Feb 25, 2026 City Council Meetings

[Call to Order]

[00:00:09]

COUNCIL. THE COUNCIL CLOSED SESSION AND REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY OF COACHELLA, THE 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'S FEBRUARY 25TH, 2026. CAN GO AHEAD AND CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER. I'M GOING TO ASK THE CLERK TO NOTE FOR THE RECORD THE ATTENDANCE. I HAVE NOT HEARD FROM EITHER COUNCIL MEMBER OR COUNCIL MEMBER.

DELGADO, HAVE ANY OF YOU? YES, I IMAGINE THAT THERE. HAVE YOU COUNCIL MEMBER LIKE TEN MINUTES.

OKAY, SO COUNCIL MEMBER DELGADO WAS ON HER WAY, AND I IMAGINE COUNCIL MEMBER WILL BE HERE

[Approval of Agenda]

GOOD. ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER CHANGES? NO. CAN WE GET A MOTION OF THE AGENDA WITH THE MODIFICATION? I'LL GO AHEAD. MOTION. THERE'S A MOTION. IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND.

ALL RIGHT. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. ALL RIGHT. ANY PUBLIC ANY PUBLIC

[Adjourn to Closed Session]

[Reconvene Regular Meeting]

[Closed Session Announcements]

[Proclamations/Presentations/Direction]

SO GET UP HERE, TALK ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON THIS WEEK. AND I KNOW WE HAVE A PROCLAMATION FOR ALL OF OUR ENGINEERS. AND WE'RE GOING TO ASK THEM TO STAND AS WELL AND JOIN YOU SHORTLY AFTER. WELL, I THINK THE THE PROCLAMATION KIND OF SPEAKS FOR ITSELF. WHAT IT SAYS HONORING THIS IS NATIONAL ENGINEERS WEEK. WE PUT OUT A LITTLE VIDEO ON INSTAGRAM. SO HOPEFULLY PEOPLE GOT TO SEE THAT. AND I'M KIND OF STALLING A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE WE'RE STILL MISSING ONE OF MY ENGINEERS. ARE THEY WORKING ON A PROJECT? YES. YEAH, YEAH, I THINK THEY'RE WORKING ON GETTING THEIR WIFE AND KIDS HERE ON TIME. YEAH. DO YOU, DO YOU WANT TO COME BACK TO IT BECAUSE WE HAVE ANOTHER PRESENTATION. WE COULD DO ANOTHER PRESENTATION BECAUSE I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE SURE THAT EFREN IS HERE ON TIME AND GETS TO BE RECOGNIZED AS WELL. YEAH, YEAH, LET'S DO THAT. WITH THAT, WE'LL MOVE ON TO VISIT GREATER COACHELLA VALLEY. PALM SPRINGS UPDATES HERE. IT'S GOT WELCOME. GOOD EVENING. MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL AND CITY STAFF. WE APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY. I'M SCOTT WHITE WITH VISIT GREATER PALM SPRINGS. I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO DOCTOR FIGUEROA. HE'S THE JPA REPRESENTATIVE AND IS ACTIVELY ENGAGED IN ALL OF OUR MEETINGS. WITH ME TONIGHT IS COLLEEN PACE AND DAVIS MEYER.

SO WE'RE GOING TO KIND OF TAG TEAM THE PRESENTATION. AND THANK YOU FOR UPLOADING THAT FOR US REAL QUICK. WE DO AN ECONOMIC IMPACT STUDY. TOURISM IS THE NUMBER ONE INDUSTRY ACROSS THE COACHELLA VALLEY. IN 2024, OVER 14.5 MILLION PEOPLE VISITED OUR DESTINATION, GENERATING 9 BILLION IN IMPACT. SO YOU CAN SEE THEY SPENT ABOUT $20 MILLION A DAY. SO IT'S REALLY A ROBUST, IMPORTANT INDUSTRY FOR OUR VALLEY. WE ALSO ARE WORKING ON A DESTINATION STEWARDSHIP PLAN. THIS WILL BE A TEN YEAR PLAN. SO 2026 THROUGH 2036 WE WENT THROUGH THE PROCESS. WE'VE ENGAGED PARTNERS. WE ACTUALLY HAD OUR KICKOFF CALL TODAY. BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S GOING TO BE UNIQUE WITH THIS PLAN IS WE'VE ACTUALLY ENGAGED THEM, AND WE'VE ADDED TO THE BUDGET TO INCLUDE NINE CITY SPECIFIC MASTER PLANS. SO THE TEAM WILL

[00:05:03]

THAT'S WHERE THE HOTELS AND VACATION RENTALS HAVE THEIR LOWEST OCCUPANCY POINTS. SO WE WANT TO GROW THAT. BUT WE'RE ALSO FOCUSING ON THE SHOULDERS AND OTHER TIMES OF THE YEAR AS WELL. SPORTS STRATEGY IS A TOP PRIORITY GOING FORWARD. WE HEARD THAT FROM NOT ONLY OUR PARTNERS BUT OUR COMMUNITY, AND WE SEE A LOT OF EVENTS GOING TO ARIZONA AND TO LAS VEGAS AND NEVADA AND SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. WE WANT TO GET CAPTURE SOME OF THAT DEMAND. SO WE'RE WORKING ON THAT. ONE OF THE TOPICS IS THE INDOOR SPORTS COMPLEX. SO WE'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW DO WE FUND THAT. WHERE DO WE LOCATE IT. WE DID DO A FEASIBILITY STUDY AND DAVIS WILL TALK A LITTLE ABOUT THAT AS WELL. BUT IT'S AN IMPORTANT COMPONENT, I THINK, THAT COULD BE USED NOT ONLY FOR THE RESIDENTS WHEN THE TOURNAMENTS AREN'T IN, BUT THE TOURNAMENTS CAN DRIVE NEW BUSINESS FOR THE DESTINATION AS WELL. WE'LL CONTINUE TO FOCUS ON SUSTAINABILITY, CULTURAL HERITAGE, ACCESSIBILITY, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND OF COURSE, ADVOCACY IN SACRAMENTO AND WASHINGTON DC. SO ONE OF THE AREAS THAT WE DO WORK ON WITH THE AIRPORT IS TRYING TO INCREASE FLIGHTS TO THE DESTINATION. THE MARKETING TEAM ALSO WORKS ON MARKETING IN THOSE DESTINATIONS TO MAKE SURE THE LOAD FACTORS ARE STRONG. IF YOU ARE, I THINK COUNCIL MEMBER VIRGIN, WE WERE JUST IN DC JUST RECENTLY. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU FLEW THE DULLES FLIGHT AT ALL. THE NONSTOP FLIGHT FROM FROM D.C. FROM FROM DULLES OUT OF DC TO HERE OR NOT. BUT WE WE WORKED WITH UNITED ON THAT TO TRY TO GIVE IT A NONSTOP, SEAMLESS SERVICE FOR YOU. WE ADDED NEWARK THIS YEAR WITH UNITED INTO NEW YORK CITY. SO THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY THERE AS WELL. DELTA ADDED NEW YORK JFK. AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE ALASKA GOING INTO JFK. SO YOU CAN SEE THERE'S SOME OF THE FLIGHTS AND THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING AT THE AIRPORT. AND WE'RE ALSO THE CANADIAN VISITATION IS DOWN, AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, SIGNIFICANTLY.

BUT WE DO WANT TO RECOGNIZE THOSE THAT ARE VISITING INTO THE DESTINATION. SO WE'RE GOING TO LAUNCH THIS LITTLE INITIATIVE WITH PARTNERS WHERE THEY CAN PUT THIS IN THEIR WINDOWS AND HAVE OTHER TOOLS AND RESOURCES THEY CAN ACCESS TO REALLY SAY THANK YOU TO THE ONES THAT ARE HERE, AND HOPEFULLY THEY'LL COME BACK IN THE FUTURE WHEN THINGS CHANGE.

SO WITH THAT, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO DAVIS. ALL RIGHT. SO WE DO SUPPORT OUR LEGALLY OPERATING, WELL REGULATED SHORT TERM RENTALS AS WELL AS OTHER LODGING WITH MARKETING PROMOTION, AS WELL AS HOST EDUCATION AND OTHER RESOURCES FOR SHORT TERM RENTAL HOSTS.

AND SO WHEN WE LOOK AT THE IMPACT OF SHORT TERM RENTALS ACROSS THE COACHELLA VALLEY IN 2024, THAT EQUATED TO ABOUT 1.1 BILLION IN ECONOMIC IMPACT FOR THE REGION, 907 MILLION IN VISITOR SPENDING AND SIGNIFICANT TAX REVENUE GENERATION, AS WELL AS OVER 4000 JOBS SUPPORTED FOR THE CITY OF COACHELLA. SPECIFICALLY, THAT WAS ABOUT 33 MILLION IN VISITOR SPENDING, ABOUT 221 JOBS, SUPPORTED BY SHORT TERM RENTAL VISITORS, AND 5.4 MILLION IN STATE AND LOCAL TAXES, WHICH I LIKE. THE EXAMPLES DOWN THERE AT, EQUATES TO ABOUT 32 FIREFIGHTERS, 31 POLICE OR 71 TEACHERS. IN THE CITY OF COACHELLA, WE DO A VOTER SENTIMENT SURVEY ABOUT SHORT TERM RENTAL SENTIMENT ACROSS THE VALLEY. WE DID THIS IN 2023 BEFORE WE STARTED OUR LOCAL ONE COACHELLA VALLEY SHORT TERM RENTALS LONG TERM BENEFITS CAMPAIGN. WE UPDATED IT LAST YEAR IN SEPTEMBER AND THIS LAST YEAR, 86% REPORTED SUPPORTING SHORT TERM RENTALS IN THEIR CITY, UP FROM 77% IN 2023. SO A GREAT WORK BY ALL OF OUR CITIES REALLY ALSO IN REGULATING AND AND ENFORCING THOSE REGULATIONS ON SHORT TERM RENTALS TO CREATE BETTER ENVIRONMENTS IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS. WE STARTED WORKING ON SOME ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, MARKETING, PROMOTION AND SALES ACTIVITIES.

IN 2025. WE LAUNCHED A WEBSITE, LINKEDIN CHANNEL, EMAIL NEWSLETTER, STARTED ATTENDING

[00:10:01]

AND THEN WE'RE WORKING RIGHT NOW WITH CONSULTANT AS WELL ON WHAT THE FINANCING COULD LOOK LIKE ON SOMETHING LIKE THIS. AND SO WE'RE HOPING TO FIND A LOCATION AND A PARTNER AND THE RIGHT FUNDING PATH IN THIS NEXT YEAR HERE. BUSINESSES CAN BE LISTED ON OUR WEBSITE FOR FREE.

SO TOURISM FACING BUSINESSES DON'T NEED TO PAY TO BE ON OUR WEBSITE. IN THE CITY OF COACHELLA, WE HAVE 107 BUSINESS LISTINGS THAT ARE ON OUR WEBSITE CURRENTLY. LAST YEAR THEY RECEIVED OVER 11,000 CLICKS AND OVER 4000 REFERRALS TO OUR WEBSITE FROM OUR WEBSITE.

AND SO THE THE PARTNER FACING URL IS ON THERE. MY GREATER S.COM IS WHERE PARTNERS CAN GO TO UPDATE THEIR LISTING INFORMATION AT EVENTS, COUPONS, OTHER SPECIAL OFFERS, THINGS LIKE THAT, OR REQUEST A LISTING IF THEY'RE NOT UP THERE YET. AND THEN RESTAURANT WEEK IS AN EVENT THAT WE DO EVERY YEAR. LAST YEAR IN 2025, WE HAD A RECORD NUMBER OF PARTICIPATING RESTAURANTS. THANK YOU TO THE CITY OF COACHELLA FOR SPONSORING AND SUPPORTING YOUR RESTAURANTS IN RESTAURANT WEEK. IT WAS GREAT TO SEE A LITTLE BIT OF COVERAGE ON THAT FROM THE DESERT SUN. SOME GREAT MEDIA IMPRESSIONS FROM RESTAURANT WEEK LAST YEAR.

