Feb 02, 2022 City Council Joint Meeting

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>> I CALL TO ORDER,

[1. CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL]

TODAY IS FEBRUARY 2ND, 2022. MY NAME IS MAYOR FERMON. CAN I GET A ROLE CALL PLEASE.

>> THE NEXT ITEM IS A INVOCATION. WE DON'T HAVE

[3. ADJOURN TO CLOSED SESSION TO CONSIDER:]

[1. CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL]

READY, BEGIN.

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. >> NEXT ITEM ON TODAY'S AGENDA IS NUMBER 4, CITY

[4. CITY ATTORNEY REPORT ON CLOSED SESSION]

>> THEY GET MR. MAYOR. THE CITY WAS IN CLOSE SESSION AND THERE IS NO

REPORT OF OXYGEN. >> THEY GET MR. DIAZ . NEXT ITEM NUMBER 5,

[5.1 Luce Group Quarterly Update Presentation for the November 2022 Indio R...]

YOU HAVE TO PRESS YOUR

MICROPHONE SIR. >> CAN EVERYONE HEAR ME

NOW. >> YES SIR. >> VERY NICE.

THANK YOU. IT'S GREAT TO BE BACK.

WE'VE GOT NOTHING BUT GOOD NEWS TO REPORT SO FAR.

AND WE HAVE A LOT TO SAY.

AND NOT VERY MUCH TIME TO SAY IT. I WANTED TO TALK FOR A MINUTE ABOUT MARCH 12 WHICH IS THE KICKOFF OF THE FESTIVAL. IT'S PART OF THE DOWNTOWN LIVING

ROOM. >> THE FILM FANDANGO FOR THE HPL DOCUMENTARY.

IT'S AN HOUR AND 32 MINUTES LONG. IT'S GOING TO BE AT THE END OF A 10 DAY PERIOD WHERE IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE JAZZ ALONG THE NEW YORK THEY'RE GOING TO DO ON EVENTBRITE. THE FILM WILL BE SCREENED ONLINE FOR 10 DAYS FOR ANYONE IN THE WORLD TO SEE.

FOLLOWED BY ON 11 MARCH THERE WILL BE A PANEL DISCUSSION ONLINE.

YOU CAN LINK TO THE MOVIE AND YOU CAN WATCH ANYTIME YOU WANT. AS MANY TIMES AS YOU WANT. THAT WILL GIVE US A FOOTPRINT ELECTRONICALLY THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA AND EVERYTHING ELSE EVERYWHERE AS A COMING OUT OF THE BOX. THEN ON 12 MARCH WE ARE GOING TO SCREEN IT IN DOWNTOWN INDIO FOR THOSE THAT COME OUT. IT'S LIKE AN EXTRA BONUS IF YOU WILL. AND THEN WE WILL BE COMPLETELY HITTING THE GROUND RUNNING. THE DAY WE EXPECT TO OPEN THE WEBSITE. OPEN THE BOX OFFICE AND RELEASE THE PRESS RELEASES. ANYTHING THAT IS NECESSARY IN ORDER FOR US TO BE THE CENTER OF ATTENTION. 7 TO 8 MONTHS A HEAD OF TIME THAT'S WHAT WERE GOING TO DO.

THAT IS THAT. I MADE A SHORT FILM FOR YOU. IT'S 2 MINUTES LONG. I THINK WE BETTER SHOW

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THANK YOU.

AUDIO PLEASE.

>> THIS ALL BEGAN WHEN I READ ABOUT THE LIBRARY STARTED A MUSIC FESTIVAL AT THE BORDER BETWEEN UNITED STATES AND MEXICO.

>> OR HAVING TECHNICAL GLITCH. MAYBE WE WILL TRY IT ANOTHER WAY FOR A MOMENT.

>> THANKS. HE IS AN EXPERT. HE WILL GET IT

TOGETHER. >> WHILE WERE WAITING ….

TO MAKE A LONG STORY SHORT AND MAYBE WE COULD GET THE ELECTRONICS GOING. THIS IS AN HBO FILM THAT WAS EXECUTIVE REDUCED BY QUINCY JONES AND BY ANDREW YOUNG AND CARLOS SANTANA.

OUR COLONEL FARRELL ARTISTIC DIRECTOR IS MULTI-GRAMMY WINNING MUSICIAN BUT, HE IS ALSO AN ACTIVIST AND HE IS FULLY ENGAGED IN MAKING MUSIC FOR TO BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER MAKE LIFE BETTER.

HE WENT TO VERACRUZ AND MET THE PEOPLE THAT ARE STILL MAKING THE 300-YEAR-OLD MEXICAN, MUSICAL LANGUAGE. THEY CREATED A FANDANGO EFFRONTERY SO WHICH IS HALF THE MUSICIANS WERE ON THE MEXICAN SIDE OF THE WALL THE OTHER HALF WERE ON THE SAN DIEGO SIDE.

THEY MADE YOU SICK FOR SEVERAL HOURS AND THEY FILMED IT ALL. IF YOU WENT HOME TONIGHT AND THERE WAS NOTHING ON TV AND HE WANTED TO WATCH IT IT'S AVAILABLE ON HBO ON DEMAND. YOU CAN ACTUALLY GO WATCH THE MOVIE.

FANDANGO AT THE WALL.

SHALL WE GIVE THE FILM ONE MORE TRY? NO, OKAY?

>> HE COULD TRAVEL MORE TIME AND MAYBE THIS IS SOMETHING WE CAN SHARE ON FACEBOOK.

>> I WOULD LIKE YOU TO SEE IT. [MUSIC] THIS ALL BEGAN WONDER BREAD ABOUT A LIBRARIAN WHO STARTED A MUSIC FESTIVAL AT THE BORDER BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND MEXICO.

HE INVITED US TO JOIN HIM TO SING, PERFORM AND DANCE.

THE LIBRARIAN TOOK US TO

…. >> WELL, THAT'S UNFORTUNATE. ANYWAY IT'S A STUNNING, BEAUTIFUL STORY. IT'S SOMETHING THAT IS SURE TO ACTIVATE THE CONSCIOUSNESS AND AWARENESS OF EVERYBODY FROM ARIZONA ALL THE WAY THROUGH SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.

WE HAVE MARRIOTT SHE PEOPLE COMING. WE HAVE THE LANDA BELLY FORCE LOCAL.

THEY BEEN TO DUBAI AND CHINA 3 TIMES. THEY ARE FANTASTIC. THEY WILL BE SUNDAY. GOING TO HAVE THAT – FESTIVAL ON SUNDAY AND THE EMPANADA FESTIVAL ON SATURDAY. ON FRIDAY NIGHT LOLA MONTES WILL COME. SHE SINGS ON A HORSE. SHE IS GREAT.

SHE IS A FAVORITE AND ALSO MARRIOTT G. BETWEEN THE FOOD AND THE MUSIC AND I WAS GOING TO MOST MYSELF OFF THE FILM. WERE GOING TO MAKE A FAMILY PRICE FOR FAMILY OF 5. IT'S GOING TO BE VERY AFFORDABLE. SO THAT NOBODY IS GOING TO

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WE HAVE SOME OF THE GREATEST MUSICIANS FROM THE SAND WHO SHOW TRADITION ON BOTH SIDES OF THE BORDER. HAVE GOOD OLD-FASHIONED DANCING UNDER THE STARS WE WILL HAVE A DJ FOR THOSE THAT WANT TO STAY OUT ON FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY NIGHT.

TO DANCE UNDER THE STARS AND LEAVE KNOWING THIS WAS THE GREATEST THING SINCE SLICED BREAD HOPEFULLY.

WITH THAT, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. OF THE FUNDS WE RECEIVED SO FAR ARE JUST SIMPLY PUT IN RESERVE. AWAITING LEVERAGING OPPORTUNITIES AND WE APPRECIATE YOU.

THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT. WE WILL MOVE ON TO ITEM

[5.2 Visit Greater Palm Springs Updates (Scott White, President & CEO)]

>> GOOD EVENING.

GOOD EVENING MAYOR FURMAN.

>> I HAVE ON MUTED.

CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW?

>> WE STILL CAN'T HEAR YOU.

WE HAD A POWER OUTAGE EARLY.

>> I CAN HEAR YOU SCOTT, I'M NOT SURE WHY THEY CAN'T.

>> MIGHT BE THE AUDIO HERE

AT CITY HALL. >> I CAN HEAR YOU.

>> COLLEEN, CAN WE HEAR

YOU? >> CAN YOU HEAR ME?

>> YES.

>> CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW.

>> YES. >> OKAY, PERFECT.

GOOD EVENING MAYOR FERMON, COUNCIL MEMBERS AND STAFF.

WE WERE LISTENING TO THE PREVIOUS FESTIVAL.

CERTAINLY WE CAN PROMOTE THAT AND ALL OF HER EFFORTS AS WELL MAKE SURE WE GET CONNECTED WITH HIM AND BE HAPPY TO SHARE ALL THAT INFORMATION WITH OUR AUDIENCE AND ALL OF OUR EFFORTS WE DO GOING FORWARD.

IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE WE BEEN DEALING WITH THE PANDEMIC FOR THE LAST 2 YEARS.

AS YOU KNOW THE HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY NATIONALLY AND GLOBALLY HAS BEEN REALLY IMPACTED NEGATIVELY AND SUBTLY DIFFERENT WAYS.

I'M PROUD TO SAY THAT FOR VISIT GREATER PALM SPRINGS WE'VE STAYED OPEN THROUGH THE ENTIRE PANDEMIC.

COLLEEN AND THE TEAM HAVE REALLY KEPT OUR DESTINATION FRONT AND CENTER WITH THE CONSUMER AND OUR GROUPS.

WHETHER IT'S A SAFETY MEASURE THINGS ARE HAPPENING ARE INSPIRATIONAL OR WHATEVER IT MAY BE DURING THE ENTIRE TIME WHEN IT WAS APPROPRIATE.

WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE WERE WORKING HARD ON BEHALF OF THE TOURISM COMMUNITY. I THINK THE NUMBERS YOU SEE, THE OCCUPANCY FOR INDIO AND THE THINGS THAT HAVE HAPPENED OVER THE LAST 18 MONTHS OR SO WE'VE HAD A POSITIVE IMPACT TO OUR DESTINATION. IN SPITE OF EVERYTHING THAT IS HAPPENING. TIME WILL GIVE YOU A QUICK UPDATE.

I WILL HAVE 10 MINUTES.

WE WILL MOVE AS QUICKLY AS WE POSSIBLY CAN.

THE FIRST LINE WILL GO TO IS A REMINDER OF OUR PRIORITIES.

TRY TO REACH 60 MILLION VISITORS BY 2026. DO THAT WE NEED GREAT COLLABORATION AMONGST THE NINTH CITIES THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE VALLEY.

WE HAVE TO CONTINUE TO SUPPORT WORK ON WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT.

FOCUS ON KEY PILLARS SUCH AS HEALTH AND WELLNESS, ARTS AND CULTURE, OUTDOOR ADVENTURE. THESE ARE IDENTIFIED BY CONSULTANTS BACK IN 2016.

AS VERY NATIVE AND ORGANIC TOWARDS OUR DESTINATION. WE VETTED CULINARY IN LGBTQ TO THAT. IN THE RECENT YEARS. WE FOCUSED ON OFF-SEASON AND INNER NATIONAL VISITATION HOPEFULLY INTERNATIONAL VISITATION WILL COME BACK.

THEY STAY LONGER AND SPEND MORE MONEY.

WERE TRYING TO IMPROVE VISITOR EXPERIENCE IS BY WORKING WITH OUR CITY PARTNERS AND IS OR ACCESS I'LL TALK MORE ABOUT. AIR ACCESS INTO THE DESTINATION. NEVER ADDING A FOCUS OF SUSTAINABILITY AND DIVERSITY EQUITY AND INCLUSION.

WE HIRED AN ORGANIZATION CALLED TRIBAL UNITY. LAST YEAR.

WE BEEN WORKING WITH US AND WERE GOING TO ROLL IT OUT TO OUR TOURISM COMMUNITY ABOUT HOW WE COULD CREATE CRITTER DIVERSITY AND CORRECT OUR MINORITY BUSINESS OWNERS WITH OUR GROUPS. THEN ALSO WITH THE CONSUMER AS WELL. TO COME ON THAT. THE NEXT SLIDE SHOWS A FINANCIAL UPDATE. WERE CURRENTLY AT 80.8 MILLION.

TOTAL FUNDS FOR FISCAL YEAR 20 ONE – 22. 83 PERCENT OF FUNDS COME FROM OUR BUSINESS AGREEMENT DISTRICT AT 8 PERCENT FOR PRIVATE AND 9 PERCENT FROM THE JPA FORMULA FUNDING. ABOUT MY PRESENT PUBLIC FUNDING, 4 PERCENT OF THAT COMES FROM INDIO. 9% INDIA'S CONTRIBUTION OF THE JPA REPRESENTS THEM AS A HAVE A PERCENT OF OUR OVERALL FUNDING. YOU CAN SEE THE WORK THAT'S BEING DONE TO DIVERSIFY OUR FUNDING IS REALLY PAID OFF AND HELPED

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THE NEXT SITE IS WHAT WE REALLY TRY TO FOCUS ON AS MUCH AS WE CAN ON SALES MARKETING AND COMMUNICATION. THE 9 PERCENT ALL OF HER FRIENDS GO OUT TO SUPPORT WHAT WERE TRYING TO DO AND ONLY 11 PERCENT ARE USED FOR ADMINISTRATION AND OPERATIONS.

WE DO EVERYTHING WE DO.

WE STEEPENING RESEARCH AND CONSTANTLY LOOKING AT ANALYZING MARKETING CAMPAIGNS. THINGS THAT WE DO. WHAT ARE THE BARRIERS INTO THE DESTINATION? WORKING ON LAUNCHING 8 RESIDENT STUDY. WE WANT TO UNDERSTAND HOW TOURISM IMPACTS ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT WITHIN THE COACHELLA VALLEY. DUE TO CANNABIS AND COMPACT STUDY AS WELL.

WE'RE JUST WRAPPING UP A STUDY FOR OUR MEETING PROFESSIONALS. WE WANT TO UNDERSTAND HOW THE DESTINATION MARKETING IS IMPACTING THEM, ADVERTISING TACTICS AND SO FORTH. IT WILL GIVE US BETTER INSIGHT TO MAKE SURE WERE COMMUNICATING MORE EFFECTIVELY WITH OUR GROUPS.

BETWEEN A VACATION RENTAL ECONOMIC IMPACT STUDY AND DOING ONE ON WHAT IS IMPACT IF YOU BEEN VACATION RENTALS IN A SPECIFIC CITY. WHEN TO BE DOING A STUDY ON TOURISM WORKFORCE, ECONOMIC IMPACT.

LOOKING OUT THE DIFFERENT CAREER OPPORTUNITIES. A LOT OF OUR DATA WE HAD IN THE PAST KIND OF LUMPED ALL OF OUR JOBS INTO ONE BUCKET IN TERMS OF TOTAL JOBS. WE WANT TO BREAK OUT BETWEEN HOURLY AND SALARY TYPE POSITIONS. AND SHOW THE YOUNGER AUDIENCE THAT'S COMING UP THERE HIGH SCHOOL AND COLLEGE OF THE DESERT WHAT CAREER OPPORTUNITIES THERE ARE AND WHAT DOES IT REPRESENT FOR THEM. WITH THAT WE WILL GO OVER TO COLLEEN AND SHE WILL GIVE YOU A MARKETING UPDATE.

I'LL BE BACK IN A FEW MINUTES.

>> THANK YOU SCOTT.

GOOD EVENING. I'M GOING TO GIVE A BRIEF OVERVIEW ON OUR MARKETING AND OUR PLAN FOR 2022.

AS YOU CAN SEE I'VE LISTED ALL OF OUR MEDIA PARTNERS IN THE CATEGORIES OF MEDIA THAT THEY FALL INTO. EVERYTHING FROM OUT OF HOME WHICH IS DIGITAL BILLBOARDS TO TV, ONLINE TRAVEL AGENTS, DIGITAL TARGETING, MARKETING GOOD CONTENT, WERE ABLE TO BUILD CONTENT SPECIFIC TO PEOPLE'S INTEREST IN GREATER PALM SPRINGS.

WE HAVE SEASONAL TARGETING WHERE WE SEND WEATHER MESSAGING. RIGHT NOW IS A PERFECT EXAMPLE OF THAT.

WE HAVE WHETHER MESSAGING IN THE COLD CLIMATE ENCOURAGING THEM TO VISIT AND THEN SOCIAL MEDIA.

OUR PLAN IS TO SPEND 3.5 MILLION+ ON THESE PROGRAMS. IN 2021 WE SPENT 2.5 IN ADDITION TO THE 750,000 THAT WE RECEIVED FROM RIVERSIDE COUNTY ON AS A MARKETING GRANT THAT WE COULD USE TO ENHANCE OUR MARKETING PLAN LAST YEAR. GOING INTO THE SUMMER A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF A COUPLE OF OUR CAMPAIGNS.

MOST RECENT CAMPAIGN REPRINT ARE CHECK IN AND CHILL OUT. SUMMER CAMPAIGN AS SCOTT MENTIONED WE DO EVERYTHING BASED ON RESEARCH AND THAT WAS BY FAR THE TAGLINE THAT RESONATED WITH CONSUMERS TO MOTIVATE THEM TO VISIT GREATER PALM SPRINGS.

REGARDED 10 MILLION IMPRESSIONS OF 500,000 TELEVISION SPOTS IN THE MARKETS LISTED THERE. WE WERE ABLE TO EXPAND OUR TARGETING INTO SOME ADDITIONAL DESTINATIONS OUTSIDE OF OUR DRIVE MARKET DUE TO ALL THE NEW FLIGHTS WE HAVE IN THE DESTINATION INCLUDING OAKLAND, SEATTLE, DALLAS, SALT LAKE CITY FOR THE SUMMER.

WE ALSO RAN A SOUTHWEST AIRLINES SPECIFIC CAMPAIGN TO HIM ABOUT ALL THE NEW DIRECT FLIGHTS TO SOUTHWEST AIRLINES.

WE HAD 2.1 BILLION TV IMPRESSIONS AND 12.7 DIGITAL IMPRESSIONS.

WE DO THAT THROUGH TV NATIVE ADVERTISING, AUDIO, ONLINE TRAVEL AGENT, SOCIAL MEDIA AND BILLBOARD.

