[CALL TO ORDER]
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          GO. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. LET'S GO AHEAD AND GO WITH A ROLL CALL. IS IT PRESENT HERE? OKAY. VICTOR ALCANTARA. I, ANDREW GALLEGOS PRESENT. ROSALIA AVILA HERE. AVILA. MARCOS GRANADOS HERE, AND JESUS NUNEZ PRESENT. THANK YOU. ALL FIVE MEMBERS PRESENT TONIGHT. OKAY. I WILL GO TO 
          [APPROVAL OF AGENDA]
APPROVE AGENDA. RIGHT. YES. AT THIS TIME, THE COMMISSION MAY ANNOUNCE ANY ITEMS BEING PULLED FROM THE AGENDA OR CONTINUE TO ANOTHER DATE OR REQUEST THE MOVING OF AN ITEM ON THE AGENDA. 
          SO WE NEED APPROVAL OF. THAT. WE NEED I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THIS AGENDA. SECOND. 
          OKAY, SO TAKE THE VOTE, VICTOR. YEAH. ANDREW. YEAH YEAH YEAH. COMMISSIONER AND COMMISSIONERS. 
          YEAH. VICE. RIGHT OUT. APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES. RIGHT. OKAY. SO APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES. 
          [APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES]
MEETING MINUTES OF MARCH 18TH, 2025 OF THE PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION. IF THE COMMISSION WISHES, IF YOU'D LIKE TO MOVE ON ALL THREE OF THESE ITEMS AT ONCE, IF YOU WANT TO READ OUT ALL THREE OF THE MEETING MINUTES, WE CAN DO A ROLL CALL ONCE AND MOVE TO APPROVE ALL THREE OF THE MINUTES AS ONE ACTION. IF THE COMMISSION SO CHOOSES, YOU COULD MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEMS ONE, TWO, AND THREE AS ONE. ACTION. I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE. DECEMBER. DECEMBER, SEPTEMBER AND MARCH MINUTES TO APPROVE THEM. I SECOND THAT, OKAY, SO WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE THE MEETING MINUTES OF MARCH 18TH, 2025. SEPTEMBER 16TH, 2025 AND DECEMBER 16TH, 2025 AS ONE MOTION. SO WE WILL TAKE THE ROLL CALL. COMMISSIONER ALCANTARA. YES, COMMISSIONER GALLEGOS, I, I AND COMMISSIONER NUNEZ, I OKAY. NOW WE'LL MOVE ON TO PRESENTATIONS. THE SOCCER ART UPDATE. RFP. OKAY, SO 
          [PRESENTATIONS]
TONIGHT THIS IS JUST AN UPDATE FOR THE SOCCER LEAGUE RFP. AS YOU SHOULD KNOW, WE PUT OUT AN RFP IN 2025 TO POTENTIALLY HAVE ONE SOCCER LEAGUE OPERATE ALL OF THE OPERATIONS WITHIN THE CITY. WE RECEIVED A TOTAL OF FOUR BIDS THAT WERE QUALIFYING BIDS. ORIGINALLY. THIS WAS INTENDED TO BE FOR THIS SEASON, BUT BECAUSE OF THE TIMING OF THE RFP, IT WAS NOT TURNED IN UNTIL LATE MAY AND JUST THE TIME THAT IT TAKES TO REVIEW THOSE, REVIEW ALL THOSE RFP AND ACCURATELY JUDGE THEM, IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THAT PROCESS COULDN'T BE COMPLETED PRIOR TO THE THE SOCCER SEASON OF THIS YEAR. SO THE SOCCER SEASON THAT IS OPERATING THIS YEAR, THEY 
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ARE OPERATING ON A EXISTING MOU THAT THEY HAVE WITH THE CITY, THE MOU FROM THE PREVIOUS FISCAL YEAR AUTOMATICALLY EXTENDS INTO THIS YEAR. SO AT THIS TIME WE HAVE THE TWO SOCCER LEAGUES, COACHELLA VALLEY SOCCER LEAGUE AND COACHELLA YOUTH SPORTS ASSOCIATION, WHICH ARE BOTH OPERATING DURING THIS SEASON. SO IF WE ARE GOING TO. WHEN WE MOVE FORWARD TO EVALUATE THIS RFP AND COME UP WITH RECOMMENDATIONS, THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS WILL BE AT THE NEXT MEETING, AND THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS WOULD TAKE EFFECT FOR THE NEXT SEASON. SO THE GOAL RIGHT NOW IS TO THIS IS JUST AN UPDATE TO LET YOU KNOW WHERE WE STAND. AND AS WE MOVE FORWARD. AS PART OF THE RFP, ONE OF THE THINGS WE OFFERED ALL OF THE APPLICANTS IS TO BE ABLE TO GIVE ORAL PRESENTATIONS AND ORAL INTERVIEWS AS PART OF THEIR PROCESS. SO WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO DO IS AT THE NEXT REGULARLY SCHEDULED PARKS AND RECREATION COMMITTEE MEETING, OUR COMMISSION MEETING IS WE WOULD INVITE WHATEVER SPORTS LEAGUES YOU GUYS FEEL ARE APPROPRIATE TO COME FORWARD AND BE ABLE TO GIVE THOSE VERBAL PRESENTATIONS. AS OF RIGHT NOW, THE FOR BIDS OR THE FOR RFP WERE VERY CLOSE TO EACH OTHER. I WOULDN'T SAY THAT ANY SINGLE LEAGUE REALLY STOOD OUT AS A VERY, AS A CLEAR FAVORITE. AND THEN FOR SECTION EIGHT OF THE RFP, LIKE I SAID, THEY SHOULD BE OFFERED THE OPPORTUNITY FOR A QUESTION AND ANSWER SESSION, WHICH THIS BODY IS GOING TO PROVIDE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR THAT QUESTION AND ANSWER SESSION. AND THEN THE ALSO THE ORAL INTERVIEW. AS FAR AS HOW THE SCORING TURNED OUT. CISA HAD THE HIGHEST TOTAL AVERAGE SCORE AT 80 FOR COACHELLA. FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION WAS AT 82.3. AND COACHELLA VALLEY SPORTS ASSOCIATION WAS 81. CALIFORNIA STATE SOCCER ASSOCIATION WAS AT A 79. SO AS YOU CAN SEE, THE THE THREE AT THE TOP, THEY'RE ALL IN THE 80S, VERY CLOSE SCORES. HOW WE REVIEWED THE SOCCER LEAGUE. RFP WAS BROKEN INTO FOUR MAIN SECTIONS. WE HAD THE LEAGUE BACKGROUND ORGANIZATION CAPACITY, THE LEAGUE STRUCTURE, WE HAD THE PROGRAM FEE SCHEDULE, AND THEN UNIQUE LEAGUE FEATURES. 
          AND THIS WAS STATED IN THE RFP WENT OUT THAT THESE ARE THE FOUR CATEGORIES THAT THEY WOULD BE JUDGED ON. WHEN WE LOOKED AT HOW THE RFP WERE, WHEN THEY WERE TURNED IN, SOME OF THE STRONG POINTS OF OF CISA, THEY WERE THE, THE, THE FIRST ONE ON THE LIST, THEY OBVIOUSLY SCORED VERY HIGHLY DUE TO THEIR EXPERIENCE WITH THE CITY. THEY'VE BEEN PROVIDING, I BELIEVE, OVER 20 YEARS, HISTORY RUNNING YOUTH SPORTS LEAGUES AND RUNNING THE SOCCER SPORTS LEAGUES IN THE CITY. SOME OF THE WEAK POINTS IN. THERE WERE SOME OF THEIR LEAGUE STRUCTURES, AND PLANS WEREN'T QUITE AS DETAILED AND THOROUGH, WERE THOROUGH AS SOME OF THE OTHER APPLICANTS. THE COACHELLA FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION. THEY HAD A VERY WELL WRITTEN PROPOSAL, VERY DETAILED. THEY GOT A VERY HIGH SCORE ON SOME OF THE LEAGUE STRUCTURE AND SOME OF THEIR PROGRAM IDEAS. ONE OF THEIR WEAKER POINTS, THE REASON THEY CAME IN SECOND PLACE IS THEY OBVIOUSLY HAD THE LEAST EXPERIENCE AMONG THE FOUR BIDDERS. CISA OR SORRY, CVSL. 
