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>> MAYOR: I WOULD LIKE TO CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER.
[1. CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL]
MS. SANCHEZ MAY I HAVE ROLL CALL PLEASE? COUNCILMEMBER GLENN MILLER? COUNCILMEMBER LUPE RAMOS AMITH? COUNCILMEMBER OSCAR ORTIZ? MAYOR PRO TEM WAYMOND FERMON? MAYOR ELAINE HOLMES?>> MAYOR: DO WE HAVE SOMEONE ONLINE TO GIVE US AN INVOCATION?
>> SPEAKER: WE HAVE ANDREW SANCHEZ FROM DESTINY CHURCH ON ZOOM.
>> SPEAKER: HELLO CAN EVERYBODY HEAR ME? I WANT TO CONFIRM.
THANK YOU FATHER, JUST FOR THE LEADERS WHO HAVE BEEN SELECTED BY YOUR PEOPLE TO FUNCTION IN THE ROLE THAT THEY HAVE BEEN CALLED TO THANK YOU FOR GIVING DIVINE INTERVENTION BILLY INNOVATION TO BRING SOLUTIONS TO WHATEVER CHALLENGES THAT MAY BE PRESENTED IN YOUR COMMUNITY.
THANK YOU FOR USING THEM TO BRING A CONTAGIOUS UNITY WITHIN THE COMMUNITY.
THANK YOU FOR USING THEM TO CONTINUE TO ADVANCE THE CITY OF INDIO AND WE THANK EVERYONE INVOLVED WHO CONTRIBUTE TO MAKING THAT CITY SO MUCH BETTER.
BLESSED BE THE TIME TOGETHER WITH YOU AND IN YOUR NAME WE PRAY, AMEN.
>> MAYOR: PLEASE PLACE YOUR RIGHT HAND OVER YOUR HEART AND REPEAT AFTER ME.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION, UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
THE REPORT ON CLOSED SESSION, CITY MANAGER?
[4. CITY ATTORNEY REPORT ON CLOSED SESSION]
>> SPEAKER: THANK YOU, MAYOR, THE MEETING IS CONFINED TO THE ITEMS UNDER THE AGENDA BUT THERE ARE NO REPORTABLE ACTIONS.
[5. YOUTH ADVISORY COUNCIL]
OUR FAVORITE PART OF THE MEETING.>> SPEAKER: GOOD EVENING MEMBERS OF COUNSEL.
SINCE THE LAST COMMITTEE MEETING THE YOUTH COUNCIL HAS BEEN BUSY DISCUSSING VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES, DISCUSSING FUNDRAISERS AND SOCIALS.
WE HAVE SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED OUR FIRST STREET CLEANUP ON AVENUE 46 WHICH IS A STREET THAT RUNS BETWEEN INDIO HIGH SCHOOL AND THE TEEN CENTER.
OUR MEMBERS ARE COMMITTED TO THE BEAUTIFUL PATIENT OF THE CITY OF INDIO WHICH IS ONE OF OUR MAIN FOCUS IS THIS YEAR.
HE ALSO HAD THE PLEASURE OF MEETING WITH THE DEPUTY CITY MANAGER AT OUR LAST YOUTH ADVISORY MEETING AND HE SPOKE WITH OUR MEMBERS ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF HAVING A BOAT IN REGARDS TO THE AGENDA ITEMS. ALTHOUGH WE ARE HAPPY TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE A VOTE AND REPRESENT THE YOUTH IN OUR COMMITTEE WE UNDERSTAND THERE IS IN A NORMA'S SPONSOR ABILITY TO HANDLE ALL AGENDA ITEMS. ALL YOUTH ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEMBERS UNDERSTAND THAT IT AFFECTS THE YOUTH IN OUR COMMUNITY.
WE ALSO WOULD LIKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK HAND-IN-HAND AND RECOMMENDATIONS ON AGENDA ITEMS THAT AFFECT.
SOME EXAMPLES COULD INCLUDE PARKS, MURALS AND COMMUNITY EVENTS.
ALSO ON THE AGENDA WE HAVE 8B AND WE WOULD LIKE TO GIVE A RECOMMENDATION FOR THE DOWNTOWN EVENTS.
THIS IS THE DOWNTOWN COMMUNITY EVENTS AND PROMOTE LOCAL BUSINESS MEMBERS.
I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO THANK COUNCILMEMBER GLENN MILLER, COUNCILMEMBER OSCAR ORTIZ AND MAYOR PRO TEM WAYMOND FERMON TO BRING UP IDEAS IN THE LAST COUNCIL MEETING ON HOW WE CAN BE MORE INVOLVED IN OUR COMMUNITY.
OUR GROUP WANTS TO GIVE ASSISTANCE AND BNR IMMUNITY AS A RESOURCE.
WE LIKE THE IDEA OF BEING EXPLORERS IN OUR LOCAL EVENTS AND WE ALSO HAD AN APPLICATION IN FOR THE YOUTH ADVISORY BOARD ACED ON YOUR FEEDBACK.
IF YOU HAVE ANY SUGGESTIONS WE ARE READY TO BE OF ASSISTANCE TO YOU.
WE WILL START WITH YOU COUNCILMEMBER GLENN MILLER.
[6. REPORT ON CITY COUNCIL EXTERNAL/INTERNAL BOARDS, COMMISSIONS AND COMMITTEE MEETINGS AND REPORT ON MEETINGS ATTENDED PER GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 53232.3(d)]
>> COUNCILMEMBER: THANK YOU MADAME MAYOR.
WE HAVE AN UPDATE ON OUR WATER TREATMENT PLAN AND THE PROCESS WE ARE LOOKING AT AND HOPEFULLY COMING UP WITH THE INITIAL RFP THAT WAS GOING TO GO OUT AND LOOK IF WE ARE ABLE TO SPREAD WATER OR ABLE TO INJECT IT INTO THE AQUIFER FOR ANY EXTRA WATER WE ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR.
IT LOOKS LIKE WE WILL DO THAT THE FIRST PART OF NEXT YEAR AND WE WILL BE ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT PROJECT AND HOPEFULLY SOME GOOD RESULTS ON HOW TO RE-UTILIZE THAT RECYCLED WATER FOR POTABLE DRINKING WATER OR BACK IN THE AQUIFER TO RAISE UP THE AQUIFER JUST A LITTLE BIT.
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ALSO, ON SUN LINE WE HAD OUR ANNUAL ART PRESENTATION.WE HAVE SIXTH-GRADERS WHO DO THEIR ANNUAL ARTWORK AND IT'S WRAPPED AROUND A BUS THAT WAS OUT THERE TODAY HAD WE DID A LITTLE VIDEO ON IT AND UNFORTUNATELY, EVERYTHING IS VIRTUAL.
WE USUALLY PARADE THE US AROUND THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
UNFORTUNATELY, AT THE LAST MEETING WHEN I WAS GOING THROUGH THE PARKING LOT THERE WAS NOTHING BUT BUSES FROM INDIO BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE ENOUGH DRIVERS TO DO THE ROUTES THAT THEY ARE SCHEDULED TO DO NOW.
I WAS AMAZED AT HOW MANY BUSES WERE PART OF THE FLEET BUT AT THE SAME TIME HOW MANY OF THOSE BUSES ARE NO LONGER ON THE STREET BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE PEOPLE WHO CAN DRIVE THEM OR ARE CAPABLE OF DRIVING THEM.
IF YOU KNOW ANYONE WHO IS IN NEED OF EMPLOYMENT, THIS HAS MANY OPPORTUNITIES RIGHT NOW TO BE ABLE TO HELP US OUT AND AT THE SAME TIME HELP OUT THE COMMUNITY.
THE LAST ONE I WAS AT THE VFW POST 699 HONORING MR. LOPEZ'S FAMILY PEERED WE ACCEPTED THE HONOR ON BEHALF OF THE CITY, THE SENATE AND THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND THE VFW FROM ALL OVER THE REGION, THANKING HIM FOR HIS SERVICE AND AT THE SAME TIME IT WAS AN HONOR TO BE THERE AND SAD AT THE SAME TIME.
BUT, IT IS GREAT TO SEE THE COMMUNITY RALLY TOGETHER AROUND THE TRUE INDIO HERO AND HE WILL ALWAYS BE IN OUR PRAYERS ALONG WITH HIS FAMILY.
IT WAS VERY TOUCHING TO SEE THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE THAT REALLY CAME OUT TO SUPPORT THEM FROM ALL OVER SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.
MADAME MAYOR, THAT'S ALL I HAVE, THANK YOU.
COUNCILMEMBER LUPE RAMOS AMITH?
>> COUNCILMEMBER: THANK YOU MAYOR, I HAVE NO REPORT THIS EVENING.
>> COUNCILMEMBER: THANK YOU, MAYOR.
THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR JOINING US TODAY.
FIRST OF ALL, I AM GLAD TO HEAR OUR YOUTH ADVISORY COUNCIL WILL BE WORKING WITH US TO GIVE OPINIONS ON AGENDA ITEMS. I'M EXCITED ABOUT THAT I THINK IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO WORK TOGETHER.
I'M ALWAYS EXCITED TO SEE YOUTH GROUPS PRACTICING WITH OUR NEW SOCCER GOALS AND I SAW THE NEW INSTALLATION AT DOCTOR CARREON PARK.
THANK YOU TO THE STAFF AND FOR THOSE PROJECTS.
THIS MORNING I ATTENDED THE BOARD MEETING FOR THE COACHELLA VALLEY ECONOMIC PARTNERSHIP.
THEY'RE CURRENTLY WORKING ON THE 17TH ANNUAL GREATER PALM SPRINGS SUMMIT WHICH WILL PREMIERE ON THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 18.
THEY ARE ALSO WORKING ON THE GRAND OPENING OF PALM DESERT I HUB WHICH WILL BE OPENED WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 17.
THEY ALSO RECENTLY HELP COD GET IN THE CONSORTIUM FOR THE LITHIUM VALLEY WILL BE PART OF AN EFFORT TO KEEP BATTERY RESEARCH AND PRODUCTION IN OUR AREA FOR MANY WITHIN THE EXTRACTION OF THE SALTON SEA.
WE WANT TO KEEP THOSE JOBS LOCAL MANUFACTURING AND RESEARCH JOBS CAN POSSIBLY COME FROM THAT LITHIUM EXTRACTION.
I ALSO ATTENDED THE COACHELLA VALLEY GOVERNMENT CONSERVATION HISTORY.
WE WENT INTO A BIT OF THE HISTORY OF CONSERVATION WHICH STARTED WITH THE COACHELLA VALLEY CONSERVATION PLAN IN 1,986 AND THEN LED TO A MORE RECENT MULTIPLE SPECIES HABITAT CONSERVATION PLAN WHICH PROTECTS 11 BIRDS, FIVE NATIVE PLANTS, FOUR MAMMALS, THREE REPTILES, TWO INSECTS AND ONE TYPE OF FISH IN OUR VALLEY.
MOVE THE ONGOING THREATS TO CONSERVATION CONTINUE TO BE OFF-ROAD VEHICLES IN PROTECTED AREAS AND INVASIVE SPECIES OF PLANTS.
ANOTHER ISSUE IS BECAUSE CLIMATE CHANGE IS PUSHING ANIMALS TO DIFFERENT AREAS AND HABITAT THEY ARE NOW DOING THE RESEARCH TO ADJUST THE MULTIPLE SPECIES CONSERVATION PLAN TO ACCOUNT FOR THOSE CHANGES.
THIS WILL BE A NEW PROJECT CALLED CREATING CLIMATE RESILIENCY OR IT THEY WILL REEVALUATE VALUABLE SPECIES IN AREAS AND REDISTRIBUTION IN THE COACHELLA VALLEY.
WE APPROVE THE PURCHASE OF 1.2 ACRES FOR PRESERVATION AND 70 ACRES NEAR THE SALTON SEA.
THE 70 ACRES NEAR THE SALTON SEA INCLUDE A LOT OF PLANT WHICH THEY WILL WORK TO REMOVE AND TAMARISK IS A LARGE INVASIVE SPECIES THAT TAKES UP 200 GALLONS PER DAY FROM OUR AQUIFER AND OTHER NATIVE PLANT IN THE AREA.
I ALSO ATTENDED A 2 >> 2 MEETING WITH THE UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT WE DISCUSSED NEW TRAFFIC ISSUES AT SHADOW HILLS AND DESERT RIDGE ACADEMY.
THERE ARE NEW START TIMES WHICH IS CAUSING CONGESTION IN THE AREA.
WE ARE WORKING TO CREATE NEW SOLUTIONS TO THE CONGESTIONS ON AVENUE 39.
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THAT'S ALL WE HAVE TODAY.>> MAYOR: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
FOR EVERYONE IN ATTENDANCE AND WATCHING ONLINE.
WE DISCUSSED SOME ISSUES AND SOLUTIONS AND HOW ARE WE GOING TO COME UP WITH SOME OF THE CHALLENGES WE HAVE IN THE AREA.
ALSO, THIS MORNING, I ATTENDED COFFEE WITH A COUGH.
I HAVE TO SAY, COFFEE WITH COPS BECAUSE I WENT TO THREE OF OUR STARBUCKS LOCATIONS AND HAD COFFEE WITH MULTIPLE OFFICERS AND HAD GOOD CONVERSATIONS WITH SOME OF OUR OFFICERS AS WELL AND SOME OF OUR CONSTITUENTS AND IT WAS REALLY GOOD STUFF AND I ALSO GOT A COFFEE MUG FROM OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT.
I CAN ADD THAT TO MY HUNDREDS OF COFFEE CUPS BUT IT WAS A GREAT EVENT.
THE PUBLIC WAS EXCITED WHEN I WENT TO THESE PLACES.
THANK YOU TWO INDIO POLICE DEPARTMENT AND SUPPORT STAFF WHO WAS PART OF THIS EVENT TODAY.
ALSO, COUNCILMEMBER ORTIZ MENTIONED THE ART PROJECT GOING IN AT DOCTOR CARREON PARK AND IT IS A PIECE BY A WORLD-RENOWNED ARCHITECT.
IF YOU NOTICE THE INSTALLATION IS ALMOST COMPLETE.
IT IS BEAUTIFUL ARTWORK AND YOU WILL NOTICE IT IS FROM OUR COACHELLA MUSIC FESTIVALS.
IT IS GOING TO BE EXCITING WHEN WE DO A RIBBON-CUTTING THERE AND FIGHT THE COMMUNITY OUT AND INVITE THE YOUTH TO TAKE SOME PHOTOS AND POST THEM ALL OVER SOCIAL MEDIA.
THAT IS GOING TO BE ANOTHER WAY THAT INDIO IS RECOGNIZED WORLDWIDE.
NOT ONLY FOR OUR FESTIVALS AND DAY FESTIVAL BUT FOR OUR CITY AND PUBLIC ARTS.
THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO WAS INVOLVED.
IT WAS A CHALLENGE DURING THE PANDEMIC.
OUR STAFF AND OUR COMMISSION WORKED ALLEGEDLY TO GET THIS DONE AND IT MEANS A LOT TO THIS COMMUNITY.
FOR REASONS UNKNOWN, OR MAYBE I WASN'T THERE, THAT COMMUNITY HAS GONE THROUGH SOME CHALLENGES.
IT HAS BEEN UNDERSERVED SO TO SPEAK.
THROUGH OUR COUNSEL AND STAFF WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO GET THE GRAND MARKETPLACE OFF AND RUNNING.
CONSTRUCTION STARTED LAST MONTH AND HAGAN COMPANY IS MOVING WITHOUT PROJECTS.
WE HAD SOME INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS GOING THROUGH THE COMMUNITY, WE'VE DONE LED STREETLIGHTS AND LANDSCAPING.
WE'VE DONE SIDEWALKS PAY LANDSCAPING AT THE PARK AND NOW THIS ART PROJECT.
EARLIER AND MENTIONED IT'S GETTING A FACELIFT BUT IT'S GETTING A BODY LIFT.
THANKS TO THE COUNCIL, STAFF AND PUBLIC WORKS AND EVERYONE WHO HAS BEEN PART OF THAT AND AS WE CONTINUE WITH THE BEAUTIFICATION OF THE COMMUNITY IN THESE PROJECTS WE WILL KEEP MOVING.
THAT TAKES ME TO THE NEXT TOPIC I WANT TO SPEAK ABOUT.
SOME OF THE FOLKS WHO ARE WATCHING ONLINE YOU MIGHT SEE THIS LITERATURE THAT HAS GONE OUT AND IT'S ABOUT MEASURE E.
IT'S IMPORTANT FOR OUR CITY AND I URGE YOU ALL TO VOTE YES.
I WANT TO STRESS TO EVERYONE AND PUT IT OUT THERE, IT IS NOT A TAX INCREASE.
IT IS A ONE CENT EXTENSION OVER WHAT WE ALREADY HAVE.
I WILL BE THE FIRST TO TELL YOU OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT, OUR DISPATCH CENTER, SOME OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT IT IS GOING TO FUND, IT IS WELL NEEDED.
THE WORKING CONDITIONS IN SOME OF THESE PLACES IS REALLY UNACCEPTABLE AND IT IS NOT SUITABLE FOR FOLKS TO BE WORKING IN.
WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO FUND THESE THINGS AND WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO KEEP OUR COMMUNITY SAFE.
I JUST WANT TO STRESS THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS AND IT IS NOVEMBER 2 IS THE VOTE DAY.
PLEASE, IF YOU HAVEN'T VOTED, PLEASE VOTE YES ON THIS SO WE CAN KEEP THE MOMENTUM GOING ON IN OUR CITY.
WE HAVE A LOT OF GREAT THINGS GOING ON BUT IT'S OUR TAXPAYERS, THE FOLKS THAT ARE HARD-WORKING IN MAKING THIS POSSIBLE FOR US I ALSO WANT TO STRESS THIS IS TRANSPARENT.
THEY ARE ON EVERY AGENDA THE COMES OUT.
YOU CAN SEE WHERE YOUR MONEY IS GOING.
>> MAYOR: THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND THANK YOU FOR RINGING UP MEASURE E.
I VOTED, I DON'T THINK IT THAT ON MY COUNTER FOR MORE THAN 12 HOURS BEFORE I FILLED IT OUT.
