ON A CONTRACT, TO WHERE A STEP CLOSER TO BEING ABLE TO HAVE RIFR H RIVERSIDE
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COUNTY PROVIDE THE HAZARDOUS WASTE CONNECTION EVENT IN THE INDIO[1. CALL TO ORDER]
AUTHORITY.WE'RE WORKING ON GETTING SIGNATURES AND FEW DETAILS WORKED OUT.
IT'S NOT NECESSARILY THE INDIO ACCOUNT.
IT'S EVENTS IN INDIO WHERE THEY COLLECT HAZARDOUS WASTE.
THERE'S MORE POPULAR SELECTION OF EVENTS, AND IT WOULD BE GREAT TO PROVIDE THEM IN 2021.
I KNOW WE'VE ALSO DISCUSSED GETTING THEM MOVED TO THE SAME LOCATION SO IT'S GOOD TO SEE THAT PROGRESSING.
>> YEAH, YEAH I THINK IN A WAY, IT MIGHT BE EASIER IF WE CAN AGREE TO IT.
IT'S ALWAYS, THEY DID IT THERE.
WE WILL ALSO MOVE, LIKE WE HAVE A SPECIAL PAPER TREADING EVENT, THAT'S IN THE INDIO CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
WE WILL BRING EVERYTHING IN ONE PLACE.
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IT'S A LOT EASIER FOR PEOPLE TO THROUGH MEMBER AND NOT CONFUSED ON WHERE THEY WILL[6. SUSTAINABILITY COLLECTION EVENTS]
BE GOING TO THE EVENT.WE WILL TRY TO BRING, IF WE CAN, EVERYTHING UNDER THE UMBRELLA.
EVERYTHING WE DO, WE WILL CERTAINLY DO AT THE WATER AUTHORITY CORPORATE YARD AT THIS POINT.
AND HOPEFULLY MOVING AFTER THIS YEAR, PERHAPS RIVERSIDE WILL ALSO JUST
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STAY THERE WE'LL WORK WITH THEM TO REMAIN THERE.THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR THE COLLECTION EVENT, UNLESS YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
WE WILL MOVE ON TO ITEM 7, THEN.
THE CITY COUNTY PAYMENT PROGRAM.
>> YEAH, WE ARE STARTING A NEW YEAR OF THE CITY COUNTY PAYMENTS.
WHAT THAT IS, WHEN FOLKS BUY BEVERAGE CONTAINERS, CANS AND BOTTLES, MOSTLY, THEY PAY A DEPOSIT.
A LOT OF THOSE GOES TO YOUR HOME RECYCLED BIN.
THE DEPOSIT DOESN'T NECESSARILY GET RETURNED.
WHAT THE STATE DOES WITH THAT IS A PORTION OF IT, THEY ALLOCATE TO THE CITIES AND COUNTIES.
AND OUR ALLOCATION FOR THE YEAR, IS 22,140.
AND IT'S VERY SPECIFIC TO USING THE FUNDS BASICALLY FOR CAN AND BOTTLE COLLECTION OR TO INCREASE THE RECYCLING RATE FOR THOSE.
LAST YEAR AND PREVIOUS YEARS ON THE SCREEN.
YOU COULD SEE, WE BOUGHT RECYCLING CONTAINERS FOR SCHOOLS.
WE HAVE DONE IT FOR BUSINESSES.
WE'VE ALSO DONE THE BOTTLE FILLING, THE FOUNTAINS, WE PUT THOSE IN THE PARKS WHICH WE CAN DO THAT IF THE FUNDING.
WE ALSO PUT THIS IN THE FACILITIES, THE ONES IN THE WALL.
THESE ARE THE THINGS IN THE PAST.
WE CAN CERTAINLY CONTINUE TO DO THEM.
I WANTED TO BRING IT UP AND THAT YOU GUYS KIND OF THINK ABOUT THIS OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS.
WE HAVE LITERALLY A YEAR TO SPEND THIS FUNDING.
WE DON'T NEED TO DECIDE TONIGHT HOW TO MOVE FORWARD.
THERE'S A COUPLE OF OPTIONS FOR US.
WE CAN CONTINUE TO DO WHAT WE DID.
