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OKAY. CALL TO ORDER AT 4:37 P.M.. OKAY. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
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RIGHT HAND OVER YOUR HEART. READY TO BEGIN? I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.OKAY. ROLL CALL. ROLL CALL. SO WE'LL SEE.
CHAIR NUNEZ OR NO, COMMISSIONER NUNEZ NOT PRESENT.
AND WE DON'T HAVE A VICE CHAIR. WHO'S THE VICE CHAIR? AVILA. VICE CHAIR. AVILA. NOT PRESENT. COMMISSIONER CARLOS AYALA HERE, COMMISSIONER ANDREW GALLEGOS HERE, AND COMMISSIONER GRANADOS PRESIDENT. THANK YOU.
[APPROVAL OF AGENDA]
ANOTHER DATE OR REQUEST THE MOVING OF AN ITEM ON THE AGENDA.IS THERE NONE? APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES O APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA.
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DO WE HAVE A FIRST AND A SECOND? OH, YEAH. FIRST.SECOND. ALL THOSE IN. OH, YES. ALL IN FAVOR? HI.
THANK YOU. NEXT ITEM. APPROVAL OF THE MEETING MINUTES.
THE MEETING MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF MARCH 18TH, 2025 OF THE PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION.
I'M SORRY. THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN THE LAST MEETING THAT WE HAD.
IT WAS NOT MARCH 18TH. THERE'S A CORRECTION THERE.
THE LAST MEETING WE HAD WAS PROBABLY IN OCTOBER.
I THINK IT WAS OCTOBER, SO I APOLOGIZE. WE'LL MAKE THE CORRECTION.
WAS IT OCTOBER? WHATEVER. YEAH, WE HAD A MEETING IN OCTOBER.
SORRY ABOUT THAT. DO WE NEED A MOTION FOR THAT? NO. WE'RE GOING TO TABLE THIS FOR THE NEXT MEETING, SINCE WE DON'T HAVE THEM IN FRONT OF US WITH THE CORRECT DATE.
THAT THE CORRECT DATE. I CAN LOOK IT UP.
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OKAY, SO MOVE ON TO PRESENTATION. YEAH, LET'S MOVE ON.AND WE CAN ALWAYS COME BACK IF ANDREW FINDS. OH.
SEPTEMBER 16TH, 2025. IT'S BEEN A WHILE. OKAY.
THANK YOU. SEPTEMBER. SO WE DIDN'T EVEN GET TO HAVE OUR MEETING.
WAS IT IN YOUR PACKET? BECAUSE I KNOW THAT WE DID INCLUDE THEM IN THE PACKET. DO YOU GUYS DID YOU GUYS GET TO REVIEW THE MEETING MINUTES THAT WERE INCLUDED IN THE PACKET, OR DO YOU PREFER EMAIL? YEAH. YEAH. OR EMAIL.
JUST TABLE TABLE TABLE FOR FOR NEXT. THERE'S MORE OF US.
YES. THANK YOU. WE'LL TABLE THAT FOR THE NEXT MEETING.
OKAY. PRESENTATION. NINTH STREET PARK UPDATE.
JUST DO IT. END OF YEAR UPDATE ON WHERE OUR PARK STAND.
SO THE FIRST PROJECT I WANTED TO DISCUSS WAS OUR NINTH STREET PARK.
THE CITY IS GOING TO BE DOING A PHASE TWO ON THIS PROJECT, WHICH IS TIED TO OUR TCC GRANT PROJECT.
AND RIGHT NOW WE'RE LOOKING TO PUT OUT THE RFP FOR DESIGN.
SO OVER THE NEXT OVER THE NEXT SIX MONTHS TO YEAR, WE'LL BE DOING THE DESIGN ON THAT PROJECT.
AS FAR AS WHAT WE'RE DOING ON THE NINTH STREET PARK.
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BUT WE DID WE DID INTENTIONALLY PUT THAT LARGE, ROUND CONCRETE STRUCTURE IN THE MIDDLE SO WE CAN HAVE A CENTRAL FEATURE THAT'S PART OF THE PARK. SO AS WE WORK THROUGH THE DESIGN, WE'LL BE COMING BACK TO THE PARKS COMMISSION TO LOOK AT WHAT KIND OF BUDGET WE HAVE AND WHAT THINGS WE THINK THAT THE THAT THE COMMISSIONERS THINK WOULD WORK BEST AS A CENTRAL ITEM FOR THAT PARK.AND THEN THE NICE PICTURE ON THE TOP KIND OF SHOWS THESE ARE ALL THE TREES THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN PLANTED AS THEY GROW AND AS THEY FLOWER, THIS IS WHAT THE PARK WILL CONTINUE TO LOOK LIKE. THE BOTTOM PICTURE ON THE LEFT, YOU CAN KIND OF SEE THE PARK IS BROKEN INTO THREE QUADRANTS.
