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>> ALL RIGHT, IT'S ALMOST 5:30.
[1. CALL TO ORDER ]
VICE CHAIR PATTERSON, Y BE THE ONE YOU RUNNING THE MEETING TONIGHT PLEASE.>> SO LET'S CALL TO ORDER THE CITY OF INDIO SUSTAINABILITY COMMISSION MEETING FOR MARCH 23RD, 2021 AT EXACTLY 5:30 P.M.
>> OH I'M SORRY THE NEXT IS THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
SO CAN WE HAVE JERRY TACK LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE?
>> MY AGENDA HERE SO I HAVE IT IN FRONT OF ME.
>> VICE CHAIR ROBERT PATTERSON.
>> OKAY SO THE NEXT ITEM IS PUBLIC COMMENT.
DO WE HAVE ANY M THE PUBLIC PRESENT?
>> THERE ARE NO PUBLIC COMMENTS.
SO THEN, WE HAVE THE FEBRUARY 23RD, 2021, MINUTES.
[5. APPROVAL OF MINUTES – February 23, 2021 ]
ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS? IS THERE A M APPROVAL?>> I'LL MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES.
>> OKAY SO WE HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND TO APPROVE THE MINUTES.
DID YOU TAKE THE -- SARAH OR CAN I JUST ASK FOR A VOTE?
>> SO THE MINUTES WERE APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY.
FROM THE FEBRUARY 23RD MEETING.
HAD SO THE NEXT ITEM IS SUSTAINABILITY COLLECTION EVENTS.
[6. SUSTAINABILITY COLLECTION EVENTS ]
I'M JUST GOING TO GO AHEAD AND GO THROUGH THIS AS WELL.
SO WE HAD OUR LAST EVENT ON MARCH 13TH.
AND IT WAS THE MOST ATTENDED EVENT WE'VE HAD EVER.
IT REALLY, I'LL BE HONEST WITH YOU, WALKED A PRETTY FINE LINE BETWEEN BEING OUR BEST EVENT EVER AND BEING A TOTAL DISASTER.
IT WAS -- WE USUALLY GET BETWEEN -- YOU KNOW, WE UPWARDS OF AROUND 2 -- REALLY 240 CARS, WE RAN OUT OF PAPER AT SOMETHING OVER 500 AND IT WAS THE LAST THING WE WERE CONCERNED ABOUT.
BECAUSE THERE WERE SO MANY CARS THAT INSTEAD OF RUNNING ONE LINE THROUGH THE PARKING LOT, WE WERE RUNNING TWO LINES WHICH IS -- YOU KNOW I DON'T LIKE TO DO.
AND THEN THE TRAFFIC WAS STILL BACKED OUT INTO THE STREET IN FRONT OF THE BUILDING AND ALL THE WAY DOWN THE STREET.
WE HAD TO CALL IN SOME BARRICADES TO HELP DO TRAFFIC CONTROL, WE WERE -- IT WAS -- IT WAS A CRAZY EVENT.
PARTLY BECAUSE W HAD AN EVENT FOR SO LONG AND PARTLY BECAUSE WE HAVE A VERY GOOD NEW OUTREACH DIRECTOR WHO REALLY DID A LOT OF OUTREACH ON THIS, AND JUST PEOPLE CAME IN DROVES.
AND I CAN'T EVEN TELL YOU HOW MANY CAME BECAUSE AGAIN BY THE TIME WE RAN OUT OF PAPER WE WERE JUST LIKE THAT'S THE LEAST O WORRIES.
WE'LL JUST HAVE TO KEEP MOVING.
I THINK COMMISSIONER DAVIED YOU WAITED IN THAT LINE.
I'D NEVER SEEN T OUT OF THE PARKING LOT BEFORE.
BUT YOU GUYS WERE HANDLING IT GREAT.
>> IT WAS, LIKE I SAID, THE MOST -- NOBODY HAD EVER SEEN IT LIKE THAT.
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WE WEREN'T REALLY EXPECTING IT.WE HAVE ANOTHER ONE NEXT MONTH, SO WE HAVE NOT STARTED THE OUTREACH ON THAT ONE A LITTLE BIT.
WE NEED TO SCALE BACK THE OUTREACH NEXT TIME.
WE CAN'T REALLY HANDLE T VOLUME AT THE YARD AND I'M NOT REALLY SURE WHERE WE COULD.
SO WE'RE GOING TO SCALE BACK THE OUTREACH.
MAYBE HAVE A MORE NORMAL EVENT AND THEN MAYBE CONSIDER OTHER AREAS IF WE NEED TO, IF SOMETHING LIKE THIS HAPPENS AGAIN.
THAT WAS OUR LAST EVENT, WE'LL CALL IT SUPER-SUCCESSFUL.
THE NEXT IS THE HOUSEHOLD HAZARDOUS WASTE CONTRACT WITH RIVERSIDE COUNTY, TO GET A COUPLE OF FULL COLLECTION EVENT YARD, THAT HAS BEEN APPROVED BY BOTH THE CITY AND THE COUNTY NOW SO IT JUST NEEDS TO GET ROUTED FOR SIGNATURES AND THEN WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO SET SOME DATES FOR THAT.
I'M EXCITE THEY'D WE'LL BE ABLE TO DID A FULL HOUSEHOLD HAZARDOUS WASTE COLLECTION.
THAT LINE, FIVE, SIX, 700 PEOPLE WERE FOR A VERY SPECIFIC COLLECTION.
>> IS THERE ANY BLOW-BACK FOR BEING SO BUSY? WAS THERE MUCH C ABOUT ANYTHING IF THERE WAS? I'M NOT SAYING T I'M JUST CURIOUS, SOUNDS LIKE YOU GUYS HANDLED IT GREAT.
>> NO, I WOULDN'T SAY THERE WAS BLOW-BACK.
I THINK IF PEOPLE WERE GOING TO -- I'M SURE THERE FEW, MORE THAN AFEW COMPLAINTS, I DON'T KNOW WHO THEY COMPLAINED TO BUT WE GOT A FEW EARFULS AND WE USUALLY DON'T.
THE PROBLEM WITH IT IS, IT'S MORE OF A SAFETY ISSUE.
I CAN'T RUN -- IT'S NOT GREAT TO RUN TWO LINES OF CARS BECAUSE IT'S JUST NOT AS SAFE AS I WOULD LIKE IT TO BE.
I -- AND THAT'S REALLY THE BOTTOM LINE IS, IT'S REALLY SAFETY VERSUS, YOU KNOW, EVERYTHING ELSE.
AND I COULD DOUBLE OR TRIPLE THE STAFF BUT IT TAKES TIME TO PROVIDE THE SERVICES.
NOW, YOU HAVE TO GET INTO THE CAR, YOU HAVE TO TALK TO THEM, FIND OUT WHAT YOU'RE TAKING VERSUS YOU DON'T WANT TO GRAB THE WRON THEN GET THEM SITUATED AND ON THEIR WAY.
AND THEY'RE NOT THERE USUALLY JUST FOR ONE THING.
SOME PEOPLE WILL STOP AND GET COMPOST AND THEN THEY'LL HAVE SOME SHREDDING SO THEY'RE KIND OF IN AND OUT OF TRAFFIC.
