[00:00:08] CITY COUNCIL MEETING. SITTING AS THE THE CITY OF COACHELLA. CITY COUNCIL SITTING AS. COACHELLA. SANITARY. DISTRICT. COACHELLA. FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT, THE COACHELLA FINANCE AUTHORITY, COACHELLA EDUCATION AND GOVERNMENTAL ACCESS CORPORATION. COACHELLA WATER AUTHORITY, SUCCESSOR AGENCY TO THE COACHELLA VALLEY, THE COACHELLA REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY AND THE COACHELLA PARKS AND RECREATION FOUNDATION CONVENES ITS REGULAR MEETING AND THE TIME NOW IS 5:01 P.M. WILL YOU TAKE A CITY CLERK? WILL YOU TAKE A ROLL CALL, PLEASE? SURE. COUNCILMEMBER MARTINEZ HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER. BERGEN. PRESENT. MAYOR. PRO TEM. PEREZ ON ZOOM. AND MAYOR DOCTOR FIGUEROA. GO AHEAD. RYAN, DO I MAKE MY STATEMENT NOW? I'M SORRY. YES, PLEASE. THAT'D BE GREAT. OKAY, SO I'M I'M HERE ON ZOOM. I AM ATTENDING REMOTELY UNDER THE JUST CAUSE ACT PROVISION OF THE BROWNS ACT. AS I HAVE A CONTAGIOUS ILLNESS, I CAN CONFIRM THAT THERE IS NOBODY IN THE ROOM WITH ME THAT IS OVER 18 YEARS OLD. THANK YOU. AND [Approval of Agenda] THEN I'M ALSO PRESENT. THANK YOU AND APPROVE OF THE AGENDA. AT THIS TIME, THE COUNCIL BOARD CORPORATION AUTHORITY MAY ANNOUNCE ANY ITEMS BEING PULLED FROM THE AGENDA OR CONTINUED TO ANOTHER DATE OR REQUEST THE MOVING OF AN ITEM ON THE AGENDA. HOW DOES THE COUNCIL WISHES TO THE COUNCIL? I KNOW WE HAVE. THE CONSENT, BUT I DON'T THINK WE'RE GOING TO HAVE ANY DISCUSSION ON IT, SO I THINK WE SHOULD BE FINE KEEPING THE STRUCTURE OF THE MEETING THE WAY IT IS TO BE ABLE TO GET TO NUMBER 11 PROPERLY. TIMELY, I THINK SO, YEAH. ANY COMMENT ANY COMMENTS FROM STAFF ON ANY CHANGES TO THE AGENDA? MR. CITY MANAGER NO CHANGES FROM STAFF, SIR. OKAY. SO WE'LL KEEP THE AGENDA AS PRESENTED. AND IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGENDA. I'LL MOTION TO APPROVE. THERE'S A MOTION. IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND. THERE'S A FIRST AND A SECOND. CITY CLERK, PLEASE CONDUCT A ROLL CALL. COUNCILMEMBER MARTINEZ. AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER. AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER. MAYOR PRO TEM PEREZ ON ZOOM. YES. AND MAYOR. DOCTOR [Public Comments (Closed Session Items)] FIGUEROA. YES. OKAY. AT THIS TIME, DO YOU HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS FOR CLOSED SESSION ITEMS? YES, I HAVE ONE. FRANCISCO MOLINA. OKAY. WE'LL TAKE PUBLIC COMMENT. GOOD EVENING. FRANCISCO MOLINA, COACHELLA RESIDENT. TWO PROCEDURAL REQUESTS ON ITEM THREE, INITIATION OF LITIGATION UNDER YOU KNOW WHICH ONE FOR ITEM THREE. TWO OR MORE POTENTIAL CASES. GOVERNMENT CODE. YOU KNOW WHICH ONE THAT REQUIRES THAT A DECISION TO INITIATE LITIGATION BE REPORTED IN OPEN SESSION. I'D ASK THAT IF COUNCIL AUTHORIZES INITIATION TONIGHT, IT BE ANNOUNCED AT THE 6:00 RECONVENE AND NOT CARRIED FORWARD ON ITEM TWO, DESERT VALLEY BUILDERS. THAT CASE HAS BEEN ON THE COUNCIL'S CLOSED SESSION AGENDAS FOR YEARS, AND THERE IS NOW AN APPELLATE OPINION OUT OF THE FOURTH DISTRICT DIVISION ONE FILED THIS PAST JANUARY. RESIDENTS HAVE NO WAY TO KNOW WHAT THIS CASE MAY COST THE CITY. AND BECAUSE I BELIEVE FROM MY RESEARCH THAT WE'RE SITTING OUT ABOUT A SURPLUS OF $700,000, I THINK THIS IS VERY CRITICAL. WE NEED TO BE PAYING ATTENTION TO WHAT IS HAPPENING WITH OUR MONEY. SO I'D ASK THAT WHEN THE CITY, WHEN I'D ASKED THAT WHEN THE CITY MATTER REACHES A POSTURE WHERE THE CITY CAN REPORT PUBLICLY, THIS COUNCIL DOES SO ON ITS OWN INITIATIVE RATHER THAN WAITING TO BE ASKED. THANK YOU. AND I ASK THAT YOU DO THAT ON EVERYTHING THAT YOU ARE DOING FROM NOW ON MOVING FORWARD. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS ONLINE? FOR CLOSED SESSION? MAYOR, LET THE RECORD SHOW THAT COUNCIL MEMBER DELGADO IS PRESENT. OKAY. THANK YOU. SHE ARRIVED AT 5:04 P.M. AT THIS TIME, IF THERE'S NO OTHER PUBLIC COMMENTS, WE HEAR WHAT I SAID. SHOULD BE ABLE TO HEAR THE MEETINGS RECORDED. SO SHOULD WE ABLE TO GO BACK AND LISTEN TO THE MEETING FOR THE RECORDING. WE DO HAVE ONE HAND RAISED BEFORE SHE GOES AND TALKS TODAY ABOUT WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO GO TALK ABOUT, BECAUSE I THINK I WANT HER TO KNOW WHAT I SAID. LIKE NOW. CITY ATTORNEY YEAH. I MEAN, WE'LL WE'LL INFORM HER. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. VERY IMPORTANT THAT THEY UNDERSTAND THAT WE'RE IN A SURPLUS. OKAY. THANK YOU. YOUR TIME HAS ENDED. WE HAVE ONE HAND RAISED, MAYOR. WE DO HAVE ONE HAVE ONE HAND RAISED. OKAY. PROMOTING JAMES. MR. MOLINA, YOU'VE ALREADY SPOKEN, SO WE'LL INFORM COUNCIL MEMBER DELGADO OF THE COMMENTS YOU MADE FOR. ALL RIGHT, I'LL JUST KEEP IT SHORT. ALL I SAID, THE MOST IMPORTANT PART IS THAT FROM MY UNDERSTANDING, WE'RE AT A SURPLUS OF ABOUT $700,000, AND I WANT TO KNOW WHAT MOLINA. OUR MONEY. BECAUSE IT'S CRITICAL. THANK YOU. IT'S A MINOR SURPLUS. ANYBODY COULD WIPE THAT OUT. WE'LL TAKE THE ONLINE PUBLIC COMMENT NOW. ALL RIGHT. HERE. ALL RIGHT. GO AHEAD. JAMES. GOOD EVENING, CITY COUNCIL. [00:05:12] JAMES RODRIGUEZ, NATIVE RESIDENT OF COACHELLA. I WILL BE SEEING YOU GUYS IN JUST A LITTLE BIT FOR THE ACTUAL OPEN SESSION. BUT I DID WANT TO ECHO JUST A LITTLE BIT OF WHAT FRANKIE WAS SAYING. WE DO NEED THAT TRANSPARENCY. WHENEVER WE HAVE THESE CLOSED SESSION ITEMS, WE DON'T ASSUME THAT YOU GUYS ARE IN THERE FOR AN HOUR DOING NOTHING, RIGHT? SO WHEN YOU COME OUT AND YOU HAVE NO REPORTABLE ACTION, IT GIVES US A PAUSE. YOU KNOW, THERE'S ONE THING TO NOT WANT TO GIVE AWAY YOUR STRATEGIC PLAN FOR YOUR LEGAL WORK. THERE'S A COMPLETELY ANOTHER TO NOT BE BEHOLDEN TO THE PEOPLE THAT YOU ARE BEHOLDEN TO, WHICH ARE YOUR RESIDENTS, YOUR CONSTITUENTS. WE NEED TO KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON. AND IF YOU GUYS CAN'T SHARE PUBLICLY, THERE IS DEFINITELY SOME WAYS FOR YOU GUYS TO SHARE SENTIMENT, SHARE AWARENESS, SHARE AREAS THAT THE CITY RESIDENTS SHOULD BE LOOKING TO STAY INFORMED AND NOT BE HIT WITH ANY OF THESE ACTIONS THAT COME OUT OF NOWHERE. SUDDENLY, THEY'RE OPEN TO PUBLIC DISCOURSE AND DEBATE, BUT YET WE COULD HAVE BEEN AWARE OF IT IF THE CITY AND THE RESIDENTS WERE JUST FOCUSING A LITTLE BIT MORE. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU, MR. ROGERS. ANY OTHER PUBLIC COMMENTS? IF NOT, THERE ARE NO OTHERS AT THIS TIME. WILL WE GOOD EVENING. [Adjourn to Closed Session] [Reconvene Regular Meeting] WHEN I STARTED, WE'RE RETURNING RECONVENING FROM REGULAR TO THE REGULAR, MEETING THE CITY COUNCIL RECONVENING TO ITS REGULAR MEETING FROM CLOSED SESSION. MR. CITY ATTORNEY RENEE, REPORTABLE ACTIONS. YES. THANK YOU. MAYOR. COUNCIL MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC. THE CITY COUNCIL MET IN CLOSED SESSION PURSUANT TO THE ITEMS LISTED ON THE CLOSED SESSION AGENDA, AND THERE IS NO REPORTABLE ACTION. THANK YOU. OKAY. WITH THAT, WE WILL MOVE ON TO THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. CAN WE PLEASE STAND FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE? IF WE CAN HAVE OUR TREASURER, MYRA PEREZ, LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE AND MOVE YOUR HEART AND PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. OKAY, THEN WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ITEM HERE. CITY COUNCIL CONFLICT OF INTEREST DISCLOSURE. DO ANY OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE ANY ITEMS ON THE AGENDA THAT WE NEED TO RECUSE THEMSELVES FROM THIS STATE? PLEASE STATE THAT FOR THE RECORD AT THIS TIME, FOR THOSE ALSO THAT DIDN'T JOIN US, WE DO HAVE COUNCIL MEMBER PEREZ JOINING US VIA ZOOM. DUE TO A CONTAGIOUS ILLNESS THAT DOES NOT ALLOW HER, BUT THAT WAS STATED AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING. JUST FOR THE RECORD, FOR THOSE THAT JOINED US AFTERWARDS, ANYONE HAVE ANY CONFLICTS OF INTEREST ON THE AGENDA AT THIS TIME? SEEING NONE, WE'LL MOVE ON TO PUBLIC COMMENTS ON AGENDA ITEMS. [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)] PUBLIC COMMENTS ARE LIMITED TO A MAXIMUM OF 30 MINUTES. IF ADDITIONAL TIME IS REQUIRED FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS, THEY WILL BE HEARD AFTER THE PUBLIC HEARING. THE PUBLIC MAY ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL ON ANY ITEM OF INTEREST TO THE PUBLIC. THAT IS NOT ON THE AGENDA, BUT THAT IS WITHIN THE SUBJECT MATTER JURISDICTION OF THE CITY. PLEASE LIMIT YOUR COMMENTS TO THREE MINUTES. AND THESE ARE PUBLIC COMMENTS ON NON AGENDA ITEMS. DO WE HAVE ANY OF THOSE? YES, I HAVE ONE FROM LORETTA PEREZ. OKAY. OKAY. IT IS HOT OUT THERE. ALL RIGHT. SO HERE WE ARE AT THE SECOND TO THE LAST MEETING WHERE OUR FUTURE IS DETERMINED ON WHETHER OR NOT ITEM NUMBER 11 IS PROPERLY WRITTEN AND APPROVED BY THE CITY. LET'S REITERATE THAT WE SHOULD NOT EVER HAVE BEEN IN THIS SITUATION. MOST OF OUR COUNCIL HAS JUST REAL QUICKLY. OH, SORRY. ACTUALLY, IT'S NOT ABOUT AGENDA ITEM 11. IT JUST STARTS LIKE THAT. NO NO NO. OH WELL, IT WAS YOU SAID B, B AND K YEAH. OH OKAY. IT'S COMING. SO MOST OF OUR COUNCIL HAS OWNED UP TO THE MISTAKE. BUT FOR SOME REASON, EVEN AFTER THE RFP ON AUGUST 20TH DEADLINE TO FIND A NEW LAWYER, WE ARE STILL SITTING HERE LOOKING AT BCC AND ASKING THEM FOR HELP WHEN THEY GUIDED US TO BE HERE IN THE FIRST PLACE. MY BIGGEST QUESTION IS WHY? WHY ARE WE FIGHTING FOR THE COMPLACENCY OF A LAW FIRM THAT DIDN'T EVEN DO THEIR DUE DILIGENCE OF CHECKING OF ANY CONFLICTS OF INTEREST, OF OUR PAST MAYOR, LEAVING OUR CITY UP FOR GRABS AND UP FOR LITIGATION? CITY MANAGER, I KNOW YOU CAN'T ANSWER, BUT WHY ARE THEY STILL HERE? EVEN AFTER THE DIRECTION OF THE COUNCIL? MAYOR, I URGE YOU TO ASK THESE SAME QUESTIONS. OUR CITY AND OUR FUTURE DEPEND ON IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. NEXT, I HAVE ONE FROM ELLEN CARVALHO AND THAT'S A [00:10:06] GENERAL COMMENT. GOOD AFTERNOON. I'M ELLEN CARVALHO. IT'S KIND OF DISTURBING. WE HAVE YOUNG PEOPLE THAT ARE VERY INTERESTED IN CIVIL INVOLVEMENT AND GOVERNMENT INVOLVEMENT, AND I'M VERY HAPPY TO SEE THAT. BUT I DO THINK THAT THERE'S TWO YOUNG MEN THAT HAVE GOT A PODCAST, AND THEY'RE TRYING THEIR HARDEST TO, TO EDUCATE THE PEOPLE ABOUT THE DATA CENTERS THAT WE'RE ALL VERY CONCERNED ABOUT. BUT WHAT CONCERNS ME IS THEY'RE NOT REALLY TELLING EVERYBODY WHO THEY ARE. THEIR DAD AND THEIR UNCLE, JESUS GONZALEZ IS A FORMER MAYOR, A FELON. AND I THINK IT'S INTERESTING THAT BOTH OF THEM WANT TO UNSEAT TWO VERY QUALIFIED ELECTED OFFICIALS OF THIS COUNCIL, TWO WOMEN THAT HAVE PROVEN THEMSELVES WILLING TO SPEAK UP AGAINST THE TYRANTS THAT ARE RUNNING THE EAST VALLEY. IT TURNS OUT THAT THESE YOUNG MEN ARE RELATED TO MR. JESUS GONZALEZ AND I. I WONDERED WHERE THEY WERE WHEN THE FORMER MAYOR WAS FOUND OUT TO BE A FELON. WHERE WERE THEIR VOICES? THEY SEEMED TO BE CONCERNED ABOUT THE THE WELL-BEING OF OUR COMMUNITY. I DON'T UNDERSTAND, WE NEED TO BE AWARE THAT AS WELL AS YOU'RE ALL DOING, TO MOVE THE CITY FORWARD, TO MAKE THE CONSCIOUSNESS OF THE CITY ADVANCE, WE HAVE TO BE AWARE THAT THERE'S STILL GOING TO BE PEOPLE OUT THERE THAT ARE GOING TO CORRUPT THE SYSTEM. THEY HAVE THEIR OWN SELFISH NEEDS AND THEIR GREED, AND THEY WILL CONVINCE PEOPLE IN THIS, IN THIS COMMUNITY THAT THEY'RE LOOKING OUT FOR THEIR BEST INTEREST. BUT WHEN THE PAVEMENT, WHEN THE RUBBER HITS THE PAVEMENT, THEY WERE NOT HERE SPEAKING AGAINST SOMEBODY THAT THEY'RE ACTUALLY SUPPORTING, WHICH IS THE FORMER MAYOR. SO IT'S REAL CLEAR THAT WE HAVE TO DO OUR RESEARCH. WE DON'T GET TO THEY'RE RUNNING FOR OFFICE, SO THEY WANT TO TAKE THESE TWO WOMEN. THEY WANT TO REPLACE THESE TWO WOMEN. WHERE'S THEIR RESPECT FOR WOMEN IN LEADERSHIP ROLES? WHERE'S THEIR RESPECT FOR CRIMINALITY ON ON THE ON THE COUNCIL? THEY DIDN'T SPEAK AGAINST IT. SO I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK. LET'S STAND UNITED MOVING THE CITY FORWARD. LET'S GET THE DATA CENTERS OVER AND DONE WITH ONCE AND FOR ALL. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. JAMES RODRIGUEZ. GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL AND STAFF. MY NAME IS JAMES RODRIGUEZ, NATIVE RESIDENT OF CITY OF COACHELLA. I JUST WANTED TO COME IN AND REITERATE OUR GROUP EVENT THAT'S GOING TO BE HAPPENING THIS FRIDAY. IT'S THE RESIDENT ENGAGEMENT AND COMMUNITY HERITAGE UPLIFTING POTLUCK. WE'VE HAD TWO SUCCESSFUL EVENTS SO FAR. WE'VE HAD A LOT OF COMMUNITY SUPPORT AND PEOPLE THAT HAVE. WE RESTART THIS TIMER. NO, THAT'S ALL RIGHT. DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT, FRANKIE. WE'VE HAD A LOT OF SUPPORT FROM PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY AS WELL AS, OH, MAYBE WE DO NEED TO DUST STORM. SORRY. YEAH. CONTINUE. SORRY, SORRY. THAT WAS OUR. THAT'S I APPRECIATE IT. PAUSE THE TIMER. THANK YOU. AS I WAS MENTIONING, THE REACH APP RESIDENT. WE'LL ADD ANOTHER 15 SECONDS. THAT'S ALL RIGHT. OKAY. OKAY. SO AS I WAS MENTIONING THE RESIDENT ENGAGEMENT AND COMMUNITY HERITAGE UPLIFTING POTLUCK IS HAPPENING THIS FRIDAY. WE'VE HAD TWO SUCCESSFUL EVENTS. WE HAD ONE IN JUNE, WE HAD ONE IN JULY. BOTH OF THOSE EVENTS HAVE BEEN WELL ATTENDED BY REPEAT GUESTS, AS WELL AS GETTING THAT WORD OUT TO A LOT OF OTHER PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN INTERESTED. THIS IS A WONDERFUL EVENING FOR PEOPLE TO COME TOGETHER, TO SHARE A MEAL, TO TALK ABOUT THINGS THAT ARE COMING UP IN THE COMMUNITY, TO SHARE ABOUT THEIR GROUP DYNAMICS, TO LEARN ABOUT THEIR NEIGHBORS. I'VE HEARD SOME PEOPLE WANT TO START A CROCHET CLUB. SOME PEOPLE WANT TO START A FILM CLUB. SOME PEOPLE WANT TO DO A PHOTOGRAPHY CLASSES. THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT THE COMMUNITY CAN BUILD TOGETHER THAT DON'T HAVE TO BE ORGANIZATIONAL. THEY DON'T HAVE TO HAVE SOME NONPROFIT THAT WORKED TIRELESSLY TO TRY TO JUST GET THE NONPROFIT UP TO COME OUT, TO BE ABLE TO MEET THEIR COMMUNITY AND TO GET THOSE GROUPS TOGETHER. AND JUST AS THE COUNCIL WAS MENTIONING, IF YOU GUYS WANTED TO GO OUT TO THE THE CITY PARKS AND THROW A BASEBALL AROUND OR KICK A SOCCER BALL AFTER THAT, NOW YOU FINALLY HAVE THAT SPACE WHERE YOU CAN MEET THOSE PEOPLE THAT YOU CAN GO AND USE OUR CITY FACILITIES. SPEAKING OF THOSE CITY FACILITIES, WE HAVE A FIX IT REQUEST ON THE WEBSITE THAT YOU CAN DO. YOU CAN SEND PICTURES AND TIMES AND THINGS LIKE THAT. I SUGGEST THAT WE HAVE SOME MORE FOLLOW UP, MAYBE GETTING INTO SOME KIND OF AN INTERACTIVE MODE WHERE WE CAN SEE THE PROGRESS OF THAT. I WOULD URGE YOU TO LOOK AT LAS VEGAS. I BELIEVE THEY HAD AN [00:15:02] APP THAT THEY CREATED FOR THEIR CITY THAT DOES EXACTLY THAT, GETS THEM IN TOUCH, LETS THEM KNOW THEY'VE BEEN HEARD AND WHAT THE PROCESSING TIME IS LOOKING AT. ONE OF THE BIGGEST CONCERNS IS RIGHT OVER THERE OFF OF THE WALKWAY AT THE END OF OUR TREE WALK AND OUR BIKING LANE ACROSS FROM THE CONTAINER PARK. THAT WALKWAY IS NOT WORKING. THE LIGHTS ARE NOT ON, AND I PERSONALLY AM A BICYCLIST, SO THAT'S THE SIDE OF THE STREET THAT I'M SUPPOSED TO BE TRAVELING ON TO GET, YOU KNOW, BACK AND FORTH. ALSO BY THAT ONE BIG FACILITY. IT'S A LITTLE DARK AND IT'S A LITTLE GLOOMY. IT'S A LITTLE SCARY AFTER THAT FIRE. I KNOW THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE OUR RESILIENCE CENTER AND, YOU KNOW, TRANSPORTATION HUB, BUT IN THE MEANTIME, GET US SOME LIGHTS, DO SOMETHING TO HELP US AND LET'S BE ABLE TO HAVE SOME MORE INTERACTION WITH THAT WITH THE COMMUNITY. THERE'S JUST A BIG BLACK BAG ON THAT SIGN. WHEREAS IT COULD HAVE BEEN A POSTED TIME, HEY, WE'VE SEEN THIS. WE'RE GOING TO FIX IT. IT'S GOING TO BE HERE IN THREE DAYS BECAUSE IT'S ON BACK ORDER. JUST LET US KNOW. INSTEAD OF JUST PUSHING A BUTTON THAT DOESN'T WORK AND THEN HAVING TO RUN ACROSS THE STREET AND HOPE YOU DON'T GET RUN OVER. