[1. CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL]
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IT IS FIVE MINUTES AFTER 5:00.
GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE, HAPPY CINCO DE MAYO.
AND THIS IS THE REGULAR JOINT MEETING IN INDIO COUNTY WATER AUTHORITY AND DEVELOPMENT AGENCY OF INIO.
AGAIN, IT IS FIVE MINUTES AFTER 5:00.
AND CITY CLERK, MAY HAVE ROLL CALL PLEASE.
WE DON'T HAVE AN INVOCATION THIS EVENING, SO I'D LIKE TO MOVE ONTO THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE AND I WOULD LIKE TO ASK MAYOR PRO TEM TO LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE OF AL WHREEJIANS, PLEASE.
PLACE YOUR RIGHT HAND OVER YOUR HEART.
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 2 JUSTICE FOR ALL.
NEXT ITEM, YOUTH ADVISORY COUNCIL REPORT.
[4. YOUTH ADVISORY COUNCIL (YAC) REPORT]
WE HAVE MISSED YOU.WE SO LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR PRESENTATIONS, DO WE HAVE DENISE CAMPOS ON ZOOM?
I AM DENISE THIS YEAR'S YAK MAYOR, YAK WOULD LIKE TO REPORT WE CONTINUE TO SHOUTOUT LOCAL BUSINESSES THROUGH OUR INSTAGRAM@INDIO-YAK AND YAK DELIVERED NURSES TO ICU NURSES WHILE SUPPORTING MARIO'S CAFE IN INDIO.
THIS MORNING YAK DELIVERED ACADEMY STAFF LUNCH, YAC ALSO HAS SIX GRADUATING SENIORS AND WE WOULD LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT THEM AND SHARE THEIR FUTURE PLANS.
I DON'T KNOW IF I HAVE THE -- OPTION TO SHARE MY SCREEN.
[LAUGHTER] OKAY SO UP FIRST WE HAVE ME.
I WILL BE GRADUATING FROM INDIO HIGH SCHOOL.
AND I WILL BE ATTENDING UC IRVINE.
I PLAN TO MAJOR IN POLITICAL SCIENCE AND BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION.
NEXT WE HAVE CASTED RUN ES SCA LAND THE GRADUATING FROM INDIO HIGH SCHOOL AND MAJORING IN DESIGN AND MARKETING AND PLANS TO GO INTO THE FASHION INDUSTRY.
NEXT WE HAVE EDNA MORA GRADUATE GRADUATING FROM INDIO HIGH SCHOOL.
>> EDNA WILL BE ATTENDING UC MERCED WHILE MAJORING IN PSYCHOLOGY.
NEXT WE HAVE KINDRAMEDEL AND PLANS TO ATTEND U.S.
IRVINE AND PLANS TO MAJOR IN ANIMAL SCIENCE.
JACK KIN WILL S GRADUATING FROM SHADOW HILLS HIGH SCHOOL HILLS WE'RE PROBABLY LOOKING AT FUTURE BUSINESS OWNER.
AND WE HAVE TRINITY HERNANDEZ.
TRINITY WILL BE GRADUATING FROM SHADOW HILLS HIGH SCHOOL AND HER SCHOOL OF CHOICE IS CHICO STATE.
SHE WILL BE MAJORING IN EXERCISE PHYSIOLOGY.
AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, I WOULD LIKE TO ENCOURAGE LIKE ANY -- OKAY LAST BUT NOT LEAST I WOULD LIKE TO ENCOURAGE ANY YOUTH OUT THERE LISTENING TO PLEASE IF THEY WANT TO GET INVOLVED IN THE COMMUNITY OR CONSIDERING TO JOIN LIKE A CLUB, TO 100% 10 OUT OF 10 RECOMMEND JOINING YAC.
IT HAS BEEN A WONDERFUL EXPERIENCE FOR ME.
I JOIN MIDSOPHOMORE YEAR BUT IT FEELS LIKE I'VE BEEN AROUND FOR A REALLY LONG TIME.
BUT IT IS ONLY BEEN LIKE THREE YEARS.
SOMETIMES IT FEELS LIKE WE'RE BUSY A LOT, BUT IT IS REALLY -- SINCE WE'RE AS A GROUP WE'RE DOING WHAT WE WANT TO -- LIKE NOT WHAT WE WANT TO, BUT WE FOCUS ON THE ISSUES THAT ARE IMPORTANT US TO AS A GROUP AND WHAT WE'RE PASSIONATE ABOUT.
AND SINCE YOU'RE WORKING ON WHAT YOU'RE PASSIONATE ABOUT IT FEELS LIKE YOU'RE NOT DOING WORK AT ALL AND I WOULD 100% ENCOURAGE GROUPS TO JOIN YAC.
>> THAT IS A GREAT AND FABULOUS REPORT.
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YEAH.4 IS THIS YOUR LAST MEETING? OR DO WE GET TO SEE YOU GUYS FOR ONE MORE MEETING? I BELIEVE THIS IS OUR LAST MEETING.
OKAY, WELL, WE'LL SEE YOU NEXT YEAR THEN.
HAVE A WONDERFUL SUMMER AND KEEP IN TOUCH FOR THOSE THAT ARE GRADUATING, YOURSELF, PLEASE, KEEP IN TOUCH WITH ALL OF US AND LET US KNOW HOW YOU'RE DOING.
ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
NEXT WE HAVE NUMBER FIVE, A PRESENTATION.
[5.a. Proclamation for Building Safety Month]
MAYOR PRO TEM, PROCLAMATION FOR BUILDING SAFETY MONTH.WOULD YOU LIKE TO JOIN ME DOWNSTAIRS.
THIS IS A PROCLAMATION OR BUILDING SAFETY MONTH.
A VERY, VERY IMPORTANT PART OF OUR CITY FUNCTION.
WHEREAS, THE CITY OF ENDSIO IS COMMITTED TO RECOGNIZING THAT OUR GROWTH AND STRENGTH DEPENDS ON THE SAFETY AND ECONOMIC VALUE OF THE HOMES BUILDINGS AND INFRASTRUCTURE THAT SERVE OUR CITIZENS BOTH IN EVERYDAY LIFE AND IN TIMES OF NATURAL DISASTER AND WHEREAS THE CONFIDENCE IN THE RESILIENCE OF BUILDINGS THAT MAKE UP OUR COMMUNITY IS ACHIEVED THROUGH DEVOTION OF VIGILANT GUARDIANS, BUILDING SAFETY AND FIRE PREVENTION OFFICIALS, ARCHITECTS, ENGINEERS, BUILDERS, TRADES PEOPLE, DESIGN PROFESSIONALS, LABORERS PLUMBERS AND OTHERS IN THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY WHO WORK YEARAROUND TO ENSURE THE SAFE CONSTRUCTION OF OUR BUILDINGS.
AND WHEREAS THESE GUARDIANS ARE GOVERNMENTAL CONSENSUS PROCESS THAT BRINGS TOGETHER LOCAL, OFFICIALS THAT ARE EXPERTS IN THE BUILD TO CREATE AND IMPLEMENT THE HIGHEST QUALITY CODES TO PROTECT US IN THE BUILDINGS THAT WITH WHERE WE LIVE, LEARN, WORK AND PLAY.
AND I'M GOING HAND THIS OVER TO THE MAYOR PRO TEM AND HE CAN DO THE REST OF IT.
>> WHEREAS BUILDING SAFETY MONTH IS SPONSORED BY THE INTERNATIONAL CODE COUNCIL TO REMIND THE PUBLIC ABOUT THE CRUCIAL ROLE OF OUR COMMUNITIES, LARGELY UNKNOWN, PROTECTORS OF PUBLIC SAFETY, OUR LOCAL CODE OFFICIALS WHO ASSURE US SAFE SUSTAINABLE, ENERGY-EFFICIENT AND LIVABLE BUILDINGS THAT ARE ESSENTIAL TO AMERICA'S PROSPERITY.
AND WHEREAS, PREVENT, CARE, PROTECT BUILDING CODES SAFE.
THE THEME OF BUILDING SAFETY MONTH 2021 ENCOURAGES ALL AMERICANS TO RAISE AWARENESS ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF SAFE AND RESILIENT CONSTRUCTION, FIRE PREVENTION AND DISASTER MITTATION, ENERGY CONSERVATION, WATER SAFETY, TRAINING IN THE NEXT GENERATION IN NEW TECHNOLOGIES AND THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY.
WHEREAS EACH YEAR IN OBSERVANCE OF BUILDING SAFETY MONTHS AMERICANS ARE ASKED TO CONSIDER THE SAFE -- C BUILDING SAFETY ECONOMIC INVESTMENT AT HOME AND IN THE COMMUNITY AND TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE ESSENTIAL SERVICE PROVIDED TO ALL OF US BY LOCAL AND STATE BUILDING DEPARTMENTS, FIRE PREVENTION BUREAUS AND FEDERAL AGENCIES AND PROTECT LIVES AND PROPERTY.
>> NOW THEREFORE BE EIT RESOLVED CITY OF MAYOR ALONG WITH THE INDIO CITY COUNCIL DO HEREBY PROCLAIM MAY OF 2021 AS BUILDING SAFETY MONTH.
ACCORDINGLY I ENCOURAGE OUR CITIZENS TO JOIN THE CONVERSATION IN PARTICIPATION OF BUILDING SAFETY MONTH.
AND WITNESS WHEREOF I HAVE HEREUNTO SET MY HANDS AND CAUSED THE CITY OF ENDSIO TO BE AFFIXED ON THE FIFTH OF MAY, 2021.
BUILDING SAFEDY IS VERY, VERY IMPORTANT.
AND WHEN YOU SEE SOME OF THE CHALLENGES IN OTHER PARTS OF THE WORLD, IT -- BEING SAFE IN OUR HOMES AND OUR BUSINESSES AND OUR COMMUNITY AND EVERYTHING WE DO IS SO IMPORTANT.
