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[1. CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL]

[00:00:03]

>>> GOOD EVENING.

WE WILL CALL THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF OF INDIO TO ORDER FOR DECEMBER 2.

IT IS 5:00.

IT IS ALSO FOR THE INDIA WATER AUTHORITY AND THREE OF THE COUNCILMEMBERS ARE HERE.

TWO OF THEM ARE VIA TELECONFERENCE.

AND SO ALL THE COUNCILMEMBERS ARE PRESENT AND WE ARE HERE IN THIS IS AN EXCITING DAY.

WE'RE GOING TO SWITCH MAYOR FROM MAYOR PRO TEM TO MAYOR AND NEW MAYOR PRO TEM.

WE HAVE BOTH OF THEM WITH ME.

IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO JOIN WE HAVE INVOCATION.

WE DO NOT TAKE ANY FAITH OVER ANY OTHERS, BUT WE DO HAVE MR. ANDREW SANCHEZ FROM DESTINY CHURCH WILL LEAD US IN INVOCATION AND IF WE CAN HAVE MR. FURMAN, WHO HAPPENS TO BE HERE COMING IN TO LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, THAT WOULD BE APPRECIATED.

IF YOU COULD RISE AT THIS TIME IF YOU LIKE.

>> CAN YOU HEAR ME?

>> YES.

GO AHEAD.

>> THANK YOU MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

I APPRECIATE THIS OPPORTUNITY.

IF YOU'RE COMFORTABLE, LET'S BOW OUR HEADS AND TAKE A MOMENT THAT HEAVENLY FATHER, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

FIRST OF ALL FOR HEALTHY RETHINKING THAT YOU CAN CONTINUE TO GUARD OUR HEALTH.

WITH THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU ARE DOING IN THE AMAZING CITY OF INDIO AND WE THANK YOU FOR THE INVESTMENT OF OUR MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

THANK YOU FOR THE TIME THEY TRULY CONTRIBUTE TO ADVANCE THE CITY OF INDIO ECONOMICALLY.

THANK YOU THIS MEETING WITH WEDE TOWARD SOLUTIONS.

THANK YOU FOR PEACE FOR THE ASKING BE WITH THE FAMILIES WHO MAY BE HURTING FROM THOSE WHO MAY HAVE LOST A LOVED ONE DURING THE SEASON AND SITUATION WE ARE ALL IN.

LESS THIS TIME TOGETHER.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR DIVINE WISDOM THAT WOULD LEAD TO SOLUTIONS AND GROWTH.

IN YOUR HEAVENLY NAME WE PRAY, AMEN.

>> PLEASE PLACE YOUR RIGHT HAND OVER YOUR HEART.

READY, AGAIN.

I PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.

AMEN.

>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH PASTOR SANCHEZ.

AND COUNCILMEMBER FERMON.

[4.a. Certificates of Recognition]

WITH THAT WE WILL MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER FOUR, WHICH IS PRESENTATIONS.

WITH A FEW CERTIFICATES OF RECOGNITION I WOULD LIKE TO PASS OUT WE OF THE RECOGNITION OF MISS CRYSTAL HOLLENBECK, ANOTHER TEACHER OF THE YEAR LOCALLY HERE AT INDIO HIGH SCHOOL.

WE ARE EXCITED ABOUT THAT.

THE RECOGNITION OF THE CERTIFICATES I WANT TO ASK THE MAYOR TO COME DOWN WITH ME.

I'M GOING TO READ THE NAMES OF THEM.

THE RECOGNITION ARE FOR THEIR SUPPORT OF THE COMMUNITY WHILE I WAS MAYOR.

THEIR ABILITY TO SUPPORT OUR COMMUNITY, THEIR UNWAVERING SUPPORT BASICALLY, OF PROVIDING FOOD AND SUPPORT NOT ONLY OUR NATIONAL GUARDSMEN IN OUR FINE FOOD BANK VOLUNTEERS, BUT OUR SENIORS.

TO OUR DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS OUT THERE THAT HELPED OUT WITH OUR FIRST RESPONDERS, OUR MEDICAL PERSONNEL, OUR FIRST LINE OF DEFENSE EMPLOYEES FROM OUR GROCERY STORE WORKERS TO OUR NURSES.

AND THEY PASSED OUT OVER 35,000 MEALS BETWEEN THEM.

AND THEY WERE ALL HERE OR ASSOCIATED SEMI-WITH THE CITY OF INDIO.

WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE THEM WITH CERTIFICATES OF RECOGNITION.

I WILL GO DOWN AND READ THE NAMES AND THE MAYOR PRO TEM WILL GO WITH ME AND WE WILL HONOR MS. HOLLENBECK FOR HER OUTSTANDING WORK WITH OUR YOUTH.

DO YOU WANT TO COME WITH ME?

>> LIKE I SAID, THIS IS REALLY A THANK YOU TO A BUNCH OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS.

AND THESE ARE JUST SOME OF THE PEOPLE I WORK WITH THAT I KNEW THAT CONTINUE TO COME THROUGH.

THERE ARE SO MANY OTHER ORGANIZATIONS AND PEOPLE.

AND IF YOU ARE OUT THERE AND YOU KNOW SOMEBODY THAT IS DESERVING OF THE SUPPORT FOR OUR COMMUNITY, PLEASE LET US KNOW.

I'M SURE THE MAYOR PRO TEM WILL BE THE MAYOR AND OUR COMMUNITY WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE YOU TOO.

DON'T TAKE THIS AS ANYTHING OTHER THAN SUPPORTING PEOPLE THAT WE KNEW.

THESE INDIVIDUALS, LIKE I SAID, OR CHURCHES OR BUSINESSES PASSED OUT OVER 35,000 MEALS.

MISS TONY ROMERO, FINE FOOD BANK FOR THE WORK WITH OUR COMMUNITY AND CONTINUE TO SUPPORT.

THEY ARE STILL PASSING OUT OVER 150,000 MEALS A MONTH.

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LOVE OF CHRIST COMMUNITY CHURCH.

MY THAI RESTAURANT, MARIO'S ITALIAN CAFé WHO CONTINUES TO SERVE SO MANY INDIVIDUALS, INCLUDING JFK NOTHING BUNT CAKES, THE SLICE NEW YORK STYLE IS WRITTEN RESTAURANT, NOT A CRUISE WHO WORKS AT FINE FOOD BANK, HER CONTINUED SUPPORT AND HER SUPPORT OF OUR COMMUNITY.

THE BIG EASY SANDWICH, THE WOMEN'S CLUB OF INDIO WHO CONTINUES TO SUPPORT OUR COMMUNITY.

>>> ,WHICH IS OUR INDIAN TEMPLE.

AND THEN THE COACHELLA VALLEY GROUP WHO JUST GOT DONE FEEDING OVER 170 PEOPLE AT THANKSGIVING.

IN AN OBVIOUSLY DESTINY CHURCH, IT WAS MY MARIZ CHOICE AWARD FOR THEIR CONTINUED SUPPORT OVER 20,000 PEOPLE BY THEMSELVES SUPPORTING AND FOOD LUNCHES AND THAT.

I JUST WANT TO THANK EVERYONE ON BEHALF OF MYSELF, THE CITY OF INDIO AND OUR COMMUNITY TO CONTINUING TO SUPPORT AND GET BACK TO THOSE IN NEED.

WHEN THINGS WERE LOW IN TERMS OF PROVIDING AVAILABILITY OF MEALS AND STUFF FOR THOSE PEOPLE, THE GUY STEPPED UP TO THE PLATE.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND GOD BLESS YOU FOR WHAT YOU CONTINUE TO DO NOW AND WHAT YOU DID BEFORE.

THANK YOU.

[4.b. Recognition to Crystal Hollenbeck]

AND THEN WE HAVE A CERTIFICATE OF RECOGNITION.

A PROCLAMATION FOR MISS CRYSTAL HOLLENBECK.

AND I HOPE MS. HOLLENBECK IS ON HERE.

I SAW PRINCIPAL LAWSON.

THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.

THIS IS FROM THE CALIFORNIA LEGAL HIGH SCHOOLS, OUTSTANDING EDUCATOR 2021.

MISS CRYSTAL HOLLENBECK.

WHEREAS CRYSTAL HOLLENBECK WAS AN INDIO HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATE PRIOR TO EARNING A BACHELOR OF ARTS DEGREE IN PSYCHOLOGY.

IS HOLLENBECK ATTENDED CAL STATE UNIVERSITY SAN BERNARDINO FOR HER POSTSECONDARY SCHOOLING AND EARNED A MASTERS DEGREE IN EDUCATION BUT MISS CRYSTAL HOLLENBECK BEGAN TEACHING AT INDIO HIGH SCHOOL IN 2012 AND CURRENTLY SERVES AS A SPECIAL EDUCATION DEPARTMENT CHAIR WHILE PROVIDING ONLINE INSTRUCTION IN 2020.

WHERE SHE RECEIVED THE 2018 DESERT SANDS UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT SPECIAL EDUCATION PARENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE, SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHER AWARD AND HAS RECEIVED THE SCHOOL DISTRICT IT RECOGNITION.

WHEREAS THE LEAGUE, WEEK OF SCHOOLS EDUCATION OF THE YEAR AWARD IS GIVEN ANNUALLY TO CALIFORNIA ELEMENTARY, MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL EDUCATORS WHO EXEMPLIFY EDUCATIONAL EXCELLENCE.

AND WORK AS INDIO HIGH SCHOOL IN SCHOOL PROBABLY ENOUGH MISSED HOLLENBECK WAS NOMINATED AND SELECTED AS CEO HS REGIONAL TEACHER OF THE YEAR FINALIST AND WAS AWARDED THE 2020/2021 REGIONAL 10 OUTSTANDING EDUCATION AWARD.

MS. HOLLENBECK, IT SIMPLIFIES INDIO HIGH SCHOOLS VISION OF DEVELOPMENT IN PREPARING GRADUATES TO BE SCHOLARS AND CHAMPIONS WITH PRIDE.

AND WHERE I GLENN MILLER ALONG WITH THE CITY COUNCIL DO HEREBY CONGRATULATE MISS CRYSTAL HOLLENBECK FOR HER CONTINUED DEDICATION AS A EDUCATOR AND MENTOR TO THE STUDENTS AND STAFF OF THE CITY OF INDIO AND INDIO HIGH SCHOOL.

AND SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE SHE UNDERSTANDS IS IT WAS TODAY BUT 24 HOURS A DAY YOU ARE A STAR, 365 DAYS A WEEK.

YEAR.

MR. LAWSON, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY A FEW WORDS?

>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

I APPRECIATE THE CITY SUPPORT FOR THE STAFF IN RECOGNIZING THEM.

SO OFTEN WHEN PEOPLE TALK ABOUT AMAZING TEACHERS AND WHAT THEY VALUE THE FIRST TALK ABOUT ACADEMICS.

I JUST WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU ALL THAT FIRST AND FOREMOST MS. HOLLENBECK FIRST ROLE IS TO MAKE SURE ALL OUR STUDENTS ARE CONNECTED TO SCHOOL WITH A RELATIONSHIP WITH SOMEONE WHO IS EMPATHETIC AND SEES EVERY STUDENT AS AN INDIVIDUAL.

SHE SEES THEIR STRENGTHS, THEIR NEEDS, THEIR INTERESTS.

THE THING I AM MOST PROUD OF IS OFTEN WHEN PEOPLE TALK ABOUT A TEACHER AND SPECIAL EDUCATION, SHE MAKE SURE EVERY STUDENT KNOWS THAT WHILE THE MAY HAVE A LEARNING DISABILITY, THEY ARE NOT ANY DIFFERENT THAN ANYONE ELSE.

THEY BELONG AND THEY ARE A PART OF THE FAMILY.

AND THAT THEY CAN LEARN FROM IF THEY MUST JUST THEY LEARN DIFFERENTLY.

SHE STRIVES TO MAKE DIFFERENCES THAT LAST AN ENTIRE LIFETIME FOR THESE KIDS.

BECAUSE WHEN THEY LEAVE HER CLASS, THEY KNOW THEY ARE JUST AS CAPABLE AS ANYONE ELSE THAT COMES ON THIS CAMPUS.

SO THANK YOU FOR RECOGNIZING HER.

AND PROUD SHE WAS A RECIPIENT AND SHE'S NOT ONLY A GRADUATE FROM OUR SCHOOL,

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BUT AS A MEMBER OF OUR INDIO COMMUNITY FOR A LONG TIME.

SHE'S A GREAT CREDIT TO OUR LOCAL COMMUNITY AND WANT TO THANK SAY THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT OF OUR TEACHERS.

>> WE HAVE SOME AMAZING PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY.

AMAZING TEACHERS, AMAZING PRINCIPLES.

PEOPLE THAT REALLY TRULY CARE ABOUT THE WELL-BEING AND WELFARE OF OUR STUDENTS.

OF OUR COMMUNITY.

AND THAT IS EXHIBITED TIME AND TIME AND TIME AGAIN.

MS. HOLLENBECK, WHAT AN AWESOME PERSON YOU ARE.

WE ARE SO PROUD OF YOU HERE IN THE CITY OF INDIO.

AND WE WANT TO CHEER YOU ON AND WE WANT TO BE A PART OF YOUR SUCCESS.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME AND ENERGY.

>> OSCAR, SAY HELLO TO YOUR PRINCIPAL.

[LAUGHTER] >> I WAS!

>> TWICE!

>> YEP!

>> YOU ARE MAKING HIM PROUD NOW.

>> EVEN MORE PROUD TO BE ABLE TO SAY NOT ONLY WAS I HIS PRINCIPAL, BUT I'VE HAD THE HONOR OF BEING PRINCIPAL TO MR. FERMON TO KIDS AND BY THE DISTINCT HONOR OF ATTENDING SCHOOL IN THE BEING A FELLOW RUSSIA KOMSOMOL RAMOS.

WE WORKED AT THE SAME TIME.

>> WE ARE JUST ONE BIG HAPPY FAMILY.

WELL, THANK YOU AND CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THE INDIVIDUALS.

FOR NOT ONLY THE SUPPORT OF THE COMMUNITY BUT THE RECOGNITION.

WE ARE VERY BLESSED HERE IN THE CITY OF INDIO TO UPGRADE INDIVIDUALS HERE.

FOR THAT WE WILL MOVE ON TO ITEM 5 AND SIX.

BOTH OF THOSE ARE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO DO THIS FOR THE COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE HAS NOT CERTIFIED THE ELECTION AND THEY WILL NOT CERTIFIED THE ELECTION UNTIL TOMORROW.

SO WE WILL BE DOING THE RESOLUTION OF CERTIFYING THE GENERAL ELECTION AND THE OATH OF OFFICE TO MYSELF AND COUNCILMEMBER AMITH AT A FUTURE READING ALONG WITH THE CITY CLERK AND CITY TREASURER.

WILL BE PUT IN IS ONCE THE ELECTION IS CERTIFIED.

[7. ROTATION OF MAYOR AND MAYOR PRO TEM (Resolution No. 9507)]

AND WITH THAT, WE WILL MOVE TO THE ROTATION OF THE MAYOR AND MAYOR PRO TEM.

RESOLUTION NUMBER 9507.

AND TAKE IT AWAY, MS. HOLMES.

THIS IS YOURS.

>>ELAINE HOLMES: COME ON DOWN.

I'M GOING TO SET THIS UP HERE.

MAYOR, WHEN YOU TOOK OFFICE AS MAYOR A YEAR AGO I KNOW YOU.

I KNOW YOU HAD VISION AND PASSION AND ALL THE DESIRE AND TO DO ALL THE THINGS TO CONTINUE MOVING THE CITY FORWARD.

I KNOW YOU HAD AN AGENDA FOR US AND THEN CAME MARCH.

AND PEOPLE USE THE WORD UNPRECEDENTED.

BUT WE HAVE NEVER BEEN THROUGH THIS.

YOUR LEADERSHIP GUIDED US THROUGH THE HARDEST TIME IN OUR HISTORY AS A COMMUNITY, AS A STATE AND AS A NATION.

YOU JUST JUMP RIGHT IN.

HE FIGURED IT OUT.

HOW TO KEEP THE TEAM TOGETHER, HOW TO GET THE COUNCIL TOGETHER, HOW TO KEEP THINGS MOVING FORWARD.

MY GOSH, I CAN COME OUT WITH STATISTICS.

OVER 300 HOMES ARE BEING BUILT IN OUR COMMUNITY.

THINGS DIDN'T STOP.

BECAUSE YOU ARE ALWAYS THERE MOVING THEM FORWARD.

YOU ARE A STRONG APPROACH.

HATS OFF TO YOU, MAYOR MILLER.

FOR GUIDING US THROUGH ONE HECK OF A YEAR.

NOW THAT WE ARE AT THIS POINT, REALLY THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS ARE MANY AND WE COULD NOT HAVE DONE IT WITHOUT YOU.

TO THE END, I WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT YOU WITH THIS GAVEL TO RECOGNIZE YOUR TERM AS MAYOR AND TO THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU HAVE DONE IN GUIDING OUR CITY, GUIDING OUR COMMUNITY AND PROVIDING THE STRENGTH IT NEEDS.

GOD BLESS YOU, GLENN MILLER.

>>WAYMOND FERMON: ALL RIGHT.

IT HAS BEEN THE THIRD TIME I HAVE BEEN MAYOR.

IT IS BITTERSWEET.

[00:15:01]

IN HIS GREAT.

BUT THIS ISN'T REALLY ABOUT ME, THIS IS ABOUT ALL OF US AND WHAT WE DID.

THE STAFF, THE COUNCIL.

IT WAS A TEAM EFFORT.

THINGS DIDN'T CHANGE IN THE CITY.

WE DID HAVE HICCUPS, BUT OUR STAFF IS AS BUSY AS THEY ARE, OR PUBLIC SAFETY FROM OUR FIRST RESPONDERS TO OUR PLANNING AND BUILDING AND COMMISSIONS.

TO OUR CITY COUNCIL.

WE HAD AN ISSUE, WE ADDRESSED IT AND CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD.

AND MY HAT IS OFF TO ALL OF YOU.

IT IS AN HONOR TO BE A TEAM MEMBER WITH ALL OF YOU.

AND TO BE A PART OF THIS GREAT ORGANIZATION.

I CAN'T SAY ENOUGH ABOUT ALL OF YOU BECAUSE YOU ARE THE FRONT LINE OF WHAT IT IS WE DO.

YOU ARE THE ONES THAT MAKE THIS THING WORK FOR US.

AND WHENEVER YOU HAD ISSUES HE WENT THROUGH THEM.

AND WE DIDN'T EVEN HEAR ABOUT THEM.

WE CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD.

SO TO ALL THE PEOPLE OUT THERE, THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU HAVE DONE.

CONTINUE TO SUPPORT WHAT ALL YOU DO.

LIKE I SAID, THAT'S WHAT THE GREAT THING IS ABOUT INDIO.

WHENEVER THERE IS AN ISSUE TO RALLY TO THE PROBLEM ABOVE.

WE WILL GET THROUGH THIS AND COME OUT STRONGER.

BUT IT IS A TESTAMENT TO OUR RESIDENTS, STAFF AND BUSINESSES FOR WHAT WE HAVE ACCOMPLISHED HERE.

GOD BLESS ALL OF YOU.

THANK YOU AND I LOOK FORWARD TO THE LEADERSHIP UNDER MAYOR HOLMES AND MAYOR PRO TEM FERMON AND THANK ALL OF YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO AND LOOK FORWARD TO 2021 AND THE GREAT REST OF THE YEAR.

SO THANK YOU ALL.

>>ELAINE HOLMES: I WOULD LIKE TO TURN IT OVER TO OUR COUNSEL FOR MAYOR PRO TEM FERMON TO SAY A FEW WORDS.

>>WAYMOND FERMON: WELL, I HAVE TO START BY JUST THANKING MAYOR MILLER FOR THIS YEAR.

THIS WAS A TOUGH YEAR.

AND SO ELOQUENTLY SAID BY MAYOR PRO TEM HOLMES.

IT WAS UNPRECEDENTED.

BUT IT DIDN'T STOP THE PASSION TO KEEP MOVING FORWARD.

THERE WERE TIMES WHEN TOUGH DECISIONS HAVE TO BE MADE.

AND HE MADE THEM.

AND WITH THE SUPPORT OF MAYOR MILLER, OUR COUNSEL AND STAFF THAT ENDURED SO MUCH THIS YEAR, WE WERE ABLE TO PREVAIL.

AND WE ARE STILL A WORK IN PROGRESS.

I KNOW IT IS BITTERSWEET TO MAYOR MILLER BECAUSE HE STILL HAS THINGS HE WANTS TO DO.

BUT HE HAS MORE YEARS ON THIS COUNSEL.

WE WORK COLLABORATIVELY AS A TEAM HERE.

AND WE HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO DO.

FOR MYSELF MOVING INTO THIS POSITION, WORKING UNDER INCOMING MAYOR HOMES.

IT IS AN HONOR.

TO SIT ASSAULT ALONGSIDE THE REST OF MY COUNSEL AND IT IS AN HONOR TO SERVE OUR COMMUNITY.

WE DEAL WITH OUR HEART.

AND SOMETIMES THERE IS TOUGH DAYS.

AT THE END OF THE DAY IT IS FOR OUR COMMUNITY.

LIKE I SAID EARLIER, WE ARE ONE BIG FAMILY AND INDIO.

WE ARE ALL CONNECTED AS YOU HAVE SEEN OUR PRINCIPAL AT INDIO HIGH SCHOOL, WE ARE ALL CONNECTED.

SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND COUNSEL.

NOT JUST THIS TIME.

BUT IN PRIOR YEARS BECAUSE OF THE GREAT DECISIONS MADE BY SOME OF OUR COUNCILMEMBERS AND SOME OUR PREVIOUS COUNCILS, THAT SET US UP FOR BEING IN A GREAT POSITION WE ARE HERE TODAY IN THE CITY OF INDIO.

WE WILL KEEP THAT GOING.

THANK YOU INCOMING MAYOR HOMES.

THANK YOU.

SPOKE I WANTED TO THANK BOTH YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP, OUR RESIDENTS AND STAFF AND COUNSEL.

AND PERSONALLY, THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING THERE.

WHENEVER I NEED ADVICE, I ALWAYS HAVE PEOPLE TO CALL AND YOU ARE ALWAYS THERE TO GIVE ME GOOD ADVICE AND GUIDANCE AND LEADERSHIP.

JUST THANK YOU AGAIN FOR ALL YOU DO FOR OUR COMMUNITY.

RECITE TAKING SO MUCH TIME ON YOUR LIVES TO PUT INTO THIS WORK FOR OUR CITY AND FOR OUR RESIDENTS AND WE REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR HARD WORK AND WE APPRECIATE HAVING YOU ON THE COUNCIL.

THANK YOU.

>> ONE TO CONGRATULATE OUR NEWEST MAYOR.

FOR WORKING SO HARD IN THIS VERY DIFFICULT YEAR.

WANTED USE TWO WORDS THAT MAY SEEM REDUNDANT.

BUT COHESIVE CONTINUITY.

SEEMS TO BE OUR SUCCESS.

NOT ONLY THIS PAST YEAR, BUT FOR THE FULL 16 YEARS I HAVE BEEN ON COUNSEL REGARDLESS OF WHO COMES INTO THE LEADERSHIP ROLE, WHO COMES IN AND OUT OF THE COUNCIL ROLE, WHO COMES IN AND OUT OF THE CITY MANAGERS ROLE OR STAFF OR EVEN OUR COMMUNITY

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MEMBERS AS WE HAVE GROWN FROM 10,000 RESIDENTS TO 50,000 RESIDENTS TO NEARLY 100,000 RESIDENTS.

IT IS THE CONTINUOUS CONTINUITY THAT IS THE CITY ROCKING AND ROLLING.

THAT IS SOMETHING TO BE PROUD OF.

AND I THINK IT HAS A LOT TO DO WITH THE LEADERSHIP IN THE WAY WE COLLECTIVELY WORK TOGETHER.

SO I WANT TO CONGRATULATE BOTH OF YOU ON A VERY SUCCESSFUL YEAR.

AND I LOOK FORWARD TO THIS NEXT TERM.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

>> ARE GOING TO TAKE A QUICK FIVE MINUTE RECESS AND WE WILL BE RIGHT BACK.

>>> GOOD EVENING EVERYONE.

SO NICE TO BE HERE EVEN IN THE ZOOM LAND.

I THINK WE ARE GOOD TO GO.

I JUST WANTED TO TAKE A MINUTE TO LET EVERYONE KNOW HOW PROUD I AM AND HOW EXCITED I AM TO BE MAYOR AGAIN.

AND IT IS BECAUSE I HAVE THE BEST COMMUNITY ANYWHERE.

AND I HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH A PASSIONATE COUNSEL ON A MISSION.

WE ARE ON A MISSION TO MAKE THIS CITY THE BEST IT CAN BE.

AND FURTHER, WE ARE ALL MARCHING IN THE SAME DIRECTION.

AND OUR CONSTITUENTS AND RESIDENTS AND BUSINESS ARE IMPORTANT TO EACH AND EVERY ONE OF US.

AND THOSE ARE THE GUIDING FACTORS IN MOMENTS THAT HELP US MAKE OUR DECISION.

IT IS MY HONOR AND PLEASURE TO BE YOUR MAYOR FOR THIS UPCOMING YEAR.

AND I HAVE SOME BIG SHOES TO FILL.

BUT WE WILL MARCH FORWARD.

I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE A MOMENT TO HONOR AND INTRODUCE CYNTHIA HERNANDEZ, OUR CITY CLERK.

NICE TO SEE YOU.

>>ELAINE HOLMES: ALWAYS NICE TO SEE YOU.

OKAY.

I'M GOING TO MOVE ON NOW.

I HAD TO CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL, PLEASE.

[9. CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL]

IF YOU DON'T MIND.

>> COMMISSIONER MILLER.

>> PRESENT.

>> COMMISSIONER AMITH.

SHE IS PRESENT.

COUNCILMEMBER COMMISSIONER ORTIZ.

HE IS HERE.

MAYOR PRO TEM VICE PRESIDENT FERMON.

>> PRESENT.

>> AND MAYOR PRESIDENT HOLMES.

>> PRESENT.

>>> NOW I WOULD LIKE TO GO THROUGH THE APPOINTMENTS TO INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL

[10.a. Mayor Appointments to External/Internal Boards, Commissions, Committees (Consensus)]

BOARDS.

AND JUST FOR A BRIEF EXPLANATION, THERE IS A LONG HISTORY.

ALL CITIES PARTICIPATE IN INTERGOVERNMENTAL BODIES THAT REQUIRE CITY COUNCIL AND COUNCILMEMBER ENGAGEMENT.

AND WE GO THROUGH THIS EVERY YEAR.

AND IT HELPS US PROVIDE A MORE WELL-ROUNDED APPROACH KNOWLEDGE UNDERSTANDING OF THE GREATER COMMUNITY AND THE ELEMENTS IN IT.

WITH RESPECT TO THE APPOINTMENTS OF THE INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL BOARDS COMMISSIONS AND COMMITTEES, THERE WERE A LOT OF CHANGES.

BUT I WOULD LIKE TO ANNOUNCE THE CHANGES THAT DO EXIST.

FIRST OF ALL, I AM WILLINGLY GIVING MAYOR PRO TEM THE PALM SPRINGS CONVENTION AND VISITORS BUREAU.

THAT IS THE MOST WONDERFUL COMMISSION YOU CAN POSSIBLY.

I'M SO HAPPY TO BE HANDING IT OVER TO YOU.

YOU ARE SO ENGAGED IN OUR COMMUNITY AND HE WILL REPRESENT US WELL.

I COULDN'T THINK OF A BETTER PERSON TO DO SO.

GLENN MILLER WILL BE ON THE COACHELLA INDIO TRANSFER STATION ALONG WITH COUNCILMEMBER ORTIZ.

AND COUNCILMEMBER RAMOS AMITH ALONG WITH COUNCIL MEMBER GLENN MILLER WILL BE ON ENERGIES CONSUMERS ADVOCACY COMMISSION.

THOSE ARE THE CHANGES.

THAT IS IT.

IT IS IMPORTANT TO ME TO MAINTAIN COHESIVENESS IN OUR PRESENCE IN THE COMMUNITY

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AND I THINK THE SMALL CHANGES GIVE A COUPLE OF FOLKS THE OPPORTUNITY.

SO HAVING SAID THAT, I GET TO GIVE MY FIRST PRESENTATION AS MAYOR TO

[11.a. Proclamation to Fire Captain Dale Frailey in honor of his retirement]

FIRE CAPTAIN DALE FRALEY.

I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU ARE RETIRING.

I CAN'T BELIEVE IT.

I'VE KNOWN YOU SINCE BEFORE AND BECAME A COUNCILMEMBER WHEN I OPENED THE VERY FIRST BUSINESS AND YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT I WAS DOING AND YOU CAME AND GUIDED AND DIRECTED US.

THIS IS BITTERSWEET FOR ME.

YOU BEEN A GUIDING FACTOR IN OUR ENTIRE COMMUNITY.

WE ARE FAR COMMISSIONER US FIRE CAPTAIN DALE FRALEY WILL RETIRE FOR THE RIVERSIDE COUNTY FIRE DEPARTMENT EFFECTIVE DECEMBER 2020 AFTER 33 YEARS OF COMBINED SERVICE TO BOTH RIVERSIDE COUNTY FIRE DEPARTMENT, CAL FIRE AND THE CITY OF INDIO FIRE DEPARTMENT.

RISK DALE FRALEY WAS HIRED BY THE CITY OF INDIO NOVEMBER 10, 1987 AND HAS SERVED 25 OF HIS 33 YEARS IN THE CITY.

IN THE SPAN OF HIS CAREER DALE FRALEY HAS SERVED AS A FIREFIGHTER, FIRE APPARATUS ENGINEER AND FIRE CAPTAIN FOR THE RIVERSIDE COUNTY FIRE DEPARTMENTS AND IS ALSO SERVED AS A FIRE MARSHAL FOR THE CITY IN THE PAST 15 YEARS.

CAPTAIN FRALEY WAS RECOGNIZE THE CITY OF INDIO FIRE FREDDIE OF THE YEAR IN 2013 AND 2014 AND RECEIVED THE DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARD.

FOR CAPTAIN FRALEY HAS PROVIDED TIRELESS SUPPORT FOR THE CITY FIRE BUT PREVENTION OPERATIONS, ESPECIALLY RELATING TO FIRE AND BUILDING CODE ENFORCEMENT OF ALL STRUCTURES, OCCUPANCIES AND SPECIAL EVENTS AND IS DEMONSTRATING ASKED TEMPORARY LEADERSHIP IN THE MENTORING OF HIS SUBORDINATES.

CAPTAIN FRALEY IS COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT INCLUDED INVOLVEMENT IN LOCAL DEVELOP INTO FIRE SAFETY PROGRAMS FOR ALL FIRST-GRADERS IN THE CITY WITH GRANTS FROM THE NATIONAL FIRE PROTECTION ASSOCIATION.

AND ALSO INCLUDE THE DEVELOPMENT OF BEST PRACTICES AND VERY SPECIAL EVENTS INCLUDING THE COACHELLA VALLEY MUSIC AND ARTS FESTIVAL AND STAGECOACH FESTIVAL AT WHICH ARE NOW RECOGNIZED AND USED NATIONALLY FOR FESTIVAL EVENTS.

AND FIRE CAPTAIN DALE FRALEY HAS BEEN AN IMPORTANT MEMBER OF BOTH RIVERSIDE COUNTY FIRE DEPARTMENT AND THE CITY OF INDIO TEAM AND WILL BE MISSED.

THE RESULT THAT EILEEN HOLMES MAYOR OF THE CITY OF INDIO ALONG WITH THE MEMBERS OF THE INDIO CITY COUNCIL TO HEREBY EXTEND SINCERE APPRECIATION TO DALE FRALEY WRIST DEDICATED YEARS OF SERVICE AND HARD WORK IS FIRE CAPTAIN FOR THE CITY OF INDIO AND WISH HIM A VERY HAPPY RETIREMENT.

MY GOSH.

WHAT AN INCREDIBLE CAREER.

YOU HAD SUCH A HUGE IMPACT IN THE CITY OF INDIO.

HE WILL DEFINITELY BE MISSED, BUT YOU WERE LEAVING A LEGACY.

AND I THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT FROM.

SPOKE FIRST AND FOREMOST, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE TO THE CITY OF INDIO AND THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR TO YOUR FAMILY FOR LENDING YOU TO US FOR ALL THESE YEARS.

IT TAKES A CERTAIN PERSON TO BE A FIREFIGHTER.

AND IT TAKES A LOT OF HARD WORK AND A LOT OF HEART AND A LOT OF GREAT AND IT IS ALSO SCARY AT TIMES.

I DON'T THINK A LOT OF FOLKS UNDERSTAND WHAT THE TOTAL CURRICULUM OF BEING A FIREFIGHTER ENTAILS.