          THEY ALSO SCORED WELL IN EXPERIENCE. THEY'VE BEEN RUNNING SOCCER LEAGUES IN THE CITY FOR A LONG TIME. THEIR THEIR OVERALL BID WAS ACTUALLY VERY WELL WRITTEN. THEY DID LOSE SOME POINTS BECAUSE THERE WERE A COUPLE SECTIONS OF RFP THAT WERE THAT WERE NOT COMPLETED, WHICH IS KIND OF THE REASON THEY WERE IN THAT THIRD PLACE POSITION. BUT OVERALL, ALL THREE OF THESE LEAGUES, I WOULD SAY WERE WERE VERY CLOSE. THEY'RE VERY TIED TO EACH OTHER. 
          SO WE'RE NOT MAKING A RECOMMENDATION THAT THAT ONE IS REALLY HEADS AND SHOULDERS ABOVE THE OTHER. WE WANT TO GIVE THEM ALL THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME FORWARD AND GIVE THAT ORAL PRESENTATION, THAT ORAL INTERVIEW, AT THE NEXT REGULARLY SCHEDULED COMMISSION MEETING. AS FAR AS THE LEAGUE THAT CAME IN FOURTH PLACE. ANDREW, I APOLOGIZE FOR INTERRUPTING. YES, WE WE HAVE LOST OUR ONLINE ONLINE TRANSLATOR, SO I'D LIKE TO ACTIVATE OUR IN-ROOM TRANSLATOR TO TRANSLATE ENGLISH TO SPANISH FOR OUR AUDIENCE. OKAY. SO THE 
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FOURTH ONE I RECEIVED WAS FROM CAL SOUTH. THEY HAD A VERY GOOD PROPOSAL OVERALL. THEY SHOWED THEY HAVE A LOT OF EXPERIENCE RUNNING YOUTH LEAGUES, AND THEY HAD A RELATIVELY GOOD FORMAT AND ORGANIZATION INFORMATION. I THINK THE REASON THEY WERE SCORED LOWER. ON THE OVERALL SERVICE THEY PROVIDED WERE A LITTLE BIT LESS THAN, I THINK, WHAT WE'RE ACCUSTOMED TO IN OUR COMMUNITY. WE HAVE A COMMUNITY THAT I THINK IS VERY HIGHLY COMPETITIVE AND THEY WE AND GETS REALLY INSPIRED BY SOCCER AND OUR COMMUNITY. FOOTBALL AND HAVING A CENTRAL ORGANIZATION STRUCTURE IS BASED FAR OUTSIDE OF THE VALLEY SPECTRUM AND DOESN'T NECESSARILY OFFER AS MANY OF THE, THE CAMPS AND THE ADULT OPPORTUNITIES AND AS MUCH OF KIND OF THE, THE COMPETITIVE NATURE THAT I THINK OUR COMMUNITY IS USED TO IS THE REASON THEY CAME IN FOURTH PLACE. SO AS FAR AS WHAT WE'RE RECOMMENDING. WE ARE RECOMMENDING THAT THE TOP THREE SCORING LEADERS HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO THE PRESENTATION. WE'RE RECOMMENDING THAT THOSE WILL BE SCHEDULED AT THE NEXT REGULARLY SCHEDULED PARKS AND RECREATION MEETING. ON APRIL. PARKS AND RECREATION, APRIL. THE THREE ORGANIZATIONS THAT WE'RE RECOMMENDING TO COME FORWARD AND THOSE PRESENTATIONS. ARE THE COACHELLA YOUTH SPORTS ASSOCIATION, COACHELLA YOUTH SPORTS ASSOCIATION, COACHELLA FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION, THE COACHELLA FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION AND THE COACHELLA VALLEY SPORTS ASSOCIATION. COACHELLA VALLEY SPORTS ASSOCIATION, LAS TRES ORGANIZACIONES. SO TODAY WE'RE JUST LOOKING FOR OPEN DIALOG DIRECTION ON HOW TO MOVE FORWARD. RECOMMENDATION RECOMMENDATIONS ON EL SONIDO. 
          ONCE WE BRING THIS FORWARD, THEN A FORMAL RECOMMENDATION WILL BE VOTED ON APRIL 21ST MEETING. UNO DE ABRIL AND I, AND I DO WANT TO MAKE CLEAR THAT THE. THIS COMMISSION BODY WOULD BE MAKING A RECOMMENDATION. AND THE FINAL DECISION, AS MUCH AS HOW THAT MOU WOULD BE PROCESSED OR THE FINAL DECISION WILL BE MADE RELATIVE TO LEAGUES, WE WOULD CHOOSE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE. AT THE. CITY OF COACHELLA CITY COUNCIL ANTE EL CONSEJO DE LA CIUDAD DE COACHELLA. SO THE GOAL IS TO HAVE THIS IN FRONT OF THE CITY COUNCIL BY MAY. 
          TINGA TINGA MENOS PARA MAYO. SO IF THEY HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO VOTE AND WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE OUR MOU SET FOR THE NEXT SEASON, TENEMOS LA OPORTUNIDAD PARA TENER EL ASUNTO PARA LA PROXIMA TEMPORADA. SO WITH THAT I WOULD LIKE TO OPEN IT UP TO ANY QUESTIONS FROM OUR COMMISSIONERS. DEJARLO ABIERTO PARA LAS PREGUNTAS Q TENGAN DE LOS CONSEJOS. DO YOU GUYS HAVE LIKE THE WAY THAT LIKE SHARE OF THE SCORING, LIKE WITH THE DESCRIPTIONS OF HOW MANY POINTS YOU GAVE TO EACH DESCRIPTION? I KNOW YOU SAID LIKE THE OVERALL SCORE IN LIKE A BROAD DESCRIPTION OF LIKE, OH, THESE WERE THE LEAST AND THESE WERE THE PROS, THE PROS AND THE CONS. SO YOU GUYS HAVE LIKE THE LIST OR WE DO HAVE THE INDIVIDUAL SCORING SHEETS FOR EVERY TEAM. YES. SO THOSE CAN BE PROVIDED TO YOU IF YOU, IF YOU'D LIKE TO REQUEST THOSE. YEAH, I'D LIKE TO SEE THOSE. I THINK WE'LL DEFINITELY LIKE TO SEE THOSE. 
          THAT'S AT LEAST FOR A LITTLE BIT MORE PREPARED FOR THE 21ST. RIGHT. OKAY. YEAH. DO YOU GUYS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? YEAH. SO WE ARE GOING TO BE RECOMMENDING THIS TO CITY COUNCIL. SO WE'RE STILL IN THE TALKS WHETHER IT'S TWO LEAGUES OR ONE LEAGUE. BASICALLY THE COMMISSION HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO RECOMMEND ANY OPTION THEY WOULD LIKE. SO YES, YOU YOU ARE YOU YOU ARE NOT REQUIRED TO SELECT ONLY ONE LEAGUE IF THE WISH OF THE COMMISSION, DUE TO ALL OF THEM BEING RELATIVELY TIED TO EACH OTHER. YOU HAVE THE WISH OF THE COMMISSIONERS, AND IF THE WISH OF THE CITY COUNCIL IS TO REMAIN WITH THE EXISTING SITUATION. WITH TWO LEAGUES OPERATING AT OUR TWO PARKS, THEN THAT IS CERTAINLY A RECOMMENDATION THAT YOU COULD MAKE. OKAY. THANKS FOR CLEARING THAT UP. YEAH. DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? YEAH, BECAUSE I THINK THE WHOLE CHECKING INTO THE, YOU KNOW, IF EITHER 1 OR 2 WOULD WORK, I THINK THAT'S 
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SOMETHING THAT'S, YOU KNOW, TO HAVING THOSE PAPERS, YOU KNOW, SEEING HOW YOU GUYS SCORED AND EVERYTHING DEFINITELY IS GOING TO HELP US BE A LITTLE BIT MORE PRODUCTIVE WHEN IT COMES TO THE 21ST TO DECIDE EITHER WE WANT MAYBE JUST 1 OR 2, BECAUSE I HONESTLY BEEN TO A POINT WHERE LIKE, I LIKE JUST THE TWO LEAGUES THAT WE HAD BEFORE, JUST TO FIGURE OUT THAT PROBLEM THAT WE HAD AT ONE POINT. AND YOU KNOW, LIKE I ALWAYS SAID, WE'RE ADULTS AND COMING DOWN TO ONE, YOU KNOW, HAVING HOW WE HAD A STRUCTURE BEFORE ONE, ONE SECTION TAKES THE OTHER TAKES A FLORES. BUT I ALWAYS MY BIGGEST CONCERN, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS DID ADD THE WHOLE THING IN THE MOU NOW RESULTING INTO THE ALCOHOL PROBLEM THAT WE'RE HAVING, YOU KNOW, IN THE FIELDS, IF THEY'RE GOING TO BE, YOU KNOW, IF THE LEAGUES ARE ACTUALLY GOING TO BE TAKING ACTION TOWARDS THE ALCOHOL BECAUSE NOW WE'RE HAVING, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE FROM OUT OF TOWN, THEY SAY, WE DON'T WANT TO COME BECAUSE COACHELLA, ALL THEY DO IS JUST DRINK AND FIGHT. 
