Feb 11, 2026 City Council Meetings

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CITY COUNCIL. CLOSED SESSION AND REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY OF COACHELLA, THE CITY COUNCIL, CITY OF COACHELLA, SANITARY DISTRICT, COACHELLA, FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT, COACHELLA FINANCING AUTHORITY, COACHELLA EDUCATION AND GOVERNMENT ACCESS CABLE CHANNEL CORPORATION COACHELLA WATER AUTHORITY, SUCCESSOR AGENCY TO COACHELLA REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY AND THE COACHELLA PARKS AND RECREATION FOUNDATION. TODAY IS FEBRUARY 11TH, 2026. WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER. I'M GOING TO ASK THE CLERK TO NOTE FOR THE RECORD,

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ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS? YES. THANK YOU. MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC. THE CITY COUNCIL MET IN CLOSED SESSION PURSUANT TO THE ITEMS LISTED ON THE CLOSED SESSION AGENDA, AND THERE IS NO REPORTABLE ACTION. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. I'M GOING TO ASK IF WE COULD ALL RISE FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, AND I'M GOING TO ASK OUR CITY MANAGER IF HE CAN LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. 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. MOVE ON NOW TO. A PRESENTATION OF A PROCLAMATION TO THE COACHELLA

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GREAT. LET ME GO AHEAD AND START THE PRESENTATION. SORRY, SORRY, ALEX. YOU'RE FINE. AND SO HERE, IT'S ALL YOURS, ALEX. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. MAYOR HERNANDEZ AND CITY COUNCIL JUST WANTED TO PRESENT OUR POTENTIAL PROJECT NAMES FOR THE WHAT IS CURRENTLY KNOWN AS SIXTH STREET SENIORS APARTMENTS. HERE AT CHELSEA, WE HAVE THE TASK OF INCORPORATING OUR OWNER IN CHAIRMAN'S GRANDCHILDREN'S NAMES INTO OUR FUTURE PROJECTS. AND SIENNA WAS THE GRANDCHILD OF OUR OWNER, JIM SCHMIDT, SELECTED FOR THIS PROJECT. AND SO WE INITIALLY WERE PROPOSING SIENNA ARBOR, BUT JUST WANTED TO PRESENT A FEW ADDITIONAL OPTIONS AND GET CITY COUNCIL'S FEEDBACK TO LET YOU GUYS HAVE A SAY ON THE PROJECT NAME FOR THE SIX STREET SENIORS PROJECT. AND SO SOME OF THE NAMES WE CAME UP WITH ARE, AS I MENTIONED, SIENNA ARBOR, SIENNA, BELLA, CASA, SIENA, SIENA, TIERRA, SIENNA DEL SOL, SIENNA VILLAGE AND I ALSO HAD SIENNA, PUEBLO OR PUEBLO SIENNA FROM THE LIST FROM LIZANDRO IN BUILDING. SO YEAH, WE JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU GUYS AN OPPORTUNITY AND SEE IF YOU HAD ANY FEEDBACK ON OUR PROJECT NAME SELECTIONS. OKAY.

WITH THAT, THE COUNCIL HAS ANY INPUT ON THE PREFERRED NAME OR COMMENTS OR ANY OTHER NAMES THAT INCLUDE SIENNA THAT YOU HAVE IDEAS OF. ARE WE GOING TO MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS OR ARE WE JUST WE'RE PICKING THE NAME TONIGHT, RIGHT? YES. SO AND YOU'RE DEFINITELY ABLE TO COME UP WITH A DIFFERENT ITERATION, AS LONG AS THE NAME SIENNA IS IN THE NAME INCORPORATED. YES.

DO YOU NEED THE NAME TONIGHT OR IS IS THIS PART OF THE FUNDING THAT IT NEEDS TO BE NAMED ALEX? IS IT OKAY IF PEOPLE CAN THINK ABOUT IT FURTHER OR IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE MADE TONIGHT? YOU

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GLENN AND I ARE GOING TO DISCUSS THE AGREEMENT AND THEN AGAIN, TURN IT OVER TO SPSSI FOR AN OVERVIEW OF THE PROJECT ITSELF. LET ME GIVE YOU A LITTLE BACKGROUND. WE'VE SPENT A LOT OF TIME OVER THE LAST SIX YEARS, BOTH THE CITY AND YOUR COUNCIL, LOOKING AT THE

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AND JUST A FEW NOTES ON THE SERVICE TERRITORY ISSUES. YOU KNOW, AS YOU KNOW, ID PROVIDES ELECTRIC SERVICE OUTSIDE ITS TERRITORIAL BOUNDARY OF IMPERIAL COUNTY, SERVING PORTIONS OF THE WESTERN PART OF THE CITY. WE'VE BEEN IN DISCUSSIONS WITH ID BILL HAS BEEN IN DISCUSSIONS WITH ID OVER SETTING UP A JPA, WHICH WILL COME BE BACK BEFORE YOU TO SERVE THE WESTERN SIDE OF THE CITY. TO BE CLEAR, THE MUNICIPAL ELECTRIC UTILITY WILL SERVE THE EASTERN, UNDEVELOPED PORTIONS OF THE CITY AND UNDERSERVED PORTIONS OF THE CITY. WITH PHASE ONE BEGINNING TO BE THE THE DATA CENTER AREA. ID DOES HAVE A FEDERAL OBLIGATION TO PROVIDE NONDISCRIMINATORY, OPEN ACCESS TO ITS TRANSMISSION AS A TRANSMISSION OWNER. IT ALSO HAS A FEDERAL OBLIGATION TO PROVIDE GRID RELIABILITY SERVICES AS A BALANCING AUTHORITY. SO IT WEARS DIFFERENT HATS HERE. AND THE CITY, JUST TO REITERATE, DOES HAVE A STATE CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT TO PROVIDE ELECTRICITY TO ITS RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES. AND WE BELIEVE THAT IS CONSISTENT WITH IID'S OBLIGATIONS. AND WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH ID COOPERATIVELY TO PROVIDE IT WITH FEASIBILITY, BUSINESS ANALYSIS, REGULATORY ASSURANCES THAT THE CITY IS MOVING FORWARD AND IS SUPPORTIVE OF THE APPROACH FOR LOCAL CONTROL AND SELF-DETERMINATION. AND MORE RECENTLY, IN CONJUNCTION WITH SCOTT AND HIS TEAM, HAVE FILED TRANSMISSION APPLICATIONS WITH ID TO START THAT PROCESS OF INTERCONNECTION AND WHAT THE TRANSMISSION LOOKS LIKE AND WHAT IT'S GOING TO BE IN TERMS OF THE OVERALL PROJECT. SO I JUST WANTED TO THROW THAT IN AT THE END. IT'S NOT PART OF THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT, BUT SOMETHING THAT YOU SHOULD BE AWARE OF. AND WITH THAT, WE'RE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT. OR WE CAN SEGUE RIGHT INTO, YEAH, THIS IS MEATY. SO LET'S LET'S ASK THE COUNCIL IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. AND I HAVE JUST ONE CLARIFYING QUESTION IF THERE ARE NO ANY. ALL RIGHT. SO RIGHT NOW THIS IS ONLY LIMITED

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THE CITY WILL NOT BE BEARING THE COST OTHER THAN YOU MENTIONED, WILL BE HANDLING SKA AND ANY OTHER KIND OF STUDY THAT COMES THAT WE HAVE TO TAKE CARE OF. YEAH, THE ONLY COST WOULD BE THE INTERNAL COSTS. SO YOUR STAFF, OUR STAFF, OKAY. ANY CONSULTANTS YOU HIRE, LEGAL SERVICES, THOSE KINDS OF THINGS. IF IF YOU BRING IN A CONSULTANT TO VERIFY, GIVE YOU INDEPENDENT CONFIRMATION. EVERYTHING THAT STRONGHOLD IS DOING IS YOUR IS YOUR TURNKEY PROVIDER OR THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT THE CITY WOULD BEAR. BUT IT'S JUST THOSE INTERNAL THIRD PARTY COSTS. OKAY. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS. ALL RIGHT. LET'S HEAR FROM STRONGHOLD.

THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND COUNCIL. MY NAME IS JONATHAN AVILA, A REPRESENTATIVE OF STRONGHOLD POWER SYSTEMS. MY TITLE IS BUSINESS BUSINESS OPERATIONS DIRECTOR. SO I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND DO A BRIEF WALKTHROUGH OF THE COACHELLA MUNICIPAL UTILITY AND THE THE SYSTEMATIC PHASE BUILD OUT OF THE PROJECT ITSELF. SO IN THIS PRESENTATION, I'D LIKE TO PROVIDE AN OVERVIEW AND A NARRATIVE OF THE P3 STRUCTURE, HOW WE'RE LOOKING AT HOW WE'VE BEEN DISCUSSING TO STRUCTURE THIS MUNICIPAL UTILITY WITH THE CITY. AND WE'RE ALSO GOING TO IDENTIFY AND LOOK AT THE COACHELLA VALLEY TECHNOLOGY CAMPUS AND HOW THE DATA CENTERS PLAY A PRIMARY ROLE AS AN ANCHOR TENANT FOR THE INITIAL BUILD OUT FOR THE MUNICIPAL UTILITY, AND THEN ALSO LOOKING AT ALIGN GOVERNANCE FOR THE

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THIS IS A STAGED PROCESS, WITH THE FIRST PROCESS BEING BUILDING OUT THE UTILITY FOR THE 240 ACRES THAT WILL THAT PRIMARILY SERVE THE DATA CENTERS THEMSELVES. FROM THERE, THIS WOULD BE THIS WOULD CONSIST OF UTILITY INFRASTRUCTURE BUILD OUT, WHICH CONSISTS OF THE INTERCONNECTION SYSTEMS, THE ENERGY CENTER AND MICROGRIDS THAT GO TO PRIMARILY POWER THE DATA CENTERS THEMSELVES. AND THEN THE STAGE THREE, WHICH WOULD BE CITYWIDE, LOW GROWTH AND ECONOMIC EXPANSION, WHICH WOULD PROVIDE MORE POWER TO THE GROWING COMMUNITY OF THE CITY OF COACHELLA. AND WITH THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LONG TERM VISION THAT THAT ADHERES THAT THAT, YOU KNOW, IT'S SCALABLE AND ALLOWS UTILITY FORMATION THAT SUPPORTS THE COMMUNITY. KIND OF WHAT MAYOR HERNANDEZ WAS SAYING. SO THIS IS AN OVERVIEW OF PHASE ONE IN ITSELF, WHICH IS FOCUSED ON THE DATA CENTERS. SO THIS WOULD BE CONSIST OF A NEW 600 MEGAWATT, 230 KV CONNECTION THAT WILL ENTER THROUGH THE SHALLOW VALLEY SUB AND GO CONNECT DIRECTLY TO THE ENERGY CENTER AND WILL BE COMPOSITE OF THREE MICROGRIDS THAT WILL BE BUILT ON EACH DATA CENTER PARCEL TO SUPPORT THE DATA CENTERS POWER NEEDS. AND WITH THAT, THERE WOULD BE THE OFF. THE DATA CENTER WILL BE THE OFF TAKE WILL OFF TAKE THE UP TO 300MW OF POWER FROM THE UTILITY ITSELF. SO WITH THE UTILITY INFRASTRUCTURE, THE CORE BUILD OUT. EXPANSION, MUNICIPAL UTILITY ASSETS TO SUPPORT BROADER SYSTEM CAPACITY, ADDITIONAL FEEDER SYSTEMS DISTRIBUTION. AND THEN FROM THERE THERE WOULD BE CITYWIDE EXPANSION FOR UTILITY INFRASTRUCTURE DESIGNED TO EXTEND BEYOND TECHNOLOGY CAMPUS TO SUPPORT THE FUTURE COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT WITHIN THE EASTERN PORTION REGION. AND THEN FROM THERE, WE'RE LOOKING AT UTILIZING THIS MODEL TO TO BUILD OUT UTILITY INFRASTRUCTURE WITHIN THE CITY OF COACHELLA. AND THIS NEXT PORTION OF THE PRESENTATION WILL BE A WALKTHROUGH OF THE DATA CENTER AND THE UTILITY ITSELF. SO WE'RE GOING TO PROVIDE SITE PLANS TO SHOWCASE WHAT THE PROJECT LOOKS LIKE. SO THIS IS THE FIRST PHASE OF THE PROJECT. THIS IS THE MOST RECENT SITE PLAN THAT WE'VE HAD THAT THAT ENCOMPASSES THE THREE MICROGRIDS. THE ENERGY CENTER IN THE TOP RIGHT CORNER, AS WELL AS THE THREE DATA CENTER HALLS THAT ARE THE PRIME POWER USERS FOR FOR FOR THE UTILITY PHASE ONE UTILITY. AND AS AN OVERVIEW OF THE DATA CENTER ITSELF, THIS IS COMPRISED THIS IS THE THE FIRST PHASE. WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT A POTENTIAL EXPANSION. SECOND PHASE THAT WILL IT ALSO BENEFIT THE CITY. AND THIS THIS FIRST PHASE IS WHAT'S GOING THROUGH THE ENTITLEMENT PROCESS AS WE SPEAK. AND THIS IS AN OVERVIEW OF THE DESIGN ITSELF. SO THAT WOULD ON THE TOP PART OF THE SCREEN YOU SEE THE PHASE ONE WITH THE POTENTIAL EXPANSION OF PHASE TWO ON THE BOTTOM PORTION OF IT, WHICH WOULD BE THE SAME. IT'S JUST A MIRROR IMAGE OF THE PHASE ONE. SO ADDITIONAL THREE MICROGRIDS TO TO SUPPORT THE DATA CENTERS POWER CONSUMPTION NEEDS. AND THIS IS A HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW OR HIGH LEVEL SCREENSHOT OF THE PHASE TWO PORTION, WHICH IS CURRENTLY ON COUNTY LAND. AS WE AS CURRENTLY. THIS IS AN OVERVIEW OF THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS THAT IS CURRENTLY UNDERWAY. WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF REZONING THE DATA CENTERS THEMSELVES, GOING THROUGH THE SEQUA AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROCESS FOR MAKING SURE THAT THEY ALIGN WITH THE STATE IN LOCAL REQUIREMENTS. FOR THAT, WE'RE ANTICIPATED TO HAVE FULL COMPLETION FOR THE SEQUEL FOR THE ENERGY CENTER, AS WELL AS FOR THE DATA CENTERS BY THE END OF THIS END OF THIS YEAR. SO DECEMBER OF 2026, WE'RE ALSO FOCUSED ON THE POSSIBILITY AND THE POTENTIAL OF THE SCALABILITY TO TO BRING ADDITIONAL TO HAVE A TOTAL OF 450 ACRES PLUS OF DATA CENTER SPACE, WHICH WOULD ALSO BE FEEDING FROM A 600 MEGAWATT INTERCONNECT FROM THE COACHELLA MUNICIPAL UTILITY. HERE'S AN

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WE'VE WORKED REALLY HARD TOGETHER TO TO GET TO THIS FUNDAMENTAL POINT TODAY. AND AND WE REALLY APPRECIATE THE SUPPORT. I THINK LOOKING FORWARD, THIS IS ALSO A VERY EXCITING DAY. AND AND I THINK THE BIGGEST PART OF IT IS, IS WE GOT A LOT OF WORK TO DO.

IT'S JUST THE BEGINNING. BUT THE ABILITY FOR FOR THIS TO HAVE A HUGE. ECONOMIC IMPACT TO THIS CITY AND ITS CITIZENS AND, AND BENEFIT FROM IT IS IS WHAT I'M VERY, VERY EXCITED ABOUT.

AND MAYOR, AS YOU BROUGHT UP EARLIER, YOU KNOW, THE THE ABILITY TO HAVE COMMUNITY BENEFIT FROM THIS, YOU KNOW, IS IS, I THINK, GOING TO BE A GAME CHANGER. I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE SOMETHING THAT IS IS AS A COUNCIL, YEARS FROM NOW, THEY'RE GOING TO LOOK BACK AND AND SAY, YOU KNOW, THERE WAS A REALLY GOOD DECISION MADE BACK IN, IN, IN 2026 TO PASS THIS.

AND, AND WE COMMEND THE COUNCIL FOR TAKING THE ACTION. YOU KNOW STRONGHOLD POWER SYSTEMS IS VERY PROUD TO BE HERE. AND PART OF THIS. WE'RE VERY TEAM DRIVEN AND AND, YOU KNOW, WANT TO BE RELIED UPON AS BEING YOU KNOW THE COUNCIL'S BASICALLY STAFF THAT IS IS MANAGING AND RUNNING THIS ASSET ON YOUR BEHALF WITH A FULL LEVEL OF ACCOUNTABILITY TO THE COUNCIL AND POTENTIALLY THROUGH SOME TYPE OF COMMITTEE OR COMMISSION THAT'S ESTABLISHED SOMEWHERE IN THE NEAR FUTURE, THAT THAT ALSO IS ENGAGED WITH OUR TEAM. AND SO, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF RULES AND REGS THAT WE GOT TO PUT IN PLACE. THERE'S A LOT OF PROCESSES. YOU GET JUST THIS AGREEMENT OF THE P3, YOU KNOW, TOOK US SINCE MAY OF, OF LAST YEAR TILL NOW TO COMPLETE AND WASN'T COMPLETED UNTIL WHAT, TWO WEEKS AGO OR A WEEK AGO, I GUESS. AND SO THAT'S AN EXAMPLE OF HOW LONG THAT PART TOOK. ANOTHER REAL EXCITING THING IS, IS SOME OF THE THE NOTABLE.

PARTNERS THAT WE HAVE THAT ARE ARE LOOKING AT THE PROCUREMENT OF THESE DATA CENTERS. YOU KNOW, WORLDWIDE COMPANIES AND, AND I THINK HAVING FOLKS LIKE THAT COMING INTO THE CITY OF COACHELLA AND IN TURN, THEIR ABILITY TO TO CREATE COMMUNITY, YOU KNOW, GIVE BACK OUT OF THINGS. AND THEY'RE APPROACH TO TO DOING BUSINESS IS ALSO EXCITING. AND SO I THINK THERE'S JUST SO MANY LAYERS OF, OF OF OPPORTUNITY. THE UTILITY ITSELF, YOU KNOW, IS, IS BASICALLY PRODUCING 8% OF, OF GROSS REVENUES THAT ARE COMING BACK TO THE CITY. AND IF YOU START DOING THE MATH OUT OF OUT OF WHAT THESE DATA CENTERS WILL CONSUME, THAT'S, THAT'S A, THAT'S A GOOD, GOOD CHUNK OF MONEY. AND SO WITH THAT, WE HAVE ALSO BROUGHT ON STAFF WITH

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RIGHT, THAT WE WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO. SO I THINK THERE'S TWO LEVELS OF COMMUNITY BENEFIT.

