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City of Indio

AGENDA

Special Meeting of the Planning Commission Joint with City Council

March 02, 2022 @ 3pm

150 Civic Center Mall

 

 

 

The Planning Commission joint with City Council this meeting will be conducted remotely through Zoom in compliance with Government Code Section 54953(e) (AB 361) in-person participation by the public will not be permitted and no physical location from which the public may observe the meeting will be available.

 

Notice is hereby given that the Planning Commission will hold a special meeting on March 2, 2022 at 3:00 p.m. to participate in a joint study session meeting with the City Council regarding the Draft Cannabis Ordinance.

 

 

You may view the meeting via Livestream on the City’s website

 

or via Facebook Live

 

or via YouTube

 

 or view and participate via Zoom

Webinar ID: 814 0198 7663

Passcode: 602090

 

Consistent with Executive Government Code Section 54953(e) (AB 361), members of the Indio City Council and City Staff are permitted to attend the meeting by teleconference and such teleconference locations are not accessible to the public and are not subject to special posting requirements.  If you are an individual with a disability and need a reasonable modification or accommodation pursuant to the Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”) please contact the office of the City Clerk at 760-391-4007 prior to the meeting for assistance.

 

Members of the public who desire to address the City Council during the meeting may do so either orally or in writing as described below.

 

Oral Comments: Oral testimony can be provided in person or during the virtual live session. Individual speakers are limited to three minutes each, unless the Mayor amends the time limit. To address the Council in person please complete speaker request card located at the entrance and give it to the City Clerk. Your name will be called when it is your turn to speak. To address the Council during the virtual live session via zoom, please email the City Clerk at cityclerk@indio.org, or alternatively, during the specific agenda item or general comment period (i.e. non-agenda items), please use the "raise your hand" function in zoom in order to be recognized by the City Clerk in order to provide comments in real time.  The City Clerk will facilitate to the extent possible any email requests to provide oral testimony that are sent during the live meeting.  Please specify on the subject line of the email “Oral Comment” and note the agenda item number or if general comment (i.e. non-agenda item). To participate during the live session, please keep track of the meeting proceedings by watching the meeting via Livestream, Facebook Live, YouTube, or Zoom. Please raise your hand and your name or other identifier (phone number) will be called when it is your turn to speak.

 

Written Comments: If you are unable to provide comments during the meeting (whether in person or the virtual live session), written public comments on agenda and non-agenda items, or both, may be submitted by email to the City Clerk at cityclerk@indio.org. Please specify on the subject line the agenda item number or if general public comment (i.e. non-agenda item). For example on a specific item, write "agenda item 8a" on the email subject line.

 

Email/Written comments must be received by the City Clerk no later than 2:00 p.m. on the day of the meeting and such comments will be distributed to the City Clerk, City Council, posted on the agenda landing page and be made part of the agenda packet and public record of the meeting; however, they will not be read during the meeting.

 

Public Hearing Items: Any person may provide in-person comments on public hearing items. Oral or written comments will also be accepted on public hearing items in the manner prescribed in the notice at the top of this agenda except that comments will be accepted during the public hearing until the hearing is closed.

 

PLEASE NOTE THAT THE PLANNING COMMISSION MAY ACT ON

 ANY ITEM LISTED ON THE AGENDA

 

 

1.

CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL

Chairperson Nicco Alexander Ysiano

Vice-Chairperson Christian Rodriguez Ceja

Commissioner Gloria Franz

Commissioner Esperanza “Espe” Valdez

Commissioner Jacqueline “Jackie” Lopez

 

 

2.

PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

 

 

3.

PUBLIC COMMENT FOR ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA

This is the time set aside for public comment for items not on the agenda. Public comments may be provided in the manner prescribed at the top of this agenda. If the total time of comments extend beyond 30 minutes, the Mayor may defer further public comments for items Not on the Agenda until the end of the Agenda.

 

 

4.

STUDY SESSION ITEMS

 

 

 

4.1.

Review and receive input regarding the draft Cannabis Ordinance.

 

 

 

5.

ADJOURN

Next Planning Meeting: March 09, 2022

 

Agenda packets are available on the city’s website at www.indio.org and at the City Clerk’s Office in City Hall at 100 Civic Center Mall, Indio, California.  Materials related to an item on this Agenda submitted to the Planning Commission after distribution of the agenda packet are available for public inspection in the City Clerk’s Office, during normal City business hours.

 

PUBLIC NOTICE

The Indio City Council Chamber is accessible to person(s) with disabilities. If special equipment is needed, for the hearing impaired, please call the City Clerk's office.  Persons with disabilities can receive this agenda in an alternative format and should call the City Clerk's office at 391 4007. Notification 48 hours prior to a meeting will enable the City to make reasonable arrangements to ensure accessibility to the meeting (28 CFR 35.102.35.104 ADA Title 11).

 

RULES OF DECORUM

To help conduct the business of the Planning Commission in an orderly fashion, the City has adopted rules pertaining to decorum and order, as provided for in Ordinance No. 1205. The Planning Commission will strictly enforce these rules in order to allow full expression of ideas and opinions by councilmembers, staff and the public. Generally, the City's rules of decorum prohibit comments or actions which willfully disrupt the meeting. All remarks and questions shall be addressed to the Commission as a whole and not to any particular member. No individual Commissioner or member of the City staff shall be questioned without first obtaining permission from the Presiding Officer. The Planning Commission asks that all persons - including commissioners, staff and the public - act and speak respectfully.

 

DECLARATION OF POSTING

 

I, Clementina Barragán, Administrative Assistant of the City of Indio, California, do hereby declare that the foregoing agenda was posted on on  February 25, 2022, at least seventy-two (72) hours prior to the meeting per Government Code 54954.2, at the following locations:

 

City of Indio Council Chamber, 150 Civic Center Mall, Indio, CA 92201

City of Indio website www.indio.org

 

 

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