Oct 14, 2026 City Council Meetings

[Call to Order]

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COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COACHELLA CITY COUNCIL SITTING AS THE COACHELLA SANITARY DISTRICT, COACHELLA FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT, COACHELLA FINANCE AUTHORITY, COACHELLA EDUCATION AND GOVERNMENTAL ACCESS CORPORATION, COACHELLA WATER AUTHORITY'S SUCCESSOR AGENCY, COACHELLA REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY AND THE COACHELLA PARKS AND RECREATION FOUNDATION.

CONVENIENT REGULAR MEETING. THE TIME NOW IS 5 P.M. WILL THE CITY CLERK PLEASE CONDUCT A ROLL CALL? COUNCILMEMBER MARTINEZ HERE, COUNCILMEMBER HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER DELGADO HERE. MAYOR DOCTOR FIGUEROA PRESENT. AND JUST FOR THE RECORD, MAYOR PRO TEM PEREZ

[Approval of Agenda]

ALSO, WE HAVE A DECLARATION OF A LOCAL EMERGENCY, AN EMERGENCY ITEM THAT WE'VE ADDED TO THE AGENDA. IT'LL BE ITEM NUMBER 23. OKAY. AND JUST REAL QUICKLY ON THAT, MR. MAYOR AND COUNCIL, WE ARE ASKING THAT THIS BE ADDED AS AN URGENCY ITEM. THIS IS A RESOLUTION DECLARING A LOCAL EMERGENCY RELATED TO THE EL NINO WEATHER EVENTS. IN ORDER TO ADD AN ITEM TO THE AGENDA, THERE IS A FINDING THAT TWO THIRDS OF YOU FIND THAT THERE IS AN IMMEDIATE NEED TO TAKE ACTION ON THIS ITEM, AND THAT THIS ITEM CAME TO THE ATTENTION OF THE CITY AFTER THE POSTING OF THE AGENDA. BASED ON THE RECENT WEATHER OVER THE WEEKEND AND THE LIKELIHOOD OF ADDITIONAL STORMS IN THE AREA PRIOR TO OUR NEXT REGULAR MEETING, STAFF DOES FIND THAT THE CONDITIONS ARE MET TO SUPPORT THIS ITEM BEING ADDED AS AN URGENCY ITEM, AND AS THE CITY MANAGER MENTIONED, IF COUNCIL IS INCLINED TO ADD THIS ITEM, WE DO RECOMMEND THAT IT BE ADDED AS THE FIRST ITEM UNDER NEW BUSINESS. OKAY. DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS BY COUNCIL? IF NOT, WE'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ADD AS AN URGENCY ITEM. A RESOLUTION DECLARING A LOCAL EMERGENCY RELATED TO THE EL NINO WEATHER EVENT. DO WE HAVE A MOTION? I'LL GO AHEAD AND MOTION. IS IT FIRST? IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND IS THE FIRST AND SECOND, PLEASE CONDUCT. COUNCIL MEMBER MARTINEZ. AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER. AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER. DELGADO.

YES. MAYOR. DOCTOR. FIGUEROA. AYE. AT THIS TIME, THE COUNCIL BOARD CORPORATION AUTHORITY MAY ANNOUNCE ANY ITEMS BEING PULLED FROM THE AGENDA OR CONTINUE TO ANOTHER DATE OR REQUEST THE MOVING OF AN ITEM ON THE AGENDA. WHAT ARE THE WISHES ON THE COUNCIL ON THE AGENDA? ASIDE FROM ITEM 28, WHICH IS BEING POSTPONED TO THE MEETING OF NOVEMBER 25TH AND THE EMERGENCY ITEM BEING ADDED, I'D LIKE TO. ON THE PROCLAMATIONS, I'D LIKE TO MOVE ITEM NUMBER SEVEN TO THE END OF THE PROCLAMATIONS, AND THEN WE'LL TAKE NUMBER SEVEN AT THE END, AND WE'LL TAKE ALL THE PROCLAMATIONS UP FRONT FIRST. SO. AND IF THERE ISN'T AN ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGENDA WITH THE CHANGES ON ITEM SEVEN TAKEN AT THE END OF THE PROCLAMATIONS. A MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGENDA AS PRESENTED IN A SECOND, SECOND, THE FIRST AND SECOND ROLL CALL, PLEASE. COUNCIL MEMBER. MARTINEZ. COUNCIL MEMBER. AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER. DELGADO. YES.

[Public Comments (Closed Session Items)]

I'VE CALLED FOR THIS CHANGE SINCE JUNE. AND ON JUNE 10TH, THIS COUNCIL VOTED FIVE ZERO TO SEEK A NEW CITY ATTORNEY. THANK YOU FOR THAT. HERE'S WHY THIS APPOINTMENT MATTERS. ON MAY 11TH, AT A PUBLIC TOWN HALL, OUR CITY ATTORNEY SAID ON THE RECORD THAT HE WAS NOT AWARE OF THE $4,900 CONTRIBUTION FROM STRONGHOLD POWER SYSTEMS TO THE MAYOR, WHO VOTED ON THE STRONGHOLD AGREEMENT. HE SAID NO ONE IN HIS OFFICE HAD ANY IDEA. HE ALSO SAID IT WAS THE MAYOR'S OBLIGATION TO RECUSE. I ALSO MENTIONED EARLIER THAT THE CLAUSE THAT ALLOWS THE CITY TO BACK OUT WITH NO LIABILITIES FROM THE STRONGHOLD AGREEMENT IS BUTCHERED, AND WE PAY OUR CITY ATTORNEY A LOT OF MONEY. SO WHOEVER YOU CHOOSE TONIGHT, I ASK THREE THINGS. FIRST, THAT THE FIRM HAS NO PRIOR RELATIONSHIP WITH STRONGHOLD, ITS AFFILIATE, OR ANY PARTY TO THE FEBRUARY 11TH AGREEMENT. SECOND, THAT THE NEW CITY ATTORNEY CONDUCTS AN

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[Adjourn to Closed Session]

SECTION 54554956.8 PROPERTY AGENCY NEGOTIATOR CITY MANAGER GUSTAVO J. ROMO NEGOTIATING PARTIES SILVIA PAZ ALIANZA, COACHELLA VALLEY UNDER NEGOTIATION, PRICE AND THE COUNL

[Reconvene Regular Meeting]

[Closed Session Announcements]

THE CITY COUNCIL MET IN CLOSED SESSION PURSUANT TO THE ITEMS LISTED ON THE CLOSED SESSION AGENDA, AND THERE IS NO REPORTABLE ACTION. THANK YOU. OKAY. AND WITH THAT, BEFORE WE CONTINUE ON THE NEXT ITEM, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THERE WAS SOME CHANGES AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING. ITEM NUMBER 28 HAS BEEN POSTPONED TO THE NOVEMBER 25TH MEETING, AND ITEM NUMBER SEVEN WILL BE TAKEN AFTER ALL OF THE PROCLAMATIONS. SO THOSE WERE THE CHANGES OF THE AGENDA CHANGES AT THE BEGINNING. AT THE 5:00 HOUR WHEN WE STARTED THE MEETING. AT

[City Council Conflict of Interest Disclosure]

[Public Comments (Non-Agenda Items) (Limited to a maximum of 30 minutes. If additional time is required for public comments, they will be heard after. Public Hearing Calendar)]

GOOD EVENING. I'M FRANKIE MOLINA, A COACHELLA RESIDENT. I'M ALSO A CANDIDATE FOR MAYOR.

AND FOR FULL DISCLOSURE, I HAVE NO CAMPAIGN SIGNS POSTED ANYWHERE IN THIS CITY.

COACHELLA MUNICIPAL CODE SECTION 2080 60 REQUIRES EVERY CANDIDATE POSTING POLITICAL SIGNS TO FILE A SIGNED LOCATION MAP AND OWNER CONSENT STATEMENT, AND IT PROHIBITS SIGNS ON PUBLIC PROPERTY AND THE RIGHT OF WAY. ON SEPTEMBER 29TH, THE DEPUTY CITY CLERK CONFIRMED IN WRITING THAT NO SIGN LOCATION MAPS HAVE BEEN FILED FOR THIS ELECTION, NOT ONE. MEANWHILE, POLITICAL SIGNS ARE ON THE FENCE AT THE PARK. I HAVE PHOTOS FOR STAFF AND I'M HANDING THE PACKET TO THE CLERK. I ALREADY EMAILED HER AND I DIDN'T GET AN OPPORTUNITY TO PRINT IT. IT'S NOT. AND IT'S NOT JUST THIS RACE. CANDIDATES FOR SCHOOL BOARD, FOR STATE OFFICE, AND EVEN FOR AN INDIO. SEE, LIKE, WHAT ARE THEY DOING IN COACHELLA? YOU KNOW, HAVE

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THE WHOLE THING, READING THE RULES BEFORE YOU ACT ISN'T A TECHNICALITY. IT'S THE JOB. I RAISED THIS WITH THE CITY MANAGER BEFORE TONIGHT, AND I APPRECIATE HIS WILLINGNESS TO ACT ON IT. SO I'M ASKING FOR ONE OF TWO THINGS ENFORCE IT EVENLY. ONE NOTICE TO EVERY CAMPAIGN, ONE DEADLINE, ONE CITYWIDE SWEEP TO TAKE DOWN ANY AND ALL SIGNS THAT DON'T COMPLY WITH THE LAW. AND THAT INCLUDES ANOTHER SIGN THAT I SAW FOR LIKE SOME EVENT. LIKE I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT JUST POLITICAL, I'M TALKING ABOUT EVERYTHING BECAUSE NO SIGNS ARE SUPPOSED TO BE ACCORDING TO THIS ORDINANCE. SO, SO PUT THIS ORDINANCE ON THE AGENDA AND CHANGE IT IN PUBLIC. SORRY. SO TAKE THEM DOWN, SWEEP TO TAKE THEM DOWN OR PUT THIS ORDINANCE ON THE AGENDA AND CHANGE IT IN PUBLIC. THE LAW IS THE LAW. AND HOW PEOPLE FEEL ABOUT IT SHOULDN'T DECIDE WHETHER IT'S ENFORCED. I HAVE AN MBA CLASS TONIGHT, SO I'LL BE LEAVING AFTER THIS. I'VE SUBMITTED WRITTEN COMMENTS ON ITEMS 23, 27, AND 28 TO THE CLERK. I APPRECIATE THAT LEADERSHIP LISTENS TO RESIDENTS, AND I'D LIKE IT IF THEY WERE READ ALOUD WHEN THOSE ITEMS COME UP SO RESIDENTS WATCHING CAN HEAR THEM TOO. THANK YOU, BECAUSE I THINK I READ YOUR ARTICLES, AND AS A RESIDENT, I'D LIKE FOR MY VOICE TO BE HEARD. SO PLEASE READ THEM. HAVE A GOOD NIGHT. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. ANY OTHER PUBLIC COMMENTS? YES, WE HAVE ONE FROM JAMES RODRIGUEZ, MR. RODRIGUEZ. GOOD EVENING. COUNCIL. JAMES RODRIGUEZ, NATIVE RESIDENT OF COACHELLA. I DIDN'T GET TO TUNE IN TO THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING TODAY AT 5:00, WHICH IS WHERE I ASSUME I WOULD HAVE HEARD THEM, BUT I DID GET TO TUNE IN TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING LAST WEEK, WHERE I DID HEAR SOME NEW CODES OF CONDUCT RULES. THESE INCLUDED THINGS LIKE PROFANITY. SO I PREPARED A STATEMENT HERE FOR YOU TO DESCRIBE WHY I NOT ONLY EMAILED ALL OF THE COUNCIL ABOUT THAT INDIVIDUALLY, AS WELL AS THE CITY STAFF, BUT I'M ALSO VERY SHOCKED THAT YOU ACTED ON IT WITHOUT. ONCE I REVIEWED FURTHER THE ACTUAL LETTER OF THE LAW. SO I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT THOSE RECENT CODES OF CONDUCT AND ADMINISTRATIVE RULES RESTRICTING SPEECH, SPECIFICALLY, THIS BLANKET BAN ON SO-CALLED PROFANITY. DURING OUR PUBLIC COMMENTS UNDER THE BROWN ACT, THIS COUNCIL IS LEGALLY FORBIDDEN FROM STOPPING THE PUBLIC FROM CRITICIZING YOUR ACTIONS, POLICIES OR DECISIONS. A PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD IS A PUBLIC FORUM UNDER THE FIRST AMENDMENT AND THE CALIFORNIA CONSTITUTION. THE GOVERNMENT HAS NO AUTHORITY TO CLEANSE PUBLIC DEBATE TO THE POINT WHERE IT IS GRAMMATICALLY PALATABLE TO THE MOST SQUEAMISH AMONG US. BASICALLY, THE U.S. SUPREME COURT HAS SETTLED THIS EXACT ISSUE IN COHEN VERSUS CALIFORNIA, WHEN IT RULED THAT ONE MAN'S VULGARITY IS ANOTHER MAN'S LYRIC. THE COURT MADE IT CLEAR THAT THE GOVERNMENT CANNOT SANITIZE PUBLIC DEBATE TO SUIT ITS OWN TASTES. THERE IS A HUGE LEGAL DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ATTACKING SOMEONE WITH PERSONAL INSULTS TO START A FIGHT, OR USING STRONG DESCRIPTIVE WORDS TO POINT OUT A GOVERNMENT FAILURE. EVEN THE FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION AND THE STANDARD PG RATING FOR TELEVISION SHOWS ALLOW TERM STUPID, IDIOTIC AND IGNORANT, POINTING OUT THAT A POLICY OR A DECISION IS FOOLISH OR IGNORANT IS NOT A BREACH OF ORDER. IT IS A BASIC POINT OF PUBLIC COMMENT, AND UNDER THE NINTH CIRCUIT LAW, A STATE PRECEDENT, YOU CAN ONLY CUT OFF A SPEAKER IF THEIR PHYSICAL CONDUCT ACTUALLY SHUTS DOWN OR DISRUPTS THE MEETING, NOT BECAUSE YOU DISLIKE THE TONE OF THEIR LINGUISTIC CHOICE. SO WHAT THAT IS TELLING US IS THAT AS LONG AS I AM NOT UP HERE SHOUTING, FIGHTING WORDS OR PEJORATIVES THAT ARE NOT PROTECTED FREE SPEECH, AND AS LONG AS THE ROOM DOESN'T ERUPT INTO MASS HYSTERIA, LIKE SOMEONE SAYING YOU NEED TO LEAVE. IF THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN, THEN YOU ARE ALL ABUSING YOUR DISCRETION AND YOU CANNOT TREAT PASSION OR HARSH DESCRIPTIVE WORDS AS A DISTURBANCE. JUST TO SHIELD YOURSELVES FROM CRITICISM OR TO APPEASE A KINDERGARTEN NATURE. THANK YOU FOR LISTENING. ANY ON ZOOM. IF

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[Proclamations/Presentations (Part 1 of 2)]

PERO SOY COMO LA ALTERNANT DEL GRUPO DE JOVENES AHORITA ESTOY EN UNA CAMPANA. SI ESTOY TOMANDO EL BREAK SE ACABA LA CAMPANA DE VOTO VOY A REGRESA A MI POSICION DE ALTERNANT DEL GRUPO DE JOVENES. GRACIAS. TODOS NOMBRES. YASMIN QUINTANA VENTANA. BUENAS TARDES. MI NOMBRE ES MAGDALENA. MIRA YO TENGO ANOS Y YO SOY MIEMBRO DE CAMPESINOS. HI, I'M FELIX, AND I'M 13 YEARS OLD, AND I'M A PART OF THE YOUTH GROUP IN LEADERLESS CAMPESINOS. HOLA. MI NOMBRE ES ALONDRA FELIX. TENGO ANOS E SOY PARTE DEL GRUPO DE LIDERES CAMPESINOS. HELLO. MY NAME IS ANA. I'M 17 YEARS OLD. I HAVE A GOOD DAY. WE DO HAVE A PROCLAMATION FOR MANUELA HERE.

AND LEADERS, CAMPESINOS. THE COUNCIL MAYOR PRO TEM PEREZ IS GOING TO READ FOR US HERE. OKAY.

CITY OF COACHELLA PROCLAMATION. WHEREAS DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IS A COMMON BUT INTOLERABLE SITUATION IN COACHELLA VALLEY, AS ELSEWHERE, AS ELSEWHERE. AND WHEREAS DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IS ONE OF THE MOST UNDERREPORTED CRIMES, AND WHEREAS DOMESTIC VIOLENCE DOES NOT DISCRIMINATE OF ANY RACE, AGE, GENDER OR ECONOMIC STATUS CAN BE A VICTIM. AND WHEREAS EDUCATION INTERVENTION ARE PRODUCTIVE TOOLS TOWARD THE PREVENTION OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND WHEREAS, LIDERES CAMPESINOS OF COACHELLA VALLEY HAS TAKEN A LEADERSHIP ROLE IN STEMMING THE TIDE OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, NOW THEREFORE, MAYOR FRANK FIGUEROA AND COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COACHELLA, BY THE POWER INVESTED IN US, DO HEREBY RECOGNIZE LEADERS, CAMPESINOS YOUTH GROUP FOR THEIR SIGNIFICANT EFFORT AND SUPPORT BY PROVIDING AWARENESS AND REFERRING VICTIMS SURVIVORS TO THE PROPER AGENCIES. THANK YOU GIRLS FOR ALL YOUR WORK YOU DO.

DURING THE PRESENTATION, AND THEN I'LL LET THE COUNCIL MAKE SOME COMMENTS. SO WE'LL TAKE A

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DO YOU WANT TO FLIP IT AROUND. OH, SORRY. THERE YOU GO. OKAY. READY. 123. THANK YOU. ONE MORE TIME. EVERYBODY SMILE. THANK YOU. NOW I'LL PASS THE MICROPHONE. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS HAVE EVER BEEN TO AN EVENT WITH MANUELA. I WENT TO ONE IN THE SUMMER AND THEY DID THEIR PRESENTATION ON THEIR SUMMER FINDINGS AND IT WAS REALLY INFORMATIVE. THEY HOSTED IT AT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND IT WAS VERY INFORMATIVE. AND IT'S JUST REALLY IMPORTANT THE WORK THAT THEY DO HERE IN THE COMMUNITY, NOT JUST IN COACHELLA, BUT IN THE EASTERN COACHELLA VALLEY, WHERE SOMETIMES SOME INFORMATION ISN'T DISSEMINATED OR IT'S NOT TALKED ABOUT IN OUR COMMUNITY. AND IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT ESPECIALLY DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IS TALKED ABOUT AND THEY SEE THE SIGNS BECAUSE OTHERWISE, IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT THE SIGNS ARE OR WHAT IS HAPPENING, ARE YOU ABLE TO HELP OTHER POTENTIAL SURVIVORS ON WHAT HAS OCCURRED? BECAUSE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE OCCURS EVERY DAY, AND IT HAPPENS NOT JUST TO IT'S IT HAS NO LENS AND IT HAPPENS TO ANY GENDER. AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE HAPPENS TO EVERYBODY. SO IT'S VERY IMPORTANT, ESPECIALLY EARLY ON, RELATIONSHIP. AND SO IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT YOU AND I ARE LEARNING, EDUCATING. AND THEN YOU CAN GO ON AND TELL YOUR FRIENDS AND BE ABLE TO TELL OTHER PEOPLE WHAT THOSE ARE AND HOW DO YOU FIND AND SEEK HELP IN OUR COMMUNITY. SO WITH THAT, THANK YOU, MANUELA, FOR EVERYTHING. I'LL PASS IT ON TO THE OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS. DO THEY HAVE ANY COMMENTS? THANK YOU. IN ENGLISH EN ESPANOL. PERO GRACIAS. MANUELA HA TENIDO EL GUSTO DE UNO DE LOS EVENTOS Y LA VERDAD. QUÉ ES MUCHO TRABAJO? EL Q HACEN PARA PODER TRABAJAR CON LA JUVENTUD. Y LA QUIERO DECIR A LAS MUCHAS GRACIAS POR SU ESFUERZO POR TODO LO ESTAN HACIENDO PORQUE CREO LA VIOLENCIA DOMÉSTICA ES UNO DE LOS PROBLEMAS MAS REALES.

Q PUEDE EXISTIR NOSOTROS AQUI COMO REGIDORS ESCUCHAMOS MUCHAS COSAS VIENE MUCHA GENTE Y NOS PLATICA DE CIERTAS COSAS PASANDO. PERO ESTE ES UN PROBLEMA MUY MUY REAL. TAMBIÉN Y ESTE CREO EN CIERTOS LUGARES NO SIEMPRE LO PODEMOS PLATICAR NO SIEMPRE NOS CREARON CON ESO DIQ HABLADO I Q DIALOGAR LOW IQ ENTENDER UN POQUITO Y SABER. QUÉ PODEMOS HACER PARA PREVENIRLO? Y CREO Q ES IMPORTANTE Q USTEDES LO ESTÉN HACIENDO Y TENGAN EL CHARACTER DE PODER ENFRENTADO Y PLATICAR TAMBIÉN A LA GENTE Y A LA COMUNIDAD Y DECIR. SABES QUÉ ESTAS SON LAS SENALES Y NO DEBEMOS DE TOLERAR NADIE ABSOLUTAMENTE NADIE DEBE DE TOLERAR ESTE LA VIOLENCIA DOMÉSTICA. ENTONCES, GRACIAS POR TODO SU ESFUERZO Y SU TRABAJO ESTAN HACIENDO SIGAN HACIÉNDOLO. ESTO LO Q USTEDES ESTAN HACIENDO HOY ES MUY IMPORTANTE PORQUE COMO LO DIGO ES UN PROBLEMA MUY REAL. LA GENTE LO VIVE DEL DIA AL DIA DESAFORTUNADAMENTE HAY BASTANTE GENTE Q TAMBIÉN PIERDE LA VIDA ACERCA DE ESTAS ACCIONES.