THANK YOU. AND ANY OTHER COMMENTS. JUST A QUICK QUESTION. I THINK THIS MIGHT BE MORE FOR OUR. WELL, I'M NOT SURE IF IT WOULD BE MORE APPROPRIATE FOR STAFF, BUT I JUST WANT TO GET A LITTLE BIT MORE CLARIFICATION. ALSO, FOR THE FOLKS THAT ARE LISTENING TO US. YOU KNOW, DO WE KNOW IF WE'RE GOING TO BE FINANCIALLY EXPOSED AND HOW? SO WHETHER IT BE, YOU KNOW, WITH THE DEVELOPMENT ITSELF, WITH THE STUDY STAFF COSTS, LIKE HAVE WE TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION ALL OF THOSE COMPONENTS OF ENTERING INTO THIS? AND THEN NOW THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT, DO WE HAVE SOMEWHAT OF AN UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT IT WILL COST THE CITY? I WILL I WILL TAKE A STAB AT IT AND THEN I'LL HAVE GLEN ALSO DO IT. BUT WE WERE VERY COGNIZANT AND SEEING AS HOW I HAVE A BACKGROUND IN RISK TOO. AND THEN, YOU KNOW, I'M A CPA, SO I'M ALWAYS WORRIED ABOUT OUR NUMBERS. AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT REGARDLESS OF WHAT WE'RE DOING, THAT THE CITY IS PROTECTED. AND SO WITHIN THE AGREEMENT, THERE ARE CLAUSES WHERE IF LITIGATION IS FILED OR SOMETHING HAPPENS, THAT THE CITY IS INDEMNIFIED, THAT WHEN PROCUREMENT HAPPENS WITH POWER, THAT THERE'S MONEY SET ASIDE TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S ALMOST LIKE DEBT SERVICE, THAT WE HAVE MONEY SET ASIDE TO MAKE SURE THAT THE CITY IS ALSO NOT EXPOSED IN THAT WAY. GLEN, DO YOU WANT TO. SURE. I'VE MISSED SOMETHING, BUT WE WE TOOK THOSE THINGS THAT WE THOUGHT, YOU KNOW, EVEN IF WE WERE, IF SOMETHING HAPPENS WITH SEQUA AND WE'RE CHALLENGED ON SEQUA, THAT'S PICKED UP BY THE DEVELOPER AS WELL. SO WE GET GET SUED OR SOMETHING ON SEQUA ALL THAT. OKAY. YEAH. THE ONE OTHER THING I WANTED TO ADDRESS, I THINK BILL COVERED THAT WELL IN TERMS OF THE DEVELOPMENT PORTION OF THE LIABILITY, BUT ONCE THE UTILITY IS UP AND RUNNING, YOUR PRIMARY RISK REALLY IS IN THE ENERGY MARKETS AND ENERGY PROCUREMENT. BUT WHAT STRONGHOLDS LOOKING AT AND WHAT'S PARTICULARLY IMPORTANT FOR THIS INITIAL PHASE WITH THE DATA CENTERS IS, IS REALLY HEDGING AGAINST ALL THAT RISK THROUGH, YOU KNOW, LONG TERM PROCUREMENT AGREEMENTS WITH ENERGY PROVIDERS. AND BY DOING THAT, YOU REALLY TAKE AWAY THAT ELEMENT OF MARKET RISK THAT YOU MIGHT OTHERWISE HAVE WITH RATES. AND THAT SHOULD REALLY HELP TO MITIGATE ANY RISK. STRONGHOLD HAS AGREED TO TAKE ON THAT RISK IN TERMS OF THE CASH FLOW OF THE PROJECT, THAT IF FOR SOME REASON IT IT IS UNDERWATER IN TERMS OF REVENUE VERSUS EXPENSES, THAT IS THE TURNKEY PROVIDER'S RESPONSIBILITY. BUT THEN THE, YOU KNOW, THE PROVIDER WOULD COME BACK TO THE CITY TO LOOK AT THE RATE SETTING PROCESS AND SEE IF THERE ADJUSTMENTS AND RATES

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NOW WE'RE MEETING VERY CONSISTENTLY WITH THEM. CAMERON'S BEEN A GREAT HELP IN FACILITATING THAT. AND THEN STRONGHOLD IS BROUGHT ON CONSULTANTS THAT WORK VERY CLOSELY IN THE PAST WITH ID, ZGLOBAL AND THEN A FORMER GM AS WELL, THE CONSULTANT TO THE GM.

SO. WE'RE GETTING MORE ATTENTION FROM THE BOARD. I SEE THINGS DIFFERENTLY NOW THAN THEY WERE, YOU KNOW, JUST SIX YEARS AGO. SO OKAY, THERE'S COOPERATION THERE. AND THEN MAYBE SCOTT WANTS TO ADD A LITTLE SOMETHING. YEAH. ADDING TO THAT, IN SEPTEMBER OF LAST YEAR, I, I'D CREATED A NEW TARIFF. AND OUT OF THIS TARIFF THERE WAS SOME NEW APPROACHES IN REGARDS TO INTERCONNECTION THAT EXISTED AND AND ONE OF THEM BEING A NETWORK INTEGRATED TRANSMISSION AGREEMENT OR, OR SERVICES AGREEMENT. AND SO OUT OF THIS TARIFF, WE ARE WE ARE FOLLOWING A PROCESS THAT AND RULE. THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT. IT'S IT'S ALREADY IN PLACE. AND IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT REQUIRES A, A BOARD APPROVAL TO ACTUALLY IMPLEMENT IT. AND SO AS WE BROUGHT ON ZGLOBAL, THEY MADE US AWARE OF THAT. AND, AND WE CHANGED OUR APPLICATION AND OUR APPROACH TO THIS NEW NEW TYPE OF APPLICATION. AND WHAT IT WHAT IT ENDS UP MEANING IS THAT WHEN WE GO TO THE OPEN MARKET AND WE PROCURE ENERGY BECAUSE THEY'RE A BALANCING AUTHORITY, WE'RE BUYING ENERGY THAT'S BEING PRODUCED WITHIN THE IID CURRENT SERVICE TERRITORY. SO. SO AS YOU GET DOWN IN THE IMPERIAL VALLEY, THERE'S A LOT OF SOLAR, THERE'S GEOTHERMAL, THERE'S THERE'S A LOT OF PRODUCTION THAT IS TYPICALLY TRANSFER, TRANSFER OUT OF THE SYSTEM NORMALLY INTO THE ISO TO BE SOLD IN THE OPEN MARKET. WELL, WHAT WE'RE DOING IS KEEPING IT WITHIN IID'S TERRITORY, AND THEN THEY'RE CHARGING US A VERY HEFTY FEE TO DO THAT. AND SO THIS TARIFF HAS HAS A BUNCH OF, OF COST TO IT THAT, THAT FRANKLY, I'M NOT EXCITED ABOUT THAT. AND IT AND IT CAUSED US TO HAVE TO TO HEDGE OUR RATES A BIT OR OUR PROJECTED PLAN RATES THAT WILL AT SOME POINT BRING IN FRONT OF THE COUNCIL. BUT IT IT WE REALLY DON'T HAVE ANY CHOICE. AND SO THIS ALLOWS US BASICALLY INTERCONNECTION OF THE DATA CENTERS, BOTH PHASE ONE AND TWO, TO BEING IN THE COUNTY, THAT EVENTUALLY WE WILL COME BACK TO COUNCIL TO DISCUSS ANNEXATION OF THAT PORTION OF LAND. AND THAT IS DIRECTLY ADJACENT AND ACROSS THE STREET OF AVENUE 52. SO IT'S VERY RIGHT THERE IN THE SPHERE OF INFLUENCE. AND AND THEN. YOU KNOW, IT, IT WE'RE JUST FOLLOWING THEIR RULES. AND SO IT'S, IT'S NOT GOING TO TAKE A BOARD DECISION FOR US TO ULTIMATELY GET ACROSS THE FINISH LINE. WHERE I WAS ALSO

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NO. NO ONE ON ZOOM? NO. CAN I IS THERE A MOTION FROM THE COUNCIL? I'LL MOTION. MOTION.

IS THERE A SECOND? OKAY, I'LL TAKE ROLL. COUNCIL MEMBER. PEREZ. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER.

DELGADO. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. VISION. AYE. MAYOR. PRO TEM FIGUEROA. AYE. MAYOR. HERNANDEZ.

AYE. AND JUST FOR THE RECORD, THAT'S A MOTION TO APPROVE STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION. MOTION TO APPROVE STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION. YES. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. ITEM NUMBER 16, THIS IS APPROVE A LEASE AGREEMENT WITH. THE THE. O AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE AMENDMENT NUMBER ONE WITH THE FOLLOWING CONSULTANTS FOR ON-CALL ENGINEERING SERVICE.

AND THERE'S A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT ENGINEERS FROM A BS KIMLEY-HORN MICHAEL BAKER, SVA ARCHITECTS TC. SO IT SOUNDS LIKE WE'RE JUST GOING TO BRING ON SOME ON CALL FOLKS MAYBE AT $1 MILLION. IS THAT WHAT'S GOING ON HERE? WE DON'T USE THEM, BUT IF WE NEED THEM WE HAVE THEM. YES. SO PROBABLY CALLING AN ON CALL MIGHT NOT BE RIGHT. IT WOULD BE MORE LIKE PREAPPROVED. SO WE PUT OUT THIS ON CALL SERVICES SEVERAL YEARS AGO. SO WE PUBLISHED THIS. WE GOT 21 RESPONSES WHEN WE PICKED THE EIGHT ON CALL OR PRE-APPROVED ENGINEERS. AND WE'VE USED ALMOST ALL OF THEM PRETTY REGULARLY IN THE CITY FOR THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS.

