Dec 17, 2020 Planning Commission

AND A STATEMENT FROM OUR CITY ATTORNEY.

[5. STATEMENT FROM THE CITY ATTORNEY]

>> THANK YOU, VICE CHAIR.

THERE HAVE BEEN NO DIRECTIVES ISSUED TEMPORARILY HALTING LOCAL GOVERNMENT PROCESSING OF LAND USE AND DEVELOPMENT REVIEW APPLICATIONS AND/OR CONSIDERATION OF POLICY ACTIONS INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENTS, ZONING CODE AMENDMENTS AND NEW OR AMENDED SPECIFIC PLANS.

THEREFORE, THE CITY OF INDIO CONTINUES TO ACCEPT AND PROCESS APPLICATIONS IN ACCORDANCE WITH STATE AND LOCAL REQUIREMENTS.

THE CITY OF INDIO IS FOLLOWING GOVERNOR NEWSOM'S EXECUTIVE ORDERS N-25-20 AND N-29-20 PERTAINING TO THE BROWN ACT.

THESE EXECUTIVE ORDERS ALLOW GOVERNMENTAL ENTITIES TO CONDUCT MEETINGS BY ELECTRONIC MEANS AND FOR MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC TO OBSERVE THE MEETING ELECTRONICALLY AS WELL PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENT OR PUBLIC TESTIMONY TELEPHONICALLY OR OTHERWISE ELECTRONICALLY.

ACCORDINGLY, THE CITY COUNCIL AND PLANNING COMMISSION ARE CURRENTLY CONDUCTING SCHEDULED MEETINGS IN A VIRTUAL MEETING FORMAT.

THE CITY OF INDIO HAS IMPLEMENTED TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS THAT ALLOW MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC TO OBSERVE AND OFFER PUBLIC COMMENT AS WELL AS PUBLIC TESTIMONY DURING PUBLIC HEARINGS AT SCHEDULED PLANNING COMMISSION MEETINGS.

THE CITY IS COMMITTED TO PROVIDING PUBLIC PARTICIPATION OPPORTUNITIES WHILE ALSO COMPLYING WITH REQUIREMENTS FOR THE PROCESSING OF LAND USE AND

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DEVELOPMENT REVIEW APPLICATIONS AND/OR CONSIDERATION OF POLICY ACTION.

SO NOW WE'RE DOWN TO ITEM 6 WHICH IS PUBLIC COMMENT FOR ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA.

PUBLIC COMMENTS MAY BE PROVIDED IN THE MANNER PRESCRIBED AT THE TOP OF THE AGENDA.

DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS THAT ARE ON THE AGENDA FOR TODAY?

>> THERE ARE NONE.

AND THE MINUTES, WE HAVE NONE.

THERE ARE NO PUBLIC HEARINGS.

7 SO IT TAKES US TO NUMBER 9 WHICH IS THE STUDY SESSION ITEMS. AND THAT WOULD BE LAELA.

WOULD YOU BE TAKING US ON TO THIS?

>> SURE.

YEAH.

AS YOU STATED -- IT'S NOT A HEARING AND THE PLANNING COMMISSION IS NOT TAKING ANY ACTION.

HOWEVER, WE'RE PROVIDING THIS OPPORTUNITY FOR THE STUDENTS OF THE COLLEGE OF BUSINESS BECAUSE THEIR PROJECTS ARE BASED ON PROPERTIES THAT ARE WITHIN THE CITY OF INDIO SO THEY CAN FEEL A TRUE PLANNING COMMISSION -- HOW IT WILL GO WHEN THE PLANNING REVIEWS A PROJECT AND BASICALLY BE REAL AND THEN TALK OR YOURSELF AND ASK QUESTIONS AND THEN LET THEM BE ABLE TO FEEL A REAL COMMISSION.

THAT IS THE INTENT AND I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO ASK MS. OLYMPIA FAITH TO INTRODUCE THE STUDENTS.

SHE IS THE INSTRUCTOR FOR THIS CLASS.

GOOD EVENING DISTINGUISHED MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION.

>> THANK YOU, LAELA.

[9.1 Introduction of the Students by Ms. Olympia Pilafidis Fick, AIA, MArch.]

THE PLANNING STAFF AND OTHER CITY PERSONNEL.

MY NAME IS OLYMPIA-I'M ADJUNCT FACULTY.

I'M TEACHING SECOND YEAR ARCHITECTURAL PRACTICE AND DESIGN STUDIO.

WE ARE VERY HAPPY TO BE HERE.

MYSELF AND MY STUDENTS AS WELL AS THE DIRECTOR OF THE DEPARTMENT.

I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO ALLOW THE STUDENTS TO PRESENT THEIR WORK.

THIS IS A UNIQUE MOMENT AND WE WANT TO EXTEND OUR THANKS TO LAELA FOR VOLUNTEERING SUCH A NICE GESTURE.

WE APPRECIATE YOU TAKING THE TIME FOR THIS REVIEW.

AS WE KNOW THIS IS A SPECIAL MEETING.

OF THE SIX STUDENTS PRESENTING TODAY THEY ARE BASICALLY FOUR TEAMS BUT SOME ARE TEAMS ARE TWO AND SOME ARE TEAMS OF ONE.

AND I WOULD LIKE TO GIVE YOU A SHORT SUMMARY OF THE PARAMETERS THAT THEY WERE GIVEN FOR THIS PROJECT.

AS WELL AS TO TELL YOU A FEW THINGS ABOUT THE SITES WHICH ARE LOCATED IN INDIO AND THEIR PRESENTATIONS WILL BE TWO TEAMS WILL PRESENT FOR ONE OF THE SITES AND TWO OTHER TEAMS FOR THE SECOND SITE.

SO WITH THAT I WOULD LIKE TO DO A SMALL -- I'LL GO THROUGH A POWER POINT PRESENTATION AND I'LL SHARE MY SCREEN FOR THAT.

ALL RIGHT.

VERY GOOD.

SO THIS PROJECT IS ABOUT AFFORDABLE HOUSING BUT IT HAS A TARGET AUDIENCE OF SINGLE PARENT HOUSEHOLD.

IT'S FOR THE SECOND YEAR STUDENTS OF ARCHITECTURE FIRST SEMESTER.

SO THE FOCUS, THE REASON WE DID THE FOCUS ON SINGLE PARENT HOUSEHOLDS IS BECAUSE THEY -- THAT IS A GROUP THAT IS INCREASING RAPIDLY STATISTIC WISE.

IT ALSO HAS SPECIAL NEEDS AND IT'S OFTEN NEGLECTED.

SO, IN ADDITION TO THE HOUSING WE WANTED TO CONSIDER THAT A MIXED USE PROJECT SO IT WILL CONSIST OF 15 HOUSING UNITS SECTION 8 IN PARTICULAR SO WE WENT OVER THE SECTION 8 PROGRAM OF HUD AND WHAT THAT ENTAILS AS PART OF THIS STUDY.

THIS PROJECT.

7 WOULD ALSO HAVE FIVE SHOPS AND ONE COMMUNITY CENTER.

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THE INTENTION WAS TO CREATE AN URBAN VILLAGE.

THAT WOULD BE STARTING TO BECOME SELF-SUFFICIENT.

BOTH ARE WITHIN THE INDIO DOWNTOWN SPECIFIC PLAN AND EACH HAS ITS OWN CHALLENGES, ASSETS AND LIABILITIES.

BOTH ARE 1.2 ACRES AND THE DIMENSIONS ARE 150 FEET WIDE BY 350 FEET LONG.

THE PROGRAM THE BUILDING PROGRAM THEY HAD TO FOLLOW WAS FOR THESE 15 HOUSING UNITS TO CONSIST OF ONE OR TWO OR THREE BEDROOM UNITS AND THE SQUARE FOOTAGE WAS 800, 900 AND 1200.

PROPORTIONATELY.

SO THE PROPOSED MAXIMUM DENSITY WAS 12 UNITS PER ACRE.

BASED ON THE ORIGINAL RH ZONING FOR A MAXIMUM OF 15 AND 20% OF THAT WOULD BE ADA UNITS SO THREE WERE THE MINIMUM.

NOW AFTER WE LISTENED TO THE FORM BASE CODE AND UNDERSTOOD THAT NOW WE CAN GO AS HIGH AS 35 UNITS PER ACRE.

I MADE THE DECISION TO KEEP THE PROJECT LOW SCALE, SMALL BECAUSE THIS IS THE SECOND YEAR -- CLASS OF ARCHITECTURE AND I DIDN'T WANT TO MAKE IT TOO COMPLEX AND I ALSO WANTED IT TO BE MORE INCLUSIVE WITH A MIX USE ASPECTS OF IT.

IT HAD -- THE UNITS HAD TO HAVE 150 CUBIT FEET OF STORAGE IF ATTACHED.

IT WOULD HAVE PATIOS.

AND USABLE OPEN SPACE ON THE SIDE.

350 SQUARE FEET PER UNIT.

THE SHOPS WOULD BE 600 SQUARE FEET EACH AND THE COMMUNITY CENTER WOULD BE 5,000 SQUARE FEET AND IT WAS TO INCLUDE PARENTING CLASSES, COUNSELING ROOMS, MEDICAL OFFICE, A LAUNDRY ROOM, CHILDREN'S LIBRARY, COMPUTER AREA AND A MULTI-FUNCTIONAL SPEAKER SPACE.

AS WELL AS AN INDOOR AND OUTDOOR PLAY AREAS.

THE SET BACKS THAT WERE CONSIDERED FOR THIS PROJECT WOULD BE -- THERE WERE 10 FEET FRONT, SIDES AND REAR.

TWO FEET FOR COMMERCIAL AND ZERO AT THE ALLIES.

MAXIMUM HEIGHT 35 FEET.

AND THE PARKING RATIO WAS ONE-HALF SPACE FOR ONE BEDROOM UNIT AND TWO SPACES FOR THE TWO AND THREE BEDROOM UNITS AND FOR ADA PARKING THEY HAD TO HAVE FIVE EVEN THOUGH TWO WERE REQUIRED AND AGAIN WITH THE PARKING WE KNEW ABOUT THE FORM BASE CODE.

THERE WAS A LOT MORE FLEXIBLE.

BUT FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS EXERCISE WE KEPT THESE PARAMETERS.

THEY WERE ALSO GOING TO HAVE COVERED CAR PARTS AND STREET PARKING AND BORROWED COD PARKING WAS GOING TO BE USED FOR VISITORS AS WELL AS FOR THE COMMERCIAL VERSION OF THE PROJECT.

FOR COVERAGE WE STAYED AT THE 50% REQUIRED BUT WE WERE WILLING TO ACCEPT LESS COVERAGE AS A RESULT OF THE CITY'S REDUCED COVERAGE UNDER THE NEW FORM BASE CODE.

SO, THAT IS JUST AN AERIAL VIEW.

SITE NUMBER ONE IS OFF OF CIVIC CENTER DRIVE.

AND ON THE SOUTH SIDE THAT IS -- AVENUE AND HAS AN ALLEY ON THE SIDE.

IT'S ACROSS THE MELINDA UNIVERSITY CHILDREN'S HEALTH CENTER AND SITE NUMBER TWO IS ACROSS FROM CITY HALL.

THE CORNER OF TOWN STREET AND BLISS AVENUE.

AND ADJACENT TO THE COLLEGE OF THE DESERT AND THE ONE THAT WILL BE EXPANDED.

THIS IS THE FUTURE CHILD CARE CENTER ON THE LEFT AND WE HAVE THE EYE PACK IS HERE AND THE VISITOR'S BUREAU IS ON THE RIGHT-HAND SIDE HERE ON THE NORTH SIDE.

AND MILES AVENUE PARK FURTHER WEST.

SO SITE NUMBER ONE LOCATED AT THE CORNER OF CIVIC CENTER DRIVE WITH ACCESS FROM THREE STREETS AND AN ALLEY.

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IT'S ACROSS FROM LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY'S CHILDREN'S HEALTH CENTER.

AND WITHIN WALKING DISTANCE TO THE PROPOSED COD EXPANSION.

SEVERAL PALM TREES WERE TO BE PRESERVED.

YOU CAN SEE THEM HERE AT THE NORTHWEST PORTION OF THE LOT.

YOU SEE SOME SHADOWS HERE.

THOSE WERE TO BE PRESERVED.

THEY ARE IN GOOD CONDITION AND THERE IS A CURRENT ABANDONED CHURCH AT THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF THE SITE AND OUT OF THAT ONLY THE STONE WALLS OF THE CHURCH WERE TO BE PRESERVED.

ALSO THE PROJECT WAS TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE MURALS THAT ARE IN THE SURROUNDING AREA AND THE HISTORIC CONTEXT OF THE SITE.