THE SCHOOLS WOULD LOVE TO HAVE SOME MORE OF THE CONTAINERS.
BUT BASICALLY, WHAT THE FUNDING COULD BE USED FOR ARE BINS AND LITTER REDUCTION, WATER BOTTLE FILLERS AND OUTREACH AND EDUCATION.
THERE'S SOME THINGS THAT ARE OUTRIGHT.
YOU CAN'T USE THE FUNDING FOR.
YOU CAN'T JUST BUY A TRASH CONTAINER.
THESE FUNDS ARE ABOUT RECYCLING BOTTLES AND CANS.
YOU HAVE TO HAVE THAT AT LEAST, WELL PERMANENTLY CONNECTED TO THE FUNDS.
WHAT I THINK I WILL DO IS I WILL SEND OUT THE INFORMATION WITH THE INFORMATION AFTER THIS MEETING.
I WILL SEND OUT A BUNCH OF INFORMATION, TO WORK ON AND DIGEST FOR THE NEXT MEETING AND WE CAN TALK ABOUT THE IDEAS THEN.
AGAIN, WE CAN DO WHAT WE NORMALLY DO.
THERE'S NO -- WE HAVE A WAY TO SPEND THE FUNDING.
BUT IF YOU KNOW OF AREAS OR HAVE IDEAS THAT COULD USE THESE CONTAINERS OR SOMETHING DIFFERENT UNDER THESE FUNDING LIMITATION, PLEASE LET ME KNOW AND WE CAN TALK ABOUT HOW TO DO THAT IN THE NEXT YEAR.
THAT'S DEFINITELY SOMETHING WE CAN BRAINSTORM, IF YOU SEND IT OUT.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY IDEAS THEY WOULD LIKE TO BRING UP?
>> I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION, MR. SHERMAN?
>> AND SARA, DO YOU HAVE ANY KIND OF INFORMATION WHAT YOU HAVE DONE WITH THE DRINKING FOUNTAINS AND RECYCLING BINS?
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HOW MANY YOU PUT OUT AND HOW MANY SPACES ARE LEFT TO SEE, GET AN IDEA THAT WE CAN SORT OF FINISH THAT AND THEN MOVE ON TO SOMETHING ELSE WHEN THAT IS ALL DONE.IN THE PAST, WE'VE DONE OVER 10-12 FILLERS FOR THE PARKS.
I THINK WE HAVE TWO MORE IN STORAGE THAT THEY ARE STILL WAITING TO PUT OUT.
WE MAY PURCHASE ONE FOR THE DOG PARK THAT HAS A SMALL BOWL AT THE BOTTOM.
WE MAY PURCHASE THOSE FOR ONE OF THE PARKS.
OTHER THAN THAT, I'VE SPOKEN WITH PAUL STOMA, WHO IS A SUPERVISOR OF THE PARKS DEPARTMENT.
HE FEELS WE'VE DONE AS MUCH AS WE CAN FOR RIGHT NOW, FOR THOSE AT LEAST IN OUR CITY PARKS.
>> AND WHAT ABOUT FOR SCHOOLS?
>> THE SCHOOLS, YES, WE CAN CERTAINLY WORK WITH THE SCHOOLS.
ANYTHING WE CAN DO FOR THEM, THEY WOULD LOVE.
I MEAN IF YOU COME BACK, YOU KNOW WHAT? I THINK THE SCHOOLS ARE GREAT FOR THIS.
I ALSO LIKE THE DOG PARK IDEA.
I THINK THAT'S A GOOD ONE TO KEEP AROUND AND KEEP IN CONSIDERATION FOR IT.
SO IF THERE'S NO MORE FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THAT, WE WILL MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER 8, THE SUSTAINABLITY PLAN.
I HAVE DONE A LITTLE BIT, I FILLED THIS A LITTLE BIT MORE.
I THINK, THERE'S STILL A LOT OF WORK TO GO.
I TALKED TO A FEW PEOPLE AND FEEL LIKE WE HAVE TO FILL IT COMPLETELY BEFORE WE TAKE IT TO THE COMMISSION.
I ADDED A COUPLE OF BEGINNING.
JUST THEY ARE STILL KIND OF OUTLINED AND THERE'S A LOT TO BE FILLED IN.
