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>> OKAY, GOOD EVENING I WILL CALLED TO ORDER THE
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CITY OF INDIO JOINT MEETING WITH THE INDIO WATER AUTHORITY.TODAY'S DATE IS JANUARY 19. IT'S WEDNESDAY.
I'M THE MAYOR OF THE CITY OF INDIO AND I WILL CHAIR THIS MEETING. CAN I HAVE ROLL CALL PLEASE.
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CLERK? >> WE DO NOT HAVE AN INVOCATION TODAY MAYOR.
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HEART. READY, BEGAN.I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION, UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU. MOVING ALONG TO ITEM NUMBER 4.
CITY ATTORNEY REPORT ON CLOSE SESSION.
WE WILL MOVE TO ITEM NUMBER 5, PRESENTATIONS. HER FIRST PRESENTATION IS ITEM 5.1. IT IS 2021 TAMALE FESTIVAL PRESENTATION BY GOPI SANGHA PRESIDENT OF
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CUSP AGENCY. >> GOOD EVENING SIR.
>> GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND COUNCILMEMBERS, CITY STAFF. I DON'T KNOW.
[5.1 2021 Tamale Festival Presentation by Gopi Sangha, President, CUSP Agen...]
LITTLE BIT MORE COMFORTABLE APPEAR.THANK YOU FOR HAVING US BACK ONCE MORE TO INFORM EVERYBODY ABOUT TAMALE FESTIVAL AND IT SEEMS SO LONG AGO NOW.
IT'S BEEN A LITTLE OVER A MONTH.
WE ARE HONESTLY MORE THANKFUL THAN EVER TO HAVE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO PULL THIS OFF FOR EVERYBODY. SO, OVER THE COURSE OF LAST MONTH WE HAVE BEEN RUBBING THINGS. AND TIDYING UP PACKAGES OF REPORTING OF CITY STAFF. AND PUTTING MEDIA TOGETHER. AND TOUCHING BASE BACK WITH OUR PARTNERS. THAT HELPED US PRODUCE THIS EVENT THIS YEAR. IN THAT EFFORT WE COLLECTED A LOT OF FUN FUN PHOTO MEDIA THAT WE ARE EXCITED TO UTILIZE INTO THE FUTURE. IN PROMOTING AND GROWING THIS EVENT TOGETHER. WE'VE EDITED SOME OF THAT INTO A SHORT RECAP VIDEO.
IT MIGHT BE A GOOD WAY TO GIVE THIS A START. A LITTLE JOLT TO THE MEMORY IF YOU DON'T MIND.
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A WONDERFUL DIET INDIO AT THE ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL TAMALE FESTIVAL.WE WANT EVERYONE TO COME OUT NEXT YEAR AND CELEBRATE RIGHT HERE WITH INDIO EVERY
DECEMBER. >> YOU MIGHT RECOGNIZE HUGH HAUSNER IN HIS GREAT EPISODE ON TAMALE FESTIVAL FROM 97.
YOU KNOW, OR REALLY EXCITED TO HAVE THESE PIECES TO TELL THE STORY AND CONVEY SOME OF THE ENERGY AND EMOTION OF THIS EVENT. MOVING FORWARD. YOU KNOW, I THINK THE LAST FEW TIMES I'VE BEEN UP HERE BEFORE EVERYBODY WE WERE VERY CONCEPTUAL PLACES.
WE CAN REALLY SHOW AND YOU KNOW GIVE A TASTE IN THE FIELD AND EXPERIENCE TO EVERYONE INVOLVED. IN EVERYONE WE WANT TO GET INVOLVED IN THE FUTURE. JUST SOME TOPLINE THINGS.
NUMBERS AND THINGS THAT SEEM INTERESTING. IN SPEAKING TO STEADY STAFF AND JIM AND IPD. WE THINK WE HAD ABOUT 60,000 ATTENDEES THIS YEAR. WE THINK THAT IS MAYBE 35 ON SATURDAY AND 25 ON SUNDAY.
YOU KNOW, REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT IN A WAY. CONSIDERING THE ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS, WE ONLY HAVE ROOM TO GROW AND WE ONLY HAVE ASSETS TO GROW. 60,000 AT THIS EVENT. THIS EVENT HAS BEEN KNOWN TO BE 80 OR HUNDRED THOUSAND AND ABILITY CONFIDENT WE CAN GET IT BACK THERE. OVER THE SHORT RUN OF TIME SPAN WE HAD TO PUT THIS TOGETHER.
WE MANAGED TO BRING BACK 57 FOOD VENDORS AT THE EXPERIENCE.
ABOUT 20 OF THOSE INDIVIDUAL TAMALE STANDS AND WE ARE EXCITED TO HAVE A WHOLE YEAR TO BOOK AND CURATE OR TAMALE VENDORS MORE FOOD VENDORS INTO THE FUTURE.
WE'VE BOOKED OVER 45 DIFFERENT PERFORMERS AT THE FESTIVAL. 27 OF THOSE BEING ARTIST HERE FROM THE COACHELLA VALLEY. MANY OF THOSE ARTISTS HERE FROM THE CITY OF INDIO. OVERALL WE ENGAGED DIRECTLY 30 LOCAL BUSINESSES TO BE INVOLVED IN THE FESTIVAL. FOREIGN IMPACT OF $300,000.
BEYOND, WE HIRED 18 RESIDENTS FROM CITY OF INDIA INTO THE PRODUCTION OF THE EVENT. IT WAS A GREAT EXPERIENCE. I THINK THAT WILL PAY A LOT OF DIVIDENDS INTO THE FUTURE BECAUSE WE GOT AN OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH COORDINATORS TO BE FOOD VENDORS AND STAGE COORDINATORS AND REALLY PUT THEM IN A PROFESSIONAL SETTING AND HAVE THEM LEAVE UP TO THE MOMENT. ACTUALLY REALLY EXCITED ABOUT CONTINUING TO UTILIZE RESIDENTS OF INDIO AND THE PRODUCTION OF THIS INTO THE FUTURE. MY TEAM AT CUSP WEEK OCTOBER 5000 HOURS IN PREPARATION OF THIS EVENT. WE SECURED OVER 8 BRAND PARTNERS WITH MUCH OF THE CITY STAFF INTRODUCING US TO A LOT OF THE FORMER PARTNERS IN INTRODUCING THE NEW OFFERING.
OVERALL ACROSS OUR SOCIAL MEDIA CHANNELS WE CONNECTED WITH A LITTLE OVER 1/4 MILLION PEOPLE.
YOU KNOW, IMPACTS IN A LOT OF WAYS AND AGAIN, I THINK THERE IS ROOM TO GROW. AGAIN, LOOKING BACK A LITTLE BIT ON THE EXPERIENCE. WE ALL I THINK DID MANY LAPS AROUND THE SHELL. AND WE WERE REALLY SATISFIED WITH THE LAYOUT OF THE EVENT.
WE LEARNED SOME THINGS THE HARD WAY. AS WE MOVED SOME OF THE EXPERIENCES INTO LOTS AND LAWNS THAT CAME WITH ADDITIONAL POWER DISTRIBUTION AND ADA ACCESS WHICH WE FULLY RECOGNIZE AND TRIED TO TROUBLESHOOT AS BEST WE COULD THROUGH THE COURSE OF THE WEEKEND.
I KNOW IT'S A VERY BIG AREA OF IMPROVEMENT MOVING FORWARD.
OTHER THAN THAT WE WERE HAPPY WITH THE EXPERIENCE IN THE CARNIVAL, BOUNCE HOUSE COMBAT MISSION LOT AREA.
THE ENGAGEMENT ON THE LUCCI DOOR WRESTLING WAS AWESOME. THE MARCATO, WE WERE REALLY SATISFIED WITH HOW PEOPLE ENGAGED THAT SPACE AND FLOWED THROUGH THERE. IT'S SOMETHING WE WOULD LOVE TO CONTINUE EXPANDING ON AS WELL AS MORBIDLY HAPPY WITH THE AMOUNT OF ENGAGEMENT WE HAVE WITH TAMALE PLAZA.
HOW WE UTILIZE AS A SPONSOR ASSET AND CREATED A BEVERAGE AREA BETWEEN THE PERFORMANCE OF FOOD AREA. SOMETHING SPEAK OUT RIGHT. SOME THINGS WE GOT WRONG. OPPORTUNITIES FOR
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US TO LEARN AND GROW.I THINK EVERYONE IS FAMILIAR WITH THE TOWN AND CREATION. WAS REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THE LOCAL ACTS REALLY LIVING UP TO THE MOMENT AND REALLY PROMOTING THE OPPORTUNITY AND BRINGING THEIR FAMILIES ALONG TO EXPERIENCE THAT. YOU KNOW YOU'VE SEEN SOME OF THIS ALONG THE WAYS. NOW WE'VE GONE FROM REFERENCE PHOTOS TO ACTUAL PHOTOS APPEARED IN MEDIA OF WHAT HAPPENED OVER THE COURSE OF THE WEEKEND.
I'D LIKE TO SHARE THIS BECAUSE THIS IS WHAT WERE GOING TO BE UTILIZING TO SELL AND ENGAGE OUR SPONSORED PARTNERS INTO THE FUTURE.
A LOT OF THESE SPACES I THINK EVERYONE LIVED AND EXPERIENCED. VIP WAS INTERESTING. IT WAS REALLY BENEFICIAL TO UTILIZE AS A SPONSORSHIP ASSET IN INVITING THE PUBLIC INTO THE SPACE BY ENGAGING OUR SPONSORED PARTNERS. WE HAD OVER 20 WRESTLERS AT THE JAVELIN THROW DOWN WRESTLING.
PER SQUARE FOOTAGE THE HIGHEST GROSSING BAR OF THE WHOLE FESTIVAL. YOU KNOW, SOME THINGS WE HAVE LEARNED THROUGH LOOKING AT THE REPORTING THAT HAS COME THROUGH THE EVENT FROM SALES TO POINT-OF-SALE AND EVEN TICKETING LOOKING FORWARD TO UTILIZING THOSE ASSETS TO MAKE SMARTER DECISIONS. ATTRACTIONS, ACTUALLY SOMETHING I ALMOST UNDERESTIMATED THROUGH THE EXPERIENCE.
HIGHLY ENGAGED. PEOPLE LOVE THE CARNIVAL RIDES.
ON SUNDAY THEY REALLY COULDN'T GET ENOUGH OF THEM.
WE DIDN'T HAVE ADEQUATE LIGHTING AND POWER OUT THERE FOR THEM.
WE HAD TO SHUT IT DOWN WITH SUNSET. THERE WAS A LOT OF PENT-UP DEMAND TO KEEP GOING THERE. THE BOUNCE HOUSE VISUALLY REALLY STRIKING.
THEY COULD TOOK TIME FOR FOLKS TO WARM UP TO IT. ON SUNDAY THERE WAS A LINE OF 100 PEOPLE ALL DAY LONG LOOKING TO ENGAGE THAT.
ATTRACTIONS, WE CHANGE THE STRATEGY QUITE A BIT THIS YEAR. WE OFFERED A UNIFIED DAY PASS SIMILAR YOU WOULD SEE AT AFFAIR.
WE DID THAT BY REALLY WORKING OUR VENDOR RELATIONSHIPS AND UNIFIED STRATEGY AND OFFERING A UNIFIED BOX OFFICE WHERE WE SELL THE PROCESS AS A FESTIVAL AS OPPOSED TO ENGAGING THE INDIVIDUAL ATTRACTION VENDORS. I THINK THAT WORKED WELL. WE COLLECTED REALLY GOOD INFORMATION AND DATA FOR THE PEOPLE THAT PURCHASE THOSE TICKETS AND WHERE THE DEMAND WAS ACROSS THE ATTRACTION. I THINK THIS IS ACTUALLY A REALLY AREA TO GROW THE EVENT INTO THE FUTURE. LOTS OF FUN, ENJOY BETWEEN THE CAR SHOW THE ROLLERSKATING IN THE DG THERE. REALLY GOING ON ALL HOURS OF THE EVENT.
I THINK IT WAS IMPORTANT FOR US TO CREATE FREE AND AVAILABLE AND WELCOMING AREAS LIKE THE CAR SHOW OR THE RUSTLING AS WELL AS HAVING, AS WELL AS DESERT RECREATION HAD A GREAT ACTIVITY AREA AS WELL AS OFFERING THOSE SORT OF TICKETED ATTRACTIONS FOR THOSE THAT CHOSE TO ENGAGE. THROUGH THE COURSE OF THE 3 MONTHS WE WERE PROMOTING IT WE WERE VERY LUCKY TO DEVELOP REALLY GOOD WEBBED ASSETS.
A DIGITAL APPLICATION FLOW. A TEXT MESSAGE LIST THAT WAS PRETTY HIGHLY ENGAGED. EVEN THOUGH WE HAD A SHORT RAMP TO PROMOTING THIS ON THE WEB ADDITIONAL SIDE THE ENGAGEMENT REALLY HIT LATE IN NOVEMBER AFTER WE ANNOUNCED THE TALENT IN THE PROGRAM AND THE HOLIDAY BREAK FOR THANKSGIVING. INTERESTING INFORMATION ON HOW WE MIGHT APPROACH MARKETING IN THE FUTURE. YOU DON'T FROM THE WEBSITE AND SOME OF THE DIGITAL ASSETS JUST GETTING INFORMATION OF THE PLACES THAT THE INTEREST IS COMING FROM. IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN PACOIMA, PACOIMA IS WHERE OUR SPONSOR PARTNER BY GARDA IS HEADQUARTERED.
I'M ASSUMING THAT WERE QUITE INTERESTED IN THE PROGRAM THAT THEY WERE PUTTING TOGETHER.
IT WAS FUN TO SEE A WIDE REGION.
LOTS OF FOLKS ASKING ME ABOUT THE TAMALE VEST FROM MY ENTERTAINMENT AND FESTIVAL CIRCLES. WE WERE REALLY PLEASED TO SEE THAT INTEREST. ACTUALLY VERY MOBILE AND THE USERS THAT WERE ENGAGING WE SEE THAT ON THE SOCIAL SIDE AND ON THE WEB. ACTUALLY IT WAS VERY INTERESTED 60 PERCENT OF THE PEOPLE LITIGATION OF THE WEBSITE WERE DIRECT ENGAGEMENTS. THE OTHER SAW IT ON THE BROOM BOARD THAT THE CITY HELPED US PUT UP OR I THINK THEY ARE RETURNED INTEREST. MAKES ME FEEL LIKE THERE'S A LOT MORE AWARENESS THAT WE COULD WORK TO GET OUT THERE.
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LIST. WE SPENT ABOUT 14 DIFFERENT MESSAGES THROUGH THE COURSE OF THE UNEXPANDED OF THE EVENT.WHETHER THEY WERE SPONSOR MESSAGES OR UPDATES ON TALENT AND ATTRACTIONS.
WE REALLY HAPPY WITH THE ENGAGEMENT RATE ON THESE MESSAGES. IT'S WELL ABOVE AVERAGE FOR OTHER ASSETS.
YOU KNOW, WE FELT AND HEARD PEOPLE WERE STAYING INFORMED THE TEXT MESSAGE LIST. WE WILL CONTINUE LEVERAGING THAT.
WE CREATED A LOT OF MEDIA ESPECIALLY ON SOCIAL.
A GRAPHIC AND MARKETING EFFORT AND YOU KNOW WERE REALLY HAPPY WITH HOW THAT ROLLED OUT. WE WILL CONTINUE A CONTENT STRATEGY AS WE UNROLL THE PROGRAM FOR THE NEXT CYCLE. JUST SOME INFORMATION FOR BASICALLY A BRAND-NEW ASSET.
WE HAVE PRETTY GOOD INSTAGRAM FOLLOWING IT NOW. WE WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP THOUGHT. WE TRIED STREAMING THE EVENT FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME.
I HAD A LOT OF COOL UTILITIES. YOU SAW SOME OF THAT FOOTAGE OF THE RECAP VIDEO.
YOU SAW IT ON STAGE ON THE VIDEO SCREEN IF PEOPLE WERE FAR AWAY FROM THE STAGE.
WE HAVE A LOT OF THOSE PERFORMANCES ARCHIVED FROM THE PERFORMERS ON THE MAIN STAGE. YOU KNOW BENEFICIAL TO HAVE THE VIDEO OPERATION.
I SAW A LOT OF GREAT FEEDBACK ACROSS SOCIAL MEDIA.
THIS IS ALL USER GENERATED CONTENT AND FEEDBACK.
FROM CHANNELS. IT WAS GREAT TO SEE PEOPLE ENJOYING A BRIGHT DAY AND HAVING GREAT THINGS TO SAY ABOUT THE EXPERIENCE.
I THINK THAT SPEAKS FOR ITSELF. MANY THANKS TO THE TEAM HERE AND BROKE HER REALLY HELPED US GET INTO PLENTY OF SPACES BETWEEN THE LOCAL NEWS CHANNELS, THE DESERT SUNDAY WE HAVE SOME GREAT WRITE UPS IN THE PRESS ENTER PRICE AND ABOUT THE EXPERIENCE. I THINK THE MESSAGE WAS SENT THAT WERE TRYING TO THINK DIFFERENTLY AND PUSH WHAT WERE PRODUCING HERE.
THEN YOU KNOW THE REAL WRAP UP, REVENUES. ULTIMATELY WE CAME IN TO THIS WITH THE INTENTION OF REALLY RAMPING UP. OUR PERSONAL EXPECTATIONS AND EVERYONE'S EXPECTATIONS OF THE EVENT. WE WENT OUT ON A LIMB AND WE REALLY HOPED THAT OUR SPONSORSHIP SALE WAS THERE. WE PRODUCED AN EVENT THAT WAS A MULTIPLE IN TERMS OF EXPENSE THAN IT EVER HAS BEEN BEFORE.
AT THE SAME TIME WE INCREASED REVENUES ON THIS EVENT ALMOST 2 AND A HALF TIMES OVER. I THINK IN A SHORT RUNWAY THAT'S PRETTY IMPRESSIVE. EVERYONE WORKED EXTREMELY HARD AT THAT. FROM CITY STAFF HANDING US OFF TO SPONSOR PARTNERS TO CHANGING THE STRATEGY ON ATTRACTIONS.
AND ALSO YOU KNOW TRYING OUR BEST TO RETHINK CONCESSIONS REVENUE.
REALLY SATISFIED WITH THE GROWTH IN REVENUES.
WE DID MISS THE MARK BETWEEN EXPENSES AND REVENUES.
BUT, FOR THE FIRST YEAR OF REALLY SATISFIED. WE HAVE A BASELINE'S DOWN.
WE KNOW WHERE WE NEED TO OPTIMIZE.
WE KNOW WHERE WE NEED TO DRIVE MORE REVENUE AND OPPORTUNITY INTO THE FUTURE. YOU SEE SOME OF THAT BREAKDOWN ON THE REVENUE SIDE.
WHAT WERE THE BIG DRIVERS? OBVIOUSLY VERY GENEROUS SUPPORT FROM THE CITY OF INDIO. TO STEP IT UP.
WE HAD A 2X INCREASE ON SPONSORSHIP YEAR-OVER-YEAR AND THAT'S 2X ON THE HIGHEST GROSSING YEAR SPONSORSHIP FOR THE FESTIVAL.
WE DID THAT IN SHORT ORDER AND I THINK GOING INTO THIS NEXT YEAR WERE GOING TO TAKE THAT UP SUBSTANTIALLY. CREDIBLY TRYING TO DRIVE THOSE PARTNERSHIPS EARLY IN THE YEAR. SO WE CAN REALLY CREATE SOME GREAT EXPERIENCES.
I THINK ATTRACTIONS REVENUE I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH CITY STAFF AND THINKING ABOUT OPPORTUNITIES THERE.
HOW WE CAN MAXIMIZE OPERATIONAL HOURS OF THE EVENT. THAT WOULD DRIVE ADDITIONAL ATTRACTIONS REVENUE AND HELP FUEL AND BALANCE ALL OF THIS.
ON THE EXPENSE ASSIGNED I MENTIONED THIS PRIOR TO GOING INTO THE EVENT IT WAS A CHALLENGING ENVIRONMENT TO WORK AND.
BEING IN DECEMBER AND COVID ENVIRONMENT.
AFTER A LONG SORT OF COMPRESSED SCHEDULE OF EVENTS WE FACED A LOT OF PROBLEMS AND SOURCING VENDORS.
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SOURCING LABOR. SOURCING VOLUNTEERS WHICH WERE THEN SUPPLEMENTED BY LABOR.ALSO YOU KNOW INCREASE IN COST ESPECIALLY NAV AND SOUND. SO, IT WAS CHALLENGING TO SORT OF KEEP THAT IN LINE BUT, AT THE SAME TIME YOU KNOW I THINK WE CAME PRETTY CLOSE IN BALANCING THIS BUDGET.
WE ADDED A WHOLE LOT OF EXPERIENCE AND IMPACT TO THINGS. I DO THINK LOOKING FORWARD YOU KNOW, WE CAN SQUEEZE MORE AND OPTIMIZE PRODUCTION.
I THINK ACTUALLY WE PROBABLY UNDERSERVED ARE ADVERTISING MARKETING AND NEED TO BE A LITTLE BIT MORE AGGRESSIVE ON THAT IN THE FUTURE. SO, THIS PLACE I THINK WE COULD REALLY CONTINUING OPTIMIZING FORWARD AND THEN SOME OF HER PARTING THOUGHTS. THINKING ABOUT ANALYZING WHERE WE GO FROM HERE. OR REALLY SATISFIED WITH THE ABILITY TO HAVE BUDGETING BASELINES AND FORECAST MORE ACCURATELY MOVING FORWARD.
WE HAD REALLY TRYING TO DRIVE HOME AN EMPHASIS ON EXPERIENCE. I THINK THAT WILL CHANGE THIS NEXT TIME. LIKE THE EXPERIENCE AND I THINK WE CAN GROW THAT. WE WANT TO REALLY PUT SOME EMPHASIS BACK ON THE TAMALE. WILL BRING THAT BACK AROUND. WERE REALLY HAPPY THAT WE MANAGED TO HAVE A SAFE AND HEALTHY OPERATION EVEN CONSIDERING THE ENVIRONMENTS WITH THE HELP OF IPD AND FIRE AND SECURITY STAFFING.
REVENUE BRANDING AND IDENTITY WHICH WILL CONTINUE TO EVOLVE A LITTLE. A GREAT BASELINE FOR US TO MOVE FORWARD.
MEDIA, DATA, WE TALKED ABOUT. TICKETING AND POINT-OF-SALE WILL HELP US MAKE DECISIONS.
A HAPPY WITH OUR BOX OFFICE OPERATION. MAYBE AN IDEA WOULD LIKE TO CONTINUE EXPANDING. WE TALKED ABOUT SOME OF THE WEAKNESSES THROUGH THIS.
TOTALLY RECOGNIZING IT WAS PROBABLY THE HARDEST DAY SINCE THEN.
UNUSUAL SUNNY DAY. WE NEED MORE SHADE.
WE NEED MORE SITTING IN THOSE CONDITIONS.
WE NEED TO DO BETTER BY OUR ADA GUESTS AND HAVE OPERATION TO SERVICE THEM ADEQUATELY.
WE WANT TO HAVE A MORE AGGRESSIVE APPROACH ON TO FINDING A VOLUNTEER PROGRAM.
WE DID HAVE VOLUNTEERS AND GREAT ORGANIZATIONS TO SUPPORT US. WE CAN DO BETTER AND WE CAN HELP YOU KNOW IN THE SAME VEIN TO TRAIN UP AND MAKE THE EXPERIENCE INCLUSIVE AND OPTIMIZE THE EVENT A BIT. VENDOR LINES. MOSTLY TAMALE VENDOR LINES. THEY WEREN'T LONG ACROSS THE EVENT. OUR INTENTION IS TO CREATE A PROGRAM THAT HOPEFULLY WILL DOUBLE THE AMOUNT OF TAMALE VENDORS INTO THIS NEXT YEAR. THERE WAS A LITTLE APPREHENSIVE FROM SOME OF THEM BECAUSE OF COVID AND HAVING SENIORS IN THE FAMILY AND NOT WANTING TO OPERATE. I REALLY THINK, WE HAD REALLY GOOD FEEDBACK FROM ALL THE TAMALE VENDORS ON THE WAY OUT IN THEIR ABILITY TO HAVE SOLD OUT THEIR GOODS.
I THINK WE BUILT SOME TRUST AND REPORT IN THE EXPERIENCE. PRETTY CONFIDENT THAT WE WILL BE ABLE TO BOOK MANY MORE AND GET MORE TAMALES IN PEOPLE'S HANDS.
OPPORTUNITIES. YOU KNOW, WE TALKED ABOUT MAYBE MORE OPERATIONAL HOURS.
THAT WOULD SUPPORT ON THE ATTRACTION REVENUES.
THINGS LIKE THE BOUNCE HOUSE AND THE CARNIVALS.
RENTING ALL THAT IS PRETTY EXPENSIVE. OPERATING IT DEFINITELY HELPS PAY DOWN THOSE BILLS. I WOULD LOVE TO CONSIDER ADDING A FEW HOURS TO SATURDAY OR SUNDAY OR PERHAPS EXPLORING SOME NIGHT MARKETS IN PORTIONS OF THE FESTIVAL. WE CAN CONTINUE OPERATING THOSE EXPERIENCES AND MAYBE EXPANDING THE PROGRAMMING FRIDAY OR THURSDAY NIGHT OR THE CHRISTMAS TREE LIGHTING.
I THINK THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE 30TH ANNIVERSARY TO SORT OF EXPAND THE THINKING OF THE PROGRAMMING AND SCHEDULING.
HOPEFULLY THESE ARE NOT THE SAME CONDITIONS WE SHARE NEXT YEAR IN TERMS OF COVID OR TRAFFIC IN THE MARKETPLACE. HOPE WE CAN INCREASE THAT ATTENDANCE AND INCREASE THE SPONSORSHIP.
ALL AND ALL THE TEAM HAS BEEN VERY HAPPY AND SATISFIED IN SERVICING THIS AND PRODUCING THIS WITH THE COMMUNITY. AND WE ARE STILL REALLY ENERGIZED ABOUT CONTINUING TO WORK ON THIS FESTIVAL INTO THE FUTURE.
WE REALLY APPRECIATE EVERYONE'S SUPPORT AND ENGAGEMENT IN A VERY SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME AND LOOKING FORWARD TO WHAT WE COULD DO FOR THE WHOLE YEAR.
SO THANK YOU GUYS. >> GREAT, THANK YOU FOR
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YOUR PRESENTATION. WE HAVE ANY COMMENTS FROMI THINK FIRST OF ALL YOU DID A PHENOMENAL JOB. YOU KNOCKED IT OUT OF THE PARK.
THE FACT THAT SHE DID THAT IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME, I MEAN I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU DID IT. CLEARLY A MAGIC WAND.
IT REALLY WENT OFF FLAWLESSLY. I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR OBSERVATIONS.
I WAS THINKING, CRUSHED WE NEED MORE CARNIVAL RIDES AND YOU'VE GOT ALL THAT WIRED IN. HOW DID HAVING 2 LOCATIONS FOR TAMALES WORK? IT WAS KIND OF GREAT AND ALLEVIATED SOME OF THE LINES. I KNOW WE NEVER HAD THAT IN THE PAST. I DON'T KNOW, HOW DO YOU THINK ALL OF THAT
WORKED? >> YOU KNOW FORGING THE RELATIONSHIP WITH THE TAMALE VENDORS AS A COMMUNITY WAS A CHALLENGE.
I THINK WE WERE NEW TO IT. I THINK WE ALL NEEDED TO BUY SOME MUTUAL TRUST WITH EACH OTHER. WE WANTED TO CREATE A POSITIVE WE COULD SORT OF PACKAGE AND MARKET.
CREATE AN AREA THAT NECESSARILY WASN'T ON ASPHALT IN A MORE PARKLIKE ENVIRONMENT. WE CREATED OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE TAMALE VENDORS TO ENGAGE THAT SPACE OR TO FIND THEIR TRADITIONAL SPACES THEY PREFER.
WE REALLY TRY TO INCENTIVIZE THEM THE BEST WE COULD. TO TRACK SOME OF THE NEW THINGS.
AND YOU KNOW WHAT ACTUALLY THINGS LIKE INSURANCE POLICIES.
THEY WERE REALLY ENGAGED THIS YEAR BECAUSE WE HELP THEM OPTIMIZE THE ON BOARD ON THAT POINT-OF-SALE.
EVERYONE GAVE THAT A SHOT AND TRIED SO WE COULD GET SOME MORE INSIDE. EVERYONE ENDED UP IN THE TAMALE PLAZA ACTUALLY WAS PLEASANTLY REALLY ENJOYED IT. WE LOOK FORWARD TO COMING BACK.
I THINK ULTIMATELY HAVING THE SPACE IN FRONT OF THE MAIN STAGE IS THE MOST IN DEMAND. SOME RETAIL SPACE ON THE SHOW. AND ULTIMATELY I THINK THERE ARE HOTSPOTS LIKE THAT AROUND THAT. SO, I THINK FOR US MOVING FORWARD LIKE WE WANT TO CONTINUE OFFERING SOMETHING LIKE TAMALE PLAZA.
WE COULD PROBABLY OPTIMIZE HOUSE ORGANIZED AND LAID OUT A LITTLE BIT. I THINK WE CAN FIND MAYBE NEW INCENTIVES FOR THE TAMALE VENDORS TO TAKE UP MORE BOOTHS, MAKE MORE TAMALES OR LET US SUPPORT THEM IN THE INFRASTRUCTURE OF HELPING THEM BUS THE LINES.
WHETHER IT'S PAYMENTS OR SCALING THEIR OPERATIONS. I'M NOT NECESSARILY SURE THAT MORE TAMALE VENDORS WILL CUT THE LINES. IF ANYONE SOUGHT THERE WERE SPECIFIC VENDORS. WE NEED TO WORK HAND-IN-HAND TOGETHER OPERATION IS MY TAKE ON
OUT. >> I'M SORRY, I THOUGHT THE SKATE RINK WAS OUTSTANDING. WHAT A FABULOUS IDEA.
I THINK WE NEED TO INCORPORATE THAT IN MORE THINGS AT THE CITY. IT WAS WONDERFUL.
I SO MANY PEOPLE TELL ME HOW GREAT THE MUSIC WAS. A COUPLE PEOPLE MENTIONED CAN YOU ANNOUNCE US AT TIMES A LITTLE EARLIER. I'VE NEVER SEEN SO MANY PEOPLE DOWNTOWN AS I DID ON A SATURDAY NIGHT.
THE ENERGY IN THE MUSIC AND THE VIBE AND EVERYTHING WAS REALLY PHENOMENAL.
YOU HAVE SUCH GREAT INFORMATION AND GREAT INSIGHTS. I LOOK FORWARD TO IT. I CAN'T WAIT 11 MORE MONTHS FOR THE NEXT ONE TO COME AROUND. THANK YOU MAYOR ASK MAYOR PRO
TEM? >> WE HAD A LOT OF GOOD FEEDBACK FROM THE RESIDENCE.
I THINK THEY REALLY ENJOYED THE DIFFERENT LAYOUT. I THINK IT'S A BETTER USE OF THE SPACE.
USING THE PARKING LOTS IN THE GREEN SPACE LIKE YOUR SAINT MICHAEL PARKLIKE ENVIRONMENT.
FOR DECORATIONS WE HAVE A LOT OF COMPLIMENTS ON THE DECORATIONS.
EVERYTHING LOOK GOOD. >> MUCH MORE EXPENSIVE THAN I INTENDED.
NOT THE DECORATIONS BUT THE TEAMS AND THE LABOR AND THE HARDWARE TO GET THEM HUNG UP. CITY WORKS MAGICAL IN SUPPORTING ON THAT.
THE ATTRACTIONS WERE REALLY GOOD.
THE CAR SHOW, THE SKATING RINK, THERE WAS SO MUCH GOING ON HE KEPT EVERYBODY BUSY.
GREAT FOOD, THE BOUNCE HOUSE WAS AMAZING. CARNIVAL RIDES.
I THINK THAT DOES NEED A LITTLE BIT OF WORK. PEOPLE ENJOYED THEM SO MUCH WE NEED MORE OF THEM RIGHT. THANK YOU AND THANK YOU TO OUR STAFF FOR HELPING US OUT ON ALL THIS PROJECTS INTO YOUR STAFF AS WELL. PLEASE LET THEM KNOW WE SAID THANK YOU. THE PERFORMANCES, GREAT VARIETY OF MUSIC.