THERE WERE ALSO SOME BOULDERS ALONG THE ALLEY THAT WERE ALSO TO BE REPURPOSED.

SO THAT GIVES YOU AN IDEA OF WHERE THOSE SITES ARE WITH REGARD TO THE DOWNTOWN SPECIFIC PLAN.

SITE NUMBER ONE AND IT PICKS UP AMOUNT THE NORTHWEST CORNER.

THE NEW CORRIDOR ACCESS THAT WOULD ACTUALLY DIAGONALLY HIT SITE NUMBER TWO AS THE NEW PEDESTRIAN PATH IS GOING TO BE DEVELOPED.

COD -- THE FUTURE COD EXPANSION IS IMMEDIATELY TO THE SOUTH OF SITE NUMBER TWO AND THE EXISTING COD BUILDING THAT WOULD BE RENOVATED IS RIGHT THERE.

AND THAT IS A BLOW UP OF THAT AREA HERE SHOWING SITE NUMBER ONE WHERE MY CURSOR IS AND THEN SITE NUMBER TWO RIGHT TO THE LEFT OF THE PROPOSED LIBRARY.

JUST GIVE YOU A FEEL FOR THESE SITES.

THEY ARE ALL FLAT.

THIS IS SITE NUMBER ONE WHICH HAS THESE MAJESTIC PALM TREES THAT ARE TO BE PRESERVED.

THIS IS FACING EAST.

AGAIN FACING EAST BUT A LITTLE BIT MORE TO THE NORTH.

THIS IS THE SIDEWALK ACROSS FROM LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY AND WE'RE AT THE ALLEY LOOKING NORTHWEST WITH A PORTION OF THE EXISTING ABANDONED CHURCH ON THE LEFT.

THAT IS THE LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY CHILDREN'S HEALTH CENTER.

SOME OF THE BOULDERS THAT I WAS REFERRING TO EARLIER AND THIS IS THE CHURCH WITH THIS BEAUTIFUL STONE WALL THAT WE ARE TO PRESERVE.

AND THEN THIS MURAL IS IN CIVIC CENTER DRIVE.

IT'S A LITTLE BIT FURTHER EAST FROM THE SITE AND IT'S A MURAL OF THE OLD COACHELLA POUR DIVISION RELATED TO HOW THEY MAINTAINED POWER LINES AND STREET LAMPS AND THAT SORT OF THING.

SITE NUMBER TWO IS LOCATED AT THE CORNER OF TOWN STREET AND BLISS AVENUE.

AND IT ALSO INCLUDES A PORTION OF THE EXISTING PARKING LOT TO THE NORTH.

THE PRESERVATION OF WHICH WAS OPTIONAL BY THE WAY.

-- AND A FUTURE CHILD CARE DEVELOPMENT CENTER.

IT'S LOCATED DIRECTLY ACROSS FROM THE FUTURE COD BUILDING THAT WILL HOUSE CLASSROOMS. SCIENCE AND COMPUTER LABS AND A CAFETERIA.

-- RELATES TO THE FUTURE OF NEW AXIS OF CIVIC CENTER MALL AND THE FUTURE LIBRARY AND THE MUSIC FESTIVAL OFFICES AND COMMERCIALS ON MILES AVENUE AND AGAIN ACKNOWLEDGMENT HERE OF THE MURALS THAT ARE FURTHER DOWN ON TOWN STREET AND THE HISTORIC CONTEXT OF THE SITE.

AND I'M REPEATING THIS IMAGE FOR YOU JUST SO YOU SEE THE RELATIONSHIP TO THE DSB.

SOME PHOTOS OF THE SITE FROM THE SOUTH LOOKING NORTH.

THAT IS THE CORNER THERE OF TOWN STREET.

AND THAT IS LOOKING SOUTH TOWARDS THE COD.

AND ANOTHER VIEW OF THE SOUTH WITH THE EXISTING SIDEWALKS THAT ARE TO BE PRESERVED.

THE ALLEY ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE PROPERTY.

AND THAT EXISTING PORTION OF THE EXISTING PARKING LOT THAT WAS GOING TO BE INCORPORATED JUST TO COMPLETE THE ACREAGE OF THE SITE.

AND ANOTHER SOUTHWEST VIEW.

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THAT IS PROBABLY AN IMAGE THAT YOU CAN REMEMBER WELL.

CIVIC CENTER AND THEN THE VIEW TOWARDS THE NORTH WHERE THE COMMERCIAL IS AND MILES AVENUE AT THE CORNER THERE DOWN THERE.

THE COACHELLA ART CENTER.

AND SOME CHARACTER AROUND THE COMMERCIAL AND THE VICINITY AS WELL AS THE EXTENSION OF THE ALLEY WHICH IS A PEDESTRIAN SEGMENT BETWEEN THE END OF THE PARKING LOT AND MILES AVENUE.

THE MURAL THAT IS ON ONE OF THE COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS ALONG TOWN AVENUE.

AND THEN JUST A CONTEXT OF THE COD PROPOSED BUILDING TO THE SOUTH OF OUR SITE ON BLISS AVENUE.

THE EXISTING BUILDING OF COD HERE WITH THE PROPOSED EXPANSION.

AND THEN SOME IMAGES OF HOW THEY ARE PROPOSING TO INTEGRATE THESE BUILDINGS AND HAVE SOME SHADED STRUCTURES AND LANDSCAPING.

AND THIS IS THE -- WILL BE THE FACADE THAT OUR SITE WILL BE LOOKING AT.

IT'S ON BLISS AVENUE AND IT FACES NORTH.

AND THEN THAT IS THE RENDERING OF THE CHILD CARE DEVELOPMENT CENTER WHICH IS STILL UNDER DEVELOPMENT.

AND WITH THAT I CONCLUDE MY PRESENTATION.

>> SO WE WOULD START WITH TWO TEAMS THAT ARE GOING TO SHOW THEIR SOLUTION

[9.2 SJ-DP- 1 Mixed Use Project]

FORESIGHT NUMBER ONE WHICH IS THE ONE THAT IS LOCATED AT THE CORNER OF CIVIC CENTER DRIVE, SMU R & R EKRA.

SHELBY AND DAN, THE FLOOR IS YOURS IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SHARE.

>> ALL RIGHT.

WE'LL GO AHEAD AND SHARE MY SCREEN.

ALL RIGHT.

FIRST I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU ALL FOR EVEN ALLOWING US TO COME SPEAK.

THIS IS A VERY EXCITING AND BIG OPPORTUNITY FOR US.

AND SO I'M GOING TO DIVE RIGHT IN.

THIS IS OUR SITE PLAN UP HERE AND THEN OUR SITE ANALYSIS THAT WE DID.

I'LL BRIEFLY TALK ABOUT THIS.

SO WE LABELED THE TREES A-B AND C AND THE CLUSTER IS B.

AND WE DECIDED TO ELIMINATE TREES B AND C BECAUSE THEY ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE FIELD AND IT WAS INTERFERING WITH THE FLOW OF THE URBAN VILLAGE THAT WE WANTED SO WE DECIDED TO GO AHEAD AND REMOVE THOSE AND THEN DOWN HERE ITEM E IS WHAT WE THE CHURCH AND WE DECIDED TO REPURPOSE THAT WALL TO MAKE IT -- OUTSIDE STRUCTURE WITH SHADING AND JUST A PLACE FOR OUTDOOR GATHERING.

AND THEN HERE IS OUR SITE PLAN SO THE SITE COVERAGE IS ABOUT 33%.

THE TOTAL HEIGHT IS 25 FEET.

THE TOTAL PARKING SPACES IS 24.

ELEVEN OF THEM ARE CONCEALED IN THE GARAGE.

AND THE TOTAL NUMBER OF UNITS IS 15.

AND I WILL GO AHEAD AND GO TO THE NEXT.

THIS IS OUR INITIAL VISUALIZATION.

WE ENDED UP PUTTING TOGETHER A QUICK MODEL TO HELP US PLAY AROUND WITH THE SIZES AND THAT WAS QUITE CHALLENGING TRYING TO MANEUVER WITH ZOOM.

AND WORKING REMOTELY.

BUT THIS WAS OUR SHOTS.

WE DECIDED WE WANTED THEM ON THE NORTH KOREA NEVER AND THAT IS BECAUSE OVER HERE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF CIVIC CENTER DRIVE IS THE MURAL SO WE WANTED PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO WALK BY THE SHOPS AND SEE THE MURAL AS WELL AND APPRECIATE THE ART.

WE HAVE A COUPLE OF UNITS THAT ARE HERE.

THAT WOULD BE TWO STORIES.

THIS ONE IS L SHAPED WOULD BE ONE STORY AND THEN OUR COMMUNITY CENTER WAS ORIGINALLY AN L SHAPED BUT WE CHANGED THAT AS YOU'LL SEE LATER ON.

HERE ARE SOME OF OUR FLOOR PLANS.

>> MAY I INTERRUPT FOR A SECOND.

YOUR PRESENTATION IS NOT FULL SCREEN.

IT CUTS OFF SO I WANT TO SEE IF WE CAN GET IT FIXED.

YOUR SCREEN IS CUT OFF IN THE MIDDLE.

>> IT WAS NOT SHOWING THE FULL SCREEN.

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>> REALLY?

>> KIND OF WALLED OFF FOR A SECOND.

AND THEN IF YOU WANT TO GO OVER SOME OF THE FLOOR PLANS SO THAT LEADS RIGHT INTO YOUR SECTION.

>> SO OUR FLOOR PLANS FIRST OFF WE WANTED TO AT LEAST GET THE ADA UNITS OUT OF THE WAY.

WE WANTED TO HAVE LESS HALLWAY SPACE AND MAKE FOR MORE FRIENDLY FOR ACCESSIBILITY PURPOSES.

INSTEAD OF IN THE TWO BEDROOM FOR EXAMPLE INSTEAD OF A HALLWAY WE HAVE A CORE AREA WHERE YOU HAVE ACCESS TO EVERYTHING.

AN OPEN PLAN ON THE FRONT SIDE OF THE HOME.

AND ONCE YOU MAKE YOUR WAY THROUGH YOU START TO SEE EVERYTHING ELSE.

SAME THING FOR THE ONE BEDROOM AND THE THREE BEDROOM HAS A LITTLE BIT MORE OF AN ORGANIZED CONCEPT.

AND WE CAN CONTINUE ON.

WE CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, SHELBY.

SO THIS IS A UNIT A WHICH IS A COMBINATION OF A TWO, TWO BEDROOM UNITS AND ONE -- THREE BEDROOM UNIT AS WELL AS THREE GARAGES UNDERNEATH TO ACCOMMODATE -- NOT ALL BUT MOST OF THE VEHICLES THAT WOULD BE USED BY THE RESIDENTS OF THESE UNITS.

OF COURSE, WE HAVE OUR PARKING SPACES THAT ARE THROUGHOUT THE REST OF THE PROPERTY BUT THIS IS OUR ENCLOSED SPACE WHICH WE'RE ALSO USING FOR STORAGE.

ON THE FIRST FLOOR IS THE FIRST ON THE LEFT IS OUR TWO BEDROOM ADA UNIT AND THE UNIT ON THE RIGHT, IT'S A TWO STORY THREE BEDROOM UNIT.

MORE OFF THE LUXURIOUS SIDE SINCE WE HAD SO MUCH SPACE TO PLAY WITH.

WE DECIDED TO GO FOR SOMETHING A LITTLE BIT MORE UNIQUE TO LOW-INCOME HOUSING.

AND ON THE SECOND FLOOR ON THE LEFT WE HAVE THE SECOND ADA UNIT WHICH IS A LITTLE BIT LARGER CONSIDERING THE FACT THAT THERE IS SO MUCH SPACE ON THE TOP LEVEL BUT THE TRADE-OFF IS THAT ONE OF THE BEDROOMS IS NEXT TO A POCKET WHERE I WANTED TO HAVE AIR-CONDITIONING UNITS IN.

HAVING AC UNITS IN THE SUN IS NOT THE BEST THING TO DO AS OVER TIME YOU'LL SPEND MORE MONEY REPLACING UNITS AND IT WILL GENERATE MORE WASTE AND WASTE OF MONEY WHICH COULD BE USED SOMEWHERE ELSE.

SO THAT SHADE POCKET IS THERE FOR A REASON AND WE CAN CONTINUE ON.

THESE ARE SOME ELEVATIONS.

THESE ARE THE ELEVATIONS FOR UNIT A.

