ACCESSIBLE. SO THAT'S WHY THEY KIND OF GO SOMEWHERE ELSE. THERAPEUTIC FIBBING WILL BE YOUR BEST FRIEND. IF I CAN GIVE YOU GUYS ANY TIP, MEET THEM WHERE THEY'RE AT. TRUTH IS BASED IN THERE. IN REALITY, THIS IS THEIR REALITY. HONOR THEIR TRUTH. IF YOU GUYS EVER NEED ONE ON ONE HELP OR REFERRALS TO ANY DIFFERENT TYPES OF ORGANIZATIONS, WE KNOW MANY PEOPLE. WE ARE WELL CONNECTED THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE DESERT. WE'RE ALSO VERY FORTUNATE TO BE AFFILIATED WITH NATIONAL. SO THAT MEANS WE JUST WE CONTRIBUTE TO THE CURE IN GENERAL. WE HAVE OUR WALK COMING UP ON NOVEMBER 8TH. SUCH A BEAUTIFUL MOMENT. WE ALL I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS NOTICED, IF YOU HAVE INTERACTED WITH ME, THE PIN FLOWERS. SO EACH COLOR HAS A DIFFERENT MEANING. MY COLOR IS PURPLE BECAUSE I LOST MY GRANDMA TO THIS DISEASE. MY NAME IS ACTUALLY MICHELLE SYLVIA AND I WILL GIVE YOU THIS LITTLE TIDBIT. THE REASON WHY I GO BY MY FULL NAME IS BECAUSE MY GRANDMA SYLVIA, IS THE ONE WHO PASSED FROM THIS DISEASE, AND THAT'S MY SMALL WAY OF HONORING HER EVERY DAY IN, IN IN THIS PERIOD OF TIME, IT CAN BE FROM FIVE YEARS. EIGHT YEARS.

I SAW SOMEONE LAST IN THE MIDDLE STAGES AT EIGHT YEARS, BECAUSE IN THE MIDDLE STAGES WHERE YOU'LL DEVELOP MOST OF THOSE BEHAVIORS, TEN THERE ARE TEN WARNING SIGNS AND I WILL SEND THEM OUT TO YOU GUYS IF YOU GUYS NEED THEM BECAUSE THEY ARE RECOGNIZABLE. ESSENTIALLY, IT'S JUST MEMORY LOSS THAT DISRUPTS DAILY LIFE. THINGS LIKE, OH GOSH, IF YOU HAVE SOMEONE WITH DISEASE AND THEY TURN ON THE SHOWER, WE KNOW WE'RE SUPPOSED TO STOP AND LET IT WARM UP, RIGHT? SOMEONE WITH DISEASE MAY NOT REMEMBER THAT. I'VE KNOWN SOMEONE WHO HAD THIS EXACT SITUATION HAPPENED WHERE THEY WENT IN THE SHOWER, THE WATER WAS COLD AND THEY NEVER WANTED TO GET BACK IN AGAIN. SO IT WAS IT WAS A WORKAROUND FOR THEM. WE ALSO DO THOSE THINGS LIKE REDIRECTION OF BEHAVIORS. LIKE I SAID, ABOUT WHERE ONE 800 NUMBER IT IS 24 SEVEN 365 OVER 200 LANGUAGES SPOKEN. AND ON THE OTHER END ARE MASTER LEVEL CLINICIANS. SO IF IT'S 1 A.M. AND YOU'RE PULLING YOUR EYELASHES OUT BECAUSE YOUR LOVED ONE IS HAVING A BEHAVIOR, GIVE US A CALL. WE CAN HELP YOU. AND I ALSO JUST WANT TO MENTION AGAIN OUR WALK. IT IS SO EXCITING BECAUSE 70% OF THE FUNDS STAY IN THE COACHELLA VALLEY, AND THE OTHER 30% GO DIRECTLY TO RESEARCH, BECAUSE THE ONLY WAY TO FIND A WAY AROUND THIS DISEASE IS TO FIND A CURE. OUR MISSION AND OUR VISION IS SIMPLE. IT'S JUST A WORLD WITHOUT ALZHEIMER'S AND ALL OTHER DEMENTIAS. AND IF YOU GUYS HAVE QUESTIONS, I'M HAPPY TO TAKE THEM. ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO BECAUSE I'VE DEALT WITH PEOPLE THAT HAVE ALZHEIMER'S, I'VE WORKED WITH WITH THEIR LOVED ONES, AND IT IS VERY DIFFICULT, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT GETS TO A POINT WHERE THEY CAN NO LONGER CARE FOR THEM AND THEY HAVE TO BE PLACED IN A HOME. IT IS VERY HARD. SUNRISE, SUNDOWN. IT IS TRUE AND IT DOES AFFECT A LOT OF PEOPLE PHYSICALLY, MENTALLY, EMOTIONALLY. SO THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO. THANK YOU. WE CALL IT THE 36 HOURS AND IT'S THE LONG GOODBYE BECAUSE ESSENTIALLY YOU WATCH THE PERSON YOU LOVE DISAPPEAR AND THEN THEY DIE. YOU LOSE THEM TWICE. I'LL NEVER FORGET THE DAY I CALLED MY GRANDMA TO CHECK IN WITH HER, AND SHE DIDN'T KNOW WHO I WAS. AND THAT WAS REALLY ASTONISHING TO ME BECAUSE I WAS THE FAVORITE. THANK YOU MICHELLE, I CAN TELL THAT IT'S VERY DEAR AND NEAR TO YOUR HEART. YOU'VE DONE A REALLY GOOD JOB OF BEING ABLE TO TALK THIS WHOLE TIME WITHOUT ANY SLIDES, AND JUST BE ABLE TO DO IT FREELY THAT WAY. THANK YOU. IT USUALLY COMES FROM SOMEBODY VERY PASSIONATE AND CARES VERY MUCH ABOUT IT, SO I DO, I DO THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU DO AND YOUR COMMITMENT. THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO AS WELL. I'M SORRY FOR YOUR FOR YOUR LOSS. THANK YOU, I WILL. SHE DIED ON 1111 SO I KNOW SHE WAS AN ANGEL. I'M PROUD OF YOU.

THANK YOU. I'VE KNOWN YOU. I'VE KNOWN YOU A LITTLE WHILE. AND LIKE I'VE SEEN YOUR GROWTH. AND CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU. KEEP IT UP. LIKE, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE JUST. I REMEMBER WHEN YOU STARTED IN THIS ROLE AS WELL. AND YOU WENT TO THE SENIOR CENTER AND YOU STARTED WORKING THERE AND DOING ALL THE GOOD STUFF, AND YEAH, NOW YOU'RE DOING PRESENTATIONS, YOU KNOW, NOW YOU'RE DOING SPEECHES WITHOUT PRESENTATIONS, AND YOU JUST KNOW THIS STUFF AND IT'S VERY HEARTFELT AND, AND AND YOU'RE PASSIONATE ABOUT IT. KEEP IT UP. THANK YOU. IT'S IT'S AN IMPORTANT THING. AND AS LATINOS, WE HAVE A ONE AND A HALF TIMES MORE PROPENSITY TO DEVELOP THIS DISEASE THAN WHITE AMERICANS ACTUALLY LIFESTYLE, BELIEVE IT OR NOT, ARE VERY FIRST RISK FOR THIS DISEASE IS AGE. ONCE YOU TURN 65, IT'S LIKE THAT CLOCK STARTS TICKING ON YOU. YOU CAN ALSO DO SOMETHING, GET SOMETHING CALLED EARLY ONSET ALZHEIMER'S, WHICH

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SO LIFESTYLE MEANING WHAT? LIKE MAYBE OUR FOOD OR DRINK, MAYBE YOUR FOOD? YOUR TEQUILA? NO, I'M JUST KIDDING. OH, NO. IT'S THOSE THE FIVE COMPONENTS I WAS TALKING ABOUT. GUYS, THE SLEEP, SLEEP DIET. YEAH. EXERCISE, COGNITIVE ACTIVITY. LIKE DOING ROMPECABEZAS. LIKE CROSSWORD PUZZLES, SUDOKU, WHICH IS NOT MY FAVORITE. AND LASTLY, SOCIAL ENGAGEMENT. AND I WANTED TO THE REASON WHY I'M TURNING AROUND AND TALKING TO ALL THESE BEAUTIFUL MEMBERS IS BECAUSE WE HAVE OUR SENIORS HERE, AND I'M VERY FORTUNATE TO KNOW THEM, BECAUSE I ACTUALLY HOST A SUPPORT GROUP AT THE COACHELLA SENIOR CENTER EVERY OTHER FRIDAY. SO IF YOU'RE WANTING TO COME CHECK US OUT, I'LL BE THERE THIS FRIDAY AT 10 A.M. AND I NEED TO REMEMBER THINGS.

THANK YOU MICHELLE, THAT WAS GREAT PRESENTATION. THANK YOU MICHELLE. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU TO YOU GUYS. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. WE GOT A LMD UPDATE ON AND COMMUNITY MEETINGS. IS THAT ANDREW. AND THEN YOU'RE UP AT THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT. SO WE'RE HEARING YOU FOR FIVE AND SIX. YES. THOSE ARE GREAT PRESENTATION. THAT'S A HARD ACT TO FOLLOW.

GREAT JOB TO THE YOUTH LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE. AND MICHELLE I'LL TRY TO BE LIVELY AS WELL. SO FOR THE LMD COMMUNITY OUTREACH UPDATE, EVERY YEAR WE GO TO ABOUT ONE THIRD OF OUR LMDS. AND THEN WE ROTATE SO THAT WE HAVE A COMMUNITY OUTREACH TO EVERY COMMUNITY ONCE EVERY THREE YEARS. SO I JUST WANTED TO PUBLICLY PRESENT THE CALENDAR TO CITY COUNCIL. SO YOU KNOW WHAT OUR SCHEDULE IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE AS WE EACH HAVE AS WE HAVE THESE MEETINGS, WE'LL BE POSTING THEM ONLINE, WE'LL HAVE SOCIAL MEDIA. THEN WE ALSO HAVE MAILERS THAT GO OUT AS WELL. BUT AS FAR AS THE COMMUNITIES THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE REACHING OUT TO THIS YEAR ON NOVEMBER 4TH, WE'LL BE DOING THE LA SARDINAS AND RANCHO CIELO THAT WILL BE AT DATELAND PARK ON NOVEMBER 12TH. WE PLAN ON DOING THE HACIENDA ADOBE AT THE RETENTION BASIN IN THEIR COMMUNITY ON NOVEMBER 18TH, MARIPOSA POINT ON DECEMBER 9TH, SEVILLA ON JANUARY 13TH, THE CV HOUSING COALITION NUMBER NINE. ON JANUARY 27TH LA PAZ, AND ON FEBRUARY 10TH, RANCHO DE LA FE. FEBRUARY 24TH TIERRA DEL SOL. SO THAT'S OUR SCHEDULE. LIKE I SAID, THIS SCHEDULE WILL BE POSTED EVENTUALLY ONLINE AND FLIERS. THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF LAST YEAR'S FLIERS. THESE FLIERS GET MAILED OUT TO EVERYONE IN THE COMMUNITY PRIOR TO THE EVENT. SO THEY HAVE, YOU KNOW, KNOWLEDGE OF OF WHEN AND WHERE TO GO TO THE EVENTS AND WHAT ARE LIGHTING AND LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE DISTRICTS FOR THE NEW PEOPLE IN THE AUDIENCE. SO THE LIGHTING, LANDSCAPE AND MAINTENANCE DISTRICTS ARE. ANYTIME YOU HAVE A COMMUNITY THERE, WE HAVE AN AGREEMENT WITH THOSE COMMUNITY WHERE THEY PAY AN ASSESSMENT THAT PROVIDES FUNDING TO MAINTAIN THE LIGHTING, LANDSCAPING AND MAINTENANCE OF THOSE COMMUNITIES. GENERALLY, THE LMD DOES NOT COVER ASPHALT OR CURB AND GUTTER IMPROVEMENTS. THAT'S A QUESTION WE GET A LOT, IS WHETHER OR NOT THOSE FUNDS CAN BE SPENT ON ROAD IMPROVEMENTS.

GENERALLY THEY CANNOT. SO IT'S STORM DRAIN IS OFTEN INCLUDED IN THERE. THE LMD, IT'S DIFFERENT FOR EACH COMMUNITY AS FAR AS WHAT IT INCLUDES. SO THOSE ARE AGREED TO WHEN A COMMUNITY IS FORMED. SO THAT IS AN ASSESSMENT ON THEIR PROPERTY IN ORDER TO THE CITY CAN FUND THOSE IMPROVEMENTS. BUT IN THESE MEETINGS WE TALK MORE THAN THAT. RIGHT. WE TALK CODE ENFORCEMENT. WE TALK POLICE. YEAH. SO WHEN WE WHEN WE HAVE THESE MEETINGS, WE DON'T JUST TALK ABOUT THE LMD, WE USE THEM AS A BROADER OUTREACH TO THE COMMUNITY. WE DISCUSS, LIKE YOU SAID, WE DISCUSS CODE, POLICE SAFETY. WE DO DISCUSS TRAFFIC. WE DO DISCUSS POTENTIAL, YOU KNOW, CRIME, HOMELESSNESS, ALL THAT. WE WE DISCUSS STREET IMPROVEMENTS AND THINGS. EVEN THOUGH IT'S NOT FUNDED THROUGH THE LMD. WE DISCUSS WHERE WE ARE ON PROJECTS, AND WE'LL ALSO GO OVER OUR CIP PROJECTS, ANY PROJECTS THAT ARE NEXT TO IT OR THAT WE THINK THAT WILL AFFECT IT AS FAR AS STREET IMPROVEMENTS, EVEN ADJACENT TO IT. SO THESE ARE COMMUNITY OUTREACH EVENTS. WE ALWAYS ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO COME OUT TO THEM. ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE TO ANYONE IN THE STAFF, WE GET MULTIPLE PEOPLE FROM ALL THE DEPARTMENTS TO COME AND KIND OF DISCUSS WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE CITY, SO THAT WE CAN ANSWER PEOPLE'S QUESTIONS DIRECTLY AT THEIR HOMES. VERY COOL. THANK YOU. ANDREW, CAN YOU GO BACK TO WHERE YOU WERE LISTING THE THE DATES FOR THE OF COURSE. AND THEN I SEE THAT THE NEW DEVELOPMENTS ARE AREN'T THERE.

IS IT BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT COMPLETED LIKE PYRAMID RANCH? AND YEAH, WE WOULDN'T HAVE AN LMD MEETING UNTIL THOSE WERE CLOSER TO COMPLETION. ARE THEY GET ACCEPTED BY US TOO, RIGHT? BECAUSE YEAH, THEY'RE TECHNICALLY UNDER THE DEVELOPER'S PURVIEW RIGHT NOW.

YES. YEAH. AND THEN. YEAH. COOL. AND THEN ON CONSENT CALENDAR, I HAVE SOME ITEMS RELATIVE TO IMPROVEMENTS TO LMD. SO ANOTHER THING THAT WE DO IN LMD MEETINGS IS WE DISCUSS FUTURE IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING. SO I JUST KIND OF WANTED TO BRIEFLY GO OVER SOME

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SO REACH OUT TO INDIO AND I'LL REACH OUT TO THAT DEVELOPER AND ASK THEM TO GET THOSE BARRICADES MOVED SO THAT CAN BE OPENED. I KNOW THEY'RE STILL WORKING ON INSTALLING THE TRAFFIC SIGNAL, BECAUSE PART OF THEIR PROJECT FOR THE PORT OF 49, THAT'S ALREADY COMPLETE, PART OF THEIR PROJECT IS ALSO TO INSTALL A NEW TRAFFIC SIGNAL AT AVENUE 49 AT JACKSON. COOL.