I WILL PREFAS THIS BY SAYING, I WILL SEND IT OUT AS WELL.
IF THERE'S PARTS YOU WANT TO FILL IN ESPECIALLY IN THE ACTION AREAS, PLEASE, IF YOU HAVE IDEAS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, THEN WE CAN BRING IT ALL BACK AND TALK ABOUT IT LATER.
BUT I THOUGHT WE SHOULD ADD AN INTRODUCTION ABOUT THE COMMISSION TO BEGIN WITH AND THEN THE PROCESS, THAT WE TOOK TO CREATE THIS.
SO WE TALKED ABOUT BASICALLY WHAT HAD ALREADY BEEN DONE WITH THE CLIMATE ACTION PLAN, WHAT'S ALREADY MANDATED THROUGH REGULATIONS, THE GENERALS AND WE TOOK THOSE AND KIND OF BUILT THE SUSTAINABLITY PLAN OUT OF THIS.
AND THE PLANS HAD PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT AND SOME PLANS THAT WERE VETTED SOME OF THE IDEAS THAT WE'RE USING IN THE PLAN.
SO I WENT THROUGH A LITTLE BIT AND ADDED A LITTLE BIT MORE ON THE PROCESS.
OF COURSE, THE FRAMEWORK, THE FIVE BASIC ORGANIZATIONWISE, THE WAY WE ORGANIZED THE PLAN AND HOW THAT REALLY VERY MUCH MIRRORS THE CLIMATE ACTION PLAN.
ALTHOUGH, WE DID LOOK AT A LOT OF OTHER PLANS AS WELL.
DEAL, THE SPRINGS PLAN AND WE CAME UP WITH THE FRAMEWORK THAT WE ALL DECIDED ON.
AND VEN, I BASICALLY GO INTO R5 FRAMEWORK AND BUILD IT OUT.
THERE'S NOT A LOT OF WORK I DID HERE.
EXCEPT WHEN I SENT OUT THE WORK PLAN, WHICH HAD WHAT WE WERE CONSIDERING DOING THIS YEAR, COMMISSIONER BENTSEN ASKED A LOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT ABOUT THESE THINGS? SOLAR ENERGY ON BUSINESS ROOFTOPS AND RESIDENTIAL? AND ALL OF THAT WAS PART OF THE BROADER PLAN BUT YOU COULDN'T TELL THAT FROM OUR WORK PLAN.
SO I THOUGHT, YOU KNOW, I THINK WHAT WE WILL DO OR WHAT I SUGGEST MAYBE IS WE HAVE OUR OUTLINE ACCOMPLISHMENTS MANDATE, POSSIBLE PROJECTS, WHAT RESIDENTS COULD DO.
THEN WE COULD USE ALL THE CALLOUTS FOR THE 2021 WORK PLAN FOR EACH OF THESE IN THE PLAN.
AND EACH YEAR, YOU KNOW, IT WILL BE THE NEXT YEAR, 2022 PLAN, THAT WAY YOU COULD
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KIND OF SEE THE BROADER PICTURE AND ALSO, IF WE HAVE THIS RUNNING LISTS OF POSSIBLE PROJECTS AND FILL IT IN, WE CAN PLUG IT IN, IF WE CAN FIND A GRANTOR SOME FUNDING OR SOME PARTNERSHIP OPPORTUNITY COMES UP.FOR NOW, WHAT I DID, I JUST ADDED IT IN TO KEEP THE YEARS WORK PLAN RIGHT NOW AS PART OF THE ANNUAL WORK PLAN OR OUT OF THE WHOLE SUSTAINABLITY PLAN.
OF COURSE, WE HAD A LOT TO DO WITH FORMATTING AND PICTURES AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
THE WORK PLAN FOR THE TREE PROGRAM, I WANT TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON THAT.
WE TALKED ABOUT POSSIBLY GIVING AWAY TREES OR REPLANTIZATION.
I DID A LOT OF WORK OF ARBOR FOUNDATION AND FORESTRY ORGANIZATION.
FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, A LOT OF THE TREES FOR REPARTIZATION ARE DONE AT FOREST SERVICE NURSERIES.
