Jun 04, 2026 Special City Council Meetings

[Call to Order]

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THAT SHOULD COVER ALL THE ITEMS ON THE AGENDA. OKAY. CALLING THIS MEETING TO ORDER AT 5:04 P.M. SO WELCOME TO OUR CITY COUNCIL SPECIAL MEETING OF THE CITY OF COACHELLA. THE COUNCIL SITTING AS COACHELLA SANITARY DISTRICT, COACHELLA FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT, COACHELLA FINANCING AUTHORITY, COACHELLA EDUCATIONAL AND GOVERNMENT ACCESS, CABLE CHANNEL CORPORATION. COACHELLA WATER AUTHORITY, SUCCESSOR AGENCY TO THE COACHELLA REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY AND COACHELLA PARKS AND RECREATION FOUNDATION. IT IS JUNE 4TH, 2026, AND WE ARE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND START OUR MEETING. IF YOU WISH TO ATTEND THE MEETING VIA ZOOM, THE LINK IS ON OUR WEBSITE AND IT'S ALSO ON OUR AGENDA THAT HAS BEEN POSTED. YOU CAN PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENTS EITHER IN PERSON, VIA EMAIL OR VIA ZOOM. WE DO HAVE OUR SLIPS THAT ARE RIGHT IN THE FRONT. IF YOU'D LIKE TO PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENT IN PERSON. AND OUR MEETING IS ALSO BEING LIVE STREAMED, AND YOU CAN ACCESS IT ONLINE BY ACCESSING THE CITY'S WEBSITE AT COACHELLA.ORG. CAN WE GET ROLL CALL, PLEASE? COUNCIL MEMBER PEREZ HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER OKAY. WE'RE HERE. OKAY. AND SO FOR THE RECORD, MAYOR FIGUEROA IS NOT PRESENT YET.

[Approval of Agenda]

THANK YOU. AND DO YOU WANT TO DO ROLL CALL? COUNCIL MEMBER. PEREZ. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. AYE.

[Public Comments (Closed Session Items)]

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[Adjourn to Closed Session]

[Reconvene Special Meeting]

THE DAY IS JUNE 4TH. THE COUNCIL RECONVENES FROM CLOSED SESSION. THE TIME IS 6:07 P.M.

[Closed Session Announcements]

WITH THAT, WE WILL. ANY CITY COUNCIL CONFLICT OF INTEREST DISCLOSURES ON ANY OF THE ITEMS ON THE AGENDA. THIS IS THE TIME WHERE YOU CAN DISCLOSE. IF I HEAR NONE, WE'LL MOVE ON TO

[WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS]

THEY'RE ALL IN REGARDS TO THE DATA CENTER IN OPPOSITION FOR BRAD, BRAD ANDERSON, REPRESENTATIVE RAUL RUIZ, RYAN HOLLOWAY, JACQUELINE HOLLOWAY, MONICA LOZA, RUBY OLVERA, ROMAN LOPEZ, EDITH. CABREROS, JESSICA. CABRERA, BARTOLO. VIVA LA CAUSA, MARIA LUISA RODRIGUEZ, JOANNE.

LLAMAS AND JULIANA TABORDA. THANK YOU FOR THAT. AND THOSE WERE THE WRITTEN COMMENTS THAT WERE SUBMITTED TO THE CITY CLERK. WE'LL MOVE ON NEXT TO BECAUSE THIS IS A PUBLIC SPECIAL MEETING, THERE IS NO GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENTS. SO THE PUBLIC COMMENTS, IF YOU WANT TO

[NEW BUSINESS CALENDAR (LEGISLATIVE AND ADMINISTRATIVE)]

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IT INVOLVES THE RIGHTS OF THE PUBLIC. AND SO IT IS A BIG DEAL. AND SO FOR THAT REASON, THERE IS A VERY DETAILED SET OUT PROCESS THAT DESCRIBES EXACTLY WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO IN ORDER TO HAVE THAT PAUSE. SO THE INITIAL PAUSE IS FOR 45 DAYS. BEFORE THAT, WE WILL PROVIDE PUBLIC NOTICE FOR A PUBLIC HEARING, WHICH YOU'RE USED TO AT THAT PUBLIC HEARING. YOU THEN DECIDE WHETHER TO CONTINUE THAT PAUSE OR THAT MORATORIUM FOR AN ADDITIONAL TEN MONTHS AND 15 DAYS. AND SO WHAT CITIES DO IS THEY USE THAT TIME TO BE ABLE TO FIGURE OUT WHETHER THAT USE CAN BE REGULATED, WHETHER IT'S EVEN APPROPRIATE IN THE CITY. AND SO IF IT IF IT'S DETERMINED THAT IT'S NOT AN APPROPRIATE USE FOR THE CITY. CITIES ARE PERFECTLY FINE. AND HAVING TO BAN THAT USE. HOWEVER, LAND USE BANS ARE VERY. COURTS LOOK AT THEM VERY CLOSELY. SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DO THIS RIGHT. AND SO THE WAY THAT THAT IT'S RECOMMENDED THAT YOU DO IT IS TO DO THE MORATORIUM FIRST WHILE THE MORATORIUM IS IN EFFECT. AND AFTER WE EXTEND IT DURING THAT PROCESS, WE'LL FIGURE OUT, IS THIS SOMETHING THAT YOU EVEN WANT IN THE CITY? IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU DON'T WANT IN THE CITY, THAT TIME ALLOWS THE CITY STAFF, THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, THE COUNCIL TO PROVIDE EVIDENCE. AS YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU APPROVE ANY LAND USE ORDINANCE, ANY LAND USE ENTITLEMENT, OR EVEN A LAND USE ORDINANCE, YOU'RE REQUIRED TO MAKE FINDINGS REGARDING ITS CONSISTENCY WITH THE GENERAL PLAN, CONSISTENCY WITH YOUR MUNICIPAL CODE, CONSISTENCY WITH ALL OF YOUR ADOPTED ORDINANCES AND CODES, AND SO THAT PAUSE THAT TIME GIVES US THE OPPORTUNITY TO STRENGTHEN IF THAT'S WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN, THE REGULATION OR THE BAN, IT ALLOWS US TO STRENGTHEN THAT BY TAKING INTO ACCOUNT ALL OF THOSE OTHER DOCUMENTS THAT YOU ALREADY HAVE AND THAT YOU'VE ADOPTED. AND SO THE PROCESS THAT WE ARE RECOMMENDING TO YOU TONIGHT WOULD IMPOSE A FIRST, A 45 DAY MORATORIUM ON ANY APPROVAL. OH, THE OTHER THING IS, IT COULD BE THAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE JUST LIMITED TO JUST LOOKING AT DATA CENTERS. THERE IS SUCH A THING IN, IN THE LAW THAT WE WANT TO BE CONSISTENT AND WANT TO TREAT SIMILAR USES SIMILARLY. SO THERE COULD BE OTHER USES THAT AS WE STUDY THIS THAT EITHER WE FIND ARE NOT APPROPRIATE, OR MAYBE THOSE ARE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT AND WE WANT TO REGULATE THEM IN A DIFFERENT WAY. AND SO THAT PAUSE ALLOWS US TO TAKE A LOOK AT THAT. WHAT'S IN FRONT OF YOU IS THE LEGAL REQUIREMENTS. YOU ARE REQUIRED TO ADOPT A MORATORIUM, EMERGENCY MORATORIUM BY 4/5 VOTE. SO IT WILL TAKE ALL FOUR OF YOU TO PASS IT. IT IS IMMEDIATELY EFFECTIVE. SO IF IT'S PASSED TONIGHT, IT BECOMES EFFECTIVE TONIGHT. AND AGAIN, IT LASTS FOR 45 DAYS. AND SO WE MUST ADOPT AN EXTENSION ORDINANCE SOMETIME PRIOR TO THE EXPIRATION OF THE 45 DAYS. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. THE REASON THAT IS INCLUDED IN YOUR URGENCY ORDINANCE, THE REASONS FOR THE MORATORIUM, WHAT WHAT THE LAW SAYS IS THERE MUST BE THE MORATORIUM IS NEEDED BECAUSE THERE IS A CURRENT OR IMMEDIATE THREAT TO THE HEALTH, SAFETY AND WELFARE, AND THE APPROVAL OF APPLICATIONS WOULD RESULT IN A THREAT TO THE PUBLIC HEALTH OR SAFETY. SO YOUR ORDINANCE INCLUDES THOSE TYPES OF FINDINGS TO MAKE SURE THAT THE URGENCY ORDINANCE, THE URGENCY MORATORIUM, IS SUPPORTED. AND WHAT WE'RE SAYING IS THAT CURRENTLY THERE IS NO REGULATORY FRAMEWORK FOR THE CONSIDERATION OF ANY DATA CENTERS. CURRENTLY, THERE HASN'T BEEN ANY ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW, SO WE DON'T EXACTLY KNOW WHAT THE IMPACTS MIGHT BE. THERE COULD HAVE BEEN SOME REVIEW IF YOU HAD GOTTEN SOME SOME APPLICATIONS, BUT CURRENTLY WE DON'T HAVE A LARGE SORT OF ALL ENCOMPASSING ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW FOR WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN. WHAT WE DO HAVE ARE THE INFORMATION AND EVIDENCE THAT HAS BEEN PROVIDED TO US FROM OTHER AGENCIES, OTHER CITIES, OTHER STATES, ABOUT THE IMPACTS OF DATA CENTERS. AND SO WE HAVE BROUGHT A LOT OF THOSE FINDINGS INTO THAT ORDINANCE SO THAT WE COULD SUPPORT THE ORDINANCE, THE THE THE REASON WHY CALIFORNIA LAW ALLOWS URGENCY MORATORIUMS IS BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY, APPROVAL OF

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THERE'S A HEARING BEFORE THE PLANNING COMMISSION. THE PLANNING COMMISSION MAKES A RECOMMENDATION TO YOU, A WRITTEN RECOMMENDATION, USUALLY IN THE FORM OF A RESOLUTION THAT THEN COMES TO YOU. TEN DAY NOTICE IS PROVIDED TO THE PUBLIC BEFORE THE HEARING, BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL, WITH THE CITY COUNCIL. IF IT'S AN AMENDMENT TO A ZONING CODE, IT'S A ZONING ORDINANCE. SO IT'S AN ORDINANCE. SO IT REQUIRES, AS YOU KNOW, INTRODUCTION OF THE ORDINANCE AND A PUBLIC HEARING. AND IF THAT IS APPROVED, IT THEN GOES ON TO SECOND READING TWO WEEKS LATER ON. AND THEN THAT ORDINANCE TAKES EFFECT 30 DAYS.

SO THE REASON WHY THE THE, THE LAW HAS THE PROVISIONS FOR THE SIX, FIVE, EIGHT, FIVE, EIGHT MORATORIUM IS TO GIVE YOU TIME TO DO ALL OF THAT, BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY WE COULDN'T DO THAT IN THE ABSENCE OF THAT PAUSE THAT WE HAVE GOING. AND THEN I MENTIONED THE ORDINANCE WOULD THEN TAKE EFFECT 30 DAYS AFTER YOUR ADOPTION. AND AT THAT POINT, AND WHAT TYPICALLY HAPPENS IS THAT THE WHEN YOU HAVE A A STANDARD ZONING ORDINANCE THAT IS TRAILING A MORATORIUM, MORATORIUM ORDINANCE, THAT STANDARD ORDINANCE WILL ALSO INCLUDE LANGUAGE THAT SAYS THAT THIS ORDINANCE NOW REPEALS THE MORATORIUM. SO THERE'S NO NEED FOR THE MORATORIUM ANYMORE BECAUSE YOU'VE TAKEN ACTION IN RESPONSE TO IT. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. I MENTIONED SO SO THAT'S WHAT THE PROCESS THAT THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE FOLLOWING WHEN WE GET TO THE POINT WHERE WE'RE READY TO COME BACK TO YOU WITH A RECOMMENDATION FOR EITHER THERE'S SOME REGULATIONS THAT WE CAN IMPOSE, OR IF NOT, THEN IT'S GOING TO BE A COMPLETE BAN. WITH RESPECT TO THE URGENCY ORDINANCE, I'VE ALREADY EXPLAINED THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO COME BACK WITH YOU EITHER THE NEXT MEETING OR THE ONE AFTER THAT, WITH WHAT'S CALLED A TEN DAY REPORT. IT'LL GO ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR.

IT'S IT'S JUST A REPORT FROM YOUR STAFF AND YOUR CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE BASICALLY DESCRIBING THE ACTIONS THAT THEY'VE TAKEN. USUALLY IT TAKES THE FORM OF, HEY, WE DID SURVEYS, WE SURVEYED OTHER CITIES. WE LOOKED AT SOME OF THE IMPACTS. WE CONTACTED OUR WATER PROVIDERS. WE CONTACTED OUR ELECTRIC PROVIDERS TO TRY TO GET INFORMATION. SO IT'S BASICALLY THE PROCESS OF GETTING THE SURVEY AND THE INFORMATION DONE THAT WILL THEN SUPPORT THE ULTIMATE ORDINANCE THAT WILL COME BEFORE YOU. AND THEN AGAIN, AFTER THE TEN DAY REPORT, WE COME BACK TO YOU WITH A NOTICE PUBLIC HEARING, AND THEN ASK YOU TO EXTEND IT FOR AN ADDITIONAL TEN MONTHS AND 15 DAYS. BUT OUR HOPE IS THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THE REGULAR VERSION OF THE ORDINANCE WAY BEFORE THAT TIME. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. I MENTIONED EARLIER THE TYPES OF THINGS THAT THE STAFF IS GOING TO BE STUDYING. THEY'RE UP ON THE SLIDE. WE'RE GOING TO BE TAKING A LOOK AT AIR QUALITY, WATER RESOURCES, NOISE AND QUALITY OF LIFE ISSUES RELATING TO DATA CENTERS. WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT WHEN WE COME BACK TO YOU. IT'S NOT UNUSUAL TO, FOR EXAMPLE, CHANGE THE DEFINITION. MAYBE THE DEFINITION IS TOO BROAD.

MAYBE THE DEFINITION IS TOO NARROW. SO IT COULD BE THAT WHEN WE COME BACK TO YOU FOR THE EXTENSION OF THE OF THE MORATORIUM ORDINANCE, THERE MIGHT BE TWEAKS TO THAT DEFINITION. THAT'S NOT UNUSUAL. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. I MENTIONED SOME OF THE OTHER CITIES. WE DID A QUICK SURVEY OF WHAT OTHER CITIES HAVE DONE THAT HAVE FACED THIS ISSUE OF DATA CENTERS. THESE ARE SOME OF THE CITIES WHERE WE FOUND THAT THEY HAVE ADOPTED THEIR 45 DAY

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AND I THINK WHAT'S IMPORTANT HERE IS THIS THIS PRESENTATION THAT YOU GAVE TALKS ABOUT THE MORATORIUM AND HOW THE MORATORIUM IS USED SUBSEQUENTLY TO GET TO THE BANNED. AND I THINK THAT'S THE MOST IMPORTANT PART. YOU HIGHLIGHT THE WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO BE RESEARCHING, WHAT THOSE BECAUSE YOU'VE DONE THE RESEARCH AND YOU DO THE URGENCY ORDINANCE HAS THE CURRENT STUFF, RIGHT. AND WE ALL KNOW IT'S HOT OUTSIDE. AND, YOU KNOW, WE ALL KNOW THIS WEEK HAS BEEN WARM. SO, YOU KNOW, WE UNDERSTAND WHAT THOSE ASPECTS ARE AND I UNDERSTAND THAT FUNCTION. SO YOU'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO DO THAT WHILE IT CONTINUES. AND SECONDLY, IN REGARDS TO MAYOR TOFER TAYLOR FROM INDIAN WELLS MAKING A COMMENT AT THE DESERT SUN EDITORIAL TODAY, I WANT TO LET HIM KNOW I DON'T KNOW WHERE HE'S AT. HE DIDN'T COME TO OUR MEETING TONIGHT TO SAY YOU SHOULD, YOU KNOW, CONTINUE WITH WHAT YOU'RE DOING OR, YOU KNOW, FIGHT BACK THIS AND SUPPORT IT. I'M LIKE, CLEARLY HE DOESN'T KNOW COACHELLA. AND CLEARLY, I DON'T KNOW IF HE'S WATCHING THE NEWS OR NOT. BUT AT HIS NEXT INDIAN WELLS CITY COUNCIL MEETING, I'M GOING TO SHOW UP AND ASK HIM, WHY DON'T YOU JUST BUILD NEXT TO THE INDIAN WELLS TENNIS GARDEN? BECAUSE IF YOU WANT IT, TAKE IT. THERE IT IS. HAVE A NICE DAY. BUT THE IMPORTANT PART, I THINK WHERE WE'RE AT RIGHT NOW IS, IS WE'RE HERE. YOU KNOW, THE PRESENTATION. I'LL LET THE COUNCIL TALK ABOUT IT AND THEN WE'LL HAVE OPEN PUBLIC COMMENTS.

AND AS I REITERATED, I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE RESPECTFUL OF EVERYBODY. AND THIS IS WHERE WE'RE AT RIGHT NOW. WE'VE HEARD THE COMMENTS AND OTHER COUNCIL MIGHT HAVE COMMENTS ON THE ITEM.

AND SO I OPENED THE FLOOR TO THE COUNCIL FOR ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS FOR THE LAWYER OR ANY

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WHETHER YOU'RE TREATING SIMILAR USES SIMILARLY. AND SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE LOAD UP THE RECORD WITH AS MUCH INFORMATION THAT IS SPECIFIC TO COACHELLA AS POSSIBLE. WHAT WE DON'T WANT IS AN ORDINANCE, FOR EXAMPLE, THAT INCLUDES A BAN THAT'S USING INFORMATION. IT'S NICE TO USE THE INFORMATION FROM OTHER STATES, FROM OTHER CITIES, BUT IT'S MUCH BETTER IF WE COULD USE THE INFORMATION AND THE RESEARCH THAT WE DID ON HOW THIS PARTICULAR USE AFFECTS YOU, ESPECIALLY IF WE CAN TIE IT BACK TO EXISTING GENERAL PLAN POLICIES, BECAUSE THAT IS YOUR CONSTITUTION HERE, RIGHT? THAT IS YOUR FOR FOR DEVELOPMENT IS THE GENERAL PLAN.

IF WE CAN TIE IT BACK TO THE GENERAL PLAN, IT MAKES IT EVEN STRONGER. AND SO THAT IS OUR APPROACH HERE. AND I THANK YOU FOR SHARING THE THE CHANGES. AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE LAND USE AND GENERAL PLANNING AND ALL THE OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY CONCERNS THAT NEED TO BE ADDRESSED. AND, AND THE IMPORTANCE OF WHY IT NEEDS TO BE DONE CORRECTLY. BECAUSE WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN IS THAT IF WE DON'T TAKE THE TIME TO MAKE IT SOLID, IS THAT THEY'RE GOING TO TRY TO COME BACK ANOTHER DATA CENTER, COMPANY OR AGENCY IS GOING TO TRY TO COME BACK THROUGH A LOOPHOLE, AND THAT'S WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN. SO WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WHEN WE'RE DOING THIS, THAT WE'RE COVERING EVERYTHING IN REGARDS TO DATA CENTER, WHETHER THAT'S A ZONING BAN, WHETHER, YOU KNOW, IT'S I KNOW THAT MONTEREY DID A NUISANCE ONE.

AND SO THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT THIS AS WE'RE LOOKING AT CHANGING AND AMENDING THE THE ORDINANCE THAT NEED TO BE AMENDED SO THAT WE MAKE SURE THAT WHEN WE BRING IT BACK, WHICH WE'LL ALL BE BROUGHT BACK TOGETHER ALL AT ONCE. SO AND I WANT TO CLARIFY THAT TOO. AND WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ORDINANCES, THEY WON'T EACH COME AT A DIFFERENT TIME. THEY WILL ALL COME TOGETHER AT THE SAME TIME UNDER ONE PACKAGE. AM I SAYING THAT CORRECTLY? UNDER ONE ORDINANCE, THE DIFFERENT CHANGES. SO YOU'RE GOING TO SEE ALL THESE CHANGES TO EXISTING ORDINANCES AGAIN JUST TO MAKE THAT SOLID SO THAT THERE ISN'T ANY LOOPHOLES OR ANYONE ELSE DOESN'T COME BACK TO COME IN THROUGH, YOU KNOW, ANY OTHER AREAS THAT THEY CAN COME IN THROUGH. SO I JUST WANT TO STRESS THE IMPORTANCE OF, OF WHY WE NEED TO GET THIS DONE RIGHT THE FIRST TIME. OKAY. SO THE, CAN WE ABSOLUTELY CORRECT. GREAT POINTS. I ONLY WANTED TO MAKE ONE, ONE MORE POINT, WHICH IS THE OTHER BIG REASON FOR DOING IT THIS WAY IS FOR TRANSPARENCY PURPOSES. OBVIOUSLY, WHEN YOU HAVE PUBLIC HEARINGS BEFORE A PLANNING COMMISSION, PUBLIC HEARINGS BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL, IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE PUBLIC

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IT COULD ONLY HELP US. IT DOESN'T HURT US, IT HELPS US. AND SO WE WANT TO BE AS TRANSPARENT AS POSSIBLE THROUGH THAT PROCESS, BECAUSE IT WILL ONLY STRENGTHEN WHAT WE DO. FOR THE FAST TRACK WE'RE LOOKING AT. THE EARLIEST WOULD BE THREE MONTHS AND A HALF. YEAH.

BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, AND I THINK THE SLIDE MENTIONED ASSUMING WE WANT. ASSUMING WE WERE READY TO GO TODAY, WE NEED 2020 DAY NOTICE OF A HEARING BEFORE THE PLANNING COMMISSION. I DON'T KNOW WHEN YOU'RE PLANNING COMMISSION MEETS. I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S ONLY ONE MONTH OR ONCE A MONTH OR TWICE A MONTH, FIRST AND THIRD. RIGHT. SO YOU'RE LOOKING WE GOT TO BE AT LEAST 20, YOU KNOW, 20 DAYS BEFORE THAT. THEN WE GO TO A PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING. ONCE THE PLANNING COMMISSION TAKES A VOTE, MAKES A RECOMMENDATION, WE THEN HAVE TO INCORPORATE WHATEVER IT IS THAT THEY DECIDED INTO THE PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE THAT GOES TO THE CITY COUNCIL. SO WE CAN'T DO IT. IN THE OLD DAYS, WE USED TO SOMETIMES DOUBLE UP AND YOU MAY HAVE DONE IT HERE, BUT WE USED TO DOUBLE UP. WE USED TO HAVE, FOR EXAMPLE, A PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING AT 4:00 WHERE THEY MADE A RECOMMENDATION ON ORDINANCE, AND THEN THE CITY COUNCIL WOULD CONSIDER IT AT 7:00 ON THE SAME NIGHT. AND THAT'S BECAUSE WE USED TO PRE NOTICE EVERYTHING IN THE NEWSPAPER. YOU CAN'T DO THAT ANYMORE. AND SO BECAUSE OF ALL THESE DEADLINES THAT WE HAVE FOR THE AMOUNT OF NOTICE THAT YOU NEED, IT'S A THREE MONTH PROCESS BASICALLY. SO WHEN LOOKING AT THE PROCESSING PERIOD WITH 20 DAY NOTICE GOES TO THE PC, EVEN IF WE DO SPECIAL MEETING FOR THE PC AND CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS, WE'RE STILL PROBABLY LOOKING AT THEIR FAST EVEN. AND THAT'S A FAST TURNAROUND, MAYBE SIX WEEKS WITH SPECIAL MEETINGS, 6 TO 8 WEEKS MAYBE. YEAH. BECAUSE REMEMBER THAT ORDINANCES CAN ONLY BE ADOPTED AT A REGULAR MEETING. REGULAR MEETING. YEAH. BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO BE AT.

RIGHT. SO LIKE IF YOU HAVE AN ORDINANCE, THIS IS A SPECIAL MEETING BECAUSE WE CAN DO AN URGENCY, RIGHT? OUR NEXT REGULAR SCHEDULE IS, IS NEXT WEEK AND THEN WE HAVE ANOTHER ONE IN. SO THAT'S WHY IT TAKES TIME, TWO MONTHS. WE'RE LOOKING AT TWO MONTHS. THEY'RE AT MINIMUM. SO THEN THEN WE'RE SAYING THAT THAT POSSIBLY WITHIN A MONTH AND A HALF THAT WE CAN DO THE THE FINDINGS. SO STAFF HAS DONE SOME ANALYSIS ON IT. AND WE FEEL THAT WE COULD PROBABLY MEET A PLANNING COMMISSION IN JULY, BUT IT LIKELY WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO GO TO A REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING UNTIL AFTER THE DARK PERIOD IN AUGUST, WHICH WOULD MAKE THE ADOPTION IN SEPTEMBER. MAKES SENSE. MAKES SENSE. AND THEN AS WE YOU KNOW, THERE WAS A DISCUSSION OF IT PRIOR. IS THAT. AND TO PIGGYBACK OFF WHAT COUNCILMEMBER PEREZ SAID IS THAT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT AS WE MOVE FORWARD, THAT THIS IS ALSO THE MOMENT AND THE TIME TO THEN CHANGE ANY OTHER ORDINANCES THAT NEED TO BE REVISITED OR UPDATED REGARDING AIR QUALITY OR ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS. CERTAIN DEVELOPMENTS AROUND SCHOOL SITES, YOU KNOW, IF WE GOT IT, YOU KNOW, WE GOT IT WRONG. AND SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE AS AS WE'RE GOING FORWARD THAT, THAT WE'RE NOT FINDING OURSELVES IN A SITUATION WHERE WE DIDN'T PUT ENOUGH PROTECTIONS AND REGULATIONS AND SAFETY MEASURES BEFORE ANYONE WANTS TO COME IN AND INVEST IN THE CITY. AND I THINK THAT'S THIS IS A TIME TO DO THAT. AND MORE THAN LIKELY, WHEN WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THE DATA CENTER ORDINANCE AND CHANGES TO THE LAND USE, IS THAT THAT WE DO THIS PROBABLY SEPARATELY. AND THEN MAYBE BECAUSE I THINK TO TO STAY ON THE FAST TRACK OF THE THREE, I WOULD AGREE BECAUSE JUST ANTICIPATING, I, I THINK THAT A SIMPLE BAN. DOES IT TRIGGER A LOT OF SEQUA. BUT THE TYPES OF OTHER CHANGES THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT MIGHT. AND SO THAT'S WHY WE, WE WANT TO TRY TO KEEP THEM SEPARATE. THERE'S.

