>> I WILL NOW CALL TO ORDER THE APRIL 20TH 2021
[1. CALL TO ORDER]
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COMM COMMISSION MEETING.LET'S START WITH THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
COMMISSIONER ORDIAN, WOULD YOU MEAN LEADING US.
>> I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC TO WHICH IT STAN INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
>> THANK YOU COMMISSIONER ORDIAN.
>> VICE CHAIRPERSON KI BARRAZA?
>> COMMISSIONER KEVIN WILCOXON?
>> COMMISSIONER RONALD PHILLIPS-MARINEZ?
MOVING ON TO COMMISSIONER COMMENTS.
[4. COMMISSIONER COMMENTS]
I WI COMMISSIONER PHILLIPS MARTINEZ>> I DON'T HAVE A LOT THIS MONTH.
JUST HAPPY TO SEE OUT AND ABOUT AND THINGS START TO REOPEN UP AND RESTAURANTS GETTING BUSIER AND THINGS STARTING TO HAPPEN IN THE CITY.
IT IS NICE TO SEE AND LOOKING FORWARD TO THE NEAR FUTURE
>> THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER PHILLIPS MARTINEZ.
COMMISSIONER BARRAZA, COMMISSIONER VICE CHAIRPERSON BARRAZA? [INAUDIBLE]
>> SAME HERE, I'M HAPPY TO SEE EVERYONE HAPPY AND SAFE.
MOVING FORWARD TO PUBLIC COMMENT.
WE'LL MOVE RIGHT ALONG, ITEM 6, APPROVAL OF MINUTES.
[6. APPROVAL OF MINUTES – March 16, 2021 Minute Action]
CAN I GET A MOTION>> I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES.
>> CHAIRPERSON SCARBOROUGH ECKEL?
MOVING ON TO ITEM 7, SOCCER USAGE GYM
[7. SOCCER FIELD USAGE – (Jim Curtis, CFEE, Community Services Manager) Verbal]
I WANTED TO GET SOME RECOMMENDATION AND SOME THOUGHTS FROM YOU GUYS TO TALK ABOUT THE USE OF OUR SOCCER FIELDS OVER BY DAVIS PARK ON JACKSON -- JACKSON STREET AND DADE AVENUE.DOES EVERYBODY KNOW WHERE THOSE ARE? INDIO ASO HAS A STRONG PRESENCE FOR THAT FIELD.
THEY ARE 800 PLUS KIDS EVERY FALL.
THEIR SEASON RUNS OCTOBER, NOVEMBER, DECEMBER, WITH GAMES STARTING IN OCTOBER AND PRACTICES IN SEPTEMBER, MIDDLE OF SEPTEMBER.
THEN JANUARY IS WHEN THEY USUALLY HAVE PLAYOFFS WITHIN THE ORGANIZATION AND THEN STARTING FEBRUARY PRACTICES AND THEN MARCH, APRIL, MAY IS WHEN THEIR SPRING SELECT SEASON IS.
AND SPRING SELECT IS LIKE ALL-STARS, IT IS THEIR ALL-STAR SEASON PRETTY MUCH, THEY PICK THEIR TEAMS AND THEN THEY PLAY TEAMS FROM OTHER AYSO IN THE VALLEY, LA QUINNTA, CATHEDRAL CITY AYSO, DESSERT HOT SPRINGS AYSO AND THEY PLAY INNER LEAGUE SELECT SEASON GAMES.
THEN THEY HAVE PLAYOFFS FOR THOSE AND THOSE PEOPLE WHO WIN THE PLAYOFFS GO TO RIVERSIDE FOR REGIONALS.
AND THEN IT CAN MOVE ON FROM THERE WITH AYSO.
FOR EXAMPLE, LIKE LA QUINNTA THAT I WAS INVOLVED IN, WE HAD 13 TO 14 HUNDRED KIDS THAT PLAYED LA QUINNTA AYSO.