SO SO THAT'S IT FOR THE UPDATE. IF THERE'S ANY OTHER QUESTIONS. NOPE. AND I HOPE TO SEE COUNCIL MEMBERS AND COMMUNITY SHOW UP. YOU CAN GO NOW TO ITEM NUMBER SIX, WHICH IS THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN. YES. I THINK I ASKED FOR THIS THE LAST MEETING. YES. YEAH. SO OUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PRESENTATION ENDED UP GETTING BYPASSED EARLIER. SO I WANTED TO BE ABLE TO BRING IT BACK. THERE ARE 45 SLIDES HERE. SO AS WE GO THROUGH IF YOU WANT TO INTERRUPT ASK QUESTIONS ABOUT SLIDES BECAUSE IT'LL BE A LONG WAYS COMING BACK. I WILL TRY TO GO PRETTY QUICKLY THROUGH IT THOUGH. SO WE DON'T TAKE ALL NIGHT ON THIS. SO LOOKING AT OUR CIP PROJECTS, WE HAVE A LOT OF PROJECTS. OUR TOTAL SUM OF ALL THE PROJECTS FOR COMPLETION IS NEARLY $400 MILLION. AND OUR PROJECTED SPENDING JUST FOR THIS YEAR IS 63,000,809 FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR. LOOKING AT HOW THOSE PROJECTS ARE DISTRIBUTED, YOU CAN SEE THE VAST MAJORITY IS GRANTS AND BUILDERS, AND THE SMALLEST LINE ITEM THERE, ONE OF THE SMALLEST ITEMS DOWN THERE IS GENERAL FUND. SO WE ARE ABLE TO GET MOST OF THESE PROJECTS DONE WITH VERY LITTLE IMPACT TO THE GENERAL FUND. IN ORDER TO DEVELOP THIS. YOU WILL NOTICE THAT THE CBDG LINE HAS A DASH. SO WE ARE NOT PROPOSING TO HAVE ANY CBDG PROJECTS THIS YEAR, AND I'LL COVER THAT MORE LATER IN THE PRESENTATION ABOUT WHY THAT IS. THIS IS MY FAVORITE SLIDE TO PRODUCE EVERY YEAR, BECAUSE YOU CAN SEE JUST THE VAST AMOUNT OF GRANT FUNDS THAT GO INTO OUR PROJECTS, AND THAT TINY BLUE SLIVER AT THE TOP, THAT'S THE VERTICAL LINE, THAT'S OUR IMPACT TO THE DIFF FUND. WHEN WE GO THROUGH OUR CIP PROJECT. SO AND JUST TO CONNECT THE DOTS TO THE FOLKS THAT SPOKE WHEN THE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT GRANTS AND 617, IF WE WERE TO EXTRAPOLATE THAT THERE'S THERE'S A LOT OF REASON WHY 617 WAS REALLY IMPORTANT FOR THOSE GRANT MONIES. SO JUST TO CONNECT THE DOTS ON HOW THAT WORKS. SO THE REST OF THE

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RECENTLY IN THE COUNCIL, WE GOT $3 MILLION AWARDED TO US FROM CVAG IN ORDER TO FINISH THE 100% DESIGN ON THIS. SO RIGHT NOW THE SCHEDULE IS LOOKING LIKE WE WILL HAVE 100% DESIGN COMPLETE SHOVEL READY PROJECT FOR THIS AS WE'RE FINISHING UP THE WHITEWATER BRIDGE. AND THE GOAL WOULD BE TO BE ABLE TO JUST ROLL RIGHT THROUGH CONSTRUCTION AND HAVE AN INTERSTATE GO AS WELL. WE CURRENTLY DO NOT HAVE GRANT FUNDING FOR CONSTRUCTION OF THE INTERSTATE, BUT WE'VE COME VERY CLOSE SO MANY TIMES. WE'VE APPLIED FOR GRANTS EVERY YEAR SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE. WE'VE COME SO CLOSE, AND I AM VERY CONFIDENT THAT WITH A FULL 100% SHOVEL READY PROJECT, YOU KNOW, THAT'LL BE THE EXTRA PUSH WE NEED TO GET US THROUGH TO GET THE GRANT FUNDS TO MAKE THAT PROJECT A REALITY. A PROJECT THAT WE HAVE ADDED. THIS IS A NEW PROJECT WE'VE ADDED IS THE WIDENING OF AVENUE 50 BETWEEN OATS LANE AND TYLER. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THIS BEAUTIFUL SIX LANE BRIDGE OVER THE WHITEWATER. WE ALREADY HAVE THE EXPANDED BRIDGE, THE GRADE SEPARATION OVER THE TRAIN TRACKS. SO OBVIOUSLY WE NEED TO WIDEN THE SECTION OF ROAD IN BETWEEN THERE AS WELL. WE ALSO GOT THE AGREEMENT WITH CVAC ON THIS. SO WE ARE MOVING THROUGH WITH THE FINAL DESIGN ON THIS PROJECT. THAT WILL TAKE ABOUT A YEAR TO DO THE DESIGN AND RIGHT OF WAY FOR THIS SECTION, AT WHICH POINT WE WOULD BE COMPLETING THAT WIDENING AS WE'RE FINISHING THE BRIDGE, SO THAT THE BRIDGE AND THIS WHOLE SECTION WILL ALL BE KIND OF OPEN AND READY TO GO AT THE SAME TIME. AND THE LAST AREA ON THE AVENUE 50 CORRIDOR WAS THE WIDENING FROM CALHOUN ALL THE WAY TO CESAR CHAVEZ. AND THE PHASE ONE OF THAT IS COMPLETE. SO HOPEFULLY EVERYONE'S HAPPY WITH THE LANDSCAPING AND ALL THE NEW IMPROVEMENTS WE HAVE FROM CALHOUN ALL THE WAY TO DEL ORO PARK. AND THE LAST SECTION THAT WE WILL BE WORKING ON IS JUST FROM DEL ORO TO CESAR CHAVEZ. WE DID BREAK IT UP INTO PHASES JUST SO THAT WE COULD MAKE THAT PROGRESS ON PHASE ONE, BECAUSE PHASE TWO IS JUST A LOT MORE COMPLICATED. WE HAVE A LOT OF ID POWER POLES IN THE WAY. WE HAVE A SEWER LINE EXTENSION THAT WE'RE WRAPPING INTO THIS PROJECT. AND THE RIGHT OF WAY ACQUISITION IN THIS AREA HAS BEEN MORE COMPLICATED MOVING FORWARD AS WELL, BUT WE ARE CONTINUING TO MAKE AS MUCH PROGRESS AS WE CAN ON THAT. WE THINK THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE HOPEFULLY MAKING PROGRESS ON THE LAST BIT OF RIGHT OF WAY ACQUISITION THAT WE NEED, AND WE'LL BE WORKING THROUGH THE ASPECTS WITH ID TO GET ALL OF THE POWER MOVED AND THE POWER LINES RELOCATED, SO WE CAN ADVANCE THE PHASE TWO WITHIN THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR AS WELL. FOR INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS.

LAST YEAR, WE HAD THAT ATLAS VIEWER PROGRAM THAT HAD ALL OF OUR PAVEMENT MANAGEMENT THROUGHOUT THE CITY LOOKING AND MOVING FORWARD. WE HAVE A COUPLE ADDITIONAL PROJECTS FOR THE CIP CYCLE. 12. THIS IS SEVERAL MILLION DOLLARS THAT WE GOT FROM CALTRANS IN ORDER TO

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CESAR CHAVEZ. WE'LL BE IMPROVING ALL OF OUR BIKE LANES. WE'LL BE IMPROVING ALL OF OUR INTERSECTIONS. AND WE'LL ALSO BE DOING SIGNIFICANT PEDESTRIAN SAFETY INTERSECTIONS AT CESAR CHAVEZ AND ALSO DUMA AND 52 IMPROVING SOME. WE HAVE THOSE RAPID FLASHING BEACONS RIGHT NOW WHICH DON'T REALLY PROVIDE THE VISIBILITY WE NEED, SINCE A LOT OF KIDS CROSS THROUGH THOSE INTERSECTIONS AND WE'LL BE IMPROVING THOSE TO INTERSECTIONS TO MAKE THOSE SAFER FOR THE FOR THE CROSSINGS OF THOSE OCCASIONS. THANK YOU. THE OTHER MAJOR PROJECT WE HAVE IS THE SAFE STREETS FOR ALL THAT IS A CITYWIDE DESIGN PROJECT THAT WILL ANALYZE ALL OF THE SAFETY ISSUES AND TRAFFIC ISSUES THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE CITY. THIS THAT ONE DOESN'T HAVE CONSTRUCTION TIED TO IT. IT'S JUST A PLANNING DOCUMENT. BUT THAT PUTS US IN A VERY POWERFUL POSITION FOR GOING AFTER GRANTS FOR INDIVIDUAL PROJECTS, WHERE IT LISTS ALL THE PROJECTS THROUGHOUT THE CITY. WE'LL BE WORKING WITH THE SCHOOLS, WE WORK WITH THE COMMUNITIES. THERE'LL BE A LOT OF COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND PUBLIC OUTREACH ON THAT PROJECT IN ORDER TO PRIORITIZE ALL OF THE SAFETY PROJECTS THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE CITY AND PRIORITIZE THE DIFFERENT PEDESTRIAN PROJECTS AND HOW THEY'RE GOING TO AFFECT THE CITY. ALL RIGHT. GOOD. THANK YOU. OUR CONNECTING COACHELLA ATP PROJECT. THIS IS OUR CLASS ONE BIKE LANE ALONG GRAPEFRUIT BOULEVARD FROM AVENUE 48 TO AVENUE 54. SO NORTH AND SOUTH THROUGH THE WHOLE CITY LIMITS. THIS PROJECT WE GOT ATP FUNDING FOR THE DESIGN AND RIGHT OF WAY. SO WE'LL BE PUTTING THAT OUT TO BID VERY SOON. AND WE'LL HAVE FULL DESIGN AND RIGHT OF WAY COMPLETED FOR THAT PROJECT WITHIN THE NEXT YEAR. AND THEN WE WILL REAPPLY FOR THE CONSTRUCTION PHASE OF THE ATP CYCLE. AND WE ARE PLANNING ON BUILDING A BEAUTIFUL ROUNDABOUT AT TYLER AND GRAPEFRUIT, JUST LIKE THE PICTURE SHOWS. AT HART IN THE MIDDLE. WHAT'S THAT? PUT AN ART PIECE IN THE MIDDLE ART? ABSOLUTELY. MAYBE A PICTURE OF YOU AS THE ENGINEER THERE. STATUTE. IT'S FLAT ON THE GROUND THAT WE WON'T GET PLOWED OVER BY THE VEHICLES. WE TRY TO JUST, LIKE, RUN RIGHT THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF IT. AND JUST SOME ADDITIONAL PICTURES OF THE RENDERINGS THAT WE HAVE FOR THE ATP. THESE HAVE BEEN PRESENTED MULTIPLE TIMES. SO THIS IS A POTENTIAL PARK AT THE CONNECTION TO CV LINK AT AVENUE 54. AND THIS IS A RENDERING OF WHAT WE MIGHT HAVE AT WHERE GRAPEFRUIT AND CESAR CHAVEZ MEET THERE BY PARK AVENUE. OTHER SIGNIFICANT INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS WE HAVE, WE ACTUALLY HAVE A LOT OF PROJECTS THAT ARE ALL TIED TO OUR TCC GRANT. SO SOME OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS TIED TO THE TCC GRANT ARE GOING TO BE STREET 142 AND 143, WHICH IS IMPROVING THE BIKE LANE. THE PICTURE ON THE TOP LEFT, THAT'S OUR FIFTH STREET PASEO THAT CONNECTS FIFTH STREET TO OUR TRANSPORTATION HUB. SO WE'LL BE MAKING IMPROVEMENTS THERE, PLANTING TREES AND MAKING THAT A MUCH NICER CORRIDOR FOR THAT CONNECTION FROM OUR DOWNTOWN TO THE TRANSPORTATION HUB AND THE BOTTOM. THAT'S JUST A PICTURE OF SHADY LANE. AND WE DO HAVE WE ARE GOING TO BE MAKING IMPROVEMENTS ON SHADY LANE WITH NEW BIKE LANES AND REPAINTING THE STREET, JUST TO MAKE IT A MUCH MORE PEDESTRIAN FRIENDLY AND BICYCLE FRIENDLY. I ALSO MADE SURE I TOOK A PICTURE THAT INCLUDED DATELAND PARK, BECAUSE THE TCC GRANT DOES INCLUDE IMPROVEMENTS TO DATELAND PARK AS WELL. TO COMPLETELY REVAMP THE SKATE PARK THAT IS THERE.

RELATIVE TO INFRASTRUCTURE MAINTENANCE. THIS IS JUST THE MAINTENANCE OF EXISTING STREETS.

THESE ARE PICTURES ON AVENUE 52, WHICH I THINK TURNED OUT BEAUTIFULLY. SO WE'VE FINALLY GOT AVENUE 52 FULLY PAVED. WE'VE GOT THE NEW SIDEWALKS, WE'VE GOT THE NEW BIKE LANES.