IN THE STATE LEGISLATURE, THERE WAS A BILL THAT WAS VETOED BY THE GOVERNOR RIGHT ABOUT THE.

IT WAS AUTHORED BY, I THINK, OUR LOCAL STATE SENATOR, RIGHT ABOUT THE HARDER, STRICT THINGS ON SEQUA. SO HOW WOULD THAT LOOK? RIGHT. BECAUSE WE'RE JUST GOING TO START DOING THE PILOT.

WE'RE GOING TO GO DOWN THE POLICY PATH WITH THIS. RIGHT. AND AND REALLY MAKING SURE THAT.

SO MY, MY QUESTION IS, DO WE WANT TO. HOW MUCH OF AUTHORITY DOES THE CITY HAVE TO PUT SEQUA LANGUAGE IN ORDER FOR IT? SO A QUESTION FOR YOU. HOW MUCH AUTHORITY DOES THAT AND HOW MUCH DOES IT GET SUPERSEDED IF THERE'S A A MORE STRICTER REGULATIONS THAT THE STATE WIDE.

SO IF THERE ISN'T ANYTHING RIGHT NOW, AND WHAT DOES THE STATE HAVE? WHAT DO WE DO HERE NOW AND HOW DO WE PROCEED WITH THAT? AND SO MAKING SURE WE HAVE I THINK SEQUA IS A MUCH MORE DIFFICULT SELL. IF WHAT YOU WERE DOING IS TRYING TO ADOPT AN ORDINANCE TO REGULATE AND ALLOW IT, BECAUSE THEN OUR THREE MONTH TIMELINE THERE GOES GOES OUT THE WINDOW. YEAH. WHAT

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AND THEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THESE OTHER POLICY CHANGES THAT WE'RE GOING TO MAKE. RIGHT. AND I THINK THERE ARE TWO DIFFERENT THINGS. AND SO WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO GET KIND OF LIKE, OKAY, WE'RE GOING TO WE GOT TO WAIT AND IT'S GOING TO TRIGGER AND GO AND, YOU KNOW, SNAIL PACE AND ALL THAT STUFF BECAUSE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A THREE MONTH. SO WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE, AND IT'S GOING TO COME BACK. AND IT'S ALSO A QUESTION FOR THE INTERIM CITY MANAGER. AND THE CITY ATTORNEY IS, IS WHAT'S GOING TO COME BACK THE BAN OR YOU'RE GOING TO WORK ON THE BAN DEPENDING ON THE DIRECTION, IS IT GOING TO INCLUDE THESE OTHER POLICY CHANGES TO OUR ORDINANCE AND OUR CHANGES AT THE SAME TIME? AND IS IT GOING TO CAUSE BECAUSE I THINK WE'RE TALKING ABOUT STUFF AND WE'RE GOING IN A CIRCLE. AND I WANT TO CLARIFY, IT'S A BAN. AND THEN THERE'S ADDITIONAL THINGS THAT ARE GOING TO GO INTO IT, RIGHT? BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO ANALYZE IT. BUT DO YOU. AND YOU CAN ANSWER THE PUBLIC, DO THEY HAVE TO COME TOGETHER OR CAN YOU WORK ON THE BAN, WORK ON THE OTHER ONE, THE PIGGYBACK ON THEM AS YOU GO, BECAUSE THERE'S DIFFERENT WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN IS THEN YOU LOOK AT OTHER DEVELOPMENTS AND WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN IS DEVELOPERS AROUND THE AREA ARE GOING TO SAY, WELL, THEY'RE NOT. THEY'RE LOOKING, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S HAPPENING OVER THERE AND MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE OKAY, RIGHT? AS, AS THINGS THAT COME WITH WATER USE AND ALL THE DIFFERENT THINGS. SO BECAUSE WHAT WE'RE, I THOUGHT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT IS LIKE A BAN RIGHT TO THE DATA CENTER. AND THAT'S A BAN. BUT MAKING SURE THAT THE POLICY CHANGE THAT WILL ALLOW FOR MORE, MORE OF WHAT YOU WOULD CALL MORE T. YEAH, RIGHT. AS PEOPLE SAY, WELL, WE DON'T HAVE THAT THIS REVERSE HERE, YOU CAN'T HAVE IT HERE, THE ZONING OF IT, RIGHT? BECAUSE WE HAVE A CITY ORDINANCE WITH THE ZONING AND WHERE YOU CAN AND PLAY HEAVY MACHINERY, WE HAVE THE DIFFERENT AREAS. SO I THINK THAT'S THE REAL QUESTION IS FOR ME AND FOR THE PUBLIC TO KIND OF UNDERSTAND, LIKE, HOW ARE WE GOING TO PROGRESS? BECAUSE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A THREE MONTH TIMELINE. BUT THEN IT SOUNDS LIKE IF YOU ADD ALL THESE OTHER THINGS, IT'S GOING TO JUST LONGER. LIKE, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE. YEAH, I KNOW THAT THAT'S A GOOD POINT. WHAT I'M SUGGESTING TO YOU IS THAT IF IT'S A SIMPLE BAN, I THINK WE CAN DO IT RATHER QUICKLY. IF WE START ADDING MORE THINGS THAT HAVE AN ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT THAT WE HAVE TO ANALYZE UNDER SEQUEL PURPOSES, THEN THAT THREE MONTHS, I CAN'T PROMISE IT'S GOING TO BE THREE MONTHS. IT COULD BE LONGER. AND SO WHAT I THINK OUR APPROACH IS GOING TO BE IS, IS TO PROCEED WITH THE BAN. IF THAT'S THE DIRECTION WE'RE GOING TO GET, NO MATTER WHAT, IDENTIFY THE OTHER POLICIES THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO CHANGE, AND THEN HANDLE THOSE SEPARATELY. IF IT TURNS OUT THAT THE OTHER POLICIES THAT WE NEED TO CHANGE DON'T HAVE AN ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT, THEN ABSOLUTELY, WE'LL TAKE THEM ALL TOGETHER. OKAY. YEAH, I JUST WANT TO I THINK, BUT I JUST CAN'T TELL YOU TODAY WHAT THOSE ARE. YEAH. SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE, LIKE TO CLARIFY BECAUSE I'LL GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE. LIKE, LET'S SAY WE HAVE TO MAKE A CHANGE TO YOUR STORMWATER REQUIREMENTS. YES. ALL RIGHT. YOU KNOW, THAT MIGHT HAVE SOME ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS.

YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW THAT WE WANT TO TAKE IT TOGETHER. YEAH. YOU KNOW, AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE THAT ARE IN HERE AND LISTENING OUTSIDE AND LISTENING ONLINE WHAT, WHAT THAT IS, RIGHT? SO THERE'S A GOOD UNDERSTANDING OF THE CONVERSATION THAT WE'RE HAVING, I THINK. SO THAT'S THE LAST OF MY QUESTIONS. THIS IS HEALTHY. AND I IF THERE'S ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL, I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY THAT WE'RE NOT CLARIFY JUST TO PROVIDE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT AS WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THE BAN ON THE ON DATA CENTERS, IS THAT THEN ALSO WE START LOOKING INTO OTHER POLICIES OR EXISTING POLICIES THAT WE DO, THESE STUDIES THAT WE CAN ALSO LEARN FROM THOSE STUDIES, AND THEN OBVIOUSLY USE SOME OF THAT INFORMATION AS WE'RE WHEN WE BRING THAT THAT INFORMATION, WE'LL SEE, WE'LL TRY TO IDENTIFY WHAT THOSE MIGHT BE. AND IF THEY DO COME. CAN YOU KEEP THEM SEPARATE? BECAUSE I THINK IT IT HELPS. IT HELPS THE PUBLIC UNDERSTAND BECAUSE IF YOU TAG THEM IN. NO. AND THEY'LL HAVE TO BE SEPARATE BECAUSE IT'S JUST I THINK WHEN WE HAVE LAND USE ORDINANCES REQUIRE PLANNING COMMISSION REVIEW, BUT THE OTHER ORDINANCES MAY NOT. SO THAT'S WHY. YEAH. AND WITH THAT AND IT WON'T WE CAN'T GET IT ON THAT FAST. AND JUST TO FOR EVERYONE HERE IS, IS WHAT YOU'RE GOING

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I'M FRANCISCO MOLINA, COACHELLA RESIDENT AND BUSINESS OWNER. I HAVE A DOCUMENT HERE TODAY. I SUPPORT THIS URGENCY ORDINANCE. BUT BEFORE YOU VOTE, I WANT THIS COUNCIL TO UNDERSTAND THE FULL CONTEXT OF WHAT YOU ARE CLEANING UP. THE MOTION TO APPROVE THE STRONGHOLD AGREEMENT ON FEBRUARY 11TH WAS MADE BY COUNCIL MEMBER VITKIN. AT THAT MEETING, NO COUNCIL MEMBER DISCLOSED THAT FORMER MAYOR HERNANDEZ, WHO VOTED YES, HAD RECEIVED A $4,900 CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTION FROM STRONGHOLD POWER SYSTEMS, INC. ON OCTOBER 11TH, 2022. I HAVE A COPY OF THAT DOCUMENT FOR THE CITY CLERK IN MY HAND RIGHT NOW. THIS IS A SCHEDULE A OF.

HERNANDEZ IS FORM 460 ON FILE WITH THE CITY'S OWN CITY CLERK. THE CITY ATTORNEY CONFIRMED ON THE PUBLIC RECORD ON MAY 11TH THAT HE HAD NO IDEA THIS CONTRIBUTION EXISTED, AND THAT NO ONE ADVISED HERNANDEZ ABOUT HIS RECUSAL OBLIGATION. THAT CONTRIBUTION IS NOW PART OF A SWORN FPPC COMPLAINT I FILED TODAY, COUNCIL MEMBER VITKIN CITED RINA. AFFORDABLE HOUSING NUMBERS AS A REASON TO APPROVE THIS AGREEMENT. I WANT TO ADDRESS THAT DIRECTLY. A DATA CENTER DOES NOT GENERATE AFFORDABLE HOUSING. IT DOES THE OPPOSITE. IT CONSUMES ENORMOUS AMOUNTS OF ELECTRICITY, DRIVES UP GRID DEMAND, AND PUTS UPWARD PRESSURE ON UTILITY RATES FOR EVERY COACHELLA RESIDENT FOR 30 YEARS. HIGHER ELECTRIC BILLS ARE HIGHER. COST OF LIVING.

THAT IS NOT RINA COMPLIANCE THAT IS MAKING THE HOUSING AFFORDABILITY CRISIS WORSE. I ALSO WANT TO NOTE FOR THE RECORD, THAT I OBSERVED WHAT APPEARED TO BE STRONGHOLDS LEGAL COUNSEL PRESENT TONIGHT AND CONSULTING WITH CITY STAFF OR COUNCIL IN AN ADVISORY CAPACITY. I AM ASKING THE CITY ATTORNEY TO CLARIFY ON THE RECORD WHO THAT INDIVIDUAL REPRESENTS AND IN WHAT CAPACITY THEY ARE ADVISING THIS BODY TONIGHT. STRONGHOLDS LEGAL COUNSEL CANNOT SIMULTANEOUSLY REPRESENT THE OPPOSING PARTY IN ANTICIPATED LITIGATION AND ADVISE THIS CITY ON HOW TO STRUCTURE ITS RESPONSE TO THAT SAME AGREEMENT. VOTE YES ON THE MORATORIUM AND MAKE IT PERMANENT. 45 DAYS IS NOT ENOUGH. THANK YOU. AND SINCE I HAVE MORE TIME, I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND TAKE MY TIME. I'VE ALREADY REQUESTED MULTIPLE TIMES. I WANT BBQ OUT OF MY CITY BECAUSE THEY'RE TELLING YOU ABOUT EIR NOW. THEY SHOULD HAVE TOLD YOU ABOUT IT ON FEBRUARY 11TH, 2026 AND WHAT THEY'RE DOING. WHAT I FEEL LIKE IS THAT THEY'RE TRYING TO BUY TIME FOR STRONGHOLD BECAUSE IF THEY DO THIS ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT, WHAT IS THAT GOING TO GIVE THEM? OH, HEY. WELL, WE FOUND THAT IF WE DO THIS WATER, IF WE IF WE, IF WE USE POTABLE WATER OR IF WE USE FUSION CELLS, THERE'S NOT GOING TO BE AN IMPACT AND AN ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT BECAUSE OF THIS, BECAUSE OF THAT. AND SO YOU HAVE TO REALLY THINK ABOUT RIGHT NOW, I ALREADY PUT THEM ON THE PUBLIC RECORD THAT THEY THEY NEGOTIATED A CONTRACT WITH PROP CORP INC, WHO ALSO DONATED TO STEPHEN HERNANDEZ. I HAVE THEM HERE, AND THEY NEGOTIATED THAT CONTRACT ON AN EASEMENT WITH ELECTRICAL UTILITIES. AND

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BUT UNFORTUNATELY, THE CITY ATTORNEY, HE HAS STRONG TIES TO NOT ONLY HIM, BUT HIS FIRM HAS STRONG TIES TO STRONGHOLD. AND IF HE'S REPRESENTING YOU GUYS AND YOU GUYS ARE TRYING TO HELP US, FROM WHAT I HEARD, YOU GUYS ARE JUST LIKE, WE WANT THIS, COACHELLA WANTS THIS. AND THEY'RE LIKE, NO, I DON'T, I DON'T AGREE WITH THAT. BUT WE'RE THEY'RE OUTNUMBERED. IT'S OUR WHOLE CITY. OUR WHOLE CITY IS THE PEOPLE. AND I KNOW THAT WE WILL WIN IN COURT. SO I THINK YOU GUYS NEED TO GET RID OF THIS FIRM AND MAKE ANOTHER DECISION FOR SOMEONE ELSE, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THEY'RE ADVISING YOU IN A WAY THAT IS AGAINST WHAT THE PEOPLE WANT.

AND YOU GUYS WANT WHAT THE PEOPLE WANT FROM WHAT I'M HEARING AND SEEING. THANK YOU.

HI. HELLO. OKAY. MY NAME IS RICHARD DIAZ. AND DEAR MEMBERS OF THE COACHELLA CITY COUNCIL.

AND TO ALL CONCERNED CITIZENS OUT THERE, THIS IS MY SECOND APPEARANCE HERE IN AS MANY WEEKS. AND THE RAGE STILL CONTINUES. LET'S WORK ON SUBSIDING THAT RAGE AND WORK ON A PEACEFUL RESOLUTION TO THIS PROBLEM. GET RID OF ALL BITTERNESS, RAGE, ANGER ALONG WITH EVERY FORM OF MALICE. BE KIND AND COMPASSIONATE TO ONE ANOTHER, FORGIVING EACH OTHER JUST AS CHRIST GOD GAVE YOU. THAT'S FROM EPHESIANS. EVERYONE SHOULD BE QUICK TO LISTEN, SLOW TO SPEAK, AND SLOW TO BECOME ANGRY, BECAUSE HUMAN ANGER DOES NOT PRODUCE THE RIGHTEOUSNESS THAT GOD DESIRES. THAT'S FROM JAMES AND I WOULD LIKE TO OFFER A SHORT PRAYER FOR EVERYONE INSIDE AND OUTSIDE THESE CHAMBERS. DEAR LORD JESUS, PLEASE SEND THE HOLY SPIRIT TO DESCEND UPON US, GUIDE US, AND HELP US TO MAKE THE BEST DECISION IN THESE HEATED TIMES.

WE ASK YOU TO INSPIRE US AS WE SEEK A RESOLUTION TO THE DIFFICULTY WE FACE. PLEASE ALLOW US TO SEEK THE ANSWERS FROM YOU, NOT AS A LAST RESORT, BUT AS A FIRST RESORT. YOU ONCE INSTRUCTED US TO LOVE OUR ENEMIES. THIS WE NEED TO REMEMBER EACH AND EVERY DAY.

THANK YOU FOR WALKING WITH US, LIFTING US UP AND CARRYING US, CARRYING US. WHEN WE'RE NOT ABLE TO CARRY OURSELVES. AMEN, AMEN. THANK YOU. I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND CALL A FEW NAMES BEFORE YOU SPEAK. MATTHEW. JUST ONE MOMENT. NEXT UP, IF YOU CAN JUST COME INTO THE CHAMBERS, DANIEL MUELLER, WILLIAM ESCALERA, IGNACIO PARTIDA AND STEPHANIE AMBRIZ AGAIN, THAT IS DANIEL MUELLER, WILLIAM ESCALERA, IGNACIO PARTIDA AND STEPHANIE AMBRIZ. OKAY, MATTHEW.

GO AHEAD. GOOD AFTERNOON. I COME TO YOU AS A HUMBLE RESIDENT. MY NAME IS MATTHEW GUTIERREZ. BY THE WAY. I'VE LIVED IN THE COACHELLA VALLEY MY ENTIRE LIFE, BORN AND RAISED.

AND I'M HERE TO PROPOSE THAT WE JUST HAVE THAT PERMANENT BAN ON THE DATA CENTERS, BECAUSE WE ALL KNOW BY THIS POINT, NONE OF IT IS GOOD NEWS. IT'S ONLY GOING TO SPELL DISASTER FOR OUR VALLEY. AND I JUST WROTE A LITTLE SOMETHING SMALL HERE FROM THE FROM NOW TO THE EARLIEST MEMORIES I HAVE LIVING BACK IN OASIS JUST DOWN THE STREET THAT WAY. I'VE ALWAYS LOVED OUR VALLEY AND HER BEAUTY. IT IS A PLACE WHERE I'VE MET SO MANY WONDERFUL PEOPLE AND EXPERIENCED MANY WONDERFUL THINGS. BUT THIS GIANT STRUCTURE, THIS DATA CENTER, IS NOTHING BUT MADE UP OF ONES AND ZEROS OPERATING AT MAX CAPACITY. JUST SO SOME JOE SCHMO CAN AI GENERATE ANOTHER VIDEO OF WILL SMITH EATING SPAGHETTI? AND WHAT'S THE POINT OF THAT? THIS

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POISONING OUR WATER AND KILLING OUR CROPS IS NOT WHAT MAKES THE VALLEY BEAUTIFUL. AI IS UNCANNY, DOES NOTHING GOOD FOR OUR ENVIRONMENT, AND IS THE COMPLETE OPPOSITE OF BEAUTIFUL.

IT'S SOULLESS. IT'S PARASITIC, SUCKING ITS LIFE OUT OF EVERYWHERE IT IS PLACED. I DO NOT WANT TO SEE THAT HERE. NOBODY WANTS TO SEE THAT HERE. AND YOU SHOULDN'T WANT TO SEE THAT HERE. PUT YOUR WALLET DOWN. STOP THINKING ABOUT MONEY. LIKE 99% OF THE REST OF THE HUMANS THAT LIVE ON OUR PLANET. AND PICK UP YOUR HEART FOR A MOMENT. HELP US SAVE WHAT LITTLE WE CAN.

WE'VE ALREADY LET THE SALTON SEA DOWN. WE SHOULDN'T LET THE REST OF THE VALLEY DOWN. THAT'S IT. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS DAISY, AND I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF CONGRESSMAN DOCTOR RAUL REYES, WHO IS IN WASHINGTON, DC THIS WEEK BUT HAS ASKED ME TO DELIVER THE STATEMENT PERSONALLY. CONGRESSMAN REYES IS WATCHING THIS MEETING CLOSELY AND WANTS THE COACHELLA CITY COUNCIL AND EVERY RESIDENT IN THIS ROOM TO HEAR DIRECTLY FROM HIM. AND I QUOTE, HELLO, COACHELLA CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, STAFF AND RESIDENTS. I AM CURRENTLY IN WASHINGTON, DC AND UNABLE TO BE THERE. I WANT TO BE CLEAR, I UNEQUIVOCALLY OPPOSE THE PROPOSED DATA CENTER IN COACHELLA AND URGE LOCAL OFFICIALS TO PREVENT THEM FROM HAPPENING. THE DATA IS CLEAR. DATA CENTERS IN THEIR CURRENT FORM AND NEAR NEIGHBORHOODS, REDUCE LIFE EXPECTANCY, POLLUTE THE AIR, WORSEN ASTHMA RATES, INCREASE ENERGY COSTS, AND REQUIRE MORE WATER THAN WE CAN AFFORD. THE PEOPLE OF COACHELLA HAVE BEEN CLEAR ABOUT WHERE THEY STAND. I AGREE WITH THEM. I'M ASKING THIS COUNCIL TO ACT AND TO PROTECT THE HEALTH, THE WATER AND THE FUTURE OF EVERY FAMILY WHO CALLS COACHELLA HOME. CONGRESSMAN RUIZ HAS REQUESTED THIS STATEMENT BE ENTERED INTO THE OFFICIAL PUBLIC RECORD. THANK YOU SO MUCH. DAISY. DO YOU WANT TO HAND ME THAT STATEMENT? DAISY, DID YOU WANT TO GIVE ME A COPY OF THAT? OKAY, PERFECT. THANK YOU. MY NAME IS STEPHANIE AMBRIZ. I AM A COACHELLA RESIDENT ALONG WITH MY MOTHER, MY GRANDPARENTS AND SIBLINGS, ONE OF WHICH IS STILL IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. LAST WEEK I TALKED ABOUT MY GRANDFATHER'S CANCER DIAGNOSIS AND SHARING THAT DATA CENTERS CAN CAUSE CANCER IN COMMUNITIES. TODAY I'LL SHARE THAT. MY GRANDPA, HE'S BACK IN THE EMERGENCY ROOM THIS WEEK. I SHOULD BE WITH MY FAMILY INSTEAD. I'M HERE TO TELL YOU HOW TO DO YOUR JOB. MY MOM WAS ACTUALLY HERE LOOKING TO SPEAK TO YOU, YADIRA, TO ASK YOU TO DO THE RIGHT THING. BUT SHE HAD TO GO BE WITH MY GRANDMOTHER. A DOZEN OF US WERE IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS UNTIL 1:30 A.M. WE ALL HEARD YADIRA PEREZ, DOCTOR FRANK AND STEPHANIE CAN AGREE TO A TEMPORARY BAN, BUT FRANK, YADIRA AND STEPHANIE ALSO TOOK IT A STEP FURTHER AND AGREED TO THE COMMUNITY'S ASK FOR A PERMANENT BAN, WHICH IS AN ORDINANCE AND IDENTIFIED AN ORDINANCE AS THE CLEAR NEXT STEP. HOWEVER, WE NEED TO SEE ACTION. FOLLOWING THESE WORDS, YOU MUST PASS AN ORDINANCE BEFORE THE 45 DAY MORATORIUM ENDS. YADIRA, FRANK, STEPHANIE, DO THE RIGHT THING. ON APRIL 20TH OF THIS YEAR, THE MONTEREY PARK CITY COUNCIL IN CALIFORNIA PASSED A PERMANENT ORDINANCE BANNING DATA CENTERS. THEY FIRST VOTED TO PASS A MORATORIUM IN MARCH OF THIS YEAR, AND THEN IMPLEMENTED A PERMANENT ORDINANCE RATHER THAN EXTEND A TEMPORARY BAN 1 TO 2 YEARS. A MORATORIUM ON PROCESSING OF DATA CENTER APPLICATIONS IS USEFUL AND SHOULD BE APPROVED, BUT IT SHOULD NOT BE AN EXCUSE AGAINST TAKING MORE EFFECTIVE ACTIONS, SUCH AS PASSING AN ORDINANCE TO PROHIBIT DATA CENTERS. A MORATORIUM IS IMPERMANENT BECAUSE IT ONLY LASTS FOR A SET PERIOD OF TIME, LEAVING US VULNERABLE TO STRONGHOLD IN THE DATA CENTERS THAT YOU ALL AGREED TO. A A MORATORIUM WITHOUT AN ORDINANCE MEASURE PROHIBITING DATA CENTERS WOULD SIGNAL TO DATA CENTER PROPONENTS LIKE STRONGHOLD THAT THE CITY WILL EVENTUALLY PROCESS AND APPROVE DATA CENTER APPLICATIONS. THE LONGER THAT YOU WAIT. INSTEAD, IT SHOULD BE MADE VERY CLEAR TO STRONGHOLD AND TO EVERYONE EYEING OUR COMMUNITY. NOW, AS A RESULT OF YOUR DECISIONS THAT THE CITY OF COACHELLA DOES NOT APPROVE OF DATA CENTERS, THE CITY MUST MAKE THE INTENT TO PROHIBIT DATA CENTERS CLEARER AND MORE EXPLICIT BY LISTING DATA CENTERS IN THE MUNICIPAL CODE AND IN THE GENERAL PLANS. AS A PROHIBITED USE, THE CITY MUST STRENGTHEN THE MUNICIPAL CODE AND GENERAL PLAN TO MAKE DATA CENTERS IN ANY FORM OR ANY SIZE EXPLICITLY PROHIBITED TO DETER ANY DEVELOPERS FROM PURSUING DEVELOPMENT HERE, A CITY WIDE PROHIBITION ON DATA CENTERS SHOULD BE ADDED TO THE MUNICIPAL CODE TO APPLY THROUGHOUT THE CITY. THE CITY MUST TAKE EFFECTIVE ACTIONS TO PROTECT THE HEALTH AND SAFETY OF ALL OF ITS CONSTITUENTS.