THERE'S A COUPLE OF GROUPS LIKE THE TREE PEOPLE APPARENTLY WHO KIND OF FACILITATE GROWING THE TREES AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
IT'S STRICTLY SPEAKING TOWARD A PROJECT FOR REPARTIZATION, I HAVE GONE PAST QUITE A FEW PEOPLE AND I SENT E-MAILS TO AN ORGANIZATION CALLED TREE PEOPLE AND THE CALIFORNIA BOT TANNICAL GARDEN IN CLAREMONT.
APPARENTLY THEY HAVE A GOOD SUPPLY OF NURSERIES AND NATIVES AS WELL.
WE TALKED ABOUT JUST HAVING THE TREE PROGRAM IN GENERAL, WHERE WE WILL BE ABLE TO GIVE OUT TREES TO RESIDENTS AND IN PRIVATE, ON BUSINESSES AND ON THE PRIVATE SECTOR.
I'M STILL LOOKING FOR GRANTS FOR THAT.
SO THAT'S IN THE WORK PLANNED HERE.
UNDER THE ZERO WASTE OBJECTIVES, THERE'S A LOT GOING ON HERE.
I DID WANT TO SAY THAT COMMISSIONER BENTSEN ALSO SENT INFORMATION ON THE ELECTRONICS REUSE PROJECT THAT HE SENT ME.
I THINK IT'S A REALLY GOOD POSSIBILITY FOR THE WORK PLAN THIS YEAR.
AND IF YOU DON'T MIND COMMISSIONER BENTSEN TALKING ABOUT THAT A LITTLE BIT AND DESCRIBING THAT, THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
SO A LITTLE BACKGROUND, I READ A MAGAZINE IN "TIME" MAGAZINE WHAT THE CITY OF AMSTERDAM DID IN 2019 FOR ITS RESIDENTS.
ONE OF THE PROJECTS THEY IMPLEMENTED, THEY TOOK PEOPLE -- CITIZENS' OLD COMPUTERS, LAPTOPS, REPURPOSED THEM AND GAVE THEM TO SENIOR CITIZENS IN AMSTERDAM SO THAT DURING QUARANTINE, THEY CAN STAY CONNECTED WITH LOVED ONES AND SOCIAL MEDIA AND WATCH MOVIES AND WHAT NOT.
AND I THOUGHT IT WAS A REALLY INTERESTING IDEA.
I THOUGHT IT WAS GREAT THAT THEY APPARENTLY DEALT WITH 3500 COMPUTERS THAT EITHER WOULD BE GATHERING DUSTS IN SOMEONE'S CLOSET OR SOMEONE'S DRAWER OR DESK.
GOT THEM WORKING AND GAVE THEM TO CITIZENS OF THE CITY AND THAT'S 3500 COMPUTERS THAT DIDN'T END UP IN A LANDFILL.
YOU KNOW, ALL OF THIS READ ARTICLES ON HOW THE COMPUTERS, EVEN THOUGH YOU RECYCLE THEM, THEY END UP GETTING SHIPPED IN AFRICA AND DUMPED IN LANDFILLS THERE.
I THOUGHT TO GET THROUGH, THEY HAVE A UNIQUE MODEL TO DO HERE AND MAYBE INCLUDE SCHOOL-AGED CHILDREN WHO DON'T HAVE COMPUTERS, WHO ARE REMOTE LEARNING AND ONCE SCHOOLS GET BACK INTO SESSION AND THEY ARE IN-PERSON LEARNING, WE PROBABLY HAVE STUDENTS WHO CAN'T AFFORD A COMPUTER AND WE CAN GIVE IT TO THEM AND THEY CAN USE A COMPUTER FOR HOMEWORK AND PROJECTS AND WHAT NOT.
I THINK THAT'S A COOL THING HE DID.
I REACHED OUT TO THE PERSON IN THE CITY OF THE ARTICLE.
THEY CONNECTED ME WITH SOMEBODY IN THE CITY THERE, AND GAVE ME INFORMATION AND I PASSED IT TO SARA.
TO BE REAL QUICK, THEY ALSO REFURBISHED INTERNET HOT SPOTS, SO PEOPLE WHO WERE NOT USING THEIR HOT SPOT, THEY CAN DONATE THAT.
