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          HAVE A MEETING. THE TIME NOW IS 5 P.M. CAN YOU PLEASE DO A ROLL CALL? COUNCILMEMBER MARTINEZ. 
          HERE, COUNCILMEMBER. HERE. MAYOR PRO TEM PEREZ HERE. AND MAYOR DOCTOR FIGUEROA. PRESENT FOR THE RECORD ATTENDANCE. COUNCILMEMBER DELGADO IS NOT PRESENT. I'M NOT SURE IF YOU HEARD ANY. I HAVE NOT HEARD FROM HER. OKAY. MAYOR. SO WE'LL CONTINUE. WE'LL SEE IF SHE 
          [Approval of Agenda]
JOINS US AT CLOSED SESSION. WITH THAT, WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA. AT THIS TIME, THE COUNCIL BOARD CORPORATION AUTHORITY MAY ANNOUNCE ANY ITEMS BEING PULLED FROM THE AGENDA OR CONTINUE TO ANOTHER DAY, OR REQUEST THE MOVING OF AN ITEM ON THE AGENDA. 
          I JUST WANT TO WE ALL KNOW THE PROCLAMATION ITEM NUMBER THREE WILL BE POSTPONED TO SEPTEMBER 21ST. RIGHT, MR. CITY MANAGER? THAT'S CORRECT, SIR. AND THEN WE'RE ALSO MOVING ITEM NUMBER TEN TO THE MEETING OF THE 21ST OF SEPTEMBER AS WELL, PER STAFF'S REQUEST. YES. AND WITH THAT, THOSE ARE THE ONLY CHANGES TO THE AGENDA. IF THERE IS NO ANY OTHER CHANGES OR REQUESTS, THE AGENDA OF ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGENDA WITH THOSE TWO MODIFICATIONS. MOTION TO ONE SECOND. THIS IS THE FIRST AND SECOND ROLL CALL, PLEASE. 
          COUNCILMEMBER MARTINEZ. AYE. COUNCILMEMBER BERGEN. AYE. MAYOR PRO TEM PEREZ. YES. AND. 
          DOCTOR FRANK. MAYOR. DOCTOR FRANK FIGUEROA. I WITH THAT MOVE ON TO PUBLIC COMMENTS FOR CLOSED SESSION ITEMS. AT THIS TIME THERE IS TWO CLOSED SESSION ITEMS. ITEM NUMBER ONE PUBLIC EMPLOYEE APPOINTMENT. AND NUMBER TWO CONFERENCE LEGAL COUNSEL. ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS ON 
          [Adjourn to Closed Session (Part 1 of 2)]
CLOSED SESSION? NONE. SEEING NONE AT THIS TIME. WE WILL ADJOURN FOR CLOSED SESSION. SO THE CLOSED SESSION IS PUBLIC EMPLOYEE APPOINTMENT GOVERNMENT CODE, SECTION 549757 B TITLE CITY ATTORNEY. AND ITEM NUMBER TWO IS CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL. INITIATION OF LITIGATION. INITIATION OF LITIGATION PURSUANT TO GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 54956.91 OR MORE POTENTIAL CASES. THE TIME NOW 
          [Reconvene Regular Meeting (Part 1 of 2)]
OKAY. COUNSO RECONVENE BACK AT 5:03 P.M. WE DO HAVE ONE COMMENT FOR CLOSED 
          [Public Comments (Closed Session Items)]
SESSION ITEMS. MR. MOLINA, WHEN YOU'RE READY. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING, FRANCISCO MOLINA, COACHELLA RESIDENT AND BUSINESS OWNER. YOU'RE GOING INTO CLOSED SESSION TO APPOINT A CITY ATTORNEY. THREE THINGS BEFORE YOU DO. FIRST, MAKE WRITTEN DISCLOSURE A CONDITION OF THE APPOINTMENT. ANY FIRM YOU APPOINT SHOULD DISCLOSE IN WRITING AND ON THE PUBLIC RECORD EVERY CURRENT AND PRIOR REPRESENTATION INVOLVING PARTIES WITH MATTERS PENDING BEFORE THE CITY, AND COMMIT TO UPDATING IT AS NEW MATTERS ARISE. I'M NOT ASKING YOU TO DISQUALIFY ANYONE. I'M ASKING THAT NOBODY HAS TO GUESS. SECOND, THE CITY'S OUTSIDE LEGAL BUDGET IS 873,000 THIS FISCAL YEAR. THAT'S A SUBSTANTIAL PUBLIC EXPENDITURE, AND RESIDENTS CURRENTLY HAVE NO VISIBILITY INTO WHAT OTHER RELATIONSHIPS THE FIRM HOLDING IT HAS. THIRD, A WORK PRODUCT NOTE, SECTION TWO ONE B OF THE UTILITY AGREEMENT THE CITY ENTERED IN FEBRUARY, CONTAINS A SENTENCE WITH NO PREDICATE. THEN STATE THE CITY OWES NOTHING. THEN STATE'S PAYMENT IS DUE WITHIN 30 DAYS. IT ALSO CONTAINS UNFILLED BRACKETS. 
          WHOEVER YOU APPOINT SHOULD BE ASKED HOW THEY HANDLE QUALITY CONTROL ON MAJOR AGREEMENTS. 
          $5.5 BILLION AGREEMENTS. AND ONE QUESTION I'D ASK COUNSEL TO ADDRESS IN OPEN SESSION. THIS ITEM IS AGENDIZED UNDER GOVERNMENT CODE, SECTION 54957 B ONE, WHICH AUTHORIZES CLOSED SESSION FOR THE APPOINTMENT OF A PUBLIC EMPLOYEE. THE ADOPTED BUDGET SHOWS THE CITY ATTORNEY HAS A RETAINER CONTRACT, NOT A POSITION. I'D ASK WHAT AUTHORITY SUPPORTS USING THAT SUBDIVISION TO SELECT A CONTRACTED FIRM. AND I WANT TO SAY A LITTLE BIT MORE, BECAUSE I THINK I'M PRETTY SURE I WAS THE FIRST ONE, AND I'LL KEEP IT SHORT TO HAVE REQUESTED A NEW CITY ATTORNEY. AND WHAT I'M LOOKING FOR FROM A CITY ATTORNEY IS SOMEONE WHO'S GOING TO DEFEND US BECAUSE NO ATTORNEY SHOULD SIGN ANY CONTRACT OR DRAFT ANY CONTRACT FOR US THAT THEY HAVE NOT RECOMMENDED THAT THERE ARE ADVERSARIAL CLAUSES AND WE NEED TO CLOSE THOSE THOSE THOSE LIABILITY ISSUES. SO OUR NEXT CITY ATTORNEY HAS TO REPRESENT US. THEY HAVE A FIDUCIARY DUTY TO THE PEOPLE OF THE CITY OF COACHELLA, AND THEY HAVE A FIDUCIARY DUTY TO YOU TO TAKE CARE OF YOU, TO WATCH YOUR BACK. THAT'S WHAT I'M LOOKING FOR 
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FROM A CITY ATTORNEY. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. NOW WE'LL AD 
          [Adjourn to Closed Session (Part 2 of 2)]
          [Reconvene Regular Meeting (Part 2 of 2)]
GOOD EVENING EVERYBODY. WE RECONVENE FROM CLOSED SESSION. THE CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING FROM CLOSED SESSION. THE TIME IS 6:03 P.M. ANY REPORTABLE ACTION, MR. CITY ATTORNEY? NO REPORTABLE ACTION. OKAY. WITH THAT, WE WILL MOVE ON TO THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, AND WE WILL HAVE. WE'RE THERE OUTSIDE. SO WE'LL HAVE MR. JAMES RODRIGUEZ LEAD THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT. PLACE YOUR RIGHT HAND OVER YOUR HEART. READY? 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. THANK YOU, MR. RODRIGUEZ. WITH THAT, WE'LL MOVE ON TO CITY COUNCIL. 
          CONFLICT OF INTEREST DISCLOSURES. DO ANY COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE ANY ITEMS ON THE AGENDA THAT THEY NEED TO RECUSE THEMSELVES FROM? PLEASE STATE THAT, FOR THE RECORD AT THIS TIME. CAN I GET A PEN? IF THERE IS NONE, WE WILL MOVE ON TO PUBLIC COMMENTS ON NON AGENDA 
          [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)]
ITEMS. PUBLIC COMMENTS ARE LIMITED TO A MAXIMUM OF 30 MINUTES AND IF ADDITIONAL TIME IS REQUIRED FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS, THEY WILL BE HEARD AFTER THE PUBLIC HEARING CALENDAR. 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. SO JUST STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE. JOSE ESPARZA, THANK YOU. HI, EVERYONE. SO I THINK I'VE WORKED WITH EVERYONE ACROSS THE VALLEY UNDER ASSEMBLYMAN JEFF GONZALEZ'S OFFICE, BUT I THINK I KNOW EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU GUYS. 
          THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME HERE. TODAY. I CAME TO PRESENT SOMETHING CALLED PALMETTO FESTIVAL. IT'S HAPPENING IN THE CITY OF HEMET, AND I'VE BECAUSE I'M A RESIDENT IN THE COACHELLA VALLEY AND I WORK SO CLOSELY WITH ALL THE CITIES, I WANTED TO FORMALLY INVITE EACH OF THE CITIES TO COME IN AND JUST BE THERE WITH US AT THE FESTIVAL, SO I'D LOVE TO OFFER SOME TICKETS TO COUNCIL AND AN OPPORTUNITY FOR ANYONE IN THE PUBLIC TO ALSO BE ABLE TO GET SOME TICKETS AT A DISCOUNTED RATE AND WHATNOT. WE'LL MAKE SURE TO PUT THAT UP AND SEND THAT OVER TO YOU GUYS ELECTRONICALLY. UNFORTUNATELY, I DON'T HAVE IT PRESENT IN FRONT OF ME. ON TOP OF THAT, I'D LIKE TO HAVE SOME SORT OF REPRESENTATION FROM THE CITY OF COACHELLA, AND THAT COULD BE IN THE FORM OF PROBABLY LIKE SWAG ITEMS THAT WE COULD PROBABLY JUST HAVE FEATURED NOTHING THAT WOULD BE GIVEN OUT, MORE LIKE JUST ITEMS TO HAVE, AND THEY'D BE RETURNED TO THE CITY. IF THAT'S THE CASE, IF WE CAN HAVE SOME OF THAT AGAIN, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE REPRESENTATION FROM EACH OF THE NINE CITIES, BECAUSE I JUST LIKE I SAID, I'VE WORKED WITH EACH ONE OF THEM, AND I THINK I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE COACHELLA VALLEY IS REPRESENTED WHEREVER I TAKE ANY FESTIVALS, WHETHER IT'S HERE AT LOS ANGELES OR ANYWHERE ACROSS THE NATION, I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE COACHELLA VALLEY IN GENERAL IS REPRESENTED. WITH THAT BEING SAID, I'D LIKE TO ALSO PUT ON AN ITEM THAT MAYBE WE CAN I CAN TALK ABOUT WITH CITY CLERK, CITY MANAGER AS WELL. LATER ON, SOMETHING CALLED DIA DE REYES. IT'S A IT'S A TYPE OF EVENT I'VE BEEN THINKING ABOUT FOR SOME TIME. 
          I'D LIKE TO BRING IT TO THE CITY OF COACHELLA. THIS EVENT WOULD BRING PEOPLE AS CITIZENS OF THE CITY OF COACHELLA, ITEMS IN NEED, FOR EXAMPLE, GAS CARDS, FOOD VOUCHERS, NECESSITIES FOR CHILDREN. THE PLAN IS A LITTLE BIT LARGER. IT WOULD INVOLVE A TEAM THAT WOULD HELP THE CITIZENS AND WORK IN COLLABORATION WITH THE CITY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN GIVE THEM AN EVENT AND AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM TO HAVE SOME RESOURCES THAT MAYBE THEY DON'T RECEIVE OTHERWISE, AS WE CONTINUE TO PLAN THAT, OBVIOUSLY THAT'S A BIT OF A QUITE A FEW MONTHS AWAY, BUT I'D LIKE TO JUST PUT THAT IN INTO YOUR, YOUR GUYS'S BOOKS SO, YOU KNOW, IT'S COMING. 
          IT'S A PROPOSAL. AND I DO HOPE THAT I'M ABLE TO WORK WITH EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU AGAIN, TO BE ABLE TO BRING THIS BACK TO LIFE. THAT'S IT. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. THANK YOU GUYS. NEXT SPEAKER. NEXT, WE HAVE FRANCISCO MOLINA. GOOD EVENING. FRANCISCO MOLINA, COACHELLA RESIDENT AND BUSINESS OWNER. I'M ASKING A MEMBER OF THIS COUNCIL TO PLACE A CONTRACTING STANDARDS ORDINANCE ON A FUTURE AGENDA FOR PROVISIONS ONE, BEFORE THIS CITY ENTERS ANY AGREEMENT ABOVE A SET DOLLAR THRESHOLD, STAFF PERFORMS AND FILES A WRITTEN DUE DILIGENCE REVIEW OF THE COUNTERPARTY, CORPORATE REGISTRATION AND STANDING PRINCIPLES AND CONTROL PERSONS, AND ANY PENDING REGULATORY OR ENFORCEMENT MATTERS IN THE PACKET BEFORE THE VOTE. TWO NO NON-DISCLOSURE AGREEMENT BINDING THIS CITY WITHOUT PRIOR COUNCIL AUTHORIZATION AND OPEN SESSION. I'VE SEEN DATA CENTER DEVELOPERS USING NDAS TO SHUT THE COMMUNITY OUT FROM THEIR LEADERSHIP, AND I DON'T WANT TO SEE THAT HAPPENING IN OUR CITY EVER. SO IF A COUNTER, THE THIRD OR LIKE COUNTERPART IS. IF A COUNTERPARTY PRINCIPLES 
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BECOME SUBJECT TO A REGULATORY ENFORCEMENT ACTION, THE AGREEMENT RETURNS TO COUNCIL FOR REVIEW, NOT AUTOMATIC VOIDING, BUT FOR REVIEW AND FOR WHERE A COUNTER PARTY IS ORGANIZED IN A JURISDICTION THAT DOES NOT REQUIRE DISCLOSURE OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP, DISCLOSURE OF PRINCIPALS AND CONTROL PERSONS IS A CONDITION OF CONTRACTING. 
          AND LET ME TELL YOU WHY PROVISION THREE ISN'T HYPOTHETICAL. AND FOR FOUR, THEY JUST FINISHED RUNNING A PONZI SCHEME IN OUR CITY, SO WE SHOULDN'T LET THAT HAPPEN AGAIN. 
          RIVERSIDE COUNTY DOCUMENT 2019 0082900 IS AN EASEMENT RECORDED AGAINST A PARCEL IN THE PROJECT AREA. ROBERT L NEWELL SIGNED THAT INSTRUMENT ON BEHALF OF BLACK HAWK THREE. I'LL SEE AN IDAHO COMPANY NOTARIZED IN KOOTENAI COUNTY, IDAHO ON MAY 7TH OF THIS YEAR, A FEDERAL COURT ENTERED FINAL JUDGMENT AGAINST MR. NEWELL AND THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION ENFORCEMENT ACTION, ORDERING HIM TO PAY $1.590667 MILLION IN DISGORGEMENT, INTEREST AND CIVIL PENALTIES AND BARRING HIM FOR FIVE YEARS FROM PARTICIPATING IN THE OFFER OR SALE OF SECURITIES. AND SO, BECAUSE HE CROSSED PATHS WITH STRONGHOLD IN THAT EASEMENT, I'M CURIOUS IF HE'S INVOLVED IN THAT DEVELOPMENT OR THAT PROJECT IN ANY WAY. THERE'S NO WAY OF PROVING THAT YET. THAT IS A PUBLIC RECORD. IT HAS BEEN PUBLIC RECORD SINCE MAY. NO POLICY ON OUR BOOKS REQUIRED ANYONE TO LOOK. THAT IS NOT A PERSONNEL PROBLEM. IT IS A DESIGN PROBLEM AND THIS COUNCIL CAN FIX IT. I'D ASK A MEMBER OF THIS COUNCIL TO PLACE IT ON A FUTURE AGENDA. THANK YOU. I THINK THIS IS CRUCIAL. THIS TO ME IS AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE BECAUSE OF HOW OUR CITY HAS BEEN TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF AND SWINDLED AND BAMBOOZLED AND BAIT AND SWITCHED. AND SO WE NEED TO ADOPT THIS IMMEDIATELY TO NOT ALLOW THIS TO CONTINUE TO HAPPEN. THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER IS JAMES RODRIGUEZ. GOOD EVENING. COUNCIL. JAMES RODRIGUEZ, NATIVE RESIDENT OF COACHELLA. I JUST WANTED TO COME UP AND THANK ALL OF THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT CAME OUT TO THE RESIDENT ENGAGEMENT AND COMMUNITY HERITAGE UPLIFTING POTLUCK THAT HAPPENED JUST A COUPLE WEEKS AGO ON AUGUST. GOSH, I WANT TO SAY 14TH AND SORRY, I'M ALREADY ON TO THE NEXT ONE, WHICH IS GOING TO BE THE 11TH OF SEPTEMBER. THAT'S THE NEW DATE FOR THE NEXT ONE. IT HAPPENS EVERY SECOND FRIDAY OF EACH MONTH. AND WITH THE AMOUNT OF SUPPORT THAT WE ARE HAVING FROM THE COMMUNITY AS WELL AS MEMBERS OF DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE CITY STAFF AND COUNCIL, IT IS ONLY GOING TO BECOME EVEN LARGER AND EXPAND IN ITS REACH AND ITS POTENTIAL TO BRING PEOPLE AND UNITE THEM TO SPEAK ABOUT PROBLEMS, CREATE SOLUTIONS TO IDEAS AND HAVE THAT THIRD PLACE. THERE'S WORK, THERE'S HOME, AND THEN THERE'S THAT COMMUNITY BUILDING SPACE THAT IS CALLED THE THIRD PLACE. THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT OUR COMMUNITY EVENT IS. AND A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF MAYBE A STANDOFF BECAUSE OF THE POTLUCK ELEMENT. YOU DON'T HAVE TO BRING A LARGE ITEM OF FOOD. IN FACT, OUR NEXT IDEA THAT THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPED AS WE WERE THERE AT OUR MEETING WAS CHICKEN AND WAFFLES NIGHT. SO WE ARE GOING TO HAVE FRIED CHICKEN THAT IS FROZEN THAT WE WILL MAKE FRESH IN AIR FRYERS. 
          WE WILL ALSO HAVE WAFFLE MACHINES AND BATTER AND INGREDIENTS, FRESH INGREDIENTS FROM SCRATCH WITH BUTTER AND MILK AND BAKING POWDER AND FLOUR THAT ARE GOING TO TEACH PEOPLE THINGS THAT THEY MIGHT NOT KNOW. I KNOW A LOT OF MILLENNIALS. I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT ARE EVEN OLDER THAN MYSELF HAVE NO IDEA HOW TO DO SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE PURCHASE IN A BOX. AND THIS IS A GREAT LEARNING ENVIRONMENT. IT'S A GREAT COMMUNITY ENVIRONMENT, AND IT'S A GREAT WAY FOR YOU TO PRACTICE HOW TO COMMUNICATE WITH YOUR NEIGHBORS. 
          WE HAVE A LOT. I MEAN, ALMOST HALF OF THE PEOPLE THAT SPOKE AT OUR MEETING INDICATED THAT THEY HAVE ISSUES WITH COMMUNICATING IN PUBLIC SETTINGS. AND SO THAT'S THEIR TRAINING GROUND. THAT'S WHERE THEY GET TO LEARN. THAT'S WHERE THEY GET TO TRY. AND EVERYTHING IS ALWAYS OPEN AND WONDERFULLY ACCEPTING AND LOVING. IT IS THE TYPE OF COMMUNITY WHERE YOU CAN GO GET MESSY, MAKE MISTAKES AND TAKE CHANCES, AND NOBODY'S GOING TO JUDGE YOU. SO PLEASE JOIN US FOR THE NEXT ONE. WE WILL BE ACCEPTING ITEMS. SO IF ANYBODY WANTS TO GIVE US EVENT TICKETS OR ITEMS, WE'VE HAD LEGO SETS, WE'VE HAD BOUQUETS, WE'VE HAD ALSO GIFT CARDS AND 
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GIFT CERTIFICATES OR GIFT BASKETS TO LOCAL AREA ATTRACTIONS. SMALL BUSINESSES ARE ESPECIALLY WONDERFUL, AND WE WILL BE DOING THAT RAFFLE TO SECURE A ROOM IN THE LIBRARY FOR OUR NEXT ONE ON SEPTEMBER 11TH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. RODRIGUEZ. THANK YOU. NEXT WE HAVE ASHBY. ASHBY, I BELIEVE YOU'RE OUTSIDE. HELLO. MY NAME IS ASH. I WAS RAISED HERE IN COACHELLA. I'M A MEMBER OF THE VIVA LA CASA COLLECTIVE, WHICH IS A GRASSROOTS GROUP OF WOMEN, FEMMES AND QUEER FOLKS RAISED IN LIVING IN COACHELLA, INDIO AND UNINCORPORATED COMMUNITIES OF MECCA AND THERMAL. AND WE'VE BEEN ORGANIZING SINCE APRIL AGAINST THE DATA CENTERS, AND OUR DEMANDS HAVE BEEN UNWAVERING. AND HONESTLY, WE HAD NO IDEA WHETHER WE'D BE ABLE TO STOP THE MONSTROUS PROJECT OF UP TO 12 DATA CENTERS. FOLKS IN OUR COLLECTIVE DIDN'T THINK IT WOULD BE POSSIBLE, GIVEN CONTINUOUS AND NOTORIOUS CORRUPTION IN THE CITY OF COACHELLA AND THE CITY'S DELIBERATE GASLIGHTING AND REFUSAL TO ACKNOWLEDGE COMMUNITY CONCERNS FOR WHAT FELT LIKE MONTHS. WE ARE HERE TODAY BECAUSE OF THE COMMUNITY, NOT BECAUSE OF THOSE WHO COME AND RECORD THEMSELVES TO BUILD UP THEIR POLITICAL CAREERS, AND NOT BECAUSE THE CITY HAD A SUDDEN CHANGE OF HEART. WE'RE HERE NOW, AND WHAT IS TO BE A HISTORICAL MOMENT BECAUSE OF EVERY SINGLE PERSON, ENTIRE FAMILIES WHO COME OUT TO PROTECT OUR HOME, THE LAND, AND OUR FUTURE. EVERY PERSON WHO HELPED US DISTRIBUTE FLIERS, GO DOOR TO DOOR, SPEAK WITH LOCAL BUSINESSES AND COMMUNITY GROUPS, ALL THOSE PEOPLE WHO COURAGEOUSLY STILL TO THIS DAY, MONTHS LATER, COME OUT, MANY STILL FOR THE FIRST TIME IN THEIR LIVES. WE DID THIS. I WANT TO PROVIDE A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO LEADERSHIP COUNCIL FOR SUPPORT WITH RESEARCH AND RECOMMENDATIONS, AND COACHELLA UNINCORPORATED FOR TAKING THE INITIATIVE TO RESERVE SPACE IN THE LIBRARY WHERE YOUTH ARE CURRENTLY THERE, HOLDING IT DOWN, PROVIDING FREE FOOD AND SUPPORT WITH PUBLIC COMMENTS, AMONG OTHER THINGS. WE'VE SHOWN UP EVERY STEP OF THE WAY TO ENSURE EACH OF OUR DEMANDS WERE MET, AND ISSUES IN COACHELLA DID NOT START WITH DATA CENTERS, NOR WILL THEY END WITH A BAN OF DATA CENTERS FROM POOR AND AGING INFRASTRUCTURE, LACK OF CLEAN WATER, ACCESS TO RELIABLE ELECTRICITY, RISING TEMPERATURES AND COST OF LIVING, AND ALSO CONTINUOUS CORRUPTION FUELED BY NEPOTISM. THESE ISSUES ARE NOT ISOLATED TO COACHELLA, BUT ARE A PILLAR OF A CAPITALIST SYSTEM THAT CENTERS PROFIT OVER PEOPLE AT ALL COSTS. AND SO EVERY ISSUE BORN HERE AND IN OTHER COMMUNITIES IS CONNECTED FROM CONTINUOUS BOMBING OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES. THAT'S FUELED BY AI AND SURVEILLANCE TECHNOLOGY TO THE COMMUNITY OF GARY, INDIANA, THAT HAS BEEN DEPRIVED OF ELECTRICITY FOR NEARLY TWO WEEKS. AND NOW THE DRYING OF OUR WATER SUPPLIES. SO WITH THESE CONDITIONS, THE CITY MUST ACT ACCORDINGLY AND URGENTLY TO PREPARE AND PROTECT ITS CONSTITUENTS THAT MAKE COACHELLA, COACHELLA. THIS MEANS ENDING DEVELOPMENT THAT EXTRACTS, EXPLOITS AND FURTHER HARMS FOR THE SAKE OF PROFITS WE WILL NEVER SEE. MAY THIS BE A WARNING. WE WILL NOT BE SOLD. WE WILL NOT ALLOW ANY PROJECT THAT EXPLOITS HARM OR THREATENS OUR COMMUNITY, RESOURCES OR FUTURE. WE WILL NOT ALLOW PROJECTS THAT WILL HARM OUR COST OF LIVING AND GENTRIFY OUR HOME IN SOLIDARITY WITH EVERY COMMUNITY THAT PROTECTS THEIR HOME FROM PALESTINE TO COACHELLA. VIVA LA CAUSA! AND SPEAKER. THOSE ARE ALL THE SPEAKER FORMS THAT I HAVE FOR THIS ITEM IN PERSON. IS THERE ANYONE ON ZOOM? YES, WE HAVE TWO HANDS RAISED, OH, ONE HAND NOW PROMOTING KARLA ROCHA. NO, THIS IS GENERAL COMMENT ONLY. I JUST DIDN'T WANT I DIDN'T STOP HER THIS TIME. BUT THIS IS SPECIFICALLY FOR PUBLIC COMMENT ON NON AGENDA ITEMS. THANK YOU MADAM CITY CLERK. PROMOTED AGAIN. SHE DROPPED OFF ONE SECOND. HI EVERYONE. CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES, YES. OKAY. 
          AWESOME. GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. MY NAME IS CARLA. I AM ALSO A COMMUNITY MEMBER OF THE CITY OF 
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COACHELLA. I JUST WANTED TO REITERATE WHAT I HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT IN THE PAST MEETINGS. I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT STEPHANIE MENTIONED THAT WE CAN DO A RIDE ALONG. I GOT IN CONTACT WITH CAPTAIN MARTINEZ TO BE ABLE TO SCHEDULE THAT. I'M STILL IN THE WORKS ON THAT. HOPEFULLY IT GETS APPROVED AND I WILL BRING MORE INFORMATION REGARDING THAT. BUT GOING TO THAT, I WANT TO SAY THAT I ASKED FOR IT BEFORE AND I'LL ASK FOR IT AGAIN, AND I'LL KEEP REMINDING EVERYONE THAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE SOME FORM OF REPORTING COMING FROM THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT. WE DO OBTAIN SERVICES FROM THEM, AND WE DO PAY THEM OUT TO BE ABLE TO GET CERTAIN SERVICES THAT ARE NOT JUST LIKE FOR PATROL, BUT ALSO FOR LIKE, WHAT'S IT CALLED, THE I'M SORRY, I'M BLANKING OUT A BIT IN REGARDS TO LIKE THE ANIMAL SERVICES AS WELL. SO I WANT TO SEE SOME REPORTING COMING BACK TO US AT LEAST ONCE PER MONTH WHERE WE GET TO SEE THIS NUMBERS AND HOW ALL OF THAT MONEY IS BEING USED, HOW IT'S BEING DISTRIBUTED AND THINGS LIKE THAT. I WANT TO SEE NUMBERS BECAUSE I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR THE COMMUNITY TO UNDERSTAND EXACTLY WHAT TYPE OF SERVICES WE'RE RECEIVING AND WHAT WE'RE GETTING OUT OF THAT. 