SO THIS IS JUST COVERING PROJECT WHERE WE DID THIS PAST FISCAL YEAR. WE ALSO WERE ABLE TO PAVE ALL OF THE STREETS WITHIN THE AVENTINE COMMUNITY. AND I THINK THAT TURNED OUT VERY NICE AS WELL. OTHER INFRASTRUCTURE MAINTENANCE PROJECTS THAT ARE GOING TO HAVE CVAG IS ACTUALLY TAKING THE LEAD. WE HAVE WHAT'S CALLED THE ARTS AND MUSIC LINE. THAT'S GOING TO BE A CLASS ONE BIKE LANE FROM DOWNTOWN LA QUINTA ALL THE WAY TO IT'LL CONNECT TO THE CV LINK. SO IT'LL GO TO IT GOES DOWN AVENUE 48. IT'LL GO OVER THE DILLON ROAD BRIDGE AND THEN CONNECT TO THE CV LINK. AND THEN THAT TIES INTO THE ATP PROJECT THAT I TALKED ABOUT EARLIER. SO RIGHT WHERE THE WHERE THE ARTS AND MUSIC THAT ENDS AT AVENUE 48 AND GRAPEFRUIT IS WHERE OUR ATP BIKE LANE TURNS IN. SO WE'LL ACTUALLY HAVE FULL SEPARATED CLASS ONE CONNECTIVITY FROM OUR CIVIC CENTER AT 54 THROUGH DOWNTOWN AND FROM DOWNTOWN

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I DON'T KNOW IF THE COUNTY'S PARTICIPATING BECAUSE WE DIDN'T EVEN GO INTO THEIR SIDE. BUT CVAG IS THE IS THE PRIMARY PARTICIPANT. YEAH, THE COUNTY'S PARTICIPATING IN THAT LITTLE COVER TRACK AREA. CARVER. CARVER TRACK. CARVER TRACK. CR. CARVER. YES, THAT'S THAT'S CORRECT. AND ANOTHER PROJECT THAT THE COUNTY IS ACTUALLY TAKING A LEAD ON IS WE ARE ALSO REPLACING OUR AIRPORT BOULEVARD BRIDGE. SO WE ALREADY HAVE THE NICE WIDENED BRIDGE OVER THE FREEWAY, THE WIDENED BRIDGE OVER THE GRADE SEPARATION. SO THE THIRD BRIDGE IN THAT AREA IS OVER THE WHITEWATER CHANNEL THAT IS GOING TO BE COMPLETELY DEMOLISHED AND REPLACED WITH AN 80 FOOT WIDE BRIDGE. THE COUNTY'S LEADING THAT. THEY HAVE HBP FUNDS THAT ARE COVERING THE MAJORITY OF IT. AND WE'LL BE FUNDING THAT THROUGH MEASURE A THROUGH A FIVE YEAR PAYMENT PLAN. THAT'S A FANTASTIC PROJECT WITH VERY LITTLE CONTRIBUTION FROM THE CITY, BECAUSE WE HAVE SUCH OPPORTUNITIES FOR GRANTS THAT GO INTO THAT. HERE'S SOMETHING FOR THE YOUTH WHO ARE HERE. THE THAT AREA RIGHT THERE ON THE WHITEWATER CHANNEL WAS CHANNELIZED. AND SO IF IF YOU LOOK AT LIKE ALL THE THERMAL, IT USED TO BE PART OF A FLOODPLAIN. AND THAT GUY OVER THERE, DIRECTOR ESTRADA, LED AN EFFORT HERE TO CHANNELIZE THAT, THAT WASH. AND SO NOW THOSE HOMES DON'T GET FLOODED OUT THERE. SO JUST LITTLE CONNECTION, RIGHT, DIRECTOR? SURE. ALL RIGHT. OUR PARKS PROJECTS. I THINK THESE ARE MY FAVORITE PROJECTS, BUT THE PROJECT WE'VE TALKED A LOT ABOUT HERE, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THE BUDGETING. IT'S BEEN THE COUNCIL MANY TIMES AS OUR LAST FOREST PARK EXPANSION. SO THE ENTIRE DIRT AREA THAT IS THE EAST HALF OF FOREST PARK IS GOING TO BE COMPLETELY DEVELOPED. WE ARE PLANNING ON HAVING STRUCTURES, PLAYGROUND AREAS, EXERCISE EQUIPMENT, INTERACTIVE GARDENS. THIS IS A VERY HIGH END NICE PARK. I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE FANTASTIC FOR THE COMMUNITY TO HAVE A PARK THAT'S REALLY FOCUSED ON THE WHOLE COMMUNITY LEISURE OPPORTUNITIES. YOU KNOW, A LOT OF OUR PARKS RIGHT NOW ARE KIND OF PRIMARILY FOCUSED ON SPORTS. THE OTHER HALF OF THE SPORTS IS STILL GOING TO BE PRIMARILY TOTALLY FOCUSED ON SPORTS, BUT IT'S GOING TO BE GREAT TO HAVE ALL THESE ADDITIONAL PARK AMENITIES, AND THE STATE IS GOING TO BE HERE. SELENA NOVEMBER 7TH TO NOVEMBER 12TH, 12TH NOVEMBER 12TH. YES.

YEAH. AND WE'RE GOING AFTER REMAINING 7 MILLION BECAUSE RIGHT NOW WE'RE AT YES, WE HAVE 11 MILLION OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT OR YES, YOU'RE STEALING MY THUNDER. OH SORRY. NOT BAD. BUT YES, THE EXCITING NEWS ON THIS PARK IS WE HAVE WE HAVE FOUND SOME POTENTIAL ADDITIONAL FUNDING, AND WE HAVE A MEETING WITH THE STATE ON NOVEMBER 12TH TO HOPEFULLY FINALIZE THE ADDITIONAL FUNDING WE NEED TO MAKE THIS FULL CONCEPT A REALITY. BECAUSE IF. BECAUSE IF WE DON'T GET THE MONEY, THEN THERE'S GOING TO BE A LOT LESS TREES, RIGHT? AWESOME. YES.

YEAH. IF WE DIDN'T GET THAT MONEY, WE WOULD BASICALLY HAVE TO TRY TO TAKE THIS CONCEPT AND SCALE IT BACK BY ABOUT $7 MILLION. YOU KNOW, THERE'S A THERE'S LIKE A FACILITY PLANNED RIGHT THERE IN THE MIDDLE THAT COULD BE A YOUTH, A YOUTH CENTER RIGHT THERE. YEAH. THEY GO AFTER MONEY AND GO GET MORE MONEY AND BUILD A YOUTH CENTER RIGHT THERE AT THAT PARK IN THE MIDDLE. LIKE, HOW MUCH IS THAT BUILDING OR WHAT'S THAT? WHAT ARE WE TRYING TO DO WITH THAT BUILDING? I THINK WE'RE LIKE, I HEARD A SNACK BAR OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT THAT WAS ENVISIONED

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YOU'LL GET ANOTHER TEN TO BUILD A YOUTH CENTER THERE. OKAY? $10 MILLION WOULD BUILD A PRETTY AWESOME YOUTH CENTER. JUST SAYING. I'M JUST SAYING I DARE YOU TO. ANDREW, THE HAD WE HAD TO SCALE BACK THE MAINTENANCE ON IT WOULD HAVE PROBABLY BEEN STILL THE SAME. REGARDLESS OF WHAT DESIGN WE HAD MOVED FORWARD WITH. NO, I MEAN, A SCALED BACK DESIGN WOULD OBVIOUSLY HAVE LESS MAINTENANCE BECAUSE THERE WOULD BE LESS TREES TO TRIM, LESS PLANTS TO REPLACE. IF ANY OF THE BUILDINGS HAD BEEN REMOVED, THAT WOULD REDUCE MAINTENANCE COSTS AS WELL. SO I SAY THAT BECAUSE WHEN THE WHEN THE THE DIFFERENT DESIGNS CAME FORWARD, IT WAS THAT DISCUSSION ABOUT THE, THE OPERATIONS OF IT WAS GOING TO BE JUST AS COSTLY AS IT WAS IF WE WERE GOING WITH THE MORE EXPENSIVE DESIGN. AT LEAST THAT'S WHAT WAS SHARED IN THAT. YEAH, IT'S NOT IT'S NOT LINEAR. SO IF YOU DO A IF YOU DO THE FULL $15 MILLION PROJECT, IT'S NOT TWICE AS MUCH MAINTENANCE AS A $7 MILLION PROJECT. SO THERE'S MORE MAINTENANCE. BUT IT'S NOT IT'S IT'S NOT LIKE A LINEAR RELATIONSHIP. EITHER WAY I HAVE TO HAVE A FULL CONTRACT. THEY HAVE TO BE OUT THERE EVERY WEEK. THEY HAVE TO BE DOING MAINTENANCE. SO THANK YOU. YEAH. SO AGAIN, A LOT OF THE TCC GRANTS THAT'S GOING TO BE A LOT OF OUR EFFORT THIS COMING YEAR IS DOING THE IMPLEMENTATION ON OUR TCC PROJECTS. I TALKED ABOUT THE INFRASTRUCTURE STUFF EARLIER. WE ALSO HAVE THREE PARKS TIED IN ACTUALLY FOUR PARKS TIED IN WITH THE TCC PROGRAM. SO WE HAVE THE LANDSCAPE PARK, WHICH I MENTIONED. SO WE'LL BE REPLACING ALL OF THE EQUIPMENT IN THE SKATE PARK WITH NEW EQUIPMENT. SIERRA VISTA PARK. WE ARE PLANNING ON HAVING AN ORCHARD REPLACING THE PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT AT SIERRA VISTA AND NINTH STREET PARK. THIS, WHICH IS WHAT THE RENDERING HERE IS THAT HAS ALREADY BEEN STARTED BY CHELSEA. IT'S ALMOST DONE. SO IF YOU DRIVE BY THERE, YOU'LL SEE ALL THE NICE NEW LANDSCAPING AND SIDEWALKS. AND WE ARE HOPING TO ACQUIRE ADDITIONAL TCC FUNDS JUST TO MAKE IT MORE ENHANCED. SO WE'LL BE ABLE TO PUT IN MAYBE SHADE STRUCTURES OR, OR IN THE CENTER, SOME KIND OF ELEMENTS IN THE CENTER. AND WE'LL BE GOING THROUGH DESIGN ON THAT. SO AS WE GO THROUGH THE WHOLE DESIGN OF HOW WE WANT TO ENHANCE THAT PARK, THAT'LL COME BACK TO CITY COUNCIL SO WE CAN HAVE A ROBUST CONVERSATION WITH BOTH CITY COUNCIL AND THE COMMUNITY ON HOW WE WANT TO SPEND ADDITIONAL FUNDS IN ORDER TO ENHANCE THAT PARK, EVEN ABOVE AND BEYOND WHAT CHELSEA IS PROVIDING FOR US. THIS ISN'T THIS ISN'T A DESIGN WE WENT FORWARD WITH AT NINE AT THE NINTH STREET PARK. THE TREES ARE GROWN IN. YEAH. I MEAN, THESE ARE THESE ARE BIGGER TREES. BUT I MEAN, THIS HAS LIKE A ARTWORK IN THE MIDDLE WHICH OBVIOUSLY HASN'T BEEN APPROVED. IT HAS SOME, BUT THIS IS PRETTY. AND WE DID WE DID A LOT LESS GRASS BECAUSE WE DID THE ZERO SCALE BECAUSE WE I DON'T THINK WE WHAT'S THE GRASS THAT I'M TALKING ABOUT? NOT THE TREES BUT THE GRASS AREA. WE WE DIDN'T MOVE FORWARD WITH GRASS. IT WAS JUST GOING TO BE THE KIND OF DIRT KIND OF SCAPE. I THINK THIS IS ZOOMED IN. THERE IS SMALL PIECES OF GRASS. SO IT'S IT'S TWO CONCENTRIC CIRCLES. THERE'S AN INNER CIRCLE THAT HAS THE TWO PATCHES OF GRASS AND THE ART GARDEN AREA. AND THEN THERE'S THE OUTER CIRCLES THAT ARE THE DG. SO THIS IS KIND OF ZOOMED IN ON ONLY THE INNER CIRCLE. BUT THERE IS BIG DG AREAS AS WELL THAT WOULD BE OUTSIDE OF THIS RENDERING. I WOULD JUST LIKE HAVE THE COUNCIL LOOK AT CREATING A LINK BETWEEN THE CATHOLIC CHURCH AND LIKE THIS AREA. SO IF YOU LOOK AT WHERE THE CHURCH IS AT AND YOU LOOK AT THE TREES AND THE AND THE LITTLE TRAIL, WE DID AND THEN WE HAVE THAT ALLEY, RIGHT? THAT HAS GOT LIKE A FLOOD CONTROL BASIN. YES. AND WE OPENED IT UP AND WE HAVE LIGHTS THERE. AND, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN LOOK INTO THE NEIGHBOR'S BACKYARD AND, YOU KNOW, SEE THEIR, THEIR HUNG LAUNDRY AND ALL THAT STUFF. WE GOT TO KIND OF IMPROVE THAT. BUT BUT THE IDEA THERE WAS TO KIND OF IMPROVE EITHER THROUGH LIKE SOFT LANDSCAPING OR TREES AND, AND CREATE A CONNECTIVITY LINK BETWEEN THE CATHOLIC CHURCH INTO THIS AREA. RIGHT. AND SO IF YOU START THINKING ABOUT IT, YOU HAVE NOW THE, THE, THE 52 PARK, THE SHADY LANE PARK, YOU HAVE THE, THE ART MURAL, YOU HAVE THE. BARRIO NUEVO, THE BRIGGS BRIGGS PARK THERE, AND THEN YOU COME DOWN.

NOW YOU HAVE THIS PARK, NOW YOU COME DOWN AGAIN, AND NOW YOU HAVE THE BACK OF THE LIBRARY.

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NOW, PROBABLY, ANDREW, YOU WEREN'T THINKING ABOUT IT WHEN YOU WERE LOOKING AT IMPROVING NINTH STREET OR WHATEVER. BUT IF YOU LOOK AT ALL OF THOSE COMMUNITIES, THEY'RE THEY'RE THEY'RE VERY LOW SOCIOECONOMIC COMMUNITIES. 52 YOU KNOW, YOU GO INTO 53 AS WELL, HIGH POVERTY, HIGH POVERTY AREAS. AND THE BIGGEST, AT LEAST THE WAY I WAS TAUGHT BACK IN THE DAY IS THE WAY TO IMPROVE OUTCOMES FOR COMMUNITY MEMBERS, IS TO BUILD INFRASTRUCTURE AND TO BUILD ACCESS TO PARKS, AND TO BUILD ACCESS TO CLEAN WATER AND SEWER AND DRAIN AND, YOU KNOW, DRAINS. AND SO HERE'S AN EXAMPLE OF LIKE, HOW FOR YEARS WE'VE BEEN THINKING ABOUT LONG TERM CONNECTIVITY FROM, FROM THE CHURCH AND, AND NOW THE LITTLE PARK THAT'S GETTING BUILT IN. AND THESE ARE LIKE HIGH POVERTY AREAS, BIG HIGH POVERTY AREAS. AND WE HAVE THESE LITTLE PARK NODES EVERYWHERE, WHICH IS KIND OF COOL, RIGHT? BECAUSE IF YOU'VE EVER GONE OUT WALKING AT NIGHT AND YOU SIT IN ON SHADY LANE PARK AND YOU EAT A FRUIT UNDERNEATH THE TREE, BY THE WAY, WE DO NEED TO START ADDING BENCHES AT SHADY LANE. WE HAVE NONE. NO PICNIC AREAS THERE. OKAY, BUT PLEASE ADD SOME BENCHES AND SOME LIKE LITTLE SEATS SO THAT PEOPLE CAN SIT. AND WE DIDN'T ADD THEM BACK THEN BECAUSE THE THE TREES WERE REALLY SMALL AND WE WERE AFRAID THAT IF WE WERE, WE WOULD ADD THE BENCHES, PEOPLE WOULD KILL THE TREES OR LIKE START REALLY BEATING THEM UP. BUT THE TREES HAVE GROWN REALLY NICE. AND SO ANYWAYS, I'LL GET OFF THE KIND OF THE LONG TERM VISION HERE. THANK YOU MAYOR, FOR THE SIERRA VISTA PARK. WHEN DO WE GET TO SEE THAT PARK? MAYBE. I, I THINK THAT'S THAT WAS GREATLY, YOU KNOW, NEEDED IN THAT AREA. DO YOU KNOW WHEN THAT'S GONNA BREAK GROUND OR WHEN WE'RE GOING TO START ON THAT PART? WELL, WE JUST RECENTLY GOT AN AGREEMENT WITH THE SGC AS FAR AS BEING ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE DESIGN. SO WE'LL BE PUTTING OUT THE RFP FOR THE DESIGN. IT SHOULD GO OUT ANY TIME NOW. I THINK IT'S ACTUALLY ALREADY BEEN WRITTEN. SO WE'RE JUST WAITING FOR THEM TO KIND OF REVIEW THAT SO WE CAN GET THAT OUT. SO WE'LL BE LOOKING AT WE'RE ACTUALLY COMBINING ALL OF THE ENGINEERING PROJECTS INTO ONE DESIGN. SO WE'LL BE HAVING A LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT AND ENGINEERS TO COME UP WITH THE THE IRRIGATION NEEDS AND THE LANDSCAPE NEEDS FOR SIERRA VISTA PARK. SO IN THE BEGINNING OF NEXT YEAR, YEAH, I'D SAY MAYBE TOWARDS THE END OF THIS FISCAL YEAR, THE BEGINNING OF THE NEXT OR THE BEGINNING OF THE FOLLOWING FISCAL YEAR, I WILL ALSO MENTION THAT AT SIERRA VISTA PARK, NOT ONLY DO WE HAVE THE TCC IMPROVEMENTS FOR THE ORCHARD AND THE PLAYGROUND, BUT WITH OUR AVENUE 50 BRIDGE PROJECT, BECAUSE THAT COMES DOWN SOUTH, THE EXPANSION TO THE CV LINK, BECAUSE THE CV LINK WILL THEN GO UNDER THE NEW BRIDGE THAT INCLUDES NEW CONNECTIVITY TO SIERRA VISTA PARK AS WELL. SO SIERRA VISTA PARK BECOMES A A HUB FOR THE CV LINK, AND THEY'LL ACTUALLY BE SOME NEW CONCRETE TRAILS. ALL THE FENCING GETS REPLACED. THAT BECOMES A CUL DE SAC INSTEAD OF A THROUGH STREET. SO YOU DON'T HAVE CARS BLAZING BY THERE ANYMORE. SO EVEN THE BRIDGE PROJECT IS ACTUALLY GOING TO HAVE A LOT OF IMPROVEMENTS TO SIERRA VISTA PARK, KIND OF TIED INTO IT AS WELL, WITH ADDITIONAL SIDEWALK IMPROVEMENTS, FENCE IMPROVEMENTS, AND AND STREET IMPROVEMENTS. THAT'S GOING TO BE NICE TO SEE THERE. THANK YOU.