WE WERE ABLE TO TRACK SOME RESULTS FROM THAT CAMPAIGN. WE WERE ABLE TO PIXEL OUR DIGITAL CAMPAIGNS TO TRACK PEOPLE THROUGH THEIR BOOKING PROCESS.

WE WERE ABLE TO TRACK OVER THOUSAND FLIGHTS BOOKED AS A RESULT OF PEOPLE BEING EXPOSED TO THIS CAMPAIGN.

1200 KNIGHTS AND OVER 6000 HOURS. FAVORITE 20 22 CO-OP WITH OUR PARTNERS.

BEVERLY COULD SEE WITH TV AND BILLBOARD AND IN 2022 ADDED NEW PROGRAMS BACK TO THE MENU THAT IS AVAILABLE TO OUR PARTNERS INCLUDING NATIVE ADVERTISING, DIGITAL ADVERTISING, PANDORA AUDIO AND SOCIAL MEDIA. FOR OUR FALL AND WINTER CAMPING THIS IS WHAT'S CURRENTLY RUNNING IN THE EXPANDED MARKETS LISTED THERE. THE CAMPAIGN IS WHAT WILL YOU FIND UNDER THE UMBRELLA OF FIND YOUR OASIS.

OUR BRAND. ALLOWING PEOPLE TO EXPLORE WHAT IS SPECIAL AND UNIQUE TO THEM AND WHAT THEY WANT TO EXPERIENCE WHETHER VISITING OUR DESTINATION.

ESTIMATING 12 BILLION IMPRESSIONS OF 800,000 SPOTS. AGAIN IN THE MARKETS YOU CAN SEE THERE.

WE ALSO RAN A FLARE AIRLINE SPECIFIC CAMPAIGN SIMILAR TO WHAT WE DID FOR SOUTHWEST.

TO PROMOTE THE NEUTRON PLIGHT OF THEIR AIRLINES AND WE DO THAT IN A VARIETY OF WAYS.

YOU CAN SEE SOME EXAMPLES THERE. 83 MILLION IMPRESSIONS FOR OCTOBER AND NOVEMBER. WERE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THE STATE FLIGHTS AND HOW MUCH EXPOSURE WERE ABLE TO GIVE THEM FOR THE CONSUMERS.

THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF SOCIAL MEDIA SPOTS WE HAVE FOR WHAT WE FIND. I WANTED TO SHARE HERE.

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>> WE HAVE DIGITAL RESULTS THAT WE TRACK THROUGH SOME OF OUR PROGRAMS INCLUDING EXPEDIA AND ADAR.

THE SPECIFIC CAMPAIGN, THE SPECIFIC DOLLAR AMOUNT 1 BILLION GROSS BOOKINGS ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE EXPOSED TO OUR ADS AND BOOKED IN INDIO AT APPROPRIATE IN INDIO. ESTIMATED TO ROTATE ON THOSE BOOKINGS AS 120,000.

THEN FOR ADAR WERE ABLE TO PIXEL ALL OF OUR DIGITAL ADVERTISEMENTS AND FALL PEOPLE THROUGH THE PARKING JOURNEY THROUGH 60 DAYS ATTRACT OVER $12 MILLION IN REVENUE AS A RESULT OF BEING EXPOSED TO OUR CAMPAIGN.

3.1 PERCENT WERE FOR HOTEL BOOKINGS WITHIN INDIA WHICH IS AN ESTIMATED $382,000.

FOR SOCIAL MEDIA, WE HAVE A VARIETY OF POT FORMS THAT WE ARE MANAGING INCLUDING FACEBOOK, INSTAGRAM, PINTEREST. NEWSLETTERS, YOUTUBE AND A NEWS CHANNEL IS TIKTOK. WE FOCUS ON ENGAGEMENT AND DRIVE TRAFFIC TO OUR WEBSITE TO EXPOSE PEOPLE TO MORE CONTENT AND MORE EXPERIENCES THEY COULD HAVE AT OUR DESTINATION.

I HAVE A QUICK BRIEF TIKTOK VIDEO TO SHARE WITH YOU. [MUSIC] WE ALSO USE SOME INSTAGRAM REELS IN ADDITION TO TIKTOK. OF A FEW EXAMPLES TO SHARE.

THIS MORNING HIGHLIGHTS A VARIETY OF ICE CREAM OPPORTUNITIES AND OF COURSE SHIELDS IS FEATURED IN THIS VIDEO.

[MUSIC] THE NEXT ONE IS A COFFEE SPOT FOREVER BLOOM.

I HAVE THAT ONE AS WELL TO SHARE. [MUSIC] WE ALSO HOSTED AN INFLUENCER DINING CAMPAIGN WHERE WE HOSTED THEM AND TO MARJORIE'S CANTINA GRILL.

WE HAD ALL THE EXPOSURE FROM OUR PLATFORM, SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS AS WELL AS ALL OF THE INFLUENCERS CREDIT TO MARJORIE'S GAVE A GIVEAWAY TO THE WINNER WHO PARTICIPATED IN THIS PROGRAM. WE HAD OVER 1300 COMMENTS, GREAT ENGAGEMENTS, 50 NEW FOLLOWERS AS A RESULT OF THIS CAMPAIGN. HERE ARE A COUPLE OF EXAMPLES OF ADDITIONAL DIGITAL CONTENT SOCIAL MEDIA HIGHLIGHTING OUR RELIGIOUS PROGRAM WHICH WE RAN LAST YEAR DURING A TIME WHEN BEING OUTDOORS WAS VERY MUCH SOMETHING PEOPLE WANTED TO DO. AND OUR RESTAURANTS WERE CLOSED. THERE WERE ONLY AVAILABLE FOR TAKE-OUT. THIS IS A WAY WE COULD PROVIDE PROMOTING RESTAURANTS AND HIKING.

HERE YOU CAN SEE THE INDIO HILLS TRAILS LISTED THERE.

AGAIN WERE HIKING CONTENT ON INDIO AS WELL AS THE NEURAL LANDING PAGE RECREDIT WITH A VIRTUAL TOUR INCLUDED IN THAT AS WELL. WE DO A VARIETY OF EVENT SUPPORT AND CONTENT.

YOU COULD SEE SOME OF THE SIGNATURE EVENT LANDING PAGE THAT WE HAVE CREATED.

ALSO DO FOOD FESTIVAL BLOGS WHICH YOU KNOW INDIO IS VERY WELL KNOWN FOR.

A LOT OF GREAT CONTENT.

WE GET A LOT OF TRAFFIC TO OUR WEBSITE AS A RESULT OF BUILDING THIS CONTENT PEOPLE ARE LOOKING FOR.

WE HAVE AN EVENT SUPPORT VIDEO WE CREATED.

YOU CAN SEE THIS MORNING FEATURES INDIO TAMALE FESTIVAL.

I WANTED TO SHARE THAT WITH YOU HERE NOW. [MUSIC] CONSUMERS HAVE BEEN EXCITED ABOUT EVENT

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HERE ARE SOME EXAMPLES OF THE LOCAL PROGRAMS WE HAVE INCLUDING LOVE LOCAL IMAGE OF THE TRAILER SHE'S CAMPAIGN AND A SUMMARY THIS CAMPAIGN OF PROMOTING RESTAURANTS DURING THE SUMMER. OUR LOVE LOCAL SHOPPING PAST FOR THE HOLIDAY SEASON EVER GETTING READY TO LAUNCH OUR CONSOLE PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTING 8 LOCAL ARTISTS AND HOW OUR VISITORS AND RESIDENTS CAN REALLY EXPERIENCE SOME OF THE LOCAL ART IN OUR DESTINATION.

THAT WILL BE COMING OUT AT THE END OF THIS QUARTER IN MARCH.

HERE ARE A COUPLE OF EXAMPLES OF INDIO LOVE LOCAL FEATURES WE DID.

TO KB AND INDIO FOOD PARK.

I HAVE A COUPLE OF SHORT CLIPS TO SHARE.

[MUSIC] [MUSIC] PUBLIC RELATIONS, HERE ARE SOME THE PUBLICATIONS WE HAVE HAD SOME COVERAGE IN. HUNDRED 48 MENTIONS ARTICLE MENTIONS A VIDEO SPECIFIC AND ALMOST 20,000 IN ADD VALUE. CONSISTENTLY PUSHING OUT NEW MESSAGING AND PITCHING IDEAS ON HOW WE CAN GET MORE OF THE TOP TIER PUBLICATIONS.

HERE ARE A FEW EXAMPLES OF THOSE. USA TODAY, THE LONELY PLANET. WITHOUT ALTERNATE OVER TO SCOTT TO TALK ABOUT AIR SERVICE.

>> GREAT, THANK YOU COLLEEN. FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT KNOW US AND WORK WITH US IN THE PAST WE BUT WORKING ON AIR SERVICE DEVELOPMENT SINCE 2014 AND 15. WE HAVE 3RD PARTY AVIONIC PACIFIC CONSULTANT WORK WITH THE AIRLINES.

WERE CONSTANTLY IN FRONT OF THEM.

UPDATING AND EDUCATING ABOUT THE DESTINATION. I THINK WHEN THE PANDEMIC HIT AIRLINES WERE LOOKING TO MOVE FLIGHTS FROM SETTING MARKETS TO MORE RESORT DESTINATIONS WE WERE WELL I THINK POSITION SITUATED CAPTURE NEW CLIENTS.

WE GOT THE SOUTHWEST WHITES IN THE DESTINATION. WE GREW FROM 21 CITY SPEAK OVER TO OVER 33 NONSTOP CITIES DURING THE PANDEMIC. WE HOPE TO CONTINUE TO GROW IT.

REVENUE AIRLINES IN THE DESTINATION SUITE. AHA, ALLEGIANT HAS GROWN, ALASKA IS INCLUDING AUSTIN TEXAS AND SAN JOSE.

2 OUR TECH CENTERS IMPORTANT FOR GROUPS AND CONSUMERS.

SOUTHWEST DURING THE HOLIDAYS ADDED CHICAGO AND DALLAS TO THEIR SERVICE.

WE WANT TO TRY TO GIVE THEM BACK.

I KNOW THEY DID WELL.

COLLEEN TALKED ABOUT THE NEW SERVICE FROM FLARE GOING INTO TORONTO.

WHICH HAS A LOT OF CORPORATE BUSINESS UP THERE. WE HOPE THEY ARE SUCCESSFUL.

CULLY WILL GIVE A QUICK UPDATE ON CONVENTION SALES. WE DO A LOT OF EVENTS AROUND THE VALLEY. THIS MORNING IS IMPORTANT THAT TOOK PLACE.

>> DURING STANCE FROM –.

WE ARE FINALIZING THE FINAL NUMBERS FOR THIS PAST RUN THAT WAS HERE.

WHAT HAS BEEN REPORTED AS MORE TEAMS PARTICIPATED THAN IN 2020. DEFINITELY A GREAT SUCCESS AND THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF THE ECONOMIC IMPACT, THE JOB SUPPORTED, TAXES THAT COME ALONG WITH THIS PIECE OF BUSINESS. I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THE FUNDING WE PROVIDE. TO SUPPORT THIS COMING INTO THE DESTINATION BY WAY OF REBATES AND VISIT GREATER PALM SPRINGS. JUST 37,000 REBATES WHO CONTRIBUTE TO BRINGING THIS TO THE DESTINATION.

>> AS AN ORGANIZATION WE ARE A PARTNERSHIP ORGANIZATION.

WERE NOT MEMBERS OF BASE.

ANY TOURISM CAN HAVE A LISTING ON OUR SITE FOR FREE. WE HAVE OVER 303,000 LISTING ON OUR SITE. 238 ARE IN INDIO. 62 OF THOSE BUSINESSES ARE INVESTING PARTNERS. THEIR SPENDING DOLLARS THE REMARKETING CO-OPTS OR ENHANCEMENTS ON OUR WEBSITE. WHATEVER MAD. ANOTHER HUNDRED 58 THAT ARE LISTED FOR FREE.

EDUCATION IS AN IMPORTANT COMPONENT FOR US. WITH THE TERMS OF FOUNDATION WHICH WAS CREATED A FEW YEARS AGO. SPECIFICALLY FOR SCHOLARSHIPS. RETURN TO ROBERT THOUGHT AS WELL.

I THINK WE JUST RELEASED THE TOURISM GRANT FOR OUR CITIES WHICH ALL THE CITIES WILL HAVE ACCESS TO THE JP FUNDING TO INFEST BACK DIVERSITY.

TO IMPROVE THE VISITOR EXPERIENCES. FOCUSING ON DESTINATION PILLARS.

WE WILL WORK WITH THE TEAM INDIO ON HOW TO BEST UTILIZE THAT.

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OR CAN PROVIDE RECOMMENDATIONS.

WE WANT TO TEACH THEM THAT VIRTUALLY IN A CLASSROOM OR ONLINE. WE WANT TO GET THEM PASSES AND GET THEM OUT ABOUT SO THEY CAN EXPERIENCE IT AND TOUCH IT AND FEEL IT FIRSTHAND.

ERICA DAVIS OF THE TEAM ARE WORKING ON THAT.

WORKING WITH COLLEGE OF THE DESERT. CAN YOU GO BACK CALLING COLLEGE OF THE DESERT TO DO LEADERSHIP PROGRAM IN CULINARY ARTS.

THEY WILL TAKE OUR INVESTOR PROGRAM TO MAKE IT PERSONAL. FOR ASKING THE ETA FOR GRANT.

IF WE COULD GET THAT GRANT THAT WILL ALLOW US TO MOBILIZE THE PROGRAM FOR THE NEXT 3 TO 4 YEARS OF NOT LONGER AND HIT THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF WORKERS TO HELP ELEVATE THEIR ABILITY TO MAKE MORE MONEY AND GIVE THEM BETTER OPPORTUNITIES AS A CAREER WITHIN OUR INDUSTRY. WE ARE EXCITED ABOUT THAT.

TOURISM DEVELOPMENT, OR TRAVEL TRADE THAT WORKS WITH TOUR OPERATORS AND TRAVEL AGENTS AND RECEPTIVE OPERATORS. THE FOCUS HAS BEEN DOMESTIC FOR THE PAST 2 YEARS. HER BRANCHING OUT INTO CANADA AND MEXICO.

STARTING TO GET THE WORK BACK OUT THE PAIN PARTS OF EUROPE. WHERE IT'S APPROPRIATE ABOUT THE DESTINATION. WERE HOPING WE WILL HAVE A STRONG SUMMER FROM THOSE MARKETS. WE WILL CONTINUE TO BUILD IN SECONDARY MARKETS AS WELL. WITH THAT I THINK THAT'S IT FOR OUR PRESENTATION. WE WILL STOP AND OPEN FOR QUESTIONS. WE APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT AND HOPEFULLY WE WERE NOT

TO LONG. >> GREAT.

THANK YOU SCOTT AND COLLEEN.

ANYONE HAVE QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS?

>> I HAVE COMMENTS.

I THINK THIS IS MOST INCREDIBLE ORGANIZATION.

THANK YOU FOR ALL THE HARD WORK WITH RESPECT TO THE FLIGHTS COMING IN AND OUT OF PALM SPRINGS. THAT IS HUGE. IN BRINGING PEOPLE TO OUR VALLEY.

I'VE BEEN HERE LONG ENOUGH TO REMEMBER WHEN IT WAS HARD TO BUILD THE TOURISM BECAUSE WE DIDN'T HAVE IT HERE. WE HAVE A LOT OF WAYS TO GET HERE AND SCOTT AND YOUR TEAM WE OWE A DEBT OF GRATITUDE. I KNOW YOU WORKED VERY HARD TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN. SO NOW THAT YOU'VE MADE THAT HAPPEN, HOW YOU PORTRAY INDIO, HOW YOU SELL INDIO.

IT GOES BEYOND THAT.

WHAT DO THEY SAY, THE RISING TIDE FLOATS ALL BOATS. WHEREVER HE HEARD THAT BEFORE? IT'S TRUE. ALL THE PEOPLE YOU BRING INTO THE GREATER COACHELLA VALLEY MAKE THEIR WAY DOWN EAST. AND WEST.

I THINK YOUR ABILITY, YOUR OUTREACH IS EXCEPTIONALLY PROFESSIONAL AND I APPRECIATE EVERYTHING YOU DO FOR THE COACHELLA VALLEY AND ESPECIALLY FOR

INDIO. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

>> THANK YOU. ANYONE

ELSE? >> THANK YOU MR. MAYOR. THANK YOU SCOTT AND YOUR TEAM. THE PANDEMIC HEARD A LOT OF US. YOU KEEP MOVING FORWARD IT SHOWS THE DEDICATION FOR NOT ONLY YOUR STAFF BUT OUR COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE AND ARE BUSINESS OWNERS THAT WAVERED THE STORM OF THE PANDEMIC. AT THE SAME TIME WE WERE ABLE TO REBOUND AND COME BACK.

THANK YOU AND THE BOARD AND EVERYONE INVOLVED HER GREAT JOB AND LOOK FORWARD TO A LITTLE BIT AFTER THE PANDEMIC SEE WHAT WE HAVE COMING UP AFTER THAT. WE HAVE GREAT STARTS WITH THE AMERICAN EXPRESS CONCERTS COMING UP. TENNIS TOURNAMENTS. I THINK THINGS ARE TURNING AROUND. AND IT'S ALL THE CREDIT

TO YOU AND YOUR TEAM. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU THANK YOU.

COUNCILMEMBER ORTIZ? >> WANT TO SAY THANK YOU AS WELL. IT'S GREAT TO SEE THE CITY OF IF YOU AND THE COACHELLA VALLEY ON SO MANY DIFFERENT PUBLICATIONS AROUND THE US AND AROUND THE WORLD. WE APPRECIATE YOUR HARD WORK IN GETTING OUR NAME OUT THERE AND GETTING THOSE IMAGES, THE BEAUTIFUL IMAGES OF OUR CITY AND VALLEY OUT TO THOSE AREAS.

TO LET PEOPLE KNOW WHERE HERE AND WE HAVE GREAT BUSINESSES HERE AT THE READY TO WELCOME THEM INTO OUR HOME.

THANK YOU AND IF YOU EVER NEED ANYTHING

FROM US PLEASE LET US KNOW. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

>> COUNCILMEMBER AMITH?

>> THANK YOU MAYOR FERMON I THANK YOU SCOTT AND COLLEEN FOR THE PRESENTATION.

I HAVE BEEN ON THE SEAT THE DEEP BOARD FOR 10 YEARS.

PROBABLY SINCE WE HIRED YOU SCOTT.

>> IT'S BEEN 10 YEARS.