          I HAVE MENTIONED IT BEFORE AS WELL, THAT I DO THINK THAT WE ARE PAYING A LITTLE TOO MUCH FOR THOSE TYPE OF SERVICES, THAT THERE'S OTHER OTHER GREAT ALTERNATIVES. INSTEAD OF POLICING, WE CAN ACTUALLY GET SOMEBODY THAT IS MORE INFORMED IN MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES THAT CAN ACTUALLY DEFUZE SITUATIONS A LOT BETTER. SO I JUST WANTED TO BRING THAT BACK AND I'LL BRING IT AGAIN IN THE NEXT MEETING. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE ON ZOOM THAT WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A PUBLIC COMMENT ON A NON AGENDA ITEM? THERE ARE NO OTHER HANDS RAISED. THANK YOU. WE WILL MOVE ON THEN. THAT IS THE END OF PUBLIC COMMENTS 
          [Proclamations/Presentations]
ON NON AGENDA ITEMS. NEXT WE'LL MOVE ON TO PROCLAMATIONS PRESENTATIONS. FOR THE RECORD, AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING WE DID POSTPONE PROCLAMATION PRESENTED TO THE COACHELLA BOXING CLUB BOXERS TO THE SEPTEMBER 21ST MEETING. SO WE WILL MOVE ON TO THE COACHELLA VALLEY LAKERS SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITY PRESENTATION. KENDRA. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL. TONIGHT, THERE'S GOING TO BE A PRESENTATION, AS THE MAYOR MENTIONED ON THE CV LAKER SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES. SO I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO GINA, JOHN AND NATHAN FOR THEIR PRESENTATION. GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS NATHAN TRUESDELL. I AM THE VICE PRESIDENT OF MARKETING AND REVENUE FOR THE COACHELLA VALLEY LAKERS. AND TODAY WITH ME IS GINA ROTOLO, MY COLLEAGUE WHO IS THE SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT OF MARKETING AND BUSINESS OPERATIONS FOR ACRISURE ARENA. WE ALSO HAVE JOHN GROVE CONNECTING WITH US VIRTUALLY, WHO IS WITH OUR GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP TEAM. SO ON BEHALF OF THE ENTIRE TEAM, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT TO YOU TODAY AND TELL YOU HOW EXCITED WE ARE TO ANNOUNCE THAT THE LA LAKERS HAVE CHOSEN THE COACHELLA VALLEY AS THEIR NEW HOME FOR THEIR G LEAGUE TEAM, AND WE WILL BE TIPPING OFF NOVEMBER 6TH, HOSTING 24 HOME GAMES AND ANTICIPATING UP TO 100,000 FANS AND GUESTS COMING THROUGH THE FACILITY TO HELP ENGAGE WITH OUR EVENT. SO WE WANTED TO PRESENT TO YOU TONIGHT ON A NEW STRATEGIC INITIATIVE THAT WE HAVE. AS THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE FAMILIAR WITH ARENA KNOW, WE HAVE HAD A LOT OF SUCCESS AROUND THE BRANDING AND THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND INVOLVEMENT WITH THE FIREBIRDS AND WELCOMING EVERYONE TO THE VALLEY. SO WE IT IS A VERY IMPORTANT. AS WE ESTABLISH THIS NEW BRAND, THAT WE CONTINUE THAT SAME APPROACH WITH EQUITY AND INCLUSION FOR ALL OF OUR COMMUNITIES IN THE VALLEY. AS SUCH, WE ARE ENGAGING WITH ALL OF OUR NINE CITIES TO PRESENT THIS OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE A PARTNERSHIP. WE WILL BE INVESTING IN LOCAL COMMUNITIES THROUGH COMMUNITY OUTREACH, ENGAGEMENT, PARTNERSHIPS AND ALSO THROUGH SUPPORTING OUR LOCAL NON-PROFITS. SO IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO US THAT WE INCLUDE EVERYONE, INCLUDING THE CITY OF COACHELLA VALLEY. AS WE PREPARE TO LAUNCH THIS TEAM. WE EVEN HAVE AN ARTIST COMPETITION PROJECT RIGHT NOW, WHICH WE ARE SELECTING AN ARTIST FROM EACH OF THE NINE CITIES. YOU HAVE BEEN INCLUDED IN THAT, AND WE DO HAVE AN ARTIST THAT REPRESENTS THE CITY OF COACHELLA VALLEY THAT WILL BE CUSTOMIZING AND DESIGNING THEIR OWN SPECIFIC BASKETBALL, REPRESENTING THEIR ART, THEIR STYLE, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, THEIR COMMUNITY. SO AS PART OF THAT, WE WANTED TO PRESENT TO YOU TODAY THE OPPORTUNITY TO PARTNER WITH US, AS WITH THE OTHER NINE CITIES, TO BE PART OF THIS AS WE PREPARE TO LAUNCH OUR INAUGURAL SEASON. SO I BELIEVE WE HAVE JOHN, WHO IS JOINING US VIRTUALLY. I'M NOT SURE IF JOHN HAS THE ABILITY TO SPEAK THROUGH THE SYSTEM. DO WE HAVE HIM ONLINE TODAY? YEAH. 
          I'M GOOD. CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES. YES, YES. AMAZING. ALL RIGHT. THANKS, NATHAN. THANKS, GINA. 
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HI, EVERYONE. I CAN SEE YOU. I'M ON THE SIDE OF A ROAD IN LA, SO APOLOGIES. I'M NOT ON CAMERA, BUT I WANTED TO WALK YOU GUYS THROUGH A PACKAGE. AND I THINK JUST TO ECHO SOME OF THE COMMENTS THAT NATHAN SAID, YOU KNOW, I WAS FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO BE ON THIS PROJECT WITH THE ARENA AND THE FIREBIRD STARTING SEVEN YEARS AGO. I WAS A GUY, NUMBER ONE, IF YOU WILL, AND IT'S BEEN A WONDERFUL, ABSOLUTELY FUN, WONDERFUL EXPERIENCE. AND WE'VE LEARNED A LOT. AND ONE OF THE THINGS WE'VE LEARNED IS, YOU KNOW, BRINGING ALL THE CITIES IN TO HAVE THEM PARTICIPATE AND MAKE SURE THEY HAVE A VOICE. SO WHAT WE'VE DONE WITH THE COACHELLA VALLEY LAKERS IS WE'VE CREATED A PACKAGE, AND THIS PACKAGE IS BEING SEEN BY ALL NINE CITIES, AND WE ARE ALLOWING THEM TO DECIDE WHETHER THEY WANT TO PARTICIPATE OR NOW OR NOT. 
          EXCUSE ME, BUT EVERYBODY'S SEEN THE EXACT SAME OPPORTUNITY. SO I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING WE LEARNED. YOU KNOW, WHEN WE FIRST STARTED, YOU KNOW, NOT EVERYTHING WAS PRESENTED EQUALLY, IF YOU WILL. AND NATHAN MADE A GOOD POINT OF LIKE, WE'VE LEARNED AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY HAS THE RIGHT AND SAME OPPORTUNITY. SO THE QUESTION, NATHAN, ARE THE PRESENTATIONS NOT ON THE SCREEN OR IS IT IT IS ON THE SCREEN, BUT IT'S JUST OUR FIRST SLIDE. 
          SO IF WE WANT TO GET INTO THAT, I DON'T KNOW WHO'S ADVANCING THAT. I HAVE NO IDEA HOW TO DO THAT. I DON'T KNOW. HOLD ON, I DID IT OKAY. I HAVE THE POWER. GINA, DO YOU WANT TO WALK THROUGH SOME OF THAT OR DO YOU WANT ME JUST TO KIND OF WALK THROUGH IT? I WAS JUST JUMPING RIGHT TO. I THOUGHT TIME WAS LIMITED, SO I THINK WE. YEAH. OUT OF RESPECT FOR TIME. I MEAN, WE'LL BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO SHARE THIS, OBVIOUSLY, WITH CITY COUNCIL. BUT DO YOU WANT US TO GET TO THE MEAT AND POTATOES OF WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT? WOULD THAT BE EASIER FROM KNOWING THAT THERE'S OTHER PEOPLE ON THE AGENDA TODAY? YEAH, THAT'D BE GOOD. GREAT. SO GREG, LET'S JUST GO AHEAD AND JUMP INTO IT. WE WILL WORK BACKWARDS FROM THERE. OKAY. 
          SOUNDS GOOD. AND PLEASE, IF ANYBODY HAS QUESTIONS, ASK, ASK ME OR GINA OR NATHAN WILL BE GLAD TO ANSWER THEM. AND A LOT OF THE SLIDES THAT GINA IS FLIPPING THROUGH, LIKE SHE SAID WE COULD SHARE WITH YOU, IT'S A BACKGROUND ON THE LAKERS. I'M PRETTY SURE MOST PEOPLE IN IN CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES ARE FAMILIAR WITH THE LAKERS. THIS IS THEIR G LEAGUE TEAM. SO YOU HAVE SOME PLAYERS THAT HAVE TWO WAY CONTRACTS THAT PLAY BOTH AT THE BIG LEAGUE TEAM AND AT THE G LEAGUE TEAM. AND THEN YOU HAVE GUYS THAT ARE ASPIRING TO MAKE THE BIG LEAGUE TEAM. IT'S A REALLY COOL OPPORTUNITY. SO TO JUMP INTO THE OPPORTUNITY, THE LAKERS AND THE COACHELLA VALLEY LAKERS WILL COME. THIS WILL BE A THREE YEAR OPPORTUNITY. AND BASICALLY YOU'LL GET A SERIES OF WHAT WE CALL ASSETS, THINGS THAT WILL HAPPEN IN EACH OF THE GAMES AND CONTENT AND IP RIGHTS. SO WITHOUT GETTING TOO GRANULAR, YOU'LL SEE THINGS LIKE YOUR LOGO, YOUR THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING IN THE CITY OF COACHELLA, TV COMMERCIALS IN GAME. WHAT WE'RE DOING IS NATHAN SAID, THERE'S 24 GAMES, WHICH IS CORRECT. WE WERE GOING TO DIVIDE THOSE GAMES UP EQUALLY. AMONG THE AMOUNT OF PARTICIPATING CITIES OF THE NINE. SO MY GUT FROM DOING THIS AND BEING IN THE VALLEY WILL SAY THERE'LL PROBABLY BE 5 OR 6 CITIES THAT PARTICIPATE. WE ALREADY HAVE TWO THAT ARE ON BOARD, WHICH IS GREAT. SO I WOULD THINK YOU COULD PROBABLY PLAN ON GETTING 5 OR 6 GAMES WHERE YOU WILL OWN THAT NIGHT. 
          YOU WILL OWN ALL THE ASSETS THAT HAPPENED THAT NIGHT. AND THE CITY OF COACHELLA CAN RALLY AROUND THOSE FOUR, 4 TO 5, SIX GAMES, IF YOU WILL. AND SO THE ASSETS ARE LISTED HERE. AGAIN, DON'T WANT TO GET TOO GRANULAR. A LOT OF IT'S ADVERTISING, BUT THERE'S SOME REALLY COOL THINGS THAT I THINK ARE REALLY IMPORTANT TO HIGHLIGHT. AND THE FIRST IS THE RIGHTS TO THE LOGO AND MARKS. SO YOU CAN PROMOTE YOUR ASSOCIATION WITH THE COACHELLA VALLEY LAKERS, SOMETHING THAT'S VERY VALUABLE AND VERY IMPORTANT, I THINK, IS IF YOU DECIDE TO PARTNER. THE SECOND THING IS THE ABILITY TO ACTIVATE AND PROMOTE AT THE ARENA. SO, YOU KNOW, I'M LISTENING TO SOME OF THE PEOPLE GIVING PUBLIC COMMENTS. YOU KNOW, THERE MIGHT BE SOME THINGS THAT THE CITY OF COACHELLA WANTS TO PROMOTE OR HAS HAPPENING AROUND SOME OF THE DATES. YOU'LL HAVE THAT ABILITY DURING THOSE GAMES TO PROMOTE THOSE HAPPENINGS OR WHATEVER THE CITY FEELS IS IMPORTANT, OR MAYBE SOME MESSAGING THAT THE CITY WANTS TO PROMOTE AT THAT TIME. SO YOU'LL HAVE THAT, AND THEN IT WILL ALSO COME WITH HOSPITALITY AND TICKETING. IT'S GOING TO GIVE THE ABILITY TO RESIDENTS TO GET TICKETS, AS WELL AS SOME SOME LOWER BOWL SEATS AND SOME GENERAL, I'LL CALL THEM GENERAL ADMISSION TICKETS AS WELL. AND THEN THERE'LL BE SOME SOCIAL MEDIA STUFF, WHETHER THAT'S WITH PLAYERS OR JUST, AGAIN, MESSAGING AROUND THE ARENA, MESSAGING AROUND THE CITY OF COACHELLA. SO IT'S A THREE YEAR INVESTMENT. THE ASKING PRICE IS $15,000. AND AGAIN, THAT'S FOR EVERY SINGLE CITY. YOU'VE SEEN THE EXACT SAME PACKAGE. AND THEN THERE'S A SMALL ESCALATOR, WHICH AGAIN, I KNOW MOST OF YOU PROBABLY DON'T DON'T PARTICIPATE IN THE SPORTS WORLD. THAT'S JUST A PRETTY STANDARD AND TYPICAL COMPONENT. SO I DON'T KNOW. GINA AND NATHAN, IF YOU WANT TO ADD ANYTHING, I'M TRYING TO BE AS QUICK AND RESPECTFUL OF EVERYBODY'S TIME IN THE ROOM, BUT IT'S WE'RE REALLY EXCITED. THE FEEDBACK HAS BEEN GREAT. WE'VE MET, LIKE I SAID, WITH WE'VE GOT TWO CONFIRMED, ONE ABOUT TWO CONFIRMED, AND WE'VE HAD MEETINGS WITH EVERYBODY BUT ONE AND THAT ONE SCHEDULED. SO I THINK WE'RE DOING PRETTY GOOD. WE'RE REALLY EXCITED. WE THINK MOST PEOPLE ARE GOING TO PARTICIPATE AND REALLY TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS OPPORTUNITY. 
          SO I'LL STOP THERE. QUESTIONS OR GINA NATHAN, YOU WANT TO ADD ANYTHING? GO FOR IT. SURE. I'LL 
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STEP IN ON THAT. SO HAVING BEEN HERE ALSO ALMOST GROVE WAS BEFORE ME SLIGHTLY, BUT HAVING BEEN HERE TO LAUNCH THE FIREBIRDS AND THE ARENA, LIKE YOU SAID, WE'VE LEARNED A LOT. 
          I THINK MOST OF YOU, BUT NOT ALL OF YOU, ARE FAMILIAR WITH HOW WE ACTIVATE THROUGH THE FIREBIRDS, SIMILAR CHANNELS, RIGHT? SO WHAT WE WANT TO KNOW IS WHAT ARE THE EVENTS THAT ARE IMPORTANT TO YOU AND HOW CAN WE SHOW UP AND SUPPORT YOU? AND HOW CAN WE GIVE YOU A LARGER PLATFORM ACROSS ALL OF OUR CHANNELS, WHICH ARE OBVIOUSLY IN GAME? WE HAVE ACCESS WITH COMMUNICATION. TO A CERTAIN EXTENT. WE'RE A LITTLE LIMITED IN SOME OF THE THINGS WE DO WITH THE BIG LAKERS, BUT WE WILL HAVE A PLATFORM BETWEEN MEDIA, ALL OF OUR PAID AND EARNED OPPORTUNITIES TO CROSS-PROMOTE EVENTS, TO SHARE MESSAGING AND REALLY TO PROMOTE COMMUNITY. AND THROUGH THAT, A BIG INITIATIVE, AS NATHAN ALLUDED TO, WAS OUR YOUTH SPORTS AND JUST COMMUNITY AND WELLNESS AS A WHOLE. SO WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO ALIGN WITH YOU IN THE CITY OF COACHELLA AND FIGURE OUT WHAT'S IMPORTANT TO YOU ALL AND GIVE YOU GUYS A PLATFORM TO PROMOTE THOSE EVENTS. WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO SHOW UP AND SUPPORT YOU AND HAVE YOU ENGAGE WITH US ON BROADCAST AND OTHER PLACES WHERE WE HAVE THE CHANCE TO AMPLIFY YOUR MESSAGES AS WELL. THANK YOU. ANY COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL, MISS MARTINEZ, I HAVE A QUESTION ON THE. YOU SAID WE ALREADY HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE ARTIST FOR. IS IT A MURAL OR IS IT A DESIGN OR. IT'S A DESIGN PROJECT THAT'S A SPECIFIC TO. EACH ARTIST HAS BEEN TASKED WITH DESIGNING A BASKETBALL. OKAY, OBVIOUSLY FOR THE SPORT TO LINK THE SPORT TO THE COMMUNITY. AND WE HAD A PANEL THAT WAS PART OF THAT JURY, JUDGE AND JURY THAT EVERYBODY SUBMITTED AND THEY WERE SELECTED. SO THEY WILL BE TAKING THE BASKETBALL AND CREATING ARTWORK IN THEIR NATIVE SPACE. SO SOME OF THOSE WERE TATTOO ARTISTS. SOME OF THOSE WERE GRAFFITI ARTISTS. SOME OF THOSE WERE TRADITIONAL MURALISTS. SO WE'VE GOT ALL SORTS OF DIFFERENT MEDIUMS THAT WE'LL BE WORKING WITH TO DO THAT. OKAY. THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER. AND THE INTENTION WITH THAT IS THOSE WILL BE ON DISPLAY, BUT WE'D ALSO LIKE TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE ROTATE THROUGHOUT ALL THE NINE CITIES. SO OBVIOUSLY THE ARTISTS AND THAT BALL THAT'S BEEN DESIGNED, YOU KNOW, TO BE ABLE TO WORK WITH EACH OF THE CITIES, TO HAVE IT AS A PUBLIC DISPLAY AS WELL. AND IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO LEARN MORE, YOU CAN CHECK OUT THE SOCIALS. WE'VE JUST POSTED THE WINNERS, THE ANNOUNCEMENTS LAST WEEK, AND THEY'RE ACTUALLY PICKING UP THEIR BASKETBALLS TOMORROW AND FRIDAY. THEY'LL HAVE FOUR WEEKS TO COMPLETE THOSE AND BRING THEM BACK. AND WE DID CONTRACT THEM BECAUSE WE WANT TO COMPENSATE THEM FOR THEIR TIME. THAT'S PART OF THE INVESTMENT HERE IS WE WANT TO GIVE THE LOCAL ARTISTS A PLATFORM. AND SO THAT'S SOMETHING WE'RE TRYING TO BE STRATEGIC ABOUT AS WE ESTABLISH THIS NEW BRAND HERE IN COACHELLA VALLEY, SUPPORTING THE LOCAL COMMUNITY. ART AND BASKETBALL HAS ALWAYS BEEN, YOU KNOW, WELL PARTNERED. AND SO WE WANT TO CONTINUE THAT. WE ALSO HAVE SOME LAPEL PINS THAT I BROUGHT WITH ME TONIGHT. IF IT'S OKAY WITH YOU, I WOULD LOVE TO LEAVE YOU SOME WITH THE PLAQUE THAT YOU CAN PICK UP AT THE END OF THE MEETING. SOUNDS GOOD. THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER. ANY QUESTIONS? COMMENTS? JUST FOR CLARIFICATION. SO THE FIRST YEAR EXCUSE ME, CAN YOU PLEASE UNMUTE YOUR MIC? OH, SORRY. THANK YOU. SO THE FIRST YEAR IT'S 15000. BUT THERE IS A POTENTIAL ANNUAL INCREASE. THERE'S A 4% ESCALATOR YEAR OVER YEAR. AND IT'S A THREE YEAR TERM, THREE YEAR TERM. SO THE CITIES WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO SIGN ON ONE YEAR. AND IF YOU KNOW THEY'RE NOT INTERESTED. OKAY. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? WILL YOU GUYS SEND US THE POWERPOINT SLIDES? YES, ABSOLUTELY. WE'LL LEAVE A COPY OF THAT WITH YOU. I APPRECIATE IT, COUNCILMEMBER. I REALIZE THAT PRINT IS PRETTY TINY AND I THOUGHT IT WAS JUST ME, SO NO PROBLEM. SO YOU GUYS TALKED ABOUT LOCAL ARTISTS. DID YOU GUYS CONSIDER LIKE LOCAL HIGH SCHOOL KIDS THAT ARE IN ART THAT MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN ALSO PARTICIPATING? WE WILL HAVE ADDITIONAL ENGAGEMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR THAT, ESPECIALLY AS GINA WAS ALLUDING TO YOUTH AND SPORTS AND DEVELOPING OUR PROGRAM THERE BECAUSE WE'RE CONTRACTING FOR THIS AND WE'RE PAYING THE ARTISTS, WE REALLY HAD TO KEEP IT MAINTAINING AN 18 AND UP PROFILE, BUT WE WILL BE LOOKING TO EVEN DO FAN FEST AND ENGAGEMENT COMMUNITY ACTIVATIONS LEADING UP TO OUR TIP OFF IN NOVEMBER 6TH, WHERE WE WOULD BE VERY OPEN TO LOCAL HIGH SCHOOLS AND BEING ABLE TO BRING PLAYERS OUT AND ENGAGE WITH LOCAL STUDENTS. AND THEN CERTAINLY IF THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO PARTNER WITH LOCAL ART PROGRAMS OR STUDENTS IN THAT CAPACITY, WE'RE VERY INTERESTED IN THAT. OKAY. THANK YOU. YEAH. THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. DEFINITELY CLOSER IS EASIER TO READ. I WAS GOING TO SAY THAT'S HARD. I KNOW IT'S SMALL PRINT. IT'S ALL GOOD. BUT THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. 
          AND, YOU KNOW, SEEING HOW THE ACTIVATION OF WHAT THE COACHELLA VALLEY LAKERS WILL LOOK LIKE. AND SO THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS. IF THERE'S NO OTHER COMMENTS OR ANY DIRECTION FROM COUNCIL ON THIS ITEM, YOU WANT MORE TIME TO THINK ABOUT IT. HAVE YOU PRESENTED TO EVERY CITY ALREADY, OR DO WE ACTUALLY HAVE TWO REMAINING THAT WE HAVEN'T PRESENTED TO THE REST WE HAVE. AND AS JOHN ALLUDED TO, MOST OF IT WAS RECEIVED VERY POSITIVELY. SO I ANTICIPATE THAT WE WILL HAVE WE WILL HAVE RATHER SIX OF NINE CITIES PARTICIPATING WOULD BE MY GUESS, BUT WE'LL KNOW MORE PROBABLY ON INTO SEPTEMBER. AND I THINK THE DIFFERENCE ON THAT IS THAT EACH 
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CITY HAS A DIFFERENT PROCESS FOR THE AMOUNT THAT THEY NEED APPROVAL FOR. SO THAT'S PART OF THE DIFFERENTIATION RIGHT NOW. THANK YOU. NO OTHER QUESTIONS. THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. 
          THANK YOU. THANK YOU. DEFINITELY TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION. THANK YOU. THANK 
          [Written Communications]
YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. AND WITH THAT, WE'LL MOVE ON TO WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS. ANY WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS, MADAM CITY CLERK YES, WE DID RECEIVE TWO WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS IN OPPOSITION OF DATA CENTERS. AND THAT WAS A LEON ORTIZ AND CONSUELO MARQUEZ. THESE EMAILS 
          [Consent Calendar]
HAVE BEEN FORWARDED TO COUNCIL. OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT. SO WE'LL MOVE ON TO CONSENT CALENDAR. IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT THE CONSENT ITEMS BE ACTED UPON SIMULTANEOUSLY AND A SEPARATE DISCUSSIONS AND ACTIONS ARE REQUESTED BY A COUNCIL MEMBER. 
          I WOULD LIKE TO PULL ITEM NUMBER SIX. AND SO WE'LL TAKE THAT SEPARATELY. BUT OTHER THAN THAT, I'D LIKE TO UNLESS OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS WANT TO TAKE ANY OF THE OTHER PULL ANY OTHER ITEMS, THE CONSENT CALENDAR, IS THERE ANYONE THAT WANTS TO PULL ANY OTHER ITEMS OTHER THAN ITEM SIX? OKAY. THERE'S NONE. ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ANYTHING OTHER THAN ITEM NUMBER SIX? I DO NOT HAVE ANY PUBLIC WRITTEN COMMENTS FOR OR PUBLIC COMMENTS. I'M SORRY FOR ANY OTHER ITEM OTHER THAN SIX. IS THERE ANYONE ON ZOOM? DOES ANYBODY ON ZOOM WHO WOULD LIKE TO COMMENT ON CONSENT CALENDAR ITEMS MINUS ITEM SIX PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. THERE ARE NONE. OKAY WITH THAT. 
          A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEMS FIVE, SEVEN, EIGHT, AND NINE. AND THEN WE WILL TAKE SIX SEPARATELY. OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION. IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND. OKAY. I'LL TAKE ROLL. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER. PEREZ. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. DELGADO. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. MARTINEZ. AYE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER I. MAYOR FIGUEROA I AGAIN, I APOLOGIZE. MAYOR PRO TEM I WILL GET IT 
          [6.Second Reading of Ordinance No. 1231 Adding Chapter 17.92 to Title XVII of the Coachella Municipal Code to Prohibit Data Center Uses Within the City of Coachella]
RIGHT, I PROMISE. THANK YOU, MADAM CITY CLERK. WITH THAT, THEN WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER SIX, SECOND READING OF ORDINANCE NUMBER 1231, ADDING CHAPTER 17.92 TO TITLE NUMBER 17 OF THE COACHELLA MUNICIPAL CODE TO PROHIBIT DATA CENTER USES WITHIN THE CITY OF COACHELLA. KENDRA. IT'S THE SAME PRESENTATION AS BEFORE, RIGHT? YES, IT'S THE SAME PRESENTATION. OKAY. NOTHING HAS CHANGED SINCE THEN. IT'S JUST NOTHING HAS CHANGED. OKAY. WITH THAT, WE WILL DO PUBLIC COMMENTS FOR THIS ITEM. THANK YOU. KENDRA. FIRST UP IS FRANCISCO MOLINA. OKAY. OH MY GOD. GOOD EVENING. FRANCISCO MOLINA, COACHELLA RESIDENT AND BUSINESS OWNER. I SUPPORT ADOPTION OF ORDINANCE 1231, AND I'D ASK YOU TO ADOPT IT TONIGHT. 
          TWO THINGS FROM THE CITY'S OWN DOCUMENT. FOR THE RECORD, THE FEBRUARY 11TH STAFF REPORT STATES THAT A KEY FACTOR FOR THE UTILITY PROJECT WAS A SUFFICIENT COMMERCIAL INTEREST IN A 240 ACRE TECHNOLOGY CAMPUS, SERVING A MINIMUM LOAD OF 270MW. TONIGHT, YOU PROHIBIT THAT USE CITYWIDE. BOTH ARE CITY AUTHORIZED AUTHORED DOCUMENTS FIVE MONTHS APART. I'M NOT CHARACTERIZING EITHER. I'M ASKING. THEY SIT NEXT TO EACH OTHER IN THE RECORD. SECOND, THE PLANNING COMMISSION, AFTER TAKING PUBLIC TESTIMONY JULY 15TH, ASKED THAT THIS PROHIBITION GO TO THE VOTERS SO IT COULD NOT BE AMENDED OR RESCINDED WITHOUT VOTER APPROVAL. THAT REQUEST SURVIVES IN THIS ORDINANCE ONLY AS A RECITAL AS ADOPTED TONIGHT, CHAPTER 17.92 CAN BE REPEALED BY THREE VOTES AT ANY FUTURE MEETING. I UNDERSTAND YOU CAN'T AMEND IT TONIGHT WITHOUT RESTARTING THE READING PROCESS, SO I'M NOT ASKING FOR THAT. I'M ASKING A MEMBER OF THIS COUNCIL TO DIRECT STAFF TO RETURN WITH OPTIONS AND A TIMELINE FOR VOTER RATIFICATION. HERE'S WHY. NOW, IN NEW JERSEY, A DEVELOPER HAS SUED MONROE TOWNSHIP FOR 300 MILLION OVER ITS DATA CENTER BAN 20 COUNTS, INCLUDING FIRST AND 14TH AMENDMENT CLAIMS, WHICH IS INSANE TO ME. HOW DOES A PIECE OF PAPER HAVE THE RIGHT TO SPEAK THAT? THAT'S WILD, BUT OKAY. THE TOWNSHIP HAS MOVED TO DISMISS, AND IN EDGERTON, KANSAS, RESIDENTS GATHERED ENOUGH SIGNATURES TO PUT A DATA CENTER BAN ON THEIR BALLOT AND THE CITY SUED TO BLOCK THE VOTE. 
          THESE ARE ALLEGATIONS, NOT RULINGS, BUT THEY SHOW WHAT THIS INDUSTRY DOES WHEN A CITY SAYS NO. AND WHAT THIS SYSTEM DOES WHEN CITIES SAY NO, BECAUSE THERE WILL BE MUCH MORE 
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AND, YOU KNOW, WORSE THINGS THAN THIS. I DON'T EXPECT IT TO STOP AT DATA CENTERS. AND SO AN ORDINANCE, OH, SORRY. THE PLANNING COMMISSION UNDERSTOOD THAT BECAUSE I PORTRAYED MYSELF AS A TECH BILLIONAIRE INVESTOR AND AS THAT PERSON, I WANT YOUR ELECTRICITY. I WANT YOUR WATER BECAUSE I CAN MAKE SO MUCH MONEY WITH THE DATA CENTER. AND IF I CAN GET ALL OF YOU TO LEAVE THE CITY BECAUSE YOU CAN'T LIVE THERE ANYMORE, I'LL BUY UP ALL YOUR PROPERTY AND I'LL GENTRIFY THE HECK OUT OF YOU. AND I GOT IT ON A DISCOUNT. THAT'S WHAT I TOLD OUR PLANNING COMMISSION, AND THAT'S WHY THAT PLAYED A PART IN THEM RECOMMENDING US TO STRENGTHEN, YOU KNOW, OUR POSITION AGAINST DATA CENTERS AND ALSO SUPPORTING THE THE THE EMERGENCY ORDINANCE, THE EMERGENCY ORDINANCE I'M ASKING FOR TO PROTECT OURSELVES FROM ENGAGING WITH THESE TYPES OF BUSINESSES AND WITH THESE INDIVIDUALS, BECAUSE THEY DO NOT CARE ABOUT US. AND SO WE NEED TO MAKE IT IMPOSSIBLE FOR THEM TO INFILTRATE OUR CITY. 
