[1. CALL TO ORDER ]
[4. COMMISSIONER COMMENTS ]
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>> QUICK HELLO, I DON'T HAVE ANY OUTER COMMENTS.
>> THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER BRAZIL, COMMISSIONER ORDIAN,
>> GOOD EVENING EVERYONE, I'LL ECHO WHAT COMMISSIONER BARRAZA SAID.
>> THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER PHILLIPS-MARTINEZ.
>> GOOD EVENING EVERYONE, NOTHING TO REPORT OUT THIS MONTH.
>> THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR YOUR COMMENTS.
I DON'T HAVE ANY E WE'LL MOVE FORWARD TO ITEM NUMBER 5, PUBLIC COMMENT AND
[5. PUBLIC COMMENT ]
WE DO HAVE ONE TONIGHT, EDITH.>> THANK YOU, I'M HERE TO PRESENT VACCI.
WE'RE HERE TO OFFER THE CITY OF INDIO THE VACCINE WE PROVIDE.
WE KNOW VACCINES HAVE BECOME THE COMMODITY OF 2021.
ALTHOUGH THE S TRICKY VACCINE TREATMENTS ARE ATTAINABLE.
TO HELP THOSE NAVIGATE A COMPLICATED SYSTEM OF APPOINTMENT BOOKING.
TODAY'S STAFFED BY OVER 20 VOLUNTEERS, WE OFFER BILINGUAL SERVICES TO THE RESIDENTS OF BE RIVERSIDE COUNTY.
WE GIVE YOU A FIVE MINUTE SOLUTION INSTEAD.
WE HAVE A FACEBOOK PAGE VACCI INFO WHERE WE POST LIVE APPOINTMENT AVAILABILITY.
THOUSANDS HAVE FOUND US AND BOOKED APPOINTMENTS USING OUR TIPS AND TRICKS.
RECENTLY WE'VE GONE A STEP FURTHER AND ROLLED OUT AN ADDITIONAL COMPONENT FOR VACCI, OUR WARM LINE.
WE WANT TO ENSURE TECHNOLOGY IS NOT A BARRIER TO BECOMING VACCINATED.
OUR WARM LINE IS A TELEPHONE NUMBER OFFERED TO PUBLIC.
ANYONE CAN CALL AND LEAVE A VOICE MAIL.
WITHIN 48 HOURS, THEY WILL BE CONTACTED BY A TRAINED VOLUNTEER, THAT CAN ASSIST THEM IN MAKING AN APPOINTMENT OVER THE PHON OR SENDING THEM RESOURCES IF THEY WOULD LIKE TO BOOK AN APPOINTMENT BY THEMSELVES.
AGAIN, THE NUMBER IS 760-833-0569.
WE KNOW IT WORKS BECAUSE WE HAVE TRIED EVERYTHING THAT HASN'T.
WE KNOW WHAT IS NEEDED BECAUSE WE HAVE SERVED SO MANY IN NEED.
AND WE KNOW WHAT IS OUT THERE BECAUSE WE ARE LOOKING EVERY DAY, HOUR UPON HOUR, FOR THE COVETED APPOINTED SLOT.
TECHNOLOGY SHOULD NOT BE A BARRIER TO BECOMING VACCINATED BUT AS LONG AS THE COMPUTER IS NECESSARY VACCI WILL BE HERE HELPING ANY QUALIFIED RESIDENT.
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PEOPLE COME TO US FRUSTRATED OVERWHELMED AND DEFEATED BUT THAT IS NOT HOW THEY LEAVE US.WE ARE GRASS ROOTS AND HOME GROWN.
WE ARE THE STRENGTH OF NEIGHBOR HELPING NEIGHBOR.
VACCINES ARE FREE OF CHARGE, NO CITIZENSHIP OR IMMIGRATION STATUS REQUIRED TO ARE VACCINATED.
THIS IS THE MESSAGE WE WANT EVERYONE TO KNOW.
WE WOULD LIKE YOUR HELP IN SPREADING THE WORD WHAT WE DO AND WHAT WE CAN OFFER TO THE COMMUNITY.
WE HAVE FLIERS AVAILABLE FOR PRINTING AND DISTRIBUTION AS WELL AS WE WELCOME EACH OF YOU TO JOIN US AT OUR FACEBOOK PAGE VACCIINFO@FACEBOOK.COM.
FOR EVERYTHING DO YOU, NOT JUST BEING THE CO-FOUNDER OF VACCI, BUT FOR PARENTS AND STUDENTS, YOU YOU ARE MUCH APPRECIATED.
>> DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, CONCERNS FOR REA BEFORE I LET HER GO? WE'RE GOOD? THANK YOU SO MUCH, REA.
>> ALL RIGHT MOVING FORWARD TO ITEM NUMBER 6, THE APPROVAL OF MINUTES.
>> MEETINGS TO APPROVE THE MINUTES.
ITEM NUMBER 7, SPORTS PARK UPDATE.
>> YOU HAVE TO VOTE ON THAT PLEASE.
[6. APPROVAL OF MINUTES – February 16, 2021 Minute Action ]
>> COULD I GET A VOTE ROLL CALL.
COMMISSIONER PHILLIPS-MARTINEZ.
MOVING FORWARD TO ITEM NUMBER 7 NOW, SPORTS PARK UPDATE.