>> ABSOLUTELY, I THINK MAKING A COMMITMENT TO THAT IS CRUCIAL TO THE GROWTH OF OUR COMMUNITY, OUR CITY AND WE'RE WELL-ESTABLISHED CITY IN THE COCHELLA VALLEY AND GROWING.
WE DO NEED TO PUT OUR BEST FOOT FORWARD AND EMPHASIZE BUILDING AND SAFETY STRUCTURE AND PUBLIC SAFETY IN OUR COMMUNITY TO HAVE A GREAT QUALITY OF LIFE FOR ALL OF US.
RIGHT? THIS IS GREAT, THANK YOU.
>> AND WHO WOULD LIKE THE ACCEPT THIS ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF ENDSIO?
>> THANK YOU, AGAIN, MAY OR, MAYOR PRO TEM.
LIKE UTILITIES, BUILDINGS ARE OFTEN TAKEN FOR GRANTED.
BUT THE SAFETY OF BUILDINGS, THE QUALITY OF BUILDINGS AND THE SHELTER THAT THEY PROVIDE AND THE LIFESTYLE THEY PROVIDE IS DONE THROUGH HARD WORK AND DEDICATION AND PROFESSIONALISM OF OUR BUILDING, FIRE PREVENTIO AND CODE ENFORCEMENT PERSONNEL.
AND I DO WANT TO MAKE A SPECIAL CALLOUT TO BILL ESTRADA AND EXAMINERS.
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IT IS A SMALL BUT MIGHTY TEAM, THEY DO A LOT OF WORK BEHIND THE SCENES.YOU DON'T SEE THEM OFTEN, WE HAVE A GROUP OF FOLKS THAT WORK VERY HARD TO MAKE THIS CITY SAFE AND RESIDENTS FEEL SAFE IN THE HOMES AND BUSINESSES WHERE THEY WORK AND THEY LIVE, SO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR THIS ACKNOWLEDGEMENT AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO PROMOTING THE MESSAGE WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF OUR MARKETING COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR, THIS ENTIRE MONTH THE MESSAGE OF BUILDING SAFETY, SO THANK YOU.
[6. REPORT ON CITY COUNCIL EXTERNAL/INTERNAL BOARDS, COMMISSIONS AND COMMITTEE MEETINGS AND REPORT ON MEETINGS ATTENDED PER GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 53232.3(d)]
[APPLAUSE] >> COUNCIL EXTERNAL BOARD COMMISSIONS AND COMMITTEE MEETINGS AND REPORT ON MEETINGS ATTENDED PER -- COUNCILMEMBER MILLER.
QUITE A FEW ACTIVITIES IN COMMITTEES, SUNLINE DID A SPECIAL EARTH DAY FOR APRIL 22ND.
WE HAD OUR ANNUAL MEETING KINDS OF FOR EARTH DAY TO CELEBRATE WHAT SUNLINE HAS DONE THEIR HYDROGEN CELL FUEL BUSS ARE THE ELITE OF NOT ONLY THE DESERT, BALL OF THE UNITED STATES AND WHAT IT HAS DONE TO REDUCE CARBON FOOTPRINT.
WE WERE CELEBRATING EARTH DAY WITH ALL OF THE REST OF THE COUNCILMEMBERS.
AND WE HAD A SPECIAL MEETING TO DO THAT.
AND THEY ALSO TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR BUSES RUNNING WELL IN THE NEW SYSTEM, THE NEW ROUTES CAME IN, THEY'RE MOVING THROUGHOUT, THERE WERE A FEW WOULD CONNECT, BUT THE ROUTES SEEM TO BE BECOME WELL-RECEIVED BY THE WHOLE COMMUNITY, NOT JUST HERE IN THE CITY OF INDIO, BUT THROUGHOUT THE COCHELLA VALLEY BECAUSE OF THE CONNECTORS.
THE TIMES SEEM TO BE RUNNING A LITTLE BIT BETTER AND PEOPLE SEEM DO BE ABLE TO GET ONTO THEM QUICKER.
AND SEEMS LIKE THE ROUTES BECAUSE THEY STREAMLINED IT PEOPLE ARE GETTING FROM POINT A TO B A LITTLE QUICKER AND LOOKING TO DO A BETTER JOB WITH THAT AT THE SAME TIME WE'RE LOOKING TO EXPAND OUR PILOT PROGRAM WHICH IS ALLOWING TAXICABS TO PICK PEOPLE UP IN REMOTE AREAS FOR PEOPLE THAT MIGHT NEED SOME SUPPORT INSTEAD OF JUST THE SUN US BUS TRANSIT AGENCY DOING IT AS A WHOLE SOMEWHERE SUNDIAL WHICH TAKES PEOPLE THAT HAVE DISABILITIES, JUICING THE TAXI -- USING THE TAXICABS AND TAKING THEM TO OUTS OR AREAS.
WE'RE LOOKING AT EXPANDING THAT.
RIGHT NOW IT IS FROM EAST VALLEY FROM COOK STREET BACK TO THE CITY OF COCHELLA.
NOW THEY WANT TO MOVE IT THROUGHOUT SO THAT PEOPLE HERE IF THEY HAVE A DOCTOR'S APPOINTMENT, MAYBE IN PALM SPRINGS, ARE ABLE TO UTILIZE THAT, TOO.
THAT IS GREAT AND GOOD FOR TAXICABS GETTING HURT EXCLUSIVELY FROM A LOT OF THE TOURISM INDUSTRY BEING DOWN.
AND SO WE'RE TRYING TO SEE HOW WE CAN LEVEL THAT PLAYING FIELD WITH UBER AND LYFT AND A LOT OF DISCUSSION ON UNER AND LYFT BECAUSE THEY'RE CANCELING RIDES AT $50 AND YOU WANT THAT RIDE IT 9 IS $80 AND $90.
NOT MUCH WE CAN DO ABOUT IT BECAUSE IT IS CONTROLLED BY THE PUC NOT BY LOCAL AGENCIES.
WE'RE TRYING TO LEVEL PLAYING FIELD FOR OUR TAXICABS TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE DOING IT.
EVRA A JPA BETWEEN SANITATION DISTRICT AND I CITY OF INDIO WATER AUTHORITY, WE TALKED AUNT OUR BUDGET AND AUDIT, THEY WERE BOTH APPROVED.
WE HAVE A FAVORABLE REPORT ON OUR GEOPHYSICAL SURVEY THAT WE DID ON WHERE WE'RE GOING SPREAD THE WATER, HOPEFULLY COME UP WITH A SOLUTION WE HOPE THAT WILL MOVE FORWARD IN THE EFFORT TO USE RECYCLED WATER AND PUT IT BACK INTO THE AQUIFER.
SO SOME GOOD WORK ON THAT, THANK STAFF FROM BOTH AGENCIES, TRISH, PLEASE LET EVERYONE KNOW, YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS FOR A LONG TIME AND HERE WE ARE, HOPEFULLY AT THE FOOTPRINT OF THIS TO THEN MOVE FORWARD AND START LOOKS FOR GRANTS AND OTHER STUFF.
SO VERY EXCITING TO BE ABLE TO UTILIZE MORE WATER SAVINGS AND ALSO UTILIZE WATER THAT IS BEING PUT RIGHT NOW BACK INTO THE STORM CHANNEL AND MAYBE GET IT BACK IN THE AQUIFER AT A NICE RATE FOR US.
IS SEABAG EXECUTIVE WE'RE IN NEGOTIATIONS WITH OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TOM KIRK SO WE'RE LOOKING AT HIS CONTRACT IS UP, WE'RE PUTTING SOME EVALUATIONS ON THAT.
AND THEN ALSO WE HAVE A DIFFERENT UPDATE FROM TOM COX AND OUR CV HOMELESS GROUP COMING FROM SEABAG AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THEIR CB200 LAST TIME THEY DID THAT PRESENTATION THEY DID A DIFFERENT PRESENTATION.
A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE BEEN PUT IN HOUSING THAT HAVE NEVER BEEN IN HOUSING IN SOME 20 YEARS.
GOT THEIR DRIVER'S LICENSE AND HELPED WITH THEIR RECORDS BEING ESPONGED.
GOT THEM IN TEMPORARY HOUSE, PERMANENT HOUSING AND GOT THEM FOR THEIR FIRST JOBS AND SHOWED PICTURES OF THE INDIVIDUALS AND WHAT THEY'VE ACCOMPLISHED.
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I DO THINK WE DO NEED TO CONTINUE WITH $100,000 TO MAKE SURE WE KEEP MOVING THAT FORWARD ON THE BUDGET PART OF IT.IT IS MAKING A DIFFERENCE AND I THINK IF WE ALL WORK TOGETHER, WE'RE NEVER GOING CURE THE PROBLEM, BUT WE CAN PUT A BIG DENT IN WHAT WE'RE DOING SO VERY, VERY GOOD WITH THAT PROGRAM IS GOING.
AND THEN THE LAST ONE, ECAC AND MR. SCOTT AND I WERE ON THAT LAST NIGHT.
A LOT OF EQUIPMENT REPAIRS THROUGHOUT THE COCHELLA VALLEY.
A LOT OF IT HAS TO DO WITH BREAKERS GOING BAD AND LOOKING AND PREPARING FOR THE SUMMER.
WHAT I TOOK OUT OF IT WAS A LONG MEETING.
IT WAS LIKE THREE HOURS IS THAT THEY GAVE US THE FULL HISTORY OF HOW ID WAS FORMED, HOW IT WENT FORWARD AND ALL OF THE BELLS AND WHISTLES, WE HAD AN ATTORNEY SPEAK FOR 35 MINUTES ON EVERYTHING THAT CAME WITH IT.
WHAT WE'RE LOOKING TO DO TO MOVE FORWARD AND AT THE SAME TIME, HE HIGHLIGHTED THAT CBWD GET 8% OFF OF THE AGREEMENT ANYWHERE BETWEEN 25 AND 40 MILLION DOLLAR IS BEING THE FACILITATOR TO GIV POWER.