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THOSE WILL HAND OUT TO PEOPLE, WHO DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE A RELIABLE INTERNET CONNECTION.IT'S A PROJECT, I THINK WE CAN DO AND KEEP IT LOCAL.
WE CAN HAVE LOCAL COMPANIES DO THE REFURBISHING.
WE CAN MAYBE TALK TO LOCAL CHARITIES, FIND A FOOD BANK, ONE I THOUGHT OF AT THE TOP OF MY HEAD, FOR THE DISTRIBUTION.
YOU KNOW, IF LASHAMOCO DO IT, WE CAN DO IT IN A SMALLER SCALE.
POSSIBLY, IT COULD BE REPLIKABLE TO THE NEIGHBORING CITIES IN THE COACHELLA VALLEY AND MAY BE REPLICATABLE IN OTHER CITIES IN CALIFORNIA.
IT COULD BE A COOL LITTLE PROJECT WE CAN START AND HELP OUT A LOT OF PEOPLE.
I KNOW, I HAVE A LAPTOP, I USED A LONG TIME AGO FOR WORK AND IT'S GATHERING DUST.
SOMEBODY ELSE COULD TAKE IT AND USE IT, IT'S FANTASTIC.
>> SOUNDS LIKE A GOOD FIND AND A GOOD PROJECT.
TO SEE IF WE CAN WORK OUT SOMETHING SIMILAR, LIKE YOU SAID.
>> SARA, HAVE YOU REACHED OUT TO JEFF BENARC?
>> NO, I HAVE NOT REACHED OUT TO ANYONE.
I WANTED TO BE HEARD HERE FIRST AND YEAH, THAT WOULD BE MY FIRST PHONE CALL, IF YOU GUYS ARE OKAY WITH THAT?
>> I WOULD GO IN THE DIRECTION.
THEY HAVE ALREADY THE COLLECTION MODEL IN PLACE AND THEY HAVE ALREADY THE TECHNICIANS THAT COULD HANDLE ELECTRONICS AND THEY ALSO HAVE THE PEOPLE THAT COULD PROBABLY DO THE MODIFICATIONS AND UPGRADES TO EXISTING EQUIPMENT.
SO IT COULD BE PHONES AND LIKE, INSTEAD, IT COULD BE HOT SPOTS.
IT COULD BE LAPTOPS, IT COULD BE JUST ABOUT ANYTHING.
>> YEAH, I CERTAINLY THINK IT'S WORTH DOING SOME RESEARCH, LIKE YOU SAID.
IT DOES LANDFILL DIVERSION AND GOES TO A GREAT CAUSE.
WHATEVER YOU NEED FROM ME, SARA, TO HELP OUT, LET ME KNOW.
I THINK THE FIRST PHONE CALL IS DEFINITELY DESERT ARC.
AND I'LL KEEP YOU IN THE LOOP WITH THE E-MAIL AND EVERYTHING ELSE SO WE CAN GO FROM THERE.
AND THEN ONE OF THE THINGS I'M SUPPOSED TO BRING BACK WAS A KIND OF CALENDAR, JUST AN OFF -- A STARTING CALENDAR FOR ENVIRONMENTAL, WHAT WE WANT TO CALL OUT OR BRING SOME EDUCATION TO.
SOMETHING THAT GOES ON, ALL DURING THE YEAR THAT WE CAN ALWAYS HAVE SOME KIND OF RUNNING OUTREACH AND SUSTAINABLITY MESSAGE, THAT'S A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT BUT ALWAYS ONGOING THROUGH THE YEAR.
AND THEN, ALSO, COMMISSIONER DAVID SENT ME SOME INFORMATION ON RIVERSIDE COUNTY'S COMPOST'S CLASSES AND THOUGHT THAT WOULD BE A GOOD THING TO ADD TO THE CALENDAR AS WELL.
SO RIGHT NOW THERE'S A COUPLE OF DAYS ON THERE THAT'S SORT OF NATIONAL OR CALIFORNIA DAYS WHERE CERTAIN ENVIRONMENTAL THINGS ARE CELEBRATED THAT I THINK WOULD BE GREAT FOR US TO CALL OUT.
AND ALSO THE COMPOSTING CLASSES AND ALSO ON THE RIGHT, IT'S KIND OF A BROAD IDEA OF -- I'M HOPING TO HAVE ART COLLECTION EVENTS.
