Jun 10, 2026 City Council Meetings

[Call to Order]

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WELCOME TO THE CITY OF COACHELLA CITY COUNCIL CLOSED SESSION AND REGULAR MEETING.

THE DATE IS JUNE 10TH, 2026. THE COUNCIL SITTING AS THE COACHELLA SANITARY DISTRICT, COACHELLA FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT, COACHELLA FINANCING AUTHORITY, COACHELLA EDUCATION AND GOVERNMENT ACCESS, CABLE CHANNEL CORPORATION. COACHELLA WATER AUTHORITY SUCCESSOR AGENCY TO THE COACHELLA REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY. COACHELLA PARKS AND RECREATION FOUNDATION.

THE TIME IS 5:00. WE CAN MAKE COMMENTS EITHER IN PERSON, VIA EMAIL OR VIA ZOOM, IN REAL TIME VIA ZOOM AND WRITING VIA EMAIL. THE MADAM CITY CLERK IF YOU CAN, TAKE A ROLL, CALL. COUNCIL MEMBER PEREZ HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER VITTON HERE, COUNCIL MEMBER MARTINEZ HERE AND MAYOR FIGUEROA PRESENT. FOR THE RECORD, I'M NOT SURE IF COUNCIL MEMBER DELGADO WILL BE JOINING OR IF SHE RUNNING LATE OR NOT. SO LINCOLN, SHE DID NOT INFORM STAFF THAT SHE WAS RUNNING LATE.

[Approval of Agenda]

[Adjourn to Closed Session]

[Reconvene Regular Meeting]

[Closed Session Announcements]

[City Council Conflict of Interest Disclosure]

[Public Comments (Non-Agenda Items) (Limited to a maximum of 30 minutes. If additional time is required for public comments, they will be heard after Item No. 15. Public Hearing Calendar)]

FIRST COMMENT IS JOSEPH WESTCOTT. HELLO, CITY COUNCIL, MY NAME IS JOSEPH AND I'M HERE TODAY TO TALK ABOUT THE AMERICAN LUNG ASSOCIATION STATE TOBACCO CONTROL REPORT CARD. SO THIS REPORT CARD IS RELEASED EVERY YEAR IN FEDERAL AND STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS ON HOW WELL THEY ARE PROTECTING PEOPLE FROM THE HARMS OF TOBACCO AND SECONDHAND SMOKE. IT LOOKS AT AREAS SUCH AS SMOKE FREE LAWS, TOBACCO PREVENTION PROGRAMS, FLAVORED TOBACCO POLICIES, AND ACCESS TO QUITTING RESOURCES AND TOBACCO TAXES. SO THE GOAL, THE GOAL OF THE REPORT CARD IS TO HIGHLIGHT WHAT COMMUNITIES ARE DOING WELL AND IDENTIFY AREAS WHERE STRONG POLICIES ARE NEEDED TO PROTECT PUBLIC HEALTH, ESPECIALLY FOR YOUTH. SO ACCORDING TO THE REPORT CARD, THE CITY OF COUNCIL, THE CITY OF COACHELLA RECEIVED AN OVERALL GRADE OF D AND RECEIVED TWO F'S FOR SMOKE, FREE AIR AND SMOKE FREE HOUSING. DUE TO THE LACK OF OF PROTECTING THEIR RESIDENTS AND LIVING APARTMENTS AND CONDIMENTS AND SHARED COMMON AREAS, AND ALSO LIMITED

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NEXT UP WE HAVE MARIA ARCOS. BUENAS TARDES. MY NAME IS MARIA ARCOS. YO, SOY RESIDENT AQUI DE CASTILLA Y TAMBIÉN SOY MAYOR SENTIMENT DE MI PUESTO EL COACHELLA SENIOR CENTER I CINCO ANOS VENGO A OPINION VISTO A TRAVÉS DE LOS ANOS. CUANDO SIEMPRE FUE UNA BATALLA POR EL TRANSPORTE MEJORO MUCHO CON EL TIEMPO. Y AHORA ESTAMOS EN LA SITUACION DE CUANDO EMPEZAMOS NO HAY TRANSPORT. YO AHI TRABAJÉ MUCHO AHI. MAIS SENIOR ESTOY MIRANDO. ENTONCES ES MUY TRISTE SABER. LAS PERSONAS DE LA TERCEIRA ESTABAN AHI YA DE LA TERCERA CUANDO YO ENTRY SIGUEN ESTANDO AHI ES SABER EL VASO DE LA CALLE CON ESTE CALOR MUCHA TRISTEZA SIEMPRE HAY PROBLEMA SI YO SIEMPRE AGRADECIDO LA CIUDAD EL SENIOR CENTER. PERO AHORA ES DIFERENTE LOS DIENTES TAN MAS VIEJITOS ES MUY TRISTE. EL AUTOBUS DE ESTAR ESPERANDO LEVANTAR SON PERSONAS DE CIEN ANOS NO SE ME HACE JUSTO YO ENTIENDO Y COMPRENDO SU POSITION AHORITA CON LAS ELECCIONES PROXIMAS YO SU LUCHA DE CAMPANA BUSCAN VOTOS Y ESO ES ENTIENDE. BUT IN MY OPINION, CON MUCHO RESPETO LES DIGO. SI USTEDES PERMITAN Y EL ES AUTOMATICO. ENTONCES ES CONSIDERAN. ESTAMOS PIDIENDO A GUARANTEE GARANTIZADO SI YO VOY POR USTEDES DETRAS DE CUENTA DE MI FAMILIA PORQUE LO CORRECTO. ENTONCES MUCHAS GRACIAS POR SU TIEMPO. GRACIAS GRACIAS GRACIAS GRACIAS. NEXT UP WE HAVE GRACIELA. BUENAS TARDES. MI NOMBRE ES GRACIELA SANCHEZ. Y ESTOY AQUI PARA APOYAR LOS COMPANEROS DEL SENIOR CENTER. Y MI PREGUNTA ES. ELLOS CUANDO LA JUNTA O LA INTERACCION DE LOS APARTAMENTOS. TAL VEZ YO, PERO ELLOS TENIAN ENTENDIDO TENIAN UN FEEDBACK, UN GRANT ESPECIFICAMENTE PARA UN NUEVO PARA EL SENIOR CENTER CUANDO FUERON SE LES CAMBIO Y LES DIJO Q ES OCTOBER A LOS MIEMBROS DE LOS APARTAMENTOSUEVOS.

ENTONCES ESO CAMBIAR USTEDES OPINION O DIERON YO SÉ QUÉ AHORITA NO VAN A TENER TIEMPO DE UNA APLICACION, PERO NOS GUSTARIA Q ALGUIEN USTEDES FUERA Y TODO LO Q SE HABLA EN ESPANOL PARA ELLOS ENTENDIA Y CON LA CONFUSION. MUCHAS GRACIAS. GRACIAS GRACIAS. MARIA HERNANDEZ. BUENAS BUENAS TARDES. YO TAMBIÉN LO MISMO SI USTEDES RECUERDEN EL VEINTICINCO DE FEBRERO SE UTILIZA EL MAS Y LO PUEDEN VER EN LA JUNTA DE ESTE DIA. VEINTICINCO SE AUTORIZA EL

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PERO NO SÉ QUÉ ES LO QUIEREN TWO DENIS TWO ESE VEINTICINCO AQUI RECUERDAS RECORDAR TRES VECES ME DIJISTE YA TIENE QUIEREN YO TE CONTESTÉ NO LO Q NECESITAMOS QUÉ TE DIJE NO TE CREO TRES VECES ESTO LO DIJE NO TE CREO TE VOY A CREER. CUANDO EL VAS EN EL SENOR NUEVO Y TAMBIÉN TE DIJE CUANDO ESTE NUEVO AHI TE HACE EL PORQUE AQUI ESTAMOS AQUI Y TE DIJE CUANDO HACE NUEVO AHI. VAMOS A VENIR PARA DARTE PARA DARLE LAS GRACIAS. PERO AHORA VAMOS DONDE NOS APARTAMENTOS NO EXISTEN TODAVIA DONDE UNO SENIORS NO EXISTEN TODAVIA Y PARA DENTRO DE DOS ANOS Y LOS TRES VECES TENEMOS Q TIENEN DEL CITY NO SE HACE UNO NO SE HACE UN BAJO DE LOS TRES NO MAS GASTANDO REGLAN REGLAN LOS ACABA EN MI TIEMPO. DESDE ESTA NUEVA ADMINISTRACION DE USTEDES DEL ANO PASADO. PARA QUÉ COMO NOSOTROS. HEMOS PAGO LAS CONSECUENCIAS NO ESTAN QUITANDO PROGRAMAS NO NOS QUIEREN DAR EL VAS PUES TIENEN CONTRA NOSOTROS. SOMOS PERSONAS Q HEMOS VIVIDO ANISSIMOV AQUI EN EL VALLE ANOS TRABAJANDO EN LOS EN LOS CAMPOS PARA SACAR NUESTROS HIJOS ADELANTE. MUCHOS DE NOSOTROS TENEMOS HIJOS PREPARADOS DE UNIVERSIDAD MAESTRIA DOCTORADO MUCHOS DE NOSOTROS DE HABER TRABAJADO EN ESOS CAMPOS CON ESTAS TEMPERATURAS, YO QUEREMOS TENER UNA DIVERSION Y TENER QUIERO HEMOS NO LES LLEGAMOS A SU CORAZON. GRACIAS GRACIAS, GRACIAS. NEXT UP, WE HAVE RAMONA NEGRETE. BUENAS TARDES.

RAMONA TAMBIÉN SOY AQUI VIVO IN COACHELLA Y NADA MAS DE HABLAR TAMBIÉN DE LO MISMO DEL VAS A ME. ELLOS EL NI AYER Y AHORA EN EL CALOR LA SEMANA PASADA. GRACIAS A DIOS TENIA EL VENTRELLA Y EL TAMBIÉN TANIA. AYER. PERO VAMOS MAS DE MEDIA. AHORA AHI YA TRISTEZA ES LAS PERSONAS. EL UNO DE LOS PRIMEROS PRESTON. ESTAN LOS ALAMITOS SIESTA. YO TODAVIA NO PUEDO HAY PERSONAS TUVIERON EMPORIUM YA PERO CON UNA SOLA MANO TIENEN SUBIR PORQUE NADIE LES PUEDE AYUDAR PORQUE NO ES PERMITIDO PORQUE SI NOS VEMOS LA PERSONA RESPONSABILIDAD DE LA PERSONA CUEVA MANEJANDO. ENTONCES NO PUEDE AYUDARLOS Y YO LO UNICO QUIERO PUES PERMITIERON DESDE HACE MUCHO TIEMPO. ESTAMOS ESPERANDO ESE ASI ES TODOS USTEDES SABEN CUANDO ESTAMOS NOSOTROS Y ADEMAS, YO PIENSO EN MUCHOS USTEDES TIENEN ABUELITOS TIENEN MAMAS DE LA DE NOSOTROS Y Q CUENTA LA NECESIDAD. QUÉ TENEMOS MUCHAS GRACIAS. GRACIAS.

CLARITA RODRIGUEZ.

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PUES GRACIAS A DIOS. PERO YA NO PUEDO SUBIR A CUALQUIER PARTE ES SI YO ESCUCHADO DE TRES ANOS.

PROMESAS VUELVAN A PERMITIR A. ESPERO Q TODO ESTO ESTA EN SUS MANOS PUEDEN PONER. EN LA INTENCION. GRACIAS GRACIAS GRACIAS. GABRIEL HERNANDEZ. SI GABRIEL HERNANDEZ. GRACIAS POR ESCUCHAR NOS NOSOTROS HEMOS TENIDO CON ESTA BATALLA DESDE HACE TRES ANOS O MAS ENTONCES ENTONCES NOS HA DICHO AQUI EN EL PASADO. ADMINISTRACION EL ALCALDE EL MANEJO DE LA CIUDAD.

AHORA TENEMOS INTERINO. PERO LOS MANEJADOS ATRAS HAN DICHO Y TODO UN GRANT. ENTONCES CUANDO SE CAMBIA LA ADMINISTRACION Y TODO VENIMOS AQUI EN FEBRERO Y TODOS APROBAR QCC VAS YA TINIAN VAN A TENER UNA CUENTA CON NOSOTROS Q NUNCA TENIDO SOMOS PARTE DEL COMITÉ DE THE SENIOR CENTER, THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE. TENEMOS JUNTAS NO SE HAN HECHO LAS JUNTAS CON NADIE, PERO SI CUANDO TENEMOS ALGO ASI TENEMOS USTEDES MISMOS NOS DICEN C YA. YA ESTA EL GRANT FUE UN CAMINO LARGO PARA PARA OBTENER ESE DINERO. PERO YA ESTA ENTONCES. VAMOS A LA DE LOS APARTAMENTOS SIENNA Y AHI SE DICE NO PUES ES QSQ SIENNA VIENE PAL PAL CONSTRUCTOR VIENE UNA DE QUINIENTOS MIL DOLARES QAY SE COMPRA UN BUS PARA ELLOS. PERO SE COMPRA HASTA Q SE FINCON.

ENTONCES CON DOS NUEVOS DE DOS PERSONAS TIENEN TRESCIENTOS CINCUENTA MIL TRESCIENTOS 30 MIL MILHAS A DIARIO SE QUIEREN Y TIENE LA VUELTA DE NUESTRO CHAUFFEUR DOS TRES VECES Y Y UNA LOS DEJA DOS Y OTRAS. LOS TIENE ENTONCES NO MAS TAN METIENDO DINERO ADICIONAL A UNA CAUSA Q Q NO VAMOS A NINGUNA PARTE EL DINERO. YA ESTABA EL CAMINO ESTABA LARGO SI AGRADECEMOS Q ESTUVIERON YA TENEMOS EL FONDO ESE YA LO IBAN ORDENAR Y AQUI NOS DIJERON Y FUERON AL SENIOR, VARIOS DEL CONSIGLIO INCLUYENDO DENNIS Y LE DIJO YA TENEMOS EL BUS Y HASTA EL DINERO Y TODO ENTONCES VAMOS CON ANDREW TAMBIÉN ES EL DIRECTOR DE OBRAS PUBLICAS E CON SELINA. Q. ELLA ES LA DIRECTORA DEL DEL DEL SENIOR CENTER. ENTONCES SI HASTA EL DINERO Y AHORA VAMOS A ESTA JUNTA Y NO EL DINERO NO ESTA NO TIENEN PORQUE SE DEVELOPER S A

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I'M A RESIDENT OF THIS COMMUNITY, LIFELONG HERE. TODAY, WE'RE EXERCISING ONE OF THE MOST FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS IN OUR DEMOCRACY. THE POWER OF RECALL EXISTS TO ENSURE THAT ELECTED OFFICIALS ARE HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR DECISIONS THEY MAKE THAT HURT THE PEOPLE THEY SERVE.

TONIGHT, WE ARE FORMALLY INITIATING THE RECALL OF COUNCIL MEMBERS DENISE DELGADO AND YADIRA PEREZ. WE BELIEVE THESE ELECTED OFFICIALS HAVE FAILED THE CITY OF COACHELLA AND HAVE TAKEN OUR CITY IN THE COMPLETE WRONG DIRECTION. WITH MORE THAN TWO YEARS REMAINING IN THEIR TERMS, THE PEOPLE OF COACHELLA DESERVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO DECIDE WHETHER THESE COUNCIL MEMBERS SHOULD CONTINUE SERVING OUR COMMUNITY. THE REASONS FOR THIS RECALL ARE CLEAR THE VOTE TO MOVE THE DATA CENTERS FORWARD. EVEN THOUGH YOU GUYS TOOK BACK YOUR VOTE, IT'S STILL GOING TO COST THE CITY ABOUT 20 TO $30 MILLION BECAUSE YOU GUYS ARE NOW VULNERABLE TO LEGAL ACTION. THE OTHER THING IS THE CITY HAS NEVER BEEN IN THE BUDGET FOR THE LAST 20 YEARS, AND THE CITY HAS BEEN RUNNING UNDER A BUDGET DEFICIT BECAUSE OF WHEN DENISE DELGADO, YOU KNOW, GOT MAJORITY OF THE COUNCIL AND ANITA PEREZ FOLLOWS EVERY VOTE THAT SHE ACTUALLY DOES. YOU GUYS HAVE HAD FOUR CITY MANAGERS IN LIKE TWO YEARS. IT JUST SHOWS YOUR FRAGMENTED LEADERSHIP AND THE FACT THAT YOU GUYS HAVE NO ABILITY TO LEAVE THE CITY. NO, NO FORWARD MOVEMENT ON ANY INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS, PARKS, THE BRIDGE OVER AVENUE 50. YOU GUYS HAVEN'T DONE A THING IN TWO YEARS. YOU GUYS HAVE DRIVEN THE CITY, YOU KNOW, INTO THE FLOOR. AND FOR FRANK FIGUEROA AND STEPHANIE VIDAN, WE'RE NOT GOING TO RECALL YOU GUYS, BECAUSE THE VOTERS ARE GOING TO GET A CHANCE TO VOTE ON NOVEMBER 3RD. IF YOU GUYS DECIDE TO RUN. SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, THE LAST THING I WANT TO SAY IS THERE IS ABOUT 20 SENIORS HERE TODAY. WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS ISSUE FOR ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF. AND YOU GUYS KEEP LYING. DENISE KEEPS LYING. ALL OF YOU GUYS ARE LYING ABOUT MONEY BEING PUT INTO THE SENIOR CENTER FOR A BUS EVERY DAY. IT'S A DIFFERENT ISSUE EVERY DAY. IT'S A DIFFERENT BUS. WE'RE TIRED OF YOU GUYS LYING. WE'RE TIRED OF YOU GUYS FAILING OUR SENIORS.

AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE HAD SENIORS ON DILLON STREET FOR OVER AN HOUR WITH NO AC, AND THIS IS JUST AN ISSUE THAT YOU GUYS NEED TO FIX. AND YOU GUYS GAVE THE MONEY TO THE CHELSEA DEVELOPER. FOR WHAT REASON? JUST SHOWS LIKE WHAT ARE YOU GUYS DOING? LIKE, ARE YOU GUYS IN BED WITH THEM? ARE YOU GUYS GOING TO DINNER WITH THEM? WHAT'S GOING ON HERE? LIKE, HOW HAVE YOU GUYS NOT BEEN ABLE TO PUT THE MONEY WHERE YOU GUYS SAID YOU GUYS WERE GOING TO PUT THE MONEY? AND WE JUST BELIEVE THAT COACHELLA DESERVES BETTER. LIKE I SAID EARLIER, THIS CITY HAS FAILED TO MOVE FORWARD. YOU GUYS HAVE ACTUALLY DONE THE OPPOSITE. AND AROUND THE CITY INTO THE GROUND, WE SEE INDIO MOVING FORWARD WITH MORE DEVELOPMENT. I KNOW THEY HAVE A HIGHER TAX BASE AND IT'S A DIFFERENT SITUATION. WITH THAT BEING SAID, I'M CERTAIN THAT THE BEST IS YET TO COME FOR THIS CITY, AND LET'S LET THE VOTERS DECIDE. WE'RE GOING TO KEEP MOBILIZING. WE'RE GOING TO GET THE 4000 SIGNATURES, AND THE RECALL IS GOING TO BE ON THE BALLOT. AND ON NOVEMBER 3RD. THANK YOU GUYS. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. VICENTE ZAMORA. GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL STAFF AND RESIDENTS OF COACHELLA. MY NAME IS VICENTE ZAMORA, AND I'M HERE TODAY AS A RESIDENT OF COACHELLA TO FORMALLY ANNOUNCE THE BEGINNING OF A RECALL EFFORT AGAINST COUNCIL MEMBER DENNIS DELGADO AND COUNCIL MEMBER YADIRA PEREZ. PURSUANT TO CALIFORNIA ELECTIONS CODE, SECTION 11,020, RESIDENTS HAVE THE RIGHT TO BEGIN THE RECALL PROCESS WHEN ELECTED OFFICIALS FAIL TO PROPERLY REPRESENT THE PUBLIC TRUST. THIS RECALL IS NOT SOMETHING WE TAKE LIGHTLY. IT IS A SERIOUS ACTION, BUT ONE WE BELIEVE HAS BECOME NECESSARY. THIS EFFORT ALSO COMES AFTER SERIOUS CONCERNS WITH THE CITY'S HANDLING OF THE DATA CENTER SITUATION AND FINANCIAL SHORTFALL COACHELLA IS NOW FACING FOR THE FIRST TIME IN DECADES. THIS RECALL IS ABOUT ACCOUNTABILITY. IT IS ABOUT MAKING SURE COACHELLA HAS LEADERS WHO LISTEN, WHO ASK TOUGH QUESTIONS, WHO PROTECT RESIDENTS, AND WHO PUT THE LONG TERM FUTURE OF THIS CITY AHEAD OF JUST A MOMENT. YOU'RE BEING A LITTLE TOO LOUD IF WE CAN. I'M NOT TALKING TO HER, JUST TO THE RESIDENTS OF COACHELLA.

THIS PROCESS BELONGS TO YOU. IF YOU BELIEVE OUR CITY DESERVES BETTER LEADERSHIP, BETTER TRANSPARENCY, AND BETTER FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY, THEN I ASK YOU TO STAND WITH US

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THEY THEY SET FIRES. THINGS HAVE GONE UP IN SMOKE AND I DON'T KNOW. I'VE BEEN TO MANY MEETINGS. MY NEIGHBOR HAS. WE'VE BEEN ON CTLA NEWS. MY NEIGHBOR GAVE UP COMING WITH ME.

I SAID, WOULD YOU COME. SHE SAID, WHY? IT'S ABSOLUTELY FUTILE. WE WASTE OUR TIME. WE WASTE OUR ENERGY. WHAT'S THE POINT? HOPEFULLY YOU WILL HEAR ME AND THAT YOU CAN LOOK AT.

THE STREET SWEEPER STOPPED COMING. THEY STOP AT DYLAN AND VISTA. THEY DON'T EVEN COME DOWN OUR STREET AND AND CLEAN. YOU RECENTLY REPAVED IT, FORTUNATELY. BUT WHEN THE TRUCKERS COME DOWN AND THEY PARK THERE BECAUSE THEY DON'T WANT TO PAY AT SPOTLIGHT 29 OR OR FANTASY, YOU KNOW, TO PARK OVERNIGHT, THEY'LL THEY'LL PARK ON OUR STREET AND THEY'VE TORN IT UP ALREADY. IT'S IT'S, IT'S, IT'S REALLY EMBARRASSING. IT'S TOTALLY EMBARRASSING. I DIDN'T MOVE HERE FOR THAT PURPOSE. I MOVED BECAUSE I LOVE THE AREA AND YOU'VE LET IT JUST COMPLETELY GO DOWNHILL. IGNORE US. I, I, I I, I DON'T KNOW WHAT WHAT TO SAY ANYMORE OR WHY, WHY, WHY WE DON'T GET ACKNOWLEDGED AND WHY WE ARE THE FORGOTTEN PART OF COACHELLA.

YOU KNOW, THERE THERE'S MANY REASONS I'M EMOTIONAL ABOUT IT. AND THAT IS BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, I'VE ALWAYS BEEN TAUGHT LEAVE A PLACE BETTER THAN WHEN YOU FOUND IT. THAT'S WHY I PICK UP, OOPS, I PICK UP THE TRASH. THAT'S WHY I MAKE A POINT AND GO OUT THERE WITH MY BAG AND MY LITTLE STICK AND PICK IT UP SO THAT IF PEOPLE COME DOWN, MY FRIENDS, MY RELATIVES, I DON'T WANT TO BE EMBARRASSED AS YOU WOULDN'T WANT TO BE EMBARRASSED. AND YOU WOULD DO THE SAME THING IF YOU HAD FAMILY COMING TO VISIT OR STAY OVER. AND YOU KNOW, IT WAS LIKE, OH MY GOD, OH MY GOD, I HAVE TO GO CLEAN UP THE STREET SO THAT, YOU KNOW, NO ONE'S GOING, OH, NO, DID THEY? THEY DIDN'T, THEY DIDN'T DO ANYTHING AGAIN. AND YOU KNOW, THAT'S, THAT'S ON YOU. THAT'S ON YOU, WHOMEVER YOU ARE OR WHATEVER'S GOING ON OR WHATEVER YOU THINK NOBODY LIVES THERE.

BUT WE ARE VILLAS IN THE VINEYARDS. HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE LIVE THERE AND LOVELY HOMES. ONCE YOU GET PAST THE GATE. BUT AND THEN NEXT TO US ALSO, YOU KNOW, VERY LARGE COMMUNITY WHERE THEY HAVE TO COME DOWN VISTA DEL NORTE AS WELL. I'M SURE THEY DON'T APPRECIATE, YOU KNOW, THE SAME UNPLEASANT VIEW THAT MY NEIGHBORS AND I HAVE TO DEAL WITH. NO. THANK YOU, I HOPE TO THANK YOU. I HOPE YOU HEARD ME. THANK YOU. NEXT WE HAVE LORETTA PEREZ. OKAY. SO FOR GENERAL COMMENTS, I WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY FOR ACTUALLY MOVING FORWARD WITH THE MORATORIUM, OF COURSE, AND MOVING FORWARD, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT IT IS A COMPLETE BAN WITHIN THOSE 45 DAYS. LET'S CLARIFY THAT. LET'S MAKE SURE THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT EVERYBODY'S THOUGHT PROCESS HERE IS TO PROTECT OUR COMMUNITY, OUR ENVIRONMENT, AND OUR FUTURE. ANOTHER THING I DO, YOU KNOW, I DO NOT SPEAK SPANISH, BUT I UNDERSTOOD EVERYTHING THAT WAS COMING OUT OF HERE. AND I DO UNDERSTAND HOW IT FEELS TO BE TOLD LIES OVER AND OVER AGAIN, AND THINGS TO BE SAID IS GOING TO HAPPEN AND NOT HAPPEN. I DO LIVE IN COACHELLA VALLEY UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT, WHERE WE'VE BEEN DEALING WITH THAT SINCE GONZALEZ AND, YOU KNOW, JOEY ACUNA, I'VE BEEN IN OFFICE, SO WE GET THAT 100%. WE I DO WANT TO LIKE MAKE THIS CLEAR THAT WE DO NEED TO CREATE ADAPTIVE ENVIRONMENTS FOR OUR CHILDREN.

WE NEED TO BECOME MORE AWARE THAT CHILDREN AND ADULTS ON THE SPECTRUM OR WITH DISABILITIES

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WRONG PEOPLE LEADING THE RECALL. IT'S SO FUNNY BECAUSE OUR MOST VULNERABLE POPULATIONS ARE LEFT WITHOUT AC ON BUSSES, BECAUSE IT'S NOT ONLY THE SENIORS IN THE CITY OF COACHELLA, IT'S CHILDREN IN OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT THAT ARE LEFT WITH ACES ON THE BUS. I'VE HEARD OF OVER HALF OF THE BUSSES NOT HAVING AC, AND THAT IS TO THE FAULT OF THE COACHELLA VALLEY UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD MEMBERS, WHICH I'LL BE SPEAKING ABOUT TOMORROW, SOME OF WHICH ARE RELATED TO THE PEOPLE THAT ARE SERVING THE RECALL. COME ON NOW. BY THE WAY, OUR INSURANCE IS GOING UP FOR OUR TEACHERS AND IT'S TO ME, IT'S UNAFFORDABLE. I MEAN, FOR FOR MANY OF US, IT'S REALLY, REALLY CONCERNING. SORRY, I'M REALLY EMOTIONAL RIGHT NOW, BUT I CAME HERE TO TALK ABOUT EXPECTING TO SEE A BAN ON DATA CENTERS IN THE AGENDA, BUT I DID NOT KNOW IT WOULD TAKE THAT LONG TO WRITE AN ORDINANCE. DOES IT TAKE THAT LONG? I JUST HAVE A QUICK QUESTION FOR THE I KNOW WE HAVE A NEWLY APPOINTED REAL ESTATE AGENT. I WAS WONDERING WHAT YOU PROJECT THE VALUES OF HOMES TO BE IN THE NEXT 20 YEARS, WHEN LITHIUM COMPANIES BEGIN EXTRACTING MINERALS AT THE SALTON SEA. AND THEN THOSE LITHIUM COMPANIES BEING, IN A ROUNDABOUT WAY, COMPLICIT ON CAUSING CALIFORNIA'S WORST ENVIRONMENTAL DISASTER IN ITS STATE'S HISTORY THAN 20 YEARS. WE'RE THE PEOPLE THAT SERVE THE RECALL. DO THEY SUPPORT LITHIUM EXTRACTION? I DON'T KNOW, JUST WONDERING, I WAS YEAH, LOOKING AT SOME OF THOSE VIDEOS, BUT I WAS ALSO READING ABOUT HOW THE REAL ESTATE INDUSTRY SPENT $171 MILLION TO STOP STATEWIDE RENT CONTROL IN 2024. I HOPE YOU COULD SPEAK ON THAT. JUAN MARTINEZ RENT CONTROL SAVES LIVES. RENT CONTROL MEANS NOT DECIDING BETWEEN PAYING FOR RENT OR FOOD. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. NEXT, IF JOANNE LOMAS. HELLO. MY NAME IS JOANNE LOMAS. I'M A RESIDENT AND I'M HERE TO ASK THAT THE CITY COUNCIL PAUSE ANY WORK ON THE INDUSTRIAL PARK DEVELOPMENT ON AIRPORT BOULEVARD AND HIGHWAY 86 AND REEVALUATE THE APPROVAL OF PLANNING COMMISSION RESOLUTION 2026-09. THIS RESOLUTION INCLUDED 834 PAGES OF READING MATERIALS THAT THE PLANNING COMMISSION OPENLY ADMITTED TO NOT READING BEFORE VOTING TO APPROVE IT. IF THAT ALONE IS NOT ENOUGH REASON TO REEVALUATE THE PROJECT, I HAVE A LIST OF COMPLAINTS. NUMBER ONE, THE PROPOSED CONSTRUCTION SITE ALREADY HAD A FENCE UP AND THE LOT WAS CLEARED BEFORE RECEIVING ANY APPROVAL FROM THE PLANNING COMMISSION. THE EIR SPECIFICALLY STATED THAT WILDLIFE SURVEYS FOR THE NESTING BIRDS, BURROWING OWLS AND SQUIRRELS AND BATS HAD TO HAPPEN PRIOR TO ANY DISRUPTION. HOW COULD THOSE SURVEYS HAVE HAPPENED IF THE EIR AND THE PLANS HADN'T BEEN APPROVED YET? SECOND, I BELIEVE THE CITY PURPOSELY BROKE THIS PROJECT

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THIS PROJECT REQUIRES RUNNING WATER. THE CITY CLAIMS THAT THE EXPANSION OF A WATER PIPE TO THIS VACANT LOT IS A PROJECT THAT WOULD HAPPEN REGARDLESS OF THE CREATION OF THIS INDUSTRIAL PARK. IS THAT JUST A COINCIDENCE THAT THE CITY, WITH ALL THE ABUNDANT FUNDS WE HAVE, WAS GOING TO BUILD A PIPELINE TO AN EMPTY LOT, AND NOW THERE'S A USE FOR IT? THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT OF THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE WATER PIPELINE SHOULD BE INCLUDED IN THIS PROJECT'S EIR, AND IT IS NOT. THE PROJECT ALSO DOESN'T MEET UPDATED CALIFORNIA WAREHOUSE GUIDELINES BECAUSE THEY ARE FOR WAREHOUSES OVER 100,000FT■!S. EVEN THOUGH THE PROJECT PROPOSES BUILDING OVER 233,000FT■!S OF WAREHOUSES. IN RESPONSE TO THE EIR, MULTIPLE ENTITIES RAISED CONCERNED ABOUT INCREASES IN LIGHT, NOISE AND AIR POLLUTION, IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE VEHICLE MILES TRAVELED WERE NOT ACCURATE, AND THEREFORE ALL SUBSEQUENT CALCULATIONS AROUND GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS AND MITIGATION EFFORTS WOULD BE INACCURATE. THERE WAS NO ATTEMPT TO CORRECT THIS MISTAKE. THE I STATES THAT THIS PROJECT IS ACTUALLY DOUBLING THE RISK OF GETTING CANCER FOR RESIDENTS WHO LIVE NEARBY, AND IT STILL PASSED. THIS IS A 20 YEAR PROJECT. THERE'S GOING TO BE CONSTANT LIGHT AND NOISE POLLUTION, NOT JUST FROM THE DEVELOPMENT ITSELF, BUT FROM THE ONGOING CONSTRUCTION COUNCIL. SHOW OF HANDS. HOW MANY OF YOU WANT TO LIVE NEXT TO AN ACTIVE CONSTRUCTION SITE FOR 20 YEARS? OR SEND YOUR KIDS TO SCHOOL NEXT TO ONE? THIS PROJECT NUMBER FOR THIS PROJECT PROJECT IS STRICTLY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE ULTRA WEALTHY, WHO HAVE RUN OUT OF ROOM TO STORE THEIR LUXURY VEHICLES AND WANT WAREHOUSES WHERE THEY CAN START COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL CANNABIS FARMS. THIS PROJECT DOES NOT INCLUDE ANY ADDITIONAL COMMUNITY BENEFITS OR BEAUTIFICATION PROJECTS, NOR ANY GUARANTEES THAT THE CONSTRUCTION WOULD BE DONE BY LOCAL UNION CONSTRUCTION WORKERS. IT IS COMPLETELY SELF-SERVING. FIFTH AND LASTLY, THIS WILL DESTROY THE NATURAL BEAUTY OF THE DESERT RIGHT ACROSS FROM THE NEW C V LINK.

COUNCIL MEMBER DELGADO HAS ALREADY VOICED HER SUPPORT OF STRICTER SCRUTINY FOR LARGE DEVELOPMENTS WITH HIGH ENERGY DEMANDS. THIS PROPOSAL HAS A FULL ELECTRICAL BUILDOUT INCLUDED IN PHASE ONE. IT WAS PUSHED THROUGH AFTER OPPOSITION FROM ENVIRONMENTAL GROUPS, COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND EVEN THE UNION LABORERS WHO COULD PROFIT OFF THE PROJECT AT EVERY TURN.

THIS PROJECT IS SKIRTING RULES AND REGULATIONS ON TECHNICALITIES TO PUSH THROUGH AN EIR THAT FAILS TO KEEP THE RESIDENTS AND NATIVE WILDLIFE SAFE, I AM URGING THE CITY COUNCIL TO REEVALUATE PLANNING COMMISSION RESOLUTION NUMBER 2026-09. THIS PROJECT IS JUST ANOTHER MONEY GRAB BY OUT-OF-TOUCH ELITES THAT WILL POISON OUR COMMUNITY. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. NEXT IS JAMES RODRIGUEZ. JAMES RODRIGUEZ. GOOD EVENING COUNCIL.

JAMES RODRIGUEZ, COACHELLA RESIDENT. FIRST OFF, I WANT TO ECHO. I KNOW THAT THERE'S ALREADY AN AGENDA ITEM FOR IT, SO I'LL HAVE MY COMMENTS ON IT AT THAT POINT. BUT JOANNE AND I WERE BOTH AT THAT PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING AND BOTH OF OUR COMMENTS WERE UNHEEDED. SO I WOULD LIKE TO GIVE ANOTHER WARNING. HEED THE WARNING, PLEASE. THIS COUNCIL, AS WE'VE JUST HEARD, HAS A BIT OF A PROBLEM WITH PUBLIC PERCEPTION ALREADY. WHETHER OR NOT THEY'RE TRUE RUMORS, ACCUSATIONS OR NOT DOESN'T MAKE A BIT OF A DIFFERENCE WHEN THERE'S NO TRANSPARENCY OR DISCLOSURE GIVEN, OR ANY MOTIONS MADE ON YOUR OWN BEHALF THAT AREN'T REQUIRED. SOME THINGS YOU CAN GO ABOVE AND BEYOND JUST TO PROVE THAT YOU'RE ABOVE BOARD.

LITERALLY ABOVE BOARD IS A WORD THAT MEANS THESE ARE BOARD STANDARDS ABOVE THE STANDARDS, RIGHT? SO WE HAVE A NEW COUNCIL MEMBER. CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR APPOINTMENT. THE COUNCIL'S DECISION TO PUT YOU ON HERE WAS THE COUNCIL'S DECISION. AND WE AS A COMMUNITY, AND I, ESPECIALLY AS A RESIDENT INDIVIDUALLY, WOULD LIKE TO ASK YOU, MR. JUAN MARTINEZ, TO NOT SELL HOMES IN THE CITY OF COACHELLA, YOU ARE GOING TO BE WORKING WITH THE PLANNING COMMISSION, WORKING WITH THE COUNCIL, WORKING WITH CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, WORKING WITH VARIOUS PLANS THAT YOU WILL BE PRIVY TO, INFORMATION THAT WE DON'T KNOW WHETHER OR NOT YOU WILL BE ABLE TO UTILIZE TO YOUR ADVANTAGE. WE DON'T KNOW WHETHER OR NOT YOU WILL DO IT SURREPTITIOUSLY, IF YOU'RE ABLE TO, OR WHETHER OR NOT YOU ARE, AS WE SAID, ABOVE BOARD AND WILLING TO PUT ALL OF THOSE ISSUES TO REST AND SERVE THE COMMUNITY OUTSIDE OF THE AREA THAT YOU ARE AFFECTING DURING YOUR TERM THAT YOU CHOOSE TO APPLY FOR AND RUN FOR IN NOVEMBER. IF YOU DO GET ELECTED AGAIN. SECONDLY, NO FLOCK CAMERAS, NO. WE HAVE ALREADY

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ULTIMATELY, I REMIND THE COUNCIL THAT THE VOTE ON FEBRUARY 11TH, APPROVING THE AGREEMENT WITH STRONGHOLD WAS DONE WITH A CONFLICT OF INTEREST. STEVEN HERNANDEZ HAD RECEIVED AT LEAST $9,000 FROM THE BAILEY FAMILY, WHO OWNED STRONGHOLD POWER. AND ANOTHER OFF TOPIC ITEM THAT I WANT TO BRING TO LIGHT TO THE PUBLIC IS THE FACT THAT AT SOME POINT, THE CITY DID APPROVE THROUGH AN INITIAL STUDY, NOT AN ENVIRONMENTAL STUDY THROUGH SQL, BUT AN INITIAL STUDY TO EXPAND THE ARM TECH DEFECT DEFENSE MANUFACTURING FACILITY. AND I JUST WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE FACT THAT NOT LONG AGO WE HAD TALKED WE HAD SEEN A CHEMICAL CRISIS IN THE CITY OF GARDEN GROVE, ORANGE COUNTY. THAT CHEMICAL LEAK HAD A MASSIVE THREAT OF EXPLOSION. AND THE REASON WHY FACILITIES LIKE THESE, LIKE ARM TECH, ARE EXPANDING IS BECAUSE OF THESE ILLEGAL WARS AND WAR CRIMES AND THE PROFITABILITY OF WAR. SO THAT MEANS THE CITY OF COACHELLA HAS ITS HAND TO PLAY IN THESE WAR CRIMES. SO I THINK THAT'S INCREDIBLY SHAMEFUL. YOU'RE NOT EVEN GOING TO STUDY THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS. AND IT'S RIGHT NEXT TO SINGLE FAMILY HOMES. SO REALLY WANT TO BRING THAT TO LIGHT. I THINK PEOPLE DON'T KNOW ABOUT IT. JUST LIKE PEOPLE DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT THE DATA CENTERS. AND THERE'S JUST A LOT OF SHADY STUFF GOING ON. AND AGAIN, WE'LL CONTINUE TO HIGHLIGHT THAT TO THE COMMUNITY TO MAKE IT KNOWN WHAT IS GOING ON BEHIND THE SCENES. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. GLORIA. BUENAS TARDES. MI NOMBRE ES GLORIA ORNELLAS YO SOY RESIDENTE DE AQUI DE COACHELLA DESDE CINCUENTA SIETE Y SIEMPRE ES MUY MUY ORGULLOSA DE AQUI DE COACHELLA DE INDIO DE MI VALLE DE COACHELLA. PERO ULTIMOS ANOS ME DE MUCHA TRISTEZA PORQUE NO SÉ SI USTEDES HAN ANDADO POR LAS CALLES Y NO PASANDO DANDO UNA VUELTA A MI ES MUY MUY FEO.