          UNFORTUNATELY, THAT'S BEEN GETTING, YOU KNOW, ON SOCIAL MEDIA. IT'S VIDEOS HAVE GONE VIRAL, YOU KNOW, FOR THAT. SO IT BUILDS A BAD REPUTATION TOWARDS THE CITY AND TOWARDS A LOT OF US THAT LIVE HERE. YOU GUYS WORK HERE. SO DEFINITELY, I THINK IF, IF THE MOU CARRIES SOMETHING WHERE, YOU KNOW, THE LEAGUES ARE STRONG INTO DOING SOMETHING TOWARDS THE ALCOHOL ABUSE THAT'S HAPPENING IN THE FIELDS, I THINK THAT'S TO BE A TREMENDOUS, YOU KNOW, SCORE THAT COULD CHANGE, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF THE SCORING BECAUSE THAT'S ACTUALLY ONE OF THE BIGGEST PROBLEMS THAT WE'RE HAVING HERE. SO I THINK THAT'S ALWAYS BEEN MY BIGGEST THING. 
          YOU KNOW THE ALCOHOL AND I SEE WHAT IT DOES. AND YOU KNOW, IT'S SOMETHING THAT I'VE BEEN PRETTY MUCH SAYING SINCE THIS WHOLE THING STARTED. AND NOW I THINK ADDING IT TO THE MOU, IT WILL BE MORE STRONG TO NOW MAKING THE LEAGUES A LITTLE BIT MORE RELIABLE INTO, HEY, WE'RE HAVING THIS ISSUE, LET'S FIX IT. YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST SO IT'S, IT'S A SPORTS FIELD, YOU KNOW, FOR SPORTS NOT TO COME AND GET DRUNK AND PLAY, YOU KNOW, THAT'S THE WAY I SEE IT. BUT DEFINITELY IF GETTING, YOU KNOW, THE, THE SCORING WILL HELP US A LITTLE BIT MORE TO DELIVER FOR THE 21ST OF EITHER WE GO WITH TWO LEAGUES OR WE STICK TO ONE LEAGUE OR HOW ARE WE GOING TO MOVE, YOU KNOW, AND THEN FROM THERE WE PRESENT IT TO YOU GUYS AND THEN THEN WE GO FROM THERE. 
          BUT I THINK THAT WAS FOR ME, THAT'S ONE OF THE STRONGEST POINTS THERE, YOU KNOW. AND THEN ALSO TOO, WE'RE ABLE TO SEE WHAT THEY'RE BRINGING MORE TO THE COMMUNITY. THAT'S, YOU KNOW, GOING TO REALLY HELP US, YOU KNOW, SAVE, YOU KNOW, THIS LEAGUE IS BETTER OR WE'RE WE'RE TIED BETWEEN THESE TWO. AND THEN JUST, YOU KNOW, MOVE ON TO TWO. SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT DEFINITELY I THINK WE COULD TAKE A LOOK INTO. BUT AND YES, ONCE WE HAVE A RECOMMENDATION FOR HOW WE'RE GOING TO MOVE FORWARD, MODIFICATIONS TO THE MOU, WE DO AMENDMENTS TO THE MOU AS WE CHANGE THOSE EVERY YEAR. WE'RE NOT EVERY YEAR. BUT YOU KNOW, WHEN AMENDMENTS ARE REQUESTED. SO ANY OF THOSE TYPES OF ADDITIONS, WHETHER IT'S ONE LINK, WHETHER IT'S TWO LEAGUES, WHETHER IT'S 12 LEAGUES, THOSE CAN BE ADDED. SO I WELCOME THOSE KIND OF SUGGESTIONS AND ANYTHING WE CAN DO TO IMPROVE THE MOU AND ADD ADDITIONAL FEATURES SO THAT NO MATTER WHO'S RUNNING IT, THOSE KIND OF ITEMS ARE ADDRESSED IN THE NEXT AGREEMENT. WE WELCOME ALL THOSE COMMENTS AND WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT THOSE ARE INCLUDED, AND WE CAN BRING THAT. 
          THAT MODIFIED MOU WILL ALSO BE BROUGHT BACK TO THE PARKS AND REC COMMISSION. ONCE THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS ARE MADE. BUT YEAH, BECAUSE OF, YOU KNOW, UNFORTUNATELY, WE CAN'T TELL THE LEAGUES WHAT TO DO. BUT YOU KNOW, HAVING THAT IN THE MOU IS JUST STRONG TO, YOU KNOW, HELP PRETTY MUCH GUIDANCE. AND ALSO, YOU KNOW, MAKE THE LEAGUES A LITTLE BIT MORE RESPONSIBLE AT THE END OF THE DAY BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, IT'S FOR THE KIDS, IT'S FOR, YOU KNOW, OUR COMMUNITY. 