WE'RE LOOKING TO CONTINUE TO EXPAND THAT THIS YEAR. AGAIN, JUST GROW THAT EVENT TO SUPPORT OUR LOCAL RESTAURANTS IN THAT FIRST WEEK OF JUNE, MAY 20TH 9TH TO JUNE 7TH. MARK YOUR CALENDARS AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO PROMOTE THAT BOTH LOCALLY AND TO VISITORS, AS A WAY TO DRIVE A LITTLE EXTRA VISITATION FOR FOLKS WHO ARE LOOKING FOR A CULINARY EXPERIENCE. AND THEN IN TERMS OF WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, WE MADE SOME GREAT PROGRESS IN 2025, ENGAGED OVER 400 STUDENTS, TRAINED 252 NEW DESTINATION AMBASSADORS WITH OUR TEAM GPS CHAMPIONS PROGRAM, AND CONTINUED OUR SCHOLARSHIP GIVING. WE HAVE A CLOSE PARTNERSHIP WITH COACHELLA VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL'S HOSPITALITY OR TOURISM ACADEMY. WE DO A SPECIAL SCHOLARSHIP JUST FOR STUDENTS IN THAT PROGRAM, AS WELL AS ENGAGING THEM AT OUR EVENTS LIKE THE RESTAURANT WEEK KICK OFF, CHAMPIONS OF HOSPITALITY, OUR HOLIDAY PARTY AND MORE. AND SO WE'LL CONTINUE TO DO OUR PASSPORT TO LEADERSHIP PROGRAM OVER THE SUMMER, WHICH WE PILOTED TWO SUMMERS AGO WITH COACHELLA VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL. WE EXPANDED IT THIS LAST YEAR TO INCLUDE OTHER HIGH SCHOOLS THROUGHOUT THE COACHELLA VALLEY. WE'LL CONTINUE THAT AGAIN THIS SUMMER. WE'RE ALSO GOING TO LAUNCH A RESTAURANT WEEK CHEF STUDENT DINNER FUNDRAISING EVENT, SORT OF A FINE DINING EXPERIENCE WITH SOME OF THE STUDENTS FROM LA QUINTA HIGH SCHOOL AND RANCHO MIRAGE HIGH SCHOOL CULINARY PROGRAMS. AND THEN WE ARE GOING TO LAUNCH THE SECOND VERSION OF OUR LEADERSHIP TRAINING CERTIFICATE PROGRAM THAT WE HAVE WITH COLLEGE OF THE DESERT, CALLED VISIONARY LEADERS. THE ONE THAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW IS ESSENTIAL LEADERS. IT'S REALLY AIMED AT HELPING FOLKS WHO ARE GOING INTO THEIR FIRST SUPERVISORY OR MANAGEMENT LEVEL ROLES. AND WE PROVIDE A SCHOLARSHIP FOR FOLKS WHO ARE WORKING IN TOURISM OR HOSPITALITY THAT WANT TO EARN THAT CERTIFICATE. THIS ONE WILL BE AIMED MORE AT FOLKS GOING INTO HIGHER LEVELS. CEO DIRECTOR GENERAL MANAGER. WE WANT TO KEEP FOLKS HERE LOCALLY, GROW OUR LEADERS HERE LOCALLY, AND SO LOOKING FORWARD TO LAUNCHING THIS PROGRAM WITH COLLEGE OF THE DESERT THIS YEAR. AND THEN FINALLY, WE'RE VERY EXCITED TO BECOME A CERTIFIED AUTISM DESTINATION THIS LAST YEAR. AND WE ARE OFFERING A GRANT PROGRAM FOR BUSINESSES WHO ARE INTERESTED IN BECOMING CERTIFIED AUTISM CENTERS AND WILL CONTINUE TO GROW AND PROMOTE THIS WITH OUR TOURISM PARTNERS. AND I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO COLLEEN PACE FOR MARKETING. I MOVE THAT DOWN A LITTLE FOR ME. GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU. HAPPY TO PROVIDE AN

[00:15:03]

WHILE I'M SAD AND BLUE. AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO. WE ALSO RUN A SUMMER CAMPAIGN. AND THIS WAS OUR SOCIAL MEDIA CAMPAIGN FOR SUMMER. AND YOU CAN SEE HERE A VACATION RENTAL. THIS ONE IS IN COACHELLA.

WE ALSO PRIORITIZE EVENT SUPPORT. SO THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF AN EVENT, COACHELLA THAT WE SUPPORT. WE DO THAT WITH DIGITAL BILLBOARDS IN LA AND SAN DIEGO, AS WELL AS WITH CONTENT ON OUR WEBSITE, SOCIAL MEDIA AND IN OUR NEWSLETTERS. WE ALSO DO A VARIETY OF SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS. WE HAVE 15 SOCIAL MEDIA CHANNELS THAT WE'RE POSTING AT ANY ANY GIVEN TIME. LOTS OF CONTENT. THESE ARE JUST A FEW EXAMPLES WHERE THERE ARE SOME COACHELLA BUSINESSES OR ATTRACTIONS THAT ARE HIGHLIGHTED ARE TWO. GET DOWN! FOR 2026. SOME OF OUR GOALS FOR 2026. ON THE MARKETING SIDE, WE'RE LAUNCHING A NEW CAMPAIGN WHERE YOU SHINE. SO THIS WILL BE FOCUSED ON THE WELCOMING INCLUSIVENESS WE HAVE IN OUR DESTINATION IN GREATER PALM SPRINGS. WE'RE GOING TO FOCUS THIS ON THE INTERNATIONAL AND LGBTQ AUDIENCES. SO THAT'LL BE LAUNCHING THIS QUARTER. WE'LL ALSO BE SUPPORTING A NEW VIDEO SERIES THAT WE'VE JUST RECENTLY LAUNCHED, ESCAPE THE ESCAPE SERIES, WHICH HIGHLIGHTS ALL OF THE UNIQUE ESCAPES THAT YOU CAN HAVE IN GREATER PALM SPRINGS AND UNIQUE EXPERIENCES. WE'RE BUILDING OUT A NEW SOCIAL MEDIA CAMPAIGN. WE'RE PROMOTING OUTDOOR ADVENTURE AND SPORTS TO SORT OF HIGHLIGHT THE SPORTS INITIATIVES THAT WE HAVE GOING ON IN THE DESTINATION, AS WELL AS BUILDING OUT A NEW SUMMER CAMPAIGN FOR THE SUMMER 2026. SO PLAY FOR DAYS IS THE NEW CONCEPT THAT WE HAVE FOR THE SUMMER. WE HAVE SORT OF WORKED WITH THE CHECK IN, CHILL OUT AND BORN TO CHILL MESSAGING, AND SO NOW WE'RE CHANGING UP THE MESSAGING FOR 2026. SO IN ADDITION TO THE CAMPAIGN, WE DO ALSO A VERBAL CAMPAIGN TO SUPPORT THAT, TO HIGHLIGHT OUR VACATION RENTALS IN THE DESTINATION. WE ALSO JUST RECENTLY HOSTED THE EXPEDIA AMBASSADOR SUMMIT. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IS VERY COVETED BY MANY DESTINATIONS. WOULD LIKE TO HOST THIS. IT'S 40 CONTENT CREATORS THAT CAME INTO THE DESTINATION ACTUALLY LAST WEEK. THEY HAVE A COMBINED AUDIENCE OF OVER 11 MILLION. AND SO THEY WERE OUT EXPLORING

[00:20:03]

SO THIS YEAR WE'VE ADDED THE SPONSORSHIP OF THE RESTORE LOUNGE, WHICH IS ONE OF THE MOST FREQUENTED AREAS OF TED. PEOPLE SORT OF NEED TO DECOMPRESS AFTER ALL THE REALLY INTENSE CONTENT THAT THEY SEE. AND SO IT'S GOING TO BE A GREATER PALM SPRINGS RESTORE LOUNGE. SO WE'LL BE ABLE TO HAVE A LOT OF GREAT ACTIVITY THERE. WE'RE ALSO WORKING ON A CUSTOM CONTENT PROGRAM WITH A TEDX SPEAKER WHO WILL COME IN TO MARKET EXPERIENCE THE DESTINATION, AND THAT CONTENT WILL BE POSTED ON ALL OF THE TED CHANNELS. AGAIN, PERFECT AUDIENCE FOR US, FOR VISITORS, FOR CONVENTION SALES AS WELL AS FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. WE'RE ALSO FOCUSED ON INTERNATIONAL MARKETING, THE WORLD CUP AND OLYMPICS. WITH THE GLOBAL SPOTLIGHT WE HAVE ON CALIFORNIA, WE'RE DEFINITELY CAPITALIZING ON THAT AND ATTRACTING PEOPLE TO COME TO OUR DESTINATION. WORKING ON THE CANADA INITIATIVE. AS SCOTT MENTIONED, WE ARE WORKING ON MANY CAMPAIGNS IN CANADA, INCLUDING CO-OPS WITH VISIT CALIFORNIA, BRAND USA, OUR OWN MARKETING CHANNELS. AND SO WE'RE REALLY KEEPING THAT MESSAGE CONSISTENT AND OUR RELATIONSHIP STRONG. IN CANADA, WE'VE ALSO EXPANDED INTERNATIONAL INTO GERMANY, AS WELL AS LAUNCHED CHINA SOCIAL MEDIA CHANNELS. ON THE PR SIDE, LAST YEAR, IN 2025, WE HAD A RECORD SETTING YEAR OF TWO POINT OR 7.2 BILLION IN CIRCULATION. THE EARNED MEDIA VALUE WAS 11,813. THAT'S HOW WE MEASURE THE QUALITY OF EACH OF THE PIECES OF EARNED MEDIA. SO IT'S THINGS LIKE PARTNER MENTIONS, URLS, SPECIFIC MENTIONS ABOUT OUR DESTINATION.

SO THE MORE MENTIONS, THE MORE URLS BACKLINKS, THE HIGHER THE SCORE. AND SO WE RECEIVED GREAT RATINGS ON ALL OF OUR EARNED CONTENT. AND YOU CAN SEE HERE SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE CITY OF COACHELLA. THIS IS JUST A FEW EXAMPLES OF OF SOME SPOTS. AND THEN WE ALSO WORK WITH PR AGENCIES ALL OVER THE WORLD. SO WE HAVE GLOBAL REPRESENTATION ALL OVER, EITHER ON A FULL TIME OR AD HOC PROJECT BASIS. HERE'S A LIST OF ALL THE COUNTRIES THAT WE WORK WITH, IN ADDITION TO OUR DOMESTIC PR AGENCY AS WELL. AND WITH THAT, I'LL TURN IT BACK OVER TO SCOTT FOR QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. COUNCIL. ANY QUESTIONS? THANKS, SCOTT, FOR COMING OUT AND PRESENTING.

WHAT IS YOUR GREATER PALM SPRINGS DOES FOR THE AREA BUT ALSO FOR COACHELLA. RIGHT. AND THANK YOU. THIS IS A SMALL SNAPSHOT. WE COULD PROBABLY BE HERE FOR AN HOUR TO REALLY, YOU KNOW, SHOW YOU EVERYTHING. BUT WE REALIZE THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU DON'T HAVE AN HOUR, SO WE TRY TO BUBBLE IT DOWN AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. BUT THANK YOU, SCOTT. I APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE.

