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THIS MEETING AT 433. NEXT ON THE AGENDA IS THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. IS THERE ANYONE THAT WOULD LIKE TO VOLUNTEER TO START IT? IT'S OKAY. I'LL START IT. IF YOU GUYS COULD PLEASE STAND, PUT YOUR RIGHT HAND OR PLEASE STAND. PUT YOUR RIGHT HAND OVER YOUR HEART. READY? BEGIN. 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.NEXT ON THE AGENDA IS ROLL CALL. OKAY, LET ME TAKE THE ROLL CALL. YAMILET CABRERA. GUTIERREZ.
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ITEM IS APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES. ONE REGULAR MEETING MINUTES OF FEBRUARY 9TH, 2026 OF THE CITY OF THE CITY OF COACHELLA YOUTH ADVISORY COMMISSION. WE'LL NEED A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES AND A SECOND. MARTINEZ MOTIONS. COMMISSIONER. JUAREZ, SANDRA. THE SECONDS. COMMISSIONER ANDRADE. SORRY, BECAUSE I KNOW I HAVE SOME. OKAY. ANDRE JUAREZ. THANK YOU. OKAY. MOTION CARRIES.[Presentations]
NEXT ITEM. NEXT ON THE AGENDA ARE PRESENTATION. THE FIRST PRESENTATION WE HAVE IS DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT OVERVIEW. ALL RIGHT, EVERYBODY, COME ON UP. WHO'S FIRST? HELLO, EVERYONE. MY NAME IS LISANDRO DIAZ. I'M THE BUILDING OFFICIAL WITH THE CITY OF COACHELLA. I FIRST WANT TO SAY VERY, VERY ADMIRABLE THAT YOU GUYS ARE ALL HERE. YOU ALL ARE HERE ON THE COMMISSION. I THINK THAT'S REALLY COOL THAT YOU GUYS DO THIS. SO I'M GOING TO BE GOING OVER WHAT OUR BUILDING DEPARTMENT DOES. SO THE ROLES OF BUILDING DEPARTMENT, WE BUILD STRUCTURALLY SOUND FIRE SAFE AND ACCESSIBLE BUILDINGS. AND WE ENHANCED RESILIENCY.RESILIENCY. IT'S A LOT OF COMPONENTS. IT CAN BE ENERGY. IT CAN BE ENVIRONMENT. AND WE'LL GET INTO THAT RIGHT NOW. SO FIRST WHEN THEY COME WHEN AN APPLICANT COMES IN TO PROPOSE A PROJECT FOR CONSTRUCTION, WE TAKE A LOOK AT THEIR APPLICATION. AND A LOT OF WHAT WE LOOK, THE ITEMS THAT WE LOOK AT FOR THEIR PLANS, WE REVIEW THE PLANS THAT ARE PREPARED BY ARCHITECTS AND ENGINEERS. WE CHECK THE SEISMIC DESIGN FOR THEM, WHICH IS ONE OF THE HIGHEST SEISMIC DESIGN CATEGORIES HERE. SEISMIC IS DESIGNED BECAUSE WE'RE REALLY CLOSE TO THE SAN ANDREAS FAULT LINE. WE TAKE A LOOK AT THE WIND LOADS. WE HAVE A REALLY HIGH WIND LOAD HERE BECAUSE WE HAVE A WIND WIND TUNNEL. AS YOU COME INTO PALM SPRINGS, THAT'S THE THAT'S THE SAN GORGONIO PASS. SO WE HAVE A LOT OF THE SANTA ANA WINDS THAT COME THROUGH THERE. SO WE HAVE A REALLY HIGH WIND LOAD IN THIS AREA. SO IT'S CONSIDERED A SPECIAL WIND REGION. AND WE'RE IN CLIMATE ZONE 15. SO THE CALIFORNIA ENERGY COMMISSION
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HAS BUILDINGS DESIGNED TO THIS CLIMATE ZONE BECAUSE OF OUR HEAT AND NOT VERY COLD WINTERS.RIGHT. ANOTHER ITEM THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE LOOK AT HERE IN COACHELLA IS A SOILS INVESTIGATION. SO WE HAVE VERY HIGHLY CORROSIVE SOILS HERE. AND IT'S LOW. YIELDING WHEN IT COMES TO WEIGHT. SO THE 1500 PSF THAT'S POUNDS PER SQUARE FOOT THAT THE SOIL CAN TAKE BEARING PRESSURE ON IT. AND HERE IN COACHELLA WE USE A LOT OF SPECIAL CONCRETE MIX DESIGNS.
SO THE STANDARD CONCRETE MIXES 2500 PSI, THAT'S HOW STRONG IT GETS WHEN IT'S CURED. HERE WE USE 4500 PSI, AND WE HAVE TO USE TYPE TWO AND FIVE CEMENTS. ONLY TYPE TWO IS MODERATE SULFUR RESISTANT, AND TYPE FIVE IS HIGH SULFUR RESISTANT. AND WE HAVE TO USE A LOW WATER AND CEMENT RATIO, WHICH ALLOWS THE CONCRETE TO BE MORE CONCRETE AND CEMENT MIX INSTEAD OF THE WATER, SO IT CURES DIFFERENTLY. SO SOME OF THE LOGOS YOU'LL SEE UP ON THE LEFT TOP CORNER ARE SOME OF THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT WORKS CLOSELY WITH, AND THE BUILDING ORGANIZATIONS WORK CLOSELY WITH TO DESIGN BUILDINGS. SO HERE YOU'LL SEE THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF CIVIL ENGINEERS. THEY PRETTY MUCH WRITE THE CODE WHEN IT COMES TO HOW TO DESIGN A BUILDING IN CALIFORNIA AND THE COUNTRY. REALLY, THE PICTURES WE SEE HERE FROM THE 94 NORTHRIDGE EARTHQUAKE RIGHT AFTER THIS EARTHQUAKE, THEY LEARNED A LOT OF LESSONS ABOUT CONSTRUCTION. SO THE BUILDINGS YOU SEE ON THE LEFT, THOSE WERE BUILDINGS THAT WERE BUILT WITH THE GARAGES ON THE FIRST FLOOR. AND A LOT OF THOSE FAIL DURING THE DURING THE EARTHQUAKES. SO THAT SEISMIC DESIGN HAS CHANGED. AND THEN THE PICTURE ON THE RIGHT IS ANOTHER HOME THAT FAILED ALSO DURING THE EARTHQUAKE. SO RIGHT AFTER THIS EARTHQUAKE, THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR CIVIL ENGINEERS PRETTY MUCH REWROTE THE CODE WHEN IT CAME TO SEISMIC INTEGRITY OF BUILDINGS AND HOW TO BUILD THEM. HERE WE HAVE A QUICK VIDEO OF OF A SIMULATION OF EARTHQUAKE. THIS FACILITY IS IN WAS IN BREA. THEY JUST MOVED TO RIVERSIDE AND DO FREE TOURS FOR ANYBODY THAT WANTS TO GO, GO CHECK OUT THE FACILITY. THEY THIS THIS COMPANY'S SIMPSON STRONG TIE. THEY DEVELOPED HARDWARE TO MAKE BETTER CONNECTIONS FROM FRAMING MEMBERS. SO THEN THE BUILDINGS ALLOWED TO MOVE AND A LOT MORE WITHOUT SEPARATING AT THESE IMPORTANT CONNECTIONS. I DON'T KNOW IF WE CAN PLAY THAT VIDEO, JASON. IS THAT POSSIBLE? OKAY.
SO HERE YOU'LL SEE A SIMULATION OF AN EARTHQUAKE PRETTY MUCH ON A THREE STORY BUILDING. AND SO THE WAY THAT BUILDINGS WORK HERE AND YOU PROBABLY NOTICE THIS LAST EARTHQUAKE, YOUR HOMES MOVED A LOT. RIGHT. AND AT THE END OF THE EARTHQUAKE, IT WAS EVERYTHING IS STILL STANDING BECAUSE THE WAY WE USE A LOT OF NAILS AND NAILS ARE ABLE TO HAVE HIGH SEISMIC LOADS AND THEY'RE ABLE TO MOVE AND THEN AT THE END STILL BE INTACT. AND SAME THING WITH WOOD SCREWS.
IT'S THE SAME CONCEPT WITH WOOD SCREWS. SO AS THESE BUILDINGS NOW ARE ABLE TO MOVE, THEY'RE ABLE TO RESIST A LOT HIGHER SEISMIC ACTIVITY. SO IT'S STILL IN ONE PIECE. AND SO WE MIGHT HAVE CRACKS IN THE WALL IN STUCCO, BUT THE STRUCTURE ITSELF SHOULD STILL BE SOUND ENOUGH TO STAY IN. OKAY. ANOTHER ASPECT THAT WE LOOK AT HERE IS ELECTRICAL SAFETY. THE NATIONAL FIRE PROTECTION AGENCY, THEY ACTUALLY WRITE THE ELECTRICAL CODE FOR THE FOR THE WHOLE COUNTRY. AND WE HAVE APPROXIMATELY 45,000 FIRES A YEAR THAT HAVE TO DO WITH ELECTRICAL FIRES. THEY START ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, WHETHER IT'S AN OUTLET WITHIN THE BUILDING OR THE ACTUAL ELECTRICAL PANEL, WHERE ALL THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM DISTRIBUTION COMES FROM. AND THEN ACCESSIBILITY. SO THE ACCESSIBILITY, IF YOU LOOK HERE AT THE TOP CORNER THAT COMES FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE IN THE CIVIL RIGHTS DIVISION. SO THEY THEY WROTE THE CODE WHEN IT COMES TO REGULATION FOR ACCESSIBILITY TO HAVE EQUAL ACCESS FOR EVERYONE. THIS IS WHY WE SEE A LOT MORE RAMPS. THE RAMPS ARE SPECIFICALLY DESIGNED TO BE ACCESSIBLE, AND EVERYTHING HAS A STANDARD. SO THAT RAMP THAT YOU SEE THERE HAS A CERTAIN SLOPE THAT IT'S MEET THAT HAS TO REQUIRE AND HAS TO MEET, AND THE RAILING HAS TO BE SET UP A SPECIFIC WAY AS AS WELL AS WHEEL BARRIERS FOR WHEELCHAIRS AND THE HANDRAILS. SO THE NEXT PART ARE
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WE GOING TO LOOK AT IS ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY AND ENERGY EFFICIENCY FOR BUILDINGS. SO IN MARCH 2025, CALIFORNIA WAS RANKED HIGHEST IN THE NATION FOR LEADER IN LEADERSHIP AND ENERGY EFFICIENCY. THE LATEST ENERGY CODE WENT INTO EFFECT JANUARY 1ST OF 2026. THIS YEAR, THESE UPDATES ARE GOING TO SAVE AN ESTIMATED OF 4.8 BILLION IN ENERGY COSTS OVER THE NEXT 30 YEARS AND REDUCE GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS BY 4 MILLION METRIC TONS, WHICH COMES OUT TO 8,000,818,490, 818,490,000 POUNDS OF CARBON. THROUGH THE SAME CODE. ADOPTION THIS CYCLE WAS GOING TO BE $200 BILLION IN ENERGY COST SAVINGS OVER THE NEXT 50 YEARS. THIS NUMBER IS EXPECTED TO REACH 300 BILLION IN TOTAL CUMULATIVE ECONOMIC VALUE THROUGH THE STATE BY 2030, AND A BIG PUSH THAT THAT IS A BIG ENERGY SAVER ARE APPLIANCES.SO CALIFORNIA ESTIMATES TO BE SAVING OVER $11 BILLION OF LOAN IN THE PAST YEAR. WITH JUST HAVING WHAT WE LOOK AT A LOT OF ENERGY STAR APPLIANCES. SO WITH LIGHTING, THOSE INITIATIVES WILL BE SAVING APPROXIMATELY 4.7 BILLION IN COST AND ENERGY COST 2 BILLION IN JUST TELEVISION AND SIGNAGE DISPLAYS, 1.6 IN WHICH IS BATTERY CHARGERS, 593 MILLION WITH COMPUTERS AND MONITORS, 89 MILLION IN MONITORS THEMSELVES. BUT THE TELEVISIONS THEMSELVES 593 MILLION. AND WHEN WE BUILD HOMES, THEY'RE REALLY MADE TO USE A LOT LESS ENERGY. AND EVERY CODE CYCLE THEY MAKE, THEY'VE MADE THEM MORE EFFICIENT. SO IN 2006, AVERAGE ANNUAL LIGHT BILL FOR THE WAS $4,000, $4,095. NOW YOU FAST FORWARD TO 2024 WITH IMPLEMENTATION OF ENERGY EFFICIENCY. THAT DROPS DOWN TO ABOUT $2,700. AND NOW IN 2025, WE'RE LOOKING AT ABOUT $1,460. THAT'S ON AVERAGE RIGHT THROUGH THE STATE, BECAUSE HERE WE LOOK AT OUR BILL DURING THE SUMMER. IT'S A LOT HIGHER. NEXT IS EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS AND RESPONSE. SO WE HAVE A ROLE WHEN IT COMES TO RESPONDING AND INSPECTING BUILDINGS AFTER NATURAL DISASTERS OR EVEN MAN MADE DISASTERS. SO WE WORK WITH THE CALIFORNIA GOVERNOR'S OFFICE OF EMERGENCY SERVICES, AND WE'LL COME OUT AND ASSESS BUILDINGS AFTER AN EARTHQUAKE OR AFTER FIRES. THE PLACARDS THAT YOU SEE ON THE RIGHT, THE YELLOW, GREEN AND RED ONES, THOSE HAVE TO BE ADOPTED BY ORDINANCE BY THE CITY TO BE ENFORCED. SO WE'VE GONE THROUGH THAT PROCESS. NOW, WHEN WE GO OUT AND ASSESS A BUILDING, WE POST THESE AND THEY'RE ENFORCEABLE. SO IF WE SEE THAT AFTER AN EARTHQUAKE, WE TAKE A LOOK AT SOME COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS TO SEE IF THEY'RE SAFE. IF THEY'RE SAFE, THEY JUST HAVE A RESTRICTED USE OR AS INSPECTED WITH THE GREEN PLACARD. AND THEN IF THERE'S SOME RESTRICTED USE DUE TO MAYBE A PART OF THE FIRE SUPPRESSION SYSTEM BEING DOWN OR AN EXIT BEING BLOCKED, THEN WE DO RESTRICTED USE. IF IT'S JUST COMPLETELY UNSAFE, LIKE SAY, THE SPRINKLER SYSTEM IS NOT WORKING AT ALL OR THE BUILDING IS SERIOUSLY DAMAGED, THEN WE TAG IT AS UNSAFE, WHICH MEANS THAT THERE'S NO ACCESS TO IT AT ALL. AND THOSE ARE ENFORCEABLE BY FINES AND BY THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. IF WE HAVE PEOPLE WHO CONTINUE TO TRY TO USE THOSE BUILDINGS. AND THEN WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, PART OF BIG ROLE IS BUILDING SAFE AND INCLUSIVE COMMUNITIES. SO WHAT WE MEAN BY INCLUSIVE IS WE ENSURE THE SAFETY AND ACCESSIBILITY OF MINIMUM BUILDING STANDARDS, THE PERMITTING PROCESS. SO THE BUILDINGS THAT THAT ARE BUILT HAVE TO MEET LOCAL CODES AND A BIG DESIGN. PART OF IT IS GEOLOGICAL. SO THE SOIL TOPOGRAPHIC, WHICH IS LIKE THE WAY THAT THE LAND IS ITSELF, WHICH MOUNTAIN HERE IS RELATIVELY FLAT, BUT WE ALSO HAVE A LOT OF PART OF THE CITY THAT IS A BIG HILLSIDE THAT'S GOING TO BE DEVELOPED IN THE FUTURE. AND THEN THE CLIMATE, ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS. SO WE HAVE TO TAKE ALL THAT INTO ACCOUNT. WHEN THESE BUILDINGS ARE DESIGNED. SUSTAINABILITY, SUSTAINABILITY AND RESILIENCE. WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE WE'RE ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY AND
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THOSE BUILDING PRACTICES ARE INCORPORATED INTO CONSTRUCTION AND ALSO DISASTER PREPAREDNESS.AND THEN THE INCLUSIVE AND ACCESSIBLE DEVELOPMENT. SO LIKE WE TALKED ABOUT EARLIER WITH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, THEY'VE PROVIDED THE FRAMEWORK THAT PROMOTES EQUAL PARTICIPATION AND ACCESS FOR ALL INDIVIDUALS, ENSURING THAT ENVIRONMENTS AND SERVICES AND OPPORTUNITIES ARE DESIGNED TO ACCOMMODATE EVERYONE AND EVERYONE'S ABILITY.
