[1. CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL]
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SARA, I AM NOT SURE IF YOU WERE TALKING? I WAS NOT ABLE TO HEAR YOU ON MY END? I THINK I WAS PICKING YOU UP ON ONE OF THE OTHER MICROPHONES IN THE ROOM.
>>: SARA, ARE WE GOOD? >>: SORRY ABOUT THAT.
I THINK WE HAVE EVERYTHING SQUARED AWAY.
I WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT CHAIR BENTSEN WILL NOT BE ABLE ATTEND TONIGHT BUT WE ARE STILL WAITING ON COMMISSIONER TACK AND COMMISSIONER PATTERSON.
I SEE COMMISSIONER TACK IS JOINING.
THAT GIVES US A QUORUM - I THINK I HAVE IT FIGURED OUT.
>>: IT WAS A ROUGH START TONIGHT.
>>: I DON'T KNOW IF HER GOOD OR NOT.
I CAN'T GET THIS THING UNMUTED.
>>: I HEAR YOU. >>: YOU CAN? >>: YOU CAN'T SEE ME? NOW YOU CAN. I RESTARTED MY COMPUTER AND ALL THE SETTINGS ARE.
>>: VICE CHAIR LUE, WITHOUT CHAIR BENTSEN THEN I'M GOING TO ASK YOU TO CHAIR THE MEETING
TONIGHT. >>: I WILL TRY TO DO MY UTMOST BEST ON THIS.
THIS WILL BE MY FIRST TIME DOING IT.
I WILL LET YOU GET STARTED WITH THE CALL TO ORDER, OR DO I DO THAT? SARA? CAN YOU HEAR ME?
>>: YOU WOULD NORMALLY DO THAT.
IF YOU WOULD LIKE I THINK I CAN BRING UP THE AGENDA THAT HELPS TO FOLLOW.
I WILL ALSO LOOK FOR THAT MYSELF.
THIS WAS THE CALL TO ORDER FOR THE SUSTAINABILITY COMMISSION MEETING OF MARCH 28, 2022.
IS THAT FINE? WE GO AHEAD AND START THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE AT THE START OF THIS MEETING.
HELLO? >>: YEP. >>: OKAY, NO PROBLEM.
WE GO AHEAD AND START THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
IS EVERYONE READY, DO YOU HAVE YOUR MICROPHONES OFF? YOU NEED YOUR MICROPHONES ON SO WE CAN HEAR YOU.
WE WILL GO AHEAD AND DO THE PLEDGE.
I PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
THE PUBLIC IN WHICH IT STANDS.
ONE NATION, UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH THE BEAUTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
>>: FANTASTIC, THANK YOU. NEXT ON THE AGENDA IS THE ROLE CALL.
LET ME THINK IT WILL CALL ON THE LIST.
VICE CHAIR LUE, PRESENT, OBVIOUSLY.
>>: COMMISSIONER TACK? >>: PRESENT.
THE NEXT THING WE WILL LOOK AT, AFTER THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE WE OPEN FOR PUBLIC COMMENT FOR ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA.
THIS IS THE TIME SET ASIDE FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS NOT ON THE AGENDA.
[4. MINUTES]
PUBLIC COMMENTS MAY BE PROVIDED IN A MANNER AS DESCRIBED -- THE TOTAL TIME FOR COMMENTS ARE NORMALLY 2 - 3 MINUTE LIMIT.WHAT IS THE LIMIT ALLOWED FOR THAT?
>>: THREE MINUTES. THREE MINUTES PER COMMENTOR.
DO WE HAVE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT WOULD LIKE TO MAKE COMMENTS?
>>: THERE ARE NO COMMENTS? >>: OKAY, WONDERFUL.
NEXT WE MOVE ON TO THE MEETING.
APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES OF MEETINGS FOR THE FEBRUARY 28 MEETING.
SORRY? >>: I MOVED TO APPROVE THE MINUTES.
>>: I SECOND. >>: THE MINUTES ARE SECONDED.
ARE THERE ANY OBJECTIONS? DO WE HAVE A CALL TO APPROVE? NO OBJECTION.
>>: DO A ROLL CALL VOTE ON THEM?
>>: APPROVE. >>: COMMISSIONER ROMERO.
>>: APPROVE. >>: COMMISSIONER PATTERSON.
>>: VERY GOOD, IT IS UNANIMOUS APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES OF THE MEETING.
OF THE PAST MEETING FROM FEBRUARY 28 OUR LAST MONTH'S MEETING.
[5.1 Bike Lanes Terry Cechin, Street Maintenance Supervisor]
NEXT ON OUR AGENDA WE HAVE TWO PRESENTATIONS.ONE IS FROM TERRY CECHIN HE WAS A STREET MAINTENANCE SUPERVISOR ON BIKE LANES.
THE SECOND IS BROOKE BEARE WHO IS THE DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS AND MARKETING OF CITY BRANDING. I WILL LET SARA TAKE US THROUGH THOSE PRESENTATIONS.
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>>: THANK YOU. ONE OF THE ITEMS ON THE WORK PLAN IS TO INCREASE THE BIKE LANES.
PER THE PLAN FROM COMPLETE STREETS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
WHAT ARE THE PEOPLE WHO IS INSTRUMENTAL IN THAT IS TERRY CECHIN.
I ASKED HIM TO COME AND TALK ABOUT THAT AND HOW IT WORKS AND TO SHOW YOU WHERE WE ARE AND HOW FAR WE'VE COME WITH THAT.
IF YOU GIVE ME A SECOND I WILL FLIP YOUR PICTURE AND WE WILL BE SET TO GO.
>>: ALRIGHTY, GOOD EVENING, EVERYBODY.
LIKE SARA SAID MY NAME IS TERRY CECHIN I'M THE SUPERVISOR FOR THE CITY OF INDIO.
WE ARE LOOKING AT AN EXHIBIT THAT SARA PUT UP THAT SHOWS IN YELLOW ALL OF THE BIKE LANES THAT ARE AVAILABLE WITHIN THE CITY OF INDIO.
WELCOME TO THE MEETING ONE OF MY TASKS AS THE STREET MAINTENANCE SUPERVISOR.
I GET THE PROJECT SEVERAL KEY PROJECTS THAT BENEFIT OUR STREETS IN MORE WAYS THAN BABY WHAT YOU SEE AS FAR AS THE NEW ASPHALT.
ONE OF THOSE IS THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE BIKE LANE.
WHICH IS WHAT I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT.
IN THE PAST THREE YEARS THE CITY OF INDIO HAS INSTALLED 14 CENTERLINE MILES OF BIKE LANES. AS PART OF THE INITIATIVE COMPLETE STREETS.
WE ACTUALLY PLAN TO ADD ANOTHER MILE ON DR.
CARREON WITH ONE OF HER UPCOMING PAVING PROJECTS.
BIKE LANES HAVE BEEN ADDED THROUGHOUT THE CITY AND EFFORT TO CREATE A NETWORK OF BIKE LANES THAT ENABLE BICYCLISTS TO RIDE AT THEIR PREFERRED SPEED.
RATHER IT BE FOR EXERCISE OR AS THEIR PRIMARY MODE OF TRANSPORTATION.
MOST CASES THE CITY HAS USED EXISTING ROADWAY DIMENSIONS TO ACCOMMODATE THE NEW BIKE LANES. MEANING WE BASICALLY CHANGE THE DIMENSIONS OF THE EXISTING STRIPING AND WITH THE EXISTING ROADWAYS WE ARE ABLE TO ADD THE BIKE LANES SO TYPICALLY THE NEW BIKE LANES ARE INSTALLED AFTER A RESURFACING SUCH AS AN OVERLAY OR A SLURRY.
AFTER THE NEW SURFACES LAID DOWN, WE INSTALLED THE NEW STRIPING DESIGN WILL CLOSE THE BIKE LANE STRIPING IN THE NEW BIKE LANE SIGNAGE.
THAT IS PRETTY MUCH THE PROCESS.
THAT IS PRETTY MUCH ALL I HAVE TO SAY.
IF YOU GUYS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, FEEL FREE TO ASK.
OTHERWISE I WILL PASS IT BACK TO YOU SARA.
>>: TERRY, I HAVE ONE QUESTION.
BEFORE THIS FESTIVAL DO SWEEP THE STREETS THAT GO TO THE FESTIVAL LIKE AVENUE 48TH AND MONROE UP THE 50TH?
>>: WE ARE PAYING SPECIAL ATTENTION TO THE SIDEWALKS AND STREETS TODAY.
TODAY WE HAD THE SWEEPER OUT ON JACKSON AND LAST WEEK WE HAD IT OUT ON MONROE.
ALL OF THOSE PERIMETER STREETS.
THE STREETS THAT TAKE YOU OUT TO THE FESTIVAL WILL BE SWEEP INTO THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS. WE SWEEP STREETS AT LEAST MONTHLY.
BUT WE WILL BE PAYING SPECIAL ATTENTION TO THEM.
SORRY ABOUT THE NOISE IN THE BACKGROUND.
>>: IF YOU DON'T MIND I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION.
MOVING OUT THE BIKE LANES YET TO MOVING FORWARD WITH A COMPLETE STREETS PLAN.
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IS IT BASED MORE ON HOW THE SCHEDULE THAT YOU ARE RESURFACING STREETS?>>: CORRECT, THE CITY OBVIOUSLY HAS THIS WILL BE PROACTIVE SO THEY LOOK FOR STREETS ARE GOOD CANDIDATES THAT WOULD ACCOMMODATE THE BIKE LANES.
THERE IS ENOUGH EXISTING TO PUT THE BIKE LANES IN IN THE CITY HIRES AN ENGINEER THAT DESIGNS THE STRIPING PLANS.
THEN WE ARE PREPARED SO WHEN THE ASPHALT COMES UP IN THE MAINTENANCE CYCLE WE ARE ABLE TO GO AHEAD IN THE NEW SURFACE.
YOU GUYS HAVE PROBABLY SEEN BEFORE IF WE GRIND AT THE STRIPING UP, IT LEAVES THE CONFLICTING SCAR IN THE ROAD.
WE WANT A BRAND-NEW SLATE WHEN WE PUT THE BIKE LANES IN SO THERE IS NO CONFUSION ON THE STRIPING AND WHAT IS NOT.
