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>> IT IS NICE TO SEE YOU HERE WITH A FULL HOUSE.
A LOT OF PEOPLE WELCOMED FROM INDIO POLICE DEPARTMENT, I BELIEVE.
IT IS NICE TO SEE EVERYBODY HERE.
WE FEEL WE ARE BACK TO BUSINESS.
>> IT IS NICE TO BE BACK IN PERSON AGAIN.
I ATTENDED THE INDIO BARBECUE FESTIVAL THAT WAS QUITE FUN, LOTS OF ACTIVITY AND LOTS OF PEOPLE.
IT WAS NICE TO SEE A LOT OF MY INDIO NEIGHBORS AT THAT EVENT.
>> THANK YOU COMMISSIONER MARTINEZ.
[4. COMMISSIONER COMMENTS]
VICE CHAIR BARRAZA?IT IS NICE EVERYONE COULD JOIN US.
I WAS ABLE TO ATTEND SOME EVENTS.
ONE OF THEM BEING THE STREETS ARE TREES THAT IS CO-HOSTED BY THE CITY OF INDIO.
WE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY -- I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO SET UP A RESOURCE TABLE FROM WORK AND THEN ALSO GOT TO LEARN ABOUT SOME OF THE PROJECTS FOR SAFE BIKING ROUTES AND BICYCLE ROUTES.
THERE WERE A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT CAME OUT AND IT WAS NICE TO SEE THAT THEY WERE ABLE TO HANG AROUND THERE.
THEY ALSO HAD A CAR SHOW WITH LOW RIDERS.
MY -- NOT MY FAVORITE THING, BUT I REMEMBER WHEN I WAS LITTLE MY DAD USED TO TAKE ME TO SEE THAT.
ME NOT HAVING GROWN UP HERE, GROWING UP CLOSE TO THE BORDER IN MEXICO THAT WAS A BIG DEAL AND THAT REMINDED ME OF THAT SO THAT BROUGHT ME BACK TO MY HOME HOME.
I WAS ALSO ABLE TO ATTEND THE STATE OF THE CITY LAST WEEK.
WE WERE ABLE TO HEAR FROM THE MAYOR HOLMES AND THINGS COMING TO FRUITION IN THE CITY.
I AM EXCITED ABOUT WHAT'S COMING TO DOWNTOWN ESPECIALLY.
I DO HAVE A BIAS BECAUSE I LIVE VERY CLOSE.
I WAS ALSO GOING TO ATTEND THE VETERAN'S LUNCHEON AT THE INDIO SENIOR CENTER.
COMMISSIONER ORDIAN WAS WITH ME.
WE WERE ABLE TO HELP OUT A LITTLE BIT.
OF COURSE ALL THE CREDIT GOES TO THE STAFF THERE, BUT WE WERE ABLE TO HELP HAND OUT OR SERVE FOOD WHICH THAT IS THE LEAST WE CAN DO FOR OUR VETERANS.
AND I WANT TO RECOMMEND THE INDIO SENIOR CENTER FOR THE DIA DE LOS MUERTOS.
IT IS THAT THEY ARE INCORPORATING OUR CULTURE AND CREATING SPACES AND CREATING -- THEY'RE CREATING COMMUNITY BY INCORPORATING OTHER CULTURES OR ACTIVITIES DONE BY PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD.
THAT WAS REALLY NICE TO LEARN THEY DID THAT.
AT THE MOMENT AT THE DOES CONCLUDE MY COMMENTS.
THANK YOU VICE CHAIRPERSON BARRAZA.
>> THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER WILCOXON.
WE WILL MOVE TO THE PUBLIC COMMENT.
I DON'T BELIEVE WE HAVE ANY THIS EVENING.
MOVING ON TO ITEM NUMBER 6, APPROVAL OF MINUTES.
[6. APPROVAL OF MINUTES – October 19, 2021 Minute Action]
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CAN WE VOTE ON OUR SCREEN? IT IS NOT PULLING UP.
COMMISSIONER PHILIPS-MARTINEZ?
>> CHAIRPERSON SCARBOROUGH-ECKEL.
>> WE MOVE NOW TO NATIONAL NIGHT OUT, CERTIFICATES OF RECOGNITION.
[7. NATIONAL NIGHT OUT CERTIFICATES OF RECOGNITION]
CAN YOU HEAR ME? CAN YOU HEAR ME ALL RIGHT? WELL, AS YOU KNOW THE INDIO POLICE DEPARTMENT HOSTED NATIONAL NIGHT OUT.
IT'S AN EVENT THAT TAKES PLACE ANNUALLY.
I HAVE BEEN ABLE TO ATTEND HERE IN INDIO FOR THE LAST FOUR OR FIVE YEARS.
I WANTED TO TAKE THE TIME AND WE WANTED TO TAKE THE TIME TO RECOGNIZE THE ORGANIZERS AND THOSE THAT VOLUNTEERED TO MAKE THE EVENT HAPPEN.
WE ARE GOING TO START RECOGNIZING THE CADETS.
YOU WILL BE RECEIVING A CERTIFICATE FROM THE COMMISSION IN RECOGNITION AND AS WELL WE WERE ABLE TO GET CERTIFICATES FROM THE CALIFORNIA STATE ASSEMBLY MEMBER GARCIA AS WELL.
WE WILL TAKE A MOMENT TO READ THE CERTIFICATE AND THEN CALL YOU UP IF THAT'S FINE.
>> THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED TO ALL OF YOU AND IT STATES THAT THE COMMUNITY SERVICES COMMISSION RECOGNIZES YOUR DEDICATION FOR ITS ENSURING A SUCCESSFUL 2021 NATIONAL NIGHT OUT EVENT.
WE COMMEND YOUR VOLUNTEERISM AS AN INDIO POLICE CADET AND YOUR DEDICATION TOWARD THE PUBLIC SAFETY FIELD.
>> AND THEN THE ONE FROM THE CALIFORNIA STATE ASSEMBLY READS, ON BEHALF OF THE CALIFORNIA STATE ASSEMBLY, I ASSEMBLY MEMBER GARCIA COMMEND YOUR COMMISSION TO NATIONAL NIGHT OUT 2021.
THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING THE INDIO POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THE MISSION TO SAFEGUARD AND IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE IN INDIO.
BEST WISHES ON YOUR FUTURE ENDEAVORS.
WHAT WE'LL DO NOW IS WE ARE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND CALL YOU BY NAME OR ARE YOU FORMED IN A SPECIFIC? NO? OKAY.
I DON'T WANT TO RUIN THEIR FORMATION IF THAT'S THE CASE.
WE'LL CALL YOU UP AND HAND YOU THIS AND THEN IF YOU CAN STAY UP HERE SO WE CAN TAKE A PICTURE.
>> AND WE ALSO HAVE ANGEL MORA.
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OKAY, YOU'LL TAKE IT TO HIM OR HER? AND THEN THE LAST ONE -- THIS ONE IS FOR THE LEAD ORGANIZER THERE AT THE DEPARTMENT THE WORDING IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT SO WILL HAVE THE CHAIRPERSON READ IT.>> THE COMMUNITY SERVICES COMMISSION RECOGNIZES YOUR DEDICATION IN ORGANIZING THE 2021 NATIONAL NIGHT OUT EVENT.
WE COMMEND YOUR ABILITY TO WORK COLLABORATIVELY TO WORK WITH GROUPS, BUSINESS LEADERS AND OTHER PUBLIC SERVICE DISCIPLINES TO COMPASSIONATELY ADDRESS CRIME AND QUALITY OF LIFE ISSUES IN THE CITY OF INDIA.