AND ONE THING ID DID MAKE A MENTION OF WITH SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON IS A THEY'RE A PUBLIC UTILITY IN TERMS OF THEY ONLY CAN MAKE LIKE CITY.
THEY CAN ONLY CHARGE EXACTLY WHAT THEIR COSTS ARE AND THAT IS WHY THEIR COSTS ARE SO MUCH LOWER THAN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON WILLING TO DO DEVELOPMENT AND OTHER SUCH KNOWING THEY CAN CHARGE A HIGHER RATE AND LATER GO TO THE PUC AND CHARGE IT.
THAT IS WHY THEY'RE WORKING WITH DEVELOPERS TO SEE IF THEY CAN GET THE COSTS DOWN.
THEY'RE VERY ANXIOUS TO CONTINUE WORKING WITH THAT T REST OF THE CITIES OUT HERE TO BRING POWER AND PERMANENT POWER OUT TO THE CITY OF IBDZIO AND THROUGHOUT THE -- INDIO AND THROUGHOUT THE CITY OF COCHELLA.
THAT WAS A REALLY GREAT PRESENTATION.
AND 25-YEAR HISTORY WHAT AROUND ASSET TO OUR COMMUNITY.
IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN TO THE AIR MUSEUM, YOU'VE GOT SEE THE HISTORY OF ALL THE PEOPLE FROM THE WARS THAT CAME THROUGH.
THE LARGEST WORKING SET OF PLANE FROM WORLD WAR II THAT FLY IN THE WORLD.
AND IT IS JUST A BREATH OF FRESH AIR TO SEE WHERE OUR FREEDOMS CAME FROM THE HOUSTON FOUNDATION IS PAYING FOR A HANGAR FOR THAT.
AND HAD A GALA AND DID IT OVER TWO TO THREE DAYS INSTEAD OF ONE BIG ONE.
AND HIGHLIGHTED THE EDUCATIONAL PART OF IT, TOO.
THEY HAVE SIMULATORS THERE FOR YOUTH AND PEOPLE WHO WANT TO LEARN HOW TO FLY ANY PLANE.
AND THEN AT THE SAME TIME THEY BRING IN A LOT OF YOUTH FROM THE CITY OF ENDSIO AND PAY FOR THEM TEACH THEM ABOUT THE HISTORY OF THE WARS HAVE BEEN THROUGH, WHAT THEY BROUGHT, WHAT THE FREEDOM AND PEOPLE PUT UP.
WHAT A GREAT EVENT AND A GREAT ASSET ALONG WITH OUR COCHELLA MUSEUM.
A GREAT ASSET TO OUR COMMUNITY.
THE LAST ONE WAS THE CV BUSINESS FORECAST.
DR. CHRIS THORNBURGH VERY EDUCATIONAL ON HOW HE LOOKED AT THE OUTPUT.
NICE A NUTSHELL, YOU CAN SEE THAT IN CVB, HIS THING WAS HOW HIS WHOLE THING WAS THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF HOW TO BRING JOBS AND ECONOMIC GROWTH TO THE T CITY OF COCHELLA VALLEY AS A WHOLE AND DIFFERENT KINDS OF HOUSING AVAILABLE FOR PEOPLE TO LIVE IN.
THAT WILL BRING THE WORKFORCE AND THE REST WILL COME WITH IT.
WITH THE INFRASTRUCTURE AND WIFI AND EVERYTHING ELSE.
HIS MESSAGE WAS IF YOU WANT TO BUILD YOUR ECONOMY AND YEARAROUND ECONOMY, YOU HAVE TO START INVESTING IN HOUSING.
I THOUGHT THAT WAS INTERESTING AND IT WAS A GREAT PRESENTATION ON BEHALF OF THE CVB AND EVERYONE ELSE INVOLVED IN THE CITY OF INDIO.
THAT IS IT MADAM MAYOR, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> THANK YOU, MAYOR, I HAVE ONE REPORT THIS EVENING.
EARLIER TODAY WE HAD A BUDGET STUDY SESSION.
AND CITY MANAGER MENTIONED THAT OUR CONTRACT WITH THE RIVERSIDE COUNTY ANIMAL SERVICES WILL BE INCREASING SLIGHTLY IT WILL OJT INCREASE $50,000.
IT IS STILL A GOOD BENEFIT FOR 13 OUR COMMUNITY.
THERE WILL BE NO SERVICE CHANGES SO YOU WILL SEE THAT CONTRACT COME FORWARD PROBABLY IN JULY ONCE WE'VE APPROVED THE BUDGET AND THAT WOULD COMPLETE MY REPORT FOR THIS EVENING, THANK YOU.
I DISINLT HAVE ANY MEETINGS THESE PAST TWO WEEKS BUT WANTED TO CONGRATULATE ALL THE HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS IN OUR HIGH SCHOOL ADVISORY COUNCIL IT SEEMS LIKE YOUR AIMING HIGH WITH YOUR GOALS AND I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR YOUR SERVICE TO
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THE COMMUNITY AND WISH YOU THE BEST OF LUCK IN YOUR COLLEGE AND ALL OF YOUR CAREERS.KEEP SUPPORTING OUR LOCAL BUSINESSES ESPECIALLY OUR FAMILY-OWNED BUSINESSES KEEP THEM GROWING AND KEEP OUR MONEY CIRCULATING WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY.
AND INVESTING IN OUR LOCAL WORKERS.
AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE TODAY, THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR, GOOD NEWS, EVERYONE.
I HAVE A COUPLE OF UPDATES AND EVENTS.
I DID MISS THE PALM SPRING AIR MUSEUM EVENT.
I HAD FOUR MEETINGS THAT DAY AND WAS EXHAUSTED.
BUT THAT IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE.
I LOVE TO HEAR THAT EVENT WENT OFF GREAT.
I ACTUALLY HAVE MY COMMUNITY SERVICE COMMISSIONER ATTENDING ON MY BEHALF.
I DID ATTEND AN ERIKA MEETING.
AND ACCIDENT OCCUR THE MEETING ALL JURISDICTIONS DECIDED THAT WE'RE ALL GOING TO SWITCH OVER TO THE PSEC SYSTEM.
AND THE GOAL IS TO COME UP WITH A FEASIBLE TIMELINE FOR ALL CITIES THAT COULD SWITCH OVER AROUND THE SAME TIME.
SO NO ONE IS LEFT WITH THE BURDEN OF PAYING FOR ERIKA COSTS.
IF ONE CITY HAPPENS TO LEAVE EARLIER THAN ANOTHER, OF COURSE, COSTS WILL GO UP FOR THE OTHER CITIES STILL IN THE SYSTEM.
SO THE GOAL NOW IS TO WORK WITH THE CHIEF AND ROB ON A FEASIBLE TIMELINE THAT WE COULD WORK WITH THE OTHER JURISDICTIONS TO EXIT ERIKA AT THE SAME TIME I ALSO ATTENDED THE CVRM GRADUATION CEREMONY.
AND I WANT TO SAY CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THE GRADUATES WHO GRADUATED.
I THANK YOU TO CZAR LA BURKETT AND HER STAFF COMMITMENT TOWARDS CITY AND HELPING PEOPLE CHANGE THEIR LIVES AND GET ON THE RIGHT TRACK.
I HAD A GREAT CONVERSATION WITH MS. BURKETT ABOUT COMING AND DOING THE PRESENTATION HERE FOR THE COUNCIL.
THE COMMUNITY COULD ACTUALLY SEE WHAT GOES ON AT CVRM AND SERVICES PROVIDEDDED TO THE COMMUNITY.
AND WHAT WE TALK ABOUT IS WHAT WE FUND, WHAT WE HELP FUNDS IN OUR COMMUNITY AND FINE FOOD BANK AND THESE FOLKS THAT WE FUND.
IT IS GOOD TO SEE THE SERVICES THAT THEY PROVIDE.
SO JUST THANK YOU TO THE FOLKS OVER AT CVRM AND AND CONGRATULATIONS TO THEIR SPRING 15 GRADUATION CLASS.
ALSO ATTENDED A RUN AT THE EMPIRE POLO GROUNDS.
THE RUN WAS CALLED WE RUN THE CV.
AND IT WAS A LONG DISTANCE RUN HELD BY EVENT SCAPE INCORPORATED.
AN ANNUAL EVENT, BUT THE FIRSTTIME THEY'VE DONE IT ON THE SPRINGTIME AND A CLOSED COURSE AT THE POLO GROUND.
THAT WAS PRETTY NICE TO GO TO EMPIRE AND TAKE PART IN THAT.
THE RACE CONSISTED OF 12 TEAMS OF FOUR, ALL CO-ED, ALL AGES.
AND OUR YOUNGEST COMPETITOR WAS 11 YEARS OLD, MR. RICARDO ALVAREZ THAT RECEIVED A CERTIFICATE OF ACHIEVEMENT FROM OUR MAYOR ON BEHALF OF THE CITY.
THAT WAS A GREAT, SMALL EVENT TO ATTEND, BUT IT HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BE REALLY GREAT IN OUR COMMUNITY AND THAT WAS "WE RUN THE CV DISTANCE RACE".
ANNOUNCEMENTS AND SUGGESTIONS AS WE MOVE FORWARD.
WE WERE TALKING ABOUT GROWTH AND OUR BUDGET AND SOME OF THOSE THINGS.
I DIDN'T GET TO STAY FOR A LONG TIME, BUT I HAPPEN TO DRIVE BY THE INDIO FOOD PARK WHERE THE 44 BLOCK BICYCLE CLUB HAD THEIR SECOND ANNUAL BIKE SHOW EVENT.
AND SO DRIVING BY, I NOTICED THE GROWTH IN OUR DOWNTOWN AND THE PEOPLE WHO WERE SO INTERESTED IN COMING INTO DOWNTOWN INDIO.
AND THAT SENT ME A CLEAR-CUT MESSAGE THAT OUR CITY HAS GROWN.