AND THE LAST PROJECT ON OUR TCC IS OUR AVENUE 50 THROUGH TOT LOT. THIS ONE IS 100% DESIGN.

IT'S READY TO GO. SO WE'LL BE BREAKING GROUND ON THIS DEFINITELY THIS FISCAL YEAR.

JUST WAITING FOR THE ALLOCATION FROM SGC SO WE CAN PUT THIS OUT TO BID. WE HAVE OUR PLAYGROUNDS PICKED OUT. WE HAVE OUR FLOWERS PICKED OUT. LIKE I SAID, THIS PROJECT IS A READY TO GO PROJECT. ONE OF THE THINGS WE HAVE ADDED TO THE TOT LOT IS I WANT TO BUILD THE CITY'S FIRST ROUNDABOUT. WE HAVE A LOT OF SPEEDING AT THIS INTERSECTION AND RATHER THAN SPEED BUMPS ALL OVER, WHICH HAVE PROVEN TO BE VERY INEFFECTIVE, I THINK A ROUNDABOUT IS GOING TO BE FANTASTIC HERE. I THINK IT'LL REALLY HELP CONTROL THE TRAFFIC. SO WE HAVE THAT FULLY DESIGNED AS WELL. THE PLAN IS TO TAKE THIS OUT AS ONE PROJECT, SO THE ROUNDABOUT AND THE PARK WILL GO TOGETHER. IF YOU REALLY THINK ABOUT IT, THERE ALREADY IS A ROUNDABOUT, BUT IT'S FROM

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ACTUALLY, AS A DESIGN FEATURE, WE SPECIFICALLY MADE THE ROUNDABOUT AN OVAL SHAPE RATHER THAN A CIRCLE SHAPE, BECAUSE THAT WILL PREVENT PEOPLE FROM TRYING TO DO DONUTS AROUND OUR ROUNDABOUT AS WELL. OH YEAH. YEAH, YEAH, THAT'S A POPULAR INTERSECTION FOR DONUTS. SO THIS WILL PREVENT THAT. THEY WERE. BUT THE RESIDENTS SPOKE A GREAT DEAL ABOUT THE TRAFFIC THERE. WHEN WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE TOT LOT IMPROVEMENTS, AND THAT WAS A MAJOR ISSUE FOR THEM, OBVIOUSLY. RIGHTFULLY SO. AND SO, YOU KNOW, DUE TO THOSE RESIDENTS WHO WERE ABLE TO REALLY MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT. YEAH. AND THESE ARE BOTH AT 100% DESIGN. SO I'M EXCITED TO GET THESE STARTED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. SO I KNOW YOU'RE WORKING ON CIP AND IS THAT THE LAST ONE? I HAVE LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE DISTRICTS, BUT I CAN PLACE THESE BECAUSE I ALREADY COVERED THEM. YEAH. SO THE FOUR COMMUNITIES ALREADY MENTIONED, WE HAVE ALL OF OUR FACILITIES PROJECTS STILL. LIBRARY ANNEX IS A HUGE PROJECT FOR US. THIS WAS THE OLD RENDERING THAT WE ORIGINALLY HAD. THIS IS THE NEW RENDERING. THIS HAS BEEN BROUGHT TO CITY COUNCIL MULTIPLE TIMES. WE ARE AT PROBABLY 95% DESIGN ON THIS. IT HAS BEEN SUBMITTED TO BUILDING AND SAFETY. IT'S BEEN SUBMITTED TO SERVICES. SO WE'RE LOOKING TO GET OUR FINAL APPROVAL FROM BUILDING AND SAFETY. AND WE'LL BE READY TO BREAK GROUND ON THIS PROJECT VERY SOON. NICE WORK WITH THOSE YOUTH RIGHT THERE PROGRAM. YEAH. SO SO SOON. AS SOON AS WE HAVE FINAL PERMITS, WE'LL BE PUTTING THIS OUT TO BID FOR CONSTRUCTION. AND THE SENIORS IS RIGHT NEXT TO THEM. HAVE THEY. DO THEY KNOW ESTE ES EL EDIFICIO CU CONSIGLIO. EL CONSIGLIO. DISENADO APROBADO. ESO ES LO Q AL LADO DE USTEDES. TAMBIÉN CON LOS JOVENES CON LOS DOS JOVENES. AND I THINK THIS MIGHT BE MY LAST TCC PROJECT THROUGH THE PRESENTATION. BUT WE ARE ALSO GOING TO BE REMODELING THE BAGUMA COMMUNITY CENTER. THAT'S GOOD. THIS PROJECT, WE ARE ALREADY OUT TO BID. SO SGC GAVE US A QUICK TURNAROUND ON THE REVIEW ON THIS. SO WE'RE PUTTING THIS OUT AS AN RFQ FOR A DESIGN BUILD. I'M EXCITED TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS AS A DESIGN BUILD PROJECT. I THINK THAT'LL REALLY HELP WITH THE OVERALL BUDGET, BECAUSE A LOT OF THE ITEMS WE CAN DO IN HERE ARE GOING TO BE TENANT IMPROVEMENTS, AND I THINK THAT'LL ACTUALLY HELP CONTROL THE BUDGET AND REALLY LET US GET THE MOST BANG FOR OUR BUCK AS FAR AS HOW WE CAN IMPROVE THIS ENTIRE SPACE. ARE YOU GOING TO HAVE ENOUGH BUDGET FOR THIS? BECAUSE WHAT DO YOU HAVE LIKE A MILLION AND A HALF, I BELIEVE IT'S ABOUT 2.2 AND WE'RE GOING TO SPEND 2.2. SO YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO KNOCK IT DOWN. NO, NO DEFINITELY NOT FOR 2.2. NO THAT'S NOT THAT'S THAT'S A TIGHT BUDGET 2.2. WELL YEAH. BUT THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS TO GO WITH THE DESIGN BUILD IS WE'LL BE ABLE TO WORK WITH THEM TO PROGRESSIVELY MOVE FORWARD. A PROJECT THAT COMES IN AT 2.2. SO THE IDEA IS TO SPEND. THE MOST EFFICIENT WAY POSSIBLE, THE MONEY THAT WE ACTUALLY HAVE AVAILABLE FOR THE PROJECT. SO YOU'RE SAYING YOU WANT TO PHASE IT PROGRESSIVELY BUILT IN. NO, I WOULDN'T SAY PHASED. IT'S ALL GOING TO GO AS ONE BIG PROJECT. WE'LL BY PHASING I MEAN YOU CAN PHASE THE DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF HOW MUCH YOU ACTUALLY ACCOMPLISH IN THE BUILDING. YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE PRIMARY ISSUES ARE GOING TO BE I MEAN, THE ROOF LEAKS, THE WE'RE ACTUALLY PRETTY GOOD WITH ADA ACCESS. YOU THINK YOU'RE GOOD ON ADA, AND WE HAVE SOME ADA IMPROVEMENTS THAT NEED TO BE DONE, BUT LESS SO. IT'S NOT A HUGE IMPEDIMENT TO THE BUDGET. OKAY, I DID WANT TO TALK REALLY QUICKLY ABOUT THIS IS THAT WHEN I WENT TO THE SENIOR CENTER. LAS CHICAS ZUMBA, ZUMBA, EL ESPACIO PARA MI ES UN PROBLEMA POR SEGURIDAD. SE ME HACE MUY PEQUENO, MUY CHICO Y CON TODO EL EQUIPO AHI SI NO ME SIENTO COMO DE. A. TENER SUS CLASSES Y PENSAMOS LA MEJOR PUEDEN TENER SU ZUMBA CLASSES EN ESTE ESPACIO ESTAR MUCHO MAS AMPLIO. PERO WHEN I WENT IN THERE NO ME MUY BIEN CON EL ESPACIO. ES MUY BUENO PARA HACER ZUMBA TODO Y ME SIENTO MAS COMUN. TENEMOS UN ESPACIO MAS ANCHO PARA USTEDES.

YA I WAS I WAS SHARING THAT THE I THINK THAT THE SPACE IS IS BETTER FOR ZUMBA PROGRAM. IT'S TOO TIGHT IN THE SENIOR CENTER YOU. THANK YOU OUR COMMUNITY RESILIENCE CENTER THIS ONE.

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AND MAYBE WE WANT TO SEE THE BUDGETS OF LIKE HOW MUCH CDBG CAN AUGMENT AND ACTUALLY LIKE MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN SOME OF THESE PROJECTS OR LIKE, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? THAT WAY AT LEAST THE COUNCIL GETS TO DECIDE WHERE TO PUT THE MONEY IN PEOPLE'S HOMES OR, YOU KNOW, CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS. JUST JUST TO, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, GIVE THE COUNCIL THE OPTION OF LIKE, WEIGHING THAT. I GET WHAT YOU'RE SAYING THAT YOU WANT TO YOU WANT TO YOU WANT TO BANK IT AND USE IT FOR SOME OF THE, THE CIP. IT MAKES A LOT OF SENSE TO AND BUT PREVIOUSLY WE USED A LOT OF THAT TO BUILD THE RESTROOMS AT THE PARK, PUT THE LIGHTS UP, ETC. BIG CIP PROJECTS. AND UNLESS YOU CAN KIND OF DEMONSTRATE THAT SAYING, HEY, WE'LL WE HEAR YOU COUNCIL, BUT WE ALSO HAVE ANOTHER MILLION DOLLARS AND WE FEEL COMFORTABLE THAT, YOU KNOW, MAYBE THROUGH TCC THAT THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO IMPROVE 50, 60, 70, 80 HOMES ON THIS BUDGET. YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? THAT WOULD THAT WOULD WE COULD SEE IT BECAUSE I JUST DON'T WANT TO IGNORE LIKE EXISTING HOUSING STOCKS THAT IF YOU DRIVE AROUND THE CITY THEY NEED HELP, YOU KNOW, SO JUST KIND OF MAP IT OUT FOR US. THAT WAY WE CAN SEE IT. SO YEAH.

NICE. I AGREE WITH ALL OF THAT. I MEAN OBVIOUSLY CITY COUNCIL APPROVES ALL THE BUDGETS, THE PLAN FOR THIS CURRENT FISCAL YEAR, SINCE IT'S THIS YEAR'S CIP IS TO WAIT THIS YEAR, AND THEN WE'LL HAVE THAT MORE ROBUST DISCUSSION NEXT YEAR AS WE KNOW WHAT OUR COMMUNITY PRIORITIES ARE FOR SOME OF THE CIP PROJECTS AND THEN ADDITIONAL PROJECTS THAT IT'S ELIGIBLE FOR. SO COOL. SO JUST THAT'S WHY THAT ONE'S NO PROJECTS LISTED FOR THIS YEAR FOR UTILITIES. I'LL GO THROUGH THIS PRETTY QUICK. THIS IS MY LAST SECTION. SO THE SHADY LANE WE'VE ALREADY THIS IS OUR GROUNDBREAKING. WE'RE STARTED ON THAT PROJECT. THIS IS THE WATER CONSOLIDATION FOR THE MOBILE HOME PROJECTS DOWN IN SHADY LANE IN THE COUNTY. OUR WELL JOURNALING PROJECT, THIS ONE HAS ALREADY STARTED CONSTRUCTION AS WELL. SO WE HAVE A NEW WELL AT OUR NEW PYRAMID RANCH COMMUNITY. AND THAT IS EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETE WITH PHASE ONE IN THE LATE WINTER OR EARLY SPRING. FOR OUR HEXAVALENT CHROMIUM TREATMENT.

THEY'VE ACTUALLY ALREADY FINISHED THEIR PILOT PROGRAM FOR TESTING IF THIS BATCH SYSTEM WOULD WORK. AND SO FOR THE W55 FOR THE NEXT YEAR, THIS IS GOING TO BE PRIMARILY FOCUSING ON DESIGN. SO WE'LL BE MOVING FORWARD WITH THE FULL DESIGN PHASE OF, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE NEED TO DO TO ADDRESS THAT IN THE FUTURE. AND FOR OUR METEOR EXCHANGE PROJECT PROJECT.

THIS WAS FINISHED LAST YEAR. RIGHT NOW, WE'RE WAITING TO SEE HOW MANY MORE METERS WE MIGHT HAVE FOR THIS YEAR. AND AS WE HAVE MORE METERS THAT NEED REPLACED, WE WOULD POTENTIALLY

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ANDREW, THE RESILIENCY CENTER, THE CRC. YES. DID WE COVER? YEAH I DID SORRY I MISSED IT.

