Oct 07, 2026 Planning Commission

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GOING TO GO AHEAD AND CALL THE CITY OF COACHELLA'S PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING TO ORDER ON OCTOBER 7TH, 2026 AT 6 P.M. COMMISSIONER FONSECA, COULD YOU LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE? OF COURSE. EVERYBODY, PLEASE STAND READY. BEGIN. I 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. MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC MAY ADDRESS THE PLANNING COMMISSION AT ANY ON ANY MATTER WITHIN THE COMMISSION. SUBJECT MATTER JURISDICTION THAT IS NOT LISTED ON THE AGENDA. PUBLIC COMMENTS ARE LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES PER SPEAKER. THIS MEETING WILL FOCUS ON THE ITEMS LISTED ON THE AGENDA, AND THE COMMISSIONERS WILL DIRECT THEIR ATTENTION TO THOSE ITEMS. PLEASE NOTE THAT THE COMMISSION IS PROHIBITED BY LAW FROM DISCUSSING OR TAKING ACTION ON MATTERS THAT ARE NOT LISTED ON TODAY'S AGENDA. ALL SPEAKERS ARE EXPECTED TO CONDUCT THEMSELVES RESPECTFULLY AND REFRAIN FROM DISRUPTING THE MEETING, INCLUDING BY MAKING THREATENING COMMENTS, INCITING VIOLENCE, USING PROFANE LANGUAGE, AND INTERFERING WITH OTHERS ABILITIES TO ATTEND, OBSERVE OR PARTICIPATE. PURSUANT TO THE CITY'S DISRUPTION POLICY, THE CITY, THE CHAIR OR CITY CLERK MAY WARN ANY DISRUPTIVE SPEAKER DISRUPTIVE SPEAKER THAT THE CONTINUED DISRUPTION MAY RESULT IN REMOVAL OR LIMITS ON PARTICIPATION IF THE DISRUPTION CONTINUES. AFTER A WARNING, THE CHAIR MAY DIRECT STAFF TO MUTE OR LIMIT THE SPEAKERS PARTICIPATION IF REMOTE, OR REMOVE THE SPEAKER FROM THE MEETING ROOM. IF ATTENDING IN PERSON, MOVE ON TO A ROLL CALL. COMMISSIONER ODORICO PRESENT COMMISSIONER FONSECA, PRESENT COMMISSIONER MURILLO, PRESENT VICE CHAIRPERSON TORRES, PRESENT ALTERNATE COMMISSIONER AMBRIZ, PRESENT AND CHAIRPERSON LAURA IS ABSENT. ALL RIGHT. SO WE'RE MOVING ON TO APPROVAL OF

[Approval of Agenda]

[Approval Of The Minutes]

PLANNING COMMISSION MEETINGS. JULY MEETING MINUTES JULY 15TH, 2026. DO I HAVE A MOTION? I MOVE TO MOTION FOR THOSE PARTICULAR MINUTES. I'LL SECOND. ALL RIGHT. MOVING ON TO WRITTEN COMMUNICATION. DO WE HAVE A ROLL CALL? OH, SORRY. I'M SO SORRY. OKAY. COMMISSIONER DORKA.

YES, COMMISSIONER FONSECA. YES, COMMISSIONER MURILLO, AM I ALLOWED TO VOTE? YES? COMMISSIONER AMBRIZ? YES. AND VICE CHAIRPERSON TORRES. YES. MOTION CARRIES. ALL RIGHT. MY

[Written Communications]

[Public Comments (Non-Agenda Items)]

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MR. MOLINA WE'RE GOING TO WE'RE GOING TO ASK THAT. MR. MOLINA, WE CANNOT HEAR YOU AT THIS TIME.

WE ARE GOING THROUGH NON-AGENDA PUBLIC ITEMS AT PUBLIC COMMENT AT THIS TIME. AND IT SEEMS LIKE YOU MAY BE MAKING A COMMENT ON AN AGENDA ITEM. WE WILL GET TO THAT ONCE WE OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING. AT THIS TIME, YOU MAY CUT HIM OFF AND HE CAN MAKE HIS PUBLIC COMMENT ONCE WE GET TO THAT AGENDA ITEM. THANK YOU. WE'RE GOING TO DO A NONPUBLIC. I'LL DO A NON-AGENDA COMMENT THEN. WE CAN'T HEAR YOU. MR. MOLINA, CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? NO. IT CUTS OFF WHEN YOU GET BETTER RECEPTION. YOU CAN MAKE A PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE AGENDA ITEM, BUT AT THIS TIME IT SEEMS THAT YOU ARE NOT ABLE TO. ARE THERE ANY MORE PUBLIC COMMENTS? NO. OKAY. I'M CLOSING PUBLIC COMMENT AT 6:07 P.M. OKAY. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO REPORTS AND REQUESTS. ARE THERE ANY. THERE ARE NONE. OKAY. NOW WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO NON HEARING ITEMS. THERE'S NONE

[Public Hearing Calendar (Quasi-Judicial)]

AR NUMBER 2507 AND D A NUMBER 25-014. BACKGROUND. THE APPLICANT IS RELEVANT.

COACHELLA OWNER LLC. THE CITY APPLICATION DATE WAS JULY 7TH, 2025. THE APPLICATION TYPE INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING ENTITLEMENTS. A TENTATIVE TRACK MAP. TWO ZONING ORDINANCE AMENDMENTS. TWO CONDITIONAL USE PERMITS, AN ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW, AND A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT. THE SITE IS LOCATED IN THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF AVENUE 52 AND VAN BUREN STREET AT THE APN LISTED THERE. IT IS, AS SHOWN, HIGHLIGHTED IN RED ON THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF VAN BUREN STREET AND AVENUE 52, THE PROJECT SITE. THE GENERAL PLAN DESIGNATION IS. REGIONAL RETAIL

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TO CONTINUE, THERE IS CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT NUMBER 3396 TO APPROVE THE PROPOSED BARS AND COCKTAIL LOUNGES, LIQUOR SALES AND SPECIAL EVENT ESTABLISHMENT USES FOR THE PROJECT. THE SPECIAL EVENT ESTABLISHMENT USES WOULD INCLUDE EVENT SPACES WITHIN THE RESORT AREA, HOTEL AND RESORT, INCLUDING THE EVENT BARN AND OUTDOOR DJ ISLAND, AS WELL AS THE COMMERCIAL AREA BEACH CLUB. THE OTHER CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT IS TO CONDITIONALLY APPROVE THE SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL USE FOR THE PROJECT. THE ZONING TEXT AMENDMENT MUST BE APPROVED FOR THE CUP TO BE APPROVED, SO THE ZONING ORDINANCE AMENDMENT ALLOWS FOR SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL WITH A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT, AND THIS IS THAT CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT FOR ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW. NUMBER 2507 IS TO APPROVE THE PROPOSED BUILDING SITE PLAN AND ASSOCIATED STRUCTURES AND IMPROVEMENTS. THE ZONING TEXT AMENDMENT MUST BE APPROVED FOR THE AR TO BE APPROVED FOR THOSE SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL UNITS. AND ALSO INCLUDED IS THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT NUMBER 25-01 TO APPROVE THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT FOR THE PROJECT FOR STREET IMPROVEMENTS ON AVENUE 52 HIGHLIGHTED THERE, THERE WILL BE A RAISED MEDIAN, TWO TRAVEL LANES, A BIKE LANE AND A 30 FOOT COMMON AREA FOR VAN BUREN STREET. THEY WILL BE REQUIRED TO MAKE IMPROVEMENTS THAT INCLUDE A RAISED MEDIAN, THREE TRAVEL LANES, ONE BIKE LANE AND A 30 FOOT COMMON AREA, AND FOR CALHOUN STREET, IT WILL BE REQUIRED TO INCLUDE A PAINTED MEDIAN WITH TWO TRAVEL LANES, ONE BIKE LANE AND A 30 FOOT COMMON AREA, AS REQUIRED BY THE CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL FOR THE SITE. SO THOSE AREAS HIGHLIGHTED IN BLACK THERE OF THE STREETS, THOSE ARE THE STREET SECTIONS THAT ARE FRONTING THE PROJECT THAT WILL BE IMPROVED FOR THE PROJECT SITE. AND HERE IS A LOOK AT THE THE COMMON AREA FOR ALL PERIMETER STREETS. SO CALHOUN STREET AND VAN BUREN STREET WILL HAVE TWO ROWS OF PALMS, PALM TREES AND AVENUE 52 WILL HAVE A MIXTURE OF PALM TREES AND SHADE TREES. SO THESE COMMON AREAS, AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, ARE 30 FOOT COMMON AREAS, AND THEY INCLUDE A SEPARATED SIDEWALK DESIGN AND EQUESTRIAN TRAIL DESIGN, WHICH INCLUDES A DG EQUESTRIAN PATH AND AN EQUESTRIAN FENCE, AND ALSO LANDSCAPE LIGHTING. FOR PARKING. THE PARKING FOR THE PROJECT PROVIDES A TOTAL OF 951 PARKING SPACES, INCLUDING 202 SPACES FOR RESIDENTIAL USES, 428 SPACES FOR THE HOTEL AND 321 SPACES FOR THE BEACH CLUB. RESIDENTIAL PARKING WILL BE PROVIDED THROUGH A COMBINATION OF ENCLOSED GARAGES AND OFF STREET PARKING SPACES. HOTEL PARKING WILL BE PROVIDED THROUGH A COMBINATION OF SURFACE PARKING, EMPLOYEE PARKING AND A TWO LEVEL UNDERGROUND PARKING STRUCTURE, AND FOR THAT BEACH CLUB COMMERCIAL AREA, PARKING WILL BE PROVIDED THROUGH A TWO STORY ABOVE GROUND PARKING STRUCTURE.

SO DEPICTED ON THE TOP IS A DEPICTION OF THE FLOOR PLAN FOR THAT UNDERGROUND PARKING STRUCTURE IN THE RESORT AREA. AND THE IMAGE BELOW IS A FLOOR PLAN OF THE TWO STORY ABOVE GROUND PARKING STRUCTURE FOR THE COMMERCIAL BEACH CLUB AREA. TO CONTINUE, STAFF ANALYZE THE PROPOSED PARKING AND FOUND THAT THERE WERE A TOTAL OF 183 REMAINING PARKING SPACES FOR THE COMMERCIAL AREA AND 48 REMAINING SPACES FOR THE RESORT AREA, AS REQUIRED BY THE CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL OF THIS PROJECT. PRIOR TO ISSUANCE OF A CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY FOR THE BEACH CLUB COMMERCIAL AREA, THE APPLICANT SHALL EXECUTE A SIGNED AND NOTARIZED OFF SITE PARKING AGREEMENT, COMPLETE REQUIRED OFF SITE PARKING IMPROVEMENTS OR IMPLEMENT OTHER EQUIVALENT MEASURES TO THE SATISFACTION OF THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR AND CITY ENGINEER. THIS IS TO ENSURE THAT PARKING IS COMPLETELY ADDRESSED FOR THE PROJECT PRIOR TO ISSUANCE OF THE CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY. AS I MENTIONED, TO CONTINUE THE PROJECT WILL INCLUDE COMMUNITY BENEFIT & ASPECTS SO INCLUDED IN THOSE COMMUNITY COMMUNITY BENEFIT ASPECTS ARE A RESTAURANT, BAR, BEACH, CLUB, LAGOON AND COMMERCIAL AREAS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. A FARMERS MARKET WHERE LOCAL FARMERS AND RANCHERS CAN SELL THEIR PRODUCE. LOCAL ARTISTS WILL BE ABLE TO SELL THEIR ARTWORK ON SITE LOCAL CARDS FOR RESIDENTS FOR DISCOUNTED RATES AND ACCESS TO RESORT AMENITIES, COMMERCIAL USES AND ENTERTAINMENT USES.

THERE WILL ALSO BE PRIORITY ACCESS FOR RESIDENTS ON SITE. ALSO, THERE WILL BE A PARTNERSHIP WITH COACHELLA VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL AND COLLEGE OF THE DESERT FOR INTERNSHIP OPPORTUNITIES AND JOB TRAINING FOR LOCAL STUDENTS, FOR EXAMPLE, HOSPITALITY MANAGEMENT,

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SO IT WOULD BE AFTER PHASE ONE COMPLETE CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY AND THEN THE FIRST TOT REMITTANCE, THERE WOULD BE A SHARING 5050 SPLIT ABOVE THE ANNUAL PRIORITY. THE. DURING PHASE ONE, THE CITY WOULD KEEP ALL OF THE FIRST $1 MILLION IN TOTAL REVENUES. AFTER PHASE TWO, IT WOULD KEEP THE FIRST 1.5 MILLION. AND AFTER PHASE THREE. THE CITY WOULD KEEP THE FIRST $2 MILLION. THEN IT WOULD BE A 5050 SPLIT. THERE IS A LIFETIME CAP OF $25 MILLION, OR THE 15 YEAR TERM, WHICHEVER COMES FIRST. THERE IS NO PILOT INCLUDED OR PAYMENT IN LIEU OF TAXES. BUT THE CITY GETS A RIGHT TO THE FIRST MILLION, MILLION AND A HALF OR 2 MILLION THAT COME IN, AND TRANSIENT OCCUPANCY TAX. THE TOT REVENUE OUTLOOK FOR 20 YEARS. THE CITY HAS A 13% RATE ON SHORT TERM RENTALS, AND FOR THE HOTEL ORDINANCE, IT SAYS 9%. THERE WAS A RESOLUTION THAT WAS PASSED BY COUNCIL, BUT IT HAS NOT BEEN UPDATED IN CODE YET TO MAKE THAT 13%. SO WE RAN SCENARIOS UNDER BOTH METHODS. AND IF THE PROJECT WERE TO RECOUP AT THE 13% TOT RATE, ASSUMING THE THE OCCUPANCY RATES OF AROUND 70%, THE CITY WOULD MAKE IN 20 YEARS ABOUT $329 MILLION IN TRANSIENT OCCUPANCY TAX. THAT COMES UP TO APPROXIMATELY 7.5 MILLION PER YEAR, OR I'M SORRY, 12, 12.5 MILLION PER YEAR. AND AT THE 9% RATE, THE CITY WOULD HAVE 220 MILLION. AND SO OVER 20 YEARS IT WOULD BE ABOUT 10 MILLION.

SO EITHER WAY, THE $25 MILLION CAP SHOULD BE FULFILLED BY AROUND YEAR SIX OR YEAR SEVEN.

AND AFTER THAT, THE CITY WOULD KEEP 100% OF TOT FOR THE BALANCE OF THE TERM. THE BOTTOM LINE FOR THE CITY, THE BENEFITS ARE NET RECURRING GENERAL FUND SURPLUS OF ROUGHLY 17.9 MILLION A YEAR AT BUILD OUT POSITIVE. EVEN IF TRANSIENT OCCUPANCY TAX FELL TO ZERO, THE ASSESSED VALUATION WOULD INCREASE BY ABOUT $1 BILLION, INCREASING PROPERTY TAXES AND PROPERTY TAX IN LIEU. THE CITY RETAINS 92 TO 93 OF TOTAL TRANSIENT OCCUPANCY TAX COLLECTED OVER THE AGREEMENT'S LIFE. ONCE THE DEVELOPER CAP FINDS NO NO PAYMENT IN LIEU OF TAX EXPOSURE, THE CITY CARRIES NO OBLIGATION IF TRANSIENT OCCUPANCY TAX UNDERPERFORMS. SOME CONSIDERATIONS PROPERTY TAX, SALES TAX AND VALUATION FIGURES. OUR DEVELOPER PROVIDED ESTIMATES NOT YET REALIZED REVENUE. WE DID LOOK AT WHAT OUR PERCENTAGE IS, BUT THIS IS STILL BASED ON PROJECTIONS THAT THE CALCULATIONS WERE DONE ON SERVICE COSTS. POLICE PUBLIC WORKS WOULD SCALE WITH THE ACTUAL PROJECT. NOT THEY WOULDN'T HAPPEN UNLESS THE

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ALL RIGHT. NOW I'LL OPEN UP. AT THIS TIME, YOU CAN INVITE THE APPLICANT UP TO GIVE THEIR PRESENTATION. OR YOU COULD OPEN THE PUBLIC COMMENT TO ALLOW FOR COMMENTS. I'LL HAVE THE APPLICANT COME UP TO PRESENT THEIR PRESENTATION FIRST. THANKS. HELLO EVERYBODY. I'M REALLY EXCITED TO BE HERE TODAY TO SHOW YOU THREE YEARS OF BLOOD, SWEAT AND TEARS. WE'RE VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT THIS PROJECT, SO I HOPE OUR PRESENTATION EMULATES THAT.

FIRST AND FOREMOST, I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE THE DEVELOPMENT TEAM FIRST. I'M GRANT KING AND I MOVED HERE ABOUT A YEAR AGO. FELL IN LOVE WITH THE DESERT 40 YEARS AGO. WHEN I STARTED FIRST COMING HERE, I GOT MARRIED OUT HERE. I HAD A HOUSE YEARS AGO HERE. SO I REALLY FELL IN LOVE WITH IT AND PLANNED TO BE OUT HERE FOR THE REST OF MY DAYS. NEXT, I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE ISABEL. RONDA. MUY BUENAS TARDES A TODOS MI NOMBRE ES ISABEL. RONDA, SOY DE ESPANA, LLEVO CALIFORNIA EN ESTE PROYECTO DESDE EL DIA. UNO PARA ES UN HONOR ESTAR AQUI. HOY Y PODER PRESENTAR ESTE EL PROYECTO LLEVAMOS TANTO TIEMPO TRABAJANDO YA CON TENGO UN POCO DE ACENTO EN INGLÉS. ENTONCES ME PUEDEN COMPRENDER Y THANK YOU. I'M GOING TO PASS IT TO SCOTT. HI. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME TONIGHT. I APPRECIATE YOU ALL COMING OUT HERE. MY NAME IS SCOTT BARRICK. I'M ONE OF THE PARTNERS AT COVA. FUN FACT I DID LIVE OUT HERE IN MIDDLE SCHOOL. SO I ACTUALLY WAS A MEMBER OF THE OF THE COMMUNITY AT ONE POINT IN MY YOUNGER YEARS. I'M FAR PAST THAT NOW. WE'RE REALLY EXCITED THAT YOU'RE GIVING US AN OPPORTUNITY TONIGHT, AT LEAST TO GIVE A VOICE TO ALL THE ALL THE WORK THAT WE'VE DONE. WE THINK WE'VE GOT A PROJECT THAT WILL REALLY BENEFIT THE COMMUNITY. NO PROJECT IS PERFECT. EVERY PROJECT IS IMPERFECT. BUT I THINK ONCE ONCE WE'RE DONE, I THINK WE'LL HAVE PAINTED A PICTURE THAT HOPEFULLY WILL RESONATE WITH YOU AND THE COMMUNITY. I'M GOING TO INTRODUCE ONE MORE PARTNER, ONE NOTE A GOOD PROJECT IS ONLY AS GOOD AS ITS TEAM. YOU NEED STRONG LOCAL PARTNERS. AND SO WE HAVE A FRIEND HERE, TONY FILBERT, WHO IS ACTUALLY HELPING US WITH OUR COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND PART OF OUR CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT. AND TONY, WOULD YOU MIND COMING UP FOR INTRODUCING YOURSELF? THANKS, TONY. TONY. WITH STATEWIDE, I'VE BEEN PART OF THE COMMUNITY LITERALLY ALL MY LIFE SINCE I WAS TWO YEARS OLD, BORN IN MEXICALI, COACHELLA VALLEY, ALL MY LIFE. AT FIRST I WAS KIND OF SKEPTICAL ABOUT THE PROJECT. THERE WAS A COUPLE QUESTIONS THAT WE HAD, BUT WE KIND OF WENT THROUGH IT, TALKED ABOUT POWER, WATER. I THINK EVERYBODY'S GOING TO BE OKAY AND KIND OF UNDERSTAND WHERE WE'RE COMING FROM, AND WE'RE HERE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS AND CONCERNS AND JUST SO THAT EVERYBODY'S KIND OF FOR IT. THAT'S MY MY SIDE. I'M IN CONSTRUCTION. I'M FOR MY PEOPLE HERE IN THE COACHELLA VALLEY AND I WANT TO SEE SOMETHING, SOMETHING BEAUTIFUL HERE. SO ANY QUESTIONS? WE'RE HERE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. FIRST AND FOREMOST, I WANT TO TELL YOU OUR JOURNEY TO NAME THE PROJECT. THAT WAS INTERESTING. WE HIRED A BIG

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WE WANT TO BRING THE INVESTMENT BACK TO COACHELLA SO COACHELLA CAN BENEFIT, NOT THE SURROUNDING CITIES. HERE'S OUR MASTER PLAN. FIRST AND FOREMOST, I WANT TO ADDRESS THAT. THIS PROJECT IS COMPLETELY OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. IT'S NOT JUST THE SIX ACRE BEACH CLUB, BUT ALSO THE ENTIRE RESORT IS WELCOME TO THE PUBLIC. AND THAT'S A REALLY IMPORTANT PART THAT WE WANT TO EVERYBODY TO UNDERSTAND. THERE'S LOTS OF DIFFERENT THINGS GOING ON HERE, AS YOU CAN SEE. BUT THE IMPORTANT PART IS THAT WE'RE 87 ACRES. AS YOU CAN SEE, WE'RE ON 52 BETWEEN CALHOUN AND VAN BUREN. WE HAVE 402 UNITS. WE HAVE PART HOTEL AND PART FOR SALE HOUSING. ALL OF IT WILL BE IN IN THE RENTAL POOL, WHERE THE HOTEL GROUP WILL MANAGE NOT ONLY THE HOTEL, BUT ALL THE BRANDED RESIDENCES. OUR BIG FEATURE IS A NINE ACRE LAGOON WHERE WE HAVE PLAN ON DOING LOTS OF ACTIVITIES. WE'RE A MIXED USE RESORT COMMUNITY. WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, THE PUBLIC BEACH CLUB, RESTAURANTS, EVENTS AND A LOT OF DIFFERENT AMENITIES HERE. ONE OF THE CROWN JEWELS OF OUR PROJECT IS THIS BEACH CLUB RESTAURANT AREA THEATER EVENTS. AS YOU CAN SEE, WE CHOSE THE AGAVE PLANT TO HIGHLIGHT THE TOP OF THE BEACH CLUB. IT'S A DESERT FLOWER, BUT THERE'S THERE'S A LOT OF STUFF GOING ON HERE THAT WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT. POTENTIAL USES, INCREDIBLE THEATERS WE COULD PUT ON PERFORMANCES, CULTURAL ART, FARMER'S MARKET, MUSIC, RESTAURANTS, POP UP RETAIL, CHARITY EVENTS. ALL THIS CAN BE HAD IN THIS ONE AREA, AND IT'S TRULY A MELTING POT FOR THE COMMUNITY TO ENJOY. THIS IS THE NUCLEUS OF OF THE PROJECT IS THE VILLAGE THIS CHARMING, REALLY GREAT PLACE FOR THE COMMUNITY TO MEET? WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TONS OF RETAIL HERE. WE'LL PRIORITIZE LOCAL BUSINESSES. WE HAVE COFFEE SHOPS, GENERAL STORES. HEALTH AND WELLNESS IS GOING TO BE A BIG COMPONENT OF OF WHAT WE'RE DOING THE CLUBHOUSE. BUT TRULY, THIS IS THE AREA WHERE YOU WANT TO WAKE UP IN THE MORNING AND GO TO AND MEET PEOPLE, NOT ONLY IN THE MORNING, BUT ALSO AT NIGHT. IF YOU CAN IMAGINE SITTING UNDER THE STARS WITH YOUR FRIENDS AND FAMILY IN THIS BEAUTIFUL SETTING, VERY ENCHANTING. AND WE'RE VERY PROUD OF THIS. SO WE LOVE THIS. LOTS OF DIFFERENT PRODUCT TYPE, LOTS OF HOTEL, LOTS OF CONDO. WE REALLY ARE HAPPY WITH THE DESIGN, BUT THIS IS THE CONDO HOTEL AND THIS IS KIND OF THE THE RESIDENTIAL COMPONENTS. BUT YES, THERE'S A LOT OF UNITS THAT ARE FOR SALE AND FOR RENT HERE. NEXT I WANT TO BRING UP. ISABEL. HI. I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE WATER, WHICH IS I'M SURE IS THE MAIN CONCERN THIS COMMUNITY HAS RIGHT NOW. AND IT'S IN EVERYBODY'S MINDS IN THIS ROOM. SO THE CURRENT SITE HAS IS FOR AGRICULTURAL USE. SO IT HAS DATE PALMS AND GRAPES. AND THE CURRENT WATER DEMAND IS ABOUT 478 ACRE FEET PER YEAR.