          THANK YOU. NEXT. NEXT IS ASHBY. ASH. FOLLOWING ASH IS JAMES RODRIGUEZ. HOLA. MI NOMBRE ES ASH. SOY MIEMBRO DEL COLECTIVO VILLA. LA COSA QUIERO DAR GRACIAS A TODOS DE LA COMUNIDAD POR MESES HAN VENIDO A ESTAS JUNTAS, ESPECIALMENTE A LOS RESIDENTES VIENEN Y NO SABEN INGLÉS, PERO VIENEN PARA DEMOSTRAR APOYO Y GRACIAS A CADA PERSONA PRESENTE TOMA TIEMPO DE SU VIDA Y ENERGIA PARA ESTAR AQUI NOS HAN AYUDADO CON PUERTA PUERTA O COMPARTIENDO INFORMATION. ESTAMOS AQUI EN ESTE MEMENTO HISTORIC HISTORICA. GRACIAS A DIOS. TAMBIÉN QUIERO DAR GRACIAS A LAS GRUPOS DE OTRAS PARTES. NOS HAN AYUDADO VAYA IMPERIAL RESIST SGV PROGRESSIVE ACTION Y TAMBIÉN IEG4PA VIENEN DIFERENTES PARA DAR APOYO ACOCELLA CONOCIENDO. PERO QUÉ PASA AQUI TAMBIÉN Y SUS COMUNIDADES. AND LASTLY, I DO WANT TO SHARE THAT AGAIN. THIS HAS BEEN SUCH A LONG FIGHT. AND WHAT HAS REALLY BEEN SO APPALLING IS THAT THERE ARE EMAILS THAT SHOW THAT PEOPLE WITHIN THE CITY KNEW EXACTLY WHAT WAS HAPPENING. SPECIFICALLY, UTILITIES DIRECTOR CASTULO ESTRADA HAD DIRECT COMMUNICATION WITH STRONGHOLD POWER DATING BACK TO JUNE 2025, AND THOSE EMAILS STATE THAT THE DATA CENTERS THAT WERE BEING PLANNED WOULD REQUIRE 5 MILLION, 5 MILLION GALLONS OF WATER PER DAY HERE IN COACHELLA. AND YET, DURING THE TOWN HALL ON MAY 11TH, GOSTELOW HAD THE AUDACITY TO SIT THERE SILENTLY WHILE CV STRATEGIES AND STRONGHOLD POWER NOT ONLY LIED, BUT DELIBERATELY DISRESPECTED COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT WERE ASKING QUESTIONS AND POSING CONCERNS ABOUT DATA CENTERS. SO SHAME ON CASTULO. MAY HE NEVER LIVE DOWN THAT HE'S A LIAR AND A SELLOUT. AND ULTIMATELY, AGAIN, REALLY WANT TO EMPHASIZE WE'RE HERE BECAUSE OF COMMUNITY PUSH. THAT HAS BEEN CONTINUOUS. AND IT'S BEEN EXHAUSTING, TO BE HONEST, BUT IT'S BEEN EMPOWERING TO SEE THE LOVE, THE DEDICATION, AND THE PRIDE THAT WE HAVE IN OUR HOME AND IT WILL CONTINUE. SO I'M GLAD WE'VE MADE IT TO THIS POINT. HONESTLY, IT WAS REALLY HARD TO SEE THIS HAPPENING BECAUSE WE WERE UP AGAINST SOMETHING VERY BIG AND PLANNED FOR YEARS AHEAD OF US, BUT ULTIMATELY WE WERE FORTUNATE TO CATCH IT AND RECEIVE SUPPORT FROM GROUPS THAT GAVE US GUIDANCE AND SUPPORTED US. AND IT IS THANK YOU TO ALL THE PEOPLE AND THE POWER OF THE PEOPLE. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. THANK YOU. NEXT IS JAMES RODRIGUEZ. GOOD EVENING AGAIN, COUNCIL. JAMES RODRIGUEZ, NATIVE RESIDENT OF COACHELLA, JUST WANTED TO. SAY THAT THERE HAVE BEEN PLANS THAT HAVE GONE THROUGH VARIOUS AREAS OF OUR COUNCIL, THIS BEING ONE OF THEM, THE DATA CENTER. THAT SEEMS AS THOUGH THEY WEREN'T READ OR 
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THEY WEREN'T GIVEN THE TYPE OF SCRUTINY THAT THEY DESERVED, ESPECIALLY FOR SOME OF THE LARGER BUDGETS, PLANS AND YEARS OF COMMITMENT THAT WE WERE GOING TO BE DEDICATED TO. I WOULD CAUTION THAT THE FIGHT IS NOT OVER. RIGHT? LA LUCHA SIGUE, BECAUSE WE NEED TO BE AWARE OF LLCS THAT ARE COMING IN. WE NEED TO BE AWARE OF REPEAT OFFENDERS FOR LOCAL ORDINANCE BREAKERS, BUILDERS, COMPANIES THAT COME AND BUY LAND, SIT ON IT, WAIT FOR THINGS TO IMPROVE AROUND IT. AND THEN, AS HAS BEEN SAID, GENTRIFICATION FORCES PEOPLE OUT. EVERYBODY WANTS TO SELL THEIR HOME FOR MORE. BUT THE PEOPLE THAT I KNOW JUST WANT TO HAVE A GENERATIONAL HOME. SOME PEOPLE GREW UP ON RANCHOS, SOME PEOPLE GREW UP IN LARGE HOUSES THAT HAD MULTIPLE FAMILIES COME AND GO. MULTIPLE GENERATIONS OF FAMILIES COME AND GO. BECAUSE OF THAT, WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO HAVE SECURE HOUSING, SECURE ENVIRONMENT, SECURE WATER ACCESS, SECURE ELECTRICAL ACCESS AND THE PLANS THAT WE'RE ABOUT TO JEOPARDIZE THE FUTURE OF OUR ABILITY TO EVEN LIVE AS WE CURRENTLY ARE ABLE TO MAKE A MEAGER EXISTENCE OF DUMBFOUND ME, YOU NEVER ATTRIBUTE MALICE OR STUPIDITY CAN BE THE ANSWER. AND I FEEL LIKE WE'VE BEEN VERY STUPID BECAUSE STUPID IS AS STUPID DOES, AND STUPID IS KNOWING BETTER AND CHOOSING NOT TO DO IT. DO NOT BE STUPID ANYMORE. PLEASE. THAT'S IT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU, MR. RODRIGUEZ. THOSE ARE ALL THE SPEAKER FORMS THAT I HAVE FOR ITEM NUMBER SIX. IS THERE ANYONE ON ZOOM? DOES ANYBODY ON ZOOM WHO WOULD LIKE TO COMMENT PROMOTING CALA? GOOD EVENING AGAIN. MY NAME IS CARLA. I AM A COMMUNITY MEMBER OF THE CITY OF COACHELLA. I WANTED TO KIND OF SAY THAT THIS IS A LESSON FOR ALL OF US, NOT JUST FOR YOU GUYS IN THE POSITION THAT YOU ARE, BUT ALSO FOR US TO KNOW THAT WE DO HAVE TO KEEP TRACK OF WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE CITY. I HAVE BEEN VERY COMPLICIT IN THE ACT OF, OKAY, THEY GOT IT, AND I CAN TRUST THE ELECTED OFFICIALS THAT, YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY DECIDED WERE THE BEST OPTION. BUT I THINK IT'S FURTHER THAN THAT. NOW WE REALLY HAVE TO BE PAYING ATTENTION TO WHAT'S GOING ON. WE CAN'T JUST LET GO OF THINGS AND EXPECT OTHERS TO TAKE CARE OF EVERYTHING THAT'S GOING ON. AND WE HAVE SEEN THAT HERE WITH THIS VERY SPECIFIC ITEM. I THINK A LOT OF US GOT LIKE A SLAP IN THE FACE WHEN WE SAW THIS TYPE OF THING HAPPENING. 
          AND THEN WE'RE HEARING FROM ONE ANOTHER LIKE SAYING, OH, I DIDN'T KNOW THAT WE WERE SIGNING OFF ON THIS THING SPECIFICALLY, OR I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND THAT PORTION. WELL, IF WE'RE NOT UNDERSTANDING AND IF WE'RE NOT READING THINGS, OBVIOUSLY WE'RE NOT GOING TO SEE EVERY SINGLE LITTLE THING THAT IS GOING THROUGH. RIGHT? THEN LET'S TAKE A PAUSE, PUT IT FOR LATER, TAKE SOME TIME TO LEARN IT. AND I HAVE SAID THIS BEFORE TOO, LIKE IF THE AGENDA IS WAY TOO BIG AND WE HAVE LIKE 500 PAGES TO GO THROUGH, MAKE IT SMALLER, PUT IT FOR ANOTHER DAY, THERE'S NO NEED FOR YOU TO BE TRYING TO PASS THINGS JUST BECAUSE THEY'RE ON THE AGENDA. 
          PUT IT FOR ANOTHER TIME. THAT'S FINE. WE'D RATHER HAVE YOU TAKE YOUR TIME AND READ THROUGH EVERYTHING THAN HAVING TO DEAL WITH THINGS LIKE THIS AGAIN. THIS WAS A LONG TIME. IF IT WASN'T FOR ALL OF THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT GOT TOGETHER AND STARTED INFORMING THE COMMUNITY AND PUSHING OUT THIS INFORMATION, A LOT OF US WOULDN'T BE HERE. A LOT OF US WOULDN'T KNOW ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED OR WHAT WAS GOING ON, AND US BEING ABLE TO PROTECT THE CITY AND COME TOGETHER AND HAVE ALL OF THIS INFORMATION BROUGHT TO YOU GUYS LIKE THAT SHOULDN'T REALLY BE OUR JOB. OUR JOB SHOULD BE TO JUST MAKE SURE THAT OUR CITY IS FINE, THAT WE'RE GETTING THE THINGS THAT WE NEED, AND THAT WE'RE GETTING OURSELVES BETTER AND BETTER SITUATIONS. WE SHOULD BE FOCUSING ON BUILDING HOMES AND MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE 
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FAMILIES IN HOMES, AND THAT WE DON'T HAVE FAMILIES THAT ARE KIND OF IN THE MIDDLE OF LIKE A SHELTER, LIVING WITH OTHER FAMILY MEMBERS, LIVING IN GARAGES. WE SHOULDN'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THINGS LIKE THIS. WE SHOULD BE WORRIED ABOUT HAVING THOSE FAMILIES HOUSED. 
          AND HERE WE ARE WORRIED ABOUT THIS BECAUSE THIS HAS TO TAKE PRIORITY BEFORE WE CAN WORRY ABOUT ANYTHING ELSE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE A FUTURE HERE. I DON'T WANT TO COME BACK TO THIS. I DON'T WANT TO COME BACK AND TELL YOU GUYS TO DO A BETTER JOB, BECAUSE YOU GUYS KNOW THAT YOU CHOSE TO BE HERE. WE DIDN'T DECIDE, HEY, YOU KNOW WHAT? I WANT YOU TO BE HERE. 
          THIS IS YOUR JOB NOW. NO. YOU GUYS ELECTED TO BE IN THOSE SEATS. I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU REMEMBER THAT YOU CHOSE TO DO THAT. AND YOU HAVE AN OATH TO THE CITY, TO ITS COMMUNITY MEMBERS, NOT TO ANYBODY ELSE. YOU WORK FOR US. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. 
          IS THERE ANYONE ELSE ON ZOOM? IF THERE'S ANYBODY ELSE ON ZOOM WHO'D LIKE TO COMMENT ON THIS ITEM, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. THERE ARE NONE. OKAY. SEEING NO OTHER SPEAKERS. ANY COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL ON THIS ITEM? SEEING NONE. ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THE SECOND READING OF ORDINANCE NUMBER 1231. ADDING CHAPTER 17.92 TO TITLE 17. SECOND OUR MOTION ANY SECONDS IT. OKAY MOTION AND A SECOND COUNCIL MEMBER. DELGADO. YES. COUNCILMEMBER. MARTINEZ. 
          AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER. AYE. MAYOR PRO TEM PEREZ YES. MAYOR FIGUEROA I. MOTION PASSES. WITH 
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THAT, WE'LL MOVE ON TO NEW BUSINESS CALENDAR, LEGISLATIVE AND ADMINISTRATIVE. WE HAVE THIS ITEM. OH YEAH. SO THE SO JUST FOR REFERENCE, ITEM NUMBER TEN HAS BEEN POSTPONED TO SEPTEMBER 21ST. YES. AND SO WE'RE MOVING ON TO ITEM NUMBER 11. AUTHORIZE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE A PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH THE WATERWORKS ENGINEERS, LLC FOR ENGINEERING SERVICES FOR THE DESIGN OF HEXAVALENT CHROMIUM TREATMENT PLANT AT SEVEN WELL SITES IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED 4,581,750 600, AND APPROVE ADDITIONAL EXPENDITURES FOR A TOTAL REQUEST OF 4,000,810 843.80. THANK YOU, MAYOR. MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL, YOU'VE READ THE THE TITLE OF THE ITEM, SO I WON'T REPEAT THAT. BUT TO START OFF, I JUST WANTED TO REMIND THE COUNCIL THAT THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA RECENTLY ISSUED A NEW REGULATION FOR DRINKING WATER THAT REGULATES THE CONCENTRATION OF CHROMIUM SIX. CHROMIUM SIX IS A NATURAL ELEMENT THAT IS PRESENT HERE IN THE GROUNDWATER OF THE COACHELLA VALLEY, AS WELL AS OTHER PLACES IN THE STATE. ALL OF THE IMPACTED WATER AGENCIES HERE IN THE REGION, AND INCLUDING OUR OWN AND OTHERS IN THE STATE, MUST NOW COMPLY WITH THIS NEW REGULATION BY TREATING WATER TO REMOVE CHROMIUM SIX TO LEVELS THAT ARE ACCEPTABLE TO THE STATE. AND THE PROJECT BEFORE YOU IS PART OF OUR COMPLIANCE PLAN SO THAT WE CAN MEET THIS NEW REQUIREMENT. IT'S THE PROJECT THAT IS PROPOSING TO DESIGN THE TREATMENT FACILITIES AT ALL OF OUR WELL SITES THAT WE USE TO PROVIDE WATER TO AROUND 45,000 PEOPLE WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS OF THE CITY AND OUR SERVICE BOUNDARY. WE'RE NOT THE ONLY AGENCY THAT'S DOING THIS. OTHER AGENCIES HERE IN THE REGION HAVE STARTED TO INITIATE THESE PROJECTS, AND I JUST WANTED TO ALSO NOTE THAT WE HAVE ALREADY SECURED SOME GRANT FUNDING FOR SOME OF THESE EFFORTS, STARTING ABOUT MAYBE TWO YEARS AGO. WE DID SECURE 500,000 THROUGH A STATE APPROPRIATION AT THE STATE LEGISLATURE BY THEN HAVING SOME HELP BY PREVIOUS ASSEMBLY MEMBER EDUARDO GARCIA AND CURRENT STATE SENATOR PADILLA. WE'VE ALSO SECURED SOME FUNDING VIA THE CONGRESSMAN, CONGRESSMAN RAUL RUIZ, AND WE ARE CURRENTLY IN THE PROCESS OF SUBMITTING VARIOUS PACKAGES OF A STATE REVOLVING APPLICATION WITH THE STATE WATER BOARD, AND WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF COMPLETING THAT, HOPEFULLY TO RECEIVE MORE FUNDING FOR WHEN WE'RE READY TO 
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TO BUILD THIS PROJECT. AT FIRST WE HAVE TO DESIGN. AND THAT'S THE PROPOSAL BEFORE YOU. WE HAVE THE THE TEAM HERE THAT SUBMITTED THE PROPOSAL BEFORE YOU. AND THEY'RE READY TO GO OVER A PRESENTATION THAT'S GOING TO HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THE KEY COMPONENTS OF THAT EFFORT. 
          AND SO WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO ASK ANDREW AND CHAD TO COME UP AND INTRODUCE THEMSELVES AND GO OVER THE PRESENTATION. THANK YOU SO MUCH. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR DOCTOR FIGUEROA AND FELLOW COUNCIL MEMBERS. THANK YOU FOR HAVING US HERE TONIGHT. WE'RE EXCITED TO PRESENT A SUMMARY OF OUR PROPOSAL ON THE DESIGN OF HEXAVALENT CHROMIUM REMOVAL PLANTS AT THE SEVEN WELL SITES. A LITTLE BIT ABOUT US. MY NAME IS ANDREW. I'M FROM WATERWORKS ENGINEERS. I'VE BEEN DOING THIS FOR 21 PLUS YEARS, AND WE'RE A FIRM THAT WORKS STRICTLY IN WATER, WASTEWATER AND RECYCLING. WE HAVE ABOUT 140 EMPLOYEES AT OUT OF 12 DIFFERENT OFFICES, AND WE PERFORM ABOUT 120 PROJECTS A YEAR, MOSTLY ON GROUNDWATER TREATMENT PROJECTS. AND HERE WE ALSO HAVE CHAD SEIDEL. YEAH. GOOD EVENING. IT'S A PLEASURE TO RETURN TO TO SPEAK WITH YOU. 
          HAVING BEEN INVOLVED IN ADDRESSING HEXAVALENT CHROMIUM IN DRINKING WATER, GOING BACK TO MY PHD RESEARCH IN THE EARLY 2000, IT'S QUITE SATISFYING TO BE IN THIS POSITION, ASSISTING COMMUNITIES IN ADDRESSING THE BEST WAYS TO REMOVE HEXAVALENT CHROMIUM FROM DRINKING WATER. 
          AND SO MY FIRM, CORONA ENVIRONMENTAL CONSULTING, PLEAD TO CONTINUE THE TO SUPPORT YOU ALL IN ADDRESSING THESE NEEDS FOR YOUR COMMUNITY. SO AS THE FIRST SLIDE SHOWED, HEXAVALENT CHROMIUM IS A MOSTLY NATURALLY OCCURRING COMPOUND THAT FINDS ITS WAY INTO WATER. IT HAPPENS TO JUST BE A PART OF THE NATURAL GEOLOGY. AND SO THE COACHELLA VALLEY IN PARTICULAR HAS A NUMBER OF GROUNDWATER WELL SITES THAT ARE KNOWN TO HAVE HEXAVALENT CHROMIUM OCCUR. 
          CHROMIUM CAN OCCUR AS HEXAVALENT OR TRIVALENT. HEXAVALENT IS KNOWN TO BE A CARCINOGEN. TRIVALENT IS A KNOWN MICRONUTRIENT. SO YOU CAN BUY IT AT THE HEALTH FOOD STORE. 
          BUT THE STATE WAS DIRECTED TO REGULATE IT BECAUSE OF ITS HEALTH IMPLICATIONS. AND SO THAT'S WHY WE HAVE TO MOVE FORWARD IN THAT WAY. SO WE'LL GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE. THE STATE CREATED A NEW DRINKING WATER STANDARD OR A MAXIMUM CONTAMINANT LEVEL AT TEN MICROGRAMS PER LITER OR THAT'S PARTS PER BILLION. HAD AN EFFECTIVE DATE OF THE REGULATION IN 2024. REQUIRED ADDITIONAL SAMPLING TO START IN 2025, AND THEN COMPLIANCE DATES STARTING IN OCTOBER OF THIS YEAR, NEXT YEAR, AND THE YEAR TO FOLLOW, DEPENDING UPON THE SYSTEM SIZE. AND SO THE CITY OF COACHELLA, COACHELLA WATER AUTHORITY HAS A COMPLIANCE DATE ASSOCIATED WITH OCTOBER 1ST OF 2027. GIVEN ITS NUMBER OF SERVICE CONNECTIONS. THE SENATE PASSED BILL 466. THAT PROVIDES SOME FLEXIBILITY WITH RESPECT TO MEETING THAT COMPLIANCE DEADLINE, BECAUSE, FRANKLY, IT IS IT'S A ARDUOUS PROCESS TO FIGURE OUT WHAT'S THE BEST TREATMENT APPROACH OR NON TREATMENT APPROACH, GET THE FUNDING, GO THROUGH THE DESIGN PROCESS, THEN GO THROUGH CONTRACTING AND CONSTRUCTION AND STARTUP. AND SO THAT BILL AFFORDED THE OPPORTUNITY FOR A COMPLIANCE PLAN. SEE, CWA HAS ALREADY SUBMITTED THEIR COMPLIANCE PLAN HAS BEEN REVIEWED AND APPROVED BY THE STATE DIVISION OF DRINKING WATER, ONE OF JUST A FEW THAT'S ALREADY MADE IT THROUGH THAT PROCESS. MANY OTHERS ARE STILL AWAITING THAT. AND SO THAT ACCEPTED COMPLIANCE PLAN AFFORDS CWA THE OPPORTUNITY TO COMPLETE CONSTRUCTION AND START UP THOSE EFFORTS. PRIOR TO JULY 30TH, 2031. AND IN AUGUST NOW OF THAT YEAR. AND SO THAT GIVES YOU A TIMELINE ABOUT HOW TO IMPLEMENT THIS, RECOGNIZING THE TIME IT TAKES. AND SO THIS PROJECT STARTS DOWN THAT NEXT STEP FOR THAT, GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE GIVES A LITTLE BIT OF AN OVERVIEW. SO THESE GRAPHS SHOW TIME SERIES SAMPLING DATING BACK OVER ABOUT THE LAST DECADE OF EACH OF THE EXISTING WELLS. AND YOU'LL NOTE THE KEY THING. 
          EVERY ONE OF THOSE DOTS IS ABOVE THAT DASHED LINE OF TEN MICROGRAMS PER LITER. AND SO CWA IS IN THE UNFORTUNATE POSITION OF EVERY ONE OF THE WATER SUPPLIES HERE HAS CHROMIUM ABOVE THAT NEW LIMIT. AND SO EVERY ONE OF THOSE WATER SUPPLIES NEEDS TO BE TREATED TO BRING THOSE CONCENTRATIONS DOWN TO THAT NEW LIMIT. AND THOSE ARE ACROSS THE THE COMMUNITY. 
          AND EVEN THE MOST RECENT, WELL, THAT HAS JUST BEEN STARTED TO BE CONSIDERED AND TO BE DEVELOPED. THE FIRST TEST RESULTS THAT CAME BACK ALSO CAME BACK AT 16 MICROGRAMS PER LITER. AND SO THIS PROJECT IS BUILT UPON WORK THAT WE'VE BEEN ASSISTING YOU ALL WITH OVER THE 
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LAST COUPLE OF YEARS. IF YOU GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, TALKS A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT TO DEVELOP THE COMPLIANCE PLAN TO COMMUNICATE WITH YOUR CUSTOMERS, YOU'VE GONE THROUGH THE STEPS THAT ARE REQUIRED. SO PUBLIC NOTICE HAS BEEN PROVIDED. THERE'S SOME QUICK SCREENSHOTS OF THE PAMPHLETS THAT YOU PROVIDED THAT TALKS ABOUT THE WHY ARE WE DOING THIS? WHAT IS THE CONCERN? WHAT SHOULD YOU DO NOW? ALL THAT'S COVERED IN READILY AVAILABLE AND COMMUNICATED ALREADY. THE COMPLIANCE PLAN, AS I SAID, WAS ALREADY SUBMITTED. IT WAS ACCEPTED LAST NOVEMBER. AND THEN YOU'RE CONTINUING TO COMMUNICATE ABOUT THIS TO YOUR CUSTOMERS WITH YOUR CONSUMER CONFIDENCE REPORT. AND SO DOING A GREAT JOB WITH ALL THOSE ASPECTS. AS WE GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, REALLY BEG THE QUESTION, RECOGNIZING THAT EVERY ONE OF YOUR WATER SUPPLIES HAS HIGHER CONCENTRATIONS THAN WHAT ARE NOW ALLOWED, WHAT DO YOU DO? WELL, YOU HAVE TO REMOVE IT. THERE ARE COMMON WATER TREATMENT PROCESSES, REVERSE OSMOSIS ION EXCHANGE, OR ICS OR RCF. WE DESCRIBE AS REDUCTION COAGULATION FILTRATION. THESE ARE ALL TECHNICAL WAYS TO TREAT THE WATER TO REMOVE THE HEXAVALENT CHROMIUM. FIRST ONE I'LL NOTE IS ION EXCHANGE. IT WAS ELIMINATED FROM CONSIDERATION BECAUSE OF ITS WASTE PRODUCTS THAT ARE CREATED WHEN THEY'RE TREATED. IF WE CLICK ONE MORE TIME, REVERSE OSMOSIS WAS ELIMINATED BECAUSE OF ITS ALSO ITS WASTE PRODUCTS AND THE HIGHER ENERGY CONSUMPTION. AND FRANKLY, WATER LOSS. IT'S NOT AS EFFICIENT REDUCTION. COAGULATION FILTRATION WAS IDENTIFIED TO BE NOT ONLY THE LOWEST COST OPTION ON A LIFE CYCLE COST BASIS, BUT ALSO ITS ITS GENERAL EASE OF OPERATION AND OPERATOR FAMILIARITY. THERE ARE STAFF WITHIN THE CITY THAT HAVE FAMILIARITY WITH SIMILAR TECHNOLOGIES THAT CAN BE USED TO TREAT OTHER CONTAMINANTS. SO CLEAR WINNER. GOOD WAY TO MOVE FORWARD. OUR EFFORTS OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS TO SUPPORT YOU HAVE HELPED INFORM THE GAPS OF HOW DO YOU DO THIS? HOW DO YOU IMPLEMENT THIS AT EACH ONE OF THOSE WELL SITES? AND SO WE'VE TESTED THINGS WITH LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS. WE'VE TESTED THINGS IN THE FIELD WITH THE WORK THAT WAS DONE AT, WELL, 19 USING SOME OF THE EQUIPMENT THAT'S SHOWN IN THE PHOTOS THERE. AND THEN WORK THROUGH THE COMPLIANCE PLAN. AND ULTIMATELY, OUR TEAM, WITH SUPPORT OF ANDREW AND WATERWORKS, DEVELOPED AND DELIVERED THE 30% PRELIMINARY DESIGN REPORT WHICH ADDRESSED WHAT DOES THIS LOOK LIKE? HOW DO YOU IMPLEMENT THIS? HOW WOULD YOU MOVE FORWARD? AND ULTIMATELY, WHAT DOES IT COST? AND SO NEXT SLIDE TALKS A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT SOME OF THE VERY SPECIFIC THINGS. THESE ARE NEW TREATMENT TECHNOLOGIES TO REMOVE HEXAVALENT CHROMIUM. 
          I DIDN'T MENTION BEFORE. CALIFORNIA IS UNIQUE IN ITS REGARD TO HAVE HEXAVALENT CHROMIUM. STANDARD EPA NATIONALLY DOES NOT HAVE THAT. AND SO SOME OF THESE WERE NEW THINGS THAT NEEDED TO BE ANSWERED. SO WE TESTED HOW DOES THIS PROCESS WORK THE BEST AT YOUR WELL SITES THAT ARE IMPACTED. AND SO WE DID ALL THIS TESTING AT WELL 19 FIGURED OUT HOW MUCH NEEDED TO BE DOSED. SO YOU ADD IRON, IT HELPS REMOVE THE CHROMIUM AND THEN YOU FILTER IT OUT. HOW DO THE FILTERS WORK? HOW FAST CAN WE PUSH WATER THROUGH THEM. AND THAT MEANS HOW BIG OR SMALL CAN WE MAKE THEM? HOW THEN ARE THEY BACKWASHED TO REMOVE THAT IRON AND CHROMIUM? AND THEN WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? AS THAT'S BEEN AS THAT'S TO BE DISCHARGED TO THE WASTEWATER SYSTEM. AND IS THAT AN IMPACT THAT CAN BE BEST MANAGED IN THAT WAY? THE GOOD THING IS THAT EVERY ONE OF THOSE THINGS WAS SUCCESSFULLY DEMONSTRATED AND VALIDATED THAT A MUCH MORE OPTIMAL DESIGN, MEANING SMALLER FOOTPRINT, SMALLER COST COULD BE ACCOMPLISHED WITH LITTLE IMPACT ON THE WASTEWATER SYSTEM, WHICH IS ALREADY A GREAT ASSET THERE TO BE ABLE TO ADDRESS THAT, YOUR WATER SYSTEM IS IDEALLY SUITED FOR THIS TREATMENT TECHNOLOGY, WHICH IS TERRIFIC. SO MOVING TO THE NEXT SLIDE THAT IS IS BOLSTERED WITH OTHER STATE WIDE EXPERIENCE. WE AS OUR TEAM HAS HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO TEST THIS PROCESS AT MORE THAN 25 SITES ACROSS THE STATE. WE'VE DONE SPECIFIC PILOT SCALE TESTING LIKE WE SHOWED WAS DONE AT, WELL, 19 AT MORE THAN A DOZEN NOW, AND WE WERE THE ONES THAT LED THE VERY FIRST FULL SCALE DEMONSTRATION AND LONG TERM IMPLEMENTATION THAT'S NOW BEEN OPERATING IN THE LAS LOMAS AREA, JUST OUTSIDE OF WATSONVILLE FOR MORE THAN EIGHT YEARS NOW, AND AT A NUMBER OF OTHER WATER SYSTEMS ACROSS THE STATE. SO WE HAVE GREAT CONFIDENCE THAT THIS NOW WILL WORK. IT'S WELL ADOPTED AND NOW MOVING FORWARD IN A NUMBER OF LOCATIONS, AND CERTAINLY GREAT TO HAVE THE WORK COMPLETED WITH YOU ALL. THAT'S NOW SETTING THE STAGE TO MOVE FORWARD. WHICH BRINGS US TO WHERE ARE WE TODAY? SO WE NOW HAVE VERY CLEAR DIRECTION BASED UPON THE WORK THAT'S BEEN DONE TO DATE, TO PROCEED WITH IMPLEMENTING THE REDUCTION COAGULATION FILTRATION, OR RC F CHROMIUM SIX TREATMENT PROCESS WITH THE BACKWASH, THE RESIDUALS THAT ARE CREATED BY THIS PROCESS BEING SENT TO THE WASTEWATER SYSTEM, WHICH IS IDEALLY SITUATED TO MANAGE THAT. SO NOW IS THE TIME TO GO FROM THE PRELIMINARY DESIGN PHASE, WHERE WE HAVE BIG BOX DIAGRAMS THAT SAY, WE WANT TO USE THESE PARTS AND PIECES TO DETAILED 
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DESIGN, WHICH SAYS, YOU NEED THIS PUMP, YOU NEED THIS BOLT, YOU NEED THIS ELECTRICAL SUPPLY AND THESE CONTROL SYSTEMS. AND SO WE ASSISTED IN HELPING TO CRAFT THE WAY TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT. AND THAT AFFORDS THE CITY THE OPPORTUNITY TO PURSUE STATE GRANT OPPORTUNITIES WITH A SHOVEL READY PROJECT. ONCE THE DETAILED DESIGN IS COMPLETED, AND IT HELPS MAINTAIN COMPLIANCE WITH THAT COMPLIANCE PLAN THAT THE DIVISION OF DRINKING WATER HAS APPROVED AND ALLOWS YOU TO MEET THEIR EXPECTATIONS AND FRANKLY, MEET THE EXPECTATIONS OF YOUR YOUR CONSTITUENTS, THE CUSTOMERS IN ENSURING SAFE, AFFORDABLE, AND RELIABLE WATER CONTINUE. SO I'LL PASS IT TO ANDREW TO TALK ABOUT THE PROPOSED APPROACH OF ACTUALLY IMPLEMENTING THIS. ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU. CHAD. SO WHERE WE COME IN HERE IS WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH CHAD AND HIS GROUP TO GET US TO THIS POINT THROUGH THE 30% DESIGN. AND I'M GOING TO GO OVER SOME OF THE PROJECT OVERVIEW FROM WHERE WE GO FROM HERE. SO WE HAVE THE, AS CHAD SAID, SEVEN OF THE SITES WELLS 12, 11, 12, 16, 17, 18, 19, AND THEN THE FUTURE. 20. AND WE HAVE THAT SHOWN ON THE SCREEN HERE, EACH OF THESE WELLS. THE PROJECT OBJECTIVE IS TO TREAT THE FULL WELL FLOW AT EACH OF THESE WELLS TO LESS THAN EIGHT MICROGRAM PER LITER LIMIT, THOUGH, AS CHAD SAID, THE MCL IS TEN MICROGRAMS PER LITER. WE DON'T WANT TO RIDE THE LINE, RIGHT? WE WANT TO BE AT LIKE 80% OF THAT GENERAL RULE OF THUMB PROJECT SUCCESS FOR. HERE IS THE SUCCESSFUL CONSTRUCTION, DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION AND IMPLEMENTATION OF THE RC F SYSTEMS AT EACH OF THE SITES. AND ALSO HERE, WHICH IS KEY FOR FUNDING, IS THE 90% DESIGN TO BE SUBMITTED TO THE STATE WATER RESOURCES CONTROL BOARD BY THE END OF THE YEAR TO FACILITATE STATE REVOLVING DRINKING WATER. STATE REVOLVING FUNDS. I WANTED TO BRING TO THIS GROUP A QUICK PICTURE OF OF A FEW OF THESE, THESE SITES AND WHAT THESE FACILITIES WILL LOOK LIKE. HERE WE SHOW WELL, 11 IT IS VERY SMALL. WE'LL GET INTO A LITTLE BIT LARGER FIGURE IN THE IN THE SLIDES TO COME. IN GENERAL, WE'LL HAVE A PIPELINE THAT TAKES. YOU'LL HAVE A. WELL THAT'S ALREADY ON SITE. WE'LL PULL FROM THAT WELL AND GO THROUGH THE TREATMENT SYSTEM, WHICH CONSISTS OF REACTION TANKS, FILTERS, AND THEN IT WILL RETURN TO WHERE IT CAME INTO THE DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM. AND THEN WHAT IT. WHAT WE HAVE IS THE FREQUENT OR THE INFREQUENT BACKWASHING OF THE FILTERS THAT THEN THAT THE BACKWASH WASTE WILL GO TO SEWER. 