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IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO THE CITY OF INDIO TO BE STATE-OF-THE-ART IN TERMS OF EMERGENCY SERVICES, PUBLIC SAFETY AND FOR OUR ROADS.WE ARE CONSTANTLY IN THE MODE OF FIXING, REPAIRING, SLURRY SEAL, SOMETIME THE ENTIRE ROAD GETS FIXED AND THAT NEEDS TO CONTINUE.
THE BETA VACATION PROJECT AS A RESULT OF THE ROADS AND WHATNOT BEING DONE ARE IMPORTANT IN THE CITY.
I ATTENDED MANY THINGS THAT OTHERS ATTENDED.
OF NOTE TO ME IS THE EAST VALLEY RECLAMATION AUTHORITY WHICH COUNCILMEMBER GLENN MILLER DISCUSSED.
LOOKING AT THE DIFFERENT FEASIBILITY WHETHER IT IS SPREADING OR AN INJECTION WHICH SEEMS LIKE IT IS A BETTER OPTION.
LOOKING AT BETTER OPPORTUNITIES HAVE BEEN A LITTLE MORE EXPENSIVE.
WE ARE LOOKING AND NEXT YEAR WE WILL SEND OUT AN RF BUT WE ARE REALLY LOOKING AT WAYS TO RESTORE WATER REPLENISHMENT IN OUR COMMUNITY AND BEYOND.
RECYCLED WATER IS VERY IMPORTANT TO OUR EXISTENCE.
[7.a. Fiber Master Plan Presentation]
NEXT ITEM IS THE CITY MANAGER REPORT AND INFORMATION.>> CITY MANAGER: THANK YOU MISS MAYOR.
I WANT TO REMIND EVERYONE THE BARBECUE CHAMPIONSHIP AND FESTIVAL AT THE LIGHTS ON NOVEMBER 6, WE LOOK FORWARD TO THAT GREAT EVENT.
THERE ARE TWO ITEMS LISTED ON THE AGENDA THAT OURS IS CIVIC TO ONGOING CRITICAL PROJECTS.
FIRST THE FIBER MASTER PLAN AND I WILL TURN IT OVER TO IAN COUSINS THE DIRECTOR OF TECHNOLOGY TO INTRODUCE AND BE PART OF THE PRESENTATION ABOUT IMPORTANT PROJECT AND THEN ONLY THAT REPORT, THE PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR HAS A BRIEF UPDATE ON THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS PROGRAM.
>> SPEAKER: GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.
IT'S A PLEASURE TO INTRODUCE TO YOU TONIGHT PRESTON YOUNG FROM THE ADVISORS WHO WILL GIVE YOU A BRIEF PRESENTATION AND WE WILL BE HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE REGARDING THE FIBER MASTER PLAN.
I AM PRESTON YOUNG AND WE WILL BE BRIEF.
I AM THE PROJECT MANAGER THERE YOU GO YOU CAN SEE IT NOW.
I WORKED WITH MAGELLAN ADVISORS HIRED BY THE CITY TO COME UP WITH A FIBER MASTER PLAN.
IN TONIGHT'S PRESENTATION, WE ARE GOING TO TALK ABOUT WHO MAGELLAN IS, THE PEOPLE WORKING ON THE PROJECT, WHAT THE PROJECT GOALS ARE GOING TO BE AND THEN THE WORK PLAN THAT WE HAVE THAT WILL GET US TO THOSE SCHOOLS IN THE TIMELINE WE HAVE LAID OUT AND AT THE END OF IT WE WILL HAVE SOME QUESTION AND ANSWER.
SO, MAGELLAN ADVISORS, WE ARE A NATIONWIDE BROADBAND COMPANY.
WE DO BROADBAND PLANNING, DESIGN ENGINEERING AND WHICH MEANS WE DO ALL THE CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT, ENGINEERING, PERMITTING, EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO DO AND WE ALSO DO FUNDING AND GRANTS.
WE'LL BE FINE FEDERAL MONEY, STATE MONEY AND WEIGHS ABOUT GETTING SOME OF THAT MONEY.
CURRENTLY, WE HAVE WORKED WITH A LITTLE OVER 400 DIFFERENT MUNICIPALITIES AND UTILITY PLANTS LIKE POWER CO-OPS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
WE HAVE HELPED BUILD ABOUT 50 COMMUNITY NETWORK PLANT.
WE HAVE HELPED CONNECT OVER 1 MILLION PEOPLE WITH FIBER TO THE HOME PROJECTS WHICH WE HAVE BEEN INVOLVED WITH AND WE HELPED RAISE $1 BILLION IN NEW BROADBAND INVESTMENT MONEY EITHER THROUGH GRANTS OR PARTNERSHIPS AND THAT SORT OF THING.
ON THIS PROJECT, THIS IS THE TEAM THAT WILL BE WORKING ON IT.
JOY WOLF WHO SOME OF YOU MIGHT KNOW USED TO BE THE CIO AND SANTA MONICA HE IS OUR PROJECT EXECUTIVE FOR THIS PROJECT.
I AM PRESTON YOUNG, YOUR PROJECT MANAGER.
I ALSO DO A LOT OF DESIGN ENGINEERING SORTS OF THINGS.
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GREG A LOT OF MEN DOES A LOT OF OUR OUTREACH SURVEYS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TYPE ANALYSIS, GREG WHALEN DOES A LOT OF ANALYSIS ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO INCUMBENTS AND WHERE THEY ARE PROVIDING AND WHAT KIND OF SERVICES THEY ARE PROVIDING, FINDING HOLES AND GAPS.AND THEN MELANIE DOWNING WHO IS ON THE CALL WITH ME TONIGHT, SHE IS OUR PROJECT ANALYST AND KEEPS US ON TASK.
SHIELDS EVALUATE ALL THE NUMBERS WE COME UP WITH AND HELPS KEEP US ON TRACK, ON TIME AND ON BUDGET AND MAKING SURE EVERYTHING IS MOVING FORWARD.
DAVE RABBITS DOES OUR POLICY WORK WITH THE GOVERNMENT AND IS VERY EXPERIENCE.
NATIONWIDE, IN FACT, HE WORKS AROUND THE WORLD.
HE HAS CONSULTED WITH DIFFERENT GOVERNMENT AND TRIED TO HELP THEM COME UP WITH BROADBAND STRATEGIES.
MIKE JOHNSON DOES OUR WIRELESS TECHNOLOGY AND IMPLEMENTATION AND DESIGN WORK.
MATTHEW AND AL WILL BE IN THE BACKGROUND BUT THEY DO ALL OF OUR GIS WORK.
ANY INFORMATION WE GET WE PUT IN A GIS FORMAT AND THEN AT THE END OF THE PROJECT YOU WILL GET ALL OF THOSE FILES IN GIS FORMAT.
THE PROJECT GOALS WE HAVE ARE HERE.
WE TRY TO DEVELOP A GREATER UNDERSTANDING WITH RESIDENTS, BUSINESSES AND OTHER GOVERNMENT ENTITIES.
WHAT THAT MEANS IS, WHAT DO PEOPLE NEED? THERE ARE TWO WAYS TO LOOK AT IT.
ONE, WHERE PEOPLE AT NOW? WHERE HAVE WE FALLEN SHORT? WHAT DO WE NEED TO PREPARE FOR.
IN BROADBAND THERE'S A LOT OF EMERGENCE TECHNOLOGY COMING OUT.
YOU HAVE TO BE READY FOR THOSE THINGS.
AND THEN WE WILL BE WORKING IN A TEAM COMING UP WITH SOME OF YOUR ANCHOR TENANTS.
WHO ARE THE PEOPLE THAT YOU NEED TO KNOW OR WANT TO KNOW WHAT IS GOING ON AND HELP EDUCATE THEM AND TRIED TO GET EVERYBODY TO UNDERSTAND WHAT BROADBAND IS AND WHY IS IT SO IMPORTANT? WE WILL SKIP DOWN.
WE WILL BE CREATING A STRUCTURED EVALUATION AND WHEN WE START GOING THROUGH ALL OF THE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT WE WILL BE WORKING ON, WHERE ARE WE AT, WHERE DO WE NEED TO BE? DIFFERENT POLICIES.
IS THERE A WAY THAT IS GOING TO MAKE IT WORK? WHAT IS THIS MODELS DO WE NEED TO GET SO WE CAN HAVE THAT? IS IT GOING TO BE FEASIBLE OR HOW DO WE MAKE IT FEASIBLE? AND THEN ANALYZE THE IMPLEMENTATION SCENARIOS.
WE GO THROUGH EVERYTHING AND THEN WE WORK WITH THE TEAM TO COME UP WITH, WHAT ARE THE GOALS OF THE CITY AND MAKE SURE THE PLAN THAT WE COME UP WITH IS THE PLAN THAT THE CITY WANTS AND THEN WHEN WE ARE DONE WITH THE PLAN, WE DON'T JUST RECOMMEND YOU TO DO A CERTAIN THING OR TWO, WE COME UP WITH A STEP-BY-STEP PROCESS ON HOW TO DO IT.
THAT IS WHAT MAGELLAN DOES, IT IS DIFFERENT.
THE ACTUAL WORK PLAN, THERE ARE SEVEN DIFFERENT STAGES.
THE FIRST ONE WILL BE CURRENT AND FUTURE NEEDS ASSESSMENT.
WE WILL INTERVIEW CITY DEPARTMENTS AND KEY STAFF THAT HAVE THEIR PULSE ON WHAT IS GOING ON.
WHAT DO WE NEED? TRAFFIC USUALLY HAS A REALLY GOOD INPUT INTO WHAT THE FUTURE NEEDS ARE.
THERE'S A LOT OF TRAFFIC CONTROL, CAMERA SYSTEMS AND THINGS FOR PUBLIC SAFETY.
THEN WE WILL GO INTO INVENTORY AND THAT IS WHERE WE FIND OUT WHAT DOES THE CITY HAVE? YOU HAVE CONDUIT? DO YOU HAVE WATERLINES? WHAT DO YOU HAVE CURRENTLY FOR FIBER LAYING AROUND THE CITY NOW? IS THAT POSSIBLE TO USE AND HOW MUCH CAN WE USE? THE NON-CITY BROUGHT AND ASSET, WE TRY TO DEAL WITH ALL OF THE PRIVATE PLAYERS.
THERE ARE ALSO FEDERAL PEOPLE, COUNTY, STATE MIGHT HAVE ASSETS THAT YOU CAN USE.
WE TRIED TO GO THROUGH ALL OF THAT AND TRY TO FIGURE OUT WHAT EVERYBODY HAS.
THE MORE ASSETS THAT WE CAN FIND TO USE THE BETTER AND CHEAPER WE CAN DO IT AND THE FASTER WE CAN IMPLEMENT THE PLANS.
IT'S VERY NECESSARY FOR THOSE THINGS TO HAPPEN.
THE CITY POLICY AND BUSINESS PRACTICES THIS IS WHAT DAVE RABBITS SPECIALIZES IN.
HE WILL GO THROUGH ALL THE PRACTICES.
IF YOU HAVE MLA OR SMALL CELL PROVIDERS? DO YOU HAVE A NEW POLICY? GIVE DIFFERENT AGREEMENTS WITH LAND DEVELOPERS IN A WAY THAT CAN BENEFIT THE CITY AS THEY ARE DOING THE WORK.
HOW CAN WE SET UP DIFFERENT POLICIES SO THOSE THINGS CAN BE FAR MORE BENEFICIAL TO THE CITY.
ONCE WE FIGURE OUT WHAT THE NEEDS ARE, WE FIGURE OUT WHERE WE NEED THINGS AND WE
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TRY TO HELP CONNECT ALL THE DOTS AND THAT'S WHAT WE CALL GAP ANALYSIS.IF WE NEED FIBER OVER THERE, DON'T HAVE IT SO HOW DO WE GET THERE A BIG PART OF THAT IS BALANCING THE BUILDING AND PAYING ALIENS OF DOLLARS TO BUILD THE VERSUS A RETURN ON INVESTED AND HOW DO WE GET IT TO THE BUDGET AND HOW WILL IT WORK? ARE THERE PARTNERSHIPS OR WAYS TO MAKE IT WORK.
THE FEASIBILITY ANALYSIS IS ALONG THE SAME LINES.
WHAT IS IT GOING TO COST? WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO GET OUT OF IT? WHAT IS GOING TO BE YOUR OFFENSE? HOW DO THOSE WORK: THE LAST PORTION WILL BE DRAFTING THE PLAN AND COMING UP WITH EN AND EVERYTHING INVOLVED.
THIS IS THE PLAN THAT THE CITY NEEDS AND THEY SIGN OFF ON IT AND WE CAN FINALIZE IT AND DO PRESENTATIONS WITH IT AFTERWARDS.
IT'S IN SEPTEMBER AND IT'S IN EIGHT-MONTH PROJECTS WE WILL BE FINISHED IN APRIL.
THESE ARE THE DIFFERENT MILESTONES THAT WE HAVE THAT WE WILL GO THROUGH.
IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT IT, I DON'T WANT TO WASTE YOUR TIME WITH A BUNCH OF THOSE.
THE MILESTONE IS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING.
IF YOU TALK ABOUT A PLAN IN ORDER, YOU MAKE SURE THAT IT WILL BE GOING FORWARD AND NOT STUMBLING.
MELANIE WILL MAKE SURE THAT ALL OF THESE THINGS HAPPEN AND THE DELIVERABLES.
IF YOU SEE THE DEPARTMENT IN THE INTERVIEWS, WE WILL SEE THOSE IN NOVEMBER, HOPEFULLY.
WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE KEEP EVERYTHING GOING ON TIME AND I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT - I AM AN EVANGELIST OF BROADBAND ABOVE EVERYTHING ELSE.
I USED TO WORK IN THE PRIVATE-SECTOR OR AND I USED TO BE THE ONE THAT WOULD DECIDE WHEN TO GET HELP.
I AM NOW ON THE SIDE OF I REALLY WANT MUNICIPALITIES AND RESIDENCES WHO NEED IT TO GET IT.
THERE'S ALL DIFFERENT KINDS OF CABLE AND REASONS WHY THE INCUMBENTS ARE NOT TAKING CARE OF IT BUT WE ARE HERE TO SOLVE THAT PROBLEM.
I AM REALLY GLAD THAT THE CITY OF INDIO IS SEEING THIS AS A VALUABLE PROJECT.
I HOPE WE CAN MEET ALL THE NEEDS AND THE THINGS THAT YOU GUYS HAVE.
WE HAVE TIME FOR SOME QUESTIONS.
>> MAYOR: COUNSEL, ANY QUESTIONS? PLEASE GO RIGHT AHEAD.
>> COUNCILMEMBER: THANK YOU FOR THE IN-DEPTH PROCESS OF WHAT YOU ARE GOING THROUGH.
WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT NON-CITY ITEMS THAT WE HAVE DO YOU MAKE AGREEMENTS WITH THEM OR CAN YOU UTILIZE THE SERVICES OR THE BROADBAND? HOW DOES THAT WORK IN TERMS OF PUBLIC AND PRIVATE TO TEASE INTERCHANGING WITH THAT?
>> SPEAKER: IT DEPENDS ON THE ENTITY ITSELF.
IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA IT'S BEEN ADOPTED FEDERALLY.
IF THERE IS AN INCUMBENT AND THEY HAVE CONDUIT GOING DOWN THE STREET AND THEY HAVE MORE THAN ONE EMPTY CONDUIT THEY HAVE TO LEASE IT TO YOU, THEY DON'T HAVE AN OPTION.
THAT IS JUST FILING THE PAPERWORK AND GETTING IT GOING.
HOWEVER, WE HAVE A COUPLE OF TOOLS THAT WE USE ONE THING IS FIBER LOCATOR AND YOU CAN GET ON THIS WEBSITE AND PEOPLE SHOW YOU WHAT THEY HAVE AS FAR AS FIBER.
NOT EVERYBODY, AT&T AND THE BIG ONES DON'T PUT FIBER ON THEIR.
WE CAN USE THAT AND WE CAN SAY THEY HAVE FIBER AND IT GOES ON THE STREET.
HOW DO WE CONNECT THOSE? WE HELP CREATE THOSE AS PART OF THE ASSET AND HOW DO WE CONNECT THOSE TWO THINGS TOGETHER.
SOMETIMES IT THEIR PARTNERSHIP AND SOMETIMES IT IS JUST LEASING IT, STRAIGHT OUT.
THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT OPTIONS.
I DON'T KNOW IF THAT HELP TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION.
>> COUNCILMEMBER: A LITTLE BIT OF IT.
THE SECOND PART IS IF YOU HAVE IT IN PLACES LIKE STARBUCKS, OBVIOUSLY TO JUMP ONTO THEIR WEBSITE, ARE THOSE CLASSIFIED AS PART OF THE ASSET?
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AND HOW MUCH OF IT IS REALLY FIBER THESE DAYS COMPARED TO THE SMALL CELL TOWERS THAT ACTUALLY HAVE THE CAPABILITY LIKE YOU SEE WHERE THEY ARE MAKING USE OF IT IN A LOT OF AREAS LIKE ON LIGHT POLES OR STREET LIGHT POLES?STARBUCKS IS NOT AN ASSET WE CAN USE, HOWEVER, WHEN YOU START TALKING ABOUT WIRELESS AND FIBER, WIRELESS IS A MISNOMER TERM.
IT IS LIKE WIRELESS JUST FROM YOUR CELL PHONE AND THE TOWER.
AS SOON AS IT HITS THE TOWER IT HAS TO GO INTO FIBER AND FIBER IS THE ONLY THING THAT CAN HANDLE THAT MUCH BANDWIDTH AND SELL CALLS.
WIRELESS IS A HUGE, IT IS REALLY, REALLY GROWING HOWEVER, IT ALL HAS TO BE FED WITH FIBER.
I USED TO WORK AT VERIZON AND EVERY SMALL 5G SITE THAT WE BUILT, ESPECIALLY UP IN SACRAMENTO I WAS PART OF THAT PROJECT.
YOU STILL NEED EIGHT DIVERS FOR EVERY 5G SMALL CELL SITE BECAUSE THERE'S SO MUCH BANDWIDTH THAT GOES THROUGH IT.
5G IS SO MUCH SHORTER THAN 4G AND SO YOU NEED SO MUCH MORE OF IT.
>> COUNCILMEMBER: WE HAVE A LOT OF WORK AHEAD OF US, IS THAT WHAT YOU ARE TELLING ME?