>> I RECALL THAT YOU USED TO PRESENT OPPORTUNITIES TO EACH OF THE CITIES TO INFEST IN ADDITIONAL CAMPAIGNS. AND I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S CONTINUES TO BE AT PRACTICE TODAY MY QUESTION IS, WHO DO THOSE OPPORTUNITIES GO TO? I FEEL THAT OUR CITY IS OF THE POINT WHERE WE NEED TO START CONSIDERING ADDITIONAL PROMOTION.

AND I THINK THE BEST THING FOR OUR BUCK IS TO PIGGYBACK OFF OF ALREADY OF WHAT YOU'RE DOING. THE QUESTION IS, WHERE THOSE PROMOTIONS GO? WHO'S ATTENTION TO THE GO TO?

>> WAS CERTAINLY TO HAVE THOSE MARKETING CO-OPS THAT ARE HIGHLY SUBSIDIZED.

CALLING, WE SHOW THAT WITHIN INDIO?

>> TYPICALLY SHARE IT WITH

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WE HAVE MEETINGS WHERE WE TALK THROUGH SOME OF THESE THINGS. DAVID'S SENSE ABOUT THE PARTNERSHIP PORTAL AS WELL. I'M HAPPY TO RESEND THAT OVER AND INCLUDE MORE INFORMATION AND SHARE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AT

ANY TIME. >> IF THEY'RE ALREADY GOING TO MARKETING DIRECTOR THAT WE JUST NEED TO GIVE HER THE GREEN LIGHT TO START CONSIDERING SOME OF THOSE. CREATING A BUDGET SO WE CAN BE A PART OF THAT. I KNOW HISTORICALLY INDIO HAS NOT BEEN A PART OF THAT.

BUT, THAT WAS BECAUSE WE WERE ALWAYS AUTUMN OF THE TOTEM POLE AND TYPICALLY HAVE A LOT TO OFFER. THAT'S CHANGED OVER THE LAST 15 YEARS. SO I HOPE OUR MARKETING DIRECTORS AND THE AUDIENCE AND WHEN IT COMES TIME FOR HER TO CONSIDER HER BUDGET FOR THE YEAR THAT SHE INCORPORATES SOME OF THE PARTNERSHIPS THAT WE CAN HAVE WITH THE CITY.

THANK YOU FOLKS THAT WOULD BE

WONDERFUL. THANK YOU. >> AND I WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU AS WELL. LOVE SERVING ON THE BOARD. THERE ARE SOME EXTRAORDINARY WORK THAT GOES ON. I LOVE THE DATA.

A COUPLE OF THINGS LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT THIS AIR SERVICE DEVELOPMENT.

THAT SOMETHING NEAR AND DEAR TO ME. I STAND IN MY BACKYARD AND I WATCH THE SOUTHWEST FLIGHTS FLY OVER MY HOUSE HUNTING IN THE PALM SPRINGS. YOU SEE THAT. THAT'S GOOD BUSINESS FOR ALL OF US IN ALL OF OUR CITIES. INDIA WINS, PALM SPRINGS WINS, LA QUINTA WINS, OR WHO VALLEY WINS.

THE FOLKS THAT COME IN TO ENJOY THE AMENITIES. ESPECIALLY WITH HER TENNIS TOURNAMENTS, OUR FESTIVALS ARE LOCAL RESTAURANTS, OUR ENTREPRENEURS WERE TAKING CENTER STAGE IN INDIO.

WE APPRECIATE IT.

ALSO, THERE'S SOMETHING THAT I NOTICED. HUNDRED 58 BUSINESSES GET THEIR MARKETING DONE FOR FREE. IN INDIO, THAT'S GREAT.

HUNDRED 58 BUSINESSES.

THAT'S GREAT FOR CITY ENGRAVER DEVELOPMENT.

IT'S GREAT FOR OUR LOCAL ENTREPRENEURS WHO ARE JUST STARTING UP. NEED SOME ASSISTANCE.

AND, I NOTICED THAT I'VE SEEN – COFFEE. I SAW SHIELDS BAKERY. THOSE ARE PLACES FOLKS LOVE TO VISIT.

THE COMING FROM OTHER CITIES AND ARE FAILING TO VISIT THOSE AREAS.

I REALLY LOVE THAT AND APPRECIATE IT. ALSO, BEFORE I CONCLUDE ON THE TEASER VIDEO I SAW THE CLIP OF FRANK SINATRA'S HOUSE. I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT PERSONALLY.

THANK YOU FOR THE WORK YOU'RE DOING. IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT WE COULD DO FURTHERMORE PLEASE LET US KNOW. LOOKING FORWARD TO A GREAT FESTIVAL SEASON. THEY KEY FOR THE MARKETING FOR THE CITY OF INDIO.

>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH MAYOR. WE APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT AND TIME.

GOOD LUCK WITH ALL OF YOUR EFFORTS AND WE APPRECIATE YOUR SERVING THE COMMUNITY.

NO INDIO'S GOT AN INCREDIBLE FUTURE AND OF ITSELF. THERE'S A LOT OF EXCITING THINGS HAPPENING. LOOK FORWARD TO SHARING THAT WITH THE WORLD.

>> THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE YOU.

>> THANK YOU.

GOOD NIGHT EVERYBODY. >> THANK YOU.

GOOD NIGHT. >> WE WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD. I WANT TO ADVISE EVERYONE WE MAY HAVE TO MAKE SOME MODIFICATIONS TO THE AGENDA BEING THAT WE HAVE IT I DON'T HAVE TO START EXACTLY AT 6 PM.

WE WILL CONTINUE WITH HER NEXT

[6. REPORT ON CITY COUNCIL EXTERNAL/INTERNAL BOARDS, COMMISSIONS AND COMMITTEE MEETINGS AND REPORT ON MEETINGS ATTENDED PER GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 53232.3(d)]

>> MIKE COMMISSIONS WERE DARK. I DIDN'T HAVE ANY LAST 2 WEEKS. WHEN I MENTIONED, I PARTICIPATED IN COMMUNITY CLEANUP.

WE HAD TO SO FAR.

THAT HAVE GONE VERY WELL.

IT WERE ABLE TO GET RID OF SOME THE THINGS THAT ARE IN THEIR HOMES OR THEIR BACKYARDS FOR THE GARAGES.

WE BEEN ABLE TO GET IN AND INSTILLED SOME COMMUNITY PRIDE AND CLEAN AND SHINE AND PAINT.

OUR CITY MANAGER IS A TREMENDOUS PAIN OR APPEARED AS A GOING TO FIND OUT. SO, THERE WAS 2 MORE. THERE'S 2 MORE CLEANOUTS, OR 3 MORE I THINK. VIDEO.ORG WILL SHOW YOU THE DATES COMING OUT. A VOLUNTEER, HELP.

ALSO IF YOU HAVE THINGS IN YOUR YARD OR YOUR HOME THAT YOU WANT TO GET RID OF, WOOD, APPLIANCES, TRASH, TREES, WHATEVER.

PUT THEM OUT ON THE DATE WE ARE GOING TO BE SWINGING BY YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND WE WILL CLEAN IT UP. I LOVE TO HAVE MORE PARTICIPATION FROM THE COMMUNITY.

PLEASE, JOIN US.

THIS PAST WEEKEND I ATTENDED THE 30TH OR 35TH ANNUAL SOUTHWEST ARTS FESTIVAL.

WHY, I THINK THIS WAS A BANNER YEAR AND TERMS FROM A FINANCIAL PERSPECTIVE.

FROM ATTENDANCE, 2500 PEOPLE CAME IN ON SATURDAY.

AS I WAS TALKING TO MANY OF THE ARTISTS. THEY SAID THIS WAS THEIR BEST YEAR.

THEY COULDN'T KEEP THE THINGS THAT THEY HAVE MADE UP.

THEY WERE SELLING LIKE CRAZY.

A MUTUAL BENEFIT FOR THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.

EARLY ADVOCATES OF SUPPORTS OUR BUSINESSES FOR OUR COMMUNITY THAT BROUGHT SUCH A WONDERFUL GROUP OF PEOPLE HERE TO SUPPORT THE ARTS FESTIVAL AND FOR THE VENDORS AS WELL.

AND MAYOR THEY GIVE THOSE ARE 2 THINGS.

>> GREAT, I WILL CONTINUE THAT BY A SHORT REPORT.

MIGHT BOARD COMMISSIONS WERE DARK. I DID ATTEND ONE OF THE CLEANUPS OVER DISTRICT TO IN NORTH

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GIVE US AN OPPORTUNITY TO ENGAGE OUR FOLKS AND GET OUR HANDS DIRTY OUT THERE.

PAINT SOME FENCES AND CHECK OUT THE PARKS. SEE ANY KIND OF IMPROVEMENTS WE NEEDED AT THE PARKS.

ALSO, I MISSED THE SECOND ONE. THESE ARE GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO KEEP OUR COMMUNITY CLEAN BUT, WHAT I WANT THE PUBLIC TO KNOW IS IF YOU HAVE TRASH BIG ITEMS WE STILL HAVE THAT SERVICE WITH PROTECT. IF YOU GIVE THEM A CALL THEY WILL PICK UP ANY CURRENT TRASH YOU HAVE IF WE COME AROUND OR MISS YOU. PROTECT WILL STILL PICK UP THOSE ITEMS ON YOUR SIDE TRASH DAY. I THANK YOU NEED A WEEK IN ADVANCE NOTICE. IF YOU GO ONLINE.

FUTURE DATES FOR OUR COMMUNITY CLEANUPS ARE ON INDIO.ORG. PLEASE CHECK THOSE OUT AND FOLLOW INDIO LIVE. SUBSCRIBE TO THAT.

A LOT OF INFORMATION. I WILL PASS IT OVER TO COUNCILMEMBER MILLER.

>> TO GET MR. MAYOR. I DO, BUT MY COMMITTEES WHO WERE ACTIVE. FIRST WAS SELLING TRANSIT AGENCY.

THEY RECEIVE A 2021 EXCELLENCE AND TRANSPORTATION AWARD WITH CALTRANS. IT'S A BIG FEATHER IN THEIR CAP. CALTRANS IS THROUGHOUT THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA AND RECOGNIZE THEM FOR THE GREAT WORK NOT JUST WITH THE BUS LINE BUT, THEIR CONTINUED SUPPORT OF HYDROGEN CELL FUEL.

GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO HIGHLIGHT THIS ONLINE TRANSIT AGENCY. THEN ALSO THERE LOOKING AT A NEW PIECE OF PROPERTY TO EXPAND BECAUSE OF THE HYDROGEN CELL FUEL BUSES.

THEY'RE LOOKING AT A COUPLE OF OPPORTUNITIES NEARBY THE LOCATION OUT TO BE ABLE TO EXPAND AND THAT'S A GOOD OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO HOPEFULLY INCREASE OUR FLEET AND LOOKED TOWARDS HYDROGEN CELL FUEL FOR OUR VEHICLES AND OTHER STUFF TOO. THAT'S A GREAT ONE.

THE COACHELLA VALLEY ASSOCIATION GOVERNMENT AND PERSONAL. WE TALKED ABOUT OUR LOBBYING. THE SEAT BACK WHEN I HAD AND STARTED TO HIRE THEIR OWN FEDERAL AND STATE LOBBYIST TO GET SOME OF THE GRANT MONEY TO SUBMIT SIMILAR APPLICATIONS. AGAINST THE CITY'S BUT IN CONJUNCTION WITH A DIFFERENT LOBBYIST WE CAN USE MORE SUPPORT IN SACRAMENTO AND WASHINGTON D.C.. ALSO, JUST LIKE SOMEONE, SEE FAGG HAS HAD QUITE A BIT OF TURNOVER. THERE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR GOOD PEOPLE. IF YOU'RE LOOKING TO GET INTO GOVERNMENT AGENCY JOB OR SUNLIGHT TRANSIT AGENCY THERE LOOKING FOR PEOPLE TO COME TO WORK AT WORK FOR THEM. PLEASE KEEP AN EYE OUT FOR SEE FAGG OR SELLING TRANSIT AGENCY.

I'VE BEEN HERE FOR MANY YEARS AND IT'S A HIGHLIGHT OF OUR SEASON.

WHAT A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO HIGHLIGHT OUR PUBLIC CLUBS IN OUR COMMUNITY AS WELL.

MY HAT OFF TO THE CHAMBER COMMERCE EVERYONE INVOLVED.

IT'S A GREAT EVENT.

AND I BOUGHT A FEW PIECES OF ART MYSELF. CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL.

THAT'S IT MR. MAYOR. THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU. MAYOR PRO

TEM ORTIZ? >> THANK YOU MAYOR.

THANK YOU ALL FOR JOINING US TODAY FOR A MEETING. I ATTEND THE SOUTHWEST ARTS FESTIVAL. I ATTENDED WITH MY PUBLIC ARTS COMMISSIONER. IT WAS GREAT WEATHER A GREAT EVENT. READ A LOT OF GREAT ARTISTS ON A LOT OF FULL PIECES OF ART ON DISPLAY.

AND FOR SALE. WE APPRECIATE THE CHAMBER PUTTING IT ON IN THE CITY.

I ALSO ATTENDED THE 2 NEIGHBORHOOD CLEANUPS. I WANT TO GIVE A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO ALL OF OUR STUFF THAT SHOWED UP. AND ALSO OUR STAFF AT PROTECT AND OR INDIO POLICE DEPARTMENT ENTER INDIO FIRE DEPARTMENT.

ALL OF THEM SHOWED UP TO HELP CLEAN UP PEOPLE'S YARDS.

HELP DECODER PEOPLE'S YARDS AND HOMES AND GET RID OF A LOT OF OLD APPLIANCES AND FURNITURE.

IT WAS A GREAT EVENT.

ANOTHER RESIDENCE I SPOKE TO APPRECIATED THE EFFORTS ON BEHALF OF OUR STAFF AND THE OTHER ORGANIZATIONS.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

LOOK FORWARD TO THE NEXT CLEANUPS.

LIKE OUR COUNCILMEMBER SAID, IF YOU'D LIKE TO PARTICIPATE, PLEASE CONTACT JIM CURTIS AT HER CITY STAFF. WE WILL BE HAVING 3 MORE CLEANUPS AND INDIO PRETTY SOON. I ALSO HAD A LOT OF CALLS ABOUT THE SHORT-TERM RENTAL FEES. AND WE RECENTLY INCREASED OUR FEES.

I SPOKE A BIT ABOUT THE TIER SYSTEM. I KNOW THIS YEAR WE COULDN'T MAKE IT HAPPEN.

I WANT TO SEE IF WE CAN MAKE IT HAPPEN FOR NEXT YEAR. FOR THAT PERMITTING PROCESS TO HAVE DIFFERENT TIERS FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE RENTING OUT YOUR LONG, THEIR HOMES YEAR ROUND AND FOR THOSE WHO ARE JUST RENTING THEM OUT FOR SHORT PERIOD OF TIME FOR THOSE FESTIVALS. IF WE COULD GET SOME KIND OF TIER SYSTEM GOING FOR THOSE FEES.

I KNOW IT'S A BIT UNFAIR TO WEIGH THEM EQUALLY HEAVY ON THOSE 2 DIFFERENT SETS OF RENTERS.

THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR TODAY. THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU.

COUNCILMEMBER AMITH GIVE A REPORT FOR US?

>> I JUST WANT TO GIVE AN UPDATE ON THE THRILL BILL THAT IS COMING TO THE RIVERSIDE COUNTY DATE FESTIVAL GROUNDS.

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GENERAL ADMISSION IS $10 AND UNLIMITED RIDE PASS WILL BE $35. IT WILL BE FILLED WITH YOUR FAVORITES.

CARNIVAL RIDES, GAMES AND FOOD BOOTHS BRING ALL THE BEST FOR TREATS AS WELL AS ENTERTAINMENT FOR THE WHOLE FAMILIES.

FAMILIES LOOKING FOR EXCITEMENT WILL SEE SOME OF THEIR FAVORITE SUCH AS BUTLER AMUSEMENT, A FLYING ROYAL CIRCUS, LIVE SHARK ENCOUNTERS, CARTOON PORTALS, COMEDY MAGIC SHOWS, LIVE MUSIC AND MORE. CHILDREN UNDER THE AGE OF 5 AND SENIORS OVER THE AGE OF 65 WILL BE ADMITTED FOR FREE.

SO, BY NOW, SKIP THE LINE.

YOU COULD GO TO THRILL BILL.COM AND TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT THE ENTERTAINMENT OPTIONS WILL BE AND BUY YOUR TICKETS FOR THE EVENT. THANK YOU MAYOR.

>> GREAT, CUTS MEMBER AMITH, TO HAVE THE INFORMATION ON THE PARADE?

>> NO, I DO NOT BUT I DOUBT THERE WILL BE A

PARADE. >> OKAY GREAT BOOKS I HAVE REQUESTED FROM THE CORVETTE CLUB THAT IF WE ARE UNABLE TO SECURE CONVERTIBLES FROM ONE OF OUR AUTO DEALERSHIPS WHICH IS GOING TO BE VERY DIFFICULT TO DO RIGHT OUT WITH THE CAR SHORTAGE.

THE CORVETTE CLUB WILL PROVIDE CARS FOR US.

WE JUST NEED TO LET THEM KNOW IN ADVANCE.

>> WOW, GREAT. SOUNDS A GREAT IDEA.

THANK YOU. WE LOOK FORWARD TO WRITING

IN MY CORVETTE. >> ANY GOOD TO BE THE ONE IN FRONT. I WILL TAKE UP THE BAT. I WILL HAVE A CORVETTE. THAT WILL BE AWESOME.

>> OKAY, THANK YOU FOR YOUR REPORT. SO WE WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ON.

ARE WE GOING TO DO THE

[7.1 Appointment to the Mobile Home Fair Practices Commission by Councilmem...]

>> THINK IT MR. MAYOR.

I DO HAVE AN APPOINTEE I LIKE TO HAVE THE COUNCIL VOTE ON. START PETE CHRIS IS A COMMUNITY BUSINESSMAN. COMMUNITY LEADER WHO'S BEEN TRYING TO GET ON THE COMMISSION FOR MANY, MANY YEARS NOW.

HE'S BEEN PUTTING HIS NAME IN THE HAT FOR US TO LOOK AT HIM. THIS TIME WE GOT A LITTLE SPARE TIME BETWEEN ALL THE STUFF HE DOES FOR OUR COMMUNITY.