>>: I HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU AND I WILL APOLOGIZE FOR HAVING MISPRONOUNCED YOUR LAST NAME. I DID A REALLY BAD JOB OF THAT.
>>: THE TIMELINE FOR THIS, I DID SEE THERE IS A GRANT FOR BIKE LANES TWO YEARS AGO OR SO.
IS THAT INCLUDED IN HERE? OR IS THERE MORE TO COME?
THE INTERESTING THING ABOUT VENUE 44, IT WAS ONE OF THE COUPLE OF ROADS THAT RECEIVED A RODENT DIET. THAT IS WHERE -- TYPICALLY YOU CANNOT REDUCE THE NUMBER OF TRAVELING'S THAT YOU HAVE BECAUSE OF THE VOLUME OF TRAFFIC SO WE TRY TO MAKE THE TRAVEL LANES AND TRY TO MAKE EVERYTHING FIT AND KEEP THE STANDARDS IN PLACE THAT WE NEED TO HAVE FOR THE SPEED LIMIT AND THE TYPE OF VOLUME THAT IS ON THE ROAD.
WHAT WE DID, BECAUSE OF TRAFFIC VOLUME WE WERE ABLE TO REDUCE ONE OF THE TRAVEL LANES AND PUTTING STREET PARKING AND ALSO HAVE THE BIKE LANE INCLUDED AS WELL.
ALSO A COUPLE OF CROSSINGS WERE PUT.
THERE IS AREAS WHERE FOLKS HAD TO CROSS THE STREET TO GET TO THE RESIDENCE.
YOU PROBABLY SEEN THOSE WHERE YOU SEE THE PEDESTRIAN AND THE FLASHING LIGHTS.
IT IS NOT ADDING INTERSECTION WHERE THERE IS THE SIGNAL, THOSE WERE ALSO IMPLEMENTED.
>>: FROM YOUR POINT OF VIEW, I AM GUESSING THIS WILL BE A QUESTION MORE SO THAT DEPENDS ON WHAT FUNDING IS AVAILABLE.
YOU HAVE A TIMELINE FOR WHEN THE FUTURE PLANNED BIKE LANES WILL BE COMPLETED?
I WILL TALK TO THE CITY ENGINEER OR MAYBE THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS AND I CAN FOLLOW UP WITH SARA SO MAYBE SHE CAN HAVE THE INFORMATION FOR YOU GUYS AT ANOTHER MEETING.
I AM NOT AWARE OF A FORECAST OF WHEN THE FUTURE SEGMENTS ARE.
SOME MIGHT REQUIRE MORE CONSTRUCTION THAN OTHERS LIKE WHERE WE WOULD HAVE TO WIDEN SEGMENTS OF THE ROAD AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
I'M NOT SURE ABOUT THAT BUT I CAN FOLLOW UP.
>>: PERFECT. UNLESS I'M MISSING IT.
IT LOOKS LIKE HIGHWAY 111 IS NOT INCLUDED HERE.
THE ONLY SEGMENT OF HIGHWAY 111 THAT HAS BIKE LANES.
IF IT'S NOT HIGHLIGHTED ON THE MINUTE NEEDS TO BE UPDATED AND I'LL GO AHEAD AND ASK OUR GIS CORRELATOR TO DO THAT.
IT WOULD BE HIGHWAY 111 FROM JEFFERSON TO MADISON THAT HAS BIKE LANES.
BUT THE REST OF IT GOING EASTBOUND THROUGHOUT THE CITY OF INDIO DOES NOT HAVE BIKE LANES.
>>: DO YOU KNOW IN THE FUTURE IF THOSE WILL BE PLANNED OR IS IT NOT FEASIBLE AT THIS POINT TO INCORPORATE THOSE IN?
>>: THAT IS A GOOD QUESTION I DON'T KNOW THE TECHNICALITY ANSWER TO THAT.
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I HAVE WONDERED THAT TOO.ALL ALSO MAKE A NOTE TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION AS WELL AND FOLLOW UP WITH SARA.
[5.2 City Branding Brooke Beare, Director of Communications & Marketing]
SARA, IT'S BACK TO YOU.THANK YOU, TERRY. SARA, ARE YOU THERE?
I HAVE BEEN TALKING FOR A LITTLE BIT ABOUT REBRANDING THE STATE ABILITY PLAN AND POLLING THAT ALTOGETHER.
ALL OF THAT CAME ABOUT FROM BROOKE BEARE OUR DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATION AND MARKETING.
SHE IS GOING TO GIVE YOU A PRESENTATION ABOUT THE NEW BRANDING AND HOW IT CAME ABOUT IN A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE DEPARTMENT BRANDING AS WELL.
BROOKE WILL YOU GO AHEAD AND TAKE IT OVER?
>>: WE SURE CAN. >>: TERRIFIC.
I REALLY APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY AND THANK YOU SARA AND THE COMMISSION TO ALLOW ME TOO TAKE PART IN YOUR MEETING TODAY.
EXPLAIN SOME OF THE HISTORY AND THE BACKGROUND FOR WHY WE ARE GOING THROUGH THIS PROCESS.
WE ARE CALLING THE CITY INDIO CENTER STAGE.
I WILL GO THROUGH A LITTLE BIT OF WHY WE DECIDED TO GO TO THIS BRANDING INITIATIVE.
A PART OF IT WAS TO CREATE CONSISTENCY ACROSS THE DEPARTMENTS AND ALSO OUR PARTNERS.
THIS WILL HAVE NOT JUST A COHESIVE TONE IN A COHESIVE IMAGE, IT WILL ALLOW US TO MARSHALL OUR BIGGEST RESOURCES WHICH IS A COMMUNITY AND OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS AND PROVIDE A FRAMEWORK AND A POST FOR OUTGOING CITY COMMUNICATIONS AND INSPIRING CONFIDENCE AND PRIDE, BRING AWARENESS IN THE COACHELLA VALLEY AND BEYOND AND PROVIDE A PLATFORM FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT WHICH IS VERY IMPORTANT FOR OUR TEAM HERE DRIVING ECONOMIC DIVERSIFICATION.
SPECIFICALLY WE WANTED TO PROJECT THE CITY'S MESSAGE OF COMPETITIVENESS AND THAT WAS NOT JUST FOR BUSINESS AND RETAIL BUT AS THEY GO THROUGH THE RESEARCH YOU WILL SEE WHY WE FELT LIKE THIS WAS A NECESSARY NEXT STEP AS A CITY AND A RESPONSIBILITY TO OUR RESIDENTS IN ORDER TO PROVIDE THEM WITH ALL THE RESOURCES THAT THEY DESERVE.
OUR BRANDING PROCESS CONSISTED OF THE STAKEHOLDER AND COMMUNITY EDUCATION INSIGHT GATHERING AND RESEARCH THAT WILL ALL LEAD TO BRAND ACTION IDEAS SOME THAT I WILL PRESENT THIS EVENING.
AS PART OF OUR RESEARCH GATHERING AND ARE INSIGHT GATHERING.
I KNOW SOME OF YOU WERE INVOLVED IN THE 1300 UNIQUE INPUTS THAT WE RECEIVE THROUGH THIS PROCESS EITHER BY PARTAKING IN A STUDY IN AUTHENTIC INDIO.COM, FILLING OUT A POLL ONLINE OR IN PERSON AND ATTENDING WHATEVER STAKEHOLDER MEETINGS IN A ONE-ON-ONE.
ULTIMATELY AS YOU SEE 1300 UNIQUE INPUTS WHICH ALSO CONSISTED OF 300 PEOPLE PARTICIPATING AND OUT OF MARKET RESEARCH.
WHAT WE FOUND SOME OF IT IS INDIO IS UNIQUE FOR THE HISTORY THAT IS SOMETHING WERE ALL FAMILIAR WITH AND ALSO BEST KNOWN FOR OUR FESTIVALS.
ALSO THE COACHELLA VALLEY AND PEOPLE IN INDIO THERE WAS A CONCERN WHETHER OR NOT THERE WAS A CRIME AS WE KNOW FROM MY LATEST NUMBERS.
INDIO IS SEEING HISTORIC RECORD LOW CRIME BUT THAT IS NOT THE PERCEPTION IN INTERNALLY AMONGST THOSE WHO LIVE AND GO TO SCHOOL AND DO BUSINESS IN INDIO WE WERE PERCEIVED AS LESSER THAN OTHERS AS IF WE DO NOT DESERVE THE SAME OPPORTUNITIES AS OTHER CITIES IN THE
COACHELLA VALLEY. >>: MORE IMPORTANTLY WE WERE ABLE TO CAPITALIZE ON THE OPPORTUNITIES AND THOSE WERE THE DIVERSITY.
INDIO IS SOCIOECONOMICALLY RACIALLY FROM AN EDUCATION PERSPECTIVE THE MOST DIVERSE CITY IN THE COACHELLA VALLEY.
ALSO WE ARE HOME TO THE COACHELLA VALLEY WHICH IS AN INTERNATIONAL EVENT AND STAGECOACH WHICH WERE THE DOUBLES OF POPULATION DIVERSITY WE HAVE A LOT OF ROOM FOR GROWTH.
THOSE WERE THE N-SIZE AND OPPORTUNITIES WE FELT LIKE WE SHOULD BETTER CAPITALIZE ON.
THROUGH THE RESULT OF THE RESEARCH WE CAME UP WITH THIS APPROVED DNA PLATFORM STATEMENT IT IS BOILING DOWN ALL THE RESEARCH INTO ONE VERY LONG SENTENCE.
FOR THOSE SEEKING 365 DAYS OF SUNSHINE AN OPPORTUNITY IN EVERY DIRECTION THE TRADITIONAL GATHERING PLACE AND LARGEST CITY IN THE COACHELLA VALLEY BEARS THE FRUIT OF YOUTHFUL ENERGY SHOWING YOU THE GROWTH AND PROSPERITY BELONG IN THE DESERT.
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I LIKE TO SAY WHAT IS THE DNA PLATFORM STATEMENT.WHAT DOES THAT RESEARCH MEAN, WHO DO WE THINK WE ARE, HOW DO WE PROJECT THE MESSAGE OF COMPETITIVENESS TO THE WHOLE WORLD AND ALSO TO OURSELVES AND PEOPLE WHO WOULD WANT TO INVEST. PEOPLE WHO ALREADY LIVE HERE AND PEOPLE WOULD WANT TO LIVE HERE.
