Jul 22, 2026 City Council Meetings

[Approval of Agenda]

[Adjourn to Closed Session]

[Reconvene Regular Meeting]

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THE COUNCIL RECONVENES TO ITS REGULAR MEETING FROM CLOSED SESSION. I'M JUST GETTING EVERYONE TO COME BACK. IF YOU CAN JOIN ME FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. SO WE CAN HAVE MR. LEE ESPINOSA LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. I KNOW I GOT YOU THERE. READY? BEGIN. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. YOU DON'T NEED TO MOVE. I KNOW, COACH. I CAN MOVE. I THINK I. OKAY WITH THAT. WE'LL MOVE ON TO CLOSED SESSION

[Closed Session Announcements]

[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. Public Hearing Calendar)]

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NEXT UP IS JAMES RODRIGUEZ. GOOD EVENING COUNCIL. JAMES RODRIGUEZ, NATIVE RESIDENT OF COACHELLA. I JUST WANTED TO COME UP TODAY TO TALK ABOUT AN INITIATIVE THAT I HAVE BROUGHT UP A COUPLE OF TIMES. WE DID HAVE OUR SUCCESSFUL GROUP MEETING AGAIN, THE POTLUCK HAPPENED, THE REACH UP POTLUCK, WHICH STANDS FOR THE RESIDENT ENGAGEMENT AND COMMUNITY HERITAGE UPLIFTING POTLUCK. WE WERE ABLE TO SUCCESSFULLY SECURE THE LIBRARY ROOM THREE.

SO WE HAD AN INDOOR POTLUCK. THIS TIME OUR FIRST ONE WAS IN THE PARK. SO THIS GROUP BRINGS PEOPLE TOGETHER FROM THE COMMUNITY. IT GIVES US A PLACE WHERE WE CAN LEARN EACH OTHER'S NAMES, BUILD CONNECTIONS, SHARE A MEAL. AND AS WE LEARNED AT OUR LAST MEETING, THERE IS AN ASPECT THAT THE COMMUNITY IS INTERESTED IN INTEGRATING FOR A COMMUNITY PANTRY AND A FREE MARKET THAT CAN BE INTEGRATED INTO THE EXACT SAME EVENING, WHERE ALL OF THE COMMUNITY IS ALREADY COMING IN. I WOULD HIGHLY RECOMMEND ALL OF THE COMMUNITY ORGANIZERS, ANY GROUPS THAT WOULD LIKE TO COME IN AND FIGURE OUT HOW THEY CAN REACH THAT COMMUNITY, BECAUSE ALL OF OUR COMMUNITY GOALS ARE THE SAME REACH PEOPLE, WHICH IS WHY THE REACH UP INITIATIVE IS AND WILL CONTINUE TO BE SO IMPORTANT AND SO OPEN TO ALL OF THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS, ANYBODY THAT WANTS COME IN AND TALK ABOUT THEIR INITIAL TO GET THAT GROUP GOING, WHETHER IT BE A CROCHET CLASS, A SPORTS CLASS, AN INITIATIVE THAT WANTS TO, YOU KNOW, START WALKING AROUND THE CITY. WE HAVE BROWN BERETS, WE HAVE BLACK PANTHERS. MAYBE NOW WE NEED SOME CERULEAN CHICANOS. SO THE IDEA IS THAT WE ARE GOING TO BUILD THAT COMMUNITY. WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO GET THAT BRIDGE BUILT BETWEEN PEOPLE WHERE EVERYBODY USED TO KNOW ONE ANOTHER'S NAMES. PERSONALLY, MY MOTHER WORKED FOR THE CHURCH, SO WE ORGANIZED MANY, MANY, MANY EVENTS WHERE STUDENTS, KIDS, FAMILY MEMBERS, VOLUNTEERS FROM THE CHURCH. SOME OF THEM ARE SITTING HERE IN THIS ROOM. WE ALL GOT TOGETHER AND WE STUFFED ENVELOPES AND WE SENT OUT RAFFLE FLIERS AND WE SENT SOLD RAFFLE TICKETS. SO THAT'S NOT ANYTHING NEW TO ME, AND IT SHOULDN'T BE ANYTHING NEW TO US AS A COMMUNITY, BUT IT TENDS TO GET HEADQUARTERED UNDER OTHER INITIATIVES. AND ALL OF THE INITIATIVES HAVE ONE GOAL THE COMMUNITY. AND THIS IS WHERE YOU CAN BUILD THAT COMMUNITY. SO PLEASE COME OUT TO OUR NEXT EVENT, WHICH IS GOING TO BE AUGUST 14TH. THAT IS GOING TO BE AGAIN IN THE LIBRARY ROOM THREE. ASSUMING WE SECURE THE

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ANYBODY CAN ENTER. YOU DO NOT HAVE TO PAY ANY MONEY TO GET INTO THAT RAFFLE. WE ARE RECOMMENDING THAT LOCAL BUSINESSES, ARTISTS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS DONATE ITEMS FOR THAT RAFFLE. THERE'S MORE INFORMATION I CAN GIVE YOU IF YOU CONTACT ME DIRECTLY. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER. NEXT WE HAVE FRANCISCO S MOLINA.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. MY NAME IS FRANKIE MOLINA. I'M A COACHELLA RESIDENT AND SMALL BUSINESS OWNER, AND I'M FINISHING MY MBA TONIGHT. I'M ANNOUNCING THAT I'M RUNNING FOR MAYOR OF COACHELLA IN THE NOVEMBER ELECTION. FOR MONTHS, MANY OF YOU HAVE SEEN ME AT THIS PODIUM AND IN FRONT OF THE FPPC AND THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, ASKING HARD QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW DECISIONS GET MADE IN THIS CITY, WHO BENEFITS, AND WHO'S ACCOUNTABLE WHEN THE PROCESS BREAKS DOWN. I'VE DONE THAT WORK AS A RESIDENT ON MY OWN TIME, OUT OF MY OWN POCKET, DRIVING ALL THE WAY TO THE COUNTY TO DO THE JOB OF MY COUNTY SUPERVISOR AND MY MAYOR AND MY COUNCIL, BECAUSE I BELIEVE THAT THIS CITY DESERVES LEADERSHIP. RESIDENTS CAN ACTUALLY TRUST. I'M RUNNING BECAUSE I BELIEVE COACHELLA CAN HAVE BOTH GROWTH AND A GOVERNMENT THAT KEEPS ITS WORD REAL TRANSPARENCY, REAL ACCOUNTABILITY, DECISIONS MADE IN THE OPEN. I'LL HAVE MORE TO SHARE IN THE WEEKS AHEAD.

TONIGHT, I JUST WANTED THIS ON THE RECORD, AND I'M ASKING ANYONE WHO WANTS TO BE A PART OF IT TO REACH OUT. THERE'S A SIGN UP SHEET WITH MY INFORMATION FOR ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE UPDATES ON MY CAMPAIGN. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. AND I HAVE MY FPPC COMPLAINT THAT THE FPPC IS CURRENTLY INVESTIGATING. SO IF YOU DON'T KNOW NOW YOU KNOW.

HERE'S ONE FOR YOU. I CAN TAKE THAT. OH, SURE. AND I'LL GO AHEAD AND LET YOU READ WHAT IT SAYS. I'M NOT MAKING ANY CLAIMS, BUT THERE IS AN INVESTIGATION ONGOING RIGHT NOW. THAT WAS ABOUT THREE, 4 OR 5, SIX WEEKS AGO, AND I HAVEN'T GOTTEN ANOTHER EMAIL SINCE. SO THEY'RE STILL INVESTIGATING IT SINCE THE DATE OF THE RECEIPT OF THAT EMAIL. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. START DOING YOUR JOBS, PLEASE. I'M NOT GETTING PAID. YOU ARE. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. THOSE ARE ALL THE PUBLIC COMMENTS THAT I HAVE RECEIVED. UNLESS THERE IS SOMEONE ELSE THAT I'VE MISSED, YOU KNOW? OKAY. IS THERE ANYONE ON ZOOM FOR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT NON AGENDA ITEMS? IF THERE'S ANYBODY ON ZOOM WHO WOULD LIKE TO COMMENT ON NON AGENDA ITEMS, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. THERE ARE NONE. THERE ARE NONE. SEEING NO. NO. IS. IS HE MR. ESPINOZA GOING TO DO A. COMMENT. DID HE DO A PUBLIC COMMENT. MR. YEAH. 10S. OH OKAY.

OKAY. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS LEE ESPINOZA. I'M THE DIRECTOR OF THE COACHELLA VALLEY BOXING

[Additional Item]

AND NOW WE GOT SOME MORE 100. IT'S ALWAYS WORKING. I MY NAME IS GRAHAM FLORES. I'M PROFESSIONAL FIGHTER. I FIGHT WITH GOLDEN BOY PROMOTIONS. I AM 1309 KNOCKOUTS. MY. MY LATEST FIGHT WAS IN MARCH MARCH 14TH. I ENDED IN UNANIMOUS DECISION. WE'RE ON THE RIGHT TRACK. THAT'S MY LITTLE BROTHER HERE. HE'S A SEVEN TIME NATIONAL CHAMPION. WE JUST CAME BACK FROM TWO BACK TO BACK WINS IN THE SPAN OF TWO WEEKS. HE JUST CAME BACK FROM ONE OF THE BIGGEST TOURNAMENTS IN THE COUNTRY, JUNIOR OLYMPICS, AND HE CAME ON TOP RANKED NUMBER ONE CURRENTLY RIGHT NOW. AND THEN HE JUST FOUGHT AT THE JUNIOR GOLDEN GLOVES. AND HE TOOK GOLD AS WELL. SO HE'S ON A ROLL. BUT WE LIKE TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO COACH LEE FOR HAVING US IN THE GYM. AND WE'RE HONORED TO REPRESENT THE CITY OF COACHELLA AND OUR LAST NAME EVERY TIME WE GET IN THAT RING. AND WE WANT TO GIVE A HEARTFELT THANK YOU TO THE CITY OF COACHELLA JUST BEFORE WE GET A LOT OF SUPPORT FROM IT. AND WE THANK LEE FOR GIVING US KNOWLEDGE AND WISE WISDOM AND ALLOWING US TO TRAIN IN THE GYM AND TO PUSH US TO GET TO THE

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OKAY. TWO SECONDS. LET ME GET SOME ON THE OTHER PHONE. GOT IT. THANK YOU. IF WE

[Proclamations/Presentations]

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GRACIAS. THANK YOU, MY HEROES. BUENO PUES SENTIMOS CON CON ESTE SU LOCAL. PERO ESPERAMOS PODER AYUDARLES EN LO SE PUEDA ESTE YO SÉ QUÉ PARA NOSOTROS ES IMPORTANTE SEGUIR SIEMPRE ABRIENDO LAS LAS PUERTAS PARA LA GENTE ESTA TRATANDO DE DE SU NEGOCIO Y TODO ESO SABEMOS LO IMPORTANTE. QUÉ ES LO PUEDEN ESTAR MUCHO. ENTONCES CUALQUIER COSA Q PODEMOS HACER NOSOTROS DE PARTE DE LA CIUDAD. ESTAMOS AQUI PARA APOYAR CUALQUIER COSA Q NECESITAN TAMBIÉN. AND JUST WANT TO SAY TO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, THANK YOU GUYS FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO, NOT JUST DURING THAT INCIDENT, BUT ALWAYS, WE KNOW THAT THE WORK AND DEDICATION THAT YOU HAVE TO THE CITY OF COACHELLA AND THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES IS AMAZING. SO WE GREATLY APPRECIATE ALL OF YOUR WORK, YOUR EFFORT, AND JUST THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO ON A DAILY BASIS. MUCHOS ANOS YA HEMOS TRABAJADO MUCHO POR MUCHOS ANOS JUNTOS. PERO TAMBIÉN QUIERO DARLE LAS GRACIAS. POR TANTO NEGOCIO DE LA CIUDAD DE COACHELLA, ALL THE ICE CREAM TRUCKS Y POLITICOS EN LA TIENDA Y VENDEN EN LA CIUDAD DE COACHELLA. SO TE DOY. MUCHAS GRACIAS POR TODO LO HACES EN LA CIUDAD Y TAMBIÉN DE TODO EL APOYO A LOS NEGOCIOS PEQUENOS.

Y TENEMOS TAMBIÉN TENEMOS. RECONOCER ESOS NEGOCIOS. AHORA AFECTADAS TAMBIÉN SOLAMENTE USTEDES PERO TAMBIÉN SE AFECTO MUCHOS NEGOCIOS EN LA EN LA CIUDAD POR PESO. ISSO AQUI ESTAMOS CONTIGO TODO LO PODEMOS HACER POR FAVOR. YOU KNOW REACH OUT LOCAL PODEMOS PARA AYUDAR A TI. AND TO THE FIRE TEAM AS ALWAYS YOU GUYS ALWAYS YOU KNOW YOU YOU FOLLOW THROUGH. YOU SHOW UP, YOU GET IT DONE. YOU'RE RESPECTFUL AND YOU'RE KIND TO OUR RESIDENTS ALWAYS.

YOU'RE KIND AND RESPECTFUL AND PROFESSIONAL TO OUR BUSINESSES. THEY SAY IT, THEY SAY IT TO US.

AND SO JUST FROM YOUR YOUR KINDNESS THAT YOU PROVIDE TO OUR RESIDENTS EACH AND EVERY DAY, I AM VERY GRATEFUL TO YOU FOR THAT. THANK YOU. BUENAS TARDES. LA TRAGEDIA. LES PUEDO DECIR. QUÉ ES UNA PÉRDIDA MUY GRANDE. COMO ES PARA USTEDES. PERO TAMBIÉN POR LA COMUNIDAD

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MARISOL.

YOU GOT IT. THANK YOU, THANK YOU TO. OCTOBER. OKAY. SO NEXT TIME. THANK YOU. THERE.

BEFORE WE CAN CONTINUE ON, I DID MISS ONE ITEM, THE CITY COUNCIL CONFLICT OF INTEREST.

DO ANY COUNCIL MEMBERS, AT ANY TIME, ANY ITEMS ON THE AGENDA THAT THEY NEED TO RECUSE THEMSELVES FROM? PLEASE STATE THAT FOR THE RECORD, AT THIS TIME THERE IS NONE. OKAY. JUST MAKING SURE WE'LL MOVE ON. AT THIS TIME, WE WILL TAKE A RECESS FROM THE REGULAR MEETING TO CONDUCT A SPECIAL MEETING. SO 7:19 P.M. AND. WILL, WE ARE COMING BACK FROM RECESS OF OUR REGULAR MEETING, AND WILL RECONVENE THE MEETING FROM RECESS. IT IS 730. MY APOLOGIES. I THINK YOUR MICROPHONES MAY BE MUTED. WE'LL RECONVENE THE MEETING AT 7:30 P.M. FROM RECESS. WE WANT TO WRITTEN

[Written Communications]

THOSE ALL HAVE BEEN FORWARDED TO COUNCIL. OKAY. THANK YOU. AND THOSE ARE. I'LL READ THEIR NAMES. WE HAVE IT FROM ADRIANA GARCIA, DANIELLA MONTES. ALDAMA, MZGG, GABRIEL PEREIRA, KIM HART AND MICHAEL COOK. AND THOSE WILL BE ENTERED INTO THE RECORD. AND ENTER THE MINUTES OF THIS

[Consent Calendar]

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[12. Amendments to the FY 2026-27 Authorized Position Listing and Related Appropriation of Funds]

OR IS THAT A TYPO? WHERE IS THAT? GENERAL FUND COMMUNITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT ASSISTANT ONE IT'S RIGHT UNDER THE PUBLIC INFORMATION CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE ONE. JUST CAUGHT MY EYE BECAUSE IT WAS A BIG DOLLAR AMOUNT FOR A DEPARTMENT ASSISTANT. RIGHT. YEAH. THAT

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[16. Approving Resolution No. 2026-49 Amending Section 6.10 of the City of Coachella Personnel Rules and Regulations Regarding Anti-Nepotism]

YEAH. I MEAN, IF THIS POLICY UPDATE IS APPROVED, IT REALLY IS AN UPDATE IN TERMS THIS GENERAL PROHIBITION IS ALREADY IN THE EMPLOYEE MANUAL. SO THIS IS TO KIND OF UPDATE THE DEFINITIONS AND TO MODERNIZE THE POLICY AND THE FRAMEWORK. IT DOES DEFER DECISIONS ON EVALUATING THIS POLICY AND DETERMINING WHETHER OR NOT THERE'S A CONFLICT OF THE ANTI-NEPOTISM POLICY TO HUMAN RESOURCES AND HUMAN RESOURCES, WOULD CONSULT WITH THE APPLICABLE DEPARTMENT HEAD AND ALSO WITH THE CITY MANAGER IN MAKING A DETERMINATION OF WHETHER OR NOT A POTENTIAL HIRE OF AN APPLICANT TO THE CITY OR ANY POTENTIAL EXISTING EMPLOYEES WOULD BE IN VIOLATION OF THIS POLICY. OKAY. THANK YOU. YEAH. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? NONE.

I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT CALENDAR AS A WHOLE, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF ITEM EIGHT, WHICH HAS BEEN MOVED. WE DID TAKE PUBLIC COMMENT ON ALL ITEMS EXCEPT 12 AND 16. AND WE DO HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT FOR ITEM NUMBER 16. OKAY. GO AHEAD. FIRST UP WE HAVE FRANCISCO MOLINA. IS THERE ANYBODY LET ME KNOW YOU'RE THE ONLY ONE. OKAY. I NEED A MOMENT FOR. IF THERE IS ANYBODY ONLINE WHO'D LIKE TO COMMENT, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. THIS IS FOR ITEM NUMBER 12 OR NUMBER ITEM 16. ITEM NUMBER 12 OR ITEM NUMBER 16. PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. THERE WERE NONE. OKAY, OKAY. WE'LL MOVE FORWARD WITH FRANCISCO MOLINA IN PERSON.

GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS FRANKIE MOLINA, RESIDENT BUSINESS OWNER AND CANDIDATE FOR MAYOR OF COACHELLA. I SUPPORT ITEM 16. UPDATING THE ANTI-NEPOTISM POLICY IS OVERDUE AND IT'S A PIECE OF SOMETHING BIGGER. THIS CITY NEEDS CLEAN GOVERNMENT. THAT'S THE FIRST PILLAR OF MY CAMPAIGN, ALONGSIDE REAL HOUSING SOLUTIONS AND SUPPORT FOR ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND COMMUNITY AND ART. BUT A PERSONAL POLICY ISN'T THE WHOLE JOB. THIS CITY ALREADY HAS A DOCUMENTED CASE STUDY IN WHAT HAPPENS WHEN CONFLICTS GO UNCHECKED. A MAYOR WHO PLED GUILTY TO A FELONY CONFLICT OF INTEREST FOR FPPC COMPLAINTS, A DISTRICT ATTORNEY REFERRAL THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN BECAUSE THE RULES ARE PAPER WERE WRONG. IT HAPPENED BECAUSE NOBODY WAS CHECKING. AS MAYOR, I'LL PUSH FOR REAL ONGOING SCRUTINY OF CITY CONTRACTS AND VENDOR RELATIONSHIPS, NOT JUST A POLICY THAT SITS IN A BINDER UNTIL THE NEXT SCANDAL FORCES A REWRITE. CLEAN GOVERNMENT ISN'T A SLOGAN, IT'S FORENSIC ACCOUNTING, WHERE THE RECORD CALLS FOR IT REAL CONSEQUENCES WHEN CONFLICTS ARE FOUND, AND A CITY THAT FINALLY WORKS FOR THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE HERE, NOT WHOEVER'S CONNECTED. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. WE DO HAVE ONE.

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IT'S A GREAT COMMENT WHEN IT COMES TO COMMISSIONS AND COMMITTEES. AS A COUNCIL, WE DO APPOINT, BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT WE CAN'T PUT SOMETHING IN PLACE, PERHAPS ON THE APPLICATION THAT THEY CAN AT THAT REVIEW, IF THEY HAVE ANY, MAYBE RELATIONSHIPS WITH ANYONE ON CITY COUNCIL OR WITHIN THE CITY, WOULD WE BE ABLE TO HAVE THAT ON THE APP? HERE'S THE THING IS THAT THEY'RE NOT THEY'RE NOT EMPLOYEES, RIGHT? SO WE WOULDN'T WE CAN CERTAINLY

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RIGHT. SO, SO I'LL RECOMMEND THAT WE WE BRING IT BACK TO IT IS A GREAT POINT. WHAT CARLA HAS SAID, I DO WANT TO ADDRESS JUST VERY QUICKLY FOR THE ANTI-NEPOTISM POLICY. I WANT TO SHARE THAT THIS ISN'T SOMETHING THAT JUST CAME UP OVER WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE CITY. IT IS SOMETHING THAT I HAVE ATTEMPTED TO BRING FOR MANY, MANY YEARS. COUNCIL MEMBER PEREZ, THE REASON IT'S ON HERE, AND I THINK COUNCILMAN PEREZ FOR IT, IS THAT WE HAVE PUSHED IT.

WE'VE PUSHED IT, AND I THANK HER FOR SUPPORTING IT. BUT I DO WANT TO CLARIFY THAT I DON'T WANT PEOPLE TO THINK THAT IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE THAT WE'RE PUTTING ON AS A RESPONSE. BUT IT WAS DONE TO BE PROACTIVE. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER COMMENTS ON ANY OF THESE ITEMS? NOT HAVE ANY MORE SPEAKER FORMS FOR THIS ITEM? SEEING NONE, WE ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT CALENDAR AS PRESENTED WITH THE EXCEPTION OF ITEM NUMBER EIGHT. I'LL GO AHEAD. MOTION. I'LL SECOND THE SECOND. ALL ROLL CALL, PLEASE. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. DELGADO. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. MARTINEZ. AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER. VIRGIN I. MAYOR PRO TEM. PEREZ. YES. MAYOR. FIGUEROA.

[New Business Calendar (Legislative and Administrative)]

AND THEN WE'LL TAKING ITEM NUMBER 1717. APPROVAL OF SPONSORSHIP REQUEST FOR US FOR THEIR 2026 DIA DE LOS MUERTOS CELEBRATION IN THE AMOUNT OF 2000 IN APPROPRIATE 20,000 FROM UNALLOCATED GENERAL FUNDS RESERVES. ANDREW. YEAH, YOU CAN OFFSET A LITTLE. OH, THERE WE GO. YEAH. SO I, I WANT TO APOLOGIZE FOR MARTY NAVARRO. SHE WAS NOT ABLE TO MAKE IT TONIGHT. SHE IS ON A FIELD TRIP IN LA WITH A BUNCH OF STUDENTS. SO SHE'S CURRENTLY TAKING THE BUS HOME RIGHT NOW. NORMALLY THE PERSON SEEKING SPONSORSHIP WOULD GET THE PRESENTATION, BUT I WANT TO STEP IN FOR HER AND GO THROUGH THIS. SO GRACE IS FOR 21 YEARS THEY HAVE BEEN PARTICIPATING IN THE CITY AND THEY'VE BEEN PARTICIPATING IN THE DIA DE LOS MUERTOS SINCE ITS INCEPTION. THEY DO KIND OF A WHOLE SEPARATE EVENT ON SEVENTH STREET. I'M SURE ALL OF YOU HAVE PARTICIPATED IN THE RUN WITH LOS MUERTOS. AND SO THE LARGE ART INSTALLATIONS, THE HUGE 20 FOOT CHARACTERS THAT KIND OF WALK AROUND AT THE BEGINNING, THAT ALL IS THROUGH ASIS AND JUST PROVIDES A LOT OF EXTRA COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND THAT KIND OF CULTURAL ENGAGEMENT THAT THAT HELPS TIE THE WHOLE EVENT TO OUR LOCAL NONPROFITS AND TO OUR COMMUNITY.

AS FAR AS A LOT OF WHAT THEY PRODUCE. AGAIN, ALL THE ARTWORK THAT'S ON SEVENTH STREET AS PART OF THE PORTION THAT SAYS CULTURAS INTRODUCES INTO THE EVENT. AND I THINK I SKIPPED A WHOLE BUNCH OF SLIDES THERE BECAUSE MY BUTTON DIDN'T WANT TO WORK. OKAY, SO AS FAR AS THE SPONSORSHIP THAT THEY ARE REQUESTING, THEY HAVE MULTIPLE SPONSORSHIP OPTIONS. THE CITY FOR THE PAST SIX YEARS, WE HAVE SPONSORED THEM AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL. I'M NOT GOING TO TRY TO PRONOUNCE THAT SOMEONE. THANK YOU. PROPER PRONUNCIATION, BUT I COULD BE WRONG. AND SO WE HAVE WE HAVE SPONSORED AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL FOR THE PAST SIX YEARS FOR THE $20,000 SPONSORSHIP. AND I DO WANT TO POINT OUT THAT THIS IS MORE THAN JUST THE EVENT. THIS SUPPORTS THE SCHOLARSHIPS FOR THE ARTISTS IT SUPPORTS. IT TAKES THEM MONTHS AHEAD OF TIME TO DO THE ART, TO SPONSOR THOSE ARTISTS, TO HAVE, YOU KNOW, VERY SMALL COMPENSATION FOR THE ARTISTS WHO ARE PUTTING THEIR TIME AND EFFORT INTO THIS EVENT. IT SPONSORS THE ART ACTIVITY ZONE, THE CUSTOM FLOOR GRAPHICS. THEY DO TOURS OF LOCAL MUSEUMS WITH WITH SOME OF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS IN PALM SPRINGS. THEY ALSO HAVE THE INVITATION FOR THE PRIVATE ARTISTS AND THE DINNERS. SO THERE'S A WHOLE LOT THAT GOES INTO THIS, AND IT'S LITERALLY MONTHS OF PLANNING

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PROMOTING CARLA. HI. ONCE AGAIN, I HOPE YOU GUYS DON'T GET BORED OF ME, BUT I DID WANT TO MAKE A COMMENT FOR THIS ONE. I HAVE PARTICIPATED IN MULTIPLE EVENTS THAT CRISIS HAS PUT OUT FOR THE GROUP, AND ALSO FOR DAY OF THE DEAD. SO I CAN GUARANTEE YOU THAT THOSE FUNDS ARE BEING VERY WELL USED AND THAT THERE'S SO MANY COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT ARE BENEFITING. I AM SO GLAD THAT THIS CAME UP AGAIN. I THINK THIS IS PROBABLY THE THIRD TIME THAT I COMMENT THROUGHOUT THE YEARS. BASED ON THIS REQUEST. I WOULD LOVE FOR YOU GUYS TO APPROVE IT. I DO GREATLY BELIEVE THAT THEY ARE ONE OF THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT PUTS THE MONEY TO WORK, AND THAT THEY MAKE THE MOST OUT OF IT. I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT I FULLY SUPPORT, AND I HOPE THAT YOU GUYS AS WELL. I'M PRETTY SURE YOU GUYS HAVE ALL SEEN IT AT THE EVENTS THAT THEY PUT EVERYTHING OUT FOR FREE, WHICH IS GREAT BECAUSE EVERYBODY GETS TO ENJOY IT. THERE'S NO ADDITIONAL CHARGE TO THEIR ACTIVITIES, AND I HAVE SEEN SOME OF YOU GUYS PARTICIPATING, SO I HOPE THAT WE CAN DO THIS AGAIN THIS YEAR. ONCE AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER COMMENTS? IF THERE'S NONE ANY COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL ON THIS ITEM? IF NOT, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THE ITEM. I DO WANT TO MAKE SOME COMMENTS. I KNOW MARNIE WASN'T ABLE TO BE HERE, BUT I'LL REITERATE WHAT I'VE ALWAYS REITERATED BEFORE IS THAT THE THE QUALITY OF THE WORK THAT MARNIE AND HER GROUP AND THE KIDS OUT THERE DO IS TO A WHOLE NOTHER LEVEL, THE DEDICATION AND THE CRAFTSMANSHIP, JUST THE SKILLS THAT THEY PROVIDE AND THE, I GUESS THE LOVE, THE PASSION THAT THEY HAVE FOR WHAT THEY DO IS, IS TRULY VISIBLE WHEN YOU SEE WHAT THEY DO ON SEVENTH STREET. AND I DON'T THINK THAT THEY GET ENOUGH RECOGNITION. MANY PEOPLE THINK THAT WHAT'S HAPPENING ON SEVENTH STREET, WHERE ALL THE MURALS AND ALL THE ART PIECES ARE, ARE PART OF THE REALM OF MUERTOS WITH THAT ORGANIZATION. AND IT'S COMPLETELY SEPARATE SO THAT EVERYONE REALLY APPRECIATES THE AMOUNT OF WORK THAT THOSE STUDENTS DO IS, IS TO A WHOLE NOTHER LEVEL. AND SO I HOPE THAT THOSE WHO ARE HEARING AND THOSE WHO ARE IN ATTENDANCE, THAT YOU MAKE IT OUT TO THE RANCHO DEL MUERTO DE MUERTOS AND THAT YOU REALLY TAKE A WALK ON SEVENTH STREET AND SEE ALL THE ARTWORK THAT THOSE STUDENTS HAVE PUT IN. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU, ANDREW. THANKS, ANDREW. AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN HAVE THEM COME RIGHT BEFORE THE RUN. LIKE MAYBE THAT MEETING RIGHT BEFORE TO COME AND JUST DO A, A PRE A PRE PRESENTATION AND WHAT THEY YOU KNOW, HOW THEY'RE GETTING READY AND GET THE EXCITEMENT GOING FOR FOR THAT. SO MAYBE WE CAN DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT. A PRE AND JUST PRESENTATION RIGHT BEFORE THE THAT SECOND MEETING IN OCTOBER. THAT'D BE PRETTY COOL TO JUST GET THEM LIKE THIS IS WHAT WE'RE WORKING ON. JUST A SLIDE, LIKE A PREVIEW OF WHAT WE'RE WORKING ON. DON'T HAVE TO BRING ANYTHING INSIDE, BUT THAT'D BE COOL TO SEE OPTIONS. JUST AN IDEA. THROWING IT OUT THERE DOESN'T HAVE TO. THAT'S A

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YOU WANT TO RUN WITH ME? I'M GONNA RUN FOR THE. THE RUN. OH. INTERESTING. WELL, MAYBE WE CAN MAKE OUR OWN STATUE. YOU CAN'T RUN, BUT I CAN WALK. THERE YOU GO. SO I'LL MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM NUMBER 17. I'LL SECOND. THERE'S A MOTION. IN A SECOND. I'LL TAKE ROLL. COUNCIL MEMBER DELGADO. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. MARTINEZ. AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER. AYE. MAYOR PRO TEM PEREZ. YES.

