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[1. CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL]
THIS IS A JOINT STUDY SESSION OF THE, IT'S KIND OF A COOL SOUND THERE YOU KNOW.WORKING TO TRY THIS AGAIN IS JUNE 2, 2021 THIS IS A JOINT STUDY SESSION CITY COUNCIL AND PLANNING COMMISSION.
CITY CLERK MAY HAVE ROLL CALL PLEASE.
>> JUST TO ANNOUNCE THE PLANNING COMMISSIONERS ARE ALL PRESENT.
IT'S THE SPEAKER THING AT THE BOTTOM.
YOU'VE MUTED A LITTLE X THING.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO TELL YOU.
OKAY ARE WE READY LET'S DO THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
PLACE YOUR 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 JUSTICE FOR ALL.
CITY PARK CLERK DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT?
>> NO PUBLIC COMMENT AT THIS TIME.
[4a. Highway 111 Corridor Specific Plan (Kevin Snyder, Director of Community Development)]
THIS IS A STUDY SESSION HIGHWAY ONE A LETTER FROM COURT OR SPECIFIC PLAN, MR. SNYDER.MARE, EPIDEMIC, MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL, KEVIN SNYDER DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY TO MOMENT.
WHEN I THINK THE COUNCIL AND PLANNING COMMISSION FOR TAKING TIME IN YOUR BUSY SCHEDULES TO JOIN MYSELF AND THE CONSULTANT TEAM TO HAVE WHAT WE HOPE WILL BE A ROBUST AND INFORMATIVE DISCUSSION ABOUT THE HIGHWAY 111 CORRIDOR SPECIFIC PLAN.
TURN IT OVER TO THE CONSULTANT TEAM IN A MINUTE.
I WANT TO REMIND COUNCIL THAT THIS IS A STATE GRANT FUNDED PROJECT.
WE APPRECIATE THE DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT GIVING THE CITY $310,000 GRANT THIS PROJECT.
THIS PROJECT IS A LITTLE BIT UNIQUE IN THE SENSE THAT MANY PLANNING PROJECTS START WITH THE LAND USES THIS PROJECT WORK WITH MORE ECONOMICS IN MIND.
WE WANT TO GROUND THIS PLAN AND ECONOMIC FOUNDATION TO MAKE SURE THAT OVER TIME AS THE PLAN MOVES FORWARD WITH IMPLEMENTATION FOLLOWING HOPEFULLY THE COUNCIL SUPPORT AND ADOPTION THAT IT'S GROUNDED IN ECONOMIC REALITY THAT SUPPORTS THE ECONOMICAL AND ASPIRATIONS IN THE COMMUNITY ALONG WITH THE LAND-USE AND PHYSICAL INFRASTRUCTURE GOALS.
LUCKY TO HAVE A DIVERSE TEAM IN THE SPIRIT OF THE ECONOMIC FOUNDATION.
OUR LEAD CONSULTANT IS BAE URBAN ECONOMICS.
LISETTE BARON IS OUR LEAD CONSULTANT AND AT THIS TIME I LIKE TO TURN IT OVER TO LISA AND TO INTRODUCE HER TEAM.
LOOK WHAT THE COUNSELOR PRESENTATION.
WERE MINDFUL COUNSEL HAS A HARD STOP AT 4 O'CLOCK.
OUR PLAN IS TO STOP AT 355 TO GIVE YOU A FEW MINUTES TO TRANSITION TO YOUR NEXT AGENDA ITEM.
WERE GONNA KEEP MOST OF THE CONVERSATION TODAY HEARING BACK TO THE COMMISSION AND THE COUNCIL.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON COUNCIL MEMBERS AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY AND STAFF.
MY NAME IS LISETTE BARON I'M VICE PRESIDENT OUT OF BAE'S LOS ANGELES OFFICE.
I AM HERE TODAY WITH OUR TEAM WHICH INCLUDES OUR PRESENTATION TEAM.
BAE ERGONOMIC FILM WE PRIMARILY WORK WITH MUNICIPALITIES WITH A VARIETY OF URBAN PLANNING, REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENT, REAL ESTATE ADVISORY AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECTS.
I'M HERE TODAY IT WAS SHERRY OKUN RICK NACK WAS OUR PRINCIPAL FOR BAE.
DAVID SERGEANT WHO WAS THE FOUNDER OF SERGEANT COUNTY PLANNING.
I KNOW MANY OF YOU ARE FAMILIAR WITH SERGEANT TOM PLANNING AND THEY ARE OUR PARTNER ON THIS PROJECT.
AND PETER VENABLE, ALTHOUGH NOT SEEING HIM OF THE GUESTS.
PUBLIC WHO PRESENT WITH ME TODAY AS WELL.
SO, IF PETER IS ACTUALLY LOOKING TO SHARE HIS SCREEN AND WE ARE WONDERING IF HE COULD BEAT MADE A COHOST OR IF HE HAS ABILITY TO SHARE HIS SCREEN COOKS IT'LL
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ACTUALLY BE DATED.HE NEEDS TO BE ABLE TO SHARE HIS SCREEN.
>> ONCE I GET, CITY CLERK I WANT TO NOTE FOR THE COUNCILMEMBER AMITH HAS JOINED THE STUDY THIS STUDY SESSION.
WERE HERE TODAY TO PROVIDE CITY COUNCIL AND THE PLANNING COMMISSION WITH AN OVERVIEW OF THE HIGHWAY 111 CORRIDOR SPECIFIC PLAN.
AS IMAGE BEFORE BAE AND SEARCH OF TOWN PLANNING WILL BE PRESENTING TODAY.
OKAY, OUR OVERVIEW FOR TODAY IS THAT I'M GOING TO INTRODUCE YOU TO OUR PROJECT TEAM.
TO TALK ABOUT THE SPECIFIC PLAN, A PROJECT ACTIVITIES AND SCHEDULE, OUR PLAN FOR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND THEN PETER IS GOING TO TAKE OVER AND TALK ABOUT THE SPECIFIC PLANS CONNECTION TO THE GENERAL PLAN AND THEN WERE HOPING TO SPEND HALF OF OUR TIME WITH YOU TODAY IN DISCUSSION ABOUT YOUR THOUGHTS ON WHERE THE SPECIFIC PLAN CAN BE MEANINGFUL FOR YOUR COMMUNITY.
SO WE HAVE A MULTIDISCIPLINARY TEAM THAT'S INVOLVED WITH THE SPECIFIC PLAN EFFORT.
WERE WORKING VERY CLOSELY WITH SERGEANT PLANNING THERE URBAN PLANNING AND KNOWLEDGE OF INDIO AND NEAR GENERAL PLAN.
WEAVER RETAIL ECONOMIST ON BOARD.
GRADES BUILDER, REAL ESTATE STRATEGY.
CIVIL ENGINEERING OF MSA CONSULTING WHICH IS IN COACHELLA.
COMMUNITY OUTREACH, URBAN CBS, TRANSPORTATION, FEAR AND PEERS AND ENVIRONMENTAL RED CONE.
IS AN OVERVIEW OF THE SPECIFIC PLAN.
THE HABIT 111 CORRIDOR SPECIFIC PLAN IS FOCUSING ON NEW HOUSING AND COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT CREATING A BETTER SENSE OF PLACE AS WELL IS A SENSE OF ARRIVAL INTO INDIO.
ESTABLISHING DISTINCTIVE YET CONNECTIVE LAND USE PATTERNS AND INTENSITIES ALONG THE CORRIDOR ALL WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF DOUBTFUL DESIGN MARKET STUDY, BACKGROUND RESEARCH AND ECONOMIC ANALYSIS.
IN MEANINGFUL COMMUNITY INPUT.
WHY NOW? WHY IS THIS HAPPENING AT THIS MOMENT? THE REASON WHY IT'S HAPPENING NOW IS NOT INDIO IS SECURED A GRANT FROM THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA IN THE FORM OF AN SP TO PLAN GRANT.
THAT GRANT HAS FUNDED THE SPECIFIC PLAN WORK WITH AN EMPHASIS ON HOUSING WHICH WE WILL TALK ABOUT ON THE NEXT SLIDE.
ALSO, IN ORDER TO IMPLEMENT THE GENERAL PLAN YOU WILL NEED TOOLS SUCH AS ZONING, ZONING AND GOT DESIGN GUIDELINES TO IMPLEMENT THE PLAN THAT YOU PUT TOGETHER AS A CITY FOR WHERE YOU ENVISION THE CORRIDOR GOING.
SO THIS SLIDE IS AN OVERVIEW OF THE SPECIFIC PLAN AREA.
AS YOU CAN SEE IT BEGINS ON THE EAST AT THE OLD HIGHWAY AND ENDS ON THE WEST JUST PAST JEFFERSON.