AS YOU CAN PROBABLY GUESS RIGHT NOW, THE AYSO SEASON IN THE FALL CANCELLED AND THE SPRING SELECT OBVIOUSLY DIDN'T GO BECAUSE THE FALL SEASON DIDN'T GO.
I WAS CONTACTED BY THE COMMISSIONER OF INDIO AYSO WHO SAID MAYBE LOOKING AT DOING A MAY, THEY WERE THINKING
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OF DOING APRIL, MAY AND JUNE SEASON, A THREE MONTH QUICK SEASON, JUST KIND OF GET PEOPLE BACK IN THE MOOD OF PLAYING SOCCER AND THINGS LIKE THAT.HE SAID HE WAS STILL WAITING FOR THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF INDIO AYSO TO MAKE THAT DECISION.
SO YOU WANT TO MAKE A NOTE, CHAIRPERSON ECKEL THAT HE HAS JOINED US?
>> COMMISSIONER WILCOXON HAS JOINED US AT 5:36
SO WHAT HAPPENS USUALLY AFTER MAY, THE MAY SELECT SEASON IS AYSO WILL PLAY TOURNAMENTS.
SOME TOURNAMENTS IN APRIL AND MAY BUT THEY DO PLAY A COUPLE OF IN JUNE.
USUALLY BY JUNE 15 IN THE PAST, HOWEVER MANY YEARS I HAVE BEEN HERE AND I'M SURE PAUL HAS BEEN HERE, WE LET THE FIELD REST FROM THE MIDDLE OF JUNE, ALL OF JULY, ALL OF AUGUST SO THEY CAN READY FOR AYSO AND 800 KIDS TO COME IN SEPTEMBER.
I THINK AYSO WILL COME BACK IN THE FALL, STRONG AS CAN BE, BECAUSE THERE ARE OTHER REGIONS LIKE IN CORONA, MY FRIEND'S DAUGHTER IS PLAYING IN CORONA ALREADY.
THE REASON WHY I'M PREFACING THIS WITH EVERYTHING I'M TELLING YOU ABOUT AND THE REASON WHY WE CLOSE JULY AND AUGUST.
WE WANT TO LET THAT BERMUDA GRASS GROW WHILE IT IS 120, THAT IS THE PRIME TIME FOR BERMUDA GRASS TO GROW IN THE DESERT AND BE READY FOR SEPTEMBER, OCTOBER FOR THE AYSO SEASON.
THE REASON WHY I'M TELLING YOU ALL THIS, I HAVE BEEN CONTACTED BY A COUPLE OF LEAGUES, CLUB LEAGUES AND CLUB LEAGUES ARE DIFFERENT THAN THE RECREATIONAL LEAGUES LIKE AYSO.
CLUB LEAGUE IS THE MORE SERIOUS PLAYERS.
FOR EXAMPLE, AYSO USUALLY COSTS ABOUT $100 FOR THE WHOLE SEASON.
RIGHT? IF YOU ARE PLAYING CLUB BALL, THOSE FEES CAN BE ANYWHERE FROM 150 TO 200 TO 250 DOLLARS A MONTH.
THOSE ARE PLAYERS THAT ARE SERIOUS, CLUB PLAYERS, MY DAUGHTER PLAYED CLUB BALL FOR A LONG TIME.
SHE PLAYED REC FIRST AND WENT TO CLUB BALL.
I HAVE BEEN CONTACTED BY TWO DIFFERENT LEAGUES, BOTH OF THEM BASED OUT OF COACHELLA WHICH THEY HAVE MULTIPLE INDIO KIDS PLAYING ON THOSE TEAMS. ONE, THEY CONTACTED ME IN FEBRUARY BECAUSE THEY WANTED TO START PRACTICING AND POSSIBLY HAVING SOME GAMES AND SOME TOURNAMENTS IN MARCH, APRIL, MAY AND POSSIBLY JUNE.
BUT THE AYSO COMMISSIONER CONTACTED ME IN FEBRUARY.
HE STILL HASN'T MADE THAT DECISION.
I DON'T THINK THAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN.