SO TOO MANY CARS IS JUST -- IT BALANCES ON THE SAFETY ISSUES.
>> WAS IT PRETTY BUSY THE ENTIRE DAY SARAH OR DID IT START SLOW AND BUILD UP OR --
>> IT WAS BUSY THE ENTIRE DAY.
I DON'T THINK WE GOT TRAFFIC OUT OF THE STREET UNTIL -- THE EVENT ENDED AT NOON AND I THINK AT QUARTER TO 12 WE GOT THE CARS OUT OF THE STREET.
WHAT EVERYONE DID KNOW WAS THAT IT ENDED AT 12 AND NOBODY CAME AFTER THAT.
BUT THEY WERE PILED UP UNTIL THE END OF THE DAY.
IT WAS KIND OF FUNNY BECAUSE THE FOLKS, DESERT ARC ALWAYS HAVE A BIG BREAKFAST AND THEY TAKE BREAKS AND AND THEY JUST GAVE AWAY THE FOOD AT THE END OF THE DAY, NO ONE HAD ANY TIME TO EAT ANY OF IT.
I KNOW ITS SOUNDED LIKE MAYBE YOU RAN OUT OF CAPACITY FOR THE SHRED.
WHEN THEY DO THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE EVENTS WITH FREE SHREDDING, THEY DO ALWAYS PUT A STIPULATION ON THE FLIER.
YOU KNOW, FREE UNTIL 12:00 NOON OR UNTIL THE TRUCK FILLS UP.
THAT MAY BE SOMETHING TO CONSIDER ADDING, JUST, IT'S IMPOSSIBLE I THINK FOR YOU TO PLAN HOW MANY PEOPLE WILL COME.
LIKE YOU SAID, THIS WAS A PRETTY OVERWHELMING RESPONSE AND MAYBE JUST THAT EXPECTATION WOULD HELP IF THERE WAS ANYONE THAT WAS GRUMBLING ABOUT THE FREE SHREDDING BEING CAPACITY.
YOU ONLY HAVE SO MUCH ROOM IN A TRUCK.
>> I THINK THAT'S A GREAT THING TO WRITE FROM NOW ON.
DESERT ARC DID ALLOW -- SO THEY COULDN'T PUT ANY MORE SHREDDING IN THAT TRUCK.
BUT THEY DID BRING OUT ANOTHER TRUCK AND THEY TOLD PEOPLE WE CAN'T SHRED IT HERE.
BUT IT'S A LOCKED BOX AND EVERYTHING ELSE, WE CAN TAKE IT BACK TO OUR FACILITY AND SHRED IT.
THEY DID OFFER THAT UP TO 12:00.
BUT I AGREE, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO PUT IT UNTIL IT FILLS UP.
>> IT'S A GOOD PROBLEM TO HAVE.
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AND THAT'S -- THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR THE EVENTS.>> OKAY NEXT ON THE AGENDAS WE HAVE THE CITY-COUNTY PAYMENT PROGRAM.
[7. CITY COUNTY PAYMENT PROGRAM]
WE TALKED ABOUT THIS LAST MEETING.
AND I WANTED TO SEE IF YOU GUYS HAD ANY MORE THOUGHTS ON THIS, IF YOU WANTED TO MOVE FORWARD WITH -- THERE WE GO.
SO THE MONEY HAS TO BE USED SPECIFICALLY FOR CERTAIN THINGS BEFORE, IN THE PAST WE'VE SENT THESE RECYCLE BINS OVER TO THE SCHOOLS AND WE'VE BOUGHT THESE WATER BOTTLE FILLERS FOR PARKS AND ALSO INDOOR ONES FOR FACILITIES HERE IN THE CITY, IN THE CITY FACILITIES.
WE HAVE -- I KNOW THE PARKS WANT ONE OR TWO MORE AT THE DOG PARKS SO WE'LL PURCHASE ANOTHER COUPLE BOTTLE FILLERS.
WE'LL HAVE A GOOD 16,000 LEFT ONCE WE DO THAT.
THERE TEEN CENTER WANTS ANOTHER INDOOR ONE SO BE ABLE TO DO THAT WITH THIS FUNDING.
AND THEN I WANTED TO GET YOUR THOUGHTS ON PURCHASING MORE OF THESE RECYCLABLE CONTAINERS THAT WE'VE GONE FOR THE SCHOOLS AN SOME MORE OF THOSE OVER TO DESERT SANDS.
>> SO WE HAVE 22,140 YOU'RE SAYING TO SPEND AND THESE ARE SOME OF YOUR SUGGESTIONS, SARAH?
>> SARAH HOW MANY OF THESE RECYCLE AND TRASH COMPOST AND TRASH BINS CAN WE GET FOR THE $22,000 APPROXIMATELY?
>> OH, THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION.
THE LAST TIME WE DID THIS, I WANT TO SAY WE GOT EIGHT, MAYBE TEN.
WE -- BECAUSE IT HAS ORGANICS IN IT, WE PAY A LITTLE BIT EXTRA OUT OF A DIFFERENT FUNDING ACCOUNT, THE AB 939 FUNDS.
SO THAT ULTIMATELY A TO BUY A FEW MORE BECAUSE IT ENDS UP BEING MORE THAN $22,000 OR $16,000 LAST TIME.
IT WAS A PRETTY ABOUT AMOUNT, HAVE NICE BINS AT LEAST AT SOME OF THE SCHOOLS.
>> MY SECOND QUESTION WAS, INTRODUCTION OF THE TOPIC, YOU HAVE ALREADY ALLOCATED THE MONEY FOR THE FOUNTAINS THAT YOU TALKED ABOUT FOR THE DOG PARKS AND FOR THE SCHOOLS AND STUFF.
THAT'S ALREADY TAKEN CARE OF, RIGHT, CORRECT?
I THINK THAT BECAUSE I'VE -- THE FACILITIES, THE FACILITIES SUPERVISOR ASKED FOR THE WATER-BOTTLE AND BECAUSE THE RESOLVE AT THE TEEN CENTER ASKED FOR ONE THERE, THAT WE SHOULD GO AHEAD AND PURCHASE THEM SINCE WE CAN FOR THEM.
THAT MEANS ABOUT $16,000 THAT'S NOT ALLOCATED.
SO ULTIMATELY WHAT I WAS THINKING WAS WE COULD THAT FOR THE SCHOOLS OR WE COULD BUY THESE FOR ANYWHERE.
YOU KNOW, WITHIN WHAT WE CAN DO WITH THIS FUNDING.
WHICH ARE THESE ACTIVITIES, THE REFILL WATER BOTTLE, THESE ARE -- GOSH, THESE ARE THE INELIGIBLE ONES, RIGHT? SO WATER BOTTLE F EDUCATION, BINS, IT'S NOT A VERY WIDE ARRAY OF THINGS WE CAN DO WITH IT.
BUT EDUCATION, RIGHT NOW THERE'S A WHOLE LOT OF EDUCATION THAT NEEDS TO TAKE PLACE BUT MOST WHAT'S MANDATED, THAT'S WHERE WE'LL BE PUTTING A LOT OF FOCUS.
>> DO WE HAVE ONE LOCATED OVER BY THE COLLEGE?
I DON'T KNOW IF WE HAVE ANY PROPERTY OVER THERE.