ON THE BACKSIDE SINCE IT'S FACING TOWARD THE SHOPS IT'S A LITTLE BIT NOT -- I DON'T WANT TO SAY -- IT'S NOT TOO DEVELOPED ON THE NORTH ELEVATION BECAUSE ALL OF THE SHOPS ARE GOING TO BE ON THAT SIDE AND IT'S GOING TO BE A WALKWAY IN BETWEEN FOR THE TRASH BINS AND OTHER USES FROM THE RETAIL SPACE WHICH IS ON THE NORTH SIDE.

AND WE CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.

THESE ARE SECTIONS OF THE UNITS ON THE WALL SECTION WE'RE GOING WITH -- WE DECIDED TO GO WITH A STANDARD STUCCO FINISH WALL WITH DENIM INSULATION AS OPPOSED TO FIBERGLASS INSULATION AS IT HAS A BETTER ACOUSTIC LEVEL AND IT'S GENERALLY BETTER FOR IN TERMS OF SUSTAINABILITY.

NEXT SLIDE.

THIS IS A RENDERING OF THAT FIRST UNIT A.

AND NEXT SLIDE.

>> PERFECT.

SO THIS IS UNIT B WHICH IS ACTUALLY TWO -- THREE BEDROOM UNITS.

THE FIRST FLOOR YOU ENTER INTO THE LIVING ROOM AND THAT OPENS UP INTO THE KITCHEN WITH THE DINING ROOM AND THE STUDY OFF OF THAT.

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THIS GARAGE IS EXTRA WIDE.

IT'S 14 FEET WIDE SO, ITS ADA APPROVED AND THEN WE BOUGHT A COUPLE OF BEDROOMS HERE AND THE BATHROOM IN THE CENTER.

WE HAVE A STORAGE CLOSET HERE AND BEHIND THAT THERE IS A LITTLE -- LINE THERE.

THAT IS A TANK LESS WATER HEATER AND THIS GARAGE IS FOR THE SECOND STORY AND THEY HAVE THEIR OWN LITTLE STORAGE CLOSET RIGHT HERE AS WELL SO YOU WOULD GO OUT THIS DOOR AND UP THE STEPS AND THIS HAS A VERY LARGE PRIVATE PATIO THAT GOES RIGHT INTO THE LIVING ROOM AS WELL WITH A STUDY OFF THE ENTRANCE.

WE HAVE THE DINING ROOM AND THEM THE REST OF THE LAYOUT IS PRETTY MUCH THE SAME.

HERE ARE THE EXTERIOR ELEVATIONS FOR THAT.

SO YOU CAN SEE THE LARGE PATIO HERE AND IT HAS A TRELLIS WHICH CAN BE BETTER SEEN IN THE RENDERINGS.

BUT YOU CAN GET AN IDEA HERE AS WELL.

HERE IS THE BUILDING SECTION.

AND WE THINK THAT IS PRETTY SELF-EXPLANATORY.

AND THERE IS THE RENDERING.

SO YOU AGAIN WOULD GO RIGHT UP HERE.

THERE IS THE TRELLIS AND THERE IS SOME LINEN WEAVED IN BETWEEN THE BEAMS. WE HAVE SOME AWNING LOUVERS TO PROVIDE EXTRA SHADE AND SIDE IS GOING TO BE FACING

SOUTHWEST AND THE AIR-CONDITIONING RIGHT ON TOP AND UNIT C -- >> UNIT C IS TWO -- TWO BEDROOM UNITS.

THE BOTTOM BEING THE ADA UNIT.

IT SHARES THE SAME OPEN CONCEPT WITH THAT POD IN THE MIDDLE WITH ACCESS TO ALL OF THE DOORS.

BESIDES THAT THERE ARE OUTDOOR PATIOS FOR BOTH OF THEM THAT LEAD INTO AN EXTERNAL STORAGE WHICH IS A LITTLE LARGER BUT IT OF COURSE CAN BE TAPERED DOWN A LITTLE BIT AND THE WALL ALSO PROTECTS THE AIR-CONDITIONER UNITS THAT WOULD BE PLACED ON THE SIDE NEXT TO WHERE THE BATHROOM WALL IS.

OTHER AMENITIES INCLUDE WASHER AND DRIER IN UNIT FOR CONVENIENCE SAKE.

AND THAT IS PRETTY MUCH IT.

THERE ARE ALSO LOUVERS ON TOP.

WELL'S SEE IN THE ELEVATIONS ON THE RENDERING.

THERE ARE LOUVERS ON TOP OF THE SLIDING DOORS ON THE TOP TO GREATER PROTECT THE -- WELL BLOCK THE SUN FROM COMING IN SO HARSHLY AND ON THE BOTTOM FLOOR WE HAVE A SORT OF ROCK, NOT ROCK, SANDSTONE TYPE WALL TO GIVE THAT SORT OF PRIVACY WITHIN THE OUTDOOR PATIO OF THE BOTTOM UNIT.

AND WE CAN GO TO THE RENDER -- THAT SECTION.

YOU CAN SKIP OVER TO THE RENDER.

AND THAT IS SUPPOSED TO GIVE AN IDEA OF WHAT WE HAVE HERE.

I WANTED TO PRIORITIZE -- A LOT OF LIGHT COMING IN SINCE LIGHT COMING IN AND ALSO FACING TOWARD THE CENTER OF THE SITE IS ADJUST OUTSIDE OF ITS'S JUST -- ROAD COMMERCIAL SPACE AND I WANTED TO PRIORITIZE THE VIEWS SINCE WE WANTED TO GO FOR GREEN SPACE AND PLANTS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SITE.

WE CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE NOW.

>> ALL RIGHT.

SO THIS IS UNIT B.

THIS CONTAINS SIX -- ONE BEDROOM UNITS.

I HAVE ONE UNIT THAT IS FACING THIS WAY.

ANOTHER UNIT GOING HORIZONTAL AND A THIRD ONE GOING VERTICAL AND THREE OF THESE GARAGES ARE EXTRA WIDE AGAIN FOR ADA ACCESSIBILITY AND INSIDE EACH OF THESE GARAGES WE HAVE SOME EXTRA SHELVES FOR STORAGE AND THEN GOING UP TO THE SECOND FLOOR THIS UNIT DOWN HERE AND THESE ARE ACTUALLY PRETTY LARGE THOUGH IN HINDSIGHT I WOULD DO IT DIFFERENTLY BUT THIS HAS A NICE PRIVATE PATIO FOR THIS UNIT DOWN HERE AND THEM THE OTHER TWO UNITS THEY ACCESS THROUGH THIS STAIRWELL.

THERE IS A PATIO RIGHT HERE FOR ONE UNIT AND THEN DOWN THE HALL THIS IS THE OTHER PATIO AND THE OTHER UNIT RIGHT OVER HERE.

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THESE ARE THE EXTERIOR ELEVATIONS.

I CREATED THESE ARCS INSIDE THE BUILDING TO GIVE IT SOME EXTRA SHADE BECAUSE THIS IS FACING WEST SO THAT WILL PROTECT IT A LOT.

HERE IS THE BUILDING SECTIONS.

DESCRIBING EACH ROOM OF THE LIVING SPACE.

HERE IS THE 3-D RENDERING.

WE TRIED TO USE -- THIS IS A GOLDEN CHAIN TREE.

VERY SHADY AND I'VE SEEN QUITE A FEW OF THEM IN THE DESERT AND THE PATIOS FOR THE BOTTOM UNITS ARE RIGHT HERE IN THE FRONT WHICH WILL BE FACING THE COMMUNITY CENTER AND THESE ARE OUR SHOPS.

SO THIS IS ON THE NORTH.

WE HAVE, WE DECIDED ON LABELING A COFFEE SHOP, A SANDWICH SHOP, MARKET AND PROBABLY MAIL SERVICE.

WE WERE THINKING OF DIFFERENT SHOPS THAT WOULD SERVE THE COMMUNITY.

THESE ARE OFFSET A LITTLE BIT TO ALLOW AN EASY TRANSITION OVER HERE TO THE OUTDOOR SEATING AREA AND OVER HERE ON THE RIGHT THIS IS OUR TRASH.

SO THAT WILL BE ACCESSED OFF OF THE ALLEY.

HERE ARE SOME OF THE EXTERIOR ELEVATIONS.

THESE BUILDING SECTIONS AND HERE ARE THE RENDERINGS.

I THINK THIS IS THE MOST EXCITING PART TO SEE IT COME TOGETHER THIS WAY.

THIS WOULD BE -- THE SEGUE FROM THE COD WALKWAY.

THIS IS THE FIRST THING PEOPLE WOULD SEE AND WE WANTED TO HAVE A SIGN HERE TO LET PEOPLE KNOW THIS IS NOW FAN PALM VILLAGE THAT YOU'RE ENTERING SO PEOPLE CAN MINGLE AROUND HERE.

AND NOW OUR COMMUNITY CENTER.

>> THE COMMUNITY CENTER IS A TWO BUILDING COMPLEX THAT INCLUDES AN OUTDOOR SEATING AREA ON THE OUTSIDE AND WE'LL SEE THERE IS ALSO A BIT MORE SHADING FEATURES THAT I PERSONALLY ENJOYED DESIGNING.

BUT I WANTED TO GO FOR A SORT OF COLLEGE CAMPUS TYPE FEEL ON THE OUTSIDE.

I WANTED TO NURTURE THAT SORT OF EDUCATIONAL AND PROGRESSING IN LIFE -- LIKE MOTIVATION FOR RESIDENTS LIVING THERE AS THERE ARE CLASSROOMS AND A COMPUTER LAB TO FURTHER AID IN THE EDUCATION OF THE RESIDENTS THAT CHOOSE TO USE IT AND I WANTED TO ENTREPRENEUR TOUR THAT MIND-SET.

WE ALSO HAVE A DAYCARE ON THE BOTTOM RIGHT SIDE WITH A SHARED MEALS AREA.

TO ALSO AID IN THE ACCESSIBILITY FOR RESIDENTS TO UTILIZE AND UTILIZE FOR THEIR -- CONVENIENCE.

AND WE CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.

THIS IS THE SECOND FLOOR OF THAT FIRST BUILDING ON THE LEFT.

THIS IS -- A PRETTY STANDARD COMPLEX.

IT IS TWO CLASSROOMS AS WELL AS A LIBRARY AND COMPUTER LAB FOR ANYONE TO GET ANY WORK DONE WHETHER IT HAS TO DO WITH SCHOOL OR THEIR BUSINESSES.

NEXT SLIDE.

THESE ARE THE EXTERIOR ELEVATIONS.

IT FEATURES A PLAYGROUND IN THE MIDDLE BETWEEN THE TWO BUILDINGS FOR THE CHILDREN TO USE THAT ARE AT THE DAYCARE AND THERE IS ALSO THAT STONE WALL RIGHT THERE ON THE CORNER THAT WE RECREATED AND I DECIDED ON THE NEXT SLIDE -- THAT IS THE SECTION -- WE CAN GO TO -- I WANTED TO GO FOR AN AMPHITHEATER STYLE CANOPY SYSTEM ON THE TOP.

THE AWNING FABRIC IS STRUNG BETWEEN SEVERAL STEEL COLUMNS THAT HOLD UP THE FABRIC AND SORT OF NURTURE A PLAYFUL SPACE FOR THE RESIDENTS AND VISITORS ALIKE TO ENJOY THE AREA AND ENJOY THE SHADE PROVIDED BY THE CANOPY AS WELL AS THE WALL.

I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THE WALL AND BRING A STRUCTURE TO THE WALL THAT IS SIMILAR

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TO THAT OF THE CHURCH TO BRING THAT SYMBOLISM BACK IN AFTER THE CHURCH BEING REMOVED BUT THE STONE WALL STILL REMAINING.

AND THAT WRAPS IT UP.

>> THAT CONCLUDES OUR PRESENTATION.

SO THANK YOU GUYS FOR LETTING US SHARE.

COMMISSIONERS, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? I WANT TO ASK LAELA, DO WE WANT TO GIVE COMMENTS AT THE END OF EACH PRESENTATION OR DO YOU WANT TO SAVE IT TO THE END?

>> IT'S UP TO YOU MADAM VICE CHAIR.

SO, ITS EASIER MAYBE AT THE END OF EACH PRESENTATION.

SO I GUESS GO AHEAD AND ASK MY COMMISSIONERS IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE TWO APPLICANTS.

SHELBY AND MR. PIZON.

>> THIS WAS A GREAT PRESENTATION.

REALLY LIKED WHAT YOU TWO WERE ABLE TO PUT TOGETHER.

AND I WANT TO THANK THE PROFESSOR FOR HELPING TO PUT THIS WHOLE THING TOGETHER AS WELL.

THE 3-D MODELING WAS GREAT.

