May 13, 2026 City Council Meetings

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THE AGENDA FOR THE CITY COUNCIL CLOSED SESSION AND REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY OF COACHELLA. THE COUNCIL SITTING AS AT COACHELLA. SANITARY DISTRICT, COACHELLA FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT, COACHELLA FINANCING AUTHORITY, COACHELLA. EDUCATION AND GOVERNMENT ACCESS.

CABLE CHANNEL CORPORATION, COACHELLA WATER AUTHORITY, SUCCESSOR AGENCY TO COACHELLA REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY AND COACHELLA PARKS AND RECREATION FOUNDATION. THE DATE IS MAY 13TH, 2026, AND THE TIME IS 4:02 P.M. WE'LL MOVE ON. PUBLIC COMMENTS MAY BE RECEIVED EITHER IN PERSON, VIA EMAIL OR VIA ZOOM. THERE IS A REQUEST TO SPEAK FORMS IN THE BACK OF THE CHAMBERS, AS WELL AS REAL TIME VIA ZOOM AND WRITING VIA EMAIL AS WELL TO THE CITY CLERK. AT THIS TIME WE'LL CALL. HOWEVER, YOU CAN DO A ROLL CALL, PLEASE. COUNCILMEMBER PEREZ HERE, COUNCILMEMBER BEATON HERE, AND MAYOR FIGUEROA PRESENT. FOR THE RECORD, WE HAVEN'T HEARD FROM COUNCILWOMAN DELGADO, SO HOPEFULLY SHE WILL JOIN US BRIEFLY AT THIS TIME. WE'LL DO

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FIRST AND A SECOND ROLL CALL, PLEASE. COUNCIL MEMBER. PEREZ. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. YES. MAYOR

[Public Comments (Closed Session Items)]

AT 335 PER HOUR. THE SCOPE OF THAT CONTRACT INCLUDED ASSISTANCE WITH ELECTRIC UTILITY FORMATION. THIS IS PUBLIC RECORD. MR. PATTINSON WAS SUBSEQUENTLY SUBSEQUENTLY APPOINTED CITY MANAGER ON JULY 9TH, 2025. ON FEBRUARY 11TH, 2026, THE SAME NIGHT, THE STRONGHOLD MUNICIPAL UTILITY DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT WAS APPROVED, THE COUNCIL APPROVED A NEW $75,000 URBAN FUTURES CONTRACT ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR, WITH NO INDIVIDUAL PUBLIC DISCUSSION, WHICH WAS ALL OF YOU, I SUPPOSE, RIGHT. CALIFORNIA GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 1090 PROHIBITS PUBLIC OFFICIALS FROM HOLDING A FINANCIAL INTEREST IN CONTRACTS MADE IN THEIR OFFICIAL CAPACITY. I AM REQUESTING THE COUNCIL CONFIRM WHETHER MR. PATTINSON DISCLOSED HIS PRIOR COMPENSATED RELATIONSHIP WITH URBAN FUTURES BEFORE THE FEBRUARY 11TH, 2026, CONTRACT WAS APPROVED, AND WHETHER AN INDEPENDENT REVIEW HAS BEEN CONDUCTED BEFORE ANY APPOINTMENT DECISION IS MADE TONIGHT. ITEM THREE THAT WAS ITEM ONE AND ITEM TWO. ITEM THREE IS THE FOLLOWING ANTICIPATED LITIGATION. DOES THE CITY OF COACHELLA AGREEMENT WITH BEST BETS AND KRIEGER'S LLP INCLUDE ANY INDEMNIFICATION PROVISIONS PROTECTING THE CITY FROM LIABILITY ARISING FROM BBQ'S LEGAL WORK? SPECIFICALLY, IN THE EVENT THE CITY FACES LITIGATION RELATED TO THE STRONGHOLD MUNICIPAL UTILITY DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT NEGOTIATED BY BB K ON THE CITY'S BEHALF. DOES BB K BEAR ANY FINANCIAL EXPOSURE, OR DOES THAT RISK FALL SOLELY ON COACHELLA TAXPAYERS? RESIDENTS HAVE A RIGHT TO KNOW WHETHER THE LAW FIRM NOW ADVISING THE CITY ON POTENTIAL LITIGATION, HAS ANY FINANCIAL STAKE IN THE OUTCOME. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. MR. CITY ATTORNEY, THIS TIME AT THIS TIME, WE CAN

[Adjourn to Closed Session]

[Reconvene Regular Meeting]

[Closed Session Announcements]

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THANK YOU. OKAY. AT THIS TIME, THERE'S NO REPORTABLE ACTION. NOW WE'LL DO THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. IF WE CAN, PLEASE HAVE TREASURER PEREZ JOIN US. LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. EVERYONE STAND. I BEGIN. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. OKAY. AT THIS TIME, THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. WE DO HAVE, MR. CITY MANAGER. WE DO HAVE SOME REQUESTS TO CHANGE ON THE AGENDA. WE'RE ASKING TO MOVE UNDER NEW BUSINESS, I. 22 AND 26. TO RIGHT AFTER PROCLAMATION PRESENTATION. IT INVOLVES. WE HAVE CHILDREN WITH BOTH ITEMS. SO EVERYONE BEFORE. AND OKAY, SO WHAT ARE THE WISHES OF THE COUNCIL IF THEY'RE OKAY WITH MOVING 22 AND 26 RIGHT AFTER PROCLAMATIONS, PRESENTATIONS AND DIRECTIONS, I'LL GO AHEAD. MOTION TO APPROVE A MOTION. I'LL SECOND, THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND. SORRY, CAN YOU JUST ONE MINUTE. OKAY, I'LL TAKE ROLL. COUNCIL MEMBER PEREZ.

YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. DELGADO. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. YES. MAYOR. FIGUEROA. YES. SO MOVE THOSE

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NOW, THEREFORE, MAYOR FRANK FIGUEROA AND COUNCIL OF THE CITY COACHELLA, BY THE POWER VESTED IN US, DO HEREBY RECOGNIZE MARIA VICTORIA CASTILLO. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND LIKE, LIKE SHE SAID, I'M A MEMBER OF THE COACHELLA OF COACHELLA SINCE 1966. I REMEMBER GOING TO THE CATHOLIC CHURCH ON FIRST STREET, WALKING FROM THIRD STREET WHERE WE LIVED. I REMEMBER GOING AND DOING MY RESEARCH AT THE COACHELLA LIBRARY, WHICH WAS ON SEVENTH STREET, AND THERE ENCYCLOPEDIAS UNTIL MY MOM SAID, BUT YOU KNOW, COACHELLA IS MY COACHELLA. THANK YOU. I JUST KNOW YOU'RE ALWAYS AT THE LIBRARY AND ALWAYS MAKING A DIFFERENCE TO THE YOUTH THERE. SO THANK YOU FOR THE WORK YOU KEEP DOING AT THE LIBRARY AND, AND JUST KEEP, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE PART OF, LIKE YOU SAID, COACHELLA AND IT'S YOUR COACHELLA. SO THANK YOU. DONATED MY LATEST BOOK. I JUST GOT THE SHIPMENT YESTERDAY, SO I TOOK IT. IT'S A RHYMING BOOK. I TOOK IT YESTERDAY. YEAH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MARIA, FOR YOUR CONTRIBUTION, ESPECIALLY TO OUR YOUTH, WHICH IS MUCH NEEDED. WE HAVE A LOT OF KIDS THAT GO TO SCHOOL EVERY DAY DREAMING THAT THEY'LL GRADUATE, THAT THEY'LL BE ABLE TO GO TO COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY, AND SOMETIMES AT HOME, THEIR PARENTS DON'T HAVE THE MONEY TO ACTUALLY PAY FOR THE BOOKS AND THE STUFF THAT THEY NEED. SO THANK YOU FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART. THANK YOU. AND PLEASE DON'T STOP. WE NEED IT. VERY WELL. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. YEAH.

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OKAY. AT THIS TIME, WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER 22 IN THE NEW BUSINESS CALENDAR, WHICH IS COACHELLA VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL TOBACCO PRESENTATION. AND THEN WE CAN HAVE THE PRESENTATION FROM COACHELLA VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL TOBACCO PRESENTATION. I'M GOING TO STEP OUTSIDE. I DON'T THINK THERE WAS ENOUGH ROOM. SO THEY ARE WAITING OUTSIDE. OKAY, OKAY.

THANK YOU.

OKAY.

HI, MY NAME IS EVELYN RAMOS AND WE ARE COACHELLA VALLEY, COACHELLA VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL ACADEMY, AND WE'RE ALL COACHELLA VALLEY RESIDENTS. MY NAME IS AIDEN. MY NAME IS EDDIE GOMEZ. MY NAME IS ROBERT AND MY NAME IS KIMBERLY FLORES. OH, SORRY. SO TODAY WE'RE GOING TO BE GOING OVER WHO WE ARE, WHAT TOBACCO IS, WHAT NICOTINE IS, ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS, EXISTING COACHELLA TOBACCO REGULATIONS, SMOKE FREE OUTDOOR PLACES AND MULTI HOUSING UNITS. THE PROBLEM TOBACCO RETAIL PERMITTING ORDINANCE OUR MISSION AND OUR CALL TO ACTION. SO AS I SAID BEFORE, WE'RE THE COACHELLA VALLEY HEALTH ACADEMY AND HOSA.

AND OUR VISION IS TO PROMOTE HEALTH CARE, PUBLIC AND MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS AND EDUCATE FOR YOUTH AND COMMUNITIES, COMMUNITIES OF THE COACHELLA VALLEY. WE WORK TO ENHANCE THE DELIVERY OF QUALITY HEALTH CARE BY PROVIDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR KNOWLEDGE, SKILL, SKILLS AND LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT, AND TO BE A PART OF THE FUTURE HEALTH CARE. OH WELL. WHAT IS TOBACCO? TOBACCO IS A PLANT USED TO PRODUCE PRODUCTS LIKE CIGARETTES, CIGARS AND PIPES, AND IT CAN ALSO BE USED FOR CHEWING AND STUFFING. THE PRIMARY ADDICTIVE CHEMICAL IN TOBACCO IS NICOTINE, WHICH CAN LEAD TO SERIOUS HEALTH ISSUES INCLUDING STROKES, HEART DISEASE, LUNG CANCER AND VARIOUS RESPIRATORY ILLNESSES. ADDICTION AND PROBLEMS RELATED TO REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH. AND ADDITIONALLY, WHEN SMOKE IS EXHALED, IT CAN CREATE SECOND HAND AND THIRD HAND SMOKE, WHICH CAN NEGATIVELY IMPACT OTHERS IN THE COMMUNITY. WHAT IS NICOTINE? NICOTINE IS A CHEMICAL PRIMARILY FOUND IN TOBACCO PRODUCTS. IT IS THE MAIN REASON WHY ITEMS LIKE CIGARETTES, CIGARS AND VAPES ARE SO ADDICTIVE, LEADING TO A HIGH DEPENDENCY ON THESE PRODUCTS. ITS EFFECTS ON THE BODY INCLUDE DECREASED APPETITE, INCREASED HEART RATE AND BLOOD PRESSURE, INCREASED HEART RATE AND BLOOD PRESSURE ADDICTION, AND A HIGHER RISK OF HEART DISEASE AND RESPIRATORY ISSUES, AMONG OTHER HEALTH PROBLEMS.

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WHAT IS IT? RIVERSIDE COUNTY HAS ADDRESSED THE SALES OF TOBACCO TO MINORS AND THE DENSITY OF TOBACCO OUTLETS IN COMMUNITIES, AS WELL AS SALES OF CERTAIN TOBACCO PRODUCTS. BY ADOPTING A TOBACCO RETAILER LICENSE. THIS REQUIRES RETAILERS TO OBTAIN PERMITS TO SELL TOBACCO TO ENFORCE THE ORDINANCE IN THE UNINCORPORATED AREAS AND CITIES IN THE COUNTY.

OUR MISSION HERE IS TO ENCOURAGE THE CITY OF COACHELLA TO ADOPT A SMOKE FREE ORDINANCE FOR PUBLIC SPACES, INCLUDING PARKS, RECREATIONAL SPACES, RESTAURANTS AND MULTI-UNIT HOUSING. MANY CITIES HAVE ALREADY ADOPTED THESE SMOKE FREE POLICIES, BUT COACHELLA HAS YET TO HAVE ANY IN PLACE. OUR GOAL HERE IS TO EDUCATE THE COMMUNITY ABOUT THE HARMFUL EFFECTS OF SMOKING AND HELP CREATE A CLEANER AND HEALTHIER SPACES FOR THE FUTURE GENERATIONS. SO IN AN EFFORT TO EDUCATE OUR COMMUNITY, WE'VE DONE VARIOUS TABLING AT OUR HIGH SCHOOL, SPECIFICALLY IN EDUCATING STUDENTS ON THE HARMFUL EFFECTS OF SMOKING, SECOND HAND SMOKE, AND FLAVORED TOBACCO. WE'VE ALSO DONE VARIOUS PARK CLEANUPS AT LOCAL PARKS LIKE BIKE PARK AND RANCHO LAS FLORES, WHERE WE'VE COLLECTED MULTIPLE CIGARETTE BUTTS THAT WE HAVE HERE. WE'VE ALSO MADE A PUBLIC COMMENT LAST YEAR AT THIS CITY COUNCIL. THIS YEAR, WE'VE CONTINUED OUR EFFORTS TO EDUCATE OUR COMMUNITY AS WE'VE GONE TO PUBLIC EVENTS AT BIKE PARK, WHERE WE'VE GATHERED MULTIPLE PETITIONS OF CITY RESIDENTS THAT SUPPORT THIS ORDINANCE AND THE BAN ON THE SALE OF FLAVORED TOBACCO. WE'VE ALSO EXPANDED OUR PARK CLEANUPS TO MULTI-UNIT HOUSING, WHERE WE CONTINUE TO COLLECT CIGARETTE BUTTS THAT WE HAVE HERE. WE'VE ALSO HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND YOUTH QUEST IN SACRAMENTO, AND TALKED TO STATE LEGISLATORS ABOUT OUR CONCERNS ON TOBACCO AND SUPPORT FOR THESE TOBACCO FREE POLICIES.

WE ARE ASKING THE CITY OF COACHELLA TO ADOPT POLICIES THAT BAN SMOKING IN OUTDOOR PUBLIC SPACES AND MULTI-UNIT HOUSING AT NO SMOKING SIGNS, KEEP SMOKING AWAY FROM DOORS AND WINDOWS OF RESIDENTS HOMES AND EMPHASIZE ENFORCEMENT. THESE CHANGES WILL HELP PROTECT PUBLIC HEALTH AND KEEP THE COMMUNITY CLEANER AND SAFER. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND ATTENTION TO THIS IMPORTANT ISSUE. BELOW ARE SOME ORGANIZATIONS THAT WE'VE COLLABORATED WITH AND HAVE HELPED US GET THIS FAR. THANK YOU. ANGELA. GO AHEAD, GO AHEAD.

OH, I ALSO WANTED TO LEAVE THESE MODEL ORDINANCES, IF THAT'S OKAY. YES, YOU CAN HAND THEM TO THE CITY CLERK. OKAY. WE'LL HAVE THE PUBLIC COMMENTS AND THEN THE COUNCIL CAN ON THIS SIDE. YEAH, THERE'S PUBLIC COMMENTS ON THIS ITEM. YEAH. WE HAVE SOME PUBLIC COMMENT, BUT I BELIEVE MAYBE SOME OF THESE MAY BE STUDENTS THAT PRESENTED. DID YOU FILL OUT A FORM? GILBERTO GUTIERREZ OKAY, PERFECT. IF YOU CAN COME UP AND THERE IS A THREE MINUTE LIMIT TO PUBLIC COMMENT, WE CAN PUT UP THE TIME CLOCK, PLEASE. SO GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THE WORK YOU CONTINUE DOING FOR THE CITY OF COACHELLA AND FOR PLANNING TOWARDS THE CITY'S FUTURE GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT. AS COACHELLA CONSIDERS MAJOR FUTURE ORIENTATED PROJECTS LIKE DATA CENTERS AND OTHER INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTS. I ALSO ENCOURAGE THE CITY TO CONTINUE PRIORITIZING THE EVERYDAY HEALTH AND QUALITY OF LIFE FOR RESIDENTS. RECENTLY, THE CITY OF INDIO PASSED A COMPREHENSIVE SMOKE FREE

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ACCORDING TO THE PUBLIC HEALTH LAW CENTER, SECONDHAND SMOKE CAN EASILY TRAVEL BETWEEN UNITS AND SHARED HOUSING ENVIRONMENTS AND DISPROPORTIONATELY IMPACTS LOWER INCOME AND HISTORICALLY UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES. IN COACHELLA, APPROXIMATELY 23% OF HOUSING UNITS ARE MULTI-UNIT RESIDENCES, AND NEARLY 97% OF RESIDENTS IDENTIFY AS HISPANIC. MANY WORKING FAMILIES, STUDENTS, AND CHILDREN MAY THEREFORE FACE INCREASED RISK OF INVOLUNTARY EXPOSURE TO SECONDHAND SMOKE WITHIN THEIR LIVING ENVIRONMENTS. THROUGH MY WORK WITH LOCAL STUDENTS AND THROUGH MY OWN LIVED EXPERIENCES, I HAVE SEEN HOW DIFFICULT IT CAN BE TO AVOID SMOKE EXPOSURE ONCE IT ENTERS SHARED SPACES AS A NEIGHBORHOOD. NEIGHBORING UNITS. ACCESS TO CLEAN AIR SHOULD NOT DEPEND ON A PERSON'S INCOME OR HOUSING STATUS. COACHELLA PROSPERA RECOGNIZES THAT OUR COMMUNITY FACES SIGNIFICANT ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIO ECONOMIC CHALLENGES AND EMPHASIZES IMPROVING COMMUNITY HEALTH AND QUALITY OF LIFE. I BELIEVE HEALTHIER INDOOR LIVING ENVIRONMENTS ARE ALSO PART OF THAT CONVERSATION. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. NEXT WE HAVE JOSEPH VISCA AND FOLLOWING JOSEPH VISCA IS MICHELLE DUARTE.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL. MY NAME IS JOSEPH AND I WAS BORN AND RAISED HERE IN THE CITY OF COACHELLA. I'M HERE TODAY TO SUPPORT BOTH THE OUTDOOR TOBACCO POLICY AND THE SMOKE FREE MULTI-UNIT HOUSING POLICY. THIS ISSUE IS VERY PERSONAL TO ME. IT'S VERY PERSONAL TO ME BECAUSE I'VE SUFFERED FROM ASTHMA SINCE I WAS A CHILD. THERE HAVE BEEN TIMES WHERE I'VE GONE TO THE HOSPITAL BECAUSE I'VE. BECAUSE OF BREATHING PROBLEMS CAUSED BY SMOKE AND CHEMICALS IN THE AIR. FOR PEOPLE LIKE ME, CLEAN AIR ISN'T JUST IMPORTANT, IT'S A NECESSITY FOR OUR HEALTH AND SAFETY. SECOND HAND SMOKE IS A SERIOUS ISSUE IN OUR COMMUNITY, ESPECIALLY FOR THE CHILDREN, SENIORS AND PEOPLE WITH ASTHMA OR OTHER HEALTH CONDITIONS.

SMOKE DOES NOT JUST STAY IN ONE PLACE AND MULTI AND MULTI UNIT HOUSING. IT TRAVELS THROUGH VANS, HALLWAYS, WINDOWS AND SHARED SPACES, MAKING IT HARD FOR FAMILIES TO AVOID EXPOSURE EVEN INSIDE THEIR OWN HOMES AND PUBLIC SPACES LIKE PARKS, BUS STOPS. MANY PEOPLE ARE EXPOSED TO SMOKE WITHOUT EVEN HAVING A CHOICE. AS PART OF THE TOBACCO CONTROL PROGRAM, I HAVE SEEN FIRSTHAND HOW MUCH TOBACCO AND VAPE LITTER IS LEFT AROUND OUR CITY. WE HAVE FOUND CIGARETTE BUTTS, VAPE PRODUCTS AND OTHER TOBACCO WASTE IN PARKS AROUND THE POOL AREA, AT THE PARK, BUS STOPS, PARKING LOTS AND NEAR MULTI-UNIT HOUSING COMPLEXES. THIS NOT ONLY AFFECTS THE HEALTH OF OUR COMMUNITY, BUT ALSO THE IMPACTS. IT IMPACTS THE CLEANLINESS AND SAFETY OF OUR PUBLIC SPACES. I ALSO LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT MANY OF OUR PARKS DO NOT HAVE A CLEAR SIGNAGE ABOUT WHAT IS PROHIBITED AND WHAT IS ALLOWED. HAVING VISIBLE SIGNS WOULD HELP EDUCATE THE COMMUNITY AND ENCOURAGE AND ENCOURAGE HEALTHIER CHOICES, WHILE MAKING IT EASIER FOR PEOPLE TO FOLLOW THE RULES. ALONG WITH OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS, WE HAVE ALSO WORKED TO EDUCATE STUDENTS, THE YOUTH AND THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS ABOUT THE DANGERS OF TOBACCO AND SECOND HAND SMOKE. WE WANT TO HELP CREATE A HEALTHIER FUTURE FOR COACHELLA AND MAKE SURE EVERYONE HAS THE RIGHT TO BREATHE CLEAN AIR. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. NEXT WE HAVE MICHELLE DUARTE. HELLO. GOOD EVENING,

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PRIOR TO THIS ROLE, I WORKED WITH BLUE ZONES PROJECT, MENDOCINO COUNTY, WHERE I WAS PART OF THE TEAM THAT HELPED SUPPORT THEIR DESIGNATION AS A CERTIFIED BLUE ZONES COMMUNITY.

THROUGH MY PREVIOUS WORK WITH MENDOCINO COUNTY, I ALSO GAINED EXPERIENCE SUPPORTING TOBACCO PREVENTION INITIATIVES AND COMMUNITY HEALTH EFFORTS FOCUSED ON CREATING HEALTHIER ENVIRONMENTS FOR RESIDENTS AND FAMILIES. I'M HERE THIS EVENING ON BEHALF OF BLUE ZONES PROJECT COACHELLA TO SUPPORT STRONGER SMOKE FREE POLICIES IN PUBLIC PLACES IN UNIT AND MULTI-UNIT HOUSING. AS PART OF COACHELLA'S COMMITMENT TO BECOMING A HEALTHIER AND MORE EQUITABLE COMMUNITY. AS YOU JUST HEARD FROM THE YOUTH OF COACHELLA AND FROM A BLUE ZONES PERSPECTIVE, THE GOAL IS SIMPLE MAKE THE HEALTHY CHOICE THE EASY CHOICE BY SHAPING ENVIRONMENTS, NOT JUST RELYING ON INDIVIDUAL WILLPOWER. RIGHT NOW, WHERE PEOPLE LIVE, WORK, AND GATHER STILL EXPOSES MANY RESIDENTS, ESPECIALLY CHILDREN, SENIORS AND FAMILIES TO SECONDHAND SMOKE. IN MULTI-UNIT HOUSING, SMOKE DOESN'T STAY IN ONE UNIT. IT TRAVELS THROUGH WALLS, VENTS, AND SHARED SPACES. THAT MEANS EVEN RESIDENTS WHO CHOOSE NOT TO SMOKE ARE STILL IMPACTED.

SMOKE FREE PUBLIC SPACES AND HOUSING POLICIES ARE NOT ABOUT RESTRICTING FREEDOM. THEY ARE ABOUT PROTECTING SHARED AIR AND CREATING ENVIRONMENTS WHERE EVERYONE HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HEALTHY. THESE POLICIES, THESE POLICIES, ALSO ADVANCE HEALTH EQUITY. IN COMMUNITIES LIKE COACHELLA, RENTERS ARE DISPROPORTIONATELY AFFECTED BY SECOND HAND SMOKE EXPOSURE, ENSURING SMOKE FREE MULTI-UNIT HOUSING HELPS CLOSE THAT GAP AND PROTECTS THOSE WHO HAVE THE LEAST CONTROL OVER THEIR LIVING CONDITIONS. THERE ARE ALSO ECONOMIC BENEFITS. SMOKE FREE PROPERTIES, REDUCE MAINTENANCE COSTS, LOWER FIRE RISK AND ARE INCREASINGLY IN DEMAND BY TENANTS. FOR CITIES, THESE POLICIES REDUCE HEALTH CARE BURDEN OVER TIME AND ALIGN WITH LONG TERM SUSTAINABILITY GOALS. IMPORTANTLY, THESE POLICIES WORK BEST WHEN PAIRED WITH SUPPORT, NOT PUNISHMENT. THAT MEANS CONNECTING RESIDENTS TO QUIT TOBACCO RESOURCES, EDUCATION AND OUTREACH. SO THOSE WHO WANT TO QUIT HAVE HAVE REAL PATHWAYS TO DO SO.

OVER 190 COMMUNITIES ACROSS CALIFORNIA HAVE ALREADY TAKEN THIS STEP, AND COACHELLA HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO LEAD IN THE COACHELLA VALLEY BY ALIGNING POLICY WITH BROADER VISION OF WELLBEING, SPONSORING ORGANIZATIONS OF BLUE ZONES INITIATIVE ACROSS THE RIVERSIDE REGION ARE INVESTED IN THIS VISION AS WELL, INCLUDING IPIP FOUNDATION, RIVERSIDE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEM, PUBLIC HEALTH, KAISER PERMANENTE, EISENHOWER HEALTH AND MOLINA HEALTHCARE. THIS IS ABOUT CLEAN AIR, HEALTHY HOMES, AND A FUTURE WHERE THE DEFAULT ENVIRONMENT SUPPORTS BETTER HEALTH FOR EVERYONE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION.

THANK YOU. NEXT. NEXT UP WE HAVE AVERY CONTRERAS AND FOLLOWING AVERY IS EMILY JARA.

GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TODAY. MY NAME IS AVERY CONTRERAS AND I AM PART OF THE PUBLIC SERVICE ACADEMY AT COACHELLA VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL. THROUGH THE ACADEMY, WE PARTNERED WITH BLUE ZONES PROJECTS TO HELP US WITH PARK CLEANUPS, COMMUNITY HEALTH EVENTS, AND SO MUCH MORE. BUT TODAY, I'M NOT JUST HERE AS A STUDENT. I'M HERE AS SOMEONE WHO WATCHED TOBACCO. STILL, PIECES LOVE, KNOW, AND HEARD ABOUT BLUE ZONES HAS TAUGHT US ABOUT TOBACCO DAMAGE. THE PERSON USING IT, IT POISONS THE AIR OF OUR COMMUNITIES. IT BREAKS THE HEARTS OF OUR FAMILIES. SITTING IN HOSPITAL ROOMS. IT STEALS FUTURES. WE ARE ALREADY. WE ALREADY LIVE IN A VALLEY WITH SOME OF THE WORST AIR QUALITY IN THE COUNTRY. WHY ARE WE ADDING MORE SMOKE TO IT? I'VE SEEN WHAT TOBACCO DOES UP CLOSE. A FAMILY MEMBER OF MINE THAT I'VE LOVED HAS BEEN USING IT FOR YEARS. I WATCH HER SLOWLY DISAPPEAR. SHE STOPPED EATING. SHE BARELY SLEPT. HER GRADES CRASHED AND SCHOOL STOPPED MATTERING TO HER. SHE GOT QUIET, ANGRY AND SAD. ALL AT ONCE. HER MENTAL HEALTH SPIRALED AND THERE WAS NIGHTS.

THERE WERE NIGHTS WHERE WE THOUGHT WE MIGHT LOSE HER FOR GOOD. SHE ALMOST LOST HER LIFE TO IT. THAT'S THE CAUSE OF TOBACCO. IT DOESN'T JUST GIVE YOU CANCER YEARS DOWN THE ROAD.

IT TAKES WHO YOU ARE STARTING NOW. AND IT'S NOT JUST HER WALK THROUGH OUR SCHOOL BATHROOMS. CHECK THROUGH THE PARKING LOTS. AFTER SCHOOL. TEENS ARE VAPING, SMOKING, GETTING HOOKED BEFORE THEY CAN GET THEIR DRIVER'S LICENSE, SECONDHAND SMOKE AND VAPE AEROSOL. DON'T CARE IF YOU CHOOSE TO USE IT OR NOT. WHEN SOMEONE LIGHTS UP A PARK, BUS STOP OR OUTSIDE THE SCHOOL GATES, WE ALL. WE ALL BREATHE IT IN. THE CDC SAYS THERE IS NO SAFE LEVEL FOR SECONDHAND SMOKE, AND IT CAN TRIGGER ASTHMA ATTACKS, HEART ISSUES, AND CANCER IN PEOPLE WHO HAVE NEVER TOUCHED A CIGARETTE. THAT'S WHY SMOKE FREE POLICIES MATTER WHEN SCHOOL PARKS AND PUBLIC SPACES

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IT PROTECTS TEACHERS, WORKERS AND FAMILIES WHO SHOULDN'T HAVE TO WALK THROUGH A CLOUD OF SMOKE TO GET TO CLASS AND WORK. POLICIES DON'T JUST PUNISH, THEY PREVENT. THEY KEEP TOBACCO COMPANIES FROM TARGETING US IN THE PLACES WHERE WE LEARN TO LIVE. WE DESERVE BETTER. OUR FAMILIES DESERVE BETTER. OUR COUNTRY DESERVE BETTER THAN WATCHING OTHER GENERATIONS GET TRAPPED BY SOMETHING THAT KILLS. SO I'M ASKING YOU TODAY, IF YOU USE IT, PLEASE THINK ABOUT QUITTING. IF YOU DON'T, PLEASE DON'T START. AND IF YOU CARE ABOUT THIS VALLEY, SUPPORT SMOKE FREE POLICIES EVERYWHERE IN OUR COMMUNITIES BECAUSE EVERY PERSON IN THIS ROOM MATTERS AND TOBACCO IS STEALING MANY OF US. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. NEXT UP WE HAVE EMILY HARA.