AND THAT'S VACANT FOR A REASON, BECAUSE THAT'S GOING TO BE AN ART INSTALLATION.
AND WE WILL USE ART FUNDS TO INSTALL THAT, HOPEFULLY.
AND DISCUSS WHAT TYPE OF ART AND WHAT WE CAN BRING INTO THAT AREA.
SO JUST TO KIND OF LET YOU KNOW WHERE THAT PARK STANDS YOU KNOW IT IS AT THE FINISHED PHASE ONE, AND WE'LL HAVE MULTIPLE PHASES WE'LL BE BRINGING FORWARD TO YOU THROUGHOUT THE NEXT YEAR RELATIVE TO THE INSTALLATION OF ARTWORK, INSTALLATION OF CENTRAL ELEMENTS, AND ANY ADDITIONAL FEATURES THAT WE, YOU KNOW, DISCUSS AS WE START GOING THROUGH THE DESIGN.
I THINK THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR THE NIGHT STREET PARK.
DOES ANYONE HAVE QUESTIONS SPECIFICALLY ABOUT NINTH STREET PARK BEFORE I MOVE ON TO THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM OR ANY WHEN WE LOOK AT OUR RFP, ANY THINGS YOU WANT US TO SPECIFICALLY FOCUS ON OR LOOK AT NEW.
OKAY. ON THAT CASE, MOVING ON TO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER THREE THREE.
RANCHO LOS FOREST PARK EXPANSION. THIS PROJECT HAS ALREADY BEEN IN FRONT OF PARKS COMMISSION.
IT'S STILL AT 100% DESIGN. NOT A WHOLE LOT HAS CHANGED ON THIS PROJECT.
I DID WANT TO DISCUSS JUST SOME OF THE SCHEDULING THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT RIGHT NOW.
SO THE TOTAL PROJECT ESTIMATE FOR WHAT'S BEEN BROUGHT TO THE PARKS COMMISSION AND TO THE PLANNING OR TO THE CITY COUNCIL WE HAVE A CONSTRUCTION ESTIMATE OF AROUND $60 MILLION, AND OUR CURRENT GRANT IS ONLY 8.4 MILLION.
SO WE'VE BEEN DEALING WITH THAT INTERNALLY RELATIVE TO SEEKING ADDITIONAL GRANT FUNDS.
AND WE HAVE REACHED OUT. AND WE HOPE THAT WE HAVE ADDITIONAL GRANT FUNDS THAT WE WILL BE GETTING TO DELIVER THE WHOLE PROJECT BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT TO DO A REDUCED SCOPE PROJECT.
WE WANT TO DELIVER THE WHOLE PROJECT. YOU KNOW, WHAT THE COMMUNITY, WHAT THE COMMISSION, WHAT EVERYONE HAS BEEN EXPECTING TO DELIVER OUT HERE. THE GRANT WE ARE CURRENTLY LOOKING AT DOES HAVE SOME FEDERAL FUNDS TIED TO IT, WHICH MEANS IF WE GET THAT GRANT, THAT'LL BE FANTASTIC, BECAUSE THAT MEANS WE GET TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE WHOLE CONCEPT OF THE PROJECT.
BUT IT WOULD REQUIRE US TO GET NEPA CLEARANCE AS WELL.
SO I MAINLY WANTED TO TALK ABOUT A SCHEDULE UPDATE.
THERE'S NO REAL DESIGN UPDATES ON THIS PROJECT.
BUT BECAUSE OF THE ADDITIONAL GRANT FUNDS THAT WE'RE SEEKING THERE MIGHT BE THAT ADDITIONAL FEDERAL HURDLE THAT WE HAVE TO JUMP THROUGH TO GET THE NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL CLEARANCE AS WELL. SO THAT WILL POTENTIALLY DELAY THE GROUNDBREAKING FOR ABOUT A YEAR SO THAT WE CAN DELIVER THAT FULL PROJECT.