>> SPEAKER: HAVEN'T FINISHED THE ANALYSIS BUT POSSIBLY.
>> COUNCILMEMBER: THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS.
>> COUNCILMEMBER: I SO WANTED TO SEE HOW FAR WE ARE LOOKING INTO THE WIRELESS NETWORKS.
I LIVE IN DESERT HOT SPRINGS AND THEY ARE SERVICING A LOT OF CANNABIS BUSINESSES OUT THERE WITH THOSE WIRELESS APPLIANCES AND I'M NOT SURE HOW THEY WORK BUT I KNOW THAT THERE ARE NEW COMPANIES IN THE VALLEY THAT ARE DOING SOME OF THAT WORK AND I WONDER IF THAT'S A SMARTER WAY TO GET INTO SOME OF THE AREAS WHERE WE DON'T HAVE MUCH EXTENSION AND SERVICING THOSE AREAS WITHOUT HAVING TO LAY DOWN THE FIBER UNDERGROUND.
WE HAVE A BIG TECHNOLOGY COMING OUT THE HAS REALLY GOOD BANDWIDTH THAT CAN HANDLE A LOT OF CUSTOMERS.
THE PROBLEM IS, IF YOU DO POINT TO POINT AND FEED TO CERTAIN AREAS THE .
2 POINT IS WHERE YOU WILL LIMIT YOUR ACTUAL DATA SPEED.
WIRELESS GETS AFFECTED BY WHETHER AND POLES GETTING KNOCKED AROUND WITH THE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT AFFECT IT BUT IT IS VERY VIABLE AND WE LOOK AT EVERY OPTION.
WE DON'T WANT TO MAKE IT EXPENSIVE BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY IS ONE THING BUT OFF NEXT IS ANOTHER.
THERE IS ONE THAT'S UNINVOLVED WITH THEM BUT WIRELESS IS VERY GOOD TO ELEGY AND WE ABSOLUTELY HAVE TO LOOK INTO IT.
>> MAYOR: WIRELESS IS ONLY AS GOOD AS THE FIBER THAT RUNS TO IT AND THE SIGNAL IT TRANSMITS, CORRECT?
>> MAYOR: THIS STUDY IS BROADBAND BASED NOT FROM THERE, THEN WHOSE RESPONSIBILITY OR WHERE WILL THE ANALYSIS BE FOR THE LAST MILE?
>> SPEAKER: BROADBAND IS REALLY DEFINED AS HIGH-SPEED DATA TRANSFER.
HE CAN BE OVER DIFFERENT MEDIUMS. IT CAN BE A CO-ASKED IF HER USING THE CABLE TV COMPANY OR THERE'S FIBER OR WIRELESS PIT THOSE ARE THE ONLY WAYS YOU CAN DEPLOY I HERE THERE IS SATELLITE BUT THAT'S VERY IFFY AND NOT VERY GOOD GOOD VERY SPOTTY.
OF THE THREE FRONT TYPES OF DEPLOYMENT METHODS WE LOOK AT ALL OF THEM.
THE LAST MILE WE DEFINITELY LOOK AT HOW WIRELESS LAYS INTO IT.
ESPECIALLY IN THE LOW TO MODERATE INCOME AREAS DO THEY NEED SERVICE? IS IT TOO EXPENSIVE? YOU CAN FEED THEM WITH SOME DIFFERENT SYSTEMS AND IT IS A SHORT OR SMALL AMOUNT TO THE INITIAL EQUIPMENT AND AFTER THAT THERE'S NOT A LOT OF EXPENSE INVOLVED IN IT.
DOES LIMIT BANDWIDTH BECAUSE YOU CAN HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE COMING OUT FOR ONE ACCESS POINT.
>> MAYOR: YOU NEED A LOT OF FIBER IN THE GROUND FASCINATING.
WE ARE ALL INTERESTED IN SEE THE NEED IN TERMS OF THE EDUCATIONAL COMPONENT TO THIS PARTICULARLY AT THE FAR END OF THE VALLEY FROM AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND BUSINESS! YOU.
COUNCILMEMBER MILLER, GO AHEAD.
>> COUNCILMEMBER: ARE WE WORKING WITH THE INSTALLATION? TOM AND KIRK ARE TALKING ABOUT RUNNING MORE WIRES THAN THAT.
ARE WE WORKING WITH THEM TO SUPPORT ANYTHING THEY ARE DOING AT THE SAME TIME? I KNOW WE DISAGREED ON TRIBAL AREAS AND IT WAS ANOTHER $1.5 MILLION IN THE CONTRACT.
WHILE THEY ARE SYNCHRONIZING THE SIGNALS, THEY ARE ALSO PULLING WIRES FOR FIBER.
>> THAT WAS MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THEY WOULD HAVE CONDUITS THROUGH THE
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SYNCHRONIZATION PROJECT.>> SPEAKER: I BELIEVE WE HAVE GIVEN THAT INFORMATION TO THEM.
>> COUNCILMEMBER: ARE YOU WORKING WITH THEM ON WHAT THEY ARE ACCOMPLISHING RIGHT NOW?
>> MAYOR: WITH THE YOUTH ADVISORY, WOULD YOU LIKE TO MAKE A COMMENT ABOUT THE NEED FOR BROADBAND SERVICES?
>> COUNCILMEMBER: IT SOUNDS GOOD.
[LAUGHTER] >> MAYOR: THAT SUMS IT UP VERY WELL.
THANK YOU AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND THERE IS THE END.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO THIS KICKING OFF AND LOOKING FORWARD TO THE DIFFERENT MILESTONES AND ALSO THE DIFFERENT ANALYSIS.
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>> COUNCILMEMBER: THANK YOU AND GOOD EVENING.
>> SPEAKER: COUNCILMEMBERS TIM LAWSON PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR.
IT IS MY PLEASURE TO WALK YOU THROUGH A QUICK UPDATE ON OUR CIP THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM THAT YOU HAVE APPROVED LAST JULY AND I JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW WHERE WE ARE AND HOW THINGS ARE COMING.
SO, WITH THAT I WANT TO GO AS FAST AS I CAN SO FASTEN YOUR SEATBELT IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS AT THE END I WOULD BE HAPPY TO ANSWER THEM.
THE VERY FIRST PROJECT THAT I WANT TO UPDATE YOU ON VERY QUICKLY IS THE PUBLIC SAFETY CAMPUS.
OUR CITY MANAGER HAD PREVIOUSLY GIVEN YOU AND EIGHT ON THAT.
THAT PROJECT IS STILL MOVING THE WORD BUILDING THREE NEW FACILITIES INCLUDING A BADLY NEEDED DISPATCH CENTER FOR OUR STATION AND PUBLIC SAFETY ADMITS RATION BUILDING GOOD THAT PROJECT IS CURRENTLY UNDER DESIGN AND WE HAVE A CONSTRUCTION MANAGER ON BOARD AND WE ARE HOPING TO BEGIN CONSTRUCTION ON THIS $45 MILLION PROJECT SOMETIME NEXT JUNE WHICH WILL TAKE US ABOUT 20 MONTHS UNTIL APRIL OR SO IN ANY 24.
THE NEXT PROJECT IS A PROJECT THAT WE RECENTLY AWARDED THE CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT BACK IN JULY, ACTUALLY, WE ARE GETTING READY TO START CONSTRUCTION AND THIS IS A FEDERALLY FUNDED PROJECT.
A SEISMIC RETROFIT ON BOTH SIDES OVER THE WHITEWATER CHANNEL.
IT IS A BADLY NEEDED RETROFIT AND MOSTLY FUNDED FEDERALLY WITH A SMALL PORTION THAT IS BEING FUNDED BY THE CITY OF INDIO.
WE HAD A LITTLE BIT OF A SHORTAGE ABOUT $800,000 ON THIS PROJECT BUT WITH OUR TEAM EFFORT, WE WENT TO CALTRANS AND WERE ABLE TO GET APPROVAL FOR THIS ADDITIONAL FUNDING AND WE WILL BE MOVING FORWARD WITH THE PROJECT HERE, VERY SOON.
THERE SHOULDN'T BE A WHOLE LOT OF DISTURBANCE ON THE TOP BUT IF YOU'VE RECENTLY SEEN WE DID HAVE A LITTLE HOLE IN THE BRIDGE AND WE FIXED IT REALLY QUICK.
THE NEXT PROJECT, AVENUE 44, THIS PROJECT HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR SEVERAL YEARS.
RIGHT NOW, IT HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR SEVERAL YEARS.
WELL OVER $30 MILLION AND AGAIN, WE WERE VERY LUCKY TO BE ABLE TO SECURE THE FUNDING TO FEDERAL GRANT AND ALSO THROUGH COACHELLA VALLEY ASSOCIATION OF GOVERNMENT.
THIS PROJECT IS WORTH EVERY PENNY OF IT AND INDIO'S SHARE IS A LITTLE OVER $1 MILLION.
WE ARE FINALIZING THE WORK, SECURING THE PERMIT AND WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO START IN THE NEAR FUTURE SOMETIME IN 2022, 2023.
THE NEXT PROJECT, SOUTH JACKSON PARK 88 IMPROVEMENTS AND OTHER IMPROVEMENTS BADLY NEEDED IMPROVEMENTS AT SOUTH JACKSON PARK.
AGAIN, WE WERE ABLE TO SECURE A GRANT AND IT TOOK 2+ YEARS.
WE HAD THE GO-AHEAD ON THIS PROJECT.
RIGHT NOW THE CITY HAS ABOUT 1 MILLION TO 2 AND A HALF MILLION OR SO PIT THE NEED IS CLOSER TO 1.8 MILLION.
I WILL TALK WEEKLY ON THAT WHEN THE OPPORTUNITY COMES UP.
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THE NEXT PROJECT IS DOCTOR CARREON PARK IMPROVEMENTS.YOU'VE ALL SEEN WHAT THE IMPROVEMENTS HAVE GONE INTO.
THIS HAS BEEN MOSTLY FUNDED BY CBG FUNDS AND A LITTLE BIT OF MONEY FROM THE CITY OF INDIO.
THE ART PIECES THAT HAVE BEEN INSTALLED, OBVIOUSLY THERE IS MORE TO COME.
WE ARE WORKING WITH THE CONTRACTOR ON A POSSIBLE SEPARATE CONTRACT.
SO WE DON'T MUDDY UP THE ABUSE OF THE CBG FUNDS TO ADD LIGHTING AND CONCRETE, AND INVOLVE LANDSCAPING AROUND THE AREA WHERE THE ART PIECES HAVE BEEN ADDED.
IT IS A BEAUTIFUL PROJECT AND IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN IT, CHECK IT OUT, IT'S REALLY AWESOME.
AGAIN, A VERY INSPIRATIONAL, AWESOME PROJECT THAT WE RIGHT NOW ARE INITIATING AND WILL BE COMING TO COUNSEL WITH MOR INFORMATION, THE CITY MANAGER AND MYSELF HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THIS PROJECT BUT IN A NUTSHELL WE ARE TRYING TO REACTIVATE DOWNTOWN, BRING IN MUSIC AND THIS IS AT THE CORNER OF SPEAR AND MILES AVENUE.
WE ARE ALSO CONSIDERING THE POSSIBILITY OF ADDING THE 9/11 MEMORIAL PIECE AND ALSO CREATE A VETERAN AND BOREAL DAY EVENT FOR COUNSEL.
AN AMPHITHEATER, SHADE STRUCTURE AND FENCE WITH A SECURED AREA.
STAY TUNED FOR THAT CARED MORE TO COME ON THAT.
THE CITY MANAGER WILL BE UPDATING YOU ON THAT.
THE NEXT PROJECT THAT WE FINALLY HEARD THE WORD, WE GOT THIS BABY APPROVED.
A GRANT APPROVED A LITTLE OVER $4 MILLION.
IF YOU HAVE SEEN SOME OF THE PICTURES IN THE PAST THE DOWNTOWN GETS FLOODED.
THIS WILL HELP US ALLEVIATE THAT PROBLEM AND WILL ALSO HELP US ADD SOME TREES AND LIVELINESS TO THE DOWNTOWN AREA IN THE STATE HAS GIVEN US THE APPROVAL AND WE ARE WAITING ON THE AGREEMENT TO PROCEED AND WE WILL BEGIN DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION ASAP.
>>> A STREETLIGHT UPDATE PROJECT.
KENNER AREA, CBG AGAIN CAME THROUGH AND WE ARE UPDATING A LOT OF THESE LIGHTS IN THE KENNER AREA.
THE ROADS HAVE BEEN UPDATED AND THE SIDEWALKS.
WE ARE MOVING TO LED REPLACING ANY LIGHT POLES THAT NEED TO BE REPLACED AND THE CONTRACT WILL BE COMING TO COUNSEL FOR APPROVAL IN NOVEMBER.
IT WILL TAKE US A FEW MONTHS BUT WE WILL GET THIS BABY TAKEN CARE OF AS WELL.
>>> JACKSON STREET AND I TEND INTERCHANGE.
THIS ONE AND MONROE STREET TWO MAJOR PROJECTS.
WHERE WE ARE ON OATH OF THESE PROJECTS IS, WE HAVE SECURED ENVIRONMENTAL WHICH IS A HUMONGOUS MILESTONE.
IT TOOK US THREE YEARS AND WE ARE VERY LUCKY.
VERY HAPPY THAT THE ENVIRONMENTAL HAS BEEN APPROVED, SIGNED OFF AND NOW THE NEXT PHASE IS SECURING THE RIGHT-OF-WAY AND WORKING ON THE DESIGN.
WE JUST INTERVIEWED THE DESIGN TEAM FOR JACKSON STREET INTERCHANGE.
IN ROW STREET IS A LITTLE AHEAD OF JACKSON STREET BUT IT HAS ALWAYS BEEN OUR DESIRE AND OUR DESIRE IS TO MAKE THOSE, BOTH PROJECTS SHOVEL READY.
THAT MEANS RIGHT-OF-WAY ON HAND, ENVIRONMENTAL ON HANDS, PS ANY IS READY TO GO.
YOU NEVER KNOW WHERE ONE CAN GET STUCK TO THE RIGHT-OF-WAY IS REALLY CRITICAL.
ONCE WE SECURE THE RIGHT-OF-WAY AND WE ARE VERY AGGRESSIVELY PURSUING ANY POSSIBLE FUNDING AS YOU ALL KNOW, WE HAD THE OPPORTUNIT WITH DOCTOR, CONGRESSMAN RUIZ RECOMMENDING MONROE STREET $20 MILLION BUT THAT BILL WAS KILLED.
IT WAS PASSED BY CONGRESS AND BY THE HOUSE NOW AND WE ARE RELYING ON AND HOPING THAT THE SENATE WILL TURN AROUND AND APPROVE THAT.
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IT WILL BE HUGE FOR US.WE ARE LOOKING FOR YOU TO HELP US IN GETTING THE FUNDING AND GET THOSE PROJECTS APPROVED.
NOW, ONCE WE HAVE ALL OF THAT IN HAND WE ARE LOOKING AT OTHER OPPORTUNITIES AND LOOKING AT INNOVATIVE AND PROGRESSIVE WAYS TO POSSIBLY LOOK AT THINGS THAT WILL MAKE THE COST A LOT LESS.
ALSO STAY TUNED ON BOTH OF THESE INTERCHANGES.
WIDELY, THIS IS MOVING FORWARD A SMALL SEGMENT THAT WILL FINALLY CONNECT TO HIGHWAY 111.
WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF, MOST OF THE DESIGN HAS BEEN DONE ON THAT PROJECT AND WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF RIGHT-OF-WAY TO ACQUIRE.
WE THINK THAT WE CAN GET IT TAKEN CARE OF AND MOVE FORWARD WITH THE CONSTRUCTION AT THAT SIGNAL AND PUNCH THROUGH AND CONNECT SHIELDS ROAD.
RANCHO LOS COYOTES PAVEMENT IMPROVEMENTS FINALLY.
THAT COMMUNITY WILL BE GETTING THE ROAD THAT THEY HAVE TALKED ABOUT FOR SOME TIME.
WE ARE FINALIZING THE DESIGN AND WE HAVE NOT BEGAN THE DESIGN ON THAT YET BUT WE ARE REACHING OUT TO OUR FRIENDS AT THE COACHELLA WATER DISTRICT TO MAKE SURE THERE ARE NO WATERLINE AND WE DON'T WANT TO COME AND PUT IN THE IMPROVEMENTS AND THEN THEY SAY YOU NEED TO TEAR IT UP.
ONE WENT 6 MILLION IS WHAT THE PROJECT IS WORTH AND HOPEFULLY WE WILL BE DONE WITH IT IN THE NEXT YEAR AND AND A HALF OR SO.
>>> AVENUE 50 WIDENING FROM JEFFERSON TO JACKSON.
BADLY NEEDED FOR ALL OF THE ACTIVITIES THAT WE HAVE AT THE FESTIVALS.
MAJOR PROJECT AND ALMOST $30 MILLION BUT IT IS NUMBER 1 ON THE LIST OF OBJECTS.
WE ARE WORKING WITH THEM AND WORKING WITH THE CITY OF QUINTA AND NEGOTIATING THESE ABILITIES AND WHAT HAVE YOU.
THIS PROJECT WILL TAKE A FEW YEARS BUT WE WILL GET IT DONE.
GOT MADISON DONE AND WE WILL GET THIS ONE DONE.
>>> JEFFERSON STREET WIDENING FROM AVENUE 38 TO AVENUE 40.
THIS IS A PROJECT THAT WILL BE FUNDED.
WHAT WERE LOOKING TO DO IS INVESTIGATE WHAT THE PROJECTS NEEDS ARE, FEASIBILITY OF THE PROJECT AND THEN WE WILL SLOWLY GET IT DONE AND GET A DESIGN AND WE WILL GET IT BUILT AS WELL.
>>> AVENUE 52 IMPROVEMENTS AGAIN THIS HELPS OUR FESTIVALS AND WE WILL DO A STUDY ON IT AND WE WILL FIND OUT WHAT IT TAKES TO GET IT DONE AND AGAIN IF THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY WE WILL GO TO CBAG.
IT COULD BE FUNDED BY THE CITY OF INDIO.
>>> THIS IS A BIG PROJECT AND I THINK WE HAVE A LINK ON THIS TO OPEN UP A BIGGER MAP.
