Jan 06, 2021 City Council

LAST MONTH'S MEETING YOU APPOINTED ME AS THE NEW REPRESENTATIVE TO THE APPAREL ENERGY ADVISORY BOARD.

COUNCIL MEMBER AMIT.

>> THANK YOU MAYOR N.

I DID NOT ATTEND THE MEETING BECAUSE I KNEW THAT I HAD TO BE RATIFIED BY THE BOARD

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OF DIRECTORS BEFORE I COULD ATTEND MEETINGS AND SO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS SPECIFICALLY PULLED MY NAME OUT OF THE CONSENT CALENDAR TO HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT MY APPOINTMENT.

AS YOU RECALL I SERVED ON THE IRRIGATION ADVISORY BOARD FORWARD 15 YEARS PRIOR AND WAS THE CHAIRWOMAN FOR PROBABLY TE OF THOSE YEARS, I SERVED THE COMMITTEE WELL AND I ENDED UP NOT REALLY RESIGNING BUT PROTESTING WHEN THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF IMPERIAL IRRIGATION REFUSED TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE CITY APPOINTMENT FOR CITY OF LA QUINTA WITHOUT REALLY GIVING A REASON, AND SO, WHEN THEY HAD THE BOARD MEMBERS HAD THEIR MEETING THEY CALLED MY APPOINTMENT OUT OF THE CONSENT CALENDAR AND THE CHAIRWOMAN WHO IS A WOMAN WHOM I SERVED WITH ON THE ADVISORY BOARD IS NOW A DIRECTOR MADE SOME FALSE STATEMENTS ABOUT ME BASICALLY INDICATED THAT THE REASON THAT I WAS UNFIT TO SERVE THE BEST INTERESTS OF THE DISTRICT WAS BECAUSE I WAS ALIGNED WITH [NAME] ENERGY THAT I WAS ALIGNED WITH COUNCIL MEMBER OF LA QUINTA WHO WAS ALIGNED WITH [NAME] ENERGY.

NEITHER HERE WERE ALIGNED WITH [NAME] ENERGY WE WERE SUPPORTIVE OF NET MERRITTING.

NOT NET METERING.

NET METERING CREDITS TO THE CONSUMER WHICH IS WHEN A CONSUMER INSTALLS SOLAR ENERGY WHATEVER SURPLUS AMERICAN THEY DON'T USE THEY DO RECEIVE SOME TYPE OF COMPENSATION ALBEIT 4 CENTS A KILOWATT NOTHING BIG SO IMPERIAL IRRIGATION DISTRICT PARTED WITH THAT PROGRAM AND TRIED TO EMPHASIZE THE NEED TO CONTINUE TO HAVE A PROGRAM SO THAT WE CAN CONTINUE T ENCOURAGE SOLAR IN COACH LA VALLEY AND THEY ELIMINATED THE PROGRAM.

I WANTED TO MAKE CLEAR WHY I WAS PROTESTING.

I THINK IT WAS THERE DUTY TO RESPECT THE CITY'S FOIMENTS ACCORDING TO OUR BYLAWS.

TWO NEW DIRECTORS THAT GOT ELECTED BROUGHT THAT FORWARD SHOULDN'T WE RESPECT THE CITY'S APPOINTMENTS AND THE CITY CHAIRWOMAN SAID WE DON'T HAVE IT.

THAT WAS NOT AN ANSWER.

I THINK IT'S DISRESPECTFUL TO US WHO ARE THE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE CONSUMERS WHO WE ARE THE ONES THAT PAY IN OVER 75% OF THE REVENUE TO IMPERIAL IRRIGATION CORRECT, YET WE HAVE NO REPRESENTATION SO NEEDLESS TO SAY THEY DECLINED MY APPOINTMENT OR REAPPOINTMENT TO THAT BOAR AND COMMISSION AND I WANTED TO MENTION TO YOU MAYOR THAT IT IS NOT REQUIRED THAT THE APPOINTMENT BE AN ELECTED OFFICIAL.

WE ALREADY HAVE COUNCIL MEMBER GLENN MILLER ON THE COMMISSION AND SINCE WE ARE REALLY CONDUCTING OUR OWN RESEARCH AND STUDY AS TO WHERE WE WILL BE GOING NEXT 15 YEARS WITH POWER AN ENERGY I WOULD LIKE TO RECOMMEND THAT WE APPOINT SOMEONE WITHIN OUR ORGANIZATION THAT IS FAMILIAR WITH WHAT THE CITY OF INDIO IS DOING AND BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION I FEEL THAT THE GOOD CANDIDATE FOR THIS POSITION WOULD BE OUR RETIRED CITY MANAGER, MR. MARK SCOTT IF THAT WOULD BE OKAY WITH YOU.

I THINK HE WOULD BE A GOOD SUBSTITUTE FOR MYSELF.

I KNOW IT WAS A POSSIBILITY BUT I'M VERY SURPRISED AT THE ACTIONS OF THAT BOARD.

MY GOODNESS.

BOY, I AM SURPRISED.

I CONTINUE TO BE SURPRISED.

BE THAT AS IT MAY, LET ME REACH OUT TO MY FELLOW COUNCIL MEMBERS TO SEE WHAT THEY THINK ABOUT WE HAVE A POSITION AVAILABLE BRINGING ON OUR RETIRED CITY MANAGER WOULD BE AN OUTSTANDING OPPORTUNITY FOR US.

WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS?

>> I WOULD LIKE TO SAY FOR CITY MANAGER BE INTERESTING TO SPEND 2 OR 3 HOURS ON A MONDAY ONCE A MONTH TO DO IT FIRST.

>> I ASSUME SHE SPOKE WITH HIM.

>> YOU THINK I'D LEARN TO TURN ON MY MIC.

I'LL BE HAPPY TO HELP ANYWAY I CAN HELP.

>> YOU WOULD BE HAPPY TO.

>> DOES THIS REQUIRE A VOTE?

>> NO.

I BELIEVE THIS IS ONE.

APPOINTMENTS THAT YOU MAKE YOU KNOW UNDER OUR RULES OF PROCEDURE.

FOR APPOINTMENTS, AND WE CAN WORK WITH SABDI TO GET A LETTER TO THEM TO THAT EFFECT.

>> I APPRECIATE THAT.

IF THAT'S OKAY WITH EVERYONE I WOULD COMPLETELY SUPPORT THAT AND WOULD LIKE TO

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ASSIGN RETIRED INTERIM CITY MANAGER MARK SCOTT.

>> I'M GOOD WITH THAT.

I GET LONELY UP THERE BY MYSELF.

>> I BET DO YOU.

ANYTHING ELSE COUNCIL MEMBER AMIT? OKAY.

COUNCIL MEMBER ORTIZ?

ALL MY COMMISSIONS WERE DARK FOR THE PAST COUPLE OF WEEKS.

I JUST WANTED TO SAY HAPPY NEW YEAR TO EVERYBODY.

I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU ALL THIS YEAR HELPING OUT OUR COMMUNITY TRYING TO MAKE INDIO A BETTER PLACE AND THANK YOU EVERYBODY WHO REACHED OUT WHEN I WAS AT HOME, SICK AND BROUGHT FOOD.

I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT SO THANK YOU AND HOPE YOU ALL HAVE A GOOD YEAR INTO ABSOLUTELY.

AND MAYOR PRO TEM.

>> WELL, GOOD EVENING.

I WOULD LIKE TO ECHO SOME OF THOSE COMMENTS.

I AM LOOKING FOR THE TO 2021 HITTING STREET AND GETTING BACK TO BIGGEST.

I HOPE EVERYONE HAD A GREAT HOLIDAY SEASON.

IT WAS ALTERED DUE TO THE PANDEMIC BUT WE ARE RESILIENT FOLKS AND WE KNOW HOW TO MAKE DO WITH WHAT WE HAVE.

I WOULD LIKE TO MENTION I'VE BEEN WELL WITH MY EMPLOYMENT THROUGH THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA.

DID I RECEIVE THE MODERNA RECENTLY.

I HAVE BEEN VACCINATED.

NONETHELESS I'M FOLLOWING THE GUIDELINES SET FORTH BY OUR STATE AND LOCAL OFFICIALS AND I URGE EVERYONE TO CONTINUE TO DO THE SAME AND CONTINUE TO TAKE CARE OF OUR FAMILIES AND FRIENDS.

IT'S BEEN EXHAUSTING BUT NONETHELESS, I KNOW WE WILL REBOUND AND HIT THE RESET BUTTON AS I MENTIONED AND MOVE FORWARD.

WHAT I DO LIKE TO DO BEFORE I CONCLUDE IS RECOGNIZE A YOUNG LADY FROM OUR COMMUNITY WHO WAS FEATURED ON A NATIONAL WALMART COMMERCIAL, JULIET ORDUNO AND SHE HAS DOWN SYNDROME.

NONETHELESS SHE'S A VERY BRIGHT YOUNG LADY AND I'VE SEEN THE COMMERCIAL.

IT WAS A NATIONALLY TELEVISED COMMERCIAL SO I JUST WANT TO RECOGNIZE HER HER ON HER ACCOMPLISHMENT AND HER FAMILY'S KMOMENT AN THANKS FOR REPRESENTING OUR CITY WELL AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO GETTING BACK TO BUSINESS HERE.

WE HAVE A LOT OF STUFF ON OUR PLATE.

WE ARE OUT ACTIVE LISTENING TO A LOT OF FOLKS SO WE ARE OPEN TO SUGGESTIONS AN THINGS WE WANT IN OUR COMMUNITY AND WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD IT.

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE APPOINTMENTS.

THANK YOU FOR WHAT I DO ALL OUR COMMISSIONS BOARDS AND STAFF ON ITS MODEL WORK ESPECIALLY DURING THE PANDEMIC WHEN STAFF HAS BEEN ABLE TO GENERATE AS MUCH WORK AS WE HAVE SO THANK YOU FOR ARE HARD WORK OF THE STAFF AND LOOKING FORWARD TO 2021.

THANK YOU MAYOR.

>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

YES, MY COMMISSIONS WERE DARK AS WELL.

JUST REALLY WANTED TO WISH EVERYBODY ALSO A HAPPY NEW YEAR.

I KNOW IT'S A CHALLENGE AT THIS POINT BUT 2021 BRINGS HOPE AND WE NEED TO GET THROUGH THIS SEASON AND THIS TERM OF THE PANDEMIC AND I URGE EVERYONE TO BE VERY, VERY CAREFUL IN THEIR APPROACH AND ALSO TO SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL RESTAURANTS BY TAKEOUT CURB SIDE SERVICES YOUR LOCAL MARKETS AND BUSINESSES ET CETERA.

I REALLY WANT TO THANK, I MEAN IT IS HARD WORKING IN THIS ENVIRONMENT AND WHILE MANY OF US WERE ENJOYING THE HOLIDAYS THERE WERE THOSE THAT WERE OUT THERE KEEPING US SAFE IN ONE FORM OR ANOTHER.

THANK YOU TO THE INDIO POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR BEING OUT THERE WATCHING BEING JUST VERY CAREFUL ABOUT WHAT WAS GOING ON IN OUR COMMUNITY, WORKING WITH OUR COMMUNITY AND CREATING THAT SENSE OF CARING AND QUALITY OF LIFE.

THANK YOU TO OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT WHO HAS JUST HAD A VERY BUSY GOSH GOOD YEAR, SEVERAL MONTHS AT LEAST.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE SACRIFICES YOU MAKE.

THANK YOU TO STAFF.

IT IS NOT EASY TO DO THE WORK YOU DO TO BEGIN WITH TO DO IT FROM HOME AND DEAL WITH SOME OF THE ISSUES YOU DEAL WITH.

YOU HAVE STEPPED UP RISEN TO THE OCCASION AND THEN SOME.

YOU ARE VERY MUCH APPRECIATED.

THANK YOU TO THOSE OF ITS THAT ARE ON THE FRONT LINE, THE FOLKS IN THE HOSPITALS, THE NURSING HOMES, THE CARE FACILITIES THE EMERGENCY.

THERE ARE SO MANY PEOPLE OUT THERE JUST DOING AN CREDIBLE JOB TO KEEP US ALL SAFE AND HELPING US GET THROUGH THIS.

SO THANK YOU, AND HAPPY NEW YEAR TO EVERYONE.

WE HAVE AN EXCITING YEAR HERE AT THE CITY OF INDIO.

WE HAVE LOTS OF PROJECTS THAT WE ARE GOING TO BE HOPEFULLY MOVING FORWARD CERTAINLY DISCUSSING AND IT'S A CITY ON THE MOVE AND THIS PANDEMIC IS NOT GOING TO STOP US AS WE MOVE FORWARD INTO 2021 SO PUT YOUR SEAT BELTS ON, HANG ON.

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WE HAVE GOT A REALLY EXCITING YEAR AHEAD OF US.

[7.a. Discussion and Possible Direction – CDBG / CARES Act funding allocation]

TO THAT END I WOULD LIKE TO ASK CITY MANAGER FOR REPORTS AND INFORMATION, PLEASE.

>> THANK YOU MADAME MAYOR.