          SO WE JUST WANT TO MAKE IT MORE SAFE FOR EVERYBODY TO COME AND ENJOY. AND DEFINITELY WE WANT MORE PEOPLE TO COME IN TO OUR SOCCER FIELDS. YOU KNOW, WE WANT MORE TOURNAMENTS, A LITTLE BIT MORE ACTION OUT HERE. AND DEFINITELY THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THAT IF THE COMMUNITY FROM OUT OF TOWN OR, YOU KNOW, OUT OF THE CITY OR ANYWHERE ELSE, THEY COME IN AND THEY SEE THAT STRONG POINT, DEFINITELY THERE WILL BE MORE INTEREST OF, YOU KNOW, MAYBE BIGGER LEAGUES COMING IN AND TRY TO DO TOURNAMENTS OUT HERE OR, YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST THE WAY I SEE IT THAT PEOPLE WILL COME IN MORE TO THE CITY BECAUSE THEY'RE SEEING STRUCTURE AND THEY'RE SEEING THAT ACTUALLY THE CITY OF COACHELLA IS ACTUALLY FIXING THAT ISSUE THAT WE'RE HAVING AT THE MOMENT, YOU KNOW? BUT DEFINITELY THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I THINK I'VE BEEN ALLOCATED AND GOING FORWARD TO, YOU KNOW, TO AT LEAST PUNISH THE ONES THAT ARE NOT, YOU KNOW, DEALING WITH THAT. NOW YOU GUYS HAVE ANY MORE QUESTIONS OR ANYTHING REGARDING. NO. YEAH, I HAVE A SMALL ACQUISITION, SO I KNOW WE ARE IN PUBLIC OFFICIAL BUILDING, BUT I'M GOING TO SPEAK IN SPANISH BECAUSE I KNOW A LOT OF LISTENERS AND VIEWERS, THEY ARE SPANISH SPEAKERS. IF IT'S OKAY WITH YOU. YEAH. AND WE HAVE OUR TRANSLATOR CAN TRANSLATE TO 
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ENGLISH AS WELL. MUCHAS PREGUNTAS EN LOS ULTIMOS MESES DE LO CUAL ES EL FUTBOL PERSONALMENTE YO TENGO MIS HIJOS EN LOS. DOS Q ES AZIZA Y COACHELLA VALLEY SOCCER LEAGUE NO COACHELLA FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION, NO SÉ QUÉ NO SÉ SI ES UNA NONPROFIT? NO SÉ SI HAY UNA ESTRUCTURA AHI. I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S A STRUCTURE THERE. WHAT'S MORE IMPORTANT FOR ME IS Y. WHAT'S THE IMPACT THAT THIS WILL HAVE WITH OUR CHILDREN? BECAUSE WE HAVE A COMMUNITY WITH THAT THEY HAVE TO SOURCES OF INCOME AND REGISTRATIONS. THIS PROPOSAL HELPS WITH THE COMMUNITY. LOS REGISTROS PERO LA MAYORIA NO PERO. EN MAYO DEL ANO PASADO. I KNOW THAT IN MAY OF LAST YEAR COACHELLA ESO FELL. COACHELLA HAD PRESENTED THE PAPERWORK, AND ONE OF THE REASONS WHY. THE DIRECTOR, MARISSA MARTINEZ, HAD TWO LEAGUES IS BECAUSE THERE WAS LESS SPACE. SO I SAID, IF IT'S GONNA BE ONE LEAGUE OR TWO LEAGUES, IT'S A. IT'S SOMETHING THAT WILL BE SAID LATER. IT'S BEEN A PROBLEM THESE LAST TWO YEARS. WHAT I WOULD BE INTERESTED IN IS TO KEEP OPERATING AND WORKING WITH OUR CHILDREN AND TO GIVE THEM A HELP WITH THE REGISTRATIONS. AND THE PRIORITY SHOULD BE THE CHILDREN OF COACHELLA. HACIENDO UN, POCO HACIENDO BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE THE THE PARKS ARE BEING OVERTAKEN BY THE RESIDENTS. I'VE SEEN WITH ALL THE RESPECT, WITH ALL THE UNO MEMENTO. CAN YOU INSTRUCT HIM TO WAIT FOR YOU TO FINISH WITH UN POCO MAS ESPACIO PARA PODER? ESPACIO. OKAY. GRACIAS. POR QUÉ VISTO Q. I'VE SEEN TIEMPOS VARIOS THE LAST FEW YEARS. WHERE DE OTRAS CIUDADES. THERE. 
          THEY BRING PLAYERS FROM OTHER CITIES, AND IT'S EASY TO SEE THAT. AND FOR ME, WHAT'S MORE IMPORTANT IS TO GIVE PRIORITY TO THE CHILDREN OF COACHELLA. SO, SO CON RESPECTO AL ALCOHOL. 
          AND WITH RESPECT TO ALCOHOL, I THINK THAT THERE'S A POINT THERE THAT ACCORDING TO THE LEAGUE. THAT I'VE READ, THAT IF THEY'RE FOUND TO BE IN THE PARK WITH THE SUBSTANCE, THEN THE THE PERMIT SHOULD BE TAKEN FROM THEM NOW AND THAT SHOULD BE ENFORCED. I'M NOT GOING AROUND, BUT I'VE SEEN IT. PERO PARA ESO AMBOS PARKS AND I'VE SEEN IT IN VARIOUS PARKS. I DON'T KNOW IF THE PEOPLE IN CHARGE. THEY. THEY DON'T SEE THAT, BUT THINGS SHOULD BE SAID AND SOMETHING SHOULD BE DONE ABOUT IT. THAT'S ALL. THANK YOU. THAT'S IT. I CAN TALK TO YOU AFTER ALL, TO EXPLAIN EVERYTHING. BUT WHAT I TRIED TO SAY IS THIS. I DON'T KNOW WHETHER IT'S COACHELLA. 
          FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION IS, YOU KNOW, MY KIDS, THEY WERE ENJOYING THE TWO LEAGUES FOR A LONG TIME. I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS NONPROFIT. I DON'T KNOW THE BACKGROUND BECAUSE THE MOST IMPORTANT THING FOR ME IS TO ANY CLUB RUNNING BUSINESS HERE TO HELPING ALL KIDS, ALL COACHELLA KIDS FIRST, BECAUSE I SAW CLUBS COMING FROM OTHER CITIES, FROM FROM, I MEAN, FROM PANDESAL OR INDIO TO PLAY IN OUR FIELD. SO I THINK WHOEVER IS THE NEXT LEAGUE OR TWO LEAGUES, WHATEVER IT IS, THEY NEED TO ALSO IMPROVE TO HELPING ALL KIDS FROM THE CITY, YOU KNOW, AND WITH RESPECT, THAT THE WHOLE I SAW, I SAW IN BALLPARKS DRINKING, NO, I'M NOT NOBODY. I DON'T WANT TO SAY, HEY, DON'T DO THAT. BUT THAT IS WHY WE HAVE A RANGER HERE. BUT THE RANGER IS NOT ALWAYS IN THOSE PARTS. BUT I READ BEFORE IN THE MOU. IT'S SOMETHING LIKE THE ALCOHOL INVOLVED. IF ANY LEAGUE HAVE THOSE PROBLEMS, THEY CAN TAKE IT OUT FROM THE MOU RIGHT AWAY, I THINK SO I THINK I DON'T KNOW, I'M NOT SURE. SO THIS IS EVERYTHING I WANT TO SAY. YES THERE THERE ARE PROVISIONS THE MOU RELATIVE TO DRINKING. BUT WE CAN IF THERE ARE. YES. OKAY. BUT WE CAN DEFINITELY MAKE THOSE STRONGER AND WE CAN HAVE INCLUDE PENALTIES FOR IT. BECAUSE I DO THINK I MEAN THE CITY IT IS HELPING AT ONE POINT 