MAYOR. FIGUEROA. AYE. WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER 18. ESTABLISHMENT OF AN AD HOC CITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE TO UPDATE THE COMMUNITY HEALTH AND WELLNESS ELEMENT OF THE CITY OF COACHELLA GENERAL PLAN. KENDRA. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR MAYOR PRO TEM PEREZ AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL. THE ITEM BEFORE YOU IS A REQUEST TO ESTABLISH AN AD HOC CITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE TO ASSIST WITH THE UPDATE OF THE COMMUNITY HEALTH AND WELLNESS ELEMENT OF THE CITY'S GENERAL PLAN. THE PURPOSE OF THIS ITEM IS TO SEEK COUNCIL APPROVAL TO FORM THE COMMITTEE, APPOINT TWO COUNCIL MEMBERS TO SERVE ON IT AND PROVIDE DIRECTION REGARDING THE ADDITIONAL COMMUNITY REPRESENTATIVES AND STAKEHOLDERS WHO SHOULD PARTICIPATE IN THE UPDATE PROCESS. STAFF IS RECOMMENDING THAT THE CITY COUNCIL TAKE THREE ACTIONS THIS EVENING. FIRST, ESTABLISH AN AD HOC COMMITTEE TO SUPPORT THE UPDATE OF THE COMMUNITY HEALTH AND WELLNESS ELEMENT. SECOND, APPOINT. SECOND, TO APPOINT TWO MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL TO TO SERVE ON THE COMMITTEE. THIRD, PROVIDE DIRECTION TO STAFF REGARDING THE ADDITIONAL INDIVIDUALS, ORGANIZATIONS AND COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDERS WHO SHOULD PARTICIPATE IN THE COMMITTEE OR OTHERWISE BE INVOLVED IN THE PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT PROCESS. THE COMMITTEE WOULD SERVE IN AN ADVISORY CAPACITY AND WOULD ASSIST CITY STAFF IN DEVELOPING RECOMMENDATIONS FOR FUTURE CONSIDERATION BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND THE CITY COUNCIL. THIS. THE CITY'S COMMUNITY HEALTH AND WELLNESS POLICIES SHOULD BE PERIODICALLY REVIEWED TO ENSURE THEY CONTINUE TO REFLECT THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY. SINCE THE GENERAL PLAN WAS ADOPTED, COACHELLA HAS EXPERIENCED CONTINUED GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT. PUBLIC HEALTH PRIORITIES HAVE ALSO EVOLVED, PARTICULARLY IN AREAS SUCH AS ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE, ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION, PARKS AND RECREATION, ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH, FOOD ACCESS, MENTAL HEALTH, AND THE DESIGN OF HEALTHY NEIGHBORHOODS. UPDATING THIS PORTION OF THE GENERAL PLAN WOULD PROVIDE THE CITY WITH AN OPPORTUNITY TO EVALUATE EXISTING EXISTING POLICIES, IDENTIFY GAPS, AND CONSIDER NEW STRATEGIES THAT PROMOTE HEALTHIER OUTCOMES FOR RESIDENTS. IT WOULD ALSO HELP ENSURE THAT LAND USE, TRANSPORTATION, HOUSING, RECREATION, AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DECISIONS CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THE OVERALL HEALTH AND QUALITY OF LIFE OF THE COMMUNITY. THE PROPOSED AD HOC COMMITTEE WOULD ASSIST STAFF BY REVIEWING DRAFT POLICIES, EVALUATING COMMUNITY HEALTH ISSUES, PROVIDING POLICY GUIDANCE, ENCOURAGING PUBLIC PARTICIPATION AND ULTIMATELY FORWARDING RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE CITY COUNCIL. THE COMMITTEE WOULD BE ADVISORY ONLY. IT WOULD NOT HAVE INDEPENDENT DECISION MAKING AUTHORITY, AND ANY PROPOSED GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENTS WOULD STILL PROCEED THROUGH THE REQUIRED PUBLIC REVIEW PROCESS, INCLUDING CONSIDERATION BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND FINAL ACTION BY THE CITY COUNCIL. COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT WOULD BE AN IMPORTANT PART OF THE UPDATE. STAFF ANTICIPATES USING A COMBINATION OF COMMUNITY WORKSHOPS, STAKEHOLDER MEETINGS, ONLINE SURVEYS AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. THE GOAL WOULD BE TO OBTAIN BROAD PARTICIPATION FROM RESIDENTS, SERVICE PROVIDERS, COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS, BUSINESSES AND OTHER GROUPS THAT HAVE DIRECT KNOWLEDGE OF HEALTH AND WELLNESS ISSUES AFFECTING COACHELLA. STAFF HAS IDENTIFIED SEVERAL POTENTIAL STAKEHOLDER GROUPS THAT COULD CONTRIBUTE VALUABLE PERSPECTIVES TO THE COMMITTEE AND THE OVERALL UPDATE PROCESS. THESE MAY INCLUDE A MEMBER OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION, HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS, REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, A MEMBER OF THE PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION, PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCIES, NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS, REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE LOCAL BUSINESS COMMUNITY, AND OTHER COMMUNITY MEMBERS. THESE PARTICIPANTS COULD HELP THE CITY BETTER UNDERSTAND ISSUES INVOLVING HEALTH CARE ACCESS, YOUTH AND SENIOR SERVICES, PARKS, RECREATION, FOOD ACCESS, ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS, TRANSPORTATION, AND OTHER FACTORS THAT INFLUENCE COMMUNITY HEALTH. STAFF IS SEEKING COUNCIL DIRECTION REGARDING WHICH STAKEHOLDERS SHOULD FORMALLY SERVE ON THE COMMITTEE, AND WHETHER OTHER ORGANIZATIONS OR INDIVIDUALS SHOULD BE INCLUDED. IN CONCLUSION, STAFF IS REQUESTING THAT THE CITY COUNCIL ESTABLISH THE AD HOC COMMITTEE, APPOINT TWO COUNCIL MEMBERS TO SERVE ON THE COMMITTEE AND PROVIDE DIRECTION REGARDING ADDITIONAL COMMITTEE MEMBERS. FOLLOWING COUNCIL DIRECTION, STAFF WOULD BEGIN COORDINATING WITH THE APPOINTED CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, IDENTIFYING POTENTIAL STAKEHOLDERS AND DEVELOPING A PROPOSED WORK PROGRAM AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT SCHEDULE.

THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. I'M AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS, AND WE ARE REQUESTING THAT THE COUNCIL, AGAIN IDENTIFY THE TWO COUNCIL MEMBERS TONIGHT WHO WILL SERVE ON THE COMMITTEE AND PROVIDE DIRECTION REGARDING THE COMMITTEE'S BROADER MEMBERSHIP.

I'D LIKE TO NOMINATE COUNCIL MEMBER DELGADO BECAUSE YOU BROUGHT THIS FORWARD. AND THEN MR. MARTINEZ IS VERY INTERESTED, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF ANYONE ELSE IS INTERESTED. NO, I THINK IT'S GOOD. GOOD RECOMMENDATION. AND I ALSO WANT TO NOMINATE MR. RODRIGUEZ AS BE A COMMUNITY MEMBER. THAT'S GOOD. GOOD RECOMMENDATION TO. BUT I THINK THE MY COMMENT ON THE HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATIONS. THERE'S A COUPLE FEDERALLY QUALIFIED HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATIONS. AND

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I, I WOULD RECOMMEND MAYBE SOME, A MEMBER OF ONE OF OUR PUBLIC SAFETY AGENCIES. I DO AGREE WITH THE MEMBER OF PLANNING COMMISSION. WE DO HAVE A COMMISSIONER THAT DOES HAVE A PLANNING BACKGROUND, WHICH I THINK IS VERY HELPFUL, ESPECIALLY IN THIS SITUATION.

AND THEN THE I THINK HAVING SOMEBODY FROM OUR YOUTH COMMITTEE. OH, YEAH. ALSO, BECAUSE I DO SEE THAT YOUTH THERE, BUT HAVING SOMEBODY ON THE COMMITTEE THAT IT WILL HELP TO. AND THEN I THINK. SO THAT'S THE TWO COUNCIL MEMBERS, THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE, THE PLANNING COMMISSIONER, AND THEN THE BUSINESS OWNER. AND WHICH ONE ONE BUSINESS OWNER HAVING A BUSINESS OWNER. AND I THINK SOMEONE FROM THE SENIOR CENTER. SEVEN OH, THAT'S GOOD. I BUT I DO WANT TO EMPHASIZE THOUGH, IS THAT IS, IS AGENCIES THAT ARE CRITICAL TO MATCH, YOU KNOW, ANY TYPE OF SUPPORT AS WELL. I THINK A MEMBER FROM THE DESERT HEALTHCARE DISTRICT, THEY JUST FINISHED THEIR, THEIR, I THINK GENERAL PLAN UPDATE. AND I KNOW THEY GET QUITE A BIT OF FUNDING.

AND I THINK THAT IF WE'RE COLLABORATING AND PARTNERING WITH AGENCIES THAT CAN ALSO SUPPORT TO ANOTHER LEVEL AS BENEFICIAL TO US. COULD. SO WOULD WOULD WE OPEN IT UP FOR APPLICATIONS OR JUST DECIDE WHO. WOULD INVITE. YEAH, I, I THINK WHEN IT COMES TO LIKE THE HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS, EITHER YOU HAVE SOMEONE FROM TENANT, EITHER YOU HAVE THE OPTION OF SEEING WHO REACHES OUT AND IS INTERESTED IN KENDRA. IT'S EITHER TENANT, EISENHOWER MEDICAL DAP HEALTH, SAINT JOHN'S. RIVERSIDE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEM, YEAH, RUAS THE COUNTY. SO SEEING WHICH OF THOSE IS ABLE. BECAUSE SOMETIMES THEY MIGHT NOT HAVE ABILITY. BUT I THINK HAVING SOMEONE FROM THAT FIELD IS FINE. IT JUST DEPENDS WHO'S AVAILABLE BECAUSE YOU KNOW, YOU GOT TO SEE. BUT THEN THAT GIVES YOU A PERSPECTIVE OF A HEALTH CARE PROVIDER. YOU SHOULD ALSO HAVE SOMEONE FROM BLUE ZONES ON THERE, THERE IN THE CITY. AND THAT'S MAINLY WHAT THEY'RE WORKING ON IS HEALTH AND WELLNESS. SO IT DEFINITELY INCLUDES SOMEBODY FROM BLUE ZONES. SO MAYOR AND COUNCIL, WHAT I'M HEARING FROM YOU IS MORE THAN SEVEN PEOPLE. BUT PERHAPS YOU'D LIKE TO ALSO ADD ALTERNATES SO THAT IT COULD BE A SEVEN MEMBER GROUP WITH ALTERNATES INVOLVED AS WELL. YEAH. THEN YOU CAN HAVE THREE SEVEN AND THEN TWO ALTERNATES. RIGHT. OKAY. AND YOU MENTIONED EARLIER, WOULD YOU LIKE A COMMUNITY ADVOCATE? IS THAT. YEAH, I THINK WELL, BECAUSE SO YOU HAVE MR. RODRIGUEZ IS NOMINATED. THAT'S WHAT I. YES. I THINK A COMMUNITY, A COMMUNITY MEMBER THAT IS AN ADVOCATE, RIGHT? THAT UNDERSTANDS BECAUSE THEN THEY CAN GO AND DO SOME STUFF, I THINK SO, AND WHO'S GOING TO SHOW UP? BUT YOU DON'T HAVE TO LOOK FOR HIM. HE'S JUST WRITE HIS NAME DOWN. YEAH. YOU DON'T HAVE TO PUT COMMUNITY ADVOCATE. HE'S HERE. I KNOW WHERE HE'S GONNA BE NEXT MONTH. SO I THINK I THINK YOU'RE I THINK YOU'RE AT THE NINE. THAT'S GOOD. WE'RE AT TEN BUT WE'LL MAKE IT WORK. OKAY. YEAH. BECAUSE IN THE SEVEN FOR SURE. HAVING THE SEVEN BECAUSE WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN IS NOT EVERYONE CAN MEET. AND THEN YOU'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE THAT ABILITY TO HAVE THE QUORUM. SO I REALLY WELL, YEAH, YEAH. IT'S GOOD. THANK YOU KENDRA. THANK YOU. WE GOT TO DO A MOTION TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THE ESTABLISHMENT. I MOTION TO APPROVE THE FIRST. AND JUST TO CLARIFY, THAT'S THE TWO COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE GOING TO BE COUNCIL MEMBER DELGADO AND COUNCILMEMBER MARTINEZ. YES. THAT'S WHY I NOMINATED. THEY ACCEPT. IF THEY ACCEPT, SO DO THEY SAY YES? NO. OKAY. YOU CAN PUT IT THAT WAY. YES, YES. OKAY.

PERFECT. SO I'LL GO AHEAD AND TAKE ROLL COUNCIL MEMBER DELGADO. OH, YES. NO. LET'S SEE THIS. PUBLIC COMMENTS FIRST. YEAH, WE GOT TOO EXCITED. JAMES RODRIGUEZ OH LOOK, LOOK, YOU'RE ALREADY STARTING. YOU KNOW THAT WAS THAT WAS EXACTLY WHAT I WAS ACTUALLY TRYING TO TELL THE MAYOR WHEN I WAS LIKE, ARE WE GONNA DO PUBLIC? BECAUSE YOU GUYS ARE ALL TALKING ALREADY. I APPRECIATE THE THE RECOMMENDATION. I WILL DECLINE THE RECOMMENDATION. I BELIEVE THAT THERE ARE COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT CAN BE INVOLVED IN THIS. AND MY COMMENT TO IT IS TO CAUTION THE BOARD OR THE COUNCIL THAT CREATES THIS BOARD FROM BEING TOO MANY PEOPLE THAT

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I HAD TO CONTACT THE COMMUNITY, YOU KNOW, IT DIRECTOR TO TRY AND HOPEFULLY GET THAT FOOTAGE.

BUT EVEN THEN, I'M NOT GOING TO PRESS CHARGES BECAUSE IT'S VERY LIKELY THAT THAT PERSON IS UNHOUSED OR HAS THEIR OWN SOCIETAL NEEDS THAT NEED TO BE MET, AND IT'S NOT GOING TO HELP THE SITUATION. IT WILL EXACERBATE IT. BUT THE PREVENTION IS STILL PARAMOUNT.

EVEN IF WE ARE GOING TO BE TRYING TO PROSECUTE OR PERSECUTE PEOPLE FOR DOING THINGS, WE SHOULD STILL PREVENT IT FROM HAPPENING, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THIS WALKING COMMUNITY DRINKING WATER, EATING HEALTHY. WE NEED TO HAVE THOSE SERVICES AVAILABLE TO US HERE. SO THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU FOR THE WATER. I THINK BEFORE THEY ADDED THAT NEW DOOR, THERE USED TO BE A FOUNTAIN IN THERE, I THINK OUTSIDE A LONG TIME AGO. I REMEMBER THERE WAS I THINK THERE WAS A WE'RE GOING TO LOOK INTO OUR WATER DISPENSER. YEAH. I REMEMBER LONG AGO. WE DO HAVE ONE HAND RAISED ONLINE PROMOTING. CARLA. HELLO AGAIN. I WAS ABOUT TO MAKE THE SAME COMMENT. I DID NOT WANT TO ASK AGAIN FOR TIME. I KNOW WE ALL GOT VERY EXCITED ABOUT THIS. I GOT EXCITED WHEN I SAW IT. I THINK IT'S A LONG TIME COMING TO BE ABLE TO HAVE SOMETHING LIKE THIS AND HAVE SUPPORT FROM OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS AND HAVE A PLACE FOR THEM TO BE. I KNOW WE DO OFFER WELL. THE CITY HAS THOSE SPACES THAT I'VE TALKED ABOUT BEFORE THAT THEY SUBSIDIZE FOR NONPROFITS, WHICH ONCE AGAIN, I'M JUST GOING TO THROW IT OUT THERE REAL QUICK. WE SHOULD PROBABLY BE ROTATING THAT IN ALLOW OTHER AGENCIES TO COME IN OTHER NONPROFITS. THAT WAY THEY CAN HAVE THAT SPACE AVAILABLE, AND WE CAN HAVE DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS COMING TO THE CITY OF COACHELLA, AND THAT THEY ALSO HAVE A SPACE TO BE AT. SO GOING BACK TO IT, I AM ON THE SAME THOUGHT. WE HAVE TOO MANY OF THE SAME PEOPLE IN THIS GROUPS. WE'RE NOT GETTING FRESH IDEAS ALL THE TIME. I THINK IT'S A GREAT THING THAT WE'RE DOING HERE, BUT WE DO NEED DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES. OF COURSE WE WANT TO LEVERAGE OUR RESOURCES, BUT THERE'S SO MANY COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT HAVE GREAT KNOWLEDGE ABOUT DIFFERENT THINGS, AND I THINK THIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO ALLOW THEM TO SPEAK ON IT, TO BE ABLE TO BRING THEIR ORGANIZATIONS THAT THEY HAVE CONNECTIONS WITH OUT HERE TO OUR CITY TO BE ABLE TO INCORPORATE THEM MORE. I KNOW THERE WAS A LOT OF GREAT IDEAS MENTIONED. FOR EXAMPLE, DESERT HEALTH CARE DISTRICT, ONE OF THE BIGGEST SUPPORTERS OF THE EAST SIDE FOR LIKE THE EAST VALLEY IN GENERAL. ANOTHER THING THAT I WANTED TO MENTION IS TO OPEN OURSELVES UP ALSO TO LIKE IEHP AND MOLINA, ESPECIALLY IEHP. IT'S ONE OF OUR BIGGEST PROVIDERS. GABY IS SUPER SWEET. SHE'S ALWAYS OPEN TO COMING INTO THE COMMUNITY, MAKING CONNECTIONS WITH EVERYBODY, PROVIDING THE MOST SUPPORT. LET'S LEVERAGE THOSE RESOURCES. THEY HAVE COMMUNITY HEALTH CARE WORKERS THAT ARE ABLE TO HELP COMMUNITY MEMBERS WITH DIFFERENT QUESTIONS, NOT ONLY ABOUT THEIR HEALTH AND THEIR WELLNESS, BUT JUST IN GENERAL, LIKE EVEN ABOUT HOUSING. SO I THINK IT'S A GREAT IDEA THAT WE HAVE HERE. I JUST WANTED TO REALLY PUT THAT OUT THERE THAT WE NEED TO BE

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THERE'S A VACANCY. JAMES WAS SELFLESS ENOUGH TO GIVE HIS SEAT UP. MAYBE CARLA WOULD BE INTERESTED. I THINK THIS IS A GREAT AD HOC COMMITTEE. I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT IT AND I'M VERY EXCITED HOW IT REALLY IS CONNECTED TO LAND USE AND TO THE GENERAL PLAN. AND SO I REALLY DO WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE FOCUSING IN ON LAND USE AND GENERAL PLAN AND NOT, YOU KNOW, GOING TOO MUCH AWAY FROM IT. AND SO WHEN WE START THE, THE COMMITTEE MEETINGS IS THAT WE HAVE OUR GUIDELINES OF WHAT THE GOAL OF THE COMMITTEE IS. IF I CAN JUST MAKE A COMMENT BECAUSE YOU MENTIONED LAND USE, I KNOW SAINT JOHN'S HAS MENTIONED THEIR INTEREST IN OPENING UP A FACILITY IN THE CITY OF COACHELLA, SO THEY MAY BE SOMEONE TO REACH OUT TO. I CAN ALSO PROVIDE THOSE CONTACTS. KENDRA. BLUE ZONES DOES HAVE A SECTOR, A COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT COMMITTEE WHERE A LOT OF THESE ORGANIZATIONS ARE MEETING. USUALLY IT'S BI WEEKLY. RIGHT NOW THEY'RE MEETING WEEKLY BECAUSE THERE IS A BIG EVENT ON AUGUST 8TH IN WHICH A LOT OF THESE HEALTH ORGANIZATIONS ARE, ARE A PART OF, INCLUDING IEHP. SO GABBY'S THERE, SAINT JOHN'S COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER, AND A LOT OF OTHER AGENCIES THAT ARE MENTIONED HERE. SO WE CAN SHARE THAT INFORMATION. I CAN FORWARD ALL OF COUNCIL THAT FLIER IT'S ON ALL OVER THE BLUE ZONES, INSTAGRAM, AND THE CITY HAS SHARED IT AS WELL. SO IF I CAN GIVE YOU THOSE CONTACTS, BUT I JUST WANTED TO LET YOU ALL KNOW THAT THERE IS A COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT COMMITTEE WHERE INDIVIDUALS ARE MEETING. SO IF SOMEONE FROM STAFF WANTS TO JOIN THAT, YOU'RE MORE THAN WELCOME TO. WONDERFUL. THANK YOU ANGELA. THANK YOU. AND THEN JUST TO ADD, TO GET BACK TO LAND USE, AS COUNCILMEMBER DELGADO POINTED OUT, I DID NOTICE THAT WE DIDN'T INCLUDE ANYBODY MORE IN THE HOUSING REALM. SO LIFT TO RISE IS NOT INCLUDED, OR KVC OR SOME OF THOSE OTHER MEMBERS OR NOT. SO I DON'T KNOW IF THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT YOU GUYS WOULD BE INTERESTED IN LOOKING INTO, OR MAYBE ADDING THEM, AS WELL AS AN ALTERNATE OR PARTICIPATING MEMBER. ABSOLUTELY. HOUSING LIFT TO RISE FOR SURE SHOULD DEFINITELY BE A PART OF IT. IS THERE ANY OTHER ELEMENT, KENDRA, THAT YOU THINK THAT WE SHOULD BE FOCUSING ON? HOUSING IS GREAT. THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT UP. I THINK AT THIS TIME THAT WOULD BE GOOD. I THINK THE ADDITION OF PUBLIC SAFETY IS GOOD, JUST SO WE CAN GET A MORE IN DEPTH VIEWPOINT FROM FROM THAT PERSPECTIVE AS WELL. HEALTH MEMBERS ARE GOOD. THERE WAS THE INCLUSION OF SOMEONE FROM PARKS AND RECREATION, BUT WE MAY BE ABLE TO HAVE THAT COVERED JUST FROM GETTING IN CONTACT WITH MAYBE ANDREW, IF YOU'D BE KIND ENOUGH TO ASSIST. YEAH. AND THEN ALSO FOR IF WE'RE CAPPED OUT, WE CAN USE A COMMISSION'S WHERE THIS ITEM CAN COME BEFORE THEM AND THEY CAN GIVE THEIR INPUT. AND THAT INPUT CAN CAN THEN BE GIVEN TO THE COMMITTEE IF NECESSARY. IF WE'RE IF WE'RE CAPPED, YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE THEIR OWN ALSO SPACE TO BE ABLE TO DISCUSS THIS. AND SO YEAH, THAT'S A GREAT POINT. AGENDIZED. WE CAN DEFINITELY DO THAT. OKAY.

THERE WAS A MOTION AND A SECOND READING ON THE ITEMS. AND I THINK WITH THE, THERE WERE SOME CHANGES ON THERE ON THE AD HOC. SO MAKE SURE I'M I'M OKAY WITH THAT. THE PERSON THAT DID THE MOTION IN THE SECOND. OKAY, JUST JUST TO CLARIFY AND A REMINDER, WHO WAS THE FIRST MOTION? THE MOTION. MOTION AND SECOND. OKAY, I THINK IT WAS, I THINK IT WAS ME. OKAY. I'LL GO AHEAD AND TAKE I'LL TAKE ROLL. COUNCIL MEMBER. DELGADO. YES. COUNCILMEMBER. MARTINEZ. AYE.

COUNCIL MEMBER. HUME. AYE. MAYOR PRO TEM PEREZ. YES. MAYOR. FIGUEROA. AYE. BUT THAT. WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER 20. I MEAN, NUMBER ITEM 19, ADOPT RESOLUTION NUMBER 2026. THAT'S 45. DECLARING ITS INTENTION TO ANNEX PROPERTY INTO CITY OF COACHELLA. COMMUNITY FACILITIES.

DISTRICT NUMBER 2000 AND 5-1 LAW ENFORCEMENT, FIRE PARAMEDIC SERVICES AND THE AUTHORIZED THE LEVY OF A SPECIAL TAX WITHIN ANNEXATION AREA NUMBER 37. CASA SERNA. THANK YOU. THE ITEM

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THE ANNEXATION AREA CONSISTS OF APPROXIMATELY 0.86 ACRES. THE MAP SHOWN ON THE SCREEN IDENTIFIES THE LOCATION AND GENERAL BOUNDARIES OF THE PROPERTY THAT WOULD BE INCLUDED WITHIN THE CFD. THE COST OF SIENNA PROJECT WAS PREVIOUSLY PREVIOUSLY APPROVED BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION UNDER AR NUMBER 25-12. THE APPROVED DEVELOPMENT CONSISTS OF 53 UNIT SENIOR HOUSING UNITS. THE PROJECT WILL INCLUDE A COMBINATION OF ONE BEDROOM AND TWO BEDROOM APARTMENT UNITS. AS A CONDITION OF APPROVAL FOR THIS PROJECT, THE PROPERTY IS REQUIRED TO ANNEX INTO THE CFD. THE ANNEXATION WILL ENSURE THAT THE PROJECT CONTRIBUTES TOWARD THE CITY'S COSTS OF PROVIDING LAW ENFORCEMENT, FIRE PROTECTION AND PARAMEDIC SERVICES TO THE DEVELOPMENT. THE PROPOSED PROJECT SPECIAL TAXES $1,570.51 PER DWELLING UNIT, BASED ON THE PROJECT'S 53 DWELLING UNITS, THE ESTIMATED ANNUAL ASSESSMENT IS APPROXIMATELY $83,237. THE ASSESSMENT WILL BE ADJUSTED ANNUALLY BASED ON THE APPLICABLE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX, CONSISTENT WITH THE DISTRICT'S ADOPTED RATE AND METHOD OF APPORTIONMENT. THE FUNDING MECHANISM HELPS ENSURE THAT NEW DEVELOPMENT CONTRIBUTES TOWARD THE PUBLIC SAFETY SERVICE DEMANDS IT CREATES, AND REDUCES THE IMPACTS OF THOSE COSTS ON THE CITY'S GENERAL FUND. AND I WILL SAY FOR THIS ONE, THIS PROJECT WAS GRANTED A CFD DEFERRAL, SO THEY WILL BE GETTING ASSESSED EVERY YEAR, BUT THE REPAYMENT WILL NOT COME UNTIL 55 YEARS FROM NOW. BASED ON THE CITY'S LOAN DEFERRAL AGREEMENT. IF THE CITY COUNCIL ADOPTS THE RESOLUTION OF INTENTION THIS EVENING, A BALLOT WILL BE MAILED TO THE PROPERTY OWNER. THE REQUIRED PUBLIC HEARING IS SCHEDULED FOR SEPTEMBER 9TH, 2026. AT THAT MEETING, THE CITY COUNCIL WILL CONDUCT THE PUBLIC HEARING AND THE PROPERTY OWNER'S BALLOT WILL BE OPENED AND TABULATED. FOLLOWING THE PUBLIC HEARING AND BALLOT TABULATION, THE CITY COUNCIL WILL CONSIDER THE REMAINING ACTIONS NECESSARY TO FINALIZE THE ANNEXATION AND AUTHORIZE THE LEVY OF THE SPECIAL TAX. THE ACTION REQUESTED THIS EVENING ONLY BEGINS THE ANNEXATION ANNEXATION PROCESS. IT DOES NOT COMPLETE THE ANNEXATION OR IMMEDIATELY LEVY. THE SPECIAL TAX STAFF RECOMMENDS THAT THE CITY COUNCIL ADOPT RESOLUTION NUMBER 2026-45, STATING ITS INTENTION TO ANNEX THE PROPERTY INTO CFD 2000 AND 5-01 FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT, FIRE AND PARAMEDIC SERVICES AND SETTING THE REQUIRED PUBLIC HEARING DATE.

AGAIN, FOLLOWING THE ADOPTION OF THE RESOLUTION, STAFF AND THE CITY'S FINANCING TEAM WILL PROCEED WITH THE REQUIRED NOTICES, LANDOWNER BALLOT AND PUBLIC HEARING PROCESS. THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE.

OKAY. THANK YOU. OPEN PUBLIC COMMENTS. I DON'T HAVE ANY SPEAKERS FOR THIS ITEM. IS THERE ANYONE IN THE PUBLIC THAT WOULD LIKE TO COMMENT ON THIS ITEM? SEEING NONE. IS THERE ANYONE ON ZOOM? THERE ARE NONE. OKAY. SEEING NONE. ANY COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL? IF NOT, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM NUMBER 19. GO AHEAD. MOTION. IS IT FIRST? IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND IS A SECOND FIRST AND A SECOND ROLL CALL, PLEASE. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER.

DELGADO. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. MARTINEZ. AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER. MEAD. AYE. MAYOR PRO TEM PEREZ.