STRATEGIC POSITIONING OPTIONS.
WE LIKE TO LOOK AT THE DNA STATEMENT.
WHAT DO WE DO WITH THE BIG LONG STATEMENT, HOW DO WE MOVE FORWARD AS THE CITY NOW THAT WE KNOW WHO WE ARE? WHICH IS WHAT WE HAVE BEEN FOR MANY YEARS, DISTILLING INTO ONE SENTENCE.
IT ALLOWS THE CITY OF FESTIVALS TO LIVE ON AS A MODERN CAR AND ALONGSIDE THE POINTED VALUE STATEMENT.
ALL OF THESE THINGS THAT YOU ARE SEEING IS A DIFFERENT SPRIG YOUNGEST MOST DIVERSE CITY.
WE ARE ALSO THE LARGEST CITY IN THE VALLEY AND WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO STAGE BIG EVENTS.
WE SAW THROUGH OUR RESEARCH, THE 13 PEOPLE WHO SAID THAT THEY HAD ATTENDED THE COACHELLA VALLEY MUSIC AND ARTS FESTIVAL OR STAGECOACH MUSIC FESTIVAL.
ATTENDED THE SAID THEY HAD NEVER BEEN TO INDIO.
WHAT DOES THAT MEAN EXACTLY? THEY THOUGHT THEY WERE IN COACHELLA OR IN PALM SPRINGS.
OBVIOUSLY, THEY WERE NOT. LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE CREATIVE DECISIONS THAT CAME THROUGH OUR VALUE STATEMENT THERE.
THE NEW LOGO, MAYBE SOME OF YOU HAVE SEEN ALREADY.
IT HAS MADE ITS WAY ONTO A COUPLE OF BILLBOARDS ON THE I-10.
ALSO ONTO HER STREET POLE BANNERS.
AND IN SOME LIMITED DEGREE TO THINK THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE SEEN AROUND TOWN.
WHEN I TALK ABOUT COHESIVENESS WITH THE BRAND AND WHAT WE FELT LIKE A LOT OF DIFFERENT WAYS THAT WE WERE PROJECTING OUR IMAGE.
WE HAVE THIS ONE THAT HAS BEEN AROUND FOR A LONG TIME.
DECADES EVEN THOUGH THE CITY HAS GROWN SINCE THAT TIME THIS IS REMAIN THE SAME BUT WE ALSO HAVE THIS OTHER ONE OUR FUND LOGO AND THIS HAS BEEN USED FOR THE SUSTAINABILITY DEPARTMENT AND DIVISION FOR A LONG TIME.
THERE ARE DIFFERENT WAYS THAT WE ARE PROJECTING THE CITY.
I'M SURE MANY OF YOU HAVE SEEN HAS A HIGH HEEL AND A TAMALE, AND AFFAIRS WILL AND A WHOLE KITCHEN SINK.
THAT IS DIFFICULT TO DUPLICATE.
IT IS SOMETHING THAT SAYS A LOT OF THINGS ABOUT WHO WE ARE.
LET ME WALK YOU THROUGH HOW WE GOT THERE.
IF YOU WANT TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE LETTERS IT HAS A FESTIVE FEELING WHICH PAYS TRIBUTE TO INDIA'S AGRICULTURAL ROOTS IN THE ROWS THAT ARE DOWN THE CENTER WHERE I LIKE TO THINK OF THEM AS TRAIN TRACKS OR TRAIN TIES.
OR THE EDGES OF THE SHAPE IS UNIQUE.
IT WAS MADE FOR US IN INDIO, THAT MAY BE LOOKS LIKE TICKETS, CONCERT TICKETS OR RIBBONS, STREAMERS OF SOME KIND AND THE COLORS BRIGHT AND VIBRANT REFLECTIVE OF OUR COMMUNITY AND ALSO CULTURAL DIVERSITY IN SO MANY DIFFERENT WAYS.
THAT STRAP LINE TAKES CENTER STAGE.
IT STILL HAS A NOD TO THE CITY OF FESTIVALS.
WE WILL ALWAYS BE THE CITY OF FESTIVALS IN THE SAME WAY NEW YORK WILL CONTINUE THIS WILL BE THE BIG APPLE, CHICAGO IS A WINDY CITY.
HOW CAN WE MOVE BEYOND THE CITY OF FESTIVALS, WE SAW IN 2020 WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU'RE IN THE CITY OF FESTIVALS AND THERE ARE NO FESTIVALS.
OBVIOUSLY WE ARE STILL SOMETHING BEYOND THAT.
IT TAKES CENTER STAGE AND WORKED VERY WELL.
IT'S VERY VIBRANT IT ALLOWS US TO MOVE BEYOND THE COLOR AND WHAT COLOR YOU ASSOCIATE WITH INDIO THE MOST OFTEN.
THAT WOULD MAKE SENSE DESERT, SUN, ROCKS, DATES, PALM, TRUNKS, BUT WE ARE MORE THAN THAT.
I JUST WANTED TO SHOW YOU THE LOGOS IN COMPARISON SO YOU CAN SEE THE CITY OF INDIO LOGO.
WE TALKED ABOUT ALL THE WAYS THAT WE ARE DIFFERENT AND THERE ARE THINGS HERE IF YOU LOOK AT THE LOGO SIDE-BY-SIDE THAT SHOW HOW SIMILAR WE ARE.
HOWEVER, WHEN YOU LOOK HERE YOU CAN SEE NO OTHER CITY COULD SPELL OUT THERE CITY THE SAME WAY AS WE HAVE DONE HERE.
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IT WOULD BE DIFFICULT TO SEE THE OTHER CITIES USING THE SAME COLORS IN THE SAME FONT THAT WE HAVE CREATED HERE.THIS IS A SAMPLE BOARD SOMETHING THAT YOU WOULD SEE FREQUENTLY WHEN YOU'RE GETTING INDIO LITERATURE THIS IS WHAT WE CALL A LOOK IN DIFFERENT WAYS WE CAN PLAY OFF OF IT.
THE CITY OF FESTIVALS WE PUT THE SPOTLIGHT ON YOU.
HERE IS SOME EXAMPLES OF THE LOGO AND LIMITED CAPACITY WE HAVE STARTED TO DO THAT AND THOSE OF YOU WHO I MET AT OUR EMPLOYEE EVENT MAY HAVE GOTTEN TO TAKE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HOME WITH THEM.
IF NOT YOU WILL START TO SEE THE LOGO IN USE IN OTHER WAYS.
BEAR WITH ME FOR A SECOND THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVE NOT SEEN IT.
THE NEXT TIME THAT YOU'RE AT THE CITY I SIT HERE TO COVER UP MY BOOKSHELF.
ON THE ACTUAL FURNITURE TOMORROW AND WE WILL HAVE STICKERS THAT WE ARE GETTING OUT.
MAGNETS INSUREDS ARE IN THE WORK TO.
JUST SO YOU CAN SEE HOW IT'S USED.
PUBLIC WORKS AND FLAGS WILL BE ORDERED AND FLOWN AT CITY FACILITY SOON WE ARE WORKING ON SIGNAGE.
THIS IS AN INSPIRATIONAL IDEA FOR A SIGN WHICH THE CITY COUNCIL HAS APPROVED AND THIS IS A RENDERING BUT IT'S A LOCATION OF WHERE THE SIGNAGE WILL ACTUALLY GO AT THE CORNER OF MILES IN SMYRNA AND DOWNTOWN AS WE BUILD UP THE DOWNTOWN AREA AND TURN INTO A PEDESTRIAN FRIENDLY WALKABLE LOCATION.
YOU WILL BE ABLE TO SEE THE BACK OF THE SIGNS FROM THE BOULEVARD BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY YOU CAN SAFELY TAKE PHOTOS AND COMMEMORATE YOUR TIME AND DOWNTOWN INDIO FROM THE SIDEWALK IN THE FRONT. AS A SIDE NOTE THOSE ATTENDING THE COACHELLA VALLEY AND MUSIC FESTIVALS WILL GET UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL WITH THIS TOO.
YOU MIGHT HAVE SEEN IT IN STREET BANNERS.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT COULD GO ON A BILLBOARD.
I JUST WANTED TO BRING YOU THROUGH THE DEPARTMENTAL LOGOS.
THE DIFFERENT VARIATIONS THAT YOU MIGHT SEE.
THIS WOULD BE FAR MORE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AS WE PUT THE CITY OUT THERE.
INDIO WATER AUTHORITY WILL COME INTO THE FOLD, THEY ARE A DEPARTMENT WITHIN THE CITY OF INDIO. THEY WILL BE LOOKING LIKE THIS.
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT HAS A LOGO.
THE SENIOR CENTER, THE TEEN CENTER, PUBLIC WORKS AND SUSTAINABILITY.
SARA HAS ALREADY STARTED THE PROCESS OF PUTTING IT TO WORK.
EXCHANGE BUCKETS OR BEER BUCKETS.
CALL THEM WHATEVER YOU WANT, THEY ARE REASONABLE AND NOT MADE OF PLASTIC.
I WANTED TO TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT SOME IMPLEMENTATION OF THE BRAND RIGHT NOW.
REALLY THE BRAND IS MORE THAN JUST A LOGO.
WHAT WE WANT TO DO IS PUT IN PLAY AND PUT IT THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY.
THIS RESEARCH TOLD US WHAT WE ALREADY KNEW BUT NOW WE NEED TO REINFORCE IT.
HE ALSO SHOWED THERE IS A PERCEPTION OF BEING LESSER THEN AND WE KNOW WE ARE THE LARGEST CITY AND NOT JUST IN GEOGRAPHY BUT ALSO IN POPULATION AND WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO DO BIG THINGS. NOW WE HAVE TO GET BEHIND THAT AND SHOW IN THE COMMUNITY.
AS PART OF THE IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS WE WENT BEYOND A LOGO.
WE WENT BEYOND COLORS AND WE SAID OKAY HOW DO WE LIVE THIS.
WE FOCUSED ON THREE SPECIFIC AREAS, DOWNTOWN EVENTS AND REVITALIZATION, THE FESTIVALS AND ALSO THIS IS WHERE YOU COME INTO PLAY AS THEIR BRAND AMBASSADORS IN OUR BEST CHAMPIONS FOR THE CITY OF INDIO, BEAUTIFICATION AND SUSTAINABILITY.