JUST WANTED TO UPDATE YOU WHERE WE'RE AT WITH THE SPORTS PARK.
I CAME BEFORE YOUR COMMITTEE EARLIER TO SHOW YOU WHAT THE MASTER PLAN WAS.
[7. SPORTS PARK UPDATE – (Mike Edgar, Parks and Facilities Project Coordinator) Verbal ]
AND WHAT WE DID AS WE W TO COUNCIL ON THE 3RD OF THIS MONTH TO SHOW THEM THE MASTER PLAN AND ALSO, THE GRANT APPLICATION PLAN.THE GRANT APPLICATION PLAN SHOWS JUST EXACTLY WHAT WE CAN DO FOR THE GRANT MONEY.
PLUS ANOTHER HALF A MILLION DOLLARS FROM THE CITY.
AND LAST FRIDAY, WE SUBMITTED THE APPLICATION, AND WE GOT A RETURN E-MAIL THAT WE WERE SUCCESSFUL IN THE APPLICATION.
AND WE'RE GOING FOR THE FULL $8.5 MILLION OF THE GRANT.
WHAT I CAN DO IS CAN I SEND EDITH THE MASTER THE GRANT AND SO YOU CAN SEE AWAY WE'VE APPLIED FOR WHAT WE CAN ACTUALLY CONSTRUCT FOR ABOUT $9 MILLION.
DO WE HAVE ANY COMMENTS, QUESTIONS? KIMBERLY I SEE YOU UNMUTED.
DO YOU WANT TO GO FIRST? WHETHER
>> HI MIKE, THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.
DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING Y COULD SHARE WITH US, MAYBE SOME VISUALS AS A REFRESHER AND FOR THOSE NEW COMMISSIONERS AS WELL AND PEOPLE WATCHING?
>> LET ME SEE IF CAN I SHARE THE SCREEN AND I'VE GOT THE POWERPOINT THAT I PRESENTED TO THE COUNCIL.
>> I ASSUME THAT WILL BE AVAILABLE WHEN YOU SEND YOUR PACKAGE TO EDITH?
>> YES, IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE I'M GOING TO BE ABLE TO GET THE PRESENTATION TO SHOW.
WHAT I'LL DO IS, I'LL GET THE PLAN, THE MASTER PLAN, THAT SHOWS EVERYTHING THAT THE COMMUNITY WANTED IN THE PARK.
AND THEN WE'LL SHOW THE GRANT APPLICATION PLAN, WHICH IS WHAT WITH WE FEEL WE CAN CONSTRUCT FOR THE $8.5 MILLION GRANT PLUS THE $500,000 FROM THE CITY.
>> COULD YOU JUST TELL ME WHERE THE LOCATION IS? SORRY ABOUT MY IGNORANCE.
>> I THINK WHAT I'LL DO IS, I'LL E-MAIL THE PLANS TO EDITH AND THEN SHE'LL
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DISTRIBUTE TO YOU.BECAUSE THE WHOLE PRESENTATION IS A LITTLE TOO LARGE TO E-MAIL.
>> WELL, I MEAN THE LOCATION OF THE PARK.
THE SPORTS PARK IS OFF OF JACKSON AND BETWEEN MARKET.
IT'S THAT HUGE PIECE OF EMPTY LAND THERE BOUGHT IN 2007 I THINK IT WAS.
>> IT'S ACROSS JACKSON STREET FROM THE DMV PRETTY MUCH KEVIN.
BEHIND DOLLAR GENERAL OR FAMILY DOLLAR, I'M NOT SURE WHICH ONE'S THERE BUT IT'S BEHIND THAT AREA.
>> WELL HOPEFULLY WE'LL GET MORE BUSINESS TO THAT PARTICULAR AREA.
>> YES, IF WE GET MORE PEOPLE USING A PARK THAT WILL DEFINITELY HELP THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY.
>> MIKE, ARE THERE ANY KEY ELEMENTS YOU THINK WOULD BE WORTH SHARING, KEY ELEMENTS THAT WOULD DISTINGUISH OUR APPLICATION FROM OTHER APPLICATIONS? SUCH AS MAKE US MORE COMPETITIVE?
>> WE GOT REALLY GOOD COMMUNITY INPUT.
THAT'S A BIG, BIG C THAT THE GRANT REQUIRES.
PLUS, WE GOT PEOPLE H US OUT SUCH AS FOR HEALTH GROUP, LOMA LINDA WILL HELP US.
WE'VE GOT THE ADA GROUP, HOMES TO PINES, ONCE WE TO THE FINAL DESIGN THEY'RE GOING TO HELP WITH THEIR INPUT.
AND WE ALSO HAVE THE SPORTS YOUTH GROUPS THAT ARE TO HELP US.
AND WE'VE SHOWN THEM THAT WE'RE GOING TO LIGHTING, WE'RE GOING TO BE ECOLOGICALLY INCLINED EVERYTHING THAT WE, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LIST OF ITEMS THAT WE HAVE TO ADDRESS WITH THE GRANT APPLICATION AND WE ADDRESSED EVERY ITEM AND NATALI WITH BLAZE AND ASSOCIATES THE ONE THAT ACTUALLY WROTE UP THE GRANT APPLICATION SHE'S REALLY GOOD AT MAXIMIZING THE POINTS WE GET FOR EACH ITEM.