QUÉ TODA ALGUNAS COSAS TIENEN UN COCINERO A REMODEL EN LA CASA YA. LA ESCOBA EL TRAP DOOR Y NO. SACAN LA BASURA BIENAL DE LA BASURA Y AHI DEJAN EL VOTE HASTA LA SIGUIENTE SEMANA SALEN Y LA BASURA EN LA CALLE EN EL BOTON ADENTRO EMPALME Y DONDE QUIERA NO LE PERMITEN. SI USTED NO EL VOTE PARA LAS CINCO DE LA TARDE, LO MULTUM LO MISMO EN OTROS LUGARES. SI USTED SACA UN

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PORQUE YO SIEMPRE NO VOY MUY SEGUIDO POR LAS VECES. QUÉ IDO SIEMPRE ES TAN COMIENDO EN EL ATAQUE DE JALISCO. SI ALGUIEN QUIERE A BUSCAR UN CODE ENFORCEMENT AHI PORQUE NO ESTAN HACIENDO SU TRABAJO PORQUE ELLOS TIENEN. COCINERO DE COLCHONES Y BASURA Y TAMBIÉN UNA VEZ A UN PERRO MUERTO. AHI CERCA DE MI CASA YAMAQ FUERON RECOGIDO Y DURO DOS DIAS. EL PERRO AHI MUERTO AHI SIN GUSANO Y TAMBIÉN UN DIA Y ME A LOS Q RECOGE EN PERROS ESTABA UN PERRO EN MI CASA ENSEGUIDA DE MI PUERTA. YO LLEGUÉ ME ESTABA UNIENDO. ENTONCES YO YA ME PARA DECIRLES Q HABIA UN PERRO Q ME ESTABA UNIENDO ESTABA EN UN LADO DE MI PUERTA Y ME DIJO LA PERSONA Q Q ME CONTESTA Q LO SENTIA MUCHO PORQUE ESTABAN AFUERA Q NO TENIAN JAWLESS PARA PARA EL PERRO, LE DIJO. ENTONCES USTED ME SUGIRIENDO Q EL PERRO ME MUERA. Y SE QUEDO CALLADO MIREN YO ESTOY REPORTADO ESTE PERRO LE DIJE SI ESTE PERRO ME MUERDE YO VOY A DEMANDER LA CIUDAD DE COACHELLA. PORQUE YO LO ESTOY A BESANDO Y EL PERRO ME UNIENDO Y NO PUEDO ENTRAR A MI CASA PORQUE EL PERRO ESTABA ECHADO ENSEGUIDA DE LA PUERTA. Y ESO ME DIJO Q NO HABIA JAWLESS. ASI Q Y TAMBIÉN QUIERO SABER SI VAN A ARREGLAR LAS LAS CASAS Q QUITEN ESOS COLCHONES ESE COCINERO TIENEN COCINERO Y MEDIO Q YO PUEDO PASAR YA NO PUEDEN VER LA CASA A ALGUIEN PORQUE SE TRATA COLCHON PARADO PARA TODOS LOS QUEDANDO TODO O SI NO LO MAS ES UNA CALLE SON VARIAS VARIAS TODO COACHELLA SE ESTA HACIENDO FEO AQUI. COACHELLA YO ERA VIENE ORGULLOSA DE MI PUEBLO A TODO EL MUNDO INVITADA VENGAN A COACHELLA PORQUE COACHELLA ES PRECIOSO Y AHORA ESTA VERGÜENZA ME DA. THANK YOU. GRACIAS GRACIAS GRACIAS. I'M CURRENTLY STEPPING OUT OF MY SEAT AS ELECTED CLERK, AND I'M GOING TO SPEAK TO YOU AS A MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC. NEVER DONE THIS IN MY ENTIRE TENURE HERE, BUT I DO FEEL AN OBLIGATION, ESPECIALLY TO OUR SENIORS. I'VE BUILT A STRONG RELATIONSHIP WITH THEM AS A MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC, ATTENDING THE SENIOR EVENTS. AND SO I'M HERE JUST TO PROVIDE A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND OF SOME OF THE CONVERSATIONS THAT I'VE HAD, BOTH WITH COUNCIL AS WELL AS THE CITY STAFF WITH BLUE ZONES PROJECT WE DID. THERE IS A TRANSFORMATIVE ELEMENT TO THE SGC STRATEGIC GROWTH COUNCIL WITH THE TCC GRANT FOR WHAT WE WERE TOLD WAS AN AMOUNT OF $500,000 TO BE ABLE TO APPROVE THE PURCHASE OF A BUS SPECIFICALLY FOR THE SENIOR CENTER. WHAT WE DID IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE SENIORS, AND THIS IS ALL THE WORK THAT THE SENIORS DID. THEY GATHERED OVER 1000 SIGNATURES FOR A PETITION AND DID COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT THAT WAS NECESSARY TO GET THAT MONEY APPROVED THROUGH THE TCC GRANT. AT A MEETING WITH THE STRATEGIC GROWTH COUNCIL, WHICH WE DID PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION TO SELENA, AND SHE PROVIDED THAT INFORMATION AT A MEETING WITH THE STRATEGIC GROWTH COUNCIL. AND I'M SURE SELENA CAN CAN VOUCH FOR THAT. I HAVE THE EMAILS IF YOU WOULD LIKE FOR ME TO SEND THOSE OVER WITH THAT INFORMATION AS WELL WITH THE PETITION THAT WAS USED FOR THAT MEETING. SO WHEN I HEAR THIS, IT REALLY TOUCHES MY HEART. I COULD NOT IMAGINE MY GRANDPARENTS STANDING OUTSIDE IN THIS HEAT. I WON'T EVEN GO TO WALKS WITH MY GRANDPA IN THE HEAT. I GO TO WALKS WITH THEM.

AT THE TIME THAT THE TEMPERATURES ARE WELL WITHIN. THE TEMPERATURES THAT THEIR BODIES CAN CAN HOLD. I HAVE A 96 YEAR OLD GRANDFATHER, AND WHEN I GO TO TO THE SENIOR CENTER AND I SEE MANY OTHER 90 YEAR OLDS, IT GIVES ME SO MUCH HOPE TO SEE THEM DANCING THE SAME WAY THAT MY ABUELITO DOES. SO AGAIN, I'M HERE BECAUSE I FELT THE ABSOLUTE NEED AND DUTY

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CHIEF. ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE FIRE CHIEF? NONE. OKAY. SEEING NONE. ANY WRITTEN

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FOR THE RECORD, COUNCILMEMBER PEREZ WILL BE ABSTAINING FROM ITEM NUMBER SEVEN. IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT THE CONSENT ITEMS BE ACTED ON BY TANEOUSLY, UNLESS SEPARATE DISCUSSION INTERACTIONS IS REQUESTED BY A COUNCIL MEMBER. ANY ITEMS THAT WOULD. ANY COUNCIL WOULD LIKE TO PULL ANY ITEMS OR ANY DISCUSSION OTHER THAN COUNCILMEMBER PEREZ'S ABSTENTION FROM NUMBER SEVEN. IF NOT SEEING NONE, WE WILL HAVE TO TAKE A ROLL CALL AS THIS DOES HAVE RESOLUTION ON THE ITEM. ENTERTAIN A MOTION UNLESS THERE IS ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON ANY OF THESE ITEMS. THERE IS JUST A MOMENT. THERE IS NOT OKAY. IS THERE ANYONE ON ZOOM THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON ITEMS IN THE CONSENT CALENDAR? THAT WOULD BE ITEMS NUMBER FOUR THROUGH NINE. NO HANDS RAISED. OKAY. SEEING NONE. ANYONE IN MOTION. ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT CALENDAR. I'LL MAKE A MOTION. THERE'S A THERE'S A FIRST. IS THERE A MOTION AND A SECOND? I'LL GO AHEAD AND SECOND, THERE'S A FIRST AND A SECOND.

WITH THE. NOTE THAT COUNCIL MEMBER PEREZ WILL ABSTAIN FROM ITEM NUMBER SEVEN, AND WE CAN TAKE A VOTE. SECOND FOR THE OTHER ITEMS, SHOULD WE SEPARATE THEM? YEAH, THERE IS AN ABSTENTION. SO IF WE CAN GET A SECOND MAYBE FOR SOMEBODY ELSE WITH SPECIFIC TO ITEM SEVEN, I'LL SECOND THE CONSENT CALENDAR. THANK YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU. I'LL TAKE ROLL WITH.

NOTE THAT COUNCIL MEMBER PEREZ IS RECUSING HIMSELF FROM ITEM NUMBER SEVEN. SO COUNCIL MEMBER PEREZ. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. DELGADO. YES. COUNCILMEMBER. MARTINEZ. COUNCILMEMBER VIRGIN I, MAYOR. FIGUEROA. I. OKAY. MOTION CONSENT CALENDAR IS APPROVED. MOVING ON NOW TO NEW

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ANDREW. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MAYOR. THANK YOU. COUNCIL. SO AS YOU MENTIONED, THIS IS ITEM NUMBER TEN. IT'S DESIGN BUILD CONTRACT WITH BERGMAN CONSTRUCTION. THIS IS A COACHELLA PROSPERO PROJECT AND SUPPORT WITH THE CALIFORNIA STRATEGIC GROWTH COUNCIL AND

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THE INTERIOR MODEL OF THE ENTRY AND CLASSROOM AREAS, AND SOME BUILDING UPGRADES. IF NO ONE WANTED TO HEAR ABOUT PROSPERO. SO WE HAVE. THIS IS THE RENDERINGS THAT HAVE BEEN PROVIDED EARLY IN THE PROJECT. SO YOU CAN SEE THE EXISTING ENTRYWAY HERE HAS A. IT'S VERY SMALL, VERY OUTDATED, AND WE WANT TO UPDATE THE ENTRYWAY SO THAT PEOPLE FEEL MORE WELCOME WHEN THEY ENTER THE BUILDING. AND ONE OF THE ASPECTS OF THIS PROJECT IS TO HAVE A DEMONSTRATION KITCHEN. THIS IS GOING TO BE KIND OF A RESIDENTIAL STYLE DEMONSTRATION KITCHEN WHERE PEOPLE CAN COME TAKE COOKING CLASSES AND LEARN ABOUT HEALTHY COOKING, HEALTHY EATING OPTIONS. SO WE'LL BE REMODELING THE KITCHEN. AND THE ONE ON THE LEFT IS THE CONCEPT FOR WHAT THAT MIGHT LOOK LIKE. AND ONE OF THE BIGGER AREAS THAT WE WANT TO REMODEL IS THE BIG KIND OF OPEN CLASSROOM AREA RIGHT NOW HAS THE LOW CEILING AT IT'S NOT LIT VERY WELL. WE HAVE THE DESIGN CONCEPT ON THE RIGHT. THAT'S A VERY AMBITIOUS DESIGN CONCEPT, SO WE WON'T QUITE BE ABLE TO ACHIEVE THAT. BUT THE GOAL IS TO RAISE THE ROOF, GET BETTER LIGHTING, GET BETTER NATURAL LIGHT IN THAT AREA AND MAKE IT A MORE WELCOMING SPACE. SO IT'S SERVES THE COMMUNITY BETTER. FOR THE PHASE TWO PORTION OF THE PROJECT, WE'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO BE DOING AN EXPANSION, ABOUT 1500 SQUARE FOOT EXPANSION ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE BUILDING.

AND WE ALSO WANT TO HAVE AN EXTERIOR KIND OF ACTIVITY AREA, AN ACTIVITY ZONE. PHASE TWO WILL ALSO INCLUDE SOME ADDITIONAL DESIGN WORK, ADDITIONAL COMMUNITY OUTREACH, AND ADDITIONAL COORDINATION WITH DRD SO THAT WE CAN MAKE SURE WE HAVE COMMUNITY INPUT AND INPUT ON WHAT THAT EXPANSION AREA IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE, AND WHAT THAT EXTERIOR ACTIVITY AREA WILL LOOK LIKE AS WELL. SO PHASE TWO IS GOING TO PRIMARILY INCLUDE THE BUILDING ADDITION, THE EXTERIOR ACTIVITY AREAS, BUILDING UPGRADES. I LIKE THAT THIS PICTURE AS THE AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH KIND OF SHOWS THE ROOF. THE ROOF HAS BEEN LEAKING. SO THAT'S ONE OF THE UPGRADES. WE'LL BE COMPLETELY REDOING THE ROOF SO THAT THE BUILDING DOESN'T LEAK. AND WE'LL BE REDOING THE MECHANICAL EQUIPMENT AS WELL. AND THEN THIS WILL ALSO INCLUDE EXTERIOR UPGRADES IN THE PARKING AREA TO GET ADA IMPROVEMENTS. AND WE'LL ALSO INCLUDE. VEHICLE CHARGING AREAS AS WELL. THIS IS A CONCEPT THAT WAS PROVIDED BY BERGMAN. THIS IS JUST A CONCEPT.

I DOUBT WE'LL GO WITH SOMETHING QUITE THAT COLORFUL, BUT THIS KIND OF SHOWS WHERE THE ADDITION AREA WOULD BE AND WHERE THE EXTERIOR ACTIVITY AREAS WOULD BE. AS FAR AS THE BIDS THAT WE GOT, WE RECEIVED, WE PUT OUT AN RFQ, AND AFTER OUR FIRST RFQ, WE ONLY RECEIVED ONE RESPONSE. SO WE HAD TO PUT OUT THE RFQ. AGAIN, WE DID GET THREE RESPONSES THE RFQ. WE THEN PUT IT OUT FOR RFP FOR THE FULL SUBMITTALS, AND ALL THREE OF OUR QUALIFIED BIDDERS WITH RFQ DID PROPOSE. AND WHEN WE RATED THEM, BERGMAN CONSTRUCTION WAS ACTUALLY UNANIMOUSLY THROUGH ALL, THE RAIDERS WAS RATED AS THE NUMBER ONE PROJECT OR THE NUMBER ONE DESIGN BUILD COMPANY. SO LOOKING AT THE DESIGN TIMELINE, THE WHOLE TIMELINE FOR THE PROJECT, AFTER WE AWARD THIS, WE'D BE LOOKING TO DO THE DESIGN PHASE AND THE OUTREACH PHASE BETWEEN NOW AND DECEMBER AND THE CONSTRUCTION FOR THE PHASE ONE WE'D BE LOOKING AT DOING DURING 2027. WE ANTICIPATE THAT THE ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR THE PHASE TWO WILL BE AVAILABLE MORE LIKE OCTOBER OF 27. SO WE'LL BE LOOKING TO DO THE DESIGN PHASE AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF PHASE TWO FROM OCTOBER 2027 THROUGH MID 2028. FOR THE ENVIRONMENTAL. THIS PROJECT IS EXEMPT FROM THE CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT. PURSUANT TO THE STATE CEQA GUIDELINES. SECTION 15301 FOR CLASS ONE. IT'S AN EXISTING FACILITY WITH CATEGORICAL EXEMPTIONS, WHICH INCLUDE THE OPERATION, REPAIR, MAINTENANCE, PERMITTING, LEASING, LICENSING AND MINOR ALTERATIONS OF EXISTING PUBLIC STRUCTURES, FACILITIES, MECHANICAL EQUIPMENT OR TOPOGRAPHICAL FEATURES INVOLVING NEGLIGIBLE OR NO

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LORETTA PEREZ. YEAH, IF YOU CAN GO TO THE PODIUM. THANK YOU. I'M SORRY. I JUST HAD A QUESTION WHICH COMES TO THE BIDDING PROCESS, WHY WE'RE NOT UTILIZING ANYBODY FROM THE VALLEY TO GET REVENUE FOR OUR CITIES. LIKE, YOU KNOW, EVEN JUST PEOPLE COMING IN FROM OUTSIDE. I UNDERSTAND THAT I GUESS IT'S THE BIGGER COMPANIES IN BREA HAVE MORE ACCESS TO BIGGER EQUIPMENT, BUT WHY DID WE CHOOSE TO USE SOMEONE OUTSIDE THE VALLEY TO DO THIS PROJECT INSTEAD OF INSIDE THE VALLEY? GOOD QUESTION. SO WHEN THEY PUT OUT THE RFQ AND THE RFP, THEY. HOW DO IS OUR LOCAL BUSINESSES GET THAT INFORMATION TO. OR HOW DOES THAT GET PUT OUT SO THAT THEY CAN ACTUALLY PLACE A BID? YES, THEY'RE PUBLICLY ADVERTISED AND WE SPECIFICALLY POST IT IN THE LOCAL NEWSPAPER AS WELL, SO THAT IT GETS ADDITIONAL DISTRIBUTION LOCALLY. WE DO NOT HAVE ANY LOCAL DESIGN BUILD CONTRACTORS THAT ACTUALLY BID ON THIS PROJECT. SO THERE WAS NOT A LOCAL OPTION IN THERE. CAN YOU JUST ONE MORE TIME EXPLAIN WHERE THE FUNDING IS COMING FROM FOR THIS? THIS IS THE PROJECT. THIS IS THE PROSPERO GRANT, THE FROM THE SGC. SO WE HAVE ONE OF THE ITEMS WITHIN THE SGC IS THE COMMUNITY WELLNESS CENTER. SO THAT'S BEEN IN THE ORIGINAL GRANT FROM THE BEGINNING. SO WHEN WE APPLIED FOR THAT, THE TOTAL GRANT WAS ABOUT $30 MILLION, $29 MILLION, $5.7 MILLION HAD BEEN ALLOCATED FROM THE BEGINNING TOWARDS THIS PROJECT. SO THE REASON WE WANT

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THAT DOESN'T AFFECT THE BUDGET AT ALL. THAT'S JUST THAT WOULD BE A MODIFICATION TO THE CONTRACT. SO WE CAN CONFIRM WITH OUR CITY ATTORNEY. BUT I BELIEVE WHEN YOU MAKE THE MOTION TO APPROVE, YOU'D BE MAKING A MOTION TO APPROVE AND YOU'RE REQUESTING TO MODIFY THE STANDARD CONTRACT TO INCREASE THE LIQUIDATED DAMAGE TO $3,000 A DAY. SO LIQUIDATED DAMAGES ARE IF THERE ARE DELAYS THAT ARE THE CAUSE OF THE THE CONTRACTOR, THE CONTRACTOR, THEY PAY THE CITY. SO IT WOULD BE MONEY COMING IN TO US. AND THEN AS COUNCIL MEMBER MARTIN MARTINEZ MENTIONED, IF IT WERE FOR UNFORESEEN CIRCUMSTANCES THAT WERE BEYOND THEIR CONTROL, IT COULD BE WAIVED. OKAY. IT'S IT'S COMMON FOR PROJECTS TO GET EXTENSIONS ON THEIR TIME AS WELL. SO AS YOU GO THROUGH A PROJECT WHEN YOU'RE MANAGING IT FROM THE CONSTRUCTION STANDPOINT, WE'RE REQUIRED TO TELL THEM HOW MANY DAYS ARE LEFT ON THEIR PROJECT THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE PROJECT, AND THEN ANY UNFORESEEN DELAYS WE ADD TO THE TOTAL DELIVERY DATE. SO WE'RE ALWAYS TELLING THEM WHEN THEY'RE ANTICIPATED OR WHEN THEY'RE REQUIRED DELIVERY DATE IS IN THE CONTRACT. SO THAT'S PART OF THE REGULAR PROJECT MANAGEMENT THAT WE GO THROUGH WHEN WE'RE MANAGING GRANT PROJECTS. SO AM I UNDERSTANDING THIS RIGHT? IF THEY'RE BEHIND, THEY PAY 1500. IF THEY'RE BEHIND FOR REASONS THAT ARE THEIR FAULT, THEY PAY 1500 AND YOU'RE REQUESTING TO INCREASE IT TO 3000. YES. OKAY. OKAY. THERE'S A MOTION ON THE TABLE. I BELIEVE THE TREASURER HAS A COMMENT, IF THAT'S ALL RIGHT. YES. OKAY, I DON'T. IS THIS ON? YES. YEAH. ANDREW. JUST QUESTION. WE GET 5.7 FOR THIS PROJECT ARE ALLOCATED. WE HAVE TO SPEND IT ALL. IS THAT HOW THAT WORKS. THAT WOULD BE THE GOAL. SO WE DON'T LEAVE MONEY ON THE TABLE OKAY. BECAUSE WE CAN'T APPLY THIS MONEY ANYWHERE ELSE. SO WE'RE TRYING TO GET TO THAT DOLLAR AMOUNT SO THAT WE USE ALL THE FUNDS. YES. RIGHT. YEAH. TO TRY TO DIVERT THE MONEY TO ANY OTHER AREAS WOULD REQUIRE AN AMENDMENT WITH SGC, WHICH IS A LONG AND ARDUOUS PROCESS. OKAY. I WOULD ALSO STATE THAT THE REASON THE CONTRACT WAS DONE AS A DESIGN BUILD WAS TO BRING DOWN THE COST SO THAT IT WOULD BE WITHIN THE 5.7 MILLION WE HAD IF WE WERE TO CONTRACT FOR DESIGN SEPARATELY FROM BUILD GOING WITH TWO FIRMS, YOU'RE GOING TO END UP PAYING MORE. OKAY. THANK YOU. SO THE COMMUNITY ALSO UNDERSTANDS. CAN YOU EXPLAIN WHAT YOU MEAN BY DESIGN? BUILD ELABORATE A LITTLE BIT MORE. SO I'LL GO AHEAD. YOU CAN TAKE IT IF YOU'D LIKE. WHICHEVER ONE EITHER ONE OF US WANTS TO TAKE IT, GO FOR IT. SO BASICALLY THE REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS AND THE REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS WAS FOR NOT ONLY THE DESIGN OF THE PROJECT, BUT ALSO THE BUILDING OF IT, RATHER THAN PUTTING IT OUT AS TWO SEPARATE RFQS OR REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS AND REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS. SO THE OTHER PROCESS IS CALLED DESIGN BID BUILD, WHERE YOU WOULD GET A DESIGNER, THEY WOULD GIVE YOU ALL THE PLANS AND SPECS FOR AN ENTIRE $5 MILLION WORTH OF REMODEL. BUT WHEN YOU'RE REMODELING OLD BUILDINGS, THAT PROCESS USUALLY ENDS UP RESULTING IN A LOT OF CHANGE ORDERS, A LOT OF EXTRAS BECAUSE YOU DON'T REALLY KNOW WHAT THE INTERNAL MECHANISMS AND THE GUTS OF THE BUILDING ARE LIKE. SO WHEN YOU DO A DESIGN BUILD PROCESS, YOUR CONTRACTOR IS INVOLVED AT THE BEGINNING. SO YOU OFTEN IT'S A GOOD WAY TO REDUCE COSTS FOR REMODEL PROJECTS ON OLDER BUILDINGS. SO THAT WAY YOU'RE NOT HAVING THOSE UNFORESEEN CHANGE ORDERS THAT KIND OF END UP BLOWING YOUR BUDGET UP TOWARDS THE LATER END OF THE PROJECT.

COUNCILMAN DELGADO, WE ALSO DID A DESIGN BUILD FOR THE SENIOR CENTER. SO THAT WAS A THAT WAS ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL DESIGN PROJECT THAT WE DID IN THE RECENT PAST. THANK YOU. WE'RE NOW INTO THE GROUNDBREAKING. WELL, BASED ON THE SCHEDULE, WE. WE SHOULD START DOING CONSTRUCTION AROUND JANUARY. SO YOU MEAN BY CONSTRUCTION? I MEAN, BEFORE WE KNOCK THE BUILDING DOWN. OH, WHEN WOULD YOU LIKE TO DO A GROUNDBREAKING WITH COUNCIL? WHENEVER YOU GUYS WOULD LIKE. SO I'M WELCOME TO TAKE SUGGESTIONS AND WE CAN DO AROUND A GROUNDBREAKING WHENEVER IT'S CONVENIENT TO THE TO THE COUNCIL. YEAH, THAT'D BE GOOD TO WHEN GUS COMES BACK THAT WE CAN DECIDE ON A DATE TO DO THE GROUNDBREAKING IN FRONT OF THAT LIBRARY SO THAT PEOPLE CAN SEE THAT WE ARE DOING BUSINESS HERE. OKAY, THERE'S A MOTION ON THE TABLE FROM

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YES. COUNCILMEMBER. MARTINEZ. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. VIVIAN I. MAYOR FIGUEROA I MOTION PASSES.

WE'LL MOVE ON NOW TO ITEM NUMBER 11. THE CONSIDERATION TO FILL THE PLANNING COMMISSION ALTERNATE VACANCY AGENDA. DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL. KENDRA REEVE, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR. AND TONIGHT I'M GOING TO BE PRESENTING ON THE ALTERNATE PLANNING COMMISSIONER APPOINTMENT. SO JUST FOR SOME QUICK BACKGROUND, THE CITY OF COACHELLA PLANNING COMMISSION CONSISTS OF FIVE REGULAR MEMBERS AND ONE ALTERNATE MEMBER. SOME REQUIREMENTS FOR BEING ON THE PLANNING COMMISSION MEMBERS SHALL BE RESIDENTS OF THE CITY OF COACHELLA. IF A VACANCY SHALL OCCUR IN THE PLANNING COMMISSION. OTHERWISE, THEN BY EXPIRATION OF A TERM, IT SHALL BE FILLED BY THE ALTERNATE PLANNING COMMISSIONER. THE ALTERNATE PLANNING COMMISSIONER SHALL ATTEND PLANNING COMMISSION MEETINGS AS A NON-VOTING, NON PARTICIPATING MEMBER. IN THE EVENT OF AN ABSENCE OF A REGULAR PLANNING COMMISSION MEMBER, THE ALTERNATE PLANNING COMMISSIONER SHALL SIT WITH THE COMMISSION AS A VOTING PARTICIPATING MEMBER. PLANNING COMMISSION THROUGHOUT THE COACHELLA VALLEY.

SO CATHEDRAL CITY, DESERT HOT SPRINGS, INDIAN WELLS, INDIO, PALM DESERT AND RANCHO MIRAGE ALL HAVE FIVE PLANNING COMMISSIONERS WITH ZERO ALTERNATES. THE CITY OF LA QUINTA IN 2016 INCREASED THEIR AMOUNT OF PLANNING COMMISSIONERS FROM 5 TO 7. THEY HAVE ZERO ALTERNATES AND TWO OF THE PLANNING COMMISSIONERS HAVE TO HAVE AN ARCHITECTURAL OR LANDSCAPING BACKGROUND, AND THE CITY OF PALM SPRINGS HAS SEVEN PLANNING COMMISSIONERS WITH ONE ALTERNATE. SO THE CURRENT CITY OF COACHELLA PLANNING COMMISSIONERS ARE. CHAIRPERSON VICE CHAIRPERSON ALYSSA TORRES, COMMISSIONER SALEEM MURILLO, COMMISSIONER OSCAR FONSECA AND COMMISSIONER VANESSA ORDORICA. THE CITY RECEIVED FOUR APPLICATIONS AT THE TIME OF THE PUBLICATION OF THE STAFF REPORT. PRIOR TO THE MEETING, THERE WAS ONE APPLICANT WHO RESCINDED THEIR APPLICATION AND THAT WAS MR. FRANCISCO MOLINA. SO WE STILL CURRENTLY HAVE THREE APPLICANTS AT THIS TIME. THOSE APPLICANTS ARE MISS STEPHANIE AMBRIZ, MR. ROBERT CABALLERO AND MISS KELLY DOMINGUEZ. SO HERE ARE SOME ALTERNATIVES THAT THE CITY COUNCIL CAN ELECT TO MOVE FORWARD WITH. THESE ALTERNATIVES ARE ONE FILL THE EXISTING ALTERNATIVE ALTERNATE PLANNING COMMISSIONER VACANCY FROM THE SUBMITTED PLANNING COMMISSIONER. APPLICATIONS TWO REQUEST THAT THE CITY EXTEND THE DEADLINE FOR PLANNING COMMISSIONER APPLICATIONS AND FILL EXISTING COMMISSION VACANCY AT A FUTURE DATE OR THREE. CONTINUE THIS ITEM AND PROVIDE STAFF WITH DIRECTION. STAFF IS RECOMMENDING ALTERNATIVE ONE, WHICH IS FILLING THE EXISTING ALTERNATE PLANNING COMMISSIONER VACANCY FROM THE SUBMITTED PLANNING COMMISSIONER APPLICATIONS AND THE CITY DEPUTY CITY CLERK DID CONFIRM THAT ALL THREE APPLICANTS ARE AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AND ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL.

SHOULD YOU GUYS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THEM. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, KENDRA.

THANK YOU. I'D LIKE TO HAVE THE THREE APPLICANTS THAT ARE HERE, IF THEY WANT TO COME UP TO EACH OF THEM WILL GET TWO MINUTES TO JUST STATE THEIR WHY THEY WANT TO BE APPOINTED TO THE ALTERNATE PLANNING COMMISSION POSITION. AND I'LL JUST CALL. WE'LL START FROM THE TOP, MISS STEPHANIE AMBRIZ. ONE MOMENT PLEASE. GOOD EVENING. WE'RE PRETTY FAMILIAR WITH EACH OTHER.

I'VE ATTENDED VARIOUS COUNCIL MEETINGS. I DO HAVE A BACKGROUND WORKING WITH POLICY, MAKING SURE THAT WE MAKE POLICY ACCESSIBLE TO COMMUNITIES, ESPECIALLY THOSE IN UNINCORPORATED COMMUNITIES. I'VE WORKED SPECIFICALLY ON POLICY RELATED TO WATER, CLIMATE AND LAND USE. IN ADDITION TO THAT, I'VE BEEN A SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHER, SO I HAVE LIVED IN THE CITY OF COACHELLA NOW FOR SEVERAL YEARS, AND I'VE BEEN ACTIVELY PARTICIPATING IN THESE COUNCIL MEETINGS. AND I'M PASSIONATE ABOUT MAKING SURE THAT WE PROGRESS IN A WAY THAT IS EQUITABLE AND BALANCED. THERE ARE VARIOUS ISSUES THAT RESIDENTS BRING TO THESE MEETINGS. I THINK IT'S IMPERATIVE THAT WE SPEND MORE TIME LISTENING AND THINKING CRITICALLY ABOUT THE DECISIONS THAT ARE MADE. IT'S BEEN CONCERNING TO HEAR THAT SEVERAL. PEOPLE IN POSITIONS ON THE PLANNING COMMISSION, ON THE COUNCIL HAVEN'T TAKEN THE TIME TO REVIEW A LOT OF THE REPORTS, OR THINK CRITICALLY ABOUT THE IMPACTS THAT THE PROJECTS HAVE ON THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS. SO I THINK I LOOK FORWARD TO THE

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SO THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU THAT WE'LL MOVE ON TO MR. ROBERT CABALLERO. OKAY. THIS DOESN'T WANT TO WORK. SORRY. YES. SO FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU GUYS FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP. YOUR ROLE IS NOT EASY. LEADERSHIP IS NOT EASY. SO YOU GUYS THANK YOU GUYS FOR YOUR SERVICE. SO GOOD EVENING MAYOR, MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBER AND STAFF. MY NAME IS ROBERT CABALLERO. I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR CONSIDERING ME FOR THE ALTERNATE PLANNING COMMISSION POSITION. I'M A LIFELONG RESIDENT OF THE COACHELLA VALLEY, A LOCAL REALTOR, A BUSINESS OWNER, FORMER PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSIONER, FORMER PLANNING COMMISSIONER PREVIOUSLY MADE THE DIFFICULT DECISION OF STEPPING AWAY BECAUSE I DIDN'T HAVE THE TIME TO TO PUT IN THE ROLE THAT'S NEEDED FOR THE PLANNING COMMISSION. BUT TODAY MY SCHEDULE IS MUCH MORE FLEXIBLE. I'M FULLY PREPARED TO MAKE THE COMMITMENT AGAIN. I GREW UP IN THE COACHELLA BOXING CLUB WHERE I LEARNED DISCIPLINE, ACCOUNTABILITY, RESPECT THROUGH COACHES, MENTORS AND COMMUNITY LEADERS AROUND ME. I LEARNED THAT LEADERSHIP IS ABOUT ISN'T ABOUT TITLES. IT'S ABOUT SHOWING UP, BEING PREPARED, AND SERVING SERVING OTHERS.

COACHELLA HAS PROVIDED TREMENDOUS OPPORTUNITIES FOR ME AND MY FAMILY. AS A REALTOR AND BUSINESS OWNER, I HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SEE BOTH THE CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES FACING OUR CITY. I WOULD BE HONORED TO HELP GUIDE RESPONSIBLE GROWTH, SUPPORT LOCAL BUSINESSES, AND ENSURE COACHELLA CONTINUES MOVING FORWARD IN A WAY THAT BENEFITS FUTURE GENERATIONS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION. I WOULD BE HONORED TO SERVE THE CITY OF COACHELLA AGAIN. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS? ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE COUNCIL? THANK YOU, MR. FOR JOINING US THIS EVENING. THANK YOU GUYS.

NEXT, WE'LL HAVE MR. KELLY DOMINGUEZ. GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNCIL MEMBERS, STAFF, LEADERSHIP, THE COMMUNITY AND THOSE JOINING US VIRTUALLY. MY NAME IS KELLY DOMINGUEZ. I'M A FIRST GENERATION MEXICAN AMERICAN. I'VE BEEN A RESIDENT OF COACHELLA FOR THE LAST 22 YEARS, AND I'VE SEEN COACHELLA GROW. AND A FEW YEARS AGO, I ACTUALLY WENT BACK TO COD, TO OUR LOCAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE HERE AT COLLEGE OF THE DESERT. AND IN MY LAST YEAR, I JUST RECENTLY GRADUATED TWO WEEKS AGO WITH THE COMMUNICATION STUDIES MAJOR. I ALSO GOT INVOLVED WITH STUDENT GOVERNMENT, AND I UNDERSTOOD WHAT SHARED GOVERNANCE IS, REPRESENTING OVER 14,000 STUDENTS FOR THE LAST YEAR HAS BEEN A HUMBLING EXPERIENCE AND BEING ABLE TO TO POSSIBLY BE PART OF THIS GROUP TO REPRESENT OVER 45,000 MEMBERS OF THE CITY OF COACHELLA. THE CITY I CALL MY HOME WOULD BE AN HONOR, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO THAT OPPORTUNITY IF GIVEN. THANK YOU FOR ALL THE WORK THAT YOU DO. AND I AGREE, SHOWING UP IS NOT EASY. BUT YOU'RE HERE AND YOU DO IT. SOMETIMES WE HAVE DIFFICULT CONVERSATIONS, SOMETIMES WE DISAGREE. BUT THAT'S DEMOCRACY. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, MR. DOMINGUEZ. ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. DOMINGUEZ? OKAY. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE THIS EVENING.

COUNCIL. WE DO HAVE PUBLIC COMMENTS FOR THIS ITEM, SO WE'LL OPEN UP THE PUBLIC COMMENTS NOW ON THIS ITEM. THE FIRST UP IS ASHBY. HELLO AGAIN. ASHBY, BORN AND RAISED COACHELLA. JUST WANT TO POINT OUT WHAT WAS ALREADY STATED. SO ROBERT CABALLERO WAS FORMERLY IN THE PLANNING COMMISSION, STEPPED DOWN AND AS EXPLAINED, IT SEEMS LIKE THEY DIDN'T HAVE TIME FOR THAT ROLE. THAT HAPPENED IN JULY AND THAT POSITION HAS BEEN VACANT EVER SINCE. AND THAT PERSON OR THIS PERSON WAS APPOINTED BY STEPHEN HERNANDEZ. AND, YOU KNOW, THE

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LORRAINE SALAS, I'LL GO BACK TO YOU. IT WAS A PLEASANT SURPRISE TO LEARN THAT STEPHANIE AMBRIZ APPLIED FOR THIS POSITION. SO I DIDN'T HAVE REALLY ANYTHING PREPARED OTHER THAN SITTING THERE GOING, GOING THROUGH ALL THE MEMORIES I'VE HAD OF, YOU KNOW, LEARNING ABOUT MY STUDENTS, BEING EXPOSED TO ARSENIC AND THE OASIS MOBILE HOME PARK STILL, STILL ARE. AND SHE WAS THERE. SHE WAS THERE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS AND OR SHE WAS THERE TO PROVIDE INFORMATION TO US. SHE WAS THERE FOR THE COMMUNITY. SHE'S HERE FOR THIS COMMUNITY. AND SHE I THINK SHE'LL ALWAYS BE HERE FOR EVERY COMMUNITY. AND I JUST WANT TO TAKE THIS TIME TO THANK HER.

FOR JUST HER SUPPORT FOR THE MEMBERS THERE OF THE COMMUNITY. AND YEAH, ALSO DEVELOPMENTS.