HOW DO WE DO THIS, HOW DO WE TAKE WHAT WE LEARN FROM OUR RESEARCH IN THIS BRANDING OPPORTUNITY AND CAPITALIZING IT.
NOT JUST FOR SUSTAINABILITY BUT CITYWIDE.
THAT IS LEANING ON SOME OF OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS.
FROM THE MARKETING PERSPECTIVE IT'S THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, MIGHT BE DESERT SANDS UNIFIED, THE LIBRARY.
SOME OF YOUR MOST PARTNERSHIPS AND SUSTAINABILITY ARE ALSO WITH BURRTEC AND RIVERSIDE COUNTY. RIGHT NOW WE'RE WORKING ON HAZARDOUS-WASTE DROP-OFF THAT IS COMING UP IN APRIL.
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SARA IS WORKING ON PROTECT PAMPHLET FOR THE YEAR AND THERE'S A LOT OF OPPORTUNITIES TO TAKE OUR LOGO AND WITH THE SUSTAINABILITY AND INFUSE THAT INTO OUR EXISTING PARTNERSHIPS WITH BURRTEC. THE MAILER THAT GOES OUT WITH ALL THE COMMUNITIES IS A TERRIFIC TOUCH POINT NOT JUST FOR THE CITY BUT THE BRAND AND WHAT YOU WANT AND SO MANY OTHER PEOPLE ARE DOING FOR THE CITY AND PUTTING BANNERS AT EVENTS AND DO A BRANDED ITEM WITH RETAILERS.FOR EXAMPLE REUSABLE OR BAMBOO UTENSILS.
I WILL GIVE YOU SOME EXAMPLES OF HOW WE CAN DO THAT.
ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF HOW WE CAN LIVE THE SUSTAINABILITY BRAND WOULD BE WORKING WITH OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT. I TALKED ABOUT DESERT SANDS WE HAVE 19 SCHOOLS THAT ARE PART OF DESERT SANDS. THAT IS MORE THAN ANY OTHER CITY IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
PARTNERING UP WITH THEM AND TEACHING THEM ABOUT THE SCIENCE AND BEYOND KEEPING OUR CITY SUSTAINABLE INNER-CITY CLEAN.
WHEN I TALK ABOUT RANDY ADAMS EVENT.
THIS MIGHT BE SOMETHING VERY SIMILAR TO PUTTING OUR LOGO ON A WALL WHERE PEOPLE CAN COME AND TAKE PICTURES.
MAYBE THAT'S A BANNER, THAT COULD BE COMING UP WITH THE INDIO SUSTAINABILITY BAG WILL BE PROVIDED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH LOCAL.
SAY, FOR EXAMPLE, PEOPLE SPEND A CERTAIN AMOUNT OUT OF A BUSINESS, WE CREATE A BAD THAT WE CAN USE THAT SAYS SUSTAINABILITY.
IT THAT PARTICULAR BUSINESS AND LOGO AND WE CREATE A BAD THAT WE PROVIDE.
THE MERCHANT DOESN'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT PROVIDING A BAG OF THEIR OWN, THEY'VE ENTERED INTO A PARTNERSHIP WITH US AND PART OF THIS WERE GIVEN OUT REUSABLE BAGS.
ANOTHER EXAMPLE FROM A CITY TO THE JOHNSON CITY AND TENNESSEE THEY'VE ALSO PARTNERED WITH A LOCAL RESTAURANT WHERE THEY PUT THEIR OWN LOGO ON IT TO-GO BOX.
WE CAN THINK ABOUT RECOGNIZING AND APPLAUDING THOSE LOCAL RESTAURANTS OR BUSINESSES THAT ARE USING CARDBOARD VERSUS PLASTIC AND COMING UP WITH A WAY TO BRAND THE CITY OF INDIO SUSTAINABILITY ALONG WITH THE RESTAURANT THEMSELVES.
WE HAVE A LOT OF EXISTING INITIATIVES THAT YOU WORK ON, THE COMMISSION AND THAT SARA WORKS ON AND ACTIVITIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES.
WE WANT TO IDENTIFY ALL THOSE LOCATIONS WHERE WE DO TOUCH THE COMMUNITY.
FOR EXAMPLE ON AN ANNUAL REPORT OR THE NEWSLETTER MAPS OR APPS WHERE WE CAN MAKE SURE SUSTAINABILITY TAKE CENTER STAGE IN INTEGRATING SUSTAINABILITY INTO PARKS AND WELLNESS PROJECTS. SOME OF THOSE EXAMPLES MIGHT BE COMING UP WITH AIR QUALITY PROJECTS.
FOR EXAMPLE WHEN WE ARE DOING MURALS.
ROME TALKS ABOUT POLLUTION EATING PAINT.
MAKING SURE THE SUSTAINABILITY IS WORKING WITH ARTS DEPARTMENTS AND WE CAN PROMOTE NOT ONLY VISA WE ARE BEAUTIFYING IT BUT DOING IT SUSTAINABILITY AND SHOULD SUSTAINABLY.
SARA HAS BEEN WORKING ON SB 1383 WHICH IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO USE OUR SUSTAINABILITY PROWESS AND A CAMPAIGN AROUND SOMETHING THAT EVERY CITY IN THE STATE IS GOING TO HAVE TO COMPLY WITH. HOW CAN WE THINK ABOUT SUSTAINABILITY AND A PARTNERSHIP AS THE CIVIC CENTER STORM DRAIN PROJECT CONTINUES? THAT IS A WAY OF CAPTURING AND RECAPTURING THE GROUNDWATER AND ALLOWING IT NOT TO JUST GO INTO THE CHANNEL BUT RECIRCULATE INTO A GROUNDWATER TABLE.
THE WASTE AND RECYCLING UP MIGHT BE THAT WE CALL IT THE SECOND APP, YOU WILL SEE A LOT OF THIS BRANDED LANGUAGE AND FUSED IN OTHER PROJECTS THAT WE DO.
THAT WAS SUGGESTED FOR SUSTAINABILITY.
MIXED MEDIUM AND SHADE ARTWORK, THE JACKSON STREET GRANT WITH SUSTAINABLE OR RECYCLABLE MATERIALS AND REALLY LIVE THAT WE ARE BEAUTIFYING BUT ALSO MAKING THINGS SHADIER WHICH WE ARE REDUCING TEMPERATURE AND ALSO CREATING A BETTER ENVIRONMENT FOR PEOPLE WHO WANT TO BICYCLE OR WALK AS OPPOSED TO GETTING THEIR VEHICLES AND PRODUCE MORE GREENHOUSE GASES.
THIS IS ANOTHER THING THAT I SAW THAT I THOUGHT WAS INTERESTING ABOUT CREATING SHADE
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STRUCTURES THAT ARE BEAUTIFUL THIS IS TAKING PLACE.THIS IS HOW WE STEP UP OUR GAME IN TERMS OF RELATING OUR BRAND TO NEW PROJECTS THAT YOU ARE WORKING ON AND THAT SARA AND PUBLIC WORKS ARE WORKING ON.
YOU MIGHT HAVE VERY SEEN IT WHEN I TALK ABOUT THE THINGS THAT WE ARE DOING ALREADY, THIS IS SIMPLE AND IT'S PUTTING A LOGO ONTO SOMETHING THAT WE DO ALREADY BUT THINKING ABOUT HOW WE TAKE IT TO THE NEXT LEVEL AT THESE PARTICULAR EVENTS.
HOW DO WE MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE RECOGNIZE THIS AS A CONCERTED EFFORT ON THE PART OF CITY STAFF AND OUR COMMUNITY THIS WILL BE MORE SUSTAINABLE.
ALSO ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY IS ALWAYS TO CONTRIBUTE AND URGE PEOPLE TO GET INVOLVED WITH THE INDIO LIVE, THIS IS DIGITAL.
WE ARE NOT PRINTING THINGS THAT IS NOT SAVING THE ENVIRONMENT.
WE ARE NOT CAUSING ANOTHER THING TO GO THROUGH THE MAIL.
ALSO AN INCREDIBLE PLATFORM TO COMMUNICATE WITH PEOPLE IN THE CITY ABOUT THE PROJECTS THAT YOU ARE ALL WORKING ON.
ANOTHER WAY THAT WE INCORPORATED A BRANDING INTO THINGS ARE DOING ALREADY IS THROUGH THE SECOND SATURDAY EVENT IN SECOND SATURDAY CENTERSTAGE AND INDIO CERTIFIED MARKET IN DOWNTOWN INDIO.
IF YOU ARE THINKING ABOUT WAYS TO MOVE THE SUSTAINABILITY PLAN FORWARD, THESE ARE ADDITIONAL ADVENTS AND PUT WHAT WE CAN CAPTURE AUDIENCES.
I JUST WANT TO GO BACK A LITTLE BIT WE TALK ABOUT THE PARTNERSHIPS.
NOT ONLY ARE WE EDUCATING PEOPLE THAT WERE GETTING THEM INTRODUCED TO THE PLAN, THEY GET EXCITED ABOUT SUSTAINABILITY.
AND THEY GET EXCITED ABOUT BEING PART OF THE CITY AND CARE SO DEEPLY ABOUT THEIR HEALTH AND WELL-BEING. I DON'T KNOW IF IT BE AN APPROPRIATE TIME TO TAKE THAT.
ANYTHING ELSE THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO WEIGH IN ON, SARA TOOK A LOOK AT THE 95 PAGE REPORT THAT ACCOMPANIED THIS AND I THOUGHT IT WAS WORTH SHARING WITH YOU ALL.
>>: I CAN ONLY SAY ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC.
I'LL LET FOLKS ASK OTHER QUESTIONS BECAUSE THERE IS SO MUCH CONTENT THERE.
>>: THANK YOU, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, IT IS HARD TO GIVE PEOPLE A THUMBNAIL VERSION BUT THAT IS ALL WE HAVE THE BANDWIDTH FOR MOST OF THE TIME BUT AS I TOLD SARA I WOULD BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO SHARE THE ENTIRE REPORT WHEN WE ARE ABLE TO QUANTIFY WHAT WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO DO. THIS IS MEANT TO BE AN EXERCISE FOR YOU WALL TO GET INSPIRED INTO WORK ON PROJECTS AND MOVE FORWARD WITH THE PROJECTS THAT I KNOW SARA HAS BEEN WORKING ON.