THE ASSIGNMENT AND THE CONCEPT OF LOOKING AT INDIO'S DOWNTOWN TRYING TO FIT IN MORE HOUSING IN A MULTI-STORY MIXED USE SETTING WAS FANTASTIC.

WHAT I SAW A LOT OF THAT I REALLY LIKED WITH THE DESIGN -- THERE WERE A LOT OF FEATURES REGARDING SHADE WHICH I REALLY APPRECIATED.

DAN HAD MENTIONED THE PLACEMENT OF AC UNITS IN A SHADED CORRIDOR SO THEY ARE NOT JUST PLACED ON THE ROOF.

A LOT OF TIMES THAT IS ONE OF THE STRUGGLES WE COME UP AGAINST IS HAVING LARGE MECHANICAL EQUIPMENT ON TOP OF THE ROOF THAT THEN REQUIRES SCREENING AND THAT OF BECOMES TRICKY ARCHITECTURALLY.

I THINK YOU GAVE A LOT OF CONSIDERATION TO THAT.

YOU LOOKED AT THE COMMUNITY THAT YOU WERE DESIGNING AND TRYING TO FIGURE OUT THE BEST WAY TO PROVIDE COMMUNITY INTERACTION.

SO I LIKED WHAT YOU SAID ABOUT PROVIDING THAT CAMPUS ATMOSPHERE.

PROVIDING A REC ROOM.

THE DAYCARE.

A GROUP EATING AREA.

THAT IS ALL GREAT.

ONE THING I WANTED TO TOUCH ON WITH IT -- REGARDING THE MAILROOM.

I THINK YOU SHOWED ON YOUR FIRST FLOOR THERE WAS A MAIL SHOP.

THAT IS GREAT TO RECOGNIZE.

A LOT OF TIMES WHAT WE'RE SEEING NOW WITH AMAZON AND ON-LINE ORDERING PEOPLE ARE GETTING LARGER AND LARGER PACKAGES.

THAT IS HARDER TO ACCOMMODATE IN AN URBAN SETTING.

SO I THINK WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT MORE URBAN DESIGN MORE IN FILL DEVELOPMENT IN DOWNTOWN WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT A MAILROOM.

THE COMMUNITY ITSELF HAS ACCESS TO SO THAT BOXES GET STORED THERE.

OVER-ALL THIS IS FANTASTIC.

YOU IDENTIFIED A NEED AND PUT TOGETHER A GOOD DESIGN GIVEN THE CONTEXT OF THE DOWNTOWN.

>> THANK YOU FOR THE FEEDBACK.

>> COMMISSIONER YSIANA, DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS?

>> HI, JACKIE.

I'M HAVING SOME DIFFICULTIES VIEWING ALONG.

I'M JUST LISTENING ON AUDIO ON THE PHONE.

HOWEVER, IT WAS A NICE PRESENTATION.

AND I KNOW THE AREA WELL SO I WAS DOING MY BEST TO USE MY IMAGINATION.

IF I CAN LOG ON TO MY COMPUTER I WILL BE FOLLOW BETTER.

I'M STILL TRYING TO WORK THROUGH THOSE ISSUES.

AGAIN GREAT PRESENTATION.

THE ONLY QUESTION I HAVE IS THE CHURCH.

DO WE KNOW WHEN THE CHURCH WAS BUILT AND WHAT KIND OF HISTORIC BACKGROUND THAT IT MAY HAVE.

WHO THE ARCHITECTURE WAS THAT BUILT THAT CHURCH?

>> NO.

>> WE HAVE NO IDEA.

>> OUR REQUIREMENTS WAS JUST TO PRESERVE THE STONE WALL.

AND NO OTHER PARTS OF THE BUILDING.

BUT IT WOULD BE NICE TO KNOW.

I LIKE THE WAY THEY LAID OUT THE WALLS AND THE ANGLED TOP SO, ITS VERY UNIQUE.

>> I WAS TOLD BY AN ARCHITECT THERE IS A FEW BUILDINGS IN DOWNTOWN INDIO THAT ARE BUILT BY SOME FAMOUS -- ARCHITECT AND I DON'T KNOW IF THAT MIGHT BE ONE.

WELL, THE POTTER HOUSE THAT IS ON OASIS IS BUILT BY THAT ARCHITECT.

SO I WAS WONDERING TO SEE IF YOU HAVE ANY BACKGROUNDS ON THE HISTORICAL BUILDING THERE.

IT LOOKS A LITTLE MID-CENTURY WITH THE ROOF.

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AND THE ROCKS BUT JUST CURIOUS.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

>> I JUST WANTED TO SAY VICE CHAIR -- THIS WAS -- SO MASSIVE AND YET WHATEVER WAS IN THE BACK OF IT ALMOST DISAPPEARED AND WE THOUGHT IF WE UNDRESS IT SO TO SPEAK AND MAKE IT MORE OF A FEATURE AND KIND OF A LANDMARK -- EVEN THOUGH WE DON'T KNOW MUCH OF THE HISTORY WE THOUGHT THIS WAS GOING TO BE AS IT TO THE SITE.

IT ALSO HAD AN ODD POSITIONING ON THE SOUTH SIDE ON REKRA.

ALMOST UP TO THE SIDEWALK WITHIN A FOOT OF THE SIDEWALK SO WHEN THEY BUILT WHEN THEY DESIGNED THEIR NEW COMMUNITY CENTER THEY HAD TO FOLLOW THE NEW ZONING CODE AND BE AT 10 FEET SO, THAT IS WHY YOU SAW A LITTLE BIT OF SKEWNESS SO THERE WAS THAT ADDED COMPLEXITY OF TRYING TO BLEND THAT INTO THE NEW STRUCTURE.

>> THANK YOU, MS. OLYMPIA.

AT THIS TIME WE'RE LOOKING AT 9.3.

[9.3 CG-DN- 1 Mixed Use Project]

AND I GUESS THIS IS IS PRESENTED BY MR. CESAR GARCIA AND DANIEL NAVARRO.

>> YES.

>> GOOD EVENING.

MY NAME IS DANIEL NAVARRO AND WE'RE PRESENTING TO YOU -- HOUSING PROJECT.

FROM THE BEGINNING WE WERE LOOKING FOR A WAY TO CONNECT WITH THE HISTORY AND CULTURAL -- OF INDIO AND A WAY FOR TO -- DO THAT WITHIN THE HISTORICAL CONTEXT WE CHOSE -- AS THE NAME OF THE PROJECT.

SINCE POLATANA WAS -- ESTABLISHED AS A MISSION CHAPEL AND -- INDIANS.

7 AND DURING THIS SCHEMATIC PHASE WE CONCENTRATED ON UNDERSTANDING AND -- RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN THE DIFFERENT SPACES AND THEIR FUNCTIONS.

WE ORIGINALLY -- EXPLORED POSSIBLE MODELS AND -- -- -- BUT WE ALSO PLANNED FOR HAVING SEVERAL PARKING SECTIONS WHICH WILL INVOLVE -- TRAFFIC WITHIN THE SITE WHICH WE LATER -- AROUND CHILDREN.

SO THIS CHANGED A LITTLE BIT.

SO AT THE END WE DECIDED TO FOR LOCATING THE -- ON THE BACK WHILE TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THE ALLEY.

SO -- IT CONSIST OF FOUR BUILDINGS.

TO THE CENTER WE HAVE THE MAIN BUILDING WITH SIX -- THREE BEDROOM UNITS WITH ADA ACCESS ON THE FIRST FLOOR AND SIX -- TWO BEDROOM UNITS ON THE SECOND FLOOR.

WE HAVE A MIXED USE BUILDING WITH FIVE SHOPS AND THREE STUDIOS ON THE SECOND FLOOR AND WITH THE SIMILAR -- DISTRIBUTION WE PROPOSE A SECOND BUILDING WITH THREE SHOPS DOWNSTAIRS WITH 2001 BEDROOM UNITS.

AND FACING -- STREET.

THIS CONFIGURATION WILL ALLOW FOR AN OUTSIDE EATING AREA WITH TABLES.

ALL WILL BE CREATED WITH -- MULTIPLE TYPES.

AND TO THE -- SOUTH OF THE SITE WE HAVE THREE-STORY COMMUNITY CENTER.

PLAYGROUND AND OUTDOOR SITTING AREA.

TO REPURPOSE THE STONE WALLS FROM THE ABANDONED CHURCH.

AND THIS IS OVER-ALL EAST AND WEST ELEVATION WHERE THE POSITION OF EACH BUILDING CAN BE -- CENTER.

RIGHT HERE WE CAN SEE THE SOUTH HAD END ELEVATION OF THE WHOLE SITE.

AND THIS IS -- WITH PRESENT A TYPICAL FLOOR PLAN FOR EACH KIND OF A UNIT.

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SLIGHT CHANGES DEPENDING ON THE LOCATION WITHIN THE BUILDING.

7 WE THOUGHT THAT AN OPEN PLAN WOULD BE -- BETTER FOR ADAPTABILITY AND MOBILE PURPOSES.

AND FOR THE MAIN BUILDING WE -- ENVISION AN OPEN FRONTCOURT YARD THAT WILL PROVIDE FOR OUTDOOR SEATING WITH AN OPEN -- FACADE.

AND THIS IS HOW WE DISTRIBUTED THE THREE BEDROOM UNITS ON THE FIRST LEVEL.

ALL OF THE PATIOS ARE DIRECTED TO THE FRONT AND THE STAIRWAYS ARE TO THE BACK DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF THE PARKING AREA.

SO THE STAIRWELL IN THE MIDDLE BREEZE WAY WILL HOUSE THE MAILBOXES FOR THE ENTIRE COMPLEX.

HERE RIGHT HERE IS THE SECOND LEVEL OF THE MAIN BUILDING.

WE ALSO HAVE SIX -- TWO OF BEDROOM UNITS AND THEIR ARE LOCATED OFF THE -- CORRIDOR AND THE PATIO SPACE TOWARD THE COURTYARD OF THE BUILDING.

WE HAVE A COUPLE OF ELEVATIONS FOR THE MAIN BUILDINGS.

AND ALSO SOME AERIAL VIEWS FOR THE MAIN BUILDINGS.

WHICH WE CAN POINT OUT TO ENSURE PRIVACY WITHOUT COMPROMISED NATURAL VENTILATION.

THE TOP PATIOS ARE SHELTERED WITH ARTIFICIAL WALL EDGE PRIVACY SCREENS OR IT COULD BE NATURAL AS WELL.

AND FOR THE SHOPS -- I WILL GIVE IT TO MY TEAMMATE CESAR.

I'M VERY PLEASED TO BE PRESENTING MY WORK WITH MY PARTNER DANIEL AND ALSO THANKFUL FOR THIS GREAT OPPORTUNITY.

GOOD EVENING.

SO HERE WE HAVE OUR FIVE SHOPS ON THE STREET LEVEL FACING NORTH.

YOU SEE HERE THE MAIN DOORS ARE FACING NORTH ON CIVIC CENTER.

AND IN THE BACK WE HAVE THE STAIRS, THE PARKING LOTS ARE BEHIND THE BUILDING SO WE THOUGHT THAT WOULD MAKE SENSE IF WE HAVE THE STAIRS IN THE BACK.

THE -- FOR THE FIVE SHOPS AT STREET LEVEL ARE 90 FEET BY 32 FEET DEPTH.

SO THE ONES THAT ARE ON THE SCREEN -- THE THREE STUDIOS WOULD HAVE MAIN DOORS TOWARDS THE FRONT.

AND ALSO IT HAS -- DOORS.

AND THE DIMENSIONS ARE 71 FEET BY 28.

AND SINCE WE HAVE -- OKAY.

SINCE WE HAVE THE STAIRS IN THE BACK THAT IS WHY WE ALSO DECIDED TO INSTALL -- DOORS FOR THESE UNITS.

HERE ON THE -- THANK YOU.

THESE ARE THE ONES ON THE TOP ARE THE SOUTH ELEVATIONS AND THE BOTTOM ARE THE NORTH ELEVATIONS.

WITH AN OVER-ALL HEIGHT OF ABOUT 28 FEET ON THE RANGE FOR BOTH OF THEM SO THEY ARE EXACTLY THE SAME HEIGHT.

SO THESE -- THIS IS ONE OF THE SECTIONS FOR THE SHOPS FACING WEST.

THIS IS THE NORTH SECTION FOR THE SHOP BUILDING AND THE THREE STUDIOS AS YOU CAN SEE.

PRETTY MUCH HOW THEY WILL ACCOMMODATE THE MAIN LEVEL SO HERE ARE THE RENDERINGS FOR THE ELEVATIONS BOTH.

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FOR THE FIVE SHOPS AND ALSO THE THREE SHOPS FACING ON THE SMORE.