YOU SEE ALL OF THESE BEAUTIFUL LINES BETWEEN SOLID YELLOW AND SOLID LOU? SOLID BLUE.
THE CITY COUNCIL AUTHORIZED US TO MOVE FORWARD WITH 6.4 MILLION OF IMPROVEMENTS.
THAT IS FROM MEASURE X MONEY AND MEASURE S MONEY.
WE ARE MOVING FORWARD BUT WE DECIDED VERY QUICKLY, LAST YEAR BECAUSE OF COVID WE COULD NOT DO ANY PROJECTS AND WE SKIPPED ONE YEAR.
THAT YEAR WAS A REALLY COSTLY YEAR FOR US.
AND THE ROADS THAT WE WERE NOT ABLE TO MAINTAIN AND SLURRY IN A SIMPLE CASE OF A SLURRY NOW MANY OF THESE ROADS HAVE BEEN REQUIRING MORE INTENSIVE WORK LIKE GRIND AND OVERLAY.
SO, WE LOOKED AT WHAT ARE THE OPPORTUNITIES AND AVAILABILITY OF THE FUNDS THAT THE CITY CURRENTLY HAS.
THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE DO A LITTLE BIT OF CATCH-UP.
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WE ARE COMING TO YOU WITH THE ECONOMY OF SCALE AND IF WE PUT OUT A PROJECT, CURRENTLY HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO MORE SLURRY AND ALSO DO A LOT MORE GRIND AND OVERLAY.AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE ARE A LOT OF AREAS THAT WE HAVE TO CATCH UP ON.
WE CURRENTLY HAVE APPROVAL OF 6.4 MILLION DOLLARS AND WE ARE ASKING THE CITY COUNCIL TO AUTHORIZE AN ADDITIONAL 7 MILLION IN GET CAUGHT UP.
TALKING ABOUT MEASURE E, WITHOUT MEASURE EI CAN'T DO ANY OF THIS WORK.
THIS IS A SHOUT OUT TO OUR RESIDENTS.
WITH THE COUNCILS NOD I WOULD LIKE TO GO AHEAD AND BID OUT THE GRIND AND OVERLAY AND IF I KNOW THAT COUNSEL WILL BE SUPPORTIVE IN AN ADDITIONAL $7 MILLION THAT WILL HELP US A LOT.
I HOPE WE GET A NOD FOR YOU TO AUTHORIZE THE ADDITIONAL FUNDS.
WE DON'T KNOW EXACTLY HOW MUCH IT WILL BE BUT AT LEAST I WANT TO KNOW FROM COUNSEL THAT YOU ARE OKAY WITH US GOING WITH THE ADDITIONAL FUNDS.
YOU CAN ALWAYS OPT OUT IF IT'S TOO MUCH AND ASK US TO BID IT FRIENDLY BUT AT LEAST I WILL KNOW TODAY THAT YOU ARE OKAY WITH US MOVING FORWARD WITH THE ADDITIONAL FUNDS.
>> SPEAKER: THAT MAP IS AVAILABLE AT THE CITY MANAGER OFFICE AND WE WOULD BE HAPPY TO MAKE THAT AVAILABLE TO YOU AND IT HAS A LIST OF ALL THE PROJECTS THAT YOU HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT AND THEN SOME.
YELLOW, SOLID YELLOW IS SLURRY, SOLID BLUE IS GRIND AND OVERLAY AND IT IS PROPOSED ADDITIONAL GRIND AND OVERLAY.
IT WILL PICK UP MANY OF THE PARKING LOTS AND I WISH I COULD SCROLL DOWN A LITTLE BIT.
DC THE AREA ON THE RIGHT-HAND SIDE DOWNTOWN PARKING LOT, ALL OF THESE PARKING LOT WE ACTUALLY STARTED, AS YOU CAN SEE RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET.
ALL RIGHT, WITH THAT, IF WE CAN GO TO THE NORMAL SLIDE OR NEXT PROJECT.
HERE, CITYWIDE MEETING BEAUTIFICATION.
IF YOU HAVE NOTICED THERE ARE SEVERAL MEDIANS THAT ARE IN THE.
AVENUE 111, AVENUE 42 ACROSS HOME DEPOT, JEFFERSON STREET, INDIO BOULEVARD.
A LOT OF THESE MEDIANS WILL LEND A HUGE HAND TO THE BEAUTY VACATION OF THE CITY.
WE ARE LOOKING AT A COST ESTIMATE TO BEAUTIFY THEM VERY SIMPLE BEAUTIFICATION.
IF WE HAD THE WATER WE COULD MAKE IT LIVELY AND ADD PLANTS AND SO ON.
IF YOU ARE FAMILIAR, AND VERY PROUD OF THE WORK I DID IN THE CITY OF INDIAN WELLS.
IF YOU DRIVE ALONG THIS PATH, YOU CAN SEE THE HARDSCAPE THAT IS DONE THERE AND IT COULD BE SOMETHING WE COULD DUPLICATE HERE IN THE CITY OF INDIO WITH VERY LOW MAINTENANCE COSTS BUT VERY EFFECTIVE.
IT IS A LOT OTHER THAN JUST LOOKING AT BLANK MEDIANS.
MADISON STREET IMPROVEMENTS A BADLY NEEDED PROJECT FULLY FUNDED MOSTLY FUNDED BY THE COACH COACHELLA VALLEY.
IT WILL WIDEN THAT AREA BY THE FRUIT STAND AND THAT INTERSECTION A FULL INTERSECTION AND WIDEN IT AND MAKE IT A LOT BETTER FUNCTIONAL.
WE ARE LOOKING TO START CONSTRUCTION EARLY NEXT YEAR AND GET THIS PROJECT TAKEN CARE OF AND IT WILL CONNECT ALL THE WAY BACK TO AVENUE 48.
HERBERT HOOVER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
AGAIN, BADLY NEEDED SIDEWALKS, MOSTLY FUNDED BY THE ENTERAL AND STATE.
THERE IS SOME COST TO THE CITY OF INDIO.
IT IS UNDER DESIGN AND BELIEVE WE HAVE SECURED ENVIRONMENTAL ON THAT ONE.
IT IS JUST A MATTER OF TALKING TO ALL THE RESIDENTS THERE AND MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE BOTH ON THE SAME PAGE WHEN WE GO AND DO THES IMPROVEMENTS.
IT WILL AFFECT A LOT OF RESIDENTS BUT IT IS A VERY IMPORTANT PROJECT THAT WILL HELP STUDENTS WALKING SAFELY TO SCHOOL AND THAT IS PART OF THE APP GRANT THAT
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WE GOT.>>> AVENUE 50 AND JACKSON STREET IMPROVEMENTS IF YOU HAVE DRIVEN THROUGH YOU KNOW WHAT HAPPENS WHEN IT GETS FLOODED.
SO, THIS PROJECT BECAME A MAJOR PROJECT AND AGAIN IT IS ONE OF THE TOP LIST PROJECTS IN THE COACHELLA VALLEY.
A LITTLE OVER $14 MILLION AND WILL WIDEN ALL THE WAY FROM THE INTERSECTION ITSELF WILL BE FULLY BLOWN UP WITH A NEW TRAFFIC SIGNAL BUT THAT INTERSECTION IS IN A SUMP CONDITION SO WE HAVE TO RECONSTRUCT IT AND WIDEN BOTH WAYS ON AVENUE 50 AND ALL THE WAY FROM AVENUE 49 DOWN TO AVENUE 52.
OUR PARTNERS ARE THE COUNTY AND OF COURSE CBAG.
WE WILL GET THAT PROJECT GOING.
$500,000 SO WE GOT FROM THE STATE AS WELL.
AVENUE 41 THIS PROJECT IS MOVING FORWARD AGAIN.
WE JUST ORDERED THE MATERIAL, THE SIGNAL POLES AND EVERYTHING ELSE.
WE WILL BE GOING TO CONSTRUCTION ON THAT ONE AS WELL.
THIS IS A GRANT THAT WE GOT IN THIS IS AN INTERESTING PROJECT.
WHEN PEOPLE ARE APPROACHING A YELLOW LIGHT AND THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY WANT TO DO AND THEY DECIDE TO GUN IT OR SLOW DOWN OR WHATEVER THERE IS A CAMERA THAT WILL DETECT WHAT THAT DRIVER IS DOING AND ACCORDINGLY IT WILL COORDINATE ALL THE OTHER LIGHTS AND IT COULD DELAY ONE SIDE SO SOMEONE WILL PASS SAFELY.
IT IS A SAFETY ONE AND IT IS AWESOME, IT WILL AFFECT 15 INTERSECTIONS HERE IN THE CITY OF INDIO AND WILL UPGRADE A LOT OF OUR SIGNALS.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE SIGNALS WE HAVE THE POSTS THAT STICK OUT FOR THE CAMERA TO CAPTURE ALL THE TRAFFIC AND WE WILL GET RID OF A LOT O THESE WITH THE UPGRADED CAMERAS.
WITHOUT MEASURE E I CANNOT DO IT.
[LAUGHTER] SO, COUNSEL, I WOULD BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
>> MAYOR: YOU ARE GOING TO BE BUSY FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS.
>> MAYOR: LET ME OPEN IT UP TO COUNSEL.
FIRST OF ALL, THE YOUTH ADVISORY COUNCIL WOULD YOU LIKE TO HANG OUT OR WOULD YOU LIKE TO GO HOME AND STUDY.
THIS IS BEEN VERY EDUCATIONAL FOR YOU GUYS.
>> COUNCILMEMBER: IT HAS BEEN VERY EDUCATIONAL BUT WE HAVE TO GO HOME AND STUDY.
>> MAYOR: INCORPORATED YOU FOR YOUR INPUT AND HANGING OUT WITH US.
>> MAYOR: CAN YOU HANG ON, TIM? WE ARE GOOD.
COUNSEL, THIS IS AN INCREDIBLE PRESENTATION SO EXCITING.
WHAT ARE YOUR COMMENTS AND THOUGHTS ON WHAT WAS PRESENTED AND REQUESTED?
>> COUNCILMEMBER: THANK YOU, 371 MILLION, THAT'S A LOT OF MONEY.
IF WE ARE MOVING FORWARD WITH THE CITY NEED TO REINVEST OURSELVES AND WERE NOT GOING TO GET IT FROM THE STATE AND FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AT LEAST IN CHUNKS WHERE WE CAN SUPPORT OURSELVES AND THE MONEY STAYS HERE IN THE CITY OF INDIO AND NO ONE CAN TOUCH IT.
HE SAID YOU NEEDED $7 MILLION MORE FOR THE SLURRY AND FEEL AND I AGREE WITH YOU.
IS THAT OVER A TWO-YEAR PERIOD OR THREE YEAR PERIOD OF TIME? CAN WE GIVE IT TO YOU IN CHUNKS?
>> COUNCILMEMBER: THIS FISCAL YEAR.
>> COUNCILMEMBER: IS THAT CURRENT? THE CURRENT?
I AM GOING TO GO OUT AND BID ON THE GRIND AND OVERLAY.
IF I HAVE THE AUTHORIZATION TO BID OUT MORE IT WILL HELP US TREMENDOUSLY.
IT WILL HELP ME ATTRACT CONTRACTORS TO BID ON THE PROJECT.
CONTRACTORS ARE VERY BUSY, MATERIALS ARE SCARCE AND WITHOUT THE ECONOMY OF SCALE WE WILL BE PAYING MUCH, MUCH MORE.
SO, THE INCREASE HELP TURMAN DISTALLY AND IT WILL HELP SAVE US FROM MORE DETERIORATION TO THE ROADS.
JUST JACKSON STREET, LAST YEAR, IT WOULD HAVE BEEN SLURRY AND NOW THERE IS NO
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WAY WE CAN SLURRY THIS WE HAVE TO GRIND AND OVERLAY.>> COUNCILMEMBER: IS THAT PER CODE? YOU HAVE LOOKED AT IT AND REEVALUATED IT AND IT HAS COME TO THAT ALREADY?
>> COUNCILMEMBER: CITY MANAGER, WHERE WOULD WE GET THE FUNDING?
>> SPEAKER: THERE IS A CULMINATION OF UNSPENT MEASURE X FUNDS.
AS WE INDICATED WE TECHNICALLY TOOK A YEAR OFF.
IN OUR PRELIMINARY PLANNING WE TALKED ABOUT THE 36 MILLION IN ONE-TIME FUNDS, THE PROPOSAL WOULD BE A CAME FROM THAT.
YOU DID NOT SPECIFICALLY APPROPRIATE THAT ADDITIONAL SEVEN BUT IF WERE ALLOWED TO GO GET BIDS WE CAN PRESENT THAT TO YOU AS AN OPTION.
AT THAT TIME IF YOU DON'T WANT TO APPROPRIATE IT WE CAN MAKE THAT DECISION AND CUT IT BACK BUT THE FUNDS ARE THERE AND IF IT'S NOT 7 MILLION NOW WILL BE 10 MILLION IN TWO YEARS SO WE DO RECOMMEND IT.
ON THE OTHER PROJECTS YOU HAVE, THE ONES THAT YOU PUT UP AND YOU TALKED ABOUT STARTING IS THE FUNDING ALREADY THERE AND SET ASIDE OR IS THAT OTHER FUNDING THAT YOU WILL NEED A REQUEST FOR? OBVIOUSLY WE TALKED ABOUT THE PARK AND TALKED ABOUT THE OTHER STUFF, THE IMPROVEMENTS AND THE BEAUTIFICATION WHICH WAS PART OF OUR GOALS.
>> SPEAKER: THE MAJORITY OF THE PROJECTS THAT I PRESENTED OUR ALREADY IN THE BUDGET WITH THE ONES THAT AREN'T IN THE BUDGET, THE LIVING ROOM PROJECT THAT WE ARE STILL CONSIDERING AND IN THE MEDIANS.
THERE IS A SHORTAGE ON SOUTH JACKSON PARK AND WE TALKED ABOUT MILES AVENUE PARK.
THE CITY HAD SET ASIDE $500,000 FOR VARIOUS PARK IMPROVEMENTS AND THAT MONEY IS IN THE BUDGET.
IT HAS NOT AN ASSIGNED TO WHICH PROJECT.
WITH SOUTH JACKSON THE NEED IS HUGE THERE.
WHAT WE HAVE BEEN COMPLICATING INTERNALLY IS ADDITIONAL.
I WILL PROBABLY NEED, I WILL PROBABLY NEED SOME OF THE MONEY FOR SELF TAX AND BUT I WOULD PROBABLY HAVE A NEED FOR OTHER PARKS WITH FULL-SERVICE, PLAY TOY EQUIPMENT, ROPES AND ALL OF THAT.
WE WILL HAVE A COMPREHENSIVE LOOK AT WHAT ALL OF THESE COSTS ARE.
ALL IN ALL I WILL NEED 800,000.
ABOUT 1.5 MILLION FOR THE MEDIAN UNIFICATION'S AND WE DON'T KNOW FOR SURE HOW MUCH IS THE LIVING ROOM BUT WITH THE AMPHITHEATER AND EVERYTHING I WOULD, IF I HAD TO THROW IN A NUMBER IT WOULD BE RIGHT AROUND A MILLION.
>> COUNCILMEMBER: THAT'S ABOUT 11 MILLION ALTOGETHER.
>> SPEAKER: THE BEAUTIFICATION AND OTHER PROJECTS I CAN SPACE IT OUT A LITTLE MORE AND IT WOULD SPILL INTO THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR BUT THE GRIND AND OVERLAY I NEED THE 7 MILLION NOW.
>> SPEAKER: JUMPING IN, WE ARE AWAITING THE OPPORTUNITY FOR MEASURE E.
WE COUNTED OUT 10, IF THAT IS HOW IT WENT IT WOULD ONLY BE 26 IN THEORY.
THAT'S THE NUMBER ALLOCATED FOR THE OTHER PROJECTS.
FORTUNATELY THERE IS A LUMP OF MONEY TO ADDRESS THAT AND OTHERS AND THAT'S THE NEXT STEP HERE THE ROAD WE WOULD LIKE TO BID SO WE KNOW WHAT THE COST IS.
NO DOUBT WE WILL ATTRACT BETTER BIDS AND A BETTER PRICE BUT WE WON'T KNOW EXACTLY THAT ONCE WE GET BACK TO YOU.
YOU STILL HAVE ANOTHER BITE OF THAT APPLE BUT THERE IS FUNDING AVAILABLE FOR EVERYTHING MENTIONED.
>> COUNCILMEMBER: I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH IT BEAUTIFICATION IN THE PARK IS SOMETHING WE WANTED TO DO.
THIS IS OVERPRICED AND I WILL LET THE REST OF THE COUNCILMEMBERS TALK THAT I'M GOOD WITH THE 7 MILLION.
ALL WERE DOING IS INVESTING BACK IN HER SELF.
THAT'S WHAT THE MONEY WAS FOR WAS TO INVEST IN THE COMMUNITY SO I'M GOOD WITH IT.
>> SPEAKER: I WOULD ALSO RECOMMEND THAT WE THINK ABOUT THE 5 MILLION THAT WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT IN THE PAST FOR MONROE INTERCHANGE.
IT IS ALREADY HAPPENING WE CAN SET ASIDE SOME MONEY FOR THAT, TOO.
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>> MAYOR: COUNCILMEMBER LUPE RAMOS AMITH DID YOU HAVE YOUR HAND RAISED?
>> COUNCILMEMBER: YES, THANK YOU MAYOR.
I WANT TO THANK MR. WASSAIL FOR PRESENTING THIS COMPREHENSIVE CIP WITH A LOT OF PROJECTS WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT FOR MANY YEARS.
I AM SUPPORTIVE OF THE ADDITIONAL FUNDS TO MAKE SURE WE GET THE BEST PRICE AND MOVE FORWARD WITH THESE PROJECTS THAT ARE NEEDED.
THE QUESTIONS THAT I HAVE ARE RELATED TO THE INTERCHANGES.
MR. WASSAIL INDICATED THAT MONROE IS FURTHER ALONG THAN JACKSON.
I WONDER WHAT IS THE TIMELINE AS TO WHEN THE COUNCIL WILL SEE THE DESIGN ALTERNATIVE SO WE KNOW WHAT THE NEXT STEPS ARE.