I ONLY HAVE ONE ITEM ON THE CITY MANAGER REPORT SECTION OF THE AGENDA AND IT'S I THINK THE THIRD TIME WE WILL HAVE BROUGHT BACK DISCUSSION ON THE ALLOCATION OF WHAT IS CALLED COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOC GRANT MONEY ALLOCATED THROUGH THE CARES ACT, THE CORONAVIRUS RELIEF ACT.

$755,754, SOMETHING LIKE THAT AND THE CITY COUNCIL HAS TALKED ABOUT THIS A COUPLE OF TIMES AND I WANTED TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT ALL FIVE OF OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS FEEL VERY DEEPLY ABOUT SPENDING THIS MONEY AND SPENDING IT RIGHT AND THERE HAVE BEEN REALLY DIFFERENT IDEAS ON HOW TO DO IT.

THERE ARE SO MANY PEOPLE THAT ARE IN NEED RIGHT NOW, SO MANY DIFFERENT WAYS THAT WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO HELP THAT WE'VE HAD QUITE A LONG LIST OF IDEAS OF WHAT COULD BE CONSIDERED AND WHEN WE SHOULD DO IT BUT IT CERTAINLY DOESN'T REFLECT LACK OF INTEREST OR CARING ON THE PART OF ANYBODY ON THE COUNCIL.

IT'S ALL A MATTER OF TRYING TO COME UP TO A COUNCIL AGREEMENT, WHETHER IT'S A MAJORITY VOTE OR CONSENSUS AS TO HOW TO MOVE FORWARD.

SO IN THAT SPIRIT, GIVEN THAT IT'S THE THIRD TIME UP, I WENT A LITTLE BIT FURTHER OUT THIS TIME THAN I'VE DONE IN THE LAST COUPLE AND I MADE SOME SUGGESTIONS, SOME RECOMMENDATIONS ON HOW WE MIGHT MOVE FORWARD.

PROCEDURALLY IT'S CERTAINLY UP TO THE COUNCIL HOW YOU WANT TO DISCUSS THIS TONIGHT.

I DON'T MEAN TO TRY TIME POSE A PROCESS ON ALL OF YOU, BUT IN TERMS OF CONTENT, THERE HAVE BEEN THREE AREAS THAT WERE DISCUSSED BY THE COUNCIL AS BEING OF MOST INTEREST AT THE LAST MEETING WE HAD, AND THOSE THREE AREAS WERE AN IWA INDIO WATER AUTHORITY DELINQUENT WATER ACCOUNT MITIGATION PROGRAM AND THE STAFF AFTER MAKING SOME CONVERSATIONS WITH DIFFERENT POSSIBLE PROVIDERS HAS RECOMMENDED THAT IF THE COUNCIL ADOPTS THIS AS ONE OF THE PROGRAMS THAT WE USE THE PROGRAM THROUGH THE UNITED WAY, WHERE THEY WOULD QUALIFY PEOPLE, THIS IS THIS BDG MONEY MEANING PEOPLE HAVE TO APPLY AND QUALIFY FOR IT AND IT WOULD BE JUST BE RESIDENTIAL ACCOUNTS.

REGRETTABLY IT DOESN'T INCLUDE THE PART OF THE CITY THAT'S IN CBWD BECAUSE THIS IS IWA PROGRAM BUT THAT WE THOUGHT THAT PROGRAM ABOUT A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS PLUS TEN THOUSAND THAT WOULD BE THE ADMINISTRATIVE FEE TO UNITED WAY.

THE SECOND AREA OF MOST INTEREST TO THE COUNCIL IN NO ORDER.

THIS IS JUST 1, 2 AND 3 WAS A RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM AND YOU WILL RECALL WE DISCUSSED LAST TIME WITH REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE LIVE TO RISE ORGANIZATION THAT THEY COULD TAKE A FUNDING AMOUNT FROM THE CITY AND ALLOCATE THAT IN THE SAME WAY THEY HAVE DONE THEIR OTHER PROGRAM THAT WAS DONE EARLIER THIS YEAR WITH UNITED WAY, TO PUT RENTAL ASSISTANCE PER HOUSEHOLD TO MAKE THOSE PAYMENTS DIRECTLY TO LANDLORDS TO REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF RENT OWED BY OUR RESIDENTS.

THE PROGRAM LIVE TO RISE HAS USED IS A $350 PER HOUSEHOLD PROGRAM AND COUNCIL MEMBERS, REALIZING THAT A SMALL AMOUNT OF MONEY FROM US WOULDN'T GO VERY FAR AT $3500 ASKED IF THEY WOULD CONSIDER DOING A $2,000 PER HOUSEHOLD PROGRAM.

I KNOW THEY WEREN'T EXCITED ABOUT DOING THAT BUT THEY HAVE AGREED TO DO THAT AND IN FACT HAVE MADE A GOOD FAITH OFFER THAT THEY WOULD TRY.

THERE'S NOT A GUARANTEE HERE.

THAT THEY WOULD TRY TO OBTAIN AND ALLOCATE AN ADDITIONAL SUM FROM RIVERSIDE COUNTY CBDG THAT COULD RAISE TO IT $3500 PER HOUSEHOLD AS LONG AS THAT MONEY EXISTED AND THERE'S NOT A GUARANTEE ON THAT.

THAT THAT PROGRAMS WITH AN 1.25 PERCENT ADMINISTRATIVE FEE WHICH IS SIMPLY

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RETURNING TO THEM THEIR COST OF ADMINISTRATION.

SO THAT WAS THE SECOND AREA OF INTEREST.

THE THIRD AREA OF INTEREST AGAIN STRONG INTEREST ON THE COUNCIL WAS IN A BUSINESS GRANTS PROGRAM.

WE DIDN'T TALK ABOUT IT AS A LOAN PROGRAM BUT RATHER AS A GRANT PROGRAM.

SEVERAL CITIES IN COACH LA VALLEY HAS DONE IN VERY DIFFERENT WAYS ALLOCATED FUNDS DEPENDING ON ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA TO LOCAL BUSINESSES AND THERE WAS A LOT OF INTEREST IN THE COUNCIL IN DOING THAT.

WHAT WE HAVE FOUND IS THAT THOSE PROGRAMS FOR THE MOST PART HAVE BEEN FUNDED NOT WITH CARES ACT MONEY BUT WITH GENERAL FUND TYPE FUNDS THAT DIDN'T HAVE THE KIND OF RESTRICTIONS THAT COMPLICATE THE ALLOCATION OF THOSE GRANTS.

SO WHEN WE GOT ALL DONE WITH THIS, A COUPLE WEEKS AGO I ACTUALLY SENT THE COUNCIL A NOTE ONE DAY, AND I SAID YOU KNOW, THE THING THAT WORRIES ME ABOUT SPLITTING THIS THREE WAYS, WE TALKED ABOUT A HUNDRED THOUSAND FOR THE WATER BILLS AND $322,000 EACH FOR THE RESIDENTIAL RENTAL ASSISTANCE AND $322,000 FOR THE BUSINESS GRANTS BUT WHAT CONCERNED ME WAS THAT REALLY MAKES THE NUMBERS SO SMALL THAT IN A CITY OUR SIZE WITH AS MANY BUSINESSES AN TENANTS AS WE HAVE THAT WE WERE GOING TO END UP SERVING FEWER, MAYBE FAR FEWER THAN HALF OF THE PEOPLE THAT APPLIED, AND THAT DIDN'T SOUND LIKE THE KIND OF PROGRAM THAT WAS GOING TO BE END UP FEELING GOOD TO A MAJORITY OF THE PEOPLE WHO APPLIED.

I THEN MADE THE SUGGESTION AND I APOLOGIZE FOR POPPING A SUGGESTION LIKE THIS BECAUSE IT MAY BE GOES BEYOND WHAT MY PARAMETERS WERE, BUT IN THE LEAN ON BROCKWELL HERE OR TOP RATED FINANCE DIRECTOR, ROB AND I WHEN WE DO THE BUDGET EVERY YEAR, WE WORK REALLY HARD TO PUT AS MUCH MONEY ON THE WHITE BOARD SO TO SPEAK AS WE HAVE AVAILABLE TO ALLOCATE THINKING THAT THE COUNCIL HAS THE RIGHT TO MAKE WHATEVER DECISIONS YOU WANT WITH THE MONEY WE HAVE.

BUT WE ALWAYS TRY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE RETAIN OUR $12 MILLION EMERGENCY RESERVE, WHICH REALLY THE MINIMUM THAT IS RECOMMENDED IN THE FINANCING LOCAL GOVERNMENT FINANCE INDUSTRY AND REALLY SOMETHING THAT RATING AGENCIES PAY A LOT OF ATTENTION TO THAT YOU MAINTAIN THAT MINIMUM BALANCE.

WE REALLY DON'T WANTING TO INTO THAT FUND IF WE CAN HELP IT.

WE WERE WORRIED WE WOULD HAVE TO WITH THE CORONAVIRUS IMPACTS BUT WE FEEL FAIRLY SURE NOW THAT WE ARE GOING TO MAKE IT WITHOUT GOING INTO THOSE FUNDS.

THAT LEAVES THE SMALL AMOUNT OF MONEY AT ANY GIVEN TIME THAT I LIKE TO REFER TO AS THE CHECKING ACCOUNT BALANCE.

AND A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO I PUT SOME OF THAT MONEY ON THE WHITE BOARD BECAUSE WE HAD THIS FUND THAT WE CALLED FUND FOR FUTURE LABOR INCREASES AND I SAID WE ARE NOT ANTICIPATING ANY SO WE PUT IT OUT THERE AND WE PAVED SOME STREETS THAT YEAR WITH THAT EXTRA MONEY.

THIS YEAR WE THINK THERE'S ENOUGH MONEY THERE THAT WE COULD TAKE $645,000, THERE'S A REASON FOR THAT NUMBER AN PUT NIGHT THIS POT FOR ALLOCATION BETWEEN THESE THREE PROGRAMS SO WE AT LEAST HAVE A MINIMUM AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT MAKES IT REALLY VIABLE FOR US TO GO OUTS AN OFFER IT TO OUR PUBLIC WITHOUT TURNING DOWN MORE THAN HALF THE PEOPLE THAT APPLY SO I TOOK THE STEP OF SAYING THIS MAY BE ONE OF THOSE TIMES WHEN THE EMERGENCY REQUIRES WE DO THAT AND MY SUGGESTION WAS THAT THAT MONEY BE USED FOR BUSINESS GRANTS BECAUSE IT WILL BE VERY HARD TO QUALIFY BIZ UNDER CBDG.

IT'S DOABLE BUT VERY TIME CONSUMING AN COMPLICATED AND THAT THE OTHER CBDG MONEY BE USED FOR OTHER PROGRAMS IF THE CITY COUNCIL DECIDES TO DO ALL THREE PROGRAMS AND MAYBE YOU WON'T.

THAT'S YOUR DECISION, NOT MINE AND B, IF THE COUNCIL DECIDES TO MAKE THE DECISIONING TO FORWARD RIGHT NOW AND I SAY THAT AND I THINK MOST OF YOU ARE TELLING ME THAT YOU'RE ANXIOUS TO MOVE FORWARD BUT I CAN'T HELP BUT POINT OUT THAT WE DON'T KNOW YET WHAT THE STATE AND THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ARE GOING TO BE

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FUNDING IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS OR MONTH AND A HALF MAYBE.

I THINK IT'S ALMOST CERTAIN THERE WILL BE ADDITIONAL FUNDING THAT COMES FROM THE FEDS AND IT'S ALMOST CERTAIN THAT THE GOVERNOR JUST ANNOUNCED A NEW STATE PROGRAM HOW THAT GETS TO A CITY LIKE INDIO I HAVE NO IDEA, AND THE COUNCIL DOES HAVE THE OPTION OF WAITING TO DECIDE WHETHER TO DO THESE PROGRAMS UNTIL WE KNOW THAT.

THE OTHER SIDE OF THAT COIN AND I'M JUST REPEATING COUNCIL MEMBER'S INPUT TO ME, THE OTHER SIDE OF THAT COIN IS SOME OF YOU ARE CONCERNED, I THINK ALL OF US ARE CONCERNED THAT PEOPLE ARE HURTING TODAY AND THAT SOME PEOPLE MAY NOT BE HERE IN A COUPLE OF MORE MONTHS IF THERE ISN'T SOME KIND OF EFFORT MADE SO IT'S A DECISION OF THE COUNCIL.

DO YOU WANT TO ACT NOW OR WAIT AND ACT AFTER WE GET A CHANCE TO SEE WHAT ELSE IS OUT THERE AND IF THE CHOICE IS TO ACT NOW DO YOU WANT TO DO ALL THREE PROGRAMS, DO YOU WANT TO DO JUST TWO OF THE PROGRAMS TO MAKE TH MONEY GO FURTHER AND IF YOU WANT TO DO ALL THREE OF THE PROGRAMS MY QUESTION WOULD BE DO YOU WANT TO DRAW FROM THIS CHECKING ACCOUNT BALANCE UNALLOCATED GENERAL FUND BALANCE AND I WOULD SUGGEST THAT $645,000 BECAUSE THAT'S THE REMAINDER THAT WAS IN THE POT FOR THE CBDG MONEY WAS AND I WOULD MATCH IT WITH DID MONEY OUT OF THE GENERAL FUND.