          SO THAT'S THE CASE AT WELL, 12 ANOTHER ONE OF THE SITES IS WELL. 19 AND I WANT TO SHOW THIS ONE BECAUSE IT IS A SMALLER FOOTPRINT. AND SO WE SHOW THE FACILITY HERE THAT WE CAN FIT IT ON THE SITE AND THAT THIS HAS SIMILAR FACILITIES. NEXT COUPLE OF SLIDES WILL SHOW SOME 3D RENDERINGS OF WHAT THAT SITE WOULD LOOK LIKE AND WHAT SOME OF THOSE FACILITIES ARE. 
          YOU CAN SEE THE GRAY SIX CYLINDERS THERE. THAT'S THE REACTION VESSELS. AND THEN THE BLUE ONES BEHIND THAT ARE THE FILTER VESSELS THEMSELVES. THE THE WHITE TANK IN THE BACKGROUND IS THE BACKWASH TANK, WHERE WE'LL TAKE THE FILTER BACKWASH, EQUALIZE IT BEFORE TAKING IT AWAY. HERE'S ANOTHER VIEW OF THAT SAME SITE LOOKING KIND OF FROM THE ENTRANCE TOWARDS THE WEST. HOPEFULLY IT GIVES YOU A SENSE OF SCALE HERE. ALL RIGHT. WITH THAT, AS WE MOVE FORWARD, WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE? WE'LL SUBMIT THE BASIS OF DESIGN REPORT OR WHAT'S CONSIDERED THE 30% DESIGN AT THE END OF SEPTEMBER, MOVING TO THE 60 AND 90% DESIGN WITH THE 90% DESIGN AND THAT D.W THAT DRINKING WATER SRF FUNDING APPLICATION BY THE END OF THE YEAR. SO IT'S A BIG PUSH TO TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN AND TO HELP SECURE THAT ADDITIONAL FUNDING. FROM THERE, WE GO INTO 100% DESIGN AND FINAL. WHY ARE THOSE TWO DIFFERENT? THE 100% IS BASICALLY GETTING EVERYTHING TO THE PERMITTING AGENCIES. THEN WE HAVE TO GIVE THEM THE OPPORTUNITY TO RESPOND BEFORE WE GO TO FINAL DESIGN AND GET THAT OUT FOR CONSTRUCTION. A BID FUNDING APPROVAL IS EXPECTED A YEAR AFTER YOU SUBMIT FOR IT. SO IT IS A PROCESS. SO THAT'S WHY THIS BIG PUSH TO GET THAT 90% DESIGN OUT THERE AND IN THEIR HANDS, AND THEN CONSTRUCTION IS SCHEDULED FOR APRIL 2028 THROUGH JUNE 2031, PRIOR TO THE COMPLIANCE DEADLINE. ALL RIGHT. WE APPRECIATE YOUR TIME. WE WELCOME. ANY QUESTIONS. YOU MAY HAVE. ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL ON THIS ITEM. I FEEL LIKE YOU GAVE US A CRASH COURSE RIGHT NOW. OH MY GOODNESS. YES WE DID. THAT WAS GREAT. THANK YOU. VERY WELCOME. THE WELL THAT'S IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD. WHAT'S THE NOISE THAT IT'LL CREATE? LIKE I KNOW THAT RIGHT NOW. SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE CURRENT NOISE THAT IT CREATES AND THEN WHAT THE FUTURE NOISE THAT IT'LL CREATE IN THERE JUST BECAUSE THERE'S TWO HOMES NEXT TO IT. SO I KNOW THAT THEY'RE ALREADY IN A BUSY STREET, BUT JUST KIND OF LIKE THE NOISE OF THE NEW OPERATIONS AND WHAT THAT WILL. WELL, I'LL SAY THAT THE PRESENT NOISE WE HAVE, WE DON'T RECEIVE ANY COMPLAINTS 
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FOR THAT. WELL, AND ACTUALLY THAT WELL IS OUR WELL THAT RUNS THE MOST. IT'S CONSTANTLY RUNNING. THAT'S OUR THAT'S OUR WORKHORSE. IT'S PUMPING LIKE 97% OF THE TIME. AND WE DON'T WE DON'T REALLY HEAR ANY COMPLAINTS ABOUT IT. OKAY. I'LL LET YOU SPEAK TO THE ADDITIONAL CAN SPEAK TO THE NEW TREATMENT SYSTEM INSTALLATION. WE'RE SENSITIVE TO THAT ISSUE BECAUSE. 
          WELL, SITES ARE COMMONLY LOCATED IN NEIGHBORHOODS. YOU WANT TO APPRECIATE, YOU KNOW, THE SOUND, THE SIGHT, ALL THOSE THINGS. AND SO THE SELECTED APPROACH TO BE IMPLEMENTED RECOGNIZES THAT AND HAS ALREADY MOVED IN A DIRECTION TO ADOPT THINGS THAT ARE, YOU KNOW, LESS, LESS INTRUSIVE. TO SAY THEY'RE NOT INTRUSIVE WOULD BE A MISSTATEMENT SIMPLY BECAUSE IT'S A IT'S A WATER TREATMENT PROCESS REQUIRES TANKS AND PIPES. ON THE SOUND QUESTION, THERE ARE OPTIONS THAT CAN BE SELECTED THAT ARE QUIETER. SO INSTEAD OF HAVING LOUD AIR COMPRESSORS TO CONTROL VALVES, YOU CAN USE ELECTRIC VALVES OR YOU CAN USE AIR COMPRESSORS THAT ARE IN SOUND ENCLOSURES. AND SO THOSE ARE APPROACHES THAT ARE COMMONLY ADOPTED TO KEEP THE SOUND LEVELS IN LINE WITH WHAT'S ALREADY IN PLACE. SO WE DON'T EXPECT THERE TO BE ANYTHING ALONG THOSE LINES. AND OUR EXPERIENCE WITH SIMILAR SYSTEMS ELSEWHERE HAS BACKED THAT UP. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL ON THIS ITEM? CAN YOU PUT THE TIMELINE BACK UP FOR WHEN THE. I'LL DO MY BEST HERE TO BACK US UP 100% DESIGN. YEAH, YEAH. AND SO IF APPROVED, THEN WHEN WOULD YOU START THE, THE ACTUAL DESIGN PHASE OF THAT WITHIN I MEAN, IMMEDIATELY TOMORROW, IMMEDIATELY, IMMEDIATELY TOMORROW MORNING. YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. AND, AND OUR, OUR FIRM, WE'VE HAD EXPERIENCE DOING THIS. SO WE THE SAME TEAM THAT WE PROPOSED ON THIS TEAM WOULD BE COMPLETING THE WORK. WE DID A SIMILAR PROJECT FOR GOLDEN STATE WATER COMPANY IN THE LA BASIN. AND SO WE HAD FIVE DIFFERENT WELLS DESIGNED AND THEN SHORTLY THEREAFTER CONSTRUCTED IN A DESIGN BUILD MECHANISM, WHICH IS A VERY FAST TURNAROUND. WE'RE USING THE SAME TEAM HERE, AND WE'RE TAKING APPROACHES THAT CAN MINIMIZE THE SCHEDULE IMPACTS BY USING SIMILAR DRAWINGS AND STANDARD DETAILS FOR EACH OF THE SITES. THAT'S COMMON TO ALL PRESENTING AT ONCE. AND THAT REDUCES THE TIME FOR US TO PERFORM THE WORK, AND ALSO FOR THE PERMITTING TO BE REVIEWED PRIOR TO THE 100% DESIGN ON APRIL 16TH, 2027. WOULD WE BE GETTING AN UPDATE PRIOR TO THE FULL COMPLETION OF THE DESIGN, OR WOULD WE NOT BE? WE WE CAN WE COULD COME AT ANY POINT TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE AT YOUR REQUEST. THIS THIS SCHEDULE IS BEING DRIVEN BY. OUR OUR APPLICATION WITH THE STATE WATER BOARD THAT WE'VE BEEN ASSIGNED A PROJECT MANAGER. AND WE KNOW THAT IF WE WANT TO BE CONSIDERED FOR THE STATE'S BUDGET IN THE. IN THE 2020. 2026 NO. THE 2027 2028, WE WE HAVE TO HAVE A 90% BY THE BY THE END OF THE YEAR. SO WE'RE WE'RE THAT'S, YOU KNOW, WE'RE TRYING TO MEET THAT. OTHERWISE WE GET PUSHED TO THE NEXT YEAR. RIGHT. SO, SO I'M FAMILIAR WITH THE DEADLINE THAT WE HAVE WITH THE STATE THAT WE'VE SUBMITTED. BUT THE DESIGN PHASE BASICALLY ACCOMMODATES THAT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE STAYING WITHIN THE DEADLINE THAT WE'VE PROVIDED. AND THEN AND THEN I WOULD JUST SAY THIS IF NEEDED, AND I DON'T THINK THERE'LL EVER BE ANY DELAYS, BUT IF THERE ARE ANY DELAYS THAT WE HEAR IT AT THAT POINT, SHOULD THERE BE ANY DELAYS? THANK YOU. ON, ON THE ON THE PROJECT THAT YOU HAVE, YOU'RE ALSO TARGETING TO BE 90% DESIGN COMPLETED BY SEPTEMBER 1ST, 2026. YEAH. OKAY. SO IT WOULDN'T INTERFERE WITH ANYTHING. YEAH, YEAH. GREAT QUESTION. YEAH. IT IS, IT IS ONE. WELL AND SO THAT 90% DESIGN IS BEING SUBMITTED NEXT TUESDAY. OKAY. SO I BELIEVE IT'S TUESDAY IF IT'S NOT WEDNESDAY. SO OUR TEAM IS WORKING ON THAT. THERE ARE ELEMENTS OF THE SAME, YOU KNOW, SAME TEAM WORKING ON THIS PROJECT. THE TIME BETWEEN 90 AND 100 FOR THAT JOB WILL GO RELATIVELY QUICKLY. AND WE ARE BRINGING IN MANY MORE RESOURCES TO, TO HELP OUT ON THIS PROJECT. THE GOOD THING ABOUT THE DIXON PROJECT THAT WE HAVE IS ALL OF THE DESIGN ELEMENTS ARE SIMILAR HERE. SO WE PRICE THIS PROPOSAL AND THE SCHEDULE KNOWING THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE PULLING THOSE ELEMENTS OVER. AND WE'RE ACTUALLY WORKING WITH CORONA ON THAT NOW. AND WHEN CHAD'S COLLEAGUES, CRAIG GORMAN IS IS 
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ON A FLIGHT NOW, OR MAYBE HE'S LANDED, HE WAS HERE THIS MORNING AND IS THERE TOMORROW MORNING TO FACILITATE A MEETING WITH THE CALIFORNIA STATE WATER RESOURCES CONTROL BOARD, DIVISION OF DRINKING WATER, FOR THE REVIEW OF THE PERMITTING AND IMPLEMENTATION OF THAT, WHICH IS ONE OF THE FURTHEST. ALONG WITH THAT. SO THERE ARE WITH THESE BEING SOME OF THEIR FIRST OF THEIR KIND IMPLEMENTATIONS, WE'RE ASSISTING THE STATE IN HOW THEY REVIEW AND APPROVE THEM AND SEE THEM MOVE FORWARD. SO WE, WE FEEL LIKE THIS AGGRESSIVE SCHEDULE, WHICH IT IS FAIR TO AGREE THAT IT IS AN AGGRESSIVE SCHEDULE IS ACCOMPLISHABLE. AND WE BROUGHT THE RIGHT RESOURCES AND HAVE THE STEPS IN PLACE TO BE ABLE TO DO JUST THAT. YEAH. 
          THANK YOU. TO BE ABLE TO BE 30% DESIGN WITHIN A MONTH. WELL, IT'S WHAT'S ALREADY BEEN COMPLETED AND SUBMITTED IS CLOSE TO THAT. SO IT'S A REFRAMING OF THE BASIS OF DESIGN ELEMENTS THAT COME OUT OF THAT. YEP. THAT'S EXACTLY RIGHT. THANK YOU. THERE'S NO OTHER QUESTIONS. I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION AND THANK YOU FOR BEING TRANSPARENT. YOU KNOW, I DID NOTICE THAT YOU DID MENTION A COUPLE OF LAWSUITS IN THERE. 
          AND IT LOOKS LIKE, YOU KNOW, THERE WERE SOME BOTH OF THEM FROM THE SAME ELSINORE VALLEY MUNICIPAL WATER. THERE WERE RELATIVELY SMALL, BUT IT'S IT WAS JUST BASICALLY LIKE. 
          DIFFERENCE OF UNDERSTANDING REGARDING DESIGN AND THE CRITERIA TO ACTUAL OPERATION OF THE, OF THE WELL OF THE WORK THAT YOU GUYS WERE DOING. BUT I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR MENTIONING THAT. ABSOLUTELY. SO WITH ALL THE 120 PROJECTS THAT YOU DO PER YEAR, THIS IS VERY RELATIVE, VERY SMALL PERCENTAGE. YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. NO OTHER QUESTIONS. I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION. ANYONE? JUST JUST TO CONFIRM. OH YEAH. NO PUBLIC COMMENTS ON THIS ITEM. YES WE DO. JAMES RODRIGUEZ SORRY MR. JAMES GOOD EVENING COUNCIL JAMES RODRIGUEZ, NATIVE RESIDENT OF COACHELLA. AND I HAVE A UNIQUE PERSPECTIVE BECAUSE OF THAT. MY GRANDPARENTS AND MY FAMILY STEM FROM TEXAS REGION. AND WHEN THEY WOULD COME VISIT US HAVING, YOU KNOW, BEEN HERE MY WHOLE LIFE, MY PARENTS SETTLED HERE AS THEIR PARENTS DID BEFORE THEM, AT LEAST ON MY MOTHER'S SIDE. WHEN MY GRANDPARENTS FROM TEXAS ON MY DAD'S SIDE WOULD COME OVER, THEY WOULD TAKE GALLONS, IF NOT TWO GALLON CONTAINERS, HOME WITH THEM, FILLED UP WITH OUR WATER BECAUSE IT IS THE CLEANEST, FRESHEST, MOST MINERAL RICH WATER THAT THEY HAD EVER TASTED. I'M NOT GOING TO GIVE IT ANY, YOU KNOW, ACTUAL BENCHMARKS, BUT I KNOW THAT WE HAVE AMAZING WATER. AND MY ISSUE IS THAT PART OF THE PRESENTATION WAS CHROMIUM THREE IS ACTUALLY A POSITIVE. THERE'S BENEFITS TO IT. SO IS ALL OF THE CHROMIUM GOING TO BE REMOVED? ARE WE GOING TO SUPPLEMENT ANY OF THAT BACK? IS ANY OF THE OTHER MINERAL COMPOSITION, TASTE COMPOSITION, ELECTROLYTE COMPOSITION, ANYTHING THAT'S INSIDE OF OUR WATER THAT GIVES IT ITS QUALITY? IS ANY OF THAT GOING TO BE AFFECTED? ALONG WITH THIS, I KNOW THAT WE HAVE TO DO THE CHROMIUM. I KNOW THAT IT NEEDS TO BE FIXED. THE CHROMIUM SIX. I STILL FEEL AS THOUGH CITIES, IF NOT COUNTIES IN CALIFORNIA, CAN KIND OF RALLY BACK AGAINST CALIFORNIA, WHICH SEEMS TO HAVE A LOT OF COMMISSIONS AND BOARDS THAT MAKE DECISIONS THAT ARE UNILATERAL TO THE ENTIRE STATE. 
          I THINK WE CAN PUSH BACK, BUT ALSO, IF THERE'S ANY TANGIBLE EFFECTS THAT HAPPEN APART FROM JUST MEETING STANDARD, ARE THE RESIDENTS GOING TO BE HAPPY WITH THAT? ARE WE GOING TO HAVE ANY CHANGES TO OUR WATER? IS IT GOING TO HAVE ANY ADDITIVES? IS IT GOING TO CHANGE ANYTHING ABOUT IT? THOSE ARE THE QUESTIONS THAT I HAVE, EVEN THOUGH I KNOW THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE ACTUALLY HAVE TO DO. WOULD OTHER OPTIONS, EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE MORE EXPENSIVE, PROVIDE BETTER BENEFITS OR LESS SIDE EFFECTS TO THE REMOVAL PROCESS THAT WE WON'T THEN HAVE TO AFFECT CHANGE? YOU KNOW, OF MINERAL CONTENT, TASTE QUALITY, WHATEVER THAT MIGHT BE. MAYBE THE REVERSE OSMOSIS IS BETTER OR MAYBE THE ION EXCHANGE IS BETTER. WHY ARE WE CHOOSING THE ONE THAT, QUITE FRANKLY, EVEN THOUGH HE WAS VEILED OVER IT, IS THE ONE THAT DOES WASTEWATER PROCESSING. IT'S TO GET CLUMPS OF MATERIAL TO BE SKIMMED OFF THE TOP. IT'S THE SAME PROCESS, DIFFERENT MATERIAL, BUT IT'S THE SAME PROCESS. THAT'S WHY IT'S CHEAP. THAT'S WHY PEOPLE HAVE DONE IT BEFORE, AND THAT'S WHY THE INDUSTRY KNOW HOW TO DO IT. THAT DOESN'T MEAN IT'S GOING TO TASTE GOOD. THANK YOU. SO DO YOU HAVE ANY UPDATES ON THIS? CHAD CAN RESPOND TO THAT. THANK YOU. THANKS FOR THE QUESTION. IT'S ABSOLUTELY 
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IMPORTANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE WAY PEOPLE ARE GOING TO INVEST IN WATER STILL YIELDS A GOOD, HIGH QUALITY PRODUCT. FORTUNATELY, THE REDUCTION COAGULATION FILTRATION PROCESS ACTUALLY HAS THE LEAST IMPACT ON TASTE AND MINERAL COMPOSITION OF THE WATER OF THE OTHER OPTIONS, INCLUDING ION EXCHANGE AND REVERSE OSMOSIS. SO IT IS IDEALLY SUITED FOR THIS WATER. I WOULD AGREE THAT OUTSIDE OF THE MINUTE CONCENTRATIONS OF HEXAVALENT CHROMIUM THAT ARE JUST SOMEWHAT ABOVE THE NEW STANDARD, THE WATER QUALITY HERE IS REALLY TERRIFIC, AND OUR INTENT IS TO KEEP IT JUST THAT WAY. WHILE MEETING THE EXPECTATIONS OF THE HEXAVALENT CHROMIUM. GLAD TO SHARE ADDITIONAL RESOURCES, MANY OF WHICH ACTUALLY ARE ALREADY SHARED WITH PREVIOUS DELIVERABLES ABOUT THE RESEARCH THAT'S ANSWERED THOSE EXACT QUESTIONS. EXACT QUESTIONS, BECAUSE PEOPLE WANT TO MAINTAIN WHAT THEY'VE GOT. GOOD QUESTIONS. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS ONLINE? DOES ANYBODY ON ZOOM WHO WOULD LIKE TO COMMENT ON THIS ITEM? PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. THERE ARE NONE. OKAY. 
          ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE. AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE A PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH WATERWORKS ENGINEERING, LLC FOR ENGINEERING SERVICES. FOR THE DESIGN OF HEXAVALENT CHROMIUM TREATMENT PLANTS AT SEVEN WELL SITES IN THE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED 4,581,750 AND 600, AND APPROVED ADDITIONAL EXPENDITURE FOR TOTAL REQUEST OF 4,810,843, WITH $0.80. AND ANYONE WANT A MOTION? $0.80 IS SO SPECIFIC, WHY DON'T YOU ROUND UP? I'LL MOTION A 5% CONTINGENCY JUST ON THAT. I DON'T KNOW, LINCOLN. I WOULD HAVE JUST ROUNDED UP THE DOLLAR. YOU WANTED THOSE CENTS. JOKING. I'LL SECOND THE MOTION IN A SECOND. THE FIRST BY MR. MARTINEZ AND SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER REGAN. YES, I'LL TAKE ROLL. COUNCILMEMBER DELGADO YES. COUNCILMEMBER MARTINEZ. AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER. AYE. MAYOR PRO TEM PEREZ. YES. 
          MAYOR FIGUEROA A WITH THAT, WE'LL MOVE ON TO. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. WITH THAT, WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER 12. CITYWIDE SHORT TERM VACATION RENTAL CALLS FOR SERVICE REPORT. KENDRA. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL. 
          CAPTAIN MARTINEZ AND LIEUTENANT GARCIA HAVE A CONFLICT TONIGHT. SO I'M GOING TO BE PRESENTING ON THIS ITEM. IF YOU HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS, CORPORAL GARFIN IS GOING TO BE ASSISTING ME IN THOSE AS WELL. SO THE ITEM BEFORE YOU THIS EVENING IS THE CITYWIDE SHORT TERM RENTAL CALLS FOR SERVICE REPORT. THIS ITEM PROVIDES THE COUNCIL WITH AN ANNUAL REVIEW OF LAW ENFORCEMENT CALLS FOR SERVICE ASSOCIATED WITH STEVE'S THROUGHOUT THE CITY. THE PURPOSE OF TONIGHT'S PRESENTATION IS TO PROVIDE AN OVERVIEW OF THE OVERALL CALL VOLUME, THE PRIMARY REASONS FOR THOSE CALLS AND WHERE THOSE CALLS ARE OCCURRING. THE REVIEW COVERS THE PERIOD FROM AUGUST 5TH, 2025 THROUGH AUGUST 10TH, 2026 AND INCLUDES BOTH LICENSED CVR PROPERTIES AND PROPERTIES IDENTIFIED AS OPERATING WITHOUT A CITY CVR PERMIT. DURING THE REVIEW PERIOD, THERE WERE 583 CALLS FOR SERVICE AT IDENTIFIED CVR ADDRESSES. OF THOSE, 264 CALLS OCCURRED AT LICENSED STP CVR PROPERTIES, WHILE 319 OCCURRED AT PROPERTIES IDENTIFIED AS UNLICENSED. OVERALL, CALLS AT SDR ADDRESSES REPRESENTED APPROXIMATELY 3.2% OF ALL CITYWIDE CALLS FOR SERVICE DURING THE SAME PERIOD. ONE IMPORTANT POINT I WANT TO EMPHASIZE WHEN REVIEWING THIS INFORMATION IS THAT A CALL OCCURRING AT AN STR ADDRESS DOES NOT NECESSARILY MEAN THE SHORT TERM RENTAL ACTIVITY ITSELF CAUSED THE CALL. THE DATA IDENTIFIES CALLS ASSOCIATED WITH THE ADDRESS AND IS INTENDED TO HELP US UNDERSTAND OVERALL TRENDS. LOOKING AT THE REASONS FOR THE CALLS, THE MOST SIGNIFICANT CATEGORY WAS NOISE RELATED ACTIVITY. THERE WERE 228 CALLS INVOLVING LOUD MUSIC PARTIES OR NOISE COMPLAINTS, REPRESENTING APPROXIMATELY 39% OF ALL CALLS ASSOCIATED WITH STR ADDRESSES. 
          THIS WAS THE LARGEST CATEGORY OF CALLS FOR SERVICE DURING THE REVIEW PERIOD. ANOTHER IMPORTANT FINDING IS THAT THESE CALLS ARE OCCURRING THROUGHOUT THE YEAR AND ARE NOT LIMITED TO FESTIVAL PERIODS. THE HIGHEST MONTHLY CALL VOLUME OCCURRED IN JULY OF 2026 WAS 74 CALLS, WHILE THE LOWEST OCCURRED IN SEPTEMBER 2025 WITH 29 CALLS. I KNOW IT MAY BE A LITTLE BIT HARD TO SEE IN THIS CHART ON THE SCREEN, BUT ACTUALLY IN THE MONTH OF APRIL, IT WAS A LOWER CALL VOLUME THAN WHAT WE'VE SEEN IN OTHER MONTHS. WHEN COMPARING LICENSED AND IDENTIFIED UNLICENSED PROPERTIES. WE ALSO SEE DIFFERENT PATTERNS. LICENSED SDR PROPERTIES ACCOUNTED FOR 264 CALLS DURING THE REVIEW PERIOD. A TOTAL OF 125 LICENSED PROPERTIES GENERATED AT LEAST ONE CALL, AND 29 LICENSED PROPERTIES GENERATED THREE OR MORE CALLS FOR LICENSED PROPERTIES. NOISE AND PARTY RELATED COMPLAINTS WERE THE 
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PRIMARY ISSUE IDENTIFIED. UNLICENSED PROPERTIES GENERATED 319 CALLS, MEANING THEY GENERATED MORE CALLS OVERALL THAN LICENSED SDR PROPERTIES. THE TYPES OF CALLS AT UNLICENSED PROPERTIES WERE ALSO SOMEWHAT DIFFERENT. THE SHERIFF'S ANALYSIS IDENTIFIED A GREATER PROPORTION OF DOMESTIC OR FAMILY RELATED INCIDENTS, RESTRAINING ORDER CALLS AND PROPERTY CRIME CALLS AT THOSE LOCATIONS. THIS DISTINCTION IS USEFUL BECAUSE IT SHOWS THAT THE ISSUES ASSOCIATED WITH LICENSED AND UNLICENSED PROPERTIES ARE NOT NECESSARILY THE SAME. ANOTHER SIGNIFICANT FINDING IS THAT CALLS ARE CONCENTRATED BOTH GEOGRAPHICALLY AND AMONG A RELATIVELY SMALL NUMBER OF PROPERTIES. THREE SHERIFF REPORTING DISTRICTS ACCOUNTED FOR 216 CALLS, REPRESENTING APPROXIMATELY 37% OF ALL STR RELATED CALLS. THOSE AREAS INCLUDE THE NEIGHBORHOODS AROUND CHI CHI CHAVEZ AND CHI RODRIGUEZ, WHICH GENERATED 95 CALLS CAMINO BAHIA, CHICHEN ITZA AND CAMINO MAYO, WHICH GENERATED 75 CALLS, AND PALERMO COURT, SIENA LANE AND TORINO PLACE, WHICH GENERATED 46 CALLS. 