CONGRATULATIONS ON SUCH A SUCCESSFUL EVENT.
>> AND BEFORE I READ THE CERTIFICATE, I DO WANT TO OF COURSE SAY THANK YOU.
I KNOW I HAVE ORGANIZED EVENTS MYSELF AND I KNOW HOW DIFFICULT THAT IS.
AND I ALSO UNDERSTAND THAT WE KNOW THAT THE ORGANIZATION SOMETIMES COULD BE, I DON'T KNOW, SHORT STAFFED, BUT WE HAVE OUR DAY-TO-DAY THINGS WE HAVE TO GET DONE AT WORK AND IF IT IS NOT BECAUSE OF PEOPLE THAT VOLUNTEER AND TAKING THEIR TIME TO MAKE THESE THINGS HAPPEN AND SOMETIMES THEY WOULDN'T.
AND FOR THIS NEXT ONE, IT READS ON BEHALF OF THE ASSEMBLY, IT SAYS ON BEHALF OF THE CALIFORNIA STATE ASSEMBLY, I ASSEMBLY MEMBER GARCIA CONGRATULATE YOU ON SUCCESSFULLY CREATING A SPACE THE PROMOTED POLICE PARTNERSHIPS INTO STRENGTHEN THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN OUR NEIGHBORS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT.
BEST WISHES ON YOUR FUTURE ENDEAVORS.
>> MY NAME IS BENJAMIN AND WITH THE CITY OF INDIO POLICE DEPARTMENT.
I WANTED YOU AS A WHOLE BODY TO THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME.
JIM CURTIS NOTIFIED ME ALONG WITH STAFF AND CHIEF TOOLEY AND SCHAEFER AND MS. ERIKA MARTINEZ AND THE OFFICE OF THE CHIEF, THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME AND RECOGNIZING OUR VOLUNTEERS.
THIS IS JUST A SAMPLE OF THE VOLUNTEERS IN OUR COMMUNITY.
I HAVE BEEN FORTUNATE TO BE A MENTOR, A GUIDE, TO ABOUT A DOZEN MEMBERS IN OUR DEPARTMENT.
EVERY SINGLE AGENCY WITH THE EXCEPTION OF TWO HAVE A MEMBER THAT ARE CURRENTLY POLICING AND ENFORCING AND HELPING THE COMMUNITY.
WE ARE REALLY PROUD OF THIS PROGRAM AND HOPEFULLY THE APPRECIATION IS TO CONTINUE THEIR CAREER EFFORTS AS PUBLIC SERVANTS TO THE COMMUNITY.
AND WE WILL MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER 8, THE INDIO INTERNATIONAL TAMALE FESTIVAL UPDATE.
THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME, COMMISSION AND COMMUNITY REPRESENTATIVES.
[8. INDIO INTERNATIONAL TAMALE FESTIVAL UPDATE]
MY NAME IS GOPI SANGHA AND THE PRODUCER AND FOUNDER OF CUSP AGENCY.WE HAVE CHERISHED THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRODUCE THE INTERNATIONAL TAMALE FESTIVAL.
IT HAS BEEN ABOUT THREE MONTHS ON THIS JOURNEY WITH STAFF AND COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDERS TO PUT TOGETHER A PROGRAM FOR THE COMMUNITY THIS YEAR.
WE ARE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT OUR PLANNING AND WE JUST STARTED OVER THE COURSE OF
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THE LAST THREE WEEKS ROLLING OUT A MARKETING CAMPAIGN TO INTRODUCE THE COMMUNITY TO SOME OF THE NEW IDEAS AND CHANGES AND THE FACT THAT IT IS COMING BACK AND WE'VE BEEN VERY DILIGENT IN PLANNING WITH EMERGENCY SERVICES AND THE LOCAL HIGH SCHOOL, THE SHADOW HILLS AND LOCAL AND BOOKING BANDS TO THE PROGRAM.AND, YOU KNOW, DECEMBER 4TH AND 5TH IS OUR TARGET TO HAVE EVERYONE IN AND WE ARE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THE EXPERIENCE THAT WE ARE DESIGNING FOR EVERYONE IN THE COMMUNITY.
SOME OF THAT IS -- YOU KNOW, WE'RE INTRODUCING A LOT OF MUSIC INTO THE FESTIVAL.
SOME FAVORITES FROM YEARS PAST EVEN LIKE THE MIDNIGHTERS.
IT HAS BEEN CUMBIA AND OLDIES AND SOME ROCK BANDS, EIGHT OR 9 ROCK BANDS FROM THE CITY OF INDIO AND THE BROADER COACHELLA VALLEY.
WE PACKAGED THAT INTO A PROMOTION LAST WEEK WHERE WE ROLLED OUT ENTERTAINMENT OFFERINGS.
WE HAVE GOTTEN A REALLY GOOD RESPONSE FROM PRESS AND MEDIA AND GENERAL EXCITEMENT FROM BANDS PARTICIPATING.
BEYOND THE MUSIC, WE'VE ALSO -- WE ARE COMING TO INTRODUCE NEW ATTRACTIONS FOR THE FAMILY.
WE'VE BOOKED AND ARE EXCITED TO HAVE THE WORLD'S BIGGEST BOUNCE HOUSE AT THE FESTIVAL.
IT WILL BE A TICKETED AND TIMED ATTRACTION.
CHILDREN, ADOLESCENTS AND ADULTS ALIKE CAN BOOK SOME TIME TO SPEND 25 MINUTES IN THIS WONDERFUL PLAY LAND OF A BOUNCE HOUSE THAT IS A HUNDRED FEET BY A HUNDRED FEET AND 13,000 SQUARE FEET AND 40 FEET TALL AND 40 AIR BLOWERS.
BRINGING BACK SOME CARNIVAL RIDES TO SUPPLEMENT THAT.
WE ARE INTRODUCING ROLLERSKATING THIS YEAR AS WELL AND WHERE YOU WILL BE ABLE TO BRING YOUR OWN SKATES AND RENT SOME SKATES AND THAT WILL BE COMPLIMENTED WITH DJ MUSIC AND SOME DANCE PERFORMANCES ON THE FLOOR AND A CLASSIC CAR SHOW.
WE ARE REALLY EXCITED BETWEEN THE MUSIC OFFERING AND THE FAMILY ATTRACTIONS THAT WE ARE BUILDING THAT WE REALLY HOPE PEOPLE SPEND THE DAY WITH US OR SPEND THE WEEKEND WITH US, YOU KNOW, MORE THAN A MEAL AND GET TO ENJOY FRIENDS AND FAMILY, YOU KNOW, THINGS WE HAVE ALL MISSED FOR SOME TIME.
WE HAVE OVER 124 VENDORS CONFIRMED FOR THE EVENT THAT SPANNED FROM INFORMATIONAL VENDORS AND TAMALE VENDORS AND FESTIVAL FOODS AND DESSERT VENDORS.
YOU KNOW, WE ARE GOING OVER THE MENUS TODAY AND IT IS PRETTY DELIGHTFUL STUFF COMING IN AND WE ARE EXCITED TO CONTINUE SHARING WITH THE COMMUNITY.
WE HAVE A MICHALADA BEER GARDEN AND WILL HAVE FOUR HOURS OF WRESTLING ON SATURDAY AND SUNDAY, MEN AND WOMEN, TAG TEAMS AND IT IS A FUN, THEATRICAL EXPERIENCE.
