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THAT'S THE END OF THE ITEMS OF THE REGULAR RESCHEDULED MEETING. NOW WE WILL MOVE ON TO THE TWO
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ITEMS OF THE CITY COUNCIL SPECIAL MEETING FOR MARCH 25TH. IN THE FIRST ITEM ON THAT[New Business]
AGENDA IS ADOPT RESOLUTION NUMBER 2026 DASH 21, AUTHORIZING THE CONDITIONAL LOAN COMMITMENT FOR THE PLACITAS. DOLORES HUERTA PHASE TWO APARTMENTS AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECT FOR CFD 2000 AND 5-1 SPECIAL ASSESSMENT DISTRICT. THANK YOU, DOCTOR FIGUEROA OR MAYOR PRO TEM. SO THIS EVENING WE DO HAVE REPRESENTATIVES FROM SHOCK HOUSING THAT ARE HERE WITH US TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. THEY'VE ALSO PUT UP SOME DISPLAYS OVER HERE FOR PEOPLE TO VIEW OF. PLACITAS. DOLORES HUERTA PHASE ONE, BECAUSE THAT HAS BEEN COMPLETED. A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND. SO AS I ALLUDED, SHOCK COMPLETED THE FIRST PHASE OF PLACITAS DOLORES HUERTA APARTMENTS, A 56 UNIT AFFORDABLE HOUSING COMMUNITY THAT OFFERS TWO BEDROOM, ONE AND A HALF BATH AND THEN THREE BEDROOM, ONE AND A HALF BATH APARTMENTS ON MAY 2ND, 2024. AND SO SHOCK IS HOPING TO SECURE FINANCING FOR A SECOND PHASE OF PLACITAS DOLORES HUERTA APARTMENTS WITH 54 UNITS. AND SO THEY'RE UP AGAINST A DEADLINE. AND THAT'S WHY THIS URGENCY ITEM CAME THROUGH, BECAUSE THEY HAVE A TCAC ROUND ONE 9% APPLICATION DEADLINE OF APRIL 7TH. AND SO LET ME EXPLAIN A LITTLE BIT ABOUT TAX CREDITS. SO TCAC, THE TCAC 9% TAX CREDIT IS A HIGHLY COMPETITIVE FEDERAL SUBSIDY ADMINISTERED BY THE CALIFORNIA TAX CREDIT ALLOCATION COMMITTEE, CTE, OR TCAC, TO FINANCE THE DEVELOPMENT OR, OR SUBSTANTIAL REHABILITATION OF AFFORDABLE RENTAL HOUSING. IT IS DESIGNED TO SUBSIDIZE APPROXIMATELY 70% OF THE COST OF BUILDING OR REHABILITATING LOW INCOME UNITS OR THE QUALIFIED BASES OVER A TEN YEAR PERIOD. AFFORDABILITY AND HABITABILITY. HABITABILITY I CAN'T EVEN PRONOUNCE THE WORD MUST BE MAINTAINED FOR A MINIMUM OF 55 YEARS. I'M JUST TIRED. SORRY. SO BASICALLY THEY NEED A CFD CONDITIONAL LOAN COMMITMENT LETTER FROM US THAT WILL BE INCLUDED WITH THEIR TCAC SUBMISSION, AND IT'S GOING TO SERVE AS AN ENFORCEABLE FUNDING COMMITMENT FOR THE LOAN WITH THE FOLLOWING TERMS. THE LOAN AMOUNT WILL BE IN THE AMOUNT OF $4,621,795. THE LOAN TERM WILL BE FOR 55 YEARS. THE INTEREST RATE IS 3%. SIMPLE PER ANNUM REPAYMENT IN FULL AT THE END OF THE LOAN, TERM SALE OR REFINANCE ANNUAL PAYMENTS 50% OF RESIDUAL RESIDUAL CASH FLOW OR THEN THE RESIDUAL RECEIPTS SPLIT SHALL BE PRO RATA AS BETWEEN ALL OF THE GOVERNMENTAL LOANS. SO WE DID INCLUDE THAT LANGUAGE SO THAT WE IF IN CASE THIS WAS APPROVED, WE WOULDN'T HAVE TO COME BACK AND ASK ABOUT A PRO-RATA SHARE. AND JUST A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE PROJECT AND ITS FUNDING TIMELINE. SO HERE YOU SEE A BUILDING AND UNIT UNIT MIX MATRIX. SO ON APRIL 7TH THEY'LL SUBMIT THEIR 9% TAX CREDIT APPLICATION TO TCAC, PROBABLY AROUND APRIL 21ST. THERE'S THE KINGDOM SIMULATED RESULTS THAT WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE. AND THEN AROUND AROUND JUNE, THE 9%, JUNE 23RD, 9% AWARDS WILL BE MADE BY TCAC.AND HOPEFULLY THEY CAN CLOSE ON FINANCING. AND VINCE AND JOY CAN SPEAK TO THIS BY JANUARY 2027. THEY'LL CLOSE ON FINANCING, THEY'LL MOVE TO BEGIN CONSTRUCTION, AND THEN CONSTRUCTION COULD BE COMPLETED BY JUNE OF 2027. OR MAYBE SUMMER. IT'S PROBABLY OH, SORRY, 2029. WHOA. SO SO AS I MENTIONED, THERE'S 54 UNITS PLANNED FOR DOLORES HUERTA, PHASE TWO, LOTS OF AMENITIES THAT THE SITE WILL HAVE. YOU KNOW, THEIR ARCHITECTURAL FEATURES WERE BEAUTIFUL IN PHASE ONE, AS YOU CAN SEE IN THE PHOTOS. SO JUST TO GIVE EVERYBODY AN IDEA OF WHAT THEIR SITE PLAN LOOKS LIKE. SO PHASE ONE HAS BEEN COMPLETED, AS I MENTIONED EARLIER. AND SO PHASE TWO IS WHERE YOU SEE THE RED AND THE, THE RED BOUNDARY LINE.
SO BECAUSE FUNDING IS SO DIFFICULT TO ALIGN, THEY HAD TO PHASE OUT THE PROJECT. IN THE MOST IDEAL WORLD, THEY WOULD HAVE BUILT THE ENTIRE PROJECT IN ONE PHASE. BUT THAT WAS NOT POSSIBLE. AND THIS CONCLUDES THE PRESENTATION. AND NOW I'D LIKE TO GIVE A SHOT CAUSING AN OPPORTUNITY TO TO SPEAK ABOUT THE PROJECT. AND ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS COUNCIL MIGHT HAVE.
THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL MEMBERS, MAYOR PRO TEM STAFF. I WANT TO APPRECIATE STAFF FOR SURE. SELENA HAS BEEN VERY HELPFUL. ACTUALLY. WE HAD BILL PATTISON AND KENDRA HERE AS WELL. THAT WAS VERY HELPFUL. MY NAME IS VINCE NICHOLAS. I'M THE VICE PRESIDENT OF REAL
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ESTATE DEVELOPMENT FOR CHALK. I WAS THE ONE THAT PUT THIS PROJECT TOGETHER FOR THE FIRST PHASE. AS YOU CAN SEE, THE BOTTOM PHOTOGRAPHS SHOW THE NEW BUILDINGS THAT WE BUILT 50, 60 UNITS IN THE FIRST PHASE. WITH THAT, WE ACTUALLY CAME TO COUNCIL IN 2022 JUST AS THE START OF THE PROJECT. A LITTLE HISTORY TO COME TO CITY COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL OF 110 UNITS. AND WITH THAT, WE WERE ABLE TO OBTAIN THE CFD LOAN THAT WE NEEDED IN THE FIRST PHASE, WHICH WAS $3.7 MILLION. YOU ALL APPROVED THAT. AND WITH THE ANTICIPATION THAT WE WOULD APPROVE THE SECOND CFD LOAN FOR THE SECOND PHASE, AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE HERE TONIGHT FOR, IS REQUESTING THAT TO MOVE FORWARD AND APPROVE THAT. AND AGAIN, THE SO I WANT TO INTRODUCE JOY SILVER. SHE IS OUR CHIEF STRATEGY OFFICER WITH CHALK. AND I'LL ANSWER SOME MORE. GO AHEAD. OKAY. OH, THANKS. I THINK I'M SHORTER THAN YOU ARE. VINCE. HI THERE. JOY SILVER HERE. SOME OF YOU KNOW ME. I'M ALSO WITH COMMUNITY HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES CORPORATION. AND JUST TO REMIND YOU THAT WE ARE A MISSION DRIVEN, NONPROFIT, AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPER AND OPERATOR, AND WE BELIEVE THAT HOUSING IS A HUMAN RIGHT. WE HAVE BEEN SERVING COMMUNITIES IN CALIFORNIA SINCE 1984, AND WE ARE AMONG THE EARLIEST, EARLIEST ACTIVE MEMBERS OF LIFT TO RISE HERE IN COACHELLA VALLEY. I'M HERE TODAY TO SUPPORT WHAT VINCE HAS TALKED ABOUT AND ALSO WHAT SELENA EXPLAINED THIS. THIS LOAN REQUIRES NO OUT OF POCKET EXPENSES, BUT IS A LOAN. AND SO IT'S A CREDIT AND DOESN'T REQUIRE ACTUAL CASH, BUT IT BECOMES THAT FIRST LAYER OF THE CAPITAL STACK THAT HELPS US BE COMPETITIVE IN WHAT IS ALREADY A VERY COMPETITIVE ENVIRONMENT FOR LOW INCOME TAX CREDITS. AND SO WE WANT TO BE SURE THAT THAT CITY OF COACHELLA GETS ITS FAIR SHARE OF THE RESOURCES THAT ARE AVAILABLE. AND THAT'S THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE TO WORK IN PARTNERSHIP TO ACHIEVE. THE THE IMMEDIATE BENEFIT TO THE CITY IS THAT ONCE THE CONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT BEGIN, THERE ARE FEES THAT ARE GENERATED BY THE DEVELOPMENT AND THE CONSTRUCTION. SO THE CITY REALIZES SOME INCOME ALMOST IMMEDIATELY FROM THAT. BUT I WANT YOU TO CONSIDER THAT THIS COMMITMENT ALLOWS US TO ACCESS THOSE PUBLIC AND PRIVATE FUNDS BECAUSE OF THE TAX CREDIT FINANCING. AND SO THE TAX CREDIT FINANCING REQUIRES, BY REGULATORY AGREEMENT, TO SERVE THOSE WHO ARE AT THE 30, 50 AND 60% OF AVERAGE MEDIAN INCOME. AND THAT'S A THAT'S A REAL CRITICAL THING BECAUSE WE'RE DEALING WITH PEOPLE WHO ARE QUITE ECONOMICALLY CHALLENGED. SO WHAT'S THE UPSIDE TO RESIDENTS IN GENERAL? CONSIDER THAT. DOLORES HUERTA, 56 AFFORDABLE HOUSING HOMES IN PHASE ONE, HOUSES 196 RESIDENTS, AND THAT INCLUDES CHILDREN, FAMILIES AND SENIORS WHO WOULD BE SEVERELY CHALLENGED IF THEY DID NOT HAVE. THEY WOULD HAVE DIFFICULTY FINDING QUALITY, AFFORDABLE HOUSING AT A RENT THEY COULD AFFORD, AND THESE HOMES REMAIN AFFORDABLE FOR 55 YEARS. BUT THE LOAN IS ALSO PAYABLE AT REFINANCING, WHICH USUALLY HAPPENS AT 15 OR 20 YEARS. AND WHEN THAT HAPPENS, THE CLOCK STARTS AGAIN FOR 55 YEARS. AFFORDABILITY. SO THIS CAN GO ON AND KEEP THAT THOSE HOMES AFFORDABLE FOR FOR YEARS AND YEARS TO COME. SO WHAT DOES THIS MEAN TO THE CITY OF COACHELLA'S INCOME VULNERABLE MEMBERS. PHASE ONE SERVES RESIDENTS AT THOSE 30, 50, 60 AMI AND THEY SEE IN A IN A BENEFIT THAT BENEFIT IS $65,965 PER MONTH. THAT'S PER MONTH AS A AS A TOTAL, AS THE TOTALITY OF THE RESIDENTS THAT ARE LIVING HERE. AND ANNUALLY THAT NUMBER IS $791,000. THESE NUMBERS REPRESENT SUBSIDIZED BENEFIT. THE NUMBER OF DOLLARS THAT THOSE 196 PEOPLE WOULD HAVE TO COLLECTIVELY COME UP WITH TO LIVE IN HOUSING EQUAL TO THE APARTMENT HOMES. PLUS, DOLORES HUERTA PROVIDES IN PHASE ONE. AND WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? IN 55 YEARS, THAT MEANS $44 MILLION. THAT IS WHAT THE BENEFIT IS TO THE RESIDENTS OF BOTH THE CITY OF COACHELLA AND TO THOSE RESIDENTS WHO HAVE[00:10:04]
THESE HOMES TO LIVE IN. AND FINALLY, THE RISK IS MINIMIZED BY PHASE TWO AS PHASE ONE IS BUILT AND OPERATING. AND IT WAS BUILT DURING A VERY DIFFICULT TIME, WHICH WAS DURING THE COVID CRISIS. BUT IT GOT DONE. AND THAT WAS REALLY I THINK THAT WAS REALLY A CREDIT TO THE MISSION DRIVEN PEOPLE THAT WE WORK WITH AT CHALK, BUT IT HAS MULTIPLE AMENITIES AND PROGRAMS, AND THAT INCLUDES A COMMUNITY CENTER, A PLAYGROUND, AND A SPLASH PAD FOR CHIREN THAT WILL BE SHARED BY PHASE TWO RESIDENTS AND HAS ALREADY BEEN CONSTRUCTED TO DO SO IN PHASE ONE. WITHOUT THE CITY'S PARTICIPATION, THESE HOMES MAY NOT GET BUILT, AND THE CITY OF COACHELLA DOES NOT REALIZE ITS FAIR SHARE OF STATE AND FEDERAL DOLLARS AND DOESN'T PARTICIPATE IN THOSE RESOURCES THAT BELONG HERE. PEOPLE URGENTLY NEED HOUSING THEY CAN AFFORD, SO WE URGE CITY COUNCIL TO APPROVE THIS LOAN AND TO LET THE COMPLETION OF PLACITA DOLORES HUERTA TAKE PLACE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. SO TOGETHER WE CAN MAKE OUR PART OF THE WORLD JUST A LITTLE BIT BETTER. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. ANY COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL ON THIS ITEM? JUST ONE. SELENA, ARE YOU ABLE TO GO OVER JUST SO THAT PEOPLE CAN HEAR THE FISCAL IMPACT THAT, YOU KNOW, WHETHER IT'S WHETHER WE'LL SEE ONE OR NOT, JUST SO THAT THE COMMUNITY CAN REFER TO OUR CITY MANAGER IF HE WANTS TO EXPRESS THE FISCAL IMPACT. THANK YOU.SURELY I'LL SPEAK AS TO THE DEFERMENT OF THE CFD. SHE CAN TALK ABOUT THE TECHNICAL ON THE LOAN, RIGHT, BECAUSE YOU GOT MORE SPECIFIC INFORMATION. SO ON THE THIS IS BEING FINANCED BY A LOAN FROM THE COMMUNITY FINANCE DISTRICT, WHICH IS FOR FIRE AND POLICE. I'D BE REMISS AS YOUR. EVEN THOUGH I'M YOUR INTERIM CITY MANAGER, I'M GOING TO BE GOING INTO THE BUDGET SEASON HERE, AND I'M LOOKING OVER YOUR BUDGET. WHEN I WAS LOOKING INTO THE ASSIGNMENT, YOU EXPERIENCED A $980,000 HIT TO YOUR SHERIFF'S CONTRACT JUST FROM LAST YEAR TO THIS YEAR. ON THE FIRE SIDE, I BELIEVE IT'S APPROXIMATELY $200,000. SO IN THE COURSE OF ONE YEAR, YOUR PUBLIC SAFETY BUDGET INCREASED BY APPROXIMATELY $1.1 MILLION. OR IF YOU WANT TO ROUND UP 1.2.