AND OUR COUNCIL AND OUR STAFF, WE'RE GROWING AS WELL.
AND SO I LEARNED A LOT JUST BY GOING TO DRIVING BY THAT EVENT TALKING TO VENDORS THAT WERE THERE, TALKING TO BIKE CLUBS AND THAT GOES BACK TO CONVERSATION I 16 HAD WITH THE CHIEF AND PIO PAD TROAN WORKING HAND -- PATRON WORKING WITH OUR CAR CLUB COMMUNITIES TO DO THIS SAFELY AND WE CAN GROW TOGETHER.
AND THAT TAKES ME TO SOMETHING I THINK WE NEED TO ASSIST STAFF WITH AND EATER DESIGNATING A SPECIAL EVENTS COORDINATOR OUR COMMITTY OR DESIGNATE A COMMISSIONER TO WORK WITH STAFF TO HELP OUR EVENTS WE HAVE A LARGE GROUP OF LOCAL PROMOTER, EVENT CONSULTANTS AND FOLKS WHO WANT TO COME INTO OUR COMMUNITY.
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BUT I THINK WE NEED TO PROVIDE THE BLUEPRINTED AND STREAMLINE THE PROCESS AS WE MOVE FORWARD HERE DOWNTOWN.THAT JUST SHOWS THAT WE'RE GROWING.
AND I FOLK ABOUT THIS EARLIER ACCIDENT OCCUR THE STUDY SESSION OF THE BUDGET I HAVEN'T SEEN THAT MANY PEOPLE IN DOWNTOWN FOR A LONG TIME WITH GROWTH COMES A LOT OF THINGS WE HAVE TO WORK ON IN THE CITY AND WE WELCOME IT.
THAT IS WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE IN OUR CITY.
I WANT TO CONCLUDE BY SPEAKING ON SOMETHING THAT HAPPENED YESTERDAY.
YESTERDAY A REPORT A YOUNG MAN WAS MISSING OUT IN OUR TRAIL.
AND DURING THE TIME THE YOUNG MAN WAS MISSING, I COULD HEAR THE HELICOPTER AND SOME OF THE AERIAL TRAFFIC OVER MY HOUSE.
AND I HAD GOT AN E-MAIL FROM THE CHIEF.
I WAS DELIGHTED TO HEAR THAT THE YOUNG MAN WAS DISCOVERED.
HE'S BACK WITH HIS FAMILY AND CHIEF WASHBURN TEPT US UPDATED ON THE SITUATION.
I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE CHIEF, INDIO POLICE DEPARTMENT, BORDER PATROL AND RIVERSIDE POLICE THE YOUNG MAN.
AND THIS IS JUST ONE INCIDENT OR SOMETHING THAT HAPPENED RECENTLY.
BUT THESE FOLKS ARE WORKING LIKE MR. SCOTT SAID EARLIER, 24 HOURS A DAY 7 DAYS A ECWOO.
AND SO THERE ARE SOMETIMES THINGS GO ON THAT WE DON'T HEAR ABOUT.
SO I WOULD JUST LIKE TO LET THEM ALL KNOW THAT WE APPRECIATE THEIR SERVICES KEEPING OUR COMMUNITY SAFE.
SO THAT WILL COMPLETE MY REPORT, MADAM MAYOR.
LOTS OF THINGS GOING ON IN THE CITY.
I ATTENDED, I ALSO AT TENDED THE EAST VALLEY WRECK CLAM MITIGATION AUTHORITY MEETING YES, THE BUDGET AND AUDIT WAS APPROVED.
IT IS REALLY EXCITING AS WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT RECYCLED WATER AND HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO OUR COMMUNITY AND TO BE PART OF SOMETHING THAT IS TAKING THESE STEPS AND MOVING IT FORWARD IS REALLY VERY EXCITING BECAUSE THAT IS HOW WE WILL CONTINUE TO BE SUSTAINABLE IN OUR CITY.
COUPLE OF OTHER THINGS, I GOT TO AT TBD END A BICYCLE CLUB.
ONE OF THE FUN THINGS I GET TO DO AS MAYOR IS DO A MAYOR CHOICE OR COLLECT IS MAYOR.
AND IN CASE IT WAS THE BICYCLES.
AND SOME OF THESE BICYCLES WERE JUST INCREDIBLE, REALLY TRULY WORKS OF ART.
DOWNTOWN SEEING EVERYBODY OUT THERE HAVING FUN, YES, WE PROBABLY NEED TO MANAGE THAT A LITTLE BIT, BUT IT WAS JUST S ALL OF THE PEOPLE OUT THERE HAVING A GOOD TIME AND ENJOYING THEMSELVES AND IT WAS JUST A BEAUTIFUL DAY.
AND IT IS JUST A TASTE OF WHAT THE DOWNTOWN WITH FUTURE RESTAURANTS AND BUSINESSES AND DIRECTION CAN BECOME OVER THE COMING YEARS.
THE WOMEN'S CLUB OF INDIO HAS BEEN VERY, VERY BUSY, EVEN THOUGH WE'VE HAD A COVID ENVIRONMENT, AND WE HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO MEET.
WE HAD ANOTHER ZOOM MEETING TODAY.
THERE IS A GROUP OF PEOPLE THAT THEY'RE MEETING THIS WEEKEND TO DO MOTHER'S DAY CARDS FOR THOSE AT INDIO NURSING AND SYSTEM OF THE OTHER NURSING FACILITIES HERE.
THEY CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THE RESCUE MISSION, MARTHA'S VILLAGE.
THEY CONTINUE TO SUPPORT OUR COMMUNITY AND SO, SO MANY WAYS.
IT IS REALLY VERY, VERY UPLIFTING TO WATCH THIS GROUP OF PEOPLE.
SO IF ANYBODY OUT THERE WANTS TO JOIN, MALE OR FEMALE, WANTS TO BE PART OF THIS COMMUNITY AND GIVE BACK TO THE ENDSIO WOMEN'S CLUB OR WIP WOMEN'S CLUB OF INT JOE THE CORRECT TERM IS LOOKING FORWARD TO MEETING YOU.
I COULDN'T AGREE MORE WITH COUNCILMEMBER SORT TEE -- ATTAR TEES -- SORT TEE,SUPPORT SMALL BUSINESSES OPEN 25 TO 50%.
IT IS IMPORTANT TO KEEP EVERYTHING GOING.
THE COCHELLA VALLEY HISTORY MUSEUM IS BACK OPEN FINALLY AFTER ALL THIS TIME.
THEY HAVE A REALLY TERRIFIC GIFT STORE THERE.
SOME REALLY NEAT THINGS AND IT REALLY I DELETE S ILLUSTRATES THE HISTORY OF INDIO AND THE GREATER COCHELLA VALLEY.
AND I WANTED TO THANK EVERYONE.
BE CAUTIOUS BUT IT IS VERY EXCITING TO SEE THINGS COME BACK TO LIFE.
AND TO THAT END, I WANTED TO ASK MY COUNCIL, WHAT YOUR COMFORT LEVEL IS WITH HAVING OPENING THE CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS TO THE PUBLIC AS WELL AS ALL OF US BEING PRESENT ON THE DIAS? ANY THOUGHTS ON WHEN THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT OCCUR?
>> WHEN IS THE GOVERNOR OPENING UP THE CHAMBERS?
>> IF I COULD ADD, WE UNDERSTAND, IF I CAN JUMP IN MADAM MAYOR.
WE'VE BEEN IN DISCUSSIONS OR WE'VE HAD INFORMATION FROM COUNTY COUNCIL THAT THE
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COUNTY COUNCIL ASSOCIATION ALONG WITH THE LEAGUE OF CALIFORNIA CITIES AND THE CITY ATTORNEY'S GROUP ARE SPEAKING TO THE GOVERNOR WITH RESPECT TO THE JUNE 15TH OPENING, BECAUSE OUR UNDERSTANDING THAT WHILE THE STATE MAY BE OPEN, IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY MEAN HE'S LIFTING THE STATE OF EMERGENCY AND THAT THE RULES WITH RESPECT TO HOW -- THE BROWN ACT ROOMS WITH RESPECT TO MEETINGS WILL STAY IN PLACE OR AT LEAST SOME FORM.SO I'VE NOT RECEIVED AN UPDATE WITH RESPECT TO THAT.
I JUST WANTED TO LET THE COUNCIL KNOW THAT WE ANTICIPATE -- BUT 20 AGAIN IT IS A MOVING TARGET.
THAT THESE BROWN ACT RULES WE'VE BEEN WORKING UNDER WILL STAY IN EFFECT FOR SOME TIME.
>> OKAY, SO AS LONG AS THE GOVERNOR'S ORDERS ARE IN PLACE, WE FOLLOW THE GOVERNOR'S ORDERS.
ANYBODY HAVE ANY THOUGHTS OR COMMENTS ON THAT?
>>> I THINK WE CAN'T MITIGATE HIS ORDERS, RIGHT, AS LONG AS WE'RE UNDER IT, WE'RE THERE.
>>> I THINK WE STAY THE COURSE.
I DON'T SEE A PROBLEM IN NEAR FUTURE LETTING FOLKS IN WITH THE PRECAUTIONS OF TAKING TEMPERATURES AT THE DOOR AND YOU KNOW PROVIDING SOME PPE AT THE DOOR.
HOPEFULLY JUNE 15TH COMES AROUND AND WE'RE PROBABLY GOING BE IN THE YELLOW OR ACTUALLY, HOPEFULLY WE'LL BE IN THE YELLOW BEFORE THAT.
BUT IF HE'S GOING LIFT THAT, THEN I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM LETTING SOME FOLKS COME IN AS LONG AS WE'RE NOT HAVING TO CAPACITY.
THERE IS PROBABLY GOING BE SOME CAPACITY GUIDELINES WHEN WE DO OPEN UP.