I HAVE THE WHOLE TEAM LITERALLY A COUPLE HUNDRED FEET FROM HERE PLANNING ALL OF THE LAST DETAILS OF THE EVENT.
WE ARE VERY APPRECIATIVE OF ALL OF THE SUPPORT FROM CITY SERVICES FROM MARKETING AND PROMOTION TO ORGANIZATION AND REALLY HELPING US GET ON OUR FEET WITH THIS NEW EXPERIENCE.
WE THINK THIS WILL BE AN INCREDIBLE LEARNING OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO CONTINUE GROWING THIS INTO THE FUTURE.
YOU KNOW, THERE IS STILL A LOT TO BE IRONED OUT OVER THE NEXT FEW WEEKS AS WE GO INTO IT, BUT WE HAVE HONESTLY A WHOLE TEAM AND LOTS OF VENDORS AND CITY SERVICES.
WE'VE BEEN COORDINATING THROUGH THE DAY OF THE WE'RE GEARED UP AND READY TO PRESENT A FANTASTIC COMMUNITY EXPERIENCE.
WE ALSO HAVE A COMMUNITY STAGE AT THE EVENT.
THERE WILL BE PROGRAMMING, LOCAL GROUPS, LOCAL HIGH SCHOOLS DOING THE TAMALE EATING AND JUDGING CONTEST.
WE HAVE GREAT COMMUNITY SPONSOR PARTNERS THAT HAVE SIGNED ON FROM VILLARTA SUPERMARKETS COMING ON AND THEY WILL BE DOING MAJOR FOOD CULINARY ADDITIONS.
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AND EXCITED TO HAVE CHAVEZ GMC AND T-MOBILE AND IEHP.YOU KNOW, WE HAVE ONLY BEEN GOING AT THIS FOR TWO OR THREE MONTHS, BUT REALLY PLEASED WITH THE ENGAGEMENT WE HAVE GOTTEN FROM THE LOCAL BUSINESSES AND THE COMMUNITIES AND THE PARTICIPATION WE'VE GOTTEN FROM RESIDENTS THAT ARE HELPING US COORDINATE THE LOCAL BANDS AND THE ARTISTS AND THE COMMUNITY GROUPS.
IT HAS BEEN A PLEASANT EXPERIENCE AND WE ARE EXCITED TO PRESENT THIS TO EVERYBODY.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING AND GIVING US A LITTLE BIT OF A BACKGROUND.
I WAS BORN AND RAISED IN THE CITY OF INDIO.
I HAVE GONE TO THE TAMALE FESTIVAL PROBABLY MORE TIMES THAN I CAN REMEMBER.
I MEAN, I REALLY APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK YOU ARE PUTTING INTO IT AND YOUR TEAM.
I THINK WE'RE ALL VERY MUCH LOOKING FORWARD TO IT.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANYTHING THEY WANT TO ASK OR COMMENT?
I HAVE BEEN ATTENDING THIS TAMALE FESTIVAL FOR MORE THAN 10 YEARS.
THIS IS SOMETHING DIFFERENT, WOW.
THIS IS SOMETHING INTERESTING.
I LIKE THE VISION THAT YOU ARE BRINGING OUT.
WHO KNOWS? MAYBE WE'LL DO IT TWICE A YEAR IF IT IS REALLY GOOD.
>> YOU KNOW, I HAVE DEVELOPED FESTIVALS BEFORE, AND YOU KIND OF, YOU KNOW -- YOU DON'T KNOW WHERE THEY WILL GO AND GROW INTO SOMETHING BEAUTIFUL OFTEN.
YOU LEARN AND WE REASSESS EVERY TIME WE DO IT.
I THINK WE ARE SETTING A HIGH BENCHMARK FOR OURSELVES.
I AM CONFIDENT THAT WE WILL PRODUCE SOMETHING GREAT.
I AM MORE EXCITED ABOUT WHAT IT CAN GROW INTO.
THOSE THINGS WE WILL TAKE STEP BY STEP.
WE HAVE OUR EYE ON THE 30TH ANNIVERSARY NEXT YEAR.
AND WE REALLY THINK THE PRECEDENT WE ARE CREATING HERE WILL MAKE IT EVEN MORE EXCITING.
>> I WANT TO COMPLIMENT THAT ONE OF THE VENDORS YOU ARE REALLY WORKING WITH EACH SEPARATELY AND ACCOMMODATING THEM.
YOU ARE NOT LOOKING TO WORK WITH THE STANDARD ONE WAY.
YOU ARE LOOKING AT THE NEEDS OF THE VENDORS SO I WANT TO COMPLIMENT YOU ON THAT AS WELL.
WE MADE A LOT OF OUT REACH TO INCORPORATE BUSINESSES THAT ARE IMPACTED BY THE FESTIVAL FOOTPRINT.
IT IS SOMETHING I HAVE TAKEN PERSONALLY HERE IN THE COACHELLA VALLEY, LIKE CREATING PLATFORMS THAT THE ARTIST THAT'S DO CREATE HERE.
WE HAVE AMAZING PLATFORMS IN THIS CITY LIKE COACHELLA AND STAGECOACH, BUT HOW DO WE BRIDGE GAPS FOR OUR YOUTH TO FIND SPACES IN HOMES IN THOSE PLACES AND WE REALLY ARE TRYING TO FACILITATE THIS AS A STEPPING STONE FOR GREATER THINGS FOR THE LOCAL ARTISTS.
I THINK FOR THE PEOPLE THAT ARE INVOLVED, HOW PROFESSIONALLY THEY ARE TREATING IT AS WELL AS IT IS HOPEFULLY A NICE EDUCATION AND A CONNECTION FOR THEM TO CONTINUE DEVELOPING THEIR CAREERS AS ARTISTS AND MUSICIANS AND I REALLY HOPE THAT THIS BECOMES AN ENGINE THAT FACILITATES THAT.
>> IS IT FINE I TAKE OFF MY MASK TO SPEAK? THAT WAY PEOPLE WATCHING US CAN, YOU KNOW -- IF THEY ARE HARD OF HEARING THEY CAN READ OUR LIPS.
THANK YOU, GOPI, FOR COMING IN AND TALKING ABOUT THE TAMALE FEST.
>> WE WILL BE INCLUDING TAMALE INTO THE DICTIONARY SOON.
ONE OF THEM IS CAN YOU TELL US A SIGNIFICANT EVENT YOU HAVE PLANNED BEFORE THAT WE CAN LOOK UP AND SAY, OH, THIS IS WHAT THEY DO? QUESTION NUMBER TWO, DO YOU HAVE A PRELIMINARY MAP OR LAYOUT HOW IT WILL BE SET UP? I AM NOT ASKING IF YOU HAVE AN IMAGE, BUT MAYBE VERBALLY YOU CAN GUIDE US THROUGH? AND THEN QUESTION NUMBER THREE, CAN YOU TELL US HOW FOLKS CAN SIGN UP FOR A BOOTH AND IF THEY ARE INTERESTED IN PERFORMING AS WELL?
>> I HAVE BEEN PRODUCING EVENTS HERE IN THE COACHELLA VALLEY SINCE 2008.
JIM, HERE, WAS DOING EVENTS FOR COACHELLA AND STAGECOACH.
I MOVED INTO A BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT ROLE AND WAS CONTINUED ON THAT EXPERIENCE UNTIL 2018.