I MEAN WE'D HAVE TO WORK WITH THE COLLEGE AND SEE IF THEY WANT ONE ULTIMATELY AND WE COULD DO THAT.
>> YEAH, ISN'T THERE AN IN BETWEEN THE PARKING LOT AND THE BUILDING, ISN'T THERE AN ALLEY THERE THAT WHERE THERE ARE DUMPSTERS ARE? I'D HAVE TO DRIVE DOWN THE STREET AGAIN TO SEE.
AND I'M NOT REALLY SURE BECAUSE IT MIGHT BE THAT WAY NOW BUT THEY HAVE APPROVED PLANS TO BASICALLY DOUBLE THEIR CAPACITY.
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SO THERE WILL BE A WHOLE 'NOTHER BUILDING.THERE'S AN ENTIRE NEW PLAN FOR COD RIGHT NOW.
AND I HAVE IT BECAUSE WE WORKED AROUND THAT TO PLACE THOSE BIG BELLIES AROUND THE COLLEGE OF THE DESERT.
>> YOU MIGHT WANT TO LOOK AT IT BECAUSE OF THE CONSTRUCTION GOING ON.
THERE WILL BE A LOT OF PEOPLE, LOT OF ACTIVITY THERE, THAT MIGHT BE A GOOD PLACE TO PLACE ONE OF THOSE.
SO WHY DON'T WE -- I'LL PULL OUT THE MONEY THAT WE CAN DO THE BOTTLE FILLERS THAT I KNOW WE'RE GOING TO USE THAT FOR.
AND THEN WE'LL JUST LOOK IN BETWEEN, SEE IF WE CAN DO ANYTHING WITH COLLEGE OF THE DESERT AND THEN THE REST WE'LL JUST GO WITH THE BINS FOR DESERT SANDS.
>> DOES THAT PICTURE YOU HAD ON THE SCREEN BEFORE, IS THAT REPRESENTATIVE OF WHAT THE THREE CONTAINERS LOOK LIKE?
>> EXACTLY WHAT WE BOUGHT LAST TIME.
>> IS THERE ANY IDEA ON EACH OF THE ENDS OF THAT PUTTING THE CITY OF INDIO LOGO WITH THE SUSTAINABLITY PART OF IT TO GIV ADVERTISEMENT?
>> HOW ABOUT FOR THAT WATER FOUNTAIN, SHOULDN'T THERE BE SOME CREDIBILITY LIKE WE PROVIDED THIS CITY OF INDIO, SUSTAINABILITY, YOU KNOW SOME DECAL OR SOMETHING, SOME LOGO OR SOMETHING THAT COULD IDENTIFY US WITH THE SUSTAINABILITY CITY?
>> YEAH, IF IT'S NOT OUR CITY PROPERTY, THEN WE WOULD HAVE TO HAVE THAT MADE.
WE DO A LOT OF LOGOS AND SO FORTH ON THE VEHICLES.
AND THERE'S A LOCAL CONTRACTOR WE WORK WITH WHO CAN MAKE THOSE DECALS FOR JUST ABOUT ANYTHING.
AND IF WE PUT THESE IN THE AREA, IN COD AREAS THEN YES, WE CAN WORK WITH DECAL COMPANY AND GET SOMETHING SPECIFICALLY MADE FOR THAT.
I BELIEVE AT THE BINS WE CAN ACTUALLY WORK WITH THE COMPANY TO HAVE THAT DONE BEFORE THEY'RE SHIPPED TO US.
>> GOOD, I'D LIKE TO SEE SOME CREDIBILITY THERE WHERE WE'RE DOING THIS AND WE'RE PROVIDING THESE AS PEOPLE APPROACH THOSE OR LOOK AT THEM THEY'LL THINK THAT WE THE CITY ARE INVESTED IN SUSTAINABILITY.
>> I THINK THAT'S A GREAT IDEA.
WHEN I DO BRING THIS B I'LL BRING IT BACK, WITH HOPEFULLY A DESIGN AS WELL.
>> AND SARAH, DO YOU KNOW HOW MANY OF THE WATER FOUNTAINS OR ARE YOU JUST GOING TO GET WHATEVER YOU CAN GET FOR THE MONEY?
>> NO, YOU KNOW, I'VE BOUGHT THESE FOR THE PARKS BEFORE AND THEY'RE PRETTY SATURATED SO THERE WILL DEFINITELY BE FUNDS LEFT OVER.
>> DO WE HAVE ONE AT THE GOLF COURSE?
>> I'VE NEVER BOUGHT ONE FOR THE GOLF COURSE.
>> WELL, THEY MAY HAVE WATER BOTTLES FOR THE GOLF CARTS OR WALKING, FOR WALKING WATER BOTTLES.
MAYBE THAT'S A GOOD -- T MIGHT BE A GOOD LOCATION FOR THAT, SEEING AS IT'S CITY-OWNED.
>> THAT MIGHT BE A GOOD LOCATION.
SO THAT CONCLUDES THE CITY-COUNTY PAYMENT I TAKE IT.
>> SO THE NEXT ITEM IS EARTH DAY.
[8. EARTH DAY ]
SO WE'RE JUST TALKING ABOUT THIS MOSTLY BECAUSE WE'VE NOT REALLY DONE A WHOLE LOT OF WORK FOR EARTH DAY BECAUSE IT IS WHEN THE CONCERTS ARE.
SO NOW, WE HAVE S DAY POSSIBILITIES.
SO YOU GUYS, MOST OF YOU SENT IN SOME -- DID SOME WORK AND SENT IN SOME IDEAS.
I'M ALSO GOING TO BE WORKING WITH THE OUTREACH DIRECTOR, AS WELL, TOWARDS THE END OF THIS WEEK, TO CONSIDER SOME OF THESE ALSO.
BUT ONE OF THE IDEAS WAS HAVING CALIFORNIA GREEN BUSINESS, SEE IF BUSINESSES WERE INTERESTED IN GOING THAT ROUTE.
I WILL SAY THAT BECAUSE OF SB 1383 AND ALL THE RECYCLING AND ORGANIC
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DIVERSION REGULATIONS ON COMMERCIAL FACILITIES, THAT I CONTACTED A COMPANY, A ZERO-WASTE COMPANY COMMERCIAL FACILITIES BECOME ZERO-WASTE CERTIFIED.AND I THINK THAT WITH OUR AB 939 FUNDS AND EVERYTHING THAT'S GOING ON WITH THE DIVERSION REQUIREMENTS, THAT WE COULD PAY FOR THAT FOR SOME OF OUR FACILITIES.
SO IT'S KIND OF ON THE S LINE.
IF WE DO THAT, WHAT WE'LL PROBABLY DO IS PUT OUT NOTICE, AND SEE IF WE GET ANY INTEREST IN IT.
AND IF WE DO, THEN WE'LL START CONSIDERING WHAT NEXT STEPS TO TAKE, COSTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, TO BE ABLE TO CREATE A PATHWA OF OUR BUSINESSES TO BECOME ZERO-WASTE CERTIFIED.
>> WHAT DOES THAT MEAN TO BE ZERO-WASTE CERTIFIED?
IT USUALLY MEANS THAT YOU ARE TAKING YOUR WASTE DOWN FROM A STARTING POINT TO, SAY, 10% OF WHAT IT IS.