THEY DO A LOT MORE THAN PUT OUT FIRES.

SO FOR YOU TO DO THAT AND GO HOME TO YOUR FAMILIES A FAIRLY EVERYDAY AND RETIRE AS A FIRE CAPTAIN FOR THE CITY OF INDIO, MY HAT IS OFF TO YOU.

GET ON YOUR FIRE TRUCK AND RIDE INTO THE SUNSET.

THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO.

AND WE KNOW YOU ARE GOING TO BE AROUND AND WE HOPE TO SEE YOU BEFORE YOU MOVE OUT AND LEAVE STATE AND GO SETTLE DOWN SOMEWHERE.

SO THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO.

>> THANK YOU.

DALE, IT IS AN HONOR WORKING WITH YOU.

YOU ARE A TRUE PROFESSIONAL WHEN IT COMES TO THE WORD PROFESSIONAL.

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AND SO MUCH THAT YOU HAVE DONE FOR OUR COMMUNITY.

I ECHO THE SENTIMENTS OF MY COUNCILMEMBERS AND COLLEAGUES, BUT I AM ALSO REPRESENTING THE CALIFORNIA STATE SENATE.

AND ON BEHALF OF SENATOR MELISSA MELENDEZ, SHE WANTS TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR 33 YEARS OF SERVICE TO NOT ONLY THE CITY OF INDIO COUNTY RIVERSIDE BUT ALSO THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA.

YOUR DEDICATION IS TRULY RECOGNIZABLE AND SHE WANTS TO MAKE SURE YOU UNDERSTAND HOW MUCH SHE APPRECIATES YOUR EFFORTS NOT ONLY CONTINUING TO KEEP US ALL SAFE, BUT CONTINUING TO MAKE SURE WE LIVE IN A BETTER PLACE.

SO GOD BLESS YOU AND THANK YOU.

CHIEF, YOU HAVE TO SAY A FEW WORDS.

>> THIS IS MY OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL OF THESE YEARS.

A LITTLE BIT OF INFORMATION.

NO DISRESPECT TO THE MAYOR, BUT WE IN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT CALLED DALE THE MERIT OF INDIO.

[LAUGHTER] >> THE REASON FOR IT IS BECAUSE OF THE ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF INFORMATION AND EXPERIENCE AND DEDICATION TO THE CITY.

IF YOU WANT TO KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT A BUILDING THAT HAS BEEN BUILT SINCE 1987 IN THE CITY, DALE COULD PRETTY MUCH TELL YOU WHO BUILT IT, HOW IT WAS BUILT, WHY IT WAS BUILT AND WHO THE FOUR OWNERS BETWEEN THE TIME IT WAS BUILT AND TODAY IS.

HIS WORK IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE COACHELLA FESTIVAL FROM A SAFETY PERSPECTIVE, IT IS EVEN HARD TO ARTICULATE WHAT IS MEANT.

AS A PROCLAMATION REFERENCED, MANY OF THE THINGS THAT HAVE BECOME STANDARD PRACTICE HERE ARE USED AS BEST PRACTICES ACROSS THE NATION AND INTERNATIONALLY.

DALE IS AN ASSET.

FOR ME PERSONALLY WHEN I SHOULD APPEAR TWO YEARS AGO AS A NEW FIRE CHIEF TO THE CITY, DALE WAS MY GO TO GUY TO TELL ME WHO ARE THESE PEOPLE, WHAT IS YOUR MOTIVATION, HOW DO THEY AFFECT THE CITY.

AND TO ME IT IS A LOSS OF A MAJOR ASSET THAT WILL BE DIFFICULT TO REPLACE.

WITH THAT, DALE HAS BEEN ELIGIBLE FOR RETIREMENT SINCE BASICALLY THE DAY I STARTED AS A FIREFIGHTER.

IT IS TIME FOR HIM TO RECEIVE WHAT IS EARNED AND I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING HIM IN RETIREMENT.

I STILL HAVE HIS PHONE NUMBER SO HE IS NOT GETTING THAT FAR.

AND I KNOW HE LIVES.

SO HE CAN'T GET THAT FAR AWAY.

SO THANK YOU ON BEHALF OF THE DEPARTMENT AND THE CITY AND MYSELF.

I HOPE YOU HAVE A GOOD RETIREMENT.

>>ELAINE HOLMES: OKAY.

LET'S SEE.

YOUTH ADVISORY COUNCIL.

[12. YOUTH ADVISORY COUNCIL]

ARE THEY ONLINE?

>> YES, THERE.

WE HAVE DENISE.

>> FANTASTIC.

WOULD LOVE TO HEAR THE REPORT, HOW THEY ARE DOING WHAT THEY BEEN WORKING ON.

>> GOOD EVENING.

I AM DENISE.

THIS MONTH WE WILL BE PARTICIPATING IN THE SUICIDE PREVENTION EDUCATION WORKSHOP PRESENTED BY THE ITC THROUGH RIVERSIDE COUNTIES EACH MINUTE MANNERS CAMPAIGN.

IT'S A GRANT WE WERE AWARDED TO PROVIDE EDUCATION WORKSHOPS ON SOCIAL PREVENTION AND MENTAL HEALTH.

SUICIDE PREVENTION AND MENTAL HEALTH.

JACK WILL BE VOLUNTEERING AT THE ANNUAL CHRISTMAS START ON DECEMBER 12 PROVIDING GIFTS TO NEEDY FAMILIES AS WELL AS HELPING THE SENIOR CENTER WITH THEIR WINTER CARE PACKAGE.

WE HAVE DECIDED TO PROMOTE LOCAL BUSINESSES AND ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO SHOP LOCAL THROUGH OUR SOCIAL MEDIA.

YOU CAN FOLLOW YAKS INSTRUMENT INDIO_YAK.

JACK IS WORKING ON PROVIDING HYGIENE KITS TO OUR HOMELESS AS THE NEED IS STILL THERE.

FINALLY, WE ARE TRYING TO EXPAND OUR REACH BY TAKING A GLOBAL ISSUE.

WE ARE LOOKING AT HELPING STUDENTS REALLY OF THE REPORT MORE DETAILS AND.

THAT'S OUR REPORT NUMBER WE ONLY REPORT ONCE A MONTH WE WOULD LIKE TO THANK EVERYONE A HAPPY HOLIDAY AND CONGRATULATIONS TO FIRE CRAFTON ON YOUR RETIREMENT.

>> WE APPRECIATE ALL THE SUPPORT YOU DO.

IS JUST A MINUTE BUS.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US THROUGH THE NEXT IS A REPORT ON CITY COUNCIL EXTERNAL AND INTERNAL BOARDS COMMISSIONS AND COMMITTEE MEETINGS.

[13. REPORT ON CITY COUNCIL EXTERNAL/INTERNAL BOARDS, COMMISSIONS AND COMMITTEE MEETINGS AND REPORT ON MEETINGS ATTENDED PER GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 53232.3(d)]

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WE WILL START WITH YOU, COUNCILMEMBER MILLER.

>> THANK YOU.

I HAD A COUPLE OF MY COMMITTEES THAT WERE ACTIVE.

TODAY WE DID THE EAST VALLEY AUTHORITY.

MYSELF AND THE MAYOR SAID ON THIS BOARD, ALONG WITH THE VALLEY SANITATION DISTRICT WE WENT AHEAD AND APPROVED ANOTHER AMENDMENT TO ONE OUR CONTRACTS.

WE ARE LOOKING TO TAKE WATER AND INJECTED BACK INTO THE GROUND TO BE ABLE TO REPLENISH OR AQUIFER.

AND SO WE ARE DOING TESTS THROUGHOUT TO FIND THE BEST PLACE TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT.

SO WE EXPANDED ON OUR INITIAL CONTRACT WITH GEOSCIENCE TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT.

AND WE THINK THIS GIVES US A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO FIND A GOOD LOCATION TO MAKE SURE THE WATER GETS TO WHERE WE WANT IT TO GO.

SO VERY INFORMATIVE REPORT FROM THEM.

ON I THINK OUR INDIO WATER AUTHORITY FOR THEIR CONTINUED WORK ON THIS.

WAS REALLY WELL DETAILED AND PLAN IN TERMS OF THE DETAILED WORK ON IT WAS AMAZING ON THE LAYERS OF YEARS OF, I GUESS YOU WANT TO CALL PLATES THAT HAVE GROWN OVER THE MANY YEARS FROM THE WATER THAT HAS BEEN IN THE GROUND.

CEMENTED A 75 TO 80 FEET DEEP.

AND SO YOU CAN'T EVEN PENETRATE THROUGH.

WAS VERY INTERESTING.

WE AGREED TO THE CONTRACT AND HOPEFULLY PRETTY SOON WE WILL BE ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE PLAN TO PUT WATER INTO THE GROUND.

JUST NOT ONLY US BUT FOR THE REST OF THE COACHELLA VALLEY.

WE HAD AN BOARD MEETING VICE CHAIR ON IT.

WE ARE BASIC MEETING TODAY WRAPPING UP STUFF THAT WE HAVE DONE FOR THAT YEAR.

I WANT TO THANK THIS ONLINE BOARD FOR ALL THEY HAVE DONE AND ESPECIALLY THE STAFF THERE.

THEY ARE CONTINUING, IF YOU HAVE EVER SEEN AMOUNT WORKING, THE BUSES ARE CLEAN AND NEAT.

THEY ARE MAKING SURE THEY ARE SAFE SO PEOPLE WHO DO UNUSED TRANSPORTATION ARE ABLE TO USE A.

AND IF YOU EVER LOOKED OUT AND YOU SEE THE FLASHING LIGHT, YOU KNOW THEY ARE OUT CLEAN FOR THE BUS STOP ON A CONTINUAL BASIS.

MY HATS OFF TO THEM AND EVERYONE WHO WORKS FIRST ONLINE FOR THEIR CONTINUED SUPPORT OF OUR COMMUNITY.

AND AT THE SAME TIME BEING THE LEADER AND FEEL BUSES THAT ARE LEADING THE NATION AND THEY ARE BEING LOOKED AT BY MANY LARGE AGENCIES, INCLUDING THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA ON WHAT THEY ARE ACTUALLY DOING TO MODEL AFTER THAT FOR OTHER TRANSPORTATION AGENCIES THROUGHOUT THE STATE.

SO THAT IS A HEFTY RECOMMENDATION WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT A SMALL AGENCY LIKE THE CITY THAT WE HAVE IN THE COMMUNITY HERE IN ALL THE CITIES WE HAVE.

WE HAVE NINE CITIES AND ABOUT 250 TO 450,000 PEOPLE DEPENDING ON HOW YOU LOOK AT IT.

ON THE COMMUNITY THEY ARE LOOKING FOR FOR ALL THE BUS LINES IS TRANSIT AGENCY.

SO THAT IS EXCITING.

WITH THE ECONOMIC SUMMIT TODAY FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO GOT TO SEE IT.

LAUREN FROM SOMEONE WAS ON THERE AND DID A PRESENTATION ON HYDROGEN CELL AND THE CONNECTION BETWEEN THE AND ALSO THE COMBINATION OF BEING ABLE TO UTILIZE YESTERDAY.

OF OPPORTUNITIES COMING THROUGH SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA BURIED SOME GOOD AND BAD ARE IN YOU CAN GET ON SKAGGS WEBSITE AND SEE THAT PRESENTATION AND SEE THE INFORMATION I CAME UP.

WE HAD THE OPENING OF THE INDIO BADLANDS TRAIL PARIS TO THIS NEW HIKING TRAIL OF THE NORTH SIDE OF CALL CENTER PARKWAY GOING UP THROUGH THE HILLS.

BEAUTIFUL VIEW OVERLOOKING OUR COMMUNITY.

ALL REAL FIRST OFFICIAL TRAIL FOR THE CITY OF INDIA.

IT'S BEAUTIFUL.

MY HATS OFF TO EVERYONE WHO HAS WORKED ON IT FOR AN AMOUNT CONSERVANCY TO THE DESERT MOUNTAINS, WHICH MR. ORTIZ IS A BOARD MEMBER.

CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU, SIR.

AND INDIO WATER AUTHORITY IN TERRA LAGO GOLF COURSE WITHOUT ALL THEIR SUPPORT IN OUR PLANNING AND BUILDING DEPARTMENT THAT WE WOULDN'T HAVE THAT TRAIL.

AND IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE COMMUNITY TO GET OUT.

WHEN YOU GET UP THERE AT THE VERY TOP IT IS A FIVE MILE LOOP.

ANY WHEN YOU COME OUT TO THE TOP YOU CAN SEE THE SALTON SEA AND COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE AND IT IS JUST GORGEOUS.

YOU GET OPPORTUNITY TO GO OUT AND HAVE A HIKE UP THERE AND SEE THE BEAUTIFUL CITY OF INDIA.

AND LAST, ONLY THINK OUR STAFF AND SENIOR CENTER FOR PASSING OUT THE PIES IN THE DESERTS AND EVERYTHING IN THE SUPPORT AND FOOD FOR OUR COMMUNITY DURING THANKSGIVING.

ALL THE VOLUNTEERS THAT CONTINUE TO SUPPORT OUR SENIORS AND THOSE IN NEED.

AND FOR ALL THE AGENCIES AND BUSINESSES THAT EVEN IN HARD TIMES CONTINUE TO DONATE BACK TO OUR COMMUNITY.

SO MY HATS OFF TO ALL OF THEM AND THANK THEM FOR WHAT THEY CONTINUE TO DO.

THAT'S THE END OF MY REPORT.

>>ELAINE HOLMES: NOT A LOT EVERY THINK YOU VERY MUCH.

COUNCILMEMBER ORTIZ?

>> THANK YOU MA'AM.

AND THANK YOU FOR JOINING US TODAY FOR OUR COUNCIL MEETING.

FIRST OF ALL, CONGRATULATIONS EMIR HOMES AND MAYOR PRO TEM TRENT ON

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THE NEW APPOINTMENTS AND THINK IT COUNCIL MEMBER MILLER FOR YOUR PAST YEAR OF SERVICE.

OUR MEETINGS WERE DARK THE PAST FEW WEEKS.

AND DID WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE SOME CONCERNS I HAVE HEARD RECENTLY OF OUR DEPARTMENT STORES BEING FULL OF SHOPPERS WHILE OUR COVID NUMBERS KEEP GOING UP.

AND I JUST WANTED TO ENCOURAGE RESIDENTS WHENEVER POSSIBLE ORDER FOR CURBSIDE PICKUP.

WHETHER IT BE RETAIL STORES OR RESTAURANTS.

AND DO THIS TO REDUCE EXPOSURE TO YOURSELVES AND REDUCE EXPOSURE TO ALL OUR WORKERS.

AND IF YOU HAVE ANY COLD OR FLU SYMPTOMS, PLEASE GET TESTED.

IT IS FREE TO THE COUNTY TESTING SITES AND IF YOU NEED HELP WRITING A TESTING SITE, CALL TO WILL WANT TO CONTACT HIM OR COUNTY SERVICES.

THAT IS ALL I HAVE FOR TODAY.

THANK YOU.

>>ELAINE HOLMES: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

COUNCIL MEMBER AMITH.

>>LUPE RAMOSE AMITH : ALL MY COMMITTEES WERE DARK OVER THE HOLIDAYS.

THAT IS THE END OF MY REPORT.

>>ELAINE HOLMES: MAYOR PRO TEM?

>>WAYMOND FERMON: OKAY.

WELL I DID HAVE THE HONOR OF SITTING IN AS AN ALTERNATE FOR OUR MAYOR FOR THE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE.

AND WE HAD TWO NOTABLE ITEMS ON THEIR FOR THE CITY.

AND DURING THE DURATION OF THE MEETING WE APPROVED AMENDMENT NUMBER FOUR TO THE REIMBURSEMENT AGREEMENT TO THE CITY OF INDIO IN THE COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE FOR THE RURAL STREET INTERSTATE 10 INTERCHANGE PROJECT FOR PROVIDING ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR FINAL DESIGN PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS AND ESTIMATES OF THE TOTAL NOT TO EXCEED AMOUNT OF APPROXIMATELY $6 MILLION, INCLUDING REGIONAL SHARE OF APPROXIMATELY 4 MILLION BILLION WHERE THIS IS IMPORTANT IS WE LIKE TO HAVE THESE PRODUCTS READY WHEN THE FUNDING COMES ABOUT.

BUT AS AN ALTERNATE FOR THIS BOARD, I WANT TO CALL UP MR. TIM SO HE CAN KINDA GO OVER SOME OF THE SPECIFICS.

BECAUSE THESE ARE SOME IMPORTANT PROJECTS WE HAVE GOING ON AND THEY TAKE A LONG TIME TO COME TO FRUITION AND THERE IS A LOT OF MOVING PIECES.

SO IF YOU COULD JOIN US FOR A COUPLE OF MINUTES TO EXPLAIN WHAT THIS ACTUALLY ENTAILS.

>> THANK YOU MAYOR PRO TEM.

CONGRATULATIONS.

THANK YOU AGAIN TO MAYOR MILLER.

MY NAME IS TIM, ON THE PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR FOR THE CITY.

THERE WERE TWO ITEMS ON THE AGENDA FOR APPROVAL FOR THE CITY OF INDIO.

AND IF I LOOK AT MY NOTES HERE ONE IS FOR MINISTRY IN A CHANGE.

AND THE OTHER WAS FOR AVENUE 50 IN JACKSON STREET INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENTS.

BOTH OF THESE PROJECTS ARE VERY IMPORTANT REGIONAL PROJECTS.

AS A MATTER OF FACT, AND DREW STREET RANKS THE TOP PROJECT FOR THE COACHELLA VALLEY REGIONALLY ON THE TEAM PPS, WHICH IS A TRANSPORTATION PRIOR TOURISTS STUDY CONDUCTED BY THEM.

MIND YOU, THE PROCESS FOR MONROE STREET HAS BEGUN SINCE 2007.

IT HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR 15 YEARS.

AND ORIGINALLY THEY FUNDED, FULLY FUNDED WHAT IS CALLED THE PSR.

WHICH IS A PROJECT STUDY REPORT.

ONCE THE PROJECT STUDY REPORT IS APPROVED, THAT ALL GOES THROUGH CALTRANS APPROVAL.

THE WAY IT WORKS IS THE CITIES ALONG WITH CITIBANK AND RT CT WITH A FUND THESE PROJECTS AND THEN THEY TURN THEM OVER TO CALTRANS AND CALTRANS TAKES THEM OVER AND MAINTAINS THEM IN PERPETUITY.

AFTER THE INITIAL STUDY WAS APPROVED, YOU GOING TO THE NEXT PHASE WHICH IS A PROJECT APPROVAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL DOCUMENT FOR THEM WE'VE BEEN GOING THROUGH THE PROCESS NOW FOR A COUPLE YEARS.

WE ARE ALMOST 90+ PERCENT DONE WITH THAT APPROVAL PROCESS AND WE HOPE TO SECURE THE ENVIRONMENTAL CLEARANCE FOR THIS PROJECT HERE WITHIN THIS MONTH.

SO THE NEXT STEP TO GO INTO, WE CALL IT THE PSE PROJECT SPECIFICATION AND PROJECT DESIGN SPECIFICATION AND ESTIMATES.

AND THAT IS THE NEXT PHASE.

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SO THE AMENDMENTS WERE THE AGREEMENT WE HAVE HAD ALLOWED US TO FUND THE PSR, TO FUND THE P IN ED IN THE TUNE OF ALMOST A MILLION.

1.8 MILLION.

THAT INCLUDE SOME CHANGE ORDERS WE HAVE HAD WITH THE CONSULTANTS.

NOT SHARED 75 PERCENT.

25 PERCENT PAYS 75 PERCENT AND WE PAID 25 PERCENT.

AND ONCE THE PROCESS IS COMPLETED, THE PSE WHICH IS GOING TO COST AN ADDITIONAL 4.3 IN THE DOLLARS OF MONEY AND ONE THAT FOR MILLION DOLLARS OF INDIO MONEY OVER THE NEXT COUPLE YEARS, THEN WE WILL BE READY FOR THE FINAL PHASE, WHICH IS THE CONSTRUCTION.

THE CURRENT ESTIMATES FOR THE PROJECT IS ABOUT $125 MILLION.

AND IT IS OF GREAT IMPORTANCE TO BE READY LIKE MAYOR PRO TEM INDICATED TO READ WHENEVER THERE IS FUNDING AVAILABLE, WE WILL BE ABLE TO HOPEFULLY FUND AND MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT PROJECT.

SO THAT IS A QUICK SYNOPSIS OF WHAT IS GOING ON WITH MONROE STREET.

THE OTHER PROJECT, WHICH IS AVENUE 1616 AND JACKSON STREET INTERSECTION.

MANY OF YOU WHO DRIVE THROUGH THAT DURING RUSH HOUR, YOU KNOW WHAT YOU HAVE TO GO THROUGH AT THAT STOP SIGN AND WAIT A LONG PERIOD OF TIME.

NOT ONLY THAT.

WHENEVER IT RAINS, THE INTERSECTION GETS FLOODED SO BADLY AND IT IS VERY DIFFICULT TO PASS THROUGH.

BECAUSE OF THE RAIN FROM ALL THE FLOODING.

SO A COUPLE YEARS AGO WE APPROACH THEM FOR THAT IS ON THE TOP PRIORITY PROJECTS.

IT RANKS VERY HIGH AND THEY APPROVED THIS TO PROCEED AND START WORKING ON THIS PROJECT.

INITIALLY REFOCUSED OUR EFFORTS ON THE INTERSECTION IN ITSELF.

BUT TO MAKE THE INTERSECTION WERE, WE LITERALLY HAD TO GO BEYOND ON EACH SIDE.

AND SO WE TURNED AROUND AND APPROACHED THEM AGAIN AND SAID JACKSON STREET IS ANOTHER IMPORTANT SEGMENT AND AVENUE 50 IS A VERY IMPORTANT STREET.

SO THEY WERE OKAY WITH US TO MOVE FORWARD AND ACTUALLY WORK ON MODELING THE INTERSECTION AND SELF, BUT DO THE WIDENING INTO THE CITY OF COACHELLA FROM MONROE TO VAN BUREN.

SO THE CITY OF COACHELLA IS DOING THEIR OWN PROJECT.

BUT THERE IS A SEGMENT THERE IN THE COUNTY THAT WE WILL BE WIDENING WITH THIS PROJECT.

AND ON AVENUE 50 WE WILL GO BETWEEN JACKSON AND MONROE.

THE MAJORITY OF THAT SEGMENT IS ALREADY DEVELOPED.

EXCEPT FOR THE SECTION BETWEEN 90 AND SANTA ROSA.

I THINK THE STREET NAME.

SO THAT WILL BE WIDENED AS WELL.

THE JACKSON STREET, WE ARE GOING ALL THE WAY TO AVENUE 52ND.

AND THEN ACTUALLY WE ARE GOING TO GO SOUTH OF 52ND A LITTLE BIT SO WE CAN TAPER IN AND TRANSITION THE IMPROVEMENTS TO READ AND THEN WE ARE GOING TO GO NORTHERLY ALL THE WAY TO ALMOST AVENUE 49 ON JACKSON STREET.

SO THAT IS A MAJOR PROJECT THAT WE ARE WORKING ON.

SO ORIGINALLY WE APPROACH THEM AND APPROVED THIS TO DO THE FIRST PHASE, WHICH IS A PROJECT APPROVAL ENVIRONMENTAL DOCUMENT.

ABOUT $300,000 WORTH OF WORK.

NOW WE ARE GETTING READY TO MOVE INTO THE NEXT PHASE, WHICH IS THE DESIGN.

AND THAT IS AN ADDITIONAL 1.$3 MILLION WORTH OF WORK.

SO THE CITY AND THE COUNTY WILL SHARE THE 25 PERCENT.

DEPENDING ON HOW MUCH IS IN THE COUNTY AND HOW MUCH IS IN THE CITY.

IT IS NOT AN EQUAL SPLIT BETWEEN US €" BETWEEN THE TWO.

WE HAVE ALSO SECURED SOME GRANT FUNDING FOR THE MOUNTAIN CONSERVANCY FOR THIS PROJECT AS WELL.

VERY EXCITING PROJECTS AND THANKS TO MAYOR PRO TEM.

THOSE TWO ITEMS WERE APPROVED.

>> THANK YOU.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR ASSISTANCE.

AND THANK YOU MAYOR FOR LETTING ME ATTEND THIS MEETING.

WAS ACTUALLY KIND OF A FUN ONE TO ATTEND.

THERE WERE SOME FOLKS GRABBING FOR SOME OF THESE DOLLARS.

AND I PUT MY CHEST OUT AND SAID NO, THIS IS COMING TO INDIO.

AND SO THANK YOU.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR HARD WORK.

AND MOVING ALONG, I ALSO HAD A CRUMBS COMMITTEE MEETING.

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AND DURING THAT MEETING WE PASSED AN ITEM AUTHORIZING EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO CONTINUE EFFORTS TO CREATE A FORMAL COLLABORATIVE STRUCTURE SPECIFICALLY FOR THE COACHELLA VALLEY INSTEAD OF SUPPORTING THE REGIONAL EFFORTS BEING PURSUED BY RIVERSIDE COUNTY AND CONTINUED CARE.

AND IN A NUTSHELL WHAT THAT MEANS IS WE ARE FOCUSING ON RIVERSIDE COUNTY AND KEEPING OUR DOLLARS HERE.

THERE WAS A COMPREHENSIVE STUDY DONE BY MS. BARBARA POPPY.

AND I KNOW MANY OF US KNOW WHO SHE IS.

AND SHE FOCUSED THE STUDY ON KEEPING OUR FUNDING HERE IN THE COACHELLA VALLEY.

AND I THINK THIS IS GOING TO BE A GREAT APPROACH.

I KNOW THROUGH THE YEARS THIS STUFF EVOLVES ALL THE TIME AND WE ARE COMING INTO DIFFERENT DAYS NOW AFTER THE PANDEMIC.

BUT HOPEFULLY THIS APPROACH CONTINUES TO WORK.

AND I WANT TO SHARE A SHORT STORY OF HOW BEING COLLABORATIVE WITH OUR HOMELESS POPULATION IS ESSENTIAL BEING COLLABORATIVE IS.

JUST THIS MORNING LEAVING MY HOUSE I DROVE UP ON AVENUE 42 AND MONROE.

AND I OBSERVED A YOUNG MALE AT THE CORNER LAYING ON THE GROUND ON THE SIDEWALK UNRESPONSIVE.

AND HAD COFFEE SPILLED ON THE GROUND AND HIS BELONGINGS WERE SPREAD OUT ON THE GROUND AND THERE WAS A PASSERBY.

ONE LADY WHO STOPPED AND WAS STANDING OVER HIM.

AND SO I PULLED OVER AND CALLED 9-1-1 AND I CHECKED HIS VITALS.

AND WITHIN MINUTES INDIO POLICE DEPARTMENT AND OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT, SPECIFICALLY STATION 80 WERE THERE IN A HEARTBEAT.

AND THEY TOOK OVER THE SITUATION WITH THE UTMOST PROFESSIONALISM.

I HAVE TO COMMEND OUR QUALITY OF LIFE TEAM.

ARE CLINICIAN, OUR BEHAVIORAL HEALTH THERAPIST THAT WORKS ALONGSIDE OUR COLLEAGUE OF LIFE TEAM WAS THERE.

AND AFTER THE SITUATION WAS SAFE TO ATTEND TO, THE YOUNG MAN BEGAN TO BE COHERENT BRITTA WASHER QUALITY OF LIFE TEAM AND COMMISSION GO TO WORK.

AND SHE OFFERED HIM CARE, SHE OFFERED A MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT, SHE OFFERED HIM HOUSING.

AND THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT SOMETIMES GO UNSEEN IN OUR COMMUNITIES.

BUT THERE IS A LOT OF GOOD WORK GOING ON OUT THERE IN THE COMMUNITY.

AND LET ME TELL YOU, SOMETIMES I LIKE TO THINK IT IS WORKING WITH FOLKS.

A LOT OF TIMES BEING A LARGE INDIVIDUAL THAT CAN BE INTIMIDATING FOR SOMEONE IN COHERENT SOMEONE WHO HAS BAD EXPERIENCES.

SHE HANDLED THE SITUATION GREAT.

THE YOUNG MAN REFUSED SERVICES AND HE CONTINUED ON.

BUT IT WAS A GREAT SHOW OF COLLABORATIVE WORK AMONGST A CIVILIAN.

MYSELF AND THE WOMAN WHO STOPPED AND POLICE DEPARTMENT AND OUR QUALITY OF LIFE TEAM.

AND SO CHIEF WASHBURN, THANK YOU.

PLEASE THANK THE CREW FOR WHAT THEY DID THIS MORNING.

EVERYTHING TURNED OUT GREAT.

AND I COULDN'T BE ANY MORE HAPPY WITH OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT.

AND HER INDIO POLICE DEPARTMENT THROUGHOUT OUR YEARS IN INDIA.

AND THAT COMPLETES MY REPORT.

>> THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

IT'S AMAZING.

AND HE REMINDED ME OF A STORY AS WELL IN THE DOWNTOWN.

OF COURSE IT IS WHERE I SPEND MOST MY LIFE WHEN I AM NOT HERE.

THERE'S BEEN AN OLDER WOMAN LATE 70S WHO HAS BEEN LIVING IN THE DOWNTOWN FOR TWO OR THREE YEARS AT LEAST.

AND THIS WOMAN IS JUST AMAZING.

SHE HAS PURSUED RECEIVED SERVICES.

SHE READS HUGE BOOKS.

SHE'S JUST BEEN A VERY AMAZING.

AND SHE IS JUST RESISTED AND THE ASSISTANCE.

OUR QUALITY OF LIFE TEAM, ALONG WITH TOM COX AND PATH OF LIFE, FINALLY.

I KNOW IT HAS TAKEN THIS GROUP ALMOST A COUPLE OF YEARS TO CONVINCE ROCKS AND TO TALK WITH HER AND TO BUILD HER CONFIDENCE IN HER CONFIDENCE IN THEM.

SHE FINALLY IS WORKING ON A PLACE TO LIVE THANKS TO THEM.

NOW AN 80-YEAR-OLD WOMAN SHOULD BE OUT THERE ON THE STREETS.

UNTIL THE THING THAT STRIKES ME IS THE EXTENT TO WHICH THEY PERSEVERE AND THEY GET TO KNOW THE PERSON.

THERE ARE LOTS OF NEAT STORIES LIKE THAT OUT THERE.

A COUPLE OF THINGS FOR THE EAST VALLEY OR COMMISSION AUTHORITY THAT ALONG WITH COUNCILMEMBER MILLER, I LEARNED SO MUCH.

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I KNEW WE NEEDED TO FIND A WAY TO REPLENISH THE AQUIFERS.

I KNEW WE HAD A CLAY STRADA.

I DIDN'T REALIZE IT WAS 50 OR 60 FEET DEEP IN SOME AREAS.

BOTH VERY FASCINATING.

WE TALKED ABOUT DO WE LOOK AT SPREADING OR DO WE LOOK AT AN INJECTION.

WHEN YOU'RE DEALING WITH CLAY AND 40 OR 50 OR 60 FEET, NOTHING IS GOING TO EASILY WORK.

AND THANKS TO OUR GREAT ORGANIZATION THAT IWA AND BEVERLY AT VALLEY SANITARY, WE ARE LOOKING AT DIFFERENT WAYS TO MAKE SURE WE TAKE THAT RECYCLED WATER FROM VALLEY SANITARY AND PUT IT BACK INTO OUR AQUIFERS.

AND SO WE APPROVED ANOTHER 90,000 TO LOOK AT ALTERNATIVES.

REALLY ENJOYED THE MEETING.

I ATTENDED THE COACHELLA VALLEY CB BUREAU OF TOURISM THROUGH THE INTERESTING PART THERE.

THERE ARE OTHER STATES ALLOWING SAFE TRAVELS, SAFE MEETINGS.

WE ARE LOSING 60 PERCENT OF OUR MEETINGS BECAUSE PEOPLE WILL CARE.

IF THEY CAN'T BOOK THE CONVENTION CENTER OR HOTEL MEETING SPACE THEY CAN'T BUT OKAY HOTEL ROOM AND THEY CAN ORDER FOOD.

WITH THE UP AND TRY TO DO IS WORK WITH THE STATE IN IDENTIFYING BEST PRACTICES WE CAN USE.

THEIR ESTATES, TEXAS, ARIZONA, PLACES THAT ARE REALLY DETAILED PROCESSES.

I AM TRYING TO READ.

AS MORE GROUPS BYPASS CALIFORNIA FOR REGIONS THAT HAVE ESTABLISHED GUIDANCE AND PROTOCOLS 11 GROUPS AND EVENTS TO TAKE PLACE.

OTHER STATES ARE SHOWING MEETINGS CAN BE HELD SAFELY AND THEY ARE BENEFITING FROM OUR LACK OF GUIDANCE ON THIS IMPORTANT TOPIC.