YES. MAYOR FIGUEROA A WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER 20. PROVIDE DISCUSSION AND DIRECTION FOR 2020 627 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN. SO SO THAT WE CAN GET A FULL PERSPECTIVE. BUT WE CAN HAVE COMMENTS AT THE END OF HIS PRESENTATION SO HE CAN GET US A GOOD PRESENTATION ON ITEMS. AND THEN WE'LL GO BACK AND ASK QUESTIONS FOR, FOR HIS CIP PLAN. THANK YOU. SO THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM HAS ALREADY BEEN APPROVED IN THE ANNUAL BUDGET, BUT I WANTED TO GIVE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL OF COUNCIL MEMBERS TO ASK ABOUT ANY PROJECTS ON THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT, AND TO GIVE AN UPDATE ABOUT SOME OF THE LARGER PROJECTS THAT ARE MOVING

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AND THAT TINY SLIVER AT THE TOP YOU CAN BARELY SEE THAT IS STATISTICALLY 0%. THAT'S OUR GENERAL FUND ALLOCATION TOWARDS OUR ENTIRE. CIP LIST. SO GOING INTO THE INDIVIDUAL PROJECTS, THERE'S A WHOLE LOT OF PROJECTS ON AVENUE 50. SO I KIND OF IT'S GOOD TO KEEP THEM CLEAR, KEEP THEM SEPARATE. WE ACTUALLY HAVE FOUR SEPARATE BRIDGES, ALL JUST FOR AVENUE 50. SO THE TWO BRIDGES STARTING FROM THE EAST AND MOVING WEST, WE HAVE THE A COUPLE LARGE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENTS OVER IN BOTH LA ENTRADA AND THE KBC AREA. THOSE PROJECTS WILL POTENTIALLY HAVE A FUTURE INTERCHANGE AT THE I-10 AND A BRIDGE OVER THE CANAL. I'M NOT GOING TO REALLY GO INTO THOSE PROJECTS BECAUSE THOSE DEPEND ON FUTURE DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS THAT ARE MUCH MORE PRESSING, THAT ARE RIGHT HERE IN OUR COMMUNITY. WE HAVE THE AVENUE 50 BRIDGE OVER THE WHITEWATER CANAL. THAT PROJECT IS CURRENTLY OUT TO BID. WE'RE GOING TO BE OPENING THE BIDS IN JUST TWO WEEKS, AND WE'VE ALREADY APPROPRIATED FUNDS FOR THE FIRST COUPLE PHASES. SO IN OUR LAST IN OUR LAST COUNCIL MEETING, WE ALREADY AWARDED THE CONTRACT TO START RELOCATING THE IRRIGATION LINES THAT ARE ON THE FARMS THAT WE HAVE ALL OF THAT OUT OF THE WAY, THE RIGHT OF WAY. SO WE'RE GETTING AN EARLY START ON SOME OF THOSE RELOCATIONS. AND WE'VE ALSO ALREADY ALLOCATED MONEY TO ID FOR THEIR UTILITY RELOCATIONS. SO IN THE FIRST MEETING IN SEPTEMBER, WE'LL BE BRINGING THE FULL BUDGET PACKAGE TO YOU AS FAR AS GETTING THIS PROJECT FINALLY TO BREAK GROUND. THE OTHER SIGNIFICANT PROJECT ON AVENUE 50 IS OUR AVENUE 50 INTERCHANGE. SO THAT'S AT SR 86. WE HAVE RECEIVED FULL FUNDING IN THIS PAST YEAR. WE GOT FULL FUNDING FOR THE DESIGN PHASE FROM CVAG, SO WE ARE MOVING FORWARD WITH THAT. WE'RE HAVING BIWEEKLY PDT MEETINGS WITH CALTRANS, WITH TRIBAL ORGANIZATIONS, AND THIS WILL BE 100% SHOVEL READY WITHIN ABOUT 12 MONTHS TO 18 MONTHS. WE'VE APPLIED FOR GRANTS EVERY SINGLE YEAR SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE TO GET THIS PROJECT. AND WE FEEL THAT BY HAVING A 100% DESIGN READY PLANS ON THIS PROJECT, THAT'LL PUT US IN A MUCH BETTER POSITION TO ACTUALLY FINALLY GET OVER THE HUMP AND ACTUALLY GET THE CONSTRUCTION FUNDING FOR THIS AS WELL. ANOTHER PROJECT THAT'S NEW TO THE CIP LIST THAT WE'VE ADDED IS THE WIDENING OF AVENUE 50 FROM OATS LANE TO TYLER. SO THIS IS THAT LAST CONNECTION PIECE. WE OBVIOUSLY WANT TO WIDEN THAT ROAD, MAKE IT FOUR LANES. WE ALSO GOT 100% FUNDING FROM CVAG TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS PROJECT. SO WE'VE ALREADY WELL UNDERWAY IN THAT PROCESS. THE GOAL IS TO HAVE THIS AT FULL 100% DESIGN READY IN LESS THAN A YEAR SO THAT AS WE'RE BUILDING THE BRIDGE PROJECT, WE'LL ALSO BE MOVING FORWARD WITH THIS PROJECT. AND THE GOAL IS TO HAVE A NICE COMPLETE CORRIDOR. SO FROM OATS LANE ALL THE WAY TO THE WHITEWATER BRIDGE, HAVE THE CONSTRUCTION GOING AT ONCE. SO WE DON'T IMPACT THE COMMUNITY AS MUCH AND MAKE SURE THAT THE WHOLE CORRIDOR OPENS UP AS ONE CONTINUOUS PROJECT. AND THEN THE LAST AVENUE 50 PROJECT WE HAVE IS THE WIDENING THAT WE'RE STILL WORKING ON FROM CESAR CHAVEZ TO CALHOUN. THE PHASE ONE IS ALREADY COMPLETE, SO WE'VE ALREADY DONE ALL THE WIDENING, THE LANDSCAPE IMPROVEMENTS, MEDIAN IMPROVEMENTS FROM DEL ORO PARK ALL THE WAY TO CALHOUN, AND THE LAST SMALL SECTION FROM DEL ORO PARK TO CESAR CHAVEZ. WE STILL HAVE SOME RIGHT OF WAY ISSUES THAT WE'RE WORKING OUT ON THAT, BUT WE CONTINUE TO ATTEMPT TO

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THE DATELAND PARK WE'VE ALREADY BEEN WORKING WITH, WITH MULTIPLE COMPANIES ON THE FULL DESIGN OF THE PARK. THIS WILL INVOLVE REMOVING ALL OF THE ABOVE GROUND EQUIPMENT. AND THEN WE'RE ALSO WORKING WITH THE GRANT OPERATORS RIGHT NOW TO GET SOME ADDITIONAL FUNDING ALLOCATED TO THIS PARK SO WE CAN POTENTIALLY HAVE AN IN-GROUND CONCRETE BOWL AS WELL.

BUT AT THIS POINT, THIS ONE WILL BE READY TO GO SOONER. SO WE'RE HOPING TO HAVE THIS TO YOU IN SEPTEMBER TO ACTUALLY MOVE FORWARD WITH THE DESIGN ON THIS. SO THIS WILL BE ONE OF THE FIRST PHASES THAT WE'RE GOING TO MOVE FORWARD WITH. WE ALSO HAVE A LOT OF URBAN GREENING THROUGHOUT THE. THAT'S TIED TO THE TCC PROJECT. A LOT OF THAT'S FOCUSED AT SIERRA VISTA PARK. THERE'S GOING TO BE A LOT OF TREES THERE, AND A LOT OF IT'S FOCUSED AT THIS FIFTH STREET PASEO. SO THE PICTURE ON THE LEFT, THAT'S THE PASEO THAT CONNECTS THE TRANSIT HUB OVER TO FIFTH STREET. THAT TURNED OUT REALLY NICE WITH THE WALKWAYS, BUT WE DIDN'T REALLY PLANT ANY TREES WHEN IT FIRST CAME IN. SO YOU CAN SEE THE LANDSCAPE PLAN ON THE BOTTOM THAT WE'VE ALREADY STARTED ON, AND REALLY JUST PLANTING A LOT OF NICE LUSH TREES THERE SO THAT THAT CORRIDOR, THAT PATHWAY, WHEN YOU'RE WALKING FROM THE DOWNTOWN TO THE BUS STATION, WE WANT TO ENCOURAGE A LOT OF TREES IN THAT AREA. SO IT BECOMES A MUCH NICER CORRIDOR. AND THEN THE BIG PROJECT, ONE OF THE BIG PROJECTS WITH OUR PROSPERITY IS THE REMODEL OF THE YUMA COMMUNITY CENTER. THIS HAS ALREADY BEEN BROUGHT TO COUNCIL RECENTLY. SO AS YOU KNOW, WE HAVE ALREADY AWARDED OUR DESIGN BUILD CONTRACT AND THEY HAVE ALREADY ALREADY UNDERWAY ON THAT PROCESS. SO AS WE MAKE MORE PROGRESS, WE'LL HAVE SOME COMMUNITY OUTREACH MEETINGS RELATIVE TO THAT DESIGN PROCESS, AND SOME OF THAT WILL BE BROUGHT TO COUNCIL FOR SOME FINAL DECISIONS. ONCE WE GET FURTHER ALONG IN THE DESIGN PORTION OF THE DESIGN BUILD CONTRACT. THE OTHER MAJOR PROJECT THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON IS THE RANCHO LAS FLORES PARK EXPANSION. IF YOU RECALL, FOR MOST OF YOU WERE HERE, WE HAD A TALK ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF AGO ABOUT THIS PROJECT, THE TOTAL GRANT FUNDS WE HAVE ARE. ABOUT 11. BUT THIS CONCEPT, BECAUSE WE MOVED THE ORIGINAL GRANT TO A MUCH LARGER AREA, THIS CONCEPT IS MUCH MORE EXPENSIVE. THIS IS ABOUT A $1,718 MILLION CONCEPT THAT WAS DRAWN OUT AT THE TIME. WE'VE APPLIED FOR SOME ADDITIONAL GRANT FUNDS. WE WERE HOPING TO GET SUPPLEMENTAL GRANT FUNDS, AND WE DID GET DIRECTION FROM COUNCIL AT THE TIME TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE ENHANCED PARK DESIGN AND SEEK THOSE ADDITIONAL GRANT FUNDS. I WILL

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THIS PROJECT WE ARE LOOKING FOR DESIGN, BUILD AND OPERATE CONTRACT BECAUSE WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WHOEVER COMES IN AND OPERATES THE FACILITY, WHOEVER SIGNS THAT LONG TERM AGREEMENT WITH US, THEY HAVE THAT ABILITY TO TAKE THE LEAD ON THE DESIGN, BUILD OPERATIONS, BECAUSE WE WANT THEM TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT DESIGN AND BUILD IN A WAY THAT FUNCTIONS THEIR OPERATIONAL NEEDS TO MAKE THIS A VIABLE PROJECT. SO THAT DESIGN, BUILD, OPERATE, MODEL, OBVIOUSLY, IT'S VERY SELECTIVE. SO WE'VE BEEN SPENDING A LOT OF TIME TRYING TO SOLICIT THOSE KIND OF BIDS TO TRY TO GET THE A PARTNERSHIP SO THAT THIS WILL BE A LONG TERM SUCCESSFUL PROJECT. THAT SECOND RFQ THAT HAS BEEN RELEASED, I BELIEVE, CLOSES IN NEXT WEEK. SO IN EARLY SEPTEMBER, WE WILL HAVE THE RESULTS OF THAT RFQ PROCESS, SINCE WE'VE NOW LET IT OUT TWICE, THAT EVEN IF WE DON'T GET ENOUGH BIDS ON THE SECOND TIME, WE'VE NOW POSTED IT LONG ENOUGH. WE'VE KIND OF PUT IT OUT THAT, YOU KNOW, WE SHOULD HAVE A RECOMMENDATION TO BE ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH A PARTNER ON THIS PROJECT IN SEPTEMBER AS WELL. AND THIS IS JUST KIND OF A THE GRAPHIC, I THINK, THAT'S BEEN PRESENTED TO COUNCIL MANY TIMES RELATIVE TO KIND OF OUR VISION FOR HOW THIS PROJECT WILL LOOK. OTHER MAJOR PROJECTS AS THE LIBRARY ANNEX THIS PROJECT, WE ARE VERY CLOSE TO 100% DESIGN. SO WE JUST HAD ONE SMALL CORRECTION WITH BUILDING AND SAFETY. SO WE'RE JUST LOOKING FOR FINAL APPROVAL FROM BUILDING AND SAFETY. SO YOU GUYS CAN GIVE KENDRA THE STARE BACK THERE SO SHE CAN GIVE ME MY PERMITS AND I CAN MOVE THIS PROJECT FORWARD. AS SOON AS I HAVE 100% PLANS, WE WILL BE PUTTING THIS OUT TO BID.

SO YEAH, SO AS SOON AS AS SOON AS BUILDING AND SAFETY GIVES ME THE 100% APPROVAL, THIS IS READY TO GO OUT TO BID AS WELL. SO THIS HAS BEEN MANY TIMES, BUT SORRY, HEARING COMMENTS

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THIS IS ABOUT $3 MILLION THAT'S GOING TO BE SPENT ON IMPROVEMENTS TO CESAR CHAVEZ BOULEVARD AND A COUPLE SELECT INTERSECTIONS WHERE WE HAVE SOME RBF. SO IT'S GOING TO HAVE IMPROVEMENTS TO THE CESAR CHAVEZ CROSSING. IT'S GOING TO HAVE IMPROVEMENTS TO THE AVENUE 52 DUMA CROSSING, AND THEN IMPROVEMENTS TO SAFETY, IMPROVEMENTS TO THE BIKE LANES ON CESAR CHAVEZ, AND THEN ALSO IMPROVEMENTS TO ALL OF THE INTERSECTIONS UP AND DOWN CESAR CHAVEZ FROM PARK DOWN TO AVENUE 54. RIGHT NOW, MOST OF THE INTERSECTIONS ONLY HAVE 2 OR 3 CROSSWALKS, AND THEY DON'T HAVE THE LEAD TIMING ON THE PEDESTRIAN INTERVALS. SO WE'LL BE REPLACING ALL OF THE PEDESTRIAN HEADS. WE'LL BE PLACING THE ADA RAMPS, AND WE'LL BE DOING FOUR CROSSWALKS, ALL INTERSECTIONS TO REALLY IMPROVE THE PEDESTRIAN SAFETY ON ALL OF OUR INTERSECTIONS. AND THEN CESAR CHAVEZ BOULEVARD. WE ALSO HAVE A SAFE STREETS FOR ALL PROGRAM THAT WE. THAT WE'LL BE LAUNCHING AS WELL. SO THAT I BELIEVE IS ALSO CURRENTLY OUT TO BID. SO WE'LL BE HIRING A THAT WILL BE A TWO YEAR LONG PROCESS. THAT'S KIND OF A GLOBAL PLANNING DOCUMENT, LOOKING AT ALL OF THE INTERSECTIONS, ALL OF THE STREETS WITHIN THE CITY, TO COME UP WITH A PROJECT PRIORITIZATION LIST. THIS IS A LOT LIKE THE, THE PLAN THAT WE HAVE WITH THE CVAG, WHERE IT ACTUALLY LISTS ALL THE PROJECTS IN THE CITY, COMES UP WITH SOME ENGINEERING ESTIMATES, WHAT THEY ARE, AND THEN GIVES YOU A PRIORITIZED LIST ON SAFETY PROJECTS THROUGHOUT THE CITY. THAT BECOMES A VERY VALUABLE PLAN TO THE CITY, BECAUSE IT ALLOWS US TO APPLY FOR ADDITIONAL GRANT FUNDS. AND BY HAVING A PRIORITIZED LIST, WE IDENTIFY SAFETY CONCERNS THROUGHOUT THE CITY. IT GIVES US THOSE ESTIMATES. IT GIVES US THAT KIND OF PRELIMINARY ENGINEERING DESIGN WORK ON THAT SO THAT IT MAKES US MUCH, MUCH MORE SUCCESSFUL IN GOING AFTER THOSE SAFETY GRANTS, OTHER STREETS PROJECTS THAT WE'RE WORKING ON. AS FAR AS THIS COMING YEAR. I BELIEVE I'VE ALREADY PRESENTED THIS TO COUNCIL, BUT IN THIS COMING YEAR, WE ARE LOOKING AT DOING DESIGN, DESIGN WORK AND REPAVING FOR BOTH AVENUE 49 AND VAN BUREN. SO WE'RE ALREADY IN THE PROCESS OF DOING THE DESIGN WORK ON THAT. AS SOON AS THOSE ARE READY, THEN WE'LL BE BRINGING THOSE FORWARD AS WELL. AND THEN KIND OF LOOKING INTO THE FUTURE. THESE AREN'T PROJECTS THAT WE'RE LOOKING TO BREAK GROUND ON THIS YEAR, BUT AS FAR AS SOME KIND OF LIKE THE THE BIG PROJECTS THAT ARE COMING IN THE NEAR FUTURE, WE HAVE OUR ATP PROJECTS AND OUR ARTS AND MUSIC LINE. SO THE CONNECTING COACHELLA ATP PROJECT, THIS IS A CLASS ONE BIKE LANE THAT GOES FROM AVENUE 54 ALL THE WAY UP TO AVENUE 48. SO WE'LL HAVE THAT SEPARATED BIKE LANE THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE CITY. AND MULTIPLE INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENTS ARE INCORPORATED IN THIS AS WELL. THIS IS THE INTERSECTION OF TYLER AND GRAPEFRUIT. SO LOOKING TO PUT A ROUNDABOUT THERE. WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO RUN THAT STOP SIGN. SO WE THINK A ROUNDABOUT THERE WOULD BE A TREMENDOUS SAFETY IMPROVEMENT FOR THE COMMUNITY. IT'LL HAVE SOME SMALL POCKET PARKS. I BELIEVE THIS IS A PICTURE OF THE CONNECTING COACHELLA. IT ALSO TURNS DOWN AVENUE 54 AND IT DEAD ENDS AT THE CV LINK. AND THIS WOULD BE A SMALL POCKET PARK THAT WE'D HAVE AT THE END OF AVENUE 54 AT THE CONNECTION TO CV LINK. AND THEN THIS IS A LOOK AT WHAT WE MIGHT DO AT THE INTERSECTION OF CESAR CHAVEZ AND GRAPEFRUIT. RIGHT NOW.

THERE'S THAT LONG SLIP LANE. SO FROM A PEDESTRIAN STANDPOINT, IT'S ACTUALLY VERY HARD TO TO CROSS OVER. SO WE'RE LOOKING AT REDOING THAT INTERSECTION AS WELL AND THEN MAKING SURE WE HAVE THAT SAFE PEDESTRIAN AND BICYCLE ACCESS ALONG THE. ALONG THE EAST SIDE OF THE ROADWAY.

AND THEN THIS TIES INTO THIS AS WELL. WE HAVE OUR ARTS AND MUSIC LINE. THIS IS A MULTI-AGENCY PROJECT WITH INDIO, LA QUINTA, CVAG, THE CITY AND THE COUNTY. THAT'S GOING TO BE A CLASS ONE SEPARATED BIKE LANE FROM DOWNTOWN LA QUINTA, ALL THE WAY TO AVENUE 48 AT GRAPEFRUIT. AND THIS TIES IN DIRECTLY WITH OUR CONNECTING COACHELLA BIKE PATH AS. AS FAR AS AN UPDATE FOR THE ATP PROJECT, WE HAVE PUT THAT OUT TO BID FOR DESIGN. SO WE FINALLY GOT ALL OF OUR FINAL GRANT AGREEMENTS. AND THEN WE ARE ALSO APPLYING THIS PHASE FOR THE CONSTRUCTION FUNDING FOR THAT PROJECT. SO WE ANTICIPATE THE FULL DESIGN AND

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AIRPORT BOULEVARD BRIDGE OVER WHITEWATER CHANNEL IS SCHEDULED FOR FULL REPLACEMENT. THAT IS A FULLY FUNDED PROJECT THAT WILL BE TAKING PLACE OVER ABOUT THE NEXT TWO YEARS. THAT IS A COUNTY LED PROJECT, BUT JUST TO KIND OF LET OUR COMMUNITY KNOW THAT WE ARE GOING TO HAVE SOME CONSTRUCTION THERE AND THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE GETTING THAT NEW BRIDGE AT THAT LOCATION AS WELL. SO THOSE ARE KIND OF THE BIG HIGHLIGHT PROJECTS. ANY QUESTIONS ON ANY OF THOSE PROJECTS OR REALLY ANY OTHER PROJECTS IN THE CIP ARE ALL FAIR GAME. SO I WELCOME YOUR QUESTIONS. ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS? FIRST ON THIS ITEM? YES WE DO. FRANCISCO MOLINA, THIS IS ITEM 20. OH, OKAY. DO YOU WANT TO GO AHEAD? GO AHEAD. JUST PUT IT. BUT I JUST GO AHEAD. ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU ANDREW, FOR THAT AMAZING PRODUCTION. WE WE SAW ALL OF THE DIFFERENT IMPROVEMENT PLANS THAT WE HAVE, WHICH IS REALLY COOL. SOME OF THEM, I WANTED TO ADD A LITTLE BIT OF COMMENT TO RANCHO LAS FLORES PARK IS BEAUTIFUL. I'M SORRY THAT WE HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO GET OUR GRANTS FOR THE FIRST COUPLE OF TIMES, BUT HOPEFULLY THAT THIRD TIME IS THE MAGIC.

BUT IN TERMS OF LIKE, I THINK YOU SAID, IT WAS LIKE WIFFLE BALL COURTS OR SOMETHING THAT NEEDED TO GO FOOSBALL IN TERMS OF THE SEPARATING THE TWO PLAYGROUNDS AND TRYING TO INTERMINGLE THEM, THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY THERE FOR THEM TO BE SEPARATE BECAUSE THERE IS ADAPTIVE NEEDS, SENSORY ISSUES, THERE NEEDS TO WE NEED TO START MAKING THOSE TYPES OF SPECIAL ITEMS JUST THE SAME WAY THAT WE HAVE ALL OF OUR SPANISH SPEAKING. WE DON'T WANT TO TIP IT ALL THE WAY. YOU KNOW, WE'RE BILINGUAL SERVICES ENDS UP BECOMING ALL COMPLETELY SPANISH SERVICES. AND THEN THERE IS NO ENGLISH. WE NOTHING COMPLETELY WORKS FOR EVERY SINGLE PERSON.

WHICH IS WHY SOMETIMES THERE DOES NEED TO BE THE TWO BIGGEST POTENTIAL COVERAGES OF THE TYPES OF NEEDS THAT NEED TO BE TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT. AND WE HAVE A LOT OF SPECIAL NEEDS CHILDREN AND SPECIAL NEEDS EQUIPMENT WORKS FOR REGULAR NEEDS. IT DOESN'T WORK THE OPPOSITE WAY THOUGH, SO JUST KEEP THAT IN MIND. THE OTHER PARK THAT I SAW THAT WAS REALLY COOL. I LOVE THE CV LINK STUFF. I LOVE THE LITTLE POCKET PARKS. I THINK THAT THAT'S BEAUTIFUL. I THINK THE MUSICAL THING WAS REALLY INTERESTING. IT ALMOST SOUNDS LIKE WE'RE TURNING OUR

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PEOPLE KNEW WHAT TO EXPECT FROM ONE END OF THE MALL TO THE OTHER END OF THE MALL. AND THAT SOUNDS LIKE WHAT THAT IS. AND THAT DOESN'T SOUND LIKE IT'S SPECIFICALLY TARGETED TOWARDS THE MUSIC FESTIVALS. IT'S ABOUT BRANCHING THAT MUSIC FESTIVAL OUT AND INTO THE COMMUNITY, GIVING US A WALKWAY THAT'S LIT AND ART AND BEAUTIFUL AND INTERESTING FOR US TO WANT TO GO OUT AND JOIN THE CV LINK AND GET TO ALL THOSE BIKE LANES. SO THAT'S REALLY COOL. BUT KEEP IN MIND THE NEEDS THAT NEED TO BE MET. KEEP IN MIND THE POTENTIAL THAT YOU ARE CREATING FOR ISSUES THAT CAN BE RESOLVED BEFOREHAND BECAUSE YOU WANT PEOPLE TO BE WALKING, BIKING, SCOOTERING, ALL OF THAT STUFF. WE HAVE THESE, THESE BILLS THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TO, TO LIMIT CERTAIN SCOOTERS, CERTAIN THINGS. YOU CAN'T LIMIT THINGS AT THE SAME TIME THAT YOU'RE REQUESTING PEOPLE TO GO OUT AND USE THEM. SO WE GOT TO DECIDE WHERE WE ARE ON THAT SIDE TOO.

IS IT GOING TO BE FREE PEDESTRIAN USE OR ARE WE GOING TO RESTRICT IT TO, YOU'RE ONLY ON A BIKE AND A SCOOTER THAT'S MANUALLY POWERED OR WALKING THEN, SO THEN WHY, WHY ARE WE GOING TO GO OUT THERE IF WE CAN'T USE ANYTHING? SO WE HAVE TO FIND THE MIDDLE GROUND.

THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. THANK YOU, SPEAKER. YES. FRANCISCO MOLINA. HELLO, THIS IS FRANCISCO MOLINA, RESIDENT, SMALL BUSINESS OWNER AND CANDIDATE FOR COACHELLA MAYOR.

I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR THE WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING. I THINK IT'S AMAZING. I THINK IT'S WONDERFUL. THOSE ARE EXACTLY THE TYPE OF PROJECTS THAT I WANT TO SEE IN THIS CITY, BECAUSE IT IMPROVES OUR CITY. IT IMPROVES THE STABILITY OF OUR CITY, THE WALKABILITY, IT INCREASES COMMUNITY. IT MAKES IT OUR CITY LOOK BEAUTIFUL. IT ATTRACTS IT WILL ATTRACT COACHELLA FEST, YOU KNOW, GOERS AND IT'LL BRING BUSINESS TO LOCAL BUSINESSES HERE IN THE VALLEY. I'M SUPER PLEASED WITH THE WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING, SO THANK YOU. I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT THANK YOU FOR PRESENTING. THESE ARE EXACTLY THE TYPE OF PROJECTS THAT, AS MAYOR OF THE CITY OF COACHELLA, I WANT TO PURSUE AND INVEST AS MUCH MONEY AS I POSSIBLY CAN IN. AND THE REASON WHY IS BECAUSE, LIKE THE SPEAKER JUST SAID, IT MAKES OUR CITY BEAUTIFUL. IT MAKES ME SOMETHING. IT MAKES ME FEEL LIKE I WANT TO BE HERE. I HAVE SOMEWHERE TO GO. I'M AN ARTIST, I MAKE MUSIC, I'M A RAPPER, I MAKE EDM MUSIC. I'M ALSO AN ARTIST. I AM MULTIDISCIPLINARY IN SO MANY DIFFERENT FACETS. ART POURS OUT OF ME, AND I WANT SOMEWHERE TO EXPRESS THAT. AND I THINK THAT THIS PROJECT IS PERFECT FOR THAT. AND ONE QUESTION THAT I WOULD LIKE TO POSE TO ALL OF YOU, BUT MOSTLY TO VIDCON, TO FIGUEROA, TO DELGADO AND TO PEREZ. IS IF YOU KNOW ABOUT GRANTS LIKE TCC AND THIS INITIATIVE THAT THE GENTLEMAN JUST PRESENTED ON, AND YOU KNOW THAT IT'S ABOUT CREATING COMMUNITY AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S ABOUT CONNECTING THE CITY AND, YOU KNOW, THESE THINGS ABOUT, YOU KNOW. ENERGY EFFICIENCY, RIGHT? AND BEAUTIFICATION OF THE CITY. WHY IN THE WORLD WOULD YOU GET US A DATA CENTER? IT GOES COMPLETELY AGAINST ANY OF THIS. DO YOU THINK THAT I WOULD WANT TO COME TO, TO SEE THOSE EVENTS OR RIDE THOSE BIKE LANES OR SEE ANY OF THAT MUSIC? I WOULDN'T EVEN BE ABLE TO SEE THE LIGHTS, PROBABLY FROM ALL THE LIGHTS FROM THE DATA CENTER. I WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO HEAR ANY MUSIC BECAUSE OF THE HUMMING OF THE DATA CENTER. WE PROBABLY WOULDN'T EVEN HAVE THE ELECTRICITY TO LIGHT UP THE STREETS THAT THEY WANT TO LIGHT UP. THAT EMPTY WOULD SIT THERE EMPTY BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE AC IN THERE. WE CAN'T AFFORD TO PAY FOR IT. SO WHY DID YOU ALL APPROVE A DATA CENTER? WHEN WE HAVE PROGRAMS LIKE THIS IN OUR CITY? AND I WOULD HONESTLY LIKE TO HEAR A RESPONSE FROM ALL OF YOU, BECAUSE I SEE THAT EVERY TIME AFTER WE'RE DONE WITH PUBLIC COMMENTS AND YOU'RE DONE, BEFORE YOU GO AHEAD AND DELIBERATE AND MAKE YOUR DECISIONS, YOU GO AHEAD AND TALK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHAT THE THINGS ARE. AND I NOTICED THAT YOU NEVER RESPOND TO MY COMMENTS. SO I'D LIKE TO ACTUALLY HEAR FROM YOU. AND WHY DID YOU GO FOR A DATA CENTER KNOWING. THANK YOU. YOUR TIME IS UP. THANK YOU. AND I'D ACTUALLY LIKE TO. I'M SORRY. WE ARE. THE TIME IS UP. DO WE HAVE ANYONE ON ZOOM? YES, WE HAVE ONE HAND RAISED. PROMOTING CARLA. GOOD NIGHT EVERYONE. I HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS AND

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HOWEVER, THOSE LOTS THAT WERE BOUGHT OUT, WELL, THEY WERE HOUSES BEFORE, BUT THEY GOT DEMOLISHED. THOSE AREAS ARE EMPTY. THEY'RE BEING USED FOR DIFFERENT THINGS. TRASH IS BEING LEFT AROUND THAT AREA. I KNOW I'VE COMMUNICATED SOME OF THESE CONCERNS BEFORE TO THE STAFF, AND THEY HAVE BEEN POLITE ENOUGH TO BE ABLE TO ANSWER AS MUCH AS THEY COULD. I UNDERSTAND THAT THEIR ONGOING PROJECTS AND THERE'S DIFFERENT HANDS THAT ARE INTERCHANGING IN ALL OF THIS. HOWEVER, WHEN I TRY TO REACH OUT, I THINK IT WAS CALTRANS, THE ONE THAT I WAS REFERRED OVER TO TO GET MORE ANSWERS. THEY TOLD ME THAT THEY HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH THE PROJECT IN REGARDS TO BEING ABLE TO PROVIDE UPDATES. SO I WOULD LOVE FOR ALL OF THIS GREAT INFORMATION TO BE ON THE WEBSITE AND TO BE EASILY ACCESSIBLE. I AM GLAD THAT THIS INFORMATION WAS GIVEN TO US FOR THIS MEETING, BECAUSE I'M ABLE TO GET A LITTLE BIT MORE INFORMATION. FOR THE MOST PART, IT'S PRETTY COMPREHENSIBLE. IT'S SIMPLE ENOUGH FOR SOMEONE LIKE ME THAT IS NOT AS ACQUAINTED WITH ALL OF THIS TO UNDERSTAND INFORMATION. SO THANK YOU FOR WHOEVER MADE THIS POSSIBLE. I LOVE THAT THERE'S VISUALS, THAT THERE'S NUMBERS AND IT'S SIMPLE ENOUGH. SO MY CONCERN IS HOW CAN WE PROTECT THESE AREAS THAT ARE GOING TO BE DEVELOPED LATER ON? HOW CAN WE MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S SAFETY FOR THE NEIGHBORHOODS? THIS IS THE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT I'M SPECIFICALLY TALKING ABOUT IS THE AREA FROM DELTA PARK ALL THE WAY DOWN TO BASICALLY WHERE CARDENAS IS AT. SO LIKE CESAR CHAVEZ AREA, WE HAVE A LOT OF UNSHELTERED COMMUNITY MEMBERS IN THAT AREA. I WOULD LOVE TO SEE US MAKE SOME CHANGES TO MAKE THINGS ACCESSIBLE FOR THEM. MAYBE A POSSIBLE PROJECT IS TO HAVE SOMETHING AVAILABLE FOR THEM. I'M JUST THROWING OUT IDEAS RIGHT NOW, BUT I WOULD REALLY LOVE TO HAVE SOME ANSWERS FROM ALL OF YOU. YOU GUYS ARE THE EXPERTS. YOU GUYS ARE LEADERS. I WOULD LOVE TO HEAR MORE INFORMATION ON WHAT WE CAN DO TO PROTECT THE NEIGHBORHOODS. MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY IS TREATED WITH RESPECT, WITH DIGNITY, AND THAT WE'RE ABLE TO REALLY MAKE SURE THAT THESE PROJECTS ARE MOVING FORWARD, THAT THE COMMUNITY IS GETTING ANSWERS WHEN THEY REQUEST THEM, THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO DIG THROUGH A BUNCH OF DIFFERENT DOCUMENTS IN ORDER TO GET THAT. IF ANYONE OPENED THE AGENDA PACKET FOR TODAY, IT'S OVER 500 PAGES. THAT IS AMAZING, BUT RIDICULOUS AT THE SAME TIME. AMAZING BECAUSE WE GET ALL OF THIS GREAT INFORMATION, BUT RIDICULOUS BECAUSE I HAVE TO SORT THROUGH ALL OF THIS TO GET SOME ANSWERS. SO I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION IN FUTURE MEETINGS. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

ANY OTHER THERE ARE NO OTHER SPEAKERS FOR THIS ITEM. I'LL OPEN UP COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL MEMBERS. MISS MARTINEZ YES, I HAVE COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS. JUST SOME CLARIFICATION. SO THE THE WHITE WATER BRIDGE, THAT ONE IS ALREADY FULLY FUNDED, CORRECT? YES. AND AND THE OTHER ONE, THE. AVENUE 50 THAT'S ALSO FULLY FUNDED. I'VE GOT SEVEN PROJECTS. IT'S. YEAH. THE, THE INTERCHANGE SR 86 AND 50TH. RIGHT NOW WE ONLY HAVE FUNDING FOR THE DESIGN PHASE. OKAY. SO WE HAVE NOT SECURED ANY FUNDING FOR CONSTRUCTION PHASE. GOT IT. OKAY. AND THE OTHER ONES THAT I HAVE HERE ON MY NOTES ARE UNDER THE TCC GRANTS, RIGHT. THERE ARE SEVERAL GRANTS THERE. ALL THESE PROJECTS ARE BEAUTIFUL AND I LOVE THEM. YOU KNOW, FOR THE CITY. YOU KNOW, IT'S GOING TO MAKE OUR CITY LOOK BEAUTIFUL. BUT ALSO WE NEED TO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION THE THE MAINTENANCE THAT IS GOING TO BRING, IN ALL THE SPECIAL PERSONAL THAT WE'RE GOING TO NEED, SUCH AS CODE ENFORCEMENT, SUCH AS PARK RANGERS. YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO HAVE A PLAN ALSO TO BRING FUNDING TO THIS ADDITIONAL JOBS AND PERSONNEL THAT WE'RE GOING TO NEED AFTER WE COMPLETE THIS PROJECT. I KNOW WE'RE LOOKING INTO THE FUTURE, BUT WE ALSO NEED TO PLAN AHEAD OF TIME. AND I, I MEAN, WE JUST NEED TO THINK, YOU KNOW, BEING PROACTIVE ON

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OKAY. CAN WE TAKE A SHORT RECESS? YEAH. CAN WE THANK YOU. CHECKING ON THAT ITEM. MAKING SURE WE HAVE. MY APOLOGIES. CAN YOU MAKE SURE YOU GUYS ARE UNMUTED ON YOUR MIX? YES. THANK YOU FOR CHECKING ON THAT, JASON, AND MAKING SURE I LET THE INDIVIDUAL KNOW TO REFRESH THAT ON THEIR END, THAT IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN ON THEIR END. SO WITH THAT, MISS COUNCILMEMBER COMMENTS ON THIS ITEM. I HAVE JUST A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS, ANDREW, AND THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. SO MY APOLOGIES.