ENTONCES GRACIAS POR ESTAR AQUI Y PLATICAR SOBRE ESTO CON NOSOTROS TAMBIÉN. AND I'LL JUST RECAP REALLY QUICKLY IN ENGLISH. HOPEFULLY I REMEMBER ALL THAT. BUT I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE TODAY AND SHARING WHAT YOU HAVE WITH US. I'VE BEEN TO SOME OF THE EVENTS THAT MANUELA HAS PUT ON WITH THE YOUTH AND WITH THE COMMUNITY, AND IT'S VERY POWERFUL BECAUSE I'M I WAS TELLING THEM THAT WE GET TO HEAR A LOT OF THINGS AS COUNCIL MEMBERS, A LOT OF DIFFERENT ISSUES. ALL OF THEM ARE VERY IMPORTANT. BUT I DO BELIEVE THAT DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IS A VERY REAL ISSUE THAT PEOPLE FACE. AND SO HAVING THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE THEM COME HERE AND TALK ABOUT IT AND SHOW US THAT, HEY, ANYBODY CAN REALLY GO THROUGH DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. IT'S VERY IMPORTANT. THIS IS A VERY, VERY REAL ISSUE.

AND UNFORTUNATELY, WE DO HAVE A LOT OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT, YOU KNOW, END UP BECOMING VICTIMS TO, TO THESE ACTS. AND SO I JUST WANT TO THANK THEM FOR HAVING THE COURAGE AND BEING BRAVE ENOUGH TO TALK ABOUT IT AND MAYBE SHARE IT WITH THEIR, YOU KNOW, FELLOW CLASSMATES OR FAMILY MEMBERS. AND I WAS MENTIONING TO THEM AS WELL THAT I KNOW IN A LOT OF PLACES, A LOT OF TIMES IT'S STILL SORT OF A TABOO TO TALK ABOUT DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. YOU DON'T REALLY GROW UP IN CERTAIN PLACES HEARING ABOUT IT OR BEING SO OPEN ABOUT IT. IT'S MORE OF A, WELL, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T TALK ABOUT THAT. AND IT'S JUST, YOU KNOW, IT'S ENCOURAGING. I THINK IT'S VERY BEAUTIFUL TO HAVE THEM BE ABLE TO DELIVER THE MESSAGE AND JUST SHARE THAT WITH US. SO THANK YOU. MUCHO. THANK YOU, THANK YOU THANK YOU. NO TENIDO LA OPORTUNIDAD EVENTOS. PERO ES ES MAGNIFICO MIRAR. TODO LO ESTA HACIENDO A LA JUVENTUD PORQUE MUCHAS DE LAS VECES NO TIENE Q SER VALENCIA DOMÉSTICA EN EL MATRIMONIO PASA MUCHO ENTRE LOS

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OKAY. IT'S IT'S HARD TO TRANSLATE BECAUSE IT'S NOT EVEN SPANISH OR ENGLISH. THAT'S WHAT I. IT GOT MY ATTENTION. OKAY. GOT IT. THANK YOU. PERO SI ES IMPORTANTISIMO. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU GUYS DO. AND YOU GUYS ARE SO BRAVE. YOU KNOW, NOT EVERYBODY CAN SIT UP THERE AND START TALKING INTO THE MICROPHONE. SO DON'T FEEL BAD. OKAY? JUST KEEP GOING. YOU GUYS ARE DOING AMAZING. SO THANK YOU. FOR THAT. SO I SAID IN ENGLISH AND SPANISH, MANUELA. GRACIAS. GRACIAS, MUCHACHOS. A ESTAR EN UN EVENTO IN FARM. DONDE ESTA USTEDES Y NO ME CIERRAN TILES TENIAN ALGO OR DRAWINGS THAT YOU GUYS HAD DONE AT THAT.

TALKING ABOUT DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, I HAVE DEALT WITH A LOT OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE VICTIMS. I CAN TELL YOU IT'S HARD TO TRY TO CONVINCE THEM TO LEAVE THEIR PERPETRATOR. YOU KNOW, MY FEAR WAS ALWAYS, I'M GOING TO LEAVE AND THEY'RE GOING TO GET KILLED. SO FOR YOU GUYS TO SEE YOU GUYS DOING THIS AT A YOUNG AGE AND TRYING TO CONVINCE YOUNG GIRLS THAT ARE PROBABLY GOING TO A SITUATION IN THE BEGINNING THAT THAT SAYS A LOT BECAUSE YOU GUYS ARE GOING TO PREVENT THEM FROM GROWING OLDER AND THEN MARRYING INTO A RELATIONSHIP WHERE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE DOES EXIST. SO THANK YOU. GRACIAS. MUCHAS GRACIAS. POR LO HACEN USTEDES TAN TRATANDO DE PRÉVENIR. ESTO SIGA UN CICLO CUANDO LLEGA A UNA EDAD DE ADULTOS SOLO PARA PODER AYUDAR A VICTIMAS Y COMO DIJO EL MAYOR FIGUEROA. ESTO NO ES DE MUJERES TAMBIÉN ES DE HOMBRES Y HAY UN INCREMENTO EN VIOLENCIA DOMÉSTICA EN EL SEXO OPUESTO. SO MUCHAS GRACIAS POR LO HACEN NO PUEDEN AYUDAR. YEAH, I THINK MY COLLEAGUE SUMMED IT UP VERY WELL. BUT I WANT TO THANK YOU, YOU GIRLS, FOR FOR YOUR COURAGE AND YOUR DEDICATION TO TO THIS THAT'S GOING ON. IT'S VERY REAL, AS MY COLLEAGUES HAVE SAID, AND PEOPLE ARE AFRAID TO SPEAK UP AND TO SPEAK OUT. AND MANY TIMES WHEN THEY SHARE OR THEY SHARE WITH FAMILY MEMBERS, THEY'RE OFTEN TOLD THAT THEY'RE RESPONSIBLE OR, OR TO SOME DEGREE, THAT THEY BROUGHT THIS ON, YOU KNOW, ON THEMSELVES.

AND SO IT MAKES IT EVEN MORE DIFFICULT WHEN PEOPLE ARE, YOU KNOW, DISCOURAGING THEM OR, YOU KNOW, SHARING THAT WHAT THEY'RE SHARING IS NOT REAL OR IS NOT TRUTHFUL. AND THERE IS NEVER ANY EXCUSE FOR ANYBODY EVER BEING VIOLATED OR FOR ANYONE EVER TO PUT THEIR HANDS ON SOMEONE ELSE. IT'S NEVER OKAY. SO THE FACT THAT YOU GUYS ARE DOING THIS NOW IN SUCH AN EARLY AGE AND UNDERSTAND WHAT GOOD RELATIONSHIPS ARE, BECAUSE BEING RESPECTFUL TO ONE ANOTHER AND RELATIONSHIPS, IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE TO LEARN AT A VERY YOUNG AGE BECAUSE WE GROW UP THINKING THAT THOSE TYPES OF RELATIONSHIPS ARE OKAY. SO AND THEN MANUELA, THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO. YOU'VE BEEN DOING THIS FOR SO MANY YEARS. I'VE KNOWN HER FOR MANY, MANY YEARS NOW, AND I DON'T THINK THAT WE APPRECIATE YOU ENOUGH AND ACKNOWLEDGE YOU ENOUGH.

PUERTO, LOOK, PARA TODOS, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR KINDNESS AND ALWAYS STICKING UP FOR FOR THE RIGHT THING TO DO AND ALWAYS STANDING UP FOR WOMEN. SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR DEDICATION. THANK YOU.

OKAY. OKAY. ONE MORE. SHOW YOUR APRONS. AND POR FAVOR. OKAY.

ONE. TWO. THREE. EVERYBODY SMILE. THANK YOU. HAVE AN EXHIBIT OUTSIDE FOR ANYBODY THAT WANTS TO STEP. THANK YOU. YEAH WE DO WELL. OH, NO, BUT WE HAVE THE WRITTEN ONES. WE'VE ALREADY COVERED THE. YEAH. GRACIAS. YEAH. WE HAVE. OH, OKAY. NEXT WE HAVE THE PROCLAMATION FOR THE CHUCKWALLA NATIONAL MOUNTAIN MONUMENT. I THINK WE HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE HERE FROM FRIENDS. AND WE HAVE A SECOND REPRESENTATIVE. OH, WE HAVE A SECOND. OKAY. YOU HAVE A

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THERE WERE SO MANY PEOPLE WHO WORKED ON THIS WAY AHEAD OF ME AND WAY AFTER ME, AND WE WERE SO GRATEFUL FOR THE TRIBAL LEADERSHIP AND EVERYBODY. AND THERE WERE A LOT OF SUPPORTERS WHO REALLY WANTED TO BE HERE TODAY, BUT THEY HAD A LITTLE CHALLENGE GETTING HERE, AND THEY JUST ASKED ME TO SEND THEIR NAMES. SO THAT WOULD BE PART OF THE PUBLIC RECORD.

STARTING OFF WITH KIT FOX AND CHUCK WALLA. THEN THERE WAS MECCA, ASTOR, IRONWOOD, BLUE PALO VERDE, SMOKE TREE, BIGHORN SHEEP, DESERT TORTOISE, LONG EARED OWL, MUNZ, CHOLLA, OROCOPIA, SAGE, BURROWING OWL, THE GILA WOODPECKER, THE CRYSTAL THRASHER OCOTILLOS PRONGHORN. YELLOW BAT, LEAF NOSED BAT, MOUNTAIN LION, MOJAVE FRINGE TOED LIZARD, MASTIFF BAT. THE BLACK TAILED GNATCATCHER HONEY MESQUITE. CALIFORNIA FAN PALM, THE CHUCKWALLA CHOLLA. AND AS WE ALL KNOW, THE CHUCKWALLA, THESE ARE A LOT OF THE SPECIES THAT WERE PROTECTED FOREVER BY ESTABLISHING THAT. AND THEY DON'T HAVE A VOICE. SO WE REALLY APPRECIATE WHEN EVERYBODY ELSE LISTENS AND GIVES THEM A VOICE. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR DOING THIS. AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE. THANK YOU. HELLO, MY NAME IS JOSE MANZO. I ALSO WAS A PARTNER WITH THE COALITION. I GUESS WHAT I WANT TO SHARE IS THAT I WASN'T THINKING ABOUT SPEAKING FIRST OF ALL. AND SECOND, IS THAT WHAT WE DO ON PROTECTING OUR NATURE IS NOT SOMETHING THAT WE DO FOR NOW, BUT IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S AN INVESTMENT FOR THE FUTURE. AND WHEN WE THINK ABOUT A FUTURE, WE NEED TO THINK OF ALL THESE INVESTMENTS THAT MAYBE WE WON'T ENJOY THEM OURSELVES, BUT WE KNOW THAT THE CHILDREN, OUR CHILDREN WILL BE ENJOYING THEM. SO I JUST WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THAT, THAT IT'S SELFLESS WORK THAT WE DO IN PROTECTING OUR FRIENDS. AND SHE MENTIONED SHE NAMED A BUNCH OF PLANTS AND A BUNCH OF ANIMALS THAT ARE THIS IS THE HOME FOR THEM. SO, AND I ALSO WANT TO HIGHLIGHT ALL THE WORK THAT ALL THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE WORKED BEFORE US AND THE WORK THAT AFTER US TOO. SO IT'S A LOT OF WORK AND IT'S WORK FOR THE ANIMALS, THE PLANTS, AND FOR THE FUTURE GENERATIONS. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. I'LL GO AHEAD AND READ THE PROCLAMATION AND THANK YOU FOR LISTING THE SPECIES. THAT WAS VERY SPECIAL. WHEREAS THE CHUCKWALLA NATIONAL MONUMENT WAS ESTABLISHED BY PRESIDENTIAL PROCLAMATION ON JANUARY 14TH, 2025, PROTECTING APPROXIMATELY 624,000 ACRES OF FEDERAL PUBLIC LANDS IN RIVERSIDE AND IMPERIAL COUNTIES. AND WHEREAS THE MONUMENT PROTECTS SIGNIFICANT DESERT LANDSCAPES, WILDLIFE HABITAT, OPEN SPACE AND OPEN SPACE, AND SCENIC RECREATIONAL, SCIENTIFIC AND CULTURAL RESOURCES THAT ARE IMPORTANT TO THE CITY OF COACHELLA, THE COACHELLA VALLEY AND SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. AND WHEREAS THESE LANDS ARE PART OF THE ANCESTRAL AND LIVING CULTURAL LANDSCAPES. OH, I'M GOING TO MESS THESE NAMES UP OF THE OH! OH, OKAY. OH, I, I DO BECAUSE I DO NOT WANT TO DISRESPECT, BUT OF ALL OF THESE. OH MAN. WANT TO BE THERE. THAT'S OKAY. WELL, IF I AM, WHICH IS CAHUILLA, THE NUU, WHICH IS CHEMEHUEVI PEOPLE WHICH ARE MOJAVE COUSIN OR COUSIN MARIAM AND MARIAM, WHICH ARE SERRANO AND OTHER INDIGENOUS PEOPLES. SO LOTS, YOU KNOW, I'VE SAID THOSE ALL AT SOME POINT IN MY LIFE, BUT GIVE ME A MIC. AND I'M LIKE, NO, I DO NOT WANT TO DISRESPECT.

THANK YOU FOR THAT. WHEREAS THE CHUCKWALLA NATIONAL MONUMENT PROVIDES OPPORTUNITIES FOR RECREATION, EDUCATION, SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH, CULTURAL CONNECTION, AND APPRECIATION OF THE CALIFORNIA DESERT FOR PRESENT AND FUTURE GENERATIONS. AND WHEREAS, THE CITY OF COACHELLA RECOGNIZES THE IMPORTANCE OF PRESERVING THE REGION'S NATURAL AND CULTURAL HERITAGE AND RESPONSIBLY STEWARDING THE DESERT LANDS THAT CONTRIBUTE TO THE QUALITY OF LIFE AND WELL-BEING FOR OUR COMMUNITIES. NOW, THEREFORE, THE MAYOR, DOCTOR FRANK FIGUEROA, AND THE CITY AND THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COACHELLA, WITH THE POWER VESTED IN US, DO HEREBY RECOGNIZE CHUCKWALLA NATIONAL MONUMENT AND URGE ALL RESIDENTS OF THE CITY OF COACHELLA TO JOIN US IN CELEBRATING THE MONUMENT'S IMPORTANCE TO OUR REGION'S NATURAL, CULTURAL AND RECREATIONAL HERITAGE. I'M GOING TO HAND THE MIC OVER TO COUNCILWOMAN DELGADO. SHE SERVES ON THE TWO COMMISSIONS THAT DO A LOT OF THE

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I WAS REPRESENTING THE CITY OF COACHELLA BECAUSE THE CHUCKWALLA MONUMENT FALLS WITHIN THE SPHERE OF INFLUENCE WITHIN THE CITY OF COACHELLA. WE ARE THE ONLY CITY THAT IT FALLS WITHIN OUR SPHERE OF INFLUENCE. SO I WENT OUT THERE TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THE CITY AND THE VALUE THAT IT WOULD BRING TO THE CITY OF COACHELLA, ESPECIALLY IF WE EXPANDED. IT WAS A WONDERFUL EXPERIENCE, AND I THINK THAT WE DID VERY WELL AT DELIVERING THAT MESSAGE. YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT I THANK YOU AND EVERYONE ELSE THAT THAT PARTICIPATED IN THESE COALITIONS. IT TOOK A LOT OF TIME. IT WASN'T SOMETHING THAT JUST CAME ABOUT WITHIN A FEW MONTHS. AS YOU KNOW, IT'S SOMETHING THAT HAD TO BE, YOU KNOW, FOUGHT FOR MANY, MANY MONTHS. AND THEN AT SOME POINT, I THINK THERE WAS FEAR THAT THEY WERE GOING TO REMOVE THE, THE MONUMENT. AND, AND, YOU KNOW, THANKFULLY AT AT THAT TIME, YOU KNOW, WE WERE ABLE TO, TO GET IT APPROVED RIGHT BEFORE SOME OF THE TRANSITIONS. AND SO, SO I THANK YOU FOR ALL THE WORK THAT YOU'VE PROVIDED AND TO ALL THE OTHER ORGANIZATIONS AND ALL THAT YOU'VE DONE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WERE ABLE TO GET THIS APPROVED. I THINK IT'S A GREAT BENEFIT NOT JUST TO THE EAST VALLEY, BUT TO THE CITY OF COACHELLA. THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT WE WANTED TO MOVE FORWARD WITH AND DO A LOT OF TRAILS AND OPEN SPACE THAT WE THOUGHT THAT WAS GOING TO BE ALSO BENEFICIAL TO THE CITY OF COACHELLA, IN THE SENSE THAT WE WERE ABLE TO NOW PROMOTE, YOU KNOW, THAT TYPE OF OPEN ENVIRONMENT, GREEN SPACE, OPEN AIR, AND RESPECTING THE ANIMALS THAT THAT WE PRESERVE AND THAT WE RESPECT AND LOVE GENUINELY. SO THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU DO. THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU TO ALL THE ORGANIZATIONS. I KNOW THAT IT WAS QUITE A STRUGGLE. I KNOW THERE WAS OBSTACLES THAT YOU GUYS HAD TO OVERCOME. THANK YOU FOR NOT GIVING UP. AND THANK YOU FOR FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK. ALL. WELL, THANK YOU AND CONGRATULATIONS. 641 ACRES PROTECTED JUST, YOU KNOW. YEAH. THAT'S GREAT. YOU KNOW. WELL, JUST A LITTLE. JUST A LITTLE.

WELL, CONGRATULATIONS. YOU KNOW, I KNOW YOU GUYS PUT A LOT OF WORK AND JUST THE FACT THAT YOU MENTIONED EVERY NOT EVERY SINGLE SPECIES, BUT THAT'S, THAT'S LIKE RESPECT TO THAT.

YEAH, YEAH. SO CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THE WE'RE THE GATEWAY OF THE SALTON SEA, BUT WE'RE ALSO THE GATEWAY TO CHUCKWALLA. SO THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT. AND I THINK WE WERE ALSO THE LAST CITY. NOW TO GIVE YOU SOMETHING. BUT IT'S IT'S NEVER TOO LATE AND IT'S FULL CIRCLE, RIGHT? SO FULL CIRCLE. WELL, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TODAY. AND IF YOU HAVEN'T GONE OUT TO CHUCKWALLA, TALK TO KAREN AFTERWARDS AND FIND OUT WHERE TO GO. SO WE'LL TAKE ONE MORE GROUP PICTURE. IT'S CLOSED RIGHT NOW BECAUSE OF THE RAIN.

YEAH. WELL WELL THAT WHAT IT IS. YEAH. OKAY. BEAUTIFUL WEATHER. YEAH. SHE'S GOTTA TAKE A PICTURE AND THEN WE'LL BE GOOD. ALL RIGHT, EVERYBODY GET CLOSER. THANK YOU. YES. PERFECT. READY? 123. LET ME TAKE ANOTHER ONE. CLOSER. ONE. PERFECT. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. MARLA. AND THEN WE HAVE ONE MORE FOR THE YOUTH PARTICIPATORY ACTION RESEARCH, WAIPA AND THE EAST, COACHELLA VALLEY PRIDE, WHO IS CELEBRATING TEN YEARS THIS YEAR. SO IF YOU ALL WANT TO COME UP TO THE PODIUM AND I'LL HAVE COUNCILWOMAN DELGADO READ THIS ONE. HELLO, EVERYONE. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING US. MY NAME IS ZULEMA Z. I USE THEY THEM PRONOUNS, AND I AM A PART OF THE COACHELLA TEAM. WE'RE THE ONLY LGBTQ PLUS RESOURCE CENTER OUT HERE IN THE EAST VALLEY.

AND YEAH, SO AS MAYOR FRANK MENTIONED, WE'RE RECEIVING A PROCLAMATION FOR THE YOUTH PARTICIPATORY ACTION RESEARCH PROJECT, AS WELL AS COACHELLA VALLEY PRIDE PLANNING COMMITTEE.

YOUTH PARTICIPATORY ACTION RESEARCH PROJECT WAS DONE TEN YEARS AGO IN 2016. IT IS A REALLY BIG CATALYST OF ALL OF THE WORK THAT IS DONE HERE IN THE EAST VALLEY WITHOUT THE USE THE YOUTH PARTICIPATORY ACTION RESEARCH PROJECT, WE WOULD NOT BE HERE FROM THOSE FINDINGS.

