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WHERE CAN I START TAKING THE ADVISORY COMMISSION? SO WE'RE GOING TO START THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY OF COACHELLA YOUTH ADVISORY COMMISSION. WE'RE GOING TO CALL TO ORDER, AND IT'S 435. DOES ANYONE WANT TO VOLUNTEER TO SAY THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE? IT'S OKAY. I'LL DO IT. IF YOU GUYS COULD PLEASE STAND. PUT YOUR RIGHT HAND OVER YOUR HEART.
READY? I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
AGENDA IS ROLL CALL. OKAY, YAMILETH. CABRERA. GUTIERREZ. PRESENT. PRESENT OR NOT.
PRESENT. PRESENT. THANK YOU. JADE MEZA. PRESENT. SO PRESENT. MURALI RODRIGUEZ. ISABEL MARTINEZ. PRESENT. AND DE LA ISLA ANDRADE JUAREZ PRESENT. KAYLA. CASTILLO. CABRERA. KENYA.
AVALOS. OH, THAT'S RIGHT. SHE'S INDICATED SHE WOULD NOT BE HERE. YARELI. MORALES. HINOJOSA.
VALERIE. AGUIRRE PRESENT. THANK YOU. VALERIA ROMERO, PRESENT. AMANDA FLORES ROJAS. PRESENT.
BRANDON ANTUNES. LOPEZ, PRESENT. BRANDON. IS IT ANTUNEZ? ANTUNEZ. OKAY. THANK YOU. SORRY ABOUT THAT. EMILY. SAMANO. FELIX. NOT PRESENT. OKAY. WE HAVE A QUORUM. THANK YOU. APPROVAL OF THE
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FROM STAFF. THANK YOU. APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES. REGULAR MEETING MINUTES OF JANUARY 12TH, 2026 OF THE MEETING OF THE CITY OF COACHELLA YOUTH ADVISORY COMMISSION. PLEASE REVIEW THE MINUTES AND LET US KNOW IF THERE'S ANY CORRECTIONS. THREE SECONDS.CAN I GET A MOTION TO APPROVE? OLD MARTINEZ MOTIONS? DO WE HEAR A SECOND? COMMISSIONER? JUAREZ? SANDRA. THE SECONDS. MOTION CARRIES. NEXT ON THE AGENDA ARE
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PRESENTATIONS. OUR FIRST PRESENTATION IS BY THE UTILITY DEPARTMENT. THANK YOU, DIRECTOR, ON THAT, I MEAN, ESTRADA, I'M THINKING ABOUT YOU. GOOD AFTERNOON, COMMISSIONERS. IT'S A PLEASURE TO BE HERE AND INTRODUCE MYSELF. INTRODUCE THE DEPARTMENT I HAVE MIGHT BE A LENGTHY PRESENTATION FOR YOU TO GIVE YOU A SENSE OF WHAT UTILITIES DEPARTMENT IS ALL ABOUT AND WHAT WE DO HERE AT THE CITY OF COACHELLA. WE'LL GO THROUGH IT. YOU KNOW, I'LL LEAVE IT UP TO YOU IF YOU WANT TO ASK QUESTIONS DURING THE PRESENTATION OR IF YOU JUST WANT TO LEAVE UP TO THE END. OKAY. WITH THAT, I THINK JUST TO GIVE ME A SENSE OF WHO I'M SPEAKING TO, I'D LIKE TO DO LIKE A QUICK LITTLE ICEBREAKER IF I COULD JUST I'M GOING TO GO AROUND THE ROOM AND MAYBE GIVE ME YOUR NAME AND WHAT YOUR FAVORITE HOBBY IS, AND THEN AND THEN I'LL INTRODUCE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT MYSELF. SO I'LL START OFF TO MY RIGHT. MY NAME IS[00:05:06]
BRENDAN ANTUNES. MY FAVORITE HOBBY RIGHT NOW IS PROBABLY READING. THANK YOU. MY NAME IS VALERIA, AND MY FAVORITE HOBBY RIGHT NOW IS USING OIL PASTELS. SO ART, YOU'RE A PAINTER? MY NAME IS AMANDA FLORES, AND MY FAVORITE HOBBY RIGHT NOW IS READING ALSO MOSTLY ROMANCE NOVELS. THANK YOU. MY NAME IS YAMILET AND MY HOBBY IS SEWING. THANK YOU. MY NAME IS JADE MEZA AND ONE OF MY FAVORITE HOBBIES IS PROBABLY BAKING OR CHEERLEADING. OKAY. MY NAME IS VALERIE AGUIRRE. ONE OF MY FAVORITE HOBBIES IS TRACK AND FIELD. OKAY, MY NAME IS JUAREZ.MY FAVORITE HOBBY WOULD HAVE TO BE WATCHING MUSICALS. ALL RIGHT, I'M ISABEL MARTINEZ, AND RECENTLY I JUST STARTED CREATING CONTENT ON SOCIAL MEDIA. OKAY. THANK YOU. MY NAME IS SIWA MEZA, AND MY FAVORITE HOBBY IS PLAYING BASKETBALL. OKAY, GREAT. WELL, LIKE I SAID, I'M HAPPY TO BE HERE. AND TO GIVE YOU AN OVERVIEW OF THE DEPARTMENT, MY NAME IS CASTRO ESTRADA. I'M THE UTILITIES DIRECTOR OF THE UTILITIES DEPARTMENT. SOMETHING MAYBE COOL TO SHARE WITH YOU IS THAT, LIKE MOST OF YOU, I WENT TO SCHOOL HERE. I WENT TO VALLEY VIEW. I DON'T KNOW, MAYBE SOME OF YOU WENT TO VALLEY VIEW. I WENT TO CDA. MAYBE SOME OF YOU WENT TO CTA AND I WENT TO CV HIGH SCHOOL. SO I'M FROM I'M FROM COACHELLA. MY FAMILY IS FROM HERE. MY DAD, MY MOM, MY BROTHERS, MY SISTERS. WE WE WE CALL THIS PLACE HOME. SO VERY HONORED TO BE ABLE TO WORK HERE AT THE CITY NOW. SO I'M GOING TO ASK YOU A QUESTION AT THE END OF THIS. IT'S GOING TO BE THIS. IT'S WHERE DOES OUR DRINKING WATER COME FROM, AND WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO GET IT TO YOUR FAUCET? AND WHEN YOU USE THAT WATER, WHERE DOES IT GO? WHAT HAPPENS TO IT? OKAY. THAT'S GOING TO BE IN GENERAL THE, THE PURPOSE OF, OF, OF PRESENTING THIS TO YOU. AND WITH THAT, I THINK I WANT TO START OFF WITH THIS VIRTUAL TOUR. IT'LL GIVE YOU A SENSE OF OUR FACILITIES.
EVERY DAY, MORE THAN 45,000 PEOPLE WHO CALL COACHELLA HOME BEGIN THEIR MORNING ROUTINE WITH WATER. WHETHER THEY START THEIR DAY BRUSHING THEIR TEETH, TAKING A SHOWER, OR GRABBING A GLASS OF FRESH TAP WATER. THEY ALL DEPEND ON COACHELLA WATER AUTHORITY AND SANITARY DISTRICT TO MAKE SURE THEY HAVE PLENTY OF WATER AVAILABLE WHENEVER THEY NEED IT. COACHELLA RELIES ON GROUNDWATER FOR 100% OF ITS SUPPLY. ONE OF THE ADVANTAGES OF GROUNDWATER IS THAT IT DOESN'T NEED A LOT OF TREATMENT. COACHELLA HAS SIX WELLS THROUGHOUT THE CITY TO DRAW THE WATER OUT OF THE GROUND. THIS WELL OFF AVENUE 48 CAN PUMP 2000 GALLONS PER MINUTE. ONCE THE WATER IS ABOVE GROUND, IT GOES THROUGH A MILD CHLORINATION PROCESS TO DISINFECT THE WATER. THIS PROCESS KILLS ANY ORGANISMS THAT MAY BE IN THE WATER, ENSURING IT MEETS ALL STATE AND FEDERAL SAFETY STANDARDS. FROM THERE, THE WATER ENTERS ONE OF THREE RESERVOIRS. IN ADDITION TO THIS TANK OFF AVENUE 48, WATER IS ALSO STORED AT A RESERVOIR OFF DILLON ROAD VISIBLE FROM INTERSTATE TEN. IT IS NOTED FOR THE LARGE MURALS PAINTED ON IT BY A LOCAL ARTIST NAMED ARMANDO LERMA. THIS IS PART OF THE 2019 DESERT X ART EXHIBIT. A THIRD RESERVOIR SITS ALONG PARK IN THE HEART OF THE CITY. THE RESERVOIRS HELP MAINTAIN WATER PRESSURE AND CAN STORE A COMBINED 10.5 MILLION GALLONS OF WATER. THESE STORAGE FACILITIES ENSURE THERE IS ALWAYS ENOUGH WATER TO MEET DEMAND, EVEN IN THE EVENT OF A LARGE FIRE. THIS WHOLE PROCESS IS ASSISTED BY A SUPERVISORY CONTROL AND DATA ACQUISITION SYSTEM, BETTER KNOWN AS SCADA. THIS AUTOMATED COMPUTER SYSTEM MONITORS WATER LEVELS IN THE RESERVOIRS. THE AMOUNT OF CHLORINE ADDED AS PART OF THE TREATMENT PROCESS AND THE WATER PRESSURE. IT CAN THEN TURN EQUIPMENT ON AND OFF AS NEEDED, AND IT ALSO SENDS ALERTS TO STAFF IF THERE ARE ANY ISSUES. NOW FROM THE RESERVOIRS, THE WATER ENTERS THE DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM. IT TRAVELS THROUGH MORE THAN 120 MILES OF PIPES ON ITS WAY TO SERVING MORE THAN 8100 HOMES AND BUSINESSES ACROSS THE CITY. COACHELLA WATER AUTHORITY AND SANITARY DISTRICT TAKES CARE OF THE NEXT PART OF THE PROCESS AS WELL. 2.8 MILLION
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GALLONS OF WASTEWATER FLOW THROUGH A GRAVITY FED SYSTEM TO THE CITY'S TREATMENT PLANT.EVERY DAY, AN ARCHIMEDEAN SCREW PUMP ELEVATES THE WASTEWATER SO IT CAN FLOW THROUGH THE TREATMENT SYSTEM. HERE, A BAR SCREEN REMOVES, WIPES, TISSUE FOR PAPER AND OTHER TRASH FLUSHED INTO THE SEWER. ONCE THOSE LARGER ITEMS ARE SCREENED OUT, THE WATER FLOWS INTO THE GRIT VORTEX. NOW THIS PROCESS, SIMILAR TO A WHIRLPOOL, REMOVES SMALLER INORGANIC MATERIALS SUCH AS EGGSHELLS, SAND, AND SMALL ROCKS. FROM THERE, THE WASTEWATER ENTERS THE OXIDATION DITCH. OXYGEN IS INTRODUCED THROUGH A MECHANICAL AERATOR, WHERE IT HELPS MICROORGANISMS EAT BACTERIA, FATS, OILS AND GREASES THAT COLLECT ON TOP ARE THEN SKIMMED OFF AND REMOVED.
SINCE THE SLUDGE CONTAINS MICROORGANISMS THAT HELP THE TREATMENT PROCESS, IT'S CYCLED BACK INTO THE OXIDATION DITCH. ONCE IT BUILDS UP TOO HIGH, THE EXCESS IS PUMPED TO THE SLUDGE DRYING BEDS. HERE, WASTEWATER DRAINS OUT THE BOTTOM AND REENTERS THE TREATMENT SYSTEM.