>> THOSE OF US THAT ARE NEW, WAS THE GRANT APPLICATION OR THE GRANT, IS IT AN $8.5 MILLION MAXIMUM GRANT AS YOU SAID THE CITY WOULD BE PUTTING IN HALF A MILLION SO DO WE ESTIMATE THE PARK COST $9 MILLION AND WE CAN GET 8.5 FROM THE GRANT?
>> OH, NO, THE PARK IS GOING TO BE CLOSER TO LIKE 25 MILLION SO THIS IS GOING TO BE THE FIRST PHASE.
AND SO THIS FIRST PHASE IS PRETTY MUCH THE BIG, OPEN GREEN SPACE WHERE WE CAN HAVE THE SPORTS FIELDS.
IT WILL HAVE THE WALKING PATHS, SOME SHADE, TREES, PARKING LOT, ONE SPORT FIELD, ONE BASEBALL FIELD WILL BE LIT.
AND SOME GAZEBOS, PICNIC AREAS.
>> MY UNDERSTANDING THE APPLICATION WAS DUE A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO, AND WE SHOULD HEAR BACK FROM THE STATE AROUND SEPTEMBER AND I KNOW THESE APPLICATIONS TYPICALLY HAVE A TIME FRAME BY YOU NEED TO COMPLETE THE PROJECT.
DO WE KNOW BY WHEN T WOULD BE, LIKE, WHEN WE WOULD BE DOING LIKE A GRANT OPENING FOR THE PARK? LIKE TWO YEARS?
AND I THINK I CAN GET, EDITH, THE TIME LINE PART OF THE GRANT APPLICATION.
WE NEED TO PRODUCE THE CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS, GO OUT TO BID, DO THE CONSTRUCTION.
SO THERE'S QUITE A PROCESS TO GETTING THE PARK DONE.
>> AND SPEAKING FROM SOME OF OUR CONSTITUENTS, OUR INDIO RESIDENTS, I KNOW THAT THERE IS A FACEBOOK PAGE FOR THE PARK.
I DON'T KNOW IF THE CITY RUNS THAT PAGE.
AND THEN A DOESN'T HAVE A LOT OF INFORMATION.
SO WHENEVER PEOPLE ASK, WE CAN JUST REFER THEM TO THAT ONE-STOP PLACE.
I'M NOT SURE IF MAYBE WHATEVER WE HAVE ONLINE I HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO FIND ANYTHING.
BUT PEOPLE ARE INTERESTED WHEN IT'S GOING TO START, WHEN IT'S GOING TO BREAK GROUND AND IT IS ON WHEN WE RECEIVE THE FUNDING, CROSSING OUR FINGERS THAT WE DO.
SO IS THERE ANYWHERE ELSE I CAN REFER PEOPLE OVER?
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JUST BECAUSE THAT IS ONE OF THE MAIN QUESTIONS GET RIGHT, IS WHAT'S GOING ON? AS A CITY THERE IS S PEOPLE ACTUALLY CONCERNED THAT THE CITY WAS NOT GOING TO SUBMIT AN APPLICATION.WE'RE LIKE NO, YES, THE CITY WILL, JUST FOR THEM TO KEEP UP TO DATE.
I KNOW THAT SOME OF T PRESENTATIONS DO TAKE PLACE DURING COUNCIL MEETINGS.
NOT EVERYBODY HAS THAT TIME WE KNOW THOSE CAN BE ELECTEE, OR BY THE TIME IF IT'S A TWO HOUR MEETING, TO TRY TO LOOK FOR THE ACTUAL SPOT OF WHEN IT WAS PRESENTED.
SO IS THERE ANYWHERE WHERE PEOPLE CAN JUST GO AND GET MORE INFORMATION ON THIS?
>> WHAT I WILL DO IS I'LL TALK TO BROOKE.
SHE IS THE ONE T THE FACEBOOK PAGE.
AND I'LL GET THE SAME INFORMATION I GET TO YOU, TO BROOKE SO THAT SHE CAN PUT IT ON THE FACEBOOK PAGE.
>> PERFECT, THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
I KNOW INDIO RESIDENTS ARE SUPER-EXCITED ABOUT THIS.
THEY WERE WAITING FOR THIS AND WE ARE HOPING TO GET IT DONE BY 2025, AT LEAST PHASE 1.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR ANYTHING? OKAY.
MOVING ON, DEPARTMENT UPSTAIRS.
[8. DEPARTMENT UPDATES – (Community Services Commission) Verbal ]
COMMISSIONER ORDIAN I'LL START WITH YOU ON OPEN SPACES.THERE IS A SPACE ON THE 48 SECOND, BETWEEN JACKSON AND NEXT TO THE HIKING TRAIL.
AND I WOULD SUGGEST, I DON'T KNOW IF WE OWN THIS LAND OR NOT, CITY TO BUILD A NICE PARK HERE.
THE REASON IS BECAUSE THERE IS MANY FAMILIES ACTUALLY MOVING TO THIS AREA.
I CAN SEE A LOT OF JOGGERS HERE, FAMILIES WITH KIDS.
AND THIS COMMUNITY SINCE 2012, IT'S CHANGED TREMENDOUSLY.
WE HAVE A GOLF COURSE AND THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE, LOT OF NEW COMMUNITIES.