IN THAT TIME I WENT TO PALM SPRINGS AND DEVELOPED CHIVA THERE WHERE WE HAD A LOT OF
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YOUNG BANDS THAT ARE HELPING US AS COORDINATORS ON THIS EVENT.ALSO IN PALM SPRINGS, SPLASHOUTS I WAS THERE WHEN THEY DID THE PARTNERSHIP WITH THE LOCAL FAMILY THERE.
I HAVE SUPPORTED LOTS OF MAJOR EVENTS IN COACHELLA VALLEY TO MODERNISM WEEK AND PALM SPRINGS FILM FESTIVAL.
I TAKE A LOT OF PRIDE IN THE ENVIRONMENT AND HOSPITALITY IN THE COACHELLA VALLEY.
FOR ME THAT GREW OUT OF MY EXPERIENCE WITH THE CITY OF INDIO.
THE SECOND QUESTION REGARDING THE MAP, WE ARE DOING A PRESENTATION TOMORROW WHERE WE WILL HAVE SOME GRAPHICS AND HAPPY TO CIRCULATE SOME THINGS TO THE COMMISSION AS NEEDED.
GENERALLY THE SITE LAYOUT WILL BE THE SAME AS PEOPLE UNDERSTOOD IT FROM BEFORE IN THE SENSE OF WHERE THE CARNIVAL IS ON THE GRASSY LOT TOWARD THE SOUTH SIDE AND THE MAIN STAGE AREA RIGHT HERE.
AND WE ARE INTRODUCING TAMALE PLAZA AND IT IS BY ARTIST TAMALE PLAZA IF I AM A GOOD PROMOTER HERE.
AND WE ARE CREATING AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE TRADITIONAL TAMALE VENDORS AND THEY WILL BE ABLE TO, YOU KNOW, BE IN A GRASSY PARK AND THE TAMALE VENDORS ARE ALL ON THE SAME TENTING AND DESIGN SCHEME AND YOU CAN TASTE A VARIETY OF TAMALES AVAILABLE AT THE EVENT.
AND IT WILL BE CONNECTED TO THE SECONDARY STAGE AS A WALK ABOUT, AS WE CALL IT, A BEER GARDEN THAT YOU CAN MOVE YOUR BEVERAGES BETWEEN THE PLAZA AND THE SECONDARY STAGE.
THE I PACK RIGHT THERE IS WHERE WE WILL DO OUR ROLLERSKATING.
AND JUST NORTH OF HERE UNDER THE SOLAR SHADES IS WHERE WE WILL BE DOING A MARKETPLACE, A MERCADO, WHERE WE WILL HAVE A CITY HARVEST BOX ORGANIZING A FARMER'S MARKET WITH 12 LOCAL FARMERS AND THEIR PRODUCE AS WELL AS 15 AND 16 LOCAL INFORMATIONAL MARKET VENDORS.
SO WE ARE GOING TO CREATE A NICE CREATIVE AREA THERE.
GENERALLY, EXPERIENCIALLY, IT WILL FLOW THE SAME, BUT UTILIZING THE GRASS AREAS, SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE CAN KEEP FAMILIES TOGETHER IN THE CONTEXT OF ALL THAT.
YOU KNOW, IT MIGHT NOT BE THE SAME OLD LOOP AS BEFORE WHERE EVERYONE KNOWS.
PEOPLE ARE SPENDING TIME IN PLACES AND PEOPLE ARE GOING THROUGH THE MARKETPLACES TO CONNECT TO OTHER PLACES AND PEOPLE ARE HOPEFULLY SPENDING A LOT MORE TIME AT THE TAMALE FESTIVAL IN THE PAST.
IT IS SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE IN THE FAMILY.
THE THIRD QUESTION -- >> HOW DO YOU SIGN UP TO HAVE A BOOTH AND FOR THOSE PERFORMERS?
WE HAD OUR APPLICATIONS FOR FOOD, DRINK AND ENTERTAINMENT OPEN FOR ABOUT THREE TO FOUR WEEKS NOW.
WE JUST CLOSED FOOD VENDORS LAST FRIDAY.
WE STILL ARE ACCEPTING SOME TAMALE VENDORS SPECIFICALLY AND TO HAVE A NICE DIVERSITY
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OF OFFERING THERE.BUT OTHERWISE RETAIL AND TAMALE VENDORS ARE STILL WELCOME TO APPLY ONLINE.
WE HAD APPROXIMATELY 14, 15 SUBMISSIONS FROM LOCAL COMMUNITY ON ENTERTAINMENT OFFERINGS AND WE PICKED UP A FEW OF THOSE IN ADDITION TO THE REGIONAL ACTS WE BOOKED THROUGH OUR LOCAL COORDINATORS.
>> ANYONE ELSE ON THE COMMISSION HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD OR COMMENT ON?
>> I DID RECEIVE YOUR INITIAL MARKETING ROLLOUT AND I THOUGHT IT WAS EXTREMELY WELL DONE AND WE ARE EXCITED TO SEE WHAT YOU ARE GOING TO BE DOING.
I'M SURE AFTER THE PANDEMIC AS WELL THERE IS GOING TO BE A LOT OF PEOPLE ATTENDING THIS EVENT.
CAN YOU TELL US HOW YOU ARE ADDRESSING PARKING FOR THE EVENT AND IF PEOPLE ARE STAYING LONGER HOW THAT LOOKS?
WE HAVE LAUNCHED A CENTER WHERE WE WILL HAVE PARKING AND SHUTTLING TO THE FESTIVAL ITSELF.
MOST OF THE PARKING ADJACENT TO THE SHOW OR IN THE FOOTPRINT OF THE SHOW IS DESIGNATED FOR OPERATIONAL NEEDS OR VENDOR NEEDS.
THEY MIGHT HAVE SUPPLY AND LOGISTICAL NEEDS TO BE CLOSER.
FROM A PUBLIC PERSPECTIVE, WE ARE ASKING PEOPLE TO PARK OVER BY THE COURTHOUSE AND TAKE OUR SHUTTLE OFFERING IN.
I'M ASSURED THAT PEOPLE KNOW WHERE TO PARK FOR TAMALE FESTIVAL IN THIS COMMUNITY.
I THINK EVERYONE HAS A TRICK UP THEIR SLEEVE.
WE HAVE BEEN IN COORDINATION WITH INDIO PD, TRAFFIC SERVICES, TOPS BARRICADE AND THINKING ABOUT THE PERIMETER OF THE EVENT AND WHAT WAY WE ARE EXPECTING TRAFFIC.
SATURDAY WE WILL BE GOING TO 7 P.M.
AND PROBABLY AN HOUR OR TWO LATER THAN WHAT HAS BEEN DONE IN THE PAST.
THAT'S BECAUSE REALLY WE WANT TO END ON A NICE STAGE SHOW ON THE FANTASY SPRING STAGE.
WE HAVE A REALLY NICE STAGE WITH A NICE LIGHTING RIG AND VIDEO ON IT THAT WE WANT TO PUT TO SOME GOOD USE.
YOU KNOW, I WOULD SAY PUBLIC PARKING OVER AT THE JUSTICE CENTER AND DON'T BREAK ANY RULES WHEREVER ELSE YOU MIGHT BE PARKING.
>> THANK YOU, GOPI, FOR EVERYTHING.
IT HAS BEEN VERY INFORMATIVE AND WE ARE ALL LOOKING FOR TO IT VERY MUCH.
I WILL BE SHARING MORE DETAILS TOMORROW, AND HONESTLY EVERYONE IS ACTIVE AND EXCITED TO PUT THIS TOGETHER.
THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY.