THEY'VE ALL DONE GOOD WORK FOR US, SO WE WANT TO AMEND THEIR CONTRACTS AND LET THEM STAY ON FOR ANOTHER YEAR. EACH ONE HAS A MAXIMUM OF $200,000 PER YEAR. LOOKING AT HOW WE'VE KIND OF SPENT THIS MONEY IN THE PAST COUPLE YEARS. YOU CAN SEE WE'VE MOSTLY USED FOR HYDRAULIC MODELING BC THEY DO LIKE MECHANICAL AND ELECTRICAL WORK. WE HAVEN'T ACTUALLY NEEDED THEM FOR ANYTHING. DUDECK HAS DONE A LOT OF WORK FOR US FOR THE WATER DEPARTMENT. HEPTAGON SEVEN. THEY DO A LOT OF OUR SURVEYING. WE DO STREET PROJECTS, THEY DO THE MONUMENT TIE OUTS. AND, YOU KNOW, MOVING ON. KIMLEY-HORN MICHAEL BAKER SAID THEY'VE DONE SOME WORK FOR US WHEN IT COMES TO GRANTS, WHEN IT COMES TO PREPARING FOR GRANTS. MICHAEL BAKER, THE LARGER NUMBER THEY HAVE, THEY'RE IN 2024. THEY DID ALL THE WORK FOR US, FOR OUR ATLAS PAVEMENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM. AND TC DOES ALL OF OUR PLANT CHECK. I DO WANT TO POINT OUT THAT MOST OF THESE COSTS AREN'T COMING OUT OF THE GENERAL FUND. A LOT OF THEM ARE REIMBURSED OTHER WAYS. SO AS WE DO STREET PROJECTS, AS WE DO GRANT PROJECTS, A LOT OF THIS WORK, WE BRING THEM. WE STILL BRING THEM FORWARD TO COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL ON EACH INDIVIDUAL PO.

THEY CAN GET BILLED TO MEASURE A SB ONE. THEY CAN GET BILLED TO GRANTS. THE TC NUMBERS ARE THE BIGGEST ONES. THOSE ARE PLAN CHECK NUMBERS. THOSE ARE ALL PAID DIRECTLY BY DEVELOPERS.

SO THESE AREN'T COSTS THAT ARE REALLY COMING OUT OF THE GENERAL FUND. THESE ARE JUST PRE-APPROVED CONTRACTORS THAT WE CAN RESPOND QUICKLY TO COUNCIL REQUESTS AND RESPOND QUICKLY TO COMMUNITY REQUESTS WITHOUT HAVING TO GO THROUGH, YOU KNOW, AN ADDITIONAL FIVE WEEKS, SIX WEEK RFP PROCESS FOR CONSULTANTS AS WE'RE MOVING FORWARD WITH OUR PROJECTS.

UNDERSTOOD. MAKE SENSE? THANK YOU. IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE AFTER THIS ONE? YOU'RE GOING TO GO BACK OUT SINCE IT'LL BE ALMOST LIKE FIVE YEARS SINCE YOU DID IT. YEAH, THIS WOULD BE THE LAST TIME WE'D BE ABLE TO DO THE AMENDMENT FOR THE EXISTING CONTRACTS. SO THE NEXT CYCLE, WE'D BE DOING ANOTHER ON CALL SERVICES AND GOING THROUGH THE LIST AGAIN.

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THANK YOU. MOTION TO APPROVE THE MOTION. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER PEREZ. YES. COUNCILMEMBER DELGADO. YES. COUNCILMEMBER. AYE. MAYOR PRO TEM FIGUEROA. AYE. MAYOR HERNANDEZ. AYE. LET ME GO AHEAD AND ABSTAIN FROM THIS LEASE AGREEMENT. ITEM NUMBER 16. AND AS I IT'S LESS THAN A IT'S IT'S MORE THAN 1000FT. BUT IT'S GOING TO BE EXERCISED A STRONG AMOUNT OF CAUTION FROM PROPERTIES I. ITEM NUMBER 16 IS THE APPROVAL OF A LEASE AGREEMENT WITH EL ZAMBIA INC. FOR THE CITY OWNED BUILDING LOCATED AT 1258 SIXTH STREET IN THE DOWNTOWN VIEJO DISTRICT, AND AUTHORIZE THE CITY ATTORNEY TO APPROVE MINOR CHANGES TO THE LEASE AGREEMENT PRIOR TO ITS EXECUTION. SELENA. YES? GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL MEMBERS. YES. THE ITEM BEFORE YOU IS FOR THE BUILDING NEXT TO EL TRANVIA RESTAURANT. AND THIS IS THE OLD CHAMBER OF COMMERCE BUILDING. AND SO STAFF IS HERE TO JUST LET YOU GUYS KNOW THAT WE DID RELEASE AN INITIAL RFP BACK IN OCTOBER OF 2025. WE ONLY WE ONLY RECEIVED ONE RESPONSE. AND SO STAFF WAS DIRECTED TO RELEASE ANOTHER RFP TO EXTEND THE OPPORTUNITY. SO WE DID SO AGAIN IN DECEMBER. AND THEN THE RFP CLOSED ON JANUARY 29TH OF THIS YEAR. AND SO AGAIN, THE CITY RECEIVED ONE PROPOSAL. AND THIS PROPOSAL CAME IN FROM OSCAR VENTURA, WHO IS HERE THIS EVENING FROM THE RESTAURANT. AND BASICALLY, THE OBJECTIVE OF THE RFP PROCESS WAS TO PROVIDE A I MEAN, THE REASON WE WANT TO LEASE THIS SPACE IS SO THAT WE CAN PROVIDE A UNIQUE DESTINATION RESTAURANT, CAFE WITH A DISTINCTIVE MENU AND AN EXPERIENCE THAT WILL BRING VISITORS INTO OUR DOWNTOWN. AND SO OUR RFP ALSO PROVIDED SOME ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INCENTIVES IN ORDER TO ASSIST WITH STARTUP COSTS. AND THESE ARE SOME CONCEPTUAL IDEAS THAT OSCAR INCLUDED IN HIS PROPOSAL. HE ENVISIONS REALLY ACTIVATING THE BACKSPACE OF THE OLD CHAMBER OF COMMERCE BUILDING. AND IN THIS WAY. SO HE WANTS TO BRING IN SOME ORIGINAL ARTWORK AND A LOT OF NATURAL ELEMENTS THAT ARE GOING TO REALLY BRING THE VENUE TO A MORE UPSCALE EXPERIENCE. AND SO THESE ARE JUST SOME, SOME, SOME EXAMPLES. THE PHOTO THAT YOU SEE WITH THE UMBRELLAS THAT IS ALREADY IN EXISTENCE. AND SO SO HE'S HOPING TO KIND OF CARRY THIS THEME INTO THIS OTHER SPACE. AND SO HERE ARE SOME ADDITIONAL PHOTOS OF, AGAIN WHAT HE IS ENVISIONING. AND THIS IS THE SITE IS ACTUALLY 6098FT■!S OR 0.04 ACRE.

WE HAVE A LEASE RATE OF $2 A SQUARE FOOT, WHICH WILL AMOUNT TO APPROXIMATELY $1,444 PER MONTH. AFTER HE HAS RECOVERED ALL OF HIS INITIAL INVESTMENT. AND RIGHT NOW, IT APPEARS THAT THE INVESTMENT COULD BE ANYWHERE BETWEEN 150 TO $200,000, SO HE MIGHT GET SOME FREE RENT FOR FOR SOME FOR FOR A LITTLE WHILE. AND BUT I ALSO WANT TO ALLOW OSCAR TO COME ON UP IF HE WANTS TO SAY A FEW WORDS ABOUT HIS PROPOSAL. HE IS HERE THIS EVENING, OSCAR. YEAH.

OH. GOOD AFTERNOON. SO PRETTY MUCH THE PROJECT IS CALLED THE HEART OF COACHELLA. LIKE SELENA HAD SAID, WE HAD STARTED THE PROJECT ALREADY, SO BASICALLY THIS WILL GIVE IT PHASE TWO TO THE PROJECT. WHEN WE STARTED, WE DIDN'T REALLY KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT. OUR REGULAR CLIENTELE, IT'S CITY MEMBERS THAT WE SEE ON A DAY TO DAY BASIS, POLICE OFFICERS. SO WE WANTED TO PRETTY MUCH TARGET A DIFFERENT TYPE OF CLIENT. WE STARTED WITH THE DOLLAR TACOS AND IT BECAME A HIT. IF YOU GUYS HAVEN'T SEEN IT IN TIKTOK OR IT'S PRETTY MUCH ALL OVER THE THE INTERNET, SO 80% OF OUR CLIENTELE, IT'S TEENAGERS AND KIDS BECAUSE OF THE DOLLAR TACO, PRETTY MUCH.