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. ASHBY. HELLO, MY NAME IS ASH. I WAS RAISED HERE IN COACHELLA AND I'M A MEMBER OF THE VIVA LA CAUSA COLLECTIVE, WHICH IS A GRASSROOTS COLLECTIVE OF WOMEN, FEMMES AND QUEER FOLKS RAISED AND LIVING IN THE CITY OF COACHELLA, INDIO AND UNINCORPORATED COMMUNITIES OF MECCA AND THERMAL. WE'VE BEEN ORGANIZING AGAINST THE DATA CENTERS SINCE APRIL. OUR DEMANDS HAVE BEEN UNWAVERING FROM THE START. A PERMANENT BAN ON DATA CENTERS AND THE TERMINATION OF THE AGREEMENT WITH STRONGHOLD POWER. I WANT TO THANK THE COMMUNITY WITH THIS TIME. EVERY SINGLE PERSON, THE ENTIRE FAMILIES WHO HAVE COME OUT TO PROTECT OUR HOME, THE LAND AND OUR FUTURE. TO EVERY PERSON WHO HELPED US. DISTRIBUTED FLIERS GO DOOR TO DOOR, SPEAK WITH LOCAL BUSINESSES AND COMMUNITY GROUPS. TO ALL THE PEOPLE WHO COURAGEOUSLY COME OUT TO THESE CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS, MOST FOR THE FIRST TIME IN THEIR LIVES, AND SOME EVEN STAYING UNTIL ONE IN THE MORNING. WE'VE SEEN GREAT ACTS OF LOVE FROM ARTISTS SHARING THEIR SKILLS AND RESOURCES FOR THE CAUSE, TO FOLKS BRINGING AGUAS FRESCAS FOOD T-SHIRTS TO SHARE WITH THE COMMUNITY. ALL FOR FREE. WE ARE COACHELLA. WE ARE THE POWER. WHILE WE ARE NEARING WHAT I HOPE TO BE THE SUCCESSFUL ATTAINMENT OF ALL OUR DEMANDS, I WANT TO MAKE IT INCREDIBLY CLEAR THAT THE FAR. THE FIGHT IS FAR FROM OVER. UNJUST AND UNACCEPTABLE REALITIES REMAIN. THE TRAILER HOME PARK, DIRECTLY ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE FORMERLY PROPOSED DATA CENTERS, HAS CONTAMINATED WATER, NO PAVED ROADS OR SIDEWALKS, AND ON AVERAGE, ONCE A MONTH EVERY SUMMER, THEIR POWER GOES OUT. WE KNOW THIS FROM DOING DOOR TO DOOR AND SPEAKING DIRECTLY TO THEM. ONE RESIDENT SHARED THAT ONE SUMMER WHILE SHE WAS PREGNANT, THE POWER WENT OUT, FORCING HER TO SIT OUTSIDE IN EXTREME HEAT TO TRY AND REMAIN COOL. ANOTHER RESIDENT SHARED THAT SHE HAD COME TO THE CITY BEFORE TO TRY TO DEMAND SUPPORT, BUT ULTIMATELY NOTHING HAPPENED AND SHE FEELS NOTHING WILL EVER CHANGE. THESE ARE EXISTING CONDITIONS THROUGHOUT THE MAJORITY OF THE EASTERN COACHELLA VALLEY, AND IT EXISTS HERE IN THE CITY OF COACHELLA. THE CITY HAS POWER AND AUTHORITY TO FIND AND IMPLEMENT SOLUTIONS. RATHER THAN FOCUSING ON DEVELOPMENT THAT EXTRACTS, EXPLOITS AND FURTHER HARMS OUR COMMUNITY FOR THE SAKE OF PROFITS, WE NEVER SEE THE PROMISES OF COMMUNITY. BENEFITS MADE BY DEVELOPERS ARE MERE TALKING POINTS MADE TO SELL US THEIR PLANS. WE KNOW THEY ARE LIES AND REFUSE TO BUY ANY OF IT. MAY THIS BE A FAIR WARNING. WE WILL NOT BE SOLD. WE WILL NOT ALLOW ANY PROJECT THAT EXPLOITS, HARMS OR THREATENS OUR COMMUNITY, RESOURCES OR FUTURE. WE WILL NOT ALLOW PROJECTS THAT WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE THE COST OF LIVING AND GENTRIFY OUR HOME. LA LUCHA SIGUE IN SOLIDARITY WITH EVERY COMMUNITY THAT FIGHTS TO PROTECT THEIR HOME FROM PALESTINE TO COACHELLA. VIVA LA CAUSA! THOSE WERE ALL THE THE PUBLIC COMMENTS AND FOR NON-AGENDA ITEMS I HAVE YOURS IS WILL YOU HAVE CONSENT? OH, SORRY, YOU ALREADY SPOKE ON THIS ONE. NO, I DID, AND THAT WAS FOR A CLOSED SESSION. THIS ONE. I'M SORRY. THIS ONE WAS FOR CLOSED SESSION. NO I HAVEN'T. NO, THIS IS FOR. THAT'S WHAT I WROTE FOR WHAT I UNDERSTOOD MY COMMENTS ABOUT. YEAH. OKAY. GO AHEAD, GO AHEAD, GO AHEAD. WE JUST FILLED OUT PAPER AFTERWARDS. HI, THIS IS FRANCISCO MOLINA. VERY QUICKLY AS AS A CANDIDATE FOR MAYOR OF THE CITY OF COACHELLA, I JUST [00:20:07] WANTED TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT JAMES WAS TALKING ABOUT EARLIER. THAT IS ONE OF THE BIG THINGS THAT I WANT TO INVEST IN COMMUNITY BUILDING. I SAW A FILM CALLED JOIN OR DIE. THE THESIS AND THE BASIC PREMISE OF THE OF THE OF THE MOVIE IS CORRUPT CITIES FAIL, CORRUPT SOCIETIES FAIL, CEASE TO EXIST. AND, YOU KNOW, NON-CORRUPT SOCIETIES PROSPER AND THE, THE, THE DETERMINING FACTOR OF WHAT PROSPER IS, OF WHAT DRIVES PROSPERITY IS COMMUNITY. AND SO I THINK WE SHOULD BE HEAVILY INVOLVED, HEAVILY INVESTING IN HELPING BUILD OUR COMMUNITY. THAT WAY WE CAN START FORMING LIKE COMMITTEES, GET PEOPLE INVOLVED IN GOVERNMENT, GET PEOPLE TALKING. YOU KNOW, IF SOMEBODY DOES SOMETHING BAD AND THEY'RE PART OF TEN DIFFERENT GROUPS, EVERYBODY'S GOING TO FIND OUT, YOU KNOW, SOMEBODY'S RUNNING FOR MAYOR AND THEY FIND OUT THAT THEY DID THIS AND THAT NOBODY'S GOING TO VOTE FOR THAT PERSON. SO YEAH, VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE INVEST IN COMMUNITY. NOW, MY OTHER THING THAT I WANT TO TALK ABOUT AS A CONCERNED RESIDENT IS THAT I WANT TO TALK ABOUT HOW THE CITY SPENDS MONEY AND SPECIFICALLY ABOUT WHERE THE SPENDING DECISIONS ACTUALLY HAPPEN. ON JULY 22ND, THIS COUNCIL APPROVED A VOUCHER LISTING OF $2,624,197.22. IT WAS ITEM FIVE ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR. IT WAS APPROVED SIMULTANEOUSLY WITH 14 OTHER ITEMS IN A SINGLE MOTION. THERE WAS NO DISCUSSION OF IT. THAT IS, IN THE MINUTES IN TONIGHT'S PACKET. THAT SAME NIGHT, THIS COUNCIL APPROVED $96,000 TO WILLDAN FINANCIAL SERVICES UNDER A BEST INTEREST OF THE CITY JUSTIFICATION, WHICH MEANS IT DID NOT GO OUT TO COMPETITIVE BID AND APPROVED $120,000 TO GRANICUS. ON FEBRUARY 11TH OF THIS YEAR. THIS COUNCIL APPROVED A 20 YEAR MUNICIPAL UTILITY DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR. FIVE TO NOTHING. NO INDIVIDUAL DISCUSSION. I AM NOT SAYING ANY OF THOSE DECISIONS WERE WRONG. I AM SAYING RESIDENTS CANNOT TELL BECAUSE THE MECHANISM THAT MOVES THE MOST MONEY THROUGH THE CITY IS THE MECHANISM DESIGNED FOR ITEMS THAT REQUIRE NO DELIBERATION. SO I'M ASKING FOR THREE THINGS. FIRST, THAT VOUCHER LISTINGS BE ACCOMPANIED BY A SUMMARY IDENTIFYING THE LARGEST PAYMENTS AND THEIR PURPOSE. SO A RESIDENT CAN READ ONE PAGE INSTEAD OF 102ND. THAT THIS CITY, THAT THIS COUNCIL RECEIVE AND DISCUSS A BUDGET TO ACTUAL REPORT IN OPEN SESSION, NOT ON CONSENT, WHAT WAS APPROPRIATED, WHAT HAS BEEN SPENT AND WHAT REMAINS. QUARTERLY REPORTS WENT THROUGH ON CONSENT ON JULY 22ND. RECEIVING IS NOT REVIEWING. THIRD, THAT ANY CONTRACT AWARDED WITHOUT COMPETITIVE BIDDING BE PULLED FROM CONSENT AND TAKEN UP AS A SEPARATE ITEM WITH THE. WITH THE JUSTIFICATION STATED ON THE RECORD, THIS IS OUR MONEY. WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO FIND OUT WHAT IT'S DOING WITHOUT FILING A PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST. I'D ASK A MEMBER OF THIS COUNCIL TO PLACE THESE ON A FUTURE AGENDA. THANK YOU. AND LIKE I SAID, I WANT TO SCRUTINIZE EVERY SINGLE DOLLAR THAT'S BEING SPENT. WE HAVE A SURPLUS. I'M SURPRISED OF ABOUT $700,000. THAT'S A LAWSUIT AND LIKE FIVE AUDITS WAITING TO HAPPEN. AND THAT IS GONE. SO WE SHOULDN'T BE SPENDING IF WE DON'T NEED TO, RIGHT? WE SHOULDN'T BE GIVING OUT CONTRACTS TO PONZI SCHEMES IF WE DON'T NEED TO. RIGHT. WE SHOULDN'T BE GIVING OUT CONTRACTS TO, YOU KNOW, CONTRACTORS THAT DON'T DO THE WORK. RIGHT. AND I'M NOT MAKING CLAIMS ABOUT ANYTHING. I'M JUST SAYING WE NEED TO BE DILIGENT ABOUT WHO WE GIVE OUR MONEY TO. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MR. AND WE DON'T HAVE ANY MORE IN PERSON. RIGHT. NO MORE FOR SPEAKERS ONLINE. WE HAVE ONE HAND RAISED PROMOTING CARLA. IT'S THE DUST STORM. YES. HI, EVERYONE. GOOD EVENING TO EVERYONE. I DO HAVE A FEW THINGS THAT I WANTED TO BRING UP FROM THE LAST MEETING. ONE OF THOSE THINGS WAS DEFINITELY THE AGENDA PACKET. I KNOW I MENTIONED THAT I WAS SHOCKED AT HOW BIG AND THICK THAT PACKET WAS. I WAS THINKING OF PRINTING IT. IT WAS WAY TOO MUCH. I DIDN'T GET TO READ EVERYTHING AND I STARTED EARLY ON THIS, SO I'M PRETTY SURE THAT NOT EVERYBODY HERE GOT A CHANCE TO READ EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE GOING THROUGH, BECAUSE THERE WAS SO MUCH THAT WAS ONE OF MY THINGS THAT I MENTIONED. SO JUST TO BE CAUTIOUS ABOUT HOW LONG THE AGENDA IS AND WHAT TYPE OF ITEMS ARE PUT OUT THERE, IF THERE'S SOME THAT WE CAN PUT FOR THE NEXT MEETING, OR IF WE NEED A SPECIAL MEETING FOR THAT, THEN LET'S GO AHEAD AND DO THAT. ANOTHER THING THAT I HAD IN MIND WAS ALSO TALKING ABOUT HAVING THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT DO A REPORT OUT. I HAVE SEEN THAT AT OTHER MEETINGS, AND I THINK THAT SINCE WE'RE PAYING, WE'RE INVESTING IN THIS SAFETY, THEN I WOULD EXPECT THEM TO ALSO BRING US BACK AT LEAST A REPORT OF NUMBERS LIKE, OH, THERE WERE SO MANY ARRESTS. IT WAS FOR THIS. IT WAS FOR THAT WE WERE SUCCESSFUL IN THIS OR THAT. I WANT TO BE ABLE TO SEE SOMETHING SUBSTANTIAL FROM THEM. WE ARE SPENDING SO MUCH, AND SOMETIMES WE DON'T KNOW WHAT GOES TO WHAT. THERE'S A LOT OF HEARSAY OF OVERTIME AND THINGS LIKE THAT. WELL, LET'S TALK ABOUT IT. LET'S FIND OUT WHAT WE CAN DO TO MAKE SURE THAT [00:25:02] WE'RE USING THE MONEY WHERE IT NEEDS TO BE. AND IF WE DON'T NEED THIS SERVICE, IF THIS SERVICE IS NOT REALLY GIVING US WHAT WE NEED, THEN WE SHOULD GET RID OF IT. AND WE SHOULD THINK OF OTHER OPTIONS. THERE'S GREAT OPTIONS OUT THERE. I'M SURE THAT THERE'S BETTER THINGS LIKE HAVING SOMEBODY THAT IS PROFESSIONAL IN REGARDS TO LIKE MENTAL HEALTH MIGHT BE ABLE TO DE-ESCALATE SITUATIONS BETTER THAN A POLICE OFFICER. SO THAT'S JUST THINGS THAT I WANT TO PUT OUT THERE THAT WE CAN CONSIDER. ANOTHER THING THAT I WANTED TO SAY ALSO WAS THE CONVERSATION THAT WE HAD ABOUT NEPOTISM. I KNOW THAT IT WAS CLEARLY STATED FOR LIKE EMPLOYEES FOR THE CITY. HOWEVER, I DID MENTION IN THE LAST MEETING THAT I WOULD LOVE FOR THAT TO BE EXPANDED OUT TO ALSO THE PLANNING COMMISSION'S. I DID NOT KNOW, AND CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, BUT ONE OF THE COMMISSION MEMBERS IS ALSO AN EMPLOYEE WITH THE CITY, WHICH I WOULD PREFER TO HAVE THAT PERSON BE ATTACHED TO IT, NOT AS A COMMISSIONER, BUT MORE AS AS PART OF THEIR WORK. I THINK A COMMISSIONER SHOULD BE LEFT TO SOMEBODY THAT IS IN THE CITY, SOMEBODY THAT CAN GIVE THEIR INPUT, THAT THEY CAN LEARN, THAT THEY CAN DO THEIR CIVIC INVOLVEMENT. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO PROVIDE THOSE OPPORTUNITIES TO OUR CITY MEMBERS. I UNDERSTAND THAT WE'RE KIND OF OPEN, AND WE TRY TO LIKE PROVIDE OTHER OPPORTUNITIES TO OTHERS IN THE NEARBY COMMUNITIES. BUT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE HERE MAKE THOSE DECISIONS FOR EVERYBODY ELSE. I THINK IT'S VITAL FOR US TO KEEP IN MIND THAT WHEN WE'RE ALLOWING THE SAME PEOPLE TO BE IN THE SAME POSITIONS OVER AND OVER AGAIN, WE'RE NOT SEEING CHANGE. MATTER OF FACT, WE'RE SEEING A LOT OF THINGS DECLINE. SO JUST KEEP IN MIND THOSE TYPE OF THINGS. ANOTHER THING THAT I REALLY BRIEFLY WANT TO MENTION IS JUST THAT WE NEED TO CONSIDER HAVING TERM LIMITS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MAYOR. JUST A POINT OF CLARIFICATION. JUST TO NOTE THAT EMPLOYEES CANNOT BE COMMISSIONERS AND COMMISSIONERS CANNOT BE EMPLOYEES. SO THAT IS ONE OF SOMETHING I WANTED TO CLARIFY FOR THE RECORD. THANK YOU VERY MUCH THAT WE'LL MOVE ON. THERE'S NO MORE PUBLIC COMMENTS. IS THERE ANOTHER HAND OR ANYTHING? NO OTHER HANDS RAISED, ANOTHER HAND. OKAY. NO OTHER HANDS. OKAY. WITH THAT, WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE CONSENT CALENDAR. IF THERE. OH, YEAH. SO SO THE WE ALL GOT THIS NOTIFICATION ABOUT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. DID THE DUST STORM. I KNOW THERE'S SOME FOLKS OUTSIDE. IF YOU DO HAVE THE DUST STORM DOES HIT OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU COME INSIDE TO FOR SAFETY PURPOSES, BECAUSE IT DOES SEEM LIKE IT WOULD LOWER VISIBILITY AND IT CAN CAUSE FOR ANYONE WITH ASTHMA OR ANY ALLERGY ATTACKS FOR THEIR SAFETY. PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU COME INSIDE THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS AND WE'LL ACCOMMODATE. THANK YOU. WITH THAT. OF COURSE, WITH THAT, WE'LL MOVE ON TO CONSENT CALENDAR ITEMS FOUR THROUGH. EXCUSE ME. WE HAVE THE WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS. OH, YEAH. SORRY [Written Communications] I JUMPED THROUGH THAT ONE. THANK YOU. THERE'S NO WE HAVE NO PROCLAMATIONS. AND THEN WE HAVE WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS. I'LL GO THROUGH THE LIST OF NAMES OF THOSE WHO SUBMITTED WRITTEN PUBLIC COMMENTS. ZAHID AHMED, NIKKI GOAD. RONALD. FINLEY, EILEEN ARE ORTIZ, LORETTA. PEREZ. GEORGINA VILLANUEVA, MARIA. REESE. CAITLYN. CAITLYN. WOMACK. ODALYS. RANGEL. ALMA. BAUTISTA. ROMAN. LOPEZ. CRYSTAL. ORTWERTH. JENNIFER. PEREZ. JOANNE. LLAMAS, CONSUELO. VARGAS, M. RAMOS. FRIA. CAMILA. GUILLERMO. ROJO. JUNIOR. HUGO. MORALES, JESSICA. ROJO. PEREZ, SAMUEL. GONZALEZ, ANA. ROSA, GABRIELA. ARMENTA, DOUGLAS. CALDERON, MARIA. LUISA. RODRIGUEZ, MIGUEL. RODRIGUEZ, LAURA JUAREZ, BRENDA ORTIZ, REBECCA. ZARAGOZA, KARINA. VILLA, BILAL. PANDO. JESSICA. CARDENAS, MALDONADO, CARLA. ROCHA, SIERRA. SANTILLAN, PEYTON. THOMAS, RHODA. CHETTY, CELESTE. VILLANUEVA, EMILY. LOPEZ, JOSEF. MARTINEZ, IVANA. URIARTE, ELIZABETH. LEMUS, AUNTY. EDITH. CABREROS, ALMA. BAUTISTA, JASMINE. IBARRA, NATHAN. HENDRIX, LILLIAN. GUZMAN, BRIAN. WILCOX, CRYSTAL ORTWERTH, SHEILA. TAYLOR. OZIEL. KASSIAN, MICHAEL. REED, CLAUDIA. ARMENTA, MARIA. IDALIA. ROJO, CHARLOTTE. HECHT, LISSETTE. ZENDEJAS, JOCELYN REYES, PATRICK. LUCERO. CELESTE. CELESTE. TAPIA, KAYLIE. DEANDA. [00:30:02] GUADALUPE. MANRIQUEZ, GERARDO G. CECILIA. LEMUS. ADRIANA. RIVERA. REYES. RIVERA. OLIVIA. RODRIGUEZ. VANESSA. HERNANDEZ, ANGIE. CHUA, VANESSA. MORENO, CJ WHITE, RUTH. GARCIA. AND THAT IS ALL. AND THEY WERE ALL IN SUPPORT OF ITEM 11. OKAY. THANK YOU FOR THOSE. AND THANK [Consent Calendar] YOU FOR THOSE THAT MADE THE COMMENTS FOR THE WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS AT THIS TIME. WE'LL MOVE ON TO CONSENT CALENDAR. IT IS RECOMMENDED CONSENT ITEMS BE ACTED UPON SIMULTANEOUSLY UNLESS SEPARATE DISCUSSION OR ACTION IS REQUESTED BY A COUNCIL MEMBER. DOES ANY COUNCIL MEMBER WANT TO PUT ANY AGENDA ITEMS FROM THE CONSENT CALENDAR FOR SEPARATE DISCUSSION? AND IF NONE, IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ANY OF THE CONSENT CALENDAR, I HAVE FRANCISCO MOLINA FOR ITEMS FOUR, SEVEN AND TEN UNDER CONSENT. I THINK HE LEFT. MAYOR. OKAY. WE'LL MOVE ON TO LORETTA PEREZ FOR ITEM TEN UNDER CONSENT. ALL THE OTHERS ARE FOR ITEM 11. DO YOU HAVE AN ITEM? YEAH. GOOD EVENING AGAIN, COUNCIL. SO THIS IS JUST FOR ALL OF THE CONSENT ITEMS, ALL AS ONE KIND OF A GROUP. WE HAVE AGAIN FOR THE CONSENT CALENDAR, SOME SOME ITEMS THAT WE CAN EITHER PUT INTO SPECIAL MEETING LIKE SHE WAS MENTIONING, OR WE CAN DEFINITELY MAKE SURE THAT WHEN WE HAVE SO MANY OF THESE COMMUNITY BASED GRANTS THAT AS WE DID INSTRUCT OUR STAFF, YOU KNOW, LAST TIME AROUND, I'M SURE THERE HAVE BEEN DILIGENTLY WORKING ON THAT TO TRY TO FIND HOW WE CAN CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THESE TYPES OF COMMUNITY BASED GRANTS. ONCE THOSE GRANT FUNDS THAT HAVE BEEN EARMARKED FOR THE YEAR BUDGET HAVE BEEN COMPLETED, BECAUSE WE'VE HAD SO MANY APPLICANTS AND SO MANY OF THESE MENTIONABLE TYPES OF PROGRAMS THAT NEED TO USE, FACILITIES, THAT NEED TO GET EQUIPMENT, THAT NEED TO TRY TO JUST AS A GRASSROOTS ORGANIZATION, BEGIN TO EXPAND. AND GRASSROOTS ARE CALLED GRASSROOTS BECAUSE IT'S SO EASY TO BE MOWED DOWN RIGHT AS WE ARE BEGINNING, IT TAKES TIME TO REALLY ESTABLISH AND GET THAT FULL HEIGHT. AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR. WE NEED A LUSH, GREEN TYPE OF GRASSROOTS ORGANIZATIONS, NOT THE TINY LITTLE ONES THAT ARE SPRAYED DOWN RIGHT AT THE BEGINNING. SO THERE ARE A LOT OF THOSE THAT ARE HERE ON THIS CONSENT CALENDAR THAT ARE NOTABLE AND VERY MUCH DESERVE SUPPORT. AND I'M SURE THERE WILL BE MANY MORE THAT COME BACK ONTO THE CALENDAR AGAIN. SO LET'S FOCUS ON THAT AS WELL. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. WE HAVE ONE HAND RAISED. OKAY. WE'LL TAKE THE ONE FROM ONLINE. OKAY. PROMOTING CC. IS YOUR ONE. HI GUYS. THERE IS A DUST STORM OUTSIDE. SO WE ALL RAN OVER HERE. GO AHEAD. OKAY. OUR CITY NEEDS THIS BAN, BUT THEY DESERVE A COMPLETED AND CONCRETE ORDINANCE THAT PROTECTS THE FUTURE OF OUR CITY FROM INDIVIDUALS THAT CAN COME IN UNDER FALSE PRETENSES AND OVERTURN IT. THE UNDERSTANDING OF. CAN YOU HEAR ME? YEAH. REAL QUICK. YEAH. GO AHEAD. PUBLIC COMMENT FOR YOUR CONSENT ITEM. YOU WANTED TO SPEAK ON ONE OF THE CONSENT ITEMS ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR ITEMS. I'M SO SORRY. NO, SORRY. OKAY. SO FOR THE CONSENT ITEMS, I HAD A QUESTION ABOUT THE GRANTS EXACTLY HOW WE ARE GOING TO HAVE THE DISTRIBUTION OF IT. BECAUSE THERE IS A LOT OF ADAPTIVE SPORTS THAT'S ALREADY HAPPENING RIGHT NOW. AND WE WERE KIND OF CURIOUS TO KNOW WITH THE SPECIFIC GRANT, HOW FAST THE REIMBURSEMENT IS A REIMBURSEMENT GRANT, OR IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT CAN BE HANDED TO THE NONPROFITS AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. YEAH, WE'LL HAVE OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR ADDRESS THAT RIGHT NOW. OKAY. YES. GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU FOR YOUR IMPORTANT QUESTIONS. SO IT IS A REIMBURSEMENT GRANT. AND SO IF YOU WOULD KINDLY START SUBMITTING TO MISS MARY RODRIGUEZ, JUST SOME OF THE EXPENSES YOU'VE HAD, AND THEN WE WILL DEFINITELY REQUEST A CHECK RIGHT AWAY. I THINK ONCE IT'S APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL, WILL PROCESS THE MEETING MINUTES AND ATTACH IT TO THE CHECK REQUEST. BUT YOU'RE MORE THAN WELCOME TO [00:35:03] BEGIN SUBMITTING JUST AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. OKAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. SELENA. THANK YOU. AND THEN, MR. MOLINA, YOU HAVE YOU ALSO HAVE COMMENTS FOR PUBLIC FOR CONSENT CALENDAR. YES, SIR. WHICH ONE ARE WE ON RIGHT NOW? YOU CAN GO FOR WHICH ONES DO YOU ARE YOU DOING FOR CONSENT FOR SEVEN AND TEN. YEAH. SO THIS IS SEVEN THROUGH TEN. YEAH OH FOUR THROUGH TEN. FOUR THROUGH TEN. YEAH. OKAY. I'M JUST GONNA GO AHEAD AND DO ALL OF THEM THEN BECAUSE IT LOOKS LIKE THEY'RE ALL BUNCHED UP TOGETHER. SO. ALL RIGHT. THIS IS FRANCISCO MOLINA, RESIDENT. I'M TALKING ABOUT A FOUR THROUGH TEN FOR ITEM FOUR, SPECIFICALLY THE JULY 22ND REGULAR MINUTES UNDER ITEM 24 FIELD USE FEES. THE RECORDED MOTION IS A VERBATIM DUPLICATE OF THE ITEM 23 PAY IT MOTION. THE MINUTES DO NOT RECORD WHAT THIS COUNCIL ACTUALLY VOTED ON OR FOR FIELD USE FEES. PLEASE PULL AND CORRECT ITEM FOUR BEFORE ADOPTION. ONCE APPROVED, THIS BECOMES A PERMANENT OFFICIAL RECORD. ITEM SEVEN THROUGH TEN. THE FOUR COMMUNITY BASED GRANTS. I SUPPORT ALL FOUR, BUT THE FOUR STAFF REPORT STAY FOR DIFFERENT REMAINING BALANCES FOR THE SAME ACCOUNT 14,000, 10,000, 9012 THOUSAND. THESE ARE BEING ACTED ON SIMULTANEOUSLY. READ AS A SEQUENCE. THOSE FOUR NUMBERS IMPLY SIX $1,000 REDUCTIONS, NOT FOUR, MEANING $2,000 IS UNACCOUNTED FOR. IN TONIGHT'S PACKET, I'D ASKED STAFF TO STATE THE ACTUAL APPROPRIATION FOR THIS PROGRAM AND THE ADOPTED FY 2627 BUDGET, AND THE ACTUAL CURRENT BALANCE. TWO RELATED NOTES. ITEM TEN REQUESTS A WAIVER OF PARKS AND RECREATION FEES IN THE STAFF REPORT DOES NOT ADDRESS WHETHER THE THE WAIVER OR ITS COSTS. SO THE FISCAL IMPACT OF ITEM TEN IS NOT FULLY STATED, AND ITEM EIGHT, THE APPLICANT'S EXPENSE BUDGET LISTS PERSONNEL AS N A, BUT TOTALS $277,500, A FIGURE THAT ONLY RECONCILES IF YOU ADD BACK THE 606,000 IN PERSONNEL LISTED AS NOT APPLICABLE. ITEM SIX WELL, 20 THE STAFF REPORT SAYS THAT THE CIP BUDGET WAS 3,070,000, AND THE PROJECT CAME IN AT 2,747,000. THAT'S THE $322,000 UNDER BUDGET. AND I WANT TO SAY PLAINLY, THAT'S GOOD WORK AND STAFF SHOULD GET CREDIT FOR IT. MY QUESTIONS ARE WHAT HAPPENS NEXT? WHERE DOES THE 327,000 GO BACK TO CIP RESERVE OR REALLOCATED? HAS THE $750,000 PROPOSITION ONE REIMBURSEMENT ACTUALLY BEEN RECEIVED, OR IS IT STILL ANTICIPATED? AND THIS IS PHASE ONE, WHAT IS PHASE TWO PROJECTED TO COST AND IS IT IN THE ADOPTED BUDGET? ONE LAST THING. THE NOTICE OF COMPLETION ATTACHED TO ITEM SIX, WHICH WILL BE RECORDED WITH THE COUNTY NAMES SOUTHWEST PUMP AND DRILLING AS ITS OWN SURETY IN ONE CLAUSE, AND MARKEL INSURANCE AS A SURETY IN THE NEXT. THAT SHOULD BE CLEANED UP BEFORE IT'S RECORDED. THANK YOU. LIKE I SAID, I WANT US TO BE SCRUTINIZING EVERY SINGLE DOLLAR THAT WE SPEND. THAT'S A LOT OF MONEY THAT I JUST TALKED ABOUT FOR LIKE SOME N A, YOU KNOW, WITH THE DOLLAR SIGN FIGURE AND 270 SOMETHING. HOW MUCH WAS IT? LIKE, YOU KNOW WHAT? I DON'T LIKE? I LOOK AT THOSE THINGS AND I'M LIKE SURPRISED, YOU KNOW? LIKE I TRY NOT TO GET ANGRY BECAUSE LIKE, ARE THEY CLERICAL ERRORS OR WHAT IS IT, YOU KNOW, LIKE WHAT IS GOING ON HERE? LIKE I'M LIVING, YOU KNOW, BUT I'VE LIKE, I'VE BEEN ASKED TO CONTROL MY ANGER. AND SO I'M DOING THAT, BUT LIKE, I'M BOILING ON THE INSIDE, YOU KNOW, THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MISS PAULINA. ANY OTHER COMMENTS ON THIS ITEM? THERE'S NO MORE COMMENTS, RIGHT. LORETTA HAD ONE PERSON ON ZOOM. SO THAT'S THE ONE THAT SHE DID ON ZOOM. OKAY. AND THE OTHER ONES ARE FOR ITEM 1111. OKAY. THERE WAS NO MORE ONLINE. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL ON ANY ITEMS? IF NOT, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION. I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS PRESENTED. OKAY. MOTION IS A SECOND. I'LL SECOND. SECOND. OKAY. ROLL CALL PLEASE. COUNCILMEMBER MARTINEZ. AYE. COUNCILMEMBER. COUNCILMEMBER DELGADO YES. MAYOR PRO TEM PEREZ. YES. AND MAYOR DOCTOR FIGUEROA I OKAY WITH THAT. WE'LL MOVE ON TO NEW BUSINESS. THERE IS NO NEW BUSINESS [Public Hearing Calendar (Quasi-Judicial)] CALENDAR ITEMS TO DISCUSS. WE'LL MOVE ON TO PUBLIC HEARING AT THIS TIME. WE'LL INTRODUCE THE INTRODUCTION AND FIRST READING OF ORDINANCE NUMBER 1231, ADDING CHAPTER 17.92 TO TITLE. 17 OF THE OF THE COACHELLA MUNICIPAL CODE TO PROHIBIT DATA CENTER USES WITHIN THE CITY OF COACHELLA. KENDRA. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL. THE ITEM BEFORE YOU THIS EVENING IS ORDINANCE NUMBER 1231, WHICH WOULD ADD CHAPTER 17.92 TO THE COACHELLA MUNICIPAL CODE TO PROHIBIT DATA CENTER USES WITHIN THE CITY OF COACHELLA. TONIGHT, STAFF IS REQUESTING THAT THE CITY COUNCIL CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING AND INTRODUCE THE ORDINANCE FOR FIRST READING. AS AN OVERVIEW, ORDINANCE NUMBER [00:40:03] 1231 WOULD ESTABLISH A NEW CHAPTER OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE ADDRESSING DATA CENTERS. THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE WOULD PROHIBIT DATA CENTERS IN ALL ZONING DISTRICTS WITHIN THE CITY, ESTABLISH APPLICABLE DEFINITIONS AND ENFORCEMENT PROVISIONS, AND IMPLEMENT A LAND USE APPROACH THAT STAFF BELIEVES IS CONSISTENT WITH THE CITY'S LONG TERM PLANNING OBJECTIVES. BUT FIRST, I'D LIKE TO BRIEFLY REVIEW HOW WE ARRIVED AT TONIGHT'S ITEM. ON MAY 27TH, 2026, THE CITY COUNCIL RECEIVED PUBLIC TESTIMONY REGARDING POTENTIAL IMPACTS ASSOCIATED WITH DATA CENTER DEVELOPMENT. ON JUNE 4TH, THE COUNCIL ADOPTED URGENCY ORDINANCE NUMBER 1229, ESTABLISHING A 45 DAY MORATORIUM ON DATA CENTER DEVELOPMENT. ON JULY 8TH, THE COUNCIL ADOPTED URGENCY ORDINANCE NUMBER 1230, EXTENDING THAT MORATORIUM FOR AN ADDITIONAL TEN MONTHS AND 15 DAYS. ON JULY 15TH, THE PLANNING COMMISSION CONSIDERED THE PROPOSED PERMANENT PROHIBITION AND UNANIMOUSLY, UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMENDED APPROVAL OF A CITYWIDE DATA CENTER PROHIBITION TO THE CITY COUNCIL. TONIGHT, AUGUST 12TH. THE PERMANENT ZONING PROHIBITION IS BEFORE THE COUNCIL FOR INTRODUCTION AND FIRST READING. IF INTRODUCED THIS EVENING, THE ORDINANCE IS ANTICIPATED TO RETURN ON AUGUST 26TH FOR SECOND READING AND ADOPTION. DURING THE MORATORIUM PERIOD, STAFF EVALUATED THE POTENTIAL IMPACTS ASSOCIATED WITH DATA CENTERS AND THEIR COMPATIBILITY WITH THE CITY'S LONG TERM OBJECTIVES. BASED UPON THAT REVIEW, STAFF DETERMINED THAT DATA CENTERS ARE NOT COMPATIBLE WITH SEVERAL IMPORTANT CITY PRIORITIES. THOSE INCLUDE THE CITY'S LONG TERM PLANNING OBJECTIVES, INFRASTRUCTURE PLANNING ASSUMPTIONS, PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY AND WELFARE OBJECTIVES, ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY GOALS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PRIORITIES, AND THE OVERALL COMMUNITY VISION. THERE ARE SEVERAL PRIMARY AREAS OF CONCERN. THE FIRST IS WATER RESOURCES. THE SECOND IS ELECTRICAL RESOURCES AND INFRASTRUCTURE. THE THIRD IS PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY. AND FINALLY, THERE ARE LAND USE COMPATIBILITY CONSIDERATIONS. FROM AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STANDPOINT, INDUSTRIAL LAND WITHIN THE CITY IS A LIMITED RESOURCE. STAFF'S REVIEW DETERMINED THAT DATA CENTERS CAN CONSUME SUBSTANTIAL UTILITY AND INFRASTRUCTURE CAPACITY, REQUIRE SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF LAND, AND GENERATE RELATIVELY FEWER PERMANENT JOBS WHEN COMPARED WITH THEIR LAND AND INFRASTRUCTURE DEMANDS. THE CITY'S POLICY OBJECTIVE IS TO PRESERVE ITS INDUSTRIAL LAND AND EMPLOYMENT LANDS FOR USES THAT CAN PROVIDE GREATER JOB CREATION, WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, ECONOMIC DIVERSIFICATION AND BROADER COMMUNITY BENEFITS. STAFF ALSO EVALUATED THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE FOR CONSISTENCY WITH THE CITY'S GENERAL PLAN. THE ORDINANCE SUPPORTS SEVERAL POLICIES WITHIN THE LAND USE ELEMENT, INCLUDING INDUSTRIAL COMPATIBILITY, PROTECTION OF SENSITIVE USES, AND MINIMIZATION OF LAND USE CONFLICTS. IT ALSO SUPPORTS THE CITY'S RESOURCE CONSERVATION OBJECTIVES BY EMPHASIZING WATER PRESERVATION, INFRASTRUCTURE EFFICIENCY, AND ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP. FROM A FISCAL SUSTAINABILITY PERSPECTIVE, THE ORDINANCE SUPPORTS SUFFICIENT GROWTH, RESPONSIBLE INFRASTRUCTURE PLANNING, A DIVERSE TAX BASE, AND LONG TERM LAND USE PLANNING. FOR THESE REASONS, STAFF DETERMINED THAT THE PROPOSED PROHIBITION IS CONSISTENT WITH AND SUPPORTS THE CITY'S GENERAL PLAN POLICIES. THE ORDINANCE ITSELF DOES SEVERAL THINGS. FIRST, IT ESTABLISHES A DEFINITION OF A DATA CENTER. SECOND, IT PROHIBITS DATA CENTERS IN EVERY ZONING DISTRICT WITHIN THE CITY. THIRD, IT PROVIDES AN EXEMPTION FOR INCIDENTAL ACCESSORY SERVER ROOMS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY FACILITIES ASSOCIATED WITH AN OTHERWISE PERMITTED PRINCIPAL USE, AND IT ALSO ESTABLISHES THE CITY'S AUTHORITY TO ENFORCE THE PROVISIONS OF THE ORDINANCE. FOLLOWING PUBLICATION OF THE STAFF REPORT, WE REVIEWED THE PUBLIC COMMENTS, RECEIVED AND NOTICED SEVERAL RECURRING THEMES AND CONCERNS REGARDING THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE. IN RESPONSE AND IN CONSULTATION WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, WE MADE SEVERAL REVISIONS INTENDED TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL CLARITY AND ADDRESS THOSE CONCERNS WHILE MAINTAINING THE ORDINANCES. OVERALL PURPOSE OF PROHIBITING DATA CENTER USES WITHIN THE CITY. THOSE RED LINES TO THE ORDINANCE HAVE BEEN PROVIDED TO YOU ALL, AND THEY'RE ALSO AVAILABLE FOR THE PUBLIC TO REVIEW UPON REQUEST. SO NEXT TO GO OVER THESE CHANGES, THE FIRST IS THE ADDITION OF NEW SECTION FIVE CONSTRUCTION. THIS SECTION PROVIDES THAT THE ORDINANCE IS TO BE BROADLY CONSTRUED IN A MANNER THAT ACHIEVES THE PURPOSES STATED IN THE ORDINANCE. IN PRACTICAL TERMS, THE PROVISION EXPRESSES THE COUNCIL'S INTENT THAT THE ORDINANCE BE INTERPRETED AND IMPLEMENTED IN A MANNER THAT FACILITATES ITS STATED PURPOSE. A NEW SECTION SIX CONFLICTS WAS ALSO ADDED. THIS SECTION PROVIDES THAT IF THERE IS A CONFLICT BETWEEN THIS ORDINANCE AND ANOTHER PROVISION OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE, ANOTHER ORDINANCE OR RESOLUTION, THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ORDINANCE WILL GOVERN. THE SECTION ALSO AUTHORIZES THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR OR DESIGNEE, TO RESOLVE AMBIGUITIES IN THE MANNER PROVIDED BY THE MUNICIPAL CODE. FINALLY, IT AUTHORIZES THE CITY MANAGER AND CITY ATTORNEY TO TAKE REASONABLE ACTIONS NECESSARY TO IMPLEMENT THE ORDINANCE AND THE PROHIBITION ON DATA CENTERS. ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE HAS ALSO BEEN PROPOSED TO FURTHER DEFINE AND CLARIFY THE EXEMPTION SECTION CONTAINED IN SECTION 17.92.040. THE ORDINANCE NOW PROVIDES A MORE SPECIFIC DEFINITION OF AN ACCESSORY ROOM, ACCESSORY, SERVER ROOM, DATA PROCESSING [00:45:02] EQUIPMENT OR INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY FACILITY. AND AGAIN, THIS DEFINITION THAT WOULD BE IN THE ORDINANCE AND INCLUDED IN THE RED LINES IS LISTED ON THIS SLIDE. THE THE DEFINITION INCLUDES ACCESSORY SPACES CONTAINING COMPUTER SERVERS, DATA STORAGE EQUIPMENT, NETWORK SWITCHING EQUIPMENT, TELECOMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT, AND SUPPORTING EQUIPMENT SUCH AS COOLING, ELECTRICAL BACKUP, POWER AND SECURITY SYSTEMS. THE INTENT OF THIS CLARIFICATION IS TO MORE CLEARLY DESCRIBE THE TYPES OF ACCESSORY INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY FACILITIES THAT MAY REMAIN ASSOCIATED WITH OTHERWISE WITH AN OTHERWISE PERMITTED PRINCIPAL USE, SO WOULD HAVE TO BE PERMITTED ALONGSIDE A PRINCIPAL USE. THE FINAL REVISION RELATES TO SEQUA. ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE HAS BEEN ADDED CONFIRMING THAT PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 8.24 OF THE COACHELLA MUNICIPAL CODE, PERMITTED PROJECTS WITHIN THE CITY REMAIN SUBJECT TO ALL APPLICABLE PROCEDURAL AND STATUTORY REQUIREMENTS OF THE SEQUEL GUIDELINES. THIS LANGUAGE PROVIDES ADDITIONAL CLARIFICATION REGARDING THE CITY'S CONTINUING SEQUEL OBLIGATIONS FOR PROJECTS THAT ARE OTHERWISE PERMITTED WITHIN THE CITY. WITH THAT, STAFF RECOMMENDS THAT THE CITY COUNCIL TAKE THE FOLLOWING ACTIONS. FIRST, CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING. SECOND, INTRODUCE ORDINANCE NUMBER 1231 FOR FIRST READING BY TITLE ONLY AND WAIT FOR THE READING. THE ORDINANCE WOULD ADD CHAPTER 17.92 TO TITLE 17 OF THE COACHELLA MUNICIPAL CODE TO PROHIBIT DATA CENTER USES WITHIN THE CITY. AND THIRD, DIRECT STAFF TO RETURN FOR SECOND READING AND ADOPTION OF THE ORDINANCE. THAT CONCLUDES STAFF'S PRESENTATION. STAFF IN THE CITY ATTORNEY ARE AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT THE COUNCIL MAY HAVE. OKAY. THANK YOU FOR THE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THIS PRESENTATION? IF NOT, WE'LL TURN TO THE PUBLIC HEARING. I'M GOING TO INTRODUCE. ITEM NUMBER 11 IS AN INTRODUCTION AND FIRST READING OF ORDINANCE NUMBER 1231, ADDING CHAPTER 17.92 TO THE TITLE 17 OF THE COACHELLA MUNICIPAL CODE TO PROHIBIT DATA CENTER USES WITHIN THE CITY OF COACHELLA. AND SO I'LL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 6:42 P.M. LET ME START WITH THE FIRST PUBLIC COMMENT ON THAT DATA CENTER FROM LORETTA PEREZ. I THINK SHE WAS ON THERE ON ZOOM, I THINK, FROM THE OTHER SIDE. OKAY. MARIELLA LUERA. GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL MEMBERS, STAFF, COMMUNITY. MY NAME IS MARIA. I'M A POLICY MANAGER WITH LEADERSHIP COUNCIL FOR JUSTICE AND ACCOUNTABILITY. I HAD A VERY LONG COMMENT TODAY EMPHASIZING SOME OF THE COMMENTS THAT WE MADE IN WRITING. BUT YOU ALL MADE ALL THE EDITS THAT WE ASKED FOR. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT. SO I'LL JUST START BY SAYING THAT I DO WANT TO COMMEND ALL OF THE COMMUNITY RESIDENTS WHO HAVE INVESTED A LOT OF MONTHS AND TIME AND ENERGY AND EFFORT, EMPHASIZING THEIR CONCERNS AND PRIORITIES, AND MAKING THAT ABUNDANTLY CLEAR TO YOU ALL. ON THEIR STANCE ON DATA CENTERS. I ALSO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE CITY'S EFFORT TO LISTEN AND LEARN FROM THE COMMUNITY, AND REACHING THIS POINT THAT WE HAVE TODAY. THIS IS SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS, ESPECIALLY WHEN THINKING ABOUT HOW A FEW MONTHS AGO, YOU ALL APPROVED EFFORTS TO ESTABLISH A UTILITY THAT WOULD BE SOLELY FOCUSED ON DATA CENTERS, AND NOW WE'RE HERE AND IT'S A COMPLETE OPPOSITE. SO THANKS FOR ALL OF THAT EFFORT FOR ALL OF THE FOLKS INVOLVED. SO I'LL JUST CLOSE MY COMMENTS BY AGAIN SAYING, THANK YOU FOR LISTENING TO OUR RECENT COMMENTS AND MAKING ALL OF THOSE EDITS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, CRYSTAL. NOT WORTH. HI, GOOD EVENING, CITY COUNCIL AND STAFF. MY NAME IS CRYSTAL ORTWERTH. I'M AN ENERGY POLICY ADVOCATE WITH LEADERSHIP COUNCIL FOR JUSTICE AND ACCOUNTABILITY, AND I'M HERE IN SUPPORT OF THE ORDINANCE PERMANENTLY BANNING DATA CENTERS WITHIN THE CITY OF COACHELLA. LIKEWISE, I ALSO HAD COMMENTS REITERATING RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WE HAD FOR THIS ORDINANCE. I'LL JUST TAKE THE TIME TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE COUNCIL MEMBERS AND THE CITY STAFF WHO TOOK THE TIME AND THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET WITH US TO REALLY UNDERSTAND THE RECOMMENDATIONS, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO REVIEWING THE ORDINANCE IN FURTHER DETAIL. AND, YEAH, COMING TO AUGUST 26TH. BUT THAT SAID, AGAIN, JUST THANK YOU FOR INCORPORATING THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS. AND AND I LOOK FORWARD TO NEXT STEPS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. CONSUELO MARQUEZ. HI, EVERYONE. GOOD AFTERNOON. GOOD EVENING. HI, EVERYONE. MY NAME IS GONZALO MARQUEZ. I'M A RESIDENT OF THE CITY OF COACHELLA. LIFELONG RESIDENT. YEAH. I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT I KNOW THAT THERE WERE, LIKE EVERYONE ELSE HAS [00:50:03] MENTIONED, EDITS AND ADDITIONAL REVISIONS DONE TO THE THE ORDINANCE. SO AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR THAT. YEAH, I MEAN, I WAS LOOKING AT THE TIMELINE ON THE PRESENTATION AND IT DOESN'T FEEL THAT LONG, BUT ALSO IT DOES FEEL EVEN LONGER. SO AGAIN, I'M STILL GLAD THAT EVERYONE EITHER OUTSIDE OR IN THE LIBRARY OR HERE, IS STILL DEDICATED TO THE CAUSE. BUT LA LUCHA. BUT AGAIN, I JUST WANT TO BE HERE AND SAY THAT I SUPPORT THE BAN. I SUPPORT A PERMANENT ORDINANCE OR THE PERMANENT BAN AGAINST DATA CENTERS AND ALL SIMILAR SIMILAR CONSTRUCTIONS, SIMILAR EVENTS, SIMILAR ENTITIES. SO I'M SO GLAD THAT THAT LOOKS AS THOUGH IT'S GOING FORWARD. AND I WILL BE HERE ON AUGUST 26TH, SO Y'ALL WILL SEE ME AGAIN. BUT I WOULD JUST SAY THAT AGAIN. LIKE ALWAYS, IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO STRESS THAT WITH EVERYTHING THAT'S GOING AROUND IN THE COUNTRY, WITH ALL THE DATA CENTERS AND AGAIN, SIMILAR CONSTRUCTIONS AND SIMILAR ENTITIES, I DO KNOW THAT IT CAN KIND OF BE A SLIPPERY SLOPE OF, OKAY, WE HAVE THE BAN NOW, BUT AS DATA CENTERS AND AGAIN, SIMILAR ENTITIES CONTINUE TO EVOLVE, I HOPE THAT THE BAN CONTINUES TO WELL, THE ORDINANCE CONTINUES TO EVOLVE AS WELL TO CONTINUE INCLUDING THOSE TYPES OF LIKE, I THINK, EXEMPT CONSTRUCTIONS OR PRODUCTS ENTITIES, IF YOU WILL, BECAUSE WHAT I'M AFRAID OF IS THAT IF WE DON'T HAVE THAT KIND OF INCLUSIVE LANGUAGE AND VERY CLEAR AND CONCISE LANGUAGE, THAT THEY'LL KIND OF KIND OF SLIP THROUGH. AND AGAIN, WE'LL BE BACK TO WHAT? STEP ZERO, STEP ONE. AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO START ALL OF THIS OVER AGAIN. BUT I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT I'M GLAD THIS IS GOING FORWARD. I WANTED TO CONTINUE GOING FORWARD. BUT AGAIN, I KNOW THAT THIS ISN'T KIND OF UNFORTUNATELY, I DON'T THINK THIS IS A ONE AND DONE DEAL. SO I STILL LOOK FORWARD TO BEING A PART OF THE CIVIC ENGAGEMENT IN THE CITY OF COACHELLA POST AUGUST 26TH. WHATEVER THE DECISION IS, HOPEFULLY WITH A BAN IN PLACE. AND LASTLY, I JUST WANTED TO FINISH AND SAY THAT I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE CITY OF PALM SPRINGS AND THE OTHER CITIES ARE DOING WITH HAVING ALL THE FLOCK CAMERAS IN THEIR CITIES. I STRONGLY OPPOSE IT. I DON'T THINK IT'S DOING ANY GOOD FOR ANYONE AT ALL, EVER, OR IN ANY PLACE. SO I CONTINUE. I HOPE THAT THE CITY OF COACHELLA EITHER CONTINUES TO IGNORE THOSE TYPES OF AGREEMENTS, OR DOESN'T, OR NEVER SIGN THESE TYPE OF AGREEMENTS BECAUSE WE DO NOT NEED THEM. I THINK WE'RE KIND OF SURVEILLED ENOUGH. SO I'M OKAY ON THAT. SO HOPEFULLY WE CONTINUE TO SEE THAT TYPE OF REJECTION OF THAT KIND OF TECHNOLOGY IN OUR CITY. AND I THINK THAT'S IT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. CLAUDIA LAMAS. HELLO. MY NAME IS CLAUDIA LAMAS. I'M NOT A RESIDENT OF COACHELLA, BUT I AM A RESIDENT OF THE HIGH DESERT, YUCCA VALLEY IN PARTICULAR. I'M HERE REPRESENTING THE RESIDENTS OUT IN THE HIGH DESERT. AND YOU MIGHT WONDER HOW THIS DATA CENTER MIGHT IMPACT US, BUT WE DO ALL RELY ON THE COLORADO RIVER IN SOME WAY OR ANOTHER. EVEN IF WE HAVE MULTIPLE WATER DISTRICTS AND AREAS THAT WE GET OUR WATER FROM. SO I THOUGHT IT WAS IMPORTANT FOR ME TO COME MAKE THE TREK DOWN THE HILL TO SUPPORT YOUR RESIDENTS AND SHOW THE INTEREST IN THE IMPORTANCE OF SETTING AN EXAMPLE FOR SUSTAINABLE LIVING IN THE DESERT. AND I THINK YOU ALL ARE. THIS IS A BIG STEP IN SHOWING PEOPLE HOW TO RESPONSIBLY LIVE IN AN AREA THAT IS IS USING A RESOURCE THAT IS NOT GOING, THAT IS CURRENTLY FADING OUT VERY RAPIDLY. AND CLEARLY THESE DATA CENTERS ARE AQUIFERS AREN'T REPLENISHED JUST NATURALLY. SO ALL OF THIS EVAPORATIVE COOLING THAT'S BEING LOST IN THE ATMOSPHERE BY THE DATA CENTERS AREN'T GOING TO, YOU KNOW, REFUND OUR AQUIFERS. SO OBVIOUSLY THAT WOULD IMPACT US AS WELL. IN THE HIGH DESERT, I WANTED TO SHOW MY SUPPORT TODAY, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO KEEP SUPPORTING THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PERMANENT BAN ON THE DATA CENTERS AND SHOWING THAT YOU GUYS CAN HAVE, YOU KNOW, SET A PRECEDENT FOR COMMUNITIES IN DESERT AREAS IN THE REST OF THE COUNTRY AS WELL. AND THANK YOU FOR LISTENING. ASHBY. KIKI OR RICKY. ASHBY, KIKI AND LORETTA PEREZ, I BELIEVE SHE WAS ON. HOLA. ME LLAMO ASH. SOY MIEMBRO DEL COLECTIVO. VIVA LA CAUSA QUIERO [00:55:13] DAR. GRACIAS A CASA. FIGUEROA EL CONCEJAL PEREZ AL ADMINISTRATOR. MUNICIPAL AL ABOGADO TODOS POR UN ES CON CONSEJO DE NOSOTROS PARA ESCUCHAR Y COMPRENDER NUESTRAS RECOMENDACIONES LA CIUDAD DE LAS SIGUIENTES RECOMENDACIONES DISPOSICIONES EN LA ORDENANZA FINAL, UNA DEFINITIONS CLARAS PARA TODAS LAS INSTALACIONES EXTENTAS THE PROHIBITION DE LAS INSTALACIONES DEBERAN SOMETERSE IGUALMENTE A LAS TRES LA REGLA DE INTERPRETATION QUEDA PRIORIDAD A LA INTENCION DE LA PROHIBITION Y CUATRO LA REGLA DE PRESIDENCIA GARANTIZA ESTA ORDENANZA SOBRE CUALQUIER OTRA ORDENANZA Q ENTRA EN CONFLICTO CON ELLA. ESTAS DISPOSICIONES PROVIENEN DIRECTAMENTE DE LO Q A IMPLEMENTADO EN LA CIUDAD DE MONTERREY PARK Q PROHIBE LOS CENTROS DE DATOS. ESTUS. SON TOTALMENTE VIABLE, POR LO TANTO, LA CIUDAD DEBE DE INCORPORATE LAS MEDIDAS DE PROTECCION POSIBLES EN ESTA PROHIBICION PARA GARANTIZAR UNA PROTECTION FIRM PARA LA COMUNIDAD FRENTE A LA AMENAZA MUY REAL INCREIBLEMENTE PREOCUPANTE Q REPRESENTAN LOS CENTROS DE DATOS DE ESTO, QUIERO DAR CLARO Q HA SIDO MUY DIFICIL OBTENER RESPUESTAS DEL PERSONAL DE LA CIUDAD. EL CONSEJO HA RECIBIDO MUCHAS CRITICAS POR EL ACUERDO CON STRONGHOLD Y POR NO SER TRANSPARENTE, PERO EL PERSONAL DE LA CIUDAD TAMBIÉN TUVO UN PAPEL MUY IMPORTANTE AL MENOS EN ESTE DESASTRE ME MOLESTA MUCHO EL PERSONAL RECIBA SALARIOS TAN ALTOS TENGA CUATRO DIAS DE TRABAJO A LA SEMANA Y RECIBA EXCELENTES BENEFICIOS TODA A COSTA DE LOS RESIDENTES DE COACHELLA. Y SIN EMBARGO, C DIFFICILE CONECTAR CON DIOS Y VAMOS ORGANIZANDO CONTRA LOS CENTROS DE DATOS DE ABRIL. DESDE EL PRINCIPIO, NO SE ENCUENTRAN DICIENDO NO NO ESTAMOS COMPARTIENDO INFORMATION OBJETIVA LO MAS ESCANDALOSAS ES ELECTRONICOS. DIRECTOR DE UTILIDADES PUBLICOS CASTULO ESTRADA CON STRONGHOLD POWER AND EN RELACION DE LOS CENTROS DE DATOS, SEGUN LOS CORREOS ELECTRONICOS ESTABAN HABLANDO DE LOS CENTROS DE DATOS Y USAR CINCO MILLONES DE PERSONAS AL DIA. ESTOS CORREOS ELECTRONICOS DE JUNIO DE VEINTICINCO. GRACIAS. THANK YOU. RICKY. RICKY. BEFORE WE WE CONTINUE FOR. HOPEFULLY YOU GUYS CAN HEAR ME, BUT THERE'S STILL A FEW CHAIRS IN HERE. EVERY TIME THE DOOR OPENS, IT LOOKS HORRIBLE OUT THERE. SO THERE'S STILL A FEW CHAIRS. I SEE THREE IN THE FRONT, 4 OR 5. IF FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE USING MORE THAN ONE CHAIR, IF YOU CAN, YOU KNOW, PULL YOUR ITEMS WITH YOU, BUT THERE'S STILL FIVE CHAIRS IN HERE PARA LAS PERSONAS. AFUERA ESCUCHANDO NOS TODAVIA A CINCO SILLAS AKA ADENTRO DISPONIBLES PARA Q SE PUEDEN SENTAR ADENTRO SI GUSTAN PORQUE SI ESTA MUY FUERTE EL CLIMA AFUERA. GRACIAS. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. AND THOSE ARE ALL THE REQUESTS THAT I HAVE. OKAY, I WROTE, I DID. OKAY. YEAH. BECAUSE HE HAD I THINK YOU SUBMITTED IN THE SAME FORM? RIGHT. YEAH YEAH YEAH, YEAH. IF YOU WANT TO GO, MR. MOLINA, DO YOU WANT TO GO FIRST OR. OKAY. BUENAS NOCHES. FRANCISCO MOLINA, SOY RESIDENT DE COACHELLA Y BUENO DE UN NEGOCIO LOCAL. VOY [01:00:01] A HABLAR EN INGLÉS. PORQUE VOY A LA PALABRA POR PALABRA. UN DOCUMENTO DE LA CIUDAD Y QUIERO Q LA CITA SI EXACTA. PERO PRIMERO QUIERO DECIR EN ESPANOL DE QUÉ SE TRATA LA CIUDAD FIRMO UN ACUERDO DE VEINTE ANOS PARA NUESTRA ELECTRICIDAD Y ESTA NOCHE. EL PROPIO REPORTE DE LA CIUDAD, DICE EL CLIENTE PRINCIPAL DE ESE ACUERDO IBA A HACER ENCUENTRO EN AND UN CENTRO DE DATOS EL MISMO TIPO DE PROYECTO ESTA NOCHE A PROHIBIR ESTOY A FAVOR DE LA PROHIBITION. SOLO QUIERO SABER. QUÉ PASA? AHORA CON ESA ACUERDO. I SUPPORT ORDINANCE 1231. AND I'M ASKING THIS COUNCIL TO VOTE YES TONIGHT ON FIRST READING. A PERMANENT CITYWIDE PROHIBITION IS THE RIGHT OUTCOME. AND I DON'T WANT ANYTHING I SAY TO SLOW IT DOWN. THREE THINGS FOR THE RECORD. FIRST, PAGE 63 OF TONIGHT'S PACKAGE. IN THE BACKGROUND SECTION OF THE STAFF REPORT, STAFF WRITES THAT IN EARLY 26, THE CITY BEGAN EVALUATING A LARGE SCALE TECHNOLOGY CAMPUS THAT INCLUDED A DATA CENTER COMPONENTS AND WAS ANTICIPATED TO SERVE AS A PRIMARY ELECTRICAL CUSTOMER FOR THE PROPOSED COACHELLA MUNICIPAL UTILITY THAT IS THE CITY'S OWN LANGUAGE. IN TONIGHT'S PACKET ON FEBRUARY 11TH OF THIS YEAR, THIS COUNCIL APPROVED A 20 YEAR MUNICIPAL UTILITY DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT WITH COACHELLA VALLEY POWER SERVICES, A STRONGHOLD SUBSIDIARY, UNANIMOUSLY ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR, WITH NO INDIVIDUAL DISCUSSION. IF THE ANTICIPATED PRIMARY CUSTOMER FOR THAT UTILITY IS NOW PROHIBITED CITYWIDE, THE PUBLIC IS ENTITLED TO KNOW WHAT THAT DOES TO THE AGREEMENT. THAT WAS THAT IS NOT AN ARGUMENT AGAINST THIS ORDINANCE. IT IS A QUESTION THIS ORDINANCE RAISES, AND IT SHOULD BE ANSWERED IN PUBLIC. SECOND, THE FISCAL IMPACT SECTION OF THIS SAME REPORT SAYS ADOPTION IS NOT ANTICIPATED TO HAVE A DIRECT FISCAL IMPACT ON THE CITY. THOSE TWO STATEMENTS SIT IN TENSION INSIDE ONE DOCUMENT. I'D ASK STAFF TO RECONCILE THEM ON THE RECORD TONIGHT. THIRD, THE PLANNING COMMISSION, AFTER A NOTED PUBLIC HEARING ON JULY 15TH, UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMENDED THIS PROHIBITION AND SPECIFICALLY ASKED THAT COUNCIL CONSIDER A BALLOT MEASURE SO IT CANNOT BE AMENDED OR RESISTED RESCINDED WITHOUT YOUR VOTE, WITHOUT VOTER APPROVAL. STAFF RECOMMENDED AGAINST THAT. I UNDERSTAND THE TIMING ARGUMENT AND I ACCEPT IT, BUT THOSE ARE NOT THESE ARE NOT MUTUALLY EXCLUSIVE. ADOPT THE ORDINANCE TONIGHT AND DIRECT STAFF TO RETURN WITH THE VOTER APPROVED VERSION FOR A FUTURE ELECTION, IF THAT'S WHAT THE COMMUNITY WISHES. IF THIS PROHIBITION MATTERS AS MUCH AS THE STAFF REPORT SAYS IT DOES, I THINK WE SHOULD LOCK IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. MOLINA. JAMES RODRIGUEZ. GOOD EVENING AGAIN. COUNCIL. JAMES RODRIGUEZ, NATIVE RESIDENT OF COACHELLA. HE BEAT ME TO THE PUNCH. THERE WAS THERE WAS QUITE A BIT THAT. AGAIN, THANK YOU SO MUCH TO STAFF KENDRA. EVERYBODY FROM YOU KNOW OUR CITY MANAGER TO OUR LAWYERS OFFICE, ANYBODY WHO TOOK THAT COMMUNITY COMMENT PREEMPTIVELY. DID YOU SEE HOW SMOOTH THE COMMENTS GO WHEN YOU GUYS HAVE LISTENED TO THE COMMUNITY BEFORE? THAT'S THAT'S HOW THESE THINGS CAN WORK. IT DOESN'T NEED TO BE A STRUGGLE. SO THANK YOU FOR MAKING THOSE CHANGES. THERE ARE STILL A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT CAN BOLSTER THIS ONE. THERE HAS BEEN CASE LAW PRECEDENT IN CALIFORNIA THAT PREVENTS THESE TYPES OF ORDINANCES FROM BEING USED PROPERLY, BECAUSE THERE ISN'T A MEGAWATT LOAD OR A GALLONS PER MINUTE LOAD, THERE NEEDS TO BE SOME KIND OF A TANGIBLE METRIC WITH IT. IF THERE ISN'T, THEN IT BECOMES JUST AS IT SAYS IN THE WORDAGE, UPON THE DISCRETION OF A COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR, WHICH AT THIS POINT WE HAVE A GOOD ONE. WE DON'T KNOW WHO AND WHERE THE COUNCIL AND THE CITY CAN GO IN THE NEXT TIME, WHICH IS TO THE NEXT POINT, WHICH IS WHY WE DO WANT TO DO SIMULTANEOUSLY. YOU CAN APPROVE THIS BAN AS AN ORDINANCE BY THE CITY COUNCIL, AND YOU CAN REQUEST THAT IT GETS PUT ON THE NEXT BALLOT TO BOLSTER THIS ORDINANCE WITH THE SUPPORT OF THE DULY ELECTED, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE OF THE CITY SAYING, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GOING TO WE'RE GOING TO PUT THIS POWER IN YOU AGAIN. BUT IN THE FUTURE, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO COME BACK TO US BECAUSE WE GIVE YOU THE POWER. SO THAT'S THE WHOLE IDEA. YES. YOU GUYS GET TO DO THIS ORDINANCE. YES, WE ARE GOING TO ALLOW YOU TO PUSH IT THROUGH. BUT NO, THAT IS NOT THE FINAL END OF IT. IT CANNOT BE REVERSED BY WHOMEVER GETS TO GET THEMSELVES ON THE COUNCIL. AND AS HAS BEEN MENTIONED, THERE IS NOT AS MUCH CIVIC ENGAGEMENT AS THERE COULD BE. THIS LUCKILY, SILVER LINING HAS ALLOWED US TO LOOK INTO ALL OF THE DIFFERENT PEOPLE THAT ARE RUNNING OUR CITY, ALL OF THE DIFFERENT CONSULTANTS, ALL OF THE DIFFERENT REOCCURRING CONTRACTS, ALL OF THE DIFFERENT [01:05:02] ELEMENTS THAT WE HAVE NOT BEEN AWARE OF BEFORE. AND THE MORE THAT WE FIND, THE MORE INTEREST IT BRINGS. SO THE BEST THING TO DO IS DO EXACTLY WHAT YOU DID TODAY, GET AHEAD OF IT AGAIN. GET AHEAD OF IT. LISTEN TO US. MAKE THE CHANGES. TALK WITH YOUR STAFF, FIGURE IT OUT. AND TO THAT END, OUR LEGAL COUNSEL CAN DEFINITELY HELP TO BOLSTER THE COMMUNITY SUPPORT BY SEEKING OUTSIDE COUNSEL ON THEIR OWN. THE CITY DOESN'T HAVE TO SPECIFICALLY SAY BB K NEEDS TO GO DO THIS, BUT BB K CAN SAY, HEY, GUESS WHAT? WE HAVE THIS PEER REVIEWED OUTSIDE INDEPENDENT. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. JUAN DAVID DELARA. MR. MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS, GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS JUAN DAVID DELARA. I'M A PROFESSOR AT USC. I WAS BORN AND RAISED IN COACHELLA. I GREW UP IN THE TRAILER PARK THAT'S LOCATED AT 87985 AVENUE 52 IN FILLMORE, WHICH IS WHERE MY MOM AND MY FAMILY LIVES, AND WHICH IS RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE PROPOSED SITE FOR THE DATA CENTER DEVELOPMENT. I HAVE WRITTEN A REPORT THAT DOCUMENTS THE RISKS, THE POTENTIAL RISKS THAT COME FROM DATA CENTER DEVELOPMENT AND HOW THEY WOULD APPLY TO THE CITY OF COACHELLA AND THE RESIDENTS OF COACHELLA. I'VE SUBMITTED A COPY OF THAT ELECTRONICALLY VIA EMAIL TO EACH OF YOU. I'VE ALSO SENT IT LATE TODAY TO THE CITY CLERK TO ENTER THAT INTO THE RECORD. I APPRECIATE THE PRAGMATIC APPROACH THAT YOU'VE TAKEN TO THE THE POLICY THAT'S BEING WRITTEN IN TERMS OF THE ORDINANCE AND THE BAN, TALKING ABOUT THE USE, THE EXISTING LAND USE AND THE GENERAL PLAN, I DO THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO RECOGNIZE AND TO ALSO TO LEARN FROM ALL OF THE COMMENTS AND THE TREMENDOUS ORGANIZING AND COMMUNITY ORGANIZING THAT TOOK PLACE. A LOT OF THE YOUNG PEOPLE THAT WERE RELENTLESSLY PURSUING THIS DATA CENTER PLAN WHO MADE THE CASE ABOUT THE DISPROPORTIONATE HEALTH IMPACTS AND ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS THAT CITY OF COACHELLA WOULD BE EXPOSED TO IF THESE DATA CENTERS WERE TO MOVE FORWARD. I, LIKE MAYOR FIGUEROA, WAS UPSET WITH THE COMMENTS THAT WERE MADE IN THE EDITORIAL THAT WAS WRITTEN BY THE MAYOR OF INDIAN WELLS, A CITY THAT IS DISPROPORTIONATE, THAT PREDOMINANTLY WHITE AND VERY WEALTHY, CHASTISING A 98% LATINO WORKING CLASS COMMUNITY, EXCORIATING THIS COMMUNITY FOR NOT SUPPORTING DATA CENTER DEVELOPMENT. WITH THOSE COMMENTS, THE MAYOR, KNOWINGLY OR UNKNOWINGLY, WAS ECHOING A LONG TRADITION OF ENVIRONMENTAL RACISM IN WHICH POOR WORKING CLASS LATINO, BLACK, AND OTHER COMMUNITIES OF COLOR ARE DISPROPORTIONATELY EXPOSED TO ENVIRONMENTAL HARM THAT CAUSES PUBLIC HEALTH, NEGATIVE PUBLIC HEALTH OUTCOMES. AND I THINK THAT IT'S IMPORTANT TO RECOGNIZE THAT TO SOME PEOPLE, THE EASTERN COACHELLA VALLEY, COACHELLA INCLUDED, IS SEEN AS A DUMPING GROUND FOR THINGS THAT THEY DO NOT WANT ON THE WEST SIDE. AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO RECOGNIZE THAT CONTEXT WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THINKING ABOUT THE KIND OF DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES THAT ARE ON THE HORIZON IN THE FUTURE. AND I THINK IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO ALSO TO ENGAGE THE TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT AND THE YOUNG PEOPLE IN THIS COMMUNITY WHO WANT SOMETHING DIFFERENT, WHO WANT SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, WHO WANT DEVELOPMENT THAT'S GOING TO BENEFIT THEM AND NOT OUTSIDE COMPANIES THAT ARE GOING TO PROFIT ON MAKING THE COACHELLA VALLEY AND THE CITY OF COACHELLA INTO A SACRIFICE ZONE. ONE POINT OF CLARIFICATION IS WHO DO I ASK ABOUT THE RED LINE COMMENTS? WHERE DO I GET THOSE COPIES ARE OKAY. NICE TO SEE YOU TOO. THANK YOU. YEAH, I THINK YOU WERE OUTSIDE, MR. MERLINO, AND THE STAFF GAVE A PRESENTATION. SO THE THEY MADE SOME EDITS IN THE IN THERE. SO WE UPON REQUEST AT THE CLERK'S OFFICE, THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE WILL BE OPERATING. WE HAVE ONE MORE PUBLIC COMMENT. YEAH. GO AHEAD. VICTORIA RENDON SANTIAGO. HOW COME. GO AHEAD WHEN YOU'RE READY. HI. MY NAME IS VICTORIA. I'M 21. I'M A RESIDENT OF COACHELLA. I ACTUALLY LIVE LIKE SEVEN MINUTES AWAY FROM HERE NEXT TO OUR DATE PALM TREES. ALTHOUGH I MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO CITE ARTICLES OR NUMBERS LIKE MY FRIENDS, I'D LIKE TO SHARE A [01:10:03] PERSONAL PERSPECTIVE. I REMEMBER BEING A CHILD AND SEEING THE SAVE WATER COMMERCIALS THROUGH. IN BETWEEN MY CARTOONS. I REMEMBER MISSING OUT PLAYING WITH MY TOYS TO SAVE WATER WITH MY LITTLE BATHS WHEN I WAS A KID. I REMEMBER MY GRANDMOTHER TALKING ABOUT THE LUSH GRAPE FIELDS THAT SURROUNDED HER CHILDHOOD IN THE VALLEY. I REMEMBER THE BEST DAY AS A KID IN COACHELLA, WATER DAY AT SCHOOL AND. I, AMONGST OTHERS, WANT A BRIGHT, CLEAN FUTURE FOR OUR KIDS AND FAMILIES. I DON'T WANT TO LOOK BACK ON MY CHILDHOOD IN SORROW, BUT TO BE EXCITED FOR THE BEAUTIFUL FUTURE OF COACHELLA WITH A BAN OF THESE DATA CENTERS. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. KIKI, KIKI. SHE JUST WALKED OUT. IS IT MARSHA? OH, MARTIN. POSADA. ESPINOSA. HELLO. MY NAME IS MARTIN POSADA ESPINOSA. I'VE BEEN A NURSE FOR THE PAST SEVEN YEARS, AND I'VE ALSO AND I'M ALSO A BIOCHEMICAL ENGINEERING MAJOR AND MY THIRD YEAR. AND I JUST WANT TO REITERATE WHAT A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE SAID HERE TONIGHT AND SAY THAT COACHELLA NEEDS TO BE IN FULL OPPOSITION OF DATA CENTERS. AND IF IN THE FUTURE THAT THIS BECOMES A TOPIC AGAIN FOR WHEN A NEW BATCH OF PEOPLE COMES UP TO POWER, IT DOES NEED TO BE IN THE VOICE OF THE PEOPLE, BECAUSE ANYBODY THAT DOES NOT HAVE THE PEOPLE'S INTEREST AT BEST, BEST INTERESTS AT HEART, IS MORE LIKELY THAN NOT EASILY SWAYED BY THE AMOUNTS OF MONEY THAT THESE PEOPLE HAVE TO OFFER US. AND WE CANNOT ALLOW FOR FURTHER AIR POLLUTION IN THE COACHELLA VALLEY. I'M NOT SAYING ANYTHING YOU DON'T ALREADY KNOW, CONSIDERING THE HYDROGEN SULFIDE PRESENCE FROM THE SALTON SEA, WHICH HAS THE POTENTIAL TO GET WORSE WHEN YOU FACTOR IN THE AVERAGE FOUR DEGREES CELSIUS INCREASE IN AIR TEMPERATURE FROM DATA CENTERS, AS SEEN IN OTHER SIMILAR LOCATIONS, THAT WOULD CAUSE A LOT HIGHER RISK OF LUNG DISORDERS SUCH AS ASTHMA AND EMPHYSEMA. COPD THAT HAVE ALREADY NEGATIVELY AFFECTED THE EASTERN COACHELLA VALLEY. THIS I KNOW BECAUSE I'VE WORKED AT SANTA ROSA DEL VALLE DOWN THE STREET FOR ABOUT FOUR YEARS, AND I HAVE SEEN SO MANY KIDS COME IN THAT LIVE NORTH SHORE IN MECCA THERMAL AND COACHELLA THAT COME OVER HERE BECAUSE THIS IS THEIR ONLY OPTION AS WE ARE, AS COACHELLA IS A AN IMPOVERISHED COMMUNITY AS IT IS. AND SO I WOULD HATE TO HAVE TO COME BACK HERE AND SEE THAT THIS KIND OF NONSENSE IS ABOUT DATA CENTERS, IS GOING ON IN A CITY WHERE THERE'S ALREADY SO MANY PEOPLE THAT ARE BEING AFFECTED NEGATIVELY FROM THE RESULTS OF, YOU KNOW, JUST WHATEVER'S GOING ON HERE, LIKE THIS IS A POLITICAL LANDFILL. I MEAN, IT'S AN ENVIRONMENTAL LANDFILL. PEOPLE THINK THAT JUST BECAUSE WE'RE POOR AND JUST BECAUSE WE, YOU KNOW, DON'T SPEAK THE LANGUAGE OR WHATEVER IT IS THAT THEY CAN JUST DO WHATEVER THEY WANT. AND WE NEED TO KNOW THAT THE ELECTED OFFICIALS, THE PUBLIC SERVANTS, ARE IN A ARE IN SUPPORT OF THEIR COMMUNITIES. AND IT'S UNJUST TO CONTINUE TO ALLOW THE WATER AND ELECTRICAL WASTE THAT COMES FROM THAT COMES FROM DATA CENTERS TO AFFECT DESERT COMMUNITY. AND I JUST WANT TO END BY SAYING THAT IT'S ACTUALLY IMPORTANT TO CARE ABOUT PEOPLE AND CONTINUE TO DO WHAT YOU HAVE DONE ALREADY AND LISTENING TO PEOPLE. AND I HOPE THAT THIS DOESN'T HAPPEN AGAIN. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. KIKI. HELLO, EACH AND ONE OF YOU GUYS. SO I JUST WANT TO START OFF BY SAYING I'VE BEEN HERE IN THE COACHELLA VALLEY FOR A VERY, VERY LONG TIME. AND WHAT I'M HEARING, I'M NOT GOING TO START OFF VERY NICELY HERE, DATA CENTERS, WE DON'T WANT THEM. EVERYBODY UP IN HERE CAN AGREE. WE DON'T NEED THEM. ON TOP OF THAT, IT'S ALREADY HOT. SO HOW LONG HAVE YOU GUYS BEEN HERE? YEAH, EXACTLY. IF YOU WANT TO CONTINUE TO LIVE HERE AND HAVE YOU KNOW HOW IT NORMALLY IS WITH THE WEATHER AND EVERYTHING IS GREAT. BUT IF WE CONTINUE UP, YOU GUYS ARE NOT CARING ABOUT OUR FUTURE, OUR CHILDREN'S FUTURE, OUR FUTURE. WE AIN'T EVEN HAD A CHANCE TO EVEN BUY A HOUSE, BUY HOUSES. YOU YOU HAVE TO STAY WITH FAMILY MEMBERS OR TO WORK JOBS TO GET AND STAY WITH EVERYBODY. DATA CENTERS. WE DON'T WANT THEM. WE JUST WE DON'T NEED THEM. WE NEED TO BE FOCUSING ON MORE ABOUT WHAT WE NEED HERE IN THE COACHELLA VALLEY. I'VE SEEN A 75 YEAR OLD WOMAN AT THE BUS STOP STANDING THERE. THERE AIN'T NO SHADE THERE, NO SHADE. SHE JUST STANDING OUTSIDE WAITING FOR THE BUS. IT'S HOT, BUT WE WANT TO SPEND. HOW MUCH MONEY ON A DATA CENTER? HOW ABOUT EVERYBODY STOP PLAYING TASKS? HOW ABOUT THAT? AND THERE WON'T BE NO DATA CENTERS NO MORE. OKAY, WE NEED TO BE FOCUSING ON ACTUAL THINGS THAT OUR COMMUNITY NEEDS. HOW ABOUT THE [01:15:05] FLOCK CAMERAS? WHAT ABOUT THAT POLICE OFFICER THAT SET UP THERE ON OUR TAXPAYERS? EXCUSE ME? THE COMMUNITY'S TAX DOLLARS. AND HE WENT OVER THERE AND WAS TALKING WITH HIS EX. IS THAT OKAY? IS THAT FAIR? THIS IS WHAT WE'RE USING OUR MONEY FOR. OKAY. WHY CAN'T WE JUST GO AHEAD AND DO THAT? IS THAT FAIR? NO. EVERYBODY'S SO BUSY. EVERYTHING IS SO BUSY. ALL THESE LITTLE EVENTS AND MEETINGS. I JUST MET ABOUT LIKE 20 PEOPLE THAT DIDN'T EVEN KNOW THIS EVENT WAS HAPPENING. YOU KNOW HOW MANY OLDER PEOPLE THAT DON'T EVEN KNOW HOW TO USE THEIR CELL PHONES, BUT YOU ARE LETTING THEM OR HEARING THEM LET LET THEM VOTE FOR MAYHEM? COME ON NOW, THAT MAKES NO SENSE. WE ARE A SMALL COMMUNITY, BUT WE DON'T NEED THAT. WE ACTUALLY NEED TO BE FOCUSING ON THINGS THAT WE NEED IN THE COMMUNITY HERE. EVERYBODY OUT. WE'RE NOT JUST HERE JUST TO HAVE FUN. HAHA. THIS IS NOT A JOKE. THIS IS REAL. WE CARE. WE MAY BE SMALL, BUT WE CARE. WE CARE ENOUGH BECAUSE WE CARE ABOUT OUR FAMILY, OUR GENERATIONS THAT ARE COMING UP. THIS IS NOT OKAY. THIS IS NOT ALLOWED. AND NOBODY EVEN ASKED US OR GAVE OUT. NO. NO EMAILS, NO EVERYTHING THAT'S DIGITAL NOW. DAMN DAYS. NO, THEY DIDN'T KNOW NOTHING ABOUT THEM. FLY CAMERAS. HOW ABOUT THAT? THERE'S OVER 576 FLOCK CAMERAS, MORE THAN LOS ANGELES, MORE THAN SAN FRANCISCO, SAN DIEGO. THERE'S OVER 100,000 RESIDENTS HERE. WHY DO WE NEED 576, 576 FLOCK CAMERAS? HOW CUTE. HOW VERY CUTE. WE DON'T NEED IT. WE WANT TO BAND IT. BRING IT OVER HERE. THEY'RE GOING TO GET. EVERYTHING NEEDS TO BE DESTROYED. YOU GUYS WANT THIS UTOPIA FOR YOUR FAMILY AND YOUR THE REST. GO AHEAD BABY. YOU'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT A DISASTER. HAVE A GOOD EVENING. WE HAVE A FEW HANDS RAISED ONLINE. WE'LL TAKE THE ONES ONLINE. GIVE ME ONE SECOND. PROMOTING LUZ. HELLO? CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES, YES, WE CAN HEAR YOU. YES. GO AHEAD. THANK YOU. HELLO. GOOD EVENING, CITY MAYOR. CITY COUNCIL. MY NAME IS LUZ GALLEGOS. I'M EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR YOUR NEIGHBORS FROM ACROSS THE STREET TONIGHT, RESPECTFULLY ASKING TO SUPPORT THE PERMANENT BAN AGAINST DATA CENTERS AND THESE TYPES OF DEVELOPMENTS THAT WILL HARM OUR ENVIRONMENT AND THE WELL-BEING OF OUR CITY AND ITS RESIDENTS. FIRST OFF, I WANT TO RECOGNIZE THE RESIDENTS AND ALL THE COMPANEROS FOR STAYING LOUD ON COMMUNITY PRIORITIES AND ALSO WANT TO THANK THE CITY COUNCIL AND CITY STAFF FOR LISTENING TO COMMUNITY AND TAKING ACTION STEPS. YOU HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO AMEND THE PREVIOUS ACTIONS THAT GOT US HERE TODAY AND REALLY SHOW YOUR VALUES, COMMITMENT AND LOYALTY TO COACHELLA RESIDENTS. I AM HOPEFUL THAT THE ENTIRE COUNCIL WILL DO WHAT IS RIGHT AND MAKE THE BEST DECISION FOR THE WELL-BEING OF OUR COACHELLA RESIDENTS AND OUR FAMILIES AND YOUR OWN FAMILIES, YOUR YOUR LEGACY AS CITY LEADERS WILL BE REMEMBERED BY YOUR ACTIONS. COMMUNITY DOES NOT FORGET. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. PROMOTING JONATHAN. JONATHAN, IF YOU CAN HEAR US, GO AHEAD. MY NAME IS. HELLO. GOOD EVENING COUNCIL. MY NAME IS JONATHAN BECERRA. I AM I AM A RESIDENT OF THE CITY OF INDIO AND AN ORGANIZER HERE IN THE CITY OF INDIO. ONLY FOR TRANSPARENCY, PURPOSE. WHILE I SAY THAT I'M ALSO A CANDIDATE FOR CITY COUNCIL. HOWEVER, MY PURPOSE HERE IS TO ADVOCATE AND SUPPORT THE CITY BAN ON DATA CENTERS. I REALLY WANT TO THANK YOU FOR INSPIRING US OVER HERE AND EMPOWERING US TO DO OUR OWN CITY BAN THAT WE ARE WORKING ON. THE NEGATIVES OF DATA CENTERS [01:20:05] HAVE ONLY BEEN GROWING, AND THE CONSEQUENCES OF WHICH ARE BEING MORE AND MORE REPORTED. SO THE PERMANENT BAN IS MORE NECESSARY. EVEN NOW, I WANT TO REPORT THAT ALSO, WE ARE SEEING AGENTS HERE AND OUR PLANNING COMMISSION AND CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS WHO ARE, I BELIEVE, ARE ALLEGEDLY SPREADING MISINFORMATION ABOUT DATA CENTERS. SO IT IS IMPORTANT TO HAVE A TIMELY PROCESS HERE TO GET THIS BAN PASSED. AND FURTHERMORE, I HAVE BEEN TALKING TO OTHER ORGANIZERS IN THE AREA, INCLUDING A MAYOR AND CANDIDATE FOR SOMEBODY WHO BANNED DATA CENTERS IN THEIR CITY. AND THEN THE COUNTY PUT IT AS TRYING TO PUT A DATA CENTER ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE BOUNDARY IN WHICH THEY BANNED. SO I THINK LIKE THEM, THEY ARE THEY ARE SUING THE COUNTY IN THEIR AREA BECAUSE OF THAT. I THINK THE CITY OF COACHELLA SHOULD FURTHER ACTION AND ADVOCATE FOR A COUNTY BAN AS A MUNICIPALITY THROUGH A JOINT LETTER, AND ALSO SHOULD ALSO BE PREPARED TO SUE THE RIVERSIDE COUNTY IN CASE THEY TRY TO CIRCUMVENT THIS MAN AND TRY TO BUILD A DATA CENTER CLOSE TO THE CITY OF COACHELLA OR ANYWHERE IN THE EASTERN COACHELLA VALLEY. OUR NATURAL ENVIRONMENT, OUR RESOURCES HERE ARE IMPORTANT AND ONCE THEY GO AWAY, THEY ARE GONE. SO IT IS IMPORTANT TO US TO STAND TALL AND STRONG AGAINST DATA CENTERS AND HYPERSCALE DEVELOPMENTS HERE IN THE COACHELLA VALLEY AS A WHOLE. SO I APPLAUD YOU GUYS IN LISTENING TO THE COMMUNITY AND IN LISTENING TO WHAT IS RIGHT. AND I HOPE THAT WE CONTINUE THIS FIGHT AND CONTINUE TO ADVOCATE EVEN BEYOND THE CITY WHEN APPROPRIATE. SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND I HOPE YOU GUYS DO THE BEST. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. PROMOTING CC. HI, WE HAVE SOME FOLKS HERE WHO WOULD LIKE TO GIVE PUBLIC COMMENTS. SO IF Y'ALL CAN JUST LET THEM SPEAK. YEAH. WHEN YOU WHAT YOU CAN DO IS AS THEY COME UP, WE'LL, WE CAN TAKE THEIR NAME AND IF THEY CAN STATE THEIR NAME AND THEN THAT WAY THEY CAN BE WRITTEN INTO THE RECORD FROM THE CITY CLERK ON OUR SIDE. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. OKAY, SO, LORETTA PEREZ, I DID WANT TO ALSO BE TRANSPARENT. I AM A CANDIDATE FOR A BOARD TRUSTEE AREA ONE. BUT THIS ISN'T ABOUT ME RIGHT NOW. SO MY I DO WANT TO ECHO WHAT A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE ALREADY SAID. WE HAD BIG SPEECHES READY TO TALK ABOUT THESE CHANGES THAT YOU IMPLEMENTED. LISTENING TO US WAS HUGE. THIS WAS A HUGE WIN TODAY. AS I STOOD HERE WITH ALL OF THE RESIDENTS IN THE BACK, WE WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT, WOW, THIS ACTUALLY HAPPENED. THEY ACTUALLY LISTENED TO US. AND I TRULY FEEL THAT WE ARE SEEING A TURNAROUND ON THE WAY THAT WE'RE GOING TO RUN OUR CITY FROM NOW ON. I REALLY HOPE THIS IS OUR FIRST BIG MOVE INTO SEEING THE COLLABORATION OF THE OF THE COMMUNITY BACK INTO THE INTO THE COUNCIL. I DO WANT TO REITERATE THE FACT THAT THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE OUT THERE SPREADING MISINFORMATION, AND I DO WANT TO MAKE SURE THE COUNCIL DOES UNDERSTAND THAT WE NEED TO PROTECT THE FACT THAT OUR MOST VULNERABLE ARE BEING TARGETED TO SPREAD THAT INFORMATION, TOO, BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO THE INTERNET LIKE US, OR THEY DON'T KNOW HOW TO RUN THE INTERNET LIKE US OR SOCIAL MEDIA. WE HAVE TO BE VERY CAREFUL WITH WHAT OUR MOST VULNERABLE COMMUNITY MEMBERS GET THEIR INFORMATION FROM. I DO WANT TO THANK YOU GUYS ONCE AGAIN FOR ACTUALLY IMPLEMENTING THIS. I KNOW THAT WE HAVE A COLLECTIVE HERE, AND IT'S REALLY AWESOME TO SEE OUR COMMUNITY COME OUT, AND IT'S BEEN AWESOME TO SEE OUR COMMUNITY WORK TOGETHER. AND I WANT TO THANK ALL OF THE YOUNG PEOPLE WHO HAVE WORKED THEIR TAIL OFF TO MAKE SURE THAT THE RIGHT INFORMATION GETS OUT THERE ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND TO PROTECT OURSELVES. AND I THANK YOU, AND I HOPE THAT WE CAN CONTINUE THIS COLLABORATIVE EFFORT. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. HELLO, MY NAME IS CARLA ROCHA. I AM A COACHELLA VALLEY RESIDENT. I'M HERE REPRESENTING THE SACRED CAHUILLA LAND THAT WE ARE ON SO HONORABLY. I JUST KIND OF WANT TO. NOT THANK THE COUNCIL BECAUSE, I MEAN, WE'RE ONLY IN THIS MESS BECAUSE OF Y'ALL. WHAT I WANT TO DO IS, AS MUCH AS I WANT TO GIVE YOU GUYS GRACE AND APPRECIATION FOR YOUR GUYS'S TURNAROUND AND EVERYTHING YOU'VE DONE, IT'S LIKE WHEN SOMEONE GETS STABBED AND THEN YOU PULL OUT THE SWORD. THAT'S KIND OF WHAT YOU GUYS ARE DOING FROM HERE ON. IT'S ALL REPAIR, RIGHT? HOW WHAT ARE YOU GUYS DOING TO REPAIR THIS? WHAT ARE YOU GUYS DOING TO MAKE SURE THAT THE RIGHT INFORMATION BECAUSE THE THE MESS IS ALREADY THERE, RIGHT? THE DAMAGE IS DONE IN TERMS OF LIKE THE [01:25:01] LAWSUIT AND ALL THE MONEY THAT'S BEEN GONE DOWN THE DRAIN, LIKE THE DAMAGE IS THERE. SO WHAT ARE YOU GUYS DOING AS CONCERNED RESIDENTS, RIGHT? IT'S LIKE, WELL, THERE'S SO MUCH MORE THAT YOU CAN DO. SO AS MUCH AS I WANT TO GIVE YOU GRACE, LIKE I'M NOT GOING TO DO THAT UNTIL WE HAVE THE PERMANENT BAN. AND IT'S WRITTEN, THERE'S NO LOOPHOLES, THERE'S NO TYPE OF LIKE ANY OTHER COMPANIES COMING IN, LIKE I WANT IT SET IN STONE. WHEN THAT HAPPENS, I'LL GIVE YOU YOUR FLOWERS. I'LL SAY MY GRACE. I'LL THANK YOU GUYS. BUT UNTIL THAT HAPPENS. YES, MA'AM. YOUR GUYS'S HANDS ARE NOT CLEAN YET. AND UNTIL WE GET TO THAT POINT, I JUST WANT TO THANK THE COMMUNITY BECAUSE THOSE ARE THE PEOPLE THAT REALLY MADE IT HAPPEN. IF IT WASN'T FOR THEM, THIS CONVERSATION WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN HAD. WE WOULD STILL BE IN AN AGREEMENT WITH STRONGHOLD. SO I JUST WANT TO SAY FOR EVERYONE HERE, DON'T BACK DOWN. THIS IS A GREAT MOVE FORWARD, AND IT'S ONLY BECAUSE OF THE COMMUNITY, ONLY BECAUSE OF THE COMMUNITY. AND YOU GUYS ARE JUST WORKING FOR US. AND THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT. RIGHT? WORKING FOR US. FINALLY. BUT AGAIN, THE HISTORY OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS, NOT JUST YOU GUYS, BUT IN WHOLE, RIGHT? THE GOVERNMENT IS CORRUPT AND WE HAVE EVERY RIGHT TO BE SUSPICIOUS UNTIL WE GET FULL TRANSPARENCY, UNTIL WE GET REAL QUESTIONS ANSWERED. RIGHT. WE NEED THAT HONESTY. AND UNTIL WE GET THAT, WE HAVE EVERY RIGHT TO BE HERE, SHOW UP AND FIGHT. AND WE DON'T NEED TO GIVE YOU GRACE UNTIL WE HAVE THE PERMANENT BAN WITH NO LOOPHOLES, PERMANENT. OKAY? OKAY. YEAH, I'M GOING TO GIVE PUBLIC COMMENT AS WELL. MY NAME IS CECILIA. OKAY, OKAY. EVERYONE MAKE NOISE. OKAY. OH MY GOD. IT'S OKAY. OKAY. I KNOW, I KNOW IT WAS BLURRY, BUT THAT'S JUST IT'S OKAY. YOU CAN HEAR THE PEOPLE AND JUST AS THEY JUST MENTIONED THAT THIS IS REALLY THANKS TO THE EFFORTS OF EVERYBODY WHO SPOKE OUT. AND THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO HAS DONE CONTRIBUTED IN ANY WAY. AND WE'RE NOT GOING TO STOP UNTIL THERE'S A PERMANENT BAN. SO YEAH, THANK YOU SO MUCH TO EVERYONE. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. DO YOU GUYS HAVE ANY MORE SPEAKERS THERE? DO YOU? OKAY THEN I GUESS THEY DON'T HAVE ANY MORE. THEY'RE. DID YOU HAVE ANY MORE SPEAKERS AT YOUR LOCATION? OKAY. MOVING ON. NO, THAT WAS IT. THAT WAS IT. THANK YOU. IS THERE ANY OTHER PROMOTING CARLA? OKAY. GOOD EVENING. ONCE AGAIN, I AM AMAZED THAT EVERYONE IS HERE AGAIN AND THAT WE'RE COMING TOGETHER FOR THE SAME THING. I DO WANT TO SHARE A LITTLE BIT, SO I HAVE MENTIONED IT BEFORE THAT I DO COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND I WORK WITH A LARGE PORTION OF RIVERSIDE COUNTY. AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I STARTED TAKING MORE NOTICE OF IS WHEN I SERVED COACHELLA CITY RESIDENTS, AND SOME OF THE THINGS THAT CONCERNED THEM HAS BEEN, FOR EXAMPLE, DEALING WITH CANCER AND STILL HAVING TO TAKE CARE OF THEIR FAMILY, PAYING THE RENT, PAYING THEIR BILLS, BEING AFRAID OF GOING OUT AND BEING PROSECUTED BY ICE OR THE POLICE. THERE'S SO MANY THINGS GOING ON IN THEIR MIND AS IT IS. AND THEN ALSO LIKE, OH, I'M NOT SURE IF I'M GOING TO HAVE ENOUGH TO BE ABLE TO PAY FOR THIS STUFF. WHEN MY CHILDREN GO BACK TO SCHOOL. THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT ARE IMPORTANT TO THEM RIGHT NOW. THEY DON'T HAVE TIME ALL TO BE HERE. AND THOSE THAT WERE HERE, THEY'RE MAKING IT. THEY'RE MAKING MAGIC HAPPEN. THAT'S HOW I CAN DESCRIBE IT. AND US HAVING TO TAKE TIME OUT OF THEIR DAY FOR IMPORTANT THINGS, FOR THEIR FAMILY MATTERS, TO BE HERE, TO HAVE TO DEFEND THE FUTURE OF THEIR [01:30:04] COMMUNITY. IT GIVES ME CHILLS JUST TO HAVE TO SAY THAT, BECAUSE I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY THEY HAVE TO DO THAT AND GO OUT OF THEIR WAY TO BE HERE AND TO TELL YOU GUYS HOW TO DO YOUR JOB. AND I'M NOT HERE TO TELL YOU THAT, HEY, YOU KNOW WHAT? YOU'RE NOT DOING A GOOD JOB OR YOU'RE DOING A GOOD JOB. I SHOULDN'T HAVE TO BE TELLING YOU THAT I SHOULD BE HERE AND JUST, LIKE, LISTEN TO WHAT'S GOING ON, GET INFORMED, AND, YOU KNOW, JUST GO ON ABOUT MY DAY. BUT A LOT OF THIS COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT ARE HERE HAVE BEEN HERE UNTIL ONE, TWO, I WANT TO SAY ALMOST THREE IN THE MORNING, TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY GET ALL OF THE INFORMATION THAT THEY GET TO TELL THEIR FAMILY ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON, AND THAT THEY GET TO PROTECT THEIR CHILDREN AND THEIR FUTURE. WITH THAT SAID, I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT GOES OUT TO THE BALLOT AS WELL. I WAS THINKING ABOUT IT FOR A WHILE, BECAUSE I THOUGHT IT MIGHT BE SOMETHING THAT WOULD STOP US FROM MOVING FORWARD, BUT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IT DOES GO TO THE PEOPLE, THAT THE PEOPLE ARE ABLE TO DECIDE WHAT GOES ON, AND THAT IF WE CHANGE THE COUNCIL, IF WE CHANGE WHO'S REPRESENTING US AT ANY TIME, THAT IT'S NOT GOING TO COME BACK TO HAUNT US AND TELL US LIKE, OH YEAH, WE'RE STILL GOING TO DO IT EITHER WAY. I DON'T WANT TO SEE THAT. I DON'T WANT TO COME BACK FOR THAT. I DON'T WANT TO HAVE ANOTHER MEETING WHERE WE BREAK RECORD FROM EVERY OTHER CITY COUNCIL. WE'RE HERE UNTIL 1:00, TWO IN THE MORNING. THAT SHOULDN'T BE HAPPENING. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. CARLA. ANY OTHER COMMENTS ONLINE? YES. PROMOTING AMERICA. GOOD EVENING. COUNCIL, CAN EVERYONE HEAR ME? YES. OKAY. CAN EVERYONE SEE ME? NO. THERE YOU GO. NOW WE CAN SEE YOU. OKAY? OKAY. GOOD EVENING COUNCIL. GOOD EVENING TO THE COMMUNITY THAT'S ON THE GROUND. I HAD A SPEECH PREPARED FOR ALL THE EDITS THAT WE WANTED TO SEE ON THE ON THE ORDINANCE. BUT AS EVERYONE MENTIONED BEFORE, YOU GUYS ALREADY ADDED THOSE EDITS. SO I WILL USE THIS TIME TO TALK TO MY COMMUNITY. LA COMUNIDAD LOS ESCUCHO ESTOY BIEN ORGULLOSA DE USTEDES. NONE OF THIS WOULD HAVE BEEN POSSIBLE WITHOUT ALL OF OUR FIGHTS, ALL OF OUR VOICES. SO ALL THE ALL THE COMMUNITY, THEIR STANDING, THEIR FEET ON THE GROUND. I'M PROUD OF YOU. I SEE YOU AND I HEAR YOU. WE WOULD NOT BE IN THIS POSITION IF THE COUNCIL DIDN'T PUT US IN THIS POSITION. AND EVEN THEN WE MADE IT WORK. WE FIGURED IT OUT. THEY TRIED TO COUNT US OUT, THEY TRIED TO PUT US DOWN AND WE STOOD UP, HEAD HELD HIGH. DESPITE ALL THE CHALLENGES THAT THEY THREW AT US. AND WE DID IT. IT'S NOT OVER YET UNTIL THE COUNCIL VOTES AND PUTS A BAN WITH HEAVY LANGUAGE, STRONG LANGUAGE THAT WILL MAKE SURE THAT THERE ARE NO LOOPHOLES. YES, WE ASKED FOR A TIMELY ORDINANCE, BUT THERE IS NO RIGHT ORDINANCE IF IT'S NOT A CORRECT ONE. IF IT'S NOT ONE WITH HEAVY AND POWERFUL LANGUAGE, THERE IS NO POINT IN GIVING US A RUSHED ORDINANCE IF THE ORDINANCE IS LOOSE. BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN FOR YOU TO TAKE YOUR TIME AND USE ALL THIS EXTRA TIME TO CREATE A STRONG ORDINANCE. COUNCIL, YOU DISAPPOINTED US BY MAKING THIS DECISION IN THE FIRST PLACE, AND I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU ARE TRYING TO REPAIR AND YOU ARE TRYING TO DO BETTER NOW, BUT YOU USE THIS AS A LEARNING EXPERIENCE BECAUSE YOU PUT US HERE. LIKE MY PEER MENTIONED BEFORE, I'M NOT GOING TO GIVE YOU YOUR FLOWERS BECAUSE THE ONLY REASON THAT WE'RE EVEN FIGHTING THIS IS BECAUSE YOU PUT US HERE. I WILL GIVE YOU YOUR FLOWERS WHEN YOU SHOW US IN OTHER WAYS THAT YOU'RE DOING BETTER. I'D LIKE TO AGAIN, ONCE AGAIN, THANK MY COMMUNITY FOR BEING HERE AND FOR STANDING UP FOR THEMSELVES. I UNDERSTAND HOW HARD IT IS TO MAKE THESE MEETINGS. I UNDERSTAND HOW HARD IT IS TO GIVE UP THIS EXTRA TIME, TO STAND HERE AND BE AT MEETINGS THAT LAST FOREVER, TO STAND OUTSIDE IN 100 DEGREE WEATHER, TO STAND OUTSIDE. AND WHETHER THAT IS AS RIGHT NOW, YOU GUYS ARE STANDING OUT THERE IN A WINDSTORM. I SEE YOU, I HEAR YOU, AND I AM PROUD OF YOU. TO MY SPANISH SPEAKING, MY SPANISH SPEAKING COMMUNITY SAY, QUÉ ES MUY DIFICIL? CUANDO LA MARIA ES EN INGLÉS CUANDO USAR MAQUINAS PARA ESCUCHAR TODO LO SIENDO LA GENTE Y SE PUEDE SER ALGO Y TODAVIA TODAVIA VIENEN Y TODAVIA HACEN SU PRESENCIA VISTO YO LO VEO LA COMUNIDAD LOS Y ESTAMOS AQUI CON NOSOTROS. AGAIN, I'M VERY PROUD OF OUR COMMUNITY. AND I HOPE THAT THE COUNCIL VOTES IN THE RIGHT DECISION. THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU. THERE ARE NO OTHER HANDS RAISED. OKAY. SEEING NONE. THIS IS THE LAST CALL ON THE PUBLIC HEARING. IF THERE IS NO MORE COMMENTS AT THIS TIME, IT IS 7:30 P.M. WE WILL CLOSE THE. DO YOU HAVE A YOU WANT TO DO A PUBLIC COMMENT? YES. OKAY. [01:35:02] HELLO, COUNCIL. ALL MY COMMUNITY MEMBERS. MY NAME IS CELIA SANCHEZ. I'M A LONGTIME RESIDENT OF THE COACHELLA VALLEY. MY GREAT GREAT GRANDPARENTS ARE BURIED IN THE COACHELLA CEMETERY. SO IF THAT GIVES EVERYBODY SOME PERSPECTIVE, I'M ACTUALLY HERE ON ON BEHALF OF MY VERY GOOD FRIEND AND COLLEAGUE, CLAUDIA CITLALI ARMENTA. SO I'M GOING TO BE READING HER WORDS HERE FOR YOU GUYS TODAY. DEAR MEMBERS OF THE COACHELLA CITY COUNCIL, MY NAME IS CLAUDIA ARMENTA, WRITING TO YOU TODAY. NOT JUST AS SOMEONE WITH A BACKGROUND IN PUBLIC POLICY, GOVERNMENT RELATIONS, OR AS A COMMUNITY ORGANIZER, BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, AS A DEVOTED DAUGHTER AND RESIDENT, DEEPLY CONCERNED ABOUT THE FUTURE AND HEALTH OF OUR COACHELLA VALLEY COMMUNITY, I'M WRITING TO EXPRESS SERIOUS CONCERNS REGARDING THE POTENTIAL DEVELOPMENT OF A DATA CENTER IN THE CITY OF COACHELLA. WHILE I UNDERSTAND THE POTENTIAL ECONOMIC APPEAL OF SUCH PROJECTS, I STRONGLY URGE THE COUNCIL TO EVALUATE THE PROFOUND ENVIRONMENTAL, PUBLIC HEALTH AND QUALITY OF LIFE IMPACTS THE CITY COULD HAVE ON OUR LOCAL COMMUNITY, PARTICULARLY OUR MOST VULNERABLE RESIDENTS. MY CONCERN IS DEEPLY PERSONAL. MY MOTHER IS CURRENTLY BATTLING CANCER AND I HAVE BEEN IN AND OUT OF HOSPITALS THESE PAST FEW MONTHS. ANYONE WHO HAS WALKED ALONGSIDE A FAMILY MEMBER FIGHTING A SERIOUS ILLNESS KNOWS THAT CLEAN AIR, A CALM ENVIRONMENT AND UNINTERRUPTED REST AND RELIABLE UTILITY INFRASTRUCTURE ARE NOT MERE CONVENIENCES. THEY ARE CRITICAL TO SURVIVAL AND RECOVERY. DATA CENTERS CARRY HEAVY, WELL DOCUMENTED OPERATIONAL FOOTPRINTS THAT DIRECTLY CONFLICT WITH THESE VITAL HEALTH NEEDS. ONE AIR QUALITY AND EMISSIONS DATA CENTERS RELY ON MASSIVE INDUSTRIAL DIESEL BACKUP GENERATORS FOR EMERGENCY POWER AND PERIODIC TESTING FOR INDIVIDUALS UNDERGOING CHEMOTHERAPY OR IMMUNOTHERAPY. COMPROMISED RESPIRATORY AND IMMUNE SYSTEMS MAKE ANY INCREASE IN LOCALIZED AIRBORNE PARTICULATE MATTER EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. TWO RESOURCE STRAIN AND PUBLIC HEALTH EQUITY. THESE FACILITIES REQUIRE TREMENDOUS AMOUNTS OF ENERGY AND WATER FOR CONTINUOUS COOLING SYSTEMS, AND A REGION ALREADY NAVIGATING HIGH SUMMER HEAT AND ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE CHALLENGES, PRIORITIZING INDUSTRIAL RESOURCE CONSUMPTION CONSUMPTION RISKS, STRAINING LOCAL UTILITIES, AND WORSENING URBAN HEAT. ISLAND EFFECTS THREE CONTINUOUS LOW FREQUENCY NOISE THE INCESSANT NOISE GENERATED BY LARGE SCALE COOLING UNITS AND ELECTRICAL INFRASTRUCTURE CAN CAUSE SEVERE SLEEP DISRUPTION, ELEVATED STRESS, AND PHYSIOLOGICAL STRAIN. ACTORS THAT ACTIVELY IMPEDE RECOVERY FOR CANCER PATIENTS AND HARM THE MENTAL AND PHYSICAL WELL-BEING OF NEARBY FAMILIES. FROM A PUBLIC POLICY, GOVERNMENT RELATIONS AND COMMUNITY ORGANIZER STANDPOINT, SUSTAINABLE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SHOULD NEVER COME OUT OF THE EXPENSE OF COMMUNITY HEALTH EQUITY. I URGE THE CITY COUNCIL TO MANDATE COMPREHENSIVE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STUDIES, ROBUST PUBLIC HEALTH ASSESSMENTS, AND MEANINGFUL COMMUNITY FEEDBACK SESSIONS. BEFORE TAKING ANY BINDING STEPS, I REQUEST A PERMANENT DATA BAN IN THE CITY OF COACHELLA. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. SINCERELY, CLAUDIA ARMENTA. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. OUR LAST PUBLIC COMMENT. WE WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 7:34 P.M. SO WITH THAT, WE'LL ANY QUESTIONS BY COUNSEL TO STAFF. I KNOW WE HAD OTHER. THEY ADDED THE AMENDMENTS IN THERE, BUT I'LL START TO MY RIGHT. MR. MARTINEZ. YEAH, NO, NO QUESTIONS FOR THE STAFF. IT SEEMS VERY CLEAR. I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO READ THEM OVER. COUNCIL MEMBER DEAKIN NO QUESTIONS ON THE ORDINANCE THAT WAS WRITTEN. THANK YOU. DELGADO. NO, BUT I DID WANT TO THANK I DID WANT TO THANK EVERYONE THAT'S HERE. AND YOU KNOW, WHEN I'M LISTENING TO YOU, I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT WHEN YOU'RE SHARING HOW DISAPPOINTED YOU'VE BEEN, THAT YOU HAVE EVERY RIGHT TO BE. AND IN NO WAY DO I QUESTION THAT CRITICISM AT ALL. AND SO THERE WAS THERE WAS, I THINK, WITH CC WHO SAID THAT THERE'S THERE'S A LOT OF SUSPICION BECAUSE OF THE WAY THINGS HAVE BEEN HANDLED AND WHAT HAS HAPPENED HERE IN THE LAST YEAR ON THIS DAIS WITHIN THE CITY COUNCIL. SO THERE'S A LOT OF WORK THAT WE HAVE TO DO TO CONTINUE TO LISTEN TO YOU AND LEARN FROM YOU AND THEN EDUCATE OURSELVES AND THEN HOPEFULLY WORK TOGETHER AND MOVE FORWARD TOGETHER. I THANK ALL THE THE YOUNG FOLKS AND OUR SENIORS AND EVERYONE ELSE WHO MADE IT OUT, THOSE WHO TOOK THE TIME TO SPEAK ON ZOOM, THOSE WHO MADE THE TRIP HERE, THOSE WHO WERE STANDING OUT IN A DUST STORM WAITING. AND THEN THEY MADE IT OUT TO SHELTER, THANKFULLY, TO THE LIBRARY, TO THE PEOPLE ON THE SOCIAL MEDIA. APPS, PLATFORMS THAT CONTINUE [01:40:09] TO SPEAK OUT. I AM APPRECIATIVE. IT DOES TAKE A GREAT DEAL OF WORK, A GREAT DEAL OF RESEARCHING, A GREAT DEAL OF LISTENING. SO I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT THAT WE ARE VERY GRATEFUL. WE REALLY ARE. AND IT MIGHT NOT SHOW IT, BUT I CAN TELL YOU THAT THIS CITY COUNCIL IS UNIFIED AND MOVING FORWARD WITH THIS. AND IN MANY CITIES, YOU DON'T HAVE THAT UNIFICATION. AND MANY CITIES, AS I SEE THEM THROUGHOUT THE COACHELLA VALLEY AND THE COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE, NOT ALL COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE IN AGREEMENT. AND SO HERE YOU HAVE A UNIFIED COUNCIL. AND SO WITH THAT, I DO I DO THANK YOU FOR FOR ALL THAT YOU'VE ADDRESSED AND SHARED. AND AND SO WITH THAT, I'LL GO AHEAD AND. RECOMMEND THAT TO ONE, CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING. TWO INTRODUCE FIRST FOR FIRST READING BY TITLE ONLY AND THREE DIRECT STAFF TO RETURN FOR THE SECOND READING AND ADOPTION. OKAY, COUNCILMEMBER