OKAY.

SO THESE ROOFS WILL ALSO HAVE THE -- FOR MORE POWER TO DISTRIBUTE IN THESE BUILDINGS.

SO THIS IS THE FLOOR PLANS -- FOR THE ONE BEDROOM STUDIOS.

AS YOU CAN SEE WE HAVE L SHAPED KITCHEN ALSO EQUIPPED WITH AN ISLAND.

WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT WE FOUND THAT WOULD FIT PRETTY GOOD FOR THE SMALL UNITS.

SO OKAY.

THESE ARE ALSO THE -- THIS IS ANOTHER WEST ELEVATION.

FACING THE -- AND ALSO -- RENDERINGS.

THIS IS FACING THE FIRST ONE ON THE LEFT IS THE THREE SHOPS FACE --ING ON SMORE AND THE COMMUNITY CENTER.

SO OKAY.

I THINK THAT SHOULD BE ALL FROM ME -- .

IS THAT ALL OF YOUR PRESENTATION?

>> SORRY.

I DIDN'T KNOW THAT WAS ME.

SORRY ABOUT THAT.

SO FOR THE COMMUNITY CENTER WE DRAW INSPIRATION FROM THE FACT THAT IT WILL HOUSE MANY LEARNING -- AND SO WE WERE LOOKING FOR THE CONCEPT AS IF A BUILDING WAS ABOUT TO TAKE FLIGHT.

LIKE A KITE.

SO WE WERE LOOKING FOR A VERY OPEN VERY ILLUMINATED SPACING.

SO WE CAN SEE HERE HOW IT TAKES ADVANTAGE OF THE STONE WALLS OF THE -- AND MAKE USE OF THEM TO CREATE AN OPEN THRESHOLDS WITH GARDEN AND SITTING SPACE.

TO THE BACK OF THE BUILDING WE THOUGHT IT WAS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO SHOWCASE AND RESCUE ONE OF THE MANY WONDERFUL MANY MURALS AROUND THE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT NEED TO BE PRESERVED.

SO ON THE GROUND LEVEL THE COMMUNITY CENTER OFFERS TWO BATHROOMS FULLY ADA

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ACCESSIBLE.

DAYCARE AND MEDICAL OFFICE AS WELL AS FOUR CLASSROOMS WITH COLLAPSIBLE FOLDABLE WALLS TO ENHANCE VERSATILITY.

AND THEY OPEN TO THIS PLAYGROUND AREA WITH SITTING ACCOMMODATIONS AND ALSO MAKING USE OF THE WALLS.

SO THE SECOND LEVEL WORKS AS A MEZZANINE WITH A CONSIDERABLE OPENING TO THE DOWNSTAIRS.

HERE WE HAVE A LAUNDRY ROOM WITH TABLES AND FOLDING SURFACES AND SNACKING AND VENDING MACHINES.

A LOUNGING CORRIDOR TO SEAT AND SOCIALIZE WHILE WAITING FOR THE MACHINES TO COMPLETE THEIR CYCLES.

WE EVER A LIBRARY COMPUTER CENTER AND OUTDOOR BALCONY WITH ACCESS WITH SITTING AREA AS WELL WITH ACCESS TO BOTH THE LIBRARY AND THE LOUNGE.

AND SOME OF THE GLAZING ON THE SIDE OF THIS BUILDING -- SLIDES OPEN TO IMPROVE NATURAL VENTILATION.

THE TOP LEVEL IS PARTIALLY OPEN SPACE WHERE RESIDENTS CAN HOLD PARTIES AND OTHER OF IMPORTANT SOCIAL EVENTS AND THE BACK INCLUDES A SECTION FOR PLANNING AND FOOD PREPARATIONS AS WELL AS A UNISEX ADA BATHROOM.

FOR ITS GLAZING -- IT ALLOWS FOR COMFORTABLE LEVELS OF SUN EXPOSURE BLOCKING DAMAGING UVA AND THE SHADING STRUCTURE FOR THE COMMUNITY CENTER IS COMPOSED OF -- AND -- THE SOLAR ENERGY AS WELL AS FOR NATURAL INSULATION AND SHADING.

THE SAME KIND OF COVERAGE IS INTENDED FOR THE PARKING STRUCTURE AS WELL.

AND THIS IS SOME OF THE ELEMENTS THAT WE MENTIONED BEFORE THROUGHOUT THE PRESENTATION.

AND THIS SHOWS THE STRUCTURE FOR THE PARKING SPACES AND WITH THIS WE CONCLUDE OUR PRESENTATION.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY.

DO WE HAVE ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FROM OUR COMMISSIONERS? COMMISSIONER CEJA.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

>> JUST ANOTHER GREAT PRESENTATION.

REALLY LIKE THE USE OF THE ALLEY FOR PARKING.

TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THAT.

I LOVE THE WINDOWS.

THE GLAZING.

THAT COMMUNITY CENTER BUILDING WITH THE GLAZING IS QUITE STUNNING THE WAY YOU'VE LAID IT OUT HERE.

I THINK WITH THE COMMUNITY CENTER BUILDING YOU TOUCHED ON LAUNDRY FACILITIES WHICH I THOUGHT WAS IMPORTANT.

YOU MIGHT HAVE SOME HESITATION FROM PEOPLE WHO NEED TO USE THE LAUNDRY ROOM TO TAKE CLOTHES UP TO A SECOND FLOOR.

YOU MIGHT THINK ABOUT KEEPING THAT ON THE GROUND FLOOR BUT JUST A GREAT PRESENTATION AND VERY BEAUTIFUL BUILDING.

SO GOOD JOB.

>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

>> COMMISSIONER, YSIANO WERE YOU ABLE TO VIEW ANY OF THE SLIDES?

>> I WAS ABLE TO FOLLOW ALONG THAT TIME WITH THE SLIDE -- PRESENTATION.

EXCELLENT PRESENTATION.

AND AGAIN I JUST WANT TO COMMEND THE TWO OF YOU WITH A GREAT JOB.

I LIKED THE STRUCTURE WITH THE SOLAR PANELS OR SOLAR ENERGY I'M SORRY.

[9.4 MT- 2 Mixed Use Project]

GOOD JOB.

I'M REALLY EXCITED.

I GREW UP AROUND THE AREA AND IT'S EXCITING TO SEE YOUR IDEAS.

SO THANK YOU.

>> NEXT, WE HAVE THE MIXED USE PROJECT AGAIN.

WHICH IS PRESENTED BY -- TREVINO.

>> MIA.

>> THANK YOU FIRST OF ALL I WANT TO THANK EVERYONE FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME AND PRESENT MY CONCEPT BEFORE YOU.

MY NAME IS MIA TREVINO.

I'M GOING TO SHARE MY SCREEN HERE.

SO MY PROJECT, CAN EVERYBODY SEE THAT FULLY? OKAY.

GREAT.

SO MY PROJECT IS LOCATED ON-SITE NUMBER TWO WHICH IS THE SITE ACROSS FROM COD ON BLISS AND TOWN STREET.

SO I DECIDED TO NAME MY COMPLEX MIRAGE GARDENS.

I HAVE ALWAYS APPRECIATED INDIO AS HAVING A REPUTATION FOR AN ARTS COMMUNITY AND BEING SPONSORING OF ARTISTS SO FOR THIS COMMUNITY KEEPING IN MIND SINGLE PARENT HOUSEHOLDS I WANTED TO CREATE A SORT OF SAFE SPACE THAT WOULD BE ENJOYABLE AND PLEASANT NOT ONLY FOR THE RESIDENTS BUT FOR VISITORS IN THE AREA.

SO I PLAYED ON GREEN SPACES AND GARDENS.

AS YOU CAN SEE THE FOCAL POINT IS THE REC CENTER AND IT HAS A GREEN ROOF.

AS WELL AS SOME DESIGN ASPECTS WHICH I'LL COVER LATER ON IN THE PRESENTATION HERE.

SO REALLY MIRAGE GARDENS IS SOMEWHERE -- THAT PEOPLE WOULD WANT TO BE.

THE MIRAGE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DESERT.

THIS IS THE PROJECT DATA.

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THE MAXIMUM BEING 35 FEET.

THAT WOULD BE THE HEIGHT OF THE REC CENTER THERE.

THE MAXIMUM HEIGHT WOULD BE 35 FEET.

THIS IS MY FIRST MODEL HERE.

IT'S A LITTLE MESSY BUT IT SORT OF LAYS OUT THE IDEA OF WHAT I WANTED HERE WITH THE REC CENTER FACING TOWN STREET AS A FOCAL POINT AND SOME OF THE YELLOW BUSINESS AREAS HERE SPONSORING THAT MIXED USE.

AND HERE I HAVE THE SITE PLAN LAID OUT SO AS YOU CAN SEE A LOT OF LITTLE GREEN SPACES.

THIS IS THE ALLEY IN THE BACK.

AND I PLACED A PARKING THERE IN THE ALLEY EXPANDING THIS ALLEY AT BIT SO AS TO GIVE IT MORE SPACE FOR TRAFFIC COMING IN AND OUT OF THE LOCATION AND ANY VISITOR AND BUSINESS PARKING WOULD BE HERE ON THE STREET.

THIS IS BLISS AVENUE WITH COD ON THE OTHER SIDE AND TOWN STREET WHICH WOULD HAVE THE COACHELLA VALLEY ART CENTER AND THE CIVIC CENTER AND THE LIBRARY OVER HERE.

SO AND THEN OF COURSE THE VICINITY MAP.

HERE IS SOME 3-D SHOTS OF THE OVER-ALL SITE.

AND THIS FACETED DESIGN PATTERN IS SOMETHING THAT I PLAYED IN TO THROUGHOUT THE PROJECT.

I ACTUALLY AM GOING TO BREAK THAT DOWN LATER ON.

SOME DETAILED SHOTS AND WHY I DECIDED TO CREATE THIS FACETED PATTERN.

BUT FIRST I'LL JUST SHOW YOU THE DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF THE SITE.

THIS IS THE SOUTH COURTYARD ON BLITZ AVENUE AND COD IS ACROSS THE STREET THERE.

SO THE CONCEPT HERE IS TO HAVE ON THIS BUMP OUT ACCESS TO A LITTLE COURTYARD HERE THAT WOULD BE SHARED NOT ONLY BY THE TWO OR THE THREE BUSINESS UNITS HERE BUT ALSO OVERLOOKED BY SOME OF THE LIVING UNITS.

AND YOU CAN SEE HERE THAT IS A SMALL RENDERING THERE.

THE LIVING UNITS -- SORRY ABOUT THAT.

THE LIVING UNITS OVERLOOKING THAT LITTLE COURTYARD.

THAT WOULD BE SHARED.

SO THIS IS ACCESSIBLE FROM THE STREET, FROM THE SIDEWALKS.

IT'S INVITING FOR ANY PASSERBYS AND ANY STUDENTS FROM ACROSS THE LOT ON COD.

AND THEN MOVING ON.

HERE THIS IS THE NORTH END OF THE PROPERTY.

THIS WOULD BE FACING A FUTURE -- HERE.

SO THESE BUSINESSES ON THIS END WOULD ALL BE A POINT FOR VISITORS WALKING THROUGH.

ANOTHER COURTYARD BEING OVERLOOKED BY THE RESIDENTIAL UNITS AND THE BUSINESSES.

I PROPOSE A LITTLE FOUNTAIN THERE.

SOME SITTING SPACES.

AREAS FOR FAMILIES TO GATHER FOR VISITORS TO SIT.

A PLACE TO VISIT REALLY.

AND THIS IS THE CENTER OF THE PROPERTY.

AGAIN THE FOCAL BEING THE REC CENTER, THE THREE-STORY REC CENTER.

BEHIND SOME OPEN GREEN AREAS.

PARK SPACES.

SHADE STRUCTURES.

AND THEN ALSO BEING OVERLOOKED BY THE LIVING UNITS.

YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE.

THIS IS A TYPICAL BREAK DOWN OF MATERIALS OF THE LIVING UNITS.

POLISHED CONCRETE FLOORS WOULD BE ECONOMICAL AND CREATE A MODERN SLEEK APPEARANCE.

SOME STONE FEATURES ON THE OUTSIDE AND THEN OF COURSE TRELLISES THROUGHOUT WITH BOUGAINVILLEA.

UNDERSTANDING THAT EVEN THOUGH THIS IS A GREEN SPACE I WANTED TO CREATE A GARDEN SPACE.

WE ARE LIVING IN THE DESERT SO DESERT FOLIAGE WOULD BE TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION.

AND -- BOUGAINVILLEA ARE VERY HARDY.

HERE IS A TYPICAL THREE BEDROOM UNIT.