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WITH THE WITH THE REGISTRATIONS, WE HAVE A CERTAIN AMOUNT RIGHT THAT WE'RE ABLE TO THE CITY IS ABLE TO HELP OUT THE KIDS WITH. IF THEY BRING IN THE THE RECEIPT AND THEY GET THEIR MONEY BACK RIGHT TO A CERTAIN PERCENTAGE. YEAH. I MEAN, SO RIGHT NOW WHEN IT COMES TO HELPING WITH THE FEES AND REGISTRATIONS, EVER SINCE 2021, ALL OF THE FEES TO THE LEAGUES HAVE ACTUALLY BEEN WAIVED. SO WE'RE NOT ACTUALLY CHARGING FIELD USE FEES TO ANY TO THE ANY OF OUR LEAGUES RIGHT NOW, THE FOOTBALL, BASEBALL OR THE TWO SOCCER LEAGUES. SO THAT HELPS KEEP THE COST DOWN FOR ALL OF THE CHILDREN. AND EVEN BEFORE THAT, WHEN WE WERE CHARGING FEES FOR THE FIELDS, ANY FIELD USE FOR CHILDREN WAS ACTUALLY AT A 50% RATE. SO WE ALWAYS CHARGE THE ONLY HALF OF THE FEES FOR ALL OF THE HOURS FOR CHILDREN. AND THEN ALSO, AS YOU MENTIONED, WE DO HAVE THE FEE WAIVER WHERE THEY CAN SUBMIT TO THE CITY AND WE ACTUALLY GIVE THEM REIMBURSEMENTS FOR A PORTION OF THE FEES THAT THEY HAVE FOR JOINING ANY SPORTS LEAGUES. SO THE CITY ACTUALLY DOES HAVE A REIMBURSEMENT PROGRAM THAT WE GIVE THEM MONEY FOR THAT. OKAY. NOW, RIGHT NOW, ARE WE CHARGING THE LEAGUES OR I STILL? NO, THERE'S NO FEE RIGHT FOR THESE. WE'RE STILL NOT CHARGING THE THE LEAGUES FOR FIELD USE COMING AFTER. WELL, I GUESS WE'RE GOING TO GO INTO 20 2627. WOULD THERE BE A FEE BACK AGAIN INTO THE LEAGUES OR STILL KIND OF LIKE THAT WILL BE A CITY COUNCIL DECISION. SO I'LL BE DOING A PRESENTATION TO CITY COUNCIL. AND WHEN I DO THE PRESENTATION TO CITY COUNCIL, WHEN WE LOOK AT THE ANNUAL BUDGETS, THAT'LL BE A TOPIC OF DISCUSSION. YEAH, BECAUSE THEY WILL THEY WILL HAVE TO VOTE WHETHER OR NOT TO REINSTATE THOSE FEES OR WHETHER TO WAIVE THEM. YEAH. BECAUSE SEE, IF WE IF, SAY, THE CITY DECIDES NOT TO, YOU KNOW, REINSTATE THE FEES AND KEEP IT, YOU KNOW, NOT TO CHARGE THE FEES, I THINK THAT'S MAYBE WE COULD ADD TO THE MOU ABOUT THE WHOLE, YOU KNOW, REDUCING THE FEE FOR PLAYERS WHEN THEY REGISTER NOW, BECAUSE PRETTY MUCH WE'RE NOT CHARGING THEM ANYMORE. RIGHT. AND THEN ALSO MAYBE IMPLEMENTING SOMETHING WHERE SINCE WE, WE'RE NOT REALLY CHARGING THEM TO ALSO THE LEAGUES TO BE A LITTLE BIT MORE ACCOUNTABLE FOR THE FIELDS, MEANING THAT IF THERE'S LITTLE THINGS THAT NEED TO GET FIXED, THAT THEY'RE ABLE BECAUSE THEY'RE SAVING PROBABLY WHAT, 60,000 A YEAR, 70,000 PROBABLY ON THE FEES. AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT IT WAS. THAT'S THAT'S ABOUT RIGHT FOR THE COMBINED FEE BETWEEN BOTH OF THEM, YOU KNOW, SO PROBABLY 30,000 FOR YEAH IT'S ABOUT 35 FOR 125 FOR THE OTHER. SO I THINK THAT IF WE'RE NOT, YOU KNOW, CHARGING THE FEES, I THINK THAT'S WHERE MAYBE IN THE MOU, IF WE KEEP IT TO A POINT WHERE WE'RE NOT CHARGING THEM, I THINK IN THE MOU, IT SHOULD BE THAT, YOU KNOW, MAYBE THE LEAGUES TO BE A LITTLE BIT MORE RESPONSIBLE AS WELL WITH THE FIELDS BECAUSE THEY'RE SAVING A LOT OF MONEY THERE, YOU KNOW. OF COURSE. SO AND THEY EXPECT THE CITY RIGHT OFF THE BAT. OH, IT WILL COME FIX THIS CAN FIX THAT. BUT YOU'RE NOT GETTING YOU'RE NOT PAYING IT ANYMORE. SO MAYBE YEAH, THE CITY WILL TAKE CARE OF IT TO A CERTAIN POINT. BUT IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU COULD FIX YOURSELF THAT'S GOING TO COST YOU MAYBE 50 BUCKS TO $100, YOU KNOW, I THINK THE LEAGUE SHOULD BE ABLE TO JUMP ON THAT AND FIX THE FIELDS RIGHT AWAY. I HAVE SEEN SOME OF THE LEAGUES DO. I'VE SEEN ON BOTH OF THE FIELDS THAT THEY GO AND FIX LITTLE THINGS, BUT I THINK THAT THEY RELY TOO MUCH ON THE CITY RIGHT OFF THE BAT WHEN THEY HAVEN'T BEEN PAYING THEIR FEES. SO I THINK THAT MONEY SHOULD HAVE MAYBE BEEN USED TOWARDS FIXING THE FIELDS THEMSELVES, BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY, SOMEONE COULD GET INJURED IN THE FIELDS, RIGHT? BECAUSE THERE'S A POTHOLE THAT AT THAT POTHOLE HAS BEEN THERE FOR SIX MONTHS, MAYBE, YOU KNOW, WELL, 2 OR 3 MONTHS MAYBE. AND THOSE FIELDS GET USED DAILY. SO SOMEONE'S GOING TO GET INJURED, RIGHT, RIGHT OFF THE BAT. SO I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING MAYBE WE COULD ADD. YOU KNOW, I KNOW IT'S A POSSIBILITY. BUT IF WE DECIDE NOT TO, YOU KNOW, KEEP GIVING THEM LIKE CHARGING THEM, I THINK MAYBE HELP THEM A LITTLE BIT LIABLE TO, YOU KNOW, HELP US HELP THE CITY TECHNICALLY AND HELP THE FIELDS TO LOOK MORE NICE AND GREEN. YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THAT THEY COULD DO FOR THE CITY SINCE THE CITY IS HELPING THEM OUT AS WELL TOO. 
          YES. I THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT SPENDS ON CARING FOR OUR FIELDS IS A LOT MORE THAN 60,000 A YEAR. YEAH. THAT'S SO THIS IS WHY I SAY, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE SAVING A LITTLE BIT, BUT AT LEAST HELP OUT, HELP OUT BY, YOU KNOW, FIXING THE FIELDS WHEN YOU CAN YOURSELF, YOU KNOW, AS THE LEAGUE, YOU KNOW, THE LEAGUE BE ABLE TO FIX IT RIGHT AWAY THAT YOU KNOW, THAT WHOLE THEY COULD FIX IT WILL, YOU KNOW, PROBABLY WITHIN HALF AN HOUR INSTEAD OF WAITING FOR THE CITY TO COME AND FIX IT. AND I'M HOPING WE DON'T HAVE HOLES ON OUR BAG. TOMAR LAS FLORES PARK FIELDS. WE I KNOW OUR PUBLIC WORKS STAFF WORKS VERY HARD TO MAKE SURE THOSE FIELDS ARE IN EXCELLENT SHAPE. I HAVE SEEN YOU GUYS. HONESTLY, I GIVE YOU GUYS A HAND BECAUSE I SEEN THE FIELDS. THEY ARE LOOKING WAY BETTER THAN THEY DID A COUPLE YEARS AGO. SO DEFINITELY I GAVE YOU GUYS A TIP MY HAT OFF FOR YOU GUYS FOR THAT. 
          THANK YOU. GUYS. HAVE ANY MORE QUESTIONS OR ANY MORE CONCERNS. SO THAT'S IT FOR US. OKAY. SO I 
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WILL FORWARD THE SCORING SHEETS TO THE ENTIRE COMMISSION. SO YOU HAVE THOSE TO REVIEW. I CAN ALSO FORWARD ALL OF THE ORIGINAL RFPS TO YOU AS WELL. SO YOU HAVE THAT TO REVIEW AS WELL. AND WE WILL SCHEDULE ORAL PRESENTATIONS WITH THE THREE TOP SCORING LEAGUES AT THE NEXT COMMISSION MEETING. AWESOME. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU. SO THERE WE'LL MOVE INTO NEW BUSINESS, WHICH THERE'S NONE. RIGHT. AND THEN WE'LL MOVE ON TO PUBLIC 
          [PUBLIC COMMENTS (NON-AGENDA ITEMS)]
COMMENTS. WE DO HAVE TWO PUBLIC COMMENTS. THE PERSON IN BACK ACTUALLY PUT THEIRS IN FIRST. 