HE'S HERE THE AUDIENCE OF VACUUM TO COME UP AND INTRODUCE HIMSELF AND I LIKE TO HAVE A VOTE ON HIS

APPOINTMENT. >> GREAT. >> COULD HE BEAT MR. MAYOR, COUNCIL, HOW ARE YOU? I'M JUST HAPPY TO BE CONSIDERED. COUNCILMEMBER MILLER THANK YOU FOR CONSIDERING ME OF THE SERVER PEOPLE AND BETTER

OUR COMMUNITY. >> GREAT.

WE HAVE A

MOTION? >> I WILL MAKE THAT MOTION. ABSOLUTELY.

>> I WILL SECOND THAT

MOTION. >> WE'VE GOT A MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER HOLMES ON A CIRCUIT MY MAYOR PRO TEM ORTIZ. CAN I GET A ROLL CALL VOTE PLEASE.

[VOTING] >> MOTION PASSES.

WELCOME TO OUR MOBILE HOME COMMISSION. LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU.

THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER MILLER FOR BRINGING US TO THIS.

I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU.

THANK YOU. THE FLOOR IS YOURS.

>> THANK YOU FOR VOLUNTEERING FOR THIS MR. CRIST. HER HAND AND REPEAT AFTER ME.

I PETE CHRIS DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR SUPPORT DEFENDANT THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES AND THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA.

AGAINST ALL ENEMIES FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC AND THAT I WILL BEAR TRUTH FAITH AND ALLEGIANCE TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES AND THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA THAT I TAKE THIS OBLIGATION FREELY WITHOUT ANY MENTAL RESERVATION OR PURPOSE OF EVASION I WILL WELL AND FAITHFULLY DISCHARGE THE DUTIES I AM ABOUT TO ENTER FOR POSITION ON THE MOBILE HOME CARE PRACTICES COMMISSION FOR THE CITY OF INDIO. ACCORDING TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY.

PLEASE SIGN HERE FOR ME.

[APPLAUSE] >> THANK YOU.

>> THINK EVERYONE.

MR. CHRIS THANK YOU FOR

VOLUNTEERING. >> THANK YOU.

>> WE WILL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ITEM WHICH IS CITY

[8.1 Review of 2021 Crime Stats]

A .1 REVIEW ON 22 WHEN CRIME STOP

THIS. >> I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT

[00:50:01]

>> ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU. >> I HAVE SOME SLIDES IF WE CAN PUT THOSE UP.

SO WERE LOOKING AT HERE IS VIOLENT CRIME BUT LOOKING AT THE DIFFERENT LINES.

THE TOP ONE THERE, THOSE ARE AGGRAVATED ASSAULTS.

AS YOU CAN SEE IT WAVERS QUITE A BIT FROM YEAR-TO-YEAR.

THIS IS A 10 YEAR TREND.

THE PUNCHLINE REALLY IS THAT WE HAVE THE LOWEST CRIME WE'VE HAD IN AN ENTIRE DECADE HERE INDIO.

WE SHOULD CELEBRATE THAT.

LOOKING AT THE NEXT COLOR LINE. WHICH IS, I LOST MY SCALE. ROBBERIES ARE DOWN BELOW. YOU SEE IT DABS.

THE LOWEST LINE IS, SIDES WHICH IS BARELY OFF THE ZERO LINE. WE GENERALLY HAVE BETWEEN WE HAD 8 THIS PARTICULAR ERA.

THE ONE UP IS RAPE.

THE BLUE LINE. NEXT SLIDE.

>> THIS BREAKS IT DOWN BETWEEN VIOLENT CRIME AND PROPERTY CRIME. VIOLENT CRIME IS THE GREEN LINES AND THE ORANGE LINES ARE PROPERTY CRIME. AS YOU CAN SEE IT DOES HAVE THAT DOWNWARD TREND.

AND I'M SAVE THE BEST FOR LAST.

THE FINAL SLIDE HERE DOES THOSE TRENDLINES.

AGAIN, YOU LOOK AT THE VIOLENT CRIME. SPENT STUDY OF THE LAST 10 YEARS.

THE NEXT TREND LINE THAT SHOWS THE DOWNWARD TREND. THAT IS PROPERTY CRIME.

LINE IN THE MIDDLE, THE DOWNWARD TREND IS TOTAL CRIME.

FOR OUR CITY WHICH YOU CAN SEE IT HAS BEEN STEADILY DECLINING. IF YOU LOOK AT THE SCALE ON THE LEFT, THE TOTAL CRIME NUMBERS.

WERE TALKING ABOUT 3RD LESS CRIME THEN WE HAD A DECADE AGO. 3000 INCIDENTS ROUGHLY. DOWN TO ABOUT 2000 THIS LAST YEAR.

IT'S EVEN MORE MARKET WHEN YOU LOOK AT OUR POPULATION HAS DONE WHICH IS THE TOP LINE. OUR POPULATION HAS CONTINUED TO INCREASE AS OUR CRIME RATE HAS DECREASED. OUR CRIME RATE IS EVEN MORE MARKEDLY DOWN. CRIME RATE OR CRIME INDEX IS OUR CRIME DIVIDED BY HUNDRED THOUSAND POPULATION. AGAIN, THIS IS GREAT NEWS.

THE LOWEST CRIME OF THE DECADE.

20/20 WAS OUR LOWEST PROPERTY CRIME THAT WE HAD IN A DECADE. 2016 WAS THE LOWEST VIOLENT CRIME.

AGAIN, TOTAL CRIME, LOWEST IT'S EVER BEEN. I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

>> WOW. ANY QUESTIONS FOR

THE CHIEF? >> THANK YOU FOR THE GREAT WORK. HIS PHENOMENAL.

>> I WOULD SAY THINK OF A GREAT WORK ETHIC YOU FOR BRINGING THIS TO US.

DURING COVID AND THERE WERE A LOT OF TRANSIT WENT ON THE NATION.

AND TO SEE CENTER CITY WAS ABLE TO MAINTAIN THOSE NUMBERS KEEP THOSE NUMBERS LOW.

IT'S A TESTAMENT TO MARK POLICE DEPARTMENT, TO OUR CODE ENFORCEMENT, EDUCATORS, TOUR CULTURES, OUR COMMUNITY LEADERS.

DEFINITELY TAKES A TEAM EFFORT WHEN YOU COMBAT CRIME. WE APPRECIATE THE EFFORTS OF THE MEN AND WOMEN AT INDIO PD.

THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS TO US. MAYOR PRO TEM?

>> FIRST OF ALL THANK YOU FOR BRINGING US THESE NUMBERS.

I'VE GOT ONE QUESTION.

FROM YOUR PERSPECTIVE WHAT YOU THINK IS LEADING TO THESE REDUCTIONS IN CRIME?

>> IT'S VERY COMPLEX.

HAVING STUDIED THIS FOR MANY YEARS. PART OF WHAT WE HAVE HERE IS VERY UNIQUE AND INDIO IS OUR COMMUNITY POLICING TIES TO OUR COMMUNITY. WE DO A LOT OF WHAT WE DO WITH OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS AND BUSINESSES. PEOPLE TAKING CARE OF THEIR OWN ISSUES.

PARTICULARLY FOR SOME OF THOSE NUISANCE THINGS.

THE MORE THEY TAKE CARE OF THAT IT ALLOWS US TO FOCUS ON STUFF WE DON'T WANT OUR CITIZENS INVOLVED IN WHICH IS THE FURTHER CRIME ASPECT. IT'S PRETTY COMPLEX. IT HAS A LOT TO DO WITH THE ECONOMY AND EVERYTHING ELSE. BUT, WE ALSO, NO MAYOR FERMON IS AWARE OF OUR GANG

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>> THANK YOU CHIEF. WE WILL MOVE ON TO, WE WILL

[9. CONSENT CALENDAR]

>> ALL MAKE THE MOTION TO

PRESENTED. >> NEW SPEAKERS.

>> ALL MAKE THE MOTION TO ACCEPT THE CAN CYLINDER 9 POINT ONE THROUGH 9.9 AS

PRESENTED. >> I WILL SECOND THAT

MOTION. >> WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCILMEMBER MILLER AND A SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER HOLMES. [VOTING]

>> CONSENT CALENDAR PASSES. WE HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING ON 10. WE HAVE A FEW MINUTES PRIOR TO 6 PM.

WE WILL TAKE A SHORT RECESS AND RECONVENE AT 6.

>> IS APPROXIMATELY 103.

WE ARE RECONVENING WITH OUR CITY COUNCILMEN E.

[10.1 Fourth Public Hearing to Receive Input from the Community Regarding th...]

10.1. 4TH PUBLIC HEARING TO RECEIVE INPUT FROM THE COMMUNITY REGARDING THE REDRAWING OF DISTRICT BOUNDARIES AND CONTINUED THE PRESENTATION OF DRAFT DISTRICT MAPS. PUBLIC HEARING HAS TO BEGIN PROBABLY AT 6 PM.

CITY ATTORNEY. >> THANK YOU MR. MAYOR. I WANT TO REINTRODUCE OUR CONSULTANT, JEFF FROM NRD WILL GO AHEAD AND PROVIDE A POWERPOINT PRESENTATION.

AND THEN WE WILL GO FROM

THERE. >> NDC.

>> RORY MCLLROY THEM HUGS WEEK:US LIKE NBC.

LIKE THE TV STATION.

IT ALL WORKS.

GOOD EVENING EVERYONE ON JEFF'S AMENITY WITH NDC. AGAIN, AS ALWAYS WE APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK WITH YOU. TONIGHT WE WILL BE GOING THROUGH A QUICK PRESENTATION OF THE PROJECT TIMELINES. SOME OF OUR NEXT STEPS OF HEARINGS.

WHAT WE WILL DO IS REVIEW THE NEW DRAFT MAPS THAT WE HAVE EITHER RECEIVED OR PUT TOGETHER A RESPONSE TO SOME CONCERT REQUEST. THAT WILL MOVE FORWARD ON THE DISCUSSION ASSOCIATED WITH THE DRAFT MAPS. AS A REMINDER, WITHOUT THE SLIDE OF A COUPLE OF TIMES.

IT'S IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER THE PROCESS AND WHY WE ARE GOING THROUGH THE REDISTRICTING PROCESS AND WHAT ARE THE RULES AND LAWS THAT GOVERNS THIS PROCESS. FIRST IS A FEDERAL LAWS. PARTICULARLY PERTAINING TO THE FEDERAL VOTING RIGHTS ACT.

WHICH HAS 2 MAIN COMPONENTS. DISTRICTS AND HAVE GENERAL EQUAL POPULATION MEANING THERE COULD BE NO GREATER THAN 10 PERCENT DEVIATION.

AND THERE COULD BE NO RACIAL GERRYMANDERING. IN THE MIDDLE WE HAVE THE CALIFORNIA CRITERIA FOR CITIES WHICH PERTAINS TO ASSEMBLY BILL 849 FOR THE FAIR MAPS ACT.

THEY HAVE 4 RANK ORDERED CRITERIA.

FIRST, DISTRICTS HAVE TO BE GEOGRAPHICALLY CONTIGUOUS. AFTER HAVE PRACTICABLE UNDIVIDED NEIGHBORHOODS AND COMMUTERS OF INTEREST.

GEOGRAPHIC AREAS SHOULD BE KEPT TOGETHER. THEFT HAVE IDENTIFIABLE BOUNDARIES AND THEY HAVE TO BE COMBAT.

ONCE WE GET THROUGH THOSE WE CAN LOOK AT REDISTRICTING PRINCIPLES.

WE CAN LOOK AT POTENTIAL POPULATION GROWTH. WE CAN LOOK AT PRESERVING THE CORE OF EXISTING DISTRICTS AND MINIMIZING FOLDERS THAT ARE SHIFT TO THE DIFFERENT ELECTION YEARS.

IT WAS PRINCIPLES COME AFTER WE FULFILL FEDERAL AND STATE LAWS. WHY ARE WE GOING THROUGH THE REDISTRICTING PROCESS? AGAIN, WE TALKED ABOUT THE LAST SLIDE WE TALKED ABOUT THE FEDERAL VOTING RIGHTS ACT.

THAT SUBSTANTIALLY EQUAL POPULATION. WE CAN HAVE A NO GREATER THAN 10 PERCENT POPULATION DEVIATION.

AS YOU WILL SEE HERE WITH YOUR EXISTING DISTRICTS USING THE 2020 CENSUS DATA. WE HAVE A 10.08 PERCENT POPULATION DEVIATION.

SLIGHTLY OVER THE ALLOWABLE AMOUNT.

THE OTHER THING LOOKING OUT IS WE HAVE 3 EXISTING DISTRICTS 2 3 AND 4 THAT HAVE MAJORITY LATINO CITIZEN AGE VOTING POPULATION.

SOMETHING TO CONSIDER AS WE MOVE FORWARD LOOKING AT THE DEMOGRAPHICS OF THE NEW MAPS.

ALSO WE CAN SEE THIS VISUALLY IN TERMS OF WHERE THE LATINO VOTING AGE RELATION IS.

LATINO CITIZEN VOTING ALL PARTS OF THE CITY. PARTICULARLY PARTS OF DISTRICTS ONE, 2 AND 4 HAVE LEARNED

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SINCE THE LAST COUNCIL MEETING, WE HAVE HAD FOR NEW MAPS.

WE MADE 3 AS NDC/STAFF.

WE MADE 3 REVISED MAPS TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION THE COUNCIL DIRECTION WE HAVE RECEIVED LABELED 110, 110 A AND 111.

ONE NEW PLAN WAS MANY THROUGH THE ONLINE MAPPING TOOL.

AND THAT IS PLAN 112 FROM INDIO RESIDENCE UNITED.

THE RANGER OF TONIGHT'S HEARING WE WILL GO THROUGH THE OVERVIEW OF THE DRAFT MAPS.

IF THE COUNCIL HAS CONSENSUS WE WILL PROVIDE DIRECTION ON THE PREFERRED MAP FOR INTRODUCTION OF THE NEXT MEETING WHICH WILL BE FEBRUARY 16.

ROBERT THIS HAS TO BE PASSED BY AN ORDINANCE.

THE REQUIRE 2 HEARINGS OR ECSTASY TO READINGS OF AN ORDINANCE. I FIGURE 16TH WILL BE THE ORDINANCE INTRODUCTION. MARCH 2 WILL BE THE ORDINANCE ADOPTION HEARING.

THIS MUST BE COMPLETED NO LATER THEN APRIL 17, 2022 FOR THE CITY TO ADOPT AND SUBMIT THEM OUT TO THE REGISTRAR OF VOTERS IN TIME FOR THE NUMBER OF 22 ELECTIONS. WITHOUT.

THERE APPEARED AND SEE IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS IN PARTICULAR ABOUT THE PRESENTATION. THEN WE WILL GO BACK INTO THE

DRAFT MAPS. >> THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING ITEM. WHAT I WOULD DO NOW IS I WILL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AND, WE WILL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING. WE CAN START WITH FOLKS WHO ARE HERE FROM THE COMMUNITY.

THEN WE WILL GO ONLINE.

[INAUDIBLE]. >> TO GO THROUGH THAT MAPS FIRST THEN WE WILL TAKE PUBLIC HEARING COMMENTS AND THEN WE WILL BRING IT

BACK TO THE COUNCIL. >> NO WORRIES.

>> THANK YOU, SORRY ABOUT THAT. >> NOT A PROBLEM.

OKAY. DO WE HAVE THE MAP WEBSITE

UP? >> I THINK VANESSA IS

GOING TO GET IT UP. >> OKAY, THANK YOU.

DO YOU HAVE WHAT YOU NEED?

>> YES.

SO, SO THAT EVERYBODY CAN UNDERSTAND WHAT WE ARE LOOKING AT. FOR EACH ONE OF THE PLANS YOU WILL SEE THAT WE HAVE, IF YOU TOGGLE ON AND OFF THE MAP AND WILL SHOW THE DISTRICTS IN COLORS.

FOR THE BLUE DOTTED LINES, THEFT SHOWING OUTLINE OF WHERE THE EXISTING DISTRICTS ARE. SO YOU CAN SEE WHEN CHANGES WITH EACH ONE OF THE MAPS. AND SO, FOR RESIDENTS AS HOME AS WELL IF YOU GO TO THE PAGE HE WANTED TO SEE THIS. IF YOU LEAVE THE EXISTING DISTRICT BOX CHECKED THAT WILL SHOW YOU THE OUTLINE OF THE DISTRICTS.

THE LAST CITY COUNSEL MEETING ONE OF THE DIRECTIONS WE RECEIVED WAS PARTICULARLY TO LOOK AT DISTRICT 4.

WANTED TO ADD SOME OF THE AREA AROUND INDIO HIGH SCHOOL INTO DISTRICT 4.

WE DID 2 ITERATIONS OF THAT AMOUNT. SO, GENERALLY FOLLOWS THE EXISTING DISTRICTS. HERE DISTRICT 5 WHICH IS HIGHLY UP INTO DISTRICT FOR IN THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF THE MAP OF DISTRICT 5.

WITH A SLIGHT PUSH INTO THE AREA JUST SOUTH OF THE 10 FREEWAY FOR DISTRICT 3.

THIS IS THE AREA IN PARTICULAR WERE WE MADE CHANGES TO. HERE WE ADDED THE AREA AROUND INDIO HIGH SCHOOL INTO DISTRICT 4 FROM DISTRICT 5.

ANOTHER ITERATION OF THIS IS PLAN 110 A.

THIS WOULD, INSTEAD OF PUTTING THAT AREA INTO DISTRICT FOR WOULD KEEP ALL OF THIS AREA AS WELL IN DISTRICT 5.

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THE COMMUNITIES OF INTEREST TOGETHER OF THE DOWNTOWN.

THEN ADDED THE AREA WHO HAVE DISTRICT FOR GO FURTHER SOUTH ALL THE WAY TO THE SOUTHERN BORDER OF THE CITY. THEN ADDED AN AREA JUST SOUTH OF 51ST AND WEST OF MONROE.

INTO DISTRICT FOR TURBULENCE OF THE POPULATION. FOR YOUR DISTRICTS TO THE NORTH WE ADDED THIS AREA TO THE NORTH SIDE OF THE CURRENT DISTRICT 2. THEN ROUNDED OFF THE POPULATION FOR DISTRICT TO TO THE EAST OF THE CITY. THE FINAL CRAFT MAP WE LOOK AT THIS EVENING IS INDIO PLAN 112.

AGAIN THIS IS FROM THE INDIO RESIDENCE UNITED.