PEOPLE REALLY ENJOYED THE PERFORMANCES AS WELL.
IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU GUYS ARE LOOKING AT ALL THE IMPROVEMENTS YOU WANT TO MAKE FOR THE NEXT YEAR.
IN TERMS OF THE MARKETING AND PLANNING.
I JUST REALLY ENJOYED IT MYSELF
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AND GOT A LOT OF GOOD COMPLIMENTS ON IT AS WELL.I DID WANT TO SEE ONE THING I HEARD THAT THEY WANT TO SEE MORE FOOD VENDORS. THAT SOMETHING
HEARD AS WELL? >> MOST OF THE DEMAND WAS FROM THE MORE TAMALE VENDORS IN PARTICULAR.
WE DID INTRODUCE SOME OTHER THINGS. SPICY PIES AND CHICKEN TENDERS AND WHATNOT.
THEY DIDN'T REALLY MOVE THE NEEDLE AS MUCH AS THE DEMAND FOR TAMALES HONESTLY.
THAT'S SOMETHING WE HONED IN ON.
>> MAYBE TO HAVE A HISTORICAL EXPECTATION OF
ALL THESE TAMALES. >> ABSOLUTELY.
THANK YOU TO YOU AND YOUR TEAM AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO THE NEXT YEAR AS WELL.
>> THANK YOU. >> MAYOR, GREAT JOB.
HE BROUGHT OUR COMMUNITY TO GET INVOLVED. HE HIT THE GROUND RUNNING.
MY OFFICES IN DOWNTOWN AND I SAW YOU EVERYDAY.
LIKE THE IDEA THAT YORTY HAVE PLANS, IDEAS AND THOUGHTS.
IT IS THE VENDORS. IF YOU CAN GET MORE TAMALE VENDORS I DON'T KNOW IF WE NEED TO PUT UP A CASH PRIZE OR SOMETHING TO BRING MORE PEOPLE IN.
I THINK THE OTHER THING YOU CAN DO TO LIMIT SOME OF THE LINES IS TO HAVE PREORDERS WHERE PEOPLE CAN ORDER THERE AND PICK HIM UP SO YOU DON'T HAVE THE PEOPLE'S BENDING A LOT OF TIME IN LINES.
CORNERS. >> ESPECIALLY THE BIGGER VENDORS SO PEOPLE CAN CONTINUE TO SPEND, SHOP AND DO OTHER STUFF THEY KNOW THEY CAN GO PICK UP TAMALES AT A CERTAIN AREA PICK IT UP LIKE HE WOULD.
THAT WOULD HELP WITH A LITTLE BIT. I LIKE THE IDEA OF THE EXTRA RIGHTS.
I THANK YOU DID EXCELLENT JOB OF MUSIC AND RIGHTS COMBINATION. IT KEPT PEOPLE ACTIVE AND BUSY.
I THINK REACHING OUT LITTLE BIT MORE NOW THAT YOU'RE HERE AGAIN WITH THE COMMUNITY WE WILL BRING THOSE NUMBERS FOR YOU. THE QUALITY WAS THERE.
I THINK A LITTLE BIT IS APPREHENSIVE BECAUSE THE ENVIRONMENT AND BECAUSE OF COVID AND BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T HAD IT IN A WHILE.
THEY WEREN'T SURE. ONCE PEOPLE GOT THERE AND I THANK YOU CAN CONTINUE TO GROW AND LET US KNOW HOW WE CAN HELP YOU TO BE SUCCESSFUL. THE ONE OTHER THING I WOULD SAY IS IF YOU COULD LOOK AT LIKE THE TAMALE FESTIVAL, SOMEHOW COULD ARGUE THERE'S SOMETHING INVOLVED WITH IT MAY BE LIKE THE POSTER OR SOMETHING. WE DID THAT WITH OUR CHAMBER OF COMMERCE EACH YEAR THEY HAVE A CONTEST.
THE PICK OUT A DIFFERENT THEME FOR THE POSTER. I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S YOUR THEME.
SOMEHOW GET MORE PEOPLE ENGAGED FOR LONGER.
OF TIME. >> I THINK WE MISSED THE BOAT BASED ON THE TIMING TO HAVE A LOCAL HIGH SCHOOLS WERE ENGAGED.
THIS TIME I THINK HOPEFULLY IT WILL BE AT THE TABLE FOR THAT.
>> I HAVE NO DOUBT YOU COULD BE MORE SUCCESSFUL.
JUST LET US KNOW HOW THE CITY OF INDIO CAN BE BETTER SUCCESSFUL. THE BETTER SUCCESS YOU ARE THE BETTER SUCCESS WE ARE.
PLEASE LET YOUR TEAM KNOW THAT WE THINK THEM.
>> COUNCILMEMBER AMITH GENTLY COUNTS COMMENTS?
>> THANK YOU MAYOR I WANT TO CONGRATULATE THE TEAM HERE, CUSP FOR PUTTING THIS TOGETHER IN SUCH SHORT ORDER AND PUTTING OFF A SUCCESSFUL EVENT.
I ENJOYED WATCHING THE SOCIAL MEDIA SITE EVENT.
HOW ENGAGE THE PUBLIC WAS AND HOW THEY CAPTURE THE ESSENCE OF THE WHOLE EVENT.
THAT WAS EXCITING FOR ME ACROSS A LOT OF DIFFERENT PLATFORMS. SO CONGRATULATIONS ON ENGAGING THE COMMUNITY IN THAT ASPECT. I'M HAPPY TO HEAR YOU ARE CONSIDERING A LATER HOURS. FOR MANY YEARS WE'VE DEBATED THAT.
SUCH A DEMAND FOR LATER HOURS. I KNOW THE TAMALE VENDORS AND THE VENDORS ARE TIRED. AT LEAST THE MUSIC AND THE RIDES SOMETHING THE PEOPLE CAN CONTINUE TO DO THROUGHOUT THE EVENING. DON IS COMING TO EARLY FOR PEOPLE TO GO HOME. THEY WANT TO CONTINUE TO PARTY AND GET THEIR MONIES WORTH REALLY.
>> IRONMAN, CITY CHURCH ACCUMULATOR FOR THE CAYMAN HEAVY WHEN THEY CAME.
THAT'S WHERE A COUPLE EXTRA HOURS WOULD MAKE A
BIG DIFFERENCE. >> YEAH, THANK YOU FOR LOOKING AT THAT AND CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF YOU. THANK YOU STEPH FOR SUPPORTING THIS GREAT EVENT IN OUR COMMUNITY.
>> FIRST OF ALL, HATS OFF TO YOU AND YOUR TEAM.
THE TIME YOU'RE ABLE TO PULL THIS OFF IT WENT OFF GREEN. I KNOW WE DO MONDAY MORNING ABOUT THINGS. WAS THERE BOTH DAYS. I WAS THERE THE NIGHT BEFORE IT STARTED.
I WAS THERE THE MORNING DRIVING AROUND IN THE
CART. >> AND WE WERE CLEANING UP
THE CONFETTI. >> WILL TELL YOU THIS I SEE NOTHING BUT SMILES.
THOSE MILES I SAW HIM FROM TEXAS, CAME FROM ARIZONA, CAME FROM I TOOK PICTURES OF OXNARD THERE WERE FEW CELEBRITIES IN ATTENDANCE.
THE ROLLER RINK WAS A HIT. ALL THE FOLKS IN THE BAY AREA, GOOD FOLKS.
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>> YEAH. WITHOUT DID THAT GOT HER COMMUNITY ACTIVATED AND WOULD UNDERSTAND HOW MANY CALLS AND TEXT MESSAGES I GOT.
WE NEED A ROLLER RINK IN INDIO. SO, I TELL YOU THIS. YOU DID AN EXCELLENT JOB. CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU.
CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR COMMUNITY FOR HAVING THIS AND BEING PART OF THIS ESPECIALLY IN THESE TIMES.
FOR WE WERE ABLE TO DO THIS AND DO IT SAFELY.
ALSO, IN THE FUTURE THE CITY IN OUR COMMUNITY ARE GOING TO ASSIST WITH THIS GETTING BIGGER AND BETTER AS WE ACTIVATE OUR DOWNTOWN. WOULD YOU KNOW WHERE IN THE PROCESS OF.
SO NEXT YEAR IS GOING TO EVEN GET BIGGER AND BETTER BECAUSE A WORK IN A BAR STUFF GOING ON DOWNTOWN.
THANK YOU WERE LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING YOU THE NEXT COUPLE YEARS AND CONGRATULATIONS ON A SUCCESSFUL EVENT.
>> THANK YOU. >> AND ALBRIGHT WILL MOVE
[5.2 Presentation by Joshua "Josh" Alvarez, Instructional Coach a...]
ON TO ITEM 5.2.IT'S A PRESENTATION BY STERN JOSHUA ALVAREZ INSTRUCTIONAL COACH AT THOMAS JEFFERSON MIDDLE TO SEEK INPUT AND COMMUNITY SUPPORT TOWARD ACCOMPLISHING CIRCLES.
>> GOOD EVENING MR. MAYOR AND THE COUNSIL AND CITY STAFF. ON THE WAIT ANOTHER SECOND FOR OUR PRINCIPAL MARGARET MCCORMICK AND HER ASSISTANT HELEN CHANG TO JOIN IN. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SEEING THIS
EVENING. >> THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE MR. ALVAREZ. WE'VE KNOWN EACH OTHER FOR A FEW
MORE TIME. >> GOOD AFTERNOON OR GOOD
EVENING. >> WAS WELCOME PRINCIPAL MCCORMICK. NICE SEEING YOU AGAIN AS WELL.
THANK YOU MAYOR AND SPECIAL SHOUT OUT TO MAYOR PRO TEMP MR. ORTIZ, ONE OF MY FORMER STUDENTS.
I'M GLAD HE'S ON THE CITY COUNSEL. ON MARGARET MCCALLUM. A VERY DEAR TO MY HEART I'VE BEEN A LIFETIME LONG MEMBER OF THE COMMUNITY IN THE CITY OF INDIO. GRADUATED OF INDIO HIGH SCHOOL AND MY CLAIM TO FAME AS MY MOTHER WENT TO TOM'S JEFFERSON MIDDLE SCHOOL. IT'S EXTREMELY DEAR TO MY HEART.
TONIGHT, I WANT TO SAY I HAVE JOSHUA ALVAREZ WHO IS OUR INSTRUCTIONAL COACH.
WORKING WITH OUR STAFF AND OUR STUDENTS I HAVE MISSED HELEN JANE WAS HER ASSISTANT WILL AT THOMAS JEFFERSON MIDDLE SCHOOL.
TONIGHT WE ARE GOING TO TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE SCHOOL AND A LITTLE BIT ABOUT ALL THE CHANGES WE HAVE GOING ON.
ESPECIALLY ENGAGING OUR STUDENTS IN OUR COMMUNITY AND HOW WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE PARTNERSHIPS IN OUR COMMUNITY AND JUST BE AN EVER PRESENT MEMBER OF YOUR COMMUNITY. SO, TODAY WERE GOING TO SHOW THE POSITIVE WORK THAT'S BEING DONE AND SEEK EDUCATIONAL PARTNERS TO SUPPORT OUR WORK TOWARDS OUR SCHOOL WIDE GOALS. RIGHT HERE IS WHERE EMPLOYMENT TO LEAVE YOU IN THE CAPABLE HANDS OF JOSHUA. GO AHEAD
JOSHUA. >> THANK YOU MISS MCCORMICK AND ONCE AGAIN GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. I HOPE YOU CAN SEE THE SCREEN. IT SHOULD SAY CLIMATE CULTURE.
I WAS HAVING ODD MOMENT THE SCREEN SHARE. MS. MCCORMICK AND MS. JANE WERE GOOD? IT'S ONLY APPROPRIATE SCREEN? ASK YOUR GOOD MR.
ALVAREZ. >> THIS YEAR AS IN PREVIOUS YEARS FOR THE CHALLENGES OF COVID WE HAD TO TAKE FURTHER STEPS TO BUILDING A POSITIVE CLIMATE AND CULTURE AT THOMAS JEFFERSON. WE'VE INCORPORATED AND WORKED HARD TO INCORPORATE UP TO TIER 1 LEVEL OUR ROCK VALUES WHICH STAND FOR RESPECT, OWNERSHIP, OPERATION AND KINDNESS.
IT'S A MESSAGE WE CONTINUALLY DRIVE HOME TO OUR STUDENTS AND STAFF.
OUR STAFF ARE CONSTANTLY PROMOTING THIS POSITIVE CHARACTERISTICS TO OUR STUDENTS.
WE ALSO SEEK TO HELP OUR STUDENTS ENGAGE IN THIS TYPE OF POSITIVE BEHAVIOR THROUGHOUT THE DAY ESPECIALLY WHEN THERE ARE MOMENTS OF CONFLICT OR MOMENTS THERE NEEDS TO BE A POSITIVE SOLUTION TO AN ISSUE. MICHAEL MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS WE HAVE OUR CHALLENGES. ALWAYS BRING THEM BACK TO THESE CORE VALUES. WE ALSO HAVE A WONDERFUL SOLUTION CENTER TOP BY 2 GREAT EDUCATORS THAT ARE PROMOTING RESTORATIVE PRACTICES TO OUR STUDENTS TO HELP THEM REFLECT ON THEIR BEHAVIOR. TO DEAL DIRECTLY WITH THE BEHAVIOR AND TO SUPPORT STUDENTS EMOTIONALLY AND THROUGH THEIR BEHAVIORAL WELL-BEING.
WE'VE SEEN GREAT SUCCESS IN THE SOLUTION CENTER. IT'S BEEN A GREAT POSITIVE EFFORT ON OUR CAMPUS.
WE'VE ALSO INCORPORATED SOMETHING NEW THIS YEAR.
WE CALL IT THE 40 DAY CHALLENGE. ESSENTIALLY IT EQUATES TO ONE QUARTER OF
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THE YEAR. WHAT WERE DOING THROUGH THIS 40 DAY CHALLENGE IS WE SEEK TO IMPROVE AND CHALLENGE OUR STUDENTS TO IMPROVE AND HAVE GOOD ATTENDANCE, BEHAVIOR AND ACADEMICS.THROUGH THE ATTENDANCE ASPECT WE CHALLENGE OUR STUDENTS TO BE PRESENT.
THE MESSAGE IS DON'T MISS SCHOOL. UNDERSTAND STUDENTS ARE SICK OR WE UNDERSTAND THROUGH COVID THERE ARE CONCERNS OR QUARANTINED THAT HAS TO TAKE PLACE.
WE DON'T SAY DON'T MISS SCHOOL.
WE ARE APPROACHING THIS FROM A POSITIVE ASPECT. WE WANT STUDENTS TO BE PRESENT.
WE WANT STUDENTS TO ARRIVE CLASS ON TIME.
BEING ON CLASS IS ARE LEARNING AND ENGAGEMENT AND WILL HELP THEM GROW. WE DEAL WITH BEHAVIORAL POSITIVE WAY WHERE WE APPROACH, PLUCKS A COMMUNITY WITH ADULTS OR COUNSELORS. WE TRY TO RESOLVE EVERYTHING IN A SAFE AND POSITIVE MANNER.
III CHALLENGE FOR OUR STUDENTS IS ACADEMICS.
GRADES, YES WE ENCOURAGE OUR STUDENTS TO EARN THE HIGHEST GRADES POSSIBLE.
HOWEVER, WE USE A SOFTWARE THROUGH OUR DISTRICT CALLED MY READY.
SPECIFICALLY TARGETING FOR OUR CAMPUS WE ARE AIMING TO IMPROVE OUR LITERACY SCORES. OUR LITTLE STREET TARGETS FOR US, WHEN A DASHBOARD OF CALIFORNIA.
WE CHALLENGE STUDENTS TO SPEND TIME WEEKLY ON LESSONS AND THEN 3 TIMES A YEAR THEY TAKE A DIAGNOSTIC TEST.
WE HAVE SEEN SOME WONDERFUL GROWTH IN THE DIAGNOSTIC AND ALL OF THIS IS PART OF THE 40 DAY CHALLENGE. JUST TO SHARE POSITIVE GROWTH THIS YEAR. THESE LAST FEW MONTHS AS WE TOOK THIS BACK IN SEPTEMBER. WE HAVE SEEN A 5 PERCENT INCREASE OF STUDENTS PERFORMING AT GRADE LEVEL OR ONE BELOW GRADE LEVEL COMPARED TO THE NUMBERS IN SEPTEMBER. WE SEEN SPECIFICALLY TARGETING OUR ENGLISH LEARNERS. RECEIVED STUDENTS INCREASE 5 PERCENT TO BECOME AT GRADE LEVEL OR BELOW GRADE LEVEL. THAT'S A FANTASTIC PROGRESS FOR OUR EL STUDENTS. WE'VE SEEN OUR 6 GRADERS SHOW TREMENDOUS IMPROVEMENT. 6 GRADERS ARE PERFORMING 6 PERCENT HIGHER THAN THEY DID IN SEPTEMBER. OUR EIGHTH GRADERS ARE CRUSHING IT THIS YEAR. THEY DID 10 PERCENT MORE OF THEM ARE PERFORMING AT GRADE LEVEL OR ONE GRADE BELOW GRADE LEVEL. THIS IS FROM OUR DATA DURING LAST WEEK'S JANUARY 11 I REALLY DIAGNOSTIC. WE ARE SEEING SOME GREAT NUMBERS. WE ARE REALLY GRATEFUL FOR OUR STUDENTS STEPPING UP. GRATEFUL FOR THE STAFF PROMOTING THESE POSITIVE THINGS ON CAMPUS.
IN ADDITION TO THIS 40 DAY CHALLENGE IN PART THE REASON WHY WERE PRESENTING THIS TONIGHT. WE ESTABLISH CALLING A FUN DAY. THAT FOLLOWS SHORTLY AFTER THE 40 DAY CHALLENGE.
IF STUDENTS ARE ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH THE CRITERIA WITHIN THE CHALLENGE WE WANT TO REWARD STUDENTS WITH A POSITIVE INCENTIVE.
YOU PROVIDE AND A HALF DAY DURING THIS FUN DAY STUDENTS ARE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE, THEY CHOOSE, WE DON'T ASSIGN, THEY CHOOSE WHAT THEY WOULD LIKE AND THEY GET TO PARTICIPATE IN THESE GREAT ACTIVITIES IN OUR OWN STUFF NUMBERS PUT ON.
YOU HAVE COOL THINGS HAPPENING. WE RENTED A GAME TRUCK THAT CAME OUT AND THE KIDS JUST WENT CRAZY FOR THIS THING.
STAFF MEMBERS LEADING PAINTING, DIY PROJECTS, ONE STAFF MEMBER WAS DUE MANICURING STUDENTS.
SOME STUDENTS WANTED TO CHILL AND HANG OUT SO WE HAD TEACHERS WILLING TO JUST OPEN THEIR CLASSROOM AND LET THEM CHILL.
WE HAD OUR PE TEACHERS TO A COLOR RUN WHICH IS SUPER MESSY.
ONE TEACHER DOING LEGO BUILDING.
THIS NEXT TIME AROUND WE WILL TO HAVE ONE OF OUR CAFETERIA STAFF BAKE COOKIES, SUGAR COOKIES WITH 12 OF HER STUDENTS. WERE EXCITED ABOUT THAT ONE. THERE IS MAGIC MODELING CLAY WE ARE DOING IN SCIENCE EXPERIMENTS AND SO MANY MORE WONDERFUL THINGS.
ALL OF THIS IS BY TEACHERS FOR OUR STUDENTS. THE FIRST ROUND WENT GREAT AND I WERE LOOKING FORWARD TO THE SECOND ROUND.
HERE ARE SOME PHOTOS FROM THE FIRST FUN DAY. IF STUDENTS PLAYING BOARD GAMES OR GIGA IN THE CLASSROOM. WE HAVE COLOR RUN, THE GAME TRUCK, MANICURIST, WE HAVE THE SCIENCE LAB. OUR COUNSELORS HOSTED – AND THE KIDS ATE THAT UP.
THEY WERE EARNING MEXICAN CANDIES IN THE AFTERNOON.
WE HAD ONE TEACHER OFFER HOW TO PLAY DRUMS OR GUITAR LIKE ROCK BAND CLASS. THAT WAS COOL.
WE HAD A COUPLE OF TEACHERS HOST A PUMPKIN PAINTING ACTIVITY AS WELL. THIS WAS RIGHT BEFORE HALLOWEEN. WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL TIME DURING OUR FIRST FUN DAY.
LOOKING FORWARD TO THE NEXT ONE COMING UP ON FEBRUARY 11.
THAT'S A GLIMPSE INTO THE FIRST OVERALL RG TIER 1 THAT WERE TRYING TO POSITIVELY ENCOURAGE OUR STUDENTS TO MEET THOSE 3 AREAS. WE ENCOURAGE POSITIVE ATTENDANCE, POSITIVE BEHAVIOR AND POSITIVE ACADEMIC GROWTH.
TO MS. MCCORMICK. >> SO THE NEXT PIECE WE ALSO WANT YOU TO KNOW IS
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WE HAVE SOME TARGETED INTERVENTIONS.WE DO SOME STUDENTS NEED EXTRA SUPPORT SO WE NARROW IT DOWN. I'M GOING TO INTRODUCE MS. CHANG TO TALK ABOUT THAT SUPPORT.
>> I'M HELEN CHANG HAPPY TO BE HERE. YES, ABOUT OUR TIER 2 INTERVENTIONS.
WE HAVE THESE INTERVENTIONS ARE FOR EVEN SMALLER TARGETED GROUP OF STUDENTS THAT JUST NEED A LITTLE BIT EXTRA SUPPORT.
WITH OUR BEHAVIOR, JOSH TALKED ABOUT ONE OF THE THINGS WE OFFER WHICH IS OUR SOLUTION CENTER THAT ALLOWS US TO RESTORE SOME NEGATIVE BEHAVIORS.
GIVE US A CHANCE TO DIG IN AND FIND OUT THE ROOT CAUSE OF SOME OF THE BEHAVIORS. IT'S BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL.
THIS YEAR WE HAD A REALLY GOOD RATE WE DON'T HAVE STUDENTS RETURNING.
THEY COME IN THEY DO THEIR TIME AND THEY LEARNED FROM IT AND THEY DON'T GO BACK IN.
IT'S BEEN A REALLY GREAT SITUATION WERE ONE OF 2 SCHOOLS IN THE DISTRICT THAT HAS THIS. IT'S BEEN BENEFICIAL AND HELPFUL IN HELPING OUR STUDENTS LEARN HOW TO DEAL WITH SOME BEHAVIORAL ISSUES. THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS WE DO REGARDING BEHAVIOR. WE ALSO TO INDIVIDUAL CHECK-IN AND CHECKOUT FOR STUDENTS WHO NEED THAT EXTRA SUPPORT. I MEET WITH THEM DAILY OR WEEKLY.
SOME OF OUR COUNSELORS TAKE SOME OF OUR STUDENTS AS WELL THAT NEED TO HAVE EXTRA SUPPORT AND LOVE FROM OUR STAFF MEMBERS.
WE DO HAVE THAT GOING ON WITH THE BEHAVIOR. ACADEMIC WISE WE TARGETED OVER 200 STUDENTS TO PARTICIPATE IN THE ONLINE TUTORING THAT WE'VE BEEN OFFERING WE TARGETED OUR ENGLISH LEARNERS WISHES ONE OF OUR GOALS THIS YEAR INCREASING OUR LITERACY RATE. WE DID OFFER TUTORING SESSION TO ALL OF HER ADLS. OUR ENGLISH LEARNERS AND GET THEM SCHEDULED EVERY WEEK FOR TUTORING SESSION. WE ALSO EVEN TARGETED EVEN SMALLER GROUP OF SOME OF HER EIGHTH GRADERS WERE STRUGGLING ACADEMICALLY MAKING SURE THEY'RE READY FOR HIGH SCHOOL BECAUSE WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THEY ACADEMICALLY PREPARED TO MOVE ON TO INDIA HIGH SCHOOL. HAVE THAT GOING ON WITH OUR ACADEMICS EVEN HAVE SMALL GROUP MENTORING WHERE OUR SOLUTION CENTER TEACHERS HAVE BEEN PULLING OUT SOME SMALL GROUPS OF EIGHTH GRADE STUDENTS TO GIVE THEM MORE MENTORING AS FAR AS ACADEMICS TO AND MAKING SURE THEY ARE READY FOR HIGH SCHOOL. IN TERMS OF COUNSELING. WE HAVE SOME SMALL GROUPS THAT HAPPEN. AGAIN THEY ARE VERY TARGETED FOR STUDENTS THAT NEED THE EXTRA SUPPORT.
THEIR WELLNESS GROUP, ANXIETY GROUP, GIRLS GROUP AND THEN RECENTLY ARE GOING TO BE STARTING A PARTNERSHIP WITH MAMMY.
THAT IS A VERY GEARED TOWARDS MENTAL HEALTH AND SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL LEARNING. REALLY EXCITED TO START OUT WITH THEM VERY SOON. WITH OUR TIER 2 SUPPORTS HERE.
REGARDING READING AND LITERACY YOU WILL SEE WE ARE TARGETING STUDENTS THAT ARE CURRENTLY READING AT THE CANDOR IN THE FIRST GRADE LEVEL. WE FOUND A GREAT OPPORTUNITY THIS YEAR. WE WERE ABLE TO HIRE 3 READING SPECIALIST ON ARE TARGETING THOSE STUDENTS IN HELPING WITH THEIR PHONICS AND AWARENESS. IT'S BEEN REALLY BENEFICIAL. WE STARTED WITH 6 GRADE THIS YEAR. THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR WE ADDED SEVENTH AND EIGHTH GRADERS AND IS NOW A GROUP OF 30 TO 40 STUDENTS THAT WE'VE BEEN TARGETING. IT'S BEEN GOOD. WE'VE SEEN A LOT OF IMPROVEMENT. AS YOU CAN SEE 55 PERCENT OF OUR STUDENTS APPROVED A ONE FULL GRADE LEVEL AND 15 PERCENT IMPROVED BY 2 OR MORE. WERE HOPING TO CONTINUE THAT INTERVENTION.
IT'S VERY TARGETED VERY SMALL GROUP.
THAT'S WHAT WE'VE BEEN NEEDING FOR A LONG TIME NOW. HAPPY TO SEE POSITIVE RESULTS WITHOUT.
>> ALL RIGHT NOW WE COME TO THE END OF OUR PRESENTATION.
AGAIN I WANT TO THANK JOSHUA AND I WANT TO THINK HELEN. GET A RETURN TO JOSH WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE EDUCATIONAL PARTNERSHIP. WE WELCOME YOU TO COME TO THOMAS JEFFERSON ANYTIME. WE HAVE GREAT EXCITING THINGS THAT ARE HELP IT HAPPENING ESPECIALLY WITH THE MURAL. RAMIRO FACES THE JACKSON STREET. IT WAS DONE BY MICHAEL ANGELO WAS A FORMER STUDENT AND THE NEW MURAL IN COURT JELL-O OF DORIS WITHOUT. EXCITED TO SEE THINGS HAPPENING.
ANYONE HE COULD COME AND SEE OUR KIDS COME THROUGH THE GATE WE HAVE MUSIC PLAYING AND DURING LUNCH TIME WE HAVE ALL KINDS OF ACTIVITIES. WE HAVE A GREAT PARTNERSHIP WITH THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB. NEXT DOOR TO DO HER AFTERSCHOOL
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PROGRAM AND THEY COME OVER DURING LUNCH TIME TO DO ACTIVITIES WITH OUR STUDENTS. GRATEFUL FOR THAT PARTNERSHIP. OF COURSE WERE GRATEFUL FOR THE CITY'S PARTNERSHIP. WE DO HAVE MUTUAL USE OF THE FIELD. GRATEFUL FOR THAT AND THE LIGHTS THAT GO ON IN THE EVENING WHEN OUR STUDENTS WANT TO PARTICIPATE AND PLAY AND PLAY SOCCER BASEBALL OR ANYTHING. AGAIN, JOSHUA, WANT TO GO AHEAD AND TALK TO THEM ABOUT THE PARTNERSHIPS.>> THANK YOU SO MUCH MS. MCCORMICK. AS SHE MENTIONED TONIGHT WE REALLY WANT TO TRY AND BUILD THIS BRIDGE BETWEEN US AND THE CITY OF INDIO IN A GREATER CAPACITY.
WHERE WERE REACHING OUT TO VENDORS IN THE CITY OF INDIO REACHING OUT YOURSELVES A CITY COUNCIL WHERE WE CAN FIND SOME TYPE OF WAYS WE CAN SUPPORT ONE ANOTHER. AS A CITY CONTINUE TO DRIVE THIS MESSAGE HOME THAT STUDENTS BELONG ON CAMPUS.
THEY BELONG IN CAMPUS EVERYDAY UNLESS THERE'S A MEDICAL EMERGENCY OR ILLNESS OR THINGS LIKE THAT THAT WOULD NOT BE A GOOD REASON TO GO. ENCOURAGE EVERY STUDENT TO BE THERE AND BE IN CLASS ON TIME. WE ALSO ENCOURAGE STUDENT SAFETY.
WHEN THEY'RE ON CAMPUS WE WANT THE SAFETY FOR STUDENTS. WE WANT THEM TO ENJOY A POSITIVE AND RESPECTFUL ENVIRONMENT THROUGHOUT THE DAY FOR OUR TEACHERS AND STAFF IN OUR STUDENTS. THIS IS A MESSAGE WERE DRIVING HOME.
WERE GOING TO CONTINUE TO DRIVE IT.
WE ARE VERY GRATEFUL. WE'VE SEEN THIS A VERY GREAT WORK DONE THIS YEAR AMONG OUR STUDENTS.
THEY'VE BEEN DOING A FANTASTIC JOB.
LIKE MS. CHANG WAS MENTIONING, WE ARE SEEING A LOT LESS OF THE BEHAVIORAL REOCCURRING BEHAVIOR CONCERNS WE MAY HAVE SEEN IN THE PAST.
SO I WILL LEAVE THE CITY COUNCIL WITH US TONIGHT. ANY SUPPORT WE CAN WORK WITH OR ANY SUPPORT THE COMMUNITY MIGHT BE ABLE TO PROVIDE TO INCENTIVIZE THE THINGS THAT WE ARE DOING GOOD TO REPORT STUDENTS FOR DOING THESE THINGS.
FOR OUR 40 DAY CHALLENGE, FOR FUNDING TO REWARD STUDENTS THAT ARE BURSTING AT THE SEAMS WITH POSITIVE ACADEMIC GROWTH. IT'S GREATLY APPRECIATED. WE HAD IN AND OUT SPONSOR US WITH GIFT CARDS. WE'VE HAD ALL MY GOODNESS, IT WAS CHANGE YOUR GONNA HAVE TO HELP ME WITH THE NAME.
HEALTH AND STARBUCKS HAVE BEEN SO SUPPORTIVE OF US.
ONE OF THE NEXT PHASES I WANT TO DO WAS TRY TO SEE WHERE STUDENTS ARE SHOPPING. TRY TO SEE WHETHER GOING FOR THEIR HAIRCUTS OR GOING FOR THEIR AFTERNOON HANGOUTS OR WHATEVER APPEARED TO SEE WHAT BUSINESSES ARE BEING MOST VISITED BUYER STUDENTS AND FAMILIES.
THOSE OF THE PLACES WHO WANT TO TAP INTO.
WE WANT TO BUILD RELATIONSHIPS WITH THOSE CITIES.
ANYTHING THAT THE CITY MIGHT BE ABLE TO HELP US WITH, GIFT CARDS, CERTIFICATES, SERVICES, PRICES. ANYONE AT TERRY DONATIONS IS GREAT. WE RECEIVED A WONDERFUL GRANT. ALL THIS CAN BE USED AS INCENTIVE TO MOTIVATE AND REWARDING OUR STUDENTS FOR THE HARD WORK AND GROWTH. WITH THAT I WILL LEAVE IT BACK TO MS.
MCCORMICK. >> SO THE FINAL SHOT UP I'D LIKE TO DO JUST BECAUSE IT'S BEEN PART OF THE COMMUNITY IS JUST REALLY WANT TO THANK THE INDIO POLICE DEPARTMENT.