CITY WIDE. NO DATA CENTERS. NOT NOW. NOT EVER. YOU'VE MADE US VULNERABLE TO STRONGHOLD AND TO

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I HAVE. $1,600 INVESTED IN A LOW COST INDEX FUND, S&P 500 VOO. THAT MEANS I HOLD A DIRECT STAKE IN DEVELOPMENT IN THIS CITY. AND WITH THAT BEING SAID, I AM UNEQUIVOCALLY IN SUPPORT OF THIS DATA CENTER. YES, THE BIG BAD CAPITALIST IS HERE. IT LOOKS LIKE ALSO. BOGARD. LISTEN TO THIS. LISTEN UP BOGARD. JESSICA TOLD US WHO YOU WERE EARLIER. THIS IS IMPORTANT. THE PEOPLE YOU HEAR MAKING A LOT OF HULLABALOO OUT BACK. THEY'RE CHINESE FUNDED PROTESTERS. ALL RIGHT. THE PEOPLE BEHIND ME ARE SO FUNDED BY THE CHINESE. THEY'RE ABOUT TO OPEN A MASSAGE PARLOR DOWN ON SIXTH STREET. WHERE IS YOUR. I'LL SHOW IT TO YOU. I'M GETTING AROUND TO THAT.

BOGART, ARE YOU STILL LISTENING? LOCK IN. BOGART. SIR. SIR. SIR. I'M HERE. YES, YES. WITH THE RUSSIANS. IF THIS CONTINUES, WE'LL HAVE TO LOOK RUSSIAN. I THINK HE'S WITH THE RUSSIANS.

I'M HEARING A LOT OF COMPLAINTS OUT THERE. THERE MIGHT BE 100 RUSSIANS. SIR. CAN YOU. WHO'S TALKING ABOUT YOUR TIME? MR. MOLINA, CAN YOU PLEASE. MR. MR. MR. MOLINA, JUST LET HIM SPEAK.

MR. MOLINA, PLEASE. THANK YOU. I'M GONNA GIVE YOUR CONSTITUENT TECHNIQUE. AM I GOING TO GET AN EXTRA 20S BACK? I BELIEVE I DESERVE IT, DOCTOR FRANK FIGUEROA. BOGART. LET THE RECORD SHOW IN THE MINUTES. I'M BEING INTERRUPTED BY THE GUY WITH THE AVIATORS. IT'S NOT COOL. IT GETS TO BE 120 DEGREES HERE IN THE SUMMER. AND I'M HEARING PEOPLE SAY, OH, IT'S GOING TO INCREASE OUR ELECTRICITY RATES BY 200%. GOOD. CONSIDER IT A FREE SAUNA. I FEEL LIKE MOST OF THE PEOPLE HERE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH MONEY TO AFFORD A MEMBERSHIP AT EQUINOX.

THEY DON'T HAVE ENOUGH MONEY, MAYBE NOT EVEN A 24 HOUR FITNESS. THEY DON'T HAVE THE MONEY TO HAVE A SAUNA AND THEY NEED. IT'S GOOD FOR YOUR HEART, BRIAN JOHNSON. HE SAYS IT'S GOOD FOR YOUR ARTERIAL FLEXIBILITY. IT CAN LOWER THAT BY 5%. THAT MEANS LOWER RISK OF HEART RATE. THAT MEANS LOWER RISK OF HEART DISEASE. OKAY. AND WHAT DOES LOWER HEART DISEASE? THAT MEANS IF YOU'RE OBESE, WHICH A LOT OF PEOPLE HERE ARE, IT'S GOING TO HELP THEM. IT'S GONNA BE GOOD. LASTLY, I'VE SEEN A LOT OF THE PEOPLE PARADING AROUND TOWN WITH THEIR SLAG WIVES. I'M GOING TO SHOW YOU WHAT AN AVERAGE WIFE AND COACHELLA LOOKS LIKE. SOMETHING LIKE THIS. OKAY? NOT VERY PRETTY. WE'RE TALKING ABOVE 300 POUNDS. WITH AI, YOU'LL BE ABLE TO COMMUNE WITH AN AI GIRLFRIEND THREE NANOSECONDS FASTER. THREE.

BOGART, THREE FASTER. IT'S A DATA CENTER IS RIGHT NEXT DOOR. LOOK AT THAT. NOT BAD. IN CONCLUSION, I'M GOING TO BE MAKING 10% YEAR OVER YEAR ON MY $16.500. ANYBODY DOING THE MATH HERE BEHIND ME? YEAH, THAT'S 160 BUCKS A YEAR RIGHT INTO MY POCKET. IF THIS DATA CENTER GETS BUILT. AND IF THAT HAPPENS, BOGART, I'M TAKING YOU OUT FOR A STEAK, SIR, CAN YOU PLEASE, CAN YOU PLEASE. THAT'S IT, THAT'S IT, THAT'S IT. WILLIAM ESCALERA. THANK YOU. MR. THIS THING'S GETTING BUILT. I THINK YOU'RE. PLEASE. HEY, YOU GOTTA GET OUT, MAN. I DON'T KNOW WHAT ALL ABOUT, MAN. YOU GOTTA GET HIM OUT. YOU GOTTA GET HIM OUT, MAN. YOU GOTTA GET HIM OUT. YOU GOTTA GET HIM OUT, MAN. YOU GOTTA GET HIM. GET HIM, MAN. YOU GOTTA GET HIM ALL TOGETHER, MAN. YOU'RE ALL TOGETHER. I WANT THE CAMERA RIGHT THERE DRINKING OUTSIDE. I DON'T EVEN DRINK MICHELOB. NOT YOU, NOT YOU. ARE THEY TALKING ABOUT ME? I DON'T KNOW YOU. RIGHT. I THINK WE'RE READY. OKAY. WE NEED TO. WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD, SIR. SO WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD, PLEASE. ARE YOU GOING TO JUST STATE YOUR NAME? STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD. MY NAME, WILLIAM ESCALERA. BUT I LIKE TO GO BY BIG, BIG WHEEL BACK IN MY COLLEGE DAYS. AND I'M SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF COACHELLA, MAN. YOU KNOW, MAN, IT'S UP, MAN. WE CAN'T CUSS. WILLIAM. YEAH, NO, WE'RE NOT GOING TO ALLOW PROFANITY IN THE PUBLIC COMMENT. NO. WHAT DID I DO WRONG? WE CANNOT USE PROFANITY. YES. CAN YOU PLEASE JUST DON'T CURSE AGAIN? DON'T CURSE. DON'T DON'T CURSE AGAIN. PLEASE. I'M SORRY, I'M SORRY.

THAT'S COMPLETELY ON ME. OKAY, LIKE I WAS SAYING, HIS DADDY SAID IT'S GOING TO. IT'S GOING TO MESS UP WATERMELON, YOU KNOW? CUT. WHAT? WHAT DID I DO WRONG? IT'S OKAY. JUST OKAY IF EVERYBODY WAS TAKEN AWAY. OKAY. YOU LUCKY I CAN'T TURN MY NECK ALL THE WAY BECAUSE MY NECK.

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IT HURTS. BUT THAT'S WHY I NEED MY WATERMELON AND MY WATER AND MY HENNY, BECAUSE THAT'S GOING TO RELIEVE THE PAIN IN ME. YOU GUYS DON'T UNDERSTAND, MAN. I'M HEARING ALL ABOUT THESE, THESE GIGAWATTS. WHAT ABOUT THE WATTS? YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? WHERE ARE WE AT ON THAT? THAT'S IT, THAT'S IT, THAT'S IT. SO I WAS GOING TO SAY, MAN, THAT'S IT. CAN'T WAIT. MY WATER MAN.

BECAUSE I NEED FOR MY WATERMELON MAN. TAKE HIM OUT. THANK YOU. YOU BLEW THE OTHER GUY. YEAH. OKAY. I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND CALL A LIST OF NAMES. LORENZO MINESTRONE, LORETTA PEREZ, AMERICA. NORIEGA, ELIZABETH HUMPHREYS AGAIN, THAT IS LORENZO. MINESTRONE. LORETTA PEREZ, AMERICA NORIEGA AND ELIZABETH HUMPHREYS. HI. MY NAME IS EMMANUEL IGNACIO MANUEL PARTIDA. I'M A CITIZEN FOR LIKE MAYBE 40 SOME YEARS ALREADY. I WASN'T BORN HERE, BUT I WAS RAISED HERE FOR MOST OF MY LIFE. I APOLOGIZE ABOUT THE LAST GUY. THAT'S NOT REALLY HOW WE THINK, AND I DON'T THINK HE'S FROM HERE. AND TO BE HONEST WITH YOU GUYS, HALF OF THESE GUYS ARE ACTORS. THEY'RE NOT REAL PEOPLE. THEY TOLD ME THEMSELVES THAT THEY'RE NOT. THEY'RE NOT.

THEY'RE NOT REAL. SO I APOLOGIZE AND I COULD POINT THEM OUT. I'M BEING REAL WITH YOU GUYS. I THINK THESE DATABASES, YOU KNOW HOW YOU GUYS WERE SO CONCERNED ABOUT THE CLIMATE CHANGE AND WHERE DID THAT GO ALL OF A SUDDEN? YOU GUYS DON'T GIVE A NOTHING ABOUT THE CLIMATE NO MORE, RIGHT? SO IN REALITY, I'M AGAINST THE DATABASES BECAUSE IF YOU HEAR THE VOICES OUTSIDE AND NOT JUST THEM, IF YOU REALLY THINK ABOUT WHAT THEY'RE REALLY DOING TO, TO US, WE'RE BRINGING THIS TECHNOLOGY, LOOK AT THESE FLOCK CAMERAS ALL OVER THE, ALL OVER THE CITY. ALL THESE DATABASES ARE FOR IS JUST TO SPY ON YOU GUYS. BEFORE YOU KNOW IT, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE MARK ZUCKERBERG AND ALL THESE PEOPLE TURN INTO RUSSIA. THE SAME THING THAT HAPPENS TO THE SOVIET UNION. YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE ALL THESE BIG GIANT TECH PEOPLE TURNED INTO TRILLIONAIRES. SO NO ONE SHOULD HAVE THAT MUCH MONEY, MAN. LIKE, WE'RE BARELY MAKING 20 SOME DOLLARS OVER HERE, AND COPS ARE MAKING $100 AN HOUR AND NOTHING AGAINST THE COPS. I THINK THEY'RE DOING THEIR JOB AND THEY'RE PHENOMENAL, BUT IT'S NOT EVEN THEIR FAULT. THEY'RE DOING WHAT THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO, YOU KNOW? BUT THIS THIS IS COMING FROM ABOVE. LIKE IF THEY'RE REALLY SMART, LOOK AT LOOK AT THE SALTON SEA. YOU KNOW, HOW THEY'RE SPEAKING, HOW IT'S CRUMBLING AND THIS AND THAT. WHY DON'T THEY BUILD A DATA CENTER OVER THERE AND THEN CLEAN OUR INFRASTRUCTURE? LIKE USE YOUR HEAD. LIKE NVIDIA'S PAYING 22,000 FOR ANYONE THAT WANTS TO DO THEIR OWN DATA CENTER. SO DO IT IN THAT SENSE.

LIKE IF YOU WANT TO KILL YOUR ENVIRONMENT IN YOUR HOUSE, THEN YOU'RE FREE TO DO IT AND YOU'LL PROBABLY GET PAID FOR IT, BUT DON'T FEED IT AND DON'T FORCE FEED IT INTO INTO US. YOU KNOW, THAT'S, THAT'S HOW I'VE BEEN FEELING. AND THERE'S SO MUCH OTHER THINGS, MAN. LIKE THERE'S, IT HONESTLY FEELS LIKE YOU GUYS HAVE BETRAYED US IN A LOT OF WAYS. NOT JUST YOU GUYS IN PARTICULAR, BUT ABOVE YOU GUYS. LOOK HOW MUCH HELP OTHER COUNTRIES ARE GETTING INSTEAD OF OUR COUNTRIES HERE. AND I CAN'T EVEN MENTION CERTAIN CERTAIN COUNTRIES BECAUSE I'LL GET FLAGGED DOWN OR I'LL GET TACKLED DOWN. I DON'T KNOW. BUT IN REALITY, WE SHOULD BE FOCUSING ON OUR OWN COUNTRY. WE DON'T KNOW NOTHING TO NOBODY. HOW CAN YOU GO TO OTHER COUNTRIES AND THEN LIVE? LIVE LIKE FOR FREE BASICALLY. AND I DON'T NEED TO SAY WHO THEY ARE.

WE KNOW WHO THEY ARE. AND I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY THE WORLD IS DOING SOMETHING BECAUSE THEY

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AND THESE PEOPLE THAT WERE TALKING THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BUILD IT, WELL, THEN GO AHEAD AND TRY, MAN, BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE THE PEOPLE YOU GUYS HAVE STOPPED CARING SO MUCH FOR US THAT YOU COULD TELL. AND THAT'S ALL I GOT. GOD BLESS YOU GUYS AND I HOPE YOU GUYS MAKE THE RIGHT DECISION BECAUSE IF NOT, IT'S GOING TO HAUNT YOU GUYS FOREVER. THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

HOW ARE YOU DOING GUYS? MY NAME IS LORENZO. I, I MAY OR MAY NOT BE WORKING ON THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE DATA CENTER. I'M GOING TO LET YOU GUYS KNOW. LISTEN, IT'S GOING TO BE MORE ELECTRICITY. AND I UNDERSTAND THAT. BUT SO IS MORE. ELECTRICITY IS NOT ALWAYS BAD.

MY WIFE'S HOT TUB TAKES A LOT MORE ELECTRICITY THAN A REGULAR POOL. BUT WITHOUT MY MY WIFE'S HOT TUB, I WOULDN'T HAVE HAD A THREESOME IN MAY 2027. OKAY, THAT'S UNRELATED TO THE. TAKE HIM OUT, PLEASE. THANK YOU. THAT'S IT. I JUST NEED TO DO IT FOR THE VIEWS. YEAH, YEAH. YOU KNOW, I CREATED THIS. GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS AMERICA. I'D LIKE FOR YOU GUYS TO NOT LET THOSE DISRESPECTFUL PEOPLE BLIND YOU FROM THE PEOPLE THAT ARE ACTUALLY HERE WITH THEIR HEARTS IN THEIR HANDS, TRYING TO TELL YOU GUYS WHAT TO PROPERLY DO. AND I KNOW THAT THERE'S PEOPLE MAKING A FOOL OF WHAT WE'RE HERE FOR, BUT THAT'S NOT WHAT THE PEOPLE THAT ACTUALLY LIVE HERE ARE HERE FOR. YOU HAVE PEOPLE OUTSIDE. YOU HAVE NINE YEAR OLDS, TEN YEAR OLDS. I HAVE LITTLE CHILDREN, PICTURES OF LITTLE CHILDREN THAT ARE OUT THERE THAT ARE SAYING THEMSELVES NO TO DATA CENTERS, BECAUSE THIS IS THEIR FUTURE AND IT IS MINE TO LAST.

LAST MEETING, YOU STARTED THE MEETING BY SHAKING HANDS WITH CVUSD AND PROMISING THOSE CHILDREN THAT THEY WILL HAVE A COACHELLA TO COME TO, WHICH IS RIDICULOUS, BECAUSE WHEN I CAME BACK FROM UNIVERSITY, MY FIRST STOP WAS HERE TO FIGHT FOR MY FUTURE. SO HOW CAN YOU PROMISE A NICE FUTURE FOR THOSE PEOPLE? BUT WHEN I HAVE TO COME BACK AND FIGHT FOR MY COMMUNITY, IT'S RIDICULOUS. I THINK THAT NO, I KNOW THAT THERE IS ONE PROPER ANSWER TO WHAT HAS TO HAPPEN AND THAT IS THE BAN. AND I FIND IT RIDICULOUS THAT MISS DELGADO IS OFFERING OTHER SOLUTIONS WHEN YOU KNOW THAT'S NOT WHAT YOUR COMMUNITY WANTS. AND WE HAVE PUSHED FOR THAT MULTIPLE TIMES. YOU DON'T JUST HAVE ONE GENERATION HERE FIGHTING. YOU HAVE ELDERS, YOU HAVE YOUTH, YOU HAVE ADULTS, AND YOU HAVE CHILDREN HERE FIGHTING FOR THEIR FUTURE AND FIGHTING FOR THE FUTURE OF FUTURE GENERATIONS. YOU ARE A DOCTOR, MR. FIGUEROA. YOU ARE A DOCTOR. AND FOR YOU TO NOT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO READ THAT AGREEMENT, AND FOR YOU TO NOT HAVE KNOWN ALL OF THIS INFORMATION BEFORE WE ALL GOT HERE IS RIDICULOUS. I UNDERSTAND THAT I'M COMING TO YOU WITH ANGER AND FRUSTRATION, BUT BECAUSE THAT IS HOW IMPORTANT THIS PROJECT IS, AND IT IS RIDICULOUS THAT I HAVE TO BE HERE IN THE FIRST PLACE. A BAN IS THE ONLY THING THAT THIS COMMUNITY WILL SUPPORT AND WILL TAKE. WE ARE OUT THERE STANDING IN THIS HEAT. IT'S RIDICULOUS. IT'S HOT. WE'RE PASSING OUT FOOD, WE'RE PASSING OUT WATER.

WE'RE DOING WHAT WE CAN SO THAT OUR COMMUNITY CAN BE HERE AND STAND UP FOR OURSELVES. AND YOU'RE JUST SITTING HERE, SO DON'T LET OUR EFFORTS BE IN VAIN. DON'T LET THE PEOPLE OUT THERE DO MORE WORK THAN YOU'RE DOING WHEN IT IS YOUR JOB TO WORK FOR US, WHEN IT IS YOUR JOB TO HELP YOUR COMMUNITY. BECAUSE UNFORTUNATELY, ALTHOUGH IT HURTS ME TO SAY BECAUSE I WAS NEVER RAISED TO BE RUDE IN MY HOUSEHOLD, WE WILL RECALL YOU. YOU WILL BE RECALLED, AND YOU WILL NOT GET OUR VOTES BECAUSE IT IS DISGUSTING AND IT IS DISAPPOINTING. I HAVE NEVER BEEN RAISED TO DISRESPECT MY ELDERS OR BE RUDE IN ANY TYPE OF WAY, BUT MY MAMA HAS TAUGHT ME TO STAND UP FOR MYSELF AND USE MY VOICE. AND THAT IS WHY SHE BROUGHT ME INTO THIS EARTH.

AND I WILL NOT SILENCE MYSELF BECAUSE YOU GUYS COULDN'T DO YOUR JOB. I'M GONNA STAND UP FOR MYSELF AND I'M GONNA STAND UP FOR MY COMMUNITY. IT IS DISGUSTING AND IT IS DISAPPOINTING. AND IF YOU DO NOT GO THROUGH THE STEPS THAT THE COMMUNITY IS ASKING YOU, THEN YOU ARE KILLING US AND YOU ARE KILLING YOUR COMMUNITY. SO I THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

THANK YOU. I HAVE TO GO AFTER THAT. THAT'S AMAZING. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. MY NAME IS LAURA DE PEREZ. I RUN A UNITED FOR AUTISM AND ABILITIES. I WANT TO STATE FOR THE RECORD, UNFORTUNATELY, YOU GUYS BROUGHT THIS ON. WE ARE HERE AND WE'RE IN THIS POSITION WITH THOSE YOUTUBERS BECAUSE WE ARE A JOKE. WE ARE A JOKE RIGHT NOW BECAUSE INDIO JUST YESTERDAY ACTUALLY PASSED A 45 DAY MORATORIUM WITHIN ONE SEATING. AND YES, AND THEY'RE ALREADY THEIR LAWYER HAD IT WRITTEN UP BY THE END OF THE AGENDA. HOW COME WE ARE BEING PUSHED AROUND AND,

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AND THE ISSUE HERE IS 45 DAYS IS ENOUGH TIME. IF INDIO CAN DO IT, IF MONTEREY PARK CAN DO IT, WE CAN DO IT. AND I HAVE FAITH ONLY IF WE BRING IN A NEW LAWYER TO CREATE THAT ORDINANCE.

WE CANNOT TRUST BBQ. WE KNOW WHY. THERE'S NO QUESTION ABOUT IT. THERE'S NO QUESTION ABOUT IT. WE CANNOT TRUST THEM. THE MORATORIUM? SURE, LET THEM DO IT BECAUSE I WANT THIS DONE TONIGHT. BUT THE ORDINANCE WE NEED TO FIND A LAWYER. WE TRUST, THE WHOLE COMMUNITY NEEDS TO FIND A LAWYER. THEY TRUST THE WHOLE. IT MATTERS. IT REALLY MATTERS. I, I 100% ECHO WHAT SHE SAID. PROTECT THE FREAKING KIDS, MAN. PROTECT THE KIDS AND TO TO EVEN THINK IT'S TWO MILES AWAY. AND I'M GOING TO ECHO THAT OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN. TWO MILES AWAY FROM CHILDREN AND SIX MILES AWAY FROM MY KID. NO, NO. AND I RESPECTFULLY ASK THAT WE NO LONGER HAVE THESE GROUP SESSION MEETINGS OFF THE RECORD BECAUSE THEY ARE HURTING AND CONFUSING OUR COMMUNITY, AND WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE PUT A CENSORSHIP TO THAT. THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

OKAY, ELIZABETH, IF YOU CAN GIVE ME JUST A MOMENT, I'M GOING TO CALL A LIST OF NAMES.

YOU WILL BE UP NEXT TO SPEAK HUMBERTO RUIZ, RAY ANZALDUA, ALAN CARVALHO, ALEX PALMS AGAIN, THAT'S HUMBERTO RUIZ, RAY ANZALDUA, ALAN CARVALHO, AND ALEX PALMS. MY NAME IS ELIZABETH HUMPHREYS. I AM A RESIDENT OF THE COACHELLA VALLEY IN INDIO. ON FEBRUARY 11TH, 2026, THE CITY OF COACHELLA APPROVED THE MUNICIPAL UTILITY AGREEMENT WITH THE COACHELLA VALLEY POWER SERVICES LLC, A STRONGHOLD POWER SYSTEMS ENTITY. AT APPROVAL OF THIS AGREEMENT, THE CITY FOUND THAT IT DID NOT CONSTITUTE A PROJECT UNDER SEQUA AND DEFERRED ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW UNTIL A LATER DATE. I OBJECT TO THAT DETERMINATION. THIS AGREEMENT COMMITS THE CITY TO A COURSE OF DEFINITIVE ACTION TO DEVELOP THE COACHELLA VALLEY TECHNICAL TECHNOLOGY CAMPUS, A 240 ACRE DATA CENTER. THE PROJECT ITSELF IS DEFINED IN VERY SPECIFIC TERMS, INCLUDING DIAGRAMS AND SITE PLANS. THIS AGREEMENT COMMITS THE CITY TO THIS IDEA WITH A MULTI YEAR DEVELOPMENT SCHEDULE UNDER SAVE TARA VERSUS THE CITY OF WEST HOLLYWOOD, A PUBLIC AGENCY MAY NOT ENTER INTO A BINDING AGREEMENT THAT, AS A PRACTICAL MATTER, COMMITS IT TO A PROJECT AND THEN POSTPONE THE ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW. BY SIGNING THIS AGREEMENT. IT APPEARS THAT THAT IS EFFECTIVELY WHAT THE CITY OF COACHELLA DID. THE CITY DOES NOT APPEAR TO HAVE FILED A NOTICE OF EXEMPTION WITH THE RIVERSIDE COUNTY CLERK. THEREFORE, RATHER THAN THE STANDARD 35 DAY, THE WINDOW OF COMPLAINT AND THE STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS IS 180 DAYS. THEREFORE, THIS COMPLAINT IS TIMELY. PLEASE ENTER THIS OBJECTION AND MY WRITTEN OBJECTION INTO THE ADMINISTRATIVE RECORD FOR THIS MATTER. I SUBMIT THESE COMMENTS IN ORDER TO PRESERVE AND EXHAUST THE ISSUES FOR ANY LATER ADMINISTRATIVE OR JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS HUMBERTO RUIZ. I'M SHAKING A LITTLE BIT, BUT HEY, I JUST WANT TO TELL YOU, I'M NOT GOING TO GIVE YOU DATA NUMBERS, NOTHING LIKE THAT. I'M

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THANK YOU. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING BOARD. MY NAME IS RAY ANZALDUA. I'M GLAD WE'RE DOING THE MORATORIUM. IT'S THE FIRST STEP IN MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. BUT I KNOW WE CAN GET TO THE FULL ON BAN. MONTEREY PARK, AS YOU GUYS HAD MENTIONED, IS ONE OF THE FIRST TO DO THIS IN CALIFORNIA. AND THEY HAD EXISTING FACILITIES THAT THEY EVEN SAID, NO, THE SIZE OF FOUR FOOTBALL FIELDS, AND THEY SAID NO TO IT. SO I CAN'T IMAGINE WHY WE COULDN'T.

WE DON'T EVEN HAVE A FACILITY THAT EXISTS. COACHELLA HAS A RICH HISTORY OF PROTECTING WORKING CLASS PEOPLE. PLEASE LET THAT BE YOUR GUIDE TO CONTINUE IN PROTECTING THIS COMMUNITY. PLEASE DO NOT FORGET THAT BANNING THIS DATA CENTER DOESN'T MEAN THAT WE CAN'T BUILD OTHER THINGS THAT ARE GOING TO BENEFIT THIS COMMUNITY, LIKE A NEW CV HIGH SCHOOL FOR THE STUDENTS SO THAT THEY CAN GET A BETTER, YOU KNOW, AND MORE ENRICHING EDUCATIONAL PROCESS. THAT DOESN'T MEAN WE CAN'T BUILD OTHER THINGS FOR THIS COMMUNITY. SO REMEMBER THAT. AND I HOPE YOU GUYS PASS THIS THING AND LET'S MOVE ON TO THE BAND. THANK YOU AND HAVE A GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU. I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND CALL ANOTHER LIST OF NAMES CONSUELO MARQUEZ, LORRAINE B, ALMA GOMEZ AND LORRAINE SALAS. AGAIN, THAT IS CONSUELO MARQUEZ, LORRAINE B, ALMA GOMEZ AND LORRAINE SALAS. HELLO, MY NAME IS ALAN CARVALHO, WHO EXACTLY IS STRONG ARM CORPORATION? OH, DID I SAY STRONG ARM? OH, I'M SORRY, I MEANT STRONG HOLD. A DEFINITION OF STRONG HOLD. IT REFERS TO DEEPLY INGRAINED PATTERNS OF THINKING, HABITUAL ATTITUDES OR EMOTIONAL BARRIERS THAT CONTROL BEHAVIOR. THERE IS NO ACCIDENT THAT THEY'RE CALLED STRONGHOLD.