SO I THINK IT WOULD BE G TO HAVE A SMALL PARK FOR FAMILIES, AND ALSO FOR, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE BETWEEN THAT AREA.
SO THAT WOULD BE MY SUGGESTION.
>> I CAN COMMENT MEGAN AND PAUL, YOU CAN CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG.
WE WERE PLANNING A PARK IN THAT AREA, PROBABLY, PROBABLY TEN YEARS AGO, PAUL, IF I'M CORRECT.
AND I THINK I AUTHORITY NOW HAS BOUGHT THAT LAND FROM THE CITY.
I'M NOT SURE WHAT THEIR PLANS ARE.
>> LAST TIME I SPOKE WITH INDIO WATER AUTHORITY ABOUT THAT, THAT WAS WHEN BRIAN WAS THE MANAGER.
HE HAD PLANS ON THE BOARD TO BUILD A PARK AROUND, I GUESS A RECLAMATION LAKE THAT WE PUT IN THERE.
SO I WOULD IMAGINE T SOMETHING COULD HAPPEN OUT THERE.
>> I'M TRYING TO GET AN UPDATE FOR YOU ARMAN AND THE REST OF THE COMMISSION FOR YOU.
>> ARMAN, I HAVE ANOTHER COMMENT, WE HEARD THERE WOULD BE A PARK BUT THERE HASN'T BEEN.
I THINK PARKS ARE JUST VITAL TO COMMUNITIES.
>> I LIVE IN THE SAME NEIGHBORHOOD.
I MEAN THERE IS SO MANY FAMILIES WITH KIDS, EVERY DAY IN THE MORNING YOU'LL SEE IT'S MISSING, THEY NEED TO HAVE SOME SORT OF RECREATIONAL PARK THERE.
AND ALSO GOING TO BRING, MAKE IT -- THANKS.
AND WE ARE DOING DEPARTMENTS, CORRECT? SO I'M IN CHARGE FOR EVENTS.
AND SO THANKFULLY WE KNOW THAT STARTING APRIL 1ST THE COUNTY WILL -- ACTUALLY TOMORROW THE COUNTY IS MOVING TO RED TIER WHICH THAT'S GREAT AS OF APRIL 1ST, I'LL DO EVENTS OF UP TO 100 MAX IF I'M NO WILL BE ALLOWED.
I DO NOT ANTICIPATE TO HAVE ANYTHING FOR COACHELLA VEST, SO WE'RE CROSSING OUR FINGERS HOPEFULLY WE'LL BE ABLE TO HAVE SOMETHING.
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THAN THAT IT'S REALLY GOOD, JUST TO KNOW THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE RETURNING BACK TO, I DON'T JUST WANT TO SAY NORMAL YOU KNOW, BUT WE'RE GOING BACK TO BEING ABLE TO, YOU KNOW, HAVE EVENTS, AND ACTIVITIES, AND THAT'S ALSO GOOD AS WE TRANSITION A LITTLE BIT LATER FOR PARKS.I THINK IT WILL BE G NOT SURE IF THE CITY WILL BE HAVING ANY RESTRICTIONS BUT MAYBE FOR THOSE THAT DO WANT TO GATHER IN PARKS AND HAVE THOSE PICNICS OR BIRTHDAY PARTIES I BELIEVE THEY ARE, YOU KNOW, 100 PEOPLE OR LESS WHICH THAT'S NOT TOO MUCH OF A PROBLEM I THINK THAT WOULD BE GREA AND AMAZING WEATHER, TIME CHANGE, THAT'S ALSO REALLY GOOD AS YOU KNOW MOVING INTO THE SPRING-SUMMER, THANKS.
>> THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER BARRAZA.
ALL IS QUIET AT THE SENIOR CENTER AND THE TEEN CENTER.
LOOKING FORWARD TO THOSE EXTERIOR RENOVATIONS.
I THINK THE LOOK NEEDS UPDATING.
>> THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER WILCOXON.
COMMISSIONER PHILLIPS-MARTINEZ.
>> YES, SO THE INDIO PERFORMING ARTS CENTER HAS THEIR KIDS WORKS PROGRAM THROUGH DESERT THEATER THAT IS ENROLLING CURRENTLY OR TAKING APPLICATIONS FOR THE SPRING VIRTUAL PROGRAMMING THAT THEY OFFER.
THERE ARE TWO GROUPS, SESSION A WHICH IS CHILDREN SESSION A IS 7 TO 11 YEARS OLD AND SESSION B IS 12 TO 18 YEARS OLD.
AND THEY CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION AT KIDSWORKS.ORG AS TO HOW TO APPLY TO ATTEND ONE OF THE VIRTUAL SESSIONS.
STARTS IN APRIL, RUNS SIX WEEKS ON SATURDAYS AND THEY WILL BE DOING A PRESENTATION OF EITHER THE RAINBOW FISH FOR THE YOUNGER SET OR GOSSIP FOR THE OLDER SET.
SO THEY'RE REALLY GREAT SHORT PLAYS THAT BE REHEARSING ON THE WEEKENDS AND THEN THEY WILL ALSO BE DOING A TEE SHIRT AND A BACKDROP.
SO THEY WILL BE G -- THEY'LL BE GIVING SOME EXPOSURE TO WORKING WITH SET DESIGN AND COSTUME DESIGN AS WELL.
