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I WILL CALL TO ORDER THE JOINT STATE OF INDIO[1. CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL]
AND WEATHER AUTHORITY MEETING. TODAY'S DATE IS WEDNESDAY, APRIL 6, 2022. MINIMUS MAYOR FERMON, THE CHAIR OF THIS MEETING.>> SPEAKER: COUNCILMEMBER HOMES.
>> PRESENT. >> COUNCIL MEMBER MILLER. >> PRESENT.
>> PRESENT. >> AND MAYOR FERMON.
>> WE HAVE, FOR THE RECORD, COUNCILMEMBER RAMOS AND AMITH IS
ABSENT. >> THE NEXT ITEM IS NUMBER TWO.
WE HAVE AN IMPLICATION, ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO SAY ABOUT. THE OPPORTUNITY TO STEP OUT.
[3. ADJOURN TO CLOSED SESSION TO CONSIDER:]
I WOULD ASK EVERYONE TO STAND AND JOIN US.. >> SPEAKER: BEFORE I PRAY FOR ALL OF
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HUMIDITY, WE SEE WITHIN MY TIME, THANK YOU SO MUCH AS THE PASTOR OF THE GARDEN FELLOWSHIP FOR WORKING WITH US TO GET US INTO OUR BUILDING.ALL OF YOU WORK EXCEPTIONALLY HARD, AND I WANT TO SAY AND I MET WITH MANY OF MY PEOPLE THAT WORK FOR ME, BUT FROM MY HEART, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
IT IS RARE THAT A PASTOR FEELS THAT WAY TOWARDS THE CITY.
THIS REALLY IS, BUT I'M TOLD AT OUR DEDICATION, I TOLD OUR CONGREGATION THAT I AM THANKFUL THAT OUR CHURCHES IN THE CITY OF INDIO AND I'M THANKFUL THAT I'M A PERSONAL RESIDENT OF THE CITY OF INDIO. THANK YOU, GUYS, SO MUCH FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO AND WE PRAY FOR A MEETING.
LORD, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THESE MEN AND WOMEN AND WHAT THEY DO TO FAITHFULLY SERVE OUR CITY.
I PRAY THAT YOU WOULD GIVE THEM WISDOM, LORD, EVERYTHING ON THEIR AGENDA TODAY, EVERYTHING THEY ARE FACING IN THE WEEKS AND MONTHS TO COME. WOULD YOU GIVE THEM WISDOM ON HIGH TO REPRESENT YOU WILL AND ALL THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN HER CITY.
SO BLESSED THIS MEETING TONIGHT, I PRAY.
>> MAYOR PRO TEM: THEM, DIRECT THEM, AND GUIDE THEM, AND BLESS THEM IN THE CITY OF INDIO, WE PRAY, IN JESUS' NAME, AMEN.
>> MAYOR: I WANT EVERYONE TO REMAIN STANDING.
OUR MAYOR PRO TEM WILL LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE OF THE FLAG.
>> MAYOR PRO TEM: RIGHT OVER THE FOR HEART.
READY, BEGIN. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD INDIVISIBLE, LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
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NEXT ITEM IS ITEM NUMBER FOUR, CITY ATTORNEY REPORT ON CLOSED SESSION.>> SPEAKER: THINKING, MR. MAYOR. CITY COUNCIL MET IN CLOSED SESSION FOR THE ITEMS THEREIN AND NOT REPORTABLE ACTION.
>> MAYOR: THANK YOU, CITY ATTORNEY.
[5. REPORT ON CITY COUNCIL EXTERNAL/INTERNAL BOARDS, COMMISSIONS AND COMMITTEE MEETINGS AND REPORT ON MEETINGS ATTENDED PER GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 53232.3(d)]
LET'S MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER FIVE, REPORT ON THE CITY COUNCIL EXTERNAL AND INTERNAL BOARDS. GO AHEAD AND START WITH -- BEFORE SOMEBODY ELSE.>> MAYOR: OKAY. I LOOKED DOWN AND SAID NO.
COUNCILMEMBER MILLER. >> COUNCILMEMBER: THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. A COUPLE OF MY COMMITTEE MEMBERS ARE ACTIVE.
DESPITE SOME LIGHT TRANSIT AGENCY, A COUPLE OF NOTEWORTHY ITEMS COMMITTED TO THE MOBILE HYDROGEN FUELING STATION AND PURCHASED ONE ALREADY.
YOU WILL SEE IT IN THE EAST VALLEY HERE TO BE ABLE TO FILL UP THE HYDROGEN CELL BUSES AND HOPEFULLY WILL PURCHASE MORE AS THEY COME AVAILABLE.
THEN ALSO WE HAD A LABOR AGREEMENT.
WERE PART OF THE TEAMSTERS, WHICH IS A NEW UNION IS ONLINE.
WE COME TO AN AGREEMENT WITH THE TEAMSTERS UNION FOR A NEW CONTRACT WITH THEM.
SO THAT IS WITH SOME LINE. NECEC, MYSELF, RETREAT HELP FROM THE WATER AUTHORITY, WE ARE ON THE MEETING. JUST TALKING ABOUT KAUA'I, SO, EMI, WHICH IS A WAY TO BE ABLE TO SELL ELECTRICITY WITHOUT BEING PART OF THE LARGE GRID TO BE ABLE TO SELL IT QUICKER THAN THE BASIC ITEMS OF LOOKING AT SOME IMPROVEMENTS THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE SERVICE AREA, INCLUDING THE COACHELLA VALLEY.
SEE HOW THAT COMES FORWARD AND THAT WAS FORWARDED ON TO THE BOARD FOR IID.
AND THEN I WAS ON CWD, THE JOINT WATER BOARD, PRAIRIE -- PRETTY SIMPLE.
WE WILL GO ALONG WITH THE SEVEN DOLLAR AN ACRE FOOT RACE.
WHEN PEOPLE THINK ABOUT IT, WHEN I WAS IN LA, WHAT WAS $1500 IN ACRE-FOOT.