IT EXTENDS SEVERAL BLOCKS IN SOME PORTIONS IN EACH DIRECTION AROUND THE CORRIDOR AND INCORPORATES THE CIVIC CENTER MIDTOWN, ADJACENT TO DOWNTOWN AND INCLUDES LARGE PLOTS OF LAND ON THE WEST SIDE.
AS WELL AS AUTOMOTIVE USES AN AREA ON THE SITE.
OKAY, OUR CHARGE IS TO DEVELOP AND DELIVER A SPECIFIC PLAN THAT INVOLVES THE CITY, ITS RESIDENTS AND ITS BUSINESS OWNERS.
WE WILL TALK MORE ABOUT SOME OF HER COMMUNITY OUTREACH EFFORTS WE'VE DONE TODAY AND WHAT WE PLAN ON DOING NEXT.
I'M IMPLEMENTING THE GENERAL PLAN, REVITALIZING THE CORRIDOR WITH A SPECIFIC FOCUS ON RESIDENTIAL RETAIL AND COMMERCIAL.
AS WELL AS AN UNDERSTANDING OF INFRASTRUCTURE AND TRAFFIC.
FACILITATING THE DEVELOPMENT OF AT LEAST 500 UNITS OF HOUSING.
WE KNOW THE CORRIDOR HAS POTENTIAL FOR WEIGHING MORE THAN THAT.
THE COMMITMENT OF THE SP2 PLANNING GRANT IS THAT AT LEAST A MINIMUM OF 500
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UNITS OF HOUSING WOULD BE PLAN FOR ALONG THE CORRIDOR.REALLY, AT THE END OF THE DAY THE CITY WILL BE LEFT WITH REGULATORY POLICY STRATEGIES AND STANDARDS THAT HAVE AN EMPHASIS ON ECONOMIC FEASIBILITY.
ALL ALONG THROUGHOUT OUR PROCESS WERE GOING TO BE DOING ECONOMIC TESTING AND FEASIBILITY TESTING WITH THE VARIOUS CONCEPTS THAT ARE RISING AND COMING UP AND BEING SUGGESTED AND BEING THOUGHT ABOUT BEFORE THEY GET IMPLEMENTED AND ADDED INTO THE PLAN.
SO OUR KEY DELIVERABLES TO YOU WILL BE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, NEW ZONING AND LAND USE AND DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS, URBAN DESIGN GUIDELINES.
STRATEGIES AND POLICIES THAT ENCOURAGE RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT.
STRATEGIES AND POLICIES THAT RECALIBRATE RETAIL AND REFINED COMMERCIAL USES.
ALSO REPLACING THE CENTRAL HIGHWAY 111 SPECIFIC PLAN AND THE MIXED USE SPECIFIC PLAN SO THERE'S A MORE UNIFIED APPROACH THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE CORRIDOR VERSUS A VARIETY OF PLANS THAT HAVE TO BE NAVIGATED BOTH BY CITY STAFF AND POTENTIAL DEVELOPERS.
LASTLY, ONE OF OUR KEY DELIVERABLES WOULD BE TO INCORPORATE CHANGES APPROVED TO THE CURRENT PLAN FOR THE MARKETPLACE.
THAT PROJECT CAN MOVE FORWARD SMOOTHLY.
SO, A QUICK OVERVIEW OF HE SCHEDULE AND WHERE WE AR IN TERMS OF PROJECT ACTIVITIES.
SO, WE'VE BEEN DOING IN EXISTING CONDITIONS ANALYSIS TO DATE, TAKING A LOOK AT THE MARKET.
THE BUILD FORM, URBAN PLANNING STANDARDS, WHAT EXISTS IN THE CORRIDOR.
REACHING OUT TO STAKEHOLDERS TO INTERVIEW THEM AND GET THEIR INPUT ABOUT THE CORRIDOR.
WHAT THEY SEE AS OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES.
AND REALLY PUTTING TOGETHER A PRETTY STRONG EXISTING CONDITIONS CASE AND UNDERSTANDING INCLUDING INFRASTRUCTURE AND WHAT MIGHT BE DELETED LONG-TERM OF THE COURT ORDERED DEVELOP TO THE TYPE OF PLACE THE GENERAL PLAN CONTEMPLATES.
OUR NEXT STEP IS GOING TO BE DEVELOPING AND TESTING VARIOUS CONCEPTS AND FROM THAT IN THE COMMUNITY INPUT INVOLVED IN THAT PART OF THE PROCESS AS WELL AS INPUT FROM THE CITY.
WE WOULD DEVELOP A CORRIDOR SPECIFIC PLAN WHICH WOULD BE IN THE FALL AND INFRASTRUCTURE PLANNING WHICH HAS BEEN GOING ON ALL ALONG IN TERMS OF INITIAL EXISTING CONDITIONS WITHIN BE CONSIDERED ALONGSIDE THAT PROPOSED PLAN.
ENVIRONMENTAL WOULD TAKE PLACE NEXT.
THEN FROM JANUARY TO MARCH WOULD BE A SERIES OF MEETINGS, ONE JOINT MEETING WITH PLANNING AND CITY COUNCIL.
THE INDIVIDUAL MEETINGS WITH EACH ENTITY FOR OUR FINAL APPROVAL OF THE PLAN.
LOOKING AT MARCH 2022 AS A TIME TO WRAP UP THAT PLAN.
SO COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT IS GOING TO BE ON A PARALLEL PATH TO OUR PROJECT.
WERE KICKING OFF WITH THIS MEETING WITH YOU TODAY AND TO GET YOUR FEEDBACK AND YOUR IDEAS AS WE BEGIN THE PROCESS.
AS I'VE MENTIONED WE'VE BEEN CONDUCTING STAKEHOLDER INTERVIEWS ALREADY.
WERE TALKING TO DEVELOPERS, BUSINESS OWNERS, COMMUNITY MEMBERS, GOVERNMENT, EDUCATION, GETTING A SENSE OF THEIR UNDERSTANDING OF THE CORRIDOR AS IT IS TODAY WHERE THEY SEE POTENTIAL FOR THE CORRIDOR IN THE FUTURE.
WHAT THEY EXPERIENCE IN THE REAL ESTATE MARKET AROUND LAND AND DEVELOPMENT AS WELL.
OUR FIRST COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT EVENT IS GOING TO BE AT THE END OF THIS MONTH.
IS GOING TO BE A DISCOVERY SESSION WHERE WE MEET WITH THE COMMUNITY AND UNDERSTAND WHAT THE COMMUNITY HOPES FOR, ENVISIONS, SEES AND EXPERIENCES IN THE CORRIDOR TODAY.
AND UNDERSTANDING WHERE THEY ENVISION OR THERE HOPES AND THEIR THOUGHTS ON WHAT'S NEEDED FOR TOMORROW.
THEN, WE WILL GO BACK TO OUR WORKING GROUPS AND COME BACK TO THE COMMUNITY IN SEPTEMBER TO TAKE A LOOK AT SOME VISION IDEAS THAT HAV EVOLVED THROUGH ALL OF OUR WORK.
TRY TO GET A SENSE OF WHERE THOSE IDEAS MIGHT NEED SOME ADJUSTMENTS.
THEN WE WILL COME BACK AGAIN TO THE COMMUNITY IN DECEMBER TO REALLY CONFIRM THE FINAL IMPLEMENTATION AND VISION, IDEAS THAT WOULD BE INCORPORATED INTO A PROPOSED PLAN.
THEN WE WOULD MEET WITH PLANNING AND COUNSEL FOR JOINT WORKSHOP.
INCORPORATE THE FEEDBACK AT THAT POINT.
AND HAVE FINAL REVIEW AND APPROVAL MEETINGS WITH PLANNING AND COUNSEL IN JANUARY TO MARCH.
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SO THAT'S OUR OVERALL SCHEDULE FOR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.LOOKING FORWARD TO GETTING TO KNOW YOUR COMMUNITY AND LEARNING MORE ABOUT THE CORRIDOR AS PEOPLE SEE IT TODAY AND AS PEOPLE ENVISION IT FOR TOMORROW.
SO, I'M GONNA SHIFT THIS PRESENTATION OVER TO PETER WHO IS GOING TO GO OVER THE GENERAL PLAN AND WHAT IT SAYS ABOUT THE CORRIDOR GIVEN THAT THAT IS THE BASELINE OF OUR WORK.
WE ARE INTERCHANGEABLE TO AN INCREASING EXTENT.
VERY NICE DEFEAT SEE FOLKS AGAIN.
WERE VERY GLAD TO BE BACK TO HELP YOU THINK ABOUT THIS CORRIDOR.
WE'VE BEEN THINKING ABOUT THIS CORRIDOR FOR 5 OR 6 YEARS FROM THE VERY BEGINNING OF WORK ON THE GENERAL PLAN AND THEN THROUGH THE WORK ON THE DOWNTOWN SPECIFIC PLAN.
SO, SPEAKING OF THE GENERAL PLAN.