SO AS I MENTIONED, WE DID A WATER SUPPLY ASSESSMENT FOR THIS PROJECT. AND OUR ESTIMATED DEMAND IS AROUND 269 ACRE FEET PER YEAR. SO WE ARE TALKING ABOUT ALMOST HALF THE WATER OF TODAY'S FARMLAND. WHEN YOU COMPARE THE TWO NUMBERS. YOU PROBABLY NOTICE OUR MAIN

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ON THE ON THE POWER PART, WHICH WE KNOW IS ALSO AN ISSUE HERE. WE'VE BEEN IN CONVERSATIONS WITH THE CITY, AND WE WANT TO WE ARE GOING TO BE MAKING A CONTRIBUTION TOWARDS THE NEW SUBSTATION THAT IS GOING TO BE AROUND $15 MILLION. WE DO HAVE A WILL SERVE LETTER FROM ID, AND AGAIN, THIS IS GOING TO BE A PROJECT FUNDED INFRASTRUCTURE. IT WON'T BE FUNDED BY EXISTING RESIDENTS. REGARDING THE CONSTRUCTION TIMELINE, WE'LL HAVE THREE DIFFERENT PHASES.

TOTAL ESTIMATED AROUND SIX YEARS WILL BEGIN CONSTRUCTION ON Q1 2028 FOR PHASE ONE, WHICH WILL TAKE APPROXIMATELY THREE YEARS, WILL DO ALL THE PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE, ALL THE AMENITIES, THE BEACH CLUB AND AROUND 167 UNITS, AND THE REST OF THE UNITS WILL BE BUILT ON THE NEXT TWO PHASES. THAT WILL BE IN TOTAL AROUND THREE YEARS. AND I'M GOING TO PASS IT TO.

THANKS. THANK YOU AGAIN. SO BETWEEN ADRIAN AND LINCOLN, I THINK YOU'VE HEARD A LOT ABOUT THE PROJECT, SO I'LL TRY NOT TO BORE YOU. I'LL KEEP IT A LITTLE BIT HIGHER LEVEL. SO THE WAY WE THINK ABOUT THIS, IT'S BUILT WITH COACHELLA FOR THE FUTURE OF COACHELLA. AND WE REALLY DO BELIEVE THAT. AND I HOPE BY THE END OF MY TIME HERE, I CAN SHOW YOU SOME OF THE PRACTICAL THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING TO REALLY BECOME GOOD NEIGHBORS. AND I THINK YOU'LL SEE THAT WE PUT A LOT OF ENERGY INTO THIS, AND THE BENEFITS COULD BE FAIRLY SIGNIFICANT FOR THE COMMUNITY. SO MY HISTORY, I HAVE HAD A LOT OF HISTORY AND EXPERIENCE IN THE SUSTAIN THE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT WORLD, STARTING BACK IN MY 20S, WHICH WAS A LONG TIME AGO. AND WE BELIEVE THAT SUSTAINABILITY REALLY ENCOMPASSES A LOT OF AREAS. IT ENCOMPASSES THE ENVIRONMENT, THE COMMUNITY, AND SHARED PROSPERITY. AND SO TODAY, I'M GOING TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT SOME OF THESE KEY TENETS AND GIVE YOU SPECIFIC EXAMPLES OF HOW EACH OF THESE ARE BUILT INTO OUR PROJECT AND HOW IT'S ACTUALLY PART OF OUR DNA SO THAT WE CREATE AND FOSTER BETTER COMMUNITY. AND HOPEFULLY EVERYBODY WINS WHEN WE WIN. SO TO START OFF, ISABEL ALREADY MENTIONED THAT WE'RE SPENDING ABOUT $30 MILLION OF OUR OWN DOLLARS ON GENERAL INFRASTRUCTURE. SO THAT MEANS WE WILL NOT BE A BURDEN ON THE CITY, BUT WE'RE ALSO SPENDING AN ADDITIONAL 40 MILLION ON ON POWER. AND WHEN I SAY BUY POWER, IT MEANS WE'RE BUILDING OUT SOME SYSTEMS ON THE PROJECT, INCLUDING A GEOTHERMAL SYSTEM, A MICROGRID AND PASSIVE DESIGN.

AND SO IN TOTAL, THAT'S ABOUT $70 MILLION OF IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE WILL BUILD INTO OUR PROJECT THAT WILL BEAUTIFY THE AREA, BUT ALSO LOWER OUR POWER, LOWER THE POWER CONSUMPTION FOR THE CITY. AND AGAIN, TRYING NOT TO BE A BURDEN, BUT A BENEFIT. SO I WON'T I WON'T GO INTO THE TECHNICAL SIDE OF THIS, BUT THIS. SO WE DO HAVE THAT LAGOON AND WE DO HAVE HOUSES AND GEOTHERMAL IS A REALLY INTERESTING AND UNIQUE WAY OF, OF HEATING THE LAGOON IN THE WINTER AND COOLING THE HOUSES IN THE HEAT OF THE SUMMER BY USING THE, THE TEMPERATE, THE TEMPERATE TEMPERATURE OF, OF THE BASICALLY OF THE GROUND. RIGHT. AND SO YOU RUN WATER THROUGH PIPES AND IT BASICALLY ACTS AS A HEAT EXCHANGE. I DON'T KNOW OF ANY OTHER PROJECT

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BECAUSE WE HAVE THIS SYSTEM ON. WE BELIEVE THAT WE'LL ONLY NEED TO USE ABOUT 50% OF THAT SUBSTATION. SO. SO BASICALLY WE'RE EASING THE LOAD ON ID. AND EVERY KILOWATT THAT WE DON'T USE IS A KILOWATT THAT WE'VE PAID FOR, FOR THE CITY. AND THAT'S JUST OUR WAY OF BEING GOOD NEIGHBORS. SO COMBINED, WE HAVE A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT. I JUST WANT YOU TO UNDERSTAND THAT WE REALLY TAKE THE POWER SIDE VERY, VERY SERIOUSLY BECAUSE WE KNOW IN MOST COMMUNITIES RIGHT NOW THAT'S A HOT BUTTON ISSUE. AND AS IT SHOULD BE, AND WE'RE ACTUALLY DOING SOMETHING ABOUT IT FROM A, FROM A CAPITAL AND AN INFRASTRUCTURE PERSPECTIVE.

I WON'T GO TOO MUCH INTO THIS, BUT THIS IS SORT OF THE THE SUSTAINABLE GREEN BUILDING. WE COULDN'T BE SUSTAINABLE PROJECT WITHOUT BUILDING GREEN. SO THE HOMES WILL ALL HAVE SORT OF SMART SYSTEMS IN THEM, HEALTHY MATERIALS. AND WE HAVE A TWO AND A HALF WAS MENTIONED EARLIER, I BELIEVE ADRIAN WENT INTO THIS DETAIL, BUT WE HAVE A TWO AND A HALF ACRE WATER RETENTION STORMWATER RETENTION TANK THAT CAN BE USED FOR AGRICULTURE. SO AGAIN, WE UNDERSTAND THAT WATER AND POWER ARE BOTH REALLY IMPORTANT FOR THE COMMUNITY IN TERMS OF CONSERVATION. AND WE BELIEVE WE'VE DONE ALMOST EVERYTHING WE CAN FROM A DESIGN AND ENGINEERING PERSPECTIVE AND FROM A WILLINGNESS PERSPECTIVE TO FUND THAT FOR THE BETTERMENT OF OUR PROJECT IN THE COMMUNITY. OKAY, BACKWARDS. OKAY. THIS IS THE PART I'M THE MOST EXCITED ABOUT. AND SO, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, WE'VE SEEN SOME OF THE COMMENTS THAT HAVE COME OUT AND WE'RE, LOOK, WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE GREAT LISTENERS. AND WE UNDERSTAND, AS I MENTIONED, NO PROJECT IS PERFECT, BUT THERE HAS BEEN SOME THERE HAVE BEEN SOME COMMENTS IN THERE ABOUT THIS IS ANOTHER CLOSED PROJECT. AND I WANT TO KIND OF DISPEL THAT A LITTLE BIT, BECAUSE IT'S REALLY NOT ANY. THE DNA OF OUR PROJECT IS REALLY ABOUT SOCIALIZATION, ABOUT BUILDING COMMUNITY, ABOUT THE CONNECTION FROM OUR GUESTS AND WITH THE LOCAL COMMUNITY WHERE A LOT OF THESE, LIKE HIGH END RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITIES, THEY'RE CLOSED GATES. YOU CAN'T GO IN IF YOU DON'T OWN A MEMBERSHIP, IF YOU DON'T OWN A HOUSE LIKE A GOLF MEMBERSHIP, OR IF YOU DON'T OWN A HOUSE IN THERE, YOU CAN'T GO IN THERE. AND SO WE'RE THE OPPOSITE. AND SO THIS IS JUST A SAMPLE OF SOME OF THE WAYS THAT ANYBODY CAN ENJOY THE PROJECT. AND SO IT REALLY IS OPEN TO PUBLIC IN THE MAIN, IN THE MAIN SECTION, THE RESIDENTIAL SECTION, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE RESTAURANTS AND BARS. WE HAVE THAT VILLAGE COMPONENT THAT THAT GRANT MENTIONED EARLIER. WE'RE GOING TO, WE'RE GOING TO INVITE LOCAL LOCAL BUSINESSES TO BE PART THE HOTEL. YOU CAN RENT A HOTEL ROOM AND COME IN AND USE EVERYTHING. THE, THE RESIDENTIAL, ALL THE RESIDENCES WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR SHORT TERM RENTAL. ANYBODY CAN RENT THOSE. AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S CALLED THE BEACH CLUB. BUT I ACTUALLY LIKE TO THINK OF IT AS THE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER. AND WHAT I THINK IS MOST EXCITING ABOUT THAT IS THAT'S AN AREA WHERE WE CAN HAVE A WEEKEND FARMER'S MARKET. WE CAN BRING IN THE LOCAL FARMERS AND THE LOCAL HANDICRAFTS AND LOCAL BUSINESSES, AND PROMOTE AND HAVE INTERACTION BETWEEN GUESTS AND, AND LOCALS. YOU KNOW, ALSO THE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER IS GREAT TOO, BECAUSE WE CAN DO CHARITY EVENTS, MUSIC, ART, COMEDY. IT'S SOMETHING THAT WILL RUN ALMOST YEAR ROUND. SO IT'S NOT SOMETHING WE'LL DO IN SEASONS, BUT WE WANT THAT REALLY TO BE OPEN TO PUBLIC.

AND THAT'S OUR MAIN OPEN TO PUBLIC VENUE. AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, WE'RE GOING TO BUILD WHAT WE CALL SORT OF A COACHELLA LOCALS CARD. WE'LL COME UP WITH A FANCIER NAME, BUT CONCEPTUALLY, WHAT IT IS, IS IT'LL IT'LL PROVIDE ANYBODY WITH AN ADDRESS IN THE CITY OF COACHELLA WITH DISCOUNTS ON MOST, IF NOT ALL OF THESE VENUES. AND SO AGAIN, IT'S JUST ANOTHER LITTLE WAY OF, OF THAT, THAT WE CAN GIVE BACK TO THE COMMUNITY AND MAKE THE COMMUNITY FEEL LIKE THEY'VE, THEY'VE BEEN RESPECTED AND HEARD AND THEY'RE ACTUALLY PART OF THIS COMMUNITY. AND THAT'S A DIFFERENTIAL WE THINK, WITH OUR PROJECT. THIS IS AGAIN, LINCOLN

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EVEN IF WE WERE IF THE PROJECT WAS A TOTAL DISASTER, WHICH WE WILL, WE HOPE IT WILL NOT BE.

BUT EVEN IF IT WAS AND WE WERE HALF OF THAT REVENUE, THAT'S STILL $150 MILLION THAT GOES TO THE CITY. AND SO WE BELIEVE THAT EVERY CITY NEEDS A COMBINATION OF PROJECTS. SOME PROJECTS ARE MAYBE FITTED FOR ONE PART OF THE COMMUNITY. SOME PROJECTS ACTUALLY HAVE TO GENERATE REVENUE FOR THE CITY. AND WE HOPE THAT YOU UNDERSTAND THAT, THAT THIS PROJECT WILL HAVE A VERY, VERY SOON AFTER WE OPEN. WE'LL HAVE IMMEDIATE BENEFITS AND TANGIBLE BENEFITS FOR THE CITY AND THE COMMUNITY. IN ADDITION TO THAT, JOBS, VERY BIG, VERY IMPORTANT PART, RIGHT? WE'RE NOT A CLOSED COMMUNITY. WE'RE AN OPEN WE HAVE LOTS OF RETAIL. WE HAVE LOTS OF EVENTS.

WE HAVE 7500 JOB YEARS CREATED IN JUST SIX YEARS OF CONSTRUCTION THAT WE HAVE, WHICH IS QUITE SIGNIFICANT. WE ALSO HAVE 330 PERMANENT JOBS THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE. AND MIND YOU, THAT 330 DOES NOT INCLUDE THE ACTUAL PERFORMING ARTS AND THE PERFORMING ARTS IN THE BEACH AREA. THAT COULD BE ANOTHER 150 AT LEAST. THERE'S THERE'S SEVERAL RESTAURANTS IN THERE. AND SO JUST SO YOU KNOW, WHAT TYPES OF THESE WILL BE ANYTHING FROM HOSPITALITY, HOTEL MANAGEMENT, RESTAURANT CHEFS, PROPERTY MANAGEMENT AND THE LIKE. AND SO THESE ARE GOING TO BE REALLY GOOD JOBS. WE HAVE A PHENOMENAL HOTEL BRAND THAT WE'RE BRINGING ON BOARD. AND SO, AND ALSO, YOU KNOW, ISABEL AND WITH TONY'S HELP AS WELL, WE'VE BEEN REACHING OUT TO THE COLLEGE OF THE DESERT AND OTHER GROUPS THAT ARE BASICALLY HELPING US CONNECT INTO THE LOCAL CITY SO WE CAN DRAW FROM, FROM THE LOCAL COMMUNITY AND HOPEFULLY GET LONG TERM, YOU KNOW, TEAM MEMBERS. I THINK THAT IS ABOUT MINE. OH, THIS WILL PASS IT OFF.

SO THAT'S, THAT'S ALL FROM ME. I'M GOING TO PASS IT BACK TO ISABEL. SO WE WE'VE BEEN DOING COMMUNITY OUTREACH FOR THE PAST FEW MONTHS. SO AS MENTIONED, SOME OF IT AND WHAT WE REALLY WANT TO EMPHASIZE IS WE WANT TO HAVE EDUCATION PARTNERSHIPS SPECIFICALLY, ESPECIALLY FOR THE YOUNGER GENERATIONS. SO WE'VE BEEN TALKING TO THE COLLEGE OF THE DESERT FOR POTENTIAL INTERNSHIPS IN THIS PROJECT. AND YEAH, SO ALL TYPES OF EDUCATION PROGRAMS ALSO, WE WANT TO HAVE A CERTIFICATION FOR AUTISM. WE WANT TO BE INCLUSIVE. WE WANT TO MAKE PARTNERS. AS MENTIONED WITH WORKFORCE, TONY IS HELPING ON THAT. AND THEN WHEN IT COMES TO THE ENVIRONMENT AND AGRICULTURE, WE HAVE ABOUT 3000 PALM TREES ON SITE, AND WE WANT TO KEEP AS MANY AS THOSE AS WE CAN. BUT ALSO WE WANT TO MAKE PARTNERSHIPS WITH LOCAL FARMERS FOR THOSE FARM TO TABLE RESTAURANTS. WE WANT TO CONTINUE THOSE CONVERSATIONS TO SEE HOW WE CAN KEEP HELPING OR BUILDING THESE WITH THE COMMUNITY, NOT ON OUR OWN. OKAY, SO THIS IS THE LAST SLIDE, I PROMISE. SO I'LL LET YOU WE'LL LET YOU GUYS HAVE A BREAK. BUT I JUST WANTED TO KIND OF REITERATE, YOU KNOW, THE WAY THAT WE THINK ABOUT THIS IS WE'RE COMING HERE TO BE GOOD NEIGHBORS. WE KNOW IT'S YOUR COMMUNITY. WE HOPE THAT YOU'LL LET US BE PART OF YOUR COMMUNITY AND WE HOPE WE CAN GIVE BACK. WE ARE WE ARE REALLY GOOD LISTENERS AND WE ARE VERY DIFFERENT FROM FROM A LOT OF DEVELOPERS. WE DO BELIEVE WHAT WE SAY. AND I THINK HOPEFULLY YOU CAN KIND OF GET THAT FEEL, BUT IF I COULD LEAVE YOU WITH A FEW THINGS IS WE ARE INCLUSIVE, WE'RE OPEN TO PUBLIC. THAT IS A BIG DIFFERENCE FROM ALMOST EVERY OTHER RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITY. ALMOST IN THE VALLEY. WE CREATE A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF JOBS AND A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF REVENUE THAT THAT HAVE IMMEDIATE DIRECT BENEFITS FOR THE PEOPLE IN THE CITY. AND AT 300 PLUS MILLION DOLLAR POTENTIAL IN 20 YEARS IS IS REALLY SIGNIFICANT. AND WE'RE REALLY HAPPY TO SEE THAT WE WOULD LOVE NOTHING BETTER THAN TO SEE THE CITY GROW IN A POSITIVE WAY. AND THEN WATER AND POWER, WE UNDERSTAND THOSE ARE THOSE ARE SERIOUS ISSUES. EVERY COMMUNITY HAS THOSE ISSUES. WE TAKE IT REALLY SERIOUSLY. AND ON THE POWER SIDE, WE'RE PUTTING REAL DOLLARS TO WORK. AS I SAID, ALMOST $70 MILLION, BOTH ON INFRASTRUCTURE, WHICH INCLUDES A POWER STATION PLUS $40 MILLION FOR A MICROGRID AND OUR GEOTHERMAL, THAT IS A LOT MORE DOLLARS THAN YOU'LL ALMOST SEE ANY OTHER DEVELOPMENT COMPANY. AND WE DO THAT BECAUSE SUSTAINABILITY IS PART OF OUR DNA. IT'S NOT A TICK THE BOX. WE'RE NOT TRYING TO DO THAT TO SOUND NICE. WE WOULDN'T PUT THAT MUCH MONEY IN IT IF WE WEREN'T TRUE BELIEVERS. AND SO AND ON ON THE WATER SIDE, TO

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THE ANSWER IS WE WILL PAY FOR THAT. WE WILL. WE WILL PAY FOR OUR OWN FAIR SHARE SO THAT THAT DOES NOT BECOME A BURDEN ON THE CITY. AND SO I'M GOING TO LEAVE IT THERE. THE LAST I MEAN, ESSENTIALLY THE LAST THING I'D SAY IS THAT, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, WE'RE HERE TO BE GOOD NEIGHBORS.

WE BELIEVE DEEPLY THAT THAT OUR SUCCESS IS ONLY GOING TO HAPPEN IF, IF, IF WE WORK DIRECTLY WITH THE CITY AND THE COMMUNITY. AND THAT'S WHERE WE'RE GOING TO SEE ULTIMATE SUCCESS. AND IF WE'RE SUCCESSFUL, WE BELIEVE THAT THE COMMUNITY WILL BE SUCCESSFUL. SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME TODAY. MUCH APPRECIATED. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHTY. SO I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND OPEN UP PUBLIC COMMENT AT 7:02 P.M. CLAUDIA GOMEZ. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS CLAUDIA AND THIS IS MY FIRST TIME SPEAKING WITH THE IN FRONT OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION. I'M A LIFELONG RESIDENT OF THE COACHELLA VALLEY AND HAVE LIVED IN THE COACHELLA FOR ABOUT THREE YEARS. I'VE SEEN THIS VALLEY GROW AND CHANGE WITH THE REFLECTION OF OUR POPULATION.