AND FOLLOWING EMILY IS PAUL HENRICKSON. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL. MY NAME IS EMILY HARA AND I AM A SOPHOMORE AT COACHELLA VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL FROM THE PUBLIC SERVICE ACADEMY.

AS A STUDENT, WE ARE TAUGHT THE IMPORTANCE OF PROTECTING, PROTECTING THE SAFETY AND WELL-BEING OF FAMILIES, COMMUNITIES AND THE ENVIRONMENT. TODAY, I STAND BEFORE YOU TO ADVOCATE FOR THE FREE, THE SMOKE FREE OUTDOOR SPACES AND SMOKE FREE MULTI-UNIT HOUSING.

TOBACCO IS A HIGHLY ADDICTIVE DRUG THAT CONTRIBUTES TO SERIOUS HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT ISSUES THAT AFFECT PEOPLE OF ALL AGES EACH YEAR. TOBACCO USE IS THE RESULT OF OVER 7 MILLION DEATHS WORLDWIDE, INCLUDING TENS OF THOUSANDS CAUSED BY SECONDHAND SMOKE. SECONDHAND SMOKE IS JUST AS HARMFUL AS IF IT WAS INHALED FIRSTHAND BECAUSE IT STILL CONTAINS TOXINS AND CAN CAUSE FATAL HEART DISEASE, LUNG CANCER, RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS, AND ASTHMA ATTACKS. CIGARETTES CAN SOMETIMES BE IMPROPERLY DISCARDED. STARTING FIRES IN HOMES, PUBLIC SPACES AND EVEN WILDLIFE. THOUGH THE SPARK IS SMALL, IT IS ESPECIALLY HAZARDOUS HAZARDOUS IN HOT, DRY AND WINDY CONDITIONS LIKE THOSE IN OUR DESERT ENVIRONMENT.

THROUGH MY CONNECTIONS WITH MY FAMILY AND FRIENDS, I HAVE SEEN THE NEGATIVE EFFECTS FROM DRUGS LIKE TOBACCO AND NICOTINE. FRIENDS WHO I KNOW DON'T SMOKE WOULD COME TO SCHOOL SMELLING LIKE TOBACCO BECAUSE OF THE EXPOSURE IN THEIR HOMES. OR SOMETIMES WHEN I USE THE SCHOOL RESTROOM, IT IS FILLED WITH THE SMELL OF FLAVORED VAPE SMOKE. THIS ISSUE AFFECTS SCHOOLS, WORKPLACES, PARKS, AND NEIGHBORHOODS, AND IT IS UNFAIR TO NONSMOKERS WHO ARE FORCED TO BREATHE BREATHING CONTAMINATED AIR. MOST IMPORTANTLY, IT IS NOT JUST ADULTS, BUT ADOLESCENTS AND INFANTS WHOSE BODIES AND LUNGS ARE STILL DEVELOPING. OUR GOAL IS TO ADOPT THESE SMOKE FREE POLICIES BECAUSE SMOKING POSES A DANGER TO NOT ONLY THE USER, BUT TO THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITY. NEARBY CITIES LIKE INDIO ADOPTED SMOKE FREE POLICIES IN OCTOBER 2025 AND HAVE SEEN BENEFITS SUCH AS CLEANER AIR, LESS SECONDHAND SMOKE, REDUCED LITTER AND FEWER FIRE RISKS. THE CITY OF PALM SPRINGS IS CURRENTLY WORKING ON ADOPTING ITS OWN TOBACCO POLICY AS WELL. NOW IS THE RIGHT TIME FOR OUR COMMUNITY TO SUPPORT A HEALTHIER AND SAFER FUTURE FOR EVERYBODY IN THE CITY OF COACHELLA. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND FOR LISTENING TODAY. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, COUNCIL AND WONDERFUL STAFF. PAUL HENDRICKSON, COACHELLA VALLEY RESIDENT AND DEDICATED COMMUNITY VOLUNTEER. I'M HERE TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT THE COURAGE THAT YOU JUST SAW OF THESE YOUNG PEOPLE. IT TAKES THEM A LOT TO STAND BEFORE YOU AND SPEAK AND WHAT THEY'RE REALLY ASKING ALL OF US OF OLDER GENERATIONS TO DO IS TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE THAT MATTERS, THAT MATTERS IN ALL OUR LIVES AND IN THEIR LIVES. AND WE OWE THEM THAT. I CAN REMEMBER WHEN I WAS YOUNG AND I WAS TAKEN BY AN AMBULANCE, PARAMEDICS OUT OF A COLLEGE CLASSROOM, BECAUSE EVEN THE PROFESSOR WAS A CHAIN SMOKER. YOU DON'T SEE THAT TODAY BECAUSE POLICY WAS PASSED. THERE WAS ANOTHER TIME MY MOTHER HAD TO CHECK HERSELF OUT OF A HOSPITAL BECAUSE HER THE HER ROOMMATE IN THE HOSPITAL WAS A CHAIN SMOKER. SHE MADE MY SISTER, WHO HAD JUST GOTTEN HER DRIVER'S LICENSE, PICK HER UP AT THE CURB AFTER SHE HAD JUST HAD GALLBLADDER SURGERY. YOU DON'T SEE THAT TODAY BECAUSE POLICY WAS PASSED. THEY USED TO BE ABLE TO SMOKE IN ELEVATORS, GROCERY STORES. I REMEMBER THESE DAYS BECAUSE, WELL, I'M OLD. AND THEY ALSO USED TO SPEAK IN SMOKE IN CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS. WE DON'T SEE THAT TODAY BECAUSE POLICY, MEANINGFUL POLICY WAS PASSED.

SO WHAT THESE YOUNG PEOPLE ARE ASKING ALL OF US, OLDER MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY TO DO IS FIX THE WRONGS OF THE PAST AND GET POLICY, MEANINGFUL POLICY FOR SMOKE FREE ENVIRONMENTS PAST.

SO I WAS TAKEN OUT BY A TO A HOSPITAL FROM SECOND HAND SMOKE, BUT I'M ONE OF THE LUCKY ONES.

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EVEN NOW EVERY YEAR IN THE UNITED STATES FROM SECONDHAND SMOKE. THIS ISN'T A JOKE. WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING THAT MATTERS. AND FOR US OLDER GENERATIONS, TO PUSH THE ISSUE AND KICK IT DOWN THE ROAD CAN'T BE DEFINED AS ANYTHING BUT DOING THE WRONG THING. SO I'M ASKING YOU TO DO THE RIGHT THING THE RIGHT WAY, BECAUSE WE'LL NEVER FIND A RIGHT WAY TO DO THE WRONG THING. SO PLEASE SUPPORT THOSE COURAGEOUS YOUTH AND PASS SUBSTANTIVE, SMOKE FREE POLICIES IN THE CITY OF COACHELLA, AND BE A FINE EXAMPLE FOR THE REST OF OUR VALLEY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR LISTENING. OKAY. THANK YOU. NEXT UP IS ROBERT. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND DISTINGUISHED MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL. MY NAME IS ROBERT AND I'M A RESIDENT OF PALM SPRINGS. I'M HERE TO SUPPORT THE YOUTH IN THEIR PRESENCE THIS EVENING AND THEIR EFFORTS FOR A HEALTHIER COMMUNITY. THEY'RE TO BE APPLAUDED FOR THEIR EFFORTS. I GREW UP IN A HOME WHERE MY FATHER SMOKED FIVE PACKS OF CIGARETTES A DAY. MY MOTHER SMOKED SIX PACKS A DAY, BOTH OF THEM SMOKED PIPES AND CIGARS. ALSO. NEEDLESS TO SAY, THE AIR IN OUR HOUSE WAS A CLOUD OF PALE BLUE SMOKE. I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT CLEAN AIR WAS UNLESS I WENT OUTSIDE, AND THAT'S WHERE I SPENT AS MUCH TIME AS I POSSIBLY COULD. MY PARENTS HAD LITTLE CONCERN FOR THEIR OFFSPRING OR THEIR HEALTH. OH, WAIT A MINUTE. YOU DON'T SUPPOSE THAT LIVING IN THAT ENVIRONMENT HAD ANYTHING TO DO WITH ME BEING DIAGNOSED WITH PANCREATIC CANCER 12 YEARS AGO AND COLORECTAL CANCER TWO YEARS AGO, AND I'M A SURVIVOR. WE'VE GOT TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS IS WHAT WE DO FOR THE KIDS. THE YOUTH IN COACHELLA DESERVE A SIGNIFICANTLY BETTER ENVIRONMENT THAN MY OWN. AND THE OTHERS OF MY GENERATION, BOTH OPEN SPACES AND HOUSING MUST BE SMOKE FREE FOR HEALTH OF THE OF THESE SONS AND DAUGHTERS OF YOUR COMMUNITY, AS WELL AS FOR THE REST OF US. TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION AND SET AN EXAMPLE FOR THE OTHER COMMUNITIES IN THIS VALLEY. BE THE LEADERS THAT WE KNOW YOU ARE. I URGE YOU TO MOVE FORWARD SUPPORTING THESE PEOPLE AND THEIR CONCERNS FOR A HEALTHIER COMMUNITY. FAILURE TO DO SO WILL NOT REST WELL WITH YOUR INDIVIDUAL CONSCIENCE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND ATTENTION. THANK YOU. OKAY. AND FOR THE RECORD, WE DID. THANK YOU. FOR THE RECORD, WE DID ALSO RECEIVE TWO PUBLIC WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS IN SUPPORT OF THIS ITEM, ONE FROM CRUZ, GARY, GARY SALAS AND THE OTHER GRISELDA MIRELES. OKAY. THANK YOU. AND ANY ONLINE. THANK YOU. DOES ANYBODY ON ZOOM WHO WOULD LIKE TO COMMENT ON THIS ITEM? PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. ITEM 22 FOR THE RECORD. ITEM 22. THERE ARE NONE. OKAY. WELL, THAT COUNCIL COMMENTS. YEAH. ARE YOU THE DIRECTOR? CAN YOU DO YOU MIND BRINGING THE GIRLS AND THE TEAM BACK? TO.

HI GUYS. AS SOMEONE HAS SAID, IT IS VERY COURAGEOUS FOR YOU TO COME UP, YOU KNOW, AT YOUR AGE AND ALREADY BE ADVOCATING FOR THESE TYPE OF CAUSES. AND, AND I SUPPORT WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT IS, IS MORE OF GUIDELINES AND, AND RESTRICTIONS WHEN IT COMES TO TOBACCO USE. AND SO I WOULD LIKE TO EXPLORE A POLICY SIMILAR TO THAT OF THE CITY OF

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SELENA. DO WE STILL HAVE THE YOUTH COMMISSION? IS THAT STILL. YEAH. SO I'M THINKING THAT MAYBE WE CAN AGENDIZE TO GO BEFORE THE YOUTH COMMISSION, AND THEN THAT WAY THEY CAN GIVE INPUT AS WELL BEFORE IT COMES TO CITY COUNCIL. YES. OKAY. I HAD RECOMMENDED THAT. OKAY.

PERFECT. THEY THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO BE ON THE AGENDA FOR THE YOUTH COMMISSION, THE YOUTH COUNCIL, BUT IT WAS CANCELED. THAT'S RIGHT, THAT'S RIGHT. YEAH. SO I YEAH, SO I DO WANT TO CONGRATULATE YOU GUYS AND FOR COMING UP HERE AND TALKING. IT IS YOU GUYS WHO MAKE THE DIFFERENCE. I GREW UP WITH A PARENT WHO DID SMOKE. IT TOOK A MILD HEART ATTACK FOR HIM TO ACTUALLY STOP. SO I KNOW WHAT IT IS. YOU KNOW, THE OLDER GENERATION, IT WAS A NORMAL THING TO HAVE PARENTS OR PEOPLE SMOKING IN FRONT OF YOU. THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF CHANGES AND A LOT OF POLICIES. LIKE THE GENTLEMAN THAT SPOKE RIGHT NOW THERE HAS, BUT THERE STILL NEEDS MORE. WE STILL NEED MORE POLICIES. SO THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU GUYS DO. AND I SUPPORT COUNCIL MEMBER DELGADO'S JUST ONE MORE. I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU ECHO WHAT MY COLLEAGUES ARE SAYING. BUT THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS ISSUE FORWARD TO US. I KNOW YOU GUYS HAVE PRESENTED TO THE COUNCIL BEFORE. IT'S NOT EASY, I KNOW, TO HAVE THIS KIND OF DISCUSSION, ESPECIALLY IF YOU HAVE FAMILY MEMBERS OR PEOPLE CLOSE TO YOU THAT ARE STILL IN THAT HABIT OF OF SMOKING, BUT THANK YOU FOR SHARING IT WITH US. I, YOU KNOW, WILL ALSO SUPPORT BRINGING THIS FORWARD AGAIN TO THE COUNCIL AND EXPLORING A POLICY OR AN ORDINANCE THAT WILL HELP SUPPORT THE EFFORTS THAT YOU GUYS ARE ALL WORKING ON. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR COMING. AND I, YOU KNOW, FELLOW COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE SAID EVERYTHING. I THINK THE IMPORTANT PART IS MAKING SURE YOU GAVE US THIS, MAKE SURE THIS GETS TO THE CITY ATTORNEY AND WE'LL GET COPIES TO ALL THE COUNCIL MEMBERS. I THINK REALLY LOOKING AT WE REALLY DO NEED YOUR INPUT BECAUSE WHAT IS IT THAT YOU'VE SEEN? RIGHT? BECAUSE I THINK YOU SHOULD BE PART OF THE ORDINANCE AND WHAT THAT MODEL ORDINANCE IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE, BECAUSE YOU'RE THE ONES OUT THERE WALKING, PICKING UP ALL THE, THE BUDS, RIGHT? AND IT'S, HOW DO YOU DO THAT? AND ALSO GIVING YOUR OPINION ON HOW DO WE ENFORCE IT? RIGHT? BECAUSE THERE'S ONE THING TO CREATE THE POLICY AND THEN THE ENFORCEMENT. AND HOW DO YOU THINK, YOU KNOW FROM YOUR INPUT? BECAUSE YOU'VE BEEN OUT THERE AND I'VE SEEN SOME PLACES IN SOME OF THE PARKS WHERE THEY SMOKE AND HOW DOES THAT ENFORCEMENT LOOK LIKE? RIGHT. AND I THINK THAT'S THE, IT'S THE CREATING THE POLICY, BUT ALSO YOUR INPUT ON WHAT IS ENFORCEMENT LOOK LIKE BECAUSE YOU SEE IT AND YOU WERE YOU'VE BEEN OUT THERE DOING THE WORK AND LOOKING AT IT. AND HOW DO YOU HOW DO YOU PERCEIVE IT AS AN ENFORCEMENT, RIGHT? HOW DOES HOW DOES ENFORCEMENT REALLY LOOK LIKE IN THE, IN THE DIFFERENT AREAS? SO THANK YOU. ONE MORE, ONE MORE ASK. SORRY, SELENA, IS IT WITH THE TOBACCO GRANT THAT WE HAVE? THE GREAT FOCUS IS IN THE SMALL BUSINESS COMMUNITY. DO YOU THINK THAT SOME OF THAT LANGUAGE CAN BE PROBABLY INCLUDED IN THIS POLICY? YEAH. RETAILER ENFORCEMENT THIS ROUND, THE PREVIOUS ROUND IS MORE LIKE SCHOOLS NOW. ENFORCEMENT EDUCATION FOR OFFICERS AND AND UTILITIES. OKAY, WONDERFUL. AND THEN WHEN IS THE NEXT YOUTH COMMISSION SCHEDULED? JUNE 11TH. I BELIEVE THE MEETING IN MAY HAVE TO BE BECAUSE CITY HIGH SCHOOL IS GRADUATING OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. GRADUATION SCHEDULED. WHAT, JUNE 11TH BE AVAILABLE TO YOU? WOULD THAT BE POSSIBLE OR TO THE TO THE YOUTH, TO THE YOUTH. WE'RE HAVING OUR NEXT. REGULARLY SCHEDULED MEETING ON JULY 11TH. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. WITH THAT, THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION

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FIRST, I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE HOW MANY SOCCER PLAYERS WE HAVE HERE TONIGHT. GOOD THING WE HAVE A GOOD TURNOUT FOR AND POSITIVITY TO SUPPORT WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE TONIGHT. SO

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SO AS WE FINISH THE MOU, THOSE ARE ADDITIONAL ITEMS THAT WE'LL BE DISCUSSING WHEN WE COME BACK

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BUENAS TARDES. MI NOMBRE ES EL MONTANO. OTRAS NOS VEMOS AQUI. MUCHAS GRACIAS POR TODO. THANK YOU, MAYOR, FOR BEING AQUI. DELGADO, STEPHANIE AND STEPHANIE. OKAY. EL COMENTARIO THE COMMENTS. LA VERDAD. VAMOS A LA COMUNIDAD. VERDAD Y ME GUSTA ESTO TAMBIÉN ESTA MUCHAS PARA NOSOTROS. VERDAD TAMBIÉN LO PROVEN Y SIEMPRE PEDIDO CUANDO LA VERDAD AYUDARLOS A AMBOS AMBOS PARKS AQUI HAGAN MAS RANGER DE LOS NINOS ALGO PORQUE RANCHO LA FLORES TENEMOS UN SOLO MAS PARA MUCHA ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT ARE THERE. AND THE KIDS. KARLA PUNTO MEETING. DINERO NO MORE MONEY QUITANDO HORAS ANTES EL ES UN RESPETO EN EL PARQUE RESPETO CON ÉL. SI QUEREMOS ACABAR TAMBIÉN CON ESTO TAMBIÉN USTEDES PUEDEN COMO TOMAR COME TOGETHER ON THIS. QUEREMOS LOS NINOS Y LOS PADRES TODOS LOS PARQUES A CONVIVIR. ESE ES EL TRABAJO. THAT'S THE JOB OF BOTH LEAGUES THAT WE WANT TO DO. AND EVERY COMPETITION IS OF FOREIGN JOURNALISTS. WE HAVE TO WORK TOGETHER, WORK TOGETHER. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE ANY OF YOU FOR BRANCH OF THE FOREST TO COME AND TAKE A WALK. I INVITE YOU, PLEASE COME. WE HAVE MANY YEARS THAT WE HAVEN'T SEEN YOU THERE. WE ARE INVITED. TRULY. OKAY. AND AGAIN, I'D LIKE TO SAY BATHROOMS ARE VERY IMPORTANT FOR BOTH PARKS. IT HELPS TO KEEP CONTROL OF EVERYTHING. THAT'S MY COMMENT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. DO WE HAVE ANYONE ON ZOOM? THERE'S ANYBODY ON ZOOM WHO WOULD LIKE TO COMMENT ON THIS ITEM. PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. WE HAVE ONE.

THANK YOU. JUST A REMINDER, IF YOU CAN PLEASE TURN ON YOUR CAMERA PROMOTING.

GO AHEAD. SPANISH NEWSPAPER. AND TO ME, IT'S A GREAT PRIVILEGE HAVING BOTH THESE LEAGUES AND BOTH THE PARKS OF THE CITY OF COACHELLA, YOU KNOW, JUST LIKE THE COACHELLA VALLEY SOCCER LEAGUE AND THE CSA, WHICH IS COACHELLA VALLEY YOUTH. SOCCER LEAGUE.

AND IT'S A GREAT PRIVILEGE TO PUBLISH BOTH THESE. SPORTS IN OUR WEEKLY NEWSPAPER. SO IT'S A GREAT DECISION TO HAVE BOTH THESE LEAGUES, ALL THE HISPANICS AND LATINOS IN THESE COMMUNITIES, YOU KNOW, COME TO COACHELLA AND THEY BRING, YOU KNOW, THE VIBRANT CITY ALIVE EVERY SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. AND WE TOTALLY APPRECIATE, YOU KNOW, YOUR GUYS'S COLLABORATION TO HAVE THESE PARKS UP AND FUNCTIONAL FOR THE KIDS, THE YOUTH. YOU KNOW, I REMEMBER GROWING UP IN THE CITY OF COACHELLA, THESE PARKS WERE NOT QUITE WHAT THEY WERE. AND IT'S A GREAT ACCOMPLISHMENT. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. WE DON'T HAVE

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CAN YOU HEAR ME? OKAY. HELLO? OKAY. YOU WANT TO GRAB TODAY? WE ARE HERE. THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT FOR US, FOR OUR COMMUNITY, FOR OUR FAMILIES, FOR OUR CHILDREN. AND NOT ONLY IT'S FOR THE SPORTS PARA CUANTOS SIN IMPORTAR. WITHOUT CARING FOR ECONOMIC LEVEL, THIS SHOULD BE A PLACE FOR EVERYONE BECAUSE PARKS ARE FOR THE COMMUNITY AND THERE SHOULDN'T BE CARELESSNESS. THANK YOU FOR HEARING ME. THANK YOU FOR PAYING ATTENTION TO THE COMMUNITY. CHILDREN ARE ALSO HERE PRESENT BECAUSE EVERYONE DESERVES THE OPPORTUNITY.

ADOLESCENTS, TEENAGERS. ADULTS. AND ALL THE CHILDREN THAT NO ONE SHOULD BE REJECTED. WE ALL WANT THE CHILDREN TO BE IN THE PARK AND THEY'RE HERE PRESENT AND. YOU CAN'T SEE THEM ALL.

BUT THEY ARE HERE. FROM THE LITTLEST ONES. THEY'RE ALL HERE. ANDREW, DO YOU WANT TO COME ALL THE WAY? YEAH. DO THAT. WHETHER THEY CAN SPREAD OUT AND THEY CAN GET SEEN ON THE PICTURES OR YOU CAN JUST. OKAY, COME IN. HE GOES, JUST WALK THROUGH. THAT WAY. IT'S NOT SO CROWDED.

NICE. SO AS I MENTIONED, THERE'S A LOT OF SUPPORT FOR CONTINUING WITH THE TWO LEAGUES.

I MEAN, YEAH, I MEAN, YOU WANT ONE OF THE COUNCIL. I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO ALL THE. I'M GOING TO. FIRST I GOT TO ACTUALLY MEET WITH THE SISA. THEY INVITED ME TO A JUST A ROUNDTABLE TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THEIR GROUP. RIGHT. AND JUST LEARN WHO THEY ARE AND NOT JUST WHO THE GROUP IS, BUT THE, THE, THE CHILDREN AND ALL THE GROUPS.

BECAUSE THEN I LEARNED ABOUT THE VETERANS, THE SOCCER GROUP THAT IS, IS THE THEY HAVE DIFFERENT GENERATIONS OF AGES. IT'S NOT JUST THE YOUTH THAT WE SEE HERE THAT THE YOUTH, BUT IT'S, IT'S ADULTS ALSO WHO, WHO. IT'S A LEAGUE SOCCER TEAM OF WOMEN WHO ARE PLAYING IN ADULTS.

AND IT'S A WHOLE FAMILY AFFAIR. YOU HAVE THE MOM AND THE DAD AND THE, IN THE, IN THE, IN THE KIDS. AND THERE WAS A WHOLE FAMILY THAT I GOT TO MEET AS WELL. AND, YOU KNOW, IT REALLY OPENED MY EYES ON, ON WHAT, WHAT'S GOING ON IN OUR PARKS, IN THE PARK. I KNOW THAT THEY'RE ALWAYS BUSY AND THEY'RE ALWAYS ACTIVE. AND THAT SAME DAY I WENT TO GO, I WENT TO GO WATCH THE ADULT GAME. AND I SAW, I SAW, I SAW THE ADULTS. AND IT'S, YOU KNOW, THEY BRING OUT THEIR FAMILY AND YOU SIT THERE AND YOU WATCH YOUR, YOUR MOM AND THE KIDS CHEERING ON. AND YOU KNOW, THAT REALLY, FOR ME, REALLY OPENED MY EYES ON, YOU KNOW, JUST LEARNING. IT WAS

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AND SO WITH THAT, I'LL SEE IF ANY OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS. COUNCILMEMBER BEATON YEAH, THANK YOU. THANKS, ANDREW. AND THANK YOU TO ALL THE KIDS THAT ARE IN HERE. I SEE A LOT OF SISA. SO BUT THE OTHER LEAGUE IS ALSO PRESENT OR THEY SEE OKAY. AND YEAH, THIS IS GREAT.

I USED TO PLAY IN IN SISA SOME TIME AGO. IT WAS A LOT OF FUN. WE ALWAYS HAD OUR OUR GAMES AT THE PARK, SO I DEFINITELY MISS THAT. BUT I'M EXCITED. I HOPE BOTH LEAGUES ARE ON THE SAME BOAT. ACUERDO LA VERDAD BUENO. THAT WAY WE CAN MOVE FORWARD AND YOU KNOW ALL SUPPORT THEIR DECISION. I'M GLAD THAT THEY WENT TO THE PARKS COMMISSION AND GOT SOME FEEDBACK FROM THEM AS WELL. BUT YEAH I'M EXCITED. UNOS PARTIDOS THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER PEREZ I JUST WANT TO THANK BOTH LEAGUES. GRACIAS A PORQUE NO ES UN PROCESO FACIL PARA PODER LLEGAR AQUI ESTUVIERON INVERTIR MUCHO. THESE TWO LEAGUES HAD TO INVEST A LOT OF TIME. THEY WERE ABLE TO GET A LOT OF SPONSORS. I WANT TO CONGRATULATE THEM FOR THE HARD WORK. ALSO MAYBE WE CAN EXPLAIN. I KNOW THEY SAID THERE WAS A SCORING AND THERE WAS TWO COACHELLA VALLEY SPORTS ASSOCIATION, COACHELLA YOUTH SPORTS ASSOCIATION. THEY'RE NOT IN THE ORDER. CORRECT THAT THEY WERE. NO, THEY'RE JUST IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER. OKAY. YEAH. ALL RIGHT. SO I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY THAT NO MOSQUITO PORQUE I HAVE THREE NAMES, BUT I KNOW THAT CV S A THESE ARE THE ONES THAT WERE CHOSEN AND NOT BECAUSE THEY'RE THERE. IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT THEY'RE IN THE ORDER OF CLARIFICATION THAT THEY GOT. IT DOESN'T MEAN ANYTHING. BUT I WANT TO THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THE TIME INVESTED IN FOR THE PARENTS. IT'S NOT EASY. IT'S A LOT OF TIME THAT YOU HAVE TO DEDICATE TO. THERE'S A LOT OF MONEY INVOLVED. I UNDERSTAND, AND IT'S THE KIDS ON HERE. THANK YOU GUYS. DON'T STOP. DON'T STOP. BECAUSE WE MIGHT HAVE OUR CHICHARITO, A RONALDINHO OR MESSI IN HERE. DON'T STOP. OKAY. DON'T STOP. MANUEL. BUENAS TARDES. GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS. MY NAME IS ALMA CHAVEZ. EVERYONE KNOWS ME. I AM THE PRESIDENT OF THE LEAGUE FOR 17 YEARS. AND I WANT YOU TO SEE ALL THESE KIDS. THEY'RE FROM ITS OWN RESOURCES. IT'S A LEAGUE THAT HAS BEEN ACCOMMODATING, ACCOMMODATING MORE CHILDREN AND FAMILIES. IT'S A LEAGUE OF THE FAMILIES. CHILDREN THAT FAMILIES THAT HAVE 4 OR 5 CHILDREN. THIS LEAGUE WELCOMES THEM ALL. THANK YOU FOR YOUR DECISION. THANK YOU FOR HEARING US AND THESE CHILDREN, WHEN THEY GET OLDER, WE'LL BE GRATEFUL TO YOU AS WELL. THERE WON'T BE A SPORT WHEN THEY CAN ONLY PAY THE BASIC AND EVEN THE BASIC. THEY CAN COME AROUND AND HAVE A GRANT FROM THEIR HIGH SCHOOL OR THEIR COLLEGE. BUT THE BEGINNINGS OF SOCCER, THEY THEY'RE STARTING HERE AND THESE LEAGUES. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR ALLOWING THESE CHILDREN TO BE HERE AND ON THEIR BEHALF. AND THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR.

DENISE. YADIRA MUCHISIMAS. GRACIAS. THANK YOU SO MUCH. IF I CAN HAVE ALMA MANUEL. NO, NO.

ALMA. CUANDO HOW MANY YEARS HAVE YOU HAD THE LEAGUE FOR? 17. TELL US A LITTLE BIT OF THE HISTORY, HOW IT STARTED. WE STARTED WITH THERE A FEW TEAMS. WE ONLY HAD 7 OR 8 AND THEN THEY INCLUDED A COST FOR THE CHILDREN AND THE. THE ADULTS HAD TO INVEST FOR THE LEAGUES AND IT STARTED GROWING. THEN WE BECAME AFFILIATED TO CAL SOUTHS, WHICH IS WHAT WERE THE CHILDREN THAT WERE. STANDING OUT TO COMPETE IN ALL SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA IN 2012. IT'S WHEN THEY INAUGURATED THE 48. AND THEY IT EXTENDED MORE BECAUSE THEY HAD MORE OF A FIELD. AND

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THEY ALSO WON HERE. NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP IS A BIT OF THE HISTORY. SHE HAS 17 YEARS IN THE LEAGUE AND THEN ALSO IS HOW MANY TEAMS DOES SHE HAVE? SHE HAS 139 TEAMS AND SHE'S WON NATIONALLY THREE TIMES, AS WELL AS MANY TIMES AT THE STATE AND REGIONAL LEVEL. THESE ARE ALL THESE KIDS THAT YOU SEE HERE. THESE ARE THE KIDS THAT ARE GOING STATE, REGIONAL AND NATIONAL. MANUEL TAMBIÉN PUEDES TELL US A LITTLE BIT OF THE HISTORY. WE JUST HAD A 10TH BIRTHDAY. IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY THAT YOU GAVE US. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THIS IS THE OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO BE HERE. THANK YOU SO MUCH. WE ALSO HAVE A RECORD AND THIS IS MY THEME THAT YOU ARE.