THE FACT IS THAT WE ALL MAKE MISTAKES. BUT YOU'RE VERY SMART PEOPLE UP THERE. THANK GOD WE'VE GOT THREE WOMEN BECAUSE YOU GUYS HAVE GOT TO TAKE OVER THE WORLD. WE'RE DESTROYING IT.

BUT YOU ALL HAVE THE CAPABILITY OF READING AND DOING YOUR OWN RESEARCH. HIRE A CONSULTANT, GET A BETTER ATTORNEY. YES, GET A BETTER CITY. YOU'VE GOT TO GET A BETTER CITY MANAGER. YOU GUYS ARE THE HOPE OF THE CITY. YOU'VE GOT TO RENEW THE OLD GARBAGE. YOU'VE GOT TO MOVE ON.

YOU CAN'T CONTINUE THIS WAY. YOU'VE GOT A LOT OF HOPE GOING ON HERE. I HAVE A LOT OF FAITH IN ALL OF YOU. BUT YOU CAN'T DISAPPOINT US. THERE'S NO WAITING. THIS IS AN EMERGENCY TONIGHT. AND IT CAN'T BE JUST A TEMPORARY MEASURE. WHATEVER THE EXPERTS WILL TELL YOU, YOU'RE ULTIMATELY THE LAWMAKERS. YOU MAKE THE DECISION. THESE ARE ADVISORS. THESE ARE NOT SIXTH AND SEVENTH COUNCIL PEOPLE. OKAY? SO MAKE THE DECISION, YOU KNOW, IS RIGHT IN YOUR IN YOUR HEART. THIS IS YOUR COMMUNITY TOO. I'M NOT FROM THIS CITY. I'M IN THE VALLEY. BUT WHAT HAPPENS HERE AFFECTS THE ENTIRE VALLEY. AND I'M SO THRILLED WHEN I WOULD COME HERE TO SPEAK AGAINST YOUR FORMER MAYOR. THIS PLACE WAS MAYBE 5 OR 6 PEOPLE. YOU'VE GOT THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE THAT CARE ABOUT THE CITY. YOU'VE GOT TO KEEP THE MOMENTUM GOING. YOU'VE GOT AN INCREDIBLE, AMAZING MISSION HERE, BUT YOU'VE GOT TO LOOK AT YOUR YOUR ATTORNEYS. YOU'VE GOT TO LOOK AT YOUR YOUR YOU'VE GOT TO LOOK AT ALL THE PEOPLE ON YOUR STAFF. YOU'VE GOT TO DO RESEARCH TO FIND OUT THEY'RE NOT TALKING BEHIND YOUR BACK AND MAKING THE CITY LOOK BAD. THE ATTORNEY IS WORKING WITH THE OTHER FOLKS HAVING WHISPER SESSIONS. REALLY, FOLKS? COME ON. YOU KNOW BETTER THAN THAT. YOU'RE ALL EDUCATED PEOPLE. THERE'S NO REASON TO JUST DO THE RIGHT THING. PLEASE.

YOU GOT TO. WE'RE COUNTING ON YOU. THANK YOU. HELLO, COACHELLA. HELLO. CITY COUNCIL.

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NO, I DO, I DO CARE A LOT WHAT HAPPENS TO THIS COMMUNITY. THIS IS WHY I'M HERE. LAST, LAST, LAST TIME, LAST TIME I CAME, I GOT A LOT OF BAD FEEDBACK, A LOT OF GOOD FEEDBACK FROM PEOPLE SAYING, I'M GLAD THAT YOU WERE THERE SPEAKING OUT. AND BUT UNFORTUNATELY, THE ONLY WAY I KNOW HOW TO EXPRESS MYSELF IS THROUGH COMEDY. AND IT IS HILARIOUS, TO BE HONEST, TO OPEN UP A DATA CENTER IN ONE OF THE HOTTEST CITIES IN THE WORLD, YOU KNOW, LIKE THAT'S, THAT'S, THAT'S A FUNNY JOKE THAT YOU GUYS WROTE YOURSELVES AND STUFF. AND SOMEBODY MENTIONED ALREADY, LIKE ABOUT THE CITY OF INDIO, THE CITY OF INDIO, SHOUT OUT TO THE CITY OF INDIO. IN LESS THAN 24 HOURS, THEY GOT A TEAM. I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S TEMPORARY OR FOREVER TEMPORARY, BUT YEAH, THEY GOT IT DONE. YOU GUYS JUST KIND OF COPY THEIR HOMEWORK, YOU KNOW, JUST PUT IT IN FOR THEM, YOU KNOW, JUST WHATEVER THEY DID, JUST CALL THEM AND BE LIKE, ALL RIGHT, LET'S DO THE SAME THING YOU GUYS DID. AND I GET IT BECAUSE IT'S HAPPENED TO ME BEFORE WHEN I, I SIGNED PAPERWORK WITHOUT READING. THAT'S HOW I ENDED UP BASICALLY.

THAT'S HOW THE DESERT GOT ME. ENDED UP GETTING MY FIRST TIME THAT I GOT MY CAR. I REMEMBER I DIDN'T SIGN, I DIDN'T READ IT ALL. THEY GOT CAP INSURANCE PROTECTION FOR MY TIRES, EVERYTHING, MAN. SO NEXT TIME, JUST READ THE PAPERS, GUYS, IT'S NOT TOO DIFFICULT, I THINK, YOU KNOW. OKAY, THIS IS NOT GOING GREAT. PERFECT. IT'S OKAY. YEAH, THOSE GUYS THREW ME OFF.

BUT YEAH, I GUESS I JUST GOTTA COME BACK TO YOU GUYS AND ASK YOU, HOW DO YOU GUYS COME UP WITH THIS DATA CENTER IDEA? I MEAN, LIKE, WHAT CAN YOU EVEN IMAGINE WHAT'S GOING TO BE NEXT? LIKE, YOU GUYS ARE GONNA WANT TO TRY TO BRING SEAWORLD BACK TO THE DESERT OR, I DON'T KNOW, YOU GUYS ARE GOING TO BE DOING, BUT ACTUALLY IT WAS. I DON'T KNOW WHY I'M HERE. I'M SO SORRY FOR BEING HERE, GUYS. THOSE COMEDIANS THREW ME OFF. BUT THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU.

AND FOR THE RECORD, THAT WAS ALEX PALMS. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. MY NAME IS ALMA GOMEZ. I'M A RESIDENT OF INDIO, AND I'M HERE TONIGHT TO REPRESENT FAMILY AND FRIENDS WHO ARE VERY INTERESTED IN BANNING THE DATA CENTERS. FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO COMMEND YOU FOR TAKING THE STEPS TOWARD A MORATORIUM ON THE DATA CENTERS. HOWEVER, I URGE YOU TO GO FURTHER AND CONSIDER A PERMANENT BAN. DATA CENTERS PLACE TREMENDOUS DEMANDS ON OUR MOST VALUABLE RESOURCES WATER AND ELECTRICITY. IN A DESERT COMMUNITY WHERE WATER IS ALREADY LIMITED AND SUMMER SUMMER TEMPERATURES MAKE AIR CONDITIONING A NECESSITY. WE MUST PRIORITIZE THE NEEDS OF RESIDENTS OVER THE NEEDS OF LARGE CORPORATIONS LIKE ORACLE.

SO YES, THESE FACILITIES CAN ALSO CREATE NOISE POLLUTION AND PUT ADDITIONAL STRAIN ON OUR ELECTRICAL GRID, POTENTIALLY LEADING TO HIGHER ENERGY COSTS FOR OUR LOCAL FAMILIES. WHILE DATA CENTERS MAY BRING SOME JOBS, THOSE BENEFITS ARE OFTEN TEMPORARY AND DO NOT OUTWEIGH THE LONG TERM IMPACTS ON THE COMMUNITY. I GREW UP IN THERMAL WORKING IN THE FIELDS, AND I PROUDLY CONSIDER MYSELF A CAMPESINO, A GROWER OF OUR FRUITS AND VEGETABLES. DATES AND GRAPES ARE WHAT I GREW UP ON. I UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF RESPECTING AND PROTECTING OUR NATURAL RESOURCES. EVEN AS SOMEONE WHO HAS USED ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, I LOVE A COMPUTER.

OH, AND I LOST MY PLACE. I RECOGNIZE THAT TECHNOLOGY COMES WITH ENVIRONMENTAL COSTS, AND I RIGHT NOW, JUST TO SAY THIS TO PEOPLE, MAYBE WE SHOULD THINK ABOUT OUR CARBON FOOTPRINT.

WHEN WE ASK A COMPUTER AI TO CREATE A SILLY VIDEO OR A CITY PHOTO, A SILLY PHOTO, BECAUSE THOSE ARE USING TONS OF ENERGY. OUR RESPONSIBILITY IS TO PROTECT OUR WATER, OUR POWER SUPPLY, AND OUR QUALITY OF LIFE HERE IN THE COACHELLA VALLEY FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS. PLEASE

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EVERYONE'S SO FOCUSED ON THE WATER ISSUE AND THE ELECTRICAL. BUT IN 2015, OBAMA ADMINISTRATION ANNOUNCED A SMART CITIES INITIATIVE OFFERED ABOUT 300 MILLION TAXPAYER DOLLARS TOWARD THE IDEA. HE ENTICED U.S. CITIES WITH COOL CONCEPTS SUCH AS INTERNET OF THINGS, WHERE EVERYTHING'S CONNECTED TO SENSORS, ARRAY OF THINGS, INTERNET OF BODIES, WHERE EVERYTHING HAS SENSORS, AND OUR WI-FI ENABLED TRASH CANS WILL BE WI-FI AND EVERYTHING. YOU WILL BE IN THESE SMART CITIES. THE INVISIBLE ELECTROMAGNETIC WALLS WILL BE BUILT UP AROUND YOU. AGAIN, THESE SMART CITIES WILL BE RUN BY DATA CENTERS. LET'S NOT IGNORE THAT. SOMETHING THIS COLOSSAL OF MAGNITUDE AND SCALE, WHICH OBAMA HAS STARTED AND THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION IS IMPLEMENTING, SHOULD TELL US ALL EVERYTHING WE NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE NATURE OF DIVIDE AND CONQUER IN THE UNITED STATES. THEY WORK FOR THE SAME GOAL WHILE CAUSING POLITICAL DIVISION AND INFIGHTING BETWEEN AMERICANS IN THE NAME OF POLITICS. THIS IS HAPPENING VERY FAST AND YOU WILL NOT SEE THESE EVENTS ON THE NEWS.

SPEAKING OF THE GOVERNMENT AND HOW IT WILL USE THESE DATA CENTERS, LAST WEEK, THE US ARMY SWORE IN FOUR BILLIONAIRE TECH EXECUTIVES AS LIEUTENANT COLONELS IN THE US ARMY. DO YOU KNOW THAT THE CTO OF PALANTIR, THE CTO OF META, THE OPEN AI RESEARCH, WHATEVER, AND THE FORMER CHIEF RESEARCH OFFICER OF SAM ALTMAN'S COMPANY, THESE FOUR MEN ARE NOW ONE RANK AWAY FROM A GENERAL. THERE ARE 16 RANKS BELOW LIEUTENANT COLONEL. AND THESE FOUR UNTRAINED CIVILIAN BILLIONAIRES JUST LEAPFROGGED OVER REAL SOLDIERS WHO HAVE DEDICATED THEIR THEIR LIVES TO THE US MILITARY. THIS MEANS GIVING THESE COMPANIES ACCESS TO TOP SECRET INFORMATION. THE VERY TECH BILLIONAIRES WHO ARE BUILDING ALL THESE DATA CENTERS ARE BUILDING THE INFRASTRUCTURE FOR TECHNO FEUDALISM, WHICH IS AUTHORITARIANISM IN THE FORM OF DATA AND SURVEILLANCE AND ABSOLUTE CONTROL. THIS IS A TERRIFYING CONFLICT OF INTEREST THAT HARMS THE SAFETY AND SECURITY OF ALL AMERICANS. OUR REPUBLIC, OUR DEMOCRACY, IS BEING TURNED OVER WITHOUT OUR CONSENT TO PARASITES WHO ACTUALLY DO NOT WANT HUMANITY TO WIN, AGAINST THE RACE AGAINST MACHINES. I'M GOING TO SKIP OVER SOME OTHER STUFF. THE US DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE JUST ANNOUNCED AN AGREEMENT WITH OPEN WITH OTHER EIGHT OTHER TECH GIANTS. AND? AND IT'S ALLOWING THEM TO HAVE ACCESS TO THE PENTAGON. AND THEY HAVE ACCESS TO ALL OF YOUR INFORMATION. THE LATEST IS THAT PROPOSAL. OH, GOD. CAN I HAVE A FEW MORE SECONDS? WE NEED TO STICK TO THE TIMELINE. I'M SORRY. THAT'S THE BEST PART. HI, EVERYONE. GOOD AFTERNOON OR GOOD EVENING FIRST HAPPY PRIDE MONTH. NEXT, MY NAME IS CONSUELO MARQUEZ AND I AM A LIFELONG RESIDENT OF THE CITY OF COACHELLA. I, LIKE MOST OF MY NEIGHBORS OUTSIDE, CONTINUE TO SHOW UP IN OPPOSITION OF DATA CENTERS AND ALL SIMILAR DEVELOPMENTS. WHILE WE ARE ALL GLAD THAT THAT THE THAT THIS SPECIAL MEETING AGENDA HAS FINALLY BROUGHT UP THE EMERGENCY MORATORIUM, WHAT WE TRULY NEED NOW IS AN ORDINANCE TO PERMANENTLY, PERMANENTLY BAN THE DEVELOPMENT AND KEEP THESE PREDATORY CORPORATIONS OUT OF OUR BACKYARDS. THE CITY ALSO NEEDS TO DROP THE AGREEMENT WITH STRONGHOLD POWER, REGARDLESS OF ANY FISCAL RISKS OR FEES OR CONSEQUENCES ATTACHED TO DOING SO. EARLIER IN THIS MEETING, WE HEARD ABOUT THE TIME LIMITS ASSOCIATED WITH THE 45 DAY MORATORIUM THAT I THINK WILL HAPPEN AFTER JULY 19TH, AND I UNDERSTAND THE NEED FOR DISCOVERY AND RESEARCH, BUT I CAN CONFIDENTLY SAY THAT EVERY RESIDENT OUTSIDE WANTS WANTS THIS ORDINANCE SLASH BAN TO OCCUR. SO PLEASE BEGIN THE PREPARATION FOR THAT TODAY, OR AT LEAST ONCE THE MORATORIUM IS APPROVED, SO THAT WE HAVE THAT CASE OR PACKAGE READY. AND HONESTLY, IT'S I UNDERSTAND NOT

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THANK YOU TO THE PREVIOUS SPEAKER THAT SAID, HAPPY PRIDE MONTH. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT. IT'S JUST BEEN A LONG TIME COMING. LET ME JUST SAY, AND YOU KNOW, DENISE, I DO REMEMBER I THINK IT WAS IN 2020, 2019, YOU WORKED HARD TO GET THE LGBT CENTER OR, YOU KNOW, THERE WAS A CEREMONY, BUT WE CANNOT HAVE LIBERAL CORPORATISM. THAT MEANS THE DRAPING OF A RAINBOW FLAG OVER A DATA CENTER. WE CAN'T HAVE THAT. AND SO, YEAH, THERE'S A LOT OF THAT THAT'S GOING ON. THAT'S A WHOLE OTHER DISCUSSION. BUT SO ANYWAYS, I, I'M A RESIDENT OF THE COACHELLA VALLEY. I DID GROW UP IN COACHELLA. I LIKE TO SAY I'M A RESIDENT. WE NEED TO ALL SAY WE'RE RESIDENTS OF THE COACHELLA VALLEY UP TO YOU. BUT EVERY CITY IS IS UNIQUE. WE PATRONIZE EVERY CITY IN THE VALLEY, AND THAT'S THE UNIQUENESS OF THIS VALLEY. THE ONLY INSTANCE, THOUGH, IS WHEN I WALK BACK. COMMENTS THAT I LIKE TO WRITE ON SOCIAL MEDIA AS IF THEY'RE FACTUALLY INCORRECT, AND TO ACT IMMEDIATELY TO BAN DATA CENTERS IS THE BETTER STEP. AND THAT'S WHAT I SAID ONLINE IN MY SOCIAL MEDIA COMMENT, IS TO WE NEED TO ACT BETTER, AND ACTING BETTER. IS BANNING THE DATA CENTER A PERMANENT BAN? NOW I WANT TO TAKE THE TIME TO READ ALSO THE DEFINITION. IF I HAVE TIME OF ECOCIDE AND THAT IS. I COMMONLY WRITE THAT IN MY WRITINGS AND IT'S THE MASS DAMAGE OF DESTRUCTION OF ECOSYSTEMS, WHICH IS REALLY IT'S HAPPENING RIGHT NOW EVERYWHERE AROUND US, LEADING TO SEVERE IMPAIRMENT OF NATURAL LIFE, THOUSANDS OF FISH, MILLIONS OF FISH, BIRDS DYING AT THE SALTON SEA. THAT'S BEEN HAPPENING OVER THE COURSE OF 20 YEARS. BUT SO THAT IS THE NATURE OF CORPORATE WARFARE IS THE PROFIT UNTIL ALL RESOURCES ARE ABSOLUTELY DEPLETED. AND THE COMMODIFYING OF THE SACRED, WHICH IS OUR WATER, CANNOT CONTINUE TO HAPPEN. WATER IS SACRED, AND I WILL ACT WITH OTHERS FOR A PERMANENT BAN IN THE CITY AND WITHIN ITS SPHERE OF INFLUENCE. I UNDERSTAND INDIO CITY COUNCIL IS BEGINNING TO WRITE THEIR ORDINANCE. SHOULD WE JUST WAIT AND THEN COPY AND PASTE? BECAUSE THAT'S IN THEIR IN THEIR EFFORT RIGHT NOW, AFTER DOING THE 45 DAY MORATORIUM. OKAY, INDIO, THANK YOU FOR SPEARHEADING THAT. BY THE WAY, WE ALSO NEED A BAN AT THE COUNTY LEVEL. AND OUR SUPERVISORS LIKES TO SAY OUR SUPERVISOR LIKES TO SAY THAT THE COACHELLA VALLEY IS OPEN FOR BUSINESS. IT IS OPEN. IS IT OPEN FOR MORE DESERT ECOCIDE OR IS IT OPEN TO SUSTAINABLE NON-CORPORATE BUSINESSES AND COOPERATIVES THAT ENSURE LIVING WAGES FOR ALL, AND THE SHARING OF PROFITS AMONGST WORKERS? NOT ONLY DO I SAY NO TO DATA CENTERS, I SAY NO TO MORE UNAFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS, NO TO MORE AMAZON WAREHOUSES THAT ARE AN EYESORE ON THE TEN FREEWAY. BIG CORPORATIONS WILL TELL US THERE'S PLENTY OF WATER, BUT EVERYONE LOOK UP CADIZ WATER PROJECT CADIZ. THEY'RE GOING TO DRAIN THE DESERT. THANK YOU. BYE. THANK YOU. JAMES. GO AHEAD JAMES. IT'S OKAY. ALRIGHTY.

GOOD EVENING COUNCIL JAMES RODRIGUEZ. GOTCHA. SO I HEARD EARLIER A COMMENT BY ONE OF OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT IF WE DIDN'T HAVE THIS GRID SYSTEM OR THE DATA CENTER PROJECT, BECAUSE THEY ARE MUTUALLY EXCLUSIVE, WE KNOW THAT THAT IT COULD AFFECT OUR COMMUNITY IN

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YOU GUYS ARE DESTROYING, DISCRIMINATING AGAINST US POOR INDUSTRIES BECAUSE INDUSTRIES ARE PEOPLE TOO. NO, WE ARE THE PEOPLE. WE WANT THE LAWS TO STATE NO INDUSTRY CAN COME IN.

DOESN'T MATTER WHAT IT IS AND OVEREXTEND OVER EXTRACT. AND ON TOP OF THIS, THIS IS YOUR MESS.

YOU GUYS DIDN'T READ THE AGREEMENT, OR YOU WERE SO BLINDSIDED BY THE FACT THAT YOU WERE GOING TO GET A MUNICIPAL ELECTRICITY UTILITY THAT CHECKED ALL THE BOXES, THAT YOU OVERLOOKED THE DATA CENTER. SO THIS IS YOURS TO FIX. WE WANT IT FIXED, AND IF YOU DON'T FIX IT, WE WILL RECALL YOU. THAT IS NOT A THREAT. THAT IS HISTORY.

OH, WAIT. I'M WAITING. YOU'RE GOOD. YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND START. OKAY. COUNCIL. FRANK.

GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS RANDY VERA. I AM A RESIDENT HERE IN COACHELLA, CALIFORNIA. THIS CITY, THIS CITY TRULY IS MY SANCTUARY. AND I AM HERE BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO LOSE THAT. I AM HERE ONCE AGAIN IN OPPOSITION TOWARDS ANY DATA CENTERS BEING BUILT HERE IN OUR CITY, IN OUR COUNTY, IN OUR COUNTRY, AND AT THIS POINT, JUST IN GENERAL, REALLY, I DEMAND WE BAN DATA CENTERS FROM BEING BUILT HERE IN THE FORM OF AN ORDINANCE, AND THAT WE TERMINATE THE CONTRACT AND DROP THE STRONGHOLD AGREEMENT. I PERSONALLY THINK WE COULD DO 45 DAYS AND THEN BAN IT. I DON'T THINK WE NEED TWO MONTHS. I DON'T THINK WE NEED THREE MONTHS. WE DO NOT NEED ANY OF THESE DATA CENTERS HERE. AND WE'VE MADE THAT VERY CLEAR THESE PAST COUPLE OF WEEKS AT THESE MEETINGS. WE'VE LISTED THE REASONS ALREADY OF WHAT COULD POSSIBLY HAPPEN OR HAS ALREADY HAPPENED. AIR POLLUTION, NOISE POLLUTION, WATER POLLUTION, WATER SHORTAGES, ENERGY CUTS AND SHORTAGES, HIGHER WATER BILLS, HIGHER ELECTRICITY BILLS, VERY, VERY LITTLE POSSIBILITY OF JOB CREATION, AND ONLY A MINUSCULE PERCENTAGE OF FINANCIAL BENEFIT THAT OUR CITY IS GOING TO RECEIVE COMPARED TO WHAT STRONGHOLD IS GOING TO RECEIVE. I WANT TO LET YOU GUYS KNOW VERY CLEARLY BIG TECH IN THIS CASE, STRONGHOLD DOES NOT CARE ABOUT US, DOES NOT CARE ABOUT OUR HOME, AND MOST CERTAINLY DOES NOT CARE ABOUT OUR ECOSYSTEM HERE IN THE VALLEY. WE ALL SAW AND AND HAVE BEEN SEEING AT THE AT THE TYPE OF ENERGY AND CONSIDERATION THEY HAVE BEEN SHOWING OUR COMMUNITY, THE FACADE AND FAKE CATERING THAT HAVE BEEN TRYING TO EMPLOY NOTHING BUT DISRESPECT. THE WAY THEY SMIRKED AT OUR ANGRY RESIDENTS, THAT THIS INTEREST THEY SHOWED TOWARDS OUR CONCERNS, THE INDIRECT RESPONSES THEY GAVE TOWARDS OUR QUESTIONS AND WORRIES. ALSO

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WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN WHEN OUR NEIGHBORS AND OUR FARMS DON'T HAVE ANY CLEAN WATER? THE DESERT IS THE LAST PLACE THAT THESE CENTERS, THESE MASS SURVEILLANCE CENTERS BELONG.

LET'S START CALLING IT WHAT IT IS. I IMAGINE THAT MOST OF THIS COUNCIL LIVES IN THIS COMMUNITY.

AREN'T YOU CONCERNED ABOUT THE HIKE IN TEMPERATURE? IT'S TRIPLE DIGITS FOR FOUR MONTHS.

WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN WHEN THIS DATA CENTER MASS SURVEILLANCE CENTER MOVES IN? YOU KNOW, I'M FORTUNATE THAT I'M IN YUCCA. IT'S 15 DEGREES COOLER THERE. AND SOME OF MY NEIGHBORS AREN'T CONCERNED BECAUSE IT'S NOT IN OUR BACKYARD. WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN WHEN OUR NEIGHBORS DON'T HAVE ANY WATER? PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE DO THE RIGHT THING. GOD BLESS. THANK YOU. ANYONE? JOANNE, I SEE YOU. YOU CAN GO AHEAD. I'M GOING TO. UNLESS THERE'S SOMEONE ELSE THAT THE NAMES THAT I CALLED, I'LL CALL THEM AGAIN. TYLER PETERSON, JOANNE LLAMAS, MATTHEW WILLIAMS AND SARAH LILY. GO AHEAD. HI, I'M DSA MEMBER MATTHEW WILLIAMS. NOW THAT THERE'S A CONVERSATION ABOUT BANNING THE DATA CENTERS IN THE CITY, WE STILL NEED TO REMEMBER HOW WE GOT HERE AND WHO WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR COSTING THE CITY AND POTENTIALLY COSTING THE CITY POTENTIALLY THOUSANDS TO MILLIONS IN LEGAL COSTS? IF IT WASN'T FOR THE CITY COUNCIL PEOPLE AND MAYOR WHO UNANIMOUSLY VOTED FOR STRONGHOLD, WE WOULDN'T BE IN THE SITUATION WE'RE IN NOW. INSTEAD OF HAVING THE CONVERSATION OF HOW THE CITY WILL PAY FOR INFRASTRUCTURE, WE NOW HAVE TO DISCUSS HOW THE PEOPLE OF COACHELLA WILL PAY FOR THE COUNCIL PEOPLE AND MAYOR'S POOR DECISION. IT'S CLEAR THAT NOT ONLY DO WE NEED A PERMANENT BAN ON DATA CENTERS, BUT WE ALSO NEED TO REMOVE AND ELECT A NEW MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT BEHOLDEN TO CORPORATIONS AND BILLIONAIRES. WE NEED PEOPLE LIKE THE HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE SPOKEN AT TOWN HALL MEETINGS OVER THE PAST WEEKS.