I'D LIKE TO ADD THAT WE ARE CURRENTLY LOOKING AT A $6 MILLION GRANT.
AND SO SO WE JUST SUBMITTED REVISED BUDGETS AND, AND NARRATIVES AND THINGS LIKE THAT MAPS, YOU KNOW YOU KNOW, BECAUSE IT'S JUST PART OF THE PROCESS.
WE WERE RANKED NUMBER THREE. SO WE SHOULD BE RECEIVING AN ALLOCATION.
HOWEVER AS YOU ALL KNOW THINGS ARE ALWAYS EVER CHANGING.
AND, YOU KNOW, BUT WE DID RANK NUMBER THREE, SO WE WE SHOULD BE FUNDED.
IT'S OUR HOPE THAT WE'RE FUNDED. AND THESE ARE JUST THE CONCEPTS OF LOST FOREST PARK.
I THINK WE'VE SHOWN A LOT OF THESE IN PUBLIC BEFORE RELATIVE TO THE SPLASH PADS THE PLAYGROUNDS, THE ADULT WORKOUT AREAS, THE THE DOG PARK AREAS.
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SO THIS IS THE, THE FULL CONCEPT. AND THAT'S THE REASON THAT WE ARE DELAYING THE GROUNDBREAKING ON THIS, BECAUSE WE WANT TO HAVE FULL FUNDING TO DELIVER THE FULL CONCEPT AND EVERYTHING THAT WE'VE BEEN PROMISING TO THE COMMUNITY.SO MOVING ON TO AGENDA ITEM FOUR. THIS IS THE TCC UPDATES.
SO YOU GUYS SHOULD BE AWARE WE RECEIVED A LARGE TCC GRANT AND IT INVOLVES A LOT OF PARK WORK URBAN GREENING ELEMENTS AND ATP ELEMENTS THROUGHOUT THE CITY. SO I JUST KIND OF WANTED TO GIVE AN UPDATE ON ALL OF THOSE DIFFERENT ELEMENTS AND WHERE WE STAND SO THAT YOU GUYS CAN HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT PROJECTS WE'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT IN THE COMING YEAR. ONE OF THE PROJECTS IS THE AVENUE 53 TOT LOT.
THIS ONE WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT FOR WAY TOO LONG.
I WAS HOPING IT'D BE DONE BY NOW, BUT THAT'S OKAY.
WE HAVE OUR AGREEMENTS WITH TCC. WE HAVE THIS AT FULL DESIGN.
SO WE WILL BE MOVING FORWARD WITH THE AVENUE 53 TOT LOT.
THAT'S THAT LITTLE WALKWAY THAT CONNECTS FROM THE TRANSIT CENTER BACK OVER TO FIFTH STREET TO THE PARK SKATE PARK TO SHADY LANE TO SIERRA VISTA PARK. AND FOR THOSE PROJECTS, WE'RE COMBINING ALL OF THEM TOGETHER, AND WE'RE GOING TO BE PUTTING OUT A DESIGN RFP.
THAT DESIGN RFP WILL ALSO BE GOING OUT IN EARLY JANUARY.
SO OVER THE NEXT OVER THE NEXT YEAR, WE'LL BE DOING THE DESIGN ON ALL OF THOSE ELEMENTS OF THE TCC.
AND AS EACH ELEMENT IS FINALIZED, WE'LL BE BRINGING IT TO THE PARKS COMMISSION FOR APPROVAL.
SO THESE ARE ALL PROJECTS THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE ACTIVELY WORKING ON THE NEXT YEAR, AND BRINGING TO YOU WITH THE ELEMENTS THAT ARE THAT WE WORK OUT THROUGH THE DESIGN PROCESS. THE LAST PROJECT WE HAVE WITH TCC IS THE BAG TUMOR WELLNESS CENTER.
THAT ONE, WE'RE DOING A DESIGN BUILD RFQ. WE DID PUT OUT A DESIGN BUILD RFQ ALREADY FOR IN OCTOBER, BUT WE HAD FANTASTIC NEWS THAT TCC IS ACTUALLY GIVING US ADDITIONAL FUNDING.
WHEN WE GOT WHEN WE APPLIED FOR THE GRANT, ORIGINALLY, WE APPLIED FOR $29.5 MILLION, BUT WHEN WE GOT THE AWARD, THEY HAD DONE REDUCED AWARDS AND GIVEN US ONLY 22.5.
