>> IT IS THREE MINUTES AFTER 5:00, TODAY IS MARCH 17TH,
[1. CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL]
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ST. PATRICK'S DAY.I'D LIKE TO WELCOME EVERYONE TO THE REGULAR JOINT MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL INDIO WATER AUTHORITY.
I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE ROLL CALL, PLEASE.
>> C COMMISSIONER RAMOS AMITH.
AT THIS TIME, FOR THOSE THAT WISH TO STAND OR PARTICIPATE IN THE INVOCATION, I WOULD LIKE TO ANNOUNCE PASTOR RICK.
DEAR HEAVENLY FATHER WE THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR GIVING US THIS DAY FATHER GOD.
TODAY WE ASK FOR A SPECIAL PRAYER FOR THE COUNCIL WE KNOW RESPONSIBILITY LIES ON THEM SO WE ASK THAT YOU GIVE THEM A DOUBLE PORTION IN WISDOM AND GUIDANCE.
WE ASK THAT YOU KEEP US ON THIS ROAD TO RECOVERY FROM THE COVID-19 AND JUST PRESS THE CITY OF INDIO.
IN THE NAME OF JESUS WE PRAY, AMEN.
PLACE YOUR HAND OVER YOUR HEART AND REPEAT AFTER ME.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION, UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
NEXT ITEM IS CITY ATTORNEY REPORT ON
[4. CITY ATTORNEY REPORT ON CLOSED SESSION]
CLOSED SESSION.AND NEXT IS WE HAVE A COUPLE OF VERY SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS.
[5a. CVAG Housing First Program Update (Tom Kirk, CVAG)]
HOUSING FIRST PROGRAM UPDATE.MAYOR HOLMES, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL, THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME EVEN IF IT'S VIRTUALLY.
WITH ME IS TOM COX WHO WORKS FOR CVAG.
I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON CVAG'S HOMELESS PROGRAM.
I'LL TRY SHARING MY SCREEN HERE.
I'LL GIVE YOU A LITTLE BACKGROUND ON HOW WE GOT TO WHERE WE ARE.
WE'LL TALK ABOUT THE HOUSING FIRST PROGRAM AND HOUSING WITHIN YOUR CITY AND WHERE WE'RE HEADED WITH THE PROGRAM NEXT.
THIS PART OF THE PROGRAM, YOU ARE WELL AWARE OF.
CVAG GOT INTO THE BUSINESS OF HOMELESSNESS BECAUSE OF LUPE ON YOUR CITY COUNCIL AND SHE AND OTHERS RECOGNIZED THERE'S A CONCENTRATION OF SUPPORT SERVICES AND HOMELESS PEOPLE NEAR THE COACHELLA AREA AND HEADING TOWARDS INDIO AND COACHELLA TO GET SERVICES.
THE CONCEPT FOR ROY'S WAS BORN UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF LUPE AND JENNY FROM PALM SPRINGS AND OUR LATE MEMBER ROY WILSON.
JEWISH FAMILY SERVICES WAS DETAINED TO RUN THAT SHELTER FOR 8 OR 9 YEARS.
WE ALL HELPED THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE AT THAT SHELTER.
BUT WE HAD A BIT OF A CHALLENGE AND IT WAS RELATED TO TRANSPORTATION.
WE SPENT ABOUT A THIRD OF OUR PEOPLE MOVING PEOPLE BACK AND FORTH FROM THE NORTH SIDE OF I-10 INTO CATHEDRAL CITY INTO PALM SPRINGS.
IN 2017, FAMILY SERVICES SAID SO LONG, THEY DIDN'T WANT TO RUN THE PROGRAM ANYMORE AND AT THE SAME TIME, MAYOR HOLMES, YOU REMEMBER THE COUNTY SAID THEY WANTED TO USE THAT FACILITY FOR A LONG TERM MENTAL HEALTH FACILITY WHICH IS DESPERATELY NEEDED COUNTY WIDE AND NOW OPERATES WITH 90 BEDS.
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THE DOOR TO ROY'S AND OPENED THE DOOR TO A NEW CONCEPT, AT LEAST TO ME, HOUSING FIRST.THE HOUSING FIRST PROGRAM WAS OPERATED BY A CONTRACTOR OF OURS, PATH OF LIFE MINISTRIES OUT OF RIVERSIDE AND IT WAS SHAPED IN MANY WAYS BY A REPORT THAT BARBARA POPPY HAD DONE FOR THE DESERT HEALTHCARE DISTRICT.
WHAT IS HOUSING FIRST? WHETHER YOU'RE CHRONICALLY HOMELESS, RELATIVELY NEW ON THE TREATS BECAUSE OF AN UNFORTUNATE ACCIDENT OR YOU LOST YOUR JOB OR PERHAPS YOU'RE A FAMILY OR A WOMAN IN NEED, THE CONCEPT IS TO PUT YOU UNDER A ROOF FIRST AND FOREMOST AND THEN SURROUND YOU WITH SUPPORT SERVICES, WHETHER IT'S HELP WITH JOBS OR IDENTIFICATION, HELP WITH DRUG AND ALCOHOL ABUSE, ADDRESSING YOUR MENTAL HEALTH NEEDS, OR EVEN ADDRESSING YOUR CRIMINAL HISTORY AND YOUR BACKGROUND.
WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT WHAT WE DID AT ROY'S, IT'S KIND OF THE OPPOSITE.
WE SAID IF YOU HAD MAJOR DRUG PROBLEMS, NO, YOU WOULDN'T BE ALLOWED IN.
OR IF YOU HAD MAYOR MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEMS, WE ALSO DIDN'T LET YOU IN AND CERTAINLY IF YOU HAD A VIOLENT PAST, WE DIDN'T WANT YOU TO BE IN AND CLOSE BY THE WOMEN, CHILDREN, OR FOR THAT MATTER ANYBODY ELSE.
SO IN OUR SHELTER, AND I THINK THIS IS PROBABLY SIMILAR TO SHELTERS ACROSS OUR NATION, WE DID A GREAT JOB WITH FAMILIES AND WOMEN, THOSE RELATIVELY NEWLY HOMELESS BUT NOT THE CHRONICALLY HOMELESS.
FRANKLY, EVEN IF WE SAID YES TO THE CHRONICALLY HOMELESS, THEY DON'T OFTEN TIMES WANT TO BE A SHELTER.
IT'S THIS CHRONICALLY HOMELESS THAT YOUR POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS SPENT SO MUCH TIME AND ENERGY ADDRESSING, THE HOSPITALS ARE CERTAINLY AFFECTED BY, THEIR EMERGENCY ROOMS ARE HIT BY CHRONICALLY HOMELESS FOLKS NEEDING THEM JUST FOR MINOR INJURIES AND, OF COURSE, COMMERCIAL AREAS.
COMMERCIAL BUSINESS OWNERS ARE CONC CHRONICALLY HOMELESS BUT WE WERE NOT HELPING SIGNIFICANTLY IN A PLACE LIKE ROY'S.
I PUT THIS UP OF YOUR COLLEAGUE BUT IT COULD BE ANY ONE OF YOU THAT GET COMPLAINTS FROM DOWNTOWN BUSINESS OWNERS ABOUT HOMELESSNESS.
THIS YEAR WE STARTED CV200, THE AGREEMENT WITH PATH OF LIFE MINISTRIES ENDED AT THE END OF 2020 AND WE STARTED AN IN-HOUSE PROGRAM AT CVAG, LEAD BY TOM COX.
TOM'S FIRST JOB WAS TO GO AND DEPARTMENTS TO COMPILE A LIST OF WHAT WE THOUGHT WAS 100 HOMELESS PEOPLE TO GET OFF THE YEAR THIS YEAR.
WE STILL CALL IT CV200 AND WE START WITH 200 NAMES AS OF JANUARY 1ST.
I WILL INTRODUCE YOU VIRTUALLY TO THE TEAM, ANYSE SMITH AND STEPHANIE AND IVAN WORK FOR TOM.
WE CHARACTERIZE THE RESULTS IN TWO WAYS, ONE SED OF RESULTS RELATE TO A RAPID RESOLUTION.
SOMEONE MAY BE ON THE STREET EVEN FOR YEARS BECAUSE THEY COULDN'T AFFORD FIRST AND LAST MONTH'S RENT OR PERHAPS THE CAR THEY WERE LIVING IN BROKE DOWN AND THEY COULDN'T GET IT FIXED.
THESE ARE RELATIVELY EASY AND FAST WAYS TO GET SOMEONE OFF THE STREETS.
TOM COX, CAN YOU SHARE THIS WOMAN'S STORY?
SHE WAS LIVING IN HER CAR FOR THREE YEAR REPOSSESSED.
SHE WAS UNABLE TO MAKE HER CAR PAYMENT.
SO WE USED RAPID RESOLUTION FUNDING TO HELP HER GET HER CAR BACK, PAY A DEPOSIT AND HER FIRST MONTH'S RENT AND NOW P LIVES IN HER SENIOR LOW INCOME APARTMENT.
SHE'S BEEN THERE FOR OVER A MONTH.
>> T PEOPLE OFF THE STREETS IS THROUGH CRISIS STABILIZATION UNITS.
IF YOU REMEMBER THAT CONCEPT OF HOUSING FIRST, WE SAY TO THOSE ON THE STREETS, WE HAVE A PLACE THAT YOU CAN LIVE, NO CONDITIONS, NO QUESTIONS ASKED, YOU CAN BRING YOUR PETS, PARTNERS AND YOUR PROPERTY AND LIVE THERE FOR 30 OR 60 OR 90 DAYS.
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THAT PROGRAM IS ALREADY WORKING.WE HAVE TAKEN FOLKS ON THE CV200 LIST AND 167 OF THEM HAVE MOVED IN AND OUT OF CRISIS STABILIZATION UNITS, THAT ARE REALLY APARTMENTS, AND INTO PERMANENT HOUSING.
TOM, CAN YOU EXPLAIN THIS GENTLEMAN'S STORY?
>> THIS IS H, HE'S A VETERAN AND HE WAS HOMELESS FOR 40 YEARS.
WE PLACED HIM IN A CRISIS STABILIZATION UNIT AND OUR CASE MANAGEMENT GOT HIS NECESSARY VETERAN PAPERWORK FINALIZED AND NOW H ALSO LIVES IN A LOW INCOME SENIOR APARTMENT AS OF LAST MONTH.
>> A CATEGORY, ONE OF THE PEOPLE WE HELPED OFF THE STREETS AND INTO ONE OF OUR CRISIS STABILIZATION UNITS AND WAS ON THEIR WAY TO PERMANENT HOUSING DIED AND THIS JUST UNDERSCORES THAT THE SOONER WE CAN GET THESE PEOPLE OFF THE STREET, THE BETTER.
SOME OF THEM HAVE DIRE HEALTH ISSUES.
SO IN THE FIRST 40 DAYS OF THE PROGRAM, 20 OF THE 200 ON OUR LIST WERE HELPED OFF THE STREETS AND INTO PERMANENT HOUSING OR WHAT'S CALLED A SUCCESSFUL EXIT.
APPL APPLAUSE, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, NOT ME BUT TOM COX AND THE TEAM.
THIS WAS HELPFUL FOR ME AND HOPEFULLY IT'S HELPFUL FOR YOU.
MAYOR HOLMES AND LUPE CERTAINLY HORDE OVER THE YEARS A DEBATE BETWEEN SHELTERS AND HOUSING FIRST.
IT REALLY ISN'T ONE OR THE OTHER, IT'S BOTH.
WE KNOW THAT SHELTERS DO A GREAT JOB OF ADDRESSING THE NEEDS OF THE NEWLY HOMELESS, WOMEN, CHILDREN, BUT PERHAPS NOT SO MUCH THE CHRONICALLY HOMELESS AND THAT'S WHERE OUR HOUSING FIRST PROGRAM COMES IN.
WHEN YOU COMPARE THE TWO TYPES OF PROGRAMS, I'LL BE FRANK WITH YOU.
WE'RE NOT GOING TO HELP THAT MANY PEOPLE.
OFF THE 200 LIST, WE HOPE TO GET 80 OR 90 OF THOSE OFF THE STREETS THIS YEAR.
THE SHELTERS WILL TOUCH THE LIVES OF PERHAPS THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE WITH SHOWERS AND MEALS AND A GOOD NIGHT'S SLEEP.
OF COURSE BUDGETS ARE A LITTLE DIFFERENT, TOO.
OUR PROGRAM, CALL IT A MILLION DOLLARS A YEAR OR SOMETHING UNDER THAT.
THE SHELTERS HAVE BUDGETS THAT ARE SEVERAL TIMES THAT, EACH OF THEM.
THE COST PER CLIENT IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT.
I HATE TO SAY IT BUT OUR PROGRAM IS EXPENSIVE, PUTTING ONE CHRONICALLY HOMELESS PERSON INTO AN APARTMENT AND THEN WRAPPING THEM WITH SERVICES FOR 30 OR 90 DAYS IS FAR MORE EXPENSIVE PER PERSON THAN THE TYPE OF SHELTER OPERATION WE OPERATED AND THOSE PROBABLY IN YOUR CITY.
BUT TO REMIND YOU WHO WE'RE DEALING WITH, THE COST TO SOCIETY OF THE CHRONICALLY HOMELESS.
THERE'S A TERM THERE CALLED FREQUENT FLIERS.
THOSE THAT ARE IN THE EMERGENCY ROOM OFTEN, THOSE THAT YOUR POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS TO ADDRESS ALL THE TIME, THOSE THAT YOUR EMERGENCY SERVICES AND CODE ADDRESSING.
THE CHRONICALLY HOMELESS ARE THE ONES THAT YOU ALL RECEIVE THE MOST COMPLAINTS ABOUT.
THEY'RE THE ONES THAT ARE COSTING SOCIETY THE MOST.
WHEN THE DESERT SUN COMPARED OUR PROGRAM TO SHELTER PROGRAMS A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, THEY FOUND THAT SHELTERS CERTAINLY DO AFFECT A LOT OF PEOPLE BUT VERY FEW PEOPLE GOING INTO CERTAINLY OTHERS LEAVE A SHELTER AND INTO PERMANENT HOUSING.
OUR SUCCESSFUL EXITS WERE ABOUT 5% AND THAT'S TYPICAL IN THAT BUSINESS.
ON THE OTHER HAND, EVEN THOUGH IT'S INTENSIVE AND EXPENSIVE, IT'S SUCCESSFUL.
WHEN YOU WRAP AROUND A SERVICE TO SOMEBODY IN AN APARTMENT, 65% OF THEM END UP IN A PERMANENT, SUCCESSFUL PLACE.
WHERE WE'RE HEADED NEXT, WE'RE GOING TO BUILD ON THE EFFORTS OF THE FIRST 40 DAYS.
WE'RE GOING TO TAKE THESE 20, NOW 22 STABILIZATION UNITS, KEEP THEM FILLED, ROTATE PEOPLE IN AND OUT.
TOM COX, DO YOU WANT TO SHARE THIS GENTLEMAN'S STORY? I THINK HE'S IN ONE OF OUR UNITS TODAY.
HE WAS ALSO ON THE CV200 LIST.
WE WORKED WITH DEPUTY NELSON AND ALEX AND DONNA FROM THE H HOPE PROGRAM AND WE WERE ABLE TO GET HIM INTO CASE MANAGEMENT.
HE HAS A VOUCHER SO WE'RE WORKING ON SOME HOUSING FOR HIM AND WITH MORE TO BE DETERMINED AND WILL BE HOUSED VERY SOON.
>> THIS IS A MARRIED COUPLE LIVING IN THEIR CAR IN INDIO.
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THEY'RE IN A CRISIS STABILIZATION UNIT.WE WERE ABLE TO GET ONE OF THEM A CAR.
ONE IS CLOSE TO GETTING EMPLOYED AS WELL.
WE HAVE STARTED THEIR HOUSING SEARCH AND PROVIDING THEM WITH LANDLORD CONNECTIONS AND HOPEFULLY MORE TO BE DETERMINED THAT THEY WILL BE HOUSED VERY SHORTLY.
>> S MOVE OUT OF OUR UNITS, WE MOVE MORE PEOPLE IN.
AND WE HAVE A SMALL GRANT FROM THE COUNTY, $250,000 TO TAKE THIS, A SHUTTLE THAT WE OWNED WHEN WE RAN IT FOR ROY'S AND CONVERTED IT TO A MOBILE ACCESS CENTER AND HIRED TWO FULL TIME EMPLOYEES TO OPERATE THAT.
AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, RUNNING A HOMELESS PROGRAM SITTING IN MY OFFICE AS I AM IN PALM DESERT ISN'T THE WAY TO DO IT.
TOM AND HIS CREW ARE OUT ON THE STREET BUT THEY'RE OFTEN IN A CENTER IN PALM SPRINGS.
WE WANT TO GET THEM OUT THROUGH THE USE OF A MOBILE ACCESS CENTER.
WE'RE ALSO WORKING WITH THE DESERT HEALTHCARE DISTRICT.
WE KNOW HOMELESS HAVE A MAJOR IMPACT WITH OUR EMERGENCY ROOMS AND WE'RE IN CONTACT WITH THE HOSPITALS.
THEY CAN'T PROVIDE US A BY NAME LIST LIKE THE POLICE AND SHERIFFS CAN BECAUSE OF PRIVACY CONCERNS BUT WE CAN WORK WITH THEM ON DISC INCREASING RAPID RESOLUTION, THE EASY WAYS TO GET THEM INTO A PERMANENT PLACE OR IMPROVE RESPITE CARE.
SO BUILD ON EARLY SUCCESS, CONTINUE TO SEEK AND GET THE CITY AND COUNTY CONTRIBUTIONS.
THE COUNTY CONTINUES TO SUPPORT.
IMPLEMENT THE GRANT, EXPAND AND TARGET OUR EMERGENCY ROOM PROGRAM WORKING WITH THE HOSPITALS AND WE HAVE A PROPOSAL BEFORE THE DESERT HEALTHCARE DISTRICT WHERE THEY MAY FUND $500,000, A MATCHING PROGRAM TO WHAT WE'RE DOING.
AS ALL OF YOU KNOW, THIS IS NOT A PROBLEM THAT'S GOING TO GO AWAY WITH A MAGIC WAND AND ALL THE THINGS WE HAVE BEEN DOING HAVE BEEN SUCCESSFUL IN THEIR OWN WAY.
I THINK THE HOUSING FIRST PROGRAM NOW WITH THE CVAG STAFF WILL TARGET IN WAYS THAT ARE REALLY IMPORTANT TO YOUR POLICE AND EMERGENCY STAFF AND CODE ENFORCEMENT.
AS OUR CHAIRMAN AT CVAG KNOWS, MR. GLENN MILLER, WE HAVE SUPPORT TO EXPAND THIS PROGRAM AND HAVE A GREAT 2021.
I'M GOING TO SHUT DOWN THE SHARE HERE AND I'M AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS ALONG WITH THE TRUE EXPERTS, TOM AND GREG.
I'M GOING TO REACH OUT TO MY FELLOW COUNCIL MEMBERS TO SEE IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS.
FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK.
THIS IS GREAT TO SEE AND TO ME SOME OF THE BEST DATA THAT I HAVE SEEN FROM PROGRAMS OUT HERE THIS TERMS OF GETTING PEOPLE HOUSING SO CONGRATULATIONS ON ALL THAT AND THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT HARD WORK.
ONE OF THE QUESTIONS I HAVE IS WHAT DO THE WRAP AROUND SERVICES ACTUALLY CONSIST OF?
BUT I FORGOT THE OTHER EXPERT HERE IS A GUY BY THE NAME OF MARK SCOTT.
HAVE YOU HEARD OF HIM BEFORE? WHEN HE CAME INTO THE CITY OF INDIO I HAD TO ASK HIM WHAT HOUSING FIRST IS SO HE PROBABLY FORGOT MORE THAN I KNOW.
>> YEAH, WHEN WE GET PEOPLE RIGHT OFF THE STREETS THEY NEED A LOT OF INTENSIVE CASE MANAGEMENT.
WE COME ALONGSIDE OF THEM AND SOMETIMES IT'S JUST GETTING THEM USED TO HAVING A ROOF OVER THEIR HEAD, TAKING A SHOWER, EVEN JUST USING AN INSIDE BATHROOM BUT ALSO HOW TO BE A GOOD NEIGHBOR AND HOW TO ADJUST TO DIFFERENT THINGS LIKE MAYBE INCREASING THEIR INCOME THROUGH WORK OR A BUDGET.
SO THEY MIGHT NEED NECESSARY PAPER WORK, SO WE'RE JUST COMING ALONGSIDE AND HELPING THEM WITH WHAT THEY WANT.
SOMETIMES WE HIT A ROADBLOCK AND WE HAVE TO ENCOURAGE THEM BUT FOR THE MOST PART, EVERYBODY THAT WE'RE WORKING WITH SEEMS TO BE VERY GRATEFUL AND THANKFUL FOR THE DIGNITY THAT WE'RE GIVING BACK TO THEM.
AND IT'S GREAT TO SEE HOW MUCH DIFFERENCE THAT MAKES, RIGHT?
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WHEN YOU GIVE SOMEBODY THAT MUCH RESPONSIBILITY FOR THEMSELVES AND THE HELP NEEDED TO BE ABLE TO ADJUST, SEEING SOMEBODY THAT WAS 40 YEARS HOMELESS, THAT'S REALLY INCREDIBLE TO SEE THAT SWITCHING TO PERMANENT HOUSING.THAT SAYS A LOT ABOUT THE PROGRAM.
I WILL LEAVE IT TO MY OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR OTHER QUESTIONS.
THEY JUST WORKED ALONG WITH OUR QUALITY OF LIFE TEAM WITH A 70 SOMETHING-YEAR-OLD WOMAN LOST HER CAR HERE IN DOWNTOWN INDIO, AN AMAZING WOMAN AND REALLY SORT OF SETTLED IN TO LIFE ON THE STREETS AND IT TOOK A WHILE FOR THE QUALITY OF LIFE TEAM AND WHEN TOM COX CAME IN TO WORK WITH HER AND DEVELOP THAT TRUST AND RELATIONSHIP AND SHE'S NO LONGER ON THE STREETS IN INDIO AND I KNOW THERE ARE MANY MORE STORIES.