          SO. ALEJANDRA HERNANDEZ. HELLO EVERYONE. GOOD EVENING. I JUST WANTED TO GIVE A LITTLE BRIEF UPDATE. SINCE WE LAST SAW EACH OTHER IN JANUARY, WE HAD OUR FIRST EVER PICKLEBALL PALOOZA AND COMMISSIONER ANDREW GALLEGOS ACTUALLY HELPED OUT AS AN INSTRUCTOR. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH AGAIN FOR THAT EFFORT. IT WAS A REALLY FUN EVENT. WE HAD MORE THAN 12 DOUBLES TEAMS OUT THERE PLAYING AT THE PICKLEBALL COURTS. WE HAD A LOT OF PEOPLE ASK ABOUT PROGRAMING, SO WE HAD A COUPLE OF DAYS THAT WE OPENED UP THE PICKLEBALL COURTS, TOOK SOME EQUIPMENT OUT THERE. WE'RE HOPING TO MAKE IT A YEARLY EVENT. SO A FUN, FUN THING TO ADD TO OUR CITY CALENDAR. AND THEN OUR UPCOMING EVENT IS EXTRAVAGANZA. THAT'S MARCH 28TH. SO THAT'S THE LAST SATURDAY OF THIS MONTH. IT'S FROM 10 TO 12 AT THE PARK. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE EASTER EGG HUNTS FOR THE KIDS. THE BUNNY, THE EASTER BUNNY IS GOING TO BE THERE, A LOT OF RAFFLES. SO I WANTED TO PERSONALLY INVITE YOU GUYS, INVITE YOUR FAMILIES. AND THEN IF YOU GUYS HAVE ANYBODY THAT WANTS TO MAKE IT OUT THERE, WE'LL SEE YOU GUYS THERE. BUT THANK YOU GUYS FOR ALL YOUR GUYS'S HELP. THANK YOU, JESSICA, FOR ALWAYS COMING THROUGH AS WELL. APPRECIATE IT. YOU GUYS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? I ACTUALLY DO SOMETIMES I DO MISS THESE BECAUSE SOMETIMES THEY SEND THEM TO MY EMAIL. IS THERE ANY WAY I CAN GIVE YOU GUYS MY NUMBER? AND THEN YOU GUYS CAN JUST TEXT ME SOME OF THAT BECAUSE I CAN HELP YOU GUYS SPREAD THE WORD A LITTLE BIT MORE. I'M VERY ACTIVE ON SOCIAL MEDIA, SO I'M ABLE TO HELP YOU GUYS OUT. LIKE, SEE, I MISSED THE WHOLE PICKLEBALL AND IT WAS ALL OVER INSTAGRAM. I SOMETIMES DON'T EVEN LOG IN AS MUCH, BUT I DO COME IN AND JUST POST AND TAKE OFF. BUT YEAH, I DO HAVE A PRETTY OF, YOU KNOW, PLATFORM WHERE A LOT OF PEOPLE DO REACH OUT. SO DEFINITELY I'LL HAND OVER MY NUMBERS LIKE THAT. I'LL BE A LITTLE BIT MORE INFORMED. IF IT'S OKAY. I'LL ASK MAYBE JESSICA FOR YOUR GUYS'S CONTACT INFORMATION OR EMAILS, AND THEN I'LL MAKE SURE TO SEND OVER ALL THE UPDATES. WE ALSO HAVE AN INSTAGRAM UNDERSCORE D R D, SO THAT PROMOTES ALL OF COACHELLA STUFF JUST SPECIFICALLY. AND THEN WE'RE SOMETIMES ON THE NEWS, SO JUST KEEP AN EYE OUT FOR THAT. I'LL GO AHEAD AND HIT THE NOTIFICATION FOR ALL YOUR GUYS'S POSTS LIKE THAT. GIVE ME MORE ACTIVE AS WELL TOO. OKAY. 
          DOES ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? COMMENTS? NO. OKAY, COOL. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. SO NOW WE MORE PUBLIC COMMENTS OR WE HAVE ONE MORE PUBLIC COMMENT AFTER. 
          BUENAS TARDES. GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS ALMA. SILVA AND THE PRESIDENT OF THE LEAGUE OF CESAR. I WAS LISTENING TO OF THE PROBLEMS OF THE DRINKING, OF WHAT WAS SAID BY MR. VICTOR AND THE TEAMS OF THE LEAGUE IS COMPOSED OF A CLUB. THAT'S. THAT WE. MEMENTO, MEMENTO. 
          PLEASE INSTRUCT HER TO WAIT FOR YOU TO TRANSLATE. THANK YOU. OKAY. LA LIGA LA LIGA. SISA TAMBIÉN TIENE UN. THE LEAGUE HAS A CLUB PARA NINOS WERE WE SELECT CHILDREN WHO CAN COME OUT AND PLAY. SI SON DE OTRAS CIUDADES. WE NEED CHILDREN FROM OTHER CITIES WHO CAN COME WITH THEIR UNCLES COME TO COACHELLA. THEIR. THEY'RE BROUGHT HERE BECAUSE THERE'S MORE COMPETITION HERE. AQUI LOS EQUIPOS DE AQUI. THEY COMPETE WITH OUR TEAMS HERE WITHOUT HAVING A COACH THAT ARE PROPERLY PAID. EVEN CHILDREN HERE HAVE A GOOD REPUTATION WHEREVER THEY GO. AS AN EXAMPLE, THE GIRLS HIGH SCHOOL WERE CHAMPIONS. A LOT OF THEM WERE FROM THE LEAGUES. SOMETIMES THEY SUBSCRIBE TO ONE, SOMETIMES THEY SUBSCRIBE TO 
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ANOTHER ONE. SO I DON'T KNOW WHICH LEAGUE EXACTLY, BUT THEY GET GOOD RESULTS. NOW. CHANGING SUBJECTS WITH THE DRINKING, THE CLUBS THAT COME FROM OUTSIDE, THEY DON'T SEE ANY OF THAT BECAUSE THEY THEY'RE MORE DISCIPLINED. THEY COME HERE TO PLAY. THEY THEIR PUNISHMENTS ARE SEVERE. THE DRINKING IS MORE WITH THE ADULTS, THE LEAGUE HAS. HAS GIVEN THEM STRONG FINES AND IT'S A LITTLE MORE UNDER CONTROL. WE CAN BE CHECKING RESPECTING COOLERS BECAUSE THIS GROUPS BRING OUT MORE PROBLEMS. ALSO SOMEBODY BRINGS A WEAPON. UNFORTUNATELY THAT HASN'T HAPPENED YET, BUT IT'S A PROBLEM FOR THE CLUBS AND IT'S A COMP FOR THE COMPETITION, FOR THE PEOPLE FROM OUTSIDE. WE DON'T SEE MUCH OF THAT AS IT'S SEEN WITH THE ADULTS, NOT WITH THE CHILDREN. NOW THAT THEY'VE PLACED THE BATHROOMS. EVERYBODY KNOWS THAT WE SHOULD BE TAKING CARE OF THOSE BATHROOMS. BUT THE OTHER DAY I SAW THEM WITH GRAFFITI AND I SAID, SINCE THE CITY IS HELPING US WITH THE PARTS, WE'RE GOING TO WORK AND COOPERATE AND FIX THIS WITH A MOP OR A BROOM TAKING OUR HANDS TO FIX IT. AND IF THERE'S A HOLE, WE'LL BRING A A WAY TO COVER IT UP. IF THERE'S A WATER ESCAPE. WE HAD THAT PROBLEM LAST WEEK AND WE TALKED TO THE CITY. WE TRY TO BUG AS AS LESS AS POSSIBLE WITH RESPECT TO THE CHARGES, I'VE BEEN FOR 17 YEARS, I'VE BEEN IN THIS LEAGUE AND THEY ALWAYS CHARGED US FOR FIVE YEARS. I WAS IN THE CITY OF COACHELLA AND THE CITY ALWAYS SUPPORTED SEASON, AND BECAUSE OF THE DOCUMENTATION, THE OTHER TEAM WAS LEFT OUT. THIS DOESN'T MEAN THAT I SUPPORT BOTH LEAGUES. THERE'S CHILDREN ON BOTH SIDES, AND IN THOSE FIVE YEARS, THEY DOUBLED THE CHARGE FROM 20,000. THEY STARTED CHARGING ME 45,000. AND THEN ANOTHER LEAGUE COMES IN AND THEN THE FIELDS ARE GIVEN FOR FREE. AND FOR ME, THAT'S EXCELLENT. BEFORE I USED TO CHARGE 45 FOR WATER. AND 45 HERE FOR THE FIELDS WAS A LIE. IT WAS ENOUGH FOR THE KIDS TO HAVE A SPORT, AND I TOOK ON THE ADULTS BECAUSE I WASN'T ABLE TO PAY FOR THE CHARGES. THERE WAS A TIME WHEN THE CITY HELPED US, AND WHOEVER MISBEHAVES ON ONE SIDE IS NOT ALLOWED TO PLAY ON THE OTHER SIDE. AND THIS WAS WORKING. THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN THIS WAS TAKEN OFF AND I WAS MISBEHAVING ONE SIDE, AND THEN I WOULD BE PUNISHED ON THE OTHER SIDE. THIS IS GONNA WORK VERY WELL. THE DRINKING IS NOT WITH THE PROBLEMS. AND IF THE PARENTS ARE DOING THIS, THEY THEY SHOULD HAVE THEY SHOULD BE FINED STRONGLY. ON MONDAYS AND TUESDAYS. THEY DON'T PARTICIPATE. PEOPLE. THEY SEEM TO STUDY THE DAYS TO GO AND ATTEND. AND THOSE OF US WHO ARE IN THE. FREDERICK. AND BY 51ST THE RANGER COMES BY AND HE SEES. AND WE TRY TO COMPLY, AND WE TRY TO FIX THE PROBLEMS THAT YOU SHOULD NOT HAVE WITH US. BUT LIKE I SAID BEFORE, I'M BRINGING THIS FORWARD. SO WE WEREN'T BEING CHARGED FOR THE FIELDS. AND ALL OF A SUDDEN WE START HAVING VERY STRONG CHARGES, NOT NOT VERY LITTLE, ALMOST A HUNDRED THOUSAND. AND I'VE ALWAYS BEEN HERE FOR THE COMMUNITY SO THAT CHILDREN CAN PLAY. AND I'VE SEEN CHILDREN GO FROM SCHOOLS TO UNIVERSITIES, AND IT MAKES ME HAPPY BECAUSE IN 17 YEARS I'VE BEEN ABLE TO HELP. THEY'RE NOT BUMS. THEY HAVE A SPORT AND THEY'RE DOING SOMETHING ABOUT THEIR LIVES. 