SO THE CHALLENGE IS ARIZONA HAS 50 PERCENT CAPACITY PER MEETING ROOM.

NEVADA 250 PEOPLE PER MEETING ROOM.

WASHINGTON STATE, 200 PEOPLE PER THE LIST GOES ON PARIS TEXAS, FLORIDA.

AND THEN YOU GET TO CALIFORNIA.

NO MEETINGS ALLOWED FORGET NONE.

ZERO.

AND THAT IS HURTING OUR ECONOMY.

AND WE BELIEVE THERE ARE WAYS TO BE ABLE TO HOLD THESE MEETINGS VERY SAFELY.

AND SO THAT IS WHAT WE ARE ADVOCATING FOR.

AND HOPEFULLY OUR VOICE WILL BE HEARD.

ALSO, THE INDIO BADLANDS WERE CUTTING, THAT IS SUCH A BEAUTIFUL PLACE.

I ADMIT I'VE ONLY GOT ABOUT HALFWAY UP.

AND FROM THERE IT IS JUST GORGEOUS.

AND NOT ONLY IS IT NATURAL BEAUTY THERE, BUT THE WHOLE CONCEPT OF CONSERVATION.

CONSERVING OUR LANDS AND OPEN SPACE.

WORKING WITH OUR KIDS, THE CONSERVATION OF SPECIES, OF PLANTS, OF SOME THE ANIMALS THAT ARE THERE.

REALLY EXCITED AND REALLY PLOWED FOR US TO BE OPENING THE BADLANDS.

I WANT TO REMIND AND ASK PEOPLE INDIO SENIOR CENTER, THE SENIORS ARE USED TO BEING INVOLVED AND ENGAGED AND THEY HAVE SEVERAL LUNCHES GENERALLY IN REAL TIMES AT THE SENIOR CENTER.

THEY HAVE EVERYTHING FROM EXERCISES TO BINGO.

IT IS JUST A VERY WARM ENVIRONMENT.

AND HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO DO THAT.

AND SO THE SENIOR CENTER, HATS OFF TO THEM AT FOUND WAYS THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE SUMMER TO HAVE DRIVES, TO GET THEM OUT.

THEY ARE EITHER DOING DRIVE THROUGH HIS EARLIER THIS SUMMER, GOODIE BAGS, WHETHER IT WAS CHIP CLIPS AND SANITIZER.

SO ON AND SO FORTH FOR THANKSGIVING.

EVERY SENIOR GOT A PIE.

HELPED WITH TRAFFIC.

CARS WERE ALL THE WAY DOWN TO AVENUE 46.

IT WAS A HUGE LINE OF PEOPLE THAT WANTED THEIR PUMPKIN PIE.

AND IT WAS REALLY GREAT TO SEE.

NOW WE NEED DONATIONS OR THE SENIOR CENTER NEEDS DONATIONS OF BLANKETS OR THROWS, MITTENS OR GLOVES.

AND BEANIES OR CAPS OF SOME TYPE.

WE WANT TO MAKE SURE OUR SENIORS, MANY OF WHOM ARE ISOLATED OR LIVE ALONE, WE WANT TO REACH OUT TO THEM.

WE WANT TO CARE FOR THEM WE WANT TO SHOW THEM.

SO PLEASE BEFORE 10 DECEMBER, IF YOU HAVE ANY BLANKETS OR YOUR SHOPPING DOING CURBSIDE SERVICE AT WALMART OR WHEREVER, PICK UP A COUPLE OF BLANKETS OR A COUPLE OF PAIRS OF GLOVES SO WE CAN GET THEM OUT TO OUR SENIORS.

THE LAST BUT NOT LEAST.

THIS ISN'T A COMMISSION, BUT I WANTED TO ASK MY FELLOW COUNCILMEMBERS SUCH AS THEY WOULD BE OKAY WITH A DISCUSSION ON THE TAMALE FESTIVAL.

I WOULD LIKE TO ASK STAFF TO PUT A DISCUSSION ON THE TAMALE FESTIVAL ON THE AGENDA NEXT YEAR.

LOTS OF THINGS GOING ON.

IT IS OUR SIGNATURE EVENT.

HAD TO CANCEL IT THIS YEAR.

NEXT YEAR WE KNOW LIKELY THE DOWNTOWN WILL BE UNDER CONSTRUCTION.

WE NEED TO LOOK AT WHAT DOES THE TAMALE FESTIVAL LOOK LIKE GOING FORWARD.

WERE TO BEHOLD IT? THERE ARE VARIOUS LOCATIONS WITHIN THE CITY THAT WE NEED TO CONSIDER.

AND I ALSO KNOW OUR CURRENT CONSULTANT, ANOTHER CONTRACT IS UP AND WE NEED TO HAVE

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THAT DISCUSSION AS WELL.

SO IF I HAVE THE CONSENT OF COUNSEL, WOULD LIKE TO ASK STAFF TO PUT IT ON THE ENGINE THAT.

OKAY.

CONSENSUS.

TERRIFIC.

! MAY I ASK SOMETHING, MAYOR?

>>ELAINE HOLMES: PLEASE.

>> IF IT IS THAT THE PROMOTERS CONTRACT HAS EXPIRED, WOULDN'T IT BE BEHOOVE US TO GO TO RFQ BEFORE THE MEETING? JUST WE KNOW WHAT INTERESTS THERE MIGHT BE?

>> I'M GOOD WITH THAT.

THAT WAS ONE OF THE REASONS I WANTED TO CALL THE MEETING.

WHAT IS A PROTOCOL THE CITY MANAGER.

CAN WE DO THAT AT THIS POINT?

>> OF THE CONTRACT IS UP WE DON'T HAVE TO HAVE A MEETING TO SINGLE OFF RFQ WITH SOMETHING THE CITY MANAGER CAN DO.

>> I AGREE.

WE CAN DO THAT.

>>ELAINE HOLMES: TERRIFIC.

BY THE TIME WE MEET NEXT WEEK AND DISSEMINATE SOME OF THAT INFORMATION.

I KNOW MAYOR PRO TEM AND I WERE TALKING ABOUT SOME OF THE DIFFERENT LOCATIONS AND HOW WE CAN BRING IT BACK STRONG IN 2021.

I REMAIN CAUTIOUSLY OPTIMISTIC.

LET'S SEE.

NEXT ITEM IS CITY MANAGER.

>> I DO NOT HAVE ANY REPORT TODAY.

>>ELAINE HOLMES: YOU ARE KIDDING.

>> I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE BUDGET LATER.

SO I AM HOLDING ALL OF MY AMMUNITION.

>>ELAINE HOLMES: MY FIRST GIG AS MAYOR.

MY FIRST DAY AND YOU DON'T HAVE ANY REPORTS.

I'M DEVASTATED.

OKAY.

NEXT ITEM.

[15. PUBLIC COMMENT FOR ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA]

ITEM NUMBER 15.

PUBLIC COMMENT FOR ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA.

CITY CLERK, THIS IS WHAT IS NEW FOR ME.

I UNDERSTAND WE HAVE A COUPLE OF EMAIL COMMENTS FOR TWO NIGHTS MEETING THAT WE ALL GOT TO VIEW.

AND I UNDERSTAND WE HAVE REVEREND MICK PETERS.

WE HAVE ANYONE ELSE CALLING IN?

>> NO.

WE ONLY HAVE MR. MICK PETERS ON THE LINE AND HE IS READY TO SPEAK WHENEVER YOU ARE READY.

>> ABSOLUTELY LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING REVEREND PETERS.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

PLEASE.

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH AND CONGRATULATIONS.

AND ALSO PRO TEM.

CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR APPOINTMENTS.

ALSO, TO CAPTAIN DALE ON HIS RETIREMENT.

I THINK I GOT ONE EAR.

I GOT 32 YEARS.

HOPEFULLY I WILL BE ABLE TO RETIRE SOON.

TO EACH AND EVERY ONE OF THE COUNCIL, THANK YOU TO THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK WITH YOU I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN SEE THIS.

IT IS A PETITION THAT I HAD BEEN MISPLACED OVER THE PERSON WHO HAD A HANDLE IT PASSED AWAY.

BUT THIS IS A PETITION €" 2000 2010.

NINE MONTHS AGO THE CITY MADE A DECISION AS WE ARE IN THE EARLY STAGES OF THE CORONAVIRUS NOT TO OFFER TESTING FOR CORONA FOR THIS CORONA DEADLY VIRUS.

WE CAN ONLY WONDER HOW MANY LIVES HAVE BEEN SAVED.

WE'VE BEEN AHEAD OF THE CURVE WITH TESTING.

SINCE THEN FORTUNATELY THE COUNCIL HAS GOTTEN ON BOARD WITH TESTING.

AND HOPEFULLY, I CONCUR COUNCILMAN ORTIZ THAT TESTING IS VERY IMPORTANT.

THAT WE NEED TO WRAP IT UP.

THIS THING IS DEADLY.

WE ALSO, SINCE THE CHANGES POSSIBLE, I WOULD HOPE MAREN COUNCILMAN €" THE POSITIONS CURRENTLY HELD BY SOME OF YOU WERE NOT VERY POSITIVE REGARDING THE JOHN NOBLES

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COMMUNITY REMEMBRANCE.

THAT'S WHAT THIS PETITION WAS STARTED 10 YEARS AGO.

WE ARE GOING TO READ REVAMPING AND REPETITION.

TO REMEMBER THE MANY PEOPLE THAT LIVED HERE.

THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT TO A LOT OF PEOPLE.

AND IS SO IMPORTANT THAT PEOPLE ARE ASKING ME TO RUN FOR CITY COUNCIL SEAT IN 2022.

I JUST TOLD YOU, I'M TRYING TO RETIRE.

THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT A REAL CONCERN THIS CITY IS GOING TO CONTINUE IN THE SAME PATTERN OF DO NOTHING IN REGARDS TO THE JOHN NOBLES SITUATION.

THE ONLY WAY FOR YOU WILL TO SUCCEED IS ONE MINUTE GOODWILL DO NOTHING.

MAYOR HOLMES IS IMPERATIVE THAT YOU REPRESENT THIS DISTRICT.

AND WE NEED YOU TO GET ON BOARD WITH SUPPORTING THE RESIDENTS WHO ARE DISPLACED MANY, MANY YEARS AGO.

>> THREE MINUTES HAVE PASSED.

>> IN TRYING TO RECOGNIZE THE MANY PEOPLE THAT ARE NO LONGER HERE IN THE MANY PEOPLE THAT WOULD DISPLACE THROUGH THIS INTIMATE DOMAIN.

AND NO FAULT OF THEIR OWN.

IF YOU'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO NOT SUPPORT US, WE ASKED HAVE TO ASK YOU TO STEP ASIDE.

WE NEED SOMEONE WHO'S GOING TO REPRESENT THIS DISTRICT.

WHITE SOME PERMITS HE WAS BRUISED IN THIS NATION NOVEMBER 10, 1898 IN WILMINGTON NORTH CAROLINA.

IT'S CALLED WILMINGTON MASSACRE AT THE WILMINGTON INSURRECTION.

ONE 2000 ANGRY WHITE MEN MURDERED OVER 300 BLACKS BURNED DOWN BLACK BUSINESSES, THE BLACK NEWSPAPER IN WELLINGTON AND MURDERED A NEWLY ELECTED AFRICAN-AMERICAN WHO THEY WERE ANGRY BECAUSE OF THE PROGRESS OF THE AFRICAN-AMERICANS AFTER RECONSTRUCTION.

THE CITY COUNCIL SEAT IN WILMINGTON NORTH CAROLINA.

THIS MOB AGAIN TO MURDER SYSTEMATICALLY AFRICAN-AMERICANS IN WILMINGTON.

AND NOBODY HAS BEEN CHARGED FOR THIS DATE.

>> SO DESPERATELY WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE JOHN NOBLES, THE HISTORY OF JOHN NOBLES RANCH CONTINUES AND THAT WE PROVIDE AS MUCH FOCUS AS POSSIBLE TO THE PUBLIC SPEAKING IS THREE MINUTES.

AND I LOOK FORWARD TO SETTING UP A MEETING WITH YOU TO DISCUSS THIS AND TO RENEW MY COMMITMENT.

THE PUBLIC COMMENTS, WE ALLOW THREE MINUTES FOR EACH.

PERHAPS IN THE NEAR FUTURE WE CAN SIT DOWN AND DISCUSS THIS IN MUCH MORE DEPTH.

>> I SINCERELY HOPE SO THAT WE DO THAT AS QUICK AS POSSIBLE.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.

>>ELAINE HOLMES: THANK YOU.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

OKAY.

ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS?

>> NO MORE COMMENTS.

>> TO THAT END WILL MOVE ON TO THE CONSENT CALENDAR.

[16. CONSENT CALENDAR]

YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR.

ANYONE WISH TO PULL ANYTHING?

>> MAYOR, I WANT TO NOTE MY RECRUITS WILL ON ITEM C.

ACTUALLY, IT WASN'T A RECUSAL, IT WAS AN ABSTENTION.

HERE DO I HEAR A MOTION.

>> I MAKE A MOTION TO PASS CONSENT CALENDAR.

>> BY SECOND.

>>ELAINE HOLMES: MOTION BY NUMBER FERMON AND SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER GLENN MILLER.

DO WE DO A ROLL CALL VOTE AT THIS POINT.

>> COUNCILMEMBER AMITH.

>> AYE.

>> COUNCILMEMBER ORTIZ.

>> AYE.

>> COUNCILMEMBER FERMON.

>> AYE.

>> MAYOR HOLMES.

>> AYE.

>> AND COUNCILMEMBER MILLER.

>> AYE.

>>ELAINE HOLMES: ABSOLUTELY.

THANK YOU.

THIS FIRST NIGHT IS KIND OF DIFFERENT.

THE NEXT ITEM IS A PUBLIC HEARING.

ITEM 17 A.

AND I DID NOT HAVE ANY COMMENTS OR PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER ADOPTION OF RESOLUTION NUMBER 10187 ADOPTING A MITIGATED NEGATIVE DECLARATION IN THE MEDICATION MONITORING AND REPORTING PROGRAM.

RESOLUTION 10188 IMPROVING THE CROSSING SPECIFIC PLAN AND RESOLUTION NUMBER 1189, PROVING NUMBER 37899 TO SUBDIVIDE THE 16.6 ACRE PARCEL AND 48 RESIDENTIAL LOTS TO ALLOW THE DEVELOPMENT OF A MIX OF 103 RESIDENTIAL UNITS LOCATED NORTH AVENUE 50.

600 FEET EAST OF JEFFERSON STREET AND EAST OF THE CITRUS PLAZA SHOPPING CENTER AT 80127 INDIO CALIFORNIA 92201 NUMBER 602 €" 090 €" 001.

MR. SNYDER? WHAT MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL, AND KEVIN SNYDER DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT.

THIS PARTICULAR ITEM IS REQUIRED PUBLIC HEARING ITEM.

AT THIS TIME I WOULD LIKE TO ASK SENIOR PLANNER LAYLA TO COME FORWARD.

SHE HAS BEEN THE STUFF PLANNER FOR THIS AND SHE WILL PROVIDE CONCISE PRESENTATION AND ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THE COUNCIL MIGHT HAVE.

THANK YOU.

>> AND GIVE MR. SNYDER.

GOOD EVENING THAT AMERICA CONGRATULATIONS.

CONGRATULATIONS MAYOR PRO TEM.

[17.a. A public hearing to consider adoption of Resolution No. 10187, adopting a Mitigated Negative Declaration and Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program, ]

AND ALSO, THANK YOU COUNCILMAN MILLER.

AS HE MENTIONED, THE PROJECT BEFORE YOU IS THE CROSSING PROJECT.

THE PROJECT INCLUDES THREE ENTITLEMENTS, WHICH THEY WERE IN SPECIFIC PLAN AND TRACK THAT.

IS EASY THE PROJECT IS LOCATED NORTH OF AVENUE 50 EAST JEFFERSON STREET.

IT IS ALSO BEHIND THE SHOPPING CENTER.

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THIS IS THE REAL BUILDING AND THIS IS THE FUTURE EXPANSION OF THE PLAZA.

ALSO ORDERS DESERT OVERSTAYED ON TWO SIDES.

ON THE OTHER SIDE THEY ARE BASICALLY LARGE STATE RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES.

THIS SHOWS THE MIXTURE OF THE RESIDENTIAL WITHIN THE TRACK MAP.

THE AREA NEXT TO THE SINGLE FAMILIES ON DESERT RIVER STATES THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING SINGLE-FAMILY ONE-STORY HOME.

THEY PUT THE FOURPLEX UNDER WESTSIDE, WHICH IS NEXT TO THE COMMERCIAL.

THEY ALSO PUT THE TWO-STORY DUPLEXES IN THE MIDDLE AND THE FRONT THEY HAVE TWO-STORY DUPLEXES, I'M SORRY, THESE ARE ONE-STORY.

THIS SHOWS THE TRACK AS IT WAS MENTIONED IN THE STAFF REPORT.

THE TRACT INCLUDES 48 LOTS.

BUT BECAUSE THERE ARE DUPLEXES AND FOURPLEXES, THEY'RE BUILDING UNDER THREE HOMES.

THE GENERAL PLAN OF THIS SITE IS SUBURBAN NEIGHBORHOOD.

SORRY, I BLACKED OUT SO HAD ASKED MRS. SNYDER.

THAT ALLOWS 20 UNITS PER ACRE.

HOWEVER, THEY ARE PROPOSING UNDER THE MAXIMUM DENSITY.

THEY COULD BUILD 122 BUT THEY ARE PROPOSING 103 UNITS.

THE SHOWS THE OVERALL VIEW OF THE PROJECT.

THE PROJECT INCLUDES AMENITIES LIKE POOL, TODDLER PARK AND OPEN SPACES.

ALSO, THE PROVIDE WALKWAYS FROM NORTH TO SOUTH, WHICH IS GRASS.

AND ALSO IN AXIS TO THE FUTURE CITRUS PLAZA.

SO PEOPLE WITHIN THE COMMUNITY CAN WALK TO SHOPPING CENTER.

AND IT IS NOT A GATED COMMUNITY.

IT IS PRIVATE TREAT STREETS BUT IS NOT GATED.

IT SHOWS THE FLOOR PLANS, THEY ARE SPACIOUS FROM THREE BEDROOMS, TWO CAR GARAGE IS.

AS YOU SEE, THE FIRST FLOOR THERE IS A GARAGE AND YOU GET TO THE MAIN KITCHEN AREA ON THE SECOND FLOOR IS THE BEDROOMS. THE ONE-STORY DUPLEX FLOOR PLAN OF THE SINGLE-FAMILY THIS ALSO SHOWS THE WALKWAYS TO NORTH, SOUTH, EAST AND WEST AND THE COMMON AREA.

AND THIS IS BASICALLY A CONNECTION TO THE SHOPPING CENTER.

THE APPLICANT PROPOSED SOME 3D RENDERINGS.

THIS IS THE FOURPLEX.

AS YOU SEE, THEY ARE OFFERING MODERN SLEEK ARCHITECTURE WITH DIFFERENT MATERIAL AND ALSO COLOR AND DIFFERENT FAÃ♪ADE VARIATION.

[01:15:02]

THEY ALSO SHOWING A DUPLEX PRODUCT.

AGAIN, MODERN.

DIFFERENT TYPE OF MATERIAL.

COLORS AND SLEEK LOOKING HOUSING PRODUCT.

THIS IS THE SINGLE-FAMILY, WHICH IS AGAIN WITH THE ARCHITECTURE DESIGN AND TEAM.

A LARGE PATIO IN THE BACK.

THIS IS THE TOWN HOME.

AS YOU SEE, THIS ONE HAS A GABLE ROOF BUT IS STILL VERY MODERN LOOKING.

IN HERE IT IS THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY THAT YOU CAN SEE.

HERE IS AVENUE 50.

SO THE MORE HIGHER BUILDINGS ARE TOLD TOWARD AVENUE 50.

AND THE MORE LOWER ONE-STORY LOW-PROFILE HOMES ARE BASICALLY FACING THE SINGLE FAMILIES.

AND THEN THERE IS ANOTHER VIEW THAT WILL SHOW THE AMENITIES.

WHICH IS A SWIMMING POOL IN THE KIDS PLAYGROUND.

GOING TO GO THROUGH THESE QUICKLY OVER THAT WAS JUST PLACEHOLDER IF THE VIDEOS WON'T WORK.

SO BASED ON WHAT THE STAFF PRESENTED TO YOUR STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF ALL THESE THREE RESOLUTIONS, WHICH APPROVE THE PROJECT.

IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME, I WOULD BE HAPPY TO ANSWER.

THE APPLICANT TEAM IS ALSO AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE FOR THEM.

THANK YOU.

>>ELAINE HOLMES: OKAY.

BEFORE PUBLIC HEARING, DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OF STAFF? OKAY.

WITH THAT, I WILL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING.

AND DOES THE APPLICANT, I ASSUME HE OR SHE IS ON BOARD AND WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK?

>> CAN HEAR ME? THIS IS KEITH CHRISTIANSEN.

>>ELAINE HOLMES: LOUD AND CLEAR.

WELCOME!

>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

WANT TO THANK LAYLA FOR A COMPLETE INTRODUCTION TO OUR PROJECT.

I WANT TO THANK THE CITY COUNCIL TONIGHT AND MAYOR HOLMES FOR HEARING OUR PROJECTS THIS MORNING.

MY NAME IS KEITH CHRISTIANSEN.

AND WITH CHRISTIAN AND COMPANY FROM A CIVIL ENGINEER AND PROJECT MANAGER FOR THE CROSSINGS.

AND I WANT TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF INSIGHT TO HOW THE CROSSINGS REALLY CAME ABOUT.

THE DEVELOPER FOR THE CROSSINGS, THEY DECIDED TO PURCHASE THE PROPERTY IN FEBRUARY 2020.

LONG PRIOR TO THAT THE GENERAL PLAN WAS APPROVED.

SEPTEMBER 2019.

I'M SURE YOU WILL REMEMBER.

INSPIRATION FOR THE CROSSINGS CAME DIRECTLY FROM THE CITY OF INDIO AND THEREFORE REVISION IN THE GENERAL PLAN UPDATE.

THE DESIGNATION FOR THIS PROPERTY, THE CROSSINGS IS ON PART OF THE GENERAL PLAN IS A SUBURBAN NEIGHBORHOOD.

AND IT IS A REAL FITTING DESIGNATION FOR THIS PROPERTY BECAUSE OF ITS LOCATION RIGHT NEXT TO THE COMMERCIAL CENTER AND THE NEW CITRUS PLAZA.

IF YOU WANT A REAL CLEAR DEFINITION OF THE CROSSINGS, YOU CAN LOOK AT CHAPTER 3 PAGE 17 OF THE GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT.

TITLE LAND-USE AND URBAN DESIGN FORGET AN UPDATED GENERAL PLAN IN ESSENCE, THIS DESCRIBES THE CROSSINGS.

THERE ARE FOUR DEFINITIONS FOR THEREFORE BULLET POINTS.

BUT ONE DEFINITION THAT ENCOMPASSES A PROJECT.

THE SUBURBAN NEIGHBORHOOD DEFINITION IS A NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT OF FEATURES LIMITED VARIETY CONNECTIVITY WITH COMMERCIAL AND RETAIL ACTIVITY NEARBY.

THAT'S EXACTLY WHERE WE ARE.

[01:20:01]

AND GOES UNTIL OUTLAND USES.

SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL, MULTIFAMILY RESIDENTIAL AND PARKS AND RECREATION.

WE HAVE ALL OF THOSE.

THEY ALLOWED DEVELOPMENT INTENSITY UP TO 12 UNITS PER ACRE.

WE ARE IN 6.2 DWELLING UNITS PER ACRE.

THEY ARE THE THIRD BULLET POINT, WHICH ARE STREETS WITH INFORMAL STREET TREE PATTERNS AND SIDEWALKS.

FOUR IS OPEN SPACEPORT SUBURBAN NEIGHBORHOOD PARKS, GREEN WAYS, TRAILS.

WE HAVE A LARGE TWO ACRE PARK RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF OUR PROJECT IT ONLY NORTH AND SOUTH WITH SIDEWALK SO EVERYONE CAN WALK TO THIS.

ON TOP OF THAT, WE'VE GONE A STEP FURTHER.

YOU WILL NOTICE THERE IS NOT A RETENTION BASIN ON THE SIDE.

IS LARGE UNDERGROUND STORAGE CHAMBER TO TAKE IN ALL OUR DRAINAGE.

YOU DON'T SEE THE ON-SITE LEANNESS OF AN UNMAINTAINED RETENTION BASIN PRETTY DON'T HAVE CONTROL ISSUES.

THIS IS AN EXTRA EXPENSE TAKEN ON BY THE DEVELOPERS TO REALLY ENHANCE THIS THE DEVELOPMENT.

THEY WANTED TO STORE A SINGLE FAMILY HOMES AND SMALL MULTIFAMILY HOUSING.

WE HAVE ALL THAT ON THE PROJECT.

TO THE CROSSINGS, THEY UTILIZED THE GENERAL PLAN FOR THE STAFF ASSISTANCE, DRC MEETING, PLAN COMMISSION STUDY SESSION.

WE ALL MET.

AND WE ALSO MET WITH THE DESERT RAILROAD, H AWAY.

WE HAVE TAKEN IN ALL THE INFORMATION FROM THEM.

IT IS MORE FROM BEGINNING FROM RECEIPT TODAY.

WE HAD A 118 UNITS AND THEN WE HAVE 103.

WE TOOK PLANNING COMMISSIONS SUGGESTION OF CAN WE MOVE ALL THE TWO STORIES OF THE WEST SIDE.

TO THE SOUTH TOWARD 50TH.

WE TOOK SOME HEAD ON SOME UNITS BUT WE DID THAT.

ONE THING THAT NEEDS TO BE BROUGHT OUT ON THIS PROJECT.

WE LISTEN TO THE CITY.

WE LISTEN TO CONNECTIVITY.

WE HAVE TWO POINTS OF CONNECTIVITY.

ONE TO THE EXISTING SHOPPING CENTER.

WE HAVE ONE WAS CITRUS PLAZA.

WORK WITH THE DEVELOPER TO ACHIEVE THE ACCESS POINTS WHEN WE WORK WITH THE LAND PLAN.

WE ARE WORKING IN CONCERT TO MAKE SURE WE DO HAVE THIS CONNECTIVITY.

AND THE LAST THING HIS THIS PROJECT IS OBTAINABLE HOUSING.

THESE HOMES ARE GOING TO START FOR SOME OF THEM UNDER 400,000.

SO THIS ISN'T JUST ANOTHER DEVELOPMENT COMING THROUGH.

IT IS CONNECTIVITY.

WE ARE TRYING TO MAKE OBTAINABLE TO BUYERS IN THE CITY OF INDIO IN THE COACHELLA VALLEY AS A WHOLE.

I THINK WE HAVE TAKEN THE SUGGESTIONS TO HEART.

WE HAVE TAKEN THE COMMUNITY AND SOME OF THE RESPONSES TO HEART AND WE HAVE REALLY TRIED TO PUT TOGETHER A PROJECT THAT IS SOMEWHAT NEW TO THE CITY.

WITH A SOFT CONTEMPORARY ARCHITECTURE UNIT GOING ON.

WE HAVE AMENITIES, SPLASH PAD AMENITIES.

BUT IF WE CAN GET TO IN APPROVAL TONIGHT BY THE CITY COUNCIL, WE WILL BE SUBMITTING IMPROVEMENT PLANS WITHIN THE NEXT 2 TO 3 WEEKS.

AND WHAT WE HOPE TO BE GRADING JANUARY AND FEBRUARY.

I HAVE MY TEAM HERE TONIGHT.

I HAVE THE DEVELOPERS ON THE ARCHITECT, THE ENVIRONMENTAL CONSULTANTS WE ARE ALL HERE.

IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS COMING UP THERE THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY FOR LETTING US SHOW YOU THE CROSSINGS TONIGHT.

AND IF I CAN HAVE REBUTTAL TIME IF ANYBODY HAS SOME CONFIDENCE OR ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS BY CITY COUNCIL AND MAYOR, I WOULD BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO ANSWER THOSE.

>>ELAINE HOLMES: THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR TO DECLARE, DO WE HAVE ANYONE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON THIS?

>> NO PUBLIC COMMENT.

>>ELAINE HOLMES: WHILE.

OKAY.

THEN AT THIS POINT THANK YOU.

DOES COUNCIL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OF THE APPLICANT?

>> I WOULD IF I COULD DO.

SIR, THIS IS COUNCIL MEMBER GLENN MILLER.

I'VE SEEN THE PROJECT AND AM FAMILIAR BECAUSE I LIVED ON 49 FOR QUITE A WHILE PRODUCE A WILL YOU WORKED WITH THE PEOPLE OF DESERT RIVERS.

DID YOU GET ANY KIND OF WAR, WHEN HE SAID HE WORKED WITH THEM AND MOVE SOME OF THE HOUSING OVER, WHAT WAS THE CONVERSATION AND WHAT WERE THE CONCESSIONS THAT YOU MADE FOR DESERT RIVER? THIRD OF THE STATES, A LOT OF THIS WAS SUPPOSED TO BE ONE ACRE AND ABOVE FOR LOTS.

AND OBVIOUSLY WE WENT DIFFERENTLY ON THIS AREA AND IT IS THANKS TO THE RALPH'S.

BUT MY CONCERN IS WHAT KIND OF WORKING ABILITY YOU DID WITH THE BOARD FOR DESERT RIVER OR THE COMMUNITY THERE.

>> WE MET WITH THE HOA AND TOOK QUESTIONS FROM THEM AND VIDEO LIKE WE ARE DOING

[01:25:02]

TODAY.

SWIM MET WITH THEM.

SOME OF THE QUESTIONS WERE HOW CLOSE ARE OUR SETBACKS TO THEIR BOUNDARY LINE.

THE CLOSEST ONE IS ROUGHLY 24 FEET.

WE PUSHED EVERYTHING UP TOWARD THE STREET.

THEY ALSO HAD QUESTIONS, GOOD QUESTIONS ABOUT CERTAIN TREES WE WERE USING FOR LANDSCAPING AND IT WAS REALLY FROM A GENTLEMAN THAT HAS A LOT OF KNOWLEDGE.

IN THE LANDSCAPE WORLD.

AND A DIFFERENT TYPE OF POLY BIRDIE OR A DIFFERENT TYPE OF MESQUITE.

SO WE HAD QUESTIONS REGARDING THAT.

BUT AT THE ONSET OF THIS PROJECT, WE PUT OUR SINGLE-FAMILY, SINGLE STORY RESIDENTIAL ALONG THEIR BOUNDARY LINE TO KEEP THAT LOW.

AND ALSO, THE NORTH INTERIOR OF OUR PROJECT, THAT IS ALL SINGLE-STORY.

TO GIVE THAT LOW AS WELL.

SO WE HAVE MOVED EVERYTHING VERY FAR SOUTH AND VERY WEST BECAUSE OF THE DESERT RIVER COMMUNITY GROUP.

IN THE DESERT RIVER COMMUNITY IS VERY DIFFERENT.

IT WAS BUILT IN THE MID TO THOUSANDS AND THERE IS NO SIDEWALKS IN THERE, I BELIEVE.

THERE IS A NORMAL NORMAL RETENTION BASINS.

WE ARE GOING WITH THE NEW INDIO.

WE ARE HIDING THE RETENTION BASINS.

WE ARE CREATING CONNECTIVITY.

AND THAT WE ARE CAN CREATING A COMMUNITY SO IT'S GOING TO LOOK A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT.

BUT FOR OUR PROJECT, OUR FAMILIES CAN WALK OVER TO THE COMMERCIAL.

THEY CAN WALK WITH FAMILIES OVER TO DINNER.

THERE'S LESS TRAFFIC.

THERE'S LESS NOISE.

THERE IS LESS AIR IMPACTS.

THIS IS A NEW WAY OF DEVELOPING AND I THINK A SMART WAY OF DEVELOPING IN THE COACHELLA VALLEY.

AND I AM PROUD TO BRING THIS PROJECT FORWARD BECAUSE OF THOSE REGIONS.

>> THANK YOU.

AND YOU SAID IF YOU WERE ABLE TO GET APPROVAL FROM THE COUNCIL YOU WOULD START THE GRADING? WHEN DO YOU ANTICIPATE BEING ABLE TO PROVIDE HOMES FOR INDIVIDUALS? ARE YOU LOOKING AT A HERE, SIX MONTHS?

>> I WOULD HOPE SOMETIME NEXT YEAR.

PROBABLY DOING THE LATTER HALF.

DEPENDING ON HOW OUR APPROVALS GO.

MAYBE TOWARD SUMMERTIME IT WOULD BE GREAT TO HIT NEXT YEAR'S SEASON, THAT IS FOR SURE.

>> OKAY.

THANK YOU, SIR.

>>ELAINE HOLMES: COUNSEL, ANY OTHER COUNCIL MEMBER HAVE A QUESTION FOR THE APPLICANT? OKAY.