ONE THING I'VE NOTICED MORE RECENTLY IS THE RISE OF LUXURY DEVELOPMENTS. WE'VE SEEN IT IN PLACES LIKE CASINO, THE BMW PERFORMANCE CENTER, AND THE UPCOMING THERMAL RANCH. WHAT DO YOU THINK OF WHEN YOU HEAR THE WORD LUXURY? I THINK OF MILLION DOLLAR HOUSES, HUGE SWIMMING LAGOONS, AND UPSCALE SHOPPING AND DINING, WHICH IS NICE, BUT THE. BUT NOT AFFORDABLE TO THE AVERAGE RESIDENT WHO LIVES YEAR ROUND IN THIS CITY. IN THE COACHELLA VALLEY, THE MEDIAN HOUSEHOLD INCOME IS $74,454. IN THE CITY OF COACHELLA, THAT DROPS TO $68,596. THE DATA SHOWS THAT THIS LUXURY DEVELOPMENT WILL DO NOTHING FOR THE AVERAGE CITIZENS LIKE MYSELF, WHO STRUGGLE TO EVEN FIND AN AFFORDABLE STUDIO THAT IS NOT IN SOMEONE'S GARAGE. OUR AREA, OUR AREAS NEED CALLS FOR MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR ITS YEAR ROUND CITIZENS, NOT LUXURY DEVELOPMENTS. THE AVERAGE COACHELLA CITIZEN WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO AFFORD THE POTENTIAL THE POTENTIAL BASE MODEL ALONE IN THIS RESORT. ON PAGE 149 OF THE SQL GUIDELINES REVIEW, IT STATES. ALTHOUGH THE PROJECT DOES INCLUDE RESIDENTIAL RESORTS AND RESORT COTTAGES, THE PROJECT PROPONENT HAS DETERMINED THAT THE MAJORITY OF THESE UNITS WOULD BE USED AS SECOND HOMES. TIMESHARES, SHORT TERM RENTALS, AND LONG TERM RENTAL PROPERTIES. WHAT GOOD DOES THAT DO WHEN TO THOSE ALREADY LOOKING FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING WITHIN THEIR BUDGET? FURTHERMORE, AS AN ENVIRONMENTALIST, IT'S CONCERNING TO READ THAT TODAY'S AGENDA THAT. TO READ FROM TODAY'S AGENDA THAT THIS DEVELOPMENT HAS SHOWN THAT THERE WOULD BE LESS THAN SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS THROUGHOUT THE SEQUEL REVIEW. ANOTHER REPORT STATES THAT IT WILL USE 73 MILLION GALLONS OF WATER A YEAR. THAT IS A RIDICULOUS AMOUNT OF WATER USAGE THAT CAN'T EVEN BE USED RECREATIONALLY. ALSO, CONSIDER THAT THAT CALIFORNIA IS EXPECTING A 20% DECREASE FROM COLORADO RIVER RESOURCES, THE PRIMARY SOURCE OF SUPPLY FOR POTABLE WATER FOR COACHELLA WATER AUTHORITY IS LOCAL GROUNDWATER. GROUNDWATER IS REPLENISHED THROUGH IMPORTED OR IMPORTED SUPPLIES FROM THE COLORADO RIVER. HOW CAN WE ENSURE OUR CITIZENS WILL HAVE LASTING ADEQUATE WATER RESOURCES? WHEN PROJECTS LIKE CULVER'S LAGOON WILL CONSUME LARGE AMOUNTS OF IT? LET'S FOCUS ON THE CURRENT AND FUTURE NEEDS OF YEAR ROUND COACHELLA RESIDENTS FIRST, NOT RICH LUXURY DEVELOPMENTS THAT WILL SET A PRECEDENT OF DEMOLISHING THE SMALL TOWN HERITAGE OF HARD WORKING RESIDENTS AND THE FUTURE OF OUR FAMILIES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. NEXT IS FRANCISCO MOLINA. ALL RIGHT. HI, EVERYBODY. MY NAME IS FRANCISCO MOLINA. I THINK MY BIGGEST CONCERN IS THAT COACHELLA IS IN A VULNERABLE STATE. OUR BUDGET IS AT AROUND 200,000 TO 300,000.

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APPARENTLY, HOWEVER, MANY PROJECTS HAVE BEEN UTTER FAILURES. THE MARIJUANA CAMPUS WAS A PONZI SCHEME WITH EXECUTIVE STAFF WHO KNEW WHO, WHO, WHO, WHO PUSHED FOR IT.

AND THEN IT COMES BACK IN 2019. IT ENDS UP BEING A PONZI SCHEME. AND THEN EXECUTIVE STAFF.

WILLIAM PATTINSON COMES BACK IN IN 20 2026, RECOMMENDS MUDA. AND I ALREADY PULLED THE CPR REQUEST. ROBERT NEWELL IS A PONZI SCHEMER AND HE CROSSED PATHS WITH A STRONGHOLD IN 2019.

SO THE CITY MUST HAVE KNOWN ABOUT IT. EXECUTIVE STAFF MUST HAVE KNOWN ABOUT IT, AND IF THEY SAY THEY DON'T, WHY NOT? ALL RIGHT. SO LET'S MOVE ON TO THE TECHNOLOGY CAMPUS, WHICH IS ALSO RELATED TO THE MARIJUANA CAMPUS. COMPLETE AND UTTER FAILURE. I'VE TALKED TO COACHELLA RESIDENTS AS I GO AROUND AND LISTEN TO PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE I'M CAMPAIGNING. AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT CAME UP THAT I DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT WAS THAT THERE'S ANOTHER FIELD PROJECT ON 56 AND CESAR CHAVEZ STREET. I THOUGHT IT WAS SOME BUSINESS WITH A BUNCH OF WOOD. THAT'S AN ABANDONED PROJECT TO SUPPOSED TO BE A HOTEL. SO I DON'T THINK THAT THE CITY HAS THE RESOURCES OR THE CAPABILITY TO ACTUALLY SEE A PROJECT LIKE THIS THROUGH, AND THAT'S WHY I DON'T THINK THAT WE SHOULD BE DOING SOMETHING LIKE THIS. BUT THERE'S MORE. THE BIGGER CONCERN IS THAT I DON'T THINK COACHELLA HAS LEARNED FROM THEIR PAST MISTAKES. THERE HAVE BEEN NO ORDINANCES OR MECHANISMS DESIGNED NOR DEPLOYED TO PROTECT COACHELLA FROM PONZI SCHEMERS OR BUSINESSES WITH LEGALLY CONCERNING BACKGROUNDS. I'VE ACTUALLY BROUGHT THIS ISSUE UP TO THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL, BUT IT'S FALLEN ON EMPTY EARS. A LOT OF THESE THINGS THAT THEY'RE PROMISING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, RENEWABLE, SUSTAINABLE ENERGY. COOL. NOT HERE. TAKE THAT TO RANCHO MIRAGE BECAUSE I DON'T THINK I'LL BE ABLE TO BUY A HOUSE IN THERE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THE NEXT SPEAKER IS ASH. ALL RIGHT. HELLO. MY NAME IS ASH HERE IN COACHELLA. WE SEE EVERY SINGLE DAY MORE AND MORE NEWS OF THE COLORADO RIVER. AND WE FEEL EVERY SINGLE YEAR THE RISING TEMPERATURES. THIS PROJECT IS JUST ILLOGICAL TO SLAP IN THE FACE TO THE RESIDENTS, ESPECIALLY TO SAY, BUILT WITH COACHELLA FOR THE FUTURE, FOR COACHELLA, AND TO SAY THAT THEY'RE VERY DIFFERENT FROM OTHER DEVELOPERS. I'VE HEARD SO MANY PROJECTS LIKE THIS I CAN NAME AT LEAST FIVE IN THE COACHELLA VALLEY THAT ARE EXACTLY LIKE THIS, WITH THE EXACT SAME PROMISES, BENEFITS OF JOBS, INTERNSHIPS, INFRASTRUCTURE THAT IS ACTUALLY JUST MEANT TO SERVE THEM. THE SIDEWALKS THEY'RE BUILDING ARE ONLY AROUND THEIR OWN PROJECT. THIS IS NOTHING NEW WHATSOEVER, ESPECIALLY CREATING YET ANOTHER EXCLUSIVE LUXURY BEACH LAGOON IN THE DESERT. MEANWHILE, COMMUNITIES HERE IN THE SUV HAVE BEEN DRINKING POLLUTED WATER FOR GENERATIONS, AND THE STATES OF ARIZONA, NEVADA AND CALIFORNIA ARE NOW BEING REQUIRED BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO CUT WATER USAGE FROM THE COLORADO RIVER. THE CITY IS NOT REQUIRING ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW OF THIS PROJECT. UNDER THE CLAIM THAT THE GENERAL PLAN AND MENTAL IMPACT REPORT ADEQUATELY ANTICIPATED AND DESCRIBED, THE IMPACTS OF THIS PROJECT. THE SITE ZONED IS RETAIL, DISTRICT AND REGIONAL COMMERCIAL. THE IMPACTS OF A WATER INTENSIVE LAGOON HAVE NOT BEEN ANALYZED. THE BATTERY ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEM RAISES SAFETY CONCERNS FROM A RANGE OF FACTORS, INCLUDING THERMAL RUNAWAY FIRE HAZARDS AND CHEMICAL LEAKAGE.

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ACRE FEET A YEAR FOR THE NEXT TWO YEARS. HAVING DEVELOPMENTS LIKE THIS IGNORES THIS CRISIS THAT WE ARE TRULY IN FOR THE SAKE OF LUXURY OF A FEW PEOPLE WHO DO NOT LIVE HERE, AND WHO DO NOT CARE, WHO DO NOT HAVE TO BEAR THE RATE INCREASES, THE POLLUTED WATERS, THE RISING TEMPERATURES, AND THE WORSENED CONDITIONS WE WILL HAVE TO FACE IN THE COMING YEARS. TRULY, THIS IS THE REALITY AND THIS PROJECT IS NOT REALISTIC. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS LARRY SALAS. GOOD EVENING COMMISSIONERS. MY NAME IS LARRY SALAS. AND UNLIKE THIS GENTLEMAN, I'M A 75 YEAR MEMBER OF THIS COMMUNITY. THE CITY OF COACHELLA OR THE SPHERE OF INFLUENCE. NOW, WHAT CONCERNS ME IS THAT WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT WHAT'S BEING BUILT ON THE NORTH SIDE OF AVENUE 52, I THINK I MENTIONED WHEN I TALKED TO MR. MORENO, THERE WAS ABOUT 219 HOMES BEING BUILT THERE. SO THE CONGESTION THERE IN MY ISSUE HAS BEEN, AS I STATED TO HIM, WAS TRAFFIC, TRAFFIC SITUATION FROM THERE'S ONLY THREE LANES FROM FREDERICK TO NORTH NIRVANA COMMUNITY ON 52. THEN IT TURNS INTO A TWO LANE AND IT CONTINUES ALL THE WAY TO JACKSON ON A TWO LANE BASIS. THOSE OF YOU WHO WENT TO COACHELLA VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL LIKE I DID AND AM AND WAS A COUNSELOR THERE FOR 30 YEARS. WE KNOW WHAT THE CONGESTION IS LIKE TRAFFIC WISE, TRYING TO GET TO CLASSES IN THE MORNING AND TRYING TO HAVE STUDENTS PICKED UP IN THE AFTERNOON. AVENUE VAN BUREN IS ALMOST LIKE A RACETRACK THERE, SINCE THERE ISN'T A STOP. I WHEN GARCIA GOT ELECTED AS FIRST MAYOR, I WROTE A LETTER THEN STATING, COULDN'T YOU GET A TRAFFIC ENGINEER OUT THERE TO ADDRESS THE ISSUE? THAT NEVER HAPPENED, AND THAT'S BEEN 20 YEARS. NOW MY CONCERN IS 1500 PEOPLE COMING IN ON THE WEEKEND OF WEEKENDS, 500 PEOPLE DURING THE WEEKDAYS. IN ADDITION TO THE PEOPLE LIVING THE HOUSES THAT ARE GOING TO BE BUILT THERE, THAT'S GOING TO BE A SEVERE CONGESTION ISSUE. AND WHAT I UNDERSTOOD WAS THREE LANES. THAT'S INSUFFICIENT IN MY OPINION. THERE SHOULD BE FOUR LANES WITHOUT ANY ISSUES.

BY THE WAY, THEY MENTIONED COVA. WELL, THE CITY OF COACHELLA STANDS FOR COMMUNITY OFFERING ASSURANCES AND COMMERCE, HEALTH, EDUCATION, LAND, LABOR AND AGRICULTURE. AND I THINK THE BOTTOM LINE IS THE PEOPLE IN THIS COMMUNITY HAVE ALWAYS SOUGHT THAT TO BE VERY IMPORTANT. NOW, MY THE OTHER THING IS, I DON'T KNOW WHY THE PEOPLE ON THE NORTH SIDE OF AVENUE 52 WERE NOT GIVEN AN OPPORTUNITY TO SEE WHAT I SAW, BECAUSE I'M AFFECTED DIRECTLY.

I'M RIGHT THERE ON ON VAN BUREN STREET WHERE THE DEVELOPMENT IS GOING TO OCCUR. THERE'S THREE LITTLE TWO ACRE SITES. I'M ONE OF THOSE SITES, AND MY ISSUE IS I'M ON GROUNDWATER. IN OTHER WORDS, I HAVE A PUMP THERE. SO WHEN I SEE OR HEAR THAT, THAT'S GOING TO BE PERHAPS A CHALLENGE IN THE FUTURE. I LOGICALLY GET CONCERNED ABOUT IT. SO I JUST THINK THAT THERE NEEDS TO BE MORE ATTENTION TO THE TRAFFIC CONGESTION THAT I VISUALIZE HAPPENING. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THE NEXT SPEAKER IS LORRAINE SALAS. GOOD EVENING COMMISSIONERS. YEAH. SO JUST LIKE WITH MR. SALAS SAID, WE OBVIOUSLY DON'T HAVE THE INFRASTRUCTURE SO CANCELED. I WOULD ALSO SAY I CAME HERE TO SAY THAT I THINK ANY CEMENT ON FERTILE SOIL IS AN ATROCITY, BECAUSE I KNOW PEOPLE. I MEAN, THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT HOW THERE'S LESS WATER FOR AGRICULTURE, BUT AGRICULTURE IS IT'S A LABOR OF LOVE. AND IT'S OUR IDENTITY AS A CITY HERE AND

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WE ALL SAY THE SAME THING. IT WAS JUST A HORRIBLE ATROCITY TO HAVE SEEN THAT LAND DESTROYED THE WAY IT WAS. A LOT OF PEOPLE LOOK AT THAT LAND AND SAY, OH, IT WAS JUST SAND DUNES. THERE WAS MORE THAN SAND DUNES. IT WAS AN ENVIRONMENT FOR WILDLIFE. IT WAS THERE WERE CREOSOTE BUSHES. AND IF SOME OF YOU UNDERSTAND THE THE FLORA AND FAUNA OF THE DESERT, YOU WOULD UNDERSTAND HOW IMPORTANT THOSE CREOSOTE BUSHES ARE. PEOPLE JUST LOOK AT IT AND SAY, OH, IT'S JUST, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT SOMETHING OF IMPORTANCE, BUT IT IS. IT'S COMPLETE AND ABSOLUTE RECKLESSNESS OF THE NUMBER ONE RESOURCE RESOURCE WE NEED TO LIVE, WHICH IS WATER, WATER, WATER RATES WILL GO UP, HOUSING UNATTAINABLE FOR POPULATIONS TRYING TO MAKE ENDS MEET RIGHT NOW. THIS IS NOT FOR OUR COMMUNITY. THIS IS NEOCOLONIALISM AND THE DOMESTIC SCALE. IF ANY OF YOU GUYS HAVE READ ABOUT NEOCOLONIALISM, IT'S WEALTHY DEVELOPERS COMING IN FROM WHO KNOWS WHERE COMING IN TO PROMISE MASSIVE AMOUNTS OF REVENUE AND MONEY WHEN THE OUTCOME, YEARS LATER IS FROM WHAT WAS ORIGINALLY IS DIFFERENT FROM WHAT WAS ORIGINALLY PROMISED. I'VE BEEN HERE. I'VE BEEN THERE. WHEN THERMAL THE THERMAL RACETRACK WAS OPENED. I WAS THERE WHEN THIS HORSE PARK WAS BEING ANNOUNCED. THE OUTCOMES PROVED TO BE A DIMINISHING RETURN AND WITH DIMINISHING NATURAL RESOURCES. I'M SO TIRED, SO TIRED OF PEOPLE WE PLACE TRUST IN TO TURN AROUND AND DISAPPOINT THE COMMUNITY. THESE.

THESE COMMUNITY BENEFIT AGREEMENTS ARE A FORM OF MANIPULATION AND I FOR ONE, DON'T TRUST THEM. MY FAVORITE CHILDHOOD MEMORIES, BY THE WAY, WILL BECOME A RACE WITH THIS PROJECT. THIS PROJECT PROJECT IS ADJACENT TO MY FATHER'S PROPERTY, WHICH, BY THE WAY, SOME OF YOU GUYS HAVE SAID THAT YOU HAVE DONE YOUR OUTREACH. HAVE YOU MET ANY OF THEM? MR. SALAS I DON'T KNOW. I DON'T THINK SO. I WISH I JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE, PLEASE. MANY DAYS PLAYING AND THE LANDSCAPE TURNING ME INTO A RAVING AND RAGING ENVIRONMENTALIST. THAT WAS WHAT? THAT LANDSCAPE ON MY FATHER'S PROPERTY PROVIDED FOR ME. SO PLEASE, PLEASE RECONSIDER THIS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THE NEXT SPEAKER IS EDDIE ORTIZ. BUENAS TARDES A LA.

COMMISSION PRESENTS. MY NAME IS EDDIE ORTIZ, SOY EMPRESARIO LOCAL. ESTOY AQUI PARA APOYAR EL PROYECTO DE COBA. ME IMPORTA LO LO LO. ESTE PROYECTO PUEDA SIGNIFICAR PARA MI GENTE DE COACHELLA. NUESTRAS FAMILIAS NUESTROS JOVENES Y NUESTROS PEQUENOS NEGOCIOS. NOSOTROS SOMOS PADROES DE TRES NINOS Y. NO HAY OPORTUNIDADES EN ESTA COMUNIDAD TODAVIA ESPECIALMENTE EN COACHELLA. Q PODEMOS DECIR NUESTROS HIJOS PUEDEN SER INGENIEROS, TENEMOS TRAER INGENIEROS DE OTROS LADOS. COMO PODEMOS VER ESTAS PERSONAS TRAYENDO A GRANDES OPORTUNIDADES A NUESTRA COMUNIDAD. YO PIENSO Q PIENSO YO PUEDO VER PORQUE TENGO MUCHOS AMIGOS AQUI EN COACHELLA. QUÉ SON TAMBIÉN EMPRESARIOS DE NEGOCIOS PEQUENOS? PIENSO QUÉ ES ESTE PROYECTO BENEFICIA A TODOS LA COMUNIDAD A LOS EMPRESARIOS DE NEGOCIOS PEQUENOS DA LA OPORTUNIDAD PARA PODER CRECER. TODOS ELLOS PRESENTARON. ES BONITO BONITO SE SIENTE BONITO POR QUÉ. PORQUE YO ESTOY VIENDO AQUI EN COACHELLA. DESDE DOS MIL TRES YA VISTO COMO EL DESIERTO SE HA DESARROLLADO Y. NO HA VISTO Q COACHELLA SE HA DESARROLLADO, PERO SI HA VISTO Q LAS OTRAS CIUDADES SE HAN DESARROLLADO. SO A NOSOTROS A MI FAMILIA, MI

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GO AHEAD. JAMES. HI THERE. CAN YOU HEAR ME? COUNCIL. JAMES, CAN YOU TRY SPEAKING AGAIN? IT WAS A LITTLE HARD TO HEAR YOU. HI THERE. COMMISSIONER, CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? YES, THAT'S MUCH BETTER. THANK YOU. LOOKS LIKE GOT DISCONNECTED. JAMES WAS DISCONNECTED. THIS IS GUS ROMO, CITY MANAGER FOR COACHELLA. IF JAMES COMES BACK, I'LL GO AHEAD AND GIVE HIM THE MIC. BUT UNTIL THEN, I'D LIKE TO JUST MAKE A COUPLE OF COMMENTS. BUT BEFORE I DO THAT, IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE FROM THE PUBLIC THAT WOULD LIKE TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK? THERE IS ONE PERSON, GUS, TONY, TONY. AGAIN, JUST A QUICK POINT ON GOOD CONCERNS WITH THE BROUGHT UP AS FAR AS HOLDING DEVELOPERS ACCOUNTABLE, I THINK 100%. LET'S HOLD US ACCOUNTABLE FOR EVERYTHING WE SAY, RIGHT? PART OF THE CONDITIONS EVEN BEFORE GETTING FINAL EVERYTHING WE'RE GOING TO DO. STREET CONCERNS, POWER CONCERNS, WATER CONCERNS THAT SHOULD 100% BE IN WRITING. AND OBVIOUSLY, IF WE'RE GOING TO HELP OUT THE EDUCATION PART OF OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT, LET'S PUT THAT IN WRITING 100% BEFORE ANYTHING GETS FILED, RIGHT. IF DEVELOPERS ARE GOING TO PROMISE POWER INVESTMENT FROM THEIR END, THEN LET'S DO THAT, RIGHT? LET'S NOT TAX THE CITY. LET'S NOT TAXED THE COMMUNITY. LET'S JUST TAKE IT FROM THE LINE ITEM THAT IT WAS ACCOUNTED FOR AND THEN HOLD THOSE ACCOUNTABLE. THAT'S IT. THAT'S I THINK THAT'S, I THINK THAT'S A FAIR TRADE THAT WE NEED TO BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR WHAT WE SAY, NOT JUST IN WRITING HEARSAY, BUT LITERALLY IN WRITING BEFORE WE GET ANY FINAL OR ANY OPEN DOORS TO THE PUBLIC. RIGHT. SO I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING REALLY. STAND BY. THANK YOU. WE HAVE JAMES CONNECTED AGAIN. ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. GO AHEAD. JAMES. ALL RIGHTY. COUNCIL. NOW, CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? YES. GREAT. THANK YOU. MY NAME IS JAMES RODRIGUEZ. I'M A NATIVE RESIDENT OF THE CITY OF COACHELLA. AND I HAVE A COUPLE OF CONCERNS WITH NOT ONLY HOW THIS WAS CREATED, BECAUSE THIS IS ONE, APPROVAL FOR THE PLANNING COMMISSION, AND YET IT'S ABOUT A DOZEN DIFFERENT RESOLUTIONS OR SO. YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE FUTURE OF COACHELLA, AND I'M PRETTY SURE THAT THE RESIDENTS OF HAWAII AND PUERTO RICO AND SAN FRANCISCO ALSO RECEIVED THAT FUTURE OF YOUR CITY SPIEL. AND IT DOESN'T ACTUALLY SUPPORT THE HISTORY OF THE AGRICULTURE OR THE IDENTITY OF THE PEOPLE HERE. YOU GUYS ARE TALKING ABOUT TRYING TO HAVE, YOU KNOW, FARM TO TABLE. AND I'M PRETTY SURE YOU'RE JUST GOING TO HAVE CISCO THERE SERVING ALL OF YOUR GUYS'S RESTAURANTS AND THE ENTIRE RESORT. SO YOU'RE ALSO TALKING ABOUT HAVING HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS COME IN FOR INTERNSHIPS. I HAVE PLENTY OF

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AND ON TOP OF THAT, CAN SOMEBODY WORKING THOSE PERMANENT JOBS AFFORD A HOUSE THE SAME WAY THAT THE PEOPLE THAT ARE GOING TO FILL THAT COMMUNITY WERE ABLE TO WHEN THEY WERE IN COLLEGE, YOU KNOW, WHERE THEY WORKED A HIGH SCHOOL JOB FOR A COUPLE OF SUMMERS AND WERE ABLE TO SAVE ENOUGH TO GO TO COLLEGE OR TO CREATE A DOWN PAYMENT ON ONE OF THOSE HOUSES.