IN MANY CASES ON A CORRIDOR LIKE THIS A GENERAL PLAN WILL HAVE BEEN MADE QUITE A LONG TIME AGO.
SO THAT CORRIDOR PLAN WOULD BE A FRESH LOOK AT A SPECIFIC PLACE.
IN THIS CASE YOUR GENERAL PLAN IS SO FRESH AND SO ROBUST AND SO RECENTLY UNDERSTOOD BY MANY OF YOU.
THAT WERE GOING TO PROPOSE THE KEY, THE GUIDING PRINCIPLES FOR THIS SPECIFIC PLAN WILL BE WE THINK UNLESS YOU TELL US OTHERWISE, THE MAIN IDEAS FROM THE GENERAL PLAN.
TO GO THROUGH THOSE QUICKLY FOR YOU.
THE KEY STRATEGIES TO MAKE THE DOWNTOWN ONCE AGAIN THE HEART OF THE COMMUNITY.
REINVENT THE 111 CORRIDOR FROM HIGHWAY 2 ORVAL BOULEVARD SINCE IT'S NOW THE GEOGRAPHIC CENTER OF YOUR CITY.
ESTABLISH HUMAN SCALE PLACES THAT PEOPLE LIKE TO COME TO.
EXPAND COMMERCE AND BOTH REINFORCE THE COMMERCE THAT IS THERE AND HAS IT'S BEEN CHANGING AND EXPANDING.
STRENGTHEN TOURISM AND HOSPITALITY SECTORS.
WE THINK THERE'S A BIG OPPORTUNITY TO INVITE THEM INTO THE REMADE CENTER OF YOUR CITY.
REVITALIZE AND CONNECT THE NEIGHBORHOODS.
WE THINK THIS CORRIDOR CA BE VERY GOOD THING FOR AL THE NEIGHBORHOODS AROUND IT.
ENHANCE COMMUNITY HEALTH AND WELLNESS BY MAKING MORE ACTIVE HEALTHY LIFESTYLES MORE NATURAL THAN DRIVING ALL THE TIME.
SO, THE GUIDING PRINCIPLES THAT WE ARE SUGGESTING FOR THIS CORRIDOR WOULD BE FIRST OF ALL, THE GOAL NUMBER ONE FOR YOUR GENERAL PLAN IS A CITYWIDE URBAN STRUCTURE.
CLEARLY 111 CORRIDOR AND MONROE AND OASIS ARE SORT OF THE CENTRAL PIECE OF THAT NETWORK.
AND, WE VIEW THOSE SPACES TOGETHER WITH THE ESTABLISHED NEIGHBORHOODS IS WHAT THIS PLAN IS REALLY ABOUT.
AND AS PART OF OUR WORK ON THE GENERAL PLAN WITH ME THESE INITIAL CONCEPTUAL ILLUSTRATIONS OF HOW THAT MIGHT BE DONE THROUGH A FINER GRAIN NETWORK OF WALKABLE, BANKABLE, BEAUTIFUL STREETS IT WOULD CONNECT THE CORE OF THE CORRIDOR AROUND THE MARKETPLACE TO YOUR DOWNTOWN IS REALLY THE HEART AND SOUL OF YOUR COMMUNITY.
ACTIVE PLACES, INDIO'S CITY WITH ACTIVE AND COMFORTABLE PLACES THAT ENCOURAGE SOCIAL INTERACTION.
SO SOME OF THE WORK WE DID ENVISIONING THE MIDDLE OF YOUR DOWNTOWN AND WORK THAT'S ALREADY UNDERWAY AT THE MARKETPLACE TO MAKE IT MUCH MORE OF A PLACE.[INDISCERNABLE].
THE CORRIDOR IS AN OLD HIGHWAY OBVIOUSLY.
STARTING WITH THE DOWNTOWN AND SPREADING INTO THE MARKETPLACE REDO AND THEN SPREADING ALONG THE CORRIDOR WE'VE ALREADY LOOKED OUT IN YOUR GENERAL PLAN WORK A LOT OF STRATEGIES FOR MAKING PLACES THAT PEOPLE JUST WANT TO BE BECAUSE THEY ARE NICE PLACES.
IN ADDITION TO POPULATING WITH USEFUL BUSINESSES AND HOUSING THAT MEET YOUR COMMUNITY'S NEEDS.
HIGH-QUALITY BUILDING DESIGN IS THE NEXT VALUE THAT IS OUR NEXT GOAL.
AND ACTUALLY IT IS A HIGH QUALITY BEAUTIFUL, WALKABLE HABITABLE PUBLIC GROUND THAT WILL INVITE DEVELOPMENT THAT FACES THOSE SPACES WITH BEAUTIFUL BUILDINGS LIKE THESE ONES HERE WHICH WERE USED A LOT DURING THE GENERAL PLAN
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UPDATE.CERTAINLY HOUSING IN THE CORRIDOR CAN BE BIGGER OR SMALLER THAN THESE.
WE THINK THESE EXEMPLIFY THE KINDS OF DEVELOPMENT YOU CAN ATTRACT TO THIS AREA.
AND LISA WILL HELP US FIGURE OUT THE MARKET FACTORS WILL PLAY INTO DOING THAT.
CONNECTED PLACES SO THAT RATHER THAN JUST A STRING OF PROJECTS ALONG AN OLD HIGHWAY THESE WILL GROW INTO CENTERS OF NEIGHBORHOODS THAT ARE CONNECTED TO ONE ANOTHER BY WALKING AND BIKING AS WELL AS BIKE TRANSIT AND CARS.
MAKING PLACES THAT PEOPLE WANT TO MOVE AROUND IN PUBLIC.
THAT'S WHAT MAKES BUSINESSES MORE SUCCESSFUL BY KEEPING PEOPLE TO COME HERE MORE OFTEN AND SPEND MORE TIME.
ENHANCE EXISTING NEIGHBORHOODS.
SO THIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO DO WHAT WE SOMETIMES REFERRED TO AS TURNING A RIP INTO A ZIPPER.
RIGHT NOW THE OLD HIGHWAY SORT OF A BREAK IN THE CITY.
WHICH IS HISTORICALLY IT WAS HOW ONE GOT FROM LOS ANGELES TO ARIZONA.
THERE IS THE OPPORTUNITY WITH PROPERTIES THAT ARE UNDERPERFORMING AND REMAINING VACANT PARCELS TO FILL THAT IN WITH VERY USEFUL COMMERCIAL USES, NEW HOUSING OF ALL KIND AND ESSENTIALLY CONNECT AND INFILL THIS TO MAKE AT THE CENTER OF YOUR CITY.
THEN CENTERS IN PARTICULAR, WHEN WE SAY CENTERS WE MEAN COMMUNITY ACTIVITY CENTERS.
PLACES OF COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY, KEY COMMUNITY GATHERING PLACES AND NODES ALONG THE CORRIDOR.
THAT CAN INCLUDE RECREATION, COMMERCE APPOINTMENT AND CULTURAL ACTIVITIES.
AGAIN IT'S ABOUT MAKING HUMAN SCALE PLACES THAT INVITE PEOPLE TO STICK AROUND.
CERTAINLY LESS THAN ALL IN LESS THAN MOST OF THE SOUL HIGHWAY CORRIDOR WILL BE COMMERCIAL.
MOST OF IT IN ONE FORM OR ANOTHER WILL BE HOUSING AND AS LISA MENTIONED THE 500 UNITS IDENTIFIED IN THE GRANT IS JUST A TINY DOWN PAYMENT ON THE POTENTIAL FOR HOUSING WITHIN THIS CORRIDOR WHICH IS PROBABLY ON THE ORDER OF 10 OR 15 OR 20 TIMES THAT MUCH OVER TIME.
THERE IS THE OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE HOUSING TYPES THAT ARE CURRENTLY NOT PRESENT OR NOT PLENTIFUL IN INDIO AND MEET A HUGE PROPORTION OF YOUR HOUSING NEEDS AS IDENTIFIED THROUGH THE RENO ALLOCATION HOUSING DEVELOPMENT WITHIN THE CORRIDOR.
RESORT USES HAVE HISTORICALLY BEEN OUT ON THE EDGES OF TOWN.
WE THINK AS WITH YOUR CITY AND FESTIVALS IDENTITY AND SOME OF THE VERY AMAZING PROPERTIES ALONG THIS CORRIDOR INCLUDING OF COURSE THE HISTORIC DATE, PROPERTY AND THE FOUND GROUNDS AND OTHER PROPERTIES TO ESTABLISH A FAIRLY FESTIVE VISITORS SERVING DESTINATION AND ATTRACTION CHARACTER IN SOME KEY NODES ALONG THE CORRIDOR.
SO IT'S MUCH MORE THAN JUST A PLACE FOR DAILY COMMERCE FOR LOCAL RESIDENTS.