IT'S REALLY, TO ME, IT'S UNFORTUNATE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO LEARN ABOUT THE SOME OF THE DEVELOPMENTS THAT ARE HAPPENING IN THE DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES IN THE EASTERN COACHELLA VALLEY, NOT THROUGH, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE WHO SERVE IN OFFICE, BUT IT'S, YOU KNOW, ADVOCATES LIKE HER THAT REACH OUT AND LET US KNOW ABOUT THEM. AND YEAH, SO MY FULL SUPPORT FOR STEPHANIE AND ALWAYS THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. SARAH HERNANDEZ. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS, STAFF AND COMMUNITY. MY NAME IS SARAH HERNANDEZ. SORRY. MY NAME IS SARAH HERNANDEZ AND I'M A RESIDENT OF THE COACHELLA VALLEY. I DID GROW UP HERE IN COACHELLA RIGHT THERE AND I'M 51. I CAME HERE TO VOICE MY STRONG SUPPORT FOR STEPHANIE AMBRIZ JUST BECAUSE SHE JUST LIKE MY COLLEAGUE LORRAINE SAID, SHE DID BRING THIS TO THE ATTENTION OF THE COMMUNITY, ESPECIALLY MYSELF TOO. I COME HERE ALSO AS A COMMUNITY ADVOCATE. SO STEPHANIE BRINGS A WEALTH OF KNOWLEDGE, PROFESSIONALISM AND DEDICATION TO EVERYTHING SHE DOES. SHE HAS A STRONG UNDERSTANDING OF PLANNING, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND THE CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITY THAT CITIES FACE AS THEY GROW. MORE IMPORTANTLY,

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GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. MY NAME IS CARLA. I AM A RESIDENT OF THE CITY OF COACHELLA, AND I WANT TO THANK ALL THE PEOPLE THAT DECIDED TO COME AND TAKE ON THIS ROLE. AND I ALSO WANT TO ADVOCATE FOR STEPHANIE, BECAUSE I HAVE SEEN HER PUT IN THE WORK FOR A LOT OF US. AND THANKS TO HER, I DIDN'T HAVE TO GO AND FIND OUT THINGS ON MY OWN. I DIDN'T HAVE TO GUESS ON WHAT WAS GOING ON IN MY CITY. I THINK THAT A LOT OF THE WORK WAS DONE BY HER AND, YOU KNOW, GETTING US TOGETHER, SO I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT FROM HER. AND ALSO SEEING NEW PERSPECTIVE IN THIS COMMISSION, RECYCLING THE SAME PEOPLE OVER AND OVER DOESN'T GIVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO OTHERS TO BE ABLE TO JOIN. SO I WOULD REALLY LIKE THE COUNCIL TO CONSIDER HER. I FEEL THAT SHE HAS THE CAPABILITY. IF ANY OF YOU GOT THE CHANCE TO READ HER APPLICATION, I THINK SHE DEFINITELY PROVES THAT THERE WITH ALL OF HER EXPERTISE. SO I JUST WANTED TO ALSO ADVOCATE FOR HER. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE ON ZOOM? NO OTHER HANDS RAISED. THOSE ARE ALL THE COMMENTS FOR THIS ITEM. WITH THAT, KENDRA, YOU HAVE ANY OKAY. ANY QUESTIONS, ANY QUESTIONS FOR KENDRA ON THIS ITEM? AND JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, RYAN, THIS WAS A POSITION THAT WAS PREVIOUSLY FILLED, APPOINTED BY FORMER MAYOR HERNANDEZ, CORRECT? THAT IS CORRECT. AND SO THE MY UNDERSTANDING IS THE MAYOR CAN APPOINT THIS POSITION AND HAS TO ACCEPT ANY OTHER NOMINATIONS AS WELL. RIGHT. IF THERE IS ANY. THAT'S RIGHT. YOU MAY OR MAY NOMINATE ANY OTHER MEMBER MAY NOMINATE. ULTIMATELY, YOU HAVE TO MAKE THE APPOINTMENT. AND THEN VOTE BY A MAJORITY OF COUNCIL COUNCIL TO ACTUALLY HAVE THE APPOINTMENT MOVE FORWARD. MAYOR, I HAVE A COMMENT. RICHARD, DO YOU HAVE A COMMENT? GO AHEAD. YES. YEAH.

LISTENING TO THE COMMUNITY THAT WE NEED TO TAKE OUR TIME, I WOULD LIKE TO SUGGEST THAT WE DIRECT STAFF TO REOPEN THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND APPLICATION FOR A PERIOD OF TWO MORE WEEKS, AND DIRECT HUMAN RESOURCES TO PUBLISH, PROMOTE AND ADVERTISE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR MORE APPLICANTS TO SUBMIT THE APPLICATION. WITH ALL THIS RECENT CONTROVERSIAL PROJECT GENERATED ON A LOT OF LEVEL, YOU KNOW, ENGAGEMENT AND SOME EXPRESS SERVICE IN THE CITY AT OFFICIAL CAPACITY. SO FOR THAT REASON, I RECOMMEND THAT THE APPLICATION PROCESS TO BE EXTENDED FOR TWO MORE WEEKS, OPEN IT UP AND THEN ADD ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS TO THE APPLICATION. OKAY. THERE'S A MOTION THERE. I'LL DO A SUBSEQUENT MOTION AND I'LL NOMINATE STEPHANIE HUMPHRIES TO THE VACANT POSITION. I'LL SECOND. I'LL GO AHEAD AND SECOND THAT MOTION. I'M SORRY, I DIDN'T HEAR THAT. YOU SAID YOU WOULD SECOND THAT MOTION.

I'LL SECOND THAT MOTION. OKAY. SO WE HAVE A FIRST. WE HAVE A FIRST FROM MAYOR FIGUEROA AND A SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER VITKIN TO NOMINATE STEPHANIE AMBRIZ. I WILL GO AHEAD AND TAKE ROLL COUNCIL MEMBER PEREZ. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. DELGADO. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. MARTINEZ.

NAY. COUNCIL MEMBER I MAYOR FIGUEROA I. CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU FOR THE PARTICIPANTS UNDER ITEM. YOU WANT TO TAKE A RECESS? NO. STEPHANIE, YOU WANT TO COME TO THE. CONGRATULATIONS.

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THANK YOU, THANK YOU. CAN YOU GO AHEAD? DO YOU WANT TO SPEAK? GOOD LUCK. CONGRATULATIONS.

THANK YOU. AND FOR THOSE OTHER APPLICANTS, I KNOW THAT THE UTILITY USERS TAX COMMITTEE COMMISSION OR UTILITY USE BOARD IS STILL LOOKING FOR APPLICANTS. IF WE CAN GET REACH OUT TO THOSE PEOPLE BECAUSE I THINK SOME OF. MAKE SURE THAT THEY CAN IF THEY'RE INTERESTED IN THAT AS WELL, TO APPLY FOR THAT, BECAUSE I THINK THAT THAT IS A USEFUL. WE HAVEN'T I HAVEN'T SEEN A BOARD MEETING ON THAT ONE EVER. SO I THINK WE DO NEED TO GET THAT FILLED AND AT LEAST HAVE A MEETING TO REVIEW THOSE UTILITY USER TAX. SO. AND WITH THAT, WE'LL MOVE ON UNLESS ANYONE NEEDS TO TAKE A BREAK. CAN WE TAKE A BRIEF RECESS, A BRIEF FIVE MI WE'LL RECONVENE.

THE TIME IS 7:42 P.M. WE'LL CONTINUE ON TO ITEM NUMBER 12, WHICH IS THE DISCUSSION WHETHER TO ISSUE A REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATION FOR CITY ATTORNEY LEGAL SERVICES. MR. CITY MANAGER, YES, THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. ON MAY 27TH, THE CITY COUNCIL DIRECTED STAFF TO BRING AN ITEM TO THIS MEETING ASKING WHETHER AND TO DISCUSS WHETHER TO CONDUCT A REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS PROCESS FOR THE CITY ATTORNEY LEGAL SERVICES. THE STAFF REPORT PRESENTS THE BACKGROUND ON OUR CURRENT LEGAL SERVICE ARRANGEMENT. IDENTIFIES LEGAL AND PROCEDURAL CONSIDERATIONS APPLICABLE TO A TRANSITION TRANSITION AND PRESENTS THE OPTIONS AVAILABLE TO COUNCIL. NO TERMINATION OF THE CURRENT CITY ATTORNEY AGREEMENT IS BEING REQUESTED AT THIS TIME. THIS ITEM ASKS ONLY WHETHER THE COUNCIL WISHES TO INITIATE A COMPETITIVE QUALIFICATIONS PROCESS. THE CURRENT CITY ATTORNEY IS BEST BEST IN KRIEGER AND IS CONTRACTED AS THE CITY ATTORNEY. BBQ IS ONE OF THE LARGEST MUNICIPAL LAW FIRMS IN CALIFORNIA, WITH EXTENSIVE PRACTICE AREAS INCLUDING LAND USE, PUBLIC FINANCE, PUBLIC UTILITIES AND GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW. THE CITY'S LEGAL SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH BCC GOVERNS THE SCOPE OF REPRESENTATION, BILLING RATES AND TERMINATION PROVISIONS. THE CITY ATTORNEY AND THE FIRM SERVE AT THE PLEASURE OF THE CITY COUNCIL, AND MAY BE REPLACED BY COUNCIL ACTION AT ANY TIME, CONSISTENT WITH THE TERMS OF THE LEGAL SERVICES AGREEMENT, THE APPLICABLE LEGAL FRAMEWORK. THE CITY ATTORNEY AGAIN SERVES AT THE PLEASURE OF THE CITY COUNCIL, CALIFORNIA GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 36505 AUTHORIZES THE CITY COUNCIL TO APPOINT A CITY ATTORNEY AND TO REMOVE THE CITY ATTORNEY AT ANY TIME IN CITIES THAT CONTRACT FOR CITY ATTORNEY SERVICES, AS OPPOSED TO EMPLOYING A CITY ATTORNEY AS A DEPARTMENT HEAD.

THE ENGAGEMENT IS GOVERNED BY THE TERMS OF THE LEGAL SERVICES AGREEMENT, INCLUDING ANY NOTICE AND TERMINATION PROVISIONS. COUNCIL IS NOT REQUIRED TO CONDUCT AN RFQ PROCESS TO REPLACE A CONTRACTED CITY ATTORNEY, BUT DOING SO IS CONSISTENT WITH BEST PRACTICES IN PUBLIC PROCUREMENT AND ENSURES A TRANSPARENT, COMPETITIVE AND LEGALLY DEFENSIBLE SELECTION PROCESS. A REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS IS A FORMAL PUBLIC PROCUREMENT

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FAMILIARITY WITH COACHELLA VALLEY ISSUES, KEY PERSONNEL WHO WOULD BE ASSIGNED TO THE CITY, AND APPROACH TO THE SPECIFIC MATTERS CURRENTLY PENDING. FOLLOWING INTERVIEWS, THE COUNCIL WOULD VOTE TO SELECT A PREFERRED FIRM, AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE A LEGAL SERVICES AGREEMENT AND PROVIDE DIRECTION ON TRANSITION, TIMING AND THE HANDLING OF PENDING MATTERS. AUTHORIZING THE RFQ TONIGHT DOES NOT TERMINATE ENGAGEMENT.

BBQ WOULD CONTINUE TO SERVE AS CITY ATTORNEY DURING THE RFQ PROCESS UNLESS AND UNTIL THE COUNCIL SEPARATELY VOTES TO TERMINATE THE EXISTING AGREEMENT. ANY SUCH TERMINATION WOULD BE SUBJECT TO THE NOTICE AND TRANSITION PROVISIONS OF THE CURRENT LEGAL SERVICES CONTRACT. A TRANSITION IN CITY ATTORNEY SERVICES REQUIRES CAREFUL MANAGEMENT TO ENSURE CONTINUITY OF LEGAL REPRESENTATION ON PENDING MATTERS AND ONGOING LAND USE DEVELOPMENT AND GENERAL MUNICIPAL MATTERS. IF THE COUNCIL AUTHORIZES, THE RFQ STAFF RECOMMENDS THAT THE RFQ EXPRESSLY REQUIRE ALL RESPONDING FIRMS TO DESCRIBE THEIR APPROACH TO CLIENT TRANSITION, INCLUDING THEIR CAPACITY TO ASSUME REPRESENTATION ON PENDING MATTERS, THEIR CONFLICT CHECK PROCESS WITH RESPECT TO CITY INTERESTS AND THEIR FEE STRUCTURE FOR TRANSITION RELATED WORK. THE CURRENT CITY ATTORNEY WOULD BE EXPECTED TO COOPERATE FULLY IN ANY TRANSITION, INCLUDING TRANSFERRING FILES, BRIEFING NEW COUNSEL AND COMPLETING AGREED WORK IN PROGRESS. THE ALTERNATIVES BEFORE US TONIGHT ARE TO AUTHORIZE THE RFQ AS RECOMMENDED. DIRECT STAFF TO PREPARE AND ISSUE A REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS FOR CITY ATTORNEY LEGAL SERVICES.

AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO ADMINISTER THE PROCESS SHORTLIST LIST QUALIFIED FIRMS AND SCHEDULE COUNCIL INTERVIEWS OF SHORTLISTED FIRMS AND DIRECT STAFF TO RETURN TO THE COUNCIL WITH INTERVIEW RESULTS AND SELECTION. BBQ'S ENGAGEMENT CONTINUES DURING THE RFQ PROCESS. OPTION TWO TAKE NO ACTION AT THIS TIME. DECLINED TO AUTHORIZE AN RFQ AND DIRECT NO CHANGES TO THE CURRENT CITY ATTORNEY ARRANGEMENT. THE COUNCIL MAY REVISIT THE QUESTION AT ANY TIME IN ANY FUTURE MEETING OR THREE. PROVIDE ALTERNATE DIRECTION. AT THIS TIME. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS WE CAN MOVE OVER TO? PUBLIC COMMENTS. WE DO HAVE PUBLIC COMMENTS FOR THIS ITEM. FIRST, WE HAVE LORETTA PEREZ. SO I KIND OF FOUND IT A LITTLE FUNNY. EVERYTHING HE WAS SAYING IN THE BEGINNING IS ACTUALLY THE REASON WE SHOULDN'T HAVE THEM IN OUR OUR CITY. WE REALIZE WITH ALL OF THE CONNECTIONS THAT THEY HAVE WITH ALL OF THE CONTRACTS. SO I, IF I REMEMBER WITH STEVEN HERNANDEZ, IT WAS NINE COUNTS OF CONFLICT OF INTEREST. AND WERE THEY ALL WRITTEN BY BB K? ARE WE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHO WAS NOT DOING THEIR JOB WHILE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHO REALLY HAD A CONFLICT OF INTEREST? THAT'S WHAT I'M TRYING TO GET AT. WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE WE HAVE AN ACTUAL LAWYER WHO'S LOOKING AT EVERY SINGLE ASPECT OF EVERY SINGLE CONTRACT, AND THAT WE ACTUALLY CAN SOMEWHAT HAVE SOMEONE WE TRUST WHO DOESN'T CONNECTED IN ALL OF THESE WAYS. AND EVERY SINGLE, I MEAN, I THINK HE NAMED LIKE 19 DIFFERENT THINGS THAT THEY ACTUALLY WERE CONNECTED TO. AND WE NEED SOMEONE ON THE OUTSIDE WHO IS WILLING TO ACTUALLY HELP OUR COMMUNITY, NOT SOMEONE WHO'S WILLING TO HELP EVERYBODY. AND THEN OUR COMMUNITY, YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING? SO I JUST WANT YOU GUYS TO REALIZE THAT IT IS A BIG DEAL TO GET RID OF IT, TO GET RID OF ALL OF THEM,

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WHETHER OR NOT THEY CAN DO ALL OF THE TASKS IS IRRELEVANT BECAUSE THEY CAN DO SOMETHING, AND THAT IS OUR PERSON IN-HOUSE. WE CAN BUILD FROM THERE, JUST LIKE WE WANT TO BUILD WITH OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT. WE START WITH A CHIEF AND THEN WE START, WE BUILD OUT, WE BUILD OUT, WE BUILD OUT. WE HAVE TO START SOMEWHERE. WE CAN'T JUST SAY WE NEED THE MONEY TO START WITH 17 PEOPLE. THAT DOESN'T MAKE FISCAL OR FEASIBLE, FEASIBLE INTELLIGENCE SENSE TO US. START SMALL. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. NEXT IS ASHBY. ASHBY, BORN AND RAISED COACHELLA, REITERATING WHAT WAS ALREADY SAID. BBQ IS ONE OF THE LARGEST MUNICIPAL FIRMS IN CALIFORNIA.

THAT IS SOMETHING BBQ TOUTS BUT REALLY SHOULD BE LOOKED DOWN UPON. THAT IS CREATING A MONOPOLY. SO WHO REALLY RUNS OUR CITIES AND OUR GOVERNMENT AGENCIES, ESPECIALLY IN THE COACHELLA VALLEY BBQ, NEGOTIATED THE AGREEMENT WITH STRONGHOLD POWER AND THEN RECOMMENDED ITS APPROVAL ON FEBRUARY 11TH THIS YEAR. SO THERE REALLY IS NO TRUST OR FAITH IN BBQ. AND I WILL ACTUALLY DISAGREE WITH THE RHETORIC OF THE PAST, SPEAKER JAMES, THAT WE AS CITIZENS ARE COMPLICIT FOR THE HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS THAT BBQ HAS BEEN RECEIVING FROM THE CITY BECAUSE THESE MEETINGS, THESE CITY MEETINGS, ARE NOT ACCESSIBLE PHYSICALLY AND LINGUISTICALLY, PHYSICALLY, BECAUSE THIS IS MEETING 6 P.M.

YOU KNOW, WORKING PEOPLE, PEOPLE WITH CHILDREN CANNOT CONSTANTLY SHOW UP OR

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THERE'S THERE'S A LOT OF BARRIERS IN WHAT IS GOING ON WITH THIS CITY AND ALSO THROUGHOUT GOVERNMENT, PERIOD. BUT ULTIMATELY, I APPRECIATE THAT THE CITY IS DOING THE REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATION. IT IT IS REALLY VITAL THAT THE CITY DOES THIS PROCESS WITH A LOT OF INTENTION WHEN REVIEWING QUALIFICATIONS, AND ESPECIALLY WHEN CONSIDERING THE CAPACITY OF LEGAL FIRMS TO TAKE ON THE MANY, MANY ISSUES THAT THE CITY IS GOING THROUGH. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. NEXT WE HAVE FRANCISCO MOLINA. GOOD EVENING. FRANCISCO MOLINA, COACHELLA RESIDENT AND BUSINESS OWNER. I WANT TO THANK THE COUNCIL FOR TAKING UP THIS ITEM, AND I'D ASK THAT AS STAFF DEVELOPS THE RFQ THREE QUALIFICATIONS BE BUILT INTO IT.

FIRST, A DOCUMENTED PROCESS FOR DUE DILIGENCE ON THE CITY'S CONTRACTING COUNTERPARTIES, INCLUDING IDENTIFYING THE BENEFICIAL OWNERS BEHIND ANY LLC OR ENTITY REGISTERED IN STATES THAT PERMIT ANONYMOUS OWNERSHIP BEFORE THE CITY SIGNS. AND THAT'S HOW YOU CAN PREVENT PEOPLE LIKE ROBERT NEWELL AND PATTINSON INFILTRATING OUR CITY MULTIPLE TIMES. SECOND WRITTEN CONFLICT OF INTEREST SCREENING A COMMITMENT TO DISCLOSE IN WRITING ANY PRIOR OR CONCURRENT REPRESENTATION OF PARTIES WITH INTEREST IN MATTERS BEFORE THE CITY. AND A LITTLE BIT ATTACHED TO MY FIRST POINT IS I DON'T UNDERSTAND. I CAN UNDERSTAND ONE PONZI SCHEME THAT WAS TIED TO BBQ, BUT I CAN'T LET TWO SLIDE INCLUDE TIED TO BBQ BECAUSE BY 2024 IS WHEN THE SEC CHARGED ROBERT NEWELL. AND SO BY THAT TIME, THIS GENTLEMAN HERE AND HIS AND HIS FIRM SHOULD HAVE DONE THEIR DUE DILIGENCE. I'M TOLD YOU ABOUT THAT. THEY SHOULD HAVE TOLD YOU THAT STRONGHOLD PURCHASED LAND WITH BLACK HAWK THREE, WHO BY 2024, THE SEC SAID THAT THE PRINCIPAL OF THAT COMPANY, ROBERT NEWELL, WOULD CONTINUE TO COMMIT PONZI SCHEMES. SO IF YOU DIDN'T KNOW THAT, NOW YOU KNOW IT. BUT I'M SURE HIS. I'M SURE HE KNEW BECAUSE THAT'S HIS BUSINESS PARTNER. THIRDLY, DEMONSTRATED EXPERIENCE ADVISING PUBLIC AGENCIES ON LONG TERM INFRASTRUCTURE AGREEMENTS, INCLUDING WHEN TO ADVISE A COUNCIL TO WALK AWAY, SUCH AS WITH MUDA. I DON'T KNOW IN WHAT WORLD. I WOULD NEVER SIT DOWN AT A NEGOTIATING TABLE AND SAY, IT IS OKAY FOR YOU TO COME AND BUILD INFRASTRUCTURE IN MY CITY AND TAKE 92% OF THE PROFITS. OKAY, THAT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE TO ME. IN WORLD. AM I GOING TO LET YOU COME INTO MY CITY, USE MY RESOURCES, USE MY ELECTRICITY, USE MY PEOPLE'S RESOURCES, AND MAKE 92%. I WOULD HAVE SAID AT LEAST I WANT AT LEAST 40%. AND THAT'S NOT WHAT I WOULD HAVE NEGOTIATED, WHAT I WOULD HAVE NEGOTIATED AS IF I WAS. IF I WAS THE LAWYER, WHAT I WOULD HAVE SAID IS, YOU KNOW WHAT? AS A MATTER OF FACT, HOW ABOUT THIS? I KEEP THE INFRASTRUCTURE. IT'S MINE. I'M GOING TO PAY YOU ALONE TO BUILD THE PRODUCT, TO BUILD THE PROJECT. AND I'M GOING TO I'M GOING TO PAY YOU INTEREST UNTIL I PAY YOU BACK THE LOAN. BUT THE INFRASTRUCTURE IS MINE. AND WHEN I DON'T NEED YOU ANYMORE, YOU'RE OUT. WHY DIDN'T YOU DO THAT FOR US? WHY DID YOU LET THEM COME AND STEAL OUR RESOURCES? THANK YOU, THANK YOU. NEXT WE HAVE STEPHANIE AMBRIZ.

SO SORRY ABOUT THAT. I WAS EATING. I URGE THE COUNCIL TO DIRECT STAFF TO PREPARE AND INITIATE A REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS FOR CITY ATTORNEY LEGAL SERVICES. THE CURRENT ATTORNEYS WITH BEST, BEST AND KRIEGER DEVELOPED THE PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT WITH STRONGHOLD, WHICH ALLOCATED 92% OF THE PROFITS TO THE DEVELOPER OVER 20 YEARS. AND THIS AGREEMENT ALSO INCLUDED THE DEVELOPMENT OF UP TO 12 HARMFUL DATA CENTERS IN BOTH COACHELLA

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IT'S ESSENTIAL FOR THE COUNCIL TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT BBQ RECOMMENDED THE CITY TO APPROVE THE AGREEMENT THAT THEY CREATED, NOT JUST IN WORDS BUT IN ACTION, WHICH WILL HAVE LASTING THE AGREEMENT WILL HAVE LASTING CONSEQUENCES FOR THE COMMUNITY. IN ORDER TO BEGIN REBUILDING TRUST WITH YOUR CONSTITUENTS AND OUR NEIGHBORS IN THERMAL, THE COUNCIL MUST SEEK ALTERNATIVE LEGAL COUNSEL. IT WILL TAKE LISTENING AND CONSISTENT ACTION ADDRESSING THE COMMUNITY'S CONCERNS TO REPAIR THE DAMAGE CAUSED BY THE COUNCIL AND BY BBQ. THIS IS ONE OF THOSE NECESSARY STEPS THAT WILL HAVE TO BE TAKEN OVER A LONG PERIOD OF TIME FOR REPAIR.

THAT'S ALL. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THOSE ARE ALL THE IN PERSON COMMENT SPEAKER SLIPS THAT I HAVE FOR THIS ITEM. IS THERE ANYONE ON ZOOM? IF ANYONE ON ZOOM WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A COMMENT, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. NO HANDS RAISED. SEEING. NO COMMENTS. COUNCIL. ANY COMMENTS? DISCUSSION. I'D LIKE TO GO AHEAD AND MOTION TO AUTHORIZE THE RFQ AS RECOMMENDED, AND TO DIRECT STAFF TO PREPARE AND ISSUE A REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS FOR CITY ATTORNEY AND LEGAL SERVICES. OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON THAT ITEM? I DO HAVE A COMMENT, SINCE THIS ALSO AFFECTS THE SUPPORT THAT THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE GETS. I JUST WANT TO MAKE IT VERY TRANSPARENT THAT WE DO. A CITY CLERK'S OFFICE DOES GET A LOT OF SUPPORT FROM THE. THE CITY ATTORNEYS THAT WE CONTRACT. AND SO JUST TAKING THAT INTO CONSIDERATION IN THE RFQ PROCESS, THAT WE ENSURE THAT WE GET THE SAME SERVICES THAT WE CURRENTLY OBTAIN, ESPECIALLY IF WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO ANSWER OUR PUBLIC RECORDS REQUESTS IN A TIMELY MANNER. IF THAT IS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RFQ, WE WILL NOT BE ABLE TO ANSWER THE PUBLIC RECORDS REQUESTS IN A TIMELY MANNER AS WE PROMISED AND AS WE ARE REQUIRED TO BY LAW. AND I ALSO WANT TO JUST ADD THAT WAS MENTIONED, YOU KNOW, A FEW THINGS ON OUR ON OUR WEBSITE. SO IF WE CAN JUST DO SOME RESEARCH OR MAYBE THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IS ALREADY INCLUDED, I DIDN'T SEE IT. MAYBE IT CAN BE MORE VISIBLE, BUT ACCESSIBILITY WIDGETS OR OVERLAYS THAT CAN HELP WITH SOME OF THE INFORMATION, SOME OF THE SUBJECTS MENTIONED, WHICH IS. WHAT IS LEARNING DISABILITIES, RIGHT? THAT THAT IS BROUGHT UP A LOT. SO SOME OF THESE WIDGETS PROVIDE THINGS SUCH AS CONTRAST ADJUSTERS, TEXT SCALERS, DYSLEXIA, FRIENDLY, FRIENDLY FONTS, VIRTUAL KEYBOARD AND LIVE CONTENT TRANSLATION. THANK YOU FOR THE RECORD. YOUR COMMENT, JUST TO REITERATE THAT WE'RE NOT TERMINATING RIGHT NOW AT THIS MOMENT. CORRECT. WE ARE AUTHORIZING FOR YOU GUYS TO GO AHEAD AND PUT ON PUT OUT AN RFQ AND TAKE A LOOK AT. SO WE'RE GOING TO DO A RESEARCH TO ENSURE THAT WE HAVE A LAW FIRM THAT IS GOING TO REPRESENT US AND BE ABLE TO CONTINUE TO PROVIDE SUPPORT. THEY PROVIDE SUPPORT AT THE PLANNING COMMISSION. THEY PROVIDE SUPPORT CLERK AND THEN, OF COURSE, CITY COUNCIL. THAT IS CORRECT. AND COUNCIL CAN CHOOSE NOT TO SELECT ANY OF THE RFP APPLICANTS IF THEY OR RFQ APPLICANTS, IF THEY SO CHOOSE.

HOW LONG WILL THE RFQ, HOW LONG WILL THAT BE OPEN FOR? WE GENERALLY RECOMMEND ABOUT 3 OR 4 WEEKS. SO THAT THEY HAVE TIME TO PREPARE A RESPONSE. OKAY. THANK YOU. I THINK AND THEN IT WOULD BE COMING BACK SEPTEMBER. THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS GOING TO BE IN THE CITY MANAGER COMMENTS. THE COUNCIL AGENDA WAS NOT SET THIS YEAR. SO THE AUGUST DARK PERIOD IS SOMETHING THAT COUNCIL COULD CONSIDER. OKAY, TO HAVE MEETINGS IF THEY SO CHOOSE. OH. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. SO I WE WANT TO MAKE SURE. SO THE MOTION THAT COUNCILWOMAN VIETNAM HAS IS TO GO THROUGH

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YEAH, THAT IS POSSIBLE. IF YOU'RE GOING TO DO THAT, I DO RECOMMEND THAT YOU DO TWO SEPARATE. CORRECT. YEAH. I KNOW THERE ARE TWO SEPARATE MOTIONS, SO I'LL SECOND HER MOTION. OKAY.

AND THEN LINCOLN, JUST BECAUSE THERE IS A GREAT CONCERN, RIGHT? WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO ANSWER ALL THE PUBLIC REQUESTS THAT ARE COMING IN. WILL THAT STILL ALLOW THE SUPPORT THAT WE'VE BEEN GETTING? WE WOULD HAVE TO GAIN AN APPOINTED FIRM. IN THE INTERIM, I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT COUNCIL CONSIDER A FIRM THAT HAS BROAD EXPERIENCE ACROSS MUNICIPAL OPERATIONS, NOT NECESSARILY OF THE SAME SIZE OF A FIRM, BUT FOR EXAMPLE, IF YOU WENT WITH AN IN-HOUSE ATTORNEY, GENERALLY THEY CONTRACT OUT FOR ALL THE SPECIALTY AREAS THAT A LARGER FIRM CAN JUST HAVE OTHER PARTNERS ASSIST WITH. AND WHEN YOU CONTRACT OUT FOR A FIRM, YOU'RE PAYING APPROXIMATELY THE PRICE OF ONE IN-HOUSE ATTORNEY FOR THE SERVICES. AND SO JUST TO, JUST TO ELABORATE A LITTLE BIT MORE. SO ARE YOU SUGGESTING THEN THE TERMINATION DATE BE WHEN? WELL, THAT'S WHERE I WANTED TO GET HER MOTION DONE. AND I WANTED TO HAVE A DISCUSSION WITH EVERYBODY AND SEE WHAT THEY YOU CAN DO 30, 60 DAYS. WELL, WE CAN HAVE A DISCUSSION NOW. WHAT ARE YOU THINKING, 30 DAYS OR I WAS THINKING ABOUT 30 DAYS OR SO.

AND SO THE THE REASON I SAY IT IS BECAUSE THROUGH BB K THEY HAVE MULTIPLE ATTORNEYS WITH SPECIFIC, I GUESS, SPECIALTIES. AND SO IF WE'RE GOING TO TERMINATE AND THIS IS, I THINK ALSO TO ANGELA'S CONCERNS, BECAUSE WE DO THEN HAVE AN ATTORNEY WHEN IT JUST COMES TO THIS TYPE OF SUPPORT THAT THE CITY CLERK IS IN DIRE NEED OF. SO WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT THIS IS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT ACROSS THE BOARD, BASICALLY, WE JUST CUT PRETTY MUCH. AND SO FOR OUR DEPARTMENTS AND I KNOW OUR OUR EXECUTIVES ARE LOOKING BACK AT US. SO BASICALLY WHO THEY'RE IN COMMUNICATION RIGHT NOW WITH CERTAIN CERTAIN SPECIALTY ATTORNEYS. AND THAT ELIMINATES THEM ALTOGETHER. SO WE BRING IN SOMEONE, LET'S SAY 30 DAYS FROM NOW, THAT WOULD BE THE FASTEST TRACK. SO YOU BRING SOMEONE IN, THEN WE'RE PROBABLY GOING TO BE THEN CONTRACTING THE CITY ATTORNEY, BUT THEN EVERYTHING ELSE IS PROBABLY GOING TO BE CONTRACTED OUT TO DIFFERENT FIRMS IF NEEDED, FOR SPECIALTY TYPE OF. THAT'S IF YOU GO WITH A VERY SMALL FIRM. YEAH, THEY WOULD HAVE TO CONTRACT OUT. AND IF YOU WERE TO GO WITH A 30 DAY TERMINATION CLAUSE, I BELIEVE THAT THE CONTRACT WOULD HAVE A PROVISION THAT THEY WOULD ASSIST IN TRANSITION SERVICES FOR A PERIOD OF 30 OR SOMETHING DAYS BEYOND THAT. SO LIKE TWO MONTHS. I DON'T I HAVEN'T READ THE CONTRACT. THAT'S JUST WHAT I HAVE SEEN BEFORE. SO JUST BASED ON WHAT MY COLLEAGUES DIRECTIONS HAVE BEEN GIVEN, JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE TRANSITION THAT WE MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE LAW FIRMS IN PLACE WHEN WE'RE GOING THROUGH THIS TRANSITION PERIOD. AND SO I THINK THAT YOU'RE PROBABLY GOING TO MAKE SURE THAT'S A PRIORITY. IT WOULD HAVE TO BE.

YEAH, I AGREE. AND JUST TO I INVITE YOU JUST TO LOOK AT THE NUMBER OF HOURS THAT IS PUT IN BY THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF HOW MUCH MONEY THAT IS. SO IF WE DO CONTRACT OUT TO AND PAY PER HOUR, IT IS GOING TO COST THE CITY A LOT OF MONEY. AND THAT IS OUR TAXPAYERS MONEY. DO WE HAVE. BESIDES B, B AND K? DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER LAW FIRMS THAT WE'VE WORKED WITH CLOSELY DEPENDING ON THE ISSUE, OR HAS IT JUST BEEN THEM? I KNOW THEY I'M I MEAN, I KNOW WE HAVE ACCESS TO THEIR ENTIRE LAW FIRM, BUT DO WE DO WE HAVE WE HAD ANY

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SO THERE IS THAT CONSIDERATION. ALSO, IF YOU DO AN RFP RIGHT AFTER YOU SELECT A TEMPORARY FIRM, OTHER FIRMS MAY NOT APPLY BECAUSE THEY FEEL THAT IT'S ALREADY DECIDED WHO THE WINNER IS GOING TO BE. SO THAT'S ANOTHER CONSIDERATION. SO SO THE CONSENSUS IS HERE THAT WE'RE GOING TO GO WITH ANOTHER LAW FIRM. I CAN'T STRESS IT ENOUGH THAT WE MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE MOVING FORWARD AS RESPONSIBLY AS WE CAN GET IT. I DON'T THINK THAT 30 DAYS IS SUFFICIENT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE GOING THROUGH THIS TRANSITION PERIOD. I DON'T THINK IT CAN BE DONE JUST BECAUSE THERE'S SO MANY THINGS THAT WE GOT GOING ON. I DON'T THINK THAT WE CAN UPDATE THEM THAT QUICKLY AND THEN ENSURE THAT WE HAVE LEGAL SECURITY AT THE SAME TIME, AND THAT DOES COME AT A HIGH PRICE FOR EVERYONE. IF WE'RE JUST IF WE DON'T HAVE THAT TYPE OF REPRESENTATION FOR ALL THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF THINGS THAT WE GOT GOING ON. AND SO WITH THAT IS THEN WE'RE LOOKING AT MAYBE 60, 90 DAYS. I MEAN, SO HOW ABOUT THIS CONVERSATION COMES BACK IN THE JULY 8TH MEETING BECAUSE BY THEN THE RFP SHOULD THE RFQ SHOULD HAVE GONE OUT. AND THEN WE CAN HAVE A DISCUSSION AND DO AN INTERVIEW OF THE POTENTIAL LAW FIRMS AND GO THROUGH THAT PROCESS. AND THAT ENSURES THAT THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE HAS CONTINUITY. AND THEN THAT WAY WE GET A BETTER PICTURE. AND, OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, THE LAW FIRMS THAT DO APPLY WILL HAVE A WHOLE INTERVIEW AND IT'LL BE IN THE PUBLIC AND WE'LL BE ABLE TO TALK WITH THEM IN PUBLIC. SO THAT'S THE WAY. SO THAT'S THE WAY WE HAVE IT SET UP TO, TO DO IT AS AN RFQ. AND THEN WE BRING IT BACK AND THEN WE CAN TALK TO THE APPLICANTS AT THE SAME TIME. YOU KNOW, I WOULD ALSO RECOMMEND, AS YOU'RE DOING THE RFQ IS EVEN REACHING OUT TO SOME OF THESE BIGGER LAW FIRMS THAT WE HAVE. I KNOW THERE'S LIKE TWO OF THEM HERE AS WELL IN THE COACHELLA VALLEY THAT HAVE OFFICES HERE. AND I SAY IT BECAUSE IN CASE WE NEED SOMEONE TO COME IN, THAT WE HAVE A FIRM THAT'S GOING TO BE ABLE TO COVER MANY DIFFERENT TYPES OF SERVICES IS NOT JUST ONE. I'M TRYING TO AVOID HAVING TO CONTRACT MANY DIFFERENT LAW FIRMS, YOU KNOW. THAT THERE IS A FIRST AND A SECOND ON THE MOTION. SO I HAVE THE FIRST COUNCIL MEMBER WHO WAS THE SECOND, I WAS THE SECOND. THE SECOND. I'LL TAKE ROLL COUNCIL MEMBER PEREZ. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. DELGADO. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER MARTINEZ, I I'M SORRY. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER I MAYOR FIGUEROA I OKAY WITH THAT UNLESS THERE'S ANY OTHER DISCUSSION WE'LL MOVE ON ON THIS ITEM TO ITEM NUMBER 13.

REQUEST FOR CITY COUNCIL FEEDBACK AND DIRECTION REGARDING CITY ANNIVERSARY CAMPAIGNS. JESSICA. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS. MY NAME IS JESSICA TORRES. I WORK IN THE PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICE FOR THE CITY. SO AS YOU MENTIONED, THIS IS ITEM 13. TO RECEIVE FEEDBACK AND DIRECTION FROM COUNCIL REGARDING CITY ANNIVERSARY CAMPAIGNS. SO WE'LL GO INTO A LITTLE BIT OF THE BACKGROUND. OH. IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF

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ANNIVERSARY BRANDING AND MESSAGING WILL BE INCORPORATED INTO EXISTING CITY SIGNATURE EVENTS, COMMUNITY PROGRAMS, MARKETING MATERIALS, DIGITAL COMMUNICATIONS, AND PUBLIC OUTREACH EFFORTS. THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, THE CAMPAIGN WILL UTILIZE EXISTING BUDGETED ADVERTISING AND COMMUNICATIONS RESOURCES AND WILL NOT REQUIRE ADDITIONAL GENERAL GENERAL FUND APPROPRIATIONS. STAFF WILL PURSUE SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES AND COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS TO ENHANCE ANNIVERSARY RELATED ACTIVITIES AND MAXIMIZE COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION. SO SOME OF THE ALTERNATIVES THAT STAFF IS RECOMMENDING IS TO DIRECT STAFF TO RECOGNIZE MILESTONE ANNIVERSARIES EVERY TEN YEARS, INCLUDING THE 80TH ANNIVERSARY DIRECT STAFF TO COMMEMORATE MAJOR MILESTONE ANNIVERSARIES AT A DIFFERENT FREQUENCY, SUCH AS 25 YEAR INTERVALS. SO A LITTLE BIT OF CONTEXT. THE NEXT ONE, IF THAT'S THE OPTION, WOULD BE IN 2046 AND RECOGNIZE. THE THIRD OPTION IS TO RECOGNIZE ANNIVERSARIES ON A CASE BY CASE BASIS. EVALUATE FUTURE ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATIONS BASED ON AVAILABLE RESOURCES, COMMUNITY INTEREST AND STRATEGIC PRIORITIES AT THE TIME OF EACH MILESTONE, AND STAFF IS RECOMMENDING ALTERNATIVE ONE. AND AT THIS MOMENT, I'LL OPEN QUESTIONS UP TO COUNCIL. ANY COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL RIGHT NOW? ARE WE DOING IT? WHAT ARE WE DOING EVERY 25.