SO THOSE ARE THE OPTIONS THAT I LAID OUT FOR THE COUNCIL.

I MAY HAVE BEEN A LITTLE MORE AGGRESSIVE IN MAKING THIS RECOMMENDATION THAN YOU WERE READY FOR AND I UNDERSTAND THAT IF YOU ARE BUT I WANTED TO TRY TO SEE IF I COULDN'T HELP MOVE THIS ALONG WITH SOME KIND OF DIRECTION FROM THE COUNCIL.

SO I WILL TURN IT BACK TO THE MAYOR AND INFORMATION EXTENT I CAN HELP WITH THE REST OF THE DISCUSSION I'M HERE TO HELP, AS IS KEVIN SNYDER, JESUS GOMEZ WHO IS IN THE ZOOM WORLD AND MR. ROCKWELL.

>> THANK YOU CITY MANAGER FOR REALLY A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF WORK THAT YOU HAVE PUT INTO THIS.

YOU HAVE DONE THE RESEARCH.

YOU HAVE LAID OUT IDEAS PROVIDED IDEAS, PROVIDED DIFFERENT AVENUES, REALLY APPRECIATE IT AND AT THIS POINT I WANT TO GO MY FELLOW COUNCIL PEOPLE BECAUSE I KNOW EVERYBODY IS STRUGGLING A LITTLE BIT WITH SEEING OUR COMRADES STRUGGLE WITH HOUSING ISSUES WITH BUSINESS ISSUES WITH VARIOUS ISSUES OUT THERE.

SO, I AM THINKING WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO DO IS HEAR FROM EACH OF YOU.

I'M CONSCIOUS OF US BEING ABLE TO DECIDE IN SOME FORM OR FASHION SOME DIRECTION SO THAT WE CAN WRAP OUR ARMS AROUND WHATEVER WE DECIDE.

SO I WOULD ASK AND ENCOURAGE YOUR THOUGHTS YOUR IDEAS YOU KNOW INITIALLY AROUND THE IWA WATER BILLS RENTAL ASSISTANCE USING CWBG FUNDS AND BUSINESS GRANTS USING THE GENERAL FUND AND BEYOND THAT BECAUSE I THINK THERE'S DIFFERENT OPTIONS AND I WILL START.

I WILL GO IN ORDER.

PLEASE COUNCIL MEMBER GLENN MILLER.

>> THANK YOU MADAME MAYOR.

YOU KNOW, I THANK MR. SCOTT FOR HIS INFORMATION BECAUSE I THINK HE THOUGHT IT OUT VERY WELL.

THERE'S NEVER GOING TO BE ENOUGH MONEY.

EVEN THIS ISN'T GOING TO BE ENOUGH MONEY TO CONTINUE TO SUPPORT EVERYONE.

IT'S A EFFORT TO HELP A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF PEOPLE AND THE DETAILS ARE IN THE PUTTING OF HOW WE SET IT UP AND WHO IS GOING TO QUALIFY BASED ON HAVE THEY GOTTEN GRANTS BEFORE ARE THEY ELIGIBLE, THERE'S GOING TO BE GRANTEES BUT THAT BEEN SHOULDN'T NEGATE THEM FROM GETTING A GRANT FROM THE CITY.

IT'S A DIFFERENT BALL GAME LIKE THE FEDERAL AND THE STATE SO I'M COMFORTABLE WITH IT AS LONG AS ROB FEELS THAT MONEY IS NOT GOING AFFECT US SOME WAY WHERE WE HAVE TO CUT BACK ON STAFF OR ON A PROGRAM.

THE RESERVES THERE FOR A REASON.

I LIKE THE IDEA OF MAKING THE PROGRAM ENOUGH FOR RENTAL PROGRAMS THAT ARE IN NEED BUT WITHOUT OUR BUSINESS THAT'S WHEN YOU ARE OUR TAX BASE COMES THROUGH.

THAT'S WHEN YOU ARE OTHER EMPLOYMENT COMES THROUGH.

SO I THINK IT'S INCUMBENT TO CONTINUE TO SUPPORT BOATS OF THEM.

I LIKE MR. SCOTT'S IDEA AND I'M IN FAVOR OF BEING ABLE TO UTILIZE THAT MONEY AS LONG AS IT DOESN'T AFFECT OTHER PROGRAMS OR HAVE AN EFFECT ON OUR STAFFING WHERE WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO CUT BACK ON SOMETHING SO I'M GOOD WITH IT AND I THINK THE THREE OUTSTANDING PROGRAMS THAT WILL GIVE SOME ASSISTANCE AND WE NEED

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TO SEEK OUTSIDE HELP FROM BOTH OUR COUNTIES AN STATE AN FEDERAL GOVERNMENTS TO SEE WHAT IS OUT THERE THAT HELPS SUPPORT OTHER INDIVIDUALS TOO BECAUSE NOT EVERYBODY IS GOING TO GET IT.

SO I'M GOOD.

>> IF I MAY ASK YOU USED THE TERM RESERVES AND JUST FOR THE DISCUSSION WITH ALL OF US AND WITH THE PUBLIC IT'S NOT NECESSARILY COME FROM RESERVES IN A TRADITIONAL SENSE.

IT'S REALLY COMING FROM THIS EXTRA SAVINGS IN OUR CITY CHECKBOOK AND I'M GOING TO ASK ROB TO JUMP IN THERE.

>> I MISSPOKE.

I'M SAYING IT'S STILL MONEY THAT WOULD GO INTO OUR VEFRS AN USE TO BALANCE OUR BUDGETS SO TECHNICALLY IT MIGHT BE IN OUR CHECKING ACCOUNT BUT IT'S REALLY MONEY THAT COULD BE IN OUR RESERVES.

WE JUST CHOSE NOT TO MOVE IT OVER.

THAT'S HOW I LOOK AT IT.

IF IT WAS ALLOCATED MONEY TAKEN FROM PROGRAMS I WOULD SAY IT'S OUT OUR GENERAL FUND BUT IT'S MONEY IN OUR GENERAL FUND WE HAVE NOT CHOSEN TO MOVE TO RESERVES ELSEWHERE SO IT'S UNALLOCATED MONEY BUT AS LONG AS IT'S NOT GOING AFFECT ROB YOU FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH THIS.

MR. SCOTT HAS GIVEN US A RECOMMENDATION BUT YOU ARE OUR MONEY MAN AND I TAKE WHAT YOU SAY VERY SERIOUSLY.

IT IS VERY VALUABLE TO ME TO KNOW IF YOU FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH THAT BECAUSE MY NUMBER ONE GOAL IS TO PROTECT OUR CITY AND STAFF WITH THE CALL THEY DESERVE BUT WITHOUT OUR BUSINESSES AN CITIZENS BEING GOOD WE PUT OURSELVES IN A PREDICAMENT ANYWAY.

>> WE ARE ASSUMING WITH THE RECEIVE NEWS ARE GOING TO BE FOR THE YEAR.

WE HAVE AN SPENT TOUR PLAN WE HOPE TO HOLD TO SO EVERYTHING IS FLUID FROM THAT PERSPECTIVE.

WHEN WE GET TO THE END OF A FISCAL YEAR WE CLOSE THE BOOKS AND CLOSE THE BOOKS ON JUNE 30TH AND WHEN WE DID THAT MAKING SURE WE SET ASIDE MONEY FOR OUR COMMITMENTS ECONOMIC UNCERTAINTY RAINY DAY RESERVE WE IDENTIFIED MONEY THAT WAS BASICALLY LEFT OVER AND THAT HAPPENS EVERY YEAR BECAUSE WE DON'T HIT OUR REVENUE AN EXPENDITURE TARGETS EXACTLY.

SOMETIMES WHEN WE BALANCE THE BOOKS THERE'S A LITTLE EXTRA MONEY.

SOMETIMES THERE'S A LITTLE LESS MONEY DEPENDING ON THE ECONOMIC SITUATION SO ASSUMING WE HIT OUR REVENUE AND EXPENDITURE TARGETS FOR THE COMING YEAR THIS RESIDUAL BHOOEVEN ON THE BOOKS IS THERE TO BE SPENT FOR ANY PURPOSE THAT THE CITY COUNCIL WOULD LIKE.

AS YOU MENTION IT'S MONEY POTENTIALLY THAT WOULD BE SET ASIDE IN A RESERVE IF YOU WANTED TO BUMP UP THE RAINY DAY RESERVE OR BE LEFT WHERE IT IS THE OFF SET REVENUE OR DIFFERENCES IN THE FUTURE BUT WE HAVE BASICALLY AN $80 MILLION BUDGET SO SETTING ASIDE $600,000 FOR THIS PURPOSE REALLY DOESN'T HAVE A GRAND EFFECT ON THE BIG PICTURE OF CITY OPERATION SO FROM THAT PERSPECTIVE I'M COMFORTABLE MAKING THIS COMMITMENT INTO THANK YOU AND MR. SCOTT THANK YOU FOR REACHING OUT TO THOSE TWO ORGANIZATIONS FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THIS ASSISTANCE IS SOMETHING WE PROBABLY WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN ABLE TO DO AND AT THAT COST THAT'S AMAZING SO WE WANT TO THANK THEM FOR THEIR SUPPORT OF OUR CITY AN BEING ABLE TO TAKE THESE PROGRAMS ON WHEN THEY DIDN'T HAVE TO WHEN THEY'RE ONLY COVERING THEIR COST THAT MEANS THEY'RE IN IT FOR THE COMMUNITY, NOT THE MONEY.

>> I AGREE.

>> IF I CAN MAKE ONE MORE POINT TO SAY WE SAVED MONEY THIS LAST FISCAL YEAR MAIN BY BECAUSE WE KNEW THAT COVID WAS COMING AND STARTED PULLING BACK ON PROJECTS SO IT'S SAFE TO SAY THIS MONEY THAT'S WE ARE SAVING IS UNSPENT MONEY.

THIS IS MONEY THAT WAS SET ASIDE FOR PROJECTS.

NOT THAT IT MAKES A DIFFERENCE OR THE MONEY IS FREE TO BE SPENT ON ANY PURPOSE BUT THESE SAVINGS IS THE RESULT OF UNFINISHED CF PROJECTS SO IF THAT MAKES A DIFFERENCE TO COUNCIL THAT SHOULD BE TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION.

>> GUESS WE HAVE TO CATCH UP AND DON'T SAY THAT TOO LOUD WITH TIM OVER THERE TALKING ABOUT HIS ROAD MONEY.

>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH COUNCIL MEMBER MILLER.

COUNCIL MEMBER AMIT PLEASE WEIGH IN ON YOUR THOUGHTS AND PERSPECTIVE.

>> THANK YOU MAYOR.

AND CITY FINANCE DIRECTOR MR. ROCKWELL JUST MADE THE CLARIFICATION THAT I WANTED TO MAKE.

THIS MONEY IS NOT REALLY LEFT OVER MONEY IN THE CHECKING ACCOUNT.

IT'S MONEY THAT WE HAVE STOLEN FROM MEASURE X THAT SHOULD HAVE BENGAL DATED TO WHAT MEASURE X WAS IDENTIFIED FOR, EVEN THOUG IT IS GENERAL FUND MONEY WHEN WE DID SPECIFIC THINGS WE SAID WE WERE GOING TO DO AND IN ORDER TO BALANCE NEXT YEAR'S BUDGETS I THINK WE ARE BORROWING $5 HILL FROM MEASURE X.

IF THIS $645,754 IS NOT MOVED TOWARD THE PROJECTS THAT THE COUNCIL IS CONSIDERING TONIGHT, THEN THAT WOULD BE $645,754 LESS THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO

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BASICALLY STEAL FROM MEASURE X FUNDS WHICH ARE SPECIFICALLY FOR PUBLIC SAFETY INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS AND CITY SERVICES.

SO I WANTED TO MAKE THAT VERY CLEAR THERE IS NOT SURPLUS MONEY, THIS IS NOT CHECKING ACCOUNT MONEY.

WE ARE BORROWING FROM PETER TO PAY PAUL AND IT'S JUST PUTTING US IN A POSITION WHERE VENTSLY WE HAVE TO PAY THIS MONEY BACK BECAUSE IT WAS SPECIFICALLY EARMARKED IN WHAT WE SOLD TO THE COMMUNITY FOR SPECIFIC PROJECTS SO THAT'S A VERY CLEAR POINT I WANT TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY KEEPS IN MIND AS WE MOVE FORWARD.

I WANT TO GIVE AN UPDATE FIRST ON THE FEDS AND THE STATE BECAUSE ED A WEBINAR TODAY WITH SOMEONE WHO IS IN THE KNOW WITH ALL THAT.

SO, THE PPP ROUND 2 AND ROUND 2 AND $10,000 GRANT FROM THE FEDS ARE SCHEDULED TO ROLL OUT IN JANUARY AND BUSINESSES NONPROFIT SOLE PROPRIETORS CONTRACT WORKERS GIG WORKERS ARE ALL QUALIFIED TO APPLY FOR THOSE FUNDS THERE.

ARE NO RESTRICTION OTHER THAN YOU HAVE TO HAVE A MINIMUM CREDIT SCORE FOR THE ECONOMIC INJURY DISASTER LOAN.

THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA PREVIOUSLY HAD ALLOCATED $500,000 TO BE GRANTED TO BUSINESSES WHO HAD BEEN AFFECTED BY COVID ANYWHERE FROM $5,000-25,000 PER BUSINESS.

TODAY THE GOVERNOR HAS STATED THAT HE WOULD LIKE TO ALLOCATE $1 BILLION.

SO, HE WILL HAVE TO WORK WITH THE LEGISLATURE TO ALLOCATE THE ADDITIONAL FUNDING BUT WHAT THAT MEANS IS THAT THAT MANY MORE BUSINESSES WILL QUALIFY FOR THOSE STATE GRANTS UP TO $25,000.

NOW CITY MANAGER MENTIONED EARLIER HE DOESN'T KNOW HOW THOSE BUSINESS WILL BE SELECTED.

I HAPPEN TO BE PRIVY TO THE SCORECARD HOW THOSE BUSINESSES WILL BE SELECTED AND LET ME TELL YOU EVERYONE IN COACH LAVALLE WILL SCORE HIGHER THAN ANY OF THE EASTERN COUNTIES BECAUSE OUR MOD CAT INCOME LEVEL IS LO BECAUSE WE HAVE BUSINESSES THAT ARE MORE MINORITY OWNED SO, WE HAVE A GREATER CHANCE THAN SOME OF THOSE HIGHER INCOME COUNTIES.

SO I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THE COUNCIL IS AWARE THESE PROGRAMS ARE UP AND RUNNING RIGHT NOW FOR BUSINESSES TO APPLY, AND I THINK THOSE ARE MUCH BETTER CHANCE THAN FOR US TO SELECT A FEW TO RECEIVE $3-5,000 GRANTS THAT ARE NOT GOING TO DO MUCH FOR THEM.

IT'S PROJECTED WE WILL BE CLOSED ANOTHER SIX TO TEN MONTHS MGS NOBODY REALLY KNOWS.

THE COVID VACCINE IS OUT AND SCHEDULED TO COME OUT TO THE PUBLIC IN MARCH BUT WE FOUND OUT LAST WEEK THE VIRUS HAS NEW STAYED AND WE HAVE A SECOND FORM OF THE COVID VIRUS WHICH IS A VARIANT.

I FORGOT THE NUMBER THEY ASSIGNED TO IT SO THAT'S JUST AN UPDATE ON WHERE WE ARE.

THERE ARE A LOT OF BUSINESS PROGRAMS. I CONTINUE TO ADVOCATE FOR THE CITY BEING A RESOURCE FOR BUSINESS FOR LOCAL RENTSERS AN HOMEOWNERS SO THAT THEY KNOW WHAT'S AVAILABLE TO THEM.

THE EMPLOYMENT DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT IS GOING TO EXTEND EVERYONE AS AN EFFECT OF THE CARES ACT THAT WAS PASSED 11 MORE WEEKS OF UNEMPLOYMENT.

THEY'RE ALSO CONNECTING PEOPLE WHO ARE ON UNEMPLOYMENT WITH RENTAL ASSISTANCE AND WITH FOOD MONEY.

I FORGOT WHAT THEY CALLED THE FOOD PROGRAM.

AND OF COURSE EVERYONE QUALIFIES FOR THAT AS WELL REGARDLESS WHETHER YOU'RE A CONTRACT EMPLOYEE OR YOU ARE LAID OFF OR CAN'T WORK BECAUSE YOU'RE CONCERNED ABOUT COVID OR YOU HAVE TO STAY HOME AND TAKE CARE OF YOUR CHILDREN DUE TO COVID SO THERE ARE A LOT OF PROGRAMS OUT THERE I FEEL COULD DO A LOT MORE FOR OUR BUSINESS AN OUR RESIDENTS THAN ANY DOLLARS WE CAN ALLOCATE.

MY QUESTION HAS TO DO WITH THE IWA PROPOSAL GOING TO UNITED WAY.

I DON'T KNOW WHY IT SHOULD GO TO SOMEBODY TO ADMINISTER A PROGRAM WHEN WE KNOW IT'S IN ARREARS AND WE HAVE AN ABILITY TO GIVE THEM AN APPLICATION AN REVIEW THE APPLICATION BASED ON THE CRITERIA THE CITY COUNCIL WILL -- JUST LIKE WE HAVE THE APPLICATION FOR NON-PROFITS TO APPLY FOR THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT GRANTS.

I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY WE HAVE TO PAY SOMEONE TO RUN THAT PROGRAM WHEN WE ALREADY KNOW WHO ARE THE PEOPLE THAT ARE IN ARREARS.

AS FAR AS RENTAL ASSISTANCE I STILL TAKE ISSUE WITH THE FACT THAT WE ARE NOT ABLE

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TO HELP HOMEOWNERS BUT I KNOW THAT WOULD JUST EXPAND THE POOL OF PEOPLE THAT NEED ASSISTANCE.

I JUST DON'T FEEL THAT THE BUSINESS GRANT OPPORTUNITY FOR $3,000-5,000 IS REALLY GOING REACH THAT FAR.

WE ARE ONLY GOING TO BE ABLE TO FUND ABOUT 75 BUSINESSES AND IN THE GRAND SCHEME OF THINGS THAT'S A SMALL AMOUNT OF BUSINESSES IN OUR COMMUNITY.

IF YOU WANT TO NARROW THAT TO PEOPLE WHO EVERYBODY AFFECTED BY THIS LAST CLOSURE THAT STARTED DECEMBER EIGHTH THAT WOULD SEEM MORE FEASIBLE AND NARROW DOWN THE POOL BUT I DON'T THINK THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT WE HAVE IS GOING TO MAKE AND DIFFERENCE AND DION FEEL THE CITY SHOULD B DIPPING INTO FUNDS THAT WE HAVE PROMISED OUR COMMUNITY WOULD BE SPENT FOR SPECIFIC PURPOSES.

OUR ROLE AS A GOVERNMENT IS TO DELIVER SERVICES NOT TO SUBDIES OR TO BAIL OUT BUSINESSES OR RENTERS IN SPITE OF THE GLOBAL STATE.

THAT'S STATE FEDERAL AN COUNTY'S RESPONSIBILITY SO I DO NOT SUPPORT US MOVING IN THE DIRECTION THAT IS BEING PROPOSED.

I SUGGEST WAY WAIT FOR THE NEXT ROUND OF CARES ALLOCATION WHICH THERE WILL BE ANOTHER ROUND OF CARES FUNDING TO THE CITY AND SEE HOW MUCH WE HAVE AT THAT TIME AND SEE IF WE CAN MAKE A BIGGER IMPACT AT THAT TIME.

I GUESS THE ONLY QUESTION I'M LEAVING ON THE TABLE IS WHY DO WE NEED TO HIRE SOMEONE TO ADMINISTER THE WATER BILL PROGRAM IF WE ARE ALREADY KNOW WHO THOSE PEOPLE ARE AND WE CAN SET THE CRITERIA.

>> THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION.

>> I THINK THE ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION IS THE UNITED WAY ALREADY HAS A PROGRAM.

THEY HAVE A STAFF THAT'S TRAINED TO DO IT.

THIS IS CBDG MONEY SO OUR STAFF WOULD HAVE TO BE TRAINED ON HOW TO DO THE CBKG ELEMENT OF IT SO IT'S NOT AS SIMPLE AS GRAB A COUPLE OF STAFF PEOPLE SAY HERE YOU'RE GOING ADMINISTER THIS PROGRAM.

>> IT'S NOT LIKE HAVING THE GENERAL FUND DOLLARS WHICH THE STAFF COULD USUALLY DO.

THE CBDG HAS PROCESS'S REGULATIONS I PRESUME.

>> WE JUST LOT TO THAT WAS THE MOST LOGICAL WAY TO DO IT THAT YOU KNOW WE COULD TAKE IT ON IN HOUSE.

WE JUST HAVE TO -- THERE WOULD BE A COST TO DO IT IN HOUSE.

>> THAT'S THE WONDERFUL COMPONENT OF THIS COUNCIL IS EVERYBODY COMES FROM A DIFFERENT PLACE WITH DIFFERENT KNOWLEDGE LEVELS AND I VALUE EACH AND EVERY ONE OF THEM.

COUNCIL MEMBER ORTIZ.

THANK YOU COUNSEL MEMBER AMIT.

COUNCIL MEMBER ORTIZ.

>> I'M IN FAVOR OF THE IWA PROGRAM.

I THINK IT WILL BE GOOD FOR OUR CITY AND THE RESIDENTS.

I'M IN FAVOR OF CITY MANAGER'S PROPOSAL TO DRAW THE $645,000 FOR THE SMALL BIGGEST PROGRAM AND THAT WE GET TO HAVE THE FUNDS THAT ARE NOT AS RESTRICTIVE AS THE CBDG FUNDS WITH THAT PROGRAM.

I THINK WITH THE LIFT YOUR LIVES PROGRAM THE MONEY IS GOINGING TO A LONG WAY MANY HOPEFULLY THREE BE ABLE TO SUPPLEMENT THE FUNDS WITH $1500 SO I THINK THAT WILL MAKE OUR DOLLARS LAST A LITTLE LONGER GO LEARNING WAY AND FOR THE BUSINESS PROGRAM I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IF WE CAN NARROW THAT COUNSEL BY TARGETING BUSINESSES WHO HAVE NOT RECEIVED THE PPP LOANS IN THE PAST.

>> EX-LEBTS COUNCIL MEMBER ORTIZ MANY THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR THOUGHTS.

AND MAYOR PRO TEM.

>> I'M IN FAVOR OF THE PROPOSAL BY THE CITY MANAGER.

UNITED WAY DID I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THAT BUT IT WAS EX-PLANED IN GREAT DETAIL.

THEY HAVE INFRASTRUCTURE SO I UNDERSTAND WHY WE ARE DOING THAT.

THEY DO HAVE THE INFRASTRUCTURE TO ADMINISTER THIS TYPE OF PROGRAM AND I DID VISIT ONE OF THEIR SITES DURING THE SUMMER ONE DAY WHERE ALLOCATING THESE FUNDS AND THEY DID HAVE A GREAT PROCEDURE SO DO I SUPPORT THAT AND I KNOW THEY WERE ON ONE OF OUR PREVIOUS MEETINGS AND WE HAD A LOT OF QUESTIONS FOR THEM SO I THANK THEM FOR ASSISTING US WITH THESE PROGRAMS AND LET ME GO BACK.

I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE CITY MANAGER AND ROB FOR BRINGING THIS BACK TO US AND IN GREAT DETAIL.

WE MAY NOT BE ABLE TO REACH EVERYONE BUT WE ARE REACHING SOME AND IF ONE MONTH OF ASSISTING A BUSINESS WITH UTILITIES OR RENT IS GOING TO KEEP THEM AFLOAT FOR ONE MORE MONTH UNTIL WE DO GET MORE FUND FROM OUR STATE AND FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, I'VE BEEN IN CONTACT WITH CITY MANAGER EARLIER THIS MORNING WITH

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SOME OF THE THINGS THAT ARE COMING OUR WAY SO MORE FUNDING IS COMING.

NONETHELESS WE HAVE THIS FUNDING THAT WAS ALLOCATED AND I THINK IT'S URGENT WE GET THIS OUT ESPECIALLY THE RENTAL ASSISTANCE WHERE FOLKS NEED ASSISTANCE SO I DO SUPPORT TAKING THE $645,000 FROM THE FUNDS UNALLOCATED FUNDS BUT I DO UNDERSTAND IMPORTANCE OF KEEPING IN MIND THAT WE PA THOSE BACK AT A CERTAIN POINTS, BECAUSE WE DID HAVE AN GENERAL A AND PROMISE TO OUR COMMUNITY WHAT THESE FUNDS WILL BE UTILIZED FOR SO IN A NUTSHELL I DO SUPPORT THIS MATRIX THAT THE CITY MANAGER HAS BROUGHT FORWARD TO US.

>> THANK YOU MAYOR PRO TEM.

SO, I ALSO SUPPORT THIS AND IT'S NOT A GRAND EFFORT BUT IT IS A GRAND EFFORT FROM THE CITY OF INDIO.

THE IWA DELINQUENT WATER BILLS IS SOMETHING WE CAN DO USING UNITED WAY BECAUSE THEY ARE ADMINISTRATIVELY SET UP TO MANAGE THE REGULATIONS AND THE PROCEDURES SPECIFIC TO CDBG.

I UNDERSTAND AND THANK TO YOU UNITED WAY AND LIVE TO RISE BECAUSE I THINK THEY'RE DOING A TREMENDOUS TREMENDOUS JOB WITH EVERYTHING THROUGH THE COACH LA VALLEY AN BEYOND SO VERY MUCH SUPPORT IWA DELINQUENT WATER BILLS WITH EYE NIGHT AWAY.

I KNOW THERE'S RENTAL ASSISTANCE.

I TRY TO SPEND A LOT OF TIME TALK FROM THE SBA OR THE SMALL BUSINESS WOMEN'S GROUP OR ONLINE EDD AND I KNOW THROUGH THE EDD THEY'RE TRYING TO OFFER SOME ASSISTANCE.