SO SEVEN DOLLARS, TO HELP REPLENISH AND KEEP THE WATER IN OUR COACHELLA VALLEY IS VERY, VERY REASONABLE.
WHERE THERE REALLY WAS NOT MUCH DISCUSSION AMONG US ALL AND WE ARE COMMITTED TO THE CWD BOARD TO CONTINUE WITH WHAT HE PLANNED TO
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DO, WHICH WAS A SEVEN DOLLAR PER ACRE FOOT RACE.TALKING $0.10 IN ACRE-FOOT FOR USUALLY PEOPLE PROBABLY ABOUT TWO DOLLARS FOR THE AVERAGE PERSON. VERY WELL ACCEPTED.
A COUPLE GREAT ITEMS, WANT TO THANK THE ELK'S LODGE FOR HOSTING THE K9 BREAKFAST FOR US. CONTINUE TO SUPPORT OUR PUBLIC SAFETY, INCLUDING JUST NOT ALL OF OUR K9 UNIT, BUT OUR PUBLIC SAFETY.
THANKS TO THEM. ANOTHER ONE WAS A HISTORY MUSEUM WITH THE JAPANESE GARDEN.
AMAZING. IF YOU'VE NOT BEEN TO THE HISTORY MUSEUM, GO OUT TO LOOK AT IT! IT IS REALLY A JAM HERE IN THE DESERT IN THE CITY OF INDIO, OLD TOWN INDIO.
GO DOWN AND HAVE A LOOK AT IT, NEW JAPANESE GARDEN IS BEAUTIFUL.
DEDICATION, WHAT A GREAT EVENT.
LASTLY, I WAS AT TO LPH AND AT THE DAY AT THE RACES, NOT BEEN TO ONE OF THEIR EVENTS AND IT WAS HELPING THE CHURCH AND ITS STUDENTS IN THE SCHOOL THERE AND ACTUALLY HAD HORSE RACES GOING ON WITH BEDDING AND EVERYTHING ELSE.
IT WAS A SIX-HOUR ORDEAL BUT IT WAS WORTH EVERY MINUTE OF IT.
THEY RAISED GREAT MONEY FOR THE CATHOLIC SCHOOL.
SO VERY BLESSED AND I LOOK FORWARD TO THE CONCERTS COMING. EVERYBODY, BE AWARE THAT WE WILL HAVE 120,000 PEOPLE IN OUR CITY HERE AGAIN; FOR PEOPLE THAT ARE INCONVENIENCED, WE APOLOGIZE.
FOR ANYONE ELSE WHO WILL MAKE MONEY OFF OF IT AND HAVE A GREAT TIME, ENJOY.
THAT'S IT, MR. MAYOR. THANK YOU.
>> MAYOR: THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER HOLMES?
A COUPLE THINGS GOING ON, I ATTENDED THE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE MEETING AND SOME INTERESTING THINGS, YOU KNOW, IN ALL PARTS OF OUR COMMUNITY, THE GREATER COACHELLA VALLEY, WE TALKED ABOUT INDIAN CANYON.
THAT'S IN DESERT HOT SPRINGS, AND IT HAS GONE NOW FROM TWO LANES TO FOUR LANES. WHEN ANY OF US WENT INTO DESERT HOT SPRINGS, YOU HAD TWO, ELAINE GOING IN EACH DIRECTION.
IT WAS A CHALLENGE AND YOU GOT OFF THE FREEWAY. THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN YOU JUST HAD A PRETTY ROCKY ROAD.
AND THAT IS FINALLY COMPLETED.
IS BEAUTIFUL TWO LANE IN OTHER DIRECTION, TOTAL OF FOUR LANES WITH LEFT TURN LANES. IN A CITY OF DESERT HOT SPRINGS IS VERY DESERVING AND REALLY, REALLY VERY MUCH APPRECIATE THAT.
ONTO INDIO CODEC ABOUT THE REIMBURSEMENT AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY OF INDIO. AVENUE 44 BRIDGE.
AND SO, IT'S AN AMENDMENT FOR THE REIMBURSEMENT AGREEMENT.
YES, THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IT COVERED 88 PERCENT INITIALLY.
BUT THE NEW ESTIMATED FIGURE IS ABOUT 30 MILLION.
AND SO, ADDITIONALLY, THAT'S ALSO COMPRISED OF NOT JUST RISING COSTS, BUT THERE ARE CDWD REQUIREMENTS, NEW ONES, THAT WE ARE SO LUCKY TO HAVE THROWN INTO THE MIX THAT MADE THAT PRICE TAG GO HIGHER.
HOWEVER, IT WAS AN INCREASED SEE BAGS REGIONAL SHERIFF APPROACHED BY 1.5 MILLION DOLLARS, NOT TO EXCEED TOTAL OF 3.2 MILLION DOLLARS, UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO THAT HAPPENING. INTO THE LAST PART, AGAIN, THERE IS JUST -- PRICES ARE GOING UP, COSTS ARE INCREASINGLY CRAZY.
THIS HAS TO DO WITH THE INFLATION ADJUSTMENT.
YOU KNOW, AFTER A REALLY LONG PRESENTATION AND TALKING ABOUT WHAT'S GONE UP AND HOW IT'S GONE UP AND EVERYTHING FROM THE PRICE OF GASOLINE TO THE PRICE OF MATERIALS AND WHATNOT, THE NET CONVERSATION WAS HIS AND 8.2 PERCENT INCREASE EFFECTIVE JANUARY 2023.
AGAIN, THAT IS THE TONE AND PLACEMENT ADJUSTMENT.
SO THAT WAS HAPPY NEWS COMING OUT OF THE TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION MEETING.
LET'S SEE, I REALLY ENDED MY COMMISSION MEETINGS.
I ATTENDED THE SENIOR INSPIRATION AWARDS WITH THE MAYOR.