COUNCIL MEMBER ORTIZ COME INTO THE SEA? NO? OKAY.

HAVING SAID THAT AND THERE BEING NO COMMENTS, I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.

AND ASK MY FELLOW COUNCILMEMBERS FOR THEIR COMMENTS.

>> I TEND TO AGREE WITH THE COMMENTS MADE BY THE PROPONENT ON THIS BEING REFLECTIVE OF WHAT WE HAD ENVISIONED IN THE GENERAL PLAN THAT WE WENT THROUGH THIS PAST YEAR.

WITH HIGHER DENSITY AND MORE OPPORTUNITIES FOR HOUSING PRODUCT TYPES.

THIS SEEMS TO BE AN IDEAL LOCATION GIVEN THE PROXIMITY TO THE COMMERCIAL AREA.

AND I BELIEVE THE COMMERCIAL AREA PROVES JUST A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO ALSO HAS HIGH DENSITY CONDOS OR APARTMENTS UP AGAINST THIS PROPERTY LINE.

SO I REALLY SEE THIS FITTING INTO THE GENERAL AREA.

AND IF THERE BE NO OBJECTION OR FURTHER COMMENTS, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION.

>> ARE THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS BY COUNSEL?

>> WHEN THIS CAME FORWARD IN THE SET OF TRAFFIC WAS LOOKED AT.

LOOK LIKE THAT A DRIVEWAY GOING INTO THE SHOPPING CENTER TO WALK THROUGH THEIR.

IS A SYNDICATED COMMUNITY? I DIDN'T SEE IT AS GATED, RIGHT?

>> IT IS NOT GATED.

BUT THE STREETS ARE PRIVATE.

SO THEY ARE IN CHARGE OF THE STREET.

THE CONNECTION, THE ENTRANCE TO THE PROJECT IS FROM AVENUE 50 ONLY.

IN THE CONNECTION TO THE SHOPPING CENTER IS A WALKWAY WITH A GATE THAT PEOPLE WILL USE WHAT YOU WOULD BE AN ELECTRONIC GATE.

SO THEY HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO WALK WITHOUT TAKING THE CARS UP AND AROUND.

THE 49TH, 50 THEIR SINGLE LANE ROADS AND IT GETS A LOT OF TRAFFIC.

ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU GET INTO SEASON AND EVERYTHING ELSE AND YOU GET THAT TRAFFIC FROM LA QUINTA AND OTHER AREAS COMING UP AND DOWN MADISON AND THAT GOES OVER TO THE SHOPPING CENTER BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE GROCERY STORES ALSO, TO BE TAKEN TO ACCOUNT THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE THAT WOULD BE FOR SCHOOLING AND ALL THE OTHER

[01:30:03]

STUFF? THIS IS ALL BEEN NEGOTIATED IN THROUGH THAT AND WE FEEL THERE ISN'T GOING TO BE ISSUES WITH THIS AMOUNT HOUSES? IN THAT AREA IT IS KNOWN FOR SINGLE-FAMILY HOMES ON LARGE LOTS.

THERE ARE A FEW WHEN YOU GO TO RING KONG AND A COUPLE OF THOSE OTHER SMALLER.

BUT WHEN YOU START ADDING THE SIN, IT GIVES ME CONCERNED TO WORRY ABOUT SOME OF THAT STUFF.

>> THE PROJECT HAS DONE A ASSESSMENT FOR THIS PROJECT, WHICH INCLUDED AN INITIAL STUDY CHECKLIST IN SEVERAL STUDIES, INCLUDING TRAFFIC, NOISE, AIR QUALITY, CULTURAL AND OTHERS.

AND SO ALTHOUGH THOSE CAME BACK WITH SOME MITIGATION MEASURES THAT WILL BE PUT ON THE PROJECT AS PART OF THE APPROVAL, THE RESOLUTION TONIGHT.

WITH THOSE MEDICATIONS, ALL THE IMPACTS WILL BE MITIGATED TO LESS THAN SIGNIFICANT.

AND AS PART OF THE GENERAL PLAN, THIS AREA WAS REVIEWED AND APPROVED FOR HIGHER DENSITY OR MORE HOMES.

SO THEY ARE GOING WITH LESS.

AGAIN, THE OTHER IMPACTS ARE ALSO LESS THAN ONE WAS ANTICIPATED.

>> AND THE PLANNING COMMISSION REVIEWED THIS IN THEIR CONCERNS.

>> THE PLANNING COMMISSION REVIEWED IT AS PART OF A PROJECT CONSULTATION, WHICH WAS AN OPEN DIALOGUE.

AND THEN AS THE APPLICANTS SAID, THEY HAD SOME COMMENTS WHICH WAS BRING THE TWO STORIES TOWARD THE 50TH AND AWAY FROM THE SINGLE STORIES AND IN THE CONNECTIVITY AMENITIES, THINGS LIKE THAT WHICH THE APPLICANT REVISED BASED ON THAT.

WHEN WE WENT BACK BEFORE PLANNING COMMISSION FOR THEIR APPROVAL, IT WAS APPROVED BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION.

AT THE TIME WE HAD ONLY FOR PLANNING COMMISSIONS.

>> THANK YOU.

>> I WOULD LIKE TO WEIGH IN ON THIS IF NONE OF THE OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE ADDITIONAL COMMENTS.

I THINK IN THEORY, THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT WE WANT IN THE CITY OF INDIO.

MY CONCERN, AND IT IS SIGNIFICANT CONCERN, IS THE LOCATION.

THE DENSITY IN THAT SPECIFIC LOCATION WHERE THERE ARE MANY LARGER HOMES ON LARGER LOTS.

AS COUNCILMEMBER MILLER TALKED ABOUT, WE HAVE ONE LANE STREETS, AVENUES THERE.

THE ISSUE OF SHORT-TERM RENTALS ARE AMONG US.

AND WITH THAT LEVEL OF DENSITY AND SHORT-TERM RENTALS, I AM CONCERNED ABOUT THE QUALITY OF LIFE THERE.

I WOULD LOVE TO SEE THIS PROJECT IN A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT PLACES, BUT I HAVE TO BE HONEST I'M VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THE DENSITY IN THIS SPECIFIC LOCATION.

I APPRECIATE THE COMMENTS AND I KNOW YOU HAVE WORKED VERY HARD TO MITIGATE SOME OF THE CONCERNS, BUT NEVERTHELESS WE STILL HAVE A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF DENSITY IN THAT LOCATION AND THAT IS A CONCERN OF MINE.

>> MAY I ADD SOMETHING? THE APPLICANT IS ALSO CONDITIONED TO IMPROVE THE FRONTAGE OF THEIR PROPERTY TO THE ULTIMATE PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY.

IN FRONT OF THE PROJECT WILL BE AVENUE 15 AND FROM THE PROJECT WILL BE IN THROUGH IN ACCORDANCE TO THE CITIES CURRENT MOBILITY PLAN.

AND SO THAT SECTION WILL BE NOT ONE LANE IN FRONT OF THE PROJECT.

HOWEVER, EAST WILL NOT BE THERE OBLIGATION.

>> IT WILL BE TWO LANES EACH WAY ULTIMATELY.

>> CORRECT.

>> IT WILL BE TWO LANES EACH WAY.

AND THIS ARE GOING TO BE A CUT IN THE MEDIUM FOR EASTBOUND TRAFFIC TO TURN INTO THIS PROJECT?

>> YES.

>> OKAY.

IN RESPONSE TO DENSITY, THIS IS THE SAME DENSITY OF THE PROJECT APPROVED NEXT DOOR.

I DON'T THINK THERE IS THAT MUCH DIFFERENCE.

I AM TO A QUESTION FOR THE DEVELOPER.

I WANT TO PUT ON THE RECORD WHEN THE ZOOM MEETING WITH THE DESERT RIVER PEOPLE.

IF YOU REMEMBER HOW MANY PEOPLE WERE IN ATTENDANCE.

>> YOU KNOW, THERE WASN'T MANY.

I'M GOING TO SAY MAYBE SIX OR SEVEN.

THERE WASN'T MANY ON.

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>> DO YOU REMEMBER THE DATE?

>> I CAN.

HOLD ON ONE SECOND.

IF YOU GIVE ME A SECOND I CAN FIND THAT OUT.

>> OKAY.

WE JUST WANT TO GET IT ON THE RECORD THAT IT DID HAPPEN.

WE ENCOURAGE DEVELOPERS TO WORK WITH THE COMMUNITIES.

>> WE PUT A SIGN OUT FRONT AS WELL WITH MY CONTACT INFORMATION ON SO PEOPLE COULD CONTACT US AS WELL.

>> HOW DID YOU NOTIFY THEM?

>> NOTIFY WHO?

>> THE DIFFERENT RESEARCH RIVER RESIDENT.

>> WE GOT TOGETHER WITH THEIR MANAGEMENT COMPANY FOR THE HOA THEY SET IT UP TO THE PRESIDENT.

THERE WAS AN INTERIM PRESIDENT AT THE TIME.

>> I REMEMBER SEEING AN EMAIL ON THAT.

>> OKAY.

IT WAS 7/29.

JULY 29.

>> OKAY.

THANK YOU.

>>ELAINE HOLMES: OKAY.

THANK YOU.

THERE BE NO FURTHER COMMENTS, WHAT IS THE PLEASURE OF THE COUNCIL.

>> I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE €" MAKE A MOTION TO ADOPT RESOLUTION 10 817, ADOPTING IT NEGATIVE DECLARATION AND MITIGATION MONITORING AND REPORTING PROGRAM TO ADOPT RESOLUTION NUMBER 10 188 APPROVING THE CROSSING SPECIFIC PLAN AND ADOPT RESOLUTION 10 189 APPROVING TENTATIVE TRACT NUMBER 37899 TO SUBDIVIDE A 16.6 ACRE PARCEL IN THE 48 RESIDENTIAL LOTS TO ALLOW THE DEVELOPMENT OF A MIX OF 103 RESIDENTIAL UNITS LOOK AT NORTH AVENUE 50, 600 FEET EAST OF JEFFERSON STREET AND EAST OF CITRUS PLAZA SHOPPING.

>> I WILL SECOND THAT MOTION.

>>ELAINE HOLMES: OKAY.

I HAVE COUNCILMEMBER AMITH WITH A FIRST END COUNCIL MEMBER ORTIZ WITH A SECOND.

CAN WE HAVE A ROLL CALL VOTE, PLEASE.

>> COUNCILMEMBER MILLER.

>> AYE.

>> COUNCILMEMBER AMITH.

>> AYE.

>> COUNCILMEMBER ORTIZ.

>> AYE.

>> MAYOR PRO TEM.

>> AYE.

>> AND MAYOR HOLMES.

>> NO.

>> THANK YOU.

>> PASSES 4/1.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.

WE WISH YOU THE BEST OF LUCK WITH THIS PROJECT.

ITEM NUMBER 18, ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS.

[18.a. Disposition and Development Agreement ]

THIS HAS TO DO WITH A DISPOSITION AND DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF INDIO AND COACHELLA VALLEY DEVELOP MEANT PARTNERS.

DUE TO THE FACT ABBOTT FINANCIAL INTEREST IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA, I WILL RECUSE MYSELF AND I WILL TURN THE GAVEL TO MY MAYOR PRO TEM.

HERE YOU GO!

>> FOR THE RECORD, IT'S A PROPERTY INTEREST WITHIN 500 FEET.

THANK YOU.

>>WAYMOND FERMON: I DIDN'T KNOW I WAS GOING TO GET SOME EARLY EXPERIENCES INTERIM MAYOR.

>> MR. MORGAN IS ON.

>>WAYMOND FERMON: OKAY.

SO THIS IS A DISPOSITION DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF INDIO AND COACHELLA VALLEY DEVELOPMENT PARTNERS FOR THE CITY OWNED PARCELS ON THE NORTHEAST €" NORTHWEST CORNER OF OASIS STREET AND BLISS AVENUE.

DISPOSITION COMMITTEE WITH GENERAL PLAN AND FINDING THAT THE DISPOSITION IS WITHIN THE SCOPE OF CERTIFIED PROGRAM EIR FOR THE DOWNTOWN SPECIFIC PLAN AND NO FURTHER ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEWS REQUIRED UNDER CEQA GUIDELINES SECTION 15162 15168.

OKAY.

AND MR. MORGAN WILL BE HANDLING THIS, DIRECT.

>> YES, I WILL.

GIVE ME A MINUTE.

I NEED TO SHARE MY SCREEN.

>> AS MAYOR PRO TEM SAID, I'M PLEASED TO BRING FORWARD FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION THIS EVENING THE ADDITION OF ELEMENT AGREEMENT FOR MIXTURES IS ESSENTIALLY RETAIL PROJECT IN DOWNTOWN.

THIS IS A REALLY GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR US IN OUR DOWNTOWN TO KICKOFF THE REVITALIZATION.

ITEM BEFORE HE IS A DISPOSITION DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT BETWEEN COACHELLA VALLEY DEVELOPMENT PARTNERS AND THE CITY OF INDIO.

THE DISPOSITION DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT IS A REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONAL DOCUMENT THAT SETS FORTH THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE SALE AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE PROPERTY.

THE DDA, AMONG OTHER THINGS, INCLUDES THE PURCHASE PRICE DEVELOPMENT, WHAT THE

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DEVELOPER WILL BUILD IN THE SCHEDULE PERFORMANCE THE DEVELOPMENT SCHEDULE.

THE TIMING OF THE CONSTRUCTION PROJECT.

FROM CLOSE OF ESCROW TO COMPLETION OF CONSTRUCTION, THE DDA INCLUDES ANY CITY PARTICIPATION THE CITY WILL UNDERTAKE AS A PART OF THE AGREEMENT.

COACHELLA VALLEY DEVELOPMENT PARTNERS HAS OVER 40 YEARS OF EXTENSIVE DEVELOPMENT EXPERIENCE IN THE AREAS OF OFFICE, INDUSTRIAL, RETAIL AND RESIDENTIAL.

YOU CAN SEE THE EXTENSIVE RESIDENTIAL DOWN AT THE BOTTOM OF THE SLIDE.

COACHELLA VALLEY FELTMAN PARTNER SEEKS TO ACQUIRE FOUR PARCELS LOCATED AT THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF OASIS AND BLISS AVENUE TO THE CITY SEEKS TO SELL PROPERTY FOR THE MARKET RATE MULTIFAMILY MIXED-USE PROJECT.

THAT IS A FOR RENT APARTMENT PROJECT IN DOWNTOWN.

AND ON SEPTEMBER 23, 2020 THE PLAN COMMISSION APPROVED THE PROJECT ENTITLEMENTS FOR A FOUR-STORY SUB UNIT APARTMENT PROJECT WITH 7000 SQUARE FEET OF GROUND FLOOR RETAIL RESTAURANT SPACE.

AND THIS IS THE ARCHITECTURAL RENDERINGS APPROVED AS A PART OF THAT ENTITLEMENT PACKAGE.

THIS IS SHOWING ON THE LEFT THE PROJECT AT CORNER OF LEWIS AND NO LACES LOOKING NORTHWESTERLY AND ON THE RIGHT IS LOOKING DUE NORTH FROM THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE PROJECT.

AND YOU CAN SEE THE PARKING TO THE WEST OF THE PROJECT.

THE DDA ESSENTIALLY CONVEYS 1.4 ACRES OF CITY OWNED PROPERTY THE COACHELLA VALLEY DEVELOPMENT PARTNERS FOR THE PURCHASE PRICE IS $245,340.

IT IS AN ALL CASH ACQUISITION WITH NO WIND OR THROUGH THE DDA ALLOWS ACCOUNTABILITY FOR THE DEVELOPMENT TERM, SCOPE, USE IN TIME AND THE CLOTHES OF ESCROW IS TO CLOSE NO LATER THAN APRIL 30, 2021.

A FINANCIAL SUMMARY OF THE AGREEMENT, THERE'S A $5000 DEPOSIT TO BE APPLIED TO THE PURCHASE PRICE.

THE PURCHASE PRICE ALSO INCLUDES A DE MINIMIS FINDING DISCOUNT IN THE AMOUNT OF $114,660 FOR THE REUSE OF THE PARKING LOT INCLUDED ON THE SITE.

A FEE DEFERRAL OF CITY CONTROLLED FEES IN THE AMOUNT OF $493,840.41 FOR A PERIOD OF 24 MONTHS FROM THE ISSUANCE OF THE FIRST PERMANENT.

UNDER ISSUANCE OF THE CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY THROUGH DEFERRED FEES MUST BE PAID PRIOR TO THE ISSUANCE OF THE CFO AND THE DEVELOPERS AGREED TO THAT AND THAT IS INCLUDED IN THE AGREEMENT FOR THE -- ALSO INCLUDES CITY SHARING OF UNDERGROUND AND OF UTILITIES CAPPED AT $125,000 AS LONG AS THE CONTRACT INCLUDES A PREVAILING WAGE REQUIREMENT AND A LOCAL HIRING CONTRACT.

THE GOAL HERE IS TO CREATE LOCAL JOBS.

THIS IS THE SITE.

ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE YOU CAN SEE OASIS AND BLISS.

THERE ARE THREE VACANT PARCELS AND THE PARKING LOT ACROSS THE ALLEY BEHIND THAT ON THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF KING STREET AND BLISS.

AND THAT CONSTITUTES THE DEVELOPMENT PARCEL BEING CONVEYED AS PART OF THE DISPOSITION AND DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT.

THE RECOMMENDATION THIS EVENING IS FOR THE COUNCIL TO APPROVE THE DISPOSITION AND DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT COACHELLA VALLEY DEVELOPMENT PARTNERS AUTHORIZE INTERIM CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE ALL NECESSARY DOCUMENTS TO EFFECTUATE THE DDA AND FIND THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT IS FORMING WITH THE GENERAL PLAN AND THAT THE DDA IS NOT SUBJECT TO FURTHER ENVIRONMENTAL PURSUANT TO CEQA GUIDELINES SECTION 15182 AND 15168.

THAT CONCLUDES MY STAFF REPORT AND AM HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.

ONE THING I WANTED TO POINT OUT IN THE DDA PART OF THE COUNCIL PACKAGE AT THE TOP OF PAGE FIVE, THE PURCHASE PRICE DID NOT GET CHANGED AND WE WILL BE MAKING A CHANGE AND I NOTIFIED THE CITY ATTORNEY IN THAT REGARD.

AND MR. SHUMAN IS ALSO ON THE ZOOM CALL IN THE EVENT YOU SHOULD HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR HIM.

THANK YOU.

>>WAYMOND FERMON: THANK YOU MR. MORGAN.

DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FOR STAFF?

>> I DO.

>> MR. MORGAN, I TOOK NOTE OF THE RESPONSE ABILITY OF THE DEVELOPER TO UNDERGROUND UTILITIES IF THIS DDA GOES FOR AN.

OR ANY OF THE OTHER UTILITIES UNDERGROUND ON THAT SIDE OF THE STREET OF

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OASIS?

>> NO.

NOT TO MY KNOWLEDGE.

THE REASON FOR THE REQUIREMENT WAS AS PART OF THE ENTITLEMENT PROCESS AND DISCUSSIONS WITH IAD.

IN A STATICALLY HAVE A FOUR-STORY PROJECT AND HAVE POWER POLES ALONG THE FRONTAGE ALONG THE BUILDINGS, NOT ONLY IN THE ALLEYWAY BUT ALSO ALONG OASIS AND ALONG BLISS STREET, IT WOULD BE A STATICALLY NOT VERY PLEASING FOR AN OCCUPANT OF THOSE RESIDENTIAL UNITS.

>> I AGREE WITH YOU, BUT WHAT DO WE DO WITH THE REMAINING ABOVE GROUND UTILITIES ALL THE WAY TO HIGHWAY 111? I MEAN, THE CITY HAS NO PLANS OF UNDERGOING THEM.

>> THAT IS GOING TO BE PART OF ANOTHER CONVERSATION CITY MANAGER, PUBLIC WORKS.

>> I HATE TO MAKE DECISIONS TODAY THAT FOR 50 YEARS NOTHING IS GOING TO HAPPEN WHEN IT COULD ALL BE DONE AT THE SAME TIME.

SO CITY MANAGER, I THINK I NEED TO HEAR FROM YOU ARE PUBLIC WORKS.

IS THIS PART OF THE DOWNTOWN MASTER PLAN? BECAUSE REALLY I DON'T SEE THE PURPOSE OF DOING IT IF NOTHING IS GONNA HAPPEN FOR HALF A CENTURY.

>> IT'S AN ISSUE THAT WAS A DECISION OF THE APPLICANT HERE, THE PURCHASER OF THE PROPERTY.

IN TERMS OF THE AESTHETICS OF THE SALABILITY OF THIS PROJECT.

WE HAD AGREED WE WOULD PROVIDE PART OF THE PAYMENT FOR THE COST.

AT THE TIME WE TALKED ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT IT WAS POSSIBLE TO VACATE THE ALLEY.

WHEN WE EVALUATED THAT WE DETERMINED IT WAS NOT.

WE DO NOT HAVE A FUNDING PLAN RIGHT NOW THAT WOULD ALLOW ME TO TAKE ON UNDER GROUNDING THE REST OF THE ALLEYWAY ALL THE WAY UP TO INDIO BOULEVARD.

WE COULD LOOK AT THE POTENTIAL FOR GETTING THE PROPERTY OWNERS BEYOND THE SITE FOR THAT WALK TO SEE IF THERE IS SOME WAY WE COULD ENTICE PEOPLE TO PARTICIPATE IN THAT.

I DON'T KNOW WHERE THAT WOULD COME OUT, BUT THAT IS SOMETHING WE CERTAINLY COULD LOOK TO DO.

WE'RE JUST TALKING ABOUT THE ALLEY.

>> RIGHT.

AND I UNDERSTAND THE DEVELOPERS DESIRE TO HAVE A STATICALLY PLEASING PROJECT.

I AGREE WHOLEHEARTEDLY THOSE POWER POLES NEED TO NOT BE THERE.

I JUST WONDERED HOW IT WOULD WORK OVER THE NEXT FEW DECADES THAT THE REST OF THE POWER POLES ARE STILL UP RIGHT.

BUT IT IS A DEVELOPERS DESIRE SO I HAVE NO OBJECTION.

>> MR. SHUMAN IS ON THE LINE NO IF HE WANTS TO SAY A FEW WORDS IN THAT REGARD.

>> WE ARE GOING TO GO TO COUNCILMEMBER MILLER FIRST AND THEN WE WILL GET COMMENTS FROM MR. SHUMAN.

>> THANK YOU.

I'M EXCITED ABOUT THE PROJECT.

WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT WORKING ON DOWNTOWN FOR MANY YEARS AND THIS I THINK WILL HELP JUMPSTART IT.

GIVE US AN OPPORTUNITY TO BRING IN HOUSING TO AN AREA THAT WILL HELP FOR TRAFFIC AND HOPEFULLY WILL HELP OUR NEW RESTAURANTS.

LONG MILES WE ARE LOOKING AT, NEW COLLEGE OF THE DESERT, THE NEW DETENTION CENTER AND IT GIVES US AN OPPORTUNITY TO JUMPSTART THIS ON FULL FAVOR OF MOVING FORWARD.

AND I THINK THE POWER POLES MAKES A GOOD EXAMPLE BOARD WE NEVER LET ANYTHING GO UP FOUR-STORY SO I THINK LOOKING AT THAT, ESPECIALLY HOUSING.

I THINK IT GIVES US AN OPPORTUNITY.

WE CAN START TALKING ABOUT WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO TO UNDERGROUND SOME OF THIS DEVELOPMENT.

BUT RIGHT NOW WE'RE LOOKING AT THE PROJECT I THINK IT IS A GREAT PROJECT TO MOVE FORWARD.

THANK YOU.

>> I WANTED IN SOME ACCOUNTS MEMBER MILLER'S COMMENTS.

I'M EXCITED ABOUT THIS PROJECT.

HAS BEEN A LONG TIME COMING TO REVITALIZE DOWNTOWN INDIO WE HAVE TO START PUTTING PEOPLE THERE.

AND GENERATING SOME SYNERGY IN THE AREAS OF RENT AND IT WILL HELP SOME OUR LOCAL BUSINESSES WHEN I GET FOLKS DOWN THERE.

AND ALSO CAN BE SOME HOUSING FOR SOME OF THE STUDENTS.

AS A CALL TO THE DESERT IS GETTING READY TO EXPAND THEIR CAMPUS.

SO THIS IS A BIG DEAL.

AND SO I THINK EVERYONE, I THINK THE STAFF AND EVERYONE WHO HAD A PART IN THIS AND THINKING TO MR. SHUMAN WHO IS ON THE LINE.

AND MR. SHUMAN, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK THE FLOOR IS YOURS, SIR.

>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR IT CAN HEAR ME? WHAT YES, SIR.

>> OKAY.

GREAT.

THANK YOU.

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IT HAS BEEN A YEAR AND 1/2 WE HAVE BEEN OUT THIS.

WE ARE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THIS PROJECT.

AND FINALLY GET TO THE POINT TO GET THIS DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT.

AS CARL SAID, WE ARE UNDERWAY WITH OUR WORKING DRAWINGS.

WE ARE WORKING WITH IID AND THE AGENCIES WE FULLY EXPECT TO CLOSE ON THIS PROPERTY IN APRIL AND BE UNDER CONSTRUCTION.

THE ISSUE OF THE POWER LINES, THE POOL THAT RUNS ALONG BLISS AFTER THE NEW DOWNTOWN SPECIFIC PLAN WAS APPROVED, THERE'S NO WAY WE CAN HAVE THOSE, THOSE POLES.

THERE BE TOO CLOSE TO THE BUILDING.

JUST PHYSICALLY WOULDN'T WORK, WHICH IS WHY WE WENT TO THE UNDER GROUNDING.

SO I HOPE THAT WORKS FOR YOU ALL.

WE ARE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THIS PROJECT AND LOOK FORWARD TO GETTING UNDER CONSTRUCTION.

AND THANK YOU ALL AND CONGRATULATIONS TO THE NUMERIC.

>> THANK YOU ON BEHALF OF THEIR HOMES AND THANK YOU FOR THE PROJECT.

DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS?

>> NOT FOR THIS ITEM.

>> NO PUBLIC COMMENTS.

SO CAN I GET A MOTION?

>> I HAD ONE QUESTION.

>> I'M SORRY.

>> MR. MORGAN, DO MEMBER HOW WE GOT TO THE PRICE OF 245,000 FOR THESE LOTS?

>> YES.

SO WE HAVE AN APPRAISAL UPDATED IN OCTOBER.

I THINK IT WAS OCTOBER 20.

THE APPRAISAL WAS $360,000.

IN THE FINDING THAT WAS MADE AS A PART OF THE AGREEMENT REDUCES THAT PRICE THE $114,660.

AND THAT IS HOW YOU GET THE NET NUMBER THAT IS THE PURCHASE PRICE.

>> CAN YOU REPEAT WHERE THE PRICE WAS LOWER.

>> 360,000 WAS THE APPRAISAL AND THERE WAS A FINDING MADE AS PART OF THE AGREEMENT TO ACCOUNT FOR THE PARKING LOT, WHICH REDUCED THE VALUE BY $114,660, WHICH GIVES YOU TO THE 245 AND SOME CHANGE.

>> OKAY.

THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER.

THANK YOU MR. MORGAN.

DO WE HAVE A MOTION.

>> I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE DISPOSITION AND DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT DDA WITH COACHELLA VALLEY DEVELOPMENT PARTNERS AND AUTHORIZE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE ALL NECESSARY DOCUMENTS AND FIND THAT THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT IS IN CONFIRMATION WITH THE GENERAL PLAN AND THAT THE DDA IS NOT SUBJECT TO FURTHER ENVIRONMENT PURSUANT TO CEQA GUIDELINE SECTION 15182 15168 WITH A NOTE THAT THE PRICE WAS DIFFERENT AND WILL BE CHANGED ON THE DOCUMENTS BEFORE THEY GO AND ARE ASSIGNED BY THE INTERIM CITY MANAGER SPOKE TO THE FINAL FORM OF THE AGREEMENT BE APPROVED BY THE CITY ATTORNEY.

THAT WAY IF THERE ARE ANY OTHER CHANGES WE NEED TO MAKE IN TERMS OF NON-SUBSTANTIVE, WE CAN DO THAT.

>> WILL SECOND THE MOTION.

>> WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER MILLER AND A SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER RAMOSE AMITH.

ROLL CALL VOTE.

>> COUNCILMEMBER MILLER.

>> AYE.

>> COUNCILMEMBER RAMOSE AMITH.

>> AYE.

>> COUNCILMEMBER ORTIZ.

>> AYE.

>> MAYOR PRO TEM FERMON.

>> AYE.

ITEM PASSES FOR/0.

CAN WE GET THE MAYOR BACK IN HERE.

>> THANK YOU.

I WILL RETURN YOUR GAVEL.

I TOOK GREAT CARE OF IT FOR YOU.

>>ELAINE HOLMES: THIS YOU WILL BE YOURS AND 11 SHORT MONTHS.

>> THANK YOU MR. SHUMAN.

>>ELAINE HOLMES: IN EVERYONE.

REALLY APPRECIATE IT.

OKAY.

NEXT ITEM IS UNDER ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS ITEM 18 B.

[18.b. Discussion and Possible Direction regarding Assembly Bill 571]

AND I BELIEVE WE HAVE A SPEAKER FOR 18 B.

DISCUSSION OF POSSIBLE DIRECTION REGARDING ASSEMBLY BILL 571 REGARDING ESTABLISHING LOCAL CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTION OMITS IN LIEU OF DEFAULT LIMITS ESTABLISHED BY STATUTE.

CITY ATTORNEY.

>> GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL APPEARED ON THE CITY ATTORNEY.

THE STAFF REPORT BEFORE YOU PERTAINS TO A SIMPLY BILL 57 ONE WHICH WAS ADOPTED IN 2019 AND THIS BILL AMENDED THE ELECTIONS CODE IN THE GOVERNMENT CODE TO ESTABLISH

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CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTION LIMITS FOR ELECTIVE CITY OFFICES IN A CITY WITH A LOCAL GOVERNMENT TO THE CITY COUNCIL HAS NOT ESTABLISHED A CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTION LIMIT.

THIS WILL BE EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2021.

IN THE STATE CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTION LIMIT CURRENTLY WILL BE $4700 ADJUSTED EVERY TWO YEARS.

WHAT A B5 71 DOES THIS PREVIOUSLY A CITY COULD ESTABLISH CAMPAIGN DIVISION LIMITS, BUT THERE WAS NO FP PC DEFAULT LIMIT FOR CITY COUNCIL.

THERE WAS A LIMIT FOR THE ASSEMBLY RACES IN THE SENATE RACES, BUT NOT AT THE LOCAL LEVEL.

AND SO WHAT A B5 71 DOES, IT ALLOWS THE CITY TO ESTABLISH A CAMPAIGN CONSERVATION.

FIRST OF ALL, IT SETS A DEFAULT.

AND AS OF JANUARY 1, 2021 IT WILL PUT IN PLACE A DEFAULT CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTION LIMIT.

AND THAT LIMIT WILL MIRROR WHAT IS AT THE STATE LEVEL, WHICH IS A $4700.

IT ALSO ALLOWS A CITY, IF WE DON'T HAVE A CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTION LIMIT IN PLACE, TO BE ABLE TO PUT ONE IN PLACE AND ACTUALLY ADJUST THAT NUMBER IF YOU SO CHOOSE, UP OR DOWN.

UNTIL THIS CHANGES THE LANDSCAPE WITH RESPECT TO CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS AT THE LOCAL LEVEL.

AND ESSENTIALLY LEAVES EVERY CITY COUNCIL IN THE STATE WITH TWO OPTIONS IN DEALING WITH A B5 71.

AND THE FIRST OPTION WOULD BE TOO ALLOW THE STATE CAMPAIGN CONSERVATION LIMITS TO BE IN EFFECT, WHICH IS A $4700, WHICH GETS AMENDED EVERY TWO YEARS.

OR TO ADOPT HER OWN CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTION LIMIT PRIOR TO JANUARY 1, 2021 AND THAT COULD BE HIGHER OR LOWER THAN THE STATE CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTION LIMIT.

I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

ONE THING TO NOTE IS IF THE CITY DOES ADOPT ITS OWN CAMPAIGN CONSERVATION LIMITS, THE FCC WILL NOT ADMINISTER OR ENFORCE THAT.

THE ENFORCEMENT MECHANISM WOULD BE AT THE LOCAL LEVEL.

>>ELAINE HOLMES: INTERESTING.

OKAY THANK YOU.

COUNCIL? ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS?

>> I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHAT THE SENATE AND ASSEMBLY LIMITS ARE.

>> AND TO SUPPORT $700 PER THIS WOULD BE TIED TO THOSE LIMITS.

>> OKAY.

>> AND THAT IS 4700 PER PERSON.

>> PER ENTITY.