IT'S OFFERED FREE BY DESERT THEATER WORKS SO THEY CAN FIND INFORMATION AT THE WEBSITE IN ORDER TO FIND OUT HOW TO APPLY FOR THAT.
AND THEN GOING FORWARD FROM THERE, WE DO -- WE PLANNING OUR SUMMER CAMP.
WE DON'T KNOW HOW -- PROBABLY A HYBRID OF VIRTUAL AND IN PERSON.
AND THEN PREPARING TO -- DESERT THEATER WORKS WILL RELAUNCH SHOWS IN THE FALL HOPEFULLY.
>> THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER PHILLIPS-MARTINEZ.
FOR THE GOLF COURSE, THERE'S NOT ENOUGH GOOD THINGS I CAN SAY ABOUT THE ACTIVITY THAT'S GOING ON AT THE GOLF COURSE.
I ACTUALLY W COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO WITH MY HUSBAND.
HE WENT TO HIT BALLS AND I DON'T THINK HE COULD REALLY GET A SPOT SO HE KIND OF MADE HIS OWN SPOT.
BUT GREAT THINGS GOING ON AT THE GOLF COURSE.
JUST HOPE IT C THAT SAME DIRECTION.
WE'LL MOVE FORWARD WITH PARK UPDATES.
[9. PARK UPDATES – (Community Services Commission) Verbal]
AND I WILL START WITH COMMISSIONER ORDIAN.FIRST OF ALL, THE PARKS ARE LOOKING NICE, GREAT.
YUCCA PARK, SHIELDS AND NORTH JACKSON.
I'VE BEEN THERE SEVERAL TIMES, IT'S CLEAN AND NICE.
WE DON'T SEE MANY FAMILIES THERE.
MAYBE YOU CAN SEE ONE OR TWO FAMILIES AT MOST, DURING THE WEEKDAYS SOMETIMES THE PARKS ARE KIND OF EMPTY.
BUT YOU KNOW IT'S AGAIN THIS IS BECAUSE OF PANDEMIC, I GUESS.
SO NOTHING UP AT THE PARKS JUST AT THE TIME.
THE ONLY ONE THING I WAS GOING TO MENTION, TODAY CHECKED THE SHIELDS PARK AND I SENT THE PICTURE TO JIM.
BECAUSE OF THE WIND YESTERDAY, WE HAD A HUGE ALMOST LIKE A HURRICANE, YOU KNOW, HOPEFULLY IT'S YOU KNOW, BUT THERE WA THAT WAS BROKEN OVER THERE AND JIM INFORMED ME THAT IS AWARE OF IT AND WORKING ON IT.
BUT OTHER THAN THAT EVERYTHING IS FINE.
YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST -- THEY'RE LOOKING NICE.
>> THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER ORDIAN.
I COVERED DR. CARREON AND SOUTH JACKSON.
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THE WINDS OVER THE WEEKEND, THEY'RE LOOKING >> NOT A LO OF ACTIVITY, I WISH I COULD SEE MORE FAMILY MEMBERS OUTS THERE.
WITH THE WEATHER GETTING A LITTLE BIT ANTICIPATING THAT BEING THE CASE.
THE OTHER THING I W MENTION IS, JULY IS PARKS MAKE LIFE BETTER MONTH.
SO THAT'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO HIGHLIGHT OUR PARKS.
I'LL GO AHEAD AND MAYBE DROP A QUICK E-MAIL TO STAFF AND HOPEFULLY WE'RE ABLE TO DO SOMETHING AND ENCOURAGE OUR INDIO RESIDENTS TO COME OUT TO OUR PARKS.
>> THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER BARRAZA.
>> LET'S SEE, I WATCH OUT FOR MILES PARK AND BURR STREET PARK.
MILES PARK, IT'S A WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL SPACE.
THE USUAL MEN WERE GATHERED, AND EVEN SOME -- A COUPLE OF FAMILIES WERE PLAYING.
PAUL, THE TENNIS COURTS ON KIND OF THE NEED OF SIDE, DO THOSE HAVE BASKETBALL RINGS ALSO?
>> YES, WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF REACTIVATING OUR BASKETBALL COURTS AND WE'LL BE REACTIVATING THOSE SOON.
SO THAT ONE DOES HAVE BASKETBALL --
>> YES, IN FACT WE WILL BE PUTTING ALL NEW NETS ON.
>> THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER WILCOXON.
COMMISSIONER PHILLIPS-MARTINEZ.
>> YES, I HAVE HJORTH PARK AND DOMINGUEZ PARK.
I HAVE THE SAME QUESTION AS COMMISSIONER WILCOXON, ABOUT THE IS HOOPS AND RINGS, WHERE DO WE HAVE TO GET THOSE REINSTALLED SO THE PUBLIC CAN USE THEM?
>> YES, FIRM ON BOTH, IT WILL BE HAPPENING.
>> OKAY, THANK YOU COMMISSIONER PHILLIPS-MARTINEZ.
I HAVE CAHUILLA AND PATTON PARK.
ACTUALLY, OVER THE WEEKEND AND EVEN TODAY WHEN I DROVE BY WHICH IS GREAT, I DO SEE KIDS ARE STARTING TO CONGREGATE ON THE BASKETBALL COURTS SO I THINK THEY'RE ANXIOUS TO GET BACK OUT THERE.