I KNOW IT'S A SMALL PERCENTAGE, BUT THIS TEAM AT CVAG KEEPS TRYING AND MOVING FORWARD UNDAUNTED BY THE CHALLENGES OUT THERE AND I APPLAUD WHAT YOU'RE GOING AND THE STRIDES YOU HAVE MADE.
>> AND I'M SURE LUPE RAMOS AMITH, WHEN I CAME TO CVAG, I RESI INTERNALLY AND WE SHOULD FIND A NON-PROFIT CONTRACTOR.
I HAVE COME A LONG WAY IN MY THINKING THAT IN ORDER FOR US TO BE TRULY RESPONSIVE TO OUR CLIENTS WHICH IS REALLY THE CITY AND THE COUNTY, WE HAVE TO STAFF UP INTERNALLY AND I'M GLAD SOMEBODY LIKE TOM IS RUNNING THE PROGRAM.
THAT MAKES ALL THE DIFFERENCE IN THE WORLD.
>> I WILL JUMP IN BEFORE WE LET TOM KIRK LEAVE.
>> I WANT TO THANK MR. KIRK, MR. COX, AND ALSO MR. RODRIGUEZ ON THIS ZOOM CALL.
THIS TOPIC IS SO COMPLEX AND A LOT OF PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY NEED TO PAY ATTENTION TO THIS PRESENTATION.
SOMETIMES IT CAN GET A LITTLE FRUSTRATING TO NOT UNDERSTAND HOW HOMELESSNESS WORKS AND IT WORKS IN SO MANY DIFFERENT FACETS.
EVERY STORY OR SITUATION IS A LITTLE SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT.
YOU HAVE TO TRY TO MEET THE NEEDS FOR EVERY INDIVIDUAL WHICH IS DIFFICULT FOR US TO SEE THE RESULTS THAT CV200 HAS ALREADY BEEN ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH, THAT'S GREAT.
WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO CONTINUE TO SUPPORT CV200.
WE WANT TO WORK WITH CV2000 ENSURE THAT WE'RE PUTTING OUR BEST FOOT FORWARD IN THIS EFFORT.
I ALSO HAVE TO THANK MR. RODRIGUEZ AND COX SOMETIMES TAKING MY CALLS AND TEXTS AND E-MAILS WHEN I'M OUT THERE IN THE PUBLIC AND I HAVE A FAMILY OF FOUR AND NOWHERE TO GO AND I DON'T HAVE THE ANSWER.
THEY'RE ALWAYS READY AND AVAILABLE TO ANSWER AT ANY TIME WHEN I REACH OUT TO THEM SO THANK YOU FOR THAT.
I DO WANT TO ASK TOM A QUESTION.
WE KNOW THERE ARE A LOT OF SERVICES THAT CVAG PROVIDES, THERE ARE A LOT OF SERVICES THAT THE COUNTY PROVIDES.
HAVE WE THOUGHT ABOUT MAKI CENTRALIZED WEBSITE, APP, ANYTHING WE CAN DO TO BRING ALL THE SERVICES IN ONE CIRCLE SO IT'S NOT WELL, YOU HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE COUNTY, YOU HAVE TO GO TO CVAG OR TO YOUR CITY OR TALK TO YOUR CITY MANAGER.
OR MAYBE THIS IS ALREADY IN PLACE TO WHERE YOU CAN GO TO ONE CENTRALIZED LOCATION AND SAY, HEY, THERE'S A FAMILY OF FOUR, HUSBAND AND WIFE WITH CHILDREN, THIS IS WHERE YOU NEED TO GO FOR YOUR SERVICES.
WE HAVE SOMEONE WITH A CONTROL SUBSTANCE ISSUE.
THIS IS WHERE YOU NEED TO START.
THOSE ARE THE CHALLENGES WE MEET SOMEONE AND THEY SAY I NEED HELP.
WHERE DO WE START? MAYBE GREG IS HELP.
I WORKED WITH THE DESERT DISTRICT TO DO MAPPING FOR A LACK OF A BETTER WORD FOR ALL THOSE SERVICES BECAUSE THERE WAS NOT A CENTRALIZED LOCATION.
MANY OF YOU ARE PROBABLY AWARE THAT THE DISTRICT FUNDS AND MAINTAINS IN CONJUNCTION NOW WITH UNITED WAY AND 211 ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE COUNTY CV HIP SO WITHIN THAT ONLINE PORTAL
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IT'S SIMPLE TO, TO YOUR POINT COUNCILMAN FERMON, TO TYPE IN WHAT SERVICE YOU'RE LOOKING FOR AND IT WILL PULL UP ALL THE SERVICES AND YOU CAN GEO CODE DOWN TO ZIP CODE SO THAT'S THERE.NOW THAT THEY HAVE ALL THE DETAILS AND ALL THAT WORKED OUT ON A VARIETY OF SERVICES, WE'RE TRYING TO GET THAT WORD OUT AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.
ADDITIONALLY, TOO, THE COUNTY'S DONE QUITE A BIT OF REORGANIZATION WITHIN HOMELESS SERVICES OVER THE LAST YEAR, IN FACT, CREATING A WHOLE NEW HOUSING AND HOMELESS PREVENTION AND WORK FORCE SOLUTIONS DEPARTMENT TO STOP THE FRAGMENTATION OF A DEPARTMENTS BUT WE'RE GOING THROUGH A PROCESS RIGHT NOW OF GEO LOCATING NOT ONLY SERVICES BUT WHERE WE SEE POCKETS OF HOMELESSNESS AND WE'LL ROLL OUT AN ONLINE PORTAL WITH THAT SERVICE AS WELL SO WE CAN LOOK AT WHERE OUR CONCENTRATIONS AND POCKETS ARE AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, TO YOUR POINT, IS HOW DO WE ALLOW THOSE PEOPLE TO TAP INTO THESE SERVICE WHERE IS THEY'RE AT.
MAYBE WE CAN HAVE BROOKE, OUR DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS PUT THAT ON OUR WEBSITE AND I KNOW OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN VERY ACTIVE.
I HAVE CALLED THEM MYSELF AND THEY RESPONDED VERY QUICKLY, RESPONDED WITH A MENTAL HEALTH THERAPIST AND THAT'S SOMETHING WE HAVE BEEN DOING IN OUR CITY SO HATS OFF TO EVERYONE IN THE COMMUNITY.
AS THE CHAIRMAN OF THE CVAG EXECUTIVE WE HAVE SEEN THIS AND IT WAS AMAZING THE FIRST TIME AND IT'S EVEN MORE AMAZING THE SECOND TIME BUT I THINK IT TOOK A GREAT VISION FOR A LOT OF INDIVIDUALS TO GATHER TOGETHER.
WE HAD THE RESOURCES BUT NEW WE PUT THEM ALL TOGETHER.
I THINK HIRING TOM COX WAS A GREAT MOVE ON BEHALF OF CVAG AND MR. RODRIGUEZ, MY HAT'S OFF TO YOU NOT ONLY WITH THIS BUT THE VACCINE AND WITH COVID AND EVERYTHING, YOUR HEART IS IN IT AND YOU CAN TELL.
I LIKE THE IDEA THAT THE REST OF OUR NONPROFITS AND THE CITY AND THE COUNTY, EVERYBODY CAME TOGETHER TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN AND WE'RE SEEING THE RESULTS OF IT.
NOW WE JUST HAVE TO KEEP PUSHING FORWARD AND FIND STABILITY AND GET THESE PEOPLE INTO HOUSING THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE REGION AND I THINK WE HAVE THE TEAM IN PLACE TO DO IT.
WE HAVE GOOD SUPPORT FROM THE NONPROFITS AND WE'RE ABLE TO MAKE THESE THINGS HAPPEN.
THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU AND LOOK FORWARD TO GETTING EVERYONE OFF THAT 200 LIST AND MOVE ONTO A SHORTER LIST WHERE WE CAN GET PEOPLE TO GET THE STABILITY THAT THEY DESERVE SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR ALL OF YOU AND WHO YOU DO.
I BELIEVE IT WAS THE CITY OF PALM SPRINGS RECEIVED A SIZABLE GRANT.
WHAT'S THE STATUS OF HOW THAT'S BEING USED?
THE PRIMARY PURPOSE OF A LOT OF THAT FUNDING, THE OUT REACH, THE TEMPORARY HOUSING, THE CASE MANAGEMENT, WE'RE GETTING REALLY GOOD AT BUT THE HOUSING UNITS AND YOU WILL HEAR ABOUT THIS FROM LIFT RISE IN A LITTLE BIT.
MANY OF YOU MAY BE FAMILIAR WITH THE PROJECT HOME KEY THE GOVERNOR ANNOUNCED TO PROVIDE HOTELS OR APARTMENT BUILDINGS.
THE COUNTY IDENTIFIED THE IVY PALM HOTEL IN PALM SPRINGS.
UNFORTUNATELY IT WAS IN BANKRUPTCY COURT AND DENIED.
THE WINDOW OF THAT PROJECT HOME KEY WAS FROM AUGUST 13TH WITH AN EXPENDITURE OF ALL FUNDS BY DECEMBER 30TH SO ANYONE FAMILIAR WITH REAL ESTATE KNOWS HOW SHORT OF A TIME LINE THAT WAS.
WHEN THE BANKRUPTCY COURT DENIED IT IN NOVEMBER WE WERE TO THE ABLE TO EXPEND THOSE FUNDS.
LUCKILY THE COUNTY, YOU HAVE TO KEEP THE PORTION OF THE STATE MONEY AND BASICALLY PURCHASE 107 NEW UNITS IN MOUNTAIN VIEW THIS THE EAST VALLEY.
THE COUNTY WORKED WITH THE CITY OF PALM SPRINGS TO HELP FUND IN CONJUNCTION WITH SOME OF THE FUNDING FOR PALM SPRINGS THREE AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNIT PROJECTS THAT ARE READY TO BREAK GROUND AND MEAT UP FOR THOSE PERMITS FOR THE HOUSING UNITS.
PALM SPRINGS STILL HAS A POT OF MONEY LEFT SO WE'RE IN DISCUSSIONS WITH PRIVATE PHILANTHROPY AS WELL AS THE CITY AND THE COUNTY.
TWO MEETINGS, ONE ON FRIDAY AND ONE NEXT WEEK ON HOW WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT
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MORE OF ESTABLISHING A WEST END NAVIGATION CENTER, THE FANCY WORD FOR SHELTER BUT NOT JUST A SHELTER, AGAIN, EMPHASIZES THE HOUSING FIRST MODEL, THE WRAP AROUND MODEL BECAUSE AS WE KNOW SOME SHELTER THAT WE CAN FEED INTO PROGRAMS LIKE CV HOUSING FIRST AND COUNTY PROGRAMS AS WELL SO THAT'S WHAT'S ON TAP FOR THAT FUNDING.>> ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
NO FURTHER QUESTIONS, I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME AND YOUR PRESENTATION.
>> M ONE QUICK ANNOUNCEMENT I SHOULD HAVE MENTIONED IT TO BEGIN WITH.
IT'S OFF TOPIC BUT CV LINK CONSTRUCTION HAS STARTED IN INDIO.
>> Y AGO AT THE INDIO LA QUINTA BORDER, PRIMARILY IN INDIO, AND WE'RE GOING TO BUILD MOST OF CV LINK'S SECTIONS IN INDIO OVER THE COURSE OF THE NEXT 14 TO 16 MONTHS.
THERE WILL BE A LITTLE SECTION UNDER THE RAILROAD WHICH MIGHT TAKE A LITTLE BIT LONGER THANKS TO THE RAILROAD, BUT OTHER THAN THAT WE'RE GOING TO GO FAST AND FURIOUS THROUGH INDIO SO THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR SUPPORT ON THAT.
CAN'T WAIT UNTIL THE 29TH, I REALLY LOOK FORWARD TO THAT.
[5b. Lift to Rise Housing Stability Collaborative Action Network (CAN) Update (Taylor Libolt Varner and Araceli Palafox, Lift to Rise)]
THE NEXT PRESENTATION I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO HEARING IS LIFT TO RISE HOUSING STABILITY COLLABORATIVE ACTION NETWORK UPDATE.>> YES, I AM, ARE YOU SEEING THE PRESENTATION?
GOOD AFTERNOON AND THANK YOU FOR HAVING US.
IT OFFERS A NATURAL SEGUE FOR WHAT WE'LL BE TALKING ABOUT.
I'M ARACELI FROM LIFT TO RISE AND TAYLOR IS ALSO WITH LIFT TO RISE.
WE'LL BE SURE TO SEND MATERIALS OVER IF YOU DON'T HAVE THEM ALREADY BUT SOME OF THIS MAY BE FAMILIAR TO YOU.
BEFORE I DIVE INTO THE PRESENTATION, I WANTED TO OFFER A FEW UPDATES ON OUR RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.
MANY OF YOU KNOW THAT TOGETHER WITH THE COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE, LIFT TO RISE HAS BEEN OPERATING A COUNTY RIDE RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM SINCE JUNE OF LAST YEAR WITH THE FIRST ROUND OF FEDERAL FUNDING, THE CARES ACT.
WE SUPPORTED MORE THAN 6,000 HOUSEHOLDS.
THIS TOTALED TO $22 MILLION IN CARES ACT FUNDING DISBURSED.
ACROSS THE BOARD WE SAW THAT THE PAND DISPROPORTIONATE IMPACT ON LOWEST INCOME FAMILIES, SINGLE PARENT HEADS OF HOUSEHOLDS AND PARTICULARLY SINGLE MOTHERS.
WE HAVE BEEN DOING THIS WORK SINCE JUNE OF LAST YEAR AND WE EXPECT TO DO THIS THROUGH THIS YEAR, SUPPORTED BY THE COUN ALLOCATION FROM THE FUNDING FROM THE U.S.
DEPARTMENT OF TREASURY AND ALSO SUPPORTED BY YOUR RECENT ALLOCATION OF FUNDING AND SO I WANTED TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO THANK YOU FOR TRUSTING US TO DO THIS WORK.
IT'S WORTH NOTING THAT THE CITY'S ALLOCATION OF CDGB FUNDING FOR RENTAL ASSISTANCE HAS LEVERAGED OUR FUNDING TO FULLY MAXIMIZE THE CITY'S CONTRIBUTION TO THIS PROGRAM.
I MENTION THIS BECAUSE IT REALLY JUST AFFIRMS THAT WE MUST CONTINUE TO ADVANCE OUR LONG TERM HOUSING AGENDA TO PERMANENTLY STABILIZED FAMILIES.
TODAY WE'RE PRESENTING ON THE PLEDGE FOR HOUSING AND OPPORTUNITY WITH THE GOAL THAT THE COUNCIL WOULD CONSIDER BRINGING IT BACK ON
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THE AGENDA FOR A VOTE TO SIGNAL SUPPORT FOR THIS LONG TERM REGIONAL AGENDA.BY DOING SO, THE CITY OF INDIO WOULD JOIN RIVERSIDE COUNTY AND SIX OTHER COACHELLA VALLEY COMMUNITIES.
THESE NEXT COUPLE OF SLIDES MAY BE ESPECIALLY FAMILIAR TO SOME OF YOU WHO KNOW ABOUT THE WORK OF LIFT TO RISE BUT OVER THE LAST 2 TO 3 YEARS, LIFT TO RISE HAS SERVED AS A BACKBONE ORGANIZATION, SUPPORTING MORE THAN 50 PARTNERS AROUND A SHARED VISION AND AGENDA FOR THE REGION.
OUR NORTH STAR IS A FUTURE WHERE ALL COACHELLA VALLEY FAMILIES ARE HEALTHY, STABLE AND THRIVING.
WHEN WE STARTED OUT, RESIDENTS WERE FOCUSED THROUGH HOUS MOBILITY.
WE SEE THESE AS OUR TWO PATHWAYS TO REALIZING THAT FUTURE.
PRE-COVID WE KNOW THAT ONE IN TWO INDIVIDUALS EARNED AT OR BELOW THE FEDERAL POVERTY LINE.
MORE THAN HALF OF RENTERS WERE HOUSING COST BURDENED.
THE WAGES ARE NOT SUPPORTING THE COST OF LIVING.
YOU KNOW THAT, I THINK WE ALL KNOW THAT.
WHAT WE ALSO KNOW AND CAN ANTICIPATE IS THAT THE ECONOMIC IMPACTS OF THE PANDEMIC HAVE ONLY WORSENED FOR CONDITIONS FOR FAMILIES ACROSS OUR VALLEYS.
SO THE WORK THAT WE DO WITH OUR PARTNERS IS TO ADVANCE A MULTISECTOR MULTIYEAR AGENDA TO REALIZE A FUTURE WHERE FAMILIES HAVE STATE OF THE, STABLE AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND ECONOMIC MOBILITY PATHWAYS WITH PROSPEROUS OPPORTUNITIES AND OPPORTUNITIES TO THRIVE.
SO W ABOUT THE REST OF THE PRESENTATION ARE REALLY THESE FOUR CORE THINGS THAT WE TOGETHER WITH PARTNERS WILL BE DOING AND THE AIM OF OUR SHARED AGENDA.
I WILL PASS IT ONTO MY COLLEAGUE, TAYLOR, WHO WILL DIVE INTO THESE FOUR COMPONENTS OF OUR PLAN.
NICE TO BE HERE, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING US.
I'M GOING TO DIVE IN FIRST TO OUR REGIONAL HOUSING PLAN.
AS ARACELI MENTIONED, FOR THE LAST FEW YEARS WE HAVE BEEN COORDINATING WITH 50 PLUS PARTNERS TO DEVELOP A TWO-YEAR ACTION PLAN TO INCREASE HOUSING STABILITY IN THE REGION BUT FACILITATING THE DEVELOPMENT OF 10,000 AFFORDABLE HOMES BY 2028, WHICH WOULD REDUCE THE POPULATION THAT'S RENT BURDENED BY 30%.
WE DON'T HAVE TO TELL YOU THIS IS A VERY BIG, LOFTY GOAL AND ONE THAT WILL REQUIRE US TO SHIFT FROM BUSINESS AS USUAL INTO REIMAGINING WHAT SOLUTIONS ARE.
WE KNOW THAT BUSINESS AS USUAL IS ONLY YIELDING ABOUT 59 UNITS PER YEAR WHEN WE REALLY NEED A THOUSAND A YEAR TO EVEN MAKE A DENT.
SO TO GET TO THIS VERY B SHIFTED TO A PIPELINE APPROACH WHERE WE ORGANIZED ALL THE PROJECTS IN THE COACHELLA VALLEY THAT WE'RE AWARE OF, EITHER THROUGH HOUSING DEVELOPERS, NONPROFIT DEVELOPERS BUT ALSO WORKING WITH CITIES.
WE HAVE GREAT PARTNERSHIPS WITH THE CITY OF INDIO BUT REALLY TO UNDERSTAND WHERE AFFORDABLE HOUSING WANTS TO GO CURRENTLY AND WHAT OPPORTUNITIES THERE ARE FOR -- WE LOOKED TO IDENTIFY PATTERNS AND THAT'S REALLY FORMED THE BASIS OF OUR WORK IN POLICY AND INVESTMENT MOVING FORWARD.
IT'S IMPORTANT TO MENTION THAT THE CAN, THE COLLABORATIVE, HAS CHOSEN TO PRIORITIZE REGIONAL EQUITY IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF UNITS AND WHAT THAT MEANS TO US IS, ONE, WE DON'T WANT TO PUT ALL THE UNITS IN ONE CITY.
WE THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE DISBURSE UNITS THROUGHOUT OUR COMMUNITIES AND ALSO WE'RE PLACING HOUSING NEXT TO AREAS OF OPPO INSTITUTIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE WHILE ALSO EXPANDING INFRASTRUCTURE WHERE THERE AREN'T OPPORTUNITIES CURRENTLY.
SO LIKE I SAID, IN ORGANIZING A PIPELINE, THAT ALLO BARRIERS IN LOOKING AT IT CITY BY CITY AND PROJECT BY PROJECT BASIS DOESN'T AND OUR GOAL IN DOING THAT IS TO KIND OF LEVEL SET AND REMOVE BARRIERS TO GETTING THESE UNITS DEVELOPED.
WE KNOW THAT LONG DEVELOPMENT TIME LINES, THAT HIGH DEVELOPMENT COST AND THAT LAND USE AND ZONING ARE THE MORE
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COMMON BARRIERS SO THE POLICY AGENDA WAS WORKING WITH EACH CITY AND UNIQUENESS OF EACH CITY BUT RECOGNIZING WHERE OUR INVESTMENT AND PROJECTS CAN GO FASTER AND FARTHER.THIRDLY, I THINK THE BIGGEST THING WE HAVE HEARD IN THE LAST FEW YEARS IS THE NEED FOR FLEXIBLE CAPITAL THAT UNDERSTANDS THE MARKET IN COACHELLA VALLEY.
WE KNOW AFFORDABLE HOUS PARTICULAR WAS NOT DESIGNED TO WORK WITH OUR REGION.
WE HAVE UNIQUE NEEDS, SO WE SCRUB THE PIPELINE, WE'RE NOW IN AN MOU AND WORKING WITH A LOW INCOME INVESTMENT FUND FOR OUR RURAL PROJECTS SO BRING A FUND TO THE VALLEY, TO DIRECTLY INVEST IN AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECTS IN THE VALLEY.
THIS IS A GREA PRESENTATION BECAUSE WE ARE ABOUT TO LAUNCH WITH A FEW PROJECTS AND WE'RE HAPPY TO KEEP YOU UPDATED WITH THAT.
THERE'S SOME INFORMATION ON THIS SLIDE.
I'M NOT GOING TO GO INTO THE DETAILS BECAUSE IT'S, FRANKLY, A LOT OF DETAIL AND IT'S PROBABLY NOT IMPORTANT FOR THIS CONVERSATION BUT REAL IMPORTANT JUST TO NOTE THAT IT REALLY DOES RESPOND TO WHAT DEVELOPERS HAVE TOLD US AND WHAT CITIES HAVE TOLD US IS NEEDED IN ORDER TO UNLOCK UNITS AND GET THE KIND OF SCALE THAT WE'RE AFTER.