NOW THERE ARE THREE -- THREE BEDROOM UNITS ON THE PROPERTY AND THREE -- ADA THREE BEDROOM UNITS.

EVERY UNIT THAT HAS THREE BEDROOM UNITS -- -- THREE ABOVE AND THREE BELOW.

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THIS IS ONE OVERLOOKING THE GREEN SPACE BEHIND THE REC CENTER.

AND AGAIN YOU CAN SEE THOSE TRELLISES THERE.

HERE IS A TYPICAL FLOOR PLAN.

ALL OF THE FLOOR PLANS ARE THE SAME.

THERE IS A BALCONY THERE.

THE TWO BEDROOMS, THE ENTRY AND THIS WHOLE AREA WOULD BE OPEN SPACE TO BE USED BY THE FAMILY AS THEY SEE FIT.

THE KITCHEN AND THEM STORAGE ACCESSIBLE FROM INSIDE THE UNIT.

AND THEN OF COURSE THE PARKING BEHIND BY THE ALLEY.

THIS ADA PARKING IS SITUATED CLOSEST TO THESE BUILDINGS SO THAT IT'S ACCESSIBLE FOR THOSE ADA UNITS.

THIS IS THE TWO BEDROOM FLOOR PLAN.

AND AGAIN ENTRY OVER HERE, BIG OPEN SPACE FOR THE FAMILY USE.

KITCHEN OVERLOOKING EVERYTHING AND THEN THE PATIO AND BALCONY AND STORAGE ACCESSIBLE FROM INSIDE THE UNIT.

AND THEN THESE TWO BEDROOM BUILDING CLUSTERS OR THE NORTH END OVERLOOKING THE COURTYARD WITH THE FOUNTAIN AND THE BUSINESSES.

NOW THIS IS 7 THE REC CENTER.

AGAIN THIS REC CENTER WOULD BE FACING TOWN STREET.

THIS IS THE LOWER LEVEL SO THESE DECORATIVE FACETED COLUMNS WOULD BE WITH A BRUSHED STEEL FINISH.

RECYCLED STEEL.

THE INTENT IS THAT THEY ARE NOT SO REFLECTIVE BUT HAVE A SLIGHTLY MIRRORED QUALITY AND CREATE A PLAY ON THE MIRAGE THEME.

SO THE REC CENTER HERE FLOOR PLAN.

THIS IS AN OPEN BREEZE WAY.

THAT CAN BE ACCESSED BY VISITORS FROM THE STREET AND HEAD STRAIGHT INTO THE GREEN SPACES IN THE BACK.

YOU CAN SEE ON THE LEFT SIDE -- THERE IS AN OPEN STAIRCASE LEADING TO THE SECOND FLOOR.

THAT CAN BE ACTUALLY SEEN THROUGH THE SECOND FLOOR -- SOME OFFICE SPACES.

SOME BATHROOM SPACES AND THEN ON THE RIGHT SIDE HERE THIS IS AN ELEVATOR THAT CAN ACCESS ALL THREE FLOORS.

MECHANICAL ROOM.

LAUNDRY HERE ON THE FIRST FLOOR FOR RESIDENTS AND LIBRARY STUDY SPACE THAT ALSO WOULD HAVE WINDOWS THAT CAN BE THAT CAN HELP THE PARENTS MAYBE WHILE THEY ARE DOING THE LAUNDRY THEY CAN STILL KEEP AN EYE ON THE CHILDREN ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE WALL THERE.

THE SECOND FLOOR HERE AS I MENTIONED AS AN OPEN SPACE TO LOOK DOWN ON TO THE STAIRCASE BELOW.

SOME MORE BATHROOMS. A SMALL MEDICAL OFFICE AND CLASSROOMS. OVER HERE IS A DAYCARE CENTER THAT I THOUGHT THAT PUTTING IT ON THE SECOND FLOOR WOULD BE MORE PRUDENT.

LESS ACCESSIBLE BY THE PUBLIC AND ANY VISITORS THAT MIGHT BE COMING TO THE SITE.

SO IT'S A LITTLE SAFER FOR ANY CHILDREN HERE.

AND THEN THIS WOULD BE ROOF ACCESS.

STAIRWELL.

AND THEN THIS IS THE GREEN ROOF.

THIS AREA COULD BE USED FOR PARTIES.

COULD BE RENTED OUT.

THERE IS SOME GRILLS HERE.

SOME SHADE STRUCTURES.

AND SOME SITTING AREAS AS WELL AS A LIGHT WELL THAT WOULD BRING LIGHT DIRECTLY DOWN INTO THE OPEN STAIRWELL.

AND THESE ARE THE TWO BUSINESS UNIT PLANS.

THEY ARE BOTH 600 SQUARE FEET.

THE ONLY DIFFERENCE BEING THAT ONE IS MORE SQUARE FOOTPRINT WHILE THE OTHER IS MORE RECTANGULAR.

THIS IS SEEN ON THE SOUTH END OF THE PROPERTY FACING COD AND THE RECTANGULAR IS ON THE NORTH END.

THAT IS A VERY SLOW LOADING PAGE.

HERE ARE SOME ELEVATIONS OF THE OVER-ALL PROJECT SITE.

SO THIS EAST ELEVATION HERE IS THE VIEW FROM TOWN STREET.

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OF COURSE YOU CAN SEE RIGHT AWAY THE REC CENTER AND THE DECORATIVE COLUMNS HERE ARE THE MAIN FOCAL POINT.

THE NORTH END BUSINESSES WITH THE FOUNTAIN COURTYARD AND THE SOUTH END FACING COD.

I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT THE SOUTH END BUSINESSES MAYBE INCLUDE SOME CAFES AND BOOKSTORES OR SOMETHING THAT COULD PLAY ON THAT STUDENT ACTIVITY ON THIS END.

BUT OF COURSE IT'S OPEN TO BE RENTED BY DIFFERENT LOCAL BUSINESSES.

AND THEN THIS ELEVATION IS FROM THE ALLEY.

LOOKING AT THE PARKING STRUCTURES HERE IN THE BACK.

AND THIS ENCLOSED TRASH STRUCTURE THAT CAN BE ACCESSIBLE FROM THE ALLEY.

>> THIS IS THE ELEVATION FROM COD LOOKING NORTH AND THE BUSINESSES HERE AND THE OPEN COURTYARD OF COURSE ON THE SIDE.

AND THE ELEVATION LOOKING DOWN SOUTH FROM THE PASAO YOU CAN SEE THE FOUNTAIN.

SOME BUILDING SECTIONS.

THIS IS THE TYPICAL THREE BEDROOM AND ADA ON THE LOWER FLOOR.

YOU CAN SEE THEY ARE BOTH MIRRORED.

AND THEN OVER HERE OF COURSE -- THESE ARE ALL THE THREE BEDROOM UNITS HERE.

THIS IS A SECTION VIEW OF THE TWO BEDROOM UNITS.

THEY ARE EXACTLY THE SAME LOWER AND UPPER LEVELS.

AND THIS IS A SECTION VIEW OR BOTH SECTION VIEWS OF THE REC CENTER.

THIS IS A GOOD EXAMPLE OF THE STAIRWELL WITH THE OPEN AREA ON THE SECOND FLOOR THAT YOU CAN LOOK DOWN ON THE STAIRWELL AND THE LIGHT RAIL BRINGING LIGHT INTO THE WHOLE AREA VERY OPEN.

>> AND THIS IS A BREAKDOWN OF THE FACETED COLUMN WHICH I ACTUALLY TOOK A LOT OF INSPIRATION FROM 2017 DESERT X EXHIBIT BY DOUG AKIN WHERE HE CREATED THAT BEAUTIFUL MIRROR HOUSE IN PALM SPRINGS.

I THOUGHT THAT BROUGHT A LOT OF INTEREST FROM SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES AND I LINED THAT AS PLAYING INTO THE MIRAGE THEME HAVING AN INTERESTING ARTISTIC LOOK.

OF COURSE HAVING ACTUAL MIRRORS COULD BE DANGEROUS WITH THE LIGHT REFLECTING TO THE DRIVERS.

SO I ALTERED THE MATERIAL TO BE MORE RECYCLED BRUSH STEEL FINISH.

POSSIBLY SOMETHING DARK LIKE NUMBER FOUR HERE SAMPLED.

AND THIS IS OF COURSE REPEATED THROUGHOUT THE SITE.

AS YOU SAW.

BUT MAINLY HERE YOU CAN SEE THE FRONT OF THE REC CENTER.

AND THIS IS A DETAIL OF THE PARKING STRUCTURE WHICH ALSO REPEATS THAT FACETED SORT OF PATTERN TO TIE IT TOGETHER BUT THE PANELS ABOVE THE PARKING STRUCTURE WOULD BE MIXED SOLAR PANELS AND WHITE MEMBRANE PANELS.

THE PILLARS WOULD BE THE SAME BRUSHED STEEL.

AND HERE IS SOME RENDERINGS.

THE INSIDE VIEW OF A TWO BEDROOM UNIT.

IT'S NICE AND OPEN WITH BIG WINDOWS BRINGING A LOT OF LIGHT IN AND GREEN SPACE AND LOOKING OUT ON THE COURTYARDS.

THIS IS THE NORTH COURTYARD WITH THE FOUNTAIN HERE ON THE LEFT AND THE GREEN SPACE HERE OVERLOOKED BY THE UNITS AND THE BUSINESSES.

AND THE FRONT VIEW OF THE REC CENTER AND THE FACETED MIRRORED COLUMNS AND THE GREEN ROOF ABOVE AND THIS IS A SAMPLE OF WHAT THE GREEN ROOF MIGHT LOOK LIKE AND THE LIGHT WELL.

AND THIS WOULD BE THE OPEN STAIRWELL LEADING TO THE SECOND FLOOR.

AND THAT ACTUALLY CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH MIA.

COMMISSIONERS, ANY QUESTIONS? I'M I'LL START WITH COMMISSIONER YSIANO.

>> THIS IS FANTASTIC.

I LOVE HAVING THE BUILDINGS FOCUS AROUND A CENTRAL COURTYARD THAT PROVIDED ACCESS TO THE SHOPS AND THE PARKING AREAS.

THE IDEA OF HAVING A WATER FOUNTAIN THERE FOR SOME NOISE MITIGATION.

YOUR IDEA AND THE USE OF STEEL FOR A MIRAGE IS AWESOME.

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I THOUGHT THAT WAS QUITE UNIQUE AND VERY CREATIVE.

ON THE SITE PLAN I LIKED THE USE OF UNIT D.

THE WAY THAT THE BUILDING EXTENDS TO HIDE AND SCREEN THE PARKING AREA THAT IS ON THE ALLEY.

THAT WAS ANOTHER CREATIVE SITE DESIGN THAT YOU USED.

I LIKED EVERYTHING THAT YOU PUT TOGETHER.

>> COMMISSION -- COMMISSIONER YSIANO.

ARE YOU THERE?

>> HELLO.

>> IS HE ON MUTE?

>> HE IS NOT MUTED AND HE IS PERMITTED TO SPEAK.

I REALLY LIKED THE OPEN FLOOR PLANS.

>> GREAT PRESENTATION.

THE WAY THEY ARE OPENING UP THE LIVING AREAS AND THE KITCHEN AREAS.

I LOVE THE ROOFTOP COMMUNITY KIND OF CENTER DESIGN.

ONE PIECE OF FEEDBACK OR YOU MENTIONED BEING VILLAS.

I WOULD MAYBE CONSIDER ANOTHER TYPE OF PLANT THAT IS NOT SO MESSY ESPECIALLY IN THE WINDY TIMES OF THE YEAR.

THOSE BOUGAINVILLEA FLOWERS END UP ALL OVER THE PLACE.

MAYBE ANOTHER PLANT THAT CAN GIVE THE SAME COVERAGE AND WILL HUG TO THE WALLS LIKE THAT BUT MAYBE A LITTLE LESS MESSY.

BUT GREAT PRESENTATION.

>> THANK YOU FOR YOUR FEEDBACK.

>> AGAIN I THINK EVERY PRESENTATION GETS BETTER AND BETTER.

I REALLY LOVED THE PUBLIC ART DISPLAY WITH THE DESERT X AND I THINK IT WOULD BE A GREAT ADDITION.

I'M A BIG FAN OF PUBLIC ART.

THANK YOU FOR THE AMAZING PRESENTATION.

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH VICE CHAIRPERSON.

LET'S SEE WHO WE HAVE UP NEXT.

EXCUSE ME FOR ONE SECOND.

I LOST MY PLACE HERE.

I GUESS WE'LL HAVE THE NEXT PRESENTER.

DO WE HAVE ONE?