SO I AM IN FAVOR OF GOING WITH THE STATE RECOMMENDATION.

I GUESS THAT MEANS DO NOTHING?

>> YES.

IF YOU GO WITH THE STATE RECOMMENDATION, WHICH IS A $4700, OUR CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTION LIMIT WILL BE TIED TO THAT THERE IS NOTHING YOU NEED TO DO.

>> LET ME ASK A QUESTION.

CONSIDERING WE ARE IN MULTIPLE YEARS, IS A PER ELECTION CYCLE? WE ARE IN ONE CYCLE.

IS NOT LIKE AT THE STATE LEVEL, IT'S $9400.

BECAUSE THERE IS A PRIMARY AND THE GENERAL ELECTION.

TECHNICALLY WITH THE COULD GIVE THEM $9400.

WE DON'T HAVE A RUNOFF OR WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING ELSE.

SO IT IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT TO SAY IT IS DISINGENUOUS TO SAY THIS 4700.

AS WILL BE 9400 FOR ALL THE PEOPLE WHO GO INTO THE NEXT AREA.

SO IS IT PER YEAR FOR US? IS IT PER ENTITY? SO YOU HAVE A COMPANY, LET'S JUST SAY ABC TOWING.

CAN ABC TOWING GET $47,000 AND THE GUY WHO OWNS ABC TOWING GET $4700? HOW IS THIS GOING TO WORK CONSIDERING ITS UNIQUE.

>> IT IS DONNA INDIVIDUAL OR COMPANY BASIS.

$4700.

AND MY UNDERSTANDING IS IT IS PER CAMPAIGN CYCLE.

IT WOULD BE FOR THE CAMPAIGN RUN, THE NEXT CAMPAIGN WOULD BE IN 2022.

SO WHATEVER THAT OPENS WHEN YOU START COLLECTING CONTRIBUTIONS, THAT IS WHATEVER NUMBER IS IN EFFECT AT THE TIME, THAT IS THE NUMBER YOU'D BE REQUIRED TO ABIDE BY?

>> BUT THEY ARE ALLOWED TO GET $9400.

>> I THINK PART IF THAT IS BECAUSE YOU LOOK AT THE ASSEMBLY RACES, THERE ARE TWO SEPARATE RACES.

YOU EITHER HAVE THE FIRST RACE AND EITHER YOU WIN MORE THAN 50 PERCENT OF THE VOTE OR YOU DON'T.

AND THEN YOU GO INTO THE NEXT RACE IF THERE IS A PRIMARY.

>> ONLY IN THE COUNTY RACES IS THE PRIMARY WERE 50 PERCENT PLUS ONE WINS ON A ASSEMBLY OR A SENATE RACE IT IS THE TOP TWO VOTE GETTERS.

DOESN'T MATTER A PARTY.

BUT YOU CAN ALSO €" IT ALL STARTS OVER.

[02:00:02]

IS NOT LIKE THEY ARE GETTING $47 FROM ABC TOWING.

TO GET $47 AND IF THEY GET IN THE NEXT ONE TO GET ANOTHER 40 AND IT STARTS OVER.

SO IT IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THAN WHAT WE ARE PORTRAYING.

AND I'M NOT AGAINST.

>> I WON'T ARGUE WITH YOU WILL NOT BECAUSE I THINK YOU PROBABLY KNOW MORE ABOUT THAT THAN I DO WITH RESPECT TO THE CAMPAIGN CONSERVATION LEVELS AT THE LIMIT AT THE STATE LEVEL.

BUT THE LEGISLATION IS CLEAR THAT FOR A CITY COUNCIL CAMPAIGN FOR CITY COUNCIL OFFICE OR TREASURER OR CITY CLERK, IT WOULD BE $4700.

FOR WHATEVER AMOUNT IS IN PLACE AT THE TIME OF THE ELECTION.

>> WHAT IS THE OTHER CITIES YOU'VE DONE? IN RIVERSIDE COUNTY.

WHAT ARE THEY DONE?

>> I BELIEVE THE CITY OF RIVERSIDE HAS BEEN LOOKING AT IT.

WASN'T ABLE TO CHECK TODAY TO SEE WHAT HAPPENED.

IN TERMS OF THE VALLEY HERE, I KNOW CATHEDRAL CITY ADOPTED A RESOLUTION AND PUT IN PLACE A LIMIT OF $2500.

I LOOKED AT LA QUINTA, PALM SPRINGS, PALM DESERT AND I COULDN'T FIND ANYTHING WITH RESPECT TO SOMETHING THAT THEY HAVE ADOPTED.

I KNOW THERE IS A CITY IN LOS ANGELES COUNTY THAT ADOPTED $5000 LIMIT AND THEY WENT UP.

GIVE ME JUST A MOMENT.

WE HAVE SOME INFORMATION.

OUT IN SAN DIEGO THERE ARE A COUPLE OF CITIES THAT HAVE HAD CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTION LIMITS IN PLACE AND SOME OF THEM WERE AT THE $500 LEVEL.

SO IT IS REALLY ALL OVER THE BOARD.

BEFORE THIS LAW CAME INTO PLACE, THERE HAS ONLY BEEN €" I DON'T SAY A HANDFUL, BUT OUT OF THE 486 CITIES WE HAVE, IT HASN'T BEEN THAT MANY THAT ACTUALLY HAVE CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTION LIMITS.

FOR RACES AT THE LOCAL LEVEL.

SPOKE WOULD BE INTERESTED WITH THE COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE AS OUR LEAD AGENCY WITHIN THIS AREA.

IS DOING AND WHAT THEY WOULD BE DOING.

CONSIDERING THEY WOULD HAVE A RUNOFF.

USUALLY ONE OF THEM GETS 50 PERCENT +1 AND THEY END UP WINNING LIKE OUR SUPERVISOR.

BUT IF NOT, I THINK THEY WOULD START OVER AND IT WOULD ALL START BACK OVER AND THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO GET THE CONTRIBUTIONS BUT I WOULD BE INTERESTED TO SEE WHAT THEY DO.

>> I DON'T HAVE THE SPECIFICS, COUNCILMEMBER, BUT I KNOW AT THIS PAST MEETING THEY DID AND DON'T.

>> DID THEY.

>> YES.

THE BOARD SUPERVISORS DID FOR THE COUNTY.

AND I BELIEVE IT IS 20,000.

DON'T QUOTE ME ON THAT, >> I THINK SAN DIEGO ALSO HAS A LIMIT ON COMMITTEE IT IS A CONTRIBUTION MADE BY ANOTHER COMMITTEE ON THE $22,000 LEVEL.

I COULD SEE SOME OF THE BIGGER COUNTIES WOULD ADOPT A HIGHER LIMIT.

BUT I'M GOING TO TRY TO CHECK REALLY QUICK AS WELL.

>> COUNCIL OR MAYOR PRO TEM, TO GET A GOOD QUESTION ABOUT TAX.

>> I BELIEVE I READ SOMEWHERE THAT THIS WOULD CHANGE TO AN INDIVIDUAL.

MAYBE NOT CLOTHES OR PACKS.

MAYBE THAT IS SOMETHING TO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION AS WELL.

I DIDN'T SEE IT ON THE STUDY.

>> LET ME LOOK AT THE LEGISLATION REAL QUICK.

HIM.

>> IF WE WERE TO SAY ADOPT THE $4700, ARE WE ABLE TO GO BACK AND CHANGE IT? OR ARE WE STUCK WITH A LIMIT OF WHAT THEY ARE? SAY WE CONTINUE LARGER AS WE GET LARGER WE WANT TO GO UP OR DOWN.

ARE WE ABLE TO HER OR WE STUCK WITH A FORK 700?

>> WE WOULD NEED TO ADOPT A LIMIT BEFORE THE LAW GOES INTO EFFECT JANUARY ONE.

>> WE DO THE LIMIT CAN WE THEN GO BACK AND FORTH AND CHANGE IT AS WE SEE FIT IF ANOTHER COUNCIL WAS TO COME IN AND CHANGE IT GO DOWN OR UP? OR IS THAT STUCK WITH WHAT WE HAVE FOR THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE? AND DOES IT HAVE A CPI? BECAUSE EVEN THE STATE HAS A MINIMUM.

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IF THERE'S ONE ON, WHEN HOURS GO UP AT THE SAME TIME?

>> IF WE DON'T HAVE A CPI IN HOURS, WE WOULD NEED TO INCLUDE THAT AS PART OF IT.

>> OKAY.

THANK YOU.

>> I GUESS MY QUESTION FOR COUNSEL IS DO WE WANT TO CONSIDER THE DEFAULT LIMIT OF 47, ROUGHLY $4700? OR DO WE WANT TO ADOPT OUR OWN CONTRIBUTION LIMIT AT THIS POINT? BECAUSE I GUESS THE QUESTION YOU ARE ASKING IS CAN WE ADOPT OUR CONTRIBUTION LIMIT AFTER THE FACT.

WE PASSED THIS AND THEN CHANGE IT 32 YEARS FROM NOW WANT TO AND DOLLAR.

>> I BELIEVE THE PPC, IF YOU FALL IN THEIRS, THEY REVISIT IT EVERY TWO YEARS.

AND SO IF WE SET OUR OWN, WOULD WE BE ABLE TO DO THE SAME QUICK.

>> I BELIEVE WE CAN AS LONG AS WE PUT IT INTO WHATEVER THE ORDINANCE OR RESOLUTION THAT WE HAVE AS WELL.

BUT CERTAINLY I CAN LOOK AT THAT.

AND I KNOW THERE ARE SOME QUESTIONS THAT HAVE NOT BEEN ANSWERED WE CAN BRING THIS BACK AT THE NEXT MEETING AS WELL IT WOULD ALONG WITH OPTIONS ALREADY BUILT IN WITH RESPECT TO HAVING RESOLUTION.

EXCEPT YOU CAN FILL IN THE BLANK AT THAT POINT IN TIME.

BECAUSE I THINK YOU ASK VERY IMPORTANT QUESTIONS WITH RESPECT TO THE MECHANICS OF HOW THE CAMPAIGN CONSERVATION CAN CHANGE IN THE FUTURE IF WE ADOPT IT.

MY UNDERSTANDING OF READING THE LEGISLATION AND OTHER INFORMATION I RECEIVED IS THAT WE NEED TO TAKE ACTION BEFORE JANUARY 1.

>> OKAY.

SO WE HAVE ONE MORE MEETING SPAGHETTI MR. ORTIZ HAS SOME QUESTION.

>>OSCAR ORTIZ : WANTED TO ACKNOWLEDGE RECOGNITIONS I HAVE FROM TO RESIDENTS AND PEOPLE WERE ASKING ABOUT PUBLICLY FINANCED ELECTIONS ARE OUR CANDIDATES WOULD RECEIVE THE SAME AMOUNT OF FUNDS FROM THE CITY AND NOT BE ABLE TO TAKE PRIVATE CONTRIBUTIONS.

AND I'VE SEEN IT HAS BEEN DONE IN A FEW CITIES IN CALIFORNIA, BUT IT SEEMS TO BE ONLY CHARTER CITIES.

FROM THE LITTLE RESEARCH I HAVE DONE, IT SEEMS THAT IS NOT LEGALLY POSSIBLE FOR US RIGHT NOW.

BUT IT IS SOMETHING TO LOOK FORWARD TO END THE FUTURE.

JUST NEEDS TO GIVE EVERYONE A LEVEL PLAYING FIELD AND BE ABLE TO ELECT OFFICIALS MORE ON THEIR MERITS AND HARD WORK IN THE COMMUNITY RATHER THAN WHO CAN RAISE THE MOST MONEY TO REACH THE MOST PEOPLE BUT BESIDES THAT, I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT RECOMMENDATION SAW MY CONSTITUENTS AND I THINK IT SHOULD BE SOMETHING MORE TANGIBLE TO THE FINANCES OF THE CITY.

SO I THINK IF WE COULD GO OFF SOMETHING LIKE THE AVERAGE PRICE FOR RENT IN THE CITY, THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE MORE PROPER FOR THE SITUATION.

>> ONE THING WE ARE NOT TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION IS POPULATION HOW MUCH IT COSTS TO REACH YOUR THE CITY OF INDIO VOTERS VERSUS ANY OTHER OF THE CITIES IN THE COACHELLA VALLEY.

BUT SPEAKING FROM PERSONAL EXPERIENCE, $47 PER ENTITY THAT IS A LOT OF MONEY.

MR. AND MRS. CAN GET 4700, THEIR CORPORATION CAN GIVE ANOTHER 4700, THEIR BUSINESS CAN GIVE ANOTHER 4700.

REALLY DON'T SEE THE NEED TO CONSIDER ANYTHING ELSE OTHER THAN WHAT THE STATE HAS SET IT IN EVERY TWO YEARS LET IT GO UP WITH THE STATE.

WE ARE A GENERAL LAW CITY AND I THINK WE SHOULD FOLLOW THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA'S RECOMMENDATION ON THIS ONE.

>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

COUNCILMEMBER RAMOSE AMITH.

WOULD ASK THE COUNCIL, DO WE WANT.

>> EXCUSE ME, I THINK WE HAVE SOME SPEAKERS WAITING TO SPEAK.

>>ELAINE HOLMES: THANK YOU SO MUCH.

WE DO.

WE HAVE ONE AT LEAST.

CITY CLERK?

>> YES, WE DO HAVE KAREN ON THE LINE.

SHE WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM.

>>ELAINE HOLMES: TERRIFIC.

>> GOOD EVENING COUNSEL.

MY NAME IS KAREN.

I AM A RESIDENT HERE IN INDIO.

I AGREE WITH WHAT COUNCILMEMBER ORTIZ AND RAMOSE AMITH ARE BOTH SPEAKING ON.

I WOULD SUGGEST THAT YOU PUT THIS LIMIT AT NO MORE THAN $1200.

THE MEDIAN RENT IN THE CITY OF INDIO IS $1200.

THERE'S NO REASON WHY A CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTION SHOULD BE MORE THAN ANYONE'S RENT HERE IN THE CITY.

I THINK REACHING RESIDENTS SHOULD NOT ONLY BE BASED OFF OF MONEY AND WHAT YOU CAN AND CANNOT FUND RAISE.

I THINK IT SHOULD BE YOU OUT IN THE COMMUNITY BEYOND THE CAMPAIGN ELECTION YEARS.

I THINK IT SHOULD BE KNOCKING ON DOORS ALL YEAR ROUND AND SENDING OUT NEWSLETTERS ALL AROUND AND MEETING WITH RESIDENTS AND HOSTING MEETINGS ON YOUR

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OWN.

CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTION SHOULD NOT BE THE ONLY MEETING REASON WHY SILICA SELECTED ON THE INDIO CITY COUNCIL.

AND SO I WOULD HIGHLY ASK YOU ALL TO CONSIDER IT $1200 CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTION LIMIT FOR ANY CONTRIBUTION IN THE CITY OF INDIO.

MATCHING NOT, OUR AVERAGE RENT.

THANK YOU.

>>ELAINE HOLMES: THANK YOU.

VERY INTERESTING PERSPECTIVE.

>> I DO HAVE ONE EMAIL THAT WAS RECEIVED AND WILL BE DISTURBED LATER TONIGHT.

>>ELAINE HOLMES: AN EMAIL RECENTLY RECEIVED AND DISTRIBUTED TONIGHT ON THE WEBSITE.

>> THAT IS CORRECT.

>>ELAINE HOLMES: TERRIFIC.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH CITY CLERK.

WE HAVE A COUPLE OF CHOICES HERE, CITY COUNCIL.

IN OUR CITY ATTORNEY IS LOOKING UP SOME INFORMATION WE CAN CONTINUE THIS TO THE NEXT MEETING.

OR WE COULD MAKE HATE MOTION TO ADOPT THE DEFAULT LIMIT.

OR WE CAN DISCUSS ADOPTING OUR OWN CONTRIBUTION LIMIT.

WHAT IS THE PLEASURE OF OUR COUNSEL?

>> I SUPPORT FALLING IN LINE WITH THE STATE WITH THE $4700 LIMIT HER CONTRIBUTION.

SO I WILL RECOMMEND EIGHT MOTION TO DISCUSS DIRECTION TO CITY ATTORNEY.

>>ELAINE HOLMES: DO I HEAR A SECOND? FIRST BY MAYOR PRO TEM.

>> I WILL MOVE WITH THAT.

>> I'M GOOD WITH THE STAY RECOMMENDATION AS LONG AS WE CAN ALLOW IT TO ADJUST AS THE STATE GOES FORWARD IF WE WILL FOLLOW STATE GUIDELINES WILL FOLLOW THE STATE GUIDELINES.

>>ELAINE HOLMES: SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER GLENN MILLER.

>>GLENN MILLER: BASICALLY DIRECTION.

>> WHAT I UNDERSTAND IS THE MOTION WAS TO FOLLOW THE F PPC GUIDELINES.

>>GLENN MILLER: IF WE FOLLOW THEIR GUIDELINES AND THEY KEEP IN EYE ON THE LIMITS OF 4700.

SO THEY WOULD BE THE ONES WE FOLLOW WITHIN THE GUIDELINES.

AND IT WOULD BE $47 OVER MY ELECTION WILL BE OVER A FOUR-YEAR PERIOD.

WHICH IT IS.

>> OKAY.

>>LUPE RAMOSE AMITH : THEY WOULD BE THE ONES WHO ENFORCE IT AND MONITOR IT.

AND REALLY QUICKLY, I CHECKED ON YOUR QUESTION ON WHETHER YOU'D BE ABLE TO CHANGE THE LIMITS.

THE WAY THE LAW IS WRITTEN IS IT STATES THE CITY COULD BY ORDINANCE OR RESOLUTION HAVE A LIMIT ON CONTRIBUTIONS TO CANDIDATES FOR CITY OFFICE.

THAT BE DIFFERENT THAN WHAT THE STATE HAS.

AND THERE IS ANOTHER SECTION THAT SAYS THAT THE LIMIT THAT IS IN EFFECT AS OF THE OPERATIVE DATE OF JANUARY 1 2021 IS A LIMIT THAT IS IMPOSED.

SO IT MAKES IT SOUND LIKE THAT IS THE LIMIT.

THAT THERE IS NOT MUCH MOVEMENT FOR IT UNLESS YOU BUILD THAT INTO THE ORDINANCE OR THE RESOLUTION.

>> OKAY.

AND I UNDERSTAND WHAT SHE IS SAYING, I DO.

BUT AT THE SAME TIME, IT IS NOT THE SAME FOR EACH OF OUR DISTRICTS.

SOME OF US HAVE GATED COMMUNITIES LIKE COUNCILMEMBER RAMOSE AMITH AND MYSELF BUT THEY DON'T ALLOW YOU TO UNLESS YOU LIVE THERE TO WALK TO THE COMMUNITY.

IT'S DIFFERENT SOME OF THEM.

AND AND THERE ARE OTHER AREAS YOU JUST CAN'T GET AROUND AND WALK.

THERE ARE MULTIPLE REASONS YOU CAN'T GET INTO CERTAIN AREAS.

YOU CAN GET OUT YEAR-ROUND AND WHEN YOU'RE DOING STUFF.

NEW START TALKING NEWSLETTER, IT'S A NEWSLETTER FOR THE CITY.

AND YOU CAN DO THAT.

LIKE I SAID, EACH DISTRICT IS SO DIFFERENT.

YOU CAN TELL BY THE VOTE COUNTS BETWEEN COUNCILMEMBER FERMON AND MR. ORTIZ, THERE ARE ONLY SO MANY PEOPLE.

IT IS BY RESIDENTS.

SO DIFFERENT AND UNIQUE IN HOW YOU GET TO EACH INDIVIDUAL.

>> I STILL THINK HAVING THOSE LIMITS TO HIGH LEAVES US OPEN.

IT KINDA CREATES THE ENVIRONMENT WHERE PEOPLE MIGHT EXPECT THERE CAN BE THE PAY TO PLAY TYPE OF DEAL GOING ON.

AND I PERSONALLY HAVE ONLY BEEN ON HERE TWO YEARS AND I'VE BEEN IN THE SITUATION OR AFTER A ONE PEOPLE TRY TO COME TOWARD ME WITH BLANK CHECKS TRYING TO GET THE MONEY.

THEY DIDN'T KNOW ME AT ALL.

THEY PROBABLY DIDN'T SUPPORT WHAT IT WAS FOR.

IS JUST BECAUSE THEY PROBABLY THOUGHT IT WOULD AFFECT THEIR DEVELOPMENT IN THE CITY OF INDIO.

THINK HAVING TOO HIGH OF A LIMIT CREATES THAT ENVIRONMENT AND ALLOW SOME OF THAT TO HAPPEN.

I OBVIOUSLY DENIED THOSE FUNDS BECAUSE I WANT TO BE IMPARTIAL TO THOSE VOTES.

AND I THINK $4700 IS A BIT TOO HIGH.

I THINK IF IT TAKES MORE MONEY YOU HAVE TO GET MORE SUPPORTERS, RIGHT? BUT HAVE ONE FAMILY BE ABLE TO GIVE ALMOST $15,000 AND HAVE AN EFFECT ON OUR CITY

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DECISIONS, THAT'S A PRETTY BIG IMPACT FOR ONE FAMILY TO HAVE.

SO I THINK THAT SHOULD BE SOMEWHAT LOWER THAN WHAT THE STATE.

IN THE STATE WHEN THE STATE ELECTED OFFICIALS REPRESENTING HALF A MILLION TO A MILLION VOTERS IN THEIR LIMIT IS 4700.

>> BUT WE HAVEN'T SEEN WITH THE OTHER CITIES HAVE DONE.

I UNDERSTAND WHERE YOU'RE COMING FROM.

AT THE SAME TIME I LOOK AT THINGS.

AND IF YOU HAVE SUPPORT OF AN ORGANIZATION AND THEY CAN DO AN INDEPENDENT EXPENDITURE THAT DOESN'T GET PUT IN THEIR, YOU ARE SAYING AN INDIVIDUAL FAMILY THAT DOES IT.

IT'S NOT ANY DIFFERENT THAN A LARGE ORGANIZATION PUTTING IN FUNDING FOR THAT BUT AT THE SAME TIME, IF YOU GOT BACK FROM INDIVIDUAL UNION IS SOMETHING ELSE THEY DO IT ALL THE TIME IN ORGANIZATIONS WITHOUT THE CANDIDATES KNOWLEDGE.

>>ELAINE HOLMES: ALL RIGHT.

>> MAYOR, ON INSWINGER QUESTION.

IN TERMS OF THE LIMIT OF WHETHER IT APPLIED TO PACKS OR OTHER COMMITTEES, THE LEGISLATION READS THAT THE CANDIDATE SHOULD EXCEPT FROM A PERSON THE CONTRIBUTION THAT IS MORE THAN WHAT THE STATE SETS.

I WOULD HAVE TO GO BACK TO SEE HOW A PERSON IS DEFINED AND WHETHER IT INCLUDES COMMITTEES WERE A POLITICAL PARTY COMMITTEE.

IN THE SAME AREA IT MAKES DISTINCTIONS BETWEEN A PERSON AND A POLITICAL PARTY COMMITTEE.

IS WHAT LEADS ME TO BELIEVE THE CONTRIBUTION LIMITS ARE DIFFERENT.

BUT I CAN ALSO FOLLOW UP WITH THE COUNCIL SEPARATELY AND LET YOU KNOW HOW THAT TERM IS DEFINED.

>> GOOD ENOUGH.

>>ELAINE HOLMES: I HAVE A FIRST AND A SECOND.

HOWEVER, I ALSO HEAR WE MAY WANT TO CONTINUE THIS TO GET ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.

>> WE HAVE TO DO IT AT THE NEXT MEETING.

AND THINK WE CONTINUE ON AND FOLLOW THE STATE GUIDELINES AND CONTINUE COMMITTED IS MONITORED BY THE STATE THAT MAKES IT EASIER FOR US TO KNOW WHAT THE LIMITS ARE AND TO KNOW WHERE THEY ARE AT.

>> OKAY.

LET ME DO THIS.

I HAVE A FIRST BITE FERMON, SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER LYNN DELIVERED US TO A ROLL CALL VOTE AND SEE WHERE WE STAND.

>> COUNCILMEMBER MILLER.

>> AYE.

>> COUNCIL MEMBER RAMOSE AMITH.

>> AYE.

>> COUNCILMEMBER ORTIZ.

>> NO.

>> MAYOR PRO TEM FERMON.

>> AYE.

>> MAYOR HOLMES.

>> AYE.

>> SO THAT WE STAY WITH THE STATE LIMIT.

>>ELAINE HOLMES: MOTION PASSES 4/1.

THE FTP STATE DEFAULT LIMIT.

GOOD CONVERSATION.

ALWAYS APPRECIATE THE DESIRE TO GRADE THAT LEVEL PLAYING FIELD.

OKAY.

NEXT ITEM.

[18.c. FY 2020/21 Budget Update and CDBG/CARES Act Options ]

THE FUN ONE.

THE WAY WE END OUR MEETING.

AND THAT IS 18 C.

AND I UNDERSTAND WE HAVE SEVERAL FOLKS, SEVERAL PUBLIC COMMENTS.

18 C IS A FISCAL YEAR 2020/2021 BUDGET UPDATE CDBG/CARES ACT DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE DIRECTION.

MR. SCOTT, CITY MANAGER.

>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

I WILL ADD THAT MR. ROCKWELL IS AVAILABLE, I BELIEVE ON ZOOM.

I KNOW HE ISN'T ZOOM.

HEAVEN KNOWS WE WILL PROBABLY NEED HIM.

I'M HAPPY TO FINALLY BE GIVEN YOU THIS UPDATE ON THE BUDGET.

IT HAS BEEN LONG PROMISED WE WOULD HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE COUNCIL TO TALK ABOUT BUDGET OPTIONS THAT APPLY TO THIS YEAR'S BUDGET ON THE FISCAL YEAR 2021 BUDGET.

YOU WILL RECALL WHEN WE ADOPTED THIS BACK IN JUNE THE WORLD HAD JUST GONE INTO THIS SLOW DOWN AND WE HAD NO IDEA WHERE REVENUES ARE GOING TO GO.

WE ASSUMED IT WOULD GO WORSE THAN THEY DID.

SATURDAY CITIES WE ARE LAYING OFF STAFF AND MAKING RATHER DEEP CUTS.

IT DIDN'T NEED TO DO THAT.

BUT WE WANTED TO DEFER UNTIL LATER DATE GOING DEEPER INTO WHAT KIND OPTIONS WE HAVE IN OUR BUDGET.

SO I'VE BEEN TRYING TO KEEP THE COUNCIL UP TO DATE ON WHAT IS GOING ON WITH REVENUES.

WE DID AN UPDATE AT THE LAST MEETING AND POINTED OUT SALES TAX HAS BEEN SURPRISINGLY STRONG.

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LARGELY DUE, WE SUPPOSE BECAUSE IT INTERNET SALES THERE IS SOME OF THE OTHER SALES HAVE BEEN QUITE GOOD.

CAR SALES HAVE STAYED RELATIVELY STRONG.

OUR BUDGET SITUATION TURNED OUT TO BE A LITTLE BIT BETTER THAN WE THOUGHT.

ON THE OTHER HAND, WE THOUGHT WE WOULD GO SO DEEP INTO THE HOLE WE THOUGHT WE WOULD HAVE TO DRAW OUT OF THE EMERGENCY RESERVE, WHICH IS CERTAINLY A LAST RESORT STEP TO DO.

IN ORDER TO BALANCE THE END OF YEAR OPERATING BUDGET.

WE ARE ASSUMING THE SAME THING THAT WE ARE DRAWING FROM OUR MEASURE X RECEIPTS THIS FISCAL YEAR.

MEANING WE ARE DEFERRING VERY IMPORTANT CAPITAL PROJECTS IN ORDER TO BALANCE THE BUDGET.

WHAT I HAVE DONE OVER THE MONTHS IS I HAVE COLLECTED I HAD HEARD FROM CITIZENS AND COUNCIL MEMBERS AND STAFF MEMBERS.

AND PROVIDED THE COUNCIL WITH A PUBLIC REPORT THAT ITEMIZED TWO PAGES WORTH OF ITEMS PEOPLE OF SUGGESTED AS POSSIBLE BUDGET ITEMS IF THEY HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO FUND SOMETHING ELSE.

I SHOULD SAY THE OPTION IS THAT WE GO DEEPER INTO THE HOLE.

IN OTHER WORDS DRAW FROM EMERGENCY RESERVES WERE OTHER RESERVES, I SHOULD SAY.

TO FUND ADDITIONAL PROGRAM OR POSITIONS OR PROJECTS.

OR WE REALLOCATE FROM WHAT IS ALREADY BUDGETED.

FOR ONE POCKET TO PUT IN THE OTHER.

INCREASE REVENUES AND I HAVEN'T HEARD A LOT OF ENTHUSIASM ABOUT FEES AND CHARGES YET.

SOMEDAY WE NEED TO LOOK AT THAT.

OR OTHER STEPS LIKE SELLING LAND OR WHATEVER THAT WOULD CREATE ONE-TIME REVENUE WE MIGHT ALLOCATE.

THOSE ARE THE KINDS OF OPTIONS THE CITY COUNCIL HAS.

MY SUGGESTION IS THIS YEAR IS HALF OVER WE ARE DOING RELATIVELY WELL.

WE THINK WE CAN GET OUT OF THE YEAR WITHOUT DRAWING FROM THE EMERGENCY RESERVE.

I WOULD SUGGEST I WOULD BE LOOKING AT THE BUDGET AGAIN IN FIVE MONTHS.

THAT ARE BEST BACK THE GENERAL FUND IS TO LET IT RIDE TO GET GOING THE WAY WE ARE GOING.

WITH ONLY TWO MONTHS WORTH OF SALES TAX RECEIPTS SO FAR IN THE FISCAL YEAR.

WE DON'T KNOW FOR A FACT WE WILL STAY UP.

BUT WE ARE CERTAINLY HELPFUL.

AND THEN IF WE DID WITH GOOD FORTUNE END OF THIS FISCAL YEAR EXTRA MONEY ON THE BOTTOM LINE MY SUGGESTION WOULD BE ALLOCATED TOWARD CAPITAL PROJECTS.

LIKE RETURNING MONEY TO THE MEASURE X POT FOR ALLOCATION TOWARD LOCAL STREETS IN THE PUBLIC SAFETY PROJECT AND OTHER IMPORTANT PROJECTS WE HAVE GOT WE DIFFERENT THIS YEAR.

SO THAT IS MY GENERAL RECOMMENDATION FOR THE GENERAL FUND.

I KNOW CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE TALKED ABOUT A COUPLE OF THINGS SEVERAL TIMES DURING THE LAST FEW MONTHS.

FOR INSTANCE, WE HAD OUR FIRST APPLICATION OF CARES ACT MONEY, WE HAD 1.1 1.1 $2 MILLION THAT WE HAD BEEN ALLOCATED.

BECAUSE IT HAD TO BE SPENT SO FAST, IT BECAME EXPEDIENT FOR MOST CITIES TO USE THE AUTOMATIC QUALIFICATION THAT POLICE EXPENSES WERE DEEMED TO BE.

AND WE ALLOCATED MUCH OF OUR 1.1 MILLION DOLLARS TOWARD REIMBURSEMENT FOR SOME OF THE POLICING COSTS.

SOME OF THEM, SOME OF WHAT WE GOT REIMBURSED FOR WAS DIFFERENT.

WAS A DIRECT OUT-OF-POCKET COVID RELATED COST AND A GOOD PART OF IT WAS THE POLICE COST.

WHEN HE DID THAT COUNCILMEMBER SAID WE ARE INTERESTED IN SOME OTHER THINGS LIKE FUNDING SOME OF THE YOUTH SERVING ORGANIZATIONS.

IN PARTICULAR SEE VCT WAS MENTIONED TO THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB WAS MENTIONED IN THE MAY BE OTHERS.

WE PROMISE 20 GET BACK INTO THE DISCUSSION OPTIONS WOULD PUT THAT BACK ON THE TABLE.

SO I COVERED THAT IN THE MEMO THAT I PROVIDED YOU.

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AND CERTAINLY YOU MAY WANT TO TALK ABOUT THAT TONIGHT.

THE IDEA BEING WE GOT REIMBURSEMENT WE HADN'T EXPECTED IN OUR GENERAL FUND AND MAYBE SOME OF THOSE FUNDS MIGHT BE ABLE TO BE USED FOR SOME OF THE YOUTH SERVING ORGANIZATIONS.

THAT'S JUST ONE EXAMPLE.

THE OTHER THING I COVERED IN THE REPORT WE ACTUALLY HAVE SOME MONEY THAT WE NOT ONLY CAN BUT NEED TO ALLOCATE.

AND THAT IS THE $577,000 WORTH OF CBG COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRAHAM MONEY THAT COMES TO US VIA THE CARES AT THAT WE ARE ALLOWED TO SPEND OVER THE NEXT THREE YEARS ON COVID RELATED ELIGIBLE EXPENSES.