          WE SEE SIMILAR CONCENTRATION WHEN LOOKING AT INDIVIDUAL PROPERTIES. JUST 15 PROPERTIES GENERATED 137 CALLS, OR APPROXIMATELY 24% OF ALL STR CALLS, DURING THE REVIEW PERIOD. 
          THIS INDICATES THAT THE CALLS ARE NOT EVENLY DISTRIBUTED ACROSS ALL STR PROPERTIES. 
          RATHER, A RELATIVELY SMALL NUMBER OF LOCATIONS ACCOUNT FOR A SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF THE OVERALL CALL VOLUME. IN SUMMARY, THE ANNUAL REVIEW SHOWS THAT THERE WERE 583 CALLS FOR SERVICE THAT IDENTIFIED STR ADDRESSES DURING THE REVIEW PERIOD. NOISE RELATED COMPLAINTS REMAINED THE LARGEST CATEGORY FOR CALLS IDENTIFIED. UNLICENSED PROPERTIES GENERATED MORE CALLS OVERALL THAN LICENSED PROPERTIES, AND THE DATA ALSO SHOWS THAT CALLS OCCUR THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. PERHAPS MOST IMPORTANTLY, THE CALLS ARE CONCENTRATED WITHIN CERTAIN AREAS AND AMONG A RELATIVELY SMALL NUMBER OF INDIVIDUAL PROPERTIES. THIS INFORMATION PROVIDES THE CITY WITH A USEFUL BASELINE FOR CONTINUING TO EVALUATE THE STR PROGRAM AND OUR ENFORCEMENT EFFORTS MOVING FORWARD. WITH THAT, STAFF RECOMMENDS THAT THE CITY COUNCIL RECEIVE AND FILE THE ANNUAL STR CALLS FOR SERVICE REPORT. THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION, AND I'M AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS ALONG WITH CORPORATE GARFIN AND PETE HERNANDEZ. ANY COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL START. I'M JUST GOING TO LEAVE IT AT OPEN. WHOEVER HAS A COMMENT. I KNOW PEOPLE ARE LOOKING AT THE NUMBERS. YEAH, I THINK ONE QUESTION I KNOW I SEE THAT LIKE APRIL IS KIND OF QUIET, RIGHT? AND I THINK IT'S BECAUSE EVERYONE ENDS UP AT THE FESTIVAL, RIGHT? I THINK, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE OVER THERE AND NOT IN THEIR HOUSE. AND, AND SO THEY, YOU KNOW, THEY WAKE UP, GO EAT AND THEN END UP AT THE FESTIVAL. SO I THINK THERE'S NO REAL LIKE DISTURBANCES ON, ON, BUT IT'S VERY INTERESTING TO SEE. I JUST TALKED TO SOMEONE THE OTHER DAY ABOUT THEY LIVE IN SEVILLA TWO AND THEY TALK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THE. THE PARTIES. BUT IT'S IN A SENSE HE'S ONE OF THOSE NEIGHBORS THAT'S, YOU KNOW, HE INTERACTS WITH THEM AND TALKS TO THEM AND UNDERSTANDS WHO THEY ARE AND, AND WANTS TO HELP OUT BECAUSE HE UNDERSTANDS THE PROPERTY OWNER. AND THEY'RE TRYING TO, YOU KNOW, HE UNDERSTANDS THAT THOSE PEOPLE ARE HERE TO MAKE BUSINESS. AND THE CITY HAS NO HOTEL. AND WE MAKE OUR T.O.T TAX OFF THESE AIRBNBS. AND I THINK IT'S VERY YOU KNOW, THEY THAT'S ONE OF THOSE NEIGHBORS WHO'S LIKE, I KNOW MY ROLE AS A NEIGHBOR AND I'M MAKING SURE, YOU KNOW, I'M GONNA CALL UP THE PROPERTY OWNER, HAVE A RELATIONSHIP WITH THEM. AND SO I THINK SEEING SOME OF THESE, RIGHT, LIKE THE LOUD MUSIC, THE, THE UNLICENSED, I DON'T KNOW IF WE HAVE IN OUR ORDINANCE, IF WE HAVE TO HAVE PEOPLE PUT THEIR LICENSE NUMBER ON THE, ON THE AIRBNB OR THE VRBO. SO I'M NOT SURE IF THAT'S IN THERE BECAUSE I KNOW IT IS. OKAY. SO DO WE AUDIT LIKE, DO WE WORK WITH THE NEW COMPANY WE'RE GOING TO GET? DO WE AUDIT THAT? OR HOW DO WE LIKE KNOWING LIKE, OKAY, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THOSE ARE. YEAH, CURRENTLY FINANCE ISSUES, THE PERMIT. AND THERE IS A NUMBER ASSOCIATED WITH THAT PERMIT AND IT HAS TO BE DISPLAYED. SO IN THAT WAY, IF THERE ARE CALLS, WHOEVER'S RESPONDING CAN SEE THAT THEY DO HAVE A PERMIT BECAUSE YOU'RE ABLE TO VISUALLY SEE IT FOR INSPECTION. AND THEN WHEN THAT GOES TO THE NEW COMPANY THAT WE'RE WORKING WITH, THEY'RE ALSO GOING TO PUT A PERMIT NUMBER ON THERE TO HELP IDENTIFY THEM. THAT PERMIT NUMBER ALSO NEEDS TO BE INCLUDED IN THEIR AIRBNB AND VRBO ADVERTISING AS WELL. SO HOW ARE HOW ARE THESE UNLICENSED PROPERTIES BEING REPORTED TO YOU GUYS WHEN LAW ENFORCEMENT IS CALLED OUT? BECAUSE NOT EVERYBODY'S GOING TO LIST THEIR HOUSE ON AIRBNB, OR THEY CAN PROBABLY DO IT ON FACEBOOK, THEY CAN DO IT ON ANY SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNT. SO HOW ARE THEY BEING REPORTED AND HOW ARE THEY BEING HANDLED? WE WORK WITH SO TO GET UPDATES FROM THEM ON CALLS FOR SERVICE THAT WERE DONE THAT WEEKEND. AND THAT INCLUDES REPORTING ANY UNLICENSED STR ACTIVITY. IT INCLUDES ANY CALLS FOR SERVICE AS IT RELATES TO NOISE OR, YOU KNOW, ANYTHING ELSE THAT MAY COME WITH THAT. AND THEN CODE ENFORCEMENT WORKS WITH OUR ISO TO ISSUE CITATIONS TO ADDRESS THAT. WE ALSO HAVE THROUGH OUR CURRENT PLATFORM AND ALSO IN THE NEW PLATFORM THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE GETTING, IT IDENTIFIES ANY PROPERTIES THAT ARE BEING ADVERTISED. SO AIRBNB AND VRBO, AS YOU MENTIONED, NOT EVERYONE ADVERTISES ON THOSE SITES. IT DOES ACCOUNT FOR A 
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SMALL PERCENTAGE OF OTHER SITES THAT ARE NOT AIRBNB AND VRBO. BUT WHEN THERE'S ACTIVITY THAT IS RESULTING FROM PROPERTIES THAT ARE NOT ADVERTISING ON THERE, WE REALLY RELY ON OUR COMMUNICATION WITH OUR. SO TO GET THAT OVER TO US SO WE CAN SITE THEM PROPERLY, MAYOR PRO TEM AND COUNCIL, WE CAN TAKE A MORE PROACTIVE STANCE ON THAT IF YOU'D LIKE. I MEAN, IT IS $1,000 PER VIOLATION, BUT IF WE DO CONDUCT AN AUDIT AND WORK WITH THE. SO I THINK WE'RE GOING TO FIND THAT A LOT MORE ARE OUT THERE THAT ARE BEING ADVERTISED THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA. 
          MY MY CONCERN IS, IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE UNLICENSED AND LICENSED AS FAR AS, YOU KNOW, PROPERTY CRIME, TRAFFIC, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, THINGS THAT THAT OCCUR FROM THOSE WHO ARE NOT REGISTERED AND MAYBE DON'T FEEL THAT THERE'S MORE ACCOUNTABILITY ATTACHED TO IT. AND VERSUS I THINK THOSE WHO HAVE LICENSES PROBABLY TAKE THEIR PERMIT A LITTLE BIT MORE, YOU KNOW, SERIOUSLY THAN THOSE WHO ARE NOT BEING REPORTED. MY QUESTION IS FOR FOR PETE, DO YOU MIND COMING UP, PETE? HELLO. HI. GOOD EVENING. WHEN WHEN THESE CALLS ARE ARE COMING IN. ARE THEY ARE THEY CALLING? IS THERE LIKE, HOW DO THEY COME, HOW ARE THEY COMMUNICATING? BECAUSE THEY'RE CALLING. THEY'LL CALL THE CITY. AND THEN SOMETIMES THEY'LL CALL DIRECTLY TO OUR SO AND THEN SO HOW ARE WE CROSS? IT'S MAINLY THE CALLS COMING IN FROM THE COMMUNITY AND ALSO OUR CURRENT PLATFORM THAT WE USE. WE NORMALLY DO ROUTINE CHECK DURING THE WEEK AND SEE WHAT COMPLAINTS ARE BEING PLACED ON THE PLATFORM. AND IT'LL IDENTIFY WHETHER THE PROPERTY IS LICENSED OR NOT LICENSED. AND THEN IT WILL HAVE COMPLAINTS, WHETHER IT'S A NOISE COMPLAINT OR JUST PARKING ISSUE. AND THEN WE'LL COPY THOSE DATES AND WE'LL GO OUT TO OUR PSO AND DO A CALL LOG FOR SERVICE SERVICE CALLS. AND I, I DO WANT TO APPLAUD EVERYONE HERE. THE DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT FINANCE ARE SO BECAUSE WE REALLY, YOU KNOW, YOU REALLY TOOK THIS ON AND REALLY RAN WITH IT THIS YEAR. 
          AND SO I DO WANT TO JUST SHARE THAT, YOU KNOW, CRITICISM OR QUESTIONS THAT, YOU KNOW, WE REALLY ROLLED THIS OUT AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR AND ALL THE DEPARTMENTS HAVE BEEN WORKING REALLY HARD IN COORDINATION WITH OUR SO AS WELL, SO THAT WE HAVE A BETTER TRACKING SYSTEM AND THAT WE'RE ABLE TO IDENTIFY SOME OF THESE HOMES THAT ARE UNLICENSED. YEAH. 
          OKAY. YEAH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU PETE. WELCOME. ANY OTHER COMMENTS YOU HAVE I REMEMBER I'LL COME BACK. YEAH. THE CITY ATTORNEY IS FILLING IN ON THAT CAPACITY. AND SO. NO. YEAH. I WAS GOING TO MENTION YEAH. ON THE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND FAMILY VIOLENCE RESTRAINING ORDERS, THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE LICENSE IS ONLY TEN CALLS AND UNLICENSED IS 41. SO THAT'S A PRETTY GOOD PERCENTAGE THERE. BIG DIFFERENCE. YEAH. AND ALSO SO THE OFFICER VERIFIES THAT THE PEOPLE ARE WHO ARE THEY ARE THE ONES RENTING OR HOW DOES HOW DOES THAT HAPPEN? HOW DO THEY GET REPORTED. SO IF YOU CAN JUST, YOU KNOW, WALK US THROUGH, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU SHOW UP TO THE PROPERTY, DID YOU ASK WHAT QUESTIONS? SO YEAH, IT'LL TYPICALLY DEPEND ON THE NATURE OF THE CALL. OBVIOUSLY, IF IT'S A DOMESTIC VIOLENCE FAMILY ISSUE, GOING TO HANDLE THAT TOTALLY DIFFERENTLY. BUT FOR THE TYPICAL CALL, WHICH IS GOING TO BE A NOISE COMPLAINT, THE PROTOCOL IS YOU GO, YOU TRY TO MAKE CONTACT WITH THE PEOPLE THAT ARE THERE, FIND OUT WHO'S IN THE HOUSE AND WHETHER, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE THE HOMEOWNER OR A RENTER. AND MOST PEOPLE TELL ME, OH, I'M JUST HERE BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S AN AIRBNB. THEN MINIMALLY, WHAT WE SHOULD DO IS GET A RESPONSIBLE PARTIES INFORMATION TO MAKE SURE THAT'S EITHER REFLECTED IN THE CALL LOG OR IF WE'RE GOING TO ISSUE A CITATION FOR THE NOISE VIOLATION. SO TO A DEGREE, IT WOULD BE RELIANT ON A SELF REPORT THAT IT WAS IN FACT AN AIRBNB OR SHORT TERM RENTAL. 
          OKAY. YOU KNOW, OKAY. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. AND THEN. GO AHEAD. CAN YOU GO BACK, KENDRA, CAN YOU GO BACK TO THE STREETS? IT'S I FIND IT INTERESTING THAT IT'S CONCENTRATED IN TWO DIFFERENT ONLY TWO COMMUNITIES. SO WHAT'S BEEN THE OUTREACH IN THAT IN THOSE TWO COMMUNITIES IS CODE ENFORCEMENT. I MEAN, I KNOW THAT YOU GUYS HAVE CONTACT, BUT DOES CODE ENFORCEMENT GO OUT THERE AND AND PROVIDE RESOURCES? DO YOU TALK TO THEM? LIKE, BECAUSE IT'S LITERALLY IN JUST TWO COMMUNITIES, LIKE ONE HAS THREE STREETS AND THE OTHER COMMUNITY IS TWO. SO WHAT, WHAT ARE WE DOING? HOW ARE WE, HOW ARE WE BEING PROACTIVE IN TALKING TO THE OWNERS OR WHOEVER IS IN THAT AREA AND JUST KIND OF SHARING LIKE, HEY, 
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WHAT'S GOING ON? I WOULD LIKE TO NOTE ALSO THAT TWO OF THOSE THREE COMMUNITIES THAT ARE LISTED, ONE OF THEM IS AT THEIR 20% CAPACITY, AND THE SECOND IS APPROACHING THAT MAXIMUM. SO THOSE ONES DO HAVE THE MOST AT LEAST ONE OF THEM HAS THE MOST ALLOWABLE PER THE ORDINANCE. WE MEET WITH THE PROPER PEOPLE THAT ARE APPLYING FOR THE PERMITS. WE PROVIDE THEM ALL THE DOCUMENTATION FROM THE CODE. WE TELL THEM YOU KNOW WHAT THEY NEED TO DO. THEY'RE REQUIRED TO HAVE GOOD NEIGHBOR PLANS AND GUIDELINES. WE GIVE THAT TO THEM AND THEY NEED TO HAVE A LOCAL CONTACT AS WELL. SO IN THE EVENT THAT OUR SO DOES MAKE CONTACT WITH THEM, THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO CONTACT THAT LOCAL CONTACT AND THEY REPORT TO THE PROPERTY AND THEY RESOLVE THOSE ISSUES. THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO RESOLVE THEM WITHIN 30 MINUTES. AS FOR THE NEIGHBORS, WE DO NOTIFY THE NEIGHBORS AS WELL OF WHO THEY CAN CONTACT, WHAT THEIR AVENUES ARE, WHAT THEIR RIGHTS ARE AS PROPERTY OWNERS, AND WE KEEP THEM INFORMED. IF THEY DO FILE A COMPLAINT, WE DO LET THEM KNOW THAT CODE ENFORCEMENT HAS GONE OUT AND THE RESULTING ACTION THAT HAD BEEN TAKEN, YOU SEE. YEAH. BECAUSE THE THE ONE WHERE CAMINO BAHIA IS AT AND CHICHEN ITZA, THAT ONE IS, I THINK, CLOSEST TO THE POLO GROUNDS. YEAH. SO I'M ASSUMING THAT, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF THE. YEAH, THE CONCENTRATION THERE IS AROUND COACHELLA OR STAGECOACH. AND THEN WHAT ABOUT. AND I DON'T KNOW IF THIS MAKES. I'M JUST CURIOUS BECAUSE IN THAT COMMUNITY, SPECIFICALLY CAMINO BAHIA, I'VE NOTICED I HAVE I MEAN, I HAVE FAMILY THAT LIVES IN THAT AREA, BUT I'VE ALSO NOTICED THAT A LOT OF THEM ARE TURNING THEIR. THEY'RE TURNING THEIR GARAGE INTO LIKE AN ADU. THEY'RE USING IT FOR, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING DIFFERENT. 
          SO HOW ARE WE ALSO KEEPING TRACK OF THAT TOO, WHEN THEY'RE. BECAUSE NOW YOU DON'T YOU DON'T ONLY HAVE THAT HOME, THAT SQUARE FOOTAGE THAT ORIGINALLY WERE THINKING ABOUT. BUT NOW THEY'RE ALSO ADDING ADDITIONAL ROOM, ADDITIONAL SPACE AND YOU'RE NOT ADDING MORE PARKING. 
          SO I THINK THAT ALSO HAS A HUGE IMPACT WITH THE NEIGHBORS THAT ARE THERE YEAR ROUND, NOT JUST STAYING THERE FOR A VACATION, BUT THERE ARE ALWAYS THERE. IT'S VERY, VERY SATURATED FOR SURE. THERE'S PARKING REQUIREMENTS THAT ARE WITHIN THE ORDINANCE THAT OPERATORS KNOW THAT THEY MUST COMPLY WITH. AND THE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT DOES DO INSPECTIONS FOR EVERY SINGLE PERMIT THAT COMES IN. SO WE ACTUALLY GO ON SITE AND WE SEE WHAT THE STARS LOOK LIKE, WHAT'S BEEN BUILT, WHAT THEY'RE, WHAT THEY'RE CONSTRUCTING, IF THEY ARE STILL CONSTRUCTING ANYTHING, AND WE ISSUE CORRECTIONS, AND WE EITHER LET THEM KNOW THAT THEY NEED TO TAKE SOMETHING DOWN, THEY NEED TO GET THINGS PERMITTED, AND WE ADVISE THEM OF MAXIMUM OCCUPANCY PER THE ORDINANCE, PARKING REQUIREMENTS, ALL OF THOSE THINGS. AND THEN WHEN THEY'RE NOT MEETING THAT WE DO ISSUE CITATIONS FOR THAT. AND THEN HOW DO YOU HANDLE THAT? THEN IF YOU HAVE IF YOU SHOW UP TO A HOME AND YOU'RE DOING AN INSPECTION, TAKING A LOOK AT THAT, HOW ARE YOU HANDLING THAT? WHEN THEY'VE TURNED IN, THEY'VE TURNED THEIR GARAGE INTO LIKE AN ADDITIONAL ROOM. WHAT, WHAT, HOW ARE THE, HOW ARE YOU TAKING INTO ACCOUNT THOSE CHANGES TO THE HOME? THEY HAVE TO WORK WITH THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT TO GET IT EITHER PERMITTED OR REVERT BACK TO WHAT IT WAS ORIGINALLY. BUT YOU ARE PERMITTING THEM IF THEY'RE INTERESTED IN BECOMING A SHORT TERM VACATION RENTAL, AND NOW THEY'VE ADDED THAT ADDITIONAL SPACE DEPENDING ON, YOU KNOW, HOW MUCH SPACE THEY HAVE PARKING, BUT YOU STILL PERMIT THEM IF THEY MEET ALL OF THE REQUIREMENTS. CURRENTLY IN THE ORDINANCE, ADUS AND USE ARE NOT PERMITTED. THEY'RE NOT. OKAY. WELL, THEY'RE NOT ALLOWED IN CALIFORNIA, RIGHT. YOU KNOW, ISN'T THAT LIKE A CALIFORNIA LAW? YEAH. YOU'RE NOT ALLOWED TO RENT THOSE AS A, A TEMPORARY, RIGHT. SO, SO JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, YOU INDICATING THAT IF SOMEBODY HAS A PERMITTED ADU, LET'S SAY THEY'VE CONVERTED THEIR GARAGE, THEY'VE GONE THROUGH THE BUILDING PERMITS THAT THEY CANNOT TURN THAT INTO A SHORT TERM RENTAL FOR OUR ORDINANCE. 
          CORRECT. OKAY. SO THAT SPECIFICALLY, BUT IF THEY'RE NOT JUST RENTING THAT SPACE, THEY'RE RENTING THE ENTIRE HOME. AND HOW DO YOU ADDRESS THAT? WE ADVISE THEM THAT THEY THAT THEY'RE NOT ABLE TO DO THAT. WE LET THEM KNOW THAT THAT'S NOT PART OF THE PERMIT APPROVAL PROCESS. AND IN THE EVENT THAT THEY ARE RENTING IT, THEY'RE AT RISK OF GETTING CITED. SO YOU NEVER AND I'M JUST I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND THIS A LITTLE BIT BETTER. SO YOU NEVER SAY LIKE, HEY, YOU'RE NOT ABLE TO TAKE THIS INTO ACCOUNT, LIKE THIS ADDITIONAL SPACE. YOU CAN RENT THE HOME, BUT JUST NOT THAT PART. DO YOU EVER RECOMMEND THAT OR SUGGEST THAT OR DO THAT? OR YOU JUST SAY, NO, YOU CAN'T. YOU CAN'T GO THROUGH THE PROCESS HERE. WE CURRENTLY 
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DON'T ALLOW HOME SHARES IN OUR IN OUR ORDINANCE, BUT IT IS SOMETHING THAT IF THE CITY COUNCIL WOULD LIKE, WE COULD CREATE A WELL, WE COULD CREATE A HOME SHARE PERMIT ■FOR THAT. 
          AND I KNOW IN OTHER JURISDICTIONS THAT THAT IS ALLOWED. SO YOU'RE YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT LIKE OWNER OCCUPIED. YEAH. SO IF YOU WANTED TO RENT A ROOM OR A COMPONENT OF YOUR HOME, IF YOU WANTED TO RENT THAT OUT, THAT WOULD BE ALLOWABLE THROUGH A HOME SHARE PROGRAM. AND JUST AS AN EXAMPLE, THE CITY OF MURRIETA, THEY ALLOW SHORT TERM RENTALS ONLY IF THE OWNER OCCUPANT LIVES IN THE HOME. SO THEY HAVE A SECOND DWELLING UNIT. THEY CAN RENT THAT OUT AS A SHORT TERM RENTAL OR A ROOM. BUT SOMEBODY HAS TO OCCUPY. THE OWNER HAS TO OCCUPY THE HOME. BUT THAT'S SPECIFIC. SPECIFICALLY THEIR ORDINANCE. I, I HAVE ONE MORE ONE MORE QUESTION. THERE IS AN ADDRESS THAT HAD 19 CALLS AS AN UNLICENSED SDR. DO WE HAVE RECORDS OF. IF THEY IF THAT PARTICULAR ADDRESS GOT DICTATED, WE CAN WE CAN COME BACK AND PROVIDE A REPORT OF ALL THE CITATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN ISSUED AND THE. I KNOW THIS FOCUSED MORE ON THE SOCIAL SIDE OF THINGS. IF YOU WOULD LIKE. WE COULD DEFINITELY COME BACK AND DO THE SAME TYPE OF REPORTING ON THE CODE ENFORCEMENT SIDE, AT THE CITY LEVEL AND PROVIDE ALL THAT INFORMATION. I LIKE THAT VERY MUCH. WOULD YOU LIKE TO INCLUDE THE CITATIONS THAT THE FINES THAT HAVE BEEN COLLECTED ON THAT? YES. I WOULD LIKE TO NOTE THAT CITATIONS FOR NOISE OR OTHER RELATED INFRACTIONS, SUCH AS THAT IT STARTS AT $1,000. SECOND IS, I BELIEVE 2000, AND THEN THE THIRD IS 3000. AND ANY SUBSEQUENT FINE AFTER THAT STAYS AT THAT THREE $3,000 MARK, AS LONG AS THEY'RE ALL WITHIN THE SAME 12 MONTH PERIOD FOR OPERATING WITHOUT A PERMIT, IT'S 1500 FOR THE FIRST VIOLATION, 3000 FOR THE SECOND, 5000 FOR THE THIRD, AND ANY OTHER SUBSEQUENT CITATION AFTER THAT. DURING THAT SAME 12 MONTH PERIOD IS ALSO $5,000. WOW. 19 CALLS AND WONDERING IF THEY GOT CITATION FOR 15 $5,000. SO I WOULD LIKE TO SEE. SORRY. GO AHEAD. I'M DONE. I HAVE SOME FOLLOW UP QUESTIONS. WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BE BRINGING FORWARD WOULD THEN BE A LIST OF THE CITATIONS FOR 1000 2000, AND THEN GOING UP. AND THEN TWO IS IS IF YOU CAN ADD ON, THERE IS THOSE WHO HAVE NOT COMPLIED WITH, YOU KNOW, THE CITATION ONE AND TWO. AND THEN HOW DO WE MOVE FORWARD IS THERE AS WELL. AND, YOU KNOW, IN TERMS OF, YOU KNOW, WHETHER WE'RE GOING TO THE LEGAL SIDE OF IT, AND THEN AT WHAT POINT DO WE SAY, HEY, WE WANT TO GO INTO AND LOOK AND REVIEW THE LEGAL SIDE OF IT. IF SOMEONE IS NOT COMPLYING, AND ALSO IF THEY'RE NOT RESPONDING TO THE CITATIONS, BECAUSE AT SOME POINT, YOU KNOW, I KNOW THAT WE HAVE THESE TYPES OF. 
          ISSUES AND THAT GOES JUST IT'S BROAD IS WHERE SOMEONE'S RECEIVING CITATIONS, CITATIONS, AND IT'S, IT'S ADDING UP. AND SO IT GETS TO THE POINT AS WELL AS, YOU KNOW, SOMEONE'S OWING 15, 20, 000. AND AT THAT POINT IS, YOU KNOW, I KNOW WE CAN SET UP A PAYMENT PLAN, YOU KNOW, BUT SOMETIMES I THINK IT GETS SO FAR WHERE, YOU KNOW, THERE'S, THERE'S A REMEDY IS WE DO HAVE A REVOCATION OF THE PERMIT PROCESS CURRENTLY IN OUR CODE. IT DOESN'T STATE A THRESHOLD ON IF YOU GET X AMOUNT OF CITATIONS, YOUR PERMIT WILL GET REVOKED. WE COULD ADD THAT IN THERE. IF IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THE COUNCIL WOULD LIKE, I THINK IT'S CURRENTLY LEFT A LITTLE OPEN ENDED, JUST, YOU KNOW, IF SOMEONE DOES SOMETHING REALLY EGREGIOUS AT AN STR ONE TIME, THAT WOULD ALLOW US THE OPPORTUNITY TO BRING FORWARD SOMETHING TO CONSIDER REVOKING THAT PERMIT. BUT WE DO CURRENTLY HAVE PROVISIONS IN THE ORDINANCE THAT DISCUSS REVOCATION OF PERMITS, AND THAT WOULD REQUIRE GOING TO A HEARING OFFICER BEFORE WE'RE ABLE TO REVOKE THE PERMIT. AND THEN MY SECOND QUESTION IS THAT FOR THE AREAS WHERE WE'VE ALREADY TAPPED OUT OR CAPPED OUT AT 20%, THEN WE'RE ONLY TALKING ABOUT THE LICENSED ONES. 
          SO ANYONE WHO'S BEING REPORTED AS UNLICENSED AT THAT POINT, THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, NOT ONLY OPERATING WITHOUT A LICENSE, BUT AT THAT POINT IT'S PROHIBITED BECAUSE WE'VE CAPPED OUT. CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT. AND KEEP IN MIND, TOO, THAT AT SOME POINT, IF WE'RE NOT COLLECTING THAT FINE AND THEY'RE NOT COMPLYING, THAT WILL BECOME A LIEN ON THEIR PROPERTY. YEAH, YEAH. BUT WE DO WORK WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE ON THOSE ISSUES AS WELL. 
          YEAH. THANK YOU. SO SO QUESTION LET'S SAY THAT THERE IS A SHORT TERM RENTAL, WHETHER LICENSE OR A LICENSE, AND THERE'S A REPORT OF A FIGHT AND THE CALL IS HANDLED AS A FIGHT. IS THERE STILL A STAT ON THAT HOUSE BEING A SHORT TERM RENTAL, UNLICENSED OR LICENSE? THERE SHOULD BE. OKAY. YEAH, WE CAN CONFIRM THAT WITH OUR. SO I KNOW FOR US IT ALWAYS SHOWS AS AN A LICENSE OR UNLICENSED PROPERTY, AND IT GETS DOCUMENTED. IF ANY EVENT OCCURS AT THAT PROPERTY, I WOULD WANT TO SEE LIKE YOU'D BE BROUGHT BACK ON THE LIKE WHAT OTHER CITIES DO AS THEY'RE LIKE, LIKE, DO THEY HAVE STRICT THREE STRIKES POLICY OR I MEAN, MISS MARTINEZ BRINGS A POINT THERE. THAT ONE HOUSE HAS 19 CALLS AND IT'S UNLICENSED. SO IT'S LIKE, 
          [01:45:04]
HOW IS IT CONTINUING TO GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS? AND MY RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE CITY OF PALM SPRINGS AND HOW THEY'VE BEEN IMPLEMENTING THEIR ORDINANCE. 
          YEAH, THEY'RE PRETTY STRICT. THEY'VE THEY'VE BEEN PRETTY THOROUGH. WE DON'T WANT TO PUNISH THE, THE LICENSED ONES. RIGHT. WE STILL WANT TO GET OUR TOT TAX. BUT, YOU KNOW, 19 CALLS IN THE SAME ADDRESS. NO, I'M JUST LOOKING AT WHAT WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE BECAUSE THE CITY OF PALM SPRINGS IS PRETTY LIKE THOROUGH. LIKE, YOU KNOW, IT'S BUT ALSO THE COACHELLA IS NOT PALM SPRINGS. PEOPLE COME IN THE HOUSE BECAUSE THEY WANT TO HAVE A PARTY. AND SO, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW WHAT. SO LIKE, YOU KNOW, IF IT'S MY NEIGHBOR'S HOUSE AND THEY'RE HAVING A PARTY, LIKE I KNOW THAT THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE A PARTY. SO IT'S LIKE, I'M NOT GOING TO TAKE THAT AWAY FROM THEM, RIGHT? LIKE, YES, YOU SHOULD INVITE US TO THAT. BUT I THINK THAT THE THING IS, IF YOU'RE HEARING ME, THE THING IS, YOU KNOW, LIKE PEOPLE ARE, ARE YOU SOME ARE AIRBNBS ARE EVEN RENTED TO THEIR OWN FAMILY MEMBERS TO HAVE THEIR OWN PARTY. RIGHT. 