AS EVERYONE KNOWS, IT'S ONE OF MY FAVORITE FUNCTIONS AND EVENTS THAT I LIKE TO SUPPORT OUR SENIORS AND REALLY ACTIVE AND OUT THERE.
IT IS NEAT BECAUSE THEY BRING THEIR FAMILIES AND IS VERY, VERY PROUD MOMENT FOR THEM.
WE ATTENDED THAT. ALSO ATTENDED THE JAPANESE GARDEN REDEDICATION.
BEAUTIFUL MUSEUM, FOR THOSE OF YOU HAVE NOT BEEN THERE RECENTLY, IT'S IMPROVING BY LEAPS AND BOUNDS.
AND THE JAPANESE GARDEN WE DID A DEDICATION IS HE -- HUGE.
BEAUTIFUL, BEAUTIFUL CEREMONY.
VERY HAPPY TO BE PART OF THAT.
WILL LAST THING I WANT TO MENTION IT I DO EVERYONE ELSE'S IN PART, I KNOW THAT WE ARE WORKING SO HARD IN THE CITY EVERY TIME I TURN AROUND.
THERE IS SOMETHING NEW HAPPENING.
WE SEE THE WALLS ARE BEING REPAINTED, DROVE DOWN MONROE, I DROPPED ON MILES, ALL KINDS OF PLACES.
AS ARE THE MEDIANS! INTO THE MEDIANS COMING AT THE HIGH 111 PARTICULARLY FROM JEFFERSON ARE, HOW CAN I SAY, THE VIEW, IT'S THE FIRST THING PEOPLE SEE. AND WE USED TO HAVE, WE STILL HAVE WHITE ROSES IN BETWEEN THE PALM TREES AND ADDED THAT NOSE, WE START THE SELECTION OF REALLY PRETTY FLOWERS THAT WERE JUST SWITCHED OUT EVERY YEAR. THEY WERE LIKE RED, PETUNIA TYPE RED AND YELLOW AND
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BLUE. IT WAS A LITTLE SPLASH OF COLOR, NOTHING HUGE.BUT IT WAS A VERY CLASSY AND VERY PRETTY.
NOW I'VE NOTICED WE'VE GOT TO OLEANDERS AND LANTANA.
I KNOW THAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT BEAUTIFICATION OF OUR CITY, BUT I JUST WONDER IF WE COULDN'T CONSIDER OR RECONSIDER WHAT THAT MIGHT MEAN AND GO BACK TO CONSIDERING, YOU KNOW, THE WHITE ROSES AND SOME OF THE LANTANA MIXED INTO THAT ALONG WITH THAT COLOR ON THE END.
IT MAKES A STRIKING ENTRANCE AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR, IS A STRIKING ENTRANCE.
ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY THOUGHTS OR IS THAT JUST KIND OF MY THING? UH-HUH.
>> SPEAKER: I CONCUR WITH THAT.
I THINK WE NEED TO HAVE A REAL LOOK AT ALL OF OUR MEDIANS, AND WE HAVE SUCH A DIFFERENCE OF CONTRAST THERE. WE HAVE TO HAVE THE SPLASH, TALKED ABOUT THE ENTRY POINTS WITHIN THE ART PIECES.
YOU GOT THE BLOCK WALL BEFORE IT GOES INTO THE FLOOD CONTROL AREA THAT'S ALWAYS BEEN THERE. WE TALKED ABOUT PUTTING AN ENTRY THING OR A STATEMENT THERE, OR ART PIECE.
I THINK WE NEED TO INVEST ON HIGHWAY 111, JEFFERSON, ALL OF OUR ENTRIES NEED TO HAVE A DEDICATED LOOK.
GOT HAVE WON THAT WE CAN MAINTAIN, BUT, SECOND, THE SYMPTOM HAS A SPLASH OF COLOR. SHOULD BE CERTAIN ENTRY AREAS WHERE WE ACTUALLY HIGHLIGHT THE CITY, BECAUSE THAT'S THE FIRST THING PEOPLE SEE WHEN THEY COME THROUGH. SO THAT SIGNAGE HAS TO BE SO CRISP AND
YOU HAVE TO HAVE COLOR. >> COUNCILMEMBER HOLMES: IT SHOULD HAVE COLOR AND IT'S GOTTA BE NICE. OLEANDERS ARE KIND OF THE NEXT BEST THING TO A WEED.
SO THERE IS NICE DG EVERYWHERE.
IT'S REALLY EVERYTHING STARTING TO SPRUCE UP. IN FACT, I WAS DRIVING MY HUSBAND BACK FROM THE DOCTORS THIS AFTERNOON AND THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF DG IN THE STREET BECAUSE THERE IS SOMETHING GOING ON.
REALLY KIND OF COOL AND I APPRECIATED.
CAN WE DO SOMETHING PRETTIER AND CLASSIER IN OUR MEDIANS WITHOUT -- WE DON'T NEED TO HAVE ROSES SHIPPED IN FROM, I DON'T KNOW, NEWPORT BEACH OR SOMETHING. JUST SOMETHING NICE AND PRETTY AND A SPLASH OF COLOR.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MILLER: THEY HAVE JUST GONE AND SOMETHING POINT OF COURSE, THEY ARE EASY TO MAINTAIN.
BACK UP. >> COUNCILMEMBER HOLMES: THE WHITE ONES ARE BEAUTIFUL FROM THE
PERSPECTIVE. >> COUNCILMEMBER MILLER: GIVE TIME LITTLE MORE MONEY FOR
MAINTENANCE. >> COUNCILMEMBER HOLMES: CITY MANAGER, GIVE HIM MORE MONEY FOR MAINTENANCE. FINANCE MY COMMENTS, MR.
>> MAYOR PRO TEM: THANK YOU, MAYOR, AND THANK YOU FOR JOINING US FOR OUR COUNCIL MEETING TODAY.
LAST MONTH, I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND THE CIVIC WORLD CONFERENCE IN YOSEMITE.