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AND THE CITY OF COACHELLA HAS A LOT OF MIGRANTS, AND THIS SPORTS, THIS SPORT HELPS THEM TO HAVE A PICNIC ON A SUNDAY IF THEY THEY GO TO THE FIELD ON A SUNDAY. IT'S FILLED WITH PARENTS. OKAY. I THINK THAT'S THAT'S IT. THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME? WE CAN WE CAN ASK ANY QUESTIONS RIGHT ON THE SECOND BECAUSE OF THE BROWN ACT. YEAH. OKAY. GRACIAS. I WOULD LIKE TO HAND THIS OUT TO YOU SO YOU CAN TAKE IT HOME. AND SO YOU CAN HAVE A, A HISTORY OF A SEASON. OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR LISTENING. SO ANY MORE COMMENTS OR THAT'S IT. THOSE ARE ONLY TWO PUBLIC COMMENTS. ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS FROM THE. WE CAN HAVE YOU FILL IT OUT AFTERWARDS. WHEN IS. WHEN IS. THE. I'M A COACH FOR CESAR. I WAS ALSO A COACH OF COACHELLA VALLEY. I WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS. WITH REFERENCE TO THE ALCOHOL. I WAS IN BOTH CAMPS, BOTH FIELDS. I WAS A FAN, ALSO A COACH AND WAS REFERENCING. THE SEASON HAS BEEN UNDER CONTROL A LOT. ALSO WITH THE OTHER LEAGUE. THEY'VE BEEN WORKING HARD ON IT. WE'VE NOTICED THAT THE PROBLEM HAS LESSENED QUITE A BIT WITH REFERENCE TO THE OTHER ISSUE. 
          WHEN WE STARTED, VICTOR ALSO STARTED WITH US ALONG WITH US. BEFORE COACHELLA. THE OTHER TEAMS FROM OUTSIDE DID NOT WANT TO COME. THEY THOUGHT THAT THIS WAS DIRTY, THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE GOOD COACHES. NOWADAYS WE HAVE A SATISFACTION THANKS TO THESE, LIKE TESSA, WHO PARTICIPATED IN TOURNAMENTS OUTSIDE. THANKS TO CIRIACO AND TO OTHER ADULTS WHO PARTICIPATED IN OTHER TOURNAMENTS. THANKS TO THE INTERNATIONAL TOURNAMENTS WITH THE BEEN ABLE TO WIN TODAY WE HAVE A DIFFERENT VIEW OF COACHELLA AS WHEN WE FIRST STARTED. BOTH LEAGUES ARE WORKING VERY WELL AND LIKE VICTOR SAYS, THERE ARE CHILDREN THAT COME FROM THE OUTSIDE, BUT THE 90% 85% ARE FROM HERE. WE SEE CHILDREN FROM THERMAL MECCA, AND I THINK OF THEM AS FROM COACHELLA BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE WHAT WE HAVE. THEY DON'T HAVE THE FIELDS THAT WE HAVE, LIKE THE 48 FIELD. AND IT'S PART OF THE COMMUNITY OF COACHELLA. BUT INDEPENDENT FROM ALL THAT. THE WORK THAT YOU'VE BEEN DOING HAS BEEN EXCELLENT. ALSO IN MEXICALI, IT'S BEEN TALKED ABOUT OF THE THE LEAGUE OF THE 34, THE CHILDREN'S LEAGUE WHO PLAYED THE TOURNAMENT. THERE'S A TOURNAMENT THAT'S A NATIONAL A NATIONAL TOURNAMENT. AND OTHER TEAMS THAT WERE HAVE BEEN PARTICIPATING THERE FROM CCSA AND THERE FROM COACHELLA AND FROM OUR LEAGUES. AND I SEE THIS. I DON'T SEE A NECESSITY FOR ANY OF IT. EVERYTHING'S LOOKING GOOD. THERE'S A MONOPOLY THAT WHEN PEOPLE ARE NOT PREPARED. IT CAN BE A A NEGATIVE THING BECAUSE YOU TAKE THE DECISION. THAT'S YOUR JOB. AND I REMEMBER THAT I WAS HERE AND AND YOU SAID THAT THE TWO LEAGUES THAT COULD CHANGE. AND SO WHAT ELSE ARE WE DOING HERE? IF THEY PLACE ME IN ONE A SEAT TO TAKE A DECISION AND I TAKE THE DECISION AND IT'S NOT RESPECTED, THEN IT DOES MOTIVATING JUST TO LET YOU KNOW THAT YOU GUYS ARE DOING A GOOD JOB AND EVERYTHING'S UNDER CONTROL. AND YES, WE SHOULD WORK BETTER, BUT WE ARE THE PRESENCE OF THE LEAGUES AND WE'RE GOING TO ENFORCE THE ISSUE WITH THE ALCOHOL. LIKE IT WAS SAID A LITTLE WHILE AGO. I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY THE COMMISSION WAS TAKING UP. THAT WAS A VERY IMPORTANT THING. IF A PLAYER IS PUNISHED IN COACHELLA VALLEY BECAUSE OF VIOLENCE OR BECAUSE OF ALCOHOLISM OR FOR WHATEVER IT IS, BUT MOSTLY VIOLENCE, THEN 
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PUNISHMENT SHOULD BE SHOULD BE RESPECTED. I'VE SEEN VARIOUS ACTIONS DONE THIS WAY, ESPECIALLY WITH VIOLENCE, WITH THE COACHES, ARBITERS. IT'S A PASSION THAT SHOULD BE THE FOCUS OF OF US. THERE SHOULD BE A MEASURE AND IF BOTH LEAGUES ARE WORKING IN THAT ASPECT WITH THE PUNISHMENT IN MIND. WITH RESPECT, THE SOCCER AND COACHELLA IS GOING TO BE MUCH, MUCH BETTER. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION AND I HOPE YOU UNDERSTOOD MY WORDS. YES. NICE. 
          SO ANY MORE PUBLIC COMMENTS OR WE'RE GO OFF TO COMMISSIONER COMMENTS. I BELIEVE WE CAN MOVE 
          [REPORTS AND REQUESTS]
ON TO COMMISSIONER COMMENTS. THANK YOU. OKAY. WE'LL MOVE ON TO COMMISSIONER COMMENTS. AND YOU GUYS HAVE ANY COMMENTS OR ANYTHING TO ADD. NO. YOU GUYS HAVE ANY. OH GO AHEAD. WELL DO YOU HAVE ONE ONE ESPANOL UN POQUITO TAMBIÉN. SO REFERENCE ESTABAN HABLANDO DE LOS DE LAS DOS LIGAS. YO DESDE AQUI TENGO ANOS. ESTOY AQUI EN PARKS MAS TRES ANOS Y EN ESOS TRES ANOS. 