SORRY. WERE YOU GUYS ABLE TO SEE EVERYTHING. WHAT'S GOING ON. YEAH. SO I WANT TO JUST GIVE A DOCTOR FRANK CREDIT AND GIVE HIM SOME ACCOLADES WITH WORKING WITH COSTELLO, ETC. ON THE HEXAVALENT CHROME. THE CHROME SIX. ORIGINALLY, WHEN WE STARTED OFF ON THAT PROJECT, WE WE THOUGHT THAT IT WAS GOING TO BE LIKE 80, 90 MILLION IN TERMS OF HOW MUCH WE WERE GOING TO HAVE TO RAISE AS A COMMUNITY IN TERMS OF GETTING INCREASING WATER RATES. AND AND THROUGH THEIR WORK, YOU KNOW, THEY'VE BEEN ABLE TO BRING THAT DOWN AND GET A GRANT AND THAT'S GOING TO KIND OF GO AWAY, BUT THEN ALSO GET ANOTHER GRANT THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO PAY VERY LOW ON THE DEBT SERVICE. WE'RE STILL GOING TO HAVE TO INCREASE, BUT IT'S NOT GOING TO BE SUBSTANTIAL AS WHAT WE ONCE THOUGHT AND THAT'S THAT'S LOOKING FORWARD. RIGHT. DOCTOR FRANK, YOU GUYS WERE LOOKING FORWARD AND WORKING WITH THE SENATOR AND OTHERS. AND THOSE ARE PROJECTS THAT ARE COMING. THOSE ARE THOSE PROBABLY BE IN THE QUEUE NEXT YEAR. YOU KNOW, THE FOLLOWING YEAR. AND THAT'S WHAT YOU DO. YOU LOOK AS, AS A AS A COUNCIL. WE LOOK FORWARD TO THREE YEARS AHEAD. BUT WHEN I LOOK AT THE CIP, WHAT I'M LOOKING AT RIGHT NOW IS, IS WHAT IS REALLY PROJECTS THAT WERE DONE ONE, TWO, THREE YEARS AGO THAT AND NOW WE'RE AT THE IMPLEMENTATION PHASE OF THESE PROJECTS. AND, AND AND I THINK THAT'S GOOD. MY CONCERN IS, IS THAT, YOU KNOW, I'VE ALWAYS KIND OF BEEN SOMEONE THAT, AT LEAST THROUGH MY LEADERSHIP, IS SAYING, ALL RIGHT, LIKE ROUND OF APPLAUSE. WHAT'S NEXT? WHAT'S NEXT? KEEP HUNGRY. LIKE KEEP GOING AFTER MORE PROJECTS. AND I THINK THAT'S MY INTENT WAS TO REALLY KIND OF THINK ABOUT LIKE, WHAT ARE WHAT ARE WE WORKING ON AS A CITY THAT THAT IS NOT IN THE IMPLEMENTATION PHASE, BUT IS WITHIN LIKE THE VISIONARY STAGE WHERE WE'RE ENVISIONING WHAT THINGS CAN LIKE BE OR HOW WE CAN TRANSFORM OUR COMMUNITY SO THAT WHEN 2030 COMES, WHICH IN GOVERNMENT TIMES IT'S LIKE A IT'S A, IT'S A SNAP OF THE FINGER COMES QUICK, YOU KNOW, THAT WE HAVE PROJECTS. YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN. LIKE AND THAT AND IT'S NOT LA ENTRADA THAT WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT FOR THE LAST 15 YEARS. LIKE WE OUGHT TO PUT THAT ONE KIND OF ON THE BACK BURNER, BECAUSE I'VE SEEN IT FOR 15 YEARS. RIGHT. AND IT STILL HASN'T HAPPENED. THE CONNECTOR UP ON FIFTH, ON THE 10TH, YOU KNOW, LIKE MAYBE ONE DAY DEVELOPER DRIVEN. GOT IT.

BUT SO I GUESS THAT'S THAT'S MY, MY MY TAKE. AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT THE COUNCIL HAS TO THINK ABOUT LIKE THESE, THESE PROJECTS THAT ARE GOING TO GET DONE THAT ARE, THAT ARE IN THE QUEUE THAT ARE GOING TO START. THEY STARTED TWO, THREE YEARS AGO. BUT WHAT ARE THE PROJECTS THAT FROM NOW, TWO, THREE YEARS FORWARD THAT WE'RE THINKING ABOUT IMPLEMENTING? AND I SAW THAT AT LEAST ON THE ON THE DIFF WE HAD LIKE A FIRE STATION. RIGHT. LIKE THAT WE HAVE TO DO A FIRE STATION EXPANSION. AND I KNOW WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT THIS FIRE STATION, BUT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT MAYBE A NEW FIRE STATION IN THE CITY. SO THAT'S A THAT'S A BIG GOAL, RIGHT. AND AND THE OTHER, YOU KNOW, YOU GOT THE YOUTH HERE THAT HAVE BEEN OTHER YOUTH THAT WE'VE HEARD. YOU KNOW, MAYBE WE OUGHT TO CHALK THAT UP AND REALLY THINK ABOUT DEVELOPMENT IMPACT FEES AND HOW WE CAN PLAN A YOUTH CENTER HERE, YOU KNOW, AND, AND MAYBE, MAYBE AS A TOT LOT GETS DONE AND, AND WE START THINKING ABOUT FREDERICK AND PARK, WE START TO REALLY THINK ABOUT A BIKE LANE. KENDRA, THAT THAT CONNECTS, YOU KNOW, PARK GOES DOWN WHERE YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE YOUR OVAL ROUNDABOUT, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? THAT KIND OF GOES ON THE BACK WAY. AND THEN AND THEN KIND OF CONNECTS ALL SO THAT WE CAN HAVE LIKE A, LIKE A LOOP SYSTEM WHERE, WHERE IT'S WELL LIT, WELL DESIGNED, IT'S PEDESTRIAN FRIENDLY, IT'S GOT ALL THESE ATTRIBUTES, ETC.

BUT REALLY THINKING ABOUT HOW WE CONNECT ONE PART OF THE COMMUNITY TO ANOTHER SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE THESE BIG, HEAVY INFRASTRUCTURE LIKE CUTOFFS LIKE CESAR CHAVEZ. RIGHT? LIKE AND SOMEHOW WE'RE FIGURING OUT HOW TO INTEGRATE COMMUNITIES AND CONNECT COMMUNITIES, BECAUSE WE'VE SEEN IN OTHER TOWNS WHERE THEY DO A HORRIBLE JOB OF CONNECTING COMMUNITIES, AND ONE COMMUNITY GETS BUILT, BUT THE OTHER ONE GETS LEFT BEHIND. SO I THINK THAT'S WHAT I'D LIKE. MY MY POINT IS LIKE, HOW DO WE THINK ABOUT 2 OR 3 YEARS FROM NOW? AND THAT'S WHAT'S EXCITING ABOUT LIKE FUTURE PLANNING, BECAUSE YOU CAN ENVISION IT WITH THE COMMUNITY, RIGHT? LIKE YOU HAVE THE SENIORS THAT ARE TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, A FUTURE, A FUTURE BUS STOP. LIKE, WHY CAN'T WE DO THAT? LIKE, LET'S FIGURE THAT OUT. SO THAT'S

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NOW THE COUNCIL THIS YEAR HAS GOT TO THINK ABOUT TWO, THREE YEARS FROM NOW BECAUSE THAT'S KIND OF WHERE WE'RE LIKE, THAT'S WHAT YOU WANT TO DO IS KEEP PUSHING PROGRESS. SO THAT'S THAT'S THAT'S MY COMMENTS. I OBVIOUSLY FROM AN IMPLEMENTATION STANDPOINT, ANDREW, YOU HAVE A LOT OF WORK. YOU KNOW, A LOT OF COOL PROJECTS YOU'RE GOING TO NEED.

I KNOW WHAT YOU NEED. YOU'RE GOING TO NEED MONEY TO AUGMENT BUDGETS, OVERRUNS, ETC. THAT'S A CHALLENGE IN ITSELF. RIGHT. LIKE THAT'S THAT'S HUGE. BUT BUT I JUST DARE EVERYBODY TO DREAM TO TO REALLY ENVISION ABOUT WHAT ELSE DO WE NEED AS A COMMUNITY. AND I THREW OUT ONE YEAR A BIG VISION ONE TIME IS LIKE, YOU KNOW, I WAS AT THE MCALLEN THEATER YESTERDAY AT A MEMORIAL, AND I THREW OUT, LIKE, WHY COULDN'T COACHELLA HAVE AN AMPHITHEATER OR LIKE A BIG MCCALLUM THEATER HERE WHERE WE DO ART AND DANCE AND ALL THIS OTHER STUFF? BUT THOSE ARE LIKE BIG, HAIRY PROJECTS THAT WE SHOULD THINK ABOUT. AND OUR FINANCE DIRECTOR WANTS TO SAY SOMETHING TOO. SO HE'S UP HERE. LINCOLN, HE WANTS TO RESPOND TO YOUR COMMENTS. I ALSO WANT TO ADD ONE THING, BECAUSE I WOULD BE REMISS NOT TO BE JUST EXTREMELY GRATEFUL OF MY ENGINEERING STAFF AND OUR GRANT STAFF, BECAUSE WHEN IT COMES TO LOOKING AT THAT THREE YEAR FUTURE AND HOW WE'RE LOOKING, I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T REALLY APPRECIATE THE THREE YEARS, THE FOUR YEARS, THE FIVE YEARS THAT GO INTO ACTUALLY MAKING A PROJECT HAPPEN WHEN YOU'RE ACTUALLY OUT THERE WITH SHOVELS. PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE THAT IT TOOK FIVE YEARS TO GET TO THAT POINT, AND JUST THE FANTASTIC ENGINEERING STAFF THAT I HAVE, THAT REALLY PUTS THE WORK IN TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE THE GRANTS AND WE HAVE THE BUDGETS AND OUR FANTASTIC GRANT STAFF. SO THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT UP. AND I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO OUR STAFF THAT MAKES THAT A REALITY TO THEM. RIGHT. AND LINCOLN, YOU'RE GOING TO ADD I ALSO JUST WANTED TO STATE THAT ON THE DEFENSE SIDE OF THINGS, SOMETIME AROUND OR AFTER THE NEXT ELECTION, WE ARE PLANNING TO BE DOING A STUDY TO FIND OUT HOW OUR FEES ARE ALIGNED, WHAT THE WHAT THEY ARE USED FOR, HOW TO ENSURE THAT THINGS ARE FAIR AND EQUITABLY SPREAD. THOSE TYPES OF THINGS WILL HELP WITH SOME OF THOSE DEVELOPMENT IMPACT PROJECTS, AS WELL AS THE. IF WE MAY HAVE AN ITEM COMING SOON ABOUT A POSSIBLE SOLUTION TO GET ELECTRIC TO THE CITY ON A FASTER SCALE, AND THAT SHOULD HELP DEVELOPMENT THAT WILL BRING IN MONEY FROM DEVELOPERS TO ALSO HELP WITH THE THE BRINGING IN NEW PROJECTS. YEAH.

SO SO THOSE TOOLS RIGHT. THOSE FINANCING TOOLS OBVIOUSLY YOU TALKED ABOUT IF YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT MAYBE A SALES TAX OR A, I DON'T KNOW, CALL IT A GENERAL FUND ENHANCEMENT REVENUE FOR LIKE ENERGY OR WHATEVER, THAT WOULD GIVE US A DIFFERENT POCKET OF MONEY TO FUND THINGS.

I THINK THOSE ARE GREAT. RIGHT? I MEAN, THAT'S THAT'S WHAT REALLY WHAT WE HAVE TO THINK ABOUT. BUT I GUESS MY POINT IS, IS WHAT MAKES A COMMUNITY A COMMUNITY AND WHAT WHAT ARE THE WHAT ARE THE THE COMMUNITY ASSETS THAT THAT MAKE US UNIQUE AND, AND AS GROWTH OCCURS AND, AND AS WE TRY TO BALANCE KIND OF A HISTORICAL ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE ISSUES, YOU KNOW, POVERTY ISSUES, LIKE HOW DO WE INTEGRATE ALL OF THAT THINKING TO THE TOWN THAT WE WANT TO BE? YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? AND SO THAT'S THAT'S OUR CHALLENGE, RIGHT. TO REALLY MAYBE, MAYBE IN THE NEXT YEAR, THINK ABOUT WHAT'S NEXT. LIKE THINK ABOUT LIKE WHAT WHAT PROJECTS CAN BE DREAMED OF AS A COMMUNITY AND AS TOGETHER TO REALLY CREATE A COOL TOWN, YOU KNOW, AND I THINK WE'VE CAUGHT UP, I THINK WE'RE AT A POINT WHERE, YOU KNOW, WE'VE WE'RE WE'VE WE'RE CATCHING UP. BUT BUT NOW WHAT'S GOING TO DISTINGUISH US. AND THERE'S THAT I THINK THAT'S THE COOL OPPORTUNITY WHEN YOU'RE NOT BUILT OUT, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? AND BUT IF WE HAVE TO REALLY THINK IT THROUGH AND ALIGN THE FINANCES, SO I JUST I WANT TO COMMENT IS THAT THANK YOU LINK IN THE DIFF STUDY. I'VE ASKED FOR IT FOR THE PAST TWO YEARS. AND I'M GLAD THAT YOU'RE YOU'RE LEADING ON IT ON YOUR OWN. SO I'M GLAD TO SEE THAT COME THROUGH. IT IS MUCH NEEDED. WE NEED TO EVALUATE THAT BILL. THE STRATEGIC PLANNING SESSION. DO WE KNOW WHEN WE MIGHT SEE THAT COME THROUGH? WE HAD ORIGINALLY TALKED ABOUT THAT. I BELIEVE IT WAS BACK IN AUGUST, AND WE TALKED ABOUT WAITING UNTIL AFTER THE FIRST OF THE YEAR TO ACTUALLY HAVE THOSE WE NEED TO WORK ON AN RFP, WHICH WE'LL GET OUT NEXT MONTH TO BE ABLE TO

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BUT 2028 AND 2029 WERE SMALLER, SO IT WOULD HELP US CLOSE THOSE LIKE FROM 2028 ON, IT WOULD BRING THOSE SMALLER. IF WE CAN FIND ONGOING CONTRACTUAL SAVINGS THAT WOULD, WHICH IS TWO YEARS FROM NOW, RIGHT, BUDGET WISE. YEAH. YEAH. AND SO WELL, IT'S ACTUALLY THE THIRD NO. 26 2728. SO IT MIGHT BE 28, 2920, 28. WE START GETTING MORE. PROPERTY TAX MONEY. AND THEN I'M SORRY, I KNOW HOW MUCH MORE HOW MUCH WOULD WE BE SEEING IN 2829 IN PROPERTY TAXES? I DON'T REMEMBER. OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD IT WAS LIKE 400,000 OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. BUT THAT'S, THAT'S SAYING IF THEN OUR EXPENDITURES STAYED AT THE WHAT IT IS RIGHT NOW. RIGHT. THAT'S NOT TAKING INTO ACCOUNT WHAT MAY HAPPEN WITH POLICE AND FIRE AND THEN ULTIMATELY EXPANDING SERVICES. YEAH. YOU KNOW, THERE IS A A COUNCIL MEMBER YEARS AGO THAT HAD DISCUSSED, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF THE NEW HOMES. THEY HAVE A PUBLIC SAFETY CFD THAT'S, I DON'T KNOW, 13, 1400, 13, 1300 BUCKS. AND IF YOU LOOK AT THE DELTA, RIGHT, LIKE AT THE TIME, I MEAN, WE HAD I DON'T KNOW, WE HAD 8000, 9000 HOMES OR MAYBE LESS. I THINK WE HAD LIKE 6000 HOMES AT THE TIME. AND MAYBE WE'RE AT NOW. WE'RE UP TO THAT. OKAY. NOW WE'RE AT LIKE 11, 12,000 AND YOU PROBABLY KNOW 9000. SO. SO DO WE HAVE MORE NEW HOMES THAN OLDER HOMES? NOT YET. SO THE COUNCIL MEMBER'S IDEA WAS, IS LOWERING THE LIGHTING AND LANDSCAPE DISTRICT ASSESSMENT BY LIKE FIVE $600 BUT SPREADING IT. CITYWIDE. AND THAT WOULD GENERATE A SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF MONEY.

AND BUT IT WOULD CREATE EQUITY OR OR. EQUAL KIND OF LIKE A, AN EQUAL SHARE OF, OF COST TO EVERYBODY. SHOULD THAT BE LOOKED AT, YOU KNOW, AS, AS MORE NEW HOMES COME IN, IF YOU'RE A NEW HOMEOWNER AND YOU WANT TO LOWER YOUR ASSESSMENT, YOU'RE GOING TO BE IN FAVOR.