AND THEN KIND OF LEADS INTO BUILDING PERMITS, WHICH IS PROBABLY WHAT WE MOST ARE KNOWN FOR IN THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT AND BUILDING INSPECTIONS. SO WHY DO WE NEED BUILDING PERMITS? SO FOR SAFETY AND COMPLIANCE. SO WE ENSURE THAT THAT CONSTRUCTION MEETS LOCAL CODES AND SAFETY REGULATIONS, QUALITY CONTROL. WE MAINTAIN THE STANDARDS OF CONSTRUCTION AND PRACTICES AND MATERIAL ACCOUNTABILITY. WE PROVIDE RECORD AND OF WORK FOR FUTURE REFERENCE OF INSPECTIONS. AND A LOT OF THAT PAPERWORK IS THEN REFERENCED BY THE INSURANCE COMPANY. SO INSURANCE AND LIABILITY. SO IT'S NECESSARY FOR INSURANCE COVERAGE TO AVOID POTENTIAL LOSS IN CASE OF ACCIDENTS. SO WHEN THERE IS A FIRE OR DAMAGED BUILDINGS, INSURANCE COMPANIES WILL COME TO THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT AND WANT TO TAKE A LOOK AT OUR RECORDS TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING WAS PERMITTED, THAT THE WORK DONE IN THESE HOMES OR COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS WAS NOT ALTERED WITHOUT INSPECTIONS OR WITHOUT PERMITS, BECAUSE THEN THE WORK CAN BE DONE, HAZARDOUS AND NOT DONE TO THE MINIMUM STANDARDS AND THEN ENVIRONMENT ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION. SO WE ENSURE COMPLIANCE WITH ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS TO PROTECT OUR NATURAL RESOURCES, ESPECIALLY HERE IN THE DESERT, IS VERY LIMITED WITH WITH SOME OF OUR NATURAL RESOURCES, FOR EXAMPLE, LIKE WATER AND THEN THE ENERGY ITSELF WITH IID'S POWER. AND THEN WE HAVE THE APPLICATION OF THE BUILDING CODES. SO WE HAVE WE HAVE WHEN WE GET AN APPLICATION, WE REVIEW IT FOR THE ELECTRICAL, FOR PLUMBING MECHANICAL, WHICH IS YOUR AIR CONDITIONING AND EXHAUST SYSTEM. THE ENERGY CODE GREEN BUILDING STANDARDS CODES.
THE GREEN BUILDING STANDARD CODES BRINGS THINGS IN LIKE YOUR ELECTRICAL VEHICLE CHARGERS THAT YOU SEE NOW IN NEW BUILDINGS. THOSE ARE REQUIRED NOW THROUGH THE BUILDING THROUGH THE CALIFORNIA GREEN BUILDING STANDARDS CODE. WE ALSO REQUIRE RECYCLING OF MATERIAL. SO THEY HAVE TO RECYCLE 65% OF THE WASTE THAT IS PRODUCED THROUGH CONSTRUCTION. BECAUSE CONSTRUCTION IS ONE OF THE HIGHEST WASTE PRODUCERS ACTIVITIES IN THE STATE. AND THEN THE CALIFORNIA HEALTH AND SAFETY CODES, IT EMPOWERS BUILDING OFFICIALS AND AND NOT JUST BUILDING OFFICIALS LIKE MYSELF, BUT BUILDING OFFICIALS ALSO IS THE INSPECTOR. IT'S THE PERMIT TECHNICIAN. THEY'RE AT A DIFFERENT LEVELS OF BUILDING OFFICIALS BECAUSE WE ALL ENFORCE THE SAME BUILDING CODES, THE STATE CODES. SO IT ALLOWS US TO CARRY OUT OUR RESPONSIBILITIES FOR OUR BUILDING CODES WITHOUT INTERFERENCE FROM HIGHER AUTHORITY. SO IT COULD VERY EASILY BE MANIPULATED OR PEOPLE DON'T WANT TO MAYBE FOLLOW SOME OF THE BUILDING CODES BECAUSE THEY GET EXPENSIVE. BUT THE STATE HAS WRITTEN LAWS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE THAT WE CARRY OUT THAT ENFORCEMENT OF THOSE BUILDING STANDARDS SO THAT ALL THE BUILDINGS IN THE STATE ARE BUILT TO THE SAME STANDARD. A LOT OF THIS COMES FOR PROPER EGRESS, WHICH IS THE WAY IS THAT YOU'RE ABLE TO GET OUT OF A BUILDING IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU TAKE A LOOK AT SOME OF THESE EVENTS THAT HAVE HAPPENED IN THE PAST WHERE THERE'S MAYBE A A GOOD EXAMPLE WAS THIS CONCERT IN NEW JERSEY WHERE THEY HAD A LOT OF FLAMMABLE MATERIAL IN THE BUILDING, AND THEN THEY LIT OFF SOME FIREWORKS. AND THAT LED TO THE DEATH OF OVER 200 PEOPLE JUST COULDN'T GET OUT BECAUSE THERE WASN'T ENOUGH EXITS OUT OF THE BUILDING. AND IT WAS A VERY HIGH OCCUPANT LOAD, WHICH IS A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THE BUILDING. SO WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE EXITS ARE ACCESSIBLE AND THE BUILDING MATERIAL AND THE MATERIAL IN THE BUILDINGS ITSELF HAVE FIRE RESISTANCE. WE ALSO REVIEW PLANS FOR HANDICAPPED ACCESSIBILITY THAT WE TALKED ABOUT EARLIER WITH THE RAMPS. BUT HANDICAPPED ACCESSIBILITY IS MORE THAN JUST RAMPS AND WHEELCHAIRS. IT'S EVERYTHING FROM VISUAL IMPAIRMENT TO HEARING IMPAIRED. AND SO WE TAKE A LOOK AT THE PLANS DEPENDING ON THE USE OR THE OCCUPANCY OF A BUILDING.
DIFFERENT HANDICAP ACCESSIBILITY REQUIREMENTS ARE BROUGHT IN. FOR EXAMPLE, A LIBRARY, A FACILITY LIKE THIS, THERE MAY BE NEEDED TO HEARING IMPAIRMENT. SO LIKE HEADPHONES SO PEOPLE CAN INCREASE THE VOLUME SO THEY'RE ABLE TO HEAR THE MEETING WHILE IT'S GOING ON.
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AND ALSO EVEN FOLKS THAT NEED SIGN LANGUAGE. SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT THE CITY WOULD HAVE TO PROVIDE IF THAT WAS REQUESTED FROM THE CITY FOR ANY OF OUR PUBLIC MEETINGS AND THEN FIRE SAFETY, WHICH WE WENT OVER BRIEFLY A BIT AGO WITH THE FIRE SAFETY OF IT. SO THIS IS ALL DONE THROUGH A VERY LARGE COLLABORATIVE EFFORT. YOU KNOW, THE REST OF THE OTHER DEPARTMENTS THAT WE'RE GOING TO THAT WOULD BE DOING THEIR PRESENTATION TODAY. WE TAKE A LOT OF WHAT THEY PROVIDE US CONDITIONS AND THEY SAY, HEY, WE'RE GOING TO REQUIRE THIS FOR THIS BUILDING. AND SO WE TAKE THOSE CITY, THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT CONDITIONS, AND WE MAKE SURE THAT THOSE ARE IMPLEMENTED INTO THE PLANS. THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT WILL ALSO REVIEW THE BUILDING PLANS BEFORE WE ISSUE PERMITS, TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE CONDITIONS WERE IMPLEMENTED INTO THE PROJECT, AND THEN THEY HAVE TO REVIEW AND APPROVE IT. THE CITY ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT, THEY HANDLE A LOT OF THE GRADING TO MAKE SURE THAT THE LOT THAT THESE HOMES OR BUILDINGS OR HOMES ARE BEING BUILT ON DON'T FLOOD. AND SO THERE'S GOING TO BE SOME SORT OF WATER RETENTION AND GRADING. SO THE WATER FLOWS AWAY FROM THE BUILDING AND GOES INTO SOME SORT OF RETENTION. THE WATER AND SEWER AUTHORITY, WE WORK CLOSELY WITH THEM. THEY WILL MAKE SURE THAT THEY COLLECT THEIR WE MAKE SURE THAT WE COLLECT THEIR FEES. THEY CALCULATE THE FEE FOR WATER AND SEWER CONNECTION, BECAUSE ALL THE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT'S PUT IN COSTS A LOT OF MONEY TO PUT IN, RIGHT? SO THAT THEY HAVE IF THE CITY PUTS IT IN PRIOR TO THE DEVELOPERS COMING IN, WE HAVE TO THEY HAVE TO MAKE SURE THEY, THEY, THEY COLLECT THOSE FUNDS BACK. AND SO WE WORK WITH THEM AND THEY TELL US WHAT THEIR FEES ARE. WE COLLECT THAT FEE FOR THEM. RIVERSIDE COUNTY FIRE DEPARTMENT, WE WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH THEM FOR ALL THE FIRE SPRINKLER SYSTEM, BOTH RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL, PRETTY MUCH EVERY BUILDING NOW REQUIRES FIRE SPRINKLER SYSTEM. UNLESS IT'S A REALLY SMALL BUILDING, THEN THEY CAN KIND OF GET AWAY WITH THAT. DEPENDING ON THE ON THE USE OF IT. WE WORK CLOSELY WITH RIVERSIDE COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT WHEN IT COMES TO RESTAURANTS, GROCERY STORES, ANYWHERE THAT HAS A LOT OF FOOD, BUT ALSO PUBLIC FACILITIES LIKE RESTROOMS AND SHOWERS, LIKE WHEN WE TAKE A LOOK AT THE TRAVEL CENTERS OUT HERE ON THE FREEWAY OFF DILLON. THEY HAVE A LOT OF PUBLIC SHOWERS, SO WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY INCORPORATE THE PROPER FINISHES SO YOU DON'T HAVE A LOT OF BUILD UP OF GERMS AND DISEASE, VIRUSES AND WHATNOT. WE WORK WITH THE CALIFORNIA AIR QUALITY MANAGEMENT DISTRICT, SO WE WORK CLOSELY WITH THEM ON CONSTRUCTION SITES WHEN IT COMES TO DUST CONTROL. SO IF YOU GUYS LOOK AT A LOT OF LIKE THE BANK THAT'S GOING HERE ON VALLEY AND CESAR CHAVEZ, THEY HAVE A BIG SIGN THAT SAYS, IF YOU IF YOU SEE DUST COMING FROM THE SITE, CALL THIS NUMBER. AND THEY HAVE TO RESPOND TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY IF WHEN IT'S WINDY LIKE IT IS NOW, THAT THE DUST DOESN'T LEAVE THEIR SIGHT AND GO INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD NEXT TO IT, BECAUSE THAT DUST PARTICLE, THEY'RE SO FINE THAT IT GOES INTO YOUR LUNGS AND IT GETS INTO YOUR LUNGS AND THEN CAN CAUSE RESPIRATORY ISSUES.SO WHEN WE HAVE WINDSTORMS LIKE WE DO RIGHT NOW, THE REGULATIONS COME FROM THE AIR QUALITY MANAGEMENT DISTRICT AND WE ENFORCE THOSE AT OUR LOCAL LEVEL. SO IF THAT'S WHEN THEY HAVE TO HAVE THE WATER TRUCKS OUT THERE SPRAYING TO MAKE SURE THE DUST DOESN'T LEAVE THEIR SIGHT. AND WE ALSO WORK WITH OTHER AGENCIES DEPENDING ON THE TYPE OF PROJECT. HERE'S AN EXAMPLE OF SOME BUILDING PLANS. SO ON THE LEFT YOU'LL SEE THAT'S WHAT ACTUAL BLUEPRINTS LOOK LIKE. AND THAT'S WHAT THE DRAWINGS THAT WE REVIEW FOR CONSTRUCTION. WE REVIEW IT ON A ON THE 2D LEVEL. BUT WE BEING THAT THE PLANS EXAMINER WELL-VERSED AND USUALLY BY THE TIME YOU GET TO A PLAN EXAMINER LEVEL YOU'VE INSPECTED A LOT OF PROJECTS. SO YOU KNOW THAT WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT ON PAPER, YOU KNOW WHAT THAT'S GOING TO LOOK LIKE WHEN IT'S OUT IN THE FIELD.
AND THAT'S THE BOTTOM, THE PICTURE RIGHT BENEATH THAT. SO THE TOP PICTURE IS WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE ON THE BLUEPRINTS. AND THEN THE BOTTOM PICTURE, WHAT WE ACTUALLY LOOK AT WHEN WE GO DO INSPECTIONS OUT IN THE FIELD. AND THOSE RED CABLES, IT'S CALLED POST-TENSION CABLES.
AND HERE BECAUSE OF THE LOW BEARING PRESSURE OF THE SOIL THAT WE DISCUSSED EARLIER, WE HAVE TO REINFORCE THAT THAT FOUNDATION BECAUSE WE HAVE WHAT'S CALLED LIQUEFACTION. SO WE HAVE A HIGH WATER TABLE AND WE HAVE VERY FINE SOIL. SO WHEN WE HAVE A REALLY STRONG EARTHQUAKE, THOSE TWO WILL MIX AND IT'LL BE MUD. THAT'S PRETTY MUCH ON THE TOPSOIL. AND THE ONLY THING HOLDING THAT FOUNDATION TOGETHER IS GOING TO BE THESE CABLES AND THEN THOSE BIG FOOTINGS. SO IT ACTS AS ONE BIG FOUNDATION THAT MOVES TOGETHER. CONSTRUCTION IS NOT ALWAYS THIS REINFORCED WHEN IT COMES TO RESIDENTIAL CONSTRUCTION, BUT HERE IN COACHELLA, WE HAVE TO REALLY REINFORCE IT TO KEEP IT TOGETHER. WHEN WE DO HAVE THESE SEISMIC EVENTS, ON THE RIGHT IS ON THE TOP PICTURE. THAT'S WHAT WE INSPECT ON THE TYPICAL
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BUILDING, SO YOU CAN SEE HOW EVERYTHING IS OPEN THERE. YOU SEE THE ON THE CEILING OF THAT, THOSE METAL BOXES, THOSE ARE WHERE THOSE ARE GOING TO BE LIGHT FIXTURES, THE DUCKING, THE METAL, THAT KIND OF METAL, THAT ROUND AREA THERE. THOSE ARE THE AC DUCKING. THAT'S WHAT THE AC IS, HOW THEY MOVE THE AIR CONDITIONING TO COOL THE BUILDING AND ALL THE BROWN STUFF THAT'S INSULATION. SO THAT'S WHEN IT GOES BACK TO OUR ENVIRONMENT. AND THEN THOSE ARE THAT TYPE OF INSULATION. IT MEETS OUR CLIMATE ZONE 15 THAT WE DISCUSSED EARLIER. AND THEN THE BOTTOM RIGHT PICTURE ARE IS HARDWARE. WE SAW THAT EARTHQUAKE SIMULATOR. A LOT OF THAT TYPE OF HARDWARE IS PUT ON THE DIFFERENT CONNECTIONS. SO WHEN WE HAVE THE BIGGER PIECES OF LUMBER THAT ARE CALLED HEADER OVER THE DOORS, AND THEN WE HAVE THE POST, THOSE ARE POST TO BEAM CONNECTIONS. AND WE USE HARDWARE LIKE THAT TO REINFORCE THOSE CONNECTIONS. SO THEN WHEN WE HAVE THE BIG EARTHQUAKE, IT HOLDS IT TOGETHER. AND HERE'S A SET OF ELECTRICAL PLANS. SO THE BIG SET OF PLANS THAT YOU SEE ON THE RIGHT, THAT'S WHAT WE LOOK AT AT PLAN CHECK. AND THEN THAT'S WHAT WE INSPECT TO. SO EVERY LITTLE SYMBOL THERE REPRESENTS A SOME SORT OF ELECTRICAL COMPONENT. AND THEN THE PICTURE ON THE LEFT IS WHAT WE SEE WHEN WE DO INSPECTIONS. THAT'S WHAT ELECTRICAL PANEL SHOULD LOOK LIKE. THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO HAVE EVERYTHING LABELED. AND THEN WE TAKE A LOOK AT THE DIFFERENT SIZE OF WIRE. SO IF YOU LOOK ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THAT PICTURE YOU'LL SEE THINNER WIRE. AND ON THE LEFT SIDE LOOKS THICKER RIGHT. SO THE THICKER WILL BE THINGS LIKE AIR CONDITIONERS AND POOL PUMPS AND THE WIRING ON THE RIGHT. THOSE ARE GOING TO BE ELECTRICAL FOR LIKE LIGHTING OR FANS. SO IT'S IT'S A LOT THINNER BECAUSE IT CARRIES A LOT LESS ELECTRICITY.AND I HAVE A QUESTION FOR EVERYONE. SO WHAT DO YOU WHAT DO YOU ALL THINK IS THE LEADING CAUSE FOR HOUSE FIRES? ON THE LEFT WE HAVE ELECTRICAL. IN THE MIDDLE WE HAVE KITCHEN FIRES, GREASE FIRES. AND THAT'S THAT SORT OF JUST KITCHEN IN GENERAL. AND ON THE RIGHT WE HAVE HEATING APPLIANCES. DOES ANYBODY HAVE A GUESS WHAT MIGHT BE THE LEADING CAUSE OF FIRES? YES. ELECTRICAL. ELECTRICAL. YES. BLESS YOU. YES. KITCHEN. KITCHEN. YOU'RE CORRECT WITH THE KITCHEN. SO A LOT OF THE LEADING CAUSE OF FIRES NOW IS COOKING AND GREASE FIRES FOR THE LONGEST. FOR A REALLY LONG TIME IT WAS, IT WAS DRYERS. CLOTHES DRYERS WHEN IT COMES.