WE NEED WE NEED A MAYOR AND COUNCIL PEOPLE WHO WILL STAND UP AND FIGHT FOR EVERYDAY WORKERS AND NOT JUST THEIR WEALTHY CORPORATE DONORS. THAT HALF $1 MILLION THE CITY HAS ALREADY SPENT ON STRONGHOLD COULD HAVE BEEN SPENT ON IMPROVING THE LIVES OF WORKING PEOPLE BY UPGRADING THE NEEDED INFRASTRUCTURE, FUNDING CHILD CARE SERVICES AND HOUSING THE

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GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS SARAH LILY. I'M A HOMEOWNER IN PALM SPRINGS WHO TRAVELED HERE TODAY TO VOICE MY OPPOSITION TO THIS DATA CENTER AND URGE YOU TO IMPLEMENT A FULL BAN. I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THE PRECEDENT ENTERTAINING OR APPROVING THIS DATA CENTER WOULD SET ACROSS THE ENTIRE COACHELLA VALLEY. I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THE OPTICS YOUR INDECISION SENDS TO BILLIONAIRE CORPORATIONS WHO ARE UNDOUBTEDLY HUNGRY TO SPREAD THEIR PRODUCT AND COMPROMISE OUR INFORMATION AND PRIVACY EVEN MORE. I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THE SPEED AT WHICH CONSIDERATION IS BEING GIVEN TO THIS DATA CENTER. WITHOUT DUE DILIGENCE. I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THE MESSAGE YOU'RE SENDING TO COACHELLA CONSTITUENTS, SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES AND OTHER CITIES ACROSS THE NATION GRAPPLING WITH THIS VERY CRITICAL ISSUE.

I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THE DERIVATIVE IMPACTS THIS DATA CENTER WILL HAVE ON SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES LIKE MINE. I'M ALREADY HEARING RESIDENTS IN PALM SPRINGS AND CATHEDRAL CITY TALKING ABOUT LEAVING THE AREA. IF THIS DATA CENTER IS ERECTED. IN CONCLUSION, DON'T BE A STATISTIC. WE KNOW DATA CENTERS JEOPARDIZE ECONOMIES, ENVIRONMENTS, AND THE HEALTH OF PEOPLE AND ANIMALS, AND IF WE KNOW THAT, THEN IT'S NOT THE RIGHT INVESTMENT. PLEASE IMPLEMENT A FULL BAN OF THIS DATA CENTER. THANK YOU. JOANNE. AFTER JOANNE, WE HAVE ALICIA CASTRO, BEVERLY GARCIA, AND ASHBY. AGAIN, THAT'S ALICIA CASTRO, BEVERLY GARCIA, AND ASH BE GO AHEAD. HELLO AGAIN. MY NAME IS JOANNE LOMAS. I'M A RESIDENT OF THERMAL, AND I'M HAPPY WE'RE HERE TODAY TAKING OUR FIRST STEPS TOWARDS THE MORATORIUM. BUT I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE DON'T GET LOST ABOUT WHAT WE'RE ULTIMATELY AFTER. WE WANT A BAN. WE DON'T WANT ANY DATA CENTERS, EVER. WE WANT TO BREAK CONTRACT WITH STRONGHOLD AND NEVER WORK WITH THEM AGAIN OR ANY OF THEIR AFFILIATES OUTSIDE. WE'RE HEARING COUNCILWOMAN DELGADO STALLING AND HIDING BEHIND, TRYING TO BE THOROUGH. WE WANT A BAN ON DATA CENTERS. WE DON'T WANT TO WASTE ANY ADDITIONAL CITY FUNDS CONDUCTING RESEARCH. WE'RE HEARING THAT WE NEED TO FOLLOW THE CITY PLAN. I JUST WANT TO KNOW WHAT PART OF THE CITY PLAN IS FOR RUINING THE ENVIRONMENT, MAKING THE WATER UNDRINKABLE, MAKING THE AIR UNBREATHABLE, AND THEN KILLING ALL THE CITIZENS. WHERE IN THE CITY PLAN IS THAT? SECTION A, SECTION B, PARAGRAPH TWO. TELL ME. I'D LOVE TO READ IT. I'M HEARING THAT WE CAN'T CITE RESEARCH FROM OTHER DATA CENTER IMPACTS ON COMMUNITIES. THAT'S LIKE SAYING THE LEOPARDS WON'T EAT MY FACE. I'M ON THEIR SIDE.

THE LEOPARDS WILL EAT YOUR FACE. THE CORPORATION WILL ALWAYS BETRAY THE ENVIRONMENT. HAVE WE LEARNED NOTHING FROM THE LAST MONTH OF WATCHING ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARDS GO UP ALL OVER THE COUNTRY, ALL OVER OUR STATE, AND YET WE'RE GOING TO SIT HERE AND PRETEND THERE'S A POSSIBILITY THAT IT WON'T GO BAD. YOU GOT TO BE KIDDING ME. IF THE COUNCIL WOULD LIKE TO LOOK AT ANOTHER ENVIRONMENTALLY DETRIMENTAL DEVELOPMENTS, I THINK THAT'S GREAT. I WOULD LOVE FOR BIG CONSTRUCTION TO BE LOOKED AT AND SCRUTINIZED DEEPLY BECAUSE, AS YOU KNOW, I'M FIGHTING AGAINST THE DEVELOPMENT OFF OF HIGHWAY 86 AND AIRPORT BOULEVARD. BUT THIS IS NOT THE TIME TO DO THAT. WE NEED TO FOCUS ON WHAT'S AT HAND AND DELIVER ON THAT FIRST, AND THEN WE CAN GET BACK. YOU ALL WANTED US TO HOLD YOU ACCOUNTABLE. WELL, HERE WE ARE.

WE'RE ALL WATCHING AND WE EXPECT YOU TO DO THE RIGHT THING. AND I JUST WANT TO SAY TO THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS OUTSIDE, YOU ALL INSPIRE ME. YOUR COMMITMENT INSPIRES ME, YOUR INTELLIGENCE AND YOUR RESEARCH AND YOUR BRAVERY TO GET UP HERE AND CALL OUT BAD LEADERSHIP INSPIRES ME. THANK YOU FOR SHOWING UP AND FOR FIGHTING FOR US. SINCE THIS COUNCIL HAS DECIDED THEY WON'T. THANK YOU. I'M SORRY. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS ALICIA CASTRO. I WAS RAISED IN COACHELLA MY ENTIRE LIFE. MY FAMILY LIVES HERE, SO I'M HERE TO ADVOCATE FOR THEM, FOR MY HUSBAND, WHO IS A TEACHER FOR THE CV DISTRICT AND FOR. I'M HERE TO SPEAK FOR ALL THE CITIZENS OF COACHELLA AND THE FUTURE CITIZENS THAT WERE ACCOUNTABLE FOR. I ASK THAT YOU DO TAKE THE PAUSE, INFORM YOURSELVES AND FOLLOW IT UP

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THANK YOU. SO YESTERDAY I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND THE MEETING THAT DENISE DELGADO HAD WITH THE ORGANIZATIONS IN THE VALLEY. AND AFTER EVERYONE LEFT, I STAYED BACK TO CHAT WITH DENISE AND DENISE. I TOLD YOU ABOUT HOW THROUGHOUT MY LIFE, I'VE HAD PEOPLE TELL ME I SHOULD BE HAPPY, THAT ANYBODY WOULD THINK ABOUT INVESTING IN THE VALLEY, THAT IT WOULD BE GOOD FOR THE VALLEY. AND I SHOULD APPRECIATE THAT. AND YOU ASKED ME IF PEOPLE HAVE REALLY SAID THAT TO ME. MAYBE THEY HAVEN'T SAID THOSE EXACT WORDS. MAYBE THEY HAVE SAID THOSE EXACT WORDS, I DON'T KNOW. AND THEN TODAY I WAS MADE AWARE THAT TOPER TAYLOR, MAYOR OF INDIAN WELLS, WROTE AN OP ED FOR THE DESERT SUN URGING US TO EMBRACE THE DATA CENTER. I DIDN'T READ THE ARTICLE IN ITS ENTIRETY BECAUSE I'M NOT PAYING FOR YET ANOTHER SUBSCRIPTION, BUT THE OPENING PARAGRAPH WAS ENOUGH TO INFURIATE ME. IT READS, QUOTE, WAKE UP COACHELLA.

YOU HAVE A WEAK TAX BASE. YOU DO NOT HAVE A SIGNIFICANT HOTEL CORRIDOR, NO MAJOR RETAIL, NO LARGE EMPLOYER. YOU DON'T EVEN OWN THE FESTIVAL THAT BEARS YOUR NAME. COACHELLA. INDIO OWNS THAT FESTIVAL, AND THE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS THAT COME ANNUALLY WITH TICKET FEES AND FESTIVAL COSTS REIMBURSEMENTS. AS I'VE STATED BEFORE, PEOPLE LIVE HERE AND I'M NOT GOING TO LET SOME LOSER THAT WASN'T BORN AND RAISED HERE. COMING IN ON HIS HIGH HORSE, TOUTING HIS MANY ACCOLADES, WHO ONLY MOVED HERE WITHIN THE PAST SIX YEARS, WHO DIDN'T EVEN BOTHER TO DO ANY RESEARCH ON THE SCV. BECAUSE WHY WOULD HE SPIN THIS OPPORTUNITY AND TRY TO SELL IT TO ME? AS, AGAIN, MANY OTHER PEOPLE HAVE TOLD ME THAT I SHOULD BE APPRECIATIVE THAT ANYBODY WANTS TO DEVELOP ANYTHING IN THE CITY OF COACHELLA. IF I WERE ANY OF YOU SITTING UP THERE, I WOULD BE OFF THAT THIS MAYOR WROTE THIS ABOUT US. IT'S. I THANK YOU, FRANK, FOR MENTIONING IT EARLIER, THAT THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT OUR PEOPLE THIS WAY. I'M NOT IN A WEAK TAX BASE BY CHOICE. NONE OF US ARE. WE ARE THE IMAGE OF THE EFFECTS OF CAPITALISM. AND I'M JUST TRYING TO SURVIVE WITHOUT HEARING THAT SOME BILLIONAIRE WANTS TO COME IN AND RESCUE ME, AND THAT I SHOULD BE GRATEFUL THAT THEY WANT TO PORQUE YO NO NECESITO GRINGO DE COLONIZER. VENGA HABLAR POR ME O SE TRATA DE SALVAR ME NO LO NECESITO.

PLEASE PASS THE ORDINANCE BANNING THE THIS MONSTROSITY FROM BEING BUILT HERE. I DON'T WANT TO BE BUILT ANYWHERE. BUT IF INDIAN WELLS WANTS IT, I THINK I HAVE AN EXCELLENT IDEA WHERE THEY COULD BUILD IT. THANK YOU. OKAY, NEXT. NEXT UP WE HAVE ASH AGAIN. ASH B, LEAH DOUGLAS, JONATHAN BECERRA, AND CLAUDIA LUA ALVARADO. AND IT WAS A LITTLE LOUD OUTSIDE, SO I'M GOING TO REPEAT THE NAMES ASH B, LEAH DOUGLAS, JONATHAN BECERRA, AND CLAUDIA LUA ALVARADO. YES. OKAY. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. MY NAME IS JONATHAN BECERRA. I'M AN ORGANIZER IN THE CITY OF INDIO. I FIRST WANT TO JUST GIVE SOME BACKGROUND THAT THE CITY OF INDIO, AROUND TEN YEARS AGO, WAS IN A VERY SIMILAR POSITION TO SELL OUT TO CORPORATIONS. WHEN WE GAVE THE GOLDENVOICE 30 YEARS WITHOUT ASKING FOR ANYTHING AT THE NEGOTIATION TABLE. AND AS A RESULT, THE ONLY STABLE HOUSING IN THE CITY OF INDIO IS FOR THE HORSES ON THE POLO FIELDS. SO I REALLY IMPLORE YOU TO DO YOUR DUE DILIGENCE AND LISTEN TO THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS HERE WHO ARE SPEAKING SO IMPASSIONED AND WITH SUCH KNOWLEDGE AND INSPIRATION TO SAY NO TO THIS PROJECT, BECAUSE THE CONSEQUENCES WOULD BE FAR MORE DETRIMENTAL THAN A LACK OF STABLE HOUSING. THIS AFFECTS OUR NATURAL RESOURCES. THIS AFFECTS OUR FUTURE FOR OUR CHILDREN. AND I REALLY WANT TO THANK THE ORGANIZERS HERE BECAUSE IT'S BECAUSE OF THEIR, YOU KNOW, PEDAL TO THE METAL. THEY'RE KIND OF HOLDING POWER TO ACCOUNT. IS THAT THAT'S THE REASON, I BELIEVE, AS AN ORGANIZATION THAT THE CITY OF INDIO YESTERDAY VOTED 5 TO 0 ON A 45 DAY RETURN BECAUSE THEY SAW THE ENERGY IN THE CITY OF COACHELLA. THAT IS A DIRECT RESULT OF THE GREAT ORGANIZING HERE OF THE GREAT ORGANIZERS IN THIS CITY. SO I REALLY WANT TO THANK THEM FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART FOR NOT JUST PROTECTING THIS CITY, BUT PROTECTING THE CITY OF INDIO FROM THIS KIND OF CORPORATE OVERREACH. SO I REALLY HOPE THAT YOU GUYS LISTEN TO YOUR CONSTITUENCY AND NOT JUST DO

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TRUTH IS, WE ARE THE CITY OF FESTIVALS. SO IF STRONGHOLD WANTS TO BE THE MOST HATED MAN IN AMERICA, HE CAN PICK A FIGHT WITH COACHELLA. BECAUSE I'VE TALKED WITH ALL OF MY FRIENDS IN LA, FRANCE, UK, WORLDWIDE, WE ARE THE CITY THAT EVERYONE LOVES WORLDWIDE. EVERYONE KNOWS IT'S HOT HERE. NO ONE CAN DANCE IN 116 DEGREES. THEY JUST CAN'T. COACHELLA AND STAGECOACH BRINGS US $600 MILLION. THE DATA CENTER WON'T BRING US THAT IF WE RUIN OUR CITY. IF WE COOK US ALIVE, WE COOK THE FESTIVALS, WE COOK $600 MILLION AND THE ENTIRE WORLD WILL BE OUR ENEMY.

SO WHAT DO WE WANT TO DO? LET'S CELEBRATE LIFE. LET'S REBIRTH. LET'S DO ANOTHER FESTIVAL.

LET'S DO THE COACHELLA OF LATINO MUSIC. DID YOU GUYS SEE THE SUPER BOWL? LET'S MAKE ANOTHER $600 MILLION AND LET'S SHOW STRONGHOLD JUST HOW AMAZING WE ARE. LET'S BE UNITED.

THIS IS FOR THE CHILDREN. IT IS VERY SIMPLE. WE HAVE A WATER SHORTAGE. WE HAVE A WATER SHORTAGE IN GEORGIA RIGHT NOW ON BUSINESS INSIDER. LOOK IT UP ON YOUTUBE. PEOPLE ARE GIVING INTERVIEWS. THEY HAVE. THEY USED TO HAVE PLENTY OF WATER. DATA CENTER WENT ONLINE. THEY WALK INTO THEIR HOUSE. NO WATER IS COMING OUT OF THE TAP. THAT IS HAPPENING NOW. ALL THESE DATA CENTERS MAKE A LOT OF PROMISES BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO. AND WEST VIRGINIA, A DATA CENTER, ILLEGALLY RAN A LINE TO THE WATER MUNICIPAL. AN ILLEGAL LINE, GOT 30 MILLION GALLONS OF WATER. THEY DRAINED. THESE ARE REAL LIFE SITUATIONS THAT ARE HAPPENING HERE AND NOW. THAT'S WHY IT'S VIRAL. AND IT'S GOING TO GO MORE VIRAL. SO STRONGHOLD IS NOT HERE TODAY. BUT HE I KNOW HE HEARS THIS. HE WANTS TO PICK A FIGHT WITH THE MOST FAMOUS CITY OF FESTIVALS IN THE WORLD. HE WILL BE THE MOST HATED MAN IN THE WORLD. AND THAT WILL BE THE END OF HIS BUSINESS. MARK MY WORDS, MARK MY WISDOM. THANK YOU FOR STANDING UP TO WHAT'S WRONG.

THANK YOU FOR LIVING FROM THE SOUL AND PROTECTING OUR CHILDREN. THANK YOU FOR PROTECTING THE MOST LOVED FESTIVAL IN THE WORLD. YOU ARE THE HEROES BAND, DADDY. SINNERS, PROTECT OUR CITY. PROTECT OUR COUNTRY. PROTECT FREEDOM. THANK YOU FOR WHO YOU ARE. GOD BLESS.

THANK YOU. NEXT UP IS CLAUDIA ALVARADO. HELLO, STEPHANIE, FRANK, DENISE AND YADIRA. I'M HERE TO ADD THIS TO THE RECORD. I LIVE IN THE CITY OF COACHELLA. I OBJECT TO THE MUNICIPAL UTILITY DEVELOPMENT AN AGREEMENT UNDER SEQUA. BECAUSE IN THE CITY, THE CITY CALLED THIS BINDING AGREEMENT NOT A PROJECT, AND SKIPPED ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW, BUT IT COMMITS US TO DATA CENTERS, HUNDREDS OF MEGAWATTS OF POWER. SECOND PLANT PHASE AND HEAVY WATER USE. AND THE DESERT THAT IS IN A DROUGHT. NONE OF THESE IMPACTS IMPACTS WERE EVER STUDIED. AND I WOULD LIKE FOR YOU TO PUT THIS ON RECORD. THANK YOU. HAVING SAID THAT, I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, LAST WEEK I CAME IN VERY ANGRY AND UPSET. I'M A BIT MORE CALM TODAY, AND I JUST HAVE A MESSAGE FOR ALL OF YOU FOR I KNOW THAT THIS HAS BEEN VERY DIFFICULT FOR FOR US.

I HAVEN'T SLEPT FOR A COUPLE OF WEEKS. YOU KNOW, IT'S BEEN REALLY HARD. IT'S VERY PAINFUL.

BUT I ASK YOU TO WORK TOGETHER TO MAKE THIS RIGHT, TO MEET AS MUCH AS YOU NEED. OR. MAKE THIS

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I ASK YOU FOR ALL THE RANCHERS AND VENDORS. UNITED COMMUNITY THAT WE REPRESENT. PLEASE WORK TOGETHER AND MAKE THIS RIGHT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. OKAY, ASH, BEFORE YOU SPEAK, I'M GOING TO CALL ON A FEW MORE NAMES. PLEASE BE BE PREPARED TO COME UP AND GIVE YOUR COMMENT. MARIA ARELLANO, ROMAN LOPEZ AND KARINA CABRERA AGAIN, THAT'S MARIA ARELLANO, ROMAN LOPEZ AND KARINA CABRERA. OKAY, ASH, YOU CAN GO AHEAD. ASH, BORN AND RAISED IN COACHELLA. I'M A MEMBER OF THE VIVA LA CAUSA COLLECTIVE. WE SUBMITTED A DRAFT URGENCY ORDINANCE CREATED BY A TRUSTED ATTORNEY FOR THE CITY TO REFERENCE. WE WERE FORTUNATE TO FIND OUT ABOUT THE CITY'S PLANS FOR DATA CENTERS, BECAUSE PEOPLE IN IMPERIAL VALLEY WHO HAVE BEEN FIGHTING A DATA CENTER FOR MONTHS SENT US AN ARTICLE FROM BUSINESS INSIDER BACK AT THE END OF MARCH. HAD IT NOT BEEN FOR THEM, I REALLY WONDER HOW LONG IT WOULD HAVE TAKEN FOR THE CITY TO INFORM ITS RESIDENTS. WE'VE BEEN SHOWING UP SINCE APRIL 8TH.

HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE DESCRIBING OVER AND OVER AGAIN THE HARMS OF DATA CENTERS. SO MUCH RESEARCH THAT PROVES THE HARMS OF DATA CENTERS. WE DON'T NEED ANOTHER STUDY TO KNOW THAT THE DATA CENTERS WILL KILL US, ESPECIALLY THIS PROJECT, WHICH WOULD BE THE LARGEST IN THE ENTIRE STATE OF CALIFORNIA. AND AGAIN, DIRECTLY ACROSS THE STREET FROM MOBILE HOMES THAT DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO CLEAN WATER AND CONSISTENTLY DEAL WITH POWER OUTAGES EVERY SINGLE SUMMER. WE KNOW THIS BECAUSE WE'VE DONE OUTREACH TO THESE COMMUNITIES, AND IT IS CLEAR THE CITY NEVER NOTIFIED THEM OF THE PLANS TO PLACE SIX DATA CENTERS RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET FROM THEIR HOMES. WE UNDERSTAND THAT THE 45 DAY MORATORIUM IS LEGALLY REQUIRED IN ORDER FOR AN ORDINANCE TO BE IMPLEMENTED. HOWEVER, SAYING THERE NEEDS TO BE STUDIES AND IT CAN TAKE UP TO THREE MONTHS WILL UNNECESSARILY PROLONG THE PROCESS. I'VE SAID IT BEFORE AND I'LL SAY IT AGAIN WE WILL NOT STOP. WE WILL CONTINUE TO DO DOOR TO DOOR, WILL CONTINUE TO SHOW UP UNTIL OUR DEMANDS ARE MET. THE CITY MUST USE THE 45 DAY MORATORIUM PERIOD TO DEVELOP AN ORDINANCE PERMANENTLY BANNING DATA CENTERS. WE WILL NOT COMPROMISE.

WE WILL NOT BE FOOLED. DENISE. LOS CENTROS DE DATOS STRONGHOLD GRIFTERS, LOS POLITICOS, VENDIDOS SE VAYA A LA VERGA. OKAY. GOOD EVENING, LADIES OF THE COUNCIL AND MR. FEDERICO.

MR. FEDERICO, MY NAME IS MARIA ARELLANO. I AM A RESIDENT OF COACHELLA FOR MANY, MANY YEARS.

I LIVE ON FILLMORE STREET AND ALONG MYSELF THERE'S A LOT MORE RESIDENTS. THERE IS A MOBILE HOME THAT HAS ABOUT MAYBE 20 MOBILE HOMES, AND THE MAGANA RANCH THAT PROBABLY HAS 3040. I HAVE NO IDEA HOW MANY, BUT THEY HAVE LOTS. THAT MEANS THAT THERE'S A LOT OF FAMILIES THERE RIGHT ALONG COMING OFF OF 51 IS MY IS THE MOBILE HOMES, MY LOT. AND THEN THERE IS A. A LIKE A NURSERY PLACE. OKAY. THERE'S USUALLY THERE'S NO HOME THERE, BUT THERE'S USUALLY FIVE, FIVE WORKERS THERE WORKING DAILY. NEXT IS A DATE GROWER. AND THE OWNER THERE IS USUALLY THERE ALL DAY WORKING HIS DATES, FOLLOWED BY ANOTHER LITTLE LOT THERE THAT HAS A HOME AND SOME MORE MOBILE HOMES. SO THERE'S MORE RESIDENTS THERE. AND THEN THERE'S THE LIMAS. I CALL IT THE LIMAS RANCH. IT'S GOT A NICE FRONT AREA THERE. THEY RUN SOME KIND OF CONSTRUCTION COMPANY. HE PARKS HIS TRUCKS THERE. SO THEY COME AND GO. PEOPLE COME AND GO THERE. SO

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ALONG WITH THAT, AS YOU TURN ON EVERY 52, IT'S THE LATTER RANCH AND WAY OVER BY THE CANAL.