IN 2021, NORMALLY, I HAVE THEM MAPPED OUT FOR THE YEAR.
THINGS ARE JUST SO DIFFERENT THIS YEAR THAT I DIDN'T WANT TO DO MORE THAN ONE AT A TIME.
IT'S JUST TOO DIFFICULT TO CANCEL AND SOMEBODY ALWAYS DOESN'T -- WILL NOT GET THE CANCELLATION MESSAGE.
WE'RE TAKING THEM ONE AT A TIME.
SO THESE ARE NOT SET DATES EXCEPT, OF COURSE, FOR THE ONE IN MARCH.
IDEALLY, WE WANT TO HAVE 4-5 COLLECTIONS OF OUR OWN.
YOU COULD SEE HAZARDOUS WASTE COLLECTION AS WELL.
AND THOSE ARE ON THE RIGHT COLUMN.
KIND OF THE IDEA I THINK IT WOULD BE GREAT THAT WE CAN CELEBRATE AND CALLS WE HAVE ATTENTION TO ARE ON THE LEFT.
STARTING CALENDAR AND THESE WILL GO OUT WITH AN EXTRA PAGE AND THE SUSTAINABILITY PLAN THAT I SENT OUT.
AND THAT WILL GIVE YOU A CHANCE TO THINK ABOUT, THINK ABOUT IF YOU WANT TO ADD ANYTHING ELSE.
IN THE NEXT MEETING, WE WILL TALK ABOUT FINALIZING THE THINGS WE WANT TO HAVE ON
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THE CALENDAR AND SO FORTH.>> YEAH, THIS LOOKS LIKE A GREAT START.
I LIKE HAVING AN EVENT OR TWO THAT'S, YOU KNOW, KIND OF LOCAL OR AT LEAST COUNTY WIDE.
AND THEN SOMETHING THAT KIND OF TIES IN TO NATIONAL OR INTERNATIONAL.
I THINK THAT'S A GOOD WAY TO DRIVE THE EVENTS HOME.
IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT'S OBSCURE AND ABSTRACT.
EARTH DAY IS SOMETHING TO CELEBRATE.
AND HAVING THE SMALLER EVENT, IN APRIL, THE COMPOSTING, OKAY, HERE'S SOMETHING IN YOUR EVERY DAY LIFE.
I THINK THAT'S OFF TO A GREAT START.
>> I DID CHANGE THE NATIONAL TRAIL DAY WAS ON JUNE 5TH.
WE DIDN'T CAN'T DO THAT ON JUNE 5TH.
>> IT NEEDS TO BE MODIFIED FOR OUR COMMUNITY, OUR CITY.
>> DO WE HAVE AN UPDATE ON THE CITY OF INDIO GOLF CART, THAT IS ALLOWED IN THE CITY VEHICLES.
>> WE HAVE A COMPLETE PLAN THAT'S COMPLETED.
>> I WOULD LIKE TO INCLUDE THAT.
YOU HAVE YOUR BIKE TO WORKDAY.
THAT'S ALSO AN ELECTRIC VEHICLE AND PART OF THE BIKE PATH, PART OF THE STREETS THEY ARE REDOING.
IF WE ARE GOING TO GO TO BICYCLES AND THEN GO TO ELECTRIC VEHICLES, THAT SHOULD TIE INTO THAT.
>> AND I THINK WE CAN TIE IN TO OUR LINK, YOU KNOW, BETWEEN ALL THE CITIES, NINE CITIES.
BECAUSE THAT'S GOING TO HAVE AN ELECTRIC VEHICLE PATH AND A BIKE PATH.
>> I SEE WHAT YOU'RE SEEING SO BIKE TO WORKDAY WOULD BE A GREAT DAY TO TIE IN ALL THE WORK WE'VE DONE AND SEE THE LINK AND HIGHLIGHT THAT.
YEAH, THAT'S -- >> HOW CLOSE >> I DON'T HAVE THE MAP CLOSE BY.
HOW CLOSE IS THE LINK TO THE NEW EVENTS BUILDING, COMPOUND THAT'S BUILDING IN THE PROPERTY OFF THE 10 FRIDAY.