THAT WAS THE LEADING CAUSE FOR A REALLY LONG TIME. BUT THEY WORKED ON THE LINT COLLECTION SYSTEMS. SO THEN WHEN NOW, WHEN YOU USE YOUR YOUR DRYER, YOU PULL THE MAJORITY OF THAT LINT OUT. IT USED TO GET CAUGHT UP IN THAT LINE THAT GOES TO THE OUTSIDE AND THEN EVENTUALLY GETS BACKED UP. AND THE HEATING ELEMENT, THE DRYER IS REALLY, REALLY, REALLY HOT. SO THEN THAT WOULD CAUSE A FIRE. BUT NOW THAT THEY'VE KIND OF WORKED THAT OUT, THE FIRES HAVE TURNED INTO MORE GREASE FIRES, ESPECIALLY IN THE KITCHEN. SO THAT'S SOMETHING TO KIND OF LOOK OUT FOR. LIKE WHEN YOU'RE AT HOME, LOOK AT YOUR KITCHEN, LOOK AT THAT EXHAUST THAT GOES OUT AND SEE, YOU KNOW, IF THERE'S A BIG GREASE BUILDUP YOU GUYS WANT, YOU KNOW, YOU WANT TO JUST GET SOME OF THAT GREASE OFF. THERE'S A LOT OF DEGREASERS THAT THAT WORK REALLY WELL FOR THAT. AND I JUST WANT TO LEAVE YOU ALL WITH ONE THING TO TO LOOK OUT FOR IN YOUR HOME. AND WE SEE THIS A LOT. IS THE BEEPING SMOKE DETECTORS. RIGHT. YOU HEAR THAT CHIRP. THAT IS YOUR SMOKE DETECTOR JUST NEEDS A BATTERY CHANGED OUT. ONE THING THAT WE DON'T WE'RE NOT SO AWARE OF, OR MAYBE NOT THINK ABOUT SO MUCH, IS THAT WHEN THERE'S A FIRE AND YOU'RE IN A DEEP SLEEP, YOU DON'T SMELL THE SMOKE, YOU DON'T IT. IT'S NOT UNTIL THE HEAT IS TO YOU THAT IT'LL WAKE YOU UP. AND BY THAT TIME YOU, YOU HAVE ISSUES LIKE SMOKE INHALATION. SO THEN IT'S REALLY HARD FOR YOU TO BE ABLE TO GET UP AND GET OUT. IF WE CHECK OUR BATTERIES AND OUR SMOKE DETECTORS, THEN THAT WILL WAKE US UP BEFORE, WITH PLENTY OF TIME TO BE ABLE TO GET OUT. SAME THING WITH CARBON MONOXIDE ALARMS, CARBON MONOXIDE ALARMS, CARBON MONOXIDE. YOU DON'T SMELL IT. YOU'RE JUST IN YOUR HOME. AND THEN PEOPLE FALL ASLEEP AND THEY JUST DON'T WAKE UP. AND THAT'S WHY WE HAVE CARBON MONOXIDE ALARMS. SO JUST SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT WHEN YOU GUYS, WHEN YOU ALL GO HOME THAT TAKE A LOOK AT IT, TAKE A LOOK AT IT. IF YOU HEAR THE CHIRPING IT'S PROBABLY A BATTERY TO BE CHANGED OUT AND YOU COULD ALWAYS TEST THEM. THERE'S A BUTTON THERE. YOU JUST PUSH IT AND THEN YOU HEAR THAT THING REALLY LOUD. I DO THIS ALL THE TIME. SO I HAD ALL THESE ON HOME. SO THAT'S SOMETHING SOMETHING TO KIND OF THINK ABOUT WHEN YOU GUYS, WHEN YOU ALL GO, GO HOME. AND THAT'S IT FOR MY PRESENTATION. THE CHIRPING ALARM THING IS REALLY REAL. ALMOST EVERY PHONE CALL I
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GET FROM A RESIDENT IN COACHELLA. I'M NOT JOKING. NOT AN EXAGGERATION. I'LL ANSWER THE PHONE AND I CAN HEAR THE ALARM CHIRPING IN THE BACKGROUND AND I'M LIKE, OH NO, I KNOW THAT'S A NEW THING ON TIKTOK. NOW THAT THEY DO THAT, JUST TO GET PEOPLE'S ATTENTION.WHILE YOU'RE WATCHING THE VIDEO, YOU HEAR IT AND IT'S SOME OF THEM ARE FAKE. IT TAKES YOUR ATTENTION. SO THAT'S IT. THANK YOU. DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? ALL GOOD. ALL RIGHT WELL THANK YOU GUYS. THANK YOU EVERYONE. THANK YOU. YOU OKAY. HE'S LIKE IS IT ME. HELLO.
HOW'S EVERYBODY DOING. GOOD GOOD. ALL RIGHT SO I'LL BE PRESENTING CODE ENFORCEMENT.
WHAT'S YOUR NAME? MY NAME IS PEDRO HERNANDEZ. I'M THE SENIOR CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER HERE FOR THE DEPARTMENT. SO WE ARE UNDER IS UNDER THE COMMUNITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT OR THE UMBRELLA. AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE'S THE WHO? THE TEAM IS KENDRA, WHO'S MY DIRECTOR. GOT AN OFFICE ASSISTANT DEPARTMENT ASSISTANT. DIANA. AND THEN MYSELF. I'M THE SENIOR AND I HAVE TWO OTHER FIELD OFFICERS WHO ARE NOT HERE TODAY. WE JUST GOT A GRAFFITI GUY WHO DOES ALL THE GRAFFITI. HE JUST STARTED LAST WEEK. HIS NAME IS HENRY AND WE HAVE ANOTHER PARK RANGER NOW. YOU GUYS ARE FAMILIAR WITH THE PARK RANGER. WHEN THE FOLLOWS THE STREET SWEEPER GIVING YOU GUYS SOME TICKETS OR YOUR PARENTS. WHAT DOES CODE ENFORCEMENT DO? SO THE CODE COMPLIANCE DIVISION IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ENFORCING THE COACHELLA MUNICIPAL CODES, CALIFORNIA BUILDING CODES, CALIFORNIA HEALTH AND SAFETY CODES, AND PORTIONS OF THE CALIFORNIA VEHICLE CODE PERTAINING TO NONVIOLENT NONMOVING VIOLATIONS. WE ALSO VIOLATIONS AND TO IMPROVE ESTHETICS AND ENHANCE THE ENVIRONMENT AND CHARACTER OF THE CITY OF COACHELLA. WE ARE TO MAINTAIN AND PROTECT HEALTH AND SAFETY OF THE COMMUNITY THROUGHOUT ENFORCEMENT OF MUNICIPAL CODES AND RELATED STATUTES THROUGH RESIDENT EDUCATION ON COMMON VIOLATIONS. WE ALSO DO ADMINISTRATIVE CITATIONS AND PARKING CITATIONS, AND WE ALSO HAVE AN ABANDONED VEHICLE PROGRAM. HERE'S A BREAKDOWN OF WHAT CODE ENFORCEMENT DOES. THERE'S SOMEONE THERE ISSUING A TICKET ON ABANDONED VEHICLE. WE'LL HAVE A PROGRAM FOR ABANDONED VEHICLES. SO ABANDONED VEHICLE IS THE PROGRAM THROUGH THE STATE CALIFORNIA. WE GO OUT AND SOMEONE CALLS. AN ABANDONED VEHICLE WILL GO OUT AND START A PROCESS OF. HOPEFULLY WE WILL TOW IT FOR FREE AT NO COST TO THE REGISTERED OWNER OF THE VEHICLE OR PROPERTY OWNER WHEREVER THE CAR IS AT. WE ALSO DO REVIEW SPECIAL EVENT PERMITS.
WE HAVE A PARK RANGER WHO PATROLS OUR PARKS AND DOES STREET SWEEPING. ANIMAL CONTROL SERVICES ARE THROUGH RIVERSIDE COUNTY, AND THEN YOU SEE A GRAFFITI GUY UP THERE COVERING SOME GRAFFITI. SO HERE'S A FLOW CHART OF WHEN A COMPLAINT IS CALLED IN TO OUR OFFICE. SO A CASE IS OPEN. WE'LL GO OUT AND DO AN INSPECTION TO CONFIRM. MAKE SURE THE VIOLATION THAT THEY'RE CALLING IN IS ACTUALLY A VIOLATION. WE'LL TRY AND MAKE CONTACT WITH THE PROPERTY OWNER AND REQUEST FOR COMPLIANCE. WE'LL DO AN INSPECTION ONCE WE GET ONCE WE GET THE PERMISSION TO COME ON THE PROPERTY. AND IF THE VIOLATION IS ACTIVE, WE WILL ISSUE A NOTICE OF VIOLATION. WE WILL FOLLOW UP WITH INSPECTION WITHIN 15 DAYS. HOPEFULLY THEY COMPLIED. IF NO COMPLIANCE IS MET, WE'LL WE'LL GO A SECOND ROUTE, WHICH IS ISSUE A CITATION. SOMETIMES IF THE CITATIONS DON'T WORK THEN WE'LL WE'LL ASK FOR AN ABATEMENT THAT'S THROUGH OUR CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE TO GET COMPLIANCE. HOPEFULLY WE DON'T HAVE TO GO THAT ROUTE. HERE ARE SOME COMMON CODE VIOLATIONS. I'M SURE YOU GUYS HAVE SEEN IT THROUGHOUT THE CITY. YOU KNOW, WRECKED VEHICLES IN YOUR FRONT YARD, RVS PARKED ON THE SIDE YARDS, TRASH CANS PLACED IN PUBLIC VIEW. YOU SEE THAT PICTURE OF THAT PATIO ON THE SIDE? MAYBE SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING CONSTRUCTED. WE DO HAVE TO PULL. YOU GUYS HAVE TO PULL PERMITS. YOUR PARENTS DO.
AND HERE ARE SOME SOME STATS FROM COMPARED FROM LAST YEAR TO THIS YEAR. YOU CAN SEE THERE IS AN INCREASE OF LAST YEAR IN TOTAL VIOLATIONS AND HOW MANY CLOSE CASES WE DID COMPARED TO 2024. AND THAT'S IT FOR MY PRESENTATION. ANY QUESTIONS. NO. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.
EVERYBODY'S CLEAR ON THIS STREET SWEEPER SCHEDULE. OOPS. THE STREET SWEEPERS STREET SWEEPER. HEY EVERYONE. GOOD AFTERNOON, ANNIE FERNANDEZ MANAGEMENT ANALYST FOR DEVELOPMENT SERVICES. AND I HELP OVERSEE THE CANNABIS DIVISION ALONGSIDE OUR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR KENDRA. SO THE STATE DOES ALLOW FOR CANNABIS IN CALIFORNIA IF
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YOU'RE 21 AND OVER, OR IF YOU HAVE A MEDICAL CONDITION AND REQUIRE MEDICINAL CANNABIS IN THE CITY. WE CURRENTLY HAVE 19 LICENSED CANNABIS BUSINESSES. 11 ARE FOR CULTIVATION, TWO DISTRIBUTION, ONE MANUFACTURING. WE HAVE TWO MICROBUSINESSES AND ONE NON STOREFRONT RETAIL WITH JUST DELIVERY. AND WE HAVE TWO RETAILERS. WE ACTUALLY HAD ANOTHER ONE, ANOTHER DISPENSARY OPENING UP THIS WEEKEND. SO NOW WE HAVE THREE. SO IN THE CITY THERE IS A ZONING REQUIREMENT FOR CANNABIS TO ENSURE THAT THESE DISPENSARIES OR BUSINESSES ARE NOT NEAR RESIDENTIAL AREAS OR YOUTH CENTERS SUCH AS SCHOOLS, PARKS AND DAYCARES. SO THIS MAP SHOWS WHERE OUR THREE DISPENSARIES ARE LOCATED. AT THE TOP IN OUR WRECKING YARD, WE HAVE COACHELLA GREENERY. WITHIN OUR PUEBLO VIEJO, WE HAVE PUEBLO CANNABIS, WHICH IS A DOWNTOWN CENTER, AND THEN WE HAVE COACHELLA RELIEF NEAR AVENUE 54 AT THE END OF THE CITY. SO WITHIN THESE RED LINES, YOU CAN SEE WHERE DISPENSARIES ARE ALLOWED, AND THEN THEY'RE ALSO ALLOWED IN THE PINK, YELLOW AND BLUE SECTIONS OF THE CITY. SO KIND OF FAR FROM RESIDENTIAL.WE ALSO ALLOW FOR OUTDOOR CULTIVATION, WHICH IS WITHIN OUR AGRICULTURAL AREA. AND THAT'S ON THE SOUTHEAST SIDE OF THE 86 HIGHWAY. SO THE PERMITTING REQUIREMENTS FOR CANNABIS IS PRETTY STRICT IN THE CITY. YOU'RE REQUIRING IT. YOU'RE REQUIRED TO HAVE TWO PERMITS, WHICH IS A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT AND A CANNABIS REGULATORY PERMIT. THE CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT RUNS WITH THE LAND, AND THE CANNABIS REGULATORY PERMIT IS KIND OF LIKE YOUR STATE LICENSE. SO FOR THAT, YOU NEED TO SUBMIT A SECURITY PLAN, AN ODOR CONTROL PLAN, TO MAKE SURE THAT ODOR IS NOT SMELLED THROUGHOUT THE CITY, A BACKGROUND CHECK AND A LICENSE WITH THE STATE. AND FOR ANY COMPLIANCE CONCERNS, YOU CAN CONTACT CODE ENFORCEMENT OR THE CANNABIS LIAISON, WHICH WOULD BE MYSELF. DOES ANYONE SMELL CANNABIS THROUGHOUT THE CITY? YEAH, SO PLEASE CALL THAT IN. ONCE YOU SMELL SOMETHING, IT USUALLY LINGERS IN THE WINTER TIME. SO I WOULD CALL IT IN SO WE CAN CHECK ON THAT. WE ALSO HAVE A CANNABIS SOCIAL EQUITY PROGRAM, WHICH HELPS THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN DISPROPORTIONATELY CRIMINALIZED BY CANNABIS. USUALLY IT'S OUR UNDERREPRESENTED GROUPS WITHIN THE CITY, WHICH IS A LOT OF THE CITY. SO WE HAVE THREE RESIDENTS WHO ARE ELIGIBLE FOR THIS PROGRAM, AND THEY'RE OUR CURRENT ACTIVE CANNABIS BUSINESSES. SO WE HAVE COACHELLA GREENERY, COACHELLA RELIEF AND PUEBLO CANNABIS, WHICH JUST OPENED UP. SO WHAT THEY RECEIVE IS SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT SUPPORT, SOMETIMES FROM FROM THE CITY THAT COMES FROM THE STATE, TECHNICAL SUPPORT AND FINANCIAL RESOURCES. SO THE BENEFITS OF HAVING A CANNABIS BUSINESS PROGRAM IN THE CITY IS TAXES. SO WE DO TAX THESE BUSINESSES TO BRING IN REVENUE FOR THE CITY, TO PROVIDE SCHOLARSHIPS FOR STUDENTS, AS WELL AS PAY FOR PUBLIC SAFETY. SO AS YOU CAN SEE, LAST YEAR, LAST FISCAL YEAR, WE ACCUMULATED $733,000 IN CANNABIS TAXES. WE HAVE ACCUMULATED A LITTLE OVER $1 MILLION THROUGHOUT THE PREVIOUS YEARS. BUT THE INDUSTRY IS KIND OF HURTING NOW. SO WE'RE TRYING TO A LOT OF THESE BUSINESSES ARE CLOSING DOWN. SO THAT'S KIND OF HURTING OUR TAX REVENUE AS WELL. AND THEN WE HAVE LOWERED SOME OF THE CANNABIS TAX REVENUE TO KIND OF SUPPORT THE BUSINESSES AS WELL. HOPEFULLY WE CAN BRING THOSE NUMBERS UP AS WELL. SO HERE'S SOME PICTURES OF SOME INSPECTIONS THAT WE DO FOR CANNABIS. FOR CULTIVATION. WE MAKE SURE THAT EACH PLANT IS TAGGED. SO THERE IS A METRIC SYSTEM FOR THAT THE STATE HAS THAT TRACKS CANNABIS FROM SEED TO SELL. SO WE KNOW WHERE THESE PLANTS ARE LOCATED ONCE THEY'RE PLANTED ALL THE WAY TO WHEN THEY'RE SOLD AT A DISPENSARY.