THE DRIED SLUDGE THAT REMAINS IS TRANSFERRED TO A STOCKPILE AND EVENTUALLY DISPOSED. THE WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITY ALSO HAS A SKATA SYSTEM. THIS IS A MUCH MORE COMPLEX SETUP DUE TO THE NUMBER OF STEPS NEEDED TO TREAT WASTEWATER, SIMILAR TO THE DRINKING WATER SETUP, THIS SCADA SYSTEM WILL ADJUST EQUIPMENT AS NECESSARY IN ORDER TO MEET DEMAND AND KEEP THE PLANT OPERATING EFFICIENTLY. NOW, ONCE THE WASTEWATER FLOWS INTO THE CONTACT STABILIZATION TANKS, ADDITIONAL MICROORGANISMS ARE INTRODUCED TO ELIMINATE BACTERIA IN THE WASTEWATER. FROM THERE, IT FLOWS INTO A CLARIFIER WHERE ANY REMAINING SOLIDS SETTLE TO THE BOTTOM. THE CHLORINE CONTACT CHAMBER DISINFECTS AND KILLS ANY REMAINING BACTERIA. IT THEN GOES THROUGH A PROCESS TO REMOVE ANY REMAINING CHLORINE BEFORE IT'S DISCHARGED INTO THE COACHELLA VALLEY STORM CHANNEL AS A SAFE SOURCE OF WATER. THIS FOLLOWS THE PATH OF THE WHITEWATER RIVER, WHICH EVENTUALLY LEADS INTO THE SALTON SEA, WHERE CLEAN WATER IS DESPERATELY NEEDED. COACHELLA WATER AUTHORITY AND SANITARY DISTRICT SERVES AS AN ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARD FOR THE CITY BY ENCOURAGING RESIDENTS TO CONSERVE BOTH INDOORS AND OUTSIDE, THE CITY WILL DRAW LESS GROUNDWATER. THIS HELPS SUSTAIN THE AQUIFER AS A RELIABLE WATER SOURCE NOW AND INTO THE FUTURE. FROM SUNRISE TO SUNSET, THE PEOPLE OF COACHELLA CAN REST EASY KNOWING THAT THEY WILL ALWAYS HAVE A RELIABLE SUPPLY OF CLEAN, SAFE DRINKING WATER, AND ALL WASTEWATER WILL BE TREATED AND RETURNED TO OUR ENVIRONMENT. TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE WATER AUTHORITY AND SANITARY DISTRICT, VISIT CONSERVE COACHELLA. COM. ALL RIGHT. SO THAT GIVES YOU A PRETTY OVERVIEW OF WHAT WE DO IN THE DEPARTMENT. AND THEN I'M GOING TO GET INTO MORE SPECIFICS ON EACH OF THE DIVISIONS. SO JUST A LITTLE BIT OF HISTORY. MAYBE YOU'VE ALREADY HEARD THIS. BUT IN THE EARLY 1900S, YOU KNOW, THIS VALLEY STARTED TO GET MORE AND MORE POPULATED. BACK THEN YOU DIDN'T REALLY HAVE CITIES. IT WAS IT WAS THE COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE. AND IN THE EARLY 1900S, AS THESE COMMUNITIES STARTED TO GET BIGGER, THEY STARTED TO INCORPORATE. INDIO WAS PROBABLY THE FIRST CITY THAT INCORPORATED, I THINK, AROUND MAYBE 1918. I THINK PALM SPRINGS FOLLOWED AFTER THAT A LITTLE BIT LATER. AND THEN THE CITY OF COACHELLA EVENTUALLY INCORPORATED IN 1946. THERE'S THERE'S NINE CITIES IN THE COACHELLA VALLEY, AND ALL OF THOSE INCORPORATED BETWEEN 1918 TO PROBABLY 1960. RIGHT. BACK THEN, WATER WAS PROVIDED BY PRIVATE COMPANIES. THEY'RE CALLED PRIVATE WATER COMPANIES. AND IN THE EARLY DAYS, THERE WAS ABOUT THREE DIFFERENT PRIVATE WATER COMPANIES THAT PROVIDED WATER TO THIS COMMUNITY. AND EVENTUALLY, AT THE BEGINNING, WHEN THE CITY OF COACHELLA WAS INCORPORATED, THEY WERE PROVIDING WATER TO TO THE RESIDENTS. SO ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS THE CITY DID SOON AFTER INCORPORATED, THEY BOUGHT THEY BOUGHT ALL THOSE PRIVATE WATER COMPANIES. THEY BOUGHT ALL THREE OF THEM, AND THEY CONSOLIDATED THEM INTO WHAT ESSENTIALLY BECAME THE WATER DEPARTMENT, WHICH, PER OUR HISTORY, WAS ESTABLISHED SOMETIME AROUND 1957. IN 1969, THE CITY OF COACHELLA TOOK OVER WHAT WAS CALLED THE COACHELLA COACHELLA SANITARY DISTRICT.
THERE ARE SPECIAL DISTRICTS THAT THAT ARE ALSO FORMS OF GOVERNMENT LIKE CITIES. AND
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THESE ARE THESE ARE CALLED SPECIAL DISTRICTS. FOR EXAMPLE, COACHELLA VALLEY WATER DISTRICT IS A SPECIAL DISTRICT. INDIO SANITARY DISTRICT IS A SPECIAL DISTRICT. DESERT RECREATION DISTRICT IS A SPECIAL DISTRICT. THESE ARE FORMS OF GOVERNMENT THAT PROVIDE PUBLIC SERVICES.AND SO IN THE EARLY DAYS, THERE WAS A DISTRICT THAT WAS CALLED COACHELLA SANITARY DISTRICT, THAT PROVIDED SEWER SERVICE. IN 1969, THE CITY PETITIONED LAFCO TO DISSOLVE THAT GOVERNMENT AND TO MAKE IT A PART OF THE CITY OF COACHELLA, GIVEN THAT AT THAT TIME THAT DISTRICT WAS PROVIDING PROBABLY SERVICE TO MORE THAN 90% OF OF THE CUSTOMERS WERE WERE RESIDENTS OF COACHELLA. SO IN 1969 THAT GOVERNMENT GOT DISSOLVED AND IT BECAME PART OF THE CITY OF COACHELLA. THE DEPARTMENT WE ARE MADE UP OF ROUGHLY 20 EMPLOYEES. YOU HAVE THE UTILITIES DIRECTOR, YOU HAVE AN ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAMS MANAGER THAT HELPS WITH PERMITS. YOU HAVE AN ASSISTANT ENGINEER THAT HELPS WITH ENGINEERING PROJECTS. YOU HAVE A DEPARTMENT ASSISTANT.
AND WE HAVE TWO DIVISIONS. WE HAVE A WATER DIVISION, A DRINKING WATER DIVISION, AND A SANITATION DIVISION, WHICH IS WASTEWATER. AND TO OPERATE THOSE THOSE TWO SYSTEMS ARE SEPARATE SYSTEMS. WE HAVE EIGHT OPERATORS ON EACH DIVISION TO HELP WITH THOSE WITH THOSE FUNCTIONS, GIVES YOU A LITTLE BREAKDOWN OF OF THE THE BREAKDOWN OF THE DEPARTMENT.
YOU HAVE. THE UTILITIES DIRECTOR HAS FOUR DIRECT REPORTS. TWO OF THOSE ARE THE WATER SUPERINTENDENT AND THE SANITATION SUPERINTENDENT. AND THEN THOSE SUPERINTENDENTS HAVE OPERATORS UNDERNEATH THEM TO WORK ON THE DAY TO DAY OPERATIONS OF THE SYSTEMS. I PUT PLUS TWO PLUS ONE BECAUSE THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO EQUAL EIGHT OPERATORS ON EACH SIDE. ON THE DRINKING, ON THE DRINKING SIDE, THERE ARE THERE ARE FIVE PUBLIC WATER AGENCIES IN THE COACHELLA VALLEY. TWO OF THOSE ARE TIED TO CITIES. SO THERE'S ONLY TWO. THERE'S ONLY TWO CITIES THAT HAVE THEIR WATER, THEIR OWN WATER SYSTEM. ONE OF THEM IS THE CITY OF INDIO, AND THEY'RE CALLED THE INDIO WATER AUTHORITY, AND ONE OF THEM IS THE CITY OF COACHELLA. THEY'RE CALLED THE COACHELLA WATER AUTHORITY. THE REST OF THE CITIES AND THE REST OF THE VALLEY IS PROVIDED WATER BY A SPECIAL DISTRICT. SO YOU SEE THERE IN THE IN THE ORANGE.
THAT'S THE SERVICE AREA FOR THE COACHELLA WATER AUTHORITY, WHICH FOR THE MOST PART IS THE CITY LIMITS OF THE CITY OF COACHELLA. WE WE GO A LITTLE BIT INTO RIVERSIDE COUNTY, BUT NOT NOT A LOT. WE PRIMARILY SERVE THE CITY OF COACHELLA. IWA IS INDIO WATER AUTHORITY IN THE BLUE, AND FOR THE MOST PART, THEY'RE TIED TO THEIR INDIO BOUNDARY. AND THEN THE REST OF THE CITIES ARE PROVIDED WATER BY A SPECIAL DISTRICT. IF YOU LOOK AT CVS, THAT'S THE COACHELLA VALLEY WATER DISTRICT. IT'S THE LARGEST PUBLIC WATER AGENCY IN THE COACHELLA VALLEY.
IT PROVIDES WATER TO PALM DESERT, INDIAN WELLS, RANCHO MIRAGE, PORTIONS OF CATHEDRAL CITY AND LA QUINTA, AND IT AND IT STRETCHES ALL THE WAY TO THE SALTON SEA. IT ACTUALLY EVEN CROSSES THE COUNTY LINE AND IT GOES INTO IMPERIAL, PROVIDES WATER TO SALTON CITY AND DESERT SHORES. DESERT WATER AGENCY IS UP, UP KIND OF CLOSER TO THE TO THE WINDMILLS. AND FOR THE MOST PART, THEY PROVIDE WATER TO PALM SPRINGS. THERE'S ANOTHER AGENCY HERE THAT'S NOT SHOWN, AND THAT'S MISSION SPRINGS WATER DISTRICT, WHICH IS ON THE OTHER SIDE THAT PROVIDES WATER MAINLY TO DESERT HOT SPRINGS. THE REASON THAT I'M ONLY SHOWING THESE FOUR HERE IS BECAUSE THESE FOUR PULL FROM WHAT'S KNOWN AS THE INDIO WATER SUB BASIN. SO THAT IS THE AQUIFER AND THE BASIN THAT WE DRAW WATER FROM. ALL OF US, ALL OF THESE AGENCIES PUMP WATER FROM THE GROUND. AND AND SO THOSE FOUR AGENCIES PUMP FROM THE INDIO SUB BASIN. AND I MENTIONED ALREADY THAT THERE'S TWO CITIES THAT HAVE THEIR OWN WATER. THE REST ARE PROVIDED WATER BY THESE SPECIAL DISTRICTS. A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE WATER SYSTEM. YOU KIND OF HEARD IT ON IN THE VIDEO. THAT VIDEO IS A LITTLE BIT OLD, PROBABLY ABOUT SEVEN, SEVEN YEARS OLD. SO SOME OF THE, THE THE STATISTICS WERE A LITTLE BIT OFF. WE STILL HAVE SIX, SIX WELLS, BUT WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF BUILDING A SEVENTH. WELL, THE LAST WELL THAT THE CITY BUILT WAS PROBABLY AROUND 2008. AND WITH A LOT OF THE GROWTH THAT'S HAPPENING, WE HAVE TO KEEP UP WITH THE DEMAND. THE WELLS CAN ONLY PRODUCE SO MUCH WATER. AND AS THE CITY GROWS AND PUTS MORE DEMAND ON THE SYSTEM, WE HAVE TO WE HAVE TO CREATE MORE SUPPLY. AND SO THE ONLY WAY TO CREATE MORE SUPPLY IS TO DRILL ANOTHER WELL. SO WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF
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DRILLING ANOTHER WELL. WE HAVE ABOUT 10,000 SERVICE CONNECTIONS. THOSE ARE THOSE ARE 10,000M. THESE ARE METERS TO HOUSES BUSINESSES. ANYTHING THAT THAT HAS A WATER CONNECTION. YOU HEARD A LITTLE BIT ON THE VIDEO, WE HAVE THREE RESERVOIR TANKS. YOU HEARD ONE OF THEM WAS ON DILLON. ONE OF THEM IS ON AVENUE 48 AND ONE OF THEM IS AT DUMA. WE HAVE ABOUT 120 MILES OF WATER. MAIN LINES. THESE THESE MAIN LINES. THEY RANGE FOR FROM FOUR INCH MAIN LINES THAT ARE PROBABLY ABOUT THAT BIG TO, YOU KNOW, OVER OVER 20IN. SO YOU KNOW, BIG, BIG BIG ONES. SO I JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU A SENSE OF SOME OF WHAT HAPPENS IN THE WATER SYSTEM. I'M GOING TO IF YOU COULD PLAY THOSE TWO VIDEOS. THIS IS WE DEAL WITH THIS A LOT.THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE CONSTANTLY DOING IS FIXING LEAKS, WHETHER THEY'RE LEAKS AT THE MAIN LINE, LEAKS AT THE SERVICES. SOME ARE SEVERE, SOME ARE SMALL. BUT THIS IS WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE. SO THAT'S A LEAK ON A MAIN LINE. AND THOSE TWO ARE TOGETHER. THAT'S IN FRONT OF VALLEY VIEW. SO THAT'S ONE OF OUR SMALLER LINES. AND YOU COULD SEE THE AMOUNT OF WATER THAT IT'S THAT IT'S GUSHING OUT. SO IF THIS WERE, IF THIS WERE A 12 INCH, 16 INCH, 20 INCH LINE, IT'D BE IT'D BE EVEN WORSE. BUT THEY'RE THESE ARE AREAS IN OUR OLDER PART OF TOWN THAT SOMETIMES THESE, THESE PIPES FAIL. BUT BUT WE DON'T WE DON'T REALLY GET A LOT OF FAILURES IN OUR IN OUR MAIN LINES. WE MOSTLY GET THEM IN OUR SERVICE LINES. AND I'LL SHOW YOU WHAT A SERVICE SERVICE LINE LOOKS LIKE. BUT THE OTHER THE BIG RIG THERE, THAT'S THAT'S A WELL DRILLING RIG. AND THAT'S PART OF OUR NEW WELL THAT WE'RE DRILLING. SO WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF DRILLING.