>>: I GOT MORE OUT OF IT THE SECOND TIME THAT I DID THE FIRST TIME.
>>: SAID WHY. >>: SARA, DO YOU WANT TO ADD ANYTHING?
>>: I THINK VICE CHAIR LUE HAS BEEN A LITTLE BIT MODEST.
SHE HAS ASKED ME OR TALK TO ME A LITTLE BIT ABOUT DOING AN OUTREACH PLAN.
WHICH I THINK IS A REALLY GOOD IDEA.
IT MIGHT HELP US BRING IN TOMORROW FOCUS OF THIS AND HOW WE MIGHT USE THE AND THE TIMELINE AND SO FORTH.
THANK YOU, VICE CHAIR LUE. >>: I HAVE TO THINK BROOKE.
I THINK SHE JUST DID OUR OUTREACH PLAN FOR US WHEN I WAS WATCHING YOU GO THROUGH THAT, I'M LIKE YOU NAILED IT.
WE NEED YOU, YOU HAVE ALREADY DONE THE OUTREACH PLAN FOR US.
ALL BUT THE OTHER COMMISSIONERS GO FIRST WITH THEIR QUESTIONS, PLEASE.
ANY QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONER PATTERSON, COMMISSIONER ROMERO? COMMISSIONER TACK? NO QUESTIONS? MY QUESTION IS, YOU MIGHT NOT BE HERE WHEN WE GET AROUND TO IT BUT WE HAD TALKED ABOUT --
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THAT WAS NOT MYSELF FOR THE SUSTAINABILITY PLAN DOING AN OUTREACH EVENT TO ENGAGE PEOPLE AND AS YOU ARE GOING THROUGH THAT I WAS BEGINNING TO THINK OF A WHOLE NEW WAY OF THINGS THAT WE PROBABLY DON'T HAVE TO DO IN TERMS OF MANPOWER.BUT I WAS THINKING OF IT BUT I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THE OTHER COMMISSIONERS IN TERMS OF BRINGING PEOPLE IN BUT WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS BASED ON THE WHOLE ANALYSIS THAT YOU HAVE DONE.
WHAT WOULD YOU THINK WOULD BE THE MOST EFFECTIVE WAY.
SHOULD WE BRING THEM IN WILL GO OUT? WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS.
>>: I DON'T SEE WHY DOING BOTH OF THOSE THINGS WE TALKED ABOUT THE EVENTS OF THE SUSTAINABILITY EVENTS.
I THINK ANOTHER ONE WILL BE IN MAY.
THAT IS AN OPPORTUNITY WHERE PEOPLE WILL BE THERE.
AND THAT WOULD BE AN EXAMPLE BRINGING PEOPLE IN AND IT BECOMES MORE THAN JUST AN EVENT WHERE PEOPLE DROP OFF MATERIAL AND PERHAPS A STAGING AREA AND WE INVITED OTHER PEOPLE THIS WILL BE THERE AND TO AMPLIFY WHAT WAS GOING ON THERE.
BUT WE COULD ALSO BE DOING OUTREACH IN GOING OUT TO THESE OTHER GROUPS THAT ALREADY HAVE EVENTS. FOR EXAMPLE DESERT SANDS UNIFY DATA TRAFFIC FARMERS MARKET A FEW WEEKS AGO WHERE THEY HAD ALL THE STUDENTS FROM ALL THE SCHOOLS THERE.
WOULDN'T IT BE HELPFUL FOR US TO DO SOMETHING THERE AND DO PROJECTS WITH THE KIDS ALONG THE WAY WHERE THEIR OWN FARMERS MARKET ENDED UP IN THE COMBINATION OF ADDITIONAL PROJECTS. I THINK YOU COULD DO BOTH.
>>: SARA, I'M A LITTLE BIT CONFUSED ON THE DATES.
ONE OF THE QUESTIONS IS UPCOMING DATES.
IT'S NOT ON THE AGENDA BUT I HAD QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT.
WHEN DID YOU WANT TO DISCUSS THAT? THE DATES OF THE EVENTS.
>>: WE ARE GOING TO DO THOSE UNDER ITEM EIGHT.
>>: OKAY, I WILL TABLE THAT FOR A WHILE.
THANK YOU FOR THAT. LAST QUESTION BEFORE YOU GO.
IF WE WANT TO BRING PEOPLE IN, GOING OUT WOULD BE SOMEWHAT NEW.
AT LEAST FOR ME AS A COMMISSIONER.
IT MIGHT BE A MORE EFFECTIVE WAY.
BUT TO BRING FOLKS IN TO THIS MEETING DO YOU HAVE ANY SUGGESTIONS FOR US?
>>: TO THE ACTUAL SUSTAINABILITY COMMISSION?
>>: TO OUR MONTH LEASE OR A SPECIAL MEETING.
>>: I THINK AS YOU START TO GET THE SUSTAINABILITY BRIAND IN FRONT OF PEOPLE, PEOPLE WILL START TO IDENTIFY THE COMMISSION WITH THESE PROJECTS.
IF YOU ARE MESSAGING ABOUT SOME OF YOUR EVENTS.
YOU COULD ALSO REMIND PEOPLE THAT THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES TO GET INVOLVED EVERY MONTH AND THE COMMISSION MEETINGS.
YOU'RE ALREADY DOING OUTREACH ON THESE EVENTS BUT BRINGING PEOPLE INTO THE CONVERSATION
THAT WAY. >>: OKAY, THAT IS BRILLIANT.
AS AN IDEA, THE MORE YOU START TALKING AMONGST EACH OTHER AND NOT IN A BROWN ACT VIOLATION WAY BUT THEIR AGENCY MEETINGS.
YOU WILL REALLY SEE WHERE PEOPLE STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES AND WHAT YOU HAVE THE TIME TO DO AND HOW YOU CAN HELP OTHER PEOPLE GET INVOLVED SIMPLY BY MAKING THEM AWARE OF WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO DO.
>>: I HAVE NOT SEEN THE ENTIRE DOCUMENT I WOULD LOVE TO SEE IT.
IT SOUNDS LIKE COMMISSIONER TACK HAS SEEN IT.
I WOULD VERY MUCH LIKE TO SEE IT.
I DON'T KNOW ABOUT ANYONE ELSE.
>>: I HAVE SHARED THAT WITH SARA SO SHE CAN CIRCULATE IT AMONGST THE COMMISSION AND ALSO
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AS COMMISSIONER TACK SAW A VARIATION OF THIS PRESENTATION TO A DIFFERENT AUDIENCE WITH DIFFERENT INTENTIONS.IF YOU HAVE NOTHING FURTHER I WILL LET YOU CONTINUE TO MAKE YOUR WAY THROUGH THE AGENDA.
>>: ANYTHING ELSE, THAT WAS THE END OF THE PRESENTATIONS.
SO THAT TAKES US OVER TO THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM WHICH IS SUSTAINABILITY PLAN.
DID YOU HAVE ANY CONCLUDING ACTION ITEMS ON THE PRESENTATION BEFORE WE GO TO THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM? SARA, ANYTHING YOU WANT TO EMPHASIZE TO FOLLOW UP ON THOSE PRESENTATIONS.
>>: I KNOW THAT WE HAVEN'T SEEN THE REPORT YET BUT THE REPORT HAS A WHOLE SUSTAINABILITY COMPONENT TO IT. IT WAS NOT JUST A THIS.
DIDN'T OUTREACH ARE OUR INITIATIVES TO MAKE A MORE SUSTAINABLE CITY ARE ALL BURIED TOGETHER.
IT'S IMPORTANT WHEN WE GET A CHANCE TO LOOK AT THE PLAN AND SEE THE IDEAS THAT THEY HAVE.
THEIR IDEAS ARE A WAY OF BRINGING OUT THE BRANDING AND WHEN WE DO OUR OWN INITIATIVES WE NEED TO BRING THE BRANDING FORWARD AS WELL.
WHEN SHE READ THE PLAN YOU WILL SEE THE CONNECTION A LOT CLEARER AND WHEN WE MOVE FORWARD THE BRANDING WILL BE IMPORTANT AND ALSO BRINGING THE CONNECTION BETWEEN WHAT IS GOING ON IN THE COMMISSION AND PEOPLE TO THE COMMISSION.
YOU ARE STILL MUTED VICE CHAIR.
ON THAT YOU WILL BE SENDING US A COPY OF THE PLAN.
I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY WANTS A COPY ON THE BIKE LANES DOCUMENT BUT I WOULD AT LEAST LIKE TO SEE THAT.
PLEASE LET SARA KNOW IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT.
WE WILL MOVE ON TO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER SIX WHICH IS THE RETURN TO THE SUSTAINABILITY PLAN
[6. Sustainability Plan]
WERE AT VERSION TEN.THAT IS YOUR AGENDA ITEM, SARA.
I MEANT TO BRING THIS AS A VOTING ITEM.
I THOUGHT WE WERE PRETTY FAR IN OPTICS FOR THE BRANDING.
>>: AS YOU CAN SEE I UPDATED A LOT OF THAT.
WE HAVE THE NEW COLORING THROUGH MOST OF IT.
THERE WERE A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT I FELT NEEDED A LITTLE MORE ATTENTION AND THAT'S WHY IT IS NOT A VOTING ITEM NOW.
I TALKED ABOUT THE PARTNERSHIPS LAST TIME AND I CHANGE THE FOCUS OF THE SCOPE TO LIMITATIONS. YOU ALSO BROUGHT UP LOCAL RISKS.
I STARTED TO ADD THE INFORMATION IN THERE AS WELL.
VICE CHAIR LUE HAD SENT IN HER ITEMS FOR NUMBER EIGHT.
KIND OF A QUESTION ABOUT HOW DO WE KEEP A SCHEDULE AND MILESTONE ABOUT ACTIVITIES.
I'VE BEEN REALLY FOCUSED ON KEEPING THIS AS AN OVERBROAD PLAN BUT THE REALITY IS OUR WORK PLAN FROM HERE TO HERE.
I WANTED TO ADD INTO THE BACK A TABLE AND MORE OR LESS NOTES.
LET ME GET DOWN TO THAT REALLY QUICK.
IT IS GOING TO BE CLEANED UP AND IT LIST WHAT IS IN THE WORK PLAN NOW.