CAN YOU CHECK AND SEE IF YOUR MIC IS MUTED? YEAH, I TURNED THAT OFF. SORRY. I'LL START OVER. THANK YOU, ANDREW, FOR THE PRESENTATION. I WANT TO GO BACK TO ONE OF THE PROJECTS.

SIERRA VISTA RESTROOM RENOVATION AND I HAD MY APOLOGIES. I WENT TO THE RESTROOM WHEN YOU WERE PRESENTING ON A COUPLE OF THESE, BUT REALLY QUICKLY ON THIS, THE RENOVATION HOW OFTEN AND DOESN'T REALLY NECESSARILY HAVE TO DO WITH THE FUNDING OR THE COST, BUT HOW OFTEN ARE THE RESTROOMS KEPT OPEN? AND SPECIFICALLY THIS ONE IN THIS AREA? LIKE, DO WE CONSTANTLY HAVE SOMEBODY GOING OUT THERE AND OPENING AND CLOSING THE RESTROOM? I ONLY ASK BECAUSE THERE'S BEEN A FEW TIMES WHERE COMMUNITY MEMBERS HAVE ASKED AND MENTIONED, IT'S GREAT. WE HAVE RESTROOMS IN ALL THESE LITTLE PARKS, BUT A LOT OF TIMES THEY'RE CLOSED. SO I JUST THAT CAME TO MY MIND. I DON'T KNOW IF SOMEONE ELSE WOULD BE ABLE TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION. I MEAN, I DO KNOW THE ANSWER TO THE QUESTION. AND YOU DO. SORRY, I DIDN'T KNOW IF IT WAS YOU. I WAS LIKE, I DON'T KNOW IF HE WOULD KNOW. YEAH. SO OUR OUR PARK STAFF DOES GO OUT AND THEY OPEN THE PARKS. SO THEY DO UNLOCK THE PARKS AND THEN THEY LOCK THE PARKS, THEY UNLOCK THE BATHROOMS AND CLEAN THE BATHROOMS EVERY DAY AND THEN LOCK THEM. AT THE END OF THE DAY, I THINK WE HAVE GOTTEN SOME COMPLAINTS ABOUT ALL THE PARKS BEING CLOSED AT DUMA AND LAS FLORES IN PARTICULAR. WHEN WE HAVE. UNHOUSED INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE CAMPING OUT IN THE BATHROOMS OR POTENTIALLY, YOU KNOW, USING DRUGS IN THE BATHROOMS, WE'LL REMOVE THEM FROM THE BATHROOMS, AND THEN WE LOCK THE DOORS SO THAT THEY CAN'T STAY IN THERE. SO I KNOW SOME OF THE COMPLAINTS WE GET RELATIVE TO BATHROOMS BEING CLOSED IS BECAUSE OF THAT. BUT OTHER THAN THAT, THE BATHROOMS ARE SUPPOSED TO BE OPEN DURING WORKING HOURS OR DOING OPERATING HOURS OF ALL THE PARKS. AND SO THE COMMUNITY KNOWS WHAT ARE THE OPERATING HOURS THAT YOU GUYS CONSIDER. SO DO YOU DO YOU GO OUT THERE AND CLOSE THEM AT FIVE? AT SIX? AT SEVEN? WHAT WHAT ARE THE TIMES THAT YOU TYPICALLY GO OUT THERE AND LOCK THE THE BATHROOMS? I BELIEVE ALL THE PARKS ARE SUPPOSED TO BE CLOSE TO TEN. SO OUR SECURITY SERVICE THAT WE HAVE THAT THAT DRIVES AROUND OUR ENEMIES AT NIGHT, THEY ACTUALLY LOCK ALL THE BATHROOMS FOR US AT NIGHT DURING CLOSING. SO I CAN CONFIRM WITH YOU IF I KNOW THE MAIN PARKS BAG. DUMA AND LAS FLORES ARE TEN. I DON'T REMEMBER OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD ON THE SMALLER PARKS, THE SMALLER PARKS MIGHT ACTUALLY BE SUNSET, BUT OUR SECURITY SERVICE DOES LOCK ALL OF THE PARKS. AND I CAN I CAN FOLLOW UP WITH YOU AND GIVE YOU THE EXACT HOURS THAT ALL OF THE PARKS ARE OPEN, INCLUDING THE SMALLER PARKS. THANK YOU. I FIGURED I MIGHT AS WELL ASK. I SAW THE THE CONCEPT. I WAS LIKE, OH, THAT'S GOING TO COME TO MY MIND RIGHT NOW. AND THEN ANOTHER QUESTION ON PARK TOT, LOT 53 ON AVENUE 53. I KNOW THAT. SO WE WE WENT OUT TO THE COMMUNITY MAYBE TWO YEARS AGO, 2 OR 3 YEARS AGO, AND WE. STAFF HAD THE LAYOUT OUT THERE AND THEY WERE ASKING COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHAT THEY WANTED TO SEE AT THE AT THE PARK. AND A LOT OF THE CONCEPTS ARE

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SO YOU'RE NOT DOING TWO CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS AT ONCE. YOU GET A BETTER OVERALL VALUE BY DOING THE PROJECT AT ONE TIME. BECAUSE WHEN I'M DOING MY STREET CLOSURES, WHEN I YOU DON'T END UP HAVING TO HAVE ADDITIONAL COSTS BY PAYING FOR MOBILIZATION AND TRAFFIC CONTROL AND THOSE KIND OF THINGS TWICE, THE BONDING TWICE. SO YOU DO GET A BETTER OVERALL COST OF EFFICIENCY BY LUMPING THE PROJECTS TOGETHER. I ALSO, WE HAVE ALREADY ORDERED THE SHADE STRUCTURES AND THE PARK EQUIPMENT. SO THE VALUE ENGINEERING IS NOT GOING TO BE A LONG PROCESS. WE WE'RE WORKING ON THAT IMMEDIATELY. THAT'S SOMETHING WE'RE GOING TO FINISH WITHIN A COUPLE OF WEEKS. WE'RE NOT GOING FOR A WHOLE REDESIGN AND A LONG DELAY PROCESS. SO THIS IS STILL PHASE ONE TOP PRIORITY WITH OUR TCC FUNDING. WE ARE AT FULL DESIGN.

WE'RE JUST LOOKING AT SOME MINOR REDUCTIONS ON KIND OF HOW MUCH WE PUT INTO THIS ROUNDABOUT IN ORDER TO BRING THAT COST DOWN SO WE CAN GO BACK OUT TO BID. SO, SO YOU MIGHT END UP NOT HAVING THAT AS MUCH LIKE THAT ROUNDABOUT MIGHT NOT HAVE FLOWERS AND YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO DO SOMETHING ELSE THERE. YEAH. OR SOME, SOME OF THE KIND OF LIKE LARGE BUMP OUT ITEMS ON THE SOUTH SIDE. A LOT OF THAT CAN BE REDUCED. SOME OF THAT CAN BE ACCOMPLISHED BY PAINT OR SOMETHING THAT CAN BE ACCOMPLISHED BY. LIKE, LIKE WE'LL STOP BARRIERS INSTEAD OF LIKE TAKING OUT THE NEW SIDEWALK ELEMENTS THAT ARE THERE. ONE REASON THAT WE REALLY WANTED TO FOCUS ON PUTTING THEM TOGETHER IS BECAUSE AT THE OLD PARK, I THINK SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE, WE'VE HAD THREE VEHICLE CRASHES AT THAT PARK BECAUSE OF THE WIDE STREET THERE ON 53. YES. AND DIRECTLY AT THE PARK WE HAD SOMEONE COMPLETELY CRASH INTO THE PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT. SO THEY'VE CRASHED INTO THAT FENCE. THEY'VE CRASHED INTO THE PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT BECAUSE THE STREET IS SO WIDE AND IT'S KIND OF REMOTE. IF YOU WERE TO GO THERE NOW, YOU'LL NOTICE DONUT MARKS FROM FREDERICK ALL THE WAY DOWN. THAT'S ONE OF OUR KIND OF PROBLEMATIC AREAS WHEN IT COMES TO DRAG RACING AND DONUTS. AND BECAUSE PEOPLE,

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WELL, THEY CAN TRY. NO, I AND I, I 100% AGREE WITH I DO REMEMBER THAT WAS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT. I WAS JUST THINKING ABOUT COST BECAUSE I DO KNOW THAT IT WOULD.

AND I'M THINKING, ALL RIGHT, THAT STREET WAS RECENTLY DONE RIGHT. AND THERE WAS A LOT OF IT WAS WHEN THEY WERE DOING PHASE NUMBER TWO. SO I GET IT. I UNDERSTAND, BUT YES, YOU'RE RIGHT, WE DO HAVE YOU CAN HEAR THEM SOMETIMES AT NIGHT. THERE ARE TIMES WHERE I'M LEAVING MY MY FAMILY'S HOME AND I HEAR THEM AND I KNOW, I KNOW THEY'RE IN THIS AREA. I KNOW THAT THAT'S WHERE THEY LIKE BEING. AND IF YOU GUYS ARE HEARING, STOP DOING DONUTS ANYWHERE, YOU SHOULDN'T DO THAT ANYWHERE. NO MATTER THE CITY, THE AREA, IT'S NOT SAFE FOR YOU. IT'S NOT SAFE FOR ANYONE. SO BUT ANYWAYS, I'LL STOP THERE. I JUST I WAS CURIOUS ABOUT THE COST OF THAT.

THANK YOU. AND I THINK WHEN YOU GUYS HAD BROUGHT UP THE TODD PARK RECENTLY, YOU GUYS MENTIONED THAT, THAT THE ROUNDABOUT WAS FOR SAFETY REASONS BECAUSE THERE WAS A PARK THERE. THERE'S A BIG DIP. AND EVEN THEN WITH THE DIP RIGHT NOW, THERE'S CARS THAT DRIVE BY SO FAST. AND WHEN STREETS ARE REPAVED, THEY'RE DRIVING FASTER, EVEN FASTER. SO HAVING A REPAVED ROAD, DOES IT MEAN THAT PEOPLE ARE GOING TO SLOW DOWN? IT JUST MEANS THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE PEOPLE DRIVING EVEN FASTER. AND RECENTLY, I THINK A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO, THERE WAS A PURSUIT THAT WENT DOWN, I BELIEVE, DOWN THAT STREET. SO I THINK HAVING A ROUNDABOUT IS, IS, IS VERY IMPORTANT, ESPECIALLY AROUND THE PARK WHERE CHILDREN ARE GOING TO BE AT. ANY OTHER COMMENTS? I'M GOOD. COUNCILWOMAN, YOU WANT TO GO FIRST? I HAVE QUITE A BIT. NO THAT'S FINE. I, I YEAH GO AHEAD. SO GOING BACK TO SIERRA VISTA PARK MUCH NEEDED IMPROVEMENT. VERY, VERY LONG OVERDUE. A LOT OF THE COMMUNITY THERE COMPLAINED A LOT. SO HAVING IT FIXED UP, I CAN ONLY IMAGINE THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE MORE PEOPLE VISITING THAT PARK, WHICH IS GOOD, ESPECIALLY FOR THE ONES THAT LIVE ON 52. WEST, I MEAN, EAST OF GRAPEFRUIT. SO IT IS VERY, VERY IMPORTANT. WHEN I WAS A KID, I USED TO HEAR A LOT OF AWFUL THINGS ABOUT THAT PARK. BUT SEEING HOW IT'S BEEN CLEANED UP AND IT'S GOING TO GET BETTER, IT'S MUCH NEEDED. AS WELL AS THE TOP PARK OVERDUE. LONG OVERDUE SEVERAL YEARS. I KNOW PEOPLE HAVE BEEN ASKING FOR THAT. THE RANCHO LAS FLORES. HOW MUCH MORE FUNDING IS NEEDED TO TO FINISH THE PROJECT? WE HAD BEEN LOOKING FOR ABOUT $4 MILLION. SO RIGHT NOW WE'RE LOOKING TO EVALUATE ENGINEER ABOUT $4 MILLION OUT OF THE PROJECT. BUT THAT WILL ALL BE PRESENTED TO YOU IN SEPTEMBER. WE'VE ALREADY BEEN WORKING WITH ENGINEERS. THEY'VE ALREADY COME UP WITH SOME ESTIMATES ON SOME THINGS WE CAN REDUCE IN ORDER TO MAKE SURE WE GET THE COST DOWN. WE'VE ALREADY IDENTIFIED ABOUT $3 MILLION TO BRING THE PARK DOWN, AND WE'RE TRYING TO LOOK FOR ANOTHER MILLION. I KNOW WITH WITH MY STAFF BEHIND ME, I HAVE I NEED TO RESPECT THEIR WISHES AS WELL AND MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE DELIVERING PROJECTS WITH THE GRANT FUNDING WE HAVE. AND WE ALREADY HAVE PARK RANGERS THAT GO TO THESE PARKS, OR WOULD THEY HAVE TO BE ADDED? IT WOULD BE THE SAME PARK RANGER WHO ALREADY WORKS LAS FLORES AND WORKS THAT AND WORKS BACK DUMA AND AT SIERRA VISTA AND TOP PARK WHERE THEY DON'T THEY DON'T RESPOND THERE. THEY DO NOT CURRENTLY RESPOND TO THE SMALLER PARKS. THAT'D BE CODE ENFORCEMENT. AND THEN I KNOW THAT IF LORETTA WAS HERE, SHE WOULD BE A STRONG ADVOCATE. AND JUST CONFIRMING THAT ALL THESE PARKS ARE GOING TO ALSO BE ADAPTED TO SPECIAL NEEDS OR SPECIAL NEEDS COMMUNITY. YES. THE THE ALL THE IMPROVEMENTS ARE SPECIAL NEEDS. AND THEN THE WELLNESS CENTER ALSO INCLUDES AT BIG DUMA. THAT ALSO INCLUDES A SPECIAL NEEDS ADAPTIVE PARK SWING THAT'S GOING TO BE ADDED TO OUR EXISTING PLAYGROUND AREA THERE AS WELL. SO WE DO HAVE ADAPTIVE RESOURCES BUILT INTO SEVERAL OF THE PARK AREAS. OKAY. THANK YOU. AND JUST TO ADD ABOUT THE PARK RANGERS, WE HAVE ONE FULL TIME PARK RANGER AND ONE PART TIME PARK RANGER THAT THAT'S ALL THAT WE HAVE. AND FOR CODE ENFORCEMENT, WE HAVE ONE CODE MANAGER AND TWO CODE

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THAT'S OKAY. WELL, I HAVE A QUESTION. RIGHT NOW THAT KENDRA WAS TALKING ABOUT THE PARK RANGERS AND CODE ENFORCEMENT. SO THEN WHO? I'M GOING TO GO BACK TO THE RESTROOMS. I'M SORRY. SO THEN WHO GOES OUT THERE AND HANDLES OPENING AND CLOSING THE RESTROOMS? OPENING IS HANDLED BY OUR EXISTING PARK STAFF. SO THAT'S OUR PARK MAINTENANCE WORKERS. OKAY, THE OPENING AND THEN THE CLOSING IS GENERALLY HANDLED BY OUR, ON OUR BY OUR CONTRACTED SECURITY SERVICE. OKAY. UNDERSTOOD. THANK YOU. WELL, MY COLLEAGUES, YOU KNOW, PREPARE THEMSELVES.

YOU KNOW, I'D LIKE TO GO BACK TO TO KENDRA. THANK YOU, KENDRA, FOR BRINGING THAT INFORMATION.

SO IT SEEMS THAT WE HAVE AN ISSUE. WE GOT TO GET MORE CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS AND MORE PARK RANGERS AS WE GROW. AND AS RIGHT NOW, IT SEEMS LIKE WE'RE SHORTHANDED. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION. MR. CITY MANAGER. I'M SORRY, SIR, IF YOU COULD REPEAT YOUR QUESTION. I WAS JUST TEXTING ANOTHER STAFF MEMBER. OH, I'M SORRY. WHAT I WAS SAYING IS, LIKE, AS MISS KENDRA JUST MENTIONED, RIGHT NOW, IT LOOKS LIKE WE ARE SHORTHANDED ON CODE ENFORCEMENT AND ALSO PARK RANGERS. SO AS WE GROW, YOU KNOW, I DON'T WANT TO GET OUT OF SUBJECT HERE, BUT IT SEEMS LIKE, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A LITTLE SHORTHANDED PROBLEM HERE THAT WE NEED TO ADDRESS. OH, ABSOLUTELY, SIR. IN FACT, I KNOW THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS, YOU KNOW, STAFF AND I GOT TOGETHER TO LOOK AT THE POSITIONS THAT HAVE BEEN ALLOCATED. AND WE DID A LITTLE BIT OF RESTRUCTURING. WE STILL HAVE MORE TO BRING TO YOU. IN FACT, DURING THE MID-YEAR BUDGET, WE'LL BE BRINGING SOME ADDITIONAL POSITIONS TO YOU. I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT THAT YOUR CODE ENFORCEMENT AND PARK RANGERS HAVE ENOUGH. YOU'VE GOT A 35 SQUARE MILE CITY, YOU KNOW, 45,000 RESIDENTS. WE DEFINITELY ARE SHORT STAFFED WHEN IT COMES TO CODE ENFORCEMENT AND OUR IN OUR PARK RANGERS, WE DID HAVE A NEW CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER START NOT TOO LONG AGO, ABOUT A MONTH AGO. IN FACT, MAYBE WE'LL PRESENT HER AT THE NEXT STAFF MEETING AND. BUT OVERALL, YOU ARE CORRECT. WE ARE GOING TO NEED ADDITIONAL HELP. THANK YOU ANDREW, AND I DON'T THINK THERE I DON'T EVERYONE TALKED ABOUT WHAT I WANTED TO ASK. I'M GOOD.

OKAY. JUST THINKING ABOUT SOME OF THESE PROJECTS THAT WERE TIED. WE HAVE GRANT FUNDING FOR.

YES, I KNOW THAT AND I'M NOT SPECIFICALLY TALKING ABOUT THE CITY, BUT JUST OVERALL, JURISDICTIONS DO USUALLY HAVE TO DEAL WITH IF THEY'RE USING GRANT FUNDING FOR THESE PROJECTS. THERE IS A TIMELINE THAT THEY HAVE TO ABIDE BY, AND THERE ARE TIME THERE. YOU CAN'T GO PAST A CERTAIN DATE. YOU KNOW, YOU WOULD HAVE TO ALREADY HAVE BEEN EITHER IN THE DESIGN PHASE OR CONSTRUCTION PHASE, WHATEVER IT MAY BE. SO KEEPING THAT IN MIND WITH SOME OF THESE PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE AND WHERE WE HAVE GRANT FUNDING FOR, ARE WE OKAY? ARE WE STILL MEETING THOSE DEADLINES? I DON'T WANT US TO BE PUT IN A PLACE WHERE, FOR WHATEVER REASON, IF WE'RE NOT READY TO DO TO START CONSTRUCTION OR WE HAVEN'T FINISHED THE DESIGN AND THE CONCEPTS THAT WE WOULD BE PUT IN A POSITION WHERE WE HAVE TO GIVE THIS MONEY BACK. SO JUST WANT TO PUT THAT OUT THERE. AND YOU KNOW, FROM WHAT YOU'VE BEEN, YOU KNOW, PUTTING TOGETHER FOR US TO TAKE A LOOK AT AND YOU DEALING WITH A LOT OF THESE PROJECTS AND MAYBE OTHER STAFF, ARE WE OKAY WITH ALL OF THESE PROJECTS AS THEY ARE IF THEY'RE TIED TO GRANT FUNDING, ARE WE IN ANY WAY, SHAPE OR FORM IN, YOU KNOW, ON THE EDGE WHERE WE MIGHT LOSE SOME OF THESE GRANTS? ALL OF OUR PROJECTS ARE STILL ON SCHEDULE. THE ONE PROJECT WHERE THAT COULD COME UP WOULD BE AT RANCHO LAS FLORES, JUST BECAUSE WE HAVE ALREADY DEFERRED THE CONSTRUCTION, BECAUSE WE HAD OUR PLANS, YOU KNOW, READY TO GO OVER A YEAR AGO, WE DEFERRED THOSE PLANS IN ORDER TO FIND THAT ADDITIONAL GRANT FUNDING. SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE GOING TO BE VERY AGGRESSIVELY LOOKING AT REVISITING THOSE PLANS AND GETTING THAT BUDGET DOWN TO AN

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THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING THAT. THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO TALK ABOUT THEN. YEAH. SOME GRANTS SOMETIMES HAVE SMALL AMOUNTS THAT YOU CAN HAVE MAINTENANCE, BUT GENERALLY GRANTS NEVER INCLUDE FUNDS FOR MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS. YOU HAVE TO SIGN A COMMITMENT LETTER THAT YOU WILL DO THE MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS AT THE COMPLETION OF THE PROJECT. BUT AT THE COMPLETION OF THE PROJECT, I GUESS ULTIMATELY AHEAD OF TIME, WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ACCOUNTING FOR THOSE ADDITIONAL STAFF NEEDS, YOU KNOW, AND MAINTENANCE COSTS, CORRECT? YES.

OKAY. THANK YOU FOR BRINGING UP THAT QUESTION. THANK YOU. FOR FOR WELL, 20 YOU'RE LOOKING AT WHAT FISCAL YEAR IS IS UP UNTIL THE END OF FISCAL 27. AND THEN DID YOU GET ANY CONGRESSIONAL FUNDS FOR, WELL, 20. YEAH. SO WE JUST COMPLETED THE PHASE ONE OF WELL. 20 YEAH, THAT WAS COMPLETED ABOUT A MONTH AGO. THE NOTICE OF COMPLETION WILL BE COMING TO YOU IN AUGUST.

THAT WAS ABOUT CLOSE TO A $3 MILLION PROJECT, ALL IN WITH PROJECT MANAGEMENT PLUS CONSTRUCTION COSTS. YEAH. SO THAT PROJECT BASICALLY JUST DRILLED A HOLE IN THE GROUND.

WE STILL HAVE TO EQUIP THE, THE, THE, THE PUMPING HOUSE AND, AND KIND OF SET IT UP FOR IT TO BE ABLE TO PUMP WATER INTO THE DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM. WE'RE GOING TO START WORKING ON THAT.

THAT'S GOING TO BE PHASE TWO. AND WE IN THE BUDGET, YOU'LL SEE THAT I THINK WE PROBABLY

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I BELIEVE WE HAD ASKED FOR ABOUT 5 MILLION, BUT I THINK WE GOT CLOSER TO ABOUT 800 000. SO SO WE GOT SOME WE'LL BE USING THAT MONEY TOWARDS THAT PROJECT. AND THEN THE CHROMIUM SIX PROJECT WILL KICK IN ANOTHER PHASE OF CONSTRUCTION AT THAT SITE. AND THAT WOULD BE TO IMPLEMENT THE CHROMIUM SIX TREATMENT THAT'S REQUIRED THAT WE WILL BE DOING AS PART OF A LARGER PROJECT THAT'S GOING TO ADD TREATMENT ON ALL SEVEN WELLS. AND THEN ON THE EXTENSIONS FROM AVENUE 52 AND AVENUE 51 TO JACKSON. IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WE'RE JUST TAKING ON ON OUR OWN, OR IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WE'RE PARTNERING UP WITH THE COUNTY ON? SO THAT WAS AN EFFORT THAT WE HAD STARTED MAYBE ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF AGO, TWO YEARS AGO. AND IT WAS AN ATTEMPT TO DO SOME MASTER PLANNING THERE FOR WHAT WE NEEDED TO DO IN THE AREA. AND IN TERMS OF, OF PROVIDING WATER AND SEWER SERVICE. SO YOU'LL SEE THAT IN THE CIP, THERE'S AN IDENTICAL SET OF PROJECTS FOR WATER AND AN IDENTICAL SET OF PROJECTS FOR SEWER THAT KIND OF COVER THE SAME, THE SAME SECTIONS OF ROAD. AND AROUND THAT TIME WHEN WE WERE ANTICIPATING THAT WE WOULD ANNEX THAT AREA P SEVEN, WE ALSO HAD SOME. TALKS WITH FOLKS THAT, THAT WERE THINKING ABOUT DEVELOPING PROJECTS, TRACK HOMES ALONG THE CALHOUN AREA. I BELIEVE THOSE WERE ALREADY IN THE CITY LIMITS. THEY'RE RIGHT ON THE BOUNDARY.

AND WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WERE IN A POSITION TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL AS THOSE PROJECTS CAME IN THAT WE WOULD SAY, WELL, THIS IS THE LINE OF SIZE THAT YOU NEED. YOU NEED A TEN INCH LINE OR A 12 INCH LINE. YOU NEED TO PUT IT HERE. AND THAT WE WOULD USE THIS MASTER PLANNING TO BE ABLE TO SET THOSE CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL. I THINK THE THE PLAN HAS BEEN THAT AS THESE FOLKS COME IN TO DEVELOP POTENTIAL PROJECTS, THAT WE WOULD USE THIS PLANNING TO PROVIDE THOSE CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL FOR DEVELOPMENT. SO SO THE MONEY THAT'S IN THE IN THE BUDGET RIGHT NOW IS MORE JUST FOR PLANNING PURPOSES. THAT'S WHY THEY'RE LOW VALUE NUMBERS. AND THAT WAS TO, TO STRENGTHEN OUR CASE TO GOING INTO THAT POCKET. SEVEN ANNEXATION TO BRING INTO THE CITY TO I KNOW THERE'S DISCUSSIONS THERE WITH, YOU KNOW, LA QUINTA, TOO, BUT I THINK THAT THE PURPOSE OF THIS AS WELL IS TO EXTEND THOSE LINES AND SEWER LINES INTO THESE AREAS. YEAH. THOSE AREAS ARE ALREADY WITHIN OUR SERVICE BOUNDARY FOR WATER AND SEWER. THEY WERE THEY ARE THEY HAVE BEEN ANALYZED AS FAR BACK AS, YOU KNOW, THE 2015 MASTER PLAN ON THE SEWER SIDE, THE 2017 MASTER PLAN ON THE WATER SIDE.

BUT IT'S THE MASTER PLANS THAT ARE THAT ARE THAT ARE A MUCH LARGER SCALE. SO THE PLANNING THAT WE WERE DOING WITH THIS WAS MORE OF THE ENGINEERING, THE UTILITY RESEARCH, THE GETTING IT TO A LEVEL OF DETAIL THAT WE WOULD BE ABLE TO PROVIDE FEEDBACK TO POTENTIAL DEVELOPERS, HEY, THIS IS, THIS IS WHAT THIS IS WHAT YOU NEED TO BUILD IN ORDER FOR US TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE SERVICE. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. AND THEN THESE QUESTIONS ARE GOING TO BE FOR ANDREW. ANDREW FOR THE SAFE STREETS. THANK YOU FOR THE SAFE STREETS, FOR ALL, FOR ALL PLAN YOU'RE LOOKING AT TO COMPLETE THAT. MAYBE WE'RE LOOKING AT FISCAL YEAR FOR THE LAST RELEASE OF FUNDING. WHERE ARE WE AT? THAT'S A THAT'S A TWO YEAR EFFORT TO COMPLETE THAT PROJECT. WHERE AM I AT HERE, WHICH WOULD BE COMPLETION IN 2028? YES. YEAH. AND THEN FOR THE ATP WE'RE AT WAS THE THE FUNDING FOR THE DESIGN FOR SEVEN CYCLE. YES. AND THEN AND THEN FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, YOU GUYS ALREADY FILED THE APPLICATION FOR THE EIGHT CYCLE.