YOU ALSO HAVE TO COME TO THE PARK SO YOU CAN OBSERVE THE PLAYERS. WE HAVE A STORY AS WELL. WE HAVE CHAMPIONSHIPS, WE HAVE PREMIERES THAT WE ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT. THANK GOD NEXT YEAR YOU RECOGNIZED IT WITH WE HAVE A PICTURE WITH ALL OF YOU. THE SUPPORT IS FOR BOTH. IN REALITY, WE HAVE A LOT OF CHAMPIONS IN BOTH LEAGUES. TRUTHFULLY, WE HAVE VERY GOOD PLAYERS AND ONE DAY WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A STAR FROM HERE FROM COACHELLA. WELL, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A CHAMPION FROM COACHELLA. THIS IS THE WORK THAT WE DO THANKS TO YOU. YOU ARE THE ONES THAT. HELP US WITH THE PARKS AND THAT THEY'RE IN GOOD CONDITIONS. AND THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT. VERY IMPORTANT. SO SO MANUEL IS THE PRESIDENT FOR CCYSLC CBSL COACHELLA VALLEY SOCCER LEAGUE, AND HE'S BEEN DOING IT FOR TEN YEARS. AND SAME THING. HE HAS WON, YOU KNOW, AT MANY, MANY LEVELS, STATE, REGIONAL. AND I SAY THAT BECAUSE THEY'VE BEEN DOING THIS FOR MANY, MANY, MANY YEARS, THIS ISN'T THE FIRST TIME. THIS ISN'T THE FIRST ROUND. AND, AND IT'S A LOT OF DEDICATION. IT'S A LOT OF WORK. IT ISN'T EASY MANAGING 60, 100, 139 TEAMS. THAT ISN'T EASY TO DO. AND I THINK MANY TIMES IT'S EASY TO BE CRITICAL OF PERHAPS, MAYBE THE WAY THINGS ARE MANAGED AND, AND OPERATIONS WISE AND SOME OF THE POLICIES THAT THEY HAVE, BUT THEY ARE NAVIGATING. AND THERE'S ALWAYS AN ATTEMPT TO, TO IMPROVE ON THESE POLICIES.

ANDREW HAS SPOKEN MANY ABOUT MODIFYING THE THE POLICY, THE MOU, SO THAT THERE IS MORE RESTRICTIONS AND MORE ENFORCEMENT IN THERE. AND I THINK THAT WITH THAT, THEN WE CAN DISCUSS ABOUT THE THE RANGERS AND THEN ALSO ABOUT CONSEQUENCES WITHIN THE LEAGUES AND WHAT YOU GUYS WANT TO DO TO THOSE COACHES OR PLAYERS WHEN YOU KNOW, THEY'RE THEY'RE HAVING BEHAVIORAL CHALLENGES. DRINKING IS A BIG DEAL THERE. SMOKING IS A BIG DEAL THERE.

THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE DO NEED TO ELIMINATE AND MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, SAFE PARKS. THESE ARE PUBLIC SPACES. YOU KNOW, YOU CAN'T DRINK THERE. YOU CAN'T SMOKE THERE. I AM HAPPY THAT THE THAT THE GIRLS ARE BRINGING THE POLICY FOR TOBACCO, BECAUSE I THINK THAT WE CAN ADD THAT LANGUAGE IN THE MOU. BUT THERE'S THERE'S, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF GRATITUDE AND APPRECIATION TO BOTH OF YOU. WE HAVE A I HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU. ANDREW IS ASKING IF, IF YOU CAN MAKE THE THE THE AM I SAYING THAT RIGHT? YEAH. IF YOU IF YOU CAN CAUSE COVER E I THINK IT'S PERFECT. IT'S SOMETHING THAT I'VE ALWAYS BEEN TELLING YOU BECAUSE. WE'VE

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IT'S AS IT'S BEEN THESE LAST FOUR YEARS. WHEN THEY FIRST STARTED, THAT'S WHEN THE CITY DECIDED TO NOT CHARGE FOR THE FIELDS DURING THAT TIME. WE'VE ALWAYS PAID FOR THE FIELDS.

WITH SEASON FROM 53. LOS COSTOS COSTS COME BACK FOR ME, IT WOULD BE FINE BECAUSE I FEEL THAT YOU SHOULD ALSO GET SOME GAINS BECAUSE OF THE ELECTRICITY, THE POWER. THEY DO DETERIORATE BECAUSE OF THEIR USE, BUT IT'S SOMETHING THAT I, I THINK SHOULD BE OKAY THAT A COVER SHOULD A FAIR CHARGE SHOULD BE IN PLACE. FOR A LONG TIME. I WAS PAYING $45,000 AND IT WAS A LOT. BUT BECAUSE WE HAD ONE LEAGUE, WE HAD A LOT OF GAMES AND THE CITY HAD US FOR FOUR YEARS FOR FOR THE LEAGUE. AND THEY WERE PAID AT THE 53. IT WAS THE SAME THING, $35,000 FOR FOR THE WATER. IT'S A FAIR PRICE IS CHARGED. I WOULD THINK IT'S FAIR. THE ONLY THING THAT I ASK IS YOU CAN HELP US A LOT WITH THE DRINKING AND THE SMOKING BEFORE THEY WOULD TELL US, IF YOU SEE SOMEONE, SOMEONE THAT SHOULD BE PUNISHED. DON'T ALLOW THE OTHER LEAGUE TO ALLOW HIM TO PLAY OR VICE VERSA. IF IN ONE LEAGUE THERE'S SOMEONE WHO FIGHTS OR DRINKS, I'M NOT GOING TO ALLOW HIM TO PLAY. AND THIS WAY WAS VERY HELPFUL. THEY STOPPED AND THANKS NOW HAVE BECOME A LITTLE MORE CONFLICTED. BUT IF YOU HELP US IN THIS MANNER, I THINK THERE WILL BE A LOT OF LIMITATIONS IN TERMS OF DRINKING, AND IT WON'T GET IN THE WAY OF THEIR GAMES. YES, WE HAD A WE HAD AN AGREEMENT. EVERYTHING WAS IN IN WRITING. I'D LIKE TO HAVE A COMMENT WITH 53. IN WHAT WAY CAN YOU HELP BOTH LEAGUES BECAUSE IT'S VERY EXPENSIVE. LIKE FOR THE WATER.

IT'S VERY RIDICULOUS. WE PAID $4,000 FOR A MONTH, AND ON TOP OF THAT I HAVE TO PAY FOR THE MAINTENANCE, THE BATHROOMS WITH EVERYTHING. AND I DON'T KNOW HOW I'M BEING ABLE TO DO THIS.

AND I'D LIKE TO DISCUSS THIS FURTHER. IT'S THE COST IS VERY HIGH. AND IF YOU NOTICE THE FIELDS ARE DRYING BECAUSE OF THE SAME, BECAUSE THE COST IS VERY, VERY HIGH. I THINK IT'S ANOTHER TOPIC. AND IF WE CAN BRING YOU BACK WITH THIS TOPIC WITH PARKS AND RECREATION DISCUSSING WATER USAGE AND SOME OF THAT, MAYBE IT CAN GO BACK TO PARKS AND RECREATION AS A AS AN INFORMATIONAL ITEM. I DON'T THE THE REFERENCING AVENUE 53 PARK. YEAH. IF THE TRANSLATOR, THE YEAH, I, I'M SORRY, I DON'T MEAN TO INTERRUPT, BUT I THINK SOMEONE IS SIGNALING SOME OF THE KIDS IN THE BACK. DO WE WANT TO TAKE THE PICTURE BEFORE THEY LEAVE? YEAH. YES, YES, LET'S DO THAT. PICTURE BRAIN. WE CAN'T SPEAK UP TOO MUCH. AND.

MAYBE THEY NEED TO STAND BEHIND THE OTHER KIDS. BLOCKING IT. YEAH.

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EVERYTHING. GO AHEAD AND MIX IT UP. YOU CAN MIX IT UP.

SEEING NO MORE PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM WITH THE WITH THE COUNCIL HAS SAID SOME DIRECTION. I DID RECEIVE ONE MORE FORM. WE WERE PAST PUBLIC COMMENT BUT IT'S YOUR DISCRETION. THAT'S FINE. YOU HAVE ONE MORE. I DO HAVE ONE MORE. THAT'S FINE. MARIA QUIERE. MAYBE SHE ALREADY STEPPED OUT. MARIA HILARIO COMENTARIO. OKAY. POR FAVOR. IF WE CAN JUST PUT THE TIMER UP. WE HAVE ONE MORE COMMENT. HELLO COUNCIL MEMBERS. MY NAME IS MARIA HILARIO AND I AM A 40 YEAR RESIDENT OF THE CITY OF COACHELLA. I AM CELEBRATING THIS YEAR 18 YEARS OF SOBRIETY. I'M REALLY PROUD OF THAT. THANK YOU. THE REASON WHY I FELL INTO DRUGS AT THE AGE OF 19, BECAUSE MY PARENTS DIDN'T HAVE THE MEANS TO PUT ME INTO ANY CLUBS.

THEY DIDN'T HAVE THE MEANS AND THEY DIDN'T HAVE THE TIME. SO I FELL INTO THAT BECAUSE I WAS BORED, BECAUSE I DIDN'T HAVE MUCH TO DO AND I DIDN'T I DIDN'T DO ANYTHING, AND I WANTED TO DO SOMETHING AT THAT AGE. I AM HERE REPRESENTING DETAINEES. WE HAVE KIDS FROM WE HAVE 11 DIVISIONS FROM 2009 ALL THE WAY TO 2020. AND. BUT OUR FOCUS IS TO DEVELOP THE PLAYERS.

WE HAVE KIDS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS THAT IN MANY OTHER TEAMS ARE NOT. THEY'RE NOT GOING TO GIVE THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BE GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO PLAY. SO WE FOCUS ON THAT. WE WE TAKE ALL THOSE KIDS THAT HAVE SPECIAL NEEDS. YOU GUYS WERE TALKING ABOUT WINNING CHAMPIONSHIPS AND, YOU KNOW, GOING OFF TO OTHER PLACES. WE DO IT VERY RARELY BECAUSE OF THE SAME THING, BECAUSE WE TAKE THESE KIDS THAT MAYBE HAVE DEPRESSION AT HOME OR THEY'RE GOING THROUGH A LOT OF THINGS. AND WE DO WE DO ACCEPT ALL OF THOSE KIDS. THE GREATER TEAMS, OF COURSE, COME IN AND LOOK AT MY GOOD KIDS AND TAKE THEM AWAY, WHICH IS FINE. AT FIRST I WOULD GET REALLY UPSET, BUT NOW IT'S I WANT TO SEE THEM. I WANT TO BE ABLE TO SEE THEM, YOU KNOW, IN MLS NEXT OR WHEREVER THEY GO. AND I'M VERY PROUD TO BE HERE. I'M VERY PROUD TO REPRESENT AND JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. ANGELA. ANGELA, WE HAD ONE HAND RAISED. SO LET'S JUST CHECK ZOOM AGAIN REAL QUICK. IF THERE'S ANYBODY ON ZOOM WHO'D LIKE TO COMMENT ON THIS ITEM, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. WE HAVE ONE. PROMOTING. REMINDER TO PLEASE TURN YOUR CAMERA ON. COMUNITARIO DE ICU IN COACHELLA VALLEY. GRACIAS. FRANK.

FIGUEROA. DENISE. DELGADO, YADIRA. STEPHANIE VIRGEN POR ESTA TOMARON. TENEMOS UN TREMENDO PROBLEMA DE SALUD MENTAL EN NUESTROS NINOS. EL DOS DE MAYO TUVIMOS UNA COPA DE LA FE ORGANIZADO POR AHI CASI INVOLUCRATA IGLESIAS DEL VALLE DEL VALLE DE COACHELLA. TENEMOS LA DATA CIENTO DE ENCUESTAS DONDE PADRES Y. JOVENES COMENTABA EL DIFICIL ACCESO A

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ACCESS ACCESO A RECREATION ALGO TAN SIMPLE COMO UNA ESCUELA MUSICA O ALGO TAN COTIDIANO COMO UN TORNEO DE FUTBOL. COMO EN ESTE CASO, MANTENERLO A BAJO COSTO FOMENTARIUS MUCHISIMO NUESTROS JOVENES ASSISTANCE PARKS EN FAMILIA ALGO TAN NECESARIO EN ESTOS TIEMPOS, DONDE LOS NINOS Y NINAS ESTAN EN LA TECNOLOGIA Y CADA DIA MENOS QUIEREN SALIR A TENER RECREATION FISICA. GRACIAS POR ESTA DECISION Y POR ESTE APOYO Y LOS NINOS EN UN FUTURO VAN A RECORDAR ESTO MEMORABLE Y ESPERAMOS LA LUCHA SIGUE GRACIAS GRACIAS. Y SI PODRIA COMPARTIR SU NOMBRE DE NUEVO, POR FAVOR. NO LO PUEDEN SEE RYAN LOPEZ COMENTARIO POR AHI.

SEE YOU AGAIN, COACHELLA VALLEY. GRACIAS. OKAY WITH THAT. ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM CITY COUNCIL ON THIS ITEM? I KNOW THAT THERE WAS COUNCILWOMAN DELGADO MENTIONED WHEN IT GOES BACK TALKING ABOUT SOME OF THE PARK FEES AND THAT DISCUSSION THERE. I KNOW THAT YOU'RE GOING TO REWRITE THE MOU, RIGHT, AS PART OF THE NONPROFITS, RIGHT? AS PART OF THAT, THEY'LL FILE THE 990 AND AND PROVIDE IT TO THE CITY AS PART OF THAT PROCESS, RIGHT? YEAH. SO AS PART OF THE MOU, THEY HAVE TO PROVIDE THEIR INSURANCE DOCUMENTS, THEIR, THEIR PROOF OF BEING A NONPROFIT. AND THEN THEY'RE ALSO SUBJECT TO ANNUAL AUDITS IF WE CHOOSE TO DO THEM.

OKAY. DO YOU WANT ME TO ADDRESS THE QUESTIONS ABOUT THE AVENUE 53 WATERING? YEAH. SO THE AVENUE 53 PARK IT. IT'S ACTUALLY A LITTLE BIT SEPARATE FROM THE MOU. THAT IS A LEASE THAT WE HAVE WITH ARM TECH THAT IS SINCE 2028. SO THAT'S BEEN ALMOST 20 YEARS. THE CITY ACTUALLY DID APPROPRIATE FUNDING IN 2011 TO INSTALL THE IRRIGATION SYSTEMS AND THE GRASS OUT THERE. WHEN WE FIRST HAD THE PARKS, THE GRASS WASN'T GROWING. AND THEN WE ALSO SPENT SOME ADDITIONAL MONEY TO SEGREGATE THE IRRIGATION SYSTEM TO MAKE IT TWO DIFFERENT PARKS.

BUT BECAUSE IT IS A LEASED PARK AND THEN WE SUBLEASE TO THE LEAGUES IN THEIR SUBLEASE FOR THAT, FOR THAT AREA, THE SUBLEASE SEES THE SOCCER LEAGUES ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL THE MAINTENANCE AND ALL THE WATER. SO THE RECOMMENDATION FROM STAFF WOULD BE TO LEAVE IT THAT WAY. JUST FROM A FINANCIAL STANDPOINT AND FROM A STAFFING STANDPOINT, BECAUSE THOSE ARE SUBLEASED FIELDS ON PRIVATE PROPERTY, WE BELIEVE THAT IT IS APPROPRIATE FOR THE LEAGUES TO CONTINUE WITH THE MAINTENANCE AND THE COST OF WATERING FOR THOSE FIELDS. RELATIVE TO THE LEAGUE FEES. THAT'S SOMETHING WE'LL BE DISCUSSING WITH THE PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION OVER THE NEXT TWO MEETINGS, AND WE'RE HAPPY TO CONTINUE THAT CONVERSATION WHEN WE ADVANCE THE FINAL MOU. YOU GOT. THEY BOTH SAID YES, THEY MADE IT EASIER. YES. SO YEAH, AS OF NOW, I BELIEVE WE HAVE A STAFF RECOMMENDATION ON THE TABLE. SO WE'RE LOOKING FOR A MOTION TO OFFICIALLY CLOSE THE RFP AND AND ADVANCE THE NEGOTIATIONS WITH BOTH CVSL AND CSA FOR THE CONTINUED SOCCER LEAGUE SERVICES. YEAH. I'D LIKE TO MOTION TO MOVE FORWARD WITH WITH ONE ITEM, ONE APPROVED STAFF AND PARKS AND RECREATION. THERE'S A MOTION THERE. I'LL SECOND THERE'S A SECOND. OKAY. I'LL TAKE ROLL. COUNCIL MEMBER. PEREZ. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER.

DELGADO. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. YES. MAYOR FIGUEROA, I THANK YOU. SO AS WE ALL SAW, THAT ITEM WILL COME BACK TO THE THE SECOND MEETING IN JUNE TO THE CITY COUNCIL. WITH THAT, WE'LL.

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PUBLIC COMMENT. YEAH. HOW MANY PUBLIC COMMENTS FOR AGENDA ITEM FOR NON-AGENDA ITEMS? I BELIEVE

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COMENTARIO. BUENAS TARDES. BUENAS TARDES A TODOS CONCILIO. BIENVENIDO A NUESTRO MAYOR.

WELCOME TO OUR NEW MAYOR. I DON'T KNOW IF THE CHILDREN THAT ARE OUTSIDE CAN COME IN. BUENO.

BUENAS TARDES. ESTE NOSOTROS. WE ARE HERE. MY NAME IS MARIA. WE ARE REPRESENTING THE SENIORS OF THE COACHELLA. NOT ALL ARE HERE BECAUSE NOT ALL COULD BE HERE. SOME OF THEM ARE AFRAID.

THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT THEY DON'T KNOW MUCH ABOUT THEIR RIGHTS TO COME AND TALK AND ASK WHAT THEY NEED. THIS LAST WEEK, WE'VE HEARD THAT THERE'S GOING TO BE A SHORTAGE IN THE CITY, AND YOU PROMISED US THAT WITH THE SENIORS, THERE WOULDN'T BE ANY RESOURCES BECAUSE THERE'S LESS EMPLOYEES. THERE'S ONE THERE, CLEANING SERVICES. OUR COORDINATOR AND HER HELPER PERSONA, COMO PUEDE UNA PERSONA. HOW CAN A PERSON. WORK WITH 120 FROM 100 TO 120 PEOPLE THAT COME IN EVERY DAY. AND I THINK THAT I COULD THAT THE PERSON THAT COULD BE THE THE LATEST ASSISTANT, EVEN THOUGH SHE'S OF AGE, SHE HAS THE LOVE AND THE COMPASSION TO HELP US TO ALWAYS BE LOOKING FOR THINGS, FOR US TO DO THINGS. SHE MAKES US DANCE, SHE MAKES US JUMP. AND SHE'S VERY COMPASSIONATE. SHE'S VERY HUMBLE FOR US. FOR US. IT WOULD BE VERY SAD TO LOSE HER OR ANY OF THE THREE, BUT BECAUSE SHE'S THE NEWEST ONE, IF THERE WAS A. IF SHE WAS TO LET GO, IT WOULD BE VERY HARD FOR US. THERE'S NO ONE LIKE HER THAT UNDERSTANDS US AND TO HELP US AT OUR AGE. WHAT I'M ASKING. PLEASE, PLEASE THINK ABOUT IT. DON'T FORGET THE PROMISE THAT YOU GAVE US. THAT THERE WOULDN'T BE ANY SHORTAGES. WE NEED THOSE PEOPLE. IN FACT, WE MAY NEED ANOTHER ONE. BECAUSE IF YOU CAME AND SAW US, YOU SAW THAT EVERYTHING, EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENS, YOU WOULD UNDERSTAND THAT TWO PEOPLE ARE NOT ENOUGH TO BE IN CHARGE OF ALL OF US. PLEASE HEAR US OUT. WE ARE PEOPLE THAT ARE OLDER, AGE. WE NEED THAT FACE. A LOT OF US WORK IN THIS VALLEY WITH THESE TEMPERATURES. WE PAID FOR OUR TAXES. SO FOR US TO BE PUSHED TO THE SIDE AND THIS MAKES US FEEL LIKE WE DON'T DESERVE THAT PLACE. AND I THINK THAT YOU ALL AND ALL OF US ARE VERY PROUD OF THIS SENIOR CENTER. IT'S A VERY POPULAR PLACE. THE ONE IN COACHELLA IS VERY POPULAR BECAUSE OF THE MANY ACTIVITIES THAT THEY HAVE TO ENTERTAIN US. EVEN THOSE PEOPLE THAT HAVE A WALKER OR A WHEELCHAIR OR A CANE, THEY SOMEHOW THEY COME AROUND TO DANCE AND JUMP AROUND. AND THAT PLACE IS OUR LIFE. WE HOPE THAT TOMORROW WE'LL BE ABLE TO SEE WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN. WHAT'S THE NEW THING THAT THEY HAVE FOR US TO BE ENTERTAINED? AND EVEN THOUGH SHE IS YOUNGER, SHE'S VERY UNDERSTANDING. AND I STARTED CARING FOR HER SIMPLY BECAUSE OF HOW SHE TALKS TO HER MOM AND HER DAD. THIS WOMAN IS FOR US. I THOUGHT SHE UNDERSTANDS HER AGE. SHE KNOWS WHAT'S IT LIKE TO BE OF OLD AGE, AND IT'LL BE VERY SAD TO LOSE HER. PLEASE DON'T FORGET THE PROMISE THAT YOU GAVE US, THAT THERE WON'T BE ANY SHORTAGES IN THE SENIOR CENTER OF THE COACHELLA. PLEASE HEAR US OUT AND COMPLY WITH YOUR PROMISE. ANYONE ELSE WANTS TO TAKE. ONE MOMENT? YES, JUST ONE MOMENT.

THE NEXT. OH, OKAY. IS THERE SOMEBODY ELSE? THERE ARE OTHER, I DON'T KNOW, FOR THE SENIOR CENTER AT THE CLEMENTINO. BUT I COULD. OKAY. WHEN. BUENAS TARDES. YO, QUISIERA. I WOULD LIKE TO SAY IT IN ENGLISH. WE ARE MEMBERS OF THE SENIOR CENTER OF COACHELLA. WE ARE

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SHE'S GOING TO DRIVE. MAYBE WHEN THE BUS DRIVER IS NOT THERE ONE DAY OR THAT. AND IT'S ONLY A BUS WITH WITH 12 PEOPLE. SO. AND WHEN WHEN THE BUS DRIVER IS NOT THERE, THEY BRING IN THE VAN. SO WITH HER DRIVER'S LICENSE, SHE CAN DRIVE IT. SO SO SHE'S LEGAL THERE.

AND, AND SHE WENT TO SCHOOL AND I SEE HER PASS BY THERE ON A PETERBILT AND ON A BIG BUS, YOU KNOW, A SCHOOL BUS THAT'S GOING TO CARRY 60 PEOPLE, THAT HAS AIR BRAKES. AND IT'S, IT'S A BIG LICENSE THAT THEY'RE TRYING TO GET NOW. SHE YES, SHE WAS GIVEN A YEAR, BUT THE PRIOR YEAR, SHE WAS PART TIME AND SHE WAS WORKING THERE AND HELPED US OUT GO THROUGH THAT PHASE OF CHANGING THE THE COORDINATOR AND EVERYTHING. AND SHE HANDLED EVERYTHING. THEY WORKED. ONE FRIDAY, ONE OF THEM WORKS AND THE OTHER FRIDAY THE OTHER ONE DOESN'T. WELL, WHAT HAPPENS WHEN BOTH OF THEM ARE OFF? WHAT HAPPENED THE OTHER DAY, THE LAST FRIDAY WHEN, WHEN WHEN IT WAS HER DAY TO WORK AND SHE HAD THE TEST OVER IN EL CENTRO AND HAD TO LEAVE. AND WE CAN'T HAVE THE SENIOR OPEN FOR 120 SENIORS THERE BECAUSE THERE'S NO CITY EMPLOYEE. NOW WE'RE THINKING OF CUTTING HER FROM THE SENIOR, AND WE'RE GOING TO END UP WITH ONE PERSON. SO I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR FOR HEARING US. AND AND WE'VE BEEN ASKING FOR A MEETING AND WE NEVER GOT IT. SO THIS IS THE ONLY CONCERN RIGHT NOW. WE HAVE OTHER CONCERNS, BUT WE NEED TO TO FOLLOW UP WITH THAT MEETING, BECAUSE WE HAD TALKED WITH THE CITY MANAGER BEFORE, AND THEY SAID THAT THEY WEREN'T GOING TO THEY WERE GOING TO KEEP THE THE EMPLOYEES THAT ARE THERE BECAUSE THERE'S ONLY THREE EMPLOYEES FOR MAINTENANCE, FOR RUNNING THE PLACE AND EVERYTHING. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. A COMMENT. THE REASON THAT I'VE HEARD IF IF YOU WANT TO SPEAK, COULD YOU PUT A CARD IN? THERE WAS A COUPLE MORE AHEAD OF YOU. YEAH, SHE DID HAVE A CARD AND SHE SPOKE FOR. IT'S ONLY 15 SECONDS. THAT'S WHAT I WHAT I KNOW ABOUT HER IS, IS THAT THE TEACHER GOT SICK, THE BUS GOT DAMAGED, AND THEN IN THE MORNING, SHE WAS ALL BURNED BECAUSE OF THE SUN. SHE DID FACE TIME BECAUSE I WAS TRYING TO GET AHOLD OF HER TO SEE IF SHE WAS GOING TO COME. AND WHEN I SAW HER, SHE WAS ALL RED BECAUSE OF THE SUN. AND ON TOP OF THAT, THE BUS DIDN'T HAVE AIR CONDITIONING. THANK YOU. GRACIAS. CLEMENTINA. OKAY.

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SHE TOLD ME THAT I HAD TO COME TONIGHT AND ASK ALL OF YOU TO APPROVE IT. WHENEVER I HAVE TO BE IN THE AGENDA. BUT IT BROUGHT ME HERE TONIGHT IS THE HISTORY OF COACHELLA. COACHELLA.

AND THOSE TWO CITIES. THEY HAVE A MAJOR, MAJOR HISTORY FROM ALL OVER THE PLANET, ESPECIALLY COACHELLA. AND COACHELLA. WE HAVE A LOT OF HISTORY THAT ALL THE FARM WORKERS WE HAVE BUILT TOGETHER FOR 60 YEARS OR MORE. I WORKED WITH CESAR CHAVEZ WHEN HE OPENED UP THE FIRST OFFICE SINCE I WAS 17. WE WORKED VERY, EXTREMELY HARD. THROUGH THESE MEN. WE HAVE THE BENEFITS THAT WE HAVE TODAY, ESPECIALLY THE UNEMPLOYMENT FOR ALL THE FARM WORKERS. WITHOUT THE UNEMPLOYMENT, WE NEVER WOULD HAVE. WE NEVER WOULD HAVE BEEN ABLE TO MAKE IT. EVERY FAMILY OF FARMWORKERS, THEY HAD TO GO TRAVELING UP NORTH, CARRYING THEIR FAMILIES WITH THEM, LOOKING FOR WORK, AND LEAVING THE KIDS IN THE CAR. ALL THE BENEFITS THAT HE FOUGHT FOR US.

THE VALUE THAT ALL THE FARM WORKERS ARE RIGHT NOW ENJOYING IS THE BENEFITS OF THIS MAN, CESAR CHAVEZ. WE WOULD HAVE NEVER MADE IT WITHOUT HIM. THE GROWERS USED TO USE THE THE THE FARM WORKERS, LIKE PEOPLE, USES THE TOILET PAPER USES AND THROW IT AWAY. I'M DONE WITH YOU. I SAW THAT, I SUFFER THAT, AND THAT'S WHY I GOT INVOLVED IN THE HISTORY OF THAT LEGACY OF THIS GREAT MAN, WHAT WE HAD BUILT RIGHT HERE IN COACHELLA AS A FARM WORKERS FIGHTING FOR THE NAMING THE STREET AFTER CESAR BECAUSE HE DESERVED THAT, THAT AND MORE. I SAW HIM SUFFER AND CRY. I'VE BEEN IN A LOT OF JAILS, PRISONS, FIGHTING FOR ONE THING, A BETTER SALARY. I USED TO SAY TO MYSELF, WHEN I GROW UP, I'M NEVER GOING TO SEE MY KIDS SUFFER LIKE THE WAY WE DID. I'VE BEEN IN PRISON BY A LOT OF FARMERS BLAMING ME BECAUSE OF ME. THIS LAST MILLIONS AND THEIR TOMATO CROPS. I'VE BEEN BEATEN, BEATEN ALMOST TO DEATH, BEING IN A HOSPITAL, UNCONSCIOUS FROM THERE TO PRISON. BUT CESAR NEVER LEFT US LOCKED UP. IT'S A LOT OF FARM WORKERS THAT THEY DIED. THEY WERE KILLED BY THE GROWERS ONLY BY SAYING ONE THING. WHEN HE SEES SE PUEDE, THIS MAN DESERVES ALL THE RESPECT BECAUSE WE NEVER WOULD HAVE MADE IT. HE WAS INVOLVED WITH THE KENNEDYS. I WAS SENTENCED FOR 20 YEARS UP IN STOCKTON, ACCUSED BY FOUR GROWERS THAT BECAUSE OF THEM ME, THEY LOST THE CROPS MILLIONS OF DOLLARS.