WELL NUMBER 20, WE HAVE TO ESSENTIALLY MAKE A HOLE ON THE GROUND. AND THAT HOLE GOES ABOUT 1300FT. SO IT GOES PRETTY DEEP. AND THE THE DEEPER YOU GO THE BETTER WATER QUALITY YOU GET. SO THAT'S ONE OF ONE OF THE REASONS WHY WE, WE GO THAT THAT DEEP. AND THE LAST PICTURE THERE WITH THE BLUE PUMP ESSENTIALLY WHEN YOU MAKE THE HOLE YOU PUT A PUMP. THAT'S THE, THE THING THAT'S STICKING OUT THERE, THAT'S A PUMP. AND THAT'S WHAT HELPS YOU DRAW THE WATER FROM THAT HOLE. THESE PUMPS, THEY, THEY PRODUCE ABOUT 2000 GALLONS PER MINUTE. SO A LOT OF WATER, THE SYSTEM, THE REASON YOU SEE THE WATER GUSHING OUT LIKE THAT, THE SYSTEM IS THE SYSTEM IS PRESSURIZED OBVIOUSLY. SO THE THE WATER IN THAT PIPE IS ROUGHLY AROUND 80 PSI. SO IT'S PRESSURIZED. THAT'S WHY THE GUSHES OUT LIKE THAT. IT JUST KIND OF GIVE YOU ANOTHER SENSE OF A SERVICE LINE. SO YOU HAVE A YOU HAVE A MAIN LINE ON THE STREET AND YOU COULD SEE THAT, A SENSE OF THAT IN THE MIDDLE PICTURE THERE, THAT'S A, THAT'S A 12 INCH LINE. THAT LINE GOES IN THE ROAD ABOUT MAYBE SEVEN FEET BELOW THE SURFACE. AND, AND THEN YOU HAVE THESE OTHER WHAT ARE CALLED SERVICE LINES THAT COME OUT OF IT. AND YOU CAN SEE THAT ON THE PICTURE ON THE LEFT. THAT'S YOUR SERVICE LINE. THAT'S WHAT TAKES WATER FROM THE MAIN LINE TO THE CONNECTION POINT, WHICH IS A WATER METER. THOSE ARE TYPICALLY THREE QUARTER INCH, AN INCH, TWO INCH, DEPENDING ON THE SIZE OF THE METER THAT YOU WANT. AND THEN THE LAST PICTURE ON THE RIGHT, YOU ALREADY SAW SOME OF THAT IN THE VIDEO.
THAT'S A RESERVOIR. AND WE HAVE THREE OF THOSE. THAT'S THAT'S OUR SMALLER RESERVOIR. THAT'S A 1.5 MILLION GALLON RESERVOIR. PROBABLY THE OLDEST ONE TO IT, I THINK WAS BUILT SOMETIME IN THE 1960S. THIS IS JUST TO GIVE YOU A SENSE OF OF THE DEPTH OF THESE WELLS. IF YOU LOOK AT IF YOU LOOK CLOSELY HERE, YOU'LL SEE THAT, THAT THESE THERE'S OTHER WELLS THAT ARE IN THE AREA. SOME BELONG TO CVS AND SOME BELONG TO THE CITY OF COACHELLA. IT'LL GIVE YOU A SENSE OF THE DEPTH OF THESE WELLS. AND, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THESE. I THINK I COULD READ FROM HERE 1300, 1100, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE THEY'RE THEY'RE THEY'RE AROUND 1000FT DEEP. AND THAT'S BECAUSE WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE GEOLOGY OF THE GROUND. THERE'S A THERE'S A CLAY LAYER ABOUT ABOUT WHAT DOES IT SAY THERE, MAYBE LIKE FOUR. THERE'S SO THERE'S THIS UPPER AQUIFER THAT
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HAS NOT THE BEST WATER QUALITY BECAUSE THE WATER GETS TRAPPED THERE. IT GETS TRAPPED. IT'S IT'S WHAT WE CALL THE UPPER AQUIFER. SO WE HAVE TO PUNCH THROUGH THAT. WE HAVE TO PUNCH THROUGH THAT TO BE ABLE TO GET TO THE BETTER THE BETTER WATER, WHICH IS DEEPER. THIS IS AN OVERVIEW OF THE SEWER SYSTEM. SO THIS IS AN AERIAL OF FOR THE MOST PART THE CITY LIMITS. AND WE HAVE ONE WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT. WATER WASTEWATER SYSTEMS ARE ARE DESIGNED WITH WITH GRAVITY IN MIND. SO WE USE GRAVITY TO MOVE THE WATER. SO IF YOU THINK ABOUT THAT, IF YOU'RE GOING TO USE GRAVITY TO MOVE THE WATER TO GET IT TO THE TREATMENT PLANT, WHERE WOULD YOU PUT THE TREATMENT PLANT? WHAT DOES GRAVITY DO? IT MOVES WATER. HOW MOVES IT TO THE LOWEST SPOT. RIGHT. SO WITH THAT IN MIND, THE TREATMENT PLANT IS AT THE LOWEST POINT AT THE CITY. SO YOU SEE THE TREATMENT PLANT IS ON AVENUE 54. AND IT BRINGS WATER FROM. THE FURTHER PARTS NORTH OF THE CITY, WHICH IS, YOU KNOW, DILLON ROAD, AVENUE 48. AND ALL THAT WATER IS MOVED VIA GRAVITY FOR THE MOST PART TO OUR TREATMENT PLANT. AND YOU DO THAT BECAUSE YOU DON'T WANT TO USE ENERGY TO MOVE WATER, YOU JUST WANT TO USE GRAVITY.SO THIS IS A GRAVITY SYSTEM. IT TAKES THE WATER FROM ALL OF THESE FOLKS THAT ARE USING WATER, AND IT MOVES IT THROUGH THESE PIPES, THESE PIPES. SO A WASTEWATER SYSTEM HAS TWO COMPONENTS. IT HAS A COMPONENT CALLED THE COLLECTION SYSTEM AND A TREATMENT PLANT. THE COLLECTION SYSTEM IS ALL THOSE PIPES THAT ARE COLLECTING THE WASTEWATER. AND IT MOVES IT DOWN TO THE TREATMENT PLANT. SO THE COLLECTION SYSTEM IS MADE UP OF ABOUT 100 MILES OF SEWER LINES AND ABOUT 8000 CONNECTIONS. ALL RIGHT. AND THIS IS THE WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT. AND I THINK WE CAN PLAY THESE VIDEOS. THIS IS A TOUR WE GIVE TO THE RESIDENT ACADEMY. THESE ARE RESIDENTS THAT COME AND LEARN ABOUT THE UTILITIES DEPARTMENT TO WE SPEND A SATURDAY FROM 8 TO 12 AND TOUR THE WASTEWATER FACILITIES AND THE WATER FACILITIES. THIS IS A DEMONSTRATION OF THE QUALITY OF THE WATER THAT COMES IN. YOU CAN SEE HIM HOLDING A FLASK THAT'S PRETTY, PRETTY DARK AND LOOKS UNCLEAN. AND THEN THE OTHER FLASK WAS WAS FAIRLY CLEAN. AND THAT'S THAT'S WHAT, YOU KNOW, THAT'S THE WATER THAT COMES IN THROUGH THE TREATMENT PLANT. AND BY THE TIME IT LEAVES THE PLANT, IT'S IT HAS TO MEET CERTAIN WATER QUALITY STANDARDS. SO THE SEWER SYSTEM, AS I MENTIONED, IS MADE UP OF A COLLECTION SYSTEM, WHICH IS ALL THE PIPES THAT BRING THE WATER TO THE TREATMENT PLANT. BUT AND YOU HAVE YOU HAVE TO CLEAN THOSE PIPES BECAUSE THOSE PIPES CAN GET CLOGGED UP. RIGHT. LIKE ANYTHING LIKE PLUMBING IN YOUR HOUSE. BUT THESE ARE BIG PIPES. THESE ARE, THESE ARE EIGHT INCH PIPES, TEN INCH PIPES, 12 INCH PIPES. SO WE WE CLEANED THOSE PIPES WITH THIS THIS VEHICLE THERE. THAT VEHICLE IS CALLED A VECTOR TRUCK. AND THE VECTOR TRUCK IS, IS CONGET WATER AND IT CAN VACUUM WATER. SO WHAT WE DO IS WE PUT WE PUT THIS VEHICLE TO USE BY PUTTING THIS JETTER WHICH IS THAT HOSE THERE THROUGH THE, THROUGH THE MANHOLE. SO YOU INSTALL MANHOLES THROUGHOUT THESE PIPES TO BE ABLE TO ACCESS THE PIPE AND CLEAN IT AND INSPECT IT. SO WE STAFF GOES AROUND, OPENS UP THESE MANHOLES AND JETS, ALL THESE LINES THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
WE HAVE AREAS IN THE SYSTEM WHERE WE HAVE ISSUES, BECAUSE MAYBE IT TAKES ON A LOT OF GREASE FROM RESTAURANTS, AND WE KNOW THAT THOSE AREAS, WE GOT TO HIT THEM MORE OFTEN OR AT A HIGHER FREQUENCY THAN MAYBE SOME OTHER AREAS THAT ARE RESIDENTIAL. ONE OF THE BIG ISSUES WITH WITH SEWER PIPES IS THAT IF YOU ADD TOO MUCH GREASE AND FATS AND OILS, IT'LL START TO CLOG UP THE PIPE. JUST KIND OF LIKE THINK ABOUT IT LIKE YOUR ARTERIES, RIGHT? THEY SAY, OH, YOU CAN'T BE EATING TOO MUCH GREASE AND ALL THAT BECAUSE IT'LL CLOG UP YOUR ARTERIES. WELL, IT'S THE SAME THING WITH THE PIPE. THE FAT STARTS TO, THE OILS START TO
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ACCUMULATE AROUND THE PIPE, AND EVENTUALLY IT CLOGS UP THE PIPE. YOU DON'T WANT THAT TO HAPPEN, BECAUSE WHEN THAT PIPE CLOGS UP, THE FLOWS DON'T STOP BECAUSE THERE'S ALL THESE FLOWS COMING.SO WHAT'LL HAPPEN IS IT'LL FILL UP THE PIPE, AND THEN IT'LL COME OUT OF THE MANHOLE. AND YOU DON'T YOU DON'T WANT THAT TO HAPPEN. THAT'S THAT'S A BIG NO NO. YOU THOSE ARE THINGS THAT YOU HAVE TO REPORT TO THE STATE BECAUSE YOU HAVE WASTEWATER IN THE STREET. IT'S A PUBLIC ISSUE. SO IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT THESE PIPES ARE MAINTAINED SO THAT THAT NEVER HAPPENS. THAT'S THAT'S A PICTURE OF A LIFT STATION. THE LIFT STATION IS ESSENTIALLY. SO YOU KNOW HOW WE SAID THAT WE WANT TO MOVE WATER WITH GRAVITY. SOMETIMES WE DON'T HAVE A WAY TO MOVE THE WATER WITH GRAVITY. SO WE HAVE TO PUMP. WE HAVE TO FORCE, WE HAVE TO FORCE THE WATER THROUGH A FORCE MAIN AND MOVE IT THE SAME WAY. WE MOVE DRINKING WATER WITH A PUMP. SO TYPICALLY YOU PUT THESE LIFT STATIONS AT A VERY LOW ELEVATION AND YOU LIFT THE WATER WITH ENERGY RIGHT THROUGH THESE PUMPS. BUT BUT IT'S COSTLY. YOU HAVE TO USE ENERGY TO DO THAT. AND SO THAT'S WHY WE TRY TO AVOID THAT AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. BUT YOU JUST YOU CAN'T AVOID IT IN SOME AREAS. THIS IS THIS GETS MORE INTO FINANCE. BUT WE DO HAVE A OBVIOUSLY WITH WITH PROVIDING WATER AND SEWER SERVICE COMES THE WHOLE ASPECT OF CUSTOMER SERVICE. YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE 8000 ACCOUNTS ON THE SEWER SIDE. YOU HAVE 10,000 ACCOUNTS ON THE WATER SIDE. THERE'S BILLS THAT GO OUT, FOR EXAMPLE WITH, WITH WITH WATER, YOU METER READ EVERY MONTH. YOU SEND OUT A BILL THAT SAYS YOU CONSUME 15 UNITS, 20 UNITS. AND SOMETIMES PEOPLE HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT THEIR WATER USE. SO WE HAVE A CUSTOMER SERVICE OFFICE FOR THAT. THEY HANDLE ALL THESE THINGS TURNING ON ACCOUNTS, CLOSING ACCOUNTS, PAYMENT PLANS, ALL TYPES OF ISSUES. RIGHT. AND SO WE HAVE A CUSTOMER SERVICE OFFICE DEDICATED TO THAT. AND THAT'S ABOUT THAT'S ABOUT IT. I'M OPEN FOR QUESTIONS IF YOU HAVE ANY. YOU ALREADY KNEW ALL THIS. I HAVE A QUESTION. ALL RIGHT. SO YOU MENTIONED WASTEWATER. WERE YOU TALKING ABOUT LIKE JUST SPECIFICALLY WATER FROM LIKE RUNOFF WATER FROM LIKE PLANTS OR DIRTY LIKE DISHWATER OR ALSO LIKE THE SEWERS, LIKE, YOU KNOW, SO, SO IN THIS CITY AND I WOULD SAY IN THIS WHOLE VALLEY WASTEWATER. ARE THE RETURN FLOWS FROM DOMESTIC USE AND DOMESTIC USE IS THE WATER THAT'S USED INSIDE A BUILDING. RIGHT. SO ALL YOUR DRAINS FROM YOUR SHOWER, YOUR SINK, YOUR KITCHEN, THAT'S CALLED DOMESTIC USE. WATER THAT YOU USE OUTSIDE IS CALLED IRRIGATION. IRRIGATION WATER DOESN'T MAKE IT TO THE SEWER SYSTEM. IT JUST STAYS OUT IT IT EITHER GOES INTO THE GROUND OR IF YOU OVER WATER, IT RUNS OFF TO THE STREET AND THEN IT GOES INTO A RETENTION BASIN, WHICH THEN IT GOES INTO THE GROUND AT THE RETENTION BASIN. WHEN IT RAINS, THOSE THOSE DRAINS ARE SEPARATE FROM THE WASTEWATER SYSTEM. THAT'S A STORMWATER SYSTEM. AND THOSE AND THOSE DRAINS SOMETIMES THAT YOU SEE ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, ON THE CURB, THEY'RE CALLED CATCH BASINS. THOSE TAKE THOSE TAKE RUNOFF FROM FROM THE STREET THAT'S EITHER GENERATED BY A STORM OR IF YOU'RE, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A WATER MAIN THAT BREAKS THAT, THAT DOESN'T MAKE IT TO THE TREATMENT PLANT THAT THAT IS SEPARATE. SO IT'S JUST IT'S JUST YOUR DOMESTIC USE. ANYTHING ELSE? YOU GUYS. WATER WASTERS OR OR WATER CONSERVERS.