THE QUESTION IS, DO YOU GUYS FEEL OKAY -- AND I'M ONE WAY OR THE OTHER, IT IS UP TO YOU GUYS -- TO ALLOW COACHELA LEAGUES TO PLAY OUR FIELDS, THEY WOULD DOMINATE THOSE FIELDS.
EVEN IF THERE WERE REGULAR PEOPLE WHO WANT TO PLAY, ONE CLUB HAS 20 TEAMS THAT NEED TO PRACTICE AND PLAY.
I'LL SAY IT AGAIN, THERE ARE INDIO KIDS ON THE TEAM.
I KNOW THEM PERSONALLY THAT ARE FROM INDIO THAT PLAY ON SOME OF THESE TEAMS. BUT THE QUESTION IS WHETHER WE WANT TO HAVE LEAGUES, CLUB LEAGUES PLAY ON OUR FIELDS WHEN THEY ARE NOT FROM INDIO FIRST, EVEN THOUGH THERE ARE INDIO KIDS, I KEEP SAYING THAT BECAUSE THERE ARE A LOT OF INDIO KIDS THAT PLAY IN THESE LEAGUES, TO ALLOW THEM TO PLAY ON OUR FIELDS FOR POSSIBLY MAY AND HALF OF JUNE AND THEN WE'D STILL WANT TO CLOSE IT.
THEN I'D SAY -- THEN I THINK THEY MIGHT WANT TO KEEP GOING IN THE FALL WHICH INDIO TAKES UP EVERY FIELD WITH 800 PLUS KIDS.
YOU CAN ONLY IMAGINE EACH TEAM IS PRACTICING, SOMETIMES THERE ARE TWO OR THREE TEAMS PRACTICING ON ONE FIELD, THEY SPLIT THE FIELD IN THREE'S SO THEY CAN PRACTICE AND THEN THEY HAVE GAMES ALL DAY ON SATURDAY.
THEY USUALLY HAVE THEIR FIRST GAME AT 8:00 AND THE LAST GAME IS AT 2:00 OR 3:00 ON SATURDAYS.
I KIND OF WANT TO GET YOUR THOUGHTS ON WHAT YOU THINK OF ALLOWING CLUB TEAMS TO PLAY ON OUR FIELDS AND IF THEY ARE NOT BASED ON INDIO.
I'LL TAKE THESE SUGGESTIONS BACK TO OUR CITY MANAGER AND DEPUTY CITY MANAGER AND TELL THEM WHAT YOUR THOUGHTS ARE
>> MY FIRST THOUGHT IS HOW MUCH TROUBLE DOES THIS CAUSE YOU AND YOUR STAFF?
>> WELL, IT IS NOT MUCH TROUBLE.
THERE IS A FEE TO USE THE FIELD.
WE WOULD ASK FOR INSURANCE, ALL THE LIABILITY THINGS
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WE ALWAYS ASK FOR.IT IS NOT REALLY A LOT OF TROUBLE TO US.
IT PROBABLY IS MORE TROUBLE TO PAUL AND, I MEAN, AGAIN, I KNOW THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN REC BALL AND CLUB BALL.
ON CLUB BALL, THEY DO MORE TACKLING WHICH RIPS UP THE FIELD.
THOSE GUYS ARE OUT THERE TO HAVE FUN AND HAVE SOMETHING TO DO.
THEY ARE USUALLY MAYBE SOMETIMES BEGINNERS, FIRST TIME USERS.
THEY ARE HESITANT ON THE BALL.
ON MY STAFF AND EDITH, IT WOULDN'T BE MUCH AT ALL.
ON PAUL'S STAFF IN KEEPING UP WITH THE FIELDS AND TRYING TO KEEP IT GOOD FOR THE FALL, WHICH IF WE ALLOW THEM TO PLAY IN MAY AND JUNE, MOST OF MAY AND HALF OF JUNE, I DON'T THINK THEY WOULD DO A LOT OF DAMAGE THAT WE CAN'T REPAIR, AGAIN.
I WANT THOSE DECISIONS IN A RECOMMENDATION COMING FROM YOU GUYS.