IT HAS SOME GENERALLY SIMILAR AREAS TO THE NORTH IN TERMS OF DISTRICT 1.

THE CHANGES THIS MAP MADE FROM PLAN 109 IS PARTICULARLY DISTRICT 4 AND 5. HERE IN THE SOUTHERN PLAN DISTRICT FOR FOR PLAN 109 FOR THE ORIGINAL PLAN THEY SUBMITTED WENT DOWN ALL THE WAY TO THE SOUTH OF THE CITY. SO THIS MAP ADDS TO START 5 ALL IN THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE CITY.

THEN I CONSUME IN.

YOU WILL SEE THERE ARE SOME PARTS HERE AS WELL IN THAT THEY ADDED INTO DISTRICT FOR AROUND INDIO HIGH SCHOOL. THOSE OF THE OVERVIEW OF THE MAPS.

AT THIS POINT IF YOU WANT TO OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING THEN WE COULD CONTINUE THE DISCUSSION AFTER THAT.

>> THE PUBLIC HEARING IS OPEN ALREADY. THAT'S FINE WITH IT OPEN.

MS. CARRERO DO WE HAVE FOLKS ONLINE

WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK? >> YES WE DO REP MR.

– –. >> WILL GO AHEAD AND START

WITH MR. SILVA. >> GOOD EVENING, CAN YOU

HEAR ME? >> MAYBE A LITTLE LEVER

SIR. >> HOW ABOUT NOW? IF LIKE I'M YELLING, CAN I BE

HEARD? >> JUST SPEAK UP A LITTLE LETTER WE WOULD APPRECIATE IT. HOW ABOUT NOW?

IS THIS BETTER. >> YES.

>> GOOD EVENING INDIO CITY COUNCIL. MY NAME IS – – AND I SERVE AS REDISTRICTING MANAGER.

WHICH LETTER THIS MINUTE ON JANUARY 26 CHARLIE WITH CNC EDUCATION FUND WHO HAS CONCERNS OVER RECENT COMMENTS MADE BY CITY COUNSEL MEMBERS OF THE GENERAL 19TH HEARING.

COMMENTS FROM MAYOR FOREMAN, WHO SUGGEST SUBSTANTIAL CHANGES THAT MAY IMPACT POLITICAL FUTURES OF OFFICEHOLDERS OR CATEGORIES AS GERRYMANDERING OR DISENFRANCHISEMENT. THIS IS SIMPLY NOT THE CASE.

RATHER IT WITH HIS COMMENT SUGGESTS THAT REPORTING CHANGE COULD BE EXISTING DISTRICT BOUNDARIES LARGELY INTACT ARE PARTIES FOR THE CITY COUNCIL. DISENFRANCHISEMENT IS WHEN VOTERS HAVE THEIR VOTES DENIED OR DEBITED BY ACTS OF LAW. GERRYMANDERING IS WHEN DISTRICT LINES ARE DRAWN TO MAXIMIZE THE POWER OF ONE GROUP OVER ANOTHER. WHAT IS SOMETIMES COLLOQUIALLY REFERRED TRUE GERRYMANDERING AS WELL AS INCUMBENCY PROTECTION ACTIONS SUBVERT AFFAIR, PUBLIC PROCESS TO KEEP INCUMBENTS IN POWER. DISTRICT RAPID DRAW SITTING OFFICEHOLDERS OTHER DISTRICTS DOES NOT REPRESENT GERRYMANDERING DISENFRANCHISING VOTERS.

SITTING OFFICEHOLDERS WITHDRAWN OTHER DISTRICTS ALL THE TIME. CHANGE IS INEVITABLE PART OF REDISTRICTING.

MOREOVER DISTRICT MAPS OF THE DRAW SITTING OFFICEHOLDERS OTHER DISTRICTS TO WHICH THEY ORIGINALLY ELECTED TO NOT AND ANY OFFICEHOLDERS TURN TO MY ANY PHOTO REPRESENTATION. A COUNCILMEMBER THAT'S DRAWN OUT OF THEIR EXISTING DISTRICT WILL SERVE THE REMAINDER OF HIS OR HER TERM AND CITY COUNCIL.

THAT IS A LAW. THE VOTERS WHO ELECT THE OFFICEHOLDER CONTINUE TO BENEFIT ON THE COUNCIL THROUGH THE TERM.

WHICH IS WHEN VOTERS EXPECT THE CASSEROLE.

IT'S ALSO STANDARD OCCURRENCE AFTER REDISTRICTING PROCESS ON NUMBERS OF OWNERS LIVING ADJUSTER THAT IS NOT HOME TO ONE EXISTING CABINETS OF VOTERS LIVING A PREVIOUSLY DISTRICT SCHEDULED TO VOTE IN 2022

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AGAIN, COUNSEL MEMBERS MAINTAIN THEIR OBLIGATIONS TO THE DISTRICT UP AT THE MET OFFICE FOR THE DURATION OF YOUR TERM. RECOMMEND THE CITY TAKE SERIOUSLY INTO CONSIDERATION THE IMPLICATIONS OF IGNORING COMMUNITIES OF INTEREST TESTIMONY IN PRIORITIZING THEIR INCUMBENCY. FOR MAPS ASKED DID NOT EXIST IN THE 2017 DISTRICT OFFICE BUT IS NO CALIFORNIA LAW.

MORE IMPORTANTLY THIS IS A ONCE IN A DECADE OPPORTUNITY FOR THE CITY OF INDIO TO MOVE FORWARD INTO THE DEMOCRATIC PROCESS.

THE STORIES OF STRUGGLE FOR RESIDENTS ARE FRONT AND CENTER.

CITY COUNSEL SHOULD DO WHAT'S RIGHT NOT RACE THIS OPPORTUNITY FOR EQUITABLE REPRESENTATION FOR THE NEXT DECADE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

>> THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS MR. SILVA. DO WE

HAVE ANY MORE ONLINE? >> WE HAVE NANCY.

NANCY, ARE YOU AVAILABLE?

>> HELLO, CAN YOU HEAR ME?

HELLO, CAN YOU HEAR ME? >> YES, WE CAN HEAR YOU

NOW. >> OKAY.

I APOLOGIZE ABOUT THAT.

YES, MY NAME IS NANCY. I URGED THE CUSTOMER TO ADOPT MAP 109.

I BELIEVE WHOLEHEARTEDLY THAT THE MAP WAS MADE FOR THE COMMUNITY BY THE COMMUNITY AND THAT'S ALL I

HAVE TO SAY. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS NANCY.

DO WE HAVE ANY MORE?

>> MARIA. >> YES, HI.

GOOD EVENING MAYOR FERMON AND MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL. MY NAME IS MARIA VARGAS AND I HAVE BEEN A LIFELONG RESIDENT OF COACHELLA VALLEY. I HAVE A LITTLE ONE WITH ME.

I CURRENTLY RESIDE IN THE CITY OF VIDEO AND HAVE FOR THE PAST 10 YEARS.

AT THE PREVIOUS MEETING WHICH WAS HELD ON JANUARY 19, COUNCILMAN GLENN MILLER STATED I THINK 109 IS TO MUCH CHANGE TO OUR VOTERS AND DISENFRANCHISES A LOT OF THEM THAT HAVE ARE DEVOTED. BY DEFINITION, THE WORD DISENFRANCHISES MEANS TO DEPRIVE SOMEONE OF THE RIGHT OR PRIVILEGE.

MAP 109 WILL NOT DO THIS.

IF ANYTHING WILL DO THE EXACT OPPOSITE. BY ADOPTING A COMPREHENSIVE MAP SUCH AS 109 WHICH NOT ONLY COMPLIES WITH THE FEDERAL VOTING RIGHTS ACT BUT, IT FOLLOWS THE REQUIRED CRITERIA LAID OUT IN THE FAIR MAPS ACT.

VOTERS OF COMMUNITY OF INTEREST WOULD HAVE THE RIGHT TO FAIR REPRESENTATION. IN ADDITION TO HAVING THE ABILITY TO ELECT CANDIDATES OF THEIR CHOICE.

AS FOR TO MUCH CHANGE.

I BELIEVE CHANGE LENDS TO PROGRESS.

WHEN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF SUCH CHANGE TRULY ADDRESSES THE NEEDS OF OUR COMMUNITY.

I URGE YOU TO ADOPT MAP 109.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS MA'AM.

>> JESSE?

>> HELLO?

>> YES, WE CAN HEAR YOU

SIR. >> HAS GOING.

MY NAME IS JESSE, I WROTE RESIDENT OF INDIO. SO, I MYSELF HAVE 4 CHILDREN AND MY WIFE.

LOOKING OVER THE PREVIOUS MAPPINGS AND STUFF LIKE THAT. TO ME AS IT INDIO RESIDENT I BELIEVE MAP ON 9 IS OUR BEST SOLUTION TO MOVE FORWARD AND PROGRESS AS A COMMUNITY. I ALSO URGE YOU GUYS TO ADOPT 109. THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO

SAY. >> GREAT, THANK YOU FOR

YOUR COMMENTS JESSE. >> WE HAVE ONE MORE.

KAREN. >> GOOD

EVENING. >> GOOD EVENING KAREN, IF

3 MINUTES. >> ACADEMIC COUNCIL.

MY NAME IS KAREN ON THE MILES OF NEW HOMEOWNER IN DISTRICT 4. I'M CALLING IN SUPPORT OF MAP 109 AND NOW MAP 111 THAT WAS

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CONSULTANT. >> YOU ARE BREAKING UP.

>> TO WANT TO HAVE HER START ALL OVER?

>> KAREN, YOU'RE BREAKING UP. CAN YOU START OVER?

>> CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW?

>> YES. >> OKAY.

SHOULD I START OVER?

DID YOU HEAR ME? >> WE WILL START YOU OVER.

THAT'S FINE. >> OKAY.

SURE. GOOD EVENING KAREN – MILES AVENUE. MILES AVENUE RESIDENT. PART OF DISTRICT 4. CALLING YOU IN SUPPORT OF MAP 109 AND OF MAP 111 WHICH WAS JUST SHARED BY THE CONSULTANTS.

BOTH MAPS HAVE A VERY STRONG, THEY'RE TRYING TO HAVE A VERY STRONG CONVERSATION WITH YOU ALL ABOUT THE NEEDS OF THE RESIDENTS OF INDIO.

THE RESIDENTS OF INDIO NEED A NETWORK OF PARKS THAT CONNECTS THEM. WE NEED BIKE LANES. WHEN YOU ARE ALL HAVING CONVERSATION ABOUT POLO FIELDS.

THAT WAS MY COMMENT.

109 IS TALKING TO YOU ALL ABOUT THE NEED TO KEEP SAFETY ON OUR STREETS FOR DRIVERS AND CYCLISTS AND PEDESTRIANS. THESE MAPS ARE PARTICULARLY IMPORTANT 109 AND 111 BECAUSE THEY DO INCORPORATE THE 10,000 PERSON GROWTH THAT HAS HAPPENED IN THE CITY IN THE LAST DECADE.

APART FROM THAT BOTH OF THESE MAPS SHARE A DISTRICT.[INAUDIBLE] A VOTE AGAINST THE BLACK COMMUNITY OF THE CITY.[INAUDIBLE] MAP 109 AND NOW MAP 111 BOTH HAVE POOR COMMUNITY OF INTEREST THAT ARE PREDOMINANTLY VOTING RIGHTS ACT DISTRICTS WHICH AGAIN ALLOW YOU TO CONTINUE TO FOLLOW THE LAW AS IT REQUIRES YOU TO DO SO IN THE REDISTRICTING PROCESS.

THAT'S IT FOR TONIGHT. I APPRECIATE THE ADDED CHANGES THAT YOUR CONSULTANTS HAVE MADE AND I HOPE THAT YOU LISTEN TO ALL THE RESIDENTS. SOME OF THESE FOLKS YOUR HEARING FROM TONIGHT, WE WENT OUT AND KNOCKED ON THE DOORS.

WE CANVASSED WHAT YOU CURRENTLY KNOW AS DISTRICT 3, DISTRICT 2.

WE WERE OUT THERE THIS WEEKEND AND WE WILL HAVE CONVERSATIONS WITH THE NEIGHBORS SO YOU CAN CONTINUE TO HEAR THAT MAP 109 IS REALLY IS THE MAP THAT'S THE BEST OR CITY OF INDIO AT THIS POINT IN TIME. THANK YOU. HAVE A

GOOD NIGHT. >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS KAREN.

>> MITZIE ESQUIVEL.

>> HELLO.

CAN YOU HEAR ME? >> YES.

>> OKAY. BUT IF HE COMES UP MY NAME IS MITZIE – I CURRENTLY RESIDE IN DISTRICT 4 AND I'M HERE TO SUPPORT THE DRAFT 109.

CONSIDERING THAT THIS MAP IS SUPPORTED BY RESIDENTS AND COMMUNITY. HOPE YOU ALSO SUPPORT AND ADOPT IT.

I STRONGLY URGE COUNCIL TO TAKE THE COMMUNITY NEEDS, INTEREST AT HAND.

I WOULD LIKE TO EMPHASIZE THIS WOULD BE THE BEST DECISION FOR OUR TOWN, OUR DISENFRANCHISED COMMUNITIES NEED THE SUPPORT. THANK YOU.

>> I DO NOT SEE ANYMORE

RAISED HANDS OF MAYOR. >> OKAY.

WHAT WE WILL DO NOW IS WILL MOVE INTO FOLKS WHO WERE PRESENT IN THE CHAMBER. OUR FIRST SPEAKER IS MS.

ANNALISA VARGAS. >> GOOD EVENING.

GOOD EVENING MAYOR FERMON.

MY NAME IS ANNALISA VARGAS, RESIDENT OF DESERT TRACE COMMUNITY. GOING ON 10 YEARS OF BEING AN INDIO RESIDENT OF LIFETIME RESIDENT OF THE COACHELLA VALLEY.

AS I STATED IN THE PREVIOUS REDISTRICTING HEARING HELD ON JANUARY 19. I URGE YOU ADOPT MAP 109 ALSO KNOWN AS INDIO RESIDENCE UNITED MALL. MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES NEED TO HAVE OPPORTUNITY TO ELECT THEIR CANDIDATES OF CHOICE. MAP 109 UPLIFTS THE VOICE OF ETHNIC MINORITY GROUPS AND THAT IS WHY WE ARE AT ASKING FOR MAP THAT EMPOWERS THE LATINO AND THE BLACK COMMUNITY IN THE CITY OF INDIO. I FOUND SOME OF THE COMMENTS MADE BY THE COUNCIL. RATHER DISTURBING AND THE

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STATE LAW ENVISIONS DISTRICT LINES WILL CHANGE A CITIES AND POPULATIONS, THEIR COMMUNITIES AND NEIGHBORHOODS CHANGE.

REDISTRICTING UNDER THE FAIR MAPS ACT AS EXPLICIT NOT MORE IN THE PAST.

AS A RESULT DISCOURAGING CHANGE IS NOT THE PROPER PRIORITY IN YOUR REDISTRICTING PROCESS.

IT WOULD BE UNLAWFUL TO ELEVATE MINIMIZING CHANGE TO DISTRICTS OVER THE ARTICULATED DISTRICTING CRITERIA AND STATE LAW.

FURTHERMORE, CHANGES TO BE EXPECTED IN INDIO GIVEN TO THE FAIR MAPS ACT WAS NOT LAW THE CURRENT LINES WERE DRAWN AND THIS WAS BACK IN 2017. LINE JOINT ROLES ARE DIFFERENT TODAY AND IT WOULD BE REASONABLE TO EXPECT THE LINES TO BE DIFFERENT AS WELL. COMMENTS MADE BY MAYOR FERMON COUNCILMEMBER MILLER AND COUNCILMEMBER AMITH AND AVOIDING CHANGE KEEPING EXISTING BOUNDARY LARGELY INTACT IS BEING PRIORITIZED IN THE REDISTRICTING PROCESS.

THIS IS NOT WITH THE FAIR MAP ACT MANDATES.

DISTRICT LINES DRAWN IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FAIR MAP ACT LINE DRAWING CRITERIA INCLUDING KEEPING COMMUNITIES OF INTEREST WHOLE ARE DIFFERENT FROM THE EXISTING LINES.

THEN DIFFERENCE IS WHAT THE LAW REQUIRES. LONG-LASTING CHANGE IS WHAT WE NEED AN INDIO. FAIRNESS AND INCLUSION IS WHAT WE NEED IN INDIO. EQUITY IS WHAT WE NEED IN INDIO.

OUR FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES DESERVE THIS AND NOTHING LESS. I URGE YOU TO ADOPT MAP 109. THANK YOU SO

MUCH. >> THINK IT MS. VARGAS. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS CHRISTIAN RODRIGUEZ CEJA.

>> THANK YOU MAYOR.

I BELIEVE ONE MIGHT COMMUNITY MEMBERS ALSO ALLOCATED 3 MINUTES TO ME AND IS GRADUALLY GIVING UP HIS TIME. GOING TO USE

THAT. >> WERE NOT ALLOWED TO DO THAT. YOU HAVE YOUR TIME AND IF THEY WANT TO SPEAK

THEY CAN STILL SPEAK. >> THAT'S FINE.

MY NAME IS CHRISTIAN.

MY NAME IS CHRISTIAN RODRIGUEZ, COMMUNITY RESIDENT OF DISTRICT 5. I AM PART OF INDIO ORGANIZING POWER.

I HAVE A STORY I WANTED TO TELL YOU ABOUT SOME OF THE CANVASSING. I MET A WOMAN WILLOW, AND SHE WAS BUSY WITH HER CHILDREN AND PACKING AND SHE SAID I DON'T HAVE TIME TO TALK TO YOU. I DON'T EVEN LIVED HERE ANYMORE. I SAID, WHY IS THAT? SHE SAYS BECAUSE IT CAN'T AFFORD TO LEAVE INDIO AND REMOVING TO PANIC. THIS EXPERIENCE IS SOMETHING THAT IS HAPPENING ACROSS THE BOARD IN OUR CITY. WHY MY TALKING ABOUT HOUSING DURING THE REDISTRICTING PROCESS? BECAUSE HOUSING BURDEN IS WHEN THE KEY CONSIDERATIONS OF INDIO RESIDENCE UNITED MAP IN YOUR PACKET MAP 109.

HOUSING BURDEN ACCORDING TO THE VIRAL SCREEN IS WHEN PEOPLE OBTAIN MORE THAN 50 PERCENT OF THEIR ANNUAL INCOME IN HOUSING.