BUT IT'S GOOD TO SEE P AT THE PARKS AGAIN, STILL SOCIALLY DISTANCING AND STILL SEEING MASKS.
SO IT'S GOOD AND THE PARKS ARE IN GREAT AFTER THE WIND.
I MEAN PATTON PARK DIDN'T LOOK LIKE IT REALLY GOT HIT BUT THINGS ARE GOOD AND THE PARKS LOOK GREAT.
SO WE'LL MOVE FORWARD TO ITEM 10.
[10. UPDATES - (Jim Curtis, CFEE, Community Services Manager) Verbal ]
UPDATES.SO NOT A TON OF UPDATES TODAY.
I WILL LET YOU KNOW THE INDIO TEEN CENTER, INDIO SENIOR CENTER HAVE DATES TO REOPEN WE DON'T HAVE DATES YET.
SOME MIDDLE SCHOOLS TO HIGH SCHOOLS MAY BE STARTING NEXT WEEK AND THE TEEN CENTER IS NOT READY TO OPEN.
WE GOT TO FIGURE OUT CAPACITY.
HOW MANY -- HOW MANY -- WE HAVE 25 DOORS AT THE TEEN CENTER OR SOMETHING IN THAT AREA, THAT ALL WILL HAVE TO BE COVERED OR SOMEHOW COVERED OR POSSIBLY LOCKED TO FIGURE OUT HOW MANY PEOPLE WE CAN KEEP IN TH CENTER.
MAYBE WE'LL BE DOING MOSTLY OUTSIDE STUFF AND THEN LETTING PEOPLE IN JUST LET KIDS IN TO USE THE RESTROOMS. BUT WE'RE TALKING ALL ABOUT THAT, WE HAVE A MEETING 2:00 TOMORROW TO KIND OF FINALIZE OUR REOPENING PLANS.
WE HAVE TO TALK ABOUT SIGNAGE FOR MASKS AND DISTANCING.
WE HAVE TO T SANITIZING AND HOW WE'RE GOING TO DO THAT AND HOW IS STAFF GOING TO DO THAT.
WE'RE GOING TO BRING ONE OF OUR PART TIMERS THAT WE LET GO, WHO HANDLED MOSTLY OUR BOXING RING AREA, HE'S GOING TO COME BACK AND HELP US JUST WITH MONITORING, BECAUSE BOXING WILL PROBABLY NOT BE OPEN AS OF RIGHT NOW.
BUT WE CAN DEFINITELY DO A LOT OF PROGRAMMING OUTSIDE WITH BASKETBALL AND THE SOCCER FIELDS AND THE VOLLEYBALL NETS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, THAT HOPEFULLY WE'RE GOING TO BE ALLOWED TO DO AS LONG AS WE AND RUB, YOU KNOW CLEAN THE BALLS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO IT'S GOING TO TAKE A LOT TO GET THAT OPEN.
THE SENIOR CENTER IS PROBABLY, I DON'T KNOW WHEN THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN BUT
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WE ALSO HAVE TO TALK ABOUT HOW WE'RE GOING T ARE WE GOING TO HAVE TEMPERATURE CHECKS, ARE WE GOING TO REQUIRE VACCINATIONS? I GOT TO KNOW WHAT LEGALLY WE CAN DO.CAPACITY THERE, THE PROGRAMMING WE'RE GOING TO HAVE, WE DON'T HAVE A BIG OUTDOOR SPACE BUT WE DO HAVE SOME OUTDOOR SPACE.
IT IS A LOT TO TRY TO REOPEN AND FIGURE OUT PEOPLE CAN BE IN THERE AND HOW DO WE DISTANCE OUR CHAIRS, WHERE DO WE PUT ALL THE EXTRA CHAIRS?
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WE HAVE TONS OF CHAIRS AND TABLES IN THERE.I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHERE THOSE ARE GOING TO GO IF WE HAVE TO TAKE THOSE OUT.
WE WILL HAVE A MEETING WITH STAFF, THEY HAVE BEEN MEETING WITHOUT ME TOO AND UPDATING ME ON THINGS THEY MIGHT HAVE ISSUES WITH.
WE'RE EXCITED TO POSSIBLY OPEN ON BOTH OF THOSE.
THE TEEN CENTER IS GOING TO BE REPAINTED.
THEY HAVE HAD A COUPLE OF PEOPLE OUT THERE FOR QUOTES, TO GET QUOTES FOR REPAINTING SO I ASSUME THAT WILL HAPPEN SOON.
WE ARE GETTING READY TO WRITE UP CONTRACTS FOR SECURITY AND THE NEW CAMERA SYSTEMS AT BOTH THE INDIO SENIOR CENTER AND THE TEEN CENTER.
WE DO HAVE SOME CDBG GRANT MONEY TO USE FOR THAT BUT SOME OF THAT MONEY WILL HAVE TO COME OUT OF OUR EXPENSES FOR BOTH THOSE CENTERS.
BUT IT WILL BE R ONES THAT I HAVE SEEN, ARE REALLY, REALLY GOOD ON THEIR CAMERAS AND ADDING CAMERAS SO THAT WE HAVE MOR MORE SECURITY, THINGS WHERE IPD CAN JUMP IN AND THOSE CAMERAS IF THERE'S AN ISSUE.