THERE'S ANOTHER LITTLE COMMUNITY. AS YOU CROSS 52, THERE IS A LOT MORE COMMUNITIES, ALL MOBILE HOMES, AGAIN, NOT MILLION DOLLAR HOMES NOW JUST LIVING RIGHT ACROSS. I DON'T HAVE TO REMIND YOU THAT I WILL HAVE NO NIGHTS BECAUSE THE LIGHTS WILL ALWAYS BE ON FOR SECURITY REASONS. I WILL CERTAINLY BE SMELLING THE EFFECTS OF DIESEL RUN. POWER SOURCE. AND NOT TO MENTION THE TEMPERATURE RISE. I'M ABOUT TO RETIRE AND BE HOME 24 OVER SEVEN, WHICH OBVIOUSLY NOW IS NOT A FEASIBLE THING TO DO. SO I URGE YOU TO PUT A BAND A STOP TO ALL THIS NONSENSE. YOU ARE IMPACTING OUR LIVES TREMENDOUSLY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU. HI Y'ALL. MY NAME IS RAMON LOPEZ. I'M BACK. FIRST OF ALL, I SHOULD REALLY MENTION THIS BECAUSE IT SHOULD BE PUBLIC KNOWLEDGE. I FOUND OUT THAT DENISE HELD A PRIVATE MEETING WITH OTHER ORGANIZATIONS DISCUSSING THIS, WHICH I FIND TO BE A LITTLE OFF PUTTING A LITTLE SHADY, A LITTLE CONCERNING, ESPECIALLY AS A COMMUNITY MEMBER, BECAUSE HOW COME THIS WASN'T PUBLIC? HOW COME THIS WASN'T OPEN TO THE COMMUNITY? AND I'M SURE THERE WAS OTHER ORGANIZATIONS THAT COULD HAVE APPLIED TO THIS, BUT IT WAS PRIVATE. WHAT WAS UP WITH THAT? SO I'M GLAD THAT Y'ALL ARE TAKING THE STEPS AND DOING THIS MORTARIUM. HOWEVER, IT NEEDS TO BE PERMANENT RATHER THAN JUST LIKE SOMETHING THAT'S LESS THAN TWO MONTHS. THAT'S JUST A ME THING. I FIND IT REALLY CONCERNING THAT THERE'S ALL THIS BACK AND FORTH AND BACK AND FORTH AND BACK AND FORTH ABOUT ABOUT THIS ISSUE WHEN WE'VE HAD INDIO PLACE A MORATORIUM, LIKE IMMEDIATELY WE'VE HAD MONTEREY PARK DO THEIR BAN, LIKE WITH A QUICKNESS. AND I JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY THERE'S THIS. THERE'S THIS BACK AND FORTH AND BACK AND FORTH. AND ORIGINALLY, I WASN'T GOING TO DO A COMMENT BECAUSE I WAS TIRED, BECAUSE I'VE BEEN OUT RUNNING AROUND IN THE HEAT, GIVING FOOD TO PEOPLE WHO ARE AFRAID TO COME OUT OF THEIR HOUSES. BUT THAT WAS NOT AN EXCUSE. THAT WAS NOT AN EXCUSE FOR ME TO JUST SKIP OUT ON THIS. IT WOULD NOT HAVE SAT RIGHT WITH ME. AND COMING FROM A HEART TO HEART, DENISE, I FIND IT VERY DISAPPOINTING. I'M SO DISAPPOINTED THAT YOU HELD THIS PRIVATE MEETING WITHOUT LACK OF TRANSPARENCY. THIS IS JUST, AGAIN, Y'ALL ARE PREACHING ABOUT TRANSPARENCY, TRANSPARENCY, TRANSPARENCY, BUT THERE IS A LACK THEREOF. AND DENISE, AT SOME POINT I DID LOOK UP TO YOU WHEN I WAS YOUNGER. AND SO THE FACT THAT YOU'VE DONE, YOU'VE DONE THIS AND LIKE HAD A LOT OF PUSHBACK, I'M A LITTLE HURT. SO ULTIMATELY, I JUST REALLY WISH THAT, LIKE, IT JUST DIDN'T HAVE TO BE THIS BACK AND FORTH AND WE CAN GET, YOU KNOW, BETTER CITY ATTORNEYS. SO THAT WAY WE CAN ACTUALLY LIKE, GET THIS BALL ROLLING AND EVENTUALLY GET TO A FULL BLOWN BAN ON THIS, ON THESE DATA CENTERS. WE DON'T WANT THEM. THERE'S LITERALLY NO NEED FOR THEM WHATSOEVER. AND I KNOW STRONGHOLD ISN'T HERE AT ALL, WHICH ARE WE SURPRISED? BUT I JUST HOPE THAT THEY SEE THIS MEETING AND THEY SEE ALL THE RAGE THAT THESE COMMUNITY MEMBERS HAVE EVERY TIME WHEN THEY GO BACK TO SLEEP AND EVERY TIME THEY WAKE UP. SO I BID MY MESSAGE WITH THAT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU ROMAN. OKAY, NEXT UP WE HAVE KARINA CABRERA, VANESSA RAMIREZ, AND VERONICA JUAREZ. HELLO, MY NAME IS KARINA AND I AM A COACHELLA RESIDENT. I HAVE BEEN LIVING HERE IN THE COACHELLA VALLEY FOR AROUND SIX YEARS. WHEN I MOVED HERE, I FELT A STRONG EMOTION, BUT IT WASN'T UNTIL YEARS HAVE GONE BY HOW CLEAR IT IS THAT YOU DON'T CARE ABOUT US. THE UNEVEN ROADS, THE POVERTY, EVEN THE CHILDREN. CLEARLY YOU DON'T CARE ABOUT.

YOU'RE MORE ABOUT MAKING MONEY THAN ACTUALLY HELPING THE CITIZENS. YOU WANT TO ACTUALLY HELP US STOP THE DATA CENTERS? BAN THEM. NO ONE ASKED FOR IT AND NO ONE NEEDS IT. YOU HAVE

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AND YOU BET I WILL NOT ALLOW ONE PENNY INTO THIS RIDICULOUS PLAN. MANY OTHER STATES, UNFORTUNATELY HAVE THEIR DATA CENTERS AND THEY'RE SUFFERING THROUGH IT. THE RADIATION, THE POLLUTED WATER. IT'S DISGUSTING. THE HIGH CLIMATE TEMPERATURE, THE CONSTANT NOISE. WHY BUILD MORE? AND ALSO THESE PRO DATA CENTER ACTORS, THEY NEED TO STOP USING CHINA AS AN EXCUSE TO BUILD THESE DATA CENTERS AND TRYING TO BEAT THEM. WITH A QUICK GOOGLE RESEARCH, YOU CAN SEE THEY HAVE AROUND 400 ACTIVE CENTERS. CHINA, THE US IS THE LARGEST WITH OVER 4000. CLEARLY THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT. THEY COME WITH NOTHING BUT LIES. LISTEN TO US.

WE HAVE GIVEN YOU FACTS, EVIDENCE, DOCUMENTS, ACTUAL PROOF ABOUT ALL THE HARM IT CAN AND WILL CAUSE. IF YOU APPROVE THIS, STOP THIS BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE. IF INDIO COULD DO IT, YOU CAN TOO. PLEASE STOP MAKING EXCUSES. THIS IS EMBARRASSING TO CONSTANTLY REPEAT OURSELVES ABOUT THE ISSUES AND FOR YOU NOT TO LISTEN TO US. WE WANT THIS BANNED. THAT'S ALL WE'RE ASKING FOR. BANNING THE DESERT IS NO PLACE FOR A DATA CENTER. IT NEVER HAS AND IT NEVER WILL BE. DON'T BE USED BY STRONGHOLD. MONEY ISN'T GOING TO BE WITH YOU FOREVER. DON'T BE A LAUGHINGSTOCK. BE SMART. ACTUALLY READ WHAT YOU ARE SIGNING AND INFORM THE PUBLIC.

DON'T KEEP IT A SECRET. YOU DON'T KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE I TALK ABOUT DATA CENTERS. TOO MANY PEOPLE DON'T HAVE A CLUE BECAUSE YOU DON'T MAKE IT PUBLIC. LET THE PEOPLE KNOW.

AND DENISE, I BEG YOU, THINK WELL ABOUT WHAT YOU'RE DOING. MAKE THE RIGHT DECISION. PLEASE.

WE BEG YOU, STOP BEING USED AND DO THE RIGHT THING. AND I BEG YOU, DON'T BE A PUPPET TO STRONGHOLD. HELLO. MY NAME IS VANESSA RAMIREZ, AND I WAS BORN AND RAISED IN THE VALLEY. THE COMMUNITY HAS ALREADY OUTLINED MANY REASONS AS TO WHY THIS DATA CENTER SHOULD HAVE NEVER BEEN APPROVED TO BEGIN WITH, BUT I'M HERE TO POINT OUT JUST ONE MORE THAT I HAVEN'T HEARD BE HEARD MENTIONED YET. THIS CITY HAS A SUSTAINABILITY AND NATURAL ENVIRONMENT ELEMENT AS PART OF ITS GENERAL PLAN. IT ALSO HAS A CLIMATE ACTION PLAN. I AM AN ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENTIST AND URBAN PLANNER, SO I'M HAVING A FIELD DAY WITH THIS PROJECT. I ACTUALLY WORKED FOR A CONSULTING FIRM DEVELOPING THESE VERY PLANS FOR CITIES IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. THAT IS HOW I KNOW THAT THESE PLANS CAUSE TENS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS, IF NOT HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS TO BE DEVELOPED. YOU ALREADY HAVE EXISTING GOALS AND POLICIES THAT ARE IN DIRECT CONTRADICTION TO A DATA CENTER BEING BUILT HERE. YOU ALREADY HAVE ENTIRE PLANS WITH EVIDENCE, LANGUAGE, AND POLICIES THAT WOULD DIRECTLY SUPPORT A PERMANENT BAN ON DATA CENTERS AND AN ORDINANCE THAT SAYS SO. IT'S ALSO SAD THAT YOU, AS CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, CLEARLY DIDN'T READ THOSE PLANS, AND THAT COST THE CITY SO MUCH, AND THAT THIS COUNCIL APPROVED THESE GOALS AND POLICIES AND ACTIONS WHERE THEY JUST EMPTY PROMISES WHERE THEY WASTE OF MONEY. I'M ALSO CONCERNED THAT THE CITY ATTORNEY DID NOT BRING THEM UP AT ALL. DID YOU GUYS NOT KNOW THEY EXISTED? YOU CAN LOOK THEM UP. THEY ARE ON YOUR WEBSITE. I WANT TO END BY THANKING ALL THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS GIVING OUT WATER DRINKS. IT'S HOT OUT THERE. FOOD. THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. NEXT UP WE HAVE VERONICA JUAREZ. AFTER VERONICA, WE HAVE OLIVIA RODRIGUEZ AND JACKIE LOPEZ. AGAIN, THAT'S OLIVIA RODRIGUEZ AND JACKIE LOPEZ. BUENAS TARDES.

MY NAME IS VERONICA JUAREZ. ESTOY AQUI EN LA PRESENTACION DE MI HIJO. QUIÉN NO TIENE VOUS

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DEFINITELY WITH THE PEOPLE AROUND ME. I FEEL THAT I NEED TO SUPPORT MY COMMUNITY FIRST, NOT JUST COUNCIL MEMBERS, BECAUSE WE STARTED TO DO LIKE AN OPENNESS TO THIS COMMUNITY.

AND I FEEL LIKE GOING THROUGH THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB AND WHAT HAPPENED OVER THERE, AND THE TALK BACKS FROM THOSE MEMBERS WERE LIKE, DID YOU GUYS REALLY CARE? AND I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU GUYS WERE IN THE BACK OF IT. YOU KNOW, YOU WERE THERE. I SAW YOU PEOPLE SAYING THAT YOU WERE SCOFFING. I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU WANT TO MAKE GOOD ON YOUR END. I JUST DON'T KNOW WHAT WE CAN DO MORE BECAUSE IT HURTS. I'M SPEAKING FOR MY FAMILY. I'M SPEAKING FOR THE PEOPLE THAT CAN'T EVEN GO OUT. AND I DON'T KNOW IF I'M DOING ENOUGH. AND IT SUCKS. IT FEELS LIKE I WANT TO DO MORE, BUT HOW CAN I, WHEN I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT I CAN? ALL I CAN DO IS BE WITH COMMUNITY. THAT'S ALL I NEED TO SAY. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS JASMINE IBARRA AND I AM A RESIDENT OF COACHELLA. I'VE ACTUALLY LIVED IN COACHELLA FOR OVER 26 YEARS NOW WITH MY FAMILY. I ACTUALLY SAW BOBBY DUKE GO FROM AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TO A MIDDLE SCHOOL. AND THEN I SAW WHEN THEY WERE BUILDING VILLA DEL SOL, I AM NOT GOING TO GO INTO FACTS BECAUSE A LOT OF MY COMPANEROS HAVE ALREADY SHARED A LOT, AND YET IT SEEMS THAT SOME OF YOU ARE NOT CONNECTING THEM. IT IS ALSO VERY INTERESTING THAT I COME FROM A FAMILY THAT HAVE ALWAYS CRITICIZED POLITICIANS IN OTHER COUNTRIES, ESPECIALLY FOR SO LONG IT HAS BEEN KNOWN THAT YOU CAN'T TRUST ELECTED FOLKS. PORQUE SE VENDEN COMO DICE EL DICHO CON DINERO EL PERRO. AND I WANT TO KNOW HOW MUCH, HOW MUCH MORE MONEY ARE YOU WILLING TO TAKE BEFORE LISTENING TO YOUR COMMUNITY? HOW MUCH MORE MONEY BEFORE ACTUALLY GOING OUT THERE TO SHARE INFORMATION OR TALK TO THE COMMUNITY IN THAT AREA? IT WAS SO DISTURBING TO RECEIVE A VERY MISINFORMED TEXT MESSAGE FROM THE MAYOR OF INDIAN WELLS URGING FOR THIS PROJECT TO BE PASSED. AND IT'S SHAMEFUL THAT THAT OTHER ELECTED OFFICIALS HAVE SUCH CLOSE CONTACT TO YOUR CONSTITUENTS. WE NEED A BAN OF THESE DATA CENTERS NOW. NO MORE MEETINGS, NO MORE DISCUSSIONS AND NO MORE PRIVATE MEETINGS. DENISE, NO MORE DATA CENTERS, PLEASE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THOSE ARE ALL THE IN-PERSON SPEAKERS. DO WE HAVE ANYONE ON ZOOM? IF THERE'S ANYONE ON ZOOM, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. IF THERE'S ANYBODY ON ZOOM WHO WOULD LIKE TO COMMENT ON THIS ITEM, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. THERE ARE NONE. OKAY. ACTUALLY, WE HAVE ONE. WHAT IS YOUR NAME? DID YOU SUBMIT A SPEAKER FORM? I DID. WHAT IS YOUR NAME? OKAY, I DON'T HAVE IT HERE. IF YOU CAN JUST FILL ONE OUT ONCE YOU'RE DONE. YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND SPEAK. GO AHEAD AND SPEAK. AND THEN WHEN YOU'RE DONE, YOU CAN FILL ONE OUT FOR ME. THANK YOU. OKAY. THIS IS FOR ITEM NUMBER TWO. DID YOU WANT TO SPEAK ON TWO? OKAY. YEAH. I'M NOT SURE WHAT HAPPENED. HI, GUYS. THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME TO LISTEN TO EVERYBODY. I

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THE IT IT REPLACES GOOGLE IT. IT PROTECTS YOUR PRIVACY. IT PLANTS TREES FOR EVERY SEARCH YOU HAVE, I THINK I HAVE A. I THINK I HAVE 140 RIGHT NOW AND YOU CAN TURN OFF AI VERY, VERY EASILY. TELL YOUR FRIENDS, PEER PRESSURE THEM. I REALIZE IT'S SCARY TO JUDGE PEOPLE FOR. WELL, YOU WOULDN'T BE JUDGING. JUST ENCOURAGE PEOPLE. IT'S LIKE WE NEED TO HAVE A SOCIAL NORM OF HOLDING PEOPLE ACCOUNTABLE FOR THESE LITTLE THINGS THAT YOU MAY NOT KNOW AFFECT THINGS. SO CHANGE YOUR GOOGLE, CHANGE YOUR BANK AWAY FROM FOSSIL FUEL DRIVEN BANKS, COMPOST, TAKE PUBLIC TRANSPORT WHEN YOU CAN. URGE THE GOLF COURSES TO USE OTHER GRASSES THAT ARE MORE YOU KNOW, THERE'S SO MANY LITTLE THINGS. JUST TAKE LITTLE STEPS AND WE'LL BE OKAY. I LOVE YOU GUYS. I HOPE YOU LOVE US TOO. THANK YOU. THANK YOU ALL. GO AHEAD. HELLO, MY NAME IS ALFONSO. I WANTED TO SPEAK ABOUT THE DATA CENTERS. I AM CALLING FOR A PERMANENT BAN ON DATA CENTERS. I JUST WANT YOU GUYS ALL TO KNOW WE ARE PUSHING. THERE'S PEOPLE OUT THERE THAT HAVE BEEN OUT THERE. THEY COME FROM ALL THEIR DAY, THEIR LONG DAY AT WORK. I DROVE OUT HERE FROM AN EVENT IN MORONGO. I'M DRIVING UP AND DOWN AND I AM TIRED. I WANT TO GO HOME. BUT YOU GUYS HAVEN'T PUT IN A BAN. WE DON'T WANT THIS HERE. I THINK ENOUGH OF US HAVE HAVE EXPRESSED THAT, THAT WE'RE JUST DONE WITH IT. WE DON'T WANT THE REPERCUSSIONS THAT ARE GOING TO COME FROM HAVING A DATA CENTER HERE. ENOUGH PEOPLE HAVE EXPLAINED THAT THERE ARE GOING TO BE HARSH REPERCUSSIONS. I KNOW YOU GUYS WANT TO JUST WANT TO WAIT AND DO ALL THOSE THINGS, BUT NOBODY IS PUSHING FOR THAT IN THIS COMMUNITY. THE COMMUNITY IS YELLING FOR YOU TO STOP AND JUST END THIS. PLEASE AND THANK YOU GUYS FOR LISTENING TO US, LISTENING TO US. AND HOPEFULLY, I DO HOPE YOU GUYS DO INTERNALIZE THIS AND DO ACTUALLY PUT IN A BAN.

THANK YOU ALL. THANK YOU. NEXT UP WE HAVE CHRISTINA KELSO. HI. I WORK ON A DATE FARM IN THERMAL. SO I'D LIKE TO HUMBLY SUGGEST DATE FARMS, NOT DATA CENTERS. THAT'S OUR HISTORY AND OUR PRESENT AND GOD WILLING, OUR FUTURE. I HEARD SOMEONE EARLIER TALKING ABOUT TECHNOCRACIES VISION, AND I VOLUNTEER FOR CITIZENS FOR FREE SPEECH, WHICH WAS BIG, YOU KNOW, DURING 2020 WITH ALL THE MASK AND ALL THAT. IT'S RELATED TO WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TODAY.

THERE'S A WEBSITE CALLED TECHNOCRACY. GOSH, OF COURSE I'M GOING TO FORGET TECHNOCRACY AND TRENDS. IT'S HEAVILY SHADOW BANNED, BUT I HAVE BROCHURES ABOUT IT. AND BASICALLY, YOU KNOW, OUR REPUBLIC IS THREATENED TO BE REPLACED BY A TOP DOWN RULE. SO WHAT'S GOING

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LIKE WE REALLY WE HAD ROADS BEFORE GOVERNMENT. SO MY T SHIRT SAYS WE WILL NOT COMPLY.

WE WON'T. THIS ISN'T GOING TO GO FORWARD. SO, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN TRY IT ALL YOU LIKE, BUT I'M PRETTY CONFIDENT IN ALL OF US HERE IN COACHELLA AND THERMAL AND ALL OVER THE VALLEY.

SO THANKS. THANK YOU. NEXT UP WE HAVE ARIANA RODRIGUEZ AFTER ARIANA IS DAVID WITZKE. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS ARIANA RODRIGUEZ. I KNOW A FEW OF YOU ON A PROFESSIONAL CAPACITY. I'M HERE AS A RESIDENT OF THE CITY OF COACHELLA. I'D BE REMISS IF I DON'T GET UP HERE AND SAY A COUPLE OWOS. I GOT MY MOM WATCHING OUTSIDE AND I GOT MY SISTERS WITH ME AS WELL. MY KIDS ARE JOINING US ONLINE, SO I DEFINITELY THOUGHT IT WOULD BE THE RIGHT THING TO JUST GET UP HERE AND SAY SOME WORDS TO YOU ALL. I THINK PRIMARILY, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HAS GOTTEN US TO THIS POINT IS THE LEADERSHIP OR LACK THEREOF, THAT HAS ALLOWED THIS PROJECT TO MOVE FORWARD. AND I THINK THIS IS A TESTAMENT TO THE LEADERSHIP THAT YOU WILL DISPLAY TONIGHT FOR ALL THE RESIDENTS ACROSS COACHELLA VALLEY, BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, THE YOUNG COMMUNITY OF COACHELLA. WE HAVE A LOT OF YOUTH OUT THERE. I'M SO PROUD.

THE LAST TIME I WAS HERE, AS I WAS WALKING UP, I SAW A YOUNG KID STANDING ON THE FOUNTAIN WITH HIS FIST UP AND HE WAS CHANTING NOT TO DATA CENTERS. IT MADE ME SO PROUD. I'M AN ORGANIZER AT HEART, SO IT MADE ME SO PROUD TO SEE THAT. BUT WHAT MADE ME SO DISHEARTENED IS SO THAT YOU GUYS WERE AT THE OTHER SIDE OF IT, RIGHT? AND SO I HOPE THAT TONIGHT YOU, I URGE YOU TO HEAR THE COMMUNITY'S PLEAS AND MOVE FORWARD WITH BEING ON THE RIGHT HISTORY OF COACHELLA. RIGHT. LET'S DO THE RIGHT THING FOR THOSE FOLKS THAT ARE WATCHING US OUTSIDE.

OUR COMMUNITY HAS BEEN CONSTANTLY PERSECUTED. THERE'S A LOT OF FIRES OUTSIDE AND FOLKS DON'T KNOW WHICH ONE TO TURN OFF. THERE'S LACK OF ACCESS TO FOOD. THERE'S LACK OF ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE. A LOT OF OUR FAMILIES ARE FACING A LOT OF FINANCIAL INSTABILITY, HOUSING INSTABILITY. I KNOW THAT YOU GUYS WORK TIRELESSLY TO TRY TO ALLEVIATE THOSE BURDENS FROM OUR RESIDENTS. AND SO THIS IS JUST ANOTHER STEP TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT. SO WITH THAT, I'LL LEAVE THAT TO TO YOU ALL TO MAKE THE RIGHT DECISION TONIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND SO SI SE PUEDE TO ALL THE FOLKS THAT ARE OUTSIDE WATCHING THIS MATTERS, BEING CIVICALLY INVOLVED MATTERS. SHOWING UP, TELLING YOUR STORY. BECAUSE IF NOT, OTHER FOLKS WILL DO IT FOR YOU. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. NEXT IS DAVID WITZKE. MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS. MY NAME IS DAVID WITZKE. I'M ACTUALLY A RESIDENT OF OF CATHEDRAL CITY. BUT HERE IN THE VALLEY WE ARE ALL IN ONE VALLEY. AND THIS IS OUR HOME. THIS IS OUR ENVIRONMENT. THERE HAVE BEEN A LOT OF TALK AND EVEN I SPOKE LAST WEEK ON THE ISSUES THAT WERE REGARDING THE AMOUNT OF WATER THAT IS CONSUMED AND THE AMOUNT OF ELECTRICITY THAT IS CONSUMED. BUT ONE THING THAT A

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YES, WE HAVE ONE HAND RAISED PROMOTING MIGDALIA SANCHEZ.

ONE SECOND PLEASE. GO AHEAD AND UNMUTE AND TURN ON YOUR CAMERA, PLEASE. HELLO? CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES, PLEASE TURN ON YOUR CAMERA. YES, WE'LL DO OKAY. GO AHEAD.

HOLA. BUENAS NOCHES. MIGDALIA CRESCI NACIONAL DE COACHELLA. Y ME PRESENTADO VARIAS VECES CON MIS CAMARADAS PARA OBTENER ESTE PROYECTO CON TODOS NUESTROS QUERIDOS Y VECINOS Y A LA COMUNIDAD DE SUS TESTIMONIOS Y REPETIDO LOS ANOS DE ESTE PROYECTO, COMO ES LAS FAMILIAS Y LAS VECINDAD JUNTO AL PROYECTO NO TENGAN AGUA Y LA INFRAESTRUCTURA ADECUADA PARA VIVIR ESTA ES UN PROYECTO DE ESTA MAGNITUD LOS DERECHOS TAN FACIL Y RAPIDAMENTE ES UNA VERGÜENZA DE PARTE DEL CONSEJO MUNICIPAL. Y QUÉ VERGÜENZA VAMOS A SEGUIR EN ESTA LUCHA Y VAMOS A SEGUIR PRESENTANDO HASTA ESTE PROYECTO. ESTE PROYECTO NO PASA LAS DEMANDAS DEBEN SEGUIR Y Q IMPLEMENT EN UNA ORDENANZA MUNICIPAL Q PROHIBIT DEFINITIVAMENTE LOS CENTROS DE DATOS TERMINAR EL ACUERDO CON STRONGHOLD POWER YAK ESO ES TODO MUCHAS GRACIAS POR SU TIEMPO. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE ON ZOOM? YES. ONE SECOND PLEASE. OKAY. PROMOTING ROSARIO.

AGUILAR. LA RAZON POR LA CUAL ES PARA Q. NO SÉ SI PUEDEN VER MI PANTALLA. VEMOS MUCHA GENTE AQUI ESTAMOS AQUI ÉRAMOS MUCHISIMOS MAS TENEMOS. AQUI. LA COMUNIDAD TIENEN AGUA TIENEN COMIDA TIENEN DE TODO UN POCO PARA COMO VAMOS. USTEDES NO PUDIERON REUNIRSE EN CASA EN

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SORRY. GIVE ME A SECOND. I APOLOGIZE. CAN YOU GUYS HEAR ME OR DO YOU GUYS ALSO HEAR THE NOISE? I CAN HEAR YOU. GO AHEAD. WE CAN HEAR YOU. GO AHEAD. OKAY. THANK YOU.

I JUST WANTED TO SHARE WITH EVERYBODY SOME OF THE CONCERNS THAT I HAVE. I AM OUTSIDE BY THE LIBRARY. I APOLOGIZE THAT I WASN'T ABLE TO COME IN, BUT I DO HAVE TO SUBMIT TIME SHEETS AND THINGS LIKE THAT FOR WORK. BUT I COULD NOT MISS THE OPPORTUNITY TO TELL EVERYONE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT ARE REALLY TROUBLING ME. AND THIS COMMENT, MORE THAN ANYTHING, IS FOR THE COMMUNITY, NOT NECESSARILY FOR. I'M HAVING A QUICK TROUBLE. CAN YOU COME BACK TO ME? YES. IS THERE SOMEONE ELSE WITH THEIR HAND RAISED? YES. PROMOTING LG.