SO THE LAST ONE WAS FOR THE 75TH ANNIVERSARY. I DON'T HAVE MUCH INFORMATION AS TO WHEN IT WAS BEFORE THAT. I UNDERSTANDING IS IT WAS EVERY TEN YEARS AND ALSO A QUARTER OF A CENTURY SINCE IT WAS THE FIRST 100 YEARS. HOWEVER, AS WE MOVE PAST YEAR 100 ONE, 25 DOESN'T NECESSARILY MAKE AS MUCH SENSE AS ONE, TEN, ONE, 21, 31, 40, BUT 150 WOULD STILL BE HIT, 200 WOULD BE HIT. OKAY. ANY COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL? WHAT ARE THE WISHES OF THE COUNCIL ON THIS ITEM? FOR THE RECORD, I DO NOT HAVE ANY SPEAKER FORMS FOR THIS ITEM. IS THERE ANYONE ON ZOOM? NO. HANDS RAISED ONLINE SEEING. NO COMMENTS. I THINK OPTION NUMBER ONE IS PRETTY STANDARD. I'VE SEEN OTHER CITIES DO THE OTHER ONE, BUT IT'S I THINK IT'S A LOT OF WORK ON STAFF DOING IT EVERY FIVE. SO BUT THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS ON IT. OKAY. I DON'T KNOW WHERE EVERYONE ELSE STANDS OR IF THEY WANT MORE TIME TO THINK. DID WE DO ANY OUTREACH ON SOCIAL MEDIA OR ANYTHING TO ASK OR DO A POLL OR ANYTHING TO SEE WHAT WHAT WAS THE, I DON'T KNOW, FOR THE 80TH ANNIVERSARY OR FOR ANY OF THIS, LIKE, YEAH, FOR THE 80TH AND HOW FREQUENTLY PEOPLE WANT TO SEE IT. NO, AT THIS MOMENT WE HAVEN'T. OKAY. I WAS JUST APPROACHED FOR SOMEONE THAT WANTED TO COMMENT. YEAH. GO AHEAD. OKAY. STEPHANIE. I JUST WANTED US TO LIKE FOR US TO TAKE A BEAT FOR A MOMENT. I KNOW WE'VE BEEN TALKING A LOT ABOUT A BUDGET DEFICIT, AND THERE'S A LOT THAT WE'RE ABOUT TO CONFRONT. SO I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S NECESSARILY THE RIGHT TIME TO START THINKING ABOUT A CELEBRATION MIGHT BE SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO REVISIT AS WE LOOK AT THE BIG PICTURE FINANCIALLY WITH OUR BUDGET. AND THEN I THINK ONCE THERE IS THAT LIKE CAPACITY, IT WOULD BE PROBABLY A GOOD IDEA TO HEAR FROM THE PUBLIC WHAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE WITH THE CONTEXT, YOU KNOW, DOWN THE LINE THAT WE HAVE TO ADDRESS THE BUDGET DEFICIT. SO PRIORITIES. YEAH. THAT'S IT. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. ANY OTHER COMMENTS? IS THERE ANYONE ELSE THAT WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL? LORETTA PEREZ. SO I'M PRETTY

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ANYONE ELSE? DO YOU HAVE A QUESTION? YEAH, I HAVE A QUESTION FOR JESSICA. YOU SAID THERE WILL BE NO IMPACT FROM THE FISCAL YEAR, RIGHT? 2026, 2027. YES. SO IF WE REACH OUT TO A SPONSOR, THIS EVENT IS DO THEY USUALLY COME TO YOU AND HOW MUCH MONEY CAN YOU RAISE IN THE PAST? OR DO YOU HAVE THAT INFORMATION? SO THIS SO THERE'S NOT GOING TO BE AN EVENT CURATED FOR THE 80TH ANNIVERSARY. THESE ELEMENTS WOULD BE PLUGGED INTO OUR ALREADY ESTABLISHED SIGNATURE EVENTS. SO IT'S MORE SO JUST TO REACH OUT THROUGH A COMPETITIVE RFP PROCESS TO GET A LOGO CREATED, A TAGLINE. AND I HAVE THE REQUIRED DELIVERABLES RIGHT HERE THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE INCLUDED IN THE RFP. SO BRAND STANDARD GUIDES, CAMPAIGN MESSAGING FRAMEWORK AND TAGLINE, CAMPAIGN STRATEGY AND IMPLEMENTATION, IMPLEMENTATION PLAYBOOK SPONSORSHIP DECK, BUSINESS PARTICIPATION, PARTICIPATION TOOLKIT, ANNIVERSARY PASSPORT PROGRAM DESIGN. AND WITH THAT BEING SAID, IT'S BECAUSE WITH THIS 80TH ANNIVERSARY, WE THOUGHT THAT THERE WOULD BE A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO LOOP IN ALL OF OUR LOCAL BUSINESSES, OUR MOM AND POPS, TO GET THEM AS INVOLVED IN THE CAMPAIGN AS POSSIBLE, SO IT WOULD SERVE FOR A DUAL PURPOSE TO GET THEM INVOLVED AND PLUGGED IN TO ANY ACTIVATIONS THAT WE CAN CREATE AT THE SIGNATURE EVENTS THAT WE ALREADY HAVE ESTABLISHED, AND WITH THE PAST, WITH THE PASSPORT PROGRAM DESIGN, IT WOULD BE TO CREATE A POTENTIAL, FOR EXAMPLE, WHERE I WAS REFERENCING SOMETHING THAT DISNEYLAND RESORT DOES WHEN THEY DO THEIR PASSPORT TASTING BOOKS, WHERE THROUGHOUT THE PARK THEY HAVE THEIR ESTABLISHED EATERIES CREATE SIGNATURE DISHES TIED TO THEIR. THEY JUST CELEBRATED THEIR 70TH ANNIVERSARY SO THEY WOULD CREATE TASTING OPPORTUNITIES SUCH AS SIGNATURE PLATES, TREATS, DRINKS TIED TO THE 80TH ANNIVERSARY. AND THEN IN PART ONE OF THE OTHER DELIVERABLES WAS TO CREATE A WINDOW DECAL DESIGN. SO THEN THEY WOULD FEATURE THE 80TH LOGO THAT WE GOT CURATED ON THEIR BUSINESS STOREFRONTS. SO THAT WAY THEY CAN SHOW THAT THEY'RE PARTICIPATING IN THE 80TH CAMPAIGN. AND JUST ONCE RESIDENTS FILLED OUT THEIR PASSPORT, THEY WOULD COME BACK TO THE CITY AND SHOW THAT THEY PARTICIPATED, AND WE WOULD GIVE THEM AN 80TH COMMEMORATIVE GIFT. AND THEN IF I CAN JUMP IN REAL QUICK, A LOT OF THIS COST IS BORNE BY EXISTING BUDGET FROM PREVIOUS YEARS. THE ACTUAL INCREASE WAS MINIMAL. AND THEN ANOTHER DELIVERABLE WOULD BE A STATE OF THE CITY TEASER VIDEO. SO WE WOULD DO A TEASER VIDEO AT THE STATE OF THE CITY TO ENCOURAGE BUSINESS PARTICIPATION FROM OUR BUSINESS COMMUNITY AND SEEK SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES THERE AS WELL. AND THEN AN OVERALL 80TH ANNIVERSARY CAMPAIGN RECAP SHOWING EVERYTHING THAT WAS DONE DURING THE 80TH CAMPAIGN.

SO THAT'S JUST A LITTLE BIT OF MORE CONTEXT AS TO WHAT THE 80TH ANNIVERSARY CAMPAIGN WAS GOING TO ENTAIL IN LIEU OF OUR ANNUAL ADVERTISING CAMPAIGN THAT WE USUALLY DO REGARDLESS.

SO I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IT MOVE FORWARD, BUT THEN ALSO GO WITH ITEM WITH ALTERNATIVE THREE THAT THE NEXT TIME YOU GUYS WANT TO BRING FORWARD, LIKE, LET'S SAY IN TEN YEARS THAT YOU GUYS BRING IT TO US AND WE DECIDE IF IT'S GOING TO GO FORWARD. IF NOT, DO IT IN 25 YEARS, DEPENDING ON HOW OUR FINANCES ARE, THAT MAYBE WE CAN HAVE AN ACTUAL EVENT WHERE PEOPLE CAN ACTUALLY ATTEND. THAT'S THAT'S MY SUGGESTION. IF I CAN MAKE A RECOMMENDATION, IS THAT IF WE CAN WAIT TILL THE PERMANENT CCM COMES IN, IT'S NOT. AND I KNOW THAT IT'S IT'S ALREADY TIED INTO THE BUDGET THAT WE HAVE ALLOWED. BUT MY CONCERN MORE IS, IS HOW MUCH TIME IT'S GOING TO TAKE FROM US, FROM ALL THE OTHER STUFF THAT'S GOING ON. AND SO I WANT HIM TO EVALUATE WHAT WE HAVE GOING ON. AND THEN IF HE CAN MAKE THAT RECOMMENDATION, WHETHER HE WANTS, YOU KNOW, YOU TO MOVE FORWARD OR NOT BASED ON WHAT HE'S SEEING AND HIS EVALUATION AS HE COMES FORWARD. MY RECOMMENDATION, JUST ONE THING. CAN YOU ALSO CONNECT WITH THE CHAMBER, THE GREATER COACHELLA VALLEY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, AND SEE IF THEY'RE INTERESTED?

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THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. WERE THERE THREE. I KNOW TWO PEOPLE SAID OPTION THREE. WAS THERE A THIRD. NO, NO I'M OKAY WITH OPTION THREE. OKAY. OKAY. WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE REQUEST FOR CITY COUNCIL FEEDBACK AND DIRECTION REGARDING A DRAFTED SOCIAL MEDIA POLICY. JESSICA. YEAH. SO I'M BACK AGAIN WITH THE REQUEST FOR CITY COUNCIL FEEDBACK AND DIRECTION REGARDING A DRAFTED SOCIAL MEDIA POLICY. SO, SO THE PURPOSE OF THE POLICY, AS THE CITY'S DIGITAL PRESENCE GROWS, THERE IS A NEED FOR CLEAR GUIDELINES, ESTABLISHES THE POLICY WOULD ESTABLISH STANDARDS FOR MANAGEMENT AND USE OF OFFICIAL CITY SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNTS. THE POLICY IS INTENDED TO PROMOTE TRANSPARENCY, CONSISTENCY, PROFESSIONALISM AND LEGAL COMPLIANCE ACROSS ALL CITY DEPARTMENTS THAT UTILIZE SOCIAL MEDIA. SO SOME OF THE KEY POLICY HIGHLIGHTS THE OFFICIAL SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNTS REQUIRE CITY AUTHORIZATION, OVERSIGHT AND SECURITY CONTROLS, INCLUDING TWO FACTOR AUTHENTICATION. SORRY, SOCIAL MEDIA MAY BE USED FOR PUBLIC INFORMATION, EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. SOCIAL MEDIA CONTENT MAY BE RETAINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH PUBLIC RECORDS AND RECORDS RETENTION REQUIREMENTS. CONTENT MODERATION IS GOVERNED BY VIEWPOINT NEUTRAL STANDARDS CONSISTENT WITH THE LIMITED PUBLIC FORUM PRINCIPLES. SOCIAL MEDIA SERVES AS A SUPPLEMENTAL COMMUNICATION TOOL AND DOES NOT REPLACE OFFICIAL PUBLIC MEETING NOTICES OR PUBLIC COMMENT PROCEDURES. SO I WANTED TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT PUBLIC PARTICIPATION. SO THE POLICY IS INTENDED TO PROMOTE INFORMED PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT WHILE ESTABLISHING CLEAR EXPECTATIONS FOR RESPECTFUL AND PRODUCTIVE ONLINE DISCUSSIONS. OFFICIAL OFFICIAL PUBLIC COMMENTS ON AGENDA ITEMS CONTINUE TO BE ACCEPTED DURING PUBLIC MEETINGS AND THROUGH THE CHANNELS IDENTIFIED AND POSTED AGENDAS.

COMMON RESTRICTIONS ON CERTAIN MEETING RELATED POSTS HELP SUPPORT BROWN ACT COMPLIANCE AND REDUCE CONFUSION REGARDING WHERE OFFICIAL PUBLIC COMMENTS ARE RECEIVED. THE POLICY PROMOTES TRANSPARENCY BY DIRECTING RESIDENTS TO THE CITY'S OFFICIAL MEETING NOTICES, AGENDAS, AND PUBLIC PARTICIPATION OPPORTUNITIES. AND WITH THIS, I DID WANT TO STATE THAT ONCE THE AGENDA WAS POSTED, WE DID SEE ONLINE THAT RESIDENTS DID NOT AGREE WITH THE DISABLING COMMENTS ON THE AGENDA POST, BUT THAT RECOMMENDATION WAS MADE JUST DUE TO SOME CONFUSION ABOUT WHERE THEY CAN PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENT AND JUST SOME MISINFORMATION THAT WAS BEING SEEN IN THE COMMENTS AS WELL, AND WE WANTED TO JUST STEER THEM IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION AS TO WHERE THEY CAN PROVIDE THE PUBLIC COMMENTS. AND IN THE CAPTION, WE DO INDICATE WHERE THOSE OFFICIAL LOCATIONS ARE AND WHERE THEY CAN RECEIVE AND VIEW THE FULL AGENDA THAT WAS POSTED. SO NEXT STEPS WOULD BE TO OBTAIN CITY COUNCIL FEEDBACK

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WHEN THOSE IN POWER SUPPRESS DISSENT OR RESTRICT PUBLIC DISCOURSE, THEY DISMANTLE THE CORE MECHANISM OF AN OPEN DEMOCRACY. SILENCING THE PUBLIC, PREVENTS ACCOUNTABILITY, ERODES CIVIL LIBERTIES, AND CREATES A CLIMATE OF FEAR. MEETING AFTER MEETING, WE HEAR THE COMMUNITY ASKING FOR TRANSPARENCY AND VOICING THEIR MISTRUST OF THE COUNCIL AND OTHER CITY EMPLOYEES. WE HEAR COUNCIL MEMBERS BEGGING US TO HOLD THEM ACCOUNTABLE AND ATTEMPTING TO EARN THE COMMUNITY'S TRUST BACK. AND THEN WE GET PRESENTED WITH SOMETHING LIKE THIS. IT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS WHERE YOUR ACTIONS SPEAK LOUDER THAN YOUR WORDS. CHERRY PICKING WHEN YOU WANT AND DON'T WANT COMMUNITY FEEDBACK IS INSANE. IN SECTION 7.2 COMMENT RESTRICTION ON MEETING POSTS, IT STATES THAT THE CITY CAN RESTRICT THE COMMUNITY FROM COMMENTING ON CITY COUNCIL AGENDAS, PUBLIC HEARING NOTICES, MEETING CANCELLATIONS, COMMISSION AND COMMUNITY COMMITTEE AGENDAS, AND LEGISLATIVE MEETING ANNOUNCEMENTS. THOSE ARE ARGUABLY THE MOST VALUABLE POSTS FOR US TO INTERACT WITH, TO SHARE IDEAS UNDER AND BRING AGENDA ITEMS TO THE COMMUNITY'S ATTENTION. AND JUST BECAUSE RECENTLY IT'S ALL BEEN A LOT OF NEGATIVE FEEDBACK, DOESN'T MEAN THAT IT'S ALWAYS GOING TO BE NEGATIVE FEEDBACK. SO BY PUTTING THIS IN NOW YOU ARE STIFLING AND SHUTTING THE DOOR TO POTENTIAL POSITIVE FEEDBACK.

IN THE FUTURE, IF THE CITY WANTS A PLACE TO POST THINGS AND RECEIVE NO FEEDBACK, I SUGGEST THEY UPDATE THEIR WEBSITE AND POST THINGS. THEY'RE APPROVING THESE GUIDELINES AS THEY ARE WRITTEN AS A SLIPPERY SLOPE INTO GOVERNMENT OVERREACH AND SILENCING THE PUBLIC. AND DARE I SAY THAT IS IS IN DANGER IS DANGEROUS. I URGE THE COUNCIL TO SEND THIS BACK TO STAFF AND REMOVE ANY ATTEMPTS TO SILENCE THE COMMUNITY. I KNOW I MIGHT SOUND LIKE I'M MAKING A MOUNTAIN OUT OF A MOLEHILL MOLE HERE. HERE I'M OVERREACTING.

IT'S JUST SOCIAL MEDIA. BUT AS WE'VE SEEN WHAT'S HAPPENING IN OUR COUNTRY, WE'VE SEEN HOW SMALL INJUSTICES IN GOVERNMENT NORMALIZE THE SUPPRESSION OF THE COMMUNITY IT'S SUPPOSED TO REPRESENT. AND I WOULD HATE FOR THAT TO SNOWBALL INTO SOMETHING LARGER HERE IN OUR CITY. PLEASE UNDERSTAND THAT APPROVING THE GUIDELINES AS THEY ARE WRITTEN WILL SEND A MESSAGE TO OUR COMMUNITY THAT YOU DON'T WANT OUR FEEDBACK. OUR INPUT ISN'T VALUED AND OUR VOICES DON'T MATTER TO YOU. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. NEXT IS ASHBY. ASHBY, BORN AND RAISED COACHELLA. SO I HEAR THAT YOU KNOW, THIS POLICY AND SOCIAL MEDIA IS A SUPPLEMENTAL COMMUNICATION TOOL. IT'S TO PROMOTE INFORMED ENGAGEMENT. SO WHY IS THERE A POLICY THAT WOULD CREATE PUBLIC SILENCING WITHIN THAT? HOW DOES IT SUPPORT BROWN ACT COMPLIANCE? LIKE, I WANT A SPECIFIC ANSWER TO THAT BECAUSE THAT DOES NOT MAKE ANY SENSE. AND I ALSO HEAR THAT THIS RECOMMENDATION, I BELIEVE SECTION 7.2, WAS BECAUSE THERE WAS CONFUSION WITHIN COMMENTS ON WHERE THEY COULD PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENT. WE'LL INCLUDE THOSE DETAILS IN THE POSTS, RESPOND TO COMMENTS, ENGAGE WITH RESIDENTS, DON'T CENSOR THEM. THANK YOU. NEXT IS LORETTA PEREZ. OKAY TO ECHO ASH AND JOANNE BEFORE ME, I DO. FIRST OFF, IT IS, I KNOW RUNNING FOR AN OFFICE. I'M.

WHEN I BECOME A PUBLIC FIGURE, I CAN. IF I'M UTILIZING MY SOCIAL MEDIA TO PROMOTE MY CAMPAIGN AND WHAT I'M ACTUALLY DOING, I LEGALLY CANNOT BLOCK SILENCE UNLESS IT'S SPAM.

ANYBODY. IT'S AGAINST THE LAW. SO I REALLY DO HOPE YOU GUYS DO YOUR HOMEWORK ON HOW ILLEGAL IT IS TO PICK AND CHOOSE, BECAUSE YOU'RE ALREADY BREAKING THE LAW BY PICKING AND CHOOSING WHICH ONES ARE ALLOWED TO HAVE COMMENTS AND WHICH ONES ARE NOT ALLOWED TO HAVE COMMENTS. IT IS 100% AGAINST THE LAW, AND I ALSO WANT TO ECHO WHAT ASH SAID ABOUT OH MY GOD, I LOST MY TRAIN OF THOUGHT. NOT JUST THE SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS, BUT OH YES. SO WHAT SHE SAID ABOUT MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE ABLE TO, TO ACTUALLY SPEAK WITH THE PUBLIC ABOUT HOW TO GET TO THE

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BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE NEED TO TAKE THAT AS CRITICISM THAT WE CAN CONSTRUCT ON AND MAKE SURE THAT WE IMPROVE, ESPECIALLY FOR EVERYONE THAT WORKS FOR THE CITY, BECAUSE YOU'RE TECHNICALLY WORKING FOR YOUR WHOLE COMMUNITY. MOST OF YOU GUYS LIVE HERE. MOST OF YOU GUYS ALSO WANT THE BEST FOR THE CITY. SO I WOULD SAY, YES, OPEN IT UP TO THE COMMUNITY. WE NEED TO MAKE SOME CHANGES ON THOSE POLICIES. AND I'M GOING TO SAY IT AGAIN, JUST LIKE I TOLD COUNCIL MEMBER DENISE WHEN I SPOKE TO HER AND THE SOCIAL MEDIA MANAGER THAT I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS ADDRESSED. I DID GIVE AS AN EXAMPLE OTHER CITIES THAT LEAVE THEIR COMMENTS OPEN, EVEN THOUGH THERE IS, YOU KNOW, SOME VIOLATION OF DECORUM, YOU COULD SAY STILL THOSE COMMENTS ARE LEFT ON THERE. THOSE COMMENTS ARE VISIBLE TO ANYBODY IN THE COMMUNITY, THEIR VOICES RAISED OUT. EVERYBODY CAN SEE IT. IT'S ACCESSIBLE. I KNOW AND I UNDERSTAND THAT THE AGENDAS ARE NOT EVERYWHERE ELSE FOR THE REST OF THE CITIES, BUT THAT DOESN'T MATTER. THAT SHOULDN'T STOP US FROM BEING BETTER THAN OTHER CITIES. WE CAN SET THE STANDARD AND WE CAN DO BETTER. AND I THINK THAT HAVING THIS CONVERSATION AND HEARING EVERYBODY ELSE, I SEE THAT WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE. AND I WOULD LIKE FOR YOU GUYS TO TAKE THIS BACK TO THE TABLE, WORK ON IT AGAIN, AND TAKE IN CONSIDERATION EVERYTHING THAT WE SAID TODAY. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE ON ZOOM? NO OTHER HANDS RAISED. JESSICA. SO I THINK THAT MOST OF THEIR CONCERNS IS WHEN IT COMES TO 7.2 COMMENT RESTRICTIONS THAT WHAT YOU GUYS ARE REFERRING TO. SO. SO EXPLAIN TO US AGAIN AND THEN AND THEN WE CAN GIVE FURTHER INSTRUCTION DIRECTIONS. WHEN IT CAME TO THE THESE PARTICULAR ONES, WHAT WAS THE DECISIONS BEHIND IT, THE REASONS FOR IT? SO AS MENTIONED WITH CARLOS COMMENT, IS THAT SOMETHING THAT OUR CITY DOES DIFFERENTLY THAN

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SO THAT WAS THE REASON SOME MISINFORMATION TO IN THE COMMENTS OF WAS THAT SOME SOMETIMES LIKE WE WOULD GET COMMENTS SAYING THAT WE WERE VIOLATING PR LIKE PR BECAUSE THE PHOTO WOULD GET CUT OFF WITH AGENDA ITEMS. AND THEN THERE WAS OTHER COMMENTS TOO, ABOUT AGENDA ITEMS THAT. THERE WAS GOING TO BE LIKE A TOPIC ON THE AGENDA THAT WASN'T ON THE AGENDA, BUT ALSO LIKE, WE CAN'T COMMENT TO THAT BECAUSE TECHNICALLY THEY COULD PROVIDE GENERAL COMMENT ABOUT THAT ITEM. SO WE DON'T WANT TO SAY THAT YOU CAN'T COME IN, DISCUSS THAT.

SO THERE WAS JUST MULTIPLE REASONS. BUT I WOULD SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, AS FAR AS PUBLIC COMMENTS ON THE ACTUAL AGENDA AGENDAS THEMSELVES, I DON'T THINK THAT'S THE ISSUE IN AND OF ITSELF. ONE IS THE QUORUM ISSUE. IF THREE OF YOU DISCUSS THE SAME ISSUE ON A THREAD, IT BECOMES A BROWN ACT VIOLATION. THE OTHER IS THAT. YOU KNOW, THE PUBLIC COMMENTS ARE FINE, BUT THEY WOULD NEED TO BE CLEARLY STATED THAT THEY ARE NOT PUBLIC RECORDS OR NOT PUBLIC COMMENTS. ACCORDING TO CITY STRUCTURED PUBLIC COMMENT METHODS, IT COULD BE USED TO FACILITATE DISCUSSIONS. BUT I YOU KNOW, WE CAN'T DIRECT YOU, BUT WE WOULD RECOMMEND THAT COUNCIL NOT PARTICIPATE IN THE EVENT THAT A QUORUM DID OCCUR IN THOSE THREADS BECAUSE THEY'RE AGENDIZED ITEMS. CORRECT. MAKES SENSE. AND THEN IS THAT ABOUT RIGHT? RIGHT.

YEAH. THAT'S RIGHT. I MEAN, A BROWN ACT VIOLATION WOULD OCCUR IF ALL OF YOU ARE COMMENTING OR LIKING ONE ANOTHER'S POST. I THINK TO THE POINT OF WHETHER OR NOT IT'S LEGAL. CERTAINLY IT'S A CONTENT NEUTRAL RESTRICTION THAT IS ALLOWED IF THE CITY WANTS TO IMPOSE IT TO AVOID CONFUSION, BUT IT'S CERTAINLY NOT A REQUIREMENT. AS MENTIONED, THIS GOES ABOVE AND BEYOND THE REQUIREMENTS OF POSTING THE AGENDA. RIGHT. SO SO HERE IN I THINK THIS IS TO WHAT FOLKS HERE HAVE TO SAY IS THAT AND I GET IT, WE'RE GOING, YOU KNOW, ABOVE AND BEYOND WHAT OTHER CITIES ARE DOING BY POSTING THE AGENDAS MAKES SENSE. BUT I THINK THAT ONCE WE ENTER THAT WHERE WE'RE POSTING IT, THEN IT'S HARD TO MAKE THE CASE. WELL, BECAUSE WE'RE POSTING IT AND OTHER CITIES ARE NOT POSTING IT. THEREFORE, WE GOT TO TURN OFF COMMENTS. AND THAT'S IT'S, THAT'S, YOU KNOW, IT'S SAYING, HEY, YOU KNOW, OKAY, WE'RE GONNA, WE DO MORE, BUT THEN, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GOING TO TURN OFF COMMENTS AND THAT'S UNDERSTANDABLE THAT THEY'RE GOING TO FEEL THAT WAY. AND SO WITH THAT, I'M, I'M OPEN TO CHANGING THIS TO ALLOW COMMENTS.

BUT THEN, THEN WE CAN JUST THEN ENSURE TO THE COUNCIL MEMBERS AND THEN ALSO WHATEVER NEEDS TO BE LEGALLY PUT THERE, THAT OBVIOUSLY THERE CAN'T BE ANY COUNCIL ENGAGEMENT. AND THEN ANYTHING ELSE THAT NEEDS TO BE, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S DIFFICULT, RIGHT? BECAUSE THEY'RE SEEING THESE, SEEING THE POSTS AND THEY'RE SEEING AGENDA ITEMS AND THEY'RE ITEMS THAT THEY'RE STRONGLY AGAINST, SOME THAT THEY'RE IN SUPPORT OF. AND, AND SO NOT BEING ABLE TO BE TO COMMENT OR FEEL THAT THEY'RE RESTRICTED FROM BEING ABLE TO DO SO. THEN ON THEIR END, THEY FEEL THAT IT'S, IT'S INTENTIONALLY DONE TO SILENCE THEM OR TO NOT BE OPEN AND TRANSPARENT. AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT IT COMES DOWN TO. I ALSO THINK THAT THE, THE INTENT BEHIND IT IS TO DIRECT PEOPLE TO THE RECOGNIZED PUBLIC COMMENT CHANNELS. IF THERE'S NOT AN ABILITY FOR THAT TO BE RECOGNIZED AS AN OFFICIAL PUBLIC COMMENT, THEN IT IT IS BEST IF WE RECOMMEND THAT THEY GO TO THE OFFICIAL PUBLIC COMMENT SO THAT IT IS SEEN AND READ AND ENSURED THAT ALL OF YOU ARE RECEIVING IT. YEAH, AND WE CAN PUT THAT IN THERE TOO, RIGHT. THAT'S THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THE CITY. SORRY, SORRY TO INTERRUPT. THAT INFORMATION IS CURRENTLY IN OUR CAPTIONS NOW. SO THE, THE, THE, THE CAPTION INDICATES WHERE YOU CAN GIVE THE PUBLIC COMMENT, WHERE YOU CAN. JUST FOR THE RECORD, NO ONE ELSE CAN HEAR YOU. BUT YEAH, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE MAINTAIN THE ORDER OF OUR AGENDA SINCE SHE ALREADY HAS SPOKEN. YEAH. SO WE'LL CONTINUE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS REAL QUICK. SO COUNCILMEMBER, WE ALREADY PUT DO YOU PUT ON THE CAPTIONS ALREADY WHERE THEY CAN MAKE PUBLIC COMMENT AND WHERE

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JUST LIKE, HEY, FYI, IF YOU WANT TO MAKE PUBLIC COMMENT, SUBMIT HERE, YOU CAN DO IT, YOU KNOW, VIA ZOOM EMAIL OR WHATEVER OTHER PLATFORM WE HAVE. BUT I DO AGREE, AND I DON'T THINK ANY ONE OF US HAVE EVER REALLY GONE ON THE COMMENTS AND STARTED COMMENTING TOGETHER. I DOUBT WE'VE EVER DONE THAT. I'VE BEEN HERE FOR YEARS, AND I DON'T THINK I'VE EVER STARTED COMMENTING BACK TO ANY OF MY COLLEAGUES, SO I DON'T THINK WE'LL HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THAT ONE FOR SURE. SO YEAH, JUST TO PROVIDE CLARITY, THAT'S JUST SOMETHING THAT OTHER CITIES ALSO HAVE IN THEIR SOCIAL MEDIA POLICIES. I RECALL, I RECALL HEARING THAT, SO JUST NOBODY COMMENT, BUT I THINK IT'S NOT JUST ON ON THAT. IT'S ALSO IN THEIR, IN THEIR SOCIAL MEDIA PAGES THAT THEY THEN CAN'T CONNECT TO THAT COMMON AND RESPONSE. SO IT DOESN'T ALL HAVE TO BE UNDER THAT THREAD. IT CAN BE A RESPONSE TO ANY OF US. AND THEN IT'S JUST THAT'S WHAT IT IS. BUT AS LONG AS WE'RE AWARE OF IT, YOU KNOW, THAT'S, THAT SHOULD BE SUFFICIENT. SO, SO, SO JUST TO CLARIFY ON LIKE, SO IF I POST A PICTURE OF A CAT AND THEN I'M GOING TO BE, I POST THINGS ON MY INSTAGRAM ABOUT CATS ALL THE TIME. SORRY, I LIKE CATS. BUT THEN COUNCIL MEMBER MAKES A COMMENT AND THEN COUNCILWOMAN MARTINEZ MAKES A COMMENT ON MY CAT. IS IT BECAUSE IT'S AS LONG AS IT'S NOT ABOUT CITY BUSINESS, RIGHT? THE COMMENT RIGHT, THE THREAD, UNLESS IT'S AGENDA AND AGENDA, UNLESS WE'RE DISCUSSING CATS THAT DAY. THAT'S TRUE. I GUESS IF IT'S A IF IT, IF CATS IS ON THE AGENDA OR IF IT'S SO LIKE IF I INTERACT WITH A SOCIAL MEDIA PAGE AND THEY DO, BUT IT'S NOT ABOUT ANYTHING THAT'S ON THE AGENDA. THERE'S TECHNICALLY NO BROWN ACT VIOLATION THERE UNLESS IT WERE TO SUBSEQUENTLY BECOME AN AGENDA ITEM. YOUR SOCIAL MEDIA ACTIVITY WOULD HAVE TO RELATE TO CITY BUSINESS. THAT'S WHY I CLARIFY THAT WE DON'T. YEAH, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE BECAUSE I'M LIKE, IF I LIKE MAKE A COMMENT, I MEAN, WE DON'T TALK TO EACH OTHER, BUT LIKE THE THING IS LIKE, DON'T COMMENT ON THERE. BUT I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY LIKE, LIKE WE DON'T COMMENT ON THE CITY ONE LEAVE THE COMMENTS ON AND PEOPLE JUST USE THEM. IS THERE, HAVE YOU THOUGHT ABOUT DOING A LINKTREE LIKE A BITLY ON TOP? I SEE, YOU KNOW, LIKE THERE'S A LOT OF SOCIAL MEDIA FOLKS ONLINE THAT USE THAT. THAT'S HOW I GET A LOT OF MY LINKS ON LIKE SOME OF THE COOL, LIKE ONLINE ONES TO LIKE BE ABLE TO CLICK ON THERE AND SENDS ME TO LIKE THE LATEST LIKE AGENDA OR LIKE THE LATEST FUTURO MEDIA KIND OF UPDATE. SO I DON'T KNOW. I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH WORK THAT IS ON YOU.

THAT'S ALSO I GOT TO ASK LIKE HOW MUCH OF THAT? BUT LIKE, IF IT'S ONLY UPDATING IT WHEN AGENDAS HAPPEN AND NOT EVEN LIKE THE SPECIFIC AGENDA, YOU CAN FIND AGENDA PACKETS HERE.

IT'S LIKE GENERIC ONE WHERE IT SENDS THEM TO THE AGENDA PACKET LINK. SO WE DO HAVE A LINK TREE AVAILABLE ON THE INSTAGRAM ACCOUNT. AND THAT ONE HAS THE AGENDA AND MINUTES MAYBE JUST IN THE BODY PARAGRAPH, SAY PLEASE VISIT THE LINK TREE ON IN OUR IN OUR BIO. YEAH.

THERE'S ONLY SO MUCH INFORMATION WE CAN INCLUDE IN THE CAPTION BECAUSE EVEN AS IT IS LIKE WITH THE INFORMATION THAT'S CURRENTLY IN THE CAPTION, THERE'S A CAPACITY FOR INSTAGRAM SPECIFICALLY WHERE WE CAN'T OR WE CAN'T GO OVER THAT CHARACTER COUNT. THAT'S A GOOD IDEA. THANK YOU. OKAY. AND IS THE THE ADVISEMENT ALSO IN SPANISH, LIKE ON INSTAGRAM, OR IS IT JUST ENGLISH WHERE THEY CAN CLICK ON THE LINK? SORRY, CAN YOU REPEAT YOUR QUESTION SO YOU KNOW HOW YOU HAVE YOU SAID THE LINKTREE AND ALL THAT. DO WE ALSO HAVE IT ADVERTISED IN SPANISH? SO THE AGENDA AND MINUTES ARE AVAILABLE AND I THINK IT'S ONLY IT'S THROUGH THE UNICODE. SO UNICODE DOESN'T AUTOMATICALLY POPULATE THE SPANISH AGENDAS. SO WE WOULD

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SO I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO ACCEPT IT. AND THEN FOR 7.2 TO ALLOW COMMENTS TO BE TURNED ON. I'LL GO AHEAD AND SECOND. OKAY. IS THIS A THIS DIRECTION RIGHT. OH YES. YEAH. THERE'S NO MOTION.

YES. BUT I THINK THEY HEARD US. I THINK THEY GOT THEY. YEAH. GOOD. ALL RIGHT. JESSICA, YOU GOT IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. OKAY. WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER 15. PUBLIC HEARING AND REPORTING ON VACANCIES, RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION EFFORTS. THIS IS A NEW PROCESS. IS THIS YOURS, YOLANDA? I DON'T THINK I'M TAKING THIS. OH, YOU'RE TAKING THIS ONE. OKAY. IT DOES SAY PUBLIC HEARING. IT'S NOT REQUIRED TO BE A PUBLIC HEARING AS WE. FOR THE OTHER ONES, IT'S FINE TO HAVE IT HERE. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SO ACCORDING TO CALIFORNIA STATE ASSEMBLY BILL 2561, THAT WAS APPROVED IN SEPTEMBER OF 2024.

THIS LAW REQUIRES PUBLIC AGENCIES TO PRESENT THE STATUS OF THEIR VACANCIES IN A PUBLIC MEETING BEFORE THE GOVERNING BODY, AT LEAST ONCE PER FISCAL YEAR. MUST BE MADE PRIOR TO THE ADOPTION OF THE FINAL BUDGET FOR THE FISCAL YEAR, AND PROVIDES THAT IF VACANCY RATES IN ANY RECOGNIZED EMPLOYEE BARGAINING UNITS EXCEED 20% OF POSITIONS, AGENCIES MUST PROVIDE FURTHER SPECIFIED INFORMATION IF REQUESTED BY THE BARGAINING UNIT. THE BILL ALSO REQUIRES AGENCIES TO PROVIDE AN OPPORTUNITY TO BARGAINING UNITS AND TO THE PUBLIC TO PRESENT THEIR PERSPECTIVES. POSITION VACANCIES MAY OCCUR FOR VARIOUS REASONS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, INCLUDING INTERNAL PROMOTION OR TRANSFER OF A STAFF MEMBER, RETIREMENTS, RESIGNATIONS, TERMINATIONS OR DUE TO APPROVAL OF A NEW POSITION WHEN VACANCIES OCCUR. THE CITY DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES WORKS WITH THE AFFECTED DEPARTMENT TO FILL POSITIONS AND MAINTAIN OPERATIONS TO ENSURE CONTINUED, QUALITY, EFFICIENT SERVICES TO THE COMMUNITY AND REDUCE THE NEED FOR OVERTIME. AT THIS PRESENT TIME, THE CITY HAS ONLY TWO VACANCIES IN THE MISCELLANEOUS AND SANITARY BARGAINING UNIT, ONE FOR PUBLIC WORKS PARK MAINTENANCE WORKER AND ONE FOR PUBLIC WORKS STREET MAINTENANCE WORKER. THE CITY HAS 89 STAFF, SO WE ARE NOT ABOVE THE 20% THRESHOLD. THE CITY EMPLOYS VARIOUS RECRUITMENT STRATEGIES, INCLUDING POSTING VACANCIES ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE AND RECRUITMENT PORTAL, AS WELL AS INDUSTRY SPECIFIC JOB BOARDS REACHING OUT TO KNOWN POTENTIAL CANDIDATES IN THE AREA AND ADVERTISING OPEN POSITIONS ON THE CITY'S SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS AND GOVERNMENT JOBS WEBSITES. IN 2025, THE CITY RECRUITED FOR 15 POSITIONS. THE CITY ALSO EMPLOYS VARIOUS STRATEGIES FOR RETAINING EXISTING STAFF, INCLUDING MAINTAINING COMPETITIVE COMPENSATION, INVESTING IN STAFF TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT, AND COUNSELING STAFF ON PROMOTIONAL AVENUES AVAILABLE AT THE CITY, AND REGULAR ENGAGEMENT WITH AND RECOGNITION OF STAFF. THE CITY PRIORITIZES MAKING STAFF FEEL APPRECIATED, SUPPORTED AND VALUED IN THE ORGANIZATION. THE RETENTION RATE FOR 2025 WAS APPROXIMATELY 87%. ANY QUESTIONS OR IS THAT A NORMAL PERCENTAGE OF THE RETENTION? YES A LOT. IF A CITY IS HAVING TROUBLE, THEY'RE PROBABLY GOING TO BE BELOW 7575. OKAY. PRETTY GOOD. WE DO NOT HAVE ANY PUBLIC FORUMS FOR THIS ITEM. IS THERE ANYONE THAT WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL? SEEING NONE, IS THERE ANYONE ON ZOOM? IF ANYONE ON ZOOM WOULD LIKE TO COMMENT, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. NO HANDS RAISED. AND THAT'S JUST TO RECEIVE AND FILE. OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THERE'S NO QUESTIONS. WE'LL CONTINUE ON TO THE NEXT ITEM. REVIEW OF CITY MANAGER. PURCHASING AUTHORITY.