I REMEMBER I'M GOING TO TAKE ONE SECOND. YOU GUYS HAVE TO LISTEN. WHY I'M FIGHTING FOR THIS LEGACY IN THAT HISTORY. CESAR TOLD US, CLEMENTINA, WE'RE OUT OF MONEY AND FUNDS.

WE HAVE TO WORK UP NORTH, LOOK FOR LITTLE JOBS, SO WE GET 10S. WELL, THIS NINE SECONDS. YOU GUYS ARE GOING TO HEAR ME. I WAS GOING FROM FARMER TO FARMER LOOKING FOR WORK. JUST THE SON.

I STOP AND I SAY TO SOME GUYS THAT WERE PICKING UP TOMATOES, IS THERE ANY JOB FOR ME? HE COMES TO ME, HE SAYS, SENORITA, NO SE PUEDE MIR $0.25 FOR THIS BUCKET. AND WE HAVE TO FOLLOW ALL OF THEM. THE PEOPLE IN STUDIES, $0.25. HE LOOKS AT MY CAR. CHAVISTA, CHAVISTA. HE GOES RUNNING AND TELLS ALL HIS COWORKERS, CHAVEZ IS HERE. EVERYBODY CAME OUT RUNNING. I ASKED HIM, WHERE IS THE PHONE SO I CAN CALL CESAR? ABOUT A MILE FROM HERE IS A PUBLIC PHONE. I SAID, OKAY, I COME BACK, GOT END UP I ONLY $0.10 AND I WOULD READ ALL IN MY POCKET, GOT THE PHONE AND I GO PERSON TO PERSON WITH CESAR CHAVEZ IN THE OPERATOR SAID,

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CLEMENTINA, WHERE ARE YOU? I TOLD HIM WHERE I WAS AND I HAD ALL THESE MEN THAT THEY CLAIMING HIS NAME. HE SAYS, I SEE YOU IN THE PARK. AT 4:00. I WENT BACK TO THE RANCH. MA'AM, YOUR TIME IS UP. YEAH. NEVER, NEVER MADE IT. COPS CAME. BEAT THE HELL OUT OF ME UNCONSCIOUS.

I END UP IN THE HOSPITAL FROM THE STATE PRISON. THANK YOU. THIS MAN, WE GOING TO PROTECT WHAT WE HAVE. THE HISTORY WENT ALL THE WAY TO GERMANY. GERMANY HAS A HISTORY OF NUTELLA. THANK YOU. SO YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR FROM ME, AND I WANT TO BE IN THE AGENDA BECAUSE I'M WORKING FOR A MUSEUM. AND IT STARTED HERE IN COACHELLA. AND I WANT TO BE IN THE AGENDA BECAUSE THIS IS GOING TO BE A LOT OF WORK. AND LET ME TELL YOU, MA'AM, YOUR TIME IS UP. BUT THANK YOU SO MUCH. SI SE PUEDE. THANK YOU. NEXT UP WE HAVE JOANNE LLAMAS. SO I STICK TO THE AGENDA NEXT TIME. THANK YOU. HELLO. MY NAME IS JOANNE LLAMAS. I'M A RESIDENT AND I'M HERE TODAY TO VOICE MY DISAPPOINTMENT WITH BASICALLY THE ENTIRE CITY GOVERNMENT AND MANAGEMENT. THE LEADERSHIP IN THIS CITY HAS MADE IT ABUNDANTLY CLEAR THAT NONE OF YOU CARE ABOUT THE PEOPLE OF COACHELLA. YOU ONLY CARE ABOUT PROTECTING SPECIAL INTERESTS, SILENCING THE COMMUNITY, AND LINING YOUR OWN POCKETS. COMMUNITY MEMBERS ATTENDED THAT DATA CENTER TOWN HALL ON MONDAY TO SHARE THEIR REAL CONCERNS AROUND THE PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP WITH STRONGHOLD AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE DATA CENTER, UTILITY AND CITY LEADERSHIP AND STRONGHOLD REPRESENTATIVES SAT UP THERE AND SMIRKED AT US, BELITTLED US, AND ATTEMPTED TO GASLIGHT US INTO BELIEVING THAT THIS DEVELOPMENT WAS FOR OUR BENEFIT.

STRONGHOLD HAS MADE IT CLEAR THAT THIS HAS ALWAYS BEEN A DATA CENTER PROJECT FIRST, AND A PUBLIC UTILITY SECOND. THIS WAS NEVER FOR OUR BENEFIT. THE RESIDENTS OF THE COACHELLA VALLEY DO NOT WANT DATA CENTERS TO BE BUILT HERE, AND THE ENVIRONMENT CANNOT SUSTAIN THEM.

IT WAS REFERENCED MULTIPLE TIMES THAT THE CITY CAN STOP THE DATA CENTERS FROM BEING BUILT UNDER SEQUA. IF THE EIR PROVES THAT, THEY WILL NEGATIVELY IMPACT THE ENVIRONMENT. I THINK WE ALL KNOW THAT THERE IS NO CHANCE THAT ANY EIR COMES BACK AND DECLARES THAT DATA CENTERS ARE SAFE FOR THE ENVIRONMENT, BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT THIS COUNCIL OR THE PLANNING COMMISSION WILL LISTEN. I WAS AT THE LAST PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING WHERE THEY APPROVED RESOLUTION 2026-09, WHICH REZONED THE LOT OFF HIGHWAY 86 AND AIRPORT BOULEVARD AND CLEARED THE WAY FOR WEALTHY, OUT-OF-TOUCH DEVELOPERS TO BUILD WAREHOUSES, A WEED FARM, STORAGE UNITS FOR THE ULTRA WEALTHY TO STORE THEIR SUPERCARS, A GAS STATION AND A FAST FOOD DRIVE THROUGH. AND NOT A SINGLE COMMISSION MEMBER HAD READ THE ENTIRE EIR. THERE WERE 834 PAGES OF READING FOR THAT AGENDA ITEM, AND WHEN I ASKED IF ANYONE HAD READ THEM, I WAS TOLD THAT THEY HAVE A LIFE, SO THEY WERE UNABLE TO READ THEM. SO THEY OBVIOUSLY DIDN'T CARE THAT THE EIR CLEARLY STATED THAT THIS DEVELOPMENT WILL HAVE A NEGATIVE IMPACT ON AIR QUALITY DUE TO VEHICLE MILES TRAVELED AND THE GAS STATION FUMES WOULD DOUBLE THE RISK OF OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS GETTING CANCER. SO WHO IS TO SAY THAT WHEN THIS DATA CENTER EIR IS COMPLETE, THEY WON'T JUST RUBBER STAMP IT AND PASS IT ALONG? WHILE I'M ON THE SUBJECT, I'D LIKE TO VOICE MY OPPOSITION TO RESOLUTION NUMBER PC2026-09. DURING THAT MEETING, THE DEVELOPERS CONSISTENTLY SAID THAT THE REMOTE LOCATION WITH NOTHING OUT THERE WAS THE PERFECT PLACE FOR THIS PROJECT.

THERE IS A MOBILE PARK HOME DIRECTLY ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE SITE. MY GRANDMOTHER LIVES JUST OVER THE BRIDGE. JOHN KELLY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IS ALSO JUST OVER THE BRIDGE. THERE IS A COMMUNITY THERE, A COMMUNITY WHO RECEIVED NO NOTICE THAT THIS WAS HAPPENING. AFTER THE MEETING, I WAS APPROACHED BY COMMISSIONER LARA, WHO MADE IT CLEAR THAT SHE DIDN'T CARE ABOUT THE RESIDENTS OF THERMAL WHO ACTUALLY LIVED THERE, OR ANY OF THE ENDANGERED SPECIES WHOSE HABITATS HAVE LIKELY ALREADY BEEN DESTROYED. SHE ONLY CARED THAT THE CITY WAS IN DEBT AND NEEDED THE MONEY. SO BECAUSE THIS CITY HAS INCOMPETENT LEADERSHIP WHO CAN'T BALANCE A BUDGET, MY COMMUNITY HAS TO SUFFER. I WANT TO BE VERY CLEAR THAT THE RESIDENTIAL ZONE OF COACHELLA ENDS MILES BEFORE THAT LOT. THE RESIDENTS OF THERMAL LIVE 50FT FROM IT. THERMAL WILL NOT BE BENEFITING FROM THIS DEVELOPMENT. COACHELLA WILL.

THERMAL WILL BE THE ONE STUCK WITH INCREASED AIR POLLUTION, INCREASED NOISE AND LIGHT POLLUTION, AND INCREASED RISK OF GETTING CANCER. MY LAST ISSUE I WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS IS THE ACT OF CENSORSHIP ON THE CITY OF COACHELLA'S. INSTAGRAM. PUBLIC COMMENTS HAVE BEEN TURNED OFF ON ALL CITY COUNCIL AND PLANNING COMMISSION POSTS, BUT HAVE BEEN LEFT ON FOR FEEL GOOD STORIES. IT IS A PILLAR OF DEMOCRACY THAT THE PEOPLE ARE ABLE TO CRITICIZE THE GOVERNMENT AND THOSE IN POWER. IT IS WILDLY DISAPPOINTING TO SEE THAT THE CITY OF COACHELLA IS PARTICIPATING IN CENSORSHIP AND TRYING TO AVOID CRITICISM FROM THE VERY PEOPLE WHO ELECTED THEM. TURN ON THE COMMENTS AND START LISTENING. LISTENING TO YOUR COMMUNITY.

THANK YOU, THANK YOU. JUST A REMINDER, JUST A REMINDER. WE DO HAVE A LIMIT OF THREE MINUTES SO THAT WE CAN CONTINUE THE AGENDA. SO IF WE CAN, PLEASE TRY TO STICK TO THAT AS BEST AS POSSIBLE. THE NEXT PERSON, I'M HAVING A LITTLE BIT OF TROUBLE READING THE NAME,

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IT'S BEEN AROUND SINCE THE HOOVER AND FDR ADMINISTRATIONS. USUALLY THE GOVERNMENT WENT TO PRIVATE INSTITUTIONS TO HELP, YOU KNOW, GET HELP TO SOLVE PUBLIC PROBLEMS OR IN THAT CASE, WORLD WAR TWO. BUT IN THIS CASE, IT SEEMS THAT A PRIVATE COMPANY CAME TO A LOCAL GOVERNMENT TO SEEK OUT YOUR GUYS'S HELP IN BUILDING WHAT THEY CALL THE MUNICIPAL UTILITY FOR ELECTRICITY, WHICH JUST SEEMS LIKE A RELAY. WHEN THEY DO THAT, IT'S A LITTLE MORE CONTROVERSIAL BECAUSE THESE PRIVATE COMPANIES ARE LOOKING FOR THE PROFITS, AND WE JUST GET A SLICE OF THAT REVENUE AS THE CITY. RIGHT. I FOUND IT INTERESTING THAT ID ANNOUNCED THAT 20 MEGAWATT TARIFFS WILL BE PLACED IN LARGE PROJECTS WITH ELECTRICITY, WHICH MAKES IT MORE INTERESTING THAT ATHENA FROM KESQ ANNOUNCED IN A LETTER FROM MR. MANUEL PEREZ THAT THIS PROJECT COULD BE 570MW, WHICH ID SEEMS TO BE GETTING A WHOLE LOT OF MONEY OFF OF THAT, BECAUSE I'M THINKING THAT THIS RELAY IS SUBSIDY FOR YOU GUYS TO PULL THE POWER TO THAT RELAY, TO SELL TO THE DATA CENTER. AGAIN, MUNICIPAL UTILITIES USUALLY SERVE THE PUBLIC, AND THIS DOESN'T SEEM TO BE DOING THAT. SO IF YOU'RE IF POTENTIALLY $50 MILLION PER MR. PEREZ, IS THE REVENUE FOR THE CITY, HOW MUCH IS STRONGHOLDS COULD. THE REASON WHY THEY KEEP CALLING IT A TECHNOLOGY CAMPUS IS BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT DOING THE DATA CENTER. PROBABLY A THIRD PARTY WILL COME IN AND DO THE DATA CENTER. I FIGURED THAT OUT KIND OF BASED ON HOW THEY'RE ANSWERING THE E-WASTE QUESTION. THEY DIDN'T SEEM TO KNOW THE TECH. I DON'T KNOW IF THEY'RE GOING TO USE COPPER TECH, PHOTONS, WHATEVER IT MAY BE. THE THIRD PARTY IS PROBABLY GOING TO DECIDE THAT. SO AFTER THIS TECH COMES OUT OF FASHION, IS IT GOING TO END UP LIKE THE WEED FARMS? IF YOU GO DOWN LIKE YOU'RE DRIVING TOWARDS THE SALTON SEA, WHERE YOU SEE THE LEFTOVERS OF ALL THAT EQUIPMENT THERE? I'M THINKING THAT EVENTUALLY WHEN YOU GUYS RECEIVE THE MUNICIPAL ELECTRICITY PLANT OR WHATEVER THAT THING IS, WOULD YOU GUYS BE SELLING ELECTRICITY TO THE COMMUNITY AT A LOWER COST, WHICH I'M SURE ID WON'T APPRECIATE BECAUSE THEY GOT THEIR OWN RATES THAT THEY SELL AT. IF WE TAKE THAT BASED ON THAT GIRL'S CALCULATION OF OUR POPULATION HERE, WHICH WAS LIKE 45000, ID ONLY HAS 118 000 CUSTOMERS. IF WE TAKE A LOT OF THAT, THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BE TOO HAPPY. I'M SURE. WHAT I THINK WE SHOULD BE PROTESTING NOW IS THIS UTILITY, NOT THE DATA CENTER, BECAUSE WITHOUT THIS UTILITY, WE WON'T HAVE THAT DATA CENTER. SO I'M WONDERING IF THERE'S AG STUDIES AND ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES DONE FOR THAT MUNICIPAL RELAY THING. THANK YOU GUYS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENT. THANK YOU. NEXT UP WE HAVE FRANCISCO MOLINA. AND I KNOW THAT YOU HAVE MULTIPLE ITEMS HERE. PLEASE KEEP YOUR COMMENTS ONLY TO NON AGENDIZED ITEMS AND I WILL CALL YOU UP. YES I'M FAMILIAR. THANK YOU FOR THE REMINDER. DON'T START MY TIMER YET PLEASE. SO EXCUSE ME, SIR, WE'RE GONNA NEED YOU TO SPEAK INTO THE MICROPHONE. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS FRANCISCO MOLINA AND I AM A RESIDENT OF COACHELLA. I WANT TO STATE FOR THE PUBLIC RECORD THAT I DO NOT BELIEVE THIS CITY COUNCIL OR BEST, BEST. KRIEGER, PLEASE, CAN YOU RESTART MY TIMER? IF YOU'RE INTERRUPTING ME WHEN I'M TALKING. SORRY. GO AHEAD. OKAY.

THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS FRANCISCO MOLINA AND I AM A RESIDENT OF COACHELLA. I WANT TO STATE FOR THE PUBLIC RECORD THAT I DO NOT BELIEVE THIS CITY COUNCIL OR BEST, BEST KRIEGER ARE FULFILLING THEIR FIDUCIARY DUTIES TO THE RESIDENTS OF COACHELLA ON FEBRUARY 11TH, 2026. THIS COUNCIL. ALL OF THESE PEOPLE EXCEPT THE OLD MAYOR, TOOK A UNANIMOUS FIVE ZERO VOTE TO APPROVE THE STRONGHOLD MUNICIPAL UTILITY DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER BURGIN, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER FIGUEROA, WHO

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THANK YOU. NEXT UP, WE HAVE NEXT UP WE HAVE MICHAEL SIGMAN. MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL. MY NAME IS MIKE SIGMAN. I CAME TO COACHELLA IN 2018 BEFORE VACATION RENTALS WERE ACTUALLY A THING. AND PEOPLE TOLD ME, WHO'S GOING TO COME AND VACATION IN COACHELLA, BUT THEY DID. YOU KNOW, WE BUILT BEAUTIFUL BACKYARDS, WE RENOVATED HOMES. WE MADE THEM INTO A DESTINATION THAT THEY WOULD COME. AND BECAUSE OF THE WARMTH OF THE PEOPLE AND THE BEAUTY OF THE HOMES AND WHAT WE'VE DONE OUT HERE, THEY CAME AND THEY'RE STILL COMING. SO THE MAIN PROBLEM, WE'RE A SMALL GROUP OF INVESTORS, AND I MANAGE 17 HOMES IN THE CITY OF COACHELLA. NOW, THE FIRST WE BOUGHT OURSELVES AND THEN I BROUGHT ALL MY FRIENDS. I SAID, LIKE, THIS IS A GREAT CITY. LIKE THEY'RE THE WAY THEY ATTRACTED US WAS THROUGH LOW REGULATION. AND IT FELT LIKE A RELATIONSHIP. WE GOT HERE AND WE BROUGHT OUR MONEY AND WE BROUGHT TAX REVENUE AND WE HAVE FOR SEVEN YEARS. IT'S BEEN A GREAT RELATIONSHIP. I LOVE THE CITY. BUT RIGHT NOW, THE ORDINANCE THAT WAS JUST PASSED, THE MAIN PROBLEM IS THAT TEN OF THOSE 17 PROPERTIES I CAN'T GET LICENSES FOR, THEY'RE ALL IN ONE SINGLE NEIGHBORHOOD. AND THAT 20% CAP HAS MADE IT SO WE CAN'T GET A SEASONAL LICENSE. AND SO IN THREE WEEKS, THOSE PROPERTIES ARE GOING TO GO DARK. WE'RE GOING TO GO NINE MONTHS. WHILE THE REST OF THE VALLEY HOSTS VISITORS, GENERATES TAX REVENUE AND EMPLOYS LOCAL WORKERS. OUR OUR PROPERTIES ARE GOING TO GO DARK. AND MY FIRST INSTINCT WAS LIKE, THE CITY IS TRYING TO BREAK UP WITH ME. YOU KNOW, IT'S BEEN SUCH A GREAT RELATIONSHIP. AND MY FIRST INSTINCT WAS LIKE, OKAY, YOU KNOW, WE'LL, WE'LL TAKE OUR MONEY, WE'LL SELL THE HOUSES AND WE'LL GO SOMEWHERE ELSE.

BUT I REALLY LOVE THIS CITY AND I LOVED WORKING WITH YOU AND I'D LOVE TO SAVE THE RELATIONSHIP. SO. I'M HAPPY I MADE THREE DOCUMENTS HERE. AND ONE IS THAT JUST THESE TEN PROPERTIES, BECAUSE THEY'RE HIGH PERFORMING PROPERTIES, THEY'RE GOING TO COST THE CITY $114,000 A YEAR IN DIRECT REVENUE, TAX REVENUE EVERY YEAR. JUST THESE TEN. THAT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH ANYONE ELSE. AND THE SECOND IS WHAT THE STRS DID FOR PROPERTY VALUES IN THIS

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I DON'T ALLOW PARTIES. WE CATER TO FAMILY TRAVEL. WHEN I HAVE A COMPLAINT, I GO TO THE NEIGHBOR.

I GIVE HIM MY PHONE NUMBER PERSONALLY, AND I LET HIM USE THE PROPERTY FOR FOR FAMILY.

WHEN THEY COME ONCE A YEAR AND I LET THEM USE THE POOL. ANYTIME THE HOUSE IS VACANT, I TRY TO MAKE THE THE PROPERTY A PARTNERSHIP FOR THE NEIGHBORS THAT THAT I HAVE IN MY COMMUNITY. SO ANYWAY, WHAT I'M ASKING FOR AND TIME MATTERS IS THAT WE REPLACE THE NEIGHBORHOOD CAP WITH LIKE A THREE LEVEL, A THREE STRIKES RULE SO THAT WE GET RID OF BAD ACTORS, NOT JUST GEOGRAPHIC ISSUES, YOU KNOW, REALLY GO AFTER THE PEOPLE WHO ARE THE PROBLEMS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD RATHER THAN JUST WHERE THERE'S A CONCENTRATION OF, OF THINGS AND RENTALS. AND THAT'S MY PROPOSAL. AND I, I HAVE SOME DOCUMENTS I'D LIKE TO DROP OFF IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND. AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. I REALLY THANK YOU. NEXT UP WE HAVE JAMES RODRIGUEZ. GOOD EVENING COUNCIL JAMES RODRIGUEZ. YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH ME. I HAVE ACTUALLY A LOT OF NON-AGENDA ITEMS. OR AT LEAST THEY'RE VERY LONG. SO I'LL TRY TO GET SOME OF THE SHORTER ONES REALLY QUICKLY. FIRST OFF. AS I WAS WATCHING THE SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL SESSION THAT JUST SO HAPPENED TO HAVE OUR BUDGET IN IT, WE COULD NOT SEE ANY OF THE SLIDE SHOWS. SO WE HAVE A GREAT TECHNICAL TEAM. I KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY TRY THEIR HARDEST. THEY JUST GOT OUR TV OUTSIDE. THEY GOT OUR SOUND OUTSIDE. WE NEED TO BE A LITTLE MORE PROACTIVE ON GETTING THAT READY. BUT WE ALSO NEED TO BE VERY AWARE THAT WE DON'T NEED TO SEE THE PERSON TALKING IF THERE IS INFORMATION ON A SCREEN AND IF THAT SCREEN IS CHANGING, WE NEED TO SEE THOSE SLIDES, ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY'RE NOT INSIDE OF OUR PACKET.

SECONDLY, TO ECHO WHAT JOANNE SAID, I WAS THERE AT THAT PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING AND I SPOKE TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND TOLD THEM, WHY ARE YOU GOING TO OVERRIDE THE ENVIRONMENTAL REPORT? WHY HAS THIS BECOME OUR NORM? AND IF THE SAME THING AT OUR FAILED TOWN HALL WHERE NO ANSWERS WERE GIVEN BECAUSE THERE'S NO PLAN PROJECT SUBMITTED, THAT'S THE SAME THING AS SAYING, WE KNOW WE'RE GOING TO MAKE A CAKE. WE KNOW THAT THERE'S GOING TO BE A MUNICIPAL UTILITY, AND THAT'S GOING TO HAVE A DATA CENTER CONNECTED TO IT, BECAUSE THAT WAS THE PROPOSAL. THERE IS NO PROJECT PLAN, BUT WE KNOW THE PROPOSAL FROM THE PROPOSAL. YOU GUYS SHOULD HAVE BEEN ABLE TO GIVE US ANSWERS. AND FROM WHAT THE REQUEST WAS, YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO BE ON OUR LEVEL ANSWERING QUESTIONS TO US, NOT PUTTING SOMEBODY LIKE KENDRA OR CASTULO WHO HAD NOTHING TO REALLY DO WITH THE STRONGHOLD AGREEMENT OR HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH THE ACTUAL COUNCIL DECISIONS. THEY'RE JUST THE STAFF WHO HAVE TO TAKE YOUR DIRECTION. AND FURTHERMORE, MY PUBLIC COMMENT WAS ABOUT THAT ENVIRONMENTAL OVERRIDE, BECAUSE YOU GUYS HAVE DONE THAT FOR THE MUNICIPAL HUB. YOU GUYS ALREADY DID THAT. YOU'VE ALREADY YOU'VE ALREADY OVERRIDDEN STUFF. YOU GUYS HAVE ALREADY BYPASSED ENVIRONMENTAL STUFF TO CONTINUE TO EVEN PLAN IT. AND THIS MICRO-GRID, WHAT THEY KEEP SAYING IS, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT GOING TO CONNECT TO ANYTHING. THIS IS FROM THE STAFF REPORT THAT BILL SAID, HERE'S A QUOTE.

THE MICROGRIDS WILL COVER APPROXIMATELY 20% OF THE ANTICIPATED LOAD WITH BATTERY STORAGE AND FUEL CELLS, WITH THE REMAINDER OF THE ENERGY BEING PROCURED FROM REGIONAL SOURCES OF ENERGY GENERATION AND IMPORTED THROUGH I'D TRANSMISSION LINES IN RELIANCE OF IID'S FEDERAL OPEN ACCESS TRANSMISSION TARIFFS. I JUST UPPED THOSE TARIFFS BECAUSE THEY ARE ALREADY AWARE YOU'RE GOING TO CONNECT TO THEIR GRID. YOU GUYS MIGHT HAVE A PLAN IN THE FUTURE TO FEED BACK THAT ENERGY. ONCE YOU'VE BUILT A DATA CENTER IN 30 YEARS DOWN THE LINE, HAVE A FUNCTIONAL MUNICIPAL GRID. BUT THAT'S NOT HOW IT'S SUPPOSED TO WORK. WE SHOULDN'T BE FOOTING THE BILL WITH OUR GRANT UPGRADES, WHICH WILL BE DOING THE SUBSTATION UPGRADES, WHICH WILL EVENTUALLY LINK DOWN OVER THERE TO THE EAST. WHAT'S YOUR LAST NAME? NEXT UP, WE HAVE KARLA FLORES ROSAS. GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. MY NAME IS CARLA FLORES ROSAS.

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WE ACTUALLY HAVE SOMEBODY HERE THAT WAS THE ONE ASSIGNED, AND I'M SHAKING FROM THE ANGER THAT I HAVE THAT WE HAD SOMEBODY LIKE THAT REPRESENTING YOU GUYS. YOU GUYS SHOULD HAVE BEEN THERE.

I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU WANTED SOMEBODY TO EXPLAIN THE PROCESS OF WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN AND WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE CONTRACT, BUT HONESTLY, BEING QUITE FRANK WITH YOU, YOU GUYS JUST SITTING THERE AS COMMUNITY MEMBERS DIDN'T HELP MUCH. YOU SHOULD HAVE BEEN THERE IN YOUR POSITION. YOU SHOULD HAVE SPOKE UP. YOU SHOULD HAVE TOLD US WHY YOUR DECISION WAS MADE. WHAT WAS THE WHOLE THINKING BEHIND ALL OF THIS? I AM FURIOUS TO SAY THIS, THAT I AM UPSET IN A CITY THAT I LOVE. I HAVE BEEN WORKING FOR THIS CITY FOR A WHILE. IN THE BACKGROUND, THE LIBRARY THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE. I WAS PART OF THAT, AND I KNOW THAT A LOT OF YOU DON'T KNOW BECAUSE YOU GUYS WEREN'T HERE BACK THEN, BUT I HAVE BEEN FIGHTING FOR THIS CITY FOR THE LONGEST THAT I CAN REMEMBER WITH ICUC. I HAVE BEEN ALSO PART OF THEM. A LOT OF THE THINGS THAT HAPPENED IN THE CITY MATTERS TO ME, AND SEEING THINGS LIKE THAT, HAVING SOMEBODY THROW SARCASM ON SOMEBODY ELSE, LIKE, OH, THAT'S A QUESTION FOR YOU. LIKE, NO, I CAME TO ASK YOU QUESTIONS BECAUSE YOU NEED TO TELL ME WHAT'S GOING ON WITH MY CITY.

WE ALL LIVE HERE. WE ALL CARE ABOUT THE CITY. IT DOESN'T ONLY AFFECT US, IT AFFECTS INDIO. IT AFFECTS ALSO THERMAL MECCA. THEY DON'T HAVE TIME TO BE COMING OVER HERE. THEY HAVE WORK TO DO. THEY HAVE TO FEED THEIR FAMILIES. WE'RE ALL IN SURVIVAL MODE. I CAN TELL YOU, THIS IS LITERALLY THE THIRD OR FOURTH TIME THAT I COME TO A MEETING WHERE I COME FROM WORK.

I HAVEN'T ATE DINNER. SOMETIMES I SKIP MY LUNCH SO I CAN COME TO THIS MEETINGS. IT SHOULDN'T BE THAT WAY. IT BREAKS MY HEART THAT IT HAS TO BE THAT WAY. I CAN ONLY IMAGINE FOR THE REST OF THE FAMILIES. MY PARENTS DON'T COME TO THESE MEETINGS. THEY GET OUT OF WORK AT 5 OR 6 P.M. THEY DON'T HAVE TIME TO BE DOING THIS. THAT'S WHY I COME TO SHOW UP. I MAKE THAT SACRIFICE LITERALLY. MY STOMACH'S GROWLING RIGHT NOW. I CAME FROM RIVERSIDE BECAUSE I HAD A TRAINING OVER THERE FOR WORK. WORK MATTERS TO ME BECAUSE THAT'S HOW I SURVIVE.

BUT I HAVE TO BE HERE BECAUSE I NEED TO REPRESENT MY PARENTS, MY FAMILY, MY COMMUNITY. AND I THINK ALL OF US HAVE THAT SAME REASON TO BE HERE. AND IF I HAVE TO LOOK AT EVERY SINGLE ONE OF YOU SAYING, YES, I REPRESENT THE CITY OF COACHELLA, I'M VERY HAPPY TO BE HERE. AND YOU GUYS DON'T REALLY COME OUT HERE AND SAY, YES, I'M HERE FOR YOU, AND YOU GUYS SIGN ALL THESE THINGS IN THE BACKGROUND AND YOU GUYS ARE LIKE, OH, WELL, I DON'T KNOW. I CAN'T TALK RIGHT NOW. EXCUSE ME. YOU GUYS REALLY HAVE A NERVE TO DO THAT. AND I ACCEPTED EVERY SINGLE THING THAT HAS HAPPENED WITH THIS CITY SO FAR. OKAY. THE FORMER MAYOR DID THIS. OKAY, FINE. LET'S MOVE ON. NEXT PAGE. OKAY. SOMETHING HAPPENED WITH MISS PEREZ OVER HERE. NEXT PAGE.