>> I DON'T KNOW OFF HAND BUT I COULD GET THAT INFORMATION.
>> ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT, JERRY, THE NEW ARENA THEY ARE PUTTING UP?
>> YEAH, IF YOU PUT 40 EVENTS THERE A YEAR, AS CLOSE TO THE CV LINK, SOMEHOW YOU COULD TIE THE ELECTRIC VEHICLES, BICYCLING, WALKING, HOWEVER YOU GET TO THE EVENT, VERSUS GAS PER DIESEL VEHICLES WELL, WE SHOULD TRY TO TIE IT IN AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.
>> I THINK THAT'S A GREAT IDEA.
I DON'T THINK THE CV LINK GETS NEAR IT.
I DON'T THINK THE CV LINK WON'T GET THERE UNTIL CAT CITY OR CAT SPRINGS.
>> WHAT'S THE CLOSEST STREET? MONTEREY OR COOK, TO GO PAST THE CLASSIC CLUB?
>> SO IF THOSE STREETS HAD ELECTRIC VEHICLE PASS OR BICYCLE PASS THAT COMES TO THE LINK TO THAT EVENT.
>> I BELIEVE THAT'S PALM DESERT, THOUGH THEY FOUGHT AGAINST HAVING CV LINK I BELIEVE AT ALL.
>> WE CAN GO FROM BERMUDA DUNES, TO RANCHO MIRAGE.
>> RANCHO MIRAGE FOUGHT IT, TOO.
PALM DESERT, BECAUSE I RIDE MY BIKE WITH MY GIRLFRIEND ALL THE TIME.
THEIR STREETS ARE NOT VERY BICYCLE FRIENDLY.
>> DEFINITELY PALM DESERT ISN'T.
>> AND LA QUINTA IS THE BEST ONE, THAT I'VE RIDDEN ONE HERE.
WE CAN MAYBE COORDINATE WITH THE APPROPRIATE CITIES AND SEE WHAT THEIR PLANS MAY BE AND OFFER HELP, WHEREVER WE CAN.
>> HERE'S THE THOUGHT THAT WE SHOULD ASK THOSE QUESTIONS AS WE MOVE FORWARD.
>> THEY ARE GOOD QUESTIONS TO ASK.
IT MAY BE GOOD TO EVEN -- YOU KNOW, I'M NOT SURE IF INDIO HAS A BIKE MAP, BIKE
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TRAIL.>> THEY HAVE A MAP FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLES, FOR GOLF CARTS.
>> DO THEY? THEN THEY MUST HAVE IT.
YOU KNOW WHAT, JERRY, WHY DON'T YOU GET THERE.
>> THAT SEEMS LIKE A GREAT START.
WHAT JERRY IS SAYING, GET THE MAP AND MAKE SURE WE HAVE VERY CLEAR WHERE THE BICYCLE LANES ARE AND WHERE THE LOW SPEED ELECTRIC VEHICLES LIKE GOLF CARTS COULD GO.
>> AND AS LONG AS THE CITY IS REDOING THEIR MASTER PLAN, NOW IS THE TIME TO DO IT.
>> I THINK THAT'S ONE OF OUR LONG-TERM GOALS, SOMETHING THAT WE CAN HAVE AS PART OF THE WORK PLAN, IS MAKING SURE THAT GETS INCORPORATED.
>> YEAH, YEAH AND EVEN IF IT'S NOT SOMETHING WE CAN TAKE ON THIS YEAR, SINCE IT'S ALL ONE DOCUMENT, WE CAN PUT IT IN POSSIBLE PROJECTS AND THEN PULL IT OUT AS SOON AS WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY.
>> YEAH, I LIKE THIS FORMAT YOU'RE DOING SARA, IN KEEPING IT.
SO WE'RE NOT CREATING A BRAND-NEW DOCUMENT EVERY YEAR, OR WHEN SOMETHING CHANGES.
LIKE YOU SAID, WE CAN HAVE OUR ITEMS THAT WE ARE FOCUSED ON IN ANY GIVEN YEAR.
RIGHT BELOW, HEY, HERE'S THE LONG-TERM GOALS AND THE POOL OF OTHER IDEAS, THAT WE WANT TO GET TO.