THAT GIVES THEM A SPOT TO GO IN THE NIGHTS. IT'S A HEALTHY, FAMILY ORIENTED RESTAURANT, AND PRETTY MUCH IT GIVES ANOTHER SIDE OF THE CITY A DIFFERENT CHANCE AND A PLACE TO BE WITH

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OKAY. THANK YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU. IS THAT WHERE YOUR PRESENTATION ENDS? SELENA. YES, THAT THAT IS EVERYTHING. THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS THAT WE'RE SEEKING APPROVAL FROM THE COUNCIL. BUT OF COURSE WE ARE WILLING TO TAKE OTHER DIRECTION. SO. OKAY, I WANT TO THANK I WANT TO THANK OSCAR FOR YOUR DEDICATION TO THE CITY. AND I SAY THIS BECAUSE EVERY TIME THAT THAT WE NEED A VENDOR, EVERY TIME THAT WE NEED AN EVENT TO BE CATERED, YOU KNOW, NOT ONLY DO YOU DO IT, BUT YOU GO ABOVE AND BEYOND, AND THERE'S A LOT OF DEDICATION TO EVEN EVERY SINGLE DETAIL. YOU KNOW, I REMEMBER WHEN, WHEN I STOPPED BY AND WE'RE DOING THE STATE OF THE AGRICULTURE BASKETS, YOU KNOW, THERE YOU WERE, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, YOU'RE PUTTING FLOWERS IN THERE, YOU'RE PUTTING LEMONS IN THERE AND MAKING SURE THEY'RE ALL, YOU KNOW, PERFECTLY, YOU KNOW, PUT IN THE BASKET. AND SO I, I'M HAPPY THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU PUT IN AN APPLICATION, I THINK THAT YOU'RE GOING TO DO WELL. AND I THINK THAT THAT'S THE LEVEL OF, OF CUSTOMER SERVICE THAT'S, THAT'S NEEDED BECAUSE NOT EVERYONE HAS THAT STANDARD WHEN IT COMES TO CUSTOMER SERVICE. AND SO NOT ONLY DO YOU, YOU KNOW, PREPARE AND PROVIDE GREAT FOOD, BUT THERE'S A LEVEL OF PROFESSIONALISM AND CUSTOMER SERVICE THAT YOU PROVIDE AND DELIVER EVERY SINGLE TIME. AND YOUR YOUR TEAM HAS THAT SAME TYPE OF STANDARD AND MOTIVATION AND, AND DRIVE. AND I KNOW THAT COMES FROM THE CULTURE AND ENVIRONMENT THAT YOU'VE CREATED AT YOUR BUSINESS. AND SO I'M, I'M HAPPY THAT YOU APPLIED. YOU HAVE MY FULL SUPPORT. AND SO I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE WHAT MORE YOU YOU BRING AND DELIVER TO US. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL MEMBERS? I ALSO WANT TO THANK HIM BECAUSE I'VE SEEN HIM A COUPLE OF TIMES AT OUR SENIOR CENTER, AND WHEN WE'VE HAD EVENTS, HE GOES OVER AND BEYOND. I BELIEVE HE TOOK DONATED A BEAUTIFUL CHAIR THAT THEY USE. HE DIDN'T HAVE TO WASN'T GETTING PAID TO DO THAT, BUT HE DID. AND OUR SENIORS, THEY LOVE THE FOOD. I CAN'T SAY NOTHING. NOTHING LESS THAN THAT.

THEY DO REALLY LOVE YOUR FOOD. THEY LOVE YOUR HOSPITALITY. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THAT, COUNCILMEMBER BEACON. GRACIAS. YEAH. LOVE THE FOOD. YEAH. I THINK THAT YOU ARE AN INCREDIBLE COMMUNITY MEMBER AND A SMALL BUSINESS OWNER, AND WE WERE HAPPY TO BE ABLE TO SUPPORT YOU IN ANY WAY THAT WE CAN. I WAS ALWAYS WONDERING WHAT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN WITH THAT SPOT, AND I'M GLAD THAT YOU'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO UTILIZE IT, BECAUSE I THINK IT'S SOMETHING THE COMMUNITY HAS BEEN WAITING FOR TO SEE WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN. THERE WERE THERE WERE A LOT OF IMPROVEMENTS THAT WERE MADE, AND SO THAT WAS ALWAYS A QUESTION. BUT I'M HAPPY THAT IT'S GOING TO GO TO YOU AND THAT YOU'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO TO UTILIZE IT IN, IN, IN THIS CAPACITY. SO FELICIDADES IT'S GOING TO BE GREAT. AND JUST ECHOING EVERYONE ELSE'S COMMENTS, YOU KNOW, I LIKE TO STOP BY AND GET THE FLAUTAS.

THAT'S MY FAVORITE THING TO GET BEFORE I GO HOME, SOMETIMES AFTER COUNCIL MEETINGS. BUT I THINK, YOU KNOW, THE ACTIVATION OF THAT SPACE AND WHAT YOU REIMAGINING IS, I THINK WHAT'S WHAT'S NEEDED DOWN THERE. RIGHT. AND I SEE WHEN PEOPLE COME DOWN AND IT'S FAMILY ORIENTED, YOU SEE ALL THE FAMILIES SITTING THERE AND THEY AND YOU CREATE THAT ENVIRONMENT. RIGHT. AND I SEE IT WHEN I GO AND EAT THERE BECAUSE FAMILIES FEEL LIKE THEY'RE AT HOME THERE. AND SO THAT'S THE ENVIRONMENT THAT YOU'VE CREATED. AND AND I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO DO WITH THAT OTHER SPACE AS WELL. SO THANK YOU. WITH THAT I ENTERTAIN A MOTION ANYONE I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO MOVE THAT FORWARD. I'LL GO AHEAD AND SECOND. OKAY. THIS IS FIRST AND

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COUNCILMEMBER. VIRGIN. AYE. MAYOR. PRO TEM FIGUEROA. AYE. THANK YOU. OKAY. WITH THAT? THERE IS NO PUBLIC HEARING CALENDAR. I'M GOING TO COME BACK INSIDE. EVERYONE. YOU WANT

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HE'S JUST TO KEEP GOING. HE SAID NEVER MIND. HE'S GOOD. SO WE'LL START TO MY LEFT.

COUNCILMEMBER PEREZ. YES. I ATTENDED THE SENIOR CENTER EN EL DIA DE LA CANDELARIA. WE HAD SOME DELICIOUS TAMALES, HAD A LOT OF FUN. I TRULY LOVE GOING OVER TO THE SENIOR CENTER THERE.

POSITIVITY AND THEIR JOY THAT EVERYONE THERE BRINGS IS VERY, VERY CONTAGIOUS. WHEN I LEAVE, I LEAVE WITH. MY OUTLOOK ON LIFE FEELS LIGHTER AND MORE HOPEFUL. I DO HAVE TO SAY THAT BECAUSE THEY'RE ALWAYS SO HAPPY, THEY'RE THEY HAVE SO MUCH ENERGY. THEY'RE DANCING, THEY'RE SINGING. IT SEEMS LIKE EVERY DAY FOR THEM IS A GOOD DAY. I LOVE GOING OVER THERE. I LOVE ATTENDING THEIR EVENTS. I'M ALWAYS HAPPIER WHEN I WHEN I LEAVE THAN WHEN I ARRIVED. I HOPE THAT WE CAN INCLUDE OUR SENIORS IN MORE OF OUR CITY EVENTS. I KNOW THAT COUNCILMEMBER DELGADO WAS OVER THERE, AND WE HAD ACTUALLY ONE OF OUR SENIORS ATTEND THE TACOS TEQUILA, AND SHE WAS SO EXCITED. SHE SHOWED UP, SO DRESSED UP, SO BEAUTIFUL. SO I HOPE THAT WE CAN INCLUDE OUR SENIORS IN MORE OF OUR EVENTS. I KNOW THAT THEY WOULD TRULY ENJOY THAT. I WAS A JUDGE AT THE TACOS, TEQUILA AND CHAVELA. IT WAS HARD NOT JUST EATING ALL THE TACOS, BUT JUDGING THEM WAS REALLY, REALLY HARD. IT WAS. THEY WERE ALL REALLY, REALLY GOOD. THERE WAS A GENTLEMAN THAT I DID APPROACH ME AT THE EVENT AND ASKED HOW WE HAD ADVERTISED OUR EVENT. I DID SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, I BELIEVE MOST OF IT WAS DONE ON SOCIAL MEDIA. AND THEN HE POINTED TO HIS MOM, WHO WAS VERY ELDERLY, AND HE SAID, MY MOM DOESN'T HAVE SOCIAL MEDIA.