WE HAD GREAT SPEAKERS, MOSTLY FOCUSING ON SUSTAINABILITY IN THE FUTURE OF CALIFORNIA IN TERMS OF NEW TECHNOLOGIES AND NEW STRATEGIES FOR MAKING OUR STATE RESILIENT TO THE IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE.
DRIVING UP YOSEMITE, WE CAN ACTUALLY SEE THE DEVASTATION TO THE FOREST OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS FROM THE INCREASING DAMAGE OF WILDFIRES. WE CAN ALSO SEE THE NEW CONTROLLED BURNS THAT THEY ARE IMPLEMENTING TO PREVENT WILDFIRES FROM GAINING SO MUCH MOMENTUM AND KEEPING THE FOREST AT THE RIGHT DENSITY.
OPTIMAL FOR THE PLANTS AND WILDLIFE.
WE LEARNED HOW THE STATE PRIORITIES ARE CHANGING'S, SUCH AS IN A FOCUS ON IMPROVING CONDITIONS OF NATURAL HABITATS TO NATURALLY SEQUESTERED MORE CARBON FROM THE ATMOSPHERE AND BRING BACK THE BIODIVERSITY IN OUR DIFFERENT ECOSYSTEMS THROUGHOUT THE STATE. WE ALSO LEARNED ABOUT THE NEW FOCUS ON BIOGAS, WHICH COULD BE CAPTURED FROM LANDFILLS AND DAIRY FARMS AND USED TO POWER VEHICLES. SOME SPEAKERS ALSO DISCUSSED NEW FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES WITH HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS THAT WILL BE DISPERSED TO HELP OUR CITY'S IN PREPARING FOR THE INCREASE IN EXTREME WEATHER PATTERNS THAT WE WILL BE SEEING IN THE FOLLOWING YEARS.
OVERALL, IT WAS A GREAT LEARNING OPPORTUNITY THAT WILL HELP ME PROVIDE INPUT INTO OUR GRANT PROPOSALS TO THE CITY AND ALSO HELP ME GUIDE MY DECISIONS WITHIN THE COACHELLA VALLEY ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT COMMISSION AS WELL AS SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ENERGY ENVIRONMENT COMMISSION. I ALSO HAD A MEETING WITH THE WATER EDUCATION PRODUCTIVE AND LEADERS WHERE WE DISCUSSED THE GROWING PROBLEM OF FOREVER CHEMICALS AND CYANO TOXINS IN OUR WATER SUPPLIES, BOTH OF THESE CAN BE HARMFUL IN SEVERAL WAYS TO OUR BODIES AND ORGANS.
FOREVER CHEMICALS OR CONTAMINANTS THAT ARE PRODUCED IN INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION OF PLASTICS, FOAMS, OTHER MATERIALS.
THEY EVENTUALLY END UP IN OUR WATER SUPPLY AND ARE EXPECTED TO SURVIVE IN OUR WATER SYSTEMS FOR HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF YEARS.
CYANO TOXINS COME FROM YOUR ANALOGY AND IS LIVE IN BODIES OF FRESHWATER LAKE LAKES AND RIVERS, AND INCREASING TEMPERATURES FROM CLIMATE CHANGE ARE INCREASINGLY AMOUNT OF THIS ALGAE AND AMOUNT OF CYANO TOXINS IN OUR WATER SYSTEMS. IT SEEMS THAT WE ARE A BIT BEHIND IN THE U.S.
COMPARED TO THE EUROPEAN COUNTRIES IN TERMS OF DEALING WITH BOTH OF THESE CHEMICALS. WE DO HAVE WATER TREATMENT OPTIONS AVAILABLE, BUT MOST EUROPEAN COUNTRIES HAVE DEVELOPED STRICT STANDARDS FOR CYANO TOXINS AND THE UK HAS SCHEDULED A BAN ON THE USE OF FOREVER CHEMICALS BY 2030.
WE HAVE NOT SEEN HIS ACTIONS IN THE U.S., SO WE WILL WORK ON RAISING AWARENESS ON THESE ISSUES WITH OUR LOCAL AND NATIONAL LEGISLATORS.
AND THAT IS ALL I HAVE FOR TODAY. THANK YOU.
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>> MAYOR: THANK YOU, MAYOR PRO TEM.
I WANT TO START OFF WITH MY FAVORITE WORDS THAT I'M SUPER EXCITED. I THINK WE WERE TIRED OF HEARING ME SAY I'M SUPER EXCITED, BUT I AM AND I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SAY THAT AGAIN ON THE NEWS! SO I WILL START OFF BY SAYING THAT I ATTENDED THE CALIFORNIA CARE FORCE MEDICAL FREE CLINIC THAT WAS HELD AT THE RESET COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS ON MARCH 25.
I WANT TO THANK EVERYONE WHO MADE THAT POSSIBLE.
I WANT TO THANK MARIA MIRELES FOR WORKING ON THAT WITH ALL THE FOLKS THAT CALIFORNIA CARE FORCE.
THAT IS A BIG, BIG EVENT FREE CLINIC THAT TAKES PLACE.
IT DOES NOT ONLY SERVE THE RESIDENTS OF INDIO, IT SERVES THE WHOLE COACHELLA VALLEY AND WHOLE REGION.
TALKING TO THE ORGANIZERS, I HOPE WE CAN SUPPORT THE MORE IN THE FUTURE AND I HOPE OUR COMMUNITY CAN SUPPORT THE MORE IN THE FUTURE.
WHEN I WALKED AROUND TO SEE SOME OF THE SERVICES THAT WERE, YOU KNOW, BEING HANDLED THERE FROM VISION, REAL EXTENSIVE DENTAL WORK, COVID TESTING, STD TESTING, THEY REALLY HAVE AN EXTENSIVE FREE CLINIC FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
AND I WAS APPALLED BY THE WORK -- SO I'M VERY APPRECIATIVE OF THAT.