AND IT ALSO -- IT ISN'T NECESSARILY JUST WITH YOUR FACILITIES.
IT WORKS UPSTREAM AS FAR AS IF THIS IS WHAT YOU'RE ORDERING AND THIS IS ALL THE CONTAINERS AND PACKAGING THAT COMES WITH IT, CAN WE WORK WITH THOSE FACILITIES TO GET WHAT YOU NEED WITHOUT ALL OF THAT AS A WAY OF REDUCING WASTE, AS WELL? IT'S A WHOLE PROCESS WHERE CONSULTANTS COME IN AND REALLY GO THROUGH A WASTE AUDIT AND THEN, AGAIN, UP THE SUPPLY CHAIN OF WHER YOU'RE GETTING YOUR -- THE THINGS THAT YOU'RE USING AND HOW TO REDUCE THAT BEFORE YOU EVEN GET IT.
>> BECAUSE I WAS THINKING HOW DO YOU HAVE ZERO WASTE IN TODAY'S WORLD? SO I'D SAY IT'S NOT REALLY ZERO WASTE.
BUT IT'S -- I JUST E-MAILED YOU THE ONE FROM --
>> THE ONE FROM THE CITY OF INDIAN WELLS FOR RESIDENTIAL ZERO WASTE, TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA WHAT IT TALKS ABOUT.
IT'S A STARTING POINT AND YOU WORK BACK TOWARDS THAT.
SO YOU COULD BE AT 50% OR YOU COULD BE AT 100% AND WORK TO 80 AND IT STILL WORKS WITHIN THE PARAMETERS OF THE PROGRAM.
SO SARAH ARE YOU CERTIFIED -- DID YOU LOOK AT CRRA, ZERO-WASTE CERTIFICATION PRINCIPLES? CAN WE RECOMMEND THE CITY GIVE YOU -- GET YOU THAT CERTIFICATION?
>> I MEAN, I KNOW IT'S A ZOOM CLASS AND AN EXAM BUT I'D LIKE TO RECOMMEND THAT WE AS A BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS RECOMMEN THE CITY THAT YOU GET THAT CERTIFICATION.
I THINK IN GRANT-WRITING AND IN EVERYTHING ELSE IN ALL OF OUR PROGRAMS FOR YOU TO HAVE THAT I THINK GOING FORWARD IS VERY IMPORTANT.
FOR YOU TO BE ABLE TO PUT THAT ON YOUR RESUME.
LET ME LOOK INTO IT, AND THEN WE'LL --
>> OKAY, BECAUSE IT'S NOT THAT COSTLY.
IT'S -- BECAUSE Y MEMBER, RIGHT? OF THE CRA
>> IS THE CITY A MEMBER OF THE --
>> NOT RIGHT NOW BUT THAT'S EASY ENOUGH.
I THINK AS WE MOVE FORWARD, I THINK THESE ARE THINGS THAT WE NEED TO PUT IN PLACE.
SO THAT WHEN WE DO ASK FOR FUNDING OR WE ASK FOR GRANTS, THAT WE'VE GOT EVERYTHING IN A ROW HERE.
AND I THINK THAT CERTIFICATION PROCESS AND YOU BEING CERTIFIED WOULD BE VERY HELPFUL AS FAR GRANTS GO AND EVERYTHING ELSE BECAUSE THAT'S ALL PART OF THE PROCESS.
ARE ANY OF YOU COMMISSIONERS INTERESTED IN IT AT ALL? AS WELL?
>> I'M NOT FAMILIAR WITH IT SO IF YOU WANT TO SEND ME THE INFORMATION TO TAKE A LOOK AT IT AND -- YEAH, IT SOUNDS KIND OF --
>> WELL, IT'S CALLED ENDING WASTE AND IT'S THE PARTNERSHIP WITH THE SOLID
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WASTE MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION.AND IT'S A Z PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICES CERTIFICATION PROGRAM.
AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT, AS WE MOVE FORWARD AND WORK WITH THE STATE, AND THE COUNTY, I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE VERY IMPORTANT FOR US TO HAVE.
AND I WOULD THINK THE PERSON THAT REALLY NEEDS TO BE CERTIFIED IS SARAH, IF SHE'S LEADING THE PROGRAM FOR THE CITY.
SO IF YOU GUYS WOULD ALL -- YOU KNOW EVERYBODY WOULD TAKE A LOOK AT IT, AND SEE WHAT YOU THINK, YOU COULD RESEARCH THAT I'D APPRECIATE IT.
I THINK YOU SHOULD BE THE ONE, IF OTHER OF YOU INDIVIDUALS WANT TO DO IT, THAT'S FINE TOO.
BUT I THINK FOR THE LONG TERM SUSTAINABILITY FOR THE CITY OF INDIO, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO HAVE OUR COORDINATOR BE CERTIFIED.
THAT WILL BE HEADING YOUR WAY SOON ALL THE INFORMATION AND I'LL BRING IT BACK AND WE'LL GET THAT GOING.
>> WHEN YOU GET A CHANCE TO LOOK AT THAT E-MAIL PART OF THAT PROCESS WAS THE COUNTIES OF RIVERSIDE IS GOING TO PICK 4 TO BE ZERO-WASTE, PILOT PROGRAM RESIDENTS, OF THE COUNTY, AND THEY'RE GOING TO OFFER ALL KINDS OF GUIDANCE AND HELP AND INDIVIDUALS AND DO PROOF STORIES AND DO DOCUMENTATION OF HOW THIS ALL WORKS AND HOW YOU CAN GET FROM WHEREVER YOU'RE AT TO WHEREVER YOU NEED TO BE TO WORK TOWARDS ZERO WASTE.
SO IT'S AN INTERESTING PROCESS.
SO IF WE SEE THE STATE AND THE COUNTY GOING IN THIS DIRECTION, I THINK WE NEED TO FOLLOW SUIT.
NEXT ON THE AGENDA IS LIGHT POLLUTION.
[9. LIGHT POLLUTION ]
>> DID YOU ALL READ THAT STUDY FROM THE PALM SPRINGS SUSTAINABILITY COMMISSION?
YEAH, THEY SENT OUT -- THEY DID ACTUALLY A LIGHT POLLUTION.
I THINK TWO OF THE MEMBERS DID A STUDY ON IT AND REALLY LOOKED THROUGH, LET ME SEE IF I HAVE IT PULLED UP HERE, YEAH.
>> YEAH, THE BIGGEST THING I GOT FROM IT IS THE CITY CODES CALL FOR GREATER LIGHTS THAN WHAT THE STUDY WANTED THEM TO, TO PROMOTE.
SO THERE'S A REAL ISSUE OF WHAT YOU WANT TO HAVE LIT UP AND NOT LIT UP.
>> THEN IT BECAME A SAFETY ISSUE, HOW BRIGHT A LIGHTS DO YOU NEED FOR CITY LIGHTS OR PARKING STRUCTURES FOREVER FOR SAFETY VERSUS OTHER THINGS.
>> WELL, THE REPORT CONCLUDES 92 LIGHT IS NOT INDICATIVE OF A SAFER AREA, THEY ACTUALLY SAID THEY DON'T NEED AS MUC YOU THINK TO MAINTAIN SAFETY.