AND THEN FINALLY, AS ARACELI MENTIONED, WE OPERATE ON TWO SIDES OF THE SAME EQUATION.
IT'S VERY EXPENSIVE TO LIVE HERE THIS CALIFORNIA AND ALSO THE WAGES THAT WE HAVE IN COACHELLA VALLEY ARE NOT HIGH ENOUGH TO SUPPORT A FAMILY OR AN INDIVIDUAL SO IN ADDITION TO PROVIDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND LONG TERM HOUSING STABILITY, WE KNOW THAT INCREASING ACCESS TO LIVING WAGE JOBS IS INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT AND PARTNERSHIP, INCLUDING WITH THE COUNTY, WITH THE DESERT HEALTHCARE DISTRICT AND THE DESERT AIDS PROJECT TO BUILD OUT OUR MOBILITY CAN AND GET THIS WORK MOVING.
SO T SUMMARY OF WHAT THE PLEDGE IS AND IT'S ESSENTIALLY SAYING THAT WE AS AN ORGANIZATION OR A CITY SUPPORT THIS REGIONAL COORDINATED EFFORT TO ADDRESS THE ROOT CAUSE ISSUES DRIVING POVERTY AND INEQUALITY IN THE COACHELLA VALLEY AND SUPPORT THESE FOUR WAYS WE'RE DOING IT.
SO WE SUPP APPROACH AND THINKING DIFFERENTLY ABOUT HOW WE DEVELOP ACROSS CITY LINES, THAT WE'RE LOOK FOR OPPORTUNITIES FOR MAKING CHANGES TO POLICIES THAT WILL MAKE IT EASIER TO DEVELOP AND I KNOW YOU, AS A CITY, ARE LOOKING INTO PRO HOUSING POLICIES AND WE'RE DELIGHTED TO HEAR THAT EXERCISE IS ON GOING.
THE THIRD IS DRIVING THIS INVESTMENT VEHICLE AND FINALLY THE MOBILITY WORK THAT WE'RE IN.
LIKE ARACELI MENTIONED OUR HOPE AND HOW WE HAVE DONE IT IN OTHER CITIES IS TO BRING BACK A RESOLUTION AND STAFF REPORT FOR OFFICIAL SUPPORT FROM THE CITY COUNCIL BUT WE ARE HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AND TO HAVE A DISCUSSION WITH YOU AND ONCE AGAIN, WE'RE REALLY GRATEFUL FOR YOUR TIME AND ALLOWING US TO PRESENT.
>> T HARD WORK AND EFFORT THAT YOU PUT IN DAY AFTER DAY.
LIFT TO RISE IS A PHENOMENAL ORGANIZATION AND HAS MADE TREMENDOUS STRIDES IN THE DESERT.
I WILL OPEN THE FLOOR TO MY FELLOW COUNCIL MEMBERS.
>> STA WITH OUR LEGISLATIVE PLATFORM POLICY?
SO THE REQUEST THAT THIS AGENCY IS MAKING FALLS WITHIN OUR LEGISLATIVE PLATFORM, SO THERE'S NO NEED FOR THERE TO BE A FORMAL VOTE FROM THE CITY COUNCIL ON A RESOLUTION.
>> Y CONVERSATION HERE THAT I'M NOT SURE EVERYBODY ON THIS COUNCIL IS FAMILIAR WITH AND IF SOMEONE WOULD BE SO KIND AS TO ELABORATE, THAT WOULD BE A BENEFIT FOR ALL OF US.
>> WE PROBABLY NEED TO BRING IT BACK TO THE COUNCIL TO UPDATE BUT WE DO HAVE A LEGISLATIVE PLATFORM IN PLACE THAT GIVES STAFF THE AUTHORITY TO MOVE FORWARD WITH REQUESTS SUCH AS
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THIS FOR RESOLUTIONS BASED ON THAT PLATFORM WE ACCOMPLISHED A FEW YEARS BACK AND HOUSING IS PART OF OUR LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES SO WE WOULD SUPPORT THE REQUEST WITHOUT HAVING TO COME TO COUNCIL.>> WELL, I KNOW THAT LIFT TO RISE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE THE SAME DOCUMENT THEY HAVE HAD FROM THE OTHER CITIES AND I THINK IT WOULD BE A NICE THING FOR THE CITY COUNCIL TO ADOPT THE VERY SIMILAR RESOLUTION SHOWING THE CITY COUNCIL'S SUPPORT.
WE'RE HERE TODAY, THE CITY COUNCIL CAN DIRECT US WHETHER YOU WANT US TO PUT IT ON THE AGENDA OR NOT, THAT'S A COUNCIL DECISION AND I MADE THE JUDGMENT THAT I DID THINKING THAT THAT WOULD BE A GOOD WAY FOR THE COUNCIL TO HEAR THIS PRESENTATION AND WE CAN ALL THANK THESE YOUNG WOMEN AND THEIR GROUP FOR THE GREAT WORK THEY'RE DOING.
>> I DON'T THINK IT NEEDS A VOTE OF THE COUNCIL BUT THAT'S UP TO THE MAYOR TO SIGN IT.
>> WHICH I WOULD HAPPILY DO BUT I THINK THE BENEFIT OF BRINGING IT BEFORE COUNCIL IS REALLY JUST THE PUBLIC VIEW OF SUPPORT FROM ALL OF US AND I THINK THAT WOULD BE A GOOD MESSAGE TO SEND SO I WOULD CERTAINLY SUPPORT THAT VERY MUCH SO.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS?
>> YEAH, MADAM MAYOR, I WANT TO JUMP IN AND JUST GET CLARIFICATION.
THIS IS A PRESENTATION SO ARE WE ASKING TO SUPPORT THEIR AGENDA? WHICH I DO SUPPORT IT.
I THINK WE ALL KNOW THE STRUGGLES THAT WE HAVE AS FAR AS HOUSING GOES IN OUR COMMUNITIES.
I THINK WE HAVE A CONSENSUS OF THAT BUT DO WE NEED TO BRING IT BACK FOR A RESOLUTION TO SUPPORT THIS?
>> THAT'S ENTIRELY UP TO THE CITY COUNCIL.
LUPE IS SAYING HER READ OF THE COUNCIL'S LEGISLATIVE PLATFORM WHICH WE HAVE USED ONE TIME IN THE FOUR YEARS I HAVE BEEN CITY MANAGER WOULD BE THAT THE CITY COUNCIL DOESN'T HAVE TO LITERALLY ADOPT THE RESOLUTION THAT THE MAYOR CAN SIGN IT.
THAT WOULD BE UNUSUAL FOR ME IN MY EXPERIENCE THAT MAYORS ADOPT AND SIGN RESOLUTIONS WITHOUT THE CITY COUNCIL LOOKING AT THEM BUT IF THAT'S THE COUNCIL'S DIRECTION, WE CAN DO IT.
I THINK WE'RE ARGUING OVER WHETHER OR NOT THE COUNCIL WANTS TO VOTE ON THE RESOLUTION THAT IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU ALL SUPPORT.
>> I DEFINITELY SUPPORT IT SO YOU HAVE MY SUPPORT.
>> I THINK THE DIFFERENCE IS IT MEETS OUR GUIDELINES BUT DO YOU WANT TO PUBLICLY GO OUT AND SUPPORT IT INSTEAD OF SENDING A LETTER THAT GOES IN WITH EVERYONE ELSE'S STUFF SO DO WE WANT TO SHOW THAT WE SUPPORT IT.
>> I BACK AND HAVE THEM PRESENT IT, WE CAN DO IT PUBLICLY.
I THINK THE PUBLIC PROCESS IN THIS INSTANCE IS VERY IMPORTANT EVEN THOUGH WE HAVE THAT LEGISLATE I HAVE ABILITY TO JUST MOVE FORWARD WITH IT, I THINK THE PUBLIC PROCESS SENDS A DEBTOR MESSAGE.
>> I THINK WE HAVE A LOT ON OUR PLATE AND WE'RE SHORT STAFFED SO IF WE CAN STREAMLINE THIS, I WOULD BE IN FAVOR OF SUPPORTING THIS.
I THINK THE COMMUNITY RECOGNIZES THE IMPORTANCE OF WHAT LIFT TO RISE HAS BEEN DOING.
LIFT TO RISE HAS BEEN WORKING WITH OUR CITY AND OTHER CITIES AS WELL AND THIS OPPORTUNITY TO USE THAT PLATFORM TO PASS THIS.
>> I THINK THE RESOLUTION IS NOT, IN PREPARING THAT, IS NOT A HUGE TIME CONSTRAINT.
I'M GOING TO ASK, YES, COUNCIL MEMBER ORTIZ?
>> I WAS JUST GOING TO ASK ARACELI, FOR YOU GUYS, WHEN YOU GO OUT TO THE STATE, DOES IT MATTER? IT'S THE SAME RESOLUTION EITHER WAY, RIGHT?
>> YEAH, BUT I THINK I WOULD OFFER THAT, AGREE WITH WHAT MAYOR HOLMES AND WHAT OTHERS HAVE OFFERED ABOUT THE SIGNIFICANCE OF SHOWING SUPPORT AS A CITY.
WE, OF COURSE, ARE GRATEFUL AND HAPPY FOR WHATEVER METHOD YOU DECIDE, BUT THERE IS A SIGNIFICANCE BEHIND CITIES MAKING THAT SUPPORT PUBLIC AND HAVING IT GOING THROUGH THIS PUBLIC PROCESS BUT THAT'S COMPLETELY UP TO YOU ALL.
>> YEAH, I'M WILLING TO GO THAT ROUTE AND BRING IT BACK FOR THE COUNCIL VOTE AND ALSO JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU.
THIS IS PROBABLY THE BOLDEST PROJECT I HAVE SEEN FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN THE COACHELLA VALLEY AND TRYING TO BUILD 10,000 AFFORDABLE HOMES.
IT'S GOING TO BE AMAZING AND BUILDING IT THROUGHOUT THE COACHELLA VALLEY IS GOING TO HELP US AS WELL.
AS WE KNOW, PEOPLE ARE MOVING FURTHER AND FURTHER FROM PLACES WHERE THEY WORK TO GET TO THEIR HOMES WHICH CAUSES ALL SORTS OF
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OTHER ISSUES DOWN THE LINE, EVEN WITH GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS AND TRAVELING TIME, THIS IS GOING TO MAKE THINGS ECONOMICALLY MORE STABLE FOR EVERYBODY.PEOPLE WOULD HAVE MORE MONEY TO SPEN BUSINESSES.
PEOPLE HAVE MORE STABILITY IN THEIR HOMES.
I THINK IT'S GOING TO HELP A LOT OF FAMILIES AND OUR ENVIRONMENT SO ALL AROUND IT'S GOING TO BE A HUGE HELP IF YOU CAN PULL THIS OFF.
ANY WAY THAT WE CAN HELP, I'M ALWAYS AVAILABLE, TOO, SO FEEL FREE TO REACH OUT.
I THINK YOU HAVE MY CONTACT ALREADY.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR WORK.
>> I MAJORITY CONSENSUS THAT WE'LL BRING IT BACK AND PRESENT THE RESOLUTION THROUGH THE FACE OF A COUNCIL THROUGH A COUNCIL MEETING.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK AND THANK YOU FOR PRESENTING IT TO US.
[6. REPORT ON CITY COUNCIL EXTERNAL/INTERNAL BOARDS, COMMISSIONS AND COMMITTEE MEETINGS AND REPORT ON MEETINGS ATTENDED PER GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 53232.3(d)]
AND ON THAT NOTE, I'M GOING TO MOVE ONTO REPORT ON C EXTERNAL/INTERNAL BOARDS, COMMISSIONS, AND COMMITTEE MEETINGS AND REPORTS AND WE'LL START WITH YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER MILLER.
>> T COMMITTEES WERE DARK FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS BUT DID ATTEND A CELEBRATION OF LIFE FOR TOM EDWARDS.
I TOLD YOU ABOUT IT LAST TIME AND YOU ADJOURNED THE MEETING IN HIS HONOR.
IT WAS INTERESTING TO HEAR 20, 25 PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD TO TALK ABOUT HIS LOVE AND HE WAS THE PERSON WHO BROUGHT SO MUCH TO COACHELLA VALLEY AND TO ALL OF CALIFORNIA.
IT WAS VERY MOVING TO LISTEN TO THEM TALK ABOUT IT.
I DIDN'T REALIZE WHAT AN IMPACT HE HAD ON THE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEES THROUGHOUT AND COMMISSIONS THROUGHOUT THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, BUT THEY ALL RELIED ON HIS INFORMATION ON HYDROGEN CELL SO HE WILL BE MISSED AND IT WAS A VERY BEAUTIFUL CELEBRATION FOR NOT ONLY HIS FAMILY AND HIS FRIENDS.
SECONDLY, THE STATE OF THE COLLEGE OF THE DESERT, VERY INTERESTING TODAY COMING UP WITH GREAT STUFF.
THE COLLEGE IS STILL CLOSED BY THEIR CAMPUS IS MOVING FORWARD HERE EVEN THOUGH IT'S MOVED BACK A LITTLE BIT IN THE CITY OF INDIO.
WE'LL HAVE ANOTHER 60,000 SQUARE FEET PLUS A DAY CARE CENTER GOING IN.
MR. KIDDEMAN IS LEAVING SO A GREAT SENDOFF FOR HIM AND GREAT THINGS FOR THE COLLEGE OPENING UP.
>> I EVENING, THANK YOU, MAYOR.
>> T THANK YOU ALL FOR JOINING US TODAY.
I FIRST WANT TO REMIND OUR RESIDENCE TO TAKE OUR HOUSING SURVEY TO GIVE FEEDBACK FROM THE PUBLIC FOR WHAT KIND OF HOUSING IS AVAILABLE IS NEEDED IN INDIO.
[INDISCERNIBLE] HOSTING THE FAST PITCH GREATER PALM SPRINGS WHICH WILL HIGHLIGHT BEST AND MOST INNOVATIVE BUSINESSES IN THE REGION.
THE THREE CATEGORIES ARE TECHNOLOGY, PRODUCT OR SERVICE AND PANDEMIC PIVOT.
FOR MORE INFORMATION TO PARTICIPATE, PLEASE VISIT CVEP.COM.
THEY STILL HAVE MORE PPE AVAILABLE SO IF YOU'RE A BUSINESS OR AN EMPLOYEE WHO NEEDS PPE, REACH OUT TO THEM AND THEY ARE ALSO PROVIDING CONSULTING FOR SMALL BUSINESSES.
IF YOU NEED INFORMATION REACH OUT TO THEM AT CVEP.COM.
I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE NATIONAL AND STATEWIDE ISSUE WE'RE SEEING WITH HATE CRIMES TOWARDS ASIAN AMERICANS AND PACIFIC ISLANDERS IN OUR COMMUNITY.
NEARLY 3800 INCIDENTS IN THE LAST YEAR ALONE.
WE HAVE A LONG HISTORY OF AA/IP ATTACKS SO [INDISCERNIBLE] RISING AGAIN AND THIS POPULATION IS SEEING A RISE IN VERBAL AND PHYSICAL ASSAULT AS WELL AS BUSINESS DESTRUCTION AS THEY'RE BLAMED BY SOME FOR THE EFFECTS OF COVID-19.
SO I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO ADOPT A RESOLUTION TO CONDEMN RACISM AND VIOLENCE SPECIFICALLY TOWARD ASIAN AMERICANS AS WE HAVE SEEN DEROGATORY COMMENTS AND ACTS OF VIOLENCE.
44% OF REPORTS ARE COMING FROM THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA.
I PROVIDED LANG RESOLUTION FOR COUNCIL MEMBERS TO SISTER FOR SUPPORT IN TEXT ONE THAT THE CITY OF INDIO WILL NOT TOLE [INAUDIBLE] URGES RESIDENTS TO JOIN IN CALLING ATTENTION TO THESE HARMS AND DENOUNCING HATE TO HELP KEEP US ALL SAFE DURING THIS PANDEMIC AND BEYOND.
SECTION 3 THAT THE COUNCIL AND CITY OF INDIO WILL COMMIT TO PROTECTING RESIDENTS WHO ARE TARGETS OF HATE BY PROVIDING TOOLS AND RESOURCES FOR REPORTING SUCH CRIMES.
AND SECOND FOUR, THAT THE CITY WILL PROSECUTE AND CURB HATE ACTS RELATED TO COVID-19 IN PARTNERSHIP WITH NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS, THE RIVERSIDE DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AND THE CITY'S POLICE DEPARTMENT.
I HAVE AN ACTION ITEM HERE I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO SUPPORT IS BECAUSE OF THE CONCERNS THAT MANY OF THESE VIOLENT ACTS ARE NOT
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BEING DOCUMENTED AS HATE CRIMES I WOULD LIKE TO ASK OUR POLICE CHIEF FOR SUPPORT IN MEETING WITH THE ASIAN PACIFIC AMERICAN ALLIANCE TO ENSURE WE'RE PROPERLY DOCUMENTING THOSE CRIMES IN THESE SITUATIONS.I WANT TO GO ON, COUNCIL MEMBER ORTIZ, AND I WILL CIRCLE BACK AROUND THAT.
I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING VERY IMPORTANT WE NEED TO CONSIDER.
>> OKAY, I HAVE A COUPLE OF THINGS GOING ON.
THANK YOU FOR JOINING US THIS EVENING.
I ONLY HAVE ONE COMMISSIONAL MEETING, THAT WAS RTC, THE RIVERSIDE TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION AND ONE OF THE NOTABLE ITEMS THERE AS IT PERTAINS TO OUR AREA, I SAY THAT SOMBERLY BECAUSE I'M TALKING ABOUT THE I-15 OPENING MORE LANES AND ALSO THERE WAS AN ITEM IN THE CONSENT CALENDAR FOR INTERSTATE 91 THAT'S OPERATED IN THE LAST SIX MONTHS WITHOUT ANY CONSTRUCTION AND I SAY IT'S NOTABLE FOR OUR COMMUNITY BECAUSE WE'RE IN THE RED TIER AND IT'S SPRINGTIME, MORE FOLKS ARE STARTING TO TRAVEL INTO THE COACHELLA VALLEY SO IT'S REAL IMPORTANT THAT WE MONITOR SOME OF OUR SURROUNDING FREEWAYS AND PASSES INTO THE COACHELLA VALLEY.
AS YOU KNOW, THE 60 FREEWAY HAD A LOT OF CONSTRUCTION.
THEY WERE MOVING A LOT OF LAND OVER THERE TO OPEN THE LANES TO MAKE THAT ROAD SAFE FOR FOLKS TO TRAVEL TO AND FROM THE COACHELLA VALLEY WHICH IS GREAT FOR OUR ECONOMY AS WE CONTINUE TO SAFELY OPEN UP.
I WANTED TO REPORT ON THOSE TWO FREEWAYS AND AS THEY PERTAIN TO OUR TOURISM.
EARLIER WE HAD TOM COX FROM CVAG TALK ABOUT CV
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LINK.WE TALK ABOUT IT NOW BUT THIS HAS BEEN IN THE WORKS FOR A LONG TIME AND TO SEE THIS GROUNDBREAKING OF CV LINK IN THE CITY OF INDIO, IT'S GREAT SO I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT AND I WANT TO GO OFF SCHEDULE A LITTLE BIT.
A LOT OF TIMES I TALK ABOUT THE AIRPLANES.
I SIT IN MY BACKYARD AND WATCH THE AIRPLANES FLY IN AND OUT OF THE VALLEY AND AS COVID-19 STRUCK US, THOSE AIRPLANES SLOWED DOWN AND THERE WAS NOT A LOT OF TRAFFIC AND NOW WE'RE SEEING PLANES COMING OVER INDIO, LANDING IN PALM SPRINGS AND THAT'S GREAT, SHOWING THAT FOLKS ARE NOW FEELING SAFE.
WE HAD OUR VACCINES OUT THERE AND FOLKS HAVE BEEN TESTING AND WE'RE STARTING TO SEE MORE AND MORE PEOPLE IN OUR VALLEY.
I MENTIONED WE'RE IN THE RED TIER AND THAT MEANS THAT WE'RE SEEING MORE AND MORE INDOOR ACTIVITY WITHIN GUIDELINES AND SO I WANT TO ENCOURAGE FOLKS TO BE SAFE BUT TO CONTINUE TO COME TO OUR VALLEY, CONTINUE TO SPEND YOUR DOLLARS IN THE CITY OF INDIO.
WE HAVE GREAT THINGS ON THE HORIZON AND WE ALREADY HAVE SOME GREAT THINGS GOING.
I WANT TO CONTINUE AND MAKE A COUPLE OF ANNOUNCEMENTS OF THINGS I CAME ACROSS HERE IN OUR COMMUNITY.
I WILL START WITH THE POWER OUTAGE THAT WE HAD WITH THIS WIND THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS.
THAT'S SOMETHING THAT STRUCK US IN OUR VALLEY LIKE THE VALENTINE'S DAY FLOODS A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO AND THAT KNOCKED OUT A LOT OF POWER IN YOUR COMMUNITY.
WITH THE HARD WORK OF PUBLIC WORKS AND THE CITY OF INDIO, IID AND A LOT OF COMMUNICATIONS AND GOING BACK AND FORTH.
WE WERE ABLE TO RESTORE POWER RELATIVELY PRETTY FAST.
WE DID HAVE APPROXIMATELY 150 HOMES WITHOUT POWER FOR ONE NIGHT BUT THEY WERE RESTORED THE NEXT DAY AND SO I JUST WANT TO THANK ALL THE FOLKS WHO WERE PART OF THAT EFFORT TO GET THOSE SERVICES BACK UP AND TO THE FOLKS IN SOME OF THOSE COMMUNITIES, I HAVE BEEN IN CONTACT WITH SOME FOLKS AND THEY REACHED OUT TO ME AND I
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JUST WANT TO REMIND SOME OF THOSE FOLKS THAT IF YOU LOST ANY KIND OF FOOD ITEMS OR PERISHABLE ITEMS, WE DO HAVE A FOOD BANK WITH MOBILE LOCATIONS WHERE THEY'RE STILL GIVING OUT FOOD.THEY ALSO HAVE THEIR PANTRY WHERE YOU CAN CONTACT THEM AND PICK UP FOOD AND I JUST WANT TO REMIND SOME OF THOSE FOLKS ON THE 19TH, WHICH IS THIS FRIDAY, SENIORS ONLY AT THE LA QUINTA, THERE'S A FOOD BANK AND YOU CAN FIND THIS ON THE FIND FOOD BANK WEBSITE.