A LOT OF THE FOLKS I TALKED TO, YOU WOULD THINK THAT THEIR EMPLOYMENT WOULD TAKE CARE OF THOSE BENEFITS.
WELL, THEY WERE FOLKS THERE WHO HAVE JOBS.
BUT THEY DON'T HAVE DENTAL OR THEY DON'T HAVE VISION IN THEIR PLANS.
SO SOME FOLKS WERE COMING ON THEIR WORK BREAKS OR LUNCH IS TO GET SOME OF THOSE SERVICES.
THAT'S HOW IMPORTANT IT IS THAT WE NEED TO SUPPORT THAT AND KEEP THAT HERE IN OUR CITY.
LIKE COUNCILMEMBER MILLER MENTIONED ALREADY, I ATTENDED THE PANCAKE FUNDRAISER FOR INDIO POLICE DEPARTMENT K9 UNIT THE ELK'S LODGE. I WILL ECHO HIS WORDS THAT THE ELK'S LODGE IS A VERY BIG SUPPORTER AND PARTNER IN OUR CITY AND WE ARE APPRECIATIVE OF THEM AND GLAD THAT THEY ARE SUPPORTING OUR K9 UNIT AND OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT. YOU KNOW, AND THAT IS A VERY, VERY UNIQUE SITUATION.
THE CHIEF CAN TELL YOU ABOUT THE PROGRAM AND THE DOGS AND WHAT THEY ACTUALLY DO. SO THAT IS A GREAT TOOL TO HAVE FOR OUR OFFICERS OUT THERE TO KEEP OUR COMMUNITY SAFE.
SO THANK YOU, CHIEF, AS WELL FOR HAVING THE PROGRAM HERE.
I ALSO ATTENDED THE JAPANESE MEMORIAL GARDEN REDEDICATION ALONG WITH COUNCILMEMBER MILLER AND HOLMES.
IF YOU HAVE NOT BEEN TO OUR HISTORY MUSEUM, YOU NEED TO GO.
AND YOU NEED TO SEE THIS GARDEN.
I'VE SEEN A COUPLE OF TREES THAT I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE HOME.
I WAS ACTUALLY PART OF THE CEREMONY, THE RELIGIOUS CEREMONY.
SO THAT WAS A GREAT EXPERIENCE.
I WANT TO THANK EVERYONE AT THE COACHELLA VALLEY HISTORY MUSEUM FOR MAKING IT HAPPEN.
THEY ARE A GREAT PARTNER TO THE CITY.
LOOKING FORWARD TO HAVING MORE EVENTS THERE AND WORKING WITH THEM AS WELL.
MOVING ON FROM THERE TO THE WOMEN'S COUNCIL OF REALTORS MAYORS PANEL. ANNA SOME OF OUR FORMER MAYORS WHO ARE HERE HAVE TAKEN PART OF THE. AND WHAT IT IS, IT IS A PANEL WHERE YOU GET TO DISCUSS WHAT'S GOING ON IN YOUR CITY.
AND ALL OF THE CITIES FROM THE COACHELLA VALLEY WERE THERE AND YOU HAVE 15 MINUTES.
AFTER THIS PANEL DISCUSSION, I CONTACTED THE CITY MANAGER AND I SAID, YOU KNOW, 15 MINUTES IS NOT ENOUGH TO TALK ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE CITY OF INDIO.
AND THAT IS A TESTAMENT TO OUR STAFF WHO ARE WORKING BEHIND THE SCENES TO MAKE THIS ENGINE MOVE FORWARD AND OUR COUNCIL FOR MAKING BOLD DECISIONS MOVING FORWARD IN OUR FUTURE. SO I WANT TO THANK EVERYONE THAT IS HERE, I WANT TO THANK OUR COUNCIL. WE ARE MOVING VERY FAST.
I JUST WANT TO SHARE A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT I SPOKE ABOUT.
I SHOWED IT TO THE COMMUNITY WHO WERE SO EXCITED. THESE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS I SHARED: THE INDIO MARKETPLACE STARTS CONSTRUCTION 2022 IN JUNE.
MOVIE THEATERS STARTS CONSTRUCTION THIS YEAR.
ON A HAWAIIAN BARBECUE IS IN CONSTRUCTION, OPENING SOON.
2023, TKD EXPANSION IS NOW OPEN.
BATES HOT CHICKEN IS NOW OPEN.
FIESTA KIA IS OPEN AS SOON AS THE ENCRYPTION NOW. UNIT.
>> HONDA WILL BE STARTING CONSTRUCTION SOON, SEE THE LINK HAS ALREADY STARTED CONSTRUCTION AND WE HAVE ALREADY SEEN THAT, THOSE BIGLEN MOVERS OUT THERE.
THEY HAVE STARTED CONSTRUCTION.
MONROE AND JACKSON BRIDGES ARE IN PLANNING.
REAL CROSSING WHICH IS 400, APPROXIMATELY 404 PORTABLE HOUSING UNITS STARTING CONSTRUCTION SOON. INDIO SPORTS PARK AND PLANNING, WHICH WE RECEIVED IT.
FIVE MOE GRADE 4, CLOSE TO THE DESERT EXPANSION, CONSTRUCTION
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GROUNDBREAKING CAN HAPPEN, CONSTRUCTION STARTING SOON.COACHELLA VALLEY MUSIC AND ARTS AND TAMALE FESTIVAL, SOUTHWEST ARTS WE STILL HAVE RETURNED THIS YEAR.
THAT'S COMING SOON. THE BAR LOCATED ARTS STRUCTURE, DR.
AREA IN PART, COLOSSAL CACTI OR STRUCTURE DOWN THE STREET HERE IN DOWNTOWN INDIO.
WE HAVE THE SECOND SATURDAY EVENTS, TAKES CENTER STAGE LIVE DOWNTOWN THE CITY OF INDIO. WE HAVE OUR INDIO CERTIFIED FARMERS MARKET WHICH IS IN TOWN OF BLISS, SUNDAYS FROM 9:00 A.M.