AND THAT MY TAKE A THIS WAS THAT THE CITY ORDINANCES ARE NOT ENFORCEABLE, THEY ARE JUST SUGGESTIONS, NOT ANY TYPE OF LAW.
>> OF COURSE PEOPLE AREN'T NECESSARILY DOING -- THEY'RE PUTTING MORE IN, BECAUSE THEY CAN.
I HAVE BEEN PLACES, EITHER COUNTRIES FOR EXAMPLE WHERE THEY DON'T HAVE STREET LIGHTS.
AND AT NIGHT YOU KNOW IT'S PITCH BLACK.
AND, YOU KNOW, IT D FEEL AS SAFE AS WHEN YOU HAVE ALL THE STREET LIGHTS AND EVERYTHING.
BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT IT'S NOT AS SAFE.
I MEAN THAT'S JUST THE PERCEPTION THAT YOU HAVE OR THAT I HAVE WHEN I'M IN THAT KIND OF AN ENVIRONMENT.
>> YEAH, AND I THINK ANOTHER THING THAT THE STUDY MENTIONS IS, IT'S NOT GETTING RID OF ALL THE LIGHTS ALTOGETHER, IT' MAKING SURE THAT THEY AREN'T FACING UP, OR THAT THEY'RE SHIELDED.
AND THEY USE TUCSON AS AN EXAMPLE WHICH HAS THIS ORDINANCE.
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AND I SPENT -- I LIVED IN TUCSON FOR ABOUT FIVE YEARS.AND YOU CAN DEFINITELY NOTICE THE DIFFERENCE IN THE SKY AND THE SKY-GAZING IN THAT AREA.
BUT WALKING AROUND T THEY STILL HAVE PLENTY OF STREET LIGHTS.
THEY MIGHT J DIFFERENT SHADE THAN YOU'RE USED TO.
BUT THAT'S JUST USING THE WARMER COLORS OF THE COLOR SPECTRUM.
BUT IT JUST DOESN'T GO UP INTO THE NIGHT SKY AS MUCH AND OBSCURE YOUR VIEW.
>> SO QUICK QUESTION, SARAH, IF WE WANT TOO IMPLEMENT SOMETHING LIKE THIS FOR THE CITY OF INDIO WHAT, WOULD THE NEXT STEP BE? WOULD WE HAVE TO MOTION TO SEND THIS TO THE HOW DOES THAT WORK?
>> WE WOULD PROBABLY BASICALLY WRITE IT UP AND THEN WE WOULD RECOMMEND IT GO TO THE CITY COUNCIL FOR CONSIDERATION.
BUT WHAT THE FOLKS FROM PALM SPRINGS, THEIR COMMISSION, THEY WERE INTERESTED IN KIND OF WORKING ON IT TOGETHER BETWEEN THEIRS, BECAUSE I THINK -- AT THE VERY END OF THIS THEY SUGGEST THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY DO AN ORDINANCE THAT HAS LIGHT RESTRICTIONS, LIKE JUST AS COMMISSIONER DAVIED WAS SAYING DOESN'T POINTS UP, IT HAS A CAP ON HOW MANY LUMENS, IT'S DIFFERENT FOR SALES LOTS, RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS, THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO, YOU KNOW, THEY MORE OR LESS CONCLUDED THAT FEEL LIKE AN ORDINANCE TO THE PALM SPRINGS CITY COUNCIL IS WHAT THEY WANT TO DID.
AND WHAT THEY DID WAS SENT IT TO US TO SEE IF WE KINDS OF WANTED TO WORK WITH THEM OR KIND OF MIRRORED THEM, IT IS NOT A DECISION YOU NECESSARILY HAVE TOO MAKE TONIGHT BUT THEY DID ASK AND WE SHOULD HAVE AT LEAST CONVERSATION ABOUT IT AND I'D LIKE TO HEAR YOUR THOUGHTS.
>> WELL, JUST THE THOUGHT MIGHT BE THAT YOU TALK TO STAFF AND SEE.
WE MIGHT -- YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO FIND A LOCAL LIGHTING CONTRACTOR, AND SOMEBODY FROM IID.
AND LET'S GET SOME INPUT AS TO WHAT, AND YOU'RE ALSO GOING TO HAVE TO TALK TO PLANNING AND ZONING AND SEE WHAT THEIR REQUIREMENTS AR NOW FOR LIGHTING, FOR NEW DEVELOPMENTS AND FOR REHABBING O COMMERCIAL AREAS.
SO MAYBE A LIGHTING CONTRACTOR, SOMEBODY FROM PLANNING MIGHT BE, SO A GROUP TO GET TOGETHER TO DISCUSS THIS AS A OUTDOOR LIGHTING ORDINANCE.
>> I THINK THE IDEA IS A GOOD IDEA.
I MEAN, THE IDEA OF L POLLUTION AND REDUCING IT IS A GREAT IDEA.
AND I ALSO LIKE THE IDEA OF US WORKING WITH PALM SPRINGS.
I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE A VERY ACTIVE SUSTAINABILITY COMMISSION AND I THINK THAT IT'S IMPORTANT TO TAK OPPORTUNITIES TO WORK WITH OTHER PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, THEY MAY BE ABLE TO HELP US AND WE MAY BE ABLE TO HELP THEM.
>> YES, I LIKE THE IDEA OF PARTNERING WITH THEM.
ANOTHER THING WE COULD POSSIBLY LOOK INTO SARAH, THERE'S THE INTERNATIONAL DARK SKY ASSOCIATION, DARKSKY.ORG.
AND YOU KNOW, IT'S KIND OF LIKE THEIR GOAL IS SUPPORTING INITIATIVES LIKE THIS.
ONE OF THE ARTICLES I R IN MY OWN RESEARCH WAS THEM STUDYING THE CITY OF TUCSON AND AFTER UPGRADING AND RETROFITTING SOME OF THEIR STREET LIGHTS THEY WERE GETTING $132,000 A MONTH IN UTILITY SETTINGS, THAT'S JUST SWITCHING THEM FROM THE OLD SODIUM BULBS TO LED.
AND THEN THEY HAVE THE LIGHTS ON AT A CERTAIN PERCENTAGE, MAYBE IT WAS LIKE AT 90% UP UNTIL MIDNIGHT.
AND THEN FROM MIDNIGHT TO 4 A.M.
THEY WENT DOWN TO 60% OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, OF THEIR MAX OUTPUT.
BUT MAYBE THAT I HAVE SOMETHING OF A TOOL KIT THAT WE COULD USE TO
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COLLABORATE WITH PALM SPRINGS.YEAH, I LIKE THE IDEA OF PARTNERING WITH THEM AS WELL.
THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS I HOPE THAT WE CAN WORK TOGETHER ON IN THE FUTURE.
ALL RIGHT THEN, I WILL BRING IT BACK.
AND THE NUMBER 10 ON THE AGENDA IS THE SUSTAINABILITY PLAN.
[10. SUSTAINABILITY PLAN and ANNUAL WORK PLAN ]
AND ANNUAL WORK PLAN.>> YEP, SO YOU KNOW I DO A LITTLE MORE ON THIS EVERY -- EVERY MONTH.
OKAY, SO, Y HAVEN'T DONE TOO MUCH MORE WRITING.