THERE ARE CERTAINLY BIG OPPORTUNITIES FOR WORKPLACE AND EMPLOYMENT.
THE JUSTICE CENTER, AS SOON AS WE FIRST SAW THE JUNTA'S CENTER DRAWINGS AND THOUGHT GOING UP WE WERE IMPRESSED.
WITH THE QUALITY OF THE COUNTY HAS COMMITTED THEMSELVES TO THEIR.
WE THINK THAT PLUS EXISTING HOSPITAL CERTAINLY THE MARKETPLACE AND DOWNTOWN YOU'VE GOT THE LOMA LINDA HEALTH FACILITY IN COLLEGE.
THERE'S A LOT OF HUBS HERE THAT ARE AROUND WHICH MORE EMPLOYMENT CAN BE NUCLEATED.
AS THIS BECOMES AN ATTRACTIVE PLACE TO LIVE AND SHOP AND WORK WE DON'T, WE SEE EVERY REASON THAT MORE BUSINESSES WOULD CHOOSE THIS AS THEIR ADDRESS POTENTIAL INDIO.
THE ARTS, THE CITY OF FESTIVALS IN THE DOWNTOWN IS REALLY CENTERED IN MANY WAYS ON THE ARTS.
WE THINK THAT CAN EXPAND AND BE AMPLIFIED VERY MUCH WITHIN THIS CORRIDOR STARTING WITH THE FAIRGROUNDS AND THE SHIELD STATE PROPERTY AND CHUCK LOEB PROPERTY.
WE'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO CHAT WITH THE OWNERS.
THERE'S A LOT OF BIG PLANS FOR PROPERTIES HERE THAT CAN REALLY, REALLY EXPRESS THE ARTS AND CULTURE OF INDIO IN EXCEPTIONALLY UNIQUE WAYS.
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THEN INFRASTRUCTURE IS THE LAST PIECE.WE'VE MADE LOTS OF ILLUSTRATIONS THAT YOU'VE SEEN OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS OF HOW YOUR EXISTING STREET INFRASTRUCTURE CAN BECOME REALLY THE CENTRAL LIVING ROOMS AND GATHERING PLACES OF YOUR TOWN.
SO THE INFRASTRUCTURE CAN BE EXPANDED TO MUCH MORE THAN MOVING CARS AND CAN MAKE SPACES THAT ATTRACT INVESTMENT, THAT ATTRACT HOUSING CAUGHT THAT ATTRACT BUSINESSES AND ATTRACT PEOPLE.
THE PLACE TYPES THAT THE GENERAL PLAN HAS TO FIND ALONG THE CORRIDOR INCLUDE THE DOWNTOWN FIRST AND FOREMOST.
THE MIDTOWN WHICH IS THE NAME THAT WE CAME UP WITH FOR THE AREA AROUND THE MARKETPLACE AND JUST ADJACENT TO DOWNTOWN AND CONNECTABLE TO DOWNTOWN BY LOCAL STREETS AS WELL AS THE HIGHWAY.
AS WELL, THAT'S CALLED THE FORMER HIGHWAY.
THE MIXED USE NEIGHBORHOODS ALONG THE WEST CORRIDOR INCLUDING COMMERCIAL CENTERS AT KEY NODES WHERE THE MARKET AND THE COMMUNITY SUPPORT THEM.
THEN CONNECTED NEIGHBORHOODS WHICH WOULD BE THE TRANSITIONS BETWEEN THE MORE INTENSE MIXED-USE ACTIVITY OF THE CORRIDOR ITSELF AND THE EXISTING STABLE NEIGHBORHOODS AND PROVIDING PEDESTRIAN AND BICYCLE IF YOU VEHICULAR CONNECTIONS THROUGH THIS ALL THE FOLKS THAT LIVED IN THESE NEIGHBORHOODS CAN JUST EASILY COME INTO ENJOYING THE NEW AMENITIES AND THE NEW ENVIRONMENT OF THE CORRIDOR.
IN THE PLACE TYPES THAT HAVE BEEN DEFINED IN THE GENERAL PLAN INCLUDE MIXED-USE NEIGHBORHOOD WHICH WERE THOSE ONES ALONG THE WEST STRETCH OF THE CORRIDOR WE JUST LOOKED OUT.
BASICALLY IT'S NEIGHBORHOODS WITH HIGHER INTENSITY HOUSING AND SOME COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY TO SUPPORT THE NEIGHBORHOODS.
CONNECTED NEIGHBORHOODS WOULD BE THOSE MIXED HOUSING TYPE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT WOULD CONNECT THE CORRIDOR ITSELF BACK TO THE EXISTING STABLE NEIGHBORHOODS.
CENTERS WITH FIRST AND FOREMOST ALONG THE CORRIDOR.
THE BIGGEST AND ACREAGE WOULD BE THE MIDTOWN AREA AND THERE COULD BE OTHER CENTERS IN KEY LOCATIONS, KEY NODES ON THE CORRIDOR AND THEN OF COURSE THE DOWNTOWN IS YOUR CENTER OF CENTERS WHICH HAS BEEN DEFINED IN QUITE A BIT OF DETAIL IN THE DOWNTOWN SPECIFIC PLAN.
SO THE LAST THING WE WILL LEAVE YOU WITH IS CORRIDOR'S IS NOT, CORRIDOR'S HISTORICALLY OFTEN LIKE A STRIP OF ONE THING.
IT'S BEEN STORES AND GAS STATIONS OR STORES AND GAS STATIONS.
TIRE SHOP, ETC. THIS CORRIDOR HAS EVERY OPPORTUNITY IN THE GENERAL PLAN THAT WILL MATURE INTO A SEQUENCE OF CENTERS.
WE SOMETIMES THINK OF IT AS A STRING OF PEARLS.
IT'S A SERIES OF PLACES EACH HAS ITS OWN INDIVIDUAL CHARACTER IDENTITY.
SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOODS AND REASON FOR BEING THERE AND PERHAPS EVEN IMAGE AND THERE CONNECTED BY THE STREET ITSELF.
SO WE WOULD LIKE VERY MUCH TO HEAR YOUR THOUGHTS ON THIS LITTLE BIT OF INFORMATION WE'VE SHARED.
WHAT YOU THINK ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITIES FOR HOUSING.
WHAT IDEAS DO YOU HAVE ABOUT HOW DEVELOPMENTAL ALONG THE HIGHWAY ALONG THE ROAD WE SHOULD LOOK.
IDEAS ABOUT HOW YOU WANT THE HIGHWAY ITSELF TO LOOK.
WHO DO YOU THINK THE CORRIDOR WILL SERVE? WHAT KINDS OF HOUSEHOLDS AND HOUSEHOLD TYPES TO SEE LIVING ALONG THE CORRIDOR? AND ANYTHING ELSE YOU THINK WE SHOULD BE THINKING ABOUT.
SO WE COULD GO THROUGH THESE WANTED TIME OR YOU CAN JUMP IN.
>> ARMITAGE OPERABLE FAST, THANK YOU DAVID THANK YOU THE REST OF THE TEAM.
THESE QUESTIONS AS ALWAYS WE COULD BE PROMPTING QUESTIONS TO START THE DIALOGUE.
THESE ARE NOT THE ONLY QUESTIONS OR IDEAS.
IF YOU AND THE COMMISSION, THE COUNCIL AND THE COMMISSION WANT TO THROW OTHER IDEAS THIS IS GET TO GET THE PREFERABLE MENTAL JUICES FLOWING.
THESE QUESTIONS ARE STARTING POINT.
WE WOULD LOVE TO HEAR FROM THE COUNCIL AND THE COMMISSION AT THIS TIME.
ONE THING I WOULD SAY IS A COMMISSION IN THE COUNCIL TO THE LOBBY HEAVY LIFTING FOR YOUR WORK ON THE GENERAL PLAN.
WE WOULD LIKE TO HEAR IS WHAT YOU THINK OF WHEN YOU WANT.
>> WERE NOT TRYING TO LEAVE THE WITNESS.
WE WANT TO HEAR WHAT'S THE MOST IMPORTANT THING FOR US TO KNOW AT THIS POINT PICK.
>> THANK YOU GOING TO OPEN IT UP TO THE TEAM, MY FELLOW COUNCILMEMBERS AND PLANNING COMMISSION.
WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK FIRST? I KNOW THERE ARE PEOPLE OU THERE WITH PLENTY OF OPINIONS AND THOUGHTS AND IDEAS.
LET THE PLANNING COMMISSION GO FIRST.
>> IF NOT WHAT WILL STEP UP I WILL.
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YOU KNOW ME, I'M SHY.I THINK WE FIND QUITE A FEW CONVERSATIONS ABOUT HOUSING AND DEVELOPMENT IN THE CORRIDOR DOWNTOWN.