ITEM NUMBER 9, DEPARTMENT UPDATES.
[9. DEPARTMENT UPDATES – (Community Services Commission) Verbal]
I WILL BEGIN WITH COMMISSIONER WILCOXON WITH THE INDIO SENIOR CENTER AND THE INDIO TEEN CENTER.>> I DROVE BY THE TEEN CENTER ABOUT 4:00 AND IT WAS REALLY HOPPIN.
SO THAT'S REALLY GOOD TO SEE THAT THE KIDS LIKE THAT.
I WILL GET OUT TO VISIT THE SENIOR CENTER THIS MONTH.
>> THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER WILCOXON.
COMMISSIONER PHILIPS-MARTINEZ?
>> I REPRESENT THE INDIO PERFORMING ARTS CENTER.
IF YOU HAVE NOT BEEN TO THE INDIO PERFORMING ARTS CENTER SINCE SEPTEMBER I WOULD SUGGEST YOU GO.
THEY CLEANED THE FACILITY INSIDE AND OUT.
THE PARKING LOTS WERE RESLURRYED.
AND THE PLANTS AND THE BUSHES HAVE BEEN CLEANED UP.
THE OLD EXPO HALL THAT IS NOW THE MAIN STAGE HAS 250 SEATS AND NEW CARPETING AND LIGHTING AND SOUND.
DESERT THEATER WORKS HAS PRODUCED THERE.
THEY DID "THE PRODUCERS" AND NOW DOING" MURDER AT THE HOWARD JOHNSONS" AT ONE OF THE SMALLER THEATERS AND GETTING READY FOR "WINTER WONDER" IN DECEMBER ON THE MAIN STAGE.
IT IS EXCITING AND FOR THE INDIO PERFORMING ARTS CENTER TO SEE IT NOW COMPARED TO WHAT IT USED TO BE LIKE, IT IS REALLY COOL.
AND I HOPE THE RESIDENTS WILL COME BY AND ENJOY WHAT WE ARE DOING OVER THERE.
>> THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER PHILIPS-MARTINEZ.
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COMMISSIONER ORDIAN WITH PARKS AND OPEN SPACES ?>> I AM LOOKING OVER THE THREE PARKS ON THE SOUTH INDIO AREA.
WE DO NOT HAVE PARKS OVER THERE.
THERE IS AN AREA BETWEEN THE MINI GOLF COURSE AND THE SMALL AREA AND THAT WOULD BE NICE IF WE CAN BUILD A PARK HERE FOR FAMILIES WITH KIDS.
AGAIN, 10 YEARS AGO WE HAVE A SMALL COMMUNITY AND NOT MANY PEOPLE.
NOW YOU CAN SEE A LOT OF KIDS OVER THERE AND YOUNG FAMILIES MOVED INTO THE NORTH SIDE OF INDIO.
IT WOULD BE NICE TO KEEP THE BALANCE IN THE INDIO AREA.
THEY HAVE SOME PARKS OVER THERE.
>> AS A RESIDENT OF NORTH INDIO, I CONQUER WITH COMMISSIONER ORDIAN.
THE TWO MAIN ARTERIES, JACKSON AND MONROE, IT LOOKS LIKE YOU ARE LIVING IN L.A.
IT IS ARDUOUS TO GET TO THE MAIN PART OF THE CITY.
IT WOULD BE NICE TO HAVE A PARK ON THE NORTH SIDE.
>> I WILL FURTHER COMMENT ON THAT SINCE I LIVE ON THE NORTH SIDE.
OTHER THAN US HAVING PATTON PARK ON THE NORTH SIDE I UNDERSTAND IT HAS GROWN A LOT.
I MOVED OUT THERE WITH MY PARENTS IN 2006 AND MOVED AWAY IN 2008 FOR COLLEGE.
ANOTHER PARK WOULD BE NICE, BUT I ALSO DO REALIZE THAT THE TWO PARKS THAT WE DO HAVE ON THAT SIDE ARE -- THEY ARE IN A LOT BETTER SHAPE THAN THE OTHER ONES.
MAYBE AT THIS POINT WE STILL HAVE OTHER ONES THAT NEED TO BE BROUGHT UP TO MAYBE THE SAME STANDARD AS THE ONES WE HAVE ON OUR SIDE.
MOVING ON TO VICE CHAIRPERSON BARRAZA'S SPECIAL EVENTS.
SO THE -- WE HAVE THE BARBECUE FESTIVAL HAPPEN A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO.
I WAS NOT ABLE TO ATTEND PERSONALLY, BUT I HEARD VERY GOOD REPORTS AND THINGS ABOUT IT.
WE KNOW PEOPLE WERE SAYING THEY COULD DRIVE BY AND SMELL THE YUMMY BARBECUE SAUCE AND THE FOOD.
AS A REMINDER WE DO HAVE AN EVENT COMING UP.
IT IS THE 29TH ANNUAL TAMALE FESTIVAL DECEMBER 4TH AND 5TH.
THERE IS ALSO GOING TO BE THE ONE MARATHON.
I CAN'T REMEMBER THE NAME -- IRONMAN.
SOME STREETS WILL BE CLOSED SO MAKE SURE YOU ARE AWARE OF THAT.
AND WE HAVE SOME OTHERS IN JANUARY SUCH AS THE SOUTHWEST ARTS FESTIVAL.
IF YOU DON'T USUALLY ATTEND THESE, I RECOMMEND YOU DO.
AS YOU CAN TELL THERE ARE DIFFERENT AUDIENCES AND DIFFERENT TOPICS.
I DO SUGGEST THAT YOU ATTEND AND SO THAT WE ARE ABLE TO LEARN A LITTLE MORE ABOUT THE INDIO RESIDENTS AND THEIR NEEDS AND HOW WE CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH THE COMMUNITY EVENTS.
>> THANK YOU, VICE CHAIRPERSON.
>> AND I HAVE THE INDIO GOLF COURSE WHICH I ACTUALLY WENT TO THE DAY THAT IT REOPENED AFTER RECEDING.
MY HUSBAND IS A HUGE GOLFER AND I AM NOT.
I WENT AND SAT AT THE DRIVING RANGE AND IT LOOKED GREAT.
EVERYBODY HAS BEEN OUT THERE AND I HEAR SUCH GREAT THINGS.
WE ARE THE ONLY ONE WITH NIGHTTIME GOLF AND WE GET GREAT REVIEWS ABOUT THE GOLF COURSE AND EVERYBODY RUNNING THE GOLF COURSE.
IT IS A REALLY GREAT THING TO HAVE IN INDIO.
EVEN IF YOU DON'T PLAY GOLF, SHOULD YOU DEFINITELY STOP BY AND CHECK OUT THE INDIO GOLF COURSE.
I WILL START WITH COMMISSIONER ORDIAN.
>> SO YUCCA PARK IS LOOKING GOOD.
WE HAVE THREE PARKS HERE, YUCCA AND SHIELDS AND NORTH JACKSON.
[10. PARK UPDATES – (Community Services Commission) Verbal]
EACH HAS ITS OWN PERSONALITY.IF YOU GO TO SHIELDS PARK IT IS KIND OF FAR AND COZY, BUT YOU DON'T SEE MANY PEOPLE OVER THERE.
IT IS MAINTAINED WELL AND LOOKS GOOD AND GREEN.
THE PROBLEM IS WE DON'T HAVE MANY PEOPLE TO GO THERE.
WE SAID BEFORE MAYBE THE REASON WE DON'T HAVE AN ATTRACTION FOR PEOPLE TO BE THERE.