WE DON'T HAVE THAT ABILITY NOW. SO IF YOU'RE TRYING TO SAY THAT IT'S GOING TO BENEFIT US, BENEFIT US THE WAY THAT IT DID IN THE 1950S, FOR ALL OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE GOING TO BE MOVING IN AND TAKING ALL OF OUR ABILITY TO HAVE A CLEAN ENVIRONMENT THAT DOESN'T HAVE A BUNCH OF TRAFFIC MILES DRIVEN, YOU GUYS HAVE THESE DEVELOPMENT IMPACT REPORTS, AND YOU HAVE THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORTS THAT WERE DONE BEFORE WE HAD THESE WATER CUTS AND BEFORE THE CHROMIUM SIX ISSUES. SO IT MIGHT NEED TO BE REEVALUATED. ON TOP OF THAT, THE LAND THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, THE HISTORICAL AGRICULTURAL HISTORY USED TO BE PALM TREES AND GRAPEVINES THAT THE DEVELOPERS, OWNERS OR PRIOR OWNERS ALLOWED TO DIE. SO THAT FURTHER ERODED OUR COMMUNITY AREA SO THAT YOU COULD SAY THAT IT WAS ALREADY A VACANT LAND, AND IT DOESN'T DO ANYTHING TO THE GENERAL PLAN, EVEN THOUGH OUR GENERAL PLAN WAS CREATED DURING THOSE 20 YEARS OF STEPHEN HERNANDEZ. SO OUR GENERAL PLAN ALSO NEEDS TO BE REVIEWED BECAUSE WE HAVE WAY TOO MUCH LAND AVAILABLE FOR THESE RESORT DISTRICTS THAT NOBODY WANTS. IN THE CITY OF COACHELLA, THE ONLY PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN HERE TO SAY THAT THEY WANTED ARE PEOPLE THAT DID NOT GROW UP HERE AND DID NOT ENTERTAIN ANY OF THIS. WHEN THEY SAID IT WAS GOING TO BE PRETTY AND IT'S GOING TO BRING US INFORMATION, IT'S GOING TO BRING US MONEY, WELL, SO WOULD DISNEYLAND, BUT IT'S ALSO GOING TO BRING US ALL OF THE ISSUES WITH IT. AND WE DON'T WANT THOSE ISSUES. WE WANT SOMEBODY THAT IS WORKING A JOB RIGHT OUT OF HIGH SCHOOL TO BE ABLE TO BUY A HOUSE. AND IF SOMEBODY CAN'T DO THAT IN YOUR COMMUNITY, AND ON TOP OF THAT, YOU'RE CHANGING ALL OF OUR SHORT TERM RENTALS ACROSS THE BOARD.

THAT'S PART OF THOSE RESOLUTIONS THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THAT WILL CHANGE HOW THE CITY HAS TO DEAL WITH SHORT TERM RENTALS EVERYWHERE, BECAUSE THEN WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO BE FAIR TO EVERYONE IN THE CITY. SO THIS IS SETTING A DANGEROUS PRECEDENT. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, JAMES. AND I WOULD SAY VOTE NO. THANK YOU. OKAY. IS THERE ANY OTHER MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC BEFORE I SPEAK? NO. THERE ARE NO REQUESTS TO SPEAK. OKAY. WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, EVERYONE FOR YOUR COMMENTS. WE ALL APPRECIATE THE TRANSPARENCY AND THE OPENNESS OF YOUR COMMENTS. AND THOSE ARE COMMENTS THAT THE PLANNING COMMISSION IS GOING TO BE TAKING INTO ACCOUNT WITH THEIR RECOMMENDATION. ALL OF THESE ITEMS GO ON TO THE CITY COUNCIL WITH A RECOMMENDATION FROM THE PLANNING COMMISSION. NONE OF THIS IS FINAL ACTION FROM THE PLANNING COMMISSION. SO WHAT I'D LIKE TO LET YOU KNOW IS I'VE ONLY BEEN HERE FOUR MONTHS.

I KNOW I'M NOT FROM THE AREA. I'M A PLANNER BY TRADE, AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR BY TRADE. AND I CAN TELL YOU THAT I'VE REVIEWED THIS PROJECT IN DETAIL WITH EACH OF MY STAFF MEMBERS. THERE'S NOT ONE SINGLE DIRECTOR THAT IS NOT RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF THIS PROJECT. THEY'VE LOOKED AT ALL THE ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS THAT WE KNEW WERE GOING TO BE COMING UP. WE'VE SEEN EVERY SINGLE ASPECT OF THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT, AND WE NEGOTIATED WITH THIS DEVELOPER TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT PUT THE CITY OF COACHELLA FIRST AND MADE SURE THAT WE HAD PUBLIC BENEFITS BEYOND JUST STANDARD CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL. SO FROM MY POINT, THIS IS A PROJECT THAT IS GOING TO PUT THE CITY OF COACHELLA ON THE MAP, LIKE LA QUINTA, LIKE INDIO HAS DONE. AND WHEN I SAY ON THE MAP, I MEAN IN TERMS OF GETTING DEVELOPMENT INTO THE CITY, GETTING THE RETAILERS THAT WE NEED, WE DON'T HAVE ONE SINGLE RESTAURANT IN THE CITY THAT I CAN SAY, YOU KNOW, WHERE IS THAT OLIVE GARDEN? WHERE IS THAT CHILI'S THAT I THINK WE ONCE USED TO HAVE THOSE RESTAURANTS, THOSE DEVELOPERS, THEY'RE LOOKING FOR THAT DEMOGRAPHIC. AND I KNOW EVERYBODY SAYS, LOOK, WE'RE AT A MIDDLE TO LOWER INCOME LEVEL COMMUNITY. I UNDERSTAND THAT, YOU KNOW, I CAME FROM A LOWER INCOME COMMUNITY AS WELL. I GREW UP NOT VERY WELL. MY PARENTS WERE IMMIGRANTS. THEY

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THAT CONCLUDES MY COMMENTS. THANK YOU. ANY MORE PUBLIC COMMENTS? PRIOR TO THE CLOSURE OF THE PUBLIC HEARING, THERE WAS A REQUEST TO SPEAK FORM ON BEHALF OF THE APPLICANTS LEGAL COUNSEL. THEY JUST REQUESTED TO RESERVE THE RIGHT TO SPEAK AS A REBUTTAL OR SPEAK IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS THAT THE COMMISSION MAY HAVE GOTTEN. THANK YOU. HONORABLE. IS THIS A.

MY NAME IS JAMES VAUGHN. I'M THE LAND USE COUNSEL FOR THE APPLICANT. I JUST WANT TO RESPOND TO A COUPLE OF THE COMMENTS THAT YOU HEARD TONIGHT. WHAT I PRIMARILY HEARD WAS AN OBJECTION FOR THE DECISION TO CHANGE THE USE OF THIS SITE, FROM AGRICULTURE TO COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT, AND THE TRAFFIC AND WATER IMPACTS THAT RELATE TO THAT. WHAT'S IMPORTANT TO BEAR IN MIND IS THAT THAT BALANCING, YOU'RE NOT BEING ASKED TO MAKE THAT DECISION TONIGHT. THE DECISION OF WHETHER TO KEEP THIS PROPERTY IN AGRICULTURE FOR THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE OR TO CONVERT THAT TO COMMERCIAL USE, OCCURRED WHEN THE GENERAL PLAN WAS UPDATED 15 YEARS AGO. SO THAT DECISION HAS ALREADY BEEN MADE. THIS PROJECT, SIMPLY IMPLEMENTING THAT PRIOR DECISION AND THIS PROJECT AS COMPARED TO WHAT WAS APPROVED IN THE GENERAL PLAN, IS FAR LESS INTENSE. SO WHAT COULD BE DEVELOPED ON THESE ACRES UNDER A REGIONAL COMMERCIAL ZONING AND LAND USE DISTRICT WOULD CREATE FAR MORE TRAFFIC THAN THIS PROJECT DOES, AND FAR MORE USE, FAR MORE WATER. AS YOU HEARD, THIS PROJECT USES ALMOST A LITTLE OVER HALF OF THE WATER THAT'S CURRENTLY BEING USED IN AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION, SO IT'S ACTUALLY USING LESS WATER. AND UNDER CURRENT CONDITIONS, THAT'S A BENEFIT. ON TOP OF THAT, IT USES, WHAT WAS IT, 13 TIMES LESS WATER THAN A GOLF COURSE. SO ANY PROJECT LIKE THIS HAS TO HAVE A CORE CENTRAL AMENITY TO DRAW PEOPLE IN, USUALLY OUT IN THE DESERT. IT'S BEEN GOLF. THERE ARE OTHER AMENITIES. THERE'S A HORSE PARK IN IN THE COUNTY, BUT THIS USE WITH ONLY 70 ACRE FEET OF WATER A YEAR LESS, AGAIN, 13 TIMES LESS THAN A GOLF COURSE IS GOING TO BRING IN $329 MILLION TO THE CITY IN PUBLIC REVENUES FOR ANY PURPOSE, GENERAL FUND REVENUE. SO THAT'S ANY PURPOSE THE CITY DESIRES TO USE IT FOR. IT COULD BE INFRASTRUCTURE, IT COULD BE AFFORDABLE HOUSING. IT COULD BE INCREASED SERVICES. SO WHEN WHEN COMMENTERS, YOU KNOW, RAISE CONCERNS ABOUT THIS DEVELOPMENT, AND WHAT ABOUT THE MONEY? WELL, THE FACT IS THIS WILL BE THE MOST FISCALLY BENEFICIAL PROJECT THE CITY HAS EVER SEEN. THAT'S THE MAIN DRIVER FOR THE CITY ON THIS PROJECT. THE ONLY OTHER THING I WANT TO COMMENT ON IS A LETTER THAT WAS SUBMITTED BY A GROUP CALLED SAFER, THE DRURY LAW FIRM. THEY RAISED THREE VERY PERFUNCTORY CLAIMS AS TO WHY THE SECTION 15183 CEQA EXEMPTION IS NOT APPROPRIATE HERE. ALL THREE OF THOSE ARE WRONG, AND I WANT TO ADDRESS THEM VERY QUICKLY. FIRST, THE LETTER CLAIMS THE PROJECT WAS NOT ADEQUATELY ANALYZED IN THE 2015 GENERAL PLAN EIR. THAT'S NOT EVEN A RELEVANT CONSIDERATION AT THIS POINT. THE TIME TO CHALLENGE THE ADEQUACY OF THAT EIR WAS IN 2015, AND THE CLAIM ON THAT NOW IS BARRED BY THE STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS. SECOND, THEY CLAIM THAT THERE ARE IMPACTS THAT ARE PECULIAR TO THIS PROJECT AND THAT WERE NOT ANALYZED IN THE GENERAL PLAN EIR, AND ARE NOT ADEQUATELY MITIGATED BY UNIFORMLY APPLIED DEVELOPMENT POLICIES OR STANDARDS. THIS ARGUMENT FAILS FOR TWO REASONS.

FIRST, THE LETTER DOESN'T IDENTIFY ANY SUCH IMPACTS NOT ONE, AND IT DOESN'T PROVIDE ANY SUBSTANTIAL EVIDENCE WHATSOEVER. THE AGENDA PACKET CONTAINS A VERY DETAILED SECRET DOCUMENT AND SUPPORTING TECHNICAL STUDIES THAT ESTABLISH JUST THE OPPOSITE. THE PROJECT WILL NOT HAVE ANY PECULIAR IMPACTS NOT ANALYZED IN THE GENERAL PLAN EIR OR SUBSTANTIALLY MITIGATED BY UNIFORMLY APPLIED DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS OR POLICIES. THIRD, THE LETTER CLAIMS THAT THE PROJECT WILL HAVE SIGNIFICANT OFFSITE AND CUMULATIVE IMPACTS. HERE AGAIN, THE LETTER FAILS TO IDENTIFY OR PROVIDE EVIDENCE OF ANY NOT ONE SUCH IMPACT. AND AGAIN, THE

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IT'S GOOD FOR COACHELLA. IT'LL BRING JOBS AND MONEY, STABILITY AND ALSO BRING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TO THE CITY BOX OFFICES LIKE THE MAYOR'S AND THE CITY MANAGER SAID EARLIER, YOU DON'T HAVE OLIVE GARDEN, YOU DON'T HAVE A MALL, YOU DON'T HAVE ANYTHING HERE. I THINK IT WOULD BE GREAT. SOMETHING A STEP FORWARD FOR COACHELLA. I DON'T LIVE IN COACHELLA. I LIVE IN CITY OF PALM SPRINGS. A NICE TO HAVE. YOU GUYS CAN COME AND SHOP HERE AND SPEND MONEY HERE. ALL YOUR TAX BASE GOES TO PALM DESERT, LA QUINTA. THAT'S WHY LA QUINTA, INDIO, PALM DESERT. OTHER CITIES ARE SO BEAUTIFUL. LOOK AT INDIAN WELLS. YOU WALK, YOU DRIVE IN THAT CITY. EVERYTHING IS BEAUTIFUL. THE GREEN THEY GOT BECAUSE THEY GOT MONEY. BUT PEOPLE HERE DO HAVE MONEY. MY BROTHER LIVES IN COACHELLA. HE MAKES 95 GRAND A YEAR. HE CAN AFFORD TO BE THERE. YOU JUST HAVE TO HAVE A GOOD JOB. AND I THINK TABLING SOME OF THE ITEMS OR WORKING WITH THE DEVELOPER, IF YOU HAVE ISSUES REGARDING CONSTRUCTION JOBS, EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS, PUT IT ON PAPER AND WORK WITH THE COMMUNITY, HAVE MEETINGS, SO EVERYONE'S HAPPY.

END OF THE DAY, IT'S GOING TO BE A GOOD PROJECT AS LONG AS YOU DO YOUR WORK, MAKE IT WORK.

MAKE SURE THE DEVELOPERS ARE ACCOUNTABLE. MAKE SURE THEY DO THE WORK AS A AS A GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS OFFICER, THIS IS NOT MY FIRST RUN. IT IS MY JOB TO PROTECT MY BUSINESS COMMUNITY.

I REPRESENT THE 18 MEMBERS IN THIS CITY I REPRESENT. THEY WANT THIS PROJECT. THEY'RE BUSINESS LEADERS, THEIR OWN RESTAURANTS. THEY WANT THIS. THE ECONOMY IN COACHELLA IS NOT GREAT. YOU GOT RESTAURANTS ARE CLOSING DOWN. THEY NEED PEOPLE TO SHOP AND BUY HERE. I GOT THREE RESTAURANTS HERE. THEY'RE MY MEMBERS. THEY'RE GOING TO CLOSE DOWN BUSINESS. IF THEY DON'T HAVE PEOPLE SHOPPING AT THEIR STORE BUYING STORE. IS THAT WHAT YOU WANT? YOU WANT COACHELLA TO CLOSE THEIR STORES? IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN IF WE DON'T HAVE PEOPLE COMING IN AND SHOPPING. I COME HERE ONCE A MONTH, EAT HERE AND SHOP HERE BECAUSE I KNOW THE VALUE OF BRINGING MONEY IN, AND I HOPE THAT YOU GUYS VOTE YES ON THIS PROPOSITION PROPOSAL, BUT MAKE SURE YOU HAVE THEM ACCOUNTABLE. MAKE SURE THE CITY COUNCIL, THE CITY MANAGER WORKS WITH YOU GUYS. BRING IN MR. SALAS BRINGING THESE PEOPLE THAT CAN SEE THIS PROJECT ON THE CITY COUNCIL FOR MANY YEARS, JUST TO LET YOU KNOW. SO HE'S NOT HE'S NOT A NEWCOMER. HE KNOWS ABOUT COACHELLA. SO GIVE THE CITIZENS WHAT THEY NEED AND MAKE SURE YOU HAVE THE DEVELOPER ACCOUNTABLE. BUT VOTE YES ON THIS PROJECT BECAUSE WE NEED IT. MY BUSINESS MEMBERS NEED IT.

THANK YOU, THANK YOU. OKAY. WE HAVE ONE HAND RAISED ONLINE. ELKJAER. GO AHEAD. NO, SORRY.

THAT WAS A MISTAKE. MY APOLOGIES. OKAY, THEN I'LL BE CLOSING PUBLIC COMMENT AT 7:39 P.M. ALL RIGHTY. SO NOW WE'RE MOVING ON TO DELIBERATION. SO IF ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO ASK THEIR QUESTIONS FIRST, THEN I'LL GO AFTER COMMISSIONER BRUCE. DID YOU WANT TO GO FIRST? YEAH, I DO HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS. AS A RESIDENT OF COACHELLA, LIFELONG RESIDENT HERE, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T HAVE AN OLIVE GARDEN, BUT WE DO HAVE A LOT OF REALLY AMAZING LOCALLY OWNED RESTAURANTS. AND OUR AGRICULTURE HAS FED OUR COMMUNITY. SO I GUESS I WANT I WANT TO ASK THE DEVELOPER, WHAT DO EVAPORATION MEASURES LOOK LIKE? I KNOW YOU TALKED ABOUT THE CODING, BUT OUTSIDE OF THAT, WHAT DO EVAPORATION MEASURES LOOK LIKE? BECAUSE IN THE DATA THAT WAS PROVIDED IN THE WUSA, PAGE 23, IT SHOWS THAT WATER DELIVERIES ARE TRENDING DOWNWARD AND WATER ENTITLEMENTS ARE NOT THE SAME AS WATER DELIVERIES. SO THE RIVER DOESN'T THE COLORADO RIVER DOESN'T REALLY ABIDE BY PAPERWORK. SO I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO BE AWARE OF WHAT MITIGATION MEASURES ARE IN PLACE OR ARE BEING CONSIDERED, IF AT ALL. SO FOR THE INFORMATION THAT OH, SORRY. THE EVAPORATION MEASURES FOR FOR THE LAGOON, WHEN IT COMES TO THE LAGOON, BASICALLY IT'S JUST THAT CODING THAT WAS DESCRIBED THAT WILL BE THE MAIN WAY OF PREVENTING THE WATER FROM EVAPORATING. BECAUSE YOU ARE,

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HI. MY NAME IS MARCOS. I'M WITH THE ENGINEERING FIRM THAT PREPARED THE WATER SUPPLY ASSESSMENT. AND WHAT I'D LIKE TO ADD AND HELP EXPLAIN IS I CALL IT A SECRET SAUCE BECAUSE IT'S PROPRIETARY, BUT IT'S LIKE AN OIL THAT GETS APPLIED TO TO THE LAKE. AND IT PREVENTS AS AIR FLOWS OVER IT, IT PREVENTS THE WATER TO GET TRAPPED FROM THE AIR PARTICLES AND GET CARRIED AWAY. THAT'S THE EVAPORATION PART. THAT'S WHERE IT HAS BEEN USED IN THE PAST.

IT'S BEEN USED IN SEVERAL LAKES THROUGHOUT THE THROUGHOUT THE US, INCLUDING LAKE MEAD.