          AND SO THEN IF YOU TAKE THAT AWAY, RIGHT, YOU KNOW, AT WHAT TIME YOU TURN OFF THE MUSIC OR YOU, YOU LET PEOPLE KNOW YOU'RE GOING TO DO THIS. BUT I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT. BUT ALSO DOING THE OWNER OCCUPIED LICENSE, I THINK IT WOULD ALSO GENERATE, YOU KNOW, SEEING WHAT OTHER YOU KNOW, I THINK CITY OF PALM SPRINGS HAS OWNER OCCUPIED PERMITS AND SEEING WHAT THEIR REVENUE COME FROM. IF THEY HAVE A BREAKDOWN OF THAT, BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF TRAVELING NURSES, THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT PEOPLE THAT ARE LOOKING FOR MORE AFFORDABLE THAN A HOTEL OPTION WHERE THEY HAVE ACCESS TO A LAUNDRY MACHINE SOMETIMES. SO I THINK HAVING THAT, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE CONVERTING THEIR GARAGES AND A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE TRYING TO USE THAT GARAGE AS THEIR PRIMARY AND THEN THEY RENT OUT THEIR HOUSE. 
          RIGHT. AND SO THEY'RE NOT, YOU KNOW, SEEING THAT BECAUSE THEN THEY WILL GO DOWN THAT PATH AND THEY'RE LIKE, OH, I CAN'T EVEN I'M LOCKED OUT. I CAN'T EVEN RENT IT OR ANYWAY. SO LOOKING AT THAT WOULD BE GOOD FOR ME. SO NO OTHER COMMENTS, IS THERE? FINE. RECEIVE. THANKS, KENDRA. 
          THANKS, KENDRA. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU PETE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR TAKING THIS ON. MAYOR. WE DO HAVE ONE. OH YEAH. THAT'S RIGHT. WE DO HAVE ONE PUBLIC COMMENT. THAT'S RIGHT. HE DID SAY THANK YOU RYAN. WE'RE NOT GOING TO LET YOU. THAT'S ALL RIGHT. IT WAS JUST A FILE AND RECEIVE ANYWAY. BUT I JUST WANTED TO TO TOUCH ON SOME OF THE NOTES THAT THAT YOU ALL HAD ALREADY KIND OF THOUGHT ABOUT. THERE NEEDS TO BE SOME KIND OF WORDING TO MAKE SURE THAT IF PEOPLE ARE RENTING SOMETHING THAT SHOULDN'T BE RENTED IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA OR WORKING AROUND THAT, THAT YEAH, WE FIGURE IT OUT. ALSO, I THINK THAT WE NEED TO INCREASE THE FEE THAT AN UNLICENSED RENTAL WILL BE CHARGED RIGHT OFF THE BAT. I MEAN, IT'S OBVIOUSLY A COST OF DOING BUSINESS FOR THEM IF THEY ARE PAYING THESE 19 FINES IN A YEAR, AND IF THEY AREN'T PAYING THE 19 FINES IN THE YEAR, THEN THEY AREN'T ANTICIPATING THAT COST OF BUSINESS, WHICH MEANS THAT THEY AREN'T PROBABLY GOING TO BE IN BUSINESS VERY MUCH LONGER, WHICH GIVES US POSSIBILITY FOR A HOUSE THAT IS ON THE MARKET BECAUSE OF BANKRUPTCY OR WHATEVER REASON THAT THEY'RE RENTING IT FOR. SO WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE ARE TRYING TO USE LAND AND AND HOUSING IN THE BEST WAY POSSIBLE, AND TO NOT ALLOW ANYBODY WHO IS ABUSING THE SYSTEM TO CONTINUE TO DO THAT, ESPECIALLY AS I'VE HEARD MOST OF THOSE AREAS WERE ALREADY CONSIDERED A TROUBLED NEIGHBORHOOD, WHICH MIGHT INDICATE WHY A SHORT TERM VACATION RENTAL WAS PURCHASED, RENOVATED, AND INSTALLED IN THEIR COMMUNITY. BECAUSE IT WAS CHEAP. RIGHT. AND IT'S A LARGE RETURN ON INVESTMENT. SO SOME OF THESE SHORT TERM VACATION RENTALS ARE GOING INTO AN ALREADY STRESSED OUT NEIGHBORHOOD, CAUSING EVEN MORE STRESS, WHICH COULD BE WHY WE HAVE SO MANY CALLS, RIGHT? THE NEIGHBORS COULD ALREADY BE AT ODDS WITH THE FACT THAT THERE IS AN EVEN A VACATION RENTAL, LICENSED OR UNLICENSED IN THEIR AREA. SO IT NEEDS TO BE PART OF THE COMMUNITY'S ABILITY TO HAVE A COMMUNITY, SORT OF LIKE AN HOA. BUT IF WE GET SO MUCH, IF WE GET 20% OF YOUR COMMUNITY IS CALLING ABOUT YOUR HOUSE, YOU DON'T GET A VACATION RENTAL ANYMORE, REGARDLESS OF WHETHER IT'S LICENSED OR UNLICENSED. AND I WOULD MUCH RATHER HAVE PEOPLE OBSERVING AN UNLICENSED VACATION RENTAL OWNED OWNED BY AN LLC OR SOME OUTSIDE COMPANY. I WOULD RATHER HAVE A CAMERA ON THAT, MAKING SURE THAT YOU'RE NOT HAVING SOMEBODY COME AND RENT IT, THAN HAVE AUTOMATED LICENSE PLATE READERS, RIGHT? LET'S FIGURE OUT A WAY THAT WE'RE ACTUALLY POLICING THE PEOPLE THAT NEED TO BE POLICED, ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY'RE OUT OF THIS AREA AND TRYING TO EXTRACT AT THE COST OF A NEIGHBORHOOD THAT IS ALREADY STRESSED. SO THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, 
          [01:50:04]
THANK YOU. WE HAVE ONE HAND RAISED ONLINE. OKAY. PROMOTING CARLA. I BUENOS NOCHES A TODOS. 
          THIS HAS BEEN AN ONGOING SUBJECT FOR ME. I HAVE ALSO BROUGHT IT UP, AND I HAVE EVEN OPPOSED ALLOWING MORE SHORT TERM RENTALS LICENSES TO BE GIVEN OUT. I HAVE AND WILL SAY TIME AND TIME AGAIN THAT WE NEED TO ADD SOMETHING TO IT WHERE IT DECREASES THE PERCENTAGE, 20% IS STILL A LOT, AND I CAN DO A REALLY QUICK GOOGLE SEARCH RIGHT NOW AND PUT AIRBNB, COACHELLA AND I WILL FIND ROOMS, I WILL FIND ROOMS THAT ARE BEING RENTED OUT. AND I UNDERSTAND THESE ARE HARD TIMES FOR A LOT OF US, AND THERE HAS TO BE SOME TYPE OF WAY THAT WE CAN EITHER ALLOW FOR THIS TO HAPPEN. IF IT'S LIKE THE OWNER THAT LIVES THERE, THAT WANTS TO RENT OUT A ROOM TO MAKE ADDITIONAL INCOME. BUT IF IT'S A HOME THAT'S NOT BEING USED AND THEY'RE RENTING OUT A A ROOM OR SEVERAL ROOMS ACROSS THE HOME TO MAKE IT MORE LIKE ENTICING FOR PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO RENT IT OUT. THEN WE HAVE TO HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE IN THE ORDINANCE. WE TALKED ABOUT ORDINANCE, I WANT TO SAY WAS EITHER AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS YEAR OR PERHAPS THE END OF LAST YEAR. SO I'M SURPRISED THAT THERE WAS A LOT OF QUESTIONS HERE THAT WERE ASKED THAT WERE ALREADY ANSWERED, BECAUSE WE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT THIS ORDINANCE. IT'S SOMETHING THAT I MENTIONED THAT I WANTED SOME CHANGES TO BE DONE, BUT RIGHT THEN AND THERE, IT WAS ACCEPTED BY ALL OF YOU, EXCEPT, OF COURSE, FOR OUR NEWEST COUNCIL MEMBER. SO AGAIN, I'M GOING TO GO BACK TO THE SAME THING. WE NEED TO BE READING EVERYTHING THAT WE'RE RECEIVING. WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT EVERYTHING, BECAUSE THEN WE'RE COMING BACK TO THESE TYPE OF QUESTIONS LIKE, OH, WELL, WHAT ABOUT THIS? WHAT ABOUT THAT? THIS ISN'T THE FIRST TIME THAT THIS HAS BEEN PRESENTED TO US. I'M TALKING ABOUT ORDINANCE. 
          I DON'T HAVE THE BEST MEMORY. I'M GOING TO TELL YOU THAT RIGHT NOW I HAVE LIKE 20 MILLION THINGS IN MY HEAD. BUT I DO REMEMBER THIS. THINGS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT IN THE QUESTIONS THAT WERE ASKED. SO I WANT ALL OF US TO DO OUR HOMEWORK. DEFINITELY. LET'S GO BACK TO IT. WHY ARE WE SEEING SUCH A HIGH RATE OF CALLS FOR ONE HOME? I THINK SOMEBODY SAID IT WAS LIKE 19 CALLS FOR ONE OF THE HOMES. I ALSO WANT TO SEE IF ALL OF THOSE FEES WERE GIVEN TO THAT HOME, AND IF THEY WERE PAID OUT, BECAUSE I THINK WE DO NEED TO BE A LITTLE BIT MORE ENFORCING WITH IT. WE SHOULD DEFINITELY BE CHECKING UP ON THAT PERCENTAGE AND TRYING TO DECREASE IT. I THINK 15% IS DOABLE AND IT'S FAIR. IT ALLOWS FOR MORE HOMES TO BE OUT. I ACTUALLY SAW A HOME THAT WAS IN AIRBNB THAT WENT UP FOR SALE. AND I CAN SAY THAT I'M VERY HAPPY TO SEE THAT BECAUSE NOW THAT'S GOING TO BE A HOME THAT SOMEBODY ELSE CAN BUY. AND I WANT TO SEE MORE OF THAT. AND IT'S NOT GOING FOR WHAT I THOUGHT IT WAS GOING TO GO FOR. 
          SO WHICH WAS ANOTHER SURPRISE. SO SEE, THINGS ARE ALREADY HAPPENING. THEY'RE ALREADY IN THE WORKS. I THINK WE CAN MAKE THIS HAPPEN. SO KENDRA, IF YOU CAN BRING SOMETHING BACK FOR US, I WOULD REALLY APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. YOU CAN SAY MORE COMMENTS. A QUICK COMMENT, KENDRA, THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. AND, AND TO EVERYBODY THAT YOU KNOW, PETE, AND ALSO I WILL SAY THAT THE THE COUNCIL HAS EVERY RIGHT TO ASK AS MANY QUESTIONS AS THEY LIKE AT ANY POINT THAT THEY WANT. A LOT OF TIMES NOT EVERYBODY HAS THE TIME, THE OPPORTUNITY. WE HAVE A LOT OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT HAVE KIDS, THAT ARE CAREGIVERS, THAT ARE TAKING CARE OF PEOPLE, AND THEY DON'T ALWAYS HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO THROUGH ALL OF THE DOCUMENTS. SO A LOT OF TIMES, COUNCIL AND NOT JUST THE CITY OF COACHELLA, BUT A LOT OF COUNCIL MEMBERS THROUGHOUT THE COACHELLA VALLEY, THROUGHOUT THE STATE, THROUGHOUT THE US, WHEREVER YOU WANT, THEY WILL ASK QUESTIONS THAT THEY HAVE ANSWERS TO ALREADY, AND THEY ASK THOSE QUESTIONS SO THAT THE PUBLIC CAN HEAR THE ANSWERS. SO YOU'RE RIGHT. WE ARE ELECTED, WE DO OUR HOMEWORK, AND WE ARE STILL GOING TO ASK THE QUESTIONS BECAUSE THAT'S WHY WE WERE PLACED HERE. SO I'M VERY PROUD THAT MY COLLEAGUES ARE ASKING THE QUESTIONS AND THAT WE CONTINUE TO DO SO. IT'S WHAT WE ARE HERE TO DO. SO EVEN THOUGH WE ALREADY HAVE THE ANSWERS, SOME OF OUR PUBLIC AND OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS MAY NOT ALREADY HAVE READ THAT OR GONE THROUGH THAT. AND YES, WE'VE GONE THROUGH THIS PRESENTATION MANY TIMES. WE WILL CONTINUE TO GO THROUGH THE PRESENTATION MANY TIMES, AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO ASK THE QUESTIONS MANY TIMES BECAUSE THAT'S WHY WE ARE HERE. SO JUST WANTED TO SHARE THAT WITH YOU, KENDRA. 
          THANK YOU. I'D ALSO LIKE TO MAKE ONE ADDITIONAL COMMENT. I KNOW THAT SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE, 
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WHICH HAS BEEN ABOUT TWO YEARS, THE CITY COUNCIL HAS TAKEN STEPS AND INITIATIVES ALONG WITH THE PLANNING COMMISSION, TO PROHIBIT SHORT TERM RENTALS AND NEW DEVELOPMENTS. SO WHILE THERE IS THAT 20% ALLOWANCE IN EXISTING COMMUNITIES, THE CITY COUNCIL HAS PUT MORE RESTRICTIVE PROVISIONS ON NEW DEVELOPMENTS TO HELP ENSURE THAT FIRST TIME HOME BUYERS ARE ABLE TO BUY HOMES IN THE CITY OF COACHELLA. I ALSO JUST WANT TO IS THAT KENDRA, WHO WAS SUPPOSED TO DO THE REPORT TODAY? CAPTAIN MARTINEZ YEAH, AND SO I SAY THAT BECAUSE IT WASN'T THE CITY WHO WAS DOING THIS PRESENTATION. WE ASKED SO TO PROVIDE US WITH THE UPDATE OF HOW MANY CALLS THEY WERE GETTING AND WHAT THOSE CALLS WERE. SO THIS WASN'T A REPEAT FROM THE DEVELOPMENT TEAM OR DEPARTMENT, BUT RATHER ON THE PUBLIC SAFETY SIDE IS WHAT CALLS WERE COMING IN. AND THEN US THEN LOOKING AT THOSE CALLS AND SEEING IF WE NEEDED TO, THEN PUT FURTHER RESTRICTIONS OR ADD ADDITIONAL GUIDELINES TO WHAT WE HAVE EXISTING. SO I DID I DID WANT TO MAKE THAT A POINT. AS WELL AS THAT, THE PRESENTATION TODAY IS FROM R. 
          SO ABOUT THE CALLS THAT WERE THEY'RE RECEIVING AS WELL AS CODE ENFORCEMENT. AND IT SAYS THAT IN THE REPORT. IF THERE ARE NO FURTHER HANDS RAISED, SEEING NO FURTHER IS IF I'LL 
          [Reports and Requests]
RECEIVE AND NO FURTHER DISCUSSION, WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ITEM, WHICH IS COUNCIL REPORTS AND REQUESTS COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS. MR. MARTINEZ, THERE'S. 
          THERE IS THIS. THERE'S TATTOOS THAT I'VE BEEN THINKING ABOUT, AND IT GOES BACK TO 2025, THE BEGINNING OF 2025, I, I HAVEN'T SEEN ANY UPDATES. I, I KNOW WE HAD SOME MEETINGS, COMMUNITY MEETINGS AND STAKEHOLDERS TO REGARDING THE 1200 ACRE IN THERMAL. I THINK IT RUNS HARRISON GRAPEFRUIT BOULEVARD AND AIRPORT AND AIRPORT BOULEVARD. DO WE HAVE ANY UPDATES ON THAT? OR IF WE CAN JUST BRING ANY ANY INFORMATION ABOUT THAT? IT'S A 1200 ACRE THAT THE CITY OF COACHELLA WAS LOOKING INTO. ANNEX IT TO THE CITY. UNDERSTOOD, SIR. I'M NOT SURE. WE ACTUALLY SUBMITTED AN APPLICATION TO LAFCO. ARE YOU SAYING THERE WAS AN EXISTING ANNEXATION APPLICATION THAT WAS SUBMITTED? I'M NOT SURE, I DON'T REMEMBER. MAYBE KENDRA CAN HELP ME ON THAT. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU RECALL THAT THIS IS LIKE BEGINNING OF 2025. AND I SEEN, YOU KNOW, I REMEMBER LOOKING AT THE MEETINGS TO INVITE THE COMMUNITY TO INPUT ABOUT IT. WE RECENTLY HAD A SUCCESSFUL ANNEXATION IN THE P SEVEN MESQUITE AREA. THERE WAS ALSO INTEREST IN LOOKING INTO THE AREA THAT YOU MENTIONED FOR ANNEXATION NEAR THE AIRPORT. 
          THE CITY PAUSED ITS EFFORTS IN LOOKING INTO THAT AREA FOR ANNEXATION. BUT IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT THE COUNCIL WOULD LIKE TO RECONSIDER, WE CAN DEFINITELY LOOK INTO THAT. 
          IF THE COUNCIL AGREES, I WOULD LIKE TO BRING IT BACK. YEAH, IT'S IT'S JUST TO TAKE A LOOK AT IT BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, I KNOW IF THEY STOP, YOU KNOW, I'D LIKE TO KNOW WHY THEY WOULD STOP IT. AND MAYBE BECAUSE WE NEEDED TO FOCUS ON THE THIS CONTROVERSIAL PROJECT OR IT WAS JUST FOR ANY OTHER REASONS. WOULD YOU LIKE THAT AS A STAFF REPORT, JUST AS A STAFF REPORT AND UPDATE A REPORT? YEAH. OKAY. YEAH. AND I JUST ADD THAT WE WE DID TAKE SEVERAL PRESENTATIONS TO LIKE THE COMMUNITY COUNCIL AND THERMAL OASIS COMMUNITY COUNCIL. WE WERE THERE PROBABLY AT LEAST TWO TIMES. I KNOW THAT THERE WAS CONSIDERATION TO, TO, TO DO THE ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW TO, I THINK, TRIGGER SOME OF THAT. BUT, BUT THOSE THINGS WERE PAUSED. BUT YES, WE WERE WE WERE ON THAT PATH FOR SOME TIME. OKAY. I THINK IT WOULD BE GREAT TO TAKE A LOOK INTO THAT. 
          WILL DO SIR. THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER REGAN. JUST ONE OTHER THING THAT I LIKE FOR US TO EXPLORE. I DON'T KNOW HOW QUICKLY WE COULD TAKE A LOOK AT IT, BUT AND IT PERTAINS A LITTLE BIT TO SHADE EQUITY. SO I WANT TO KNOW HOW WE CAN TAKE A LOOK AT WHEN WE ARE APPROVING CERTAIN PROJECTS IN THE CITY, WHETHER IT BE COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT. DIFFERENT AMENITIES THAT WE HAVE THROUGHOUT THE CITY. HOW ARE WE TAKING A LOOK AT SHADE AND HOW ARE WE TAKING A LOOK AT SHADE EQUITY? SO IF WE HAVE, LET'S SAY, A NEW COMMERCIAL AREA OR AN AREA WHERE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE EITHER, YOU KNOW, RESTAURANTS OR SMALL BUSINESSES, WHATEVER, HOW ARE WE ASKING AND ENSURING THAT WHEN ALL OF THAT IS GETTING PLANNED OUT, WHEN 
          [02:00:01]
ALL OF THAT IS GOING THROUGH THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT, WHAT CAN WE TAKE A LOOK AT AND SAY, BY THE WAY, THIS IS HOW WE'RE THINKING OF SHADE AND THIS IS HOW YOU HAVE TO IMPLEMENT IT. 
          AND I KNOW WE'VE DONE THAT IN THE PAST IN CERTAIN WAYS, ESPECIALLY IN LIKE NEWER DEVELOPMENT, BUT HOW DO WE TAKE IT? HOW DO WE KICK IT UP A LITTLE BIT MORE? AND I DON'T KNOW IF WE CAN TAKE A LOOK AT OTHER JURISDICTIONS THAT HAVE MAYBE TAKEN A LOOK AT THAT MORE. 
          AND THE IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS THAT THEY'VE KIND OF GONE THROUGH. BUT IT'S NO SECRET WE LIVE IN AN AREA WHERE IT'S HOT, IT'S REALLY HOT. AND I THINK ABOUT OUR COMMUNITY THAT, YOU KNOW, DOESN'T HAVE THE OPTION, BUT THEY HAVE TO GO OUT, WHETHER IT'S TO THE PHARMACY DURING THE DAY, WHETHER IT'S GROCERY SHOPPING DURING THE DAY, BECAUSE MAYBE THAT'S THE ONLY TIME THAT THEY HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BORROW A VEHICLE OR, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER THAT MAY LOOK LIKE, ESPECIALLY WITH OUR SENIOR COMMUNITY. SO HOW ARE WE ENSURING THAT THESE AREAS AND THESE PLACES WHERE THEY'RE GOING TO, BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO GO TO THOSE SPOTS THAT WHEN THEY'RE PARKING OR GETTING OFF THEIR VEHICLE, THAT THEIR SHADE, WE HAVE SOME THAT HAVE VERY SMALL, THIN LOOKING TREES AND THEY LOOK NICE, BUT THEY DON'T PROVIDE ANY SHADE. SO I DON'T KNOW HOW WE CAN TAKE A LOOK AT THAT. IF WE'RE GOING TO START ASKING FOR, YOU KNOW, DIFFERENT SHADE STRUCTURES OR, OR WHAT. BUT I WOULD LIKE FOR US TO TAKE A LOOK AT THAT AND SEE HOW WE CAN IMPLEMENT THAT THROUGHOUT THE CITY. WE CAN BRING BACK TO YOU OUR EXISTING ORDINANCES PERTAINING TO LANDSCAPING AND TREE COVERAGE AND SO FORTH, AND LET YOU KNOW WHAT THE CITY CURRENTLY REQUIRES FOR BOTH RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT. SO WE'D BE HAPPY TO BRING THAT TO A FUTURE MEETING. THANK YOU. AND INCLUDING TWO. EVEN TAKING IT AS FAR AS WHEN WE HAVE WHEN WE'RE WORKING WITH CERTAIN ENTITIES, RIGHT, LIKE SUNLINE OR OTHERS, HOW ARE WE ALSO SAYING THESE ARE THE DOCUMENT, THIS IS WHAT WE HAVE. THIS IS WHAT OUR PLAN LOOKS LIKE WHEN IT COMES TO SHADE EQUITY IN THE CITY. SO IF YOU KNOW, THANK YOU FOR OBVIOUSLY BEING HERE AND SUPPORTING US AND WORKING WITH US, BUT THIS IS WHAT WE'RE ALSO ASKING FOR. AND IT DOESN'T HAVE TO YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT A LOT OF TIMES WHEN WE'RE WE'RE WORKING WITH DIFFERENT ENTITIES, WE KIND OF RELY. AND THIS DOESN'T JUST PERTAIN TO THE CITY. I THINK IT CAN HAPPEN ACROSS THE VALLEY. BUT A LOT OF TIMES, YOU KNOW, WE KIND OF JUST FALL UNDER WHATEVER THEY'RE RECOMMENDING AND YOU KNOW WHAT WE THINK. BUT HOW DOES THE CITY, HOW DO WE AS A CITY TAKE IT A LITTLE BIT MORE SERIOUS WHERE WE ACTUALLY HAVE SOMETHING LIKE THAT THAT WE'RE IMPLEMENTING AND SAYING, THIS IS WHAT OUR SHADE EQUITY PLAN IS LOOKING LIKE, AND EVERYONE HAS TO FALL UNDER THIS UMBRELLA. SO I IT'S A BIGGER PERSPECTIVE THERE. BUT I'M HOPING THAT, YOU KNOW, I KNOW I SAID FUTURE AGENDA ITEM, BUT THAT MIGHT TAKE SOME TIME AND THAT'S FINE, BUT I'M HOPING THAT WE CAN INITIATE THAT PROCESS, THAT CONVERSATION AND TAKE INTO ACCOUNT ALSO WHATEVER COMMITTEES WE HAVE THAT WE'RE ALSO GETTING, YOU KNOW, COMMUNITY'S INPUT, NOT JUST THE PEOPLE ON THIS DAIS, BUT ALSO IF WE CAN WORK WITH COACHELLA, PROSPERA AND PARKS AND REC COMMITTEE AND EVERYONE PLANNING COMMISSION, BECAUSE I THINK IT'S GOING TO TAKE A BIGGER EFFORT THAN JUST OUR COUNCIL HERE. AND THAT'S IT. THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER NAVARRO. I DON'T I DON'T HAVE MUCH. I JUST I SEE THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SUBCOMMITTEE NEXT WEEK. WE'VE HAD A LOT OF CANCELLATIONS. SO I'M HOPING THAT WE'RE GOING THROUGH WITH THIS ONE. AND THIS ISN'T CANCELED. IT'S ON THE THIRD. AND SO I DON'T. SELENA, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK ON THAT? YES WE WILL. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. YES, WE WILL HAVE THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SUBCOMMITTEE. IF THE TWO COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT SIT ON THE COMMITTEE ARE AVAILABLE. WE ARE HAPPY TO DO THIS SINCE WE HAVE LOTS OF TOPICS THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO DISCUSS THAT WE DID NOT GET TO DISCUSS A FEW MONTHS AGO. 
          SO WE ARE DEFINITELY ALL ABOUT HAVING THE MEETING. IF THE COUNCIL IS AMENABLE AND AVAILABLE. OKAY, I'M I'M REALLY I AM. FOR THE RECORD, I SIT ON THAT COMMITTEE AND I'M ALWAYS AVAILABLE. OKAY. I DON'T THINK I'VE EVER CANCELED. SO JUST FOR THE RECORD, THANK YOU. OKAY. 
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AND YOU'RE AVAILABLE AS WELL. I AM AVAILABLE, OKAY. PERFECT. WE WILL HAVE THE MEETING. WE WILL NOTICE IT AND AND DO ALL THAT GOOD STUFF. ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. I DO, I DO WANT TO NO NO NO NO THANK YOU, THANK YOU. OKAY. I DO WANT TO I DO WANT TO MENTION SOMETHING ABOUT NAME CALLING IN THIS CHAMBER. AND I WELCOME ALL CRITICISM AND WHAT PEOPLE HAVE TO SAY. AND, YOU KNOW, THINGS THAT WE CAN LEARN FROM, BUT I DON'T WANT TO SIT NAME CALLING AS A STANDARD IN HERE. AND THAT'S BECAUSE WE HAVE WE'RE ALWAYS ENCOURAGING LIKE OUR SOCCER TEAMS AND, YOU KNOW, OUR BOXING PLAYERS TO COME IN. AND MANY OF THEM ARE MINORS. AND I DON'T I DON'T WANT THEM TO THINK THAT IT'S OKAY TO USE SUCH WORDS IN HERE. AND I ALWAYS SAY THAT THIS CHAMBER, IT'S ABOUT, WHAT, 80 YEARS OLD? YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT MY HOME. 