YOU GOT TO LOOK AT THIS FROM THE FINANCIAL SIDE, RIGHT. I UNDERSTAND 56 UNITS OF AFFORDABLE FOR 56 FAMILIES IS WORTHWHILE. RIGHT? BUT YOU ALSO HAVE TO THINK ABOUT THE REST OF THE RESIDENTS IN THE COMMUNITY, BECAUSE THAT INCREASE OF APPROXIMATELY $1.2 MILLION HAS TO GET PAID BY SOMEBODY, RIGHT? AND THAT MEANS THAT THE OTHER RESIDENTS ARE GOING TO BE SUBSIDIZING THIS LOAN FOR THAT PERIOD OF TIME. RIGHT. I MADE A COMMENT THAT THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT IS NOT GOING TO DEFER THAT MILLION DOLLARS, RIGHT? WHEN THEY SEND US AN INVOICE, THEY'RE GOING TO WANT THAT. I'D BE REMISS, LIKE I SAID, IF I DIDN'T POINT OUT THE FISCAL IMPACT, IT'S GOING TO HAVE 56 UNITS YOU'RE GOING TO SUBSIDIZE ARE GOING TO BE SUBSIDIZED LONG TERM FOR 55 YEARS. MEANWHILE, OUR CONTRACT HAS GONE UP AND WE HAVE TO TAKE FROM OTHER GENERAL FUND MONIES BECAUSE WE CAN'T USE SPECIAL REVENUE OR ENTERPRISE MONIES TO PAY FOR GENERAL FUND EXPENSE TO COVER THAT $1.2 MILLION. RIGHT? SO YOU JUST I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT THERE IS AN IMPACT MORE THAN JUST THE LOAN, RIGHT? THERE'S THAT 55 YEAR GAP. YES.
EVENTUALLY THE CITY WILL GET PAID. BUT LIKE I SAID, IN THE MEANTIME, THE SHERIFF'S NOT DEFERRING THAT PAYMENT. RIGHT. AND SO I JUST WANT YOU TO BE AWARE OF THAT, THAT WHEN YOU TAKE IT, TAKE THE PROJECT INTO CONSIDERATION, THE LOAN, WHAT IT REALLY ENTAILS TO THE FISCAL IMPACT TO THE CITY AND YOUR GENERAL FUND BUDGET. THANK YOU. YEAH. THANK YOU, CITY MANAGER, I APPRECIATE THAT. JUST A FEW COMMENTS ON THIS IS NOT A CASH. YOU'RE NOT GIVING US CASH. IT'S JUST A LOAN. AND IT'S GIVING US LEVERAGE TO GET $40 MILLION OF STATE, FEDERAL, LOCAL FUNDING TO BE ABLE TO BUILD THE PROJECT. THAT'S THE MOST IMPORTANT THING. WE'RE SO THERE'S NO CASH OUT OF POCKET JUST TO BE AWARE OF THAT. AND THANK YOU. THANK YOU. I'M GOING TO DEBATE THE ISSUE.
RIGHT. IT'S NOT CASH IN HAND BECAUSE WE'RE NOT WRITING THEM A CHECK. RIGHT. BUT IT'S AN ASSESSMENT THAT PROPERTY OWNERS WOULD BE PAYING ON AN ANNUAL BASIS THAT THE CITY WOULD BE ABLE TO COLLECT, AND THEN APPLY THAT MONEY THAT'S COLLECTED THROUGH THE ASSESSMENT AND APPLY IT FOR PUBLIC SAFETY. RIGHT? SO CORRECT. TECHNICALLY, WE'RE NOT GIVING THEM CASH TODAY, RIGHT? RIGHT. BUT WE'RE GOING TO BE TAKING FUTURE MONIES THAT WE OTHERWISE WOULD HAVE COLLECTED THROUGH THE CFD ASSESSMENT AND DEFER THAT. SO SO THOSE RESIDENTS AREN'T GOING TO BE PAYING THAT CFD FOR THAT 55 YEARS, RIGHT? SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO MAKE UP THAT LACK OF ANNUAL ASSESSMENT FROM SOMEWHERE ELSE IN OUR BUDGET, RIGHT? SO IT IS A LOAN AND IT'S
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JUST A LOAN OF FUTURE MONEY, NOT PRESENT MONEY. SO IT'S THOSE 54 DWELLINGS THAT. YEAH, FOR 56 DWELLING UNITS. DOES THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION COUNCIL MEMBER? I REALLY DIDN'T HAVE A QUESTION. I JUST I WANTED FOR THE COMMUNITY WHO'S LISTENING TO BE ABLE TO, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE THEY DON'T GET TO SEE THE STAFF REPORTS NECESSARILY THAT MAYBE WE ARE READING ALL THE TIME. BUT I DO THINK IT'S IMPORTANT. WE'RE VERY SUPPORTIVE OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING. OF COURSE, WE WE ALWAYS HAVE BEEN, I THINK, AS A COUNCIL, BUT I APPRECIATE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE GET DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES AS TO WHAT IT IS THAT WILL BE A FISCAL IMPACT, IF THERE WILL BE ANY, BECAUSE I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR THE COMMUNITY JUST TO HEAR THAT. SO I THINK IT'S I'M SORRY, KAYLA. I THINK IT'S A GOOD POINT TO MAKE. AND THE REASON IS BECAUSE I HAVEN'T HEARD IT FROM THAT ANGLE IN THE PAST. AND SO I'M THINKING OF ALL THE, YOU KNOW, CFD, YOU KNOW, DEFERMENTS THAT WE'VE DONE IN THE LAST 3 OR 4 YEARS. SO WE'RE SAYING, HEY, WE DEFERRED THEM, YOU KNOW, FOR X AMOUNT OF YEARS. AND THEN DURING THIS TIME, AS YOU KNOW, PUBLIC SAFETY GOES UP AND OUR POPULATION GOES UP, BUT WE'RE NOT CONTRIBUTING TO IT SO THAT WE'RE HAVING TO THEN PULL FROM OTHER FUNDING SOURCES OR, WELL, FROM GENERAL THERE'S NO OTHER WAY TO PULL IT FROM. RIGHT, RIGHT. AND I HAD STAFF GO BACK AND LOOK TO SEE HOW MANY OF THESE WE'VE DONE. AND WE'VE DONE A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT. THIS HAS BEEN THE FUNDING MECHANISM FOR A LOT OF THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECTS THE CITY HAS DONE. REALLY? YEAH.RIGHT. SO WE HAVE A RECORD OF MY APOLOGIES, SIR. IS YOUR MIC MUTED MIKE CHANCE. OH, OKAY. SO AS I AS I WAS SAYING, THIS DEFERMENT OF CFD AND IMPACT FEES AND OTHER TYPE OF FEES HAS BEEN OUR PRACTICE OF HOW WE HELP FUND THESE AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECTS. AND DON'T GET ME WRONG, I THINK AFFORDABLE HOUSING IS GREAT, ESPECIALLY IN A VERY EXPENSIVE AREA, RIGHT? BUT AGAIN, OUR, OUR, OUR OPERATING BUDGET FOR PUBLIC SAFETY CONTINUES TO GO UP.
RIGHT. AND WE CONTINUALLY, OVER THE PAST YEARS, UTILIZE OUR CFD MONIES AND IMPACT FEES, RIGHT? DEFERRING THEM. MEANWHILE, OUR INFRASTRUCTURE, OUR OPERATIONS FOR PUBLIC SAFETY COSTS CONTINUE TO GO UP ON THE DEFERMENT IMPACT FEES. AND I DON'T MEAN TO DIGRESS, IT'S THE SAME THING. WE DEFER IMPACT FEES INTO THE FUTURE, BUT WE HAVE AGING INFRASTRUCTURE, WHETHER IT'S SEWER WATER, RIGHT? AND THEN WE'RE APPLYING FOR GRANTS HOPING TO GET MONIES TO PAY FOR THAT. BUT I'VE ALWAYS BEEN OF THE PROFESSIONAL OPINION THAT DEVELOPER DEVELOPMENT SHOULD PAY ITS OWN WAY. RIGHT. AND, YOU KNOW, I HATE TO SAY IT, BUT THERE'S NO TAX INCOME THAT COMES IN FROM RESIDENTIAL. MY EXPERIENCE AND I'VE BEEN A FINANCE DIRECTOR, BUT CITY MANAGER FOR MANY YEARS IN DIFFERENT CITIES, HOUSING IS ACTUALLY A LIABILITY TO THE CITY BECAUSE YOU GET CENTS ON THE DOLLARS OF WHAT YOU NEED TO PAY FOR SERVICES, RIGHT? AND OR YOU DIVERSIFY YOUR HOUSING, RIGHT? MARKET RATE, YOU SAW YOUR ARENA NUMBERS, RIGHT? WE HAVE ZERO ON THE ABOVE MARKET RATE OR ABOVE MARKET RATE. SO THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO START THE FIRST DIVERSIFYING YOUR HOUSING INVENTORY. START ATTRACTING THAT ADDITIONAL INCOME AND HIGHER PROPERTY VALUE. SO THAT'S JUST MY COMMENTS TO YOU AND CLARIFYING SOME OF THAT. BUT LIKE I SAID, I'D BE REMISS EVEN IF I'M JUST YOUR INTERIM CITY MANAGER, IF I DIDN'T POINT THIS OUT, THAT THERE ARE ACTUAL FISCAL IMPACTS BY DOING THIS. THANK YOU.