THIS IS CBG MONEY, WHICH IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THAN THE LAST CARES ACT MONEY.

IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT QUALIFICATION.

BUT WE HAVE LONGER IN ORDER TO SPEND IT.

THE CITY COUNCIL HAS TALKED ABOUT THAT PRELIMINARILY.

IN THE COUNCIL ASKED US TO LOOK AT SUCH THINGS AS RENT ASSISTANCE.

AND IN PARTICULAR WE LOOKED AT THE OPPORTUNITY WITH LIFT TO RISE, THE GREAT NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION THAT SERVES THE VALLEY AND WAS INVOLVED WITH THE YMCA €" THE UNITED WAY OF THE DESERT.

IN A FIRST ALLOCATION OF FUNDS THAT WENT TOWARD RENTAL ASSISTANCE.

PAYMENTS TO LANDLORDS AND WAS VERY POPULAR AND VERY USEFUL.

WE UNFORTUNATELY END UP WITH WHAT IS NOW 320 PEOPLE ON THE WAITLIST.

OUR RESIDENTS WEREN'T AS ELIGIBLE FOR THAT MONEY FOR LOTS OF TECHNICAL REASON THAT THE COUNTY PUT ON THOSE FUNDS.

SO WE HAVE 320 PEOPLE ON THE WAITLIST.

LIFT TO RISE AS OFFERED REALLOCATE FUNDS OUT OF THE SPOT.

I'M SURE ANY POT.

TO THEIR ORGANIZATION TO ADMINISTER FOR INDIO RESIDENTS.

THE WAY THAT PROGRAM WORKS, IT IS $3500 PER HOUSEHOLD.

AS HE SAID, IT GOES TOWARD ABATEMENT OF RENTS THAT ARE DUE.

GOES DIRECTLY TO THE LANDLORD.

THAT IS ONE OPTION THE CITY HAS TO CONSIDER CERTAINLY A VERY GOOD OPTION THREADABLY THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF LIFT TO RISE IS IN OUR ZOOM WORLD TONIGHT IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS ON THAT.

SECONDLY, WE TALKED ABOUT SMALL BUSINESS OR BUSINESS SUPPORT GROUPS.

A LOT OF OUR NEIGHBORING CITIES HAVE BEEN ABLE TO DO THAT.

CITIES THAT HAVE RESERVE FUNDS THAT WERE STRONGER THAN OURS FOR LOTS OF REASONS THAT THEY HAVE REVENUE SOURCES AND WE DON'T.

THAT STARTED TO ADMINISTER, BUT IT IS A HIGH NEED.

AND WITH THE WAY THINGS ARE GOING IN DECEMBER, IT LOOKS LIKE IT MIGHT EVEN BE A HIGHER NEED.

SO TO THE EXTENT THE COUNCIL WANTS TO DISCUSS THOSE, WE WOULD ENCOURAGE THAT.

I'M NOT SURE HOW WE WOULD ADMINISTER THAT.

I WOULD BE THE TRICKY PART.

BUT WE CERTAINLY WILL DO THAT IF THE COUNCIL GIVES US THAT DIRECTION, WE WOULD BE HAPPY TO DO THAT.

OTHER OPTIONS WE LOOKED AT HIS PAYMENT OF ALL OR SOME PART OF THE WATER BILL THE LINK THE NAZIS FOR PEOPLE WHO HAVE NOT PAID.

I THINK IF YOU TAKE OUT THE COMMERCIAL ACCOUNTS, THERE'S A LITTLE LESS THAN 100 $100,000 OF OVERDUE WATER BILLS FROM RESIDENTS.

THAT CAN BE ABATED.

WE ALSO TALKED ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF PAYMENTS TO CONNECT TO WI-FI AT PEOPLES HOMES.

PEOPLE QUALIFIED FOR CBG FUNDING, INCOME LEVELS, THAT CAN BE DONE.

THAT WOULD BE ANOTHER OPTION.

BUYING ADDITIONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT IS ELIGIBLE, BUT RIGHT NOW WE STILL HAVE A SUPPLY OF WHAT WE BOUGHT FROM THE FIRST POT.

SO WE PROBABLY DON'T NEED TO DO THAT.

ANYWAY, THOSE ARE THE TWO AREAS YOU MAY WANT TO DISCUSS.

THE GENERAL FUND OVERALL AND WHETHER YOU WANT TO HOLD THE LINE WE WON ALLOCATE FUNDS DIFFERENTLY.

AND SECONDLY, THE CBG CARES ACT MONEY WE DO NEED TO GET DIRECTION ON THAT.

IS NOT A URGENCY EXCEPT FOR THE FACT WE DO NEED TO FILE THE APPLICATION WITH HUD AND GET THAT BALL ROLLING.

SO THE SOONER WE DECIDE HOW WE WANT TO SPEND IT, THE BETTER WE ARE.

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SO WITHOUT LONG ENTRY €" I SHOULD ALSO SAY THAT JESUS GOMEZ AND KEVIN SNYDER ARE AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS ON THE CBG CARES ACT MONEY.

I WILL STOP THERE AND TAKE ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE COUNCIL.

>>ELAINE HOLMES: THANK YOU CITY MANAGER.

SO IT SOUNDS LIKE WE HAVE TWO CONVERSATIONS.

ONE HAS TO DO WITH THE CARES ACT.

I THINK THERE IS SOME NEED TO ACT ON THIS.

AT LEAST IN MY OPINION.

PARTICULARLY WE ARE WORKING EITHER BUSINESS LOANS WERE LIFT TO RISE.

AND THINK THAT IS A HOUSING AND KEEPING PEOPLE IN HOMES IS A HUGE NEED IN OUR COMMUNITY.

AND THEN WE HAVE THE OTHER PIECE OF THAT, WHICH IS OUR CURRENT BUDGET.

WHICH SOUNDS LIKE THE GOOD NEWS IS WE ARE NOT DIGGING INTO RESERVES FOR THE BAD NEWS IS WE DON'T HAVE BUT FIVE EXTRA CENTS TO PUT ANYWHERE.

HAVE A KIND OF CAPTURE THAT?

>> YES.

>>ELAINE HOLMES: SO WHAT DO WE WANT TO ADDRESS FIRST? COUNCIL, DO WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE BUDGET FIRST? I KNOW SOME OF US TALKED ABOUT SOME FUNDING FOR SOME OF THE YOUTH PROGRAMS. IS THAT SOMETHING THAT IS EVEN DOABLE? WHO WOULD LIKE TO START THE CONVERSATION? YES OSCAR.

>>OSCAR ORTIZ : ABBOTT QUESTION BEFORE WE SPLIT UP INTO THE TWO CONVERSATIONS RITA WANTED TO SEE IF A FEW ITEMS ARE ELIGIBLE, THAT ARE IN OUR BUDGET DISCUSSION ON THE ELIGIBLE FOR CBG FUNDS.

>>ELAINE HOLMES: TERRIFIC.

PLEASE.

>>OSCAR ORTIZ : SO THOSE WOULD BE THE CBC T MONEY.

WITHOUT BE ABLE TO COME OUT OF THE CBG FUNDS? AND ALSO, THE EXTRA STAFF OR COMMUNICATIONS PROTECTED COMMUNICATIONS IS REALLY IMPORTANT AT THIS TIME WITH EVERYBODY LOOKING FOR RESOURCES LOOKING FOR HELP IN BUSINESS HELP.

WITH THAT ALSO BE ELIGIBLE FOR CBG FUNDS?

>>ELAINE HOLMES: YOU TOOK THE WORDS OUT OF MY MOUTH AND I WILL LET THE CITY MANAGER ANSWER THAT QUESTION.

>> AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE I AM NOT WRONG.

I'M GOING TO ASK KEVIN AND/OR JESUS TO WEIGH IN ON ELIGIBILITY.

>> THANK YOU.

I WILL TAKE AN INITIAL STEP IN IF MR. GOMEZ NEEDS TO CHIME IN AS WELL.

WITH THE MAIN CRITERIA RIGHT NOW FOR CBG CARES ACT FUNDING IS WE CAN TIE IT BACK TO DIRECT IMPACTS AND COVID.

UNTIL THE TWO PROGRAM IDEAS THAT COUNCILMEMBER ORTIZ MENTIONED, WOULD HAVE TO DEMONSTRATE SATISFACTION THE FUNDING FOR THE PROGRAMS COULD BE TIED DIRECTLY BACK TO IMPACTS FROM COVID.

SO WE WOULD HAVE TO DEVELOP THE DETAILS OF THE FUNDING AND BE ABLE TO DEMONSTRATED AS PART OF THE SUBMITTAL FOR APPROVAL TO HUD.

WE WOULD HAVE TO DEMONSTRATE THAT TO THEM.

THAT IS THE KEY DETERMINANT IN TERMS OF WHETHER OR NOT WE CAN FUND THE PROGRAMS. IS A COVID RELATED AND THEN SECONDARILY WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT TO THE BEST OF THE ABILITY POSSIBLE WE ARE SERVING THOSE COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT ARE TYPICALLY ELIGIBLE, WHICH IS A LOWER INCOME COMMUNITIES.

ALTHOUGH SUCH DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE TO FOLLOW THAT.

SPORT RIGHT.

COUNCILMEMBER ORTIZ IT CLARIFIES IT BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE THE PROCESS IS SO DARN LONG THE BY THE TIME WE FIGURE OUT WHAT THE REQUIREMENT IS, THE NEED IS NOW TO SUPPORT.

>> LET ME ADD ONE THING.

I THINK IT WILL BE DIFFICULT TO GET HUD TO APPROVE THE PHYSICIAN ON STAFF.

I THINK THEY WOULD POTENTIALLY APPROVE A COVID RELATED PROGRAM THAT WE HAD TO HIRE SOMEBODY TO DO.

POTENTIAL SOMETHING LIKE THAT COULD BE DOABLE.

BUT I DON'T THINK THEY WOULD DO A GENERIC POSITION.

>> THANK YOU FOR THE CLARIFICATION.

HUD IS NOT TYPICALLY SUPPORTIVE OF USING FUNDS TO SUPPORT OPERATIONAL NEEDS.

IF WE WERE HIRING AN INDIVIDUAL FIRM TO ADDRESS MARKETING FOR PROBLEMATIC NEEDS, THAT WOULD TYPICALLY BE ACCESSED ACCEPTABLE.

WARRIOR ASKING THEM TO PERFORM A SERVICE ON BEHALF OF THE CITY.

BUT OPERATIONAL NEEDS IS A STAFF POSITION OR NOT TYPICALLY SUPPORTED BY HUD PERIODICITY MANAGER IS CORRECT.

>> BEEN FINANCING FOR LOANS FOR BUSINESSES IS NOT A PROBLEM BECAUSE IT IS COVID RELATED BECAUSE ISSUES HAPPENING OR BECAUSE OF THE COVID LOCKDOWN AND EVERYTHING ELSE, THAT WOULD BE ELIGIBLE? WOULD TYPICALLY WHAT WE HAVEN'T SEEN AS THEY ARE MOSTLY GRANTS.

THEY ARE NOT LOANS WE HAVE A REPAYMENT PROCESS BUT THEY ARE GRANTS WITH THE COUNCIL WOULD DEEM APPROPRIATE.

>> THANK YOU.

>>ELAINE HOLMES: THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER MILLER.

ANY OTHER THOUGHTS?

>> I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.

ARE GOING INTO WITH TO RISE NOW?

>>ELAINE HOLMES: PLEASE DO GO AHEAD.

[02:35:02]

THAT'S PART OF THE BUCKET THERE.

>> I HAVE A QUESTION AS IT PERTAINS TO LISTEN TO RISE.

I WANT TO KNOW HOW MUCH FROM THE FIRST FUNDS WERE ALLOCATED TO LIFT TO RISE BUT I LIKE TO KNOW HOW MANY OF OUR RESIDENTS RECEIVED ASSISTANCE.

>> WE DIDN'T ALLOCATE FUNDS TO LIFT THE RISE.

.

THEY GOT MONEY THROUGH THE COUNTY THAT HAD IS THE FIRST PRIORITY THEY HAD TO SERVE THE AREAS OF THE COUNTY THAT WERE NOT RECIPIENTS OF THEIR OWN FUNDING.

>> I THINK THAT CAME LATER.

I THINK INITIALLY THEY WERE SERVING RESIDENTS AND THEY STATED THEY PUT ABOUT $1 MILLION AND TO RESIDENTS WITH THE FIRST COUNTY FUNDS THAT CAME OUT.

BUT LATER ON I THINK SOMETHING, I DON'T KNOW IF IT WAS A DIFFERENT FUNDING SOURCE OR SOMETHING.

BUT THEY SAID LATER I THINK MAYBE IT WAS A SECOND-ROUND.

>> THAT'S WHAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT.

I WAS JUST, I WAS GOING TO FINISH MY COMMENTS.

THEY DID SERVE RESIDENTS.

I THINK MR. ORTIZ MAY HAVE JUST IDENTIFIED WHY READ OR HOW.

AND IF WE WANTED TO GET NUMBERS, AND DO BELIEVE THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR IS ON THE CALL.

>> CITY MANAGER, I CAN ANSWER THAT IF SHE IS NOT AVAILABLE.

IN THE FIRST-ROUND OF FUNDING, WHICH WAS THROUGH THE COUNTY.

>> SHE IS AVAILABLE TO READ.

>> MY APOLOGIES WHICH IS IN THE ATTENDEES LIST SPOKE OF A QUESTION TOO ON THE LIFT ARISE.

WHY IS IT ONLY RENTERS AND NOT HOMEOWNERS?

>> THE PROGRAM WAS DEFINED THAT WAY.

I DON'T KNOW WHY IT WAS, BUT THEY SERVE RENTERS TO RELATE DON'T SERVE MORTGAGE PAYERS.

>> IS A PROGRAM DIRECTOR ON QUICK.

>> HE IS IN THE ATTENDEE LIST.

>> SHE IS IN.

>> GOOD EVENING.

>> GOOD EVENING.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US GREATLY AFFECTED QUESTIONS WITH RESPECT TO LIFT ARISE.

THE FUNDING MECHANISMS, WHAT WAS FUNDED EARLY ON RIGHT OUT OF THE GATE BUT I'M SURE YOU BEEN LISTENING.

PERHAPS YOU CAN ANSWER SOME OF THE QUESTIONS OUR COUNSEL HAS.

>> ABSOLUTELY.

I CAN ANSWER SOME OF THE QUESTIONS THAT HAVE COME UP IN TERMS OF THE INITIAL FUNDING SOURCE AND THE FUNDING SOURCE OF THE PROGRAM IS OPERATING UNDER NOW AND WHAT WE HAVE RESIDENTS ON OUR WAITLIST.

JUST OFFER CLARIFICATION, THE CITY MANAGER AND COUNCILMEMBER ORTIZ AND KEVIN SNYDER, THEY ALLUDED TO THIS.

BUT THE PROGRAM IS PRIMARILY FUNDED BY THE COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE THROUGH THIS PROGRAM WAS INITIALLY MADE POSSIBLE BY A LARGE ALLOCATION OF FUNDING FROM THE CARES ACT.

THIS WAS ALL COUNTY FUNDS APPEARED WITH THE INITIAL ALLOCATION WE ARE ABLE TO SUPPORT APPROXIMATELY 285 HOUSEHOLDS IN THE CITY OF INDIO RENTER HOUSEHOLDS FOR EACH OF THOSE ABOUT THREE THOUSAND 500 AND RENTAL ASSISTANCE.

THAT TOGETHER AMOUNTS TO JUST ABOUT A MILLION THAT WENT TOWARD THE CITY OF INDIO RESIDENTS.

WE CONSISTENTLY SEE THE CITY OF INDIO IS IN THE TOP FIVE CITIES WITH THE MOST APPLICANTS COULD WE'VE BEEN RUNNING THIS PROGRAM SINCE JUNE AND WOULD LIKE I'VE SHARED WITH JESUS ON STAFF AND KEVIN SNYDER, AND I THINK WE SHARE THIS INFORMATION COUNCILMEMBER ORTIZ.

AS NOVEMBER WE COMPLETELY EXPENDED OUR CARES ACT ALLOCATION FROM THE COUNTY.

IN THE COUNTY ALLOCATED THEIR FUNDING.

HOWEVER, AS PART OF THEIR REQUIREMENTS, THEY HAVE DIRECTED US TO PRIORITIZE THEIR COUNTY PROGRAM AREA.

AND BECAUSE THE CITY OF INDIO RECEIVES ITS OWN FUNDING, THE CITY OF INDIO IS ESSENTIALLY A NON-PRIORITIZED AREA.

THAT DOES NOT MEAN WE WILL CONSIDER CITY OF INDIO RESIDENTS, THAT JUST MEANS WE FIRST HAVE TO GET THROUGH THE NON-ENTITLEMENT COMMUNITIES IN THE COUNTY PROGRAM AREA BEFORE WE REVIEW CITY OF INDIO APPLICANTS WHO THAT IS WHAT WE HAVE RESIDENTS IN THE CITY OF INDIO ON THE WAITLIST CURRENTLY.

WE HAD 300 OR SO APPLICANTS IN THE CITY OF INDIO ON A WAITLIST.

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>> THANK YOU.

SPOKE OF ONE MORE QUESTION.

>>ELAINE HOLMES: PLEASE.

I HAVE ABOUT 10 OF THEM.

>> I'M GOING TO THROW SOMETHING OUT THERE FOR THE CITY MANAGER, SPOKE TO HIM ABOUT IT AS WELL.

I WAS LOOKING INTO A RING DOOR PROJECT THAT HAS BEEN UTILIZED THROUGHOUT THE NATION AS A SUPPRESSANT FOR CRIME.

ENDS IN OUR COMMUNITIES THERE HAS BEEN AN UPTICK IN CRIME DURING COVID.

AND I DON'T KNOW THE SPECIFICS AND PRICES FOR RING DOOR BELLS, BUT I BELIEVE INTERNET ACCESS HAS TO BE OBTAINABLE TO OPERATE RING DOOR BELLS.

BUT I KNOW THEY BEEN UTILIZED BY POLICE DEPARTMENTS THROUGHOUT OUR NATION TO SOLVE CRIMES IN SOME OF OUR OTHER IMPOVERISHED COMMUNITIES.

AND SO THAT IS SOMETHING I WOULD LIKE TO LOOK AT MYSELF.

THAT IS IT, THANK YOU.

>>ELAINE HOLMES: OKAY.

THANK YOU.

THAT'S INTERESTING.

I HAVE READ A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT.

AND SO NOW WE WILL ADD THE CONCEPT OF TRYING TO FIGHT CRIME, TRYING TO PROTECT THOSE OF THE LEAST AMONG US.

ANY OTHER THOUGHTS OR COMMENTS ON THE CBG CARES FUNDS QUICK.

>> I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHAT QUALIFICATIONS ARE FOR THE LIFT ARISE PROGRAM.

DID THEY HAVE TO APPROVE THEY WERE DENIED FOR UNEMPLOYMENT? WHAT PROOF DO THEY HAVE TO GIVE?

>> I AM STILL HERE.

HAPPY TO ANSWER THAT.

THERE ARE ESSENTIALLY THREE MAIN ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS THE PROGRAM OPERATES UNDER.

THE FIRST IS A HOUSEHOLD MUST HAVE EXPERIENCE SOME COVID-19 RELATED FINANCIAL IMPACT.

YOU CAN IMAGINE THAT FOR MANY OF OUR APPLICANTS, THAT'S A LOSS OF EMPLOYMENT, LOSS IN EARNINGS BECAUSE THEY HAVE OTHER HOURS REDUCED.

WHERE FOLKS HAVE HAD TO TAKE TIME OFF OF WORK TO CARE FOR THEIR SCHOOL-AGED CHILDREN.

ANY TYPE OF FINANCIAL IMPACT IS A COVID IN FACT.

YOU ALSO SEE CASES WHERE FOLKS ABOUT THIS OF QUARANTINE.

THAT ONE IS NOT TOO HARD OF AN ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENT FOR THE OTHER IS, AS YOU KNOW, RELATED TO THE CBG IS THE LOW INCOME REQUIREMENTS.

UNDER CBG AND OUR GUIDELINES IN THE COUNTY, WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE WE DOCUMENT THE HOUSEHOLD IS CONSIDERED LOW INCOME.

80 PERCENT OR BELOW THE AMI.

WE DON'T FIND THAT TO BE AN ISSUE BECAUSE MANY OF OUR HOUSEHOLDS ARE LOW INCOME.

I THINK WE KNOW GIVEN ABOUT THE POPULATION.

WE ARE FINDING TO BE DIFFICULT IS THE DOCUMENTATION PIECE.

BECAUSE FOLKS ABOUT INCONSISTENT EMPLOYMENT, IT'S HARD TO GET PAY STUBS FOR THE PROCESSING TIMELINE ADDS TO THE PROCESSING TIMELINE.

OTHER RELATED REQUIREMENTS THAT THE PAYMENT MUST GO TO THE LANDLORDS REALNESS WORK AS A LIAISON BETWEEN THE TENANT AND LANDLORD TO MAKE SURE THE TENANT IS STAY IN HOUSTON THAT THE PAYMENT IS GOING TO THE RIGHT LANDLORD AND THE LANDLORD IS CREDITING THAT AMOUNT MORE IMPORTANT THING TO NOTE IS THAT MANY OF OUR APPLICANTS ARE NOT ONLY BEHIND ON RENT, BUT THEY ARE ALSO IDENTIFYING AN INABILITY TO PAY NEXT MONTH'S RENT AND WE KNOW IN ORDER TO HAVE A STABILIZING IMPACT ON THESE FAMILIES WE HAVE TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE MORE THAN ONE MONTH, WHICH IS WHY WE DO THE 3500 PER HOUSEHOLD ALLOCATION.

>> IS THERE ANYWAY WE CAN GET ANY DATA FROM LIFT ARISE AS IT PERTAINS TO HOUSEHOLD EMPLOYMENT, THOSE KINDS OF THINGS? IT'S A HARD DISCUSSION HAVE WE HAVE A LOT OF BUSINESSES MAKE MODIFICATIONS TO THE BUSINESSES WE WANT TO SUPPORT OUR BUSINESSES AS WELL.

BUT WHEN WE HAVE 320 PEOPLE ON WAITLIST, THAT'S A LOT OF FOLKS.

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IS INFORMATION WE COULD GO TO A WEBSITE?

>> YES.

SHORT ANSWER IS YES.

WE KEEP TRACK, WE CONDUCT A DATA ANALYSIS COUNTYWIDE WE LOOK AT DATA BY CITY.

AND REUNITED WITH.ORG WEBSITE YOU WILL BE ABLE TO KEEP UP WITH THE RENTAL BUT EXCUSE ME, THE DATA REPORTS PRODUCED ON A MONTHLY BASIS.

THIS MONTH WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO DO AN ANALYSIS ON ALL FUNDS IN THE HOUSEHOLDS THAT HAVE GONE OUT.

IN THAT ANALYSIS I CAN FOLLOW UP WITH ALL OF YOU AND SEND IT TO THE CITY MANAGER.

YOU WILL FIND DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION.

WITH THE COMPOSITION OF THE HOUSEHOLD YOU WILL BE ABLE TO FIND KIND OF WHAT THE ACTUAL IMPACT HAS BEEN.

WHAT IS A COVID IMPACT, HAS THE IMPACT ON HOUSEHOLD INCOMES AND EARNINGS.

I THINK YOU'LL FIND THAT INFORMATION VERY USEFUL AS YOU CONSIDER THE USER CBG.

>>ELAINE HOLMES: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

AND MAYOR, I ECHO THE SAME THING.

I AM A SMALL BUSINESS PERSON.

I KNOW EXACTLY HOW FAR THIS IS.

AND THINK IF WE CAN GET SOME OF THE RESTAURANTS AND SMALL BUSINESSES A LITTLE BIT OF BOOST FROM A FEW DOLLARS AND MAYBE THEY CAN KEEP A COUPLE PART-TIME EMPLOYEES SO THEY CAN PAY THE RENT.

YOU KNOW? BUT THESE AREN'T A LOT OF DOLLARS.

TO MY NEXT QUESTION IS OUR WE DILUTING AND SHE WITH AND REALLY FOCUS ON KEEPING PEOPLE IN THEIR HOMES? I WILL MAKE SURE PEOPLE HAVE A ROOF OVER THEIR HEAD BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO MAKE THE SITUATION WORSE.

IS START A CYCLE THAT IS HARD TO GET OUT OF.

BY THE SAME TOKEN, I'M RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF SEEN SMALL BUSINESSES SHUT DOWN.

HOW HEARTBREAKING IS THAT?

>> LIFT ARISE REPRESENTATIVE MADE A POINT OF STATING THE INDIVIDUALS THAT HAVE BEEN HELPED SO FAR HAVE NOT NECESSARILY BEEN.

THAT IS NOT REALLY THE TARGET AUDIENCE WE ARE HOPING TO HELP.

AND AM NOT SURE THE ADDITIONAL 200 OR 300.

SHE STATED THAT NUMBER ONE HAVE TO HAVE A COVID RELATED QUALIFIER.

IF SOMEONE'S HOME STAYING WITH THEIR CHILDREN, THEY QUALIFY FOR NOT ONLY UNEMPLOYMENT BUT THE ADDITIONAL $300 A WEEK FROM THE GOVERNMENT.

EVEN IF THEY HAVE EXHAUSTED THEIR UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS IN THE PRIOR YEAR.

AND SO THAT IS WHY I ASK VERY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS.

I WILL MAKE SURE WE ARE FILLING THE GAP FOR OTHER PROGRAMS DON'T EXIST FOR THAT'S WHY I HAVE BEEN A PROPONENT OF BEING A CENTER OF RESOURCE FOR INDIVIDUALS TO MAKE SURE THEY MAXIMIZE ALL OPPORTUNITIES BE FEDERAL, STATE, REGIONAL OR LOCAL BEFORE WE START PROGRAMS. I DON'T SEE THE LIFT ARISE PROGRAM IS EXACTLY WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR A KNOT SURE THAT STUDENT DIRECTION WE SHOULD GO AND HAVE A ISSUE WITH THEM ONLY ASSISTING RENTERS AND HOMEOWNERS.

CBG AREAS, WE ONE HOPE THE HOMEOWNERS MAKE SURE THOSE AREAS DO NOT BECOME MORE BLIGHTED.

WE WANT TO PROTECT THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS.

AND THAT'S NOT RENTERS, THOSE ARE OWNERS WHO DO NOT EXACTLY SURE THE LIFT ARISE PROGRAM IS THE RIGHT PROGRAM WE ARE LOOKING FOR.

WAS FAR AS BUSINESSES, WOULD LOVE TO HELP BUSINESSES, BUT IT WILL HELP THEM GET OPEN AND STAY OPEN.

DROP IN THE BUCKET OF $5000 IS A BAND-AID FOR A MONTH OR TWO, BUT WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT LONG-TERM.

THE SUGGESTION I MADE LAST TIME WAS WILL TO GET OUR POSITIVITY RATE UP.

BUT DIDN'T MAKE IT ON THE LIST.

I THINK WE BE ARE BEING REACTIVE AND MANDATING SITUATIONS WITH VERY LITTLE MONEY WE NEED TO BE PROACTIVE IN MAXIMIZING THE MONEY WE HAVE TO MAKE THE MOST BENEFIT TO KEEP BUSINESS IS OPEN, TO KEEP PEOPLE EMPLOYED WRITTEN IF THEY HAVE THE STAY HOME, EITHER WORKING FROM HOME THAT THEY ARE ABLE TO ACCESS THE FUNDS AVAILABLE TO THEM THE FEDERAL, STATE OR REGIONAL PROGRAMS. SO THAT IS MY INPUT ON THE LIFT ARISE SITUATION IN THE BUSINESS CONSIDERATION.

BUT IF YOU ARE GOING TO CONSIDER GIVING SOME OF THE SCARCE FUNDING TO SOMEONE

[02:50:01]

FROM YOUTH PROGRAMS, WE NEED TO LOOK INSIDE OUR OWN HOUSE FIRST.

WE HAVE IT CENTER THAT HAS BEEN WOEFULLY UNDERFUNDED AND RIGHT NOW IS DOING MORE WITH LESS THAN EVER BEFORE CHINA PROGRAMS VIA ZOOM AND REMOTE ACCESS FOR THE YOUTH PARTICIPATING.

WE NEED TO FUND OUR OWN PROGRAMS BEFORE WE START LOOKING AT OTHER AGENCIES TO FUND OUTSIDE THE CITY OF INDIA.

IF YOU WANT TO SUBSIDIZE ACCESS TO INTERNET, BOTH AT&T AND SPECTRUM IN PROGRAMS FOR LOW-INCOME RESIDENTS.

IT IS FIVE TO $10 A MONTH FOR INTERNET.

THAT MIGHT BE GOOD IDEA.

I WAS SUPPORTIVE OF SUBSIDIZING THE IWA CONSUMER RESIDENTIAL WATER BILLS.

ONLY SINCE MARCH.

I THINK THE FIGURE MARK IS GIVING US MIGHT BE PRIOR TO MARCH! NO, IT IS SINCE MARCH.

>> OKAY.

>> I WOULD BE IN SUPPORT OF USING CARES ACT FUNDING OF THE INDIVIDUALS CATCH UP.

BUT THAT IS AGAIN A BAND-AID.

ARE GOING TO HELP THEM THE NEXT SIX MONTHS.

WHEN I CAN HAVE ADDITIONAL CARES FUNDING THROUGH A RATHER LOOK AT THE $900,000 POT OR WHATEVER IT IS AND THINK ABOUT WHAT IS THE BIGGEST IMPACT WE CAN MAKE INSTEAD HAVING THESE LITTLE VEINY CONVERSATIONS THAT TAKE US IN DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS AND DILUTE OUR FUNDING SO MUCH WE CAN'T HELP EVERYBODY WITH.

>> WE ARE NOT SUGGESTING TO SPEND A LITTLE BIT BUT ALL I'M DOING IS REPEATING BACK THE SUGGESTIONS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE TO US AND IT IS UP TO THE COUNCIL TO DECIDE HOW TO DO IT.

THINK WATERING IT DOWN IS A MISTAKE! I'M NOT SAYING YOU ARE RECOMMENDING IT, BUT THE CONVERSATION I AM HEARING IS LIFT ARISE, BUSINESSES, INTERNET.

THAT IS ALREADY A DELUSION FOR HIM BECAUSE THERE IS NOT THAT MUCH MONEY.

>> IT IS ONLY 755,000.

>> WOOD BUSINESS OWNERS ALSO BE ELIGIBLE FOR THE LIFT ARISE FUNDS TO PAY THEIR RENT? THE WHOLE RENT?

>> I'M ADVOCATING FOR OWNERS.

>> THERE IS ALSO, I BELIEVE AN ADMINISTRATIVE FEE ADDED ON TO LIFT ARISE, WHICH I UNDERSTAND THAT.

BUT TO BE HAVE OTHER MECHANISMS TO BE ABLE TO ALLOCATE ALL THE PENNIES WE POSSIBLY CAN? COUNCILMEMBER ORTIZ, DID YOU HAVE A COMMENT.

>>OSCAR ORTIZ : I AGREE WITH THE IWA THROUGH THAT WOULD BE THE PRIORITY BECAUSE THOSE FUNDS ARE GOING STRAIGHT TO THE CITY AND YOU AVOID THE ADMINISTRATION COSTS.

NOTHING THAT IS PRIORITY NUMBER ONE FOR ME.

BUT I THINK ON THE SECOND LEVEL I STILL THINK WITH THE RICE IS THE BEST OPTION WE HAVE.

AS FAR AS HAVING A PROGRAM SET IN PLACE ALREADY THAT WILL IMPACT 100 FAMILIES IS BIG, RIGHT QUICK STABILIZING 100 FAMILIES IS A BIG IMPACT.

SO EVEN WITH THE FUNDS THAT WE DO HAVE ON TOP OF THE IWA FUNDS, WE STILL HAVE $650,000 TO BE ABLE TO STABILIZE MOST 200 AND FAMILIES WHO THAT IS HUGE FOR OUR RESIDENTS.

>> AND SO IF I MAY STEP IN, I THINK IT IS HUGE AS WELL.

BUT IN THE PAST CBG FUNDS, AS COUNCILMEMBER RAMOSE AMITH MENTIONED, FOR NEIGHBORHOODS, FOR HOMEOWNERS AND NEIGHBORHOODS.

WE SPEND MONEY AND KEEP THEM IN THEIR HOMES, WE ARE KEEPING THEM IN THEIR HOMES FOR HOPEFULLY A LIFETIME OR TRYING TO.

COUNSEL?

>> WE HAVE THE LOOK OF THE AREAS WHERE THOSE AREAS QUALIFY AND HOW MANY PEOPLE WANT TO APPLY.

IT MAY NOT BE THE WHOLE POT THAT IS TAKEN TO RELATE AND DO AGREE WITH FUNDING IWA BECAUSE IT DOESN'T COME DIRECTLY BACK TO THE CITY.

BUT AT THE SAME TIME MANY TO KEEP REAL.