ESPECIALLY NOW WHEN THE WEATHER IS ACTUALLY NICE.
WHEN YOU GO TO YUCCA PARK YOU CAN SEE THAT IT IS FOR -- MOSTLY FOR YOUNG FAMILIES WITH KIDS BECAUSE THERE IS A PLAYGROUND FOR KIDS AND YOU CAN SEE IT IS BETWEEN TWO STREETS.
IT IS A NICE, GREAT LOCATION AND YOU CAN ALWAYS SEE SOME FAMILIES OVER THERE.
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NOT AS BUSY AS I WOULD WANT IT TO BE, BUT STILL FAMILIES.WHEN I COME INTO THE PARK, IT ALSO LOOKS GOOD.
IT IS GREEN AND GRASSY AND BEAUTIFUL.
SO NORTH JACKSON PARK, THERE IS A SPORTING WALL.
YOU CAN SEE SOME TEENAGERS OVER THERE PLAYING BALL OR PLAYING TENNIS OR SOMETHING.
AGAIN, NOT MANY PEOPLE YOU CAN SEE OVER THERE AS WE WANTED, BUT STILL -- AND SO I AM PROUD TO BE PART OF THE PARKS BECAUSE EACH ONE IS A DIFFERENT THING.
THE ONLY THING I MENTIONED TODAY IS THAT THE NORTH JACKSON PARK HAS SOME SPOTS THAT ARE BROWNING, BUT IT IS NICE AND WELL MAINTAINED.
>> THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER ORDIAN.
>> I WANT TO START BEFORE I GIVE MY PARK UPDATE, I WAS READING THE CITY'S NEWSLETTER AND ECHO THANKS TO THE DISTRICT ART TEAM.
AS YOU KNOW THEY ARE THE ONE THAT'S KEEP SOME OF OUR PARKS -- IF I AM NOT MISTAKEN THEY KEEP ALL OF OUR PARKS CLEAN.
THIS ORGANIZATION HIRES STAFF WITH INDIVIDUALS THAT HAVE DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES.
AND SO THEY ARE ABLE TO BRING THEM OUT AND HAVE THEM ENGAGE IN -- OR WORK WHICH IS -- I'VE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH THIS COMMUNITY AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT IS VERY FULFILLING TO THEM, BEING ABLE TO FEEL THAT THEY BELONG AND THEY ARE ABLE TO HELP.
I WANT TO ECHO THE NEWSLETTER AND THANK THEM FOR DOING A GOOD JOB.
THE PARKS I OVERSEA, YOU CAN SEE THAT THEY ARE BEING KEPT CLEAN AND WE KNOW THAT THERE ARE SOME EXCEPTIONS AND THERE ARE SOME DAYS WHERE FOLKS LIKE TO UTILIZE A LITTLE MORE OF THE SPACE FOR A PERSONAL USE.
I'M GLAD WE ARE SEEING ACTIVITY.
SOUTH JACKSON, IT IS STILL GATED AND HAVING REPAIRS.
I HAVE NOT HEARD OF A DATE OF WHEN THAT WILL BE OPENING.
THE REST OF THE PARK LOOKS REALLY NICE AND CALM THAT'S SOMETHING GOOD.
LIKE COMMISSIONER ORDIAN MENTIONED, OUR PARKS HAVE THEIR OWN PERSONALITY IN THEIR USE.
I AM ABLE TO SEE THAT IN THE PARKS I OVERSEE.
THE ART PIECES ARE UP AND THEY ARE BEING GATED.
I HAVEN'T HEARD OF A DATE FOR THAT GRAND OPENING OR FOR RIBBON CUTTING.
I'M NOT SURE WHAT THE CEREMONY MIGHT BE CALLED, THE ART INSTALLATION.
I DO WANT TO RECOMMEND IF MAYBE WE CAN GO AHEAD AND HAVE THE POLICE DEPARTMENT ORGANIZE A COMMUNITY CLEAN UP.
AND NOT ONLY THAT, BUT IF IT COULD BE A COMMUNITY CLEAN UP/OUT REACH EFFORT WHERE WE ENGAGE WITH THE RESIDENTS CLOSE BY AND LETTING THEM KNOW WHAT THE PIECES ARE AND CREATING VALUE TO THEM SO THAT THEY CAN COME OUT AND HOPEFULLY BE PART OF THAT RIBBON-CUTTING EVENT THAT WE -- I'M ASSUMING IS IN THE WORKS.
I BELIEVE THAT WOULD BE A GREAT ENGAGEMENT OPPORTUNITY AND CREATE VALUE IN THE AREA.
AND IT WOULD LET THE RESIDENTS, ESPECIALLY THOSE LIVING IN THE SURROUNDING AREAS AND NEIGHBORHOODS, LET THEM KNOW THAT'S FOR THEM.
IT IS NOT JUST FOR OUTSIDERS TO COME AND LOOK OH THE COACHELLA ART PIECE.
THAT'S FOR THEM, THE RESIDENTS OF THE CITY OF INDIO.
I'M NOT SURE IF WE CAN MAKE A MOTION OR HOW OFFICIALLY WE CAN ASK OR SUGGEST THAT, BUT I BELIEVE THAT WOULD BE A KEY ELEMENT TO MAKING SURE THE COMMUNITY BECOMES INVOLVED OR IS INVOLVED IN THIS PROCESS OR IN INTRODUCING THE ART PIECES TO OUR CITY, AND I THINK THAT THAT WOULD CREATE VALUE AND I CAN SEE, YOU KNOW, I HAVE HAD A LOT OF FRIENDS THAT DRIVE BY AND SAY DO YOU KNOW WHAT IS GOING ON? I HAVE SEEN IT.
[INAUDIBLE] AND CAN WE GO OVER AND TAKE PICTURES?
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I DON'T HAVE A DATE YET.PEOPLE ARE EXCITED, AND THAT'S ONE OF THE INTENTIONS AND PURPOSES OF THESE ART PIECES.
JUST TO SUMMARIZE, I WOULD SUGGEST THAT WE INCORPORATE THE INDIO POLICE DEPARTMENT IF THEY ARE AVAILABLE WITH A COMMUNITY CLEAN UP MAYBE IN THE MORNING AND THEN MEET AT THE PARK AFTER AND MAYBE GO AHEAD AND HAVE THAT RIBBON-CUTTING CELEBRATION AND INVITE THE NEIGHBORHOODS TO COME OUT AND MAYBE WE CAN HAVE REFRESHMENTS FOR THEM.
>> THANK YOU, VICE CHAIRPERSON.
>> MY YUCCA PARK, BURR STREET PARK IS TUCKED AWAY.
IT IS RARE THAT I SEE ANYBODY THERE.
IT LOOKS LIKE IT IS MADE FOR FAMILIES, YOU KNOW, SMALL CHILDREN WITH THE PLAYGROUND.
OTHER THAN THAT, THERE IS NOT MUCH THERE.
UNTIL THE SURROUNDING AREAS ARE FILLED, IT WOULD BE NICE IF THERE WAS SOME HOUSING TO GO UP AROUND THAT PARK.
I THINK AS IS IT IS A VERY UNDER UTILIZED PARK.
THEY ARE ALWAYS, ALWAYS CLEAN.
MILES AVENUE PARK, ON THE OTHER HAND, WAS QUITE BUSY ON MY MOST RECENT VISIT.
IT LOOKED LIKE THEY HAD DONE THE -- I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU CALL IT.