>> PAUL, DO YOU WANT TO SAY ANYTHING?
>> IT IS STARTING IN JUNE AND THE PROCESS OF GROWING IT, WATER IT IN THE DAYTIME SOMETIMES.
WATER HEAVILY AT NIGHT MEANS THE FIELDS CAN BE SOGGY THROUGH THE SUMMERTIME TO GET THE BEST BERMUDA.
CERTAINLY EXTENDING TOO FAR INTO JUNE TAKES AWAY OUR OPTIMUM TIME TO CONDITION THE FIELDS TO GET THEM AS NEAR AS PERFECT FOR THE FALL
>> JIM, I HAVE A QUESTION, BY WHEN DO YOU NEED TO GIVE THEM AN ANSWER?
>> THEY ARE ACTUALLY PRACTICING RIGHT NOW AT A DIFFERENT LOCATION.
THEY WANT TO COME -- THEY ARE OUTSIDE THE CITY.
THEY WANT TO COME TO THE SOCCER FIELDS AS SOON AS THEY CAN.
THEY WERE ASKING ME THIS TO START THIS PAST WEEK TUESDAY, THURSDAY LAST WEEK.
THEY PRACTICED TUESDAY, THURSDAY AND SOME DO MONDAYS AND WEDNESDAYS.
I WAS HOLDING THEM OFF UNTIL WE TALK TONIGHT
>> IS THERE ANY INTEREST IN INDIO LEAGUE?
>> I DON'T KNOW OF ANY INDIO CLUB LEAGUES THAT ARE BASED HERE IN INDIO.
I DO KNOW THAT A COUPLE OF BOARD OF DIRECTORS ON THE COACHELLA LEAGUE LIVE IN INDIO TOO.
WHEN THEY SEND ME AN E-MAIL, THEY HAVE BEEN A 31-YEAR RESIDENT OF INDIO AND THEY HAVE BEEN ON THE BOARD, I THINK IT WAS THE TREASURER OR SECRETARY.
AGAIN, I DON'T KNOW OF ANY INDIO BASED CLUB LEAGUES.
THE ONLY INDIO BASED SOCCER IS AYSO.
>> I WOULDN'T HAVE -- I WOULDN'T HAVE ANY PROBLEM WITH SUPPORTING THAT, ESPECIALLY BECAUSE THERE WILL BE PARTICIPANTS FROM INDIO, AND AGAIN, YOU MENTIONED SOME OF THE LEADERSHIP AND ALSO INDIO RESIDENTS AND BEING GOOD NEIGHBORS, COACHELLA, IF THERE ISN'T ANY INTEREST, I'D RATHER BE SUPPORTING ACTIVITIES RATHER JUST HAVING THOSE FIELDS EMPTY.
>> I AGREE BUT I WOULD WANT TO MAKE IT CLEAR, JIM, THEY COULD NOT CONTINUE IN THE FALL.
WE WOULD WANT TO MAKE IT CLEAR OUR HOME LEAGUES WILL BE RETURNING FOR THE FALL SEASON.
THEY WOULD HAVE FIRST PRIORITY.
>> I'M GOING TO PIGGYBACK ON THAT SAME THING THAT COMMISSIONER PHILLIPS MARTINEZ SAID, I'M OKAY WITH THIS TIME PERIOD BUT AGREED THAT OBVIOUSLY, THE INDIO LEAGUES TAKE PRECEDENCE COME FALL.
I THINK WE WANT TO BE GOOD NEIGHBORS
>> I WAS GOING TO SAY IT IS A NICE GESTURE.
MAYBE ONE DAY WE NEED THEM FOR SOME REASON.
IT IS ALWAYS NICE TO KEEP GOOD RELATIONSHIP, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, WATCH OUT THAT IT IS GOING TO -- WE WON'T GET INTO TROUBLE OR SOMETHING, TO TAKE BACK THE FIELD.
AND THESE TEAMS RANGE FROM 10 AND 11-YEAR-OLDS ALL THE WAY 17-YEAR-OLDS THAT PLAY, WOMEN AND MEN BOTH.