THEN WE WILL KEEP TABS ON HOW FAR WE ARE MOVING WITH THEM.
IF SOMETHING COMES UP THAT WE STOP WORKING WITH THEM, WHY.
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SO THEN IF THINGS CHANGE WE CAN HAVE A TRACK OF WHAT WE HAVE DONE, HOW FAR WE GOT, WHETHER OR NOT IT WAS ACCOMPLISHED.THAT WAY AT THE END WE CAN LIST ACCOMPLISHMENTS A LOT EASIER.
WE CAN TRACK EVERYTHING A LOT EASIER AS WELL.
THESE WILL NOT GO INTO EVERY ANNUAL PLAN BUT THIS WILL GO INTO THE 2022 PLAN AND THAT IT WILL GET FILED. IF A PROJECT GETS DROPPED FOR WHATEVER REASON AND WE WANT TO THINK ABOUT DOING THAT OR PICKING THAT UP IN A FUTURE YEAR WE CAN GO BACK AND LOOK AND SEE WHERE WE WERE AND WHY IT DID NOT GO FORWARD AND KEEPING TRACK OF ALL OF THAT IN A WORK PLAN BASED CHART AND THOUGHT IT WAS VERY MUCH WORTH ADDING TO THE PLAN.
I KNOW THIS IS TAKING A BIT LONGER THEN WE HAD REALLY ANTICIPATED.
BUT I THINK ALL THESE CHANGES FROM YOUR COMMENTS ARE WORTH IT.
I FEEL LIKE THEY MAKE IT A MUCH BETTER PLAN AND WORK PLAN AS WELL.
SO WE COULD REALLY TRACK WHAT WE'RE DOING.
THAT'S AN IMPORTANT ASPECT OF IT.
I NEED TO INCORPORATE A FEW MORE THINGS.
ONCE THAT IS ALL DONE THE PLAN IS TO BRING BACK TO YOU AS A VOTING ITEM NEXT MONTH WHICH WOULD BE APRIL.
AND IF WE CAN, WE WILL START TO TALK ABOUT WHEN TO TAKE IT TO THE CITY COUNCIL.
IF WE COULD GET THIS VOTED ON AND APPROVED IN APRIL THEN IT COULD BE AS EARLY AS MAY TO TAKE IT TO THE CITY COUNCIL.
THESE ARE THE KIND OF UPDATES THAT I FELT WERE REALLY WORTH IT.
I DON'T HAVE IT AS A BOATING ITEM TONIGHT.
IT'S NOT READY BUT WHEN IT IS READY IT WILL BE MUCH BETTER.
I HAVE INCORPORATED A LOT OF YOUR IDEAS AND COMMENTS AGAIN.
>>: WONDERFUL. ANY QUESTION FROM ANY OF THE COMMISSIONERS? ANY QUESTIONS? NO?
>>: I JUST WANT TO THANK SARA FOR ALL HER HARD WORK.
IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S COMING ALONG GREAT AND I'M HAPPY THAT WERE ABLE TO INCORPORATE SOME OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS AND POLICIES ALONG THOSE LINES.
THAT WILL BE THE LEVEL OF THE SUSTAINABILITY PLAN.
WE ANTICIPATE BEING ABLE TO VOTE ON THAT AT OUR APRIL MEETING.
[7. EV Charging Station Incentives]
MOVING ONTO THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS THE EV CHARGING STATION INCENTIVES.I BELIEVE THAT IS YOUR AGENDA ITEM ALSO, SARA? I AM NOT SURE WHOSE IT IS.
>>: YES, IT'S ON A WORK PLAN AS WELL.
A COUPLE OF ITEMS FOR INCREASING EV CHARGERS ARE RECOMMENDING POLICY FOR EV CHARGERS.
WE HAD A FEW DISCUSSIONS IN OUR PREVIOUS MEETINGS.
I WAS ABLE TO ATTEND THE WEBINAR ON EVALUATION OF POLICIES FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING INFRASTRUCTURE DEPLOYMENT.
THIS HAS A LOT OF GOOD INFORMATION ON THE VALUE OF GRANTS AND INCENTIVES.
I WILL SEND THAT OUT TO ALL OF YOU AT THE END OF THIS MEETING.
I ALSO DID A LITTLE WORK TO LOOK AT WHAT IS OUT THERE AND THERE IS QUITE A FEW INCENTIVES. A 500-DOLLAR INCENTIVE TO HOME CHARGING KIT. IF YOU'RE GOING TO PUT A LEVEL TWO CHARGING IN YOUR GARAGE THEY WOULD HAVE A $500 EBAY FOR YOU.
OR SOME COMPONENT OF HOWEVER, MUCH IT COST FOR UP TO $500.
THERE ARE A COUPLE OF THOSE OUT THERE.
I WAS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO PUT THIS TOGETHER CONSIDERING OUR LAST CONVERSATION.
CHAIR BENTSEN BROUGHT UP REALLY GOOD POINTS WHAT ARE WE TRYING TO DO.
WHAT DOES IT LOOKS LIKE WHEN WE DO EV CHARGERS.
I THOUGHT WHAT WE NEED TO DO IS WRITE IT UP IN THE SAME WAY YOU WOULD DO ANYTHING IF YOU ARE GOING TO MAKE A POLICY RECOMMENDATION AND IF WE COME TO THAT OR IF WE'RE GOING TO ASK FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF INCENTIVES AND HOW WE USE THE AB 2766 FUNDS TO BRING UP
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OMAR CHARGING STATIONS TO THE CITY.WE NEED TO WRITE IT UP CORRECTLY SO THE BACKGROUND AND WHY I FILL THAT OUT VERY WELL AND THERE ARE EV CHARGERS THAT HELP WITH AIR QUALITY WHICH IS A HIGH RISK ISSUES IN THE VALLEY AS WELL AS LOWERING GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS WHICH IS OF COURSE HIGH PRIORITY NO MATTER WHERE YOU ARE BUT CERTAINLY HERE AS WELL WE WOULD WRITE UP THAT BACKGROUND AND I DO A LOT OF THAT.
WE NEED TO KNOW WHERE WE ARE NOW THAT THE CURRENT CHARGERS IN INDIO.
I MAY ASK TERRY IF WE COULD ADD THAT TO THE MAP IF HE IS A BIKE LANE.
WE KNOW THAT PLUMBING IS REQUIRED IN THE 2019 BUILDING CODES.
WE KNOW THERE IS SOME PLUMBING OUT THERE AND IT COST APPROXIMATELY $7500 FOR A LEVEL TWO COMMERCIAL CHARGING PORT WITH TWO PORTS THAT CAN CHARGE TWO CARS AT A TIME.
IF YOU WANT TO IN YOUR BUSINESS OR RESIDENT IN THE PLUMBING IN THAT CHARGER YOU DO NEED TO COME INTO THE CITY AND HAVE PLANS AND SUBMIT FOR PERMIT.
THERE IS A CHARGE IN THE FEE IS BASED ON THE EVALUATION.
I'M TRYING TO NARROW THAT DOWN A LITTLE BIT MORE BUT IT'S A LITTLE COMPLICATED TO DO THAT. WE KNOW THAT THEY OFFER SOME REBATES.
THERE ARE MORE OF THEIR AND THEIR MORE UP THERE.
THIS PART NEEDS TO BE WRITTEN UP INTO A CURRENT MAP AS WELL.
IF WE TAKE ANYTHING TO THE CITY COUNCIL.
WE CAN SEE THE STEPS OF WHERE WE WERE AND WHY.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT IS MISSING ARE THE GOALS.
WE'RE PRETTY VAGUE IN THE SUSTAINABILITY PLAN ABOUT INCREASING EV CHARGERS.
I DID WANT TO ASK YOU TO TAKE SOME TIME TO THINK ABOUT SPECIFICALLY WHAT KIND OF GOALS YOU THINK YOU MIGHT WANT TO SEE.
THAT MIGHT HELP US IN DECIDING WHICH WAY TO GO.
I WROTE DOWN SOME VAGUE OPTIONS WITH GRANTS AND REVOLVING LOANS THAT COMMISSIONER ROMERO SPOKE ABOUT. WHAT KIND OF INCENTIVES, EDUCATION IS AN OPTION OR IS THERE A POLICY RECOMMENDATION THAT WILL COME OUT OF THAT.
I WOULD LIKE TO ASK YOU WHILE IF YOU CAN GIVE SOME THOUGHT ABOUT THE GOALS.
I WILL WRITE THIS UP AND SEND IT OUT AFTER THE MEETING SO YOU CAN KIND OF LOOK AT THAT BUT I WILL ASK YOUR HELP FOR THAT.
THE IDEA BEHIND THIS ONCE WE HAVE THE DOCUMENT PUT TOGETHER IF WHATEVER WE TAKE TO THE CITY COUNCIL WERE WHATEVER WE CHOOSE FOR OUR OPTIONS THAT WE CAN JUSTIFY AND BUILD BUY-IN AND WE CAN EXPLAIN IT AWAY THAT IS NOT -- WE JUST THOUGHT CHARGERS WOULD BE GOOD.
THAT'S WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO BUILD AROUND THAT SPECIFIC WORKPLAN ITEM AND IT REALLY AS MUCH OF YOUR HELP OF THAT WOULD BE APPRECIATED.
>>: SARA ONE OTHER THING IN THE BACKGROUND, YOUR THINKING ABOUT SOLAR AS IT TIES TO THIS.
THAT WILL BE ONE OF THE FIRST QUESTIONS I THINK AS YOU LOOK AT YOUR SPECIFICATION AND APPLICATION IS THE CONSUMER OR OUR RESIDENTS MAY SAY WHAT HAPPENS IF I HAVE SOLAR WELL WHAT I NEED TO DO IF I HAVE SOLAR AND WANT TO CHARGERS.
YOU ARE PROBABLY SOMEWHERE IN THAT PROCESS GOING TO HAVE TO RECOGNIZE SOLAR AND BE PREPARED TO ANSWER SOME QUESTIONS AND GO IN THAT DIRECTION.
>>: THANK YOU. >>: ALONG THE SAME LINE AS TO THE CAPACITY FOR SOLAR ENERGY OR ANY CLEAN ENERGY.