GABRIEL, IS THERE IS THERE A WAY TO BE ABLE TO EVEN, YOU KNOW, AFTER OUR DISCUSSION HERE IS TO BE ABLE TO SEE JUST HOW MUCH WE HAVE DEFERRED IN TOTAL WITHIN MOST OF THEM ARE DEFERRED. SELENA. IS IT 20 YEARS? 50 YEARS? YEAH. WE. YEAH, IT'S 55 YEARS. BUT AS OUR CITY MANAGER INDICATED AND JOY ALSO INDICATED, SOMETIMES YOU GET PAID A LITTLE EARLY. IT COULD BE 15 TO 20 YEAR AT THE 1520 YEAR MARK, IT COULD BE REFINANCED. AND THEN YOU GET PAID OR WHATEVER. AND THEN THE CLOCK STARTS BACK AGAIN WITH THE 55 YEAR AFFORDABILITY COVENANT. AND SO, SO, YOU KNOW, THERE'S THAT RIGHT THAT THERE'S, YOU KNOW, YOU COULD GET PAID AT YEAR 15 OR 20. THE CITY DOES HAVE APPROXIMATELY PROBABLY $276 MILLION IN DEFERRED CFD FEES BASED ON THE PROJECTS THAT HAVE BEEN APPROVED. JUST EVEN IN THE LAST TEN YEARS. YOU KNOW, BECAUSE WE HAVE WE HAVE QUITE A BIT OF, OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING COMMUNITIES IN OUR CITY. AND SO, SO SOME OF THEM ARE AT VARIOUS STAGES. YOU KNOW, WE HAVE SOME THAT WILL GET PAID IN YEAR 15, SOME AT YEAR 20, OR THEY'RE ALREADY AT YEAR 20. WE SHOULD BE HEARING FROM SOME, SOME OF THESE FOLK ABOUT, OKAY, HEY, I'M COMING UP ON THAT LOW INCOME HOUSING TAX CREDIT YEAR 15 OR WHATEVER. AND SO THEY'LL, THEY'LL PROBABLY PAY OR, OR MAYBE REFINANCE OR WHATEVER
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THEY'RE GOING TO DO. BUT WE DO HAVE ABOUT $276 MILLION IN DEFERRED CFD FEES. SO, SO I MAY MAYOR COUNCIL IS PREPARE A SEPARATE REPORT, EMAIL IT TO YOU AND BREAK DOWN BECAUSE I'D LIKE TO INCLUDE NOT JUST CFD. AS YOU SAID, IT'S ABOUT $276 MILLION, BUT WE HAVE PROBABLY AN EQUAL AMOUNT IN DEFERMENT OF IMPACT FEES FROM SIMILAR PROJECTS IN WHICH WE'VE DEFERRED FEES AS WELL. RIGHT? SO WE'VE GOTTEN INTO THIS BUSINESS OF DEFERMENT, DEFERMENT, DEFERMENT FOR THE FOR THE INTERESTS OF DEVELOPMENT, RIGHT? GRANTED, WE WANT TO SEE DEVELOPMENT, BUT I THINK OUR BUDGETS HAVE CONTINUALLY GROWN, RIGHT? YOU HAD THE MID-YEAR BUDGET, YOU'RE GOING INTO YOUR NEW BUDGET CYCLE, AND OUR REVENUES ARE NOT GROWING TO THAT COMMENSURATE TO WHAT OUR EXPENSES ARE. RIGHT. AND WE'RE ROBBING PETER TO PAY PAUL ALL IN THE INTEREST OF SEEING DEVELOPMENT, RIGHT? SO LIKE I SAID, I HAVE AN OBLIGATION TO POINT OUT THE ACTUAL FISCAL IMPACTS. BUT TO YOUR QUESTION, COUNCIL MEMBER DELGADO AND TO MAYOR AND COUNCIL WILL PREPARE A SEPARATE REPORT FOR YOU THAT BREAKS DOWN HOW MUCH WE ACTUALLY HAVE HAD, BOTH ON THE CFD AND THE IMPACT. SO YOU CAN SEE THE TRUE NUMBER OF WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. YEAH, YEAH. AND THEN, YOU KNOW, FORGIVE ME AGAIN, BUT THEN, WELL, I GUESS WE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO REALLY MAYBE WOULD BE ABLE TO SEE HOW MUCH MAYBE MONEY WE HAD, WE WOULD HAVE IN THAT, IN THAT CFD OR SOME OF THOSE DIFF THAT WE'VE BEEN PRETTY MUCH REFERRING OR DEFERRING. I MEAN, I KNOW THAT'S A HARD CALCULATION TO BE HAD, BUT I MEAN, CAN WE MAYBE GET LIKE AN ESTIMATE? MAYBE I DIDN'T HEAR THE WHOLE SPOKE WHEN WE'RE DEFERRING DIFFS AS WELL TO IT, SINCE WE'RE NOT COLLECTING ON, ON, ON EITHER.IF WE HAVE, LET'S SAY X AMOUNT OF, YOU KNOW, 200 UNITS. FOR THE SAKE OF THIS CONVERSATION, COULD WE GET MAYBE AN ESTIMATE OF HOW MUCH WE COULD HAVE COLLECTED WITHIN, YOU KNOW, DURING THAT TIME, WE CALCULATE WHAT THAT ESTIMATED DEFERMENT IS RIGHT FOR THE DEVELOPMENT IMPACT FEES, THE CFD ON THE I KNOW THAT I'VE TALKED TO OUR UTILITY DIRECTOR AND ON THE DIPS WE CALCULATE FAIRLY ACCURATE. YOU KNOW WHAT THAT AMOUNT IS. SO WE CAN GET THAT AS WELL. SO IT'S NOT SO MUCH ELIMINATING ALTOGETHER BUT NOT MAKING IT A COMMON PRACTICE, WHICH IS I THINK WHAT'S HAPPENED IN THE LAST TEN YEARS IS THAT IT'S BECOME A COMMON PRACTICE, RIGHT? IT'S BECOME YOUR WAY OF DOING BUSINESS TO TO GET DEVELOPMENT. I'M SORRY, TO BE BLUNT, IT'S MY STYLE. I GOT TO TELL YOU THAT IT'S BECOME YOUR WAY OF DOING BUSINESS. YEAH. I'D LIKE TO ADD JUST A COUPLE SO WE ARE NOT DEFERRING ANY IMPACT FEES. SO I THINK WE PAID ON THE FIRST PHASE WAS CLOSE TO $800,000 AND WE WOULD PAY A SIMILAR WHATEVER THE IMPACT FEES ARE FOR THE PROJECT FOR THIS TO MOVE FORWARD. SO THERE'S NO DEFERMENT ON THOSE. THIS IS JUST A CFD ON THE COMMUNITY FACILITIES SIDE PROJECT. YEAH, EVERYTHING WE JUST TALKED ABOUT ON THAT. SO I JUST WANTED TO ALSO REMEMBER WE'RE BUILDING A $40 MILLION ASSET FOR THE CITY AND ALSO ASSISTING IN THE REGIONAL HOUSING NEEDS ASSESSMENT, THINGS THAT YOU TALKED ABOUT EARLIER THIS EVENING. SO I THANK YOU, I APPRECIATE IT. JOY. YEAH, YEAH. I HAD ALSO SPOKE EARLIER ABOUT THIS. ONCE THE BUILDING BEGINS TO BE CONSTRUCTED AND DEVELOPED THERE, THE IMMEDIATE REALIZATION OF FEES COMES INTO THE CITY RIGHT AWAY. IT DOESN'T COME IN IF IT DOESN'T GET BUILT. SO THAT'S WHAT I WANT TO TALK ABOUT A LITTLE BIT. AND THEN AS I POINTED OUT, THERE'S A REAL IMPACT TO THOSE 197 RESIDENTS THAT ARE LIVING THERE WHO WOULD HAVE TO COME UP WITH 44,000,000 IN 55 YEARS TO LIVE IN THOSE SAME PLACES. AND WE ARE WE ARE SERVING THOSE WHO ARE MOST VULNERABLE AT THE 30 TO 50 TO 60%. AMI THIS IS A MISSION DRIVEN COMMUNITY THAT ALLOWS PEOPLE TO REALLY GET THAT LEG UP THAT THEY WOULD NOT FIND ANYWHERE ELSE. SO I JUST HAVE TO POINT THAT OUT BECAUSE WHILE I APPRECIATE WHAT WHAT THE DIRECTOR IS SPEAKING ABOUT, WE HAVE TO REALLY SEPARATE THE ISSUES THAT HE'S TALKING ABOUT. THEY'RE REALLY TWO DIFFERENT ENDS OF THE SPECTRUM THERE IN A CERTAIN WAY. SO WE WANT TO REALIZE IT, AND WE WANT TO BE SURE THAT WE'RE THAT WE IN COACHELLA VALLEY ARE BRINGING IN THOSE INCOME TAX CREDITS THAT ARE PART OF OUR SHARE IN RIVERSIDE COUNTY, AS YOU KNOW, FIGHTS VERY HARD FOR THAT. AND THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT. AND IT'S VERY, VERY COMPETITIVE IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA. SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE THOSE COMMENTS, BUT IT IS A GOOD THIS IS A GOOD CONVERSATION. IT REALLY IS BECAUSE WE HAVE TWO WE HAVE AFFORDABLE HOUSING, BUT THEN WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, A DEFICIT THAT WE'RE EXPERIENCING. AND SO.
RIGHT. AND SO WHAT HE'S SHARING IS THAT WE'RE ALL. THIS LOSS HAS BEEN AS WELL BECAUSE WE'VE
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BEEN, YOU KNOW, IT'S BECOME A COMMON PRACTICE, DEFERRING, DEFERRING, DEFERRING, DEFERRING.AND THEN WITH THAT, WE HAVE GROWING, YOU KNOW, PUBLIC SAFETY EXPENSES AND NOT ANYTHING REALLY IN PLACE TO COVER IT, WHICH WAS THE REASON WHY THE CFD WAS CREATED INITIALLY TO BEGIN WITH. RIGHT? ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU. JOEY, I DO HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS.
FORGIVE ME IS HOW MANY PHASES IS THE IS THE DEVELOPMENT THIS ONE? YES. JUST THE THE SECOND WOULD BE THE LAST. THIS IS A. SO JUST TWO. THERE WAS TWO. THERE WAS THE FIRST PHASE THAT WAS ALREADY COMPLETED IN 2024. AND THEN THE SECOND PHASE THAT REMAINS NOT BUILT. YOU KNOW, THEY'RE TRYING TO SECURE THE TAX CREDITS. AND THEN FORGIVE ME IF I IS THERE WAS A TWO YEAR GAP. AND IS THERE IS THERE A REASON WHY THERE WAS A TWO YEAR GAP FROM WHEN YOU FINISHED AND COMPLETED YOUR FIRST PHASE? SURE. WE WE WENT IN FOR CD FINANCING FOR MHP AND WE DIDN'T GET AWARDED. SO WE HAD TO WAIT. AND THAT'S WHY WE'RE GOING IN AGAIN. SO THIS IS OUR OPPORTUNITY RIGHT NOW TO GET 9% TAX CREDITS ON THE PROJECT. SO WE CONTINUALLY LOOK AT THE PROJECT TO MOVE IT FORWARD AS FAST AS WE CAN. AND IF YOU CAN SEE THE PHOTOS, ESPECIALLY THE TOP ONE IN THE MIDDLE, IT'S THE EXISTING BUILDINGS. THEY'RE BLIGHTED. THEY WE ACTUALLY HAD A FIRE IN THE UNIT THAT YOU SEE IN THE PICTURE THAT WE HAD TO BOARD UP THE BUILDING. SO WE REALLY, REALLY WANT TO GET DEMOLITION STARTED IMMEDIATELY IF WE CAN. SO YES, WE, WE HAVE TO GET APPROVAL FOR THIS. SO THE HOME, THE APARTMENTS RIGHT ON. I THINK THAT'S DUMA, RIGHT? YEAH. I CAN POINT OUT THE THE APARTMENT A BAGHDAD. I CAN POINT OUT THE APARTMENT WHERE MY UNCLE AND AUNT LIVED AT AND THAT'S AWESOME. AND THEN SO YEAH. AND THEN SO AND THEN IT WAS BAGHDAD, AND THEN WE HAVE AVILA. AND SO WE WERE LIKE FIVE HOUSES DOWN, BUT THAT APARTMENT STILL EXISTS. AND WHEN I WAS, YOU KNOW, I GOT A LOT OF MEMORIES BECAUSE BACK THEN WHEN WE WERE CHILDREN, IT LOOKS BIG. THEY LOOK SO BIG WHEN I WENT INTO THESE, YOU KNOW, SMALL UNITS. BUT, YOU KNOW, WE LOOK AT IT NOW AND WE REALLY BEGIN TO UNDERSTAND IS MAYBE, YOU KNOW, THAT WE WERE WORKING FAMILIES, BUT AT THE TIME WHEN YOU'RE LIVING IT, YOU DON'T FEEL IT, YOU KNOW? BUT YEAH, IT WAS MY YEAH, MY UNCLE, MY AUNT LIVED THERE FOR MANY, MANY, MANY, MANY YEARS. YEAH. SO YEAH, THANK YOU. WE URGE CITY COUNCIL IF WE CAN APPROVE THIS, WE NEED TO MOVE FORWARD. SO THIS WAY WE CAN MAKE THE TAX CREDIT. NICE. IT'S APRIL 7TH IS THE 9% APPLICATION IS DUE AND WE'RE LOOKING FOR THE COMMITMENT FROM THE CITY. THANK YOU. WITH THAT ENTERTAIN A MOTION ON ITEM. ONE OF THE SPECIAL MEETING AGENDA. SELENA. SORRY. DID DID. MARIANA DID. DIDN'T HE ASK FOR A POLICY WHEN IT CAME TO THAT IT WOULD ONLY BE FOR SENIOR HOUSING? WAS HE TALKING ABOUT THE CFD'S? NO, HE WAS TALKING ABOUT BECAUSE HE HE REQUESTED THAT FROM OUR PREVIOUS CITY MANAGER THAT HE BRING BACK A POLICY IN THE SUMMER FOR, I THINK JUST KIND OF JUST PUTTING A MORATORIUM. BUT ON THE DEVELOPER IMPACT FEES OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, BECAUSE I DON'T REMEMBER IT WAS THAT IT WAS CFD'S. AND HE DIDN'T WANT THAT TO CONTINUE HAPPENING, BUT IT WAS HE MADE IT SOUND LIKE HE WANTED JUST RESTRICT IT TO SENIOR HOUSING, TO SENIOR HOUSING. AND SO. WE DO HAVE A PUBLIC COMMENT FOR THIS ITEM. JAMES RODRIGUEZ.