>> SPEAKER: THE DESIGN ALTERNATIVES WERE PRESENTED BEFORE TO THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE MOST DESIRABLE ONE HAS BEEN SELECTED ALREADY WHICH IS SIMILAR TO THE INTERSTAGE AT JEFFERSON STREET.
IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR SOMETHING AESTHETIC?
>> COUNCILMEMBER: I'M TALKING ABOUT LIKE THE JEFFERSON ONE WHERE WE MADE SURE TO INCORPORATES THE GRAVEL, ROCK SKATE AND LANDSCAPE.
THAT HAS BEEN DECIDED AND WE HAVE TALKED TO THE CONSULTANT AND THEY ARE THE FOLKS THAT DESIGNED JEFFERSON STREET AND ARE THE ONES THAT ARE DESIGNING MONROE STREET AND THEY ACTUALLY JUST SELECTED THE TO DESIGN JACKSON STREET.
WE BEEN TALKING TO THEM ABOUT MAKING A COMPREHENSIVE AESTHETIC DESIGN FOR NOT ONLY SOMETHING THAT IS COMPATIBLE BETWEEN JEFFERSON AND JACKSON IN MONROE.
KEEP IN MIND DOING POSSIBLY WITH GOLF CENTER PARKWAY.
YOU ENTER THE CITY OF INDIO YOU WILL HAVE A THEME IN MIND.
IT MAY CHANGE A LITTLE BIT FOR WHERE YOU ARE BUT THAT HAS NOT BEEN PRESENTED TO COUNSEL.
IT IS IN THE WORKS AND WE WILL BE PRESENTING IT TO YOU WHEN IT IS READY.
>> COUNCILMEMBER: ALSO, WHEN WE SAW THE JACKSON BRIDGE WE HAD MADE THE DECISION TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE WORD INDIO ON IT BUT SINCE THAT DECISION WAS MADE, I THINK CALTRANS HAS DECIDED THAT THEY WON'T ALLOW IT ANYMORE.
DID WE GET OUR DESIGN IN AND TIME?
>> SPEAKER: NUMBER CALTRANS POSITION HAS ALWAYS BEEN THE SAME.
THEY WILL ALLOW THE CITY TO ONLY HAVE ONE LOCATION THAT SAYS INDIO.
IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT WE CANNOT POSSIBLY HAVE OUR LOGO ON THE COLUMNS OF JACKSON STREET.
WE ARE WORKING WITH THEM AND WE HAVE PRESENTED SOME IDEAS JUST TO GET A SENSE FROM THEM WHAT WOULD BE ALLOWED BEFORE WE PRESENT ANYTHING TO COUNSEL.
THAT IS IN THE WORKS BUT AS FAR AS WE KNOW THEY WILL ONLY ALLOW ONE INTERCHANGE TO BEAR THE NAME OF THE CITY.
THE FINAL QUESTION, I KNOW SOUTH JACKSON PARK IS IN DIRE NEED OF IMPROVEMENT IN THE LAST CONVERSATION WE HAD WITH THE PARKS AND WRECKS DISTRICT THEY WANTED TO DO SOMETHING JOINTLY.
DO YOU KNOW IF THAT IS STILL A POSSIBILITY OR ARE WE JUST MOVING FORWARD WITH WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE IN THE SHORT TERM? AN OPENING IN THE LONG TERM THAT OTHER THINGS CAN BE DONE?
>> SPEAKER: WE TALKED ABOUT THE POLY POOL AND THEY WERE TRYING TO GET THOSE IMPROVEMENTS DONE.
WHAT WE ARE DOING IS SEPARATE AND APART FROM THE AREA THAT IS CONTROLLED BY DESERT WRECK.
THE MAJORITY OF THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT WERE DOING ON SOUTH JACKSON ARE 8A IMPROVEMENTS, SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS, ETC. AND SOME UPGRADES.
REGARDLESS, HOPEFULLY IF DESERT WRECK TAKES OVER, THOSE WILL BE GREAT IMPROVEMENTS TO THE PARKS.
IF THEY NEED THAT AREA, THERE IS AN AREA THAT THEY NEED OVER BY SOUTH JACKSON PARK WE CAN STILL DEDICATE THAT TO THEM WHEN THEY NEED IT.
>> COUNCILMEMBER: THANK YOU MR. WASSAIL, THAT WILL BE ALL, MAYOR.
>> MAYOR: ANY OTHER COMMENTS? COUNCILMEMBER OSCAR ORTIZ?
>> COUNCILMEMBER: THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.
WE ARE EXCITED FOR THIS PROJECT TO MOVE FORWARD.
WHERE ARE WE DOING THE SLURRY ON THIS BOULEVARD ARE WE STOPPING AT LINTON?
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>> SPEAKER: THIS IS THE TEAM THAT HELPS ME DO ALL OF THIS WORK BETWEEN MIKE, EDGAR, AND SCOTT, HONORARY MEMBER HERE AND THE PROJECT MANAGER.
THE CITY MANAGER RATED THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY.
YES, WE STOP AT CLINTON AND WE DO PLAN ON GOING ALL THE WAY.
>> COUNCILMEMBER: IS SEEMED LIKE WHAT YOU HAD ON THE MAP WAS FURTHER DOWN BEEN CLINTON SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE IT IS ALL ONE COMPLETED ROADWAY.
>> SPEAKER: IF IT IS ON THE MAP IT WILL BE DONE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER: ON THE MAP, WE ARE AT CLINTON AND ON THE MAP IT SHOWS FURTHER ON DOWN THE LINE THAT KEEPS GOING BUT THERE'S A GAP TO THOSE.
AND THEN THE 7 MILLION IF IT MAKES SENSE THAT IT WILL SAVE US MONEY IN THE LONG RUN I'M OKAY WITH THAT.
THE OTHER QUESTION I HAD WAS MORE FOR THE CITY MANAGER ON THE AGREEMENTS THAT WE HAD FOR MILES PARK.
THAT ONE, THE APPROVAL OF SHIELDS ROAD WAS ON THE CONDITION THAT WE WOULD SAVE 600,000 FOUR MILES PARK AND THAT THE AGREEMENT WE HAVE.
WE SHOULD KEEP THAT IN MIND AND NOT PULL FROM THAT ONE FOR THE OTHER PARKS.
>> SPEAKER: I CAME IN LATE ON THE BUDGET PROCESS AND I DON'T REMEMBER THAT AGREEMENT.
I KNOW WE ADDED ANOTHER 500,000 THAT WAS A GENERIC MONEY THAT WE WOULD WORK OUT LATER AND WE WANT TO BRING THAT UP AT THE NEXT STRATEGIC PLANNING SESSION.
I'VE HEARD 600, I'VE HEARD 700 AND THE ONLY ONE I KNOW THAT MR. WASSAIL HAD INDICATED WAS 500.
WE WILL DO SOME RESEARCH AND FIND OUT WHERE THAT WAS DONE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER: SPECIFICALLY WE SAID SHIELDS ROAD, IT WASN'T AS IMPORTANT AS MILES PARK.
>> MAYOR: WHAT WAS THE MAJORITY? I DON'T REMEMBER THAT CONVERSATION WHERE THE MAJORITY AGREED WITH THAT CONVERSATION.
>> COUNCILMEMBER: I THINK WE AGREED TO DO SHIELDS AND THEN WE WOULD INVEST.
I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH MONEY WE WOULD INVEST MILES PARK.
OSCAR BROUGHT UP 600,000 AND HE SAID IN THAT RANGE.
>> SPEAKER: LET'S DO THAT PEERLESS DO SOME RESEARCH.
THE WORD AGREEMENT COULD BE FIRM BUT I'M NOT SURE IF THERE IS A SPECIFIC MOTION AND IF THERE IS A GENERAL DISCUSSION OF HALF-MILLION DOLLARS, I WILL SAY THE VOLUME, TRAFFIC AND USE IS SOUTH JACKSON.
OUR GUT IS TO RECOMMEND TO YOU THAT THAT MONEY SHOULD BE SPENT ON SOUTH TEXAN.
MILES HAS NEEDS AND THERE IS A DIRECT ALLOCATION GRANT FOR ABOUT $200,000 AND THAT MIGHT BE A GOOD INVESTMENT TO MILES.
IF WE CAN DEFER THAT TO OUR NEXT CHAT AND THEN WE WILL KNOW IF MEASURE E IS PASSED OR NOT THAT WILL GIVE US SOME ASSURANCE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER: EXCUSE ME MAYOR, I AGREE WITH OSCAR ON THIS.
SOUTH JACKSON FOR SURE THAT THE REASON WHY MILES PARK ISN'T USED IS BECAUSE IT DOESN'T HAVE THE AMENITIES.
IT IS OCCUPIED BY A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO AREN'T USING IT FOR THE RIGHT REASONS FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO UTILIZE PROBABLY ONE OF OUR LARGEST PARKS OF OPEN STRAIGHT GRASS, IF WE CAN GET THAT FOR PEOPLE TO COME BACK OUT AND INVEST IN IT.
THE HISTORY MUSEUM DRAWS PEOPLE IN AND IS A WISE INVESTMENT ANY TIME WE CAN INVEST IN A PARX.
IF WE HAVE TO PUT 600,000 IN AND GO BACK AND DISCUSS IT THEN SO BE IT.
>> MAYOR: I THINK THAT'S THE POINT.
I DON'T RECALL THERE WAS A BOAT BUT I BELIEVE WE ALL AGREE THAT THERE IS A NEED FOR THE PARKS AT MILES AVENUE.
I DON'T THINK ONE WAS CONTINGENT ON THE OTHER.
WE HAVE SOME ADDITIONAL CONVERSATIONS TO BE HAD AND AS FAR AS THE STRATEGIC PLANNING PROCESS TO ALLOCATE SOME OF THOSE DOLLARS.
>> SPEAKER: MAYOR, WHAT IS MOST IMPORTANT AT MILES PARK IS TO GET THE SOCCER FIELD TAKEN CARE OF.
I DO HAVE AN AERATION PROBLEM.
WE ARE, WE DO HAVE THE PER CAPITA FUND, THE $200,000 AND WE THINK HE CAN GET THAT SOCCER AREA FIXED.
I NEED TO UPGRADE THE IRRIGATION TO MAKE IT WORKABLE.
WE REALLY NEED TO TELL THE STATE HOW ARE GOING TO SPEND THAT MONEY AND IT IS OUR RECOMMENDATION TO YOU TO ALLOW US TO SPEND THAT TUNA THOUSAND DOLLARS ON THAT FUNCTION OF MILES AVE., PARK AND THEN WHATEVER OTHER FUNDING IS AVAILABLE TO GO
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TO SOUTH PARK RIGHT NOW I NEED TO PROCEED AND MOVE FORWARD WITH MILES AVENUE SOCCER FIELD.WE ALREADY HAVE THE GOALS AND THE LIGHTS ARE THERE AND TO GET IT ACTIVATED, I DO NEED TO GET THE AERATION DONE.
>> MAYOR: THAT IS PART OF $200,000 COMING FROM WHERE?
AS A GRANT PROGRAM THAT GIVES A DIRECT ALLOCATION WE JUST HAVE TO INDICATE WHERE.
AS YOU ARE WELL AWARE WE ARE WORKING WITH THE DESERT DISTRICT ON THE PARKS AND THEY ARE LOOKING AT A STUDY TO DIVE IN MORE THOROUGHLY TO BEST ACT OF EIGHT.
WE KNOW THE AERATION NEEDS TO BE DONE BUT THERE ARE OTHER IDEAS AND WILL HAVE TO WAIT FOR THE REPORT.
ANOTHER 30 DAYS WILL UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY ARE PROPOSING.
WE ARE DOING AN EVALUATION OF THE PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT AT VARIOUS PARKS THAT NEEDS SOME ATTENTION.
THAT DIDN'T DISCUSS AND THAT'S GOING TO BE EXPENSIVE.
WE MAY HAVE A BIGGER PRICE TAG AND OPPORTUNITY TO PRIORITIZE WHAT YOU THINK IS BEST.
IN THE END IT IS GENERAL FUND MONEY.
SHIELDS AVENUE, IF WE DON'T THINK SHIELDS IS IMPORTANT AS THE OTHERS AND WE HAVE A ZERO-SUM GAME, THOSE ARE SOME TOUGH DECISIONS YOU NEED TO MAKE.
IF WE HAVE SHIELDS AND IT DOESN'T NEED TO BE DONE NOW, YOU HAVE TO DECIDE ON THAT DIRECTION.
>> MAYOR: TONIGHT, I KNOW THAT MAYOR PRO TEM WAYMOND FERMON WILL HAVE SOME CONVERSATIONS ON THIS.
WE HAVE TO DETERMINE WHAT WE NEED TO DO TONIGHT.
I'VE HEARD $7 MILLION WHICH MAKES SENSE.
I'VE HEARD MILES AVE., PARK, SURE THOUSAND, 600,000, WE NEED TO HAVE A TONIGHT DISCUSSION AND WHAT FALLS INTO THE CATEGORY OF WHAT YOU NEED TONIGHT AND WE NEED TO HAVE A DISCUSSION AT THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING OR IN THE FUTURE TO DISCUSS PARKS AND MILES AVENUE AND SO ON AND SO FORTH.
>> SPEAKER: WE HAVE THE DIRECTION ON WHAT MR. WASSAIL HAS DISCUSSED TONIGHT.
>> MAYOR: THANK YOU, MAYOR PRO TEM WAYMOND FERMON?
>> COUNCILMEMBER: THINK EVERYTHING WAS SAID.
I WANT TO THANK MR. WASSAIL IN HIS STAFF.
WE HAD A LOT OF CONVERSATIONS ABOUT OUR ROLE PROJECTS.
THE KENNER PROJECT HAS BEEN VERY BIG AND HAS BEEN PUT ON HOLD.
I WANT TO ASSURE THE PUBLIC THAT A LOT OF STUDIES AND THINGS HAVE GONE INTO THIS PROJECT.
TAKE AVENUE 41 AND MONROE FOR INSTANCE.
IT'S A VERY DANGEROUS INTERSECTION AND THAT HAS BEEN PUT ON HOLD.
THE PANDEMIC HAS PUT US BEHIND SO IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE ALLOCATE THE $7 MILLION TO GET THE PROJECTS OFF THE GROUND AND GET CAUGHT UP.
THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS ALREADY THERE.
I THINK WITH MILES PARK WE NEED TO HAVE A ROBUST CONVERSATION ON THAT AT A DIFFERENT TIME.
I THINK SOUTH JACKSON PARK IS IMMEDIATE.
IF YOU GO DOWN THERE THE ADA IMPROVEMENTS ARE NEEDED.
WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO COME INTO TOWN TOURNAMENTS AND THE ACTIVITIES FOR THE YOUTH ARE YEAR-ROUND.
THOSE THINGS NEED TO BE DONE AND IT GOES WITHOUT SAYING.
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IT'S A LOT OF DOLLARS BUT MR. WASSAIL IS GREAT AT WHAT HE DOES HE'S NOT STANDING THERE AT THE PODIUM FOR NOTHING.HE KNOWS HOW TO PRIORITIZE AND HE USES THE TERM SHOULD WE READY? SO WHEN WE DO HAVE THE FUNDING THAT PRESENTS ITSELF WE ARE READY STANDING AT THE BEGINNING OF THE LINE AND WE ARE ADVOCATING FOR THOSE DOLLARS WHEN WE DEAL WITH THE PARTNERS AT THE CONGRESSMAN'S OFFICE OR ABOVE.
>> MAYOR: I COULD NOT AGREE MORE.
THE $7 MILLION IS SOMETHING I COULD SUPPORT AT THIS POINT AND I APPRECIATE THIS
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PRESENTATION AND FULL SPEED AHEAD.I LOOK FORWARD TO ADDITIONAL CONVERSATIONS BECAUSE MILES AVE., PARK HAS BEEN ON OUR RADAR FOR A LONG TIME.
JACKSON PARK HAS JUST BEEN, SOUTH JACKSON HAS BEEN IN NEED OF TENDER LOVING CARE FOR A WHILE AND I LIKE THE FACT THAT IS NOW A PRIORITY AND I ALSO SEE THE NEED FOR SHIELDS AVENUE AND THERE IS A POINT HIGHWAY 111 IS OUR MAJOR ECONOMIC AREA FOR RESTAURANTS AND SO ON AND SO FORTH AND SHIELDS ROAD WIT A BLOCKED OFF AND BLOCKED FOR SO MANY YEARS THERE ARE ENTIRE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT CAN'T GET FROM THEIR TO HIGHWAY 111 AND THAT IMPACTS THE COMMUNITY NOT CASTING CONCRETE AND FURTHER CONVERSATION.
WE HAD THE SUPPORT ON THE $7 MILLION AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO FUTURE CONVERSATIONS.
THE NEXT ITEM, ITEM 8 IS THE CONSENT CALENDAR.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR DO I HEAR A MOTION?
>> COUNCILMEMBER: I WILL MAKE A MOTION TO MOVE THE CONSENT CALENDAR.
>> MAYOR: WE HAVE A MOTION FROM MAYOR PRO TEM WAYMOND FERMON AND SECOND FROM COUNCILMEMBER GLENN MILLER.
>>.NEXT ITEM ARE THE ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS AND THIS IS THE TIME DUE TO THE
[9.a. Request for Qualifications for vendors and producers to produce monthly downtown enlivenment and activation events (Carl S. Morgan, Director of Economic Development) Recommendation: Approve]
FACT THAT I HAVE A CONFLICT, I OWN PROPERTY WITHIN 500 FEET OF THIS DEFINED SITE PLAN FOR THE EVENT SO I HAVE TO RECUSE MYSELF ON THE NEXT TWO ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS SO I AM GOING TO TURN THE GAVEL OVER TO MAYOR PRO TEM WAYMOND FERMON FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE EVENING.>> COUNCILMEMBER: YOU GET TO HEAD OUT? ALL RIGHT.
THE NEXT ITEM IS ITEM 9 ADMINISTER EIGHT OF ITEMS. THIS FIRST ONE IS FOR VENDORS TO PRODUCE MONTHLY DOWNTOWN ACTIVATION EVENTS AND MR. CARL MORGAN THE DIRECTOR OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT WILL.
IT IS REALLY GREAT TO HEAR MR. WASSAIL TALK ABOUT ACTIVATING DOWNTOWN.