AND IT WAS JUST A FEW YEARS AGO THAT WE ACTUALLY OFFICIALLY BECAME PART OF, OF GREATER PALM SPRINGS. AND I'M AND I'M VERY PROUD OF THAT. I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WITH RESPECT TO ANY OF OUR CONTRIBUTIONS ON THE IT'S A BID THAT EVERYTHING'S BEEN TAKEN CARE OF, WE'RE GOOD TO GO, ETC. SO VERY GOOD. AND THEN ALSO MY UNDERSTANDING, PALM DESERT IS LOOKING AT KIND OF THE SPORTS TOURISM ASPECT, AND I'M NOT SURE HOW THEY'RE HOW BIG THEIR FACILITY IS GOING TO BE, BUT IS THERE GOING TO BE OPPORTUNITY FOR MULTIPLE FACILITIES OR WHAT'S THE WHAT'S THE THOUGHT THERE. YOU KNOW, I DON'T I DON'T I CAN'T COMMENT ON THE THE ABILITY TO BUILD MULTIPLE FACILITIES. I KNOW PALM DESERT IS THE THE COUNCIL HAS DIRECTED THE STAFF TO EXPLORE WHAT WHAT IT WOULD TAKE. SO THEY'RE IN EXPLORATORY MODE AT THIS POINT. SO THEY HAVEN'T SAID WE KNOW THEY HAVEN'T MADE ANY DEFINITIVE DECISIONS. SO THEY'RE IN THE EARLY STAGES OF LOOKING AT IT. WHAT'S IT GOING TO COST. WHERE DO THEY PUT IT. HOW WOULD IT WORK. WHAT KIND OF MAYBE I'D DISTRICT OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. I KNOW THERE'S A FEW OTHER CITIES THAT ARE ALSO INTERESTED IN, SO THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE KIND OF KICKING THE TIRES. SO WE'RE HOPING THAT MAYBE BY THE END OF THIS YEAR, WE'LL HAVE SOME CLARITY ON WHO HAS THE BEST POTENTIAL RESOURCES. IS THERE AN EAST VALLEY COALITION OR A GROUP OF CITIES THAT'S GETTING INVOLVED? AND SHOULD THIS CITY OR COULD THIS CITY GET INVOLVED IN THOSE EFFORTS? IF THERE IS, THERE'S ALWAYS ROOM FOR MORE CITIES TO GET INVOLVED. AND YES, THERE ARE. INDIO LA QUINTA IS LOOKING AT IT AND MR. HIGGINS INVOLVED A LITTLE BIT AS WELL, LOOKING AT IT. SO THERE'S LOTS OF DIFFERENT PEOPLE THAT ARE KIND OF LOOKING AT IT AND SEE IF IT IF IT MAKES SENSE FINANCIALLY AND, YOU KNOW, LAND POWER, INFRASTRUCTURE FUNDING AND ALL OF THAT. AND I WOULD IMAGINE THE AREA THAT THEY'RE LOOKING AT IS PROBABLY 52 IN JACKSON IN THAT AREA. THAT'S RIGHT. IN OUR

[00:25:02]

THAT'S OUR HOPE. MY POINT IS IF IF WE CAN PUT SOME SKIN IN THE GAME, YOU KNOW, TO BE IMPORTANT THAT I THINK WE SHOULD POSITION OURSELVES. BECAUSE IF YOU LOOK AT JUST THE MEDIUM AGE, YOU LOOK AT HOW COMPETITIVE THIS THIS CITY IS WITH RESPECT TO RECREATIONAL SPORTS AND HOW INVOLVED WE ARE. I MEAN, YOU OUGHT TO BE HERE TO SOME OF THESE MEETINGS. THEY GO THREE HOURS JUST TALKING ABOUT SPORTS HERE. AND AND WE FIT WE FIT RIGHT IN. AND THEN THE OTHER THING THAT AND I APPRECIATE YOUR, YOUR FOLKS BEING HERE IS THAT THE UNIQUE ESCAPE KIND OF BRAND THAT YOU'RE DEVELOPING. A FEW YEARS AGO, WE WERE EXPLORING AND DEVELOPING WHAT WAS CALLED LA RUTA DEL DATIL. THE, THE, THE LITERAL TRANSLATION, THE ROUTE OF THE DATE ROUTE, THE DATE ROUTE. AND THERE'S SOMETHING VERY, VERY UNIQUE ABOUT THE EAST VALLEY WITH RESPECT TO OBVIOUSLY, IF YOU LOOK AT THE HISTORY OF, OF, SAY, MECCA AND THERMAL AND HOW DO WE HAVE ARABS HERE? WELL, THERE'S A HUGE HISTORY OF LIKE HOW THE DATES GOT HERE, AND THEN YOU HAVE THESE BEAUTIFUL PRISTINE FARMS THAT ARE RANCHOS AND ARE HOSTING WEDDINGS AND RETIREMENT PARTIES AND QUINCEANERAS. AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE WERE DEVELOPING IS IDENTIFYING DIFFERENT VENUES AND THEN WORKING WITH THEM. WE OUR ORDINANCE WENT ONLY SO FAR.

WE'RE ALLOWING THEM TO DO FOOD AND ETC. BUT THE NEXT STEP WAS TO ALLOW THEM TO DO SOME SOME SPIRITS LIKE ALCOHOL, ETC. SO THAT, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE THAT ARE VISITING THE GREATER COACHELLA VALLEY, PALM SPRINGS ACTUALLY HAVE ANOTHER UNIQUE EXPERIENCE. NOW, THERE'S ANOTHER COOL THING THAT'S HAPPENING. AND THERE'S A THERE'S A RANCHO AND AVENUE 44 THAT THEY HAVE A LIKE THEY DO A SCARAMUZZA OUT THERE AND THERE'S GALS THAT ARE RIDING HORSES AND THESE ARE LIKE TEN YEAR OLDS AND THEY'RE IN THEIR BEAUTIFUL GOWNS AND IT'S, IT'S AND I GUESS MY POINT ABOUT ALL THIS IS WHERE AM I HEADED WITH ALL THIS IS I'D LIKE YOUR HELP. MAYBE WORKING WITH WITH DOCTOR FIG FIGUEROA HERE AND HELPING TO MOVE THAT IDEA AND IDENTIFYING THESE RANCHOS LIKE WE JUST GOT RANCHO 51 IN OUR CITY. IF YOU LOOK AT, LIKE, WHAT MARK TADROS IS DOING OUT THERE IN. AND SO IT'S A IT'S A SPOTLIGHT ON, ON OUR FARMS. BUT IT'S A SPOTLIGHT THAT'S KIND OF CULINARY AND AND AND FOOD AND WINE AND EDUCATION. AND THEN THERE'S CULTURE. THERE'S CULTURE AND HISTORY. AND I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT AS A CITY, WE SHOULD EXPLORE ALONG WITH YOU GUYS. AND MAYBE, MAYBE THE STARTUP IS JUST OKAY, LIKE, WHERE CAN WE TAKE THIS AND HOW CAN WE LINK IT AND HOW CAN WE REALLY KIND OF ADD TO THE DESTINATION AND BRAND IN TERMS OF THESE UNIQUE ESCAPES? YEAH, AND WE'VE CERTAINLY MADE TOURISM A PRIORITY FOR US. AND WORKING WITH THE DIFFERENT SCENARIOS THAT YOU JUST TALKED ABOUT AS WELL. SO THAT'S DEFINITELY ON OUR RADAR AND TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO DO THAT. AND SEAN'S ALSO BEEN DOING IT FROM ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STANDPOINT, MEETING WITH THE FARMERS AND GETTING FEEDBACK AND TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT CAN WE DO TO SUPPORT THAT INDUSTRY, BOTH AS AN INDUSTRY BUT ALSO FROM A TOURISM PERSPECTIVE AS WELL. SO YEAH, WE'D LOVE TO WORK WITH ANYBODY FROM THE TEAM. THERE WAS ACTUALLY A GREAT OPPORTUNITY AND WE WERE GOING TO EXPLORE IT WHERE WE WERE PUTTING TOGETHER A JUST A COALITION OF GOVERNMENTS WHERE WE WERE GOING TO BUY MAYBE LIKE 20 ACRES. AND THERE WAS A BIG GRANT FROM THE STATE BECAUSE THE STATE IS ACTUALLY THROUGHOUT CALIFORNIA PRESERVING KEY AGRICULTURAL SITES. SO IN ONE PART OF THE STATE, IT COULD BE GRAPES AND VINES, AND ANOTHER IT COULD BE DATES AND ANOTHER CALIFORNIA. YOU KNOW WHAT, IN TERMS OF WHAT WE PRODUCE. BUT I THINK THAT OPPORTUNITY IS STILL THERE. AND WE WERE IDENTIFYING A COUPLE OF LOTS OUT HERE, AND I'D LIKE YOUR SUPPORT AND AT LEAST AT LEAST EXPLORE THE IDEA OF HOW WE CAN PUT TOGETHER. YOU KNOW, AND I THINK THE CANADIANS WILL LOVE IT TOO, YOU KNOW, AND IT'S JUST SOMETHING THAT WE CAN ALL EXPLORE OUT HERE. SO THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. IF THERE ARE NO OTHER QUESTIONS. COMMENTS I HAVE QUESTIONS REGARDING OUR SMALL BUSINESSES AND THE RESTAURANTS THAT WE HAVE HERE IN THE CITY OF COACHELLA. AND AS YOU GUYS ARE, YOU KNOW, ARE NOW OUR PARTNER. AND I'M SURE IT'S SIMILAR IN MANY OTHER CITIES WHERE YOU HAVE RESTAURANTS THAT ARE OWNED BY FAMILIES AND THEY'RE OPERATED AND RUN BY FAMILIES AND THEIR FAMILY MEMBERS. AND IT'S HAVING A RESTAURANT IS A VERY DIFFICULT. IT'S A VERY DIFFICULT, YOU KNOW, TYPE OF

[00:30:03]

[00:35:05]

THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. VERY GOOD. ALL RIGHT, WELL, LET'S GET TO OUR ENGINEERS. AND I KNOW THAT THEY'RE ALL HERE. THANK YOU GUYS FOR BEING HERE AGAIN. THANK YOU. OKAY, WELL, FIRST I JUST WANT TO THANK EVERYONE FOR BEING SO PATIENT. I'M SO PROUD TO SEE SO MANY AGE GROUPS HERE. FROM THE YOUNGEST OF CHILDREN TO OUR SENIOR CITIZENS AS WELL AS CIVIL ENGINEERS. EVERYTHING WE BUILD IS WE'RE VERY FAMILY ORIENTED WHEN IT COMES TO ENGINEERING.

WE BUILD PARKS, WE BUILD LIBRARIES, WE BUILD STREETS. EVERYTHING WE BUILD IS PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE. THAT'S WHERE EVERYONE OF ALL AGES FOR THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY. BUT WITH THAT, I, I ALSO WANT TO JUST THANK THAT OUR WHOLE ENGINEERING TEAM SHOWED UP. SO CASTULO ESTRADA AND AND LEONARD AND GABE MONTOYA AND ITZEL BARRASSO, CAN THEY ALL STAND, PLEASE, AND MAYBE GET UP FRONT WITH YOU? THAT WAY WE CAN SEE THEIR FACES. AND IN PARTICULAR, I ALSO WANTED TO GIVE SPECIAL NOTICE BECAUSE TWO OF OUR ENGINEERS, BRIANNA GREENWOOD AND EFRAIN RODRIGUEZ, THEY HAVE RECENTLY PASSED THEIR PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERS EXAMS AND THEY ARE BOTH NOW LICENSED PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERS. HERE'S HERE'S AN IMPORTANT FOLLOW UP QUESTION.

BILL, YOU HAD THAT BUDGETED RIGHT TO GET THE BUDGET INCREASES. NOW WE HAVE THREE ENGINEERS. NOW TWO MORE. YOU BETTER TAKE CARE OF THEM, BILL. YOU TAKE CARE OF OUR PEOPLE.

BILL. IT'S IMPORTANT. SO SPEAKING ABOUT STANDING UP, IF WE COULD GET BRIANNA AND EFREN TO STAND UP, WE DO HAVE A PROCLAMATION FOR THEM TO ACKNOWLEDGE THEIR ACCOMPLISHMENTS GETTING THERE. AND THEN WE'LL GET WE'LL READ THIS. YEAH, BILL. TAKE CARE OF THEM. SO THE. OH, WELL, YOU HAVE A COPY AND THEN THEY HAVE. WE'RE GONNA. I, I LET ME JUST SAY THAT THAT BRING YOUR KIDS. GET UP HERE. CAN YOU HEAR ME? JUST TURN AROUND. TURN AROUND AND LET ME JUST SAY HOW PROUD I AM OF EACH BOTH OF YOU. BECAUSE I'VE SEEN YOU THROUGHOUT THE YEARS, AND YOU'RE IN YOUR BOOTS. AND I'VE SEEN YOU ON THE GROUND. I'VE SEEN YOU IN LITTLE HOLES AND TRENCHES. I'VE SEEN YOU IN PARKS. I'VE SEEN YOU IN LIBRARIES. I'VE SEEN YOU UNDER BRIDGES. YOU GUYS ARE MAKING THINGS HAPPEN. AND. AND YOU'RE BOTH FAIRLY YOUNG WHEN YOU CAME TO THE CITY AND YOU'RE STILL BOTH FAIRLY YOUNG. AND SO IT MEANS THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE LONGEVITY. SO LONG AS BILL GIVES YOU A RAISE AND I'M I'M GOING TO I'M GOING TO ADVOCATE FOR THAT BECAUSE WE GOT TO TAKE CARE OF OUR PEOPLE. AND THIS IS A CITY OF COACHELLA PROCLAMATION IN HONOR OF NATIONAL ENGINEERS WEEK. AND IT SAYS WHEREAS NATIONAL ENGINEERS WEEK WAS FOUNDED IN 1951 BY THE NATIONAL SOCIETY OF PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERS TO RECOGNIZE THE VITAL ROLE ENGINEERS PLAY IN ADVANCING SOCIETY AND CREATING THE SYSTEMS AND TECHNOLOGY WE RELY ON EVERY DAY. THE 2026 ENGINEERING WEEK THEME,

[00:40:02]

CONGRATULATIONS AND CONGRATULATIONS TO YOUR SPOUSES AS WELL BECAUSE IT'S A TEAM EFFORT. SO YEAH. ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. ARE YOU ENJOYING DOING BUILDING STUFF. YEAH. NO. WELL I'M FROM MEXICALI, SO ALL MY BACKGROUND IS FROM MEXICALI. SO IT WAS QUITE A CHALLENGE. SO NINE YEARS AGO I DECIDED TO BECOME A CIVIL PE HERE IN CALIFORNIA.