ALL RIGHT. WELL THANK YOU. IT WAS GOOD TO MEET YOU ALL. AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, YOU CAN ALWAYS MAKE AN APPOINTMENT WITH ME. AND WE CAN. YOU HAVE A QUESTION? GOOD QUESTION. OH MY QUESTION. OH YEAH. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU FOR THAT. SO THE QUESTION WAS WHERE DOES WATER COME FROM. WHERE DOES OUR WATER COME FROM? THE WELLS, THE UNDERGROUND, THE WELLS. AND THEY GET IT. FROM WHERE? FROM THE WATER. IN THE GROUND. FROM THE WATER IN THE GROUND. RIGHT FROM THE AQUIFER. FROM THE GROUND BASIN. RIGHT. THE GROUNDWATER BASIN. AND THEN WHAT DO WE DO TO GET IT TO THE LIKE? WHAT DO WE DO TO GET IT TO THE FAUCET? THERE? THE
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RESERVOIR IS ONE OF THE THREE. THEY HAVE PIPES THAT RUN 120 MILES AND THEY GO TO EACH HOUSE.THAT'S RIGHT. SO, SO SIMILAR TO THE WASTEWATER SYSTEM. YOU HAVE A SYSTEM THAT'S ALL THE PIPES.
IT'S CALLED A COLLECTION SYSTEM, RIGHT. BECAUSE IT COLLECTS THE WATER AND TAKES IT TO THE TREATMENT PLANT ON THE DRINKING SIDE, THAT 120 MILES THAT MOVES THE DRINKING WATER TO ALL THE CONNECTIONS. THEY CALL THAT THE DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM. OKAY. SO THE DISTRIBUTION IS THE DISTRIBUTION MOVES THE WATER FROM THE WELLS TO ALL THE 10,000 CONNECTIONS. AND SO THE ONLY THING WE DO IS WE ADD A LITTLE BIT OF CHLORINE TO DISINFECT THE WATER. AND THEN AND THEN WHERE DOES IT GO? SALTON SEA. BEFORE THAT. OH. WHERE DOES IT GO WHEN YOU WHEN YOU FLUSH YOUR TOILET. THE TREATMENT PLANT. RIGHT. IT GOES TO YOUR COLLECTION SYSTEM. SO THERE'S A PIPE THAT BRINGS WATER, IT GETS USED AND THEN IT GOES BACK TO ANOTHER PIPE THAT TAKES IT BACK TO THE TREATMENT PLANT. AND THEN IT GETS CLEANED. IT GETS DISCHARGED TO THE STORM CHANNEL WHICH CONNECTS TO THE SALTON SEA. ALL RIGHT. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, DIRECTOR ESTRADA. AND I JUST WANT TO QUICKLY INTRODUCE COUNCIL MEMBER DENISE DELGADO. HI, GUYS.
SAY HI. SHE'S OUR BOSS. ALL RIGHT, GO AHEAD. THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. NEXT ON THE AGENDA IS THE COMMISSION PROJECT DISCUSSION DAY ONE JUNIOR HIGH LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE. VENUE OPTIONS PLUS DRAFT PROGRAM. THANK. I THINK I HAVE A ITEM FOR. YOU. OKAY. SO.
OKAY, SO I THOUGHT I WOULD TAKE BOTH OF THESE ITEMS TOGETHER. I'M SORRY ABOUT THAT CHAIR. SO IT'S SO WE'RE GOING TO DISCUSS ITEM NUMBER THREE AND NUMBER FOUR AND WE'LL TAKE THEM TOGETHER. SO LET ME JUST START SO ONE. SO THANKS TO COMMISSIONER COMMISSIONER REPORT SUBMITTED LAST MONTH BY COMMISSIONER MARTINEZ, WE WERE ABLE TO KIND OF IDENTIFY WHAT IT IS EXACTLY THAT OUR YOUTH ADVISORY COMMISSION WOULD LIKE TO HEAR ABOUT. AND OF COURSE, OUR NEW MEMBERS CAN ALSO CONTRIBUTE NEW TOPICS OF DISCUSSION FOR THE BREAKOUT SESSIONS, BECAUSE THE JUST SO EVERYBODY KNOWS, BECAUSE I KNOW I HAVE THREE NEW PEOPLE HERE TODAY. THE YOUTH COMMISSION HAS A ANNUAL PROJECT, AND USUALLY IT IS PRESENTED TO OUR CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS IN JUNE OR JULY OF, OF THIS YEAR. AND SO THE COMMISSION DECIDED TO PURSUE A PROJECT IN WHICH YOU GUYS HOST A ONE DAY LEADERSHIP. ARE YOU A ONE DAY YOUTH LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE WHERE YOU HAVE, YOU KNOW, SOME SOME RESOURCES THERE, SOME INSPIRATIONAL SPEAKERS, A COMBINATION OF WORKSHOPS, RESOURCES THAT ARE AVAILABLE ON THE TOPICS THAT THE YOUTH COMMISSION IDENTIFIED. AND SO SO BASICALLY, THERE'S A LOT OF STUFF CENTERED AROUND CAREER PATHWAYS, CAREER READINESS, HIGH SCHOOL READINESS, HEALTH AND WELLNESS, THINGS LIKE THAT.
AND SO SO HERE I JUST KIND OF GATHERED SOME IDEAS, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE THERE'S WE HAVE AN EXPLORERS PROGRAM WITH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT ALSO HAS AN EXPLORERS PROGRAM. AND THEN WE HAVE OUR URBAN YOUTH CONSERVATION CORPS THAT IS ALSO DOING CONSERVATION WORK AND ENVIRONMENTAL WORK HERE IN THE CITY OF COACHELLA. AND THEN WE HAVE, AS DIRECTOR ESTRADA INDICATED, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE CAREERS IN WATER. IT COULD BE ENGINEERING, YOU KNOW, SOME SORT OF ENGINEER OR ENVIRONMENTAL PROJECT MANAGER, THAT SORT OF STUFF. AND THEN WE HAVE OTHER CAREER PATHS OFFERED BY OUR MILITARY SERVICE, MILITARY SERVICES. SO, FOR EXAMPLE, THE US NAVY HAS THEIR SEA CADET PROGRAM. AND ACCORDING TO THE NAVY, THERE IS NO THERE'S NO AGE LIMIT TO EXCELLENCE LIKE BEGINNING, YOU KNOW, YOUR LIFE WITH EXCELLENCE. AND SO SO THEY HAVE VERY YOUNG PEOPLE THAT JOIN THEIR SEA CADET PROGRAM. AND IT'S ACTUALLY REALLY, REALLY FASCINATING. AND THEN ALSO ANY CAREER IN LIKE STEM SCIENCE, AI, YOU KNOW, THESE ARE BIG TOPICS THAT ARE TAKING SHAPE IN OUR WORLD TODAY. AND SO, SO ANYWAY, SO JUST JUST SOME BRIEF SNIPPETS ON THE POSSIBLE CAREER PATHS THAT CAN BE INTRODUCED AT THE ONE DAY YOUTH LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE. AND SO HERE STAFF
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PUT TOGETHER LIKE A PROGRAM SCHEDULE. AND SO I'M GOING TO ASK THE COMMISSION TO LET ME KNOW IF THIS LOOKS OKAY. BECAUSE RIGHT NOW WE'RE LOOKING AT TWO POSSIBLE VENUES WHERE WE CAN HOLD THE CONFERENCE. AND WE ACTUALLY HAD TO LOOK OUTSIDE OF THE CITY OF COACHELLA BECAUSE THE CITY DOESN'T HAVE LIKE A PROPER AUDITORIUM AND CLASSROOM SPACE FOR AS MANY STUDENT PARTICIPANTS THAT WE MIGHT HAVE. RIGHT? SO WE'RE LOOKING AT OUR FRIENDS AT UC RIVERSIDE, PALM DESERT. THE CITY JUST COMPLETED A PARTNERSHIP WITH THEM IN WHICH THEY ALLOWED US TO THEY, YOU KNOW, HAD A PROGRAM FOR OUR RESIDENTS CALLED A MICRO MBA PROGRAM. SO IT WAS LIKE A SMALL BUSINESS ENTREPRENEURSHIP TYPE, OF COURSE. AND SO WE ESTABLISHED A REALLY GOOD RELATIONSHIP WITH THEM, THANKS TO OUR CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS. AND, AND THEY TOLD US THAT WE COULD USE THE UCR PALM DESERT CAMPUS, THE AUDITORIUM. AND THEN THERE'S THE THE AREA WHERE YOU CAN HAVE LIKE A RESOURCE FAIR AND THEN THE CLASSROOM SPACES SO THAT WE HAVE BREAKOUT SESSIONS FOR THE DIFFERENT WORKSHOP TOPICS. AND SO, YOU KNOW, IN LOOKING AT WHAT OTHER PEOPLE HAVE DONE FOR, FOR OUR YOUTH, WHETHER IT'S OUTSIDE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA OR IN CALIFORNIA OR IN COACHELLA VALLEY, USUALLY THE CONFERENCES WILL START OUT WITH WELCOME AND OPENING REMARKS. AND SO THEN YOU BEGIN BY INTRODUCING YOUR MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, WHO ARE THE SHEPHERDS OF EVERYTHING COACHELLA. RIGHT. AND YOURSELVES. AND THEN WE WOULD HAVE, LIKE A KEYNOTE SPEAKER THAT COULD, YOU KNOW, JUST KIND OF BE AN INSPIRATIONAL FIGURE THAT CAN TALK TO YOU ALL ABOUT LIFE AND CAREERS AND CHOICES AND THINGS LIKE THAT. AND THEN WE BEGIN OUR BREAKOUT SESSIONS FROM NINE TO LIKE 1145. AND SO WE WOULD HAVE CONCURRENT SESSIONS HAPPENING CONCURRENT MEANS, LIKE AT THE SAME TIME, YOU KNOW, WE COULD HAVE AND THEN PEOPLE CAN, YOU KNOW, GO BACK AND FORTH AND TAKE A COURSE DEPENDING ON WHICH ONE INTERESTS THEM. AND IF YOU NOTICE HERE THE START TIME IS 830. AND AGAIN, I WANTED TO ASK THE COMMISSION IF YOU GUYS WANTED TO START LIKE AT EIGHT OR IS 830 OKAY OR DO WE START LATER? THE ONLY PROBLEM IS, IS THAT WE'RE DEALING WITH YOUNG PEOPLE WHO WANT TO SLEEP IN. AND SO AND ALSO JUST THINK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THE LENGTH.RIGHT. LIKE IT'S REALLY DIFFICULT TO MAINTAIN EVERYBODY'S ATTENTION SPAN FOR HOURS ON END. RIGHT. SO I THINK KEEPING IT SHORT AND BRIEF IS ADVISABLE. HOWEVER, IF YOU GUYS WANT TO GO A LITTLE LONGER, I HIGHLY DOUBT THAT WE'RE GOING TO GET AS MUCH PARTICIPATION IF IT'S REALLY SUPER LONG, BECAUSE THEN YOU START LOSING YOUR AUDIENCE. RIGHT. AND SO AND THEN PARENTS, YOU KNOW, WHO HAVE TO TRANSPORT THE KIDS OR WE MIGHT EVEN HAVE TRANSPORTATION AVAILABLE. WE'LL SEE. BUT I THINK YOU HAVE TO BE MINDFUL OF TIME FRAMES, RIGHT.