ALL OF THE DISCUSSION ON PAVING AND DOWNTOWN AND BUILDING AN OUTDOOR LIVING ROOM IS MUSIC TO MY EARS SO, THANK YOU TIM.
WE ARE EXCITED TO BRING YOU SOME BACK-TO-BACK ITEMS ON THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENDA TO ENLIVEN DOWNTOWN.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE ALL BEEN TALKING ABOUT SOMETIME IN WITH THE LEADERSHIP OF THE NEW CITY MANAGER AND COUNSEL'S VISION FOR DOWNTOWN IN OUR DOWNTOWN SPECIFIC PLAN THIS IS REALLY THE TIME TO ISSUE A REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS.
WE ARE PRAYING THAT FORTEO AND THE GOAL IS TO REALLY REACH OUT LOCALLY AND TO VENDORS AND PROMOTERS TO GO AHEAD AND SEE WHAT KIND OF THINGS WE CAN DO AND WHAT KIND OF IDEAS AND WE WILL CERTAINLY TALK ABOUT THE COUNCIL.
THE GOAL IS TO ACTIVATE DOWNTOWN WITH A MIX OF FOOD, MUSIC, EVENTS, THAT KIND OF THING AND CREATE YEAR-ROUND CALENDAR OF EVENTS AND BUILD UPON THAT WORD INITIALLY IT WOULD BE STAFF DRIVEN POTENTIALLY AND ONCE WE GET THE PHYSICAL STAGE BUILT IN THE PROJECT WE WOULD DO SOMETHING THAT IS MORE PERMANENT AND YEAR-ROUND.
I DIDN'T WANT TO STEAL ALL THE THUNDER, I WANTED TO INVITE KAYLA UP OUR ADMINISTRATIVE ANALYST AND SHE WILL GIVE YOU A BRIEF STAFF REPORT AND WE WOULD BE HAPPY TO ANSWER QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE.
>> SPEAKER: THANK YOU, CARL, GOOD EVENING COUNSEL.
I AM THE SENIOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ANALYST.
THEY'RE ASKING AND APPROVAL FOR A REQUEST OF VENDORS WHO WERE DISSIPATE IN MONTHLY DOWNTOWN EVENTS.
THE PURPOSE IS TO SOLICIT COLLABORATORS FOR A NEW AND INTERESTING DOWNTOWN FOR THE FIRST EVENT WILL HAPPEN IN JANUARY.
IT WILL CONTINUE TILL SEPTEMBER 2022.
THESE EVEN BE FREE OF COST TO THE PUBLIC.
VENDORS AND PERFORMERS WILL BE THE HIGHLIGHT OF THE EVENTS AND GIVE THEM OPPORTUNITY TO NETWORK WITH OTHER BUSINESSES, RESIDENTS OF COMMUNITY AND SOAK UP THE
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ALTAR OF INDIO.THE MONTHLY EVENTS WILL TAKE PLACE AT SUMMERS AVENUE AND BLUGRASCAT'S SMILE STREET WHERE THE CITY IS WORKING ON AN OUTDOOR LIVING ROOM SPACE THAT THE CITY MANAGER AND DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS MENTIONED THIS EVENING WHICH WILL INCLUDE A FULLY POWERED STAGE FOR MUSICIANS AND ENTERTAINERS TO PERFORM.
THE OUTDOOR LIVING SPACE IS LIKE NO OTHER IN THE COACHELLA VALLEY.
THESE IMAGES SHOW HOW ONE SPACE CAN BE TRANSFORMED INTO A BEAUTIFUL LIVELY OUTDOOR AREA THAT WILL BRING THE COMMUNITY AND VALLEY TOGETHER EVERY MONTH.
WE MEET WITH MARKETING STAFF WHO PUT TOGETHER A LIST OF EVENTS AND ITEMS ASSOCIATED WITH EVENT PASS INCLUDING MARKETING, PAYROLL, ENTERTAINMENT, EXPENDITURES AND MORE.
WITH ACTIVE BUSINESS OWNERS SEEKING OPPORTUNITIES DOWNTOWN WE BELIEVE THIS IS A TIME FOR THE CITY TO SHINE AND REACH A SUCCESSFUL TURNING POINT AND DEVELOP MEANT AND SUCCESSFUL ACTIVITIES.
THE STOFFEL TAKE THE LEAD IN COORDINATING THESE EVENTS.
WITH YOUR APPROVAL THIS EVENING OUR NEXT STEP IS TO BRING BACK QUALIFICATIONS FOR REVIEW AND APPROVAL.
IT WILL ALSO INCLUDE IN-KIND SERVICES AND BREAKDOWN FOR MONTHLY EVENTS.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER THEM.
>> COUNCILMEMBER: THANK YOU, KAYLA, FOR YOUR REPORT.
DO WE HAVE QUESTIONS FROM STAFF?
>> COUNCILMEMBER: I'M WONDERING IF IT WOULD BE BETTER TO SHARE OUR COMMITMENT ON THE CITY SIDE OF.
AND SAY THIS IS WHAT WE ARE WILLING TO PROVIDE AND WE BUDGET THAT AHEAD OF TIME FOR QUALIFICATIONS.
>> SPEAKER: THE INTENT IS TO NOT DISCUSS PRICE INITIALLY, TO SEE WHO IS BEST QUALIFIED AND THEN WE WILL SIT DOWN AND DISCUSS THOSE MATTERS.
THAT WOULD TURN IT MORE INTO A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL AND IN OTHER WORDS WE WOULD SAY WHAT IS YOUR PRICE FOR THIS WHAT ARE YOU WILLING TO PUT IN? IT'S MORE PRICE BASED IN THIS INTENT IS TO BE MORE QUALIFICATIONS BASED AND IT WILL GIVE WHOMEVER TO SELECT AN OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE US AN IDEA AND ONE APPROACH SUGGESTED IS TO BRING THIS BACK TO YOU TO EVALUATE AND DETERMINE IF IT'S THE BEST APPROACH OR NOT.
WE STILL HAVE TIME TO DO A MORE SPECIFIC PROPOSAL.
>> COUNCILMEMBER: SOUNDS GOOD.
COUNCILMEMBERS DO HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF?
>> COUNCILMEMBER: I'M GOOD AT THIS POINT, THANK YOU.
>> COUNCILMEMBER: I WILL CLOSE IT OUT SAYING THANK YOU MR. MORGAN AND YOUR STAFF.
THIS HAS BEEN A LONG TIME COMING AND WE ARE TOWARDS THE END OF THE MEETING BUT THIS IS EXCITING STUFF.
WE BEEN WAITING A LONG TIME TO CREATE SYNERGY DOWNTOWN.
THIS GIVES PROMOTERS AND LOCAL FOLKS A CHANCE TO STEP FORWARD AND BRING YOUR QUALIFICATIONS TO THE TABLE.
WHO IS QUALIFIED TO ALL THESE ACTIVITIES? WE ARE MOVING FORWARD.
WHEN WE PASSED OUR GENERAL PLAN WE DECIDED TO MAKE SIMPLE DECISIONS.
WITH THAT BEING SAID CAN I GET A MOTION?
>> COUNCILMEMBER: I WILL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE QUALIFICATIONS FOR MONTHLY EVENTS TO ACTIVATE DOWNTOWN COMMUNITY.
>> COUNCILMEMBER: I WILL SECOND THAT THERE IS.
>> COUNCILMEMBER: OF A MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER GLENN MILLER AND A SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER OSCAR ORTIZ.
CAN I GET A ROLL CALL VOTE HE MET.
>>.WE WILL MOVE FORWARD TO THE NEXT ITEM.
[9.b. Funding in the amount of $12,000 to Luce Group for the Indio Rhythm Festival event in Downtown Indio in November 2022 (Carl S. Morgan, Director of Economic Development) Recommendation: Approve]
WHICH IS AN ADMINISTRATIVE ITEM 9B FOR FUNDING IN THE AMOUNT OF $12,000 TO THE LUCE GROUP FOR THE INDIO RHYTHM FESTIVAL EVENT IN DOWNTOWN INDIO IN NOVEMBER 2022 (CARL S.MORGAN, DIRECTOR OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT) >> SPEAKER: THANK YOU MAYOR PRO TEM WAYMOND FERMON AND COUNCILMEMBERS.
THIS IS THE NEXT ITEM THAT I WANTED TO GET INTO AND TOUCH UPON IT.
WHILE THIS IS AN EVENT TO ACTIVATE DOWNTOWN IS NOT ONE OF THE MONTHLY EVENTS.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT CAME TO US AS AN OPPORTUNITY SEPARATELY.
IT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO ADD TO OUR FESTIVALS AND TO DO SOMETHING DOWNTOWN WITH
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RESPECT TO DOING SOMETHING DOWNTOWN.WE WERE APPROACHED BY A VERY PASSIONATE GROUP THAT WANTS TO DO AN INDIO FESTIVAL DOWNTOWN AND BRING LATIN MUSIC, JAZZ, FOOD, ENTERTAINMENT, DANCE TO DOWNTOWN.
THEY HAVE, AS YOU SEE FROM THE PRESENTATION THAT KAYLA WILL GIVE, THEY HAVE A LOT OF EXPERIENCE IN DOING THIS AND A LOT OF CONNECTIONS AR THEY WANT TO DO AN UPSCALE, CLASSY EVENT DOWNTOWN.
WITH THAT, I WILL BRING KAYLA BACK UP AND SHE WILL DO THE PRESENTATION AND THEN THEY WILL COME UP AND SHOW YOU WHAT THEY HAVE TO OFFER.
>> SPEAKER: THANK YOU, CARLTON AGAIN GOOD EVENING TO THE COUNCIL.
THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT IS ASKING FOR APPROVAL TO FUND $12,000 FOR THIS GROUP TO THE RHYTHM FESTIVAL AND AUTHORIZES THE FUNDING MANAGER TO EXECUTE A FUNDING AGREEMENT.
THE THREE DAY TICKETED EVENT WILL ATTRACT ANYWHERE FROM 3500 TO 5000 ATTENDEES.
THE FESTIVAL WILL HAVE THREE SEPARATE TIMES.
FRIDAY AT 5:00 TO 9:00, SATURDAY NOON TO 9:00 AND SUNDAY NOON TO 6:00.
EACH TICKET WILL COST $30 FOR GENERAL ADMISSION AND $60 FOR A THREE-DAY FESTIVAL PASS.
CHILDREN UNDER 12 WILL BE FREE.
BASED ON THE INFLATION OF EVENT PRICES THE COST OF THE EVENT ESTIMATED AT APPROXIMATELY $25,000.
THIS WOULD INCLUDE ELECTRICITY, LIGHT TOWERS, STAGE RISERS, TABLE AND CHAIRS, PROMOTION ADVERTISING, STREET BANNERS, SIGNAGE, PORTRAITS, PRINTING, PUBLIC WORKS AND SPECIAL EVENTS PAYROLL AND ENTERTAINMENT.
THE GROUP IS WELL NETWORK THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY IN AREAS INCLUDING THE GREATER LOS ANGELES AND ORANGE COUNTY REGION.
MIAMI, NEW YORK AND SAN FRANCISCO.
IN HOPES TO LEVERAGE THEIR CONTACTS TO PROMOTE THE FESTIVAL NATIONWIDE.
THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.
DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FROM STAFF DO WE HAVE THE GROUP HERE?
>> SPEAKER: WE DO AND I CAN GO AHEAD AND HAND THE MICROPHONE OVER TO THEM.
>> COUNCILMEMBER: IF THEY HAVE COMMENTS.
>> SPEAKER: I WILL HAND IT OVER TO JAMES.
AND JAMES IS THE FOUNDER AND OWNER OF LUCE GROUP.
>> COUNCILMEMBER: I'M SORRY TO MISS PRONOUNCE YOUR NAME.
>> SPEAKER: IS NO PROBLEM AT ALL.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING US.
WE ARE THE NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK.
WE GOT IN OUR CAR FOUR YEARS AGO AND DROVE FROM NEW YORK CITY TO THE GREATER PALM SPRINGS AREA.
WE DECIDED THAT WE WOULD STAY.
WE HAVE A VERY SHORT SIZZLE REEL TO SHOW YOU AND IF YOU CAN ROLL THAT NOW THAT WILL GET US STARTED.
LET'S GET SOME VOLUME FRIENDS.
>> COUNCILMEMBER: WERE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND RUN THAT AGAIN.
WANT TO HEAR SOME OF THAT GOOD MUSIC.
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NOW WERE REALLY GETTING HUNGRY!>> SPEAKER: THANK YOU EVERYBODY.
THIS IS A BYPRODUCT OF REALLY RESTARTED MUSIC IN 1968.
IT'S BEEN A LONG DRINK OF WATER FOR US AND ONE THING WE ARE CERTAIN OF IS THE SPIRITUAL LIGHT OF THE PEOPLE ARE GATHERED AROUND ART, MUSIC, FOOD AND DANCE.
AND SO THESE FOUR DISCIPLINES WHICH ARE KEY TO THE HISPANIC EXPERIENCE AND REALLY FOR THE EXPERIENCE OF HUMANITY COME TO THE FRONT IN THIS FESTIVAL.
IN TERMS OF OUR QUALIFICATIONS WE HAVE A SMALL LITTLE POWERPOINT THAT I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE WITH YOU.
WE ARE A TEAM OF PEABODY AND GRAMMY WINNING PRODUCERS.
OVER 50 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE PRODUCING CONCERTS, FESTIVALS AND AWARD-WINNING CONTENT.
THE MUSIC HAS TAKEN US AROUND THE WORLD AND IT'S BEEN A GREAT TIME FOR MANY REASONS.
BETWEEN THE GIFT OF DIGITAL MEDIA RECORDING AND ACTUAL PERSONAL LIVE CONCERTS THERE'S A LOT OF SYNERGY THAT COMES TOGETHER AND THEN WHEN YOU ADD THE GROWTH THAT IS POSSIBLE THROUGH THE ATTRACTION OF THESE ASSETS, TO THIS GEOGRAPHIC CENTER, IT REALLY PROVIDES OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL THE SOUTHWEST, MUCH OF THE NORTH COAST AND WHEREVER THERE IS A CONCENTRATION OF PEOPLE FROM ANY OF THE HISPANIC COUNTRIES.
IT COULD BE A POWERFUL THING AND THAT'S OUR VISION AS WE MOVE FORWARD.
LET'S GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
I HATE TALKING ABOUT MYSELF BUT WE GOT A PEABODY AWARD FOR DOING WAS ARMSTRONG CENTENNIAL RADIO PROJECT OR NPR AND ALSO MILES DAVIS'S 75TH ANNIVERSARY, I WAS PART OF MPR JAZZ DIVISION CALLED JAZZ PROFILES.
FOR 21 YEARS I PRODUCED THE CAROL MORE JAZZ FESTIVAL.
I FOUND IT AND GREW IT FROM A DEED TO BECOME ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT MUSIC FESTIVALS ON THE GLOBAL MAP FESTIVAL.
EARLY IN MY YOUTH I WAS STRICTLY SPINNING DISCS AND PLAYING JAZZ AND CLASSICAL MUSIC FOR PEOPLE IN THE NORTHEAST AND IN NEW YORK AND FINALLY I SETTLED IN NEWARK, NEW JERSEY AND AMERICA'S JAZZ STATION.
HERE IS A LOOK AT THIS MUSIC FESTIVAL.
THE STAGE IS SURROUNDED BY A VENETIAN COLUMNS BROUGHT FROM ITALY IN 1948 TO CREATE A PLACE ON THIS HUGE ESTATE THAT WOULD ALLOW OUR MUSIC TO HAPPEN AND JOSEPHINE BAKER WAS THE FIRST ACT THERE AND IT BECAME A CLASSICAL FESTIVAL THAT IN 1994 THERE WAS A LOT OF BLUE HAIRS IN THE AUDIENCE AND THEY ASKED ME
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WHAT YOU THINK YOU CAN DO TO GENERATE SOMETHING FUN? AND HELP LEVERAGE OUR AUDIENCE? I SAID NEW YORK IS JAZZ SO LET'S DO SOME PEER YOU WILL SEE JAMES CARTER ON THE RIGHT, A SAXOPHONIST LEE SAYING THANK YOU TO ALL OF THE FANS.I AM ON THE LEFT WITH KENNY BARRON THE PIANIST GETTING READY TO GO IN ON THE RIGHT THE CHRISTIAN MCBRIDE BIG-BAND.
CHRISTIAN IS THE HOST OF NPR NIGHTLY JAZZ IN AMERICA PROGRAM.
WE WORK WITH LITERALLY MOST EVERY LIVING JAZZ MUSICIAN WHO CONTRIBUTED TO THE GENRE DURING THE TIME WE WERE THERE.
NEXT? HERE ARE A COUPLE OF EXTRA LOOKS AT IT FROM THE BACK OF THE STAGE AND ON THE LEFT IS OLIVIA FRANCA WHO IS A GRANT RECIPIENT TO HIS BAND, MY POINT SHOWING YOU THIS ACTOR IS THAT WE PRESENTED MANY, MANY, MANY OF THE GIANTS OF LATIN MUSIC ALONG WITH JAZZ.
WE HAVE A DEEP FEELING FOR BOTH.
NEXT? HERE IS THE BEAUTY OF SYNERGY THAT I TRIED TO BRING UP MOMENTARILY TO YOU EARLIER.
THAT IS WHEN YOU HAVE MUSIC IT TRAVELS.
THE ITALIAN ARE ONE SUBSET OF THE EUROPEAN POPULATION THAT ADORED MUSIC AND WE WERE ABLE TO THROUGH OUR ASSOCIATION WITH PIANOS FROM ITALY WAS TO CREATE SOME CONCERTS THAT PRODUCED OUT OF NEW YORK IN ITALY WHICH IS THE LEFT PICK SURE AND ALL THE RIGHT THIS IS A PROJECT THAT WE STARTED AT THE BEGINNING OF THE PANDEMIC WHERE NO MUSICIANS COULD WORK.
NOBODY COULD GO ANYWHERE AND EVERYONE WAS BLINDSIDED THROUGH OTHER CONNECTIONS THAT I HAVE IN NEW YORK CITY WE CREATED A 13 PIECE CONCERT SERIES THAT WE STREAMED TO THE JAPANESE.