          IT'S NOT MY HOME. IT BELONGS TO 45,000 RESIDENTS. AND WHEN I WALK INTO SOMEONE ELSE'S HOMES, I RESPECT THOSE RULES. AND SO I HOPE WE ALSO RESPECT THE RULES OF THIS HOUSE AS WELL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCILWOMAN DELGADO, MAYOR PRO TEM. THERE'S THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF TALK ABOUT OUR PARKS NOT BEING MAINTAINED. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT IT ON YOUR COMMENT, CITY MANAGER. IF NOT, WE CAN IF WE CAN BRING UP MAYBE A PRESENTATION AS TO WHAT'S BEING DONE. WHEN I SAW CERTAIN INFORMATION BEING POSTED, I DROVE OUT THERE AND I SAW THAT THE THE PARKS WERE ACTUALLY GATED. SO WE CAN GET AN UPDATE AS TO WHAT'S ACTUALLY GOING ON. INSTEAD OF PEOPLE THINKING THAT WE'RE NOT MAINTAINING OUR PARKS. WE ACTUALLY HAVE AN ITEM UNDER DIRECTOR VERBAL REPORTS TODAY. THANK YOU REALLY QUICKLY. SO IF WE CAN STRENGTHEN THAT LANGUAGE, IF WE HAVE ANY POLICIES ABOUT HOW DO WE CONDUCT OURSELVES IN THE CHAMBER, I WOULD LIKE TO STRENGTHEN THAT LANGUAGE. WHEN IT COMES TO NAME CALLING. YEAH WE CAN, I SUPPORT THAT. WE CAN HAVE LIKE A MAYBE A PLAQUE OUTSIDE THAT SAYS, YOU KNOW, THE HOUSE RULES. AND I KNOW THAT WE HAVE THEM ON THERE, BUT I THINK REALLY ENFORCING THEM AND REALLY MAKING SURE THAT WE DO THAT, I THINK THAT THAT'D BE BENEFICIAL. THANK YOU, COUNCILWOMAN, FOR THAT. FOR ME, MR. CITY MANAGER, I KNOW THAT IT'S COMING, BUT I THINK THE ANIMAL SERVICES CONTRACT, I THINK WE'RE HAVING IT ON THE 21ST IN SEPTEMBER. RIGHT, IS GOING TO COME. SO AND ANIMAL SAMARITANS AND ALSO THE RIVERSIDE COUNTY ANIMAL SHELTER AS WELL. RIGHT. IF YOU CAN BRING THEM BACK, BRING THE HOPEFULLY THE DIRECTOR, THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR CAN COME AND TALK ABOUT THE SERVICES THAT WE. I SIT ON THE COACHELLA VALLEY ANIMAL CAMPUS COMMISSION AND THEY DO DO A LOT OF WORK, BUT I THINK KNOWING DOING A PRESENTATION. SO RESIDENTS KNOW WHAT SERVICES THEY HAVE, WHAT NUMBERS TO CALL, IF THEY SEE A STRAY DOG, IF THEY SEE, UNFORTUNATELY, A DECEASED ANIMAL, WHAT NUMBER TO CALL. SO THAT CAN GET PICKED UP BECAUSE THAT'S ALSO ALL PART OF THE CONTRACT. RIGHT. AND I THINK I THINK OUR CONTRACT IS CLOSE TO UP TO HALF $1 MILLION NOW, BUT I THINK MOST OF THE CITIES ARE, YOU KNOW, FACING THAT LONG TERM COST FOR THOSE ITEMS. BUT KNOWING HOW WE CAN UTILIZE ANIMAL SERVICES AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN HAVE THE DIRECTOR JOIN US HERE AND ALSO DOING A, A COMMUNITY MEETING WITH THE ANIMAL, THE RIVERSIDE COUNTY ANIMAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT ON COMMUNITY CATS, BECAUSE I MET A COUPLE PEOPLE THAT DO COMMUNITY CAT TNR AND MEETING WITH HER AND SEEING HOW WE CAN GET THE COMMUNITY INVOLVED ON HOW DO WE GET MAYBE A WORK WITH THEM TO GET A TNR DAY OR SOMETHING THAT'S JUST FOR COACHELLA, WHERE PEOPLE KNOW WHERE THEY CAN GO OR HOW DO WE WORK WITH THEM? BECAUSE THERE IS A LOT OF CAT COLONIES. FROM WHAT I LEARNED THAT THAT GEAR UP COMMUNITY MEETING, AND WE HAD A VERY GOOD CONVERSATION ABOUT HER DIFFERENT CAT COLONIES THAT SHE TAKES CARE OF. SO REALLY DOING THAT I THINK WOULD BE IMPORTANT. SO THAT'S JUST THE ONLY ITEM I HAVE. SO WE'LL MOVE ON TO COUNCIL COMMENTS AND REPORTS ON MISCELLANEOUS COMMITTEES. MR. MARTINEZ. NO COMMITTEES. I'M ACTUALLY GOING TO HAVE MY FIRST MEETING IN THE COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION ON THE 31ST. SO THAT'S GOING TO BE INTERESTING. AND MY LAST COMMENTS, I DO WANT TO THANK THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR AND THE TEAM. I KNOW IT WAS NOT AN EASY TASK PUTTING TOGETHER THE ORDINANCE FOR THE DATA CENTERS, AND IT'S NOT AN EASY TASK ADDING CHAPTERS TO OUR MUNICIPAL CODE. IT TAKES SOME TIME, YOU KNOW, ALONG WITH THE CITY MANAGER. THANK YOU SO MUCH. YOU GUYS DID A FANTASTIC JOB. WE GIVE THE COMMUNITY WHAT THEY WERE REQUESTING, AND I ALSO WANT TO THANK THE 
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COMMUNITY FOR SHOWING UP, AND I HOPE THEY KEEP SHOWING UP AND THEY CAN KEEP US AND HOLD US ACCOUNTABLE. AND LIKE I ALWAYS SAID, YOU KNOW, TWO WEEKS AGO, LIKE I SAID IT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE OPEN FOR BUSINESS. WE ARE LOOKING FOR THOSE DEVELOPMENT THAT ARE LOOKING TO GO ABOVE AND BEYOND ENVIRONMENTAL LAWS. AND ONCE AGAIN, THANKS TO THE COMMUNITY FOR SHOWING UP. 
          THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY. THANKS, RITA. THANK YOU. I WANT TO THANK STAFF FOR ALWAYS BEING HERE WITH US. AND JUST, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT YOU GUYS GO THROUGH A LOT OF THE THINGS THAT WE GO THROUGH AS WELL. IT'S NOT EASY. I WANT TO ALSO THANK THE COMMUNITY FOR BEING HERE. AND AS MY COLLEAGUE MENTIONED, WE DO HOPE THAT YOU KEEP ATTENDING OUR MEETINGS AND PROVIDE PROVIDING PUBLIC COMMENT. BUT I ALSO WANT TO ECHO WHAT COUNCILWOMAN DELGADO MENTIONED, AND I THINK WHAT SHE WAS REFERRING TO WAS, YOU KNOW, ENSURING THAT WE RESPECT EACH OTHER. AND I DO THINK THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT. AND IN THE LAST MONTHS, OBVIOUSLY, THERE'S BEEN A LOT GOING ON. SO, YOU KNOW, I 100% UNDERSTAND. BUT LET'S NOT FORGET THAT ALL OF US UP HERE TOO, WE ARE HUMAN BEINGS. WE ARE PEOPLE. JUST BECAUSE WE SIT ON THIS SIDE, IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT WE'RE DIFFERENT. WE'RE NOT. AND THE AMOUNT OF, YOU KNOW, WORK WE ALL DO AND STRESS AND JUST HOW SOME OF YOU ARE GOING TO GO HOME RIGHT NOW AND TAKE CARE OF YOUR KIDS AND BE CAREGIVERS TO YOUR PARENTS OR A THIO OR A TIA. A LOT OF US ARE DOING THE SAME THING TOO, AND A LOT OF US UP HERE AS WELL, THIS ISN'T IT FOR US. THIS IS A SMALL PART OF OUR DAY. BEING UP HERE IS A SMALL PART OF OUR DAY. IT'S A BIG PART, BUT IT'S JUST ONE PART. A LOT OF US HAVE FULL TIME JOBS OUTSIDE OF THIS, SO LET'S JUST NOT FORGET THAT AND LET'S PRACTICE BEING RESPECTFUL TO ONE ANOTHER. WE'RE ALL NEIGHBORS, YOU KNOW, WE, WE, AND WE'RE ALL GOING TO NEED EACH OTHER AT ONE POINT OR, OR, YOU KNOW, THE NEXT. SO IT'S ALWAYS BEST TO JUST GET ALONG AND BE RESPECTFUL TO EVERYBODY. AND, AND REMEMBER THAT WE'RE ALL HUMAN. WE, WE'RE NOT DIFFERENT JUST BECAUSE WE SIT BACK HERE. TRUST ME, WE, WE HAVE THE SAME WHATEVER YOU GUYS ARE GOING THROUGH TOO, WE GO THROUGH IT AS WELL. AND YOU KNOW, VICE VERSA. SO I JUST WANT TO THANK THE COMMUNITY FOR SHOWING UP. YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN AMAZING. KEEP SHOWING UP THESE AGENDAS JUST BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE THE SITUATION WITH THE DATA CENTER AND THE ORDINANCE, AND THAT IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT THE CITY OF COACHELLA IS NO LONGER DOING BUSINESS OR CONDUCTING BUSINESS. THERE'S A LOT THAT GOES INTO RUNNING A CITY AND ENSURING THAT WE'RE PROVIDING SERVICES AND AMENITIES AND EVERYTHING FOR, FOR THE COMMUNITY AND THE RESIDENTS. SO KEEP SHOWING UP. IT'S, IT'S AND IT IS YOUR JOB TOO. I HEARD SOMEBODY SAY, AND I'VE HEARD IT A COUPLE OF TIMES TOO, THAT THEY THINK THAT IT ISN'T THEIR JOB TO READ THE AGENDAS AND THAT IT ISN'T THEIR JOB TO COME IN AND PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENT. AND THEY SHOULDN'T HAVE TO DO THAT. THAT'S NOT HOW THAT WORKS EITHER. IT IS YOUR JOB. YOU ARE A RESIDENT HERE. THAT'S WHY THESE CHAMBERS ARE OPEN, BECAUSE YOU SHOULD BE COMING IN HERE AND TALKING TO US, AND NOT JUST DURING COUNCIL MEETINGS TOO, BUT I THINK ALL OF US WELCOME. YOU KNOW, WHEN WE'RE OUT IN THE COFFEE SHOP OR IN THE PARK OR, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER WE DO, WELCOME THAT INTERACTION BECAUSE THAT'S HOW IT SHOULD BE, RIGHT? WE'RE A COMMUNITY, SO DON'T EVER FEEL LIKE JUST BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT ON THIS DAIS OR JUST BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT SITTING UP HERE, THAT YOU SHOULDN'T PROVIDE COMMON OR YOU SHOULDN'T BE TAKING A LOOK AT WHAT'S GOING ON IN YOUR CITY. YOU SHOULD DO IT TOO. AND THE DAY, YOU KNOW, SOME OF US ARE NOT HERE ANYMORE ON THIS DAIS, THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO KEEP TRACK AND WE'RE NOT GOING TO WATCH THE MEETINGS, AND WE'RE NOT GOING TO COME AND BE BEHIND THAT PODIUM PROVIDING PUBLIC COMMENT. THAT'S GOING TO BE FUN. BUT WOW. YEAH. BUT ANYWAYS, I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT I APPRECIATE EVERYBODY. HONESTLY, I DON'T MIND THE HEAT. I THINK IT'S I THINK IT'S GREAT THAT EVERYBODY IS SO PASSIONATE ABOUT WHAT THEY'RE PASSIONATE ABOUT. 
          THAT'S AWESOME. KEEP DOING IT. I WE CAN TAKE IT, BUT DON'T FORGET. RESPECT BECAUSE OUTSIDE 
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THOSE CHAMBERS, IF YOU SAY SOMETHING. SOME OF US MIGHT NOT HOLD BACK. BUT ANYWAYS, THAT'S IT. THANK YOU TO STAFF. I APPRECIATE YOU GUYS. AND YOU GUYS ARE AMAZING. AND THAT'S IT. 
          THANK YOU COUNCILMAN. THANK YOU. THAT WAS VERY WELL PUT. COUNCIL MEMBER. I ALSO WANT TO THANK THE COMMUNITY FOR COMING OUT. YOU KNOW, I HEARD A LOT OF FOLKS TODAY SAYING THAT THEY DIDN'T THINK THAT THEY WOULD GET HERE. YOU KNOW, THAT THEY FELT THAT THEY WERE BASICALLY NOT GETTING ANYWHERE OR THAT WE WEREN'T RESPONSIVE ENOUGH, OR THAT WE WEREN'T COMMUNICATING ENOUGH. AND SO I'M, I'M HOPEFUL THAT THIS HAS BROUGHT, OR AT LEAST PROVIDED SOME, MAYBE STARTING WITH SOME WITH THE TRUSTING RELATIONSHIP AND THAT WE ARE MAKING EVERY EFFORT HERE. 
          AND WHILE IT MIGHT NOT APPEAR SO, KNOW THAT THESE CONVERSATIONS ARE ALWAYS BEING HAD ABOUT HOW WE CAN IMPROVE, NOT JUST INDIVIDUALLY AS ELECTED, BUT ALSO HOW DO WE IMPROVE AS A CITY? YOU KNOW HOW THOSE QUESTIONS ARE ALSO THE DIRECTORS IN THE BACK AND THE CITY ATTORNEY AND THE CITY MANAGER. YOU KNOW, I HAVE CAL FIRE IN THE BACK, OUR CHIEF TWO HOURS. SO ALSO AND OUR SERGEANT, EVERYONE'S ALWAYS ASKING THEMSELVES, HOW DO WE HOW DO WE GET BETTER? HOW DO WE IMPROVE? HOW DO WE RESPOND TO SOME OF THE, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE CRITICISM, YOU KNOW, HOW DO WE INCREASE THE THE QUALITY OF THE SERVICES THAT WE'RE REQUIRED TO PROVIDE? YOU KNOW, ALL OF THIS DOES COME TO MIND. AND WE ALSO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION ALL THE CHALLENGES THAT WE DON'T HAVE POWER OR CONTROL OVER, THAT WE HAVE TO TRY TO NAVIGATE AROUND THAT TO, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE RESPONDING TO THE CONCERNS AND THAT WE'RE TRYING TO, YOU KNOW, MINIMIZE THOSE CHALLENGES OR WORK WITH OTHER AGENCIES TO TRY TO BEST RESPOND TO SOME OF THOSE CHALLENGES IN THE FASTEST MANNER THAT THAT WE CAN. AND I CAN SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, EVERY TEAM MEMBER IN HERE, AS WELL AS EACH OF MY COLLEAGUES DO TRY AND PUT EVERY EFFORT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT ONLY HOLDING OURSELVES ACCOUNTABLE, BUT THAT WE'RE INCREASING AND PROVIDING QUALITY SERVICES, ADDITIONAL SERVICES, AND THEN ALSO LEARNING AS WE GO ALONG TOO. I DO ALSO WANT TO POINT OUT THAT THE CITY OF COACHELLA HAS A LOT OF WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL THINGS GOING ON, AND I'M HOPEFUL THAT AS WE CONTINUE TO SEE PEOPLE COME IN AND LIKE MY COLLEAGUE SAID, IS THAT WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO SEE PEOPLE SHOW UP, YOU KNOW? BUT I ALSO HOPE THAT WE ALSO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT NOT ONLY DO WE HAVE A BEAUTIFUL CITY IS THAT WE HAVE 45,000 RESIDENTS AND THE MAJORITY ARE WORKING FAMILIES. THEY'RE HUMBLE FAMILIES, AND THEY WATCH, YOU KNOW, SO EVERY TIME WE HAVE ANY TYPE OF NEGATIVE NEWS OR ATTENTION, IT REFLECTS ALL OF US AS A CITY. WE'RE ALL IMPACTED BY IT. AND SO I HOPE THAT ALSO THAT WE ALSO ACKNOWLEDGE A LOT OF THE WONDERFUL THINGS THAT WE HAVE GOING ON IN THE CITY, A LOT OF FUNDING THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO GET THROUGH GRANTS AND THROUGH SELENA AND HER DEPARTMENT. BUT EVEN THAT, IT TAKES EVERY DEPARTMENT TO BE ABLE TO EVEN PUT SOME OF THAT THROUGH. AND SO I DO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE SOME OF THE STUFF THE PARKS WERE GETTING, YOU KNOW, THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS THAT WE'RE GETTING. YOU KNOW, THERE'S SO MANY THINGS THAT THAT WE SHOULD BE PROUD OF. I AM VERY PROUD OF THIS CITY. I DO LOVE THIS CITY VERY, VERY MUCH. AND I HOPE THAT EVERYBODY WHO COMES IN LOVES IT JUST AS MUCH AS WE ALL DO HERE. THANK YOU, MAYOR PRO TEM PEREZ. I'M GOING TO ECHO ON WHAT MY COLLEAGUE SAID TO THE COMMUNITY. THANK YOU FOR SHOWING UP. DON'T STOP. PLEASE CONTINUE TO SHOW UP. AND IF YOU KNOW SOMEBODY WHO HAS CONCERNS AND CAN'T SHOW UP, SPEAK ON THEIR BEHALF, LET US KNOW WHAT THEIR CONCERNS ARE. LA COMUNIDAD GRACIAS POR ASISTIR ESTAS JUNTAS AHORA VAMOS A DATA CENTER PUEDEN SEGUIR VIVIENDO Y CUALES SON SUS PREGUNTAS. QUÉ QUIEREN VER EN NUESTRA CIUDAD? SELENA AND YOUR DEPARTMENT. THANK YOU. WITH YOUR GRANTS THAT YOU'VE BEEN ABLE TO OBTAIN, WE'RE ABLE TO SERVE OUR COMMUNITY AND MORE TO COME. SO PLEASE THANK YOUR STAFF. I KNOW THAT SOMETIMES YOU'VE BEEN SHORT STAFFED AND YOU HAVE A LOT ON YOUR PLATE, ANDREW. THANK YOU. I KNOW YOU HAVE A LOT OF EVENTS COMING UP AND YOU'RE GOING TO BE PRETTY BUSY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR HARD WORK, LINCOLN. AND I KNOW YOU GUYS ARE BUSY. I KNOW CASTULO YOU HAVE THE WATER ISSUES. LINCOLN WITH ALL THE FINANCES. THANK YOU FOR YOUR HARD WORK. 
          KENDRA. I THINK I SAID IT MORE THAN ONCE. I'M VERY GRATEFUL FOR YOUR FOR YOUR CODE ENFORCEMENT DEPARTMENT BECAUSE WHEN THEY WERE ONLY STAFFED WITH TWO, THEY CONTINUE TO WORK AS HARD AS AS THEY COULD AND TRYING TO PROVIDE THE SERVICES TO OUR RESIDENTS. SO THANK YOU AGAIN. I ALSO WANT TO TOUCH ON SOMETHING THAT ONE OF THE RESIDENTS SAID ABOUT LAW 
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ENFORCEMENT ALSO AND MENTAL HEALTH. AND IF I'M IF I'M INCORRECT, PLEASE CORRECT ME, SERGEANT, OR THERE IS A MENTAL HEALTH SPECIALIST THAT RIDES WITH A DEPUTY, NOT JUST WITH SO, BUT WITH OUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES. I BELIEVE THE MAJORITY, IF NOT ALL OF THEM, HAVE A MENTAL HEALTH SPECIALIST AND THEIR JOB IS TO RESPOND TO MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES AND PROVIDE THE RESOURCES THAT ARE NECESSARY AND HOPEFULLY DE-ESCALATE SITUATIONS AND BE ABLE TO CALM A PERSON WHEN THOSE SERVICES ARE NEEDED. THAT'S ALL I HAVE. AND THANK YOU, GUS. THANK YOU. RYAN. I FORGOT ONE FUTURE AGENDA ITEM TO ASK YOU GUYS. I WAS DRIVING AROUND A NEIGHBORHOOD HAVING A 54 VISTA. ESCONDIDO HAS FLYING RATS, AND THAT'S WHAT I CALL THE PIGEONS. AND SO THEY WERE AT THE PARK THE OTHER DAY. I DROVE BY BECAUSE I LIKE TO DO DRIVE BYS. I CALL THEM FLYING RATS. EVERYONE CALLS. THEY THOUGHT YOU WERE GOING TO SAY BATS. NO, THE THE PIGEONS THAT YOU KNOW, THERE, THERE'S A COLONY OF THEM. THEY'RE LIKE, THEY'RE IT'S BAD. AND I SAW LIKE, YOU KNOW, AND I FEEL BAD FOR THE HOMEOWNERS BECAUSE. 
          THEY'RE, THEY'RE YEAH, THEY'RE INTERESTING, BUT I DON'T KNOW WHAT AND HOW LIKE WE CAN WORK WITH ANIMAL CONTROL. LIKE, I KNOW IT'S KIND OF HARD TO LIKE PUT BAIT OR ANYTHING BECAUSE THEN IT CAN AFFECT THE NATURAL BIRDS. AND THERE'S A, THE GOOD THING IS THERE'S A RED TAILED HAWK THAT HUNTS THEM AROUND THAT AREA. BECAUSE I'VE SEEN HIM SOMETIMES WHEN I DRIVE AROUND AND I'M LIKE, OH, LOOK, HE'S RIGHT THERE. SO THERE'S A NATURAL DETERRENT. BUT I, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT WAY TO GET BECAUSE THEY WERE IN THE PARK, YOU CAN GET A FEW MORE HAWKS. YEAH. WOW. YEAH. I MEAN, GO FIND A GO GO WORK WITH THE WILDLIFE CENTER, THE ANIMAL PLACE AND JUST, YOU KNOW, BUT I DON'T KNOW HOW WE CAN HELP LIKE NEIGHBOR, LIKE IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD. LIKE IF THERE'S WAYS TO FIND PROGRAM WHERE THEY KNOW HOW TO PUT LIKE SPIKES OR THE, THE, THE SHINY THINGS LIKE FIND A WAY TO HELP THAT WITHIN THAT OMD LIKE HOW DO WE HELP THEM PREVENT THE, THE DETER THEM? BECAUSE I DROVE AROUND ANOTHER TWO STORY NEIGHBORHOOD AND THEY DON'T HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM. AND SO THAT'S WHERE I WAS LIKE VERY INTRIGUED THAT IT'S LIKE, IT'S IN THAT SPECIFIC NEIGHBORHOOD, BUT NOT IN ANOTHER TWO STORY NEIGHBORHOOD WHO HAS MORE SOLAR PANELS. THE, THE PEOPLE RAISING PIGEONS IN THAT AREA OR THEY. I HEARD SOMEONE FEEDS THEM THERE, FEED THEM IN THAT COMMUNITY. SO IT'S FINDING WAYS TO PREVENT THEM. SO I WILL GET IN CONTACT WITH ANIMAL CONTROL AND GET SOME IDEAS. YEAH, IT'S JUST THE WAY. I MEAN, I SAW THEM ON THE. I FOUND IT SO INTERESTING. IT JUST WAS THE SEE OF PIGEONS ON THE IN THE IN THE PLAYGROUND. SO MAYOR, WHAT PARTICULAR AREA IS THIS VISTA. ESCONDIDO. AND THE ONE ON AVENUE 54, THAT NEIGHBORHOOD. YEAH. SO THE THE THAT AND THEN, YOU KNOW, MY COUNCIL COMMENTS, I WAS ABLE TO GO TO THE HAWAIIAN LUAU TO THE SENIOR CENTER. THEY HAD A REALLY GREAT DANCE. WE, I WENT WITH MY MOM AND THAT WAS HER FIRST TIME GOING TO THE SENIOR CENTER. AND, YOU KNOW, SHE REALIZED SHE NEEDED MORE PEOPLE IN THE SENIOR CENTER THAN I DID. 
          SO, YOU KNOW, AND I WAS I TOLD THEM I WAS LIKE, YOU PROBABLY HAVE FRIENDS THERE. AND, YOU KNOW, SHE GOT TO RECONNECT WITH SOME PEOPLE SHE HADN'T SEEN IN FOREVER. AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, THAT'S THAT THAT'S WHAT THAT PLACE DOES. IT BRINGS YOU. IT CONNECTS YOU TO PEOPLE YOU HAVEN'T SEEN IN A WHILE. RIGHT. AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, FOR HER, IT WAS LIKE, OH, OKAY. THERE'S, YOU KNOW, IT'S DIFFERENT. AND SO SHE, SHE, SHE HAD A FUN TIME AND, YOU KNOW, TO GO BACK TO COUNCILWOMAN VIVIAN'S COMMENT ON, YOU KNOW, WE'RE REGULAR HUMANS UP HERE. WE ALL, YOU KNOW, THIS TAKES A PART OF OUR LIFE, BUT IT ALSO TAKES AWAY IT TAKES AWAY. WE CHEW. WE CHOSE TO BE HERE, RIGHT? BECAUSE SOMEONE DID SAY THAT WE CHOSE TO DO THIS RIGHT, TO TAKE THIS PATH. BUT WE ALSO HAVE FAMILIES. SOME OF US HAVE SPOUSES, SOME OF US HAVE CHILDREN, SOME OF US HAVE GRANDPARENTS THAT WE GO AND SEE AFTER THIS, OR SOMETIMES WE CAN'T GO TO A CERTAIN PARTY OR CERTAIN THING BECAUSE WE HAVE WE PUT THIS FIRST, RIGHT? AND SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO PUT UP YOUR PERSONAL LIFE BEFORE THAT BECAUSE YOU CHOSE TO BE PART AND SERVE YOUR CITY. AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, WE CHOSE TO BE HERE AND CHOSE TO, TO TAKE THIS PATH. BUT ALSO, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO SOMETIMES, YOU KNOW, MY HUSBAND WATCHES THE MEETINGS AT HOME AND THEN I GET HOME. HE'S LIKE, OH, I WATCHED YOU THIS AND THAT. AND SO, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE COME BACK AND TELL YOU STUFF, BUT YOU KNOW, YOU, YOU, YOU THERE. WE HAVE OTHER CYCLES OF LIFE THAT WE GO THROUGH, RIGHT? AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, AND TO THE STAFF, RIGHT, YOU KNOW, YOU PUT UP THROUGH THE WHOLE PROCESS WITH US, RIGHT? WE GOT TO THE ORDINANCE. AND I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR THAT. YOU KNOW, THE, YOU KNOW, THE LONG WEEK MEETINGS AND GOING BACK AND FORTH AND MEETING WITH THE LAWYERS AND ADDRESSING DIFFERENT ITEMS, MEETING WITH THE CONSTITUENTS TO BE ABLE TO GET TO TODAY, RIGHT TO, TO GET THAT FINISH LINE. AND, BUT LIKE THE ASHBY SAID, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT THE END, RIGHT? THIS IS THE DATA CENTER CHAPTER MIGHT CLOSE, BUT THEY'RE GOING TO BE VIGILANT ON WHAT COMES THROUGH. AND THAT'S THEIR JOB. YOU GOT TO BE VIGILANT. WHAT'S COMING NEXT. ARE WE PROPERLY DOING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN A WAY 
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WHERE IT BENEFITS THE COMMUNITY AND NOT JUST THE DEVELOPER? HOW DOES IT HELP BOTH PARTIES AND REALLY LOOKING AT IT THAT WAY, RIGHT. BECAUSE AS YOU GROW A CITY, YOU DON'T JUST GROW A CITY TO FILL IN THE EMPTY SPOTS OF LAND BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY, COACHELLA HAS A LOT OF LAND AND THE GROWTH IS POSSIBLE HERE. WE JUST HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT THE GROWTH GROWS WITH THE RESIDENTS. AND IT DOESN'T JUST FOCUS ON ONE SIDE OVER THE OTHER. IT'S A IT'S A BALANCE. 
          AND WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE WE GROW TOGETHER. AND THANK YOU, MR. CITY MANAGER, FOR, YOU KNOW, YOU'VE BEEN HERE SINCE JUNE AND YOU'VE REALLY DONE A LOT OF GREAT WORK WITH US AND HELPING. 