WELL, I WANT TO BACKTRACK A LITTLE. THE YOUTH PARTICIPATORY ACTION RESEARCH PROJECT WAS DONE BY HIGH SCHOOL AGE YOUTH. THAT WAS ALSO ALONGSIDE BUILDING HEALTHY COMMUNITIES, WHICH IS NOW ALIANZA COACHELLA VALLEY. SO THEY REALLY DID A LOT OF THE WORK IN COMMUNITY AND RECEIVED. I CAN'T I DON'T EVEN REMEMBER THE NUMBER OF RESPONSES FROM COMMUNITY WHERE WE FOUND SOME OF THE KEY FINDINGS THAT WE SAW WERE A NEED FOR SPACES, SAFE SPACES,

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AND SO THIS YEAR, SOMETHING THAT WE ARE DOING, IT IS OUR 10TH ANNUAL. SO WE WANTED TO GO BIGGER. WE WANTED TO CELEBRATE MORE. WE WANTED TO BRING MORE AWARENESS, MORE EDUCATION. THAT NEXT WEEK WE'LL BE HAVING A FULL WEEK OF CELEBRATIONS TO CELEBRATE WHITE POWER, TO HONOR, TO HONOR WHITE PA AND ALSO JUST CELEBRATE OUR COMMUNITY AND ALL OF THE WORK THAT HAS DONE. SO, LIKE ROMAN SAID, I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE ALL OF YOU, ALL COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO OUR OUR EVENTS. ON TUESDAY, OCTOBER 20TH, WE'LL BE HAVING A MINI HEALTHCARE RESOURCE FAIR. SO LIKE WE FOUND IN THE WHITE POWER FINDINGS, HEALTHCARE ACCESS WAS PRETTY DIFFICULT OUT HERE AND CONFUSING. SO OUR AIM WITH THAT EVENT IS TO BRIDGE THAT GAP OF ACCESS HERE IN THE EAST VALLEY. SO WE HAVE ABOUT 10 TO 12 HEALTHCARE ORGANIZATIONS, HEALTHCARE ORGANIZATIONS WHO WILL BE SHARING THEIR RESOURCES WITH US. ON OCTOBER 20TH, WE'LL HAVE FOOD, WE'LL HAVE SPEAKERS. SO WE HOPE THAT YOU CAN JOIN US LATER THAT WEEK. ON THURSDAY, OCTOBER 22ND, WE'LL BE HAVING A TEN YEAR SINCE WHITE POWER, LASTING IMPACT FROM YOUTH VOICES AND SO ON. SO WE'LL BE HAVING KEY SPEAKERS FROM THAT PROJECT THAT WAS DONE TEN YEARS AGO. SO WE WOULD LOVE FOR EVERYBODY TO JOIN US. OF COURSE, AGAIN, WE WILL BE A MORE INTIMATE GATHERING OF CELEBRATION AND ALL OF THE WORK THAT HAS BEEN DONE. AND OF COURSE, THE BIG ONE, OUR 10TH ANNUAL ON SATURDAY, WILL BE A MUCH, MUCH LARGER COMMUNITY CELEBRATION WITH A FULLY PACKED SCHEDULE OF ENTERTAINMENT, FOOD, ART, COMMUNITY RESOURCES, EVERYTHING. SO WE HOPE THAT YOU CAN JOIN US NEXT WEEK. THANK YOU. BECAUSE IT IT'S SO GOOD.

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AND WHEREAS, OVER THE PAST DECADE, THE COACHELLA VALLEY HAS CONTINUED TO CELEBRATE THE LGBTQ PLUS IDENTITY, CULTURE AND COMMUNITY THROUGH THE COACHELLA VALLEY PRIDE FESTIVAL AND OTHER COMMUNITY EFFORTS. AND WHEREAS THE CITY OF COACHELLA RECOGNIZES THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THIS TEN YEAR MILESTONE AND THE LASTING CONTRIBUTIONS OF THE YOUTH AND COMMUNITY PARTNERS WHO HELPED BEGIN THIS WORK. NOW, THEREFORE, I. FRANK FIGUEROA, MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COACHELLA, BY THE POWER INVESTED IN US, DO HEREBY RECOGNIZE YOUTH PARTICIPATORY ACTION RESEARCH YPAR AND COACHELLA VALLEY PRIDE AND URGE ALL RESIDENTS OF THE CITY OF COACHELLA TO JOIN US IN CELEBRATING THE YOUTH, VOICES AND COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS THAT HAVE STRENGTHENED LGBTQ, PLUS CONNECTION AND VISIBILITY THROUGH THE COACHELLA VALLEY. DID YOU WANT TO GIVE HIM A PICTURE? READY? ONE. TWO. THREE.

I HEARD THIS ONE. HERE WE GO. ONE. TWO. THREE. DO YOU WANT TO SHARE SOME? SO I WANT TO THANK YOU GUYS AND THANK THE ORGANIZATION TO HEAR THAT IT STARTED IN 2016 FROM HIGH SCHOOL THAT THAT SAYS A LOT AND THAT YOU GUYS ARE STILL HERE AND TRYING TO MENTOR OUR YOUNGER GENERATION AND TRYING TO SUPPORT THEM BECAUSE I KNOW IT'S NOT EASY. SO THANK YOU GUYS. DON'T STOP. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT TOO. AND HOPEFULLY IT CAN CONTINUE TO GROW. NO, YOU WERE GOOD. SORRY. IT'S BEEN A LONG DAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU'RE DOING. I THINK THAT IT'S VERY POWERFUL THAT YOU ARE CREATING A VERY SAFE SPACE FOR A LOT OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT PERHAPS MAY NOT HAVE THAT AT HOME. AND SO THE FACT THAT YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN GROWING AND, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF OUR YOUTH FEELS COMFORTABLE GOING TO YOU AND ASKING FOR RESOURCES, ASKING FOR HELP, THAT THAT'S A THAT'S A BIG DEAL BECAUSE A LOT OF TIMES WE CAN'T DO THAT. RIGHT. AND SO JUST THANK YOU FOR OPENING THE DOOR TO OUR COMMUNITY AND FOR CONTINUING TO, TO BE THERE FOR EVERYONE. SO THANK YOU GUYS AND CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU. AND CONGRATULATIONS. TEN YEARS. YOU KNOW, YOU SAID IT VERY EASY TEN YEARS. BUT YOU KNOW, YOU GOT TO GO BACK AND SEE ALL THE HARD WORK THAT YOU GUYS HAVE PUT ON.

AND LOOK AT YOU NOW. YOU'RE ALL GROWN UP. NOW YOU GOT TO GO AND AND BRING THE YOUNG GENERATION

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OH MY GOD. OKAY. WE WILL MOVE ON TO THANK YOU FOR EVERYONE FOR

[Written Communications (Part 1 of 2)]

ONE IS FROM ARMANDO VALDEZ. ONE IS FROM TEEN MOM A K A, MARGARET WEBB. AND ONE IS FROM CONSUELO MARQUEZ. CAN WE JUST READ THE THE HEADLINE JUST SO THAT WE CAN READ IT INTO THE RECORD? CONSUELO MARQUEZ. SHE IS IN OPPOSITION OF THE BEACH CLUB PROJECT. OKAY. THE THE ONE FROM TEEN MOM AKA MARGARET WEBB. THAT ONE IS REGARDING THE UNITY RIDE FOR HOMELESS, THE UNITY RIDE FOR HOMELESS. AND THEN. WE HAVE ONE FROM FRANCISCO MOLINA. NON AGENDA ITEM FOR REGARDING THE POLITICAL SIGN ENFORCEMENT. OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND THEN OKAY, WE'LL MOVE ON NOW TO CONSENT CALENDAR WE CAN MOVE ON TO IS RECOMMENDED THE CONSENT CALENDAR ITEMS BE ACTED UPON SIMULTANEOUSLY. AND A SEPARATE DISCUSSION AND OR ACTION IS REQUESTED BY A CITY COUNCIL MEMBER. MAYOR, REAL QUICKLY, DID WE SKIP ONE PRESENTATION ON THE. OH THAT'S RIGHT. YEAH. MR.

[Proclamations/Presentations (Part 2 of 2)]

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AND IT'S AN EXCELLENT WAY TO HIGHLIGHT THE BUDGET. AND OUR BUDGET HAS A LINKED TABLE OF CONTENTS. THEY SAID THE LINKS ARE VERY USEFUL IN NAVIGATING THE BUDGET. OUR SCORES ROSE SHARPLY ON LAST YEAR'S WEAKEST CRITERIA'S THREE OF FOUR MANDATORY CRITERIA FLAGGED AS DEFICIENT LAST YEAR ARE NOW FULLY PROFICIENT. FINANCIAL POLICIES, DEBT AND CAPITAL PROGRAM. WE IMPLEMENTED A NEW GLOSSARY, FINANCIAL POLICY SECTION, DEBT SCHEDULES, AND A CRITERIA LOCATION GUIDE, WHICH DROVE THE GAINS. THERE IS ONE LAST ITEM TO FINISH AND THAT'S PERFORMANCE MEASURES. WE CREATED PERFORMANCE MEASURES FOR THIS YEAR'S BUDGET. BUT WE NEED THREE YEARS OF HISTORICAL DATA TO GO IN. THEY'VE GIVEN US TWO YEARS TO CATCH UP. SO WHAT WE'LL HAVE TO DO IS BACKDATE THE GOALS FOR ONE YEAR AND CATCH IT UP OVER THE NEXT TWO, AND THEN WE'LL BE FULLY PROFICIENT IN ALL CATEGORIES. SO WE WERE AWARDED ON A QUALIFIED BASIS THE PERFORMANCE MEASURES. SHOW TARGETS ONLY THE GFOA REQUIRES THREE YEARS OF DATA. PRIOR YEAR. ACTUAL CURRENT YEAR ESTIMATE AND BUDGET YEAR TARGET. SO NEXT YEAR WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO FILL THOSE IN, AND IT MUST BE CORRECTED IN THE NEXT TWO BUDGET CYCLES TO KEEP THE AWARD. SO WE ALSO HOPE TO ADD A FEW MORE THINGS IN NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET. TO DO OUT OF A LONG RANGE FORECAST, ESPECIALLY FOR THE GENERAL FUND. COUNCIL RECENTLY APPROVED A NEW BUDGETING SOFTWARE FOR US. WE'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO TRY AND USE IT FOR THE MID-YEAR BUDGET PROCESS. TO GET USED TO IT SO THAT WHEN WE GO INTO THE NEW YEAR BUDGET, IT'LL BE USED FOR THAT. AND THEN THE NEXT BUDGET WILL BE SUBMITTED TO THE GFOA WITHIN 90 DAYS OF ADOPTION FOR THE 2728 BUDGET. AGAIN, WE HAD A CERTIFICATE OF RECOGNITION FOR THE BUDGET PREPARATION FOR THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT. I SPECIFICALLY WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO LOURDES MIRON. SHE HELPED SIGNIFICANTLY WITH THE BUDGET. JUDY RUIZ, WHO HELPED WITH THE PAYROLL PORTIONS, THE SALARIES AND BENEFITS OF THE BUDGET. BILL FIELDS, HE'S OUR NEW COMPTROLLER. HE DID A LOT OF PROOFREADING AND ENSURING THAT OUR SECTION TITLES MATCHED AND THAT ALL THE LINKS WERE WORKING. THE DEPARTMENT HEADS, ANDREW SIMMONS AND PUBLIC WORKS FOR THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT BUDGET, INCLUDING A SPECIAL SHOUT OUT TO BRIANNA GREENWOOD.

SHE DOES A LOT WITH THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN AS WELL. SO WE WILL BE RECEIVING A MEDALLION.

I HAVE TO ORDER A PLAQUE. THIS IS OUR SECOND AWARD, BUT WE DON'T HAVE A PLAQUE YET. BUT WE HAVE A MEDALLION FROM LAST YEAR AND WE HAVE A MEDALLION. WE'LL BE GETTING THE MEDALLION FROM THIS YEAR. SO I'M, I'M VERY PROUD OF OF WHAT THE CITY HAS IMPLEMENTED OVER THE PAST TWO BUDGETS. THANK YOU. COUNCIL. THANKS TO YOUR STAFF. THANK YOU. I'D LIKE TO INVITE MR. LINCOLN UP HERE FOR A PICTURE. YEAH. COME ON IN. PRETEND HE'S HOLDING THE MEDALLION. YEAH. DO YOU WANT TO GET IN THERE? I DO, I DO WANT TO SHARE SOME WORDS WITH YOU, LINCOLN, BECAUSE YOU'VE BEEN WITH US A VERY SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME. AND SINCE YOU'VE GOTTEN HERE, YOU'VE HIT THE GROUND RUNNING. I MEAN, WE YOU LITERALLY TOOK OVER EVERYTHING AND YOU WERE

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THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AND IF YOU KNOW ACCOUNTING PEOPLE, THEY LIVE IN THERE LIKE INTERESTING. THEY'RE LIKE, THEY DON'T LEAVE THEIR OFFICES. THEY'RE ALWAYS LOOKING AT THEIR SPREADSHEETS. SO I KNOW IT'S ALWAYS GREAT. SO THANKS, LINCOLN. SORRY. OKAY, WE'LL

[Written Communications (Part 2 of 2)]

AND THEN LET'S SEE. THOSE ARE ALL UNDER WRITTEN. YEAH, THOSE ARE OKAY WITH THAT. THOSE ARE

[Consent Calendar]

I'VE ALSO PUT TOGETHER A MOCK UP OF POTENTIAL SMOKE FREE SIGNAGE FOR PUBLIC SPACES TO HELP ILLUSTRATE WHAT THE SIGNAGE COULD LOOK LIKE. IF THE IF IT WAS PASSED AND ADOPTED.

WE'D BE HAPPY TO PURCHASE THE REQUIRED SIGNAGE FOR CITY FACILITIES AND PARKS, AND COORDINATE WITH CITY STAFF ON AGREED UPON INSTALLATION TIMELINE. SHOULD THE ORDINANCE BE ADOPTED. OUR GOAL IS TO HELP ENSURE SIGNAGE IS IN PLACE IN A TIMELY MANNER SO RESIDENTS AND VISITORS ARE CLEAR, INFORMED BEFORE ENFORCEMENT BEGINS. I DO HAVE THIS IF YOU GUYS WANT TO LOOK AT IT, BUT A CITY CLERK AND THEY'LL PROVIDE IT TO US. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. PUBLIC COMMENT. AND WE HAVE ONE MORE FROM BRANDON ANTUNES ON ITEM 14. BRANDON.

OKAY. WELL GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS OF COACHELLA. MY NAME IS BRANDON.

MY NAME IS EDDIE GOMEZ. AND ON BEHALF OF THE HEALTH ACADEMY, PUBLIC SERVICE ACADEMY AND COACHELLA RESIDENTS, WE WOULD LIKE TO SINCERELY THANK YOU FOR PASSING THE TOBACCO RETAIL

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THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER PUBLIC COMMENT? ANY PUBLIC. MORE PUBLIC COMMENTS UNDER IN ZOOM. FOR CONSENT ITEMS. IF THERE'S ANYBODY ON ZOOM WHO WOULD LIKE TO COMMENT ON CONSENT ITEMS, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. THERE ARE NONE. OKAY. AND THEN FOR THE RECORD, COUNCILMEMBER IS GOING TO ABSTAIN FROM ITEM 22. CORRECT. JUST YES. SO WE CAN TAKE EVERYTHING TOGETHER. AND THEN FOR THE RECORD, 22 IS ABSTENTION BY COUNCILMEMBER.

BEAT HIM. SO I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT CALENDAR AS APPROVED. AND YOU HAVE A MOTION. MOTION. THERE'S A MOTION. IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL GO AHEAD AND SECOND.

THERE'S A FIRST, A SECOND. ROLL CALL PLEASE. COUNCIL MEMBER MARTINEZ. AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER.

AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER. DELGADO. YES. MAYOR. PRO TEM. PEREZ. YES. MAYOR. DOCTOR. FIGUEROA. AYE.

[New Business Calendar (Legislative and Administrative)]

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NO PUBLIC COMMENT. OKAY. COUNCIL MEMBER MARTINEZ, COUNCIL MEMBER. HIGH COUNCIL MEMBER. DELGADO. YES. MAYOR PRO TEM PEREZ. YES. AND MAYOR DOCTOR BIGELOW, I AND I WILL MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER, WHICH IS NOW 20, FOR THE APPROVAL OF THREE YEAR SPONSORSHIP AGREEMENT WITH SOCAL ARENA COMPANY LLC IN CONNECTION WITH COACHELLA LAKERS, WITH A SPONSORSHIP FEE OF $46,000. SO 2023, WHICH IS 24. GOOD EVENING MAYOR. MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL. THE ITEM BEFORE YOU IS A PROPOSED THREE YEAR SPONSORSHIP AGREEMENT WITH SOCAL ARENA COMPANY, LLC IN CONNECTION WITH THE COACHELLA VALLEY LAKERS. STAFF IS REQUESTING APPROVAL OF THE AGREEMENT THROUGH RESOLUTION NUMBER 2026-56. THE LAKERS ARE AN NBA G LEAGUE AFFILIATE OF THE LOS ANGELES LAKERS AND WILL PLAY THEIR HOME GAMES AT ACRISURE ARENA. UNDER THE PROPOSED AGREEMENT, THE CITY WOULD BE RECOGNIZED AS A NON-EXCLUSIVE OFFICIAL PARTNER. THE PURPOSE IS TO INCREASE REGIONAL VISIBILITY FOR COACHELLA, WHILE CREATING ADDITIONAL OPPORTUNITIES TO CONNECT WITH RESIDENTS AND PROMOTE CITY PROGRAMS AND INITIATIVES. THE AGREEMENT PROVIDES ADVERTISING EXPOSURE AT FOUR DESIGNATED REGULAR SEASON HOME GAMES EACH CONTRACT YEAR. THIS INCLUDES COURTSIDE AND HOOP SIDE LED SIGNAGE, ARENABOWL SIGNAGE, A 32ND REPLAY SCREEN COMMERCIAL AT EACH OF THOSE FOUR GAMES, AND ROTATIONAL IPTV EXPOSURE. SOCIAL MEDIA INTEGRATION IS ALSO AVAILABLE AS MUTUALLY AGREED UPON. THESE BENEFITS WOULD GIVE THE CITY ANOTHER

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OKAY. ANY COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL? WHAT? ARE THERE ANY. MY ONLY QUESTION I HAVE ON THIS ITEM IS.