THERE'S A CALENDAR ON THERE AND THEY WILL BE AT LA QUINTA AT 8:00 IN THE MORNING AND THEN AT FIRST AME CHURCH HERE
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IN OLD NORTH INDIO FROM 7:00 A.M.THE REASON I BRING THAT UP IS BECAUSE I KNOW THERE WERE SOME FOLKS WHO MAY HAVE LOST SOME FOOD ITEMS BUT IT'S IMPORTANT TO THEY COME TOGETHER AND TAKE CARE OF OUR OWN AND WE HAVE BEEN DOING THAT THE LAST YEAR WITH COVID AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO DO THAT.
I WILL KEEP GOING WITH I WANT TO REQUEST THAT OUR CHIEF MEET WITH SOME OF OUR FOLKS IN OUR COMMUNITY, SOME OF OUR CAR CLUB FOLKS, WHETHER IT'S LOW RIDER OR CLASSIC CARS.
WE'RE STARTING TO HAVE THE NICER WEATHER SO WE HAVE CAR CLUBS MEETING ENJOYING THE COMMUNITY BUT THEY'RE WORRIED ABOUT ORDINANCES IN PLACE AND SAFE ZONES AND IF THEY CAN GET OUT THERE AND RIDE AROUND IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
I WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST THAT THE CHIEF IN CHARGE OF TRAFFIC TO COMMUNICATE WITH SOME OF OUR CAR CLUBS AS SAFE ZONES CONTINUE THESE ACTIVITIES AND ALSO SPECIFIC TIME WHERE IS IT WOULD BE OKAY FOR THEM TO CRUISE HIGHWAY 111 OR TO COME AROUND BY THE GRAND MARKETPLACE.
A LOT OF THEM CONGREGATE THERE AND IT WOULD MAKE IT SAFE THERE AND ALSO THE RESIDENTS IF WE HAVE DESIGNATED TIMES FOR OUR FOLKS TO BE OUT THERE ENJOYING THE EVENING.
I WANT TO END WITH LETTING THE PUBLIC KNOW THAT SOMETIMES AS COUNCIL MEMBERS, WE'RE TASKED WITH MAKING POLICIES AND HARD DECISIONS BUT IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT THAT, IT'S ABOUT PUTTING A CERTAIN ENERGY OUT THERE THAT WE HAVE AND OUR PASSION FOR THE COMMUNITY AND ONE OF THE PASSIONS I DO HAVE IS TRANSPORTATION AND I WANT TO REACH OUT TO A LOT OF OUR YOUNGSTERS WHO HAVE SPORTS CARS OUT THERE.
THERE'S A LOT OF SPEEDING OUT THERE AND I WANT TO MENTION THE SAFETY.
WE WANT YOU TO GET OUT THERE AND SHOWCASE YOUR CARS, I'M A CAR GUY BUT WE HAVE TO HAVE THESE SAFE SPACES SO I WANT TO REACH OUT TO THE PUBLIC AND PUT THAT OUT THERE BECAUSE RECENTLY WE LOST A YOUNG LADY BY THE NAME OF DEBORAH NELSON HERE IN MONROE AND I WANT TO SEND PRAYERS AND
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CONDOLENCES TO HER FAMILY BECAUSE THAT WAS SO TRAGIC.I'M NOT SAYING SPEEDING OR ANYTHING HAD TO DO WITH THAT BUT WE HAVE TO BE CAREFUL ON OUR ROADS AND BE SAFE OUT THERE.
ALSO, BEFORE I CONCLUDE, MADAM MAYOR, I WAS CONTACTED RECENTLY BY A FAMILY WHOSE CHILD, HIS NAME IS JAMISON CRAIGLOW.
JAMISON WAS DIAGNOSED WITH LEUKEMIA IN JANUARY AND THEY WILL BE HAVING A FUNDRAISER APRIL 17TH AT UNIVERSITY TRAINING CENTER AND THEY'RE ASKING THAT FOLKS COME OUT AND SUPPORT JAMISON AND HIS FAMILY AS THEY GO THROUGH THIS JOURNEY OF LEUKEMIA AND REACH OUT TO OUR POLICE AND FIRE.
THERE'S GOING TO BE SOME COMPETITION AND ACTIVITY GOING ON, A STRONG MAN AND WOMAN UNIVERSAL TRAINING CITY HERE IN THE CITY OF INDIO OVER IN NORTH INDIO SO THAT WILL BE APRIL 17TH.
I DON'T HAVE THE DIRECT INFORMATION IN FRONT OF ME BUT YOU CAN E-MAIL ME AND I CAN GET THAT INFORMATION AND I WILL BE POSTING IT ON MY SOCIAL MEDIA BECAUSE THAT'S SOMETHING WE DO IN INDIO, WE LOOK AFTER OUR COMMUNITY AND WE WANT TO PUT OUR ARMS AROUND THIS YOUNG MAN AS HE GOES THROUGH THIS JOURNEY OF LEUKEMIA.
FIRST OF ALL, I'M GOING TO -- I ALSO WATCHED THE COLLEGE OF THE DESERT AND WHAT A TREMENDOUS -- IT WAS LIVE STREAMED -- AMOUNT OF INFORMATION AND WHAT STRUCK ME WAS THIS HUNDRED GIGABYTE DATA TRANSFER, INSTALLING THE SCENIC DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE ACCESS GOING ACROSS THE COACHELLA VALLEY.
WE TALK ABOUT BRINGING IN BUSINESSES AND TECHNOLOGY AND THE ABILITY OF OUR SCHOOLS TO DO DISTANCED LEARNING OR FOR HIGHER LEARNING TO DO LARGE FILE TRANSFER.
WHAT'S ALLOWED US TO EXPAND AS QUICKLY AS WE WOULD LIKE, WE DON'T HAVE THAT TRANSFER ABILITY.
I KNOW THAT'S SOMETHING THE COLLEGE OF THE DESERT, DR. KINNEMAN AND JOE WALLACE ARE WORKING ON THAT WILL BECOME A REALITY.
I THOUGHT THAT'S A GAME CHANGER FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
THE WOMEN'S CLUB MEETING I ATTENDED VIA ZOOM.
WE'RE STILL OUT THERE, STILL TRYING TO HELP INDIO.
NURSING IS ONE OF THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT WE WORK WITH WHETHER IT'S CARDS FOR VALENTINE'S DAY OR SPECIAL THINGS FOR THE EASTER HOLIDAYS.
ALSO WITH THE COACHELLA VALLEY RESCUE MISSION, FOOD BANK, MARTHA'S WE'RE STILL OUT THERE IN THE COMMUNITY MEETING.
PRESIDENT MICKEY REED HAS EVERYONE FOCUSED AND WE CONTINUE TO DO SERVICE IN THE COMMUNITY.
I WAS ALSO VERY HONORED TO BE ASKED BY THE YMCA TO DO A VIDEO.
I VISITED AND TOURED THE PARK THAT'S A PRESCHOOL AND THEY SEPARATION NAILED AND IN THE PROCESS, THESE KIDS CAN STILL ABLE TO ATTEND AT A PRESCHOOL LEVEL, STILL LEAR ACTIVITIES, STILL BEING OUTSIDE AND THERE'S SUCH A DEDICATED GROUP OF LADIES THAT HAVE WORKED THERE SOME FOR 15, 16, AND 20 YEARS AND THE Y, OF COURSE, IS THROUGHOUT THE COACHELLA VALLEY AND SERVICE OUR YOUTH.
I NOW WANT TO CIRCLE BACK TO COUNCIL MEMBER ORTIZ'S REQUEST TO LOOK AT THE
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RESOLUTION CONDEMNING VIOLENCE AGAINST ASIAN AMERICANS.I HAVE SEEN SIGNIFICANTLY AND IT FEELS LIKE, AS A COUNTRY, WE'RE TAKING TEN STEPS BACK.
I FIND THIS VERY DISTURBING AND UNFORTUNATE AND I WANTED TO ASK THE REST OF MY COUNCIL HOW THEY FEEL ABOUT MOVING FORWARD WITH THAT RESOLUTION JUST DECLARATION OF SUPPORT FOR THE COMMUNITY.
>> W RESOLUTION OPPOSING HATE CRIMES AGAINST ANYBODY?
>> COUNCIL MEMBER, AMITH, I AGREE WITH THAT.
WE COULD HAVE THAT CAVEAT IN THERE.
LAST YEAR WE DID PASS A RESOLUTION CONDEMNING RACISM IN OUR COMMUNITY.
I DON'T KNOW IF THIS COULD BE TIED TO THAT BUT I SUPPORT THIS BEING A RESOLUTION THAT WE DENOUNCE ANY KIND OF HAY CRIME AGAINST ASIAN AMERICANS OR LGBTQ OR ANY GROUP AS IT PERTAINS TO BUT I THINK RIGHT NOW WE SHOULD FOCUS ON THAT BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT'S GOING ON AND MADAM MAYOR I DO SUPPORT THE RESOLUTION.
HOW WE BRING IT BACK AND HOW WE DO IT IS UP TO THE COUNCIL.
THE WORDING MR. ORTIZ, HE RAN THROUGH IT.
OUR STAFF WOULD HAVE TO MAKE SURE IT'S NOT GOING TO PUT A BURDEN ON POLICE OR ANYTHING.
IF THERE'S A CRIME, THEY WILL HANDLE IT AND ANY CRIME AGAINST ANYBODY SHOULD BE ADDRESSED AND DISCRIMINATION CAN'T BE TOLERATED HERE SO I'M IN SUPPORT OF IT.
>> I WOULD AGREE AND I WOULD ASK OUR CITY ATTORNEY AND STAFF TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE WORDING AND TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S ALL COPACETIC.
I THINK RIGHT NOW ASIAN AMERICANS ARE REALLY BEING UNFAIRLY TARGETED.
THEY HAVE BEEN, BUT TO CREATE A RESOLUTION THAT ALSO INCLUDES BECAUSE I THINK THE BEAUTY OF THE CITY OF INDIO IS OUR DIVERSITY AND I THINK THAT WE NEED TO BE INCLUSIVE IN OUR APPROACH TO CONDEMNING VIOLENCE FOR ANY COMMUNITY AND FOR ALL AND INCLUSIVE OF THE ASIAN AMERICAN POPULATION.
SO I THINK WE HAVE CONSENSUS ON THAT.
I'M GOING TO ASK FOR ASSISTANCE FROM STAFF TO BRING IT BACK
>> W COUNCIL MEMBER ORTIZ TO GET THAT.
>> I ALSO WANTED TO CHIEF TO MEET WITH THE ASIAN AMERICANS [INDISCERNIBLE] ADDRESSING HATE CRIMES IN OUR CITY.
>> SURE, I WOULD LOVE TO DO THAT.
WE HAVE A HATE CRIMES POLICY WITH A CHECKLIST.
MIGHT WANT TO LOOK AT THAT BEFORE THE MEETING.
AND WITH THAT WE'LL MOVE FORWARD TO PUBLIC COMMENTS.
I'M SORRY, HOW COULD I HAVE SKIPPED OVER THE CITY MANAGER REPORTS?
>> THE ONLY THING I WANTED TO SPEND A MINUTE TO TALK ABOUT IS THAT WE'RE STARTING TO GET SOME INFORMATION FROM DIFFERENT SOUR CALIFORNIA CITIES, NATIONAL LEAGUE OF CITIES ABOUT THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE RESCUE ACT THROUGH WHICH WE'RE GOING TO BE BENEFICIARY OF A SIGNIFICANT ALLOCATION OF FUNDS, A LITTLE MORE THAN $21 MILLION AND SO WE HAVE BEEN VERY INTERESTED IN SEEING HOW THE CRITERIA WOULD ATTACH TO THOSE FUNDS AND HOW CITIES WILL BE ALLOWED TO ALLOCATE AND SPEND THEM.
WE GOT LANGUAGE OUT OF THE ACT WHICH IS I WOULD SAY NOT ENTIRELY CLEAR AND THERE WILL BE MORE IMPLEMENTATION LANGUAGE COMING FORWARD BUT JUST VERY BRIEFLY, THE FOUR AREAS THAT ARE COVERED IN THE LANGUAGE IN THE ACT, THE FIRST ONE IS RESPOND TO HEALTHCARE EMERGENCIES WITH RESPECT TO THE CORONAVIRUS OR ITS NEGATIVE ECONOMIC IMPACTS INCLUDING ASSISTANCE TO HOUSEHOLDS, NONPROFITS TO AID OUT IMPACTED INDUSTRIES SUCH AS TOURISM AND HOSPITALITY.
CERTAINLY THERE ARE AGENCIES WITHIN THE CITY THAT HAVE HAD THOSE KINDS OF IMPACTS.
BECAUSE THIS GETS ALLOCATED CITY BY CITY, IF A CITY OUR SIZE GETS A DIRECT ALLOCATION, SMALLER CITIES HAVE TO GET THEIR FUNDING THROUGH THE COUNTY, BUT OUR CITY, PALM SPRINGS, PALM DESERT ARE OF SUCH A SIDE THAT WE GET AN ENTITLEMENT ALLOCATION SO WE'LL GET THOSE DIRECTLY, HALF IN ONE YEAR AND HALF IN THE OTHER, I THINK.
HOW THOSE GET ALLOCATED WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS IS YET UNCLEAR SO WHEN WE LOOK AT A NONPROFIT THAT'S HAD IMPACTS IN THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS, TODAY I HAVE ALREADY HAD TWO NONPROFITS SAY HOW DO WE SIGN UP FOR THE ALLOCATION? WE HAVE NOT TALKED ABOUT IT YET SO I DON'T HAVE ANSWERS BUT ENTITIES ARE GOING TO START PUTTING THEIR REQUESTS IN SOON I'M SURE.
THE SECOND CATEGORY WAS RESPOND TO WORKERS PERFORMING ESSENTIAL WORK DURING THE COVID-19 HEALTH EMERGENCY BY PROVIDING PREMIUM PAID ELIGIBLE WORKERS OF THE METROPOLITAN CITY PERFORMING SUCH ESSENTIAL WORK AND IT GOES ONTO DEFINE THAT AS BEING NOT ONLY THE CITY'S OWN EMPLOYEE BUS ALSO EMPLOYEES OF PRIVATE OR NONPROFIT ENTITIES THAT MAY HAVE BEEN PERFORMING SERVICES.
THESE AREN'T REQUIRED ALLOCATIONS OF MONEY, THESE ARE ALLOWABLE ALLOCATIONS OF MONEY AND THE ACT SAYS UP TO $13 AN HOUR ON TOP OF REGULAR WAGES UP TO A MAXIMUM OF $25,000 PER EMPLOYEE.
I'M NOT SURE HOW THAT WOULD WORK WHEN A CITY WOULD TRY TO ALLOCATE THAT MONEY TO DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS.
I SUSPECT WE'LL GET APPLICATIONS FROM PEOPLE BEFORE WE EVEN HAVE AN APPLICATION PROCESS.
THE PROVISION OF GOVERNMENT SERVICES TO THE EXTENT OF THE REDUCTION OF REVENUE IN SUCH METROPOLITAN CITY DUE TO COVID-19 AS MEASURED AGAINST THE FULL PREVIOUS FULL FISCAL YEAR.
I THINK THAT WOULD BE WHAT? 18, 19 WOULD BE THE FULL FISCAL YEAR.
WE WOULD HAVE TO ALLOCATE FINNING BASED ON THE LOSS OF REVENUE COMPARED TO THE PREVIOUS YEAR.
I HAD HOPED THAT THIS WAS GOING TO BE THE INFRASTRUCTURE BILL THAT WE HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR CONGRESS TO DO NOW FOR YEARS AND THAT WE MIGHT BE A ALLOCATION AND PUT IT TOWARD INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS WE HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO GET TO.
THIS PUTS A DIFFERENT KIND OF CRITERION ON WHAT MIGHT QUALIFY AND HOW MUCH, SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO FIND OUT HOW THIS WORKS OUT IN ACTUAL IMPLEMENTATION.
I'M SURE THERE WILL BE MORE LANGUAGE COMING.
AND THEN THE FOURTH CATEGORY WHICH DOES GIVE US SOME FLEX NECESSARY INVESTMENTS IN WATER, SEWER AND BROADBAND INFRASTRUCTURE.
CERTAINLY THAT WILL HELP WITH OUR WATER INFRASTRUCTURE AND GIVES US AN OPPORTUNITY TO EXPLORE BROADBAND STRUCTURE THAT'S BEEN AN IMPORTANT FACTOR DISCUSSED OVER THE LAST YEAR.
SO IN THIS ACT, WE S OPPORTUNITIES.
WE ALSO SEE LOTS OF QUESTIONS AS TO HOW THIS IS GOING TO PROCEED AND THERE ARE A LOT OF ENTITIES, A LOT OF INTERESTS THAT HAVE BEEN GIVEN HOPE THROUGH THIS LEGISLATION THAT THERE MAY BE FUNDING FOR THEM AND THAT BECAUSE OF OUR $21.7 MILLION THAT WE MIGHT BE IN A POSITION TO ASSIST SOME OF THEM.
THAT'S THE A CHALLENGE WE'RE GOING TO DEAL WITH AS WE GO FORWARD.
I'M SURE THIS WILL BE A DISCUSSION ALL OVER CALIFORNIA AND ALL OVER THE COUNTRY AND I'M SURE THERE WILL BE MORE GUIDANCE AS TIME GOES ALONG BUT FOR NOW, HOPEFULLY PEOPLE WILL BEAR WITH US AS WE FIND OUT HOW THE RULES WILL APPLY.
THAT WAS MY UPDATE ON THAT SUBJECT AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE.
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>> THANK YOU, I'M INTERESTED I HAVE BEEN FOLLOWING ALL THE
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LEAGUE OF CITY INFORMATION AND TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW IT APPLIES, WHAT IT APPLIES TO AND ALL THE WAYS IT CAN AND CAN'T BE USED SO I REALLY LOOK FORWARD TO THE ROLLOUT AND HAVING THAT CONVERSATION SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.>> MARK, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT OUR MASTER PLAN FOR FIBER, IS THAT SOMETHING YOU THINK YOU CAN FUND FOR THIS? IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT EXPANDING OUR BUSINESS, EXPANDING OUR CITY TO
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BRING IN INDUSTRIES AND BRINGING IN GOOD, PREVAILING WAGE JOBS WE H INFRASTRUCTURE PUT IN PLACE, WATER AND ALSO FIBEROPTICS, THAT'S THE ONLY WAY THESE BUSINESSES WORK ANYMORE AND IT HAS TO GO THROUGHOUT SO MAYBE THAT WAY WE CAN FREE UP SOME OF THE MONEY TO GIVE IT BACK TO TIM FOR MEASURE X.IT'S GOING TO TAKE A LONG TIME TO DO THAT MASTER PLAN, ESPECIALLY TO PLAN OUT THE CITY OF THIS SIZE WITH TWO EXTREMES OF BUILDINGS AND IN BETWEEN HAS NOTHING, BUT IF YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT ECON CONTINUE WITH YOUR I N FRASTRUCTURE.
WE'VE GOT SOME DISCUSSIONS GOING ON THIS WEEK AND WE'LL BE COMING BACK TO THE COUNCIL TO TALK ABOUT IT SHORTLY.
YES, THERE'S NOTHING IN THIS LANGUAGE THAT WOULD SUGGEST THAT WE CAN'T DO THAT.
WE'LL HAVE TO SEE WHETHER THERE'S ANY FURTHER GUIDANCE BUT SO FAR, THAT'S ONE OF THE HOPEFUL SIGNS IN THIS, THAT MAYBE THAT WILL BE POSSIBLE.
AND I WANTED TO SAY, IT'S IMPLICIT IN WHAT YOU JUST SAID.
IT'S NOT JUST SERVING THE BUSINESSES THAT MIGHT COME IN THE FUTURE BUT ALSO THOSE RESIDENTS THAT CAN'T GET ACCESS AND THAT'S BECOME SUCH A PROBLEM THIS LAST YEAR.
I KNOW THAT'S PART OF YOUR REQUEST AND WE WILL BE REPORTING BACK TO THE COUNCIL ON THAT.
>> GREAT, THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER MILLER.
THE SHOT IN THE FIBEROPTICS IS HUGE.
I WOULD LIKE TO GO ONTO ITEM 8, PUBLIC COMMENT FOR ITEMS ON THE AGENDA.
CITY CLERK, I THINK WE HAVE A COUPLE.
>> W COMMENTS DISTRIBUTED TO COUNCIL AND POSTED ONLINE.
NO OTHER COMMENTS AT THE MOMENT.
MOVING ONTO ITEM 9, THE CONSENT CALENDAR.
DOES ANYONE NEED TO PULL ANYTHING OR HAVE ANY COMMENTS ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR.
>> I NEED TO ABSTAIN ON ITEM J BECAUSE IT HAS TO DO WITH TERRA LAGO WHICH IS WHERE I LIVE SO I WILL ABSTAIN DURING THE VOTE.
DO WE WANT TO TAKE THE REST OF THE CONSENT CALENDAR OR DO WE WANT TO DELVE INTO ITEMS E AND H FIRST?
>> WHAT DO YOU NEED? WHAT ARE YOU ASK?
>> CAN I GET A STAFF REPORT ON 9E? I WANT TO LOOK SPECIFICALLY AT TABLE B.
>> YES, IF YOU CAN GIVE ME A SECOND TO TURN TO TABLE B.
>> TABLE 2, I JUST WONDERED IF --
>> S TABLE B AND THIS IS THE NUMBER OF UNIT DESIGNATED AS MEETING OUR REGIONAL HOUSING NEEDS OBLIGATIONS AND TABLE B IS WHERE YOU HAVE QUESTIONS COUNCIL MEMBER ORTIZ?
>> Y THIS DISCUSSION WITH THE COUNCIL JUST LOOKING AT THESE NUMBERS AND THE PERCENTAGES OF WHAT WE HAVE BEEN BUILDING OVER THE PAST EIGHT YEARS.