YES. AND THEN WHEN WOULD IT BE HEARING BACK FROM FROM THEM TO SEE IF WE WERE GRANTED. IS THAT THE OCTOBER. YEAH. YEAH. OCTOBER IS WHEN THEY OCTOBER IS WHEN THEY RELEASE THE GRANTEE LIST. BUT BECAUSE WE ALREADY GOT THE FUNDING FROM ATP FOR THE DESIGN, THEN WE'RE POSITIONED IN A REALLY STRONG PLACE, YOU KNOW, TO, TO BE ONE OF THE. YES. AND WHEN WE GOT THE FUNDING FOR DESIGN, WE WERE ACTUALLY THE HIGHEST SCORED PROJECT THAT COUNTY. BUT BECAUSE OF OVERALL BUDGET CUTS TO THE ATP PROGRAM, WE WERE ONLY ALLOCATED A PORTION OF OUR ASK. SO THAT'S WHY WE WERE ALLOCATED THE DESIGN PHASE. AND NOW THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE 100% DESIGN AND RIGHT OF WAY COMPLETE AS WELL, OUR SCORE IS ONLY GOING TO GO UP. SO EVERY

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BUT AGAIN, WE WERE THE HIGHEST RATED ONE IN RIVERSIDE COUNTY. AND OUR SCORE IS GOING TO BE EVEN HIGHER THIS TIME. SO WE'RE OPTIMISTIC ABOUT THAT. CONSTRUCTION FUNDING. AND THEN THE BRIDGE GOING OVER THE WHITEWATER CHANNEL. WE'RE LOOKING AT MAYBE BREAKING GROUND, MAYBE WHAT WHAT MONTH? SO I'LL BE BRINGING THAT TO YOU IN SEPTEMBER. SO FOR THE ACTUAL FOR THE MAIN BRIDGE PROJECT. WE'RE LOOKING AT BREAKING GROUND OCTOBER. HOWEVER, LIKE I SAID, WE HAVE THE INITIAL PHASE. SO WE'RE ARE, WE'RE GOING TO BE BREAKING GROUND WITHIN THE NEXT TWO WEEKS AS FAR AS RELOCATION OF THE IRRIGATION LINES. AND SO WHEN WE SHUT IT DOWN, WE'LL BE USING MOSTLY PROBABLY AVENUE 52, RIGHT AS THE ENTRANCE AND EXIT FOR THOSE VEHICLES THAT WERE COMING IN THROUGH AVENUE 50 WILL REMAIN OPEN THROUGHOUT THE PROJECT BECAUSE THE BRIDGE IS POSITIONED 600FT SOUTH OF THE EXISTING LOW WATER CHANNEL, WE'LL ACTUALLY BE ABLE TO KEEP THE LOWER CROSSING OPEN THROUGH PRETTY MUCH THE ENTIRE CONSTRUCTION PERIOD. AND THEN FOR THE STREET WIDENING FROM OATS TO TYLER, IS THAT GOING TO START? THEN IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE COMPLETION OF THE BRIDGE, OR WOULD THAT BE. I WOULD HOPE TO START THAT PROJECT BEFORE THE COMPLETION OF THE BRIDGE. THAT WILL BE MUCH FASTER CONSTRUCTION. THE BRIDGE TAKES ALMOST TWO YEARS TO CONSTRUCT. THAT WIDENING WILL ONLY TAKE A COUPLE MONTHS. SO THE GOAL WOULD BE TO START THAT, YOU KNOW, ABOUT A YEAR, YEAR AND A HALF INTO CONSTRUCTION SO THAT BOTH OF THEM OPEN AT THE SAME TIME. SO YOU'RE GONNA BE DOING CONCURRENTLY. SO YOU'RE GOING TO BE DOING THE OATS. THAT'S THAT'S CURRENTLY THE GOAL. YES. YEAH. SO THE LAST FEW MONTHS THEN OF THE COMPLETION OF THE BRIDGE, WE WOULD HOPEFULLY IF WE'RE ON THE RIGHT TIMELINE, THEN WE WOULD BE ABLE TO START IT DURING THAT TIME. YES. THOSE ARE MY CURRENT GOALS. AND THEN THE. I KNOW YOU TOUCHED A BIT ON IT, BUT FOR THE CRC, IF WE DON'T GET ENOUGH QUOTES OR PROPOSALS COMING BACK, THEN WE'RE JUST GOING TO ACCEPT WHAT WE'VE ALREADY RECEIVED. YEAH.

SO. WE'LL BRING ALL THOSE PROPOSALS TO CITY COUNCIL. BUT IF WE DON'T RECEIVE A FULL THREE PROPOSALS AGAIN, WE WOULD BE ABLE TO EVALUATE HOW MANY WE GOT AND STILL BE ABLE TO COME FORWARD WITH A RECOMMENDATION BASED ON THOSE PROPOSALS. SO ONCE WE GET THOSE PROPOSALS, WE'LL EVALUATE THEM, WE'LL SCORE THEM AND BE ABLE TO BRING THOSE FORWARD. SO FROM THE PAST PROPOSALS, WAS IT THAT WE HAD TWO AND THEN WE COULDN'T MOVE FORWARD. SO WE HAD THE ONE LEFT AND WE'RE TAKING IT BACK TO SEE IF WE GET MORE PROPOSALS. YES. OUTSIDE THE ONE. YES. YEAH. AND SO WE PUT OUT WE PUT THAT OUT TO BID. WHEN ARE YOU GOING TO PUT IT OUT TO BID. WHICH ONE.

THE FOR THE CRC. WHAT'S A DESIGN BUILD OPERATE. SO ONCE THE RFQ IS COME BACK IT IMMEDIATELY GOES BACK OUT TO THE QUALIFIED FIRMS THAT QUALIFY FOR THE REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS. THAT IMMEDIATELY GOES BACK OUT TO BID, WHERE THEY WOULD THEN SUBMIT THE COMPETITIVE APPLICATIONS FOR THE DESIGN BUILD PROCESS. SO WE'RE STILL LOOKING AT A FEW MONTHS OUT. YES, THREE, FOUR MONTHS, RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. ANY COMMENTS? OKAY. THANK YOU. JUST A QUICK QUESTION. SORRY, ANDREW ON THE CROSSWALKS. YES. YOU MENTIONED THERE WOULD BE SOME IMPROVEMENTS. YES. CAN YOU CAN YOU GO OVER WHAT THE IMPROVEMENTS WOULD BE LIKE FOR THE CROSSWALKS? YEAH. SO THAT'S WITH OUR SAFETY PROGRAM. SO THAT INCLUDES ALL OF OUR INTERSECTIONS FROM AVENUE 53 UP TO PARK AVENUE. SO THAT'S CESAR CHAVEZ AND GRAPEFRUIT INTERSECTION. AND IF THERE'S ANY ANY DEFICIENCIES IN ANY OF THE INTERSECTIONS, WE WOULD BE CHANGING THE ADA RAMPS. BUT THE PRIMARY THING IS THE CHANGING TO THE SIGNALIZATION. SO WE WOULD BE ADDING NEW PEDESTRIAN HEADS, YOU KNOW, THE LITTLE PEDESTRIAN HEAD THAT FLASHES THE WALK OR DON'T WALK. WE'LL BE CHANGING THOSE OUT BECAUSE WE WANT TO UPGRADE THOSE SO THAT THEY HAVE WHAT'S CALLED THE PEDESTRIAN LEAD TIMING.

OKAY, SO THAT'S WHERE YOU HAVE THE YOU'RE BASICALLY CHANGING THE TIMING. YOU'RE CHANGING THE CONTROLLERS ON ALL OF YOUR INTERSECTIONS SO THAT YOU HAVE THE ADDITIONAL LEAD TIME WHERE IT, IT DELAYS THE, THE RED AND GREEN CYCLES ON THE TRAFFIC RELATIVE TO PEDESTRIANS TO MAKE IT SAFER. AND THEN IT ALSO, WE'RE ADDING CROSSWALKS AT ALL FOUR LEGS OF THE INTERSECTION.

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IT'S RIGHT IN FRONT OF EL CAPITAN RESTAURANT. YES. VALLEY ROAD AND IT'S VERY DARK IN THAT AREA. I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S A LIGHT POST OR I REALLY DON'T RECALL EXACTLY, BUT I KNOW SOMETIMES THERE'S PEOPLE CROSSING IN THE EVENING OR TRYING TO CROSS, AND IT'S ONLY BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE NOW USED TO THAT CROSSWALK. BUT EVEN SO, YOU CAN BARELY SEE PEOPLE TRYING TO CROSS. AND I KNOW IT'S LIKE THAT IN ANOTHER ONE ON FREDERICK NEAR 53. AND THAT ONE IS USED BY STUDENTS. THE THE KIDS FROM NOVA ACADEMY. YES. SO JUST WONDERING, ARE WE GOING TO BE ADDING, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU'RE DOING ALL THE IMPROVEMENTS TO SOME OF THE CROSSWALKS, DO YOU HAVE ANY INTENTION OF ADDING SOME KIND OF LIGHTING IN THAT PATHWAY THAT THEY'RE THAT THEY USE TO ACTUALLY CROSS THAT HADN'T BEEN DISCUSSED IN THE CIP, BUT WE ARE EVALUATING ALL OF THE INTERSECTIONS. SO THAT'S ACTUALLY A VERY GOOD SUGGESTION.

DEFINITELY DO THAT BECAUSE THERE'S A FEW LIKE THE TWO THAT I MENTIONED, UNLESS YOU ARE ALREADY USED TO THEM BECAUSE YOU YOU DRIVE THROUGH THERE DURING THE DAY, BUT AT NIGHT YOU COULD NOT TELL THAT THEY'RE THERE. YOU CAN'T. RIGHT. WHICH ONE ARE YOU GOING TO THE NEW DOLORES HUERTA ACROSS FROM THE BAGHDAD STREET. YES. TO THE WHERE THE HOUSE IS GOING TO BE? YES. THAT ONE HAS LIGHT. BUT. BUT NOT A LOT. ANOTHER LIGHT CAN BE ADDED. BOTH OF THOSE INTERSECTIONS ARE BEING IMPROVED. SO THE CROSSING AT DUMA AND CESAR CHAVEZ AND THE CROSSING AT DUMA AND 52 ARE BOTH PART OF THE PROJECT, AND THOSE WILL BOTH BE IMPROVED WITH BETTER LIGHTS AND BETTER KIND OF OVERHEAD HAWK SIGNALS TO IMPROVE THE SAFETY OF BOTH OF THOSE. THAT'S GREAT. YEAH. I'M GLAD THAT YOU'RE GOING TO TAKE A LOOK AT SOME OF THESE OTHER ONES TOO. YEAH, BECAUSE IT'S IT'S VERY DANGEROUS. AND ONCE IT GETS A LITTLE BIT COOLER, PEOPLE START WALKING A LITTLE BIT MORE. EVEN NOW THERE, THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE GOING TO THE PARKS, BUT THOSE COUPLE OF INTERSECTIONS THAT DON'T HAVE ANY LIGHTING, IT'S SCARY TO KIND OF GO THROUGH THERE SOMETIMES, BUT THANK YOU FOR THAT. ANDREW. FOR THE FOR THE INTERCHANGE OVER THE TEN YOU HAVE IT AT AND TWO FISCAL YEAR 2030 31 IS THAT WHEN YOU'RE ANTICIPATING THAT PERHAPS. I MEAN, THAT'S KIND OF MORE OF A PLACEHOLDER WHERE WE PUT IT OUT AT THE FIVE. SO WE WANT TO KEEP IT IN THE FIVE YEAR CIP PLAN SO THAT WE CAN WORK WITH THOSE DEVELOPERS RELATIVE TO APPLYING FOR GRANTS AND LOOKING FOR FUNDING. BUT SOMETIMES WHEN YOU SEE A WHOLE PROJECT PUT OUT IN THE IN THE FIVE YEAR PLACE, THAT'S KIND OF MORE OF A PLACEHOLDER. OBVIOUSLY, THAT DEVELOPMENT DEPENDS ON, ON THE PRIVATE DEVELOPERS ACQUIRING THE FUNDING IN ORDER TO MAKE THAT PROJECT FEASIBLE. SO THIS IS JUST AN ESTIMATION. AND THEN YOU JUST WANT TO KEEP IT ON THERE SO THAT WE HAVE IT. YES. WE'RE UNDERSTANDING. TO STEPHANIE, TO COUNCIL MEMBER. BURTON'S POINT IS THAT, YOU KNOW, MY SOME OF MY MY NEIGHBORS HAVE COME IN QUITE A BIT TALKING ABOUT THE VISTA DEL NORTE, THE LIGHTING THERE. AND I KNOW IT'S BEEN DIFFICULT WITH CALTRANS OUT THERE, BUT I'M WONDERING IF THEY CAN ENHANCE SOME OF THE LIGHTING. IT'S A DIFFICULT AREA, OBVIOUSLY, BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF AGRICULTURE THERE. AND THEN, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT. IT'S HARD FOR US TO THEN PUT THE THE LIGHTING THERE FOR THE NEW DEVELOPMENT. THEY WERE ABLE TO PUT THAT LIGHTING IN UP UNTIL LIKE THE VINEYARDS COMMUNITY. AND THEN AFTER THAT IS WHEN YOU HAVE THIS RIGHT FROM THERE ON

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OTHER QUESTIONS FOR PUBLIC WORKS ENGINEER. IT'S JUST TO PROVIDE DISCUSSION DIRECTION SO WE CAN MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER 21. THANK YOU, ANDREW, FOR PRESENTATION. APPROVE A PROFESSIONAL SERVICE AGREEMENT WITH WILLMAN FINANCIAL SERVICE OR A COMPREHENSIVE DEVELOPMENT IMPACT FEE STUDY AND APPROPRIATE THE ASSOCIATE. SORRY, I'LL READ THAT AGAIN.

APPROVE A PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH WILLDAN FINANCIAL SERVICES FOR A COMPREHENSIVE DEVELOPMENT IMPACT FEE STUDY NOT TO EXCEED $96,000 AND APPROVE THE ASSOCIATED BEST INTEREST OF THE CITY. JUSTIFICATION. MR. BOGART, THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. I FIRST WANT TO APOLOGIZE TO OUR ATTENDEES. WE WERE GOING TO TRY AND MOVE THIS UP EARLIER IN THE MEETING, BUT WE WERE NOT ABLE TO. I DO HAVE A PRESENTATION. SO FOR THIS ITEM, I HAD ORIGINALLY BEEN UNDER THE IMPRESSION WE HAVE A CONTRACT WITH WILLDAN FOR A COST ALLOCATION PLAN THAT WAS DONE LAST YEAR, AS WELL AS A USER FEE STUDY THAT'S UNDERWAY. WHEN I INQUIRED WITH THEM ABOUT THE STATUS OF A DEVELOPMENT IMPACT FEE STUDY, THEY SAID IT WAS NOT PART OF THE EXISTING CONTRACT. SO TONIGHT WE'RE BRINGING FORWARD A PROPOSED PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH WILLDAN FINANCIAL SERVICES FOR A DEVELOPMENT IMPACT FEE STUDY.

IT IS A BEST PRACTICE TO HAVE A DEVELOPMENT IMPACT FEE STUDY AT LEAST ONCE EVERY FIVE YEARS TO REFLECT CURRENT CONSTRUCTION COSTS AND GROWTH PROJECTIONS. IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THE CITY HASN'T DONE ONE IN WELL OVER TEN YEARS. STATUTORY ALIGNMENT GOVERNMENT CODE 6601 D DOES REQUIRE FIVE YEAR FINDINGS ON UNEXPENDED FEE REVENUE, AND THAT MAKES FIVE YEAR UPDATES. NATURAL UPDATE CHECKPOINT A B 602 IS NEW IN 2022, AND IT CHANGED THE RESIDENTIAL FEE METHODOLOGY, REQUIREMENTS, FEE PROGRAMS WERE LAST UPDATED BEFORE 2022, SO THEY MAY NO LONGER COMPLY WITH THE NEW REQUIREMENTS. LEGAL EXPOSURE A FEE SCHEDULE BUILT ON STALE DATA IS MORE VULNERABLE TO CHALLENGE UNDER THE MITIGATION FEE ACT.

REASONABLE RELATIONSHIP STANDARD THE CITY CURRENTLY HAS 11 DEVELOPMENT IMPACT FEE FUNDS.

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WE HAVE JAMES EDISON AS THE PRINCIPAL IN CHARGE AND THE MANAGING PRINCIPAL. HE HAS 28 YEARS. HE'S LED COMPREHENSIVE DEVELOPMENT IMPACT FEE UPDATES FOR RIVERSIDE COUNTY, MORENO VALLEY AND INDIAN WELLS, AND CARLOS VILLARREAL. HE'S PROJECT MANAGER AND PRINCIPAL CONSULTANT. HE HAS 20 YEARS EXPERIENCE IN DAY TO DAY PROJECT LEAD FOR MURIETTA, CARPINTERIA AND RIVERSIDE COUNTY. SO IF APPROVED, THE NOTICE TO PROCEED WOULD BEGIN THIS MONTH WITH A DRAFT REPORT AND PUBLIC REVIEW IN OCTOBER, WITH POTENTIAL ADOPTION IN JANUARY. THEY HAVE DONE 125 IMPACT FEE STUDIES IN THE LAST FIVE YEARS, AND THEY'VE SERVED OVER 800 AGENCIES, INCLUDING RECENT WORK IN INDIAN WELLS AND RANCHO MIRAGE. SO THE PROCUREMENT APPROACH, $96,000 FEE DOES EXCEED THE 75,000 FORMAL BID THRESHOLD FOR THE CITY, BUT WE ARE NOT RECOMMENDING A REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS AT THIS TIME.

ACCORDING TO OUR MUNICIPAL CODE 4.08.6 DC, IT WOULD NORMALLY REQUIRE AN RFP, BUT 4.0 8.90.

CAN BRING IN A BEST VALUE OPTION, AND 4.081 20 G HAS A BEST INTEREST OF THE CITY.

CRITERIA THAT THAT WE'D LIKE TO PROCURE THIS UNDER, AND COUNCIL MAY AUTHORIZE AN AWARD WITHOUT AN RFP PROCESS ON A ON A SPECIFIC FINDING. SO OUR BASIS FOR THE BEST INTEREST FINDING IS THAT WILL. WILLDAN IS ALREADY ENGAGED BY THE CITY ON A RELATED ACTIVE COMPREHENSIVE USER FEE STUDY, WHICH WOULD REDUCE ONBOARDING TIME AND DUPLICATE DATA REQUESTS. THEY HAVE A DEMONSTRATED REGIONAL EXPERIENCE. RECENT AND CURRENT DIFF WORK FOR INDIAN WELLS, RANCHO MIRAGE AND RIVERSIDE COUNTY. THIS IS NOT A CLAIM OF EXCLUSIVITY. THERE ARE MANY QUALIFIED FIRMS, BUT WE FEEL THAT THIS IS A BEST INTEREST EFFICIENCY BASED FINDING, NOT A SOLE SOURCE CLAIM. SO COST AND FUNDING. IT'S A FIXED FEE OF 96,000. WE ARE PROPOSING A PRO RATA ACROSS ALL THE DIFF FUNDS, BASED ON A REVENUE SHARE FROM THE FISCAL YEAR 2425. A ANNUAL COMPREHENSIVE REPORT. NEXT STEPS. COUNCIL APPROVAL TODAY. IF. IF THAT IS THE OPTION, THE AGREEMENT WOULD BE A BEST INTEREST FINDING AND BUDGET ADJUSTMENTS WOULD BE APPROVED.

THE NOTICE TO PROCEED WOULD BE EITHER LATER IN THIS MONTH OR IN AUGUST. THERE WOULD BE A KICKOFF MEETING AND WE'D START LOOKING AT THE POLICY ISSUES. AUGUST THROUGH NOVEMBER, WE'D HAVE ANALYSIS AND DRAFTING, LOOKING AT GROWTH PROJECTIONS, FACILITY STANDARDS AND FEE CALCULATIONS. IN DECEMBER, WE'D HAVE PUBLIC REVIEW WITH A DRAFT REPORT PRESENTED AT A STAKEHOLDER MEETING AND AT A STAKEHOLDER MEETINGS AND A COUNCIL SESSION. AND ADOPTION WOULD BE PLANNED FOR JANUARY WITH A FINAL NEXUS STUDY AND UPDATED FEE SCHEDULE BROUGHT TO COUNCIL FOR CONSIDERATION FOR APPROVAL. SO STAFF RECOMMENDS THAT CITY COUNCIL APPROVE A PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH WILLDAN FINANCIAL SERVICES NOT TO EXCEED 96,000 FOR A

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THERE WAS AN LITIGATION THAT WAS DROPPED BECAUSE OF THE DIF FEE CONNECTIONS TO THE DATA CENTER AND HOW WE WERE GOING TO BE PAYING FOR THAT. LUCKILY, THE DATA CENTER IS NO LONGER A PLAN FOR US, AS IS CURRENTLY ON THE BOOKS. SO THAT THAT LAWSUIT DROPPED. BUT THIS CURRENT ONE THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, IT NEEDS THIS NEXUS. IT NEEDS THE DIF. SO YOU HAVE TO DO THIS.

LIKE THERE'S NO IF ANDS OR BUTS ABOUT IT. YOU MUST ACCEPT, EVEN THOUGH IT'S ABOVE THE BUDGET.

LINCOLN LISTED EXACTLY HOW YOU HAVE THE DISCRETION AND EXACTLY HOW IT IS IN OUR BEST INTEREST TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS OVERDUE NEXUS REPORT IS COMPLETED, THAT THOSE FOUR ACCOUNTS THAT ARE IN NEGATIVE FUNDS, WE FIND OUT WHERE THOSE FUNDS WENT, WHY THEY'RE IN NEGATIVE, WHY THEY WEREN'T REPLENISHED, WHERE THE DIF FEES WERE GOING FOR THE PAST TEN YEARS. SO THAT'S GOING TO BE A BIG JOB FOR THEM. SO I THINK 96,000 FOR A TEN YEARS OVERDUE BUDGET THAT THAT SOUNDS REASONABLE. SO THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. I DO NOT HAVE ANY MORE SPEAKER SLIPS FOR THIS ITEM. IS THERE ANYONE ON ZOOM? THERE ARE NO HANDS RAISED. ANY COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL ON THIS ITEM? IT'S A COMMENT AND A QUESTION. THE ELECTRIC INFRASTRUCTURE POTENTIAL FEE. CAN YOU EXPLAIN THAT A LITTLE BIT IN MORE IN DETAIL? BECAUSE WOULD THAT AFFECT ANY DEVELOPMENT COMPETITION TO COME HERE IN COACHELLA? NO. SO THAT HAS TO DO WITH JPA BETWEEN ID AND THE CITY OF COACHELLA THAT HAS BEEN APPROVED. IT HAS NOT BEEN FORMED YET, BUT AS A PART OF THIS, IT WOULD HELP US TO BRING DEVELOPMENT TO COACHELLA. I'D IS OF THE MIND THAT THEY WOULD RATHER PARTICIPATE WITH THE LOCAL JURISDICTIONS TO BUILD THE INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDED FOR THOSE JURISDICTIONS, AND SO THAT MECHANISM WOULD ALLOW US TO, ONE, HAVE BOND FUNDING FOR REDUNDANCY AND RESILIENCY, BUT ALSO ALLOW US TO HAVE A DIFF FEE FOR ANY NEW. PROJECTS THAT ARE COMING INTO THE CITY SO THAT THEY CAN PAY FOR THE CAPACITY NEEDS THAT THEY HAVE. THAT WOULD BE NEW CAPACITY ON THE GRID. GOT IT. THANK YOU.

ANY QUESTIONS? I THINK JUST SO PEOPLE KNOW THAT THE BEST INTEREST IS BECAUSE WHEN WE'RE ALREADY DOING WORK WITH THEM, SO THEY ALREADY ARE INTEGRATED. THEY KNOW OUR SYSTEMS. AND I THINK THE ONBOARDING RIGHT FOR YOU AND YOUR STAFF TO WORK WITH THEM, IT'S MUCH MORE SEAMLESS AND YOU'RE ABLE TO HAVE A MUCH MORE STREAMLINED TIMELINE. CORRECT. SO. SO IF THERE'S NO OTHER QUESTIONS, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION MOTION. THIS IS THE FIRST, I'LL SECOND. SECOND.

ROLL CALL PLEASE. COUNCIL MEMBER DELGADO. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. MARTINEZ. AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER. MEAD. AYE. MAYOR PRO TEM. PEREZ. YES. MAYOR. FIGUEROA. AYE. WE'LL MOVE ON TO

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ORDER AGREEMENT. SLASH ORDER FORM WITH GRANICUS INC FOR MIGRATION OF THE CITY'S WEBSITE TO THE OPEN CITIES PLATFORM TO ACHIEVE ADA WCAG 2.1 LEVEL A, A ACCESSIBILITY COMPLIANCE TOTAL NOT TO EXCEED $122,981 WITH $0.12. UTILIZING THE OMNIA PARTNERS CORPORATE COOPERATIVE PURCHASING AGREEMENTS. LINCOLN. THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. I HAVE JEFF THAT'S GOING TO GIVE A PRESENTATION ON THIS ITEM, BUT A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND, THE NEW ADA COMPLIANCE MEASURES REQUIRE THAT OUR WEBSITE AND EVERYTHING BE ADA COMPLIANT. I BELIEVE OUR CITY, BASED ON OUR POPULATION SIZE, HAS UNTIL AUGUST OF 2027. SO WE WANTED TO GET FORWARD AND MOVE FORWARD ON THIS NOW. AND WE WERE ABLE TO UTILIZE THE OMNIA PARTNERS COOPERATIVE PURCHASING ARRANGEMENT TO OMNIA. DID THE RFP PROCESS, AND THEY WERE A WINNER. SO WE WERE ABLE TO AWARD THROUGH THAT PROCUREMENT METHOD. AND SO WE'RE RELYING ON THAT RFP THAT WAS CONDUCTED BY OMNIA. JEFF. JEFF. HELLO. LET ME GO AHEAD AND SHARE MY SCREEN. OKAY. CAN YOU GUYS SEE THIS? YES, YES. AWESOME. WELL, GOOD EVENING, HONORABLE MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE TONIGHT. MY NAME IS JEFFREY JOHNSON WITH GRANICUS. WE APPRECIATE THE CHANCE TO PARTNER WITH THE CITY OF COACHELLA AND SUPPORT YOUR EFFORTS TO BETTER SERVE RESIDENTS THROUGH TECHNOLOGY. I'D LIKE TO BRIEFLY WALK THROUGH WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING WITH A COUPLE OF SLIDES. THE THE BENEFITS TO THE CITY AND THE COMMUNITY, AND ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE. WHEN I MET WITH JASON FOUR MONTHS AGO, THE PRIMARY DRIVER FOR THIS PROJECT WAS THE WCAG ADA COMPLIANCE. TO ENSURE THE WEBSITE IS ACCESSIBLE TO ALL USERS. THE CURRENT PLATFORM IS VISION. THE LAST WEBSITE REDESIGN TOOK PLACE IN 2019. BOTH RESIDENTS AND STAFF HAVE EXPRESSED FRUSTRATION WITH FINDING WHAT THEY NEED ON THE CURRENT WEBSITE. THE WEBSITE COULD BENEFIT FROM CONTENT CONSOLIDATION AS IT CURRENTLY INCLUDES A LARGE VOLUME OF CONTENT AND SEVERAL REDUNDANT OR UNNECESSARY PAGES, ALL WHILE MAINTAINING THE ADA AND WCAG COMPLIANCE. A BETTER DIGITAL EXPERIENCE FOR EVERY RESIDENT. SIMPLICITY, NAVIGATION AND SEARCH, ACCESSIBILITY, AND LANGUAGE INCLUSION. SO OVERALL, JUST IMPROVING THE USER EXPERIENCE. ONE OF THE BIGGEST CONCERNS RAISED BY CITY LEADERSHIP HAS BEEN THE DIFFICULTY OF FINDING INFORMATION ON THE CURRENT WEBSITE. FEEDBACK FROM COUNCILWOMAN DENISE DELGADO AND MAYOR FRANK FIGUEROA HAS CONSISTENTLY FOCUSED ON NAVIGATION AND SEARCHABILITY.

THE GOAL OF THE NEW. THE NEW SITE IS TO CREATE A CLEANER, MORE INTUITIVE EXPERIENCE WITH A SIMPLIFIED STRUCTURE AND FEWER UNNECESSARY PAGES. INFORMATION WILL BE ORGANIZED MORE LOGICALLY, MAKING IT EASIER FOR RESIDENTS, BUSINESSES AND VISITORS TO LOCATE WHAT THEY NEED. ENHANCED SEARCH CAPABILITIES WITH WILL HELP USERS FIND RELEVANT INFORMATION MORE QUICKLY AND EFFICIENTLY. MOBILE OPTIMIZATION IS INCLUDED, BUT THE PRIMARY FOCUS IS IMPROVING OVERALL NAVIGATION AND EASE OF USE. SO WHAT WE ARE RECOMMENDING IS OUR SERVICE CLOUD ESSENTIALS. THIS HAS MANY BENEFITS FOR CITY STAFF. THE NEW CMS OR CONTENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM WILL BE WILL MAKE MANAGING AND UPDATING WEBSITES CONTENT MORE EFFICIENT. STAFF WILL HAVE IMPROVED TOOLS TO MAINTAIN INFORMATION AND KEEP CONTENT CURRENT. STREAMLINE WORKFLOWS WILL REDUCE THE TIME AND EFFORT REQUIRED TO MANAGE THE WEBSITE. THE RESULT IS A WEBSITE THAT IS EASIER FOR BOTH RESIDENTS TO USE AND STAFF TO MAINTAIN. SO THESE ARE KIND OF SEPARATED INTO FIVE STAGES. IT'S ALSO COLOR CODED DOWN HERE AT THE BOTTOM LEFT BETWEEN GRANICUS CLIENT WORK AND SHARED DISCUSSION. SO KIND OF THAT FIRST PHASE PHASE IS THE INITIALIZATION AND PLANNING. PHASE NUMBER TWO IS THE DESIGN

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THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. QUESTIONS FOR JEFFREY OR FOR LINCOLN? I MEAN, I MEAN PUBLIC COMMENT FIRST. THIS IS 22. YEAH, I DO. GOOD EVENING. FRANKIE MOLINA, RESIDENT BUSINESS OWNER AND CANDIDATE FOR MAYOR. I SUPPORT ITEM 22 ACCESSIBILITY AND MODERNIZING THIS WEBSITE IS OVERDUE. AND I WANT TO BUILD ON IT TONIGHT. GETTING GETTING BASIC NUMBERS WHAT THE CITY PAYS FOR POLICING, WHAT'S IN THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN MEANT DIGGING THROUGH HUNDREDS OF PAGES OF PDF PACKETS THAT SHOULDN'T TAKE AN ALL NIGHT SEARCH. IT SHOULD TAKE A CLICK.