HELLO AGAIN, CITY COUNCIL. I'M REALLY GLAD TO HEAR WHAT MR. GONZALEZ SAID. OUR NEW INTERIM CITY MANAGER. I'M VERY, VERY HAPPY THAT YOU'RE STARTING TO BE MORE PHYSICALLY, FISCALLY MINDED. THERE ARE A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT I WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT IN THE HEARING. WE ARE DEFINITELY GOING TO BE WANTING TO BE THAT FOR SOME OF OUR OTHER THINGS. BUT THIS, AS I MENTIONED, IS A VERY DIFFERENT KIND OF A BEAST. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT AFFORDABLE HOUSING THAT IS BUILDING A COMMUNITY. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT PEOPLE THAT ARE GOING TO BE MOVING IN FOR 55 YEARS, BEING ABLE TO AFFORD SOMETHING. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TURNING THIS TOWN INTO A PLACE LIKE LA OR NEW YORK WITH A NEW TRANSIT HUB THAT'S GOING TO BE THAT ARE NOW GOING TO LAY OVER HERE. THEN WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'VE GOT THESE RENT LEASES DONE. IT NEEDS TO BE A SET RENT, JUST LIKE THEY HAVE IN NEW YORK. I BELIEVE THAT THIS IS RIGHT. I
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BELIEVE THAT THIS IS A VERY, VERY GOOD OPINION TO HAVE ON SOME OF THE OTHER BONDS AND THE OTHER GRANTS AND THE OTHER THINGS THAT WE HAVE ON OUR AGENDAS. BUT THIS ONE SPECIFICALLY SOUNDS LIKE IT'S WORTH IT FROM A COMMUNITY STANDPOINT, FROM WHAT WE'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO BENEFIT FROM. WHEN WE HAVE THESE 56 UNITS WITH HUNDREDS, MAYBE THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE OVER THE COURSE OF THE 55 YEARS THAT ARE GOING TO BE ABLE TO MOVE IN, AND IF IN 55 YEARS TIME, EVEN IF IN 15 OR 20 YEARS TIME, WE DON'T HAVE OUR OWN COACHELLA CITY DEPARTMENT FOR POLICE, WE'RE DOING SOMETHING WRONG. SO IF WE ARE STILL DEFERRING AND WE'RE STILL, YOU KNOW, DOING THINGS LIKE THAT, BUT WE HAVE THESE HOUSES THAT ARE GOING TO BRING COMMUNITY AND BUILD US UP. I'M FOR IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. JAMES, WE DO HAVE A RAISED HAND ONLINE. THANK YOU. AND JUST A REMINDER, IF YOU CAN, PLEASE TURN YOUR CAMERA ON. THERESA, ARE YOU STILL THERE? OKAY. LOOKS LIKE THEY ARE NO LONGER AVAILABLE. OKAY. THOSE ARE ALL THE SPEAKER REQUESTS FOR THIS ITEM. PUBLIC COMMENTS. QUESTION TO THE COUNCIL. ENTERTAIN A MOTION. MOTION TO APPROVE THE ITEM. WE HAVE A MOTION. IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND.OKAY, I'LL TAKE ROLL. COUNCIL MEMBER PEREZ. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER DELGADO. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. AYE. MAYOR PRO TEM FIGUEROA. AYE. THANK YOU. OKAY. WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ITEM IS PROVIDE DIRECTION TO STAFF FOR THE CELEBRATION OF THE COACHELLA VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS SOCCER TEAM. MAYOR AND COUNCIL, IF I MAY, I'M GOING TO ASK FIRST TO FOR THE FOR YOUR PATIENCE. AS YOUR INTERIM CITY MANAGER, I JUST CAME ON BOARD. THIS IS MY FOURTH DAY, AND WHEN I CAME ON BOARD, THERE WAS SOME DISCUSSION AMONG STAFF ABOUT WHAT THE ACTUAL COUNCIL DISCUSSION WAS ON HONORING THE STUDENTS THAT HAD GONE TO THE SOCCER CHAMPIONSHIP. AND THEN OBVIOUSLY WITH THE OUTGOING CITY MANAGER, WE DIDN'T HAVE SOME OF THAT INSTITUTIONAL KNOWLEDGE IN TERMS OF WHAT THAT DIRECTION WAS. AND SO TO AVOID ANY VAGUE AND AMBIGUOUS DIRECTION FROM YOU, THE COUNCIL, TO STAFF IN TERMS OF WHAT IT IS OR DON'T WANT, IANTED TO COME BACK. IT'S NOT MY STYLE TO JUST TRY TO RUN WITH SOMETHING WITHOUT CLEAR DIRECTION FROM THE MAJORITY OF THE COUNCIL. AND SO THAT'S WHY I BROUGHT THIS ITEM FORWARD TO YOU, TO SEE IF THERE IS AN INTEREST ON YOUR PART TO HONOR THE TEAM, AND IF SO, WE PROVIDED YOU SOME OPTIONS. OR IF YOU SIMPLY AT THIS POINT DON'T WANT TO DO ANYTHING, BECAUSE IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THE SCHOOL, IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE COUNTY HAS ALREADY DONE A PARADE FOR FOR THE TEAM AND IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING, WAS A REALLY GOOD TURNOUT AND RECOGNITION FOR THE TEAM. AND SO YOU CAN SAY THAT THAT'S ALREADY BEEN DONE. BUT LIKE I SAID, I'M JUST COMING BACK TO CLOSE THE LOOP AND WHAT STAFF INTERPRETED TO BE OR NOT TO BE DIRECTION. AND LIKE I SAID, WITH THE OUTGOING FORMER CITY MANAGER, WE DIDN'T HAVE THAT CLEAR DIRECTION. SO I DON'T WANT TO LEAVE SOMETHING HANGING OUT THERE WITH YOU. SO AT THIS POINT, IT'S WHATEVER YOU WANT TO DO. BUT WE'VE GIVEN YOU THREE OPTIONS. IF YOU DECIDE NOT TO DO ANYTHING. I JUST WANT TO CLOSE THE LOOP ON THAT. THANK YOU COUNCILOR. I DON'T KNOW IF I CAN COMMENT ON THAT AGENDA ITEM. SO OKAY, SO I WOULD I WOULD LIKE TO CLARIFY WHAT I SAW ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND ON THE NEWS. THERE WAS A CONSENSUS AT LAST COUNCIL MEETING THAT IT WOULD BE BROUGHT TO COUNCIL TO DECIDE HOW WE WOULD MOVE FORWARD WITH CELEBRATING THESE GIRLS. GREAT ACHIEVEMENT BECAUSE THEY DID MAKE HISTORY. I AM UPSET THAT THESE GIRLS ACHIEVEMENTS IS BEING USED AS POLITICAL BAIT. NOBODY ON THIS COUNCIL SAID NO TO CELEBRATING THESE GIRLS.
GREAT ACHIEVEMENT. THE COACHES, THEIR PARENTS SUPPORT NOBODY. AND I CAN SAY, AND I'M GOING TO SPEAK ON MY BY MY ON MYSELF, ON MY BEHALF. NEVER DID I SAY NO TO CELEBRATING THESE GIRLS.
THEY DESERVE EVERY RECOGNITION THAT WE CAN GIVE THEM. I AM UPSET, YOU KNOW, I SAW ON SOCIAL MEDIA SOMEBODY MENTIONED A PETTY POLITICS. THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT IT IS. TO BE USING THESE GIRLS AS POLITICAL BAIT IS VERY UPSETTING. I KNOW THAT PEOPLE WANTED THIS TO HAPPEN RIGHT AWAY. THERE'S RULES AND REGULATIONS THAT WE HAVE AS COUNCIL MEMBERS IN ORDER TO GET
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STUFF APPROVED. IT DOES HAVE TO GO THROUGH COUNCIL IF WE WANT TO HAVE AN EVENT AND HOW MUCH IT'S GOING TO COST AND SO FORTH. I DON'T THINK IT WAS EVER REALLY DECISION TO SAY NO. I WAS FOR IT. ANDREW CALLED ME, GAVE ME SOME GOOD IDEAS. I NEVER SAID NO. HE'S SITTING THERE AND HE CAN, YOU KNOW, SAY OTHERWISE. IF I SAID NO, I NEVER SAID NO. THERE'S GOOD IDEAS. THERE'S SEVERAL EVENTS THAT THE CITY HAS THROUGHOUT THE YEARS THAT WE HAVE THE HOMETOWN HEROES. WE HAVE THE CHRISTMAS PARADES. THESE GIRLS CAN BE RECOGNIZED MANY, MANY WAYS, NOT JUST ONCE, BUT THROUGHOUT THE YEAR SO THAT WE DON'T FORGET THEIR GREAT ACHIEVEMENT, THEIR HARD WORK AND DEDICATION. AS A FORMER COACHELLA VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT, AS A FORMER COACHELLA VALLEY SOCCER PLAYER, I KNOW WHAT IT TAKES, YOU KNOW, TO DO TO WHERE THEY GOT TO. WE WEREN'T ABLE TO ACHIEVE THAT, BUT THEY DID. THEY MADE HISTORY, AND I AM PROUD OF THEM. AND I HOPE THAT THEIR PARENTS CAN ARE LISTENING IN THAT THE GIRLS ARE LISTENING IN, THAT THE COACHES ARE LISTENING BECAUSE THIS IS FOR THEM, NOT FOR NOBODY ELSE.WE DON'T DICTATE WHAT COACHELLA VALLEY UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT DOES WITH THEIR DISTRICT, HOW THEY RUN THEIR EVENTS. NOR DO THEY DICTATE HOW WE'RE GOING TO RUN OUR CITY AND OUR EVENTS.
THE GIRLS DO DESERVE RECOGNITION. I SPOKE TO SEVERAL PARENTS AND THAT'S WHY I'M UPSET. THEY WEREN'T MADE AWARE THAT THERE WAS GOING TO BE A PROCLAMATION TODAY. SOME OF THE STUDENTS WEREN'T AWARE. I DON'T KNOW IF THE COACH WAS AWARE THAT TODAY WAS THE DAY THAT THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO RECEIVE THE PROCLAMATION OR NOT. SO I AM UPSET, AND AGAIN, I AM FULL SUPPORT TO CELEBRATE THESE GIRLS GREAT ACHIEVEMENTS AND NOT JUST HAVING A BLOCK PARTY, BUT THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE YEAR. YEAH, SO, SO THE CONVERSATION THAT WAS BROUGHT UP ABOUT THE PARADE WAS MARCH 11TH. THERE WAS AN EMAIL SENT MARCH 12TH, THE FOLLOWING DAY AT 1:13 P.M.
NOT EVEN AT THE END OF THE DAY, IT WAS ADDRESSED THAT QUICKLY. SO FROM THE FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING CLOSING, I'M THINKING 9 P.M. THE FOLLOWING DAY, AN EMAIL WENT OUT TO ALL FIVE MEMBERS OF COUNCIL. ALL FIVE. WE ALL GOT THE SAME EMAIL SAYING. I HAVE BEEN CONTACTED BY SEVERAL COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO WOULD BE OPPOSED TO TRYING TO PLAN A PARADE. ONLY IN ONE WEEK'S TIME. THE COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE REQUESTED THAT A BLOCK PARTY PARADE BE PRESENTED ON COUNCIL ON THE 25TH, AS PART OF THE GIRLS SOCCER PROCLAMATION. AND SO I WANT EVERYONE TO HEAR THAT AND HOPEFULLY THE THE GIRLS ARE HEARING HOPEFULLY THE PARENTS ARE HEARING. HOPEFULLY THE COACHES ARE HEARING. WE ADDRESS IT THE VERY NEXT DAY. THE VERY NEXT DAY, IT READS THE WAY ALL FIVE COUNCIL MEMBERS CAN DISCUSS THE EVENT AND VOTE ON A LOCATION, TIME AND COMMITMENT. THE PREFERRED LOCATION FROM A P W STANDPOINT IS TO HOST A MINI PARADE BLOCK PARTY THAT STARTS AT THE SENIOR CENTER AND ENDS AT CITY HALL. THE CITY WOULD BE VERY SIMILAR TO OUR TREE LIGHTING EVENT, AND SO IT CONTINUES. TEN TENTATIVELY, TENTATIVELY, I WOULD SUGGEST. THURSDAY, APRIL 9TH AT 6 P.M. TO 7 P.M. THIS ALLOWS THE PRESENTATION TO OCCUR AT COUNCIL ON THE 25TH OF MARCH, AND THEN ALLOWS FOR TWO WEEKS OF MARKETING BEFORE THE EVENT. THE PREFERRED TIME FRAME IS 6 TO 7 ON A THURSDAY, BECAUSE IT HAS MINIMAL IMPACT ON THE BUSINESS OPERATIONS OF THE LIBRARY, THE SENIOR CENTER, AND ALLOWS FOR THE SETUP TO OCCUR DURING REGULAR WORKING HOURS. FOR STAFF, THE COST OF THE CITY WOULD BE MINIMIZED SINCE IT WOULD BE A CONFINED CLOSURE AREA AND WOULD BE AND REQUIRE MINIMAL OVERTIME. STAFF IS VERY SUPPORTIVE OF THE EVENT AND MANY STAFF WOULD LIKE TO PARTICIPATE TO HONOR THE GIRLS SOCCER TEAM. THIS WENT OUT THURSDAY AT 1 P.M. THE FOLLOWING WEEK. WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER WHO MADE COMMENTS ON SOCIAL MEDIA SAYING THAT THREE MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL DID NOT WANT TO TO PUT A PARADE. WE HAVE THE DOCUMENT HERE THAT SAYS THE COMPLETE OPPOSITE. WE ADDRESSED IT THE VERY NEXT DAY. AND TO THE GIRLS, WHAT WHAT BOTHERS ME THE MOST IS BECAUSE THEY COULD HAVE HAD THEIR BLOCK PARTY IN DOWNTOWN COACHELLA. THEY COULD HAVE HAD A BLOCK PARTY SLASH PARADE IN DOWNTOWN COACHELLA WITH THE PROPER LOCATION, THE PROPER TIME, AND PROPER MARKETING. I SEEN THE TURNOUT.