THIS PAST CHRISTMAS 2 OF OUR STUDENTS WERE HONORED BY THE COMMUNITY AND IF YOU COULD SEE THE STUDENTS IT WAS SO UPLIFTING.
IT WASN'T JUST OUR STUDENTS AT JEFFERSON. IT WAS THE TOTAL COMMUNITY, IT WAS INDIO MIDDLE, IT WAS JOHN GLENN. WE HAD STUDENTS FROM ALL OVER THE CITY.
THAT IS WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT. WHEN THE COMMUNITY EMBRACES AND TAKES US TOGETHER. TOGETHER WE WILL DO THIS. AGAIN I WANT TO THINK JOSHUA AND HERE'S HER EMAIL ADDRESSES.
WERE GRATEFUL FOR THE SUPPORT THAT THE CITY HAS ALWAYS PROVIDED JEFFERSON. ALONG GOING SUNNI TRADITION.
WE WANT TO CONTINUE THE PARTNERSHIP.
>> GREAT, THANK YOU PRINCIPAL MCCORMICK, ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL CHANG AND MR. ALVAREZ FOR THIS PRESENTATION. I'D LIKE TO ASK THE COUNCIL IN THE COMMUNITY TO BEAR WITH US. WE HAVE A COUPLE ITEMS WE HAVE TO DO AT A CERTAIN TIME. WE DO HAVE A COUPLE OF MINUTES. I WOULD DO IS ASK THE COUNCIL IF YOU HAVE ANY WORDS OR COMMENTS FOR THE STAFF AND
JEFFERSON MIDDLE SCHOOL? >> JUST REAL QUICK I THINK THAT'S A TREMENDOUS EFFORT YOU'RE DOING. THE BENEFIT TO THE FUTURE OF THESE KIDS IS ENORMOUS.
I'M JUST WONDERING WHAT ABOUT OUR GRANT PROGRAM? DO YOU GUYS ACCESS THE GRANT OR APPLYING FOR A GRANT IN THE CITY OF INDIO WHICH COMES OUT I THINK EVERY AUGUST OR SEPTEMBER?
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>> WE KNOW THAT OTHER SCHOOLS HAVE DONE IT.
WE'RE GOING TO IMPLEMENT THAT THIS YEAR. THAT'S ONE OF OUR GOALS IS TO REACH OUT FOR THE GRANTS.
>> GREAT. >> ARE 50 CITY MANAGER IS LISTENING. MAYOR PRO TEM?
>> GREAT TO SEE YOU MISS MCCORMICK AND GREAT TO MEET MR. ALVAREZ MS. CHANG.
SOUNDS LIKE YOU GUYS ARE DOING A GREAT JOB. I KNOW WITH COVID AND INFLATION GOING ON A LOT OF FAMILIES ARE FEELING A LOT OF STRAIN.
SEEN YOU GUYS PUT THAT EXTRA EFFORT AND THE FAMILY VALUES INTO YOUR SCHOOL REALLY MEANS A LOT TO US HERE. ALSO SEEN THE IMPROVEMENTS ARE SEEN IN BEHAVIORS IN ACADEMICS.
IT SHOWS HOW THIS IS PAYING OFF. THEY APPRECIATE THAT.
ALSO THE TARGET INTERVENTIONS.
WE KNOW HOW BIG OF AN IMPACT THAT WILL HAVE ON OUR STUDENTS GOING FORWARD AND HOW MUCH IT WILL HELP THEM AS A MOVE ON INTO HIGH SCHOOL. GREAT WORK.
WHATEVER WE CAN DO TO HELP, WHEN GRADUATION TIME COMES. IF YOU WANT US TO COME SPEAK TO SOME OF THE GRADUATING EIGHTH GRADERS, LET US KNOW. WERE OPEN TO
THAT AS WELL. >> OH ALL BE CALLING YOU MR. ORTIZ. YOU'RE THE REASON WHY, LOOK AT WHERE
DEFINITELY WOULD BE HAPPY TO JOIN YOU
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. VERY THINKING OUTSIDE THE BOX.
IT'S VERY GOOD TO SEE THAT YOU'RE HELPING WITH THE STUDENTS AND THE READING.
PLEASE LET US KNOW HOW WE CAN SUPPORT YOU IN ANY OTHER WAYS. BECAUSE A MEMBER ORTIZ OR MAYOR PRO TEM ORTIZ, IF THERE'S ANYTHING WE CAN DO TO THE YOUTH. OF THE SAME TIME THANK YOU FOR GETTING THE CHILDREN BACK INTO THE SCHOOLS.
I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT INTERACTION TO HAVE THE STUDENTS INSIDE THE SCHOOLS IN A SAFE ENVIRONMENT AND INTERACTING WITH ONE ANOTHER. IT MEANS A BIG DIFFERENCE WHEN YOU HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY TO MEET WITH YOUR PEERS AND AT THE SAME TIME GET THAT INTERIM GUIDANCE. I DO APPRECIATE
>> MAYOR PRO TEM TO EVERY COMMENT OR QUESTIONS?
>> I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS I WANT TO THANK THEM FOR THE PRESENTATION.
IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU PRINCIPAL MCCORMICK.
THAT'S NUISANCE TO TALK TO YOU BUT THAT WAS PRE-PANDEMIC.
THANK YOU. >> I'LL CLOSE IT BY FINISHING OUT WITH ANOTHER THANK YOU PRINCIPAL AND YOUR STAFF FOR WHAT YOU DO.
AT DIFFERENT TIMES YOU HAD TO MANEUVER AND PREVENT TO GET OUR KIDS THEIR EDUCATION AND GET THEM THEIR FOOD AND NOURISHMENT. WE CAN'T SAY ENOUGH ABOUT OUR EDUCATORS, OUR CULTURES, OUR YOUTH PASTORS AND FOLKS TO TAKE CARE FOR YOUTH.
HALF 2. IF WE CAN DO ANYTHING PLEASE CONTACT THE CITY. ALL HEALTH PARTNERS. OUR CITY HAS PARTNERS. WE WOULD LOVE TO COME DOWN AND WORK AND TALK TO THE KIDS AS WELL.
THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO AND WE WILL SEE YOU SOON.
>> GREAT, THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU.
>> OKAY THE TIME NOW IS 6 O'CLOCK. WE ARE GOING HAVE TO MANEUVER WITH OUR AGENDA. SKIP OVER A COUPLE OF ITEMS AND COME BACK TO THEM BECAUSE OUR PUBLIC HEARING ITEM FOR MAP REDISTRICTING HAS TO START AT 6 PM.
I WILL GO TO ITEM NUMBER 11 WHICH IS PUBLIC HEARING ITEMS. OUR FIRST ITEM IS 11.1.
[11.1 Third Public Hearing to Receive Input from the Community Regarding the...]
THIS THIRD PUBLIC HEARING TO RECEIVE INPUT FROM THE COMMUNITY REGARDING THE REDRAWING OF DISTRICT BOUNDARIES AND PRESENTATION OF DRAFT DISTRICT MAPS. PUBLIC HEARING HAS TO START PROBABLY AT 6 PM.>> ALL RIGHT GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND I WAS WITH COUNCIL. WITH THE NATIONAL GRAPHICS CORPORATION.
WE APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK THIS EVENING.
>> I WANTED TO MAKE ONE ANNOUNCEMENT. WE WERE REQUESTED TO HEALTH AND LIVE –. – CAN YOU HAVE OUR LIVE TRANSLATOR MAYBE STAND UP AND LET HER KNOW WHERE SHE SAT SO FOLKS NEED HEADPHONES, SPEAKING ENGLISH] [INAUDIBLE]
ENGLISH] >> SO SHE SHOULD BE SET UP. THEN WE WILL GO AHEAD AND BEGIN.
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JEFF FOR YOUR PATIENCE.AGAIN GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF COUNCIL MY NAME IS JEFF'S AMENITY WITH INITIAL DEMOGRAPHICS CORPORATION.
WE APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK WITH YOU. TONIGHT IS OUR THIRD PUBLIC HEARING PARTICULARLY TALKING ABOUT THE FIRST REVIEW OF ATTENTIONAL DRAFT MAPS.
TONIGHT WERE GONNA TALK ABOUT QUICKLY GROWTH THROUGH AN OVERVIEW OF THE PROJECT TIMELINES AND NEXT STEPS. THEN WILL REVIEW THE DRAFT MAPS THIS EVENING.
THAT'S THE MAIN FOCUS OF TONIGHT'S DISCUSSION. AS YOU RECALL FOR THE LAST TIMES WE'VE SPOKEN THERE IS A SPECIFIC PROCESS BECAUSE OF.
>> JEFF CAN YOU GO A LITTLE BIT SLOWER FOR THE
>> THANK YOU. >> FOR HALLIBURTON CALIFORNIA ASSEMBLY BILL 849, THERE IS A SPECIFIC SET OF HEARINGS WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH. THEREFORE PUBLIC HEARINGS WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH. WE HAD TO INITIAL PRE-DRAFT MAP HEARINGS WHICH WERE PRIOR TO THE RELEASE OF THE DRAFT MAPS ON NOVEMBER 3.
THEN WE HAVE TO HAVE 2 MORE DRAFT MAP HEARINGS. WHEN THIS EVENING AND ONE SCHEDULED FOR FEBRUARY 2.
DISCUSS AND REVISE DRAFT MAPS AND DISCUSS THE ELECTION SEQUENCE.
WE TALK ABOUT THE ELECTION SEQUENCE THAT IS WHICH DISTRICTS WILL BE UP IN 2022 WHICH DISTRICTS WILL BE UP AT 2024.
THE MAPS ALSO HAVE TO BE APPROVED BY ORDINANCE.
WE WILL HAVE 2 DIFFERENT STEPS. THERE WILL BE A FIRST READING OF THE ORDINANCE BY SECOND READING OF THE ORDINANCE.
WE ARE PLANNING ON HAVING THE MAP ADOPTION HEARING ON MARCH 2.
THE PROCESS MUST BE COMPLETE BY NO LATER THAN – AND THAT IS THE DEADLINE FOR US TO SUBMIT THE MAP TO THE RIVERSIDE COUNTY REGISTRAR OF VOTERS IN ENOUGH TIME TO BE ABLE TO BE PROCESS FOR THE 2022 ELECTIONS.
THIS IS AN IMPORTANT SLIDE BECAUSE IT GOVERNS HOW WE LOOK AT MAPS AND WHETHER THEY ARE VALID AND REALLY GOVERN THE MAIN PROCESS OF THE REDISTRICTING PROCESS.
ON THE LEFT-HAND SIDE WE HAVE THE FEDERAL LAWS.
IN PARTICULARLY PERTAINING TO THE FEDERAL VOTING RIGHTS ACT. THIS IS TO MEAN KEY COMPONENTS. FIRST, DISTRICTS HAVE TO HAVE GENERAL EQUAL POPULATION AND THERE COULD BE NO RACIAL GERRYMANDERING.
SEE GENERALLY EQUAL POPULATION THAT MEANS THERE COULD BE NO GREATER THAN 10 PERCENT DEVIATION BETWEEN THE LARGEST DISTRICT OF THE SMALLEST DISTRICT AS A PERCENTAGE.
IN THE BLUE BOX IN THE MIDDLE, WE HAVE WHAT'S CALLED THE CALIFORNIA CRITERIA FOR CITIES.
WHICH IS SPECIFICALLY FOCUS ON ASSEMBLY BILL 849.
THIS IS A SET OF RANK ORDERED CRITERIA FOR HOW THE DISTRICTING PROCESS TAKES PLACE. THE 4 MAIN COMPONENTS.
FIRST DISTRICTS HAVE TO BE GEOGRAPHICALLY CONTINUOUS.
WE TALKED ABOUT NEIGHBORHOODS AND COMMUNITIES OF INTEREST AND WHERE WE WANT TO KEEP THOSE TOGETHER. DISTRICTS HAVE TO HAVE EASILY IDENTIFIED BOUNDARIES AND THEY HAVE TO BE COMPACT MEANING THEY DO NOT BYPASS ONE GROUP OF PEOPLE TO GET TO A MORE DISTANT GROUP OF PEOPLE.
FINALLY, WE TALKED ABOUT AGAIN THERE COULD BE POTENTIALLY LOOK AT THINGS SUCH AS IF WE HAVE AREAS THAT WILL HAVE FUTURE POPULATION GROWTH AS WELL AS MINIMIZING VOTERS THAT ARE SHIFTED IN ELECTION YEARS. SO, WHY DO WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE REDISTRICTING PROCESS? THIS CHART SHOWS.
THIS SHOWS THE EXISTING DISTRICTS AS DRAWN CURRENTLY BUT WITH THE 2020 CENSUS DATA PUT INTO THEM. AS YOU CAN SEE HERE ON III COLUMN OR EXCUSE MEET THIRD ROOM FROM THE TOP, YOU WILL SEE THE DEVIATION. AGAIN WE MENTIONED THIS HAS TO HAVE UNDER 10 PERCENT DEVIATION.
THE DEVIATION IS SLIGHTLY ABOVE THE 10 PERCENT THRESHOLD WITH THE DISTRICTS AS IS.
IT'S A NECESSITY IN HAS TO GO THROUGH THAT PROCESS. HERE FOR REFERENCE IS WHERE OUR EXISTING COUNCIL DISTRICTS ARE. ONE OF THE IMPORTANT SITES AS WELL IS LOOKING AT CITIZEN VOTING AGE POPULATION. PARTICULARLY PROTECTIVE CLASS POPULATION.
SHOWING WHERE THE LATINO VOTING POPULATION IS. WE REFER TO CITIZEN VOTING AGE POPULATION THAT MEANS ANY CITIZEN WAS OVER 18 YEARS OF AGE. IT'S NOT REQUIRED THAT THE REGISTER TO VOTE IS ANYONE WAS A CITIZEN THAT IS ELIGIBLE TO VOTE.
THIS IS SHOWING YOU WHERE YOUR LATINO CITIZEN VOTE
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POPULATION IS. YOU WILL SEE IN EACH ONE OF THE MAPS THAT WE PUT TOGETHER.WE PUT TOGETHER THE SPREADSHEET AS WELL WITH THE SPECIFIC DEMOGRAPHICS FOR EACH ONE OF THOSE MAPS ASSORTED STATED WITHOUT THIS EVENING WE RECEIVED 9 TOTAL DRAFT MAPS FOR CONSIDERATION. AND THERE WERE 3 OF THEM.
TIMES 102, 103 AND 107 THAT WERE SUBMITTED, THAT WERE NOT POPULATION BALANCE.
2 PLANS WERE SUBMITTED THROUGH THE ONLINE MAPPING TOOL WHICH WERE PLANS 106 AND 109. THOSE WERE BOTH POPULATION BALANCE.
FOR THE REMAINDER OF TONIGHT'S HEARING WE ARE GOING TO REVIEW THE REMAINING DATES FOR THE HEARINGS. THEN WE WILL GET INTO THE OVERVIEW OF THE DRAFT MAPS. FOR THE REMAINING HEARINGS AGAIN, TONIGHT WE HAVE JANUARY 19 IS OUR THIRD HEARING. WE ARE SCHEDULED TO HAVE THE 4TH HEARING ON FEBRUARY 2.
WHICH WILL BE POTENTIALLY THE INTRODUCTION OF THE ORDINANCE.
THEN AS I MENTIONED BECAUSE THIS IS THE ORDINANCE IT HAS TO HAVE 2 READINGS FOR THIS.
SO FEBRUARY 2 WILL BE THE 4TH HEARING. MARCH 2 WILL BE THE ORDINANCE ADOPTION.
AND IT HAS TO BE COMPLETED BY NO LATER THAN APRIL 17. TO BE ABLE TO BE READY FOR THE NOVEMBER 22 ELECTIONS.
THAT COMPLETES MY PRESENTATION.
I WILL STOP HERE AND ASK IF THERE ANY PARTICULAR QUESTIONS PERTAINING TO THE PRESENTATION. THEN WE CAN GO INTO THE DRAFT MAPS.
>> I THINK WE COULD KEEP GOING. THEN WE WILL GO INTO PUBLIC COMMENT AFTER
THAT. >> CAN WE PULL UP THE DRAFT MAPS? FOR THIS EVENING'S HEARING WE PUT TOGETHER A REVIEW MAP FOR ….[INAUDIBLE] SO FOR EACH ONE OF THE MAPS WE HAVE PUT TOGETHER WHAT WE HAVE AN INTERACTIVE REVIEW MAP HERE. SO WE CAN GO THROUGH AND SEE EACH ONE OF THE MAPS INDIVIDUALLY. WHAT I THOUGHT I COULD DO IS GIVE JUST AN OVERVIEW OF EACH ONE OF THE MAPS WE PUT TOGETHER.
THEN WE CAN MAYBE ASK QUESTIONS AND THEN GO INTO SPECIFIC DETAILS ON EACH ONE OF THESE. SO, PLAN 101 WAS TAKING A LOOK AT WHAT ARE SOME OF THE WAYS WE COULD MAKE MINIMAL CHANGES TO THE MOUNT AND GET TO POPULATION BALANCE.
IF YOU RECALL EXISTING DISTRICTS. DISTRICT ONE 2 WERE SLIGHTLY OVERPOPULATED. IN DISTRICT 4 WAS UNDERPOPULATED. SO HERE WE TOOK DISTRICT FOR ADDED THE SOUTHWESTERN MOST PORTION OF DISTRICT ONE.
FORMER DISTRICT 1 AND I WILL ZOOM IN. IT'S THIS PARTICULAR AREA SOUTH OF MILES AND THE INDIAN SPRINGS GOLF CLUB AREA.
WE ADDED THAT INTO DISTRICT 4.
AND THEN WE ADDED A SMALL AREA OF DISTRICT 3 OR EXCUSE ME, DISTRICT 2. THIS AREA JUST WEST OF GOLF CENTER PARKWAY.
INTO DISTRICT 3 TO HELP THE POPULATION BALANCE. DISTRICTS EXCUSE ME, PLANS 101 AND 103 OR NOT POPULATION BALANCED SUBMITTED. I THOUGHT IT WAS IMPORTANT TO ADD THOSE INTO PUBLIC RECORD BECAUSE THEY GAVE SOME GOOD IDEAS ON POTENTIALLY HOW TO REDRAW THE MAPS. SO, IF YOU WILL SEEK CARE, PARTICULARLY IN BOTH PLANS 102 AND 103.
THE AREAS THAT THEY WANTED TO INTO DISTRICT FORCE TO HELP WITH A POPULATION BALANCE WAS THE AREA HERE UP AGAINST THE WASH.
THE CHALLENGE WITH THE WAY BOTH 102,103 BERGERON WAS THERE'S A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF POPULATION IN THIS AREA. IF YOU PUT ALL OF THIS AREA INTO DISTRICT
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4. AS YOU CAN SEE WITH BOTH PLANS 102, 103 AND 107 THEY ARE SUBSTANTIALLY OUT POPULATION BALANCE.BUT, WHAT WE DID WAS WE TRY TO TAKE SOME OF THE IDEAS THERE FROM MAPS AND PUT THEM INTO SOME OF THE OTHER MAPS TO MAKE SURE THEY ARE POPULATION BALANCED. SO FOR PLAN 104, HERE, DISTRICT 4 WHICH IS THE PURPLE DISTRICT.
THE PUSH IS SLIGHTLY FURTHER TO AGAIN CAPTURES THE INDIAN SPRINGS CULTURE CULTURE CLUB.
PUSHES SLIGHTLY FURTHER TO THE EAST TO CAPTURE SOME OF THIS AREA AS WELL. THEN DISTRICT 5 OUNCE THE AREA HERE.
DOCTOR CARRION BOULEVARD IN THIS AREA IS ADDED TO DISTRICT 5. THE OTHER CHANGE WE MADE AS WELL IS THE AREAS TO THE WEST OF GOLF CENTER PARKWAY.
TO BALANCE OUT THE POPULATION.
THIS AREA HERE WAS ADDED INTO DISTRICT 3 FROM DISTRICT 2. FOR PLAN 105, AGAIN THIS PUSHES DISTRICT FOR SLIGHTLY SOUTH AND CAPTURES THE AREA IN INDIA HIGH SCHOOL. AROUND INDIA HIGH SCHOOL. ADDING THAT INTO DISTRICT 4.
AND THEN THE SUBSTANTIAL CHANGE HERE IS DISTRICT 5 NOW ADDS THE AREA HERE BETWEEN JEFFERSON AND MADISON.
IN 2 DISTRICT 5 FROM DISTRICT 4. THEN TO BALANCE OUT THE POPULATION BETWEEN DISTRICTS 2 AND 3.
AGAIN, ADDED THE AREA TO THE WEST OF GOLF CENTER PARKWAY.
PLAN 106 WAS A MAP THAT WAS SUBMITTED THROUGH THE ONLINE MAPPING TOOL.
THIS IS CALLED PROPOSED INDIO MAP 2. THE SUBSTANTIAL DIFFERENCE AT HOUSE HERE IS THAT IT ADDS IN A PART OF DISTRICT ONE THAT WAS IN DISTRICT 2 RIGHT NOW.
ALONG THE 10 FREEWAY CORRIDOR BETWEEN AVENUE 44 AND JACKSON.
THEN THERE ARE SOME SMALL AREAS OF DISTRICT 3 NOW WEST OF MONROE STREET THAT GET ADDED INTO INTO DISTRICT 3 FROM DISTRICT 4. THIS ALSO DOES THE SAME AS THE PARAMOUNT WORD OUNCE THE SOUTHWESTERN PORTION UP AGAINST HIGHWAY 111 INTO DISTRICT 5 FROM DISTRICT 4. 107 WAS ANOTHER ONE OF THE MAPS THAT WAS NOT POPULATION BALANCED.
AGAIN, IT LOOKED TO ADD A LOT OF THE AREAS HERE.
AGAIN UP AGAINST THE WASH INTO DISTRICT 4.
AGAIN, LIKE THE OTHER MAPS THAT WERE NOT POPULATION BALANCE THIS AREA HAS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF POPULATION WOULD NOT POPULATION BALANCE BY ADDING THAT WHOLE AREA IN.
PLAN 108 TAKES SOME OF THAT. WHAT WE TRIED TO DO HERE WAS ADD SOME OF THE POPULATION AREA THAT IS IN THE WASH AREA TO BALANCE OUT DISTRICT 4.
AND THEN AS THE PRIOR MAPS DID, ADDS THIS AREA IN THE NORTHWESTERN PORTION OF DISTRICT 5 FROM DISTRICT 4. AND WITHIN THE FINAL MAP THIS EVENING IS PLAN 109 COULD JUST ONE NOTE.
THE ORIGINAL PDF AND WE FIX THIS. THE ORIGINAL PDF THAT WAS PUT INTO THE PACKET, THIS WAS DRAWN IN
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THE ONLINE MAPPING TOOL.WHEN WE TRANSITIONED OVER FROM ONLINE MAPPING TOOL TO OUR SOFTWARE TO PUT INTO OUR REVIEW MAP.
IT CHANGED AROUND THE DISTRICT NUMBERS. WE SENT OUT A REVISION SO THE DISTRICT NUMBERS ONLINE NOW WITH THE MAP THAT WAS SUBMITTED THROUGH THE OP.
THIS IS THE INDIO CITIZENS UNITED MAP. SO THE CHANGES THAT THEY MAKE HERE IS THERE IS A NORTHERN, SO DISTRICT 1 ESSENTIALLY TAKES A NORTHERN DISTRICT AND ADDS MUCH OF THE AREAS NORTH OF THE 10 FREEWAY INTO ONE DISTRICT. THEN, ALSO MOVES SOME OF DISTRICT 3 DOWN INTO THE AREAS WHERE 2 AND 4 WERE.
PARTICULARLY THIS AREA HERE WHERE WE TALKED ABOUT EARLIER.
IT TAKES SOME POPULATION FROM DISTRICTS 4 AND 2 AND ADDS THAT IN.
THEN ADDS AGAIN SOME AREAS THAT WERE IN DISTRICT 3 INTO DISTRICT 5.
SO, THOSE ARE THE MAPS WE HAVE RECEIVED AND PROCESSED FOR CONSIDERATION. SO, I THINK IT WOULD PROBABLY MAKE SENSE NOW IF THERE ARE EITHER PARTICULAR QUESTIONS AND TO OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR COMMENTS ASSOCIATED WITH
THIS. >> DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL? MAYOR PRO TEM?
>> NO. >> AT THE PUBLIC HEARING ITEM. I WILL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING. WE DO HAVE SOME REQUEST TO SPEAK.
I WILL ASK FOLKS TO PLEASE REMAIN AT YOUR 3 MINUTES VICTOR ALLOWED TO SPEAK SO WE COULD GET EVERYONE IN A TIMELY MANNER. PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW OPEN. DO YOU HAVE SOME FOLKS IN ATTENDANCE AND I WILL START WITH MS. VANESSA BECERRA.
I'M VANESSA. I AM A RESIDENT OF INDIO.
I LIVE DOWN THE STREET FROM MILES APART. I'M LOOKING AT MY COMMUNITY OF INTEREST WHICH IS WITHIN THAT AREA.
I LIKE TO BIKE AND WALK AROUND. I LIKE TO SKATE AROUND BECAUSE THE CITY OF INDIO DOESN'T HAVE A SKATE PARK YET. HOPEFULLY THEY WILL SOON.
I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO SEE MY COMMUNITY STAY CONNECTED.
TO BE ABLE TO HAVE ACCESS WITHOUT A CAR.
THE ONE MAP I DID SEE ON THE ONE MAP I PARTICIPATED WITH THE COMMUNITY WITH WHAT'S MAP 109 WHICH IS ACTUALLY INDIO RESIDENCE UNITED MAP. SO, I REALLY URGE THE CITY OF INDIO TO CONSIDER THAT AS OUR REDISTRICTING MAP. THAT NOT ONLY KEEPS THE COMMUNITIES TOGETHER, IT KEEPS COMMUNITIES CONNECTED TO ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES AND IT KEEPS YOU KNOW FOLKS WHO REALLY SEE EACH OTHER WITHIN OUR COMMUNITIES AS OUR NEIGHBORS. THANK YOU ALL.
ADRIANA RIVERA? >> HELLO, GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS ADRIANA I LIVED INDIO MY ENTIRE LIFE.
EVER SINCE THEN I'VE BEEN WORKING IN PHYSICAL THERAPY.
MY CURRENT OFFICE IS IN TOWN AND COUNTRY SOUTH. OFF OF DOCTOR – BOULEVARD.
I BELIEVE FROM WHAT I'VE SEEN THERE, THE HOSPITAL SHOULD STAY IN THE SAME DISTRICT AS THE EMPIRE POLO FIELD. I BELIEVE THOSE ARE BOTH MAJOR ENTITIES THAT WERE GOING TO DEPEND ON IN THE FUTURE.
I WOULD LIKE TO KEEP THAT COMMUNITY AS ONE ALSO GREW UP OFF OF OASIS AND DOCTOR PERRY ON. BETWEEN OASIS
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AND JACKSON STREET.AT THAT TIME MY BEST FRIEND LIVED NORTH JACKSON SO I WOULD TAKE THE 10 TO 15 MINUTE DRIVE ALL THE WAY DOWN JACKSON INTO AT THAT TIME IT WAS JUST DESERT AND COYOTES RULED THE AREA. STILL DO SORT OF.
SO TO ME PREVIOUS MAPS AND MY INTERPRETATION I WAS NOT THERE. BUT THE WAY I SEE IT PREVIOUS MAPS WERE SORT OF DEVELOPED WITH CERTAIN POINTS IN MIND AND COMMUNITY SPRINKLED INTO THE DIFFERENT DISTRICTS.
I AM HERE TO SUPPORT DRAFT PLAN 109 BECAUSE I SEE IT THAT WE ARE KEEPING COMMUNITIES FIRST.
I'M WEARING MY TAMALE FESTIVAL SHIRT. I THOUGHT GOPI DID A GREAT PRESENTATION TO OIL.
TRYING TO DO THINGS DIFFERENT I REALLY APPRECIATED THAT.
MY POINT IN THAT IS THAT I RODE MY BIKE FROM HOME TO THE TAMALE FESTIVAL EASY ACCESS TO DOWNTOWN.
I THINK THAT IS ANOTHER COMMUNITY THAT SHOULD STAY TOGETHER. OF KING STREET ON A PARKING WAS ALL THE WAY OUT THERE DURING THE TAMALE FESTIVAL. SO, IF YOU'RE HESITANT ABOUT THIS MAP I UNDERSTAND.
IT'S CHANGE. I'M ENCOURAGING YOU TO LOOK DOWN THE LINE, EVERYTHING YOU NEED IS IN INDIO. WERE NOT HERE TO DIVIDE. RETURN TO PEOPLE TOGETHER. INDIO IS THE
BEST. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU.
WE DO HAVE ONE MORE PUBLIC COMMENT SPEAKER WHO IS PRESENT.
>> GOOD EVENING MR. MAYOR, COUNCILMEMBERS.
I'LL GIVE A LITTLE BACKGROUND.
FIRST, START OUT BY SAYING I DON'T THINK ANYONE CAN SUGGEST WERE GOING TO CONVINCE ANYONE ON THIS MAP TODAY. I WANT TO START ENCOURAGING GUYS.
AS WE GO FORWARD WITH THIS TAKE A LOOK AT THE NUMBERS. LOTTA COMMUNITY INPUT WAS DONE WITH A SMILE.
LOTTA GOOD POLITICAL SCIENCE WAS DONE. RESEARCHING THE NUMBERS OF GOING BEYOND THE POPULATION. LOOKING AT COMMUNITIES OF INTEREST.
THE PREVIOUS SPEAKER SAID WHAT ARE THE PATHS PEOPLE ARE TAKING TO CONNECT TO THEIR ECONOMIC CENTERS. ARE THOSE ECONOMIC CENTERS EVENLY DIVIDED AMONGST HIS DISTRICTS? CAN PEOPLE WHILE THEIR CANVASSING AND ORGANIZING AND FUNDING FOR ELECTIONS TAP INTO THINGS EQUALLY? I PERSONALLY FELT THE WORK IS TO PUT THE RESIDENCE FIRST.
KEY PEOPLE WHO SEE EACH OTHER AS PARTNERS IN THE COMMUNITY TO CONTINUE TO WORK TOGETHER. KEEP COMMUNITIES IN COMMUNICATIONS OF INTEREST STREAMLINED. FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE USING THEM. WITHOUT INDIO RESIDENCE UNITED MAP WAS A GRASSROOTS EFFORT.
IT PARTNERED WITH C&C AND WE'VE DONE A LOT OF WORK WITH THEM. THEY'VE ENGAGED THE COMMUNITY WITH A LOT OF PHONE CALLS.
I'M SURE THEY HAVE MORE TO SOUNDS AND WITH THE PRESENT. I WAS IMPRESSED WITH THE WAY THEY SAT DOWN AND LISTENED WITH ALL KINDS OF PEOPLE.
TOOK THE TIME TO EXPLAIN ALL THESE COMPLICATED MET METHODS.
THE 2 THINGS I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT IS THE WAY IT KEEPS NEIGHBORHOODS TOGETHER. I THINK SOME OF THE PEOPLE WHO ARE PRESENT ON THE LAST WORKSHOP, A LOT OF THE COMMUNITY BUT FORCE THAT WHY ARE THESE COMMUNITIES IN THE NORTH PART ALREADY HAVE COMMUNICATION NETWORKS AND ESTATE CELLS AND SOCIALS TOGETHER. WHY ARE THEY MORE TOGETHER? WHY ESSENTIAL INDIO SO SPLINT? TAKING THOSE THINGS INTO CONSIDERATION I THANK YOU SEE A MORE STREAMLINED FOCUS OF COMMUNICATION, COMMUNITY TRAVEL, ECONOMIC SUPPORT AND SYNERGY AMONG THESE DISTRICTS. I CAN ONLY SAY I REALLY ENCOURAGE EVERYONE INCLUDING STAFF TO LOOK AT THE STATISTICS. SEE HOW THIS SUPPORTS VOTERS, RESIDENTS, FUTURE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. FUTURE VIDEO. I BELIEVE MYSELF AND ANYONE WHO'S WITH ME I LOVE THE CITY. I'VE ONLY WORKED AND WANT THE BEST FOR IT. TAKE THAT FOR WHAT IT IS AND I REALLY URGE YOU TO CONSIDER IT.