>> AND YOU KNOW, OUR CITY ATTORNEY KEEPS ME AND ALL OF US ON THE STRAIGHT AND NARROW -- THANK YOU VERY MUCH MAYOR PRO TEM FOR YOUR THOUGHTS AND COMMENTS.
I THINK EVERYTHING FALLS UNDER THE GOVERNOR.
BUT I THINK THIS IS SOMETHING THAT NEEDS BE AGENDAIZED.
SO I WANT TO JUST THROW THAT OUT THERE AND WE'LL PUT THIS ON THE 21 AGENDA AT A FUTURE MOMENT IN TIME.
>> I'LL WORK WITH STAFF AND TRY TO GET MORE INFORMATION FROM THE LEAGUE TO SEE WHAT WE'RE AT AND PROVIDE YOU THAT INFORMATION.
[7. CITY MANAGER REPORTS AND INFORMATION]
ITEM NUMBER 7.>> I ONLY HAVE ONE QUICK THING.
WE HAD CITY MANAGER CALLED TODAY AND ERIN ASSEY FROM THE LEAGUE -- ERIN SASSEY FROM THE LEAGUE BROUGHT UP LEGISLATIVE ACTION WEEK OR DAY.
>> BUT IT IS VIRTUAL THIS YEAR.
AND SO THEY'VE LINED UP LEGISLATORS AND THEY NOW THEY NEED TO MAKE SURE THERE ARE SOME COUNCIL MEMBERS ON THE CALLS.
THEY'RE AFRAID THEY'RE GOING TO TIE UP LEGISLATORS AND THEN NOT HAVE ANYBODY FROM THEIR DISTRICT.
SO THEY'RE GOING TO SEND US THE LIST OF WHICH LEGISLATORS AT WHICH TIME AND WE'LL GET THAT OUT TO YOU SO THAT WE CAN MAKE SURE IN WE VM SOME COUNCIL MEMBERS ON THOSE PHONE CALLS.
[8. PUBLIC COMMENT FOR ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA]
WE'LL MOVE ONTO NUMBER 8.PUBLIC COMENTS COMMENTS FOR ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA.
CITY CLERK, DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT?
>> YES, MAYOR WE HAVE ONE RESIDENT JOHN BE SERRA ON THELINE.
>> THANK YOU TERRIFIC, WELCOME MR. BECERRA.
>> JONATHAN, YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES.
>> JONATHAN, I KNOW YOU'RE THERE.
GOOD EVENING MADAM MAYOR AND FELLOW COUNCIL MEMBERS.
I WANT TO READ A PUBLIC COMMENT I DID A COUPLE YEARS AGO AS ENDSIO EXPLORING A HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION.
I THINK IT IS APPROPRIATE TO EXPLORE THE PROMOTES HUMAN AND CIVIL RIGHTS.
THE RESPECT OF ETHICAL DELETE S NICK AND CULTURAL DIFFERENCES AND PROMOTES THE FREEDOM OF ALL PERSONS FROM FROM UNLAWFUL DISCRIMINATION AND MINE NICE PAL -- I'M NOT SAYING THIS IS A PARTICULAR PROBLEM BUT IT SEEMS LIKE WE COULD ADDRESS ISSUES WITH EQUITY MORE SCINTDLY THROUGH A COMMISSION OF OUR PEERS, OF OUR RESIDENTS.
I THINK THAT WOULD PROBABLY BE A GOOD WAY TO BRIDGE THE COMMUNICATION BARRIERS WE SEE WITH HOW OUR COMMUNITY CONNECTS WITH THE CITY.
I REALLY BELIEVE THAT MAYBE WE CAN REACH OUT TO OUR LOCAL ACLU CHAPTERS OR THE CITY OF PALM SPRINGS WHO IS ALSO IMPLEMENTED A HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION.
LIKE I SAID I BROUGHT IT UP BEFORE BECAUSE I KNOW A LOT OF RESIDENTS WANT TO GET INVOLVED IN WHAT THEY FEEL ARE THEIR PASSIONS WITH THE CITY.
AND SOMETIMES WE THOSE AREN'T ALWAYS PLEASANT CONVERSATIONS.
SO I THINK RUNNING THOSE THROUGH A HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION WOULD BE A WAY TO FACILITATE BETTER OUTCOMES THAT MEDIATE EVERYONE'S EXPECTATIONS.
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THAT WOULD BE THE LAST COMMENT.THE REST OF MY TIME I WOULD RESPECTFULLY LIKE TO USE AS A MOMENT OF SILENCE FOR JOSE LUIS ARZAGA AN INDIO RESIDENT THAT PASS AIDS WAY.
>> THERE IS ONE MINUTE REMAINING.
>> THERE IS ONE MINUTE REMAINING.
I DO HAVE AN ADDITIONAL MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC THAT WE'D LIKE TO SPEAK.
THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING THIS TIME.
TO AN EXTENSION OF WHAT JONATHAN BECERRA MENTIONED TERMS OF CIVIL RIGHTS ISSUES WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY, HE DISCLAIMED THAT THAT IS NOT -- THAT IT IS NOT AN ISSUE.
I'D LIKE TO VOICE THAT IT IS OTHERWISE WE WOULDN'T BE RECOMMENDING SUCH A COMMISSION.
AND AS AN EXAMPLE OF CIVIL RIGHTS IN TERMS OF ADVOCACY OR HAVING OUR VOICE HEARD, I HAVE NOT ATTENDED THE MEETINGS FOR A COUPLE OF MAYBE A MONTH NOW, BUT I DO SEE THAT THE CHATS AND HAVE BEEN DISABLED ON THE ZOOMING FEATURE, WHICH THE DISHEARTENING, THINK THAT IS SOME VIABLE WAYS OF T COMMUNICATION BY SOME OF THE PUBLIC.
AND I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT YOU OPEN OTHER AVENUES OF COMMUNICATING OTHER THAN THE TRADITIONAL.
>> OKAY, THANK YOU, THANK YOU IN.
>> WOULD WE LIKE TO BRING UP THE HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION AS AN AGENDA ITEM FOR A LATER MEETING?
>> WELL, I THINK WE NEED TO GET THROUGH THE BUDGET AT THIS POINT AND THEN WE CAN CONSIDER IT.
WHAT DOES EVERYBODY ELSE THINK? AT THIS POINT.
>> WHAT THE PUBLIC DOESN'T REALIZE IS THAT WITH EVERY COMMISSION COMES REQUIRED STAFF TIME AND CIVIL RIGHTS COMMISSION NOT SOMETHING THAT I BELIEVE IS NEEDED AT THIS TIME IN OUR CITY.
I BELIEVE WE AS COUNCIL MEMBERS MAKE OURSELVES AVAILABLE TO THE COMMUNITY AND SO DOES STAFF.
SO THIS ISN'T SOMETHING THAT I THINK WE SHOULD CONSIDER RIGHT NOW.
>> ANYONE ELSE HAVE ANY THOUGHTS?
>> WE NEED TO GET THROUGH BUDGET.
>> I THINK WE HAVE SOME PRIORITIES IN FRONT OF US RIGHT NOW.
BUT EVERY TIME WE TALK ABOUT COMMISSIONS, IT DOES DIRECT A LOT OF A TENSION THERE AND A LOT OF FOCUS.
WE STILL HAVE SOME COMMISSIONS THAT WE STILL NEED TO REIMAGINE, RIGHT? COVID HAS KIND OF SHIFTED SOME OF OUR ATTENTION, NONETHELESS IN THE NEAR FUTURE, WE'RE ALWAYS OPEN TO ANY ISSUES REGARDING CIVIL RIGHTS.
AND THEREFORE THAT IS WHY WE MAKE OURSELVES AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC.
SO IF YOU SEE OR HEAR OF AN ISSUE WE NEED TO ADDRESS, PLEASE REACH OUT TO US.
IN THE MEANTIME, BUT IF THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE WANT TO DISCUSS IN THE FUTURE, WE CAN ALWAYS HAVE THAT DISCUSSION WIT COMMISSION OR REIMAGINE SOME OF THE COMMISSIONS WE HAVE NOW.
I THINK WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT THE THIS AND PERHAPS DISCUSS THIS AT SOME POINT IN TIME IN THE FUTURE.
BUT CURRENTLY, I THINK WE ARE ALL AVAILABLE AS A COUNCIL TO OUR PUBLIC.
AND WE DO WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU.
COMMISSION CAN ADD ANOTHER LAYER OF GOVERNMENTAL BUREAUCRACY, RATHER THAN
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STRAIGHT TO US.SO I THINK AT THIS POINT, LET'S ENSURE ALL OF US THAT WE ARE OUT THERE AS WE ALL ARE IN THE COMMUNITY LISTENING TO CONCERNS AND ISSUES IN THE COMMUNITY.
>> WITH THAT IN MIND, I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE ONTO ITEM NUMBER 9 THE CONSENT
[9. CONSENT CALENDAR]
CALENDAR.DOES ANYONE WISH TO PULL ANYTHING OR DISCUSS?
>> IF NOT I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO ACCEPT CONSENT CALENDAR AS PRESENTED WITH ITEMS A THROUGH I.
MAY HAVE A ROLL CALL VOTE, PLEASE.
ITEM NUMBER 10, PUBLIC HEARING.
PUBLIC HEARING AND APPROVAL OFFICE CAL YEAR 2021-2022 ANNUAL ACTION PLAN FOR THE
[10.a. Public Hearing and Approval of Fiscal Year 2021/2022 Annual Action Plan for the use of Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Funds]
USE OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT FUNDS, MR. SNYDER.MAYOR PRO TEM AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL THIS IS A SECOND REQUIRED PUBLIC HEARING ITEM.
AND THIS RELATES TO UTILIZATION OF THE ANNUAL ALLOCATION OF COMMUNITY BLOCK GRANT FUNDING THE U.S.
DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT.
AT THIS TIME I WOULD LIKE TO ASK JESUS GOMEZ HOUSING MANAGER TO COME FORWARD AND GIVE YOU A BRIEF PRESENTATION AND I'LL BE ABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.