THE REASON THE TURNOUT WASN'T VERY GREAT WAS BECAUSE THEY HAD TO TURN IT AROUND. IN ONE WEEK.
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THEY PLANNED A PARADE IN ONE WEEK. WE ARE A CITY. WE DON'T OPERATE THAT WAY. WE CANNOT PUT A PARADE IN ONE WEEK. IT JUST CAN'T BE DONE. SO UNFORTUNATELY, WE WEREN'T ABLE TO PUT THE PARADE AND WE WEREN'T ABLE TO MARKET IT IN THE MANNER THAT IT SHOULD BE MARKETED. WE WEREN'T ABLE TO DO THAT. AND THEN ALSO IT COMES BACK TO CITY COUNCIL SO THAT WE CAN PROVIDE OUR EMPLOYEES DIRECTION. KEEP IN MIND THAT OUR EMPLOYEES HAVE NEVER PUT ON THIS TYPE OF EVENT.IT'S NEW TO THEM. THEY NEED DIRECTION, THEY NEED INSTRUCTIONS. WHERE ARE THEY SUPPOSED TO PROVIDE THE PARADE? THEY'VE NEVER DONE THIS TYPE OF EVENT BEFORE. THEY NEED TIME.
OUR ORGANIZATION HAS 89 EMPLOYEES, 89 EMPLOYEES FOR ABOUT 45,000 TO 50,000 RESIDENTS, 89 EMPLOYEES. OUR EMPLOYEES WORK HARD AND THEY'RE MAXED OUT. IT'S ALSO DISRESPECTFUL TO THEM AND UNNECESSARY TO HAVE THEM PUT A PARADE IN ONE WEEK. WE DON'T TREAT OUR EMPLOYEES THAT WAY. WE DO NOT. AND ALSO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE BUDGET BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE ADDRESSING THAT WE HAVE A DEFICIT. I'M NOT GOING TO VOTE FOR LAYOFFS. SO WHAT WE DO FROM HERE ON, WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE FINANCIALLY RESPONSIBLE WHILE ALSO SUPPORTING THESE YOUNG LADIES ACCOMPLISHMENTS. AND YOU KNOW, THAT'S TOO BAD. THAT'S TOO BAD THAT THAT WAS TAKEN AWAY FROM THEM. A FULL BLOWN PARADE AND BLOCK PARTY WAS TAKEN AWAY FROM THOSE GIRLS THAT WAS GOING TO BE IN DOWNTOWN. AND THAT'S A SHAME. IT REALLY IS. AND THEN WE HAVE THE RIVERSIDE COUNTY SUPERVISOR, I THINK ON THURSDAY WHEN ON TELEMUNDO AND SAID THE SAME THING, THAT THE CITY OF COACHELLA DIDN'T WANT TO PUT IT ON. I'M GOING TO GO BACK TO THE EMAIL DATED MARCH 12TH AT 1:13 P.M. THE WEEK PRIOR, WE ALL GOT THE SAME EMAIL. WE WERE ALL PART OF THE SAME DISCUSSIONS. I FIND IT UNUSUAL THAT MEMBERS OF THIS COUNCIL WORK FOR THE COUNTY SUPERVISOR. AND YET HE WENT ON TELEMUNDO SAYING THE CITY OF COACHELLA WAS NOT SUPPORTIVE. WE WERE. WE WERE. AND TO THOSE GIRLS, I YOU KNOW, I APOLOGIZE TO YOU ALL. I REALLY, REALLY DO. AND SO ONE OF THE REASONS THAT THIS ITEM WAS BROUGHT FORWARD TO IS THAT WE CAN THEN DISCUSS WHAT WE WANT TO DO, WHAT WE WANT TO DO, AND HOPEFULLY THOSE GIRLS WANT TO PARTICIPATE. I DON'T KNOW WHY THEY DIDN'T SHOW UP TODAY AND I WANT TO LEARN WHAT HAPPENED THERE. WAS IT COMMUNICATED TO THEM THAT THEY WERE GOING TO RECEIVE A PROCLAMATION FROM THE CITY OF COACHELLA? I WANT TO KNOW WHAT THE COMMUNICATION YOU KNOW, WHAT HAPPENED THERE, THAT PARENTS DIDN'T KNOW THAT THEIR GIRLS, THEIR DAUGHTERS, THEIR DAUGHTERS WERE GETTING HONORED TODAY AND THEY DIDN'T KNOW. I WANT TO KNOW WHY THEY DIDN'T KNOW. THIS DOESN'T BELONG TO ME AND IT DOESN'T BELONG TO ANY OF YOU. THOSE GIRLS WORKED HARD. THEY WORKED REALLY, REALLY HARD. THEY GAVE THEIR ALL. THEY GAVE EVERYTHING, AND THEIR PARENTS GAVE THEIR ALL, TOO. IT TAKES A LOT OF COMMITMENT, A LOT OF MONEY AND DEDICATION TO SUPPORT THEIR KIDS IN THE WAY THEY HAVE, AND THEY SHOULD BE ACKNOWLEDGED AND SUPPORTED FOR IT. AT THE VERY LEAST, THAT'S THE VERY LEAST WE CAN DO. AND SO I WAS HOPING THAT THIS WAS GOING TO COME BACK. IT DIDN'T. SO REGARDLESS OF WHAT WE DO AND WHAT ACTION WE MOVE FORWARD WITH, I DO WANT TO GIVE THESE GIRLS THE GREATEST HONOR ANY CITY CAN GIVE ANYONE, AND THAT'S THE KEY TO THE CITY. AND SO I HOPE TO HONOR THEM THAT WAY. AND THEN ANYTHING ELSE THAT MY COLLEAGUES HERE WANT TO PUT FORWARD. BUT IT'S THE HIGHEST RECOGNITION THAT ANY CITY CAN GIVE ANYONE. AND I HAVEN'T SUPPORTED ALL THE OTHER KEYS TO THE CITY THAT HAVE BEEN GIVEN BEFORE. I DON'T THINK I'VE EVERHOWED UP TO NOT ONE, BECAUSE I DIDN'T FEEL THAT THE PEOPLE WHO GAVE, WHO WE GAVE THE KEYS TO HAD REALLY DID ANYTHING TO THE CITY. WE HAVE PEOPLE WHO CONTRIBUTE SO MANY HOURS AND VOLUNTEER AND DO SO MANY THINGS THAT GO UNRECOGNIZED ALL OF THE TIME, AND THEY ASKED FOR NOTHING IN RETURN. NOTHING. AND SO I, I DO WANT TO GIVE THESE GIRLS AND I'M VERY, VERY HAPPY TO, TO PROVIDE THEM. IF YOU ALL SUPPORT IT IS THE KEY TO THE CITY. AND THEN YOU KNOW WHAT, ANY EVENTS THAT WE WANT TO PUT TOGETHER AS WELL. YEAH, MAYBE WE CAN HAVE LIKE THE WAY THAT THEY ORGANIZE EVENTS FOR THE PRIOR KEYS TO THE CITY, HAVE AN EVENT LIKE THAT FOR THE GIRLS
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ORGANIZED IT THAT WAY. THE TIME AND MONEY THAT WAS SPENT TO DOING THE KEYS OF THE CITY FOR PRIOR RECIPIENTS TO DO IT FOR THE GIRLS. YEAH. MY COMMENTS LAST WEEK, TWO WEEKS AGO, DID IT SAY, YOU KNOW, THE FEASIBILITY IN SEEING WHAT STAFF COULD FEASIBLY DO? RIGHT, BECAUSE I DO. WE JUST TALKED ABOUT OUR BUDGET AND WE WERE IN THE WHOLE WE LITERALLY SAW RED ALL OVER THE BOARD. AND THAT WAS MY BIG CONCERN WAS WHAT'S THE FEASIBILITY, BUT ALSO THE LABOR WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, COUNCIL MEMBER SAID 89 EMPLOYEES AND YOU HAD TWO EVENTS THAT SAME WEEK, RIGHT? YOU HAD THE THE COOL CAR SHOW. SO AND THEN YOU HAD THE MARIACHI FESTIVAL, WHICH WAS CROWDED. YOU BROUGHT A BIG NAME MARIACHI GROUP FROM LA THAT PLAYS AT THE MCCALLUM THEATER AND SELLS FOR OVER $100 A TICKET FOR PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY WAS ABLE TO COME AND WATCH IT FOR FREE, BECAUSE WE AS A CITY FOCUSED ON THAT, AND WE BROUGHT ENTERTAINMENT THAT MAKES THEM ROOTED IN THEIR IN THEIR, IN THEIR SPACE. AND, YOU KNOW, I, I KNEW THAT BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, YOU MENTIONED IT, BUT IT WAS THE WORD I USED IT. IF YOU GO BACK IN THE RECORDING, IT'S LIKE, IS IT FEASIBLE? RIGHT? I, I USE THAT SPECIFIC WORDING. SO, YOU KNOW, AND I GOT THAT EMAIL TOO, SITTING IN MY DESK AND I SAW THAT EMAIL COME THROUGH AND REALLY JUST LOOKING AT, YOU KNOW, WHAT EVERYBODY ELSE WANTS TO DO. AND, YOU KNOW, THE HIGHEST HONOR IN THE CITY IS GETTING A KEY HIGHER THAN EVEN BEING A HOMETOWN HERO, RIGHT? THEY GET A, A KEY THAT THEY GET A HOLD, RIGHT. AND SOME SOMETHING THAT PEOPLE COULD DO. SO, BUT AT THAT POINT, YOU KNOW, JUST THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS. I DON'T WANT TO CONTINUE. IT'S ALMOST 10:00. SO BUT SO WITH PROVIDING THEM THE KEYS TO THE CITY IS THERE. DO WE WANT TO MAKE IT AN EVENT THAT DAY? I MEAN, WHAT IS IT THAT WE, WE WANT TO DO AND, AND HOW MUCH MONEY ARE WE THEN WILLING TO SPEND AND PROVIDE AS WELL? YOU KNOW WHAT THAT'S GOING TO WHAT THAT'S GOING TO COST US. AND THEN ALSO ESTABLISHING A DAY THAT GIVES OUR EMPLOYEES, WHICH I THINK OUR PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT IS DOWN TO MAYBE SIX, SEVEN EMPLOYEES. AND SO FOR THOSE WHO ARE LISTENING, THOSE ARE THE HARD WORKING EMPLOYEES THAT PUT THESE EVENTS TOGETHER IS OUR STREETS EMPLOYEES, AND THEY'RE OUR PARK EMPLOYEES. THEY PUT IT TOGETHER, THEY CLOSE OFF THOSE STREETS. THEY DO EVERYTHING. THEY PUT UP THE TENTS, THEY PUT UP THE CHAIRS, THEY DO IT ALL. AND AT THE VERY LEAST, WE CAN GIVE THEM TIME TO BE ABLE TO SET THIS UP AT THE VERY LEAST. AND SO MAYBE WE CAN THINK OF A, OF A TIME OR A DAY THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO DO IT. IF. COUNCILMEMBER DELGADO, MAYOR PRO TEM MAYOR AND COUNCIL FOR CLARIFICATION, I'M UNDERSTANDING IS YOU'D LIKE TO GIVE THE KEY TO THE CITY, TO THE TO THE TEAM. NOW, IS IT INDIVIDUAL KEYS TO EACH PLAYER? RIGHT. I'M GETTING CLARIFICATION HERE BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO GO BACK WITH VAGUE AND AMBIGUOUS DIRECTION.SO KEY TO EACH PLAYER AND WE CAN COST OUT AN EVENT. LIKE WE SAID, I'M NOT SURE ABOUT THE WHAT WERE YOU TALKING ABOUT THE FIRE PITS OR NO, NO NO, NO. ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT THE EVENTS PRIOR? SO WE'VE HAD PRIOR, THERE'S BEEN A COUPLE OF SINGERS THAT HAVE BEEN GIVEN THE KEYS TO THE CITY AND THEY KIND OF HAVE, I WOULD SAY, SOMEWHAT OF A BLOCK PARTY. IT'S, IT'S FOCUSED AT THE LIBRARY AND BEHIND THE LIBRARY. SO DOING THE WAY THAT THEY'VE BEEN ABLE TO ORGANIZE AN EVENT LIKE THAT, IT'D BE NICE TO HONOR THE GIRLS IN THE SAME WAY, YOU KNOW, THEY, THEY DEDICATED ALL THEIR, THEIR TIME. YOU KNOW, I KNOW IT'S NOT EASY GOING TO SCHOOL FULL TIME, GETTING OFF SCHOOL, GOING TO PRACTICE, THEN GETTING HOME LATE, DOING HOMEWORK, DOING IT ALL OVER AGAIN. YOU KNOW, I KNOW IT'S NOT EASY. AND I BELIEVE THAT THEY DESERVE THAT FULL RECOGNITION. I AGREE, SO KIND OF MAYBE A SMALL TYPE OF BLOCK PARTY FROM SEVENTH STREET, THEN CLOSED OFF TO SIXTH STREET, WHICH WOULD ENCOMPASS THE THE LIBRARY, THE FRONTAGE AND THEN THE IN THE BACK AS WELL. I THINK THAT AREA WOULD BE GOOD. I THINK ANDREW HAD SOME IDEAS REGARDING THAT. THE BLOCK PARTY THAT HE WOULD MAYBE GET WITH YOU AND TALK ABOUT THAT SO WE CAN PUT A PLAN TOGETHER, BRING IT BACK TO YOU ON THE EIGHTH FOR YOUR APPROVAL. THANK YOU.