IT IS THE SHAVING OF THE FIELD WHERE THE SOCCER GOALS ARE AT.
AND THEN I READ WITH CONCERN ABOUT A MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC TALKING ABOUT SYRINGES.
IT LOOKED LIKE THEY WERE GATHERING AFTER WORK.
THEY HAD A CARD TABLE SET UP IN THE PARKING LOT, AND THEY WERE PLAYING CARDS.
ALSO THE BASKETBALL COURTS WERE BUSY.
THE PLAYGROUND AREA HAD FOLKS -- THE KIDS PLAYING.
PERSONALLY I THINK IT IS A WONDERFUL PARK, AND I JUST -- I DON'T SEE THE PROBLEMS THAT OUR GUEST HAD.
>> THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER WILCOXON.
COMMISSIONER PHILIPS-MARTINEZ?
>> I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING SPECIFIC ON HJORTH OR DOMINGUEZ PARK.
I WOULD LIKE TO COMMEND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT ON THE PLAZA WHERE INDIVIDUALS WERE IN NEED OF CARE SERVICES AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN DILIGENT ON SENDING PATROLS THROUGH THERE AND RESOURCES AND IT SEEMS LIKE WE ARE GETTING HELP TO THE PEOPLE THAT NEED IT.
IT IS NICE TO SEE THEM GET THE RESOURCES THEY NEED.
>> THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER PHILIPS-MARTINEZ.
I WILL ECHO WHAT I SAID EARLIER.
BUT PATTON AND CAHUILLA ARE VERY BUSY AND THAT'S BECAUSE IT HAS GROWN A LOT ON THE NORTH SIDE, BUT THE PARKS ARE KEPT UP WELL.
I HAVE MANY FRIENDS WHO ARE TEACHERS LIVING AROUND PATTON PARK AND THEY KEEP ME IN THE KNOW OF WHAT IS GOING ON OR ANY COMPLAINTS OF SUSPICIOUS PEOPLE HANGING OUT THERE.
AND THAT IS DUE IN PART TO OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT AND OUR SECURITY TEAM.
LIKE I SAID, I THINK ON THE NORTH SIDE, YES, WE -- IT WOULD BE NICE TO HAVE ANOTHER PARK, BUT WE HAVE TWO REALLY GREAT PARKS, AND IT WOULD BE NICE TO MIRROR THAT AS ALL OUR PARKS.
I DO FEEL LIKE PATTON HAS A LOT TO OFFER, AND CAHUILLA.
THERE ARE ALWAYS FAMILIES AND ALWAYS PICK UP GAMES OF BASKETBALL AND PEOPLE ALWAYS PLAYING TENNIS AT PATTON PARK.
BOTH PARKS ARE REALLY, REALLY GREAT.
I GUESS I AM FORTUNATE AND I HAVE TWO REALLY GREAT PARKS.
ITEM NUMBER 11, WE HAVE UPDATES FROM JIM.
[11. UPDATES - (Jim Curtis, CFEE, Community Services Manager) Verbal]
I AM GOING TO DEFER TO PAUL HERE REAL QUICK ON DR. CARREON PARK.
I KNOW THERE ARE SOME THINGS HAPPENING TO THE ART PIECES THAT ARE NOT DONE YET.
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WE WILL OPEN IT UP WHEN THEY ARE DONE.WE WILL HAVE A RIBBON CUTTING, BUT UNTIL WE HAVE THE THINGS DONE THAT ARE GOING TO BE DONE AROUND THE ART PIECES, WE DON'T HAVE A DAY YET ON THAT.
WE WILL BE ANNOUNCING THAT THROUGH OUR PRESS AS SOON AS WE FIND OUT.
PAUL MIGHT HAVE A COUPLE COMMENTS ON THAT.
>> YEAH, THE PROJECT -- AGAIN THE CONSTRUCTION PROJECT IS THROUGH OUR PARKS, AND SO I DON'T HAVE A LOT OF DETAILS ON THAT, BUT WE HAVE ORDERED NEW PARK SIGNS TO BE PUT IN FRONT OF THE ART PIECES WHICH ARE THE SAME SIZE WE HAVE IN THE PARKING LOT THERE.
MOSTLY I HAVE BEEN VERY INVOLVED IN THE CLEAN UPS OF THE PARK.
AGAIN, COMMENTS ABOUT DESERT ART, AMAZING.
IT IS AMAZING WHAT THEY DO FOR US AND HOW THEY RESPOND TO REQUESTS I HAVE FOR EXTRA WORK.
WE HAVE HAD A LOT OF COORDINATED EFFORTS.
WE HAD ONE RECENTLY AT DR. CARREON PARK REGARDING A CLEAN UP WE DID THERE REGARDING DESERT ARC AND OUR INDIO POLICE DEPARTMENT AND OUR -- AGAIN, OUR AREAS WHERE WE NOW HAVE A PRESSURE WASHER.
WE HAVE SOMEONE WHO IS DEDICATED WITH THE EQUIPMENT WHO PRESSURE WASHES OUR PARKS FOR OUR CITY STAFF.
DR. CARREON IS POTENTIALLY -- IT IS GOING TO BE AMAZING WHEN THIS ARTWORK COMES INTO BEING AND THE COMMUNITY BECOMES INVOLVED BACK IN THAT PARK.
I HAVE DONE AN ARBOR DAY THERE A FEW YEARS BACK.
I THINK I HAVE THE MOST ENTHUSIASTIC SUPPORT FOR ANY ARBOR DAY WE EVER DID RIGHT THERE IN THAT COMMUNITY.
GOOD THINGS ABOUT DR. CARREON PARK.
I THINK IT WILL BE A FUTURE PLACE WHERE PEOPLE ARE GOING TO -- IT IS GOING TO BECOME A DESTINATION.
I REALLY BELIEVE THAT WITH THE PHENOMENAL ARTWORK.
THEY HAD ASSIGNED SOME FOLKS TO KEEP INDIO BEAUTIFUL COMMITTEE.
I WAS FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO BE CHOSEN AS ONE OF THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS AND WE HAD A COUPLE OF MEETINGS ALREADY, AND WE WILL BESETTING UP SOME COMMUNITY CLEAN UPS, ONE IN EACH DISTRICT, OVER THE NEXT THREE MONTHS.
WE HAVE KIND OF DECIDED A COUPLE AREA THAT'S NEED IT SO WE WILL BE HAVING THAT AND THOSE WILL BE ANNOUNCED TO THE PRESS AND WE WILL HAVE A COUPLE IN JANUARY AND A COUPLE IN FEBRUARY AND A COUPLE IN MARCH.
THEN WE WILL PROBABLY SUSPEND IT UNTIL AFTER THE CONCERTS.
ONE MAYBE IN MAY AND PICK IT BACK UP IN SEPTEMBER OR OCTOBER.
WE DO HAVE THOSE PLANNED AND THEY WILL BE GREAT.
THERE IS PUBLIC WORKS INVOLVED AND CODE ENFORCEMENT AND COMMUNITY SERVICES, HOUSING, EVERYBODY IS INVOLVED.
IT WILL BE A LONG PROCESS, BUT KEEPING INDIO BEAUTIFUL IS A MARATHON AND NOT A SPRINT.
WE'LL BE HAVING THAT HAPPEN OVER THE NEXT COUPLE MONTHS.
I HAVE A LOT OF EVENTS TO GO OVER, BUT IF, BRIAN, YOU WANT TO SPEAK REAL QUICK ON A COUPLE OF THINGS AND IF YOU DON'T, OKAY AND I WILL FINISH UP.