[9.5 OR- 2 Mixed Use Project]

I LOST MY PLACE WITH MY AGENDA.

I APOLOGIZE.

>> IT IS OSCAR REYES.

I'M HAVING A LITTLE DIFFICULTY -- GETTING MY COMPUTER TO SHARE MY SCREEN AND BE IN THIS MEETING.

>> OSCAR DO YOU HAVE ACCESS TO SHARE SCREEN OR START VIDEO.

>> YEAH.

EVERY TIME I START MY VIDEO IT WILL SIGN ME OUT.

AND IT SAYS LIKE -- IT SAYS I'M LEAVING THE MEETING BUT THEN IT BRINGS ME BACK.

>> DID YOU WANT TO E-MAIL ME THE PRESENTATION AND WE'LL RUN IT WHILE YOU SPEAK.

>> THAT WOULD BE AWESOME.

>> SHOULD WE TAKE A FOUR MINUTE BREAK.

>> THAT WOULD WORK.

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IF YOU WOULD SEND IT TO LAELA OR YOUR PROFESSOR.

>> I TRIED SENDING IT TO HER EARLY.

I'M GOING TO DO SOME SCREEN SHOTS AND I'LL E-MAIL IT TO YOU.

LET'S GO AHEAD AND TAKE A QUICK FIVE MINUTE BREAK.

AND IT'S 7:36.

WE'LL RESUME BACK AT 7:41.

IS THAT ENOUGH TIME.

>> FIVE OR 10 MINUTES MAX.

>> WHAT IS THE E-MAIL.

ARE YOU GOING TO PUT IT IN THE CHAT?

>> YES OSCAR.

I'M GOING TO SEND IT TO YOU.

>> I'LL SHARE MY SCREEN NOW.

THIS IS THE PROJECT CALLED LA GRANDE DAY APARTMENT AND BECAUSE THEIR SENSE IS THEY ARE GIVING A LOT OF SPACE INTO THE UNITS AND CREATE AND OPEN AND AIRY FEEL THROUGH THE SITE.

SO THEY'VE GOT 14 UNITS.

SEVEN -- THREE BEDROOM AND SEVEN TWO BEDROOM.

THEY DECIDED NOT TO GO WITH THE ONE BEDROOM UNITS BECAUSE OF THE PROXIMITY TO COD.

MOST OF THE SINGLE PARENTS WOULD HAVE CHILDREN THAT WOULD BE HIGH SCHOOL-AGE OR YOUNG ADULTS OF COLLEGE AGE SO THAT WOULD WALK TO THE COD.

SO THAT WAS THE REASONING FOR THAT.

THEY'VE GOT 28 PARKING SPACES AND THEY ARE GIVING THE SQUARE FOOTAGE.

THEY ARE AMPLE UNITS.

FOR THE TWO BEDROOMS AROUND 1100 SQUARE FEET AND THE THREE BEDROOMS BETWEEN 1200 AND 1350.

THE MAXIMUM HEIGHT IS 34-FOOT AND NOTHING IS MORE THAN TWO STORIES AND PRETTY LOW DENSITY AS WELL.

SO THIS SITE FACES NORTH.

WHAT YOU'RE SEEING HERE IS THE CLUSTER OF HOUSING AT THE NORTH PART OF THE SITE.

THEY HAVE A STAND ALONE UNIT WHICH IS LIKE A PRIVATE RESIDENCE.

THAT WOULD BE EITHER FOR SALE OR RENT AND THEN THE REST ARE CLUSTERS ARE BUILDINGS THAT ARE A LONG THE NORTH SIDE AND THEN ANOTHER SEGMENT THAT FACES TOWN STREET.

AND THEN TWO MORE LONG THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE PARKING AREA.

THEY HAVE THE COMMUNITY CENTER FACING SOUTH TOWARDS BLISS AND THEY CHOSE TO PUT THE SHOPS ALONG TOWN AVENUE.

TOWN STREET FOR BETTER ACCESS FROM THE PUBLIC AS WELL AS FROM THE COD STUDENTS.

THEY ARE SHOWING A CLUSTER OF BUILDINGS AT THE GROUND LEVEL.

LET ME SEE IF I CAN MAGNIFY THAT FOR YOU.

THAT IS THE STAND ALONE UNIT.

THESE ARE THREE BEDROOM UNITS HERE.

BOTH OF THESE AND THEN THEY HAVE SOME MORE THREE BEDROOM UNITS ALONG HERE AND THEY'VE GOT -- THERE ARE TWO BEDROOM UNITS ON THE SOUTH SIDE.

AND THIS IS THE SECOND FLOOR OF THESE CLUSTERS AS WELL.

THE STAND ALONE UNIT IS ONLY ONE STORY.

AND THEN THEY HAVE THEIR ACCESS IN A CLUSTER IN THE STAIR CLUSTER HERE THAT ACCESSES ALL THREE OF THESE HOUSING UNITS.

AND THEY ARE DOING ANOTHER STAIR CLUSTER DOWN HERE ON THE SOUTH END.

7 THEY HAVE PATIOS AT THE LOWER LEVEL AND LARGE BALCONIES AT THE UPPER LEVEL.

SO THEY FOCUSED IN AND DID SOME ZOOM IN PHOTO SCREEN SHOTS OF SOME OF THE UNITS.

YOU CAN SEE WHAT IS HAPPENING HERE.

ONE, TWO.

THERE ARE THREE BEDROOMS HERE.

THREE BEDROOMS HERE AS WELL.

AND WE'LL GO TO THE NEXT ONE.

THEY HAVE A LARGE SIZE OF THE STAND ALONE UNIT WITH ITS OWN TWO-CAR GARAGE HERE.

AND JUST A TWO BEDROOM COMFORTABLE SINGLE UNIT HERE.

AND THEN THEY WENT INTO THE ADA UNIT AND HOW THAT WORKS WITHIN THE GROUPING AT THE

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LOWER LEVEL.

SO THEY'VE GOT THIS TYPICAL ADA UNIT FOR BOTH THE TWO AND THE THREE BEDROOM UNITS.

AND THEN ON THE SECOND FLOOR THEY ARRIVE INTO THE UNIT THROUGH A WALKWAY AN ENLARGED WALKWAY AT THE TOP AND THERE IS A PRIVATE PATIO ALSO ACCESSIBLE AT THE UPPER LEVEL.

AND THIS SAME THING ON THE RIGHT.

WE'VE GOT THIS TWO BEDROOM UNIT WITH A PATIO.

IT HAS GOT ACCESS INTO THE LIVING ROOM AND THAT KITCHEN PREVENTS IT FROM GOING OUT BUT IT BRINGS LIGHT INTO THE SPACE.

THE ONE TEAM THAT IS REALLY CAPTURED THAT SENSE OF THE URBAN VILLAGE.

SO THEY'VE CREATED THESE VOLUMES THAT ARE LOW SCALE.

THEY HAVE PROVIDED IDENTITY TO EACH UNIT.

BOTH THE LOWER AND THE UPPER LEVEL FOR THE TENANTS AND THE RESIDENTS TO FEEL LIKE THEY CAN HAVE PRIVACY IN THEIR OWN SPACE AND THEY CAN IDENTIFY THEIR UNIT.

AND THEIR MASSING IS SUCH THAT IT BREAKS UP THE VOLUME AND IT CREATES A LOT OF SHADOW PATTERNS AND A LOT OF PRIVATE AREAS.

AND THEY ARE DOING THE SAME THING.

TAKING THE BUILDING SECTION AND SHOWING THE BLOW UP OF THE PARTICULAR UNIT SO THAT YOU CAN SEE IT IN CONTEXT.

THIS IS ANOTHER THREE BEDROOM UNIT.

WITH THE PRIVATE BATH FOR THE PARENT BEDROOM AND THEN THE COMMON BATH.

ALL OF THESE LAYOUTS THEY WASTE VERY LITTLE SPACE IN THESE UNITS SO, ITS VERY WELL THOUGHT OUT IN GENERAL.

THAT IS THE VIEW FACING -- WEST TOWARDS THE PARKING AREA.

WHERE THE LOWER PATIOS ARE SHADED BY THE PATIOS UP ABOVE.

AND YOU CAN SEE HOW THEY BREAK UP THE VOLUME SOMETIMES THE RECESS OF THE PATIOS OVER THE ROOF OF THE LOWER UNIT.

AND IT BREAKS UP THE MASSING.

AND THEN THEY'VE GOT THIS CIRCULATION CORRIDORS IN BETWEEN THE CLUSTERS OF BUILDINGS WITH THE WALKWAYS AND STAIRS ACCESSING THE UPPER LEVEL.

AND YOU CAN SEE HERE ON THIS ELEVATION A LITTLE MORE CLEARLY.

SOME INTERIOR VIGNETTES ON WHAT THE UNITS WOULD LOOK LIKE.

AND THEN THEY HAD TO CUT THEIR SECTIONS SO THEY WERE ABLE TO DO THAT WITH THE USE OF COLOR AND A LITTLE PUNCTUATION AND MAKE IT CLEAR.

AND THAT IS ANOTHER CLUSTER OF THE TWO BEDROOM UNITS ON THE SOUTH END OF THE PARKING LOT.

THE ONE WITH THE PRIVATE BATH AND THE SECOND ONE WITH THE COMMON BATH TO BE USED BY EVERYONE.

IN THE ROOM.

THAT IS THE SOUTH SECTION -- SOUTH ELEVATION OF THIS SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE HOUSING UNITS AND ON THE RIGHT YOU SEE THE SIDE OF THE SHOPS.

A VIEW OF THE PARKING AREA LOOKING NORTHEAST.

AND THEN THESE ARE THE SHOPS FACING TOWN STREET AND THAT GRAY AREA IS WHERE THE COMMUNITY CENTER IS BUT BECAUSE HIS TEAMMATE IS WORKING ON THAT DIDN'T SEEM LIKE IT WAS PLACED ON THIS AT THE LAST MINUTE.

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THIS IS AN IDEA -- I ASKED THEM TO IDENTIFY THE USE OF THE SHOPS.

SO THEY WENT THROUGH.

THEY HAVE A COFFEE SHOP.

BOOKSTORE.

A BARBERSHOP.

A THRIFT STORE AND A TOY STORE THINKING ABOUT THE TENANTS AND THE USERS FOR ALL OF THE HOUSING UNITS AND WHAT WOULD BEST FIT THIS SITUATION.

THE COMMUNITY CENTER HAS AN INTERESTING OUTDOOR SPACE THAT IS DEFINED BY THIS SOMEWHAT CURVED WALL.

THAT IS BLAZED ON THE INSIDE SO THE ENTRANCE IS FROM THE NORTH I BELIEVE.

BECAUSE THIS IS THE WEST FACING THE ALLEY.

THEY PURPOSELY PUT THE TRASH CLOSER ON THE WEST FACING THE ALLEY AND ALL OF THESE AUXILIARY ROOMS ON THE WEST SIDE AND THE MAINTENANCE ROOM.

>> PARDON ME -- I JUST WANTED TO GET THE VICE CHAIR'S ATTENTION.

IT LOOKS LIKE COMMISSIONER YSIANO HAD TO LEAVE THE MEETING SO WE NO LONGER HAVE A QUORUM.

SO -- FOR THE PURPOSES OF THE SPECIAL MEETING I THINK WE WOULD BE ABLE TO GO AHEAD AND ADJOURN FOR SPECIAL MEETING PURPOSES I KNOW YOURSELF AND COMMISSIONER CEJA PEOPLE WILL STILL LISTEN TO THE PRESENTATION AND PROVIDE ANY COMMENTS BUT FOR PURPOSES OF THE SPECIAL MEETING I WANTED TO MAKE SURE I WAS ON THE RECORD THAT COMMISSIONER YSIANO IS NO LONGER HERE SO WE DON'T HAVE A YOUR REALM FOR THOSE REASONS.

AT 7:58 THIS MEETING HAS ADJOURNED .

>> SORRY.

WE JUST ADJOURN.

WE'LL NOTE -- THAT WE DON'T HAVE A QUORUM.

BUT GO AHEAD AND ADJOURN THE MEETING UNTIL THE NEXT REGULAR MEETING WHICH IS JANUARY 13, 2021.

>> SO.

COMMISSIONER YSIANO HAS LEFT THE MEETING SO AT 7:58 THE MEETING HAS BEEN ADJOURNED AND WE WILL BE MEETING AGAIN ON JANUARY 13TH AT 6:00 P.M.

>> AND THEN MS. -- CAN GO AHEAD AND CONTINUE HER PRESENTATION.

CORRECT?

>> SURE.

IT WOULD BE OUTSIDE THE NOTICE MEETING BUT PROVIDED YOU'RE AROUND TO LISTEN I'M SURE THAT WOULD BE FINE.