RIGHT, WE'LL COORDINATE THE LOGISTICS AND WHATNOT. AND THAT'S THE THAT'S BASICALLY THE DIRECTION I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S CLEAR SO WE CAN COME BACK WITH YOU. YOU HAVE SOME INPUT, CONFIRM THE DATE, APPROVE IT, WHATEVER COST IS ASSOCIATED, WHETHER IT'S IN-KIND OR DIRECT, AND THEN YOU CAN AT LEAST APPROVE IT. WE CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH IT. AND DO WE
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KNOW WHO WAS NOTIFIED THAT THERE'D BE A PROCLAMATION? I DON'T KNOW THE PARTICULARS ON THAT. COUNCIL MEMBER PEREZ. I THINK WHEN WE COMMUNICATE AND REACH OUT TO THAT COACH IS IF HE WAS THEN COMMUNICATED AT THAT TIME THAT THERE WOULD BE A PROCLAMATION ON THIS DATE AND THEN AND THEN GO FROM THERE, YOU KNOW, AND SEE WHERE THE MISCOMMUNICATION WAS. YEAH.OKAY. SO THANK YOU FOR THE DIRECTION WE'LL BRING BACK ON THE EIGHTH AND YOU CAN HAVE
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SOME. THANK YOU. THAT WILL MOVE ON TO COUNCIL COMMENTS. I'LL START TO MY COUNCIL MEMBER PEREZ FIRST. WE'RE ON THAT WAY REAL QUICKLY. JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, ARE WE GOING TO ADJOURN THE SPECIAL MEETING? YEAH. SO THEN I'LL ADJOURN THE SPECIAL MEETING AT NINE £0.59 PM, AND THEN I'LL CONTINUE THE COUNCIL COMMENTS OF THE REGULARLY SCHEDULED CITY COUNCIL MEETING AT 9:59 P.M. COUNCILOR PEREZ. YES, I WILL MAKE IT QUICK. I KNOW IT'S IT'S LATE ALREADY. I DO HAVE A LOT OF STUFF THAT I WOULD LIKE TO MENTION. I'LL KEEP IT SHORT AND SOME OF THE STUFF I'LL PROBABLY BRING BACK AT NEXT COUNCIL MEETING. I DID SEE AN EMAIL THAT WAS FORWARDED TO ALL OF US ON COUNCIL REGARDING A RESIDENCE AT LA RIVA. I DON'T KNOW IF KENDRA'S REMEMBERS. THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF COMPLAINTS AT THAT HOUSE. I GUESS IT'S A SHORT TERM RENTAL. THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF PARTIES. MAYBE WE CAN HAVE CODE ENFORCEMENT GET WITH OUR ISO AND SEE HOW MANY CALLS HAVE BEEN GENERATED, NOT JUST TO CODE ENFORCEMENT, BUT AS WELL AS TO OUR ISO AND SEE WHAT THE NEXT STEPS ARE GOING TO BE. I KNOW IT'S IT'S BEEN A NUISANCE TO A LOT OF THE PEOPLE. I DID SEE THE VIDEO OF ONE OF THE PARTIES THAT WAS OCCURRING THERE. SO MAYBE WE CAN FOCUS ON WORKING TOGETHER WITH WITH THAT RESIDENT AND LETTING THEM KNOW WHAT THE STEPS ARE. ALSO, THE HOUSE ON CAMACHO. I KNOW THAT CODE ENFORCEMENT HAS MADE A BIG IMPROVEMENT. THERE IS ONE LOT THAT THEY HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO CLEAN UP BECAUSE THE THE OWNER HAS NOT BEEN RESPONSIVE. I DON'T KNOW, MAYBE IN NEXT MEETING, KENDRA, YOU CAN GO OVER THE STEPS THAT IT TAKES TO ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW, GET WITH THE ATTORNEYS AND EVERYTHING. SO IT'S NOT THAT THEY'RE BEING IGNORED. IT'S NOT THAT CODE ENFORCEMENT ISN'T DOING THEIR JOB, IT'S THAT THERE'S A LOT OF STEPS THAT GO INTO IT. I WISH WE COULD JUST SAY, ALL RIGHT, ATTORNEY, HIRE THIS COMPANY AND CLEAN IT OUT AND WE'LL JUST BILL THEM. AND UNFORTUNATELY, THAT'S NOT THE WAY IT WORKS. SO I DO WANT OUR RESIDENTS TO KNOW WHAT THE PROCESS IS AND KNOW THAT IT'S NOT AN EASY STEP. BUT I DO THINK CODE ENFORCEMENT, BECAUSE THEY'RE WORKING VERY ON MINIMAL STAFFING AND THEY'RE STILL OUT THERE. I DID HAVE A COUPLE OF RESIDENTS CALL ME REGARDING THE HOMES AT AVENUE 54 AND SHADY LANE. I APOLOGIZE, I DON'T REMEMBER THAT DEVELOPMENT. IT IS A NEW DEVELOPMENT. THEY'RE COMPLAINING THAT THERE IS AN INCREASED INFESTATION OF PIGEONS. I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT WE CAN DO ABOUT IT. CODE ENFORCEMENT CAN OR NOT, BUT THEY'RE SAYING THAT IT'S IT'S EXTREMELY IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S INFESTED BY PIGEONS. SO THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS. THANK YOU FOR EVERYBODY. I KNOW IT'S LATE. THANK YOU AGAIN. COUNCILMEMBER. THANK YOU. WE DID HAVE QUITE A FEW EMPLOYEES TAKE THE GOLDEN HANDSHAKE. THESE ARE EMPLOYEES THAT HAVE GIVEN US 20 YEARS AND MUCH MORE THAN THAT. SO I WOULD LIKE TO HONOR THEM BY GIVING THEM A PROCLAMATION, MAYBE SOME TYPE OF, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, AWARD OR SOMETHING JUST SO THAT THEY CAN TAKE WITH THEM. THESE ARE EMPLOYEES WHO HAVE SERVED 20 YEARS, 25 YEARS, AND DEDICATED TO THE CITY OF COACHELLA. NOW, FOR ANY EMPLOYEE TO LAST THAT LONG IN, IN ANY ORGANIZATION, THERE ARE CONSTANT CHANGES AS YOU SEE GOING, YOU KNOW, HAPPENING NOW. AND TO BE ABLE TO WEATHER THAT FOR 20 YEARS, 25 YEARS WITH WITH CHANGE TO COUNCIL, YOU KNOW, CHANGES TO THE CCM, YOU KNOW, SO I'M, I'M VERY APPRECIATIVE. I'M VERY THANKFUL TO THESE EMPLOYEES WHO HAVE GIVEN US THAT MANY YEARS. I WAS I WAS SAD TO SEE JOSE LEAVE. YOU KNOW, I WAS TOLD THAT HIS BEST FRIEND LEFT AND, YOU KNOW, TURNS OUT THAT HE HAD A HARD TIME AND, YOU KNOW, HE LOOKED AT WHAT HE NEEDED TO. AND TURNS OUT THAT HE HAD THE NUMBERS THAT THAT HE WANTED TO SEE TO BE ABLE TO RETIRE. AND THAT MAKES ME VERY HAPPY FOR FOR ALL OF THEM. WE HEAR ABOUT SPEEDING QUITE A BIT IN THE CITY OF COACHELLA. WE KNOW THIS IS AN ISSUE. IT'S BEEN AN ONGOING ISSUE. AND AGAIN, IT'S NOT A REFLECTION OF OUR RESIDENTS, NOT AT ALL. IT'S JUST THAT IT'S GONE ON FOR SO LONG WITHOUT THE ACCOUNTABILITY THAT IT NEEDS, THE ATTENTION THAT IT REQUIRES. A LOT OF THESE FOLKS ARE, YOU KNOW, GOING THROUGH THIS CITY. WE[00:55:04]
HAVE A LOT OF TRAFFIC ON CESAR CHAVEZ. WE HAVE A LOT OF TRAFFIC GOING THROUGH GRAPEFRUIT BOULEVARD. AND SO WE HAVE PEOPLE SPEEDING ALL THE TIME. AND AS THE FORMER MAYOR SHARED, IS A DOWN AVENUE 52. WE DO HAVE A LOT OF CARS, A LOT OF CARS THAT ARE SPEEDING CONSTANTLY. AND SO I KNOW THAT WE GOT A A TRAFFIC DEPUTY AND I'M GOING TO REACH OUT TO LIEUTENANT GARCIA. I WANT HIM TO TO PULL THE NUMBER TO GIVE US AN UPDATE OF HOW MANY CITATIONS WE'RE PROVIDING, BUT ALSO IS THAT HOPEFULLY IT TELLS US MAYBE IN WHAT LOCATIONS IT'S MORE OF AN ISSUE BASED ON THOSE CITATIONS. DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? WOULD THAT BE, YOU KNOW, RIGHT.SO IF WE'RE GIVING OUT AND I KNOW THEY'RE GIVING A LOT OF CITATIONS, I'M THINKING THAT AT LEAST MAYBE THAT GIVES US MORE OF THE ABILITY TO SEE WHERE THESE AREAS ARE EXPERIENCING HIGHER SPEEDING VEHICLES, MAYBE THAN IN OTHER AREAS. AND THEN OBVIOUSLY, WE KNOW THAT THAT THAT AREA THERE REQUIRES MAYBE MORE, YOU KNOW, PATROL PRESENCE, YOU KNOW, ALSO IS THAT I DID GO TO THE SUAVECITO SUNDAY. ANDREW AND MYSELF AND ANDREW FROM THE PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION.
WE WERE THE JUDGES. I WAS A LITTLE INTIMIDATED IN THE BEGINNING, BUT WE GOT A GOOD FLOW AND WE HAD A LOT OF FUN OUT THERE. IT REALLY WAS. WE HAD A REALLY GOOD TIME AND PEOPLE LIKED THE NEW LOCATION. IT'S FROM WHAT I GOT FROM EVERYONE. IT'S A NICE LOCATION.
IT'S MORE CONDENSED. SO THEY REALLY THEY REALLY ENJOYED IT. I WENT TO THE SALSA CONTEST AND SO THOSE, THOSE SENIORS TURNED OUT 33, SALSAS, 33. AND THEN OUR DEPUTY UP THERE OUT IN THE BACK PARTICIPATED. THEY WERE THERE FOR A LONG TIME, YOU KNOW, TRYING EVERY SINGLE SALSA. AND WE HAD A GOOD A GOOD TURNOUT FROM OUR PUBLIC SAFETY CREW, OUR SENIORS LIKE THAT. THEY REALLY ENJOY YOU GUYS BEING THERE. THEY WERE SO HAPPY. AND THEIR LITTLE FLIRTATIOUS TOO, YOU KNOW. BUT WE HAD A LOT OF FUN. WE REALLY DID. I ALSO WENT TO THE MARIACHI FESTIVAL. IT WAS ANOTHER GOOD TURNOUT. IT WAS VERY SUCCESSFUL. THE WEATHER WAS NICE AND FOR ME, FROM JUST ATTENDING EVERY YEAR, IS THAT IT DID LOOK LIKE THERE WAS A LARGER TURNOUT THIS YEAR.
YOU KNOW, WE HAD A LOT OF GOOD TIME. WE'VE HAD MANY SUCCESSFUL EVENTS AND PEOPLE ARE HAVING THEY'RE HAVING A GOOD TIME. THEY'RE HAVING A LOT OF FUN. YOU KNOW, WE. OUR MAYOR, STEVEN HERNANDEZ, HAS, YOU KNOW, RESIGNED YESTERDAY. AND SO WHAT THAT MEANS AS A CITY AND HOW WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT VACANCY IS WE HAVE 60 DAYS TO APPOINT SOMEONE TO THE SEAT, OR WE CAN ENTER A SPECIAL ELECTION. THIS IS A CONVERSATION THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE HAVING THAT'S GOING TO BE HAPPENING OPENLY. DOES IT HAPPEN RIGHT? IS IT GOING TO BE BROUGHT TO THE NEXT CITY COUNCIL MEETING? IF THAT'S WHAT COUNCIL WISHES? YES. SO THE CONVERSATION ABOUT HOW COUNCIL IS GOING TO MOVE FORWARD OR THE DISCUSSION, I, I, I WANT TO HAVE THE DISCUSSION OPENLY. I WANT TO BE ABLE TO BE VERY TRANSPARENT, YOU KNOW, RESIDENTS AND THOSE WHO ARE INVESTED IN THE CITY SHOULD SPEAK OUT, SPEAK WHAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE AS WELL, SO THAT WE CAN HAVE THIS DIALOG TOGETHER. BUT WE ARE GOING TO BE, YOU KNOW, COMMUNICATING AS WE MOVE FORWARD. YOU KNOW, HOW COUNCIL IS IS GOING TO MOVE FORWARD TO TO STEVEN HERNANDEZ.
YOU KNOW, HE DID HE DID GIVE 20 YEARS TO THE CITY, I BELIEVE 16 OF THOSE YEARS WAS AS A MAYOR.