AND I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO TAKE ALL THE EXAMS OR WHAT DO I NEED TO TO DO IT. SO IT WAS KIND OF QUITE A CHALLENGE. SO THANK YOU FOR ALL MY BOSSES AND ALL MY COWORKERS ALSO, BRIANNA. SO WE ARE EACH OTHER, I DON'T KNOW, SOMETHING. WE FELL INTO THE TEST. SO WE HAVE EACH OTHER JUST TO SAY WHAT ON WHAT WE FAILED. BUT NOW THAT WE'RE PE SO I'M HERE. COACHELLA.

COACHELLA GAVE ME EVERYTHING SO FAR, SO I HOPE TO BE HERE FOR MANY MORE YEARS. SO. SO I'D LIKE TO BE HERE. I'D LIKE TO BE WITH WITH LATINOS, WITH PEOPLE OF THE IS FROM HERE ALSO FROM MEXICALI OR FROM MEXICO. SO THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING. YEAH. SORRY. THIS IS MY WIFE. MY WIFE IS OVER THERE WITH MY OTHER SON, ADAM. DULCE. SO SHE SHE HELPED ME WITH EVERYTHING TO PASS AN EXAM. MY MOM IS OVER THERE ALSO. THEY CAME FROM MEXICALI WITH MY SISTER. SO. OKAY. THANK YOU.

GOOD. TONIGHT. YEAH, I KNOW RIGHT? THANK YOU GUYS. THANK YOU TO MY FAMILY AND MY HUSBAND.

YEAH, WE DID IT TOGETHER. I TOOK THE TEST, BUT THEY THEY WERE MY SUPPORT SYSTEM. AND CITY. COACHELLA IS ALWAYS SUPPORTED AND BELIEVED IN ME ALSO. AND SO THANK YOU. AND I HOPE TO CONTINUE TO BUILD ALL THESE GREAT PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE COMING UP. I CAN'T CHOOSE

[00:45:02]

AND THEY WERE REALLY SMALL. NO, NO NOT SOMETHING THAT I, WE ARE. WELL, AT LEAST I'M VERY PROUD.

IS THAT ALL THE STORM DRAIN SYSTEM WORKS OVER THERE ACTUALLY. YEAH, I WAS I WAS MEANT TO I DON'T KNOW HOW THAT WORKED, BUT YEAH, IT WORKED. SO. ARIANA, I THINK A PERSONAL ONE FOR ME ARE THE NEW RESTROOMS AND LIGHTS AT DUMA PARK FOR OUR SOCCER FIELDS. YEAH. SO. YEAH, BUT MANY MORE TO. HOW DID YOU START IN THE CITY? YOU WERE AN INTERN? I WAS AN INTERN FOR CVS.

AND THEN I GOT HIRED HERE PRETTY FRESH. SO YEAH, A LITTLE MAD THAT THEY MOVED YOU TO APARTMENTS. YEAH. WHAT DID YOU DO? THANK YOU. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. YEAH. IF WE COULD GET YOUR FAMILIES UP HERE, THAT'D BE AWESOME. TO GET THE GET A FAMILY PHOTO. OH, LOOK AT YOUR FAMILY. YOU DIDN'T. WHAT ARE YOUR KIDS NAMES? I'M MARK, ADAM, ADAM AND AMBER. YEAH. YEAH, WHATEVER. GOOD, BABY. READY? READY. OH, OKAY. READY.

ONE, TWO AND THREE. OH. I'M SORRY. FELICIDADES. THERE YOU GO. THERE YOU GO. OH! OOPS. I FORGOT YOUR GRANDPA GOES TO THE SENIOR CENTER. THAT'S RIGHT. YEAH. EVERY DAY. ALL RIGHT, EVERYBODY READY? ONE, TWO AND THREE. IS EVERYBODY IN THE PICTURE THAT NEEDS TO BE IN THE PICTURE? I FEEL LIKE WE'RE MISSING SOMEBODY. ANDREA. ANDREW. YEAH. ANDREW. OKAY.

OKAY. OKAY. READY? ONE. TWO. THREE. HOLD IT PLEASE. ONE TWO THREE. SEE I HEAR SOMEBODY.

YEAH. FELICIDADES. THANK YOU GUYS. OH, NO. THERE'S SOMEBODY OUT THERE THAT IS PART OF SOMEBODY'S. AUDIO ENGINEERS I THINK IS THE NIECE. YEAH. THANK YOU. OKAY.

ALL RIGHT. THE COUNCIL. COMES BACK. GIVE HIM A LITTLE BIT OF TIME. IS IS THERE

[Written Communications]

[Consent Calendar]

[New Business Calendar (Legislative and Administrative)]

[00:50:03]

THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU. COUNCIL. OKAY. SO. THIS IS A PRESENTATION ABOUT JUST OUR FLEET MANAGEMENT, JUST TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON WHAT WE ARE DOING WITH OUR CONTINUED ENTERPRISE FLEET PROJECT. SO TO MAINTAIN A HIGH EFFICIENCY FLEET, WE SIGNED THIS AGREEMENT WITH ENTERPRISE APPROXIMATELY FIVE YEARS AGO. AND BY HAVING ALL BY FOCUSING ON HAVING NEWER VEHICLES AND HAVING LEASED VEHICLES, IT IMPROVES OUR EFFICIENCY. IT IMPROVES OUR FUEL EFFICIENCY, IT IMPROVES OUR WORK EFFICIENCY. WE DON'T HAVE BREAKDOWN VEHICLES, OUR LEASE WITH ENTERPRISE, IT ALSO INCLUDES MAINTENANCE. SO THAT HAS GREATLY REDUCED THOSE COSTS.

AND AS FAR AS WHAT WE WANT TO DO THIS YEAR, WE HAVE ACTUALLY FINISHED THE FIRST FIVE YEAR CYCLE WHERE WE HAVE TRADED OUT ALMOST ALL OF OUR EXISTING VEHICLES THAT WERE OWNED, AND NOW WE'RE AT THE SECOND PHASE OF THE LEASE, WHERE WE'RE NOW STARTING TO TRADE IN SOME OF OUR EXISTING LEASED VEHICLES AND TRADE THEM IN FOR NEWER MODELS BY TRADING THEM IN AT THE ABOUT 5 TO 6 YEAR PERIOD, YOU GET THE MAXIMUM BUYBACK VALUE ON THE USED VEHICLES WHEN YOU SELL THEM BACK. SO THAT IS KIND OF PROVEN TO BE THE MOST EFFICIENT RELATIVE TO TOTAL EFFICIENCY WHEN WE DO OUR TRADES. SO LOOKING AT THIS YEAR WE HAVE TWO 2015 FORD F250.

THESE ARE TWO VEHICLES THAT WE STILL CURRENTLY OWN. AND WE WOULD LIKE TO TRADE THOSE IN FOR A LEASED VEHICLES. WE HAVE ONE 2018 FORD F-150. THAT'S ACTUALLY THE LAST OF THE TRUCKS WE HAVE THAT IS STILL OWNED, AND IS NOT LEAST THAT ONE'S ACTUALLY BEING RUN BY GABRIEL MONTOYA. HE'S SINCE HE'S OUR NEWEST EMPLOYEE, HE'S THE ONE WHO GETS STUCK WITH THE OLDEST VEHICLE, HAS BEEN BREAKING DOWN REGULARLY, KEEPS STALLING OUT ON THEM. SO IT'S IMPORTANT TO GET THESE OLD VEHICLES SWITCHED OUT FOR NEW VEHICLES. ONE THING WE ARE ALSO GOING TO DO IS WE'RE GOING TO TRADE SOME OF THE EXISTING F-150S FOR MAVERICKS. SO YOU CAN SEE ON HERE THAT THE OLDER 2018 F-150, WE'RE HOPING TO TRADE FOR A MAVERICK. AND I HAVE A SLIDE COMING UP IN A MINUTE THAT'LL EXPLAIN WHAT THAT IS. SMALLER, RIGHT? YEAH, SMALLER IN SIZE.

AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE EIGHT OTHER F-150S THAT ARE ALL NOW AT THE SIX YEAR TRADING TIME FRAME, AND WE'RE GOING TO TRADE THOSE IN FOR ONLY SEVEN NEW F-150S. SO WE ARE REDUCING OUR FLEET BY ONE VEHICLE. WE HAVE BEEN DOING AN INVENTORY OF WHAT WE NEED ON VEHICLES. SINCE WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT LESS STAFF, WE CAN REDUCE OUR FLEET BY ONE VEHICLE AS WELL. SO LOOKING AT THE COST ON THESE, THE THREE TOP VEHICLES THAT THE TWO 50S AND THE 2018, THOSE CURRENTLY HAVE A NO LEASE VALUE BECAUSE THEY ARE OWNED AND WE HAVE THE PRICES ON WHAT THOSE WILL COST TO LEASE. AND YOU CAN SEE WITH THE FORD F-150S BY TRADING THOSE INTO THE MAVERICKS, THE LEASE PAYMENT ONLY GOES UP A VERY SMALL AMOUNT. THE MAVERICKS ARE A LESS EXPENSIVE VEHICLE AND THEY GET SIGNIFICANTLY BETTER FUEL EFFICIENCY. SO WE'RE ACTUALLY REDUCING TOTAL FLEET COSTS BY SWITCHING TO THE SMALLER, MORE EFFICIENT VEHICLES. FOR ALL OF THE 2020 ONES, YOU CAN SEE A LOT OF THE. LEASE PAYMENTS ARE GOING FROM ABOUT. I CAN'T READ THAT ON THAT SCREEN UP THERE. THEY'RE GOING FROM ABOUT $500 TO $800. BUT I DO WANT TO POINT OUT THAT IT'S NOT REALLY COMPARING APPLES TO APPLES ON SOME OF THE ON THE OLDER LEASE VEHICLES. WHAT WE HAVE BEEN DOING IS WE'VE BEEN GETTING THEM ON OUTFITTED. SO THEY'VE BEEN COMING. AND THEN ONCE WE GET THEM, WE HAVE TO SPEND ABOUT ANOTHER 7 TO $8000 TO GET THEM FULLY OUTFITTED WITH THE TOW PACKAGE AND THE LIGHT PACKAGE AND THE RADIO PACKAGE.

WE'VE ACTUALLY WORKED OUT WITH ENTERPRISE WHERE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THEM DELIVER TO US WITH THAT PACKAGE FULLY INSTALLED, BECAUSE THEY CAN ACTUALLY INSTALL IT FOR THE SAME PRICE THAT WE WERE DOING ANYWAY. AND ONE THING THAT HAS CAUSED A LITTLE BIT OF LOSS IN EFFICIENCY IS WHEN WE'VE GOTTEN THOSE VEHICLES DELIVERED TO US, WE HAVE TO START PAYING THOSE LEASE PAYMENTS IMMEDIATELY. BUT IT TAKES US 4 TO 5 MONTHS TO ACTUALLY. TO GET THEM OUTFITTED.