SO THAT MONEY GETS SPREAD OUT TO A LOT OF THESE PROJECTS.
A LOT OF THAT ADDITIONAL RESOURCES GOES BACK INTO THE WELLNESS CENTER IN PARTICULAR WHERE WE HAD TO GET, YOU KNOW, WE HAD TO REALLY TIGHTEN OUR BELTS ON THAT PROJECT DUE TO THE REDUCED AWARD THAT WAS GIVEN TO US.
SO AGAIN, AS WE GO THROUGH THAT DESIGN BUILD PROCESS, WE'LL BE BRINGING THAT TO THE COMMISSION, TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION, TO CITY COUNCIL, AS FAR AS GETTING A FULL CONCEPT OF WHAT WE CAN DO THERE.
LOOKING AT THE PROJECTS, AVENUE 53 TOT LOT. THESE ARE ALL PICTURES THAT WE'VE SEEN.
AGAIN, WE WERE JUST WAITING FOR THE AUTHORIZATION TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS.
RIGHT AFTER THE HOLIDAYS. ANOTHER THING THAT WE ADDED TO THE AVENUE 53 IS A ROUNDABOUT.
ONE OF THE COMPLAINTS WE GOT FROM THE COMMUNITY AND FROM THE PEOPLE WHO USE THE PARK WAS DANGEROUS DRIVING BECAUSE AVENUE 53 IS SO WIDE, PEOPLE JUST BLOW THROUGH THAT INTERSECTION. SO I WANT TO PUT OUR FIRST ROUNDABOUT IN THE CITY HERE.
THAT REALLY FORCES PEOPLE TO SLOW DOWN. IF YOU HAVE A STOP SIGN, YOU CAN ROLL, RIGHT? YOU CAN JUST BLAST RIGHT THROUGH IT AS FAST AS YOU WANT. BUT WITH A ROUNDABOUT, YOU CAN'T DO DONUTS, YOU CAN'T BLOW THROUGH IT. AND I THINK THAT'LL REALLY MAKE THE PARK AND THE COMMUNITY SAFER BY FORCING PEOPLE TO GO SLOW THROUGH THE INTERSECTION.
THE FIFTH STREET PASEO. THE PICTURES ON THE TOP RIGHT.
SO THERE'S MINIMAL PLANTS THAT WERE PUT OUT THERE. WITH THE TCC GRANT, WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO REALLY ENHANCE THAT, PUT A LOT MORE TREES OUT THERE, GIVE THAT SOME SHADE COVER AND MAKE THAT A MUCH NICER CORRIDOR.
SO WHEN THE COMMUNITY WALKS BY, WE'LL ACTUALLY HAVE SOME SHADE ON THAT LITTLE PATHWAY.
FOR DATELAND SKATE PARK, THIS IS A PRETTY SIMPLE ONE.
WE'RE JUST REMOVING ALL OF THE EXISTING EQUIPMENT AND REPLACING IT WITH PRETTY SIMILAR EQUIPMENT.
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THE EQUIPMENT THAT'S OUT THERE IS REALLY WORN OUT.IT'S OUTDATED. IT REGULARLY BREAKS AND GETS HOLES, KIND OF HAS SHARP, JAGGED EDGES.
SOMETIMES WE END UP HAVING TO PATCH IT CONSTANTLY.
SO WE'RE JUST WE'RE GOING TO BE COMPLETELY REDOING ALL THE EQUIPMENT OUT THERE.
IT'LL STILL BE ABOVE GROUND. THE CONCRETE SURFACE OUT THERE STAYS THE SAME, AND IT'LL BE THE ABOVE GROUND SYSTEM, SIMILAR TO WHAT'S OUT THERE, BUT JUST ALL BRAND NEW. FOR SHADY LANE.
WE ACTUALLY HAVE TWO PROJECTS THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING ON SHADY LANE. THE UPPER PICTURE IS A CONCEPT WE RECENTLY PREPARED FOR THE BIKE PATH THAT CURRENTLY EXISTS BETWEEN AVENUE 52 AND AVENUE 53. THAT'S NEXT TO THOSE RETENTION BASINS.
SO WITH THE ENHANCED FUNDING THAT WE GOT FROM TCC, WE'RE ACTUALLY ABLE TO THIS WAS IN THE ORIGINAL PLAN WAS TO DO LANDSCAPING AND PLANT TREES ALONG THAT BIKE PATH BETWEEN 52 AND 53, THE SHADY LANE BIKE PATH.