EV ARC IN ELECTRICITY IN TERMS OF POWERING ZERO ADMISSION PRETTY FOR BURNING COAL TO PRODUCE ELECTRICITY IT IS STILL AMOUNTING TO SOME OMISSION ON THE FRONT AND AS OPPOSED TO THE BACKEND. I WILL TRY TO MAKE SURE AND MESSAGING IF THE SOLAR CHARGER IS BEING POWERED BY RENEWABLE ENERGY SOLAR POWER, WIND POWER, WHATEVER WE HAVE, WHATEVER IT HAS COME IF WE HAVE THE INFORMATION AVAILABLE.
ALSO I BELIEVE THAT IT IS VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE TRY TO INCREASE ACCESSIBILITY IN AREAS WHERE IT IS NOT AN OPTION, SPECIFICALLY MULTI-FAMILY HOUSING WHERE THEY MAY NOT HAVE THE
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OPTION TO HAVE A LARGER VEHICLE BECAUSE THERE'S NO CHARGING INFRASTRUCTURE IN THEIR APARTMENT COMPLEX. AS YOU SAID EARLIER AT 2019 IS WHERE THE ORDINANCE FOR PLUMBING WAS PUT INTO PLACE. SOME OF THE OLDER BUILDINGS DO NOT HAVE THAT CAPACITY YET.IT'S ALSO ACKNOWLEDGING THAT MIGHT BE ANOTHER BARRIER THAT WE SHOULD BE LOOKING INTO WHAT DOES IT LOOKS LIKE TO CREATE THAT INFRASTRUCTURE FOR MULTI-FAMILY HOUSING SPECIFICALLY IN TERMS OF THE COST OF PLUMBING AS WELL.
>>: THE MAIN COST WILL BE TO TRANSFER 100-AMP SERVICE TO 200-AMP TO CARRY THE LOAD OF THE TWO CHARGES IN TWO PORTS.
THEN YOU HAVE MAJOR PERMIT ISSUES ON MULTIPLE FAMILY STRUCTURES ON WHETHER OR NOT WHO OWNS THE ELECTRICAL PANEL.
THERE WILL BE OTHER ISSUES IN THERE.
>>: I WOULD THINK THE EDUCATIONAL COMPONENT IS GOING TO BE THE FIRST HURDLE FOR RESIDENTS. I AM THINKING AND I WILL RESEARCH IT AND ASKED THE FOLKS AT AQMD.
WE DO NOT HAVE THE CAPACITY TO DO EVERYTHING OURSELVES AND THEY JUST BUILT THAT HUGE FACILITY. THAT IS FOR MOBILE SOURCES IN RIVERSIDE.
I AM THINKING THOSE FOLKS WOULD HAVE THE BUDGET AND THEY PROBABLY DONE ALREADY TO BUILD SOME CONTENT BECAUSE FOR ME I'M JUST THINKING EVERYONE ELSE IS LIKE ME, WE DON'T KNOW WHAT LEVEL MEANS OR HOW TO GET STARTED.
GETTING STARTED IS THE HARDEST PART BEFORE WE THINK ABOUT THE COST.
IT IS SOMETHING VERY, VERY, VERY SIMPLE AND EDUCATIONAL TO GET FOLKS ON THERE.
I DON'T KNOW IF WE CAN WORK WITH THE CAR DEALERSHIP AS WHO WE WORK WITH.
I SAW ONLINE THERE IS A WEBSITE CALLED EVCONNECT.COM AND IT GIVES YOU A LISTING OF SOME OF INCENTIVES OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.
THAT MUST BE L.A. AEWP, THAT IS NOT FOR US.
THEN THERE IS WOOD IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA.
BUT THERE IS SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.
MAYBE IT'S THE UTILITIES THAT WOULD HAVE THAT TRAINING BUT IT IS THE BRIDGE OF THE INFORMATION GAP TO GET RESIDENTS FROM WHERE THEY ARE SITTING IN THEIR HOMES TO THE INFORMATION. HELPING THEM DOWN THE PATHWAY.
ALONG WITH HELPING THEM FIGURE OUT THE INCENTIVES.
LET ME ASK THIS, IT SEEMS LIKE A RATHER TECHNICAL DETAIL PROJECT.
WHICH DEPARTMENTS WITHIN THE CITY WOULD BE SHEPHERDING THIS THROUGH SARA.
>>: IT DEPENDS. IT DEPENDS ON THE PERMITTING.
ALL THE INFORMATION THAT GOES WITH THAT WOULD BE BUILDING AND I WOULD NOT HAVE MUCH TO DO WITH THAT. EDUCATION WOULD BE ALL OF US.
I AM THINKING WHEN YOU SAY BUILDING DOES THAT GO BACK TO THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT? COMMISSIONER ROMERO HAD MADE A COMMENT WE HAVE THE CHARGING STATION SOME BY WALMART AND HOME DEPOT ON VENUE 44.
WHEN FOLKS GO INTO PERMIT THE NEW FACILITIES, CAN WE ADD A REQUIREMENT THERE THAT THEY EVALUATE, NOT THAT THEY PUT THE MEN BUT THEY AT LEAST EVALUATE THE FEASIBILITY OF INSTALLING A CHARGER?
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THAT GIVES THEM A BOX TO CHECK.IF THEY WANT TO PENCIL WITH THE BOX THAT IS THEIR BUSINESS BUT AT LEAST THEY STOP FOR A 52ND PAUSE IN GETTING THEIR PERMIT TO EVALUATE THE POTENTIAL.
WOULD THAT BE THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT? WERE BUILDING AND ZONING?
>>: I THANK YOU MIGHT WANT TO START WITH THE MANDATE FOR SOLO THAT CAME WITH THE STATE AND THEN YOU GO TO PLANNING IN THE ORIGINAL INTENT FROM THE STATE WAS SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENCE, NOT MOBILE FAMILY AT ALL.
THAT BECAME TOO COMPLICATED BECAUSE HE WANTS THE ROOF, WHAT WAS THE ELECTRICAL PANEL, ALL OF THOSE THINGS ARE VERY COMPLICATED.
THE ORIGINAL INTENT WAS SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENCE.
BEFORE WE GET INTO SOMETHING THAT IS BEYOND WHAT THE STADIUM HAS MANDATED I THINK WE OUGHT TO STAY WITH SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENCE AND YOU CAN START WITH A PLAN THAT CAME FROM THE STATE FOR SOLAR AND THEN YOU GO TO CITY IN PLANNING AND I'LL TELL YOU THE CODE REQUIREMENTS IF THEY HAVE YOU BUILD INTO A HOUSE A SINGLE-FAMILY DWELLING TO HANDLE THE EV CHARGING WHICH IS PART OF THE SOLAR MANDATE.
>>: THANK YOU, THANKS COMMISSIONER.
>>: I AGREE, I THINK WE KEEP GOING SINCE THE EDUCATION PART WOULD BE IN OUR COURT, WE CAN CERTAINLY DO A LITTLE BIT OF RESEARCH AND SHARE WHATEVER RESEARCHES. DO WE JUST FORWARD THOSE COMMENTS TO YOU? AND ANY INFORMATION THAT WE COMMENT ON THIS?
>>: I WILL SEND OUT THE OUTLINE AND ANYTHING THAT YOU FIND THAT WILL HELP FILL THAT IN AND MAKE IT A LITTLE MORE DESCRIPTIVE AND ADD INFORMATION IN GENERAL THAT WILL HELP US IN THE END TO LOOK AT WHAT YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT AND HOW WE SHOULD MOVE IT ALONG AND WHAT INCENTIVES AND WHAT IDEAS THAT YOU WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT MIGHT BE APPROPRIATE.
>>: SARA AND THE PRESENTATION YOU WERE DISCUSSING FEES THAT WERE ASSOCIATED WITH THE CHARGES. COMMERCIAL THAN RESIDENTIAL.
IT MAY BE BOTH BUT BASED ON THE PRESENTATION I ASSUME IT'S COMMERCIAL.
>>: IT WOULD BE BOTH BUT IT'S BASED ON EVALUATION.
IT WOULD BE MUCH SMALLER FOR A RESIDENTIAL CHARGER.
>>: ARE THOSE FROM THE CITY, THE STATE?
UTILITY? >>: THOSE ARE CITY FEES, YOU WOULD PAY THEM TO THE CITY TO GET THE PERMIT HAVE THE INSPECTIONS AND GO THROUGH EVERYTHING THAT IT NEEDS TO MAKE SURE IT IS SAFE AND UP TO
>>: IN SUMMARY SARA WILL SEND THE INFORMATION AND WE SHOULD PROVIDE WHATEVER FEEDBACK.
IT REALLY SOUNDS LIKE WE HAVE A TWO-PART APPROACH.
I AGREE WITH COMMISSIONER TACK.
AS HE SUGGEST WE SHOULD PERHAPS PLACE OUR HOPES BEHIND IN OUR EMPHASIS BEHIND WHATEVER WAS MANDATED BY THE STATE FOR THE HOMES AND SOLAR BECAUSE AS COMMISSIONER ROMERO SAYS IF WE ARE JUST GOING WITH GAS AT 60 OR 70% OF WHAT WE ARE BURNING NOW IN CALIFORNIA.
THEN IT'S MUCH BETTER TO GO WITH SOLAR WITH THE EV, LINKED TO SOLAR MAKES IT A MORE COMPELLING CASE FOR EV AS WE PRESENT THAT.
IF WE GET BACK INFORMATION, WE DEFINITELY WOULD NOT NEGLECT NECESSARILY THE COMMERCIAL APPLICATIONS OF THOSE IN RETAIL SPACES.
WE'RE NOT GOING TO LET THEM OFF OF THE HOOK.
EVEN FOR TRAVELERS COMING THROUGH IF I'M DRIVING IN HERE TO COACHELLA AND I'M COMING IN ON MY EV I'M NOT HOME AT ANYMORE.
SO I WANT A PLACE TO CHARGE MY EV WHEN I COME HERE.
WE HAVE A PARALLEL PATH TO GO ALONG.
WE WILL LOOK FOR THAT WHEN YOU SEND IT OUT, SARA.
>>: WE HAVE ITEM NUMBER EIGHT WHICH IS THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM.
[8. COMMISSIONER COMMENTS]
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WE WILL MOVE ON TO THAT IF THERE IS NOTHING ELSE ON THE EV CHARGING STATION INCENTIVES WHICH ARE COMMENTS AND I WILL START BY ASKING DIRECTLY FOR COMMENTS.COMMISSIONER PATTERSON? ANY COMMENTS?