SO WE KEEP TRACK OF EVERYTHING. WE MAKE SURE EVERYTHING IS SAFE. WE SEE WHAT COMES INTO THE CITY AND WHAT LEAVES THE CITY. SO TO THE BOTTOM MIDDLE PICTURE, YOU'LL SEE AN AIR FILTER. AND THAT'S WHAT'S USED TO KIND OF CONTROL THE ODOR. SO YOU'LL NEED SEVERAL OF THESE WITH THAT WITHIN THE BUSINESS TO MITIGATE THE ODOR. AND I BELIEVE THAT'S IT. ANY QUESTIONS. NO THANK YOU THANK YOU OKAY. GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE. MY NAME IS KEN AND THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR HERE WITH THE CITY OF COACHELLA. I KNOW SOME OF OUR OTHER PRESENTERS DIDN'T SPEAK TOO MUCH ABOUT THEMSELVES, BUT ALL OF US ARE NATIVES TO THE COACHELLA VALLEY, I THINK.
LISSANDRA YOU'RE FROM THE ONLY ONE FROM THE WEST VALLEY, RIGHT? YEAH, YEAH. UNFORTUNATELY, ALESSANDRO IS FROM THE WEST VALLEY, BUT PETE IS FROM COACHELLA, ANNIE IS FROM THE EASTERN COACHELLA VALLEY, AND I'M FROM THE EASTERN COACHELLA VALLEY AS WELL. SO JUST WANTED TO MAKE THAT CONNECTION A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE IT'S RELATABLE TO YOU GUYS, RIGHT? SO YOU GUYS CAN END UP COMING BACK AND WORKING FOR THE CITY AS WELL. DO YOU GUYS HAVE ANY INTEREST IN ANYTHING IN PARTICULAR FOR SCHOOL? ARE YOU GUYS INTERESTED IN POLICY, LAW? ANYTHING LIKE THAT? ANY OF YOU GUYS, WHAT ARE YOU INTERESTED IN GOING TO SCHOOL FOR? WE'LL START OVER HERE WITH OKAY. WELL, I'M NOT SURE. YOU'RE NOT SURE YET. OKAY. WELL, MAYBE THIS WILL INSPIRE YOU GUYS A LITTLE BIT. I'M INTERESTED IN GOING TO SCHOOL FOR, LIKE, POLITICAL SCIENCE OR MAYBE LIKE SOCIOLOGY. OKAY, COOL. I WENT TO SCHOOL FOR POLITICAL SCIENCE, SO MAYBE THIS WILL BE OF INTEREST TO YOU. WHAT WE KIND OF DO IN PLANNING. I HOPE TO GO FURTHER IN MY
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EDUCATION FOR MEDICINE. MEDICINE. OKAY. I ALSO WANT TO GO TO MEDICINE, BUT I ALSO KIND OF HAD LIKE LAW IN THE SIDE. SO THAT'S WHY I LIKE DID THIS BECAUSE I WANT TO KNOW MORE ABOUT LIKE THE GOVERNMENT AND ESPECIALLY LOCAL GOVERNMENT. OKAY. INTERESTING. OKAY. SOUNDS GOOD. I WOULD LIKE TO GO TO SCHOOL FOR RADIOLOGY. OKAY. I'M NOT SURE YET. NOT SURE YET.OKAY. I'D LIKE TO FURTHER MY STUDIES IN PSYCHOLOGY OR SOMEWHERE LIKE IN THE LAW.
PSYCHOLOGY AROUND THERE. OKAY. YEAH. ME TOO. YEAH. I'M INTERESTED IN PSYCHOLOGY TOO.
OKAY. I'D LIKE TO GO INTO EDUCATION. EDUCATION. I PLAN ON MAJORING IN FINANCE AND MINORING IN HUMAN RESOURCES. OKAY. I PLAN ON MAJORING IN BIO. BIO. I PLAN ON MAJORING IN FORENSIC SCIENCE. OKAY, PERFECT. AND THEN FOR BIOLOGY, IS IT MORE LIKE WILDLIFE BIOLOGY OR WHAT KIND OF BIOLOGY? NO HUMAN BIOLOGY TO GO INTO THE MEDICAL FIELD. OKAY. INTERESTING. ALL RIGHT. SO FOR THOSE OF YOU GUYS THAT ARE INTERESTED IN LAW AND POLICY AND THINGS LIKE THAT, YOU MIGHT FIND THIS INTERESTING BECAUSE A LOT OF THE STUFF THAT WE DO IN DEVELOPMENT SERVICES AND SPECIFICALLY IN PLANNING IS REVIEWING DIFFERENT LAWS, POLICIES, ORDINANCES, THINGS LIKE THAT, MAKING AMENDMENTS TO THOSE AND ENFORCING THOSE THROUGH OUR COACHELLA MUNICIPAL CODE. SO WITH THAT, I'LL GET STARTED A LITTLE BIT MORE. SO AGAIN, THIS IS OVERVIEW OF THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT UNDER PLANNING DIVISION AND DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
SO WHAT IS PLANNING? CITY PLANNING GUIDES HOW A CITY GROWS AND DEVELOPS OVER TIME.
IT BALANCES HOUSING, BUSINESSES, ROADS, PARKS AND PUBLIC SERVICES. THE GOAL OF CITY PLANNING IS TO CREATE SAFE, HEALTHY AND LIVABLE COMMUNITIES, AND IT HELPS PROTECT NEIGHBORHOOD CHARACTER AND ENSURES ACCESS TO HOUSING, JOBS AND SERVICES. AND IT PROMOTES PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION. SO THIS PICTURE HERE SHOWS DOWNTOWN COACHELLA IN 2010. AND THEN THIS ONE DOWN HERE SHOWS HOW, THROUGH THE CITY PLANNING PROCESS, ALONG WITH THE HELP OF BUILDING PUBLIC WORKS CODE ENFORCEMENT, HOW THIS HAS EVOLVED INTO DOWNTOWN COACHELLA THAT WE KNOW TODAY. SO AGAIN, TOP IN 2010, AUTUMN 2022. AND THESE ARE JUST SOME HISTORIC IMAGES OF WHAT DOWNTOWN COACHELLA AND ALONG SIXTH STREET USED TO LOOK LIKE BACK WHEN THE CITY WAS FIRST CREATED. SO YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THESE IMAGES HERE AND SEE KIND OF WHAT TYPE OF USES WE HAD HERE PREVIOUSLY. SO WHAT DO CITY PLANNERS DO? WE REVIEW DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS AND PERMIT APPLICATIONS, WHICH LIZANDRO AND I BOTH TOUCHED ON A LITTLE BIT. WE UPDATE CITY PLANS AND ZONING REGULATIONS, AND WE WORK WITH RESIDENTS, DEVELOPERS, THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND THE CITY COUNCIL TO HELP IMPLEMENT THE GOALS AND VISIONS THAT THOSE COMMISSIONS AND OUR RESIDENTS HAVE. COMMISSIONS, COUNCILS AND RESIDENTS HAVE. SO IN ORDER TO DO THIS, WE HAVE SEVERAL GUIDING DOCUMENTS THAT WE UTILIZE AND THAT THOSE CONSIST OF THE GENERAL PLAN, OUR ZONING CODE, SPECIFIC PLANS PLAN, UNIT DEVELOPMENTS, HISTORIC PRESERVATION AND COMPLIANCE WITH SEQUA, WHICH IS THE CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT. AND IT HELPS PRESERVE OUR EXISTING ENVIRONMENT. SO A BIG ONE FOR US IS THE GENERAL PLAN. EVERY CITY HAS A GENERAL PLAN.
COACHELLA'S IS CALLED THE GENERAL PLAN 2035. SO THIS IS HOW GROWTH HAS BEEN DEVELOPED OVER TIME THROUGH THE YEAR 2035. ONCE WE GET A LITTLE BIT FURTHER ALONG IN THIS PROCESS OR GET CLOSER TO 2035, WE'RE GOING TO UPDATE IT AGAIN, AND IT'S GOING TO OUTLINE THE CITY'S LONG TERM VISION FOR THE FUTURE AND GUIDE DECISIONS FOR THE NEXT 20 TO 30 YEARS. SO THAT'S HOW FAR WE LOOK AHEAD ON WHAT WE KIND OF WANT THE CITY TO LOOK LIKE. SO THE REQUIRED ELEMENTS OF A GENERAL PLAN ARE THE CIRCULATION ELEMENT, THE HOUSING ELEMENT, LAND USE ELEMENT, CONSERVATION ELEMENT, OPEN SPACE ELEMENT, NOISE ELEMENT AND SAFETY ELEMENT. SO THE CIRCULATION ELEMENT IS KIND OF LIKE HOW STREETS WORK, HOW WE'RE EXPANDING BIKE LANES, THINGS LIKE THAT, HOW WE GET AROUND IN THE CITY IN THE HOUSING ELEMENT ADDRESSES, HOW WE'RE GOING TO BUILD HOUSING UNITS TO MAKE SURE THAT THE CITY IS BUILDING ENOUGH HOUSING UNITS FOR OUR CURRENT AND FUTURE RESIDENTS. AND THEN CONSERVATION IS ABOUT CONSERVING OUR EXISTING ENVIRONMENT AND THINGS LIKE THAT. SO FOR ZONING CODE, THE ZONING RULES SAY WHAT WE WHAT CAN BE BUILT AND WHERE. SO IF YOU EVER WONDERED LIKE WHY, WHY THE LIBRARY IS HERE OR WHY CITY HALL IS HERE, OR WHY WE'RE ABLE TO BUILD HOUSES IN A CERTAIN AREA BUT NOT IN OTHERS, THAT'S THROUGH THE ZONING CODE. IT ALSO CONTROLS THE HEIGHT, USES AND SETBACKS IN SPECIFIC AREAS, AND IT HELPS SEPARATE INCOMPATIBLE LAND USES. SO THIS WAY YOU DON'T END UP HAVING LIKE WHAT I TOUCHED ON WITH CANNABIS, HOW WE DON'T END UP HAVING CANNABIS NEXT TO AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OR A HOSPITAL NEXT TO A WAREHOUSE, OR ANY TYPE OF INDUSTRIAL TYPE USES. AND THESE MAPS HERE THAT YOU'LL SEE WE HAD ONE FOR THE ZONING CODE AND THEN THE GENERAL CODE ON THE PREVIOUS OR GENERAL PLAN ON THE PREVIOUS SLIDE. THESE MAPS ARE COLOR CODED TO SHOW WHAT USES ARE ALLOWED WHERE IN THESE SPECIFIC AREAS. SO IF YOU
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GUYS KIND OF LOOK AT THIS MAP AND LOOK AT MAYBE KIND OF THE AREA THAT YOU GUYS LIVE IN, YOU'LL SEE THAT THAT'S ZONED RESIDENTIAL AND THINGS LIKE THAT. AND THIS IS ALL AVAILABLE ON OUR WEBSITE. SO IF YOU GUYS ARE INTERESTED YOU CAN GO AND CHECK THAT OUT AS WELL. SO WE WE WORK WITH A LOT OF DIFFERENT AGENCIES. AND LIZANDRO TOUCHED ON THIS A LITTLE BIT IN HIS DEPARTMENT TO HELP US GET OUR PROJECTS APPROVED AND GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS. SO SOME OF THE GROUPS THAT WE WORK WITH ARE THE AGRICULTURAL COMMISSION, IMPERIAL IRRIGATION DISTRICT.SO THAT'S OUR ELECTRIC UTILITY PURVEYOR, KV, THE NATIVE AMERICAN TRIBES. WE ALSO WORK WITH RIVERSIDE COUNTY, CVUSD AND DESERT SANDS, BURRTEC, AND WE WORK WITH POLICE, FIRE, PUBLIC WORKS, COMMUNITY SERVICES, BUILDING ALL THOSE DIFFERENT TYPES OF AGENCIES TO HELP ENSURE THAT THE PROJECTS THAT WE'RE PUTTING FORWARD ARE REVIEWED, APPROVED AND COMPLIANT WITH ALL THE DIFFERENT PLANS THAT ALL THESE OTHER AGENCIES HAVE IN PLACE AND THAT THEY PROVIDE THEIR FEEDBACK ON WHAT IMPACTS THEY MAY BE EXPERIENCING DUE TO THESE PROJECTS. SO AN EXAMPLE OF THIS WOULD BE WITH LIKE THESE, THESE LITTLE OWLS ARE THESE BURROWING OWLS. SO WE WORK WITH THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE TO HELP MAKE SURE THAT THE HOUSING PROJECTS THAT ARE BEING BUILT, OR WHATEVER PROJECTS ARE BEING BUILT, DON'T FULLY DESTROY THE HABITAT FOR THESE ANIMALS. AND IF THEY ARE GOING TO BE IMPACTS TO IT, THAT WE MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE TAKING ALL THE PROPER MEASURES TO ENSURE THAT THEY'RE MITIGATED TO A LESS THAN SIGNIFICANT LEVEL. SO WE HAVE A LOT OF HABITAT IN THIS CITY FOR THE BURROWING OWL, WHICH IS AN ENDANGERED SPECIES. SO THAT'S JUST ONE EXAMPLE OF INTER-AGENCY COORDINATION THERE. AND THE PICTURE TO THE RIGHT IS SOME SOIL TESTING THAT WAS DONE FOR TRIBAL CULTURAL RESOURCES. SO AS YOU GUYS KNOW, WE HAVE A LARGE NATIVE AMERICAN PRESENCE IN THE VALLEY AS WELL. AND WE MAKE SURE THAT THROUGH THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS THAT WE'RE WORKING WITH THESE TRIBES. SO WE'RE NOT DESTROYING ANY TRIBAL CULTURAL RESOURCES OR HAVING A NEGATIVE IMPACT ON ANY ARCHITECTURAL RESOURCES. THAT ARCHITECTURAL, ARCHEOLOGICAL, EXCUSE ME, RESOURCES THAT WE FIND. SO THAT'S JUST TWO EXAMPLES OF INTERAGENCY COORDINATION AND THE TYPES OF PLANNING WE HAVE IN COACHELLA. WE HAVE LONG RANGE PLANNING, WHICH INCLUDES OUR GENERAL PLAN AND ZONING CODE, WHICH YOU GUYS SAW OUR RAIL STATION FEASIBILITY STUDY, WHICH IS GOING TO BE SOMETHING THAT YOU GUYS SEE A VIDEO ON AT THE END OF THIS PRESENTATION. AND OUR HOUSING ELEMENT AND CURRENT PLANNING PROJECTS PERTAIN TO PERMITS AND PLANNING APPLICATIONS THAT ARE THINGS THAT ARE GOING TO GET BUILT MORE IN THE IMMEDIATE FUTURE. SO LIKE NEW HOUSING PROJECTS, THE STARBUCKS THAT YOU GUYS ARE SEEING ON GRAPEFRUIT PROJECTS LIKE THAT, AND THEN WE HAVE TO PLAN FOR ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW AND SEQUA. SO I'M JUST GOING TO GO OVER A FEW OF THE RECENT PROJECTS THAT HAVE GOTTEN APPROVED IN THE CITY. SO THIS PROJECT IS A 66 STREET SENIOR APARTMENTS PROJECT. THIS WAS A PROJECT THAT, THROUGH SALINA'S HELP THE DEVELOPERS WERE ABLE TO GET APPROVED. AND THIS IS GOING TO BE