SO IF YOU ADD UP THE -- WE HAVE THE DIFFERENT RANGES, RIGHT? VERY LOW INCOME, LOW INCOME, MODERATE INCOME AND ABOVE MODERATE INCOME.
SO IN THE VERY LOW INCOME WE HAVE 186 UNITS WHICH IS ABOUT 9%.
IN THE LOW INCOME, WE HAVE 0 UNITS OVER THE PAST EIGHT YEARS.
MODERATE INCOME, ONE UNIT, SO BASICALLY 0% AND ABOVE MODERATE, WE HAVE 1,864 UNITS WHICH IS 91% OF WHAT WE HAVE BEEN BUILDING OVER THE PAST EIGHT YEARS.
I WANTED TO HAVE THIS DISCUSSION TO SEE, WE'RE NOT ON THE RIGHT TRACK ESPECIALLY CONSIDERING OUR NUMBERS OF WHAT'S SUGGESTED WE BE BUILDING AT THE MOMENT BUT HOW DO WE ENCOURAGE THAT BUILDING OF LOW AND MODERATE INCOME HOUSING BASED ON -- I REACHED OUT TO SOME DEVELOPERS AS WELL, RIGHT? AND A LOT OF THINGS I'M SEEING IS THEY'RE SAYING DEVELOPMENT FEES ARE WAY TOO HIGH OR OUR PROJECTS JUST CAN'T PENCIL OUT AND PEOPLE ARE MOVING FROM SMALLER HOMES TO LARGER HOMES BECAUSE OF THE PROFIT MARGINS IN THOSE HOMES AND I'M JUST LOOKING AT HOW ARE WE GOING TO ADDRESS THIS TO BRING A BETTER BALANCE AS WE SAID IN OUR GENERAL PLAN, BRINGING A BALANCE OF BETTER HOMES TO OUR REGION.
>> W OUT HOW TO WRAP OUR ARMS AROUND THAT.
I THINK THERE'S SOME WITH RESPECT TO FUNDING FOR, AND I'M GOING TO ASK STAFF TO ANSWER THIS A LITTLE MORE CLEARLY BUT I BELIEVE THAT WITH RESPECT TO FUNDING FOR LOW INCOME HOUSING, IT'S A LITTLE CHALLENGING AT THIS POINT THIS TIME.
>> YEAH, MR. ORTIZ WAS GOOD ENOUGH TO CALL ME TODAY TO TALK ABOUT THIS AND WE HAD A GOOD DISCUSSION.
HIS POINT IS VERY CERTAINLY WE WOULD FIND THIS SAME KIND OF NUMERICAL COUNTY IN CITIES ALL OVER THE STATE, WHICH IS NOT TO SAY THAT WHERE WE HAVE BEEN IS OKAY.
THAT'S THE TO SAY THAT THIS PROBLEM IS REALLY A BROAD PROBLEM.
AS WE HAVE JUST STARTED OUR HOUSING ELEMENT WORK AND I WANT TO ALSO MENTION THESE OTHER GRANTS THAT WE JUST FILED ALONG WITH COACHELLA
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VALLEY COMMISSION WHICH WAS A GRANT WE HOPED TO GET, BOTH OF THESE EFFORTS TARGET THIS SUBJECT OF HOW DO YOU GET THE LOW, VERY LOW INCOME KINDS OF HOUSING BUILT? IN FACT, WHEN WE JUST HAD THE PRESENTATION FROM LIFT TO RISE, THEY TALKED ABOUT THE SAME THING.THEY WERE OUT THERE AGGRESSIVELY FUND RAISING IN ORDER TO COME UP WITH SOME FUNDS TO SUPPLEMENT THE DEVELOPMENT OF V AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
THEY SAY ON A CALIFORNIA EVERY AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNIT IN THIS KIND OF RENA CATEGORY, EVERY UNIT REQUIRES A SUBSIDY OF ABOUT $200,000.
THAT SHOCKS PEOPLE BUT THAT'S WHAT HOUSING ADVOCATES TELL YOU THE SUBSIDY IS.
IN INDIO I THINK IT'S LESS THAN THAT BECAUSE LAND VALUE IS LESS BUT THAT'S A BIG SUBSIDY SO ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT MR. ORTIZ HAD IS RATHER THAN JUST ACCEPT ON THE SURFACE THAT IT'S GOING TO TAKE THAT KIND OF SUBSIDY, ARE THERE OTHER METHODOLOGIES THAT CAN BE PURSUED, OTHER TECHNIQUES THAT CAN BE PURSUED THAT CAN GET AFFORDABLE HOUSING BUILD WITHOUT THAT KIND OF SUBSIDY? AND ABSOLUTELY, I THINK THAT'S THE GOAL OF OUR HOUSING ELEMENT ANALYSIS, THE EXTRA GRANT THAT WE APPLIED FOR IS TO IDENTIFY THOSE OTHER TECHNIQUES THAT CAN BE USED.
WE TALKED ABOUT THE SACRAMENTO JUST ADOPTED THE POLICY THAT ALLOWS UP TO FOURPLEXES ON EVERY SINGLE FAMILY HOME.
THAT'S BEYOND BOLD BUT IT'S SOMETHING THAT SOME OTHER CITIES ARE STARTING TO FOLLOW.
WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE BACKYARD UNITS, THE EXTRA UNITS THAT THE LAW HAS CHANGED ON, THAT'S ANOTHER WAY OF GETTING UNITS BUILT FOR LESS COST THAN THE $200,000 SUBSIDY.
OSCAR HAS TALKED ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY TO PULL COSTS AND UNDER WRITE THE COST OF LAND.
ALL OF THESE ARE TECHNIQUES THAT A CITY IS GOING TO HAVE TO AGGRESSIVELY LOOK AFTER, LOOK TOWARD IN ORDER TO MEET THE KIND OF RENA ALLOCATIONS THAT WE'RE GETTING AND THE ONLY WAY WE'LL GET OUR HOUSING POLICY ADOPTED IS IF WE ADOPT THOSE ELEMENTS BECAUSE THEY WILL NOT BE ADOPTED ANYMORE UNLESS DEVELOPERS CAN SHOW HOW THEY COULD, IF INCLINED, TO MIND A WAY TO MEET THE HOUSING NEED.
DOESN'T MEAN THEY WILL BUT THEY WOULD HAVE TO DEMONSTRATION THAT IT WOULD BE POSSIBLE UNDER THIS CITY IS MEET THOSE KINDS OF RENA NUMBERS.
I THINK THAT'S THE ANSWER TO THE QUESTION AND IT'S GOING TO EVOLVE IN SPECIFICS.
I SAID TO OSCAR TODAY THAT THIS YEAR IS GOING TO BE ALL HOUSING ALL THE TIME AND IT NEEDS TO BE.
IN CALIFORNIA IT NEEDS TO BE SO I THINK HERE WE GO.
>> SO THE PROCESS, THEN, OF THE HOUSING ELEMENT HELPS TO MITIGATE IN SOME INSTANCES SOME OF THE BARRIERS, THEN, THAT TRADITIONAL FUNDING CYCLES FOR A DEVELOPER TO JUST COME IN AND BUILD AFFORDABLE HOUSING --
>> Y WHAT THOSE STRATEGIES NEED TO BE AND WE'LL ASK THE COUNCIL TO ADOPT THEM.
WHEN WE TALK ABOUT BUILDING FEES.
I'M SORRY, I'M A 45-YEAR CITY MANAGER AND I HAVE NEVER MET A DEVELOPER WHO DOESN'T THINK THE BUILDING FEES ARE TOO HIGH BUT THEY MAY BE.
IN CERTAIN AREAS, IN CERTAIN WAYS, THEY MAY BE.
IT WILL BE OUR GOAL TO IDENTIFY WHAT SOME OF THOSE MIGHT BE AND SEE IF THERE'S A PARTIAL ANSWER IN THAT.
I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE ALL OF THE ABOVE.
IT'S NOT GOING TO BE 1 OR 2 FIXES.
IT'S GOING TO BE AN ALL OF THE ABOVE.
>> I AGREE WITH YOU, MARK, BUT IT'S A MULTI-PRONGED ISSUE.
I AGREE WITH YOU, I THINK WE CAN LOWER SOME OF THE FEES DOWN FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING BUT THEN IT KICKS IN WHERE YOU GO BACK TO PREVAILING WAGE AND BEING ABLE TO HELP COMMUNITIES SO THERE HAS TO BE A FIX AT THE STATE LEVEL, TOO.
IT CAN'T BE ON THE BACKS OF LOCAL GOVERNMENTS BECAUSE WE HAVE NEEDS AND PROCESSES
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WE HAVE TO DO, ROADS AND STUFF WE HAVE TO FIX AND WE ALSO TO HAVE THE INFRASTRUCTURE FOR WATER AND SEWER TO HAVE THESE FOURPLEXES, NOW YOU HAVE FOUR A/CS INSTEAD OF ONE AND FOUR SEWER SYSTEMS. EVEN IF THEY GAVE US THE $4 OR $5 MILLION FROM THAT THEY OWE US FROM THE OLD DEVELOPMENT AGENCY, THAT'S JUST A DROP IN THE BUCKET FOR THIS.THEY ALSO HAVE TO COME UP WITH THE FEE FOR PREVAILING WAGE TO COME UP WITH A FAIR WAGE AND AT THE SAME TIME REALIZE THEIR GOAL IS TO BRING IN MORE HOUSES.
I DON'T THINK THE NUMBERS THEY'RE GIVING US FOR ANY CITY IS REALISTIC AND IF YOU CAN BUILD IN LA AND GET $2,000, WHICH IS LOW FEE FOR RENT IN LA OR COME TO INDIO AND GET $1,200, YOU'RE GOING TO GO TO LA WHERE YOU CAN GET $2,000.
THAT'S A PROBLEM WE ALL HAVE TO GRAPPLE WITH, SO THANK YOU, JESUS FOR WHAT YOU'RE DOING AND KEVIN, YOU'RE GIVEN THE BEST YOU CAN BUT YOU HAVE TO BRING THE PARTNERS TO BE ABLE TO DO THIS.
>> A LIKE TO SEE WHEN WE DO OUR HOUSING ELEMENT IS SOME EXAMPLES SHOWING US IN CERTAIN DEVELOPMENTS WHAT ARE THE COSTS FOR THE DEVELOPERS AND WHAT ARE THE REVENUES AND PROFITS? SO WE CAN SEE CLEARLY ARE THESE REALLY -- IS IT JUST THAT THEY'RE MAKING LESS MONEY OR ARE THEY NOT MAKING ANY MONEY? AND SOME OF THE VARIABLES, THE DIFFERENT SIZE OF LOTS, HOW IS THAT AFFECTED, DIFFERENT DENSITY OF HOUSING IN THE LOTS, HOW DOES THAT AFFECT IT AND THE BUILDING MATERIALS WE USE, HOW DOES THAT AFFECT THEIR COSTS AND REVENUE SO WE CAN GET A CLEARER PICTURE OF WHAT'S FEASIBLE ON THE MARKET.
MAYBE IT DOESN'T MAKE A TON OF MONEY BUT IF IT PENCILS OUT, MAYBE THAT'S WHERE YOU GO TO LAND TRUST AND SAY WE CAN BUILD IT AND CREATE THOSE JOBS AND CREATE THE HOUSING EVEN THOUGH THERE'S NOT A LARGE PROFIT MARGIN.
>> IF I COULD, THIS IS KEVIN SNYDER, I WANTED TO SHARE WITH COUNCIL MEMBER ORTIZ AND THE PUBLIC THAT WE'RE DOING WHAT THE COUNCIL MEMBER JUST SUGGESTED TO BRING FORWARD AN ACTION THAT WAS LATER IN THE WORK PLAN TO DO IT NOW WHICH IS WE'RE GOIN PROTOTYPICAL PRO FORMAS TO TELL US WHAT IT COSTS TO DEVELOP DIFFERENT HOUSING TYPES BOTH AFFORDABLE AND MARKET IN INDIO SO WHEN WE GET TO THOSE STRATEGIES AND CONVERSATIONS, THOSE POLICY ACTION CONVERSATIONS, YOU WILL HAVE A GOOD UNDERSTANDING OF REALTIME DATA OF WHAT IT TAKES TO DEVELOP IN INDIO FOR ALL HOUSING PRODUCT TYPES.
>> ALL RIGHT, TERRIFIC, AND THEN ITEM H, I BELIEVE, YOU HAVE A QUESTION ON COUNCIL MEMBER ORTIZ?
>> Y THE CHIEF COULD GIVE US AN UPDATE ON THE RESULTS FROM THE LAST YEAR'S FUNDING OR THE $30,000 FOR THE TRANSITIONAL HOUSING.
WE'RE A DATA DRIVEN POLICING AGENCY SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT ANY APPROACH YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S WORKING.
ALL OF THIS STUFF COSTS STAFF TIME AND PROGRAMS IN PARTICULAR WITH HOMELESSNESS, THIS NATION SPENDS BILL ADDRESSING HOMELESSNESS.
IT'S IMPAIR AT THIS TIME THAT WE KNOW WHAT WE'RE DOING IS MAKING AN IMPACT.
ONE OF THE REASONS WE GOT THE GRAND GRANT IS THAT WE'RE TIED TO A RESEARCHER.
ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY IS ONE OF THE PREMIER RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS IN THE NATION.
WE HAVE USED THEM FOR YEARS AND WE FREQUENTLY GET A LOT OF THEIR STUFF FOR FREE.
THIS IS ALL GRANT MONEY AND IT'S PART OF THE THREE-YEAR TRANSITIONAL HOUSING GRANT.
AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE NEED TO BE TIED TO THE RESEARCH.
AS A RESULT OF BEING TIED TO RESEARCH, THEY WROTE WE WERE WRITTEN UP AT THE POLICE EXECUTIVE
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RESEARCH FORUM.WE HAD DR. CODY KELLUP ATTEND THIS WITH US ALONG WITH TOM COX BECAUSE IT'S A COLLABORATIVE PROCESS.
JUST THIS LAST YEAR IN 2020, THE RAND CORPORATION AND THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF JUSTICE FLEW ME OUT AND A NUMBER OF FOLKS OUT TO WASHINGTON, D.C. WHERE WE TALKED ABOUT POLICE APPROACHES TO HOMELESSNESS SO THAT REPORT WAS PUBLISHED IN 2020 AND I WILL JUST READ YOU AN EXCERPT.
THERE ARE A NUMBER OF STUDIES UNDE RESEARCHERS ARE WORKING WITH THE CITY OF INDIO'S POLICE DEPARTMENT TO EVALUATE COMMUNITY OUTREACH RESEARCH PROGRAMS DESIGNED TO ASSIST UNSHELTERED INDIVIDUALS [INDISCERNIBLE] WHICH INVOLVES IN DEPTH CLIENT AND STAFF REVIEWS, IMPLEMENTATION FIDELITY IS STRONG WHICH IS CRITICAL WITH A MULTIDISCIPLINARY APPROACH.
KEY OUTCOMES SUCH AS HOUSING AND EMPLOYMENT HAVE ALL SEEN IMPROVEMENTS SO WE REALLY NEED TO CONTINUE THIS RELATIONSHIP WITH OUR RESEARCH PARTNERS AS WE FINISH THIS PROJECT OFF.
I DON'T KNOW IF THAT ANSWERS EVERYTHING OR NOT.
>> AND IT'S AN ALLOCATION OF GRANT MONEY, ISN'T IT?
>> IT IS, IT'S REALLOCATING GRANT MONEY, PART OF THE $1.9 MILLION GRANT.
THERE'S NO GENERAL FUNDS IN THIS EXPENDITURE.
>> YES, IT'S JUST FINISHING THE RESEARCH PROJECT THAT'S NOT FINISHED YET, CORRECT?
>> Y PROGRAM AND IT WILL BE FINISHING IT OFF.
AND NOW THAT WE HAVE GONE THROUGH THAT, DO I HERE A MOTION TO PASS THE CONSENT CALENDAR?
>> I NOTED THAT ITEM J, THAT THE MAYOR IS ABSTAINING.
>> S MEMBER MILLER AND A SECOND FROM MAYOR PRO TEM FERMON.
>> AYE AND ABSTAINING FROM ITEM J.
ITEM 10, ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS A, FISCAL YEAR 2020-21 MIDYEAR CAPITAL
[10a. Fiscal Year 2020-21 Midyear Capital Improvement Program Update (Trish Rhay, IWA General Manager) Recommendation: Receive & File]
IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM, TRISH RHAY.>> A HOPEFULLY THIS WILL BE THE FIRST OF MANY TO COME.
BEFORE I GET STARTED, I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT SOME OF OUR STAFF THAT'S BEEN VERY INSTRUMENTAL DURING THESE TIMES.
THE OPERATION SIDE, MIGUEL PENA HAS BEEN OUTSTANDING, CONSIDERING HOW MANY METERS WE'RE RECEIVING AND THE AMOUNT OF INCREASE IN THE APPLICATIONS AND THEN EDUARDO AS WELL.
I WILL MAKE MY PRESENTATION AND THIS IS A MID YEAR UPDATE ON WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH RESPECT TO CIP.
I WILL START WITH THE OVERALL BUDGET WHICH IS A $2.44 MILLION BUDGET FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR.
90% OF IT WAS FOR PLANNING AND DESIGN AND 90% OF THAT WAS FOR CONSTRUCTION.
AS OF JANUARY, WE HAVE 47% ENCUMBERED AND WE EXPECT TO ONLY UTILIZE 55% OF THE PROJECTS BY THE END OF THIS FISCAL YEAR AND THE REASON FOR THAT IS ONE SPECIFIC PROJECT THAT WE'RE VERY CAUTIOUS BECAUSE IT'S
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RELATED TO AN MCL THAT MIGHT BE COMING OUT A MAXIMUM CONT CHROMIUM SIX SO RATHER THAN RUSH INTO THAT WE WANT TO CAUTION AND DO FURTHER STUDIES AND THAT'S THE MAJORITY OF THE IMPACT OF WHY OUR UTILIZATION WILL BE LESS THAN EXPECTED.THE OTHER THING TO NOTE IS THAT 90% OF PLANNING AND DESIGN AND THAT'S BECAUSE THESE PROJECTS ARE MULTIYEAR PROJECTS THAT REQUIRE MORE THAN ONE FISCAL YEAR TO IMPLEMENT AND I WILL SHOW YOU THAT THROUGH THE PRESENTATION.
THREE MAJOR FUNDS, THE FIRST IS TO CONTINUE TO FUND OUR RESIDENT, FUND 12.
THE SECOND IS F SUPPLEMENTAL WATER SO WE CAN CONTINUE TO HAVE A WATER SUPPLY OVER THE NEXT 30 YEARS AND FURTHER.
AND THE LAST ONE IS THE DEVELOPMENT IMPACT FEE, VERY SPECIFIC TO NEW DEVELOPMENT WITH RESPECT TO THE INFRASTRUCTURE REQUIREMENTS, PARTICULARLY BECAUSE A LOT OF THIS DEVELOPMENT IS IN NEW, RAW LAND AREAS.
THERE'S NO BACKBONE SYSTEM AND INFRASTRUCTURE TO FACILITATE THAT.
STARTING WITH THE FIRST FUND, THE WATER CAPITAL, WE HAVE ENCUMBERED $1 MILLION OF THE $1.35 MILLION.
THE MILES PIPELINE IS REALLY A LOOP SYSTEM LOCATED AT THE INTERSECTION OF JEFFERSON AND MILES AND AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, THAT'S A BORDER OF THE INDIO BOUNDARY AND FOR THAT REASON, WE DO N INFRASTRUCTURE TO PROVIDE THAT LOOPING, THE FIRE PROTECTION SO THAT'S A PROJECT WE'RE AT 95% SO WE'RE RIGHT ON TRACK.
WE PLAN TO GO OUT TO BID IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS HERE.
THE SECOND MAJOR PROJECT IS REALLY A $5.5 MILLION PROJECT OVER THE COURSE OF 3 TO 4 YEARS AND THAT'S ONE OF OUR LARGE PLANTS OR RESERVOIR WHERE IS WE HAVE NOT ONLY A STEEL TANK BUT A PUMP FACILITY AND A COUPLE OF WELLS.
THAT, AGAIN, IS MULTIYEAR SO WE'RE ONLY DOING THE CONDITION ASSESSMENT AND WHAT THAT MEANS IS HOW DO WE SPEND THE $5.5 MILLION? DO WE.
REPLACE THE FACILITY OR TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT'S THE USEFUL LIFE REMAINING SO WE CAN SCHEDULE THE DEPLOYMENT OF THE $5.5 MILLION.
THE WELL REHAB PROGRAM, THAT'S IN BOLD BECAUSE THAT CONSTRUCTION AND THAT'S THE ONLY PROJECT WE INTENDED TO CONSTRUCTION AND WE'RE SUCCESSFULLY CONSTRUCTING THAT AS WE SPEAK.
ANOTHER PROJECT IS THE WESTWARD HO PIPELINE.
THAT'S A PROJECT THAT CROSSES THE CHANNEL RIGHT AT OUR PLANT FOUR INFRASTRUCTURE FACILITY AND THAT'S A PROJECT THAT BACK IN FEBRUARY 2019 THERE'S A TEN-INCH PIPELINE UNCOVERED BY THAT STORM AND IT'S A CRITICAL PART WHERE NOT ONLY IS TO PIPE A LITTLE SMALL WHICH WE MODELS BUT IF THE NEXT STORM COMES, IT COULD BREAK.
WHEN THAT HAPPENS, LEADING OFF A MAJOR INFRASTRUCTURE YOU'RE REALLY IMPACTING THE RESIDENTS SO THAT'S A PROJECT THAT WE'RE MOVING FORWARD AND THE LAST ONE IS A COLLABORATION WITH PUBLIC WORKS WHERE WE'LL BE FUNDING THE 24-INCH AND 18-INCH PIPELINE ON THE AVENUE 44 BRIDGE PROJECT.
MOVI PROJECT THAT WAS SCHEDULED FOR CONSTRUCTION AND WE'RE PRACTICALLY COMPLETING AT THIS POINT IS THE REHAB OF WELL AA.
DRILLING A WELL NOW COSTS ANYWHERE FROM $3.5 MILLION TO $4 MILLION BUT BY DOING THIS EXERCISE, WE'RE LOOKING AT PROLONGING THE LIFE OF A WELL BY ABOUT 20 YEARS.