>>: THAT IS FINE YOU CAN ADD SOME AS WE GO ALONG IF YOU NEED TO OR WOULD LIKE TO RESPOND TO ANYTHING ELSE. COMMISSIONER TACK?
>>: I JUST WANT TO TOUCH SARA LAST WEEK YOU SENT OUT THE CLIMATE PLAN FOR THE CITY OF INDIO. I MENTIONED THE LAST MEETING THE CYCLE ROUND IS AVAILABLE AS WELL AS A TRANSPORTATION ROUND AND I APOLOGIZE FOR NOT SENDING SOME OF THE INFORMATION OUT, BUT IT SEEMS INDIO ALREADY HAD PLANS FOR BOTH OF THOSE MORE THAN LIKELY.
I JUST WANTED TO REQUEST SIMILAR TO WHAT WE HAD TODAY FROM BROOKE AND TERRY FROM THE GRANT WRITERS WITH THE DEPARTMENTS FOR THOSE PLANS TO SEE HOW WE MAY HAVE SOME SUGGESTIONS ALONG THOSE LINES IF THAT IS DOABLE.
>>: FOR THE TCC PLAN OR THE IMPLEMENTATION PART OF IT, THE CITY IS WORKING ON A SUBMITTAL.
AT THE NEXT MEETING I HAVE THE GRANT WRITERS COME BACK AND TELL YOU ALL ABOUT THAT ONE JUST LIKE WE DID WITH THE CLEAN CALIFORNIA TO GET AN IDEA OF WHAT PROJECTS WE WILL BE SUBMITTING FOR. THE ATP I'M NOT AS FAMILIAR WITH BUT I'LL FIND OUT WHERE THAT IS IN AN OVERVIEW IF THE CITY IS PLANNING TO APPLY FOR THAT.
>>: PERFECT. >>: FINAL COMMENTS ON THE SUSTAINABILITY OF THAT.
MYSELF AND MY GIRLFRIEND BUT AND WE WERE IMPRESSED WITH HOW WELL ORGANIZED AND HOW EFFORTLESS IT WAS. GREAT JOB FROM THE STAFF WHO PUT THAT TOGETHER AND SARA FOR THE
PLANNING OF THAT. >>: THANK YOU.
THERE WERE 183 CARS THAT CAME THROUGH THAT DAY.
I DON'T THINK IT BACKED UP VERY MUCH AT ALL.
>>: I GUESS I'M THE LAST PERSON ON THE LIST FOR COMMENTS.
I HAD A COUPLE OF COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FROM THE PREVIOUS MEETING.
WE TALKED ABOUT THE OUTREACH PLAN AND FUNDING.
I GUESS THE ONLY REMAINING ITEM THAT I HAD IS TO TALK ABOUT A BETTER SENSE OF UPCOMING EVENTS. I AM PRETTY SURE I'M GETTING A LITTLE LOST WITH OUR EVENTS.
I KNOW WE HAVE EARTH DAY COMING UP ON APRIL 22.
I WANTED TO FIND OUT WHAT WE HAVE FOR THAT AND PLANNED FOR THAT.
WE HAVE COACHELLA COMING IN AND MR. TERRY CECHIN TALKING ABOUT THE DUSTING OF THE ROADWAYS.
THIS IS MY FIRST YEAR AS A COMMISSIONER.
IT'S A LITTLE BIT LATE, THAT IS APRIL 15 WHEN COACHELLA STARTS IN STAGECOACH START ON THE 24TH. ANYTHING OTHER THAN EARTH DAY COULD COACHELLA IN STAGECOACH.
ANY THOUGHTS ON THAT SARA OR COMMISSIONERS.
>>: THE CITY HAS PRESSURE WASHED ALL THE SIDEWALKS FOR PEOPLE WALKING TO THE FESTIVAL.
LIKE HE SAID THEY WILL RE-SWEEP THE STREETS AND THEY WILL PROVIDE ALL OF THE TRAFFIC FLOW IN CORONATION. JEFF IS TAKING CARE OF THAT.
I LOOKED AT THE PLAN, LOOKS PRETTY GOOD.
I JUST SHARE WITH YOU THEY'VE GOT IT HANDLED.
>>: I THINK FOR THE COACHELLA VALLEY MUSIC AND ARTS FESTIVAL, THEY DO TAKE CARE MOST OF IT
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COMPLETELY IN-HOUSE AND THEY DO A VERY GOOD JOB OF IT.MAYBE IN THE FUTURE I COULD SEE IF ONE OF THEM WILL COME AND TALK TO YOU ABOUT THEIR SUSTAINABILITY EFFORTS AT COACHELLA AND STAGECOACH.
EARTH DAY WE ARE STILL WORKING ON.
NORMALLY WE HAVE NOT DONE AN EARTH DAY EVENT.
IT'S BECAUSE OF THE FESTIVALS.
IN THE EARLY DAYS THE CITY WAS A LOT MORE INVOLVED IN TAKING CARE OF THAT AND AS THAT HAS BACKED OFF IT LEAVES A LITTLE BIT MORE INFORMATION OR A LITTLE BIT MORE OPTION TO WORK ON SOMETHING FOR EARTH DAY.
WE MAY POSSIBLY DO A CLEANUP EVENT OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT FOR EARTH DAY THAT IS IN THE WORKS OR STILL IN THE WORKS REALLY.
THE CLEAN CALIFORNIA GRANT WILL HAVE A KICKOFF PRECEDENT AND ONCE THEY KNOW FOR SURE WHEN AND WHERE THAT WILL BE THEY WILL SEND THE INVITE OUT TO ALL OF YOU AS WELL.
I THINK IT IS GOING TO BE IN CABINET ON US AT THIS POINT TO COME UP WITH MORE IDEAS TO PUSH THE BRANDING OUT AND AS WE TALKED ABOUT BEFORE FOR THE OUTREACH.
THE OUTREACH PLAN IS A REALLY GOOD IDEA.
IT IS SOMETHING I COULD START TO PUT TOGETHER AND YOU CAN ALL HELP ME FEEL FILL-IN.
BUT IT WILL NOT BE A PLAN FOR THE SUSTAINABILITY AND WORK PLAN.
IT'S AN OUTLINE WITH ACTUAL DATES AND THINGS LIKE THAT THAT MIGHT REALLY SUPPORT WHAT YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT AND BEING IN THESE EVENTS AND WHEN WE CAN ACTUALLY MAKE IT SO WE CAN PLAN A LITTLE BETTER.
>>: BROOKE MENTIONED HAZARDOUS WASTE PICKUP.
WHAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT WE COULD -- PERHAPS THAT IS FOUR WEEKS FROM NOW.
I AM SURE THAT WE COULD GET SOMETHING.
I GUESS YOU WOULD HAVE TO SPEAK WITH BROOKE AND HER GROUP IF WE COULD GET ANYTHING READY FOR THAT. SHE ALMOST MADE IT SOUND AS THOUGH SHE COULD.
I DON'T KNOW IF BROOKE IS STILL HERE.
>>: YOU'RE GOING TO BUMP INTO THE FESTIVAL AND I THINK WE NEED TO FOCUS ON GETTING THE SUSTAINABILITY PLANS OF THE CITY COUNCIL.
RATHER THAN GO OFF IN 14 DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS I WOULD RATHER HAVE SARA WORK ON THE SUSTAINABILITY PLAN TO GET IT READY FOR THE CITY COUNCIL.
THAT IS OUR NUMBER ONE PRIORITY.
IF WE START DILUTING OUR EFFORTS IN GOING ANOTHER DIRECTIONS WE ARE NOT FOCUSED.
>>: RATHER THAN ADD MORE THINGS TO THE CALENDAR WE BETTER STAY FOCUSED TO THE SCENE SUSTAINABILITY PLAN TO GET IT FINISHED.
IT WOULD BE NICE TO DO IT ALL BUT WE CAN ONLY DO SO MUCH.
IF ANY OUTREACH THAT WE ARE DOING AND SO ONE WE PROBABLY OUGHT TO PUSH THAT TO AFTER APRIL MEETING AND GETTING THAT DONE.
>>: THAT WOULD BE MY RECOMMENDATION.
>>: I AGREE. FOUR WEEKS DOES NOT EVEN SOUND LIKE VERY MUCH TIME TO GET THINGS DONE.
WE WILL TRY TO COME UP WITH A CLEANER LIST.
I GUESS WE WILL LOOK AT THE MEETING MINUTES AS TO WHAT WE WILL HAVE AT THE END AND THAT MIGHT BE A RELATIVELY CLEAN LIST TO LOOK AT IN TERMS OF BEING TIMELY ONCE WE GET PAST AS COMMISSIONER TACK SAYS.
ONCE WE GET PAST TO THE PLAN APPROVED.
THAT IS THE LAST AGENDA ITEM WHICH IS ITEM NUMBER EIGHT.
ITEM NUMBER NINE WHICH IS STAFF ITEMS. I WILL TURN THAT OVER TO YOU SARA.
>>: I DO NOT HAVE ANY ITEMS TONIGHT.
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THANK YOU.>>: GREAT. >>: ALREADY WITH THAT ARE THERE ANY FINAL COMMENTS FROM THE COMMISSIONER.
ANY FINAL ITEMS. ANY GENERAL COMMENTS? IF THERE ARE NO OBJECTIONS AND NO OTHER ITEMS THAT HAD BEEN MISSED, IF I HAVE NOT MISSED ANYTHING ELSE I GUESS I CAN GO AHEAD.
I THINK WE ARE EARLY, NO MAYBE WERE JUST ON TIME.
I WILL MAKE A MOTION TO ADJOURN IF SOMEONE WILL SECOND THAT.
WITH THAT I WILL GO AHEAD AND I WILL SAY THAT OUR MEETING FOR MARCH 28, WHAT IS IT MARCH 28, 2022 WITH SUSTAINABILITY COMMISSION FOR THE CITY OF INDIO IS ADJOURNED. THANK YOU TO EVERYONE FOR ATTENDING AND THE PRESENTERS FOR THEIR PRESENTATIONS.
>>: THANK YOU, SARA. >>: THANK YOU, EVERYONE.
>>: THANK YOU, TAKE CARE. GOODBYE.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.