HOUSING FOR LOW INCOME SENIORS ALONG SIXTH STREET RIGHT HERE. SO THERE'S CURRENTLY A VACANT LOT. BY WHEN YOU GUYS COME OUT HERE YOU CAN LOOK AT IT, BUT THIS IS GOING TO BE THAT PROJECT THAT ENDS UP GOING INTO THAT AREA RIGHT THERE. SO IT'S BLANK NOW. BUT HOPEFULLY YOU GUYS CAN SEE THE VISION FOR FOR WHAT'S GOING ON IN THAT AREA. AND AGAIN, THIS WAS A BIG EFFORT WITH A BUNCH OF DIFFERENT PEOPLE TO GET THIS PROJECT THROUGH AND APPROVED, AND WE'RE REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO IT. ANOTHER PROJECT IS THE ENCANTO PROJECT. SO THIS IS GOING TO BE APPROXIMATELY 192 NEW HOMES THAT ARE GOING TO BE BUILT JUST SOUTH OF CORAL MOUNTAIN ACADEMY. ANOTHER HOUSING PROJECT THAT'S GOING TO BE BUILT ON CALHOUN AND AVENUE 49. AND THIS IS GOING TO BE ANOTHER 255 LOTS. ANTHONY VINEYARDS IS ANOTHER HOUSING PROJECT THAT'S CURRENTLY UNDER REVIEW. IT'S PROPOSING TO CONSTRUCT 176 RESIDENTIAL DWELLING UNITS. CHICKEN RANCH IS ANOTHER HOUSING PROJECT, SO THEY'RE PROPOSING TO BUILD 268 HOMES. AND THAT'S GOING TO BE ALONG AVENUE 52 NEAR BAGUMA. VILLAVERDE IS ANOTHER HOUSING PROJECT. IT'S 152 UNIT APARTMENT COMMUNITY THAT'S GOING TO ADD ADDITIONAL AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS TO THE COMMUNITY NEAR DUMONT PARK AS WELL. AND AGAIN, THIS WAS A JOINT EFFORT WITH SALINA'S DEPARTMENT AS WELL. THIS IS ANOTHER HUGE PROJECT THAT THE CITY HAS GOING ON RIGHT NOW. THIS IS GOING TO BE ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE TEN. SO THIS ESSENTIALLY IF THIS GETS APPROVED AND BUILT OUT, IT'S CURRENTLY UNDER REVIEW RIGHT NOW. BUT IF IT GETS APPROVED AND BUILT OUT, IT'S GOING TO PRETTY MUCH CHANGE THAT AREA AND MAKE IT SIMILAR TO HOW NORTH INDIO IS ALONG JACKSON, WHERE 24 HOUR FITNESS IS AND ALL THOSE TYPES OF AREAS. SO CURRENTLY RIGHT NOW IT'S VACANT OUT THERE, BUT IF APPROVED, IT'S GOING TO ADD 9536 NEW HOMES. IT'S GOING TO ADD 305 ACRES OF MIXED USE AREAS, WHICH
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INCLUDE COMMERCIAL RETAIL, APARTMENTS, A RESORT AND ENTERTAINMENT TYPE USES.THERE'S GOING TO BE A COLLEGE OVERLAY THAT'S THERE AS WELL. SO COLLEGE MAY BE BUILT IN THAT AREA IN THE FUTURE, AND IT'S GOING TO HAVE 71 ACRES FOR ADDITIONAL SCHOOLS, 395 ACRES OF PARKS, GREENWAYS AND AMENITY CENTERS, 179 ACRES OF CIRCULATION USES. SO ROADS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, 68 ACRES OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION AREAS AND APPROXIMATELY 754 ACRES OF NATURAL OPEN SPACE, INCLUDING DRAINAGE CHANNELS AND TRAILS. ANOTHER PROJECT THAT THE CITY HAS CURRENTLY UNDER REVIEW IS THE COVA PROJECT. COVA IS AN 87 ACRE MASTER PLAN DESTINATION RESORT AND RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITY, SO IT'S GOING TO BE DEVELOPING 162 SINGLE FAMILY HOMES ACROSS VILLA, RANCH AND ESTATE LOTS, ALONG WITH A 120 UNIT, 240 KEY TOWNHOME STYLE RESORT AND ALL THOSE BLUE AREAS. THAT'S GOING TO BE WATER. SO IT'S GOING TO BE KIND OF SIMILAR TO THE CASINO PROJECT AND RANCHO MIRAGE. SO IT'S GOING TO HAVE A TEN ACRE LAGOON AND A DIVER PROGRAM AS PART OF THE RESORT AMENITIES. IT'S ALSO GOING TO HAVE A BEACH CLUB AND SOME RESTAURANTS THAT ARE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC AS WELL. AND THIS IS ALONG AVENUE 52 AND VAN BUREN. SO THE CITY OF COACHELLA IS CONDUCTING THE COACHELLA RAIL STATION FEASIBILITY STUDY IN PARTNERSHIP WITH RIVERSIDE COUNTY. SO THAT PROGRAM IS GOING TO BE WRAPPING UP AT THE END OF THIS MONTH. BUT THROUGH THIS PROGRAM, WE WERE ABLE TO IDENTIFY A POTENTIAL NEW LOCATION FOR A NEW RAIL STATION ALONG THE COACHELLA VALLEY RAIL ROUTE AND DEVELOP LAND USE AND CONNECTIVITY. PLANS FOR THE SURROUNDING AREAS. AND THE RAIL PROJECT WOULD BRING A DAILY PASSENGER RAIL SERVICE FROM DOWNTOWN LA THROUGH ORANGE COUNTY AND RIVERSIDE TO THE COACHELLA VALLEY. AND SO AS OF FEBRUARY 2025, THE COACHELLA CITY COUNCIL HAS ADVANCED SITE NUMBER TWO IN THE HISTORIC DOWNTOWN PUEBLO VIEJO AREA. SO JUST OUT HERE NEAR THE RAILROAD TRACKS. AND THEN I HAVE A VIDEO FOR YOU OF WHAT THE THE RAIL STATION IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE.
SO IF YOU GUYS WOULD LIKE TO PROVIDE ANY FEEDBACK OF IT AND TELL US WHAT YOU THINK, GIVE US ANY COMMENTS, WE WOULD APPRECIATE IT. AND THEN JASON'S GOING TO BRING THAT UP. AND THIS IS GOING TO BE ALONG FOURTH STREET AND ALONG SIXTH STREET JUST TO THE EAST OVER HERE. WE DID A LOT OF ENGAGEMENT WITH RESIDENTS AND COMMUNITY IN THE COMMUNITY TO SEE WHAT THEIR FEEDBACK AND INPUT WAS. SO ONE OF THE REASONS WHY THIS ENTRYWAY HERE IS CLEAR, NOT CLEAR, BUT A LITTLE BIT MORE TRANSPARENT THAN MAYBE LIKE A BLOCK WALLS, BECAUSE SAFETY WAS REALLY IMPORTANT. IT WAS A REALLY BIG CONCERN FOR PEOPLE. SO HAVING THAT NOT AS BLOCKED OFF SO YOU COULD SEE THROUGH IT, IT HELPS PROMOTE SAFETY OR MAKES IT A LITTLE BIT SAFER BECAUSE YOU DON'T HAVE PEOPLE HIDING BEHIND A WALL. THIS WALKWAY UP HERE HAS THE COVERED TRAIL. SO THAT WAY WHEN IT'S HOT DURING THE SUMMERTIME, YOU'RE ABLE TO HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE SHADE. IT'S NOT GOING TO HAVE SHADE ALL THE TIME JUST BASED ON WHERE THE SUN IS AT, BUT AT LEAST PROVIDES A LITTLE BIT MORE SHADE DURING THE HOTTER WEATHER MONTHS. ONE THING THAT WE REALLY WANTED TO DO WAS CREATE A MORE ICONIC DESIGN SO YOU COULD FEEL LIKE YOU'RE IN COACHELLA, AND IT STANDS OUT A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN YOUR TRADITIONAL RAIL STATION. AND AS WE GET HIGHER UP THIS SPIRAL WALKWAY HERE, YOU'LL BE ABLE TO SEE SOME MURALS. THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT THE COMMUNITY REALLY WANTED ON WANTING TO SEE MORE OF WAS THE INCORPORATION OF ART FROM LOCAL ARTISTS, AND ONE WAY THAT WE THOUGHT WE COULD DO THIS WAS BY IMPLEMENTING SOME MURALS AT THE AT THE TOP HERE. THERE ARE ALSO GOING TO BE TWO ELEVATORS THAT BRING YOU TO THE DIFFERENT TRAIN PLATFORMS. SO THERE'S ONE OF THEM TO THE RIGHT THERE. AND THEN AS WE WALK FURTHER DOWN, THERE'S GOING TO BE A LARGE PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE THAT HELPS YOU GET TO THE OTHER SIDE OF THE TRAIN TRACKS AND ALSO CONNECTS YOU TO TO THE COMMUNITY RESILIENCE CENTER THAT'S CURRENTLY IN DEVELOPMENT AS WELL.
DO YOU GUYS HAVE ANY COMMENTS ON THE RAIL STATION, ANYTHING YOU LIKE, ANYTHING YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE CHANGED? ANY FEEDBACK? I THINK THE MURAL, THE MURALS OF THE ART WAS A
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GOOD TOUCH, ESPECIALLY SINCE OUR CITY'S BIG ON LIKE CULTURE AND STUFF LIKE THAT. SO I THINK THAT WAS A GOOD TOUCH. THANK YOU. DO YOU GUYS, IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE THAT YOU GUYS WOULD WANT TO SEE MAYBE A LITTLE BIT MORE IN THERE? SO I KNOW THE MURALS WAS SOMETHING THAT THAT WAS LIKED. IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE THAT YOU GUYS THINK THAT WOULD BE GOOD TO MAKE YOU FEEL MORE LIKE YOU'RE IN COACHELLA OR JUST ADD ANY ANYTHING ELSE TO THAT? YOU ALREADY KNOW THAT IF YOU DON'T KNOW RIGHT NOW, JUST THINK ABOUT IT. IF ANYTHING COMES TO MIND, LET SELENA KNOW SHE CAN PASS THE INFORMATION ON TO US. THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS DONE IN THE DESIGN OF. THIS WAS DONE IN PARTNERSHIP WITH WITH SELENA, THE PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR. HIS NAME IS ANDREW. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS HAVE HAVEN'T MET HIM YET. NOT YET.WHEN YOU MEET ANDREW, HE HELPED WITH THIS AS WELL. AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT AND WE'RE EXCITED TO BRING RAIL HOPEFULLY TO COACHELLA SOON. HEY, DO YOU GUYS HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR MY DEPARTMENT OR FOR ME? ANY LISANDRO, ANYONE? THE ONLY COMMENT I DO HAVE TO SAY IS THAT I REALLY LIKE IT. I FEEL LIKE THE COMMUNITY WOULD BE VERY APPRECIATIVE OF THIS PROJECT, AND I THINK IT WOULD BE PRETTY USEFUL. YEAH. THANK YOU. IT'S GOING TO BE A VERY EXPENSIVE PROJECT AND A LOT OF WORK, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO CUT ACROSS MANY PARTS OF SOUTHERN OR THIS AREA, YOU KNOW, THE GORGONIO, COACHELLA VALLEY RAIL. AND SO RIGHT NOW WE ARE, WELL, NOT LIKE US, BUT PEOPLE ARE WORKING VERY HARD TO SECURE. HOW MUCH IS IT? WAS IT 100 MILLION, AT LEAST $100 MILLION TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN.
BUT WE DO BELIEVE IT WILL HAPPEN. IT'S JUST GOING TO TAKE A LITTLE BIT OF TIME. AND I DO WANT TO GIVE CREDIT TO OUR FORMER DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DIRECTOR, MR. GABRIEL PEREZ. HE WAS VERY INSTRUMENTAL IN WORKING VERY, VERY HARD TO ADVOCATE FOR THIS PROJECT. ALSO, OUR COUNTY SUPERVISOR AND MAYOR WORK VERY HARD WITH RCTC, THE RIVERSIDE COUNTY TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION, TO REALLY TRY AND MAKE COACHELLA THE END OF THE LINE. AND WHAT WE MEAN THE END OF THE LINE IS THE RAIL LINE. AND SO BECAUSE MANY CITIES ACROSS THE LINE FOUGHT ALSO VERY HARD TO TRY TO HAVE LIKE A STOP IN THEIR CITY, BUT ONLY CERTAIN ONES MADE SENSE OR, YOU KNOW, OR WERE REALLY FEASIBLE OR VIABLE, AND OURS IS ONE OF THEM. AND SO WE'RE AT THE END OF THE LINE. BUT THAT'S AMAZING BECAUSE NOW MAYBE, MAYBE SOMEDAY YOU GUYS, OR MAYBE YOUR, YOUR SIBLINGS OR CHILDREN WILL BE ABLE TO TAKE MAYBE COMMUTE, THINK ABOUT COMMUTING, COMMUTING, TAKING THAT LINE THAT'S GOING TO TAKE YOU ALL THE WAY DOWN TO LOS ANGELES OR WHATEVER. AND SO I THINK IT MAKES IT REAL, RIGHT? LIKE, HEY, NOW I CAN BE CONNECTED AND THINK ABOUT TAKING RAIL INSTEAD OF A VEHICLE TO SOME DESTINATION IN ANOTHER PART OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. AND SO THAT WOULD BE REALLY AMAZING, BECAUSE IF MY DAUGHTER IF THIS RAIL LINE WAS HERE TODAY, SHE'D BE COMMUTING TO UC RIVERSIDE. BUT BECAUSE IT'S NOT HERE TODAY.
RIGHT? IT'S IT JUST MAKES SENSE THAT SHE STAYS OVER THERE AND BUT BECAUSE SHE'S THERE EVERY DAY OF THE WEEK. AND SO BUT IF YOU THINK OF IT LIKE THAT, IT'S LIKE, WOW. YEAH, THAT IS ENCOURAGING. YOU COULD COMMUTE FOR WORK OR YOU COULD COMMUTE FOR SCHOOL OR, YOU KNOW, TRAVEL TO OTHER SPACES IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA AT A MUCH LESSER EXPENSE AND IN A GREENER FASHION, YOU KNOW? SO SO WE'RE REALLY HOPING AND PRAYING THAT THIS PROJECT IS FUNDED VERY SOON, BUT WE KNOW IT'S GOING TO TAKE A LITTLE A LITTLE MINUTE. BUT WE'VE COMPLETED KENDRA.