I THINK IT WILL H WITH FALSE ALARMS AS WELL.
AS YOU KNOW SOME OF T DOORS AT THE TEEN CENTER IF THE WIND BLOWS LIKE IT DID THE OTHER NIGHT, THE CONTACTS ON THE DOORS SPLIT APART, IT CAUSES AN ALARM AND WE HAVE TO SEND OFFICERS OUT THERE WHE PLENTY OF OTHER THINGS TO DO TO COME OUT THERE TO THAT IT'S A FALSE ALARM.
IT HAPPENED JUST TWO S AGO AND IT WOULD BE GREAT FOR ME TO GO ON MY PHONE AND SEE THAT NOBODY IS IN THERE, CANCEL THE POLICE TO GO AN IT'S JUST GOING TO SAVE TIME AND MONEY.
BUT ALSO HELP WITH S AND SECURITY DURING COVID, TOO, DURING THE REOPENING.
WE'LL BE ABLE TO SEE HOW MANY KIDS, WHO'S COMING IN AND OUT OF DOORS AND HOW TO
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STOP THAT AND WHAT DOORS WE NEED TO WATCH.SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO GETTING THAT SECURITY IN AS FAST AS WE CAN AND GET IPD IN TO JUMP ON THOSE CAMERAS AND HAVE THEM ON THEIR PHONES IF THEY NEED TO AS WELL.
NO REAL SPECIAL EVENTS G ON AT THIS TIME.
AS COMMISSIONER BARRAZA HAS SAID, I'VE BEEN GETTING INQUIRIES ABOUT AN EVENT, ON APRIL 10TH, AT THE GOLF CLUB, BOTH INDIO ROTARY CLUBS ARE GOING TO HAVE A CLOSEST TO THE PIN CONTEST, ALSO A CHIPPING CONTEST, A PUTTING CONTEST AND A BIG BALL DROP.
WHICH IS KIND OF COOL, I ANYBODY'S SEEN THAT BEFORE YOU PAY TO HAVE A GOLF BALL, THEY'RE GOING TO USE I THINK THE -- A LADDER TRUCK FROM THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
AND IF YOU BUY A BALL FOR ORDERS 10 THEY'RE GOING TO TAKE ALL THE BALLS UP ON THE LADDER AND DROP OIT CLOSE TO THE PIN THAT'S DESIGNATED AND WHATEVER BALL'S CLOSEST WILL WIN I THINK IT'S PROBABLY A 50-50 SPLIT.
BUT IT'S KIND OF COOL TO SEE THAT HAPPEN.
I HAD IT WHEN I W REALLY NICE GOLF TOURNAMENT YEARS AND YEARS AGO.
WE USED A HELICOPTER INSTEAD OF A FIRE TRUCK TO DROP BALLS.
BUT IT'S PRETTY COOL TO SEE BALLS FLYING EVERYWHERE.
YOU HOPE TO SEE YOUR BALL WIN A LITTLE MONEY.
ANYBODY CAN JOIN THAT IT'S FROM 11 A.M.
AT OUR GOLF COURSE AND ANYBODY CAN JOIN I THEIR CLOSEST TO THE PINBALL.
THEY CAN TRY THEIR L CLOSEST TO THE PIN, THEY CAN TRY THE PUTTING CONTEST.
WE WILL HAVE SOME VENDORS OUT THERE AND A DJ SOME MUSIC.
BUT IT'S ONE MORE THING THAT THE GOLF COURSE WHICH IS WHAT I WAS GOING DO SAY NEXT IS DOING SO WELL AS YOU SAID MEGAN.
JUST CRAZY AMOUNT OF PEOPLE UP THERE.
I WAS UP THERE WITH SOME FRIENDS JUST THE OTHER DAY AND JUST YOU COULDN'T FIND A SPOT ON THE DRIVING RANGE AT 7:00 AT NIGHT.
IT'S CRAZY THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE UP THERE BUT LOVING IT, IT'S SO MUCH FUN AND FOOT GOLF IS DOING AS WELL, SOCCER ON THE GOLF COURSE IS DOING JUST AS WELL.
WE JUST BOOKED A BIRTHDAY PARTY FOR A LITTLE 14-YEAR-OLD THAT WANTS TO BRING HER FRIENDS UP THERE AND DO FOOT GOLF AND DO CUPCAKES ON THE PATIO.
LITTLE THINGS LIKE T MAKES ME SMILE AND MAKES ME KNOW THAT WE ARE TRYING TO RETURN TO NORMAL AND TRYING TO GET BACK TO WHERE WE NEED TO BE AT THE -- AT ALL OF OUR TEEN CENTER, SENIOR CENTER GOLF COURSE ALL OF OUR PARKS AND OF COURSE SPECIAL EVENTS.
>> THANK YOU JIM, LOTS OF GOOD INFO AND LOTS OF GOOD THINGS HAPPENING.
CHIEF, PAUL, DO YOU GUYS HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD?
>> COMMISSIONERS IF YOU HAVE A MOMENT I JUST WANTED TO BRING YOU UP TO DATE ON THE MILES PARK VANDALISM AND DAMAGE TO THE BATHROOMS. I WANTED TO JUST -- I NEEDED SOME FEEDBACK.
WE'VE HAD SECURITY GO OUT THERE AND CHECK THE AREAS AS WELL AS OUR QUALITY OF LIFE OFFICERS.