SO WE'RE PAYING A LEASE PAYMENT FOR FOUR MONTHS WITHOUT GETTING THE USE OF THE VEHICLE. SO WE'VE ACTUALLY WORKED IT OUT WITH ENTERPRISE, WHERE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THEM DELIVERED

[00:55:04]

RELATIVE TO THE VEHICLES. I HAD COMMENTED THAT FOR ENGINEERING STAFF AND FOR OFFICE STAFF, SO WE'RE LOOKING AT JUST THE JUST THE ENGINEERING STAFF AND THE BUILDING AND SAFETY STAFF, PEOPLE WHO DON'T HAVE TO DO A LOT OF HEAVY LIFTING AND HEAVY EQUIPMENT. WE WANT TO MOVE THEM TO THE MAVERICK VEHICLES. YOU'VE PROBABLY SEEN THESE VEHICLES. A LOT OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT ACTUALLY DRIVES THESE VEHICLES. ALL THE FIRE MARSHALS ALSO DRIVE THESE. YOU CAN SEE THEY'RE ABOUT $20,000 LESS EXPENSIVE. SO WE ARE KEEPING OUR LEASE PAYMENTS DOWN AND HELPING LOWER OUR FLEET PAYMENTS BY MAKING SURE WE'RE GETTING THE LESS EXPENSIVE VEHICLES. AND THEN THE BIG THING IS THE FUEL EFFICIENCY. BY GOING TO THE HYBRID FORD MAVERICKS, THEY STILL HAVE THE CAPACITY. WE CAN MOVE LIGHTS, WE CAN USE THEM FOR WORK WHEN NEEDED. BUT THEY'RE GETTING SOMETIMES UPWARDS IN EXCESS OF 40, WHEREAS THE F-150S ARE GETTING 20 OR LESS THAN 20 MPG. SO WE'RE MORE THAN DOUBLING OUR FUEL EFFICIENCY BY SWITCHING TO THOSE VEHICLES. AS FAR AS THE FISCAL IMPACT, THERE'S NO FISCAL IMPACT FOR THIS. THE COST OF OWNERSHIP AND MAINTENANCE OF THE FLEET VEHICLES, IT'S INCLUDED IN BUDGETS THROUGHOUT ALL THE DEPARTMENTS. SO THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS THAT CITY COUNCIL AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO APPROVE THE LEASE. QUOTES FROM ENTERPRISE FLEET MANAGEMENT FOR THE FOLLOWING UNITS. THE TWO 2026 FORD F-250. THE FOUR 2026 FORD MAVERICK XL HYBRIDS, AND THE SEVEN 2026 FORD F-150S. SO JUST I SEE THE HERNANDEZ FAMILY HERE AT OUR SENIOR CENTER. AND I GOT A QUESTION. ARE WE ABLE TO LEASE A BUS? ENTERPRISE WAS NOT ABLE TO LEASE A BUS. SO WE DID DO THAT RESEARCH AS REQUESTED. THEY ARE ABLE TO WE'RE ABLE TO PURCHASE A BUS THROUGH THE ENTERPRISE SYSTEM, BUT THEY WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO DO A MONTHLY LEASE PROGRAM. SO WE WOULD HAVE TO PURCHASE OUTRIGHT. YES. AND WE WE WE DID GET THOSE ESTIMATES. I DON'T KNOW IF THOSE WERE PRESENTED PUBLICLY, BUT OKAY. AND THEN WHAT IS THE STATUS OF OUR CURRENT BUSSES? OUR CURRENT BUSSES. WE HAVE THE TWO NEWER BUSSES THAT WE GOT FROM SUNLINE. ONE OF THOSE IS OPERATIONAL. IT'S BEEN USED EVERY DAY. AND THE OLDER BUS THAT WE'VE HAD THAT THAT HAS THE 22 SEATS, WE'VE ACTUALLY GOTTEN THAT OPERATIONAL AS OF THIS WEEK AS WELL. WE WERE ACTUALLY ABLE TO TAKE SOME PARTS OFF OF ONE OF THE SUNLINE BUS AND PUT IT ONTO THE OLDER BUS. SO THAT BUS HAS BEEN FULLY CLEANED, FULLY RETROFITTED. SO IN THE EVENT THAT WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO HAVE MORE THAN 12 PASSENGERS, THE OLDER SENIOR BUS IS ACTUALLY READY TO GO. AS OF AS OF MONDAY OF NEXT WEEK. WE'LL HAVE THAT FULLY READY TO GO AND WE CAN START USING THAT VEHICLE INSTEAD. SO WHEN'S THE 22 SEATER AND THE OTHER ONE'S A 12 SEATER. YEAH. THE EXISTING SUNLINE BUSSES. THEY ONLY CAME WITH 12 SEATS. WE CAN EASILY UPGRADE THOSE TO BE 16 SEATS. THERE IS A HANDICAP AREA IN THE BACK WHERE TYPICALLY YOU'D HAVE TWO SEATS THAT CAN FOLD UP OUT OF THE WAY. IF YOU HAVE A HANDICAPPED ACCESSIBLE PERSON THAT'S SITTING THERE, SHOULD WE GO BACK TO OUR 22 SEATER? YEAH, BUT THE 22 SEATER WOULD BE MORE EFFECTIVE. I HAVE TALKED TO OUR DRIVER, ALBERT, ABOUT HOW MANY TRIPS HE'S TAKING A DAY. ONE OF THE ISSUES I KNOW THAT WE'VE HAD WITH THE NEW BUSSES, BECAUSE THEY ARE ONLY THE 12 SEATS, IS IT'S REQUIRING HIM TO MAKE TWO TRIPS A DAY WHEN HE DOES ALL THE DROP OFFS. WE TYPICALLY HAVE ABOUT 18 TO 20 PEOPLE WHO ACTUALLY RIDE THE BUS PER DAY, SO THEY USED TO FIT ALL ON THE BUS IN ONE TRIP, BUT NOW HE'S HAVING TO MAKE A TRIP WITH 12 PEOPLE, AND ABOUT 6 TO 8 PEOPLE END UP HAVING TO SIT AND WAIT FOR HIM TO COME BACK AND PICK THEM BACK UP FOR A SECOND TRIP. SO I KNOW THAT'S CAUSED SOME CONSTERNATION WITH THE PEOPLE THERE, BUT IF BUT NOW THAT WE DO HAVE THE OLD BUS FULLY OPERATIONAL, WE CAN PUT THAT BACK INTO USE AS WELL. AND WE WOULD STILL HAVE THE 12 PERSON BUS AS A BACKUP, BECAUSE IF THERE ARE ANY MAINTENANCE ISSUES, WE IF IT GOES DOWN FOR A DAY OR TWO, WE STILL HAVE THOSE TWO BUSSES IN ORDER TO PROVIDE SERVICE. I THINK THAT'S GREAT THAT WE GOT THE THE OLD ONE BACK AND IT'S FUNCTIONAL, AND LET'S GET THAT ONE UP. AND I'D LIKE TO JUST KIND OF PUT A POINT FOR THE BUDGET THAT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT MAYBE MID-YEAR OR WE BUILD LET'S GET THE BUDGET TO BUY A NEW BUS.

BECAUSE RIGHT NOW IT FEELS LIKE WE'RE WE'RE HAVE A TEMPORARY FIX, BOTH WITH THE SUNLINE DEALS BECAUSE ONE'S ALREADY BROKE DOWN OR ONE'S NOT OPERATIONAL BECAUSE WE GOT TWO AND ONLY ONE IS OPERATIONAL. RIGHT. YEAH, WELL, THEY'RE BOTH OPERATIONAL, BUT WE TOOK SOME PARTS OFF OF ONE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE COULD GET THE 24 SEATER OPERATIONAL. AND SO WE'RE WE'RE

[01:00:05]

BECAUSE I KNOW WE'RE ON THE FLEET. WHY DON'T WE JUST BRING IT BACK AND WE CAN DISCUSS IT? I KNOW, BUT IT'S ALSO IT'S RELEVANT. NO, NO, I'M SAYING, BUT I KNOW THAT THERE'S ALSO HALF $1 MILLION THAT GOES TO SENIORS TRANSPORTATION. AND IT'S IT'S IMPORTANT TO INCLUDE THAT IN THIS CONVERSATION BECAUSE IT'S CRITICAL THAT PERHAPS YOU CAN USE THAT HALF $1 MILLION IF WE DON'T HAVE ANYWHERE ELSE TO USE THAT MONEY, THAT WE CAN USE IT TOWARDS THAT GRANT. THAT'S WHAT THAT GRANT. YEAH. SO THERE IS A LINE ITEM. THERE'S AN SCG GRANT. WHAT WAS THAT MONEY FOR. THAT WAS FOR SENIOR TRANSPORTATION. WHAT WERE WE GOING TO USE IT PREVIOUSLY WE WERE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT WE WERE GOING TO DO WITH IT, BUT IT WAS SPECIFICALLY TO BE USED FOR THE SENIORS. WE DID NOT AT THE TIME WHEN I WASN'T HERE, BUT WHEN THE GRANT WAS ORIGINALLY PUT OUT, WE DIDN'T NEED A BUS. AND WELL, OR MAYBE WE DID. I HEARD BACK IN 22 CONSTERNATION THAT WE HAD A LINE ITEM FOR IT ALREADY. LIKE I JUST I DON'T THINK IT'S AS EASY AS BECAUSE WE HAVE TO KICK IT OVER TO STC AND THEY HAVE TO APPROVE IT.

AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT THE CHALLENGES HAVE BEEN, IS THAT I THINK, YOU KNOW, OUR TEAM HERE HAS CREATED A LOT OF IDEAS AND SHOT IT UP. BUT THEN, YOU KNOW, YOU GUYS KIND OF KICK IT UP TO STC. WHAT DO WE HAVE. WE HAVE TALKED TO THEM ABOUT THE POTENTIAL FOR USING THAT. SO THE THE GRANT WAS FOR TRANSPORTATION AND MOBILITY. AND WE HAVE DISCUSSED WITH THEM IF THAT COULD BE USED FOR A BUS AND AND THEY HAVE THEY HAVE APPROVED THAT THAT IS AN ITEM THAT CAN BE USED FOR. SO. COUNCIL MEMBER DELGADO HAD SUGGESTED THAT WE BRING THIS ITEM BACK. I WAS GOING TO MAKE THAT SAME SUGGESTION. SO I APPRECIATE THAT. SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE FOR BUSSES NOW, I THINK WE'D PROBABLY SURPLUS ALL THE ONES. BUT YES, THAT'S GREAT, BUT I AM HAPPY TO WORK WITH SELENA AND OUR FINANCE DIRECTOR, AND WE CAN GET SOME OPTIONS SO WE CAN LOOK AT WHAT THE PRICE IS. A LARGE BUS IS, AND WE CAN BRING THAT BACK TO CITY COUNCIL AS AN ITEM, WHERE WE CAN SHOW YOU WHAT ALL THOSE OPTIONS ARE. ALL RIGHT. WELL, IT SOUNDS LIKE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE ANOTHER ITEM. I WAS JUST BRINGING IT UP BECAUSE IT'S PART OF THE THE FLEET. I MEAN, WE'RE WE'RE PURCHASING, WE'RE LEASING, WE'RE TRADING. AND SO, YOU KNOW, TO ME, THIS IS A RELEVANT CONVERSATION WITHIN THE SUBJECT MATTER OF, OF HOW WE PURCHASE VEHICLES. AND SO IT SOUNDS LIKE WE WERE ABLE TO GET A NEW BUS APPROVED THROUGH OUR GRANT.

YEAH, THAT'S A RECENT YEAH, THAT'S A RECENT THING THEY'VE GIVEN US. WELL, I THINK WE GOT IT. YOU'RE GOING TO PRESENT ON IT SOON, RIGHT. IT'S ALL IT IS IS IT'S A LINE ITEM IN TCC. SO WE HAD SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE IN THE LINE ITEM IN THE AMOUNT OF $500,000 AND THEN 31,000 FOR PROGRAMMATIC SO THAT WE COULD GIVE PEOPLE BUS VOUCHERS, PAY FOR THE BUS DRIVER, THAT KIND OF THING. AND SO, SO SGC, WE JUST HAD A CONVERSATION WITH THEM, AND ALL THEY NEED FROM US IS TO OBTAIN LIKE THE QUOTES AND KIND OF PRESENT A OPERATIONAL PLAN. AND FOR THE NEXT, YOU KNOW, I GUESS FIVE YEARS OR SIX YEARS, BECAUSE THEY EXTENDED OUR GRANT AGREEMENT SINCE THEY WERE GIVING US ADDITIONAL BUDGET. SO STAFF IS GOING TO COME BACK AND PRESENT THAT TO THEM AND THE COUNCIL AND BUT IT IS IT IS THE MONEY IS THERE. WELL, GREAT. WE WENT, WE WENT A LONG WE WENT AROUND THE BUS. WE WERE LIKE LIKE A LOT OF WHEELS ON THE BUS. BUT WE'RE HERE. COOL. WE'LL SEE THE ITEM SOON. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. WITH THAT, I'LL MOVE APPROVAL OF ITEM NUMBER 12. IS THERE A SECOND BEFORE THE. YES, SIR. SO THE MAVERICKS WILL BE FOR LIKE A STAFF. AND SO YOU'LL WILL YOU ALSO SEE A FUEL DECREASING COSTS IN THAT AS WELL. WHEN YOU, WHEN YOU PLAN OTHER THAN THE LEASE YOU'RE ALSO GOING TO SEE LIKE A FUEL DECREASE IN YOUR COST AND FIELD AND ON THE FLEET. YEAH. SO ANY

[01:05:04]

FOR THE RECORD, THERE'S NO PUBLIC COMMENT. THANK YOU. OKAY. COUNCIL MEMBER PEREZ. YES.