THIS IS PHASE. PHASE PART TWO. YEAH. PART TWO. SO THIS IS PHASE TWO. AND SO THE NEXT PHASE WILL COMMENCE PRETTY SOON. AND THAT'S I THINK, THE TOUGHEST PHASE, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO SECURE THE FUNDING AND BEGIN THE CONSTRUCTION PROCESS AND ALL OF THAT GOOD STUFF. SO WE WILL HAVE A PRESENTATION I THINK, AT THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING. IS IT ON MARCH 25TH, ON MARCH 25TH, IF ANYONE'S INTERESTED IN COMING OUT MARCH 25TH AT 6 P.M.
YOU KNOW, THEY'RE GOING TO BE HERE AND KIND OF TALKING MORE ABOUT IT. AND BUT I THINK WE DO HAVE A WEBSITE, RIGHT? IT'S NOT MAINTAINED BY THE CITY, BUT THERE IS A WEBSITE FOR THIS AS WELL. SO IF YOU GUYS WANTED TO TAKE A LOOK AND THERE'S A SURVEY LINK THERE AS WELL, I'LL PROVIDE THAT. AND THEN THAT WAY YOU GUYS CAN PROVIDE ADDITIONAL COMMENTARY IF YOU'D LIKE OR LEARN MORE ABOUT IT. AND AND THEN IF YOU WANT TO SHOW UP AT THE COUNCIL MEETING AND MAKE A COMMENT, YOU'RE MORE THAN WELCOME TO. AND I ENCOURAGE YOU, WE ENCOURAGE YOU. YOU KNOW, THIS IS OUR RAIL LINE AND YOU YOU SHOULD HAVE A SAY AS WELL. AND THAT MEETING IS IN THREE WEDNESDAYS FROM NOW. YES, A LOT AROUND. HOW LONG IS THE PROJECT GOING TO TAKE? LIKE DO YOU
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THINK THAT'S CONTINGENT UPON OR DEPENDENT UPON FUNDING? SO I THINK WE'RE HOPING FOR 10 TO 15 YEARS, BUT IT'S PROBABLY GOING TO BE MORE LIKE 20 TO 25. IT COULD BE. AND YOU KNOW, THE OTHER THING TO KEEP IN MIND THOUGH, IS I PROBABLY I SHOULD BE HONEST, I THINK IT'S GOING TO TAKE IS IT FIVE YEARS TO CONSTRUCT? I THINK MAYBE FIVE YEARS JUST TO CONSTRUCT IT ANYWAY. SO FOR SURE WE KNOW THAT, OKAY, IT WON'T BE HERE FOR FIVE YEARS BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO TAKE A MINUTE AND PROBABLY A COUPLE YEARS TO DESIGN IT. SO NOW YOU'RE AT SEVEN YEARS LIKE, AND THIS IS ASSUMING THAT WE HAVE ALL THE MONEY SECURED. IT, IT JUST TAKES A MINUTE, YOU KNOW. BUT WE'RE REALLY EXCITED BECAUSE EVEN IF IT TAKES TEN YEARS, I MEAN, HEY, TIME GOES BY REALLY FAST. AND BEFORE YOU KNOW IT, YOU KNOW, MAYBE YOU GUYS WILL HELP US FUND IT. I DON'T KNOW, YOU KNOW, YOU MIGHT END UP BEING IN A FIELD WHERE YOU'RE GOING TO BE OUT THERE SECURING FUNDS. AND SO, YOU KNOW, NEVER DESPAIR, ALWAYS STAY POSITIVE AND COMPLETING THIS PROCESS. NOW WE'RE GOING THROUGH THE THE STUDIES THAT WE'VE DONE NOW. IT HELPS MAKE US MORE COMPETITIVE IN THE IMMEDIATE FUTURE. SO THEN THAT WAY IT'S NOT ANOTHER 30 YEARS FROM NOW. WE'RE WE'RE MORE COMPETITIVE NOW. SO WHEN PEOPLE DO GET ALLOCATED FUNDING, WE CAN KIND OF BE AT THE FRONT OF THE LINE FOR THAT. SO IT'S A IT'S A PROACTIVE APPROACH. I THINK IT'S YEAH, IT'S REALLY GREAT. AND THANK YOU FOR SAYING THAT, KENDRA, BECAUSE THAT'S REALLY THE TRUTH. THE MORE YOU PLAN, THE MORE PREPARED YOU WILL BE WHEN THE OPPORTUNITY PRESENTS ITSELF FOR FUNDING. AND, YOU KNOW, SO THIS THIS WAY WE HAVE SOME SORT OF PLAN. AND, YOU KNOW, WE'RE BEING PROACTIVE AND, AND LOTS OF PEOPLE ARE BEHIND US. YOU KNOW, LOTS OF BIG AGENCIES ARE IN SUPPORT OF THIS PROJECT. SCAG SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF GOVERNMENTS, OUR CTC, YOU KNOW, AND THEN SOME PEOPLE AT THE STATE LEVEL UP AT THE STATE LEVEL ARE ALSO IN SUPPORT. AND SO WE'RE JUST WORKING ON THE FEDERAL. AND THEN I DIDN'T GET TO INCLUDE THIS IN MY PRESENTATION, BUT WE DO HAVE A LINK ON OUR WEBSITE UNDER THE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES WEB PAGE, WHERE YOU GUYS CAN CHECK OUT ALL THE DIFFERENT DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS THAT ARE GOING ON IN THE CITY, AND IT BRINGS YOU TO AN INTERACTIVE MAP. SO I'LL GET THAT OVER TO SELENA, WHO CAN SHARE THAT WITH YOU GUYS. THAT WAY, IF YOU SEE ANYTHING THAT'S GOING ON OR SEE SOME CONSTRUCTION GOING ON AND YOU'RE INTERESTED IN KNOWING WHAT'S GOING HERE, WHAT'S GOING THERE, YOU GUYS CAN SEE THAT IN REAL TIME ON THAT MAP. WELL, WE TRY TO UPDATE IT ONCE A MONTH, BUT WE TRY TO YEAH, WE TRY TO UPDATE IT ONCE A MONTH. SO WHEN YOU GUYS ARE ON THERE IT'S PRETTY UP TO DATE. BUT YEAH. AND IF YOU GUYS SEE ANYTHING HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THERE. FEEL FREE TO REACH OUT TO ME OR ANYONE ON MY TEAM WHENEVER YOU GUYS WANT. THANK YOU KENDRA. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU TO EVERYONE ELSE FOR BEING HERE AND PRESENTING. NEXT ON THE AGENDA, WHICH IS ANOTHER PRESENTATION COMMISSION PROJECT DISCUSSION ONE DAY JUNIOR HIGH LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE. ALL RIGHT, EVERYBODY, SO WE'RE BACK TO OUR PLANNING EFFORTS FOR THE ONE DAY YOUTH LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE. FORGOT. ALL RIGHT.SO THE FIRST QUESTION I HAVE FOR THE COMMISSION, I DID RECEIVE RESPONSES FROM EVERYONE EXCEPT FOR JUST LIKE FOR PEOPLE THAT DIDN'T RESPOND. SO I JUST WANTED TO BRING THIS BACK SO THAT IN YOUR PRESENCE NOW AND WE'RE GOING TO VOTE OR NOT VOTE, BUT DIRECT RIGHT NOW, WHICH VENUE DO WE WANT TO GO WITH? BECAUSE AS YOU ALL RECALL, I SENT MESSAGES ASKING FOR YOUR FEEDBACK REGARDING A VENUE SPACE IN WHICH WE CAN HOLD THE ONE DAY YOUTH LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE. AND SO, SO PEOPLE MOSTLY EVERY EVERYONE WAS IN AGREEMENT THAT UCR PALM DESERT CAMPUS WAS A GOOD FIT. BUT LET ME JUST EXPLAIN A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE TWO POSSIBILITIES.
JUST BECAUSE I JUST WANT TO GIVE EVERYONE THE OPPORTUNITY TO THINK ABOUT THE OPTIONS A LITTLE MORE THOROUGHLY. SO UCR PALM DESERT IS AN EXCELLENT VENUE BECAUSE YOU HAVE A WONDERFUL STAGE AND THEY HAVE AUDIO VISUAL EQUIPMENT THERE ALREADY THAT WE THAT IS ALREADY PART OF THE FACILITY, AND WE HAVE A PODIUM AND LIKE A SCREEN THAT WE CAN BRING DOWN AND THAT KIND OF STUFF. AND THEN YOU HAVE THE AUDIENCE TYPE, I MEAN, THE STADIUM SEATING SORT OF. SO LIKE THE AUDITORIUM SEATING AND THERE'S, YOU KNOW, ADA ACCESSIBILITY AVAILABLE FOR ANYONE THAT MIGHT NEED IT BECAUSE YOU NEVER KNOW, THERE MIGHT BE SOME MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS THAT ARE DISABLED OR, YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE HAVE TO HAVE ADA ACCESSIBLE ACCESSIBILITY. SO THE THE CONFERENCE ROOM THERE IS REALLY, REALLY GREAT IN THAT REGARD.
THEN THERE'S AN AREA WHERE YOU CAN HAVE YOUR VENDORS OR JUST OTHER PEOPLE OFFERING FREE
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RESOURCES AND INFORMATION, AND WE'LL HAVE LIKE FOOD AND ALL THAT, AND THEN THE BREAKOUT ROOMS. AND SO I REQUESTED THREE BREAKOUT ROOMS SO THAT WE HAVE CONCURRENT SESSIONS AS WE DISCUSSED. OKAY. AND SO SO BASICALLY THAT'S THE SETUP AT UCR PALM DESERT CAMPUS. AND THERE'S LOTS OF PARKING. IT'S YOU KNOW, IT'S A COLLEGE CAMPUS, YOU KNOW. AND I THOUGHT THAT WOULD BE AN EXCELLENT CHOICE JUST BECAUSE YOU WANT TO HELP PEOPLE FEEL INSPIRED AND LIKE, OH MY GOSH, I'M ON A COLLEGE CAMPUS. AND, YOU KNOW, JUST TO GET PEOPLE THINKING ABOUT NOT JUST HIGHER EDUCATION, BUT EVEN JUST TRAINING, RIGHT, TRAINING AT A FACILITY, BECAUSE I'M NOT SAYING THAT EVERYBODY HAS TO PURSUE COLLEGE EDUCATION. IT COULD BE THAT THEY PURSUE OTHER FIELDS, YOU KNOW, ENTREPRENEURIAL OR TECHNICAL OR OR WHAT HAVE YOU. RIGHT. IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE HIGHER EDUCATION. ALL RIGHT. SO THAT'S UCR PALM DESERT. NOW WE MOVE TO COACHELLA LIBRARY. AND THE COACHELLA LIBRARY IS AN OUTSTANDING SPACE. AS YOU'VE SEEN, WE DO HAVE LIBRARY ROOMS ONE AND TWO THAT ACCOMMODATE ACCOMMODATE APPROXIMATELY PROBABLY 90 PEOPLE IN THAT ROOM, BUT JUST WITH CHAIRS. AND THEN WE DO HAVE LIKE A THIRD ROOM THAT COULD BE A BREAKOUT ROOM. AND THEN WE HAVE THE OUTDOOR AREA. BUT IN MAY IT GETS KIND OF WARM. AND SO THAT'S HARD. YOU KNOW, I PLUS THE AUDIOVISUAL STUFF WE WOULD DO IT MR. JASON OVER THERE AND HIS TEAM. BUT YOU KNOW WE'RE NOT COMPLAINING ABOUT THE AUDIOVISUAL. WE'RE JUST SAYING IT JUST WOULDN'T BE I DON'T THINK IT WOULD. I DON'T THINK IT'S THE RIGHT FIT. RIGHT. BECAUSE IT'S JUST BUT IT IS LOCAL. SO THE ADVANTAGE OF IT IS THAT IF YOU GUYS THINK OR MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS ARE NOT GOING TO GO ALL THE WAY TO UCR PALM DESERT, AND YOU THINK THEY'RE BETTER OFF STAYING HERE IN COACHELLA, THAT'S FINE. I JUST WE JUST NEED TO KNOW, BECAUSE REMEMBER, SOMEBODY HERE I'M LOOKING AT ISABEL, COMMISSIONER MARTINEZ, I THINK SHE WAS GOING TO HELP US DESIGN THE FLIER OR THE INVITATION.AND SO WE NEED TO, LIKE, START HONING DOWN, LIKE, OKAY, WHAT LOCATION? BUT, YOU KNOW, THE WHO, WHAT, WHERE AND WHY. AND SO I CAN'T DO THAT IF I DON'T HAVE, LIKE, A VENUE. AND UCR PALM DESERT IS ALSO STANDING, STANDING BY WAITING FOR US TO RESPOND BECAUSE I ALREADY SAID, YES, STAND BY. I HAVE TO CHECK WITH OUR COMMISSIONERS. SO SO I JUST THINK THAT UNFORTUNATELY, UCR PALM DESERT IS PROBABLY THE THE MORE PROPER VENUE. BUT LET ME HEAR BACK FROM ALL OF YOU AND SEE WHAT YOU ALL THINK. DO WE WANT UCR PALM DESERT OR DO WE THINK COACHELLA LIBRARY WOULD BE BETTER? WHAT DOES THIS COMMISSION BELIEVE? AND THINK ABOUT IT, YOU GUYS, LIKE WE KNOW OUR AUDIENCE. I DON'T WANT TO BURDEN ANYBODY, BUT LET'S I MEAN, UNLESS YOU GUYS THINK THAT PARENTS AND EVERYBODY WILL SUPPORT THE STUDENTS AND BRING BRINGING THEM TO UCR PALM DESERT, WHAT DO YOU GUYS THINK? YES, COMMISSIONER MARTINEZ, I DO THINK THAT UCR WOULD BE THE BEST BET, BECAUSE IT'LL GIVE US MORE SPACE. AND I THINK MORE SPACE EQUALS MORE POSSIBILITIES.
AND IT KIND OF GIVES US MORE LIKE WIGGLE ROOM TO LIKE, GET DIFFERENT THINGS DONE. AND I THINK IT'LL SHOW STUDENTS LIKE THEIR OWN POSSIBILITIES IN THEIR FUTURE, WHETHER OR NOT THEY'RE GOING INTO COLLEGE OR TRADE OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. AND I KNOW FOR PAST EVENTS, I VOLUNTEERED AT A AT AN EVENT AT THE PALM SPRINGS CONVENTION CENTER. THAT'S FAR THAT'S FURTHER THAN UCR PALM DESERT CAMPUS. AND THE NONPROFIT WORKED WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO GET SCHOOL BUSSES. SO TO PROVIDE TRANSPORTATION FOR KIDS WHOSE PARENTS MIGHT NOT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO DRIVE THEM OUT THERE, AND IT WAS EASIER FOR THEM TO DROP THEM OFF AT THEIR OWN SCHOOL AND THEN, IN A WAY, CARPOOL OR JUST TAKE THE BUS AS A FIELD TRIP TYPE. SO I THINK IF THAT'S POSSIBLE, THAT WOULD MAKE THE EVENT MORE ACCESSIBLE FOR ALL STUDENTS ACROSS COACHELLA. OKAY, ANYONE ELSE HAVE ANY THOUGHTS OR COMMENTS? YEAH, WE HAVE SOME OPTIONS REGARDING TRANSPORTATION. WE COULD ALSO, IF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT DOESN'T, IS UNABLE TO HELP US. YOU KNOW, WE COULD ALWAYS CHECK CHECK WITH SUNLINE TRANSIT AGENCY.
THEY RECENTLY HELPED US WITH OUR AG VISION TOUR. THEY PROVIDED LIKE A SON A SON BUS.