WE HAVE BEEN SPENDING EXTRA TIME IN THE PARKS AS PEOPLE HAVE, AGAIN THE COMMUNITY HAS OPENED UP AND MAKING SURE THEY ARE IN TOP SHAPE AND IN GREAT CONDITION.
JUST KEEP ME UPDATED ON ANY CONCERNS OR ISSUES YOU HAVE WITH THE PARKS AS FAR AS SECURITY OR ANY UPKEEP THAT YOU NEED AND WE'LL MAKE SURE WE ATTEND TO THEM.
>> THE NEXT ITEM I WANTED TO ASK YOU TO HAVE A DISCUSSION ON IS OUR DECEMBER COMMISSION MEETING.
IT IS SCHEDULED FOR DECEMBER 21ST, FOUR DAYS BEFORE CHRISTMAS.
JUST ASKING IF YOU WOULD WANT TO MEET OR IF WE WANT TO GO DARK AND PICK UP IN JANUARY AGAIN.
IF YOU WANT TO KIND OF LEAD A DISCUSSION AND FIGURE IF YOU WANT TO GO DARK AND SEE IF THAT'S WHAT YOU WANT TO DO.
>> DOES ANYONE FEEL ANY WHICH WAY ABOUT IT?
>> I THINK BEING SO CLOSE TO THE HOLIDAYS, I THINK IT WOULD BE A GOOD IDEA TO GO DARK AND PICK BACK UP IN JANUARY.
>> AND WITH JIM GONE, THAT'S AN EXTRA GOOD REASON.
SO WE WILL RECONVENE IN JANUARY THEN.
>> AND WE WILL PUT THAT UP FOR NOTICE.
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THANK YOU VERY MUCH.AND WE HAVE OUR TREE LIGHTING CEREMONY COMING BACK THIS YEAR.
IT IS DECEMBER 2ND, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 2ND BEFORE THE TAMALE FESTIVAL.
WE HAVE A COUPLE OF LOCAL GROUPS THAT WILL BE PERFORMING.
AND WE HAVE THE PALM SPRING GAY MEN'S CHORUS PERFORMING FOR 20 OR 30 MINUTES.
I HAVE HEARD THEM SING AND IT IS REALLY, REALLY UNBELIEVABLE HOW GOOD THEY ARE.
THEY HAVE 65 MEMBERS THAT WILL BE COMING TO PERFORM.
THEY WILL BE ON OUR STAGE THAT WE ALWAYS HAVE IN FRONT OF THE TREE RIGHT OUT HERE.
WE WILL HAVE THE MAYOR SPEAK AND A COUPLE OTHER PEOPLE PERFORM AS WELL.
FOREST LAWN HAS GRACIOUSLY -- WILL PROVIDE WATER, COOKIES AND THEY WILL HAVE A TABLE OUT THERE FOR OUR GUESTS AND A VISIT FROM SANTA, OF COURSE.
TAMALE FESTIVAL, DECEMBER 4TH AND 5TH.
INDIO TAMALE FESTIVAL.COM FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THAT.
THE IRONMAN, AS YOU SAID, JUST SO PEOPLE KNOW, IRONMAN.COM.
WHEN YOU GO TO IRONMAN.COM LOOK FOR 70.3 AND THEN LOOK FOR INDIAN WELLS 70.3.
IT WILL HAVE ALTERNATE ROUTES.
IT HITS US JUST A LITTLE BIT ON THE SOUTH END OF TOWN AND ON THE WEST END OF TOWN.
AVENUE 52 PRETTY MUCH AND THEN A LITTLE BIT OF JEFFERSON UP TO MILES.
MOSTLY IT IS IN LA QUINTA AND INDIAN WELLS.
THEY DO SWIMMING FIRST AT CAHUILLA LAKE.
THE FIRST BIKERS SHOULD BE ON THE COURSE BY ABOUT 7:45, 7:50.
SO THEY WILL DO A ROLLING CLOSING ALONG THE ROUTE.
THEY GO DOWN TO THERMAL AND GO AROUND THE THERMAL RACETRACK A COUPLE TIMES AND THEN COME UP AND HEAD TOWARD INDIO.
AS SOON AS THE LAST RIDER IS DONE WHICH THEY ARE THINKING ABOUT 1:30, THAT ACTUALLY IS THEIR CUTOFF.
IF ANYBODY IS ON THE COURSE AT 1:30 THEY GET A DNF WHICH IS DO NOT FINISH AND THEY ARE PULLED FROM THE RACE ANYWAY.
THE ROADS WILL BE CLOSED FROM ABOUT 7:30 UNTIL ABOUT 1:30.
AGAIN, MOSTLY ON THE WEST SIDE.
GO TO THAT WEBSITE IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR ISSUES AND WANT TO KNOW WHAT THE ALTERNATE ROUTES ARE AND WHERE YOU CAN DRIVE THAT DAY.
IT DOES HIT OUR TAMALE FESTIVAL A LITTLE BIT ON SUNDAY.
THE NEXT THING I WANT TO DO, TWO THINGS.
ONE IS THE GENTLEMAN SITTING TO MY RIGHT, PAUL STAMA, IS RETIRING ON DECEMBER 18TH? 16 THIS.
>> THIS WILL BE HIS LAST COMMISSION MEETING WITH COMMUNITY SERVICES COMMISSION.
I HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH PAUL FOR THE LAST 17 YEARS AND I WILL MISS HIM DEARLY.
I KNOW THE COMMISSION WILL AS WELL.
PAUL, WE'LL STAY IN TOUCH FOR SURE.
PAUL IS RETIRING AND THERE IS ANOTHER GENTLEMAN RETIRING NAMED MIKE EDGAR.
I THINK THEIR TITLES -- LET ME SEE IF I CAN GET IT RIGHT.
PAUL WAS THE PARKS SUPERVISOR.
>> PARK AND LANDSCAPE SUPERVISOR.
>> AND MIKE EDGAR WAS BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES SUPERVISOR -- OR.
WHAT THEY DID WAS COMBINED THOSE TWO POSITIONS AND HIRED ONE GENTLEMAN.
AND THIS GENTLEMAN IS SITTING BEHIND ME NAMED JOSE VASQUEZ AND WE WANT TO WELCOME HIM AND I THINK HE WILL BE ATTENDING OUR MEETINGS IN THE FUTURE.
HE JUST STARTED A COUPLE DAYS AGO OR A WEEK AGO I THINK.
AND HE WILL BE TAKING ON SOME BIG SHOES.
WE WELCOME AND KNOW THAT HE CAN DO A GREAT JOB.
AT OUR NEXT MEETING IF HE IS HERE I WILL LET YOU TELL HIM A LITTLE ABOUT HIMSELF.
I KNOW HE WAS IN THE HOSPITAL INDUSTRY FOR 20 PLUS YEARS.
HE KNOWS MAINTENANCE AND KNOWS BUILDINGS VERY WELL.
HE'S BEEN GOING AROUND AND TRYING TO GET ACCLIMATED ON WHAT MIKE AND PAUL DO.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANYTHING ELSE BEFORE WE ADJOURN?
>> I WOULD LIKE TO JUST THANK PAUL FOR HIS SERVICE AND WELCOME.
I DON'T KNOW HOW WE WILL EVER LEARN ABOUT TREES ANYMORE.
>> CAN WE JUST BRING YOU BACK FOR ARBOR DAY?
WE WILL SEE EACH OTHER IN JANUARY.
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>> THANK YOU.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.