PROPOSED ORDINANCE AMENDMENT. SO BEFORE BEFORE YOU BEGIN LINCOLN, WHERE IS IT THAT YOU GOT DIRECTION TO RAISE IT TO 5000. THAT RECOMMENDATION CAME OUT OF RESEARCH FROM WHAT IS IN THE AREA AND SURROUNDING JURISDICTIONS. SO OKAY, SO THAT THAT WASN'T THE THAT'S NOT THE DIRECTION WE GAVE. THAT WASN'T THE DIRECTION THAT WAS GIVEN. THIS IS JUST AN INFORMATIVE ITEM THAT CAN BE BROUGHT BACK BASED ON COUNCIL DIRECTION. SO WE WE. AND THEN JUST TO MAKE IT

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COMPLY WITH COMPETITIVE BIDDING RULES, BE REVIEWED BY THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT AND ARE SUBJECT TO ANNUAL AUDIT. ALL PURCHASES ALSO COME TO EVERY MEETING AS AN AGENDA ITEM, AND COUNCIL SEES THEM ON CONSENT AT EVERY MEETING. ACCOUNTABILITY DOES NOT REQUIRE LOW LIMITS.

CITIES WITH LIMITS OF 75,000 TO 150,000 CAN MAINTAIN STRONG FISCAL OVERSIGHT.

ACCOUNTABILITY COMES FROM PROCUREMENT POLICIES, TRANSPARENCY AND AUDITS, NOT FROM THE DOLLAR THRESHOLD ALONE. STAFF PROVIDES STAFF REPORTS. PROVIDE TRANSPARENCY. THE CITY MANAGER PROVIDES REGULAR PURCHASING REPORTS TO COUNCIL, ENSURING VISIBILITY INTO SPENDING PATTERNS WITHOUT REQUIRING ITEM BY ITEM APPROVAL. WE HAVE TWO OPTIONS. STAFF RECOMMENDED IS TO INCREASE TO 5000, WHICH ALIGNS WITH THE MAJORITY OF COACHELLA VALLEY CITIES RANCHO MIRAGE, DESERT HOT SPRINGS CATHEDRAL AND CITY AND INDIO, ALL AT 50, CONSISTENT WITH NEARBY INLAND EMPIRE AND CALIFORNIA CITIES OF SIMILAR POPULATION, WHERE 50,000 TO 75 000 IS THE NORM, PARTIALLY RESTORES PURCHASING POWER ERODED BY INFLATION.

SINCE THE LIMIT WAS ESTABLISHED AND REDUCES ROUTINE AGENDA ITEMS, FREEING COUNCIL TIME FOR POLICY AND STRATEGIC DECISIONS. ALL FISCAL CONTROLS REMAIN INTACT. BUDGET REQUIREMENT, COMPETITIVE BIDDING, FINANCE REVIEW AND ANNUAL AUDIT. OPTION B IS TO LEAVE IT AT THE 25,000, WHICH RETAINS THE EXISTING COUNCIL OVERSIGHT THRESHOLD WITH NO CHANGE TO THE MUNICIPAL CODE. RESPONSE TO EXPRESSED COUNCIL MEMBER CONCERN ABOUT EXECUTIVE SPENDING. AUTHORITY PROVIDES THE TIGHTEST CONTROL STRUCTURE, ENSURING COUNCIL REVIEWS ALL PURCHASES ABOVE 25000. COACHELLA WOULD REMAIN TIED WITH LA QUINTA AS THE LOWEST LIMIT IN THE COACHELLA VALLEY DOES NOT ADDRESS INFLATION, EROSION, OPERATIONAL BURDEN OF FREQUENT AGENDA ITEMS CONTINUES. WITH THAT SAID, THIS IS JUST A INFORMATIONAL ITEM FOR DIRECTION. IF COUNCIL WISHES TO GO FORWARD WITH LOWERING THE LIMIT OR KEEPING IT AT OPTION B, OR GOING WITH AN INCREASE LIMIT. IN 2021. AND I KNOW WE KEEP GOING BACK TO THAT. THERE WAS A PROCUREMENT THAT EXISTED AT THAT TIME, YOU KNOW, AND I SAID IT BEFORE, AND I'LL SAY IT AGAIN, IT DIDN'T EXIST. THERE WAS ONLY ONE PART OF IT AND IT KEPT, YOU KNOW, DIRECTING YOU TO PROCUREMENT, PURCHASING CONTRACT. AND IT WASN'T THERE. IT DIDN'T EXIST. AND SO IN 2021, BBQ HELPED US PUT THIS PROCUREMENT PURCHASING AGREEMENT TOGETHER. AND IT, IT WAS A PRETTY LENGTHY PROCESS. I REMEMBER IT WENT LIKE IT WAS LIKE SEVEN, EIGHT MONTHS. AND THAT'S BECAUSE THEY MADE SURE TO GET WITH EVERY EXECUTIVE TEAM MEMBER FOR THE SAME REASONS THAT YOU'RE SAYING NOW, BECAUSE WE DIDN'T WANT TO SLOW DOWN ANY TYPES OF PROGRAMS OR PRACTICES OR THINGS THAT THEY HAVE TO OBVIOUSLY COMPLETE. MY PROBLEM AT THAT TIME WAS OKAY TO MAKE SURE MY CONCERN WAS THE CONTRACTS. IT WAS A CONTRACTS LIKE WHO GETS WHAT CONTRACTS IS THERE, RFPS GOING OUT, WHO'S DOING THE PROPOSALS, WHO'S PUTTING IN FOR THESE BIDS? BECAUSE I SEEN THE SAME PEOPLE OVER AND OVER AND OVER GETTING THE SAME CONTRACTS. AND SO THEN WE PUT THIS IN PLACE AND THEN THE 25000, WE WE DECIDED UPON THE 25,000 FOR THE SAME REASONS THAT YOU'RE SHARING NOW, WAS THAT SOME CITIES HAVE OBVIOUSLY MUCH HIGHER. AND THEN THERE WERE SOME CITIES AT THAT TIME THAT DID HAVE 15000. AND THEN LATER I COME TO FIND OUT THAT THE FOLKS WHO, WHO HAD BEEN GETTING CONTRACTS BEFORE WERE STILL GETTING CONTRACTS. AND THEN SO I THOUGHT, WELL, WELL, HOW IS THAT HAPPENING? I THOUGHT THAT WE PUT THIS PROCUREMENT PROCESS IN SO THAT NOW I CAN GO THROUGH AN RFP PROCESS EVERY TIME THAT, YOU KNOW, WE NEED SOME TYPE OF SERVICE. WELL, THEN I COME TO FIND OUT THAT SOME OF THOSE FOLKS WERE JUST ON CALL, WHICH MEANT THAT THEY DIDN'T HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE RFP PROCESS. THEY WERE ON CALL. AND, AND THEN IT BASICALLY WE PUT THIS TOGETHER AND THERE WAS LIKE THAT LOOPHOLE, YOU KNOW, WHICH MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT ON CALL SERVICES DO GO THROUGH A REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS PROCESS. YOU CAN HAVE MULTIPLE FIRMS ON CALL FOR THE SAME THING, BUT ONCE THEY HAVE BEEN APPROVED AS AN ON CALL PROVIDER, THEY CAN THE SERVICES CAN OCCUR. AND THEN AND THEN SO IT DOES IT.

SO FOR EXAMPLE, WE HAVE PERSON A WHO IS ON CALL, DOES AN RFP, COMES IN AT 24,000, AND THEN

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DO THEY NOW HAVE TO COME BEFORE COUNCIL BECAUSE YOU'RE AT NOW 40,000, 45,000. THAT IS SOMETHING THAT COUNCIL COULD CONSIDER CHANGING IN THE PROCUREMENT POLICY, THAT IF THE CHARGES OVER THE COURSE OF A YEAR ARE EXPECTED TO BE OVER 25, THAT THAT BE BROUGHT AS AN APPROVAL. SO THAT REPETITIVE CONTRACTS SHOW UP ON THE COUNCIL AUTHORITY. AND IT WOULD THAT WOULD THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE A COMPROMISE THAT MIGHT NOT INCREASE THE NUMBER OF STAFF REPORTS SIGNIFICANTLY, BUT MAY INCREASE WITH TRANSPARENCY AND VISIBILITY. AND I SAY THIS BECAUSE IT WAS ABUSED. IT WAS. BUT I DIDN'T COME TO FIND OUT TO THE TO THE DEPTH THAT IT WAS UNTIL AFTER UNTIL AFTER THAT ADMINISTRATOR WASN'T HERE ANYMORE. THAT IS WHEN I LEARNED HOW THE DEPTH OF IT. AND THEN I STARTED SEEING THE CONTRACTS.

24,000 524,900. YEAH. AND THESE WERE LIKE TYPE OF SERVICES THAT SHOULD BE COMING TO COUNCIL FOR US TO JUST PROVIDE, YOU KNOW, DIRECTION OR FEEDBACK OR ANY TYPE OF COMMENTS. AND IT WASN'T COMING THROUGH. AND IT'S UNFORTUNATE BECAUSE I AGREE WITH YOU, IS THAT WHEN YOU HAVE SOMEONE WITHIN THAT TYPE OF AUTHORITY, THIS IS GIVEN TO THEM TO KIND OF SPEED UP THE PROCESS, MAKE SURE THAT AS A CITY, WE'RE RUNNING, YOU KNOW, THE OPERATIONS, PROCEDURES, DAILY RESPONSIBILITIES. BUT WHEN YOU HAVE SOMEONE THEN WHO DOESN'T, THEN IT PUTS THE RED LIGHT, IT PUTS IT PUTS A RED FLAG ON ALL OF IT. AND THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED. AND SO EITHER I'M, I DON'T SUPPORT ANYTHING ABOUT 25000. IF WE'RE GOING TO. I PREFER IT TO BE 15,000, TO BE HONEST. AND ANOTHER WAY ABOUT IT TOO, AND I KNOW THAT'S TOUGH FOR SOME OF THE EXECUTIVES, BUT ALSO IS THAT, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT LIKE YOU GUYS CAN APPROVE SOMETHING FOR 14000. ANYTHING THAT GOES UP, THEY JUST HAVE TO COME TO COUNCIL IF YOU WANT TO INCREASE IT. RIGHT. OR THAT OR IT'S JUST THAT ONE, ANY TYPE OF PERSON WHO'S USING ANY TYPE OF SERVICES IN THE CITY OF COACHELLA, ONCE THEY GO OVER 25,000, THEN IT HAS TO COME BACK TO COUNCIL REGARDLESS OF OF WHAT SERVICE IT IS. SO WE GOT SOME FOLKS WHO ARE GETTING CONTRACTS FOR DIFFERENT TYPES OF SERVICES. SO IF IT'S I WANT IT PER COMPANY, PER INDIVIDUAL, NOT PER THE TYPE OF SERVICE. SO ANY INDIVIDUAL OR COMPANY WHO'S GOING ABOVE 25,000, REGARDLESS OF WHAT TYPE OF SERVICE OR BID THEY'RE PUTTING THAT THEY HAVE TO COME BEFORE COUNCIL. I BELIEVE THAT IN THE PURCHASING POLICY, IT SHOULD STATE THAT IT'S FOR ANY CONTRACTED SERVICE.

SO, FOR EXAMPLE, IF I HAVE A SERVICE, SAY AT 25000 A YEAR BY YEAR TWO AT THE LATEST, IT SHOULD BE COMING TO COUNCIL BECAUSE THAT COUNCIL, THAT CONTRACT IS CONTINUING. BUT YEAH, I DO I DO WANT I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S THAT THAT'S IN THERE. I DID COME ACROSS A LOT OF STUFF, A LOT OF STUFF, YOU KNOW, 24,900. AND WHILE IT'S LEGALLY POSSIBLE TO DO IT, IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT IT SHOULD HAVE THAT IT SHOULDN'T HAVE COME BEFORE COUNCIL. AND YEAH, I FOUND THAT IT BOTHERED ME A GREAT DEAL, WHICH IS THE REASON WHY I WANTED TO REDUCE THE 25,000. THAT IS THE ONLY REASON I HAVE ALSO BEEN IN CONVERSATIONS WITH THE PREVIOUS INTERIM CITY MANAGER AND THE PREVIOUS CITY MANAGER ABOUT POTENTIALLY BRINGING ALL PROCUREMENT INTO FINANCE, BECAUSE THEN WE WOULD OWN THE PROCUREMENT POLICY AND THE PROCUREMENT PROCESS CITY WIDE THAT WAY, YOU KNOW, GENERALLY YOU'RE A P PERSON IS THE PERSON THAT PEOPLE ARE LIKE, OH, I GOT TO FOLLOW THE RULES BECAUSE I'M DEALING WITH A P NOW. AND I THINK THAT THAT COULD ALSO BE HELPFUL. IT'S CENTRALIZED. I THINK MANY CITIES DO HAVE THAT IN PLACE. SOME DO, SOME DON'T. OURS IS NOT. CURRENTLY WE CENTRALIZE IN THE PAYMENT PROCESS, BUT NOT IN THE CONTRACT PROCESS. YEAH, I'LL SUPPORT THAT. I'LL SUPPORT IT TOO. I'M NOT IN SUPPORT OF INCREASING COUNCIL. YES, I DO HAVE A COMMENT. YES, I DO UNDERSTAND. I SECOND TO COUNCIL MEMBER DELGADO, YOU KNOW, BUT I DO WANT TO SAY THAT THE PAST IS THE PAST. THIS IS A NEW BEGINNING. AND IF WE ARE NOT GOING TO INCREASE IT, AT LEAST LEAVE IT AT $25,000. SO OUR NEW CITY MANAGER CAN COME IN AND HAVE ALL THE RESOURCES NECESSARY TO OPERATE EFFICIENTLY. COUNCILMAN. I'M GOOD WITH OPTION B TO MAINTAIN IT AT 25 ONLY. JUST AGAIN. I THINK IT WOULD MAKE IT VERY DIFFICULT FOR OUR STAFF TO TRY

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I THINK WE'RE GOOD WITH 25. I THINK IF, IF IF WE'RE GOING TO KEEP IT AT 25 AND I'M FINE WITH THAT, I DO THINK THAT WE WE NEED TO CENTRALIZE IT, I DO THERE ARE MANY CITIES THAT HAVE IT THAT WAY, AND IT WORKS THAT WAY BECAUSE THERE'S KIND OF JUST A SECOND LOOK TO IT SO THAT IT'S NOT JUST STAYING WITHIN EACH DEPARTMENT, IT'S GOING TO THE FINANCE. I PREFER FOR US TO, TO OPERATE THAT WAY. YEAH. AT MY PREVIOUS CITY, WE IMPLEMENTED A CENTRALIZED PURCHASING AND THERE ARE AWARDS YOU CAN GET FOR EXCELLENCE IN PURCHASING, PROCUREMENT. AND WE GOT IT FOR TWO YEARS IN A ROW AFTER WE IMPLEMENTED CENTRALIZED PURCHASING. I WOULD BE INTERESTED IN, YOU KNOW, THAT RECOMMENDATION FROM COUNCILMAN DELGADO TO CENTRALIZE IT. AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT WOULD TAKE TO TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT, BUT I THINK IT WOULD BE A GOOD OPTION FOR US TO, TO CONSIDER AND MOVE FORWARD WITH. OKAY. I THINK WE HAVE A I AGREE WITH EVERYONE'S PERSPECTIVE ON IT. SO. PUBLIC COMMENT, ANY PUBLIC. WE DO HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT. FIRST IS ASHBY. HELLO. I THINK FIRST POINT I WOULD LIKE TO LEARN MORE ON LIKE WHAT IS CENTRALIZED PURCHASING? WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? BUT YEAH, I AGREE WITH WHAT'S BEING SAID. I THINK WHAT'S PROBLEMATIC IS THAT THE PRESENTATION COMPARED PURCHASING LIMITS AMONGST CITIES BASED ON POPULATION SIZE OF EACH CITY, BUT WHAT REALLY SHOULD BE LOOKED AT AND COMPARED IS CITY REVENUES.

AGAIN, THE CITY IS IN A BUDGET DEFICIT. SO I'M SURE, YES, CITIES DO HAVE HIGHER LIMITS, BUT ARE THEY IN A BUDGET DEFICIT? SO SEEING THAT THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS TO INCREASE THE LIMIT TO 5000 REALLY WAS A SLAP IN THE FACE. AND THE PRESENTATION STATES THAT STAFF REPORTS PROVIDE TRANSPARENCY, AND THE CITY MANAGER PROVIDES REGULAR PURCHASING REPORTS TO COUNCIL, ENSURING VISIBILITY ON SPENDING POWERS. THAT'S AN INVALID ARGUMENT BECAUSE THAT'S TRANSPARENCY FOR WHO? MOST PEOPLE DON'T EVEN KNOW HOW TO ACCESS AGENDAS, LET ALONE STAFF REPORTS. AND AGAIN, UNDERSTAND THE LEGAL JARGON WITHIN THOSE REPORTS AND HAVE EVEN THE TIME TO READ THOSE REPORTS, ESPECIALLY WHEN THOSE AGENDAS GET POSTED ONLY A FEW DAYS BEFORE THE MEETING. AND I KNOW THAT'S LEGALLY HOW THE PROCESS IS. BUT AGAIN, LIKE JUST CONSIDERING LIKE, HOW IS THIS INFORMATION ACCESSIBLE? MOREOVER, SUPPOSEDLY WE GOT TO THE ISSUE OF STRONGHOLD POWER, THE AGREEMENT WITH THEM, WHICH PLANNED FOR UP TO 12 DATA CENTERS UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED BECAUSE YOU ALL DIDN'T KNOW. SO EVEN IF IT WAS OUTLINED IN A STAFF REPORT, WAS IT READ? SO WHILE I UNDERSTAND THAT LOWERING THE LIMIT WOULD SLOW CITY PROCEDURES, INCREASING FROM 25 K TO 50 K WOULD BE COMPLETELY CONTRARY TO WHAT COMMUNITY HAS BEEN DEMANDING, WHICH IS TRANSPARENCY, ESPECIALLY ON WHAT TAXPAYER MONEY IS GOING TO. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. NEXT IS JAMES RODRIGUEZ. GOOD EVENING COUNCIL. SO I, I AGREE THAT THIS ASSESSMENT IS BASED OFF OF POPULATION NUMBERS AND OUR LOCAL AREA IN COMPARISON, BUT THAT'S LIKE COMPARING YOUR CHILDREN. YOU KNOW, THERE'S, THERE'S ALWAYS GOING TO BE THE ONE WHO'S GOING TO BE REALLY FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE. AND THERE'S ONE WHO MAYBE ISN'T SO FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE. JUST BECAUSE THEY'RE ALL IN THE SAME HOUSEHOLD DOESN'T MEAN THAT THEY ALL OPERATE UNDER THE SAME STRUCTURE. AND RIGHT NOW, THE. ATENCION E CUIDADO, RIGHT? THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE THAT'S WHAT

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THEY'RE NOT JUST MAKING RANDOM DECISIONS. IF YOU GO INTO THAT COUNCIL MEETING, YOU GET TO HAVE A VOICE. AND IF YOU WANT TO COME IN HERE AND YOU WANT TO BRING YOUR PROPOSAL, WE'LL LISTEN TO IT. IT'S NOT JUST THE COUNCIL, IT'S NOT JUST THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT. AND I THINK THAT THAT $15,000 LIMIT SHOULD BE TALKED ABOUT, IF NOT AT THIS MEETING, DEFINITELY IN THE NEXT. BUT DO NOT TOUCH THAT. DO NOT MAKE IT ANY MORE THAN WHAT IT IS. PUT SOME ATTENTION AND CAUTION. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. NEXT WE HAVE LORETTA PEREZ. OKAY. I DO WANT TO LIKE GIVE AN EXAMPLE OF HAVING THESE BIDS OF PEOPLE WHO ALREADY USE OUR CITY ALL THE TIME. SO COACHELLA VALLEY UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT, OUR BIGGEST ISSUE IS THE FACT THAT DESERT CONCEPTS WINS EVERY SINGLE BID. SO JUST LIKE JAMES SAID, THEY ALREADY KNOW HOW TO WIN. THEY ALREADY KNOW WHAT TO GET, GET INTO, GET HOW TO GET INTO THAT DISTRICT AND INFILTRATE. SO JUST TO GIVE YOU A HEADS UP, WE JUST SPENT 1.6 MILLION WITH DESERT, WITH DESERT CONCEPTS. AND THAT'S BECAUSE WE KNOW WHAT'S ACTUALLY HAPPENING IN THE BACKGROUND. BUT WE KNOW THAT THEY KNOW HOW TO WIN THE BID EVERY SINGLE TIME BECAUSE THEY KNOW WHAT THE COACHELLA VALLEY UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT EXPECTS OF THAT BID. SO WHY WOULD ANYBODY ELSE COME IN AND BID AS WELL? BECAUSE THEY KNOW DESERT CONCEPTS IS ALREADY GOING TO GET IT. SO THAT'S WHERE I UNDERSTAND WHAT DELGADO IS COMING FROM, IS THAT WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE A CAP AT ALL TIMES. FOR EVERY SINGLE PERSON THAT WE PUT OUR OWN MONEY INTO. WE DON'T JUST ALLOW THEM TO COME IN LIKE THE $24,900. THAT'S STRATEGIC. IT'S WE GOT TO OPEN OUR EYES TO THAT. THAT'S VERY STRATEGIC. AND IF WE'RE ALREADY HAVING ISSUES SINCE 2021 WITH 24,900, WE'RE GOING TO START HAVING ISSUES WITH 44,900. IT'S PUTTING US IN A SITUATION THAT COULD HURT US EVEN MORE. AND OTHER CITIES AREN'T IN THE SAME HAVING THE SAME ISSUES WITH THEIR ADMINISTRATION LIKE WE DID. SO WE GOTTA REMEMBER THAT TO $50,000 IS BECAUSE THEY HAVE MORE TRUST IN THEIR ADMINISTRATION, THEIR PRIOR ADMINISTRATION, OR THEIR ADMINISTRATION FROM ANY POINT OF VIEW, AT ANY TIME. THERE WASN'T ISSUES LIKE WE HAVE HERE IN COACHELLA. SO WE HAVE TO CREATE, WE HAVE TO START SOMEWHERE, START LITTLE, GO BACKWARDS. IF YOU GOTTA GO BACKWARDS, IT'S NOT STARTING FRESH. IT'S IT'S TAKING BABY STEPS BACKWARDS IN ORDER TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE FULL TRANSPARENCY GOING FORWARD. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

NEXT WE HAVE JOANNE LLAMAS. HELLO AGAIN COUNCIL JOANNE LLAMAS. I HAD A WHOLE LIKE SCORCHED EARTH SPEECH TO GO OFF OF. BUT YOU GUYS, YOU GUYS SOUND LIKE YOU ARE EQUALLY SHOCKED TO HEAR THAT THIS WAS TRYING TO INCREASE THE LIMIT TO 5000 AS WE WERE. SO I WILL PUT

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IT'S, OH, THE NEW CITY MANAGER GETS A NEW BUDGET. HE JUST CAME FROM BEAUMONT. WHAT'S THEIR BUDGET? OH, I WONDER IF THAT WAS PART OF AGREEMENTS THAT NO ONE GOT TO KNOW ABOUT. OH, THE CITY COUNCIL DIDN'T WANT TO HOLD A SPECIAL ELECTION BECAUSE IT WAS GOING TO BE $75,000. BUT NOW WE'RE WRITING $50,000 BLANK CHECKS. MAYBE THEY WERE JUST WAITING TO DO THAT SO WE COULD GET A REAL ESTATE AGENT WITH QUESTIONABLE POLITICAL TIES. LIKE, DO YOU UNDERSTAND HOW IT JUST WOULD SNOWBALL THE MISINFORMATION THAT YOU ARE ALL TRYING TO COMBAT? SO LIKE, I'M AGREEING WITH COUNCILWOMAN DELGADO, I KNOW YOU'RE PROBABLY SHOCKED TO HEAR ME SAY IT, BUT I THINK WE SHOULD DECREASE IT TO THE 15 AND REALLY SHOW GO ABOVE BOARD, AS JAMES HAS MENTIONED, THAT WE ARE WE'RE LOOKING AT EVERYTHING UNDER A MICROSCOPE. WE'RE SCRUTINIZING EVERY PURCHASE. WE'RE REALLY BEING DILIGENT WITH OUR FUNDING, AND WE'RE REALLY WORKING TO PROTECT THE TAXPAYER DOLLARS, KNOWING WE'RE IN A DEFICIT, KNOWING WE'RE GOING TO HAVE AN UPCOMING LEGAL BATTLE WITH STRONGHOLD POWER, LIKE REALLY BUCKLING DOWN, TIGHTENING THE BELT, GOING ZERO EIGHT RECESSION. WHEN YOU GOT ONE CHRISTMAS PRESENT UNDER THE TREE THAT YEAR, YOU KNOW, AND REALLY FOCUSING ON DOING THE RIGHT THING BY THE CITIZENS. SO I APPRECIATE THIS COMING TO THE COMMUNITY. I AGREE WITH LOWERING THAT CAP, LOOKING AT IT THROUGH A CUMULATIVE LENS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR AND ADDRESSING THAT ANNUALLY. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE THAT WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL ON THIS ITEM? OKAY. STEPHANIE, PLEASE. JOANNE SAID IT BEST. I'M JUST GONNA REPEAT A LOT OF WHAT'S BEEN SAID, BUT JUST SO IT'S ON THE RECORD, YOU SHOULDN'T COMPARE BY CITY SIZE.

YOU SHOULD COMPARE BY CITY REVENUE. YOU ARE IN A BUDGET DEFICIT. THE REPORT IS MISSING SOME NUANCES AND CONTEXT SPECIFIC BACKGROUND. AND THE PRIOR AUTHORITY PREVIOUSLY ABUSING AND MISHANDLING PURCHASING AUTHORITY. I KNOW SOME OF US WOULD LIKE TO MOVE ON, BUT IT'S SOMETHING THAT A LOT OF US HAVEN'T FORGOTTEN ABOUT. THE CITY HAS A LONG ROAD TO REPAIR COMMUNITY TRUST, AND NOW IS NOT THE TIME TO INCREASE THAT PURCHASING AUTHORITY. OH, WE ARE ALSO LIKELY TO CONFRONT SOME ADDITIONAL FINANCIAL CONSEQUENCES AS A RESULT OF THE ILL ADVISED AND FLAWED AGREEMENT WITH STRONGHOLD. SO NOW MORE THAN EVER, THE CITY MUST BE MINDFUL OF OUR SPENDING AND ENSURING THAT YOU ARE BEING TRANSPARENT WITH YOUR CONSTITUENTS ABOUT WHERE THIS MONEY IS GOING. YEAH. SO WE WE NEED TO CONSIDER THE CURRENT BUDGET DEFICIT AND THE FINANCIAL CONSEQUENCES THAT LIE AHEAD. I TOOK OUT A LOT BECAUSE, LIKE JOANNE, I DIDN'T EXPECT FOR YOU ALL TO BE IN AGREEMENT ON THIS. I DON'T THINK THAT WE SHOULD RAISE IT. I THINK EITHER MAINTAIN IT OR LOWER IT ONLY BECAUSE WE NEED TO BUCKLE IN AND STRAP IN FOR WHO KNOWS HOW MUCH LONGER WITH WHATEVER CONSEQUENCES COME YOUR WAY AS A RESULT OF THE DIFFICULT DECISIONS THAT YOU HAVE TO MAKE TO RIGHT YOUR WRONGS. SO THAT'S IT. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE THAT WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL ON THIS ITEM? SEEING NONE. IS THERE ANYONE ON ZOOM? WE HAVE ONE HAND RAISED.

GO AHEAD CARLA. HI EVERYONE. ONCE AGAIN, I ALMOST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TEAM. WE'RE ALL DOING SUCH AN EXCELLENT JOB AT BEING HERE AND REALLY SHARING, YOU KNOW, OUR PERSPECTIVES AND GETTING THIS INFORMATION OUT AND MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE, YOU KNOW, HOLDING EVERYONE ACCOUNTABLE. BUT WE'RE ALSO SUPPORTING WHEN GOOD IDEAS COME.

COUNCIL MEMBER DENISE, I AM ALSO SURPRISED. I WAS ALSO VERY HAPPY TO SEE, YOU KNOW, THAT YOU'RE DEFINITELY GOING TOWARDS WHAT WE'RE ALL THINKING. I DO WANT TO AGREE THAT PERHAPS 15,000 WOULD BE A GOOD IDEA TO START WITH. HOWEVER, SINCE EVERYBODY ELSE ALREADY MENTIONED EVERYTHING THAT WAS ON MY MIND, I DO WANT TO MAKE A SUGGESTION. I KNOW WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THE UTILITY USERS CITIZENS OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE. I WOULD SUGGEST TO. PERHAPS INSTEAD OF HAVING THEM MEET, I THINK IT WAS QUARTERLY SINCE WE HAVEN'T HAD ANYONE IN THAT COMMITTEE PERHAPS REVAMPING THIS COMMITTEE AND ALSO HAVING THEM, LIKE PROVIDING THEM

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NO OTHER HANDS RAISED. NO. THERE WAS SOME DIRECTION EARLIER. SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE'S STILL CONSISTENT WITH YOUR DIRECTION UNLESS THEY'VE CHANGED ANY OPINION OR ANY UPDATES. BUT I THINK, OKAY. ITEM NUMBER 17, WHICH IS ALSO LINCOLN. YES. AND THEN JUST TO JUST TO VERIFY ONCE MORE, IS THAT ANYTHING ABOVE 25, 000 THEN WOULD HAVE TO COME BACK HERE? I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE, REGARDLESS OF WHAT THAT SERVICE IS. YEAH.

I'LL ALSO DO A MORE COMPREHENSIVE DEEP DIVE OF THE PROCUREMENT POLICY. BUT I BELIEVE IT ALREADY SAYS WHAT I SAID WE SHOULD DO. SO I KNOW THAT THERE ARE THINGS THAT WERE JUST BEING APPROVED AND THEY WEREN'T COMING BACK HERE. THEY WEREN'T COMING BACK. AND SO I KEPT THINKING, WELL, HOW ARE PEOPLE STILL GETTING CONTRACTS? WHAT? I DIDN'T SEE ANY RFPS BEING PUT OUT, SO IT WASN'T HAPPENING. BUT I, I KNOW THAT UNDER YOUR LEADERSHIP AND GUS'S THAT IT WILL IT WILL MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE FOLLOWING THE POLICY AS IT SHOULD BE FOLLOWED. YEAH, I WILL DEFINITELY SPEAK TO HIM ABOUT CENTRALIZED PURCHASING AND FOLLOW UP THAT CONVERSATION.

I THINK IT COULD BE HELPFUL. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. SO MOVING ON TO THE SECOND BUDGET STUDY SESSION, I WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THESE SLIDES ARE ACTUALLY OUTDATED ALREADY BECAUSE THE NUMBERS KEEP CHANGING. I THOUGHT BEFORE I START I'D TELL YOU THE END NUMBER WHERE WE'RE AT RIGHT NOW. SO AT THE LAST STUDY SESSION, I BELIEVE WE HAD ABOUT A 1.5 MILLION DEFICIT THAT WE WERE LOOKING AT CLOSING. COUNCIL REQUESTED SOME ADDITIONAL ITEMS TO BE ADDED THAT BALLOONED IT TO ABOUT 2.1. I WORKED WITH DEPARTMENTS. WE CLOSED OVER A MILLION IN SAVINGS THAT WAY. WE FOUND THAT WE WERE UNDER BUDGETING INTEREST BECAUSE THE INTEREST RATES ARE STILL HIGH AND WE'RE ON TRACK TO MEET 2025 LEVEL INTEREST. SO WE PROJECTED THAT FORWARD. SO THAT HELPED CLOSE THE GAP. BASICALLY. WITH ALL OF THAT SAID, WE'RE LOOKING AT $115,000, $221 NET LOSS RIGHT NOW. OF THAT, $234,026 IS FOR CAPITAL PROJECTS, WHICH PLACES THAT OUTSIDE OF THE OPERATING BUDGET. SO THE OPERATING BUDGET HAS A NET INCOME RIGHT NOW OF $118,805. SO WE HAVE 15 YEARS OF DELIBERATE, MEASURABLE PROJECT PROGRESS. WE WENT FROM REVENUE OF 16.8 MILLION IN 2012 TO ALMOST 47 MILLION PROJECTED IN 2027. WE'VE BEEN FACING STRUCTURAL DEFICITS. WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO CLOSE IT TWO BUDGET CYCLES IN A ROW. THE FISCAL YEAR 2425 FINANCIALS BEAT THE BUDGET BY 3.1 MILLION. WITH THAT SAID, THERE'S A $2 MILLION

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THIS PREVIOUSLY MANDATED IS LEGALLY REQUIRED. IT'S NON-NEGOTIABLE. CORE IS ESSENTIAL. DAILY CITY FUNCTIONS AND DISCRETIONARY REFLECTS PRIORITIES AND VALUES FOR SERVICE LEVELS. THERE'S BASIC, ENHANCED AND OPTIMUM MINIMUM STANDARDS OR BASIC EXCEEDS.

BASELINE EXPECTATIONS IS ENHANCED AND BEST IN CLASS IS OPTIMUM. AND EVENTUALLY THAT'S WHERE WE'RE HEADING. THE GENERAL FUND IS THE ENGINE OF THE CITY. WE'VE GOT IT STRUCTURALLY BALANCED, STRATEGICALLY INVESTED AND OUTPERFORMING, OUTPERFORMING PROJECTIONS. THE 27 REVENUES BUDGETED ARE CLOSE TO 47 MILLION. IN 2425. WE BEAT THE BUDGET BY 3.1 MILLION. THE STRUCTURAL DEFICIT FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR IS CLOSED AND CONFIRMED, AND WE'RE EXPECTING TO HAVE IT CLOSED AND CONFIRMED FOR THIS COMING YEAR AS WELL.

POLICE SERVICES IS $14.3 MILLION. THAT'S 30% OF GENERAL FUND EXPENDITURES. THAT DOES INCLUDE THE TWO MOTORCYCLES AND THE ONE NEW PATROL OFFICER. IT DOES NOT INCLUDE FLOCK CAMERAS.

THE COMMUNITY SERVICE DIVISION CREATED. WE HAVE A COMMUNITY SERVICE MANAGER, ADDED THE OPERATING DEFICIT OF 453 IS WHAT IT WAS IS NOW 115, 221 AND AFTER CAPITAL, IT'S A NET INCOME. WE HAVE INCORPORATED THE REVISION TO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT BUDGET THAT WAS PROVIDED LAST WEEK, AND ADDITIONAL SECURITY CAMERA SERVER FOR IT. SO THE GENERAL FUND FUND BALANCE. THIS IS THE AUDITED 2025 FUND BALANCE. WE HAD 13 MILLION, ALMOST 13.1 AND NON SPENDABLE. SO NON SPENDABLE MEANS IT'S TIED UP IN LOANS OR ASSETS OR THINGS LIKE THAT. SO IT CAN'T BE SPENT. OUR COMMITTED CONTINGENCY RESERVE IS 9.8 MILLION. OUR TARGET IS 20% OF GENERAL FUND REVENUES. WE MEET THAT. THIS IS AN EMERGENCY CONTINGENCY. IN THE EVENT OF AN ECONOMIC DOWNTURN THAT WE CAN HIT THAT 9.4 MILLION IF WE NEED TO ACCESS IT.

ASSIGNED IS 7.2 MILLION. THAT'S FOR PROJECT SOFTWARE IMPLEMENTATIONS. THAT 7.2 MILLION INCLUDES ABOUT 2 MILLION, 2.1 FOR THE AVENUE 52 WORK THAT WAS DONE. SO INSTEAD OF HAVING A NET LOSS THIS YEAR, 2.1 WILL COME OUT OF THAT ASSIGNED FUND. BALANCE OR UNASSIGNED WON'T BE IMPACTED. AND OUR UNASSIGNED FUND BALANCE IS ABOUT 12.25 MILLION. THAT IS ACTUALLY FAIRLY HEALTHY FOR A CITY OF OUR SIZE. SO OUR TOTAL FUND BALANCE IS 42.4 MILLION OVERALL. THE WATER ENTERPRISE, THE UTILITY SERVICE REVENUE IS UP ABOUT 4.5% TO 7.5 MILLION.

WE HAVE CAPITAL INVESTMENTS NEXT YEAR SCHEDULED AT 8.65 MILLION. WE HAVE GRANT FUNDING FOR THE WATER 32 AND 35 PROJECTS. I I'M SORRY I DIDN'T WRITE THE PROJECT NAMES. I WAS

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THAT RECLASSIFIED TO GENERAL FUND, RECLASSIFIED STAFF TO GENERAL FUND, AND THEN AN ALLOCATION TO WATER AND SEWER. INSTEAD OF HAVING THE STAFF LIVE IN WATER AND SEWER. SO THE RESERVE DRAW FUNDS CAPITAL, WE HAVE TO PAY FOR OUR CAPITAL EXPENDITURES THROUGH FUND DRAWS, BUT NOT OPERATIONS. SO OPERATIONS ARE AT A POSITIVE. BUT THERE IS A PROJECTED NET LOSS OF 1.68 MILLION FOR NEXT YEAR. THE RATE STUDY THAT'S IN PROGRESS THAT YOU'LL BE SEEING SOON IN THE. ALL OF THAT INFORMATION SHOWS A FIVE YEAR PLAN GOING FORWARD FOR SANITARY.