>> I'M NOT SURE IF THAT IS JESUS -- OH, IT IS HIM.
I HAVE HAVEN'T SEEN HIM IN A WHILE.
>>> I LOVE COMING HERE AND SEEING YOU ALL IN PERSON.
JESUS GOMEZ, HOUSING PROGRAMS MANAGER.
THIS IS AN ITEM THAT WE'VE DISCUSS EVERY YEAR.
AT THIS POINT WE ARE GOING TO BE SEEK COUNCIL'S APPROVAL OF THE PROPOSED ACTIVITIES LISTED IN THE STAFF REPORT.
THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME YOU'VE SEEN THESE PROPOSED ITEMS AT THE COUNCIL MEETING WE DID DISCUSS OUR RECOMMENDATION AND THE ACTION TO NIEK -- TONIGHT REFLECTS THE RECOMMENDATIONS.
I DON'T HAVE MY GLASSES HOPEFULLY I'M CLICKING ON THE RIGHT SCREEN HERE.
OKAY, WE ARE GETTING TO THE SCREEN HERE.
THIS DEPICTS THE ACTIVITIES THAT WE'RE WHERE WE'RE RECOMMENDING FUNDING FOR.
15% OF THE ACTIVITIES WILL FUND OUR LOCAL PUBLIC SERVICE AGENCIES, MAINLY THE NON-PROFITS THAT PROVIDE HOMELESS SERVICES, SUCH AS MARTHA'S VILLAGE AND KITCHEN, THE RESCUE MISSION, OTHER SERVICES AS WELL.
THAT ADDRESS FOOD INSECURITY IN OUR COMMUNITY, SUCH AS FIND FOOD 27 BANK AND MEALS ON WHEELS.
THE STAFF REPORT DESCRIBES THOSE SERVICES IN DETAIL AND PROPOSED FAIR HOUSING DELETE S INLANDS FAIR HOUSING REQUIRED BY HID, THE DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT.
AND WE PROPOSE TO FUND OTHER ACTIVITIES THAT HUD LIKES TO SEE INCLUDING BRICK AND MORTDAR ACTIVITIES IN ROUGHLY OF 65% MADE UP OF THE CURVE ADA UPGRADES AS WELL AS OUR MINOR HOME REPAIR PROGRAM.
WHICH WE'VE DISCUSSED AT THE LAST COUNCIL MEETING THIS WHOLE SUPPOSE A VERY COMMUNITY-ORIENTED AND CITY COMMUNITY PARTICIPATORY-TYPE PROCESS.
WE DID HOLD OUR PUBLIC HEARING AS MR. SNYDER MENTIONED AS WELL AS HELD PUBLIC HEARINGS IN MARCH HERE ALSO IN PUBLIC AND AT THIS TIME WE WOULD LIKE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE APPROVAL OF THESE ITEMS.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, BEFORE I OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING GO I HAVE -- DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY COMMENTS OF STAFF.
>> LAST TIME MR. GOMEZ PRESENTED THIS ITEM, I ASKED THAT HE COME BACK WITH HISTORICAL FUNDING FOR THE 20% CITIZEN.
>> I DON'T HAVE A SLIDE FOR IT, BUT I DO HAVE INFORMATION ON THAT COUNCIL MEMBER IF YOU'D LIKE ME TO SHARE IT WITH FOLKS.
>> WELL, HOW AM I GOING TO BE ABLE TO ABSORB IT IF IT IS NOT WRITTEN? SURE I'LL TRY TO SUMMARIZE IT AS BEST WE CAN.
I KNOW THAT NOT TO PUT OUR CITY MANAGER ON THE SPOT, IT IS SOMETHING I HAD SHARED IN WURKSZ SOME CLARITY I WOULD LIKE TO VERBALLY PROVIDE THEM TO YOU IF POSSIBLE AND.
I CAN'T DO A DIGITALLY AT THIS POINT.
>> THAT DIDN'T PUT ME ON THE SPOT AT ALL.
I'LL LOOK THROUGH MY EHAILS AND FIND IT.
>> I WILL EXPECT THE PINK SLEEP ON MY DESK TOMORROW MORNING.
JUST TO TELL MY WIFE, YOU KNOW, I TRIED AND FOR MANY YEARS.
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>> SO MAYBE YOU CAN PROVIDE IT VERBALLY AND THE QUESTION THEN WOULD BE WHETHER OR NOT WE WOULD NEED TO BRING THIS BACK ON THE NEXT COUNCIL.
>> AM I BLUSHING YET? PROBABLY.
SHE'S TALKING ABOUT 15% THE PUBLIC SET ASIDE.
>>> THE SES-ASIDE FOR THE 15%.
>> I'M GLAD YOU BROUGHT THAT UP COUNCILMEMBER.
I KNOW THAT THE LAST COUNCIL MEETING YOU IN PARTICULAR HAD A NUMBER $120,000 BEING ALLOCATED TO THE ROYCE RESOURCE CENTER ALLOCATION.
AND I HAVE PROVIDED THIS, YOU KNOW, BEFORE OUR CITY MANAGER.
103,000 DOLLARS WE STARTED PROVIDING TO THE RESCUE MISSION SINCE FISCAL YEAR 1314.
SO WHAT I WILL DO IS GO OVER, YOU KNOW, 1314 WE STARTED PROVIDING $103,000 TO THAT EFFORT.
AND THIS IS BASED ON THE REQUEST THAT WAS MADE BY SEABAG AT THE TIME.
WE HAVE LETTERS WERE THEY ALLOCATED.
AND THE WAY WE COULD COME UP WITH $103,000 WAS WE WOULD PROVIDE MARTHA'S AND RESCUE MISSION EACH $42,000.
AND THEN FIND FOOD BANK $19,000 AND THAT MADE UP THE $103,000 A YEAR.
WE THEN CONTINUED THAT ALLOCATION, 1415, '15-'16.
BASED ON SEABAG'S REQUEST IN WRITING TO THE CITY.
IN '16-' 17 ROYCE RESOURCE CENTER CLOSED AND WE CONTINUED TO PROVIDE $103,000 IN FUNDING TO OUR LOCAL SHELTERS IN' 17-' 18.
IN' 18-E' 19, THE COUNCIL MAY REMEMBER WE DID NOT FUND MARTD THAT'S VILLAGE KITCHEN.
INSTEAD WE INCREASED THE FUNDING TO THE RESCUE MISSION IN' 17-' 18.
HE DID SEND THIS TO THE CITY MANAGER.
AND I HAVE NOW FORWARDED IT ON E-MAIL TO EACH OF YOU SO THAT YOU CAN PULL THAT UP AND SEE IT.
>> SO' 17-' 18, HOW MUCH WAS ALLOCATED TO THE AGENCIES?
>> $103,000, $71,000 TO THE RESCUE MISSION AND $32 TO FIND FOOD BANK.
THAT IS A YEAR WE DID NOT FUND MARTHA'S VILLAGE AND KITCHEN.
AT THAT TIME WE WERE GOING TO FUND A FAMILY REUNIFICATION PROGRAM OUT OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT WITH FUNDING THAT WAS GOING TO ORIGINALLY TO MARTHA'S.
BUT BECAUSE THE POLICE DEPARTMENT RECEIVED A LARGE GRANT, THEY FORFEITED THOSE FUNDS BECAUSE THEY HAD A BI $2 MILLION GRANT SO THE COUNCIL DECIDED TO INCREASE THE FUNDING TO THE RESCUE MISSION TO CONTINUE TO PROVIDE $103,000 IN FUNDING FOR OUR LOCAL SHELTERS.
AND' 18-' 19 THE FUNDING DID DECREASE TO THE RESCUE MISSION AND 19,000 TO FIND FOOD BANK AND THAT YEAR WE FUNDED THE TEEN CENTER, VOCATIONAL TRAINING CENTER EXPANSION.
SO THAT WAS WASN'T NECESSARILY A HOMELESS EFFORT, BUT IT WAS A COUNCIL DECISION TO FUND THAT PROGRAM AND FUND IT THE FOLLOWING YEAR AS WELL.
SO I THINK FOR ALL THOSE YEARS WE DID FUND THE ROY'S RESOURCE CENTER EFFORTS AND WE PROVIDED THE FUNDING THAT ROY'S WAS ASKING FOR IN THE AMOUNT OF $103,000 OUT OF OUR CDBG FUNDS AND THERE IS A 15% CAP.
>> SO' 19-' 20 WE FUNDED $42, 19 AND NOTHING TO MARTHA'S.
NOTHING IN MARTHA'S, THAT'S CORRECT.
>> AND THEN' 20-' 21 SHOWED NOTHING TO ANY OF THEM.
>> SO IN' 20-21, YOU MIGHT RECALL WE WERE AT THE RECIPIENTS OF THE CARES ACT FUNDS.
>> WE DID OUT OF A REGULAR CDBG ALLOCATION WE DID ALLOCATE $19,000 TO FAIR INLAND HOUSING.
AND THE MEALS ON WHEELS PROGRAM RECEIVED $50,000 SO OUT OF OUR 15% ALLOCATION, WE SPENT $69,000 TOWARDS THAT.
WHAT WE FUNDED THE RESCUE MISSION, THE MARTHA'S VILLAGE & KITCHEN, FIND FOOD BANK AND A COUPLE OTHER AGENCIES WAS OUT OF THE KARES ACT MONEY.
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>>> RESCUE POLITICIAN AND FIND THAT IS THIS CURRENT YEAR.
SO THEY ACTUALLY RECEIVED A LARGER ALLOCATION THAN THEY WERE RECEIVING IN PREVIOUS YEARS.
AND THEN, OF COURSE, THE PROPOSED' 20-' 22 OPPORTUNITY EFUNDING.
>> SO THANK YOU FOR SHARING THE DATA WE ME.
I NEEDED THAT BEFORE WE COULD MOVE FORWARD.