DISTRICT 8, 3 CURRENTLY BETWEEN VAN BUREN 40 ALL THE WAY UP TO CALHOUN AND 111. THE VIRAL SCREEN SAYS THOSE COMMUNITIES ARE 90 TO 100 PERCENT HOUSING BURDEN. THAT COMMUNITY IS CURRENTLY SHARING A DISTRICT WITH TERRA LAGO.

THAT COMMUNITY ACCORDING TO THE VIRAL SCREEN 1 TO 10 PERCENT OF PEOPLE LIVING IN THE COMMUNITY ARE SHARING THE SAME HOUSING BURDEN EXPERIENCE.

THE FIRST COMMUNITY HAS MORE IN COMMON WITH PEOPLE LIVING BETWEEN JACKSON AND 111 ALL THE WAY TO MONROE AVENUE 42. THEY ALSO EXPERIENCED 90 TO 100 PERCENT HOUSING BURDEN. MAP 109 GIVES THESE 2 COMMUNITIES A DISTRICT OF THEIR OWN. TO ELECT SOMEONE WITHIN THEIR COMMUNITY TO HELP THEM ADDRESS THE VERY SERIOUS HOUSING ISSUE THAT OUR CITY IS FACING.

TERRA LAGO BELONGS WITH – CHINA HILLS WHERE HOUSING IS 20 PERCENT OF THOSE 3 COMMUNITIES. THIS IS NOT ABOUT HOUSING THIS IS ABOUT LIFE AND DEATH.

I WISH I WAS EXAGGERATING.

COMMITTEES AT LIVING CURRENT DISTRICT TO BETWEEN INDIO BOULEVARD, MONROE AND 111.

ACCORDING TO A REPORT PUBLISHED BY THE DESERT HEALTHCARE POSTURE HAS A LIFE EXPECTANCY OF 75 TO 80 YEARS. THEY SHARE A DISTRICT LESS THAN A MILE AWAY WITH NEIGHBORS THAT HAVE A LIFE EXPECTANCY OF 80 TO 90 YEARS.

WERE TALKING ABOUT ROBBING

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THERE ARE SO MANY DATA DRIVEN REASONS WHY ONE ANONYMOUS BUSTER STRIP MALL FOR OUR CITY. WE HAVE BEEN COMING TO YOU TO TELL YOU ALL ABOUT IT. BUT I WANT TO FINISH MY SIN IS A CITY EMBARKED ON A CAMPAIGN ON YOUR BEHALF TO ASK INDIO RESIDENCE TO GET INVOLVED OF THE DISTRICT PROCESS.

WAS IT A LAW LIKE THAT WE WANTED OUR INPUT? WAS IT TOOK ISAAC YOUR COMMUNITIES? URGE YOU TO ADOPT ONE OF MINE.

IF YOU DON'T YOU CAN MAKE YOUR NEXT CAMPAIGN SLOGAN, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT BUT ONLY WHEN IT'S CONVENIENT.

THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. THE NEXT SPEAKER, ADRIANA RIVERA.

>> HELLO MY NAME IS ADRIANA. GOOD EVENING TO EVERYONE IN ATTENDANCE.

HERE IN PERSON AND AT HOME. I WOULD LIKE TO START BY SAYING I BELIEVE INDIO IS STRONGER TOGETHER. I'M GRATEFUL TO ALL OF THE FOLKS THAT HAVE GOTTEN THIS BEAUTIFUL CITY TO THE POINT THAT IT IS.

I WANT TO START BY SAYING THAT BECAUSE IT SEEMED SUPPOSED TO THIS MAP PERSONAL AND I DON'T THINK IT SHOULD BE. THIS IS ACTUALLY NOT ABOUT US AS INDIVIDUALS BUT I FEEL IT'S THE FUTURE OF THE WHOLE COMMUNITY. AS A MEMBER OF INDIO ORGANIZING POWER YOU CAN FIND US ON INSTAGRAM. I HAVE BEEN INVOLVED WITH ACTIVISM ISSUES AND I'M INTERESTED IN MOVING FORWARD WITH THE MAP THAT ALLOWS FOR FAIR REPRESENTATION OVER THE NEXT DECADE. INDUCED DISTRICTS ARE NOT BORDERS OF DIVISION. SHOULD RATHER BE LOOKED ON AS KEEPING COMMUNITIES OF INTEREST INTACT.

BY UPHOLDING OUR COMMUNITIES WE ENSURE HIGHEST CHANCE OF SUCCESS. WITH TRANSPARENT COMMUNICATION AND COOPERATION AMONG ONE ANOTHER. I AM IN SUPPORT OF DRAFT OF MAP 109.

IT HAS EASY ACTIVE FRIABLE BOUNDARIES. MONROE AVENUE, JACKSON STREET, CALHOUN STREET AND GULF CENTER PARKWAY RUNS NORTH TO SOUTH. CARRY-ON TO 41, 42, 43, 46, 48.

MILES AVENUE RUNS EAST TO WEST.

INDIO BOULEVARD BEING ADJACENT TO THE TRAIN TRACKS IN THE WASHED AIR MILES PROVIDE NATURAL BOUNDARIES ALTHOUGH THOSE ARE ACTUALLY TECHNICALLY MAN-MADE. MY BIGGEST CONCERN WITH THE CURRENT MAP IS THAT IT GIVES 3 COUNCILMEMBERS TO THE 92302 ZIP CODE.

THE ONLY PERSON I KNOW IN MY AGE GROUP SHE'S A VET.

SHE SERVED OUR COUNTRY.

CAME BACK AFTER SERVICE AND BOUGHT A HOME 920 3 ONLY TO FIND EVERYONE ON OUR BLOCK SOONER CITIZENS.

SHE'S RECEIVED A 2-YEAR-OLD.

SO TO HER IT MAKES MORE SENSE TO MOVE BACK INTO 201.

WHAT I'M TRYING TO SAY IS THAT ALTHOUGH THAT AREA IS STILL DEVELOPING OR SET OF INDIO MAJORITY POPULATION IS ACTUALLY MY 201.

WHETHER WERE DOCUMENTED OR NOT. SO, YEP.

JUST CONTINUE TO KEEP IT OPENED MINE FOR CHANGE AND PROGRESSING IS EVEN MORE THAN WE ARE TO HAVE. Q,

HAVE A GOOD NIGHT. >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. THE NEXT SPEAKER IS – –.

AND IT REQUIRES A SPANISH

TRANSLATION. >> WE HAVE ONE.

>> WORK AT IT NEED YOU TO SPEAK INTO THE MICROPHONE FOR TRANSLATION.

SPEAKING ENGLISH] I'M ASKING HIM TO MOVE SO I

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>> GOOD EVENING.

MAYOR FERMON THE MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL. MY NAME IS – –.

I AM AN ACTIVE RESIDENT IN THE CITY OF INDIO.

I HAVE LIVED HERE FOR 20 YEARS.

THE BOND DISTRICT 2.

CLOSE TO THE DMV.

INSIST THAT YOU ADOPT MAP MINUS THIS KNOWN AS A MAP FOR THE CITIZENS OF INDIO UNIFIED.

THIS MAP HONORS COMMUNITIES OF INTEREST.

IT KEEPS THE NEIGHBORHOODS AS WELL AS THE HOMES AND PEOPLE COMPLETE COMMUNITIES. ALSO CASE THE CENTERS NEAR THE FAMILIES. THE RESIDENCE EMPOWERS AND ENHANCES OUR WAYS FOR THAT OF AMERICAN COMMUNITY. THIS MAP IMPLIES COMPLETELY WITH THE LAW.

IT INCLUDES 4 DISTRICTS BIR WITH MORE THAN 50 PERCENT.

CV IS NOT. THIS MAP WAS DESIGNED AND CONSIDERED THE GENERAL PLAN OF DEFAULT. THE CENTERS FOR HOUSING GOVERNMENTS.

THE PRECISION 68 MY COMMUNITY STREETS ARE VERY DIRTY.

ONE BY.[INAUDIBLE].

AREAS OF INDIO HAVE NEW RESOURCES AND SERVICES WHILE OUR NEIGHBORHOODS RAINS DRAINAGE GOODS.

BECAUSE OF ALL THE TRASH AND DEBRIS REMAINS STAGNANT. THANK YOU TO EVERYBODY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. MAYOR CAN WE HAVE SOMEONE FOLLOW THE STREET SWEEPING IN THEIR AREA.

>> YES. THANK YOU.

NEXT SPEAKER IS SANDRA –.

I BELIEVE SHE ALSO NEEDS A SPANISH TRANSLATION.

>> GOOD EVENING MY NAME IS SANDRA –. I HAVE BEEN A RESIDENT OF THE CITY OF INDIO FOR THE LAST 8 YEARS. I WOULD ONLY LIKE TO MENTION THAT THE PURPOSE OF THE REDISTRIBUTION IS NOT ABOUT WHO COULD BE REELECTED OR WHAT DISTRICT MAY BE ABLE TO REPRESENT ABOUT REPRESENT. THIS HAS TO BE WHAT THE FUTURE OF INDIO. FOR THE NEXT 10 YEARS. THIS IS ALSO ABOUT OUR COMMUNITIES OF INTEREST. AND NEEDS OF EACH AND EVERY FAMILY AND INDIO. THE DIFFERENCES WE

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NUMBER 2, IS THE MAP INDIO NEEDS.

NUMBER 3, THEY KEEP THEIR JOBS FOR A NUMBER OF TIME.

AND MOST IMPORTANT ANSWERING PEOPLE FINALLY DOING YOUR JOB.

AND LEAVING INDIO BEHIND BE TO ADOPT 109 THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS MARTIN GILL.

>> GOOD EVENING MY NAME IS MARTIN GILL.

PARIS PART MAP 109 BECAUSE I BELIEVE IT BETTER REPRESENTS OUR COMMUNITIES. PLEASE TAKE NOTE THAT THE ONLY MAP THAT HAS PUBLIC SUPPORT IS MAP 109. THAT IS ALL.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU MR. GILL. WE HAVE ANYMORE

ONLINE YET. >> WE DEAL.

WE HAVE ERIC.

>> HI, GOOD EVENING.

MY NAME IS ERIC LEMUS AND I LIVED IN DISTRICT 5.

I AM TUNING AND HEARING OF THE WONDERFUL ORGANIZING THAT'S DONE AROUND SUPPORT FOR COLLECTED MAP DONE BY THE RESIDENCE. ALSO CALLING TO SUPPORT THE SAME MAP. ADDITIONALLY ABOUT EVERYTHING THAT'S BEEN SAID WHICH I WON'T REPEAT. ALL THE POINTS THAT WERE BROUGHT TO THIS MAP I WANT TO BRING ATTENTION.

AS A RESIDENT OF INDIO AND OF BEING AN ACTIVE MEMBER OF THE COMMUNITY.

HOW MUCH POWER AND LOVE WENT BEHIND ORGANIZING THIS. IT HAS TO BE TRULY NOTED THAT THE RESIDENCE CAN COME TOGETHER AND THERE COULD BE COHABITANTS WITH ORGANIZING TO REALLY TAKE FULL EXTENT OF POWER.

REALIZING WHAT THE RESIDENTS HAVE ALL COME TOGETHER TO PUT TOGETHER.

SHE IS NOT JUST AN INSTANCE JUSTICE MAP BUT THE THINGS THAT CAN BE ACCOMPLISHED COLLECTIVELY TOGETHER IN THE COMMUNITY WITH ORGANIZING. I JUST WANTED TAKE NOTE AND AS MENTIONED BEFORE THIS IS THE ONLY MAP THAT IS OPTIMUM FOR THE COMMUNITY OR THE COMMUNITY. THAT IS

ALL. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU.

ANYMORE ONLINE? >> NOT AT THIS TIME MAYOR.

CHRIS WILL PROCEED TO THE FOLKS IN THE CHAMBER.

VANESSA –. >> HI, GOOD EVENING MAYOR FERMON AND CITY COUNCIL.

ON VANESSA – I'M A LIFELONG RESIDENT OF INDIO. I AM HERE TO VOICE MY CONTINUED SUPPORT FOR MAP 9 THE COMMUNITY HAS ALREADY STATED. ONE OF MY OWN REASONS IS THAT KEEPS MY COMMUNITY OF INTEREST INTACT LIKE MANY OTHERS.

I GIVES US NATURAL CORE DOORS WITH THE CITY PARKS AND ALSO ACCESS TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTS.

AS WELL AS KEEPING HOUSING BURDEN COMMUNITIES TOGETHER.

GIVING THEM REPRESENTATION FOR UNLIVABLE SPACE TO LIVE-IN. ANOTHER REASON I WOULD LIKE YOU ALL TO SUPPORT MAP 109 IS BECAUSE OF THE COMMUNITY SUPPORT.

AND VOICES THAT YOU WERE HEARING. THIS IS THE ONLY MAP I'M REALLY ACTUALLY HEARING THAT HAS ANY OTHER REASON BESIDES POPULATION BALANCE. ALSO, AT THE LAST MEETING WE HEARD SOME

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GIVES US SOME NATURAL BARRIERS THAT WE'VE HEARD.

WE HAVE YOUR SUPPORT ON THOSE WITHOUT NOW.

SOME OTHER REASONS I'D LIKE TO STAND UP HERE IS IT AMPLIFIES THE SUPPORT THAT WE NEED. I WOULD REALLY, REALLY LIKE FOR YOU ALL CITY COUNCIL TO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION MAP 109.

THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU.

NEXT SPEAKER WILL BE VANESSA

RIVERA. >> GOOD EVENING MAYOR MAYOR PROTECT THE MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL. I WILL BE FIRST STARTED OFF WITH A SMALL PART OF KAREN'S PUBLIC, WHO SPOKE EARLIER.

WHICH I THANK YOU HEARD MOST OF IT. PART WAS CUT OUT TO THE CONNECTION.

SO MAP- AND MAP 111 HAVE A DISTRICT WITH 6 PERCENT BLACK VOTING POPULATION PROTECTING THE COMMUNITY OF INTEREST BEHIND THE POLICE STATION AND THESE MAPS HAVE FOR LATINO GEORDIE DISTRICTS PROTECTING THOSE PAPERS WITH VOTING RIGHTS ACT.

OKAY. MY COMMENTS ARE MAINLY RESPONSE TO SOME THINGS THAT HAPPENED LAST PUBLIC HEARING. SOME OF IT HAS BEEN SAID. I BELIEVE IT IS WORTH REITERATING.

FIRST IT HAS BEEN POINTED OUT ACCEPTABLE MAP IS ONE THAT CAN BE EASILY DESCRIBED RESIDENCE MORE THAN THEY ARE CURRENTLY. MAP ONE ONLINE DOES THAT.

THE MAPS PRESENTED TO SOMEONE AS CLEARLY. THEY WERE NOT SCRUTINIZED NEARLY AS MUCH. I KNOW A LOT OF WORK AND RESEARCH INTO MAP 109. YOU DO RESIDENCE UNITED MAP. IT'S SECOND VERSION. WITH 111 I'M SURE A LOT OF THESE HAD A LOT OF WORK INTO IT ESPECIALLY CONSIDERING DEMOGRAPHICS AND COMMUNITIES OF INTEREST.

I THINK THAT SHOULD BE A BIGGER PART OF THE DISCUSSION BECAUSE IT DOESN'T FEEL LIKE IT IS.

LASTLY, THE ORGANIZATIONS,, CAUSE AND COMMUNITIES FOR NEW CALIFORNIA SEND THEM UP TO THE COUNCIL REGARDING REDISTRICTING AND COMMENTS MADE THE LAST PUBLIC HEARING. I WILL BE READING SOME EXCERPTS FOR YOU AND FOR THE PUBLIC LISTENING. WE MUST ADDRESS THIS MONTH'S REPEATED ASSERTION THE DISTRICTS THAT CREATE SUBSTANTIAL CHANGE IN MAY IMPACT THE POLITICAL FUTURES OF INCUMBENT OFFICEHOLDERS IS GERRYMANDERING OR DISENFRANCHISEMENT. THIS IS SIMPLY NOT THE CASE.

DISENFRANCHISEMENT IS WHEN VOTERS HAVE THEIR VOTES DENIED THEIR VOTES DILUTED BY ACTS OF LAW PARTISAN GERRYMANDERING IS WHERE DISTRICT DRAWN TO MAXIMIZE A POLITICAL PARTY OR MINIMIZE THE POWER OF ANOTHER POLITICAL PARTY.

RACIAL GERRYMANDERING IS WHAT DISTRICT LINES ARE DRAWN TO MAXIMIZE THE POWER OF ONE RACE OF PEOPLE AND ORGANIZE THE POWER OF ANOTHER RACE.

INCUMBENCY PROTECTION ACTIONS THAT SUPPORT FAIR PUBLIC PROCESS TO KEEPING INCUMBENTS IN POWER ARE SOMETIMES REFERRED TO AS GERRYMANDERING AS WELL.

I HOPE YOU READ THAT LETTER.

I DON'T TIME TO READ ALL OF IT. HE POINTS TO SOME VERY CLEAR POINTS.

IN FAVOR OF MAP 109.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. NEXT SPEAKER

JONATHAN –. >> GOOD EVENING MAYOR FERMON MM 2ND.

I'M INDIO RESIDENT FOR OVER 25 YEARS. COUPLE THINGS PLAY OUT IN TERMS OF MY SUPPORT OF MAP 29. REVOCABLE PARAMETERS AND ONE OF WHICH BEING FAIR MAPS ACT THAT WAS AROUND THE LAST DISTRICTING PROCESS SO IT'S A NEW FACTOR TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT. THE OTHER DISCUSSANT FEEL LIKE A DRASTIC CHANGE.

IT SEEMED EACH OF THE DISTRICTS HAD ONE ELECTION. THIS ONLY ONCE HAVE FOOTER SCENE THESE PREVIOUSLY IN ANY ELECTION. 2 OF OUR COUNSIL MEMBERS APPEAR ARE BENEFITS OF THAT.

MY GENERAL SUPPORT IN MAP 109 WAS REAFFIRMED IN OUR CANVASSING EFFORTS THIS PAST WEEKEND.

I MYSELF WAS OVER 4 NEIGHBORHOODS IN 2 DAYS. I HAVE ZERO PEOPLE POINTS ANY NEGATIVITY ABOUT MINE.

I MULTIPLE PEOPLE VOICE SUPPORT EVENT. I MULTIPLE PEOPLE QUESTION I WOULD GO AGAINST IT LOGICALLY.

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OVERALL FAMILIES OF PEOPLE WHO FELT DISCONNECTED FROM ECONOMIC INTEREST SUPPORTED 109 DRASTICALLY.