THEIR GROWTH HELD STEADY SEWER CHARGES OF 8.1 MILLION. CAPITAL INVESTMENT OF 6 MILLION. THEY HAVE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT, PROP 84 AND WATER REVOLVING FUND PROJECTS. THOSE ARE GRANT FUNDED. AGAIN, THE COST ALLOCATION PLAN CHANGE IS INCLUDED IN HERE. THIS FUND IS BUILT ON YEARS OF OPERATING SURPLUSES, AND THEY HAVE A PROJECTED NET INCOME, NET INCOME OF 1.36 MILLION. AGAIN, THE THE RATE SERVICE STUDY SHOWS THAT SOME OF THAT MONEY WILL BE USED TO FUND PROJECTS OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS. ALL OTHER FUNDS. THE GRANTS FUND PROGRAM IS 66 MILLION. IT'S OUR LARGEST PROGRAM YEAR EVER. SIP IS SCHEDULED AT 63.6 MILLION, LARGELY GRANT FUNDED TRANSPORTATION, 6.9 MILLION TO BE DEPLOYED IN FISCAL 2627. THE FIRE DISTRICT COST WENT UP SLIGHTLY, NOT NOT SIGNIFICANTLY, BUT IT IS FUNDED 60% BY GENERAL FUND TRANSFER. THE OTHER 40% COMES FROM SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS. AND THEN WE HAVE ALSO JUST A NOTE THAT WE HAVE OVER 4 MILLION IN DEFERRED ASSESSMENTS WITH THE COMMUNITY FACILITIES, DISTRICTS FOR POLICE AND FIRE. HOWEVER, THOSE WILL BE REPAID WITH INTEREST WITH AT SALE OR TRANSFER OF THOSE PROPERTIES OR AT 55 YEARS. SO THE COST ALLOCATION PLAN, AS DISCUSSED, IT'S A FEDERAL LAW. IT ALLOCATES TRUE COSTS OF SERVICES. SO WE HAD 2.1 MILLION THAT WAS PROPERLY RECLASSIFIED. AWAY FROM WATER AND SANITARY, OR THAT WAS CLASSIFIED AS A TRANSFER TO WATER AND SANITARY. AND THERE WERE 994,000 OF GENUINE NEW STAFFING INVESTMENT.

THE 4.7 MILLION IS RECOVERED VIA GENERAL FUND TRANSFERS ANNUALLY, AND THE COST ALLOCATION PLAN MAXIMIZES FEDERAL GRANT REIMBURSEMENTS. SO BASICALLY, THE IMPACT TO THE SEWER AND WATER WAS 994 000 COMBINED. HOWEVER, THEY ADDED NEW POSITIONS FROM THE AND THE STAFFING STUDY THAT WAS PERFORMED LAST YEAR. AND SO. AND THEN THEY ALSO HAD AGREED ON FROM THE STAFFING STUDY FOR EXTRA INCREASES FOR THEIR STAFF TO GET THEM UP TO MARKET VALUE.

SO ALL OF THAT IS IN THE BUDGET. SO IT ALL ACCOUNTS FOR AND IT COMES OUT TO PRETTY MUCH A WASH FROM THE WAY WE ACCOUNTED BEFORE. BUT BY INSTITUTING THE COST ALLOCATION PLAN, WE COULD ACTUALLY RECOVER A INDIRECT COST RATE FOR GRANTS. SO IF WE'RE DOING A CONSTRUCTION PROJECT AND WE HAVE WATER WORKS, SANITARY WORK, STREETS, WORK, SEWER, OR, YOU KNOW, VARIOUS IMPROVEMENTS THAT ARE DONE, WE COULD POTENTIALLY WE'VE NEVER DONE IT BEFORE, BUT WE COULD ACTUALLY RECOVER COSTS UNDER INDIRECT COST RATES FROM AN APPROVED COST ALLOCATION PLAN.

SO THERE IS A FINANCIAL BENEFIT TO DOING IT GOING FORWARD. AND ALL WE HAVE TO DO IS SUBMIT TO OUR COGNIZANT AGENCY, GET THEM TO APPROVE OUR COST ALLOCATION PLAN AND OUR INDIRECT COST RATE

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SO INSTEAD OF DOING A TRADITIONAL LIKE YOU 50% HERE AND THEN 2525 NOW IT'S ACTUALLY BASED ON USAGE OF THE FTE. CORRECT. SO THEN HOW DO YOU ENSURE THAT YOU MAKE YOURSELF WHOLE? THE POSITION THAT'S WHERE I'M TRYING TO WRAP MY BRAIN AROUND THIS. THAT'S THE COST ALLOCATION PLAN. IT TAKES THE TOTAL COSTS OF THE CENTRAL SERVICE DEPARTMENTS AND ALLOCATES BASED ON THE METRICS FOR EACH DEPARTMENT THAT IS USED TO BEST ALLOCATE THE COSTS.

AND THEN IT RUNS BASICALLY ITERATION AFTER ITERATION AFTER ITERATION, SPREADING THOSE COSTS OUT TO THE RECEIVING DEPARTMENTS UNTIL IT GETS TO FULLY ALLOCATED, MINUS ANY NON ELIGIBLE COSTS FOR ALLOCATION. WE DON'T ALLOCATE NON NON ELIGIBLE COSTS. SO THOSE COSTS GET SPREAD OUT BETWEEN THE RECEIVING DEPARTMENTS. AND THEREFORE THAT IS THE MOST ACCURATE WAY TO SPREAD THE COSTS OUT RATHER THAN AN FTE ALLOCATION. OKAY. STILL CAN'T WRAP MY BRAIN AROUND IT. YEAH. WE ACTUALLY HIRED A CONSULTANT TO HELP US WITH THE MODEL.

MAYBE I'LL MEET WITH YOU AND HAVE A ONE ON ONLINE, BECAUSE I'M STILL TRYING TO WRAP MY BRAIN AROUND THE COST ALLOCATION PROCESS OF IT. YEAH, I'M MORE THAN HAPPY TO DO THAT.

SO THE ROAD AHEAD WILL BE SIGNIFICANTLY STRONGER IN 2034 AND 2034. THE FINAL RDA BONDS RETIRE AND PROPERTY TAXES FREE. THAT'S OVER $3 MILLION A YEAR IN GENERAL FUND MONEY THAT WILL BE COMING OUR WAY. WE HAVE BONDS THAT RETIRE IN 2028, 2032 AND 2034. I BELIEVE THE STRUCTURAL BALANCE TODAY ACCELERATES 2034 GAINS FROM WHERE WE THOUGHT WE WERE GOING TO END UP EVEN MONTHS AGO. THIS IS VERY HELPFUL. THE BEST CHAPTERS ARE STILL AHEAD. AND, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT COACHELLA IS GOING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION FINANCIALLY. THANK YOU. ANGELA, IS THAT YOUR END OF YOUR PRESENTATION? THAT IS OKAY. ANGELA, DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS ON THIS ITEM? YES WE DO. ASHBY. OKAY, SO ONE OF THE SLIDES POINTED OUT THAT 30% OF THE CITY'S GENERAL FUND GOES TO THE POLICE, $14,300,000. MY QUESTION IS, WELL, THE CITY

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GOOD EVENING COUNCIL. I AGAIN, I WAS GOING TO SAY THE EXACT SAME THING. THAT'S SO MUCH MONEY FOR STATISTICS THAT WE MAY NOT EVEN BE ABLE TO FIND IF WE WANTED TO. THEY'RE DEFINITELY NOT PRESENTED TO US. IF THERE ARE CRIMES SOLVED IN THE CITY OF COACHELLA, IF THERE IS REVENUE GAINED FROM CITATIONS MADE IN THE CITY OF COACHELLA. I DON'T KNOW THAT WE HAVE ANY. I DON'T KNOW THAT WE HAVE SEEN ANY SOLVED CRIMES BEING INCREASED IN THAT PERCENTAGE. I DON'T KNOW IF WE'VE SEEN ANY PROPERTY PROTECTIONS THAT HAVE ACTUALLY BEEN INFLUENCED BY OUR RIVERSIDE COUNTY. IN FACT, WE'VE SEEN DURING OUR PROTESTS INSTIGATION BY THE RIVERSIDE COUNTY, WE SAW FALSE FLAG SITUATIONS THAT WERE CALLED WHERE THEN THEY ARRIVED, CREATED A HOSTILE ENVIRONMENT, SAT AND WAITED FOR MULTIPLE HOURS AFTER THEY WERE CALLED AND THE AREA HAD ALREADY BEEN CLEARED. I DON'T KNOW HOW THAT OVERTIME WORKS IN OUR CONTRACT WITH THEM. I DO KNOW THAT I WAS CONTACTED BY AN INTERESTED CITIZEN WHO SHARED WITH ME THAT ONE OF OUR RIVERSIDE COUNTY THERMAL EMPLOYEES GETS ALMOST HIS ENTIRE ANNUAL SALARY IN JUST OVERTIME. IT WAS LIKE $147,000. IS HIS SALARY $120,000 IS HIS OVERTIME. IT'S RIDICULOUS. AND THAT THAT SPECIFIC OFFICER WAS HERE, AND HE WAS ONE OF THE ONES WHO WAS NOT FOLLOWING THE RULE BOOKS, AS FAR AS I'VE BEEN ABLE TO, YOU KNOW, GET FROM OUR RIVERSIDE COUNTY POLICY AS WELL AS THE POLICIES THAT THEY USE TO TRAIN OUR SHERIFFS AND OUR LOCAL POLICE STATIONS IN CALIFORNIA. THOSE POLICIES VERY EASILY DICTATE LOUD, AUDIBLE ANNOUNCEMENTS. TIME MUST BE GIVEN FOR PEOPLE TO CLEAR AND EXIT MUST BE PROVIDED. IF YOU GO CAN'T BE HERE, PUSH IMMEDIATELY. ALREADY BREAKING YOUR OWN POLICY. SO JUST KEEP THAT IN MIND THAT THAT'S THAT'S OUR BIGGEST ISSUE RIGHT NOW.

NOW THAT WE'VE GOT, YOU KNOW, CLEARED OF OUR DATA CENTER AND OUR FLOCK CAMERAS, YOU KNOW, THING IS, IS NOW THE NEXT ISSUE. AND THAT GOES HAND IN HAND WITH OUR RIVERSIDE COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT. AGAIN, STATISTICS, NUMBERS GIVE US A REASON WHY THEY KEEP GETTING MORE AND MORE MONEY YEAR AFTER YEAR. GIVE US THE STATISTICS THAT PROVE WHY THERE ARE SOLVED CRIMES, WHY THERE IS A SAFER COMMUNITY EVERY DAY. BECAUSE WE DON'T FEEL THAT WAY. THANK YOU. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE IN THE PUBLIC THAT WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL ON THIS ITEM? SEEING NONE. IS THERE ANYONE ON ZOOM? WE HAVE ONE HAND RAISED. IF YOU COULD JUST SHARE YOUR NAME BEFORE YOU START SPEAKING. THANK YOU. HI AGAIN. THIS IS CARLA FROM THE CITY OF COACHELLA. ONCE AGAIN, I'M IN AWE THAT WE'RE ALL ALIGNED IN THE SAME TRAIN OF THOUGHT, BECAUSE I HAD BROUGHT THIS UP BEFORE AT ONE OF THE COUNCIL MEETINGS, THAT HOW IS IT POSSIBLE THAT WE'RE SPENDING SO MUCH ON THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT? I DID DO A LITTLE BIT MORE INVESTIGATING IN REGARDS TO LIKE, HOW THIS MONEY IS UTILIZED AND LIKE FOR WHAT SPECIFIC SERVICES. I UNDERSTAND THAT IT'S ALSO USED FOR THE ANIMAL SHELTERS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. I WOULD STRONGLY SUGGEST FOR US TO INVEST IN SHELTERS THAT WE ALREADY HAVE LOCATED HERE. I KNOW THERE'S SOME NONPROFITS THAT DO THAT SAME WORK. I WANT TO SAY ONE OF THEM IS ON 51 AVENUE 51. INVEST IN THOSE. HELP THEM MAKE IT POSSIBLE. THEY'RE ALREADY HERE IN OUR CITY. HELP THEM MAKE IT POSSIBLE TO CONTINUE THEIR WORK. NOT ONLY THAT, BUT LIKE, I'M IN AWE BECAUSE I WAS LITERALLY AT THE BUDGET MEETING FOR RIVERSIDE COUNTY. I SEE CHAD

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LET'S JUST HAVE THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT TAKE CARE OF THOSE TWO NEEDS. MAYBE THEY MIGHT DO MORE. BUT I WANT TO SAY THAT, IF I RECALL CORRECTLY, THERE'S ABOUT THREE OFFICERS THAT ARE ASSIGNED TO OUR CITY. AND I DO REMEMBER THAT ONE OF THEM DID MENTION THAT THEY DO A LOT OF OVERTIME BECAUSE THEY'RE SPLIT AMONG OTHER PARTS. SO THEY DON'T JUST DISTRIBUTE SERVICES TO US. THEY DO THERMAL AND ALL THE REST OF THE UNINCORPORATED CITIES IN THE EAST. LET'S DO BETTER. I HATE TO REPEAT MYSELF, BUT FINISH YOUR THOUGHT. FINISH YOUR THOUGHT. GO AHEAD. THANK YOU. LET'S REALLY TRY TO JUST DO BETTER FOR OUR COMMUNITY. AND I APPRECIATE YOU GUYS FOR GIVING ME THE TIME. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE ON ZOOM? NO OTHER HANDS RAISED.

OKAY. COUNCIL. ANY COMMENTS? I'LL START TO MY RIGHT. RIGHT. MR. MARTINEZ ON THE BUDGET. NO QUESTIONS ON THE BUDGET. OKAY, COUNCILMEMBER RYAN? NOT RIGHT NOW. OKAY. OKAY. COUNCILMEMBER.

CRITIC. YES. SORRY. THERE WAS SO MUCH STUFF WENT THROUGH MY HEAD. LINCOLN. DID WE INCORPORATE IN THERE THE THE SERVICES OR THE EQUIPMENT IMPROVEMENTS THAT BOTH WATER, SEWER AND THE PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTORS REQUESTED? YES, THEY WERE INCORPORATED. THEY WERE IN THE LAST ONE. OKAY. WE JUST BROUGHT THEM TO YOU TO MAKE SURE YOU WERE OKAY WITH THEM.

OKAY. AND THEN THE, THE WEBSITE, THAT WAS A BIG YEAH, THAT'S BUDGETED FOR THIS NEXT YEAR. IT IS DUE TO BE IMPLEMENTED THIS NEXT YEAR. THERE'S ALSO I HEARD A TRANSPARENCY BROUGHT UP. I'LL BE BRINGING AN ITEM AT THE NEXT MEETING THAT WILL HELP WITH TRANSPARENCY. FROM A FINANCIAL PERSPECTIVE. IT'LL ALLOW US TO PUBLISH OUR BUDGET BOOKS, CREATE THEM AND PUBLISH THEM ONLINE, OUR FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. AND IT WILL ALSO HAVE REAL TIME ACTUALS AND BUDGET TO ACTUALS FOR EVERY LINE ITEM IN OUR GENERAL LEDGER. OKAY. WE DIDN'T. THAT WAS ONE OF THE THE MANY BENEFITS TO THIS WELL OVERDUE WEBSITE THAT WE NEEDED, BECAUSE IT'S NOT JUST MAKING IT USER FRIENDLY, BUT IT'S BEING ABLE TO ACCESS INFORMATION AND DOCUMENTATION STRAIGHT FROM THE WEBSITE WHERE YOU'RE NOT HAVING TO WAIT AN EMAIL FOR DOCUMENTATION THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT IT, THAT WE PROVIDE AS MUCH AVAILABLE INFORMATION THAT WE CAN DIRECTLY TO THAT WEBSITE, YOU KNOW, AND THAT I THINK HELPS THE DEPARTMENTS AS WELL.

HOW, HOW LONG DO YOU THINK THAT THAT WOULD TAKE TO FULLY IMPLEMENT THE IT MANAGER IS UNFORTUNATELY NOT HERE TODAY, BUT I KNOW THAT IT IS PLANNED FOR IMPLEMENTATION DURING THIS COMING FISCAL YEAR. I, I WANT TO SAY IT HAS TO BE DONE BY THE END OF APRIL, BUT DON'T QUOTE ME ON THAT. BUT WE. WE'RE BUDGETING IT SO THAT WE CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH THE PROCESS STARTING IN JULY. IT'S GOING TO BE PROBABLY IT'S PROBABLY GOING TO TAKE A BIT BECAUSE I KNOW THEY'RE GOING TO WANT TO GET TO EVERY DEPARTMENT AND SEE WHAT IS IT THAT THEY NEED TO BE

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ADDITIONALLY. CORRECT. THANK YOU. IN THE BUDGET, I DON'T THINK WE TALKED ABOUT SPAY AND NEUTER CLINICS. I'M NOT SURE IF WE'RE ABLE TO. MAYBE I CAN TALK WITH YOU OFFLINE. I GOT REACHED OUT BY ANIMAL SAMARITANS ABOUT PARTNERING TO SEE HOW WE CAN PROBABLY FUND A GRANT WHERE COACHELLA RESIDENTS COULD GET LOW, REDUCED TO NO COST SPAY NEUTER BECAUSE THAT IS A BIG. I SERVE ON THE COACHELLA VALLEY ANIMAL CAMPUS COMMISSION AND THERE IS A LARGE PUSH FOR SPAY AND NEUTER. RIGHT, BECAUSE THAT'S HOW WE PREVENT MORE ANIMALS ENDING UP IN THE ANIMAL SHELTER. AND SO SEEING THAT, WE CAN POTENTIALLY SEE HOW WE CAN TALK TO ANIMAL SAMARITANS AND WHAT A PARTNERSHIP WOULD LOOK LIKE. I KNOW THAT IT WON'T BE IN THE BUDGET, BUT SEE HOW WE CAN COME UP WITH, WITH SOME TYPE OF ALLOCATION WHERE COACHELLA RESIDENTS WOULD BE ABLE TO GO TO ANIMAL SAMARITANS AND AND GET A LOW REDUCED COST OF THEIR ANIMAL, ESPECIALLY BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, I THINK THE BIG THING ABOUT OWNING AN ANIMAL IS THE COST OF SPAY NEUTER. AND WHAT HAPPENS IS A LOT OF INDIVIDUALS DON'T SPAY OR NEUTER THEIR DOG AND IT GETS LOOSE AND THEN IT COMES BACK HOME AND THEY DON'T REALIZE IT'S EITHER PREGNANT OR IMPREGNATED. ANOTHER ANIMAL, ANOTHER DOG OR CAT. AND SO THEN THE POPULATION OF ANIMALS, YOU KNOW, CONTINUE. I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I THINK WE SHOULD INCORPORATE IN OUR IN OUR BUDGET SOMEHOW, EVEN IF IT ALLOWS FOR BECAUSE THAT WAY IT'S DEDICATED BECAUSE THE THING WITH THE LIKE THE MOBILE CLINICS, IT'S KIND OF HARD TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S FOR COACHELLA RESIDENTS. AND WHEN YOU PARTNER WITH SOMEONE LIKE ANIMAL, SAMARITANS, BRICK AND MORTAR, YOU'RE ABLE TO GO STRAIGHT TO THEM AND THEY'RE ABLE TO ASK AND VERIFY. ARE YOU A COACHELLA RESIDENT? OKAY, YOU QUALIFY FOR THIS GRANT. SO THAT'S SOMETHING I THINK WE CAN CONNECT WITH YOU WITH THAT AS WELL. SO YEAH, THAT'S FINE. IT MIGHT BE BETTER TO BRING IT BACK AS A SEPARATE ITEM OUTSIDE OF THE BUDGET. I'M TRYING TO FINALIZE IT SO I HAVE SOMETHING PRESENTABLE AT THE NEXT MEETING FOR ADOPTION. YEAH. AND THAT'S WHY I BROUGHT IT UP BECAUSE IT WASN'T PART OF THE BUDGET. BUT I THINK BRINGING IT BACK ITSELF. SO OKAY, TO CARLOS COMMENTS ABOUT THE THE ANIMAL SAMARITANS IN THE CORNER OF AVENUE 51 AND LOVING OUR ANIMALS. SO THERE ARE FRIENDS OF MINE. I VISITED WITH THEM MANY TIMES AND THERE'S A LOT OF SERVICES THAT THEY WANT TO PROVIDE. THEY'RE IN A SITUATION WHERE THEY GET A LOT OF FUNDING. THEY GET SO MUCH SUPPORT FOR ANIMAL SERVICES, AND IT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO BE ABLE TO PARTNER WITH THEM. I THINK THEY'VE HAD I THINK THERE'S BEEN SOME CHALLENGES ON HOW THEY WANT TO BUILD OUT. I THINK THAT THAT'S WHAT WAS THE ISSUE. SO I I'LL BE VISITING THEM. IF ANY OF YOU GUYS WANT TO GO WITH ME, KARLA, IF YOU WANT TO GO, I'LL BE GOING. AND THEN THEY CAN DO A TOUR. BUT IT'S A GOOD TOUR BECAUSE THEN THEY TELL YOU EXACTLY WHAT THEY WANT TO IMPLEMENT, WHERE THEY WANT TO IMPLEMENT, AND THEN SOME OF THE CHALLENGES THAT THEY'RE SEEING AND WHY THEY CAN'T EXPAND. BUT IT'S GOOD INFORMATION TO TO KNOW AND UNDERSTAND. IT REALLY IS. YEAH, I THINK THAT'S WHAT WE VOLUNTEERED FOR. THE EDGE. YEAH. RIGHT THERE. PERFECT.

YEAH. SO THEY SHARED, HE'S SHARED WITH YOU SOME OF THE EXPANSION THAT HE WANTS TO DO.

ALL RIGHT. PERFECT. THANK YOU. AND THEN I DO HEAR THE QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS ABOUT THE CITY OF COACHELLA'S OWN POLICE DEPARTMENT. WHEN MY AUNT DIED LAST YEAR, WE WENT THROUGH HER PICTURES AND SHE HAD A PICTURE IN FRONT OF WHAT USED TO BE A CITY OF COACHELLA POLICE CAR. AND SO BACK IN THE DAY, AND THE CONVERSATION OF A POLICE DEPARTMENT IN THE CITY OF COACHELLA HAS BEEN REOCCURRING SINCE 2020, AND IT'S BEEN AN ONGOING CONVERSATION. IN 2020, IT WAS SUPPOSED TO COST NINE. THE CONTRACT THAT THE CITY HAD WITH THE SHERIFF WAS 9.65 MILLION. SO SINCE 2020, IT'S BEEN SIX YEARS. AND IT'S ALMOST YOU KNOW, WE'VE SEEN A $5 MILLION INCREASE. BUT, YOU KNOW, AT THAT TIME, IT WAS A $10 MILLION UPFRONT COST OF WHAT THE CITY OF COACHELLA INITIAL SET UP FOR A POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THEN REOCCURRING. RIGHT. SO I THINK THERE'S ALSO A LOT OF DIFFERENT PIECES THAT GO INTO A POLICE DEPARTMENT LIKE LITIGATION. SO I THINK IT REQUIRES, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN'T JUST LIKE SNAP THE FINGER AND SAY, OKAY, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE OUR OWN DEPARTMENT. I THINK IT DOES TAKE, IF WE TRULY WANT TO GO DOWN THAT PATH, REALLY LOOKING AT WHAT IS IT TRULY GOING TO COST UPFRONT PLUS REOCCURRING, RIGHT? THE REOCCURRING COST IS REALLY LIKE THAT, BUT THAT'S A CONVERSATION FOR ANOTHER DAY ON THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. BUT I'M GLAD THAT SOME PEOPLE HAVE BROUGHT IT UP ON THAT. SO BUT THAT I DON'T HAVE ANY MORE QUESTIONS. BUT MR. CITY MANAGER, I DO HAVE I'LL SIT WITH YOU TO TALK ABOUT THAT. TRANSFERS, BECAUSE I'M TRYING TO REALLY WRAP MY HEAD AROUND THAT. SO YEAH, I WAS GOING TO TRY AND DO SCREENSHOTS, BUT I DIDN'T THINK

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OKAY. THANK YOU. SORRY. I WAS THINKING OF WHAT SOME OF THE SENIORS WERE SAYING, AND THEY DO HAVE, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF GOOD POINTS. WE HAVE BEEN DRAGGING THIS WHOLE THING WITH THE BUS FOR A VERY LONG TIME, AND THERE IS DIFFERENT INFORMATION BEING PROVIDED. SO COULD SO THE QUOTE THAT WE GOT BACK FOR THE BUS, AND THIS GOES BACK TO SELENA AND ANDREW, IS THAT WHAT ARE WE LOOKING AT? CLOSE TO 400,000, I THINK IT WAS 350,000. SO $350,000. THAT WAS THE THE QUOTE FOR THE FOR US TO PROVIDE TO SGC FOR THE SENIOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING APARTMENTS WE HAVE. AND THEN. BUT THAT'S NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO BE MADE AVAILABLE UNTIL NEXT YEAR WHEN THEY GET CLOSER TO BREAKING GROUND, I'M THINKING. I BELIEVE THE AGREEMENT STATES THAT IT IS NO SOONER THAN SIX MONTHS BEFORE THE PROJECT COMPLETION. SO IF THAT'S THE CASE, I BELIEVE IT'S AROUND APRIL THAT WE QUALIFY TO TO TO RECEIVE THE BUS AS A SECONDARY.

YEAH. AND RIGHT NOW THE THE MAIN BUS HAS A BROKEN LEAF SPRING AND AN AIR CONDITIONER ISSUE. THE AIR CONDITIONER ISSUE IS ACTUALLY THE EASIER OF THE TWO. AND THEY'RE WORKING ON IT NOW. AND OUR FLEET DEPARTMENT IS WORKING ON SOURCING A NEW FLEET SPRING SO THAT WE CAN GET THAT BUS BACK INTO SERVICE SO THAT THERE'S NOT A WAITING PERIOD, I BELIEVE.

AM I SAYING THE RIGHT THING? I JUST WANTED TO GIVE UPDATE. I CALLED OUR FLEET SERVICES MANAGER DURING OUR BREAK. EARLIER, THE AIR CONDITIONING UNIT WAS ACTUALLY ALREADY FIXED.

IT WAS FIXED THE NEXT DAY. THAT WAS A MINOR REPAIR AND HE WAS ABLE TO FIND THE LEAF SPRING TODAY. SO THAT IS BEING ORDERED FROM PENNSYLVANIA, AND WE'LL HAVE THAT IN OUR POSSESSION WITHIN ABOUT A WEEK OR TWO. SO THE LARGER BUS WITH BRAND NEW PAIRED AIR CONDITIONING, WE'LL HAVE THE BRAND NEW LEAF SPRING IN OUR POSSESSION VERY SOON, YOU KNOW, AND I THINK TO ONE OF THEIR POINTS IS THAT THEY'RE SAYING THAT THE BUSSES ARE ALWAYS BREAKING DOWN. AND SO IF IT'S POSSIBLE, CAN WE CAN WE HAVE CAN YOU PROVIDE A PRESENTATION OR AT LEAST AN UPDATE OF WHEN THESE BUSSES HAVE BEEN BREAKING DOWN BECAUSE THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE SAYING ONE THING AND THEN WE'RE HEARING ANOTHER. AND, AND IT DOESN'T HELP WITH THE WHOLE COMMUNICATION ADDITIONALLY IS THAT MAYBE, YOU KNOW, MAYBE WE, MAYBE WE LEASE A BUS, MAYBE WE LEASE A BUS UNTIL APRIL OF NEXT YEAR WHEN WE CAN PURCHASE IT BEFORE THE, PRIOR TO THE APARTMENTS BEING BUILT OUT. SO I ALSO HAVE HAD THAT ON, BUT I WAS WAITING FOR MY COMMENTS TO MENTION THAT. SO I DON'T KNOW IF WE'RE STILL ON THE THE BUDGET OR. WELL, IT IS KIND OF RELATED TO THE BUDGET BECAUSE IT IS FOR THIS NEXT YEAR, A PURCHASE THAT WOULD BE THAT IS IN THE BUDGET, IT'S IN THE BUDGET. IT IS OKAY, BUT IT'S RIGHT NOW, OUR EXPECTATION IS FOR IT TO BE RECEIVED AROUND APRIL. SO TOWARDS THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR, I JUST WANT TO ADD REALLY FAST, JUST A LITTLE BIT OF EDUCATION. SO WHEN WE WHEN THE CITY APPLIED FOR THE TRANSFORMATIVE CLIMATE COMMUNITIES GRANT PROGRAM, WE THERE WAS A HOUSING PORTION IN THE APPLICATION CALLED AFFORDABLE HOUSING, SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITIES. AND SO IN ORDER FOR YOU TO APPLY FOR THAT, YOU KNOW, AND TO BRING THE HOUSING IN, THEY THEY HAVE A COMPONENT OF TRANSPORTATION. AND SO YOU HAD AN OPTION OF HAVING LIKE A TRANSIT HUB OR, YOU KNOW, LIKE

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AND SO FOR THAT REASON, THEY'LL ONLY ALLOW MAYBE SIX MONTHS TO, TO ORDER THE BUS, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY THE THE BUS IS GOING TO TAKE A MINUTE TO ORDER. AND SO BY THE TIME YOU GET IT, YOU KNOW, AND, AND THEN THE OTHER THING I WANT TO POINT OUT IS THAT WE WERE VERY FORTUNATE TO ORDER TO, TO GET A BUS THROUGH THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PROCESS, BUT IT WAS NEVER INTENDED TO BE LIKE SPECIFICALLY ASSIGNED TO ANY ONE ENTITY OR, YOU KNOW, IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE A BUS THAT SERVES THE COACHELLA AREA, INCLUDING THE HOUSING AND OUR SENIOR CITIZENS. AND SO THAT'S WHAT THAT'S FOR. AND SO WE, YOU KNOW, WE UNDERSTAND WE'VE BEEN HEARING FOR YEARS, YOU KNOW, THAT THE BUS HAS BEEN BREAKING DOWN AND ALL THIS GOOD STUFF OR BAD STUFF. AND SO WE'RE, WE'RE DOING OUR BEST TO ADDRESS THAT. AND I'M TRYING TO GET THAT AS FAST AS POSSIBLE. IN FACT, I'M TRYING TO TALK TO THE FUNDER ABOUT ALLOWING US TO THINK ABOUT PURCHASING, PURCHASING THE BUS SOONER. AND BUT IT'S GOING TO BE A LITTLE DIFFICULT BECAUSE IT IS TIED TO THE HOUSING. YOU KNOW WHAT I'M THINKING, SELENA? IS THAT AND, AND TO WHAT SELENA'S POINT IS TO SELENA AND, AND ANDREW IS THEY DO WORK REALLY HARD AND THEY'RE TRYING TO CONSTANTLY TRYING TO NAVIGATE THROUGH THIS TO PROVIDE TRANSPORTATION. AND THERE'S BEEN SOME EFFORTS MADE, BUT I THINK BY THIS TIME, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE JUST REALLY EXHAUSTED. AND IT'S, IT ISN'T EASY FOR EVERYONE TO FOLLOW, YOU KNOW, ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY'RE HEARING THERE'S A NEW SENIOR BUS COMING. AND THEN WE HAVE TO EXPLAIN, WELL, NO, IT'S TIED TO THAT. AND BECAUSE IT'S NOT NEAR GROUNDBREAKING OR UNTIL, YOU KNOW, IT'S COMPLETED, YOU KNOW, THAT'S A LOT. AND SO I'M THINKING, YOU KNOW, WHY DON'T WE JUST LEASE A BUS? YOU KNOW, WHY DON'T WE JUST LEASE A BUS UNTIL THEN OR, YOU KNOW, AND THEN HOW MUCH WOULD IT BE TO LEASE A BUS FROM HERE TO THEN VERSUS JUST BUYING ANOTHER BUS, A SMALLER BUS? WE ACTUALLY DID PRICE OUT LEASING BUSSES BECAUSE WE HAD HAD THIS DISCUSSION PREVIOUSLY. OUR ENTERPRISE FLEET DOESN'T LEASE BUSSES, SO TYPICALLY LEASE A BUS. THEY'LL PROVIDE YOU WITH A DRIVER TOO, SO THEY WON'T JUST LEASE YOU A BUS FOR YOUR OWN USE, WHICH COSTS MORE THAN $1,000 A DAY. SO LEASING A BUS FOR A YEAR UNTIL THE NEW BUS WOULD COST UPWARDS OF 260 $300,000 PER YEAR. SO THAT'S THAT'S LITERALLY THE COST OF BUYING THE BUS. SO THEN SO SO THE QUOTE, THE QUOTE THAT YOU RECEIVED FOR THE FOR THE $350,000, HOW MANY HOW MANY FOLKS DOES THAT SEAT? THAT WOULD BE LIKE A FULL SIZE BUS BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT THE REQUEST, BECAUSE WE HAVE THREE OPERATIONAL BUSSES CURRENTLY, WE HAVE THE TWO BUSSES THAT WE GOT FROM THE DONATED FROM SUNLINE. THOSE ARE FULLY OPERATIONAL AND USABLE. THEY JUST ONLY SEAT 12 PEOPLE AT A TIME. SO IT TAKES TWO ROUND TRIPS WHEN YOU USE THEM. AND THEN WE HAVE THE LARGER BUS WITH THE 24 SEATS. THAT'S THE ONE THAT CURRENTLY HAS THE BROKEN LEAF SPRING, WHICH IS OBVIOUSLY A VERY UNFORESEEN MAINTENANCE ISSUE. THAT'S NOT A COMMON THING THAT WOULD BREAK ON A ON A VEHICLE, BUT THAT WILL BE FIXED WITHIN ABOUT TWO WEEKS. OKAY. SO, SO CAN I RECOMMEND THAT WE ACTUALLY TABLE THIS TO THE DIRECTOR'S REPORTS AT THE END OF THE MEETING? THAT'S FINE. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. SO WE'LL COME BACK TO THAT DISCUSSION. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON THE ACTUAL BUDGET ITSELF? SEEING

[Public Hearing Calendar (Quasi-Judicial)]

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WITHIN THE STAGE AREA, THERE WILL BE NO DANCING, JUST THE LIVE MUSIC PERFORMANCES. THE.

THE PROJECT DOES MEET OUR MUNICIPAL CODE PARKING REQUIREMENTS. THE PROJECT IS EXEMPT FROM SEQUA PURSUANT TO SECTION 15 301 EXISTING FACILITIES, RIVERSIDE COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT AND FIRE DEPARTMENT HAD NO CONCERNS OR CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL FOR THIS PROJECT, AND THE PROPOSED USE IS CONSISTENT WITH AND INTENDED TO IMPLEMENT THE VISION OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER GENERAL PLAN BY PROVIDING CONVENIENT ACCESS TO A NEIGHBORHOOD DINING ESTABLISHMENT AND COMMUNITY GATHERING OPPORTUNITIES FOR NEARBY RESIDENTS. STAFF DOES RECOMMEND THAT THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVE RESOLUTION NUMBER 2026-29, WHICH APPROVES THE ENTERTAINMENT PERMIT NUMBER 26-02, AND DETERMINING THAT THE PROJECT IS EXEMPT FROM SEQUA PURSUANT TO SECTION 15 301. AND THESE ARE SOME ADDITIONAL ALTERNATIVES THAT THE CITY COUNCIL CAN MAKE A MOTION ON TONIGHT. I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS, AND THE APPLICANT IS ALSO HERE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS AS WELL. THANK YOU. ANY PUBLIC. SO THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING. SO I'M GOING TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 10:17 P.M. ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS? NONE. JUST A MOMENT. WE DO HAVE PUBLIC COMMENTS FOR THIS ITEM. STEPHANIE AMBRIZ OKAY, I'M SORRY. YES. PUBLIC COMMENT FOR THIS ITEM NUMBER 18. DO YOU WANT ME TO COME BACK TO YOU? YES. OKAY. JAMES WROTE. NO, ACTUALLY YOU'RE THE ONLY ONE. YEAH, NO I DO. YEAH. SO. THIS IS FOR ITEM NUMBER 18. STEPHANIE. OKAY. WE CAN CHECK TO SEE IF THERE IS ANYONE ON ZOOM ONLINE. IS THERE ANYONE ON ZOOM THAT WOULD LIKE TO COMMENT ON THIS ITEM? IF ANYONE ON ZOOM WOULD LIKE TO COMMENT, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. THERE ARE NONE. OKAY. THERE WAS NO ONE ON ZOOM.

OKAY. THAT'S OKAY. GOING BACK TO STEPHANIE. I CAN'T SPEAK TO THIS. I DON'T LIVE NEAR IT. BUT THERE'S A RESIDENT HERE WITH CONCERNS, NOISE COMPLAINTS. SHE DOESN'T FEEL COMFORTABLE SPEAKING UP HERE. SO I JUST WANTED TO RELAY THAT MESSAGE. AS SOMEBODY WHO LIVES NEAR THE ESTABLISHMENT, HAS SOME CONCERNS AND COMPLAINTS ABOUT NOISE. THAT'S IT. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. OKAY. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE THAT WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL ON THIS ITEM? SEEING NONE, WE CAN CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. WE'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC COMMENT AT 10:18 P.M. WHAT ARE ANY COMMENTS FROM THE COUNCIL? IS THERE CERTAIN RESTRICTIONS ON THE DECIMALS FOR THE MUSIC? YES. SO THEY HAVE TO COMPLY WITH THEIR CITY NOISE ORDINANCE, WHICH IS IN THE CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL FOR THE PROJECT. AND I. CAN YOU GO OVER THE ENTERTAINMENT PERMIT? IS IT SOMETHING THAT THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO CONTINUOUSLY APPLY FOR, OR THEY'RE OKAY FOR JUST APPLYING ONE TIME? THEY CAN REAPPLY AFTER THE ONE YEAR FOR THE THREE YEAR EXTENSION.