CITIES LIKE SAN FRANCISCO, LOS ANGELES AND NEW YORK ALREADY PUBLISHED REAL TIME SPENDING DASHBOARDS. RESIDENTS CAN SEE EXACTLY WHERE EVERY TAX DOLLAR GOES SEARCHABLE, SORTABLE, UPDATED CONTINUOUSLY, NOT BURIED IN A PDF. COACHELLA HAS NOTHING LIKE THAT. TODAY. AS MAYOR, I'LL PUSH FOR EXACTLY THAT. A PUBLIC SPENDING DASHBOARD BUILT INTO THIS WEBSITE SHOWING OUR BUDGET AND OUR ACTUAL EXPENSES UPDATED REGULARLY, AVAILABLE TO EVERY RESIDENT WITHOUT HAVING TO ASK. THAT'S WHAT REAL TRANSPARENCY LOOKS LIKE. NOT A POLICY ON PAPER, BUT A SYSTEM RESIDENTS CAN ACTUALLY USE. AND A QUESTION THAT I HAVE FOR. THE FOR JEFFREY, FOR JEFFREY, EXCUSE ME, IS I'D LIKE FOR YOU TO JUSTIFY THE 7% INCREASE IN THE RATE EVERY SINGLE YEAR IS PUBLIC COMMENTS ALLOWED TO INTERACT. HE CAN ASK THE QUESTION, BUT IT IS PUBLIC COMMENT. SO THERE IS NO REQUIREMENT FOR A RESPONSE UNLESS THE MAYOR IS GOING TO ASK FOLLOW UP QUESTIONS ON THAT. ALL RIGHT. YEAH. I MEAN, JUST OUT OF CURIOSITY FOR MY COUNSEL AND IF IF MR. JEFFREY WANTS TO RESPOND, I MEAN, I WANT TO KNOW LIKE, WHY, WHY, WHAT IS WHAT IS DIFFERENT YEAR ONE, YEAR TWO, YEAR THREE, THAT YOU'RE CHARGING US A 7% INCREASE IN THE SERVICE THAT WE'RE PROVIDING. IF IT'S THE SAME SERVICE THAT WE'RE RECEIVING EVERY SINGLE YEAR, AND IF WE CONTINUE TO GO WITH YOU, LET'S SAY YEAR AFTER THAT, WE'RE EXPECTING TO SEE A 7% INCREASE. AND I'M CURIOUS AS TO ARE WE WILLING TO REALLY INVEST IN THAT? WHY? WHAT ARE WE GETTING OUT OF IT, YOU KNOW, AND HOW ARE THEY GOING TO JUSTIFY THAT 7% INCREASE RATE? YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE WE GETTING OUT OF IT? IF IT'S THE EXACT SAME SERVICE, HOW ARE YOU GOING TO JUSTIFY THAT? THANK YOU. AND THE FINAL QUESTION IS, WILL THIS WEBSITE BE ABLE TO INCORPORATE THAT TRANSPARENCY DASHBOARD THAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE OUR CITY HAVE? BECAUSE LIKE I SAID, TRANSPARENCY IS IS REAL ACCOUNTABILITY. AND I THINK WHATEVER HAPPENS, I, I WOULD LIKE TO BE ABLE TO KEEP TABS ON WHAT MY CITY IS DOING. AND I THINK THE EASIEST WAY TO DO THAT IS TO JUST GIVE US THE INFORMATION WE NEED. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. JEFFREY. I'LL, I'LL ASK HIS QUESTIONS ONCE WE'RE DONE WITH PUBLIC COMMENTS. IF YOU CAN ANSWER THE TWO QUESTIONS HE HAS. OKAY. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE THAT WOULD LIKE TO MAKE COMMENT ON THIS ITEM? YES. JAMES RODRIGUEZ.

JAMES RODRIGUEZ, NATIVE RESIDENT, COACHELLA. YEAH, I AGREE ACTUALLY WITH WHAT FRANKIE WAS ASKING. IF YOU ORDER A DRINK AND YOUR DRINK IS $15, BUT THE REFILL IS $17 AND ALL THEY DID WAS BRING MORE TEA. WHY DID WE PAY FOR THE CUP AND THE ICE AND THE SERVICE AND THE STRAW? IF THE REFILL IS GOING TO COST EVEN MORE THAN THE INITIAL CONSTRUCTION OF THE

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THANK YOU. PROMOTING CALA. HI EVERYONE. I JUST WANTED TO REITERATE THE SAME THING. I WAS LOOKING THROUGH MY NOTES AND I ALSO HAD SOME OF THOSE QUESTIONS. I WAS ABLE TO GO THROUGH MOST OF IT. LIKE I SAID, THIS IS A VERY LARGE DOCUMENT. IT DOESN'T JUST INCLUDE THE CHANGES THAT ARE GOING TO BE MADE TO A WEBSITE. IT ALSO INCLUDES THINGS, I BELIEVE, LIKE THE, THE, WHAT IS IT CALLED, THE PORTION OF IT. AND THAT I THINK IS LIKE PAID OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. I BELIEVE WE'RE ON THE SAME TOPIC THERE. SO IT'S A LARGE DOCUMENT.

THERE'S A LOT OF, I WOULD SAY, LEGALESE THAT I'M NOT VERY WELL ACQUAINTED WITH. SO IT DID TAKE ME SOME TIME TO READ IT, BUT YET I STILL DIDN'T SEE ON THERE WHY THERE WAS THAT INCREASE. SO I ALSO HAVE THAT QUESTION. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. OKAY. I WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW, AS FAR AS TRANSPARENCY GOES, WE BROUGHT AN ITEM IN THE LAST MONTH FOR CLEAR GOV AND THAT HAS A TRANSPARENCY PORTAL ON IT THAT WILL BE IMPLEMENTING SHORTLY. WE HAD OUR INTRODUCTORY KICKOFF MEETING TODAY. WE'VE DETERMINED THAT THE VERY FIRST THING THAT WE WANT TO INTRODUCE IS THE TRANSPARENCY ITEM, FOLLOWED BY THE BUDGET AND THEN THE AQUIFER.

SO IT'S ALL GOING TO BE HOUSED ONLINE. WE WILL HAVE THAT. WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT LAST TIME. YEAH.

AND THEN I'LL DEFER ON THE 7% ESCALATOR. I WASN'T AWARE OF THAT. YEAH THAT'S GOOD TO YOU KNOW WE'RE HERE AND IT'S GOOD TO ANSWER SOME OF THE QUESTIONS FOR SOME OF THE FOLKS THAT, YOU KNOW, AREN'T PAYING ATTENTION OR AREN'T ABLE TO BE HERE ON THE MEETINGS, THEY'RE GOOD QUESTIONS. GOOD QUESTIONS. MR. JEFFREY, DO YOU WANT TO ANSWER THE 7% CALCULATOR QUESTION? YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. AND THOSE ARE THOSE ARE GREAT QUESTIONS. SO IT'S SOFTWARE. IT'S NOT A DRINK.

RIGHT. SO EVERY YEAR SOFTWARE, IT'S IT'S SOFTWARE. YOU'RE GOING TO NEED UPDATES. YOU'RE GOING TO NEED ONGOING INVESTMENTS FOR PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT, NEW FEATURES, INFLATION AND RISING OPERATING COSTS, CONTINUED CUSTOMER SUPPORT AND SERVICE IMPROVEMENTS, ESPECIALLY WITH ADA COMPLIANCE AND ALL OF THAT. OUR TEAM, WE ALWAYS HAVE A TEAM IN THE BACKGROUND WORKING. AND SO THAT'S THE REASON FOR THE 7%. YEAH, I WOULD ALSO MENTION THAT WHEN I WAS DOING SOME RESEARCH INTO THE PRODUCT, IT ACTUALLY TAKES WHAT YOU UPLOAD AND MAKES IT ADA COMPLIANT. IT MAKES IT SO THAT IT CAN BE TRANSLATABLE BETWEEN ENGLISH AND SPANISH.

AND ALL OF THAT IS DONE IN THE BACKGROUND. SO THERE IS A LOT OF SUPPORT AND DEVELOPER WORK THAT IS IN THE BACKGROUND. I THINK IF WE WERE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS CONTRACT, WE'D PROBABLY WANT TO NEGOTIATE ON THAT 7% AFTER THE END OF THE INITIAL THREE YEAR TERM. YEAH.

AND FOR THE WEBSITE BUILDING, I KNOW THAT YOU HAVE A TIMELINE. I'M USED TO USING. SO THE YOUR COMPANY GRANICUS HAS THREE DIFFERENT TYPES OF WEBSITES. AND SO HOW DID WE LAND WITH THIS ONE? SPECIFICALLY THIS, THIS, THIS TYPE, BECAUSE THEY HAVE THREE DIFFERENT TYPES OF WEBSITES. THERE WERE A COUPLE THAT WERE LESS EXPENSIVE, BUT THEY INCLUDED A LOT MORE MANUAL WORK FROM STAFF OF THE CITY TO ACCOMPLISH. AND WE FELT THAT THE STAFF TIME NECESSARY TO

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AND SO WITH THE BUILDING OF THE WEBSITE, I THINK MY QUESTION IS IT'S YOU'RE GOING TO GO THROUGH EACH PAGE AND THEY'RE GOING TO IT'S CALLED THE HUMAN INTERACTIVE COMPONENT, RIGHT.

OF THE WEBSITE. RIGHT. AND SO WHEN YOU HOVER OVER, I WENT ON THE CITY OF AURORA, ILLINOIS WEBSITE FOR MY IPAD DIED AND IT HOVERS OVER AND YOU CAN DRILL DOWN AND GO OVER AND IT HAS A NODE AND THEN THE CHILD NODE AND THE NODE OF THE CHILD. AND SO IT GOES OVER THAT. AND SO I THINK THAT THEY'LL DO THAT. THEY'LL HELP YOU. THAT'S THAT INITIAL $30,000. THEY'RE GOING TO HELP YOU DO ALL THAT SETTING UP. AND SO WHEN THE STAFF HAS TO MANAGE IT, JEFFREY, DO THEY THEN JUST GO IN AND IT'S LIKE ANY OTHER WEBSITE BECAUSE I'M USED TO MANAGING A WEBSITE WHERE YOU STILL HAVE TO MAKE YOUR OWN EDITS, RIGHT? LIKE YOU HAVE TO PAY THIS SUBSCRIPTION BECAUSE IT'S LIKE SOFTWARE, IT'S A SUBSCRIPTION. WE ALL PAY FOR A SUBSCRIPTION FOR NETFLIX AND THEY GIVE US NEW CONTENT OR, YOU KNOW, EVERYONE HAS CANVA, CANVA PLUS, AND THEY PAY FOR THE EXTRA ONE. SO YOU HAVE ALL THOSE EXTRA SUBSCRIPTIONS ON THE ITEMS. AND I THINK THAT'S THAT YOU'RE GETTING EXTRA. THE SUBSCRIPTION IS SO THAT YOU HAVE THE UPLOADING AND THE ADA COMPLIANCE. AND SO I THINK THE BIG PIECE IS, I THINK FOR QUESTION FOR FOR LINCOLN IS WHAT IS THE STAFF TIME WHENEVER ONCE IT'S IMPLEMENTED AND THEY'RE GOING TO HELP YOU SET IT UP, WHAT'S THE STAFF TIME WHEN YOU GOT TO GO FIX SOMETHING? IT'S IS IT MUCH EASIER THAN WHAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW? IS IT GOING TO BE MORE EFFICIENT AND STREAMLINED? I WOULD GUESS THAT IT WOULD BE AT LEAST AS EFFICIENT AS IT IS NOW, BUT WE DON'T DO ANYTHING ADA COMPLIANT ON OUR WEBSITE RIGHT NOW. SO THAT'S SAVING US FROM HAVING TO DO THAT EXTRA STEP, RUN THESE DOCUMENTS OR WEB PAGES THROUGH PROGRAMS TO MAKE THEM ADA COMPLIANT. SO THAT THAT'S KIND OF THE EFFICIENCY. BUT I IMAGINE THAT IT'S AT LEAST AS EASY TO HOST, YOU KNOW, THE PAGES AS WHAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW. ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL? OPEN FLOOR. THANK YOU.

LINCOLN. I'M PRETTY MUCH SURE YOU DID THIS, BUT SINCE THIS ONE IS UNDER THE OMNIA PARTNER CORPORATE CONTRACT, I'M SURE WE GOT THE BEST DISCOUNT ON ON THE NUMBERS HERE. YEAH. YOU KNOW, I PERSONALLY WAS NOT INVOLVED IN THE CONTRAC NEGOTIATIONS ON THIS ONE. OKAY. THAT'S FAIR.

ANY OTHER COMMENTS FOR JEFFREY OR FOR LINCOLN? YOU TOUCHED ON IT A BIT IS A BILINGUAL SIDE OF IT. AND SO IS THAT SOMETHING THAT THE SYSTEM IS GOING TO BE AUTOMATICALLY. I BELIEVE SO, JEFF, CAN YOU CONFIRM THAT? SO DO YOU GUYS HAVE A A GOOGLE LICENSE? DO WE KNOW NOT NO, NOT CURRENTLY. SO IF YOU GUYS DO, THEN WE CAN INTEGRATE THAT. BUT AS OF RIGHT NOW IT WOULD JUST BE IN ENGLISH. OKAY. AND THEN WE JUST NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THAT LICENSE SO THAT WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE. BUT ANOTHER THING IS ONCE WE ONCE WE DO THE GOOGLE, WOULD IT BE ABLE TO THEN ALLOW OTHER LANGUAGES TO BE ABLE TO BE USED? CORRECT. GOOD. PERFECT. GOOD. I THINK, YOU KNOW, WHEN IT COMES TO ADDING DOCUMENTS TO THE WEBSITE, I DON'T THINK IT'S SOMETHING THAT OUR DIRECTORS AND DEPARTMENTS REALLY ENJOY, BUT THEY THEY HAVE TO DO IT.

YOU KNOW, I, I HOPE THAT THIS WEBSITE IS, IS EASIER TO USE. YOU KNOW, I'M SURE IT'S GOING TO TAKE A BIT JUST TO GET FAMILIAR WITH THE NEW STRUCTURE OF THE WEBSITE, YOU KNOW, BUT I THINK THAT I THINK THEY'LL BE ABLE TO EASILY BE ABLE TO LOAD THEIR DOCUMENTS AND SET IT UP AS THEY WOULD LIKE TO. YEAH, I AM EXCITED ABOUT THIS. NO OTHER QUESTIONS. SO ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM NUMBER 22. I HAVE ONE MORE QUESTION ON THE WEBSITE ITSELF. WITH THE SYSTEM IN PLACE, IT'S GOING TO ALLOW US ALLOW ANYBODY WHO'S USING IT TO USE ANY LANGUAGE OR

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OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I DO ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM 22. MAYOR, JUST A POINT OF CLARIFICATION, APPROVING AS IS OR NEGOTIATING THE 7% ESCALATOR. WELL, LINCOLN RECOMMENDED THAT YOU WOULD NEGOTIATE THE SEVEN THREE YEARS AFTER THE THREE YEARS, RIGHT? THAT WOULD PROBABLY BE BEST. BEST TO DO IT AT THE THREE YEARS, I THINK. SO, OKAY. I THINK ALSO FOR THE SAKE OF MOVING THIS FORWARD AND NOT HAVING TO BRING IT BACK, SOMETHING THAT WE'VE BEEN ASKING FOR, I THINK IT SHOULD STAY THE WAY AS IS NOW, AND THEN WE CAN NEGOTIATE THAT LATER. BUT FOR THE PURPOSE OF GETTING THIS THROUGH, WE'VE BEEN ASKING FOR IT FOR A BIT.

IS THAT THAT WE NEGOTIATE THAT. AND THEN AND I WILL SAY THAT WHAT WE'RE PAYING RIGHT NOW IS NOT A WHOLE LOT LESS THAN WHAT THIS IS. IT'S GOOD TO KNOW. OKAY. AND THEN IF YOU CAN JUST GET AN UPDATE BASED ON THE QUESTION THAT THE CITY CLERK ASKED ABOUT THE HTML CONVERSION AND ALSO BRINGING BACK, HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET THAT GOOGLE LICENSE ON THE ON THAT PURCHASE. AS THE COUNCIL MEMBER DELGADO MENTIONED, TO MAKE SURE THAT THE TRANSLATION IS THERE AND IT'S ABLE TO BE ACCESSED IN MULTI-LANGUAGE. DEFINITELY IS, IS THAT SOMETHING THAT THAT WE CAN GIVE DIRECTION THAT STAFF DO ON THEIR OWN AND NOT HAVE TO COME BACK AS AN ITEM? IF IT'S OVER CITY MANAGER PURCHASING AUTHORITY, WE WILL NEED AN ITEM. YEAH. BUT IF IT'S WITHIN CITY MANAGER PURCHASING AUTHORITY, WE COULD MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT. YEAH. THANK YOU. OKAY, OKAY.

ENTERTAIN A MOTION, ANYONE? I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM NUMBER 22 AS PRESENTED.

OKAY. GO AHEAD AND SECOND. THE SECOND MOTION AND SECOND. ROLL CALL PLEASE. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. DELGADO. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. MARTINEZ. AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER. AYE. MAYOR PRO TEM PEREZ. YES. MAYOR FIGUEROA, I MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER 23. SOFTWARE LICENSE AND PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH PAY IT, LLC FOR CLOUD BASED GOVERNMENT PAYMENT PLATFORM PROCURED UNDER THE OMNIA PARTNERS REGION 14 EDUCATION SERVICE CENTER.

COOPERATIVE CONTRACT AND ADOPTION OF A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING CONVENIENCE AND PROCESSING FEES PURSUANT TO CALIFORNIA GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 6159 H. THANK YOU AGAIN, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. I HAVE BEZ AND NICK THAT ARE PARTICIPATING VIA ZOOM. I HAVE A PRESENTATION FIRST, AND THEN I'LL BRING THEM ON FOR A LITTLE KIND OF DEMO. IT'S A PRETTY COOL SOLUTION.

OTHER PRESENTATION FIRST, PLEASE. ALL RIGHT. SO. THE REQUESTED ACTION TONIGHT IS TO APPROVE THIS AGREEMENT. IT'S A SOFTWARE LICENSE AND PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH PAY IT FOR CLOUD BASED GOVERNMENT PAYMENT PLATFORM PROCURED UNDER THE COOPERATIVE PURCHASING CONTRACT THROUGH OMNIA. THE RESOLUTION THAT GOES ALONG WITH IT WOULD AUTHORIZE

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OKAY. YEAH. SO OUR RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE SOFTWARE LICENSE AND PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH PAY IT, LLC, ADOPT RESOLUTION 2020 648, AUTHORIZING THE CONVENIENCE AND PROCESSING FEES UNDER GOVERNMENT CODE 6159 H ONE, AND AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE THE AGREEMENT AND RELATED IMPLEMENTATION DOCUMENTS. AND NOW I'D LIKE TO INVITE BEZ AND NICK TO DO A SHORT LITTLE DEMO. I ASKED HIM TO KEEP IT TO TEN MINUTES OR LESS. OKAY, TEN MINUTES. I WOULD LIKE TO SAY, DO YOU HAVE

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IS THAT BETTER? NO. TRY F 11. I'M JUST GOING TO RESPOND. SHOULD RENDER HERE. ONE MOMENT.

OKAY. THAT'S BETTER. IT'S BETTER. YEAH. OKAY. VERY GOOD. WELL GOOD EVENING MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL, CITY STAFF AND GENERAL PUBLIC ATTENDING. IT'S GREAT TO BE HERE, AND I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO TALK MORE ABOUT PAY IT AND MYSELF AND WHAT WE DO. I'M BETH SHARKEY, I'M THE REGIONAL MANAGING DIRECTOR HERE. AND AS MENTIONED BEFORE, NICK JANOWITZ IS ALSO IN ATTENDANCE HERE. SO I WANT TO TALK JUST A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE COMPANY AND A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE PROPOSAL AND WHAT WE CAN DO TO HELP THE RESIDENTS IN THE CITY. SO I'LL JUST JUMP RIGHT IN TO A LITTLE BIT ABOUT PAY IT. WE HELP THE CITY AND THE RESIDENT EXPERIENCES A LITTLE BIT OF WHAT WHAT LINCOLN HAS MENTIONED HERE. AND SO WE WERE FOUNDED IN 2013 WITH THE SOLE FOCUS ON WORKING WITH GOVERNMENT ENTITIES. AND WE HAVE OVER 100 MILLION RESIDENTS SERVED THE GENESIS OF OUR PRODUCT, AND THE ENTIRE ASPECTS OF IT HAVE BEEN REALLY CENTERED AROUND SECURITY AND BEING ABLE TO SUPPLY A SECURE SOLUTION TO THE RESIDENTS IN THE CITY. AND SO WE'RE ACTUALLY IN LEVELS OF SECURITY FOR YOUR PCI COMPLIANCE TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE IN ALIGNMENT FOR THE CREDIT CARD USAGE, AS WELL AS THE ENTIRE DATA SET IS HOUSED WITHIN AMAZON GOV CLOUD. SO THAT HAS THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF SECURITY FOR GOVERNMENT ENTITIES USING THE SOLUTION. THAT'S ALL WE WORK WITH. BUT JUST A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT WE DO. AND LINCOLN HAD TALKED ABOUT UTILIZING A MORE UNIFIED AND STANDARDIZED APPROACH TO BEING ABLE TO INTERACT WITH THE CITY. AND SO YOUR RESIDENTS, IN THIS CASE, WE SUPPORT BOTH DIGITAL PAYMENTS IN PERSON AS WELL AS ONLINE. AND SO REGARDLESS OF THE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENT, THEY'RE GOING TO GET A UNIFIED EXPERIENCE AND THEY'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO NOT ONLY USE THE SOLUTION AS A GUEST, BUT THEY CAN ALSO LOG IN AND HAVE A RESIDENT PROFILE THAT'S GOING TO GIVE THEM ATTRIBUTES AND THINGS THAT WILL HELP THEM CUSTOMIZE THEIR EXPERIENCE. ALL OF THAT IS CENTERED INTO THE VARIOUS DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS, AND WE'LL SHOW A LITTLE BIT OF THAT LATER. BUT AS WELL AS THE EXPERIENCES CENTERED INTO THE SAME FOR ONLINE, AND THEN YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A STANDARDIZED EXPERIENCE FOR POINT OF SALE AS WELL IN PHONE PAYMENTS. AND ALL OF THIS CAN BE INTEGRATED INTO THE SYSTEMS OF RECORD. AND SO YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A STANDARD UNIFIED PROCESS AS WELL. AS LINCOLN HAD MENTIONED, THERE IS THE ADMIN TOOL TO HAVE ACCESS FOR YOUR STAFF TO SEE THOSE CHANNELS OF PAYMENTS AND THE DEPARTMENTS IN A CENTRAL LOCATION. OUR OUR SOLUTION IS A REALLY A MODERN SOLUTION. SO WE'RE CONSIDERED A PAYMENT FACILITATOR. AND THAT MEANS THAT WE OFFER A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT FEATURES AND SETS THAT COME ALONG WITH IT AND HELP SERVICE IT, BUT ALSO TAKE ON THE COMPLIANCE WITH THAT. AND SO THINGS THAT YOU WOULD EXPECT WITH A MODERN SYSTEM, BEING ABLE TO PAY WITH CREDIT OR DEBIT AND USE THINGS LIKE DIGITAL WALLETS. SO APPLE PAY, GOOGLE PAY, AND THEN ALSO THE VARIETY OF FEATURES THAT YOU WOULD ALSO WANT TO BE ABLE TO SUPPORT YOUR RESIDENTS AND BEING ABLE TO STAY ON TOP OF THEIR PAYMENTS, THINGS LIKE AUTO PAY AND NOTIFICATIONS AND REMINDERS, THINGS OF THAT NATURE. AGAIN, ALL THE SECURITY COMES WITH IT, THE ACCESS TO THE ADMIN PORTAL AND JUST REALLY MAKING REVENUE COLLECTION SAFER, FASTER AND EASIER FOR YOUR RESIDENTS AND YOUR STAFF TO HANDLE. SO THIS REALLY EQUATES TO A LOT OF BENEFITS FOR YOUR RESIDENTS AND YOUR CITY. SO TYPICALLY, WE'RE SEEING A LARGE INCREASE IN THE AMOUNT OF ONLINE TRANSACTIONS THAT ARE ABLE TO BE CONDUCTED.

PEOPLE ARE LOOKING FOR THIS. THEY THIS IS A SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY THAT THEY ARE ASKING FOR. AND IT'S GIVING AN OPTION TO USE THAT AS A AS A RESULT OF THAT, YOU'RE GOING TO SEE A NUMBER OF DIGITAL TRANSACTIONS THAT ARE GOING TO HAPPEN THAT ARE INCREASED, WHETHER THAT'S IN PERSON OR ONLINE BECAUSE OF THE UNIFIED EXPERIENCE. AND THAT RESULTS, AS I MENTIONED, IN SAFER, FASTER REVENUE COLLECTION. AND THEN A DECREASE IN IN MANUAL CHECKS, WHICH ARE

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AGAIN, THIS IS JUST A RENDERING. WE'RE GOING TO DO A VERY CUSTOMIZED BRANDED EXPERIENCE FOR YOU, BUT WE'VE ALREADY MOCKED UP SOME OF JUST WHAT THAT CAN LOOK LIKE. AND SO YOU CAN IMAGINE THAT YOU'RE COMING IN, YOU COULD POTENTIALLY LOG IN AND YOU HAVE YOUR OWN INFORMATION IN THERE SEEING THINGS THAT ARE PERTINENT TO YOU, SEEING YOUR PAST TRANSACTION HISTORY, BUT ALSO JUST A QUICK GUEST CHECKOUT THAT YOU COULD DO AS WELL. BUT THIS IS JUST AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT THAT COULD LOOK LIKE AS YOU ENTER IN. MAYBE THIS IS YOUR OWN PERSONAL EXPERIENCE. AND ADAM, IN THIS CASE, HE'S SEEING SOME BILLS THAT ARE APPLICABLE TO HIM. HE COULD NAVIGATE HIS WAY INTO PAST PAYMENTS, OTHER TRANSACTION HISTORY, BUT EVERYTHING IS CUSTOMIZED TO HIM. IT'S ALSO IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE SERVICES AND DEPARTMENTS THAT YOU OFFER. SO THAT EXPERIENCE IS ALL CURATED FOR THEM. AGAIN, THIS IS JUST A QUICK LOOK AT THE WHAT THE EXPERIENCE LOOKS LIKE. TO BE ABLE TO QUICKLY LOG IN, YOU CAN USE ALL THE MODERN FEATURES THAT YOU WOULD EXPECT. A WEBSITE WOULD HAVE TO MAKE THAT EXPERIENCE EASY FOR THE RESIDENTS TO BE ABLE TO INTERACT WITH THE SITE AND A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT SERVICES AND WAYS THAT YOU CAN NAVIGATE WITHIN IT. WE'RE GOING TO, AGAIN, WORK WITH YOUR TEAM TO SET THIS UP. SO IT'S MOST APPLICABLE, BUT THERE'S A GREAT LENGTH OF FEATURES THAT WE HELP WITH TO HELP SUPPORT THE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS AND CUSTOMIZE THAT. THIS IS JUST AN EXAMPLE OF HOW YOU MIGHT BE EVEN PAYING MULTIPLE BILLS OR DIFFERENT TYPES OF BILLS WITHIN THE SINGLE CHECKOUT. AND SO IT CAN BE AN ADVANTAGE TO THOSE THAT MAY HAVE MULTIPLE BILL TYPES OR EVEN PROPERTIES OR OTHER THINGS LIKE THAT. AND IT'S A GREAT FEATURE TO BE ABLE TO MAKE AN EFFICIENT PROCESS OF YOUR ONLINE EXPERIENCE. AGAIN, MULTIPLE PAY TYPES, VERY CLEAN, EFFICIENT CHECKOUT. WE SHOWED AN EXAMPLE DURING THE DEMO, BUT OF LITERALLY CHECKING OUT AND JUST MOMENTS FROM START TO FINISH. WE DIDN'T TOUCH ON THIS TOO MUCH IN THE BEGINNING, BUT WE ALSO OFFER RESIDENT SELF-SERVICE OPTIONS. SO THINGS LIKE YOU CAN IMAGINE YOU MIGHT HAVE FORMS ONLINE, YOU WANT TO DIGITIZE THOSE MAYBE INTERACTIONS. THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF SOMETHING THAT YOU COULD UTILIZE FOR YOUR UTILITIES, SUCH AS START STOP SERVICE AND DIGITIZING THOSE FORMS. THERE'S ALSO ACTUALLY A WORKFLOW PROCESS FOR IT. SO THE STAFF CAN HAVE THE APPROPRIATE ROUTING OF THOSE APPROVALS RELATED TO IT. THIS IS JUST ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF SOME MORE OF THE DETAIL LEAK ADJUSTMENT REQUEST. BUT AGAIN, A SELF-SERVICE OPTION THAT INTERACTS WITH YOUR CITY.

THERE'S ALSO A FEATURE THAT YOU CAN ACTUALLY UPLOAD DOCUMENTS. YOU MIGHT HAVE SOME REQUIREMENTS. MAYBE YOU'RE VALIDATING SOME TYPE OF INFORMATION RELATED TO THE RESIDENT OR THE PAYER, AND THAT COULD BE UPLOADED AND THEN VISIBLE IN THE ADMIN FILE. I MENTIONED. THAT'S THE EXPERIENCE OF THE RESIDENT. BUT ON THE BACK END, WE PROVIDE WHAT WE CALL OUR PRO SITE TOOL. AND THAT HAS THE ABILITY TO VIEW AND HAVE THE OVERSIGHT OF THE TRANSACTIONS. AND WITHIN THERE, YOU'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO, AND THIS IS OF COURSE ROLE DEPENDENT. SO THE SECURITY OF THIS IS GOING TO BE ALLOCATED BY YOUR TEAM. AND WHO'S GOING TO HAVE ACCESS TO THIS. BUT YOU'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO SEE THOSE TRANSACTIONS. SO OFTENTIMES, MANY, MANY ENTITIES ARE SEARCHING IN DIFFERENT PLACES FOR THIS PIT HAS CULMINATED AT ALL IN ONE PLACE FOR YOU. SO YOU CAN QUICKLY ACCESS INFORMATION, GIVING

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THAT'S REALLY WHAT I HAD. I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS OR GO INTO ANY MORE DETAIL, BUT I JUST WANT TO GIVE YOU A PREVIEW OF HOW THAT CAN HELP YOUR RESIDENTS AND BRING IT TO A MODERN AGE. THANK YOU. ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS ON THIS ITEM? YES WE DO. FOR FRANCISCO MOLINA.

GOOD EVENING. FRANKIE MOLINA, RESIDENT BUSINESS OWNER AND CANDIDATE FOR MAYOR. I WANT TO SPEAK ON ITEM 23 FIRST CREDIT WHERE IT'S DUE. LINCOLN BOGART, OUR FINANCE DIRECTOR, TOOK $180,000 SETUP FEE AND NEGOTIATED DOWN TO ZERO FOR THE CITY. THAT'S REAL HANDS ON WORK PROTECTING TAXPAYERS. AND IT'S EXACTLY THE KIND OF DILIGENCE I EXPECT TO SEE ACROSS EVERY EVERY CONTRACT THIS CITY SIGNS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK. I DO WANT TO BE CLEAR EYED ABOUT WHO'S ACTUALLY PAYING FOR THE PLATFORM, THOUGH. THE RESOLUTION IN FRONT OF YOU TONIGHT COVERS THAT COST FROM RESIDENTS DIRECTLY. A DOLLAR PER TRANSACTION PLUS UP TO 2.49 ON CARD PAYMENTS ON A $300 UTILITY BILL. THAT'S OVER $8 JUST TO PAY ONLINE. THAT'S LEGAL. AND I UNDERSTAND THE BUDGET LOGIC, BUT UTILITY PAYMENTS AREN'T OPTIONAL, AND THE RESIDENTS MOST LIKELY TO PAY BY CARD INSTEAD OF A TRIP TO CITY HALL, ARE OFTEN THE RESIDENTS WITH THE LEAST FLEXIBILITY TO MAKE THAT TRIP. SO IF WE'RE MODERNIZING HOW PEOPLE PAY, I'D ASK THE COUNCIL TO ALSO TAKE A LOOK AT WHETHER THAT COST SHOULD SIT ENTIRELY ON RESIDENTS OR BE SHARED, ESPECIALLY FOR ESSENTIAL SERVICES LIKE WATER AND SEWER.