BECAUSE YOU MIGHT LOSE YOUR AUDIENCE. SO WE HAVE THE BREAKOUT SESSIONS HAPPENING FROM LIKE SAY, 9 TO 1145. THEN WE BREAK FOR LUNCH 1145 TO 1215, AND THEN AFTER THAT, WE CAN HAVE PEOPLE KIND OF WALK AROUND THE RESOURCE HALL. SO WE'LL HAVE LIKE PEOPLE THERE LIKE UNIVERSITIES. WE'LL HAVE, YOU KNOW, CAREER FOLK, OTHER RESOURCE PEOPLE THERE GIVING AWAY INFORMATION OR, YOU KNOW, TCHOTCHKES OR WHAT HAVE YOU. AND THEN AND THEN WE CONCLUDE OUR PROGRAM AT 1 P.M. AND SO THE SCHEDULE WOULD LOOK LIKE SOMETHING LIKE THIS. AND OF COURSE, THIS COMMISSION CAN DISCUSS TOPICS IN JUST A MOMENT. BUT IF YOU NOTICE, UP AT THE TOP I LISTED FROM 9 TO 945, THERE'S GOING TO BE A BREAK AFTER THE CONCLUSION OF THE BREAKOUT SESSION. NUMBER ONE AND THE FOLLOWING TOPICS CAN BE DISCUSSED CONCURRENTLY. AND SO YOU'LL SEE THAT THERE'S AND THESE TOPICS AGAIN CAME FROM THE THE FEEDBACK I RECEIVED A FEW MEETINGS AGO FROM THIS COMMISSION. BUT ALSO COMMISSIONER MARTINEZ HAD ALSO PROVIDED TO YOU ALL A SAMPLE PRESENTATION OR REPORT WITH ALL THE ITEMS THAT YOU GUYS HAD IDENTIFIED WERE IMPORTANT TO YOU. AND SO SO THESE ARE THE THE HIGH LEVEL ITEMS THAT YOU ALL HAD INDICATED THAT YOU WANTED TO SEE AT THIS, YOU KNOW, LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE, COLLEGE INTER POST-SECONDARY SCHOOL INFORMATION. NOW NOTICE I WROTE AND OR POST-SECONDARY BECAUSE NOT EVERYBODY IS GOING TO GO TO COLLEGE. AND WE DON'T WANT TO MAKE IT SEEM LIKE THAT'S THE ONLY PATHWAY FOR PEOPLE BECAUSE THERE'S THE ENTREPRENEURIAL ROUTE OR TECHNICAL, OR IF SOMEBODY WANTS TO GO TO CULINARY, CULINARY ROUTE OR, YOU KNOW, SOMEBODY WANTS TO BE LIKE CYBERSECURITY OR, YOU KNOW, SOME OTHER TECHNICAL FIELD, IT ENCOMPASSES MILITARY SERVICE AS WELL. SO WE'RE NOT JUST PUSHING COLLEGE. WE'RE ALSO ADVOCATING FOR OTHER CAREER PATHWAYS, FINANCIAL AID APPLICATION WORKSHOP. NOW THIS IS GEARED TOWARDS ANYONE THAT HAS EVER
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HAD TO THINK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, HOW WILL THEY FUND THEIR EDUCATION. AND IT ACTUALLY STARTS REALLY EARLY BECAUSE YOU DO WANT TO GET STUDENTS TO BE THINKING AS EARLY AS POSSIBLE TO START SAVING FOR THEIR FUTURE, WHETHER IT'S COLLEGE OR TECHNICAL OR WHATEVER. YOU DO HAVE TO SAVE. AND IT'S BEST IF YOU START EARLY AND THEN WE'LL HAVE LIKE AN INSPIRATIONAL SPEAKER. AND, YOU KNOW, SO I'VE BEEN NAMED ANYBODY OR WHATEVER BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THIS AND FURTHER SYNTHESIZE IT. AND THEN WE HAVE CAREER PATHWAYS. SO THIS WORKSHOP BECAUSE CENTER AROUND A VARIETY OF CAREER OPPORTUNITIES. SO WE COULD HAVE LIKE DIFFERENT SPEAKERS COME IN AND TALK ABOUT THEIR RESPECTIVE CAREERS. YOU KNOW, I COULD HAVE OUR CITY ENGINEER COME IN. I COULD HAVE OUR WATER ENGINEER COME IN. YOU KNOW, ALL ALL THESE DIFFERENT PEOPLE THAT CAN TALK ABOUT WHAT IT TOOK FOR THEM TO GET TO WHERE THEY ARE TODAY, AND THEN HIGH SCHOOL READINESS. AND THAT'S WHERE YOU ALL COME IN AS WELL. YOU KNOW, YOU CAN HELP GUIDE OUR JUNIOR MIDDLE SCHOOL CHILDREN OR STUDENTS TO KIND OF THINK ABOUT, WELL, WHAT DOES HIGH SCHOOL LOOK LIKE AND WHAT DID YOU WISH YOU WOULD HAVE KNOWN BEFORE YOU WENT TO HIGH SCHOOL? YOU KNOW, SO THIS IS YOUR OPPORTUNITY TO IDENTIFY, LIKE HOW DO YOU WANT TO DELIVER THAT MESSAGE? WHO SHOULD DELIVER THAT MESSAGE? YOU KNOW, BECAUSE I THINK IT'S A VERY IMPORTANT ONE. THERE'S NOTHING LIKE PEER ADVICE, RIGHT? LIKE I REMEMBER I USED TO CALL MY FRIEND FROM HIGH SCHOOL AND SHE NEVER RETURNED CALLS, BUT I USED TO CALL HER AND I WAS LIKE, IVY, HOW IS IT AT UCSD? IS IT HARD? CAN YOU PLEASE TELL ME? AND SHE'D BE LIKE, JUST, YOU KNOW. SO I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO HAVE A PEER, RIGHT? BECAUSE THEN YOU BELIEVE YOUR PEER, YOU KNOW, TO BE LIKE A MENTOR TO OTHER YOUNGER STUDENTS AND THEN HEALTH AND WELLNESS. I HEARD LOUD AND CLEAR THAT YOU ALL WANTED TO HAVE HEALTH AND WELLNESS, WHETHER THAT'S MENTAL HEALTH OR REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH. YOU KNOW, HEALTH AND WELLNESS IS IMPORTANT. AND I, OF ALL PEOPLE KNOW THAT HEALTH IS HEALTH. YOU KNOW, DEALING WITH MY HUSBAND'S CANCER, YOU KNOW, DIAGNOSIS. I'M LIKE, HEALTH IS WEALTH. SO AND THEN THE NEXT BREAKOUT SESSION COULD BE LIKE TALKING ABOUT CLUB SPORTS PROGRAMS. THEN WE CAN HAVE A COMBINATION OF CIVIC AND COMMUNITY SERVICE OPPORTUNITIES. AND THEN ANOTHER INSPIRATIONAL SPEAKER THAT CAN TALK ABOUT PUBLIC POLICY OR, YOU KNOW, ANYTHING WITH REGARD TO ADVANCING THE BETTER GOOD OF.ALL, RIGHT. BECAUSE LET'S FACE IT, YOU KNOW, AS MUCH AS PEOPLE DON'T WANT TO ADMIT, GOVERNMENT IS VERY IMPORTANT AND IT'S THE WAY THAT YOU GET THINGS DONE. IT HAPPENS HERE IN THE CITY OF COACHELLA ALL THE WAY TO WASHINGTON, D.C. AND I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT. RIGHT? WE ALL EVERYBODY IN THIS ROOM THINKS IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE ADVOCATE FOR OURSELVES AND OUR COMMUNITIES. AND THEN I WAS GOING TO JUST KIND OF TOUCH ON WHAT COMMISSIONER MARTINEZ AND THE ADVISORY COMMISSION MENTIONED LAST TIME. WE NEED VOLUNTEERS AND EVENT HELP. AND SO WE SO FAR HAVE IDENTIFIED A COUPLE OF THESE POSSIBILITIES FOR OUR VOLUNTEERS. WE NEED ASSISTANCE WITH SET UP AND BREAKDOWN CHECK IN AND INFORMATIONAL TABLE USHERS GUIDING STUDENTS INTO THE AUDITORIUM, USHERS GUIDING STUDENTS IN BETWEEN SESSIONS.
YOU KNOW, BECAUSE YOU NEVER KNOW. SOMEBODY MIGHT SHOW UP A LITTLE LATER, SO THEY'LL NEED LIKE PEOPLE THAT ARE REAL POSITIVE AND THAT ARE THERE TO BE LIKE, COME ON IN, WELCOME.
YOU KNOW, AND AND SO AND WE'LL BE SURE TO HAVE LIKE T SHIRTS FOR EVERYBODY. THAT'S LIKE A SPECIAL EVENT KIND OF T SHIRT. YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT WOULD BE REALLY AMAZING. AND AND I DID HEAR THAT FROM YOU GUYS AS WELL, THAT YOU WANTED SOMETHING BRANDED SO THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE PROUD AND YOU'RE LIKE OUT THERE WITH YOUR SHIRT AND WE ALL TAKE A NICE, CUTE PICTURE AT THE END OF THE EVENT AND THEN LET ME GO BACK. SO ANYWAY, I JUST WANTED TO PAUSE RIGHT HERE. AND OR MAYBE I'LL LOOK AT THE SCHEDULE AND JUST KIND OF GET YOUR FEEDBACK, LIKE, WHAT DO YOU GUYS THINK ABOUT THE PROGRAM SCHEDULE? IS THIS TOO LONG? IS THIS TOO SHORT? WHAT DO YOU ALL THINK? HOW WOULD YOU POSSIBLY REFRAME THIS IF YOU HAD TO? BUT THIS IS ALL BASED ON OUR KNOWLEDGE, LIKE BASED ON US ATTENDING CONFERENCES, US HOSTING EVENTS HERE AT THE CITY. AND SO LIKE THIS SEEMS TO BE LIKE A REASONABLE SCHEDULE. BUT IF YOU GUYS THINK THIS IS TOO LONG, WE CAN SCALE IT BACK OR FORMAT IT A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT. SO ANYWAY, I WILL OPEN THE FLOOR FOR COMMENTS. CHAIR I DO LIKE THE FORMAT. I WASN'T HERE LAST MONTH SO I DIDN'T LIKE PUT MY THOUGHT INTO THIS. BUT I DO HAVE A QUESTION. IT'S STILL GOING TO BE WITHIN THE YOUTH. THE JUNIOR. YES. RIGHT BEFORE LIKE HIGH SCHOOL. YES. OKAY. SO WE WANTED TO OPEN IT UP FOR MIDDLE SCHOOLERS, BUT ALSO KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS CAN ALSO BE CATERED TO. YOU KNOW, WHOEVER WOULD LIKE TO COME, YOU KNOW, IS ALWAYS WELCOME. YOU KNOW, I THINK THE COMMISSION WANTED TO SERVE IN A CAPACITY OF LIKE MENTORSHIP TO YOUNGER STUDENTS THAT, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE THIS IS KIND OF LIKE A CONFERENCE OF TELL US WHAT YOU
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THINK YOU SHOULD. YOU WANTED TO KNOW THAT YOU DIDN'T KNOW ENTERING HIGH SCHOOL, RIGHT? SO BECAUSE MANY OF US HAVE WHEN I WAS A KID, I WENT INTO HIGH SCHOOL AND I HAD NO IDEA WHAT TO EXPECT. AND, YOU KNOW, I WISH SOMEBODY WOULD HAVE TOLD ME, HEY, COME OVER HERE. LET ME TELL YOU ABOUT IT. YOU KNOW, BECAUSE I KNOW THE HIGH SCHOOL OFFERS, YOU KNOW, LIKE THE FRESHMAN ORIENTATION AND ALL THAT, BUT WE DON'T WANT FRESHMAN ORIENTATION, IS WHAT I HEARD HERE. WE WANT ORIENTATION FROM PEER TO PEER, YOU KNOW, LIKE. LIKE WHAT? WHAT DID YOU THINK THAT WAS MISSED? YOU KNOW, AND AND EVEN COVERING OTHER TOPICS THAT ARE NOT COVERED SOMETIMES, YOU KNOW, SO I FELT THAT THE HEALTH AND WELLNESS ONE WAS A GOOD ONE. AND, AND THE, THE ONE ABOUT, YOU KNOW, LIKE JUST LIKE CAREER PATHWAYS. RIGHT. BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE WHY NOT START THE DISCUSSION EARLY ON INSTEAD OF WAITING? AND THEN YOU'RE LIKE, I DON'T KNOW WHAT I WANT TO PURSUE BECAUSE I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THESE CAREER PATHS ENTAIL. AND SO I DO THINK ANYONE IS WELCOME, OF COURSE, AND WE'RE NEVER GOING TO SHUT THE DOOR TO ANYONE THAT WANTS TO COME. AND IF THEY'RE IN HIGH SCHOOL, THAT'S PERFECT, YOU KNOW? BUT YES, I THINK THE FOCUS WAS TO BRING SOME OF THESE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS TO, TO TO COME ON OVER.SO YEAH, WHAT ANY OTHER COMMENT THAT ANYBODY MIGHT HAVE ABOUT THE ORGANIZATION OF THE SCHEDULE? LET ME GO BACK. YEAH. SO IS 830 A GOOD START TIME THEN OR IS THAT TOO EARLY OR IS IT TOO LATE? DO WE GO BACK TO 8 A.M. OR DO WE MAKE IT 9 A.M. BECAUSE I WON'T HAVE THAT MUCH TIME IF, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE AS I WAS AS WE WERE DOING THIS, I WAS LIKE, OH, WE DON'T HAVE THAT MUCH TIME. I MEAN, YOU KNOW, LIKE IT'S IT'S A GOOD SCHEDULE AND, AND WE WANT PEOPLE TO COME RIGHT. AND PARENTS TO BE SUPPORTIVE, TO COME DROP OFF THE KIDS OR, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, DEPENDING ON HOW MANY PEOPLE SIGN UP, WE MIGHT HAVE A BUS. THE CITY DOES HAVE TWO BUSSES THAT WE CAN USE. BUT, YOU KNOW, WE WE, WE WILL SEE WHEN WE DO REGISTRATION AND ALL THAT. SO PEOPLE ARE OKAY WITH THE SCHEDULE. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. AND WHAT ABOUT THE WORKSHOP SESSIONS. WE CAN KIND OF FURTHER SYNTHESIZE EACH ONE OF THESE. OR WE CAN IF ANYONE FEELS THAT THERE'S SOMETHING MISSING HERE, LET ME KNOW. AND BECAUSE MARY IS MARY WHO IS SITTING RIGHT HERE, SHE'S GOING TO START EMAILING YOU ALL AND BUT SHE'LL MAKE IT WHERE WHEN YOU REPLY, IT DOESN'T REPLY TO EVERYONE, IT'S JUST HER. AND THEN THAT WAY YOU GUYS CAN PROVIDE LIKE FURTHER DIRECTION, YOU KNOW, OTHER IDEAS, OTHER THOUGHTS. BECAUSE ALL OF THIS IS GOING TO BE SENT VIA EMAIL. AND THEN RIGHT NOW IT LOOKS LIKE THE DATE WE'RE LOOKING AT BASED AGAIN ON THE COMMISSION FEEDBACK IS MAY 2ND WHICH IS A SATURDAY. SO SATURDAY MAY 2ND.