OBVIOUSLY, IF YOU'RE IF YOU'RE SOMEONE LIVING ON 52, YOU KNOW, THAT'S BEEN NOT PAIN. YOU MAY NOT LIKE IT, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? BUT THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT I MEAN, THE CITY MAY HAVE TO LOOK AT IN THE FUTURE IN TERMS OF HOW YOU RAISE REVENUE IF YOU DO OR IF YOU WANT TO, YOU KNOW, TO ACCOMMODATE FOR GROWTH. BUT THEN AGAIN, THE POWER CAN TAKE CARE OF THAT.

AND WE MAY BE, YOU KNOW, FLYING HIGH AGAIN, BUT LOTS OF THINGS ARE CONSIDERED JUST THROWING IT OUT THERE. GREAT PRESENTATION ANDREW. THAT WAS A LOT OF REALLY GOOD INFORMATION, BUT IT'S NICE TO SEE AND KIND OF GET A LITTLE RECAP ON LIKE THE PROJECTS, HOW THEY'RE MOVING FORWARD. AND I THINK AFTER EVERY, YOU KNOW, PROJECT YOU WERE GOING THROUGH, YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT THE TIMELINE AND WHAT WE'RE WHAT WE SHOULD EXPECT. SO I THINK WE HEARD WE HEARD REALLY GOOD AND POSITIVE THINGS. TWO THINGS THAT I KIND OF WANT TO SHARE. I DON'T KNOW IF MAYBE WE CAN TAKE A LOOK AT THIS AT SOME POINT. OBVIOUSLY, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT GOING ON RIGHT NOW, BUT ON AVENUE 54 THERE'S A MEDIAN RIGHT IN FRONT OF ESCONDIDO POINTS. IT'S THESE HOMES THAT ARE LIKE LITERALLY BORDERLINE THERMAL. BUT WHEN WE HAD I THINK THIS HAPPENED LAST YEAR WHEN LAST YEAR OR TWO YEARS AGO WHEN WE FINALLY DID LIKE THE GRAND OPENING FOR THAT LITTLE PARK THAT THAT COMMUNITY HAD BEEN WAITING FOR, A LOT OF THE RESIDENTS WERE ASKING LIKE, HEY, WHY DON'T WE HAVE ANY LANDSCAPING IN THAT MEDIAN? IT'S JUST IT'S LITERALLY JUST DIRT. SO ANYWAYS, JUST KIND OF A THOUGHT TO MAYBE TAKE A LOOK AT IT AT SOME POINT IF YOU GUYS CAN. AND THEN THE OTHER THING, I'VE SEEN SOME OF THE STREETS, THE REHAB THAT YOU GUYS ARE DOING AND THEY LOOK SO GOOD. THE COMMUNITIES LOOK REALLY NICE. I SAW IT IN BELLISSIMA PHASE ONE, AND THERE WAS ANOTHER COMMUNITY RECENTLY THAT I WAS DRIVING THROUGH. BUT JUST

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AND ALL OF THIS, YOU KNOW, ESPECIALLY WITH STREETS, THAT'S ALWAYS THE NUMBER ONE THING THAT THEY MENTION WHEN WE HAVE THE MEETINGS. AND SO JUST WANT TO SAY CONGRATS. I THINK THEY'RE LOOKING REALLY GOOD. AND IT'S ALWAYS NICE TO SEE THAT. AND THAT'S IT. GOOD PRESENTATION I THINK IT WAS AMAZING. AND I'M EXCITED TO SEE ALL THE PARKS AND EVERYTHING THAT ARE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GOING TO START WORKING ON. SO COACHELLA IS DEFINITELY LOOKING REALLY GOOD. IT'S BEEN MOVING FORWARD THE LAST FEW YEARS. AND I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, IT'S OBVIOUSLY THANKS TO A LOT OF GREAT PEOPLE THAT HAVE SAT IN THESE CHAIRS, BUT ALSO THE STAFF THAT PUTS IN ALL OF THE GREAT WORK. AND YOU GUYS, EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO FOR OUR CITY, YOU KNOW, OUR COMMUNITY SHOULD BE VERY PROUD AND WE'RE JUST GRATEFUL. SO THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU ANDREW. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. YES. ALL RIGHT. WITH THAT WE'RE

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WANT TO PASS THESE OUT TO COUNCIL? IS THAT COOL? DO I STEP UP OR. MAYOR AND COUNCIL? THANKS FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE TODAY. I'M MISSUS GONZALEZ, REPRESENTING BLUE ZONES PROJECT, COACHELLA, THE COACHELLA SENIORS BEHIND ME, AND OVER A THOUSAND COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO SIGNED A PETITION FOR TRANSPORTATION ACCESS AT THE SENIOR CENTER. I'M HERE.

FOLLOWING SUNLINE'S CONFIRMATION IN THE MORNING THAT THEY ARE LOOKING INTO RESTORING THEIR BUS STOP ON VINE STREET AT THE VERIZON BUILDING, LESS THAN A BLOCK AWAY FROM THE SENIOR CENTER. I KNOW WE'VE HAD SOME CONFUSION HERE. WE'VE TALKED ABOUT TWO ISSUES. ONE OF THEM IS THE PERMANENT BUS STOP. WE'VE CAME HERE MANY TIMES ASKING FOR HELP.

THERE HAVEN'T GOT ANY TRACTION FROM THIS COUNCIL. ON THAT END. THE SECOND ISSUE IS THE ISSUE WE'RE ABOUT TO TALK ABOUT TODAY, WHICH IS ON RESTORING ADA COMPLIANT VAN TO TAKE SENIORS FROM THEIR HOMES TO THE CENTER AND FROM THE CENTER TO THEIR HOMES. WHEN WE'RE AT THE SUNLINE MEETING, SUNLINE STATED THAT THE CITY HAS ITS OWN TRANSPORTATION PLAN. SO WE'RE HERE TO ASK, WHAT IS OUR PLAN? I REACHED OUT TO CITY STAFF FOR ABOUT 3 OR 4 MONTHS NOW WITH THE ASKING FOR A CONCRETE PLAN. I HAVE NOT GOTTEN A CONCRETE PLAN YET. THE CITY PLANS TO RUN ITS OWN SENIOR TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM. WE NEED A PUBLIC CONFIRMED FIVE YEAR PLAN. WHO IS THE FULL TIME DRIVER? IS THERE A SECURED FUNDING YEAR AFTER YEAR? HAS THE VEHICLE FULLY BEEN ADA CERTIFIED AND INSPECTED? RIGHT NOW ALL WE HEARD IS SPECULATION FOR MONTHS AND NOT ACTUAL OPERATIONAL COMMITMENT. TODAY, THE ONLY ACTIVE SERVICE IS A SINGLE VAN THAT TRANSPORTS SENIORS ONLY FROM THEIR HOMES TO THE SENIOR CENTER AND BACK. IT IS NOT CONNECTED TO THE TRANSIT HUB OR BROADER PUBLIC TRANSIT. ANOTHER PROBLEM IS THAT IT IS NOT ADA COMPLIANT, CANNOT PROPERLY FIT WALKERS OR WHEELCHAIRS. I HAVE A COUPLE VIDEOS SHOWING HOW TIGHT THE HALLS ARE THERE, AND SENIORS CAN'T GET TO THE BACK OF THE VAN. IT IS OPERATED BY A PART TIME DRIVER WHO ALSO PERFORMS MAINTENANCE DUTIES THROUGHOUT THE DAY. I KNOW THAT THIS BODY PROMISED US TWO WORKING BUSSES WITHIN A WEEK OR TWO OVER A MONTH AGO. WE HAVE NOT SEEN A PUBLIC PLAN THAT WOULD BRIDGE THIS TRANSPORTATION GAP. AND THE REASON WHY I KNOW THAT SUNLINE IS GIVING US THESE BUSSES, AND THIS IS WHAT I'VE BEEN TOLD, IS THAT THESE BUSSES ARE NOT SUFFICIENT ENOUGH FOR SUNLINE'S FLEET. SO I KNOW THAT THE CITY MANAGER SPOKE ABOUT LAST TIME THAT WE HAVE TO CHECK IN TO SEE IF THESE ARE ADA COMPLIANT, OR IF THEY EVEN WORK. FOR TWO DECADES, COACHELLA SENIORS HAD A FULL ADA COMPLIANT BUS. THE BUS WENT OUT OF SERVICE OVER THREE YEARS AGO AND THE CITY NEVER REPLACED IT. INSTEAD, SENIORS WERE DOWNGRADED TO THIS NON-ADA VAN AND THE SERVICE WAS NEVER PROPERLY RESTORED. WE'RE ASKING THE CITY TO IMMEDIATELY RESTORE A FULLY ADA COMPLIANT SENIOR TRANSPORTATION VEHICLE, JUST LIKE THE SENIORS HAD FOR 20 YEARS. WE'RE ASKING THIS BODY TO RESTORE WHAT WAS ALREADY PROVIDED. AS A CITY LEADERS, I WOULD THINK IT IS TOP PRIORITY ISSUE, ESPECIALLY FOR SOME OF OUR MOST VULNERABLE COMMUNITY MEMBERS. IF WE CANNOT GUARANTEE SENIORS BASIC ADA COMPLIANT ACCESS TO THEIR OWN SENIOR CENTER, THEN WE'RE FAILING THEM AT THE MOST FUNDAMENTAL LEVEL. WE'RE NOT ASKING FOR ANYTHING SPECIAL. WE'RE ASKING THIS BODY TO DO THE RIGHT THING AND TO RESTORE WHAT WAS TAKEN AWAY. THANK YOU, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH THE CITY AND LOOK FORWARD TO PROVIDING A SOLUTION TO THIS ISSUE. I KNOW THE SENIORS ARE DEAR TO OUR COMMUNITY. WE TRULY CARE ABOUT THEM. THERE'S SOME OF THE MOST VULNERABLE COMMUNITY MEMBERS, AND YOU KNOW, THAT'S OUR JOB TO MAKE SURE THAT WE PROVIDE FOR THEM AND THAT WE'RE NOT GOING BACKWARDS, THAT WE'RE GOING FORWARD. SO WE APPRECIATE YOUR THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE TODAY. AND THANK YOU GUYS. THANK YOU JESUS. THANK YOU. NEXT UP IS GABRIEL HERNANDEZ. MY NAME IS GABRIEL HERNANDEZ. VIVO DESDE. CINCUENTA COACHELLA. HABIA EN LA CALLE SIX Y TODO ENTONCES EL PASADO POR TODOS LOS LOS LAS MEJORAS HAN HECHO EN LA CIUDAD Y. LO TENEMOS ESTA NOCHE. ES EL CONCILIO PASADO TENEMOS. ESTE NOS CONFOUNDING PORQUE NOS

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ENTONCES VAMOS PA TRAS EL OTRO DIA A LA VAN PASAR ATRAS. YO ASI PEGANDO ARRIBA. ENTONCES UNOS CON CON WALKERS Y SON TRES PASOS ES TIENEN LA VENTOSA NO COMPLETE LAS EXPECTATIVAS DE LA SEGURIDAD. PARA QUÉ ES MIEMBRO ESTÉ USANDO Y ACHARYA MIEMBROS ENTRE MAS ESTAMOS CRECIENDO TENEMOS CIENTO VEINTE CIENTO VEINTICINCO DIARIOS DE ENTONCES ES UNA ACTIVIDAD MUY BUENA PARA LA SALUD Y PARA ALZHEIMER'S Y POR TODO PARA NOSOTROS. ENTONCES ESO ESTAMOS PIDIENDO POR FAVOR. ESO ESTAMOS CAMBIAR ALGO SEGURO PORQUE NO VAYA LLEGAR A AFECTAR A LA CIUDAD.

PORQUE SI PASA UN ACCIDENTE Y TODO ESE NO ES SEGURIDAD Y NO DEBE ESTAR USANDO PARA. GABRIEL EN INGLÉS. SI. NOW WHAT. WHAT I'M GABRIEL HERNANDEZ I'M A RESIDENT HERE FOR, FOR 68 YEARS BACK WHEN WHEN SIXTH STREET WAS NOT PAVEMENT IT WAS DIRT. SO SO I KNOW AND I'M AND I'M HAPPY THAT THAT EVERYTHING'S GROWING AND EVERYTHING'S GETTING BETTER FOR EVERYBODY. BUT OUR MAIN CONCERN IS, IS WE'RE WE'RE WANTING TO RESTORE THE, THE SAFE AND THE ACCESSIBILITY OF OUR TRANSPORTATION FOR OUR SENIORS TO OUR TO OUR SENIOR CENTER. NOW WE HAVE. 120, 125 DAILY ATTENDEES THERE AT MEMBERS, AND LET'S SAY 40 OF THEM OR SO ARE PICKED UP AT THEIR HOME. AND WE'RE DOING IT IN A VAN THAT'S NON-COMPLIANT. IT'S NON-COMPLIANT FOR ANY KIND OF SENIORS THAT MIGHT BE IN AN ACCIDENT. THEY THEY CAN'T FIT IN THERE, THEY CAN'T WALK, THEY CAN'T GO WITH THEIR WITH THEIR WALKERS. NOW, FOR THE PAST 20 YEARS, WE HAD A BUS. WE HAD A BUS THAT WAS ALREADY ADA COMPLIANT AND WE WERE USING IT BROKE DOWN AND BROKE DOWN AGAIN AND THEY SAID, WELL, WE'RE GOING TO DELETE IT. WELL, FOUR YEARS AGO WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT IT AND WE'RE TALKING THAT THE FUNDS WERE THERE ALREADY TO BUY A NEW ONE. AND COME UP WITH