COUNCIL MEMBER. DELGADO. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. AYE. MAYOR. PRO TEM FIGUEROA. AYE. MAYOR HERNANDEZ, I MOVE FORWARD ON ITEM NUMBER. ITEM NUMBER 13. THIS IS A CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT WITH ADVANCE CORPORATION FOR BEL CANTO. CANTO? I KNOW WE'RE TALKING. GOT IT. NO CONFLICT.

OKAY, SO THIS IS THE PROJECT WE HAD PROMISED LAST YEAR THAT WE WOULD MOVE FORWARD WITH. SO THIS IS OUR OUR FIRST PROJECT FOR THE PAVING FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR. SO FOR PROJECT CD 132, WE WOULD LIKE TO PAVE BEL CANTO. MY BROTHER LIVED. SO YOU CAN SEE THIS NEIGHBORHOOD ACTUALLY HAS SOME OF THE LOWEST OVERALL RATED STREETS RELATIVE TO THE CRACKING THAT IS OUT THERE. AND WE DISCUSSED THIS LAST YEAR, AND WE HAD PUT THIS PROJECT OFF BECAUSE WE HAD BEEN UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT WE WOULD PROBABLY HAVE TO TAKE OUT ALL THE ASPHALT ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE SOIL. SO OUR ESTIMATES ARE RELATIVELY HIGH. A LOT OF THESE OLDER NEIGHBORHOODS, THE PAVEMENT IS ONLY THREE INCHES THICK. SO WHEN YOU HAVE CRACKS, IT'S BAD AND YOU ONLY HAVE THREE INCHES OF ASPHALT. YOU END UP HAVING TO DO A FULL REMOVAL ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE BASE. BUT WHEN WE WERE EVALUATING THIS AND FINISHING UP OUR ENGINEERING DESIGN AND OUR GEOTECHNICAL, YOU CAN SEE THAT ACTUALLY THIS NEIGHBORHOOD, A LOT OF THE ASPHALT WAS FIVE INCHES THICK, 4.5IN THICK. SO WE'RE ACTUALLY ABLE TO DO THIS NEIGHBORHOOD AS A MILL AND OVERLAY RATHER THAN A FULL REPLACEMENT, WHICH DOES SAVE A LOT OF MONEY ON THE TOTAL PROJECT. AND IT'S MUCH MORE CONVENIENT TO THE RESIDENTS BECAUSE YOU CAN GET IT DONE A LOT FASTER. WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? MILL A MILL AND MOVE DOWN AN INCH. IT'S USUALLY TWO INCHES, AN INCH AND A HALF TO TWO INCHES. SO YOU GO DOWN TWO INCHES. WE'LL SEE LEONARD OUT THERE. LEONARD, YOU'LL BE OUT THERE. YES. SO WE'LL WE'LL TAKE IT DOWN BETWEEN AN INCH AND A HALF TO TWO INCHES. YOU CRACK FILL EVERYTHING AND THEN YOU PUT THE NEW SURFACE ON. SO BECAUSE WE DO AND THEN WE DO HAVE A LINE ITEM FOR IF THERE ARE ANY AREAS THAT ARE A LITTLE THIN, WE DO HAVE SOME VALUE TO REPLACE ANY AREAS THAT ARE THIN IF WE DO HAVE TO GO THE FULL DEPTH. SO I HAVE A, I HAVE A I'M HAVING A DEJA VU OF OF A MEETING OUT THERE, OKAY. WHERE THERE WAS A STRONG CONTINGENT OF, OF NEIGHBORS THAT WANTED TO MAKE THIS A PRIVATE COMMUNITY BECAUSE THERE'S TWO IF YOU GO BACK TO THE OTHER MAP, THERE'S TWO ENTRANCES, AND THEY'VE BEEN COMPLAINING THAT THERE'S A LOT OF TRAFFIC AND ALL THIS OTHER STUFF AND OR PEOPLE THAT JUST GO IN THERE AND THEY LIKE TO USE THE FRONT OF THE BASIN, AND IT'S REALLY NICE. THE FRONT OF THE BASIN IS REALLY NICE. ANYHOW, ONE OF THE POINTS THAT WE MADE AT THE AND WE SAID, HEY, IF THE NEIGHBORS GATHER UP ALL THE SIGNATURES AND AGREE FOR THE SMALL ASSESSMENT TO OPERATE THE FENCE. THAT STILL MAY NOT WORK BECAUSE THE CONDITION OF THE ROADS AND HAVING TO REPAVE IT, ETC. I GUESS MY POINT IS, SINCE WE'RE DOING THIS, WHICH IS GREAT, WOULD IT NOT BE A BAD IDEA TO SURVEY THAT COMMUNITY AND SAY, HEY, WE'RE GOING TO PAVE THIS, BUT IS THERE INTEREST IN CREATING THIS AS A PRIVATE COMMUNITY? AND CAN WE DO IT, YOU KNOW, WITH RESPECT TO KIND OF THE LIGHTING AND LANDSCAPE DISTRICT REQUIREMENTS OR HOW COULD WE PROCEDURALLY DO IT IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THAT COMMUNITY WOULD DO? AND I'M BRINGING IT UP BECAUSE, I MEAN, I KNOW BOTH COUNCIL MEMBER DELGADO'S BEEN OUT THERE, AND YOU'VE HEARD IT TOO, THAT THEY WERE SAYING, HEY, WE WANT TO MAKE THIS PRIVATE, BUT IT'S IT MIGHT BE KIND OF A GOOD TIME TO SERVE, TO SURVEY, PARTICULARLY BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO REPAVE THE WHOLE THING.

I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S SOMETHING I WOULD QUALIFY TO COMMENT ON RELATIVE TO. IN OTHER WORDS, MODIFYING LANDS AND AND CHANGING SOMETHING TO AN HOA COMMUNITY. BUT THERE ARE CERTAINLY A LEGAL PROCESS TO DO IT IF THERE'S INTEREST BEHIND THAT. AND DOES IT MAKE SENSE FOR US AT THIS TIME TO KIND OF JUST ASK, SURVEY THE COMMUNITY, SAY IF YOU'RE INTERESTED, I THINK THIS IS THE RIGHT TIME. YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A LONGER SHELF LIFE WITH THE STREET, YOU KNOW, AND THEN KIND OF GET THIS OFF OF OUR BOOKS AND DO A SMALL ASSESSMENT AND THEN DO ADD TWO GATES. AND THAT'S A PRIVATE COMMUNITY AT THAT POINT. WHAT DID THEY THEN BECOME? IS THERE

[01:10:04]

NO, DEFINITELY. YEAH. RIGHT. YEAH. USUALLY COMMUNITIES ABOUT THAT SIZE ARE IN THE 200 RANGE, BUT I DON'T KNOW THE EXACT NUMBER OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD. YEAH, I'M ONLY I'M, I'M THINKING ABOUT IT BECAUSE I LISTEN IF, IF THAT COMMUNITY IS ASKING AND IT'S A MAJORITY TO MOVE FORWARD THEN OBVIOUSLY I'M, YOU KNOW I'M I WANT TO HEAR IT AND SUPPORT BUT I, I DON'T FEEL COMFORTABLE LEADING THAT CHARGE WITH WE'RE ALSO THEN HEY THIS IS WE'RE REPAVING. WELL, I ALREADY MADE THAT CONVERSATION. WE'RE REPAVING THE STREETS. BUT THEN ALSO IS CONSIDERED BEING AN HOA SO THAT HERE ON IN YOU'RE MAINTAINING IT ON YOUR OWN. AND WE DON'T BASICALLY

[01:15:03]

I THINK IT WOULD MAKE SENSE IF I ATTENDED A MEETING AND A LOT OF MY. I WOULD HEAR FROM MY NEIGHBORS AND I'D BE LIKE, OH, THIS IS WHERE IT CAME FROM. YOU KNOW, OUR NEIGHBORS ARE INTERESTED IN THAT. AND THEN IF THEY FALL, IF THE CITY STAFF FOLLOWED UP. BUT THIS IS KIND OF DOING IT THE OPPOSITE. IT'S US DOING THE OUTREACH. AND I KNOW THEY ALREADY HAD THE MEETING. THEY THEY BROUGHT THIS UP. BUT THIS WAS HOW LONG AGO? ABOUT A YEAR. ABOUT TWO YEARS.

ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF AGO. WELL, DID WE FOLLOW UP WITH THEM? PROBABLY NOT. SO NO, I

[01:20:03]

BECAUSE THEY WOULD HAVE THEIR OWN VOTE. AND I AND I AGREE, I GET I GET WHERE EVERYBODY'S AT THAT IT'S LIKE, HEY, LET THIS COME FROM THEM, I GET IT. MY POINT IS, IS THAT A YEAR AND A HALF AGO, WHEN WE DID MEET ON THAT LMD, THERE WAS A LOT OF MEMBERS OF THAT COMMUNITY THAT SAID, WHY COULDN'T WE MAKE THIS A, A, A GATED COMMUNITY? AND THERE WAS INTEREST FROM THE NEIGHBORS. AND THE RESPONSE AT THAT TIME WAS, IS THAT, YOU KNOW, THE THE UPFRONT COST WOULD BE SUBSTANTIAL IN ORDER TO GET IT TO PAR. AND, AND IT JUST WOULDN'T BE WORTH IT. IT WOULD BE TOO EXPENSIVE AS, AS A WHOLE. IN TERMS OF THE NEW ASSESSMENT, MY POINT HERE IS SIMPLY JUST THAT NOW THAT WE'RE TAKING CARE OF THIS, IS IT WORTH IT? AND MAYBE IT'S NOT. I MEAN, IT'S OKAY, BUT I'M ASKING THE QUESTION BECAUSE THAT WAS THE FEEDBACK LOOP THAT WE GOT FROM OUR RESIDENTS AT THE TIME, THAT THERE WAS INTEREST TO DO THEIR OWN LITTLE HOA. AND SO DO YOU WANT TO SHARE ANYTHING OR DID YOU WANT THE RESIDENTS ARE AWARE IF YOU CAN GO TO THE MIC AS FAR AS THE SCHEDULING OF THE PROJECT. YEAH, THE RESIDENTS ARE WHERE YOU SPEAK INTO THE MIC, PLEASE DOING IT. I GOT A PHONE CALL TODAY. I GOT HIT UP THE LEONARD, CAN YOU PLEASE SPEAK INTO THE MIC FOR THE THOSE WATCHING. THANK YOU. OKAY. SORRY. THE RESIDENTS ARE AWARE I DID GET A CALL FROM RESIDENT TODAY. I'VE GOTTEN HIT UP ONCE OR TWICE DRIVING THROUGH THE NEIGHBORHOOD. THEY ARE AWARE OF IT. I DID TELL THEM THAT IT WAS POSSIBLY BEING AWARDED TONIGHT AND THEY HAVE BEEN ASKING FOR IT. I HAVE THOUGHTS ON THIS. I DON'T KNOW THERE WOULD BE MORE ENTAILED TO BRING GATES AND STUFF. YOU'D HAVE TO PROVIDE POWER. WE'D HAVE TO CUT INTO THE STREET. THERE'D BE OTHER STUFF YOU'D HAVE TO CONSIDER TO DO. I DON'T KNOW IF WE COULD JUST DO THIS AND THEN ASK THEM, ARE YOU STILL INTERESTED? BECAUSE IT'S ALL SET UP AND THEY'RE ALL KIND OF WAITING FOR IT. SO YEAH. NO, I LOOK MY POINT AGAIN. I DIDN'T SAY TO STOP THIS. I SAID, THIS IS THE RIGHT TIME TO ENGAGE THEM, BUT LET'S GET IT DONE, I GET IT. I JUST THREW OUT THE IDEA IT NEEDS TO COME ORGANICALLY. I'LL MOTION TO APPROVE THIS PROJECT.

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

I'LL JUST NOTE FOR THE RECORD THAT WE HAVE NO PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM. THANK YOU.

COUNCIL MEMBER. PEREZ. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. DELGADO. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. MAYOR. PRO TEM FIGUEROA. HI. MAYOR HERNANDEZ, I MOVE ON TO ITEM 14. I AM GOING TO RECUSE MYSELF AS I CURRENTLY HAVE A FAMILY MEMBER THAT WORKS FOR THAT COMPANY ON THE PREVIOUS ITEM. BEFORE WE MOVE ON TO 14, YOU WOULD ASK A QUESTION IF THERE WAS A MAJORITY RELATIVE TO THE REACH OUT, DO WE WANT TO MAYBE BRING THAT AS ANOTHER ITEM, OR DID WE WANT TO ASK IF THERE WAS A MAJORITY TO DO ANYTHING WE DIDN'T HAVE? I DIDN'T SEE THE THERE WASN'T A MAJORITY. OKAY.