LET'S GO. WHAT DOES I HAVE TO TAKE FOR US TO SEE FROM YOU THAT WE HAVE TO SAY. YOU KNOW WHAT? THAT'S IT. I'M DONE WITH ALL OF YOU. IT'S TIME TO MOVE ON. IS THIS THE TIME? I HOPE NOT, BECAUSE I'VE GIVEN YOU PLENTY OF CHANCES AND SO HAS THIS CITY. PLEASE MAKE IT BETTER. AND I'M SORRY I DIDN'T HAVE A CHANCE TO SAY ABOUT THE ORDINANCE. I DON'T KNOW IF I CAN HAVE AN ADDITIONAL MINUTE FOR THAT REAL QUICK. I'LL TAKE THE 30S. THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE THAT THE NEXT PART THAT I WANTED TO TALK WAS ABOUT THE ORDINANCE THAT THE SERVE BEFORE ME MENTIONED. I KNOW WE TALKED ABOUT THIS. I WAS SO GLAD TO SEE THAT, HONESTLY, BECAUSE I LIVE IN THE COMMUNITY WHERE THERE'S ALMOST LIKE 30% OF THE HOUSE, THE HOUSES THERE THAT ARE AIRBNBS, THEY'RE ALMOST IN THE MILLION DOLLARS. HOW IS THAT POSSIBLE THAT OUR COMMUNITY IS GETTING PRICED OUT? SAME THING. I'M OUTRAGED BECAUSE I'M A 30 YEAR OLD THAT CAN'T BUY A HOUSE. HOW IS THAT POSSIBLE? I DON'T WANT TO HAVE TO GO FIND A HOUSE OVER THERE IN PALM DESERT OR HAVE TO FIND A HOUSE IN MECCA. I'M FROM COACHELLA. I WANT TO BE HERE.

I'M SORRY. NEXT TO THE DATA CENTER OR NEXT TO DATA CENTER? YES, EXACTLY. LIKE PLEASE REALLY MAKE IT HAPPEN FOR US. REALLY THINK ABOUT THE THINGS THAT WE'RE BRINGING OUT TO YOU TODAY AND JUST SIT ON IT BECAUSE YOU REALLY NEED TO THINK IF THIS IS WHERE YOU WANT TO BE. IF YOU DON'T, THEN JUST SAY THAT AND STEP DOWN, PLEASE. THOSE ARE ALL THE IN-PERSON SPEAKERS. DO WE HAVE ANYONE ON ZOOM? IF THERE'S ANYBODY ON ZOOM WHO WOULD LIKE TO COMMENT, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. THERE ARE NONE. WE WILL MOVE ON TO THE CONSENT CALENDAR. IT IS

[Consent Calendar]

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I'M SORRY. YOU CAN JUST ONE MOMENT. I WILL HANDLE THAT. THANK YOU. YES. WE ARE NOT VOTING ON ITEM 16 AND 17. WE'RE PULLING THAT. WE DO HAVE COMMENTS ON ITEMS NUMBER 18.

OKAY. YOU WANT TO TAKE COMMENTS FIRST. OKAY. WE CAN TAKE COMMENTS ON 18. YES. OKAY.

FRANCISCO MOLINA, IF YOU WANT TO GIVE YOUR COMMENTS ON ITEM NUMBER 18, THAT IS THE NEXT ITEM THAT THEY WILL BE VOTING ON. WHAT HAPPENS TO 16 AND 17. THOSE ARE NOT GOING TO BE VOTED ON RIGHT NOW. I WILL CALL YOU WHEN THOSE COME UP. YOU ACTUALLY IT'S THREE MINUTES FOR CONSENT. SO YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES TO COMMENT ON ALL ITEMS ON CONSENT. OKAY. THAT'S NOT WHAT YOU WANT ME TO. YOU WANT ME TO READ THROUGH ALL MY COMMENTS ON ALL THE, ALL, ALL THE AGENDA ITEMS RIGHT NOW YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES FOR THE CONSENT ITEMS. THE DISCUSSION ITEMS ARE DIFFERENT, BUT FOR CONSENT, WE TAKE PUBLIC COMMENT. ONCE EVERYBODY HAS THREE MINUTES FOR THE CONSENT ITEMS. I'M SORRY, I DON'T UNDERSTAND YOUR. PAGE 22. SO WHAT WHAT CAN I WHAT DO YOU MEAN? WHAT DO YOU NEED ME TO DO RIGHT NOW? I CAN TALK ABOUT THIS OR NOT. THE WAIT. NO, NO, IF YOU HAVE IF YOU HAVE COMMENTS ON CONSENT AND THAT'S AGENDA ITEMS FIVE THROUGH 21, NOW'S THE TIME TO TO LET US KNOW THAT YOU HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT. YOU CAN COME UP AND SPEAK, BUT YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK ON ON THE CONSENT ITEMS FOR ALL OF THEM.

ALL OF THEM. EVERYTHING IN BETWEEN. JUST THE CONSENT. SO FIVE THROUGH 21, FIVE THROUGH 21, THAT IS INCLUDING 16 AND 17. THAT'S CORRECT. CORRECT. OKAY. THIS IS REGARDING ITEM 16 AND 17. GOOD EVENING. I AM RAISING A CONFLICT OF INTEREST CONCERN REGARDING ITEM 16 AND 17. TWO PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENTS WITH CB STRATEGIES TOTALING 79,630, BOTH BEING AUTHORIZED BY TONIGHT BY INTERIM CITY MANAGER WILLIAM PATTINSON, CB STRATEGIST FACILITATED THE RECENT PUBLIC MORATORIUM MEETING REGARDING THE STRONGHOLD MUNICIPAL UTILITY DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT, THE CITY'S MOST SIGNIFICANT AND CONTESTED RECENT CONTRACT.

FURTHERMORE, THIS PROJECT DIRECTLY CONTRADICTS THE CITY'S OWN TCC TRANSFORMATIVE CLIMATE COMMUNITY GRANT, COACHELLA, WHICH CALLS FOR CLEAN ENERGY, GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE AND ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE IN DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES LIKE OURS. I QUESTION WHOSE INTEREST CB STRATEGIES IS ACTUALLY SERVING. I AM ASKING THE COUNCIL THREE QUESTIONS. FIRST, WITH CV STRATEGIES ROLE AS MORATORIUM MEETING FACILITATOR PAID FOR BY THE CITY OF COACHELLA. SECOND, IS IT APPROPRIATE FOR CITY MANAGER PATTINSON, WHOSE OWN CONFLICT OF INTEREST REGARDING URBAN FUTURES IS NOW ON THE PUBLIC RECORD TO AUTHORIZE NEARLY $80,000 TO THE FIRM THAT FACILITATED THAT MORATORIUM MEETING. AND SHE'S SITTING I THINK, THAT SHE'S SITTING RIGHT BEHIND ME. THIRD, HAS THE COUNCIL INDEPENDENTLY REVIEWED WHETHER THIS RELATIONSHIP CONSTITUTES A CONFLICT OF INTEREST BEFORE APPROVING THESE CONTRACTS? TONIGHT, I AM REQUESTING THE COUNCIL PAUSE APPROVAL OF ITEM 16 AND 17 PENDING INDEPENDENT REVIEWS. THANK YOU. ITEM 18 TERRA NOVA SEQUA ANALYSIS. GOOD EVENING. I SUPPORT ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW AND I AM GLAD THE CITY IS COMMISSIONING A PROPER SEQUEL ANALYSIS FOR ITEM 18. HOWEVER, I WANT TO NOTE FOR THE RECORD, THE CITY IS TONIGHT PAYING $72,430 FOR A THOROUGH CEQA ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW ON A WATER QUALITY MATTER, WHICH IS THE RIGHT THING TO DO. THE SAME STANDARD WAS NOT APPLIED TO THE STRONGHOLD MUNICIPAL UTILITY DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT, WHICH RECEIVED A BLANKET CEQA EXEMPTION. DESPITE ITS SCALE, IT'S APPROXIMATELY ITS PROXIMITY TO A SCHOOL IN A MOBILE HOME COMMUNITY AND ITS CONSERVATION, ITS CONVERSION OF IRRIGATED FARMLAND. I AM ASKING THE COUNCIL, WILL IT COMMIT TO APPLYING THE SAME LEVEL OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCRUTINY TO THE STRONGHOLD PROJECT THAT IT IS APPLYING TONIGHT TO THIS WATER QUALITY MATTER? THANK YOU. AND WILL I HAVE A CHANCE TO SPEAK ON ITEM 28 LATER, OR CAN I SAY IT NOW? YES. THAT'S NOT ON CONSENT. WE'LL GET TO ITEM 28.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. OKAY. SO. WITH NO OTHER PUBLIC COMMENTS FOR CONSENT, WILL I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE EVERYTHING BUT 16 AND 17 AT THIS TIME FOR CONSENT. AND I'LL JUST CONFIRM FOR THE RECORD, THERE'S NO COMMENTS ONLINE. OKAY. MOTION. ANYONE ON MOTION? EVERYTHING BUT 16 AND 17. I'LL GO AHEAD. MOTION. THERE'S A FIRST. I'LL SECOND. THERE'S A SECOND. PLEASE TAKE ROLL. COUNCIL MEMBER. PEREZ. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. DELGADO. YES.

COUNCIL MEMBER. YES. MAYOR FIGUEROA I OKAY, WE'RE GOING TO DISCUSS FIRST WITH DO ITEM

[16.Authorize the Interim City Manager to Execute a Professional Services Agreement with CV Strategies for On-Call Services in the Amount not to Exceed $24,500.00]

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AND FOLKS HERE TODAY WERE THERE, AND I KNOW I SAW IT BECAUSE SOME OF THEM WERE IT WAS THEIR TURN TO SPEAK IN THAT PERSPECTIVE. SO I THINK IT'S JUST REALLY MAKING SURE WE'RE PROPERLY INTERACTING WITH PEOPLE. I THINK IT'S JUST THAT THAT SENSE THERE. OH THANK YOU.

SO IF I COULD JUST ADD ONE MORE COMMENT TO, AS THE MAYOR WAS SPEAKING, IS I THINK WOULD ALSO BE A GOOD IDEA IF IF THE ANSWER CAN'T BE OR IS UNKNOWN AT THAT MOMENT, THAT WE FOLLOW UP WITH

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I'M JUST, I JUST DON'T WANT THEM TO FEEL THAT THEY'RE BEING SHUT DOWN, THAT THEY'RE BEING DISMISSED. AND SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. BUT THEN ALSO MAYBE DURING THE ENGAGEMENT, YOU KNOW, IF WE CAN IMPROVE UPON THAT. ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. DID WE SORRY, DID WE GET ANY FEEDBACK? I KNOW YOU GUYS PUT UP THE QR CODE. DID YOU GUYS GET ANY FEEDBACK ALREADY WITH QUESTIONS FROM FROM THE COMMUNITY? WE THE QR CODE IS UP. WE HAVE IT ON THE CITY WEBSITE AND ON THE SOCIAL MEDIA, AND IT IS TO STAY OPEN UNTIL WE TOLD THE COMMUNITY UNTIL 6 P.M. ON THE FOLLOWING MONDAY, THE 18TH. TODAY, AS OF 3:00 TODAY, WE HAD 124 RESPONSES. OKAY. THANK YOU.

JUST IF I MAY, MAYOR AND COUNCIL SO FAR, JUST TO GIVE A QUICK OVERVIEW IN TERMS OF THE TOPIC THAT'S MOST IMPORTANT TO RESIDENTS, THIS IS BASED ON THE SURVEY. JUST TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA, SINCE YOU BROUGHT IT UP, 89% HAVE IDENTIFIED WATER USE AS BEING A MAJOR CONCERN. 87 OF THE RESPONDENTS, 87% OF THE 122 RESPONDENTS IDENTIFY ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS. IT'S IMPORTANT. AIR QUALITY AND NOISE, 82% UTILITY RATES AND COST 78%. OVERALL, IT SEEMS TO BE AGAINST ANY DATA CENTERS. THAT'S THE GENERAL FEELING OF THAT. AND SO WE'LL PROVIDE THIS INFORMATION ONCE WE CLOSE THE SURVEY TO YOU AND COUNCIL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AND THEN SORRY, COUNCILMEMBER, DID YOU HAVE ANY MORE. NO. THANK YOU FOR THAT UPDATE. GABRIEL IS AFTER MONDAY ON THE 18TH. BEATRICE. WELL, THEN, WILL WE MAKE THAT INFORMATION AVAILABLE TO EVERYONE, NOT JUST COUNCIL, BUT ALSO SO THAT, YOU KNOW, RESIDENTS AND THOSE WHO WERE ENGAGED ALSO GET THE THE FEEDBACK AT WHAT THE CONSENSUS AND WHAT THE WILL BE POSTING THAT ON THE WEBSITE WHERE WE'RE POSTING ALL OF THE INFORMATION ABOUT THE P THREE MAYOR COUNCIL, WE'LL SEND YOU A LINK TO THE MICROSITE. YEAH. AND YOU'LL SEE THAT WE PUT THE POWERPOINT PRESENTATION. ALL THE AGREEMENTS, ANYTHING THAT'S PUBLIC INFORMATION HAS BEEN IS BEING SHARED. AND THEN ONCE WE CLOSE THE SURVEY, THAT INFORMATION ALSO WILL BE POSTED ON THE CITY MICROSOFT MICROSITE DEDICATED TO THIS TOPIC. THANK YOU. WE'VE MADE IT A ONE STOP RESOURCE FOR ANYONE WHO'S LOOKING FOR THE DOCUMENTATION ON THAT ONE. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS ON ITEM 1717 IS A DIFFERENT SEPARATE. CORRECT. OKAY. SO WE CAN YOU EXPLAIN THAT ONE IS BECAUSE THAT ONE IS A DIFFERENT DOLLAR AMOUNT. SO THIS WAS 16 WAS FOR GENERAL ON CALL SERVICE ON CALL SERVICES SPECIFICALLY RIGHT NOW FOR THE FOR ALL THE NEEDS THE CITY. CORRECT. OKAY. CORRECT. AND GOOD EVENING, MAYOR. MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL.

AGAIN, THE NEXT ITEM IS REALLY TIED TO THE CHROMIUM SIX PROJECT THAT WE'VE BEEN HEARING ABOUT FOR PROBABLY SOME TIME NOW. I THINK STARTING EARLY IN THE YEAR, WE PRESENTED THE DRAFT POTENTIAL RATE MODEL AND POTENTIAL RATE INCREASES BASED ON THE COST OF A PROJECT TO ADD TREATMENT TO SEVEN WELLS. ALL ALL WELLS IN THE CITY OF COACHELLA ARE BEING IMPACTED BY THIS NEW REGULATION AT THE STATE. AND SO WE ARE MANDATED BY THE STATE. WE'VE SUBMITTED A COMPLIANCE PLAN TO THE STATE THAT'S BEEN APPROVED VIA THE DIVISION OF DRINKING WATER, TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE TAKING THE RIGHT STEPS TO IMPLEMENT THIS TREATMENT IN A IN A TIMELY MANNER. WE'VE DONE A LOT OF WORK. WE'RE ALSO IN THE PROCESS OF SUBMITTING AN APPLICATION FOR POSSIBLE GRANT MONEY. SO ALL OF THIS IS KIND OF MOVING CONCURRENTLY TOGETHER WITH THE RATE STUDY YOU. WHEN WE PRESENTED. KIND OF WHERE WE'RE AT WITH WITH THE RATE STUDY, ONE OF THE COMMENTS THAT WE HEARD FROM, FROM THE COUNCIL WAS, WAS THE NEED TO HAVE PUBLIC OUTREACH, MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE ENGAGING THE COMMUNITY THAT WERE, THAT WE ARE SHARING THE INFORMATION THAT THAT, THAT WE'RE SEEING AND, AND KIND OF, YOU KNOW, MAKING SURE THAT

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[17.Authorize the Interim City Manager to Execute a Professional Services Agreement with CV Strategies in the Amount not to Exceed $55,130.00 for Proposition 218 Support]

AND SO THIS AMOUNT ITSELF WOULD FALL UNDER THE CITY MANAGER'S AUTHORITY. BUT BECAUSE IT'S ONE VENDOR AND IT EXCEEDS THAT AMOUNT, BECAUSE WE HAVE THE OTHER SCOPE OF WORK FOR THE 55,000 IS WHY IT CAME TO YOU. BUT THE WORK HAS BEEN PERFORMED. SO THIS IS TO PAY THEM FOR THE WORK THEY ALREADY DID. CORRECT. ON MONDAY, MONDAY, RIGHT LEADING UP TO IT ALL THE OUTREACH, WE HAVE THE WEBSITE BECAUSE LIKE I SAID, IT HAD JUST BEEN THE STANDALONE SCOPE OF WORK. IT WOULD HAVE FALLEN UNDER THE CITY MANAGER'S AUTHORITY UNDER 25000, WHICH THERE WOULDN'T BE A NEED TO COME TO YOU. THAT'S RIGHT. SO THE MOTION WOULD JUST BE TO MOVE FORWARD AND PAY THEM AT THIS POINT. YES. PAY THEM FOR THE WORK THEY ALREADY DID. YES.

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RIGHT. SO BECAUSE WE'RE ALSO INCLUDING THE OUTREACH FOR THE PROP 218 FOR THE $55,000, THAT'S WHY YOU'RE INCLUDING IT EXCEEDS THE 25000 AUTHORITY TO THE CITY MANAGER. RIGHT. SO THAT'S, THAT'S THE THING. HAD IT NOT BEEN ABOVE THE 25, YOU WOULDN'T EVEN BE SEEING IT BECAUSE IT FALLS WITHIN THE PROCUREMENT AUTHORITY OF THE CITY MANAGER, SIGNATORY AUTHORITY. I, IF I COULD, CITY MANAGER, I THINK I'D JUST LIKE TO ALSO ADD THAT THE PROPOSAL ON THE TABLE IS UP TO THAT AMOUNT. OBVIOUSLY, THERE HASN'T BEEN ANY INVOICING, AND SO IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT WHATEVER, WHATEVER WORKS BEEN PERFORMED IS A TOTAL AMOUNT OF THAT PROPOSAL, RIGHT? IT'S IT'S UP TO UP TO THAT. AND SO THEY IMAGINE THAT THEY WOULD INVOICE FOR, FOR SOME OF THAT WORK, BUT IT PROBABLY WON'T TOTAL THAT. ARE YOU, ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT ITEM 16 OR ITEM 17, ITEM 16, WHICH IS WHAT WE'RE DISCUSSING RIGHT NOW. SO HAVE WE RECEIVED AN INVOICE FOR. NO, BECAUSE IT'S ONLY BEEN DONE. I MEAN, THE MEETING WAS ONLY ONE DAY, SO THEY HAVEN'T INVOICE FOR IT YET. BUT I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY THAT THAT THE PROPOSAL IS UP TO AN AMOUNT. IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT WE'RE GOING TO GET AN INVOICE FOR THAT AMOUNT. YEAH.

OKAY. SO ALL WE HAVE TO PAY THEM WELL, OTHERWISE WE COME DELINQUENT. I'M IN A MOTION TO PAY THEM. ITEM NUMBER 16 IS TO PAY THEM FOR THE WORK. THEY ALREADY DID. THEY ALREADY DID THE WORK. CORRECT. SO I'LL MOTION TO TO MOVE THAT FORWARD. I'LL GO AHEAD AND SECOND JUST CLARIFYING THAT IT'S JUST TO PAY THEM WHAT IS OWED. OKAY. THERE IS A MOTION AND A SECOND JUST FOR TRANSPARENCY. I WAS JUST APPROACHED TO REQUEST IF THE COUNCIL WOULD TAKE ONE MORE COMMENT. I KNOW WE ARE PAST THAT TIME. THAT'S FINE. WE CAN TAKE THE ONE COMMENT. OKAY, THAT IS JESSICA CUNNINGHAM. OH, WRIGHTINGTON. YES, SORRY, I JUST HAD A QUICK QUESTION. I JUST WAS SITTING HERE. I'VE BEEN I'VE BEEN TO ONE MEETING SO FAR AND SO KIND OF GETTING USED TO THE CITY. I LIVE IN INDIO. I OWN A BUSINESS THERE. I HAVE A PSYCHIATRIC PRACTICE THERE. MY HUSBAND'S A DOCTOR. WE RUN MY WE HAVE EMPLOYEES. AND SO I'M KIND OF LISTENING IN ON SOME OF THESE, YOU KNOW, QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS AND STUFF. AND I THOUGHT IT WAS AMAZING THAT MAYOR FIGUEROA, YOU KNOW, YOU SAID YOU WOULDN'T HAVE VOTED ON IT. AND THEN I IT STRUCK ME AND WE WERE READING OVER THE AGENDA AND I WAS LIKE, WHY? WHY WAS IT JUST BELOW 25, 000? AND NOW I FIND OUT THAT IF IT WAS ABOVE 25,000, IT WOULD HAVE HAD TO ASK YOU GUYS FOR PERMISSION. SO I JUST THINK THAT'S SHADY. I DON'T KNOW ANYBODY, ANYBODY ELSE, BUT THAT'S SHADY AS HECK TO ME. SO IF YOU WOULDN'T HAVE VOTED ON IT, THEN NOBODY ELSE WOULD HAVE KNOWN ABOUT IT. SO THAT'S WEIRD. JUST SAYING. THAT'S MY COMMENT. THANK YOU, MR. GONZALEZ. JUST YOU DID CLARIFY ABOUT THE PROCUREMENT PROCESS, RIGHT? CITY MANAGER HAS AN AUTHORITY UP TO $25,000. AND BUT IT'S YOUR DISCRETION IF YOU SOMETIMES THEY BRING EVEN $2,000 PURCHASES TO THE DAIS TO BE VOTED ON. SO YOU HAVE THEY HAVE DONE THAT BEFORE. SO IT JUST DEPENDS ON THE DISCRETION AND THE NEED. RIGHT? CORRECT. YEAH. A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND TOO ON CONSULTING. IT'S USUALLY TIME AND MATERIAL, RIGHT? IT'S SOMETHING LIKE THIS.

YOU KNOW, THE CONSULTANTS ARE GOING TO KNOW IT'S NOT A FIXED PRICE IN TERMS OF EXACTLY HOW MANY HOURS OR HOW MUCH WORK IS GOING TO GO IN PREPARATION OR THE WORKSHOP ITSELF. SO IT'S UP TO AN AMOUNT. AND SO THAT'S TYPICALLY HOW TIME AND MATERIAL AGREEMENTS ARE USUALLY DONE IS UP TO A CERTAIN AMOUNT. SO IN THIS CASE, IT WAS RIGHT BELOW THE 25000 BECAUSE WE DIDN'T WORK TALKING WITH THE CONSULTANT, WE THOUGHT THAT WAS UP TO AN APPROXIMATE AMOUNT THAT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE FOR THE TYPE OF WORK THAT WE WERE DOING ON A TIME AND MATERIAL BASIS. OKAY. THANK YOU. THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND. ANGELA, YOU WANT TO TAKE ROLL? YES.

COUNCIL MEMBER PEREZ. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. DELGADO. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. YES. MAYOR FIGUEROA, I ABSTAIN FROM THE ITEM. OKAY. MOTION CARRIES WITH A THREE ZERO VOTE. ONE

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SO THAT LEFT AN OPERATING SHORTFALL OF ONLY ABOUT 390,000. FOR OUR GOVERNMENTAL FUNDS, THERE WAS A SHORTFALL OF ABOUT $6.1 MILLION, BUT WE HAD CAPITAL OUTLAY OF $20 MILLION.

SO OVERALL, OUR GOVERNMENTAL NET POSITION INCREASED EVEN THOUGH WE HAD A NET LOSS FOR THE YEAR. AND THAT'S BECAUSE THERE WAS AN INCREASE IN CAPITAL ASSETS THAT CAUSED NET POSITION TO GO UP. EVEN THOUGH OUR OPERATING OPERATIONS HAD A LOSS, OUR UNRESTRICTED NET POSITION FELL BY 6.5 MILLION. BUT OUR RESTRICTED NET POSITION FOR ALL GOVERNMENTAL FUNDS ROSE BY 5.1 MILLION. AND OUR NET INVESTMENT IN CAPITAL ASSETS INCREASED BY 11.86 MILLION. NET INVESTMENT IN CAPITAL ASSETS IS THE VALUE OF YOUR CAPITAL ASSETS, MINUS ANY RELATED DEBT OR OUTSTANDING LIABILITIES THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE, AS WELL AS ACCUMULATED DEPRECIATION. THE GENERAL FUND FUND BALANCE. YOU CAN SEE THAT OUR UNASSIGNED FELL, BUT THE ASSIGNED COMMITTED AND NON SPENDABLE ALL ROSE. OUR UNASSIGNED FUND BALANCE WAS ALSO REDUCED FOR AN ASSIGNMENT FOR CAPITAL PROJECTS THAT ARE BEING DONE THIS YEAR. THAT WILL BE RELEASED UPON PROJECT COMPLETION. OUR GOVERNMENTAL FUNDS FUND BALANCES. OUR UNASSIGNED FUND BALANCE WENT NEGATIVE. BUT OUR OUR NON SPENDABLE WENT UP. THAT HAD TO DO WITH LONG TERM ITEMS AND ASSIGNMENTS. AGAIN FROM THE GENERAL FUND. SO HERE'S OUR CITY WIDE NET CAPITAL ASSETS.

AS YOU CAN SEE, OUR GOVERNMENTAL CAPITAL ASSETS ROSE BY $12 MILLION YEAR OVER YEAR. AND OUR BUSINESS TYPE OR ENTERPRISE WATER AND WASTEWATER CAPITAL ASSETS INCREASED BY ABOUT THREE. SO AN OVERVIEW OF THE ENTERPRISE OPERATIONS. WATER HAD AN OPERATING NET LOSS OF JUST OVER $300,000, BUT THEY HAD A POSITIVE CHANGE IN NET POSITION OF $785,000 IN SANITARY. THEY HAD AN OPERATING NET INCOME OF 1.3 MILLION, AND A CHANGE IN NET POSITION OF 1.9.

AGAIN, THOSE ARE DUE TO CAPITALIZATION OF OF ASSETS THAT WERE COMPLETED. WITH THAT SAID, I'D LIKE TO INVITE OUR AUDITOR, SOPHIA KUO, FROM THE PUNE GROUP TO PROVIDE SOME BACKGROUND FROM THE AUDITOR'S PERSPECTIVE. SURE. THANK YOU, LINCOLN, AND I HOPE EVERYBODY CAN HEAR ME. OKAY. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. MY NAME IS SOPHIA COLE FROM THE GROUP. I'M HERE ALSO TO DISCUSS THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED JUNE 30TH, 2025 AND ANNUAL INDEPENDENT AND EXTERNAL AUDITOR AUDITS. AND IF YOU GUYS DON'T MIND IF I CAN SHARE MY SCREEN, THAT WOULD BE

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SO THE SIGNIFICANT ESTIMATE ESTIMATES INCLUDE THE INVESTMENT REPORTED AT FAIR MARKET VALUE, DEPRECIATION, AMORTIZATION ON CAPITAL ASSETS, PENSION LIABILITY AND ALSO THE POST-EMPLOYMENT BENEFIT LIABILITY RELATED RETIREE MEDICAL AND COMPENSATED ABSENCES, WHICH CAME FROM GATSBY 101 IMPLEMENTATION AND COUPLE SENSITIVE DISCLOSURES.

WE ALSO RECOMMEND THE READER TO REVIEW THAT. THAT INCLUDES THE NOTE ONE FINANCIAL REPORTING ENTITY, AND ALSO THE SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES. AND NOTE THREE B ADVANCES RELATED TO THE AMONG DIFFERENT FUNDS AND 1112 PENSION AND OPEB RELATED AND 15 INDIVIDUAL FUND DISCLOSURES. NOTE 16 CHANGES TO OR WITHIN THE FINANCIAL REPORTING ENTITIES OR RESTATEMENT. AND THERE WERE NO UNCORRECTED MISSTATEMENTS NOTED DURING THE AUDIT. AND TO THE BEST OF OUR KNOWLEDGE, WE DIDN'T NOTICE ANY CONSULTATION FROM MANAGEMENT TO OTHER CONSULTANTS RELATED TO AUDITING PROCEDURES THAT WE PERFORMED, AND WE ENCOUNTERED NO SIGNIFICANT DIFFICULTIES IN DEALING WITH MANAGEMENT. WE DID NOT ALSO HAVE ANY DISAGREEMENT WITH THE MANAGEMENT IN TERMS OF ACCOUNTING, TREATMENTS OR ANY OTHER PROCEDURES THAT WE PERFORMED. SO THIS WILL BRING ME TO THE FINANCIAL AUDIT RESULT. SO WE HAVE ISSUED A MODIFIED OPINION WHICH IS ALSO KNOWN AS CLEAN OPINION. THAT MEANS THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ARE FAIRLY PRESENTED IN ALL MATERIAL RESPECTS. ALL THE SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES HAVE BEEN CONSISTENTLY APPLIED AND ACCOUNTING ESTIMATES ARE REASONABLE. DISCLOSURES ARE PROPERLY REFLECTED IN THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. SO THIS WILL CONCLUDE WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO GO THROUGH TONIGHT, AND WE WILL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE.