          YO TENGO DICIENDO ESTABAMOS BIEN PERO EL PROBLEMA ENTRE LAS DOS LIGAS SE VEN Y POR ESO ESTAMOS AQUI Y YO TENGO CON DOS LIGAS, PERO EMPEZARON A PELEUS PELEUS Y EMPEZAMOS CON ESTE PROBLEMA. VAMOS A DECIR Q AHORA YA YA SON CUATRO Q QUIEREN ENTRAR YO ESTOY EN LA MENTE DE TENER LIGAS. COMO ESTAN HA SIDO MI SOLUCION DESDE EL PRINCIPIO NO MAS ES AVERIGUAR COMO SOLUCIONAR LOS CAMPOS. QUÉ SIEMPRE DICHO PARA Q SIRVE EL ESTADO BIEN NO MAS LUEGO COMO TRABAJANDO DEL ALCOHOL. QUÉ ES LO MAS GRANDE ESTA HACIENDO? MY APOLOGIES. LET ME INTERRUPT. 
          ANDREW, DID YOU WANT TRANSLATION FOR THIS? NO. THANK YOU. OKAY. AND THEN DIEGO EL ALCOHOL LO MAS GRANDE REALMENTE SI ES UN PROBLEMA GRANDE. YO SÉ QUÉ PUEDEN PASAR COSAS. PERO IGUALMENTE LE DIGO HAY MUCHO SOLUCIONES NO MAS ES AHI SABES QUÉ ESTO LO A Y YA NO TIENEN QUÉ DIRECTAMENTE CON ELLOS SE ESCRIBEN LAS NOTAS EN LA JUNTA DE USTEDES LES DICE Y YA SO SI NUNCA USTEDES CONTRA LA PERSONA AUTOMATICAMENTE PARA HACER CONFLICTOS. ESO ES UNA SOLUCION. 
          QUÉ SE PUEDE HACER DIGO SIEMPRE ESTADO TODO PARA LA CIUDAD DE LOS DE LOS NINOS Y AQUI. DESDE JOVEN Y SE ACABO MI CARRERA AHORA POR ESA OTRAS COSAS. BUT SORRY, ANDREW, I KNOW I WAS SPEAKING ENGLISH, BUT IT'S PRETTY MUCH I WAS JUST FOLLOWING THAT. YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN ALWAYS WITH THE TWO LEAGUES. I WAS FINE WITH THAT. BUT THEN THEY WERE FIGHTING AND ARGUING SINCE I STARTED, YOU KNOW, HERE ABOUT THE WHOLE THING. SO NOW THAT'S WHY WE'RE HERE. BUT, YOU KNOW, I THINK I'M STILL HAPPY WITH THE TWO LEAGUES. JUST FIND A SOLUTION. 
          WE'RE ALL ADULTS. AND I MEAN, ARE YOU GUYS ARE DOING ALL YOUR JOB. AND NOW YOU GUYS ALREADY HAVE A LOT OF WEIGHT ON YOU. AND THIS IS JUST SOMETHING ELSE. IT'S JUST ADDING, YOU KNOW, DEFINITELY IT'S BEEN GOING ON FOR ALMOST THREE YEARS I BELIEVE NOW. BUT BUT OTHERWISE I JUST WANT TO GIVE PROPS TO YOU GUYS. I KNOW IT'S BEEN A HUGE CHANGE SINCE MARISSA'S NOT HERE, AND I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF WEIGHT ON YOU DEFINITELY. BUT YOU KNOW, YOU GUYS ARE STILL DOING A GREAT JOB WITH EVERYTHING, ESPECIALLY FOR ALL THE EVENTS AND AS WELL FOR I WAS HERE FOR THE SORRY FOR THE THE PARADE. YOU GUYS DID A PHENOMENAL JOB. AND I'VE BEEN TO A COUPLE OF THE FESTIVALS THAT YOU GUYS DONE. YOU GUYS ARE DOING A GREAT JOB. SO THANK YOU GUYS FOR DOING ALL YOUR WORK. THANK YOU. YES, I HAVE SOMETHING. OKAY, SO THIS IS AN OPEN INVITATION, NOT JUST US COMMISSIONER FOR THIS COMMISSION, BUT TO THE OTHER COMMISSIONERS, YOU KNOW, I'D LIKE TO START SEEING, YOU KNOW, A FEW OF US OUT THERE HELPING OUT THE CITY TO PROMOTE BEING AT THE EVENT. I WAS WITH ANDREW AND DENISE. WE WERE BOTH JUDGING OR ALL THREE WERE JUDGING THE CAR SHOW THAT WE HAD YESTERDAY. NOT YESTERDAY. 
          SUNDAY, SUNDAY AT THE SUAVECITO. SUNDAY. THE 21ST, WHICH IS GOING TO BE SATURDAY. IT'S THE MARIACHI FESTIVAL, SO I'D LIKE TO OPEN, YOU KNOW, THOSE THAT WHO COULD ACTUALLY MAKE IT FROM THE COMMISSION, YOU KNOW, TO GO AND CHECK IT OUT. IT'S 5 TO 9 AT VETERANS MEMORIAL PARK. SO THAT'S AN OPEN INVITATION TO ANY COMMISSIONERS THAT COULD MAKE IT. THANK YOU. I'LL TRY TO BE HERE. THANK YOU. I MISSED THE TACO ONE. SO ALL RIGHT. SO DO YOU GUYS HAVE ANY THING ELSE 
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YOU GUYS WOULD LIKE TO ADD? I KNOW WE HAVEN'T BEEN HERE FOR A WHILE, SO NO. I GUESS WE'LL MOVE ON TO PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR COMMENTS. OKAY. I JUST WANT TO MENTION SOME STUFF WE HAVE GOING ON IN OUR PARKS COMING UP SOON. BUT FIRST, OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE TO GIVE A HUGE SHOUT OUT TO THE COACHELLA VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS SOCCER TEAM. THEY ARE GOING TO. THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO BE RECOGNIZED WITH A PROCLAMATION AT THE LAST CITY COUNCIL MEETING, BUT BECAUSE THEY WON, THEY WERE UP NORTH PLAYING FOR THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP. UNFORTUNATELY, THEY LOST THAT GAME AND CAME IN SECOND. BUT THAT'S STILL AN ABSOLUTE INCREDIBLE ACHIEVEMENT. 
          AND I DO KNOW THAT THE COUNTY IS PLANNING SOMETHING TO HELP CELEBRATE THAT. SO PLEASE CHECK YOUR SOCIALS. MAKE SURE THAT YOURSELVES AND THE COMMUNITY GO OUT THERE AND SUPPORT THE HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS SOCCER TEAM, BECAUSE THAT'S AN INCREDIBLE ACHIEVEMENT TO TO WIN THE SOUTHERN DIVISION CIF CHAMPIONSHIP. COMMISSIONER GALLEGOS ALREADY MENTIONED WE'RE HAVING THE MARIACHI FESTIVAL ON MARCH 21ST FROM 5 TO 9. THAT'S ONE OF OUR BETTER FESTIVALS WE PUT ON. SO I'M HOPING TO SEE ALL YOUR FACES THERE AND THE COMMUNITY AS WELL. 
          PEOPLE ALREADY GAVE MY ANNOUNCEMENTS FOR ME, AND DESERT RECREATION DISTRICT MENTIONED WE'RE HAVING A THE EXTRAVAGANZA THAT IS ALL MARCH 28TH FROM 10 TO 12 AT YUMA PARK. 
          AND WE HAVE ANOTHER SMALLER EVENT COMING UP AS WELL. THE UFW IS GOING TO BE HOSTING AN EVENT AT VETERANS PARK ON MARCH 28TH AS WELL, COMMEMORATING CESAR CHAVEZ DAY. AND THAT WILL BE FROM 9 TO 1 P.M. SO THOSE ARE ALL THE EVENTS KIND OF COMING UP FOR THE REST OF MARCH. 
          I'M HOPING TO SEE A LOT OF COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT FOR ALL OF THOSE. WITH THAT, THAT'S ALL OF MY COMMENTS. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. SO THAT'S IT. SO GOOD. SO WE'LL ADJOURN THIS
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