WE HAVE TO STILL FILL IN THE ABOUT AND THE PROCESS.
I CLEANED IT UP A L WITH SOME OF THE PICTURES.
I DECIDED TO PULL OUT T WORK PLANS HERE IN CALL-OUTS SO FOR INSTANCE FOR THIS ONE, CLEAN ENERGY, WE DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE ANYTHING RIGHT THERE, OR THERE RIGHT NOW.
AND WE'RE PRETTY MUCH -- WE'RE PRETTY CAPACITY I'D SAY RIGHT NOW FOR THE THINGS THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE WORKING ON.
BUT I ALSO PUT THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS DONE IN EACH CATEGORY ON A SEPARATE PAGE AFTER.
BECAUSE WE'VE ACTUALLY DONE A LOT OF THINGS.
SO I FOUND THAT THAT, TO REALLY GIVE US CREDIT WAS GOING TO NEED A PAGE IN ITSELF.
SO FOR BELOW GREENHOUSE GAS ENVIRONMENTS, WE DID THE -- THERE IS THE AB 1236 THAT REQUIRED ALL CITIES TO STREAMLINE PERMITTING FOR AV CHARGING STATIONS AND THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT WENT AHEAD AND DO THAT.
SO FOR 2021 T FIRST COMPLETED PROJECT.
AND WE'RE GOING TO KEEP IT WITH OUR POSSIBLE PROJECTS.
AND AS THINGS COME UP AND WE'RE TAKING THINGS ON, WE MIGHT BE MOVING OTHER THINGS OVER TO POSSIBLE AND THINS WE WILL BE WORKING ON THIS YEAR AS WE NEED TO.
BUT I THINK THAT'S THE REALLY IMPORTANT PART OF HAVING ALL THE WORK PLAN AND THE ANNUAL PLAN TOGETHER.
AND THEN IF SOMEBODY LOOKS AT IT THEN YOU KNOW WHEN WE DO TAKE IT TO CITY COUNCIL THEY CAN PRIORITIZE IF THEY WANT BUS THEY'LL AT LEAST SEE HERE'S YOUR OPTIONS OVER HERE AND HERE'S WHAT WE'RE DOING RIGHT NOW AND MOVE IT ALONG AS THEY LIKE.
THERE'S OUR BIG BELLIES THAT MADE THE COVER OF PM MAGAZINE IN DECEMBER, OUR ACCOMPLISHMENTS THERE.
AND THEN OF COURSE OUR WASTE ACCOMPLISHMENTS, OUR ANNUAL WORK PLAN, A LOT OF IT IS HERE, BECAUSE THERE ARE SO MANY NEW MANDATE BECAUSE OF COURSE THAT'S WHERE A GREAT DEAL OF OUR FUNDING IS, AS WELL.
SO I TALKED GOING THE ZERO WASTE FOR BUSINESSES.
AND LAST MONTH WE TALKED ABOUT THE ELECTRONICS PROGRAM WHICH IS THE DOUGHNUT ECONOMIC MODEL.
SO DID I E-MAIL DESERT ARC AND THEY ARE INTERESTED IN PARTNERING WITH SOMETHING LIKE THIS.
BUT THEY DO HAVE -- THERE ARE ISSUES OF TRYING TO FIND FUNDING FOR IT.
A LOT ALWAYS COMES D THAT, OF COURSE.
BUT I THOUGHT MAYBE AT THIS POINT IF, SAY, COMMISSIONER BENTSEN AND MAYBE ANOTHER COMMISSIONER WANT TO WORK TOGETHER IN KIND OF A TWO-PERSON GROUP TO START CONTACTING SOME OF THE OTHER FOLKS THAT YOU LOOKED INTO COMMISSIONER BENTSEN, TWO OF YOU CAN WORK TOGETHER NOT ANY MORE THAN THAT BUT THAT IS A POSSIBILITY OF LIKE HAVING A SUBCOMMITTEE START DOING SOME MORE CALLS AND FOLLOWING THROUGH WITH THAT.
THAT'S ONE WAY WE COULD DO IT.
OTHERWISE WITH I COULD KEEP WORKING ON IT.
DESERT ARC ALSO W TO PROVIDE A TOUR OF THEIR FACILITY, IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN THAT.
AND THAT WOULD BE A GOOD TIME TO TALK TO THEM ABOUT IT A LITTLE BIT MORE AS WELL.
AND IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN TAKING A TOUR OF THEIR FACILITY I CAN SEND OUT A DOODLE PULL TO SEE WHEN YOU'RE ALL AVAILABLE.
>> YEAH, I THINK THAT SOUNDS LIKE A GOOD IDEA.
YOU KNOW WE LOOK TO PARTNER WITH THEM ON SEVERAL DIFFERENT FRONTS, AS FAR AS THE DIRECTION AND SHRED AND OTHER THINGS.
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>> ALL RIGHT, WE'LL DO A TOUR AND ALSO THAT WILLING BE A GOOD TIME WHERE EVERYBODY CAN KIND OF TALK ABOUT THAT AS WELL.
OUTREACH FOR ALL OF THE FOOD DIVERSION MANDATES, WE REALLY, ALL THE CITY IS RIGHT NOW, SINCE WE ALL HAVE TO DO, ARE TRYING TO GET TOGETHER AND DO THAT AS A REGIONAL OUTREACH PLAN.
AND WORKING WITH CVAG TO ADMINISTER IT RIGHT WE'RE HOPING IS THAT CVAG WILL BE ABLE TO DO IT OR ADMINISTER IT.
WE'LL TRY TO GET AS MANY OF THE CITIES SIGNED ON AS WE CAN AND THEN SPLIT THE COST PROBABLY BY POPULATION.
SO INDIO WILL HAVE ONE OF THE HIGHER COSTS.
BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S THE RIGHT WAY TO GO BECAUSE WE'RE WAY LOW ON THE STORM WATER CONTENT.
AND SOMETHING OUR CITY COUNCILS ARE FAMILIAR WITH, IT'S A WAY OF COST SHARING THAT THEY'VE DONE BEFORE AND APPROVED BEFORE.
SO THAT'S HOW WE'RE GOING TO TRY AND TAKE THE MOUS TO THE CITIES.
AND ONCE WE WORK EVERYTHING OUT WITH CVAG, CREATE THE MOUS AND SEE WHO'S ON BOARD, WE HOPE TO DO ALL THAT OUTREACH REGIONALLY, THERE'S NO REAP FOR EVERY CITY TO DO IT ON THEIR OWN.
EVERY RESTAURANT EVERYWHERE WILL HAVE TO DO THE SAME THING THROUGHOUT THE VALLEY.
SO THAT'S WHERE WE ARE WITH THAT AND IT IS THE COLLECTION EVENTS WE JUST TALKED ABOUT.
SO DO YOU WANT TO KIND OF FIGURE OUT HOW YOU WANT TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE ELECTRONIC REUSE PROGRAM AFTER WE DO THE TOUR OR DO YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT THAT NOW?
>> I'M COMFORTABLE DOING THE TOUR FIRST.
AND FROM THERE A MYSELF MORE SO WITH DESERT ARC AND I'M GOING FROM THEM TALKING TO THEM AND SEEING WHAT OPPOSITE GOAL FORESEE AND SEE HOW THEY WOULD WANT TO RUN IT AND HOPEFULLY BUILD FROM THAT AND GO FROM THERE.