AND IT IS A BAND-AID.

WE DON'T KNOW WHAT OUR FUTURE HOLDS.

AND WE DO NEED TO STEP UP ON OUR COVID OUTREACH.

AND THINK THAT IS SOMETHING SERIOUS WE NEED TO DO TO OUT LOOK AT.

THE COUNTY HAS SOME SORT OF MOBILE TESTING THEY DO AS WELL.

BUT AS FAR AS, IT'S ONE THING TO SIT HERE AND SAY WE CAN SEND MONEY THERE AND SEND MONEY THERE, BUT THERE ARE FOLKS SITTING IN THE HOUSES RIGHT NOW NOT KNOWING WHERE THEY'RE GOING TO PAY THEIR NEXT MONTHS RENT.

[02:55:06]

SO THAT IS IMPORTANT.

WE DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH THAT WOULD BE.

BECAUSE NOT EVERYONE QUALIFIES.

AND DOESN'T HAVE TO BE IN THE RANGE.

>> I THINK WHAT WOULD BE HELPFUL RIGHT NOW IS TO JUST HAVE DIRECTION FROM THE COUNCIL.

NOW OR A MONTH FROM NOW.

BUT DIRECTION FROM THE COUNCIL AS TO WHAT IS THE PRIORITY OBJECTIVE.

AND I HAVE HEARD SOME EFFORTS OF DEFINING THAT.

AND THEN WE CAN TRY TO DEVELOP THE PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION THAT FITS THAT.

LIFT ARISE, WHETHER WE GO WITH THEM OR NOT, THEY ARE A TERRIFIC PROGRAM.

THEY HAVE DONE GREAT SERVICE.

WHETHER THAT FITS THE COUNCILS TARGET IS THE SUBJECT WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT.

WHAT IS NICE ABOUT THE PROGRAM IS IT EXISTS.

THE MECHANISM EXISTS.

DOING A BUSINESS GRANT PROGRAM, WE DON'T HAVE A MECHANISM.

SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT OVERHEAD, WHO HAVE TO DO THAT.

INTO THE CITY CAN EAT THE OVERHEAD COST.

BUT NONETHELESS, WE WILL HAVE TO DEVELOP THAT IN ORDER TO IMPLEMENT A PROGRAM LIKE THAT.

SO IF THE COUNCIL CAN GIVE US AN IDEA WHAT YOUR OBJECTIVE IS TO SERVE, WE WILL TRY TO COME UP WITH SOMETHING TAILORED TO THAT OBJECTIVE.

>> MARK? JUST FOR YOUR INFORMATION, IN MINISTERING MOST OF THE CITY GRANT PROGRAMS. THEY ALREADY HAVE THE MECHANISM.

SO YOU WOULDN'T HAVE TO ADMINISTER IT.

>> IMPACT IS WHAT?

>> IT IS A NONPROFIT THAT ADMINISTERS PROGRAMS FOR CITIES.

>> ARE THEY DOING THE COACHELLA VALLEY PROGRAMS?

>> YEAH, AND COOPER SIDE COUNTY.

>> BECAUSE I KNOW SOME OF THE CITIES ARE DOING THEIR OWN.

WE WOULD BE HAPPY TO RESEARCH ALL OF THAT.

IF THE COUNCIL IS INTERESTED IN HAVING NOT THE ONE, THE ONE OR TWO THINGS YOU WANT TO SPEND THE 755 ON, WILL TAKE THE TIME TO TRY TO DEVELOP PROGRAM.

IT'S HARD TO DEVELOP FIVE PROGRAMS AT ONCE NOT KNOWING WHERE THE COUNCIL WANTS TO GO.

>> IF WE MAKE THE WATER AUTHORITY A PRIORITY, THAT TAKES 100,000 AWAY.

>> THAT IS CORRECT.

>> 655.

>> I THINK MOST OF US AGREE THE WATER AUTHORITY IS A PRIORITY.

ANYTHING ABOUT SMALL BUSINESS AND SMALL BUSINESS LOANS, THERE ARE SO MANY PLACES YOU CAN GET LOANS AND GRANTS.

SUPERHARD BUT THEY ARE OUT THERE BUT AS BDC IS OUT THERE, SVA IS OUT THERE.

MECHANISM TO THE PEOPLE RENTING OR THE MORTGAGE HOLDERS AND OUR COMMUNITY HAVE.

>> DO THE BANKS AND PROGRAMS? I THOUGHT I HEARD THE BANKS OF PROGRAMS FROM MORTGAGE HOLDERS AS WELL.

>> THEY MOVE IT TO THE END OF YOUR LOAN.

>> THEY DO IT DEFERRAL TO THE END.

>> DID WE DO PUBLIC COMMENTS ON THIS ALREADY? BUT WE ARE NOT THERE YET.

>>ELAINE HOLMES: AND IS ON MY LIST.

AND WE HAVE SEVERAL SPEAKERS HERE TO REGISTER THE WANTED SOME THOUGHTS FROM THE COUNCIL.

>> AND THE COUNCIL CONSENSUS IS MOVING IN A DIRECTION THEY WANT TO DO THE THREE, WHICH IS WATER AUTHORITY, SOME TYPE OF HOME ASSISTANCE.

I DON'T WANT TO CALL IT RENTAL ASSISTANCE BECAUSE I DON'T AGREE WITH THAT.

IN SOME TYPE OF BUSINESS ASSISTANCE, INJECT 100,000 OF THE 750 AND SPLIT THE 750 INTO AND THAT GIVES YOU HOW MUCH YOU CAN GIVE TO THE STATE HOME PROGRAM INTO THE BUSINESS PROGRAM.

I THINK THAT TURNS OUT TO BE $10,000 PER BUSINESS GIVEN ON HOW MANY BUSINESSES WE HAVE IN THE CITY.

AND $3500 PER HOUSEHOLD FOR THE FIRST 100 PEOPLE.

>> THAT'S INTERESTING.

>> I HAVEN'T SAID ANYTHING YET.

I'VE BEEN LISTENING TO YOU GO BACK AND FORTH.

>>ELAINE HOLMES: JUMP RIGHT IN.

>> NO MATTER WHAT HAPPENS IT'S GOING TO GET A BAND-AID FORGET THIS IS GOING TO LAST LONG PAST WHAT WE ARE DOING FOR THE GOVERNOR WILL SHUT US DOWN TOMORROW, IF NOT THE NEXT THING 4 AT LEAST A MONTH.

WHICH WILL KILL OFF OUR BUSINESSES AND TAKE ANY UNESSENTIAL BUSINESS WORKERS OUT OF THE WORKFORCE ANYWAYS.

A LOT OF OUR BUSINESSES TAKE THE CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY INTO THE SEASON IS WHERE THEY MAKE THEIR MONEY, ESPECIALLY SOME OF THE OTHER ONES.

AND WE HAVE DONE VERY WELL RECENTLY WITH OUR TAXES BECAUSE OUR DISTANCES HAVE CONTINUED TO FUND OUR CARS AND OTHER STUFF OR PEOPLE.

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THERE IS FUNDING OUT THERE WERE PEOPLE WOULDN'T BE BUYING AS MANY CARS WE WOULD NOT HAVE AS MUCH SALES TAX.

BUT NO MATTER WHAT HAPPENS, YOU WILL HAVE A BAND-AID BECAUSE THEY WILL NOT PUT ENOUGH MONEY INTO IT.

I STILL BELIEVE WE NEED TO PUT MONEY TOWARD IWA.

I AGREE WITH EVERYBODY ON THAT.

TALKED ABOUT STARTING TO LEAN HOMEOWNERS FOR NOT PAYING THEIR BILLS TO READ AND WE DISCUSSED THAT TOO.

BUT I'M SAYING HOMEOWNERS.

KEVIN CAN CORRECT ME.

I DON'T BELIEVE MORTGAGES ARE ELIGIBLE, RIGHT? IT IS JUST RENTERS FOR ASSISTANCE.

CAN YOU GIVE IT TO MORTGAGES? WHAT COUNCILMEMBER, I BELIEVE THE ANSWER IS NO.

>> I WAS THE UNDER THE IMPRESSION IT IS NO GOOD WE ARE TALKING ABOUT HELPING RENTERS, NOT HOMEOWNERS.

WHICH LIMITS THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE.

AND USUALLY RENTERS ARE PEOPLE THAT ARE EITHER LOWER INCOME OR DECIDED NOT TO BUY A HOUSE OR ARE LOOKING TO BUY A HOUSE OR HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO FIND ONE YET.

SO YOU THROW OUT A WHOLE LARGE GROUP OF PEOPLE THAT CAN NOW HAVE THINGS PUSHED AGAINST THEM.

AND SO WE HAVE GOT TO DO SOMETHING IN TERMS OF BUSINESS IS TO KEEP THEM OPEN, THE IWA.

BUT WHEN YOU START TALKING ASSISTANCE, SHOULD IT BE FOR UTILITIES OR DO YOU WANT TO DO 50 OR 75 PEOPLE? AND WHO DO YOU PICK? SAME WITH THE BUSINESSES.

BUT WITH 322 PEOPLE TO ASK FOR ASSISTANCE, IF 160 QUALIFIED, WHICH ONCE THE FIRST 80.

AND WE ARE HELPING THEM, BUT AT THE SAME TIME WE CREATE ANOTHER ISSUE WE GIVE THEM $35 WHERE THEY MIGHT NOT EVEN PERMIT THEY'RE LOOKING AT HAVING PROBLEMS FUTURE.

>>ELAINE HOLMES: BUT WE COULD CREATE THAT CRITERIA.

AM CURIOUS AS TO WHY CDG, WHEN WE USE THOSE FUNDS TO HELP NEIGHBORHOODS, WHY WE COULDN'T USE THEM TO ASSIST THOSE WITH MORTGAGE.

BUT ONE OF THE CRITERIA SHOULD BE THOSE THAT ARE IN A REAR.

AT THE MORTGAGE LEVEL YOU CAN'T APPLY FOR THAT ASSISTANCE UNLESS YOU ARE X NUMBER OF MONTHS AND THAT IS GOT TO BE A CRITERIA.

IF THE STATE IS GOING TO BE ALL BUT SHUT DOWN FOR NONESSENTIAL WORKERS, THESE PEOPLE WORK AT THE END OF THE DAY WHAT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING? A ROOF OVER THEIR HEAD.

>> TRUE.

BUT EVENTUALLY WE HAD THE BUSINESSES FOR THEM OPEN TO COME BACK TO A JOB AND IF WE DON'T WE HAVE TO DO THAT.

IS A FINE LINE BETWEEN WHAT WE DO.

THE REVENUE THAT WILL COME AND WILL COME IN FROM BUSINESSES.

AND THAT IS WHERE PEOPLE GET THEIR INCOME.

WE HAVE TO KEEP THEM OPEN.

AND I UNDERSTAND THERE ARE OTHER LOANS AVAILABLE FOR THE GOVERNOR GAVE $500 MILLION TO PROGRAMS TO HELP SMALL BUSINESSES.

BUT IT NEVER SEEMS TO GET IN DEAL.

PPP IS A WHOLE DIFFERENT ONE BECAUSE THOSE PEOPLE BASICALLY PUT THEIR FUNDING IN THE REDEMPTIVE AND SMALL BUSINESS LOAN.

COULD HAVE TO PAY IT BACK, COULD NOT HAVE TO PAY IT BACK.

BUT ON THE COUNTIES GIVING SO MANY AWAY, I THINK WE NEED TO PUT MONEY TOWARD OUR BUSINESSES, TAKE A PORTION OF IT TO RENT AND THEN THE IWA.

BUT EITHER WAY IT IS A BAND-AID.

WILL ONLY HELP A SMALL PERCENTAGE OF PEOPLE.

BECAUSE THERE IS NOT JUST NOT THAT MONEY.

750,000 IN A CITY OF 100,000 PEOPLE IS SEVEN DOLLARS PER PERSON.

>> BUT NOT EVERYONE NEEDS ASSISTANCE.

I THINK I WOULD LIKE TO GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT.

>> I JUST WANT TO ADD ONE MORE THING.

WE ARE TALKING $3500 A HOUSEHOLD, CORRECT? AND THE AVERAGE MONTHLY MEDIAN FOR RENT IS 1800.

1200? 1200.

I'M SORRY.

I THINK THAT IS SOMETHING WE COULD TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION.

MAYBE TWO MONTHS.

>> CUT IT DOWN TO 1800 OR HALF.

>> SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

PUBLIC COMMENT, I'M FINE WITH THAT.

>>ELAINE HOLMES: LET'S GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT.

THESE PEOPLE ARE WAITING AND I'M INTERESTED IN HEARING THEIR THOUGHTS.

>> WE WILL START WITH KAREN.

SHE IS ON THE PHONE SPEAKING GREAT.

WELCOME.

>> KAREN?

>> YES.

>> GO AHEAD.

>> HI EVERYONE.

THIS IS KAREN AGAIN.

I THINK IT IS VERY SIMPLE TO DO AN EQUATION HERE.

THE CITY HAS ALREADY SHARED KERS ACT FUNDING WITH THE COUNTY TO HELP KEEP PEOPLE IN THEIR HOMES.

IT WOULD BE A VERY GOOD SECOND STEP TO ALSO HAVE INLAND COUNTIES WORK TO HELP FILL THE GAP OR THE NEED OF ANY FAMILY WE ARE NOT ABLE TO WORK WITH INLAND COUNTIES

[03:05:06]

FOR WHATEVER REASON.

THE LANDLORD ISSUES, THE JOB LOSS ISSUES.

IT WOULD REALLY BEHOOVE THE MONEY THAT YOU WILL HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU THAT YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR TO CONTINUE THE INVESTMENT YOU ALREADY MADE FOR RENTERS WITHIN THE COUNTY TO GO ONE STEP FORWARD.

AS ONE OF THE DIRECTORS, WE PROVIDED $600,000 FOR THE RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM AND WE SAW A LOT OF BENEFITS ACROSS THE COACHELLA VALLEY.

WAS ABLE TO ATTEND THE POP UP IN THE CITY OF VENUE A COUPLE WEEKS AGO AND THEY SAW OVER 100 PEOPLE IN ONE DAY ASKING FOR ASSISTANCE.

THE NEED IS THERE.

IF WE CAN STABILIZE A COUPLE HUNDRED FAMILIES, IT'S A COUPLE HUNDRED FAMILIES THAT CAN KEEP THEIR HOMES, I CANNOT GO TO WORK SICK WITH COVID, THAT CAN PAY ATTENTION AND KEEP AN EYE ON THEIR STUDENTS.

AND THINK AN INVESTMENT WE ALREADY MADE WITH INLAND COUNTIES, REALLY THE SECOND STEP IS PRETTY CLEAR TO CONTINUE MAKING AN INVESTMENT BETWEEN INLAND COUNTIES, IWA.

I ALSO THINK THE INTERNET ASSISTANCE IS LIMITED.

I KNOW HERE IN MY HOUSE THE COST TO INTERNET IS $70 A MONTH.

SO IF WE COULD HELP WITH EVEN HALF OF THAT IT WOULD MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN A LOT OF PEOPLES HOMES DURING THESE TIMES.

THAT'S IT.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

>>ELAINE HOLMES: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

GOOD THOUGHTS.

I APPRECIATE.

OKAY.

NEXT QUICK.

>> NEXT WE HAVE ROSALINA.

SHE IS ON ZOOM ROSALINA, YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK.

>> I THINK SHE IS MUTATED.

>>ELAINE HOLMES: JOSIE ROJO RAISED HER HAND.

>> OKAY.

LET'S GO WITH JOSIE.

>> HELLO.

CAN YOU HEAR ME?

>> YES.

>>.

[SPANISH] >>OSCAR ORTIZ : WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO TRANSLATE THAT.

>>ELAINE HOLMES: PLEASE.

>>OSCAR ORTIZ : SHE IS PART OF RUSSIA FAMILY DAY CARE AND SHE'S BEEN OPERATING TAKE EVERY 20 YEARS NOW AND THAT BECAUSE OF THE PANDEMIC THINGS HAVE GOTTEN MORE DIFFICULT IN THEIR CHILDCARE PRACTICES NAME GOTTEN A LOT MORE EXPENSIVE BECAUSE OF THE PRECAUTIONS THEY HAVE TO TAKE WITH ALL THE CHILDREN THEY ARE PROBABLY TAKING CARELESS CHILDREN, SHE DIDN'T SAY THAT BUT I'M ASSUMING THEY CAN ONLY HAVE A CERTAIN NUMBER IN THE DAY CARE PROGRAMS AND THE NEED FOR PPE IS ALSO AN ISSUE.

SHE SAID THEY REQUESTED, THEY ARE ASKING FOR FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR BUSINESSES LIKE THERE'S AND THEY HAVE REQUESTED PPE FOR THE CITY AND ALL THEY GOT WAS TWO BOXES OF CLOTHES AND SHE SAID THAT DOESN'T LAST VERY LONG AND THEY NEED MORE ASSISTANT THAN WHAT THEY HAVE GOTTEN SO FAR.

>> CAN WE TELL HER WE HAVE LOTS MORE PPE AND IF WE HAVE HER PHONE NUMBER WE WILL CALL HER TOMORROW AND TELL HER HOW TO GET IT.

WE ACTUALLY HAVE PPE.

[03:10:01]

I'M NOT SURE SHE IS UNDERSTANDING WHAT I AM SAYING.

>> I UNDERSTAND AND I STAY ON THE LINE.

>> WE HAVE LOTS OF MASKS AND GLOVES.

WE HAVE QUITE A STORAGE OF MASKS WE CAN PROVIDE.

[SPANISH] >> I HAVE SOME COMMENTS BEFORE YOU MOVE ON TO THE LADY WHO JUST TRIED TO TALK NOW.

>> I REALLY JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE JOSIE HAS A WAY TO CONNECT WITH US.

>> WE HAVE HER CONTACT INFO.

I WANTED TO MENTION I AM WORKING WITH ALL THE CHILDCARE PROVIDERS CALLING IN THROUGH THEY WERE INVITED TO APPLY FOR THE $5000 GRANT AND THEY WERE INVITED TO APPLY FOR THE $10,000 GRANT WITH RIVERSIDE COUNTY.

SO THEY MAY WANT ADDITIONAL ASSISTANCE, BUT AS I MENTIONED BEFORE WE NEED TO BE THE CENTER OF RESOURCE TO EVERYONE AND MAKE SURE EVERYONE IS AWARE ABOUT THE GRANT OPPORTUNITY RIGHT NOW THERE'S NO OPEN GRANT OPPORTUNITIES BUT I EXPECT MORE IN JANUARY AND I SHARE THOSE ON FACEBOOK AND I SHARE THOSE WITH CITY HALL SO THEY CAN BE PLACED ON THE WEBSITE.

>>ELAINE HOLMES: THANK YOU FOR THE EXCELLENT.

OUTSTANDING.

>> WE CAN GO WITH ROSALINA BUT I BELIEVE SHE WAS THE NEXT SPEAKER.

>>ELAINE HOLMES: TERRIFIC.

[SPANISH] >>ELAINE HOLMES: WHO WOULD LIKE TO TRANSLATE THAT FOR US? SPEAKER SIMILAR COMMENTS TO THE PREVIOUS ONE PREVIOUS 22 YEARS AND CHILDCARE LICENSE TO HAVE 14 KIDS IN THEIR CHILDCARE AND SHE SAID THE SITUATION HAS BEEN A LOT MORE STRESSFUL TRYING TO KEEP UP WITH THE STATE REQUIREMENTS AND A LOT OF EXTRA CLEANING THAT GOES ON DAY TODAY THROUGH THE CHILDREN ARE THERE ALL DAY.

THE SCHOOL CHILDREN ARE THERE NO.

SO SHE HAS SEVEN KIDS THAT ARE SUPPOSED TO BE IN SCHOOL.

AND SO THEY HAVE A LOT MORE WORK TO TAKE CARE OF BECAUSE OF THOSE NEEDS THROUGH THE CHILDREN DON'T GO TO SCHOOL ANYMORE AND THEY ARE THERE ALL DAY AND THAT THE COOK MEALS FOR THE KIDS ALL DAY AND SHE'S SENDING IT FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE BECAUSE THEY NEED TO PROVIDE FOOD FOR ALL THE KIDS AND PROVIDE ALL THIS CLEANING AND THE SCHOOL HELP WHO THEY ARE ASKING FOR FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE BECAUSE THEIR BUSINESS HAS GOTTEN A LOT MORE DIFFICULT AND EXPENSES WITH THE COVID IMPACT.

>>ELAINE HOLMES: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

>> NEXT SPEAKER WE HAVE THIS JOSIE.

>> GOOD AFTERNOON.

CAN I REPEAT EXACTLY THE SAME THING WITH MY FRIENDS DID.

FOR 39 YEARS AND IT HAS BEEN REALLY HARD THIS YEAR AND WE HAD KIDS FROM SCHOOL AND WE HAVE TO GET HELP FOR PEOPLE TO HELP US GET IN THE LINE AND EXTRA HELP TO CLEAN UP.

AND SO YES, WE APPRECIATE PEOPLE GIVE US THE FIRST FIVE.

[03:15:01]

BUT WE NEED MONEY, FINANCIAL AID BECAUSE IT IS REALLY HARD RIGHT NOW.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

>>ELAINE HOLMES: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

>> NEXT SPEAKER IS ROSOFF.

OKAY.

LET'S GO WITH €" WILL SHE UNMUTE LET'S GO WITH RUBY.

>> CAN YOU HEAR ME?

>> CAN YOU SPEAK A LITTLE BIT LOUDER, PLEASE?

>> CAN YOU HEAR ME BETTER NOW?

>> THANK YOU.

>> I EVERYBODY.

ON THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT MANAGER WITH LIVE TO RISE.

ADDING ON TO WHAT MY CALLING MENTIONED EARLIER, I WANT TO NOTE THAT APPLICANTS CAN BE BOTH BEHIND, EITHER BEHIND AND UNABLE TO PAY FUTURE RENT PER THAT'S A QUESTION WE DO ASK IN OBLIGATION WHEN FOLKS APPLY.

THESE ARE FOLKS THAT ARE PASSED RENT AND ARE UNABLE TO PAY FUTURE RENT.

THE AVERAGE COST OF RENT IN THE COACHELLA VALLEY IS 1525.

I WANTED TO POINT THAT OUT.

IS A RESIDENT OF INDIO AND SOMEONE WHO WORKS DIRECTLY WITH RESIDENTS EVERY DAY, I UNDERSTAND THE NEED IS IN FACT REFILL ASSISTANT FAMILIES.

AS YOU ARE AWARE, THE PANDEMIC IS IN FACT MANY RESIDENT AS WE HAVE HEARD TODAY.

THESE ARE FOLKS THAT WORK IN THE SERVICE SECTOR, PEOPLE OF COLOR IN A MOST HONORABLE COMMUNITY WHEN IS ENOUGH ACCESS TO FEDERAL ASSISTANCE OR STATE ASSISTANCE AND THOSE ASSISTANCE.

MANY PRESIDENTS HAVE EXPRESSED THEIR SINCERE NEED FOR THE RESOURCE ENSURE THEY ARE SCARED OF LOSING THEIR HOME.

RESIDENTS HAVE SHARED THEIR TESTIMONIES WITH US ABOUT HAVING TO BORROW MONEY FROM FAMILY MEMBERS, LENDERS OR MOVE IN WITH ANOTHER FAMILY MEMBER TO KEEP A ROOF OVER THEIR HEADS.

IN ADDITION TO THAT, THEY MENTION STORIES ABOUT SELLING THEIR CARS, HAVING TO CHOOSE BETWEEN GETTING THE KIDS CAMPERS AND GETTING MORE FOOD FOR THEIR KIDS.

I DO WANT TO MENTION THAT BECAUSE THERE IS AN URGENCY KNOWING BUYING HIGHEST HOUSING COST IS RENT I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE.

AS MY COLLEAGUE MENTIONED, THE CITY OF INDIO IS RANKED NUMBER FIVE IN THE MOST ELIGIBLE APPLICANTS WILL RECEIVE FROM THE UNITED LIFT RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM WHICH COVERS ALL RIVERSIDE COUNTY.

AND ALL THE CITY OF INDIO HAS TAKEN MEASURES TO PREVENT INFECTIONS BY PROVIDING LEGAL AID.

I BELIEVE THE CITY SHOULD TO PREVENT RESIDENTS FROM BEING EVICTED.

THANK YOU.

>>ELAINE HOLMES: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

>> OKAY.

I DO HAVE.

[NAME] ON THE PHONE.

[SPANISH] >> THANK YOU.

OKAY, OSCAR, YOU ARE IN.

>>OSCAR ORTIZ : SHE IS SAYING SHE IS A LONG-TERM RESIDENT.

SHE IS ASKING FOR US TO USE CDBG FUNDS TO SUPPORT RENTAL ASSISTANCE FOR INDIO RESIDENTS.

SHE'S A SINGLE MOTHER WHO WORKS IN A HOTEL AND HER HOURS HAVE BEEN CUT TO 15 HOURS EVERY TWO WEEKS AND SHE IS SAYING THAT FEW HOURS SHE ASKED TO DECIDE BETWEEN PAYING THE RENT AND BUYING HER FOOD AND SUPPLIES.

SO SHE HAS BEEN BUYING FOOD TO SUSTAIN HERSELF AND SHE NEEDS RENTAL ASSISTANCE AND SHE IS SAYING RENTAL ASSISTANCE IS VERY IMPORTANT FOR OUR RESIDENTS AND TO PLEASE CONTINUE HELPING OUR RESIDENTS BY PROVIDING RENTAL ASSISTANCE WITH OUR CDBG FUNDS.

>>ELAINE HOLMES: OKAY.

THANK YOU.

ARE THERE ADDITIONAL COLORS? WHAT YES.

NEXT WILL BE FINESSE APPROPRIATE VANESSA.

>> MY NAME IS VANESSA AND I AM A RESIDENT OF INDIO AND MY COMMENT IS REGARDING THE ALLOCATION OF CDBG FUNDS.

I WOULD BE BENEFICIAL TO ALLOCATE THE FUNDING AS SOME OF YOU HAVE SAID TO PROVIDE

[03:21:37]

RESIDENTS WITH DIRECT FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE IN THE FORM OF UTILITY ASSISTANCE AND/OR RENTAL AND MORTGAGE ASSISTANCE AS HAS BEEN DISCUSSED.

WITH AROUND $100,000 IN PAST DUE RESIDENTIAL WATER BILLS, THE CITY COULD DIRECTLY APPLY THE AMOUNT TOWARD ALL THOSE ACCOUNTS WITH SIGNIFICANT LEFTOVER FUNDING TO PUT TOWARD OTHER FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE SERVICES.

IN ADDITION TO THE 100,000 AND PAST DUE AMOUNTS, THERE WAS A NOTE INTO NIGHTS AGENDA FROM THE INTERIM CITY MANAGER THAT POSED THE QUESTION OF HOW TO MOVE TOWARD EQUITABLE SOLUTIONS FOR THE RESIDENTS WHO HAVE BEEN AFFECTED BY COVID-19 BUT ARE NOT PAST DUE ON THEIR ACCOUNTANT.

THE AUTHORITY DOES HAVE A PARTNERSHIP WITH THE UNITED WAY OF THE DESERT WITH THE HELP THE OTHER WATER ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS RESIDENTS CAN APPLY FOR A CREDIT ON THEIR WATER BILL EVERY YEAR IF THEY QUALIFY BASED ON INCOME THROUGH THESE PROGRAM PARAMETERS ARE NOT NEARLY BROAD ENOUGH TO SIGNIFICANTLY OFFSET THE FINANCIAL BURDEN AND SOME HOUSEHOLDS EXPOSED TO THE COVID-19, BUT THE CREDITS COULD ASSIST THOSE IN NEED OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE BUT ARE NOT DELINQUENT AND MAY NOT €" WOULDN'T BE IN THE $100,000 IN THOSE ACCOUNTS.

IF YOU DO DECIDE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH ALLOCATING FUNDING TOWARD WATER BILLS AND OTHER UTILITIES, PLEASE BE MINDFUL OF ALL UTILITY COMPANIES THAT SERVICE INDIO.

FOR EXAMPLE, A PORTION INDIO RESIDENTS RECEIVED THE WATER SERVICE THROUGH COACHELLA VALLEY WATER DISTRICT.

I DON'T BELIEVE THOSE RESIDENTS SHOULD BE EXCLUDED FROM WHAT OTHER ASSISTANCE BECOMES AVAILABLE.

I KNOW IT HAS BEEN SAID THE CITY HAS A FEW YEARS TO SPEND THIS MONEY, BUT IF FUNDS ARE GONNA BE USED FOR FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS, I WOULD ASK IN DETERMINING WHAT TO DO WITH THE FUNDS SHOULD BE AN URGENT PRIORITY AND A DECISION SHOULD BE MADE IN A TIMELY MANNER.

I WOULD ALSO ASK IF THE STATE IS IN EXTEND THE UTILITY SHUT OFF AND RUN A MORATORIUM, IT WAS A COUNSEL PLEASE DO EVERYTHING IN YOUR POWER TO NOT ALLOW RESIDENTS TO EXPERIENCE EVICTIONS.

THINKING.

>>ELAINE HOLMES: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

>> I DO HAVE ONE MORE PERSON THAT I HAVE BEEN ASKED TO UNMUTE.

THERE SHE IS.

ROSOFF?

[SPANISH] >>ELAINE HOLMES: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

CAN WE HAVE A TRANSLATION, PLEASE.

[03:26:09]

>>OSCAR ORTIZ : JUST A SECOND.

SHE IS ALSO A CHILDCARE PROVIDER.

SHE SAID THE FIRST THREE MONTHS THE PANDEMIC SHE ONLY HAD THREE KIDS IN HER CHILDCARE.

SHE IS LICENSED FOR 14.

AND INITIALLY THE RC OT PROVIDED PPE, BUT IS A LOT MORE PROBLEMS THAN JUST THE PPE.

SHE SAY NOW SHE HAS FIVE OR SIX SCHOOL KIDS AND SHE ASKED TO PAY OUT OF HER OWN POCKET FOR ASSISTANT FOR THE SCHOOL KIDS.

SHE HAS TO PAY FOR AN ASSISTANT THAT HELPS THE SCHOOL KIDS TO RESUME CLASSES AND ALL OF THAT.

AND SHE IS PAYING OUT OF POCKET FOR THE EXTRA DISINFECTING AND CLEANING NEEDED TO COMPLY WITH ALL THE REGULATIONS FROM THE STATE.

AND SHE WONDERS IF WE REALIZE WHAT HAPPENED TO ALL THE SCHOOL KIDS NOT IN SCHOOL ANYMORE.

SHE'S IN THE AREA AND ONLY CHILD CARES AND A LOT OF CHILDCARE IS GETTING A LOT OF COMPLICATIONS BECAUSE OF THAT NO GOOD AND SHE MENTIONED ASSISTANCE FOR THE FIVE KIDS OUT OF SCHOOL IS COMING OUT OF HER OWN POCKET AND THE ONLY REASON SHE IS NOT GIVEN UP ON BUSINESSES IS BECAUSE OF THE KIDS HOOD EVEN THOUGH IT'S CAUSING HER FINANCIAL PROBLEMS, SHE KNOWS THE KIDS NEED HER THERE.

AND SHE SAYS THANK YOU TO ALL OUR CITY OFFICIALS FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AND THANK YOU FOR GIVING HER TO SHARE HER CONCERNS WITH US.

>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

WE HAVE ANYONE ELSE ON THE LINE?

>> I HAVE NO MORE COMMENTS.

>>ELAINE HOLMES: OKAY.

LET ME TRY TO MOVE THIS IN SOME DIRECTION.

WE ALSO DEGREE IWA AND EXTENDING THAT BEYOND IWA IS SOMETHING WE CAN DO.

AND THINK WE NEED SOME DIRECTION WITH RESPECT TO SMALL BUSINESS AND MAYBE WE SPLIT IT.

UNFORTUNATELY IS DOLLARS CAN'T BE USED FOR PEOPLE LIVING IN A HOME PAYING THEIR MORTGAGE.

THAT'S MIND-BOGGLING.

BUT NONETHELESS, WITH CERTAIN CRITERIA LIFT RISES AN INCREDIBLE ORGANIZATION.

WHAT WITH THE COUNCIL LIKE TO DO? AND BEFORE YOU ANSWER THAT, COUNCILMEMBER RAMOSE AMITH TALKED ABOUT RAISING THE POSITIVITY RATE AND SHE REMINDED US OF THAT AGAIN.

AND I THINK IT IS RELATIVELY NOT A HUGE THING TO ASK STAFF ARE ONE OF US, WHO HAS A CONTACT WITH THE COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE SET AS A MOBILE UNIT THAT WE CAN WORK WITH PREACHER, THERE'S A COST.

BUT IT CAN'T BE THAT MUCH AND PROBABLY END UP EATING MY WORDS, BUT WE AT LEAST NEED TO LOOK INTO THAT.

>> WE ARE.