BUT IT WAS IT LOOKED LIKE A CHARTER BUS, YOU KNOW, LIKE THOSE ONES THAT THE FANCY ONES FROM CARDIFF OR LINENS. AND IT LOOKED LIKE THAT. EXCUSE ME. AND THEY WERE AMAZING AT HELPING US WITH THAT. BUT I KNOW THEY HAVE A LOT OF OPTIONS AT SUNLINE. SO SO THANK YOU FOR
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THAT, COMMISSIONER MARTINEZ, BECAUSE TRANSPORTATION COULD BE AN ISSUE, BUT WE DON'T WANT IT TO BE AN ISSUE. THE CITY ALSO HAS A MINI BUS. WE HAVE A IS IT 12 PASSENGER BUS OR 18? I THOUGHT IT WAS. WE HAVE A 1212 PASSENGER BUS, LIKE A MINI BUS. I DID HEAR THAT THEY FINALLY FIXED THE 23 PASSENGER, ONE THAT WE HAVE AS WELL. SO WE DO HAVE OPTIONS. AND I COULD ASK, YOU KNOW, ONE OF MY EMPLOYEES TO SEE IF, IF HE WOULD BE WILLING TO BE THE BUS DRIVER FOR BECAUSE I IMAGINE NOT EVERYONE WILL NEED A RIDE, BUT BUT WE CAN WE CAN FIND OUT.WE'LL WORK CLOSER WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. I KNOW RIGHT NOW THERE'S IT'S TOUGH TIMES FOR THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, AND SO I HAVEN'T REALLY REACHED OUT TO THEM JUST YET ABOUT ANYTHING BECAUSE I WANTED TO CHECK WITH YOU GUYS FIRST ABOUT WHERE DO WE WANT TO BE AND THAT SORT OF THING. SO, SO OKAY, SO LET ME GO AHEAD AND BY A SHOW OF HANDS, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND IF YOU WOULD LIKE THE EVENT TO HAPPEN AT UCR PALM DESERT AND JUST HOLD IT UP. SO THAT'S EVERYBODY EXCEPT ONE PERSON I THINK FOR NOW DID EVERYONE EXCEPT ONE. WELL, LET'S HEAR FROM THE COMMISSIONER WHO THINKS IT SHOULD BE HERE IN COACHELLA. OKAY, SO AS SOMEONE WHO HAS GONE TO A CONFERENCE IN UCR PALM DESERT, IT'S A NICE CAMPUS. IT'S REALLY IT'S REALLY SPACIOUS AND EVERYTHING, BUT OH MY GOODNESS, THE DRIVE OVER THERE LIKE IT WAS, I BELIEVE IT WAS A WEEKEND AND I WAS NOT UP FOR IT. IT WAS A WEEKEND. I WAS TRYING TO REST AND SO TRYING TO THINK HOW A MIDDLE SCHOOLER WOULD THINK, I REALLY DON'T THINK THEY WOULD GO THAT MUCH OUT OF THEIR WAY, LIKE TO GET A RIDE, TO GET UP EARLY AND TO GO OVER TO UCR. I THINK IT WOULD BE MORE LIKELY FOR THEM TO JUST COME OVER TO THE LIBRARY, AND THAT WAY WE WOULD GET MORE ATTENDANCE TO, OKAY, WELL, SO FAR EVERYONE VOTED FOR THE UCR PALM DESERT CAMPUS. YOU KNOW WHAT I'M THINKING? THAT PERHAPS I TOTALLY UNDERSTAND WHERE YOU'RE COMING FROM, BECAUSE THAT'S MY CONCERN, TOO. I THINK, YOU KNOW, I WAS THINKING THAT IF WE MAKE IT A REALLY ENGAGING CONFERENCE, YOU MIGHT GET SOME PEOPLE THAT ARE GOING TO BE MOTIVATED TO BE THERE, YOU KNOW? SO WE'RE GOING TO MAKE IT REALLY AMAZING. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE EVEN IF WE HAVE TO HAVE RAFFLE PRIZES OR WHATEVER IT IS TO GET THEM THERE, SCHOLARSHIP OPPORTUNITIES. OKAY, WE'RE GOING TO WE'RE GOING TO WORK IT SO THAT PEOPLE ARE EXCITED TO ATTEND. BUT COMMISSIONER MARTINEZ, PLEASE LET US KNOW WHAT YOUR THOUGHTS ARE. I KNOW FOR THE NONPROFIT THAT I WORKED WITH, THEY FIRST REACHED OUT TO A LOT OF THE SCHOOLS AVID PROGRAMS. SO THEY TARGETED THOSE GROUPS FIRST, AND THEN THEY ALLOWED THE SCHOOLS TO WELL, THEY SAW HOW MANY KIDS WERE INTERESTED, AND THEN THEY BRANCHED IT OUT TO ALL KIDS FROM THOSE SCHOOLS. SO THAT'S ALSO SOMETHING WE COULD DO BECAUSE I KNOW YEAH, PRETTY MUCH I'M ASSUMING EVERY SCHOOL HAS AVID. SO I DON'T KNOW. DOES CV UNIFIED HAVE AVID BECAUSE I KNOW WE HAVE ACES LIKE I KNOW I'VE HEARD OF ACES, BUT THAT'S DIFFERENT FROM AVID OR WHATEVER. SO WE HAVE AVID OKAY. SO I LIKE THAT SUGGESTION. THAT'S A REALLY GOOD ONE BECAUSE THERE'S GOT TO BE AN EASIER WAY TO AGAIN, JUST ENCOURAGE PARTICIPATION. I DO KNOW THE PEOPLE AT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT THAT WE CAN WORK WITH, AND BLASTING THE INFO TO TO ALL THOSE STUDENTS AND PARENTS. BUT AGAIN, I THINK WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO WORK REALLY HARD AT MAKING IT REALLY ENGAGING, JUST, YOU KNOW, MAKING IT EXCITING AND SOMETHING THAT THEY ASPIRE TO ATTEND. YES, COMMISSIONER, I, I AGREE WITH THE UCR CAMPUS. I THINK ALSO, IF WE MAKE THE FLIER A LITTLE EYE CATCHING TO LIKE YOUNGER PEOPLE, THEY'D BE LIKE, OH, I'VE NEVER BEEN THERE. LIKE, OH, I WOULD LIKE TO EXPLORE THERE AND SEE MY OPTIONS. BECAUSE ME PERSONALLY, I FEEL LIKE IF I WOULD SEE THE FLIER AND SEE THAT IT SAYS COACHELLA LIBRARY, I'D BE LIKE, OH, I'M ALWAYS THERE. SO LIKE I WANT TO EXPLORE. I WOULD GET MORE EXCITED FOR UCR, IS WHAT I'M TRYING TO SAY. SO I THINK THAT'S LIKE, YEAH, JUST I THINK OVERALL THE GOOD PICK. OKAY. YEAH. AND THEY'RE BEING REALLY AMAZING WITH US. WE HAVE A PARTNERSHIP WITH THEM AND THEY'RE VERY WILLING TO SUPPORT US, AND THEY'RE JUST WAITING FOR US TO BE LIKE, OKAY, THAT'S IT. THAT'S WHERE WE'RE GOING TO BE. AND YOU KNOW, SO FOR NOW, I JUST KIND OF RESERVE THE VENUE JUST SO WE WOULD HAVE A VENUE AND, AND THEN CONTINUE PLANNING FOR IT. SO BUT YEAH. SO THANK YOU EVERYBODY. SO RIGHT NOW IT LOOKS LIKE 11 OUT OF THE 12 PRESENT COMMISSIONERS AGREE WITH UCR PALM DESERT. ONE COMMISSIONER BELIEVES IT SHOULD BE THE COACHELLA LIBRARY. AND SO IT APPEARS THAT EVERYONE IS
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IN SUPPORT OF UCR PALM DESERT. ALL RIGHT. LET ME MOVE ON TO THE NEXT SLIDE. OKAY. SO THE NEXT SLIDE WE HAVE, IF YOU RECALL, LAST TIME WE WENT OVER THIS PROGRAM SCHEDULE, AND I JUST WANTED TO KIND OF ASK EVERYONE AGAIN ABOUT THE TIME, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE RIGHT NOW WE'RE SLATED TO GO FROM 830 TO 1 P.M. AND I ALWAYS BELIEVE THAT WITH YOUNG PEOPLE, WE NEED TO KEEP IT SHORT AND SWEET. BUT IF ANYONE HERE BELIEVES THAT WE'RE NOT GIVING OURSELVES ENOUGH TIME, LET ME KNOW, BECAUSE I WAS GOING TO GO INTO JUST KIND OF LIKE IDENTIFYING SOME POSSIBLE SPEAKERS, KEYNOTE, A KEYNOTE SPEAKER. OKAY, WE'RE GOING TO FOCUS ON THAT PERSON OR, YOU KNOW, PERSONS, OR IT COULD BE PERSONS FIRST AND THEN. BUT I WANTED TO GIVE YOU GUYS AN OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT THE PROGRAM SCHEDULE AGAIN, JUST TO SEE IF THIS MAKES SENSE, OR IS THERE SOMETHING WE'RE MISSING, BECAUSE I DID SEE THAT OTHER PEOPLE HAVE OFFERED, LIKE DURING THE THE RESOURCE HALL TIME FRAME, SOMEBODY HAD LIKE LIKE A BOOK, LIKE THEY HAD LIKE BOOKS, LIKE THEY WERE SELLING BOOKS OR RESOURCES. AND I JUST WANTED TO ASK ANYONE HERE, SHOULD WE HAVE SOMETHING LIKE THAT, OR IS THAT CHEESY? OR IS THERE ANOTHER THOUGHT YOU MIGHT HAVE, LIKE AS FAR AS ADDITIONAL RESOURCES? BECAUSE THE KIND OF RESOURCES WE WERE GOING TO FEATURE WOULD BE LIKE, EXCUSE ME, SCHOLARSHIP INFORMATION, PROGRAM INFORMATION, SUMMER SESSIONS LIKE FOLKS THAT OFFER CAREER PATH TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES, THINGS LIKE THAT.RIGHT? SO THINGS THAT PEOPLE DON'T TYPICALLY SEE AT THEIR SCHOOLS. BUT IF THERE'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE MISSING, LET ME KNOW. LIKE WHAT? WHAT ELSE COULD WE OFFER THAT MAYBE I DIDN'T THINK ABOUT OR THAT WE DIDN'T THINK ABOUT AS A STAFF? I THINK THEY SHOULD HAVE SOMETHING LIKE A RESOURCE WHERE THEY CAN, LIKE OPEN THEIR LIKE CREATIVITY. SO INSTEAD OF LIKE SELLING BOOKS LIKE, THESE, KIDS ARE NOT GOING TO HAVE MONEY. THEY SHOULD HAVE WAYS TO LIKE, EXPRESS THEMSELVES, FOR EXAMPLE, LIKE ANY WAY POSSIBLE, THEY COULD LIKE TRY NEW SPORTS WAYS TO FIND LIKE. WAYS, LIKE JUST VOLUNTEERING OPPORTUNITIES, WAYS TO GIVE BACK TO THE COMMUNITY. LIKE THEY COULD EVEN TELL THEM ABOUT, LIKE OUR PROGRAM, THE YOUTH ADVISORY COMMISSION. AND I KNOW THAT INDIO ALSO HAS A YOUTH ADVISORY COMMISSION, AND I FEEL LIKE THEY SHOULD, LIKE, BE OPEN MINDED TO. OH, OKAY. SO LIKE WHEN YOU MEAN CREATIVITY, WE'RE TALKING IT SPANS THE GAMUT BETWEEN LIKE VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES, LEADERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES. BUT THEN ALSO MAYBE BECAUSE I HAD THOUGHT THAT WE COULD OFFER AS PART OF THE PROGRAMING, SOMETHING ENGAGING FOR THE KIDS, LIKE SOMETHING HANDS ON, INTERACTIVE, YOU KNOW, SO YOU'RE NOT LIKE, BORED AND, YOU KNOW, SO WE SHOULD HAVE SOME MOMENT OF LIKE, FUNNY, RIGHT? OR SOMETHING FUN AND FUNNY BECAUSE ALL OF IT'S GOING TO BE FUN. BUT I MEAN, I THINK WE SHOULD HAVE LIKE MOMENTS WHERE PEOPLE CAN BE LIKE, YOU KNOW, AND WHATEVER THIS IS, YOU KNOW, BUT BECAUSE I THINK OTHERWISE, YOU LOSE THEM, YOU KNOW, YOU LOSE THEM, AND THEN YOU'RE LIKE, OKAY, HOW DO I RECAPTURE THEIR ATTENTION? YOU KNOW, SO BECAUSE YOUR ATTENTION SPAN IS IT'S YOUNG, RIGHT. THEY'RE YOUNG YOUNG PEOPLE AND BUT BUT THEY'RE ALSO VERY SHARP. YOU KNOW, A LOT OF THESE LITTLE KIDS ARE REALLY SMART. I HAVE A SEVEN YEAR OLD DAUGHTER. AND LET ME TELL YOU, SHE SURPRISES ME EVERY TIME WITH HER. WITH HER, I GUESS, HER CREATIVITY AND, YOU KNOW, COMMENTS. AND SO OKAY, SO WE'LL WE'LL MARRY MISS MARY OVER HERE IS GOING TO HELP US WITH THOSE CREATIVE OPPORTUNITIES SINCE SHE. OH YES. COMMISSIONER MARTINEZ, I KNOW AT PAST EVENTS LIKE EVEN AT LIKE MY OWN SCHOOL RALLIES, WE LIKE TO PASS OUT LIKE WHETHER IT'S GLOW STICKS OR THINGS LIKE THAT, ESPECIALLY THE FOAM ONES, BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT THE PLASTIC ONES BEING THROWN AT EACH OTHER. AND THE FOAM ONES, AT LEAST THEY'RE SOFT. BUT SOMETIMES THAT KIND OF GETS THEM A LITTLE BIT MORE EXCITED. OR IF IT'S A LITTLE SOUVENIRS THAT THEY CAN TAKE FROM THE EVENT, LIKE STICKERS. OR WHAT ABOUT SLIME? OH, THAT SEEMS TO BE THE BIG THING RIGHT NOW IS SLIME WITH THOSE LITTLE NIFTY LITTLE PONYTAILS. YOU KNOW, THEY'RE REALLY CUTE. AND I JUST THOUGHT I'D MENTION THAT BECAUSE IT SEEMS TO BE LIKE A BIG THING. I'M LIKE, OKAY, SLIME, I DO HAVE SOME PEOPLE. I PERSONALLY WENT TO A CONFERENCE ONCE, AND I WAS REALLY SHOCKED TO SEE THAT AT THE CONFERENCE, THEY HAD A GUY REMEMBER THAT SONG, THE GANGNAM STYLE OR WHATEVER IT WAS CALLED, AND HE WAS UP THERE PERFORMING AND IT
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WAS REALLY FUNNY, YOU KNOW, SO EVEN THINGS LIKE ICEBREAKERS LIKE THAT, JUST TO KIND OF, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW, CHANGE, CHANGE THE THINKING, CHANGE THE MENTALITY. OKAY. SO WE'LL COME BACK TO THAT. YOU GUYS I KNOW, I KNOW IT'S 553. SO I WANT TO GET YOU GUYS OUT OF HERE BY SIX.BUT LET ME KEEP GOING. SO WHAT ABOUT LUNCH? I WANTED TO CONSULT THE COMMISSION ABOUT LUNCH. DO WE LOOK INTO SANDWICHES LIKE A SANDWICH BOX? THERE ARE SANDWICHES PROVIDED BY PANERA BREAD OR ASPEN MILLS, AND THEY'RE OUTSTANDING SANDWICHES, YOU KNOW, AND YOU CAN ORDER THEM WITH THE COOKIE AND CHIPS AND THEN YOUR SANDWICH, AND THEN YOU JUST GRAB THE BOX AND THEN YOU GO, YOU KNOW, OR OR WHAT KIND OF LUNCH, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE I, I KNOW WE GET A LOT OF MEXICAN FOOD HERE. AND I JUST WANTED TO MENTION SANDWICHES, BUT. YES, COMMISSIONER. OH, NO, NO, NO, I WAS GOING TO SAY SOMETHING. I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY THAT IN MY OPINION, I THINK THE YOUTH WOULD LIKE THE PANERA BOXES. OKAY. YEAH, YEAH, THAT'S ALWAYS A SAFE BET. AND WE CAN ORDER. WE'LL MAKE SURE WE HAVE LIKE, VEGETARIAN AND LIKE, MEAT AND WHATEVER, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE NOT EVERYBODY WANTS TO EAT MEAT. SO WE CAN, YOU KNOW, MAKE IT. WE CAN EVEN HAVE SOME PEANUT BUTTER AND JELLY BECAUSE THEY DO HAVE PEANUT BUTTER AND JELLY SANDWICHES AND LIKE, HAM AND CHEESE AND SOME BASIC ONES, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE I KNOW, I KNOW, MIDDLE SCHOOLERS TEND TO BE LIKE PICKY, PICKY EATERS, YOU KNOW, SO WE'LL HAVE A VARIETY AND OKAY. AND EVERYBODY'S OKAY WITH THAT. THEN THE PANERA LUNCH BOXES OKAY. I'LL PROBABLY SEND LIKE A MENU OUT AND JUST KIND OF GET YOU GUYS TO TELL US WHAT YOU THINK, YOU KNOW. SO WE'LL WE'LL SEND A MENU OUT. MAYBE MISS MARY CAN MARY CAN SEND A MENU OUT AND THEN WE CAN PICK LIKE WHAT WHAT WE WANT TO OFFER. EXCUSE ME. LET ME KEEP GOING BECAUSE I KNOW WE ONLY HAVE A FEW MINUTES AND I APOLOGIZE. I KNOW YOU GUYS HAVE TO GO. AND SO. OKAY, SO HERE I WANTED TO LET ME GO BACK. I THINK IT WAS BACK HERE THAT I INCLUDED. LET ME SEE. OKAY.