MY MOM DOESN'T USE A PHONE. SOME PEOPLE DON'T HAVE CABLE. SOME PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, IT'S VERY THEY DEPEND ON THEIR KIDS OR THEY DEPEND ON WHATEVER THEY GET. AS FAR AS THE NEWSPAPER, IF THEY STILL GET A NEWSPAPER OR WHAT COMES IN THEIR WATER BILL, WHAT COMES IN THEIR LIGHT BILL, THEY THEY DEPEND ON THAT. SO I DON'T KNOW, BILL, IF MAYBE WE'RE ABLE TO SEND OUT IN THE WATER BILL A FLIER OF ALL OF OUR EVENTS, IF THAT'S POSSIBLE, WITH THE DATES, SO THAT PEOPLE THAT DON'T DO SOCIAL MEDIA OR THAT DON'T HAVE CABLE OR THAT DON'T GO OUT A LOT, MAYBE HAVE THAT AND THEY CAN POST IT UP THERE BECAUSE EVEN HE SAID, I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT WAS GOING ON UNTIL I SAW THE EVENT. AND I STOPPED BY AND ASKED, HE GOES. THEN I CALLED MY BROTHER. I CALLED MY SISTER. I TOLD HIM THAT THE CITY WAS HAVING AN EVENT. AND I UNDERSTOOD WHAT HE SAID WHEN WHEN HE, YOU KNOW, POINTED TO HIS MOM. SHE WAS ELDERLY, BUT HE DID SAY WE HAD A LOT OF WE HAD A LOT OF FUN. THIS IS THE FIRST TIME WE ATTEND AND LOOK FORWARD TO ATTENDING IT NEXT YEAR. BUT HE DID MAKE THAT RECOMMENDATION THAT HOPEFULLY IT WAS EASIER FOR FOR ELDERLY PEOPLE TO KNOW ABOUT EVENTS THAT ARE OCCURRING WITHIN OUR CITY. I'D ALSO LIKE TO THANK COUNCIL MEMBER DELGADO FOR ACCEPTING THE ROLE OF MAYOR PRO TEM LAST YEAR, FOR HER CONTINUED HARD WORK AND DEDICATION TO OUR CITY AND ITS RESIDENTS. SHE HAS BEEN A STRONG ADVOCATE FOR TRANSPARENCY AND EQUALITY WITHIN OUR ORGANIZATION. SHE DOES NOT STOP WORKING. SHE IS ALWAYS SEEKING WAYS TO IMPROVE THE LIVES OF OUR RESIDENTS. HER COMMITMENT TO SERVING THE COMMUNITY DOES REFLECT ON PUBLIC SERVICE. I ALSO WANT TO CONGRATULATE DOCTOR FIGUEROA FOR TAKING ON THAT ROLE NOW, AND THANK ALL OF OUR EMPLOYEES THAT WORK THE EVENT. THANK YOU BILL, I KNOW YOU WERE THERE UNTIL UNTIL THE END, SO THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR GUYS'S WORK ON THAT DAY TOO. I REALLY, REALLY DO APPRECIATE IT. I HAD A LOT OF FUN AND THAT'S THAT'S ALL I HAVE. THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER DELGADO. I SEEN THE THAT THE NINTH STREET PARK IS COMPLETED. AND SO I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHEN WE'RE GOING TO SCHEDULE GRAND OPENING FOR THAT. IS IT FULLY IS THERE ANY WORK LEFT TO BE DONE ON IT? I DON'T THINK SO.

I THINK IT'S IT'S COMPLETED. SO HOPEFULLY WE'LL WE'RE GOING TO SCHEDULE A GRAND OPENING FOR THAT SOON. I STOPPED BY THE LIBRARY. YOU KNOW THEY'RE VERY EXCITED THERE WITH SOME OF THE FUNDING THAT THEY'VE RECEIVED. AND THE EMPLOYEES THERE ARE COMING UP WITH WAYS OF OF INITIATING AND CREATING NEW PROGRAMS OUT THERE. AND SO, YOU KNOW, NOW WITH THE ADDITIONAL FUNDING AND SUPPORT THAT THEY'RE GETTING, I THINK IT WOULD BE GOOD TO MAYBE COVER

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AND I DID SEE THEM THROUGHOUT THE COACHELLA VALLEY, AND IT WAS FOR SIXTH STREET COFFEE. I JUST ASSUMED THAT IT WAS SIXTH STREET COFFEE. WHO WAS PUTTING THEM OUT? I MEAN, THEY WERE GREAT ADVERTISEMENTS. I THOUGHT THEY WERE DOING WONDERFUL. BUT THEN I COME TO LEARN THAT IT WAS A CITY OF COACHELLA WHO PAID FOR THEM. AND SO I'M I'M TRYING TO FIND OUT HOW THAT CAME ABOUT. WHAT'S THE PROCESS, YOU KNOW, HOW ARE WE CHOOSING THE MARKETING THAT WE'RE DOING FOR OUR SMALL BUSINESSES? AND THEN HOW DID WE COME UP WITH DOING, YOU KNOW, 4 OR 5 BILLBOARDS FOR ONE BUSINESS ALONE? AND SO I AM DISAPPOINTED, YOU KNOW, THAT WE DIDN'T DO A BETTER JOB OF MAKING SURE THAT WE WERE PROMOTING RESTAURANTS AND EATERIES THROUGHOUT THE, THROUGHOUT THE CITY. SO I WANT TO KNOW WHAT WHAT HAPPENED THERE, HOW DID IT HOW DID IT COME ABOUT? AND THEN ARE WE GOING TO BE DOING MORE MARKETING OR MORE BILLBOARDS? AND THEN HOW CAN WE BECOME MORE INCLUSIVE SO THAT WE'RE PROVIDING SUPPORT TO ALL OF OUR SMALL BUSINESSES, SMALL BUSINESSES? SINCE I'VE COME ON TO CITY COUNCIL, SMALL BUSINESSES HAVE ALWAYS BEEN SOMETHING THAT I REALLY WANTED TO DRIVE. AND AND I HOPE THAT THAT THIS YEAR RECEIVES MORE SUPPORT, YOU KNOW, BUT WE REALLY NEED TO STEP UP AND REALLY STEP UP WHEN IT COMES TO OUR SMALL BUSINESS COMMUNITY. AND WE'VE TALKED ABOUT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IT YEARLY, WHEN GREATER COACHELLA VALLEY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE COMES, YOU KNOW, FORWARD TO WHAT WE RENEW THEIR CONTRACT. YOU KNOW, THEY PROVIDE, YOU KNOW, SUPPORT THAT THEY DO. AND OVER AND OVER AND OVER WE REQUESTED MORE TYPE OF SUPPORT AND EDUCATION AT THE SMALL BUSINESS LEVEL. DIRECT ENGAGEMENT. WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THE FEES. THE MEMBERSHIP FEES ARE TOO HIGH FOR SOME OF OUR BUSINESSES. WE'VE TALKED ABOUT SOME OF THE TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION THAT OUR SMALL BUSINESSES NEED MARKETING. THERE'S A LOT OF WAYS NOW THAT SMALL BUSINESSES ARE MOVING TO MOBILE AND AND WE HAVE FAMILY OWNED BUSINESSES AND AND THEY HAVEN'T GOTTEN THERE YET. AND SO IT IS ABSOLUTELY OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE HELPING THEM AND SUPPORTING THEM TO THE LEVEL THAT THEY NEED TO BE SUCCESSFUL.

SO I'M HOPING THAT WE CAN DO A BETTER JOB OF THAT, WHATEVER THAT IS. YOU KNOW, WHETHER IT'S IT'S THE PARTNERSHIP WITH THE GREATER COACHELLA VALLEY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OR WHETHER IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE START INITIATING. YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT FROM ALL THE CONVERSATIONS THAT WE'VE HAD, I THINK THAT IT AT THIS POINT, IT NEEDS TO BE INITIATED AT THE CITY LEVEL AND HOW WE'RE GOING TO PROVIDE MORE SUPPORT. I THINK NOT. I THINK SBC PROVIDES A GOOD A GOOD LEVEL OF WORKSHOPS. I THINK, RIGHT, FOR FOR TRAINING AND HELPING SMALL BUSINESSES GET THEIR PERMITS. AND, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO INITIATE. WE'VE BEEN SAYING IT FOR MANY YEARS THAT WE'RE GOING TO DO WORKSHOPS AND WE'RE GOING TO PARTNER WITH THEM. THEY HAVE NOT WE HAVE NOT PROVIDED THAT INVITATION AT THE TACOS AND TEQUILA EVENT. WE HAD A GREAT PANEL OF JUDGES. WE HAD COUNCIL MEMBER YADIRA PEREZ, WE HAD ONE OF OUR PLANNING

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I LEARNED A GREAT DEAL FROM FROM THAT EVENT ABOUT HOW WE CAN IMPROVE UPON. AND SO I THINK THAT AS WE MOVE FORWARD AND WE'RE FIGURING OUT, YOU KNOW, WHAT DEPARTMENTS ARE TAKING ON, WHAT RESPONSIBILITIES THAT, YOU KNOW, WE REALLY NEED TO, TO WORK ON ON EVENTS AND MAKING SURE THE MARKETING IS THERE AND MAKING SURE THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT IS THERE. BUT THERE'S, YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO WE NEED TO WORK ON THAT. AND I THINK THAT'S THAT'S IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER RICHMOND. YES, THANK YOU. JUST A COUPLE OF COMMENTS. I, WE HAD OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SUBCOMMITTEE MEETING, I THINK IT WAS LAST WEEK, AND THEN WE HAD A REALLY GREAT PRESENTATION ON THE RAIL FEASIBILITY STUDY.

THEY DID A REALLY GOOD JOB AT PRESENTING A VISUAL OF WHAT IT WOULD LOOK LIKE, AND ALSO PROVIDED NEXT STEPS. OBVIOUSLY, WE WERE ABLE TO DO THE STUDY, ENGAGE THE COMMUNITY, GET SOME INPUT, GET A LOT OF FEEDBACK. AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THEY MENTIONED TOO, THAT I THOUGHT WAS AMAZING WAS THEY SHARED OR THE COMMUNITY HAD SHARED HOW THEY WANTED TO SEE ART, AND THEY WANTED TO ENSURE THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT WE HAD SOME ART INSTALLED. AND I GUESS NOW THE THE NEXT STEP WOULD BE WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO IMPLEMENT THAT. THOSE FINDINGS, FIND THE FUNDING FOR IT. BUT THEY DID A REALLY GREAT JOB. IT WAS A GREAT PRESENTATION. SO IT WAS REALLY INTERESTING TO SEE ALL OF THAT AND ALSO HEAR A LITTLE BIT OF THE COMMUNITY INPUT. AND THEN ALSO THAT EVENING I ALSO ATTENDED THE DESERT HEALTHCARE DISTRICT LISTENING SESSION.