IF THERE IS ANY OTHER COMMENTS, THAT'S GREAT, LET ME KNOW.
THIS IS WHAT I'LL TAKE BACK TO THEM, AND SEE WHAT THEY SAY.
THEN I'LL REPORT BACK TO YOU GUYS.
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WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM 8, DEPARTMENT UPDATES.
[8. DEPARTMENT UPDATES – (Community Services Commission) Verbal]
I'LL START WITH VICE CHAIRPERSON KIM BARRAZAI HAVE SPECIAL EVENTS, WE KNOW THOSE BIG CONCERTS AND EVENTS ARE NOT HAPPENING.
BUT I DO WANT TO LET YOU KNOW ABOUT INDIO'S EARTH DAY CELEBRATION.
THEY SUSTAINABILITY EVENT THIS SUNDAY WHERE INDIO RESIDENTS CAN DROP OFF LIKE TIRES.
THEY WILL BE DOING -- SO IT IS GOING TO BE AT THE CORPORATE YARD ON THE 24TH FROM 9:00 A.M.
YOU CAN DROP OFF FILTERS, WASTE, COMPOST AND PAPER SHREDDING.
IF ANYBODY IS INTERESTED, STOP BY.
IF YOU HAVE ANY WASTE, ESPECIALLY SINCE WE ARE NOT ACCUMULATING IT AT HOME.
THAT IS NOT THE MOST HEALTHY FOR THE COMMUNITY ENVIRONMENT.
IF WE HAVE TIME, STOP BY AND CHECK THAT OUT AND CELEBRATE THE EARTH.
>> THE INDIO PERFORMING ARTS CENTER, I CAN TELL YOU THEY PROGRAMMING GOING ON FOR THEIR KIDS WORKS PROGRAM.
THEY ARE IN THE PROCESS OF LAYING THE PLANS AND THE GROUNDWORK FOR SUMMER CAMP FOR KIDS WORKS.
THEN RESTARTING PRODUCTION IN THE FALL.
I KNOW THERE IS STILL A LOT OF REGULATIONS AND PAPERWORK THAT HAS TO BE WORKED THROUGH AS FAR AS INDOOR ACTIVITIES AND LIVE PERFORMANCES.
THAT'S CURRENTLY BEING WORKED THROUGH.
THEY HOPE TO HAVE SOME MAJOR ANNOUNCEMENTS SOMETIME IN MAY AS TO WHAT THE REST OF THIS YEAR WILL LOOK LIKE.
I KNOW A LOT OF THEIR CUSTOMERS ARE CLAMORING TO GET BACK INTO THE THEATRE AND BE POSTING EVENTS AGAIN.
WE ARE WORKING TOWARDS THAT GOAL.
WE SHOULD HAVE MORE TO TALK ABOUT NEXT MONTH.
>> THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER PHILLIPS-MARTINEZ.
>> YES, I WOULD LIKE TO MENTION ABOUT THE OPEN SPACE ON THE 40TH AND JEFFERSON.
THAT AREA IS RESIDENTIAL POPULATED AREA.
IT IS A HUGE SPACE OVER THERE.
I DON'T KNOW WHO THIS BELONGS TO BUT I THINK IT WOULD BE NICE TO HAVE A SHOPPING CENTER OVER THERE LIKE ANCHOR STORES LIKE CVS.
THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT HAVE TO DRIVE TO JACKSON AND MONROE.
I THINK THAT AREA WOULD BE PERFECT, YOU KNOW, FOR RESIDENTS TO BE THERE.
THAT'S BECAUSE THERE IS NO STORE AROUND.
>> THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER ORDIAN.
>> JIM TOOK ME ON A TOUR OF THE SENIOR CENTER AND THE TEEN CENTER YESTERDAY.
THE SURPRISINGLY LARGE AND LOTS OF ROOM.
I WAS ESPECIALLY IMPRESSED WITH THE CLEANLINESS.