>> I HAVE A COUPLE OF COMMENTS ON PART 4, THE WATER SUCCESSION OF THE PLAN.
SO I RECENT INSTALLED A HOT WATER RECIRCULATION PUMP TO MY HOME.
I DON'T KNOW IF ANYONE IS FAMILIAR WITH THAT.
SO IN MY HOUSE TO HEAT UP THE SHOWER, WOULD TAKE, YOU KNOW, FIVE MINUTES, YOU KNOW, AND FOR TEN BEEN FILLING A BUCKET WITH THE WATER THAT, YOU KNOW, I'M WAITING THAT RUNS I'M WAITING FOR IT TO HEAT U AND I WOULD PUT THAT WATER INTO THE -- MY GARDEN.
A NEIGHBOR RECOMMENDED A HOT WATER RECIRCULATING PUMP WHICH ATTACHES TO THE TOP OF YOUR HOT WATER TANK AND I GET INSTANT HOT WATER NOW IN MY SHOWER.
AND I DID -- ANOTHER FRIEND OF MINE MENTIONED THAT THE COACHELLA VALLEY WATER DISTRICT HAS A REBATE FOR THAT.
AND I LOOKED IT UP, AND THE PUMP COST $200 AND THEIR REBATE IS $125.
AND UNFORTUNATELY, WE'RE AN IID SO THEY DON'T HAVE ONE.
I REACH OUT TO IID TO SEE IF THEY DID HAVE IT, AND I COULDN'T FIND THEIR WEBSITE BUT THEY DON'T HAVE IT BUT THEY'RE THINKING ABOUT IT.
BUT LOOKING AROUND, WHAT IID OFFERS IN REBATES AND WHAT CVWD OFFERS REBATES TO COUPLE OF THINGS, I THINK WE MIGHT WANT TO CONSIDER IF THERE'S MONEY, IF NOT NOW, HOPEFULLY IN THE FUTURE, HOT WATER RECIRCULATION PUMP IS, DO THE MATH, IT WAS MAYBE TWO AND A HALF GALLONS TO FILL UP THE SHOWER, EACH TH TIME I TOOK THE SHOWERS, THREE OF US IN THE HOUSE, SEVEN AND A HALF GALLONS OF WATER A DAY, COULD BE TWO AND A HALF GALLONS OF WATER A WEEK, 210 GALLONS OF WATER A MONTH, THAT WE'RE POTENTIALLY SAVING JUST IN OUR HOME ALONE.
TAKE THAT AND MULTIPLY HOW MANY HOMES IN INDIO, THAT ALONE CAN BE A SUBSTANTIAL WATER SAVINGS FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
AND THEN ADD ON TOP OF THAT, OTHER REBATES THAT CVWD HAS WHICH, HOLD ON GIVE ME ONE SECOND, HOLD ON, PARDON ME.
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>> I WONDER IF INDIO WATER AUTHORITY WOULD HAVE ANY SUBSIDY FOR THAT? I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW THERE WAS SUCH A THING.
>> SORRY, I HAD A WAYWARD CAT MAKING NOISE.
I DIDN'T KNOW T EITHER UNTIL A FRIEND TOLD ME ABOUT IT.
>> I'M SORRY FOR INTERRUPTING.
DO YOU HAVE TO PUT MORE PIPES IN YOUR HOUSE?
>> NO, IT'S A -- SO IT'S A -- BASICALLY A PUMP THAT YOU, THE WATER, HOT WATER PIPE THAT COMES OUT OF YOUR HOUSE THAT LEADS INTO YOUR WATER TANK -- OR SORRY, THAT ATTACHES TO YOUR HIGHWAYS FROM THE HOT WATER TANK, IT CONNECTS BETWEEN THE PIPE THAT LEADS INTO YOUR HOUSE AND TO THE TOP OF YOU WATER TANK.
AND WHAT IT DOES IS, IT AS WELL AS THE HOT THAT PIPE THROUGHOUT YOUR HOUSE.
AND YOU PLUG IT I WALL SO THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF ELECTRICITY THAT'S FROM WHAT I'VE IT'S ABOUT THE SAME ELECTRICITY USAGE AS ONE LIGHTS BULB.
>> SO IT KEEPS THE WATER IN THE PIPE HEATED, PRE-HEATED SO YOU DON'T RACE THAT WATER BUT IT USES A LITTLE BIT MORE ELECTRICITY AS A RESULT.
>> THERE IS A TIMER ON IT SO YOU CAN ACTUALLY HAVE IT TURN OFF DURING THE NIGHT WHEN YOU DON'T NEED IT GOING THEN IT WILL TURN ON AT A SET TIME, AND THAT WILL MAKE AIT MORE ELECTRICALLY EFFICIENT.
LIKE IT'S AMAZING TO ME THE DIFFERENCE.
LIKE IT LITERALLY IS T THE SHOWERS ON AND IT'S HOT WHEREAS BEFORE I WOULD HAVE TO RUN THE WATER FOR MINUTES.
I MEAN WE HAVE THE WAY OUR HOUSE IS DESIGNED AND IT'S, YOU KNOW, BUILT BY CENTURY HOMES, THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF THESE HOMES ALL OVER INDIO.
THEY PUT THE WATER HEATER ON ONE SIDE OF THE HOUSE AND ALL THE BATHROOMS ARE ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE HOUSE.
>> THAT'S THE ISSUE HERE, ARE IN OUR COMMUNITY AS WELL, CENTURY HOMES.
I WILL SEND THE LINK TO EVERYBODY AND CAN FORWARD IT ON.
IT'S A NEAT LITTLE DEVICE, MAKES A HUGE DIFFERENCE.
HOW I WOULD RECOMMEND TO EVERYBODY, I PUT IT ON FACEBOOK TO OUR COMMUNITY HERE AND TELLING MY FRIENDS ABOUT IT.
IT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT IT'S OH MY GOD, IT'S SO SIMPLE AND EFFICIENT.
I HONESTLY BELIEVE WE WILL SAVE MONEY IN OUR WATER BILL WITH IT WORKING NOW.
>> BIGGEST ADVANTAGE IS LIKE MORGEN SAYS, SET THE TIMER IF YOU TAKE YOUR SHOWERS FROM 5 TO 9 IN THE MORNING, YOU CAN RUN THAT FROM 5 TO 9 IF YOU WANTS TO WITH THE TIMER.
>> BUT -- I'M NOT TOO SURE HOW IT WORKS WITH IEW OR IWA -- I'M GETTING ALL CONFUSED.
IS THAT SO COACHELLA VALLEY WATER HAS REBATES FOR SMART IRRIGATION SYSTEM FOR MORE EFFICIENT SPRINKLER HEADS.
YOU KNOW? SO THEY'VE GOT A FEW MORE THINGS THAT WE COULD TRY AND GET FOR OUR CITY TO HELP RESIDENTS BE MORE WATER EFFICIENT IS MY POINT.
IWA PRETTY MUCH HAS REBATES FOR ALMOST EVERYTHING THE SUN.
BUT THEY MIGHT NOT HAVE THOSE RECIRCULATING PUMPS.