THEY HAD IT HERE AT THE LIBRARY. IT WAS A PRETTY GOOD TURNOUT. IT'S IT'S INTERESTING TO ME THAT THE COMMUNITY OF COACHELLA, YOU KNOW, THEY THEY HAD REALLY GOOD INPUT, REALLY GOOD QUESTIONS, EVEN TO THE POINT WHERE AND I'M NOT I'M JUST SHARING WHAT WHAT I SAW. AND I THOUGHT IT WAS VERY INTERESTING. BUT THEY WERE DOING TRANSLATIONS. SO THEY WERE TRANSLATING THE INFORMATION THEY HAD, YOU KNOW, THEIR SLIDES. AND AFTER THEIR PRESENTATION, AFTER EACH CATEGORY, THEY WOULD ASK THE COMMUNITY QUESTIONS FOR THEIR FEEDBACK, FOR INPUT. AND THEN WE HAD A COMMUNITY MEMBER THAT ACTUALLY SAID, WELL, WHY ARE YOU PROVIDING TRANSLATION FOR SPANISH SPEAKERS? IF ALMOST EVERYONE HERE SPEAKS SPANISH, YOU SHOULD BE PROVIDING TRANSLATION FOR THOSE THAT ONLY SPEAK ENGLISH. SO THEY SWAPPED IT. THE INDIVIDUALS THAT I MEAN, REALLY LIKE A LOT OF THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT WERE THERE ALL HAD THESE HEAD PIECES AND THEY SWAPPED IT AND IT ENDED UP ONLY BEING FIVE PEOPLE WITH WITH HEAD PIECES. AND IT'S THINGS LIKE THAT THAT THE COMMUNITY BRINGS UP THAT OTHERWISE I FEEL LIKE WE WOULDN'T I DON'T KNOW THAT WE WOULD THINK OF THOSE THINGS AHEAD OF TIME, BUT WE HAD A COMMUNITY MEMBER BRING IT UP, AND I THOUGHT IT WAS REALLY INTERESTING. AND SHE GOT A LOT OF SUPPORT FROM THE COMMUNITY. OBVIOUSLY EVERYBODY WAS CHEERING HER ON, BUT IT WAS A GOOD OPPORTUNITY FOR US. I THINK AS A COUNCIL CITY GOVERNMENT, TO BE THERE AND HEAR, BECAUSE WE WOULDN'T PUT THOSE COMMUNITY LISTENING SESSIONS ON. YOU KNOW, WE DON'T WE DON'T GET SO MUCH INVOLVED IN THAT. BUT WE DO HAVE A DISTRICT THAT DOES. AND HEARING A LOT OF THEIR CONCERNS, A LOT OF THEIR NEEDS, THEY SHARED VERY OPENLY WHAT SOME OF THEIR NEEDS WERE WHEN IT CAME TO HEALTHCARE AND ACCESS TO HEALTHCARE, EVEN TO THE POINT WHERE THEY SHARED HOW THEY STRUGGLED TO GET A DOCTOR'S APPOINTMENT. YOU KNOW, THEY CALL AND THEY WON'T GET ONE UNTIL THREE WEEKS LATER, FOUR WEEKS OUT. AND SO I THOUGHT IT WAS VERY VALUABLE TO BE ABLE TO HAVE A COMMUNITY LISTENING SESSION LIKE THE ONE THAT DESERT HEALTHCARE DISTRICT DID. AND FOR US TO BE ABLE TO TO LISTEN TO WHAT OUR COMMUNITY NEEDS, BECAUSE WE CAN FIND WAYS TO IMPLEMENT DIFFERENT THINGS AND TO BE SUPPORTIVE. SO A SHOUT OUT TO TO THE THE HEALTHCARE DISTRICT FOR PUTTING THAT ON AND FOR CHOOSING THE CITY AND THE LIBRARY TO TO HOST THAT. IT WAS VERY VALUABLE TO US. AND TOMORROW I'LL BE ATTENDING THE CVAC ENERGY AND SUSTAINABILITY COMMITTEE, SO I'LL COME BACK AT THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING AND REPORT WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT. AND LASTLY, ON SATURDAY, DON'T FORGET, IT'S VALENTINE'S DAY. HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY EVERYONE. IF YOU HAVE A SIGNIFICANT OTHER OR FAMILY MEMBERS, WHOEVER, DON'T FORGET TO GET THEM A LITTLE

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RIGHT. AND I DID LISTEN TO THE RESIDENTS AND REALLY HEAR THAT IT'S NOT GOOD THAT THEY'RE WAITING THREE WEEKS TO GET AN APPOINTMENT. AND ALSO WHAT'S HARDER IS THEN THEY GET SENT SOMEWHERE WHERE THERE'S NO ACCESS TO TRANSPORTATION OR IT'S HARDER FOR THEM. SO REALLY, REALLY INCREASING THAT AND HOW HOW EVERYONE COMES TOGETHER. RIGHT. SO I'M REALLY GRATEFUL FOR THE DESERT HEALTHCARE DISTRICT FOR COMING AND INVITING US TO GO LISTEN TO THEIR LISTENING SESSION. I ALSO ATTENDED THE THEY ACTUALLY HOSTED THE MOSQUITO VECTOR CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION STATE CONFERENCE IN AT THE OMNI RANCHO MIRAGE LAST WEEK, AND ONE OF THE TRUSTEES FROM PALM DESERT ACTUALLY RECEIVED AN AWARD, AS WELL AS OTHER STAFF FROM THE DISTRICT. AND, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF THE DISTRICT STAFF THAT WORK THERE LIVE IN THE CITY OF COACHELLA, RIGHT? THERE'S A LOT OF RESIDENT WORKERS AT THE MOSQUITO DISTRICT. AND SO REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING WHAT THEY'RE DOING. AND I'M GOING TO SEE THEM THIS WEEKEND AT THE COUNTY FAIR. BUT THERE'S PROJECTION FOR FOR RAIN IN THE NEXT WEEK.

SO MAKE SURE YOU DUMP AND DRAIN ALL OF YOUR WATER BECAUSE IT IS MOSQUITO SEASON. STILL. I ALSO WENT TO THE TACOS AND TEQUILAS AND CHEVELLA, AND I DO WANT TO ECHO THE THE MARKETING. I HAD A CONVERSATION WITH ANOTHER COUNCIL MEMBER FROM A DIFFERENT CITY AND HE TOLD ME, TENEMOS EL RADIO, THE RADIO, BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE PEOPLE GET THE INFORMATION IN OUR COMMUNITY.

AND I THINK THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT, YOU KNOW, WE LOOK AT HOW DO WE UTILIZE WHERE PEOPLE GET THE THE SOURCE. AND, YOU KNOW, COUNCILWOMAN PEREZ'S COMMENT ABOUT PEOPLE THAT DON'T HAVE SOCIAL MEDIA, YOU KNOW, RADIO IS IMPORTANT, RIGHT? SO HOW DO WE LOOK AT IT? AND THEN I'D ALSO LIKE TO INVITE COUNCILWOMAN DELGADO, IF YOU WANT TO COME TO THE CHAMBER MEETING THAT WE HAVE. THEY HAD THAT MEETING AS WELL YESTERDAY. AND AND WE TALKED ABOUT THE, THE TACO TEQUILAS AND, AND I DID LET THEM KNOW, YOU KNOW, THE MARKETING. AND THEY DID SAY THAT THE MARKETING WAS A BIG PIECE, THAT THEY DO NEED TO FOCUS ON THAT. BUT I DO WANT TO EXTEND THAT INVITATION. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO ATTEND THE NEXT MEETING. I WENT TO SEE THAT PUBLIC SAFETY. I'VE BEEN BUSY. IT'S BEEN BUSY LAST TWO WEEKS. SORRY. PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE, AND WE GOT A DEMO OF THE CITY OF PALM SPRINGS DRONES THAT THEY USE, AND THEY CAN ZOOM INTO THEIR DRONES FROM ANYWHERE. AND THE THE PALM SPRINGS AND CATHEDRAL CITY DRONE, YOU CAN BE WITHIN ANYWHERE WITHIN FOUR MINUTES FOR ANY EMERGENCY HIKER, THINGS LIKE THAT. SO THEY WERE ABLE TO SHOW US WHAT THAT IS. BUT OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, WITH DRONES COME A LOT OF PRIVACY THINGS. AND CITY PALM SPRINGS HAS A BIG, TIGHT PRIVACY ENFORCEMENT ON THEIRS. BUT WE WERE ABLE TO SEE THAT THAT WAS PRETTY COOL TO SEE THAT HOW THEY UTILIZE THOSE ITEMS. AND I HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO MAKE IT TO ONE OF THE RESIDENT ENGAGEMENT ACADEMIES. SO BUT I DO WANT TO MAKE ONE OF THE NEXT ONES, HOPEFULLY. AND I JUST WANT TO SAY HOPEFULLY EVERYONE IS READY FOR THE RIVERSIDE COUNTY NATIONAL DAY, NATIONAL AND DATE FESTIVAL SPONSORED BY FANTASY SPRINGS CASINO. BECAUSE IF I DON'T SAY THAT, I'LL GET IN TROUBLE WHEN I GO HOME.