SO WE HAVE TO PRODUCE ALL OF THE MARKETING MATERIAL TO THEM. CORRECT. AND THERE'S A QUESTION MAYBE THAT THE. SO WE HAVE TO HAVE A. THIS IS A QUICK TURNAROUND. IF WE'RE GOING TO WANT TO HAVE ANY ANYTHING RIGHT. WE HAVE TO PROVIDE EVERYTHING TO THEM. THAT IS CORRECT. AND OUR CITY ATTORNEY WAS KIND ENOUGH TO HELP THE CITY FIND A PARTNER TO WORK WITH THE CITY FREE OF CHARGE IN CREATING THOSE MATERIALS. SO THE PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICE WAS CAN WORK WITH THE PERSON THAT OUR CITY ATTORNEY FOUND FOR US. OKAY. AND HOW MANY TICKETS? IT'S 60, 60 TOTAL PER YEAR WITH AN ADDITIONAL 24 FOR LOWER. SO I BELIEVE THAT'S 84 IN TOTAL. SO AND WOULD WE BE ABLE TO AND I DON'T KNOW HOW COUNCIL FEELS, BUT WOULD WE BE ABLE TO RAFFLE THOSE TICKETS OUT TO OUR RESIDENTS? YEAH, I DON'T SEE WHY NOT. I THINK, YOU KNOW, BE ABLE TO ATTEND AND BENEFIT FROM THAT SINCE IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE FOR OUR COMMUNITY. ALSO, MR. MOLINA DID MAKE A GOOD COMMENT ABOUT HAVING ONE FREE YOUTH CLINIC THAT WOULD ALSO HELP OUR YOUTH. I DON'T KNOW IF THEY CAN ACTUALLY PROVE THAT WE CAN ADD THAT OR NOT. OR SOMETHING LIKE WHERE THEY YOU CAN DO A YOUTH DAY AND WE CAN SEND WE DON'T HAVE A BASKETBALL LEAGUE. BUT YEAH, THAT'S SOMETHING WE CAN DEFINITELY LOOK INTO. AND WE'RE GOING TO ADD 60 TICKETS PER GAME, NOT JUST PER GAME. OKAY. PER GAME. THAT'S A CHANGE. THAT'S A CHANGE. SO YOU'RE TALKING 240 TICKETS IN MOST CITIES. THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT THEY DO. THEY GIVE AWAY TO THE RESIDENTS. THAT'S PART OF THE WHOLE PERK. SO I WOULD HAVE TO TAKE AWAY THE THE CLINIC. BUT I DON'T SEE THAT BEING A PROBLEM WITH THAT AT ALL. YEAH. OR MAYBE THEY CAN, YOU KNOW, SOMEHOW FIND A WAY WHERE LIKE THEY CAN PARTNER OR GET AN ABILITY TO SEE LIKE A THEM PRACTICE OR SOMETHING. IT SHOULD NOT BE A PROBLEM AT ALL. BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S ESPECIALLY IF THEY WANT TO ASPIRE TO BECOME THAT, RIGHT. SO NOT BE A PROBLEM. YOU MEAN YOU MEAN LIKE FUTURE COLLABORATIONS WITH DIFFERENT. YEAH, LIKE POTENTIAL, LIKE, YOU KNOW, SPORTS ORGANIZATIONS THAT WE, WE DON'T HAVE A BASKETBALL LEAGUE PER SE. BUT IF THERE'S OTHER LIKE NONPROFITS THAT LIKE, I KNOW THERE'S A GEARED FORWARD THAT DOES ADAPTIVE SPORTS OR THERE IS OTHER PLACES. SO POTENTIAL COLLABORATION THROUGH, YOU KNOW, THAT I THINK WOULD BE IMPORTANT. YEAH, THAT'S, THAT'S NOT GOING TO BE A PROBLEM. I MEAN, 60 TICKETS, WE'RE PRETTY FLEXIBLE. SO OKAY. YOU KNOW, I'M. I'M NOT SO MUCH IN SUPPORT OF DOING THE 15,000 AND GETTING 60 TICKETS PER PER GAME. AND THAT'S BECAUSE FOR ME, IT'S WHAT'S GOING TO BENEFIT THE

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OKAY. SO FOR THREE YEARS. RIGHT? YEAH. SO, BUT BECAUSE OF THE FUNDING, IT COMES BACK FOR THE APPROVAL, RIGHT? NO, THAT'S IT. IT JUST GETS. YEAH. THAT'S RIGHT. THIS IS IT. THIS IS A THREE YEAR TERM. IT WILL NOT BE COMING BACK EACH YEAR. YEAH. ALL RIGHT. SO SO IS IT I MEAN IF MY COLLEAGUES WANT TO APPROVE IT WITH A THREE YEAR YOU KNOW IT WILL BE THE THREE YEAR. BUT I DO WANT I DO WANT TO SEE WHERE THE BENEFITS LIE WITHIN THE FIRST YEAR. AND SO IF POSSIBLE, I WOULD LIKE TO BRING IT BACK YEAR OR TWO TO SEE IF, HEY, THIS WAS BENEFICIAL. THEN WE CONTINUE ON TO YEAR TWO AND THREE. IS THAT WOULD THAT BE ASKING TOO MUCH? IS IT JUST BETTER TO DO THE THREE YEARS? I MEAN, I THINK, COUNCILMEMBER, IF I COULD JUST CLARIFY, YOU'RE ASKING, RATHER THAN HAVING A THREE YEAR AGREEMENT TO HAVE A ONE YEAR AND BRING IT BACK SECOND YEAR FOR APPROVAL, WELL, I GUESS IT'S THE THREE YEAR, BUT TO BRING IT BACK, YOU KNOW, YEAR ONE AT THE END AND GET A STATUS UPDATE, RIGHT. AND GET A STATUS UPDATE. AND AT THAT POINT THOUGH, THAT THERE ARE NOT ANY PENALTIES SHOULD WE WANT TO BREAK FROM YEAR TWO AND YEAR THREE. SO, SO CAN THAT BE ADDED IN THERE? RIGHT NOW THE REQUEST IS FOR A THREE YEAR TERM TO BE ABLE TO FUND THE 46,000 AND SO FORTH. THAT'S WHAT THEY ASK IS CORRECT. YES. THAT'S WHAT THE ASK IS. FROM STAFF'S POINT OF VIEW. THIS IS AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TOOL. THE FACT THAT THE LOS ANGELES LAKERS CHOSE COACHELLA, YOU KNOW, IT USED TO BE THE LA DEFENDER'S AND IT WAS THE SOUTH BAY LAKERS, AND NOW IT'S THE COACHELLA VALLEY LAKERS. THAT IN ITSELF IS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO CREATE MATERIALS TO PROMOTE THE COACHELLA VALLEY LAKERS, NOT JUST IN THE COACHELLA VALLEY, BUT ALSO IN OUR CITY. SO THAT WAS THE INCENTIVE BASED ON THE PRESENTATION THAT WAS GIVEN THE LAST COUNCIL MEETING. BUT WE CAN DEFINITELY COME BACK WITH A STATUS UPDATE. IN FACT, IF YOU'D LIKE, AFTER THE FIRST YEAR, WE COULD SAY HERE'S HOW THINGS ARE GOING. IT'S ALSO A PROMOTIONAL AT THE EVENTS. SO AT THE GAMES THAT ARE HAPPENING, THERE'S FOUR GAMES WHERE THE MAYOR AND THE CITY COUNCIL CAN TALK TO THE PUBLIC ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING IN COACHELLA. CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG. THAT'S THAT'S CORRECT. AND AFTER EVERY SEASON WE DO A RECAP MEETING. SO YOU'LL HAVE A CHANCE TO THIS WORK. THIS DIDN'T WORK. WE DIDN'T LIKE THIS. CAN WE CHANGE THAT? WE ONLY KNOW WHAT WE KNOW. THIS IS THE SAME THING WE STARTED WITH THE FIREBIRDS.

THERE'S THERE'S A LOT OF CHANGES, A LOT OF LEARNINGS. SO ALL THE CITIES THAT WERE MENTIONED GET EXACTLY THE SAME PACKAGE. THEY'RE ALL HAVING THE EXACT SAME STUFF. AND I'M SURE THERE'LL BE CHANGES AFTER YEAR ONE. AND I'M SURE THERE'LL BE CHANGES AFTER YEAR TWO AS WELL.

OKAY. SO THEN, SO THEN IF IT'S A THREE YEAR THAT THEN AND YOU'RE ALREADY UP FOR CONSIDERATION OF ANY MODIFICATIONS OR IMPROVEMENTS OF MARKETING OR ANY, ANYTHING OF THAT SORT. AND I THINK MAYBE THE BETTER ASK IS OF, OF, OF US AS A CITY IS THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE BEING VERY MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE MARKETING, YOU KNOW, THE RIGHT THINGS SO THAT WE CAN GET SOME OF THAT, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THAT FOLKS OUT HERE. YEAH, YEAH, YEAH. AND MR. CITY ATTORNEY, YOU SAID THAT YOU WERE ABLE TO FIND THROUGH THE YOUR OFFICE, SOME MARKET, SOMEONE THAT WOULD HELP THE PIO OFFICE. THAT'S RIGHT. YES. SOME MATERIAL WAS ALREADY PROVIDED WITHOUT CHARGE. I THINK I RETURN OF INVESTMENT. WE'RE GOING TO BE WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO SEE IT ON THE REGIONAL RELATIONSHIPS THAT, YOU KNOW, AT ARPA CAN CREATE. AND ALSO THE FACT THAT WE CAN ADVERTISE OUR OUR EVENTS. I THINK THAT'S GOING TO BE VERY BENEFICIAL.

AND I THINK WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO SEE THE RETURN OF INVESTMENT, YOU KNOW, PROBABLY WITHIN THE ONE YEAR. BUT I DO AGREE, LIKE IF WE CAN PARTICIPATE ON THE FIRST MEETING OR AFTER. YEAH, INSTEAD OF, YEAH, JUST BRINGING EVERYTHING BACK TO US, I THINK, YOU KNOW, FOR US TO PARTICIPATE ON THE MEETING, IT WILL BE MORE BENEFICIAL THAN HAVE TO BRING

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SELENA JIMENEZ, DIRECTOR OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. THE ITEM BEFORE YOU IS. FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE MR. SCOTT WHITE, WHO IS HERE ON BEHALF OF THE VISIT GREATER PALM SPRINGS, TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS OR ADD ADDITIONAL COMMENTARY REGARDING THIS ITEM. AND SO THIS ITEM IS VERY STRAIGHTFORWARD. WE ARE LOOKING AT APPROVING THE THIRD AMENDMENT AND RESTATED JOINT POWERS AGREEMENT, AMENDING THE PURPOSE AND POWERS OF THE JPA FOR VISIT GREATER PALM SPRINGS.

AND THE PURPOSE ESSENTIALLY IS THIS. IN A NUTSHELL, I WANT TO FIRST TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT KIND OF SPURRED THIS AMENDMENT. SO BASICALLY THE VISIT. GREATER PALM SPRINGS PREVIOUSLY COMMISSIONED A SERIES OF FEASIBILITY STUDIES FOR A POTENTIAL REGIONAL AMATEUR INDOOR SPORTS COMPLEX IN THE COACHELLA VALLEY. THE RESULTS OF THE STUDIES MADE IT VERY CLEAR THAT A THOUGHTFULLY DESIGNED INDOOR FACILITY COULD FILL A CRITICAL GAP IN BOTH OUR TOURISM ECONOMY AND OUR COMMUNITY RECREATION INFRASTRUCTURE. AND SO THEY ARE ASKING EACH OF ITS MEMBER CITIES TO APPROVE A THIRD AMENDED AND RESTATED JOINT POWERS AGREEMENT. THE AMENDMENTS DO TWO THINGS ESSENTIALLY EXPAND VISIT GREATER PALM SPRINGS PURPOSE TO INCLUDE REGIONAL ECONOMIC DIVERSIFICATION AND DESTINATION ENHANCING INFRASTRUCTURE SUCH AS SPORTS COMPLEXES, ENTERTAINMENT VENUES AND MEETING FACILITIES. AND NUMBER TWO, EXPAND. VISIT GREATER PALM SPRINGS AUTHORITY TO FORM ASSESSMENT, BENEFIT OR FINANCING DISTRICTS, INCLUDING DISTRICTS MADE UP OF ONLY THOSE MEMBERS THAT CHOOSE TO PARTICIPATE. AND HERE I'M JUST BASICALLY SUMMING UP THAT, YOU KNOW, JUST HOW EXTENSIVE THEIR PROCESS HAS BEEN. AND AND I KNOW THAT THE CITY OF PALM DESERT ALREADY APPROVED THIS ITEM. AND, SCOTT, WHAT OTHER CITIES HAVE APPROVED AS WELL? PALM SPRINGS, I THINK DESERT HOT SPRINGS. SO MOST OF OUR MEMBER CITIES, LA QUINTA, HAVE ALREADY GIVEN THEIR APPROVAL. SO I JUST WANTED TO LET COUNCIL KNOW ABOUT THAT IN CASE ANYBODY WAS WONDERING. AND SO BASICALLY APPROVING THIS THIRD AMENDMENT TO THE JPA, IT DOES NOT ESTABLISH A NEW DISTRICT, IMPOSE AN ASSESSMENT OR APPROVE A SPECIFIC SPORTS COMPLEX PROJECT. RATHER, THE APPROVAL EXPANDS THE PURPOSE AND POWERS OF THE VISIT GREATER PALM SPRINGS AND PROVIDES A FRAMEWORK FOR THEM AND THE PARTICIPATING MEMBER AGENCIES LIKE THE CITY OF COACHELLA, TO CONSIDER THESE OPPORTUNITIES IN THE FUTURE. AND SO THIS ITEM THERE IS NO FINANCIAL IMPACT. THERE COULD BE, SHOULD THE CITY OF COACHELLA, YOU KNOW, AND VISIT GREATER PALM SPRINGS, DECIDE TO FORM A TOURISM, A T BID, BASICALLY. AND SO BUT AT THIS TIME, THAT IS NOT THE CASE. AND THIS IS JUST BASICALLY GIVING, GIVING THEM THE ABILITY TO CONSIDER OTHER ITEMS OUTSIDE OF HOSPITALITY AND THE HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY, SUCH AS AN INDOOR SPORTS COMPLEX AND OTHER IMPORTANT FACILITIES. AND SO ANYWAY, INSTEAD OF GOING THROUGH ALL THIS, I WANT TO SUM UP LIKE ITEM NUMBER FOUR. IT DOES TALK ABOUT THAT SHOULD A REGIONAL DISTRICT NOT WISH TO INCLUDE ALL JPA MEMBERS, THE FORMATION RATE AND MANAGEMENT DISTRICT PLAN WOULD BE SUBJECT TO APPROVAL BY THE LEGISLATIVE BODIES OF THE JPA MEMBERS WITHIN THAT DISTRICT. SO. SO BASICALLY THEY'RE SAYING IF YOU DON'T PARTICIPATE, THERE'S YOU KNOW, SO ONLY THE ONES THAT DO PARTICIPATE WOULD BE ASSESSED, THE T BID AND ALL THAT GOOD

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WE HAVE BIG SOCCER FIELDS HERE IN USAGE, AND YOU KNOW, WHEN IT'S REALLY HOT, THERE'S NO SPACE TO GO. PEOPLE STILL GO OUT THERE IN IN THE DESERT, BUT YOU HAVE TO PLAY AT NIGHTTIME.

YOU KNOW, THE POTENTIAL OF WHAT THIS COULD BECOME, YOU KNOW, REGIONAL, DEPENDING ON WHERE IT LANDS. I THINK THE, THE, THE LOCATION IS GOING TO BE PRIMED. BUT I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF RECREATION OUT THERE. AND THIS IS JUST SOMETHING THAT'S, YOU KNOW, GOING TO TRULY WILL SEE, YOU KNOW, WHAT THAT CAN LOOK LIKE IN THE STARTING EXPLORATION OF IT. SO VERY IMPORTANT, I THINK, BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE A, THERE'S OTHER PLACES IN CALIFORNIA THAT HAVE INDOOR SPORTS, PARKS, INDOOR SPORTS, EVERYTHING. AND IT REALLY GOES A LONG WAY, I THINK FOR AND AT THE END OF THE DAY, DOESN'T MATTER WHAT CITY GETS IT RIGHT? BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE'RE ONE COACHELLA VALLEY AND IT'S ONE GREAT VISIT GREATER PALM SPRINGS, KNOWING THAT OUR RESIDENTS ARE GONNA BE ABLE TO HAVE THAT, IT'S GOING TO BE IMPORTANT. SO. ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS? I HAVE NO PUBLIC COMMENTS. DO WE HAVE ANY ON ZOOM? ANYBODY ON ZOOM WOULD LIKE TO COMMENT ON THIS ITEM? PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. THERE ARE NONE. THERE IS NO OTHER COMMENTS. A MOTION TO APPROVE THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION. SINCE SINCE WE'RE ON THE ON THE TOPIC, CAN WE TALK A LITTLE BIT, MAYBE MORE ABOUT SOME OF THE BENEFITS THAT THE THE JOINT POWER AGREEMENT IS BRINGING TO THE CITY OF COACHELLA? WELL, ESSENTIALLY THE POSSIBILITY OF HAVING A CLIMATE CONTROLLED VENUE IS GOING TO BE, YOU KNOW, OF GREAT BENEFIT TO OUR RESIDENTS RIGHT NOW. AND SCOTT CAN SPEAK TO THIS. WE A SITE HAS NOT BEEN IDENTIFIED JUST YET. SO, YOU KNOW, THEY JUST FINISHED UP THE FEASIBILITY STUDY. AND SO I KNOW THAT THERE'S A GREATER. PALM SPRINGS IS AWARE OF APPROXIMATELY HOW MUCH IT WOULD COST TO FUND A FACILITY AND EVEN, YOU KNOW, GIVING CONSIDERATION OF POTENTIAL SITE LOCATIONS. AND BUT WE PLEASE KNOW THAT WE HAVE THROWN OUR NAME IN THE HAT THAT, YOU KNOW, IF, IF WE COULD BUILD A BIG, MASSIVE INDOOR SPORTS COMPLEX, COULD IT BE HERE IN COACHELLA? SO, SO WE, WE DID EXPRESS THAT, BUT MANY OTHER CITIES HAVE ALSO EXPRESSED THE SAME DESIRE. AND, YOU KNOW, BUT I THINK, YOU KNOW, NO MATTER WHAT, IT'S GOING TO BE AN AMAZING BENEFIT TO HAVE, YOU KNOW, AN INDOOR CLIMATE CONTROLLED FACILITY ANYWHERE IN THE COACHELLA VALLEY. AND HOPEFULLY IT'S COACHELLA, BUT WE'RE NOT THERE YET. BUT THIS IS WHY I'M HAPPY TO HEAR THAT WE HAVE REPRESENTATION THERE TO KIND OF HAVE LIKE FOR RIGHT NOW, WE HAVE DOCTOR FIGUEROA THERE TALKING TO THE BOARD ABOUT, HEY, THINK ABOUT COACHELLA OR YOU KNOW, BUT YEAH, NO, I DON'T HAVE SPECIFIC BENEFITS OUTLINED FOR THE CITY OF COACHELLA RIGHT NOW OTHER THAN, YOU KNOW, WE WE WOULD OUR RESIDENTS WOULD BENEFIT SHOULD THIS FACILITY BE CONSTRUCTED. AND THEN SINCE WE'RE ON THE TOPIC A BIT, WHAT OTHER BENEFITS OUTSIDE THE THIS FACILITY DOES THE JOINT POWER AGREEMENT BECAUSE IT'S ALSO AMENDING THE EXISTING ONE, CORRECT? YEAH. BECAUSE RIGHT NOW, THE WAY THE AGREEMENT IS WRITTEN UP, IT'S ONLY ALLOWING THEM TO CONSIDER HOSPITALITY, TOURISM, YOU KNOW, THOSE TYPE OF INDUSTRIES. AND IT DOESN'T INCLUDE LIKE THE CONSIDERATION OF A SPORTS COMPLEX OR LIKE A BIG VENUE WHERE YOU CAN HOST LARGE SCALE CONVENINGS AND MEETINGS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. AND SO THE, THE AMENDMENT IS NEEDED TO, TO ALLOW FOR THOSE ADDITIONAL POSSIBILITIES. AND, AND SO IT ALSO GIVES THEM THE ABILITY TO FORM A T BID. SO TO HELP PAY FOR THE FACILITY, RIGHT. AND ALL THIS OTHER FUN STUFF. AND SO, SO, BUT ALL OF THIS WILL BE GOING THROUGH A PROCESS. IT'S NOT GOING TO BE LIKE THEY JUST DECIDE THEY'RE GOING TO START CHARGING PEOPLE. IT'S GOING TO BE A PROCESS. AND IF YOU WANT TO JOIN THE PROCESS, YOU CAN. AND IF NOT, YOU KNOW, AS THE STAFF REPORT INDICATES, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE HAVE THE OPTION TO PARTICIPATE OR NOT. SO AND LIKE I SAID, I CAN HAVE SCOTT MAYBE SPEAK ON THAT IF

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YEAH. SO THE CURRENT JPA, THE WAY THE THE AGREEMENT WORKS IS THERE'S A 3% ON HOTELS WITH 50 ROOMS OR MORE AND 1% FOR VACATION RENTALS, YOU PARTICIPATE IN THE 1% FOR VACATION RENTALS. AND THAT'S USED FOR TOURISM, MARKETING AND PROMOTION. SO WE DID A WHOLE ANNUAL REPORT, WHICH I THINK WE CAME, WE CAME AND PRESENTED ALL OF THAT, ALL THE, THE MARKETING AND SO FORTH. WHAT HAPPENED WAS, IS WE DID THE FEASIBILITY STUDY FOR THE INDOOR SPORTS COMPLEX THAT WE'RE NOT PICKING THE LOCATION, WE'RE NOT BUILDING IT. BUT WE HAD A FEW CITIES THAT SAID IF WE WANTED TO FORM A INFRASTRUCTURE DISTRICT OR A MARKETING DISTRICT OR SOME TYPE OF DISTRICT TO SUPPORT THIS FACILITY, CAN YOU DO THAT WITH US? AND OUR LAWYERS LOOKED AT THE AGREEMENT AND SAID, IT'S A LITTLE GRAY. WE SHOULD PROBABLY BE MORE SPECIFIC BECAUSE RIGHT NOW IT JUST OUTLINES 3% AND THE 1% FOR THOSE MARKETING PURPOSES. SO THIS IS JUST ALLOWS A CITY OR MULTIPLE CITIES TO WORK TOGETHER TO FORM IT. YOU WOULD STILL APPROVE IT. THE ASSESSED BUSINESSES WOULD STILL HAVE TO HAVE TO APPROVE IT. SO THE HOTELS ARE VACATION RENTALS WOULD ALSO HAVE TO APPROVE IT. SO THERE'S STILL A LONG PROCESS. THIS JUST GIVES US THE ABILITY THEN TO WORK WITH YOU. YOU COULD. AND IT'S NOT JUST FOR THE SPORTS COMPLEX. SO LET'S SAY A YEAR FROM NOW, IF YOU WANTED TO FORM A BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT OR INFRASTRUCTURE DISTRICT AND ASSESS YOUR VACATION RENTALS TO BE SPECIFICALLY FOR SOCCER FIELDS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, YOU COULD DO THAT. WE COULD DO THAT WITH YOU, OR YOU CAN DO IT ON YOUR OWN. BUT THIS ALLOWS US THEN TO COLLABORATE WITH THE CITIES TO CREATE THIS ENVIRONMENT. THANK YOU. THAT MAKES SO MUCH MORE SENSE. THANK YOU FOR CLARIFICATION. THANK YOU. OKAY. THERE'S A MOTION ON THE FLOOR. IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND THE FIRST AND SECOND ROLL CALL, PLEASE. COUNCILMEMBER MARTINEZ. AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER. COUNCIL MEMBER.