I THINK FOR ME WHEN I KEEP HEARING ABOUT THIS AND SAYING THIS I THINK THE FACT THAT WE NEED A VARIETY OF HOUSING SO FOR EXAMPLE WE HAVE TONS OF SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENCE, RIGHT? THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
I THINK MAYBE SOME SENIOR COMMUNITIES, UNIT WAS LIKE SENIOR LIVING WHETHER IT'S APARTMENTS OR CONDOS OR TOWNHOUSES.
YOUNG PROFESSIONAL HOUSINGS, SMALLER.
THAT ARE AROUND LIKE THE COURTYARD, THE COURTHOUSE AND THE DOWNTOWN AREA.
I DO ALSO THINK THE WORK WITH, THE WORKABILITY IS VERY IMPORTANT.
AND, I THINK IT NEEDS TO BE UNIQUE AND DIFFERENT INDIO.
IT SHOULD BE SOMETHING THAT YOU CAN EASILY FIND ONE OF OUR NEIGHBORING CITIES.
ALSO THINK SOMEHOW WE NEED TO SLOW DOWN OUR TRAFFIC A LITTLE BIT ON HIGHWAY 111.
LA QUINTA WHO'S DONE A GREAT JOB WITH THE COMMERCIAL BUT YOU ZOOM THROUGH THEIR HIGHWAY 111 CORRIDOR, RIGHT? I THINK SOMETHING THAT WILL SLOW IT DOWN.
EVERY TIME WE HAVE A CONVERSATION SO SO THE THINGS THAT CONTINUE TO COME TO MY MIND IMMEDIATELY.
SO THOSE ARE MY FIRST COUPLE OF THOUGHTS.
WE FIND THERE'S A GREAT DEAL OF CORRELATION BETWEEN THE TYPES OF HOUSING THAT YOUNG PROFESSIONALS ARE LOOKING FOR THE KINDS OF HOUSING SENIORS WILL BE LOOKING FOR.
AND, IT FOCUSES ON MAY BE LESS SQUARE FOOTAGE AND HIGHER LEVELS OF AMENITY.
WITHIN A SHORT DISTANCE AROUND IT.
MY QUESTION, AGAIN THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.
MY QUESTION IS MORE DIRECTLY TOWARDS THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.
THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO BE A LONG LIFE RESIDENT OF INDIA.
NO ONE UNDERSTAND WHAT IS THE CURRENT OUTRAGE AND PLAN TO GET THE COMMUNITY INVOLVED? AND WHAT IS YOUR STRATEGY ON THAT? ALSO, THE ORGANIZATION IS DOING THE COMMUNITY PLANNING IN THE COMMUNITY OUTREACH.
ARE THEY ALSO LOCAL? I THINK THAT WAS ONE OF MY OTHER QUESTIONS?
>> THE COMMUNITY OUTREACH FIRM IS A LOS ANGELES AREA FIRM.
THEY DO HAVE BILINGUAL CAPACITY FOR SPANISH AND ENGLISH.
AND, WE ARE PLANNING ON REACHING OUT TO LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS AS A PART OF OUR OUTREACH EFFORTS.
AND HAVING DUAL LANGUAGE COMMUNITY OUTREACH SESSIONS.
GOOD TO BE WORKING WITH THE CITY TO FOLLOW SIMILAR MODEL TO SOME OF THEIR OTHER PREVIOUS OUTREACH WHICH INVOLVES A SPANISH, ENGLISH POSTCARD THAT WAS SENT OUT AND ADVERTISEMENTS AND OUTREACH ON VARIOUS CHANNELS AS WELL AS OUTREACH TO COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS.
BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T COME UP WERE ABOUT A MONTH AWAY FROM THE FIRST OUTREACH SESSION WERE ABSOLUTELY OPEN TO ANY SUGGESTIONS OR IDEAS OR CONNECTIONS THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO PROVIDE TO US OR OUTREACH.
>> OKAY, I WOULD WORK WITH KEVIN ON THAT, CORRECT?
WE WILL SET UP THE POSTCARDS IN THE NEXT 10 DAYS OR SO THAT LISA REFERENCE.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WILL BE UNIQUE FOR US.
I SAY IS UNIQUE BECAUSE IS COMING OUT OF COVID.
IN SEPTEMBER DECEMBER COMMITTEES WE TALKED ABOUT WITH THE COMMUNITY WE COULD ACTUALLY DO THIS IN PERSON IF ARE ABLE TO.
ACTUALLY HAVE IS TO FACE CONVERSATIONS IN THE CORRIDOR WITH FOLKS AND WILL INVITE THEM TO DIFFERENT LOCATIONS OTHER THAN THE CORRIDOR.
WE CAN INTERACT WITH FOLKS AND HAVE SOME GOOD CONVERSATIONS.
I THINK THAT WOULD BE TERRIFIC.
I THINK MAYBE A COMBINATION OF VIRTUAL, ONLINE.
JUST ALWAYS A GROUP OF PEOPLE THAT ATTENDS THESE.
REALLY, WE HAVE A HUGE CITY IN THE BEAUTY OF THE CITY IS ITS DIVERSITY AND TO BEING ABLE TO GET THOSE FOLKS IN AND CONNECTING WITH COMMISSIONER LOPEZ AND ALL OF THE GROUP THAT SHE IS FULLY OR WITH TO BEING ABLE TO ENGAGE THEM I THINK WOULD BE SUPER IMPORTANT.
>> WE'VE HAD AN AMAZING EXPERIENCE WITH VIRTUAL AND HYBRID OVER THE LAST 15 MONTHS.
WE'VE GOTTEN HUNDREDS OF PARTICIPANTS RATHER THAN DOZENS.
>> WE THINK THAT IS DEFINITELY PART OF THE WEIGHT TO GO.
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WE ALSO DO PLAN ON DOING INITIAL SURVEYS LEADING INTO SOME OF THE COMMUNITY OUTREACH.WE WELCOME ANY SUGGESTIONS OR IDEAS ABOUT HOW TO HAVE A MORE SUCCESSFUL COMMUNITY OUTREACH.
AND, ANY WAYS IN WHICH ANY METHODS YOU RECOMMEND IN ANY ORGANIZATIONS THAT YOU RECOMMEND, WE WELCOME THAT INFORMATION.
>> WE HAVE BEEN ENGAGING KEY STAKEHOLDERS THE PAST FEW WEEKS.
SO WE BEGUN INTERVIEWS WITH STAKEHOLDERS, PROPERTY OWNERS ALONG THE CORRIDOR.
>> REACHING OUT TO THE ASSOCIATIONS.
TODAY I MET WITH WHAT I THOUGHT WAS CAN BE ONE PERSON FROM SHADOW HILLS SUN CITY SHADOW HILLS.
I'M DOING A PRESENTATION UP THERE IN A FEW WEEKS.
6 PEOPLE SHOWED UP BECAUSE THEY WANT THINGS INDIO.
THEY FEEL LIKE INDIA WAS POISED AND INDIO IS A PLACE TO BE.
I WANT TO GO OUT AND GO SOMEPLACE.
I LIVED FOR CAESARS TERRA LAGO AND I HAVE A HUGE GROUP OF PEOPLE UP THERE THERE LIKE OKAY, WHAT'S HAPPENING? TELL US WHAT'S GOING ON?
PEOPLE THAT WANT TO DO THINGS INDIO AND WE NEED T CAPTURE THAT AT EVERY LEVEL.
ANY OF MY COUNCILMEMBERS HAVE ANY COMMENTS, PLEASE.
>> THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.
VERY INFORMATIVE JACK IS RIGHT WE NEED TO DO A LOT OF OUTREACH.
WITH OUR NEW MALL GOING IN AND THE UPGRADES TO IT ALSO APPEARED AS WANTING TO BRING PEOPLE INTO THE DOWNTOWN AREA.
WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO MAKE SURE THE HOUSING IS MORE FOCUSED FURTHER DOWN SO THAT THOSE PEOPLE THAT ARE LIVING IN THOSE AREAS AREN'T SHOPPING IN LA QUINTA BECAUSE IT'S SIMPLER AND EASIER FOR THEM.
WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WHAT WERE DOING IS IT BRINGS PEOPLE INTO THE HEART SO WE HAVE IT.
NEEDS TO BE CORRIDOR UP IN THE AREAS AND ENCLAVES OF DIFFERENT AREAS.
WE'VE ALWAYS HAD A RUN INDIO HIGH SCHOOL WITHOUT HOUSING THERE'S GOOD OPPORTUNITIES THERE.
JUERGEN HAVE TO HAVE PARK, I DON'T CARE WHAT ANYBODY ELSE SAYS.
UNLESS YOU HAVE AVAILABILITY FOR STUDENTS TO WALK ACROSS THE STREET TO THE SCHOOLS THE PARENTS ARE GONNA DRIVE THEM.