MAYOR PRO TEM PEREZ, DO YOU WANT TO MAKE YOUR COMMENTS BEFORE WE MOVE ON WITH THE SECOND CALL FOR A SECOND? YES. I ALSO WANT TO ECHO WHAT'S BEEN SAID. I THINK I'VE BEEN SAYING IT FOR FOR A COUPLE OF MONTHS NOW. I HOPE THAT OUR RESIDENTS DON'T STOP COMING TO OUR COUNCIL MEETINGS, THAT THEY KEEP ATTENDING. I THINK THIS IS THE FIRST TIME IN A LONG TIME THAT I'VE SEEN RESIDENTS COME OUT, AND I WANT TO THANK OUR YOUNGER GENERATION FOR COMING OUT AND EDUCATING A LOT OF PEOPLE, AND FOR ENCOURAGING PEOPLE TO COME OUT AND SPEAK AT OUR COUNCIL MEETINGS TO OUR SENIORS, BECAUSE FROM THE BEGINNING, YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN FIGHTING AND COMING OUT AND SPEAKING AND STAYING OUT. LIKE SOMEONE SAID TO 1:00, TO 130 WHEN THERE WASN'T ENOUGH SEATS INSIDE, YOU GUYS STOOD OUTSIDE. SO I WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY WHO, WHO CAME OUT AND WHO HAS NOT STOPPED COMING OUT. AND PLEASE DON'T, DON'T STOP COMING TO OUR COUNCIL MEETINGS. AND IF THERE IS ANY ISSUES THAT YOU SPEAK ABOUT IT AND THAT YOU YOU TRY AND REACH OUT TO US TOO. WE ARE ON THE ON THE COUNCIL. WE ARE ON THIS DIOCESE FOR A REASON. WE WERE ELECTED AND THAT YOU GUYS WORK WITH US AND WE WORK WITH YOU. YOU, YOU GUYS ELECTED US TO SERVE THE COMMUNITY AND NOT US. SERVE OURSELVES FROM THE COMMUNITY. SO THANK YOU TO EVERYBODY. THAT'S THAT'S ALL MY COMMENTS. THANK YOU. MAYOR PRO TEM PEREZ. THANK YOU TO EVERYONE FOR COMING. GRACIAS A TODOS TAMBIÉN. EVERYONE WHO'S IN THE LIBRARY ROOM LISTENING TO US VIA ZOOM. I KNOW THAT WE ALL GOT THAT DUST STORM. IT'S THAT I WAS ACTUALLY TALKING TO THE NEWS REPORTER EARLIER IN MONSOON SEASON IS HERE. AND SO WE YOU KNOW, WE DON'T USUALLY GET THOSE HABOOBS AS MUCH. BUT WHEN THEY DO, WE HAVE TO BE CAREFUL. BUT I'M GLAD EVERYONE WAS ABLE TO SHELTER IN A SPACE AND CONTINUE TO HAVE THE MEETING TO THE, YOU KNOW, THE, TO THE, TO FOLKS THAT TALKED TO US ABOUT YOU'LL GIVE US OUR FLOWERS AT THE END. I DON'T EXPECT FLOWERS OR ACCOLADES. I NEED THE VOTE WITH OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT WERE HERE. WE DON'T EXPECT THE FLOWERS BACK. WE WERE TRYING TO FIX THE ANALOGY OF YOU STAB SOMEONE AND YOU PULLED OUT THE KNIFE. THAT'S A PRIME EXAMPLE OF, OKAY, NOW YOU GOT TO HEAL THE WOUND. IT'S NOT WE'RE NOT GOING TO EXPECT ANYTHING FROM YOU IS WE HAVE TO GIVE YOU GUYS BACK AND HEAL THE WOUND THAT WE CAUSED. AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT THE DIFFERENCE HERE IS, IS NOT EXPECTING AN ACCOLADE OR SAYING, THANKS FOR FIXING THIS. NO, WE'RE FIXING WHAT WE CREATED. AND AT THE END OF THE DAY, IT'S IT'S BECAUSE OF OUR OWN VOTING MECHANISM THAT WE VOTED ON ITEMS AND TAKING OWNERSHIP OF IT THAT WE DIDN'T WE DIDN'T GET WE, WE VOTED FOR A MUNICIPAL ELECTRICITY THAT INCLUDED A DATA CENTER AS THE PRIMARY SOURCE OF GENERATING ELECTRICITY. AND SO THOSE FOLKS THAT SAID, WE'LL GIVE YOU, I'M LIKE, IT'S FINE. NO, WE DON'T NEED I DON'T NEED THEM. I DON'T KNOW ABOUT OTHERS. I DON'T NEED THEM. BECAUSE HER HER ANALOGY OF, I HAVE TO FIX WHAT I DID WRONG. AND THIS IS PART OF IT, BUT THEN IT'S PART OF THE REBUILDING, THE TRUST OF THE COMMUNITY. AND THIS COUNCIL IS UNITED. WE'RE HERE AT THIS TIME NOW TO TO FIX WHAT WE DID WRONG. AND MR. MARTINEZ JOINED US AND IS HELPING FIX THAT WOUND. YOU KNOW, HE WASN'T PART OF THE ORIGINAL VOTE, BUT HE'S HERE WORKING WITH US AND HEARING THE COMMUNITY OUT AND UNDERSTANDING. AND AT THE END OF THE DAY, I HEAR PEOPLE, I SEE EVERYBODY, AND THANK YOU FOR EVERYONE THAT CAME. BUT I ALSO WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE WE'RE VOTING ON THE ORDINANCE. FIRST READING OF THE ORDINANCE FOR THE PERMANENT BAN ON THE ORDINANCE. BUT I DO WANT THE ITEM TO COME BACK AS THE BALLOT MEASURE, BUT I WANT AN ASSESSMENT OF WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE, A TIMELINE, WHAT THE COST WOULD BE, BECAUSE WE'RE PAST THE TIMELINE FOR A NOVEMBER ELECTION SO THAT WE CAN MAKE SURE WE CAN SHOW WHAT IT'S GOING TO COST, WHAT THAT STEPS WOULD LOOK, WHAT WOULD BE THE NEXT EARLIEST ELECTION WE [01:45:04] COULD HAVE BASED ON THE NEXT AVAILABLE, SO THAT WE COULD GO THROUGH THAT PROCESS SO THAT WE DON'T JUST VOTE ON THIS, SAY WE'RE DONE WITH THIS, AND THEN NOT CONTINUE THAT OTHER CONVERSATION BECAUSE LIKE A LOT OF PEOPLE SAID, LA LUCHA LA LUCHA SIGUE. AND IT'S NOT OVER UNTIL WE ENSHRINE. THE MORE THE DATA CENTER BAN BY THE VOTERS SO THAT NO ONE ELSE THAT SITS ON THESE CHAIRS, WHOEVER GETS ELECTED CAN GO BACK AND JUST IN A SNAP OF A FINGER, SAY, WE'RE NOT GOING TO DO THIS ANYMORE, AND WE'RE GOING TO LET DATA CENTERS COME. AND WITH THAT, I'LL SECOND THE COUNCILWOMAN'S MOTION. MR. MAYOR. YES, SIR. I GET AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK. YEAH, I, I WANT TO SPEAK IN SPANISH FOR OUR COMMUNITY THAT DON'T SPEAK ENGLISH. QUIERO LAS GRACIAS POR TODA LA GENTE COMENTAR Y POR SUPUESTO. NUESTRO EQUIPO HIZO BASTANTE TRABAJO EN PREPARA ESTA ORDENANZA HACE SOLAMENTE DOS DOS MESES ATRAS. YO TAMBIÉN ESTABA CON USTEDES IGUALMENTE HABLANDO CON EL CONCILIO ESTA AQUI Y AHORA ESTOY ESTE LADO Y NO SE ME HA OLVIDADO EL POR QUÉ ESTOY AQUI DE ESTE LADO. Y QUIERO MANDAR UN MENSAJE A LOS A LOS DESARROLLADORES AFUERA Q NECESITAN ENTENDER Q CADA VEZ Q TRATAN DE PONER EN LA MIRA A COMUNIDADES COMO NOSOTROS PENSANDO Q NO TENEMOS LOS RECURSOS O NO TENEMOS VOZ. ESTE ES UN MENSAJE PARA USTEDES DE AQUI DESDE COACHELLA. Q TENEMOS VOZ Y PODEMOS HACER COSAS INCREIBLE CUANDO NOS VAMOS A C Q SIGUEN VINIENDO SIGUE SIGUE APOYANDO SIGAMOS PORQUE ES UN EQUIPO SOMOS UN EQUIPO Y COMO LO DIJERON NUESTROS MIEMBROS DEL CONSIGLIO. ESTAMOS UNIDOS COMO NUNCA Y NO SE ME OLVIDO PORQUE ESTOY AQUI Y ES PRECISAMENTE POR ESTO POR LA LUCHA PORQUE LA LUCHA SIGUE ASI LA RESPONSABILIDAD SE TOMAN AQUI YO TOMO MUY EN SERIO Y MUY A PECO. ES DECIR UN MENSAJE POSITIVO A TODOS LOS DESARROLLADORES QUIEREN VENIR Y ESTÉN DISPUESTOS A IR MAS ALLA DE LAS LEYES AMBIENTALES. ESTAMOS DISPUESTOS A TRABAJAR CON USTEDES ESTAMOS ABIERTOS PARA EL NEGOCIO. NO VAMOS A DEJAR ESTE PROYECTO. QUÉ PASA TAN CONTROVERSIAL NOS DEFINE COMO CIUDAD. MUCHAS GRACIAS A TODOS LA COMUNIDAD Y TENEMOS UN GRAN EQUIPO. MUCHAS GRACIAS. COMMUNITIES. YOU DON'T. THERE'S NO PUBLIC COMMENT SEPARATE FROM HIM. EVEN HIS OWN BACKSIDE. THE COMMUNITY LIKE YOU JUST DON'T. IT'S NOT TIME FOR A PUBLIC COMMENT. OKAY. THANK YOU SIR, WE APPRECIATE IT. I'LL GO AHEAD AND DO MY. SORRY, SIR. YOU HAVE TO STOP RIGHT NOW. WE HAVE TO CONTINUE WITH THE MEETING AND THE PROTOCOL THAT WE HAVE IN PLACE. MAYOR, YOU CAN CONTINUE. THANK YOU. JUST WANT TO SHARE SOME OF MY THOUGHTS, AND I'LL DO THEM IN SPANGLISH BECAUSE I. IT'S EASIER IN ESPANOL INGLÉS. BUT I WANT TO START OFF BY THANKING THE COMMUNITY FOR BEING HERE FROM THE VERY BEGINNING. AND YES, WE WERE GETTING OUT, ALL OF US AT A VERY LATE HOUR. BUT WE APPRECIATE ALL OF YOUR COMMENTS, WHETHER WE KNOW THEY COME FROM THE HEART, WE KNOW THAT YOU WERE ALL VERY INTERESTED IN ENSURING THAT WE WERE ABLE TO GET THROUGH THIS ORDINANCE AND THIS BAN. AND I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE THROUGHOUT EVERY MEETING THAT WE HAD SCHEDULED AND SPECIAL MEETINGS. YOUR COMMENTS AND YOUR CONCERNS DO NOT GO UNNOTICED. WE DO TAKE THEM SERIOUSLY. I DO ON MY END AS WELL, AND WE APPRECIATE YOU. BUT I DO WANT TO ECHO WHAT COUNCILWOMAN PEREZ WAS MENTIONING. I'VE BEEN ON THIS COUNCIL FOR FOUR YEARS NOW, AND I'VE NEVER SEEN THE COMMUNITY COME OUT THIS WAY. AND I THINK IT'S AMAZING. I GOTTEN TO KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT ARE LIVING WITHIN THE CITY BOUNDARIES AND OUTSIDE OF THE CITY BOUNDARIES AND THE WAY YOU HAVE ALL COME TOGETHER UNIFIED. IT'S SOMETHING REALLY BEAUTIFUL TO SEE. AND FORTUNATELY, IT WAS THROUGH THIS AVENUE. AND I KNOW THAT A LOT OF US ARE OBVIOUSLY NOT PROUD THAT WE'RE HERE, BUT WE'RE HERE. AND NONETHELESS, I WANT TO THANK EVERYONE FOR ALL OF THE GREAT WORK THAT THEY'VE BEEN DOING AND THE INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE USING THE SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS TO UNITE THE COMMUNITY AND SHARE FACTS, SHARE INFORMATION. YOU GUYS ARE DOING A REALLY GOOD JOB. I THINK IT'S AMAZING THAT YOU'RE UTILIZING THAT PLATFORM AND INFORMING YOUR COMMUNITY. AND I SEE IT EVERY NOW AND THEN. YOU PUT INFORMATION IN ENGLISH AND SPANISH. YOU RESPOND TO THE COMMENTS, YOU'RE HELPING THE CITY AS WELL. GOVERNMENT, UNFORTUNATELY, IS NOT ABLE TO DO EVERYTHING. AND I THINK A LOT OF THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS RIGHT NOW AND THROUGHOUT A LOT [01:50:03] OF DIFFERENT ISSUES, ARE ALWAYS COMING TOGETHER AND ENSURING THAT THEY'RE SHARING THE INFORMATION WITH THEIR NEIGHBORS, WITH THEIR COWORKERS, AT WORK, AT SCHOOL, WHEREVER THEY CAN KEEP DOING THAT. THIS IS WHAT MOVEMENT LOOKS LIKE. AND I'M VERY PROUD TO BE A COACHELLA RESIDENT. I'M VERY PROUD TO BE A COUNCIL MEMBER HERE AND JUST KEEP COMING TO THESE MEETINGS. I THINK YOU YOUR PERSPECTIVE IS ALWAYS GOING TO BE EXTREMELY VALUABLE BECAUSE NONE OF US ARE GOING TO GET EVERYTHING RIGHT. WE'RE HUMAN BEINGS, BUT WE REALLY APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THAT YOU GUYS DO. AHORA EN ESPANOL UN POCO TRATAR DE DECIR TODO LO DIJE EN INGLÉS. QUIERO DARLE LAS GRACIAS A LA COMUNIDAD ESTUVO AQUI PRESENTE SIEMPRE A TRAVÉS DE DIFERENTES PLATAFORMAS. QUÉ SE PRESENTARON AQUI CON NOSOTROS ESTUVIERON PRESENTES A TRAVÉS DE ZOOM CU LLAMARON Q SOMETIERON COMENTARIOS CORREOS ELECTRONICOS TODO ESO SE LES AGRADECE PORQUE ESTA AQUI YO ME TOMO MUY EN SERIO. ESTE PAPEL DE SER REGIDOR. SI CU NO SIEMPRE VAMOS A TENER NOSOTROS TODAS LAS RESPUESTAS ES MUY DIFICIL PARA CADA UNA PERSONA ESTA AQUI TENER TODA LA RESPUESTA DE TODO ES SIMPLEMENTE ES DIFICIL. PERO SE LES AGRADECE MUCHO SU ATENCION SE LES AGRADECE SU OPINION TODO LO Q NOS DIJERON NO NO NOS TOMAMOS LAS COSAS LIGERAMENTE NO LAS TOMAMOS BASTANTE EN SERIO Y LES QUEREMOS AGRADECER Y PEDIRLE TAMBIÉN VENIR A LAS JUNTAS. YO HA ESTADO AQUI EN ESTA POSICION YA CUATRO ANOS Y NUNCA HABIA MIRADO TANTA TANTA COMUNIDAD PRESENTARSE YA SEA DE AQUI AQUI EN LA CIUDAD DE COACHELLA Y TAMBIÉN A SUS ALREDEDORES. ENTONCES ES ALGO MUY BONITO. PORQUE ESTAS AGENDAS ESTAN A VECES SE ESTAN REPLETA DE INFORMACION A MUCHISIMAS COSAS Q Q ESTAMOS LAGANDO Q ESTAMOS PLATICANDO Y ES IMPORTANTE Q LA GENTE. VIVE LA CIUDAD DE COACHELLA. TAMBIÉN ESTA PRESENTE PARA ESCUCHAR ESAS COSAS Y TAMBIÉN EN SU OPINION. NO PORQUE NOSOTROS ESTAMOS SENTADOS AQUI. VAMOS A SABER TODO OCUPAN SU PERSPECTIVA TAMBIÉN DE USTEDES OCUPA SUS EXPERIENCIAS DE USTEDES. USTEDES TIENEN OPINIONS EXPERIENCIAS QUÉ TAL VEZ NOSOTROS NO HEMOS VIVIDO POR QUÉ. PORQUE ASI ES LA VIDA USTEDES VAN A VIVIR COSAS Q NOSOTROS NO VIVIMOS NOSOTROS VAMOS A VIVIR COSAS Q USTEDES NO HAN VIVIDO Y TENEMOS Q SEGUIR A UNIDOS Y COMPARTIENDO ESAS COSAS. ASI SIGUEN VINIENDO LAS JUNTAS SE LES AGRADECE DE CORAZON HAGAN ESTADO AQUI SIEMPRE Y GRACIAS POR POR TODA LA INFORMACION Q NOS DIERON TAMBIÉN SU OPINION Y A LAS PERSONAS LAS PLATAFORMAS DE LAS REDES SOCIALES ESTAN AQUI PRESENTES SE LES AGRADECE TAMBIÉN TODO EL TODO LO Q HAN HECHO POR SU COMUNIDAD. QUÉ SE LO TOMARON USTEDES COMO ALGO PARA HACER NADIE SE LOS PIDIO USTEDES LO HICIERON PORQUE SABIAN LO IMPORTANTE Y ERA TENIAN QUÉ HACER ENTONCES GRACIAS POR DISTRIBUIR ESA INFORMACION TAMBIÉN Y POR LA OPORTUNIDAD DE PLATICAR CON USTEDES DE ESCUCHAR Y TAMBIÉN LA EL SIMPLE HECHO DE QUÉ SE HAN COMUNICADO DIRECTAMENTE CON LA COMUNIDAD A TRAVÉS DE MENSAJES DE COMENTARIOS. TODO LO Q RESPONDIERON ESO TAMBIÉN ES PARTE DE LA COMUNIDAD. ASI ES Q SE LES AGRADECE. AND THAT'S IT. THANK YOU. KENDRA. THANK YOU. I KNOW THAT, KENDRA, THAT SOMEONE MADE A I KNOW THERE'S A FIRST AND A SECOND BUT CAN'T COMMENT ON THE GIGAWATTS. YES, SIR. I WAS GOING TO. SORRY, MA'AM. THEN I WAS GOING TO READ THE MOTION. OKAY. YEAH. OKAY. SO SORRY TO INTERRUPT. I WOULD LIKE TO NOTE THAT FOR THE MOTION, YOU GUYS ARE GOING TO BE MAKING A RECOMMENDATION TO INCLUDE THE CHANGES THAT WERE INCLUDED IN THE REDLINE THAT WERE PROVIDED TO YOU TODAY, NOT THE ORDINANCE THAT IS INCLUDED AS PART OF THE STAFF REPORT. OH, SORRY. COUNCIL MEMBER DELGADO, CAN YOU CONFIRM THAT THAT'S YOUR MOTION? AND WITH THE AMENDMENTS MADE IN THE RED LINE, THAT WAS PROVIDED PRETTY QUICK. SORRY, I CLOSED MY. YEAH, I THINK I REMEMBER THEM IS TO ADOPT THE. YOU NEED TO DO THE PUBLIC TO DO THE TO DO THE PUBLIC HEARING AND THEN TO DO THE FIRST READING BY TITLE ONLY, AND THEN TO WAIVE. FURTHER READING. WAIVE. FURTHER READING WITH THE CHANGES BROUGHT BEFORE US. YEAH. I'LL. SECOND. WITH THE REVISIONS PROVIDED WITH THE REVISIONS. THANK YOU. OKAY. ROLL CALL. OKAY. COUNCIL MEMBER. MARTINEZ. AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER. HUME. AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER. DELGADO. YES. MAYOR. PRO TEM PEREZ. YES. AND MAYOR. DOCTOR FIGUEROA. AYE. MOTION PASSES. THANK YOU. SO WITH THAT, WE'LL MOVE ON TO REPORTS AND REQUESTS. COUNCIL [Reports and Requests] [01:55:10] DISCUSSION ON FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS. START TO MY RIGHT. MISS MARTINEZ. LET'S SEE. I THINK I HAVE A COUPLE OF THEM HERE. FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS. I'D LIKE TO, MR. CITY MANAGER. AND WITH CONSENSUS WITH THE COUNCIL. I WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST AN INVENTORY OF THE CITY OWNED LAND PROPERTIES. ANYTHING THAT QUALIFIES FOR THE SURPLUS LAND ACT THAT WE CAN OFFER OPPORTUNITIES TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING THAT WILL HELP US WITH THE HOUSING ELEMENT WITHIN OUR CITY. I KNOW WE'RE IN COMPLIANCE, BUT IT WILL BE NICE TO SEE. I KNOW WE HAVE SOME PROJECTS COMING UP, BUT ALSO IT WOULD BE GOOD TO TO HAVE THE INVENTORY AND SEE WHAT LAND QUALIFIES FOR THAT. MAYBE WE CAN GET IN CONTACT WITH COACHELLA VALLEY HOUSING COALITION OR ANY AFFORDABLE HOUSING BUILDERS OUT THERE THAT WE CAN TEAM UP. ABSOLUTELY, SIR. WE'LL GET THAT STARTED. THANK YOU COUNSELOR. I DON'T HAVE ANY. REQUESTS, SO I'LL WAIT FOR COMMENTS. OKAY. COUNCILMEMBER DELGADO. I JUST I GUESS I THINK WE HAD SHARED BEFORE, RIGHT TO CARLOS POINT ABOUT ADDING THE NEPOTISM LANGUAGE ON THE APPLICATIONS FOR THE COMMISSIONERS. THAT'S CORRECT. COUNCIL MEMBER DELGADO. WE'VE ALREADY GONE FORWARD WITH THE NEPOTISM POLICY, BUT WE'RE WORKING ON ANOTHER ONE FOR COMMISSIONS AND BOARDS. OKAY. THANK YOU. AND THEN THE AD HOC COMMITTEE SHOULD BE COMING BEFORE US AGAIN WITH THE MEMBERS THAT WE. REQUESTED. TO, TO TO THE COUNCIL MEMBERS. POINT IS THAT IF WE'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT THE PROPERTIES THAT WE OWN, IS THAT THEN WE ALSO THEN I THINK WE NEED TO REVISIT THE FACILITIES THAT WE OWN. AND I KNOW THAT THERE HAS BEEN SOME THAT WE HAVE ACCEPTED, YOU KNOW, PROPOSALS FROM SOME FROM SOME SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS. BUT I THINK SOME OF THAT ISN'T MOVING FORWARD. AND SO I THINK THAT WE DO NEED TO REVISIT THE CITY FACILITIES AND THAT, THAT WE WANTED TO LEASE OUT AND SEE WHERE SEE WHERE, WHERE THAT'S AT. YES, MA'AM. WE'LL BE LOOKING AT ALL CITY OWNED PROPERTY, ANYTHING WITH STRUCTURES AS WELL, INCLUDING VACANT LAND AND REMNANT PIECES OUT THERE THAT HAVE A POTENTIAL. OKAY. PERFECT. THANK YOU. YES. MAYOR PRO TEM PEREZ, ANY FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE FOR. NO. I THINK I HAD SPOKE WITH THE CITY MANAGER TO AS WELL WITH HAVING OUR. SO DO A PRESENTATION AS TO CALLS FOR SERVICE AND OPEN CASES AND ALL THAT THAT THEY CAN PROVIDE, HOPEFULLY IN THE FUTURE MEETINGS. I THINK THAT'S WHAT I HAD, BUT I ALSO MAYBE WE CAN ALSO LOOK INTO HOW MANY MOBILE HOME PARKS WE HAVE IN THE CITY OF COACHELLA AND SEE WHAT RESOURCES ARE AVAILABLE, OR IF THERE'S ANY GRANTS THAT CAN BE USED TO HELP BETTER THE CONDITION, THE LIVING CONDITIONS OF THE PEOPLE. HOPEFULLY WE CAN BRING THAT IN A FURTHER IN A FUTURE COUNCIL MEETING, BUT THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR RIGHT NOW. THANK YOU. OKAY. AND THEN JUST MR. CITY MANAGER ON, I KNOW THAT WE WE WORK WITH THE BLUE ZONES. AND I KNOW YOU TALKED ABOUT YOU MENTIONED MOU BEFORE WE CAN WORK ON THAT MOU MET WITH THEM TODAY ACTUALLY AND SEE IF WE ME AND YOU CAN SET UP A MEETING WITH THEIR STAFF TO TALK ABOUT HOW THAT MUTUAL WORKING TOGETHER AS A CITY WITH THE BLUE ZONES WOULD WORK. ABSOLUTELY, SIR. WE'LL DO SO THAT AND THEN LASTLY, I KNOW THAT WE HAVE SOME MEETINGS IN SEPTEMBER, BUT IT COINCIDES WITH THE LEAGUE OF CITIES. IF WE CAN GET THAT UPDATED SO THAT WE SEE WHO'S GOING TO BE ATTENDING LEAGUE OF CITIES AS A COUNCIL, SO THAT WE CAN RE AGENDIZE THAT SECOND MEETING IN SEPTEMBER FOR ANOTHER TIME, SO THAT WE CAN STILL HAVE OUR TWO MEETINGS IN SEPTEMBER. MAY I TAKE A ROLL CALL ON THAT, SIR, AND ASK THE COUNCIL? YEAH. I KNOW MYSELF AS THE CITY MANAGER. I WILL BE ATTENDING. YEAH. SO IF YOU WANT TO DO THAT OFFLINE AND WORK WITH THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE AND THE ATTORNEY'S OFFICE SO THAT. AND THEN I THINK THAT'S THAT WHAT I HAVE ON MY END. AND THEN NEXT WE'LL MOVE ON TO COUNCIL COMMENTS, REPORTS, MISCELLANEOUS COMMITTEES. WE'LL START TO MY RIGHT, MR. MARTINEZ. NO COMMITTEES. THE LAST TWO WEEKS THAT WE WERE IN ABSENT. BUT I VISIT THE SENIOR CENTER. YOU KNOW USUALLY HOW I DO IT. I'VE BEEN PRACTICING MY SINGING, SO I WAS PARTICIPATING IN THE KARAOKE. IT WAS NICE TO SEE THE ENTIRE STAFF ON TUESDAY. TWO TUESDAYS AGO, RIGHT? TWO WEEKS AGO. IT WAS VERY NICE TO SEE THE ENTIRE STAFF, YOU KNOW, INTERACTING WITH THE WITH THE SENIOR CENTER. I ONLY SING ONE SONG, BY THE WAY, SO I DIDN'T [02:00:06] PUT HIM TO SLEEP. I THINK I PUT HIM TO SLEEP, SING. AND ALSO THE LAST WEEK ACTUALLY, WE HAD THE GRAND OPENING OF THE TROPICANA. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS WERE THERE, BUT YOU KNOW, IT WAS NICE. IT WAS NICE TO SEE THERE WAS SOME FOOD OUT THERE. AND ALSO THE BLUE ZONES PROJECT. THEY HAVE AN AMAZING EVENT. YOU KNOW, IT WAS IT WAS INCREDIBLE TO SEE HOW MANY PEOPLE CAME OVER TO RANCHO 51. AND THEY ENJOY, YOU KNOW, ALL THE THE BOOTHS AND FOOD THAT THEY HAVE AND THEY WERE OFFERING. IT WAS AMAZING. WE HAD A GREAT TIME. WE HAD A BUSY WEEK, VERY BUSY WEEK. SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE. THANK YOU. AND I'M JUST HAPPY. I ALREADY TOLD COUNCIL MEMBER PEREZ TO GO TO MEXICALI AND GET A SHOT. CAN I GET READY? HURRY UP. WE MISS YOU. WE WANT TO HUG YOU. GIVE SOME CONTEXT ON THAT. OH, SORRY. STILL, SHE IS FEELING A LITTLE BIT UNDER THE WEATHER. THAT'S ALL I CAN SAY. THAT'S WHY. YEAH. COUNCILMEMBER. JUST JUST ONE MIGHT GIVE SOME CONTEXT BECAUSE YOU JUST SAY GET A SHOT. I WANTED TO SHARE SOMETHING THAT I DID YESTERDAY. I, I WAS THE COUNCIL WAS INVITED TO DO A RIDE ALONG WITH THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT. AND I WAS ABLE TO DO THAT. I'VE NEVER DONE THAT. AND I WAS INTERESTED TO SEE WHAT IT IS TO BE OUT PATROLLING THE CITY. I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT. AND I IF MY COLLEAGUES HAVEN'T DONE THAT YET, I DON'T KNOW IF THEY HAVE, BUT DEFINITELY, DEFINITELY DO IT AT SOME POINT. VERY IMPORTANT YOU GET TO SEE WHAT THE CALLS OF OUR RESIDENTS ARE. AND OBVIOUSLY I WON'T BE SHARING, BUT VERY IMPORTANT. I THINK THAT AS CITY LEADERS AND JUST INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE MAKING DECISIONS THAT IMPACT THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT HERE AND OUR CONTRACT AND ETC. ALL OF THAT, I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT FOR US TO BE ABLE TO JUST BE KNOWLEDGEABLE OF WHAT'S GOING ON, RIGHT? I THINK A LOT OF TIMES WE AS LEADERS ARE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE CHALLENGED AND WE HAVE TO MAKE CERTAIN DECISIONS. AND THE MORE WE KNOW, THE BETTER. I THINK THAT'S THE BEST WAY THAT I CAN PUT IT. THE DEPUTY THAT I WAS ABLE TO DO THE RIDE ALONG WITH WAS VERY PLEASANT TO, TO BE AROUND. HE WOULD KIND OF SHARE A LITTLE BIT OF INSIGHT AND JUST THE THINGS THAT THEY KIND OF TAKE A LOOK AT AND VERY VALUABLE INFORMATION. BUT I SAY THAT TO MY COLLEAGUES TOO, BECAUSE IT IS SO, SO IMPORTANT WHEN YOU ARE SITTING THERE AND YOU'RE SEEING HOW THEY'RE PROCESSING CERTAIN INFORMATION AND CALLS, BUT YOU ALSO GET TO KNOW AND YOU SEE THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY, YOU GET THAT PERSPECTIVE THAT YOU WOULDN'T GET ANY OTHER WAY. AND I THINK ANY WAY THAT YOU CAN GET PERSPECTIVE ON HOW YOUR COMMUNITY IS DOING AND WHAT ARE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT THEY'RE STRUGGLING WITH? GO THERE, TRY TO GET THAT. AND JUST IT OPENS YOUR EYES TO A LOT OF A LOT OF THINGS. SO DEFINITELY WANT TO SHARE THAT WITH MY COLLEAGUES OF, OF, YOU KNOW, TAKING THAT INTO CONSIDERATION AND DOING IT BECAUSE I DO THINK IT'S VALUABLE TO BE ABLE TO JUST KNOW WHAT ARE SOME OF THE STRUGGLES OF OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS. AND I WANT TO THANK CAPTAIN ANDY MARTINEZ FOR, YOU KNOW, FOR INVITING US AND ALSO GIVING US OR GIVING ME A TOUR OF THE THERMAL STATION. VERY VALUABLE. I LEARNED THAT THEY WORK WITH A LOT OF MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES ON SITE. THEY HAVE SOMEBODY THERE THAT THEY'RE ABLE TO GET INFORMATION FROM, AND THEY'RE ABLE TO, ON THE SPOT, BE ABLE TO PROVIDE MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES TO OUR COMMUNITY AND OUR RESIDENTS. AND I THOUGHT THAT WAS VERY GREAT. I THOUGHT THAT WAS VERY VALUABLE. I ALSO LEARNED THEY HAVE SEVERAL CPS CASEWORKERS, WHICH I WAS NOT AWARE OF, WHICH I THINK IS ALSO VERY VALUABLE. IT'S UNFORTUNATE THAT WE HAVE TO HAVE THAT, BUT NONETHELESS, WE HAVE IT. AND THEY HAVE SEVERAL ON SITE AND JUST WANT TO THANK THEM FOR ALL THE GREAT WORK THAT THEY. I KNOW THAT WE DON'T ALWAYS SHARE THAT, BUT SOCIAL WORKERS REALLY DO A LOT OF GREAT WORK, AND I THINK THAT THEY HAVE TO. THEY ARE ALSO CHALLENGED WITH A LOT OF THINGS THAT THEY SHOULDN'T HAVE TO BE CHALLENGED WITH. IN A PERFECT WORLD, I DON'T THINK WE WOULD HAVE SOCIAL WORKERS AND WE WOULDN'T NEED ALL THOSE SERVICES. BUT UNFORTUNATELY, WE DON'T LIVE IN A PERFECT WORLD AND WE DO. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE GREAT WORK THAT YOU DO. AND THANK YOU TO THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT FOR THE RIDE ALONG AND FOR ALLOWING ME TO BE ABLE TO SEE WHAT SOME OF OUR COMMUNITY IS, UNFORTUNATELY STRUGGLING WITH. SO THANK YOU GUYS. AND THAT'S IT. [02:05:03] COUNCILMEMBER DELGADO. THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER. I THINK I'VE DONE ABOUT FOUR FOUR RIDE ALONGS, RIGHT, CAPTAIN, SINCE 2021. YOU DO LEARN A GREAT DEAL FROM NOT ONLY WHAT THEY'RE SEEING, BUT THEN ALSO SOME OF THE RESPONSE CALLS AND EVERYTHING ELSE THAT'S GOING ON IN THE COMMUNITY. FROM WHAT I'VE SEEN, YOU KNOW, THEY THEY'RE ALWAYS VERY RESPECTFUL. NOW, I'VE MET MOST OF THE ONES THAT I DID RIGHT ALONGS WITH WERE EITHER LIVING IN THE CITY OF COACHELLA OR CAME FROM THE CITY OF COACHELLA. YOU KNOW, THERE'S THIS IDEA THAT A LOT OF OUR DEPUTIES ARE NOT FROM THE EAST VALLEY, AND MANY OF THEM ARE. CAPTAIN MARTINEZ WAS RAISED IN THE CITY OF COACHELLA. I DID GO TO THE CITY OF RIVERSIDE TODAY FOR THE RIVERSIDE COUNTY TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION MEETING, AND THEY WERE TALKING A GREAT DEAL ABOUT THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY ALTOGETHER AND THE DECLINE IN THAT AND THE DECLINE IN EMPLOYMENT. AND I'LL SHARE SOME OF THAT. THOSE SLIDES, IT WAS IT WAS REALLY GOOD INFORMATION TO TO KNOW JUST OVER THE YEARS HOW MUCH THIS INDUSTRY HAS TAKEN A HIT. AND THEN ALSO THE EMPLOYMENT THAT HAS DECREASED ALONG WITH THAT. AND MANY OF THOSE EMPLOYEES. THAT WHAT THEY SHARED WAS EVERYTHING THAT'S GOING ON RIGHT NOW NATIONALLY DOES IMPACT THE CONSTRUCTION WORKERS. AND A LOT OF THE CONSTRUCTION WORKERS ARE FOREIGN WORKERS. AND SO THEY DO TAKE UP A GREAT DEAL OF THAT OCCUPATION. AND SO IT DOES IT DOES HURT US WHEN WE'RE NOT ABLE TO SEE ALL THE INDIVIDUALS WHO WANT TO BE WORKING OUT THERE THAT SHOULD BE WORKING OUT THERE, THEY DO A PHENOMENAL JOB. SO IN ADDITION TO THAT, I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO ATTENDING THE SENIOR CENTER LUAU TOMORROW. ARE YOU GOING TO BE SINGING COUNCILMEMBER MARTINEZ DANCING, GETTING READY, GETTING READY. I'M GONNA BE DANCING. DANCING. DO YOU HAVE YOUR SKIRT? THAT'S A SECRET. IT'S GOING TO BE A SURPRISE. YOU JUST RUIN IT. ANYWAYS, THAT'S THAT'S MY ONLY COMMENT. SO THANK YOU. MAYOR PRESENT. PEREZ. ANY COMMENTS ON. I'LL BE QUICK. I WASN'T ABLE TO ATTEND ANY OF THE EVENTS THIS WEEKEND. HOPEFULLY IN THE COMING WEEKS, I'LL BE ABLE TO. I JUST WANT TO ECHO ON WHAT COUNCILMEMBER REGAN SAID AND COUNCILMEMBER DELGADO. I ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY ON THE DIOCESE TO DO A RIDE ALONG. IT IS AN EYE OPENER TO SEE CALLS FOR SERVICE. THANK GOD RIGHT NOW THEY HAVE MORE RESOURCES. THEY HAVE, YOU KNOW, THE SEABAT TEAM, WHICH HANDLES MENTAL HEALTH. THEY HAVE SOCIAL WORKERS THAT HELP WITH CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES CASES. THEY HAVE APS. IT IS AN EYE OPENER. AND I ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY, EVEN OUR RESIDENTS, TO TO DO RIDE ALONGS. PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN THE CITY OF INDIO DO A RIDE ALONG WITH WITH YOUR AGENCY JUST TO SEE AND HAVE A YOU'LL HAVE A DIFFERENT POINT OF VIEW AS TO, YOU KNOW, WHAT, WHAT'S ACTUALLY HAPPENING AND HOW CALLS ARE BEING HANDLED AND, YOU KNOW, DAY IN AND DAY OUT OF, OF THE LIFE OF LAW ENFORCEMENT. SO I DO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO, TO DO THAT. UNFORTUNATELY, I WILL NOT BE ABLE TO ATTEND TOMORROW'S HAWAIIAN PARTY AT THE SENIOR CENTER, BUT I HOPE ALL OF YOU GUYS ELSE CAN AND THAT YOU GUYS ENJOY AND HAVE A GOOD TIME. I WANT TO THANK AGAINST OUR RESIDENTS WHO SHOWED UP TODAY AND AND IN THE PAST. GRACIAS A TODOS LOS RESIDENTES ULTIMAMENTE, POR FAVOR. NO DE VENIR. GRACIAS A TODO LO TENGO. THAT'S ALL I HAVE. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. I JUST HAVE ONE MORE COMMENT. IF I CAN MAKE THE RECOMMENDATION THAT WE LOOK AT SEPTEMBER 20TH IN LIEU OF THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING ON THE 23RD, AND BECAUSE THE WEEK BEFORE, THAT IS ANOTHER CONFERENCE. AND SO IF WE CAN LOOK AT THE. THE 21ST WOULD BE MOST IDEAL. SO RESCHEDULED, RESCHEDULED FOR THE 21ST. YEAH. JUST DO A CONFERENCE SO WE CAN KEEP IT ON THE SAME WEEK AND THEN OKAY, OKAY. THANK YOU FOR THAT. AND THEN FOR ME, I'M EXCITED. I ACTUALLY HAD MY COACHELLA VALLEY ANIMAL CAMPUS COMMISSION MEETING LAST WEEK. THE VALLEY ANIMAL CAMPUS ITSELF IS ON THE WAY TO BECOME A NON KILL SHELTER. THERE'S STILL A LOT OF OVERCROWDING. THERE IS OPPORTUNITIES TO DO THE FIDO [02:10:04] WALK. IF YOU WANT TO VOLUNTEER AT THE COACHELLA VALLEY ANIMAL CAMPUS TO DO FIDO WALK, WHERE YOU CAN GO AND TAKE OUT A ONE OF THOSE BIG DOGS THAT CAN'T GET REALLY. THEY'RE HARDER TO FIND A HOME. YOU CAN TAKE THEM OUT, GO WALK WITH THEM AND AND JUST, YOU KNOW, TAKE THEM OUT OF A KENNEL, RIGHT? BECAUSE I THINK SOMETIMES AND THEY GET EXPOSURE AND THEY HAVE COOL VESTS THAT YOU CAN TAKE THE DOG AND IT SAYS, I'M UP FOR ADOPTION. AND SOMETIMES THAT'S THE WAY TO GET THE ANIMAL OUT OF THE, OUT OF THE SHELTER FASTER. SO WE DID, I DID ATTEND THAT. THAT WAS A INFORMATIONAL. THEY HAD A COOL LITTLE DOG. HE WAS A SENIOR THAT HAD MISSING AN EYE. BUT I'M HOPING THAT THE CVAC CAN COME TO A PRESENTATION, MR. CITY MANAGER. AND HOPEFULLY THEY CAN BRING A ANIMAL FOR ADOPTION THAT DAY AND SEE WHO FROM THE AUDIENCE MIGHT GO HOME WITH THEIR NEW FOREVER FUR BABY. SO THAT. AND THEN LOOKING FORWARD TO THE TO THE LUAU TOMORROW WITH THE THE SENIOR CENTER TAKING MY MOM WITH ME. AND MAYBE I'LL SING A KARAOKE SONG. SO I DON'T KNOW, COMPETITION OVER HERE. SO WE'LL SEE WHAT WE CAN DO THERE. $5. OH, WELL, OKAY. STIFF, STIFF COMPETITION OVER THERE. SO WITH THAT WE'LL MOVE ON TO DEPARTMENT DIRECTOR REPORTS. MR. CITY MANAGER, WE DO NOT HAVE ANY REPORTS FOR TONIGHT. WE'RE SAVING THOSE FOR THE NEXT MEETING. OKAY. AND THEN WITH THAT, WE'LL GO TO THE CITY MANAGER'S COMMENTS. AND BEFORE THAT, I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE CITY MANAGER FOR GETTING US THE WATER DISPENSER OUT IN THE FRONT AND GETTING STAFF TO DO THAT FROM LISTENING TO PEOPLE FROM THE LAST MEETING. WELL, THANK YOU, SIR, BUT I WANT TO GIVE OUR CITY ENGINEER, PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR THE THANKS, BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY, HE ALSO PUT IN OUR MINI SPLIT BACK THERE. I KEEP OUR CONFERENCE ROOM COOLER. HE GOT US SOME NEW CHAIRS. SO ANDREW SIMMONS, THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU ANDREW. THANK YOU ANDREW. ANY COMMENTS ON YOUR PART, MR. CITY? YES. SO I JUST WANTED TO SAY WHAT AN EXCELLENT MEETING. FIRST OF ALL, VERY WELL STRUCTURED. AND I HOPE THE PUBLIC UNDERSTANDS THAT SOMETIMES WHEN WE HAVE TO CALL THINGS OUT, WE'RE TRYING TO KEEP THE AGENDA MOVING AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING KEEPS MOVING FORWARD ACCORDING TO MEETING PROTOCOL. SO THERE'S OFTEN TIMES WHEN WE HAVE TO CALL OUT A MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC, I'M SORRY, YOU'RE SPEAKING OUT OF ORDER. WE NEED TO MAINTAIN THIS. THERE'S PUBLIC COMMENT TIME. SO THERE'S DIFFERENT PERIODS ON THE AGENDA. BUT I WANT TO BE ABLE TO LET THE RESIDENTS KNOW ANYBODY OUT THERE. THAT STAFF IS HERE TO SHARE WITH YOU WHAT EACH DEPARTMENT DOES, HOW WE HANDLE OUR MEETINGS, WHETHER IT'S A PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING, PARKS AND REC COMMISSION OR CITY COUNCIL MEETING, THE PUBLIC IS WELCOME TO COME SEE US. I'VE GOT MY CELL PHONE ON OUR BUSINESS CARDS SO THEY CAN CALL ME ANYTIME. I'D LOVE TO SIT DOWN WITH THE RESIDENTS, WHOEVER HAS QUESTIONS ON WARRANT REGISTER, FOR INSTANCE, WHY WE SPEND SO MUCH, WHAT OUR PROCUREMENT POLICY IS LIKE. AND YES, I AGREE THAT SOMETIMES WE LOOK AT NUMBERS AND WE THINK, WOW, THOSE NUMBERS ARE VERY HIGH. HOWEVER, WE HAVE TO PUT THEM IN CONTEXT WITH WHAT WE'RE DOING. WE'VE GOT PREVAILING WAGES OUT THERE, CERTAIN THINGS THAT WE HAVE TO ABIDE BY. WE NOT ONLY ABIDE BY LOCAL ORDINANCE, BUT WE HAVE TO ABIDE BY STATE AND FEDERAL LAWS. SO AGAIN, I WELCOME THE PUBLIC. COME SEE US, COME MEET US. GET TO KNOW YOUR COUNCIL TO, YOU KNOW, THE LAST TWO MONTHS THAT I'VE SPENT WITH THE COUNCIL. I HAVE SO MUCH RESPECT FOR ELECTED OFFICIALS. WHAT YOU HAVE TO GO THROUGH, NOT ONLY DO YOU HAVE YOUR OWN FULL TIME JOB, BUT YOU ALSO HAVE YOUR COUNCIL JOB. AND OFTENTIMES IT FEELS LIKE YOU HAVE TWO FULL TIME JOBS. YOU'VE GOT TOUGH SKIN. I PRAISE YOU FOR YOUR STRONG WORK ETHIC. I APPRECIATE WHAT YOU DO, AND I WANT OUR RESIDENTS TO COME AND GET TO KNOW YOU. OFTENTIMES BUILDING THAT CONNECTION, YOU KNOW, GETTING TO KNOW WHO YOU ARE AND WHAT YOU'RE ABOUT, THAT'S IMPORTANT. SO RESIDENTS, I REALLY ASK YOU, COME AND GET TO KNOW YOUR COUNCIL MEMBERS, COME AND GET TO KNOW YOUR STAFF. WE'VE GOT AN OPEN DOOR. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. WE'LL ADJOURN THE MEETING AT * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.