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OKAY. NOW IS IT A PHONE RECEIVER? IT'S A RECEIVER. OKAY. THANK YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER 24, PROFESSIONAL SERVICE AGREEMENT WITH ALBERT A WEB ASSOCIATES IN THE AMOUNT OF 59,828 TO PROVIDE THE PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERING SERVICE FOR THE AVENUE 50 WIDENING PROJECT STREET 93. YEAH. PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR IS MAKING THAT PRESENTATION. OKAY. SO THIS IS FOR A PROFESSIONAL SERVICE AGREEMENT WITH ALBERT, A WEB AND ASSOCIATES THE COUNTY AND INDIO SEVERAL YEARS AGO ENTERED INTO A COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT WHERE THEY ARE DOING IMPROVEMENTS TO JACKSON AND THE INTERSECTIONS OF JACKSON AVENUE AND JACKSON AND AVENUE 52. THEY'RE PUTTING A TRAFFIC SIGNALS. THEY'RE WIDENING THE STREETS TO CURB VETERAN SIDEWALK. SO AS PART OF THAT PROJECT, THEY WOULD THEY'RE GOING TO BE PUTTING IN CURB, GUTTER AND SIDEWALK TO WHERE THE OLD LIMITS WERE OF WHAT USED TO BE THE COUNTY, WHICH IS THE BLUE LINE THERE NEAR THE TOP AND THE CITY. WE HAVE A SIMILAR PROJECT THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON WITH CVAG, WITH THE AVENUE 50 WIDENING, AND WE'VE NOW COMPLETED OUR SECTION FROM COLONIA ALL THE WAY TO DEL ORO PARK. AND YOU CAN SEE THAT'S A SECTION IN GREEN. BUT BECAUSE WE HAD OUR TWO SEPARATE PROJECTS, THERE WAS A SMALL GAP BETWEEN THE TWO PROJECTS. AND THAT'S THAT SECTION IN PURPLE. LET ME GO TO ANOTHER PICTURE.

THIS KIND OF GIVES YOU A BETTER EXAMPLE. SO THE THE GAP BETWEEN THE INDIO. DO YOU HAVE A QUESTION, MA'AM? YES, ANDREW. WE'RE WE'RE GOING TO APPROVE. WE HAVE TO APPROVE THIS. RIGHT.

WE DON'T HAVE TO APPROVE IT. NO, BUT THIS IS WHAT WHAT IT'S BRINGING US. THE REASON WHY I'M SAYING THIS BECAUSE I THINK I'M GOING TO ABSTAIN. I DON'T LIVE TOO FAR FROM FROM THERE. SO I THINK I'M GOING TO ABSTAIN FROM IT FOR THE RECORD. OH, OKAY. I'LL NOTE THAT FOR THE RECORD.

COUNCIL MEMBER. OKAY. OKAY. SO TO CONTINUE, THERE'S A GAP BETWEEN THE TWO PROJECTS BETWEEN THE JOINT PROJECT FROM INDIO AND THE COUNTY AND OUR COMPLETED PROJECT. THIS IS A CLOSE UP OF THE VIEW. SO YOU CAN SEE THE SIDEWALK DEAD ENDS AT COLONIA. THERE'S A LARGE VACANT LOT ON THE SOUTH SIDE, WHICH IS WITHIN THE CITY OF COACHELLA, AND A SMALL PORTION OF UNFINISHED SIDEWALK AND ASPHALT ON THE NORTH SIDE. ALBERT, A WEB IS DOING ALL OF THE ENGINEERING FOR THE JOINT INDIO AND COUNTY PROJECT, SO WE SELECTED THEM. THAT WAY WE CAN HAVE CONTINUITY WITH THE DESIGN, WITH THE SURVEY SO THAT WE CAN GET THE TIE IN FROM THE COUNTY PROJECT INTO OUR PROJECT. THIS WILL BE TIED INTO OUR STREET 93 PROJECT, WHICH DOES STILL HAVE BUDGET TIED TO IT. SO AS FAR AS THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT WOULD BE HAPPENING IN THAT SMALL SECTION, IT WOULD BE SIMILAR TO WHAT WE'VE ALREADY DONE ON AVENUE 50, WITH THE WIDENING TWO LANES IN EACH DIRECTION. NICE MEDIANS. SO THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS THAT WE AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE A PROFESSIONAL SERVICE AGREEMENT WITH OUR A WEB IN THE AMOUNT OF 59 828 FOR PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERING SERVICES. THIS IS JUST THE DESIGN PORTION, AND THERE IS NO FISCAL IMPACT FOR THE APPROPRIATIONS BECAUSE THIS FUNDING IS ALREADY INCLUDED IN OUR FISCAL YEAR 2526 CIP BUDGET. AND AS FAR AS THE APPROPRIATIONS, WE DO HAVE THE AGREEMENT WITH SD 93, WHERE CVAG COVERS 75% OF IT, AND WE WOULD BE USING OUR SB ONE FUND 109 FOR OUR 25% PORTION. THANK YOU. ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS? ANGELA? I DO HAVE ONE PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM. JAMES RODRIGUEZ, MR. RODRIGUEZ. GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL. JAMES RODRIGUEZ AND THE REASON THAT I HAVE THE COMMENT ON THIS IS BECAUSE THIS VERY SMALL SLIVER

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EVERYBODY THAT'S COMING FROM, YOU KNOW, THE I-10 IN ARIZONA WILL COME RIGHT OFF THE 50. GO RIGHT NEXT LA ENTRADA, GO RIGHT DOWN AVENUE 50 AND STRAIGHT TO THE ACTUAL POLO GROUNDS. SO WE SEE THE PLANTS, WE SEE WHAT'S GOING ON. BUT IS IT RECESSION PROOF? ARE WE BUILDING A STADIUM FOR A TEAM THAT'S ABOUT TO LEAVE? THAT'S MY QUESTION. AND I KNOW THAT THEY HAVE, YOU KNOW, VERY SMALL, LITTLE TINY SEGMENTS OF PROJECTS THAT DO MAKE SENSE TO US, BUT HOW THEY PIECE TOGETHER IN THE OVERALL BENEFIT OF PUBLIC FUNDS TO PRIVATE INDUSTRIES OR LOCAL PRIVATE DEVELOPERS HAS TO BE ADDRESSED. IT HAS TO BE SOMETHING THAT WE LOOK AT AS WELL. AND YOU CAN'T JUST GIVE US THE COOKIE ON THE TOP THAT SAYS, YOU KNOW, THIS IS ALL THE FROSTING. IT'S GOING TO BE GREAT FOR US, BUT THE REAL SUSTENANCE UNDERNEATH IS IT'S GOING TO CONNECT THE GRID. IT'S GOING TO BE IMPROVEMENTS THAT ARE PAID FOR IN VARIOUS WAYS.

EVENTUALLY BY US THAT WILL BENEFIT PRIVATE INDUSTRY. GOLDENVOICE, GIVE THEM A NICE LITTLE AREA, GIVE THEM AN EASY ACCESS ROUTE TO THEN OUR DETRIMENT BECAUSE VEHICLES MILES TRAVELED THE LOCAL SHORT TERM RENTALS. THE POSSIBILITY OF ALL OF THAT DESIGN GOING TO NOTHING IF GOLDENVOICE LEAVES THE AREA, OR IF FESTIVAL SEASONS BECOME OUT OF FASHION.

SO YOU CAN IMPROVE THIS. BUT JUST KEEP IN MIND HOW YOU GUYS ARE PIECEMEALING A LOT OF THESE OVERALL DESIGNS. THANK YOU, MR. RODRIGUEZ. I DO NOT HAVE ANY MORE SPEAKER FORMS FOR THIS ITEM. IS THERE ANYONE ON ZOOM? THERE'S ANYBODY ON ZOOM? PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. THEY'RE DONE.

OKAY. COUNCIL, ANY COMMENTS ON THIS PROJECT. SO IT'S THE PROFESSIONAL. IT'S JUST TO DO IT'S THAT SLIVER, RIGHT? THAT PURPLE SLIVER. YES. THE DESIGN SERVICES FOR THE CONNECTION POINT. BUT THIS IS JUST DESIGN. JUST DESIGN. OKAY. THERE'S NO AND THE DESIGN WILL ALSO INCLUDE THE RIGHT OF WAY NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE PROPERTY TO THE SOUTH AS WELL. OKAY.

WHICH IS, WHICH IS PART OF THE DESIGN PHASE OF THE PROJECT. OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? IF NOT, I ENTERTAIN A MOTION. I, I GUESS I'LL, I'LL JUST SAY. A LOT OF TIMES WHEN WE'RE DOING THESE IMPROVEMENTS AND I WANT TO SHARE THIS BECAUSE ONE OF THE SPEAKERS JUST MENTIONED IT RIGHT NOW, AND I THINK IT'S APPROPRIATE. AND IT DOES MAKE SENSE. A LOT OF TIMES WE THINK ABOUT THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE'RE GOING TO DO IN OUR CITY. WHO DO THEY BENEFIT AND WHO ARE THEY CATERING AT THE END OF THE DAY. BUT I DO THINK THAT ANYTIME WE DO ANY KIND OF ROAD IMPROVEMENTS, ANYTIME THAT WE DO THESE TYPE OF IMPROVEMENTS IN COLLABORATION WITH OTHER ENTITIES, WHICH IT IS VERY DIFFICULT TO DO, IT'S HARD TO KIND OF GET EVERYBODY AT THE SAME PLACE AT THE SAME TIME. IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE FOR US. DOES IT MAKE SENSE FOR THEM? AND I'M TALKING ABOUT THE OTHER JURISDICTIONS THAT ARE INVOLVED. IT TAKES TIME AND IT TAKES A LOT OF PATIENCE. SO. AT THE END OF THE DAY, I DO BELIEVE THAT ANY KIND OF IMPROVEMENT THAT WE DO TO OUR CITY, IT'S GOING TO BENEFIT THE RESIDENTS. IF IT'S ROAD IMPROVEMENTS, THAT SORT OF THING. SO I'M FOR IT. I THINK THAT IT'S IT'S GOOD THAT WE'RE GOING IN THIS DIRECTION. WILL IT HELP SUPPORT OTHERS THAT MIGHT USE OR WILL USE THAT AREA? ABSOLUTELY. I'M SURE IT WILL AT

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RIGHT NOW THEY ARE ACTUALLY FINISHING UP THEIR RIGHT OF WAY ACQUISITIONS ON THEIR PORTIONS AS WELL. AND WE WANT TO DO OUR DESIGN SEPARATELY. I'M HOPING THAT THE GOAL IS THAT OUR DESIGN AND THEIR DESIGN WILL BE DONE CONCURRENTLY, AND THEN WE WOULD ENTER INTO A COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT WITH CVAG, THE COUNTY AND INDIO, SO THAT CONSTRUCTION CAN HAPPEN ALL AT ONCE. THAT WAY WE HAVE LESS IMPACT TO THE RESIDENTS WHEN CONSTRUCTION OCCURS. SO THAT'S THE REASON WE WANT TO MOVE ON THE DESIGN NOW, SO THAT OUR DESIGN AND RIGHT OF WAY IS FINISHED AT THE SAME TIME OR BEFORE THEM, SO THAT WE CAN MOVE THE PROJECT TOGETHER AS ONE PROJECT, BUT THAT'LL BE DECIDED IN THE FUTURE, AND IT WILL DEPEND ON THE RIGHT OF WAY NEGOTIATIONS BETWEEN BOTH OUR PROJECTS AND THEIR PROJECT. RIGHT. AND I MENTIONED THAT BECAUSE SOMETIMES AND I HEAR THEM, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO STREET IMPROVEMENTS, THERE'S SO MANY IMPROVEMENTS THAT NEED TO BE MADE IN THE CITY OF COACHELLA AND WHERE TO PRIORITIZE IT. AND, YOU KNOW, THE SELECTION PROCESS, WHICH NOW WE DO HAVE THAT STUDY THAT'S AVAILABLE ALSO TO THE COMMUNITY, THE RATING SYSTEM, AND THE PRIORITIZATION OF WHAT STREETS. BUT I, I MENTIONED THE OTHER AGENCIES BECAUSE AT TIMES LIKE THIS, IF WE WOULD HAVE TAKEN IT ON, ON OUR OWN, IT WOULD HAVE BEEN A LOT MORE EXPENSIVE. SO CVAG IS TAKING ON 6 MILLION, 7 MILLION, AND THEN WHATEVER INDIO AND THEN THE COUNTY ARE DOING FOR THEIR IMPROVEMENTS. THEN, YOU KNOW, WE WE DO SAVE A LOT OF MONEY WHEN WE'RE DOING A MULTI AGENCY THAT WAY. INSTEAD OF US HAVING TO DO ALL THE IMPROVEMENTS ON OUR OWN, WHICH WOULD HAVE BEEN OVER 10 MILLION, AND WE ACTUALLY ARE GETTING TREMENDOUS BENEFIT FROM THIS PROJECT BECAUSE THE THIS IS THE AREA THAT WAS RECENTLY ANNEXED. SO BECAUSE THE AGREEMENT WITH THE COUNTY IN INDIO WAS ENTERED INTO IN THIS PROJECT WAS STARTED PRIOR TO THE ANNEXATION. THE COUNTY IS STILL MOVING FORWARD WITH THE CONTINUATION OF THE PROJECT, THE CONTINUANCE OF THE RIGHT OF WAY ACQUISITION AND THE CONTINUATION OF THE CONSTRUCTION. EVEN THOUGH THAT PORTION OF THE ROAD IS NOW WITHIN THE CITY OF COACHELLA. SO, YOU KNOW, THEY'VE BEEN COLLECTING FUNDS FOR A LONG TIME. THEY STILL ARE COLLECTING THOSE. SO THEY'RE STILL MOVING FORWARD WITH THAT PROJECT. SO WE GET A LOT OF ADDITIONAL BENEFIT WHERE WE'RE DOING A SMALL SLIVER, BUT A LOT OF THESE IMPROVEMENTS ARE ACTUALLY BEING BUILT IN AN AREA THAT ARE CURRENTLY ANNEXED INTO THE CITY.

AND RELATIVE TO THE BENEFIT TO THE RESIDENTS. I MEAN, THERE WAS THAT CHURCH RIGHT THERE IN THE CORNER. SO HAVING THAT PEDESTRIAN ACCESS, BECAUSE THIS WILL ALL HAVE THE CURB, GUTTER AND SIDEWALK, THERE'S GOING TO BE DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS. SO THEY'LL BE SUBSURFACE DRAINAGE.

SO IT'S GOING TO HELP WITH STORMWATER, AND IT'S GOING TO PROVIDE THAT PEDESTRIAN ACCESS FROM ALL OF THE RESIDENTS IN OUR ANNEX AREA TO BE ABLE TO GET TO OUR MARKET, TO GET TO OTHER SHOPPING AREAS IN TOWN, AND ALSO HELP OUR RESIDENTS BE ABLE TO HAVE THAT WALKING CORRIDOR TO THE CHURCH. IT'S RIGHT THERE ON THE CORNER. SO IT DOES DEFINITELY PROVIDE A LOT OF BENEFIT TO THE RESIDENTS. AND I WILL ALSO SAY OVER THE PAST 4 OR 5 YEARS, I HAVE GOTTEN CALLS MINIMUM FIVE, SIX TIMES A YEAR, WITH RESIDENTS ASKING THE CITY TO PUT IN A TRAFFIC SIGNAL AT AVENUE 50 AND AND JACKSON. IT'S A VERY HIGH TRAFFIC CORNER. PEOPLE HAVE COMPLAINED FOR YEARS ABOUT THE TRAFFIC SAFETY AT THAT CORNER, SO THIS IS A VERY VALUABLE IMPROVEMENT TO THE RESIDENTS, TO THE TRAFFIC CIRCULATION FOR FOR, YOU KNOW, FOR EVERYONE WHO LIVES RIGHT THERE. THANK YOU FOR THAT EXPLANATION. ANDREW. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. OKAY.

THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND COUNCILWOMAN, A MOTION. OKAY. I'LL TAKE ROLL. AND JUST NOTE FOR THE RECORD THAT COUNCIL MEMBER PEREZ RECUSED HERSELF FROM THIS ITEM. COUNCILMEMBER DELGADO YES, COUNCIL MEMBER BERGEN, MAYOR FIGUEROA, I OKAY, WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE AUTHORIZED ITEM 25. AUTHORIZE A DIRECT PURCHASE OF SHADE STRUCTURE FROM THE USA SHADE IN THE AMOUNT OF 101,178 140 $0.03 AND PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT FROM DAVE BANG ASSOCIATES INC IN THE AMOUNT OF 400,000 870,650 $0.02 FOR THE AVENUE 52 TOT LOT CITY PROJECT P-29. HOPEFULLY, THE STAFF REPORT SAID AVENUE 53, NOT 52. BUT THAT'S OKAY. IF IT SAYS 52, THAT WOULD BE A TYPO.

SO I'VE BROUGHT THIS PROJECT TO YOU MANY TIMES, AND WE WERE HOPING TO BE DONE WITH THIS PROJECT BY NOW. BUT IN ORDER TO ENHANCE THE PROJECT, YOU KNOW, WE'VE PROPOSED A ROUNDABOUT ON THE PROJECT AND WE DID AN AMENDMENT TO THE AGREEMENT IN ORDER TO GET THE FUNDING FOR

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AND THIS IS ALL COMPLETELY GRANT FUNDED AS WELL. AND ANOTHER ITEM THAT WE'VE ADDED TO THIS PROJECT DEPARTMENT, AND WE'RE GOING TO BE INCLUDING SOME SANITATION FUNDS WITHIN THE PROJECT SO THAT WE CAN UPSIZE AND IMPROVE A THE SEWER MAIN THAT GOES THROUGH THERE, BECAUSE WE DO HAVE SOME SEWER MAIN CAPACITY ISSUES ON AVENUE 53. SO, YOU KNOW, THIS IS A GOOD JOINT PROJECT BETWEEN TCC, BETWEEN OUR SANITATION DEPARTMENT, YOU KNOW, TO FINALLY REBUILD THIS PARK. FOR THIS PARTICULAR ITEM. WE'VE DONE THIS WITH A LOT OF OTHER PROJECTS. WE NEED OUR BAG DUMA RESTAURANT PROJECTS AND OUR LIGHTS. WHEN WE HAVE THESE KIND OF LARGER FURNITURE TYPE OF ITEMS, WE LIKE TO, WE CAN PURCHASE THEM AHEAD OF TIME. IT SAVES TIME ON PRODUCTION BY ORDERING THEM. NOW IT GETS THEM DELIVERED. IT GETS THEM INTO PRODUCTION SO THAT THEY WILL BE HERE IN TIME FOR CONSTRUCTION. AND IT HELPS US FAST TRACK THE DELIVERY AND MAKE SURE THAT WE GET THIS PARK OPENED QUICKLY. SO WE'RE GOING TO THERE'S MULTIPLE SHADE STRUCTURES THAT ARE GOING TO BE PLACED ON THE PARK. THERE'S GOING TO BE SOME BENCHES, THERE'S GOING TO BE SOME PICNIC TABLES. YOU KNOW, IN OUR COMMUNITY, HAVING SHADE IS A PREMIUM. SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE SOME OF THESE CANTILEVERED HIP SHADE STRUCTURES OVER THE PICNIC AREAS AND TABLES. AND THEN FOR THE PLAYGROUND, THIS IS AN ACTUAL RENDERING OF THE PLAYGROUND THAT WE WILL BE ORDERING. THIS ISN'T A GENERIC PICTURE. SO IT'S GOING TO HAVE THE, THE, THE SAILS. IT'S GOING TO HAVE ALL OF THE EQUIPMENT. SO THIS IS WHAT IS BEING ORDERED. IT COMES WITH THE FLOORING AND EVERYTHING FOR THE PRICE THAT WE'RE ORDERING. SO YOU CAN SEE THIS IS THE, YOU KNOW, NICE EQUIPMENT THAT WILL BE PUT IN. AND SO RIGHT NOW WE'RE JUST LOOKING TO PRE ORDER THE SHADE STRUCTURES FROM USA SHADE FOR A TOTAL OF $101,000.

17843 AND WE'RE LOOKING TO PRE ORDER THE PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT FROM DAVE BING ASSOCIATES IN THE AMOUNT OF 408 76. THIS IS ALL FOR THE AVENUE 53 TOT LOT. AND AGAIN THERE IS NO FISCAL IMPACT. THESE ARE ALREADY BUDGETED IN OUR FISCAL YEAR 2526 BUDGET. AND THE CIP IS FUNDED THROUGH THE TCC GRANT. ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS? ANGELA? I DO NOT HAVE ANY PUBLIC PUBLIC COMMENTS FOR THIS ITEM. IS THERE ANYONE ON ZOOM? NO ONE ON ZOOM. ANY COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL? WINTERING IN A ROUNDABOUT THERE? THE ROUNDABOUT IS PART OF THIS PROJECT THAT IS FULLY INCLUDED.

THAT'S WHAT THE AMENDMENT TO SGC WAS. YEAH. SO I DIDN'T INCLUDE THE ROUNDABOUT IN THIS PRESENTATION BECAUSE THIS PRESENTATION WAS JUST ABOUT THE SHADE STRUCTURES AND THE PLAYGROUND. BUT WHEN I COME BACK TO AWARD THE CONTRACT IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS OR MONTHS, I WILL DEFINITELY HAVE SOME VERY NICE RENDERINGS OF THE ROUNDABOUT AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT AS WELL. SO IN AVENUE 53, THERE'S AND WE HAVE SPEEDING PROBLEMS EVERYWHERE, BUT THAT HAS BEEN A POINT OF FOCUS AS WELL. SO WITH THE FUNDING WE WERE ABLE TO PUT A ROUNDABOUT THERE. SO NOW, YOU KNOW, USUALLY SPEED BUMPS JUST KIND OF SLOWS THEM DOWN AND THEY SPEED UP AGAIN, JUST KIND OF FORCES A ROUNDABOUT. AND THEN SO IT IS SOMETHING THAT IT IS MUCH NEEDED, NOT JUST THE TOT LOT, BUT I'M HAPPY TO GET THAT ROUNDABOUT. ARE YOU GOING TO RED CURVE THAT THE PARKING IN FRONT OF THE IN FRONT OF THE TOT LOT. THE FRONT PART. WHEN YOU DO THE WHEN YOU DO THE ROUNDABOUT, NOT THE WHOLE AREA. SO THERE WILL STILL BE SOME PARKING KIND OF TOWARDS THE BACKSIDE RIGHT THERE AT THE CORNER. OBVIOUSLY IT HAS TO BE RED CURVED WHEN YOU APPROACH THE LAW. YEAH, YEAH. BUT WE DO WANT TO MAKE SURE WE STILL HAVE SOME PARKING IN FRONT OF THE TOT LOT BECAUSE NOT EVERYONE WANTS TO WALK THERE. WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR FAMILIES TO DRIVE AND USE THE PLAYGROUND AREA AS WELL. SO THERE'LL BE THE WHAT THE LAW REQUIRES THOSE CORNER RED LOT, THE CORNER.

YEAH. SO THAT JUST FOR VISIBILITY, BECAUSE I THINK FOR LIKE FAMILIES THAT, YOU KNOW, AND WE HAVE THE FENCE. SO THAT WAY THEY CAN VISUALLY SEE LIKE, OKAY, WHERE'S THE CROSSING AND STUFF LIKE THAT. YES. OKAY. COUNCIL. YES. I USUALLY I ASK IF THERE IS SOMEONE IN THE, IN THE AUDIENCE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK. AND I BELIEVE I DID NOT DO THAT THIS TIME. SOMEONE CAME UP AND PROVIDED ME WITH THEIR SLIP. THAT'S FINE. OKAY. WE CAN HAVE THEM SPEAK. THANK YOU.

IT'S LORETTA PEREZ. HI, I'M LORETTA PEREZ. I THINK MY CONCERN IS THAT WE DO HAVE A

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SO THIS DOES HAVE FULL ADA ACCESSIBILITY TO ALL THE TABLES, ALL THE BENCHES AND WITHIN THE PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT. AND THEN THE ENHANCED SENSORY ITEMS ARE PART OF OUR LARGER PARK PROJECT.

I KNOW WE'RE NOT DISCUSSING THE DESIGN BUT IS THE DESIGN COMPLETE? YES IT IS COMPLETE.

YES. AND HOW AND AGAIN, I KNOW WE'RE A LITTLE BIT OFF TOPIC RIGHT NOW BECAUSE WE'RE ACTUALLY SUPPOSED TO BE DISCUSSING THE, THE SHADE. BUT, BUT HOW FEASIBLE WOULD IT BE TO GO BACK AND INCORPORATE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WERE MENTIONED RIGHT NOW WHEN IT COMES TO.

YEAH, OUR KIDS. YEAH. LIKE SWAP OUT SOME OF THE, HOW FEASIBLE IS IT TO GO BACK AND CHANGE THE DESIGN, THE SWINGS? YEAH. IS MY QUESTION. IS IT WITHIN LIKE, IF YOU COULD MAKE IT WORK WITHIN THAT BUDGET, LIKE THEY COULD ADD LIKE ONE SWING OR TWO SWINGS IN THERE THAT ARE MAYBE, I DON'T KNOW, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE FEASIBILITY IS. I ACTUALLY BELIEVE YOU CAN SEE ON THE PICTURE HOW THERE'S THE THREE SWINGS AND THERE'S THE ONE OFF TO THE SIDE THAT'S KIND OF LOWER. YES, I BELIEVE THAT ACTUALLY IS SUPPOSED TO BE AN 80 SWING. I THINK IN THE PICTURE THAT JUST KIND OF SHOWING LIKE THE KIDS SWING, BUT I ACTUALLY BELIEVE THAT IS AN ADA ACCESSIBLE SWING. BUT WE CAN LOOK AT THAT AND I CAN CONFIRM THAT IF WE IF IT IS NOT INCLUDED, THEN WE CAN, WE CAN ADJUST THAT AND MAKE SURE THAT WHEN WE PLACE THE ORDER THAT WE INCLUDE THE ADA ACCESSIBLE SWING ON THE ON OUR THREE SWING SET. THANK YOU. YEAH, I THINK SHE, I MEAN, SHE BRINGS UP A GOOD POINT. THAT IS TRUE. THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD BE THINKING ABOUT WHENEVER WE ARE TAKING A LOOK AT THE DESIGNS AND THE OPTIONS THAT ARE PRESENTED TO US. AND THEN GOING BACK TO THE SHADE, HOW MANY SHADE STRUCTURES ARE YOU GOING TO ORDER WITH THIS? I BELIEVE IT'S FOUR. THERE'S FOUR THAT ARE INCLUDED. YEAH, YEAH.

AND THE QUALITY OF THE SHADE, HOW HOW IS IT? AND I ASK BECAUSE WE LIVE IN THE DESERT AND WHAT WE CONSIDER SHADE IS LIKE, I MEAN, THIS WOULD A LOT OF THE SHADE THAT WE HAVE, AND I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT OUR PARKS SPECIFICALLY, I'M SAYING THROUGHOUT THE VALLEY, A LOT OF THE SHADE THAT WE HAVE WOULD BE WONDERFUL IN LIKE OAK OR OTHER COUNTIES, OTHER AREAS. THEY DON'T ALWAYS NECESSARILY WORK FOR US HERE. SO HOW ARE WE THINKING ABOUT THAT WITH THE SHADE STRUCTURES WE HAVE HERE? SO THE SHADE STRUCTURE WE ORDER, THEY ARE THE THE LARGER CANTILEVERED ONES. SO THEY'RE MUCH BIGGER THAN THE BENCH. OKAY. I'VE NOTICED ON SOME OF THE ONES WE'VE HAD, WE HAVE LIKE THESE LITTLE SHADE STRUCTURES, SAME SIZE AS THE BENCH. AND UNLESS YOU'RE SITTING THERE AT 1:00 IN THE AFTERNOON, IT DOESN'T ACTUALLY PROVIDE SHADE BECAUSE JUST CAST SHADE TO THE SIDE. SO THESE ARE KIND OF OVERSIZE LARGER STRUCTURES. AND BY HAVING THE HEAVIER CANVAS TOP, THEY DO PROVIDE THAT KIND OF LIKE NICE, KIND OF MORE SUBSTANTIAL SHADE THAN, YOU KNOW, LIKE A SLAT SYSTEM WOULD WHERE IT'S ONLY KIND OF A PARTIAL SHADE. THE SLAT SYSTEMS, LIKE YOU SAID, LOOK REALLY NICE AT THE BEACH.

BUT HERE WE KIND OF WANT THE, THE MORE HEAVY CONTINUOUS SHADE. AND THEN ALSO BY HAVING IT BE A CANTILEVER STRUCTURE THAT HELPS REALLY MAKE SURE YOU PUT THE SHADE OVER THE BENCH. SO THE SHADE IS ACTUALLY ON THE BENCH WHERE THE PEOPLE ARE SITTING, AND NOT JUST SHADING THE PLANTS THAT ARE FIVE FEET AWAY, BUT THE SHAPE THAT WE HAVE HERE THAT I THE DESIGN, IF YOU CAN GO BACK TO IT, THAT'S GOING TO GO OVER THE PLAYGROUND. OH, THE SHADE STRUCTURES, THE SHADE STRUCTURES. YES. THAT ONE. OKAY. SO YEAH, SO THE WHOLE PLAYGROUND, THE ENTIRE PLAYGROUND IS SHADED. OKAY, GOOD. THAT PLASTIC FLOOR, IS IT LIKE A COOLING ONE WHERE IT

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COUNCIL MEMBER BECAME MAYOR. FIGUEROA. I THINK WE ALREADY TOOK ON ITEM NUMBER 26. THAT WAS EARLIER. NOW WE'RE AT ITEM 27. UTILITIES DIRECTOR, MR. ESTRADA, COMPREHENSIVE WATER AND WATER WASTEWATER RATE STUDY UPDATE. PROPOSED COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. GOOD EVENING.