HERE WE GO. SO I PUT THIS TOGETHER, THESE LITTLE TOPICS BASED ON SOME STUFF I SAW ONLINE. AND I JUST WANTED TO SEE IF WE SHOULD TOUCH ON ANY OF THIS STUFF OR, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE IF YOU GUYS THOUGHT THAT MAYBE WE LEFT SOMETHING OUT. BECAUSE IF YOU LOOK AT THE SESSION TOPICS, HERE THEY ARE. SO THAT'S WHY I PRINTED OUT THE SLIDES AS WELL SO THAT YOU GUYS CAN TAKE THEM HOME. SO TAKE THE SLIDES HOME AND THEN REVIEW EVERYTHING THERE. AND THEN LOOK AT THIS LITTLE LIST HERE AND SEE IF WE LEFT ANYTHING OUT OR IF THERE'S SOMETHING ELSE THAT YOU THINK WE NEED TO COVER. I WANT YOU TO TELL US BECAUSE YOU HAVE THIS LITTLE SCHEDULE HERE.
SO JUST TO KIND OF GET EVERYONE THINKING ABOUT THE SCHEDULE, BUT I WANT YOU GUYS TO TELL ME, HEY, YOU KNOW WHAT? I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THIS. LIKE, I THINK WE NEED TO INCLUDE BLAH, BLAH, BLAH. SO TELL ME WHAT THAT IS AND TAKE THIS PAPER HOME AND START WRITING. WRITING IT DOWN.
THAT'S WHY I PRINTED IT OUT. SO YOU CAN, YOU KNOW, DO THAT AND THEN EMAIL US, YOU KNOW, EMAIL US AND TELL US WHAT YOU THINK AND WHAT I'LL DO AS WELL TO PROMPT YOU IN THE EMAIL IS MAYBE WE'LL HAVE WE'LL SEND WE'LL SEND THIS OUT ELECTRONICALLY. AND THEN I'M EVEN WONDERING IF, IF I'LL SEND LIKE A, WHAT IS THAT CALLED THOSE MONKEY SURVEYS OR WHAT DO THEY CALL THE MONKEY. WHATEVER. SEND ONE OF THOSE OUT AND THEN YOU CAN TYPE IN, YOU KNOW, WHAT YOUR THOUGHTS ARE. AND THEN EVERYBODY CAN SEE WHAT PEOPLE ARE TYPING OR WHATEVER, YOU KNOW. AND AND I THINK THAT COULD BE SURVEY MONKEY. IT'S CALLED SORRY. AND SO I THINK IF WE DID THAT MAYBE THAT'LL HELP, YOU KNOW, KIND OF FRAME WHAT IT IS THAT WE WANT TO DO BASED ON THESE BREAKOUT SESSIONS. AND I HAVE THE THREE LIKE THAT BECAUSE OF THE THREE ROOMS THAT WE RESERVED. BUT THEN ALSO WE DO HAVE THE BIG GENERAL CONFERENCE AREA. BUT I WAS THINKING OF USING THAT TO PROVIDE LIKE OTHER ENTERTAINMENT AS WELL, YOU KNOW, SO LIKE I WANTED TO SAVE THE STAGE FOR SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, SOME SOMETHING MORE INTERACTIVE.
AND BECAUSE I, I DO THINK THE STUDENTS SHOULD BE GIVEN THE OPTION TO GO BACK AND FORTH AND, YOU KNOW, AND THEN LET ME GO BACK TO. OKAY. AND THEN I WANTED TO ASK AND THIS IS WHY, AGAIN, I'M PRINTING THE LIST. IF YOU GUYS WOULD KINDLY THINK ABOUT WHO YOU WOULD WANT TO ASK TO HELP US, BECAUSE YOU KNOW HOW I WROTE THIS UP HERE. LIKE WE NEED FOUR VOLUNTEERS FOR THAT AND FOUR FOR THIS. I THINK WE DEFINITELY NEED TO HAVE AMBASSADORS THERE, YOU KNOW? AND BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE YOU THERE. RIGHT? IS EVERYBODY RSVPING? YES TO THAT. OKAY. AND SO SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE YOUR T SHIRTS THAT ARE GOING TO SAY, YOU KNOW, CITY OF COACHELLA YOUTH ADVISORY COMMISSIONER. SO WE'LL HAVE YOUR OWN, YOU KNOW, DESIGN T SHIRT. BUT ALSO FOR THE DAY OF THE EVENT, WE MIGHT ORDER SOME T SHIRTS FOR THE HELPERS, BUT THOSE ARE GOING TO
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LOOK A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THAT WAY. PEOPLE KNOW LIKE WHO'S A COMMISSIONER AND WHO'S A LIKE A VOLUNTEER OR, YOU KNOW, OR WHATEVER. WE WANT TO CALL THOSE PEOPLE A VOLUNTEER, I GUESS. RIGHT. AND SO WE'LL GIVE THEM A NICE T SHIRT FOR THE EVENT. AND THEN THAT WAY THEY CAN BE DISTINGUISHED, AND THEN THESE WILL BE THE PEOPLE THAT WILL HELP US WITH CROWD CONTROL AND JUST KIND OF GUIDING THE STUDENTS AND KEEPING AN EYE BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT ANYONE TO BE. AND WE'LL BE THERE TOO. BUT I'M SAYING, LIKE, I JUST DON'T WANT PEOPLE TO GET IN TROUBLE OR SOMEBODY TO GET HURT OR WHAT HAVE YOU. SO WE NEED AS MANY PEOPLE AS WE CAN. SO IF YOU GUYS CAN START HELPING US IDENTIFY SOME PEOPLE THAT YOU THINK WOULD MAKE EXCELLENT VOLUNTEERS, I NEED SOME HOURS. I DON'T KNOW IF THE HOURS ARE STILL A THING IN HIGH SCHOOL.DO PEOPLE STILL NEED COMMUNITY SERVICE? OKAY, SO SO WE'LL WE'LL, YOU KNOW, AND THEN WE'LL SEND OUT MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE SHIFTS BECAUSE LIKE IF YOU LOOK AT THE SCHEDULE, YOU GET AN IDEA OF LIKE THE LENGTH OF TIME THAT WE ARE GOING TO BE AT THIS EVENT. SO JUST TELL THEM IT'S LIKE 830 TO 1 OR IF THEY CAN'T DO THOSE SHIFTS, MAYBE WE DO SHIFTS. OKAY. SO JUST LET ME KNOW. AND SO WE'LL HAVE TO DO A LOT OF I GUESS PLANNING OVER EMAIL. SO I'LL BE SENDING MESSAGES TO PEOPLE AND THEN JUST RESPOND. AND THEN WE CAN CONTINUE WITH THEIR PLANNING EFFORTS BECAUSE WE RAN OUT OF TIME TODAY. SO ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS THAT YOU GUYS MIGHT HAVE? OKAY. COMMISSIONER. OH YES, I DO HAVE A COMMENT ABOUT THE LOCATION.
YES. SO BACK WHEN I WAS IN MIDDLE SCHOOL, I WOULD KIND OF LIKE WALK AROUND EVERYWHERE BECAUSE MY MOM COULDN'T REALLY TAKE ME TO MANY PLACES. SO I THINK THAT THE COACHELLA LIBRARY WOULD BE MORE ACCESSIBLE TO EVERYONE. EVEN THOUGH UCR IS A BEAUTIFUL CAMPUS LIKE EVERYONE ELSE MENTIONED. BUT I THINK THE COACHELLA COACHELLA LIBRARY WOULD BE A BETTER OPTION BECAUSE THERE IS A MIDDLE SCHOOL LIKE BEHIND OVER HERE, LIKE BOBBY DUKE. YEAH, AND MIDDLE SCHOOLERS COULD, LIKE, COME WALKING IF THEIR PARENTS CAN'T TAKE THEM. YEAH, I MEAN, FOR SURE, YOU KNOW, WE DO HAVE WHAT IS IT, CAHUILLA DESERT ACADEMY, WHOEVER HAS A SIXTH GRADE. BECAUSE I KNOW THESE DAYS VALLEY VIEW HAS SIXTH GRADE, WHICH IS WEIRD TO ME BECAUSE BACK IN MY TIME, MIDDLE SCHOOL WAS SIXTH, SEVENTH AND EIGHTH. NOT LIKE SEVENTH AND EIGHTH ONLY. SO I DON'T KNOW, YOU KNOW. SO WE HAVE DESERT ACADEMY, NOVA ACADEMY, WE HAVE ALL KINDS OF PEOPLE IN COACHELLA THAT, YOU KNOW, ARE NOT NECESSARILY IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO THE LIBRARY, BUT I UNDERSTAND, BUT SEE, THIS IS WHY WE'RE GOING TO SEE IF WE CAN HAVE SUNLINE HELP OR SOMEBODY HELP TO SO THAT THAT'S NOT A BARRIER, YOU KNOW. SO WE'LL NEED A CHAPERON FOR THE BUS, YOU KNOW, PROBABLY TWO CHAPERONS FOR THE BUS. SO THINK ABOUT THAT AS WE THINK ABOUT VOLUNTEERS TO HELP US THIS DAY.
AND THEN THAT WAY TRANSPORTATION WON'T BE AN ISSUE. AND BUT WHAT I'LL DO IS SINCE I HAVE, I THINK JUST BRANDON AND AND EMILY, I HAVE TWO COMMISSIONERS MISSING, BUT I THINK SO THE MAJORITY OF YOU ALL SAID 11 OUT OF 12 SAID THEY WANT UCR. OKAY. UNLESS YOU WANT TO COUNT YOURSELF OUT NOW, BECAUSE I HAVE YOU KNOW, I SAID ONE OUT OF 12 SAID NO OR THEY WANTED IN COACHELLA AND THEN THE REST WANTED AT UCR PALM DESERT. ARE YOU SAYING YOU WANT TO RETRACT YOUR VOTE AND PUT IT FOR COACHELLA? YES. OKAY. OKAY. LET ME WRITE THAT DOWN SO THAT WE CAN MEMORIALIZE THAT. SO I GUESS I STILL HAVE A MAJORITY. SO I THINK IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S GOING TO BE UCR PALM DESERT, BUT I'LL STILL RECORD THE VOTE OR THE DIRECTION THAT TEN OUT OF 12 AND THEN TWO, TWO OUT OF 12 WANT THE COACHELLA LIBRARY IN CASE COUNCIL MEMBERS ASK.
BUT I'M GOING TO CHANGE MY VOTE TO NOW THAT I'M THINKING ABOUT IT. I DO A LOT OF COMMUNITY SERVICE AS WELL, AND IT'S KIND OF HARD FOR ME, FOR MY DAD TO DRIVE ALL THE WAY TO PALM DESERT BECAUSE HE'S LIKE, REALLY? ON A SATURDAY WE'RE GOING ALL THE WAY TO PALM DESERT, LIKE AT 8 A.M. AND IT UNLESS THERE'S BUSSES THAT WOULD BE PROVIDED, WHICH I MEAN, LIKE OBVIOUSLY IT WOULD BE DEFINITELY EASIER. YEAH. OKAY. YEAH. SO WE'LL PUT YOU DOWN.
YOU'RE PART OF THE THREE AND SO FAR SO WE STILL HAVE MAJORITY. BUT LIKE I SAID WE WILL WORK ON TRANSPORTATION AND TO SO THAT WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE CAN MAKE IT. YOU KNOW BECAUSE I TOTALLY UNDERSTAND. AND BUT THE GOOD NEWS IS WE'RE PLANNING FAR ENOUGH AHEAD IN ADVANCE THAT WE CAN LET PEOPLE KNOW, HEY, PLAN YOUR DAY ON THIS DAY. YOU KNOW, WE HAVE LIKE MONTHS SO PEOPLE CAN MAKE PLANS AND, YOU KNOW, MAKE ARRANGEMENTS IS WHAT I'M SAYING. AND THEN ALSO, I DON'T KNOW, I THINK WE HAVE WE HAD COMMISSIONER MARTINEZ VOLUNTEER LIKE TO MAKE THE FLIER, BUT I DON'T KNOW, I HAD SENT YOU A DRAFT. YOU DID. I COULD RESEND IT TO YOU. YEAH. SEND IT TO ME.
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SEE IT? YEAH. SORRY. NO, IT'S FINE. I IT OBVIOUSLY DOESN'T HAVE AN OFFICIAL, LIKE, TIME.LIKE TIME OR LOCATION, BUT IT WAS JUST, LIKE, SIMPLY A MOCK UP DRAFT TO SEE WHAT WOULD LOOK APPEALING. OKAY. MAYBE AT THE NEXT MEETING, I'LL SHOWCASE IT SO PEOPLE CAN SEE IT, AND I'LL SEND IT TO YOU. YEAH. RESEND IT PLEASE, AND I APOLOGIZE. I GET LIKE A MILLION EMAILS AND SO HALF OF THEM GO TO MALE PROTECTOR LIKE SPAM. AND SO IT'S JUST IT'S HARD BECAUSE I'LL BE LIKE, OH NO, DON'T TELL ME IT WENT TO SPAM. SO IT'S ALL JASON'S FAULT OVER THERE. IT'S HIS FAULT. HE PUTS EVERYTHING IN MALE PROTECTOR. BUT I'M JUST KIDDING. IT'S PROBABLY SITTING IN MY INBOX AND I SOMEHOW MISSED IT. BUT PLEASE RESEND IT. AND IF NOT, I'LL. I'LL LOOK FOR IT RIGHT NOW WHEN I GO BACK. BUT ANYWAY, I'LL TURN IT BACK OVER TO CHAIR. SO, SO NEW BUSINESS CALENDAR. WE HAVE NONE. NEXT IS PUBLIC COMMENTS NON-AGENDA ITEMS. THE PUBLIC MAY ADDRESS THE COMMISSION ON ANY ITEMS OF INTEREST TO THE PUBLIC THAT IS NOT ON THE AGENDA, BUT IT IS WITHIN THE SUBJECT MATTER JURISDICTION THEREOF. PLEASE LIMIT YOUR COMMENTS TO THREE MINUTES. JASON, DO WE HAVE ANYBODY IN THE AUDIENCE? I MEAN, ON ZOOM THERE ARE NONE ONLINE. OKAY. AND ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE? NO. OKAY. ANY REPORTS OR REQUESTS? ANY COMMISSIONER COMMENTS? WELL, I'D LIKE TO ADJOURN THIS
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