AND THAT HAD TO BE SCALED BACK AND WE HAD TO REDUCE OUR BUDGETS.
BUT NOW WE GET TO PUT THAT BACK IN. SO WHEN WE DO OUR DESIGN RFP, WE'LL BE LOOKING AT DESIGNING THAT PUTTING IN SOME ROCK STABILIZATION ON THAT SLOPE, CLEANING UP THAT RETENTION BASIN AND GETTING LANDSCAPING ALONG THAT WHOLE BIKE PATH AND WALKWAY.
WE ARE RESTRIPING SHADY LANE. WE'RE PUTTING IN EXTRA WIDE BIKE LANES, AND WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO IMPROVE THE SAFETY FOR THE BIKE, TRAVEL UP AND DOWN SHADY LANE SO THAT THAT BIKE LANE AND THAT SAFE BIKE TRAVEL GOES ALL THE WAY INTO OUR DOWNTOWN AREA.
SO IT'S NICE THAT WE GET TO TIE BOTH THESE PROJECTS IN NOW AND HAVE THAT SAFE, KIND OF SHADED PASSAGEWAY FROM 53 ALL THE WAY INTO DOWNTOWN AT SIERRA VISTA PARK. THIS IS WHERE WE ARE PLANNING ON PLANTING AN ORCHARD AT THE PARK.
SO WE'LL BE REMOVING SOME OF THE GRASS AREA, AND WE'LL BE HAVING A COMMUNITY ORCHARD HERE.
AND THEN THIS PARK ALSO HAS A PRETTY OUTDATED BATHROOM.
AND WE'LL BE REMOVING THAT AND REPLACING IT WITH A BRAND NEW BATHROOM.
SO THOSE ARE ALL THE ELEMENTS THAT ARE TIED INTO THE WHOLE DESIGN RFP.
WE'RE JUST GOING TO PUT OUT ONE DESIGN RFP SO WE CAN HAVE AN ENGINEER ARCHITECT LANDSCAPE THAT CAN ADDRESS ALL THESE PROJECTS AT ONCE, SO WE CAN MOVE THEM ALL TOGETHER. AND THE LAST PROJECT THAT HAS TCC FUNDING TIED TO IT.
I ALREADY DISCUSSED IT A BIT, BUT IT'S THE BACK TO MY WELLNESS CENTER. LIKE I SAID, WE HAD PUT OUT A DESIGN BEFORE, BUT WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND RERELEASE THAT WITH A MODIFIED BUDGET.
AND THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF OUTREACH TO THE COMMUNITY FOR YEARS OVER THIS PROJECT ABOUT WHAT THE COMMUNITY WANTS TO SEE PUT INTO THIS BUILDING AND THE KIND OF IMPROVEMENTS WE'RE GOING TO MAKE. SO JUST VERY EXCITED THAT WE HAVE THAT ENHANCED FUNDING BACK SO WE CAN MAKE SOME SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENTS TO THIS BUILDING AS WE GO THROUGH THE DESIGN BUILD PROCESS. THAT WILL PROBABLY TAKE ABOUT A YEAR AS WELL.
SO WE'D BE LOOKING TOWARDS THE END OF 2026, OR WE'D BE BRINGING THIS FORWARD TO THE PARKS COMMISSION AND PLANNING COMMISSION, AND WE'LL HAVE FINAL DESIGNS AND READY TO REALLY BREAK GROUND ON THIS THING.
AND THAT'S THE KIND OF THE WHOLE SUMMARY OF WHAT WE HAVE COMING UP IN THE COMING YEARS.
SO DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT ANY OF THE PROJECTS WE'VE GONE OVER? ANY QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONER? NO COMMENTS MAYBE COMMENTS.
IS THERE GOING TO BE LIKE ANY CONNECTIONS TO THE CV LINK THAT'S OUT THERE TO THE CITY OR TO THE BIKE PATHS THAT ARE ALREADY NOT WITH THE TCC. SO WE DO HAVE ANOTHER GRANT CALLED THE ATP GRANT.
SO I DIDN'T MENTION THAT ONE ON HERE. THAT'S MORE OF A STREETS PROJECT, NOT A PARKS PROJECT.