DELGADO. YES. MAYOR PRO TEM PEREZ. YES. AND MAYOR. DOCTOR FIGUEROA. AYE. OKAY. WE'LL MOVE ON FOR THE CLARIFICATION. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SCOTT. GO AHEAD. MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER 25. HOLD ITEM NUMBER 25 FOR PURPOSES. DISCUSSION OF PROPOSED SOCIAL AND MENTAL HEALTH CARE COORDINATION SERVICES WITH CARE SOLACE, INC. UTILIZING OPIOID SETTLEMENT FUNDS. YES. THANK YOU, MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL. THIS IS A DISCUSSION ITEM. IT'S BEING BROUGHT TO YOU TO BE ABLE TO USE OUR EXISTING OPIOID SETTLEMENT FUNDS. ULTIMATELY, WE HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO FIND A USE FOR THESE FUNDS, AND THEY'VE BEEN SITTING. AND RATHER THAN RETURNING THEM BACK, WE FOUND A SOLUTION FOR THIS, WHICH A LOT OF CITIES HAVE BEEN USING THE SAME SOLUTION. SO WE'RE GOING TO BE BRINGING A PRESENTATION FROM MISS ANITA WARD WITH A COMPANY CALLED CARE SOLACE. IT'S A NONPROFIT, AND THIS NONPROFIT IS ABLE TO UTILIZE OPIOID SETTLEMENT FUNDS FOR THE PURPOSE OF BECOMING A LIAISON FOR RESIDENTS AND ANYONE WITHIN THE CITY TO HELP WITH MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS, AND ALSO CONNECTING PEOPLE TO DIFFERENT MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES. SO I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND TURN IT OVER TO ANITA, WHO'S ON ZOOM, AND SHE'LL BE INTRODUCING HERSELF AND HER TEAM AND GIVING YOU A PRESENTATION. WELCOME, ANITA. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR MAKING TIME ON THE AGENDA TONIGHT.

I'LL KEEP THIS VERY BRIEF, BUT WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO DO IS SHARE WITH YOU OUR SERVICES AND HOW WE BELIEVE OUR SERVICES COULD BE BENEFICIAL FOR YOUR COMMUNITY. AND I WILL SAY THAT HAVING BEEN ON ON THE COUNCIL MEETING TODAY AND LISTENING TO MANUELA AND AND LISTENING TO WHAT YOU'RE DOING WITH THE COMMUNITY CENTER AND THE NEEDS OF THE LGBTQ PLUS COMMUNITY.

ALL OF THAT REALLY DOVETAILS NICELY WITH THE NEED FOR ACCESS TO MENTAL AND BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CARE. SO I'LL GO THROUGH THIS AND, AND SHARE WITH YOU THAT AND BE PREPARED TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. I WILL SAY, THOUGH, THAT IMPROVING ACCESS TO CARE IS VERY PERSONAL FOR ME. I GREW UP IN A CHRONICALLY UNHOUSED FAMILY. WE LIVED IN CARS AND FLOOR SURFED AND COUCH SURFED AND CHURCHES AND SHELTERS, AND EVEN IN A U-HAUL AT ONE POINT. AND MY DAD WAS A VETERAN. HE STRUGGLED WITH ADDICTIONS AND PTSD. MY MOM WAS FIRST GENERATION. SHE HAD ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION AND AND CHRONIC ILLNESSES, BUT WE DIDN'T HAVE INSURANCE. WE DIDN'T HAVE A HOME. AND SO HOW DO YOU NAVIGATE ACCESS TO BEHAVIORAL AND MENTAL HEALTH CARE? HOW DO YOU ACCESS ACCESS? HOW DO YOU NAVIGATE ACCESS TO REHAB? HOW DO YOU NAVIGATE ACCESS TO SOCIAL SERVICES? MY FAMILY TURNED TO THE CHURCH. THEY HAD NO IDEA HOW TO ACCESS HOUSING OR FOOD OR DENTAL OR MEDICAL. AND AS I LOOK AT THIS DECADES LATER, I REALIZE THAT THERE'S STILL A NEED. THERE IS LITERALLY NO EASY WAY TO GET HELP. THIS IS A SLIDE THAT I,

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WE THINK OF OURSELVES AS A HUB. IT'S A CARE COORDINATION PLATFORM THAT'S GOT TECHNOLOGY AT ITS CORE, BUT IT'S ALL HUMAN LED 24 OVER SEVEN, 365 ANYBODY IN THE VALLEY CAN PICK UP AND CALL A DEDICATED NUMBER AND REACH A CARE COMPANION, AND THAT CARE COMPANION OFFERS SERVICES IN MORE THAN 200 LANGUAGES, INCLUDING ASL. SO WE'RE WE'RE CULTURALLY RELEVANT, WE'RE HELPING PEOPLE WHERE THEY ARE AND WE'RE GIVING THEM PERSONALIZED ASSISTANCE. SO IF YOU'RE A FIRST RESPONDER TRYING TO HELP A RESIDENT OR ONE, YOU'RE A COUNCIL MEMBER AND SOMEBODY HAS COME TO YOU IN NEED OR YOU'RE A RESIDENT IN, IN THE CITY THAT SAYS, I AM STRUGGLING AND I CAN'T FIGURE OUT HOW TO GET TO CARE, OR I DON'T HAVE INSURANCE, OR I HAVE PUBLIC INSURANCE. OR MAYBE YOU'RE A SCHOOL COUNSELOR TRYING TO HELP A CHILD. OR AS I SAID, YOU MIGHT BE AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER TRYING TO HELP ONE OF YOUR MEMBERS OR A SOCIAL ORGANIZATION. WE BECOME THAT GLUE, THAT ONE SPOT WHERE ANYBODY CAN CALL, AND THEN THE CARE COMPANION WILL ASSESS THE SITUATION, FIGURE OUT WHAT ARE ALL THE NEEDS? ARE THEY BEHAVIORAL HEALTH NEEDS? ARE THERE FOOD NEEDS? ARE THERE OTHER INSECURITIES, OTHER MEDICAL INSECURITIES? AND THEN THEY WILL MATCH THE RESIDENT TO CARE AND CONNECT THEM TO THE PROVIDERS. THEY'LL NAVIGATE ALL OF THE CHAOS THAT COMES WITH TRYING TO ACCESS HEALTH CARE.

AND THEY'LL, THEY'LL NAVIGATE THAT ON BEHALF AND GET PEOPLE INTO CARE. SO AS I SAID, WHETHER YOU'RE A NONPROFIT, EVEN THE HOSPITAL SYSTEMS, THE DISCHARGE NURSES OFTEN USE US, BUT YOU CAN CALL US, WHICH IS THE WAY MOST PEOPLE GET TO US. AS I SAID, 24 OVER SEVEN, THREE, 65, OR IN SOME CASES, THERE IS STIGMA ASSOCIATED WITH MENTAL HEALTH CARE, ESPECIALLY I KNOW, EVEN IN MY OWN FAMILY. AND SO SOMETIMES PEOPLE WANT TO SEARCH ON THEIR OWN. SO WE MAKE AN ANONYMOUS TOOL AVAILABLE TO EVERY RESIDENT, EVERY BUSINESS, EVERY NONPROFIT, EVERYBODY IN YOUR CITY THAT THEY CAN ACTUALLY ACCESS AND BOOK THE APPOINTMENTS ON THEIR OWN WITHOUT US. OR IF WHILE THEY'RE IN THERE DOING THAT, THEY MAY WANT TO CALL US AND GET ASSISTANCE, THAT'S FINE TOO. WE HAVE A QR CODE THAT GETS DISTRIBUTED EVERYWHERE IN A GIANT MARKETING CAMPAIGNS AND AWARENESS CAMPAIGNS, WHERE PEOPLE CAN JUST SCAN THE CODE AND GET DIRECTLY TO A CARE COMPANION OR GET DIRECTLY TO THE CARE MATCH TOOL. AND THEN WHAT THE CARE COMPANION DOES IS CURATES THOSE MATCHES. SO MAYBE I'LL GO BACK TO THAT. THE COMMUNITY CENTER, MAYBE THERE'S SOMEBODY FROM THE COMMUNITY CENTER WHO'S LOOKING FOR A THERAPIST. THEY NEED THAT THERAPIST TO SPEAK SPANISH, BUT THEY ALSO NEED THEM TO BE A BE LGBTQ FRIENDLY. AND MAYBE THEY WANT TO SEE THEM IN PERSON, BUT ALSO MAYBE THEY DON'T HAVE INSURANCE. SO ALL OF THAT GETS CURATED. AND THEN THE CARE COORDINATOR WORKS WITH THE RESIDENT AND SAYS, ANITA, I HAVE FIVE MATCHES FOR YOU. THIS ONE IS HALF A MILE FROM YOU.

THIS ONE DOES TELEHEALTH AND IN PERSON, YOU KNOW THIS ONE, THIS ONE WILL SET YOU UP ON A SLIDING SCALE. SO WE, WE WORK THROUGH ALL OF THE OBSTACLES THAT ANYBODY FACES IN TRYING TO GET TO CARE. AND THEN WE ALSO NAVIGATE THE SOCIAL SERVICES SIDE. SO ARE YOU ELIGIBLE FOR CERTAIN TYPES OF HOUSING? WHERE IS THAT HOUSING, WHAT'S AVAILABLE? WHAT BEDS ARE AVAILABLE? SO WE'RE, WE'RE REALLY MAPPING ALL OF THE ASSETS IN THE COMMUNITY, UNDERSTANDING WHAT THE ELIGIBILITY IS, AND THEN PLACING PEOPLE INTO CARE. THE IT KIND OF GOES WITHOUT SAYING, BUT WE'LL MAP ALL OF YOUR CURRENT GAPS. WE'VE DONE MOST OF THAT ALREADY. AND THEN CREATE THIS INTEGRATED SUPPORT FOR EVERYBODY IN COACHELLA. AND WE THINK ABOUT THIS VERY MUCH AS A WHOLE PERSON CARE. SO WE KNOW THAT FOLKS WHO ARE STRUGGLING WITH MENTAL HEALTH OR BEHAVIORAL HEALTH ISSUES OR ADDICTION ISSUES OFTEN HAVE UNDERLYING FOOD AND HOUSING NEEDS, OR THEY MAY HAVE OTHER UNDERLYING MEDICAL NEEDS. SO

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I HAVE LOADS OF DATA AND YOU WILL GET A REAL TIME DASHBOARD WITH ALL OF THIS DATA SPECIFICALLY FOR COACHELLA. SO YOU'LL BE ABLE TO SEE, YOU KNOW, HOW MANY CAME IN, HOW MANY WERE FOR MENTAL HEALTH, HOW MANY WERE FOR SOCIAL SERVICES, WHAT WERE THE AGE GROUPS? WHAT WERE THE ETHNICITIES? WHAT PERCENT OF THEM WERE STRUGGLING WITH ANXIETY OR DEPRESSION OR SUICIDAL IDEATION? AND IN FACT, I DON'T KNOW IF, YOU KNOW, COUNCIL MEMBER LORI STONE IN MURRIETA, BUT WHEN SHE BROUGHT US IN, SHE WAS MAYOR AT THE TIME, AND HER SUICIDAL IDEATION WAS IN THE 20 PERCENTS. AND SO JUST THINKING ABOUT HOW DO WE MESSAGE THAT AND HOW HOW COULD COUNCIL REACT AND CREATE MESSAGING WITH US? AND HOW DO WE BRING THE COMMUNITY TOGETHER? KNOWING WHAT THAT DATA LOOKS LIKE WILL FEED YOU WITH DATA AND TRENDS, YOU'LL BE ABLE TO SEE, WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE ON THE SUBSTANCE ABUSE SIDE OF OF THE EQUATION? HOW MANY OF THOSE ARE SOCIAL SERVICES? AND THIS IS ACTUAL RIVERSIDE DATA. SO YOU'LL SEE. WHAT ARE PEOPLE LOOKING FOR IN RIVERSIDE COUNTY? AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND DENTAL CARE AND FOOD PANTRY AND FOOD AND MEALS TEND TO BE AT THE TOP OF THAT PACK, BUT I CAN SPLIT THAT OUT IN ANY LEVEL OF DETAIL THAT YOU WOULD LIKE. WE DON'T HAVE A COMMERCIAL RELATIONSHIP WITH PROVIDERS, AND I THINK THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT. WE HAVE NO COMMERCIAL INCENTIVE TO SEND SOMEBODY TO ANY PARTICULAR PROVIDER. SO WE LOOK AT IT, WE ASSESS THE SITUATION AND WE MAKE THE RIGHT CHOICE FOR THE RESIDENT, MATCHING THEM WITH CARE. IN CALIFORNIA, THE ENTIRE STATE, WE HAVE OVER 110,000 PROVIDERS FOR MENTAL AND BEHAVIORAL HEALTH. WE HAVE ABOUT 4400 IN RIVERSIDE COUNTY.

AND THEN THERE'S AN ADDITIONAL 1400 THAT ALSO OFFER TELETHERAPY SO WE CAN MATCH ALONG ANY NUMBER OF LINES. AND IF SOMEBODY NEEDS IMMEDIATE TELETHERAPY, WE CAN GET THEM IN BASICALLY IMMEDIATELY. AND THEN WE'RE MATCHING THEM, AS I SAID ALONG, INSURANCE OR LACK OF INSURANCE. SO WE'LL MATCH THEM TO A PROVIDER WHO WILL HELP THEM WITH SLIDING SCALE OR DO PRO BONO WORK, OR MATCHING THEM BY LANGUAGE AND CULTURE. WE'RE MATCHING THEM BY AGE GROUPS AND SPECIALIZATION AND IMPORTANTLY, AVAILABILITY. AND IF SOMEBODY WERE SEARCHING ON THEIR OWN, THIS IS JUST A QUICK SCREENSHOT. IF THEY USE THE ANONYMOUS SYSTEM THAT THEY CAN PULL UP, WHO COULD HELP THEM? WHERE ARE THEY AND HOW COULD THEY MOVE FORWARD? WE WERE REALLY FORTUNATE IN 2024, BASED ON THE WORK WE DID IN RIVERSIDE, SPECIFICALLY WITH MURIETTA, THE U.S. CONFERENCE OF MAYORS DESIGNATED US AS A BEST PRACTICE FOR CITIES AROUND THE COUNTRY, AND NOW WE HAVE MORE THAN 30 MILLION PEOPLE WHO ARE ON OUR PLATFORM USING OUR SERVICES. AND ABOUT 708,000 PROVIDERS AROUND THE COUNTRY. WE'RE APPROVED UNDER SCHEDULE E FOR OPIOID SETTLEMENT FUNDING. AND YOUR ALL OF YOUR GRANT REPORTING IS SUPPORTED BY US AND BY THE DATA THAT WE PRODUCE. BUT YOU'LL SEE THAT UNDER OPIOID SETTLEMENT, IT'S PREVENTION PROGRAMS. WE GIVE YOU CONTENT, WE GIVE YOU TOOLS, WE GIVE WE HAVE A COMMUNITY SITE THAT PEOPLE CAN ACCESS. WE ALSO OBVIOUSLY CREATE THIS CONNECTION TO CARE. SO WE'RE MATCHING PEOPLE, AS I SAID, REAL TIME, ALL THE TIME. AND THEN WE'RE REFERRING THEM TO EVERY WHAT'S CALLED THE DSM FIVE CATEGORIES, EVERY CATEGORY OF MENTAL AND BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CARE. WE ALSO WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH FIRST RESPONDERS AND DIVERSION PROGRAMS. SO FIRST RESPONDER MAY BE STRUGGLING. THEY MAY BE CALLED TO A DOMESTIC SITUATION. THEY KNOW THE INDIVIDUAL NEEDS HELP. THEY CAN ACTUALLY SCAN THE QR CODE, GIVE THE INDIVIDUAL THE PHONE NUMBER, DO ESSENTIALLY A WARM HANDOFF TO US VERY QUICKLY. SO WE'RE VERY GOOD. YOU KNOW, SUPPORTERS OF THE LAW ENFORCEMENT SIDE, AS WELL AS THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENTS AND HOSPITALS. AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO FACILITATE SUPPORT FOR ANYBODY THAT'S IN RECOVERY SO THAT IT'S NOT THIS CYCLE OF A 5150, A FIRST RESPONDER BRINGS THEM IN, AND THEN THAT POOR INDIVIDUAL HAS NO CONTINUITY OF CARE. INSTEAD, THEY JUST GET RELEASED BACK INTO THE STREETS.

SO THIS IS WHAT CHRYSALIS DOES. I AM EXCITED ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT TO YOU, AND I AM HAPPY TO ANSWER QUESTIONS AS WELL ABOUT WHAT WE DO BEFORE WE TAKE ANY QUESTIONS,

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SO AND THEN WE, WE, OUR MARKETING TEAM SUPPORTS YOU. SO IF THERE ARE YOU WANT TO CREATE SOME MARKETING FOR, I DON'T KNOW, A BUS STOP OR SOMETHING OR LOTS OF CITIES NOW ARE PUTTING THE QR CODE AND MESSAGING ON THE BACKS OF PUBLIC RESTROOM DOORS BY THE HUMAN TRAFFICKING SIGNS, SO THAT THERE'S A QR CODE THERE THAT SOMEBODY CAN SCAN. SO OUR MARKETING TEAM WOULD WORK WITH YOUR COMMS TEAM AND DETERMINE WHAT DO WE WANT TO BUILD. WE'LL BUILD THAT FOR YOU. AND THEN OUR TEAM WILL GO AROUND TRAINING AND GETTING THE WORD OUT. AND YOU CAN PUT OUR LINK ANYWHERE. THERE'S NO LIMIT. SO IF ALL OF YOUR SMALL BUSINESSES, FOR EXAMPLE, WANTED TO OFFER THIS AS AN EMPLOYEE BENEFIT TO THEIR EMPLOYEES, GREAT. LET'S JUST GET MORE PEOPLE ACCESS TO CARE. SO IT FALLS A LITTLE BIT EVEN INTO THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SIDE OF THE WORLD. BUT AS IMPORTANTLY, YOU KNOW, MAYBE WE PUT OUT THAT LAKER GAME, BUT WE CAN BE, YOU KNOW, WE CAN BE HELPFUL AS WE PULL ALL OF THIS TOGETHER. THE QR CODE ON THE SCREEN. YEAH. ANY OTHER COMMENTS FOR LORI? SORRY, ANITA. SORRY. OKAY. OH, I THINK WE'RE GOOD. I LIKE THE FACT THAT IT'S GOING TO HELP THE RESIDENTS, YOU KNOW, FIND THE SUPPORT THAT THEY NEED. AND THE FACT THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU OFFER ALL THESE DIFFERENT LANGUAGES, ESPECIALLY IN OUR COMMUNITY WITH THE SPANISH SPEAKING COMMUNITY. THAT'S AWESOME. DO YOU KNOW IF YOU HAVE A LANGUAGE, INDIGENOUS MEXICAN LANGUAGE FROM MEXICO? SO I KNOW THAT WE SUPPORT MORE THAN 200 LANGUAGES, BUT WE ALSO HAVE THE ABILITY TO BRING ON LIVE TRANSLATORS FOR ANY LANGUAGES WE DON'T SUPPORT. SO I WILL TAKE THAT BACK AND THEN I'LL GET THE INFORMATION BACK TO CITY MANAGER ROMO. I DON'T WANT TO MISSPEAK, BUT I DO KNOW THAT WE CAN BRING ON LIVE TRANSLATORS AND HAVEN'T HAD A LINGUISTIC OBSTACLE YET. OKAY, OKAY, OKAY WITH THERE'S ANY OTHER COMMENTS? THERE'S NO PUBLIC COMMENTS. DO YOU HAVE A. DO A MOTION FROM MOTION.

ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR THIS ITEM. THE REQUEST. MAYOR, JUST TO BE SPECIFIC, THIS IS A DISCUSSION ITEM. SO A DISCUSSION. YES, WE'RE ASKING FOR DIRECTION. IF YOU'D LIKE TO BRING THIS BACK FOR AN AGREEMENT WITH KERR SOLIS. WE WOULD BRING THAT BACK AT THE NEXT MEETING. OKAY. IF NOT, THEN THIS WOULD BE THE END. WHAT IS THE MOTION? AND NOW THIS IS THE SETTLEMENT MONEY THAT WE HAVE FROM THE ACCOUNT THAT YOU MENTIONED AT THE BEGINNING, THAT WE WILL HAVE TO RETURN IT BACK IF WE DON'T USE IT. THAT IS CORRECT, SIR. SO THIS DOES NOT COST THE CITY FROM ITS GENERAL FUND. KERR SOLIS WOULD IT BE PAID DIRECTLY FROM THE OPIOID SETTLEMENT FUNDS? OKAY. I DO, I DO SHE NO LONGER ON ZOOM. I OH OKAY. NO THAT'S THAT'S OKAY. I JUST I WANTED TO TO THANK HER FOR, FOR THIS PROGRAMING AND, AND LAUNCHING IT AND PUTTING A LOT OF EFFORT INTO IT. WHEN IT COMES TO MENTAL HEALTH, THERE ISN'T ENOUGH SERVICES OUT THERE. THERE'S SO MUCH LIMITATIONS. YOU KNOW, WE JUST WE JUST DON'T HAVE ENOUGH EVEN YOU KNOW, SHE QUICKLY TALKED ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THE 5150, YOU KNOW, EVEN THEN THERE ISN'T ENOUGH BEDS FOR, FOR INDIVIDUALS TO GO INTO IMMEDIATELY. AND SO IT PUTS A LOT OF MORE STRESS AND MORE MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES AND CONCERNS WITHIN THE HOUSEHOLD

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YOU KNOW, WE, WE, WE THINK OF MENTAL HEALTH AS SOMETHING THAT'S EXTREME, YOU KNOW, BIPOLAR AND SOME OF THESE OTHER ILLNESSES. BUT THE REALITY IS THAT ANXIETY DISORDERS AND DEPRESSIONS ARE VERY, VERY COMMON. AND UNFORTUNATELY, WE DON'T HEAR ABOUT IT ENOUGH OR THE DATA DOESN'T ACCURATELY REFLECT, REFLECT HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE STRUGGLING BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE EMBARRASSED OR AFRAID TO SHARE WHAT THEY'RE GOING THROUGH. THEY DON'T WANT TO BOTHER PEOPLE. AND SO THEY LIVE ALONE, YOU KNOW, FOR, FOR MANY, MANY YEARS LIKE THIS UNTIL THEY JUST CAN'T CONTINUE ANYMORE. AND I HAVE A COUSIN WHO, WHO COMMITTED SUICIDE A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO. AND HE ATTEMPTED ONCE AND THEN HE SUCCEEDED THE SECOND TIME. AND I CAN TELL YOU, THERE ISN'T ANYTHING MORE PAINFUL THAN TO KNOW THAT ANY INDIVIDUAL, WHETHER THEY'RE FAMILY OR NOT, THAT ANY HUMAN BEING IS LIVING THROUGH THAT ALL BY THEMSELVES, TO THE POINT THAT THE ONLY WAY IN THEIR MINDS TO MAKE THE PAIN HAPPEN IS TO TAKE THAT ACTION.

I CAN'T STRESS ENOUGH HOW IMPORTANT THIS IS. ABSOLUTELY 100%. DO I SUPPORT THIS? AND HOPEFULLY AS WE GO INTO OUR AGREEMENT, WE CAN THEN START EXPANDING AND, AND, YOU KNOW, PARTNERING WITH OTHER ORGANIZATIONS AND TO REALLY BRING THIS TYPE OF AWARENESS IN THE CITY OF COACHELLA. OKAY. I THINK YOU HAVE A SUPPORT. DO YOU NEED DO YOU NEED A MOTION? IT SOUNDS LIKE THERE'S SOME SUPPORT FOR THIS. WE HAVE CONSENSUS AND I THINK, YES, BRING IT. BRING IT BACK. THANK YOU. OKAY. WITH THAT, WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER OLD ITEM NUMBER 26. NEW ITEM NUMBER 27. URGENCY ORDINANCE NUMBER 1239. ESTABLISHING EXPEDITED PERMITTING PROCEDURES FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING STATIONS. KENDRA. GOOD EVENING AGAIN, MAYOR. MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL. THE ITEM BEFORE YOU THIS EVENING IS URGENCY ORDINANCE NUMBER 1239, WHICH PROPOSES TO ESTABLISH EXPEDITED PERMITTING PROCEDURES FOR ELECTRICAL VEHICLE CHARGING STATIONS WITHIN THE CITY OF COACHELLA. SPECIFICALLY, THE ORDINANCE WOULD ADD CHAPTER 17.120 TO THE COACHELLA MUNICIPAL CODE TO ESTABLISH A STREAMLINED ADMINISTRATIVE PERMITTING PROCESS CONSISTENT WITH EXISTING STATE LAW. THE PURPOSE OF THE ORDINANCE IS TO PROVIDE CLEAR AND PREDICTABLE PERMITTING PROCEDURES, WHILE MAINTAINING THE CITY'S ABILITY TO ENFORCE APPLICABLE PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY REQUIREMENTS.

CALIFORNIA HAS ADOPTED LEGISLATION INTENDED TO STREAMLINE THE PERMITTING OF ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING STATIONS AND ELIMINATE UNNECESSARY BARRIERS TO THEIR INSTALLATION, SPECIFICALLY, ASSEMBLY BILL 1236 AND ASSEMBLY BILL 970 ESTABLISH REQUIREMENTS FOR LOCAL JURISDICTIONS TO PROVIDE EXPEDITED ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW, ACCEPT ELECTRONIC APPLICATIONS, PUBLISH PERMITTING CHECKLISTS, AND COMPLY WITH SPECIFIED PROCESSING TIMELINES. THESE REQUIREMENTS ARE CODIFIED IN CALIFORNIA GOVERNMENT CODE, SECTION SIX FIVE, EIGHT, FIVE, 0.7 AND 65850.71. THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE ESTABLISHES A CHAPTER, A DEDICATED CHAPTER WITHIN THE CITY'S MUNICIPAL CODE TO FORMALIZE THESE REQUIREMENTS AND PROVIDE A CONSISTENT PROCESS FOR APPLICANTS AND CITY STAFF. IT IS IMPORTANT TO EMPHASIZE THAT THESE ARE EXISTING STATE REQUIREMENTS. THE ORDINANCE ESTABLISHES THE CITY'S LOCAL PROCEDURES FOR IMPLEMENTING THEM. UNDER THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE, THE BUILDING OFFICIAL WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ADMINISTERING THE EXPEDITED PERMITTING PROCESS. THE CITY WOULD MAINTAIN A PUBLICLY AVAILABLE CHECKLIST, IDENTIFYING THE INFORMATION NECESSARY FOR AN APPLICATION TO BE CONSIDERED COMPLETE. APPLICANTS WOULD ALSO BE ABLE TO SUBMIT APPLICATIONS, PLANS AND SUPPORTING DOCUMENTATION ELECTRONICALLY, INCLUDING ELECTRONIC SIGNAGE OR ELECTRONIC SIGNATURES. APPLICATIONS WOULD GENERALLY BE REVIEWED ADMINISTRATIVELY RATHER THAN THROUGH A DISCRETIONARY ENTITLEMENT PROCESS. HOWEVER, THE CITY WOULD RETAIN ITS AUTHORITY TO ENSURE THAT INSTALLATIONS COMPLY WITH APPLICABLE BUILDING, ELECTRICAL FIRE ACCESSIBILITY AND OTHER PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY STANDARDS. THE INTENT IS TO SIMPLIFY THE REVIEW PROCESS WITHOUT COMPROMISING SAFETY.

ONE OF THE PRIMARY COMPONENTS OF THE ORDINANCE IS THE ESTABLISHMENT OF SPECIFIC APPLICATION PROCESSING DEADLINES FOR APPLICATIONS, PROPOSING BETWEEN 1 AND 25 CHARGING STATIONS AT A SINGLE SITE, THE CITY WOULD HAVE FIVE BUSINESS DAYS TO IDENTIFY ANY

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THOSE TIME FRAMES INCREASED TO TEN BUSINESS DAYS FOR COMPLETENESS, REVIEW AND 40 BUSINESS DAYS FOR THE SPECIFIED DENIAL AND FINDINGS. UNDER STATE LAW, APPLICATIONS MAY BE DEEMED COMPLETE OR APPROVED IF THE CITY DOES NOT ACT WITHIN THE APPLICABLE TIME FRAMES.

THESE DEADLINES ARE INTENDED TO PROVIDE GREATER CERTAINTY FOR APPLICANTS AND PREVENT UNNECESSARY DELAYS IN THE INSTALLATION OF CHARGING INFRASTRUCTURE. THE ORDINANCE ALSO DISTINGUISHES BETWEEN TWO TYPES OF ELECTRICAL VEHICLE CHARGING FACILITIES. THE FIRST IS A SMALL CHARGING STATION, WHICH IS ACCESSORY TO AN EXISTING USE, SUCH AS A RESIDENCE, APARTMENT COMPLEX, COMMERCIAL BUSINESS OR PARKING FACILITY. THESE INSTALLATIONS WOULD GENERALLY BE PROCESSED ADMINISTRATIVELY AND WOULD NOT BE SUBJECT TO DISCRETIONARY ARCHITECTURAL OR ESTHETIC REVIEW SOLELY BECAUSE CHARGING EQUIPMENT IS PROPOSED. THE SECOND IS A LARGE CHARGING STATION, WHERE VEHICLE CHARGING IS THE PRIMARY USE OF THE PROPERTY FOR THESE FACILITIES. THE ORDINANCE ESTABLISHES ADDITIONAL OBJECTIVE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS, ADDRESSING MATTERS SUCH AS LOT SIZE, STREET FRONTAGE, SECURITY, VEHICLE CIRCULATION AND ACCESS. THESE INCLUDE A MINIMUM LOT SIZE OF THREE ACRES AND A MINIMUM STREET FRONTAGE OF 200FT, SUBJECT TO APPLICABLE STATE LAW. THE ORDINANCE ALSO PROVIDES THAT AMENITIES NOT DIRECTLY NECESSARY FOR VEHICLE CHARGING, SUCH AS COMMERCIAL KIOSKS, RESTROOMS AND PATRON FACILITIES WOULD BE SUBJECT TO SEPARATE ADMINISTRATIVE, ARCHITECTURAL AND SITE PLAN REVIEW. OVERALL, THESE PROVISIONS ARE INTENDED TO FACILITATE CHARGING INFRASTRUCTURE WHILE ADDRESSING POTENTIAL IMPACTS ON SURROUNDING PROPERTIES AND MAINTAINING APPLICABLE SAFETY STANDARDS. STAFF IS RECOMMENDING THAT THE CITY COUNCIL CONSIDER THIS ITEM AS AN URGENCY ORDINANCE. STATE LAW PREVIOUSLY ESTABLISHED DEADLINES FOR LOCAL JURISDICTIONS TO ADOPT EXPEDITED PERMITTING PROCEDURES FOR ELECTRICAL VEHICLE CHARGING STATIONS. ADDITIONALLY, THE CITY IS CURRENTLY INVOLVED IN PENDING LITIGATION ALLEGING NONCOMPLIANCE WITH THESE PERMITTING REQUIREMENTS WITHOUT ADMITTING OR WITHOUT ADMITTING ANY ALLEGATION OR LIABILITY.

THE PROPOSED URGENCY ORDINANCE IS INTENDED TO ADDRESS UNCERTAINTIES SURROUNDING CURRENT AND FUTURE PERMIT APPLICATIONS AND ESTABLISH CLEAR, CONSISTENT PROCEDURES THAT COMPLY WITH STATE LAW. IMMEDIATE ADOPTION WOULD ALLOW THESE PROCEDURES TO TAKE EFFECT WITHOUT THE STANDARD WAITING PERIOD ASSOCIATED WITH THE REGULAR ORDINANCE. WITH RESPECT TO ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW, STAFF HAS DETERMINED THAT ADOPTION OF THE ORDINANCE IS NOT A PROJECT SUBJECT TO SEQUA. UNDER C GUIDELINES, SECTION 15060 C TWO AND 15060 C THREE BECAUSE IT ESTABLISHES ESTABLISHES ADMINISTRATIVE PERMITTING PROCEDURES AND DOES NOT ITSELF AUTHORIZE PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT. FINALLY, REGARDING FISCAL IMPACT, THE ORDINANCE DOES NOT APPROPRIATE FUNDS OR AUTHORIZE THE CONSTRUCTION OF CITY OWNED CHARGING INFRASTRUCTURE.

IMPLEMENTATION WOULD PRIMARILY INVOLVE ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF. TIME TO UPDATE PERMITTING MATERIALS, MAINTAIN THE REQUIRED CHECKLIST AND COORDINATE APPLICATION REVIEWS.

I'D ALSO LIKE TO NOTE THAT THE REQUIRED CHECKLISTS THAT THE CITY NEEDS TO HAVE ARE PUBLICLY, PUBLICLY AVAILABLE AND ARE ONLINE ALREADY ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE, UNDER THE BUILDING LANDING PAGE. PUBLIC COMMENTS, NO PUBLIC COMMENTS, ANY IN ZOOM. IF THERE'S ANYBODY ON ZOOM WHO WOULD LIKE TO COMMENT ON THIS ITEM, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. THERE ARE NONE. OKAY. ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF ON THE URGENCY ITEM? I'D LIKE TO NOTE THAT AS AN URGENCY ORDINANCE ADOPTION, IT REQUIRES A 4/5 VOTE OF THE CITY COUNCIL. SO JUST A REMINDER, OKAY, NO QUESTIONS ON THIS ITEM. IF SO, ENTERTAIN A MOTION. I'LL GO AHEAD AND SECOND. MOTION.

MOTION. I'LL SECOND. IT'S THE FIRST AND SECOND ROLL CALL, PLEASE. COUNCIL MEMBER.

MARTINEZ. AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER. HUME. AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER. DELGADO. YES. MAYOR. PRO TEM PEREZ. YES. AND MAYOR. DOCTOR FIGUEROA. AYE. OKAY. WITH THAT, WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER 27.

RECEIVE AND FILE THE WATER, WASTE WATER AND WASTEWATER COST OF SERVICE AND RATE STUDY PREPARED BY THE NEW GEN STRATEGIES AND SOLUTIONS AND AUTHORIZED STAFF TO INITIATE THE PROPOSITION 218 NOTICE AND PUBLIC HEARING PROCESS FOR PROPOSED WATER AND WASTEWATER RATES FOR FISCAL YEARS 27 THROUGH 2031. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR. MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL.

GUSTAVO ESTRADA, UTILITIES DIRECTOR. I WON'T READ THE REQUEST IF YOU'VE ALREADY READ IT, BUT IN SHORT, THIS IS JUST A RECEIVING FILE, AND IT'S A REQUEST THAT WE INITIATE THE PROP 218 PROCESS, WHICH WE HOPE THAT IF THIS IS APPROVED, WE WOULD WE WOULD SEND OUT TWO NOTICES BY MONDAY OF OF NEXT WEEK AND SET A PUBLIC HEARING DATE FOR DECEMBER 9TH. BEFORE I CALL UP ERIC COLLOQUIA WHO WHO'S HERE WITH NEW GEN STRATEGIES. HE'S GOING TO GIVE US A QUICK OVERVIEW OF THE FINDINGS OF BOTH THE WASTEWATER AND WATER COST SERVICE STUDIES,

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PART OF THIS EFFORT HERE WITH THE WITH THE NEW RATES THAT WE'RE TRYING TO IMPLEMENT.

YOU'VE ALSO ASKED US THAT WE DO SOME COMMUNITY OUTREACH, AND WE INITIATED THAT COMMUNITY OUTREACH STARTING SOMETIME IN AUGUST. IT'S THE REASON THAT WE'VE PUSHED THE PUBLIC HEARING TO DECEMBER 9TH TO ALLOW US TIME TO DO A FEW COMMUNITY WORKSHOPS AND TRY TO DO SOME OUTREACH, TRY TO EXPLAIN WHAT THIS IS ALL ABOUT. SO WE'VE BEEN DOING A LOT OF THAT. AND SO JUST WANT YOTO KNOW THAT WE ALSO HAVE JOHN WITH WESTBOUND, WHO HAS BEEN HELPING US WITH SOME OF THAT COMMUNITY STRATEGY ONLINE. AND SO IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS RELATED TO WHAT WE'VE DONE TO DATE AND WHAT WE PLAN TO DO FROM NOW UNTIL THE DAY OF THE OF THE HEARING, HE'S HE'S ALSO HERE TO ANSWER SOME OF THOSE QUESTIONS. I'M HERE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS RELATED TO ANY OF THIS. LINCOLN ALSO, AND OBVIOUSLY ERIC HERE WITH NUGENT STRATEGY. SO WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO ASK ERIC TO COME UP AND GIVE US A. HIS PRESENTATION ON WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT. AND SO ERIC, THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COSTELLO, AND THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

IT'S A PLEASURE TO BE HERE AGAIN. THE LAST TIME I WAS HERE IN MARCH TO INTRODUCE THIS ITEM.

AND I HAVE A BRIEF PRESENTATION NOW THAT WE'VE WRAPPED THINGS UP AND I'D LIKE TO ECHO.

COMMENTS ABOUT STAFF. THEY'VE BEEN EXTREMELY HELPFUL TO FIRST TO COMPLETE THE STUDY, I'M GOING TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE BACKGROUND AND THE RESULTS OF OUR STUDY AND THE RECOMMENDED NEXT STEPS REGARDING THE PROP 218 PROCESS. I WON'T GO THROUGH THIS. I'LL TRY TO BE BRIEF. I KNOW IT'S BEEN A LONG NIGHT, AND I WANT TO ANSWER ALL YOUR QUESTIONS.

THE STUDY INVOLVED BOTH YOUR WATER AND WASTEWATER SYSTEMS UNDER THE COACHELLA WATER AUTHORITY AND COACHELLA SANITARY DISTRICT. THERE ARE SOME KEY STATS HERE AND KEY DRIVERS THAT WE'LL GO THROUGH THROUGH THIS PRESENTATION. WE ARE LOOKING AT A FIVE YEAR FINANCIAL PLAN STARTING NEXT FISCAL YEAR THROUGH 2031. THE KEY TAKEAWAY FROM THIS BACKGROUND SLIDE, I WANT YOU TO SEE HERE, THE LAST TIME YOUR WATER RATES WERE INCREASED WAS AS OF JANUARY 1ST, 2015. THE LAST COST OF SERVICE STUDY WAS BEFORE THAT. THE LAST SEWER RATE INCREASE WAS JULY 1ST, 2021. SO IT HAS BEEN SOME TIME SINCE YOU HAVE ADJUSTED WATER AND SEWER RATES. A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF OUR STUDY PROCESS, ESSENTIALLY FOUR STEPS. THE FIRST IS CALLED THE REVENUE REQUIREMENT. WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT IN DETAIL THAT ARE THE COSTS OF RUNNING THESE SYSTEMS. ONE OF THE FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES OF A STUDY IS THAT RATES SUPPORT THESE SYSTEMS. THERE IS NO GENERAL FUND SUBSIDY GOING INTO THIS. SO THE PEOPLE WHO USE THIS SERVICE ARE THE ONES WHO PAY FOR THE SERVICE AND FULLY SUPPORT THESE UTILITIES. LOOKING AT THE REVENUE REQUIREMENTS, WE BUILD A FINANCIAL PLAN. HOW MANY CUSTOMERS DO YOU HAVE? HOW ARE THEY USING THESE SERVICES? WHAT REVENUE ARE YOU GENERATING FROM YOUR RATES? AND WE LOOK FORWARD, ARE THOSE RATES COVERING THE COSTS OF THE SYSTEMS? THE COSTS ARE DRIVING THOSE RATES. IF NOT, WE NEED TO DEVELOP A FINANCIAL PLAN TO BRING THOSE REVENUES TO MEET THOSE EXPENSES. THE THIRD STEP IS THE COST OF SERVICE. THAT'S HOW WE ORGANIZE THE DIFFERENT CHARGES. COMPLIANCE WITH PROPOSITION 2 TO 18. THE CHARGES NEED TO BE PROPORTIONAL IN THE COST TO EACH OF THE PARCELS. THAT'S THE COST OF SERVICE PROCESS AND ULTIMATELY UTILITY PRICING. THOSE ARE THE SPECIFIC RATES THAT WE RECOMMEND TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE GENERATING ENOUGH REVENUE TO MEET THE REVENUE REQUIREMENT. THE TWO INDUSTRY MANUALS THAT GUIDE THESE PROCESSES ARE. WWE STANDS FOR AMERICAN WATER WORKS ASSOCIATION AND THE WATER ENVIRONMENT FEDERATION. THEY HAVE THESE TWO MANUALS THAT SORT OF DEFINE THE PROCESS THAT WE USE TO DO THIS. SOME KEY DATA POINTS AND ASSUMPTIONS. WE ARE MAKING. OUR FORECASTS ARE BASED IN THE FISCAL YEAR 27 BUDGET FOR BOTH SYSTEMS, AND WE DO HAVE REASONABLE INFLATION FOR OPERATING AND CAPITAL COSTS. WE'RE ALSO TALK ABOUT LAYERING ON CHROMIUM SIX IMPROVEMENTS AND OTHER THINGS LIKE THAT. WE ARE ASSUMING NO CUSTOMER GROWTH.