THEY VERY READILY WILL GO PLACES THEY ARE CALLED UPON TO GO.

AND WE ARE PROMOTING THAT.

THEY ARE GETTING READY TO GET THE PROGRAM UP.

DENNIS DAY, OUR COUNTY EOC REP IS DOING A GREAT JOB WITH THAT COORDINATION.

FOR VERY HAS BEEN PROMOTING THE FREE TESTING AVAILABILITY.

[03:30:01]

YOU'VE NOTICED IS A LOT OF COVERAGE THAT THEY ADMITTED CONTRACT WITH THE COMPANY, ALWAYS FORGET WHAT THE NAME OF THE COMPANY IS.

BUT IS STARTING TO DO THE TESTING.

THE COUNTY WILL BE PAYING THEM TO DO THE TESTING ON DIFFERENT SITES.

THAT SAME COMPANY WILL BE TAKING OVER THE FAIRGROUND SITE AND DOING THE TESTING THERE, WHICH IS FREE.

AND VERY EASY FOR PEOPLE TO SIGN UP AND GO IN THE NEWS.

WE HAVE BEEN PROMOTING IT QUITE HEAVILY AND WILL CONTINUE TO KEEP PROMOTING IT.

I WILL HAVE TO WORK WITH DENNIS TO FIND OUT HOW MUCH MORE WE CAN DO TO GET THE MOBILE UNIT TO DIFFERENT LOCATIONS, BUT WE DID IT HERE AT CITY HALL WE HAD ALMOST 120 EMPLOYEES SHOW UP IN ONE DAY.

>> I THINK THAT IS GREAT CONSIDERING THE NUMBER IS 44 PERCENT.

IF YOU COULD PROVIDE US WITH THE INFORMATION TO COME UP WITH A PLAN, I THINK THE COUNCILMEMBER.

I APPRECIATE THE WORK YOU'VE DONE SO FOR PRODUCTION FROM PRETESTING ANYWHERE YOU WENT TO THE FAIRGROUNDS AND GOT A $25 BILL.

>> IT IS A PIECE OF CAKE.

EXCEPT YOU HAVE TO, YOU CAN DO IT OVER THE PHONE.

BUT THEY WILL TAKE THE INFORMATION AND GET YOU IN THERE.

IT TOOK ME 10 MINUTES TO SIGN UP AND 50 MINUTES TO GOING TO BE TESTED.

I'VE DONE IT TWICE.

>>ELAINE HOLMES: LIKEWISE AND I GOT A BILL.

>> EXCUSE ME, I DO HAVE ONE PERSON ON THE LIST WITH THE SAME NAME AS ROSALINA.

HER NAME IS ROSA.

>>ELAINE HOLMES: OKAY.

>> GOOD EVENING.

SO I CANNOT KNOW IT HAS BEEN A LONG MEETING.

I THINK WE GOT CONFUSED BECAUSE MY NUMB MOTHERS NAME IS ROSALINA AND I'M ROSA.

ANYWAY, HELLO.

MY NAME IS ROSA AND MY MOTHER SPOKE EARLIER THIS EVENING.

WAS GOING TO GIVE YOU GUYS THIS LONG SPEECH, BUT I THINK YOU GUYS GOT THAT IDEA ABOUT SOME OF THE FAMILY CHILDCARE PROVIDERS ARE GOING THROUGH.

AND YES, COUNCILMEMBER RAMOSE AMITH, WE HAVE AS A COMMUNITY AND A NETWORK THAT WE ARE TRYING TO ORGANIZE HERE WITH THE COACHELLA VALLEY.

WE HAVE APPLIED TO A LOT OF THESE PROGRAMS, BUT UNFORTUNATELY THERE OVERSUBSCRIBED TO THE MINUTE THEY ARE AVAILABLE, THAT MONEY IS GONE.

JUST LIKE MR. GLENN MILLER SAID, IT IS A BAND-AID.

AND THE REALITY IS CHILDCARE PROVIDERS HAVE BEEN STEPPING UP TO SERVE SOME OF THESE ESSENTIAL INFRASTRUCTURE WORKERS.

HONORABLE POPULATIONS AND THEIR CHILDREN DURING THIS CRITICAL TIME.

SO I THINK THE CITY OF INDIO NEEDS TO SUPPORT CHILDREN AND FAMILIES AS BEING RESIDENTS IN THE CITY OF INDIO FOR A LONG TIME.

AND WE VOTED FOR YOU GUYS.

SUITE 1 TO CONTINUE TO SUPPORT EVERYBODY HERE IN THE COUNCIL, BUT I DO WANT TO MAKE IT CLEAR THAT A LOT OF THESE PROTOCOLS HAVE BEEN VERY EXPENSIVE FOR THE SMALL BUSINESSES.

AND YES, THIS IS A CHOSEN PROFESSION WE'VE CHOSEN, BUT IT THE SAME TIME IT HAS BEEN EXTREMELY STRESSFUL TRYING TO LIVE UP TO THESE PROTOCOLS AND NOT ALWAYS HAVING THE SUPPLIES IN THE MATERIALS WE NEED IN ORDER TO STAY SAFE AND IN ORDER TO STAY HEALTHY.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS REALIZE THIS, BUT A LOT OF THESE CHILDCARE PROVIDERS, EVERYBODY, IT'S IN THEIR HOME.

YOU ARE INVITING ALL OF THESE FAMILIES TO COME INTO YOUR HOME AND POSSIBLY EXPOSE YOU TO AN OUTBREAK.

AND SO WE ARE ASKING FOR THESE FUNDS.

AND KNOW YOU GUYS HAVE SAID IT MIGHT TAKE THREE YEARS FOR YOU GUYS TO THINK ABOUT HOW YOU WILL SPEND IT, BUT THE REALITY IS A LOT OF THESE BUSINESSES, ESPECIALLY AS THE SMALL BUSINESS COMMUNITY, DO NEED THIS MONEY NOW.

WE ARE WORKING WITH THE COACHELLA VALLEY SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CENTER.

A LOT OF US HAVE ALREADY WRITTEN BUSINESS PLAN AND HAVE OUR BUDGETS READY PERIODS OF ANYTHING THAT COMES OUR WAY AS FAR AS THE FLAGSTAR OR DASH CAMERA WHAT IS CALLED FOR THE $5000 GRANT, WE APPLY GOOD A LOT OF PROVIDERS APPLY FOR THE COUNTY ONE, BUT IN THE DISTRICT FOR WAS GONE IMMEDIATELY.

IS A LOT OF FUNDING, GET IT.

WE DO HAVE TO LOOK FOR IT.

BUT WE WERE 10 OR 12 HOUR DAYS BECAUSE WE HAVE TO DISINFECT OUR PLACES OF WORK AND WE HAVE TO FOLLOW THE DISTANCING PROTOCOLS.

SO ANYWAY, WANT TO THANK YOU FOR LISTENING.

[03:35:02]

AND YOU LISTEN TO A LOT OF OTHER CHOKER WRITERS AND I WILL NOT BORE YOU WITH AGONIZING DETAILS.

BUT I DO WANT TO REMIND YOU THAT WE ARE HERE IN OUR CITY WE DO WANT TO SHOW YOU GUYS ARE SUPPORTING CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICE PANDEMIC.

IS NOT GOING AWAY ANYTIME SOON.

MAYBE THE NEXT TWO MONTHS WILL BE A VACCINE SO A LOT OF THESE THINGS GO AWAY, CHILDREN WILL GO BACK TO SCHOOL.

BUT THE NEXT TWO MONTHS ARE VERY CRITICAL RIGHT NOW FOR US.

>>ELAINE HOLMES: THANK YOU.

AND IT WILL NOT TAKE US, I PROMISE YOU, THREE YEARS.

WE HAVE A COUNSEL THAT IS TRYING TO MAKE A GUT WRENCHING DECISION TO SUPPORT AS MANY AS POSSIBLE.

SO TO THAT END, GIVEN WE HAVE IS A CONSENSUS THAT WE NEED TO USE A PORTION OF IT FOR THE WATER BILLS, THE DELINQUENT WATER BILLS.

HOW DO WE WANT TO CARVE UP THE REMAINING AMOUNT.

ASSUMING BETWEEN MENTAL ASSISTANT AND BUSINESS LOANS?

>> HOW MANY BUSINESSES DO WE HAVE? IS IT 2200 QUICK.

>> IT IS IN THAT BALLPARK SPOKE APPROXIMATELY 2000.

>>LUPE RAMOSE AMITH : IF IT IS $1000 A BUSINESS, IS 22,000 €" 220,000.

>> NOT EVERY BUSINESS IS IN NEED OF MONEY.

I LOOK AT SOME OF THE BUSINESSES IN INDIO THAT ARE THRIVING.

>> 50 PERCENT OF THEM ARE.

1100 OF THEM THAT IS 110,000 AND $2000 IS 220,000 OR $3000 IT'S 330,000.

>> DO WE HAVE A NUMBER FOR HOW MANY CHILDCARE SERVICES WE HAVE IN THE CITY OF INDIO?

>> IS ABOUT 25.

>> THERE ARE QUITE A FEW.

>> CHILDCARE SERVICES FALLS UNDER BUSINESS AS WELL.

>> WE CAN'T DO SPECIFICALLY PICK ONE INDUSTRY OUT.

>> I AGREE THERE ARE MULTIPLE SERVICES.

I THINK THE COUNCILMEMBER MAKES A GOOD POINT.

NEED TO GET MORE INFORMATION OUT.

AND LISTEN TO HIM ABOUT FOOD, THERE'S ANYBODY AS LONG AS YOU HAVE A NAME AND TOLD HIM WE LIVE.

90 MINUTE YOUR ADDRESS AND GET A BOX OF FOOD AT 20 DIFFERENT LOCATION.

AND IS 25 POUNDS OF PRODUCE, 25 POUNDS OF PROTEIN, MILK, DOG FOOD, WHATEVER.

THEY WILL DO THAT FOR THE NEWSLETTER TOLD DIFFERENT PLACES IF YOU WANT TO DRIVE.

FOOD IS AVAILABLE, WE WOULD JUST NEED TO GET OUT TO IT.

BUT ON THE SEVEN AND 55,000, I THINK WE NEED TO SPEND 100,000 BUT I DON'T KNOW IF WE CAN GET INTO THE CWD BECAUSE WE ARE GETTING IN WITH EVERYTHING ELSE.

WE HAD TO TAKE A LARGER GROUP, WHICH WE KNOW IS IWA WHICH WE KNOW HIM BACK FUNDS.

I WOULD SAY $200,000 TO LIFT A RISE IN THE AND BE $2000 FOR 100 FAMILIES.

TAKE THE AND SPLIT IT A LITTLE BIT MORE PROTECTING 3500 THIS EXTREME CONSIDERING THESE PEOPLE NEED TO PUT SOMETHING TOWARD THE RENT THEMSELVES.

THERE HAS TO BE SOME KIND OF BY IN FOR THEM TO.

THAT WOULD HELP WITH THE MORTGAGE.

AND REALLY BELIEVE WE NEED TO BEFORE HUNDRED AND 50,000 EXCUSE ME, 425,000 AND SMALL BUSINESS LOANS FOR DIFFERENT BUSINESSES.

AND IF WE DON'T USE IT WE CAN USE OF OTHER STUFF.

AND I THINK ABOUT 30,000 FROM THERE SHOULD GO TO INFORMATION FOR US TO BE ABLE TO HELP OTHER BUSINESSES AND OTHER GROUPS GET CONNECTED BUT I THINK THE INFORMATION FROM THE OTHER STUFF.

WILL GO OUT WITH CBG BECAUSE I WANT TO FINISH THIS.

I THINK WE NEED TO PUT $75,000 TO CVD STUDY BECAUSE I BELIEVE THAT A STOP IN.

I THINK WE NEED TO PUT 25,000 FOR THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB.

IT SHOULD BE GENERAL FUND MONEY OR RESERVES.

I DON'T AND WE WILL DIP INTO IT.

22,000 FOR THE TEEN CENTER.

BECAUSE IT IS ALL DIFFERENT AUDIENCES.

THEY ALL HEADED DIFFERENT GROUPS.

THE TEEN CENTER IS FOR TEENS.

WE NEED TO DO THAT.

AND IF WE CAN'T FIND $175,000 AND A BUDGET OF 70 SOME MILLION DOLLARS, WE NEED TO TAKE IT FROM OUR RESERVES BUT IF WE WILL GOT THE KIDS AND SOON AS WE NEED TO COME UP WITH PROGRAMS THAT DO IT.

THE BRUNT OF GOOD PROGRAMS GOING INTO INVEST IN THEM.

THE COUNCILMEMBER MAKES A GOOD POINT.

WE NEED TO PUT MONEY IN OUR TEENS AND BUT THEY ARE NOT OPEN SO IT WOULD USING CLASSES AND STEPPER THAT IS 25,000 GOOD AND IF IT PREVAILS OR DOES WE WILL WE CAN PUT MORE MONEY INTO IT.

SO THAT IS MY TAKE ON IT.

BUT I REALLY DO BELIEVE WE NEED TO START FUNNELING PEOPLE TOWARD IID, THE PROGRAM THEY HAVE REBATES AND GIVING FUND.

IF YOU GIVE SOME THEY GET SOME.

FINE FOOD BANK.

THIS OTHER STUFF THAT WE NEED TO GET THEM INFORMATION.

THAT IS MY TWO CENTS! I JUST WANT TO INTERJECT THE TEEN CENTER HAS BEEN OPEN.

IT HAS BEEN HAVING SOON PROGRAMS THEY CAN USE ADDITIONAL FUNDING.

I DON'T RECALL WHATEVER THE ICT IS CALLED.

I DON'T RECALL THEM PROPOSING ANY PROGRAMS.

>> THAT IS THE WHOLE DAMON BIKE IS GROUP.

[03:40:03]

THEY ARE GETTING CALLS FROM HIGH SCHOOL COUNSELORS BECAUSE OF THE MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES, ISSUES WITH ISOLATION AND WHATNOT.

>> BUT THOSE SERVICES ARE FREE.

BUT WE HAVE TO SUBSIDIZE IT?

>> THAT'S THE CAUSE BECAUSE THAT'S A PROCESS THEY HAVE BEEN IN AND THE ROLE THEY HAVE BEEN IN TO ASSIST KIDS AND AT RISK OF A DEVELOPED KIDS.

THAT IS FINE.

HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE THIS? DIVIDED UP.

>>LUPE RAMOSE AMITH : ARE YOU ASKING ME?

>>ELAINE HOLMES: YES, MA'AM.

>>LUPE RAMOSE AMITH : BUSINESSES NEED TO STAY OPEN.

IF YOU'RE GOING TO ONLY ALLOCATE A COUPLE HUNDRED THOUSAND TO THEM, THAT'S ONLY 75 BUSINESSES OUT OF 2200.

I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU DO THAT.

I'M STILL NOT SUPPORTIVE OF LIFT DEVICE BECAUSE I DON'T THINK IT IS INCLUSIVE AND I DON'T THINK THEY RESTRICTION ENOUGH TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE DO NOT HAVE OTHER REVENUES AND ARE TRULY IN A HARDSHIP SITUATION.

THE ONLY THING I AGREE WITH RIGHT NOW IS IWA.

I DON'T AGREE WITH TAKING ANY MONEY OUT OF A GENERAL FUND FOR ANYTHING.

>>ELAINE HOLMES: OKAY.

THANK YOU.

COUNCILMEMBER ORTIZ?

>>OSCAR ORTIZ : A QUICK QUESTION FOR MR. MILLER.

IF WE WERE TO ALLOCATE 425 DO SMALL BUSINESSES, HOW DO YOU SEE THAT BEING DISTRIBUTED?

>> I WOULD SAY DEPENDING ON THE SIZE AND AMOUNT OF PEOPLE.

THERE IS A PROGRAM, AND LOOKED AT LA QUINTA AND I CAN'T GIVE YOU ALL THE DETAILS, BUT IT WAS VERY DETAILED IN THE WAY IT WAS STRUCTURED AND HOW IT CAME UP WITH 5000, 2000 AND $15,000 AND DEPEND ON THE AMOUNT OF EMPLOYEES THEY HAD IN THE AMOUNT OF BUSINESSES THEY HAD.

BUT IF YOU LOOK AT LA QUINTA AND I THINK THE CITY MANAGER POSSIBLY LOOK AT IT AND IT WAS A MODEL PROGRAM A LOT OF THE OTHER CITIES HAVE DUPLICATED.

SMALL CITIES THROUGHOUT SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA AND WOULD LIKE THE DAY CARE CENTER, IF THEY HAVE SEVEN PEOPLE MORE THAN LIKELY WOULD FALL UNDER THE $5000 MARK.

BUT LIKE I SAID, THE PROGRAM WOULD HAVE TO BE VETTED OUT.

>> THEY WOULD HAVE TO BE CRITERIA.

BUT WE DON'T HAVE TO REINVENT THE WHEEL.

>> I DON'T THINK SUPERMARKET NEEDS ANYTHING.

>>ELAINE HOLMES: NUMBER WOULD GO AHEAD, COMES MEMBER ORTIZ.

I WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU FINISH YOUR THOUGHT.

>>OSCAR ORTIZ : IS ANY PRIORITIZATION BETWEEN INDUSTRIES? OR WHOEVER APPLIES.

>>ELAINE HOLMES: IS NOT JUST TWO OF HER EMPLOYEES AND WE NEED TO SAY WE WANT TO CONSIDER SPENDING X NUMBER OF DOLLARS OF BUSINESSES AND STAFF NEEDS TO BRING BACK THE CRITERIA THAT OTHER CITIES HAVE YOU SO WE CAN MASSAGE THAT CRITERIA TO ENSURE WE GET THE RIGHT.

BE ALLOCATE THE FUNDS CORRECTLY OR AS BEST AS WE POSSIBLY CAN.

>>OSCAR ORTIZ : I WOULD APPRECIATE IT IF YOU GIVE A SUBJECTIVE LANGUAGE AND LET US COME BACK WITH THE DEFINITION AND HOW IT CAN BE IMPLEMENTED.

BECAUSE THERE ARE A LOT OF QUESTIONS WE HAVE TO GET ANSWERED.

>>OSCAR ORTIZ : IN THE 30,000 FOR INFORMATION YOU'RE SAYING TO DO OUTREACH, THAT WOULD BE APPLICABLE TO CBG BECAUSE IT IS OUTREACH FOR COVID RELATED LOSSES?

>> LEADING PEOPLE TO THE OTHER THING.

THE RENTAL ASSISTANCE IN THE SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION.

HELPING THEM GET THOSE THINGS AND HELPING THEM THROUGH.

THIS MONEY OUT THERE.

THAT IS WHAT COUNTS MEMBER IS RIGHT.

THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT FUNDING OUT THERE IF THEY MISSED ONE SO THEY STOPPED.

BUT THERE ARE SO MANY DIFFERENT GRANTS OUT THERE AVAILABLE.

BUT IT DOESN'T MEAN THEY WILL ALL GET THEM.

IS THE DIFFICULT PART.

WE THINK THE COUNTY IS GIVEN $25,000 AWAY TO BUSINESS.

IT'S A VERY SMALL AMOUNT OF BUSINESSES.

SOME FALL THROUGH THE CRACKS.

>>OSCAR ORTIZ : WHAT IS THE METHOD OF USING THOSE? I'M GOING TO CONTRACT IT OUT TO SOMEBODY OR DO THAT WITHIN THE CITY STAFF? BUT THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING WOULD HAVE TO DETERMINE.

WE HAVE USED THAT OUTSIDE FOR THE HOUSING WE USE THAT AGENCY.

THERE PEOPLE OUT THERE WHO WILL HELP US GET TO THE INFORMATION.

>>ELAINE HOLMES: I GUESS AND THAT IS SOMETHING WE WANT TO CONSIDER DOING THESE ARE UNDER CONSIDERATION, BUT I WANT TO DO IS SAY OKAY, STAFF PLEASE PROVIDE US THE INFORMATION ON CRITERIA FOR THE HOUSING FOR THE SMALL BUSINESS FOR THIS KIND OF THING.

SO THEY HAVE EXPERTISE WE DON'T HAVE AND THEY CAN PRESENT AND THEN WE CAN NARROW THINGS DOWN A LITTLE BIT.

>> I WANT TO AGREE WITH THE PROPOSAL TO USE 100,000 FOR IWA.

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LIFT DEVICE FOR 25,000 FOR THE SMALL BUSINESSES AND 30,000 PER HOUR EACH, INFORMATION OUTREACH.

AND OUT OF THE GENERAL FUND USED 75,000 EUROS 75,000 FOR THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB AND 25,000 FOR THE TEEN CENTER.

>>ELAINE HOLMES: OKAY.

GOT IT.

COUNCILMEMBER, I'M SO SORRY, MAYOR PRO TEM.

>>WAYMOND FERMON: THAT'S OKAY.

I CALLED YOU MAYOR MILLER.

THAT IS A GET BACK.

[LAUGHTER] >>WAYMOND FERMON: I WANT TO BE CLEAR AND CONCISE BECAUSE I AGREE WITH IWA.

I THINK WE NEED TO PROVIDE RENTAL ASSISTANCE BUT I DON'T KNOW $3500.

WE SHOULD BE PROVIDING.

I THINK WE CAN LOOK AT 2500 SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

WE COULD CRUNCH NUMBERS AND GET DOWN.

AND I DO SUPPORT THE SMALL BUSINESS GRANT FOOD I'M NOT A NUMBER CONTROVERTED WORKING NUMBERS WORKING DIFFERENT THINGS.

BUT EVEN IF WE HELP 200 FAMILIES, THAT IS 200 FAMILIES GETTING ASSISTANCE AND I THINK THAT IS BIG.

IF YOU LOOK AT $2500 PER HOUSEHOLD, HOW MUCH CAN WE REACH VERSUS 3500.

WITH THE AVERAGE MEDIAN BEING $2500.

AND YES, IT IS A BAND-AID.

BUT IT IS PROVIDING COMFORT FOR A PERIOD OF TIME FOR FOLKS IN NEED.

SO I DO SUPPORT COUNCILMEMBER MILLER'S METRICS ON HOW YOU WORK THAT OUT.

I THINK WE REALLY HAVE TO LOOK AND SEE WHAT SERVICES ARE BEING PROVIDED AND OTHER FACILITIES, OR TEEN CENTER BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB, ARE THE OPEN.

IS A GOVERNOR GOING TO SHUT THEM DOWN.

THIS IS SOMETHING WE HAVE TO LOOK AT.

I SUPPORT ALL THEM AND I WILL SUPPORT GIVING THEM FUNDING.

BUT IF THEY ARE GOING TO BE SHUT DOWN, BUT SOMETHING WE HAVE TO LOOK AT.

>>ELAINE HOLMES: THANK YOU.

I JUST HAD A THOUGHT AND IT ESCAPES WHAT CAN I SAY ONE MORE THING IF I COULD? AND IN THE COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAM, I KNOW THEY HAVE ABOUT $70,000 WITH THE FUNDING FOR WATER BILLS WE CAN TAP INTO.

WE NEED TO TALK TO SCOTT ABOUT THAT.

I APOLOGIZE FOR NOT BRINGING THIS UP EARLIER.

THERE IS A LOT OF OUR RESIDENTS THAT HAVE UNFORTUNATELY PERISHED FROM COVID-19.

WE ARE OF THE ALMOST 100.

THEY ALSO HAVE PROBLEMS. AND I DON'T KNOW THAT IS SOMETHING €" I KNOW A COUPLE OF THE OTHER CITIES PUT SOME MONEY TOWARD HELPING FAMILIES WITH THEIR FAMILY MEMBERS.

IT'S ALSO SOMETHING YOU MIGHT WANT TO THINK OF CONSIDERING.

YOU ARE READY LOST A LOVED ONE AND NOT BE ABLE TO HELP IT.

THERE IS THE PROGRAM FOR THE UNFORGETTABLE THAT HELP FOR YOUTH AND KIDS, BUT DOES IT HELP FOR ADULTS AND PARENTS.

WE CAN PROBABLY PARTNER WITH FOREST LAWN OR A COUPLE OF OTHER ONES OUT HERE AND LOOK AT MAYBE SOME KIND OF SUPPORT WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO GIVE THOSE FAMILIES.

THAT WOULD BE A CONSIDERATION.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT FUNDING WOULD BE LIKE, BUT I CAN'T IMAGINE LOSING A LOVED ONE AND NOT BEING ABLE TO BURY THEM AT THE SAME TIME.

>>ELAINE HOLMES: OKAY.

I'M GOING TO GO BACK TO SAYING I'M GOING TO PLAY THE LOTTERY AND HOPEFULLY I WILL WIN THIS WON'T BE AN ISSUE BUT WOULD GO RIGHT AHEAD.

>> I HAVE SOME MORE INFORMATION.

THE COUNTY DOES HAVE FOUR MOBILE UNITS FOR TESTING.

BUT BEING INDIO HAS A MAIN TESTING SITE, THAT'S THE DIFFICULT ISSUE.

BUT I WILL BE IN CONTACT TOMORROW WITH THE SUPERVISORS OFFICE REGARDING THE MOBILE UNITS.

>> I JUST GOT AN EMAIL THAT SAYS DENNIS AND BROOKE VERY ARE ACTIVELY IN DISCUSSIONS WITH THE COUNTY ABOUT SELECTING SITES FOR THE NEXT MOBILE UNIT STAGING.

IT'S COMING.

>>ELAINE HOLMES: LET ME TRY TO GIVE A LITTLE BIT OF DIRECTION HERE.

WE ALL WANT TO HELP.

IT'S A NO-BRAINER.

WE ALL WANT HELP THE MAJORITY OF US WITH SMALL BUSINESS AND LIFT DEVICE.

HOWEVER, WHEN YOU STOP TO HELP US UNDERSTAND THE CRITERIA TO ENSURE THAT WHEN WE FUND EITHER A SMALL BUSINESS PROGRAM WILL PROVIDE RENTAL ASSISTANCE, THERE'S SOME CRITERIA THAT GOES AROUND THAT ENSURE THE PEOPLE GETTING THE MONEY ARE THE NEEDIEST.

WE KEEP USING THE WORD BAND-AID.

GOING TO SPEAK TO YOU AS A SMALL BUSINESS PERSON.

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I WILL TAKE A BAND-AID.

A BAND-AID GIVES YOU ONE MONTH, TWO MONTHS WITH A RENT.

I WAS LUCKY.

I OWN THE BUILDING ON WELLS AVENUE, I HAVE A MORTGAGE COMMITMENT THEY GAVE ME TWO MONTHS BUT I JUST ABOUT JUMPED FOR JOY OUT OF MY SKIN.

TWO MONTHS IN THE SCHEMA SIX OR EIGHT MONTHS, BUT IT HELPED US.

SO I THINK WE NEED TO PUT MORE WEIGHT ON BAND-AIDS BECAUSE BAND-AIDS ARE A GOOD THING.

BAND-AIDS ARE A BRIDGE.

THE MAJORITY OF US TALK ABOUT OUTREACH.

SO MANY DIFFERENT WAYS OF GETTING THE WORD OUT.

HAD AN EMPLOYEE ON ONE'S OWN AND I WENT ONLINE AND TALK THE FOLKS AT FOOD BANK BECAUSE THERE ARE SO MANY PLACES YOU CAN STOP A COUPLE OF TIMES A WEEK AND GET FOOD.

IT'S HARD TO READ ITS LABORIOUS.

THAT THERE ARE DIFFERENT WAYS WE CAN HELP PEOPLE TAKE ONE MORE STEP.

I TOTALLY SUPPORT THE LEVEL OF OUTREACH.

AND I TOTALLY SUPPORT OUR TEEN CENTER.

IT WOULD BE SO GREAT TO KNOW I'M GOING TO GO BACK TO INSULIN WILL PROBABLY KILL ME, BUT I REALLY WANT REPORTS.

I WANT TO KNOW WHAT IS GOING ON IN OUR TEEN CENTER AND SENIOR CENTER IN COMMISSIONS AND ON AND ON.

I WANT TO KNOW ON A REGULAR BASIS.

HOPEFULLY WE ALL DO SO THAT WE CAN BE INFORMED.

BUT I WOULD LIKE TO SUPPORT THE TEEN CENTER.

I KNOW WITHOUT A DOUBT THE LEVEL OF PROGRAMMING THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB, THE LIVES THEY SAY.

THERE IS NO DOUBT IN MY MIND.

IN THE COACHELLA TRUST YOUTH TASK FORCE, THEY JUST GOT NEW BOARD MEMBER THAT HELPS WITHOUT RISK YOU.

AND IF WE CAN GET OUR ARMS AROUND AT RISK YOUTH AND MANAGE THAT, WHEN THEY GROW UP IN THE FIVE YEARS ONLY GET PAST THIS PANDEMIC HOPEFULLY THEY'LL BE ABLE TO INTEGRATE BACK INTO SOCIETY AND GET BACK INTO SCHOOL.

SO I WOULD DEFINITELY SUPPORT TEEN CENTER AND BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB.

IS THAT ENOUGH INFORMATION FOR YOU TO POUR INTO YOUR CAULDRON AND COME OUT WITH PROGRAMS.

>> YOU.

>>ELAINE HOLMES: OKAY.

>> THESE ARE HARD DISCUSSIONS IS REALLY HARD WHEN THERE ARE ISSUES OF THE HEART AND THESE ARE ISSUES OF THE HEART.

SO I APPRECIATE THE DISCUSSION.

I LOVE THE FACT YOU WILL HAVE SUCH A DESIRE TO HELP PEOPLE.

AND I'M SORRY WE ONLY HAVE THIS AMOUNT OF MONEY TO DRAW FROM, BUT I THINK WILL COME BACK AND GIVE YOU OUR BEST THOUGHTS ON HOW TO DO €" ASSUMING THAT IS THE DIRECTION THAT WE WILL DO OUR BEST TO COME BACK AND SHOW YOU HOW WE THINK THAT CAN BE ALLOCATED.

I THINK IT WILL BE LESS THAN 100,000 VETERANS OF IWA, UNLESS WE WAIT TWO MORE MONTHS.

BECAUSE HUD IS GOING TO MAKE US MAKE PEOPLE PROVIDE SOMETHING TO DEMONSTRATE THEIR COVID IMPACT.

SO ADMINISTRATIVELY WE WILL HAVE TO REQUIRE PEOPLE €" WE WILL COME UP WITH A SIMPLE FORM.

BUT SEND US A STATEMENT DEMONSTRATING THEIR COVID IMPACT.

AND I THINK WE ARE GOING TO FIND SOME OF THOSE GO AWAY.

WE MIGHT HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE MONEY THERE, ALTHOUGH IN A COUPLE OF MONTHS IT WILL PROBABLY BE THAT HIGH.

WE WILL COME BACK.

THEY ARE GOOD IDEAS.

WE WILL COME BACK TO YOU.

AND THEN AS FAR AS THE THREE WHO THE TEEN CENTER, BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB AND CBC T.

IF IT IS THE COUNSEL SPOKE TO DO THAT, THAT'S GENERAL FUND MONEY.

THAT IS DIFFERENT THAN THE OTHER.

AND WE CAN MAKE THAT WORK IN OUR GENERAL FUND.

>>ELAINE HOLMES: LET ME GO BACK AROUND JUST TO MAKE SURE THERE'S A CONSENSUS OR MAJORITY ON TEEN CENTER, WAS IN THE GIRLS CLUB AND CBC T.

>> ON HUMAN.

>>ELAINE HOLMES: OSCAR IS AN, ELAINE IS IN THE COUNCILMEMBER RAMOSE AMITH AT LEAST FOR THE TEEN CENTER?

>>LUPE RAMOSE AMITH : ONLY THE TEEN CENTER.

NOTHING ELSE.

>>ELAINE HOLMES: WE ALL SUPPORT THE TEEN CENTER AND THE FOUR OF US SUPPORT THE OTHER TWO.

ALL RIGHT.

>> I WILL TAKE THAT AS MY DIRECTION.

>>ELAINE HOLMES: TERRIFIC.

OKAY.

ME GO BACK TO MY AGENDA, WHICH IS GOTTEN BURIED UNDER PAGES.

OKAY.

THAT IS THE END OF THE AGENDA FOR THIS EVENING.

WHAT AN EVENING IT WAS.

€", CONGRATULATIONS MAYOR PRO TEM, CONGRATULATIONS COUNCIL MEMBER MILLER FOR AN INCREDIBLE YEAR.

IS GOING TO BE AN EXCITING YEAR.

IF WE CONTINUE TO MAKE DECISIONS LIKE THIS THAT WE TRY SO HARD TO MAKE THE DECISIONS FOR PEOPLE, THIS YEAR WILL BODE WELL.

AND WE WILL GET TO THE OTHER SIDE OF THAT.

TO THAT END, OR NUMBER PUBLIC COMMENTS.

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I WILL ADJOURN THIS MEETING.

IT IS 9:02 PM AND THE NEXT MEETING IS DECEMBER 16.

>> YOU DID A WONDERFUL JOB.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.