A LOT OF TIMES FACILITIES START TO GET THAT BUILD UP OF WAX AROUND THE WALLS.
TO ME, THAT IS A GOOD SIGN OF A WELL MAINTAINED PLACE.
THEN I UNDERSTAND THAT THE TEEN CENTER IS OPEN JUST OUTDOORS.
THE RECREATION ROOM, JIM, OKAY, AND I NOTE THAT THE PAPE APPROACHING YELLOW.
I HOPE THAT IS GOOD NEWS FOR ALL OF US.
THE TWO PARKS, THEY ARE PRETTY MUCH AS IT WAS.
ITCH YET TO SEE ACTIVITY AT THAT SMALL PARK, I FORGET THE NAME OF IT
>> I HAVE TO CUT YOU OFF AND SAVE THAT FOR WHEN WE GET TO PARKS.
I HAVE THE LIGHTS AT THE GOLF COURSE AND OBVIOUSLY, IT IS STILL BUSY AS IT HAS BEEN.
THER ACTIVITY, IT IS PROBABLY THE HEAT DETERRING PEOPLE FROM THE DAY.
I'M SURE JIM CAN ATTEST TO THAT AS WELL, THAT WE ARE STILL DOING REALLY WELL AT THE GOLF COURSE.
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ALL RIGHT.WE'LL MOVE ON TO PARK UPDATES NOW.
[9. PARK UPDATES – (Community Services Commission) Verbal]
I WILL START WITH COMMISSIONER WILCOXON.>> AS I SAID, PRETTY MUCH AS THEY HAVE BEEN, MILES PARK IS IN USE PRETTY MUCH EVERY TIME I GO BY THERE.
THERE HAS BEEN MORE THAN JUST THE ASSEMBLY OF MEN AROUND THE PICNIC TABLE THE LAST TIME.
THE SMALL PARK, I FORGET THE NAME OF IT, STILL I HAVE NEVER SEEN ANY ACTIVITY THERE.
IS THAT THE SAME AREA THAT MR. ORDIAN IS TALKING ABOUT?
THERE IS NO PARK OVER THERE, JUST RESIDENTIAL, 40TH AND JEFFERSON.
>> THIS IS THE CORNER OF JEFFERSON AND, WHAT IS IT?
THERE IS A LOT OF OPEN SPACE THERE TOO.
>> THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER WILCOXON.
WE HAVE -- I'M OVERSEEING THREE PARKS.
IT IS REALLY NICE TO GO LOOK AROUND.
THEY LOOK NICE, CLEAN, INVITING.
I AGREE WITH CHAIRMAN THAT THERE ARE NOT A LOT OF ACTIVITY BECAUSE OF THE HEAT.
IT IS INTERESTING THE WEEKENDS, YOU CAN USUALLY SEE SEVERAL FAMILIES OVER THERE.
EVEN TODAY WHICH IS NOT A WEEKEND, THERE WERE A COUPLE OF FAMILIES AT THE FIELD PARK.
THE ACTIVITY, IT LOOKS NICE, IT IS GREEN, IT IS BEAUTIFUL.
THE MORE WE GET INTO THE HEAT OF SUMMER, WE'LL SEE LESS PEOPLE.
PERHAPS, I DON'T KNOW IF THERE IS A LOT OF EVENING TIMES OR NOT, MAYBE WE'LL HAVE MORE PEOPLE COMING AFTER 6:00 OR 7:00 P.M.
AS OF NOW, IT ALL LOOKS GOOD, GOOD, NICE AND CLEAN.
>> THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER ORDIAN.
>> BOTH ARE IN GOOD SHAPE, BOTH ARE DOING WELL PHYSICALLY.
THE PARKS, I HAVE SEEN MORE ACTIVITIES ON THE WEEKEND WHICH IS NICE, BUT NOTHING TO REPORT.
>> THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER PHILLIPS-MARTINEZ.
>> I COVER DR. CAREON AND SOUTH JACKSON PARKS, THEY ARE LOOKING GOOD.
THERE ARE SOME FAMILIES OUT THERE.