HELLO EVERYONE. THIS IS LUZ GALLEGOS. I'M HERE TO REQUEST TO THE CITY COUNCIL MAYOR TO PLEASE PUT A BAN ON THIS DATA CENTERS AND ANY TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT THAT WILL HURT THE WELL-BEING OF OUR COMMUNITY. YOU KNOW, WITH THE WORK THAT WE DO ON THE GROUND, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF THE WORKERS SHARE, YOU KNOW, THEY FEEL THAT THEY'RE HOPELESS IN THESE VERY DIFFICULT TIMES AS THEY, THEY, THEY KNOW WHAT DATA CENTER MEANS. AND FOR US, FOR MYSELF AS AN ORGANIZER, IT'S, IT'S VERY PERSONAL. IT'S VERY PERSONAL BECAUSE IN THE WEST END, WE HAVE SEEN HOW THESE TYPES OF DEVELOPMENTS HAVE DESTROYED OUR LAND, OUR FARMLAND, DESTROYED OUR FAMILIES WELL-BEING. AND WE DON'T WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT AS OUR COUNCIL REALLY RESPECTS THE LIVES OF COACHELLA VALLEY RESIDENTS, BECAUSE WE'RE NOT JUST TALKING ABOUT THE CITY OF COACHELLA, WE'RE TALKING OF THE ENTIRE VALLEY. WE'RE TALKING THE ENTIRE CALIFORNIA, BECAUSE THIS WILL REALLY IMPACT THE WELL-BEING OF OUR MOST VULNERABLE FAMILIES AND ALL THE RESIDENTS OF CALIFORNIA, ESPECIALLY HERE IN THE COACHELLA VALLEY. WE KNOW THAT A LIFE, THERE'S NO MONEY SYMBOL TO A LIFE. EVERY LIFE IS SACRED.

AND AT THIS POINT, YOU KNOW, WITH THE IMPACT THAT THESE DATA CENTERS HAVE CAUSED IN OTHER PARTS, IN OTHER STATES, IN OTHER PLACES, WE ARE HEARING FROM COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT RESIDE IN THESE PLACES HOW IT'S DESTROYING THEIR LIVES. WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY AS A CITY TO PROTECT THE LIVES OF COACHELLA VALLEY RESIDENTS AND BEYOND, BECAUSE WHAT WE DO IN COACHELLA, IT'S DEFINITELY GOING TO IMPACT THE REST OF THE REGION AND THE COACHELLA VALLEY AND THE REST AND THE REST OF THE STATE. THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND PLEASE, I ASK FOR A VOTE OF CONSCIENCE, A VOTE FOR COMMUNITY AND A VOTE NO FOR BAN AND A VOTE FOR BAN, BANNING ANY TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT THAT WILL HARM THE WELL-BEING OF OUR COACHELLA VALLEY RESIDENTS. THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

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NOS PODEMOS REUNIR JUNTOS Y ASEGURARNOS DE ESTO NO VUELVA A PASAR PRIMERO CANADA NO HAY TÉRMINOS DE CUANTAS VECES PUEDEN ESTAR EN LA OFICINA DE CUANTOS ANOS. NECESITAMOS VER ESO OTRA COSA MUY IMPORTANTE ES MIRA QUIÉN ES EN LA SILLA? YO NO PERSONAL SE ME HACE UN CONFLICTO TENGAMOS A PERSONAS Q TRABAJAN PARA RIVERSIDE COUNTY PRESENTES EN NUESTRO CONCILIO PRIMERO CANADA PORQUE HAY MUCHAS COSAS COMPARTEN CON NOSOTROS PORQUE ELLOS NOSOTROS SOMOS EL CONDADO. SABEMOS QXY YO PUEDO SEGUIR CONTINUANDO. HABLANDO DE QUÉ COSAS YO SOSPECHO NO SOSPECHO. PERO ESO EN EL CASO DE VERDAD LO IMPORTANTE ES Q TODOS NOS INFORMAMOS NOS VAMOS SI NO NOS GUSTA COMO ESTAN TRABAJANDO Y COMO NOS ESTAMOS PRESENTANDO.

ENTONCES NOSOTROS TENEMOS Q HACER ALGO AL RESPECTO PORQUE OBVIAMENTE ESTAMOS HACIENDO ESTAS REUNIONS. HAY MUCHA GENTE Q NO COMO POR AQUI. TENEMOS A MUCHA COMUNIDAD APOYA UNOS A OTROS HAY MUCHOS NINOS Q TAMBIÉN SE QUEDARON AQUI EN EL SOL PARA PODER ESTAR AQUI REPRESENTANDO SU COMUNIDAD JOVENES NINOS. PERO LA VEZ ME TRISTEZA ESO NO ES NECESARIO.

ESO ES TODO LO VOY A DECIR NO MAS TENGA EN CUENTA Q TODOS ESTAMOS UNIDOS Y QUÉ PODEMOS HACER ALGO AL RESPECTO. GRACIAS GRACIAS GRACIAS GRACIAS. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE ON ZOOM? YES.

ONE MOMENT. PROMOTING GOKUSS FOR. AND IF YOU CAN, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME.

PLEASE UNMUTE AND TURN ON YOUR CAMERA. OKAY, LET ME SEE. CAN YOU GUYS CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES, WE CAN HEAR YOU. CAN YOU SHARE YOUR NAME, PLEASE? YEAH I KNOW SORRY. YEAH, I LET ME CHECK CAMERA. HELLO? YEAH. GO AHEAD. OKAY. EN ESPANOL. ESTE MENSAJE. MIRANDO.

MI CAMARA. MI NOMBRE ES VICTOR ALCANTARA. NO ESTOY MUY CONTENTO. LA COMUNIDAD DESPUÉS DE ANOS Y ANOS. HACIENDA LAS JUNTAS DEL CONSIGLIO. ESTO NO ES UNA PERSONA. SIEMPRE ESTA LAS JUNTAS CUANDO PUEDO TENER TIEMPO Y LA MENTALMENTE SIEMPRE DE LA CAJA CON LOS RESIDENTES SOLAMENTE SIX O NO MAS DE PERSONAS, NO ESPERO NO SEA SOLAMENTE DE LA ULTIMAS DOS SEMANAS. SI NO SE SI PARA SIEMPRE NO PORQUE VIMOS EN UNA COMUNIDAD DONDE POR MUCHOS ANOS.

HEMOS ESTADO BOTANDO SIN SABER. POR QUÉ NO ESTO YA HEMOS TENIDO UN EXPERIENCIA UN POCO INGRATA CON EL ANTERIOR ALCALDE POR NO SABER ELEGIR POR NO SABER HACER NUESTRA BUSQUEDA DE QUIÉN ESTA DETRAS DE TODAS ESTAS COSAS. QUIÉN RECIBE DINERO POR LAS CAMPANAS? NO YO SÉ. QUÉ EL CONSIGLIO AHORA EL MAYOR VAN A TRABAJAR EN LO MAS RAPIDO POSIBLE PORQUE YA ESCUCHADO LA DEMANDA DE LA COMUNIDAD Y COMO UNA FRASE, DICE LA VOZ DEL PUEBLO ES LA VOZ DE DIOS.

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TANTO QUÉ SE PREOCUPAN POR LOS NINOS. ESO NUESTRO DOS IMPORTANTES A REUNIONES LA REUNION DE LA JUNTA DEL CONSIGLIO Y LA REUNION DEL DISTRITO ESCOLAR, PORQUE TAMBIÉN PASADO MUCHOS PROBLEMAS EN ESA AREA Y TENER UNA MEJOR DECISION DE VOTO ANTES Q ALGUIEN CORRE POR CUALQUIER POSITION HACER LA BUSQUEDA DE QUIÉNES SON SUS CONTACTOS CON QUIENES AGARRADO DINERO PORQUE LA CIUDAD PIENSO UN CAMINO BUENO ES COMO ALGUIEN DIJO EN LA HACE UNOS MINUTOS DE UNA TEMPESTAD CON MUCHOS POLITICOS ANTERIORMENTE SE BENEFICIAR SO SIGAMOS EN ESTE CASO DE UNA DECISION SI LA MAS RAPIDA Y Q BENEFICIA A LA COMUNIDAD MUCHISIMAS. GRACIAS POR SU TIEMPO. GRACIAS. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE ON ZOOM? ONE MOMENT.

IF THERE'S ANYBODY ON ZOOM WHO WOULD LIKE TO COMMENT ON THIS ITEM, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

THERE ARE NONE. OKAY. WITH THAT, WE WILL CONCLUDE PUBLIC COMMENT ON ITEM NUMBER TWO. TIME IS 854.

YOU KNOW, I DON'T THINK WE HAVE ANY MUCH MORE TO DISCUSS. PEOPLE HAVE ALREADY TOLD US WHAT THEY WANT TO DO. AND, YOU KNOW, I THINK I KNOW WHERE I'M READY TO GO WITH THIS. AND I THINK THE VERY IMPORTANT PIECE ABOUT THIS IS. WE KNOW WHERE THEY WANT. AND, AND FOR ME.

I'LL LET OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS SPEAK RIGHT NOW AS WELL. AND I THINK THAT THE THE BIG IMPORTANT PIECE RIGHT NOW IS THE FOLLOWING. I THINK WE'VE HEARD PEOPLE THEY WANT THE 45, THE URGENCY ORDINANCE THAT INITIATES THE MORATORIUM, BUT ALSO THEY WANT THAT THE LONG TERM BAN AND ENSURING THAT THAT DATA CENTERS WILL THIS TOPIC WILL NOT COME BACK. RIGHT. AND MAKING SURE THAT OUR COMMUNITY IS PROTECTED. AND SO I WOULD INITIATE A MOTION TO ADOPT THE URGENCY ORDINANCE, TEMPORARY 45 DAY MORATORIUM OF THE DATA CENTER DEVELOPMENT PURSUANT TO CALIFORNIA CODE SECTION 65858. BUT I WANT TO ENSURE WITH. IN MY MOTION, THE DIRECTION OF STAFF IS TO ENSURE. WHEN YOU BRING THIS BACK, IT'S TO DO THE MORATORIUM, THE PERMANENT BAN ON THE DATA CENTER LANGUAGE. I KNOW THAT WE HAD THE DISCUSSION ABOUT OTHER ITEMS AS THEY PRECLUDE. BUT I THINK THE MAIN THE MAIN THING RIGHT NOW IS TO REALLY FOCUS ON THE BAN AND BRING IN THAT THAT THAT PERMANENT BAN, THAT THAT THIS ITEM. SO THAT'S WHAT I'M EDITING MY MOTION BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY, OTHER STUFF IS GOING TO COME AND POLICY IS GOING TO BE AS PART OF IT. BUT WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS IS THE PRIORITY AS WE PROCEED FORWARD, THERE'S GOING TO BE THINGS THAT COME ABOUT, AND SO THOSE ITEMS WILL TAKE INTO EFFECT BY THEMSELVES. BUT THE THE PEOPLE SPOKE TODAY. THEY WANT THE BAN FIRST, AND THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING FOR IN THE 45 DAYS. AND YOU'RE GOING TO COME BACK TEN DAYS BEFORE THE 45 DAYS. AND I'M HOPING THAT WE HAVE STAFF HAS A PROPER UPDATE TO SAY, OKAY, THIS IS WHERE WE'RE AT. AND YES, COACHELLA IS COACHELLA, BUT THERE IS CASE STUDY OUT THERE. THERE'S A LOT OF RESEARCH DONE ABOUT WHAT DATA CENTERS WILL AND CAN DO TO THE COMMUNITY AND THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. SO WITH THAT, I'M OPEN THE FLOOR TO ANY COUNCIL MEMBER WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK. COUNCIL MEMBER HUME. THANK YOU. JUST WANT TO START OFF BY SAYING THANK YOU TO THE COMMUNITY THAT SHOWED UP. AND FOR YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT. IT'S IT'S APPRECIATED. I WILL ECHO WHAT THE MAYOR HAS SAID. I I'M READY TO MOVE ON AND MOVE FORWARD WITH A MORATORIUM, EVEN IF IT TAKES. I KNOW YOU YOU GUYS PRESENTED OVER THE TIMELINE AND KIND OF WENT OVER THE DATES AND THAT THERE IS SOME. WE'RE WALKING INTO THE SUMMER AND SOMETIMES WE DON'T HAVE COUNCIL MEETINGS DURING THAT TIME. I'M WILLING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE STILL MOVE FORWARD.

WE CAN CONTINUE TO HAVE THE MEETINGS. I DON'T THINK WE NEED TO TAKE A BREAK ON ANY OF THIS RIGHT NOW. WE HAVE MOMENTUM GOING AND WE SHOULD JUST TAKE IT. SO I'M GOOD WITH THE

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WE CAN MAKE A MOTION ALSO FOR A PERMANENT BAN. THAT'S RIGHT. YEAH. I MEAN, IF IT'S THE DIRECTION, WE WILL WORK ON A PERMANENT BAN AND BRING THAT BACK DURING THE MORATORIUM. SO I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO TO PUT A TO ADOPT A PERMANENT BAN. DO DON'T MOVE ON THIS MOTION FIRST.

DO WE WANT TO TAKE A VOTE ON. LET'S TAKE A VOTE ON THIS ONE FIRST. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. I CAN TAKE ROLL AND WE CAN MOVE FORWARD. UNLESS YOU WANT TO. YEAH. YEAH. SO WE CAN.

SO WE CAN DO THAT. SO WE'LL HAVE TWO DIFFERENT. YEAH. OKAY. SO WE'RE GONNA VOTE ON TO CLARIFY. WE'RE GONNA VOTE ON THE MORATORIUM AND THEN ON THE URGENCY ORDINANCE. OKAY. YEAH.

WE'RE VOTING ON ITEM NUMBER TWO RIGHT NOW. GO AHEAD AND TAKE ROLL REAL QUICKLY JUST TO CONFIRM. I THINK THE MAYOR'S MOTION, WHICH WAS SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER, IS TO ADOPT THE URGENCY ORDINANCE TO IMPOSE A 45 DAY MORATORIUM. DURING THAT TIME, WE WOULD ALSO BE DIRECTED TO WORK ON COMING BACK TO YOU WITH A PERMANENT BAN. THAT'S CORRECT. YEAH. THAT WAS OUR MOTION. YEAH, THAT'S OUR MOTION. YEAH. OKAY. GREAT. COUNCIL MEMBER. PEREZ. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER DELGADO. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER I, MAYOR FIGUEROA I. AND THEN THE SECOND MOTION IS TO BRING. YEAH. I MEAN, I THINK THAT WAS PART OF THAT MOTION TOGETHER. YEAH. INCLUDED IN THAT. YEAH. SO THANK YOU. AND SO WELL THEN I WANTED TO TAKE FURTHER ACTION. THE REASON I'M TALKING ABOUT THE PERMANENT ADOPTING AND MOTIONING THE PERMANENT BAN IS THAT I ALSO THEN WANTED TO BRING BACK, AS WE DISCUSSED, IS FURTHER ORDINANCES ADOPTING NEW REGULATIONS AND STANDARDS FOR AIR QUALITY, WATER USAGE, ELECTRICITY AND INDUSTRIAL TYPE DEVELOPMENTS AROUND SCHOOL SITES. AND SO I KNOW THAT WE'RE GOING TO BRING BACK THAT AS A SECOND ITEM. BUT CAN I MAKE THAT MOTION HERE TOO? YOU CERTAINLY CAN. OKAY. SO I'LL SECOND. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. JUST ONE MOMENT. OKAY. I'M GOING TO TAKE ROLL COUNCIL MEMBER PEREZ. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER DELGADO. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER I MAYOR FIGUEROA, I FORGIVE ME. I JUST WANT TO GO AHEAD. AND I DO WANT TO MAKE A COMMENT TO TO MAYOR TOPER TAYLOR AS AS COLLEAGUES AND AS ELECTEDS. WE RESPECT EACH OTHER'S CITIES. AND I WOULD NEVER GO INTO ANY OTHER CITY IN INDIAN WELLS AND TELL THEM WHAT THEY SHOULD BE DOING. AND I DO FIND IT INCREDIBLY INSULTING THAT HE WOULD DO THAT. AND, YOU KNOW, SEND THIS MASS TEXT MESSAGE, ESPECIALLY WITHOUT NOT GIVING US A NOTIFICATION. USUALLY IT'S A RESPECTFUL THING TO DO IS, HEY, I HAVE APPROVED THIS, I'M SENDING THIS OUT. AND I DID FIND IT VERY INSULTING.

AND THAT'S NOT WHAT WE EXPECT OF OUR ELECTEDS EITHER. SO I, I DO WANT TO SHARE TO MR. TAYLOR THAT I FIND IT INCREDIBLY INSULTING AND RUDE FOR HIM TO BE LOOKING INTO CITY OF COACHELLA AND TELLING US WHAT WE SHOULD DO. WE DON'T TELL HIM WHAT HE DOES, AND SO HE DOESN'T TELL US WHAT WE DO EITHER. THERE IS THERE'S A LOT OF FOLKS THAT I HEARD, YOU KNOW, ARE DISAPPOINTED IN ME, AND ALL I CAN DO IS TRY TO BE BETTER. THAT'S THAT'S ALL I CAN DO. I

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AS A CITY. WE'RE WE'RE AT A TIME WHERE, WHERE WE NEED TO REBUILD, YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO REBUILD. THERE'S, THERE'S A LOT GOING ON HERE. AND THERE HAS BEEN A LOT GOING ON IN THE CITY OF COACHELLA FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS. AND I KEEP THINKING IT'S GOING TO GET BETTER. I KEEP THINKING IT'S GOING TO GET BETTER. AND SO ALL WE CAN DO IS TELL ME TO SMILE.

ALL WE CAN DO IS REBUILD FROM HERE AND WORK TOGETHER. AND THE BEST THING THAT WE CAN DO THAT IS TO TAKE IT FURTHER. AND HOPEFULLY THESE ADDITIONAL REGULATIONS AND ORDINANCES WILL HELP ENSURE THAT THAT WE DON'T FIND OURSELVES HERE AGAIN. AND SO AND SO WITH THAT, I THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING OUT. WE HEAR YOU. WE KNOW YOU'RE HURT. WE KNOW YOU'RE ANGRY. WE KNOW YOU'RE DISAPPOINTED. AND YOU HAVE EVERY RIGHT TO BE. BUT WE ARE TRYING OUR VERY BEST HERE, THIS ENTIRE COUNCIL, TO TRY TO MAKE IT RIGHT AND TO TRY TO MAKE IT BETTER AS WE MOVE FORWARD. THANK YOU. COUNCIL. AND THE COMMUNITY AND I THINK. ESPECIALLY FOR MYSELF, INHERITING SITTING HERE IN THE MIDDLE. AND I THINK IT'S BEEN A ROLLER COASTER. BUT I THINK THE MOST IMPORTANT PART IS THAT AS A COUNCIL, WE WERE ABLE TO COME TOGETHER ON THIS ITEM. AND I THINK WHAT WE NEED TO MOVE FORWARD IS TO ENSURE THAT WE SEE THESE RESIDENTS HERE TODAY AND ENSURE THAT THE LEADERSHIP THAT WE PORTRAY TO PEOPLE IS REBUILT AND RE TRUSTED, BECAUSE AT THIS POINT, ANYTHING THAT COMES OUT OF OUR MOUTH IS QUESTIONED AND ASKED. AND SO UNTIL WE REBUILD THAT TRUST, WE HAVE TO GO OUT THERE AND PROVE TO THE COMMUNITY THAT WE ARE HERE FOR THEM. EVEN AFTER ALL THIS, WE'VE OF COURSE, CORRECTED WHAT WE HAVE DONE, AND I THINK WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT AS A COUNCIL. AND AND REALLY, YOU KNOW, TOMORROW'S A BIG DAY. TOMORROW WE HAVE ANOTHER SPECIAL MEETING TO DISCUSS WHO GETS TO SIT TO OUR RIGHT OF ME AND TO THE REST OF US. AND I THINK VERY IMPORTANT. AND WITH THAT, THANK YOU EVERYBODY. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER THREE. MEETING TOMORROW IS AT FOUR, AND IT IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC AT THE LIBRARY. AND IT'S NOT HERE. IT'S AT THE LIBRARY RIGHT ACROSS. SO ITEM NUMBER THREE WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER THREE. IT IS 905. CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING THE MUNICIPAL UTILITY DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT WITH STRONGHOLD POWER SYSTEMS. MISTER CITY ATTORNEY. YES. THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, BASED UPON THE DIRECTION OF COUNCIL AT THE LAST MEETING, THIS ITEM IS BEING BROUGHT FORWARD FOR DIRECTION AND POTENTIAL ACTION ON THE MUNICIPAL UTILITY AGREEMENT WITH STRONGHOLD POWER SYSTEMS. I'M HAPPY TO GO OVER SOME OF THE DETAILS IN THE STAFF REPORT, BUT ULTIMATELY, THERE ARE A NUMBER OF OPTIONS FOR YOU TO DECIDE. THEY INCLUDE POTENTIAL TERMINATION OF THE AGREEMENT TO PUT A PAUSE ON PROCESSING THE APPLICATION, ESPECIALLY WHILE WE HAVE A MORATORIUM IN PLACE TO CONDUCT THE ADDITIONAL STUDIES THAT ARE REQUIRED TO DIRECT STAFF TO ENGAGE IN DISCUSSIONS WITH STRONGHOLD TO POTENTIALLY MODIFY THE SCOPE OF THE AGREEMENT, AND FINALLY, TO TAKE NO ACTION AT THIS TIME. WITH THAT, I'M HAPPY TO PASS IT BACK. ANGELA, DO WE HAVE PUBLIC COMMENTS FOR THIS ITEM? HOW MANY DO WE HAVE? YES WE DO. DO YOU HAVE A TAKE THEM NOW? YES. 11. OKAY. YEP. TAKE THEM NOW. FRANCISCO. MOLINA. FOLLOWING FRANCISCO WILL BE TYLER PETERSON, JAMES RODRIGUEZ, AND JOEY SOTO. AGAIN, THAT IS FRANCISCO MOLINA, TYLER PETERSON, JAMES RODRIGUEZ, AND JOEY SOTO. WELCOME BACK, MR. MOLINA. GOOD EVENING. THIS IS FRANCISCO MOLINA, RESIDENT AND BUSINESS OWNER. I WANT TO TALK ABOUT WHAT THIS AGREEMENT IS ACTUALLY WORTH, BECAUSE THE MATH IS EGREGIOUS TO ME. SCOTT BAILEY TOLD ME DIRECTLY THAT THE CITY. WELL, HE DIDN'T SAY IT, BUT HE SAID IT ON PUBLIC RECORD THAT THE CITY SHARES 8% OF THE REVENUE THAT THE AGREEMENT GENERATES, AND THAT

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THE TOTAL PROJECTED VALUE OF THIS CONTRACT IS $275 MILLION PER YEAR. OVER THE 20 YEAR TERM.

THAT IS $5.5 BILLION IN TOTAL CONTRACT VALUE. THE CITY OF COACHELLA RECEIVES $440 MILLION.

SORRY, THAT'S NOT EVEN 1 BILLION. STRONGHOLD POWER SYSTEMS RECEIVES 5.06 BILLION.