AND WE'VE ALSO HAD EXTRA PATROLS.
SO PAUL, I WANTED TO SEE IF THERE WAS ANY UPDATE, ADDITIONAL PROBLEMS IN THAT PARTICULAR PARK?
I HAVEN'T HAD ANYTHING REPORTED.
IF AT ANY TIME ANYBODY HAS ANY CONCERNS WITH THEIR PARKS, JUST EITHER SHOOT ME AN E-MAIL, OR JUST TELL ME OVER THE COMMISSION MEETING HERE.
ALSO, AS FAR AS EVENTS GO, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS CONTINUED TO MEET WITH GOLDEN VOICE, AND BEEN CONTACT WITH THEM AS FAR AS PLANNING THE FUTURE OF THE COACHELLA FESTIVALS.
ONE THING WE HAVE BEEN PLANNING FOR IS APRIL 2022, AT THIS POINT.
WITH THE UNKNOWN PART OF THE PANDEMIC, WE CONTINUE TO TRY TO REFINE OUR PROCESS TO MAKE IT A MUCH BETTER, MORE EFFICIENT EVENT.
SO JUST TO KEEP YOU U ON WHAT WE'RE DOING, CONTINUALLY TRYING TO MAKE THAT BETTER.
JIM AS WELL HAS BEEN A GREAT PARTNER IN THAT AND IT SUCCESSFUL SO THANK YOU GUYS.
DOES ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY MORE COMMENTS, QUESTIONS, CONCERNS?
>> I JUST HAVE A QUESTION, INFORMATIONAL QUESTION OF PAUL.
HOW OFTEN DO THE CREWS VISIT EACH PARK? OR DOES IT DEPEND O PARK, PROBABLY, I'M SURE? BUT I'M THINKING SPECIFICALLY MILES PARK.
>> YOU MEAN WHAT'S THE FREQUENCY OF MAINTENANCE?
>> WELL, LIKE -- WELL, THE DAY I WAS THERE, YOU KNOW, EVERYTHING WAS -- IT'S SO DISAPPOINTING.
EVERYTHING WAS SO B BUT THERE WERE LIKE, I DON'T KNOW, A DOZEN HUGE PIZZA BOXES STREWN AROUND THE PLAY AREA.
YOU KNOW? NOW, EVERYTHING ELSE, YOU KNOW, THE PARK WAS BEAUTIFUL.
SO, YOU KNOW, IT WAS A RECENT EVENT.
IT'S JUST SO DISAPPOINTING THAT PEOPLE JUST, YOU KNOW, THEY JUST THROW THEIR STUFF WHERE THEY ARE.
>> YES, WELL A LOT OF MAINTENANCE IS TIMING.
FOR INSTANCE, F WEEK, ALL WEEKDAYS, DESERT ARC SPENDS TIME AT THE PARK, ABOUT 20 MINUTES AND SPECIFICALLY THEY'RE THER FOR LITTER PICKUP.
THEY LOOK OVER THE PLAYGROUNDS, THEY AREAS, AND SO, YOU KNOW, YOU WOULD HOPE THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT SOMETHING LIKE THAT WOULD HAPPEN BEFORE THEY ARRIVE.
AND THEN IT WOULD BE TAKEN CARE OF.
AGAIN, MAINTENANCE C YOU HAVE REGULAR MOWING, XL HAS A TRASH TEAM THAT GOES OUT IN THE MORNING EVERY SINGLE DAY.
IT'S JUST A Q HOPEFULLY THAT THESE THINGS HAPPEN RIGHT BEFORE OUR MAINTENANCE CREW COMES OUT AND TAKES CARE OF IT.
>> THIS IS NOTHING TO SAY AGAINST THE CREW OR ANYTHING.
BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, IT'S A BEAUTIFUL PARK.
IT'S JUST DISAPPOINTING WHEN PEOPLE DO THAT.
>> WE TRY GET ON AND PUBLIC LI I WANT TO ACTUALLY THANK PAUL AND THE XL CREW FOR CLEANING UP THE SOCCER AREA, SOCCER PARK, I'M SORRY THE SOCCER FIELD AT JEFFERSON MIDDLE SCHOOL.
A LOT OF THE WIND BLOWS THE TRASH AGAINST THE SOUTH PART OF THE FENCE WHICH IS RIGHT UP AGAINST DAVIS FIELD PARKING LOT.
AND LOOKS REALLY BAD FOR THE PEOPLE AND THE COMMUNITY THAT ARE GOING TO DAVIS FIELD TO PLAY BASEBALL.
THEY WERE NICE E OPEN UP THE GATES FOR US, AND WE WENT IN THERE, PAUL AND HIS CREW WEBSITES IN I BELIEVE YESTERDAY AN CLEANED UP THAT AREA.
I WANTED TO THANK YOU PAUL AND LOUIE MORAN WAS THERE AND IT LOOKS GREAT NOW.
I LOVE TO SEE TEAMWORK LIKE THAT.
WE MADE A DIFFERENCE, I THINK WHAT I SENT BACK TO XL, THANK YOU FOR MAKING THE DIFFERENCE.
IF THERE IS NOTHING FURTHER, THEN I WILL GO AHEAD AND ADJOURN THE MEETING.
>> SEE YOU LATER, BYE.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.