THIS MEANS WE REMOVED THE COLUMNS AND THE PUMP AND ON THE FAR LEFT PICTURE THERE, YOU WILL SEE WHAT APPEARS TO BE PLANTS COMING OUT OF A PIPE BUT THAT'S SCRUBBERS.
THE MOST FUNDAMENTAL WAY I CAN LOOK AT THAT IS LIKE SCRUBBING [INDISCERNIBLE] THAT'S THE SIMPLEST WAY I CAN DESCRIBE WHAT WE'RE DOING.
THE COST OF A PROJECT LIKE THIS IS ABOUT $350,000, AND, AGAIN, IT'S TO PROLONG THE LIFE BY 20 YEARS AND AVOID THE INVESTMENT OF ABOUT $4 MILLION OF NEW INFRASTRUCTURE.
THE NEXT PROJECT IS THE SUPPLEMENTAL WATER SUPPLY FUND AND THAT'S THE EVRA AND THAT'S A PARTNERSHIP WITH THE VSD TO ATTEMPT TO USE REEL CYCLED WATER AND REPLENISH THE GROUND WITH
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THAT.IN CONNECTION WITH AN INJECTION FEASIBILITY AND GEOPHYSICAL SURVEY, WE'RE FURTHER INVESTIGATING THIS PROJECT.
THERE ARE TWO THINGS THAT WE INVESTIGATED.
NUMBER ONE IS THE RED BOUNDARY THAT YOU SEE ON THAT PICTURE REPRESENTS THE VSD FACILITY AND THERE ARE TWO MEANS AND METHODS OF PUTTING THAT WATER IN THE GROUND.
NUMBER ONE, IT'S SPREADING WHICH YOU CAN SEE FROM THE ADMINISTRATION WHICH IS PUTTING IT ON THE GROUND AND LETTING IT PERCOLATE.
THE OTHER IS INJECTION, TO DRILL WELLS AND PUT THE WATER IN THE GROUND.
WE FOUND THAT SPREADING IS VERY DIFFICULT BECAUSE THE LIGHT TAN COLORED ITEM THERE, THE AQUITARD, IS DIFFICULT TO GET THROUGH.
WE'RE UNTIL THE MIDDLE OF A GEOPHYSICAL SURVEY TO DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT THERE'S A FAULT UNDER THE INJECTION SITE.
IF NOT, THIS PROJECT IS MOVE OVER TO THE NEXT STEP OF FEASIBILITY.
AND THEN THE LAST FUND THAT WE HAVE IS TO DEVELOP IMPACT FEES AND THIS IS WHERE NOT REALLY BURNING THE FUNDS AS FAST AS WE HAD ANTICIPATED.
CURRENTLY WE'RE ONLY SPENDING $50,000 OF THE $750,000 ENCUMBERED AND THE FUNDS ARE ALLOCATED FOR A NEW WELL.
IT'S THE CALHOUN SITE AND THAT'S BEEN A CARRYOVER PROJECT FOR THE LAST SEVERAL FISCAL YEARS.
THIS SITE BELONGS TO THE CITY AND IT'S LOCATED NORTH OF THE 10 FREEWAY BUT IDEALLY YOU WANT TO PUT YOUR FACILITIES CLOSER TO WHERE THE DEVELOPMENT IS OCCURRING AND IT'S A THREE-YEAR MULTIPHASE PROJECT.
PHASE ONE IS THE DRILLING, THE DESIGN OF DRILLING AND ALSO THE DRILLING AND PHASE TWO IS THE EQUIPPING OF THE FACI DRILLING.
WE DECIDED TO PAUSE AND CONDUCT A SITING STUDY AND THE REASON FOR THAT IS OUR CHROMIUM SIX THAT WAS REVOKED IS COMING BACK.
WE WANT TO TAKE A CLOSER LOOK TO SEE WH QUALITY IN THE AREA OF THAT WELL AND I WANT TO SHOW YOU THAT $50,000 STUDY, WE HIRED AN EXPERT CONSULTANT TO EVALUATE THE DATA AND GIVE US A BETTER INDICATION OF OUR 15 AND 16 AVAILABLE SITES, WHICH ONE SHOULD WE BE DRILLING AT? LET ME GO THROUGH THIS SIMPLE EXAMPLE HERE.
ON THE WILLED YOU WILL SEE A VERTICAL CHART THAT SHOWS THE WATER QUALITY AT DIFFERENT DEPTHS.
THERE HAVE BEEN THREE WELLS DRILLED AND NONE OF THEM HAVE BEEN EQUIPPED BECAUSE THEY ENCOUNTERED CHALLENGES WITH WATER QUALITY AND BECAUSE OF THE MCL THAT CAME OUT OF 215.
YOU SEE THE DARK GREEN SQUARES AS WELL AS THE ORANGE SQUARES THAT REPRESENT WATER QUALITY THAT'S SEEN AS THE POTENTIAL MCL AND ALSO AN EXISTING FLUORIDE MCL.
THE CALHOUN WELL SITE, IF YOU LOOK AT THE RED BOUNDARIES OR INDICATORS THERE'S ALSO A BLUE ONE ON THE SOUTHERN WEST SIDE OF THAT MAP, OUR CALHOUN WELL, UNFORTUNATELY, HAPPENS TO BE RIGHT AT T NATURALLY OCCURRING CHROMIUM SIX AND AS YOU MOVE SOUTHWEST, THE NUMBERS OF CHROMIUM SINGS DROP.
THIS STUDY, AS MUCH AS IT'S DELAYED OUR $750,000 EXPENDITURE FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR, IT'S NOW SHOWING WE SHOULD LOOK AT A DIFFERENT SITE.
THE COST OF CREATING CHROMIUM SIX IS $3 TO 5 MILL $200,000 TO $300,000 A YEAR.
WHAT THAT MEANS ON THE IMPACT ON THE SCHEDULE IS THE PRIOR SCHEDULE SHOWED US EQUIPPING THE WELL AND HAVING IT OPERATIONAL BY 2023 OR 2024.
WE'RE SHIFTING THE ENTIRE EXERCISE BY ONE YEAR.
WE'RE TRYING TO ALIGN OURSELVES WITH THE FISCAL YEAR WHEN THE MCL COMES OUT.
IN THE EVENT THAT THE MCL COMES OUT HIGHER THAN THE WATER QUALITY, WE CAN ALSO USE THAT SITE AS AN OPTION.
OTHER PROJECTS WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON INCLUDES A ROOF
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REPAIR PROJECT WHERE WE TOOK 11 SITES INCLUDING WELLS, RESERVOIRS, PUMP STATIONS AND REPAIRED THE LEAKING ROOF SO IT DOES ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT.WE ALSO HAVE A HYDRANT REPLACEMENT PROGRAM WHERE WE UP GRADE THE HYDRANTS THAT DON'T HAVE THE SUFFICIENT CAPACITY.
THERE ARE TWO WATER FACILITIES THAT WE ADD AND THAT'S BOE-DEL HEIGHTS AND WALLER TRACT AND THESE SITES ARE IN RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE IT LOOKS PRESENTABLE AND PROTECTS OUR FACILITIES IN PLACE.
FACILITY PROTECTION, THAT'S THE BLOCK WALL AND FENCING PROJECTS, THE ROOFING PROJECTS AND THE HYDRANT REPLACEMENT TEAMS AND, AGAIN, MIGUEL'S TEAM HAS BEEN GREAT IN THAT.
WE WORKED CLOSELY WITH ROXANNE'S TEAM AND WE HAVE WORKED WITH BRANDON AND ROMAN WHO HAVE BEEN INSTRUMENTAL IN SUPPORTING THAT AS WELL.
I DO ONLY DO WE HAVE THE CIP, WE HAVE LAND DEVELOPMENT.
IN 2019 PRIOR TO COVID WE HAD 240 METERS INSTALLED.
IN THE LAST CALENDAR YEAR WE HAD 388 METERS INSTALLED.
IN THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY, A SHORT MONTH, WE HAD 47-METER APPLICATIONS AND IF WE'RE GOING ON THAT TREND, WE'RE PROBABLY GOING TO GO PAST THE 388 METERS BY FAR AND WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO FACT THAT YEAR OVER YEAR INCREASE AND PROVIDE CUSTOMER SERVICE TO OUR CUSTOMERS.
WITH THAT I WILL PAUSE FOR SOME QUESTIONS.
>> G EXTRAORDINARILY BUSY AND WORKING ON THINGS THAT WILL CEMENT OR FUTURE.
COUNCIL, WHAT QUESTIONS DO YOU HAVE? ANY QUESTIONS?
SO THE PRESENTER SPOKE OF THE CHALLENGES WITH TREATING SOME OF THE OLDER WELLS FOR CHROME SIX AND ADDING FLUORIDE AND WE INVESTED ALL THAT MONEY WHEN THE CHROME SIX STANDARD WAS RAISED BY THE STATE BUT THEN SUBSEQUENTLY LOWERED SO HOW IS THAT EQUIPMENT BEING UTILIZED TODAY AND WOULD IT BE OF ANY SERVICE IN ANY OF THE WELLS IDENTIFIED WITH HIGH CONCENTRATIONS OF CHROMIUM SIX?
>> THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION BECAUSE WE HAVE THREE DIFFERENT FACILITIES THAT WERE BUILT TO ADDRESS THE CHROMIUM SIX BECAUSE THE IMPACT WAS MORE THAN HALF OUR FACILITIES WERE IMPACTED, MORE THAN HALF OF OUR WELLS SO WHAT WE WERE ABLE TO DO IN 2015 WAS BUILD THREE TREATMENT PLANTS THAT ALLOWED US TO UTILIZE 13 OF OUR WELLS.
WE STILL KEPT THOSE TREATMENT PLANTS IN PLACE AND WHAT WE HAVE BEEN DOING A CONDUCTING STUDIES ON HOW WE REDUCE THE O AND M COST OF THAT TREATMENT.
THE REASON FOR THAT, IT'S CURRENTLY THE ONLY TREATMENT PROCESS ALLOWED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF DRINKING WATER.
THERE ARE OTHER TREATMENT PROCESSES BEING EXPLORED, BUT THE ONLY ONE THAT'S CERTIFIED AND ALLOWED IS THE ONE THAT INDIO HAS IN PLACE SO FOR THE LAST FIVE YEARS -- IN FACT, NEXT MONTH IS A PRESENTATION THAT WE'RE BRINGING TO THE COUNCIL, TRISH ASKED ME PRESENT ON OUR STUDIES AND FINDINGS AND THE SAVINGS OF THE DIFFERENT O AND M OR OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE STRATEGIES TO REDUCE THOSE COSTS BUT TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, WE KEPT THOSE FACILITIES AND WE CONTINUE TO USE THEM TO LEARN MORE FROM THEM IN ANTICIPATION OF THIS ANY MCL AND EVERYONE'S ASKING IN THE INDUSTRY WHAT IS THAT MCL GOING TO BE? THROUGH INDUSTRY, THROUGH ANY CONTACTS AND SOME OF THE OTHER FOLKS, OTHER CONSULTANTS AND AGENCIES, WE BELIEVE THAT THAT NUMBER WILL BE THE SAME AS IN 2015 IF NOT LESS.
THAT'S JUST WHAT THE INDUSTRY IS ANTICIPATING.
IF THAT'S THE CASE, INDIO'S READY AND PREPARED TO NOT ONLY IMPLEMENT A FACILITY THAT WE HAVE EXPERIENCE WITH, BUT WE ALSO HAVE NOW A NEW STUDY AND RESULTS THAT SHOW THAT WE CAN SAVE JUST FACILITIES A MAGNITUDE OF HUNDREDS A THOUSANDS A YEAR.
>> A THAT FOR THE NEW WELLS FOR WHEN
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THE STANDARD COMES OUT WE ONLY HAVE THREE FACILITIES EQUIPPED.WE HAVE INCLUDED IN THE LONG RANGE FINANCIAL PLAN THE WORSE CASE SCENARIO THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO FIT ALL OUR FACILITIES WITH THAT NEW TECHNOLOGY.
MY HOPE IS THAT WE COME BACK TO YOU AND REDUCE THE LONG RANGE FINANCIAL PLAN BECAUSE WE FOUND BETTER WAYS BY THE TIME WE GET THERE.
>> I CLARIFICATION BECAUSE I USED THE WORD FLUORIDE.
A LOT OF TIMES IT'S UNDERSTOOD THAT THE SYSTEMS ARE INJECTED WITH FLUORIDE.
IN THIS CASE, IT'S NOT QUITE THE SAME.
WHAT I MEANT BY THAT IS THERE ARE FLUORIDE LEVELS THAT ARE EXISTING NEAR THE FAULT AND OF THE 10 FREEWAY, AS YOU GET CLOSER TO THE FAULT, THERE'S NATURALLY OCCURRING FLUORIDE SO IT'S THE OPPOSITE IN THIS CASE, IT'S TOO MUCH FLUORIDE ALTHOUGH IT'S STILL WITHIN THE EPA LEVEL, THE QUANTITIES THAT WE FOUND OR THAT EXIST IN THAT AREA EXCEEDS THE CALIFORNIA STATE LEVEL OF FLUORIDE SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I CLARIFY THAT IF THAT MAKES ANY SENSE.
ANY TIME WE GET CLOSE TO THE FAULT LINE WE RUN INTO SEVERAL ISSUES, BUT HISTORICALLY INDIO'S WATER HAS BEEN RICH IN FLUORIDE AT HEALTHY LEVELS SO I JUST WANTED TO HAVE SOME CLARIFICATION.
>> I COMPREHENSIVENESS OF THIS REPORT AND THE WELL AND HOW YOU CLEAN IT AND THE TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT SAVES US AND KEEPS THE WELL ALIVE AND WELL FOR THE NEXT 20 YEARS OR MORE.
YOU GUYS ARE JUST DOIN TREMENDOUS JOB.
ADMINISTRATIVE ITEM 10B, CITY COUNCIL DISCUSSION FOR FISCAL YEAR 21-22 DRAFT COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT ANNUAL ACTION PLAN.
JUST ROCKING AND ROLLING THERE.
BACK TO 10A, DO I HAVE A MOTION FOR RECEIVE AND FILE?
>> I'LL MAKE THE MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FILE THE FISCAL YEAR 2020-21 MID YEAR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM UPDATE.
>> T MOTION FROM MILLER AND A SECOND BY ORTIZ.
[INDISCERNIBLE] THANK YOU EVERYONE AND THANK YOU CITY ATTORNEY KEEPING ME ON TRACK.
NOW I CAN GET TO MR. SNYDER AND GOMEZ FOR THE 2021-22 DRAFT COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT
[10b. City Council Discussion for Fiscal Year 2021-2022 Draft Community Development Block Grant Annual Action Plan (Kevin H. Snyder, Director of Community Development)]
ANNUAL ACTION PLAN.>> I WILL TRY TO RESIST THE TEMPTATION TO GIVE THE WHOLE REPORT LIKE I DID LAST YEAR.
HERE WE ARE AGAIN, ANOTHER CDBG REPORT.
I'M SURE EVERYBODY GETS TIRED OF THIS AND THE LAST YEAR WE HAVE DONE THE FISCAL YEAR 21 CDBG ALLOCATION AND NOW WE'RE BACK AND THIS TIME IT'S NEXT YEAR'S CDBG'S ALLOCATION.
WE'RE ASKING FOR YOUR DIRECTION BECAUSE WE NEED TO PUBLICIZE THESE BEFORE THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR AND IT'S ALWAYS A CHALLENGE TO GET CONSENSUS ON WHAT EXACTLY A COUNCIL WANTS TO INCLUDE.
YOU WILL RECALL THAT WE HAVE SEVERAL DIFFERENT CATEGORIES THAT WE FUND, ONE IS ADMINISTRATION WHERE WE'RE ALLOWED TO FUND 20% AND WE ASK TO ALLOCATE THE ENTIRE 20% BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT WE PAY A LOT OF OUR STAFF WITH.
WE HAVE THAT CATEGORY WHICH IS UP TO 15% FOR PUBLIC SERVICE FUNDING AND THAT'S FOR NONPROFITS LOCALLY THAT SERVE GOALS THAT MEET OUR CDBG GOALS IN ELIGIBILITY.
WE FUNDED QUITE A BIT OF THAT THIS LAST YEAR.
HUD DOES NOT REQUIRE WE SPEND 15%.
HUD DOESN'T REQUIRE WE SPEND ANY OF THIS MONEY FOR PUBLIC SERVICES BUT COUNCIL.
AS WE SAID EARLIER, THERE'S ALSO $21.7 MILLION COMING OUT OF WHICH IT'S ELIGIBLE TO FUND SOME OF THESE NONPROFIT ENTITIES IF THAT'S A COUNCIL DESIRE AND FINALLY THERE'S THE CATEGORY FOR PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE AND PROGRAMMING AND KEVIN AND JESUS WILL TALK TO YOU ABOUT THREE POSSIBLE PROGRAMS THAT STAFF HAS IDENTIFIED AND, OF COURSE, WE'RE CERTAINLY HAPPY TO HEAR ABOUT OTHER PROGRAMS COUNCIL WOULD LIKE TO APPROVE.
WITH THAT I WILL LET THEM GO FORWARD.
>> C OUR THUNDER BUT WE WILL TRY TO PRESENT.
ONE DISTINCTION WE WANT TO POINT OUT IS THAT STAFF IS RECOMMENDING THAT WE RETURN BACK TO MORE OF THE TRADITIONAL FOCUSES OR HISTORICAL FOCUSES OF CDBG ALLOCATIONS.
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BEEN FOCUSED ON PUSHING OUT CARES ACT MONEY UNDER THE COMMUNITY BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM AND WE THANK THE COUNCIL FOR ALL YOUR SUPPORT AND ASSISTANCE IN MAKING THAT HAPPEN.IN THIS SENSE, STAFF IS GOING BACK TO HISTORICAL INPUTS.
I WOULD LIKE TO ASK JESUS GOMEZ TO STEP UP AND HE CAN ANSWER ANY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS OR RESPOND TO ANY THOUGHTS OR QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE AND CERTAINLY APPRECIATE YOUR TIME.
>> GOOD EVENING, JESUS GOMES HOUSING PROJECTS MANAGER.
DEFINITELY STOLE MY THUNDER FOR SURE.
THIS IS PART OF THE IDENTICAL REPORT SO YOU HAVE WHAT APPEARS TO BE SOME OF OUR RECOMMENDATIONS.
I GET TO ASK YOU TO CONSIDER SOME OF THE ALTERNATIVES.
WHAT YOU SEE THE TO BE DETERMINED OUT OF THE PUBLIC SERVICE AGENCIES, YOU DON'T HAVE TO FUND THESE, OF COURSE, IF YOU DECIDE NOT TO FUND ANY OF THESE TODAY THERE WILL BE EXPLAINING WE HAVE TO DO AND WE CAN JUSTIFY NOT FUNDING THEM ESPECIALLY AS MENTIONED.
IF THERE'S ADDITIONAL FUNDING TO SUPPLEMENT CDBG WE CAN DO.
WE BELIEVE, THOUGH, IF YOU FUND SOME SORT OF PUBLIC SERVICE PROGRAM AND FUND ADMINISTRATION, IT LEAV AVAILABLE IN WHAT'S TYPICALLY CONSIDERED BRICK AND MORTAR WHICH HUD AND THE COMMUNITY LIKES TO SEE.
HUD LIKES TO SEE THINGS BEING BUILT.
THREE PROGRAMS THAT WE CAME UP W CONVERSATIONS WITH OTHER CITY DEPARTMENTS AND ALSO BASED ON WHAT OUR FIVE-YEAR STRATEGIC PLAN INDICATES THAT WE CAN ADDRESS OVER THE FIVE-YEAR PERIOD.
WE'RE ANSWERING YEAR THREE OF THAT FIVE-YEAR PERIOD, THE ADC CURB RAMP UPGRADES UP TO $300,000 AND THIS IS FOCUSING ON EXISTING RAMPS THAT ARE NOT UP TO DATE WITH THE ADA STANDARDS.
SOME OF OUR FUNDS WE CAN USE TO SUPPLEMENT THAT AND COMPLETE THESE AREAS LEFT UNDONE BECA LIMITATIONS.
THE OTHER PROGRAM IS OUR MINOR HOME REPAIR PROGRAM.
IT'S UNCOMFORTABLE TO STAND HERE AND TELL YOU THAT WE, TO DATE, WE'RE FINALLY AT A POINT WHERE WE CAN MOVE FORWARD IN THIS YEAR WITH COMPLETING APPLICATIONS AND PROJECTS THAT TOTAL $50,000 FOR THIS YEAR.
WE HAVE HAD SOME CONSTRAINTS, A FEW SETBACKS AND I THINK AS WE MET WITH OUR CITY MANAGER, WE'RE AT A GOOD POINT WHERE WE CAN WRAP THIS PROGRAM UP, FINISH THE FIVE APPLICATIONS, FIVE REHAB PROJECTS WITH THAT FUNDING.
I WANTED TO POINT OUT AT FIRST WE CALLED IT THE MINOR HOME REPAIR PROGRAM BUT WE'RE FINDING OUT IF YOU CALL A $10,000 ROOF JOB AND A/C IMPROVEMENTS, ADA IMPROVEMENTS, SOME OF THE CONDITIONS THESE HOMES ARE IN, IT GETS OUT OF THE MINOR REALM.
WE HAVE ISSUED INSPECTIONS AND BY THE END OF THE YEAR WE SHOULD GET THAT DONE BUT WITH THAT SAID AND THAT WE HAVE STILL 23 PENDING APPLICATIONS FROM THIS CYCLE WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE SUPPORT FOR
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US MOVING FORWARD WITH THE PROGRAM AND EXPAND THE PROGRAM SO WE CAN AT LEAST FINISH THOSE APPLICATIONS THIS NEXT YEAR.THIS IS THE TYPE OF PROGRAM THAT'S BEEN SUPPORTED BY THE COMMUNITY AND WE THINK $200,000 WOULD ADDRESS THOSE NEEDS.
THE NEIGHBORHOOD CLEAN-UP PROGRAM.