SO THEY HAVE TO BE APPLYING AFTER THE ONE YEAR. YES. AND SO THEY'LL APPLY THE WITHIN THE ONE YEAR, THEY'LL HAVE TO EXTEND IT FOR THE ADDITIONAL THREE YEARS. I THINK THAT'S GOOD BECAUSE IF WE START TO GET COMPLAINTS FROM RESIDENTS THAT LIVE NEARBY, THEN AT THAT POINT WE CAN DETERMINE TO EITHER NOT CONTINUE THE PERMIT OR TO CONTINUE. I DON'T HAVE ANY ANY COMPLAINTS. AND CAN YOU CONFIRM WHETHER THIS THE LIVE ENTERTAINMENT, IF IT'S GOING TO BE HAPPENING INDOORS OR OUTDOORS? INDOORS ONLY? NO OUTDOORS MUSIC AT ALL. SO EVERYTHING IS OUT INDOORS? YES. WITHIN THE AREA THAT WAS INDICATED IN THE SITE PLAN. SO

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BECAUSE THE PUBLIC COMMENT AT 1022 JUST SO IN THE IN THE CONDITIONS YOU DO HAVE CONDITION 23 WHERE IT SAYS ONE SECURITY GUARD. RIGHT. AND SO YES. AND THE SECURITY GUARD, IT WILL BE AFTER IN THE EVENING HOURS, I WOULD ASSUME. CORRECT. AND THE APPLICANT IS MORE THAN WILLING TO PROVIDE THAT. YEAH. NO. BUT IS THERE ANY LIKE THERE'S NO THERE'S NO CONDITIONS FOR SECURITY CAMERAS, I THINK I'M NOT SURE IF THERE COULD BE LIKE SECURITY CAMERA LIKE TO ENSURE THERE'S A SECURITY CAMERA AT THE OUTDOOR, LIKE GOING IN AND OUT JUST TO CAPTURE IN CASE THERE'S ANYTHING WE CAN INCLUDE THAT CONDITION OF APPROVAL. YEAH, I THINK THAT WOULD BE GOOD BECAUSE THEN THAT WOULD HELP THE HIM AND ALSO HELP IN CASE THERE'S ANY ISSUES, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THAT SHOPPING CENTER IS KIND OF IT'S KIND OF DARK AT NIGHT TIME. SO MAKING SURE THAT THERE'S A CAMERA JUST RIGHT THERE FOR, FOR VISIBILITY FOR HIS ESTABLISHMENT, I KNOW HE PROBABLY WILL HAVE SOME INSIDE, BUT I THINK AT THE EXIT WOULD BE VERY KEY TO HAVE. OKAY, LIKE JUST SO YOU CAN CAPTURE WHO'S GOING IN AND OUT. OKAY, SO WE CAN ADD THAT. AND I, YOU KNOW, AND I THINK IT'LL, IT'S VERY SIMILAR TO OTHER SPORTS BARS, BUT I THINK THIS ONE BRINGS A DIFFERENT EXPERIENCE WHERE IT'S NOT, IT'S KIND OF, YOU GO AND HANG OUT IN PLACES YOU COULD GO WITH YOUR FAMILY AND, AND GO AND, YOU KNOW, GET SOME FOOD AND WATCH THE COPA MUNDIAL. YES. SO I THINK IT'S A GOOD PROJECT. I'M GLAD WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO REVIEW THE ENTERTAINMENT PERMIT. AND I KNOW WE HAVE SOME RESIDENTS THAT ARE CONCERNED REGARDING NOISE. SO JUST TO POINT OUT IT IS INDOORS, WHICH IS A GOOD THING. I THINK IT'S ALWAYS BEST TO KIND OF HAVE THAT INDOORS AND THERE'S SUFFICIENT PARKING, WHICH IS A GOOD THING AS WELL. AND I KNOW THAT THEY'VE BEEN DOING A GOOD AMOUNT OF UPGRADES TO THAT SHOPPING CENTER, WHICH IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME COMING FOR SOME TIME. I KNOW THAT WE WOULD TALK ABOUT THE CONDITIONS OF THE PARKING SPACE, YOU KNOW, TRASH, ETCETERA. AND THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF CHANGES LATELY, EVEN WHEN IT COMES TO THE SIGNAGE. SO IT'S LOOKING GREAT.

I THINK IT'S A IT LOOKS LIKE A GOOD SMALL BUSINESS. YOU KNOW, THE CITY, I THINK WE DO TRY TO

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YOU CAN MOVE ON TO A BUILDING. SO I THINK IT'S, IT'S GOING TO BE SOMETHING GREAT AND A GOOD ASSET TO THE CITY. AND AGAIN, I'M GLAD WE'LL BE ABLE TO REVIEW THE ENTERTAINMENT PERMIT ANNUALLY. SO THAT'LL BE A GOOD THING. I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO MOVE IT TO MOVE THE ITEM FORWARD, SECOND, FIRST AND SECOND, REAL QUICKLY. JUST FOR CLARITY, IS IT WITH THE ADDITIONAL CONDITION OF APPROVAL FOR THE SECURITY CAMERA? ARE THERE SECURITY CAMERAS ALREADY INSTALLED IN THAT SHOPPING CENTER? DO WE KNOW? ARE WE AWARE? I DON'T THINK SO. I THINK EACH BUSINESS YEAH EACH BUSINESS HAS THEY HAVE TO HAVE THEIR OWN. SO ASK HIM IF HE WOULD BE. AFUERA PARA PARA EL ESTACIONAMIENTO. SI SI EXISTEN TAMBIÉN. SO HE'S ALREADY MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS. IT SOUNDS LIKE. SO WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A MOTION AS AS IS. YEAH. OKAY. THANK YOU. I'LL TAKE ROLL. COUNCIL MEMBER. PEREZ. YES. COUNCILMEMBER DELGADO YES. COUNCILMEMBER. MARTINEZ. AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER. AYE. MAYOR FIGUEROA I.

FELICIDADES. FELICIDADES. MUCHAS GRACIAS POR LA CIUDAD CONCEPTO. YEAH. GRACIAS.

GRACIAS. WELL. LA MEJOR DE LA SUERTE ES PARA Q VAYA CRECIENDO MAS Y TENGA MAS LOCALES. MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER 19. THE PUBLIC HEARING AND ADOPTION OF THE 2025 COACHELLA VALLEY REGIONAL URBAN WATER MANAGEMENT PLAN. 2025 WATER SHORTAGE CONTINGENCY PLAN, AND THE RESOLUTION NUMBER WA2026-2. YES. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL. THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER THE ADOPTION OF THE 2025 COACHELLA VALLEY REGIONAL URBAN WATER MANAGEMENT PLAN, THE 2025 WATER SHORTAGE CONTINGENCY PLAN. AND AS YOU MENTIONED, RESOLUTION WA-2026-02, THE URBAN WATER MANAGEMENT PLAN ACT OF 1984 REQUIRES URBAN WATER SUPPLIERS LIKE THE CITY OF COACHELLA TO UPDATE AND ADOPT AN URBAN WATER MANAGEMENT PLAN EVERY FIVE YEARS. THE PARTICULAR DOCUMENTS BEFORE YOU ARE REQUIRED TO BE ADOPTED TO. ARE REQUIRED TO BE SUBMITTED TO THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF WATER RESOURCES BY JULY 1ST OF 2026. SO JUST A FEW WEEKS FROM NOW, THE CITY GOES THROUGH THIS PROCESS EVERY FIVE YEARS. WE WERE HERE LAST TIME IN 2021 TO ADOPT THE 2020 PLAN, AND WE'LL BE HERE FIVE YEARS FROM NOW TO ADOPT THE 2030 PLAN. WE HAVE A PRESENTATION FOR YOU TODAY THAT'S GOING TO GIVE YOU AN OVERVIEW OF THE REGIONAL URBAN WATER MANAGEMENT PLAN, WHICH IS, FOR THE MOST PART, GOING TO HIGHLIGHT THE PROJECTED WATER DEMANDS OVER THE OVER THE NEXT 25 YEAR PLANNING PERIOD. AND IT'S GOING TO COMPARE THOSE PROJECTED WATER DEMANDS TO PROJECTED WATER SUPPLIES AND MAKE AN ANALYSIS ON THAT. THE PLAN AND PRESENTATION CONSIDERS ONGOING CONSERVATION EFFORTS AND WATER EFFICIENCY PROGRAMS, LONG TERM WATER SUPPLY RELIABILITY, AND THE WATER SHORTAGE CONTINGENCY PLAN, WHICH OUTLINES HOW THE CITY AND OTHER WATER AGENCIES WOULD RESPOND DURING DROUGHT AND OR DURING EMERGENCY CONDITIONS. THIS PLAN WAS DEVELOPED IN COLLABORATION WITH THE OTHER FIVE WATER AGENCIES IN THE COACHELLA VALLEY TO ENSURE A COORDINATED APPROACH TO WATER MANAGEMENT ACROSS THE REGION. STAFF IS RECOMMENDING THAT YOU ADOPT THE DOCUMENTS BEFORE YOU AND THAT YOU AUTHORIZE THAT. WE SUBMIT THESE DOCUMENTS TO THE STATE BY THE DEADLINE. ADOPTION OF THESE PLANS IS REQUIRED TO COMPLY WITH STATE LAW. IT ENSURES THAT THE CITY HAS A LONG TERM STRATEGY FOR WATER SUPPLY RELIABILITY, AND THAT WE'RE PREPARED TO RESPOND TO DROUGHT AND EMERGENCY SITUATIONS THAT IMPACT WATER SUPPLIES. IT ALSO, IS THERE A PRESENTATION? THERE IS GOING TO OH, HE'S HE'S GOING TO LET HIM IN. IT ALSO ENSURES THAT WE ARE IN COMPLIANCE WITH WITH GRANTS THAT WE MIGHT BE REQUESTING. AS YOU KNOW, WE HAVE AN ACTIVE APPLICATION WITH THE STATE WATER BOARD FOR FINANCIAL SUPPORT THAT WE'RE SEEKING SO THAT WE CAN IMPLEMENT THE CHROMIUM SIX PROJECT THAT THAT

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WE'VE. WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS PLAN FOR OVER A YEAR, AND WE'RE GOING TO. THE PRESENTATION IS GOING TO HIGHLIGHT THE KEY ASPECTS OF THE PLAN, AND WE'LL BE READY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. COMMENTS AT THE END OF THE PRESENTATION. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS, STAFF AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS. AS I SAID, MY NAME IS EMILY MCCORD. I'M WITH RINCON CONSULTANTS, AND I'M GOING TO WALK YOU THROUGH THE CORE ELEMENTS OF THE REPORT TODAY. SO THE FIRST THING I'M GOING TO DO IS GIVE AN OVERVIEW OF THE WMP ACT AND ITS REQUIREMENTS. THEN I'LL GIVE AN OVERVIEW OF THE COACHELLA VALLEY AND WHERE COACHELLA WATER AUTHORITY OR SWA IS WITHIN THE REGION. I'LL GO OVER THE PROJECTIONS FOR WATER DEMAND AND CONSERVATION INTO THE FUTURE, BOTH FOR THE REGION AS A WHOLE AND FOR SWA INDIVIDUALLY. NEXT, I'LL DISCUSS THE WATER SUPPLY PORTFOLIO OF THE REGION WHERE THE REGION'S WATER COMES FROM. I'LL THEN DISCUSS THE RELIABILITY OF THOSE WATER SOURCES. AFTER THAT, I'LL TALK ABOUT A WATER SHORTAGE CONTINGENCY PLAN. AND FINALLY, I'LL FINISH OFF BY GOING OVER THE REPORT TIMELINE THROUGH THE SUBMITTAL TO THE DEPARTMENT OF WATER RESOURCES AT THE END OF THIS MONTH. THE UW EMP ACT IS A CALIFORNIA LAW THAT WAS CREATED IN 1984 BY ASSEMBLY BILL 797. IT REQUIRES THAT EVERY URBAN WATER SUPPLIER THAT PROVIDES WATER FOR MUNICIPAL PURPOSES, EITHER DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, WITH MORE THAN 3000 CUSTOMERS OR SUPPLYING MORE THAN 3000 ACRE FEET OF WATER PER YEAR, MUST ADOPT AND SUBMIT A UW EMP.

THESE UW AMPS MUST BE SUBMITTED AND ADOPTED EVERY FIVE YEARS AND SENT TO THE DWR BY JULY 1ST.

MULTIPLE AGENCIES CAN COLLABORATE TO PREPARE A REGIONAL UW EMP, WHICH IS WHAT SWA HAS DONE, ALONG WITH FIVE OTHER AGENCIES FOR THE COACHELLA VALLEY REGIONAL UW.

EMP CORE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE UW EMP INCLUDE A DESCRIPTION OF THE WATER SERVICE AREA, WATER USE, SUPPLY SOURCES, DEMAND MANAGEMENT AND OTHER CONSERVATION MEASURES, MEASURES, A DROUGHT RISK ASSESSMENT AND WATER SHORTAGE CONTINGENCY PLAN. OVERALL, UW AMPS HELP WATER DISTRICTS WITH LONG TERM WATER RESOURCE PLANNING AND ENSURE THEY HAVE SUFFICIENT SUPPLY FOR ANTICIPATED FUTURE WATER DEMANDS. CWA IS SUBMITTING A REGIONAL UW EMP, ALONG WITH FIVE OTHER AGENCIES SHOWN HERE ON THE MAP COACHELLA VALLEY WATER DISTRICT, DESERT WATER AGENCY, THE CITY OF INDIO, MISSION SPRINGS WATER DISTRICT AND MIAMI DUNES MUTUAL WATER COMPANY CW WATER SERVICE AREA IS IN THE YELLOW AREA IN THE CENTER OF THE VALLEY.

COLLECTIVELY, THE SIX WATER AGENCIES PROVIDE POTABLE WATER TO OVER 183 600 000, OR 183,600 URBAN CONNECTIONS, SUCH AS SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCES, APARTMENT COMPLEXES AND COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS. WITH MORE THAN 196,000 ACRE FEET OF POTABLE WATER ANNUALLY, THERE ARE FOUR GROUNDWATER REPLENISHMENT FACILITIES IN THE REGION THAT PROVIDE MORE THAN 616 000 ACRE FEET OF RECHARGE CAPACITY. THERE ARE NINE WASTEWATER TREATMENT AND RECLAMATION FACILITIES, ONE OF WHICH IS IN THE SWA SERVICE AREA, AND MORE THAN AN ESTIMATED 3300 MILES OF PIPELINE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT BRINGS THE POTABLE WATER FROM PRODUCTION FACILITIES TO URBAN CONNECTIONS. CW HAS 9534 CONNECTIONS AND CURRENTLY SERVES 7782 ACRE FEET PER YEAR OF WATER WITHIN ITS SERVICE AREA. AS PART OF THE UW EMP, WE PROJECTED DEMAND FOR THE WHOLE REGION. THREE 2050. THIS DEMAND WAS BASED ON POPULATION, HOUSING AND EMPLOYMENT PROJECTIONS BY THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF GOVERNMENTS, OR SCAG. THESE REGIONAL GROWTH PROJECTIONS ARE BASED ON THE BEST DATA AVAILABLE FOR FUTURE BUILDOUT IN THE AREA. SCAG COORDINATED WITH ALL OF THE LOCAL MUNICIPALITIES, INCLUDING THE CITY OF COACHELLA, TO ENSURE THAT THE GROWTH FORECAST REFLECTS LOCAL LAND USE PLANS. OVERALL, WATER DEMAND IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE OVER THE NEXT 25 YEARS, TO A TOTAL OF ABOUT 197,000 ACRE FEET PER YEAR ACROSS THE REGION AS A WHOLE. AS WE'LL GO OVER IN MORE DETAIL IN LATER SLIDES, THIS INCREASE IN SUPPLY CAN BE RELIABLY MET WITH SUPPLY FROM THE INDIO AND MISSION CREEK SUBBASINS, WHICH IS SUPPLEMENTED WITH IMPORTED WATER. ADDITIONALLY, INCREASED RECYCLED WATER USE AND SURFACE WATER USE WILL OFFSET SOME OF THE FUTURE GROUNDWATER USE. THIS GRAPH SHOWS THE PROJECTED DEMAND FOR SWA SPECIFICALLY, BOTH BASED ONLY ON DEMOGRAPHIC GROWTH FROM SCAG, WHICH IS THE DOTTED LINE AND WITH ESTIMATED FUTURE CONSERVATION. THE ORANGE SOLID LINE SCAG FORECASTS 109%

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GROUNDWATER IS SUPPLEMENTED WITH LOCAL SURFACE WATER DIVERTED BY DWA IMPORTED COLORADO RIVER WATER SERVED TO EAST VALLEY MUNICIPAL USERS LIKE SCHOOLS AND HOMES BY KVIE, AND RECYCLED WATER SERVED BY CVS AND DWA. WHILE THE CWA IS SOLELY SUPPLIED BY GROUNDWATER FROM THE INDIO SUBBASIN. THE GREEN BASIN IN THE MAP DEPICTED HERE, CWA PAYS A REPLENISHMENT CHARGE TO INSERT ENSURE RELIABILITY. REGIONALLY IMPORTED WATER FROM THE COLORADO RIVER AND THE STATE WATER PROJECT ARE USED TO SUPPLEMENT THE GROUNDWATER AT THE FOUR GROUNDWATER RECHARGE FACILITIES MENTIONED PREVIOUSLY, WHICH YOU CAN SEE ON THE MAP HERE IN THE INDIO SUBBASIN IN GREEN AND THE MISSION CREEK SUBBASIN IN BLUE. DWA AND CVS HAVE CONTRACTS FOR STATE WATER PROJECT WATER, WHICH THEY EXCHANGE WITH METROPOLITAN FOR DELIVERY TO THE WHITEWATER RIVER GROUNDWATER RECHARGE FACILITY AND THE MISSION CREEK JIRA. WHILE CWA DOES NOT DIRECTLY RECHARGE IMPORTED WATER WITHIN ITS SERVICE AREA, IT FINANCIALLY SUPPORTS THESE GROUNDWATER REPLENISHMENT PROGRAMS, ASSISTING WITH REGIONAL RELIABILITY. COACHELLA VALLEY DOES NOT RECEIVE ENOUGH NATURAL PUNISHMENT FROM PRECIPITATION TO SERVE ALL WATER DEMANDS. FORTUNATELY, THE IMPORTED WATER THAT IS USED FOR GROUNDWATER REPLENISHMENT PROVIDES THE REGION WITH A BUFFER AGAINST DRY HYDROLOGIC CONDITIONS. THE REGIONAL WATER AGENCIES COLLECTIVELY MANAGE BOTH MISSION CREEK AND INDIA SUBBASINS TO ENSURE SUSTAINABILITY. ADDITIONALLY, THERE ARE OTHER ALTERNATIVE SOURCES OF SUPPLY, SUCH AS RECYCLED WATER, TO HELP HELP OFFSET GROUNDWATER USE. WITH THESE OFFSET OFFSETS IN MIND, WE EVALUATED THE ABILITY OF THE AGENCIES TO MEET FORECASTED DEMANDS IN SINGLE, DRY, AND MULTIPLE DRY YEAR CONDITIONS. NONE OF THE AGENCIES ANTICIPATE ANY SUPPLY SHORTAGES INTO YEAR 2050 DUE TO THE ROBUST GROUNDWATER MANAGEMENT UNDERTAKEN IN THE VALLEY. IN ADDITION, THERE ARE ALSO CONSERVATION PROGRAMS AND WATER SHORTAGE CONTINGENCY PLANS THAT ENCOURAGE CUSTOMERS TO USE WATER MORE EFFICIENTLY, WHICH I'LL GO INTO MORE DETAIL ABOUT IN THE NEXT SLIDE. PART OF THE REQUIREMENT OF THE WMP ACT IS FOR AGENCIES TO CREATE A WATER SHORTAGE CONTINGENCY PLAN, OR WSP. THIS PLAN DESCRIBES HOW THE AGENCY INTENDS TO PREDICT AND RESPOND TO FORESEEABLE AND UNFORESEEABLE WATER SHORTAGES, OR ANY TIME WATER SUPPLIES ARE NOT SUFFICIENT TO SUPPORT TYPICAL DEMAND. CPS ARE TYPICALLY IMPLEMENTED DURING MULTI-YEAR DROUGHTS, BUT CAN ALSO BE IMPLEMENTED DUE TO OTHER CIRCUMSTANCES THAT IMPACT SUPPLY. THE CORE COMPONENTS OF THE WSP INCLUDE SIX SHORTAGE STAGES RESPONSE ACTIONS FOR EACH STAGE, COMMUNICATION PROTOCOLS, COMPLIANCE AND ENFORCEMENT, AND MONITORING AND REPORTING. FINALLY, I WANT TO TAKE YOU THROUGH THE WMP AND WSP TIMELINE. THE DRAFT WMP WAS RELEASED FOR PUBLIC REVIEW AND COMMENT ON MAY 12TH, 2026, AND THE FINAL AND THE FINAL DRAFT WAS MADE AVAILABLE ON MAY 12TH, 2026. BOTH DOCUMENTS ARE AVAILABLE ONLINE AT THE LINK HERE. CB, DWA AND MSD HAD THEIR PUBLIC HEARINGS ON MAY 27TH, JUNE 2ND AND JUNE 3RD, RESPECTIVELY. WE'RE HAVING THIS PUBLIC HEARING FOR SWA TODAY, JUNE 11TH. MD, MW AND THE CITY OF INDIO WILL HAVE THEIR PUBLIC HEARINGS IN THE NEXT WEEK. ONCE ALL COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC HEARINGS ARE INCORPORATED, THE FINAL DOCUMENTS WILL BE SUBMITTED TO THE DEPARTMENT OF WATER RESOURCES BY JULY 1ST, 2026. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING ME HERE TO PRESENT TODAY. PLEASE LET ME KNOW IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS.

THANK YOU, THANK YOU. THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING ITEM, SO I WILL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AT

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SO WE HAVE TO KEEP IN MIND WE CAN'T KEEP EXPANDING, AND WE CAN'T TAKE INTO ACCOUNT SOME OF THE CHANGES THAT WE NEED TO DO IF WE'RE CONSTANTLY EXPANDING WITHOUT ANY KIND OF A STATE HELP. SO KEEP IN MIND THAT YOU HAVE POWER. YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE A VOICE JUST AS WE DO. YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE POWER WITH THE STATE REPRESENTATIVES AND OUR OFFICIALS THAT ARE IN THE STATE.

SO YOU CAN TELL THEM, YOU KNOW, THIS IS UNFEASIBLE FOR US TO KEEP THESE WATER ESTIMATES WITH EXPANSIVE GROWTH ALSO MANDATED ALONG WITH IT. WHEN WE DON'T KNOW WHETHER OR NOT WE WILL BE ABLE TO KEEP UP THESE ESTIMATES IN THE FUTURE WITH HOWEVER SOCIETY, YOU KNOW, FLOWS. SO JUST KEEP THAT IN MIND. THANK YOU. AND FOR LISTENING. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. NEXT IS ASHBY.

I DID NOT HAVE A CHANCE TO READ THAT OVER 750 PAGE DOCUMENT. CURIOUS IF ANY OF YOU DID HAVE A CHANCE TO READ IT, BUT I JUST REALLY WANT TO. ONE EMPHASIZE THE WORLD IS IN A GLOBAL WATER BANKRUPTCY. TWO EVERY SINGLE WEEK THERE'S NEWS THAT THE COLORADO RIVER IS DRYING. IT IS A CRISIS, AND THAT IS OUR MAIN SOURCE OF WATER FOR REPLENISHING OUR AQUIFER. AND HONESTLY, I'M DISAPPOINTED IN THE PRESENTATION. IT DID NOT GO INTO DEPTH ABOUT THOSE SHORTAGE STAGES, WHAT THEY ARE, HOW THEY'RE DEFINED OR THOSE RESPONSES, THE ACTIONS THAT WOULD BE TAKEN FOR THOSE SHORTAGES, NOR THE COMMUNICATION PROTOCOLS.

COMPLIANCE ENFORCEMENT. ET CETERA. ET CETERA. ET CETERA. JUST POINTED OUT IN BULLET POINTS THAT THAT'S IN THE PLAN, BUT IT DIDN'T DESCRIBE WHAT'S IN THE PLAN. SO JUST WANT TO EMPHASIZE, YES, I HEARD THAT JULY 1ST IS THE DEADLINE TO SUBMIT THIS PLAN TO DWR. SO I WOULD JUST REQUEST THAT THIS ITEM IS TABLED TO THE NEXT CITY COUNCIL MEETING TO TO ALLOW MORE TIME FOR US TO REVIEW THE PLAN. NEXT WE HAVE STEPHANIE AMBRIZ. I WANT TO JUST ECHO WHAT ASH SHARED. THERE'S I HAVEN'T GOTTEN THROUGH THE 739 PAGES IN. THE PLAN. WOULDN'T BE SURPRISED IF THE COUNCIL HASN'T HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO THE SAME. AND I DO THINK THAT THIS IS AN ISSUE THAT WILL PROBABLY INTEREST A LOT OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS, SO I THINK THEY SHOULD HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE IN THE HEARINGS. AND I DO THINK THAT THE PRESENTATION SHOULD BE A LITTLE BIT MORE ACCESSIBLE IN TERMS OF THE INFORMATION THAT IS PROVIDED, HOW IN DEPTH THEY GO INTO THE PLAN. I WAS HONESTLY HOPING TO GET TO SIT THROUGH

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AND SO THOSE AGREEMENTS ARE INCORPORATED INTO THE ANALYSIS TO GAUGE RELIABILITY. ALTHOUGH THE COLORADO RIVER SYSTEM IS UNDER SHORTAGE, IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY TRIGGER IMPACTS TO CALIFORNIA AUTOMATICALLY. THERE'S A WHOLE PROCESS BEFORE THAT IMPACTS CALIFORNIA AND BEFORE THAT EVEN IMPACTS THIS REGION. GIVEN THAT THE COACHELLA VALLEY HAS SENIOR RIGHTS IN A VERY COMPLICATED COLORADO RIVER SYSTEM. AND SO THERE'S A LOT OF DOCUMENTS IN THAT URBAN WATER MANAGEMENT PLAN RELATED TO THOSE REPORTS. THERE ARE MUNICIPAL CODES ATTACHED TO EACH OF THE DROUGHT CONTINGENCY PLANS THAT GO WITH EACH OF THOSE. SO THERE'S FIVE THERE'S SIX CONTINGENCY PLANS BECAUSE EACH AGENCY HAS ONE. AND SO THAT HAS A NUMBER OF ATTACHMENTS. SO WHAT I WOULD SAY IS THE PUBLIC MIGHT JUST WANT TO FOCUS ON CHAPTER FIVE

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I'LL JUST VERY QUICKLY ADD TO THAT THAT. SO AS PRISCILLA SAID, CHAPTER FIVE IS, IS THE SECTION THAT'S FOCUSED ON COACHELLA SPECIFICALLY. AND THERE ARE ALSO BOOKMARKS IN THE DOCUMENT.

I KNOW IT'S A VERY LONG DOCUMENT, BUT HOPEFULLY THAT'LL MAKE IT A LITTLE EASIER TO NAVIGATE. SO THERE SHOULD BE BOOKMARKS THAT HAVE, YOU KNOW, CHAPTER FIVE THAT SAYS, LET'S SAY THAT THAT'S COACHELLA FOCUSED CHAPTER. I KNOW SOMEONE MENTIONED CHROMIUM SIX.

SUBSECTION SIX IN CHAPTER FIVE GOES OVER THE WATER SUPPLY, INCLUDING WHAT THE WATER QUALITY OF THE SUPPLY AND TALKS ABOUT CHROMIUM SIX THERE. AS CRYSTAL MENTIONED, APPENDIX C IS THE WATER SHORTAGE CONTINGENCY PLAN, AND THERE IS A BOOKMARK IN THERE FOR COACHELLA SPECIFICALLY TO HOPEFULLY MAKE IT A LITTLE EASIER TO GET TO THAT SPECIFIC WATER SHORTAGE SHORTAGE CONTINGENCY PLAN. AND THEN CRYSTAL ALSO MENTIONED THAT WE DO LOOK AT THE RELIABILITY OF IMPORTED SUPPLIES, SPECIFICALLY THE IN THIS CASE, THE DELTA RELIABILITY, AND THAT'S APPENDIX B. SO THOSE ARE SORT OF. BUT THE MAIN THE MAIN SECTION TO FOCUS ON IS CHAPTER FIVE IN THE DOCUMENT. ONE OTHER THING TO NOTE, AND YOU KNOW, FOR THE SAKE OF JUST SHARING INFORMATION IS, IS. THE CITY OF COACHELLA IS ALREADY DOING AN AMAZING JOB WHEN IT COMES TO THE GALLONS PER CAPITA PER DAY THAT THE POPULATION HERE USES.

YOU'LL YOU'LL NOTICE IN THE DOCUMENT THAT WE'RE USING ABOUT NEAR AROUND 100, MAYBE 140 GALLONS PER CAPITA PER DAY BASED ON THE AMOUNT OF WATER WE'RE USING IN A YEAR. AND, AND, AND KIND OF SPREADING THAT OVER OUR POPULATION. YOU KNOW, THERE'S OTHER OTHER AGENCIES, THE OTHER AGENCIES HERE SOMETIMES ARE USING FOUR TIMES MORE THAN WHAT WE'RE USING. AND SO I THINK WE'RE DOING A GOOD JOB. I THINK WE'RE BEING CONSIDERATE. AND, AND OUR CONSERVATION EFFORTS, WE ARE USING THE LEAST AMOUNT OF WATER AS A COMMUNITY IS IN THIS IN THIS VALLEY. SO I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING TO NOTE. ANY COMMENTS IS, IS BRINGING IT BACK ON THE SECOND MEETING OF JUNE. IS THAT TOO CLOSE TO THE JULY 1ST, DO YOU THINK? I DON'T KNOW WHEN WAS ON THE TIMELINE? CAN YOU CAN YOU SHARE THE THE LAST SLIDE THERE ON THE TIMELINE? I WANT TO SEE WHO I THINK WHO'S GOING TO GO LAST MISSION SPRINGS OR DESERT WATER AGENCY.

I WANT TO SEE. WELL I'M SORRY, I DON'T KNOW WHY AM I. SO SO WE HAD TWO MORE AGENCIES ADOPTING IN THE PLAN. INDIO WAS THE LAST ONE ON JUNE 17TH. YES. SO I, I THINK IT WILL BE IT. JUNE 24TH IS A BIT DIFFICULT BECAUSE IF THERE ARE ANY SIGNIFICANT CHANGES TO THE PLAN THAT HAS TO BE INCORPORATED, AND THEN WE WOULD HAVE TO BOTH UPLOAD THE DOCUMENT BY THE JULY 1ST DEADLINE. AND ALSO ALL OF THE. THERE ARE REQUIRED REPORTING TABLES THAT WE HAVE TO UPLOAD AS WELL TO THE DWR, BUT I, I DON'T I DON'T THINK IT'S IMPOSSIBLE. AND I, I THINK IF IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S VERY, YOU KNOW, THAT'S WANTED, I THINK IT'S SOMETHING WE CAN PROBABLY ACCOMMODATE. WE'LL JUST HAVE TO BE VERY. VERY INTENTIONAL ABOUT, INTENTIONAL ABOUT HOW WE MAKE SURE WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE MEET THE DEADLINE WE HAD. SO I DON'T WANT TO PUT MORE EFFORT IN MEANING I DON'T WANT TO PUT MORE PRESSURE INTO THAT. SO IF YOU'RE SAYING, HEY, THAT FOR THAT SECOND WEEK OF JUNE, JUST IN CASE ANY MODIFICATIONS NEED TO BE MADE, YOU KNOW, AND IT NEEDS TO COME BEFORE US AGAIN IS I JUST DON'T WANT TO CREATE ANY MORE PRESSURE ON THIS AND THAT WE'RE SUBMITTING IT ON TIME. YEAH, I THINK, I THINK WE THE SCHEDULE THAT THE SCHEDULE THAT WE SHOWED IS A SCHEDULE THAT WE HAD AGREED UPON SEVERAL MONTHS BACK, ENSURING THAT ALL OF THE PUBLIC HEARINGS WOULD HAVE TAKEN PLACE BY A CERTAIN DEADLINE SO THAT WE WOULD HAVE ENOUGH TIME TO CONSOLIDATE ANY COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC HEARING AND THEN INCORPORATE THOSE COMMENTS INTO THE FINAL DRAFT. I HOPE THAT THE COMMENT THAT I SHARED, THAT THE WATER SHORTAGE CONTINGENCY PLAN IS IDENTICAL TO THE ONE THAT'S ALREADY BEEN ADOPTED, MAYBE THAT PROVIDES A LEVEL OF COMFORT. THE OTHER THING THAT THAT I THINK IS WORTH NOTING IS, EMILY, WOULD YOU ARE YOU IN AGREEMENT? I THINK I THINK WHAT

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YEAH. THERE'S NOTHING THERE'S NOTHING SUBSTANTIAL IN DIFFERENCE IN THE 2015 DOCUMENT TO THE 2020 DOCUMENT TO NOW THIS 2025 DOCUMENT, IT'S ALL USING. IF ANYTHING, THE EXISTING IT GOT REDUCED A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE OF NEW REGULATIONS. NOW AT THE STATE LEVEL THAT THAT THAT IS BANNING LIKE ARTIFICIAL TURF, WHAT THEY CALL NON NONFUNCTIONAL TURF.

THERE'S, THERE'S A LOT OF NEW REGULATIONS THAT THE STATE THAT SET BUDGETS, THERE'S, YOU KNOW, CONSERVATION IS A WAY OF LIFE IN CALIFORNIA NOW. SO WE'VE INCORPORATED ALL OF THOSE THINGS TO ACTUALLY REDUCE DEMANDS. I THINK I ALSO WANT TO ADD IF, IF, IF, IF THE PUBLIC WANTS TO ENGAGE MORE IN SORT OF THE REGIONAL RELIABILITY, WE ARE, WE THERE WILL BE PUBLIC STAKEHOLDER PUBLIC MEETINGS FOR THE INDIO ALTERNATIVE PLAN, WHICH IS LOOKING AT GROUNDWATER SUSTAINABILITY FOR THE INDIO BASIN. AND THAT WILL HAPPEN, I BELIEVE, IN SEPTEMBER. I DON'T BELIEVE THAT THE DATE OR MAYBE HAS BEEN SET YET, BUT THERE THERE. THIS PLAN IS SPECIFICALLY JUST LOOKING AT URBAN SUPPLY AND RELIABILITY. AND IN THIS CASE, WE'RE IN THIS SORT OF PRESENTATION, LOOKING AT COACHELLA SPECIFICALLY. ALSO, AS FAR AS THE SHORT TERM SHORTAGE, SHORTAGES, EVEN THOUGH IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT AND TO LOOK AT LONG TERM RELIABILITY. AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE THE GROUNDWATER AQUIFER IS RELIABLE INTO THE FUTURE. AS FAR AS SHORT TERM SHORTAGES GO, THERE IS A LOT OF SUPPLY IN THE BASIN THAT CAN BE PULLED UPON AS NEEDED FOR A SHORT TERM ISSUES OR EMERGENCIES. CASTULO IT MIGHT BE HELPFUL TO JUST SPEND TWO MINUTES ON WHAT WATER RIGHTS ARE LIKE FROM SENIOR TO JUNIOR, AND WHAT THAT MEANS TO US. AS FAR AS WE OWN THE WATER. IT IS THE CITY'S RIGHT. SO WHEN IS THIS COMING BACK TO COUNCIL AGAIN? I THINK WE SPENT A LOT OF TIME ON IT ALREADY. AND SO THERE WERE SOME REGIONAL THERE WERE SOME REGIONAL ENGAGEMENT MEETINGS. WHEN ARE THOSE? EMILY.

I THINK THE QUESTION IS MORE ON THE ALTERNATIVE PLAN UPDATE. YES. SO THERE IS A SEPARATE PLAN FOR THE REGIONAL SUSTAINABILITY OF THE INDIO BASIN, THE INDIO ALTERNATIVE PLAN. AND THAT HAS PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT AS PART OF THAT PLAN. AND I DON'T BELIEVE THAT THOSE MEETINGS ARE SET YET, BUT THEY WILL BE HAPPENING SOMETIME IN THE FALL. OKAY. AND THEN SO WHAT WE'RE ADOPTING TODAY IS PRETTY MUCH THE SAME ONE THAT WE ADOPTED IN 2015 AND 2020, RIGHT? WHAT YOU'RE BRINGING FORWARD IS PRETTY MUCH THE SAME. YES, YES. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. I'LL

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YEAH. SO THE SAME THING THAT WE HAVE ON OUR THE EXACT SAME DOCUMENT. THANK YOU FOR A SECOND. I HAVE A FIRST AND A SECOND MOTION TO ADOPT STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION FOR THE 2025 COACHELLA VALLEY REGIONAL URBAN WATER MANAGEMENT PLAN. I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND TAKE ROLL.

COUNCIL MEMBER PEREZ. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. MARTINEZ. AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER. MEAD. AYE.

COUNCIL MEMBER. DELGADO. YES. JUST ONE QUESTION. I'M SO SORRY. THERE HASN'T BEEN ANY COMPLAINTS FROM ANY OF THE PROCESSES BEFORE. THEY'VE ALL SAID THEY'VE GONE THROUGH. YEAH WE HAVEN'T. WELL, EMILY, YOU SAID THERE WAS. ARE WE. IT SOUNDS LIKE WE'RE THE THIRD ONE, RIGHT. I, I HAVEN'T HEARD I ONLY GOT AN EMAIL FROM ROSALIND, BUT I DIDN'T SEEM LIKE IT WAS TOO CONCERNING. I THINK THERE WAS ONE COMMENT AT CVS HEARING AND I DON'T BELIEVE THERE WERE ANY COMMENTS AT DAVOS OR MSW HEARINGS. AND THE COMMENT WAS ABOUT THE SCAG NUMBERS AND WHETHER OR NOT THOSE WERE ACCURATE. WE KNOW THAT THOSE MAY BE CONSERVATIVE, BUT WE WOULD PREFER GENERALLY TO BE CONSERVATIVE WHEN ENSURING THAT THERE IS ENOUGH SUPPLY TO MEET DEMAND. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. RESUMING THE VOTE, COUNCIL MEMBER DELGADO. YES. SORRY.

MAYOR FIGUEROA. AYE. MOTION CARRIES WITH THE FIVE ZERO VOTE. THANK YOU. OKAY. AND THEN WE'LL MOVE ON NOW TO ITEM NUMBER 20, A PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER RESOLUTION NUMBER 2026-34, THE CITY COUNCIL, THE CITY OF COACHELLA FOR THE RECOMMENDATION OF CONDITIONAL APPROVAL OF TENTATIVE TRACK NUMBER 38943 FOR CONDOMINIUMS PURPOSES TO ALLOW THE SALE OF INDIVIDUAL STORAGE UNITS FOR THE COACHELLA VALLEY, THE COACHELLA VAULT PROJECT, LOCATED ON APPROXIMATELY 11 ACRE PARCEL AT 8 P.M. 603290-005 AND THE APPLICANT IS STEVE MYERS, COACHELLA VAULT, LLC. THANK YOU. I'LL BE PRESENTING THIS ITEM. MY NAME IS ADRIAN MORENO, ASSOCIATE PLANNER WITH THE CITY OF COACHELLA, AND I'LL BE PRESENTING FOR TDM NUMBER 38943, THE COACHELLA VAULT PROJECT. FOR SOME BACKGROUND, THE APPLICANT IS STEVE MYERS OF COACHELLA VAULT LLC. THE CITY APPLICATION DATE WAS BACK IN MARCH 4TH, 2020. FOR. THE EXISTING USE IS A VACANT LOT. THE CASE FILE INCLUDES A TENTATIVE TRACK MAP Q, P, A R AND ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT. BUT FOR TODAY'S HEARING, IT'S ONLY FOCUSED ON THE TENTATIVE TRACK MAP FOR CONDOMINIUM PURPOSES TO ALLOW THE SALE OF INDIVIDUAL STORAGE UNITS, THE PLANNING COMMISSION ALREADY APPROVED THE CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT, ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW AND ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT. THE GENERAL PLAN DESIGNATION IS INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT. THE ZONING IS WRECKING YARD. THE PROJECT IS LOCATED EAST OF HARRISON STREET AND 1300FT SOUTH OF AVENUE 48. LOCATED ON AN APPROXIMATELY 11 ACRE PARCEL.