COUNCIL. AS WE JUST MENTIONED EARLIER, CB STRATEGIES DID PROVIDE A PROPOSAL FOR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT RELATED TO PROP 218 RATE STUDIES. AND THEY HAVE A PRESENTATION THAT OUTLINES THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THAT OUTREACH. SO I'LL CALL UP CB STRATEGIES TO PROVIDE THAT PRESENTATION. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. WE DO HAVE WE DID HAVE A PRESENTATION HERE FOR YOU FOR THE 218 TONIGHT. BUT BASED ON WHAT'S BEEN HAPPENING HERE, I'D LIKE TO ADDRESS THAT AND ADDRESS THE FACT THAT CB STRATEGIES HAS BEEN WORKING WITH THE CITY OF COACHELLA BEFORE THIS COUNCIL AND BEFORE THIS STAFF, AND WE HOLD SO MUCH

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WE CHOSE ONE. NOW PROVIDE US WHAT THE HOW FAR THAT PUT US OUT AND HOW MUCH MORE TIME DO YOU NEED? BECAUSE WE DO HAVE A TIMELINE THAT WE HAVE TO GET IT OUT TO THE COMMUNITY. SO HOW MUCH MORE TIME DO YOU NEED NOW? SO I'M GOING TO MAYBE ASK YOU, RYAN, FOR A LITTLE BIT OF GUIDANCE HERE. BUT WE HAVE WE HAVE TWO. I THINK WE HAVE TWO OPTIONS. WE CAN TRY TO SOLICIT PROPOSALS DIRECTLY BY MAYBE SEVERAL FIRMS AND, AND, AND DO IT THAT WAY. AND THAT WOULD REQUIRE SOME TIME. OR WE COULD PUT OUT A FORMAL REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL THAT'S NOTICED ON OUR WEB ON OUR WEBSITE. TYPICALLY, WE WOULD PUT THAT OUT FOR ABOUT 30 DAYS, AROUND 30 DAYS MINIMUM.

AND THEN AND THEN WE WOULD RECEIVE THE PROPOSAL. WE WOULD PROBABLY TRY TO REVIEW THE SUBMITTALS. THAT WOULD PROBABLY TAKE ABOUT TWO WEEKS. WE TO SELECT BRING IT BACK AT A AT A COUNCIL MEETING FOR, FOR RECOMMENDATION FOR APPROVAL BASED ON THE REVIEWS OF THOSE PROPOSALS. SO I THINK IT'S FAIR TO SAY THAT THAT IF WE GO DOWN THE ROUTE OF OF A FORMAL REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS, REVIEW, BRING IT BACK TO COUNCIL FOR RECOMMENDATION, I WOULD SAY THAT COULD COULD BE ANYWHERE FROM FROM 2 TO 3 MONTHS. MY IS MY CALCULATION. SO BECAUSE IT PUTS US OUT 2 OR 3 MONTHS. RYAN. IT WAS THERE ANY OTHER PROPOSALS THAT WAS PUT THAT WAS SUBMITTED? NO OTHER NO. AGAIN, WE HAVE WE HAVE. WE HAVE ON CALL SERVICES WITH CV STRATEGIES THAT ALLOWS US TO REQUEST PROPOSALS FROM FROM THE FIRM. AND SO WE WENT THAT ROUTE.

BUT WE WOULD WE WOULD HAVE TO GO A DIFFERENT ROUTE NOW. SO WHEN WE SAY SOLICIT, THAT MEANS OBVIOUSLY WE GO DIRECTLY OUT TO FOLKS AND SEE IF THEY DO THAT. AND SO HERE'S, HERE'S MY CONCERN. AND I, YOU KNOW, TO, TO BOTH GABRIEL AND CASTRO, CONSIDERING THAT THIS IS GOING TO PUT US OUT 2 OR 3 MONTHS AND WITH THE TIMELINE THAT WE GOT TO DO, WHICH IS HEAVY COMMUNITY OUTREACH, IS THAT THEN DO YOU SUGGEST THAT THE BEST OPTION THEN TO, TO GO AND SOLICIT, THEN GO THROUGH THE WHOLE PROPOSAL PROCESS? IF I CAN JUST INTERJECT REAL QUICKLY, I WILL SAY, ACCORDING TO OUR CITY'S PROCUREMENT POLICY, WE DO HAVE EITHER OPTION. WE CAN DO AN INFORMAL REQUEST FOR QUOTES, WHICH WON'T TAKE QUITE AS LONG. WE CAN ALSO GO THE MORE ROBUST PROCUREMENT ROUTE, WHICH IS DOING A COMPETITIVE RFP. DO THE DO THE FIRST ONE, JUST REALLY QUICK TO I, I, I WOULD WORK WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE. SOMETIMES THIS WOULD BE CATEGORIZED AS A PROFESSIONAL SERVICES THAT FOR PROFESSIONAL SERVICES, THE CITY MAY BE ABLE TO MAKE A DETERMINATION FOR SOURCING A PARTICULAR PROJECT. IN THIS CASE, TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE. SO THERE MIGHT BE SOME FACTORS THERE THAT WE CAN MAKE A DETERMINATION TO DO A SOLE SOURCE ONCE WE IDENTIFY FIRM. SO I THINK IT WOULD WORK WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE TO LOOK AT PROCUREMENT GUIDELINES AND ORDINANCE AND SEE WHAT'S THE MOST FEASIBLE AND THE MOST

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AND SO WE'RE LOOKING AT TWO WEEKS OUT, MAYBE A MONTH OUT. WHAT ARE WE LOOKING AT? I THINK WITHIN 30 DAYS, STAFF WOULD BE ABLE TO BRING BACK SOMETHING TO YOU. OKAY. I THINK WE CAN REPORT BACK TO COUNCIL UNDER SEPARATE REPORT AS TO WHAT PROCESS WE'RE GOING TO UNDERTAKE FOR THAT, JUST SO THAT YOU INFORMED. AND THEN I'M THINKING MAYBE WITHIN THE 30 DAYS WE'D BE ABLE TO BRING SOMETHING BACK TO YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU. LET'S MAKE THIS A PRIORITY. YES. I THINK THAT'S OUR UNDERSTANDING. THAT'S WHY WE'RE HERE. AND IT WAS FROM THE BEGINNING, AND THAT'S WHY WE JUST WENT TO OUR ON CALL CONSULTANTS. THAT BEING THE CASE. OKAY. SO THAT ITEM WILL BE CONTINUED, CORRECT? YES. WE WILL BRING BACK A RECOMMENDATION WHEN WE'VE FIGURED OUT WHO HAS SUBMITTED A PROPOSAL. OKAY. WE'LL MOVE ON TO AND THEN I'M SORRY. GO AHEAD. SO IF WE MOVE QUICKLY ENOUGH WITHIN THE 30 DAYS, WE SHOULD STILL BE I MEAN, IT SETS US BACK, BUT WE SHOULD STILL BE OKAY WITHIN THE TIMELINE, I THINK. SO THE ORIGINAL SCOPE OF WORK KIND OF LOOKED AT HAVING OUR FIRST COMMUNITY MEETING SOMETIME, PROBABLY AUGUST, TIME FRAME, JULY, AUGUST. SO, SO I THINK, YOU KNOW, WE WOULD TRY TO KEEP TO THAT AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE, BUT MORE THE MORE REASON WHY WE PROBABLY WANT TO TRY TO EXPEDITE THIS AND MAKE THIS A PRIORITY. YEAH, YEAH. OKAY. THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER 28. CONSIDERATION OF FILLING COUNCIL VACANCY. MR. CITY ATTORNEY, IS IT YOU OR IS IT THE SAME MANAGER? I'LL TAKE THIS ONE. THANK YOU. MAYOR AND COUNCIL, THIS ITEM BEFORE YOU, AS YOU MENTIONED, IS CONSIDERATION ON NEXT STEPS TO FILL THE COUNCIL VACANCY. THE VACANT SEAT WAS A RESULT OF YOU SELECTING THE MAYOR PRO TEM AT THE TIME TO TAKE THE MAYOR'S SEAT. SO VACANCY OCCURRED AS OF APRIL 22ND WHEN THAT APPOINTMENT WAS MADE, YOU HAVE 60 DAYS JUST AS BEFORE TO EITHER APPOINT OR CALL A SPECIAL ELECTION. THAT MEANS YOU, AS COUNCIL, HAVE UNTIL JUNE 22ND IF YOU DECIDE TO APPOINT. THE PROCEDURES ARE UP TO YOU. THEY CAN BE INFORMAL OR YOU CAN ADOPT A MORE FORMAL APPOINTMENT PROCESS, WHICH CAN INCLUDE APPLICATIONS, INTERVIEWS AND THE LIKE. I DID PROVIDE JUST A SAMPLE APPLICATION AS A PART OF THE STAFF REPORT FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION. IN THE EVENT THAT YOU DO WANT TO GO DOWN THAT ROUTE. THE OTHER OPTION IS TO CALL A SPECIAL ELECTION. PREVIOUSLY, WE DISCUSSED THE ABILITY TO CALL AN ALL MAIL BALLOT ELECTION. WE DON'T HAVE THE TIME TO DO THAT NOW. IN LIGHT OF THE HOW CLOSE WE ARE TO THE GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION. SO IN THE EVENT THAT YOU DO NOT WANT TO APPOINT, THEN THE SEAT WOULD BE VACANT UNTIL THE NOVEMBER 3RD ELECTION, WHEN THERE WOULD BE WHEN THAT WOULD BE FILLED BY THE RESULTS OF THAT ELECTION. SO WITH THAT, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. WHAT IS IT? PLEASURE OF THE COUNCIL. QUESTION ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS? ACTUALLY, FIRST WE DO. WE HAVE FRANCISCO MOLINA. HI. GOOD EVENING. REGARDING THE PROCESS FOR FILLING THE COUNCIL VACANCY, I AM REQUESTING THAT BEFORE THIS COUNCIL APPOINTS ANYONE TO FILL THIS VACANCY, EVERY CANDIDATE BE REQUIRED TO PUBLICLY DISCLOSE ANY PRIOR OR CURRENT RELATIONSHIP, FINANCIAL, PROFESSIONAL OR OTHERWISE, WITH THE FOLLOWING ENTITIES STRONGHOLD POWER SYSTEMS URBAN FUTURE INC'S BEST BEST KRIEGER LLP, PROP CORP, INC. AND CV STRATEGIES, AND ANY CONNECTED ANY ENTITY CONNECTED TO THE FEBRUARY 11TH, 2026 MUNICIPAL UTILITY DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT. THE COMMUNITY DESERVES TO KNOW THAT WHOEVER FILLS THIS SEAT HAS NO CONFLICT OF INTEREST WITH THE CITY'S MOST CONSEQUENTIAL RECENT CONTRACT.

THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. NEXT UP, JAMES RODRIGUEZ. GOOD EVENING AGAIN, COUNCIL. SO SAME THING THAT I HAD RECOMMENDED FOR THE MAYOR'S APPOINTMENT PROCESS. IF WE WERE GOING TO TAKE IT TO THE CITIZENS TO, YOU KNOW, PUT THEIR RUNNING IN, I BELIEVE THE APPOINTMENT PROCESS SHOULD BE AS CLOSE TO A ACTUAL RUNNING FOR ELECTIONS AS IT CAN BE.

LIKE I SAID BEFORE, GIVING THE CITIZENS A VOTE, A PORTION OF THE VOTE, A ABILITY TO RALLY BEHIND SOMEBODY THAT THEY PREFER VERSUS IT BEING A COUNCIL APPOINTMENT PROCESS FOR SOMEONE THAT MAY HAVE TIES OR MAY HAVE A PERCEPTION OF TIES TO THE COMMUNITY, TO THE

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THAT'S WHAT THE CITY HAS BEEN SAYING FOR A WHILE NOW IN TERMS OF IT BEING A SPECIAL ELECTION OR NOT. OBVIOUSLY, THEY JUST SAID IT. IT'S GOING TO BE ROLLED INTO OUR NOVEMBER ELECTION, WHICH MEANS THAT'S AN IMPOSSIBILITY. IT'S ONE OF THE OPTIONS, BUT IT'S IMPOSSIBLE FOR US TO BE ABLE TO WAIT UNTIL NOVEMBER TO TRY TO GET THIS PARTICULAR SITUATION SOME NEW LIFE, AND ESPECIALLY WITH THE TIES THAT WE HAVE HAD IN THE PAST. SO THAT'S ALL THAT I HAD TO SAY ABOUT THAT. I APPRECIATE YOU GUYS TAKING THE CONSIDERATION TO GIVING THE CITIZENS BACK ENOUGH OF A VOTE. THAT WOULD BE SIMILAR TO WHAT WE WOULD HAVE DONE FOR AN ELECTION. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER COMMENTS, ANGELA, IS THERE ANYONE ELSE IN THE AUDIENCE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SUBMIT A PUBLIC COMMENT FOR THIS ITEM? IS THERE ANYONE ON ZOOM? NO. OKAY. SEEING NONE. COUNCIL. ANY COMMENTS OR SUGGESTIONS ON WHAT WAS PRESENTED BY LEGAL COUNSEL? OKAY. WELL, WE HAVE UNTIL WHEN? JUNE 22ND. YOU MENTIONED THAT'S CORRECT. JUNE 22ND TO SAY WHETHER WE'RE GOING TO OR WHAT THE PROCESS WOULD LOOK LIKE OF APPOINTING SOMEONE. THAT'S RIGHT. SO YOU WOULD HAVE UNTIL JUNE 22ND TO MAKE THE APPOINTMENT. IF YOU DON'T MAKE IT AT THAT TIME, THEN IT WOULD JUST BE FILLED IN NOVEMBER DURING THE ELECTION. AND WHOEVER YOU APPOINT OBVIOUSLY ONLY SERVES UNTIL THE RESULTS OF THAT NOVEMBER ELECTION. THEY WOULD STILL HAVE TO RUN IF THEY WANTED TO. THAT'S CORRECT. HAVE WE TAKEN A LOOK AT AND I KNOW IT'S KIND OF PREMATURE BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THE PROCESS IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE. BUT DO WE KNOW THE COST OF ANY OF THIS, OF WHAT IT'S GOING TO LOOK LIKE TO OPEN IT UP FOR APPLICATIONS, TO DO INTERVIEWS? I KNOW IN THE STAFF REPORT, I JUST MENTIONED VERY BRIEFLY THAT THERE WOULD BE OBVIOUSLY A COST ASSOCIATED WITH IT. YEAH, I THINK THERE WOULD BE MINIMAL COSTS FOR STAFF TIME FOR PREPARING THE APPLICATIONS. IT WOULD BE MINIMAL. THANK YOU. RYAN. I, I, WE HAD THESE DISCUSSIONS EARLIER ON WHEN THE MAYORSHIP OR THE, THE MAYOR'S SEAT OPENED UP AND I, I DO THINK IT'S A LITTLE TOO LATE AND IT WOULDN'T BE THE RIGHT THING TO DO. AND IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE TO DO A SPECIAL ELECTION WHERE WALKING INTO THAT, WE'RE VERY CLOSE. MY SUGGESTION AND, YOU KNOW, MY COLLEAGUES CAN CHIME IN HERE WOULD BE THAT WE OPEN IT UP, THAT WE ALLOW FOR CANDIDATES FOR PEOPLE TO SUBMIT AN APPLICATION, JUST HOW YOU PUT IT HERE. AND YOU KIND OF PROVIDED SOMEWHAT OF A SAMPLE OF WHAT IT WOULD LOOK LIKE. I KIND OF WENT OVER IT AND IT IT'S VERY COMPREHENSIVE. SO I DO SUGGEST THAT WE GO THAT ROUTE AND WE OPEN IT UP. AND MAYBE I DON'T KNOW HOW QUICKLY WE CAN OPEN UP THE APPLICATION PROCESS, BUT IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN DO SOONER RATHER THAN LATER, LIKE THIS WEEK, YEP, WE CAN DO IT RIGHT AWAY. WE COULD DO IT THIS WEEK. THOSE ARE JUST MY RECOMMENDATIONS. AND THE PROCESS. OBVIOUSLY, DEPENDING ON THE AMOUNT OF APPLICANTS WE GET, WOULD THERE BE CERTAIN THINGS THAT YOU WOULD BE LOOKING FOR SPECIFICALLY THAT WOULD MAYBE I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY APPLICATIONS WE'RE GOING TO GET, BUT THERE'S OBVIOUSLY GOING TO BE A PROCESS THAT YOU GO THROUGH TO SEE, OKAY, THESE ARE NOT THE FOLKS THAT KIND OF MADE THE CUT IN SOME WAY. HOW ARE YOU GUYS? HOW ARE THEY GOING TO BE ELIMINATED FROM THE APPLICATION? I THINK THE ONLY THING THAT WE WOULD LOOK AT AT A STAFF LEVEL IS WHETHER OR NOT THEY'RE ELIGIBLE. SO 18 YEARS OR OLDER, PRIMARY RESIDENCE WITHIN THE CITY, A REGISTERED VOTER AND SOMEONE OBVIOUSLY WILLING TO SERVE ON COUNCIL UNTIL THE NOVEMBER ELECTION. OKAY. SO BUT BEYOND THAT, WE WOULD SUBMIT ALL APPLICATIONS TO YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION. AND THEN DEPENDING ON THE NUMBER OF APPLICATIONS, YOU COULD EITHER SELECT FROM THAT GROUP OR DECIDE TO WINNOW IT DOWN TO, YOU KNOW, HOWEVER MANY YOU THINK WOULD BE BEST TO INTERVIEW. AND THERE COULD BE

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WE WOULD WE WOULD HAVE TO ALLOW PUBLIC COMMENT. CORRECT. AND YOU MENTIONED IT WOULD BE PART OF THE PACKET, MEANING YOU WILL THEY WILL HAVE ACCESS TO SEEING EVERYBODY WHO SUBMITTED AN APPLICATION. THAT'S CORRECT. PERFECT. HOW LONG WILL WE OPEN IT UP FOR APPLICATION? THAT'S AT THE DISCRETION OF COUNCIL. UP TO YOU. I'D RECOMMEND MAYBE AT LEAST WE HAVE UNTIL THE 22ND OF JUNE. SO WE DO HAVE A BIT OF TIME. WE HAVE TWO MORE REGULAR COUNCIL MEETINGS, PLUS ANY SPECIAL MEETINGS THAT YOU WOULD WANT TO HOLD IN THE NEXT LITTLE OVER A MONTH. SO I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT TO HOLD IT, HOLD IT OPEN FOR A WEEK OR TEN DAYS OR. THE SOONER THE BETTER. I'LL JUST SAY THAT IT IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE FILL THE VACANCY. WE. IT WAS IMPORTANT TO FILL THE VACANCY OF THE MAYORSHIP. WE KNOW WHY IT'S. THERE ARE CERTAIN THINGS THAT, AS MAYOR, THEY. THEY HAVE TO DO. AND IN ORDER TO KEEP THIS CITY GOING. SO I DO THINK THE SOONER THE BETTER THAT WE ARE ABLE TO FILL THAT VACANCY AND MOVE FORWARD. AND SOMEBODY MENTIONED IT EARLIER TOO. YEAH, THERE IS RIGHT A SPLIT. THERE DEFINITELY HAS BEEN A SPLIT IN A LOT OF OUR OUR AGENDAS AND OUR DECISION MAKING HERE. SO I, I'M GOOD WITH EVEN GETTING THIS GOING THIS WEEK AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. AND TEN DAYS SEEMS PRETTY FEASIBLE TO ME. SOUNDS GOOD. WE CAN CERTAINLY DO THAT. AND THEN MAYBE WE WOULD HAVE THE INTERVIEWS CONTINGENT UPON IT COMING BACK BEFORE YOU AND YOU ASSESSING KIND OF HOW MANY APPLICATIONS THERE ARE AND WHETHER OR NOT YOU THINK THAT NEXT STEP IS APPROPRIATE OR DO YOU WANT I MEAN, WE CAN CERTAINLY PUT, I THINK THE THE SAMPLE FORM INDICATES THAT THERE WILL BE INTERVIEWS. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT TO COMMIT TO THAT NOW, BUT YOU'RE YOU'RE CERTAINLY ABLE TO IF YOU THINK THAT'S BEST. YEAH. I THINK THE INTERVIEWS ARE IMPORTANT. WELL, WE CAN'T WE CAN'T DO IT WITHOUT THE INTERVIEWS. IT HAS TO BE ALL DONE OPENLY, LEGALLY. IT NEEDS TO BE ALL DONE OPENLY. AND THERE HAS TO BE COMMUNITY INPUT, NO DIFFERENT THAN WHEN WE DO THESE TYPES OF MEETINGS. MY COMMENTS ARE THE SAME THAT THEY WERE THE LAST TIME, IS THAT WE OPEN IT UP TO PUBLIC AND ALLOW FOR APPLICATIONS AND, YOU KNOW, ALLOW PUBLIC COMMENT AND ALLOW THOSE WHO WANT TO MAKE SUGGESTIONS OR SUPPORT. AND SO THAT THE COMMUNITY FEELS THAT EVERYONE'S GETTING AN OPPORTUNITY TO, TO BE ABLE TO APPLY FOR A SEAT, OR PERHAPS THEY'RE LOOKING AT THE SEAT, YOU KNOW, FOR RUNNING, YOU KNOW, THIS FOR THIS ELECTION. AND SO THERE'S A LOT OF CONSIDERATION TO BE HAD. I THINK IT'S IT'S SO IF WE'RE DOING A TEN DAY WINDOW, RYAN, WHEN WOULD YOU FLY IT? I MEAN, IDEALLY, I'LL WORK WITH STAFF. I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY THE

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THAT WORKS. THAT WORKS. RIGHT? THAT SOUNDS GOOD. I WILL SAY THE SAMPLE APPLICATION DOES SAY THAT APPLICATIONS MUST BE MUST BE SUBMITTED IN PERSON, BUT WE CAN CERTAINLY AMEND THAT AND HAVE EMAIL APPLICATIONS AS A PERMISSIBLE FORM OF SUBMISSION. I WOULD SAY YES TO EMAIL. SOME PEOPLE WORK A LOT AND THEY DON'T HAVE TIME TO BE GOING THERE IN PERSON. SOUNDS GOOD.

YEAH. SO JUST FOR SO IT'S CLEAR THAT EMAIL WOULD HAVE TO BE TIME STAMPED BASED BEFORE PRIOR TO 5 P.M. ON 26. YES. YEAH, WE'LL MAKE THAT CLEAR THEN. OKAY. YEAH. SO SO WE CLOSE IT ON THE 26TH THEN. RYAN, WHAT WOULD YOU SUGGEST THEN? I MEAN, IF WE'RE GOING TO DO THE 30TH, WOULD IT BE THE 30TH OR THE SIXTH? BUT THE CONCERN I HAVE WITH THE SIX IS THAT WE'RE AT THAT POINT, WE ONLY HAVE TWO WEEKS. AND FOR WORST CASE SCENARIO IS THAT SHOULD THERE NOT BE ANOTHER DECISION, AS COUNCILMEMBER BRIAN SAID, IS THAT WE'VE BEEN SPLIT AND DIVIDED ON THIS COUNCIL. AND SO MY CONCERN IS THAT IF WE WAIT TILL THE THE SIXTH, THAT THAT GIVES US TOO SHORT OF A WINDOW, AND I HOPE I HOPE THAT WE CAN COME TO A CONSENSUS. BUT JUST JUST TO KEEP THAT IN THE BACK OF OUR MINDS, HOW ABOUT THE 30TH? WE DO SOMETHING ON THE 30TH, I THINK SO, OKAY. WE DO SOMETHING BECAUSE THEN YOU'LL GET THE APPLICATIONS BY THAT, LIKE BY THAT TUESDAY AT 5 P.M. AND THEN HOPEFULLY YOU CAN GET ALL THE APPLICATIONS POSTED PUBLICLY. WILL PEOPLE BE ABLE TO SEE THEM BEFORE WE SEE THEM? ALSO, AT THE SAME TIME, I THINK PEOPLE SHOULD BE ABLE TO SEE THEM WHEN WE GET THEM. WELL, I, I THINK WE WOULD PUT IT TOGETHER AS A PART OF THE AGENDA PACKET. OKAY. AND SO TO THE EXTENT THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A SPECIAL MEETING ON THE 30TH, WE'LL OBVIOUSLY COMPLY WITH THE BROWN ACT AND HAVE THAT POSTED AT LEAST 24 HOURS BEFORE. OKAY. ALSO, IS THAT ALL THE APPLICATIONS? IT IS A

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THAT'S YOUR REGULAR MEETING IF YOU'D LIKE. AND THEN AT THAT TIME WE CAN DECIDE THE DATE FOR INTERVIEWS AND HOW MANY YOU WOULD LIKE TO HAVE INTERVIEWED. LET'S DO THAT. I THINK THAT WORKS BEST. THAT WAY. WE'LL HAVE AN ACTUAL IDEA OF HOW MANY APPLICANTS WE'VE GOT, AND THAT WILL GIVE YOU THAT WILL GIVE YOU 12 DAYS. THERE WOULD NEED TO BE A SPECIAL MEETING CONDUCTED AFTER THE 10TH TO HOLD THOSE TO HOLD THOSE INTERVIEWS. WELL, SO BUT I AM CONCERNED, RYAN, WITH WITH THE TIME ON THAT, BECAUSE IF WE'RE LOOKING AT, HEY, THE 26TH, WE HAVE A DEADLINE OF 5 P.M. AND THAT'S A HARD DEADLINE. THEN WE'RE WAITING NOW THREE WEEKS LATER FOR THAT 10TH. ARE YOU LOOKING AT THAT JUNE 10TH DATE? YEAH, THE JUNE 10TH DATE WOULD BE JUST OVER TWO WEEKS, TWO WEEKS AND ONE DAY, THREE WEEKS. SO WE'RE LOOKING AT AT THAT POINT, YOU KNOW, YEAH, WE HAVE MAYBE A WEEK AND A HALF A WEEK AND A HALF BEFORE THE THE 22ND DEADLINE. IF WE WAIT UNTIL JUNE 10TH. THAT'S CORRECT. YOU'D HAVE A WEEK AND A HALF FROM JUNE 10TH TO INTERVIEW AND APPOINT. THAT THEY DO THEIRS ON A SATURDAY. I'M NOT SURE. I THINK THEY DID A WEEKDAY. IT WAS LIKE A WEEKDAY, I THINK. YEAH. I MEAN, YOU CAN ALSO DO A WEEKDAY IF YOU WANT, BUT DIDN'T THEY NARROW IT DOWN TO A CERTAIN AMOUNT? THEY ONLY INTERVIEWED. THEY DID, BUT I DON'T KNOW WHAT MECHANISMS THEY USED FOR THAT. THE OTHER OPTION IS WE CAN HAVE THIS AS A DISCUSSION ITEM AT OUR NEXT REGULAR MEETING ON THE 27TH. AT THAT TIME, WE WILL KNOW HOW MANY APPLICATIONS WE HAVE. AND SO MAYBE WE COULD GIVE YOU THAT NUMBER AT LEAST AND POTENTIALLY PICK A DATE AT THAT TIME. IS THAT THE 29TH YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT? NO, THE 27TH, OUR NEXT REGULAR MEETING. WE'LL AT LEAST HAVE A NUMBER FOR YOU. YEAH, SINCE IT CLOSES THE DAY BEFORE. SO YOU'LL BE ABLE TO JUST RE AGENDIZE IT AS CONSIDERATION OF FILLING COUNCIL VACANCY. THAT'S CORRECT. OKAY. HERE'S WHAT I DON'T WANT IS, YOU KNOW, IF IF MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY ARE GOING TO PUT IN AN APPLICATION, YOU KNOW, I ALSO DON'T WANT TO DO SELECTION PROCESS PRIOR SO THAT, OKAY, LET'S SAY WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, 50 APPLICATIONS AND THEN WE SAY, OKAY, WELL, 20 OF THEM, WE'RE GOING TO ELIMINATE 20 OF THEM. AND THEN I'M SURE THOSE APPLICANTS ARE GOING TO BE WONDERING WHY THEY WERE ELIMINATED. AND SO I'M A BIT OPPOSED TO NOT ALLOWING ALL APPLICANTS TO THEN BE ABLE TO INTERVIEW VERBALLY. YEAH. SO.

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AND THEN YOU'LL HAVE AT LEAST AN IDEA, NOT NOT HAVING TO UPLOAD THEM. ANGELA, BUT JUST YOU WOULD HAVE AN IDEA OF JUST THE AMOUNT, AT LEAST YOU WOULD KNOW LIKE THE COUNT. AND SO, AND I WOULD ASSUME THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE AS SHE RECEIVES THEM, SHE'S GOING TO BE CALLING TO VERIFY. THAT'S CORRECT. SO I'M GONNA ASSUME THAT'LL. SO. OKAY. IS THAT OKAY? DOES THAT WORK FOR EVERYBODY? AS LONG AS WE ARE GIVEN ENOUGH TIME TO CALL THE REGISTRAR'S OFFICE TO CONFIRM. YEAH. SO WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT WHATEVER YOU RECEIVE, WE'LL KNOW THAT WHAT YOU. THE THE CLERK'S OFFICE RECEIVED IS AT 5 P.M. THAT YOU WILL STILL PROBABLY HAVE TO DO COLD CALLING ON SATURDAY. WE JUST KNOW THE NUMBER ON THAT WEDNESDAY. GREAT. SO AND THEN ON THE 27TH, ANGELA, YOU CAN JUST LET US KNOW WHAT SUPPORT THAT YOU NEED AT THAT TIME. YES.