AND THAT'S THE THOSE ARE THE DATES. THAT'S THE DATE THAT I ASKED COD AND UCR TO CONSIDER.
AND SO FAR THEY HAVE AVAILABILITY. AND SO I'M JUST KIND OF WAITING TO SEE WHAT UCR TELLS ME, BECAUSE I GUESS IT'LL BE FREE FOR US TO USE THE FACILITY EXCEPT FOR THEIR STAFF TIME, BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE STAFF THERE ON SATURDAYS TO MAN THE AUDITORIUM AND ALL THAT. SO SO I'M GOING TO HEAR BACK TO SEE WHAT THAT COST IS. IF IT'S CRAZY HIGH, I'M GOING TO BE LIKE, OH, BUT IF IT'S REALLY REASONABLE, I MEAN, HEY, THAT'S THAT'S REASONABLE, YOU KNOW, AND WE'LL HAVE SPONSORSHIPS, YOU KNOW, TO COVER THESE COSTS. BUT AND THEN COD DEFINITELY SAID IT WAS FREE. SO THEY SAID IT'D BE FREE THERE. IT'S JUST THAT I THINK COLLEGE OF THE DESERT IS A LITTLE BIT HARDER TO GET TO AND PROBABLY HARDER TO UNDERSTAND, LIKE WHERE TO GO.
AND BUT AGAIN, WE'LL WE'LL BRING THAT BACK FOR A VOTE. ONCE I GET ALL THE INFORMATION AS TO WHAT WHAT VENUE. AND THEN I'LL HAVE PICTURES TO SHOW EVERYBODY SO THAT WE CAN KIND OF ENVISION LIKE WHERE WE'RE GOING TO BE AND WHAT IS THIS GOING TO COST OR WHAT IS THIS LOOK LIKE? AND THEN WE CAN DEVELOP LIKE A MAP, A SITE MAP, AND THEN ANYBODY HERE TALENTED WITH DIGITAL MEDIA. OKAY. BECAUSE WE'LL PROBABLY ASK ISABEL OR COMMISSIONER MARTINEZ TO MAKE A LITTLE MAP FOR US, YOU KNOW. SO AND THEN IF ANYBODY WANTS TO CREATE A FLIER, YOU KNOW, FOR THIS EVENT, PLEASE LET ME KNOW. AND BECAUSE I'M SERIOUS, I NEED THE HELP, LIKE, SOON BECAUSE WE GOT TO GET THIS WORD OUT, RIGHT. SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS FLIER IS CREATED. AND THEN MARY AND MYSELF WILL REVIEW THE FLIER TO MAKE SURE ALL THE IMPORTANT DETAILS ARE NOT MISSED. BUT, YOU KNOW, EVERY YOUTH COMMISSION THAT WE'VE EVER SEEN OUT THERE, THEY DESIGN THEIR OWN STUFF, YOU KNOW, AND IF YOU GUYS WANT TO, IF ANYBODY DOESN'T FEEL LIKE THEY HAVE THE CREATIVE GENIUS IN THEM, THEN WE'LL TAKE IT ON.
BUT WE WANT TO GIVE YOU A CHANCE TO KIND OF PUT IT OUT THERE AND SEE WHAT YOUR CREATIVE GENIUS IS COME UP WITH. AND, YOU KNOW, SO DOES ANYBODY HERE WANT TO VOLUNTEER FOR THAT? OKAY. COMMISSIONER MARTINEZ OKAY. DON'T WORRY. THERE'S GOING TO BE OTHER TASKS FOR
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EVERYBODY ELSE. WE'RE ALL GOING TO SHARE IN THE LOAD. AND BUT YEAH. AND SO SO BACK TO THE TOPIC. SO WHAT WE'LL DO IS WE WILL GET BACK TO YOU ALL ABOUT WHAT WHO WILL BE THE PRESENTER FOR EACH OF THESE. WHAT WHAT ARE THE TOPICS GOING TO BE. WHAT IS IT GOING TO ENTAIL. AND BECAUSE WE WANT IT TO BE DYNAMIC, YOU KNOW, WE WE DON'T WANT TO BORE PEOPLE TO DEATH.SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE LIKE INTERACTIVE TYPE OF SESSIONS, LIKE WITH EITHER DIGITAL MEDIA OR LIKE, YOU KNOW, HANDS ON ITEMS. AND SO, YOU KNOW, SO AGAIN, I WANT THIS CONFERENCE FOR ALL OF YOU FROM BASED ON WHAT YOU TOLD ME TO MAKE IT REALLY FUN AND INVENTIVE AND NOT LIKE BORING, BECAUSE OTHERWISE WE'RE GOING TO LOSE PEOPLE AND THEY'RE NOT GOING TO WANT TO BE THERE. SO YEAH. AND SO I'LL COME BACK TO THAT AND THEN LET ME GO BACK TO THE VOLUNTEER HELP. YEAH. LET ME JUST KIND OF TAKE SOME FEEDBACK FROM PEOPLE ABOUT WHAT YOU KNOW, ABOUT HOW TO ACTIVATE HELP OR VOLUNTEERS. I JUST WANT TO KNOW WHAT YOUR THOUGHTS ARE AS TO VOLUNTEERS. I DEFINITELY THINK IT WILL BE SOMEWHAT EASY TO GET VOLUNTEERS. I KNOW A LOT OF US HERE ARE INVOLVED IN A LOT OF CLUBS AND PROGRAMS AT OUR HIGH SCHOOLS, SO I THINK REACHING OUT TO THOSE CLUBS AND PROGRAMS LIKE, HEY GUYS, THIS IS WHAT THIS IS AND WE WOULD LOVE FOR YOU TO DO IT. OR EVEN IF IT'S IN A CLASS AND YOU TALK TO YOUR TEACHER AND IT COULD BE AN EXTRA CREDIT, LIKE, I KNOW IN MY ASB CLASS, IF I WERE TO COME TO MY ADVISOR, HE WOULD DEFINITELY TAKE IT ON. SO I THINK IF EVERYBODY KIND OF ADVOCATES FOR IT A LITTLE BIT, EVEN IF IT'S NOT A SCHOOL IN THE COACHELLA VALLEY, IT WOULD STILL BE REALLY HELPFUL. DO YOU GUYS AGREE THAT THAT COULD BE ANOTHER A GOOD WAY TO RECRUIT VOLUNTEERS AND HELP? AND WE NEED SOLID PEOPLE. OKAY. REMEMBER THAT. BECAUSE THEN IF WE DON'T HAVE THE HELP THERE, IT'S NOT GOING TO BE A SUCCESS. SO, YOU KNOW, SO WE'LL HELP YOU DEVELOP THAT COMMITMENT LETTER AND ALL THAT GOOD STUFF SO THAT PEOPLE CAN, YOU KNOW, BE THERE AND BE SUPPORTED. BECAUSE IF WE HAVE TO PICK THEM UP, WE WILL. BUT I'M JUST SAYING, YOU KNOW, LIKE I WE NEED THEM THERE, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE I'VE, I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW MANY TIMES WE HAD, WE'VE HAD PEOPLE SAY I'LL BE THERE AND THEN THEY'RE NOT. BUT THAT'S BECAUSE THEY'RE VOLUNTEERS. RIGHT. SO I THINK PEOPLE FEEL LIKE, WELL, IT'S JUST A VOLUNTEER THING. I DON'T I DON'T HAVE TO BE THERE. BUT WE'LL BE SERIOUS ABOUT ENLISTING PEOPLE'S SUPPORT. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. AND SO DID I FORGET ANYTHING FOR THIS EVENT? I THINK WE SAID SET UP AND BREAKDOWN THE CHECK IN AND INFORMATIONAL TABLE, BECAUSE THE INFORMATIONAL TABLE IS BASICALLY GOING TO HAVE INFORMATION ABOUT THE PROGRAM. BUT EVEN LIKE, YOU KNOW, JUST ANY INFORMATION ABOUT THE DAY AND WHERE THE WORKSHOPS ARE BEING HELD. SO WE NEED, I THINK, FOR PEOPLE THERE BECAUSE REMEMBER, PEOPLE NEED BATHROOM BREAKS. AND AND SO WE HAVE TO HAVE ENOUGH PEOPLE TO JUST ROTATE AND, AND KIND OF DO THEIR THING. AND THEN WE HAVE WHEN I SAY STUDENT GUIDING PEOPLE INTO THE AUDITORIUM, YOU KNOW, JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S SOMEONE OUT THERE LIKE, HI, COME ON IN THIS WAY, YOU KNOW, THAT SORT OF THING, BECAUSE I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW MANY TIMES THAT'S EVER BEEN SUPER HELPFUL IN MY LIFE TO SEE SOMEBODY OUT THERE LIKE THIS WAY. YOU KNOW, I'VE SEEN IT AT UC RIVERSIDE AND IT WAS DONE REALLY WELL. THEY HAD LIKE, PEOPLE WITH SIGNS THAT WERE LIKE, THIS WAY, YOU KNOW, LIKE AND SO THAT WAS KIND OF COOL.
AND THEN AND THEN JUST PEOPLE GUIDING THEM IN BETWEEN SESSIONS, YOU KNOW, LIKE, YOU KNOW, IF THEY'RE ASKING LIKE, WHAT ROOM IS WHATEVER SESSION AT OKAY, THIS WAY, YOU KNOW, AND THEN JUST TO HAVE LIKE EYES ON THE GROUND BECAUSE WE WILL BE DEALING WITH YOUNG STUDENTS OR YOUNGER STUDENTS. AND SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT NOBODY'S GETTING INTO UNSAFE SPACES OR TROUBLE OR, YOU KNOW, OR THAT THEY GET HURT SOMEHOW OR ANOTHER. SO THAT'S WHY WE NEED EYES OUT THERE SO THAT WE KEEP EVERYBODY SAFE. AND, YOU KNOW, WE'RE WE'RE JUST AGAIN, IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY BE LIKE IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE LIKE STUDENT TO STUDENT, LIKE ATTACKING EACH OTHER OR NOTHING LIKE THAT. BUT IT COULD BE OTHER PEOPLE, RIGHT. LIKE PEOPLE THAT WE DON'T KNOW THAT DON'T APPEAR TO BE PART OF THE CONFERENCE. LIKE WE'LL NEED TO BE LIKE, HEY, THERE'S SOMEBODY OVER THERE, YOU KNOW? SO THAT'S WHAT I MEAN BY KEEPING PEOPLE SAFE. AND I THINK THAT'S THE END OF THIS PRESENTATION. I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I GIVE YOU GUYS TIME TO DISCUSS THE THE TOPICS. LET ME GO BACK REAL QUICK TO OH, SORRY, JASON. YEAH.