AND THEN IT ALSO INCLUDES BIKE LANES ON AVENUE 54 THAT TIE INTO THE CV LINK AND GO ON AVENUE 54 ALL THE WAY TO VAN BUREN, BECAUSE WE HAVE ALL THOSE BIKE LANES WE INSTALLED ON VAN BUREN. SO THAT WILL ACTUALLY COMPLETE THE BIKE TRAIL ALL THROUGH TOWN ON AVENUE 54.
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IT'S JUST GOING TO BE LIKE A REGULAR BIKE LANES ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. BUT ALL ON GRAPEFRUIT.IT'S GOING TO BE THE SEPARATED CLASS ONE BIKE TRAIL, JUST LIKE WE BUILT RIGHT IN THE DOWNTOWN.
AND THAT ALSO TIES IN, IF YOU'RE AWARE OF THE ARTS AND MUSIC LINE, THAT'S A CVAG SEPARATED BIKE PATH THAT THEY'RE BUILDING ON AVENUE 48 FROM GRAPEFRUIT BOULEVARD ALL THE WAY TO DOWNTOWN LA QUINTA. SO WE'LL ACTUALLY HAVE CONNECTIVITY THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE TOWN, FROM DOWNTOWN LA QUINTA THROUGH INDIO ON AVENUE 48, ALL THE WAY DOWN GRAPEFRUIT RIGHT THROUGH OUR DOWNTOWN.
AND IT ALL TIES BACK INTO THE CV LINK THERE AT AVENUE 54.
WE ALSO JUST AWARDED A DESIGN CONTRACT TO WIDEN AVENUE 50 FROM THE GRADE SEPARATION AT PETER RABBIT AND OATES LANE OVER TO THE NEW BRIDGE THAT WE'RE BUILDING.
SO THOSE ARE ALL STREETS PROJECTS. SO WE'LL HAVE THAT CONNECTIVITY AS WELL.
SO I WILL TALK ABOUT THAT PARKS COMMISSION AS MUCH, BUT WE'RE REPLACING THE LOW WATER CROSSING AT AVENUE 50 AND BUILDING A BRIDGE AT AVENUE 50. WE HAVE FUNDING FOR THAT. WE'RE PUTTING THAT OUT FOR BID FIRST THING IN THE NEW YEAR AS WELL.
SO THE SHORT QUESTION WAS, DOES IT TIME TO CV LINK? NONE OF THESE PROJECTS DO. AND THE LONG ANSWER IS YES, WE HAVE A LOT OF PLANS TO TIE INTO CV LINK AND GET THAT CONNECTED TO ALL OF THESE TYPES OF IMPROVEMENTS. GREAT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
OKAY. SO NO OTHER QUESTIONS CONCERNS. I JUST HAVE A COMMENT.
SORRY. IT'S UNDER REPORTS AND REQUESTS, BUT SO I APOLOGIZE THAT IT'S TAKEN A MINUTE TO GET THROUGH ALL THE FUNDING THAT WE'VE DISCUSSED GRANTS OR PROCESS, AND THEY JUST TAKE A LITTLE WHILE BECAUSE THEY'RE VERY COMPLICATED AND THERE'S SO MANY PROCEDURES THAT YOU HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, KIND OF GO THROUGH AND REVIEW BEFORE ACTUALLY MOVING A PROJECT FORWARD.
AND SO WE'VE HAD TO DO A LOT OF PREPARATORY WORK IN ADVANCE OF IMPLEMENTATION OF ANY OF OUR PROJECTS, YOU KNOW, AND SO SOME OF THE PRE I GUESS THE PREPARATORY WORK THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING INCLUDES LIKE ENVIRONMENTAL, LIKE ANDREW MENTIONED, WHETHER IT'S SEQUA OR NEPA, YOU KNOW BUILDING PERMITS, YOU KNOW, JUST ALL THESE PROCESSES THAT HAVE TO BE CHECKED OFF BEFORE THE FUNDER APPROVES, LIKE MOVING FORWARD WITH ANY PROJECT, YOU KNOW.
AND SO BECAUSE THEY ALSO HAD TO REVIEW OUR OUR RFP OR RFQ FOR THE WELLNESS HUB.
SO IT TOOK A MINUTE TO KIND OF HEAR BACK FROM THEM TO, TO BE LIKE, OKAY, IT'S APPROVED.