SO WE ARE LOOKING AT YOUR YOUR YOUR SYSTEMS AS THEY ARE TODAY, WHAT THOSE RATES NEED TO BE TO SUPPORT THE REVENUES IN THE FUTURE. A KEY POINT HERE, EVERYTHING YOU SEE IN THESE SLIDES, AND THAT IS IN OUR REPORTS, WHICH ARE VERY DETAILED. AND I WOULD APPRECIATE IF YOU READ THEM, IT MIGHT TAKE SOME TIME. ALL OF THE RATES HERE ARE FULLY FUNDING THE CHROMIUM SIX PROJECTS FOR ALL SEVEN OF YOUR WELLS, 49 MILLION OF THAT 54

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THE CHART ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE SHOWS THE FORECASTED REVENUE REQUIREMENT. THESE ARE THE COSTS THAT YOU'RE GOING TO REASONABLY INCUR TO RUN THE WATER SYSTEM OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS. WE SHOW FISCAL YEAR 26 AS A BASELINE. THIS INCORPORATES THE TWO EFFORTS THAT THE UTILITIES WENT THROUGH IN TERMS OF THE MANPOWER STUDY AND THE COMPENSATION STUDY TO BRING YOUR SALARIES AND YOUR AND YOUR EMPLOYMENTS, YOUR EFFORTS UP TO THOSE LEVELS RECOMMENDED IN THOSE STUDIES AND THE ADDITIONAL COSTS JUST ON AN OPERATING BASIS. ONCE THE CHROMIUM SIX IMPROVEMENTS ARE IN SERVICE, THAT ADDS ALMOST $1 MILLION OF OPERATING COSTS EACH YEAR TO YOUR SYSTEMS. THAT'S INCLUDED IN THESE FORECASTS. AND AGAIN, WE ARE INCLUDING ABOUT $2.5 MILLION OF ADDITIONAL DEBT TO FULLY FUND THOSE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS WITH NO GRANT SUPPORT. THAT'S WHAT'S SHOWN IN THIS CHART. YOU SEE THAT BOTTOM NOTE, THE REVENUE THAT YOU CURRENTLY GENERATE FROM YOUR RATES IS ABOUT $77.2 MILLION. YOU CAN SEE IN THIS CURRENT FISCAL YEAR OR THE PREVIOUS FISCAL YEAR, FISCAL YEAR 26, THAT JUST ABOUT ONLY COVERED YOUR OPERATING COSTS OF THE SYSTEM, WHICH AGAIN, ARE GOING TO BE INCREASING BASED ON THIS CHART HERE. OUR FINANCIAL FORECAST IS INCLUDING THE RECOMMENDED RATE INCREASES THAT ARE SHOWN ON THE NEXT SLIDE HERE. SO WE ARE RECOMMENDING THAT YOU BRING THOSE TOTAL REVENUES. YOU CAN SEE UP FROM ABOUT 7.2 MILLION TO EVENTUALLY MEETING THAT 16.5 MILLION NEED OVER FIVE YEARS. WHAT THIS MEANS HERE, I WILL POINT OUT THE LINE FOR NET CASH FLOW. IN THOSE FIRST TWO YEARS, YOU ARE SPENDING ABOUT $5 MILLION FROM YOUR RESERVES TO FUND THE DESIGN OF THE CHROMIUM SIX WELL, PROJECTS AND WEIGHT AND PHASING IN THE RATE INCREASES TO MEET THE FINANCIAL NEEDS OF THE SYSTEM OVER TIME. SO IN DEVELOPING THIS FINANCIAL PLAN, WE'VE ALREADY WORKED WITH STAFF TO ORGANIZE THESE CAPITAL PROJECTS IN TERMS OF TIMING AND FUNDING SOURCE TO MOVE THESE COSTS AS FAR INTO THE FUTURE AS POSSIBLE. BEING COGNIZANT OF THE FACT THAT YOU NEED A FINANCIAL PLAN IN ORDER TO PRESENT A FINANCIAL PACKAGE TO THE STATE IN ORDER TO PURSUE THOSE GRANTS. SO THERE'S A TIMING ISSUE HERE. YOU NEED TO SPEND THIS MONEY TODAY IN ORDER TO PURSUE THOSE GRANTS IN THE FUTURE. THIS SLIDE SEVEN SHOWS OUR RECOMMENDED RATES BEGINNING EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1ST, 2027 THROUGH THE FIVE YEAR FORECAST.

WHEN COMPARED TO YOUR CURRENT RATES, YOU HAVE BOTH A FIXED MONTHLY METER CHARGE AND A VOLUMETRIC RATE PER 100 CUBIC FEET. IT'S ABOUT 748 GALLONS. ONE OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS WE'RE MAKING THAT'S DETAILED IN OUR REPORT IS TO REORGANIZE YOUR RATE STRUCTURE FROM A TWO TIER RATE TO A THREE TIER RATE BASED ON YOUR SYSTEM CHARACTERISTICS, AGAIN, CONSISTENT WITH THE PRINCIPLES OF COST OF SERVICE AND ALIGNING THOSE COSTS WITHIN THOSE RATE TIERS. THAT'S A RECOMMENDATION WE'RE MAKING FOR YOUR RATES EFFECTIVE JANUARY 2027. AND CONTINUING THROUGHOUT THIS FORECAST. FOR THE WASTEWATER SYSTEM, THE KEY DRIVERS ARE INCREASED OPERATING AND CAPITAL COSTS. AGAIN, THIS INCORPORATES THE MANPOWER AND COMPENSATION STUDIES. WE ARE INCLUDING ABOUT $500,000 OF ANNUAL DEPRECIATION FUNDING THAT'S BUILT INTO YOUR RATES TO FUND ASSET REPLACEMENT FOR THE WASTEWATER SYSTEM. IT ALSO INCLUDES TRANSFERS TO THE CONNECTION FEE FUND. YOU HAVE SOME EXPANSION RELATED PROJECTS THAT YOU'RE NOT, THAT YOU DON'T HAVE. CONNECTION FEE REVENUES TO SUPPORT. THE OPERATING FUND WILL SUPPORT THOSE IN THIS FORECAST TO BE REPAID IN THE FUTURE AS GROWTH OCCURS. YOU CAN SEE RIGHT NOW REVENUES UNDER EXISTING RATES FOR SEWER IS ABOUT $7.5 MILLION PER YEAR, WHICH MEANS UNDER THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR 27 FORECAST, THAT TOTAL IS COVERED. HOWEVER, THERE IS NEED TO INCREASE THOSE RATES OVER THE FIVE YEAR FORECAST TO MEET THE REVENUE NEEDS OF THE WASTEWATER SYSTEM.

OUR RECOMMENDED SEWER RATES ARE SHOWN HERE. AGAIN, THEY'RE. THE CHANGES IN THESE RATES ARE ALSO CONSISTENT WITH THE COST OF SERVICE PRINCIPLES OF ASSIGNING COSTS TO BOTH THE FIXED MONTHLY

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THIS CHART HERE SHOWS A REGIONAL BILL COMPARISON. WE TOOK YOUR AVERAGE RESIDENTIAL CUSTOMER AND CALCULATED WHAT THEIR BILL WOULD BE IF THEY WERE IN THESE DIFFERENT SERVICE AREAS. SO THIS AGAIN IS YOUR AVERAGE CUSTOMER, 2100 CUBIC FEET OF WATER AND WASTEWATER SERVICE PER MONTH. YOU CAN SEE CURRENTLY YOU FALL AT $95, WHICH IS TOWARDS THE TOP OF THIS CHART, WHICH IS IN THE LOWER RANGE. OUR ESTIMATED UNDER THIS FINANCIAL PLAN BILL IN FISCAL YEAR 2028, INCLUDING THE INCREASES THAT WERE SHOWN ON THE PREVIOUS SLIDES, YOU WOULD LAND RIGHT ABOUT THE REGIONAL AVERAGE. A NOTE, A COUPLE NOTES ON THIS. SOME OF THESE AGENCIES AND COMMUNITIES HAVE PUBLISHED RATES THROUGH 2028. WE'VE TRIED TO ALIGN WITH THOSE RATES. A COUPLE NOTE NOTES I WILL MAKE HERE. INDIO WATER AUTHORITY AT THE TOP THERE, THEY DID PUBLISH A RATE STUDY A YEAR AGO. HOWEVER, IT DID NOT INCLUDE ANY CONSTRUCTION RELATED TO CHROMIUM SIX ONLY DESIGN, SO THAT WOULD BE FORTHCOMING. THE SAME IS TRUE FOR COACHELLA VALLEY WATER DISTRICT. THEIR RATE STUDY IS COMING SOON. THAT INCLUDES CHROMIUM SIX. RIGHT NOW, THEIR RATES DO NOT INCLUDE ANY CHROMIUM SIX IMPROVEMENTS.

SO THAT'S RIGHT. COMBINED. YES. THIS IS WATER AND SEWER COMBINED. YEP. OKAY. FINALLY THE LAST SLIDE I HAVE HERE IS TO PROVIDE SOME CONTEXT ON ONE OF THE KEY DRIVERS HERE. ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE IS WHAT WE'RE CALLING THE BASELINE. EVERYTHING YOU'VE SEEN PREVIOUSLY IN THIS PRESENTATION RELATIVE TO WATER RESULTS IN A CUMULATIVE 123% INCREASE OVER THE FIVE YEARS IN WATER RATES. THAT IS OUR BASELINE OF FULLY FUNDING CHROMIUM SIX. WE RAN SCENARIOS IN OUR MODEL AT DIFFERENT GRANT LEVELS AT $10 MILLION, 25,000,050 MILLION, 50 MILLION BEING SORT OF FULL GRANT FUNDING OF CHROMIUM, SIX IMPROVEMENTS YOU CAN SEE HERE.

THAT REDUCES THE NEED TO INCREASE RATES. HOWEVER, IT DOES NOT ELIMINATE THEM. I'LL REMIND THE COUNCIL AGAIN OF THE TIME THAT YOU LAST INCREASED WATER RATES WAS SEVERAL YEARS AGO. PART OF THIS IS DRIVEN BY CHROMIUM SIX IMPROVEMENTS. THE OTHER PART IS DRIVEN BY BRINGING THOSE RATES UP TO ESSENTIALLY CURRENT DAY DOLLARS AND THE DOLLARS IT TAKES TO RUN YOUR SYSTEM. SO IF WE MOVE OVER ALL THE WAY TO THAT 50 MILLION GRANT SCENARIO TO FULLY FUND THE CHROMIUM SIX, THAT REDUCES THE CUMULATIVE INCREASE FROM 123% TO ABOUT 80%, AND BRINGS THAT WATER BILL FROM $45 A MONTH TO $82 A MONTH, RATHER THAN ABOUT 100 UNDER THE BASELINE SCENARIO. OUR CONCLUSIONS ARE SUMMARIZED HERE. AGAIN, AS CASTILLO MENTIONED, THE ACTION HERE TONIGHT IS NOT TO ADOPT RATE. IT'S TO BEGIN THE PROCESS TO CONTINUE COMMUNITY OUTREACH THROUGH THE PROP 218 PROCESS, MAILING OF THE NOTICES AND SETTING THE DATE FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING. THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER QUESTIONS.

AND AGAIN, STAFF IS IS AVAILABLE ALONG WITH THE PUBLIC OUTREACH. GENTLEMAN ON ON ZOOM.

ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS? NO PUBLIC COMMENTS. ANY COMMENTS ON ZOOM? IF THERE'S ANYBODY ONLINE WHO'D

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I THINK FOR THE PEOPLE. YOU REALLY HAVE TO SHOW IT WHERE THE AVERAGE PERSON THAT SHOWS UP TO THE CIVIC CENTER AND SAYS, WHY IS MY BILL NOW $85? NOW THEY'LL BE ABLE TO LIKE, DO THOSE PRESENTATIONS BECAUSE I THINK IT'LL BE EASIER FOR THEM BECAUSE WE AGREE. ERIC'S EFFORT HERE IS VERY TECHNICAL, AND THAT'S WHY WE HAVE THE COMMUNITY OUTREACH FOLKS THAT ARE HELPING US. THERE'S JOHN HELPING US TAKE ALL THAT INFORMATION. THAT'S VERY TECHNICAL AND PUTTING IT IN AN EASY WAY TO UNDERSTAND FORMAT. WE'RE TAKING ALL THAT INFORMATION. WE'RE UP, WE'RE WE'RE PLUGGING IN THAT INFORMATION INTO OUR WEBSITE AND AN EASY WAY TO READ. WE ALSO ARE DEVELOPING A, A BILL SIMULATOR WHERE, WHERE YOU COULD, WHERE YOU COULD, IT HAS INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW TO READ YOUR BILL AND THEN, AND THEN TAKE THAT BILL AND PLUG IN THE INFORMATION ON YOUR BILL, METER SIZE, WHAT YOUR CONSUMPTION LOOKS LIKE, BECAUSE THERE'S SOME HISTORICAL TRENDS ON YOUR BILL, AND YOU CAN TAKE WHAT SEEMS TO BE YOUR AVERAGE CONSUMPTION METER SIZE AND PLUG IT INTO EVERY YEAR IN THAT FIVE YEAR PERIOD. AND SO I THINK OUR PLAN IS TO GO LIVE WITH THAT BILL SIMULATOR AS, AS EARLY AS THE END OF HOPEFULLY THIS WEEK, IF NOT BY, BY MONDAY, BUT CERTAINLY IN TIME WITH HOW WE PLAN TO SEND OUT THE THE PROP TWO NOTICE, BECAUSE THE PROP 218 NOTICE ITSELF IS GOING TO HAVE INFORMATION ON HOW TO ACCESS THAT BILL SIMULATOR. WE HAVE. JOHN CAN SHARE THAT THAT NOTICE WITH YOU RIGHT NOW REAL QUICKLY ON THE SCREEN. SO YOU. SO WE CAN WALK YOU THROUGH WHAT IT SAYS. AND YOU CAN GET A SENSE OF HOW WE HAVE TRIED TO COMMUNICATE, WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO HERE, AND ALSO HOW WE'RE PROVIDING INFORMATION TO THE PUBLIC AS IT RELATES TO WHERE THEY CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION. FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS, THE BILL SIMULATOR INFORMATION ABOUT THEIR WATER BILL. THERE'S A LOT OF INFORMATION ON ON THESE NOTICES. THEY ARE FINE.

THEY ARE READY TO MAIL OUT. OUR HOPE HERE IS TO SEND THOSE OUT BY MONDAY. BUT BUT WE'VE INCORPORATED EVERYTHING THAT YOU JUST MENTIONED. WE WE'VE TRIED TO PUT IT IN THAT EASY TO READ FORMAT. AND AS WE CONTINUE TO ENGAGE WITH THE PUBLIC UP TO THE PUBLIC HEARING, WE ARE PROVIDING ALL THIS INFORMATION ON SOCIAL MEDIA. WE PLAN TO BE AT DIFFERENT EVENTS, SHARING THIS INFORMATION. AND, AND, AND WE'RE ALSO SCHEDULED TO HAVE TWO WORKSHOPS WHERE, WHERE WE ARE GOING TO PRESENT ALL OF THIS IN A, IN AN EASY FORMAT TO UNDERSTAND. AND SO THERE'S, THERE'S STILL A LOT THAT WE PLAN TO DO FROM NOW TILL DECEMBER. BUT JOHN IS HERE. IF YOU'D LIKE TO TAKE A LOOK AT THAT, HEAR MORE ABOUT IT. JOHN. FANTASTIC. THANK YOU. CASTULO.

AND I'M SHARING MY SCREEN NOW. HOPEFULLY EVERYONE IS ABLE TO SEE SOMETHING THAT SAYS COACHELLA WATER AUTHORITY NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING, CORRECT? YES, YES. VERY GOOD.

SO HONORABLE MAYOR, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL CASTULO SUMMARIZED IT WELL IN TERMS OF THE PUBLIC HEARING NOTICES THAT WE WILL MAIL OUT, ASSUMING TOMORROW, BASED ON PENDING YOUR DECISION THIS EVENING, TO ADOPT THE RATES OR NOT, THESE PUBLIC NOTICES, AGAIN, ARE SUBJECT TO A LOT OF LEGAL REQUIREMENTS AND BEST PRACTICES BASED ON CALIFORNIA'S PROPOSITION 218.

THERE ARE CERTAIN PIECES OF INFORMATION THAT WE HAVE TO EXPLAIN IN CERTAIN WAYS, BUT WE HAVE DONE OUR BEST TO PRESENT INFORMATION IN A WAY WHERE, AS CASTULO MENTIONED, WE ARE

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AND SO I JUST WANTED TO SHARE THAT THAT'S KIND OF A TIMELINE WHEN, WHEN WE ARE PROBABLY GOING TO HAVE TO TRY TO MAKE A BIG PUSH SO THAT WE CAN SECURE AS MANY OF THOSE GRANT DOLLARS THAT I THINK WE'RE GOING AFTER. RIGHT? WE WE DID. YOU DID HEAR FROM OUR LOBBYIST IN SACRAMENTO RECENTLY THAT THAT WE DID HAVE A WIN IN THE FACT THAT WE KEPT ONE OF OUR ASKS WHEN WE WENT TO SACRAMENTO WAS THAT WAS THAT WE, WE KEEP THE, THE UP TO $50 MILLION AND LOAN FORGIVENESS IN THE INTENDED USE PLAN SO THAT IT ALLOWS THE STATE WATER BOARD TO USE THAT TOOL WHERE, WHERE, WHERE IT'S WHERE IT'S REALLY NEEDED, LIKE A PLACE LIKE THE CITY OF COACHELLA. AND PART OF THE STORY THAT WE TOLD THEM WAS LOOK AT, LOOK AT WHAT OUR PROJECTION IS FOR THE RATES WITHOUT THESE, WITHOUT THIS GRANT FUNDING. AND SO I THINK WE, WE HAD A WIN THERE. SO THAT THAT'S STILL IN THE INTENDED USE PLAN. AND SO THAT I THINK THAT'S POSITIVE NEWS FOR US. WE JUST HAVE TO TRY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GET THOSE 50 MILLION. IT'S GOING TO BE HARD BECAUSE IT'S I MEAN, IT'S A POT OF MONEY THAT IS FINITE. AND THERE'S A LOT OF COMPETING PRIORITIES IN THE STATE RELATED TO A LOT OF DIFFERENT CONTAMINANTS. CHROMIUM SIX IS JUST ONE OF THEM. OTHER PLACES DON'T HAVE CHROMIUM SIX, BUT THEY HAVE OTHER ISSUES. SO THERE'S ONLY SO MUCH MONEY AROUND AT THE STATE THAT THAT I THINK THEY CAN SPREAD OVER THIS.

BUT I DO THINK THAT ONE OF THE BENEFITS FOR US HERE IN THE CITY IS THAT IT APPEARS TO, TO ME THAT THAT OUR PROJECT IS, IS, IS ALMOST LIKE FIRST IN LINE IN A LOT OF WAYS. WE'VE BEEN WE'VE INITIATED DESIGN. WE'RE TRYING TO HAVE THE APPLICATION COMPLETE VERY SOON. AND, AND I HAVEN'T HEARD OF ANYBODY ELSE WHO, WHO'S ON A, ON A SIMILAR TIMELINE. SO, SO I THINK THAT GIVES US SOME ADVANTAGE. WELL, THANK YOU, I WOULD JUST. URGE MY COLLEAGUES, YOU KNOW, I, I WON'T BE HERE. THIS IS MY LAST TERM, BUT I WOULD URGE MY COLLEAGUES THAT ARE HERE AND THAT ARE GOING TO STAY HERE, THAT THIS BE ONE OF THOSE PRIORITIES THAT THEY TACKLE UNITED, BECAUSE I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE VERY IMPORTANT. AND I KNOW THE COMMUNITY WILL REALLY APPRECIATE THAT THEY THAT THEY DO THAT AND THAT THEY HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS WITH REPS, NOT THAT THEY'RE NOT ALREADY DOING IT. I KNOW THAT THEY ARE, BUT I WOULD JUST SAY HOPEFULLY WE'RE ABLE TO TO SEE THAT. UNITED FRONT BECAUSE IT IS GOING TO BE A DIFFICULT TIME.

BUT THANK YOU. THAT'S IT ON MY END. ANY OTHER COMMENTS? JUST A COMMENT. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING SO PROACTIVE ON, YOU KNOW, LIKE YOU SAID, WE'RE LIKE FIRST ON THE LINE WITH EVERYTHING AND REQUESTING THESE GRANTS. AND HOPEFULLY WE GET THOSE $50 MILLION THAT, YOU KNOW, OUT THERE, LIKE YOU SAID, THERE'S A LOT OF COMPETITIONS, A LOT OF MUNICIPALITIES GOING AFTER THIS FUND. SO THANK YOU FOR BEING PROACTIVE ON EVERYTHING. AND YES, YOU KNOW, THE REACH OUT TO OUR COMMUNITY. YEAH, IT'S GOING TO BE REALLY, REALLY TOUGH BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, LIKE MY COLLEAGUES SAID, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF UNCERTAINTY OUT THERE. AND SOME OF THE RESIDENTS ARE GOING TO BELIEVE THAT WE ARE THE ONES MAKING THESE CHANGES. AND WHEN IN REALITY, WE'RE NOT, YOU KNOW, THE REALITY IS SITTING RIGHT HERE IN FRONT OF US AND ALSO REMINDING THE COMMUNITY THAT WE HAVEN'T RAISED ANY SEWER FEES IN ALMOST 22, 23 YEARS, I BELIEVE IT WAS 2021. AND ALSO THE WATER BILL, YOU KNOW, HASN'T GONE UP SINCE 2015. SO IT'S IT'S TOUGH, BUT WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH THIS. THAT'S THAT'S I THINK THAT'S WHAT WE'RE FOCUSED ON IS MORE OF KIND OF A, AN EDUCATIONAL APPROACH THAT THAT EMPHASIZES THE, THE NEW REGULATIONS THAT WE'RE FACING AS A STATE AND HOW THOSE REGULATIONS ARE IMPACTING COMMUNITIES LIKE COACHELLA. AND ALSO THAT WE HAVEN'T HAD ANY RATE ADJUSTMENTS SINCE 2015 ON THE WATER. SO THOSE TWO THINGS ARE REALLY THE BIG DRIVERS TO WHY WE ARE LOOKING AT THIS KIND OF HUGE CATCH UP. AND I THINK TO THE POINT THAT WAS MADE EARLIER, THE WATER BILL IS ONE OF THE LOWEST BILLS. BUT BUT THERE'S A REASON FOR THAT. IT HASN'T KEPT UP WITH WITH COSTS.

