City of Indio AGENDA City Council Special Meeting Tuesday, November 30, 2021 @ 4:00 PM Emergency Operations Center, 45-222 Towne Street |
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MISSION STATMENT
THE CITY OF INDIO'S PUBLIC SERVANTS PROVIDE OUTSTANDING MUNICIPAL SERVICES TO ENHANCE THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR OUR RESIDENTS, VISITORS AND THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY
The Emergency Operations Center will be open to the public and City Council meetings will be conducted in person and remotely through Zoom in compliance with Government Code Section 54953(e) (AB 361)
The Emergency Operations Center will have very limited seating available on a first-come, first-served basis. Members of the public will be required to comply with the California Department of Health Guidance for the Use of Face Coverings which requires unvaccinated individuals to wear a mask in indoor public settings unless otherwise exempt.
You may view the meeting via Livestream on the City’s website
or via Facebook Live
or via YouTube
or view and participate via Zoom
Webinar ID: 822 2368 8068 / Passcode: 464287
Consistent with Government Code Section 54953(e) (Assembly Bill 361), members of the Indio City Council and City Staff are permitted to attend the meeting by teleconference and such teleconference locations are not accessible to the public and are not subject to special posting requirements. If you are an individual with a disability and need a reasonable modification or accommodation pursuant to the Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”) please contact the office of the City Clerk at 760-391-4007 prior to the meeting for assistance.
Members of the public who desire to address the City Council during the meeting may do so either in person or orally or in writing as described below.
Oral Comments: Oral testimony can be provided in person or during the virtual live session. Individual speakers are limited to three minutes each, unless, for good cause, the Mayor amends the time limit. To address the Council in person please complete speaker request card located at the entrance and give it to the City Clerk. Your name will be called when it is your turn to speak. To address the Council during the virtual live session via zoom, please email the City Clerk at ssanchez@indio.org. The City Clerk will facilitate to the extent possible any email requests to provide oral testimony that are sent during the live meeting. Please specify on the subject line of the email “Oral Comment” and note the agenda item number or if general comment (i.e. non-agenda item). To participate during the live session, please keep track of the meeting proceedings by watching the meeting via Livestream, Facebook Live, YouTube, or Zoom. Your name will be called when it is your turn to speak.
Written Comments: If you are unable to provide comments during the meeting (whether in person or the virtual live session), written public comments on agenda and non-agenda items, or both, may be submitted by email to the City Clerk at ssanchez@indio.org. Please specify on the subject line the agenda item number or if general public comment (i.e. non-agenda item). For example on a specific item, write "agenda item 8a" on the email subject line.
Email/Written comments must be received by the City Clerk no later than 2:00 p.m. on the day of the meeting and such comments will be distributed to the City Clerk, City Council, posted on the agenda landing page and be made part of the agenda packet and public record of the meeting; however, they will not be read during the meeting.
CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL Mayor Elaine Holmes Mayor Pro Tem Waymond Fermon Councilmember Oscar Ortiz Councilmember Lupe Ramos Amith Councilmember Glenn Miller |
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PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE |
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PUBLIC COMMENT This is the time set aside for public comment for items on the agenda. Public comments may be provided in the manner prescribed on the first page of this agenda. |
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DISCUSSION ITEMS |
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4.1 | City Council Strategic Plan: Areas of Focus, Goals and Action Plans
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ADJOURN |
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NEXT COUNCIL / IWA MEETING: DECEMBER 1, 2021 Agenda packets are available on the city’s website at www.indio.org and at the public counter in City Hall at 100 Civic Center Mall, Indio, California. Materials related to an item on this Agenda submitted to the City Council after distribution of the agenda packet are available for public inspection at the front counter of the lobby of the City Hall Administration Building at 100 Civic Center Mall, Indio, during normal City business hours and during the meeting.
PUBLIC NOTICE The Indio City Council Chamber is accessible to person(s) with disabilities. If special equipment is needed, for the hearing impaired, please call the City Clerk's office. Persons with disabilities can receive this agenda in an alternative format and should call the City Clerk's office at 3914007. Notification 48 hours prior to a meeting will enable the City to make reasonable arrangements to ensure accessibility to the meeting (28 CFR 35.102.35.104 ADA Title 11).
RULES OF DECORUM To help conduct the business of the City Council in an orderly fashion, the City Council has adopted rules pertaining to decorum and order, as provided for in Ordinance No. 1205. The City Council will strictly enforce these rules in order to allow full expression of ideas and opinions by councilmembers, staff and the public. Generally, the City's rules of decorum prohibit comments or actions which willfully disrupt the meeting. All remarks and questions shall be addressed to the Council as a whole and not to any particular member. No individual Councilmember or member of the City staff shall be questioned without first obtaining permission from the Presiding Officer. The City Council asks that all persons - including councilmembers, staff and the public - act and speak respectfully.
DECLARATION OF POSTING I, Sabdi Sanchez, City Clerk Administrator of the City of Indio, California, do hereby declare that the foregoing agenda was posted on November 24, 2021 at least twenty-four (24) hours prior to the meeting per Government Code 54954.2, at the following locations:
Emergency Operations Center, 45-222 Towne Street, Indio CA 92201 City of Indio Council Chamber, 150 Civic Center Mall, Indio, CA 92201 City of Indio website www.indio.org
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