UNTIL 2:00 P.M.. WITH THE COACHELLA VALLEY HISTORY MUSEUM TO DOWN.
WE HAVE OUR GREAT RESTAURANTS IN MEXICALI CAFÉ.
EVERY BLOOM COFFEE, WE HAVE GREAT FOLKS HERE. WE ARE ALSO GETTING READY TO DO OUR GROUND BREAKING FOR OUR PUBLIC SAFETY CAMPUS.
AND THAT'S JUST A FEW THINGS, THAT'S NOT EVERYTHING THAT'S GOING ON IN OUR CITY.
WE ARE ABLE TO SHARE THOSE THINGS AND FOLK STORIES SO EXCITED. THAT'S A TESTAMENT TO THE HARD WORK IS GOING BEYOND BEHIND-THE-SCENES IN OUR STAFF AND COUNSEL.
FROM THERE, HE WENT ON TO THE SENIOR INSPIRATION AWARDS WITH THE CITY OF VON INDIO HONORED EUGENE BALLOTING FOR HER IS IT COMMUNITY SERVICE TO THE CITY OF INDIO.
SHE IS A LONG-TERM RESIDENT TO THE CITY OF INDIO.
GREAT, GREAT PERSON IN OUR COMMUNITY.
SO WE HONORED HER THERE AND THAT WAS A GREAT EVENT.
THANK YOU TO THE COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE, TO GET HIS SUPERVISOR MANUEL PEREZ FOR HOLDING THAT EVERY YEAR. IT'S A TRADITION FROM VARIOUS COUNTY SUPERVISORS.
IT WAS GREAT TO BE PART OF THAT.
ALSO TODAY, WE DID THE GROUNDBREAKING.
I SHOULD SAY RIBBON-CUTTING FOR THE.
IN THE SOME OF US HAVE SEEN THE SCREWS OUT THERE IN SOME COMMUNITIES THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS. WELL, WE DID THE RIBBON-CUTTING AND I WAS ACTUALLY ABLE TO RIDE ONE.
I THINK MAYOR PRO TEM GOT THE CHANCE TO READ ONE, OUR CHIEF ROUTE 1, TIM ALSO WROTE ONE.
IT'S GREAT, SOMETHING NEW IN THE COMMUNITY.
MOVING FORWARD, IT'S IMPORTANT BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO THINK ABOUT INNOVATIVE AND AFFORDABLE WASTE OF TRANSPORTATION IN OUR COMMUNITIES, ESPECIALLY WHAT WE ARE DEALING WITH NOW. CLEAN ENERGY IS THE FUTURE.
WE JUST HEARD WITH COUNCILMEMBER MILLER SAID ABOUT THE HYDROGEN PROJECT THAT'S ONLINE. CLEAN ENERGY IS THE FUTURE.
SO WE HAVE TO BE FORWARD THINKING ABOUT A MEANS OF TRANSPORTATION IN THE FUTURE, ESPECIALLY WITH OUR KIDS HERE.
SO I THINK THAT'S GREAT IN OUR COMMUNITY IS GOING TO SERVE OUR RESIDENTS AND OUR STUDENTS, IT WILL HELP US ALLEVIATE SOME OF THOSE TRAFFIC PROBLEMS THAT WE HAVE IN OUR FESTIVALS.
WE HAVE INVESTED IN PEDESTRIAN BIKE LANES. SO, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THE ROADMAP FOR THAT.
IT WILL BE SUCCESSFUL IN OUR COMMUNITY.
SO AS A REMINDER, YES, FESTIVALS ARE HERE.
WELCOME BACK. COACHELLA MUSIC AND ARTS FESTIVAL, THE MOST POPULAR AND BIGGEST MUSIC FESTIVAL IN WORLD.
LOOKING FORWARD TO IT. I MIGHT POP IN AND SEE SOME OF THE ACTS.
IT'S FOR THE YOUNG ADULTS IN THE KIDS AND LOOKING FORWARD TO STAGECOACH ALSO RETURNING.
WE ARE ALSO HAVING THE RIBBON-CUTTING FOR SOME ARE LOCATED OVER AT THE CARRIE UN PARK ON APRIL 20, ALONG WITH MOBIUS YOUTH EMPOWERMENT HELP THAT WE HAVE DONE HERE BEFORE THAT WE SPONSOR. THAT'S APRIL 20.
IT IF YOU WANT TO CHECK OUT A VERY, VERY COOL VIDEO ABOUT SABELLA, AND FRANCISCO DAY, WHO IS THE ARTIST WHO BROUGHT US SUPPORT THE K, IT'S ON YOUTUBE THROUGH BOX OF KITTENS.
THAT'S THE NAME OF THE COMPANY WHO DID THE VIDEO.
I GOT INTERVIEWED ON IT AND THEY DID A REALLY GOOD JOB ON THAT. BUT FRANCISCO DAY, HE DID WIN THE PULITZER PRIZE AWARD, AND THAT'S LIKE THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE AWARD FOR ARTISTS, ARCHITECTURE. SO HE IS VERY, VERY DEDICATED AND WELL RESPECTED IN HIS WORLD. SO CHECK OUT THAT VIDEO ON YOUTUBE.
AND THAT WILL COMPLETE MY REPORT.
SO THANK YOU. AND NOW WE HAVE APPOINTMENTS.
[6.1 Appointment to the Public Arts Commission to fill one (1) vacancy for ...]
TO THE PUBLIC ARTS COMMISSION TO FILL ONE VACANCY THAT HAS UNEXPIRED TERM. COUNCILMEMBER HOMES?>> COUNCILMEMBER HOLMES: AND VERY, VERY EXCITED.
ORIGINALLY, MY PRIOR ARTS COMMISSIONER, HE'S MOVED ON.
BUT I AM VERY EXCITED TO PRESENT TO THE COUNCIL -- WE GOOD?