REALLY CONSIDER AND LIKE SHE SAID, CHANGE CAN BE GOOD. EVEN THOUGH IT'S SCARY AT FIRST. TALKING TO THE PUBLIC IS SCARY BUT I STILL DO IT.
I APPRECIATE YOUR GUISES TIME AND ENERGY AND STOPS ENERGY AND A COMEDY TO THE COMMUNITY. THANK YOU
GUYS. >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS MR. BECERRA.
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TO WE HAVE SOMEONE ON THELINE? >> YES MAYOR WE HAVE A FEW MEMBERS. I WOULD LIKE TO CALL ON ANNALISA VARGAS.
GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL. MY NAME IS ANNALISA VARGAS I'M AN ACTIVE RESIDENT IN THE CITY OF VIDEO.
I LIVED IN THE DESERT TRACE COMMUNITY NEAR JACKSON STREET AND AVENUE 42.
I WOULD LIKE TO DISCUSS A LITTLE BIT OF THAT REDISTRICTING PROCESS AND HOW THERE IS AN IMPORTANT STATE AND FEDERAL LAWS TO ENSURE THAT THIS PROCESS IS FOLLOWED IN THE BEST WAY USING OUR RANK REDISTRICTING CRITERIA THAT THE CITY COUNCIL IS REQUIRED TO ABIDE BY IN DRAWING AND SELECTING ITS ROUGH MAP. RECOMMENDATION FOR THE CITY COUNCIL TO CONSIDER. MANY GO DOWN A FEW OF THOSE. SO NUMBER ONE IS THE FINAL MAP MUST HAVE DISTRICTS THAT ARE SUBSTANTIALLY EQUAL POPULATION.
SECONDLY THE MAP MUST COMPLY WITH SECTION 2 OF THE FEDERAL VOTING RIGHTS ACT. ALSO KNOWN AS VRA.
THE CITY MUST FOLLOW ALSO REQUIRED REDISTRICTING BACTERIA LAID OUT IN THE FAIR AND INCLUSIVE REDISTRICTING FOR MUNICIPALITIES AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS.
ALSO KNOWN AS THE FAIR MAPS ACT. IN THIS ORDER OF PRIORITY. IN THIS FIRST IS CONTIGUITY, THEN IT'S KEEPING NEIGHBORHOODS AND COMMUNITIES OF INTEREST WITHIN THE CITY WHOLE, FOLLOWING ALSO NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL BOUNDARIES AND COMPACTNESS.
SO, ALSO I WANT TO REMIND THE CITY THEY MAY NOT ADOPT A MAP THAT FAVORS OR DISCRIMINATES AGAINST A POLITICAL PARTY AND CANNOT CONSIDER RELATIONSHIPS WITH POLITICAL PARTIES, INCUMBENTS OR POLITICAL CANDIDATES WHEN ASSESSING COMMUNITIES OF INTEREST.
SO, JUST WANT TO ALSO URGE THE COUNCIL TO TAKE A LOOK AT DRAFT PLAN 109 THAT REALLY TOOK A LOT OF TIME AND EFFORT. THINKING ABOUT THE COMMUNITIES, KEEPING OUR COMMUNITIES OF INTEREST WHOLE AND HONORING THEM. MAKING SURE THAT THEY ARE, HAVE ENOUGH RESOURCES, THE ECONOMIC CENTERS AND THERE ARE SOME NEW DISTRICT BOUNDARIES. AGAIN, IT'S ALL IN COMPLIANCE AND SOME HAVE BEEN MOVED. FOR EXAMPLE DISTRICT WANTED TO HAVE MOVED TO FITTING 41 AND CONTINUE SOUTHEAST ALONG AVENUE 42, 43 AND 44 TO BALANCE EACH DISTRICTS POPULATION. THE MAIN DISTRICT BETWEEN DISTRICT 1 AND 2 WILL BE ROW STREET. A LOT OF WHAT WE NOTICED WHAT WE WERE LOOKING AT THIS IS THERE SOME CURRENTLY SOME OF THE BOUNDARIES REALLY ARE SPLITTING UP COMMUNITIES OF INTEREST. THERE'S A COUPLE OF EXAMPLES LIKE OFF OF CLINTON STREET AND SHADOW AVENUE WHERE, WHO STAYS IN THE AUDIENCE.
>> I JUST WANT TO SPECIFY THAT I GUESS I HAVE TO MUCH TO SAY. IN OTHER WORDS WE DON'T WANT TO SPLIT OUR COMMUNITIES OF INTEREST AS THEY ARE PART OF THE REDISTRICTING BACTERIA. RIGHT AFTER THE VRA. THANK YOU FOR YOUR
TIME. >> THANK YOU FOR BEING A GREAT ASSISTANCE IN THIS PROCESS. WE WILL MOVE ON
TO THE NEXT SPEAKER. >> CHRISTIAN RODRIGUEZ FOLLOWED BY KAREN BORJA.
>> GREAT. GOOD EVENING MAYOR FERMENT AND MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL. MY NAME IS CHRISTIAN –, ACTIVE RESIDENT OF THE CITY OF INDIO.
ONE MEMBER OF THE COMMUNITY GROUP ORGANIZING POWER. APPLETON INDIO FOR A BIG PORTION OF MY LIFE.
I URGE YOU TO ADOPT MAP 109 ALSO KNOWN AS INDIO RESIDENCE UNITED MAP.
I JUST WANT TO SHARE A LITTLE BIT OF WHAT WAS SAID EARLIER ABOUT THE THOUGHT THAT WENT INTO THIS PROCESS. A LOT OF COMMUNITY OUTREACH WENT INTO THIS. AT SEVERAL COMMUNITY MEMBERS WERE BROUGHT IN TO THE DESIGNING OF THIS MAP.
DECISIONS THAT WERE MADE FOR THIS MAP WERE TAKING A LOT OF NUMBERS INTO CONSIDERATION. THE FIRST THING I WOULD LIKE FOR YOU TO CONSIDER IS THAT THIS MAP IS THE ONLY MAP THAT WAS IN YOUR PACKET THAT PASSED DISTRICT WITH A 6
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PERCENT BLACK CAV.THIS IS THE ONLY MAP THAT DOES THIS THAT UNITES THE BLACK VOTE IN SUCH A WAY.
ANOTHER DISTRICT HAS A 4 PERCENT. ALL THE OTHER MAPS I WAS REVIEWING AND IT REALLY SPLITS UP THAT PARTICULAR COMMUNITY.
ANOTHER THING I WOULD LIKE TO CONSIDER IS THIS MAP TOOK THIS INTO CONSIDERATION COMMUNITIES THAT ARE HOUSING BURDEN.
THERE ARE A LOT OF DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES AND PARTICULARLY THE CENSUS TRACTS I'M GOING TO HIGHLIGHT RIGHT NOW. THEY ARE ONES THAT I WOULD LIKE FOR YOU TO CONSIDER. SINCE HIS TRACK 60.[INAUDIBLE]. SINCE THIS TRACK 606-504-5502.
THOSE 2 PARTICULAR CENSUS TRACTS HAVE BEEN SPLIT IN THE PAST WITH THE PREVIOUS MAPS. THIS MAP TAKES INTO CONSIDERATION THESE COMMUNITIES ARE COMMUNITIES THAT ARE BEING AFFECTED SEVERELY BY HOUSING BURDEN. A PARTICULARLY WITH HOT AIR POLLUTION. THIS PARTICULAR MAP AND THIS REDISTRIBUTION GIVES POWER TO THESE DISENFRANCHISED COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO REALLY EXERCISE THEIR POWER.
BY BEING ABLE TO ELECT SOMEONE THAT IS FROM WITHIN THIS COMMUNITY.
AND THAT IS GOING TO HAVE HOUSING AND ENVIRONMENTAL PRIORITIES AT THE FOREFRONT OF ALL THE DECISION MAKING PROGRESS.
I WANT TO END BY SAYING ONCE AGAIN THIS PROCESS INVITED A LOT OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND WE'VE DONE OUTREACH AND WILL CONTINUE TO DO OUTREACH IN THE FOLLOWING MONTH TO GET COMMUNITY BUY-IN MAKE SURE THIS MAP REALLY IS REPRESENTING WHAT RESEARCH AT ALL OF THE THOUGHT THAT WENT INTO IT.
WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND THANK YOU FOR
LISTENING TO US. >> GIVE FOR YOUR COMMENTS.
WE WILL GO TO THE NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE.
YOU HAVE 3 MINUTES. >> HELLO COUNCIL AND INDIO RESIDENCE. MY NAME IS KAREN BORJA ON THE MEMBER ALONG MY 70.
CALLING IS A PART OF DRAFT MAP 109.
THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS MAP IS THAT IT CREATES FOR VOTING RIGHTS ACT.
IT'S THE ONLY MAP WITH A DISTRICT WITH 6 PERCENT OF INDIO'S BLACK POPULATION BEING TOGETHER. IT IS CONTIGUOUS OF THE COMMUNITIES IN THE DIFFERENT DISTRICTS THAT WERE CREATED AND IT ALSO CREATES COMPACT DISTRICTS.
DRAFT MAP 109 ALIGNS WITH THE CITY GENERAL PLAN WITH A DOWNTOWN SPECIFIC PLAN.
AND WITH THE RECENTLY APPROVED HOUSING ELEMENT.
AS WELL AS A BERMUDA DUNES REPORT PLAN, THE VIRAL SCREEN 1.0 THAT WAS RECENTLY RELEASED AND PROPOSITION 68 THAT FUNDS PARKS. FOR ME PERSONALLY DRAFT MAP 109 KEEPS THE CENTERS I FREQUENT TOGETHER. PART OF A CYCLING CLUB CALLED THE VALLEY KITTENS. RIGHT ON WEDNESDAYS TO THE SWAP MEET.
TO MEET UP WITH THE CLUB I WRITE DOWN MILES AVENUE AND TURN ON OASIS.
ON NIGHTS I DON'T WRITE WITH THE CLUB I TRAVELED TO THE SWAP MEET MUSIC MY CAR. ALONG THESE COURT ORDERS. FOR ME IT REALLY MAKES SENSE TO KEEP MILES AVENUE, THE DOWNTOWN, ALL THE WAY DOWN MONROE.
I'VE BEEN LOOKING AT MAPS AND WORKING ON REDISTRICTING FOR THE LAST 2 YEARS.
BEFORE THAT DOING SOME CENSUS WORK. I'M HERE TO SHARE WITH YOU THAT IT'S IMPORTANT THAT YOU UNDERSTAND THAT MAPS THE HIGHER DEMOGRAPHER SHARED WITH YOU ARE NOT SOUND FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.
THIS IS BECAUSE AFTER 3 PUBLIC HEARINGS NONE OF THE MAPS IN DC HAS SHOWN EACH NIGHT DIFFER FROM WHAT WE HAD IN 2016 WITH 10,000 LESS RESIDENTS IN THE CITY OF INDIO. I ATTENDED A PREVIOUS HEARING AND NONE OF THE PUBLIC COMMENTS GIVEN ARE REFLECTED IN THE CONSULTANTS DRAFT MAPS.
AGAIN, THE ONLY MAP THAT REALLY TAKES INTO CONSIDERATION, LAWS BEHIND REDISTRICTING, RESPECTS BUT INDIO RESIDENCE NO OTHER COMMUNITIES OF INTEREST ACCOUNTS FOR THE POPULATION GROWTH IS DRAFT MAP 109. THAT'S WHAT I WOULD LIKE YOU TO CONSIDER FOR THE FUTURE OF INDIO.
THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU MISS BORJA.
>> NEXT WE WILL HAVE MITZIE – FOLLOWED BY – –.
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TO KEEP THIS SHORT. HELLO MY NAME IS MITZIE – FROM DISTRICT 4 AND I'M HERE TO SUPPORT THE DRAFT 109.AGAIN LIKE I SAID I WILL KEEP THIS SHORT. CONSIDERING THIS MAP IS SUPPORTED BY RESIDENCE IN OUR COMMUNITY I HOPE YOU ALSO SUPPORT IT AND ADOPTED. I LIKE TO EMPHASIZE THIS WOULD BE THE BEST DECISION FOR OUR TOWN. OUR DISENFRANCHISED COMMUNITIES JUST NEED THE SUPPORT FROM ALL OF OUR COUNCILMEMBERS. I HOPE YOU TAKE THIS INTO CONSIDERATION. THANK YOU AGAIN. THANK YOU TO ALL THE COUNCILMEMBERS.
>> YES WE CAN HEAR YOU HELLO. THANK YOU MAYOR AND THE REST OF THE INDIO CITY COUNCIL. NAME IS – –. I WANT TO REITERATE A LOT OF THE RESIDENCE FROM THE INDIO RESIDENCE.
I DID SEND OUT AN EMAIL TO THE CITY CLERK AND SOME OF THE CITY COUNCILMEMBERS OF OUR SUPPORT. I THINK IT FALLS IN LINE WITH THE REDISTRICTING CRITERIA.
NUMBER ONE BEING THE EQUAL POPULATION. IT ALIGNS PERFECTLY WITH THE CITIZEN VOTING AGE POPULATION WITH THE VOTING RIGHTS ACT. THE COMMUNITIES OF INTEREST WITHIN THE NEIGHBORHOODS.
WE HAD INPUT FOR THE RESIDENCE.
PLEASE WE ASK THAT YOU SUPPORT YOUR DRAFT MAP 109.
THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> THANK YOU.
COMMENTS MAYOR. >> WE HAVE NO FURTHER COMMENTS AND NO FURTHER REQUEST TO SPEAK.
WHAT I WILL DO NOW IS CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND OPEN IT UP TO OUR COUNCIL FOR
COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS. >> MAYOR IF I MAKE ONE PERSON RAISED HER HAND
I WILL REOPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING.
COMMENT. >> SANDRA, YOU HAVE 3
>> CAN YOU TELL HER TO GIVE A COUPLE LINES SO YOU CAN TRANSLATE.
WE WILL GIVE ADDITIONAL TIME IF YOU NEED TO FINISH.
MY NAME IS SANDRA GOOD NIGHT EVERYONE AT THE COUNCIL MEETING.
A RESIDENT OF INDIO AND ABLATIVE FOR 8 YEARS.
I LIVED BETWEEN 111 AND MONROE. AS A MOTHER AND HEAD OF THE FAMILY I'M SUPPORTING 109.
AND FOR THE FAMILIES. IF YOU CAN SEE THE MAP THE CITY OF INDIA HAS PRESENTED US.
[INAUDIBLE] THAT IS THE REASON FOR WHAT I ASK FOR THE PLAN 109.
THE MAP OF UNITED CITIZENS OF INDIO WHERE THERE'S AN AMERICAN COMMUNITY. 6.4 DISTRICT 4. AND 3.85 PERCENT OF DISTRICT 5. THIS MAP IS COMPLETELY FAIR ACCORDING TO THE ELECTORAL MAPS.
AND INCLUDES AND INCLUDES PRA OR PRI DISTRICTS.
WITH MORE THAN 50 PERCENT LATINO POPULATION.
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THANKS FOR YOUR TIME.COMMENTS. >> I HAVE ANOTHER ONE.
MINUTES. >> HI ARE YOU ABLE TO HEAR
>> GOOD EVENING MAYOR WAYMOND AND CITY COUNCILMEMBERS.
BASED ON THE PRESENTATIONS THAT WERE PROVIDED TONIGHT ON THE DIFFERENT MAPS I'D LIKE TO URGE YOU INTO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION 109 AND BASED ON WHAT I'M HEARING FROM EVERYBODY ELSE I BELIEVE THIS IS THE BEST DECISION FOR THE CITY OF INDIO. I'D LIKE TO THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR TIME AND REALLY CONSIDER MAP 109.
THANK YOU. >> I SEE NO OTHER HANDS
RAISED. >> ALL RIGHT THAT CONCLUDES OUR PUBLIC COMMENT PORTION. I WILL NOW CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND OPEN IT UP TO COUNCIL. IF COUNCIL HAS QUESTIONS OR DELIBERATIONS?
COUNCILMEMBER HOLMES? >> LOTS TO THINK ABOUT.
LOOKING AT DRAFT PLAN 109 THAT'S A LOT OF THOUGHT WAS PUT INTO THIS.
IT'S INTERESTING BECAUSE WHEN I WENT THROUGH THE PROCESS BEFORE I THINK WE WERE VERY CONSCIOUS OF EXCLUDING OFF THE NORTH INDIO FROM THE SOUTH AND MAKING SURE EVERYBODY WAS INTEGRATED. INDIRECT PLAN-HAS ITS MERITS.
I'M ABSORBING, THERE'S A LOT OF INFORMATION HERE TO CONSIDER. I APPLAUD EVERYONE'S EPITHETS TOGETHER. CLEARLY A LOT OF THOUGHT. WHEN I LOOK AT SOME OF THE OTHER AND LOOKING FORWARD FROM HEARING FROM THE REST OF MY FELLOW COUNCILMEMBERS.
THERE SEEMS TO BE A LITTLE IMBALANCE AS WELL WHETHER IT'S ONE AWAIT OR ONE-ON-ONE. I'M LOOKING AT HOW WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO CREATE MORE OF A BALANCE.
THAT'S REALLY JUST SOME OF MY THOUGHTS AT THE MOMENT.
THIS. >> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER.
MAYOR PRO TEM? >> I THINK WE DEFINITELY NEED TO KEEP 109 AND CONSIDERATION. CONSIDERING THE FACT OF THESE COMMUNITY MEMBERS PUT SO MUCH WORK INTO IT. I KNOW THERE WAS PROFESSIONAL WORK THAT WENT BEHIND IT.
POLITICAL STUDIES AND THE NUMBERS.
ONE OF MY QUESTIONS TO OUR CONSULTANT IS, DO YOU FEEL LIKE THIS BRINGS US CLOSER TO THE REQUIREMENTS FROM THE REDISTRICTING REQUIREMENTS FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND THE STATE? ANOTHER QUESTION I HAD IS WITH PLAN 105 AND 108. WHAT IS THE REAL DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THOSE? THEY LOOK SO MUCH TO ME.
I WANT TO SEE ONE OF THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THOSE 2?
>> THE DIFFERENCE, IF HE COULD PULL UP 106 AND 108.
THE MAJOR DIFFERENCE BETWEEN 106 AND ONE AWAIT.
THIS AREA HERE. IN 106 AS ABLE SEEK CARE TO BALANCE OUT SOME OF THE POPULATION, 106 AS THIS AREA GENERALLY BOUNDED BY THE 10 FREEWAY, MONROE, AVENUE 44 AND JACKSON. INTO THAT WOULD BE DISTRICT 1. AND IN PLAN 108 THAT IS ALL PART OF DISTRICT 2.
>> GOT YOU. >> TO BALANCE THOSE OUT, THIS CAPTURES SLIGHTLY, DISTRICT 2 CAPTURED SLIGHTLY MORE AREAS IN THIS AREA TO BALANCE OUT THE POPULATION. THAT'S A MAJOR DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THOSE 2.
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IN TERMS OF REACHING THE GOALS OF THE STATE AND FEDERAL REQUIREMENTS?>> I CAN'T OFFER AN OPINION. THAT'S A PURVIEW OF THE COUNCIL AND THE PUBLIC. IN TERMS OF THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE VOTING RIGHTS ACT. IT IS COMPLIANT WITH THE VOTING
RIGHTS ACT. YES. >> ARE ALL THESE COMPLIANT
>> EASEMENT WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE ONES WE NOTED THAT ARE NOT POPULATION BALANCED.
>> I APPRECIATE THE INPUT FROM EVERYONE. LITTLE BIT OF EVERYTHING WENT INTO THE PLANNING OF ALL THIS WILL BE FIRST DID IT. WE WERE TRYING TO KEEP NOT ONLY COMMUNITY IN AREAS OF INTEREST BUT WANTED TO MAKE SURE BUT IT SEPARATE EVERYTHING NORTH AND SOUTH BECAUSE OF THE NEWER PARTS OF THE COMMUNITY AND THE OLDER PARTS OF THE COMMUNITY.
EACH COUNCILMEMBER WOULD HAVE BOTH SECTIONS OF IT TO BE ABLE TO INTEGRATE IN SO WE COULD COMMUNICATE MORE AND HAVE MORE OF A BALANCE INTEREST OF EVERYTHING THAT WENT ON.
109 SPLITS IT UP. I THINK WE DID A GOOD JOB ORIGINALLY PUTTING THIS ALL TOGETHER. I THINK THE LESS OPPORTUNITY TO CHANGE THINGS SO PEOPLE GET TO VOTE MORE OFTEN THAN LESS OFTEN. WE SET UP SOME PEOPLE WILL NOT BE ABLE TO VOTE FOR 6 YEARS IF THEY DIDN'T GET TO VOTE FOR SOME OF IT.
THE MAP 108, 101 ALLOWS LESS CHANGE SO THAT PEOPLE GOT THE VOICE VOTED ON INSTEAD TO WAIT 4 TO 6 YEARS TO BE ABLE TO VOTE ON A SECTION.
I LIKE THE PLANNING BETWEEN WHAT WE ARE DATED AND SOME SIMPLE CHANGES.
I'M APPRECIATED OF 109 AND PUTTING IN EFFORT PUTTING THAT TOGETHER. MORE THAN HAPPY TO LOOK AT IT.
ACCOUNT COMMENTS? >> YES, THANK YOU MAYOR FOR ALLOWING ME TIME TO COMMENT. THE INITIAL ROUND OF DRAWING THE DISTRICT MAPS WILL BE FIRST DID THIS A FEW YEARS AGO WAS COMMUNITY SERVER INTEREST WERE BEING SEPARATED.
I HOPE THAT IN THE FUTURE THAT WE KEEP THAT FIRST AND FOREMOST.
I HAVE NO WAY OF EVALUATING THESE MAPS BECAUSE THERE'S NO COMPARISON TO PROPOSE DEMOGRAPHICS FROM WHERE WE ARE NOW. IT'S JUST A BUNCH OF PICTURES. BUT, SECOND TO MAKING SURE COMMUNITIES OF INTEREST ARE KEPT TOGETHER.
THE MAIN FOCUS OF OUR CONVERSATION THE LAST TIME AND I HOPE IT IS STILL AGAIN THIS TIME IS TO MAINTAIN NATURAL BOUNDARIES.
AS IT IS THE DISTRICTS ARE VERY DIFFICULT TO EXPLAIN EVEN TO THE REPRESENTATIVES.
I'D LIKE FOR US TO TRY TO EASILY CREATE DISTRICTS THAT WE CAN ARTICULATE TO THE CONSTITUENCY IF YOU'RE NORTH OF I 10 AND EAST OF JACKSON. THEN YOU'RE IN THIS DISTRICT. IF YOU'RE SOUTH OF 111 AND WEST OF MONROE YOU'RE IN THIS DISTRICT. I 10 AND 111 ARE THE MAJOR, MAJOR DIVIDERS OF OUR CITY.
BECAUSE THAT'S THE WAY OUR CITY GROUP.
EVERYTHING BETWEEN I 10 AND HIGHWAY 111 IS ORIGINAL INDIO.
THE CENTER BEING OF COURSE JACKSON THAT WE SPRAWLED OUT TOWARDS JEFFERSON.
THEN AS THE ANNEXATIONS CAME ON THEY WENT SOUTH AND NORTH WEST.
SO, IT'S IMPORTANT TO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION THE WAY OUR CITY GROUP. THOSE OF THE COMMUNITIES OF INTEREST FROM THE POOR TO THE NORTH TO THE SOUTH. BEING ABLE TO ARTICULATE TO CONSTITUENTS WHAT THEIR DISTRICT BOUNDARIES IS, IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO THEM. RIGHT NOW IT'S GERRYMANDERED AND I SEE A LOT OF GERRYMANDERING AND A LOT OF THESE MAPS THAT ARE BEING PROPOSED.
I DON'T SUPPORT GERRYMANDERING. I WANT TO MAINTAIN NATURAL BOUNDARIES. VIA A CANAL, VIA STREET, A MAJOR ARTERIAL NOT SOME LITTLE STREET THAT DIVIDES 2 PARTS OF A COMMUNITY.
SO MOVING FORWARD, THOSE ARE THE FOCUSED ITEMS I WILL BE LOOKING AT. NUMBER ONE, SEE COMPARISON TO THE MAPS THAT TO MEET THE BALANCED POPULATION COMPARED TO THE DEMOGRAPHICS OF WHAT WE CURRENTLY HEALTH. NUMBER 2 I WANT TO KEEP COMMUNITIES OF INTEREST TOGETHER. NUMBER 3 I WANT TO MAINTAIN ABOUT NATURAL BOUNDARIES.
FOR EASE OF ARTICULATION ON WHERE THE DISTRICT BOUNDARIES ARE.
I THINK THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT.
IT MAY NOT BE INCLUDED IN ANY OTHER FEDERAL OR STATE LAWS GOOD IT IS IMPORTANT TO THE CONSTITUENTS FOR THEM TO UNDERSTAND WHAT DISTRICT
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THEY ARE IN. RIGHT NOW IT'S REALLY HARD TO ARTICULATE. THANK YOUI WILL CONCLUDE WITH FIRST OF ALL THANK YOU FOR THE WORK. I BELIEVE THIS IS OUR THIRD HEARING.
>> YES. >> THANK YOU TO OUR CITY STAFF. WE HAD A WEEKEND WORKSHOP AS WELL.
I APPRECIATE THAT EFFORT KNOWING THAT THERE ARE FOLKS THAT CAN'T ATTEND THE MEETINGS ON THE EVENING OR WEEKDAYS.
WE WERE ABLE TO DO THAT AND ALSO ONLINE. THAT SOMETHING I KNOW IS A CONCERN WITH SOME OF OUR CONSTITUENCY. ALSO I THINK THE STAFF FOR THEIR EFFORTS ON THE TRANSLATION NOTION OF IT BEING THAT 60 PERCENT OF OUR COMMUNITY SPANISH-SPEAKING OR LATINO.
I DO APPRECIATE THAT. OF COURSE IT'S A WORK IN PROGRESS. NOTHINGS PERFECT WITH TECHNOLOGY. AND IN THE ZOO WORLD. WERE GETTING THERE. I DID LOOK AT THE MAPS AND I APPRECIATE THE EFFORT THAT WENT INTO MAP 109. AND ALL THE MAPS.
THESE ARE DRAFT MAPS THAT WE ARE ABLE TO LOOK OUT.
I WANT TO REALLY CONVEY TO OUR PUBLIC THAT THESE MAPS ARE GENERALLY FOR VOTING AND REPRESENTATION PURPOSES.
AS YOU MOVE FORWARD REALLY MAKE THE EFFORT TO STRENGTHEN THAT RELATIONSHIP WITH YOUR INDIVIDUAL COUNCILMEMBER OR THE FOLKS IN THE FUTURE THAT MAY POSSIBLY BE RUNNING. THAT IS GENERALLY WHY WE DO DISTRICTING. AS A COUNCIL AND IT MAYOR WE REPRESENT THE WHOLE CITY. I MEANT DISTRICT TO WHICH IS NORTH OF THE FREEWAY AND A PORTION OF NORTH INDIO.
LAST NIGHT WAS OVER BY WIND CHILL'S WORKING WITH SOME OF OUR HOMELESS FOLKS.
2 WEEKS AGO I WAS DOWN AT CARREON PARK WORKING WITH SOME OF OUR HOMELESS FOLKS.
3 WEEKS AGO I WAS OVER IN FRONT OF MARTHA'S VILLAGE AND KITCHEN AT NIGHT WORK FOLKS WERE BURNING FIRES TO STAY WARM.
WORKING WITH SOME OF THOSE FOLKS.
WE MAKE OUR ROUNDS IN THIS COMMUNITY. WE REPRESENT THIS COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE.
WITH THAT BEING SAID, I WANT FOLKS TO KEEP THAT IN MIND. I WON'T GIVE ANY COMMENTS ON WHERE I FEEL FOR THE MAPS. I WILL SUBMIT A MALL. I WANT FOLKS TO REALLY TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION.
WE START BREAKING UP CERTAIN COMMUNITIES, YOU KNOW AS FAR AS REALLY DEVIATING FROM WHAT WE ARE READY HOUSE.
YOU HAVE TO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION IS THE FOLKS WHO HAVE VOTED THESE LAST PREVIOUS ROUNDS THEY VOTED FOR SOME OF THE FOLKS THAT ARSENIC APPEAR NOW. WHEN WE DEVIATE SO MUCH FROM WHAT WE ARE READY HAVE YOUR KIND OF TAKING SOME OF THE VOTES FROM SOME OF YOUR NEIGHBORS.
I'M OKAY WITH CHANGE. I BELIEVE CHANGE IS GOOD. IT'S NOT EASY SOMETIMES.
TAKE THOSE THINGS INTO CONSIDERATIONS WHEN REDRAWING THESE MAPS.
I THANK THE COMMUNITY FOR THEIR PARTICIPATION. OUR DEPUTY CITY MANAGER SCOTT TRUJILLO SAID AT THE WORKSHOP.
IF YOU'RE NOT TECH SAVVY AND YOU DON'T HAVE THE ABILITY TO GO ON THE WEBSITE TO MAKE A MAP OR UNDERSTAND HOW THIS PROCESS WORKS. FEEL FREE TO COME TO CITY HALL, GRANDMA MAP AND DRAW IT ON PAPER. OUR STAFF WILL LOOK AT IT.
WE REALLY WANT YOU TO BE THAT INVOLVED.
NOT FOR US BUT FOR THE COMMUNITY.
I WANT TO THANK THE COMMUNITY. THANK OUR CONSULTANTS AND CITY STAFF. ACTUALLY BEFORE I CONCLUDE, WE WERE TALKING ABOUT BOUNDARIES, RIGHT WITH THESE DISTRICTS? BY NO WAY TO THESE PRECLUDE CERTAIN DISTRICTS FROM HAVING BETTER COUNTY SERVICES, BIDDING SERVICES, PUBLIC SAFETY SERVICES. WE SERVE OUR COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE. MUCH YOU ALL TO UNDERSTAND THAT. THIS IS FOR REPRESENTATION AND VOTING PURPOSES. ESPECIALLY NOW, AND TOUCH BASES WITH HER COUNCILMEMBER. TOUCH BASES WITH THE COMMUNITY SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE. TOUCH BASES WITH ALL THOSE FOLKS. THERE IS POWER IN NUMBERS. SO WE ARE ALL CONNECTED AND WE CAN GET A LOT OF THINGS DONE. I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY MORE HEARINGS WE HAVE. IS IT TO? I THINK WE STILL HAVE A COUPLE MORE HEARINGS.
NUMBER HEARING LEFT. WE URGE THE COMMUNITY TO REALLY BE INVOLVED IN THIS NEXT HEARING. IN THE MEANTIME, SUBMIT MORE MAPS. I LIKE TO SEE MORE MAPS. ALTERNATE OVER TO MAYOR PRO TEM. CASIMIR
COMMENT. >> I THINK THE OTHER THING TO CONSIDER HERE IS I DO SEE IN MAP 109 THE REFLECTION OF HOUSING
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BURDEN NEIGHBORHOODS.IN THE REPRESENTATION IN DIFFERENT DISTRICTS. RIGHT NOW I KNOW I HAVE A LOT OF CONCENTRATION IN MY DISTRICT. DELETE KNOCK ON DOORS THERE WERE SO MANY FAMILIES THAT WERE HOUSING BURDEN. I KNOW ALL THOSE PEOPLE ONLY HAVE ONE REPRESENTATIVE, RIGHT? THE GROOM STARTS PUTTING THOSE UP, DEPENDING ON HOW THEY ARE SPLIT UP THAT MIGHT LEAD TO LESS RISK REPRESENTATION OVER TIME.
THE OTHER ONE IS AIR QUALITY. WHEN WE OVERLAY WITH THE AIR QUALITY ALSO GETS INTO THOSE AREAS WHERE DO THE AREAS IN THE INDUSTRIAL AREAS GET SPLIT UP? OR DO THEY HAVE REPRESENTATION IN ONE VOTING DISTRICT OR MULTIPLE VOTING DISTRICTS? THE OTHER CONCERN I HAVE IS WHAT WERE LOOKING OUT, AT LEAST IN MY DISTRICT, DISTRICT 4.
WHEN MS. RAMOS AMITH WAS TALKING ABOUT THE NATURAL BOUNDARIES.