>> DO YOU I HAVE ANY FURTHER COMMENTS COUNCILMEMBER AMITH.
>> YES, I DO BUT I'LL WAIT UNTIL AFTER PUBLIC COMMENT.
>> ANYONE ELSE HAVE QUESTIONS FOR STAFF BEFORE I OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING?
>> I DO REMEMBER IN THE BUDGET TALKS WE MENTIONED A CERTAIN ALLOCATION FOR.
>> THE RESCUE MISSION AND MARTHA'S, RIGHT, MARK?
>>> HOW MUCH ARE WE THINKING THERE?
>> WELL, I THINK THERE WAS A COMMENT ABOUT INCREASING IT EATER INCREATION IT TO $50,000 EACH, OR INCREASING IT BY $50,000 EACH.
>> I SAID INCREASE IT BY $50,000 TO MAINTAIN THE LEVEL OF FUNDING THAT WE'VE HAD IN THE PAST.
>> AND THAT IS SEPARATE FROM THOSE $100,000 THAT SEABAC IS ASKING FOR.
>> ALL RIGHT, WITH ALL OF THIS BEFORE WE GET TOO DEEP IN IT.
THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER ORTIZ.
I'M GOING TO ASK FOR PUBLIC COMMENT PUBLIC OR OTHERWISE ON THIS SUBJECT.
COUNCIL? COUNCIL MEMBER AMITH, DID YOU WANT TO HAVE FURTHER DISCUSSION?
I JUST WANTED TO TIE THIS BACK TO THE CONVERSATION WE HAD AROUND THE BUDGET.
I KNOW WE'RE NOT MAKING BUDGET DECISIONS TONIGHT.
BUT SHOULD WE MOVE FORWARD WITH STAFF'S RECOMMENDATIONS ON THE ALLOCATION FOR CDBG, YOU KNOW EACH OF THE AGENCIES WILL BE SHORT ABOUT $50,000 AND I'D LIKE TO CONSIDER THAT IN THE BUDGET DISCUSSIONS IF WE COULD.
>> I'M GOING TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
YOUR POINT IS HEARD AND TAKEN.
AT THIS POINT THERE AREN'T ANY OTHER COMMENTS.
I WOULD LIKE TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION, PLEASE.
>> I'LL MOTION TO APPROVE THE FISCAL YEAR 2021 -- 2020-2021, ANNUAL ACTION PLAN FOR USE OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT FUNDS AND NECESSARY AGREEMENTS, DOCUMENTS AND CERTIFICATIONS NECESSARY TO IMPLEMENT AND MANAGE THE PROGRAM.
>> I HAVE A MOTION & BY COUNCIL MEMBER ORTIZ AND A SECOND BY MAYOR PRO TEM.
BEFORE WE ADJOURN THIS MEETING, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A LITTLE FUN.
[Additional Item]
CITY MANAGER, WE GET TO ROAST YOU.IN FACT, IF THE ENTIRE COUNCIL WOULD LIKE TO JOIN, MAYOR PRO TEM AND I WILL DO THE READING, BUT EVERYONE IS WELCOME TO JOIN IN ON THIS.
I THOUGHT WE WERE GOING TO HAVE CAKE AND ICE CREAM.
I WAS THINKING REAL FUN, BUT OKAY.
SO MARK SCOTT, RETIREMENT OF A LEGEND.
IF I CAN KEEP THROUGH LAUGHING FROM ALL OF THIS.
IN RETIREMENT, MARK MIGHT TAKE ADVANTAGE OF INDIO SENIOR UTILITY USER TAX EXPEMPTION HE QUALIFIED FOR IT THE DAY HE MOVED INTO THE CITY THREE YEARS AGO.
>> WHEREAS ONE OF THE VERY TOO THINGS MORE RELIABLY APPEALING TO MARK THAN SPENDING A LONG WEEKEND WORKING IN HIS OFFICE IS SPENDING A LONG WEEKEND WEEKEND IN HIS OFFICE WATCHING THE DODGER'S GAME -- DOES THE MONITOR HAVE ANY
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OTHER CHANNELS ON OR JUST DODGER STATION?>> WHEREAS POST-RETIREMENT MARK SCOTT IS RUMORED TO BE STARRING IN A FORD CAR COMMERCIAL ALONGSIDE HIS BRUISED AND BATTERED FUSION HIJACKING THE TAGLINE "IT TAKES A LICKING AND KEEPS ON TICKING".
DOES THAT APPLY TO THE CAR OR CITY MANAGER? WHEREAS, IT IS A NOTED FACT THAT ALTHOUGH MARK IS NOT AN EARLY-RISER AKIN TO BARBIE DEER IN THE MORNING, HE'S WISER THA AFTERNOON.
WHEREAS MARK DEFINITELY ISN'T ONE TO PREPARE A HOME-COOKED MEAL, HE CAN MEMORIZE A LIST OF COOKING SPICES IN A SPECIFIC ORDER, PUT AWAY THE LIST AND RECITE THAT LIST IN ORDER TO HISS ASTONNICKED CITY CLERK.
WHEREAS REPORTS THAT SINCE MARK, HER FAVORITE ALL-TIME CITY MANAGER ANNOUNCED HIS RETIREMENT, SHE LIVES IN A MISERABLE CAFETERIA; AND.
>> AS MARK'S UNIQUE ABILITY TO WHISTLE WITH HIS MOUTH OPEN CANNOT BE FULLY APPRECIATED WITH A MASK ON.
BRIAN ARE YOU WATCHING THIS? THIS IS A HARD ACT TO FOLLOW.
>>> ONLY PERSON HE'S EVER MET THAT WHO CAN WHISTLE WITHOUT MOVING HIS LIPS.
AND WHEREAS MARK CLAIM MAGIC WHISTLING IS HIS ONLY TALENT BUT HE COULDN'T BE MORE WRONG.
JUST WAIT UNTIL HIS DEFINITIVE MASTER WORK ON THE LIFE AND TIMES OF THE CITY MANAGER IS PUBLISHED AND TURNED INTO A HIT TV SHOW.
WHEREAS MARK MIGHT BE BEST KNOWN AS THE DEDICATED CITY MANAGER, HIS CAREER ACTUALLY TOOK OFF AS MARKETING, THE FIRST OF THE AIRLINE LOYALTY PROGRAMS, AMERICAN AIRLINES ADVANTAGE.
WHEREAS MARK'S OPEN-DOOR POLICY COULD MORE ACCURATELY BE DESCRIBED AS A PAY AN INSIDER FOR AN ALERT TO THE GET TO THE FRONT OF TAKE A NUMBER TO GET LINE, LINE.
AND WHEREAS MARK SCOTT IS THE ONLY CITY MANAGER IN INDIO'S HISTORY TO USE A WHITE BOARD TO PRESENT THE ANNUAL BUDGET; WHEREAS MARK GENERALLY WORRIES THAT ALONE IN RETIREMENT HE'LL TECHNOLOGY'S INSIDOUS AGENDA TO BREAK HIS PRINTER AND TV SET.
TRULY, MARK ISN'T ALONE IN THIS ISN'T GOOD-BYE.
IN FACT, SCOTT WANTS MARK TO PICK UP HIS CALCULATOR AND CALL HIM ANY TIME.
I TOLD YOU THIS IS A GOING TO BE A GREAT ROAST.
WHEREAS MARK IS JOYOUSLY MAIRLD TO CAROL SCOTT, THE SWEETHEART OF HER SORORITY, A WOMAN PROFOUNDLY ADMIRED BY HER HUSBAND, A MAN OF GREAT ACHIEVEMENT JUST TRYING TO KEEP UP WITH THE STUNNING ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF HIS BELOVED WIFE A MAN WHO ONLY MISSED ONE ANNIVERSARY THAT ONE TIME, BECAUSE, WELL, BASKETBALL.
[LAUGHTER] >> MARK SCOTT HAS PERFECTED MIND-READING 101 AND IS ABLE TO PRESENT AN ENTIRE STAFF REPORT IN AS FEW OPENING MARKS -- REMARKS TO THE COUNCIL LEAVING STAFF WITH NOTHING TO SAY.
>> THIS IS OUR 7TH INNING STRETCH.
>> WHEREAS, MARK SCOTT MAKES ENDLESS PATIENT AND BABY SITTER FOR YOUNG COUNCIL MEMBERS AND WHEREAS, WE WILL MISS MARK'S ENDLESS, FUNNY AND MEMORABLE STORYTELLING AND PICTURE SHARING FOR THE LONG, LONG, LONG, LONG, LONG, LONG LIST OF CITIES HE HAS SERVED WHEREAS MARK SCOTT IS NOT ONLY A BOSS WHO DISPLAYS SKATE BOARDS AND BASEBALL HAT IN HIS OFFICE -- THAT WAS TRUE -- LIKE THE PRECIOUS ARTIFACTS FROM ANT TAKITY HE IS ALSO THE LEADER WH THE OPPORTUNITY TO MOVE CLOSER TO HIS FAMILY WHICH HE'S FOREVER GRATEFUL FOR; AND WHEREAS, MARK REFLECTS -- MIKE REFLECTS THAT MARK'S EXPERIENCE AND WISDOM ALLOWED MARK TO BE CALM, MEASURED AND GRACEFUL WHILE LEADING INDIO CITY STAFF THROUGH A PANDEMIC AND OTHER CHALLENGES, THEREFORE MIKE SAYS YOU MADE MY JOB AS POLICE CHIEF EASIER ALLOWING ME TO LEARN FROM YOU.
>> SENTIMENTAL, I'M GOING CRY.
WHEREAS, NEVER HAS THERE LIVED A MORE OPTIMISTIC AND ENTHUSIASTIC LEADER FOR THE CITY OF INDIO, A MAN WHO NOT ONLY LOVES WHAT HE DOES, BUT ALSO LOVES THE PEOPLE HE
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WORKS WITH AND WHEREAS, THERE IS NO END TO THE GREAT THINGS THAT CAN BE SAID ABOUT MARK SCOTT.HE LEFT HIS MARK ON INDIO, PROPELLED US FORWARD AND KEPT US AFLOAT DURING THE COVID CRISIS.