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WE WANT WE GOTTA PREVENT AN ACCIDENT FROM HAPPENING BECAUSE THEY CAN'T THEY THEY IT'S GOT TO BE A SAFE AND AN ACCESSIBLE FOR ANYBODY THAT'S A SENIOR THAT THAT GOES THERE. NOW YOU'RE SAYING, OH WE GOT ANOTHER ONE AND WE'RE GOING TO, WE'RE GOING TO SEND THE SENIORS TO THE, TO THE NEW CENTER HERE. AND THEN, AND THEN HAVE ANOTHER BUS DRIVER AND ANOTHER BUS BRING HIM OVER HERE AND THEN TAKE HIM BACK. AND YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT IT'S NOT REALLY GOING TO BE ACCESSIBLE AND IT'S GOING TO BE SAFE. AND YOU CAN'T HAVE A SENIOR THAT'S A WALK THAT HAS A WALKER. HAS TO GO TO THE HUB. AND IT'S 110 DEGREES, AND HE'S GOING TO WALK FROM OVER THERE TO HERE, BECAUSE WE ALREADY HAVE THE THE TRANSPORTATION SET UP HERE WITH OUR BUS THAT WE HAD BEFORE. YOU KNOW, IF I KNOW THAT IT WAS FALLING APART AND THEY WERE HAVING PROBLEMS WITH IT. SO THEY DECIDED THE VAN. BUT IT'S NOT COMPLIANT. IT'S NOT WHAT WE NEED THERE. AND IT'S BEEN DONE FOR THE PAST 20 YEARS. SO SO WE'RE URGING THE THE CITY COUNCIL TO GET TO GET THAT GOING. WE WERE TOLD BACK IN FOUR YEARS AGO MEETINGS AND ALL THAT, THAT THE FUNDING WAS ALREADY SET TO BUY A NEW BUS, AND THEY WERE JUST LOOKING TO SEE WHAT TYPE OR WHAT DEAL THEY COULD GET. AND THEN THEY SAID, NO, WE'LL, WE'RE MAYBE WE'LL WE'LL RENT IT OUT OR, YOU KNOW, SEE THE, THE DIFFERENT OPTIONS. BUT WE'RE ONLY ASKING TO BRING BACK WHAT WE HAD BEFORE. AND WE WANT TO RESTORE, SAFE AND ACCESSIBLE TRANSPORTATION FOR OUR SENIORS THERE AT THE SENIOR CENTER. SO, SO WE'RE WE'RE EVERY TIME WE HAVE ANY KIND OF MEETING, ANYBODY FROM THE COUNCIL GOES OVER THERE, THEY MIX UP THAT THEY'VE GOT PROGRAM THAT THEY HAVE THIS WE KNOW WE'RE HAPPY THAT THOSE OTHER PROGRAMS ARE GOING TO BE ADD ONS, BUT THE BASIC NECESSITY THAT'S BEEN HAD ALREADY FOR THE PAST 20 YEARS WAS ALREADY THERE. THE INFRASTRUCTURE IS THERE, THE BUS DRIVERS THERE, THE THE BACKUP FOR OUR BUS DRIVER IS THERE. SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO PAY ANOTHER BUS DRIVER TO TO RIDE A BUS TO TAKE THEM TO THE, TO THE CENTER HERE AND THEN BRING THEM HERE ALL DAY. YOU KNOW, I KNOW THERE'S NOT GOING TO BE ANY FUNDING FOR ALL THAT. SO WE'RE JUST ASKING TO RESTORE OUR OWN BUS THAT WE HAD BEFORE. OKAY. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR FOR LISTENING TO US. AND I'M JUST THE VOICE FOR EVERYBODY, YOU KNOW. AND THEY ARE THE ONES THAT ARE, ARE SAYING THIS. IT'S NOT PERSONAL OR WHOEVER, BUT WE'RE GETTING TO AN AGE THAT WE CAN'T EVEN GET A DRIVER'S LICENSE. WE CAN'T DRIVE. RIGHT? WE HAVE MEMBERS THERE, A COUPLE OF THEM THAT WERE 100 YEARS OLD. YEAH, SEE, WE HAVE A FEW THAT ARE OVER 90 AND THEY'RE STILL HAPPY AND THEY STILL WANT TO GO THERE EVERY DAY, BUT THEY CAN'T. AND IF THEY STAY HOME. ALZHEIMER'S AND EVERYTHING'S GOING TO HIT THEM. YEAH. SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE WE'RE URGING YOU TO TO WORK WITH US AND GET EITHER THAT BUS THAT WE'RE GOING TO GET, GET THAT 80 COMPLIANT. AND YOU TOLD US THAT IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS YOU WERE GOING TO GET THE BUSSES, BUT IF SOME BUS IS MOVING THEM OUT OF THEIR FLEET, IT MUST BE SOMETHING WRONG. WE DON'T WANT TO END UP IN THE SAME BOAT AS THE OTHER BUS THAT WE HAD BEFORE. SO THAT'S WHY

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GRACIAS. NO. ADIOS. BUENAS NOCHES. BUENAS NOCHES. GRACIAS. GRACIAS. SI. HAY ALGUIEN TODAS LA CIUDAD DE LOS TIEMPOS. NOSOTROS. TAMBIÉN ESTAMOS ROSADOS. LA LA LA LA. OKAY.

GRACIAS. BUENAS NOCHES. I DO NOT HAVE ANY MORE SPEAKERS FOR THIS ITEM, IS THERE? IS THAT BILL? YEAH. BILL. CITY COMMENTS ON YOUR CITY MANAGER'S COMMENTS. YOU CAN ADDRESS THE BUSSES AND IF YOU NEED HELP DRIVING IT OVER, I'LL HELP YOU DRIVE IT OVER. I THINK WE HAVEN'T HAD ANY FOLLOW UP FROM SUNLINE. THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO INSPECT THE BUSSES, AND I ASKED THEM TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY WERE ADA COMPLIANT, THAT THERE WERE NO GRANT RESTRICTIONS, AND THAT WE COULD HAVE CLEAR TITLE, THAT WE CAN INSURE THEM. AND AND I KNOW THAT THEY HAD CALLED UP AND THEY HAVE CESAR, OUR MECHANIC, OVER AND INSPECT THEM, BUT I DON'T BELIEVE THAT'S HAPPENED.

THEY'RE TOUGH. ALL RIGHT. WELL, WE'LL WE'LL FIND OUT. LET'S LET'S DURING DURING YOUR CITY MANAGER COMMENTS, WE'LL FIND OUT WHERE THE BUSSES ARE AT. AND THEN THAT WAY WE CAN CONTINUE WITH THIS. LET'S YOU GUYS WANT TO TAKE TWO MINUTES TO GO TO THE RESTROOM. YES, PLEASE COUNCIL RECONVENES BACK FROM OUR LITTLE BREAK AND WE'LL MOVE

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WHAT ARE THE WISHES OF THE CITY COUNCIL? MOTION TO APPROVE CONSENT CALENDAR? MAYOR, REAL QUICKLY, I'LL JUST CONFIRM THAT WE HAVE NO CARDS IN THE ROOM FOR ANYONE THAT WISHES TO SPEAK ON CONSENT. IF WE CAN CONFIRM ONLINE BEFORE WE TAKE THE VOTE. THANK YOU. IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND IT A SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. THANK YOU. ANY

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GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL AND A FERNANDEZ MANAGEMENT ANALYST FOR DEVELOPMENT SERVICES. I'LL BE PRESENTING ON THIS ITEM TONIGHT. BRIAN, DO YOU WANT TO LET OUR CITY CLERK KNOW THAT WE STARTED AGAIN? I DON'T THINK SHE'S AWARE OF IT. THANK YOU.

OKAY, SO CHAPTER 5.68 AND 5.69 GOVERN REGULATORY CANNABIS ACTIVITY, WHICH IS CULTIVATION, MANUFACTURING, TESTING, DISTRIBUTION, RETAIL AND DELIVERY OF CANNABIS PRODUCTS.

IN 2017, OUR CITY COUNCIL DID APPROVE RESOLUTION NUMBER 20 1712 THAT AUTHORIZED THE USE OF FIVE SCAN TECHNOLOGY TO ASSIST US IN IMPLEMENTING CANNABIS REGULATORY PERMITS. SO THE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE ORDINANCE WERE CLARIFIED. THE DEFINITIONS WITHIN THE CODE TO REFLECT OUR CURRENT PRACTICES AND STATE REGULATORY STANDARDS. THE DEFINITIONS WOULD BETTER ALIGN WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE AS WELL AS THE DEPARTMENT OF CANNABIS CONTROL.

IT WILL ENSURE A STREAMLINED PROCESS AND IMPROVE OUR ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES

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SO IT WOULD BE A LOT MORE STREAMLINED AND STANDARDIZE THE PROCESS. SO RECOMMENDATION WE DO RECOMMEND THAT THE CITY COUNCIL INTRODUCE ORDINANCE NUMBER 1226 FOR FIRST READING AND ADOPT RESOLUTION NUMBER 20 2550, AUTHORIZING THE USE OF SCAN TECHNOLOGY FOR CANNABIS REGULATORY PERMITS. ANY QUESTIONS? I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER THEM. THIS IS A NEW BUSINESS ITEM IS NOT A PUBLIC HEARING ITEM. WHAT IS THE DOSAGE OF THE CITY COUNCIL? IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE? I'LL MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM NUMBER 22. THIS IS INTRODUCTION NUMBER 22 20 1226 FIRST READING AMENDING CHAPTERS 3.68 AND 5.69 OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE. AND THIS IS TO ADOPT NUMBER 20 2550, AUTHORIZING THE USE OF SCAN TECHNOLOGY. I'LL SECOND THAT MOTION. THE MOTION.

THERE'S A SECOND. CAN WE GET A ROLL CALL? I'LL JUST CONFIRM THAT WE DON'T HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM. THERE ARE NO PUBLIC COMMENTS ON THE ITEM. CAN WE GET A ROLL CALL? YES.

COUNCIL MEMBER PEREZ. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. FIGUEROA. AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER. VIRGEN. AYE.

MAYOR. PRO TEM DELGADO. YES. MAYOR HERNANDEZ, I MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER 23. THIS IS TO INTRODUCE ORDINANCE NUMBER 1227 AMENDMENT AMENDING SECTION 1612 140 OF THE COACHELLA MUNICIPAL CODE REGARDING THE EXTENSION OF THE FILING OF A FINAL MAP. WELCOME. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR HERNANDEZ, MAYOR PRO TEM DELGADO, AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL. I'M GOING TO BE PRESENTING SOME PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO MUNICIPAL CODE SECTION 16121 40. MUNICIPAL CODE SECTION 16121 40 AUTHORIZES THE PLANNING COMMISSION TO GRANT ONE YEAR EXTENSIONS FOR THE FILING OF A FINAL MAP. AFTER TENTATIVE MAP APPROVAL. THE CURRENT CAP IS THREE ONE YEAR EXTENSIONS. IF AVAILABLE, EXTENSIONS LAPSE BEFORE PREREQUISITES ARE COMPLETE, THE TENTATIVE MAP MAY EXPIRE AND REQUIRE THE SUBDIVIDER SUBDIVIDER TO FILE A NEW MAP AND RE-INITIATE ENTITLEMENT, INCREASING THE NUMBER OF EXTENSIONS FROM 3 TO 5 PROVIDES A PREDICTABLE, STREAMLINED PATH TO ACCOMMODATE LONGER COORDINATION TIMELINES.

WITH THIS IN MIND, WE ARE HAVING SOME ISSUES WITH POWER AND ELECTRICAL CAPACITY AND ID, SO ALLOWING THESE ADDITIONAL EXTENSIONS WOULD ALLOW FOR DEVELOPERS TO HAVE TWO ADDITIONAL, POTENTIALLY UP TO TWO ADDITIONAL YEARS FOR RENEWALS ON THEIR TERM EXTENSIONS OR PARCEL MAP EXTENSIONS. SO THAT IS THE REASON WE'RE BRINGING THIS FORWARD TODAY. SO THE THE AMENDMENT DOES NOT RELAX ANY SUBSTANTIVE REQUIREMENTS AND ALL EXISTING CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL, ENGINEERING STANDARDS AND FEES REMAIN FULLY IN EFFECT.

THANK YOU. IS THIS IS AGAIN INTRODUCTION OF ORDINANCE NUMBER 1227 AMENDMENT SECTION 16.1 12.14 OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE REGARDING EXTENSIONS FOR FILING OF A FINAL MAP. WHAT ARE THE WISHES OF THE CITY COUNCIL? SO I WOULD GO FROM THE THREE THAT IT SITS RIGHT NOW TO FIVE.

AND IT'S HAVE YOU SEEN A LOT OF THEM GET TO THAT THIRD YEAR BECAUSE THEY CAN'T GET CERTAIN THINGS DONE? IS IT COMING FROM THAT STEMMING FROM THAT? WE HAVE HAD SOME DEVELOPERS WHO ARE APPROACHING THAT THE END OF THEIR THIRD AND FINAL EXTENSION THAT HAVE REACHED OUT AND SAID THAT THEY STILL DON'T HAVE THE ABILITY TO PAY FOR A SUBSTATION. SO THEY WERE REQUESTING TO SEE IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT THE CITY COUNCIL WOULD BE INTERESTED IN CONSIDERING TO ALLOW THEM TO CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD WITHOUT HAVING TO RESTART THE PROCESS. ONCE ELECTRICAL CAPACITY BECOMES AVAILABLE. WOW. YEAH, THAT MAKES SENSE. MAKES A LOT OF SENSE. AND YOU GOT PEOPLE WHO THEY CAN'T GET THEIR WILL SERVE LETTERS AND AND AS A RESULT THEY CAN'T MOVE FORWARD ON DEVELOPMENT. SO IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE TO REALLY CONSIDER AS WE FIND A SHORT TERM, LONG TERM SOLUTION TO OUR POWER CONCERNS. OBVIOUSLY, I KNOW YOU GUYS ARE WORKING ON THAT BILL. AND ALL RIGHT. SO ALL RIGHT, MOTION TO APPROVE TO INTRODUCE ORDINANCE NUMBER 1227 AMENDING SECTION 16.12 .140, THE MUNICIPAL CODE REGARDING AN EXTENSION OF THE FILING OF A FINAL MAP IS SECOND MOTION A SECOND. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? I'LL JUST CONFIRM THERE'S NO PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM. THERE ARE NO PUBLIC COMMENTS.

CAN WE GET A ROLL CALL? COUNCIL MEMBER PEREZ. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. FIGUEROA. AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER. AYE. MAYOR. PRO TEM DELGADO. YES. MAYOR. HERNANDEZ. AYE. THERE ARE NO PUBLIC

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COUNCIL MEMBER PEREZ. I'LL BE BRIEF. I WAS FORTUNATE TO ATTEND. I DON'T KNOW IF I MENTIONED IT LAST TIME OR NOT. THE FINE REGIONAL FOOD BANK AND HEARD A VERY INSPIRATIONAL

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AND WHAT I DIDN'T KNOW IS THAT THEY'VE BEEN HERE SINCE 2018. SO SEVERAL YEARS THEY'VE BEEN HERE. IT WAS THE FIRST TIME I ALSO GOT TO MEET WITH GABRIELA ARMENTA FROM CIRCULO AZTECA CITLALLATONAC. IT WAS PRETTY NICE AND SEE WHAT THEY DO. THEY ALSO OFFER. THEY'RE ALSO NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION WHO OFFER PEER TO PEER COUNSELING, NOT JUST FOR THE YOUTH BUT FOR OUR OLDER COMMUNITIES. AND THEN THEY OFFER A LOT OF DANCE CLASSES AND SO FORTH. SO IT WAS IT WAS GOOD, GOOD TIMES TO TALK TO THEM AND GET TO KNOW WHAT THEY DO FOR OUR CITY. I THINK THAT'S THAT'S ALL I HAVE RIGHT NOW. COUNCIL MEMBER DOCTOR FIGUEROA, NOT TOO MUCH. I KNOW THAT WE HAD SOME RAIN RECENTLY, SO I WAS AT JULIET CARVER TRACK THIS WEEKEND VISITING MY GRANDMA. AND YOU KNOW, THE MOSQUITOES ARE STILL OUT THERE, RIGHT? AND SO MAKING SURE PEOPLE KNOW THAT THEY'RE TURNING OVER THE THEIR POTS AND PANS AND WATER AND THE MOSQUITO VECTOR CONTROL DISTRICT HAS BEEN GOING OUT AND DOING SPRAYING AND ALERTING PEOPLE ON SOCIAL MEDIA. AND THERE IS THE BIG ORANGE SIGNS. SO THEY ARE DOING THEIR PART, ENSURING THAT'S THERE. WHAT'S GOING ON? I'M GETTING BIT. THERE'S A LOT OF AGES AEGYPTI AND THOSE ARE THE ANKLE BITERS, THE ONES WITH THE BLACK AND WHITE LINES. SO AND THERE'S ONLY THE FEMALES THAT BITE. SO THEY'RE DOING A LOT OF PROJECTS TO KIND OF ERADICATE. AND YEAH, THERE'S A LOT OF THEM. AND THERE HAS BEEN HEAVY ITEMS TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE LOOK AT AFTER THAT. YESTERDAY WAS DIWALI. I KNOW WE DON'T USUALLY TALK ABOUT THAT HOLIDAY. SO, YOU KNOW, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO CELEBRATE ALL DIFFERENT HOLIDAYS AND DIFFERENT SPACES. SO THAT WAS YESTERDAY. FOR THE PEOPLE THAT DO CELEBRATE AND LOOKING FORWARD TO OUR STATE OF THE CITY TOMORROW. AND THEN AS WELL AS I DID ATTEND THE CALIFORNIA LEAGUE OF CITIES WITH STAFF, GOT TO ATTEND SOME GOOD SESSIONS AND LEARN ABOUT WHAT OTHER CITIES ARE DOING ACROSS THE STATE. AND, YOU KNOW, REALLY HOPING THAT STAFF ALSO WAS ABLE TO GET SOME GOOD INFORMATION FROM THAT CONFERENCE AS WELL. AND THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS, MR. MAYOR.