I THINK A LOT OF THESE WHEN WE SEE IT WERE ADDING ON STUFF THAT'S OVER THE WASH OR ACROSS FROM HIGHWAY 111. THINK WE CURRENTLY HAVE STUFF THAT'S OVER HIGHWAY 111.
I WOULD RATHER HAVE THAT BE EXPANDED IN THE MORE NORTHERN PART OF THE DISTRICT LIKE RAVEN GARDENS. THOSE TYPE OF AREAS. INSTEAD OF OVER THE WASH OR OVER 111.
IF WE WERE TO GO AND KEEP SIMILAR DISTRICTS THAT WE HAVE NOW.
THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS. THANKS.
COMMENT. >> OKAY COUNCILMEMBER, GO
AHEAD. >> YOU MADE THIS COMMENT IN THE PUBLIC AND I'VE HEARD IT MADE PUBLIC MANY TIMES. I DON'T WANT THE DEMOGRAPHER TO GET THE WRONG IMPRESSION.
YES IT IS TRUE THE CITY OF INDIO HAS HISTORICALLY BEEN OVER 60 PERCENT HISPANIC.
THERE'S NO DOUBT ABOUT IT. THAT DOES NOT TRANSLATE INTO OVER 60 PERCENT SPANISH-SPEAKING. I WANT TO MAKE THAT CLEAR. THANK
CITY MANAGER? >> JUST AS A SUGGESTION HAVING WALKED THIS ROAD BEFORE AS SOME OF YOU HAVE BACK IN 2017 AND 18.
IT MIGHT BE HELPFUL AS YOU CONCLUDE THE ITEM MAYOR, EXPRESSED INTEREST IN LOOKING AT 109, PERHAPS 108 AND 101.
IF YOU COULD GUIDE US A LITTLE BIT.
THERE WILL BE OTHER MAPS AS YOU SUGGEST MAYOR.
WE COULD RESEARCH A COUPLE OF TWEAKS. USING THE CITY ATTORNEY'S TERM, THE POND TO LONG BECAUSE THERE IS A STATE DEADLINE.
THERE'S THIS BALANCE BETWEEN NOT WANTING TO BE RUSHED, GIVING US A LITTLE BIT MORE GUIDANCE OF THE CONFINED TO THINGS.
I JUST DID SOME BASED ON COUNCILMEMBER AMITH'S COMMENTS.
I DON'T KNOW THAT WE WILL POPULATION BOUNDARIES TO HIT ALL THE NATURAL BOUNDARIES. BUT IF WE NEED TO LOOK CLOSELY WITH JEFF WE COULD DO THAT.
MAYBE LAST 3 MINUTES OF INPUT TO GUIDE US. IT COULD BE SELECTING 3 MAPS TO FOCUS ON.
COUPLE OF ITEMS AS THAT MAYOR PRO TEM MENTIONED.
TAKING NOTES AND LISTEN AND BRING THEM BACK TO YOU. JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE GUIDANCE AND WE CAN MOVE AHEAD.
>> I CAN START. >> ARE THE GOODS EASY TO THROW OUT THE ONES THAT ARE NOT BALANCED.
SO HOW MANY DOES THAT LEAVE US?
>> OKAY I WOULD SAY STICK WITH THE ONES THAT ARE BALANCED.
AND ONLY BECAUSE 9 IS TO FAR OF A DEVIATION FROM WHAT WE HAVE NOW. I WOULD RULE OUT 109 IT COULD BE A GOAL THAT WE CAN WORK TOWARDS.
I DON'T THINK THAT STRONG OF A SHIFT IN DISTRICTS WOULD BE HEALTHY MOVING FORWARD. I WOULD RULE OUT 109. WOULD RULE IT DOWN
>> 5. OKAY. >> CITY MANAGER AS WE GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS ARE LOOKING FOR 3 OR 4 MAPS?
>> THANK YOU FOR 5 MAY BE HELPFUL. THERE MIGHT BE ANOTHER COUPLE THAT TRICKLE IN.
I MIGHT ON THE COMMON INTEREST MADE.
THOSE ARE FOR PROPONENTS ONE-PERHAPS THEY COULD LOOK AT NOT SUCH A DRAMATIC SHIFT THAT HAS COUNCILMEMBER MILLER DISADVANTAGED SOME VOTED THAT BARELY VOTED AND WOULDN'T BE UP THE PHONE AGAIN FOR 6 YEARS.
MAYBE OUR COMPONENTS OF 19 COULD LOOK AT SOMETHING THAT'S NOT QUITE OF DRAMATIC OF A SHIFT. MAYBE FOR MORE.
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SOMETHING LIKE THAT MAYOR. >> THAT SOUNDS GOOD.
WERE LOOKING AT MAPS. >> ON 101 I THINK THAT ONE WOULD LOOK BETTER IF WE WERE TAKING AWAY FROM DISTRICT 1 ON THE EAST.
ON THE MIDDLE EAST PART ACROSS THE WASH. I THINK IT WOULD BE BETTER TO TAKE AWAY FROM DISTRICT 1 NEAR – AND CLINTON. I THINK THAT'S MORE, THAT AREA, THOSE ALL GO TO THE SAME SCHOOLS.
IT'S MORE OF A CONTINUOUS NEIGHBORHOOD THERE. AND THEN ON DISTRICT, WE ARE TO HAVE PART OF DISTRICT WHAT COULD BE PART OF DISTRICT 5.
INSTEAD OF HAVING THAT AREA ACROSS 111 I THINK IT WOULD BE BETTER TO HAVE THE AREA NEXT TO THE HIGH SCHOOL I THINK THAT IS ALSO MORE CONTIGUOUS WITH DISTRICT FOR IN THAT AREA.
ALSO, I DO SEE SOME OF THEM THAT SPLIT UP OUR DOWNTOWN AREA FROM MONROE TO THE DOWNTOWN.
I DON'T THINK THAT'S GOING TO BE A GOOD SPLINT FOR THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS. I THINK THOSE ARE PRETTY
>> MAYBE IF I CAN JUMP IN MAYOR PRO TEM. SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 111 THAT IS CURRENTLY IN DISTRICT 4.
THAT MAKES SENSE IN DISTRICT 5 IN YOUR MIND?
>> YES. >> BACK TO THE COMMENT OF HIGHWAY ONE OF 11 AND
BOUNDARIES. >> THAT WOULD MAKE MORE SENSE TO DISTRICT 5 IF WE WERE TO REPLACE THAT WITH THE AREAS NEXT TO THE HIGH
>> I CLINTON THAT YOU SPOKE TO AT MIGHT BALANCE
THAT OUT. >> YEAH. >> THAT'S A GOOD SUGGESTION.
>> MY INITIAL THOUGHT AS I LOOK AT PLAN 105 I'M LOOKING AT 105 AND 108 AT THE MOMENT. [INAUDIBLE]
>> I LIKE SOME OF THE CHANGES THERE PRO TEM ORTIZ JUST MADE AS WELL.
>> IF YOU HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY, FEEL FREE TO JUMP
IN. >> BOTH 105 AND 108 IF WE LOOK AT THE SPREADSHEET THAT THE CONSULTANT PREPARED.
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POPULATION 108, 8077, 76 PERCENT HISPANIC POPULATION. 105 HAS ALL DISTRICTS MAJORITY HISPANIC. 180 PERCENT THE OTHER 76, 77.THOSE ARE THINGS YOU'D WANT TO LOOK AT I THINK FOR OUR COMMUNITY. IT'S LIKELY THAT DISTRICT 1 WOULD BE HARD TO GET MUCH OVER 50 PERCENT WITHOUT 105, MAYBE IT'S ONE OF ONE OF LOOKING
AT. >> MR. CITY MANAGER IF I COULD JUMP IN. IF YOU LOOK AT THE CHART RIGHT BELOW THE TOTAL POPULATION DEMOGRAPHICS. IT SHOWS THE CITIZEN VOTING AGE POPULATION DEMOGRAPHIC.
UNDER THE HISPANIC CPAP YOU'LL SEE 3 DISTRICTS AND 105 ARE MAJORITY, OR THE MAJORITY OF HISPANIC AS WELL AS IN PLAN 108 YOU HAVE DISTRICT 2, 3 AND 4 WITH ALL 3 BEING OVER 70
>> THANK YOU MR. MAYOR. I CONCUR WITH MAYOR PRO TEM ORTIZ. WITH CHANGING THE BOUNDARIES ON DISTRICT ONE UP A LITTLE ON CLINTON AND IN THAT AREA. I LIKE PLANTS 105, 106 AND 108.
I THINK 109 IS TO MUCH CHANGE TO OUR VOTERS AND DISENFRANCHISE. ON OF THEM HAVE ALREADY VOTED. THAT'S MY PERSONAL
OPINION. >> 101 WOULD BE ONE OF THE OTHER ONES. I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH 101 EITHER.
I LIKE KEEPING THE BOUNDARY SOMEWHAT THE SAME. I DO AGREE WITH MOVING SOME OF THAT INTO THE OTHER AREA ON AREA 4.
>> ANOTHER QUESTION I HAVE MAYBE THIS IS FOR THE COUNCIL OR IF THE CONSULTANT CAN ANSWER THIS. WERE LOOKING AT THE VRA'S IS IT BETTER TO HAVE THE HIGHER AMOUNT IN 3 DISTRICTS OR THE LOWER AMOUNT FOR DISTRICTS? OVER 50 BUT, YOU KNOW IS IT PREFERABLE TO HAVE FOR VRA DISTRICTS AT LIKE 50 TO 60 PERCENT IS OR IS IT PROFITABLE TO HAVE 3 VR DISTRICTS 70 AND OVER
PERCENT? >> I THINK IT'S BETTER TO HAVE 3 BECAUSE WERE TRYING TO GET AS CLOSE AS WE CAN TO THE CITYWIDE AVERAGE.
SO, THE CITYWIDE AVERAGE IS NOT 75 PERCENT.
>> IF I MAY, ONE THING I WOULD MENTION WHEN WERE LOOKING OUT VRA ASPECTS.
WE HAVE TO BE LOOKING AT THE CITIZEN VOTING AGE POPULATION. IT'S NOT JUST THE TOTAL POPULATION.
YOU'LL SEE, WE LOOK AT WHAT THE CURRENT DISTRICTS ARE. IF YOU LOOK AT YOUR EXISTING DISTRICTS. DISTRICTS 2, 3 AND 4 ARE CURRENTLY HAVE MAJORITY LATINO CITIZEN VOTING AGE POPULATION. DISTRICT 5 IS AT 48 PERCENT WHICH IS VERY CLOSE. BUT, AS YOU KNOW DISTRICT 5 HAS ELECTED A LATINA CANDIDATE. IT'S WHAT WE REFER TO AS A PERFORMING DISTRICT. DISTRICT 5 IN MOST OF THE MAPS HERE, AGAIN KEEP VERY CLOSE TO THAT 50 PERCENT POPULATION. THAT SOMETHING THAT COULD BE CONSIDERED.
BECAUSE IT'S WHAT WE PREFER TO AS A PERFORMING DISTRICT.
REQUIREMENT. >> LOOKING AT THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THAT AND THE 109 WHERE WE HAVE THE 60 PERCENT, 79 PERCENT, 64 PERCENT AND 50 PERCENT. WE HAVE FOR VRA DISTRICTS IN THAT ONE.
>> WHEN YOU LOOK AT THAT COMPARISON TO THE CURRENT DISTRICT MAKEUP AND I KNOW IT'S DIFFERENT BECAUSE 109 IS DIFFERENT IN TERMS OF AREA. DISTRICT TO COME CURRENTLY IS 71 PERCENT.
DISTRICT 4 IS 42 PERCENT OF HIS PANIC VOTING POPULATION.
OF COURSE DISTRICT 5, 48 PERCENT.
>> YOU'RE TAKING NOTES. I WILL GIVE MY PREFERRED COMMENTS IN MY PREFERRED MAPS WOULD BE 101, 105,
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AND 108.AS I DO APPRECIATE THAT WORK THAT WENT INTO 109 AND THE ENGAGEMENT OF THE ORGANIZATION. I THINK CUTTING THAT DISTRICT OFF AT THE TOP WOULD NOT SERVE HER INNER CITY TO THE BEST THAT WE CAN. I THINK IT WOULD NEED TO BE ADJUSTED A LITTLE MORE. NOT TO SAY BECAME GET THERE. RIGHT NOW I DON'T THINK THAT'S THE BEST DIRECTION WE CAN
GO AS A CITY. >> I THINK THAT'S VERY HELPFUL. THERE'S BEEN SOME CONSENSUS WITH A FEW TWEAKS. GETTING SOME OF THESE NATURAL BOUNDARIES.
WE WILL DO A LITTLE BIT MORE WORK AND ANY OTHER MAPS THAT COME AND WE COULD CONTINUE TO LOOK OUT. THE NEXT HEARING DATE, JEFF DECEMBER 2.
>> YES. >> I WOULD BE TIME TO BE LITTLE BUT MORE CONCRETE.
I THINK WE ARE MOVING THE HEAD. IF WE WANT TO HAVE MATTER INCLUDED IN THE PACKET WE WOULD NEED IT AT LEAST A WEEK PRIOR TO THE SECOND. ABOUT ANOTHER WEEK ANOTHER 5 TO 7 DAYS OF NEW IDEAS OR MAY BE THAT 109 GROUP COULD LOOK AT SOMETHING NOT QUITE AS TRAUMATIC IF YOU WANT TO CONSIDER. WE WOULD NEED
THAT WITHIN ABOUT A WEEK. >> I WOULD SAY I JANUARY 26. THAT'S A WEDNESDAY.
THAT ALLOWS JEFF SOME TIME LAST TIME WE WERE DOING IT ON FRIDAY.
IT ALLOWS JEFF SOME TIME TO DO THAT.
AND CERTAINLY WE HAVE THE MAPPING TOOL. WE HAVE THE INSTRUCTIONS IN SPANISH.
WE COULD WORK WITH SCOTT TO MAKE MAPS AVAILABLE AT CITY HALL IF PEOPLE WANT TO COME PICK THEM UP.
ONE PERSON SUBMITTED A MAP WITH LINES DRAWN FROM THE WORKSHOP. THEY TOOK ONE OF THE BIG MAPS WE HAD AND LEFT IT AT CITY HALL.
THANK YOU. >> I THINK WE HAVE OUR MARCHING ORDERS. THANK
YOU. >> THANK YOU. >> TO BE WANT TO GO TO OUR ADMINISTRATIVE ASSIGNMENTS OR GO BACK? CAN WE TAKE A 5 MINUTE BREAK? WATER IN A WATER OUTBREAK.
[LAUGHTER]. THAT'S WHAT WE SAY IN THE LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMUNITY.
>> WE WILL CALL THE MEETING BACK TO ORDER.
THANK THE COUNCIL AND THE COMMITTEE FOR BEARING WITH US. WE HAD TO MOVE SOME THINGS AROUND BEING THAT WE HAD ITEMS THAT HAD TO BE HEARD AT A CERTAIN TIME.
[9. CONSENT CALENDAR]
WILL MOVE TO ITEM NUMBER 9. WHICH IS CONSENT CALENDAR. IF NO ONE WOULD LIKE TO PULL AN ITEM I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION.>> WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR FROM COUNCILMEMBER MILLER AND A SECOND FROM COUNCILMEMBER HOLMES.
PLEASE.[VOTING] >> MOTION PASSES FOR CONSENT CALENDAR.
WERE GOING TO MOVE ON TO ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS. WE ARE GOING TO SKIP DOWN TO ITEM NUMBER 5 AND THIS IS A TIME AND PLACE FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE PROPOSED ANNEXATION OH, ORGAN SKIP DOWN TO THE
>> OH I'M SORRY. ALL RIGHT WE WILL GO TO 10.5.
[10.5 Urgency Ordinance No. 1773 , Approving the Third Amendment to the Deve...]
THAT IS ORDINANCE NUMBER 1773 APPROVING III AMENDMENT TO THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT BETWEEN CITY OF INDIO AND REAL PROPERTY WITHIN THE SITE KNOWN AS THE PACIFIC AND DEAL PROPERTIES TO EXTEND THE TERM OF DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT AND THEREOF AND FINDING THAT THE EXTENSION IS EXEMPT FROM SEQUENCE PURSUANT TO SEQUENT GUIDELINES.MARK MOVING A LITTLE OUT ORDER TONIGHT SO THEY COULD SO MUCH.
THIS IS ITEM 10 POINT 5 ON THE AGENDA.
IT'S A COMPANION ORDINANCE ALSO ON ITEM 10.6.
WITH ITEM 10.5 THE CITY OF INDIO ENTERED INTO A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT WITH AN ENTITY THAT WAS CALLED PACIFIC AND DEAL PROPERTIES.
FOR ABOUT 241 ACRES OF LAND. IN THAT
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AREA IS EXITING NORTH FROM INTERSTATE 10 TO AVENUE 42 AND EAST BETWEEN CLINTON AND MONROE NEAR JACKSON.I THINK FOLKS WILL KNOW THIS AREA IS A PALM SHOPPING CENTER, THE HAMPTON INN. THERE'S SOME OTHER RETAIL AND RESTAURANT ESTABLISHMENTS THERE. THIS DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT WAS AMENDED TWICE WITH THE LAST AMENDMENT. THE SECOND AMENDMENT TO THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT THAT EXTENDED THE TERM THROUGH JANUARY 19, 2022.
THE EXTENSION WAS LIMITED ONLY TO THOSE THE PROVISION AND LAND USE DENSITY.
STAFF IS REQUESTING AN EXTENSION ON EMERGENCY BASIS.
IF WE APPROVE THE EXTENSION THEN THE PROPERTIES THAT HAVE AGREED TO EXECUTE THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT, THEY WILL BE COVERED BY ZONING. CURRENTLY AS YOU KNOW THE CITIES UNDERTAKING THE ZONING CODE UPDATE THIS YEAR AND UNFORTUNATELY AT THE MOMENT WE ARE NOT COMPLETED WITH THAT PROJECT. HOWEVER, THE TIMING IS SUCH THAT WITH THE PROPERTY OWNERS THAT THEY HAVE LOST A LOT OF TIME IN TERMS OF DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES WITH RESPECT TO THE PANDEMIC. WHAT WERE REQUESTING IS A SHORT EXTENSION FOR ABOUT 18 MONTHS. THAT WOULD BE TO JULY 19, 2023.
THE TIMING IS SUCH THAT THIS WOULD REQUIRE A VOTE TO PREVENT.
THE REGENT FOR THE URGENCY IS FOR THE PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND SAFETY. WITH THE PANDEMIC AS EVERYONE KNOWS IT DID IMPACT EVERYONE AND IMPACTED THE COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE MARKET. AS THE ECONOMY SLOWLY BEGINNING ITS POST-PANDEMIC RECOVERY THE LAPSE OF THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT WOULD BE DETRIMENTAL TO THE CURRENT EFFORTS BEING MADE BY THE OWNERS AND THE CITY AND PURSUING DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES.
THAT WERE LOST OR HAMPERED BY THE PANDEMIC. THIS DOES IMPACT US DIRECTLY WITH RESPECT TO NOT ONLY PROPERTY AND SALES TAX BUT ALSO WE HAVE A STRONG INTEREST IN PREVENTING THOSE SECONDARY IMPACTS THAT ARE BROUGHT ABOUT BY LEAVING THE PROPERTY VACANT. ALLOWING THE DEVELOPER AGREEMENT TO LAPSE WITHOUT APPROPRIATE LAND USE MEASURES WILL PROVIDE AND RESULT IN UNCERTAINTY FOR THE POTENTIAL DEVELOPMENT OF THESE HUNDRED AND 20 ACRES.
THE OWNERS SUBJECT TO THIS AMENDMENT, LET'S SEE. THEY ARE THE I 10 MONROE LLC, VH INDIA LAND LLC, CHARLOTTE SOUTHWEST CORPORATION AND MONICA.
I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AND THAT IS MY REPORT ON THIS ITEM.
>> I DON'T BELIEVE WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE COUNCIL? NO QUESTIONS.
>> IF THERE'S NO QUESTIONS I WOULD ASK SOMEONE TO MAKE EMOTIONAL RECOMMENDATION.
HAVE A SECOND? >> I WILL SECOND THAT.
>> WE HAVE A FIRST BY COUNCILMEMBER MILLER AND A SECOND BY MAYOR PRO TEM ORTIZ. CAN I GET A VOTE
PLEASE.[VOTING] >> MOTION PASSES.
>> I WILL BE THE ORDINANCE FOR THE RECORD. IN ORDINANCE NUMBER 1773 AND URGENCY ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF INDIA APPROVING III AMENDMENT TO THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF INDIO AND CERTAIN OWNERS OF REAL PROPERTY WITHIN THE SITE KNOWN AS THE PACIFIC AND DEAL PROPERTIES. TO THE EXTENDED TERM OF THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT AND DECLARING THE URGENCY THEREOF. THANK YOU MAYOR.
>> THANK YOU. WE WILL MOVE ON TO 2.6.
[10.6 An Urgency Ordinance (Ordinance No. 1774) of the City of Indio Amendin...]
>> GREAT THAT'S A COMPANION ORDINANCE NUMBER 1774. WITH THIS AS I MENTIONED IS 2041 ACRES OF LAND. THERE WILL BE APPROXIMATELY OVER 100 ACRES OF LAND WITHOUT ANY ZONING. THIS ORDINANCE DOES IS IT WILL REQUIRE THAT THAT'S OWN PROPERTY, IN ORDER FOR IT TO BE DEVELOPED THAT THE PROPERTY OWNER WOULD HAVE TO COME TO THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT AND REQUEST A
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DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT. SO THIS WOULD PROVIDE THE STOPGAP MEASURE UNTIL WE COMPLETE THE ZONING CODE UPDATE LATER THIS YEAR.IT WILL GUARANTEE THE CITY HAS ENFORCEABLE DEVELOPMENT AND DESIGN STANDARDS 20 DEVELOP MEANT THAT WILL OCCUR IN AN ORDERLY MANNER.
ESSENTIALLY A NEW PROVISION TO OUR MUNICIPAL CODE THAT WOULD REQUIRE ANY REAL PROPERTY WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF THE SITE THAT WAS SUBJECT TO THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT.
FOR THE PACIFIC INDIO DEVELOP MEANT AGREEMENT. THAT IF THE PROPERTY REMAINS UNSOUND AS OF JANUARY 20, 2022 IT CAN ONLY BE DEVELOPED WITH THE APPROVAL OF A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT BY THE CITY COUNCIL.
THE ACCURACY FINDINGS ARE SET FORTH IN THE REPORT AS WELL AS IN THE ORDINANCE. I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
>> DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS COUNCIL? COULD
WE GET A MOTION. >> ALL MOTION TO WAIVE FULL READING ORDINANCE 1774 REQUEST THE CITY CLERK TO READ THE ORDINANCE TITLE ONLY.
AMENDED CHAPTER 150 KNOWN ZONING REGULATIONS TITLE 15 LAND USAGE OF THE INDIO PRINCIPAL CORD. ADOPT A NEW SECTION 159.419 PERTAINING TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF ONE'S OWN PROPERTIES WITHIN THE FORMER PACIFIC INDIO PROPERTIES DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT AND DECLARING
THE URGENCY THEREOF. >> I WILL SECOND THAT.
>> WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR BY MAYOR PRO TEM ORTIZ AND A SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER MILLER.
>> FOR THE RECORD READING THE TITLE OF THE ORDINANCE NUMBER 1774.
IN URGENCY ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF INDIO AMENDING CHAPTER 159 ZONING REGULATIONS OF TITLE 15 LAND USAGE AND ADOPTING A NEW SECTION 159.419. PERTAINING TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF UNSOLD PROPERTIES WITHIN THE FORMER PACIFIC INDIO PROPERTIES DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT AND DECLARING URGENCY THEREOF. THANK
[10.1 Approval of a Services Agreement between the City of Indio and Flock G...]
ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS. WE WILL START WITH ITEM 10.1.WHICH IS APPROVAL OF SERVICE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF INDIO AND THOUGHT GROUP INCORPORATED FOR THE LEASE OF 20 FLOCK SAFETY AUTOMATIC LICENSE PLATE RECOGNITION CAMERAS IN THE AMOUNT OF $57,500.
>> GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND COUNCIL. MY NAME IS MIKE WISEMAN OF GEVA PLEASE.
TONIGHT BEFORE YOU ARE BRINGING IN AN AGREEMENT WITH FLOCK SAFETY FOR PUBLIC SAFETY CAMERAS.
SEEKING YOUR APPROVAL TO ALLOW US TO LEASE THOSE FOR A YEAR. ALSO, ASSUMING THAT YOU GRANT THAT REQUEST. WE ARE ALSO GONNA SEEK YOUR INPUT AS TO WHETHER WE WANT TO PUT SIGNAGE AROUND LIKE LA QUINTA HAS SAYING ANNOUNCING THE PUBLIC SAFETY CAMERAS ARE IN EFFECT PARTICULARLY AT SOME OF OUR INTEREST IS TO THE CITY. WITH THAT I WILL BRING UP ANTON WITH FLOCK SAFETY. HE WILL HAVE A PRESENTATION FOR
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN OF THE COUNCIL AND INDIO CITY OF STAFF, MAYOR FURMAN WHEN HE WAS ANTON – I'M HERE WITH MY COWORKER JOHN ANDERSON. WERE ON BEHALF OF FLOCK SAFETY.
THANK YOU FOR GIVING US THE TIME TO PRESENT TODAY.
SO, RIGHT OFF THE BAT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT RELATE UNIQUE ABOUT FLOCK AND DREW ME TO THE COMPANY IS THE MISSION STATEMENT IS TO ELIMINATE CRIME.
AT ITS CORE FLOCK IS A PUBLIC SAFETY OPERATING SYSTEM THAT IS CURRENTLY IN OVER 1400 CITIES AND PARTNERED WITH A THOUSAND PLUS LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES NATIONWIDE.
WHAT FLOCK DOES IS UNITE LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES WITH THE COMMUNITIES THAT THEY SERVE TO CREATE A SAFER, MORE EQUITABLE SOCIETY.
THROUGH LEVERAGING TECHNOLOGY TO ELIMINATE CRIME. WE DO THIS BY BUILDING DEVICES THAT PROTECT OBJECTIVE EVIDENCE, CODE IN REAL TIME AND DELIVER IT TO LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES FOR INVESTIGATION. FLOCK FOCUSES ON LICENSE PLATES BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT HISTORICALLY 70 PERCENT OF CRIMES INCLUDE THE USE OF VEHICLES. WE ALSO KNOW WITHOUT OBJECTIVE EVIDENCE 82 PERCENT OF THESE CRIMES GO UNSOLVED. WHAT WE DO IS WE PROVIDE LAW ENFORCEMENT WITH OBJECTIVE EVIDENCE TAKEN PURSUANT TO CLEAR CASES. THERE IS 3 THINGS THAT THIS TECHNOLOGY DOES PREVENT AN LMA CRIME. PRACTICALLY IT SENDS OUT REAL-TIME WORDS WHEN STOLEN VEHICLES ENTER YOUR CITY. THIS IS IMPORTANT A LOT OF TIMES
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WE'VE SEEN STOLEN VEHICLES USED TO COMMIT OTHER CRIMES. ESSENTIALLY AS CLEARANCE RATES INCREASE CRIME RATES DECREASE CHANGING POLICING FROM HAVING TO BE REACTIVE TO MORE OF A PROACTIVE APPROACH.THEN PREVENTION. FLOCK CAMERAS ACT AS A DETERRENT AND THE RISK OF GETTING CAUGHT RAISES AS PEOPLE TALK ABOUT IT. SOME OF THE THINGS THAT MAKE FLOCK ESPECIALLY UNIQUE.
FIRST BEING VEHICLE PRINT TECHNOLOGY. YOU CAN SEARCH BY THE MAKE OF THE VEHICLE, THE TYPE, THE COLOR.
WHETHER IT HAS LICENSE PLATE .
IS IT A COVER PLATE, PAPER PLATE AS WELL AS UNIQUE IDENTIFIERS. THE SYSTEM IS INFRASTRUCTURE FREE.
THIS MEANS AS COST-EFFECTIVE AND MOVABLE IF NEED BE.
THE SYSTEM IS A LPR SERVICE. WORK AND AND PROVIDER THAT INSTALLS THE SYSTEM, MONITORS AND MAINTAINS A CAMERAS.
WE HAVE VERY STRONG REGIONAL NETWORK. WERE PARTNERED WITH A LOT OF LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES IN THE AREA. THE SYSTEM ITSELF IS VERY EASY TO USE AND THE USER EXPERIENCE IS FRIENDLY. IT DOES ALSO PROVIDE REAL-TIME NOTIFICATIONS VIA SMS AND EMAIL AND WE ARE A LEADER IN PRIVACY. LEAF MAY PRIVACY ONE OF OUR DELIVERABLES. THERE'S A LOT HERE. ON THE SCREEN.
THERE ARE A COUPLE THINGS I DIDN'T WANT TO HIGHLIGHT. WHICH TO THE BEST OF MY UNDERSTANDING ARE SOME THE PARTIES FOR INDIO BASED ON MY CONVERSATIONS WITH PD.
ONE THING A HIGHLIGHT IS A 30 DAY RETENTION PERIOD.
THAT'S ON A RUNNING BASIS EVERY 30 DAYS THE DATA IS DELETED. OUR TECHNOLOGY TAKES THE HUMAN BIAS OUT OF CRIME SOLVING.
BY DETECTING OBJECTIVE DATA AND ATTRACTING EVENTS THAT ARE OBJECTIVELY LEGAL.
I'D LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT THAT THIS ISN'T FACIAL RECOGNITION SOFTWARE.
IT'S NOT USED FOR IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT.
THERE'S NO PERSONAL IDENTIFYING INFORMATION THAT'S CONTAINED WITHIN FLOCK.
WE DID CREATE FIRST OF ITS KIND TRANSPARENCY PORTAL THAT WE CAN HELP THE CITY SET UP.
SO, THE TRANSPARENCY FOR PORTAL IS USED FOR PUBLIC SAFETY TECHNOLOGY.
THE CITIZENS OF INDIO WOULD BE ABLE TO GO ON THE WEB AND ACTUALLY SEE WHAT THE CAMERAS ARE USED FOR AND NOT USED FOR. THEY WILL BE ABLE TO SEE WHICH CITIES IN THE SURROUNDING AREA, THE DATA IS BEING SHARED WITH. I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THAT FLOCK IS CURRENTLY WORKING WITH OVER 70 PERCENT OF THE CITIES IN RIVERSIDE COUNTY. WE HAVE OVER 600 CAMERAS DEPLOYED. THE RIVERSIDE COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE IS ACTUALLY CURRENTLY IN THE PROCESS OF DEPLOYING 260 CAMERAS.
SOME OF THE LOCAL PARTNERS WE WORK WITH OUR DESERT HOT SPRINGS, CATHEDRAL CITY, PALM DESERT, LAKE ELSINORE, MORENO VALLEY, WILDOMAR, MENEFEE, HEMET, MARIETTA, PARENTS, TO MACULA. WERE IN A LOT OF CITIES. WE WORK WITH OVER HUNDRED AGENCIES IN THE GREATER CALIFORNIA AREA.
I WANT TO ALSO HIGHLIGHT SOME LOCAL SUCCESS STORIES.
THE IMPLEMENT THE SYSTEM IN JUNE.
FROM JUNE TO NOVEMBER THEY WERE ABLE TO RECOVER JUST OVER $1 MILLION WORTH OF STOLEN PROPERTY. SO SAN MARINO, THIS IS RESEARCH THAT THEY DID THEMSELVES OVER THE COURSE OF A YEAR.
THIS 70 PERCENT OF DECREASE OF RESIDENTIAL BURGLARIES AS WELL AS A 36 PERCENT REQUESTED INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF CAMERAS THEY HAD DEPLOYED. ESSENTIALLY AS CLEARANCE RATES INCREASE, CRIME DECREASES. TO GET POLICING TO BE REACTIVE TO PROACTIVE. ANOTHER EXAMPLE IS MORGAN HILL.
THEY RECOVERED 51 STOLEN VEHICLES. AND MADE 66 ARRESTS OVER THE COURSE OF 2.5 MONTHS.