UNLESS YOU HAVE ADEQUATE PARKING AND ADEQUATE ROADS, TRAFFIC, YOU'RE GOING TO BOTTLENECK ALL THOSE BUSINESSES THAT ARE IN THERE AND PEOPLE ARE NOT GOING TO WANT TO INVEST GOING INTO INDIO IF IT'S GONNA BE A HEART ACHE.
THANKS SOME OF THE AUTO DEALERSHIP TO HAVE A CATHEDRAL CITY.
SLOWLY START TO USE LEGALLY TO OURS ON MY TENT BECAUSE IT'S EASIER TO GET INTO MY 10 AND OTHER VARIETIES.
WE GOTTA MAKE SURE WERE MAKING SMART DECISIONS TO BRING PEOPLE INTO THE HEART OF THE CITY.
AT THE SAME TIME MAKING SURE IT DOESN'T BOTTLENECK EARLY AND WHERE PEOPLE DON'T WANT TO GO THERE.
AT THE SAME TIME THE LOCATIONS OF THE HOUSING TO MAKE SURE IT'S VIABLE AND UTILIZE.
SECONDLY ON SOME OF THE BUSINESSES THAT WE WANT TO SEE.
WE TALKED ABOUT HOTELS, WE TALKED ABOUT RESTAURANTS, THINGS THAT INDIO IS MISSING.
WE HAVE A GREAT OPPORTUNITY AT THE MALL BUT WE HAVE A GREAT OPPORTUNITY WITH NEW OWNER JACK LOW BRANCH.
HE'S TALKING ABOUT A BOUTIQUE HOTEL THERE.
WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE AND HOW CAN WE FUNCTION AROUND THAT FAILED TO BRING IN MORE BUSINESSES.
ONE OF THOSE AREAS HAVE BEEN GATED FOR MANY TIMES.
THERE'S NO PROBLEM WITH HOUSING AND BACK THEM.
NEED TO MAKE SURE ALONG THE FRONT IS BUSINESSES THAT WILL ATTRACT PEOPLE IN THERE.
ALSO BUSINESSES THAT THE RESIDENTS CAN UTILIZE OVERNIGHT SHOPPING AND OTHER CITIES.
IT'S GOING TO BE THE LOCATION.
JUST LIKE ANY, HOUSING OR ANY KIND OF BUSINESS.
WHAT WE DO TO BRING PEOPLE IN THE CITY TO MAKE SURE THEY SHOP AND ARE SITTING AT THE SAME TIME.
VERY NICE TO SEE WHAT YOU GOT GOING ON WITH THEM ALL IN OTHER AREAS.
WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO MEET THE HOUSING CRITERIA VERY EASILY.
AS JACKIE AND ALSO LURIA, WE NEED THE VARIETY OF HOUSES THAT PEOPLE ARE GOING TO UTILIZE.
>> WE THINK THERE'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO TARGET THE FIRST 500 OR MAYBE A THOUSAND TOWARD CLOSE TO THE DOWNTOWN AND THE MALL SO THAT YOU'RE GETTING NEW BUILT-IN EVERYDAY CUSTOMERS WHO AREN'T NECESSARILY NEEDING PARKING SPACES BECAUSE THEY MIGHT JUST WALK OR BIKE OVER.
YOU'VE GOT THE DETENTION CENTER.
IF THE NEW COLLEGE OF THE DESERT GOING IN.
ALSO YOU GOTTA HAVE SOMETHING COMING IN WORKING ON THE FIRST PART OF COMING INTO THE CITY OF INDIO.
IF YOU DON'T SEE ANYTHING THERE THERE WILL BE NO REASON FOR THEM TO COME INTO THE CENTER OF INDIO.
>> JACK ABOUT WORK TAKING A LOOK AT THE WEST END OF INDIO AND AS YOU KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF LARGE VACANT PARCELS THERE.
THERE'S A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF DEVELOPER INTEREST IN THAT END OF THE CORRIDOR.
AND THAT IS ALSO ANOTHER AREA PRIMED FOR RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT IN PARTICULAR.
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NEIGHBORHOOD SERVING RETAIL AS YOU'VE MENTIONED.LOOKING AT THAT END OF THE CORRIDOR AS WELL.
AND HOW A SPECIFIC PLAN CAN ENCOURAGE RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT THERE IN ADDITION TO INTENSIFYING AS YOU GET CLOSER TO DOWNTOWN.
>> WE THINK THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO DIFFERENTIATE THE VISITOR SERVING AND COMMERCIAL BUSINESSES.
SO THE WEST END IS COMPLEMENTARY TO COMPETING HEAD-TO-HEAD WITH HER DOWNTOWN.
>> THE ONLY OTHER THING I SAY IS WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE THE INFRASTRUCTURE IN PLACE INCLUDING BROADBAND TO ATTRACT THOSE BUSINESSES AND TO BE ABLE TO UTILIZE THE HOUSING AND THAT THEY ARE THE SAME TIME.
>> THE POSSIBILITY OF REMOTE EMPLOYMENT LOCATIONS ENABLED BY BROADBAND HAS JUST MUSHROOMED.
>> AND SO, ON THAT NOTE I HAVE 3 COUNCILMEMBERS WE HAVE 10 MINUTES.
COUNCILMEMBER AMITH I BELIEVE YOU AND SPEAK EARLIER.
CAN THEY PUT THAT PRESENTATION BACK UP WITH THE QUESTIONS.
SOMEBODY TOOK IT OFF THE ZOOM.
BUT, I WILL GO-AHEAD AND START OFF OR COUNCILMEMBER MILLER LEFT OFF.
I DON'T THINK ANYONE REALLY HEARD WHAT HE SAID.
WE REALLY DO NOT WANT HOUSING CLOSE TO THE WEST END.
I WANT TO BE CLEAR ABOUT THAT.
IF WE DO THEY WILL SHOP IN LA QUINTA.
WHAT WE NEED IS COMMERCIAL ON THE WEST AND TO ATTRACT LA QUINTA RESIDENTS.
NOW, I WANT TO KNOW HOW WERE GOING TO IMPLEMENT THIS PLAN.
AS WE DON'T WANT A WHOLE SECTION OF HIGHWAY 111 TICKING UP BY RESIDENTIAL AND MISS OUT ON COMMERCIAL OPPORTUNITIES.
I DO AGREE WE NEED TO HAVE SCATTERED RESIDENTIAL.
I DON'T KNOW BUT THE NUMBER IS.
IT'S NOT FOR ME TO DECIDE IS FOR THE MARKET TO DECIDE.
I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE DON'T HAVE A HOLSTER ABOVE SECTION OF 111 THAT IS JUST RESIDENTIAL.
I ENCOURAGE SECOND STORY RESIDENTIAL.
I DON'T REALLY WANT TO DRIVE DOWN HIGHWAY 111 SEE ANY ASPHALT.
IT'S SO UNBECOMING OF STRIP OF COMMERCIAL TO DESCRIBE BY A STRIP OF ASPHALT.
I THINK WE COULD COME UP WITH SOME BEAUTIFUL COMMUNITIES I WOULD LIKE TO EMPHASIZE THAT THE SPACE OF 111 BETWEEN WHERE HIGHWAY 99 WHICH IS INDIO BOULEVARD AND 111 MEET TO RUBY DO AND 111 WHICH IS WEST OF THE FAIRGROUNDS.
I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO SEE ALL REMAINING PARCELS IN THAT AREA MINIMUM 2 STORIES.
AS WE GET CLOSER TO THE DOWNTOWN I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD HAVE ANYMORE SINGLE STORIES LIKE THE APPLEBEE'S.
I WAS STRONGLY OPPOSED TO THE APPLEBEE'S THE SEA OF ASPHALT.
WE WANT HIGH DENSITY INCORPORATE COMMERCIAL INCORPORATE RESIDENTIAL, INCORPORATE WHATEVER YOU CAN.
WE NEED TO THE DOWNTOWN REALLY NEEDS TO BE A DIFFERENT FEEL.
I THINK WE SHOULD OMIT SINGLE-FAMILY DWELLINGS, DETACHED OR ATTACHED.
THIS REALLY NEEDS TO ENCOURAGE THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF HOUSING THAT WE DO NOT HAVE IN OUR CITY AT THIS TIME.
SO, THAT'S WHY WANTED YOU TO PUT THE QUESTIONS BACK UP BECAUSE I WANT TO MAKE SURE TO MAKE THAT POINT.
SO QUESTION NUMBER 2, YES BUILDINGS CLOSER TO THE STREET WITH A GREEN SCAPES, YOU KNOW BIKING, WALKING PATHS.
WE VARDY APPROVED 10 STORY BUILDINGS.
WHAT WE WANT 111 LOOK LIKE? WE WANTED TO LOOK LIKE SOMETHING WELCOMING TO THE PEDESTRIAN AND THE VEHICLE THAT'S LOOKING FOR SOME ENTERTAINMENT OR COMMERCE OR GOING HOME.