I ALSO KNOW THAT WHILE THE INTENT IS GOOD THERE'S A LOT OF FOLKS THAT FELL THROUGH THE CRACKS OR ARE UNABLE TO REACH OR TO MANAGE AND I GUESS FROM MY PERSPECTIVE I'D LIKE TO THROW SOME FOLKS A LIFELINE SO I WOULD SUPPORT RENTAL ASSISTANCE AS ADMINISTERED LIVE TO RISE WHICH IS AN EXTRAORDINARY ORGANIZATION USING THE CDBG FUNDS.

BUSINESS GRANTS I KNOW WE ARE GOING TO MAKE A SMALL IMPACT BUT A SMALL IMPACT FOR SOMEONE FOR A STRUGGLING SMALL BUSINESS IS BETTER THAN NO IMPACT AT ALL.

IT'S A LIFELINE.

IT'S A MONTH OR TWO OF PAYING THEIR WATER BILL OR THEIR POWER BILL OR THEIR RENT OR FOOD OR WHATEVER IT MIGHT BE FOR THAT GIVEN BUSINESS.

THESE LOANS SOMETIMES TAKE A LONG TIME TO PROCESS AND IT'S A CHALLENGE.

FOR US TO BE ABLE TO HELP SOME OF OUR SMALL BUSINESSES AN OF COURSE, THE APPLICATION PROCESSES I DON'T WANT TO ADD TOO MANY LAYERS BUT I THINK THERE NEEDS TO BE SOME VETTING.

I WOULD LIKE COUNCIL MEMBER RAMOS AND AMIT SUGGESTIONS FOR BUSINESSES THAT EVERYBODY SHUT DOWN TRYING TO GET THROUGH AND NOW ARE JUST CHALLENGE.

I LIKE COUNCIL MEMBER ORTIZ'S IDEA OF LOOKING AT DIFFERENT WAYS TO ALLOCATE SOME OF THOSE FUNDS AND MAYBE IT'S PPP THOSE THAT HAVEN'T RECEIVED I THINK THE COUNTY DID THIS.

THEY WENT THROUGH THREE PHASES.

THOSE THAT HAVEN'T RECEIVED PPP GETTING TO THAT LEVEL OF GRANULARITY IS DIFFICULT SO SOME OF IT HAS TO BE GOOD FAITH ALSO LOOKING AT OR ASKING FOR BREAKDOWNS IN SOME OF THE LOANS AN CHANGE IN INCOME FROM A PERIOD OF TIME 2019-2020 YOU SEE PEOPLES INCOME HAS DROPPED 60-70 PERCENT AN THAT REQUIRES A ONE-PAGE PROFIT AND LOSS SHEET THAT CAN BE SCANNED IN AS PART OF THE APPLICATION PROCESS.

SO, CONSCIOUS OF MAKING THINGS SO DIFFICULT THAT WE CAN'T MAKE SOMETHING HAPPEN WANTING A FEW CHECKS AND BALANCES TO TRY TO GIVE THESE DOLLARS TO THE MOST DESERVING.

HAVING SAID THAT I DO SUPPORT WHAT HAS BEEN SUGGESTED OR RECOMMENDED ON ALL THREE POINTS.

AND IT SOUNDS LIKE THAT AT LEAST THE MAJORITY OF COUNCIL MEMBERS FEEL THE SAME WAY AND IF THERE ARE ANY OTHER COMMENTS BY COUNCIL MEMBERS, PLEASE SAY SOMETHING.

>> MADAME MAYOR IF I COULD, MY ONLY CONCERN WHEN YOU START PUTTING RESTRICTIONS ON THE BUSINESS MONEY IS JUST BECAUSE SOMEBODY HAS A PPP LOAN, THAT'S A MOVING TARGET WORKING FOR THE STATE WATCHING THE THINGS THEY KEEP CHANGING THE RULES ON THEM AND EACH BANK IS DIFFERENT.

TO SAY THAT IT'S FORGIVEN IS NOT ACTUALLY ACCURATE.

SOME PEOPLE ARE PAYING THESE THINGS BACK.

I KNOW IT'S A PANDEMIC BUT THERE ARE CERTAIN BUSINESSES THAT HAVE CONTINUED TO

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THRIVE.

OTHERS HAVEN'T.

RESTAURANTS HAVE BEEN HEAVILY LIT.

YOU CAN THROW OUT THE GROCERY STORES.

CAN YOU THROW OUT A LOT OF THE CONVENIENT MARKETS.

CAN YOU THROW OUT A LOT OF THE GAS STATIONS.

CAN YOU ELIMINATE A LOT OF DIFFERENT INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVEN'T BEEN AFFECTED BY THIS.

YOU NEED TO GET TO THE ONE THAT HAVE BEEN AFFECTED, EVEN SOME OF THE FLOWER SHOPS THAT HAVE CONTINUED TO THRIVE BECAUSE THEIR BUSINESS WAS ALWAYS DELIVERY.

I THINK WE'VE GOT TO COME ONE THE PROGRAM IN PLACE HOW WE ARE GOING TO DO THAT BUT STARTING TO THROW THAT OUT THAT'S WHAT THE COUNTY FOUND OUT FIRST THEY REFUSED OR NOT ABOUT NOT GIVING PEOPLE PPP LOENGS.

THEY HAD SUCH A SMALL PLIEN ORTY OF PEOPLE AND HAD FUNDS LEFT OVER THEY HAD ENOUGH TO ALLOW BUSINESSES BECAUSE THERE ONE ENOUGH OF THEM THERE BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT GOING TO GET MY MORE PPP MONEY.

I THINK WE GOT TO LOOK AT WHAT THE CITY MANAGER AND OTHER PEOPLE HAVE DONE TO COME UP WITH IDEAS HOW WE CAN GIVE THE LOANS.

THE OTHER PART RENTAL LIVE TO RISE AN POUR PEOPLE HAVE THAT PROGRAM.

THIS IS GOING TO DEPEND ON HOW WE STRUCTURE THIS AND WHO GETS IT.

IT'S GOING TO BE DIFFICULT.

>> IT'S NOT AN EASY PROCESS NO MATTER WHAT YOU DO AN A LOT OF HEAVY LIFTING ON THE PART OF STAFF AND LOOKING AT ANOTHER PROGRAM.

I UNDERSTAND AND RESPECT THIS IS NOT GOING A PERFECT SCIENCE BUT TO BE ABLE TO MAKE SOME ED CASES GUESSES AS IT WERE ON HOW TO ALLOCATE THESE FUNDS WE CAN LOOK AT THE CITY OF LA QUINTA AS AN EXAMPLE PERHAPS AND SOME OF HOW THEY SEPARATED OUT THE FUNDS.

I WANT TO, I THINK OUR MESSAGE, I THINK CITY MANAGER AND STARVE I THINK YOU HEAR OUR DESIRE TO ASSIST AND I DON'T WANT TO GET SO GRANULAR THAT I AM MAKING MATTERS EXPONENTIALLY MORE CHALLENGING FOR YOU SO I THINK TO THAT END WE HAVE A CONSENSUS OF THE MAJORITY OF THE COUNCIL THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO MOVE FORWARD ON THESE THREE ITEMS AN TO THE EXTENT POSSIBLE I THINK TIME IS WITHIN THE CONSTRAINTS WE HAVE AND I WOULD BUT THIS BACK TO YOU AN SAY PLEASE HELP WITH US THE DETAILS OF EXECUTING THESE PROGRAMS.

>> IF THAT'S WHERE THE COUNCIL GOES THE MAJORITY VOTE WE WILL COME BACK TO YOU THE NEXT MEETING WITH A PROPOSED APPLICATION AND I'M TALKING ABOUT THE BUSINESS GRANTS.

THE OTHER TWO.

>> ARE TAKEN CARE OF EXACTLY.

>> BUT OF THE BUSINESS GRANTS AS I SAID IN THE MEMOS, THAT'S COMPLICATED.

>> AND WE'LL COME THROUGH OR COME BACK TO YOU WITH A PROPOSED PROGRAM FORMAT ELIGIBILITY AND THEN WE WANT THE COUNCIL TO FINALIZE THAT.

THAT NEEDS TO BE YOUR CRITERIA NOT MINE BUT WE NEED TO PUT SOMETHING ON THE TABLE FOR TO YOU WORK FROM AND WE WILL COME BACK AT THE NEXT MEETING FOR THAT.

>> THANK YOU AND THANK YOU AGAIN.

I RECOGNIZE A TREMENDOUS EFFORT THIS UNDERTAKING.

>> OKAY.

TERRIFIC.

DID I MISS THAT? HAD I NOT GONE THROUGH THAT.

OKAY.

AGAIN, THANK YOU.

CITY MANAGER AN STAFF.

SO PUBLIC COMMENT FOR ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA.

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

ON THIS SPECIFIC ITEM.

I'M SORRY THE PROCESS IS DIFFERENT.

HOW DO I THEN PROCEED.

[INAUDIBLE] >> OKAY, CITY CLERK CAN YOU GO AHEAD AND TAKE THE COMMENT.

>> THANK YOU MAYOR.

I DO HAVE THREE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT ARE SPANISH SPEAKERS AND WE DO HAVE [NAME] A SPANISH INTERPRETER FOR THEM.

AT THIS MOMENT WE HAVE ROSALINA BOBADILLA ON THE LINE.

MS. ALGERRA WILL GIVE THEM INSTRUCTIONS.

>> MADAME DO YOU WANT THE CITY CLERK TO LET YOU KNOW.

>> I'M [NAME] I'M HERE ONCE AGAIN WITH YOU GUYS TO THANK YOU WITH MY COWORKERS FOR THAT SUPPLIES THAT WE HAVE RECEIVED.

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>> I WANTED TO SAY THAT WE ARE VERY THANKFUL FOR ALL THE PPE YOU HAVE RECEIVED AND ALL YOU HAVE GIVEN TO US SUPPORT US.

THIS TIME, MY COWORKERS AND I WERE ASKING TO PLEASE HELP WITH US THE MONEY, MONETARY HELP NEXT TWO MONTHS AS SOON AS POSSIBLE NOT LONG-TERM BUT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

>> SO IN ORDER TO HELP AN SUPPORT THE FAMILIES, IN ORDERING TO TO GO TO WORK BECAUSE IT WOULD SUPPORT THE ECONOMY.

SO WE NEED THIS FINANCIAL HELP IN ORDER TO HELP THEM AND HELP THE ECONOMY.

>> MY SAVINGS ARE ALREADY GONE BECAUSE WE HAVE BEEN GOING WITH THE PANDEMIC FOR EIGHT MONTHS, AND IT'S COSTING US A LOT OF MONEY AND ALSO, COMING OUT OF THE QUARANTINE BECAUSE ONE OF MY RELATIVES HAS BEEN INFECTED AN ALMOST COST HIM HIS LIFE AND AND IF I NEED TO CLOSE ONCE AGAIN I HAD TO CLOSE PERMANENTLY FOREVER BECAUSE I CANNOT BE ABLE, I DON'T HAVE MORE MONEY.

HAD TO DO WITH HYGIENE BUT THIS VIRUS IS VERY TERRIBLE SO WE NEED YOUR SUPPORT AND WE ARE HERE TO SAY THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR WHAT YOU HAVE DONE FOR US.

>> NEXT WE HAVE [NAME] GARCIA.

>> I'M ALSO HERE TO SUPPORT MY COWORKERS.

WE AS PROVIDERS ARE GOING THROUGH A LOT.

WE ARE HERE TO SUPPORT EACH OTHER.

THEY SUPPORT ME.

I SUPPORT THEM.

BUT WE ARE WANTING TO SAY THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU'RE PROVIDING AND FOR PROVIDING HELP WHEN WE REALLY NEED IT.

>> THANKS FOR ALL WHO HAVE HELPED US AND WE HOPE YOU WILL HELP US THROUGH THESE

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NEXT THREE MONTHS.

>> THANKS.

>> NEXT WE HAVE GLADYS CAMARENA.

>> TO THIS PANDEMIC WE ARE GOING THROUGH STRONG AND DIFFICULT THINGS.

I WANT TO THANK ALL OF YOU GUYS WHO HAVE HELPED US.

>> IT HELPED WITH THE PROGRAM PPE.

>> WE ARE HERE TO BE HEARD BECAUSE WE ARE WORKING AT HOME WITH HIGH RISK.

WE ARE AFRAID BUT AT THE SAME TIME WE NEED TO WORK.

I'M THE ONLY ONE BRINGING BREAD TO MY HOUSE.

I'M THE ONLY ONE TO HAVE A CHECK IN MY HOUSE.

I'M A WIDOW.

I HAVE ASTHMA.

EVEN WITH THIS CIRCUMSTANCES I HAVE KEPT WORKING BECAUSE I HAVE NO OTHER CHOICE.

>> I'M ASKING FOR THE FINANCIAL HELP NOT ONLY FOR ME BUT FOR MY COWORKERS TOO.

>> SO, WE ARE AFRAID IF SOMETHING HAPPENS TO US OR WE GET A VIRUS WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN TO OUR KIDS.

>> EVERYTHING RIGHT NOW IS MORE EXPENSIVE.

WE ARE IN THE NEED OF GETTING MORE SUPPLIES.

>> WE JUST WANT TO BE HEARD.