THANK YOU. IT WAS THE WE VOTED NO TO SURVEY. OKAY. OR WOULD YOU EVEN ENTERTAIN IT? BETTER YET, ITEM NUMBER 14, THIS IS TO AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE AN AMENDMENT NUMBER TWO, TO THE PROFESSIONAL SERVICE AGREEMENT WITH CITY CITY GUARD FOR SECURITY GUARD SERVICES.

PROJECT NUMBER IN THE AMOUNT OF 360 K, I'LL MOVE APPROVAL FOR A SECOND. I'LL SECOND. BUT I DO HAVE A QUESTION. JUST SO THE THOSE ARE THE LMDS THAT ACTUALLY GET A CITY GUARD. SO I COULD OF THOSE I HAVEN'T, I HAVEN'T SEEN ONE BEFORE, I'VE SEEN THE SECURITY GUARDS AROUND BEFORE. SO I SEE THEM AT THE PARKS. SO THEIR, THEIR JOB IS JUST TO MAKE SURE THERE'S NO LIKE THEFT. OR IS IT MORE LIKE THE ONES THAT ARE DOING THE PATROL. LIKE HOW DO THEY INCORPORATE TO TO THE LARGER PUBLIC SAFETY COMPONENT? SO THEY DRIVE THROUGH EACH OF THE

[01:25:01]

SO IF THEY SEE A LIGHT THAT'S OUT, IF THEY SEE A BROKEN SIDEWALK PANEL, IF THEY SEE POTHOLES. SO THEY'RE ALSO REPORTING THAT BACK TO US AS WELL. BUT THEY ARE ENGAGING WITH THE COMMUNITY THAT SEE OUT THERE AS WELL TO PREVENT PREVENT THE GRAFFITI, PREVENT THE CRIME, PREVENT THE THE VANDALISM IN THE PARKS. AND THEY KIND OF INTENTIONALLY HAVE ACTUALLY JUST RECENTLY SPOKEN TO THEM A LOT ABOUT WHAT THEIR STRATEGIES ARE. BEFORE WE DID THIS CONTRACT, AND THEY KIND OF INTENTIONALLY TRIED TO GO TO THE COMMUNITIES AT DIFFERENT TIMES EACH DAY. THEY DON'T WANT TO MAKE IT A HABIT BECAUSE PEOPLE WILL GET USED TO. IF YOU GO TO THE SAME COMMUNITY EVERY DAY AT EXACTLY 6 P.M. THEY'LL GET USED TO THAT, AND THEY'LL JUST COME VANDALIZE THE BENCH AT 7 P.M. SO, SO I JUST WANTED TO HAVE THAT QUESTION ON THERE.

OKAY. THANK YOU. OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. THERE IS NO PUBLIC COMMENT FOR THIS ITEM.

I'LL GO AHEAD AND TAKE ROLL. COUNCILMEMBER DELGADO. YES. COUNCILMEMBER. AYE. MAYOR PRO TEM FIGUEROA. AYE. MAYOR HERNANDEZ. YES. MOVE ON TO COUNCIL REQUESTS AND REPORTS ON

[Reports and Requests]

COUNCIL COMMENTS. COUNCIL COMMENTS? I JUST WANT TO THANK ALL THE CITY EMPLOYEES. CONGRATULATIONS TO THE NEW ENGINEERS. I GOT THEIR CERTIFICATES. I KNOW THEY'RE NOT HERE. THANK OUR SENIORS FOR SHOWING UP TODAY AND THANK ALL CITY STAFF. THAT'S ALL I HAVE.

THANK YOU. YEAH THANK YOU. MAYBE YOU KNOW THEM GETTING THEIR THEIR PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERING CERTIFICATION. THAT'S THAT'S A BIG DEAL. THAT'S A BIG DEAL. AND I'M WONDERING IF MAYBE WE CAN JUST, YOU KNOW, GIVE THEM SOME TYPE OF, YOU KNOW, OUTSIDE OF JUST A PROCLAMATION, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING FROM THE CITY CLERK, MAYBE A PLAQUE OR SOMETHING. I THINK THAT WOULD BE IMPORTANT AND CRITICAL TO THEM. IT'S A BIG DEAL FOR US AS WELL. AND FOR THOSE WHO ARE LISTENING, IS YOU'VE HAD FOR ALL THESE YEARS ONE ENGINEER. AND SO WHEN YOU HAVE THREE, IT MAKES IT SO MUCH EASIER TO BE ABLE TO DO SOME OF THIS STUFF, ESPECIALLY IF, YOU KNOW, ANDREW'S SUPER BUSY, YOU KNOW, IN CASE, YOU KNOW, HE'S HE'S NOT HERE, HE'S NOT AVAILABLE. YOU HAVE TWO OTHER INDIVIDUALS NOW THAT HAVE THE ENGINEERING STAFF. THAT'S A REALLY BIG THAT'S A BIG PLUS FOR FOR US HERE IN THE CITY OF COACHELLA. THERE'S A LOT OF EVENTS COMING UP. I'M EXCITED TO ATTEND. YOU KNOW, MANY OF THEM. YOU KNOW WE HAVE THE SENIOR INSPIRATION AWARDS. AND I THINK OUR PREVIOUS AWARDEES ARE HERE. SO THEY WILL BE IN ATTENDANCE AS WELL. IT'S A NICE EVENT. YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THE OTHER EL NINO. THAT'S ALWAYS A GREAT EVENT AS WELL. AND THEN WE HAVE THE MARIACHI FESTIVAL, WHICH I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO, YOU KNOW, EVERY TIME OR FOR MANY, MANY YEARS. YOU KNOW, I KEEP I KEEP TALKING ABOUT OUR SMALL BUSINESSES AND, YOU KNOW, I, WE REALLY NEED TO DO A BIT MORE AND BE MORE AGGRESSIVE AND CREATIVE IN HOW WE CAN BETTER SUPPORT THESE BUSINESSES, ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO ARE NOT, ESPECIALLY FOR MANY OF THEM, BUT ALSO THOSE WHO ARE OPERATING IN THEIR HOMES THAT THAT WE GET THEM THE THE PERMITS THAT THEY NEED SO THAT THEY CAN THEN SELL AT A MUCH LARGER LEVEL. I DON'T THINK THEY MAYBE UNDERSTAND THE BIGGER BENEFIT TO HAVING THESE TYPES OF PERMITS. SO I HOPE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE WE DO MORE FOR FOR THE SMALL BUSINESSES.

I'M HOPING THAT WE CAN GET THE, THE CHAMBER, IF WE CAN GET THE CHAMBER BACK HERE TO PRESENT AND THEN ALSO GIVE US AN UPDATE ON SOME OF THE EVENTS AND THE TACOS AND TEQUILA EVENT AS WELL, AND THEIR THOUGHTS OF OF HOW IT WENT AND MAYBE SOME MORE, SOME. SOMEWHERE WHERE WE CAN IMPROVE UPON. HOPEFULLY WE'LL HAVE THE NINTH STREET PARK GROUND OR GRAND OPENING SOON. BILL, I KNOW YOU HAVE A LOT ON YOUR PLATE, BUT THE NINTH STREET, THE PARK THERE, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A GRAND OPENING SOON. WE WILL DISCUSS IT AT OUR STAFF MEETING ON MONDAY. WE'LL TRY TO SCHEDULE A DATE SOON. OKAY. BILL, YOU'RE WITH US. ONE MORE MEETING? YES, ONE MORE MEETING.

[01:30:08]

AND THAT'S THAT'S IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MY TURN. JUST WANT TO SAY CONGRATULATIONS TO BRIANNA. AND WHAT WAS THE OTHER ENGINEERS NAME. EFREN RODRIGUEZ. EFRAIN. MY COUSIN'S NAME EFRAIN.

YEAH. MAJOR CONGRATS. I THINK IT'S AMAZING THE GREAT WORK THAT THEY'RE DOING. AND IT'S A LOT OF WORK. I KNOW I HEAR IT ALL THE TIME WHEN IT COMES TO ALL THE TESTS THAT THEY HAVE TO TAKE, SO KUDOS TO THEM. ONLY THEY KNOW HOW MUCH EFFORT, TIME, ENERGY AND COUNTLESS HOURS THAT THEY HAD TO SPEND STUDYING FOR THEIR FEP. EVERYTHING. AND THEN, YOU KNOW, CONGRATULATIONS TO BOTH EQUALLY. BUT I DO WANT TO POINT SOMETHING OUT THAT I WAS THINKING ABOUT WHILE WE WERE UP HERE WITH, WITH, WITH BOTH OF THEM IS HISTORICALLY AND I'M SURE THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE IN THE FIELD, YOU KNOW, AND EVERYONE REALLY WE'VE WE'VE KIND OF SEEN IT. BUT HISTORICALLY IT'S BEEN PREDOMINANTLY DOMINATED BY, YOU KNOW, WOMEN NOW. SO I JUST WANT TO SAY KUDOS TO BRIANNA. I DIDN'T KNOW SHE WAS A MAMA. SO CONGRATULATIONS TO HER FOR PUTTING IN ALL THAT WORK. I, I CANNOT IMAGINE ALL OF MY FRIENDS ARE MOMS. I AM NOT. BUT MY GOD, THE AMOUNT OF WORK THAT YOU ALL HAVE TO DO IS INSANE. I, I HEAR IT FROM THEM AND YOU KNOW, THEY'RE ALL PROFESSIONALS AND THEY'RE MOMS. AND IT'S JUST I CAN'T IMAGINE. BUT I THINK IT'S THE MOST BEAUTIFUL, YOU KNOW, THING THAT YOU ALL GET TO DO. SO CONGRATULATIONS. BIG CONGRATS TO BRIANNA. IT'S IT'S A LOT OF WORK. AND I THINK THE FACT THAT SHE IS IN THAT PROFESSIONAL FIELD, YOU KNOW WHAT WHAT A GREAT EXAMPLE THAT OBVIOUSLY SHE'S SETTING FOR HER LITTLE GIRL. SO JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT. AND THEN ALSO I DID ATTEND THE PRESIDENT'S DAY PARADE. AND I WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO OUR MAYOR PRO TEM FIGUEROA, BECAUSE THERE WAS A LITTLE BIT OF A DIFFICULTY WITH THE VEHICLES. AND I I'VE SEEN IT HAPPEN OCCASIONALLY WHERE WE GET THERE AT A CERTAIN TIME. AND YOU BASICALLY SOMETIMES HAVE TO CHASE A CAR, MEANING LIKE YOU GET THERE, THEY GIVE YOU YOUR, YOUR NAME AND THEN YOU HAVE TO FIND A CAR BASICALLY, LIKE, ALL RIGHT, WHICH CAR AM I WRITING IN? AND SO WE HAD TO DO THAT. I DID THAT LAST YEAR TOO. BUT SHOUT OUT TO HIM BECAUSE WE COULD NOT GET A CAR FOR OR WE WEREN'T ABLE TO FIGURE OUT A VEHICLE FOR SOME COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT WERE THERE. AND DOCTOR FIGUEROA AND I DECIDED TO SHARE A CAR SO THAT WE COULD, YOU KNOW, MAKE SURE THAT A COUNCIL MEMBER OR COLLEAGUE, DELGADO, WAS ABLE TO HAVE A VEHICLE AS WELL. SO WE SHARED ONE. THANK YOU FOR WALKING WITH ME. THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO WALK WITH YOU. THAT WAS A LOT OF FUN. BUT WE ENDED UP DOING THAT. AND IT WAS IT WAS REALLY NICE TO JUST KIND OF BE OUT THERE AND BE ABLE TO DO THAT. SO THANK YOU. AND THEN JUST WANT TO ASK ABOUT THE RFP FOR THE SOCCER LEAGUES. I KNOW I MENTIONED THIS AT THE LAST MAYBE A COUPLE OF MEETINGS AGO. WANT TO KEEP IT ON THE RADAR.