GOOD NEGOTIATING ON THE SETUP SIDE. AND NOW LET'S MAKE SURE THAT SAME DISCIPLINE EXTENDS TO WHO BEARS THE COST ON THE BACK END. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AND JAMES RODRIGUEZ. GOOD EVENING COUNCIL. I ALSO ACTUALLY KIND OF CAUGHT THAT WHAT FRANKIE MENTIONED. WE HAVE A CONSUMER PROTECTION LAW THAT PROTECTS INDIVIDUALS USING DEBIT CARDS FROM RECEIVING A SERVICE FEE OR PROCESSING FEE WHEN THEY'RE PAYING WITH DEBIT CARD. NOW, I UNDERSTAND AS A GOVERNMENT AGENCY, WE DON'T ALWAYS HAVE TO FOLLOW THE CONSUMER LAWS. YOU'RE EXEMPT. BUT IF OUR CONSUMERS AND OUR SMALL BUSINESSES HAVE TO ACCEPT A DEBIT CARD AND NOT CHARGE A FEE, I THINK THERE SHOULD STILL BE THE OPTION FOR US TO ACCEPT DEBIT CARD TRANSACTIONS WITHOUT A FEE. NOW, A SERVICE FEE IS A DIFFERENT FEE. THAT IS TO PROVIDE THE SERVICE. THAT'S NOT A PROCESSING FEE, THAT'S NOT A SURCHARGE. IF IT IS APPLIED TO EVERY PAYMENT. SO I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT WE FOLLOW CONSUMER LAWS REGARDLESS OF WHETHER OR NOT WE'RE EXEMPT, AND MAKE IT SO THAT DEBIT CARD PAYMENTS, ESPECIALLY AS HE MENTIONED, THOSE PEOPLE, I PAY THAT THAT BILL ONLINE WITH MY DEBIT CARD ALL THE TIME. IF THERE'S SUDDENLY A NEW FEE TIMES THE 12 MONTHS THAT I HAVE TO PAY MY CARD WITH ONLINE FOR MY WATER MULTIPLE YEARS, ARE THOSE FEES NECESSARY? IF I COULD HAVE BEEN USING CASH, OR IF I WAS USING MY DEBIT CARD THAT IS SUPPOSED TO BE CASH IN ANY OTHER CONSUMER SITUATION. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. IS THERE ANYONE ON ZOOM THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? THERE ARE NO HANDS RAISED. THANK YOU. SO I ACTUALLY WAY AHEAD OF THAT ONE. SO I INITIALLY ASKED ABOUT THE DEBIT CARD, YOU KNOW, FEE VERSUS A SLIDING SCALE. THEY SAID THAT IF WE WERE GOING TO CHARGE A FLAT FEE FOR DEBIT CARDS, IT WAS GOING TO BE CLOSE TO $10. AND NICK CAN CONFIRM THAT. I SAID THAT THE AVERAGE COST OF A SLIDING SCALE WOULD BE LOWER. THERE IS ALSO, IF YOU USE A CHECK AND PUT THE ROUTING NUMBER AND THE ACCOUNT NUMBER, THE FEE WILL BE BETWEEN $0.50 AND $1.50 MAX. NO SLIDING SCALE. SO IF YOU USE YOUR CHECKING ACCOUNT, THAT IS AN OPTION AS A WAY TO GET AWAY FROM THAT PERCENTAGE CHARGE. SO DO YOU HOW MANY PEOPLE PAY THEIR WATER

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AND YOU CAN SET THAT UP FOR AUTO PAY. IT WOULD THEN CONTINUALLY CHARGED ON THE SCHEDULE THAT YOU WANTED, BUT IT WOULD INCUR THAT MAXIMUM FEE, WHICH IS MUCH LOWER THAN THE PERCENTAGE COST. THE CONVERSELY THOUGH, RIGHT? LIKE YOU COULD HAVE A VERY LARGE, LARGE BILL AND YOU'RE ONLY GOING TO HAVE A MAX FEE FOR THAT. THIS IS INTERESTING BECAUSE WHAT I MEAN, WHAT I'VE SEEN NORMALLY IS WHEN YOU USE YOUR BANK INFORMATION, THAT'S WHY A LOT OF PEOPLE OPT TO DO THAT BECAUSE THEY'RE THEY KNOW THAT THERE IS GOING TO BE NO COST ASSOCIATED. AND IT'LL TELL YOU IF YOU USE IT. I MEAN, I'VE DONE THIS. GOD, I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY TIMES, OBVIOUSLY, BECAUSE I HAVE BILLS TO PAY, BUT IT GIVES YOU THE OPTION. YOU EITHER USE YOUR BANK INFORMATION OR YOUR CARD INFORMATION. AND YES, A LOT OF TIMES WHEN YOU'RE PAYING WITH YOUR WITH YOUR CARD, THERE IS A CHARGE. BUT WHEN YOU'RE PAYING WITH YOUR BANK INFORMATION, USUALLY THERE'S NO COST ASSOCIATED. SO WELL, FOR EXAMPLE, I KNOW LIKE RIVERSIDE COUNTY, THEY, THEY, THEY DO CHARGE. OKAY. LIKE WHEN YOU'RE PAYING, WHEN YOU'RE PAYING YOUR PROPERTY TAX, IF YOU USE A CREDIT CARD, IT'S LIKE 2.5%. IF YOU'RE USING A DEBIT CARD, IT'S 2.5%. BUT IF YOU USE A E-CHECK LIKE YOUR CHECKING ACCOUNT, IT'S LIKE $1.50. YEAH, YEAH, YOU'RE RIGHT THOUGH, FOR THE RECORD, THERE IS CURRENTLY NO FEE IF YOU'RE ON AUTO PAY, PAYING YOUR WATER BILL WITH THE COACHELLA WATER AUTHORITY. SO THIS MEANS THAT THERE WOULD BE A FEE. YEAH, THERE. SO THERE WOULD BE NOW. AND I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW, THAT'S A. SO I COULD GIVE ONE CLARIFICATION ON THERE. YOU CAN CHOOSE AT ANY TIME TO ABSORB THOSE FEES. YEAH.

SO THAT'S WHAT I WAS GOING TO SAY. THERE IS. SO BUT YOU'RE TAKING ON THOSE FEES. SO HISTORICALLY THE CITY CHARGED 2.35%, I BELIEVE, OR 3.25, I CAN'T REMEMBER, BUT I WAS HAVING TROUBLE PROVING THAT IT WAS THE ACTUAL COST WE PAID OR LESS. SO I DISCONTINUED CHARGING FOR THE CUSTOMERS ON CREDIT CARDS BECAUSE THE GOVERNMENT CODE IS VERY CLEAR AND WE COULD RUN INTO TROUBLE. SO BY GOING WITH THIS SOLUTION, IT ALLOWS US TO BE WITHIN THE LAW. BUT IF COUNCIL WANTED TO SPLIT THE FEES OR SAY HALF AND HALF OR, YOU KNOW, FOR.

ELECTRONIC PAYMENTS WITH A CHECK THAT WILL ABSORB THOSE COSTS, WE COULD DO THAT. BUT.

THE BUT THEN WHAT WOULD THAT LOOK LIKE? THEN EVERYONE'S GOING TO GO FROM PAYING WITH THE CREDIT CARD TO PAYING WITH THE CHECK. SO WHAT IS THE AT THE END OF THE DAY, THE TAXPAYERS STILL GOING TO PAY FOR IT. IT'S EITHER YOU PAY FOR IT UP FRONT OR YOU'RE GOING TO PAY FOR IT AS THE CITY PAYS FOR IT, AND IT'S GOING TO COME ALLOCATED FROM TAX DOLLARS THAT WE GET. SO EITHER WAY YOU LOOK AT IT, THE TAX PAYER PAYS IT, RIGHT? BECAUSE THE RIGHT NOW WATER IS ABSORBING THAT. YOU'RE ABSORBING THE COST USING GENERAL FUND OR THE SANITARY DISTRICT OR THE WATER SIDE OF IT. AND YOU'RE PAYING FOR IT THE OTHER WAY. IT'S YOU'RE AS YOU GO AND PAY THE DOLLAR 50 OR THE 2.5%, THE TAXPAYER, IT'S NOT REALLY THE TAXPAYER. WE CAN'T SAY IT'S THE TAXPAYERS, THE RATEPAYER, BECAUSE SOME PEOPLE MIGHT RENT SOMETHING.

RIGHT. SO I THINK THIS IS THE BIG LANGUAGE HERE IS IT'S THE RATEPAYER. THERE'S TWO DIFFERENT. THE RATEPAYER CAN ALSO BE A TAXPAYER. BUT RIGHT NOW, TAXPAYERS AS A WHOLE WHO PAY TAXES INTO THE CITY, INTO THE DIFFERENT THINGS ARE PAYING THOSE FEES. THE RATEPAYER IS

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BUT YOU USED TO. BUT WE USED TO BUT WE HAVEN'T. WE HAVE NOT. NOT SINCE I STARTED AND FOUND OUT WE WEREN'T IN COMPLIANCE. SO WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE CHARGING SUPPOSED TO BE COMPLIANT. IT IT ALWAYS HAD BEEN. OKAY. YEAH. SO. SO HOW LONG HAS IT BEEN SINCE WE HAVEN'T BEEN PAYING IT? I MEAN, I THINK THE CITY'S BEEN ABSORBING IT FOR, I DON'T KNOW, EIGHT MONTHS, NINE MONTHS. CAN YOU COME AND SPEAK ON THAT? WELL, THE, THE, ALL OF THE TRANSACTION STUFF IS HOUSED UNDER FINANCE, UNDER THE CUSTOMER SERVICE DEPARTMENT.

WHAT I WAS REFERRING TO IS THAT I DO SEE THAT ON A YEARLY BASIS, THE FUND IS CARRYING. WHAT I REMEMBER IS ABOUT ABOUT $40,000 WORTH OF FEES. THAT, I THINK, IS WHAT WHAT IS COSTING THE UTILITY FOR THOSE TRANSACTIONS THAT ARE MADE WITH CREDIT CARD PAYMENTS AND THOSE TYPES OF PAYMENTS. SO THERE IS A FEE THAT IS BEING PAID BY THE UTILITY. IT'S NOT IT'S JUST NOT BEING PAID DIRECTLY BY THE PERSON PAYING THE WATER BILL. RIGHT. SO SO MY NEXT QUESTION WAS, WAS HOW MUCH ARE WE ABSORBING? WHAT YOU'RE SAYING ABOUT 40 K IS WHAT I'M THINKING.

I THINK, AND THIS I WOULD HAVE TO LOOK AT IT AND GET THE INFORMATION TO THE CITY MANAGER.

BUT I THINK WHAT I RECALL IN THE BUDGET PROCESS THAT IT WAS ABOUT MAYBE 40,000 PER FUND, SO 40,000 IN THE WATER FUND, 40,000 IN THE SEWER FUND. BUT I WOULD HAVE TO CONFIRM THOSE NUMBERS. YEAH. SO IF IT'S WITHIN NINE MONTHS, THAT'S ABOUT 80 K JUST WITHIN THE 8 OR 9 MONTHS, POSSIBLY BETWEEN BETWEEN WATER AND SEWER. YEAH. YEAH. I THOSE ARE ROUGH NUMBERS MEMORY. BUT I, I CAN GET THAT INFORMATION, BUT IT GIVES A GOOD ESTIMATION TO GO BY. AND SO LINCOLN, WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IS THAT AS A CITY, WE CAN'T BE ABSORBING THOSE FEES THAT IT HAS TO BE PAID BY. IT'S NOT A NORMAL PRACTICE FOR THE CITY TO ABSORB THE FEES. YEAH. IT USED TO BE YEARS AND YEARS AGO, BUT THAT HAS CHANGED OVER TIME. AND IT'S MUCH MORE COMMON. EVEN IF YOU GO TO A RESTAURANT, THAT THEY'RE GOING TO CHARGE YOU THE CREDIT CARD FEE WHEN THEY CHECK YOU OUT. SO EVEN DURING THE TIMES OF THE PANDEMIC WHERE WE HAD ALL THIS ADDITIONAL FUNDING COMING IN, THEY WERE THEY WERE JUST GETTING DISCOUNTS, BUT THEY WERE STILL PROBABLY PAYING THE FEE AT THAT TIME. RIGHT? I WOULD GUESS SO I KNOW IT WAS IN PLACE BEFORE I GOT HERE. YEAH.

OKAY. YEAH. AND I WOULD SAY THAT OVERALL, IF YOU INCLUDE GENERAL FUND WATER AND SANITARY PERMITS AND EVERYTHING, THE CITY LAST YEAR WAS PROBABLY OVER 100,000 IN CREDIT CARD FEES THAT WE PAID. I CAN SEE WHY THAT WOULD BE A PROBLEM FOR THE CITY TO BE OBSERVING THAT THOSE FEES. I MEAN, I CAN SEE WHAT THE PROBLEM IS THERE AND WHETHER WE CAN EVEN, YOU KNOW, ABSORB IT AND NOT BASICALLY WE'RE COVERING IT. I HAVE A QUESTION FOR THE GENTLEMAN. YOU GUYS MENTIONED THAT THE SYSTEM IS CAPABLE OF DOING REFUNDS, IS THAT WHEN SOMEBODY PAYS OVER A BILL, DO THEY NEED TO GO THROUGH AN ADDITIONAL STEP OR PROCESS TO ISSUE THE REFUND, OR DO YOU AUTOMATICALLY GOES BACK TO THE ORIGINAL METHOD OF PAYMENT? IT WOULD GO BACK TO IT'S A IT'S YOUR DECISION, BUT TYPICALLY IT GOES BACK TO THE METHOD OF PAYMENT. THANK YOU.

RIGHT NOW WE DON'T HAVE THAT CAPABILITY. OH, YOU JUST GIVE THEM A CREDIT. RIGHT NOW WE ACTUALLY PROCESS A SEPARATE CHECK RUN FOR REFUNDS. YEAH I'VE SEEN THAT. SO WITH THIS POS SYSTEM ALSO BE THE ONE TO PAY IT. WOULD IT ALSO BE FOR LIKE YARD SALES? SIGN YOUR

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SO EVERY DAY NEW BILLS WOULD SHOW UP IN THE PAY IT PLATFORM, AND ANY PAYMENTS MADE WOULD SHOW UP IN THE MUNIS PLATFORM. SO IT'S A DAILY UPDATE SO THAT EVERYTHING STAYS CURRENT. IT'S AN UPDATE, BUT IT'S SOMETHING THAT THEY NO LONGER HAVE TO PROCESS WITHIN THE CITY. THEY CAN NOW USE IT. THEY CAN DO IT ONLINE, BUT THEY CAN ALSO PAY IN PERSON. SO WE WILL HAVE ACCESS TO CREDIT CARD TERMINALS. YOU CAN PAY WITH YOUR WATCH OR YOUR PHONE. SURE. AND PAY RIGHT AT THE COUNTER. BUT IT'LL ALLOW CITY STAFF TO PULL UP AN ACCOUNT AND SEE THE BILLS ALL IN ONE SPOT AND JUST SAY, OKAY, YOU WANT TO PAY THIS AND THIS, CLICK, CLICK, TAKE YOUR PAYMENT, AND THERE YOU GO. SO JUST A QUESTION FOR YOU FOR THE COUNCIL'S SAKE, IS THERE ANY HARDWARE COSTS INVOLVED? THERE'S $500 PER TERMINAL IN THE CITY. WE'RE GOING TO PURCHASE SEVEN I THINK. SO IT'D BE $3,500. LINCOLN. AND YOU MENTIONED THAT YOU DON'T SEE US NOT GOING INACTIVE IN THIS. NO. IF WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THE SOLUTION, WE PLAN TO IMPLEMENT AND USE IT. OKAY. YEAH. BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT TO PAY THE $7,500 A MONTH. RIGHT. AND THEN THE QUESTION FOR CASTELO, THEY MENTIONED THE BEING ABLE TO SET UP AND TURN ON AND OFF WATER APPLICATIONS LIKE THE SERVICES, WOULD THAT BE SOMETHING YOU GUYS CAN MOVE INTO, MODERNIZE THE THE TURNING ON, TURNING OFF LIKE CONNECTIONS, LIKE WHEN SOMEONE WANTS TO TURN OFF, HE MENTIONED LIKE THE ACTIVATION OF WATER ACCOUNTS AND SUBMITTING IT TO A FORM. YEAH, I BELIEVE WE HAVE THAT CAPABILITY. NOW. I KNOW WE HAVE THE FORM FOR SERVICE, AN APPLICATION FOR SERVICE THAT IS ALREADY ONLINE ON THE ON THE SITE. SO I THINK IT'D BE EASY TO TRANSITION TO WHATEVER OPTION THEY HAVE. BUT YEAH, WE HAVE THAT NOW. OKAY. YES.

BECAUSE IT SEEMS PRETTY INTUITIVE. A LOT OF PEOPLE LIKE, LIKE THE ELECTRICITY, LIKE YOU CAN GO ONLINE OR THE GAS COMPANY. IT'S LIKE EASY TO LIKE SHUT OFF BECAUSE THE BUILDING'S GOING TO BE VACANT FOR THREE MONTHS. SO WE DON'T WANT TO HAVE LIKE WATER SHUT OFF AND THINGS LIKE I'LL WORK WITH, WITH, WITH, YEAH, I'LL WORK WITH, WITH THE DEPARTMENT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE MODERNIZE AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. THOSE, THOSE APPLICATIONS LOOK PRETTY COOL ON THERE. SO YEAH, WE'LL LOOK AT IT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THIS ITEM? ANY SPECIFIC DIRECTION? I JUST FOR IF WE APPROVE THE ITEM LINCOLN FOR THE ROLLOUT, ARE WE GOING TO BE SENDING THEN NOTIFICATIONS TO, TO RESIDENTS THAT WE NOW HAVE IMPLEMENTED THE SYSTEM THAT THEY CAN DO IT ONLINE? YES, DEFINITELY. WE'LL PUT IT THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA. WE'LL SEND OUT MAILERS AND THE BILLS THAT GO OUT SHOWING LIKE THE WEBSITE AND HOW TO CREATE AN ACCOUNT AND WHATNOT. YEAH. AND THEN THE, THE TWO, THE TUTORIAL THAT THE GENTLEMAN SHOWED US, WOULD THAT BE POSSIBLY AVAILABLE TO THOSE WHO ARE USING THE SYSTEM FOR THE FIRST TIME? YEAH, WE COULD DEFINITELY PUT A LINK ON THE WEBSITE AND HAVE MAYBE A REFERENCE TO WHERE IT'S LOCATED ON THE BILL INSERT. PERFECT. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM NUMBER 23. I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM NUMBER 23 AS

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COUNCIL MEMBER. MARTINEZ. AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER. MEAD. AYE. MAYOR. PRO TEM. PEREZ. YES.

MAYOR. FIGUEROA. AYE. THANK YOU. LINCOLN. WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER 24. AUTHORIZE THE CITY STAFF TO COLLECT FIELD USE FEES AND FIELD LIGHTING. USE FEES FOR COMMUNITY USE DAYS AT ALL SPORTS FIELDS FOR THE 2026 2027 FISCAL YEAR. OKAY. SO THIS IS A GOOD FOLLOW UP SINCE WE'RE HAVING A DISCUSSION EARLIER ABOUT MAINTENANCE NEEDS AND OPERATION NEEDS AT PARKS. WE'VE HAD KIND OF AN UNOFFICIAL POLICY FOR THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS RELATIVE TO THE COMMUNITY USE FIELD FEES AT THE PARKS COMMUNITY CODE WERE SUPPOSED TO BE COLLECTING PER USER FEES.

AND FOR THE PAST FIVE YEARS, WE HAVE WAIVED FEES FOR COACHELLA RESIDENTS FOR THE COMMUNITY USE FEES. THIS TIES INTO A LOT OF THE CONVERSATIONS WE'VE BEEN HAVING RELATIVE TO THE THE OUTSIDE LEAGUES AND SOME OF THE CLUB TEAMS. RIGHT NOW, THIS REALLY ONLY APPLIES TO THE SOCCER FIELDS. WE DON'T HAVE THIS USE ON ANY OTHER ANY OF THE OTHER FIELDS, BUT OVER 90% OF THE USE WE GET AT THE AT THE FOR COMMUNITY USE DAYS IS SOCCER USAGE. SO SINCE WE'VE ALREADY APPROVED THE MOU TWO MEETINGS AGO AND WE HAVE AGREED TO WAIVE FEES FOR THE LEAGUES, THAT PROVIDES THOSE TEAMS THAT KIND OF FREE USE THAT'S WITHIN THAT LEAGUE PLAY. TYPICALLY, THE COMMUNITY USE PLAY IS TEAMS THAT WANT TO GET EXTRA PRACTICE IN. THEY WANT TO HAVE THOSE BONUS PRACTICES OR A LOT OF IT'S USED FOR LIKE THE SEVEN AND SEVEN, THE SEVEN ON SEVEN AND LIKE THE CLUB TYPE OF PLAY. SO WE WOULD JUST LIKE TO FORMALLY AUTHORIZE THAT. WE WILL BE COLLECTING THOSE FEES FOR OUR MUNI CODE AND BRING THAT BACK INTO BACK INTO CONSIDERATION. ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS ON THIS ITEM. FOR ITEM NUMBER 24? YES. JAMES WILL BE OKAY. LOOK. GOOD EVENING AGAIN, COUNCIL. SO I KNOW IT'S KIND OF FUNNY THAT WE WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT THE FEE FOR THE WATER AND NOT WANTING THAT ONE. THAT'S A TRANSACTION FEE. SO I WAS I'M LIKE CREDIT CARDS AND TRANSACTIONS. THAT'S DIFFERENT. I STILL WANT TO BE ABLE TO PAY WITH CASH, BUT THIS IS PAYING FOR SOMETHING THAT WE'RE ALREADY UTILIZING, WHICH IS THE WATER, THE LIGHTS, THE MAINTENANCE, THE PARKS, WHICH IS, YES, WE ALL HAVE OUR PARK.

IT'S ALL ACCESSIBLE TO US. WE CAN ALL GO THERE AND WE CAN ALL ENJOY IT. THESE CLUBS ARE UTILIZING IT IN A SPECIAL CAPACITY. THEY'RE UTILIZING IT IN A OWNERSHIP FASHION BECAUSE THEY TAKE CLAIM THEY, YOU KNOW, AND THEY SHOULD WHEN THEY'VE PAID TO RENT THE SPACE. SO THIS IS JUST REIMPLEMENTING SOMETHING THAT WE WERE ALREADY IMPLEMENTING BEFORE COVID, WHICH WAS YOU PAY FOR EXTRA USE IF YOU WANT TO USE THE PARK ON A REGULAR DAY, YOU GO ON A REGULAR DAY, YOU DON'T ORGANIZE IT. IF IT'S GOING TO BE ORGANIZED, THERE IS A PAY. SO AND I BELIEVE WE'RE STARTING AT LIKE 50% OR 25% OR SOMETHING. WE'RE STARTING AT A DISCOUNTED AND THEN WE'RE SLOWLY GOING BACK INTO WHAT WE WERE PAYING BEFORE COVID. SO IF THEY HAVE A PROBLEM WITH IT, I WOULD BELIEVE THEY WOULD BE HERE, BUT I'M SURE WE'LL HEAR ABOUT IT AFTERWARDS. BUT IN MY HUMBLE OPINION, LET'S CONTINUE TO PROVIDE THOSE SERVICES BY CHARGING THE FEES THAT WE NEED TO PAY SO THAT WE'RE NOT EATING COSTS THAT WE SHOULDN'T BE EATING. SO THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. THANK YOU. I'D LIKE TO SPEAK. GO AHEAD. COME.

FRANCISCO MOLINA. FRANCISCO MOLINA. I'M NOT GOING TO REPEAT MY STATUSES. I'M A RESIDENT OF THE CITY OF COACHELLA. I GREW UP PLAYING SOCCER HERE AND I GREW UP ON THOSE FIELDS. I HAVE A LOT OF MEMORIES WITH A LOT OF PEOPLE, SOME STILL HERE, SOME GONE, BUT FOREVER IN MY MEMORIES. AND I FEEL A LITTLE BIT OF A CONCERN. CHARGING PEOPLE FEES TO USE THE PARK.

AND ALL I WANT TO SAY IS THAT TO LOOK AT IT AT A CASE BY CASE BASIS, BECAUSE NOT EVERYBODY WHO WANTS TO ORGANIZE HAS THE MONEY TO ORGANIZE. AND SO I JUST LIKE FOR YOU ALL TO TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION. YOU KNOW, I THINK IT'S CALLED INDIGENCE WHEN YOU CAN'T AFFORD SOMETHING BECAUSE OF, YOU KNOW, FINANCIAL REASONS. AND I, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE SOME TYPE OF

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THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. IS THERE ANYONE ON ZOOM? THERE ARE NO HANDS RAISED. THANK YOU. ANY COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL ON THIS ITEM? JUST TO CLARIFY, THIS DOESN'T AFFECT THE LEAGUES AT ALL. THOSE FEES HAVE ALREADY BEEN SET FOR THE MOU. THIS IS ONLY FOR THE ADDITIONAL PLAY ON COMMUNITY USE DAYS. AND OUR FEES ARE VERY INEXPENSIVE. IT'S ONLY $8 AN HOUR IS OUR CURRENT USE FEE. AND THIS IS SO OUR COMMUNITY USE DAYS. IF ME AND MR. MARTINEZ WANT TO GO KICK A SOCCER BALL, THAT'S THAT'S FINE. YEAH. THIS IS ONLY IF YOU WANT TO ACTUALLY RENT THE FIELD. THE WHOLE FIELD? YEAH. IF YOU WANT TO RENT THE ENTIRE FIELD AND HAVE IT DESIGNATED FOR YOUR SPECIFIC USE TO ACTUALLY RENT THE FIELD AS AN ORGANIZED. SO IF I MEAN, STEPHANIE, MAKE A SOCCER TEAM THAT IS JUST GOING TO GO AND DO RECREATION, BUT WE'RE NOT LIKE RENTING IT. I CAN JUST SHOW UP AND ME AND HER CAN GO KICK THE BALL. IN PLAY.

YEAH. THIS IS NOT THIS IS NOT A THIS IS NOT A PARK USE FEE. THIS IS A RENTAL FEE. RENT, JUST LIKE ALL OF OUR FACILITIES, EVERY OTHER FACILITY IN THE CITY, WE HAVE A REGULAR RENTAL USE FEE. AND WE JUST WANT TO CHARGE THOSE SAME USE FEES THAT ARE ALREADY IN OUR CODE FOR THE FIELDS AS WELL. AND SO I THINK THE THE THING IS, HOW THEN GOES BACK TO ENFORCEMENT, RIGHT? I THINK THAT'S THE BIG THING, THE ENFORCEMENT OF OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS. BUT THEN IT WILL THEN LIKE AT THOSE PARKS, THE PARK RANGER GOES AROUND, RIGHT? AND SO THEN THEY WOULD SEE THAT YOU COULD TELL THAT IT'S LIKE THESE CLUBS COMING UP AND USING ALL OF THIS SPACE OR PEOPLE THAT ARE LIKE IN A BIG THEM HAVING LIKE A FULL EVENT. THOSE ARE THE PEOPLE THAT ARE, I DON'T WANT TO USE THE WORD. THOSE ARE THE, THE GROUPS THAT THIS IS INTENDED FOR, RIGHT? YES. NOT, NOT THE, NOT THE BIRTHDAY PARTY WHERE THEY'RE GOING TO BRING OUT THE LITTLE KID THING AND THOSE THINGS. IT'S FOR THOSE BIG, LIKE YOU CAN TELL THEY'RE NOT COMMUNITY MEMBERS. THEY'RE HAVING A FULL LIKE PRACTICE. WELL, I MEAN, THE, THE POLICY WOULD BE TO APPLY THIS TO ANYONE WHO WANTS TO RENT A FIELD. IF YOU IF YOU WANT TO SPECIFICALLY RENT THE FIELD WHERE YOU HAVE EXCLUSIVE USE OF THAT FIELD FOR THAT PERIOD, THERE SHOULD BE A FEE FOR THAT.

AND IT'S $8, $8 FOR THE HOUR. YEAH, YEAH, YEAH. AND THERE'S A MAXIMUM TWO HOURS BECAUSE ONE OF THE ISSUES WE'VE BEEN HAVING, I MEAN, WE CAN HAVE AN ENTIRE CLUB COME FROM ARIZONA, AND YOU MIGHT HAVE 20 PEOPLE THAT COME FROM ARIZONA AND THEY'LL COME PLAY A CLUB GAME. BUT AS LONG AS YOU HAVE ONE LOCAL PERSON WHO AN ASSISTANT COACH IS SECOND COUSIN TO RENT THE FIELD, THEN YOU CAN HAVE YOU GET THE FREE USE. AND WE GET WE GET THESE ENTIRE CLUBS THAT AREN'T EVEN FROM COACHELLA, BUT THEY'RE STILL GETTING THAT THAT DISCOUNTED USE. SO I MEAN, THOSE ARE THE KIND OF LIKE EXCESSIVE USES THAT WE WANT TO PREVENT AND MAKE SURE THAT, LIKE YOU SAID, WE'VE ALREADY SET THE FREE LEAGUE PLAY FOR OUR LEAGUES. SO THAT'S FOUR OUT OF SEVEN DAYS A WEEK PLUS EVENINGS. SO WE ALREADY HAVE THE MAJORITY OF THE FIELDS BEING USED FOR FREE WITH OUR LEAGUE PARTNERS. SO THIS ADDITIONAL USE THAT'S BEING USED, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE COLLECT THAT NOMINAL FEE AND THAT WILL HELP FUND PARK RANGERS, HELP FUND MAINTENANCE, HELP FUND THOSE ADDITIONAL ITEMS THAT WE NEED AT OUR PARKS.