IT HAS A VERY HIGH INTERACTION WITH THE COMMUNITY AND SO CURRENTLY THAT PROJECT IS STILL ON STANDBY.
HOWEVER, WE THINK THAT NEXT YEAR WE MIGHT BE A AT A POINT WHERE WE CAN INITIATE THOSE CLEAN-UPS WITH THE COMMUNITY, ALLOWING US TO DO CLEAN-UPS OF RIGHT OF WAYS SUCH AS RAILROAD AREAS AND OTHER PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAYS NOT BEING ADDRESSED WITH PREVIOUS PROGRAMS. THAT PROGRAM WILL SEE AN EXPANSION HOPEFULLY SO THESE ARE THE PROGRAMS WE WOULD LIKE YOU TO CONSIDER AND WE WOULD LIKE SOME DIRECTION, AND SOME CONSIDERATION.
COUNCIL, GIVE THIS MAN SOME FEEDBACK.
>> I RECOMMENDATIONS ON THE ADA AND THE MINOR HOME NEIGHBORHOOD CLEAN-UP.
SPECIFICALLY ON ICLS I BELIEVE WE HAVE A LOT OF MONEY IN THAT FUND.
I WAS TALKING WITH THE CITY MANAGER EARLIER AND I THINK WE ALLOCATED $168,000 AND ONLY $18,000 HAS BEEN USED SO FAR.
>> SO I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR WHAT YOU THINK ABOUT HOW TO SPLIT THE REST OF THE $89,000.
>> I $150,000 OF UNUSED CDBG FUNDS FROM LAST YEAR AND JUST LEAVE ABOUT $15,000 OR $20,000 IN FOR THAT FUND THAT WE CAN TAKE BACK $130,000 FROM LAST YEAR AND ADD IT TO THIS ALLOCATION BETWEEN THE NONPROFITS THAT WE ARE SUPPORTING FOR PUBLIC SERVICE.
>> I THAT ONLY BECAUSE THE EVICTION MORATORIUM MIGHT CLOSE SOON AND EVERYBODY IS GOING TO BE LOOKING FOR THAT HELP.
>> T COUNTY'S LEGAL SERVICES IS NOT A REGULAR CDBG ALLOCATION.
IT IS CARES ACT FUNDING AND IT DOES RECE CONSIDERATION BY HUD.
SO, FOR EXAMPLE, THERE'S A THREE-YEAR SPENDING LIMIT.
WE COULD CLEARLY, WITH THE PROCESS, AMEND HOW MUCH WE GIVE LA COUNTY LEGAL SERVICES, THEIR CONTRACT IS THROUGH JUNE 30TH AND WE HAVE TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS THEN.
IF WE WANT TO REPROGRAM THOSE FUNDS, WE COULD.
JUST WANTED TO POINT THAT OUT.
IT'S UNDER THE CARES ACT BUT IT COULD BE REPROGRAMMED FOLLOWING A PARTICULAR PROCESS.
>> SO WHAT ARE SOME OF THE OPTIONS FOR WHERE THOSE FUNDS COULD BE REPROGRAMMED?
>> [INDISCERNIBLE] THEY HAVE A $35,000 BUDGET REQUEST AND OUR [INDISCERNIBLE]
>> THE ADA, WE'RE WAY BEHIND ON THE ADA, WE NEED TO PUSH THAT BACK UP.
IF THE FAIR HOUSING AND MEDIATION BOARD -- WE HAVEN'T DONE MANY CLEAN-UPS BECAUSE OF COVID.
WE CAN ALWAYS BRING MONEY BACK IN FROM SOMEWHERE ELSE IF WE HAVE TO BUT I THINK WE TAKE THE $50,000 TO GIVE IT AT LEAST ENOUGH TO DO FOOD BANKS.
MAYO PRO TEM FERMON WAS TALKING ABOUT THE FOOD BANKS AND [INDISCERNIBLE] WE NEED TO PROVIDE THE FUNDING AT A CERTAIN LEVEL.
HOW WE GET THERE WITH THE REST OF IT, I DON'T KNOW, OR IF WE NEED ALL $300,000 FOR THE ADA.
>> A IT'S A GRAY AREA IN TERMS OF WHEN WE CAN START THE CLEAN-UP PROGRAM.
I'M OUT OF TURN IN SPEAKING HERE.
MAYOR PRO TEM FERMON, DO YOU HAVE COMMENTS ON THIS?
>> YEAH, THE LA LEGAL FUNDS, WE MAY NOT NEED THEM NOW BUT MAY IN THE FUTURE.
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GOING DOWN TO THE MINOR HOME PROGRAM, SOMETHING I ASKED FOR LAST YEAR IS THE RING DOORBELL PROGRAM THAT WAS SUCCESSFUL WITH OVER 400 POLICE DEPARTMENTS AS FAR AS CRIME RATES AND CAPTURING SOME OF THESE FOLKS ON CAMERA AND SOME OF THESE DOORBELLS RANGE FROM $99 TO $100.I'M STILL IF FAVOR OF DOING THAT PROGRAM IN SOME OF THESE COMMUNITIES.
IN SOME OF THESE COMMUNITIES, THIS IS THE CRITERIA FOR CDBG AND SOME OF IT IS CRIME.
WHAT WE KNOW RIGHT NOW IN THAT COMMUNITY IS PROPERTY CRIMES ARE UP AND THIS WOULD AID IN CURBING SOME OF THAT.
I HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH FOLKS, FOR INSTANCE, IN THE DESERT GARDENS COMMUNITY, THEY CAPTURED IT WITH THEIR OWN PRIVATE CAMERA SYSTEMS AND IF WE HAVE THOSE DOORBELLS WE COULD CAPTURE THESE THINGS TO KEEP THE COMMUNITY SAFE.
>> CAN WE GET SOME ESTIMATES ON WHAT THAT COSTS?
>> WE NEED TO CHECK A COUPLE OF THINGS.
THE RING DOORBELL SYSTEM IS A PRODUCT SPECIFIC PROGRAM AND I'M NOT SURE THAT CDBG WOULD ALLOW US TO SPECIFY A SPECIFIC PRODUCT.
I THINK WE HAVE TO GO OUT WITH SOME KIND OF RFP AND USE A PROCESS LIKE THAT BUT WE COULD PROBABLY GET TO THE GOAL THAT MR. FERMON IS SUGGESTING.
>> I BECAUSE THAT'S THE MOST WELL-KNOWN BRAND BUT THERE ARE OTHER BRANDS.
THAT'S SOMETHING I ASKED FOR BEFORE AND I WOULD LIKE TO SEE US IMPLEMENT THAT PROGRAM IN SOME OF OUR COMMUNITIES.
>> W REQUIREMENTS AND WHAT'S NEEDED AND IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN USE, A LITTLE MORE INFORMATION WOULD BE TERRIFIC.
I THINK THAT'S A GREAT WAY TO REDUCE CRIME, ABSOLUTELY.
>> ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE LOOKED AT FOR THAT TYPE OF PROG INSTALLATION WOULD WORK, WHAT TYPE OF EQUIPMENT TO PURCHASE, THE LOW END, HIGH END AS WELL AS COST TO THE TENANT OR HOME OWNER AND INTERNET AND PHONE ACCESS.
ADDITIONAL COSTS BUT AS WE SAID, I THINK IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE MIGHT BE LOOKING INTO.
>> AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED, I DON'T WANT TO PULL TOO MUCH MONEY OUT OF INLAND COUNTY LEGAL SERVICES BECAUSE I THINK THERE WILL BE AN OPPORTUNITY WHERE THEY WILL BE NEEDED.
SO THE RESCUE MISSION, OF COURSE.
FOOD BANK, ABSOLUTELY, MARTHA'S VILLAGE AND MEALS ON WHEELS, WE TALK ABOUT FOOD INSECURITY, THEIR SENIORS AND THEIR ABILITY TO GET PARTICULARLY DURING COVID HAS BEEN A HUGE CHALLENGE SO I WOULD LIKE TO ASK FOR COUNCIL TO MAINTAIN A MODEST MEALS ON WHEELS CONTRIBUTION SO OUR SENIORS CAN GET THAT FOOD, WHETHER IT'S ONE OR TWO TIMES A DAY OR TWO OR THREE TIMES A DAY.
THE ADA, I KNOW WE'RE BEHIND ON THAT, THE MINOR HOME REPAIR PROGRAM, TERRIFIC, AND WE CAN FIND ADDITIONAL FUNDS IF NEEDED FOR THE CLEAN-UP PROGRAM WHEN THE WORLD COMES BACK TO LIFE.
>> CAN I MAKE ONE HOPEFULLY CLARIFYING PRODUCT? THE MEALS ON W SOMETHING WE EXPANDED DURING THIS LAST YEAR.
IF WE DON'T FUND THEM, THE EXPANSION OF THAT PROGRAM GOES AWAY.
WE DON'T HAVE TO FUND ALL OF THESE THINGS OUT OF CDBG.
WE KNOW WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THIS $21 MILLION AND WE KNOW THAT PART OF THAT BILL HAS BEEN WRITTEN FOR PARTS OF THIS SO RATHER THAN TRYING TO SQUEEZE EVERY DOLLAR OUT OF THIS, IT MIGHT BE MORE USE -- THE COUNCIL COULD RESOLVE TO FUND THE OTHER OPPORTUNITIES THROUGH THE OTHER FUNDING THAT WE HAVE AND WE'RE STILL GOING TO HAVE TO SUPPLEMENT IT FROM OTHER FUNDS LATER ON.
IF WE COULD GET YOUR FEEDBACK ON THE THINGS THAT YOU FEEL STRONGEST ABOUT, WE CAN COME BACK THE NEXT TIME.
I KNOW THE STAFF WAS HOPING THERE WOULD ONLY BE ONE TIME BUT COME BACK
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AND SHOW HOW WE CAN PACKAGE THIS.HISTORICALLY, SINCE WE MADE THE COMMITMENT TO CVAG TO THE CITY OF INDIO IN EXCHANGE FOR THE COUNTY TO WHAT THEY GAVE TO THE NONPROFITS HERE IN INDIO TO THE CVAG PROGRAM, THAT TOTAL IS $135,000 OR SO.
I WOULD PROPOSE THAT WE ONLY FUND OUT OF THE CDBG SO THEY HAVE CONTINUITY BECAUSE THEY HISTORICALLY RELIED ON THIS MONEY SINCE THE COUNTY TOOK AWAY THEIR FUNDING.
WHEN INDIO SAID WE WILL FUND THEM INSTEAD, WE MADE A COMMITMENT TO THESE AGENCIES.
IT USED TO BE AROUND $50,000 BUT NOW IT'S BEEN DIMINISHED SO MUCH IT DIDN'T EVEN MAKE AN IMPACT.
I WOULD SAY WE ONLY KEEP THESE THREE ON CDBG.
>> YOU SAID CVAG, YOU MEANT CVRM.
>> C [INDISCERNIBLE] THE COUNTY USED TO PAY THOSE AGENCIES DIRECTLY BUT SINCE INDIO MADE THE COMMITMENT THROUGH CDBG, WE MADE AN AGREEMENT THROUGH THE COUNTY NOW YOU GIVE YOUR MONEY TO THE CVAG PROGRAM AND WE WILL FUND OUR INDIO PROGRAMS BECAUSE WE DIDN'T WANT OUR VALLEY MIXED WITH WEST VALLEY MONEY, WE WANTED OUR MONEY TO STAY IN INDIO.
>> KEVIN, HOW MUCH MONEY DID WE PROGRAM FOR THE RESCUE MISSION AND MARTHA'S?
>> AND THE CDBG ALLOCATION WENT TO MEALS ON WHEELS, THE --
>> I LOT OF PEOPLE WERE -- LUPE WAS RIGHT.
HOW DID YOU COME UP WITH THE ADA AT $300,000.
>> WELL, THAT'S TIM, THERE'S ENOUGH FOR TIM.
>> T PERFORM NEEDED IMPROVEMENTS, WE WORKED WITH THEM ON THAT.
IF I COULD, I THINK WE HAVE A GOOD IDEA OF WHAT THE COUNCIL'S SENTIMENTS ARE.
WE DON'T TYPICALLY TALK ABOUT CARRY FORWARD AT THESE KIND OF DISCUSSIONS BUT THERE MAY BE AN OPPORTUNITY BECAUSE AS YOU POINTED OUT, WE HAVE NOT HAD MUCH OPPORTUNITY AND [INDISCERNIBLE] WE COULD BRING THE 100,000 UP AND WE COULD LOOK AT AN ALLOCATION FOR THE ENTITIES THAT THE COUNCIL APPEARS TO WANT TO FUND.
>> I THINK THAT MAKES A LOT OF SENSE BECAUSE THEN WE CAN TAKE THE $100,000, MOVE IT UP INTO THE PUBLIC SERVICES, FUND FIND FOOD BANK, THE FOOD BANK AND WE CAN TAKE THE NEIGHBORHOOD CLEAN-UP MONEY IF WE HAVE TO FOR MEALS ON WHEELS AND PUT THAT DOWN AT 50,000.
ADA, WE COULD USE MEASURE X MONEY FOR, THAT'S ONE TIME FUNDING, ESPECIALLY IF WE'RE ABLE TO USE SOME OF THAT $21 MILLION FOR OUR BUDGET, WEEK DO SOME OF THE ADA PROJECT.
>> THE ADA PROJECT WILL MAKE A DENT BUT IT'S A PRETTY LARGE DENT.
>> WE HAVE A LOT OF DENTS IN THE CITY.
>> IF WE DON'T DO THE CURB RAMP ADA.
>> I MISSION, FIND, MARTHA'S AND THE MEALS ON WHEELS BUT IF WE DON'T DO THE ADA CURB RAMP UPGRADES I THINK THAT WILL COME BACK AND BITE US WITH FINES AND SO FORTH SO I QUESTION.
>> N $300,000, I'M TALKING ABOUT TAKING IT FROM THE CLEAN-UP, WE CAN MOVE THAT UP AND THEN WE HAVE $100,000, TAKE OFF A $35,000 FOR --
>> AGREED, COUNCIL ARE YOU GOOD WITH THAT?
>> YEAH, I AGREE WITH THAT BECAUSE WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD CLEAN-UP, THERE'S SOME THINGS WE CAN DO, SOME SERVICES THAT ARE
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PROVIDED THAT WE COULD HELP SOME OF OUR RESIDENTS OUT, GETTING RID OF SOME OF THE TRASH IN COMMUNITIES.THEY HAVE ROLL AWAY DUMPSTERS AND THEY PICK UP LARGE TRASH AND DEBRIS.
WE CAN MOVE THOSE MONIES UP INTO THINGS WE NEED OR HAVE TO DO.
>> ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO OUR FOOD BANK AND RESCUE MISSION AND MARTHA'S.
I HAVE BEEN TO SOME OF THESE SITES AND THERE'S A LOT OF FOLKS OUT THERE RECEIVING THIS CARE AND THEY APPRECIATE WHAT WE HAVE DONE WITH ALL OF OUR MISSIONS AND FOOD BANKS SO I AGREE WITH THAT.
>> A NODS OF APPROVAL SO I THINK WE HAVE DIRECTION.
>> T BACK WITH MORE INFORMATION.
>> WE'RE GOING TO COME BACK WITH THAT REPORT, I PROMISE YOU.
>> O ANY ACTION RELATED TO VOTING ON THAT ONE SO THAT MEANS WE GET TO GO TO PUBLIC HEARINGS.
ITEM 11A, A PUBLIC HEARING TO ADOPT RESOLUTION NO.
10193 APPROVING TENTATIVE PARCEL MAP NO.
38028 (TPM 20-11-408) TO SUBDIVIDE AN EXISTING PARCEL OF LAND INTO TWO (2) LEGAL LOTS AND FINDING THE PROJECT IS EXEMPT FROM THE CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT (CEQA) 15315.
MY NAME IS GUSTAVO GOMEZ AND BEFORE YOU IS THE TENTATIVE PARCEL MAP NUMBER 38028 TPM20-11-408.
THE LOCATION IS SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 111 AND NORTH OF DR. CARRION BOULEVARD.
THE GENERAL PLAN IS MIXED USE NEIGHBORHOOD.
SOME BACKGROUND ON THE PROPERTY.
THE APPLICANTS SUBMITTED AN APPLICATION TO SUBDIVIDE A PARCEL OF LAND INTO TWO PARCELS INTO A SHOPPING CENTER.
THE CURRENT USES FOR THIS PARCEL IS THERE'S A PLACE OF WORSHIP LOCATED TO THE EAST OF THE PROPERTY AND THERE IS OFFICE SPACE ON THE WEST FACING HIGHWAY 111.
HERE IS THE EXHIBIT THAT WAS IN THE STAFF REPORT, EXHIBIT C.
AND THIS SLIDE HAS A BREAK DOWN OF HOW THE PARCEL SPLIT WILL BE DIVIDED.
THE SMALLEST PARCEL IS COMPRISED OF 0.69 ACRES.
THEY'RE BOTH GOING TO BE FOR COMMERCIAL USE.
WITH THAT, THAT IS STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION TO ADOPT RESOLUTION NUMBER 10193 APPROVING TENTATIVE PARCEL MAP NUMBER 38028 TPN20-11-408 TO SUBDIVIDE AN EXISTING PARCEL OF LAND INTO TWO LEGAL LOTS FINDING THE PROJECT EXEM ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT PURSUANT TO GUIDELINES SECTION 15315.
STAFF AND REPRESENTATIVES ARE HERE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS THAT THE COUNCIL MIGHT HAVE.
DOES COUNCIL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OF STAFF? OKAY, I WILL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING.
[11a. A public hearing to adopt Resolution No. 10193 approving Tentative Parcel Map No. 38028 (TPM 20-11-408) to subdivide an existing parcel of land into two (2) legal lots and finding the project is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) 15315 (Kevin H. Snyder, Director of Community Development) Recommendation: Approve]
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THE PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW OPEN.>> I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING DO I HEAR A MOTION?
>> I ADOPT RESOLUTION NUMBER 10193 APPROVING TENTATIVE PARCEL MAP NUMBER 38028 TPN20-11-408 TO SUBDIVIDE AN EXISTING PARCEL OF LAND INTO TWO LEGAL LOTS FINDING THE PROJECT EXEMPT FROM THE ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT PURSUANT TO GUIDELINES SECTION 15315.
>> I COUNCIL MEMBER MILLER AND A SECOND BY MAYOR PRO TEM FERMON.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
11B, A PUBLIC HEARING TO ADOPT RESOLUTION NO.
10194, ADOPTING A MITI DECLARATION AND MITIGATION MONITORING AND REPORTING PROGRAM AND RESOLUTION NO.
[11b. A public hearing to adopt Resolution No. 10194, adopting a Mitigated Negative Declaration and Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program and Resolution No. 10195, approving the Tentative Tract Map No. 37756 (TTM 19-10-487) to subdivide a 35.01 acre parcel of vacant land into 24 single family residential lots, retention basin, common areas, and streets for a private gated community located 4,100 feet north of Avenue 38 on the east side of Adams Street (Assessor’s Parcel Number 750-270-001) (Kevin H. Snyder, Director of Community Development) Recommendation: Approve]
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TENTATIVE TRACT MAP NO.37756 (TTM 19-10-487) TO SUBDIVIDE A 35.01 ACRE PARCEL OF VACANT LAND INTO 24 SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL LOTS, RETENTION BASIN, COMMON AREAS, AND STREETS FOR COMMUNITY LOCATED 4,100 FEET NORTH OF AVENUE 38 ON THE EAST SIDE OF ADAMS STREET (ASSESSOR'S PARCEL NUMBER 750-270-001).
>> HERE THIS EVENING TO GIVE YOU A STAFF REPORT AND ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE, ROSIE LUA.
>> TODAY I BRING BEFORE YOU THE 53 RANCH, TENTATIVE TRACT MAP 37756 ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT 19-11-545.
THE PROJECT LOCATION IS 4100 FEET NORTH OF AVENUE 38 ON THE EAST SIDE OF ADAMS STREET, A PARCEL SIZE OF 35.01 ACRES SURROUNDED BY RESIDENTIAL ZONES TO THE SOUTH AND EAST WHICH IS WITHIN THE JURISDICTION OF THE CITY OF INDIO AS WELL AS TO THE NORTH, THE PARCEL THAT ABUT IT IS FRONTAGE IS ALLOCATED FOR THE ALL AMERICAN CANAL.
TO THE WEST IS THE UNINCORPORATED RIVERSIDE VALLEY AND SUN CITY PALM DESERT.
THIS TENTATIVE TRACT MAP HAS BEEN SUBDIVIDED INTO 24 SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL HOMES.
IT IS AN EQUESTRIAN STYLE LIVING THEME.
AS YOU CAN SEE, ALL OF THE BORDERS HERE ALLOCATE EASEMENTS FOR TRAILS SO INSIDE AND OUT WITH THE EXCEPTION OF ADAMS STREET.
ADAMS STREET THERE'S BEEN AN AGREEMENT WITH SUN CITY PALM DESERT TO RESTRICT RESIDENTS AT THE REAR OF THE PROPERTY AS WELL AS RESTRICT 2 STORY HOMES.
YOU CAN ALSO SEE SOME COMMON AREAS AND A RETENTION BASIN.
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THE COMMON AREAS WILL INCLUDE EQUESTRIAN FACILITIES.THIS WOULD HAVE A 2.0 DENSITY UNIT PER ACRE HOWEVER THE SUBDIVISION MAP ACT REQUIRES THAT WE HAVE CONSISTENCY WITH THE GENERAL PLAN AND THE GENERAL PLAN IS DESERT ESTATES NEIGHBORHOOD A 1.0 DENSITY UNIT PER ACRE SO THIS HAS CONSISTENCY WITH THE GENERAL PLAN, THEREFORE THE LOT SIZES RANGE FROM ONE ACRE TO 1.5 ACRE SIZES.
THE DENSITY UNIT IS 0.69 DENSITY UNITS PER ACRE WHICH MEETS THE GENERAL PLAN.
THIS IS THE FROM POSED CONCEPT.
IT'S GREEN HERE BUT ILLUSTRATION.