AND AND YOU SEE A LOT OF OTHER AGENCIES ADJUSTING THEIR RATES TO KEEP UP WITH COSTS. AND, AND

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AND I KNOW YOU YOU'VE HEARD THIS MAYOR, ONE OF THE ONE OF THE SITUATIONS THAT WE'RE IN AT THIS MOMENT IS THAT IN ORDER TO COMPLETE THE THE PACKAGE THAT WE NEED TO SUBMIT TO THE STATE TO EVEN. BE BE IN A IN LINE TO POSSIBLY RECEIVE ANY GRANT FUNDING. IT REQUIRES THIS, IT REQUIRES THIS STEP. AND SO NOT MOVING FORWARD IN THIS DIRECTION, ESSENTIALLY REMOVES US FROM OUR ABILITY TO, TO GO AFTER THAT GRANT FUNDING AT THE STATE. YEAH. WELL, THERE'S A MOTION. IS THERE A SECOND? OH, GO AHEAD AND SECOND. FIRST AND SECOND ROLL CALL, PLEASE.

COUNCILMEMBER MARTINEZ. AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER. AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER. DELGADO. YES. MAYOR PRO TEM PEREZ. YES. AND MAYOR. DOCTOR FIGUEROA. AYE. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

AND OF COURSE ITEM 28 WAS MOVED TO NOVEMBER 25TH. NEXT WE'LL MOVE ON TO REPORTS AND REQUESTS

[Reports and Requests]

COUNCILMEMBER. ANY FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS? JUST SHADE EQUITY. JUST A PLAN. HOW WE'RE THINKING OF ACCOMPLISHING THAT. IF WE'RE GOING TO DO ANY OUTREACH, TALK TO ANY PARTNERS OR ARE WE TALKING INTERNALLY? JUST AN UPDATE ON THAT. ABSOLUTELY. I KNOW THAT'S THE ONE THAT YOU'VE REQUESTED BEFORE AND WE ARE WORKING ON IT. SO WE'RE GOING TO BRING YOU A FORECAST AS TO WHEN TO BRING IT TO COUNCIL. SOUNDS GOOD. THANK YOU. THAT'S IT. COUNCILWOMAN DELGADO. IT'S MORE JUST THAT FOR FOR STREET LIGHTS THAT HAVE BEEN DOWNED. IS THAT. IF THERE IF NOT, IF THEY'RE NOT PUT BACK JUST TO GIVE A REASON WHY THEY'RE NOT, BECAUSE I'VE BEEN TOLD IN SOME OF THE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT SOME OF THE STREET LIGHTS, YOU KNOW, IT KIND OF FELL OVER OR YOU KNOW WHAT? AND THEY JUST WEREN'T PUT BACK. AND SO, AND I'LL GIVE SOME ADDRESSES AND THAT WAY IT'S MORE SPECIFIC AND, YOU KNOW, IT'LL MAKE MORE SENSE IF THEY COULD IDENTIFY WHERE

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FOR ME, I JUST ECHO COUNCILMEMBER MARTINEZ ON THE CB HOUSING FIRST. I KNOW THAT THAT'S GOING TO BE COMING BACK SOON. SO GUS AND MAYOR PRO TEM AND MYSELF HAVE BEEN DISCUSSING WITH CVAC ABOUT IT. I HAVE SEEN THE INCREASE IN I DRIVE AROUND, I THINK ONE ONE BIG THING IS WITH THAT PROGRAM, HOW DO WE FIND A SPACE FOR SOME OF THE UNHOUSED FOLKS WHERE THEY DON'T FEEL THAT THEY CAN CALL AT LEAST LIKE A LANDING SPOT? I KNOW THAT A LOT OF THEM ARE IN PRIVATE SPACES. I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S A SPACE WHERE. THEY CAN BE, WHERE IT'S LIKE JUST TO BE OUT IN THE DAYTIME WHERE THEY DON'T GET PUSHED OUT BECAUSE THEY'RE BEING CALLED BY THE, BY A COMMUNITY MEMBER OR SOMETHING, THAT THEY'RE A NUISANCE OR SOMETHING WHERE IT'S A SPACE FOR THEM WHERE THEY CAN BE IN THE DAYTIME BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE, THEY DON'T HAVE SOMEWHERE TO GO. RIGHT. AND A LOT OF THEM SOMETIMES GO TO THE CV OF THE RESCUE MISSION IN THE DAYTIME, THEY'LL TRAVEL, YOU KNOW, AND SO JUST I DON'T KNOW HOW WE CAN FIND A SPACE OR WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE. PART OF THE DISCUSSION WITH POLLY SEABAG. BUT BECAUSE WHAT HAPPENS IS A LOT OF THEM GET MOVED BECAUSE THEY'RE ON PRIVATE PROPERTY, AND THEN THEY GO SOMEWHERE ELSE.

AND IT'S JUST THIS ONGOING. BUT WE ALSO HAVE TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE NOT BECAUSE I'VE SEEN SOME INCREASE IN IN SOME OF THEIR PERSONAL ITEMS, AND IT'S CREATING A POTENTIAL HAZARD. IT COULD POTENTIALLY BECOME FIRE. AND ALSO IT'S BECOME PLAIN BLIGHT IN SOME PROPERTIES. AND SO I'VE TALKED TO SOME FOLKS THAT THEY JUST WANT TO KNOW HOW, HOW IT CAN BE ADDRESSED. AND SOME AND THEY KNOW ABOUT THE PRIVATE PROPERTY AND IT TAKES A WHILE TO BE ABLE TO REMOVE THEM.

SO IT'S JUST FINDING A SPACE WHERE IT ISN'T, YOU KNOW, WE GOTTA FIND AND THERE ARE OUR RESIDENTS, WHATEVER WAY YOU SEE IT, THEY'RE, THEY'RE PART OF THE COMMUNITY. SO JUST FINDING SOMETHING AS PART OF THAT. SO THAT'S A LARGER DISCUSSION. BUT HOW WE MAKE SURE THEY DON'T JUST GET KICKED OUT EVERY TIME THEY GO SOMEWHERE ELSE. AND I UNDERSTAND THAT SOME OF THEM DO CONNECTED WITH THEFT AND DIFFERENT ITEMS. SO IT'S JUST SEEING HOW WE CAN WORK IN AN ECOSYSTEM TOGETHER. SO. MOVING ON TO ANY COUNCIL COMMENTS, REPORTS OR MISCELLANEOUS COMMITTEES, MR. MARTINEZ NO COMMITTEES. WE WE ATTENDED A COUPLE OF EVENTS, ONE OF THEM BEING LA QUINTA, STATE OF THE CITY. AND I WAS SO GLAD AND HAPPY TO SEE OUR OWN CITY TREASURE BEING RECOGNIZED AS THE BUSINESS OF THE YEAR AT THE CITY OF LA QUINTA. SO THAT'S VERY. THAT WAS VERY. CONGRATULATIONS. CONGRATULATIONS. AND I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS A SOME SOMETHING THAT WE CAN DO FOR HER, LIKE A PROCLAMATION, YOU KNOW, AS A CITY RESIDENT, YOU KNOW, BEING SUCCESSFUL IN ANOTHER CITY. ABSOLUTELY. YEAH.

OKAY. THANK YOU. AND COMMENTS. I KNOW WE GET INFORMATION INTERNALLY, BUT I DON'T WANT TO PUT IT OUT THERE IN. I WANT TO SAY THAT WE WANT TO RECOGNIZE SOME OF THE TEAM MEMBERS FOR MANY ACCOMPLISHMENTS THAT THEY'RE DOING, LIKE ADRIAN MORENO, THAT HE GOT PROMOTED TO SENIOR PLANNER AND I. FERNANDEZ THAT SHE COMPLETED HER MASTER'S DEGREE ON PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION AND TO JESSICA NAVARRO THAT SHE GOT HER PROMOTION TO PUBLI WORKS MANAGEMENT ANALYSIS. SO A

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THAT'S IT FOR ME, COUNCILWOMAN. I JUST THANK YOU TO STAFF. THANK YOU FOR ALL THE GREAT WORK THAT YOU GUYS ARE DOING AND STICKING WITH US. IT'S BEEN QUITE A YEAR. SO BUT YEAH, IT'S BEEN INTERESTING. BUT THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR FOR EVERYTHING. THAT'S IT FOR ME, COUNCILWOMAN DELGADO. NO, JUST LOOKING FORWARD TO TO THE UPCOMING EVENTS. YOU KNOW, I'M VERY, VERY, VERY, VERY, VERY, VERY EXCITED AND HAPPY ABOUT THE GROUNDBREAKING FOR THE AVENUE 50 BRIDGE THAT I'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT FOR LIKE THE PAST, I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY YEARS. SO I'M VERY EXCITED TO SEE THAT, YOU KNOW, FINALLY COME THROUGH. AND, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A LOT OF OTHER EVENTS, GROUNDBREAKINGS AND SOME FUN EVENTS TOO. AND I HOPE PEOPLE ARE GOING TO ENJOY ALL THE TACOS THAT THE TACOS AND TEQUILA EVENTS, SOME OF OUR JUDGES. SO I'M LOOKING FOR TWO VOLUNTEERS TO RIDE ALONG WITH ME ON THE JUDGING OF THE TACOS. SO I'M EXTENDING AN INVITATION TO ALL THE STAFF HERE. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. MAYOR PRO TEM PEREZ. YES, I ATTENDED THE GROUNDBREAKING FOR OUR WELLNESS HUB AT THE RECREATION CENTER BY THE BOXING CENTER. EXCITED TO SEE THAT TAKE PLACE. ALSO ATTENDED THE GROUNDBREAKING FOR THE SKATE PARK. AWESOME EVENT THERE. WE HAD KIDS FROM BOBBY DUKE MIDDLE SCHOOL AT TEN. THEY GAVE OUT SKATEBOARDS AND SCOOTERS. THEY WERE REALLY EXCITED. I ALSO WANT TO THANK STAFF, CAL FIRE OR SO FOR ALL THE HARD WORK DURING OUR RAIN, BECAUSE I KNOW I DID SEE THEM OUT AND ABOUT. WE DID GET SOME FLOODING, NOT TOO BAD. LIKE OTHER CITIES AND UNINCORPORATED AREAS, BUT WE DID GET SOME SOME WATER. SO THANK THANKS TO STAFF. CONGRATULATIONS LINCOLN, TO YOU AND YOUR TEAM FOR FOR THAT AWARD. HARD WORK DOES PAY OFF. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU GUYS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU EVERYBODY.

THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR TODAY. THIS IS ECHOED ALSO WENT TO THE WELLNESS HUB THE DATELAND PARK SKATE PARK. I GOT TO RIDE A SKATEBOARD FOR THE FIRST TIME IN MY LIFE. AND THAT WAS VERY SCARY. BUT ALSO I'M GLAD THAT WE WERE ABLE TO GIVE OUT SCOOTERS AND SKATEBOARDS. AND THANK YOU TO THE BLUE ZONES FOR GIVING OUT SOME HELMETS. AND BECAUSE WITHOUT A HELMET, YOU MAKE SURE YOU PROTECT THAT IN THERE AS WELL AS THIS WAS EXCITING TO SEE EVERYONE OUT THERE AND HOW ACTIVE THAT SKATE PARK GETS. I ALSO WENT TO THE NATIONAL COFFEE WITH A COP. IF YOU HAVEN'T GONE TO ONE, THEY PUT ON THOSE GREEN APRONS AND THEY GO THERE LIKE PROS BACK THERE. SO YOU GOT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO THEM THERE. AND IT WAS COOL TO SEE THEM THERE. I HAD MY RIDE ALONG THIS WEEKEND ON SUNDAY WITH THE SO, SO I'M EXCITED TO SEE THE LITTLE DO A RIDE ALONG AND I'LL REPORT BACK, SEE WHAT IS GOING ON THERE. IT DID RAIN, SO MAKE SURE YOU TOSS ON THE WATER SO THAT YOU DON'T GET MOSQUITOES. A VERY IMPORTANT DUMP AND DRAIN. IF YOU SEE ANYTHING IN YOUR BACKYARD, MAKE SURE YOU DUMP AND DRAIN BECAUSE OTHERWISE WE'RE GOING TO BE SEEING THOSE ORANGE SIGNS AROUND THAT THERE IS, WELL, NOT JUST MOSQUITOES.

THERE IS GOING TO HAVE ANY LIKE. DISEASES FROM THE MOSQUITOES. SO JUST MAKE SURE. SORRY IT'S LATE. SO I FORGOT THE NAME OF THE DIFFERENT ONES. I'M EXCITED FOR THIS. THE BRIDGE TOMORROW AND I'M ATTENDING THE LGBTQ CENTERS HAVING THEIR AWARDS THIS FRIDAY, SO I'LL BE ATTENDING THAT. EXCEPT FOR THE TACOS. IF YOU. THERE'S THE RAISING THE FUTURE EVENT HOSTED BY THE COUNTY AND THE COUNTY PROBATION DEPARTMENT AT THE ARCO OFFICE. SO ANYONE THAT'S LOOKING AT THAT EVENT IS ON SATURDAY. AND THEN OCTOBER 22ND IS THE STATE OF THE CITY AND BUSINESS AWARDS. SO WE'RE EXCITED TO SEE EVERYONE. WE INVITE EVERYONE OUT. I'M EXCITED TO SEE COUNCILWOMAN RIHANNA'S VIDEO BECAUSE IT'S ALWAYS FUN AND I'M EXCITED TO SEE EVERYONE ELSE'S VIDEOS. I HAVEN'T SEEN THEM. I'LL MAKE SURE WE WE'LL WATCH EVERYONE'S AT THE SAME TIME. SO I'M EXCITED TO SEE THE GREAT PRODUCTION YOU ALL DID ON THAT.

AND WITH THAT, THE ONE THING I DID WANT TO BRING BACK GUS FUTURE AGENDA ITEM IS IF WE CAN GET THE PRESENTATION FROM OUR. SO ON E-BIKES, I. THEY DID IT AT THE CVAG PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE JUST TO TALK ABOUT THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF E-BIKES, ESPECIALLY AS WE GET CLOSER TO THE HOLIDAYS SO THAT PARENTS KNOW WHAT IS A LEGAL E-BIKE AND WHAT IS NOT A LEGAL E-BIKE AND

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ALL RIGHT. WE'LL MOVE ON TO ANY DEPARTMENT DIRECTOR REPORTS. YES, WE HAVE CITY CLERK FIRST.

YES, AS THE CITY MANAGER MENTIONED, IS THAT THE NOVEMBER 11TH COUNCIL MEETING FALLS ON THE SAME DAY AS THE VETERANS HOLIDAY? AND SO, BASED ON A RECENT EXPO WITH COUNCIL STAFF, IS RECOMMENDING CANCELING THE NOVEMBER 11TH MEETING AND SCHEDULING A SPECIAL MEETING FOR TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 10TH. OKAY. SOUNDS GOOD. NEXT, I THINK YOU WERE GOING TO TALK ABOUT DECEMBER AS WELL. WELL, I WAS GOING TO MENTION NOVEMBER, BUT NOW THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THE NOVEMBER 25TH, I WILL GO INTO THE DECEMBER. SO IT'S BEEN PAST PRACTICE TO CANCEL THE SECOND MEETING OF THE COUNCIL MEETING BECAUSE OF THE CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY. SO I JUST WANTED TO LET YOU GUYS KNOW AND GET YOUR FEEDBACK. DECEMBER NIGHT. IF YOU CAN'T, YOU'VE ALWAYS CANCELED IT. YEAH, THAT'S THE PAST. DO A SPECIAL MEETING FOR ANY URGENT ITEMS THAT ARE NOT ORDINANCES. RIGHT. AND THEN I ALSO WANTED TO MENTION THAT THAT STAFF IS PREPARING THE NOTICE TO SO THAT WE CAN PUBLISH ACCEPTING THE APPLICATIONS FOR THE COMMISSIONS THAT ARE THEIR TERM ARE EXPIRING IN DECEMBER. OKAY. THAT'S ALL I HAVE. ARE THERE GOING TO BE ANY UPDATES ON THE APPLICATION? EXCUSE ME, ANY UPDATES ON THE APPLICATION FOR COMMISSIONERS? NO. NOT YET. ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT LIKE THE NEPOTISM STUFF ON THERE OR.

YEAH. OH THAT'S BEEN UPDATED WORK IN APPROVED WITHIN THE LAST MEETING. YES. THAT THAT WAS INCLUDING THE NEPOTISM. YES. OKAY. SO YOU'LL BE OPENING UP THE APPLICATION PROCESS IN DECEMBER. YES. FOR ADOPTION IN JANUARY. RIGHT. THE ONE THAT WE'RE NOT DOING IS THE, THE YOUTH ADVISORY, BECAUSE THAT'S GOING TO BE COMING BACK AT THE OCTOBER, THE SECOND MEETING IN OCTOBER. YEAH, THAT ONE STARTS AGAIN. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. DAHLIA. AND WE ALSO HAVE OUR PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR. CITY ENGINEER. I JUST WANTED TO GIVE A QUICK EVENT UPDATE, BUT YOU GUYS DID A GOOD JOB OF ALREADY LISTING ALL THE EVENTS ANYWAY. SO AGAIN, I JUST WANTED TO REMIND YOURSELVES AND THE COMMUNITY. WE HAVE THE AVENUE 50 WHITEWATER GROUNDBREAKING TOMORROW FROM 9 A.M. TO 11. OBVIOUSLY AT 4 P.M. 8 P.M. ON SATURDAY AT VETERANS PARK AND STATE OF THE CITY ON OCTOBER 22ND. OTHER EVENTS THAT ARE COMING UP FOR OUR NEXT COUNCIL MEETING. SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THEY GET A SHOUT OUT AS WELL. THE 10TH ANNUAL EAST VALLEY OR EAST COACHELLA VALLEY PRIDE FESTIVAL, WHICH IS AT THE LIBRARY FROM 3 P.M. TO 8 P.M.

ON OCTOBER 24TH. AND WE HAVE OUR HALLOWEEN CARNIVAL FROM 5:30 P.M. TO 7:30 P.M. AND THE CARNIVAL. THE HALLOWEEN CARNIVAL THIS YEAR IS ACTUALLY GOING TO BE AT VETERANS PARK INSTEAD OF PARK, SO WE'RE TRYING A NEW LOCATION. WE THINK IT'LL FIT REALLY WELL THERE.

AND THE MAIN THING I WANTED TO ADD RELATIVE TO EVENTS IS OUR HOMETOWN HEROES. APPLICATIONS AND NOMINATIONS ARE NOW AVAILABLE ONLINE. WE ARE PLANNING ON BRINGING THAT TO NEXT COUNCIL MEETING. SO PLEASE, EVERYONE IN THE COMMUNITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, LOOK ONLINE, FIND THAT QR CODE AND NOMINATE OUR HOMETOWN HEROES. SO WE HAVE A GOOD LIST OF CANDIDATES AT OUR NEXT MEETING. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AND I JUST WANT TO ADD TO MY COMMENT. SO THE THE NOTIFICATION IS GOING TO GO OUT TOMORROW SO THAT WE CAN BRING BACK THE APPLICATIONS IN DECEMBER FOR THE COMMISSIONS. OKAY. SOUNDS GOOD, MR. CITY MANAGER. CITY MANAGER. COMMENTS.

YES, MAYOR. COUNCIL, THE ONLY THING I WANTED TO MENTION TO YOU. YOUR CITY MANAGER'S MONTHLY REPORT. I THINK COUNCILMAN MARTINEZ HAD BROUGHT UP A COUPLE OF STAFF MEMBERS.

SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE'VE MODIFIED. AND NOW IT'S A NEW FORMAT. THERE ARE SOME CITIES THAT DO PUT THAT ON THE AGENDA. BUT THAT'S TOTALLY UP TO YOU IF YOU JUST WANT TO KEEP THAT AS A MONTHLY REPORT FOR YOURSELVES, OR IF YOU WANT TO REPORT OUT, I THINK YOU SHOULD PUT IT ON THE AGENDA AS A JUST AS A RECEIVE AND FILE ON CONSENT OR SOMETHING. THAT'S ALL IT WOULD BE. YEAH, IT WOULD JUST BE SOMETHING ACTUALLY, WE COULD EVEN PUT IT UNDER REPORTS AND

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SO JESSICA TORRES HAS BEEN DOING GREAT ON GETTING PEOPLE'S PICTURES AND SO FORTH. AND WE'RE LOOKING TO HAVE THAT DONE HOPEFULLY BY THE END OF THE YEAR. PERFECT. THAT'S ALL I HAVE. AND ONE LAST PERSON WE DIDN'T ACKNOWLEDGE, MR. TROY. HAVE YOU EVER SEEN HIS DESK? HIS CUBICLE? HE HAS ALL HIS AWARDS AND CERTIFICATES. HE'S GOTTEN THROUGH THE CITY, SO HE'S DOING SOME GREAT WORK THERE. SO THE SEVENTH CERTIFICATE, YOU GOT SEVEN CERTIFICATES. SO STOP BY THE THE CIVIC CENTER, YOU'LL SEE IT. SO WITH

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