WE NEED TO MAKE SURE IT SPREAD OUT THROUGHOUT THE 111 CORRIDOR.
CAN YOU MOVE INTO THE NEXT SCREEN SO I COULD SEE QUESTIONS 3 AND 4.
WHO DO WE ENVISION THE CORRIDOR SERVING? EVERYONE.
INDIO HAS ALWAYS BEEN A SEASONAL COMMUNITY THAT EMBRACES AND SWELLS DURING THAT SEASON TO DOUBLE IN SIZE.
WE'VE ALWAYS HAD SNOWBIRDS COME INTO OUR COMMUNITY.
BUT THEY COME INTO OUR COMMUNITY IN THE MIX WITH US.
THEY WANT TO GO EAT BREAKFAST AT THAT LITTLE RESTAURANT WITH US.
THEY WANT TO GO SHOPPING AT A LITTLE BOUTIQUE WHERE WE GO.
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WE ENVISION THE CORRIDOR SERVING THE WHOLE POPULATION, NOT JUST THE LOCAL RESIDENTS, THE TORIES, THE SNOWBIRDS, THE FESTIVALGOERS.WE WANTED TO APPEAL TO EVERYONE.
WERE OF HOUSEHOLDS? I THINK I TOUCHED ON THAT.
WE REALLY NEED TO HAVE MORE DIVERSIFIED HOUSING FOR THOSE ENTRY-LEVEL INDIVIDUALS AND FOR SENIORS WHO ARE NOW SEEKING A DIFFERENT TYPE OF PRODUCTS RATHER THAN THE OLD COUNTRY CLUB COMMUNITIES THAT THEY USED TO PART PURCHASED 20 YEARS AGO.
GIVEN THE PASSAGE OF THE DOWNTOWN SPECIFIC PLAN AND GENERAL PLAN IS THERE ANYTHING THAT I WOULD LIKE THE SPECIFIC PLAN TEAM TO BE THINKING ABOUT? JUST EVERY PICTURE YOU'VE SHOWN IS A REPRESENTATION OF WHAT WE WANT.
THE CHALLENGE BECOMES WHEN IT GETS TRANSLATED INTO A NARRATIVE, AND ORDINANCE, WRITTEN DOCUMENT.
AND THEN STAFF INTERPRETS THAT WRITTEN DOCUMENT AS X, Y AND Z.
IT'S VERY HARD TO PUT WHAT WE SEE IN THE VISUAL INTO A NARRATIVE.
I DON'T WANT US TO GET FONDLED INTO THIS ALL YOUR BUILDING HAS TO BE 25 FEET BACK FROM HERE AND YOU HAVE TO HAVE THIS TYPE OF PRODUCT.
SO YOU HAVE TO BE CAREFUL IN THE NARRATIVE.
AND REALLY MAKE MORE OF A STORY WITH THE PICTURES.
THE PICTURES ARE REALLY WHAT WERE LOOKING FOR.
WERE NOT LOOKING FOR REGULATORY YOU HAVE TO HAVE THIS AND HAVE TAPPED OUT.
WE WANT TO BE MORE FLUID TO ALLOW FOR DIFFERENT EVOLUTIONS BECAUSE IT'S NOT REALLY UP TO US.
IT'S NOT REALLY UP TO THE COMMUNITY THEY CAN ONLY SAY WHAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE.
AND WE NEED TO LET THE MARKET BE FLEXIBLE ENOUGH TO DRIVE HOW WE WILL EVOLVE FROM THIS POINT FORWARD.
>> ONE OF THE SIMPLE WAYS WE DESCRIBED THE INTENTIONS OF ALL OF OUR PLANS IS TO GENERATE, ORGANIZE FRIDAY.
>> A MEDICAL ON COUNCILMEMBER ORTIZ.
I WANT TO MAKE ONE COMMENT THAT IS TO CONCUR WITH COUNCILMEMBER AMITH AND MILLER WITH RESPECT TO ENSURING WE DON'T HAVE THAT LEAKAGE WHICH IS JUST A HUGE PERCENTAGE GOING INTO LA QUINTA.
WE NEED TO DEVELOP OUR CORRIDOR SO THAT WE DRAW PEOPLE IN.
I DO AGREE WITH WHAT HAS BEEN SAID SO FAR.
I WANT TO ALSO ADD ON THAT WOULD LIKE TO SEE INDOOR FACILITIES FOR FAMILIES SO WE CAN MAKE SURE THE BUSINESSES CAN GO YEAR-ROUND THAT WE DON'T SLOW DOWN DURING THE SUMMER MONTHS.
INDOOR FACILITIES AND SHADING STRUCTURES.
I AGREE WITH COMMISSIONER FRANZ ON THE VARIETY OF HOUSING.
I THINK WE DO HAVE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE HOUSING CRISIS THE RESIDENTS ARE SEEING AT THE MOMENT.
AND TAKE ACTION TO RELIEVE SOME OF THAT PRESSURE ON HER RESIDENCE.
AND WORK WITH PORTABLE HOUSING DEVELOPERS TO PROVIDE NOT ONLY AFFORDABLE HOUSING BUT AFFORDABLE BUSINESSES AND AFFORDABLE BUSINESS COMMUNITY CENTER RESIDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF SO THEY CAN ALSO BE A PART OF THIS GROWTH.
SO WE CAN GROW RESPONSIBLY AND INCLUDE THEM IN THAT GROWTH.
TODAY WAS TALKING TO A REAL ESTATE DEVELOPER I'M SORRY YOUR LISTING AGENT.
HE HAS A LONG LIST OF RESIDENTS WHO CANNOT FIND HOUSING IN NTL.
HE IS HAVING TO LEAVE THEM TO COACHELLA, TO THE SOLVENCY.
IT'S AN UNFORTUNATE WERE SEEN NOT.
I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE AR TAKING THE PROPER STEPS TO GROW RESPONSIBLY AND INCLUDE OUR CURRENT RESIDENCE IN THE CURRENT LOCAL BUSINESSES IN THIS GROWTH FOR THIS CORRIDOR.
SOME OF THE THINGS ON THE TOP HAVE BEEN SAID.
I WILL MENTION A COUPLE THINGS.
IT WAS MENTIONED EARLIER, HOTELS TOWARDS THE EASTERN PART OF 111.
IN RETAIL THERE TO DRAW MORE PEOPLE IN NTL.
I THINK WE ALSO NEED TO CAPITALIZE ON OUR ARTWORK.
WE DID HAVE OUR PEACE WAS HER JEFFERSON THAT'S WELCOMING FOLKS INTO INDIO AND I THINK WE NEED TO PLAY OFF THAT TOWN IN THE CENTER PART OF THE AREA BY THE MARKETPLACE.
I THINK HAVING A CENTRAL LOCATION GIVING FOLKS A DESTINATION TO COME TO INDIO TO SEE, MY CHILDREN LOVE TO GO TO LA JUST TO SEE THE LIGHTS.
IT'S JUST LIGHTS, OR PEOPLE WANT TO TAKE PICTURES.
I THINK IF WE HAVE A PLACE LIKE THAT HERE AND NEAR OUR CORRIDOR WILL FOLKS CAN COME JUST TO SEE AN ART PIECE AND CAPITALIZE ON THAT AND I THINK THAT WOULD TIE IN THE 111 AREA WHERE MY ROOM IT'S OUR FESTIVAL CORRIDOR.
THERE'S A GREAT POSSIBILITY LOTS OF LAND AND LEFT A BRICK WALL IN THAT AREA WERE WE CAN HAVE SOME ART PIECES AND I THINK THAT'S WHERE WE BRING IN OUR ARTS COMMISSION WHERE THEY CAN HAVE SOME THINGS.
ALSO I THINK WE NEED A COMPLEX OF OUR DETENTION CENTER IN A COURTHOUSE.
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WE HAVE FOLKS COMING IN AND OUT TRAVELING TO OR COURTHOUSE EVERY SINGLE DAY.I THINK LOOKING AT SOME STRUCTURES WITH SOME RETAIL ON THE BOTTOM AND HOUSING OF TOP BEING OPEN-MINDED WITH SOME OF THE HOUSING STRUCTURES.
I THINK WOULD BE IDEAL FOR SOME OF THE AREAS.
WE HAVE SOME EMPTY LOTS DOWN THERE NOW THAT ARE SITTING THERE THEY BEEN DORMANT FOR YEARS.
THAT'S A POSSIBILITY WAITING TO HAPPEN.
WE HAVE 90,000 PEOPLE APPROXIMATELY IN NTL.
FOLKS ARE JUMPING ON THE FREEWAY GOING WEST.
WE HAVE TO GET FOLKS UP PLACES TO SPEND THEIR MONEY.
WE TALKED ABOUT INTERNET INFRASTRUCTURE.