COUNCILMEMBER, THANK YOU. I ATTENDED THE TREE FOR ALL EVENT AT DUMONT PARK. IT WAS A LOT OF FUN. WE WERE ABLE TO PLANT SOME TREES AND THAT WAS NICE TO JUST KIND OF BE OUT THERE IN THE MORNING. WE DID HAVE SOME COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT SHOWED UP, AND SO IT WAS REALLY COOL TO JUST BE OUT THERE. THERE WAS A A GROUP AND I CAN'T RECALL THEIR NAME. THEY ALSO PARTICIPATED. SELENA. YES. AND THEY DID SUCH A GOOD JOB. THEY WERE REALLY FUNNY. I WOULD TELL THEM, ARE YOU GUYS READY FOR THE NEXT TREE? THEY'RE LIKE, YEAH, BUT IT WAS REALLY COOL TO TO BE OUT THERE. MY BACK KIND OF, YOU KNOW, I NEED TO STRETCH EVERY MORNING NOW, BUT IT'S ALL GOOD. IT WAS A FUN EVENT. WE HAVE THE STATE OF THE CITY EVENT SO EXCITING THAT'S HAPPENING TOMORROW. SO LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT. AND THEN ALSO NEXT WEEK WE HAVE OUR NEXT WEEK RIGHT. THE LOS MUERTOS. YEAH. SO HOPING TO SEE A LOT OF THE COMMUNITY OUT THERE AND STAFF EVERYONE. YOU GUYS COME OUT WALK OR RUN AND THEN SEE YOU AT THE BEER GARDEN AFTER. JUST KIDDING. NO, IT'S A REALLY GOOD EVENT. SO I HAVE A REALLY GOOD TIME GOING THERE. BUT AS ALWAYS, THANK YOU TO STAFF. THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU GUYS DO AND ALL THE GREAT WORK, YOU KNOW, AND YOU GUYS PUT UP WITH A LOT OF THINGS, YOU KNOW, NOT JUST THE COMMUNITY AND WORKING WITH EVERYONE AND ALL THESE AGENCIES AND ORGS AND EVERYTHING, BUT ALSO WITH THE COUNCIL. AND SO I APPRECIATE YOU ALL. AND I KNOW IT'S LATE AND YOU'RE STILL HERE, OF COURSE, BUT YOU KNOW THAT THAT KIND OF WORK AND YOUR DEDICATION DOES NOT GO UNNOTICED. SO I APPRECIATE YOU ALL. AND AS ALWAYS, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. AND THOSE ARE ALL MY COMMENTS. MAYOR PRO TEM, THANK YOU. I ALSO ATTENDED THE LEAGUE OF CITIES. YOU KNOW, I WANT US AS A, AS A CITY TO TO ATTEND THE RIVERSIDE COUNTY DIVISION MEETINGS. I WANT US ALL TO BE PRESENT. SO THE NEXT YEAR, I HOPE THAT WE ALL GET TOGETHER AND KIND OF, YOU KNOW, SHOW, SHOW FACE, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE I SEE SOME OF THE OTHER EXECUTIVES FROM OTHER CITIES.

BUT I WANT TO COME I WANT TO COME IN WITH FULL FORCE TOO, AND SAY, HEY, YOU KNOW, THIS IS

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AS MANY KNOW, I AM VERY ENGAGED WITH THE LEAGUE OF CITIES. THEY HAD SOME REALLY WONDERFUL SESSIONS. AND SO I'M I WAS VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT. THE THE STATE OF THE CITY. I KNOW MANY FOLKS LIKE OUR STATE OF THE CITY BECAUSE WE HAVE THE VIDEOS, AND I DON'T THINK MANY CITIES HAVE WHERE EACH MEMBER OF COUNCIL HAS PUT TOGETHER A VIDEO TALKING ABOUT SPECIFIC TOPICS. SO A BIG THANK YOU TO RISETH WHO'S BEEN LEADING THAT. AND YOU KNOW, THEY STAY OUT THERE WITH US FOR FOR A GOOD WHILE WHILE WE TAPE OVER AND OVER AND OVER, YOU KNOW, SO THEY'RE VERY KIND TO US AS WELL AS THE OUTLINE FOR FOR PUTTING THAT TOGETHER AS, AS WELL. I AM GOING TO ASK THAT, YOU KNOW, AS, AS A CITY THAT WE BE AS EMPLOYEES AND, AND COUNCIL MEMBERS AND EXECUTIVE TEAM MEMBERS, THAT WE BE KINDER TO ONE ANOTHER. AND I SAY THAT WHOLEHEARTEDLY, THAT WE BE KINDER TO ONE ANOTHER, AND THAT WHEN WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THESE PROJECTS AND EVERYTHING THAT WE DO, WE DO IT IN COLLABORATION. WE DO IT IN PARTNERSHIP. YOU KNOW, YOU SUPPORT EACH OTHER, YOU SUPPORT YOUR TEAM MEMBER, YOU SUPPORT YOUR TEAM, YOU SUPPORT OTHER DEPARTMENTS. YOU KNOW, WE ARE A TEAM. AND SO I'M ASKING THAT WE BE KINDER TO ONE ANOTHER AND MORE RESPECTFUL, AND THAT WE SHOW EACH OTHER THAT WE SUPPORT ONE ANOTHER.

AND WITH THAT, I I'LL, I'LL FINISH UP MY MY COMMENTS. OH SORRY TO ANDREW. THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. YOU KNOW, YOU WARNED US THE LAST TIME THAT IT WAS GOING TO BE ABOUT AN HOUR LONG. AND YOU ARE CORRECT, BUT IT WAS VERY MUCH, VERY MUCH NEEDED. AND I THINK IT SHARES A LOT WHERE WE'RE AT WITH THESE PROJECTS. YOU KNOW, THEY THEY HAVEN'T FALLEN BEHIND. THIS TEAM IS PUSHING FORWARD WITH IT. THERE IS A LOT OF BARRIERS. THERE IS A LOT OF OBVIOUSLY MONIES THAT NEED TO BE DISBURSED. THERE IS A LOT OF TIMES WHERE WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE SHARING WITH THE SGC, WHOEVER IS THE FUNDER, THAT WE'RE USING THE FUNDS, WHAT FOR, WHAT IT WAS INTENDED TO BE USED FOR, AND ALSO IS, IS THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE MOVING FORWARD, BUT WE'RE STILL FINANCIALLY RESTRAINED. AND SO WHEN WE'RE ASKING A LOT OF OUR EXECUTIVES IN OUR DEPARTMENTS AND OUR TEAM MEMBERS THAT WE WANT THIS AND WE WANT THAT, AND IT IS ALL MUCH NEEDED AND I WANT IT TO. BUT WE HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THAT WE HAVE TO BE VERY CONSERVATIVE, VERY CONSERVATIVE, AND BE THOUGHTFUL AND RESPONSIBLE IN HOW WE'RE MOVING FORWARD IN THE NEXT FEW YEARS, THREE YEARS. SO WITH THAT, I JUST I'LL END IT WITH KINDNESS. THANK YOU. JUST WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY. YOU GUYS ARE BEEN DOING A LOT OF GOOD WORK. AND IT'S OBVIOUSLY WE'RE AT AN IMPLEMENTATION PHASE OF A LOT OF OUR PREVIOUS GRANTS. AND IT'S EXCITING. THERE'S GOING TO BE A LOT OF MOVEMENT PROBABLY WITHIN THE NEXT 18, 24 MONTHS, BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW THAT THESE PROJECTS ARE GOING TO GET DONE IN SIX MONTHS. THEY'RE GOING TO THEY'RE GOING TO TAKE A LITTLE TIME. SO ATTABOY. OUT OF GIRL. I WAS AT THE. TREE FOR ALL EVENT AS WELL. AND IT WAS FUN. IT WAS GOOD TO PLANT TREES. AND IT'S ACTUALLY ONE OF MY I THINK IT'S THE MOST MY MOST FAVORITE EVENT TO BE AT, JUST BECAUSE YOU CAN LITERALLY SEE THE TRANSFORMATION HAPPEN WITHIN AN HOUR. AND WE HAD WE HAD THE URBAN CONSERVATION LEAGUE, THE, THE STUDENTS OUT THERE, AND IT WAS REALLY NEAT AND A LOT OF STAFF. AND THANK YOU FOR THE STAFF WHO SHOWED UP AND THAT WE'RE READY TO PLANT TREES AND TO OUR MAINTENANCE CREW, RIGHT.

THAT PRE-PREPPED EVERYTHING. SO IT'S EVERYTHING'S IN A YOU COULD JUST TAKE OFF THE, THE BOX AND YOU CAN PLANT A TREE AND IT'S KIND OF COOL. AND, AND JUST BACK DUMA IN GENERAL HAS BEEN LOOKING REALLY GOOD. REALLY LOTS OF GREENERY AND PARKS LOOKING GOOD. SO I JUST WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY FOR, FOR THAT EFFORT. YEAH. THERE'S A BUNCH OF UPCOMING EVENTS. I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE EXCITING. TOMORROW'S A STATE OF THE CITY. AND I SAW YOUR GUYS'S VIDEOS.

EACH ONE OF YOU, YOU ALL DID A GOOD JOB IN PRESENTING YOUR SEGMENTS. AND SO IT SHOULD BE A NICE MORNING. MIGHT BE A LITTLE WINDY, BUT WE'LL SEE. AGAIN, I JUST PROUD OF THE WORK IT'S BEEN. IT'S BEEN A LONG, LONG, LONG ROAD IN TERMS OF, YOU KNOW, HOW WE'VE GOTTEN HERE AND WHAT WE'RE DOING. AND YOU KNOW, THE BEST IS YET TO COME. AND I WAS TAKEN ABACK BY ALL THE RESIDENTS TODAY. I THOUGHT IT WAS BEAUTIFUL, YOU KNOW. AND. I'M GOING TO QUOTE JERRY BROWN

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AND THIS IS A COOL TOWN. AND I THINK THE COACHELLA'S BEST DAYS ARE AHEAD OF IT. AND, AND AND WE GOT TO JUST CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THEM BECAUSE THAT'S THE STRONG SUIT OF THE CITY. IT'S PRETTY ENGAGED. SO GOOD EVENING WITH THAT BILL. YOU'RE GOING TO GIVE US AN UPDATE ON THOSE BUSSES, THOSE DARN TWO BUSSES THAT YOU HAVEN'T FOUND. I, I GUESS THAT CESAR, OUR MECHANIC, WENT OVER AND INSPECTED THE BUSSES, BUT WE'RE WAITING FOR THE REPORT. IT'S JUST IT'S TAKEN SOME TIME AND I LET THEM KNOW. MONA FROM SUNLINE, THE GM, THAT WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAVE CLEAR TITLE, THAT THEY'RE ADA COMPLIANT, THAT THEY'RE STRUCTURALLY SOUND, AND THAT WE CAN INSURE THEM OURSELVES. AND SO MAYBE THAT'S PART OF WHAT'S TAKING SO LONG.

IT'S NOT THAT IT'S BEEN THAT LONG, BUT IT'S IT'S BEEN OVER A MONTH AND A HALF. BUT I WOULD MAYBE ADVISE THAT GO GET GABRIEL AND JESUS, PUT HIM IN A CAR AND TAKE HIM TO SUNLAND WITH YOU TO GET. THEY CAN THEY CAN CHECK IT OUT THAT WAY. THEY CAN GO REPORT BACK TO YOU JUST SO THEY CAN SEE IT, THAT IT'S ACTUALLY AND AND IF WE FIND THAT WE DON'T WE DID GET A QUOTE ON A BUS AND IT'S GOING TO BE ABOUT $215,000. SO WE COULD BUY A NEW BUS, PURCHASE ONE. SO LET'S SEE WHAT HAPPENS WITH SUNLINE BECAUSE THINGS ARE TIGHT. BUT IF NOT, THERE IS A BACK UP PLAN. WE KNOW HOW MUCH IT IS AND WE CAN GO GET ONE AND BRING IT TO OR RENT ONE. CAN WE RENT? YOU KNOW, I KNOW WE CAN'T. WE WERE LOOKING INTO LEASE. WE CAN'T LEASE IT. SO WE NEED TO OWN IT. ALL RIGHT. WELL, YEAH, I MET WITH ID A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO ABOUT THE JPA. THEY WANT TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE JPA. WE HAD GREAT DISCUSSIONS. IN FACT, THEY'RE GOING TO COME TO THE COUNCIL MEETING ON NOVEMBER 12TH AND GO THROUGH THE COUNCIL WHAT THE STEPS ARE TO GO AND PUT THAT IN PLACE. WE'RE ALSO WHEN WE DO IT. RIGHT NOW, INDIO IS IMPLEMENTING A DEVELOPMENT IMPACT FEE FOR ELECTRIC BECAUSE THEY WEREN'T CHARGING ONE. AND IT'S UNDERSTANDABLE WHY SO MANY PEOPLE ARE FLOODING TO INDIO RIGHT NOW BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT CHARGING AN IMPACT FEE, THEY'RE NOT COLLECTING AGAINST DEBT SERVICE. SO WE ARE GOING TO TAKE CARE OF THAT WHILE WE FORM THE FINANCING AUTHORITY AND DO OUR BONDING. WE'LL HAVE THAT IN PLACE, SO WE'LL BE COVERED THERE. I ALSO MET WITH THE P3 DEVELOPER TODAY, AND WE HAVE A MEETING WITH ID ON MONDAY AT 10:00, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO GOOD PROGRESS THERE. WE GOT A STRATEGY TOGETHER SO WE KNOW HOW WE'RE GOING TO APPROACH THEM ON THAT. AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT ONE PROJECT DOESN'T INTERFERE WITH THE OTHER. THEY'RE RUNNING SEPARATE TRACKS, BUT TOGETHER. AND THEN ULTIMATELY WHEN WE PUT THE JPA TOGETHER, WE'LL MAKE SURE THERE'S A BRIDGE THERE. SO IF WE DO AND WE ARE THE POWER PROVIDER THAT WE OWN THE ASSETS AT THE END OF THE DEBT SERVICE AS WELL. VERY NICE. THAT'S IT. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL. YES. YEAH. IT HAS BEEN VERY RECEPTIVE AND REACHING OUT AND BEEN RESPONSIVE FOR MEETINGS BECAUSE NORMALLY YOU WOULD TAKE MONTHS. SO THEY BOOKING WITHIN A COUPLE OF WEEKS. SO THAT'S ACTUALLY GREAT NEWS. THANK YOU. 830 AND

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