COACHELLA VALLEY WATER DISTRICT HAS PROVIDED INFORMATION TO US ON ON ON THE USAGE. IT'S TYPICALLY APPLIED BY A PLANE SPRAYED LIKE A LIKE A MIST, AND IT SETTLES ON THE ON THE LAKE SURFACE AND IT PREVENTS EVAPORATION. THAT 30% EVAPORATION IS NOT APPLIED IN THE WATER SUPPLY ASSESSMENT, BECAUSE WE DO NOT WANT TO RELY ON IT AS A AS A CONSERVATIVE MEASURE FOR THE WATER SUPPLY TO ACCOUNT FOR THE FULL WATER USE WITHOUT THAT MEMBRANE. SO AS THE DEVELOPER APPLIES IT, THERE'S A FURTHER WATER CONSERVATION THAT'S GOING TO TAKE PLACE. ACTUALLY, THERE'S SEVERAL WATER FEATURES WITHIN THE PROJECT. I THINK FOR JUST THE HOTEL LAGOON ALONE, THE WATER IS THE EQUIVALENT OF LIKE DRINKING WATER FOR ABOUT 56,000 PEOPLE. IS THAT CODING BEING USED FOR EACH WATER FEATURE? NO, THE TWO WATER, THE TWO SWIMMABLE, THE HUMAN CONTACT BODIES, THOSE WOULD BE USING THE SAME TECHNOLOGY OR HAVE THE ABILITY TO USE THE SAME TECHNOLOGY, NOT THE STORMWATER ONE THAT ONE IS GOING TO THE.

THE THOUGHT IS TO TAKE COLORADO RIVER WATER, YOU KNOW, CANAL WATER DELIVERY INTO THAT RETENTION BASIN THAT'S ALSO GOING TO COLLECT STORMWATER, FILTER THAT AND USE IT FOR IRRIGATION WITHIN THE WITHIN THE CAMPUS. BUT THE THE TWO SWIMMABLE WATER BODIES, THOSE ARE THE ONES THAT THAT WOULD BE USING THIS TECHNOLOGY. POSSIBLE? YES. IT'S IT'S LIKE A, I THINK OF A CRISCO OIL, THAT TYPE OF FACILITY. SO IN LOOKING AT THE WATER ASSESSMENT AND THE SORRY, THE WATER SUPPLY ASSESSMENT AND THE EXEMPTIONS THAT 2015GPUEIR DID STAND OUT TO ME BECAUSE THAT WAS OVER A DECADE AGO. WAS THE. WOULD THE DEVELOPER BE OPEN TO DOING A THOROUGH ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW FOR THE SAKE OF TRANSPARENCY? I CAN ANSWER THAT. THE DEVELOPER BELIEVES THAT THIS PROJECT HAS UNDERGONE A THOROUGH ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW, AND ON TOP OF THAT, IT'S CONSISTENT WITH THE GENERAL PLAN, THE EIR THAT WAS ALREADY APPROVED BY THE CITY AND THEREFORE FULLY COMPLIES WITH SQL'S REQUIREMENTS. WE DON'T THINK THERE WAS A SHORTCUT HERE. OKAY. IF THERE ARE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, I HAVE A FOLLOW UP QUESTION. HAS THE SEQUA GUIDELINES CHANGED SINCE 2015? I'M SURE. RIGHT. HAVE. HAVE THEY ASKED? CONSULTANT IS AVAILABLE ONLINE TO ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS. HAVE THEY CHANGED SINCE 2015?

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BUT I GUESS AS FAR AS AFFORDABILITY. WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE AT YOUR ESTABLISHMENT? WHAT DO YOU MEAN, AFFORDABILITY? LIKE, YOU KNOW, WE TALKED ABOUT HAVING A RESIDENCE CARD, PRIORITIZING RESIDENTS AND GIVING THEM A DISCOUNT. YEAH, I GUESS A NUMBERS ESTIMATE. WE WERE THINKING, YOU KNOW, LIKE A 20% DISCOUNT OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. AND THE PRICING OF THOSE IN THE RESTAURANTS, AND WE OBVIOUSLY DON'T HAVE THE PRICING YET. OKAY. OF COURSE.

RIGHT. NO GENERAL IDEAS OF WHAT THE ESTABLISHMENTS MIGHT OFFER. I MEAN, THAT'S STILL A WORK IN PROGRESS. OKAY. YOU KNOW, AND ALSO, I GUESS WHAT I'D SAY IS THAT AGAIN, WE CAN'T BE EVERYTHING TO EVERYBODY. AND THAT'S JUST I WISH WE COULD AND UNFORTUNATELY WE CAN'T. BUT WE'RE DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN TO MAKE IT MORE ACCESSIBLE. AND THE FARMER'S MARKET, AS AN EXAMPLE, THERE'S NO CHARGE RIGHT FOR THAT. IF WE DON'T HAVE PEOPLE COMING TO THE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER, IT DOESN'T WORK. IF WE DON'T HAVE PEOPLE COMING TO OUR RESTAURANTS, IT DOESN'T WORK. AND SO FROM A BUSINESS PERSPECTIVE, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO DO WHATEVER WE NEED TO DO TO MAKE IT MARKET, TO MAKE IT WORK AND TO MAKE IT VIABLE.

AND THAT'S JUST THE NATURE OF A COMMERCIAL PROJECT WE DO DEEPLY BELIEVE IN, IN WORKING WITH THE CITY AND LISTENING TO THE COMMUNITY AND FINDING WAYS TO BENEFIT. I DON'T THINK WE CAN PAINT THAT PICTURE 100% TODAY, BUT I CAN SAY OUR INTENTION IS, IS, IS HONORABLE. AND, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, THE, THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE AND TO COMPARE PROJECTS, WHAT

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I WOULD LIKE TO ADD A LITTLE BIT TO THAT. HAVE A FEW COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS. I MEAN, THE PROJECT IS BEAUTIFUL. YOU HAVE TO BE BLIND TO NOT NOTICE THAT IT'S BEAUTIFUL. HOWEVER, IT IS COACHELLA. COACHELLA. IF YOU GUYS STUDIED YOUR TARGET AUDIENCE AND THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE HERE, IT'S COMPLETELY OPPOSITE YOUR TARGET AUDIENCE. I FEEL LIKE YOU ARE. THIS PROJECT WOULD TARGET PEOPLE COMING FROM LA AND THEIR VACATION HOMES. THE KARDASHIANS, FOR INSTANCE. YOU KNOW, LIKE THEM HAVING A HOME HERE THAT DOES NOT INCLUDE MY 70 YEAR OLD GRANDPA WHO HANGS OUT ON THE BENCHES OUTSIDE TO SPEAK TO HIS FRIENDS. THAT DOES NOT INCLUDE FAMILIES WHO STILL WORK IN AGRICULTURE. I'M A FIRST GENERATION, AND I STILL HAVE DIRECT FAMILY MEMBERS THAT WORK IN AGRICULTURE, AND I MYSELF WORK THE FIELDS THAT ARE NOW LEFT TO DIE BECAUSE OF THIS PROJECT. SO I THINK, I MEAN, YEAH, IT'S BEAUTIFUL. AND I KNOW IT'S COMPARED THEY'RE COMPARING IT TO LIKE, OH, LA QUINTA, INDIAN WELLS, WE'RE NOT LA QUINTA, WE'RE NOT INDIAN WELLS. WE ARE COACHELLA. AND IT'S IT'S UNFORTUNATE. IT'S NOT THAT WE DON'T WANT TO SEE THE CITY GROW. IT'S THAT WE ARE BEING REALISTIC ABOUT THE POPULATION THAT LIVES HERE. AND WE DON'T WANT TO HAVE THEM NOT BE ABLE TO AFFORD THE HOME THAT THEY LIVED IN FOR THE PAST 50 YEARS. AND YEAH, IT'S BEAUTIFUL. WHAT I THINK AND WHAT I IMAGINE WILL HAPPEN IS THAT WHOEVER COMES TO THIS NEW RESIDENCE, NEW COMMUNITY, IF IT WAS TO HAPPEN, IS THAT THEY'RE GOING TO MAKE AN IMAGINARY BOUNDARY LINE BETWEEN VAN BUREN AND AND ON 52, BECAUSE IF YOU IF YOU DID STUDY, YOU KNOW, THE POPULATION AROUND HERE, YOU WOULD KNOW THAT 52 AND ON THIS ON, ON WARD SIDE, IT HAS A VERY BAD REPUTATION, WHICH NOW DOES NOT PERSIST. HOWEVER, REPUTATIONS DO STAY. UNFORTUNATELY, I DON'T SEE ANYONE COMING DOWN TO LA NORIA AND, YOU KNOW, EATING THERE, VISITING THE BAKERY OR, YOU KNOW, AND IT'S UNFORTUNATE. IT'S UNFORTUNATE BECAUSE I KNOW THAT WILL HAPPEN. THEY WILL CREATE AN IMAGINARY BOUNDARY WHERE THEY SAY, OKAY, YEAH, WE'RE NOT GOING DOWN THAT SIDE OF 52. WE'LL STAY ON THIS SIDE OF 52 WHERE WE HAVE MADISON, WHERE WE HAVE PGA WEST, OR WE HAVE ALL THESE COMMUNITY AND DEVELOPMENTS. AND THE OTHER THING THAT REALLY, BECAUSE I LIVE A BLOCK AWAY FROM WHERE THIS AREA IS PROPOSED. AND ANOTHER THING IS THAT A SCHOOL IS WAY TOO CLOSE. THERE'S WE HAVE AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL RIGHT DOWN THE ROAD TRAFFIC, AS IS, IS IS EXTREMELY. IT'S BAD. I CAN JUST IMAGINE THESE THESE KIDS, THESE PARENTS TRYING TO GET THEIR CHILDREN AND THEN HAVING 500 PEOPLE TRYING TO COME INTO THIS DEVELOPMENT OR CROWDING 52 OR CROWDING VAN BUREN BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE A CLOSE FREEWAY EXIT. IF IT'S NOT 52, IF IT'S NOT 50TH OR THEN COMING STRAIGHT FROM LIKE MONROE OR JACKSON FROM THE OTHER SIDE, THAT THAT WOULD BE THAT WOULD BE TOUGH ON RESIDENTS. AND I MEAN, LIKE I SAID, IT'S BEAUTIFUL. YEAH, IT'S IT'S GREAT, BUT IT'S JUST NOT IT'S IT DOESN'T ALIGN. IT'S NOT ADJACENT TO, TO THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN THIS COMMUNITY. IT'S NOT, IT'S JUST IT'S NOT.

AND IT'S, IT'S BEAUTIFUL. HOWEVER, LIKE I SAID, A MILLION TIMES, BUT IT, THE AFFORDABILITY WILL BE OUT OF THE. IT WOULD SKYROCKET. THE PEOPLE LIVING HERE FOR YEARS WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO AFFORD TO LIVE HERE ANYMORE. AND WE ARE AN AGRICULTURE COMMUNITY. WE HAVE LIVED OFF OF AGRICULTURE COMMUNITY. LIKE I SAID, I WORKED AT MYSELF IN HIGH SCHOOL.

MY FAMILY HAS WORKED AT THEMSELVES AND IF WE KEEP ON BUILDING INFRASTRUCTURES THIS BIG, WE WILL EVENTUALLY DIE. OUR AGRICULTURE COMMUNITY THAT WE GREW, THAT WE THAT WE BELONG.

SO WITH THAT SAID, THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS I'LL PASS ON TO MY COMMISSIONERS, BUT THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS AND MY CONCERNS WITH THIS PROJECT. THANK YOU. TO ADD TO THE CONCERN AND TO THE TO THE EVERYONE'S SENTIMENTS, I FEEL LIKE I THINK IT'S NICE THAT YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A

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AND THAT'S MY OTHER CONCERN IS THE THE PRICE RATES FOR THE HOUSING FOR PEOPLE TO JUST BUY A HOUSE AND THOSE MULTI-FAMILY HOMES THAT ARE MULTI-GENERATIONAL FAMILY HOMES THAT ARE UP THE STREET IS MY BIGGEST CONCERN. SO I DON'T KNOW IF THERE IS REALLY A WAY TO ADDRESS THE PROPERTY VALUE GOING SKYROCKETING THROUGH THE ROOF WITH THIS DEVELOPMENT. NOR DO I KNOW IF YOU GUYS ARE WILLING TO WRITE IN, IN YOUR DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT, WHAT THAT COACHELLA CARD IS ACTUALLY GOING TO LOOK LIKE. BECAUSE IN ALL HONESTY, IF YOU PROMISE SOMETHING TO THE RESIDENTS, THERE SHOULD BE SOMETHING IN WRITING OF WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO DO FOR THEM. BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE AGAIN, TO EVERYONE'S SENTIMENT, WE'VE BEEN PROMISED A LOT. I'VE LIVED HERE MY WHOLE LIFE AS WELL. I'M THIRD GENERATION LIVING HERE. WE'VE BEEN PROMISED A LOT IN THIS IN THIS CITY. WE'VE HAD PROPOSALS ON HOTELS, WE'VE HAD A LOT OF THINGS HAPPEN AND THEN THINGS FALL THROUGH THE ROOF. SO IT'S NOT AN ATTACK ON YOU GUYS OR THE DEVELOPMENT. I THINK IT'S JUST THE CURRENT CLIMATE THAT WE'RE IN RIGHT NOW. WE'VE JUST BEEN HIT WITH SO MUCH THAT IT TO ADDRESS, TO BE RECEIVING ALL OF THIS. IT KIND OF MAKES US ALL WONDER WHY. SO THAT'S MY, MY CONCERN. AND I'LL, I'LL PASS IT ON TO YOU GUYS BECAUSE I KNOW WE'VE BEEN TALKING ON THIS AND A LOT. I'M JUST ECHOING WHAT MY FELLOW COMMISSIONERS HAVE ALREADY STATED. I JUST HAVE ONE COMMENT. I JUST FIND IT KIND OF STRANGE THAT THE, THE PUBLIC PORTION OF THE ON THE SITE PLAN IS VERY TINY COMPARED TO THE MUCH LARGER PRIVATE PORTION OF THE SITE PLAN, EVEN THOUGH. RESIDENTS OR MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ARE ABLE TO UTILIZE THOSE THAT PART OF THE OF THE PROJECT. IT JUST SEEMS KIND OF, YOU KNOW, JUST FROM A FROM A QUICK IMAGE POINT OF VIEW, IT DOESN'T LOOK GREAT. THOSE ARE JUST MY QUICK COMMENTS ON THAT. REGARDLESS OF PUBLIC MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ARE ABLE TO UTILIZE THE SERVICES AND AMENITIES OF THE, OF THE PROJECT. IT JUST DOESN'T LOOK AND FEEL AS WELCOMING AS I THINK IT'S. IT'S TRYING TO BE SOLD AT. THAT'S IT. THANK YOU. I ALSO HAD A QUESTION BECAUSE I, YOU GUYS MENTIONED THAT IT'S ACCESSIBLE, LIKE ALL OF IT'S ACCESSIBLE TO THE PUBLIC, BUT THEN WHAT'S BEING PROPOSED IS ONLY A SECTION OF. IT IS ACCESSIBLE TO THE PUBLIC. SO WHAT IS ACCESSIBLE TO THE PUBLIC? WHAT ARE THE PUBLIC ENTRIES AND WHERE ARE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE PUBLIC ENTRIES AND THE PRIVATE ENTRIES OF THE LOCATION AS WELL? YEAH, I MEAN, THE INTENTION IS THE WHOLE PROJECT TO BE ACCESSIBLE. YOU GO TO ANY RESORT, YOU CAN GO RIGHT IN THE FRONT DOOR. THAT'S THE INTENTION HERE, NOT JUST THE SIX ACRE, BUT THE WHOLE 87 ACRES IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, THE RESTAURANTS, THE BARS, WHEREVER YOU WANT TO GO, YOU CAN GO JUST LIKE WE SAID. SO THE WHOLE THING IS ACCESSIBLE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. I THINK WHAT WE'RE REFERENCING IS THERE WERE A FEW IN THE REPORTS THAT OUTLINED SPECIFIC. YES, THE BAR RESTAURANT WERE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, BUT THEN SPECIFIC AMENITIES WERE LABELED AS PRIVATE. JUST TO CLARIFY. YEAH. I MEAN, LIKE IF, YOU KNOW, PLAYING ON THE TENNIS COURTS, LIKE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO RESTRICT THAT USE. YOU CAN'T HAVE EVERYBODY COME IN AND USE THE TENNIS COURT AT ONCE, OR IT WOULD, IT WOULD NEVER BE AVAILABLE. SO THINGS LIKE THAT WON'T BE, BUT EVERYTHING ELSE WILL BE. SO CAN YOU SHARE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHICH AMENITIES WOULD BE CONSIDERED PRIVATE? THE SPORTS FACILITIES AND PROBABLY THE IN FRONT OF THE HOMES, THE LAGOON AREA. SO THE SPORTS FACILITIES, I KNOW YOU MENTIONED PROGRAMING, OPPORTUNITIES TO PARTNER LOCALLY. WOULD THOSE BE MADE PUBLICLY AVAILABLE THROUGH THOSE PARTNERSHIPS? ONLY IN THAT CASE, I'M NOT UNDERSTANDING AUTISM CERTIFICATION. OH YEAH. OF COURSE. YEAH. WE WANT TO ESTABLISH ALL TYPES OF PROGRAMS LIKE THAT. AND IT'S NOT JUST LIKE ALL THE TIME. I MEAN, THERE ARE CERTAIN TIMES THAT THE WHOLE COMMUNITY WOULD BE WELCOMED, THE SPORTS FACILITIES.

OKAY. RIGHT. SO IT'S JUST NOT IT'S JUST DURING CERTAIN TIMES, RIGHT? YEAH, I'LL JUST, I'LL JUST KIND OF CLARIFY A FEW POINTS THERE BECAUSE I UNDERSTAND JUST TO MAKE IT

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YOU ALSO HAVE THE MUSIC AND THE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER THAT'S OPEN TO OUTSIDE. AND SO EVEN THOUGH THAT IS ONLY SIX ACRES ON THAT SIDE, IF YOU ALSO THEN GO TO THE OTHER SIDE WHERE YOU'VE GOT THE VILLAGE AND YOU'VE GOT THE SPA AND YOU'VE GOT THE RESTAURANTS AND THE BAR, IT'S A LOT OF ACREAGE THAT THEY CAN ACCESS. NOW, YOU CAN'T LET EVERYBODY GO DIRECTLY UP FOR SAFETY PURPOSES, UP TO AND WALK AROUND IN FRONT OF THE HOUSES. AND YOU DON'T GET THAT IN ANY, ANY HOTEL IN THE WORLD. AND IT IS A SAFETY CONCERN. THEY JUST NEED TO KNOW WHO'S ON PROPERTY.

AND SO THAT'S JUST HOW THAT WORKS. BUT WE DO THINK AGAIN, I THINK AGAIN, WE CAN'T BE EVERYTHING TO EVERYBODY. WE'RE DOING OUR BEST TO BE AS OPEN AND FRIENDLY AS AS YOU CAN GET.

AND IF YOU AGAIN, IF YOU COMPARE US TO SORT OF WHAT YOU GET WITH YOUR TRADITIONAL RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITY THAT DOESN'T HAVE A HOTEL COMPONENT, WE'RE VASTLY DIFFERENT THAN THAT AND WE'RE A LOT MORE OPEN. I THINK JUMPING TO THE HOTEL COMPONENT, I KNOW THAT THERE WERE RECOMMENDATIONS TO MODIFY THE SHORT TERM RENTAL NOTICE IN THE REPORT, WHICH WOULD MAKE IT SO THAT IT COULD POTENTIALLY CREATE A SITUATION IN WHICH A FEW OR ONE COULD OWN SEVERAL PROPERTIES WITHIN THE ONE PROJECT, WHICH KIND OF GOES AGAINST, RIGHT, THE SHORT TERM RENTAL ORDINANCE THAT WE HAVE IN PLACE NOW. I GUESS THAT FOR ME IS, IS CONCERNING BECAUSE WE HAVE THAT ORDINANCE IN PLACE IN THE COMMUNITY FOR A REASON. OH, YEAH. SORRY. I JUST I'M NOT SURE I'M FAMILIAR WITH THAT. OH, YEAH. I'M HAPPY TO TO ADDRESS THE SHORT TERM VACATION RENTAL ASPECT. SO THE ORDINANCE AS A WHOLE, AS YOU KNOW, IS REALLY DESIGNED TO ADDRESS A CIRCUMSTANCE WHERE AN OWNER OF A PRIVATE RESIDENCE AND AN ESTABLISHED RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITY DECIDES TO RUN IT OUT FOR SHORT TERM RENTAL PURPOSES, HAS OBVIOUSLY POTENTIALLY SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS ON THE IMMEDIATE NEIGHBORS, NOISE, PARKING, ALL THAT SORT OF STUFF.

ACCESS TO HOUSING, MANY JURISDICTIONS. AND NOW COACHELLA IS JOINING, POTENTIALLY JOINING THOSE OTHER CITIES AND SAYING WE'RE OKAY WITH CONCENTRATING SHORT TERM VACATION RENTALS, IN PARTICULAR, PROJECTS THAT ARE DESIGNED FOR THEM. SO ON SITE SECURITY, ALL OF THOSE IMPACTS TO NEIGHBORS ONLY OCCUR WITHIN THE PROJECT. SO WHEN YOU BUY IN THERE, YOU RECOGNIZE YOU'RE BUYING A PROPERTY THAT IS GOING TO BE USED FOR SHORT TERM VACATION RENTALS. AND IF FOR SOME REASON YOU DON'T WANT TO DO THAT, YOUR NEIGHBORS CERTAINLY ARE. AND SO THAT IS A WAY TO MINIMIZE NEIGHBORHOOD IMPACTS BECAUSE THEY DON'T LEAVE THE PROPERTY.

SO THAT'S WHY THAT PROVISION IS THERE. IT IS. AGAIN, IT'S TO MAKE SURE YOU TREAT A HOTEL TYPE PROPERTY DIFFERENTLY FROM AN ESTABLISHED RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITY. WHILE I'M UP HERE, I DID WANT TO ADDRESS VICE CHAIR TORRES, YOUR QUESTION ABOUT THE COMMUNITY CARD. THE DEVELOPER WOULD BE OPEN TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION, INCLUDING IN THEIR RECOMMENDATION, THE CITY COUNCIL, THAT THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT INCLUDE A REQUIREMENT REGARDING THE COMMUNITY CARDS.