AND, YOU KNOW, AND THEN SO NOW THAT WE RECEIVE THE ADDITIONAL FUNDING THE 7.375 MILLION IT GIVES US I GUESS, AN OPPORTUNITY TO REVISIT SOME OF THESE STRATEGIES THAT WE PREVIOUSLY PROPOSED THAT ARE ELIGIBLE FOR FOR THE ADDITIONAL FUNDING BECAUSE IT IS FUNDING FOR TCC, BUT IT'S A DIFFERENT FUNDING SOURCE. IT'S NOT THE SAME FUNDING SOURCE THAT WE GOT FOR THE 22.125 MILLION.
SO THERE WILL BE LIKE A CONTRACT AMENDMENT AND ALL THIS STUFF THAT'S GOING TO COME FORWARD.
SO BEFORE WE EVEN GET TO TOUCH THAT MONEY, LIKE WE STILL HAVE A BUNCH OF PROCESS IN FRONT OF US TO, TO GET TO THOSE DOLLARS. AND SO IT'S WE HAVE FIVE YEARS.
AND ESPECIALLY WHEN ANDREW DISCUSSED RANCHO LAS FLORES PARK.
WE'RE TRYING TO DO WE'RE TRYING TO ALIGN FUNDING THERE.
AND SO THAT TAKES A LITTLE BIT OF SKILL BECAUSE YOU HAVE A PROP 64 GRANT OR PROP 68, EXCUSE ME.
AND THEN WE HAVE THE OTHER ONE, THE OTHER FUNDING SOURCE.
AND SO IT, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE TO KIND OF ALIGN THEIR TIMELINES SO THAT YOU STILL MEET THE CRITERIA FOR THE OTHER ONE, BUT YET YOU'RE MEETING THIS ONE AND THEY'RE TALKING TO EACH OTHER BECAUSE IT'S THE SAME FUNDER.
AND SO, SO IT MAKES IT JUST A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT.
AND SO THAT THAT'S WHY IT'S COMPLEX. AND SO THIS TEAM HERE WILL WILL MEET AND DISCUSS, YOU KNOW, TIMELINES AND HOW WE CAN ALIGN EVERYTHING SO THAT WE CAN ACHIEVE YOU KNOW, GRANT COMPLIANCE, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE WE HAVE TO DELIVER THE OTHER 8.4 BUT ALSO DELIVER THE OTHER 6 MILLION.
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HOOPS AND, AND SO SO YEAH. SO PLEASE BEAR WITH US.I KNOW IT'S BEEN A VERY LONG PROCESS SINCE 2023 AND YOU KNOW, BUT EVEN WE'RE SHOCKED, I GUESS.
AND AND YOU SHOULD HAVE PROCESS TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE IMPLEMENTING PROPERLY.
THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU. OKAY. NEW BUSINESS.
THERE IS NO ON THE ITEM. PUBLIC COMMENTS. IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS? ANYBODY ONLINE? NO. HE'S HEARD.
REPORTS AND REQUESTS. COMMISSIONER COMMENTS? NO, NONE I DO I WOULD LIKE TO
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LET EVERYBODY KNOW. ONLINE AND THOSE THAT ARE GOING TO BE WATCHING LATER ON.CITY OF ALLAH, WE HAVE COACHELLA NIGHT AT THE FIREBIRDS ARENA DECEMBER 19TH, WHICH IS THIS FRIDAY.
THERE SHOULD BE A QR CODE AT SOCIAL MEDIAS OUTLET THERE.
AND I JUST WANT TO WISH EVERYBODY A WONDERFUL WINTER BREAK.
DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER CERTAIN EVENTS? NO THAT I KNOW OF.
THAT'S THE ONLY ONE THAT TAKES US THROUGH THE HOLIDAY BREAK.
AND SO JUST THE EVENT COACHELLA NIGHT AT ACRISURE ARENA.
SO THAT THAT'S GOING TO BE A REALLY FUN EVENING THAT HAS BEEN PLANNED.
FOR THIS YEAR. I MEAN, THAT'S IT FOR THIS YEAR.
YEAH. OKAY. PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR'S COMMENTS.
I JUST WANT TO MENTION THAT WE ARE CURRENTLY WE'VE BEEN DOING THE RESEEDING ON FIELDS THREE AND FOUR, BUT THOSE ARE SCHEDULED TO BE CLOSED UNTIL MID TO LATE JANUARY, DEPENDING ON HOW WELL THE GRASS COMES IN AND THE WEATHER.
AND THAT'S THAT'S MY PUBLIC COMMENT I WANT TO MAKE RIGHT NOW.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OKAY, SO ADJOURNMENT AT 504.
ADJOURN.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.