SO LET ME DOUBLE CHECK AND MAKE SURE BECAUSE I, I BROUGHT COMMISSIONER MARTINEZ'S REPORT WITH ME JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DIDN'T FORGET SOMETHING. SO I TOLD HER, OH MY GOSH, WHAT A GREAT JOB. I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW MANY TIMES I WENT BACK AND FORTH LOOKING AT EVERYTHING. SO I THINK WE HAVE EVERYTHING. I THINK THE ONLY THING THAT WE DIDN'T INCLUDE WAS DIGITAL
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SAFETY, BUT I THINK IT CAN BE INCORPORATED SOMEWHERE BECAUSE YOU KNOW WHAT? THAT IS SOMETHING THAT PEOPLE HAVE TO BE AWARE OF, YOU KNOW, IS KEEPING YOURSELF SAFE ON THESE SOCIAL MEDIA AND DIGITAL PLATFORMS. IT REALLY IS A PROBLEM. THERE'S A LOT OF BULLYING AND WEIRD STUFF GOING ON OUT THERE, AND I PERSONALLY WAS SUMMONED YEARS BACK, PROBABLY ABOUT 6 OR 7 YEARS AGO. AND SO THIS IS REAL. YOU KNOW, THERE WERE THERE WERE SOME CHILDREN AT A HIGH SCHOOL BEING RECRUITED BY A PREDATOR, AND THEY CAUGHT THE PREDATOR. AND HE HAD, YOU KNOW, SO HE'S BROUGHT TO TRIAL. AND THERE WERE AND IT WAS REALLY CRAZY BECAUSE I THOUGHT, WELL, HOW WAS HE ATTRACTING THEM? LIKE HOW WAS HE RECRUITING THEM? YOU KNOW, AND THE WAY HE WAS DOING IT WAS BY USING YOU, USING PEOPLE LIKE YOURSELVES AND THEN BEING LIKE, HEY, ISABEL, CAN YOU SEND ME A PICTURE OF YOU OR WHATEVER? AND THEN THAT KID WAS GETTING PAID BY THE PREDATOR. I'LL GIVE YOU 500 BUCKS IF YOU CAN GET ME A PICTURE OF ISABEL OR WHOMEVER. RIGHT. AND I WAS LIKE, WHOA, YOU KNOW, LIKE, WHO EVER THINKS ABOUT THIS STUFF LIKE THAT? YOU CAN GET CONDITIONED TO, TO FOR THAT TO HAPPEN TO YOU, YOU KNOW? SO LIKE, I FEEL DIGITAL SAFETY IS VERY IMPORTANT. YOU KNOW, EVEN MY OWN DAUGHTER AT ONE POINT WAS LIKE ON MINECRAFT OR SOMETHING, LIKE SHE WAS BEING TALKED TO BY SOME PERSON NAMED ELEANOR FROM KANSAS. AND THEY WERE LIKE, OH YEAH, I'M YOUR AGE AND ALL THIS STUFF. AND THEN I WAS LIKE, WAIT, WHERE IS THIS PERSON AGAIN? SHE'S LIKE, THEY'RE IN KANSAS. AND I'M LIKE, OH NO, THAT THAT'S A BIG RED FLAG. WHO IS THIS PERSON? YOU KNOW? SO I DO THINK THAT WE HAVE TO TEACH OUR YOUTH TO BE SAFE, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE AND FOR OTHER REASONS, TOO, FOR EVEN FINANCIAL, YOU KNOW, THEY CAN ACTUALLY STEAL MONEY FROM YOUR FROM YOUR BANK ACCOUNT, YOU KNOW, THINGS LIKE THAT. SO DIGITAL SAFETY IS IMPORTANT FOR MANY, MANY REASONS. AND SO I DIDN'T WANT TO NOT INCLUDE THAT TOPIC. I THINK IT'S A VERY IMPORTANT ONE. SO THANK YOU FOR SUGGESTING THAT. AND THEN FOR THE REST OF YOU AGREEING TO HAVE THAT ON OUR AGENDA. BUT ANYWAY, SO TELL ME, GUYS, WHAT MORE WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE? WHAT DO YOU SEE HERE THAT IS NOT INCLUDED THAT YOU THOUGHT THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN INCLUDED? WELL, I THINK ANOTHER THING TO GIVE, LIKE A LITTLE BIT OF MOTIVATION IS LIKE RAFFLES. OKAY, RAFFLES, RAFFLES, MAYBE SCHOLARSHIPS IF THAT KIND OF FITS IN THERE. LIKE SCHOOL. SURE. RAFFLES, I LIKE THAT. THE SCHOLARSHIP IDEA. YEAH, THAT TOO. BUT I ALSO KNOW THERE'S A PROGRAM FOR THE DESERT SANDS DISTRICT ABOUT HOW CAN I EXPLAIN IT? IT'S LIKE A YOUTH AMBASSADOR PROGRAM WHERE, IF IT'S ODD. YEAH, I KNOW YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, BUT I DON'T EXPLAIN IT. IT'S LIKE ALL THE PROGRAMS, THEY'RE CALLED CTE PROGRAMS. SO IT'S LIKE CTE LEADERSHIP. YEAH. CTE LEADERSHIP. IT'S LIKE A CAREER PROGRAM WHERE THERE'S LIKE A LOT OF DIFFERENT CAREERS PROVIDED FROM LIKE HIGH LIKE DIFFERENT HIGH SCHOOLS. FOR EXAMPLE, I'M IN THE EMERGENCY DISPATCH PROGRAM AT SHADOW HILLS. SO WHEN WE GO TO LIKE DIFFERENT LIKE MIDDLE SCHOOLS AND ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND EXPLAIN OUR PROGRAM, AND I FEEL LIKE OUR PROGRAM COULD BE REALLY BENEFICIAL FOR THIS LIKE PROGRAM ALSO. OH YEAH. WELL, WE HAVE JUSTINO. I DID SPEAK WITH OUR SHE IS MARICARMEN. WHAT'S HER TITLE AGAIN ANYWAY? SHE WORKS WITH EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT SERVICES FOR THE RIVERSIDE COUNTY, CAL FIRE YOU KNOW, PROGRAM, AND I ACTUALLY INVITED HER TODAY TO BE A RESOURCE FOR OUR CERT TRAINING. SPEAKING OF THAT. SO LIKE SHE DOES TRAININGS AND LIKE CPR, FIRST AID, EMERGENCY EVACUATION AND WHAT TO DO, LIKE RESPOND IN CASE THERE'S SOME BIG MASSIVE EARTHQUAKE OR WHAT HAVE YOU EMERGENCY, YOU KNOW, AND SO SO SHE'LL BE THERE AT OUR CONFERENCE. I ALREADY ASKED HER TO TO BE THERE. SO I THINK THAT'LL BE REALLY GREAT TO HAVE PEOPLE LIKE THAT BECAUSE THAT IS SIMILAR TO YOUR CITY LEADERSHIP YOUTH AMBASSADOR PROGRAM. ANYTHING ELSE? BECAUSE YES, I THINK EVEN IF WE WEREN'T ABLE TO, I THINK EVERYTHING HERE IS GREAT FOR THE BREAKOUT SESSIONS. BUT IF KIDS WEREN'T ABLE TO ATTEND A CERTAIN SESSION THAT THEY FELT THEY WANTED TO GO TO OR WE COULDN'T FIT A PROGRAM OR A CLUB OR A CERTAIN GROUP THAT WANTED TO SPEAK, WE CAN ALWAYS INVITE THEM. I'VE BEEN TO AN EVENT WHERE AT LUNCH THEY HAVE TABLES AROUND THE ROOM WHERE ALMOST LIKE THE COLLEGE FAIRS, WHERE THEY HAVE BROCHURES AND POSTERS AND KIDS CAN WALK AROUND AND STOP AT THE TABLES, ASK THOSE PEOPLE QUESTIONS. AND JUST THAT WAY THEY CAN GO TO THE TABLES WITHOUT FEELING EMBARRASSED. I KNOW SOME PEOPLE GET EMBARRASSED ASKING QUESTIONS IN A BIG GROUP OF PEOPLE, SO WE CAN INVITE THOSE PROGRAMS AND PEOPLE TO SET UP TABLES SO MAYBE WE CAN HAVE THEM. MAYBE WE CAN HAVE THEM, LIKE WHENEVER WE'RE DOING THE LUNCH, LIKE YOU SAID, LIKE WHERE WE HAVE THE RESOURCE HALL, MAYBE THAT'S WHERE WE HAVE THAT, YOU KNOW,[01:05:05]
LIKE LIKE INTEGRATED. SO IT DOESN'T FEEL AWKWARD AND PEOPLE AREN'T FEELING LIKE EMBARRASSED ABOUT GOING UP TO THE RESOURCES. AND THEN I'LL MAKE SURE TO REQUEST THAT WE, YOU KNOW, THAT, THAT WE MAKE IT AS APPEALING AS POSSIBLE AND LIKE, YOU KNOW, SO THAT PEOPLE FEEL COMFORTABLE ABOUT APPROACHING THE RESOURCE, THE RESOURCE TABLES, YOU KNOW, OR RESOURCE BOOTHS, WHATEVER YOU WANT TO CALL THEM. BUT OKAY. YEAH. SO WE'LL MAKE SURE TO INTEGRATE IT. MAYBE LIKE AT LUNCH, MAYBE, MAYBE WE CAN HAVE THE RESOURCE HALL LIKE THOSE TABLES THROUGHOUT THE DAY.BECAUSE LIKE, I FOUND SOME OF THE CONFERENCES THAT I'VE GONE TO, SORRY, I FOUND SOME OF THE CONFERENCES THAT I'VE GONE TO. IT'S VERY HELPFUL BECAUSE. ESPECIALLY DEALING WITH, YOU KNOW, MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS, THEY MAY FEEL A LITTLE BIT EMBARRASSED OR SHY, BUT IF EVERYBODY ELSE IS LIKE IN A BREAKOUT SESSION, THEY MAY THINK, OH, I'M GOING TO PULL OUT BECAUSE I REALLY WANT TO ASK ABOUT THIS, BUT I DON'T WANT EVERYBODY TO SEE ME GOING RIGHT NOW. SO IF IT'S THROUGHOUT THE DAY, THAT'S REALLY GOOD FOR THEM. YEAH, WE CAN HAVE IT SET UP IF YOU GO, YOU KNOW, TO JUST HAVE IT THERE FOR THROUGHOUT THE DAY AND THEY CAN APPROACH IN BETWEEN BREAKS OR WHAT HAVE YOU. BECAUSE WE DO HAVE A BREAK SET UP IN BETWEEN ALL BREAKOUT SESSIONS, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT SOMETIMES PEOPLE HAVE TO USE THE BATHROOM AT DIFFERENT TIMES. AND SO IN BETWEEN EACH ONE, WE SET UP A BATHROOM BREAK, YOU KNOW, SO THAT PEOPLE CAN GO AND GET SOME WATER OR WHATEVER, AND THEN, YEAH, LET ME TURN IT BACK TO YOU ALL. YEAH. ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY OTHER SUGGESTIONS? NO. I'M GOING TO STEP IN BECAUSE I KNOW I LIKED YOUR PROGRAM, THAT YOU GUYS ARE ALREADY DOING THE CITY LEADERSHIP. SO AND MAYBE THIS IS JUST A POSSIBILITY. LIKE SELENA SAID, THIS IS YOUR GUYS'S, YOU KNOW, EVENT. WE'RE HELPING YOU GUYS GET ORGANIZED. IF YOU GUYS FEEL LIKE MAYBE ONE OF THESE, LIKE MAYBE THE COLLEGE AND POST-SECONDARY OR FINANCIAL AID OR WHICHEVER ONE YOU MAY FEEL CAN BE ON THE RESOURCE SIDE AND MAYBE HAVE THEM IN THE PRESENTATION SIDE, THAT'S OKAY TOO. THIS IS FOR YOU GUYS TO KIND OF MOVE AROUND AND FEEL WHAT YOU THINK WOULD HAVE BENEFITED YOU. YOU KNOW, IT'S BEEN A WHILE SINCE I'VE BEEN IN HIGH SCHOOL, SO. YEAH. ANY OTHER SUGGESTIONS OR COMMENTS? AND CHAIR SAID, WELL, WILL YOU BRING US INFORMATION ABOUT THAT SEAT, CITY LEADERSHIP PLEASE? BECAUSE I, I KNOW YOU PROBABLY HAVE BETTER ACCESS THAN WE DO, SO THAT'D BE GREAT IF YOU COULD EMAIL IT TO US, PLEASE. TO MYSELF AND MARY. I'M ALSO GOING TO ADD PLEASE FEEL COMFORTABLE EMAILING US, SENDING US A MESSAGE OR IF YOU'VE COME UP WITH SOME IDEAS, I KNOW THAT ON THE SPOT IT'S A LITTLE BIT HARD TO THINK ABOUT THEM. BUT YOU KNOW, WE'RE THERE.