SO IT'S NOT JUST LIP SERVICE. SIR, I HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU. IF I UNDERSTOOD CORRECTLY, YOU SAID THAT THIS PLAN HAS BEEN IN THE GENERAL PLAN SINCE 2015. THIS USE THIS DECISION TO NOT HAVE IT AS PERMANENT AGRICULTURAL USE, BUT TO HAVE IT FOR COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT.

THAT DECISION WAS MADE IN THE 2015 GENERAL PLAN UPDATE. THAT'S RIGHT. AND THE DECISION TO HAVE IT AS A RESORT WAS MADE WHEN THE RESORT IS ONE OF THE ALLOWED USES IN THE COMMERCIAL DISTRICT. SO THE SAME THING, 2015 2015. OKAY. AND WHAT, WHAT ENTITY WAS IN CHARGE OF THIS PROJECT? BECAUSE FROM WHAT I SEE RELEVANT, COACHELLA WAS FORMED IN 2024, WHICH IS PRETTY RECENT UNDER MR. BURKE AND MR. KING. SO WHAT IS YOUR QUESTION? SO, COMMISSIONER MURILLO, THIS PROJECT WASN'T PROPOSED IN 2015. WHAT HE'S REFERRING TO IS THAT THE THE CREATION OF THAT LAND USE DESIGNATION AND THAT ZONING DESIGNATION WAS CREATED IN 2015. THEY'RE TWO SEPARATE, TWO SEPARATE ITEMS. ONE WAS DONE THROUGH A CITY PROCESS. AND THIS IS A PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT THAT CAME AT A LATER DATE TO TRY TO GO INTO THAT, THAT ZONING DESIGNATION AND THAT LAND USE DESIGNATION. OKAY. AND THE APPLICATION WAS SUBMITTED 2025, CORRECT? YES. OKAY. OKAY.

YES. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. DIRECTOR. LASTLY, I HAD A QUESTION ABOUT THE MEMBERSHIP RATES WHEN I WAS REVIEWING THE REPORT. IT DID SAY THAT MEMBERSHIP INITIATION RATE WAS

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SO IT WAS IN THE PROJECTIONS, THE 2030 PROJECTIONS. IT'S ON PAGE EIGHT OF THE FISCAL IMPACT STUDY. I HAVE IT OKAY. WE DON'T HAVE WE DON'T HAVE. YEAH. SORRY. I'VE NEVER EVEN HEARD OF THEM.

WE DON'T ACTUALLY HAVE. WELL, THAT'S CONCERNING BECAUSE IT WAS IN THE MEMBERSHIP REPORTS THAT WE REVIEWED EIGHT. 2012 FIRST. VICE CHAIR TORRES, I JUST WANT TO REMIND YOU THAT YOU MAY ASK THE PUBLIC TO KEEP QUIET DURING THIS TIME. NO. YES. THE THE TIME FOR PUBLIC COMMENT IS OVER. COMMISSIONER EMBRY'S. WE NEED WE NEED TO WE NEED TO MAINTAIN ORDER. SO I WILL ASK THE PUBLIC TO KEEP QUIET. WE NEED TO MAINTAIN ORDER, SIR. WE NEED TO MAINTAIN ORDER. WE.

OKAY, VICE CHAIR, VICE CHAIR TORRES, I NEED YOU GUYS TO PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, JUST JUST SO THAT WAY YOU GUYS CAN SIT IN AND HEAR IT. I DON'T WANT TO KICK YOU GUYS OUT. I JUST WANT YOU GUYS TO BE HERE AND BE ABLE TO HEAR DELIBERATIONS. SO I DON'T WANT YOU GUYS TO INTERVENE. IT'S NOT THAT WE'RE TRYING TO CUT YOU OFF. I'M SORRY THAT YOU GUYS FEEL LIKE THAT, BUT PLEASE, I DON'T WANT TO HAVE TO KICK YOU OUT. PLEASE, JUST PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE BEAR WITH US. AND BEFORE THAT, WE WILL TAKE A RECESS BEFORE TAKING THAT ACTION. CHAIR, JUST TO CLARIFY. GOT IT. JUST TO CLARIFY ON THE PAGE OF THE AGENDA PACKET, THAT WAS FROM A MARKET STUDY THAT WAS DONE FOR THE PROJECT FOR THE DEVELOPER, WHICH WE PROVIDED TO THE CITY FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES. BUT THAT ASPECT OF THAT MARKETING STUDY IS NOT SOMETHING BEING IMPLEMENTED BY THIS PROJECT. SO THERE ARE NO MEMBERSHIPS LIKE THAT, AND THERE IS NO $250,000 INITIATION FEE. THESE ARE JUST PROJECTIONS. I WOULDN'T USE THE WORD PROJECTION. WHAT IT WAS, WAS INFORMATION PROVIDED TO THE DEVELOPER. WHEN CONSIDERING WHAT TO DO WITH THIS PROJECT. THEY CHOSE NOT TO DO THAT ASPECT. SO IT'S NOT A PROJECTION OF THIS PROJECT. THERE'S A DIFFERENT STUDY WHICH WAS CITED IN THE STAFF REPORT BY THE ZIMMERMAN GROUP THAT DOES PROVIDE ACTUAL PROJECTIONS BASED ON THE PROPOSED USES. CAN WE PULL UP THAT PAGE FOR US TO REFERENCE? THIS? SORRY. OKAY. WHAT WHAT PAGE NUMBER WAS THIS? IT'S IN THE STAFF REPORT. IT'S THE ATTACHMENT NUMBER, I THINK A SECOND. 26 ATTACHMENT 26. THE NUMBER ITEM IS 26. BUT IT SAYS ATTACHMENT 12. AND IT'S ON PAGE EIGHT.

CAN I COMMENT ON THAT? OKAY, SO I DIDN'T. NOW I'VE SEEN I KIND OF SAW IT FROM BEHIND THAT THAT WASN'T THAT'S NOT OUR PROJECTIONS WHAT THAT WAS. AND THIS HAS HAPPENED WITH EVERY DEVELOPMENT THAT A DEVELOPER PROPOSES IN A CITY, WE HIRED A THIRD PARTY TO GO OUT AND CANVASS THE ENTIRE MARKET AND GIVE US FEEDBACK ON KIND OF WHAT EVERYBODY'S DOING.

SO WE HAD THE INFORMATION TO UNDERSTAND. THERE'S A LOT OF GOLF COURSES IN THIS TOWN THAT HAVE REALLY, REALLY HIGH MEMBERSHIPS. FIRST OF ALL, WE DON'T HAVE ANY OF THOSE. WE DON'T HAVE A GOLF COURSE. THAT'S NEVER OUR INTENTION. BUT THIS WAS A REALLY KIND OF DETAILED MARKET ANALYSIS WHERE THEY GO BY AND THEY LOOK AT THE DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES, THEY LOOK AT THE DIFFERENT DIFFERENT PROGRAMS OUT THERE. THEY GIVE THAT TO US. THAT JUST GIVES US THE INFORMATION TO MAKE A FINAL DECISION. WE'VE NEVER, EVER CONTEMPLATED HAVING A MEMBERSHIP FEE. IT'S JUST WHAT WOULD WE HAVE A MEMBERSHIP FEE FOR? RIGHT? PEOPLE CAN COME.

AND JUST WHY WOULD SOMEONE PAY $250,000 WHEN THEY CAN JUST COME AND RENT A HOTEL ROOM FOR A NIGHT? RIGHT? SO THAT'S JUST NOT PART OF OUR PLAN AND WE WOULD NEVER CONSIDER THAT. AND SO AGAIN, THAT'S, THAT'S JUST, THAT'S JUST FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES. THAT THEN ALLOWS US TO SAY, OKAY, WELL, WHAT ARE THE HOTEL RATES GOING FOR? AND THEN WE CAN, YOU KNOW, OR WHAT ARE THE HOUSES SELLING FOR? AND THEN WE CAN GO AND MAKE AN ASSESSMENT OF, OF HOW WE WANT TO PLAN OUT THE PROJECT, IF THAT MAKES SENSE. DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? THANK YOU. THANK YOU. I DID LOCATE THE PAGE. IF YOU STILL WANT ME TO BRING IT UP. HE'S ANSWERED. THANKS. YEAH, SURE. OF COURSE. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. YOU TAKING A RECESS? NO, NO. IF YOU CONTINUE TO

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WHY WOULD THAT BE SOMETHING TO CONSIDER? THAT IS THE AREA. SO THE RETENTION BASIN IS THE LAKE THAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THAT WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR NON POTABLE WATER OFF OF THAT WATER.

YOU WILL USE THAT WATER TO IRRIGATE THE LANDSCAPING AREAS. EVERYTHING ELSE YOU KNOW, YOU YOU'RE PROHIBITED FROM USING PURPLE PIPE WATER OBVIOUSLY INSIDE RESIDENCES. YEAH, I KNOW, I KNOW IT'S SOMETHING THAT I'VE BEEN READING. THAT'S WHY I WAS TYPING TO KIND OF EDUCATE MYSELF ON THAT. THE OTHER ONE IS GOING BACK TO THE THE GEOTHERMAL LOOP TECHNOLOGY, RIGHT? I'M NOT AN ENGINEER, BUT I'M NOT AN ENGINEER, AND I'M IGNORANT ABOUT THIS, BUT I'M INTERESTED, RIGHT? BECAUSE IT'S VERY INNOVATIVE. IT'S SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT, RIGHT? GOING BACK TO A LOT OF POINTS OF, OF REFERENCE, RIGHT. AND OTHER PERSPECTIVES. DO WE HAVE ANY SUCCESSFUL STORIES OR SUCCESSFUL PROJECTS WHERE THIS CAN ALSO BE BECAUSE ALSO AS A COMMUNITY, RIGHT. AS YOU CAN HEAR, THE COMMUNITY FEELS VERY WHICH THEY ARE ENTITLED TO THEIR PERSPECTIVE. BUT I ALSO FEEL THAT THERE ARE CERTAIN THINGS WITHIN THIS PROJECT THAT THERE SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO HAVE MORE VISUALS AND MORE EASIER WAYS OF UNDERSTANDING CERTAIN THINGS, BECAUSE IN SOME WAY, SHAPE OR FORM, I KNOW I USE THE WORD A LOT. YOU KNOW, A LOT OF US ARE IGNORANT, INCLUDING MYSELF, IN REGARDS TO THESE THINGS. AND I THINK IT WOULD BE BETTER FOR US TO FULLY UNDERSTAND HOW THAT WORKS, RIGHT? BECAUSE ONE OF THE BIG THINGS IS THAT, AND I'LL BE QUIET, AND I'M JUST INTERESTED IN LISTENING. SO ALSO, WE WERE IGNORANT ABOUT THE GEOTHERMAL. WE HEARD ABOUT IT. AND THIS IS A TYPE OF RENEWABLE ENERGY.

WELL, IT'S NOT ACTUALLY RENEWABLE ENERGY. IT'S A WAY TO LOWER THE CONSUMPTION OF THE OF THE GRID, WHICH IT COULD BE CONSIDERED A RENEWABLE ENERGY. SO WE HIRED OR WE TALKED TO TO A COMPANY THAT HAS BEEN DOING THIS FOR THE PAST 20 YEARS, AND IT'S BEEN SUCCESSFUL AROUND EVERYWHERE THAT IS BEING USED WITHOUT GETTING INTO THE TECHNICALITIES, BECAUSE I'M NOT AN EXPERT EITHER, BUT THE WAY I UNDERSTAND IT WORKS IS BASICALLY WE WILL HAVE A CLOSED LOOP THAT IS BELOW THE SOIL. THE SURFACE AROUND 30FT IS WHEN THE TEMPERATURE STARTS TO BE STABLE. SO HAVING THAT CLOSED LOOP OF THAT'S HOW I PICTURED IT IN MY HEAD OF PIPES BELOW

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AND THEY USE THAT AS PART OF THEIR, THEIR ENERGY CONSERVATION MEASURES. MAY I ASK FOR YOUR NAME AGAIN, SIR, PLEASE? YES. MY NAME IS MARCOS. I'M WITH MSA CONSULTING. THANK YOU, MR. MARCOS. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO ASK YOU, OBVIOUSLY THE WHAT IS BEING DEVELOPED OR WHAT WHAT WAS DEVELOPED AT THE ANNENBERG IS, IS PROBABLY, YOU KNOW, IT'S PROBABLY LIKE A LOCAL POOL, RIGHT? COMPARED TO WHAT WHAT Y'ALL WANT TO DEVELOP WITHIN THIS, THIS ORGANIZATION, THIS, THIS PROJECT, RIGHT? HAVE YOU THOUGHT ABOUT THE IMPACT OF THAT, RIGHT? GOING FROM THAT, YOU KNOW, FROM SOMETHING A LITTLE BIT MORE CONTROL TO THIS MASSIVE PROJECT? HOW I MEAN, YOU'RE DINING YOUR EYES, YOU'RE CROSSING YOUR T'S, BUT, BUT WHAT ARE YOU FORESEE SOME CERTAIN CHALLENGES WITH THIS PROJECT, TEN, 15, 20 YEARS IN THE FUTURE? SO AS FAR AS I KNOW, I'M NOT A GEOTECH THERMAL EXPERT EITHER. THE WHAT I DO KNOW IS THAT, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, THE THE ANNENBERG FOUNDATION DOES THINGS BECAUSE IT'S THE RIGHT THING TO DO IN OUR COMMUNITIES. THEY DO WATER CONSERVATION MEASURES AS, AS IN MANY WAYS THAT THEY CAN, YOU KNOW, THEY, THEY BUILT A GOLF COURSE USING PURPLE PIPE WITHOUT RECLAIMED WATER BEING AVAILABLE. NOW, THE WATER, RECLAIMED WATER IS REALLY AT THEIR DOORSTEP. AND THEY'RE IMPLEMENTING THAT AS SOON AS IT BECOMES AS AS SOON AS CBD IS ABLE TO DELIVER TO THE PROJECT.

BUT THE GEOTHERMAL COMPONENT, YOU KNOW, WHAT IT IS, IS ESSENTIALLY A WATER LINE THAT GOES DOWN INTO A WELL, IF YOU WILL. IT IS NOT TOUCHING THE AQUIFER. IT IS IT IS WELL ABOVE THE AQUIFER. SO IT GOES DOWN AND COOLS AND HEATS AND WHATNOT. SO IT'S A HEAT EXCHANGE METHOD AND THAT'S THE TERM GEOTHERMAL. BUT THEY USE IT TO HEAT. AND TO REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF WATER THEY HAVE TO HEAT FOR THEIR CAMPUS. THEY ACTUALLY USE IT FOR THE VISITOR CENTER CAMPUS AND ALSO FOR THEIR OPERATION CAMPUS. THAT'S FURTHER FURTHER TO THE WEST OF THE SUNNYLANDS VISITOR CENTER ITSELF. GOING BACK TO THE WATER USAGE, AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE THE RIGHT PERSON OR SOMEBODY ELSE. SO GOING BACK TO THE WATER USAGE AND GOING BACK TO THE CONCERNS OF THE COMMUNITY WHEN IT COMES TO THE REALITIES OF WATER, RIGHT, AND HOW STANDARDS ARE ADJUSTING AND CHANGES, WHAT, WHAT, WHAT THE DEVELOPER, AS A DEVELOPER, WOULD YOU BE WILLING TO WORK WITH STAFF AT A CERTAIN POINT TO BUILD AGAIN, IGNORANT, RIGHT, TO BUILD AN INFRASTRUCTURE OR AN AGREEMENT THAT WHEN THERE'S WATER SHORTAGES OR WATER ADJUSTMENTS, AS MYSELF, AS A RESIDENT, RIGHT, IS GOING TO BE IS GOING TO BE EFFECTED, RIGHT? THEN HOW WOULD THIS PROJECT WITHIN OUR CITY LIMITS ALSO BE EFFECTIVE, RIGHT. AS A PROSPECTIVE? RIGHT. AND AGAIN, AGAIN, GOING BACK TO POSSIBILITIES, THINGS TO THINK ABOUT. GOING BACK TO. MR. WILLINGNESS TO COMMUNICATE THAT WE ARE WILLING TO WORK TOGETHER, RIGHT? NOT THAT THIS IS WHAT WE WANT, BUT WHAT IF THAT DOES HAPPEN? HOW ARE WE GOING TO BE WORKING TOGETHER AS A CITY TO BE MINDFUL OF THOSE ADJUSTMENTS AND MINDFUL OF THOSE OF THOSE POTENTIAL CHALLENGES? AND GOING BACK AND CASTRO'S RIGHT BEHIND YOU GOES BACK TO MY NEXT QUESTION IS, IS THIS THIS REALITY OF THE CHROMIUM SIX, YOU KNOW, CHALLENGES AND ISSUES AND REALITIES THAT WE HAVE? HOW CAN WE DEVELOP POTENTIALLY WITHIN THE YEARS, THE INFRASTRUCTURE OF THE ENGINEERING AND THE MECHANISMS THAT WE WILL NEED TO PROPERLY HAVE OUR WATER FURTHER PURIFIED SO THAT SO THAT THAT CHROMIUM SIX LEVELS ARE NOT ELIMINATED, BUT DROPPED DOWN. BECAUSE I

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AND SO THAT THAT REQUIREMENT WOULD, WOULD, WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT WAS PUT ON EVERY USER, REGARDLESS OF PROJECT, CUSTOMER CLASS, THINGS LIKE THAT. SO, SO THERE NOT A MY QUESTION IS NOT AGAINST YOU. I WANT YOU TO UNDERSTAND THAT WHAT I'M ABOUT TO ASK, BECAUSE I'M, I'M ALSO GOING TO ASK THE QUESTION ABOUT ENERGY NEXT. RIGHT? SURE. HOW ARE WE HOW ARE WE OR HOW IS YOUR OFFICE REGULATED OVER YOU? SO IS THERE EVER AN INDEPENDENT VALUATOR THAT COMES TO MAKE SURE THAT THE NUMBERS THAT WE ARE REPORTING AS A CITY IS UP TO PAR, AND THAT WE'RE FOLLOWING THOSE REGULATIONS AND AN INDEPENDENT, AN INDEPENDENT INDIVIDUAL, RIGHT. OR COMPANY OR FIRM, RIGHT. PROBABLY A FIRM RIGHT THAT COMES IN. HOW DO WE EVALUATE THAT? AND HOW OFTEN DO WE EVALUATE THOSE LEVELS THAT WE'RE FOLLOWING THOSE SAME RULES THAT YOU JUST COMMUNICATED THAT JUST CAME UP TO PAR? HOW ARE WE EVALUATED? YEAH. GREAT QUESTION. SO WE ARE 100% REGULATED BY THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA AND BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. AND TO ENSURE THAT WE ARE SERVING SAFE DRINKING WATER, THAT WE ARE REPORTING OUR CONSUMPTION AND OUR WATER DEMANDS, THAT WE'RE MEETING ALL THE DIFFERENT REGULATIONS THAT ARE OUR LAWS OF THE STATE AND OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. AND ALL OF THOSE THINGS ARE PART OF OUR PERMIT. WE HAVE A PERMIT TO OPERATE THIS SYSTEM VIA THE STATE DEPARTMENT. THAT'S CALLED THE DIVISION OF DRINKING WATER, STATE WATER RESOURCES CONTROL BOARD. THERE'S AN ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF REPORTING THAT WE DO. WE WE IT'S REPORTING ON, ON ON LAB TESTING. WE DO LAB TESTING EVERY WEEK. WE DO OTHER LAB TESTING EVERY MONTH. WE DO OTHER LAB TESTING EVERY QUARTER.

WE DO OTHER LAB TESTING, EVERY BIANNUALLY, EVERY, EVERY YEAR, EVERY THREE YEARS, EVERY FIVE YEARS FOR DIFFERENT THINGS. SO WE GET REGULATED ON ENSURING THAT WE'RE MEETING THE SAFE DRINKING WATER STANDARDS OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA AND THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. AT THE SAME TIME, BECAUSE OF THE LAWS IN CALIFORNIA THAT THAT WANT TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE BEING GOOD STEWARDS OF THE WATER SUPPLY. HENCE THE THE REASON WHY THE GOVERNMENT ENACTED LAWS TO ENSURE THAT THERE'S ENOUGH WATER SUPPLIES FOR NEW PROJECTS AND GROWTH. YOU KNOW, THOSE THINGS REQUIRE, AS I MENTIONED, URBAN WATER MANAGEMENT PLANS, THOSE URBAN WATER MANAGEMENT PLANS ARE UPDATED EVERY FIVE YEARS. SO ON TOP OF THAT, THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA ALSO ADOPTED RECENTLY WHAT THEY CALLED THE SUSTAINABLE GROUNDWATER MANAGEMENT ACT.

THOSE DOCUMENTS GET UPDATED EVERY FIVE YEARS ALSO. BUT YOU HAVE TO REPORT ON YOUR WATER USE AND HOW YOU'RE DOING AGAINST WHAT YOU PUT IN THAT DOCUMENT. YOU HAVE TO REPORT EVERY YEAR. SO EVERY YEAR WE'RE PROVIDING INFORMATION TO THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA ON OUR

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THERE'S A WHOLE HOST OF OF REGULATORS THAT ARE THAT ARE REGULATING PUBLIC WATER AGENCIES LIKE THE COACHELLA WATER AUTHORITY, THE INDIO WATER AUTHORITY, WHICH EXISTS ACROSS THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA. SO YOU BEAT ME TO THE PUNCH BECAUSE THOSE SAME STANDARDS REGIONALLY, RIGHT, ARE ACROSS ALL OF OUR NINE CITIES AND INCORPORATED CITIES. CORRECT.

EVERYBODY IS REQUIRED AND AND DEMANDED IN SOME WAY, SHAPE OR FORM TO FOLLOW THOSE STANDARDS.

CORRECT. THESE ARE THESE ARE STATE LAWS, FEDERAL LAWS THAT EVERY WATER UTILITY. THAT'S.