I THINK THIS IS A POSSIBILITY TO WORK WITH HAGAN AND ARE 111 CORRIDOR, OASIS OVER TO THE COLLEGE OF THE DESERT WILL BECOME TO INTERNET INFRASTRUCTURE OR START LOOKING AT SOME OF THE STUDIES WERE WE COULD CAPITALIZE ON OUR COLLEGE OF THAT'S DESERT STUDENTS AS WELL AS THE STRUCTURES I MENTIONED EARLIER.
THERE WILL BE A LOT OF FOLKS, 2023 WERE SLATED TO HAVE A THOUSAND STUDENTS ENROLLED AT THE COLLEGE OF THE DESERT.
HOW CAN WE MAKE THESE ARTERIAL STREETS, TOWN, OASIS, SMALLER MORE ATTRACTIVE FROM HOUSING? FOR WALKS TO MARK FOLKS CAN WALK DOWN 11 TO WORK.
I THINK THAT WILL BE OPTIMAL BACK COLLECTIBILITY WITH MOVING FORWARD IN THE FUTURE.
I THINK WE TALKED ABOUT OUTREACH ABOUT WE COULD ENGAGE WITH SOME OF OUR COLLEGE OF THE DESERT STUDENTS.
SOME SPECIALIZE ON THESE THINGS THAT TECHNOLOGY AND INTERNET.
I THINK MAINTAINING THOSE RELATIONSHIPS AND CONTACTS WITH OUR YOUTH BECAUSE THOSE ARE THE ONES WE WANT TO GO OFF TO COLLEGE WE WANT THEM TO COME BACK AND WORK AND LIVED IN PLAY IN OUR COMMUNITY.
ESTABLISHING THOSE RELATIONSHIPS EARLY I THINK ARE GOING TO BE REALLY GOOD.
THE FOLKS OR THE YOUNG ADULTS THAT ENGAGE WITH LOCAL GOVERNMENT RIGHT NOW, CHANCES ARE WHEN THEY COME BACK OR THEY GET OUT OF COLLEGE THEY'RE GONNA COME BACK AND THEY'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO ENGAGE.
I THINK COLLEGE OF THE DESERT WE HAVE TO CAPITALIZE ON THAT AS WELL.
I THINK WITH THE HOUSING, HIGH DENSITY.
THAT WILL BE ABERRANT TARGETS.
WORK WOULD HAVE TO BE OPEN MINDED.
DUPLEXES, TRIPLEX IS, THOSE THINGS WE DON'T SEE TO MUCH IN NTL.
I THINK THEY WILL BE GREAT FOR SOME OF OUR FAMILIES TO COME DOWNTOWN NEAR 111.
I THINK WE HAVE TO THINK OUT OF THE BOX.
SOMETIMES WE DO THINGS BECAUSE IT'S ALWAYS BEEN DONE THAT WAY.
I THINK WE NEED TO BE INNOVATIVE MOVING FORWARD BECAUSE WE HAVE A UNIQUE AGE DEMOGRAPHIC IN OUR CITY.
I LIKE TO SEE SOME OF OUR SENIORS.
GRAB SOME SENIOR HOUSING I LIKE TO SEE SOME RECEIVERS OF THE MARKETPLACE DURING THE DAYTIME WHERE THEY COULD GO GRAB A CUP OF COFFEE AND HANG OUT AND THEN I LIKE TO SEE SOME OF OUR MIDDLE AGE FOLKS DOWNTOWN ENGAGING IN ENTERTAINMENT.
JUST RIGHT NOW TALKING ABOUT DOWNTOWN.
THE INDIO FOOD PARK IS A DESTINATION.
FOLKS IN PALM SPRINGS ARE TALKING ABOUT COMING TO INDIO TO GO TO THE FOOD PARK.
WE NEED MORE DESTINATIONS LIKE THAT.
I CAPTURE AND ECHO EVERYTHING YOU SAID.
PARTICULARLY THE MIX OF SENIORS.
WE HAVE 2 SENIOR HOUSING, WE NEED MORE.
IMAGINE AN ENVIRONMENT THAT IS MIXED WITH COLLEGE KIDS AND SENIORS HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR PEOPLE TO MIX INSTEAD OF BEING ISOLATED.
WHY DO WE NEED TO LIMIT 2 STORIES? HONESTLY RETELL THE BOTTOM WE NEED VIRTUAL OFFICES.
I'VE SAID THAT FOR QUITE A WHILE.
AND PEOPLE LOOKING AT THE COURTHOUSE THAT NEED TO SPEND 4 HOURS, 2 DAYS, WHATEVER IT RENTING OUT OFFICE SPACE.
RENTING AN ADMINISTRATIVE BACK AND PICK UP PHONE CALLS DURING A TRIAL, SO ON AND SO FORTH.
I THINK THAT FLOOR OF OFFICE SPACE OF SMALL OFFICE SPACE AND SOME LARGE MEETING ROOMS WOULD BE OUTSTANDING.
THEN WE CAN HAVE APARTMENTS ON THE TOP.
WE ALSO HAVE LAW SCHOOL, THEY NEED LOFTS AND THE LOOKING TO EXPAND.
SO THE OPPORTUNITY HERE IS GREAT.
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I WANT TO ASK MY COLLEAGUES SOMETHING, IS THIS THE RIGHT OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT RETAIL USES? WE TALK ABOUT WELLNESS.WE TALK ABOUT THE TRAIL OFF OF AVENUE 42 NCV LINK.
I KNOW IN INDIA WE HAVE 3 SMOKE SHOPS.
I'M GUESSING THERE'S GOING TO BE MORE COMING UP ON HIGHWAY 111.
DO WE NEED TO LOOK AT LIMITING SOME OF THE RETELL? I DON'T THINK WE WANT A CORRIDOR WHERE THERE'S SMOKE SHOP ON EVERY BLOCK.
AND I THINK WE NEED TO CONSIDER THAT BECAUSE WERE SAYING ONE THING AND TALK ABOUT WELLNESS AND SO ON AND SO FORTH.
ON THE OTHER HAND WERE ALLOWING, AGAIN 3 SMOKE SHOPS ONE LITTLE CITY.
MAYBE TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE DIFFERENT RETAIL AND OR COMMERCIAL USES IN THE PROPENSITY TO HAVE THEM IN OUR ENVIRONMENT MAY BE SPREAD OUT A LITTLE BIT MORE OR SO ON AND SO FORTH INSTEAD OF CLUMPS OF SMOKE SHOPS OR WHATEVER THE CASE MAY BE.
WE HAVE NO PLACE TO GO BUT UP.
WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY AN I LOOK FORWARD TO TAKING ALL OF THE STEPS HERE AND IT'S 4 O'CLOCK SO I GUESS I BETTER MOVE RIGHT ALONG.
>> CAN I MAKE ONE FINAL COMMENT.
>> IT WOULD BE MY VISION FOR MONROE, FROM THE FREEWAY ALL THE WAY TO THE FESTIVALS TO BECOME FESTIVAL BRO AGAIN LIKE IT USED TO BE.
BEFORE THE POLICE DEPARTMENT DIVERTED ALL THE TRAFFIC ON THE INDIO.
THAT'S WHERE ALL THE FESTIVAL TRAFFIC CAME DOWN AND THEY SPENT THEIR MONEY AND BUSINESSES AND IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL SIGHT.
I LIVED OFF OF MONROE AND I LOVED IT.
I WANTED TO GIVE THAT PIECE OF VISION BACK TO THE TEAM.
>> I ALMOST WANT TO SUGGEST TO THE CITY MANAGER.
IN AN EFFORT TO MANAGE THE TRAFFIC.
ALL OF THE TRAFFIC WENT OUT OF THE CITY.
NONE OF IT CAME INTO THE CITY EXCEPT PEOPLE WENT TO INDIAN WELLS AND GOT ON THE BUS A MONTH STRAIGHT TO THE COUNCIL.
IT'S NOT JUST THE MOM-AND-POP'S.
IT'S A STATER BROTHERS ON MADISON, RIGHT? IT'S A CVS DRUGSTORE.
TO SEE THE CITY INUNDATED WITH PEOPLE.
THERE'S GOTTA BE A MIDDLE ROAD.
IT'S GOTTA BE SOMETHING BETWEEN LOGJAM AND SHIPPING EVERYONE OUT OF THE CITY AND PUTTING THEM ON BUSES SO THEY DON'T GET TO SEE O PARTICIPATE IN ANYTHING DOWNTOWN.
I APPRECIATE EVERYBODY HAS BEEN DOING UP UNTIL THIS POINT.
TO OUR CONSULTANTS, THANK YOU.
YOU HAVE PUT A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF THOUGHT INTO THIS AND IT'S GOING TO BE EVOLVING AND I APPRECIATE WE HAVE THIS AMAZING TEAM.
WITHOUT IT IS A COUPLE MINUTES AFTER 4 AND WE NEED TO MOVE ON.
I LOOK FORWARD TO OUR NEXT MEETING.
>> THANK YOU.
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