THAT IS WHY WE HAVE JAPANESE THERE.
IT HAS INFLUENCED AND TRULY BELIEVE THAT WHEN WE ARE HERE IN THE CITY OF FESTIVALS, WHEN WE HAVE COACHELLA AND STAGECOACH, AND WE WILL HAVE A WORLD-CLASS LATIN FESTIVAL THAT HITS ALL OF THE BULLET POINT, I THINK WE HAVE EVERY REASON TO TAKE INDIO, OUR MESSAGE AND WHAT HAPPENS HERE IS FOR PEOPLE WHO LOVE MUSIC AND THAT WILL BE GOOD FOR EVERYTHING ELSE WE DO DOWNTOWN.
THERE IS THE POSTER FOR OUR SUNDAY MORNING JAZZ STREAMING SERVICE AND I DO ALL MY GRAPHICS SO I DO EVERYTHING.
VIDEO, I PRODUCED THE VIDEO, CALL THE GRAPHICS, WE ARE PRETTY MUCH SELF-CONTAINED AND EXPERIENCED DOING THIS.
THERE IS THE PIANO FACTORY IN ITALY WITH MY USE-ISH AND RECORDING.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I FEEL HAPPY ABOUT SHARING WITH YOU I KNOW I'M PROBABLY RUNNING OUT OF TIME BUT ON THE 200TH ANNIVERSARY ON THE BIRTH OF CHOPIN WE APPROACH TO PROPERTIES WHO HAPPEN TO BE THE TOP COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE LANDLORD IN LOS ANGELES AND A VERY MAJOR PLAYER IN NEW YORK.
WE INSTALLED FIVE PIANOS OVER THREE SKYSCRAPERS THAT HOUSED MERRILL LYNCH AND
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AMERICAN EXPRESS AND ALL THE TENANTS IN A BUILDING.IT RESULTED IN 200 PERFORMANCES OF CHOPIN OVER A FIVE-DAY PERIOD.
THOSE ARE TWO EXAMPLES INCLUDING ON THE RIGHT, MY WIFE, GENEVIEVE WITH HER FRIEND GG AND YOU DON'T NEED TO STAND UP BUT THIS IS MY BETTER HALF AND WITHOUT HER I AM ABSOLUTELY NOTHING.
IT IS ASKING A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE NEVER HEARD MUSIC TO PAY 50 TO $100 TO GO TO CARNEGIE HALL OR A PLACE WHERE IT IS A TEMPLE OF MUSIC.
WE'VE ALWAYS BELIEVED THAT BRINGING MUSIC TO PEOPLE WHERE PEOPLE COULD EXPERIENCE IT FOR THEMSELVES FOR THE FIRST TIME PROBABLY IN THEIR LIVES IS PROBABLY REVITALIZING, UPLIFTING EXPERIENCE AND WE HAD SOLD A PIANO TO THE UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA AND WE DELIVERED THE PIANO AND ON THE LEFT PICTURE IS A HOME CONCERT WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT WE REALLY LOVED.
IN OUR HOME IN CATHEDRAL CITY ONCE A MONTH WE PRESENT SOME OF THE GREATEST PIANIST IN THE WORLD.
IT IS A BEAUTIFUL NIGHT OF FOOD, COME RODRIGUE AND MUSIC ON THE 30TH AND 31ST OF THIS MONTH.
ONE OF THE WINNERS OF THE PIANO COMPETITION WILL BE IN OUR LIVING ROOM.
WE ONLY HAVE A FEW SEATS LEFT IF ANYONE IS INTERESTED.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT ELSE IS THERE BUT I WANTED TO WRAP UP BY TAKING A QUICK PEEK.
THAT IS ALL OF OUR RADIO STUFF.
WE TAKE THE PEOPLE WHO MAKE THE MUSIC AND WE ANIMATE THEM THROUGH INTERVIEW, PRODUCTION AND WE MAKE THE EXPERIENCE AS PERSONAL AS POSSIBLE.
REALLY, ANYTHING ELSE IS I THINK OVERKILL BUT WHY DON'T WE TAKE A QUICK LOOK AND I THANK YOU ALL FOR BEARING WITH ME THROUGH NOT ONE BUT TWO SHOWINGS OF THE VIDEO AND THIS IS MY PEABODY AWARD FROM NPR.
FOR RECORDING IN NEW YORK AT WNYC AT THE JEROME L GREEN PERFORMANCE SPACE.
IT'S A VERY HORRIBLE PICTURE OF MY OLD YELLOW GLASSES.
I WILL OPEN IT UP TO COUNSEL FOR WESTERNS OR COMMENTS.
>> COUNCILMEMBER: THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION IN A VERY IMPRESSIVE RESUME.
I'M GLAD YOU BEEN ABLE TO WORK WITH THESE DIFFERENT PEOPLE AND SPREAD THIS KIND OF MUSIC THROUGHOUT THE WORLD.
I AGREE THAT BRINGING THAT NEW MUSIC TO THE DIFFERENT PARTS OF OUR COMMUNITIES CAN BE VERY EYE-OPENING.
ONE OF MY FRIENDS WENT TO LA AND HIS FIRST JAZZ CONCERT AND HE'S BEEN ON JAZZ EVERSON.
IT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO OPEN UP OUR COMMUNITY TO NEW AREAS OF MUSIC AND I THINK IT IS A VERY EXCITING PROJECT.
THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS TO US.
>> SPEAKER: YOU'RE WELCOME, THANK YOU.
>> COUNCILMEMBER: VERY IMPRESSIVE VERY EXCITING.
YOU SAID THE COST WAS REALLY $25,000 IS THAT WHAT YOU ARE LOOKING AT OVERALL?
>> SPEAKER: I'M LOOKING TO THE CITY FOR $12,000 AND THAT COVERS BASIC OVERHEAD FOR ME TO RUN AROUND FOR THE NEXT YEAR MAKING IT ALL COME TOGETHER IN A WAY THAT IT NEEDS TO IF WERE GOING TO HAVE THIS.
OUR REAL GOAL IS TO BRING A MATURE, FULLY THOUGHT THROUGH FESTIVAL AND HAVE IT PLOP ON THE GROUND AS IF IT CAME FROM OUTER SPACE INSTEAD OF GOING THROUGH THE TRADITIONAL TRIAL AND ERROR WHEN IT COMES FROM STARTING SOMETHING FROM SCRATCH.
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THAT'S WHY I ASKED FOR A LITTLE BIT OF HELP.>> COUNCILMEMBER: NO PROBLEM WHATSOEVER.
I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU ARE SUCCESSFUL.
>> SPEAKER: WITH THE SPANISH POPULATION AS THE MAJORITY AND THE ABILITY TO TAP INTO PRIDE, COCAINE, DANCE, ART AND THE MUSIC, I AM VERY CITED.
>> COUNCILMEMBER: AM EXCITED, TOO.
THE COMBINATION OF LATIN AND JAZZ IN THE FOOD I'M ALL IN!
>> SPEAKER: I'LL BE LOOKING FOR YOU.
>> COUNCILMEMBER: I WILL BE THERE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER: I KNOW THAT COUNCILMEMBER LUPE RAMOS AMITH HAS HER HAND UP ON ZOOM AND HAS SOME QUESTIONS.
>> COUNCILMEMBER: MY QUESTIONS ARE FOR STAFF.
I CAN SEE THE MAP THAT IS ATTACHED TO THE PROPOSAL AND IT INDICATES AN ENTRANCE TO THE CHAMBER PARKING LOT.
DO WE HAVE AN ARRANGEMENT WITH THE CHAMBER TO ALLOW FOR PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC TO COME THROUGH ON A FRIDAY?
>> SPEAKER: WE HAVE NOT DONE THAT YET WE WILL.
THIS IS THE INITIAL MAP THAT WE LAID OUT.
WE HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE TO GO THROUGH INCOMPLETELY THAT IT.
WE WILL GO THROUGH THE NORMAL PROCESS THAT WE DO WITH ALL SPECIAL EVENTS IN THE DOWNTOWN AND IN THE CITY AND MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE ARE SAFE AND MAKE SURE THERE'S PROPER ENTRANCES IN CONNECTION TO THAT.
>> COUNCILMEMBER: I SEE THAT ON THE MAP IT IS PROPOSED TO BE GATED OR SOME WAY ENCLOSED AREA AND IT IS ALL PEDESTRIAN.
WHERE WILL PEOPLE PARK? IF THERE'S 3000 PEOPLE A DAY?
>> SPEAKER: A YEAR FROM NOW WE WILL HAVE SOME CONSTRUCTION GOING ON DOWNTOWN.
I'M NOT EXACTLY SURE OF ALL OF THAT BUT WE WILL WORK IT OUT ON THE STREET AND IN OTHER PARKING AREAS IF WE HAVE TO SHUTTLE PEOPLE FROM ONE LOCATION CENTRAL LOCATION TO GET THEM INTO THE EVENT AND WILL WORK ON THAT WORK THROUGH THE LOGISTICS ON THAT.
LIKE A SAID WE HAVEN'T FULLY VETTED THIS, WE WANTED TO BRING IT TO THE COUNCIL AS AN OPPORTUNITY AND WE HAVE SOME TIME TO PLAN THESE THINGS OUT.
WE WILL CERTAINLY BRING THE SPECIAL EVENTS PERMIT BACK TO THE COUNCIL TO GET YOUR APPROVAL THROUGH COMMUNITY SERVICES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER: THOSE DON'T USUALLY COME TO US AND THAT'S WHY I'M ASKING THE QUESTION NOW.
>> COUNCILMEMBER: I THINK THE TAMALE FESTIVAL WHERE WE HAVE ACCOMMODATED PARKING SPACES AND WE CAN LOOK THROUGH THAT THIS YEAR TO SEE HOW IT MIGHT BE DONE FOR THIS EVENT SHOULD IT BE APPROVED.
THE STAFF REPORT TALKS ABOUT, YOU WANT THE CITY MANAGER TO HAVE AUTHORIZATION TO EXECUTE A FUNDING AGREEMENT BUT THE LAST PARAGRAPH SAID THE FUNDING AGREEMENT WILL BE BROUGHT BACK TO COUNSEL WITH MORE SPECIFICS SO, WHICH ONE IS IT?
>> SPEAKER: WE WENT THROUGH THE STAFF REPORT WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY AND I BELIEVE SHE WANTED US TO BRING BACK A COMPLETE AGREEMENT WITH CITY COUNCIL WHICH WE ARE HAPPY TO DO IT FROM A STAFF PERSON BACK LIVE IM ALL ABOUT PAYING THINGS DONE AND GETTING THE AUTHORIZATION TO ROLL IT FORWARD.
IT IS THE COUNCIL'S ABILITY TO DO THAT AND WE CAN ROLL IT FORWARD.
>> COUNCILMEMBER: THERE IS A BIG UNKNOWN.
THE PROMOTER IS ASKING FOR A BIG CHUNK OF SERVICES AND IT'S NOT A CUSTOM OF HOURS TO UNDERWRITE IN-KIND SERVICES FOR EVENTS.
WE DON'T DO IT FOR THE FAIR, WE DON'T DO IT FOR THE FESTIVALS AT THE POLO GROUNDS AND I'M NOT SURE IF WE DO IT HUNDRED PERCENT FOR THE TAMALE FEST.
THAT BIG UNKNOWN IS A LITTLE SCARY FOR ME.
I WANT TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THAT NUMBER IS AND I GUESS I REALLY DON'T UNDERSTAND,
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REALLY, WHY THE $1000 MONTHLY PAYMENTS, THOSE DON'T MAKE SENSE TO ME AT ALL, EITHER.I GUESS I WOULD HAVE LIKED IN THIS PRIOR TO IT COMING TO A PUBLIC ADMINISTRATIVE HEARING.
BECAUSE THERE ARE TOO MANY UNKNOWNS FOR ME.
THERE'S NO ANSWER FOR THAT CITY MANAGER.
I KNOW YOU ARE EXCITED TO BRING MORE EVENTS BUT HISTORY HAS TAUGHT US THAT WE NEED TO BE CAUTIOUS REGARDLESS OF HOW MUCH, HOW MANY CREDENTIALS ARE PRESENTED TO US ON BEHALF OF A PROMOTER.
WE NEED TO BE CAUTIOUS BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW WHAT IS REALLY GOING TO PAN OUT AND WHAT ARE THE RESPONSIBILITIES TIED TO THOSE THOUSAND DOLLAR PAYMENTS? WHAT TRIGGERS THE NEXT PAYMENT? ARE THEY AUTOMATIC? THERE'S TUNA QUESTION CITY MANAGER.
I AM REALLY BAFFLED AS TO HOW THIS GOT THIS FAR WITH US EVEN, I HADN'T EVEN HEARD ABOUT IT AND I HAD NO INFORMATION ON IT.
I GUESS I WANT THE CITY MANAGER TO RESPOND.
>> SPEAKER: I WOULD BE HAPPY TO.
I THINK WITH THE REGARD TO THE AUTHORIZATION TO EXECUTING THE AGREEMENT AND BRING SOME DETAIL BACK IT COULD BE ONE OR THE OTHER OR WE ARE BASICALLY TELLING MR. LUCE AND HIS TEAM TO MOVE FORWARD BUT THERE'S DETAILS ON WHAT THE FUNDING WOULD BE.
HE IS PROPOSING A GATE TICKET BE AND IF THERE IS SOME IN-KIND ISSUES AS WE FLUSH THROUGH THE SPECIAL EVENTS TICKET THAT COULD B CONSIDERED.
I DID SEE THAT THE PROPOSAL AND TWO EMAILS FROM THE CITY COUNCIL, TWO MONTHS AGO THAT WE HAD BEEN APPROACHED BY THIS INDIVIDUAL AND WE WERE WAITING FOR A GOOD TIME WHEN WE COULD PRESENT IT AND KNEW THAT IT COULD BE PULLED OFF.
WE THINK THAT IT WOULD BE FANTASTIC TO HAVE SOMETHING LIKE THIS.
IT'S NOT ONE OF THE MONTHLY EVENTS THAT WE CONTEMPLATED WITH THE RFQ BUT AND ADD TO THE DOWNTOWN.
WE ALSO HOPE TO HAVE THE PARK READY BY NOVEMBER SO THE VENUE WOULD BE MUCH MORE CONDUCIVE TO WHAT YOU SAW MR. LUCE DO IN NEW YORK.
WHATEVER YOU VOTED UPON, NOT TO PROCEED WITH THIS UNDERSTANDING OR TO DO SO AND MAKE IT THE BEST POSSIBLE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER: IN CONCEPT, WE ALL WANT SOME THING.
IT SOUNDS LIKE A GOOD PROPOSAL BUT THERE 70 DETAILS THAT I WISH YOU WOULD HAVE SHARED WITH US PRIOR TO.
THAT'S WHY AM CITY DELAY SPEAKING DIRECTLY TO THE CITY MANAGER AND STAFF I DON'T IT'S APPROPRIATE FOR THE PRODUCER TO BE IN THIS DISCUSSION YET.
>> COUNCILMEMBER: I DID, IN THE NUMBERS I PUT TOGETHER I DID PUT A 15 PERCENT INCENTIVE SO YOU CAN RECOUP ALL OF THE MONEY AND THEN AS WE ARE SUCCESSFUL YOU ARE SUCCESSFUL.
I HADN'T MENTIONED THAT IN EVENT TWO.
>> COUNCILMEMBER: CITY MANAGER, IS THERE CHANCE THAT WE CAN CHANGE THE WORDING WHERE THEY CAN BRING THIS TO US WITH NUMBERS OF PROJECTIONS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE INSTEAD OF JUST 12,000? WE ALL WANT SOMETHING THERE.
I THINK THIS IS A GOOD EVENT FOR THE DOWNTOWN AREA ESPECIALLY JAZZ AND THAT SPEAKS TO THE DIVERSITY IN OUR COMMUNITY.
THIS IS A GREAT EVENT THAT WE CAN MAKE HAPPEN.
IT IS ITEMIZED WHAT HE WOULD BE DOING IT FOR BUT WHAT IS COMING NEXT?
>> SPEAKER: WE CAN PREPARE A MORE DETAILED AGREEMENT AND BRING IT TO THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING FOR ACTION AND WHATEVER DETAIL YOU BELIEVE IS NECESSARY.
>> COUNCILMEMBER: RIGHT NOW IT IS WRITTEN THAT WE ARE APPROVING $12,000 AND APPROVING FOR YOU TO NEGOTIATE THE REST OF THE CONTRACT?
>> SPEAKER: IT ISN'T SPECIFICALLY WORDED THAT WAY BUT IT IS A PRACTICAL WAY TO ADDRESS IT.
YOU ARE SAYING WE LIKE THE IDEA, WE WANT TO PROCEED THAT BRING US BACK MORE DETAIL BEFORE YOU FINALIZE THE AGREEMENT.
MATTER WHAT MR. LUCE BROUGHT UP, IF 15 PERCENT OF THE GATE PROCEEDS COME BACK TO THE CITY PERHAPS THAT WOULD ALLEVIATE THE CONCERN.
WE WILL BRING THAT DETAIL BACK TO YOU.
THAT IS A GOOD POINT, YOU LIKE THE CONCEPT AND IF THE END WE SPEND $12,000 FOR SOMETHING LIKE THIS IS IT A THUMBS-UP? IF IT IS WE WILL BRING BACK A FORMAL AGREEMENT.
IF IT'S NOT WE CAN STOP AND NO MOTION NEEDS TO BE MADE AND WILL BRING THE WHOLE THING BACK.
>> SPEAKER: CITY MANAGER, I KNOW YOU ARE NEW, MR. MORGAN BROUGHT SOMETHING TO US
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THAT REALLY SCARED US, IT WAS COMIC-CON PAID THE PROMOTER HAD CREDENTIALS THAT COULD NOT BE DENIED AND I BELIEVE WE RENTED HIM $25,000.HE PROMISED US A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF ATTENDEES IN A VERY CAUTIOUS ABOUT NEW EVENTS WHEN IT'S ASKED TO BE UNDERWRITTEN.
EVEN WITH THE $15 PER TICKET, IF THERE ARE ONLY 100 PEOPLE, WE HAVE MADE THIS MISTAKE BEFORE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER: WE CAN BRING THIS BACK.
WE HAVE A WHOLE YEAR OF PLANNING.