WE'LL DO. OKAY. SO WE WILL NOT INCLUDE AN INTERVIEW DATE THEN ON THE APPLICATION. NO. OKAY.

VOTE ON THIS RAIN OR IS THERE A CONSENSUS? NO, I THINK I HAVE YOUR DIRECTION. IT'LL BE YOU'LL WANT THE APPLICATION TO BE SUBSTANTIALLY SIMILAR TO THE SAMPLE IN THE ATTACHED TO THE STAFF REPORT. OKAY. IS THAT, IS THAT FINE WITH THAT? YEAH, THE SAMPLE IS GOOD. OKAY. WE'LL WE'LL MOVE FORWARD. THANK YOU. OKAY. WE'LL MOVE ON. WE DID HAVE A GENTLEMAN THAT WOULD LIKE SOME CLARIFICATION HAS A QUESTION, MAYBE JUST A COMMENT. AND COUNCIL CAN YOU KNOW THE DISCRETION IT'S JUAN MARTINEZ. YES. MR. MARTINEZ. HELLO COUNCIL MEMBERS. THANK YOU, MR. DOCTOR FIGUEROA I JUST HAVE A QUESTION. MORE CLARIFICATION. IS THE APPLICATION ALSO GOING TO GO FOR THE CITY EMPLOYEES AND STAFF OF THE CITY? AND ALSO IF YOU CAN CONSIDER THE RESIDENTS ACADEMY THAT THEY HAVE COMPLETED THE RESIDENTS ACADEMY FOR THE CITY OF COACHELLA. THAT WAS MY COMMENT. THANK YOU. SO I DON'T THINK THAT THEY CAN BE EMPLOYEES BECAUSE I THINK THEY WOULD HAVE TO RESIGN FROM THAT POSITION. SO SO I GUESS YES, THEY CAN, BUT THEY WOULD HAVE TO RESIGN FROM THEIR POSITION TO BE REDUCED. IS THAT RIGHT? AM I SAYING THAT? YEAH, I THINK THERE WOULD BE SOME CONFLICTS THERE IF THEY IF THEY WERE I MEAN, THEY'RE ELIGIBLE SO LONG AS THEY MEET THE ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS. THAT'S CORRECT.

AND AS FAR AS THIS COMMENT FOR THE RESIDENTS ACADEMY, I KNOW WE COULD ADD IT IN THERE, BUT HOPEFULLY PEOPLE MAKE A NOTE BECAUSE THERE'S SECTIONS TO TALK ABOUT LIKE THEMSELVES. I'M HOPING THAT PEOPLE, IF THEY'RE LISTENING, THAT IF YOU'VE DONE THE RESIDENT ACADEMY, THAT'S A GOOD THING TO POINT OUT IN YOUR APPLICATION. SO POINT IT OUT, I THINK, BUT I DON'T KNOW THAT WE WANT TO MAKE IT A REQUIREMENT JUST BECAUSE WHAT ARE WE IN YEAR THREE OF THE ACADEMY? SOMEONE STAFF. YEAH. YEAR THREE THAT THAT WOULD LEAVE OUT A LOT OF PEOPLE. SO THAT'S NOT I'M NOT UP FOR MAKING THAT A REQUIREMENT. OKAY. SO WE'LL MOVE ON. THANK YOU COUNCIL.

[Reports and Requests]

THANK YOU. COUNCILWOMAN. MEETING. I WILL BE BRIEF. IS THIS THIS IS THE POINT WHERE WE CAN ASK FOR CERTAIN THINGS RIGHT? REQUESTS OR IS THAT SEPARATE? I DON'T REMEMBER THE THE AGENDA GOT APPROVED AND THE NEW FORM I GOT APPROVED THIS EVENING. SO THE NEXT AGENDA WILL HAVE THAT. BUT YOU CAN STILL BRING IT UP. AND IF THERE'S CONSENSUS AMONG YOUR COLLEAGUES, THEN YES. OKAY. PERFECT. THANK YOU. I KNOW WHEN WE HAD OUR SENIORS COME UP, THEY REQUESTED A MEETING. AND PREVIOUSLY WE HAD DONE A MEETING WHERE WE HAD THE MAYOR AND A COUNCIL MEMBER AND THEN OBVIOUSLY SOME SENIORS, AND THEY BROUGHT UP CONCERNS, ETC.

I HOPE THAT WE'RE ABLE TO DO THAT BECAUSE IT LOOKS LIKE THEY DO HAVE SOME THINGS THAT THEY WANT TO DISCUSS. I DO ALWAYS THINK IT'S A LOT BETTER THAT WE GO TO THEM. I APPRECIATE AND LIKE THAT THE COMMUNITY IS HERE, AND I HOPE THAT THEY CONTINUE TO DO THAT. BUT IF WE CAN GO TO THEM TOO, I THINK THAT ALSO WORKS OUT. SO HOPEFULLY WE'RE ABLE TO PUT THAT TOGETHER. AS ALWAYS, THANK YOU TO STAFF. THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU GUYS DO. YOU ARE ALL VERY MUCH APPRECIATED. THANK YOU, MR. CITY MANAGER, FOR BEING HERE WITH US TO. THERE ARE A LOT OF CHALLENGES THAT OUR CITY IS FACING RIGHT NOW, BUT I DO HOPE THAT OUR COMMUNITY CONTINUES TO

[03:45:03]

BUT YOU ARE APPRECIATED THAT YOU'RE SHOWING UP TO THOSE MEETINGS AS WELL. WE DON'T ALWAYS HAVE ALL OF THE ANSWERS. THAT'S JUST THE TRUTH. WE'RE HUMAN AND THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS THAT WE NEED TO GET THROUGH, BUT I THINK WE ARE RIGHT NOW MOVING IN A DIRECTION WHERE WE FINALLY HAVE WE FILLED THE THE MAYORSHIP, THE VACANCY THAT WE HAD. AS YOU SEE, WE'RE MOVING FORWARD WITH HOPEFULLY FILLING THE VACANCY THAT WE HAVE ON COUNCIL. AND THERE'S JUST A LOT OF WORK THAT WE HAVE TO GET THROUGH AS A CITY AND AS A COMMUNITY. BUT YOU'RE APPRECIATED. YOUR COMMENTS? WE DON'T TAKE THEM LIGHTLY. I DON'T TAKE THEM LIGHTLY. I WRITE DOWN NOTES HERE AND THERE OF THINGS THAT I NEED TO REMEMBER, OR MAYBE NEED TO CONSIDER MORE. BUT YOU'RE APPRECIATED, AND I HOPE THAT THIS ISN'T THE ONLY TIME THAT YOU'RE HERE. I KNOW THAT THERE ARE CERTAIN ISSUES THAT ARE VERY, VERY IMPORTANT, AND I AGREE WITH YOU. THEY ARE VERY IMPORTANT. BUT THERE ARE OTHER THINGS TOO THAT USUALLY COME TO OUR COUNCIL OR EVEN TO OUR PLANNING COMMISSION. AND THEY DON'T WE DON'T ALWAYS GET THIS ENERGY, AND THEY ARE JUST AS IMPORTANT. SO CONTINUE TO SHOW UP. YOU GUYS ARE THE REASON WHY WE'RE HERE. A LOT OF YOU SAY IT AND YOU'RE RIGHT, YOU ARE THE ONES THAT HAVE ELECTED US TO BE IN THIS POSITION AND JUST KNOW THAT NO ONE UP HERE TAKES IT LIGHTLY. WE DON'T. WE. WE REALLY DO NOT. WE APPRECIATE. WE WANT TO WORK FOR YOU. WE'RE HERE TO WORK FOR YOU. BUT WE'RE ALSO HERE TO WORK WITH YOU. AND THAT REQUIRES US COMING TOGETHER AND BEING ABLE TO DO THAT. SO THOSE ARE ALL MY COMMENTS. AGAIN, THANK YOU TO STAFF FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU GUYS ARE DOING AND HANGING IN THERE WITH US. I KNOW IT'S NOT ALWAYS EASY, AND THIS CITY HAS BEEN GOING THROUGH A LOT IN THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, BUT YOU'RE APPRECIATED A LOT. SO THANK YOU. COUNCILWOMAN DELGADO, MAYOR FIERRO AND MYSELF, WE ATTENDED THE KEYS KEYS TO THE CITY FOR THE SOCCER LEAGUE, AND I THINK WE HAD SO MUCH FUN THAT NIGHT. IT WAS JUST NICE. IT WAS A NICE EVENING. IT WAS REFRESHING. AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, ALL THE STAFF THAT ATTENDED, YOU KNOW, WE WERE IT WAS JUST A REALLY GOOD DAY. IT WAS A NICE DAY. YOU KNOW, THE WEATHER WAS PERFECT AND FAMILIES WERE HAPPY. THE SOCCER GIRLS WERE HAPPY. YOU KNOW, THEY DID A REALLY, REALLY GOOD JOB OF SETTING UP THAT SPACE. AND THOSE GIRLS AND THOSE FAMILIES NOT ONLY GOT THE KEYS TO THE CITY, BUT AFTERWARDS THEY GOT TO TAKE PICTURES WITH THE, YOU KNOW, 2026 GRADUATION DATE ON THERE. AND, YOU KNOW, THEY TOOK IT WAS JUST A REALLY NICE DAY. AND TO THE STAFF, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T GET TO, YOU KNOW, NORMALLY WE ALWAYS OBVIOUSLY GIVE THE THINGS TO, YOU KNOW, TO OUR DIRECTORS, BUT OUR PUBLIC WORKS EMPLOYEES AND OUR IT PEOPLE, IT TAKES A LOT TO SET UP A REALLY, REALLY DOES GUYS, YOU KNOW, FOR THE IT PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, THERE ANYTIME THEY GET NEW EQUIPMENT, THEY'RE EXCITED ABOUT THAT EQUIPMENT.

YOU KNOW, WE'RE JUST, OH, WE GOT THIS. AND THEY'RE SETTING IT ALL UP, BUT THEY'RE THERE.

THEY'RE THERE WITH THE TRUCK UNLOADING ALL THAT, ALL THAT EQUIPMENT, SETTING IT UP AND THEN STAYING THERE TILL, YOU KNOW, REALLY LATE, THEN PUTTING IT ALL BACK INTO THAT TRUCK, THEN COMING TO THE CITY AND UNLOADING IT AGAIN TO OUR PUBLIC WORKS EMPLOYEES. YOU KNOW, THEY GO IN THERE, THEY DO THEIR JOB, THEY'RE RESPECTFUL, THEY'RE KIND, THEY'RE HAPPY.

AFTERWARDS, WHEN WHEN THE EVENT WAS OVER, WE'RE ALL KIND OF JUST HANGING OUT, YOU KNOW, STAFF FINALLY GOT A CHANCE TO EAT THEMSELVES, RIGHT? BECAUSE THEY HADN'T EATEN AND THEY DIDN'T KNOW I WAS STARING. YOU KNOW, THEY PROBABLY THINK I WAS CREEPY IF I WAS THEY SEEN IT, BUT I SEEN THEM LIKE JUST AT EATING AT THE STAND UP TABLES. AND IT WAS NICE, YOU KNOW, THEY WERE ALL LIKE LAUGHING AND EATING AND WATCHING. THAT MADE ME REALLY HAPPY THAT WE REALLY DO HAVE THESE GREAT DAYS. AND WHEN WE AND WHEN WE GET THEM, YOU KNOW, WE KIND OF JUST SOAK IT UP. IT WAS JUST A REALLY NICE EVENING. THERE ARE SOME, YOU KNOW, QUESTIONS I HAVE WHEN IT COMES TO THE SOCIAL MEDIA COMMENTS. I AM GETTING THAT ONE QUITE A BIT. AND SO IS IT OKAY FOR YOU TO EXPLAIN THEN IF COMMENTS ARE TURNED OFF, I THINK, OR OR INFORM US OF HOW THAT PROCESS IS? CITY COUNCIL. SO PRESENTLY WE DON'T HAVE A SOCIAL MEDIA POLICY, WHICH I THINK STAFF'S GOING TO WORK ON ONE AND BRING IT BACK TO YOU. THERE ARE INSTANCES IN WHICH INFORMATION IS INTENDED TO ONLY BE INFORMATIONAL GOING OUT, RIGHT? SO IN THAT CASE, SOMETIMES WE START GETTING COMMENTS THAT ARE A LITTLE BIT INAPPROPRIATE BECAUSE WHAT THE

[03:50:03]

THANK YOU. I, YOU KNOW, I, I ENJOY HEARING COMMENTS, I REALLY DO. AND, YOU KNOW, TO EVERYONE OUT THERE, I HEAR, I HEAR YOU JUST AS WELL, IF NOT BETTER WITHOUT THE PROFANITIES, WITHOUT THE SCREAMING, I HEAR YOU, I REALLY DO. AND SO WHEN IT COMES TO SOME OF THE COMMENTS, THEN ARE WE THEN DELETING IF THERE'S PROFANITY OR OR I DON'T THINK THAT WE CAN DELETE, CAN WE? WHEN IT COMES TO COMMENTS, I DON'T THINK WE CAN DELETE AT ALL, CAN WE? SO WE'RE NOT DELETING. WE SIMPLY WE THERE'S A CHECKBOX, YOU KNOW, WE'RE JUST TURNING IT OFF. SO BECAUSE LIKE I SAID, IF IT'S INFORMATIONAL, RIGHT, WE'RE JUST SAYING, HEY, THE AGENDA IS POSTED, WE'RE NOT REALLY ENGAGING. WE'RE NOT ASKING PEOPLE TO FEEDBACK ON THE TIME OF THE AGENDA OR WHAT, WHAT'S THIS ITEM OR WHATNOT. IT'S SIMPLY MEANT INFORMATION, RIGHT? SO WE IT'S SIMPLY JUST TURNING IT OFF THAT FUNCTION ON THE SOCIAL MEDIA, TURNING IT OFF.

SO JUST FORGIVE ME, GABRIEL, IF, IF WE DID HAVE COMMENTS, FOR EXAMPLE, THAT WERE VULGAR, HAD PROFANITY, THEN AT THAT POINT WE JUST HAVE TO LEAVE IT AS IS. OR IN THOSE SITUATIONS, WE THAT'S WHY WE HAVE A POLICY THAT ALLOWS US TO TAKE THOSE OFF. AND THEN THERE'S OBVIOUSLY A FIRST AMENDMENT. WE HAVE TO FREE SPEECH. WE HAVE TO BE MINDFUL. THERE'S A PUBLIC RECORD, OBVIOUSLY, RIGHT. BECAUSE ANYTHING THAT'S POSTED BECOMES PUBLIC RECORD AND WE HAVE TO ARCHIVE IT AND WHATNOT. SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE MINDFUL OF THAT. AND THAT'S WHY, AGAIN, HAVING A POLICY IS A BEST PRACTICE THAT OUTLINES THAT. IT MAKES IT CLEAR, RIGHT. BUT WE DO CAN DELETE VULGAR, INAPPROPRIATE COMMENTS ON THERE IF THEY'RE COMPLETELY INAPPROPRIATE. AND THAT POLICY WILL STATE THAT. OKAY, SO AS OF RIGHT NOW, WE'RE NOT DELETING, WE'RE JUST CLOSING COMMENTS. LET ME CONFIRM WITH OUR PIOS HERE. SHE CAN BETTER CLARIFY ON THAT. HI. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. SO AS OF RIGHT NOW, JUST TO PROVIDE CLARIFICATION, THE ONLY COMMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN TURNED OFF ARE THE COMMENTS FOR SOME RECENT AGENDA, STARTING WITH THE CANCELLATION NOTICE OF THE SPECIAL MEETING. JUST BECAUSE THERE WAS BEING THERE WAS SOME MISINFORMATION BEING SPREAD LIKE IN THE COMMENTS. SO THEY WERE JUST TURNED OFF. SO THE ONES THAT WERE THERE WERE ARCHIVED SO THEY WEREN'T DELETED. SO THEY WOULD BE AVAILABLE IF WE WERE TO TURN THE COMMENTS BACK ON. OKAY. SO THAT'S CLARIFICATION FOR THAT. WE ARE WORKING ON A SOCIAL MEDIA POLICY, AS THE CITY MANAGER HAS EXPLAINED. AND DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS REGARDING THAT? NO, I DON'T HAVE ANY. AND IT'S AT THE COUNCIL'S RECOMMENDATION. SO IF WE WANT THEM BACK ON, WE CAN TURN THEM BACK ON. SO I WE CAN'T ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, BUT IF AS SOON AS WE'RE DONE, I CAN ANSWER YOUR QUESTION. YEAH.

ANOTHER SUBJECT WAS ALLOWED TO ASK A FEW QUESTIONS AND MAKE SUGGESTIONS BASED ON THIS POLICY. SO I DON'T THINK NOT AT THIS TIME, NOT AT THIS TIME. BRING IT BACK. I THINK WHEN WE BRING ONE YOU WILL. YEAH. SO WHEN IT BECOMES AGENDIZED AND YOU CAN COME AND MAKE A COMMENT BEFORE WE. BUT WHEN THE MEETING, WHEN THE MEETING IS OVER, I CAN TALK TO YOU AT THAT POINT AND THEN WE CAN HAVE A DISCUSSION OVER. I JUST CAN'T DO IT FROM HERE. THANK YOU. AND JUST TO PROVIDE CLARIFICATION TO THE. WHEN WE ANNOUNCED THE TOWN HALL, THE COMMENTS WERE TURNED OFF THERE TOO. JUST BECAUSE WE DIDN'T WANT MISINFORMATION IN THE IN THE COMMENTS ABOUT JUST THE TIME OR THE SETTING OR ANYTHING. SO, SO WHEN THE POLICY COMES FORWARD, THEN WE CAN GIVE MORE DIRECTION AND INSTRUCTIONS AT THAT TIME OR FEEDBACK AT THIS TIME. OKAY.

THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. THERE WAS A, THERE'S A FEW THINGS AND I JUST WANT TO FOLLOW UP ON BECAUSE THERE ARE THINGS THAT I'VE BEEN ASKING FOR, YOU KNOW, IS ONE FOR, FOR MANY, MANY YEARS NOW. I'M ASKING FOR THE WEBSITE OR WEBSITE TO BE UPDATED. AND, AND I, AND I SHARE THIS BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF INFORMATION THAT I WANT TO BE ACCESSIBLE ON THAT WEBSITE AND I SAID THAT MANY, MANY YEARS. I JUST I CAN'T GET IT, YOU KNOW, I JUST CAN'T GET IT TO GET UPDATED. OBVIOUSLY, IT IS A MASSIVE THINGS BECAUSE IT'S, IT'S A MASSIVE OVERHAUL PROJECT BECAUSE NOT ONLY DOES IT HAVE TO BE OBVIOUSLY COMPLETELY REDONE, BUT THERE'S ALSO DOCUMENTATION THAT I WANT THERE THAT'S AVAILABLE TO THE COMMUNITY SO THAT YOU DON'T HAVE TO COME IN AND REQUEST IT OR DO A PR FOR IT, THAT YOU

[03:55:04]

I CAN'T SEE IT ANYMORE. SO IF WE HAVE PROPOSALS THAT ARE PUTTING OUT, I DON'T KNOW IF WE CAN KEEP THEM THERE. AND ALSO ANYONE WHO'S APPLIED. SO IF, YOU KNOW, WE'RE PUTTING AN RFP OUT AND WE HAVE PROPOSALS, I DO THINK THAT THAT SHOULD BE AVAILABLE TO THE COMMUNITY SO THAT THEY KNOW WHO'S, YOU KNOW, PUTTING IN APPLICATIONS AND WHO WAS SELECTED. IS THAT SOMETHING THAT. SO COUNCIL MEMBER, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, YOU'RE UNDERGOING THE BUDGET PROCESS RIGHT NOW.

SO I THINK THAT WOULD BE THE APPROPRIATE TIME IN WHICH YOU AS A COUNCIL CAN BRING THAT UP, BECAUSE THERE IS A COST ASSOCIATED WITH IT. AND A REVAMPING OF WEBSITE MODERNIZING IT CAN GET A LITTLE EXPENSIVE. WHAT YOU'RE DESCRIBING IS A PLATFORM THAT'S LIKE LASER FISH, WHICH IS WHAT WE USE, BUT THAT IS ADDITIONAL TO WHAT WE ALREADY HAVE. BUT THERE ARE PLATFORMS AVAILABLE THAT WILL HAVE ARCHIVE FILES THAT PEOPLE CAN GO ON THEMSELVES AND RETRIEVE DOCUMENTATION, PUBLIC DOCUMENTS OF THE CITY. YEAH, YEAH. BUT I THINK THE BUDGET PROCESS, EXCUSE ME, THAT YOU'RE CURRENTLY UNDERGOING WOULD BE THE APPROPRIATE TIME IN WHICH TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION, BECAUSE THEN YOU CAN TELL STAFF, IN THE MEANTIME, WE CAN PRICE IT AND BRING IT BACK AT THE NEXT BUDGET WORKSHOP. AND TO LET YOU KNOW, AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU WANT TO DO. OBVIOUSLY, WE NEED AN APPROPRIATE THE MONEY FOR IT. WONDERFUL. THANK YOU FOR YOUR QUICK RESPONSE ON THAT, GABRIEL.

AND A FEW MORE THINGS, BECAUSE NOW THAT THE FOLKS WERE TALKING ABOUT IT, IT BROUGHT UP A LOT OF STUFF. AND AND I HAVE ASKED FOR THIS. AND IT'S WHEN IT COMES TO CONTRACTS, YOU KNOW, SPECIFICALLY RELATED. SO IF YOU'RE AN EXECUTIVE, YOU KNOW THAT YOU CANNOT COME BACK AS A CONSULTANT ANYMORE. SO YOU CAN'T GET CONTRACTS ANYMORE, NOR CAN YOU BE EMPLOYED AND THEN GAIN CONTRACTS. YOU CAN'T DO CONSULTATIONS AT THAT TIME. THAT'S JUST MY, YOU KNOW, THAT'S, THAT'S MY TAKE. OBVIOUSLY, IT HAS TO COME TO COUNCIL SO THAT WE CAN MAKE A DECISION ON IT. BUT THAT IS SOMETHING I'VE ASKED FOR AS OF AS OF YET. I THINK IT ONLY APPLIES TO MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL. SO THIS WOULD BE EXPANDING IT NOW TO INCLUDE THE EXECUTIVE TEAM ON IT. SO CAN WE CAN WE BRING THAT TO CAN WE BRING THAT? AND THE WOMAN HAD A WONDERFUL COMMENT. AND IT REMINDED ME WHEN SHE TALKED ABOUT THE CONTRACT FOR 24,500.

SO I WAS PART OF THE PROCUREMENT PROCESS THAT WE DID IN 2021. AND THAT WAS A BIG DEAL FOR ME TO GET THAT ON. AND I REMEMBER THERE WAS THERE WAS A LOT OF DISCUSSION, AND ONE OF THEM WAS ABOUT, YOU KNOW WHAT, WE ALLOW FOR CMS TO BE ABLE TO SIGN OFF ON. WE DO AS COUNCIL, THEN DECIDE ON THAT PROCUREMENT PROCESS IS WHAT THEY CAN, WHAT THEY'RE ALLOWED TO TO, YOU KNOW, SIGN OFF ON THAT WITHIN THEIR AUTHORITY. AND LATER ON, I DID COME TO TO REGRET IT. AND THE REASON IS BECAUSE I STARTED LEARNING THAT. AND THIS IS BEFORE THE SECOND 2122 THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. I STARTED LEARNING THAT THERE WAS CONTRACTS, A LOT OF CONTRACTS THAT WERE BEING SIGNED BY, BY THE CITY MANAGER. AND THEN WHEN I WAS LOOKING AT THE AMOUNTS, THERE WERE LIKE 24,500. SO IT WAS VERY CAREFUL, RIGHT, THAT IT WAS DONE RIGHT BELOW THAT 25 K. SO IT DOESN'T COME TO CITY COUNCIL. AND THAT WAS A REGRET THAT I HAD AT THAT TIME. AND I'VE BEEN WANTING TO BRING THAT BACK. AND IT'S UNFORTUNATE BECAUSE IT'S NOT A REFLECTION OF THE INDIVIDUALS. IF THEY MISUSE IT OR NOT. IT'S NOT BECAUSE IF YOU HAVE A GOOD CITY MANAGER'S GOOD LEADERSHIP, THEY'RE GOING TO USE IT IN A WAY THAT'S RESPONSIBLY. BUT BUT THE WAY IT WAS BEING USED, I DIDN'T, I, I DIDN'T LIKE IT AND IT RAISED A LOT OF RED FLAGS.

SO WITH THAT, WHAT I'M ASKING IF THERE'S COUNCIL MEMBER WHO WILL SUPPORT IT IS THAT WE BRING BACK THE PROCUREMENT PROCESS AND THEN DROP THAT NUMBER, THE 25000, MAYBE DOWN TO 50 15,000. WE CAN DISCUSS IT AS A COUNCIL, BUT I DO WANT TO MODIFY THAT, THAT NUMBER. AND EVERY CITY GETS TO CHOOSE THAT DOLLAR AMOUNT. SOME OF THEM ARE VERY RESTRICTIVE. YOU KNOW, THEY'RE DOWN TO 10,000. SOME CITIES ALLOW UP TO LIKE 50,000. SO WITHIN MANY CITIES THEY DO HAVE, YOU KNOW, DIFFERENT RANGE THAT THEY'RE ABLE TO APPROVE THINGS WITH AND GRANTS, YOU KNOW, GRANTS. I'VE ALSO ASKED FOR THAT FOR, FOR QUITE SOME TIME NOW, FOR MANY YEARS. AND IT'S THAT, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE'RE, WHEN WE'RE APPROVING GRANTS OR, OR SPONSORSHIPS OR SCHOLARSHIPS, THAT THERE'S DOCUMENTATION THAT HAS TO BE PROVIDED. SO RECEIPTS, INVOICES, THERE'S NO REASON WHY WE CAN'T PROVIDE THAT OR WHY CAN'T REQUIRE THAT. AND THEN ALSO IS, IS MONETARY DONATIONS,

[04:00:02]

WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT THE CHROMIUM SIX, THE ITEM THAT CAME FORWARD, WE ARE GOING TO BE GOING TO SACRAMENTO NEXT WEEK TO TRY TO GET SOME FUNDING FOR THAT. IT IS A LOT OF MONEY.

YOU KNOW, WE DID DO A RATE STUDY. AND, YOU KNOW, MORE THAN LIKELY, I MEAN, NOT MORE THAN LIKELY, YOU KNOW, RATES ARE GOING UP. AND SO WHAT WE'RE DOING AND WHAT THE THE CITY MANAGER DID IS, IS MAKE SURE THAT WE WERE ABLE TO MEET WITH LEGISLATORS IN SACRAMENTO NEXT WEEK TO HOPEFULLY GET SOME MORE FUNDING TO, YOU KNOW, DRIVE DOWN THAT COST. YEAH. AND THEN WITH THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TEAM, I AM GOING TO. LAS VEGAS WITH THEM. AND IT'S A CONFERENCE OUT THERE WHERE WE'RE TRYING TO GET RETAILERS AND PEOPLE WHO WANT TO, YOU KNOW, BRING BUSINESS INTO THE TO THE CITY, LARGE RETAILERS. AND I THINK THAT'S GOING TO BE A GOOD TRIP TOO. SO I KNOW THAT WAS A LOT. THAT WAS A LOT. SORRY. NO WORRIES. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER, ABOUT THE THE MAYOR'S APPOINTMENT. SO I DID ASK I ASKED TO SEND ME THAT. SO I'LL HAVE HER SEND IT OUT TO THE THE SHE UPDATED IT AND HIGHLIGHTED WHERE FORMER MAYOR HERNANDEZ WAS ON THOSE ONES. SO THERE'S A COUPLE ONES. AND I'M HOPING THAT ONCE WE SELECT THE MAYBE THE MEETING, AFTER WE SELECT THE COUNCIL MEMBER, WE CAN HAVE. THAT GIVES THEM ENOUGH TIME TO SEE WHAT THERE IS AND PROBABLY JUST PLOP THEM IN AND WE'LL DO SOME TREATIES. THERE IS A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT ARE ALREADY ALTERNATES, SO MAKING SURE IF PEOPLE WANT TO MOVE INTO THE PERMANENT ONE, BUT WE CAN HAVE THAT CONVERSATION BECAUSE THERE IS SOME IN THERE TO BECOME SWAPPING OUT THE ALTERNATE WITH THE PRIMARY AND THEN JUST BACKFILLING THAT WAY FOR NOW. YOU KNOW, THE ALTERNATES ARE ATTENDING THOSE MEETINGS, SO WE ARE STILL BEING REPRESENTED AT THOSE SPOTS. AND THEN WHEN IT COMES TO THE I'LL SUPPORT COUNCIL MEMBER DELGADO'S, THE THE POST POST-EMPLOYMENT AND POST SERVICE RESTRICTION. THE CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO HAVE A REALLY GREAT LAYOUT ON THEIR WEBSITE, AND IT TALKS ABOUT POST-EMPLOYMENT POST SERVICES. SO I THINK THAT'S A GOOD TEMPLATE FOR FOR THEM. AND YOU KNOW, I CAN

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