I ALSO SEE SOME MORE ADULTS, SENIOR ADULTS.
YOU SEE DR. CARREON PARK THE TRAIL, THAT IS GOOD.
NOW WITH THE RESTRICTIONS BEING A LITTLE BIT MORE FLEXIBLE, WE HAVE BEEN SEEING WAY MORE ACTIVITY ON THE STREETS AND THOSE TWO PARKS, I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SEE SOME CHILDREN OR FAMILIES OUT THERE ON THE PLAYGROUND.
I HAVE CAHULLA PARK AND PATTON PARK.
I NOTICED THE BASKETBALL NETS ARE BACK ON.
THERE HAS BEEN A LOT MORE ACTIVITY AT THE PARKS.
I HAD AN INCIDENT AT PATTON PARK THAT I TALKED TO THE CHIEF ABOUT.
I STARTED GETTING A FEW TEXT MESSAGES FROM PEOPLE IN THE AREA THAT THEIR KIDS WERE NOT ABLE TO USE THE PARK.
I WASN'T AT MY HOME AT THE TIME WHICH IS AROUND THE CORNER FROM THE PARK.
THERE WAS A LITTLE BIT OF A GATHERING.
I WASN'T SURE WHAT WAS GOING ON.
I DON'T KNOW IF, CHIEF, YOU WANT TO DIVULGE A LITTLE BIT MORE.
>> ALL THE PARKS, THERE IS A SUPERMAN, HE IS A ONE MAN SHOW.
DOING WHATEVER THEY CAN TO GET THE NETS BACK UP ON THE BASKETBALL COURTS.
SOME WERE GETTING THE RIMS ON ON THE COURTS, GOT THE SWINGS BACK UP.
HE IS DOING THAT ALONG WITH OTHER ISSUES THAT CAN CROP UP AT THE SPORTS FIELDS AND DEALING WITH VANDALISM.
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I WANT TO TAKE MY HAT OFF TO JOSE MOREAN WHO IS A PLUS IN MAKING OUR PARKS SAFE AND USABLE.SOME GOOD NEWS, WE ARE GETTING CLOSE TO ACTIVATING THE WATER PLAY AT THE PARKS.
PARKS LIKE JACKSON PARK, CAHUILA PARK WHICH HAVE BEEN INACTIVE SINCE THE DROUGHT.
NOW THEY HAVE BEEN REDONE OVER.
I'M PRETTY SURE WHEN WE GET THE WATER PLAY BACK AND PEOPLE NOTICE THE SWINGS ARE BACK UP.
THE TIRE SWING IS BACK UP AT NORTH JACKSON PARK.
ONCE THESE AMENITIES ARE OUT THERE, YOU'LL SEE A LOT MORE ACTIVITY AT THE PARKS.
CHIEF, DO YOU WANT TALK ABOUT THE INCIDENT AT PATTON PARK ON THE 27TH?
>> IF YOU SEE ME BENDING DOWN LIKE THIS, THE BLOWERS WENT BACK ON.
I'M GOING TO LOOK INTO GETTING SOME HEADPHONES OR EAR BUDS OR SOMETHING.
>> CHAIRPERSON, YEAH, WE HAD A COUPLE OF OFFICERS GO OUT AND RESPOND TO THE PARK AND CHECK WITH THE PEOPLE.
THEY HAD GATHERED, THEY WERE USING THE PARK.
IT APPEARED THEY WERE MOVING ALONG AND HAD JUST BEEN THERE FOR A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.
WE DO HAVE MORE ACTIVITY IN THE PARKS AS THE WEATHER HAS GOTTEN WARMER.
YOU'LL SEE PARK CLUBS AND A NUMBER OF GROUPS OF BICYCLISTS THAT WILL GATHER AS WELL.
YOU MAY SEE THAT THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER MONTHS COMING UP.
IF YOU NEED ANYTHING OR IF YOU NEED US TO CHECK ON THE PARK GATHERING, JUST LET US KNOW, GIVE US A CALL EITHER 911 OR OUR BUSINESS LINE.