I SHOULD MENTION THAT THESE PARCELS ARE FOR INDIVIDUAL CUSTOM HOMES, HOWEVER, IF A DEVELOPER WOULD COME IN WITH FOUR PARCELS WITH MORE, THEY WILL BE REQUIRED TO GO THROUGH PLANNING COMMISSION FOR DESIGN REVIEW.
ALL PLANS WILL APPLY TO THOSE PARCELS.
DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OF STAFF AT THIS POINT?
>> IS OUR ZONING ORDINANCE SO RESTRICTIVE THAT IT DEFINES 1 ACRE DENSITY AT 43,560? I RECALL IN THE PAST WE AVERAGED AN ACRE IN A COMMUNITY.
>> IS THAT OKAY IF I ANSWER? THE GENERAL PLAN SAYS UP TO ONE ACRE.
THAT'S WHAT WE BASED IT OFF OF, THE GENERAL PLAN THAT HAS THAT RANGE AND NOT NECESSARILY THE AVERAGE.
>> SO UP TO ONE ACRE SO WHY ARE THEY BEING REQUIRED TO HAVE ACRE OR MORE?
>> S ACRE, IT ALLOWED FOR ACREAGE.
>> RIGHT, SO THEORETICALLY A 35-ACRE PARCEL SHOULD HAVE 35 LOTS.
>> IT CAN AND I THINK THAT THE STREETS AND THE RETENTION BASIN AND ALL OF THAT IS WHAT REDUCES THE NUMBER OF LOTS.
>> WE HAVE ALWAYS TAKEN THE AVERAGE.
>> THIS IS DIRECTOR SNYDER, COUNCIL MEMBER.
THE CURRENT ZONING REGULATIONS DON'T -- AVERAGING HAS COME UP HERE OFTEN.
IT MAY HAVE BEEN A BUSINESS PRACTICE IN THE PATH BUT THE CURRENT ZONING REGULATIONS DON'T SPECIFICALLY DIRECT AVERAGING SO WHAT WE DID HERE IS AS ROSIE LUA POINTED OUT.
WE DETERMINED AT A GROSS LEVEL 35 LOTS AND YOU HAVE TO SUBTRACT ROADWAYS AND STORM WATER RETENTION.
I APOLOGIZE THAT I CAN'T SPEAK SPEC AVERAGING QUESTION BUT THERE'S NOTHING SPECIFICALLY IN THE ZONING REGULATIONS THAT DIRECT --
>> B SPECIFICALLY EITHER HOLDING US TO 43,560.
THAT'S SOMETHING THE COUNCIL SHOULD DECIDE, NOT AT THE STAFF LEVEL.
WE HAVE ALWAYS ACCEPTED THE LOT SIZE INCLUDING THE STREETS AND RETENTION TO BE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE ONE ACRE MINIMUM.
>> I APOLOGIZE, I'M EQUALLY UNABLE TO RESPOND TO THAT.
>> YEAH, I DON'T RECALL US EVER AVERAGING.
THAT CAME UP ONCE BUT IT WAS IN THE CONTEXT OF A SPECIFIC PLAN WHICH PROVIDED FOR THE AVERAGING BUT I HAVE NOT --
>> I RESTRICTIVE WITH ANY DEVELOPMENT SO IF WE'RE HOLDING THE LINE ON SOMETHING THAT'S BEING INTERPRETED INTERNALLY, I'M NOT COMFORTABLE WITH THAT.
I WOULD LIKE FOR COUNCIL TO GIVE THE DIRECTION ON WHAT THEY INTEND WITH ONE ACRES.
THEORETICALLY, 35 ACRES SHOULD HAVE 34, 33, 30 LOTS, NOT 20 ACRES.
WE'RE TRYING TO INCREASE DENSITY, WE MADE THAT VERY CLEAR, NO MORE ONE ACRE LOTS.
WE WANT TO HAVE MORE OF A MIXED PRODUCT WITH SMALLER LOTS INCLUDING THE ONE ACRE.
>> MY UNDERSTANDING IN WHAT DIRECTOR SNYDER IS SAYING IS THAT WHEN WE LOOK AT THE ONE ACRE LOT REQUIREMENT YOU DEDUCT
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OUT FROM THAT TOTAL NUMBER OF ACREAGE THE AREA FOR STREETS AND OTHER PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS.>> I KNOW THAT'S WHAT HE'S SAYING BUT THAT'S NOT WHAT WE HAVE DONE AND IF THERE'S A QUESTION IN INTERPRETATION IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN BROUGHT TO US.
>> L THE WAY THEY THOUGHT IT SHOULD BE DONE, THERE WAS NO QUESTION ABOUT INTERPRETATION.
THE STAFF FELT THEY WERE DOING IT THE WAY IT'S BEEN DONE AND THAT THAT WAS THE WAY IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE DONE.
IF THAT'S NOT TRUE, IF THERE ARE OTHER EXAMPLES IN THE PAST WHERE WE HAVE DONE IT DIFFERENTLY, I'M MORE THAN HAPPY TO DO THE RESEARCH ON THAT.
>> I WE'RE BEING SO RESTRICTIVE.
THAT'S NOT GOING TO GET US WHERE WE'RE TRYING TO GET.
THAT'S THE WHY IT'S AN ISSUE NOW.
>> I THINK IT'S A LEGITIMATE ISSUE AND IT DIDN'T COME UP AT THE PLANNING COMMISSION LEVEL, EITHER.
IT'S A LEGITIMATE ISSUE THAT WE CAN LOOK INTO.
I'M NOT SURE HOW THE APPLICANT WOULD FEEL ABOUT THE DELAY FOR US TO DO THAT RESEARCH BUT WE COULD DO THAT.
>> I WHAT THE COUNCIL MEMBER IS SAYING IS PROVERBIAL MUSIC TO MY BUILDER AIR BECAUSE I ALSO DON'T AGRE ANTITHESIS OF WHAT YOU WOULD NORMALLY SEE.
THE GENERAL PLAN PROCESS THAT THE COUNCIL WENT THROUGH IS THAT [INDISCERNIBLE] BY CITY MANAGER AND COUNCIL I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT THE APPROPRIATENESS OF THAT FOR THE VERY REASON THE COUNCIL MEMBER IS MAKING.
WE DID DETERMINE THAT WE WERE INTERPRETING EVERYTHING CORRECTLY BUT I CANNOT DISA EXCELLENT FOR THIS CITY'S NUMBERS TO SEE MORE HOUSING UNITS PRODUCED BUT WE DID WORK WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE ON THIS PROJECT.
I'M GOING TO REMIND YOU THAT WHEN WE APPROVED THE GENERAL PLAN, SOME OF US DIDN'T WANT TO APPROVE IT BECAUSE OF THE ZONING FOR THE COUNTRY OR WHATEVER BUT YOU CONVINCED US THAT WE WOULD CONTINUE TO HAVE THE CONVERSATION TO BE ABLE TO OFFER FLEXIBILITY INSTEAD OF THE ONE ACRE LOTS.
IT'S BEEN A YEAR I THINK SINCE WE PASSED THE GENE REMINDING YOU WE HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR THE CONVERSATION.
IT WAS A VERY IMPORTANT AND LENGTHY CONVERSATION AND WE PASSED THE GENERAL PLAN WITH HESITATION BECAUSE OF THAT.
>> AND SO I'M VERY CONSCIOUS OF WANTING TO MOVE OR AT LEAST NOT ADD ANY ADDITIONAL TIME TO THIS PROJECT TO THE APPLICANT, SO I'M GOING TO ASK FOR COUNCIL, OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS TO WEIGH IN HERE.
DOES THE COUNT HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OF THE STAFF?
>> YEAH, I HAVE A QUESTION FOR DENSITY WISE, WHAT IS THE DENSITY GOING TO BE AFTER THE ZONING UPDATES? WHAT DO WE ENVISION THAT CHANGING TO?
>> VER PRESENTING THE COUNCIL IN THE NEAR FUTURE AND THE PLANNING COMMISSION AS WELL WITH DENSITY RANGES FOR EACH OF THE DESIGNATIONS IDENTIFIED UNDER THE GENERAL PLAN SO THERE WILL BE A RANGE OF DENSITIES AND WE DO NEED TO HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT THAT BUT THAT WILL BE CHALLENGED TO HAVE A RANGE IN ITS CURRENT FASHION SO THAT'S A TOPIC WE NEED TO HAVE BUT OTHER ZONES WILL HAVE THOSE RANGES.
SO THAT'S SOMETHING WE CAN TALK TO YOU ABOUT LATER.
THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING FOR TENTATIVE MAP REQUESTS SO WE CAN HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS LATER.
>> ANOTHER QUESTION I HAVE IS IN OUR GENERAL PLAN LAND USE 7.8 WE SAID FOR GATED COMMUNITIES DISCOURAGING THE CONSTRUCTION OF NEW GATED COMMUNITIES.
HOW IS THIS IN CONFORMANCE WITH
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THAT?>> THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION, COUNCIL MEMBER.
>> A THAT'S AN ENCOURAGEMENT IN OUR PROHIBITION AS ADOPTED BY COUNCIL.
WE HAVE NOT YET AND WE WILL BE DOING THIS AS PART OF THE ZONING CODE UPDATE, ESTABLISHING THE REGULATORY FRAMEWORK FOR IMPLEMENTING THAT STANDARD AND IF YOU READ THE POLICY, IT DOES GIVE PREFERENCE TO SPACING FOR WALKABILITY.
WE WILL BE COMING BACK TO THE COUNCIL AS PART OF THE ZONING CODE UPDATE THAT WOULD IMPLEMENT THAT POLICY.
>> THE UNFORTUNATE PART IN ALL OF THIS IS THAT WE'RE IN AN AREA WHERE WE HAVE PROJECTS THAT ARE BEING CAUGHT UP IN THE INCONSISTENCY BETWEEN THE ZONING AND THE GENERAL PLAN AND THIS IS ONE OF THOSE PROJECTS.
>> SO AT THIS POINT, I WOULD LIKE TO OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING, WHICH I WILL DO.
ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS AND CAN WE INVITE THE APPLICANT TO SPEAK?
>> GOOD MORNING, MAYOR, AND COUNCIL.
THIS IS ROB BERNHEIMER, CAN YOU HEAR ME?
>> T THIS ITEM AND THE ROBUST DISCUSSION ABOUT THIS PROJECT.
WE'RE VERY HAPPY TO HAVE THIS BEFORE YOU AND AS THE CITY ATTORNEY INDICATED, THIS GOT CAUGHT UP NOT ONLY BETWEEN A CONFLICT BETWEEN THE ZONING CODE AND THE COMMISSION PLAN BUT THE PROJECT WAS BEING FILED AT THE TIME THE GENERAL PLAN WAS AMENDED AND WAS FILED AT HALF ACRE LOTS, BUT THEN IT ALL GOT MESSED UP AND WE REDESIGNED IT TO MEET THE GENERAL PLAN.
WE DON'T WANT TO HAVE ANY FURTHER DELAYS TO THIS PROJECT.
WE REALLY NEED TO HIT THE GROUND RUNNING AND WE WANT TO GET STARTED ON THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE SITE, HOWEVER, WE'RE NOT ADVERSE TO IF THERE'S AN INTERPRETATION THAT ALLOWS FOR A 35-ACRE PROJECT FOR 35 UNITS WE'RE NOT OPPOSED TO LOOKING AT AMENDING THIS DOWN THE ROAD.
IT'S NOT OUR FIRST CHOICE OF PLAN, OUR FIRST CHOICE WAS TO HAVE HIGHER DENSITY ON THIS PROJ PROHIBITED BY STAFF DIRECTION AND THAT'S HOW WE CAME TO THIS POINT.
WITH REGARD TO THE QUESTION COUNCIL MEMBER ORTIZ ON THE GATED COMMUNITY, THERE ARE A COUPLE OF POINTS TO NOTE ON THIS LOCATION.
NUMBER ONE, IT'S IN THE FAR NORTH PART OF THE CITY AND THERE'S JUST NOT A LOT AROUND IT SO WE'RE DEALING WITH SOME OF THOSE ELEMENTS AND NUMBER TWO, IT IS AN EQUESTRIAN COMMUNITY WITH MANY SHARED FACILITIES, SO WE DON'T REALLY WANT A LOT OF TRAFFIC THAT'S NOT SPECIFIC TO THAT COMMUNITY GOING IN AND OUT OF THERE BECAUSE YOU HAVE YOUR CORRAL AND YOUR HORSE FACILITIES ALL SHARED FOR THE ENTIRE NEIGHBORHOOD SO WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO CONTROL THE TRAFFIC GOING IN AND OUT FOR THIS TYPE OF USE.
THAT'S WHY WE THOUGHT IT WAS APPROPRIATE TO HAVE A GATED COMMUNITY IN THIS INSTANCE.
WE DO HAVE RICH VAUGHN, OUR PROJECT PLANNER AS WELL AS THE OWNER, DANICKA LEE ALSO ON ZOOM AND WE'RE HERE TO ANSWER ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.
>> IF I COULD JUST CLARIFY, IT'S NOT THAT IT WAS PROH DIRECTION, IT WAS THAT THIS WAS NOT CONSISTENT WITH THE GENERAL PLAN.
I JUST WANTED TO MAKE THAT CLARIFICATION.
>> C QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT AT THIS POINT? ANY OTHER COMMENTS?
THE AREA WIDE FLOODPLAIN MAP IS BEING REVISED, RIGHT? DO YOU EXPECT DELAYS WITH THAT?
THERE'S ALREADY BEEN A COMAR AND IT'S MOVING FORWARD THIS YEAR WITH SOME OF THE FLOOD CONTROL IN THAT AREA.
IN FACT, I WAS WORKING WITH CBWD EARLIER TODAY WITH THE PROJECT SOUTH OF THIS SO I THINK THE TIMING WILL LINE UP WELL WITH THIS PROJECT.
ON THAT NOTE I'M GOING TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC
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HEARING.>> WOULD WE WILL BE ABLE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT ACCOMMODATES THE 35 UNITS THAT THEY ARE REQUESTING?
IF YOU WANTED TO DIRECT US TO LOOK AT THAT AND AS THE CITY MANAGER SAID TORQUES RESEARCH THAT ISSUE, WE'RE MORE THAN HAPPY TO DO THAT BUT I DON'T WANT TO SPEAK FOR THE CITY MANAGER.
I THINK THE DEVELOPER MENTIONED THAT THEY COULD COME BACK WITH A DIFFERENT DESIGN TO RAISE THE DENSITY OF THAT, HOW CAN WE FACTOR THAT IN FROM GOING TO 24 SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL LOTS TO POSSIBLY AT LEAST TO 30.
THAT'S 35 ACRES, 24 LOTS OF A GATED COMMUNITY THAT I THINK A DIFFERENT DESIGN, IS IT POSSIBLE TO ADD THAT IN THE MOTION?
>> NO, BECAUSE THE PROJECT YOU'RE LOOKING AT RIGHT NOW IS FOR PARTICULAR DESIGN.
IF THE APPLICANT WANTED TO COME BACK AT A LATER TIME AND AMEND IT, THAT'S WITHIN THE APPLICANT'S PREROGATIVE, HOWEVER, STAFF JUST STATED ON THE RECORD AND I MYSELF AS WELL THAT WE'RE NOT AWARE OF SUCH AN INTERPRETATION OR ANYTHING IN THE ZONING CODE ITSELF WITH RESP DETERMINES ACREAGE WITH RESPECT TO UNITS AND IT IS BEING LOOKED AT IN THE MANNER THAT PLANNERS LOOK AT THESE TYPES OF PROJECTS.
WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING IN THE CODE THAT TALKS ABOUT THE AVERAGING OR TALKS ABOUT THE DEDUCTION OF THE AREA FOR THE STREETS AND THE OTHER PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS WHEN DETERMINING DENSITY, SO CERTAINLY THE APPLICANT IS MORE THAN FREE TO REQUEST AN AMENDMENT BUT IF IT'S BASED ON THIS TOPIC THIS SOMETHING WE WOULD HAVE TO RESEARCH AND LOOK MR. SNYDER WANTED TO ADD SOMETHING
>> THE APPLICANT COULD WORK WITH STAFF IF THEY HAD ANY RECOMMENDATIONS FOR LANGUAGE TO INCLUDE IN THAT MIGHT ADDRESS ISSUES LIKING AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
ONE THING I THINK I HAVE TO KEEP IN MIND IN THIS PARTICULAR CIRCUMSTANCE IS THAT THE GENERAL PLAN CONSISTENCY IS BASED ON THE SUB DECISION MAP ACT.
THER STATUTORY DIRECTION WE HAVE TO FIND A TENTATIVE MAP REQUEST IN COMPLIANCE WITH THAT STATE LAW.
THAT CONVERSATION IN MANY WAYS.
>> I DON'T WANT TO HOLD IT UP, MOVE IT FORWARD SO THE CLIENT CAN MOVE IT FORWARD IF THAT'S HOW WE VOTE AND COME BACK WITH AN AMENDMENT SO I'LL ASK AGAIN.
DO I HEAR A MOTION FOR APPROVAL?
>> I MAKE THE MOTION TO ADOPT 10194 A PUBLIC HEARING TO ADOPT RESOLUTION NO.
10194, ADOPTING A MITI DECLARATION AND MITIGATION MONITORING AND REPORTING PROGRAM AND RESOLUTION NO.
10195, APPROVING THE TENTATIVE TRACT MAP NO.
37756 (TTM 19-10-487) TO SUBDIVIDE A 35.01 ACRE PARCEL OF VACANT LAND INTO 24 SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL LOTS, RETENTION BASIN, COMMON AREAS, AND STREETS FOR A PRIVATE GATED COMMUNITY LOCATED 4,100 FEET NORTH OF AVENUE 38 ON THE EAST SIDE OF ADAMS STREET.
>> MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER MILLER AND SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER ORTIZ.
NOW I WILL ASK FOR STAFF TO BRING BACK THAT DISCUSSION AT YOUR EARLIEST OPPORTUNITY.
THE LAST PUBLIC HEARINGS, C, A PUBLIC HEARING TO INTRODUCE ORDINANCE NO.
[11c. A public hearing to introduce Ordinance No. 1760, adopting an expedited permitting process for electrical vehicle charging station systems and amending the Indio Municipal Code (Kevin H. Snyder, Director of Community Development) Recommendation: Introduce, Waive First Reading and Read by Title Only]
1760, ADOPTING AN EXPEDITED PERMITTING PROCESS FOR ELECTRICAL VEHICLE CHARGING[02:55:01]
STATION SYSTEMS AND AMENDING THE INDIO MUNICIPAL CODE.MR. SNYDER, THIS IS YOUR NIGHT.
THIS ITEM IS GOING TO BE BROUGHT FORWARD BY YOUR [INDISCERNIBLE] MANAGING A HIGH VOLUME WORKLOAD AND IMPROVING PROCESSES AND EVALUATING WHAT POLICY ACTIONS THE COUNCIL MIGHT NEED TO CONSIDER TO BE COMPLIANT WITH STATE LAW THIS IS ONE OF THOSE ITEMS SO I WOULD LIKE GIL ESTRADA TO GIVE YOU A STAFF REPORT AND ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE.
>> TERRIFIC, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
IT'S BEEN A PLEASURE TO BE HERE FOR A YEAR.
I AM THE CHIEF BUILDING OFFICIAL HERE FOR THE CITY.
AS PER SECTION 65850.7 OF THE GOVERNMENT CODE ALL CALIFORNIA JURISDICTIONS ARE REQUIRED TO ADOPT AN ORDINANCE THAT CREATES AN EXPEDITED STREAMLINE PROCESS FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING STATION SYSTEMS. THIS ORDINANCE IS REQUIRED TO BE IN LINE WITH THE MOST CURRENT VERSION OF THE PLUG-IN ELEC INFRASTRUCTURE PERMITTING CHECKLIST OF THE ZERO EMISSION VEHICLES IN CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY READINESS GUIDE BOOK.
TO SUMMARIZE, THE BUILDING AND SAFETY DIVISION WILL BE REQUIRED TO PROVIDE STANDARD CHECKLISTS, ALLOW FOR ELECTRONIC PLAN SUBMITTALS, AND PROVIDE A REASONABLY QUICK PLAN CHECK TURN AROUND TIME, ADDRESSING THE REQUIREMENTS OF GOVERNMENT CODE 65850.7.
THIS CONCLUDES MY STAFF REPORT AND I'M AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
ANY QUESTIONS OF STAFF AT THIS POINT? COUNCIL? OKAY.
LET ME OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING.
DOES ANYONE WISH TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM?
>> I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
>> I READING OF ORDINANCE NUMBER 1760, ADDING SECTION 151.065 TO THE INDIO MUNICIPAL CODE TO ADD ADOPTING AN EXPEDITED PERMITTING PROCESS FOR ELECTRICAL VEHICLE CHARGING STATION SYSTEMS INTRODUCE ORDINANCE NUMBER 1760 BY TITLE ONLY AND REQUEST THE CITY CLERK TO READ THE TITLE OF ORDINANCE AMENDING NUMBER 1760.
I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER ORTIZ AND A SECOND BY MAYOR PRO TEM FERMON.
CITY CLERK, CAN YOU READ THE ORDINANCE?
>> AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF INDIO AMENDING THE INDIO MUNICIPAL CODE TO PROVIDE FOR EXPEDITED PERMITTING PROCESS FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING STATION SYSTEMS. AND THEN LET ME DO ROLL CALL.
BEFORE I CLOSE THE MEETING, THE NEXT MEETING BEING APRIL 7TH, I WOULD LIKE TO CLOSE THE MEETING IN HONOR AND IN MEMORY OF PASTOR EMERITUS BISHOP CHARLIE E.
HE WAS HERE WITH MOUNT CALVARY HOLY CHURCH FOR 50 YEARS.
HE REALLY MINISTERED TO THE PEOPLE OF INDIO FOR MANY YEARS AND HE PASSED AWAY RECENTLY, CERTAINLY A PILLAR OF OUR COMMUNITY AND ONE THAT BROUGHT PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY TOGETHER SO BEFORE I CLOSE THE MEETING, IF WE COULD HAVE A MOMENT OF SILENCE IN HIS MEMORY, THAT WOULD BE GREAT, PLEASE.
THE NEXT MEETING IS APRIL 7TH.
THANK YOU AND HAVE A GOOD EVENING.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.