>> I WILL WRAP IT UP QUICKLY.

TO BASICALLY HAVE A LARGE CIRCULATION AREA AND A MEDIA ROOM.

THEY CHOSE TO PUT THE ELEVATOR HERE AND THE STAIRS TO GO UP AND SO MOST OF THE FUNCTIONS ARE UP AT THE TOP.

THERE IS SORT OF A MULTI-USE SPACE FOR VARIOUS EVENTS DOWN AT THE LOWER LEVEL AND A LOT OF OUTDOOR SPACE BOTH IN THE SOUTH AND THE NORTH SIDE.

AND THEN THE SECOND LEVEL FLOOR PLAN HAS MOST OF THE CLASSROOMS. THE MEDICAL OFFICE.

THE COUNSELING ROOMS AND THAT SORT OF THING.

AGAIN THE ELEVATOR IS HERE AND THE STAIRS ARE NOT REALLY SHOWN BUT THEY ARE IN AN L SHAPE AND THERE IS AN UPPER LEVEL LOBBY AS WELL.

THERE ARE SOME ELEVATIONS OF THIS.

THE ROOF OF THE COMMUNITY BUILDING.

THEY CHOSE TO GO WITH A FLAT ROOF.

AT FIRST THEY WANTED TO HAVE A HIP ROOF BUT THEY CHOSE TO GO FLAT TO PUT THEIR SOLAR PANELS AT THE TOP AND THE MECHANICAL UNITS SO YOU CAN PRETTY MUCH DISREGARD THE UPPER PORTION OF THESE ELEVATIONS.

THEY DECIDED TO GO WITH FLAT ROOFS SO THAT IS THE EAST SIDE THAT YOU ARE SEEING HERE.

THIS IS THE -- THAT WAS THE WEST SIDE.

THIS IS THE EAST SIDE.

THE WEST SIDE FACING THE ALLEY.

THE NORTH SIDE FACING THE HOUSING UNITS IS THIS HERE.

WITH AN UPPER LEVEL OPEN PATIO AREA AND THEN THE LOWER LEVEL PATIO AREAS

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HERE.

ON THE -- I BELIEVE THAT IS THE SOUTH SIDE HERE.

AND THEN THEY HAVE SOME CUT AWAY SECTIONS OF ISOMETRICS OF THE INTERIOR OF THE COMMUNITY CENTER.

THAT IS HOW THAT SPACE IS LAID OUT AND THEN THEY ARE DOING SOMETHING SIMILAR ON THE UPPER LEVEL.

AND THEY HAVE SOME CLASSROOMS AND VARIOUS OTHER ACTIVITY ROOMS. 7 THAT WAS THEIR PRESENTATION.

>> MADAM CHAIRPERSON I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT MR. OR CITY MANAGER MR. MARK SCOTT ALSO JOINED US VIA VIDEO SO I WAS ABLE TO SEE HIM SO I WANTED TO ANNOUNCE THAT.

COMMISSIONER CEJA.

THANK YOU CITY MANAGER MARK SCOTT.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US TODAY.

MAYBE YOU CAN GIVE SOME FEEDBACK TOO IF YOU WANT TO SOME OF THE STUDENTS BUT LET ME TOSS IT OVER TO COMMISSIONER CEJA.

>> I WANT TO THANK THE PROFESSOR FOR COMING IN AND HAVE HER STUDENTS LOOK AT THE CITY OF INDIO AND DOWNTOWN.

THERE IS A LOT OF OPPORTUNITY BUT DOWNTOWN IS PROBABLY THE MOST EXCITING PART IN TERMS OF POTENTIAL MOVING FORWARD.

HOUSING IS A BIG TOPIC OF THE DAY AND WILL CONTINUE TO BE SO I'M GLAD YOU HAVE YOUR STUDENTS LOOK AT HOUSING OPTIONS AND VARIOUS DESIGNS AND REALLY TRYING TO LOOK AT A COMMUNITY WHERE WE'RE LOOKING AT SINGLE PARENTS POSSIBLY WITH CHILDREN IN THE DOWNTOWN CONTEXT.

I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR WORKING WITH YOUR STUDENTS AND HAVING THEM TAKE A LOOK AT THE CITY OF INDIO.

I THOUGHT ALL OF THE PRESENTATIONS WERE EXCELLENT.

>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

>> AND MY BEST FRIEND -- SENT ME A WAY TO PRONOUNCE YOUR NAME CORRECTLY.

IT'S PROFESSOR PILIFITES.

>> I CAN'T HELP BUT PUT MY MAIDEN NAME.

>> I WANTED TO AGAIN THANK YOU.

IT WAS REALLY NICE TO SEE THIS PRESENTATION THROUGH A DIFFERENT LENS.

THE STUDENTS.

AND I JUST WANTED TO THANK MR. JENKINS.

MR. GARCIA.

MR. NAVARRO.

AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED TO OSCAR BUT THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.

I DON'T THINK I'VE BEEN THIS EXCITED TO SEE THESE KIND OF RENDERINGS.

AGAIN THANK YOU AND PROFESSOR.

GREAT JOB.

SO THANK YOU.

I JUST WANTED TO ASK IF MR. -- THE CHAIR OF THE DEPARTMENT IF HE WANTED TO SAY A COUPLE OF WORDS.

> AGAIN I JUST WANT TO EXPRESS MY GRATITUDE FOR LETTING OUR STUDENTS COME AND SPEAK THIS EVENING TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME.

I KNOW HOW VALUABLE IT IS.

AND IT'S GONE BEYOND THE ADJOURNMENT TIME SO I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU SPENDING THE TIME AFTERWARDS AS WELL.

I'M SO PROUD OF THESE STUDENTS.

I'VE SEEN THEM GROW FROM FIRST YEAR THROUGH THE SECOND YEAR AND WE'RE TRYING TO CREATE A REALLY GREAT ARCHITECTURE PROGRAM AT THE COLLEGE OF THE DESERT AND I THINK SOME OF THE PROJECTS HERE THIS EVENING IS A TESTAMENT TO THAT.

SO I REALLY APPLAUD PROFESSOR AND ALSO OUR STUDENTS THIS EVENING.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.

CITY MANAGER, DO YOU WANT TO MAKE ANY COMMENTS BEFORE WE ADJOURN.

OR WE ADJOURNED BUT MR. SCOTT?

>> I DON'T SEE HIM ANY MORE.

BUT HE PUT IN THE CHAT EARLIER HE SAID THIS PRESENTATIONS HAVE BEEN REMARKABLE.

I WOULD LOVE TO HIRE ALL OF THESE STUDENTS AND THE PLANNING COMMISSION IS VERY GENEROUS IN SPENDING THEIR TIME.

MARK SCOTT.

SO MY TEAM NOW NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY STILL HAVE THEIR JOB NEXT WEEK.

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>> AGAIN.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

7 OKAY.

SO NOW WE GO OVER TO STAFF ITEMS OR ARE WE COMPLETELY ADJOURNED.

>> I WANT TO NOMAD AM CHAIR IF OUR DIRECTOR KEVIN SNYDER WOULD LIKE TO SAY SOME WORDS.

>> YES.

I'M SO SORRY KEVIN.

>> NO PROBLEM.

I WANT TO ECHO THE THANKS TO THE STUDENTS AND THE FACULTY.

THIS IS VERY, VERY COOL.

NOT A PROFESSIONAL TERM BUT IT'S COOL AND IT'S EXCITING TO SEE THE VARIETY OF IDEAS AND THOUGHTS AND CONSIDERATIONS.

IN THE REAL WORD OFTEN TIMES THE ARCHITECTS AND PLANNERS SOMETIMES ARE NOT KNOWN FOR GETTING ALONG AND SOMETIMES THAT PUTS US ON OPPOSITE ENDS OF THE TABLE BUT THE STUDENTS HAVE SHOWN REALLY GOOD SERIOUSNESS TOWARDS UNDERSTANDING WHAT THE CITY'S GOALS AND IDEAS WERE THAT WOULD IN A FUTURE JOB SETTING WHEN WE'RE SITTING ACROSS THE TABLE FROM THEM MEANING THAT WE UNDERSTAND THEIR INTEREST AND THEIR CLIENTS INTEREST AS WELL.

REALLY GREAT WORK AND EXCITING STUFF.

THE ONLY THING I WOULD ADD IS THAT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT IS GOING TO BE INTERESTING FOR OUR DOWNTOWN AND A LOT OF PROJECTION WERE IN AREAS WHERE THIS IS GOING TO BE INTERESTING IS WE HAVE THOSE PESKY OVERHEAD WIRES AND THEY WREAK HAVOC BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO SEE HOW TO DESIGN AROUND THEM OR IF THE CITY WILL PAY TO GET RID OF THEM.

SO WHEN THESE STUDENTS BIRTH UPON THE REAL WORLD AND ARE DOING GREAT PROJECTS.

SIMPLE THINGS LIKE OVERHEAD WIRES CAN MAKE THEIR LIFE COMPLICATED.

SO DO WE GO ON COMPANY COMMISSIONER COMMENTS NOW?

[11. COMMISSIONER COMMENTS]

>> THIS IS ZACK.

FOR PURPOSES OF THE SPECIAL MEETING IT HAS BEEN ADJOURNED.

I THINK -- BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE THE QUORUM OF COMMISSIONERS HERE THE MEETING ITSELF UNDER THE BROWN ACT IS ADJOURNED.

LAELA IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE YOU WANT TO ADD?

>> THERE IS ONE QUICK NOTE WHICH IS WE -- I'M TALKING ABOUT MYSELF SO I'M LOOKING AT EVERYTHING INTERNALLY SO IT WAS GREAT TO SEE THE STUDENTS VISION AND THE LOOK AT THE CITY OF INDIO KIND OF LIKE EXTERNALLY AND THE FACT THAT THEY SAW THE CITY OF INDIO AS A CITY THAT EMBRACES ART AND LOVES ART.

SO THAT WAS GREAT TO KNOW AND ALSO THE FACT THAT THEY KNEW ABOUT THE HISTORY AND SO THOSE WHO WERE REALLY INTERESTING FOR ME P.

ALSO THE ATTENTION TO DETAILS WERE GREAT.

BECAUSE USUALLY THE PROJECT THAT COMES TO US IT DOESN'T HAVE THAT MUCH ATTENTION TO THE DETAILS ESPECIALLY TO THE FLOOR PLANS AND THE CIRCULATION IN THE SPACE.

SO INTERNAL SPACE I SHOULD SAY SO THOSE WERE VERY INTERESTING FOR ME AND ALSO I WOULD ADMIT I LEARNED A LOT WHICH I NORMALLY DON'T SAY THAT.

I KNOW EVERYTHING BUT ADMITTING THAT IT WAS EYE-OPENING FOR ME.

THANK YOU, PROFESSOR.

AND THANK YOU TO THE STUDENTS AND IT WAS A FUN NIGHT.

SO THANK YOU.

>> LAYLA.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR COMING TO MY CLASS.

YOU AND ALL OF YOUR OTHER STAFF CAME TO MY CLASS AND DID A VERY NICE PRESENTATION AND THE STUDENTS VERY MUCH APPRECIATED HEARING FROM THE CITY PLANNERS AND REALIZING THAT THERE WAS A MOVEMENT BEHIND THE DSB AND THEY WERE TRYING TO ASSOCIATE THEIR

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PROJECT WITH IT.

AND IT WAS AN EXCITING TIME IN INDIO AND SO YOUR PRESENCE WAS VERY VALUABLE AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR COMING AND AGAIN THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY.

>> AND IF I COULD REAL FAST.

I JUST WANTED TO SAY -- LAELA AND NIKKI AND ROSIE GAVE UP SEVERAL HOURS OF THEIR PERSONAL TIME TO SPEND AN EVENING WITH THE STUDENTS AND I COMMEND THEM FOR THAT.

THEY DIDN'T HAVE TO DO THAT BUT THEY WANTED TO BE HELPFUL AND THEY WANTED TO SPEND THE TIME WITH THEM.

SO IT WAS GREAT FOR ME TO SEE THAT THAT THEY TOOK IT SO SERIOUSLY AND TO BE PART OF THE CONVERSATION.

AND LAELA HAS BEEN COORDINATING THIS AS WELL AS DOING THE 25,000 OTHER THINGS THAT SHE IS DOING EVERY DAY SO I WANT TO THANK HER AS WELL.

IT'S REALLY GREAT.

OFTEN TIMES WE GET SO BUSY THAT WE DON'T GET A CHANCE TO STEP OUT OF OUR NORMAL ROLES TO DO THIS.

THANK YOU GUYS.

>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.