WE'RE THERE FOR YOU. WE'RE HERE TO HELP YOU. WE WANT IT TO BE YOURS. SO WE'RE AVAILABLE. JUST GO AHEAD AND SEND ME A QUICK EMAIL AND SAY, HEY, YOU KNOW WHAT? I FOUND THIS OR THAT AND AND THEN WE CAN HELP YOU, YOU KNOW, JUST TONE IT ALL IN AND GET IT TOGETHER. AND WE'RE NOT EVEN AT THE FUN STUFF YET. OKAY, GUYS, LIKE, WE STILL HAVE TO TALK ABOUT BALLOON ARCHES AND FOOD AND, YOU KNOW, SO. SO WE'RE NOT THERE YET. OKAY? WE'RE BARELY DOING THE HARD STUFF, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE THIS IS THE HARDEST STUFF TO COORDINATE. AND THEN BUT THE OTHER FUN STUFF, YOU KNOW, WE'LL GET TO BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE THE CREATIVE STUFF IS ALWAYS A LOT OF FUN AND, YOU KNOW, AND WHAT'S AN EVENT WITHOUT BALLOONS, YOU KNOW, OR WHATEVER, YOU KNOW, LIKE ALL THAT FUN STUFF. SO EVEN I KNOW A COUPLE OF PLACES THAT HAVE MASCOTS, MAYBE UC RIVERSIDE CAN HAVE SCOTTY THE BEAR THERE. YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW. THAT'S ALWAYS REALLY FUN. SO TO ENCOURAGE JUST JUST A GOOD TIME AND PARTICIPATION. SO WE'LL BRING BACK MORE IDEAS AT THE NEXT MEETING FOR THE FUN STUFF. AND SO BUT FEEL FREE TO EMAIL US. AND YOU KNOW, WE'RE WE'RE GOING TO WORK ON SOME SPONSORSHIP REQUESTS AND INCLUDING TO OUR CITY COUNCIL. SO BUT FIRST WE GOT TO GET AN IDEA OF WHAT ARE WE LOOKING AT.
AND YOU KNOW, AND SO THANK GOD THAT UC RIVERSIDE AND COD SAID IT WAS FREE TO USE YOUR FACILITY. OTHERWISE THAT COULD BE REALLY, REALLY A BIG EXPENSE. AND SO SO I THINK WE'RE GOING TO BE IT'S GOING TO BE A NOMINAL AMOUNT. BUT YOU KNOW, WE'RE GOING TO WORK HARD AT, YOU KNOW, GETTING SOME SPONSORSHIPS FOR THIS EVENT SO THAT IT COULD BE EVEN MORE BEAUTIFUL. AND THAT'S IT FROM US. MARY, DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE THAT YOU WANTED TO MENTION? HOUSEKEEPING OR ANYTHING? I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU GUYS SOME HOMEWORK TO HELP US NARROW THIS DOWN. IF YOU CAN GO THROUGH THESE LISTS AND MAYBE EVEN BREAK THEM DOWN A LITTLE BIT,
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IF EACH ONE OF YOU TELLS YOU WHAT, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN TO YOU? FOR EXAMPLE, LIKE HEALTH AND WELLNESS? WELL, YOU KNOW, I'M THINKING OF MENTAL HEALTH CARE. I'M THINKING OF I KNOW IT HAD BEEN MENTIONED BEFORE, REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH, REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS, SO FORTH.I IF YOU CAN JUST TAKE THE TIME TO BREAK THOSE DOWN, EACH ONE OF YOU, WHAT THEY MEAN TO YOU, THEN THAT HELPS US START NARROWING, GETTING THIS NARROWED DOWN. AND SO WE KNOW WHAT TYPE OF SPEAKERS WE'RE GOING TO NEED OR PRESENTERS THAT AGAIN, WE NEED TO NARROW THIS DOWN BECAUSE THOSE ARE PRETTY WIDE. THEY'RE. OH, COACHELLA VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL.
WE ALSO HAVE A CITY AMBASSADORS. I DON'T KNOW IF THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL FOR BOTH. YES. SCHOOL DISTRICTS PLEASE. YEAH, DEFINITELY. YEAH, DEFINITELY. PLEASE DO SHARE THE INFORMATION.
YEAH. BECAUSE EVERYBODY HERE IS I THINK ALL OUR, ALL OF OUR COMMISSIONERS ARE RESIDENTS OF THE CITY OF COACHELLA BECAUSE I KNOW THAT PROBABLY THROW PEOPLE OFF. AND SO IT'S OKAY IF THEY ATTEND A DIFFERENT HIGH SCHOOL AS LONG AS THEY'RE RESIDENTS OF THE CITY OF COACHELLA. AND THEN WE HAVE THE OTHER OPPOSITE SITUATION AS WELL, WHERE OUR HONORARY I THINK SOME OF SOME OF YOU ARE THAT YOU ATTEND A DIFFERENT HIGH SCHOOL, BUT YOU KNOW, YOU'RE STILL INTERESTED IN IN CONTRIBUTING, YOU KNOW, SO WE, OUR MAYOR AND COUNCIL ACCEPTED EVERYONE. SO PLEASE KNOW THAT WE REALLY JUST WANT EVERYBODY TO BE ALL ABOUT OUR YOUTH AND MOVING EVERYBODY FORWARD. AND SO, SO YEAH, SO SO WE'RE JUST THANKFUL THAT ALL OF YOU ARE HERE IN THIS ROOM AND COLLECTIVELY WORKING TOGETHER TO ACHIEVE MORE, AS THEY SAY. AND THAT CONCLUDES MY COMMENTS AND PRESENTATION. SO LET'S GET TO. WELL, NEXT ON THE AGENDA IS NEW BUSINESS CALENDAR, WHICH WE HAVE NONE OF. SO WE'LL MOVE ON TO PUBLIC COMMENT. THE PUBLIC MAY ADDRESS THE COMMISSION ON ANY ITEMS OF INTEREST TO THE PUBLIC, WHICH IS NOT ON THE AGENDA. THAT IS NOT ON THE AGENDA, BUT IT'S WITHIN THE SUBJECT MATTER JURISDICTION THEREOF. PLEASE LIMIT YOUR COMMENTS TO THREE MINUTES. AND JASON, DO WE HAVE ANYONE ON ZOOM? WE DO NOT. OKAY. THANK
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YOU. THANK YOU. NEXT ARE REPORTS AND REQUESTS COMMISSIONER'S COMMENTS. I FEEL LIKE I HAVE A LITTLE LIKE IDEA WE COULD DO TOGETHER. LAST YEAR WE ALSO DID LIKE VOLUNTEERING STUFF. SO I KNOW LAST YEAR WE DID BOWLING WITH THE. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY'RE CALLED. WELL, WE HAVE A LOT OF VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOU, SO DON'T YOU WORRY. WE HAVE AN ARBOR ARBOR DAY TREE PLANTING EVENT COMING UP. WE HAVE THE OTHER NINO OR DAVE, THE YOUNG CHILD.WE'VE GOT, YOU KNOW, OUR MARIACHI FESTIVAL AND THEN SUAVECITO SUNDAES AND EVEN LIKE OUR SENIOR CENTER IS ALWAYS LOOKING FOR PEOPLE WHO WANT TO GET TO KNOW OUR, OUR BEAUTIFUL SENIORS THERE. SO PLEASE KNOW THAT WE ARE GOING TO FOCUS OUR EFFORT ON THE ONE DAY YOUTH LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE. HOWEVER, I DO WANT TO INVITE YOU AND I WILL MAKE SURE TO SEND THE INFORMATION ABOUT THESE EVENTS THAT WE HAVE SO YOU CAN COME AND VOLUNTEER IF YOU'D LIKE.
BUT YEAH, WE'LL HAVE LIKE SPECIAL FORMS FOR THAT TO FILL OUT, YOU KNOW, AND AND THAT WAY WE KEEP EVERYONE SAFE AND, AND THEN WE CAN HELP YOU GET, GET THE CREDIT THAT YOU NEED FOR YOUR VOLUNTEER HOURS. OKAY. ANY OTHER COMMENTS? AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. AND I THINK MAYBE IF EVERYBODY COULD STAY, MAYBE WE COULD ALL GET EACH OTHER'S CONTACT INFORMATION. THAT WAY WE COULD ALL KIND OF I KNOW WE ONLY MEET ONCE A MONTH, SO IT COULD KIND OF HELP US WORK BETWEEN THAT GAP AND KIND OF BOUNCE OFF IDEAS WITHIN THAT TIME FRAME, AND PROBABLY START REACHING OUT TO CLUBS OR PROMOTING THE IDEA TO YOUR FRIENDS OR SOMETHING.
YEAH, I'LL JUST HAVE TO REMIND PEOPLE OF THE BROWN ACT. OUR DEPUTY CITY CLERK, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO ABIDE BY THE BROWN ACT. AND AND I CAN HAVE TO EXPLAIN THAT REALLY QUICK AND, AND SO THAT WE ALL AGAIN, STAY SAFE AND WE'RE NOT REACHING OUT ABOUT. OKAY. YOU HAVE TO SAY SOMETHING. WHEN I SIGN, I WAS JUST GOING TO MAKE A COMMENT WHEN SHE MENTIONED ABOUT, YOU KNOW, GETTING EACH OTHER'S CONTACT INFORMATION. IS IT VERY IMPORTANT FOR YOU NOT TO INCLUDE EVERYONE ALL AT ONCE? YOU CAN REACH OUT. LET'S SAY, FOR EXAMPLE, WHAT IS YOUR NAME
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AGAIN? COMMISSIONER. AND MARTINEZ AND MARTINEZ. LIKE YOU CAN COMMUNICATE OR YOU CAN COMMUNICATE TOGETHER. BUT TO BRING A GROUP OF MORE THAN TWO THAT WOULD VIOLATE THE BROWN ACT. YES. THANK YOU. SO BASICALLY SHE'S JUST SAYING, LIKE SHE CAN MEET WITH DIFFERENT PEOPLE AND, YOU KNOW, ONE ON ONES AND THEN, YOU KNOW, AND THEN COLLECTIVELY YOU'LL JUST BRING YOUR THOUGHTS FORWARD. OR YOU CAN SEND THEM TO US STAFF. AND BUT WE JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY STAYS SAFE BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT ANYONE TO FEEL EXCLUDED OR, YOU KNOW, TO VIOLATE THE BROWN ACT. BECAUSE AFTER ALL, THIS COMMISSION IS TO HELP EVERYONE TRAIN, TO TRAIN YOU TO ON HOW TO BE LIKE REALLY GOOD PUBLIC SERVANTS IN THE FUTURE OR EVEN JUST, YOU KNOW. SO YES, WHAT I CAN RECOMMEND IS, FOR EXAMPLE, IF ONE OF YOU WANTS TO TAKE CHARGE OF, YOU KNOW, GATHERING ALL THE INFORMATION AND EACH ONE OF YOU LIKE YOU REACH OUT, LIKE I SAID, YOU REACH OUT TO EACH ONE AND THEN THEY PROVIDE THE INFORMATION ALL TO YOU OR, YOU KNOW, EVERY YOU CAN GO THROUGH MARY AND SUBMIT ALL YOUR INFORMATION THROUGH MARY. SHE CAN COMPILE THE INFORMATION AND THEN SEND IT OUT TO ALL OF YOU TO REVIEW AND LOOK AT. YEAH, WE'LL STILL PROVIDE THE INFO, THE CONTACT INFO. IF YOU GUYS ARE OKAY, WE CAN PROVIDE IT. AND THEN, YOU KNOW, AND THAT WAY YOU CAN COMMUNICATE, YOU KNOW, LIKE IN THE WAY THAT DELIA DESCRIBED. BUT YEAH, BECAUSE I USUALLY WHAT I DO IS I'LL EMAIL LIKE IF I'M IN AN EMAIL, ALL OF OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS, I'LL PUT THEM LIKE I'LL ALWAYS INCLUDE IN THE EMAIL. DO NOT REPLY ALL, DO NOT REPLY ALL. AND YOU LIKE FOR EXAMPLE, SELENA OR MARY. THEY WOULD SEND YOUR ALL YOUR NAMES IN THE BLANK COPY LINE CARBON SO THAT NOBODY KNOWS WHO REALLY IS GOING OUT. SO WE DO THAT TO BCC OR YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHAT THAT FIELD IS FOR. JUST AGAIN, TO KEEP IT LIKE KEEP IT REAL. SO YEAH. AND I KNOW I GAVE SOME OF YOU MY CARD WITH MY INFORMATION, BUT IF YOU NEED IT AGAIN I HAVE MORE RIGHT HERE FOR YOU GUYS. DOES EVERYBODY HAVE MARY'S INFO. YEAH OKAY. AND DELIA AS WELL. AND OKAY. SO YEAH. AND I THINK THAT I'LL TURN IT BACK OVER TO CHAIR. SO. WELL IF NOBODY HAS ANY MORE COMMENTS I'D LIKE TO ADJOURN THIS MEETING AT 552.