LOOKING AT THE MAP THERE'S SOME MODIFICATIONS AND I THINK IT CAN ACTUALLY BE BIGGER.
THE FOOD AREA, FOOD IS BIG IN THE CITY OF INDIO EVEN BEVERAGE AREA.
MAYBE EVEN A AVERAGE GARDEN OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I THINK THAT WE CAN DO IT IN PULL IT OFF.
IF THERE ARE NO FURTHER COMMENTS - >> COUNCILMEMBER: CARL, THIS, CITY MANAGER, THIS $12,000 SEED MONEY, HE WOULD MOVE FORWARD AND NEGOTIATE.
AND WHAT COUNCILMEMBER LUPE RAMOS AMITH SAID IS TRUE.
WE'VE SPENT A GOOD AMOUNT OF MONEY TO BRING PEOPLE IN AND IT WASN'T A LOT FOR THEM TO DO BECAUSE THE WAY OF THE SET UP THERE THEY WOULD COME IN AND GO OUT AND IT WAS MOSTLY STAFF.
I GET IT AND COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND.
BEFORE WE COMMIT OURSELVES IS THERE A TIMEFRAME THAT WE WOULD GIVE THIS GENTLEMAN? I LOVE THE IDEA OF THE IDEA OF LATIN IN JAZZ AND THE ACCOMMODATION AND FOOD ESPECIALLY IF WE CAN GET OUR LOCAL VENDORS AND BRING PEOPLE DOWN HERE.
IF YOU WANT TO PROMOTE DOWNTOWN WE ALREADY HAVE OPPORTUNITIES GOING IN.
I AGREE WITH IT AND I AM CAUTIOUS AND AGREE WITH IT HUNDRED PERCENT.
WHERE IS THE CUT OFF TO WHERE WE SAY IT LOOKS LIKE HE IS MAKING PROGRESS BECAUSE AT THE END, IT'S TRUE, WE USUALLY DON'T HAVE A WAY TOO MUCH IN-KIND STUFF.
IT IS TRUE THAT WE HAVE DONE BUT THAT'S THE UNKNOWN WITH COUNCILMEMBER LUPE RAMOS AMITH? ARE WE GOING TO WAIT UNTIL JULY TO SAY THIS IS GREAT OR WE GOING TO SAY WE NEED TO STOP THIS.
OBVIOUSLY HE'S GETTING SUPPORT FOR JAZZ.
WHO ARE THE VENDORS, WHO ARE THE MUSICIANS AND THERE WILL BE A FEW BENCHMARKS.
IF WE CAN PUT THAT UP IT WOULD EASY IDEA.
THE MONEY, WE DON'T GIVE AWAY MONEY FOR ANYTHING ELSE BUT THIS IS SEED MONEY THAT WILL BRING SOMETHING TO THE DOWNTOWN AREA AND THIS GIVES US A GRAND OPPORTUNITY TO OPEN UP THE AMP THEATER FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OR WE CAN BRING OTHER PEOPLE INTO SAY THIS IS WHAT IS AVAILABLE, HERE ARE SOME OTHER BUILDINGS WE HAVE FOR THE CITY MENU WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE A PARTNER AND INVEST IN AND HERE'S SOME OTHER STUFF GOING ON.
I THINK WE HAVE TO LOOK AT IT BOTH WAYS.
IF ARE NOT GOING TO TAKE RISKS WERE NOT GOING TO MOVE FORWARD BUT WE'VE ALSO BEEN DOWN THIS ROAD BEFORE.
BENCHMARKS, I THINK WE CAN GET IT AND FROM THERE WE CAN DO IT BUT I HAVE NO PROBLEM PERSONALLY TO GIVE THEM THE $12,000 TO GET STARTED.
I BRING IT UP TO OTHER PEOPLE, IF THEY HAVE IDEAS AND THOUGHT FOR THE CITY OF INDIO BRING IT TO US PER THIS GENTLEMAN HAPPENED TO BE HERE AND WANT TO TAKE A CHANCE ON US AND WE WANT TO TAKE A CHANCE ON HIM.
>> A GREAT TWO POINTS THAT WERE JUST MADE.
ONE IS THE RFQ THAT YOU JUST APPROVED AND THAT DOES DO THAT.
BUT SOLICIT THESE GREAT IDEAS.
ONE CAME FORWARD AND OTHERS WILL.
THE SECOND IS WE ARE TALKING ABOUT A YEAR FROM NOW AND IF WE BRING BACK THE AGREEMENT IS A LITTLE MORE DETAILED AND THERE SOME BENCHMARKS OF WHEN WE CAN COME BACK AND MR. LUCE CAN COME BACK AND GIVE US AN UPDATE IN WRITING OR IN PERSON.
SO WE HAVE THIS NOVEMBER MEETING AND IT'S STILL HAS A YEAR TO PLAN AND MORE FORMALLY WE CAN ANSWER THE QUESTIONS THAT HAVE BEEN ASKED AND PROVIDE THAT DETAIL.
I THINK THE ESTIMATE IN THE COST WE CAN GET THAT FAIRLY EASILY AND IT CAN DETERMINE IN YOUR MIND IF IT'S WORTH THE INVESTMENT.
THE END KIND AND CASH UPFRONT IS THIS WORTH IT OR NOT? WE ARE EXCITED ABOUT IT.
HAVE A SAYING THAT I TELL THE TEAM WE HAVE A FEAR OF NOT DOING MORE THAN WE FEAR OF NOT DOING IN THIS IS AN EXAMPLE.
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IF IT SOMEHOW FLOPPED ALONG THE WAY WE WON'T SPEND THE IN-KIND BECAUSE IT WON'T HAPPEN.IF THAT'S OKAY LET'S BRING THIS BACK WITHOUT ANY MOTION TONIGHT I THINK WE HAVE THE GENERAL SUPPORT TO AT LEAST RING THE AGREEMENT WITH THE DETAIL AND WE CAN CONSIDER IT AT THE NEXT MEETING.
>> COUNCILMEMBER: WANT TO BRING THIS UP.
HE MADE AN APPOINT ITS $1000 EVERY MONTH.
THE UNFORTUNATE SITUATION OF SOMETHING HAPPENS ALONG THE WAY THROUGH MUNSON AND WERE $3000 DOWN WOULD STOP THERE AND WE WOULD LOSE ANYTHING FURTHER.
WHAT THE COUNCIL CONSIDER MOVING FORWARD WITH THIS? OR WOULD WE HAVE THE CONSENSUS OF BRING IT BACK?
>> SPEAKER: PERSONALLY I'M GOOD.
WE WILL INVEST THE 12,000 AND WE WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE THE CITY MANAGER COME BACK.
WE CAN SEE WHO THE LINEUP IS, THE POSSIBLE SPONSORS ARE, MAKE COMMITMENTS TO HIM THAT WERE GOING TO COMMIT THIS TO MOVE FORWARD.
AT SAME TIME HE WILL MAKE A COMMITMENT TO US AND BRING IT FORWARD.
I'M HAPPY TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE FUNDING IN THE AMOUNT OF $12,000 TO TRANSFER ANYONE AND AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE ENDING AGREEMENT IN THE FORM APPROVED BY THE CITY ATTORNEY.
>> COUNCILMEMBER: I WILL SECOND THAT.
>> COUNCILMEMBER: I HAVE A MOTION ON THE TABLE FOR COUNCILMEMBER GLENN MILLER AND COUNCILMEMBER OSCAR ORTIZ.
CAN I GET A VOTE? THE MOTION PASSES.
>> COUNCILMEMBER: IT PASSES 3-1.
ALL RIGHT THE NEXT ITEM IS ITEM NUMBER 10 PUBLIC COMMENTS FOR ITEMS NOT ON
[10. PUBLIC COMMENT FOR ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA]
THE AGENDA AT THIS TIME IT IS SET ASIDE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT FOR ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA IN THE FIRST PUBLIC COMMENT IS HERE.>> SPEAKER: MAYOR PRO TEM WAYMOND FERMON IS OUR MAYOR GOING TO JOIN US?
>> COUNCILMEMBER: MAYOR ELAINE HOLMES ARE YOU GOING TO JOIN US? YOU ARE MORE THAN WELCOME TO STAY IN THE AUDIENCE.
MR. SINGH HOW ARE YOU DOING YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES.
>> SPEAKER: HONORABLE MAYOR, COUNCILMEMBERS GOOD EVENING.
MY NAME IS MR. SINGH AND I AM A GENERAL CONTRACTOR FOR BLACKWELL BUILDERS.
INDIO BOULEVARD WHICH IS KNOWN AS JOHNNY PLAZA.
ON MONDAY, OCTOBER 18 AT 2:30 A.M.
AND ARSONIST GOT INSIDE OUR PROJECT AGAIN AND SET OUR CARWASH BUILDING ON FIRE AGAIN.
THIS TIME FORTUNATELY OUR SECURITY GUARD WAS ABLE TO PUT OUT THE FIRE AND SAVE THE BUILDING.
THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND FIRE DEPARTMENT SHOWED UP AND THEY ASSISTED WITH COMPLETELY EXTINGUISHING THE FIRE.
AS YOU KNOW THIS HAS HAPPENED TWICE IN THE PROJECT WITHIN THE LAST THREE MONTHS AND THE LAST TWO TIMES WE COULD SAVE NOTHING.
IT WAS COMPLETELY GONE DOWN TO THE GROUND.
WE'VE MADE IT TO BRING A BACKUP OR WE CAN REBUILD BUILDINGS AND THIS INCIDENT HAPPENED AROUND 2:30 A.M.
AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT FAILED TO PROTECT THE EVIDENCE THAT WAS LEFT BEHIND BY THE ARSONIST AT THE TIME THAT THIS INCIDENT HAPPENED.
THEY CAME BACK AT 10:30 A.M., SEVERAL HOURS LATER TO SECURE THE CRIME SCENE.
BETWEEN THAT TIME AND THE TIME THEY SHOWED UP IT WAS A HIGH WIND AREA WHICH WAS VERY CRITICAL FOR THE INVESTIGATORS TO LOOK AT.
ANOTHER THING THEY FAILED TO DO WAS FILE A POLICE REPORT TO NOTIFY THE INVESTIGATOR WHO IS LEADING THIS INVESTIGATION ACTIVELY.
DUE TO THE PAST FEW INCIDENTS I EXPECT THAT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT WILL BE A LITTLE BIT MORE ACTIVE ON THIS CASE.
TO THEIR CREDIT THEY DID SHOW UP WITHIN THREE MINUTES OF THE INITIAL CALL THAT WENT OUT AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT SHOWED UP IF HUMAN IS LATER AND IF THEY WERE ACTIVE AT THAT MOMENT I THOUGHT THAT THE PERSON COULD'VE BEEN IDENTIFIED OR
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CAUGHT.OR NOTIFIED TO THE INVESTIGATION ON TIME IN ORDER TO COLLECT EVIDENCE AGAINST THIS PERSON.
I WAS DISHEARTENED AND I FELT LIKE I WAS LEFT ALONE BY THE POLICE DEPARTMENT NOT DOING THEIR JOB.
I AM ASKING ALL OF YOU GUYS WITH RESPECT TO DO THE DUE DILIGENCE AND LOOK INTO THIS MATTER ON BEHALF OF ALL OF US AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
>> COUNCILMEMBER: THANK YOU MR. SINGH.
OUR NEXT PUBLIC COMMENT IS BY ANDY ABELARD.
IS THAT RIGHT? THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
MY NAME IS ANDY ABELARD AND I'M THE SENIOR PROJECT MANAGER FOR BLACK HILL BUILDERS.
THIS HAS CREATED A CONCERN FOR FUTURE PROJECTS WITHIN THE CITY OF INDIO.
AS THE DIRECTOR OF LANNING RECENTLY STATED, CURRENTLY, BECAUSE OF COVID-19 RESOURCES AND MATERIALS ARE EXTREMELY HARD TO COME BY.
AS SUCH THESE EVENTS HAVE REALLY IMPACTED THIS CURRENT PROJECT AND IT HAS TAKEN AN EXTRAORDINARY AMOUNT OF TIME AND RESOURCES TO REPLACE.
SO, WITH THIS HAPPENING AGAIN ON MONDAY, IT WAS REALLY DISTURBING TO HEAR.
AND THEN TALKING WITH MY COWORKER, ROBBIE, WHO HAS STATED, WE HAVE MEN AND WOMEN ON THE GROUND, HAMMERS, NEIGHBORS, AND THEIR LIVELIHOOD IS IMPACTED.
WE CONSIDER THE CITY OF INDIO PARTNERS PAID WE LOVE WORKING WITH THE CITY OF INDIO.
WE HAVE GREAT RELATIONSHIPS WITH THEM.
WHAT WE ARE ASKING IS THAT OUR PARTNERS SERIOUSLY ACT ON THIS AND TAKE THIS SERIOUSLY AND ACT ACCORDINGLY.
>> COUNCILMEMBER: THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS, SIR.
NEXT PUBLIC COMMENT IS TONY MCKEE.
HONORABLE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS.
MY NAME IS TONY MAYOR HUGH AND I AM THE CFO OF THIS ORGANIZATION.
I AM GOING TO ECHO OF WHAT THEY SAID PAIR THEY PUT OUT THE BASICS VERY WELL AND I THINK MOST OF THE CITY COUNCIL STAFF, CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS AND STAFF ARE AWARE OF THE PROJECT AND THE TWO PREVIOUS FIRE INCIDENTS THAT WE HAVE HAD.
WE SHIFTED OUR RESOURCES AND WERE GOING TO WORK ON THE OTHER BUILDINGS HIT THE SECOND ONE WAS PRETTY MUCH DEVASTATING FOR US IN BOTH INCIDENCES THE BUILDINGS WERE COMPLETELY DESTROYED, SEVERAL PIECES OF CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT WERE COMPLETELY DESTROYED, DAMAGED BEYOND REPAIR.
WE APPRECIATE OUR PUBLIC SERVANTS VERY MUCH.
WE WORKED HARD TO GET THE PROJECTS BACK ON TRACK AS ANDY MENTIONED WITH RESOURCES AND MATERIALS AND OVER TIME WE ARE MAKING GREAT PROGRESS IF ANY OF YOU HAVE BEEN BY THE SITE RECENTLY, WE HAVE THE DAIRY CLEAN BUILDING UP AND A CARWASH.
IT WAS QUITE ALARMING TO GET A PHONE CALL NEAR 3:00 IN THE MORNING MONDAY TELLING ME THAT THE SECURITY TEAM INFORMS ME THAT THERE WAS ANOTHER ARSON ATTEMPT.
THANKFULLY AGAIN IN ALL OF THESE INSTANCES WE HAVE NOT HAD ANY PERSONAL INJURY OR LOSS OF LIFE.
IT HAS BEEN VERY, VERY UPSETTING TO US.
WE APPRECIATE THE RESPONSE AND SUPPORT OF BOTH INDIO PD AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND THE REASON I AM HERE TODAY AND MY COLLEAGUES IS TO BRING UP CONCERNS WITH COMMUNICATION CHANNELS WITHIN THE DEPARTMENTS.
WITH THE TWO INCIDENTS ALREADY DETERMINED TO BE ARSON SHOULD HAVE BEEN AN IMMEDIATE ESCALATION TO THE CHIEF OF POLICE AND COUNTY ARSON INVESTIGATOR WHO HAD ARTIE BEEN ON TASK.
THERE'S NO EFFORT MADE FOR THAT.
OUR GC ALERTED THE ARSON INVESTIGATOR VIA TEXT MESSAGES BECAUSE HE WAS SURPRISED AND HE WAS AN ON-SITE IN THE MORNING TO LOOK AT THE SITE AND INVESTIGATE.
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SIMILARLY I REACHED OUT TO CHIEF WASHBURN WHO IMMEDIATELY RETURNED MY CALL, THANK YOU, ONLY TO DISCOVER THAT HE HAD BEEN INFORMED OF THE INCIDENT ALSO.CAPTAIN FAIRFAX THE ARSON INVESTIGATOR WAS CLEARLY UPSET THAT HE WAS NOT INFORMED ANYMORE CLEARLY MANNER AND ONCE HE VISITED THE SITE HE SAID SOME EVIDENCE MIGHT HAVE BEEN LOST WHICH WAS A CONCERN.
WITH -I'M GOING TO RUN OUT OF TIME.
WE DON'T KNOW WHY IT WAS MISHANDLED AND WE KNOW THAT IN SOME DEPARTMENTS THERE IS SOME PUBLIC KNOWLEDGE THERE IS SOME COMMUNICATION GAPS AND I KNOW IT HAPPENS IN MANY CITIES NOT JUST INDIO.
I AM HERE TODAY TO COMPEL YOU, TO ASK YOU TO DO SOME INVESTIGATION AND SEE WHERE THE GAPS ARE SO THAT PRIVATE OWNER PROPERTY AND BUSINESSES CAN BE PROTECTED AND FEEL ASSURED WITH OUR SERVICES.
WE ARE NOT ABLE TO COMMENT ON THESE DIRECTLY BUT WHAT WE CAN DO, ACTUALLY, YES BUT WHAT WE CAN DO IS IT IS A PUBLIC SAFETY ISSUE.
WERE NOT JUST TALKING ABOUT THIS, WE WANT TO PROTECT THE INTEGRITY OF THE INVESTIGATION SO WE WON'T SPEAK ON THAT BUT IT WON'T BE TOLERATED IN OUR COMMUNITY.
>> SPEAKER: CHIEF WHITE AND I WILL MEET WITH THEM IN THE BACK.
THE FIRE CHIEF WILL COMMUNICATE WITH YOU AND THAT IS UNACCEPTABLE AND WILL DEFINITELY BE LOOKED INTO.
I JUST WANT TO, BEFORE WE ADJOURN THE MEETING, EARLIER IN THE MEETING THE CONSTITUENTS CAN VOTE ON A MEASURE.
I DIDN'T NEED TO DO THAT THAT WAS AN INADVERTENT BUT YOU GET THE IMPORTANCE OF THE MESSAGE.
IF THERE IS NO FURTHER COMMENT FROM STAFF OR COUNSEL, OUR NEXT COUNCIL
MEETING BE NOVEMBER 3, 2021 AND THAT WILL ADJOURN OUR MEETING AT 7:16 P.M.. >> MEETING ADJOURNED.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.