AND THAT IS BEFORE THE TAX BREAKS. STRONGHOLD OPERATES AN ENTITY CALLED FARMHOUSE LLC OWES FUND. THE PROPOSED DATA CENTER SITS IN A DESIGNATED FEDERAL OPPORTUNITY ZONE. THAT MEANS STRONGHOLDS. THAT MEANS STRONGHOLD. INVESTORS ARE ELIGIBLE TO DEFER AND POTENTIALLY ELIMINATE CAPITAL GAINS TAXES ON BILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN RETURNS, SO THAT SATIRE KID GETS TAX BREAKS TO THIS. COUNCIL GAVE AWAY 5.5 BILLION IN PUBLIC UTILITY VALUE, HANDED THE OPERATOR A FEDERAL TAX SHELTER AND CALLED IT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. THE INDEPENDENT LEGAL COUNSEL YOU HAVE ORDERED NEEDS A CLEAR MANDATE. EVALUATE WHETHER THIS AGREEMENT IS VOID AB INITIO UNDER GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 1090. IF FORMER CITY MANAGER PATTINSON'S PRIOR FINANCIAL RELATIONSHIP WITH URBAN FUTURES RENDERS THIS CONTRACT VOID FROM THE BEGINNING, THE CITY OWNS STRONGHOLD. NOTHING IN TERMINATION DAMAGES, AND I ARGUE THAT WE CAN COUNTERSUE THEM. I AM FORMALLY OBJECTING TO ANY COUNCIL ACTION TONIGHT THAT FALLS SHORT OF FULL TERMINATION OF THE MUNICIPAL UTILITY DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT WITH STRONGHOLD POWER SYSTEMS. I AM ALSO CALLING ON THIS COUNCIL TO MAKE TONIGHT'S MORATORIUM PERMANENT. NOT 45 DAYS, NOT 90 DAYS, A PERMANENT BAN. I THINK YOU'VE ALREADY DONE THAT. BUT I WANTED EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY. NOT TOMORROW. NOT NOT NOT NOT NEXT MINUTE. NOT LIKE I WANT THAT DONE LIKE FIVE DAYS AGO. THAT'S HOW URGENT IT IS FOR ME. AND FINALLY, I WANT TO NOTE THAT THIS COUNCIL WITNESSED TONIGHT DURING WHAT THIS COUNCIL WITNESSED TONIGHT DURING PUBLIC COMMENT, A GROUP OF INDIVIDUALS MADE COORDINATED COMMENTS IN SUPPORT OF THIS AGREEMENT. ONE OF THEM TOLD ME BEFOREHAND IT WAS SATIRE, BUT WHETHER IT WAS SATIRE OR NOT, THAT SAME INDIVIDUAL LOOKED DIRECTLY AT INTERIM CITY MANAGER, CALLED YOU BOGART AND SAID, APPROVE THE DATA CENTER. THEN I CAN TAKE YOU OUT TO LUNCH. THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT THESE LITTLE PIPSQUEAKS RUN AROUND DOING. AND THEY CAME AND THEY FLAUNTED IT TO YOU RIGHT IN YOUR FACE. THAT'S EXACTLY WHO THEY ARE. AND MAYBE IT IS SATIRE, BUT THAT'S WHO YOU'RE FUNDING. IF YOU CONTINUE WITH THIS PROGRAM, THAT'S EXACTLY THE PERSON THAT YOU ARE FUNDING. AND. YEAH, I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT I'M HAPPY WITH WHAT YOU GUYS ARE DOING, BUT THERE'S STILL A LOT OF MESS TO CLEAN UP. AND LIKE I SAID, I'VE ALREADY FILED FPPC COMPLAINTS, SO THERE'S NO WAY THIS CONTRACT IS GOING THROUGH. SO EITHER YOU DO IT THE RIGHT WAY OR WE'LL FORCE IT THROUGH LEGAL MATTERS. OKAY, JAMES. GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR LISTENING TO US BRINGING THE MORATORIUM, ENACTING THE MOTION TO BRING BACK THE DATA BAN AS WELL AS OTHER INDUSTRIES. I THINK THAT THAT'S IMPORTANT WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THIS MUNICIPAL AGREEMENT. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. AND IT KIND OF ALREADY HAPPENED IN THE BEGINNING OF THIS MEETING, A LOT OF YOU WERE LIKE, I'M READY TO VOTE. I DON'T EVEN NEED TO HEAR WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TODAY BECAUSE I'M ALREADY READY TO VOTE. AND I FEEL LIKE THAT HAPPENS A LOT WITH A LOT OF OUR PLANS, THINGS THAT COME TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION, THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN IN EFFECT FOR A WHILE. IT'S JUST WE KNOW WE NEED IT. WE KNOW IT'S GOT TO HAPPEN. WE KNOW THERE IS A REQUIREMENT. WE KNOW THERE IS THIS STIPULATION. WE KNOW THERE IS THIS, WE KNOW THERE'S THAT, AND WE GET IT. YOU ARE UNDER AN EXTREME STRAIN TO READ AN 800 PAGE ENVIRONMENTAL REPORT IN THREE DAYS. WHEN YOU GET YOUR AGENDA. MISS VIRGIN WASN'T AWARE OF THE AGENDA FOR TOMORROW. THAT WILL BE, YOU KNOW, SPEAKING ABOUT THAT WITH LAWYER. SO IN SOME WAYS, IT SEEMS AS THOUGH YOU GUYS ARE KIND OF FLYING AT THE SEAT OF YOUR PANTS AT THE EDGE OF YOUR SEAT WHEN YOU GET THESE MEETINGS, WHEN YOU READ THESE AGENDAS, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE INFORMATION AND THAT YOU'RE RELYING ON YOUR STAFF REPORTS, OR YOU'RE RELYING ON YOUR LEGAL COUNSEL, AND WE ARE RELYING ON YOU TO THINK FOR YOURSELF AND TO NOT ONLY THINK FOR YOURSELF BECAUSE WE DIDN'T VEST YOU WITH UNALIENABLE RIGHTS. THEY'RE NOT INALIENABLE. YOU ARE NOT OUR VOICE. YOU ARE ACTING AS OUR VOICE, AND YOU NEED TO ACT THAT WAY. YOU NEED TO ACT AS THOUGH IT'S NOT JUST YOU. IT IS THE 17000 VOTES THAT YOU RECEIVED AND ALL OF THE DIFFERENCES OF THOSE PEOPLE. YES, YOU ARE THE ELECTED OFFICIALS, BUT YOU NEED TO READ. YOU NEED TO FIND BETTER ADVISERS. YOU NEED TO ASK YOUR COMMUNITY. YOUR

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SO THIS AGREEMENT DOESN'T NEED TO BE FULLY ENFORCED. IF STRONGHOLD WANTS TO MAKE THE MUNICIPAL UTILITY AGREEMENT, THEY ONLY NEED TO GET THEIR ANCHOR TENANT. THAT'S WHAT WE AGREED TO. WE AGREED THAT YOU WILL CREATE THE MUNICIPAL UTILITY. YOU WILL HAVE AN ANCHOR TENANT THAT WILL FUND AND POPULATE THE REST OF THE INDUSTRY THAT'S REQUIRED. MAKE A COSTCO, MAKE A GAS STATION FOR ELECTRIC CARS, MAKE AN ELECTRICAL BATTERY STORAGE UNIT, DO SOMETHING. MAYBE WE CAN, YOU KNOW, TRANSFER THEM. WE CAN STORE THE ENERGY HERE IN SOLAR AND SEND IT OUT TO SOMEWHERE ELSE IN A BATTERY. THINK OF OTHER INDUSTRIES. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU JAMES. NEXT UP WE HAVE JOEY SOTO. JOEY SOTO, ALICIA CASTRO, BEVERLY GARCIA, AND ASHBY. FOR NUMBER THREE, I CAN ADD YOU TO GO. OKAY. AGAIN, THAT'S JOEY SOTO, ALICIA GARCIA, I'M SORRY, ALICIA CASTRO, BEVERLY GARCIA, AND ASHBY. STEPHANIE, IF YOU WANT TO GO AHEAD, AND THEN I'LL MOVE ON WITH THE REST OF THE LIST. FOLLOWING THEM IS JUAN MARTINEZ.

BRIANA MITCHELL, AND MARIA ARELLANO. GO AHEAD. STEPHANIE AMBRIZ, COACHELLA RESIDENT. YOU WERE ALL QUICK TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE HARMFUL AGREEMENT WITH STRONGHOLD. NO FIGHT, NO PROCESS, NO THIRD PARTY REVIEWS. AND YET YOU DRAGGED US ALL INTO A LONG FIGHT FOR YOU TO DROP THE AGREEMENT AND EVEN TO ENACT THIS PERMANENT BAN THAT YOU ALL FINALLY AGREED TO. STRONGHOLD CONTINUE SPREADING THEIR MARKETING OR PROPAGANDA, TOUTING THEIR CLOSED LOOP SYSTEM TECHNOLOGY IN ORDER TO SELL US THEIR PROJECT. AND I TALKED ABOUT THIS IN MY LAST COMMENTS AT THE LAST MEETING, BUT SINCE I RECEIVED TEXT MESSAGES PUSHING PROPAGANDA ABOUT CLOSED LOOP SYSTEMS, I FEEL IT'S IMPORTANT TO REITERATE THAT EVEN IN CLOSED LOOP SYSTEMS, THE WATER THAT'S USED IN THE PROCESS BECOMES FULL OF POLLUTANTS. SOME OF IT EVAPORATES, SOME OF IT BECOMES AIRBORNE EMISSIONS, AND SOME OF IT ENDS UP IN WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITIES THAT ARE NOT EQUIPPED TO HANDLE THESE CHEMICALS. AND DATA CENTERS RUN 24 HOURS A DAY. SUCH SERVERS REQUIRE SEMICONDUCTORS, COOLING SYSTEMS AND FIRE SUPPRESSANTS, WHICH ARE ALL SOURCES OF PFAS, WHICH ARE RESISTANT TO BREAKING DOWN IN THE ENVIRONMENT, EARNING THEM THE NICKNAME OF FOREVER CHEMICALS. IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT THAT RESIDENTS KNOW THE DEVELOPER ISN'T OFFERING THE CITY THE ABILITY TO PROVIDE MORE POWER. AND AGAIN, I HAVE THIS INFORMATION THAT I'VE SAID BEFORE BECAUSE THE MISINFORMATION FROM STRONGHOLD CONTINUES THERE. CONNECTING TO ID AND SOCAL EDISON, LIKE THE REST OF US, THE POWER AT THE COACHELLA TECHNOLOGY CAMPUS WOULD BE FOR THE TECHNOLOGY CAMPUS AND DATA CENTERS ONLY, NOT FOR RESIDENTS. STRONGHOLD WROTE INTO THE AGREEMENT THAT IT WON'T SERVE OUTSIDE OF THAT DEVELOPMENT. I KNOW BECAUSE I HIGHLIGHTED IT, NO POWER WILL BE PROVIDED TO ANYONE OUTSIDE OF THE DATA CENTERS, NOT FOR EXISTING OR FUTURE RESIDENTIAL CUSTOMERS.

DURING THIS TIME, STRONGHOLD WOULD TAKE 92% OF THE PROFITS, AND YOU AS A CITY WOULD ONLY TAKE EIGHT. THE ONLY ONE HERE WHO STANDS TO BENEFIT IS STRONGHOLD. SO ONCE AGAIN, I URGE YOU TO DROP THE AGREEMENT, BUT ALSO DROP BBQ BECAUSE THEY WERE THE SAME ONES THAT WERE QUICK TO RECOMMEND THIS AGREEMENT. THAT INCLUDED DATA CENTERS AND ALSO RECOMMENDED TONIGHT A LONGER PROCESS IN ORDER TO BAN THEM SO EASILY. WITH A STRIKE OF A PEN. YOU PUT ALL OF OUR LIVES AT RISK AND YOU FORCED US TO FIGHT TO UNDO IT. OVER THE LAST FEW MONTHS, SINCE APRIL, REGARDLESS OF WHAT WE'VE GOT GOING ON IN OUR PERSONAL LIVES, WE'VE HAD TO DROP EVERYTHING AND PAUSE EVERYTHING IN ORDER TO CORRECT ALL OF THIS IN ORDER TO INFORM YOU ABOUT WHAT A DATA CENTER IS, ABOUT, WHAT THE IMPACTS ARE, AND ABOUT WHAT YOUR AGREEMENT OUTLINED, SOMETHING THAT YOU ALL AGREED TO AND APPROVED SO EASILY AT THE RECOMMENDATION OF YOUR ATTORNEYS. SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY IS DROP THE AGREEMENT, TERMINATE IT, PUT A STOP TO THE ENDLESS PROPAGANDA, THESE TEXTS THAT WE KEEP GETTING. THANK YOU. NEXT, WE

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LIKE EVEN IF IT DOESN'T HAVE DATA CENTERS, WE SHOULD NOT BE WORKING WITH STRONGHOLD POWER.

THERE ARE SO MANY REASONS BEYOND WHAT I JUST LISTED IN TERMS OF THEIR ACTIONS HERE IN COACHELLA ALREADY. YOU KNOW, PEOPLE MENTIONED THEY WERE SENDING TEXT MESSAGES. SOME OF YOU ALL HAVE MENTIONED IT, SENDING TEXT MESSAGES TO COMMUNITY MEMBERS, CREATING A WEBSITE, SO ON AND SO FORTH. AND THE WAY THEY WERE ACTING HERE TOWARDS COMMUNITY MEMBERS, WHAT THEY WERE SAYING LAST WEEK, YOU ALL SAW IT. SO JUST REALLY WANT TO URGE YOU ALL TO TERMINATE THE AGREEMENT, NO MATTER WHAT COSTS. IT MAY COME WITH. I THINK IT IS AGAIN, A SMALL PRICE TO PAY IN ORDER TO PREVENT THE HARM THAT THE AGREEMENT WOULD ULTIMATELY CREATE. THANK YOU. BUENAS NOCHES. SENORA, CALLED MIEMBROS DEL CONSIGLIO. MI NOMBRE ES JUAN MARTINEZ AND HOY ALGO ACERCA DEL DE LA AGREEMENT. I WAS LOOKING AT THE VIDEO ON FEBRUARY 11TH, AND WHEN THEY WERE ASKING FOR QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS, I REMEMBER COUNCIL MEMBER BERGEN, IT WAS MORE LIKE AN A COMMENT AND A QUESTION AT THE SAME TIME. AND SHE SAID THAT IF SOMETHING HAPPENED, YOU KNOW, SHE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE CITY WAS PROTECTED.

AND AT THAT TIME, THE CURRENT CITY MANAGER, HE PICKED UP THE PHONE, A MICROPHONE, AND HE DID SAY THEY ARE CLAUSES. YOU KNOW, THAT IF WE GO TO LITIGATION OR FILE SOMETHING OR SOMETHING HAPPENS AGAINST THE CITY, THE CITY WILL BE PROTECTED AND THE CITY WILL BE UNIDENTIFIED. SO WHEN YOU GUYS ARE REVIEWING THAT AGREEMENT, LET'S MAKE SURE WE TAKE A LOOK AT THOSE CLAUSES AND WE CAN SEE WHAT KIND OF CLAUSES WE HAD IN THERE TO PROTECT OUR CITY. OKAY, ONE MORE THING IS LIKE, YOU KNOW, IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT AN ANCHOR TENANT, WE CAN ALSO TAKE A LOOK AT THE, THE VIRTUAL POWER PLANTS. I KNOW IT'S PROBABLY EXPENSIVE AND WE'RE LOOKING AT A LONG TERM. THAT COULD BE ANOTHER POSSIBILITY FOR AN ANCHOR TENANT FOR MUNICIPAL UTILITY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. I'LL MAKE A LAST CALL FOR THE LAST THREE NAMES THAT I CALLED MARIA ARELLANO, RAMON LOPEZ AND JOSHUA. SEE. AND LET'S GO AHEAD AND MOVE FORWARD WITH ANYONE ON ZOOM. YES. ONE MOMENT. WHAT'S YOUR NAME? OKAY. GO AHEAD. HELLO.

OKAY. HI. MY NAME IS AMERICA NORIEGA. AND I'M JUST HERE TO TALK TO YOU BECAUSE YOU DECIDED

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SO NOW THAT THESE CONSEQUENCES OF GETTING OUT OF IT IS YOURS TO BEAR, WE SHOULD NOT HAVE TO BEAR THE CONSEQUENCES OF YOU MAKING AN UNEDUCATED DECISION. THE THE COMMUNITY WILL NOT TAKE ANYTHING OTHER THAN GETTING OUT OF THIS AGREEMENT, NOT NOT CHANGING WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE AGREEMENT, NOT FIXING IT OR TRYING TO MAKE SOMETHING ELSE A STRONGHOLD POWER. NO, WE'RE NOT GOING TO ACCEPT THAT BECAUSE STRONGHOLD HAS SHOWN TIME AND TIME AGAIN THAT THEY ARE NOT A RELIABLE PARTNER. THEY'RE ONLY LOOKING OUT FOR THEMSELVES. AND THE FACT THAT YOU GOT YOURSELF INTO A DEAL WHERE YOU ONLY BENEFIT 8% OF IS RIDICULOUS. YOU, YOU, YOU KNOW, YOU MESSED WITH YOURSELF IN THAT DEAL. YOU DIDN'T GET A GOOD DEAL AND YOU JUST LET THAT COMPANY LAUGH AT YOU. YOU LET THAT COMPANY BEAR ALL THE RICHES THAT COME FROM THAT DEAL. AND WHAT DO WE GET? WE'RE NOT GOING TO PAY A COMPANY TO HARM US. AND SO IF IT'S IF IT'S I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU GUYS ALREADY VOTED TO PUT IN A BAN AGAINST DATA CENTERS, AND I APPLAUD YOU FOR THAT. BUT WE'RE NOT DONE THERE. AND WE'RE NOT JUST GOING TO ACCEPT THAT JUST BECAUSE YOU GUYS DID THAT DOES NOT MEAN THAT WE'RE GOING TO LEAVE THIS THIS COUNCIL HAPPY, AND WE'RE JUST GOING TO STOP BUGGING YOU GUYS BECAUSE WE'RE NOT UNLESS YOU ALSO DROP THAT AGREEMENT, THEN THEN WE'LL BE CONTENT. NOT HAPPY WITH YOU GUYS BECAUSE YOU GUYS GOT US THERE IN THE FIRST PLACE. SO REALLY THINK ABOUT WHAT WE'RE TELLING YOU AND THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE THAT HAVE SHOWED UP TO TELL YOU AND YOU KNOW, WHAT DECISION TO MAKE. AND IF IT'S NOT THE RIGHT DECISION, THEN BEAR THOSE CONSEQUENCES TO BEAR THE CONSEQUENCES OF OUR REACTION TO YOUR, YOUR DECISION.

BECAUSE AGAIN, YOU PUT YOURSELVES THERE. AND I UNDERSTAND THAT I'M COMING OFF AGGRESSIVE, BUT IT HAS TO BE AGGRESSIVE OR ELSE WE WOULD WE DON'T GET NOWHERE BECAUSE WHEN WE WEREN'T AGGRESSIVE, YOU GUYS SIGNED AN AGREEMENT LIKE THAT. BUT US SHOWING UP AND STANDING UP FOR OURSELVES, WE GOT THAT. WE GOT YOU GUYS TO SIGN THE BAN AND SIGN THAT MORATORIUM. SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU. THERE WAS ANOTHER GENTLEMAN YOU WANTED TO SPEAK.

IF YOU CAN JUST STATE YOUR NAME, PLEASE. DID YOU SUBMIT A SPEAKER FOR. YES. OH, YES. OKAY.

JOSHUA. JOSHUA. OH, OKAY. I APOLOGIZE FOR MISPRONOUNCING YOUR NAME. HELLO, CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, AND HELLO EVERYONE. MY NAME IS JOSHUA. I AM A RESIDENT OF THE COACHELLA VALLEY, CURRENTLY LIVING IN COACHELLA. I AM HERE FOR THE OBVIOUS PROTEST OF THE PLANS FOR BUILDING DATA CENTERS HERE IN THE CITY OF COACHELLA. IT IS GREAT SEEING EVERYONE OUTSIDE PROTESTING AND DEMANDING FOR A PERMANENT BAN ON THESE PARASITIC DATA CENTERS. THE UNITY OF THE PEOPLE HERE ARE A GREAT DEMONSTRATION OF WHAT GREAT IMPACT AND UNITY AND COLLECTIVE ACTION CAN HAVE ON NOT JUST THE COMMUNITY AND THE CITY, BUT TO THE COUNTY. I MEAN, WE MANAGED TO GET WE MANAGED TO PUSH THE COUNCIL TO A 45 DAY BAN, AND WHILE THAT IS A GREAT START, WE NEED TO PUSH FOR MORE PERMANENT BAN AND WE SHOULD FIGHT FOR A PERMANENT BAN AS AS WE CAN SEE WHAT ENVIRONMENTAL DETRIMENT DATA CENTERS ARE NOT ONLY. NOT ONLY THAT, BUT WE LIVE IN A DRY, HOT DESERT AND AND A DESERT THAT SOMEHOW MANAGES TO GET HOTTER, HOTTER EVERY YEAR. TO ADD THESE PARASITIC DATA CENTERS HERE WILL MAKE THIS VALLEY GO FROM MISERABLE BUT TOLERABLE TO COMPLETELY UNBEARABLE. AND EVEN UNLIVABLE TEMPERATURES WILL RISE, WATER WILL GET SUCKED UP, SUCKED UP, PEOPLE WILL BARELY SURVIVE AND EVEN WORK. AND THAT CAN BRING AN END TO THE CITY OF COACHELLA AND THE COACHELLA VALLEY AS A WHOLE. WE REFUSE TO LET THESE DATA CENTERS TAKE OUR HOMES AND OUR LANDS. WE REFUSE TO LET THEM DRIVE US, DRIVE US OUT OF OUR HOMES. THEY DO NOT CONTROL OUR LIVES, OUR HOMES, OR OUR RESOURCES. IT'S TIME WE TAKE BACK THE POWER FROM THESE TECH CONGLOMERATES AND TAKE BACK THE POWER FOR OURSELVES.

WE WILL CONTINUE TO FIGHT UNTIL WE HAVE THESE PARASITIC TECH TYRANTS BOW DOWN TO US INSTEAD OF THE OPPOSITE. WE WILL WIN IN THE END BECAUSE OF OUR SPIRIT AND WILLPOWER AND REFUSAL TO BACK DOWN. WE WILL GET A PERMANENT BAN HERE. I BELIEVE IN OUR COMMUNITY AND I BELIEVE IN OUR PEOPLE, AS PUBLIC, AS PUBLIC ENEMY SAYS, OUR FREEDOM OF SPEECH IS FREEDOM OR DEATH.

WE GOT TO FIGHT THE POWERS THAT BE, AND WE AND WE REFUSE TO BE SILENCED AND SUBMITTED. SO TO THE PEOPLE AND TO THE COUNCIL MEMBERS. AND AGAIN, THE PEOPLE KEEP ON FIGHTING NO MATTER WHAT, AND WE WILL GET WHAT WE WANT IN THE END. PLEASE KEEP FIGHTING, EVERYONE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

THOSE ARE THE SPEAKER FORMS I HAVE FOR IN PERSON. IS THERE ANYONE ON ZOOM? YES. PROMOTING LIZETTE. PROMOTING LIZETTE. NON-RESPONSIVE. PROMOTING MIGDALIA SANCHEZ. HELLO CITY

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EVERYONE'S FINALLY ON BOARD WITH THE PERMANENT BAN, WHICH IS GREAT AND A GOOD START. AND PART OF THIS IS ALSO NO DATA CENTERS HERE OR ANYWHERE, ANYWHERE ELSE IN THE WORLD. AS WE CONTINUE IN THIS STRUGGLE, AND I HEAR A LOT OF CONVERSATIONS ABOUT BUILDING TRUST ON BEHALF OF LEADERSHIP, AND REALLY THAT TRUST HAS BEEN GENERATIONAL, WHERE THAT TRUST HAS BEEN BROKEN WITH COMMUNITY, NOT ONLY EVERYONE ON THE CITY COUNCIL TODAY, BUT OVER YEARS.

AND COMMUNITY DOES NOT TRUST ELECTED LEADERS. THAT TRUST HAS BEEN BROKEN THROUGH MULTIPLE THROUGH MULTIPLE FAILURES AND IGNORANCE AND NEGLIGENCE ON WHAT ACTUALLY THE COMMUNITY NEEDS. AS I SHARED BEFORE THE PROJECT PROPOSAL, THE MOBILE HOME PARKS, ALL THE NEIGHBORS.

THEY SHARED THAT THEY DON'T EVEN HAVE CLEAN WATER OR HAVE ADEQUATE ELECTRICAL INFRASTRUCTURE. THEY HAVE SHARED THAT THEY HAVE COME TO CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS AND HAVE ADVOCATED FOR THE NEEDS THAT ARE NEEDED THERE. BUT AGAIN, NO ACTION IS TAKEN ON BEHALF OF THE CITY TO ADDRESS THOSE NEEDS, SOMEONE SHARED. ALSO, COACHELLA VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS CONTINUOUSLY OVER GENERATIONS, PEOPLE OUTSIDE AND IN THIS ROOM IN CITY COUNCIL HAVE ALSO GONE TO THIS SCHOOL AND MULTIPLE INFRASTRUCTURE TO WHERE YOU HAVE STUDENTS LEARNING IN MOLD, MOLDY ENVIRONMENTS, POOR INDOOR AIR QUALITY. AGAIN, THAT'S ANOTHER NEED AS WELL. SO VERY GRATEFUL THAT WAS BROUGHT UP TODAY BECAUSE THAT'S ALSO SOMETHING. SO INSTEAD OF SEEKING PROJECTS AND PLANS AND DEVELOPMENT THAT WILL CONTINUE HARM, IT'S IMPORTANT AS ELECTED LEADERS TO ADDRESS THE INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS AND THE THINGS THAT ACTUALLY NEED TO BE ADDRESSED AND HAVE BEEN NEEDING TO BE ADDRESSED FOR A LONG TIME NOW. AND THAT IS WHERE YOU'LL START BUILDING TRUST WITH COMMUNITY. AND THIS IS A START, BUT I URGE AND I REALLY EXPECT THAT ON BEHALF OF ELECTED LEADERS TODAY, BECAUSE WE HAVE THE MAYOR, FRANK FIGUEROA, WHO'S A DOCTOR, THE HIGHEST ACADEMIC LEVEL, WHO SHOULD BE, AND COMES A RESPONSIBILITY AS WELL AS EVERYONE ELSE IN THAT CITY COUNCIL. TODAY. THERE IS A RESPONSIBILITY ON COMMUNITY TO BE AND BE KNOWLEDGEABLE ON THINGS AND MAKE DECISIONS WITH FULL KNOWLEDGE AND RESPONSIBILITY OF THAT. THAT'S IT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE ON ZOOM? ONE MOMENT. IF THERE'S ANYBODY ON ZOOM WHO WOULD LIKE TO COMMENT ON THIS ITEM, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. THERE ARE NONE. WITH NO OTHER FURTHER COMMENTS. WHAT ARE THE WISHES OF THE COUNCIL? AND THE FLOOR IS OPEN. SO ANY COUNCIL MEMBER WANT TO HAVE A DISCUSSION OR ANY MOTION ON THE ITEM. COUNCILMEMBER, I'LL START OFF JUST WANT TO SAY AGAIN, THANK YOU SO MUCH TO THE COMMUNITY THAT IS STILL HERE. IT'S PAST 930 AND THERE'S STILL A LOT OF FOLKS HERE. SO APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SPEAKING OUT. I WANT TO GO AHEAD AND MAKE A MOTION TO TERMINATE THE AGREEMENT. I AM NOT INTERESTED IN HEARING OR FINDING OTHER OPTIONS WITH STRONGHOLD. I THINK THAT EVEN TODAY, THE TEXT MESSAGE THAT WENT OUT, IT WAS ACTUALLY ON THEIR BEHALF, ON THEIR BEHALF, WHATEVER CAMPAIGN THEY'RE RUNNING OR THEY'RE TRYING TO RUN THAT MESSAGE THAT THEY SENT REGARDING THE MAYOR FROM INDIAN WELLS, WHO, BY THE WAY, HAS NO BUSINESS HAVING ANY INPUT IN OUR CITY. THEY WENT AHEAD AND SENT THAT OFF. AND SO I DON'T THINK THAT WE CAN GO BACK AND TRY TO FIND A DIFFERENT AVENUE WITH THEM AT THIS POINT. SO I WILL GO AHEAD AND MAKE A MOTION TO TERMINATE THE AGREEMENT. I'LL SECOND THAT MOTION. THERE'S A FIRST AND A SECOND, AND THAT'S WHY SOMEONE SENT ME AN EMAIL, THE THE I OP

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