THANK YOU. TO THAT POINT, ANDREW, IS THAT MY ONLY CONCERN IS THAT WHEN WE HAVE LEAGUES WHO ARE PLAYING CLUBS AND THOSE MEMBERS ARE THOSE PLAYERS, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE BEING CHARGED $500, $1,200, AND WE'RE WAIVING ALL THESE FIELDS. YOU KNOW, FOR THEM, THAT'S MY ONLY CONCERN IS, YOU KNOW, TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS. I'M YOU KNOW, I'M OKAY WITH IT. BUT BUT THAT IS MY CONCERN IS IF WE'RE SAYING, HEY, COMMUNITY MEMBERS, FAMILIES WHO ARE JUST ORGANIZING FOR TODAY, YOU KNOW, YOU GOT TO PAY FOR A FEE. BUT IF YOU JOIN A LEAGUE, THEN YOU DON'T HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, OR THE LEAGUE DOESN'T HAVE TO PAY FOR THAT. AND THAT'S BASICALLY THE MESSAGE WE'RE SENDING IS AS A FAMILY, YOU WANT TO TAKE YOUR KIDS OUT THERE, YOU GOT TO PAY FOR THAT FIELD USE. BUT THEN THE FIELD USE IS BEING COMPLETELY WAIVED FOR THE LEAGUES. AND, YOU KNOW,

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I MEAN, I DOUBT THAT THAT'S GOING TO BE SOMETHING THAT'S KEEPING THEM FROM BEING ABLE TO USE THAT FIELD. I DON'T THINK SAY, HEY, LET'S GO. LET'S GO USE THESE COMMUNITY DAYS BECAUSE WE'RE GETTING IT FREE. I MEAN, WE CHARGE THEM $8. THAT'S NOTHING COMPARED TO WHAT THEY'RE CHARGING THEIR PLAYERS, YOU KNOW, SO, SO MY POINT IS JUST TO, TO THAT IS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT FAMILIES AND AND THEY'RE HAVING TO PAY THE $8, WHICH IS VERY NOMINAL. BUT THE POINT OF IT IS THAT THEN THE QUESTION TO THESE FAMILIES ARE GOING TO BE, WELL, WELL, YOU GOT CLUBS OVER HERE CHARGING THIS MUCH. AND, AND THOSE CLUBS DON'T HAVE TO PAY FOR FIELD USE.

AND IT'S, YOU KNOW, IT'S AN HONEST STATEMENT. IT REALLY IS. NOW THE THE ENFORCEMENT THAT MAYOR FIGUEROA IS TALKING ABOUT, IT IS SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE TO GET BETTER AT. IT'S A DIFFICULT TASK TO TAKE ON, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE YOU HAVE PARENTS WHO ARE USING THE THE SOCCER FIELDS AND PUTTING IT UNDER THEIR NAMES. BUT AS YOU SAID, YOU KNOW, IT'S REALLY THE THE LEAGUES WHO ARE USING IT. IT'S REALLY THE SOCCER TEAMS. IT'S REALLY THESE CLUBS. AND SO WE DO HAVE TO FIND WAYS TO IMPROVE THAT TYPE OF. I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S ENFORCEMENT, BUT IDENTITY OF WHO'S ACTUALLY USING THE COMMUNITY DAYS. WE DO HAVE TO GET. WE WE HAVE TO IMPROVE ON THAT. AND I KNOW THAT'S SOMETHING THAT MARITZA TRIED FOR MANY, MANY YEARS, YOU KNOW, BUT IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE REALLY DO HAVE TO IMPROVE ON. YEAH, I DO, I DO WANT TO BRING THE POINT IN. I DO AGREE WITH YOU. WE HAVE TO FIND SOME HOW TO ENFORCE IT. BUT AGAIN, IT GOES BACK TO MY BEING SHORT STAFFED, YOU KNOW, FROM THE PARK RANGERS. AND THAT TAKES INTO CONSIDERATION. YEAH, $8 IS NOT ENOUGH TO FUND SOMEBODY ELSE OR HIRE SOMEBODY ELSE, ANOTHER PARK RANGER TO ENFORCE, YOU KNOW, THIS HERE. SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE TO THINK OF AS WELL. THAT'S RIGHT. AND I DON'T WANT TO GO BACK TO IT, BUT I AM A LITTLE BIT WHEN WE WAIVE WHAT WAS THE WHAT WAS THE AMOUNT WHEN WE WAIVED THE FEES FOR THE LEAGUES TO USE THE FIELDS, HOW MUCH WERE HOW MUCH ARE WE ABSORBING OF THAT? DO YOU REMEMBER? SO WE HAVE 100% OF THE FEES FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR. AND THOSE FEES ARE $8 AN HOUR DURING THE DAY. AND THEN YOU PAY AN ADDITIONAL $16 AN HOUR AT NIGHT. SO THAT'S THE FEES THAT WERE WAIVED FOR THE LEAGUES FOR THE UPCOMING FISCAL YEAR. WHAT DID THAT COME OUT TO? I THINK THERE WAS IT WAS LIKE A ABOUT $100,000, 200,000. YEAH, IT WAS ABOUT $100,000 IN TOTAL WAIVED FEES. HOW MUCH? ABOUT 100,000 IN TOTAL. WAIVED FEES. SO THAT'S I BELIEVE $80 IS VERY FAIR. YES. IT COSTS US A LOT OF MONEY TO KEEP THOSE LIGHTS UP. YES. THE MAINTENANCE STAFF, I AGREE. BUT THEN GOING BACK TO THE LEAGUES, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO FIGURE SOMETHING OUT TOO. THERE IS THAT I KNOW WE APPROVE THIS MOU, BUT THEN AND I GO BACK TO IT, IS THAT WHAT DO YOU TELL THESE FAMILIES?

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YEAH, THAT ACTUALLY IS A GOOD POINT THAT I BROUGHT UP IN THE LAST PRESENTATION AS WELL, THAT THE EXCESSIVE USE CAUSES ADDITIONAL MAINTENANCE COSTS. WE HAVE A LOT MORE MAINTENANCE COSTS RELATIVE TO RESEEDING RELATIVE TO RESORTING, BECAUSE WE HAVE THAT EXCESSIVE USE. SO THIS IS NOT TARGETING THE LEAGUES AT ALL. NO. THIS IS JUST FOR COMMUNITY. YES. WE'VE ALREADY APPROVED THE FEES FOR THE LEAGUES. THAT'S ALREADY THAT'S ALREADY SET IN THE MOU.

SO THE LEAGUES DO NOT PAY THIS FEE. THIS IS FOR. INDIVIDUAL CLUBS, INDIVIDUAL PEOPLE WHO WANT TO SPECIFICALLY RENT AN ENTIRE FIELD ON A NON LEAGUE DAY. WELL THERE'S A MOTION. IS THERE A SECOND NOT THE MOTION DIES. WE'LL MAKE THE MOTION. I DID YEAH GO AHEAD. SECOND. OKAY.

ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE A MOTION. AND I'LL SECOND AND A SECOND. I'LL TAKE ROLL COUNCIL MEMBER DELGADO. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER MARTINEZ. AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER MEAD. AYE. MAYOR PRO TEM PEREZ.

YES. MAYOR. FIGUEROA. AYE. MOTION PASSES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ANDREW. WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER 25, THE JULY 2026 LEGISLATIVE UPDATE. MR. CITY MANAGER. CITY ATTORNEY. YES.

THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. THIS IS A RECEIVE AND FILE ITEM. WE THOUGHT IT'S BEEN SOME TIME SINCE WE BROUGHT YOU A LEGISLATIVE UPDATE. AND SO WE JUST WANTED TO VERY BRIEFLY HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THE BILLS THAT ARE CURRENTLY IN SACRAMENTO. THIS IS A QUARTERLY REPORT THAT IS ATTACHED TO THE STAFF REPORT. ONE OF THE BILLS, AB 1914 IS A BILL THAT'S

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UNDER EXISTING LAW, IF CERTAIN CONDITIONS ARE MET, CITIES ARE REQUIRED TO MINISTERIALLY APPROVE ADUS IN CERTAIN ZONES, RESIDENTIAL AND MIXED USE ZONES. THIS BILL WOULD INCREASE THAT MINISTERIAL REQUIREMENT BY A CITY FROM ONE ADU TO TWO. IN ADDITION, THE BILL PROPOSES CERTAIN RESTRICTIONS ON HOAS THAT RESTRICT. IT WOULD. IT WOULD VOID CERTAIN HLA RESTRICTIONS AS IT APPLIES TO ADUS, BOTH IN TERMS OF THE CONSTRUCTION OF ADUS, AS WELL AS THE ABILITY TO SELL OR TRANSFER TITLE OF ADUS IN SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL ZONES.

THERE IS A BILL. SENATE BILL 1117, WHICH IS AN UPDATE TO DEVELOPMENT IMPACT FEE CALCULATIONS FOR ADUS, AND IT WOULD REQUIRE CALCULATIONS FOR DEVELOPMENT IMPACT FEES FOR ADUS AND FOR J. ADUS OR JUNIOR ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS TO BE BASED ON THE SQUARE FOOTAGE OF THE INTERIOR LIVABLE SPACE OF AN ADU THAT'S IN EXCESS OF 750FT■!S, THERE'S A BILL AB 2405 THAT IS SPECIFIC TO EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES, AND IT MANDATES THAT LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS WHO ARE TRANSPORTING INDIVIDUALS FOR MENTAL HEALTH AND BEHAVIORAL EVALUATIONS MUST TAKE THOSE INDIVIDUALS TO THE CLOSEST APPROPRIATE MEDICAL FACILITY FROM WHERE THAT INDIVIDUAL WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY. AND LET'S SEE, DO I HAVE A COUPLE MORE? THERE'S ONE BILL THAT I HAVE FOR YOU THAT WAS ACTUALLY SIGNED LAST MONTH BY THE GOVERNOR THAT PERTAINS TO TAXATION. THE BILL GOES INTO EFFECT JANUARY 1ST OF NEXT YEAR, AND IT IS A BILL THAT WILL ALLOW CALIFORNIA TAXING SOFTWARE. THEY CUT YOU OFF TO BEGIN TAXING SOFTWARE AND OTHER DIGITAL PRODUCTS. CURRENTLY, THERE'S NOT A CALIFORNIA SALES TAX THAT WILL GO INTO EFFECT JANUARY 1ST OF NEXT YEAR. AND IN THEORY, THOSE INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE SELLING THOSE PRODUCTS COULD PASS ALONG THAT THAT COST TO PUBLIC AGENCIES THAT ARE PURCHASING SOFTWARE. AND WITH THAT, THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT. I THINK THE IDEA IS WE MIGHT BRING THIS TO YOU QUARTERLY, ALTHOUGH THIS IS A RECEIVE AND FILE, WE DID WANT TO PROVIDE YOU WITH AN ORAL UPDATE. WE'RE HAPPY TO DO THAT EVERY QUARTER. OR WE CAN JUST SIMPLY PUT IT ON CONSENT AND YOU CAN PULL IT TO THE EXTENT YOU HAVE QUESTIONS ON THESE BILLS. THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT. THANK YOU. CAN YOU

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VERY IMPORTANT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS FOR LEGAL COUNSEL ON THE UPDATE? THANK YOU. VERY COMPREHENSIVE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. NOW WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER 26, A

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YEARLY ITEM. SO SHOULD BE FAIRLY QUICK HERE. SO WE DO THIS EVERY YEAR. WE'VE BEEN DOING THIS SINCE 2015. WE COLLECT OUR RESIDENTIAL SINGLE FAMILY SEWER CHARGE ON THE TAX ROLL. IN ORDER TO DO THIS WE NEED TO AUTHORIZE A RESOLUTION. AND SO THAT'S THE RESOLUTION BEFORE YOU TODAY. AND WE HAVEN'T HAD A RATE INCREASE IN THE SEWER CHARGE SINCE JULY 1ST OF 2021. SO IT'S ESSENTIALLY THE SAME CHARGE THAT WE'VE BEEN HAVING SINCE SINCE THEN. THE ITEM HAS THE PRELIMINARY SEWER CHARGE AND UTILITY USERS TAX REPORT FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR THAT WE PUT TOGETHER, WHICH ALSO INCLUDES A 5% UTILITY USER TAX, PER THE ORDINANCE ON UTILITY. AND SO THE YEARLY CHARGE FOR A SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL UNIT COMES OUT TO $626 WITH $0.72 PER YEAR. WE'VE IDENTIFIED 7332 PARCELS THAT ARE GOING TO BE LEVIED, AND THOSE PARCELS, PLUS THE PLUS THE UTT, GIVES US A TOTAL OF 4,595,111, WITH $0.04. AND THAT'S ESSENTIALLY WHAT WE HAVE BEFORE YOU. ANY QUESTIONS? OH, WELL, FIRST I'M GOING TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING. 11:25 P.M. ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS? WE DO. JAMES RODRIGUEZ. HI, COUNCIL. I JUST WANTED TO TO BRING A LITTLE BIT OF AN ATTENTION. MY WATER BILL MODEST YOU KNOW, IT'S ONLY TWO PEOPLE IN THE HOME IS BETWEEN 20 TO $30 A MONTH. WHY WOULD WE PAY $50 A MONTH TO FLUSH SOMETHING THAT I PAY $30 A MONTH TO RETRIEVE? I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE'S EXCESS, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY, AND I KNOW THAT CASTULO HAS ALSO MENTIONED THAT WHEN WE DO THE RESIDENT ENGAGEMENT ACADEMIES AND THINGS LIKE THAT, THAT'S ONE OF THE FIRST PLACES HE TAKES THEM TO IS OUR SANITARY DISTRICT AND OUR REPROCESSING PLANT. SO I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF WORK THAT GOES INTO IT, BUT INSTEAD OF JUST INCREASING THE FEES ALL THE TIME, WE CAN HELP TO LET PEOPLE UNDERSTAND SO THAT MAYBE THERE AREN'T AS MANY FLUSHABLE WIPES GOING DOWN. YOU KNOW, WHATEVER IT MIGHT BE. OUTREACH, GET GET TO US, GIVE US THE INFORMATION WE NEED. BECAUSE WHEN IT COMES DOWN TO IT, THE NUMBERS AND WHEN WE SEE SOMETHING THAT YOU'RE PAYING $20 MORE A MONTH, AT LEAST FOR ME TO PUT IT DOWN THE DRAIN THAT I'M RECEIVING TO EVEN DRINK IT, IT JUST SEEMS SO, SO WEIRD TO ME. JUST, JUST TO PUT THAT OUT THERE. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER COMMENTS? I DON'T HAVE ANY MORE FORMS FOR THIS ITEM. IS THERE ANYONE ON ZOOM? THERE ARE NO HANDS RAISED. OKAY. WITH THAT, WE'LL CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT AT 11:27 P.M. UP TO COUNCIL DISCUSSION OR ACTION. FIRST. ANYONE COMING UP? OKAY. AND THERE IS NO THIS IS THERE'S NO INCREASE, RIGHT? IT'S STANDARD OTHER THAN THE 5%. YEAH, THERE'S NO INCREASE. THIS IS THE EXACT SAME RATE THAT WE'VE BEEN CHARGING SINCE JULY 1ST OF 2021, 2021 AND $29.

EXCUSE ME. THE INCREASE IS GOING TO BE $29. THERE IS NO INCREASE. THERE IS NO INCREASE.

NO, IT'S THE SAME. IT'S THE SAME RATE AS 5%. I WAS LIKE, OKAY, 5% ONLY IS THE UTILITY

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THERE'S A FIRST AND SECOND ROLL CALL PLEASE. COUNCIL MEMBER. DELGADO. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER.

MARTINEZ. COUNCIL MEMBER. BERGEN. YES. MAYOR. PRO TEM PEREZ. YES. MAYOR FIGUEROA, I

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HAVE. FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS. FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS. I THINK I MENTIONED THIS LAST MEETING.

THE BUSINESS CORRIDOR ON SIXTH STREET, AND I JUST WANTED TO FOLLOW UP, SEE IF THERE'S ANY UPDATES. IS IT GOING TO COME BACK TO THE COUNCIL SOON? YES, WE DO HAVE THAT. ON THE FUTURE AGENDA FORECAST. SO WE'RE GOING TO BE BRINGING THAT IN SEPTEMBER, SIR. THANK YOU.

THAT'S ALL I HAVE, COUNCILWOMAN VISION. I HAVE NOTHING FOR FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS AT THIS TIME. AND THEN JUST TO IS THAT WE EXTENDED SO TO THE FACADE PROGRAM. WE WE ADDED CESAR CHAVEZ TO IT AS WELL FOR FOR NEW ITEMS, I JUST WANT TO REVIEW THE APPLICATIONS FOR COMMISSIONS AND COMMITTEES. THE CRITERIA AND REQUIREMENTS. CARLA DID BRING UP A GOOD POINT.

WHEN WE WERE ADOPTING THE ANTI-NEPOTISM POLICY. SO I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE APPLICATIONS AND CHANGE WHATEVER LANGUAGE IT NEEDS TO BE CHANGED. OKAY. EXCELLENT.

COUNCILMAN MAYOR PRO TEM PEREZ. NO, NONE. OKAY. AND I WAS JUST GOING TO ASK. WAS IN MY BRAIN AND I FORGOT. IT'S 1130. I KNOW IT'S FINE. I'LL I'LL EMAIL, I'LL EMAIL YOU GUYS WHEN I REMEMBER WHAT IT IS. OH, WHAT WAS IT? OH I REMEMBER, I'LL EMAIL IT TO YOU. IT'S FINE. ANY COUNCIL COMMENTS? REPORTS ON MISCELLANEOUS COMMITTEES, MR. MARTINEZ? NO COMMITTEES, BUT I HAD AN INTEREST. IN TWO WEEKS, I ATTENDED THE THE ENGAGEMENT? YES. BY THE WAY, YOU KNOW, I WAS A LITTLE BIT UPSET BECAUSE, WELL, NOT UPSET. THEY DIDN'T WANT TO SHARE THE RECIPE OF THAT SALAD, THE POTATO SALAD. IT WAS SO DELICIOUS FOR YOU. ANY TIME I WAS LIKE, HOW MUCH WOULD IT COST ME? NO, IT WAS DELICIOUS. WE HAD A GREAT TIME, YOU KNOW. THANK YOU FOR PUTTING THAT TOGETHER. I WAS A LITTLE LOST. I'M LIKE, IS HE ON THIS SIDE OR ON THIS SIDE? BUT YEAH, IT'S A GREAT IDEA THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY, YOU KNOW, LIKE ADVISE TO HAVE SOME SIGNS, YOU KNOW, DIRECTING THE COMMUNITY. SO THAT WOULD BE AWESOME. WE ATTENDED THE, THE NOLA CONFERENCE, YOU KNOW, I'M NOT YEAH, I'M NOT CONFUSING IT. THAT WAS ANOTHER CONFERENCE TOO.

JUST LIKE, YOU KNOW, LEO CONFERENCE. I MET A LOT OF PEOPLE FROM DIFFERENT STATES, YOU KNOW, AND THE CONVERSATIONS WERE REALLY DEEP. AND ONE SPECIFIC ITEM THAT I DON'T WANT TO MENTION, BUT IT WAS VERY INTERESTING. AND WE HAD A GREAT DINNER WITH THE CITY MANAGER.

WHAT ELSE DID I DO? I DID SO MANY THINGS. I'LL HAND IT OUT TO YOU, I DON'T REMEMBER. JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO STAFF. APPRECIATE YOU GUYS FOR BEING HERE AND TO THE COMMUNITY. I DON'T HAVE OTHER COMMENTS. I'VE BEEN FIGHTING A MIGRAINE FOR LIKE TWO HOURS, SO I'M NOT WINKING AT YOU GUYS. I CAN'T SEE, I CAN'T SEE ANYMORE WITH MY LEFT EYE. SO I'M NOT WINKING.

I JUST YEAH, BUT THANK YOU GUYS. WE WERE TRYING TO FIND THAT OUT. I KNOW COUNCILMEMBER, I JUST WANTED TO THANK ALL THE DIRECTORS HERE AND OUR EMPLOYEES TODAY. WE GOT A LOT ACCOMPLISHED. YOU KNOW, ON THE AGENDA. WE HAVE A LOT OF ITEMS FROM THE AD HOC COMMITTEE STREAMLINING. NOW. WE'VE BECOME VERY MUCH MODERNIZED TODAY THAN WE'VE HAD IN MANY, MANY YEARS.

I THINK THAT WE GOT A LOT DONE, AND WE WENT OVER NEW LEGISLATION THAT'S BEEN PASSED.

AND, YOU KNOW, THAT WAS VERY HELPFUL. THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THAT WE RECEIVED IT. I KNOW THAT WE HAVE WE HAVE ORAZIO, RIGHT? I MEAN, THAT'S CORRECT. IN FACT, ORAZIO WILL BE DOING

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I ALSO WANT TO THANK JESSICA TORRES FOR THE SOFT OPENING OF TROPICANA. SHE DID AN AWESOME JOB. I SHOWED UP, IT LOOKS LIKE A GOOD PLACE. THEY HAVE A CARNICERIA, THEY HAVE SEAFOOD.

IT'S CLOSE TO MY HOME SO IT MAKES IT EVEN MORE CONVENIENT. SO I WANT TO THANK HER FOR THE FOR THE AWESOME WORK. THANK EVERYBODY. SELENA CASTULO, ANDREW. LINCOLN. KENDRA. THANK YOU GUYS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU GUYS FOR ALL THE WORK YOU GUYS DO. THANK YOU FOR STAYING HERE AS LATE AS WE HAVE TO AND I APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK. THANK YOU GUYS. RYAN. ANGELA. THANK YOU GUYS. THAT'S ALL I HAVE. I HAVE ONE MORE COMMENT. I DO ATTEND ALSO THE CERTIFICATION FOR THE BLUE ZONES PROJECT. YOU GUYS HAVE TO GO AND TRY THE FOOD. MY BEST THE BEST ONE THEY HAVE IS THE CHILI'S BURRITOS WITH WITH THE DATE INSIDE. OH. AND THEN THE THE ONIONS ON THE TOP. MY GOD, I WONDERED. OH AND THE PIZZA. THE PIZZA WAS ALSO GOOD. PIZZA. YEAH, THEY HAVE PIZZA. OKAY, SO THE THE ITEMS THAT THEY HAVE FOR THE BLUE ZONES PROJECT, THEY WERE ALL DELICIOUS. I TRUST VICHY SOYA CEVICHE, SOYA CEVICHE, SOYA. SO YEAH, THAT'S REALLY GOOD. I'LL TAKE YOU EVERYBODY. I WILL ASK, I WILL ASK THE CITY MANAGER FOR A CREDIT CARD. THIS PROJECT WILL TAKE YOU TO YES AND YES, OF COURSE, ALL THE DIRECTORS YOU KNOW. THANK YOU FOR THE HARD WORK, MR. CITY ATTORNEY. THANK YOU FOR ALWAYS, YOU KNOW, WATCHING OUR BACKS. WE APPRECIATE YOU VERY, VERY MUCH. AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE. DID YOU GET THE RECIPES? NO, NO. THAT'S THE THING. YOU ASK EVERYONE FOR THEM. I'M ON A MISSION TO GET THAT POTATO SALAD RECIPE. I DON'T THINK IT'S GONNA HAPPEN. I'M GONNA KEEP GOING. I'M SCARED. I REMEMBER I WAS GOING TO ASK YOU IF YOU CAN WORK WITH ANDREW ABOUT THE FACILITY FEES. IF WE HAVE FEE STRUCTURE FOR THE LIBRARY, FOR NONPROFITS, THAT WE CAN CREATE A FEE STRUCTURE FOR NONPROFIT GROUPS WHERE THEY GET A REDUCE, WHERE THEY JUST PAY THE DEPOSIT INSTEAD OF BECAUSE IT SOMETIMES IS NOT FEASIBLE FOR NONPROFIT TO BE ABLE TO, FOR US TO BE GOOD PARTNERS WITH NONPROFITS IN THE AREA, THEY WANT TO COME TO THE CITY, BUT IT SOMETIMES ISN'T FEASIBLE. AND SO MAYBE WORKING TO MAKE A FEE STRUCTURE THAT'S TAILORED TOWARDS NONPROFITS IN THE COACHELLA VALLEY WHO WANT TO COME AND HOST EVENTS AT OUR CITY, BECAUSE THEN IT MAKES IT FEASIBLE FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO COME IN AND BE THERE AND, YOU KNOW, OUT OF POCKET COST IS JUST A DEPOSIT, MAKING SURE IF THERE'S ANY DAMAGE, THEY'LL KNOW AND THEY'LL GET THE DEPOSIT BACK. BUT I THINK LOOKING AT THAT FOR THE LIBRARY, USE THE TWO BIG THE THREE ROOMS BECAUSE THEN THAT WAY THERE'S A FEE STRUCTURE FOR NONPROFITS ONLY, I THINK. I DON'T I THINK RIGHT NOW IT'S JUST A STANDARD FEE STRUCTURE WHERE YOU GO AND PAY AND YOU PAY THE RENTAL FEE AND THE DEPOSIT. BUT I THINK FOR NONPROFITS, BEING GOOD PARTNERS WITH THEM, I THINK WOULD GO A LONG WAY FOR THEM. SO LOOKING AT THAT. ABSOLUTELY. AND I BELIEVE THERE IS A WAIVER APPLICATION FOR NONPROFITS AS LONG AS THEY'RE A 501 THREE C, OKAY. OKAY. SO WE DEFINITELY WILL TALK ABOUT THAT. OKAY. YEAH, WE DEFINITELY DO THAT. AND THEN I WENT TO IN LA, OH, I DIDN'T GO TO BECAUSE I HAD DINNER PLANS WITH MY MOM, SO I COULDN'T GO. I KNOW I MISSED IT, SHOULD HAVE JUST TAKEN HER THERE. INSTEAD. SHE WANTED CHEESECAKE FACTORY. SO WE TOOK HER TO CHEESECAKE FACTORY. I ALSO ATTENDED THE RIVERSIDE SHERIFF'S ASSOCIATION BANQUET

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THEIR DEALS, YOU GOTTA DEAL WITH HER. HE HAD GOOD LUCK THAT NIGHT. YEAH, YOU GUYS KEPT WINNING THINGS, BUT THAT WAS BACK. BUT THAT WAS IT. AND THEN ANY DEPARTMENT DIRECTOR REPORTS? GUESS? NO, SIR. OKAY. AND ANY CITY MANAGER COMMENTS WRAPPING UP? YES. JUST A COUPLE. I WAS ACTUALLY GOING TO INTRODUCE OUR NEW LIBRARY MANAGER, COURTNEY, BUT SHE WASN'T ABLE TO STAY THIS LONG. OKAY, SO I JUST ENCOURAGE YOU TO GO VISIT HER. SHE'S BEEN WITH US FOR A COUPLE OF MONTHS NOW. OKAY. AND THEN ALSO WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW I'M GOING TO BE DOING A COUPLE OF MEET AND GREETS FOR THE PUBLIC. SO JUST TO COME AND TALK TO ME ABOUT ANY ISSUES. JUST SAY HI TENTATIVELY. IT'S GOING TO BE AT THE SIXTH STREET COFFEE SHOP AUGUST 6TH AND AUGUST 13TH, WHICH IS TWO THURSDAYS, AND IT'LL BE IN THE MORNING FROM ABOUT 8 TO 10. AND THEN THE LAST THING IS WE ARE SETTING UP A ALL HANDS MEETING TWO BY TWO BY ONE FOR THE MAYOR AND TWO COUNCIL MEMBERS AT A TIME. THIS IS FOR OUR STAFF. SO THAT'S GOING TO BE COME ON COMING UP IN SEPTEMBER. YEAH. AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE. THANK YOU FOR THE MEETING. GREAT. I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THEM. WONDERFUL. THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER. SORRY. I HAVE ONE THING RIGHT NOW THAT YOU MENTIONED THE LIBRARY. SORRY, MY MIGRAINE IS NOT LETTING ME. I, I KNOW I'M ASSUMING THE HOURS FOR THE LIBRARY ARE SET BY THE COUNTY. HOWEVER, IF WE CAN TAKE A LOOK AT THE HOURS AND THE DAYS THAT WE'RE CLOSED. I GRABBED COFFEE ON MONDAY AND SAT IN THAT LITTLE HALL. BECAUSE IF YOU GO THROUGH THE COFFEE SHOP, YOU'RE ABLE TO KIND OF GET IN. BUT THE LIBRARY IS CLOSED ON MONDAYS. I DON'T KNOW WHY. THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE THAT TRY TO GET IN. I WAS SITTING THERE FOR TWO HOURS MYSELF AND, AND A FRIEND. WE EASILY COUNTED 20 PEOPLE TRYING TO. AFTER THE FIFTH ONE, WE STARTED KEEPING TRACK BECAUSE WE'RE LIKE, THIS IS SOMETHING.

BUT IF WE CAN TALK TO THEM AND JUST SEE HOW WE CAME UP WITH MONDAYS BEING CLOSED, I FEEL LIKE IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE. IT'S THE BEGINNING OF THE WEEK. I'M SURE THERE'S AN EXPLANATION.

I WOULD JUST LIKE TO HEAR IT BECAUSE YEAH, MONDAYS IT IT MAKES NO SENSE TO ME OR THE, THE 20 PEOPLE THAT WERE TRYING TO GET IN IN THOSE TWO HOURS. SO IF WE CAN TAKE A LOOK AT THAT, PLEASE, WILL DO. SO THERE'S AN MOU THAT EXISTS AND THOSE HOURS HAVE BEEN ADOPTED THERE. ANYTHING IN ADDITION TO THAT WE DO HAVE TO COVER. AND SO WE CAN LOOK AT REVISIT THOSE.

THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING. BRING IT TO US. THANK YOU, MR. CITY MANAGER. ONE MORE COMMENT AND THEN WE'LL GO HOME. I FEEL LIKE HAVING A COFFEE RIGHT NOW. NO, I CAN'T GET YOU THAT RECIPE.

SORRY. I'M GONNA ASK. NO. AND THIS IS A COMMENT THAT I HAVE FROM FROM A RESIDENTS, YOU KNOW, AND THIS COMES FROM WHAT CALEXICO IS GOING THROUGH. OKAY. YOU KNOW, THE STATE IS FILE A LAWSUIT AGAINST THEM FOR NOT COMPLYING WITH THE HOUSING ELEMENT. SO I KIND OF UNDERSTAND WHAT THE HOUSING ELEMENT IS, BUT I DON'T THINK THAT THE PUBLIC, YOU KNOW, OUR RESIDENTS UNDERSTAND. SO MAYBE WE CAN HAVE SOMETHING ON SOCIAL MEDIA OR ON THE WEBSITE, YOU KNOW, LETTING THE PEOPLENOW THAT WE ARE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE HOUSING ELEMENT. ABSOLUTELY, SIR. WE CAN HAVE OUR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR PUT SOMETHING TOGETHER BECAUSE LIKE YOU STATED, WE ARE IN COMPLIANCE. YES, OURS WAS APPROVED, BUT I DEFINITELY WILL PUT THAT TOGETHER AND I'LL SEND YOU A DRAFT BEFORE WE PUT IT OUT THERE. OKAY. APPRECIATE IT.

THANK YOU. OKAY. WITH THAT, WE ADJOURN.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.