WE WANTED YOU TO CONSIDER OUR NEEDS BECAUSE FINANCIALLY WE NEED THE HELP.

THIS THING IS GOING ON AND ON AND ON.

I WAS ONE OF THE PRIVILEGED ONES THAT RECEIVED $10,000 LAST YEAR.

AND ONLY WITH CLEANING AND NEEDED ITEMS I SPENT $6,000 ON IT.

AND THAT WAS ONLY FOR OCTOBER, NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER.

I KNOW THAT ALL OF US ARE GOING THROUGH DIFFICULT TIMES BUT THIS IS A TIME WE HAVE TO TAKE CARE OF EACH OTHER.

AND WE ARE IN NEED OF YOUR HELP.

WE ARE IN NEED FOR YOU GUYS TO TAKE US INTO CONSIDERATION AND TO THINK OF US.

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>> THANK YOU FOR LISTENING TO US AND TO TAKE US INTO CONSIDERATION IN THIS MEETING.

THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY.

>> NEXT SPEAKER IS MARIA CORDOVA.

>> GOOD AFTERNOON.

MY NAME IS MARIA CORDOVA.

>> I'VE BEEN WORKING AS A CHILD CARE PROVIDER FOR 20 YEARS.

>> AND WE LOVE THIS JOB.

WE THINK THE FUTURE OF OUR KIDS WE WANT TO GIVE THEM GOOD EXPERIENCES.

>> AND WE WILL KEEP GOING EVEN IN THIS PANDEMIC.

>> ON MY DAY CARE TWICE WE HADING TO FOR QUARANTINE AND ONCE I FINALLY HADING TO TO QUARANTINE.

>> I THANK GOD ON MY DAY CARE NONE OF US HAD BEEN INFECTED OR NONE OF OUR CHILDREN HAD BEEN INFECTED.

>> AND I BELIEVE THAT ONE OF THE REASONS IS BECAUSE WE TRIED TO FOLLOW ALL THE GUIDELINES AT THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT.

AND WE ARE INVESTING IN KEEPING UP OUR STANDARD

>> IN MY CASE I INVESTED $13,200.

>> BECAUSE I HAVE A BIG [INAUDIBLE] BUT DURING THE SUMMERTIME CANNOT BE USED.

>> SO NOW THAT WE HAVE TO KEEP THE SOCIAL DISTANCE I'VE BEEN USING IT TO KEEP THINGS IN THEIR --

>> SO BEFORE CHILDREN USED TO SHARE THE TOYS AND SUPPLIES BUT NOW EACH CHILD NEEDS TO HAVE THEIR OWN BOX AND THEY CANNOT SHARE TOYS ANSWER THEY HAVE THEIR OWN SUPPLIES.

THERE'S MORE TO INVEST.

>> SO IT'S A LOT WE ARE GOING THROUGH BUT WE ARE DOING IT AND MY CALL IS HERE TO THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU HAVE DONE FOR US.

AND ALSO THAT THANK YOU FOR WHATEVER CAN YOU HELP US WITH, BECAUSE IT WILL BE WELCOME ANYTHING YOU CAN GIVE US.

>> SO, THAT'S ALL THAT I WANTED TO SAY BUT I WANTED TO SAY TO YOU THAT PLEASE KEEP YOURSELVES SAFE AND TO MR. ORTIZ WE ARE SO HAPPY THAT YOU ARE GETTING BETTER.

>> WE ARE PRAYING FOR YOU.

MY NAME IS ROSA [NAME].

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>> LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE IS SAYING SHARING ALL THESE STORIES I'M ALSO A CHILD CARE PROVIDER FOR 12 YEARS IN INDIO.

>> IN FACT WE ARE ALL FACING THAT SINCE MARCH WE ARE HAVING OUR LIVES CHANGED, YOUR LIVES, OUR LIVES AND THE LIVES OF OUR CHILDREN.

>> I HAVE A LICENSE TO HAVE 14 KIDS AT MY HOME BUT BECAUSE OF THE SCHOOL CLOSURES I HAVE SIX SCHOOL AGE KIDS AT MY HOME AND IT'S A VERY DIFFICULT SITUATION.

MY HOME HAS BEEN CONVERTED INTO A SCHOOL.

MY LIVING ROOM INTO A CLASSROOM.

I ALSO HAVE SPECIAL EDUCATION CHILD THAT NEEDS SPECIAL ATTENTION AND I NEED ONE PERSON JUST FOR HIM.

>> I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU ALL OF YOU MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY FOR LISTENING TO US GIVING US THE OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE US ESPECIALLY THE TROUBLE WE ARE GOING THROUGH SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

>> I WANT TO EXPRESS MY GRATITUDE FOR WHAT HAPPENED YESTERDAY.

SOMEBODY KNOCKED ON MY DOOR AND THEY GAVE ME ALL THE PPE SUPPLIES I NEEDED FOR DISINFECTANT AND IT FELT SO GOOD THAT PEOPLE FROM THE CITY OF INDIO ARE THINKING OF US.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

>> I JUST WANTED TO SAY TO THE COMMUNITY LEADERS THAT THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR ALL THE SUPPLIES THAT YOU'VE GIVEN US IN THESE DIFFICULT TIMES, THAT WE HAVE TO REALIZE EVEN THOUGH IN DIFFICULT TIMES WE ARE ESSENTIAL WORKERS BECAUSE WE ARE CONTRIBUTING TO THE COMMUNITY.

THROUGH ALL THESE WEEKS WE KNOW THAT WE ARE THE FIRST IN SCHOOL.

WE NEED ALL THE HELP YOU CAN GIVE US ESPECIALLY FINANCIAL AID YOU CAN GIVE US BECAUSE WE NEED TO PROVIDE FOR ALL THESE KIDS BECAUSE WE ARE THE FIRST SCHOOL THAT THEY ARE THE LEARNERS WE ARE TEACHING THEM FOR THE FIRST TIME.

ME.

I HAVE A SMALL BUSINESS HERE.

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YOU'RE LETTING TO US EXPRESS OURSELVES.

THANK YOU FOR GIVING US YOUR TIME.

>> BUT AS ALL OF YOU KNOW THE LAST YEAR IN MARCH THE WORLD PARALYZED.

BECAUSE OF THE PANDEMIC.

>> OKAY, AND THIS HAS AFFECTED US A LOT AND ESPECIALLY FOR THE HEALTH OF THE CHILDREN, THEIR HYGIENE.

CHILDREN ARE CHILDREN.

THEY TOUCH EVERYTHING.

THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF WHAT'S GOING ON SO FAR.

>> AND WE AS ADULTS AS PROVIDERS WE NEED TO PROVIDE A CLEAN DISINFECTED SPACE.

WE NEED TO FOLLOW THE PROTOCOL FOR THE EXTRA NEEDS OF THE CHILDREN.

>> NOW BECAUSE OF SCHOOL CLOSURES I HAVE EIGHT SCHOOL CHILDREN WITH ME AND THAT REQUIRES EXTRA PERSONNEL, MORE PEOPLE, AND IT IS NOT OUR BUSINESS.

IT'S NOT LIKE OTHER BUSINESSES FOR RESTAURANTS FOR EXAMPLE.

WHEN YOU GO TO A RESTAURANT MOST YOU CAN SPEND IS AN HOUR.

MY KIDS SPEND TEN HOURS AT HOME AND I NEED TO BE BEHIND THEM CLEANING DISINFECTING.

SO TONIGHT ALL THE NIGHTS THAT I HAVE BEEN WITH YOU BEFORE I WANTED TO CONTINUE TO ASK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT FROM ESPECIALLY FOR THESE SMALL BUSINESSES AS A CHILD CARE PROVIDER.

>> LIKE PROBABLY FINANCIALLY FOR 3 OR 4 MONTHS SO WE WILL BE ABLE TO MAKE TO IT THE END.

>> SPECIFIC THANKS TO ALL THE HELP RECEIVED, THE PPE.

A YOUNG MAN CAME TO US AND WE GOT SUPPLIES REALLY FAST.

WE ARE CONSTANTLY CLEANING AN DISINFECTING.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT.

>> THANK YOU AND I HOPE I CAN SEE YOU SOON.

GOOD EVENING.

THE NEXT SPEAKER DOES NOT NEED INTERPRETATION.

HER NAME IS ROSA BOBADILLA.

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>> HELLO.

CAN YOU HEAR ME? HI.

GOOD AFTERNOON.

MY NAME IS ROSA BOBADILLA.

I WAS ALSO CALLING IN BECAUSE I'M PART OF THE CHILD CARE PROVIDER NETWORK THAT WE HAVE HERE IN THE VALLEY AND YOU KNOW, AFTER I KNOW YOU GUYS HAVE HEARD A LOT OF THESE WOMEN'S PLIGHTS AN STORIES SO WE ARE ALL SUFFERING, WE ARE ALL IN THE SAME BOAT BUT I DO WANT TO OF SUFFICE AS CHILD CARE PROVIDERS SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS ARE LIKE EVERY OTHER SMALL BIGGEST OWNER UNDER STRESS AND IN CONSTANT FEAR OF THIS COVID-19 VIRUS AND ALSO FEAR OF LOSING EVEN MORE REVENUE DUE TO OUR CLOSING ET CETERA.

SO, I WAS REVIEWING WHAT THE MANAGER'S NOTES WERE ON THE AGENDA REGARDING THIS CARES ACT FUNDING FOR SMALL BUSINESS GRANTS AND YOU KNOW LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE TRYING TO URGE YOU GUYS TO SORT OF GET ON THE PROCESS OR GET TO FUNDING SOME OF THESE SMALL GISZ.

IT'S NOT JUST CHILD CARE BUT WE ARE APPARENTLY THE ONLY OTHER INDUSTRY CALLING IN BECAUSE WE REALLY ARE INTERESTED IN RECEIVING FUNDS WHERE A LOT OF BIG BUSINESSES EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE SMALL BUSINESSES ARE CONSIDERED SMALL BUSINESSES LIKE I THINK EMPLOYEES UNDER 75 PEOPLE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT OUR EMPLOYEES ARE MAYBE ONE OR TWO PEOPLE.

A LOT OF THESE GRANTS OVER LOOK US AND SO EVEN WITH THIS NEW $500 MILLION FUNDING FOR THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA THERE'S MILLIONS OF PEOPLE APPLYING AND THE LIKELIHOOD OF ANY OF US GETTING SOME OF THESE FUNDS IS VERY MINIMAL WITH THE IMPACT THAT THE STATE HAS I'M SURE SMALL BUSINESSES FAILING AND SO, ANYWAY THAT'S WHY WE ARE LOOKING TO YOU GUYS AS OUR REPRESENTATIVES OF THE CITY OF INDIO.

WE ARE LOOKING FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF GETTING SOME OF THESE FUNDS THROUGH YOU GUYS BECAUSE IT SEEMS MORE PLAUSIBLE AND MORE OBTAINABLE SO WHEN I READ THROUGH SOME OF THESE AGENDAS AND THEN THE NOTES IT JUST WORRIES ME BECAUSE A LOT OF ITS THE CITY CAN'T HANDLE PROCESSING ALL THES APPLICATIONS, ALL THE I'M SURE THERE'S GOING TO BE THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE APPLYING, AND SO, THE IMPACT ON THE CITY OBVIOUSLY IS VERY GREAT BUT ON THE OTHER HAND YOU KNOW WE ARE ALSO ON THE FRONT LINE.

WE ARE STRUGGLING.

WE GOT TAKE CARE OF BUSINESS.

WE WANT TO STAY AFLOAT AND WE ARE DOING THINGS THAT NO ONE EVER THOUGHT THEY WOULD HAVE TO DO MEANING H MEANING LIKE OPENING YOUR HOME TO HOPEFULLY ALL THESE FAMILIES ARE STAYING HOME AS WELL SO THE RISK IS HIGH BUT WITH THAT I'M READING IT MIGHT BE ANOTHER 45 DAYS YOU'RE STILL TRYING TO FIND SOMEONE TO MAYBE POSSIBLY HANDLE THIS.

I SEE THAT FOR THE RENTAL YOU GOT SOMEBODY ALREADY FOR THE UTILITIES UNITED WAY IS DOING IT FOR YOU AND IT'S COSTING YOU GUYS THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS BUT I DON'T SEE WHY EVERYTHING THE CITY HANDLE THE SMALL BUSINESS GRANTS WHY IT'S TAKING SO LONG.

A LOT OF US WHETHER IT'S CHILD CARE BEAUTY SALONS WHATEVER, WE ARE LIKE WE NEED THE MONEY NOW.

IT'S A PROCESS.

IT'S NOT GOING TO BE LIKE 45 DAYS AN EVERYONE GETS FUNDED.

NO, YOU'RE PROBABLY GOVERN TO HAVE US GO THROUGH A PROCESS AND THAT'S GOING TO BE ANOTHER FEW MONTHS SO WHAT ARE WE LOOKING AT UNTIL JUNE? TIME DOES FLY BY.

WE ARE ALREADY JANUARY 6TH AN I FEEL IT'S TAKING A LONG TIME AND A LOT OF RESIDENTS IN CITY OF INDIO SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS ARE FEELING HOPELESS AND THAT SOUNDS EXAGGERATED I KNOW I UNDERSTAND BUT YOU KNOW IT'S NOT JUST THE DROP IN THE BUCKET.