          SURE. AND HELP THE STAFF, RIGHT. BECAUSE I FEEL THAT THE LEADERSHIP THAT YOU'VE BROUGHT TO THE STAFF HAS REALLY HELPED A LOT OF THEM IN THE WAY THAT YOU LEAD WITH THEM, AND THEY SEE THE WAY YOU INTERACT WITH THEM, AND REALLY BEING ABLE TO HIGHLIGHT THEIR SKILL SETS, RIGHT? BECAUSE I THINK YOU SEE THEIR VALUE AS, AS YOUR STAFF MEMBERS AND YOUR DIRECTORS, BECAUSE YOU BRING OUT THAT STRENGTHS IN THEM, BECAUSE YOU'RE ABLE TO HIGHLIGHT EVERY SINGLE ONE OF YOUR DIRECTORS AND GIVE THEM THE ACCOLADES THAT BECAUSE THEY DID IT. AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT IN YOU. SO WITH THAT, WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE DEPARTMENT DIRECTOR REPORTS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OVERVIEW OF THE SENIOR CENTER SERVICES. ALL RIGHT. GOOD EVENING EVERYBODY. I JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU GUYS A QUICK OVERVIEW OF THE SORT OF SERVICES THAT WE OFFER AT OUR SENIOR CENTER. I'M GOING TO GO THROUGH JUST VERY QUICKLY SOME SOME ACTIVITIES THAT WE PLAN FOR OUR SENIORS EVERY MONTH. THEY HAVE THE OPTION TO PLAY BINGO LOTERIA, PARTAKE IN CERAMICS OR, YOU KNOW, LIKE ZUMBA CLASSES. WE RESTORED THE ZUMBA EXERCISE CLASSES AND THEY'RE REALLY HAPPY ABOUT THAT. WE ARE OFFERING KARAOKE. THAT'S A BIG HIT WITH THEIR SENIORS. I'VE NEVER SEEN SO MANY PEOPLE SINGING WITH OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS. AND OUR COUNCIL MEMBER, JUAN MARTINEZ, LOVES TO SING AND. BUT WE ALSO PLAN FIELD TRIPS AND TOURS FOR THEM CRAFT ART, ART, ARTS AND CRAFTS. AND I WANTED TO SHARE THAT WE WILL BE HAVING OUR SEPTEMBER 2ND SENIOR CITIZEN SUBCOMMITTEE MEETING, WHERE THEY GET AN OPPORTUNITY TO ALSO VOICE THEIR CONCERNS. AND SO WE WILL BE HAVING THAT MEETING. BUT I ALSO WANT TO TELL YOU, ANOTHER SPECIAL THING THAT THEY'RE PLANNING IS THE SEPTEMBER 16TH CELEBRATION. AND SO I WANT TO LET COUNCIL KNOW THAT THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE A LITTLE CELEBRATION. AND THEY DO BEGIN A LITTLE EARLY THAT DAY AT 9 A.M. BECAUSE THEY DO THE PRESENTATION OF THE MEXICAN FLAG. AND, YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE LIKE A DANCE AND AND IT WILL CULMINATE IN REALLY, REALLY GREAT FOOD. SO I JUST WANTED TO SHARE THAT. SO THAT'S ONE OF THE WAYS IN WHICH WE PROVIDE, YOU KNOW, FUN ACTIVITIES AND FOOD FOR THE SENIORS. AS FAR AS FOOD GOES, WE DO OFFER FREE COFFEE THERE AND WATER AND ALL THAT GOOD STUFF. WE HAVE THE FINE FOOD BANK THAT OFFERS A SENIOR FOOD BOX PROGRAM THAT IS THAT INCLUDES PRODUCE AND CANNED GOODS. WE HAVE A BIMONTHLY HIDDEN HARVEST POP UP MARKET OF SEASONAL FRUITS AND VEGGIES, AND USUALLY THAT'S VERY WELL ATTENDED. PEOPLE WILL GRAB A BAG AND FILL IT UP AND, AND THEY JUST REALLY, REALLY APPRECIATE THAT. AND THEN WE HAVE HOLIDAY CELEBRATIONS. AS YOU'VE SEEN WITH FREE CATERED FOOD, WE HAVE THE MEALS ON WHEELS MEALS AND AND THEN AS FAR AS OTHER SERVICES THAT WE OFFER THERE, GIVEN THE REALLY HIGH HEAT THAT WE'VE HAD THIS WEEK, THE WEATHER SERVICE ACTUALLY ISSUED A EXTREME HEAT ADVISORY THAT IS GOING TO BE IN EFFECT UNTIL FRIDAY. SO THE SENIOR CENTER HAS SEEN AN INCREASE IN PEOPLE STOPPING IN TO TO COOL OFF, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE WE HAD SOME PEOPLE THAT CAME IN TODAY. AND AND SO THE COOLING CENTER IS AVAILABLE MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY, 8 A.M. TO 3:30 P.M. FOR PEOPLE THAT ARE 55 AND OLDER TODAY. WE DID ACCOMMODATE SOME PEOPLE THAT WERE NOT OF THE AGE. THEY WERE A LITTLE BIT YOUNGER. AND BECAUSE THEY WERE UNSHELTERED, YOU KNOW, THEY WERE TAKEN IN AND, YOU KNOW, JUST GIVEN GRACE THERE BECAUSE THAT THAT'S WHAT WE DO. WE'RE NOT GOING TO TURN PEOPLE AWAY THAT ARE SUFFERING FROM EXTREME HEAT. AND SO, BUT IT IS OUR SENIOR CENTER IS IS PUBLICIZED BY THE COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE THAT WE ARE A COOLING CENTER FOR 55 AND OLDER. AND SO WE DO OFFER WATER AND LIGHT SNACKS THAT THE OFFICE ON AGING PROVIDES. YOU KNOW, THEY PROVIDE FUNDING FOR THAT. AND SO WE ALSO OUR STAFF, YOU MIGHT BE WONDERING, OKAY, WHAT DOES STAFF DO THERE? SO ONE OF THE MANY THINGS THEY ASSIST PEOPLE WITH IS APPLICATIONS FOR, YOU KNOW, SERVICES. SO THEY MIGHT NEED HELP WITH HEAT REAP CARE GAS COMPANY OR LIKE MEDICAL APPOINTMENTS, THE, YOU KNOW, HELP THEM WITH PRESCRIPTION REFILLS, THEY HELP WITH PHONE AND TECHNOLOGY, ANYTHING THEY MIGHT NEED WITH, WITH THEIR PHONE BECAUSE PEOPLE HAVE COME UP AND THEY'RE LIKE, I DON'T KNOW HOW TO TAKE A PICTURE OR I DON'T KNOW HOW TO SCAN THE QR 
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CODE. I DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO SCAN QR CODES NOT THAT LONG AGO. SO I THINK THAT IS A VALUABLE SERVICE, RIGHT? AND, AND ANYWAY, AND ASIDE FROM THAT, THERE'S LOTS OF SENIOR WELLNESS PRESENTATIONS THAT WE GET PARTNER AGENCIES THAT COME ON IN AND CONDUCT IN SERVICES. WE ALSO HAVE VOLUNTEERISM THERE FOR THEM. AND, AND SO THERE'S JUST A WHOLE LOT GOING GOING ON THERE. IT'S A VERY SPECIAL PLACE EVERY DAY. WE USUALLY HAVE 80 TO 100 PEOPLE THAT ATTEND. I'M NOT KIDDING. SO THERE IS A HIGH VOLUME THERE OF PEOPLE THAT GO TO THE SENIOR CENTER AND TO HAVE A GOOD TIME. AND I HAVE TO SAY THAT OF ALL THE PAST TIMES, AND I THINK GUSTAVO SAW IT TOO, IS LOTERIA. WE COULDN'T BELIEVE HOW MANY PEOPLE WE WE SAW THERE. AND I THINK RYAN ALSO SAW THEM. I WAS LIKE, OH MY GOD, THERE WAS LIKE 50 PEOPLE READY TO PLAY LOTERIA. 
          SO. SO ANYWAY, I JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU GUYS A QUICK LITTLE UPDATE. DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER. I HAVE A QUESTION. YOU MENTIONED THERE IS A CERAMICS CLASS. YES. SO IT'S NOT LIKE EVERY, YOU KNOW, LIKE CALENDAR, LIKE EVERY SO EVERY DAY OR YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? BUT EVERY NOW AND AGAIN WE'LL HAVE A CERAMICS CLASS. OKAY. SOON WE HOPE TO ADD LIKE A SEWING CLASS. THERE'S A PERSON THAT DONATED THREE OR THEY'RE GOING TO DONATE THREE SEWING MACHINES. AND SO WE'RE HOPING THAT EVENTUALLY WE'LL ALSO INCLUDE SOMETHING LIKE THAT BECAUSE THAT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THE SENIORS HAVE ASKED ME TO, TO THINK ABOUT BECAUSE THE PERSON THAT USED TO LEAD THOSE CLASSES, SHE PASSED AWAY. AND SO THEN WE DON'T HAVE THOSE CLASSES ANYMORE. BUT OKAY. NO, THE REASON I WAS ASKING ABOUT THE CERAMIC CLASSES IS BECAUSE I REMEMBER A MEMBER OF THE COMMUNITY SAYING THAT THEY WERE TAKEN AWAY. SO WE JUST WANT TO. YEAH. SO THEY UNDERSTAND WE DO PROVIDE. YEAH, WE WORK WITH VICTORY AT THE OLD TOWN ARTISAN STUDIOS. AND SO THEY'LL COME IN AND OFFER THE THE CERAMICS CLASS. BUT IT'S NOT, YOU KNOW, LIKE CALENDARED EVERY MONTH OR WHATEVER. BUT WE DO BRING THAT IN. OKAY. AND I WOULD LIKE TO PUT IT OUT THERE FOR ANYBODY LISTENING. WE ARE LOOKING FOR A BILLIARD TABLE TO BE DONATED. SO IF ANYBODY KNOWS ANYONE OR HAS ONE, FEEL FREE TO CALL US. 
          SELENA. YES, I DID WANT TO FOLLOW UP AND MEET WITH COURTNEY FROM THE THE MANAGER AT THE LIBRARY. WE DID WALK OVER TO THE SENIOR CENTER AND WE, WE TALKED TO THE SENIORS ABOUT SOME OF THE PROGRAMING, EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE COME FORWARD IN THE LIBRARY. AND SO WE GOT A GOOD LIST OF THINGS THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE FROM ARTS AND CRAFTS. OKAY. YEAH. AND SO I THINK FOLLOWING UP WITH HER, I KNOW THAT SHE WAS GOING TO DO A SURVEY AND SHE WAS GOING TO PROVIDE THAT AT THE LIBRARY CENTER AND SEE HOW MUCH INTEREST WAS FOR EACH TYPE OF CLASS. AND THEN ONCE SHE GOT THE ONCE SHE ROUNDED DOWN TO, YOU KNOW, THREE, I BELIEVE WERE THE MOST INTEREST IS THEN SHE WOULD START MAKING THOSE TYPE OF PROGRAMS AVAILABLE. SO I THINK IT'S JUST FOLLOWING UP WITH HER AND MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE SUPPORTIVE IN THAT SPACE. YEAH. YES. I'LL FOLLOW UP. I HAVE HER CONTACT INFO. THANK YOU. SELENA. YEAH. ONE MORE COMMENT. ARE SOME MEDICAL PROVIDERS ARE ALLOWED TO GO INTO THE SENIOR CENTER AND OFFER THEM MEDICAL SERVICES. YES, I SEE HERE THAT. SORRY, I FORGOT TO MENTION DESERT OASIS HEALTH CLINIC COMES IN QUARTERLY AND THEN WE HAVE OTHER SENIOR WELLNESS PRESENTATIONS LIKE FALL PREVENTION, HEALTHIER NUTRITION, PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH THAT IS OFFERED THERE. WE DID GET THE MOSQUITO EDUCATION BY THE MOSQUITO VECTOR CONTROL DISTRICT. THEY'VE COME IN TO PROVIDE PRESENTATIONS. AND WE ALSO I SEE HERE THAT WE ALSO HAD THE NEW HEALTH CARE. GOSH, IT'S A NEW. THEY'RE CALLED PUBLIC HEALTH. WELBY. YES. AND THEY WERE THERE AND THEY WERE THERE TO PROVIDE LIKE AN INSERVICE PRESENTATION ABOUT THEIR SERVICES. SO YES, THEY DO GET A ROTATION OF HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS THAT PROVIDE INFORMATION TO THEM. THANKS. THANK YOU. THANKS. THANK YOU. 
          SELENA. OH I'M SORRY. YES, I SAID THANK YOU. OH, I THOUGHT YOU SAID SELENA. OKAY, OKAY. 
          WE'LL MOVE ON TO PUBLIC WORKS, CITY HALL BUILDING MAINTENANCE UPDATE. RANCHO LAS FLORES UPDATE AND CLOSED FIELDS. OKAY. THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBERS. WE'VE HAD SOME COMMENTS FROM THE DYESS ASKING ABOUT SOME MAINTENANCE NEEDS AT CITY HALL. AND I DID WANT TO BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION THAT WAS IN OUR BUDGET. SO WE DO HAVE BUDGETED MONEY FOR PAINTING BOTH CITY HALL AND THE LIBRARY. WE'VE ALREADY RECEIVED TWO BIDS, AND WE'RE GOING TO BE GETTING THE THIRD BID. SO I ANTICIPATE AT THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING, WE'LL HAVE A CONTRACT FORWARD TO AWARD A CONTRACT TO DO THE PAINTING REPAIRS AT THE BOTH HERE AND AT THE LIBRARY FOR RANCHO LAS FLORES. IF YOU GUYS REMEMBER, ON MY VERY LONG CIP PRESENTATION ABOUT A MONTH AGO, 
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I MENTIONED THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT DOING THE VALUE ENGINEERING ON RANCHO LAS FLORES SO THAT WE CAN MOVE THAT PROJECT FORWARD AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. WE HAVE ALREADY REACHED OUT TO THE GRANT PROVIDERS, AND WE'VE ALREADY REACHED OUT TO THE DESIGN ENGINEERS, AND I ANTICIPATE WE'LL BE BRINGING THAT TO YOU AT THE SEPTEMBER 21ST MEETING FOR APPROVAL OF THE THE NEW DESIGN AND APPROVAL TO GO OUT TO BID FOR THAT PROJECT RELATIVE TO THE. WELL, I GUESS BEFORE I MOVE ON, DO YOU HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT EITHER OF THOSE TWO PROJECTS ON THE RANCHO LAS FLORES PARK? CAN YOU TELL US THE REASON WHY IT'S FENCED IN? IS IT BECAUSE OF THE GRASS REPAIR IRRIGATION ISSUE, OR IS IT JUST NORMAL TO HAVE IT? THAT'S THE NEXT SUBJECT WITH THE RANCHO PARK. I WAS TALKING SPECIFICALLY ABOUT THE THE EXPANSION PROJECT EXPANSION, BECAUSE WE HAD BEEN ASKED TO GIVE AN UPDATE RELATIVE TO THE GOING AHEAD OF THE EXPANSION PROJECT THAT'S COMING SOON. SO WE HAVE THE GRANT FUNDS FOR THAT PROJECT, AND I'LL BE BRINGING THAT IN SEPTEMBER 21ST WITH THE REVISED CONCEPT, SO THAT WE CAN PUT THAT OUT TO BID. 
          I WOULD SAY IT WOULD BE COMING BACK WITH THE PROPOSED REDUCTIONS. YES. THANK YOU. AND I ALREADY WENT OVER THOSE PROPOSED REDUCTIONS IN THE CIP AS WELL. BUT WE'LL HAVE THE FINAL DESIGN SO I CAN SHOW YOU. WE'LL HAVE CHARRETTES AND WE'LL HAVE, YOU KNOW, PICTURES AND NEW GRAPHICS TO SHOW YOU EXACTLY KIND OF WHAT THAT DESIGN IS GOING TO LOOK AT SO WE CAN DELIVER THAT PROJECT IN THE BUDGET THAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE. AND OBVIOUSLY, AS WE GO THROUGH THAT PROJECT PROCESS OF CONSTRUCTION, WE'LL STILL BE LOOKING FOR GRANT FUNDS. WE'LL STILL BE LOOKING FOR ADDITIONAL GRANT FUNDS SO THAT WE CAN ADD THOSE FEATURES IN, BUT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE GETTING STARTED IN THAT CONSTRUCTION. WE'RE STAYING GRANT COMPLIANT, AND THERE ISN'T ANY MORE ADDITIONAL REDUCTIONS FROM WHAT YOU FROM THE PRESENTATION GAVE. 
          THERE ISN'T ANY ADDITIONAL. YEAH, YEAH. SO WE'RE JUST MOVING FORWARD WITH THE DIRECTION THAT COUNCIL GAVE US DURING CIP PRESENTATION. THANK YOU. AND THEN THE LAST THING TO GIVE UPDATES ON IS THE CLOSED FIELDS AT BAGUDU AND LAS FLORES PARK. SO RIGHT NOW FIELDS ONE, TWO AND THREE ARE OPEN AT BAGUDU, AND FIELDS FOUR, FIVE AND SIX ARE STILL CLOSED. FOR THE PAST FIVE WEEKS, THEY HAVE HAD THE FENCES AROUND THEM. SO THE CLOSED AREAS THAT I KNOW SOME PICTURES WENT OUT OF AREAS THAT WERE ACTUALLY CLOSED, BUT THOSE AREAS, WE ACTUALLY REMOVED THE FENCES TODAY. SO THEY WILL BE FULLY READY TO BE TURNED OVER TO THE SOCCER TEAMS ON SEPTEMBER 1ST. AS APPROVED IN OUR MOU. THE FIELDS WERE ALSO REMOVED FROM LAS FLORES. 
          IF YOU WERE TO GO OUT ON THE FIELDS TODAY OR THIS WEEK, YOU'LL NOTICE THEY ARE VERY WET. 
          THAT IS INTENTIONAL. SO EVEN THOUGH THE GATES ARE REMOVED, I JUST WANT TO REMIND THE PUBLIC THAT THOSE FIELDS ARE NOT OPEN YET. THEY ARE NOT OPEN. THEY HAVE NOT BEEN RELEASED. THEY ARE VERY WET ON PURPOSE. WE ARE CURRENTLY OVERWATERING IN ORDER TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL THE GRASS ROOTS IN. AND THEN RIGHT BEFORE WE TURN THEM OVER TO THE SOCCER LEAGUES, WE'LL TURN THE IRRIGATION BACK DOWN. WE'LL DO ONE LAST FERTILIZATION, AND WE WILL MOW THEM AND HAVE THEM IN GREAT CONDITION. WE DID HAVE OUR MONTHLY MEETINGS WITH THE TWO SOCCER LEAGUES TODAY. SO I MEAN, BUT RIGHT BEFORE COMING HERE, I DID HAVE THE MONTHLY MEETING WITH THE TWO SOCCER LEAGUE PRESIDENTS, AND THEY ACTUALLY THANKED US IN THE MEETING FOR THE VERY GOOD CONDITION OF BOTH FIELD ONE AT LAS FLORES AND THE FIELDS ONE, TWO AND THREE AT. BACK. SO WHEN WE RELEASE FIELDS TO THE PUBLIC, THEY ARE IN GOOD CONDITION. ANY QUESTIONS ON THE FIELD MAINTENANCE SCHEDULES OR WHEN THEY'RE GONNA BE OPEN. SO RIGHT NOW, ALL FIELDS WILL BE OPEN AND RELEASED BACK TO THE SOCCER LEAGUES AND THE FOOTBALL TEAMS BY SEPTEMBER 1ST. THANK YOU. I HAVE A QUESTION. WHEN YOUR STAFF GOES ON THE FIELD, DO THEY GO ON THEIR TRUCKS LIKE TO DRIVE ON THE ON THE TURF, OR ARE THEY NOT SUPPOSED TO GO ON THE TURF? LIKE IF THEY GO DO MAINTENANCE ON IT, LIKE SPOT STUFF? YES. THEY HAVE TO DRIVE THEIR VEHICLES BECAUSE RIGHT NOW WE ARE, WE'RE PLACING SAND AND REPLACING TOPSOIL IN AREAS JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING IS LEVEL. SO IN THE AREAS THAT WE'VE PLANTED NEW GRASS, IF THERE'S LITTLE SEAMS, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S ALL LEVELED OUT SO THAT WE HAVE A NICE LEVEL PLAYING SURFACE. YOU'LL SEE THE TIRE TRACKS WHEN SOMEONE DRIVES THAT DAY, BUT THEY WILL, THEY'LL VANISH WITHIN THE WITHIN A DAY AFTER THEY DRIVE ON THERE. WHEN YOU DRIVE AWAY, WHEN YOU DRIVE A TRUCK ACROSS WET GRASS, IT LOOKS VERY VISIBLE. YEAH, RIGHT AFTER THEY DO IT. BUT ONCE WE TURN THE SPRINKLERS ON AND REMOTE, ALL THOSE KIND OF TIRE TRACKS, THEY DON'T SHOW UP AT ALL IN THE FINAL THING BECAUSE IT'S JUST IT'S JUST LIGHT VEHICLES. WE'RE NOT DRIVING 
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HEAVY VEHICLES ON THE GRASS. OKAY, THAT'S MY QUESTION ON THERE. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. ANDREW. DEVELOPMENT SERVICES COACHELLA BUSINESS CORRIDOR TRANSFORMATION PLAN CBCTP UPDATES. I WANTED TO JUST GIVE A QUICK UPDATE ON THE CBC T P AND JUST EXPLAIN WHAT THAT PROJECT IS. SO THIS IS THE MISSION STATEMENT FOR THAT. 
          IT'S THE CITY AS THE CITY'S PRIMARY NORTH SOUTH CORRIDOR. CESAR CHAVEZ STREET CURRENTLY PRIORITIZES VEHICLE TRAVEL, MAKING IT DIFFICULT FOR PEOPLE WALKING, BIKING AND ACCESSING NEARBY NEIGHBORHOODS, SCHOOLS, BUSINESSES AND OTHER DESTINATIONS. C, BCTP WILL ENGAGE THE COMMUNITY IN PROACTIVE STRATEGIES TO ENHANCE AND VITALIZE THE BUSINESS CORRIDOR WHILE PRIORITIZING PEDESTRIAN SAFETY AND ALTERNATIVE TRANSPORTATION UTILIZATION, SAFETY AND ACCESSIBILITY. SO AGAIN, I JUST WANT TO DIFFERENTIATE THIS. 
          THIS IS NOT PART OF THE FACADE IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM. THE CITY RECEIVED GRANT FUNDING FROM CALTRANS TO HELP CREATE A MORE PEDESTRIAN ORIENTED AND PEDESTRIAN FRIENDLY ENVIRONMENT ALONG THE CESAR CHAVEZ CORRIDOR. ANY QUESTIONS FOR KENDRA? THANK YOU KENDRA. THANKS, KENDRA. 
          WE'RE GOING TO TURN IT OVER NOW TO SELENA TO CONTINUE THAT SAME PRESENTATION. THANK YOU, MR. CITY MANAGER. AND HELLO AGAIN. I JUST WANTED TO PROVIDE A QUICK OVERVIEW OF THE FACADE IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM TO KIND OF DIFFERENTIATE BETWEEN THE TWO. AND SO THE FACADE IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM WAS INTRODUCED BACK IN 2024. AND IT WAS AN ENDEAVOR OF THE CITY OF COACHELLA TO BASICALLY LEVERAGE PUBLIC FUNDS AND PRIVATE INVESTMENT TO ENHANCE THE PHYSICAL APPEARANCE AND ECONOMIC VITALITY OF OUR COMMERCIAL BUSINESSES IN THE DOWNTOWN PUEBLO VIEJO VIEJO AREA, ALONG SPECIFICALLY CESAR CHAVEZ STREET, BETWEEN SIXTH STREET AND AVENUE 52, AND THEN SIXTH STREET BETWEEN CESAR CHAVEZ STREET AND GRAPEFRUIT BOULEVARD. AND BASICALLY, THE LONG TERM OBJECTIVE WAS TO UPGRADE THE DOWNTOWN PUEBLO VIEJO AREA BY IMPROVING THE PHYSICAL APPEARANCE OF THE AREA, ENCOURAGING THE RETENTION OF EXISTING BUSINESSES, INCREASING PROPERTY VALUES, TENANT STABILITY AND LEASE RATES FOR THE PROPERTIES. THE PROGRAM WAS ALSO HOPING TO FUND IMPROVEMENTS THAT WOULD CREATE OUTDOOR DINING AND AND OR GATHERING SPACES TO PROMOTE ACTIVITY IN THE DOWNTOWN. AND THAT REALLY IS IT FOR THE FACADE IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM. AND JUST TO MAKE A LITTLE NOTE, WE DID PAUSE THE PROGRAM IN FEBRUARY 2025. AND SO THAT'S WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW. THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS? ON MY PART? WHY DID WE PAUSE THE PROGRAM? FISCAL RESTRAINTS. OKAY. YES. AND I CAN HAVE MR. CITY MANAGER ANSWER IF YOU PREFER. YES. EXCUSE ME, SIR, ONCE FUNDS ARE EXHAUSTED, THEN WE LOOK FOR ADDITIONAL FUNDS TO CONTINUE NEW PROGRAMS. SO AT THIS POINT, THERE WERE NO MORE FUNDS AVAILABLE. SO WE NEED TO EITHER LOOK AT GOING AFTER A NEW PROGRAM. BUT TONIGHT'S VERBAL PRESENTATION WAS REALLY TO DISTINGUISH BETWEEN THE CORRIDOR PROGRAM AND THE FACADE IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM, BECAUSE I THINK THERE IS CONFUSION OUT THERE THAT THIS PROGRAM WAS STILL CONTINUING, BUT IT WAS ACTUALLY THE CORRIDOR PROGRAM. SO I THINK OUR PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR MIGHT HAVE SOME COMMENTS AS WELL. YES. YES. JUST TO PIGGYBACK ON WHAT CITY MANAGER ROMO WAS JUST SAYING, THERE'S A LOT THAT'S GOING ON AT AVENUE 50, SO WE JUST WANTED TO HAVE SOME CLARIFICATION JUST BECAUSE WE THINK THERE'S BEEN SOME CONFUSION ABOUT WHAT THE DIFFERENT PROGRAMS ARE. SO THE CB, CTP AS KENDRA STATED, THAT'S A THAT'S A PLANNING EFFORT. THAT'S A LONG TERM PLANNING EFFORT ON LOOKING AT HOW THE ECONOMICS AND THE TRANSPORTATION AND THAT AND THE ACCESSIBILITY ALL KIND OF WORK TOGETHER AS, AS A PLANNING ELEMENT. WE HAVE TWO OTHER PLANS THAT ARE KIND OF VERY SIMILAR BUT DIFFERENT. WE HAVE OUR SAFE STREETS FOR ALL PLAN, WHICH LOOKS AT ALL THE INTERSECTIONS OF THE WHOLE CITY. 
          SO THAT'S NOT JUST FOCUSED ON ONE SECTION. THAT IS A TWO YEAR LONG PLAN. WE'RE PARTNERING WITH THE BLUE ZONES. WE'RE PARTNERING WITH THE UNIVERSITY HEALTH FOR THEIR SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL. SO WE JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE ARE BEING DIFFERENTIATED. AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE AN H CIP GRANT THAT WE RECEIVE FOR $3 MILLION. AND THAT'S AN ACTUAL CONSTRUCTION PROJECT WHERE WE'LL BE LOOKING AT BIKE LANES AND INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENTS IN THE IMMEDIATE FUTURE. SO THERE'S KIND OF THREE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT ARE ALL GOING ON. SO WE JUST WANT TO KIND OF CLARIFY THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THEM. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU, THANK YOU ANDREW. THANK YOU SO MUCH. I JUST WANTED TO SAY I WHICH I SENT A MESSAGE TO THE COMMUNITY. 
          HOPEFULLY, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE STILL WATCHING OR LISTENING, YOU KNOW, ESPECIALLY ON THE CLOSE FIELDS, YOU KNOW, AND THE PRESENTATION THAT WAY. THERE'S NO MISINFORMATION OUT THERE IN 
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THE COMMUNITY. SO I APPRECIATE THE PRESENTATION. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, ANDREW. JUST REALLY QUICKLY, I THINK IT MIGHT PERTAIN TO YOUR DEPARTMENT, BUT THIS AREA RIGHT HERE, LIKE RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE LIBRARY, THE LITTLE SIDEWALK AND THEN THE BENCHES RIGHT HERE. IS THERE ANY WAY THAT WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT THAT GETS POWER WASHED EVERY SO OFTEN? BECAUSE OFTEN I NOTICE THAT LIKE WALKING IN THIS AREA, ESPECIALLY THE LIBRARY, I DON'T KNOW WHAT GOES ON, BUT SOMETIMES THERE'S LIKE A LOT OF STUFF ON THE WALLS AND JUST ON THE SIDEWALK. SO, I MEAN, IT'S ONE OF THE MAIN AREAS WHERE PEOPLE WALK THROUGH. SO IF WE CAN JUST, I CAN TALK TO OUR STAFF AND WITH OUR CONTRACTORS AND MAKE SURE THAT WE INCREASE THE FREQUENCY OF THE POWER WASHING AND THE BENCHES RIGHT HERE IN THIS LITTLE AREA TO PLEASE. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. ANDREW. MR. CITY MANAGER. COMMENTS. YES, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL, I CONGRATULATE YOU ON AN EXCELLENT MEETING. THE WAY YOU RESPOND TO THE PUBLIC, IT'S ADMIRABLE, AND I HOPE THAT THE PUBLIC IS STILL ONLINE OR IS STILL LISTENING IN. I REALLY ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO STAY THROUGHOUT THE MEETING. 
          GENTLEMEN, THANK YOU FOR STAYING ON WITH US. YOU DO IT EVERY MEETING. I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT. I THINK THEY NEED TO HEAR YOUR COMMENTS. IT'S VERY IMPORTANT FOR THE PUBLIC TO UNDERSTAND WHERE YOU'RE COMING FROM. I AGREE WITH EVERYTHING YOU'VE SAID IN TERMS OF THE NAME CALLING. YOU KNOW, I'VE SEEN PERSONAL ATTACKS ON NOT JUST THE COUNCIL MEMBERS, BUT ALSO ON STAFF IN PAST MEETINGS. AND WE ALL HAVE TO BEHAVE WITH DIGNITY. WE HAVE TO BE RESPECTFUL TOWARDS EACH OTHER. I COMPLETELY AGREE WITH THAT BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY, IT'S THE CITY'S IMAGE THAT WE'RE UPHOLDING. SO ANY NEGATIVITY, THE PUBLIC OUT THERE SEES IT. OTHER COMMUNITIES IN COACHELLA VALLEY SEE IT, COMMUNITIES IN L.A. 
          COUNTY, ORANGE COUNTY, OTHER COUNTIES ARE SEEING THAT. SO HOW DO YOU WANT YOUR CITY TO LOOK IN FRONT OF ALL THESE PEOPLE OUT THERE? SO I APPRECIATE THE COMMENTS THAT YOU'RE THAT YOU'VE MADE. AND AGAIN, RESPECT, DIGNITY. THERE'S NO NEED FOR NAME CALLING. WE'RE ALL SOMEBODY'S CHILDREN. SO AND AGAIN, I KNOW THAT WE'RE CONTINUOUSLY LEARNING. WE DON'T KNOW IT ALL THE COUNCIL, THE STAFF, WE'RE ALL GROWING AND LEARNING. SO WE RESPECT WHAT THE PUBLIC HAS TO GIVE US. THERE'S THINGS THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT WE MIGHT NOT KNOW, AND YOU'RE SHARING THAT KNOWLEDGE WITH US. SO WE REALLY APPRECIATE THAT. THANK YOU. 
          WITH THAT SAID, WE HAVE A COUPLE OF CONFERENCES COMING UP IN SEPTEMBER. WE HAVE THE INNOVATIVE COMMERCE SERVING COMMUNITIES, ALSO KNOWN AS THE ICC CONFERENCE, USED TO BE INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL OF SHOPPING CENTERS. THAT NAME WAS CHANGED. SO THAT'S COMING UP IN SAN DIEGO ON SEPTEMBER 14TH THROUGH THE 16TH, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR, SELENA JIMENEZ, THERE. AND I BELIEVE OUR COUNCIL WOMAN, DELGADO, IS GOING TO BE THERE AS WELL. I'LL BE THERE FOR A DAY JUST MEETING WITH THE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY. 
          AND THEN ALSO THE LEAGUE OF CALIFORNIA CITIES IS COMING UP SEPTEMBER 23RD THROUGH THE 26TH, I BELIEVE THAT'LL BE IN ANAHEIM. SO BECAUSE OF THAT CONFERENCE, WE'RE GOING TO BE RESCHEDULING THE SEPTEMBER 23RD MEETING TO SEPTEMBER 21ST, WHICH FALLS ON A MONDAY. SO JUST FOR THE PUBLIC OUT THERE, OUR NEXT MEETING IS SCHEDULED FOR SEPTEMBER 9TH. BUT THEN THE SECOND MEETING WILL BE MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 21ST, AND THAT WILL BE ADVERTISED AS SUCH. SO THAT'S ALL I HAD. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. YES. THANK YOU. AND AT THIS TI
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