OUR SIZE OR EVEN SMALLER, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO ABIDE BY THESE RULES NOW. NOW, WHEN IT COMES TO THE CHROMIUM SIX SITUATION, AND I KNOW ALL OF US HERE IN THE CITY HAVE BEEN RECEIVING THESE LETTERS. WHERE ARE WE UP TO PAR. WHERE, WHERE IT COMES TO THAT? WHEN, WHEN CONSIDERING A PROJECT OF THIS MAGNITUDE, RIGHT? WHERE ARE WE WITH THOSE WITH THAT WITH THAT PARTICULAR CONVERSATION AS A CITY AND THE NEED OF OF THAT, OF TAKING CARE OR MITIGATING THAT CURRENT CHALLENGE THAT THAT WE HAVE ACKNOWLEDGED THAT WE NEED TO TAKE CARE OF. SO RIGHT NOW WE HAVE WHAT'S CALLED A COMPLIANCE PLAN THAT HAS BEEN SUBMITTED TO DIVISION OF DRINKING WATER, THAT COMPLIANCE PLAN OUTLINES OUR APPROACH TO ESSENTIALLY ACTIVATING THE TREATMENT, BUILDING THE TREATMENT FACILITIES IN OUR IN OUR WATER SYSTEM, WE HAVE TO BUILD SEVEN TREATMENT FACILITIES. AT EACH ONE WE HAVE WE HAVE SIX WELLS RIGHT NOW, AND WE'RE UNDER CONSTRUCTION FOR A SEVENTH. WELL, AND RIGHT NOW THAT THAT COMPLIANCE PLAN HAS IS IN DESIGN RIGHT NOW. SO WE'RE IN DESIGN. WE'RE ANTICIPATING THAT, THAT WE ARE GOING TO TRY TO WRAP UP DESIGN. MAYBE THE FIRST BY THE FIRST QUARTER OF NEXT YEAR. THAT DESIGN PACKAGE IS GOING TO BE SUBMITTED AS PART OF A OF A GRANT APPLICATION TO THE STATE. AND WHEN THAT WHEN THE STATE GIVES US A SENSE OF HOW MUCH MONEY THEY'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE, THEN AT THAT POINT THE CITY IS GOING TO GO OUT AND BID THE PROJECT, HOPEFULLY WITH THE INTENT OF STARTING CONSTRUCTION AND AND SOMETIME IN MAYBE THE FIRST OR SECOND QUARTER OF 2028. AND IN THE COMPLIANCE PLAN, IT HAS US ON A SCHEDULE TO FULLY IMPLEMENT TREATMENT ON ALL OF ALL THE SEVEN SITES BY 2031. OKAY. THAT'S, THAT'S WHERE WE'RE AT WITH, WITH COMING INTO COMPLIANCE FOR THAT REGULATION. IF I'M NOT SURE IF THERE WAS SOMETHING ELSE AGAIN, AGAIN, I ALSO THINK THAT THERE'S ASSUMPTION THAT WE ALL KNOW, BUT WE DON'T. AND I WANT I WANT US TO BE EDUCATED ABOUT THAT. AND I APPRECIATE YOUR ANSWER. AND I'LL SAY THIS. I'LL SAY THAT. THE COMPLIANCE PLANS THAT THAT THE AGENCIES ARE SUBMITTING TO DIVISION OF DRINKING WATER ARE INTENDED TO ALLOW A PATHWAY TO COMPLIANCE WITHOUT THE NEED OF SHUTTING DOWN WELLS. IF WE DID NOT HAVE THE ABILITY TO HAVE THE PROPER TIME TO COMPLY, THE THE ONLY OTHER SOLUTION WOULD BE FOR THE STATE TO DIRECT THE AGENCIES TO SHUT DOWN THEIR WELLS, WHICH.

WHICH. THAT WOULD MEAN YOU WOULD CUT OFF WATER, AT LEAST FOR THIS AGENCY, TO ABOUT 45,000 PEOPLE. SO, SO SO IF IF THE REGULATIONS ALLOW FOR AGENCIES TO WORK HAND IN HAND WITH THE REGULATORS TO COME UP WITH, WITH, WITH PLANS THAT MAKE SENSE. AND THEN WHEN YOU SUBMIT THOSE PLANS, THEY EXPECT THAT, THAT YOU'RE FOLLOWING ON THOSE TIMELINES AND THEY CHECK UP ON YOU. HEY, YOU SAID THAT BY THIS TIME YOU'D BE IN DESIGN. YOU SAID BY THIS TIME YOU'D BE IN CONSTRUCTION. YOU SAID THAT BY THIS TIME YOU'D BE FINISHED WITH CONSTRUCTION. AND SO AS LONG AS YOU ARE MAKING GOOD ON THOSE COMPLIANCE PLANS, THEN THEN YOU ARE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE STATE. AND SO WE'RE ON A GOOD PATH RIGHT NOW. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR INFORMATION TO THE DEVELOPER. I HAVE A COUPLE QUESTIONS. IN YOUR IN YOUR VISION, WHEN WHEN WOULD THIS PROJECT BE COMPLETED? WHEN WILL IT BE COMPLETED? YEAH. PLEASE GO TO THE NEXT. SORRY, YOU'RE GETTING YOUR STEPS IN. I'M SORRY. YEAH. SO WE ARE PLANNING TO START CONSTRUCTION

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AND OF AND OF BEING MINDFUL THAT LOS NUMEROS HABLAN COMO DICEN EN ESPANOL, RIGHT? THE NUMBERS TALK, BRO. YOU KNOW, THE NUMBERS TALK, RIGHT? THESE GENTLEMEN COME HERE. I KNOW THERE'S PERCEPTION, BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, I FEEL THAT WE AS A CITY NEED TO GENERATE SOME TYPE OF ENGAGEMENT AND SOME TYPE OF MONEY FOR OUR COMMUNITY. RIGHT? I, I WANT TO RESPECT THOSE THAT HAVE COMMUNICATED ABOUT THE USAGE OF THE LAND AND HOW THAT COULD BE. COME AND TALK TO THE CITY, COME AND TALK TO DEVELOPERS. WHAT CAN THEY DO WITHIN THEIR PROJECT TO FIND A WAY? YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT GOING TO BE 100%. I KNOW I KEEP ON HEARING THESE THINGS. IT'S NOT GOING TO BE 100%, BUT HOW CAN WE DO THIS? AND I'M NOT TALKING AS A DEVELOPER. I'M TALKING AS A FATHER OF TWIN BOYS WHO GO TO MOUNTAIN VISTA, AND I WANT TO LIVE AT FOUR, EIGHT, NINE, FOUR, FOUR CHICHEN ITZA ROAD IN THE CITY OF COACHELLA. AND I'VE BEEN HERE FOR 18 YEARS AND I WANT TO LIVE IN MY HOUSE. I WANT TO LIVE HERE. RIGHT? AND IF WE DON'T START TALKING AS A COMMUNITY AND TALKING AS A, AS A, AS A, AS COACHELLA, THEN THEN WE'RE GOING TO STAY STUCK.

RIGHT? BUT I ALSO WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT I RESPECT THOSE OF YOU THAT HAVE YOUR PERSPECTIVE, BUT I ALSO WANT THOSE OF YOU TO RESPECT THOSE OF US THAT DON'T THINK LIKE YOU, RIGHT? I WANT YOU TO UNDERSTAND THAT WE WANT PROSPERITY FOR OUR COMMUNITY, RIGHT? AND IT MIGHT NOT BE THE PROSPERITY YOU WANT, BUT IF IT'S PROSPERITY, WE NEED TO GROW AS A COMMUNITY. THAT'S THE PROSPERITY THAT WE NEED. SO I WANT TO TALK GOING BACK TO YOU, KENDRA OR DIRECTOR OR ADRIAN, OF HAVING THE CONVERSATION WITH THE DEVELOPER, AND HOW CAN WE IN PHASES, RIGHT, EARMARK HOW THAT COMMUNITY BENEFIT SLASH ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BENEFIT SLASH LOCAL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT IS GOING TO BE APPROPRIATE IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THIS AS A CITY. RIGHT. AND THIS IS NOT ABOUT I DON'T I DON'T THINK OR MAYBE I DON'T KNOW, I DON'T THINK COBRA IS INTERESTED IN SAYING COVID DID THIS. NO. BUT ARE WE TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THIS PROJECT TO HELP OUR COMMUNITY THROUGH THE INVESTMENT THAT COBRA IS DOING? YES, WE ARE, AND I WANT THAT TO BE ON THE RECORD. WE ARE. WE WANT TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT BECAUSE I CAN SEE HOW POTENTIALLY OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS HERE MIGHT BE ABLE TO SEE THAT. IS IT THE PROJECT THAT WE WANT? IT'S STILL OUT THERE FOR AN ANSWER, RIGHT? BUT IS IT THE PROJECT THAT I SEE PERSONALLY AS A POTENTIAL HELP TO THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS? THAT'S

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RIGHT. AND SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE AT THIS DIAS HAVE NO CONTROL WHAT WE DO HAVE CONTROL WHILE I'M IN THIS DAIS. AND HOPEFULLY I'M BLESSED TO BE IN THIS DAIS FOR YEARS TO COME, IS THAT WE NEED TO LOOK AT HOW CAN THESE PROJECTS NOT JUST BENEFIT THEM AS DEVELOPERS, BECAUSE YOU WILL BE NINE IF YOU'RE NOT BEING BENEFITED BY THIS, BUT HOW CAN YOUR BENEFIT HELP US WHEN THE GENERATION OF THIS FUNDING HELP OUR BUSINESSES, HELP OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, HELP OUR SCHOOLS AND HELP OUR COMMUNITY? SO, COMMISSIONER FONSECA, THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. YOU MENTIONED EARMARKING FUNDING. WHAT TYPE OF USES WOULD YOU LIKE TO EARMARK FUNDING FOR IF THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH? SO WITH TOT GENERATION THAT THE CITY WOULD RECEIVE, IT WOULD BE UNRESTRICTED FUNDS THAT GO TO THE GENERAL FUND. IF THE COMMISSION WOULD LIKE TO CHOOSE TO MAKE A RECOMMENDATION TO EARMARK FUNDS FOR DIFFERENT PROGRAMS THAT THE CITY COULD OFFER, THAT COULD BE A PART OF YOUR RECOMMENDATION. IF YOU IF YOU CHOSE TO DO THAT, YOU WOULD JUST NEED TO LET ME KNOW WHAT PROGRAMS YOU GUYS ARE THINKING ABOUT DOING. I'M JUST, I'M THINKING JUST OBVIOUSLY I'M ONE VOICE. I'M THINKING SMALL DEVELOPMENT, SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT, GOING FROM GOING FROM NON BRICK AND MORTAR TO BRICK AND MORTAR. WHAT TYPE OF WORK ARE WE DOING AND PROMOTING AND HELPING STUDENTS, STUDENTS, BUSINESSES. I WORK AT A UNIVERSITY. BUSINESSES USE PLATFORMS AND AND HOW TO PROMOTE THAT AS A CITY TO HELP THEM WITH MARKETING INFRASTRUCTURE THAT WE KNOW WE NEED, YOU KNOW, BENEFITS OF STREETS, BENEFITS OF THIS NOT NOT THAT ALL OF THIS IS GOING TO BE OFF OF OFF OF THE TOT, BUT A CERTAIN PERCENTAGE NEED TO BE DEFINED HOW THIS FUNDING IS GOING TO BE USED, OR IF A BUSINESS COMES THAT THEY'RE HAVING A HARD TIME OR, OR ISSUES, AS WE'VE SEEN IN THE PAST, RIGHT? ISSUES WHERE WHERE THE TENANT IS DOING REALLY GOOD, BUT YET THE LANDLORD IS NOT, HOW CAN WE WORK WITH WITH THEM TO WORK WITH THE LANDLORD, TO DEVELOP THEIR PROJECTS? AND SO I THINK AT THE END OF THE DAY, IT'S, IT'S EXTREMELY IMPORTANT TO LOOK AT THE BENEFITS THAT WE CAN HAVE LOCALLY WITHIN THE BUSINESS. BUT HOW CAN WE TAKE ADVANTAGE AS A CITY TO BRING THAT DOWN AND WORK ON IT? ALL RIGHT. THE THE LAST THING I PROMISE IS I WAS A LITTLE CONFUSED WITH THE ENERGY USE IN YOUR PRESENTATION. YOU WENT FROM 30 MILLION TO TO THAT COST WAS GOING TO BE 15 MILLION. AND AGAIN, I DON'T KNOW HOW THE NUMBERS. AND THEN YOU WENT TO 40, THEN YOU WENT TO 70 MILLION.

CAN YOU. AGAIN, I KNOW THAT PEOPLE DON'T. I'M IGNORANT. I WAS LOST IN THOSE NUMBERS. CAN YOU PLEASE CLARIFY THOSE NUMBERS? OH YEAH. YES. SO THERE WERE A LOT OF SLIDES. YES. AND BUT I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT BASED ON HOW I WAS READING THINGS, I JUST, I JUST WANT AND AGAIN, A LOT OF THESE QUESTIONS, I'M NOT JUST ASKING THEM FOR MYSELF BECAUSE IF I WAS CONFUSED, THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THE ROOM THAT ARE ALSO CONFUSED. HIGH LEVEL, HIGH LEVEL. THERE'S 30 MILLION USED FOR INFRASTRUCTURE OUTSIDE OF THE PROJECT, RIGHT? SO THAT'S EVERYTHING AROUND. IT ALSO INCLUDES THE SUBSTATION. AND SO THE REASON YOU SAW THOSE TWO NUMBERS WERE THERE'S ABOUT 15 MILLION FOR THE SUBSTATION THAT WE'RE PAYING FOR. SO THE CITY DOESN'T HAVE TO PAY FOR IT. AND THE OTHER WOULD BE 15 MILLION FOR ALL OF THE THE OUTSIDE WORKS, RIGHT? THE EQUESTRIAN, THE SIDEWALKS. EXACTLY. AND THE NEW WATER LINES AND THE NEW SEWER, SEWAGE LINES AND IMPROVEMENTS ON THE SEWAGE LINES WITHIN THE WITHIN THIS THIS THIS NUMBER. HAVE YOU CONSIDERED STOPLIGHTS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT BECAUSE I, I DIDN'T SEE ANY. THERE IS IN THAT AREA. I'M JUST THROWING THAT OUT THERE. YEAH. THERE IS ONE STREET LAMP, STREETLIGHT, ONE STREETLIGHT STREET SIGNALS. YEAH. THERE IS ONE ON 52ND AND CALHOUN. OKAY. THAT IS CORRECT. AND THAT IS IT AT THE MOMENT. THERE'S THAT IS WHAT. YEAH, THAT IS IT AT THE MOMENT. OKAY. AND AGAIN, THAT COULD. YEAH. RIGHT. KEEP GOING. KEEP GOING WITH THE NUMBERS. YEAH. SO 30 THAT WAS 30. SO SPLIT 5050 SO 15 AND 15. AND THEN THERE'S 40 MILLION WHICH IS FOR THE GEOTHERMAL AND FOR THE MICROGRID, WHICH ALLOWS US TO SORT OF REDUCE OUR CARBON FOOTPRINT. BUT IT ALSO ALLOWS US TO TO USE LESS OF THAT SUBSTATION. SO LET'S SAY FOR EXAMPLE, WE'RE USING WE'RE PUTTING IN A $15 MILLION SUBSTATION. WE ONLY THINK THAT WE'LL BE USING HALF OF THE KILOWATTS FROM THAT SUBSTATION, BECAUSE WE'RE ALSO INVESTING IN THE MICROGRID. THE MICROGRID ALLOWS US TO CREATE CLEAN

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AND I'LL GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE OF THAT. ESPECIALLY THEY DO IT A LOT IN THE US AS WELL. BUT THE JAPANESE AS AN EXAMPLE, THEY ARE THE MOST SUSTAINABLE COUNTRY ON THE PLANET. THEY USE THIS EXCESSIVELY THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE COUNTRY FOR BIG AND SMALL PROJECTS. AND THEY'RE THE BEST RECYCLERS. THEY'RE, THEY'RE HYPER, HYPER, HYPER SENSITIVE TO THIS. THE US HASN'T TRADITIONALLY DONE AS MUCH BECAUSE ELECTRICITY HAS BEEN FAIRLY INEXPENSIVE. AND SO IN GENERAL, THE MARKET DICTATES A LOT. WHAT WHY WOULD YOU PAY MORE FOR A PRODUCT EVEN THOUGH IT'S GREENER, IF YOU CAN GET IT FROM THE GRID? AND WE ALL KNOW THAT THAT ELECTRICITY ON THE GRID ISN'T NECESSARILY THAT CLEAN. SO IT IS, IT DOESN'T IT'S WATER. AND ALL IT DOES IS BASICALLY TAKES THE WARM AIR FROM THE HOUSES THROUGH THE PIPING, AND IT USES THE GROUND TO, TO STORE THE HEAT. AND THEN IN THE IN THE WINTERTIME, IT REVERSES THAT AND PICKS UP THAT HEAT AND PULLS IT BACK IN TO BOTH THE HEAT, THE WATER AND THE HOMES. AND SO IT'S JUST A VERY NATURAL HEAT EXCHANGE. IT'S ACTUALLY QUITE SIMPLE, BUT IT'S JUST BUT AGAIN, BECAUSE IT'S EXPENSIVE ISH, MOST PEOPLE JUST DON'T DO IT BECAUSE THEY CAN PULL FROM THE GRID. YEAH, THAT'S, THAT'S KIND OF IT. THERE'S REALLY NOTHING TO IT OTHER THAN WATER AND PIPING.

AND I WANT TO ADD TO, TO THAT, THAT ALSO IN EUROPE THAT WE DON'T HAVE THAT SPAIN DOESN'T HAVE ANY OIL LIKE THEY DO HERE. SO AS SCOTT SAID, IT'S INEXPENSIVE HERE, BUT IT IS VERY EXPENSIVE THERE. AND YOU HAVE TO BRING IT FROM OTHER PLACES IN SEVERAL CITIES THEY ARE DOING RIGHT NOW. AS I INVESTIGATED AND I STARTED TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THIS, THEY ARE ACTUALLY IMPLEMENTING THAT WITHIN THE CITY AND THEY ARE CREATING STATIONS, IF YOU WANT TO CALL IT THAT WAY. AND STRUCTURES THAT ARE GEOTHERMAL STRUCTURES AND A FULL LOOP THAT WILL WORK WITH THE AS A HOLISTIC WAY FOR THE ENTIRE CITY TO, TO BASICALLY LOWER THAT ENERGY CONSUMPTION BECAUSE IT'S NOT AVAILABLE. AND TO THE OTHER POINT, IN TERMS OF SORT OF THE MICROGRID, I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANY DOUBT THAT. I MEAN, FROM A GREEN PERSPECTIVE, THAT SOLAR ENERGY HAS BEEN TOUTED AS MUCH, MUCH BETTER THAN TRADITIONAL POWER, RIGHT? THAT'S THAT'S GENERATED THROUGH COAL AND OIL, RIGHT? SO THAT'S WHY YOU SEE SOLAR ALL OVER.

THAT'S WHY IT'S BEEN THE DARLING SORT OF OF THE GREEN SUSTAINABLE MOVEMENT FOR THE LAST TEN, 15 YEARS. SO ALL WE'RE DOING IS USING THAT TECHNOLOGY, WHICH IS VERY SIMPLE ON OUR SITE. SO YEAH, I THANK YOU FOR SHARING THAT. I, I LOVE CLEAN ENERGY. HOWEVER, I DO HAVE CONCERNS STILL ABOUT THE LACK OF, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE OF THE EIR BEING OVER A DECADE OLD, EVEN THOUGH IT'S CLEAN ENERGY, RIGHT? PART OF MY WORK DURING THE DAY IS LOOKING INTO GREEN ENERGY PROJECTS LIKE SOLAR. AND EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE, THEY ARE BETTER ALTERNATIVES TO SOME OTHER FORMS, THERE ARE STILL IMPACTS, POTENTIAL IMPACTS ENVIRONMENTALLY, SOLAR CAN CREATE HEAT ISLAND EFFECTS, RIGHT? GEOTHERMAL IS STILL IN MARKET STUDY. SO I THINK FOR ME, I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY WHETHER IT WAS GOING TO BE A PART OF THIS PROJECT OR IT'S SEPARATE ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW TO ONCE AGAIN GO BACK TO THAT, THOSE CONCERNS THAT WE HAVE.