AND SO WE DO WISH HIM, YOU KNOW, THE BEST. WE REALLY DO. THERE HAS BEEN IMPROVEMENTS MADE IN THE LAST TWO DECADES THAT YOU SEE IN THE CITY NOW. YOU KNOW, WE'RE IT'S A TRANSITIONAL PERIOD FOR US. AND SO CITY OPERATIONS WILL NOT BE IMPACTED. CITY SERVICES WILL NOT BE IMPACTED. COUNCIL'S DECISIONS ON POLICIES OR AMENDING POLICIES OR IMPROVING POLICIES WILL NOT BE IMPACTED. AND SO WITH THAT, TO TO THE EXECUTIVES AND TO OUR EMPLOYEES AND TO OUR INTERIM CM AND TO OUR ATTORNEY, I THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU PROVIDE TO THE CITY. WE
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WILL CONTINUE TO PROVIDE THIS CITY EVERYTHING THAT WE HAVE. YOU KNOW, I CAN TELL YOU THAT EVERYONE IN THIS ORGANIZATION CARES A GREAT A GREAT DEAL FOR OUR RESIDENTS. WE REALLY DO.AND SO WE WILL CONTINUE TO PROVIDE THAT LEVEL OF SERVICES AND THEN CONSTANTLY TRYING TO IMPROVE THEM AND IN THE BEST AND FASTEST MANNER THAT WE CAN DO. SO. THANK YOU, COUNCILWOMAN.
BEATEN. THANK YOU. I'LL TRY TO BE BRIEF WITH MY COMMENTS. I'LL START OFF WITH THE SHORT TERM RENTALS IF WE CAN. I KNOW WE WERE DISCUSSING IT, BUT I DIDN'T KNOW IF IT WAS THE APPROPRIATE TIME TO TALK ABOUT THE NOISE ORDINANCE. BUT GOING BACK TO THAT ORDINANCE, CAN WE JUST MAKE SURE AND I DON'T KNOW IF MAYBE YOU BRING IT BACK AT SOME POINT AND WE'RE ABLE TO HAVE A DISCUSSION MORE THOROUGHLY. BUT I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE SHORT TERM RENTAL ORDINANCE IS STILL COMPLYING WITH THE NOISE ORDINANCE. SO JUST BECAUSE THEY HAVE A SHORT TERM RENTAL CERTIFICATE AND THEY'RE ABLE TO RENT OUT THEIR HOME DOES NOT NECESSARILY GIVE THEM THE OPPORTUNITY TO HOST EVENTS OR PARTIES. THAT'S NOT WHAT THAT IS. THE SHORT TERM RENTAL IS IT'S AN OPTION OTHER BESIDES STAYING IN A HOTEL ROOM. SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT IS KIND OF IT'S WORKING OUT WELL, AND THEN IT MIGHT BE A GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO REVISIT AGAIN, JUST TO KIND OF TAKE A LOOK AT, YOU KNOW, HOW MANY SITE AFTER HOW MANY CITATIONS DO WE REMOVE THE, THE CERTIFICATE OR AFTER HOW MANY CALLS OR COMPLAINTS THAT WE RECEIVE THAT ARE VERIFIED? DO WE ALSO REMOVE THAT CERTIFICATE? SO I KNOW THAT'S A LOT, BUT I DO WANT TO MAKE SURE WE TAKE A LOOK AT THAT, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THAT'S GOING TO BE HELPFUL WITH WHAT WE JUST DISCUSSED EARLIER IN THE AGENDA WITH SEVILLA HOMES. AND THEN THE OTHER THING. HOPEFULLY WE CAN HAVE A DISCUSSION ON TOO, IS THE GREATER COACHELLA VALLEY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. I KNOW THAT THERE ARE. I THINK THEY HAVE SOME QUESTIONS REGARDING WHO'S APPOINTED TO IT OR I WAS JUST INFORMED AND I DIDN'T KNOW THIS IS THE WAY THEY DID IT. I REALLY AM NEW TO THAT, BUT THEY MENTIONED THEY DON'T REALLY HAVE IT'S NOT A JPA, SO THEY DON'T HAVE SOMEONE THAT'S NECESSARILY APPOINTED FROM EVERY CITY. THE WAY THEY DO IT IN OTHER CITIES IS THEY KIND OF JUST ROTATE. ONE MONTH, A COUNCIL MEMBER WILL GO, THE NEXT MONTH, ANOTHER ONE. SO WHEN THEY WERE GETTING EMAILS OR CORRESPONDENCE FROM THE CITY OF COACHELLA SAYING, WHY ISN'T, YOU KNOW, A SPECIFIC COUNCIL MEMBER GETTING THE THE EMAILS OR THE INVITES THAT THEY WERE SOMEWHAT CONFUSED. SO IF WE CAN JUST CLARIFY THAT WITH THEM, IF WE HAVE ASSIGNED SOMEONE THAT, YOU KNOW, HEY, THIS IS HOW WE DO IT IN THE CITY, WE ASSIGN SOMEBODY AND THAT'S JUST WE, WE KNOW YOU'RE NOT A JPA, BUT YOU KNOW, JUST SO THAT WE'RE KIND OF ON THE SAME PAGE WITH THEM. AND THEN I WANT TO, YOU KNOW, CONGRATULATE MY COLLEAGUE, MAYOR PRO TEM FIGUEROA FOR LEADING THIS MEETING. IT'S IT'S A LITTLE DIFFERENT RIGHT NOW HOW EVERYTHING IS GOING, BUT YOU DID AN EXCEPTIONAL JOB. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND THEN, YES, OUR MAYOR RESIGNED OUR COACHELLA ELECTED MAYOR DID RESIGN. I DON'T KNOW IF YESTERDAY OR TODAY I DON'T RECALL, BUT. I DON'T THINK IT'S A SECRET. THE AMOUNT OF WORK THAT HE DID FOR THE CITY. AND I HOPE THAT AND I ENCOURAGE ALL RESIDENTS TO DIVE IN TO SOME OF THE DOCUMENTS THAT ARE OUT THERE THAT ARE REALLY, REALLY IMPORTANT TO READ. AND SO THAT YOU CAN SO THAT WE CAN ALL BETTER UNDERSTAND WHAT IT IS THAT THAT CASE WAS ALL REGARDING AND ALL THE INFORMATION IN THAT. BUT I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO HIM. I HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF WORKING WITH HIM NEARLY FOUR YEARS, AND PRIOR TO THAT I WAS A PLANNING COMMISSIONER. AND I REMEMBER WHEN I WAS ON THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND WE WOULD GO ON WALKS. IF YOU GUYS KNOW THE MAYOR, YOU KNOW, HE'S VERY FAMOUS FOR HIS WALKS DOWNTOWN.
HE LIKES TO WALK THE CITY A LOT. AND I RECALL ALWAYS THINKING, THERE IS NO WAY THAT A PERSON CAN ALWAYS THINK ABOUT THE CITY AND HOW IT'S FUNCTIONING AND THE INS AND OUTS EVERY SINGLE DAY AT ALL TIMES. BUT HE WAS DEFINITELY THAT PERSON. AND I THINK THAT IT SHOWED THAT HE REALLY CARED FOR THE CITY. I KNOW THAT HE DID, AND YOU CAN SEE IT EVERYWHERE. HE HAD A
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TREMENDOUS IMPACT WHEN IT CAME TO COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, WHEN IT CAME TO ENSURING THAT WE HAD A BEAUTIFUL LIBRARY, WHEN IT CAME TO ENSURING THAT OUR SMALL BUSINESS COMMUNITY FELT SUPPORTED, WHEN IT CAME TO ENSURING THAT WE WERE ADDRESSING POWER ISSUES. AND THE LIST CAN GO ON AND ON AND ON. AND I JUST WANT TO THANK HIM FOR FOR HIS SERVICE. I KNOW IT'S PROBABLY NOT THE WAY THAT ANY OF US WOULD EVER DESIRE TO LEAVE OFFICE AN ELECTED POSITION. IT'S VERY DIFFICULT AND I CAN'T IMAGINE WHAT WHAT IT'S LIKE. BUT I DO HOPE THAT THIS CITY IS ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD. I HOPE THAT THOSE OF US THAT ARE HERE ON, ON THE DAIS, THAT FIND A WAY TO WORK TOGETHER AND DO WHAT WE WERE ASKED AND TRUSTED TO DO, WHICH WAS TO DO GOOD WORK FOR THE CITY AND TO DO GOOD THINGS FOR OUR COMMUNITY AND TO ALWAYS PUT THEM FIRST. SO JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU TO TO OUR MAYOR. YOU DID A TREMENDOUS JOB. IT WAS TRULY AN HONOR TO BE ABLE TO WORK WITH YOU AND SEE HOW YOU VIEWED HOW COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT SHOULD LOOK LIKE. AND I DON'T THINK ANYONE CAN QUESTION YOUR LOVE FOR FOR THE CITY AND FOR THIS BEAUTIFUL COMMUNITY. SO WANTED TO SAY THAT AND THEN TO STAFF. AS ALWAYS, THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE. THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US. YOU ARE VERY APPRECIATED.WE TRUST YOU. WE APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO. WELCOME TO OUR INTERIM CITY MANAGER. I KNOW THAT I THINK YOU SAID THIS WAS DAY FOUR FOR YOU, BUT THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE WITH US AND TAKING A CHANCE TO BE HERE WITH US TOO. I KNOW THAT IT'S A LOT THAT YOU'RE WALKING INTO, BUT WE DO APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE. AND ALSO TO OUR CITY ATTORNEY, TO RYAN, THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU DO. I KNOW IT CAN'T BE EASY. YOUR JOB CERTAINLY IS NOT EASY. BUT THANK YOU STAFF. YOU GUYS ARE VERY APPRECIATED. I HOPE THAT YOU FIND THE SUPPORT THAT YOU NEED. I HOPE THAT YOU FIND THE TRUST THAT NEEDS TO BE RECIPROCATED, AND I HOPE THAT YOU FIND MORE SUPPORT MOVING FORWARD AND KNOW THAT YOU KNOW, I KNOW THERE IS A WAY THAT WE'RE SUPPOSED TO DO THINGS.
YOU KNOW, WE GO THROUGH THE CITY MANAGER TO WE DON'T GO DIRECTLY TO YOU. I UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT KNOW THAT I DON'T THINK ANY ONE OF US HERE WOULD, YOU KNOW, CLOSE THE DOOR ON YOU.
AND WE'RE ALWAYS HAPPY TO BE ABLE TO TALK TO YOU IF THERE'S ANYTHING GOING ON, AND ESPECIALLY IF THERE'S GOOD THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING. BUT I JUST WANT TO SHARE MY GRATITUDE TO ALL OF YOU AND, AND THANK YOU FOR ALWAYS BEING HERE WITH US. AND THAT'S IT FOR ME. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER. FIRST, I WANT TO. I'M THE LAST. NOW I JUST WANT I WANT TO CONGRATULATE THE WOMEN THAT SERVE IN PUBLIC OFFICE HERE IN THE CITY OF COACHELLA, BECAUSE IT IS INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S MONTH. RIGHT. AND THAT'S WHY I WANT TO REALLY START FIRST, BECAUSE THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE AND DEDICATING YOUR TIME. WE'RE HERE AT 10:17 P.M. AND I KNOW THAT SOME OF YOU ALL HAVE FAMILIES AND OR FUR BABIES, AND WE'RE HERE, RIGHT? AND I WANT TO JUST COMMEND YOU ON THE WORK YOU DO BOTH HERE IN THE CITY AND, YOU KNOW, IN YOUR DAYTIME JOBS, RIGHT? BECAUSE YOU DO THE WORK AND DO THE DAY IN AND DAY OUT. AND, YOU KNOW, ESPECIALLY TO MY MOM, BECAUSE MY MOM IS THE LADY THAT TAUGHT ME HOW TO DO EVERYTHING. AND SHE'S REALLY THE ONE THAT TAUGHT ME HOW TO DO GRIT BECAUSE THAT LADY BOSSED AROUND 70 PEOPLE AT WORK AND SHE WAS FIVE TWO AND SHE COULD WHIP PEOPLE INTO SHAPE.