>> COUNCILMEMBER HOLMES: WE ARE GOOD.
VERY, VERY HAPPY AND EXCITED TO PRESENT TO MY COUNCIL HERE NOAH GUTIERREZ FOR FILLING THAT VACANCY.
I HAVE NO NO WAY FOR YEARS, SINCE HAVE BEEN HERE.
HE HAS HAD A VISION FOR THE CITY, A VISION FOR THIS DOWNTOWN.
ARTS, MUSIC, CAFÉS, HE HAS TRIED TO SPIN AS MUCH OF HIS MOAN MONEY AS HE COULD TRYING TO GET THIS PLACE UP AND RUNNING. WE HAVE HAD COUNTLESS DISCUSSIONS, HIS
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PASSION IS OFF THE CHARTS FOR OUR COMMUNITY, AND I AM VERY EXCITED TO HAVE HIM BE OUR -- OR MY COMMISSIONER ON THE ARTS COMMISSION, IF THE COUNCIL WOULD ALSO AGREE WITH THAT, PLEASE.>> MAYOR: YES. I WILL MAKE A MOTION.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HOLMES: TERRIFIC.
WE CAN BRING NO WE UPSTAIRS HERE. HE IS RIGHT HERE, YEAH.
AWESOME. >> SPEAKER: GOOD EVENING.
MAYOR FERMON, MAYOR PRO TEM ORTIZ, CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS MILLER AND HOLMES, CITY STAFF, RESIDENTS IN ATTENDANCE, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK COUNCILMEMBER HOMES FOR OPENING A TO THE PUBLIC ARTS COMMISSION, REPRESENTING COUNCIL DISTRICT 3.
I HAVE BEEN A RESIDENT HERE FOR 47 YEARS.
DURING THAT TIME I'VE DEVELOPED A PASSION FOR THE ARTS THAT BEGAN AT ROOSEVELT ELEMENTARY THANKS TO MY ART TEACHER, MRS. TURNER IN AREA THREE, MIGHT I ADD. SHE TAUGHT ME THAT ART IS PERSONAL INTO BE SHARED.
AND THAT WE CAN FIND BEAUTY IN MUCH OF THE WORLD.
REMOVING THE BLINDERS ALLOWED ME TO SEE THE BEAUTY IN EVERYDAY THINGS.
I LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING TO SERVE MY COMMUNITY AS A MEMBER OF THE ARTS COMMISSION. AM HOPING THAT MY BACKGROUND IN MACRO AND MICRO SOCIAL WORK WILL PROVIDE A NEW PERSPECTIVE ON THE COMMISSION.
AND ALTHOUGH THE APPOINTMENT ENDS IN DECEMBER, I PLAN TO PUT MY ALL INTO IT, INTO THE OPPORTUNITY AND I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING ALONGSIDE MR. NEUMEIER, MISS MISSION SKI, AND MS. AND DOLLS. WELL, I REALLY WANT TO THANK YOU VERY MUCH, ELAINE, BECAUSE WE'VE HAD NUMEROUS CONVERSATIONS AND WALKING THE STREETS.
I WAS TALKING TO OFFICER ACOUSTIC EARLIER ABOUT IN MY TIME HERE, PROBABLY WORKED EVERY CUBIC INCH OF THE CITY ON FOOT AS A KID.
AND NOW I LOVED EVERY MINUTE OF IT.
THIS IS THE LATE '70S, EARLY '80S. WE'VE GROWN A LOT AND I LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING TO LIFT UP THE CITY AND PROVIDE A GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE.
SO THANK YOU. >> COUNCILMEMBER HOLMES: THANK YOU.
WELCOME. >> COUNCILMEMBER HOLMES: TAKE A BOW?
>> MAYOR: I THINK WE NEED A MOTION.
>> COUNCILMEMBER MILLER: ALREADY MENTIONED.
MAKE A MOTION. >> SPEAKER: SECOND.
>> MAYOR: MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER MILLER AND SECOND BY MAYOR
FERMON. >> GROUP: AYE. >> MAYOR: PASSES, WELCOME.
SO SWEARING HIM IN NOW? FOR THE CITY CLERK IS READY.
I DON'T KNOW IF SHE -- >> SPEAKER: HAVE THE OATH IF YOU WANT TO DO THAT NOW.
PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND AND REPEAT AFTER ME. I, THEN
STATE YOUR NAME. >> SPEAKER: I, NOAH GUTIERREZ.
>> SPEAKER: DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR.
>> SPEAKER: DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR.
>> SPEAKER: THAT I WILL SUPPORT AND DEFENSE.
>> THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES.
>> THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES.
>> AND THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA.
>> IN THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF THE OPENING AGAINST ANY ENEMIES FOREIGN AND WAS THAT WILL BEAR FOOD TRUE FAITH AND ALLEGIANCE TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES.
>> TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE US.
>> IN THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA.
>> IN THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA.
>> AN ADDICT THIS APPLICATION FREELY.
>> WITHOUT MENTAL RESERVATION.
>> WITHOUT ANY MENTAL RESERVATION'S.
>> WERE PURPOSE OF THE VISION.
>> AND THAT I DID WELL AND FAITHFULLY.
>> I WILL WELL AND FAITHFULLY, DISTRICT THE DUTIES I'M ABOUT TO
>> THANKS TO, MA'AM. >> AND I NEED YOUR SIGNATURE.
>> MAYOR: NOW WE WILL MAKE SOME MODIFICATIONS TO THE AGENDA, BEING THAT OUR NEXT MEETING WILL BE APRIL 20 AND THAT'S USUALLY WHEN WE HAVE YAK AT THE SECOND MEETING.
WILL BRING HIM IN HERE TODAY, SO NOW WE HAVE YAK HERE AND WOULD LIKE TO ASK IF YOU HAVE A REPORT FOR US.
>> SPEAKER: GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE.
MY NAME IS KATIE DESANTIS AND I'M HERE TO REPORT WILL BE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON.