AND ON MAY 20TH, 2026, THE PLANNING COMMISSION CONDITIONALLY APPROVED THE C, P, A R AND ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT FOR THE PROJECT. THE PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED THE CITY COUNCIL TO CONDITIONALLY APPROVE THIS TENTATIVE TRACK MAP NUMBER 38943, WITH THE FINDINGS AND CONDITIONS AS RECOMMENDED BY STAFF. THE PROJECT, AGAIN IS AN 11 ACRE PROPERTY THAT IS CURRENTLY VACANT AND UNDEVELOPED. THE PROPOSED PROJECT IS FOR A STORAGE FACILITY FOR RVS AND OTHER VEHICLES. THE PROJECT INCLUDES AN OFFICE AND INDUSTRIAL LEASE SPACE. THE TENTATIVE TRACK MAP, AGAIN IS FOR CONDOMINIUM PURPOSES TO ALLOW FOR THE SALE OF THOSE INDIVIDUAL STORAGE UNITS AND BUILD OUT. THE PROJECT WILL INCLUDE A TWO STORY OFFICE INDUSTRIAL LEASE SPACE AND APPROXIMATELY 225,230FT■!S OF STORAGE SPACE. N TOTAL, SITE IMPROVEMENTS INCLUDE LANDSCAPING, STREET IMPROVEMENTS, DRIVE AND PARKING. THE PLANNING COMMISSION APPROVED THE SITE PLAN ALREADY FOR THE PROJECT. THE PROJECT WILL ALSO DEVELOP ROOFTOP SOLAR PANELS AND ASSOCIATED ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT TO SUPPORT THE SOLAR FACILITIES. THIS IS THE SITE PLAN HIGHLIGHTED IN RED. HERE ARE THOSE STORAGE BUILDINGS AND ALSO HIGHLIGHTED IN RED HERE ON THE PRESENTATION

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WITH THAT, I'LL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 11:10 P.M. JAMES RODRIGUEZ. GOOD EVENING COUNCIL.

I HAD ORIGINALLY READ A PORTION OF THAT WHERE IT WAS TALKING ABOUT THE RV STORAGE AND VEHICLE STORAGE, AND I MISATTRIBUTED IT TO ANOTHER LOCATION THAT JUST I GOT INFORMATION ON IT RIGHT NOW, SO NO ISSUES FROM MY END. I WILL JUST, YOU KNOW, COMMENT THAT IT'S A GOOD THING THAT IT DOES HAVE THAT LITTLE RETAIL HUB AT THE END OF IT, SO THAT IT BECOMES A COMMERCIAL SPACE FOR PEOPLE THAT ARE WILLING TO LEASE OR PURCHASE THAT. SO IT LOOKS LIKE A GOOD VENUE. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE THAT WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL ON THIS ITEM SEEING? YES. IF YOU CAN JUST STATE YOUR NAME AND I CAN GET A FORM AFTER. NICOLE VAN, PROJECT MANAGER AT MSA CONSULTING. I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF THE CLIENT, STEVE MYERS. AND BEFORE YOU IS JUST THE TENTATIVE TRACK MAP. I WON'T REITERATE ANYTHING STAFF HAS ALREADY SAID, BUT JUST LIKE TO THANK STAFF WORKING WITH THEM THROUGH THE PROCESS. IT'S BEEN A LONG ONE. WE HAD A COUPLE OF HICCUPS, BUT WE'VE WORKED THROUGH THOSE ISSUES AND HAPPY TO BE HERE IN FRONT OF YOU TONIGHT. HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU ALSO MIGHT HAVE. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. THERE IS NO OTHER PUBLIC COMMENTS. IS THERE ANYONE ON ZOOM? NO. HANDS RAISED ONLINE. WE'LL CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT AT 11:12 P.M.

AND WHAT ARE THE WISHES OF THE COUNCIL? I'D LIKE TO MOVE A MOTION TO MOVE FORWARD. OKAY.

THERE'S A THERE'S A FIRST, SECOND, SECOND. OKAY. COUNCIL MEMBER. PEREZ. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. DELGADO. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. MARTINEZ. AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER I. MAYOR. FIGUEROA. I

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COUNCIL IS THIS FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS. ARE WE ON COUNCIL COMMENTS. WE'RE ON FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS RIGHT NOW. OH COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON ITEMS. THE FIRST ONE. SO I ALREADY GAVE MY COMMENT. OKAY. SO SO FOR FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS IS THAT WE BRING BACK TO REVIEW AND OR APPROVE A BUS, A BUS FOR THE SENIORS. AND THEN WOULD WE BE USING THAT SAME QUOTE THEN THAT WE HAVE ALREADY OUT? I MEAN, IS THAT POSSIBILITY? ANDREW. I THINK. IT'S YEAH. SO I GUESS MAYBE WE'RE HAVING NOW IS OBVIOUSLY WE'RE A BRAND NEW BUS THAT'S CNG. SO IT WAS MORE EXPENSIVE. SO IF THAT'S THE TYPE OF BUS WE'RE TRYING TO GET, THEN YES, THAT WOULD BE VALID.

YEAH, IT PROBABLY WOULDN'T. WELL, I MEAN, JUST THERE WOULD OBVIOUSLY BE MORE ECONOMICAL CHOICES. WE COULD RESEARCH AS WELL RELATIVE TO USE BUSSES OR ALSO JUST GASOLINE BUSSES. BUT YEAH, I TRY TO PURCHASE A ACTUAL LIKE BRAND NEW BUS. AND THAT'S THE COST, I THINK THAT YOU SHOULD BRING SOME OPTIONS BACK IF THAT'S IF THE COUNCIL SUPPORTS THAT. BUT, BUT THE REALITY IS THAT, I MEAN, WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE LOOKING AT THAT CNG BUS UNTIL PROBABLY AT THE EARLIEST WOULD BE APRIL OF NEXT YEAR. THAT'S THE EARLIEST THAT'S IF THERE ISN'T ANY MORE DELAYS AND THEN THEY'RE GOING TO COME BACK AND THEY'RE GOING TO SAY THAT WE'RE BEING DISHONEST AGAIN, BECAUSE THESE TIMELINES ARE BEING PUSHED OUT, AND RIGHTFULLY SO, BECAUSE THEY KEEP BEING TOLD THAT THERE'S IT'S GOING TO BE BY THIS DATE. AND THEN MONTHS GOES BY AND IT'S LIKE, NO, IT'S NOT THAT DATE, YOU KNOW, AND THEN A MONTH GOES BY. IT'S LIKE, NO, WELL, WE GOT TO WAIT NOW TO SEE WHEN THE APARTMENTS ARE GOING TO BREAK GROUND SO THAT THEN WE CAN GET THE, THE BUS. SO IF WE CAN BRING BACK SOME OPTIONS ABOUT THAT. OKAY. CAN WE GET COUNCIL CONSENSUS ON THAT? WHAT ARE THEY DOING ABOUT THAT NOISE? NO. YEAH. I'M FOR JUST BUYING A BRAND NEW BUS. NO USE BUS. NO NOTHING BRINGS JUST A QUOTE FOR THE BRAND NEW BUS. JUST IT'S WE SHOULD HAVE JUST BOUGHT THE BUS IN FEBRUARY, BUT AT THIS POINT WE THOUGHT WE WERE GOING TO HAVE THE MONEY, SO I UNDERSTAND, BUT IT'S COMPLICATIONS WITH GRANTS. AND SO YEAH, LET US KNOW HOW MUCH MAJORITY ON COUNCIL. JUST LET US KNOW HOW MUCH A NEW BUS COSTS. THANK YOU.

JUST BY THE CNG ONE. IT'S JUST IT'S JUST MORE CONVENIENT. IT'S $350,000. THAT'S RIGHT. YEAH.

CAN WE AFFORD IT? WELL, NOT A BUDGET. THAT'S RIGHT. THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING. IS THAT FOR YOU TO BRING BACK THE MORE ECONOMICAL OPTIONS. STILL NEW BUSSES, BUT MAYBE NOT TO THAT LEVEL. I MEAN, SURELY YOU GUYS CAN COME UP WITH SOMETHING AND BRING IT FORWARD, BRING SOME OPTIONS. YES. OKAY. AND THEN TWO IS THAT I DO WANT TO UPDATE THE THE HEALTH POLICY THAT WE HAVE. I THINK THAT'S WHAT MAYBE. KENDRA WHAT IS THAT LIKE MAYBE TEN YEARS OLD? YEAH. SO JUST FOR CLARIFICATION ON DIRECTION SO THAT WE'RE ON THE SAME PAGE. THIS IS OPTIONS EVEN ECONOMICAL BUT ALL STILL NEW. YES. BUSSES. NO. USED BUSSES. YES. OKAY. THANK YOU. YES. THANK YOU. AND THEN SO THE OTHER RECOMMENDATION IS THAT THAT WE UPDATE THE HEALTH POLICY. IT'S OVERDUE. AND I THINK THAT I THINK THE BEST WAY TO GO ABOUT IT IS THAT, THAT WE CREATE MAYBE A SUBCOMMITTEE WITH JUST A GOAL OF UPDATING THE HEALTH POLICY. SO IT'S CREATED FOR

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HEALTH AND WELLNESS. OKAY. IT'S ABOUT TEN. RIGHT. YEAH. SO I THINK THAT'S A GOOD IDEA TO THAT. WE UPDATE UPDATE THAT. AND I'M THINKING THAT THE BEST WAY WE CAN DO IT BECAUSE IT'S PROBABLY GOING TO HAVE TO BE A SERIES OF MEETINGS. AND THERE'S A LOT OF ORGANIZATIONS THAT CONTRIBUTED TO THAT ONE AS WELL. AND SO I'M THINKING THAT MAYBE HAVING A SUBCOMMITTEE AND, AND REVIEW AND UPDATE THAT EXISTING POLICY. I CAN'T EVEN HEAR MYSELF WITH THAT THING. SO IS THAT IS THAT OKAY WITH YOU GUYS? YEAH. IS THERE A CONSENSUS TO BRING THAT BACK TO COUNCIL? SURE. YES. THANK YOU. WAS IT THE SAME ITEM, THE BUS? NO, THIS ONE IS SORRY. HEALTH.

HEALTH POLICY CONSIDERATION TO UPDATE THE HEALTH AND WELLNESS. SORRY. SORRY, TEAM. IT'S. IT'S LATE. OKAY. THANK YOU. I'M WRITING MY NOTES. THANK YOU. OKAY. YEAH. YES, YES, YES, YES, I THINK THE HEALTH POLICY. YEAH. OKAY. YES. ACTUALLY I WELL IT'S NOT, IT'S MORE OF A OF A COMMENT, I GUESS. IS THAT STEVE SANCHEZ? I THINK THEY CAME ACROSS SOME FUNDING FROM LAFCO TO DO A FORENSIC AUDIT. AND I WOULD LIKE TO REACH OUT TO, TO HIM OR THAT AGENCY AND SEE IF WE MIGHT BE A CITY THAT THEY CAN DO THAT TYPE OF AUDIT THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO PAY FOR. AND I THINK THAT'S GOING TO HELP WITH THE WITH THE TRUST AS WELL, TO HAVE A THIRD PARTY AGENCY COME IN. BUT I, I DON'T KNOW THE DETAILS TO THAT. I THINK IT'S STILL VERY NEW, BUT I KNOW THAT HE'S BEEN TALKING ABOUT IT QUITE A BIT. AND IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT THE CITY DOESN'T HAVE TO PAY FOR AND THEY CAN PROVIDE THAT FUNDING FOR IT, IT'S JUST A GOOD OPPORTUNITY, I THINK, TO TO HAVE A THIRD PARTY AGENCY COME IN. THAT'S IT. THANK YOU. AND IS THERE A CONSENSUS CON, I GUESS, TO BRING THAT BACK? THAT'S TRUE. I MEAN, FIRST DO SOME RESEARCH AS TO IF THAT'S UNDER SOMETHING THAT LAFCO THAT COMMISSION IS ABLE TO DO, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THE NEWS PICKED IT UP, BUT I DON'T KNOW THAT THERE'S THAT IT'LL ACTUALLY BE ANYTHING. SO RESEARCH, I'D LIKE TO SEE RESEARCH ON RESEARCH. OKAY. WITH THAT, MR. COUNCILMEMBER MARTINEZ, ANY WE'RE ON COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS. THANKS FOR CLARIFYING.

I'D LIKE TO SEE ANYTHING YOU LIKE TO SEE ANY ANYTHING THAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE I WOULD LIKE TO SEE ACTUALLY FROM STAFF IF WE CAN PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON THE SR 86 1750 INTERCHANGE OF THE PROJECT AND ESTABLISH IF IT'S POSSIBLE. I KNOW YOU GUYS ARE REAL BUSY. QUARTERLY PROGRESS REPORTS AND AND SEE IF WE CAN CONNECT WITH SOME LEADERSHIP OVER A CVAC OR CALTRANS DISTRICT OR EVEN WITH RAUL RUIZ, MAYBE WE CAN GET, YOU KNOW, UPDATES ON FEDERAL FUNDING AND SEE, THEY NEED TO UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS NO LONGER ABOUT TRAFFIC CONGESTION. THIS IS ABOUT SAFETY BECAUSE OF THE ACCIDENTS THAT HAPPEN VERY OFTEN ON AVENUE 50 AND SR 86.

SO I WOULD LIKE TO PROPOSE TO BRING THAT ITEM TO THE AGENDA AND GIVE US AN UPDATE TO SEE WHERE WE'RE AT. I KNOW THERE'S FACES, BUT AT LEAST, YOU KNOW, I CAN GET AN UNDERSTANDING WHERE WE'RE AT. AND, YOU KNOW, BRING IT BACK. BRING IT BACK. OKAY. YEAH, YEAH. BRING BACK.

BRING IT BACK. CONSENSUS. YES. BRING IT BACK. OKAY, GREAT. ANYTHING ELSE? YEAH. OKAY.

COUNCILMEMBER HUME. OKAY. HOPEFULLY IT'S AT THE APPROPRIATE TIME BECAUSE. SO I GOING BACK TO SOME OF THE COMMENTS REGARDING OUR AGENDAS, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE TRANSLATING OUR INFORMATION THAT WE HAVE. I KNOW THE AGENDA. IT'S AVAILABLE IN SPANISH, BUT I WAS NOT AWARE THAT THE THE ENTIRE PACKET WASN'T. I KNOW THAT'S A LOT TO

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ONCE THEY GO THROUGH THE ATTACHMENTS THAT IT'S AT THE VERY TOP AND THEY CAN SEE WHAT'S THE FISCAL IMPACT. IS THERE A BUDGET ADJUSTMENT, ALL OF THAT. SO DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? REQUEST TO CHANGE THE AGENDA OR THE PACKET SO THAT THE ATTACHMENT MAKES FISCAL IMPACT FIRST? EXACTLY. SO AT THE VERY TOP IT'LL SAY FOR EXAMPLE, WELL, MY MY COMPUTER IS GOING TO DIE. BUT YES, THE ATTACHMENTS THAT YOU GUYS HAVE, FOR EXAMPLE, WHENEVER YOU HAVE A STAFF MEMBER PRESENTING THAT SPECIFIC ATTACHMENT OR THAT SPECIFIC ITEM AT THE TOP, YOU GUYS WRITE WHO IT'S COMING FROM. SO IF IT'S FROM YOU, IT'LL SAY LINCOLN, SAY FINANCE DEPARTMENT, ETC. ADD ON THERE A TABLE. IF IF IT HAS ANY FISCAL IMPACT, PUT IT ON THERE. AND IF THERE'S NO FISCAL IMPACT, THEN JUST PUT NO FISCAL IMPACT, NO BUDGET ADJUSTMENT. SO HAVE A TABLE ON THERE WHERE YOU CAN FILL THAT IN. AND I THINK THAT'S GOING TO HELP WITH A LOT OF THESE DIFFERENT REPORTS. EVEN WHEN WE HAVE REPORTS, IF IT'S A RECEIVE AND FILE, PUT IT ON THERE RECEIVE AND FILE SO THAT WE'RE NOT REALLY IT'S SO IT'S VISIBLE. SOUNDS GOOD. I I'M ALL FOR THAT.

AS THE FINANCE DIRECTOR, IS THERE A CONSENSUS ON THAT? YES. OKAY. AND THEN JUST TO ALSO REITERATE, YOU MENTIONED TRANSLATION OF THE ENTIRE AGENDA PACKET, THE ENTIRE AGENDA PACKET. YOU WANT TO CONSIDER MAYBE A WIDGET THAT I MENTIONED BEFORE THAT CAN COVER AN ARRAY OF ITEMS. YES. THAT'S FINE. OKAY. SO THERE'S A CONSENSUS ON THAT TOO. YEAH.

OKAY. THANK YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU. THAT'S ALL I HAD. OKAY. MINE. I WANTED TO I THINK THIS IS PROBABLY LIKE BRING BACK I KNOW WE GET POLICE REPORTS, BUT CAN WE GET THE REPORTS FROM THE PARK RANGER OF WHAT INCIDENTS ARE OCCURRING IN THE PARK AND WHAT ISSUES ARE ARISING.

BECAUSE I KEEP SEEING LIKE VIDEOS ON SOCIAL MEDIA ABOUT PEOPLE GETTING LIKE, YOU KNOW, THE, THE, I JUST WANT TO SEE WHAT INCIDENTS ARE OCCURRING AT THE PARK. I THINK SO THAT WE KNOW LIKE WHEN THEY OCCUR SO THAT WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S OCCURRING IN THE PARKS AND WE'RE ENSURING SAFETY BECAUSE I'VE BEEN GOING MORE AND MORE AND WALKING THE PARK AT NIGHT TIME WITH MY DOG AND IT'S BUSY DOWN THERE. BUT I THINK I'VE ALSO BEEN TALKING TO PEOPLE ABOUT LIKE INCIDENTS THAT OCCUR AT THE, AT THE PARK, LIKE WITH THE SOCCER LEAGUE COMPONENT. SO IT TIES INTO THAT. SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT LIKE WE'RE HAVING SAFE SPACES.

AND IF THERE'S INCIDENTS THAT WE'RE BEING REPORTED OR AT LEAST GETTING A MONTHLY UPDATE OR SOMETHING ABOUT INCIDENTS THAT ARE OCCURRING, BECAUSE IF WE'RE GETTING PUBLIC SAFETY REPORTS FROM THE POLICE, WE SHOULD PROBABLY BE GETTING SAFETY REPORTS FROM THE PARKS TO MAKE SURE WE'RE HAVING SAFE PARKS. AND IF THERE'S ANY ISSUES AND WE SEE A TREND AND WE'RE ABLE TO ADDRESS IT. SO WITH THAT ITEM. SO IF THERE'S IT'S KIND OF JUST MAKING SURE, HOW'S EVERYTHING LOOKING AT THE IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT PUBLIC SAFETY AS A WHOLE, THAT IS A PUBLIC SAFETY. AND OFFICERS DON'T USUALLY GO THERE AND WE SOMETIMES DON'T GET THE. THAT REPORT, UNLESS IT'S THAT REPORT WE GET IS ONLY USUALLY VIOLENT CRIMES, WHICH IS, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES I JUST WANT TO SEE THE INCIDENTS CALL LOG OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT FOR THE PARK.

AND SECOND. IF WE CAN BRING BACK THESE FEES THAT I'VE BEEN SEEING ON SOCIAL MEDIA ABOUT THE SOCCER LEAGUES CHARGING PEOPLE AND EXPULSIONS, WE HAVEN'T DONE A FINAL MOU. SO I DON'T KNOWEEING. LIKE, I KNOW THAT THE PARK, THERE'S FEES THAT THE PARK

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BECAUSE I'M CONFUSED, LIKE, OKAY, IF YOU GET CHARGED, WHO'S WHO'S ISSUING THAT? IS IT THE PARK RANGER? IS IT THE SOCCER LEAGUES THEMSELVES? AND THEN WHERE DOES THAT MONEY GO? AND WHO GETS BILLED IT? JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE BECAUSE I'VE BEEN SEEING LIKE IT'S A PARK RANGER BILL. BUT IF IT'S CAN THE ARE THE SOCCER LEAGUES THE ONES DOING IT? JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW WHERE THOSE THINGS CAME FROM. SO I JUST WANT CLARIFICATION ON THAT. AND THEN. THAT'S IT ON FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS FOR NOW. SO THOSE TWO ITEMS. SO. ARE THERE CONSENT OR CONSENSUS ON THOSE TWO? WELL, I JUST WANT TO UNDERSTAND WHAT ARE YOU ASKING FOR? ARE YOU ASKING FOR THE FEES THAT THE THAT THE CITY IS ISSUING OR THE FEES THAT THE LEAGUE IS ISSUING BECAUSE THE FEES THAT THE LEAGUE IS ISSUING? IT'S DIFFICULT FOR US TO TO RIGHT TO ASK OR REGULATE THAT. BUT IF IT'S FROM THE CITY, THEN THAT WE CAN WHAT IS WHAT IS IT? THEY'RE SHARING A LITTLE CLARIFICATION, WHETHER IT'S CODE ENFORCEMENT OR IT'S ACTUALLY THE THE LEAGUE ITSELF. I THINK IT WOULD BE GOOD TO HEAR FROM THE LEAGUE AND SEE IF, IF THEY ARE IMPLEMENTING OR PUTTING LIKE BRING THEM FORWARD AND HAVE. YEAH. AND FOR THEM TO SHARE LIKE, OH, YES, WE ARE OR WE'RE NOT, YOU KNOW, THEY CAN SHARE WITH US. YEAH. AND JUST TO CLARIFY WITH US, JUST TO CLARIFY, THIS REALLY RELATES TO DRINKING IN THE PARK. IT RELATES TO A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS, A LOT OF THINGS DURING THE, DURING THE SOCCER GAMES, OKAY. LEAGUES, RENTING OUT FIELDS OR CHARGING A CERTAIN AMOUNT. THIS IS A THING FROM THE COACHELLA YOUTH SOCCER ASSOCIATION PUT UP POSTS ON SOCIAL MEDIA. THAT IS IS A POLICY AND IT HAS THE CITY. IT SAYS THESE ARE REGULATED FROM THE CITY. AND SO IT SAYS IF YOU HAVE A FIRST SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, FOR SMOKING, DRUGS, ALCOHOL, IT'S LIKE THE FIRST ONE, IT'S $250, THE SECOND ONE IS $500. AND THE THIRD IS AN EXPULSION FROM PEOPLE PLAYING AT ALL. SO I'M LIKE, WHERE DID THAT COME FROM? IS IT IN THE ORIGINAL MOU? AND THEN THEN THEY POSTED A PICTURE OF THEY GOT A PARK RANGER TICKET. SO I JUST WANT TO GET CLARIFICATION BECAUSE I'VE BEEN HAVING PEOPLE REACH OUT TO ME AND I JUST WANT CLARIFICATION OF, IS IT THE CITING OFFICER? WHERE DID THESE FEES COME FROM? AND SO I JUST WANT CLARIFICATION OF, OF, OF IS EVERYONE PROPERLY WHO'S SUPPOSED TO LIKE ISSUE THE CITATION? THIS IS NOT THE FEES FROM THE, THE, THE LEAGUE. IT'S LIKE BECAUSE THEY'RE SAYING IT'S CITY OF COACHELLA FEES, SO ON. THEY'RE NOT SURE WHAT THE FEES ARE FOR. THE PARK RANGER IS UNDER CODE ENFORCEMENT AND HE CAN ISSUE CITATIONS IF PEOPLE ARE DOING ANYTHING ILLEGAL AT THE PARKS. SO THAT'S COMING FROM OUR THE MUNICIPAL CODE SECTIONS FOR CODE ENFORCEMENT. SO IT'S NOT A FEE THAT'S BEING IMPOSED UPON THEM BY THE SOCCER LEAGUES. THEY'RE RECEIVING ACTUAL ADMINISTRATIVE CITATIONS LIKE YOU WOULD RECEIVE FROM A REGULAR CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER. YEAH. MY QUESTION IS, WHEN DID THOSE LIKE, I KNOW THAT THEY'RE, THEY'RE ALWAYS THERE. SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S BEING COMMUNICATED TO ALL. OF THE SPORTS LEAGUES THAT THIS IS THE RULE AND YOU HAVE TO MAKE SURE YOU LIKE THAT'S PART OF THEIR PACKET THAT THEY GIVE PARENTS. THAT'S PART OF THE PACKET THEY GIVE SPECTATORS AND THEY'RE ABLE TO THAT BECAUSE IF ONE IS DOING IT, THE OTHER ONES AREN'T ENFORCING IT. IT'S JUST WHO'S GETTING WHAT INFORMATION.

I THINK THAT'S THE BIG THING IS, IS IF WE'RE HAVING, YOU KNOW, SPORTS LEAGUES, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE KNOWS THE RULES OF IF YOU ARE CAUGHT DRINKING OR SMOKING OR DOING ILLICIT DRUGS IN PUBLIC LIKE THAT, THIS IS WHAT YOU CAN FACE. AND KIND OF THOSE FEES ARE KIND OF LOW BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE PUBLIC INTOXICATION IS $1,000. SO I WOULD WANT TO REVIEW THAT.

I THINK IT'S A POLICY REVIEW TO SAY YOU'RE GOING TO GET CHARGED $1,000. SO YEAH, I THINK IT'S IN THE MOU, RIGHT? IT'S IN THE IT'S IN THE MOU FOR. AND THEN SO I THINK WHAT'S HAPPENING IS THAT THE CITATION IS THAT THE RANGERS GIVING THE CITATION TO THE LEAGUE, AND THEN THE LEAGUE IS THEN GIVING THAT FEE TO THE PERSON WHO'S VIOLATED IT. SO THE REVISED MOU IS ACTUALLY

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THAT'S WHAT MY QUESTION IS. SHOULD THE RANGER BE CITING THE INDIVIDUAL AND NOT DIRECTLY THE LEAGUE. RIGHT. BECAUSE RANGERS SHOULD BE I MEAN THE RANGER CITES THE INDIVIDUAL. YEAH.

YEAH. YEAH. THANK YOU. AND THEN WE'LL GO TO COUNCIL COMMENTS. I'LL DO ANOTHER CIRCLE AGAIN.

SORRY TO MY LEFT. REPORTS OF MISCELLANEOUS COMMITTEES. I THINK I ALREADY MADE MY COMMENTS. LASTLY, I DO WANT TO THANK ALL CITY STAFF. I KNOW THAT THE LAST COUPLE OF COUNCIL MEETINGS HAVE BEEN REALLY LONG. THANK YOU GUYS FOR FOR YOUR SUPPORT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR HARD WORK. I KNOW IT'S BEEN LONG. THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER, I'M. I'M I'M HAPPY THAT WE'RE A FULL TEAM NOW THAT THERE'S FIVE MEMBERS HERE. AND YOU KNOW, I'M HAPPY THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE MR. GUS ROMO COMING IN SOON. I, I AM VERY HAPPY THAT HE'S COMING IN. AND I SHARED THIS BEFORE IS HE'S BEEN VETTED FIVE TIMES. WE'VE INTERVIEWED HIM THREE TIMES. AND THEN HE WAS VETTED TWO TIMES BEFORE THAT. SO HE'S BEEN VETTED A TOTAL OF FIVE TIMES IN THE LAST THREE MONTHS. AND HE WAS ALWAYS A TOP APPLICANT. AND SO THAT SHOULD SAID THAT SAYS A LOT IS THAT NOT ONLY DO WE NEED SOMEONE WHO'S GOING TO COME IN AND BE AGGRESSIVE IN GETTING THINGS DONE, BUT THERE'S ALSO A HUMAN ELEMENT THAT IS NEEDED AND REQUIREMENT AND REQUIRED, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE'RE GOING THROUGH SO MUCH TRANSITION IS THERE'S THAT ALSO THAT COMFORT AND SECURITY AND EDUCATION THAT ANY LEADER SHOULD BE PROVIDING. AND SO I DO THINK THAT MR. ROME WAS GOING TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THAT GOOD BALANCE THAT I FEEL THAT WE'VE BEEN WE'VE BEEN LACKING. AND ALSO, HE COMES IN WITH A LOT OF INTEGRITY AND ETHICS. AND, YOU KNOW, I'M I'M EXCITED TO HAVE HIM ON BOARD. I THINK HE'S GOING TO BE REACHING OUT TO SOME OF OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS AS WELL AND MEETING WITH YOU GUYS. IF YOU GUYS ARE OPEN TO THAT, YOU KNOW, YEAH, HE'S I'M HAPPY ABOUT THAT. AND TO, YOU KNOW, RYAN, I DO THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU'VE THAT YOU'VE DONE FOR FOR US. YOU'VE ALWAYS BEEN VERY RESPONSIVE. YOU'VE ALWAYS BEEN VERY RESPECTFUL. YOU'VE ALWAYS BEEN VERY ETHICAL. AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S TOO BAD THAT, THAT THERE'S OTHER ATTORNEYS THAT HAVE THAT HAVE COME INTO QUESTION THAT PRETTY MUCH HAS IMPACTED YOUR ROLE. AND, AND I WANT TO TELL YOU THAT YOU'VE BEEN NOTHING BUT ETHICAL AND KIND AND RESPECTFUL TO US, TO ME. AND, YOU KNOW, I HOPE THAT THE REST OF THIS COUNCIL FEELS THAT WAY. AND IT'S UNFORTUNATE THAT OTHER MEMBERS OF, OF BBQ, IT IS A VERY LARGE FIRM. AND OF COURSE, THERE'S GOING TO BE PERHAPS SOME INDIVIDUALS THAT MAY NOT BE PERFORMING AT THE STANDARD THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO, YOU KNOW, UNFORTUNATELY, IT DOES IMPACT OTHER INDIVIDUALS LIKE RYAN, WHO, YOU KNOW, HE, HE, HE'S BEEN VERY, VERY RESPONSIBLE AND VERY RESPECTFUL TO US. I'M, I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO WHAT'S COMING UP NEXT. WE HAVE A LOT OF WONDERFUL THINGS COMING UP NEXT. AND SO I'M, I, I KEEP LOOKING AT AT ANDREW AND I KEEP CALLING HIM OVER ALL THE TIME AND SAY, HEY, WHEN ONE OF THIS STUFF COMING, WE'RE, WE'RE WAITING. AND THEN WE'RE BEING QUESTIONED AS TO WHY IT'S NOT COMING THROUGH. WE'RE GOING TO SEE SOME OF THE STUFF. RIGHT. THE CRC IS COMING SOON. YES. AND THE WELLNESS CENTER. OH THAT'S RIGHT. AND THEN THE, THE, THE LIBRARY ANNEXATION. I'M ALL OVER THE PLACE. THE LIBRARY ANNEXATION. YES. AND THEN WHAT ELSE? WHAT ABOUT THE WHAT ABOUT THE BRIDGE? WHEN ARE WE GOING TO GET THAT BRIDGE. WE GOTTA DO. WE GOTTA GET THAT DONE. WE DO. WE GOT $5,060 MILLION THERE.

GET THAT DONE. THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER MARTINEZ. OH, IT'S BEEN ALL RIGHT. YOU JUST STARTED. IT'S YOUR FIRST MEETING. I CAN STOP SWEATING OR SHAKING. NO THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ALL THE STAFF. EVERYBODY WELCOMED ME WITH A NICE SMILE. IT'S. YOU GUYS ARE REALLY

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AND IF WE ARE CAPABLE OF PERFORMING THE PURCHASE OF A NEW BUS, I'M DOWN FOR IT. AND THANK YOU, EVERYBODY. THANK YOU. DEBBIE. THANK YOU. JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE COMMUNITY THAT SHOWED UP TODAY AND THAT HAS BEEN COMING TO OUR MEETINGS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT. WE APPRECIATE THEM A LOT. AND THANK YOU FOR STICKING AROUND. IT'S ALMOST MIDNIGHT AND YOU'RE STILL HERE, SO IT'S GREATLY APPRECIATED. THANK YOU TO OUR STAFF. YOU GUYS DO A PHENOMENAL JOB AND YOU STICK BY OUR SIDE. I KNOW A LOT OF YOU LIVE IN THE CITY OF COACHELLA, SO WE APPRECIATE YOU. WE APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO. WELCOME TO OUR NEW APPOINTED COUNCIL MEMBER. AND THEN ALSO A HUGE CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR NEWLY APPOINTED ALTERNATE COMMISSIONER, PLANNING COMMISSIONER STEPHANIE AMBRIZ.

CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN. AND WE'RE WALKING INTO THE SUMMER. STAY, STAY COOL AS MUCH AS YOU CAN. I KNOW THAT SOON WE'RE GOING TO BE OPENING COOLING CENTERS. SO I KNOW THOSE HOURS TYPICALLY GET POSTED EVERY YEAR ON OUR WEBSITE AND ALSO ON SOCIAL MEDIA. MAKE SURE TO SHARE THAT WITH THE COMMUNITY, ESPECIALLY IF YOU SEE PEOPLE YOU KNOW OUTSIDE IN THE HEAT.

FOR THE MOST PART, IT'S NOT THAT THEY WANT TO, IT'S THAT IT'S A NEED THEY PROBABLY HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, RIGHT. THE BUS TO GO, YOU KNOW, TO A PHARMACY OR A DOCTOR'S APPOINTMENT, ETC. SO MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE CIRCULATING THAT INFORMATION REGARDING THE COOLING CENTERS BECAUSE THEY'RE GOING TO BE REALLY, REALLY IMPORTANT. DO NOT WALK YOUR DOGS IN THE SUMMER, PLEASE. I MEAN, LET ME REPHRASE THAT. DO NOT WALK YOUR DOGS DURING THE DAY. THEY CANNOT TELL US, YOU KNOW, THAT IT'S PAINFUL, BUT YOU WOULD BE SURPRISED THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE THAT WALK THEIR DOGS IN THE DAY, IN THE SUMMER MONTHS. WE ARE IN THE SUMMER NOW. IT'S JUNE AND WE IT'S HOT. DO NOT WALK YOUR PETS. IT'S NOT FAIR. WALK THEM IN THE EVENING. IT'S. IT'S HOW IT WORKS. SO JUST BE MINDFUL OF THAT TOO. AND I THINK THAT'S ALL I'VE GOT. THANK YOU GUYS.

ONE MORE ITEM THAT I WANTED TO ASK YOU ABOUT MY TO BRING BACK WAS I RECEIVED SOME SEVERAL CONTACTS ABOUT DELAYED PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST ACT. AND I JUST WANT TO KNOW, LIKE WHAT THE ETA IS ON SOME OF THESE PEOPLE'S REQUESTS BECAUSE THEY'RE LIKE, I WAITED 30, 40 DAYS NOW AND I'M WAITING. I JUST DON'T KNOW, LIKE WHY IT'S TAKING SO LONG. AND I KNOW THAT YOU HAVE A LOT.

RIGHT. AND I THINK THAT'S THE BIG THING ABOUT THE VOLUME. SO MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE ABLE TO GET TO SOME OF THOSE AND LIKE THE LAST TIME I CHECKED IN WITH DELIA, WHICH WAS NOT EVEN A WEEK AGO, WE WERE NOT BEHIND ON ANY PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST ACT FROM WHAT I MY UNDERSTANDING.

SO JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, THEY DO COME AT A FIRST COME, FIRST SERVE BASIS, BUT THE TIMELINE STARTS ONCE WE OPEN THE REQUEST. SO YES, IF WE RECEIVED IT IN TEN DAYS LATER, YOU DON'T HAVE A RESPONSE. IT IS BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T GOTTEN TO IT YET. SO THE REQUEST HAS NOT YET BEEN OPENED. OKAY. YEAH. THANK YOU. ANOTHER REASON WHY I MENTIONED THOSE CONCERNS EARLIER. THANK

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AND JUST LOOKING FORWARD TO THE SUMMER. STAY COOL AND. ENJOY YOUR NOT. THE NEXT WEEK IS A THREE DAY WEEKEND. SO SO AND THEN THAT. THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS. AND MR. CITY MANAGER DEPARTMENT DIRECTOR REPORTS. DO YOU HAVE ANY. THE ONLY ONE I HAD FOR DEPARTMENT DIRECTORS WAS THE BUSSES, BUT I THINK WE TOUCHED ON THAT ALREADY, SO NO OTHER THERE. DO YOU HAVE ANY. I HAVE ONE I JUST WANTED TO WELL, ACTUALLY TWO ONE IS FOR STAFF. THIS IS THE SECOND YEAR IN A ROW THAT WE WERE IN A FINANCIALLY DIFFICULT SITUATION TO START WITH, AND WE WERE ABLE TO RESOLVE IT WITHOUT ANY LAYOFFS. SO. THE SECOND ONE HAS TO DO WITH THE PERMANENT BAN ON THE DATA CENTER. WE JUST TODAY MISSED THE DEADLINE TO FILE 20 DAY PUBLIC NOTICE FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING ON JUNE 1ST. WE PLAN TO HAVE THE PUBLIC HEARING AT PLANNING COMMISSION ON JUNE 15TH, BECAUSE IT DOES REQUIRE A 20 DAY PUBLIC NOTICE, JUNE OR JULY. I'M SORRY. JULY. AND THEN WE GOT. YEAH. AND THEN JULY 24TH, IT WOULD COME TO COUNCIL WITH THE THE RECOMMENDATION FROM THE PLANNING COMMISSION. AND THEN BASICALLY WE HAVE A TEN DAY PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE TO FOR THE FIRST READING. AND THEN AT LEAST FIVE DAYS LATER, THE SECOND READING. WITH THAT SAID, THAT PUSHES US INTO A PERIOD WHERE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO DO THE EXTENSION OF THE MORATORIUM. I DID WANT TO LET COUNCIL KNOW THAT MONTEREY PARK DID DO A MORATORIUM IN JANUARY AND AN EXTENSION IN MARCH, SO THEY DID IT VERY QUICKLY. THEY HAD IT ON THE BALLOT FOR THE MIDTERM. BUT WE'RE WE'RE MOVING AS FAST AS WE CAN. YEAH, THAT'S ALL I HAVE. BECAUSE AUGUST, BECAUSE WE DIDN'T HAVE CALENDAR. DOES THAT MEAN THAT WE CAN ADD THEN A MEETING TO AUGUST. AND SINCE WE DIDN'T REMOVE IT. CORRECT, WE COULD HOLD A MEETING AT ONE OF THOSE REGULARLY SCHEDULED MEETINGS IF WE NEED IT. THANK YOU. OKAY. WITH THA

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