OBVIOUSLY AS ARE MAKING THESE ARRESTS OTHER CRIMES ARE BEING STOPPED. SO SAN RAMON.
BEFORE IMPLANTING FLOCK THAT IT TOTAL OF 6 STOLEN VEHICLES THAT THEY CAUGHT OVER A PERIOD OF 8 MONTHS.
AFTER A LIMITING FLOCK THEY LOCATED 21 STOLEN VEHICLES OVER THE COURSE OF 5 MONTHS.
THERE IS A TON OF DIFFERENT EXAMPLES.
THE FLOCK CAMERAS LED THEM TO AN INDIVIDUAL THAT WAS OUT ON PROBATION IN THE CAR WITH A LOADED GUN. IN SAN MATEO FLOCK CAMERAS PREVENTED A HOME INVASION.
IN BENICIA STOLEN FILLING GOALS LED
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TO THE CAPTURE OF GUNS BEING TAKEN OFF THE STREET.THERE'S A TON OF EXAMPLES FROM CALIFORNIA AND ALL ACROSS THE COUNTRY OF THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE SYSTEM. SO, WE HAVE A FLOCK WORK WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO CREATE A MAP DEPLOYMENT FOR THE CAMERAS. BASED ON HIGHLY TRAFFICKED AREAS.
THEN I WANTED TO COVER PRICING REAL QUICK. THE CAMERAS ARE $2500 PER CAMERA PER YEAR. THAT INCLUDES THE SOLAR, THE LTE THAT INCLUDES THE MOUNTING, THE MAINTENANCE WARRANTY, THE CLOUD HOSTING, ETC.
THERE IS A ONE-TIME IMPLEMENTATION PER CAMERA OF $250. SO JUST A RECOUNT. WHAT IS THIS TAX? IS LICENSE PLATE RECOGNITION THAT COVERS OBJECTIVE EVIDENCE AND FACTS ABOUT VEHICLES NOT PEOPLE. IT LOOKS THE POLICE OF WANTED VEHICLES.
IT SOLVES CRIME AND IT ADHERES TO ALL STATE LAWS.
THIS TECHNOLOGY ISN'T IS NOT FACIAL RECOGNITION. IT IS NOT TIED BY PERSONAL IDENTIFIABLE. WE DON'T SELL THE DATA TO ANYONE.
THE DATA AUTOMATICALLY DELETES EVERY 30 DAYS.
THAT ABOUT DOES IT FOR THE PRESENTATION. THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR TIME.
DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE CHIEF OR THE CONSULTANT? COUNCIL? ANY QUESTIONS? COMMENTS? COUNCILMEMBER AMITH ANY
QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? >> NO THANK YOU.
>> NO. I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. CHIEF THANK YOU FOR BRINGING IT TO US. I THINK THIS IS A WAY TO BE PREVENTATIVE AND SOME OF THE CRIME THAT GOES ON IN OUR WORLD TODAY. IT'S NO SECRET THE PROPERTY CRIMES ARE AN ISSUE EVERYWHERE.
IT'S NOT JUST UNIQUE TO INDIO. PROPERTY CRIMES ARE ISSUED EVERYWHERE.
THERE'S OTHER CRIMES THAT HAPPEN IN OUR WORLD.
OFTEN ON OUR DIGITAL DEVICES WE GET ALERTS FROM AMBER ALERTS AND THAT'S HOW SOME OF THESE FOLKS ARE CAUGHT AND DETECTED.
ALSO, THE CHIEF MENTIONED ABOUT ASSIGNMENTS.
I DO SUPPORT IF THIS PASSES SOME SORT OF SIGNAGE TO LET FOLKS KNOW THAT IN OUR CITY PUBLIC SAFETY IS A TOP OF THE SPECTRUM OF THINGS. WE WANT FOLKS TO BE SAFE HERE. WE WANT FOLKS TO COME LIVES HERE AND DEVELOP AIR.
THIS IS AN INNOVATIVE TECHNIQUE WHERE WE COULD USE THIS IN OUR WORLD TODAY TO PREVENT SOME OF THOSE CRIMES. I DO HAVE ONE QUESTION AS FAR AS INFORMATION THAT IS STORED. HOW IS THAT SHARED? IS IT SHARED UPON REQUEST? IS IT SHARED AMONGST JURISDICTIONS? OR DO OTHER CITIES HAVE ACCESS TO THE DATABASE?
>> WE WILL ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH OUR RIVERSIDE COUNTY PARTNERS.
THE POWER OF THAT IS IF WERE LOOKING FOR HOMICIDE VEHICLE AND ALL WE KNOW FOR INSTANCE IS IT'S A BLACK MUSTANG WITH A RED BUMPER STICKER. WE CAN CONNECT TO ALL OF THEIR CAMERAS AND WE WILL GET ALERTS AS THEY ARE GOING TO THE CAMERAS.
AND ALLOW US TO SEARCH FOR THOSE THINGS. WE DO HAVE WHEN AN OFFICER LOGS INTO THE SYSTEM, OFFICER OR DETECTIVE. AND WE ARE LOOKING FOR SOMETHING.
THEY HAVE TO PUT THE REASON THEY ARE LOOKING FOR THAT SORT OF THING.
IT BECOMES OUR DATA WILL BE DOWNLOADED. SO WE CAN AVOID PRA ISSUES BECAUSE UNLESS WE ARE PULLING STUFF IT'S NOT REALLY OUR
I HAVE NO FURTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS. AND THE COUNCIL DOESN'T.
I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE FLOCK GROUP INCORPORATED SERVICES AGREEMENT FOR THE LEASE OF 20 FLOCK SAFETY AUTOMATIC LICENSE PLATE RECOGNITION CAMERA SYSTEM IN THE AMOUNT OF $57,500.
THE FORM APPROVED BY THE CITY ATTORNEY AND AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE THE AGREEMENT AND RELATED FORMS ON BEHALF OF THE CITY.
>> HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR BY COUNCILMEMBER HOLMES AND A SECOND BITE MAYOR PRO TEM ORTIZ.
THANK YOU CHIEF FOR BRINGING THIS TO US AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.
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IT WAS GREATLY APPRECIATED. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
[10.2 Approve a License Agreement between City of Indio and Christiana Green...]
ITEM 10.2.COUNCILMEMBER HOLMES WILL RECUSE HERSELF BECAUSE SHE OWNS PROPERTY IN THIS AREA.
IT WOULD GIVE HER A SECOND TO TAKE A BREAK.
AND WE WILL MOVE TO ITEM 10.2.
IT'S A PRIVILEGE LICENSE AGREEMENT BETWEEN CITY OF INDIO AND CHRISTINA GREENE BEAT VA. EPIC ANIMAL TREATS FOR USE OF CITY PROPERTY TO CONDUCT CERTIFIED FARMERS MARKET IN DOWNTOWN. OUR DIRECTOR OF ECONOMIC DIRECTOR CARL WILL BE HANDLING THIS ITEM.
MR. MORGAN, THE FLOOR IS YOURS.
>> HONORABLE MAYOR, MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL.
I'M PLEASED TO BRING THIS ITEM TO YOU THIS EVENING.
AS PART OF OUR DOWNTOWN REVITALIZATION AND LIVE ACTIVATION OF HER DOWNTOWN. THIS LICENSE AGREEMENT WILL ESSENTIALLY CREATE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO HAVE A REGULAR SUNDAY FARMERS MARKET.
AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE BACKGROUND DECEMBER THIS YEAR WE RECEIVED AN EXPRESSION OF INTEREST TO OPERATE A CERTIFIED FARMERS MARKET ON CITY-OWNED PROPERTY IN DOWNTOWN ACROSS FROM CITY HALL. I WILL SHOW YOU THE SITE IN A FEW MINUTES.
THIS ORGANIZATION HAS EXPERIENCE IN THIS AND HAS BEEN SUCCESSFUL IN OTHER COMMUNITIES LOCALLY.
THEY HAVE A CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURAL CDF A CERTIFICATION. THEY BEEN OPERATING IN A COUPLE OF LOCAL COMMUNITIES FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS.
THEY OFFER FRESH PRODUCE, HOT AND COLD PREPARED FOOD.
JEWELRY, SOAP, CANDLES, HANDCRAFTED ART, WOOD AND LEATHER. THE AVERAGE ATTENDANCE AT THE CURRENT LOCATION IS ABOUT 1250 PEOPLE A DAY. DURING THE WEEK AND GROWING.
IT'S VERY CLEAN AND VERY NICE. VERY WELL ATTENDED.
THE AVERAGE ABOUT 45 TO 58 VENDORS AT EACH OF THEIR MARKETS. I COULD TELL YOU THE VIBRANT ENERGY OF THOSE MARKETS IS REALLY RELAXING AND INVITING.
THIS IS THE SITE SUBJECT TO THE LICENSE AGREEMENT. IT'S THE GREEN SPACE LOCATED ON THE NORTH WEST CORNER OF TOWN AND BLISS.
DIRECTLY ACROSS THE STREET FROM OUR CIVIC CENTER. THE FARMERS MARKET, THERE ARE SOME FARMERS MARKET IMAGERY FROM ONE OF THEIR MARKETS.
YOU CAN SEE KIND OF THE VARIETY OF EVENTS AND SO FORTH. THE LICENSE AGREEMENT IS REQUESTING AN OPPORTUNITY TO CREATE AND OPERATE THE INDIO CERTIFIED FARMERS MARKET.
THEY WILL NEED FULL SUPPORT FROM THE CITY AND ADJACENT PROPERTY OWNERS TO BE SUCCESSFUL.
WE HAVE COURSE WOULD PROVIDE MARKETING AND OUTREACH THROUGH OUR MARKETING COMMUNICATIONS. THEY PROPOSE A WEEKLY SUNDAY MARKET AND 9 A.M.
TO 2 PM FROM OCTOBER THROUGH MAY.
AND PERHAPS A PROGRAM INDOOR IF WE CAN ACCOMMODATE THROUGH THE HOTTER MONTHS, JUNE THROUGH SEPTEMBER. THE LICENSEE WILL PROVIDE MANAGED VENDORS, LIVE MUSIC 88 RESTROOM.
THAT MINI STORAGE UNIT IS OVER THERE BY POTTERS HOUSE CHURCH AS WE SPEAK.
THEY WILL DO ALL THE SETUP AND BREAKDOWN AFTER THE CERTIFIED MARKET.
THE LICENSEE PROVIDES ALL ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH PERMITS.
CDF A PERMIT QUARTERLY PERMITS MAINTAINS A $4 MILLION INSURANCE POLICY FOR THE MARKET. IN ADDITION TO THAT EACH OF THE VENDORS ALSO CARRIED THEIR OWN $10 MILLION ABILITY POLICY.
THIS AGREEMENT WILL BE FOR ONE YEAR WITH AN OPTION OF 4 ADDITIONAL ONE-YEAR TERMS AND LICENSEE SHALL DEPOSIT OF $500 DEPOSIT AS A SECURITY DEPOSIT TO THE CITY OF INDIO. WITH THAT, STAFF IS ASKING THAT YOU APPROVE THE LICENSING AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF INDIO AND CHRISTINA GREENE. DOING BUSINESS AS EPIC ANIMAL TREATS FOR THE USE OF THE CITY PROPERTY IN THE DOWNTOWN AND AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE THE LEASE IN FORM APPROVED BY THE CITY ATTORNEY AND AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE THE DOCUMENTS.
CHRISTIANA GREENE IS ON THE CALL.
IF SHE WANTS TO MAKE ANY COMMENTS. AND CERTAINLY ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE OF HER.
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THAT CONCLUDES MY STAFF REPORT.>> THANK YOU MR. MORGAN. WELCOME MS. GREENE. DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS THAT
YOU WOULD LIKE TO MAKE? >> ACTUALLY DON'T SEE HER ON THE ZOOM. IS SHE ON THEIR, ON THE CHAT MAYBE?
>> I KNOW SHE WAS THE DISTRICTING ITEM WENT QUITE A WHILE AND I DID SEND HER A NOTE. I SENT HER ANOTHER LINK. MAYBE SHE'S NOT ON NO, THAT'S
NOT HER. >> MAYBE SHE'S NOT ON.
WE WILL OPEN UP TO GET SOME OF HER QUESTIONS. MAYOR
PRO TEM DO HAVE QUESTIONS? >> YEAH, I WANT TO SEE, WILL THESE VENDORS BE VENDORS FOR THE COACHELLA VALLEY OFFENDERS FROM OTHER AREAS? DO WE KNOW ANY MORE DETAILS ABOUT THE VENDORS OR THAT PROCESS?
>> I KNOW SHE HAS A STABLE OFFENDERS THAT GO TO FARMERS MARKETS GOOD MONIES IN PALM DESERT, ONE I BELIEVE IS IN, WITH THE OTHER CITY. I DON'T REMEMBER THE NAME OF THE CITY.
THEY WOULD BE COMING THIS WAY AS A PART OF THE PROCESS.
I HAVE NOT HAD TIME TO LOOK INTO WHERE EACH OF THOSE VENDORS ARE COMING FROM.
MY GUESS IS THAT SHE WILL INVITE NOT ONLY WELCOME LOCAL BUT ALSO THIS STABLE OFFENDERS THAT RUN WITH HER AND HER CERTIFIED
FARMERS MARKET. >> SHE'S BEEN PROMOTED ON SOCIAL MEDIA FOR THE PAST FEW WEEKS. INVITING ALL THE LOCAL PRODUCE, YOU KNOW THE SMALL PRODUCE COMPANIES AND SMALL PRODUCE GROWERS TO COME TO INDIO TO THIS NEW DOWNTOWN PRODUCE MARKET. MY QUESTION IS, WHAT OTHER DAYS OF THE WEEK IS SHE IN PALM DESERT AND INDIAN WELLS? THAT'S WHY I HAD HER ON THE CALL HOPING SHE WOULD BE HERE TO ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS.
>> I COULD CHIME IN. I BELIEVE IT'S THURSDAY AND INDIAN WELLS AND I'M THINKING SATURDAY IN
THEN THAT'S WEEKLY CITY MANAGER?
3 DAYS A WEEK IS A LOT TO COMMIT TO.
I WANT TO CONGRATULATE HER AND THANK HER FOR LOOKING AT INDIO. THIS IS SOMETHING WE'VE BEEN HOPING TO ATTRACT TO OUR DOWNTOWN. THE KEY CITY
MANAGER. >> JUST MENTIONED SHE'S INDIO RESIDENT HAS BEEN FOR QUITE SOME TIME.
JUST WAS READY FOR THE RIGHT TIME WERE SHE THOUGHT THERE WAS ENOUGH SYNERGY FOR THE DOWNTOWN. I MIGHT MENTION AS WELL MR. MORGAN.
I DID DIDN'T TOUCH ON IT BUT WE CONTACTED ANOTHER CERTIFIED FARMERS MARKET THAT OPERATES IN THE VALLEY.
THEY EXPLORE THE OPPORTUNITY AND CHOSE NOT TO SUBMIT A PROPOSAL.
THIS IS THE ONLY ONE WE RECEIVED.
>> ALSO THINK SUNDAY WILL BE A GOOD TIME FOR ALL THE CHURCH PEOPLE DOWNTOWN.
IT WILL BE GREAT. >> COUNCILMEMBER?
>> THINK IT MR. MAYOR. I THINK IT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITIES.
I'VE BEEN TO THE FARMERS MARKET AND INDIAN WELLS AND RANCHO MIRAGE. THEY'RE VERY WELL ATTENDED.
A LOT OF OUR SMALL ORGANIC VENDORS.
IT GIVES US ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY TO BRING PEOPLE IN THE DOWNTOWN.
IT'S A GOOD OPPORTUNITY FOR HER AND FOR US AND A RESIDENCE.
I THINK IT WILL BE AN ASSET TO US. I SAW THAT CARL'S RECOMMENDATION AND THE ONE RECOMMENDATION WE HAVE ON OUR AGENDA IS TO VASTLY DIFFERENT ONES.
WHICH ONE WOULD YOU LIKE US TO USE? THIS MORNING'S PRETTY LIMITED FOR THE LICENSE. A MORE THAN HAPPY TO MAKE A MOTION.
>> I WILL COMMENT REALLY FAST THEN I WILL GO AHEAD AND MAKE ACCEPT THE MOTION.
THINK IT MR. MORGAN FOR BRINGING THIS TO US. THANK YOU CITY MANAGER.
THIS IS SOMETHING WE'VE ALL WANTED IN OUR COMMUNITY FOR LONG TIME. THEY RECEIVED A LOT OF POSITIVE REVIEWS IN THE COMMUNITIES THAT THEY ALREADY SERVE.
TO HAVE AN INDIO RESIDENT WHO WILL HAVE A FARMERS MARKET IN OUR DOWNTOWN AREA I THINK IS GREAT. SOMETHING I THINK WE ALSO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION, IT'S NOT JUST THE PRODUCE AND THINGS THAT THEY SELL.
THERE'S OTHER ITEMS. IT ALSO GIVES OUR LOCAL ENTREPRENEURS WHO HAVE STARTED PUBLIC BUSINESSES TO ALSO BECOME PART OF THIS GROWTH WITH OUR FARMERS MARKET AND OR CENTER STAGE EVENTS DOWNTOWN.
IT GIVES THOSE FOLKS OTHER OPPORTUNITIES TO GENERATE REVENUE FOR THEIR HOUSEHOLDS AND ARMOR CITY.
I THINK THIS IS GREAT. I APPRECIATE IT COMING. I KNOW OTHER COMMENTS I WILL ACCEPT A MOTION ON THIS.
>> MR. MAYOR, WITHIN CITY'S ATTORNEY CONCURRENCE AND CITY MANAGER THE RECOMMENDATION
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THE POWERPOINT IS A LITTLE BIT MORE EXTENSIVE. WE ARE STILL WORKING OUT THE BUGS IN OUR ONLINE SYSTEM.WE WILL TRY TO GET THAT RESOLVED SOON.
IT WOULD BE THERE'S NO LEASE WITH THIS.
IT WOULD BE TO APPROVE THE LICENSE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF INDIO AND CHRISTIANA GREENE DBA ANIMAL TREATS FOR THE USE OF CITY PROPERTY IN THE DOWNTOWN AND AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE THE LICENSE AGREEMENT AND ANY OTHER AGREEMENTS IF NECESSARY IN THE FORM APPROVED BY THE CITY ATTORNEY.
BETTER MYSELF. >> COUNCILMEMBER MILLER,
MAKE THAT MOTION. >> I WILL SECOND THAT., FIRST BY COUNCILMEMBER MILLER AND A SECOND BY MAYOR PRO TEM ORTIZ WITH THE REVISIONS. CAN I HAVE A VOTE PLEASE. [VOTING]
THIS GET READY FOR A FARMERS MARKET DOWNTOWN. ALL RIGHT.
THAT'S GREAT. SO WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO
[10.3 Discussion and approval of the Public Arts Commission’s recommendation...]
ITEM 10.3.WISHES DISCUSSION AND APPROVAL OF THE PUBLIC ARTS COMMISSION'S RECOMMENDATIONS REGARDING THE RESTORATION AND OR REPAIR AND/OR REMOVAL OF 11 WALL MURALS IN THE CITY'S NEURAL COLLECTION AND OTHER RECOMMENDATIONS RELATED TO SUCH MURALS AS SET FORTH IN THE AGENDA REPORT AND PROVIDE AUTHORIZATION TO THE CITY MANAGER AND THE CITY ATTORNEY TO NEGOTIATE AND FINALIZE THE TERMS OF AGREEMENTS TO IMPLEMENT THE RECOMMENDATIONS. DEPUTY CITY MANAGER SCOTT
TREJO. >> BEFORE MR. TRIO CONSUMABLE HOMES HAS A CONFLICT AND SHE WILL RETURN AFTER THIS ITEM IS DONE. THAT'S BECAUSE SHE OWNS PROPERTY WITHIN A THOUSAND FEET OF SEVERAL OTHER MURALS AS WELL.
>> BELIEVING TREND I'M SCOTT TRUJILLO YOUR DEPUTY CITY MANAGER. BEFORE WE JUMP INTO THIS ITEM IF I MAY. I WOULD LIKE TO NOT INTRODUCE BUT INTRODUCE AS THE NEW ARTS STAFF MEMBER AND THAT'S LEGAL AND LUMBAR.
WANT TO GIVE HER CREDIT FOR MOVING ALL THESE ITEMS IN ARTS AND CULTURE ACROSS THE GOAL LINE. SHE HAS DONE JUST GREAT WORK IN THE LAST 45 DAYS OF BEING ON BOARD IN THIS PARTICULAR ROLE. THANK YOU LAYLA.
LET'S SEE JUST BY WAY OF BACKGROUND. LET ME GO OVER SOME OF THESE POINTS.
THERE IS CURRENTLY 11 MURALS AS ME KNOW AROUND THE DOWNTOWN AREA. WHAT I LEARNED HOWEVER IS THE FACT THAT THERE EXECUTED BY A RANGE OF ARTISTS DATING BACK FROM 1997 TO 2016. THERE ARE 3 MURALS THAT ARE COMMISSIONED BY PUBLIC MURALS.
8 THAT ARE PRIVATELY CREATED THROUGH A PROGRAM BACK LAUNCHED IN 2006 BY THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. WE'VE NOT ACTUALLY HAD ANY DIRECT MAINTENANCE OPERATIONS OR RESPONSIBILITY OF THESE SENSE THAT INCEPTION BACK IN 1996.
SO, MOVING FORWARD IN THE FALL OF 2020 STAFF ISSUED AN RFQ TO SEEK AND QUALIFY CONSERVATOR WE RECEIVED 5 RESPONSES. IN 2021 THE PUBLIC ARTS COMMISSION MOVE FORWARD WITH THE HIRING OF EVERGREEN.
I'M GOING TO GO WANT TO THESE NEXT SLIDES AND THESE ARE THE COMMISSION'S RECOMMENDATIONS FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION TONIGHT.
IT'S BASED UPON EVERGREEN'S ACTUAL ASSESSMENT ANALYSIS ALONG WITH THE COMMUNITY SURVEY THAT TOOK PLACE BACK IN 2021 AS WELL.
SO, I'M NOT GOING TO GO THROUGH AND READ ALL THE TEXT ON THE SLIDES. WERE GONNA GO RELATIVELY FAST. NOT THAT FAST. THESE MURALS HERE, NERO WANTED TO OVER ON THE CLARK'S TRUCKSTOP. THE RECOMMENDATION FOR THESE 2 ACTUALLY TO COME THERE WE GO. NOT SURE WHERE MOVING THAT SLIDE. THE RECOMMENDATION HERE IS TO RETAIN THE MIRROR AS IS AND REEVALUATE ITS CONDITION WITH THE PUBLIC ARTS COMMISSION IN THE NEXT 4 YEARS. A HIGH PRIORITY. NERO NUMBER 3, THIS IS FOR IMMEDIATE ACTION TONIGHT'S IMPLEMENT EVERGREEN'S RECORDATION TO RESTORE THIS .
THE NEXT NERO NUMBER 4, AGAIN THIS IS ONE OF 3 TONIGHT WE WANT IMMEDIATE ACTION ON. WHAT THAT IS IS FOR US TO CONTACT THE PROPERTY OWNER AND TO GO INTO A TYPE OF AGREEMENT TO DECOMMISSION THE MURAL.
THIS MORNING IS PROBABLY IN THE WORST SHAPE. THIS
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IS ON OASIS AND MILES.THIS IS OUR PRIORITY NUMBER ONE TO GET IN THERE AND GET THAT REMOVED.
SAME WITH THE NEXT NERO, NERO NUMBER 5.
TO MERELY CONTACT THE PROPERTY OWNER AND DECOMMISSION.
THE REMAINING MURALS IN HERE, AGAIN YOU WILL SEE IS JUST FOR US TO REEVALUATE.
MURAL NUMBER 7 HERE, TO RETAIN THE MURAL AS IS EVERY EVALUATED IN THE NEXT 2 YEARS. MURAL NUMBER 8, WHICH IS MOVING TOWARDS THE FUTURE. AGAIN, 48 MONTHS WORKING WITH THE PUBLIC ARTS COMMISSION.
MURAL NUMBER 9, SIMILAR TIMEFRAME. NERO NUMBER 10 HERE. SAME THING IN THE NEXT 12 MONTHS.
SAME THING WITH OUR LAST MURAL HERE WHICH IS OVER AT DESERT RIDGE ACADEMY.
WE WILL WORK WITH THEM IN THE NEXT 48 MONTHS.
SO, WHAT IS UP WITH US? A LOT OF WORK HAS GONE INTO THIS.
WHICH IS ESSENTIALLY TO APPROVE THE PUBLIC ARTS COMMISSION'S RECOMMENDATIONS.
REGARDING OUR MURAL COLLECTION.
SPECIFICALLY AUTHORIZES CITY MENTOR AND CITY ATTORNEY TO NEGOTIATE AND FINALIZE TERMS OF THE AGREEMENTS FOR SUCH WORK AS LONG AS THE COST OF THE WORK IS WITHIN THE CITY MANAGER'S CONTRACT AUTHORITY. SPECIFICALLY NERO NUMBER 3 TO RESTORE THAT AND NUMBER 4 TO DECOMMISSION A NUMBER 5 TO DECOMMISSION AS WELL.
AUTHORIZE STAFF TO DEVELOP A WORK PLAN ON THE REMAINING 8 MURALS.
WE WILL PRIORITIZE THE WORK BASED ON THEIR CONDITIONS AND THAT IS WHAT WE HAVE BEFORE YOU TURN ONE.
I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
>> GREAT, THANK YOU. ANYONE WHO QUESTIONS?
I CAN'T SEE ANYTHING RIGHT NOW.
>> OKAY. >> BUT, OH THAT HELPS.
MR. TRUJILLO THE STAFF REPORT ON THE FRONT PAGE HAS A FISCAL IMPACT.
WHAT IS THE BALANCE OF OUR ARTS BUDGET? OR OUR ARTS
ACCOUNT? >> GONNA BRING LAYLA TO GIVE YOU THE AMOUNT ONLY A
BUDGET. >> NO AMOUNT THAT WE HAVE REMAINING IN THE ARTS FUND
IS MY QUESTION. >> WE HAVE APPROXIMATE 450,000 IN THE ARTS
AS I MENTIONED USUALLY THE FIRST PAGE HAS THAT SQUARE, THAT SUMMARY OF FISCAL IMPACT ON WHERE IT'S COMING FROM AND ALL THAT STUFF. JUST MAKE A NOTE IT'S HELPFUL TO HAVE THAT. I THINK THE BIGGEST ISSUE I HAVE IS THAT I UNDERSTAND THE 3 MURALS THAT WE ACTUALLY COMMISSIONED OURSELVES.
WE HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO MAINTAIN THOSE.
I UNDERSTAND THE BLIGHT THE OTHERS THAT ARE DECAYING HAVE, HOW THEY IMPACT OUR COMMUNITY. BUT, I'M CHALLENGED WITH THE PROPOSAL THAT THE CITY OF INDIA TAKE ON THE RESPONSIBILITY OF A $700,000 ASSET WHEN WE HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH IT COMING ON BOARD TO BEGIN WITH. I'M NOT SAYING WE WERE AGAINST IT. OF COURSE WE GAVE PERMISSION TO HAPPEN THROUGHOUT OUR CITY.
WE DON'T HAVE THE FUNDS TO SUPPORT A $700,000 ASSET.
I DON'T THINK THAT MONARCH WHEN IT SHOULD'VE BEEN INCLUDED ON THE LIST AT ALL.
I WAS TOTALLY DONE BY THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH THE CITY. THAT WOULD DEFINITELY SHOULD EVEN BE ON THIS LIST.
I'M JUST REALLY CHALLENGED WITH HAVING A FUND ACCOUNT OF ONE OF 50,000 AND IF WE TAKE THIS STEP TONIGHT FOR BASICALLY SETTING A POLICY THAT WE WILL MAINTAIN AND TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE $700,000 WORTH OF ASSETS. NOW TO MARKET TO BE DECOMMISSION. THAT STILL LEAVES AND A HALF $1 MILLION IN ASSETS THAT IF WE SET A POLICY DECISION TONIGHT ARE TAKING RESPONSIBILITY IN PERPETUITY MOVING FORWARD.
WHAT WILL THE ALTERNATIVE BE? I THINK THE ALTERNATIVE IS BE
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MAINTAINED THE 3 THAT WE ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR.THAT WE DO FACILITATE THE DECOMMISSIONING OF THE DECAYING MURALS.
AND THE OTHER MURALS YOU KNOW WE CAN DECIDE ON THE FUTURE TIME I GUESS. I REALLY DON'T LIKE US AS THE CITY SETTING A POLICY WE'RE GOING TO ACCEPT RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE $700,000 ASSET.
I GUESS THIS IS DIRECTED MORE TOWARD CITY MANAGER.
NOTE YOUR NEW TO THE CITY AND YOU DON'T HAVE THE HISTORY.
BUT, DO YOU SEE THE DILEMMA THAT WERE GOING TO HAVE MOVING FORWARD? THIS ISN'T A SIMPLE DECISION.
>> YEAH THAT ONE I WOULD AGREE. IT'S ACCEPTING AN ASSET THAT NOW WE WILL HAVE TO DEAL WITH.
FORTUNATELY THE REMEDY OF DECOMMISSION IS VERY INEXPENSIVE. I'M JUST NOT SURE, AMOUNT, BUT AT THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE WILL BE ABLE TO STEP UP AND TAKE THEIR RIGHTFUL PLACE SINCE THEY WERE THE ORIGINAL COMMISSIONERS FOR THE MAJORITY OF IT. I THINK IT COULD BE MITIGATED BY IF THERE IS FUTURE DECOMMISSION THE THRILLING AND EXPENSIVE THAT IS THE LEAST EXPENSIVE OPTION.
THE CONCERN EXPRESSED WHICH IS VERY VALID. SHOULD IT BECOME SO EXPENSIVE THAT IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE? JUST PAINT OVER IT.
THAT WOULD BE YOUR DIRECTION TO DECOMMISSION THOSE IN THE FUTURE. WE COULD CERTAINLY MINIMIZE OUR COST AND EXPOSURE OVER
IF WE WERE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS I WOULD PROPOSE THAT ANY FUTURE CONSIDERATIONS BY THE ART COMMISSION BE EITHER TO PAINT OVER OR AS WE BEEN DOING LATELY BUBBLEWRAP BUILDINGS.
I'M NOT WILLING TO ACCEPT RESPONSIBILITY FOR $700,000 IN ASSETS WOMAN ONLY HAVE $450,000 IN THE BANK. THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS. AND QUESTIONS.
AMITH. >> I THINK AT THIS POINT KIND OF REMEDY ISSUES THAT CAME FROM THE PAST WOULDN'T HAVE THE CONTRACTS THAT HAS THE RIGHT WORDING FOR US TO BE ABLE TO BACK AND FIX THESE MURALS OR THERE WAS NO RESPONSIBILITY THERE. SO GOING FORWARD I THINK WE ARE ALL IN AGREEMENT THAT WORKING TO MAKE BETTER CONTRACTS WITH THESE NEW ART PIECES OR ANY MURALS THAT COME.
AT THIS POINT WE DO HAVE TO REMEDY THE SITUATION. HER RESIDENCE DRIED BY THE SMELLS ALL THE TIME AND AS WE GROW DOWNTOWN WE NEED TO FIX THIS ISSUE. WE HAD ALL THESE PEOPLE DOWN HERE FOR THE TAMALE FESTIVAL.
IT WAS A GREAT FESTIVAL BUT THAT WAS SOMETHING PEOPLE SAW AS THEY CAME IN.
ALTHOUGH DETERIORATING ART PIECES. I THINK IT'S A GOOD MOVE ON OR STOP SPARK TO GO IN AND FIX THESE AS SOON AS WE CAN TO GET EVERYTHING LOOKING BETTER DOWNTOWN. ONE THING I WANT A MESSAGE FOR OUR ARTS COMMISSION.
I THINK IF WE LOOK AT OTHER DOWNTOWNS, WE HAVE A LITTLE TO MUCH OF THE HISTORICAL ASPECT.