THIS MONEY IS GOING TO AT LEAST HELP US AT LEAST A MONTH OR TWO DEPENDING ON THE AMOUNT.

AND SO, WE ARE REALLY JUST LOOKING TO YOU GUYS BECAUSE WE HAVE APPLIED TO THE CALIFORNIA BUSINESS COVID RELIEF BRANCH -- GRANT.

>> I'M SORRY YOUR TIME IS UP.

>> I WANTED TO THANK YOU FOR SUPPLYING PPP AN SUPPLYING MASKS HAPPEN SANITIZERS FACE SHIELDS AN GLOVES SO WE APPRECIATE THAT THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH.

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I'M SORRY THERE ARE SO MANY OF US TALKING.

WE APPRECIATE YOUR HELP.

>> THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS.

YOU'RE APPRECIATED.

>> MAYOR WE DO HAVE ONE MORE FOR THIS ITEM AND IT'S JOSIE AYALA.

SHE DOESN'T NEED A TRANSLATOR.

REMIND EVERYBODY THIS IS A THREE MINUTE.

>> YEAH, GOOD EVENING.

WELL YES, MY COWORKERS SAY EVERYTHING ALREADY.

I ONLY ADD THAT I NEY WENT THROUGH THIS BEFORE AND WE ARE REALLY APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THEY'VE DONE FOR US ALREADY.

SO HOPEFULLY WE CAN BE ON YOUR LIST AND REALLY APPRECIATE IT.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

>> AND I BELIEVE THAT CONCLUDES OUR PUBLIC COMMENT FOR THIS ITEM.

>> CONCERNS AND THOUGHTS.

THIS ISN'T SOMETHING WE ARE TAKING LIGHTLY.

WE ARE VERY MUCH FOCUSED ON TRYING TO FIND WAYS TO HELP AS MANY PEOPLES PEOPLE AS PROS.

>> KAREN ON THE LINE, YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK.

>> I HAVE A QUICK REQUEST.

DO WE HAVE A SPANISH TRANSLATION OF WHAT WE ARE WHERE WE ARE AT IN THE APPLICATION PROCESS? THEY'RE NOT SURE WHERE WE ARE AT.

>> I COMPLETELY APPRECIATE THAT COUNCIL MEMBER ORTIZ BUT WE DON'T HAVE ANY ANSWERS YET OTHER THAN IT WILL COME A PROCESS SOME TYPE SHAPE OR DESCRIPTION WILL COME BACK BEFORE COUNCIL IN TWO WEEKS AND I THINK ALL OF US SHARE THE NEED AND THAT BEE NEED TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN AS SOON A HUMANLY POSSIBLE BUT WE WILL HAVE MORE INFORMATION NEXT WEEK TO BE ABLE TO MOVE THIS FORWARD AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.

PLEASE.

>> SO, EITHER OSCAR OR THE INTERPRETER CAN ASK THAT IN SPANISH.

>> YES, I CAN SAY IT.

>> AND THE APPLICATION PROCESS IS GOING TO BE VOTED ON IN TWO WEEKS.

>> SO WE WILL ALSO HAVE A SPANISH INTERPRETER THE NEXT MEETING TO DETAIL ALL THE INFORMATION AFTER OF IT.

SO, BACK TO MISSION BORJAS.

>> I'M KAREN.

I'M AN INDIO RESIDENT.

I SIGNED ONTO A PETITION REQUESTING A CITIZENS ADVISORY COMMISSION TO SUPPORT COUNCIL IN THE HIRING OF OUR NEXT CITY MANAGER.

I SAW THIS PETITION POSTED ON TODAY'S COMMENTS FOR OUR MEETING SO I FIGURED I WOULD SPEAK ON THIS.

I'M IN SUPPORT OF HAVING A CITIZENS COMMISSION TO HELP ADVISE YOU AT ANY POINT OF THE HIRING PROCESS.

ON THE BEST CANDIDATE OR CANDIDATES FOR CITY MANAGER.

ALL THE APPLICATIONS THAT COME IN COUNCIL CHOOSING ITS TOP 3 OR 5 CANDIDATES AND PASSING THOSE APPLICATIONS TO THE CITIZEN COMMISSION TO REVIEW AND MEET THE CANDIDATES TO FINALLY GIVE YOU THE COUNCIL A RANKING OF THE BEST QUALIFIED CANDIDATES.

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YOU WOULD STILL BE IN CHARGE OF MAKING THE FINAL DECISION BUT IT WOULD HAVE PUBLIC INPUT.

I KNOW THE PROCESS IS DONE IN SUCCESSION BECAUSE IT HAS TO DO WITH THE HIRING OF A STAFF MEMBER OF HIGH LEVEL STAFF MEMBER SO THAT'SY THINK -- WHY I THINK THE COMMISSION IS THE BEST WAYING TO BUT IF YOU DON'T CONSIDER THE COMMISSION I THINK WE NEED A PUBLIC PROCESS SOME KIND OF WAY WHERE THE PUBLIC CAN GIVE INPUT ON THE BEST TYPE OF CANDIDATE WHO SHOULD BE COMING IN TO MANAGE THE LARGEST CITY IN THE COACHED LL HA VALLEY A $125 MILLION BUDGET THE RECESSION THAT COMES WITH COVID AND EVERYTHING ELSE THAT'S TO COME IN OUR CITY.

THANK YOU FOR CONSIDERING MY REQUEST.

HAVE A GOOD NIGHT.

>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

>> AND THAT CONCLUDES PUBLIC COMMENT.

>> CITY ATTORNEY? THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS.

THAT MOVES US ON TO THE CONSENTS CALENDAR.

DOES ANYONE WISH TO PULL ITEMS OR?

[9. CONSENT CALENDAR]

>> I WOULD LIKE TO 9D.

>> OKAY, CITY WARRANTS.

>> OKAY, WITH ANYBODY ELSE LIKE TO PULL ANYTHING? DO WE WANT TO MOVE THIS FORWARD AND SEPARATE FROM 9B?

>> SORRY 9D.

>> DO YOU WANT TO ASK YOUR QUESTION COUNCIL MEMBER ORTIZ?

I HAVE A QUESTION ON BECAUSE I SAW ONE OF THE BIDS IS $80,000 HIGHER THAN THE LOWEST BID BUT IT'S A LOCAL COMPANY.

YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT HOW IS IT POSSIBLEING TO WITH A LOCAL COMPANY EVEN IF IT'S NOT THE LOWEST BIDDER.

SO SHE MENTIONED THAT THERE'S SOME LEGAL ISSUES WITH THAT LEGALLY WE ARE REQUIRED WITH THE LOWEST POSSIBLE BIDERED BUT WE ARE ABLE TO GIVE PREFERENCE TO A LOCAL COMPANY IF IT'S WITHIN 5 PERCENT OF THE LOWEST BID BUT IF SHE HAD MORE DETAILS SO I WANTED TO SHARE THAT PUBLICLY.

$1.3 MILLION TO BE GOING LOCALLY OUR OUT OF TOWN I THINK MAKES A BIG DIFFERENCE SO I WANT TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION PUBLICLY SO PEOPLE UNDERSTAND WHY WE ARE MAKING THESE DECISIONS FOR CERTAIN COMPANIES.

WITH THESE TYPE OF CONTRACTS THEY'RE PUBLIC WORKS CONTRACTS ANY KIND OF AGREEMENT WHERE YOU'RE LOOKING AT CONSTRUCTION IMPROVEMENT OF A PUBLIC BUILDING ROAD OR OTHER TYPES OF STRUCTURES.

THE BIDDING AND AWARDING PROCESS IS GOVERNED BY STATE LAW AND IN PARTICULAR, IN THIS INSTANCE IT'S REQUIRED AS COUNCIL MEMBER ORTIZ SAID THE LOWEST RESPONSIBLE BIDDER AND LOOKING AT WHAT'S THE LOWEST RESPONSIBLE BIDDER YOU'LL NOTICE THAT STAFF TOOK THE DUE DILIGENCE TO INSURE THAT'S CORRECT BUT IT DOESN'T MEAN IT'S THE LOWEST BID BUT WHETHER THE BIDDER SUBMITTED A RESPONSIVE BID WHETHER THEY'RE RESPONSIBLE MEANING WHETHER THEY CAN PERFORM THE CONTRACT THEY CAN DEMONSTRATE ATTRIBUTES OF EXPERIENCE AND REWARD THE BID TO THE LOWEST RESPONSIBLE BIDDER.

WE HAVE A LOCAL PREFERENCE ORDINANCE THAT'S SUBJECT TO THE LIMITATIONS IN THE CONTRACTS CODE SO THE PROCEDURE THAT I JUST DISCUSSED ACTUALLY OVERRIDES THE LOCAL PREFERENCE OR ORDINANCE THAT WE HAVE AND THEREFORE, WE COULD NOT APPLY THAT LOCAL PREFERENCE ORDINANCE BIDS ON PUBLIC WORKS PROJECTS.

HOPEFULLY THAT PROVIDES MORE INFORMATION.

>> AND ONE REQUEST THAT I WOULD HAVE OF COUNCIL IS IF WE COULD GET A STAFF REPORT ON WHAT IS POSSIBLE IN THE PROCUREMENT PROCESS.

IF THERE'S ANY POSSIBILITY TO INCLUDE LOCAL SUBCONTRACTING OR SUBCONTRACTING BY MINORITY OWNED BUSINESSES STUFF LIKE THAT SO IF THE COUNCIL IS WILLING I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A STAFF REPORT COMING BACK TO SEE WHAT OUR OPTION ARE.

>> CITY ATTORNEY DO YOU HAVE COMMENTS? I COMPLETELY AGREE WITH YOU COUNCIL MEMBER ORTIZ BUT THE PARAMETERS SEEM

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CHALLENGING.

>> CERTAINLY WE CAN PUT SOMETHING TOGETHER.

I CAN SEND SOMETHING TO THE COUNCIL WITH RESPECT TO THAT OR HOWEVER YOU WOULD LIKE IT ADDRESSED IF THE REST OF THE COUNCIL IS OKAY WITH THAT.

>> I AGREE AND HOW DOES THE REST OF THE COUNCIL FEEL ABOUT BRINGING BACK SOME INFORMATION IN TERMS OF A STAFF REPORT WITH RESPECT TO TRYING TO EMBRACE AND ENGAGE LOCAL BUSINESS?

>> I'M GOOD WITH IT AS LONG AS WHEN WE DO IT IT DOESN'T TAKE TOO MUCH OF THE STAFF AWAY FROM ANYTHING ELSE AND ALSO IF YOU'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO DO IT WHAT ARE THE CONTRACTS ABLE TO UTILIZE LOCAL BUSINESS.

I THINK MR. ARE ORTIZ IS THERE WIGGLE ROOM TO PROVE IT'S AN OUTSIDE BUSINESS CAN WE BRING SUBS IN AN BE LOCAL SO HE'S TALKING TWO THINGS.

I'M TALKING ABOUT WHAT BIDS CAN WE PUT OUT THERE AND GIVE LOCAL PREFERENCE SO WHEN OUR LOCAL BUSINESSES ARE BIDDING THEY HAVE THAT BUFFER.

10 PERCENT FOR INDIO BUSINESSES, 5 PERCENT FOR COACH LA BUSINESSES.

>> SO WITH JUST NOT TOO MUCH TIME SPENT ON THIS THIS SHOULD NOT BE A FAIRLY REASONABLE TASK TO PUT TOGETHER.

>> PROBABLY A COUPLE PAGES.

THIS AREA OF LAW IS VERY COMPLEX WITH GIVING PREFERENCES NOT ONLY TO LOCAL BUSINESSES IN THE GEOGRAPHICAL AREA BUT ALSO TO MINORITY OWNED BUSINESS AND DISADVANTAGED BUSINESSES AS WELL.

THERE ARE BOOKS WRITTEN ON THIS BUT CERTAINLY WE HAVE SUMMARIES OF WHAT THE LAW IS ANDY CAN PROVIDE A SUMMARY AND IT MAY HAVE MORE CHALLENGES THAN GOOD NEWS BUT CERTAINLY I CAN PROVIDE THAT.

THAT WOULD BE AN ATTORNEY-CLIENT CONFIDENTIAL MEMO AND WE CAN WORK WITH THE CITY MANAGER AN PUBLIC WORKS WELL.

>> I THINK IT'S A VERY GOOD QUESTION.

THE ONLY THING I WOULD SAY IT'S NOT ONLY A LEGAL ANALYSIS THERE ARE ALL SORTS OF PRACTICAL ISSUES THAT COME TO PLAY AND LOT OF CITIES SASA RESULT HAVEN'T GOT TO THE POINT OF MUTTING THESE AS CONTRACT RESTRICTIONS BUT RATHER PROGRAMS TO PREPARE LOCAL PEOPLE TO BE SUCCESSFUL WHEN THEY BID.

BECAUSE THAT'S A WHOLE LOT LESS COMPLICATED THAN SOMETHING THAT'S A CONTRACT PROVISION.