IN VERBALLY AND WERE VERY MUCH SURPRISED OF THIS NOT EVEN BEING CONSIDERED BEING THROWN OUT SO QUICKLY LAST TIME.

I WAS CONCERNED ABOUT THE TALK OF DISINFORMATION MANAGEMENT.

SPECIFICALLY BEING PALM SPRINGS HAVE THE SITUATION VERY MUCH RECENTLY. THAT CASE THE CANDIDATE GAVE UP BY YEAR OF POWER VERSUS ASKING THE VOTERS TO GIVE UP 2 YEARS OF ELECTION. SINCE WE PARTY ADDRESS THAT ISSUE.

IN TERMS OF HOW THESE DISTRICTS CAN SHAPE OUT.

RECENT SUPPORT 109 IS NOT THIS IS THE BEST REPRESENTATION AND REDISTRICTING.

LOOK AT ALL THE DATA. WE'VE GIVEN EVERYTHING WE'VE COUNT AND GOING OUT COMMUNITY TO REAFFIRM WHAT WE FOUND.

I BELIEVE THE COMMUNITY IS ON OUR SIDE ON THIS MORNING.

I DON'T WANT TO REITERATE EVERYONE IS SAYING. IT SEEMS LIKE THE EASIEST MAP TO BE ON TOP OF. GIVEN OUR CONSULTANT HERE WAS ABLE TO TAKE OUR CHANGES AND INTEGRATE THEM INTO THE MAPS THEY HAVE.

URGED THE COUNCIL TO TAKE CONSIDERATION OF THIS IS ONLY MAP THE PUBLIC SUPPORTS.

IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE FAIR MAPS ACT.

THIS IS NOT A DRASTIC CHANGE. WE CAN DO THIS WITHOUT IT FEELING SO MUCH LIKE A DRASTIC CHANGE.

MINUS 111 IS CONSIDERED VERY STRONGLY IN THIS ROUND AND IS PUT UP FOR ADOPTION IN THE NEXT ROUND.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. >> THANK YOU.

TO HAVE ANYONE ELSE ON THE LINE?

>> ABOUT THIS TIME MAYOR.

PORTSMITH ONE LAST SPEAKER IN THE CHAMBER.

MR. DASH.

>> GOOD EVENING MAYOR, COUNCILMEMBERS. AUDIENCE.

NOT IN FAVOR OF MAP- 111.

LEAVE DISTRICT ALONE.

WE HAVE VERY GOOD REPRESENTATION.

THERE'S A COMMENT MADE ABOUT, IT'S THE ONLY MAP THE COMMUNITY IS THE ONLY MAP.

LEAVE MY DISTRICT ALONE.

SEEMS LIKE GERRYMANDERING TO ME.

SPLIT UP MY DISTRICT.

AND IN THE NORTH INDIO.

THE TRUTH INDIO.

SO YOU SPLIT UP DISTRICT AND YOU HAVE ALL OF THE ARRINGTON DISTRICT WHAT IS IT ONE OR 2? IT'S A GATED COMMUNITY. LEAVE MY DISTRICT.

I THINK THEY'VE HAD IMPROVEMENTS REPRESENTATION THERE IN OUR DISTRICT. WE HAVE NEW STREETS, SIDEWALKS, WE HAVE A SPORTS BAR COMING SOON. WE HAVE LED LIGHTS COMING SOON. THERE ARE SO MANY THINGS THAT ARE DISTRICT.

WILL SUPPORT. JUST LEAVE MY DISTRICT ALONE. DO NOT MAKE THAT MISTAKE. THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS.

TO HAVE ANY MORE LINE?

>> NO MAYOR. >> OKAY.

WE WILL LEAVE THE PUBLIC COMMENT OPEN AND BRING UP THE CONSULTANT.

>> GREAT, THANKS JEFF.

CAN YOU HEAR ME OKAY?

>> YES.

>> JEFF CAN YOU ADDRESS WHETHER MAPS 1091 12 PRESENT ANY CONCERNS RELATIVE TO THE FAIR MAPS

ACT? >> SURE.

SO, ONE OF THE PARTICULAR AREAS THAT WE WANTED TO POINT OUT IN ASSOCIATION WITH, IT'S A COMMON FEATURE BOTH 109 AND 112 IS PARTICULARLY THE AREA OF DISTRICT 1.

AS YOU WILL SEE, 19 AND 112 HAVE THE SAME DISTRICT 1.

SO THE REGISTERED. THERE'S 2 CHALLENGES

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FIRST, OR TALK ABOUT COMPACTNESS. AND WHEN WE SAY COMPACT THAT MEANS YOU DON'T BYPASS ONE GROUP OF PEOPLE TO GET TO A MORE DISTANT GROUP OF PEOPLE.

HERE, YOU CAN SEE WE HAVE A MAIN CONCENTRATION OF CITIZENS WOULD BE IN THE AREA THAT'S NOW AGREEING TO START YET ARE GOING HERE ALONG PART OF THE CITY TO CAPTURE THE FAR WEST TO THE FAR EAST OF THE CITY. THE SECOND THING IS, IF WE TALK ABOUT THIS IS PART ONE.

WE HAVE A SIGNED OPPORTUNITY TO THE CITIZENS VOTING AGE POPULATION.

IN DISTRICTS IN THE CURRENT DISTRICT 1, WE HAVE IN THIS AREA THERE IS LOW ABOUT TINA PUTTING AGE POPULATION. BUT IN THIS PART RECURRENTLY HALF THE CONNECTION BETWEEN THOSE 2, THERE IS A COUPLE OF NEIGHBORHOODS IN THERE THAT HAVE BETWEEN 65 AND 75 PERCENT LATINO CITIZEN VOTING AGE POPULATION.

BY TAKING THAT OF THEIR CURRENT DISTRICT YOU'RE DILUTING THAT CITIZEN VOTING AGE POPULATION WITHIN THAT DISTRICT.

THOSE ARE SOME OF THE CONCERNS THAT WE WOULD HAVE. AGAIN, BOTH PLANS-112 FOLLOWING THAT SAME RATIONALE IN TERMS OF DISTRICT 1. IN TERMS OF PLAN WONDERFUL.

THE OTHER THINGS THAT WE NOTICED TOO IS THAT THIS AREA HERE BETWEEN DISTRICT FOR AND I BELIEVE THAT IS 3.

THERE IS SOME AREAS THAT ARE ESSENTIALLY NONCONTIGUOUS.

THIS AREA THAT WRAPS AROUND, IF I CONSUME HERE.

AVENUE 46.

SINCE THIS IS CAPTURING AT A POINT.

THERE IS POTENTIAL CONTIGUITY ISSUES THERE.

THIS PART OF DISTRICT FOR IS NOT NECESSARILY COMPACT AS WELL. THOSE ARE JUST A COUPLE OF THE CONCERNS THAT WE WOULD HIGHLIGHT ABOUT BOTH PLANS WILL NOT 112. VERBALLY THE DISTRICT NORTH THERE AND CONCERNS ABOUT DILUTING THIS AREA OF 5 TO CITIZEN VOTING AGE POPULATION.

>> THANKS. IN TERMS OF THE OTHER MAPS THAT WERE PRESENTED. I TODAY WAS 110 A AND THE COUNCIL OF THE LAST MEETING SEEMED TO REACH A CONSENSUS TO BRING BACK SOME ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS CERTAINLY THE ONES THAT WERE POPULATION BALANCED OR THROWN OUT. FROM SAMPLE 11 415, 108 AND/OR RELATIVE TO THE FAIR MAPS ACT. THOSE MAPS COMPLIANCE WITH THE FAIR

MAPS ACT? >> SO ONE IS YES.

THERE'S NO ISSUES WITH COMPACTNESS THERE. FOR THAT UP.

AGAIN, NO MAJOR CONCERNS THERE. IT WAS 108 YOU

MENTIONED? >> 105, 108.

5 AGAIN, GENERALLY FOLLOWS THE SAME PATH AS L4 DID.

AND THEN WAIT AND KEEPS DISTRICT 5 AGAIN MOSTLY TO THE SOUTHERN END OF THE CITY.

THESE HAVE NO ISSUES IN TERMS OF COMPACTNESS OR

VOTING RIGHTS ACT ISSUES. >> THEN WE WENT OVER 110 A IS A VARIATION OF 110 WHICH I THINK WE FIND THAT A BIT WANTING A ME THE REFINEMENTS ON 110.

YOUR OPINION ON 110 A AND ….

>> YEAH, HERE AGAIN WITH THE ASK WAS LESS BUT THE AREA AROUND INDIO HIGH SCHOOL EITHER INTEGERS ARE POOR SO THAT WAS AGAIN THE REQUEST OF THE COUNCIL.

FOR 110 A WHICH IS KEPT THE ENTIRE AREA AROUND INDIAN HOSPITAL IN DISTRICT 5. MEGAN IS A POLICY TRADITION WHETHER YOU WANT THE AREA AROUND INDIO HIGH SCHOOL EITHER IN DISTRICT 4 DISTRICT 5.

HIS PRESENTING GOES BOTH

WAYS THERE. >> TERMS OF 111, I THINK

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>> THIS HAS ISSUES WITH COMPACTNESS AND WITH 109 OR 112. AGAIN, MARSHALING THIS IS BY WAY OF EXAMPLE.

SAYING, IF YOU CAN GET FOR LATINOS SEE THANK DISTRICTS MIGHT THAT ACCOUNT. SURE THERE IS ISSUES OF COMPACTNESS NUMBER ONE AND NUMBER 2 THIS MAP CITIZEN VOTING AGE POPULATION LESS.

AGAIN SHOWING IF YOU KEEP THAT, THE DISTRICTS LINES PARTICULARLY THE DISTRICT 1 OF ISSUES OF COMPACTNESS. AGAIN POTENTIALLY DOMINATING THIS AREA TERMS OF THE LATINO IN THE NORTHERN

PART OF THE CITY. >> OKAY GREAT.

THANK YOU. MR. MAYOR, IF THE COUNCIL HAS ANY QUESTIONS, NOT SO MUCH DISCUSSION QUESTIONS WITH A CONSULTANT THAT MIGHT BE A GOOD IDEA NOW.

THEN WE CAN CLOSE THE

PUBLIC HEARING. >> SURE. HAVE QUESTIONS THE CONSULTANTS?

>> AMITH ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE CONSULTANT FOR CHRIS I DON'T HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT CLOSING COMMENTS. NOT SURE IF YOU WANT TO MAKE IT OUT.

>> WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING BEFORE WE DO THAT.

>> THANK YOU.

>> WILL GO AHEAD AND CLOSE

THE PUBLIC HEARING. >> THANK YOU.

>> WE WILL OPEN IT UP FOR COUNCIL. IF COUNCIL HAS COMMENTS OR CONCERNS.

ACTUALLY BEFORE WE DO THAT, I THINK IT'S OBVIOUS THERE'S A LOT OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.

WE APPRECIATE THAT AS WE MAYOR ON THE COUNCIL. THAT SOMETHING THAT WE ASK FOR. OF COURSE WE WANT TO BE OPERATING WITHIN THE LAW AND OBEY THOSE LAWS.

THANK YOU FOR REITERATING THAT POINT. ALSO, YOU KNOW WE HIRED OUR CONSULTANT TO AID US IN THIS PROCESS.

ALSO ALONGSIDE THE COMMUNITY.

WE HEAR YOU.

LOOKING FORWARD TO COMMENTS FROM THE COUNCIL TO SEE HOW WE CAN MOVE FORWARD. THE GOAL TONIGHT IS TO COME TO A CONSENSUS. LOOK AT MAYBE ONE MAP OR 2 MOUTHS TO MOVE FORWARD. GIVE OUR STAFF SOME DIRECTION TO BRING US A MAP FOR RESOLUTION. I WILL OPEN

IT UP TO COUNCIL. >> AND MAYOR, IF I MAY.

TRYING TO GET CONSENSUS ON A POTENTIAL ONE OR 2 MAPS.

AGAIN, IF THERE ARE EDITS TO A PARTICULAR MAP, IF YOU SAY I WANT TO MAKE THIS CHANGE TO THIS AMOUNT. WE CAN STILL DO THAT AND HAVE TIME IN BETWEEN THE NEXT PUBLIC

HEARING TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT. >> AND Q.

COUNCILMEMBER MILLER? >> I APPRECIATE THE INPUT FROM THE COMMUNITY. I APPRECIATE YOUR WORK ON THIS IN THE MAPS THAT WE HAVE HERE. QUITE A BIT TO CHEW ON. I DO LIKE THE IDEA OF THE CONTINUITY AND HOW YOU PUT TOGETHER AS A COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE. APPRECIATE YOUR WORK AND THANK YOU FOR PRESENTING

THESE TO US. >> MAYOR PERTINENTLY.

>> IF I HAVE A PREFERENCE ON MAP EXIT WHILE WE IN 110 A.

>> AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORDS MAYOR. I THINK THE RESONATE WITH EVERYONE. IT'S BEEN A TREMENDOUS EFFORT HERE TO PUT TOGETHER THE BEST POSSIBLE MAP THAT REPRESENTS OUR COMMUNITY.

AND OUR ENTIRE COMMUNITY.

I THINK MY TOP 2 ARE GOING TO BE ONE OF WEIGHT AND 110 A. LEANING TOWARDS 108 BECAUSE, I'D LIKE PARTICULARLY WE DISTRICT FOR IS SET UP.

IT ENCOMPASSES ALL THAT INDIO HIGH SCHOOL AREA.

I ACTUALLY LIKE IT WAS BETTER THAN IS CURRENTLY THE DISTRICT IT'S CURRENTLY SET UP HOUSE.

YOU KNOW, ONE WAY OR 10 A.

MY PREFERENCE IS GOING TO

BE 108. >> MAYOR PRINT?

>> 11?

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>> CAMARO. MY PREFERENCES OF COURSE WHEN WE TICKET WOULD BE 110 AND AFTER THAT I WOULD CONSIDER NUMBER OF STAFF FELT IT WAS COMPARABLE TO MAKE A COUPLE OF COMMENTS.

AT THE END OF THE DAY DOESN'T MATTER WHAT DISTRICT EACH OF US FALLS INTO BECAUSE WE REPRESENT THE CITY OF INDIO. WHETHER I'M IN DISTRICT 5 OR DISTRICT FOR IS RELEVANT TO ME.

BUT, I WANT THE PUBLIC TO UNDERSTAND THAT WE REPRESENT THE 90,000 RESIDENTS OF THE CITY VIDEO. NO INDIVIDUAL AND ONE GROUP CAN COME TO THE CITY COUNCIL AND STATE THAT THEY REPRESENT CITIZENS OF INDIO.

AT THE END OF THE DAY WE AS REPRESENTATIVES OF THE COLLECTIVE VOICE OF THE 90,000 RESIDENTS.

AND WE MAKE THE DECISIONS BASED ON THE BEST INTEREST OF THE 90,000 RESIDENTS.

SO, I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WAS MADE CLEAR. THERE WERE SEVERAL COMMENTS TONIGHT THAT WE REPRESENT THE SUBSTANCE. WE REPRESENT THE RESIDENCE.

THIS IS THE BONES OF THE RESIDENCE. UNLESS YOU HAVE 45,000 AND ONE PEOPLE BEHIND YOU THAT NO, YOU DON'T. WE HAVE 90,000 RESIDENTS THAT WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT. AND, CURRENTLY WE HAVE 4 LATINO REPRESENTING DISTRICTS.

WE HAVE THE 3 THAT ARE PREDOMINANTLY LATINO AND DEMOGRAPHICS AND WE HAVE MY DISTRICT WHICH IS NOT DOMINANTLY LATINO AND DEMOGRAPHIC. BUT THEY HAVE PROVEN BY LIFTING, TINA THAT THEY SUPPORT THE LATINO CONSTITUENCY.

SO NO HOW WE CAN ASK FOR ANYTHING BETTER OTHER THAN TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DO BALANCE OF THE DISTRICTS BASED ON THE LAST CENSUS.

IN MY OPINION THAT'S PLANNED ONE WEIGHT WITH 110 BEING SECONDARY.

MOST OF THE COMMENTS I WANTED TO MAKE. THINKING MAYOR.

FIGURE COUNCILMEMBER AMITH

ONE PRETEND? >> THANK YOU MAYOR.

FOR ME ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT PARTS IS GIVEN COMMUNITIES OF INTEREST TOGETHER. LOOKING AT THE DATA WITH THE DATA SHOWS US THAT IN CENTRAL INDIO IS WHERE WE HAVE A LOT OF THE POPULATION AS WAS MENTIONED EARLIER WE HIGH POPULATION OF PEOPLE LIVING IN HOUSING AREAS.

MORE LOW INCOME FAMILIES.

THERE IS HIGHER LEVELS OF POLLUTION IN THOSE AREAS BECAUSE OF THE INDUSTRIAL OPERATIONS HAS LOWER LIFE EXPECTANCY BECAUSE OF THE LIFESTYLE I SLEPT IN THOSE AREAS. AS THE MAP CURRENTLY STANDS AT AREA IN THE NORTHERN PART OF INDIA IS SPLIT UP WITH HIGHER INCOME AREAS.

WE HAVE 3 DISTRICTS THAT ARE SPLIT UP BETWEEN AREAS WITH VERY HIGH HOUSING BURDEN. LOWER LIFE EXPECTANCIES AND ENVIRONMENTAL DISPARITIES, LOW INCOME AND THE CIRCUIT IS SPLIT UP WITH HIGHER INCOME AREAS. WE ARE SPLITTING UP THE POWER OF THAT COMMUNITY. SO, WHEN THEY'RE GOING TO THE VOTING BOOTH.

THE FOOTING WITH COMMUNITIES THAT DON'T REFLECT THE SAME NEEDS. I THINK THAT'S WHAT I'M HEARING FROM OUR COMMUNITY.

LAST MEETING I WENT LEFT OF THAT DATA.

THE DATA FROM IT IS A HEALTHCARE DISTRICT.

I LOOKED AT THE HEALTH AMONG COMMUNITIES. DATA FROM OUR HOUSING BURDEN POPULATIONS. LIKE WE HEARD FROM ONE OF OUR SPEAKERS.

REPAIRING UP COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE 9200 PERCENT HOUSING BURDEN NEIGHBORHOODS WITH AREAS THAT HAVE 10 TO 20 PERCENT HOUSING BURDEN AREAS.

HIS COMMUNITIES ARE NOT HAVING THE SAME NEEDS.