WANT TO KNOW IF WE'RE GOING TO PUT THAT OUT THERE, IF WE ALREADY DID, IF THERE'S STILL AN INTEREST FROM THE LEAGUES? I DON'T WANT TO BE REACTIVE TO THE REQUEST. AGAIN, IF IT WERE TO COME BACK, I HAVEN'T HEARD REALLY ANYONE COME FORWARD. I DON'T KNOW IF THEY'VE GONE TO STAFF, I REALLY DON'T KNOW. BUT I HAVEN'T SEEN ANYBODY COME FORWARD AND SAY, HEY, WHERE IS THIS RFP AGAIN? OTHER THAN ONE INDIVIDUAL WHO IS A COACH? BUT I DON'T WANT US TO BE REACTIVE

[01:35:08]

BECAUSE I THINK IT'S THOSE SMALL MILESTONES IN LIFE, AND YOU HAVE TO ENJOY THOSE MOMENTS WITH YOUR FAMILY, RIGHT? AND BE ABLE TO HAVE THOSE PICTURES WITH THEM FOR THE LONG RUN. SO I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT, YOU KNOW, GREAT THAT THEY CAME TODAY. I WANTED TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO THE VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL WOMEN'S SOCCER TEAM, WHO HAS MADE IT TO THE FINALS IN CIF, AND THEY PLAY THIS WEEKEND AND IT'S A HOME GAME IN COACHELLA. SO THAT'S GOING TO BE VERY COOL IF PEOPLE HAVE THAT TIME. I LIKE TO GO WATCH SPORTS, SO I HAVEN'T BEEN TO A SOCCER GAME IN HIGH SCHOOL IN A LONG TIME. SO IT'S THE FIRST TIME THEY'VE THEY'VE MADE IT TO THE SEMIFINALS BEFORE, BUT THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THEY MAKE IT TO THE FINALS. AND I THINK THAT'S A VERY, VERY KEY HIGHLIGHT, ESPECIALLY BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF THOSE YOUNG WOMEN HAVE PARTICIPATED IN THE IN THE SOCCER LEAGUES HERE. AND AND THEY'VE GROWN UP IN THAT PROCESS. RIGHT. SO IT'S A IT'S A IT'S A IT'S, YOU KNOW, IT'S PART OF THAT WHOLE, YOU KNOW, CYCLE OF WHERE THEY'RE, WHERE THEY'RE AT. AND THEN EXCITED TO SEE WHERE THEY GO NEXT. RIGHT.

BECAUSE SOME OF THEM WILL GO PLAY COLLEGE OR, YOU KNOW, AND ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF. SO THAT'S PRETTY EXCITING AND REALLY COOL. SO IF YOU ALL ARE OUT THERE, I'M GONNA GO OUT THERE BECAUSE IT CAN BE COLD, HOPEFULLY, AND I CAN WEAR MY MY CV GREEN AND GOLD JACKET. SO LETTERMAN, YOU LETTERMAN I HAVE MY LETTERMAN JACKET. YEAH I'LL GO WEAR IT OUT. ALSO THIS UPDATE FROM THE MOSQUITO VECTOR CONTROL, I DID DO A QUICK SPANISH PSA FOR VECTOR CONTROL.

I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT PEOPLE REMEMBER TO DUMP AND DRAIN, BECAUSE I SAW SOME MOSQUITOES IN THE AREA AND SO DUMP AND DRAIN, AND WE SAW THE FIRST CASE OF THE SAINT LOUIS ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS FOUND HERE IN THE DESERT FOR THE SEASON. SO IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE, YOU KNOW, THROW THAT BECAUSE THAT IS A VECTOR BORNE DISEASE. THANK YOU TO THE GREATER PALM SPRINGS PEOPLE FOR COMING OUT. AND YOU KNOW I AGREE WITH THE COUNCIL MEMBER DELGADO ABOUT THAT SMALL BUSINESS COLLABORATION. AND I JUST WENT TO AN EVENT YESTERDAY AND I'M HOPING TO VISIT GREATER PALM SPRINGS, CAN CAN GET SOME OF OUR LOCAL VENDORS TO DO EVENTS WITH THEM. THEY JUST DID ONE YESTERDAY AT ASSISI FARMS, AND THEY HAD SMALL LOCAL VENDORS.

THEY'RE PROVIDING FOOD SAMPLES FOR PEOPLE. SO SOMETHING LIKE THAT, WHERE PEOPLE THEN ARE ABLE TO SAY, HEY, YOU KNOW, THERE'S THIS RESTAURANT, I'M GOING TO GO THERE NOW, OR THEY DO CATERING OR THINGS LIKE THAT. SO HOPEFULLY THERE'S A GREATER PALM SPRINGS CAN, CAN GET SOME VENDORS FROM OUR CITY TO TO DO THAT. THERE WAS ONE VENDOR YESTERDAY THAT IS ACTUALLY A HOME KITCHEN AND SHE DOES. SHE ROTATES AND SHE HAS ONE AT THE I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW THERE WAS MATCHA AT THE CONTAINER PARK. AND SO SHE'S FROM COACHELLA. SO THAT WAS PRETTY COOL BECAUSE I SAW HER, HER BUSINESS CARD AND SAID GREAT FRUIT BOULEVARD. AND I WAS LIKE, GRAPEFRUIT, WHERE ARE YOU? I HAVEN'T SEEN THIS MATCHA PLACE, SO THAT WAS VERY INTERESTING. BUT HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET MORE SMALL BUSINESSES TO PARTICIPATE IN THEIR STUFF. AND I MET WITH SOME INFLUENCER

[01:40:03]

THEY WERE AT THE FAIR THIS WEEKEND. BUT I SAW THEM THERE. AND, YOU KNOW, I DID WALK THE PARADE WITH COUNCILWOMAN. AND I THINK THAT PARADE IS, YOU KNOW, IT ALMOST RAINED ON US, BUT WE DIDN'T. WE GOT A LITTLE LUCKY. AND THEN IT RAINED. SO BUT THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS AND JUST LOOKING FORWARD TO A BUSY MARCH. AND THANK YOU TO STAFF. THANK YOU. I DON'T HAVE ANY COMMENTS.

I THINK YOU GUYS HAVE HIT A LOT OF WHAT I WANTED TO SAY, BUT I DO HAVE. TO PAY A TRIBUTE AND CLOSE THE MEETING IN REMEMBRANCE OF OUR BATTALION CHIEF, JOHN RIOS. COACH RIOS, BATTALION CHIEF RIOS, HE LET ME JUST READ WHAT WHAT WAS WRITTEN ABOUT HIM ON THE CDF CAL FIRE TRIBUTE PAGE. BATTALION CHIEF RETIRED JOHN RIOS. CHIEF RIOS PASSED AWAY SUDDENLY AT HIS HOME IN INDIO YESTERDAY EVENING. FEBRUARY 23RD, 2006. ENGINE AND MEDIC 86, WHICH IS US IN COACHELLA, WAS DISCHARGED ATTACHED TO THE 911 CALL AT THE RIOS RESIDENCE AT THE INCIDENT DEVELOPED A CARE TEAM OF OUR FELLOW FIREFIGHTERS AND CHIEF OFFICERS RESPONDED DIRECTLY TO THE FAMILY IN THEIR TIME OF NEED, ALONG WITH CHIEF TOVAR AND BERRIES. ENGINE 86. TRUCK 86, ENGINE 79 ALL GAVE CHIEF RIOS A IDENTIFIED PROCESSION TO THE FUNERAL HOME IN COACHELLA.

CHIEF RIOS IS SURVIVED BY HIS FAMILY, INCLUDING HIS LOVING WIFE MARTHA, DAUGHTER RENE SANCHEZ, SON MICHAEL MARTY. HE'S ALSO A FIREFIGHTER AND PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HIS SON, CHRISTOPHER. COACHELLA USED TO HAVE ITS OWN FIRE DEPARTMENT, AND CHIEF RIOS WAS. HE HAD THAT, AND HE WAS A GREAT CATHOLIC. HE WAS A GREAT FRIEND. HE WAS ALSO SERVING ON THE COACHELLA VALLEY CEMETERY DISTRICT AS WELL. BUT HE WAS JUST AN OUTSTANDING, VERY DISCIPLINED, VERY DISCIPLINED MAN, VERY GOOD MAN. BUT I JUST WANT TO RECOGNIZE HIM AND CLOSE THIS MEETING. I'M GOING TO ASK BILL THAT WHEN HIS SERVICES THAT WE SEND BOUQUET OR A BIG WREATH ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF COACHELLA AND HONOR HIM IN A DIGNIFIED MANNER. WITH THAT, MY, I'LL GIVE THE FLOOR TO YOU, BILL, WE CAN JUST ALSO CLOSE IN THE HONOR OF BILLY STEINBERG, WHO GAVE US THE MURAL COACHELLA. YEAH. BILLY STEINBERG, IT SEEMS LIKE BILLY PASSED AWAY. BILLY WAS THE SON OF OF MR. STEINBERG, WHO WAS A BIG AGRICULTURE OWNER, FARM OWNER OUT IN THE EASTERN UNION CONTRACT FOR THE UFW, BUT THEN COMMISSIONED A MURAL THAT HUNG IN HIS OFFICE INECOGNITION OF THE FARM WORKERS. AND WHEN THAT OFFICE GOT SOLD, THEY METICULOUSLY TOOK OFF THE CANVAS AND PUT IT ON. I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO CALL THAT, BUT LIKE A POSTER BOARD, BUT LIKE A CANVAS. AND IT NOW HANGS AT OUR LIBRARY. AND SO THERE'S A HUGE HISTORIC KIND OF GESTURE, BUT ALSO KIND OF HISTORY OF THE UFW. SO WE'LL CAN WE ALSO RECOGNIZE HIM AS WELL? CAN WE GET A PLAQUE AND PUT IT ON THE LIBRARY? WOULD THAT BE ASKING FOR TOO MUCH? WELL, TO RECOGNIZE BILLY BILLY STEINBERG, YOU'RE REALLY GOOD FRIENDS WITH MY WITH BOTH MY PARENTS. BUT I THINK FOR ALL THAT THEY'VE DONE, I THINK IN THEIR HONOR, IF WE CAN HAVE A PLAQUE WITH THEIR YEARS FOR THE STEINBERG FAMILY AND THEN OBVIOUSLY CHIEF RIOS, BATTALION CHIEF. YEAH.

[01:45:08]

WE'LL FIND OUT THE APPETITE OF AND STAFF'S THOUGHTS TO AS COMPARED TO, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE WERE ORIGINALLY THINKING VERSUS WHAT'S GOING ON NOW BECAUSE THERE'S BEEN SOME FEEDBACK FROM THE EXISTING LEAGUES TOO NOW SO HAS BEEN. NEXT MEETING. IT'S GOING TO BE A BUSY MEETING.

YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE MID-YEAR COMING TO YOU. YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE SANITARY AND WATER RATE PROJECTIONS THAT WILL BE GIVEN TO YOU ALSO. AND AGAIN, THEIR PROJECTIONS AND THEIR WORST CASE SCENARIOS. I WILL JUST REMIND COUNCIL THAT AGAIN AND AGAIN AND AGAIN, WHEN YOU GET THE THE INFORMATION PRESENTED TO YOU NEXT WEEK, I'M HOPING TO HAVE THE JPA WE'RE MEETING ON FRIDAY, AND WE'RE ALSO MEETING ON MONDAY TO TRY TO GET THAT DONE. I NEED TO GET IT DONE BY NEXT WEDNESDAY TO GET IT AGENDIZED. THAT'S ONE OF MY BIG THINGS I WANT TO SEE THROUGH IS TO LEAVE THE CITY IN GOOD HANDS WITH GETTING SOME ELECTRIC HERE WITHIN THE NEXT 18 TO 24 MONTHS, AND THEN I'LL SAVE THE REST OF MY STUFF FOR MY LAST MEETING. BUT YOU'RE RIGHT, ACTUALLY, IT'LL BE LIKE THE THIRD TIME I'VE BEEN AROUND, SO. BUT ANYHOW. THANK YOU. COUNCIL. I THOUGHT YOU WERE GOING TO GIVE US A SNEAK PEEK OF WHAT THE BUDGET LOOKS LIKE MID-YEAR.

LOOKS LIKE. DO WE HAVE PROJECTIONS OR ARE WE OFF? WE'RE A LITTLE OFF. SO PUBLIC SAFETY POLICE, THERE'S ABOUT A 9.5% INCREASE THAT THAT WE DIDN'T ACCOUNT FOR WAS NOT BUILT INTO THE BUDGET. SO BUT THERE'S YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT ALL BAD NEWS. BUT YOU KNOW, WE'RE WE'RE WE'RE REALLY WORKING HARD ON THE STR STUFF RIGHT NOW. THERE'S GOING TO BE ABOUT 700 LETTERS GOING OUT ALMOST IMMEDIATELY TO GET EVERYBODY IN COMPLIANCE. AND WE WILL DISCUSS THIS A LITTLE MORE TO WITH COUNCIL AT THE NEXT MEETING. BUT THERE WILL BE ADDITIONAL REVENUES COMING IN. BUT IT'S NOT GOING TO COMPLETELY OFFSET THE IMPACT OF WHAT WE'RE SEEING.

THAT WAS NOT IN THE BUDGET.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.