SO I THINK TO REALLY HELP THE COUNCIL WITH THIS VERY LEGITIMATE QUESTION, IT'S GOING TO TAKE MORE THAN JUST A SIMPLE LITTLE REVIEW OF THE LAW.

SO GIVEN ARE YOU GOOD WITH THAT COUNCIL MEMBER ORTIZ?

>> OKAY.

>> SO GIVEN THAT DO I HEAR A MOTION FOR THE CONSENT CALENDAR?

THAT'S ALL I HAD.

>> I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THIS CALENDAR AS PRACTICED.

>> MOTION BY GLENN MILLER.

SECOND.

>> I'LL SECOND.

>> THANK YOU MAYOR PRO TEM.

ROLL CALL VOTE.

NEXT ITEM NUMBER 10 ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS. SUCCESSOR AGENCY RESOLUTION NUMBER [READING] KEVIN SNYDER SIR.

>> I'M GOING TO MAKE A COUPLE OF QUICK COMMENTS AND THEN I'LL TURN IT OVER TO KEVIN AND JESUS GOMEZ.

THIS ITEM I THINK THE COUNCIL IS FAMILIAR WITH THIS IS THE REGAL THEATER HAS QUIT OPERATING IN NOT ONLY INDIO, MOST OF CALIFORNIA AND THEY'RE

[10.a. Successor Agency Resolution No. 2021-40 authorizing the termination of a lease between the Successor Agency to the Indio Redevelopment Agency and Regal Cinemas, Inc. (Kevin H. Snyder, Director of Community Development) Recommendation: Approve]

OBVIOUSLY SHUT DOWN DURING THE PANDEMIC.

THEY HAVE A LEASE HAND WE ACTUALLY STARTED WORKING ON SOME SOME TIME AGO SO IRON I CANNILY THE LEASE RUNS OUT IN TWO MONTHS.

WE ALMOST AT THIS POINT COULD HAVE WAITED IT OUT.

THEY ASKED TO BE FORGIVEN FROM THE LEAGUES OR AT LEAST FOR US TO UNDERSTAND THEY AREN'T GOING TO PAY ANY RENT BECAUSE THEY'RE CLOSED AND PRETTY MUCH IN THE STATE.

SO, WE ARE MOVING FORWARD ASKING THE COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL TO TERMINATE THE LEASE.

IT WILL GO TO THE OVERSIGHT BOARD I THINK NEXT WEEK.

THE COUNSEL DWROIFR SIGHT BOARD AND THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE.

I'M NOT RECOMMENDING WE TRY TO GET BACK RENT.

I THINK THAT'S AN EFFORT IN FUTILITY FRANKLY, AND SEE IF THE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE AGREES WITH THAT.

THAT'S WHAT WE ARE DOING AN TRYING TO DO AND I'VE JUST PROBABLY GIVEN MOST OF YOUR REPORT.

THAT WAS MORE THAN A COUPLE OF WORDS.

I'LL LET KEVIN OR JESUS TAKE IT IF THERE'S ANYTHING I LEFT OUT.

>> THANK YOU MADAME AND BOARD MEMBERS.

>> THE WHOLE CREW.

>> MY APOLOGIZES.

KEVIN SNYDER DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY E-DEVELOPMENT AN AS SCOTT STATED THIS ITEM DOES REQUIRE ACTION BY THE BOARD.

AS NOTED THIS WOULD BE AN AUTHORIZATION TO TERMINATE A LEASE CURRENTLY I WITH ONLY ADD ONE MORE ITEM THE PROPERTY IN QUESTION IS THE LAST REMAINING PROPERTY IN THE SUCCESSOR AGENCY INVENTORY SO THIS PROPERTY DOES PROVIDE THE OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT ALTERNATIVE CONSIDERATIONS.

JESUS GOMEZ DID PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR THE SUCCESSOR AGENCY IN PREPARING THE STAFF REPORT.

HE IS AVAILABLE BY ZOOM TO PROVIDE A BRIEF STAFF REPORT AND GIVE ANY RESPONSES TO QUESTIONS OR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION REQUESTS BY THE BOARD.

SO WITH THAT I'D LIKE TO GIVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO MR. GOMEZ TO MAKE SOME BRIEF REMARKS.

>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

AT THIS POINT I WANTED TO JUST DROP THE MIC IF I MAY.

I THINK IT'S PRETTY WELL SUMMARIZED.

I DO WANT TO POINT OUT THAT OVER THE TEN YEARS OR EIGHT YEARS SINCE REDEVELOPMENT WAS DISSOLVED WE STARTED WITH 140 PROPERTIES AN AS KEVIN MENTIONED THIS IS OUR LAST REMAINING PROPERTY SO WE HAVE BEEN VERY ACTIVE IN THAT.

I THINK THE STATE AND THE COUNTY AND THE OTHER AGENCIES THAT RECEIVE FUNDING THROUGH THIS WOULD BE VERY PLEASED WITH OUR PROGRESS BECAUSE WE HAVE BEEN VERY ACTIVE WITH THAT.

THIS PROPERTY IS LISTED ON THE LONG-RANGE PROPERTY MANAGEMENT PLAN AS FOR SALE PROPERTY SO TERMINATION OF THE LEASE EVEN THOUGH IT WOULD ACTUALLY TERMINATE IN

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A COUPLE MONTHS IT DOES PUT US IN A FAVORABLE POSITION TO NEGOTIATE THE SALE AS THIS PROPERTIES IS ACCUSED -- SCHEDULED TO BE SLATED FOR SO I RECOMMEND WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS AS WELL AS THE ABATEMENT.

BUSINESSES HAVE BEEN AFFECTED BY COVID-19 AND THEY CITE THE MANDATORY CLOSURES SO AT THIS POINT WE WOULD LIKE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE RECOMMENDATION.

COUNCIL ANY QUESTIONS? PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD.

DO I HEAR A MOTION?

>> I HAVE A QUESTION.

>> SO NOW THAT THE PROPERTY IS PROPOSED TO TERMINATE THE LEASE AND THE PREVIOUS LESSOR WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE MAINTENANCE OF THE PARKING LOT AND LANDSCAPE ARE WE THE CITY GOING TO GO IN AND TAKE CARE OF THING NEGLECTED SO LONG?

>> IF I CAN ANSWER.

IS THAT GO AHEAD.

>> SO WE ACTUALLY ARE READY TO DO THAT.

OUR NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS THE [INAUDIBLE] BUDGET AND WE DO AN ACCOUNT FOR FUTURE ANTICIPATED EXPENDITURES FOR LANDSCAPING AN MAINTENANCE OF THE PROPERTY SO YES WE WILL BE ASSUMING THOSE RESPONSIBILITIES AS THE LANDLORD OWNER.

IF SIGNIFICANTLY DEEMED SO I HOPE YOU'VE BUDGETED SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF FUNDING TO BRING IT UP TO PAR.

>> BASICALLY IT'S IN BAD SHAPE.

>> THANK YOU FOR THAT IF NO ONE ELSE HAS COMMENTS I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION.

>> I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO ADOPT THE RESOLUTION TERMINATION OF THE LEASE BETWEEN SUCCESSOR AGENTER AND AUTHORIZE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO TAKE ACTIONS.

>> DO I HEAR A SECOND.

>> MOTION BY FERMON SECOND BY AMIT.

>> THANK YOU VENTURA.

MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

THEN WE MOVE ON.

[READING] MR. INSIDER.

>> KEVIN SNYDER DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CITY OF INDIO PROVIDING SUPPORT ON THIS ITEM.

THIS ITEM IS AN ANNUAL ITEM THAT IS REQUIRED OF THE SUCCESSOR AGENCY.

CRIESEST OBLIGATION PAYMENT SCHEDULE.

JET US GOMEZ HOUSING PROGRAMS MANAGER FOR THE CITY OF INDIO HAS PREPARED A VERY DETAILED REPORT.

WE PREPARED THAT WITH THE SUPPORT ENCOURAGEMENT OF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO GIVE THE COUNCIL AND THE PUBLIC AN UNDERSTANDING OF A TOPIC THAT ON THE SURFACE SHOULDN'T SEEM COMPLICATED BUT CAN BE SO JEEZ US IS GOING TO PROVIDE A CONCISE

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BUT INFORMATIVE PRESENTATION TO THE COUNCIL AND IS AVAILABLE TO ANSWER

[10.b. Successor Agency Resolution Nos. 2021-38 and 2021-39 approving the Recognized Obligations Payment Schedule (ROPS21-22) and the related Administrative Budgets for the fiscal year period of July 1, 2021 to June 30, 2022 (Kevin H. Snyder, Director of Community Development) Recommendation: Approve]

QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE.

JESUS GOMEZ PROGRAM MANAGER AND THIS CYCLE COMING UP FOR 2021-022 IS A CONTINUATION OF A -- I'M HAPPY TO REPORT IT DID NOT CHANGE IN FORMAT FROM LAST YEAR SO THAT'S A BLESSING.

THE ROCKS IS IN A SENSE NOT IN A SENSE IT IS THE SUCCESSOR AGENCY BUDGET.

IT INCLUDES THE ADMINISTRATIVE BUDGET AND ALSO DETAILS THE ANTICIPATED EXPENSES FOR NEXT YEAR.

THIS IS A REQUIRED PROCESS SO WE ARE COMING TO YOU FOR APPROVAL TONIGHT.

IN THE STAFF REPORT WE GO INTO DETAILS AND BALANCES AND WHERE WE DERIVE DIFFERENT EXPENSE LINE ITEMS BUT THE DETAIL SEAT OF A ROCK IS WHERE ARE WE GOING TO SPEND THE MONEY FOR EXAMPLE THE LAST ITEM WE MENTIONED LANDSCAPING AND MAINTENANCE OF OUR PROPERTY THAT'S ONE OF THE EXPENSES LINE ITEMS THAT INCLUDED IN THE ROCKS AND CONSIDERED AN EXPENSE SO WE HAVE SEVERAL LINE ITEMS RELATED TO OPERATING EXPENSES AND WE HAD NO NEW LINE ITEMS. THIS IS A CONTINUATION FROM LAST YEAR.

WE HAVE OF THE ROUGHLY 9.7 MILLION IN EXPENDITURES FOR THAT PERIOD ABOUT $5 MILLION UP FOR BOND PAYMENTS AND THOSE AGENCIES REQUIRED TO DO THERE'S NO WAY AND SO HALF THE BUDGET FOR THAT PERIOD IS FOR BOND PAYMENTS.

WE GOT BOND PAYMENTS.

WE GOT OPERATING EXPENSES.

WE ALSO HAVE THE ADMINISTRATIVE BUDGET.

WE ARE ALLOWED TO CHARGE UP TO $250,000 MORE THE PERIOD FOR STAFFING LEGAL FEES INTERNAL SERVICE EXPENSES THAT ARE CONSIDERED ADMINISTRATIVE IN NATURE AND WE ARE REQUESTING THE FULL 250 THERE COMPARED TO THE BUDGET.

IT'S QUITE SMALL AN JUST A REGULAR ITEM.

ONE OF THE ITEMS AND I KNOW WE TALKED SO MUCH ABOUT THE PAYMENT AND THE CITY'S OBLIGATION TO CREATE AFFORDABLE HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES WE ARE HAPPY TO REPORT IN THIS UPCOMING ROCKS WE HAVE THE LARGEST PAYMENT TO DATE AS A REMAIMENT TO THE FORMER HOUSING FUN.

YOU KNOW BACK IN THE DAY WE DID BORROW $5.5 MILLION FROM THE HOUSING FUND TO MAKE A PAYMENT TO THE STATE AS REQUIRED IN 2009 AND 2010 AND THE SUCCESSOR AGENCY IS OBLIGATED TO PAY THAT BACK TO THE HOUSING SUCCESSOR AND AT THIS POINT WITH THE TWO MILLION WE HAVE SCHEDULED TO PAY BACK THAT GOES INTO THE HOUSING FUND WHICH WE CAN THEN ARE REQUIRED TO USE TO SUPPORT DEVELOPMENT OF RENTAL HOUSING.

SO WITH THAT PAYMENT IN 2-22 WE REST MATE WE HAVE ROUGHLY $3.48 MILLION IN THE HOUSING FUND WHICH IS A GOOD THING AND I KNOW THE LAST COUNCIL MEETING WE BROUGHT THAT UP OR ONE OR TWO COUNCIL MEETINGS AGO SO THAT'S A BIG ONE FOR THE COMMUNITY AND FOR STAFF AS WELL.

SO THAT'S PRETTY MUCH THE SUMMARY OF THE EXPENSE LINE ITEMS. ANOTHER FORM HERE LOOKS BACK AT THE CASH BALANCE SHEET.

IT LOOKS AT DOES A RECONCILIATION OF EXPENSES AN REVENUE FOR THE ROCK

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PERIOD FROM TWO YEARS AGO.

NOTHING SIGNIFICANT THERE.

WE JUST MADE CERTAIN ADJUSTMENTS AS WE GO AND THAT'S GOVERNED BY THE COUNTY AND THE STATE.

SO FROM HERE WE ARE GOING TO PRESENT THIS TO THE COUNTY OVERSIGHT BOARD ON JANUARY 21ST AND THEN IT GOES TO THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE BY FEBRUARY 1ST.

SO THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT.

>> VERY GOOD.