SO I REALLY WANTED TO SAY THAT TO EVERYONE AND ALL THE ALSO ALL THE STAFF AS WELL. AND THEN, YOU KNOW, I. I TALKED TO FORMER MAYOR HERNANDEZ THIS MORNING AND HE LET ME KNOW THAT HE HAD OFFICIALLY RESIGNED AS OF YESTERDAY. YOU KNOW, I TALKED TO HIM FOR A COUPLE OF MINUTES AND IN THE MORNING AND WE JUST DISCUSSED, YOU KNOW, WHAT FOLLOWS AND HIS, YOU KNOW, MOVING INTO HIS PRIVATE LIFE AS A PRIVATE CITIZEN. NOW THE RESIDENT OF THE CITY OF COACHELLA. AND JUST MOVING FORWARD, RIGHT AS AS A COUNCIL, AS COUNCIL MEMBER, DELGADO STATED, WE HAVE MUNICIPAL CODE AND ALSO STATE LAW THAT REQUIRES US TO FILL WITHIN 60 DAYS. AND HAVING IN A PUBLIC SESSION, I THINK, RYAN, MAYBE HAVING IT AS A WE DON'T HAVE
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CLOSED SESSION, MAYBE STARTING THE MEETING EARLIER, SO WE CAN HAVE A LONGER TIME FOR THAT DISCUSSION OF THAT ITEM OR WHICHEVER WAY IS BEST. AGENDIZED. AND JUST LOOKING AT THE OPTIONS AND ENSURING THAT THE MEETING IS STRUCTURED, BECAUSE I DO THINK PEOPLE WILL SHOW UP TO HAVE CONVERSATION WITH US AND ENSURING THAT WE HAVE AMPLE SPACE AND A TRANSLATOR AS WELL WITH THE TRANSLATING SYSTEM, SO THAT OUR SPANISH SPEAKING PART OF OUR COMMUNITY IS ABLE TO GIVE INPUT AND KNOW THAT WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT UP HERE, SO THAT THEY KNOW THE WHY, WHY IS THIS GOING ON, AND HOW DO WE MOVE FORWARD TOGETHER AS A CITY, AS THE CITY COUNCIL? THANK YOU. INTERIM CITY MANAGER MISTER GABRIEL GONZALEZ, FOR WORKING WITH RYAN ON THE PUBLIC STATEMENT AND GETTING THAT TAKEN CARE OF. SO THAT'S HOW WHERE WE ARE WITH THAT. RIGHT? WE'LL MOVE ON. WE'LL CONTINUE. IT'S A TIME OF CHANGE, BUT IT'S ALSO. IT'S A TIME OF CHANGE AND A TIME OF GROWTH FOR THE CITY. AND WE DO NEED TO FOCUS ALSO ON THE RESIDENTS AND THE COMMUNITY OF COACHELLA. AND THAT SHOULD BE OUR NORTH STAR THAT WE FOLLOW AS WE PROCEED FORWARD WITH WHAT WE NEED TO DO NEXT. I ATTENDED THIS WEEK THE AMERICAN MOSQUITO CONFERENCE CONFERENCE ASSOCIATION IN PORTLAND, OREGON, THROUGH THE VECTOR MOSQUITO VECTOR CONTROL WITH MY COLLEAGUE FROM THE CITY OF INDIO AND THE GREAT STAFF OF THE CITY OF THE. THE VECTOR CONTROL AND A LOT OF THE STAFF AT THE VECTOR CONTROL DISTRICT LIVE IN THE CITY OF COACHELLA. AND, YOU KNOW, WE ALWAYS GET A LOT OF ACCOLADES. THEY FLY SEVEN DRONES AND EVERYONE FROM ACROSS THE COUNTRY IS LIKE, HOW DO YOU GUYS DO THIS? AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S REALLY LOOKING TO SEE THAT AT THE COACHELLA VALLEY. WE'RE A PRIME SPOT FOR A LOT OF STUFF. SO WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT AS A COMMUNITY, WE CONTINUE THAT. I ATTENDED THE COACHELLA VALLEY RESCUE MISSION GALA LAST WEEK, AND THAT WAS A VERY EYE OPENING.IT'S MY FIRST TIME ATTENDING AND SEEING THE WORK THAT THEY DO AT THE CVPR MISSION. THEY'RE EXPANDING, GOING TO BUILD A NEW THRIFT STORE ACROSS FROM THE ORIGINAL MISSION WAS AT MY GRANDMA LIVES IN GARVER TRACK. SO THE MISSION. I'VE KNOWN THAT FOR A LONG TIME, BUT THE WORK THAT THEY DO THERE IMPACTS A LOT OF PEOPLE, RIGHT? WE JUST APPROVED AFFORDABLE HOUSING TODAY, BUT THE WORK OF THE MISSION IS HOW DO YOU GET PEOPLE? THERE WAS A A LADY THERE THAT SHE WAS SHE USED SHE WAS A SHE WAS A DRUG USER. AND SHE HAD HER YOUNG DAUGHTER AND HER YOUNG DAUGHTER GOT TAKEN BY CPS AND SHE WAS ABLE TO GO THROUGH THE CPR PROGRAM AND GET CLEAN AND MOVE ON AND REALLY GROW AND, AND WAS ABLE TO CREATE A FAMILY. AND, YOU KNOW, THAT'S THE IMPORTANT THINGS THAT WE HAVE IN OUR COMMUNITY. AND IT'S JUST ACROSS THE STREET FROM MIGHT NOT BE IN COACHELLA, BUT IT'S ACROSS THE STREET IN INDIO AND AVENUE 48. SO THAT WAS A REALLY GREAT EVENT. LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING YOUR INSPIRATION WORDS ON FRIDAY WITH OUR SENIOR WHO IS GETTING HONORED, AND HOPEFULLY ALL THE COUNCIL MEMBERS WILL JOIN ALL OF US AND THE STAFF. THAT ALWAYS GOES. I KNOW THAT WE GET TABLES FOR THE SENIORS AND THEY GET EXCITED BECAUSE I SEE THEM THERE EVERY YEAR, SO I'M EXCITED TO SEE HOW WE PROCEED WITH THAT. AND ONE THING I DO, THE SOCCER LEAGUE WAS AT THE THE SOCCER LEAGUE RANKING THAT THE THE RFP WAS AT THE AT THE PARKS AND REC. NOT SURE WHEN IT'S GOING TO COME TO COUNCIL FOR REVIEW OR FOR MAYBE WE HAVE A STUDY SESSION ABOUT IT JUST TO DISCUSS WHAT THE STEPS WERE.
I KNOW THAT IT WAS DISCUSSED AT THE AT THAT OTHER MEETING, AND I SAW THAT IT WAS RANKED. SO HOPEFULLY YOU CAN SEND THAT TO THE COUNCIL JUST FOR US TO SEE, BECAUSE THAT WOULD BE NICE TO SEE THAT PRESENTATION. SO. AND. THAT'S ALL MY COMMENTS ON THERE. AND I KNOW WE'RE AT 1022 AND I'LL TURN THE FLOOR TO OUR CITY MANAGER AND THEN OUR CITY ATTORNEY AFTER THAT, IF ANYBODY HAS ANY COMMENTS. THANK YOU, MAYOR PRO TEM, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, JUST A COUPLE ITEMS. SO FOR TODAY AND JUST WANT TO LET YOU KNOW, WE'RE PUTTING OUT AN EMPLOYEE SATISFACTION SURVEY TO THE EMPLOYEES TO ASK THEM HOW WE'RE DOING AS AN ORGANIZATION, GET THEIR INPUT.
AND SO THAT'S SOMETHING I'LL BE SHARING WITH YOU AT A LATER DATE. ONCE WE HAVE THAT INFORMATION AND THAT DATA. COUNCILMEMBER DELGADO, I ALREADY HAVE A MEETING SCHEDULED WITH THE CAPTAIN AND LIEUTENANT FOR NEXT WEEK, SO I'M GOING TO GO. I'LL GO AHEAD AND TAKE THE LIBERTY OF ASKING FOR THAT, THAT DATA, AND TALK TO THEM ABOUT SOME OF THE SPEEDING ISSUES THAT WE'RE EXPERIENCING AS A CITY. SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THAT.
I'LL TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT MEETING. SOMETHING WE WANT TO CHANGE, MAYOR PRO TEM AND COUNCIL ON THE AGENDA. AND TO AVOID ANY AMBIGUITY FOR FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS, IS AT A SECTION AT THE END OF THE AGENDA THAT YOU GUYS WILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE A DISCUSSION ABOUT FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO LIKE THE SHORT TERM RENTAL. SO THAT WAY, EVEN THOUGH IT'S NOT AGENDIZED HOW I'VE DONE THAT IN THE PAST AND THE CITY'S, YOU BRING UP A TOPIC, YOU JUST KIND OF GIVE A THUMBS UP THAT, YEAH, LET'S BRING IT BACK. AND YOU KNOW, IT'S FOR DISCUSSION OR WHATEVER THE CASE MAY BE. AND THAT WAY THERE'S A CONSENSUS OF THE COUNCIL AND IT'S NOT JUST ONE OR 1 OR 2 OF YOU SAYING YOU WANT TO HEAR AN ITEM. AND SO
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FOR CLARIFICATION, YOU GUYS ARE ALL OKAY FOR US TO DO THE SHORT TERM RENTALS. BRING THAT BACK FOR SOME DISCUSSION. IN TERMS OF LOOKING AT THE NOISE AND NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS AND CALLS AND ALL THAT. SO IT'S CLEAR THAT THAT'S WHAT WE'RE BRINGING BACK IN THE FUTURE. JUST THUMBS UP. OKAY. THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER. WITH REGARDS TO THE COACHELLA AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS, COUNCIL MEMBERS GET PUT ON THE BOARD AS DE FACTO BOARD MEMBER, RIGHT? YOU DON'T HAVE ANY VOTING, RIGHT? BUT YOU BECOME A MEMBER. YOU CAN SIT THERE. SO THAT'LL BE SOMETHING I CAN TALK TO THEM ABOUT AND SEE IF THAT WORKS FOR THEM AS WELL. SO WE ALREADY HAVE A REP JUST AS LONG AS THERE'S CLARIFICATION. CLARIFICATION. OKAY. ALL RIGHT.I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAD THAT CLEAR. NO, I'VE NEVER ATTENDED. THAT'S WHY I REACHED OUT TO THEM. I BELIEVE IT'S BEEN MAYOR PRO TEM FIGUEROA, WHO'S ACTUALLY BEEN ATTENDING. I NEVER GOT ANY EMAILS OR ANYTHING. SO HOW ABOUT I GET MORE INFORMATION, COME BACK TO YOU AND REPORT BACK TO YOU? I THINK SHE'S THE ONE THAT. RIGHT, BECAUSE I REMEMBER. YEAH. SO THIS HURT BECAUSE IT'S ON MY CALENDAR. THEY'RE CONFUSED. NO, JUST TELL THEM. ALL RIGHT. I'LL GET SOME CLARIFICATION. REPORT BACK TO COUNCIL ON THAT. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. MAYOR PRO TEM, JUST FOR MY CLARIFICATION, TYPICALLY THE DIRECTION WILL GO TO THE CITY MANAGER FOR MY CLARIFICATION ON THE SOCCER LEAGUE RFP. WHAT IS IT YOU WANT TO SEE? I JUST WANTED TO KNOW IF IT'S GONNA COME TO THE COUNCIL BECAUSE IT WENT IT WENT TO THE PARKS AND RECREATION, SO I WASN'T SURE IF IT'S BEEN RANKED OR WHERE IT'S AT OR LIKE IF IT'S JUST KIND OF MUTE OR IF THEY DID ANYTHING, ANY ACTION FROM IT. I KNOW IT WAS A PRESENTATION, SO I'M NOT SURE WHERE IT'S GOING NEXT. SO JUST WANTED TO UPDATE A REPORT ON SOCCER LEAGUE JUST WHERE IT'S AT. PERFECT. THANK YOU. OKAY. OTHERWISE MAYOR AND COUNCIL, I HAVE NOTHING FURTHER.
I THINK WE'VE SPENT ENOUGH TIME. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. REALLY QUICKLY. I IF I CAN INTERVENE IS THAT IF ANYBODY HERE WAS TO SUPPORT US MOVE FORWARD, IS THAT TO MOVE PUBLIC COMMENTS BEFORE PRESENTATIONS PLEASE. YEAH, PLEASE DO THAT. I'LL GO AHEAD AND MOTION THAT. YES WE HAVE TO VOTE ON IT. YES. YOU KNOW YEAH WE'LL HAVE WE'LL HAVE TO COME BACK WITH A WITH A RESOLUTION TO UPDATE THE AGENDA FORMAT. SO WE CAN CERTAINLY DO THAT. AND YOU ALSO HAVE TO ADD HIS OTHER ADDITIONS THAT HE WANTS TO ADD TO FUTURE AGENDA ITEM. YEAH, WE CAN DO IT ALL.
OKAY. AND THEN RYAN YOU DON'T HAVE ANY UPDATES. NO OTHER UPDATES OTHER THAN WE WILL BASED ON YOUR DIRECTION TONIGHT. PLACE ON THE AGENDA FOR APRIL 8TH. NEXT STEPS REGARDING THE REPLACEMENT OF THE VACANCY FOR MAYOR. SO JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, RYAN, ARE WE GOING TO PUT THAT AT AN EARLIER TIME OR ARE WE GOING TO PUT THAT ON, YOU KNOW, 6 P.M. TO GIVE TO GIVE PEOPLE AN OPPORTUNITY, YOU KNOW, TO TO SPEAK AND ENGAGE? I MEAN, I GUESS WE CAN PUT ON THE AGENDA. WE JUST YEAH, WE DO IT AT SIX AND JUST PUT IT EARLY ON IN THE.
YEAH. HOWEVER YOU THINK I'M JUST PIGGYBACKING OFF OF MAYBE LIKE WE CAN WE ME AND YOU CAN CONNECT WITH WITH GABRIEL. I'LL CONNECT WITH GABRIEL AND WHERE THE BEST SPOT IS FOR IT. SO THEY ENSURE THAT WE HAVE. BECAUSE IF YOU DO IT RIGHT AT SIX, NO ONE'S GOING TO BE ABLE TO MAKE IT BECAUSE THEY GET OFF WORK AT FIVE. SO YEAH, YOU WANT TO MAKE IT A VERY TRANSPARENT PROCESS UNDER PUBLIC COMMENT. RIGHT BEFORE THE PROCLAMATIONS, WE HAVE CLOSED SESSION ANNOUNCEMENTS. SO RIGHT AFTER CLOSED SESSION ANNOUNCEMENTS WOULD PROBABLY BE THE BEST PLACE. OKAY, I CAN DISCUSS. YEAH. OKAY. WITH TH
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