HE ACCOMPLISHED MORE IN A COUPLE OF YEARS THAN OTHERS HAVE ACCOMPLISHED IN DOUBLE THE YEARS.
AND WHEREAS THE ONLY WITTY ENOUGH TO WRITE A PROCLAMATION THAT WOULD EVEN COME CLOSE TO FULLY AND PROPERLY SUMMON UP THE FORCE OF CITY MANAGEMENT THAT HAS BEEN MARK SCOTT SINCE MARCH 31ST 1990 AND MARK SCOTT AFFECTIONATE ATTEMPT BY CITY COUNCIL AND STAFF WE HAVE TO DO -- IS THAT OKAY? NOW THEREFORE, LET IT BE KNOWN ACROSS OCEANS AND LAND THAT MARK SCOTT RETIRES ON THE FIFTH DAY OF MAY IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD 2021 WITH THE RESPECT, HONOR AND ADMIRATION OF HIS PEERS TO FULFILL HIS DREAMS AND LIVE OUT HIS LIFE TO THE FULLEST WITH HIS CONTINUE HIS JOURNEY PEACEFULLY WITH WISHES FROM ALL WHO KNOW AND HAVE KNOWN HIM.
>> IN WITNESS WHEREOF, THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF CITY OF INDIO APPEAR UNTO SET HER HAND AND CAUSE THE CITY OF INDIO ON THE FIFTH DAY OF MAY, 2021.
>> YEAH, I WANT TO KNOW WHAT IS WRONG WITH MY CAR? YEAH, I'M NOT GOING GIVE A BIG, LONG SPEECH.
I REMEMBER I WAS A FAIRLY YOUNG ASSISTANT IN A CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE ONCE -- ONCE -- AND AT THE EMPLOYEE BANQUET MY MANAGER GAVE ME SOME KIND OF AWARD FOR THING.
AND I WENT UP TO THE MICROPHONE AND HE SAID, SPEECH.
AND I TALKED FOR THE NEXT TEN MINUTES AT WHICH POINT HE CAME OTHER THAN AND DRYLY SAID, YOU DIDN'T WIN THE ACADEMY AWARD.
SO I'M NOT GOING TO OVERSTATE MY COMMENTS.
I MEAN, I'M THE ONE WHO HAS BEEN BLESSED BEING HERE.
THIS WAS A GREAT PLACE FOR ME TO SPEND THESE YEARS OF MY CAREER.
IT WAS PERFECT THIS IS WHAT I WAS LOOKING FOR AND YOU ALL PROVIDED ME THIS T SUPPORT AND THE CARE AND AFFECTION THAT I COULDN'T HAVE ASKED FOR ANYMORE OF, YOU KNOW, THIS TEAM HAS BEEN WONDERFUL TO WORK WITH.
AND I'VE SAID THAT MANY TIMES TO THE POINT WHERE I WONDER IF IT STARTS WEARING OFF.
BUT I'M SINCERE IN SAYING OF ALL MY STOPS, THIS IS THE BEST ONE.
AND THESE ARE THE MOST -- INDIO PEOPLE ARE THE MOST GENUINE, 38 REAL, HOPEFUL, POSITIVE PEOPLE I'VE WORKED WITH AND THE TEAM I GET TO WORK WITH AT CITY EXPHAWL THE COUNCIL, I LOVE YOU ALL.
[APPLAUSE] AND I JUST WANT TO THANK STAFF, SHELLY FOR THE INPUT THIS WAS AMAZINGLY, WONDERFUL AND CREATIVE AND FABULOUS AND IT TOOK A GROUP OF PEOPLE, NAMELY SHELLY TO HAVE THE HEARD AND LOVE.
>> I AM SO LUCKY THAT I'VE HAD THIS CHANCE TO WORK WITH HER AND BRIAN IS A LUCKY GUY THAT GETS TO WORK WITH SHELLEY AND THE REST OF THE TEAM.
>> WOULD THE REST OF COUNCIL LIKE TO COMMENT OR TWO IN.
>> MR. SCOTT, IT IS A PLEASURE TO WORK WITH YOU, EXCITING, INTERESTING AND KNOWLEDGEABLE.
AND I WANT THE TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR DEDICATION NOT ONLY TO THE PROFESSION, YOUR FAMILY AND CITY OF INDIO AND ALL YOUR STAFF.
AND I'M SURE THIS WON'T BE THE LAST TIME, BUT WORKING WITH YOU IS A TRUE PLEASURE.
AND WE'VE BEEN SO FORTUNATE TO HAVE YOU FOR THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS AND OUR CITY HAS BEEN VERY FORTUNATE.
I WISH THEY COULD SEE THE WORK ETHIC THAT GOES BEHIND YOUR JOB AND HOW DEDICATED YOU ARE AND THE GUIDANCE GETTING THROUGH ALL THE DIFFICULT SITUATIONS AND
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DIFFICULT CONVERSATIONS THAT W THE CITY COUNCIL.AND I THINK ALSO, JUST PERSONALLY, YOU KNOW, GUIDING ME THROUGH MY FIRST TWO YEARS AS A COUNCILMEMBER, I REALLY APPRECIATE ALL OF YOUR HELP AND ALL OF YOUR ADVICE AND HELPING ME GET UP-TO-SPEED WITH WHAT A CITY COUNCIL DOES.
I REALLY APPRECIATE ALL OF YOUR HELP.
AND WE HOPE TO KEEP IN COUCH U TOUCH WITH US.
>> I WISH I WAS YOUR AGE AND GOT TO DO IT ALL OVER AGAIN.
>>> AND I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER MAYOR PRO TEM TO COUNCILMEMBER AMITH.
>> MARK, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR STEPPING IN.
I THOUGHT YOU WERE JUST COMING IN TO HELP US FOR A LITTLE BIT DURING AN INTERIM POSITION.
BUT IT TURNED OUT YOU WERE JUST THE RIGHT GUY TO HELP US STEER THIS SHIP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
AND THIS WAS ALL PRE-COVID SO WHEN COVID HIT AND YOU JUST REALLY CONTINUED TO MOVE US FORWARD AND GAVE US THAT LEVEL OF COMFORT WE WERE GOING BE OKAY WAS JUST AMAZING AND I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR, THAT FOR YOUR SERVICE, NOT ONLY FOR THE CITY OF INDIO BUT EVERY OTHER COMMUNITY YOU HAVE SERVED.
YOU REALLY HAVE MADE A DIFFERENCE THROUGHOUT YOUR CAREER.
AND WE APPRECIATE EVERYTHING YOU'VE DONE FOR US.
>> SO I HAVE TO SAY THANK YOU, BUT I WANT TO REALLY FOCUS ON 40 YOUR JOURNEY ON WHAT GOT YOU TO THE CITY OF INDIO AND GOT YOU READY FOR THE CITY OF ENDSIO.
AND YOU'VE DONE A REMARKABLE JOB AND JUST THANK YOU FOR HELPING US ALONG THE WAY ESPECIALLY DURING THIS PANDEMIC.
YOUR KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE IN BEING A CITY MANAGER AND WORKING WITH THE COUNCIL, IT'S INVALUABLE.
AND I REMEMBER THE FIRST TIME I SEEN YOU, YOU WERE WALKING AROUND A TAMALES RE FESTIVAL BY YOURSELF LOOKING AT ALL THE FOLKS AND I THOUGHT THAT IS MARK SCOTT.
AND SO, THAT WAS THE FIRST TIME WE MET.
>> AND YOUR WHOLE FAMILY WAS THERE.
>> YEAH, AND THEY'RE LIKE DAD WHO IS THAT? I SAID THAT IS OUR CITY MANAGER.
SO BUT FROM THAT POINT ON YOU'VE BEEN VERY HELPFUL TO ME AND I ALWAYS SAY AT TIMES WHEN I HAVE THIS PASSION TO DO THESE GREAT BIG PROJECTS AND I COME RUNNING TO YOUR OFFICE AND YOU KNOW HOW TO REALLY DIVERT MY ATTENTION.
HE STARTS TALKING ABOUT, HEY, WAYMOND I HAD THIS BASEBALL CARD COLLECTION.
AND MAN, AND THEN I START TALKING OBTAIN BASEBALL CARD, FOOTBALL CARDS.
SO YOU'RE A MASTER AT SENDING US THE WRONG WAY.
I HAVE WATCHED A COUPLE OF INNINGS OF DODGERS IN YOUR OFFICE.
AND SO YOU KNOW, I'M GOING TO MISS THAT.
BUT I THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU'RE PASSING ONTO US AND MYSELF ESPECIALLY THE KNOWLEDGE THAT YOU SHARE WITH US, BECAUSE WE ALWAYS SAY YOU'RE ONLY GOOD AS 41 YOUR TEAM.
AND YOU HAVE A GREAT TEAM THAT YOU WORK WITH FROM DAY ONE WALKING IN HERE EVERYONE IS SO HELPFUL TO US AND YOU SET THE TONE.
AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMITMENT TO THE CITY OF ENDSIO.
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ENDSIO IS A FAMILY AND YOU'RE STILL PART OF THAT FAMILY, WE'LL BE HERE FOR YOU.ALL RIGHT, YOU LEFT A MARK ON INDIO, YOU'RE THE BEST.
LET ME -- SHOULD WE DO THE PICTURE FIRST OR ADJOURN THE MEETING.
>> I'M NOT PUTTING THE MASK ON.
>>> LUP PE, I DON'T KNOW HOW WE GET YOU IN HERE.
>> ARE WE DOING MORE? ARE WE GOOD?
>> ALL RIGHT, IT IS 14 MINUTES AFTER 6:00, MAY FIFTH, AND THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED.
[APPLAUSE]
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.