IT WAS MUCH APPRECIATED BY EVERYONE IN THE COMMUNITY AROUND HERE THAT I TALKED TO.
IT WAS NICE THEY WERE ABLE TO CALL IN AND GET AN ANSWER.
JUST ENCOURAGE YOUR PEOPLE TO CALL IN AT ANY TIME.
WE WILL MOVE ALONG TO UPDATES.
[10. UPDATES - (Jim Curtis, CFEE, Community Services Manager) Verbal]
JIM, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE?JUST WANT TO LET YOU KNOW ABOUT OUR TEEN CENTER OPENING UP.
WE OPENED UP BEFORE SPRING BREAK FOR TWO DAYS THAT THEY CAME BACK AND WE DIDN'T HAVE VERY BIG ATTENDANCE FOR THOSE COUPLE OF DAYS.
THEN WE STARTED TO GET A LITTLE BIT -- A COUPLE OF MORE PEOPLE EVERY DAY.
THEY ONLY HAVE 500 PEOPLE AT INDIO IN EACH COHORT, COHORT A AND COHORT B.
WE ARE HOPING THAT IF THE SCHOOL BOARD MEETING I THINK IS GOING ON RIGHT NOW MAKES THEIR DECISION TO GO TO COMBINE COHORTING AND GO FOUR DAYS A WEEK THAT WE'LL GET SOME MORE ACTIVITY AND SOME MORE PEOPLE COMING RIGHT OVER FROM INDIO HIGH SCHOOL AND MAYBE FROM THE MIDDLE SCHOOLS AND FROM OTHER -- FROM THE OTHER HIGH SCHOOLS, GET THEM IN THERE.
WE'LL PROBABLY OPEN UP A LITTLE BIT MORE OF THE TEEN CENTER AS KEVIN HAD SAID.
WE A MULTIPURPOSE ROOM AND THE OUTSIDE MOSTLY.
NOW THAT IT IS GETTING TO BE HOT AGAIN.
WE'LL PROBABLY MOVE THEM INSIDE AGAIN.
I THINK WE ARE READY FOR THAT.
BEING IN THE ORANGE TIER, I THINK WE ARE READY AS WELL.
IF IT DOESN'T, I THINK WE'LL BE BACK ON BOARD NEXT FALL AS SCHOOL GOES BACK FULL TIME.
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK TO WHERE WE WERE.
HOPEFULLY THINGS WILL GET BACK TO NORMAL AT THE TEEN CENTER.
WE STILL HAVE THE SUMMER PLAN FOR THE TEEN CENTER WITH FIELD TRIPS TO COLLEGES AND TO THE BEACH AND OTHER PLACES THEY USUALLY GO IN THE SUMMERTIME.
THE TEEN CENTER IS LOOKING OPEN SOMETIME IN JUNE, KIND OF FALLING IN WHERE THE STATE SAID JUNE 15 IS WHEN THINGS WILL OPEN BACK UP.
WE ARE KIND OF GEARING BACK TOWARDS THAT DATE, TO THAT WEEKEND -- THAT WEEK, THE 14TH TO OPEN UP AND HELP LET PEOPLE KIND OF KNOW WHAT WE ARE DOING, MAKING APPOINTMENTS SO THEY KNOW THE PROTOCOLS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
HOPEFULLY OPEN FULL TIME ON THE 21ST IF THE GUIDELINES ARE THERE AND WHAT THE STATE SAYS IS THERE AS WELL.
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WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO HAVING THOSE OPEN AGAIN.AS KIMBERLY SAID, THERE ARE NO SPECIAL EVENTS GOING ON.
WE HAVE FLAG FOOTBALL, 75-PERSON TEAM COMING IN MAY THAT WILL BE AT EMPIRE.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING THAT HAPPEN.
BESIDES THAT, WE ARE JUST WAITING FOR SOME SPECIAL EVENTS TO COME THROUGH.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANYTHING ELSE BEFORE I ADJOURN US? OKAY.
>> BYE BYE.
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