WITH THEIR ELECTED REPRESENTATIVES ARE GOING TO BE IN CONTRAST.

I THINK IT MAKES MORE SENSE THOSE 2 COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE THE HIGHER HOUSING BURDEN AREAS TOGETHER.

I THINK THAT'S THE MEAN ABOUT COMMITTEES OF INTEREST.

COMMUNITIES THAT WILL HAVE THE HIGHER OR BETTER GOING TO HAVE THE SAME NEEDS FROM THE REPRESENTATIVES. SO, FOR THAT REASON I DO SUPPORT THE COMMUNITIES MAP OF 9.

ANY MAP 111 WHICH TAKES INTO CONSIDERATION THOSE

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WE LOOK RELATION TO IN THAT PLACE SEEN THE SAME THING IN HER CURRENT AMOUNT.

IT'S EVEN WORSE ARE PARAMOUNT. SO, THOSE IMMIGRANTS. THANK YOU. AMITH, MAYOR FORTES.

WE TALK ABOUT GOVERNMENTAL ISSUES YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THINGS THAT ARE STATE LEGISLATURE HAVE CONTROL OVER. ABOUT THE CITY COUNCIL. YOUR ARGUMENTS ARE TRUE, I GREW BUT I MISS PLACED AND THAT THIS IS NOT WHERE THOSE DISTRICTS ARE DECIDED.

THOSE DISTRICTS ARE DECIDED AT THE STATE LEVEL AND THOSE CONVERSATIONS HAVE BEEN ONGOING FAST THE CONCERN THAN THE CONSTITUENCY WHO IS SPEAKING OF NEEDS TO SPEAK UP AS HEARINGS WHICH HAVE BEEN GOING ON SINCE NOVEMBER/DECEMBER. I'VE BEEN A PART OF THE HOUSING BURDEN AND ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES ARE NOT THE CITY FUNCTION. THEY ARE A STATE LEGISLATURE FUNCTION. WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND AND HELP OUR CONSTITUENTS AND WERE TO FOCUS THEIR ENERGY THOSE ARGUMENTS ARE AT THE STATE LEVEL WILL HEAR OUR INVOLVED GOVERNMENT.

I'VE SEEN THEM INVOLVED IN OTHER PLACES OF THE GOVERNMENT.

I THINK TO UNDERMINE THEIR INTELLIGENCE GOVERNMENT IS NOT THE RIGHT PLACE IN

THIS TOWN. >> NOTE WERE NOT UNDERGOING THEM. WERE TELLING THEM THAT THE BEST PLACE. WE HAVE NO CONTROL OF THIS I THINK THE GOAL IS TO FIND EQUITABLE MAP THAT FALLS UNDER OUR STATE LAW, OR FEDERAL LAW AND THE VOTERS RIGHT ACT LOOK AT A DOZEN MOUSE.

WE MADE REVISIONS TO THE COMMUNITIES. WE WORK WITH 42 YEARS, BORN AT JFK HOSPITAL. I COULD TELL YOU THAT HAVE BEEN SOME DISPARITIES. DISENFRANCHISING THE COMMUNITY OVER THE YEARS.

HE MADE PROGRESS.

THE FIRST SECOND AMERICAN MAYOR. I THINK LOOKING AT THESE MAPS HAVE TO MAKE CHANGES. I WORK THE SENSES, I KNOW THE NUMBERS.

A VOLUNTEER ON SENSES. SOME OF THESE THAT SOME OF OUR ORGANIZATIONS ARE SENSE ISSUES THAT WOULD LEAD THE CODE BY PASSING 109, THE WHOLE PART OF A LARGE HISPANIC DEMOGRAPHIC IN THE AREA WITH THAT BEING SAID SOME OF THE OTHER MAPS WITH THE CHANGES I DO FAVOR. CHANGE IS GOOD.

CHANGE IS GOOD. JANE ALWAYS WORK IN YOUR FAVOR GRAFT ALSO UNDERSTAND THAT AS WELL. THE CONFERENCE MADE THAT WE WERE APPROXIMATELY 93,000 PEOPLE IN OUR CITY. WE DO. WE ALL REPRESENT THEM. COUNCIL MEMBERS.

AS A MAYOR, REPRESENT EVERY SINGLE PERSON IN THE CITY. THERE IS A HOMELESS INDIVIDUAL, UNSHELTERED, SOMEONE WHO MAKES $200,000 A YEAR. FOR SOMEBODY WHO IS INCARCERATED. PRESENT ALL OF THEM. SO, WITH THAT BEING SAID WE HAVE PROPER ARMS AROUND THE SPIRIT COME TO A CONSENSUS TO MAPS THAT CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH. AND PRESENT THEM AS OUR STUFF.

OH, LOOKING.

I'M 50 AND ALSO 108 I DON'T THE CONVERSATION 'S? ARE THE

NEXT STEPS? >> I THINK VENTURE WAS GONNA SAY SOMETHING?

>>, YOU MIGHT ECHO. FOR ONE WEIGHT OR 110 110 A.

MAYOR PRO TEM HAD UNOPPOSED.

I MIGHT BE WORTHY OF ASKING MAYOR PRO TEM IF IT HAD TO BE ONE TENDER ONE WEIGHT TO EVERY

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>> SEE THE SEAMANSHIP YOU HAVE CURRENTLY BOTH OF THOSE. BOTH OF THOSE MAPS. SHOW THE SAME ISSUE WE ARE TALKING ABOUT.

JUST ANOTHER COMMENT IS, AND ILLEGALLY MIGHT ALL BE ACCEPTED JUST TO COMPLY COMPLIANCE. LOOKING FOR THE ROTATION FOR OUR RESIDENTS. THIS TIME SUPPORTING 109.

>> SO THE NEXT STEPS, WHAT WE HAVE TO BE ABLE TO DO IS BY DATE CERTAIN HAVE MAP ADOPTED. SO, IF TONIGHT BETWEEN ONE WEIGHT AND 110 A SEEMS LIKE THOSE OF A ONCE THOUGHT WAS CONSENSUS. THERE IS A PREFERABLE MAP BETWEEN THE 2 OF THEM AND THAT COUNSEL IS READY TO MOVE FORWARD ON THAT AMOUNT. THEN WHAT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE IS THAT A MOTION TO ESSENTIALLY STATE THAT HE WOULD PREFER ONE AMOUNT BY NUMBER AND REQUEST STAFF TO BRING BACK AN ORDINANCE WITH THAT.

OTHER QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION THEN WE CAN DO THAT BUT, IN TERMS OF THE SCHEDULING MR. MAYOR CONFLICT.

QUICK PUBLIC-SECTOR MOTION.

WILL MAKE A MOTION SUGGESTING THAT 8, THAT WOULD BE MY MOTION FOR PLAN ONE WEIGHT IN ONE WEIGHT AND WOULD REQUEST AFTER BRING BACK THIS WEEK. PLEASE.[VOTING] THIS MOTION PASSES 4 – ONE. MAXIMUM OUR THINKING.

THANK YOU JEFF.

>> OKAY. LET ME FIND MY AGENDA HERE. WE HAVE THE NEXT ITEM WHICH IS PUBLIC

[11. PUBLIC COMMENTS FOR ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA]

MR. -. >> MICAH SPONSOR EXCLUDED INCAN MAYOR AND COUNCIL EVERYONE IN THE AUDIENCE.

I'D LIKE TO MAKE A COMMENT. SEND AN EMAIL OUT. THERE WAS A HEATED LIPOMA DOWN.

IT WAS TIME FOR COUPLE WEEKS. AFTERNOON.

TOLD ME FRIDAY WOULD BE LOW AND BEHOLD JUST WHEN I THINK THINK HIS TEAM AND THINK THE CITY OF INDIO FOR TAKING CARE OF THAT ISSUE.

WAS ON JANUARY 9 I ATTENDED A MISSION SURFACE TALKING ABOUT THIS FIELD.

THEY HAVE THE GATES.

I ASKED GATES TO THE PUBLIC SO WE CAN HAVE ACCESS. THIS, MEMBERS, ACCESS TO THE FIELDS. SO WE CAN PRACTICE WITH OUR KIDS.

JIM CURTIS, SENT ME AN EMAIL THE FOLLOWING DAY.

HE STATED THE GATES WILL BE OPEN. THEY WERE OPEN FOR 12 DAYS. GOT AN EMAIL FROM HIM YESTERDAY.

STATING THE LOCKS TO BE PUT BACK ON THE GATE BECAUSE OF GRAFFITI, TRASHING THE BATHROOMS. HOMELESS ENCAMPMENTS.

I MEAN, WITH THE SAME THING AT JACKSON PARK.

WE HAVE A SNACK BAR THERE.

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WE HAD ENCAMPMENTS THERE.

WHICH ARE NOT LEGAL IN THE CITY OF INDIO FOR OVERNIGHT. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE DIFFERENCES. WHY DOES ONE PERSON GET TO MAKE THAT DECISION BY PUTTING THE LOCKS BACK ON THE GATE? THAT'S MY ISSUE. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE LOCKS TAKEN OFF OF THAT GATE, ALL OF THE GATES. CODE ENFORCEMENT IS OUT. THEY CAN TAKE CARE OF THE HOMELESS. HAVE OVER CITIGROUP THAT TAKES CARE OF THE BATHROOMS FOR THE GRAFFITI. SAME ISSUES WE HAVE AT JACKSON PARK. WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE? OTHER THAN THAT I WANT TO THANK YOU CITY AND EVERYBODY INVOLVED WE ARE MOVING FORWARD. CHANGES ARE HAPPENING. OUR RESIDENTS ARE VERY HAPPY.

SO THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS SIR. TO HAVE ANY

COMMENTS ONLINE? >> YES WE DO.

WE HAVE MS. PAULA MARVIN.

>> HELLO. ARE YOU ABLE TO

HEAR ME? >> YOU HAVE 3 MINUTES.

>> I'M CALLING AND REGARDING A CONCERN ABOUT TRAFFIC SAFETY ON JEFFERSON AND MILES AVENUE. I HAVE CONTACTED A FEW OF THE BOARD AND AS WELL AS THE CITY OF INDIO POLICE JANUARY 20.

I'M VERY UNHAPPY WITH LEAVING MY HOME AND HAVING PEOPLE RUN RED LIGHTS DAILY.

IT'S A DAILY OCCURRENCE.

JEFFERSON AND MILES IS TO BE MONITORED BETTER.

RIGHT NOW THERE'S INDIO WATER PROJECT HAPPENING.

I BELIEVE IT WAS YESTERDAY THERE WAS ANOTHER ACCIDENT ON MILES. SO, IF THE CITY OF INDIO AND THE CITY OF LA QUINTA CAN WORK TOGETHER TO ENSURE SAFETY FOR RESIDENTS IN THE CITY THAT WOULD BE AWESOME. I TRAVELED DAILY ON HIGHWAY 86 AND I CAN TELL YOU, I'M MORE AFRAID ON JEFFERSON.

IF YOU CAN MONITOR JEFFERSON AND NOT BLAME THE CITY OF LA QUINTA BUT HAVE RESPONSIBILITY FOR SIGNS OF THE STREET GUTTER CITY OF INDIO. PLEASE DO SO. IF YOU CAN COORDINATE, I HEARD THE CHIEF SURE ABOUT THE DECREASE IN CRIMINAL ACTIVITY. I LIKE TO SEE SOME TRAFFIC SAFETY THE CITY OF INDIO IS NOT JUST FOR THE VISITORS.

READING THE WATER THING IT SAID WE WERE TO BE DONE AT MARSH BE FURTHER FESTIVALS.

REPRESENT THE RESIDENCE 2.

VERY DISAPPOINTED AND ONE OF THE COMMENTS I WAS TOLD WAS THE YOU CAN'T CONTROL THE DRIVING HABITS.

AS YOU CAN. YOU CAN GIVE CITATIONS. PARK INSIDE INDIO SPRINGS COUNTRY CLUB WATCH PEOPLE RUN THE LIGHT. PARK BY, ANYWHERE ON JEFFERSON WATCHED PEOPLE RUN THE LIGHTS.

SO, PLEASE JUST MAKE THE CITY SAFER. I THANK YOU FOR LISTENING. I SAW THERE WAS A REGULATION, 70.005 TRAFFIC ACCIDENT REPORTS. MAYBE THE BOARD WOULD LIKE TO OR CANCEL OUR LIKE TO ASK TO SEE THOSE REPORTS AND SEE WHAT TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS ARE HAPPENING ON JEFFERSON AND MILES. SEEN CARS FLIPPED ON THE SIDE. RECENTLY THERE WAS A DEATH NEAR HERITAGE POEMS. DON'T WANT TO HEAR ABOUT ANYMORE AND I DON'T WANT TO SEE ANYMORE ON MY WAY TO WORK AND ON MY WAY HOME.

THANK YOU FOR LISTENING TO MY

CONCERNS. >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. I MOVE ON TO

MR. JAMES –. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

APPRECIATE THE WORK YOU GUYS ARE DOING FOR THE CITY.

THIS IS KIND OF A FOLLOW-UP MR. ORTIZ HAD ALREADY KIND OF MENTIONED IT. CITY COUNCIL PLEASE LET ME ACCESS MY APOLOGIES FOR NOT GETTING INVOLVED IN THIS ISSUE UNTIL NOW.

FORTUNATELY. RECENTLY RECEIVED AN UPDATE ON THE FEES FOR SHORT-TERM RENTALS. SHORT-TERM RENTALS THAT WOULD PUT IN EFFECT IN 2023.

UNDERSTAND THE NEED TO CHARGE REGULATE SHORT-TERM RENTAL PROPERTIES.

HOWEVER, NOT SURE THESE FEES ARE FAIR FOR INDIO HOMEOWNER WHO ACTUALLY LIVES HERE AND LATE RENTS

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THOSE FEES EFFECTIVELY COST ME ABOUT 50 PERCENT WHEN YOU ADD IN THE 13 PERCENT TAX. CURRENTLY RIGHT NOW I HAVE ONLY ONE WEEK AND RENTED. SO IF I PAY THAT FEE NEXT YEAR ON THE 30 PERCENT TAX PUT IN ALL THE WORK TO PREPARE MY HOUSE AND CLEAN IT UP AFTER THE PEOPLE LEAVE IT'S ACTUALLY LOCKED WOULD BE WORTH WANTING ANYMORE FOR ME. WHICH I DO BELIEVE WILL BRING AN INCREASE IN PEOPLE OUTSIDE OF THE COACHELLA VALLEY BUYING HOMES AND TURNING THEM INTO FULL-TIME SHORT-TERM RENTALS.

WHICH I DON'T THINK WE WANT TO SEE AN INCREASE IN THE.

REALLY ASK YOU TO PLEASE CONSIDER, AS MR. ORTIZ ALREADY SAID SOME COGNITIVE SYSTEM THIS MORE EQUITABLE FOR PEOPLE THAT ACTUALLY LIVES HERE AND RELATE TO THIS EXTREMELY SHORT TERM BASIS.

LONG-TERM BASIS.

NOT REALLY AN INCOME PROPERTY FOR ME. BUT, AN OPPORTUNITY 100,000 PEOPLE COME INTO INDIO FOR ME TO MAKE A LITTLE EXTRA MONEY AND GET OUT OF TOWN ON THE WEEKEND WHEN ALL THESE PEOPLE ARE HERE. SO, I APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK YOU'RE DOING. I APOLOGIZE FOR NOT GETTING INVOLVED IN THIS ISSUE A LOT SOONER.

I DO THINK IN A SENSE, THOSE OF US WHO ARE FULL-TIME RESIDENTS ONLY DOING A COUPLE TIMES A YEAR. WERE EFFECTIVELY BEING PUNISHED. AND WILL BE DRIVEN OUT OF THIS OPPORTUNITY AND IT WILL GIVE RISE TO PEOPLE BUYING AND BECOMING FULL-TIME, LONG-TERM, SHORT TIME RENTERS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. I APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK YOU GUYS ARE DOING.

SUCH A POSITIVE ATMOSPHERE HERE.

I APPRECIATE THAT SPIRIT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. TO HAVE OMAR COMMENT. NESSA –.

HELLO AGAIN.

MY COMMENT IS REGARDING MOSQUES AND MASK MANDATES. IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THE CUFF ENDS FEBRUARY 15.

IF THAT DOESN'T GET I HIGHLY ENCOURAGE YOU AS A COUNCIL TO IMPOSE MANDATE FOR THE CITY. AT THE VERY MINIMUM TO HAVE MANY CONSULTATION TEMPLATES HERE.

I MERELY BRING IT UP BECAUSE I BELIEVE BEFORE THIS MOST RECENT MASK MANDATE, THE POLICY WAS ASKS FOR UNVACCINATED INDIVIDUALS ONLY. ALSO MENTIONED THAT VACCINATION, PROOF OF VACCINATION IS NOT BEING ASKED.

LIKE A SAID, A MINIMUM OF 4 MINUTES IF NOT THE ENTIRE CITY.

JUST TO REMIND YOU THIS IS SOMETHING THAT CAN HAPPEN BEFORE. WHEN COVID-19 HAD A HIGH SURGERY RATE VERY EARLY ON.

SOON IT WITH THIS VERY IN THE NEXT MONTH AND HOPEFULLY NOT THE NEXT ONE IN THE NEXT ONE. IT IS NOT SUPER SAFE OUT THERE. AGAIN, THIS WAS WHEN THE COUNTY IN RESPONSE TO THE COUNTIES RESCISSION OF THE MANDATORY FEES COVERING ORDER. THE CITY OF INDIO HAVE ADOPTED EMERGENCY ORDER RECURRING FAITH COVERINGS IN PUBLIC PLACES. EFFECTIVE MEETING. THAT WAS MAY OF REPUBLICAN SENATORS INCLUDE SHOWERS, PICKING UP FOOD RETAIL GOODS BUSINESSES, OR WHEN USING PUBLIC TRANSPORT IN PUBLIC OUTDOOR FEES COVERS MANDATORY WHEN SOCIAL DISTANCING OF HIS FEET CANNOT BE MAINTAINED. YOU CAN USE THE SAME THING IF YOU WANTED. IT HAS EXCEPTIONS FOR PEOPLE WITH BREATHING PROBLEMS WHICH IS MAYBE A CONCERT TO HEALTH. OKAY, THAT IS IT.

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WE WILL MOVE ON TO OUR NEXT COUNCIL MEETING. JOINT MEETING WITH IWA IS FEBRUARY 16TH, 2022. IT'S APPROXIMATELY 7:31. THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.