JUST LITTLE HISTORICAL VIEWS OF THINGS THAT HAPPENED HERE. OUR TOURIST, AT LEAST FOR THE TOURISM INDUSTRY OR BRINGING THE YOUNG PEOPLE DOWNTOWN AND STUFF LIKE THAT. I DON'T THINK IT IS AS ATTRACTIVE AS SOME OF THE REALLY COLORFUL ONES THAT ARE OUT THERE. I THINK THOSE ARE BETTER I THINK IT'S SOMETHING WE NEED TO LOOK FOR LESS OF THE LITERAL HISTORY OF MORE OF THE INSPIRATIONAL AND YOU KNOW I CATCHING ART. THAT'S MY OPINION.
THANKS. >> THANK YOU MAYOR PRO
TEM. >> THINK OF MR. MAIR. UNDERSTAND MS. AMITH'S CONCERNS.
GIVE ANY KIND OF ESTIMATE OF WHAT KIND OF RESTORATION COST WOULD BE FOR ANY OF THE MURALS? ARE WE TALKING BIG-MONEY? WE HAVE TO HAVE SOME KIND
OF IMPACT. >> BASED ON EVERGREENS ASSESSMENT IT'S WORTH ABOUT 700,000 FIGURE IF HE WERE TO GO THROUGH AND REDO ALL THESE AT ONCE.
AS THE PUBLIC ARTS COMMISSION HAD REVIEWED THESE THEY WANTED TO TAKE THIS IN STAGES.
TACKLE THE WORST ONES FIRST AND FOREMOST. HENCE THE 3.
OF COURSE THE ONE NERO NUMBER 3 THE RESTORATION THAT'S RELATIVELY INEXPENSIVE THAT'S GOOD AND THEY ARE NOW DO THAT.
THE REALITY IS THE OTHER ONES, WE HAVE TIME. THEY'RE NOT INTO BAD OF SHAPE. IF THAT'S FURTHER DOWN THE ROAD AND WE ASSESSED THAT PERHAPS 4 YEARS, WE WILL TAKE IT BACK TO THE PUBLIC ARTS COMMISSION FOR THAT RECOMMENDATION AND BACK TO THE CITY COUNCIL FOR FINAL
DETERMINATION. >> I THINK IF WE DO WE NEED TO MOVE FORWARD. I THINK THE ROADS AND PAVEMENT WE WAITED SO LONG IT'S GONNA COST US MORE MONEY. TO DECIDE IF THEY'RE PERTINENT OR NOT.
+ONES WE DID COMPANY WITH 30 AND $40,000 RANGE.
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WE MIGHT BE BETTER OFF.I LOVE THE HISTORY AND MAINTAINING THEM. WE PROBABLY NEED TO TAKE THEM ONE AT A TIME WITH OUR COMMISSION LOOK AT THEM TO SEE IF IT'S WORTH SPENDING 50 TO 60 TO 80 $200,000.
OR, GET ANYONE TO GET MORE ARTISTS? I THINK IT'S SOMETHING WE NEED TO LOOK AT. SEEMED BETTER UTILITY BOXES. WE HAVE THEMES GOING ON. I AGREE WITH MAYOR PRO TEM ORTIZ.
I THINK WE NEED SOME NEW WORK MURALS AND SOME OF THE DOWNTOWN BUT THE NEED TO BE IN THE PROPER PLACES SO THEY DON'T STAND OUT LIKE A SORE THUMB.
ARTIST OBJECTIVE. THE NEW DOWNTOWN BURBERRY RIVER WE HAVE PUT SOMETHING ON THE FOR COACHELLA. IF A DISCIPLINED INTO THE REST OF THE AREA WILL IT BE A BLIGHT TO THE REST OF WHAT'S OUT THERE? I WILL LEAVE THAT UP TO OUR COMMISSION.
I DON'T SEE A PROBLEM WITH TAKING THEM AND RESTRAINING THEM. I THINK IT'S SOMETHING WE NEED TO DO. EITHER GET RID OF THEM OR REPAIR THEM. WE NEED TO TRUST OUR CITY STAFF AND OUR COMMISSION TO MAKE SURE THEY PICK THE PROPER ONES TO INVEST BACK IN.
IF WE HAVE TO PUT SOME OTHER MONEY INTO IT BECAUSE IT'S THE RIGHT THING TO DO, WE WILL CROSS THAT BRIDGE WHEN IT COMES. I'M IN FAVOR OF THE PLAN.
THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. THANK YOU BILL ZELENSKIY WHO WAS OUR GENERAL PUBLIC ARTS COMMISSION. WE SAW SOME GOOD THINGS COME IN THESE RECENT MONTHS.
THIS IS SOMETHING THE COMMUNITY HAS BEEN ASKING FOR. IT'S A DEEP CONCERN WITH OUR MURALS AND THE PROCESS THAT GOES INTO IT. THE RESTORATION PROCESS.
I WILL SAY THAT THIS IS IMPORTANT. JUST TODAY RECEIVED A PHONE CALL FROM A TAURUS FOR MARK DISTANT KOREA VILLAGE MERRILL.
THAT IS SO SYNONYMOUS WITH THE CITY OF INDIO. THAT MERRILL. THERE'S OTHER POINTS OF INTEREST IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT FOLKS RECOGNIZE. AS PART OF OUR DNA. IN SOME OF THESE MURALS THAT ARE IN VERY BAD SHAPE. IT'S NOT ONLY AN EYESORE FOR THE TOURIST BUT THE FOLKS WERE OFTEN LIVED NEXT DOOR.
WHEN WE START TO WORK ON THE BEAUTIFICATION OF OUR COMMUNITY.
THE ENLIGHTENMENT OF THE DOWNTOWN AREA. THIS IS IMPORTANT. IT IS, I THINK A GROIN PAIN. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT THE CITY MAY HAVE DROPPED THE BALL ON YEARS AGO.
MAYBE ONCE WE START WORKING ON THESE MURALS, THERE ARE SOME KIND OF PROTECTION I COULD GO OVER THEM. I DON'T KNOW I'M NOT AN ARTIST OR PAINTER. I THINK WE COULD TAKE SOME BETTER PRECAUTION AND CARE OF OUR UPKEEP OF OUR MURALS SO THEY DON'T DETERIORATE THIS BAD.
I WILL ECHO SOME OF MY COUNCILMEMBERS.
SOME THE ARTWORK WE HAVE MOVING ON INTO THE FUTURE.
SOME OF THE ARTWORK THAT TELLS THE STORY OF THE CITY OF INDIO. EXISTING MURALS ARE OUR HISTORY.
WE DO HAVE A NEW HISTORY WE WOULD LIKE TO TELL. SOME NEW THINGS THAT HAS HAPPENED. WE HAVE A LOT OF OPEN SPACE AND OTHER AREAS. THE MONROE AREA WE HAVE A LOT OF BRICK WALLS OVER THERE.
MY THINK WOULD BE AN EXCELLENT PLACE FOR SOME MURALS.
WE HAVE A LOT OF POTENTIAL IN OUR AREA. I DO SUPPORT THIS. WITH THAT BEING SAID I WILL ACCEPT EMOTION. [INAUDIBLE] REPORT REGARDING REPAIR AND/OR RESTORATION AND REMOVAL AND AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER AND CITY ATTORNEY TO NEGOTIATE AND FINALIZE THE TERMS OF THE AGREEMENT FOR SUCH WORK AS LONG AS THE COST OF THE WORK IS WITHIN THE CITY MANAGER'S CONTRACT AUTHORITY AND THE ADOPTION BUDGET. AND AUTHORIZE STAFF TO DEVELOP A WORK PLAN THAT PRIORITIZES LIMITATION OF THE REMAINING RECOMMENDATION THAT PRIORITIZES IMPLEMENTATION BASED ON EACH MURALS CONDITION.
THAT'S A MOUTHFUL. >> I WILL SECOND THAT.
>> WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR BY COUNCILMEMBER MILLER AND A SECOND BITE MAYOR PRO TEM ORTIZ.
CAN I GET A VOTE PLEASE. >> DISCUSSION.
>> OH, >> COUNCILMEMBER MILLER WOULD YOU CONSIDER AN AMENDMENT TO YOUR MOTION.
PART OF YOUR MOTION SAID THAT THE ARTS COMMISSION WOULD IMPLEMENT THE REMAINING RECOMMENDATIONS AS THE PLAN UNFOLDS.
I THINK THAT WE NEED TO REEVALUATE THIS EVERY YEAR. I'M NOT IN FAVOR OF CONTINUING TO SUPPORT THE REST OF THE PLAN. THE 700,000 OBLIGATION OR THE $500,000 OBLIGATION.
I DON'T BELIEVE A $450,000 REMAINING FUNDS SHOULD ALL GO TO MURALS.
SO, I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH APPROVING THE DECOMMISSIONING'S.
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BUT EVERYTHING ELSE I THINK NEEDS TO BE REEVALUATED.>> DISCUSSION? >> WAS GONNA MAKE A POINT OF CLARIFICATION. THE LANGUAGE IN THE MOTION ON THE IMPLEMENTATION FOR THE WORK PLAN FOR THE REMAINING MURALS IS NOT TO EXPEND ANY MONEY.
IT'S 2 RELOOK AT THOSE REMAINING MURALS TO PRIORITIZE WHAT WOULD BE THE PARTY ITEM BUT IT WOULD COME BACK AS THE DEPUTY CITY MANAGER INDICATED. A NUMBER OF THEM WERE TO BE VISITED IN 4 YEARS. SHE IS TO PUT A PLAN TOGETHER BASED ON THIS REPORT THAT WE HAVE SOMETHING THAT SOMEBODY CAN PICK UP AND LOOK AT AND DETERMINE WHAT IS THE STATUS OF THIS PROJECT.
WE ARE NOT MARKING ANY MONEY FOR THE ADDITIONAL 8 TONIGHT. THERE'S NO PLAN FOR THOSE. WE WILL COME BACK AND REEVALUATE WITH THE PUBLIC ARTS COMMISSION.
THE ONLY THING A PLAY ON THE 3 MURAL NUMBER 3, 4 AND 5.
>> SO COUNCILMEMBER AMITH DOES NOT CHANGE YOUR VIEW?
>> WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR, DO WE HAVE A SECOND? NEXT I WILL
SECOND THAT. >> OF EMOTION BECOMES A MEMBER MILLER AND A SECOND BITE MAYOR PRO TEM ORTIZ.
OKAY GOING TO GIVE COUNCILMEMBER HOLMES A SECOND TO REJOIN US.
THEN WE COULD GO INTO HEARINGS, RIGHT? ALL RIGHT.
THANK YOU FOR BEARING WITH US WITH SOME OF THE CHANGES WE HAVE TO MAKE.
NOW WE WILL GO INTO OUR PUBLIC HEARING ITEMS. WE ARE DATED 11.1.
WE WILL MOVE ON TO 11.2 WHICH IS A PUBLIC HEARING TO APPROVE THE CONDUCTING OF SPECIAL ACTION WITH RESOLUTION NUMBER 10251.
>> WE DID. OH, YES WE DID. SURE DID.
I STAND CORRECTED. I STAND CORRECTED. WE DID SKIP ONE. WE'LL GO BACK OVER
[10.4 Discussion and Introduction of Ordinance No. 1772 , an ordinance of th...]
TO 10.4 DISCUSSION AND INSTRUCTION OF ORDINANCE NUMBER 1772, AND ORGANS THE CITY ADOPTED BY REFERENCE CHAPTER 5.68 OF TITLE 5 OF THE COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE COUNTY CODE REGARDING THE PERMITTING OF TOBACCO RETAILERS.CITY MANAGER. >> GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL.
AS YOU RECALL THERE WAS I BELIEVE 3 DIFFERENT PRESENTATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN BROUGHT FORTH TO THE CITY COUNCIL IN THE LAST 2 YEARS. BY THE COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE ALONG WITH SOME OTHER REPRESENTATIVES WHICH INCLUDE THE SHEPHERD HILLS HIGH SCHOOL INTERACT CLUB.
KNOWING YOU'VE RECEIVED 3 DIFFERENT PRESENTATIONS TO DATE I WILL KEEP THIS PARTICULAR PRESENTATION RELATIVELY CONCISE. SO, LET ME GIVE A BACKGROUND ON THE ACTUAL PROGRAM. THIS WAS ADOPTED BY THE COUNTY BACK IN 2005. WITH THE SOLE GOAL OF COMBATING THE COUNTY'S GROWING ILLEGAL TOBACCO SALES RATE. WITH THE PASSING OF THIS ORDINANCE IT ALLOWS THEM TO SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT EFFORTS ALONG WITH GRADING PENALTIES IF THE RETAILERS DO SELL TOBACCO TO UNDERAGE YOUTH.
IT'S ABOUT $100 PER VIOLATION. AS IT STANDS NOW. 22 OF THE COUNTIES 28 CITIES HAVE ADOPTED THE PROGRAM BECAUSE OF ITS EFFECTIVENESS. SO, WITH THIS PROGRAM ESSENTIALLY DOES IS EACH RETAILER THAT SELLS TOBACCO WILL BE CHARGED $457 AND THAT IS ALLOCATED ACCORDINGLY.
THE COUNTY WITHIN UTILIZED THE MONEY FOR EDUCATION OUTREACH.
DECOY OPERATIONS WHICH WAS A BIG ONE. ROUTINE EXPECTIONS AND OF COURSE THE CITATION
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ISSUANCE. THERE ARE A COUPLE WAYS TO ROLL THIS OUT. OPTIONS TO IMPLEMENT. WE COULD DO A COUNTY ADMINISTERED OR A CITY ADMINISTERED. WE HAVE OPTED TO GO WITH THE COUNTY ADMINISTERED. IT'S REALLY TEED UP AND ONE OF THOSE KIND OF MOVE-IN.THERE TO HAVE THE DRAFT ORDINANCE FOR US TO ADOPT.
ALIGNS WITH STATE REQUIREMENTS.
AS YOU CAN SEE THIS IS WITH A 22 – ADOPTED THIS. THEY DID GO THERE ON OUT WITH THE CITY ADOPTION. THE COUNTY WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR CARRYING OUT THE ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITIES.
SPEAKING WITH OUR POLICE CHIEF HISTORICALLY WE TALKED ABOUT THAT. THAT'S NOT WHAT WE WANT TO PUT UPON OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT. COUNTY WOULD MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT.
GO WITH LIQUIDATION IS TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE COUNTY MINISTERED BENEFITS. WITHOUT FURTHER ADO THAT'S OVER STAFF RECOMMENDATION. I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS MAYOR.
>> THANK YOU. TO HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FOR OUR CITY MANAGER? GOING ONCE? OKAY.
>> I WILL GO AHEAD AND DO THAT. I LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO WAIVE FULL READING OF ORDINANCE OF 1772 AND ORGANS OF THE CITY OF INDIO ADOPTED BY REFERENCE CHAPTER 5.68 PERMITTING TOBACCO RETAILERS OF TITLE 5 BUSINESS LICENSES AND REGULATIONS FOR THE COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE, COUNTY CODE AND AMENDING THE INDIO MUNICIPAL CODE INTRODUCED TO ORDINANCE BY TITLE ONLY AND REQUEST THE CITY CLERK TO READ THE TITLE AND DIRECT THE CITY CLERK TO PUBLISH NOTICE FOR PUBLIC HEARING ON ORDINANCE NUMBER 17724 FEBRUARY 16 2022.
>> HAVE EMOTIONAL FOR MY COUNCILMEMBER HOLMES AND A SECOND BY MAYOR PRO TEM ORTIZ. CAN I GET A VOTE PLEASE. [VOTING]
THEY GET MR. TRUJILLO. I'M SORRY FOR SKIPPING YOU.
NOW WILL MOVE ON TO SOME PUBLIC HEARING ITEMS.
WE HAVE …. >> NOTE FOR THE RECORD COUNCILMEMBER MEAT HAD TO LEAVE THE MEETING. SO
THANK YOU. >> WE HAVE ITEM PUBLIC
[11.2 Public hearing, to approve the conducting of a special election, adopt...]
HEARING ITEM 11.2.THIS IS A TIME AND PLACE FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE PROPOSED ANNEXATION OF ANNEXATION AREA NUMBER 80 TO THE CITY OF INDIO COMMUNITY FACILITIES DISTRICT NUMBER 2004 – ONE. LAW ENFORCEMENT, FIRE AND PARAMEDIC SERVICES.
THE PUBLIC HEARING IS OFFICIALLY OPEN. WE WILL FIRST HAVE PRESENTATIONS BY STAFF ABOUT THE ANNEXATIONS. AFTER THAT WE WILL RECEIVE COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS.
ANY PROTEST FROM THE INTERESTED PERSONS.
ALL COMMENTS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED IN THE PUBLIC HEARING WILL BE CLOSED. CITY CLERK?
>> GOOD EVENING MR. MAYOR I'M TIM WASSAIL PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR FOR THE CITY OF INDIO ASKED IF HE COULD HAVE THE CITY CLERK MAKE NOTE FOR THE RECORD
OF THE NOTICE PLEASE. >> THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING HAS BEEN PUBLISHED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE BELARUS COMMUNITY FACILITIES ACT OF 1982.
APPROVE OF SUCH A PUBLICATION IS FILED IN
THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE. >> THANK YOU.
GO AHEAD. >> THANK YOU MISS CITY ATTORNEY. WITH YOUR PERMISSION MR. MAYOR AND LIKE TO INVITE MR. DONALD HUNT WITH THE FIRM, FULBRIGHT AND TRUE SKI TO PRESENT THE NEXT 3 ITEMS THAT ARE ALL SIMILAR.
OKAY. >> GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
WE HAVE 3 ITEMS. FIRST IS A PUBLIC HEARING TO APPROVE THE CONDUCTING OF A SPECIAL ELECTION.
ADOPT RESOLUTION NUMBER 10251 DETERMINING THE VALIDITY OF PRIOR PROCEEDINGS. ADOPT RESOLUTION NUMBER 10 252 CALLING A SPECIAL ELECTION.
ADOPT A SOLUTION NUMBER 10 253 CANVASSING THE RESULTS OF THE ELECTION CONDUCT FIRST READING BY TITLE ONLY OF ORDINANCE NUMBER 1769 AUTHORIZING THE LEVY OF A SPECIAL TAX AND APPROVE A BUDGET ADJUSTMENT RELATING TO THE ANNEXATION OF ANNEXATION AREA NUMBER 80.
THE CROSSINGS – TRACT MAP NUMBER 37899 2 CFD NUMBER 2004
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– ONE.AT THIS TIME IF THE COUNCIL SO CHOOSES TO MAKE THOSE FINDINGS AND ADOPT THE THINGS ARE JUST
DO WE HAVE ANY ORAL PROTEST OR COMMENTS BY THE PUBLIC?
>> HAVE A COUNCIL? COMMENTS OR DISCUSSION? NO? OKAY.
BEFORE I FORMALLY CLOSE THE HEARING ARE THERE ANY OTHER PROPERTY OWNERS SUBJECT TO THE PROPOSED SPECIAL TAX WHO WISH TO FILE WRITTEN PROTEST? IF SO THEY MUST BE FILED WITH THE CITY CLERK AT THIS TIME. FOR THE PURPOSE OF MAJORITY PROTEST. ANY PROTEST ARE TO BE CONSIDERED. DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC PROTEST?
>> OKAY. PUBLIC HEARING IS HEREBY CLOSED.
DETERMINING THE VALIDITY OF THESE PRIOR PROCEEDINGS
A MOTION? >> I LIKE TO RECOMMEND THE
MOTION.[INAUDIBLE] >> THAT WOULD BE BLOWN MOTION TO ADOPT RESOLUTION 10251 DETERMINING THE VALIDITY OF PRIOR PROCEEDINGS.
>> ALL RIGHT. CAN I HAVE A ROLL CALL VOTE PLEASE 3 THE MOTION PASSES.
NOW AT THIS TIME A CITY WE HAVE ANOTHER ONE.
NOT OF MOTION TO ADOPT RESOLUTION CALLING FOR SPECIAL ELECTION?
>> ABOUT THAT WOULD BE RESOLUTION 10252.
CALLING FOR A SPECIAL ELECTION.
MOTION. >> I WILL SECOND THAT.
>> A MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER MILLER AND A SECOND BY MAYOR PRO TEM.
PLEASE.[VOTING] >> MOTION PASSES.
SO THAT WE WILL MOVE DOWN TO AT THIS TIME I HEREBY DIRECT THE CITY CLERK TO TABULATE THE BALANCE AND ANNOUNCE IF 2 THIRDS OF THE VOTES CAST ON THE TAXPAYER IN FAVOR OF LIVING THAT TAX.
>> MAYOR THE VOTE FOR THAT ANNEXATION IS YES.
DROP A MOTION TO ADOPT RESOLUTION ENCOMPASSING THE RESULTS OF THE SPECIAL ELECTION.
ANITA MOTION. >> RESOLUTION NUMBER 10253 CANVASSING THE RESULTS OF THE ELECTION.
IF SOMEONE WANTS TO MAKE THAT MOTION.
>> CAN I GET A ROLL CALL VOTE PLEASE. [VOTING]
NOW DO WE HAVE A MOTION AUTHORIZING ORDINANCE THE LEVY FOR THE SPECIAL TAX?
>> MAYOR IF I CAN HELP OUT. THAT WOULD BE A MOTION TO ASK HIM ON THE WRONG STUFF. THAT WOULD BE A MOTION TO WAIVE FULL READING OF ORDINANCE NUMBER 17 69 INTRODUCED THE ORDINANCE BY TITLE ONLY AND REQUEST A CITY CLERK TO READ THE TITLE.
IF SOMEONE WANTS TO MAKE THAT MOTION.
>> I'LL MAKE THE MOTION. >> I WILL SECOND.
>> MOTION BY COUNCILMAN FOR HOMES IN A SECOND BY MILLER. OKAY FIRST BY MILLER AND SECOND BY MAYOR PRO TEM ORTIZ. I HAVE A ROLL CALL VOTE
>> IF I MAY READ THE ORDINANCE NUMBER 17 69 FOR THE RECORD AND ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF INDIO ACTING AS A LEGISLATIVE BODY OF THE CITY OF INDIO COMMUNITY FACILITIES DISTRICT NUMBER 2004 – ONE.
LAW ENFORCEMENT, FIRE AND PARAMEDIC SERVICES.
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AUTHORIZING THE LEVY OF A SPECIAL TAX WITHIN ANNEXATION AREA NUMBER 80, ANNEXED TO SAID DISTRICT.THEY COULD MAYOR. >> THANK YOU.
NOW, BUT MOTION ON THE BUDGET ADJUSTMENT. THAT MOTION WILL BE A MOVE TO APPROVE THE BUDGET ADJUSTMENT AT SET FORTH IN THE AGENDA
REPORT. >> I'LL MAKE THAT MOTION.
>> A MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER MILLER AND A SECOND PIPE MAYOR PRO TEM ORTIZ. CAN I HAVE A ROLL CALL VOTE PLEASE. [VOTING]
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SO NOW WE WILL MOVE ON TO 11.3.THIS IS THE TIME AND PLACE FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE PROPOSED ANNEXATION OF ANNEXATION AREA NUMBER 80.
TO THE CITY OF VIDEO COMMUNITY FACILITIES DISTRICT NUMBER 2004 – ONE. LAW ENFORCEMENT, FIRE AND PARAMEDIC SERVICES. THE PUBLIC HEARING IS OFFICIALLY OPEN. WE WILL FIRST HAVE A PRESENTATION BY STAFF ABOUT THE ANNEXATION. AFTER THAT WE WILL RECEIVE COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS IN ANY PROTEST FROM ANY PERSONS. WHEN ALL COMMENTS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED THE PUBLIC HEARING WILL BE CLOSE. CITY CLERK?
>> THE NOTICE OF THE PUBLIC HEARING HAS BEEN PUBLISHED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE BELARUS COMMUNITY FACILITIES ACT OF 1982.
APPROVE SUCH PUBLICATION IS ON FILE IN THE CITY
CLERK'S OFFICE. >> WE CAN HAVE A STUMPS
PRESENTATION. >> THE PUBLIC HEARING TO APPROVE THE CONDUCTING OF SPECIAL ELECTION ADOPT RESOLUTION NUMBER 10255 DETERMINING THE VALIDITY OF PRIOR PROCEEDINGS.
ADOPT RESOLUTION NUMBER 10256 CALLING A SPECIAL ELECTION. ADOPT RESOLUTION NUMBER 10257 CANVASSING THE RESULTS OF THE ELECTION. CONDUCT THE FIRST READING BY TITLE ONLY OF ORDINANCE NUMBER 1770. AUTHORIZING THE LEVY OF A SPECIAL TAX AND APPROVE THE BUDGET ADJUSTMENT OF ANNEXATION AREA NUMBER 81 VENTANA, TRACT MAP NUMBER 37884.
>> ALL RIGHT. DO WE HAVE ANY ORAL OR COMMENTS BY
>> WE HAVE A QUESTION OR DISCUSSION BY COUNCILMEMBERS? NO QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? BEFORE I FORMALLY CLOSE THE HEARING ARE THERE ANY OTHER PROPERTY OWNERS SUBJECT TO THE PROPOSED SPECIAL TAX WISH TO FILE WRITTEN PROTEST? IF SO THEY MUST BE FILED WITH THE CITY CLERK FOR THE PURPOSE OF THE MAJORITY PROTEST.
ANY WRITTEN PROTEST ARE TO BE CONSIDERED. ARE THERE ANY
PROTEST? >> I HAVE RECEIVED NO PROTEST MAYOR.
THE PUBLIC HEARING IS HEREBY CLOSED.
OKAY, DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO ADOPT RESOLUTION DETERMINING THE VALIDITY OF PRIOR PROCEEDINGS.
>> THAT'S RESOLUTION NUMBER 10255 IF SOMEONE WOULD LIKE TO MAKE THAT MOTION.
>> MOVED MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER MILLER SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER HOLMES. CAN I HAVE A ROLL CALL VOTE PLEASE.[VOTING]
NOT TO HAVE A MOTION TO ADOPT A RESOLUTION CALLING FOR SPECIAL ELECTION?
>> THAT WOULD BE RESOLUTION NUMBER 10256.
THAT MOTION. >> I WILL MAKE THAT
>> MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER MILLER IN A SECOND BY CUSTOMER HOMES.
COME ROLL CALL VOTE PLEASE.[VOTING]
NOW AT THIS TIME HEREBY DIRECT THE CITY CLERK TO TABULATE THE BALANCE AND ANNOUNCE 2 THIRDS OF THE VOTERS CAST UPON THE QUESTION OF LIVING THE TAX ARE IN FAVOR OF DELIVERING THAT TAX. MAYOR, THE VOTE IS A
DROP A MOTION TO A TOP RESOLUTION CUTTING THE RESULTS OF
SPECIAL ELECTION. >> THAT WOULD BE RESOLUTION NUMBER 10257.
THE MOTION. >> I WILL MAKE THE MOTION.
>> A MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER MILLER AND SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER HOLMES. CAN I HAVE A ROLL
CALL VOTE PLEASE.[VOTING] >> THE MOTION PASSES.
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12 A MOTION ON THE ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE LEVY OF A SPECIAL TAX AND MOTION WILL READ I MOVED TO WAIVE FULL READING OF ORDINANCE NUMBER 1770 INTRODUCE ORDINANCE BY TITLE ONLY AND REQUEST TO THE CLERKTO READ THE TITLE. >> WHAT SOME WOULD LIKE TO
MAKE THAT MOTION? >> I WILL MAKE THE MOTION.
>> I WAS I COULDN'T. >> A MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER MILLER IN A SECOND BY HOLMES.
PLEASE.[VOTING] >> MOTION PASSES.
>> I WILL READ THE ORDINANCE UPPER 1770 FOR THE RECORD. AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF VIDEO ACTING AS A LEGISLATIVE BODY OF THE CITY OF VIDEO COMMUNITY FACILITIES DISTRICT NUMBER 2004 – ONE.
LAW ENFORCEMENT, FIRE AND PARAMEDIC SERVICES.
AUTHORIZING THE LEVY OF SPECIAL TAX AND ANNEXATION NUMBER 81 ANNEXED TO SAID DISTRICT. THANK YOU MAYOR.
>> THANK YOU. THAT WAY ABOUT MOTION ON THE BUDGET ADJUSTMENT? THE MOTION WILL MOVE TO APPROVE THE BUDGET ADJUSTMENT SET FORTH IN THE AGENDA REPORT.
>> I WILL SECOND IT. >> WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER MILLER, SECOND BY HOLMES.
PLEASE.[VOTING] >> MOTION PASSES.
WE HAVE ONE MORE. BEAR WITH US.
[11.4 Public hearing to approve the conduction of a special election, adopt ...]
WE WILL MOVE ON TO ITEM 11.4.>> SORRY. >> THIS IS A TIME AND PLACE FOR PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE PROPOSED ANNEXATION OF AN EXACTION NUMBER 80 TO THE CITY OF INDIO COMMUNITY FACILITIES DISTRICT NUMBER 2004 – ONE. LAW ENFORCEMENT, FIRE, PEMEX SERVICES.
THE PUBLIC HEARING IS OFFICIALLY OPEN.
I WILL FIRST HAVE PRESENTATION BY STAFF ABOUT THE ANNEXATION.
AFTER THAT WE WILL RECEIVE COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS IN ANY ORAL PROTEST FROM ANY INTERESTED PERSONS.
WHEN ALL COMMENTS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED THE PUBLIC HEARING WILL BE CLOSED.
CITY CLERK? >> NOTICE OF THE PUBLIC HEARING HAS BEEN PUBLISHED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE BELARUS COMMUNITY FACILITIES ACT OF 1982.
AND PROOF OF SUCH PUBLICATION IS ON FILE IN THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE.
>> THAT WOULD BE FOR THE ANNEXATION OF 82.
SIR? >> THE PUBLIC HEARING WILL APPROVE THE CONDUCTION OF A SPECIAL ELECTION, ADOPT NUMBER 1258 DETERMINING THE VALIDITY OF PRIOR PROCEEDINGS. ADOPT RESOLUTION NUMBER 10259 CALLING A SPECIAL ELECTION.
ADOPT RESOLUTION 10260 CANVASSING THE RESULTS OF THE ELECTION. CONDUCT FIRST READING BY TITLE ONLY AND ORDINANCE NUMBER 1771. AUTHORIZING THE LEVY OF THE SPECIAL TAX AND APPROVE A BUDGET ADJUSTMENT RELATING TO THE ANNEXATION OF ANNEXATION NUMBER 82 TO SEE FD TO 2000 – ONE.
NUMBER 37075 AND 37076, LGI HOMES – CALIFORNIA LLC.
>> THANK YOU. WE HAVE ANY ORAL PROTEST OR COMMENTS
ANY QUESTION OR DISCUSSION BY THE COUNCIL? NOPE? BEFORE I FORMALLY CLOSE THE HEARING ARE THERE ANY OTHER PROPERTY OWNERS SUBJECT TO THE PROPOSED SPECIAL TAX TO WISH TO FILE WRITTEN PROTEST? IF SO THEY MUST BE FILED WITH THE CITY CLERK AT THIS TIME.
FOR THE PURPOSE OF MAJORITY PROTEST ARE TO BE
>> THANK YOU. THE PUBLIC HEARING IS HEREBY CLOSED.
NOW, DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO ADOPT RESOLUTION DETERMINING THE VALIDITY OF THE PRIOR PROCEEDINGS?
>> THAT WOULD BE RESOLUTION NUMBER 10258.
IF SOMEONE WOULD LIKE TO MAKE THE MOTION.
>> I WILL MAKE THAT MOTION. >> I WILL SECOND THAT
MOTION. >> WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER MILLER AND SECOND BY HOLMES.
CAN I GET A ROLL CALL VOTE PLEASE.[VOTING]
NOW HAVE A MOTION TO ADOPT THE RESOLUTION CALLING FOR SPECIAL ELECTION?
>> THAT WOULD BE RESOLUTION NUMBER 10259.
>> I'LL MAKE THAT MOTION. >> I WILL SECOND IT.
>> GIVE A FIRST MOTION BY ITS MEMBER MILLER, SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER HOLMES.
PLEASE.[VOTING] >> THE MOTION PASSES.
NOW AT THIS TIME HEREBY DIRECT THE CITY CLERK TO TABULATE THE BALANCE AND ANNOUNCE IF 2 THIRDS OF THE VOTES
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CAST UPON THE QUESTIONS OF LEVY A TAX ARE FAVOR OF LIVING THE TAX.DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO ADOPT RESOLUTION, SEE THE RESULTS OF THE SPECIAL
ELECTION? >> THAT WOULD BE RESOLUTION NUMBER 10260.