I LIKE THE ORGANIZATION THAT YOU HAVE COME UP WITH.
THEN THE NEXT STEPS, I WILL SEND THE DOCUMENT FOR YOU TO VIEW.
AND IF YOU HAVE IDEAS OR THINGS YOU WANT TO FILL IN, I MEAN, I COULD DO MOST OF THE WRITING.
IF YOU HAVE THINGS YOU THINK MAY BE GOOD PROJECTS, OR IDEAS THAT COME UP LIKE THAT, DEFINITELY BRING THOSE BACK TO THE NEXT MEETING, SO WE CAN GET THEM AS WELL.
>> MAYBE SOME EVENTS IN FEBRUARY AND JULY.
>> YEP >> THINGS YOU COULD TALK TO ME ANYTIME, PLEASE REMEMBER, YOU CAN'T TALK WITH EACH OTHER ABOUT IT UNTIL THE NEXT MEETING.
SO I'LL SEND THIS ENTIRE DOCUMENT OUT TOMORROW.
AND THAT'S REALLY I HAVE FOR THE WORK PLAN FOR NOW.
IS EVERYONE LIKE, YOU KNOW, KIND OF THE DIRECTION AND THE FORMAT.
IF WE'RE DONE WITH WORK PLAN AND SUSTAINABILITY PLAN, WE WILL GET -- SARA WILL GET THAT OUT FOR EVERYBODY TO REVIEW AND ADD.
WE WILL GET BACK TO IT ON OUR NEXT MEETING AND WE CAN MOVE ON TO ITEM 0, COMMISSIONER COMMENTS.
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MR. BENTSEN, MR. TACK? ANYTHING?>> I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TODAY.
>> AND I WAS JUST GOING TO SHARE.
I'VE BEEN LOOKING AT SOME EVENTS IN SAN DIEGO.
AND I'M GOING TO TRY TO GET IN TOUCH OF THE PEOPLE PUTTING IT ON.
IT'S AN AGENCY CALLED I LOVE A CLEAN SAN DIEGO.
AND THEY ARE DOING ALL SORTS OF WEB NATURES, THAT I THINK, TIES TO THE EDUCATION ASPECT WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO GET OUT.
THEY DID ONE ON REUSING FOOD SCRAPS WHEN YOU COOK.
THEY'VE DONE OTHER ONES LIKE HOW TO BE A GOOD RECYCLER.
SO I'LL BE TRYING TO GET IN TOUCH WITH THEM, TO SEE IF IT'S SOMETHING WE CAN REPLICATE OUT THERE.
IT TIES TO THE EDUCATION WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT, GETTING TO OUR COMMUNITY.
WHAT'S RECYCLABLE AND WHAT'S NOT? IT KIND OF TAKES A DEEPER DIVE THAN THE INFORMATION, WE CAN PUT INTO THE VERITEK BOOKLET.
WE SEEM LIKE WE'RE MISSING OUT ON SOME INFORMATION.
AND IT'S INTERESTING OF THE PROGRAMS THESE PLACES ARE DOING.
I'M GOING TO TRY TO GET THE INFORMATION AND GIVE IT TO SARA SO WE CAN SHARE IT AT A FUTURE DATE.
YOU MAY EXPAND THAT A LITTLE BIT.
SOME OF OUR STUDENTS ARE GOING TO BE STILL MAYBE ISOLATED AND NOT IN CLASS.
THEY ARE PRETTY GOOD ON VIDEOS, SO IT COULD BE A CONTEST FOR THE SCHOOLS TO
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PROVIDE VIDEO ON RECYCLING AND MAYBE WE CAN OFFER SOME SORT OF AN INCENTIVE REWARD AND WE CAN PUT ON THE WEBSITE.>> THAT'S AN EXCELLENT THOUGHT.
ALL RIGHT, IF THE COMMISSIONERS, WE ARE DONE WITH OUR COMMENTS.
SARA, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE?
SO THEN OUR NEXT MEETING WILL BE IN MARCH.
IS THAT CORRECT? IT WILL BE -- LET'S SEE HERE.
AND IF THERE'S NO OBJECTIONS, I'LL CALL THIS MEETING ADJOURNED AT 6:12 P.M.
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