THAT, I HAVE NOT SEEN BUT CAN YOU GET A REBATE FOR TOILETS, FOR WASHING MACHINES FOR TAKING OUT YOUR TURF, THEY HAVE TONS OF REBATES.
BUT WHAT I CAN DO IS LET THEM KNOW ABOUT YOUR IDEA AND SEE IF THEY'RE WILLING TO ADD THAT TO THEIR REBATES IF THEY DON'T ALREAD IT.
I'VE SEEN THAT -- I HAVEN'T SEEN THAT INIWA'S WEBSITE AT LEAST NOT LATELY.
>> SO IF IWB DOES ITS WE SHOULD DO TOO RIGHT?
>> I CAN CERTAINLY SUGGEST THAT OVER TO THEM.
EVERYTHING ELSE, I THOUGHT THEY HAD EVERY REBATE THE SUN.
APPARENTLY THEY DON'T OR MAYBE THEY DON'T SO THEM KNOW.
I'LL FOLLOW UP WITH THEM AS WELL, I CREATED A DIALOGUE WITH SOMEBODY THERE AND I'LL
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FOLLOW UP AS WELL.AND SARAH I'LL SEND YOU THE INFO ON IT AND YOU CAN FORWARD IT TO EVERYBODY ELSE.
IT'S A GREAT PIECE OF MACHINERY.
>> BY THE WAY, I RECEIVED AN E-MAIL DO, JUST A HEADS-UP.
AND IT WAS FROM A GOVERNMENT AGENCY AND IT WAS JUST AN ALERT TO GOVERNMENT AGENCIES THAT DUE TO THE SMALL QUANTITY OF RAINFALL WE HAD OVER THE PAST YEAR, THAT THERE MAY BE WATER AGAIN IN 2021.
>> OH, HERE WE GO AGAIN, RIGHT? OKAY.
THERE ARE ALSO DEALING WITH THE NEW MANDATES AS WHICH WE'LL PUTS CERTAIN CAPS ON WATER USE WITH SB 606 AND 1668.
BUT AGAIN THEIR IWA IS SO FAR AHEAD WITH REBATE THINGS LIKE THAT THEY'RE WORKING TOWARDS THAT FOR SURE.
AND I'LL WORK WITH YOU AS WELL COMMISSIONER BENTSEN ON SENDING THAT INFO OVER TO IWA.
WE ARE STILL WAITING TO GET THE BROCHURE BACK BUT THE WATER INFORMATION AND A LOT OF THEIR REBATES AND SO FORTH WILL BE ADDED TO THAT, SO THAT WILL BE NICE.
EVERYTHING WILL BE AT LEAST IN ONE PLACE IN BROCHURE.
AS SOON AS I GET THAT BACK FROM BURRTECH I'LL THAT BACK HERE.
HERE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS THEY'RE DOING AT IWA.
HERE ARE THE THINGS WE TALKED ABOUT.
COMMISSIONER TACK, I DID PUT THE ELECTRONIC AND VEHICLE HAVE A LITTLE BANDWIDTH LATER WE'LL KEEP PUSHING ON THAT RIGHT? IN THE MEANTIME, THERE IS THE WEBSITE AND THE CALENDAR THAT WE'RE FINISHING UP NOW WHICH I JUST CHANGED TO MATCH THE OTHER FORMATTING.
THAT'S THE WORK PLAN, AND ANNUAL PLAN ALL -- IT'S OBVIOUSLY NOT DONE.
AND I CAN SEND THIS OUT TO YOU AS WELL.
I THINK EVERY TIME AFTER THE MEETING WHEN I BRING UP NEW VERSION I'LL JUST SEND IT TO YOU OR IF YOU HAVE MORE THOUGHTS OR IF I MISSED SOMETHING BY ALL MEANS LET ME KNOW AND I'LL ADD IT TO THE POSSIBLE PROJECTS OR FOLLOW-UP
>> THAT LOOKS GOOD, EVEN THESE CHANGES YOU'VE MADE SINCE THE LAST VERSION YOU'VE SENT OUT.
WHILE YOU HAVE THIS PAGE UP, IT SAYS OCTOBER, I NOTICE IT SAYS NATIONAL TRIALS DAY.
>> BUT I REALLY LIKE WHAT DID YOU IN THIS UPDATE.
AND GETTING SOME OF THE GRAPHICS IN THERE, AND HOW YOU'RE CALLING OUT CERTAIN THINGS.
IT'S DEFINITELY COMING ALONG AND COMING TOGETHER AS A COHERENT GREAT LOOKING DOCUMENT FOR WORKING WITH.
I THINK GRAPHICS ARE GOING TO BE REALLY IMPORTANT AND THAT'S WHAT I'M GOING TO BE WORKING ON A LOT SO IT LOOKS LIKE A NICE REPORT.
IT'S GOING TO TAKE A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME OBVIOUSLY BUT WE'RE GETTING THERE.
>> I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT TO ADD IT AS AN IDEA BUT FROM WHAT COMMISSIONER BENZ SAID UNDER DID WATER, A BLUSH ABOUT CONTINUING TO FIND WAYS TO ENCOURAGE REDUCTION IN WATER USE EACH HOUSEHOLD, ET CETERA.
>> WE SHOULD PUT -- LET'S PUT IT UNDER POSSIBLE RIGHT NOW.
LET'S PUT IT UNDER THERE AND YOU KNOW WHAT? IF IWA THINKS THAT THAT'S SOMETHING THEY CAN DO THEN WE'LL JUST ADD IT TO OUR WORK PLAN AND CHECK IT OFF.
>> YES, I PUT ONE OF THOSE IN FOR AN AUNT AND UNCLE AND FOR MY PARENTS, AND THEY'RE GREAT.
>> OH YOU DID, THE RECIRCULATE?
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THEY HAVEN'T RAISED THE ELECTRICITY BILL SIGNIFICANTLY?>> EVERY MORNING, I FEEL GUILTY THAT ALL THIS FRESH WATER IS GOING DOWN THE DRAIN.
IT'S BEEN 15 YEARS THAT I'VE LIVED IN THIS HOUSE AND I HAVE THIS FEELING OF GUILT EVERY TIME I TURN IT ON AND THERE IS A SOLUTION.
JUST MAKE A STOP BY HOME DEPOT.
>> OR IN LOWE'S, THE HOME DEPOT IS IN INDIAN WELLS -- NO LA QUINTA.
>> ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE FREEWAY.
WE HAVE ANY COMMISSIONER COMMENTS?
>> I DON'T SEE ANY COMMISSIONER COMMENTS.
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BUT I'LL BE SENDING OUT THE NEW VERSION OF THE PLAN, AND A POLL TO SEE WHEN EVERYONE IS AVAILABLE TO DO A TOUR AND MOST OF THE OTHER STUFF, I THINK I JUST BRING BACK AT THE NEXT MEETING.
SO -- OH AND THE I ON THE ZERO WASTE PRINCIPLE COURSE, OKAY?
OKAY WELL, WITH THAT, I GUESS WE CAN MEETING, THEN.
WE'LL ALL BE SEEING YOU ON APRIL 27TH.
ALL RIGHT, HAVE A GOOD NIGHT EVERYBODY.
>> ENJOY THE REST OF YOUR EVENING.
GOOD NIGHT.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.