>> I MAKE THAT MOTION. >> I WILL SECOND IT.
>> REV A MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER MILLER AND SECOND BY HOLMES.
PLEASE. [VOTING] >> MOTION PASSES.
NOW, DO I WILL MOTION ON THE ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE LEVY OF THE SPECIAL TAX.
THAT WOULD READ AS I MOVE TO WAIVE ORDINANCE NUMBER 1771 INTRODUCE AN ORDINANCE BY TITLE ONLY AND REQUEST CITY CLERK TO
READ THE TITLE. >> WITH SOMEBODY LIKE TO
MAKE THAT MOTION? >> I WILL MAKE THAT
>> IF A MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER MILLER, SECOND BY HOLMES.
PLEASE.[VOTING] >> THE MOTION PASSES.
>> NOW TO READ THE ORDINANCE NUMBER 1771 FOR THE RECORD. AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF VIDEO ACTING AS A LEGISLATIVE BODY OF THE CITY OF INDIO COMMUNITY FACILITIES DISTRICT NUMBER 2004 – ONE.
LAW ENFORCEMENT, FIRE AND PARAMEDIC SERVICES.
AUTHORIZING THE LEVY OF THE SPECIAL TAX WITHIN ANNEXATION AREA NUMBER 82 ANNEXED TO SAID DISTRICT.
THANK YOU MAYOR. >> THANK YOU CITY CLERK.
12 A MOTION ON THE BUDGET ADJUSTMENT. IF SO THAT WOULD READ AS I MOVED TO APPROVE THE BUDGET ADJUSTMENT AS SET FORTH IN THE AGENDA REPORT APPEARED TO HAVE A MOTION?
>> I WILL SECOND. >> HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER MILLER AND A SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER HOLMES. CANAVERAL ROLL CALL VOTE PLEASE.[VOTING]
>> I THINK THAT WAS AN EXERCISE FOR ME TO GET ALL THE TITLES RIGHT.
I SEE CITY MANAGER HOW YOU DO ME. NOW WE WILL MOVE ON
[11.5 Adopt Resolution No. 10261 Approving Tentative Parcel Map 38241 to Sub...]
TO 11.5 IN OUR PUBLIC HEARING. LET'S ADOPT RESOLUTION NUMBER 10261 APPROVING THE TENTATIVE MAP PARCEL MAP 382412 SUBDIVIDE A 5 ACRE PARCEL INTO 2 PARCEL SUBDIVISIONS LOCATED ON LOS PALOS DRIVE BETWEEN ZENDA DRIVE AND AVENUE 52 APN 779 – 100 – ZERO 28.MR. SNYDER? >> OKAY, MAYOR? MEMBERS OF THE CITY CAN SMELL.
GOOD EVENING KEVIN CENTER DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY DEPONENT. THIS ITEM IS A RESOLUTION TO APPROVE TENANT PARCEL MAP THAT WOULD CREATE 2 PARCELS OF LAND FROM ONE CURRENT PARCEL. THIS PROPERTY IS LOCATED ON LOS PALOS DRIVE BETWEEN ZENDA DRIVE AND AVENUE 52. THIS IS THE AREA THAT IS EAST OF THE TRILOGY POLO CLUB.
IT IS AN AREA THAT IS GENERALLY DEFINED BY LOW DENSITY SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL USES.
THIS PARTICULAR ACTION IF APPROVE THIS EVENING WOULD AS I INDICATED BE THE FIRST STEP IN CREATING THE LEGAL LOT STATUS OF 2 LOTS.
THE ZONING FOR THIS AREA IS INTENDED FOR LOW DENSITY SINGLE-FAMILY USES.
THE CREATION OF 2 LOTS WOULD ONLY ALLOW ONE IT'S IN THE FAMILY HOME ON EACH LOT.
THIS ITEM BEFORE YOUR PLANNING COMMISSION AND THE PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL OF THIS ITEM TO THE CITY COUNCIL.
AT THIS TIME I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE. THIS IS A VERY STRAIGHTFORWARD LOT CREATION ACTION RESULTING INTO LOTS.
>> THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING ITEM.
I WILL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING. DO WE HAVE ANY COMMENTS FROM THE
PUBLIC ON THIS? >> NONE MAYOR.
>> OKAY I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND OPEN IT UP TO OUR COUNCIL FOR COMMENTS, QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION? IF NOT I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION. [INAUDIBLE] TO SUBDIVIDE EXISTING 5 ACRE PARCEL LOCATED ON LOS PALOS DRIVE BETWEEN ZENDA DRIVE AND
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AVENUE 52. INTO 2 ACRES PARCEL AND ONE 3 ACRE PARCEL FOR SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL LAND USES.NEXT I WILL SECOND THAT. >> IVA MOTION ON THE FORM ACCOUNTS MILLER MILLER AND A SECOND BY MAYOR PRO TEM ORTIZ. CAN I WILL VOTE
PLEASE.[VOTING] >> THE MOTION PASSES.
SO, WE HAVE CONCLUDED THE PUBLIC HEARING ITEMS. ON THE AGENDA. BEING WE HAD TO MOVE AROUND WERE GOING
[7. REPORT ON CITY COUNCIL EXTERNAL/INTERNAL BOARDS, COMMISSIONS AND COMMITTEE MEETINGS AND REPORT ON MEETINGS ATTENDED PER GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 53232.3(d)]
TO GO BACK UP TO ITEM NUMBER 7 AND START WITH REPORT ON CITY COUNSEL INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL BOARDS.I WILL ASK COUNCILMEMBER HOLMES IF SHE WOULD LIKE TO START.
LETS HE LET ME GO THROUGH A COUPLE OF THINGS. MOST OF MY MEETINGS WERE DARK. I DID ATTEND THE CONSERVANCY.
WE APPROVED $54,000 GRANT FOR THE LIVING DESERT FOR SOME INTERPRETIVE SIGNAGE THROUGHOUT THE DESERT. IT'S CALLED SCIENCE OF NATURE. THE FOCUS OF ALL THIS IS TO PROMOTE OUTDOOR RECREATION THROUGHOUT THE VALLEY. ACQUISITION PRIORITIES, WE TALKED ABOUT THAT FROM A STRATEGIC POINT OF VIEW.
WE ARE SET TO CONSERVE ULTIMATELY THE PLAN IS A LITTLE OVER 700,000 ACRES.
AND SINCE 1996 WE ARE OUT HUNDRED THOUSAND PLUS A LITTLE BIT MORE IN TERMS OF ACREAGE.
WE HAVE A WAYS TO GO IN TERMS OF GETTING TO THAT 700,000 ACRES OF CONSERVATION LAND. THE NEXT THING, I TENDED SOMETHING TODAY SOMETHING REALLY INTERESTING AND FASCINATING.
AT THIS ONLINE AND INDIO IT'S HER FUTURE WITH HYDROGEN AND IT TALKS ABOUT SUSTAINABILITY IN THE FUEL-CELL ELECTRIC BUSES THAT WE HAVE THERE.
THERE WERE SEVERAL OF US THAT WENT, THE MAYOR WAS THERE, COUNCILMEMBER WHO IS ALSO THE CHAIRMAN.
MILLER WAS THERE AND COUNCILMEMBER ORTIZ.
I WILL LET EACH ONE OF THEM PROVIDE INFORMATION.
IT REALLY PROMOTES THE WHOLE SUSTAINABILITY COMPONENT. SOMETHING REALLY FUN WE DID ON SATURDAY, SOMETHING CALLED THE LIVING ROOM. IT'S RIGHT DOWN HERE IN DOWNTOWN.
THE CORNER OF MILES AND SUMMER.
WHAT A BLAST. MANSOUR WINCHESTER BAND. WE HAD SOME GREAT FOOD. REALLY TOP-NOTCH FOOD. WE HAD BARBECUE, WE HAD DESSERTS. WE HAD THE KEY TO BURY, TACOS BEING GRILLED. IT WAS GREAT.
THANK YOU STEPH FOR PUTTING TOGETHER A 5 STAR EVENT. THESE ARE EVENTS THAT ARE GOING TO BE HAPPENING EVERY MONTH.
I DON'T REMEMBER IF IT'S A SECOND OR THIRD, IT'S THE SECOND SATURDAY OF EVERY MONTH. COME OUT IN THE SECOND SATURDAY OF FEBRUARY.
THERE WILL BE ANNOUNCEMENTS SHORTLY.
A GREAT WAY TO GET TOGETHER WITH FAMILY AND FRIENDS AND ENJOY GOOD FOOD AND GOOD MUSIC. MAYOR, THAT ENDS MY
MOVING TO COUNCILMEMBER MILLER.
>> THINK IT MR. MAYOR. ALL MY COUNSEL COMMISSIONS WERE DARK.
COUNCILMEMBER HOLMES ALLEVIATED TO, WE DID THE SELLING AGENCY THAT DID THE HYDROGEN CELL. IN CONVERTING GAS INTO A HYDROGEN CELL FUEL FOR OUR BUSES. SOME LINE ABOUT 30 YEARS AGO, TO SEE AND CHEAT WHICH IS NATURAL GAS AT THE TIME. NOW THEY'RE EVOLVING INTO A MORE EFFICIENT HUNDRED PERCENT EMISSION FREE FUEL THAT WILL POWER OUR BUSES AND GET MORE MILES PER GALLON AND AT THE SAME TIME BE MORE EFFICIENT IN TERMS OF THE BUSES WE HAVE. IT COMES DOWN QUITE A BIT. EVENTUALLY MOST MOTORS IN THE COACHELLA VALLEY FOR THE BUS LANES WILL BE HYDROGEN CELL FUELS. SOMEONE HAS STARTED THE WAY.
IT'S VERY INTERESTING TO WATCH.
THE SYSTEM SET UP AS A WHOLE TO THE WAY IT'S PROCESSED. BUSES AT ONE TIME OR 3 AND A HALF-MILLION ANOTHER TOWN ABOUT A MILLION FOR BECAUSE THE ABILITY TO BE ABLE TO UTILIZE THE ROAD.
GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR THE CITY OF VIDEOTAPE CONTINUED TO CAPITALIZE ON IT IN THE COACHELLA VALLEY LEADING WE IN THE HYDROGEN FUEL. THE GROUNDBREAKING FOR OUR INDIO COURTHOUSE FOR FAMILY AND JUVENILE.
AFTER 15 YEARS OF TALKING ABOUT IT IT WAS GROUND BROKE THE OTHER DAY. RIGHT OFF OF OASIS STREET.
$75 MILLION INVESTMENT BY THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA. IT WILL BE RUN BY THE COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE. GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE
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SURE OUR FAMILIES WHO NEED THAT SERVICE AND OUR COMMUNITY AND THE PEOPLE THAT WORK THERE HAVE THE TOP-QUALITY COURTHOUSE.LOOKING FORWARD TO IT BEING COMPLETED IN 2024.
THEN A LOT OF GROUNDBREAKING SPIRIT RIBBON CUTTINGS FOR THIS AREA. ONE IS THE DESERT METRO FITNESS OVERBITE JEFFERSON ACROSS FROM – GARDEN. TK BAKERY LET A FEW PEOPLE TALK ABOUT.
AMAZING, THE SANDWICHES AND FOOD AND ATMOSPHERE IS DYNAMITE. WHAT A BEAUTIFUL FACILITY IN CITY OF INDIO. THEY COULD'VE GONE ANYWHERE AND I CHOSE TO STAY IN THE CITY OF INDIO. IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN TO AT THE NEW FACILITY OF A CALL CENTER IS AMAZING. DESERT JET.
QUITE A FEW OF US WENT OUT THERE. IT'S A JET SERVICE OUT IN THERMAL AT THAT JACKIE COCHRAN AIRPORT.
WHILE WE WERE THERE PLENTY PLANES GOING INTO GOING OUT. IT WILL BE GREAT ECONOMIC BOOST TO THE EAST VALLEY AND AT ONE TIME HOPEFULLY WILL BE A JOB CRATER FOR OUR YOUTH AND COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE. MY HATS OFF TO THEM.
EARLIER TODAY OR YESTERDAY WE WERE AT THE NEW FARM MARKET FOR THE BAND OF QUEEN INDIANS BUT THEY HAVE AN ORGANIC FARM. WE ALL WENT OUT THERE. AMAZING PROPERTY.
CULTURAL CENTER TALKING ABOUT NOT ONLY HOW THE PRODUCT AND FOOD COMES FROM THE EARTH BUT ALSO THE CULTURE OF THEIR TRIBE. GREAT, GREAT FACILITY. IF YOU HAVEN'T DONE IT IS RIGHT BEHIND AUGUSTINE OF CASINO.
GREAT SMOOTHIES AND AMAZING PRODUCE. THAT'S IT MR. MAYOR COULD THINK OF FOR LETTING ME SPEAK.
>> THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER MILLER. MAYOR PRO TEM?
>> THANK YOU MAYOR. THANK YOU MAYOR AND THANK YOU FOR JOINING US TODAY AND THANK YOU FOR HANGING IN WITH US IN THIS LONG MEETING. I GOT TO SEE THE HYDROGEN FUEL STATION WITH HER SON LINE.
IT'S A NEW TECHNOLOGY THAT ALLOWS US TO PUMP HYDROGEN GAS WITH MINIMAL INFRASTRUCTURE COST AND SAVE 30 PERCENT ENERGY IN THE WAY THE PUMP WORKS. I'M EXCITED FOR THIS BEING USED FOR THE FIRST TIME ON THE WEST COAST INDIO. HOPE HE CAN USE HIS TIME CHRONOLOGY TO FURTHER OUR CAPACITIES FOR HYDROGEN FUEL EVEN MORE IN THE FUTURE. AT A MEETING WITH THE COACHELLA VALLEY ECONOMIC PARTNERSHIP.
WHICH IS COST REPULSIVE PLATFORM THAT INCLUDES SUPPORTING BROADBAND INFRASTRUCTURES.
ESPECIALLY TO THE EXPANSIONS OF CD IN THE CSU CAMPUS.
SUPPORTING JOBS, DIGITAL INNOVATION, HEALTHCARE INNOVATION, CONVINCING ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION. HEARD ABOUT THIS YOUR SMALL BUSINESS COMPETITION.
THE FIRST PITCH TO PALM SPRINGS WHICH WILL BE HELD HERE IN INDIO. THIS YEAR IN APRIL AT OUR COD CAMPUS OF DOWNTOWN INDIO. THIS IS LIKE A SHARK TANK COMPETITION.
WITH CASH PRIZES FOR NEW LOCAL IDEAS. APPLICATIONS WILL BE DUE SOMETIME IN MAY IF YOU'RE INTERESTED. WE ALSO HEARD FROM A MICRO STREAM AND THE URGENT NEED FOR BLOOD DONORS IN THE AREA.
PLEASE GIVE BLOOD IF YOU'RE ABLE TO AND CHECK OUT THE NEW CAMPAIGN WHICH IS THE SAFER SHAPE WORD THEIR NOMINATING SHAVING THEIR HAIR IF THEY RECEIVE ENOUGH DONATIONS FROM THE COMMUNITY. YOU COULD FIND THE DONATION SITE AND FIND MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE CAMPAIGN AT MILLSTREAM.WORK. SO HAD A MEETING WITH THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF GOVERNMENT ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE.
WE DISCUSSED THE CLIMATE ACTION RESOLUTION WHICH COMES FROM OCTOBER 2020.
FEMA DID FIND SOCAL ONE OF THE MOST MULTIPLE COMMUNITIES IN THE US WHEN IT COMES TO NATURAL HAZARDS APPROACHING FROM CLIMATE CHANGE. ELLIOTT COUNTY IS THE MOST AT RISK NATIONWIDE. SAN BERNARDINO AND RIVERSIDE COUNTY OR THE TOP 10 NATIONWIDE COUNTIES OF CONCERN.
THE RESOLUTION ADOPTED ONE YEAR AGO CONDUCTED OUTREACH TO THESE AREAS AND STAFF CONCERNS FROM CITIES AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS INCLUDED GENERAL LACK OF STAFFING RESOURCES, THE NEED FOR MORE COORDINATION BETWEEN ORGANIZATIONS AND THE LACK OF OVERSIGHT FOR CLIMATE ACTION GOALS.
SB 379 REQUIRES THE CLIMATE GOALS BY THIS MONTH. SKAGGS HAS PROVIDED A GUIDEBOOK FOR CITIES AND THEIR ALSO PROVIDING ONE-ON-ONE ASSISTANCE FOR FREE. FOR ASSISTANCE IN THIS CONTACT LIST AT SKAGGS.CA.GOV. WE ALSO HAD A PRESENTATION FOR THE CALIFORNIA NATURAL RESOURCE AGENCY UNDER NATURAL AND WORKING LAND CLIMATE SOLUTIONS PROGRAM.
THE FOCUSING ON NIETZSCHE-BASED SYSTEMS FOR CLIMATE CHANGE, TRIBAL PRACTICES AND RESTORING WETLANDS AND RIPARIAN AREAS. THE OVERARCHING GOALS ARE NEAR-TERM AND LONG-TERM, CHANGE OF CALIFORNIA. HONEY LISTING EFFORTS, INCREASING AWARENESS AND TRACKING AND MEASURING PROGRESS.
THEIR PRIORITIES FOR STRENGTHENING PROTECTION FOR CLIMATE VULNERABLE COMMUNITIES. WE ALSO HAD A PRESENTATION FROM CITY OF LONG BEACH AND THE LONG BEACH PROJECT. THE HARD 6 LOCAL ORGANIZERS TO HELP COVER COMMUNITY INPUT TO
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MAKE CHANGES IN THE WASHINGTON NEIGHBORHOOD. WHICH IS A LOW INCOME COMMUNITY WITH LOW VEHICLE OWNERSHIP. IT ALSO HAS MANY EXTREME AREAS THROUGHOUT THE NEIGHBORHOOD. THE CRATED HEAT MAPS FOR THE AREAS AND ARE USING STREET TREES, GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE, SHADE STRUCTURES, COOL HARD SPACE TO IMPROVE THE NEIGHBORHOODS. THIS IS ALL FUNDED BY SKAGGS DOLLARS. THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR TODAY. THANK YOU.MY REPORT IS RELATIVELY EASY. SOME EVENTS WERE MENTIONED ALREADY.
START WITH ONE OF MY BOARDS WAS A SEATBACK PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE. WHAT A GREAT PRESENTATION BY KIM – SHE'S RIVERSIDE COUNTY HEALTH DIRECTOR. HE RESPECTS TO COVID.
EVEN SINCE A PRESENTATION COVID HAS CHANGED AND IT CONTINUES TO CHANGE.
ONE THING I DO WANT TO MENTION, IT SEEMS THAT THIS NEW VARIANT IS AS DANGEROUS AS THE PREVIOUS 2. IT'S JUST A LOT MORE CONTAGIOUS. BUT, I WOULD URGE FOLKS TO GO ON THE SIDE COUNTY PUBLIC HEALTH WEBSITE AND PAY ATTENTION TO SOME OF THOSE NUMBERS OF SOME OF THE THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON IN OUR COUNTY.
ALSO UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT ON THEIR WEBSITE PAY ATTENTION TO WHAT'S GOING ON WITH OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT AS IT PERTAINS TO OUR STUDENTS.
WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO UTILIZE THE SAFETY MEASURES TO STOP THE SPREAD OF THIS COVID-19.
WE ALSO HAD A PRESENTATION BY KATHLEEN BRENT DISH WAS PARTNERSHIP WITH LAND MANAGEMENT ON HABITAT LANDS. THE SUM OF OUR RURAL AREAS IN OUR SURROUNDING AREAS.
WE WERE TALKING ABOUT WORKING ON SOME ORGANS AS IT PERTAINS TO SOME ILLEGAL DUMPING AND SOME OF THE THINGS GOING ON IN SOME OF THOSE AREAS. THERE WAS ALSO ONE OF THE GREAT PRESENTATION.
DURING OUR PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE MEETING. I ALSO ATTENDED GROUND BREAKING FOR THE FAMILY OF JUVENILE COURT AND OASIS. WHICH IS LONG OVERDUE. THIS NEW COURTHOUSE BE 5 COURTROOMS THAT WILL SERVE OUR COMMUNITY AND AID IN SPRING ORDINANCE FOR THE YOUNGSTERS TO A MORE POSITIVE DIRECTION IN LIFE AND HITTING THE RESET BUTTON. BRINGING SOME OF THOSE FAMILIES TOGETHER WHO MADE NEED SOME CORE INTERVENTION. SOME OF THOSE ISSUES WE HAVE GOING ON IN OUR COMMUNITY. THIS COURTROOM WILL ALSO SERVE THE DESERT REGION. IT'S NOT JUST THE CITY OF INDIA IS THE DESERT REGION AS INDIO IS. WE HAVE A LOT OF THE SOCIAL SERVICES.
WE HAVE A LARGE ADJUSTER CENTER. EVERY DETENTION CENTER. WE HAVE A LOT OF SERVICE HERE IN THIS COURT WILL SERVE AS PART OF THAT. ALSO ATTENDED THE REDISTRICTING WORKSHOP THAT WAS ONLINE. I MENTIONED EARLIER LIKE TO THANK STAFF AND CONSULTANTS AND CITY MANAGER IN THE COMMUNITY FOR BEING PART OF THAT.
AS YOU MOVE FORWARD DURING THIS PROCESS OF REDISTRICTING IS VERY IMPORTANT COMMUNITY AND PART. SHE WILL BE DETERMINING 3 REPRESENTATIVES WILL BE IN YOUR COMMUNITIES. I ALSO ATTENDED THE – – GRAND OPENING WITH COUNCILMEMBER MILLER. IT WAS GREAT.
IT'S AN ORGANIC FARM ON THE RESERVATION. THEY HAVE THEIR OWN PLACE WE COULD GO BY THE PRODUCE THERE. WAS GREAT.
TELL AUGUSTINE WE HAVE TIME FOR DOING THIS. IN HONOR OF THEIR MOTHER WHO WAS NOT WITH US ANYMORE. IT WAS A GREAT CEREMONY. ALSO TO THE SINGERS THEY HAVE THERE. EXCELLENT. THEY WERE GREAT.
I ALWAYS LOVE TO HEAR THEM SING.
IT WAS GREAT ENTERTAINMENT AS WELL.
HATS OFF TO THEM. ALSO ATTENDED THE HYDROGEN FUEL DEMONSTRATION TODAY THIS ONLINE. HATS OFF TO LAWRENCE –. THEY GET COUNCILMEMBER MILLER PICTURES THAT COMMITTEE.
THIS IS SOME INNOVATION THAT'S TAKING PLACE HERE IN OUR CITY. THIS ONLINE IS SPEARHEADED THAT SUSTAINABILITY AND ENVIRONMENTAL FRIENDLY TRANSIT BUSES IN OUR COMMUNITY. IT'S GREAT.
I MENTIONED A STORY OF WRITING THESE BUSES AS A YOUTH THROUGHOUT OUR VALLEY. THE THING THAT'S MORE IMPORTANT NOW IS HE'S BUSES ARE MORE SUSTAINABLE AND SAFER FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
THEY GET OUR STUDENTS TO SCHOOL.
STUDENTS ARE ARRIVING TO SCHOOLS. THESE BUSES ARE IN OUR COMMUNITY. TO HAVE THESE BUSES AT ZERO ADMISSION THAT'S GREAT.
HATS OFF TO SOMEONE FOR BEING INNOVATIVE IN OUR COMMUNITY AND PUTTING INDIO ON THE MAP IN THAT RESPECT.
I ALSO ATTENDED THE CENTERSTAGE DOWNTOWN EVENT WHICH WAS GREAT.
FOOD WAS GREAT. I WENT HOME WITH LOTS OF BARBECUE THAT FINISHED OFF AT 2 IN THE MORNING. NO SURPRISE WHY GAINED SO MUCH WEIGHT AS I'VE BEEN ON COUNCIL.
ON THE HIGHLIGHTS OF THAT IS A REALLY LOVED THE CITY MANAGER KNOWS EVERY ABOUT THIS IS OUR ART IN PUBLIC BASIS. HAD I WOULD BE CUTTING A COLOSSAL TYPE
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THAT YOU COULD GO OUT TO NOW. IT'S GREAT THAT WE HAVE THESE ARE PIECES AROUND OUR CITY. AS WE CONTINUE TO WORK ON OUR BUREAUS AS WE SPOKE ABOUT EARLIER. WE DO HAVE OTHER THINGS IN OUR COMMUNITY WE ARE WORKING ON TO LIVEN OUR ARTS IN OUR COMMUNITY.I DON'T KNOW ABOUT WHAT THE SCIENCE IS BEHIND IT.
I DON'T KNOW IF MAYOR PRO TEM CAN HELP ME. ART DOES SOMETHING TO THE COMMUNITY AND TO PEOPLE. 11 Z.
AS FOR THE ENTERTAINMENT CAPITAL IN A TELEPHONE THE LARGEST MUSIC FESTIVAL WE WANT FOLKS TO NOT ONLY ENJOY THE AMENITIES ENJOYING OUR CENTERSTAGE EVENTUATE OUR ART AND CONTINUE TO COME TO THAT SOFTWARE CITY MANAGER, OUR STAFF. KYLE UP MORE THINGS TO US. BEFORE CALCULATIONS TO WORK BLUE TEAM. THEY WON LAST NIGHT. I WAS THEN CONGRATULATIONS TO THEM.
[8. CITY MANAGER REPORTS AND INFORMATION]
>> IS QUICKLY OF COMMUNITY CLEANUPS COMING UP THIS COMING SATURDAY THEM.
JUST OFF OF JACKSON, NORTH JACKSON PARK AREA.
THE TOWN IS A CITY WHEN THE BLOCK TO COME ELBOW STARTING AT 7 AM.
LITTLE BIT EARLY ON SATURDAY SHOULD HAVE FUN LIKE TO THINK THE WOMEN'S CLUB OF INDIO VOLUNTEERED TO PASS OUT FLYERS TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
SO WE HAVE A LOT OF HELP ON THE FRONT END AND WE HOPE FOLKS WILL SHOW UP ON SATURDAY MORNING TO CLEAN UP THAT NEIGHBORHOOD. THEN THERE WILL BE 4 MORE THROUGHOUT THE SPRING THROUGHOUT THE
COMMUNITY. Q. >> GREAT, THANK YOU CITY MANAGER. THAT WILL BE IN THE OLD NORTH INDIO AREA.
WE'LL MEET AT JACKSON PARK AT 7. NORTH JACKSON PARK AT 70 APPEARED BEFORE MOVEON IN TYPICAL MAYOR FERMON FASHION I SKIP SOMETHING I HAD. I WILL GO BACK TO MY REPORT.
I THINK THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT FOR OUR COMMUNITY. I HAD A ASSUME MEETING WITH ALL THE WILSHIRE. SHE'S A CHIEF DEPUTY SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA REGIONAL DIRECTOR OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS FOR GOVERNOR NEWSOM. AS YOU KNOW HIS PROPOSAL FOR HIS BUDGET JUST CAME OUT.
WE TALKED ABOUT SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT ARE ARISING COMMUNITIES FROM HOMELESSNESS, OUR COVID EXPANDING ACCESS TO HEALTHCARE AND TRANSPORTATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE.
THE REASON WHY BRING THAT UP IS BECAUSE AS YOUR MAYOR IN YOUR REPRESENTATIVE AT DIFFERENT DISTRICTS WE HAVE DIRECT CONTACTS WITH SOME OF THESE FOLKS. YOU HAVE CONCERNS OR NOT ONLY OUR COMMUNITY BUT ALSO IN OUR STATE. LET US KNOW SO WE CAN REACH OUT TO THESE FOLKS AND VOICE OUR OPINIONS UP WITH THAT ENERGY IN SACRAMENTO.
[12. PUBLIC COMMENTS FOR ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA]
ITEM NUMBER 12 WHICH IS PUBLIC COMMENTS FOR ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA.FEELING. >> I'M BACK AGAIN TO TALK ABOUT CRIME.
I PICKED GOING TO BE INSTALLED ANYWAYS APPROVING THINK THAT'S A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
BUT, YOU KNOW A FEW DAYS AGO I TOOK TO SOCIAL MEDIA REGARDING FUNDING POLICE DEPARTMENT AND TRANSPARENCY.
I LINK THE COMMUNITY AND MAKING IT SAFER. I WAS REALLY TAKEN BACK ABOUT THE COUNTER POST AND STATEMENTS OF SAFETY CONCERNS BY THE CHIEF.
AFTER HIS POSTAL PRAISE AND PHYLLIS MAKE A COUNTER POST WHICH BASICALLY REPEATED WHAT I SAID.
HE DID ADD THAT IT WAS MISINFORMATION. WHEN THE INFORMATION IS THE COULDN'T BELIEVE THAT MY FUND THE POLICE POST WAS HIJACKED BY THE POLICE CHIEF IS KIND OF WEIRD.
THAT THE CHIEF DID REPLY TO IT WAS ABOUT 5 IT WAS A STATEMENT ABOUT ANYTHING.
SO, I FELT LIKE I KIND OF MADE HISTORY THAT HE REPLIED TO MY POST.
I DID CREATE A PETITION I KNOW YOU GUYS SAW. AGAIN THAT IT GOT 50 SIGNATURES ONLINE BUT, IT WAS AN EXPERIMENT PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY PAY ATTENTION TO
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WHAT HAPPENS IN THE CITY.150 SIGNATURES PROVES THAT. I DIDN'T REALLY PUSH IT OUT AS MUCH. I WANTED TO SEE WHAT I COULD DO IF I JUST KIND OF PUT IT ON THE CITIES PAGE OR ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND ALSO ON NEXT-DOOR. NOT MANY PEOPLE REALLY PAY ATTENTION TO WHAT IS HAPPENING UNLESS IT'S ALL NEGATIVE. SO, IT WAS FUNNY BECAUSE I EVEN TALKED TO THE COMMUNITY WHILE NOT WAS GOING INTO BUSINESSES AROUND HERE.
WHILE I WAS TALKING TO A BUSINESS LOCALLY IT'S GETTING ROBBED WHILE I'M STANDING THERE. I ASKED THEM, I SAID AREN'T YOU GOING TO CALL THE POLICE? THEY SAID, NO.
AND THE REASON WAS BECAUSE THEY SAY THE POLICE DON'T DO ANYTHING. I STOPPED THEM TO CORRECT THEM THAT IT'S NOT THE POLICE IT'S ACTUALLY BAD POLICIES THAT DON'T DO ANYTHING. IT'S BAD POLITICIANS WHO DON'T DO ANYTHING. IT CITY LEADERS THAT DON'T DO ANYTHING. IT IS NOT THE POLICE. IT IS POLICIES.
IT'S PEOPLE THAT DON'T DO ANYTHING TO PROTECT THIS AREA. OR THEIR COMMUNITIES. WHEN EMERGING, MR. MONTGOMERY AND GO OVER THE BUDGET ON HOW WE CAN FUND THE POLICE HERE IN INDIO. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. DO WE HAVE A – DEL TORO? IS SHE HERE? I THINK SHE LEFT.
>> GENTLEMEN I WANT TO GO HISTORY WHEN I WAS 40 AND YOUNG AND GOOD-LOOKING.
ANYWAY, ABOUT 24 YEARS AGO THEY WERE HAVING DINNER IN THE INDIO HOTEL.
-FAMILIES. WE WERE-FAMILIES EATING TAMALES:BEYOND OFFICE.
[INAUDIBLE]. >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER COMMENTS?
>> NONE MAYOR. WITH HER COMMENTS. BEFORE WE MOVE ON I WANT TO REMIND EVERYONE WE HAVE A COMMUNITY CLEANUP THAT SATURDAY AND OLD NORTH INDIO 70 M AT NORTH JACKSON PARK. WANT TO ADVISE EVERYONE THAT TOMORROW IS MAYOR PRO TEM OSCAR ORTIZ'S BIRTHDAY.
WE CAN SING HAPPY BIRTHDAY. IT WOULD BE A FIRST AND A COUNCIL MEETING. BUT, WE WOULD LIKE TO WISH MAYOR PRO TEM A HAPPY BIRTHDAY AND OUR NEXT COUNCIL MEETING, JOINT COUNCIL MEETING WITH IWA WILL BE FEBRUARY 2, 2022. NOW WE WILL ADJOURN THIS MEETING.
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THANK YOU.* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.