BUT THANK YOU FOR ANSWERING THAT QUESTION. I KNOW THERE'S BEEN SOME DISCUSSIONS ABOUT DISPLACEMENT, AND I DID WANT TO JUST PROVIDE AN UPDATE TO THE COMMISSION THAT THE CITY IS WORKING ON A DISPLACEMENT AVOIDANCE PLAN CURRENTLY. RIGHT NOW, I KNOW THAT'S INDEPENDENT OF THIS PROJECT, BUT I JUST WANTED TO LET YOU GUYS KNOW THAT THAT IS SOMETHING THAT THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT ARE CURRENTLY WORKING ON TOGETHER. I DID HAVE A QUESTION ON. SO IT SEEMS LIKE PART OF THE PROPERTY, LIKE PART OF THIS DEVELOPMENT IS COUNTY AND PART OF IT IS COACHELLA OR IS IT ALL JUST COACHELLA IN THE CITY OF COACHELLA? OKAY. THEN THAT WAS MY QUESTION. I NEEDED SOME

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REFERENCES TO THE WATER ISSUE. WE RECENTLY HAD THE FEDERAL CUTS FOR CALIFORNIA AND ARIZONA TO OUR ACCESS TO COLORADO RIVER WATER. AND WHILE, YOU KNOW, C.V. HAS AGREEMENTS WITH FIXED ALLOCATIONS. WE ARE GOING TO BE REVISITING IN TWO YEARS, THE STATES RIGHT WILL BE RENEGOTIATING THOSE CUTS. AND WE CAN'T REALLY DICTATE HOW MUCH THE COLORADO RIVER FLOWS, HOW QUICKLY OUR AQUIFER IS REPLENISHED. AND SO WE HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY NOT JUST TO THE COMMUNITY, BUT ALSO TO THE RESOURCES THAT WE ARE ALL SHARING. BECAUSE ACROSS SIX AGENCIES, RIGHT, WE ARE ALL SHARING THE AQUIFER AND THE COLORADO RIVER RESOURCE. I WAS REALLY HOPEFUL THAT THERE WOULD BE MORE WILLINGNESS, YOU KNOW, FROM THE POTENTIAL NEIGHBORS TO CONSIDER ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEWS. BUT. YEAH, THAT'S, THAT'S ALL I WILL SHARE. AND WITH THAT PARTICULAR COMMENT, I ALSO WANT TO REITERATE THAT MR. COSTELLO DID COMMUNICATE HOW THE WATER IS BEING REVIEWED IS BEING, YOU KNOW, LABELED IS BEING LOOKED AT. AND, AND I AS I CAN HEAR AND UNDERSTAND WHAT THE COMMISSIONER'S COMMUNICATING TO BE MINDFUL OF, OF THOSE OF THOSE ITEMS. THE WATER IS BEING AT THE MOMENT. RIGHT, YOU KNOW, SOUGHT AFTER. AND WE'RE FOLLOWING NOT JUST CITY OF COACHELLA GUIDELINES, RIGHT? WE'RE FOLLOWING STATE GUIDELINES THAT ARE OVERSEEING THE WATER USAGE. YES. I, I'M RIGHT THERE STILL WITH THE CONCERN WITH THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT. LIKE IT'S SURROUNDED BY DATE FIELDS LIKE, AND WE USE, WE, WE SOURCE THEM, WE EAT THEM. SO MY CONCERN IS THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT OF THAT. AND I KNOW THAT THERE ALSO IS A. WELL THAT IS RIGHT THERE IN THAT PROJECT. SO WE'RE LIKE, WHERE DOES THAT WATER GO? IS THAT THAT WATER DOES REPLENISH SOMETHING IN THE DESERT? WHERE IS THAT WATER? IS THAT WHAT THAT WHATEVER IT'S REPLENISHING? IS THAT NOT GOING TO REPLENISH THAT ANYMORE? IS THIS GOING TO REPLENISH WHAT'S GOING TO BE BUILT? I THINK THAT AGAIN, IT'S A BEAUTIFUL, BEAUTIFUL PROJECT. BUT I THINK JUST THE CONCERN IS THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT OF IT ALL, ESPECIALLY BECAUSE IT'S IN THE EASTERN END WHERE IT'S SURROUNDED BY NOTHING BUT FARMS. SO THAT'S THAT'S MY SENTIMENT. SO DOES ANYONE WANT TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION BECAUSE IT SOUNDS LIKE WE HAVE SOMETHING. I'LL GO FOR IT. DO YOU WANT TO PUT IT UP? ADRIAN PUT FORWARD. ONE MOMENT FOR OUR IT TEAM TO PUT ON THE PRESENTATION. YEAH.

SO STAFF RECOMMENDATION. I WANT TO MOVE FORWARD AND MAKE A RECOMMENDATION OF APPROVED RESOLUTION NUMBER PC2026-26 THROUGH RESOLUTION NUMBER PC2026-32. RECOMMENDING THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVE TT M NUMBER 3339330. ZOA, NUMBER 26-02Z0. A. NUMBER 26-03. CUP NUMBER 396. CUP NUMBER 407. AR NUMBER 25-07. D A. NUMBER 25-01, WITH THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT SOME OF US MADE AS A CONDITION OF APPROVAL. COMMISSIONER FONSECA, CAN YOU PLEASE CLARIFY WHICH SUGGESTIONS? RECOMMENDATION PROJECTION. OBVIOUSLY. AND I HAVE THAT WE THAT SOME OF THE TOT FUNDING GENERATED THROUGH THIS PROJECT BE EARMARKED AS AN UNRESTRICTED FUND TO BE USED FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT TO FURTHER BE DEFINED BY BY STAFF AND AND FUTURE COMMISSIONERS AND

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THIS HAS BEEN MORE THAN A YEAR AND A HALF OF ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES THAT WENT INTO THIS PROJECT IN THE LAST YEAR AND A HALF, ON TOP OF THE FULL GENERAL PLAN EIR THAT WAS DONE 15 YEARS AGO. SO IT'S NOT LIKE WE'RE JUST SKIPPING ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW. IT'S BEEN MORE THAN A YEAR AND A HALF. YOUR STAFF REPORT HAS HUNDREDS OF PAGES OF TECHNICAL AND CEQA STUDIES AND REPORTS. SO THERE'S NOTHING'S BEEN SKIPPED HERE, INCLUDING A WATER SUPPLY ASSESSMENT THAT HAS SAID MAY NOT HAVE EVEN BEEN REQUIRED BY THE LAW, BUT THE CITY DID IT ANYWAY TO BE THOROUGH. SO WE THINK THE ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW HERE HAS BEEN EXTREMELY THOROUGH ALREADY. WE'RE NOT SKIPPING ANYTHING. OKAY. AND THEN I HAVE A QUESTION. I THINK IT'S FOR YOU. SO THEY'RE GOING TO THERE'S THREE DEVELOPMENTS THAT ARE GOING TO BE BASICALLY HELPING THIS PIPE, RIGHT, FOR THE SEWAGE BECAUSE THAT'S THE CONCERN, RIGHT? IS THE SEWAGE THE SEWAGE PIPE? YEAH. SO WHEN, WHEN, WHEN WE HAVE SIGNIFICANT PROJECTS TYPICALLY OF THIS SIZE OR EVEN A TRACK WITH FEWER HOMES, LIKE ENCANTO WAS A RECENT ONE. AND THEN YOU HAVE OTHER PROJECTS IN THE VICINITY THERE THAT ARE BEING PROPOSED AS WELL, WHICH YOU'VE SEEN. WE DO A HYDRAULIC ANALYSIS TO MODEL IN THIS CASE. TO YOUR QUESTION, THE SEWER DISCHARGES FROM THOSE PROJECTS TO THE EXISTING PIPES DOWNSTREAM BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO THAT THAT WASTE DISCHARGE, THAT WASTEWATER HAS TO TRAVEL FROM THAT POINT VIA GRAVITY ALL THE WAY TO THE TREATMENT PLANT, WHICH IS AT THE END OF AVENUE 54 IN POLK. AND AS THAT WATER TRAVELS, IT GOES THROUGH DIFFERENT PIPE SIZES. SOME PIPES ARE OLDER BECAUSE THEY WERE INSTALLED, YOU KNOW, 30 YEARS AGO. AND AT THAT TIME ALL YOU NEEDED WAS AN EIGHT INCH PIPE. AND AS YOU BUILD MORE DEVELOPMENT UPSTREAM, THAT PIPE STARTS TO GET FULL. AND SO IT'S TYPICAL OF THESE TYPES OF PROJECTS THAT WE THAT WE CONDITION THEM TO DO A HYDRAULIC ANALYSIS SO THAT WE CAN IDENTIFY WHAT TYPE OF DEMAND OR WHAT TYPE OF IMPROVEMENT THEY'RE IMPOSING ON THE EXISTING SYSTEM SO THAT THEY CAN MAKE THOSE IMPROVEMENTS THEMSELVES AS CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL. SO WE'VE IDENTIFIED THAT THIS PROJECT WOULD CONTRIBUTE DISCHARGES TO TWO SECTIONS OF SEWER PIPE, ONE ON AVENUE 53 FROM ABOUT FREDERICK TO SHADY LANE. SO YOU CROSS THE YOU CROSS HARRISON AND YOU GO ALL THE WAY TO SHADY LANE. AND THAT SECTION OF PIPE WOULD HAVE TO BE UP SIZED FROM ABOUT A 12 INCH LINE TO A 15 INCH LINE. AND THEN THAT WASTEWATER CONTINUES TO TRAVEL DOWN AND IT MAKES ITS WAY TO ABOUT AVENUE 54 IN TYLER. AND FROM TYLER ON ANOTHER CHOKE POINT THAT THEE'S PROJECT WOULD ALSO HAVE TO UPSIZE IN ORDER TO FACILITATE THOSE FLOWS. AND THOSE ARE PART OF THE PROJECTIONS THAT THAT THEY MENTIONED AS IT RELATES TO OFFSITE IMPROVEMENTS THAT IN THIS CASE WOULD BE IN THE FORM OF OF WASTEWATER COLLECTION SYSTEM, UPSIZING OF THOSE PIPES.

AND THEN MY QUESTION NOW IS, IF THEY DON'T LIKE SAY THEY WEREN'T, THEY WEREN'T TO DEVELOP. DO WE STILL NEED TO FIX THOSE PIPES? BECAUSE THEN IS THAT GOING TO BE BECAUSE THE DEVELOPER RIGHT NOW IS WILLING TO PAY FOR THOSE PIPES TO BE FIXED? SO THAT'S THE ONLY THAT'S LIKE KIND OF LIKE WHERE MY CAVEAT IS THE DEVELOPER IS WILLING TO PAY FOR THOSE PIPES TO BE FIXED IF THOSE PIPES DON'T GET FIXED. DOES THAT MEAN THAT THAT'S GOING TO FALL ON US AS RESIDENTS TO PAY FOR THAT? SO. EVERY TIME THERE'S SOMEONE THAT CONNECTS TO THE SYSTEM, EVERY DEVELOPMENT, EVERY HOME, EVERY CONNECTION, WHETHER IT'S A HOME, A BUSINESS, EVERY

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GOT IT. SO IN THE DECEMBER 10TH, 2025 MEETING, WHEN IT WAS PRESENTED TO COUNCIL, I KNOW THAT THEY HAD TALKED ABOUT OR YOU GUYS HAD TALKED ABOUT, THAT THEY WERE GOING TO SPLIT THE THE PAYMENT. SO NOW IT'S JUST GOING TO FALL ON ONE DEVELOPER OR IS IT GOING TO WHOEVER COMES IN FIRST? I THINK RIGHT NOW WHAT I'M HEARING FROM THE PROJECT IS THEY'RE WILLING TO THEY'RE WILLING TO. IF. AND IT'S REALLY A MATTER OF WHEN THEY WHEN THEY PULL PERMITS TO OR, YOU KNOW, TO HAVE APPROVALS FOR CONSTRUCTION IF THEY GO IN FIRST. WE, WE, WE CAN PUT IN THE CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL. I THINK IT'S OUR INTENT TO PUT IN THE CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL THAT THEY'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR. UPSIZING THAT THAT PIECE OF INFRASTRUCTURE BEFORE BEFORE THEY AS A AS A FIRST STEP, BEFORE THEY BUILD, BEFORE THEY CAN OCCUPY ANY TYPE OF BUILDING.

AND THEN IN TERMS. OKAY. THANK YOU. I DON'T THINK I HAVE ANY MORE QUESTIONS IN TERMS OF WATER, BUT DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS IN TERMS OF WATER OR SEWAGE? OKAY, NOW I HAVE A QUESTION ON THE TRAFFIC. SO IS THERE A WAY THAT THE DEVELOPER IS WILLING TO DO? I KNOW THAT THERE WAS ALREADY A TRAFFIC ASSESSMENT DONE, BUT MAYBE IF WE TAKE THE COMMUNITY'S COMMUNITY INTO ACCOUNT AND BRING IT OUT THERE SAYING LIKE, HEY, BECAUSE THIS IS A VERY BIG, BUSY FOCAL CENTER, I USED TO LIVE RIGHT UP THE STREET AND MY MOM'S HOUSE WHEN I LIVED WITH MY MOM, BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE I WAS AT WHEN I LIVED WITH MY MOM, THE WHOLE ENTIRE ROAD WAS BLOCKED WITH CARS FROM PEOPLE PICKING UP THEIR KIDS. SO LIKE I SAID, THIS DEVELOPMENT IS GOING TO COME IN AND BRING MORE TRAFFIC IN TO A ALREADY BUSY AREA. SO IS THE DEVELOPER WILLING TO DO ANOTHER TRAFFIC ASSESSMENT OR WAS THE TRAFFIC ASSESSMENT, DID THAT TAKE INTO ACCOUNT DURING SCHOOL HOURS OR RELEASING OF SCHOOL AS WELL AS DURING COACHELLA FESTIVAL AS WELL? BECAUSE THAT WOULD CHANGE THE ENTIRE THING DURING SUMMER. IT'S REALLY SLOW DURING THE COACHELLA SEASON. IT'S GOING TO BE PACKED. AND I COULD HAVE SKIPPED OVER IT. SO I'M SORRY, BUT. YEAH, THE TRAFFIC STUDY WAS COMPLETED. APPARENTLY IT WAS COMPLETED IN MAY. SO WHILE SCHOOL WAS IN SESSION AND IT WOULD NOT BE APPROPRIATE TO DO THE TRAFFIC STUDY DURING COACHELLA ANY. NOR WOULD YOU DO IT, YOU KNOW, DURING AUGUST WHEN NO ONE'S HERE OR VERY FEW, YOU KNOW, LESS PEOPLE ARE HERE. HAVE YOU LIVED IN THE AREA DURING COACHELLA FEST? I HAVE NOT LIVED IN THE AREA. I HAVE VISITED IN THE AREA DURING EVERY MONTH BECAUSE I LIVE DOWN THE STREET AND I CAN TELL YOU THAT IT IS UNBEARABLE. YES. YEAH. THE POINT ISN'T THAT TRAFFIC ISN'T HORRIBLE DURING THE COACHELLA FEST. THE POINT IS THAT THAT'S NOT THE APPROPRIATE TIME TO TAKE TRAFFIC COUNTS FOR A TRAFFIC STUDY, BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT GETTING NORMAL CONDITIONS. I UNDERSTAND, HOWEVER, THIS ESTABLISHMENT WILL CALL FOR A LOT OF ATTENTION AND PRIVATE PARTIES BEING HELD THERE. FROM WHAT I CAN SEE AND I CAN FORESEE. SO THAT MEANS THAT DURING ALL THESE AFTER EVENTS FROM COACHELLA FEST, EVERYONE WOULD HEAD THERE. WELL, THE TRAFFIC STUDY DID TAKE INTO ACCOUNT MAXIMUM OCCUPANCY, INCLUDING SPECIAL EVENTS ON THE PROJECT SITE. SO IT WOULD TAKE THAT INTO ACCOUNT. AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY AFTER HOURS TRAFFIC IS NOT GOING TO CONFLICT WITH SCHOOL TRAFFIC.

THOSE ARE DIFFERENT TIMES OF THE DAY. THEN MY NEXT QUESTION IS, ARE YOU WHO IS THE CITY GOING TO CONTRACT WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT OR IS THE COMMUNITY GOING TO CONTACT CONTRACT WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT? BECAUSE THEN IF YOU HAVE AFTER PARTIES AT YOUR GUYS'S SPACE, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE THINGS ARE GOING TO HAPPEN, LIKE REALITY OF THE DAY, THINGS

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SO THOSE ARE INTERNSHIPS TO WORK ON LIKE WHEN IT'S DEVELOPED. WHAT ABOUT WHEN IT'S BEING DEVELOPED? THERE'S 6000 JOBS RIGHT THERE THAT COULD BE USED FOR INTERNSHIPS, WHERE STUDENTS FROM THE TRADE SCHOOLS CAN LEARN HOW TO DO PIPING. ANYTHING FOR THE PUBLIC ON THAT WILL NEED THE LOCAL, BASICALLY. OTHERWISE, HOW ARE YOU GOING TO BRING ALL THESE PEOPLE TO COME AND WORK OVER HERE? RIGHT. THAT WILL THAT WILL ACTUALLY REQUIRE A LOT OF INVESTMENT BECAUSE YOU WILL HAVE TO PROVIDE HOUSING AND WHATNOT. SO WE NEED TO PARTNER WITH THE, WITH THE LOCALS TO, TO GIVE THEM THE JOBS, RIGHT. I THINK THERE'LL BE MORE JOBS, ESPECIALLY DURING CONSTRUCTION, THAN THERE ARE PEOPLE IN THE CITY THAT REALLY NEED TO DO THEM. IN ONE SENSE, THERE'S 7500 JOB JOB YEARS, RIGHT IN THAT PERIOD OF TIME. SO OUR ONE OF OUR BIGGEST CHALLENGES ACTUALLY IS GOING TO BE FINDING ENOUGH PEOPLE, WE THINK, VERSUS BEING ABLE TO PROVIDE, RIGHT. SO I JUST TO DOUBLE POINT ON THAT, THAT SHOULD BE ONE OF THE CONDITIONS THAT WE SHOULD BE ACCOUNTABLE FOR HIGHER LOCAL, STAY LOCAL. THAT WAY. IT JUST HELPS EVERYBODY OUT, RIGHT? WE'RE HERE TO KIND OF WORK TOGETHER. AND I RESPECT MR. SALAS, BUT 1,000%. SO AS FAR AS THAT TRAFFIC STUDY, I THINK WE SHOULD 100% CATER TO HIS. BUT THAT WAS NEVER MENTIONED IN THE PROPOSAL. I I'M GOING TO I'M GOING TO RECOMMEND TO THE STREET IMPROVEMENTS. NO, I'M GOING TO RECOMMEND THAT. I'M GOING TO RECOMMEND THAT WE DO TO HELP. MR. SO HE'S OUR NEIGHBOR. SO WE ALL WANT TO BE GOOD NEIGHBORS. SO I RESPECT 100%. I'VE KNOWN HIM FOR A LONG TIME, SO I THINK WE SHOULD. THERE WAS MENTION OF THERE BEING A TRADE OFF. RIGHT. AND I THINK MY CONCERN IS WITH HOW EQUITABLE THIS TRADE OFF IS. IF A DEVELOPMENT OF THIS SIZE, USING THIS MANY RESOURCES WANTS TO BE A GOOD NEIGHBOR. WE'VE ALL EXPRESSED OUR CONCERNS UP HERE ON THE DAIS, AND THERE HASN'T BEEN MUCH, YOU KNOW, MOVEMENT TO ADDRESS SOME OF THESE CONCERNS. I THINK I'M HAVING A HARD TIME IN LOOKING AT EVERYTHING THAT THIS RESOLUTION INCLUDES. THE RESOLUTION FOR APPROVAL. FOR, FOR FOR JOBS AS THE TRADE OFF AND. UPGRADES TO INFRASTRUCTURE THAT THEY ARE GOING TO BE IMPACTING IS A IS A GIVEN. I FEEL IT'S NOT A BENEFIT. IT IS A GIVEN. IT IS SOMETHING THAT AS YOU'RE COMING IN TO DEVELOP HERE AND BE A PART OF THE COMMUNITY, A RESPONSIBILITY AS A DEVELOPER TO DO NOT NOT QUITE A BENEFIT. AND SO AS FAR AS THE TRADE OFF GOES, I'M LISTENING AND I'M WAITING TO HEAR SOMETHING. BUT YEAH, THERE'S ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM ANYONE ELSE ON THE DAIS? WOULD. SO I KNOW I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A COMMENT. THIS IS YOUR CITY MANAGER. YES. GO AHEAD. I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT ULTIMATELY YOU HAVE A PROFESSIONAL STAFF OF DIRECTORS THAT ARE SPECIALIZED IN THEIR SPECIFIC FIELDS. WE'VE TAKEN A LOOK AT THE ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS FROM THE VERY START. AND ULTIMATELY, WE ALSO HAD A THIRD PARTY REVIEW OF ALL THE ENVIRONMENTAL. LOOKING BACK AT OUR GENERAL PLAN, EIR THAT WAS DONE IN 2020, WHICH AGAIN, VERY RECENT. SO ULTIMATELY, I WOULD ASK THAT YOU TRUST YOUR STAFF, WHO'S DONE THIS REVIEW, WHO'S HAD A THIRD PARTY REVIEW WITH OUR LEGAL STAFF AS WELL, WHO SPECIALIZES IN SEQUA. SO WE BELIEVE THAT THE ENVIRONMENTAL DOCUMENT IS STRONG, AND IT DOES MEET ALL OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THAT 15183 EXEMPTION. SO I JUST WANTED TO PUT THAT OUT THERE. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. I DO WANT TO THANK OUR STAFF FOR, YOU KNOW, THEIR DEDICATED WORK TO THIS. IT'S A LOT OF DOCUMENTS TO READ THROUGH. I DO HAVE A CLARIFYING QUESTION.

THANK YOU FOR SHARING. THERE WAS A THIRD PARTY REVIEWER. IS THAT THE BB K SEQUA ATTORNEY?

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I KNOW THAT IN THE PAST AT COUNCIL MEETINGS THERE HAVE BEEN CONCERNS. SO THAT WAS HELPFUL TO GET CLARIFIED. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. SO WITH THAT, IS THERE A MOTION? AND I JUST WANT TO REMIND THE COMMISSION THAT YOUR ROLE TODAY IS TO MAKE A RECOMMENDATION TO THE CITY COUNCIL. AND THAT RECOMMENDATION CAN BE TO APPROVE THE RESOLUTION OR TO DENY THE RESOLUTION. SO IT'S EITHER A RECOMMENDATION FOR OR AGAINST. AT THE END OF THE DAY, IT'S RECOMMENDATION. THE CITY COUNCIL WILL HAVE THE ULTIMATE SAY AND JUST WANT TO THROW THAT OUT THERE. SO IF WE CAN ENTERTAIN A MOTION. IN THAT CASE, I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO DENY THE RESOLUTION NUMBER PC2026-26 THROUGH RESOLUTION NUMBER PC2026-32. RECOMMENDING THAT THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVE TM NUMBER 39330ZOA, NUMBER 26-020. A, NUMBER 26-03. COPY NUMBER THREE NINE SIX, P, NUMBER 407. AR. NUMBER 25-07. D A. NUMBER 25-01, AS IT CURRENTLY STANDS. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. WAS THAT A SECOND? YES. OKAY, COMMISSIONER.

CAR? YES, COMMISSIONER. FONSECA. NO. COMMISSIONER MURILLO. YES. COMMISSIONER. AUMBRIES. YES.

VICE CHAIRPERSON. TORRES. YES. MOTION PASSES. ALRIGHTY. AND NOW WE STILL HAVE A COUPLE MORE MINUTES LEFT, SO LET ME JUST QUICKLY CLOSE OUT. DO WE HAVE ANY INFORMATIONAL? THERE ARE NONE. ALRIGHTY. NOW WE'RE ADJOUR

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