BECAUSE I'M EXCITED FOR THE PARADE AND I'M EXCITED FOR THE CINNAMON ROLLS. SO I'M HOPING TO SEE EVERYONE THERE ON VALENTINE'S DAY. IT'S THE PERFECT DATE TO GET A ON A SATURDAY, SO YOU KNOW IT'S THE PERFECT DATE. SO GO GET A DATE, SHAKE, AND ENJOY VALENTINE'S

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WE JUST FINISHED JANUARY, WE'RE IN FEBRUARY, AND THERE ARE A LOT OF MOSQUITOES. AND AND I KNOW YOU AND I HAD A CONVERSATION NOT TOO LONG AGO ABOUT, I THINK IT WAS LIKE THE EGYPTIAN, EGYPTIAN AEGYPTI, 80S AEGYPTI. YEAH. AND IT JUST KIND OF STAYING AROUND A LOT LONGER.

AND I'M JUST I'M A LITTLE CONCERNED. RIGHT. JUST BECAUSE IT'S LIKE USUALLY WE GET A DROP OR WE GET NO MOSQUITOES. AND I'VE BEEN BIT A FEW TIMES WITH A BUNCH OF DIFFERENT MOSQUITOES.

AND IT JUST IT'S WEIRD FOR ME BECAUSE IT'S FEBRUARY AND IT'S NOT SUPPOSED TO BE A LOT. SO I'M WONDERING IF MAYBE WE CAN ASK FOLKS OR ASK THE FOLKS AT THE VECTOR CONTROL DISTRICT AND WHAT ARE THE STRATEGIES? AND ARE THEY SEEING THAT? AND THROUGHOUT THE COACHELLA VALLEY, OR JUST HERE IN COACHELLA OR IN THE UNINCORPORATED AREA, ARE WE NOT DOING A GOOD ENOUGH JOB OR WORKING WITH THEM IN ENGLISH AND SPANISH, ETC. TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE ARE ARE BASICALLY DOING AWAY WITH THAT STILL WATER. BUT IT IS SOMETHING THAT, THAT, THAT I WANT TO JUST TO BRING UP, BECAUSE IT'S JUST ALARMING THAT WE HAVE A LOT OF MOSQUITOES RIGHT NOW, AND IT HAS BEEN HOT RECENTLY TOO. AND AND SO I KNOW THAT WITH HEAT, THEY, THEY TEND TO BE BORN. AND SO IF WE COULD WORK WITH YOU OR JUST TO FIGURE OUT, OKAY, WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO, I MOST RECENTLY LAST WEEK HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO WALK THE CITY AT NIGHT, AND I HAD A NICE LITTLE WALK FROM ABOUT ABOUT LIKE FROM 5150. NO, ACTUALLY LIKE 5049. AND THEN ALL THE WAY DOWN TO 53 AND I DO AND I WANTED TO DO A NIGHT SCAN AND SEE WHAT WAS GOING ON. AND, AND I CAME UPON A LOT OF HOMELESS, HOMELESS THAT ARE LIVING BEHIND THE FAST STRIP AREA, HOMELESS THAT ARE LIVING BEHIND. THERE'S A LOT OF THEM RIGHT NOW UP ON THE THE TRAIN TRACK AREA. AND SO THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT ENCAMPMENTS NOW. I WAS RECENTLY TOLD TO THAT THERE WAS A BIG EFFORT TO CLOSE A COUPLE OF ENCAMPMENTS UP BY THE, THE, THE DUMP, THE COUNTY DUMP, AND THAT MIGHT HAVE BROUGHT IN A HUGE INFLUX OF HOMELESS. BUT WE HAVE A LARGE AMOUNT. AND SO I KNOW I BROUGHT THIS UP TO YOU, BILL, ABOUT, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY PRIVATE PROPERTY AND GOING AFTER SOME OF THE PRIVATE PROPERTY OWNERS SO THAT THEY CAN, YOU KNOW, ELIMINATE THAT, THAT, THAT ELEMENT BECAUSE THEY'RE BRINGING A LOT OF TRASH AND DRUG USE, ETCETERA. AND IT AND SO WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT DIFFERENT STRATEGIES BECAUSE I'VE BEEN SEEING A PROLIFERATION AS OF LATE. I DO WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT. NOT ONLY IS THE ANIMAL CAMPUS, YOU KNOW, DOING A GOOD JOB OF REDUCING THE NUMBERS, BUT RENEE ROSALES HERE AT THE CITY, HE DID A REALLY GOOD JOB OF COORDINATING SPAY AND NEUTER CLINICS AT BAGUMA PARK. AND THERE WAS JUST ONE IN FEBRUARY 6TH, AND I WAS OUT THERE WALKING, I, I WAS WALKING, AND THEN I WAS LIKE, I'M GOING TO TAKE ADVANTAGE. AND I ACTUALLY SIGNED UP TO GET ONE OF MY CATS.

NEUTERED. IF IT'S A SPAYED OR NEUTERED, NEUTERED, WHAT'S WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE? WHICH ONE IS A NEUTERED IS A IS A MALE AND A FEMALE. I GOT MY CAT NEUTERED AND WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT ADDING TO THE PROBLEM. AND AND IT WAS JUST A REALLY NICE EXPERIENCE.

AND, AND ALL THE DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS, THE NONPROFITS WERE OUT THERE, THE PAWS AND AND JUST JUST ALL EVERYBODY. AND SO I THINK WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO FACILITATE THAT EFFORT. WE WE HAD A LOT OF PEOPLE THERE, A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT WERE TAKING THEIR THEIR CATS AND THEIR AND THEIR THEIR DOGS AND, AND THEY'RE COMING IN FROM DIFFERENT CITIES. AND THAT LITTLE SITE WORKS WELL RIGHT UNDERNEATH THE OLD BASKETBALL COURT THERE AT THE PARK. SO I WANT TO JUST CONTINUE TO RECOMMEND THAT WE PROGRAM WITH THEM AND HAVE MORE OF THESE EVENTS BECAUSE WE NEED IT. WE NEED IT. SO AND I JUST WANT TO GIVE A ATTABOY OUT OF GIRL AS WELL TO TO THE DESERT RECREATION DISTRICT WORKING WITH OBVIOUSLY OUR EFFORTS LAST WEEK WE APPROVED THE CONTRACT WITH WITH THE SOCK, THE SOCK AND AND AND THEY HAD A NICE LITTLE ZUMBA EFFORT AND BLUE ZONES WAS OUT THERE, TOO. I SAW YOU, ANGELA, YOU KNOW, HAVE SPONSORED THAT EVENT. OH, WE'LL DO IT AGAIN TOGETHER. INVITE ME OUT TO ZUMBA. OKAY. I'M LIKE, I TOLD, I TOLD, I TOLD THE DESERT DISTRICT THAT IF THEY INVITE ME OUT TO ZUMBA, THAT I WOULD GO AND ZUMBA WITH THEM. ACTUALLY, I SHOULDN'T SAY SPONSOR. WE DID. WE GAVE AWAY THE BIKES, THE FITBITS, THE DID THE WALK RUN. SO WE WE WORKED TOGETHER TO PUT TOGETHER A SERIES OF EVENTS. SO

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HOWEVER, THEY'RE NOT ABLE TO MEET. WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO MEET TILL 18TH. SO I WAS ANTICIPATING BRINGING THE JPA BACK TO THE COUNCIL ON THE 25TH, BUT IT'S NOT GOING TO MAKE IT BECAUSE THE SAME DAY WE'RE MEETING IS THE SAME DAY THAT STAFF REPORTS AND STUFF ARE DUE IN, SO IT'LL HAVE TO COME ON THE 11TH. I WANT TO THANK STAFF, YOU KNOW, TACOS AND TEQUILA. IT WAS A DIFFERENT FORMAT, A DIFFERENT TIME. WE'RE ALSO IN COMPETITION WITH THE SUPER BOWL AND ALSO THE TOUR DE PALM SPRINGS. I WAS OVER IN PALM SPRINGS ON FRIDAY, ACTUALLY, AND I HAD COMPLETELY FORGOTTEN ABOUT THE TOUR. AND I'M LIKE, WHAT IN THE WORLD IS GOING ON? AND IT WAS PACKED OVER THERE AND IT'S LIKE, OH, AND I WAS THINKING ABOUT TURNOUT AND UNFORTUNATELY, YOU KNOW, HOPEFULLY NEXT YEAR WHEN WE'RE DOING THIS IN OCTOBER, WE TALK ABOUT ADVERTISING AND MAYBE GOING BACK TO THE OLD FORMAT. WE'LL GET THE TURNOUT THAT WE'RE EXPECTING, BUT WE HAD A LOT OF COMPETITION THAT DAY TOO. BUT STAFF DID A GREAT JOB. YOU KNOW, WE WERE WE WERE LIGHT, BUT WE WERE NIMBLE. AND I GREAT JOB STAFF. YOU'RE NOT HERE BUT YOU'RE HERE. SO ALSO I WANT TO LET THE COUNCIL KNOW I WILL BE OUT TOMORROW, BUT I'LL BE AVAILABLE BY PHONE AND I'LL BE ANSWERING EMAILS AND STUFF. SO I JUST WANT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT'S ALL I HAVE AT THIS POINT. BUT THANK YOU. WE

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.