FIRST OF ALL, WE WILL BE WORKING WITH MOBIUS.
THEY ARE HAVING AN EVENT ON APRIL 11 FROM 12 TO 12:00 A.M.
AND THE YAC WILL BE RUNNING THE CONVERSATION TABLES.
NEXT, THE TEEN CENTER HELD THEIR PROM DRESS GIVEAWAY 50 COAST CITY IS TO ADDRESS.
WE ALSO ATTENDED A DESERT TOWN HALL AT THE ESMERALDA RESORT AND GOT TO TALK TO PAUL
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NICHOLSON. UPCOMING EVENTS ARE STILL IS NEW NEWS AT THE LIBRARY AND FNL AWARD BANQUET.THANK YOU AND I WILL CONCLUDE MY REPORT.
>> MAYOR: GREAT. THANK YOU. CAN ASK YOU A QUESTION? SO YAC WILL BE A MOBIUS.
>> SPEAKER: WE ARE GOING TO BE ASKING THE TABLES WE ARE WORKING WITH SOME QUESTIONS, AND THEY ARE GOING TO GIVE THEIR OPINIONS AND WE WILL BE TELLING THE PEOPLE WORKING WITH MOBIUS, THE AUDIENCE AND EVERYONE ELSE THINGS.
LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING YOU THERE. >> SPEAKER: THANK YOU.
>> MAYOR: ALL RIGHT. SO NOW WE WILL MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER
[7. CITY MANAGER REPORTS AND INFORMATION]
SEVEN, WHICH IS CITY MANAGER REPORTS AND INFORMATION.OF ALL THE MANY THINGS HE MENTIONED, WE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE AN EVENT DOWNTOWN DURING THE POSSIBLE TIMEFRAME.
NOT THAT I WANT TO STEAL YOUR THUNDER.
>> SPEAKER: SO ON APRIL 20 AT 5:00, THE CHELLA EVENT AND CONCERT WILL BE HELD DOWNTOWN. SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO THAT OPPORTUNITY HERE JUST ON THE CORNER OF BLISS AND TOWN COME ON THE PATCH OF GRASS WITH THE FARMERS MARKET IS HELD EACH SUNDAY.
MORE INFORMATION IS FORTHCOMING, BUT IN CONVERSATIONS THE MAYOR HAS HAD WITH GOLDEN VOICE AND THE OPPORTUNITY TO BRING SOME OF THOSE BANDS AND PERFORMERS IN A FREE CONCERT DOWNTOWN IS A HUGE STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION AND BRINGING ACTIVITY DOWNTOWN AND SOME OF THAT IMPACT OF THE FESTIVALS HERE.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO THAT. THAT WILL IMPACT OUR CITY COUNCIL IN A LITTLE BIT AND WE WANT TO START AT 4:00 FOR OUR REGULAR MEETING. I'M SURE PEOPLE WILL GATHER FROM AFTER 5:00 IS THE STRESS OF OF ALL KATELLA.
WE SHOULD PERHAPS WRAP UP THE MEETING BY 6:00 AND BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE OURSELVES.
THANK YOU, MAYOR. >> MAYOR: YEAH.
BIG, BIG NEWS. FREE CONCERT DOWNTOWN INDIO.
BIG NEWS! THANK YOU, CITY MANAGER.
THERE WAS SOMETHING NEW BEHIND THE SCENES.
WE CAN SEE THIS HAPPENED, BUT NEXT TO ALL THE MONEY MINDS COMING TOGETHER AND TO GOLDEN WEST FOR MAKING THIS HAPPEN.
THIS IS A DREAM OF A LOT OF HOURS TO COME DOWNTOWN TO A FREE CONCERT AND TO HAVE SOME OF OUR LOCAL BANDS AND POSSIBLY SOME NATIONALLY KNOWN TALENT PERFORMING DOWN HERE, DOWNTOWN INDIO FOR EVERY EVENT.
SHOULD BE GREAT LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT.
[8. CONSENT CALENDAR]
NOW WE WANT TO ITEM NUMBER EIGHT, WHICH IS CONSENT CALENDAR AND COUNCILMEMBER HOMES HAS TWO ITEMS.>> COUNCILMEMBER HOLMES: FOUR ITEMS.
>> MAYOR: FOUR ITEMS. >> COUNCILMEMBER HOLMES: I THINK IS OKAY AS LONG AS NOTHING IS
-- [INDISCERNIBLE] >> SPEAKER: EFFECT IN JAPAN.
MR. MAYOR, IF NONE OF THE ITEMS ARE PULLED, COUNCILMEMBER HOMES CAN STAY ON THE DAIS AND TAKE -- PARTICIPATE IN THE BOAT AND THAT SHE WILL RECORD AN ABSTENTION.
SO I KNOW WE HAVE SOME PUBLIC COMMENTS AS WELL.
SO IF YOU WANT TO SEE -- IF YOU DO WANT TO SEE IF THERE'S ANYONE WHO NEEDS TO PULL AN ITEM, THE RESULTING WILL STAY ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR.
AND THEN YOU CAN TAKE A MOTION IN THE SECOND.
BEFORE YOU VOTE, WILL TAKE PUBLIC COMMENT.
>> MAYOR: YES. I THINK WE ARE FINE.
>> SPEAKER: WENT TO PULL AN ITEM, IT.
>> SPEAKER: PULL IT OR ASK A QUESTION?
>> SPEAKER: JUST ASK A QUESTION, THEN.
IS -- >> MAYOR: IS THE ART. >> SPEAKER: -- THANKS FOR THE 9/11 MEMORIAL PROJECT, JUST WANTED TO SEE WHAT HIS PLAN FOR THE 125,000 OR IF WE HAVE ANY PLANS.
>> SPEAKER: GOOD EVENING, M MR. MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL. I HAVE A PRESENTATION.
THERE IS NOTHING SELECTED YET.
HOWEVER, I HAVE SOME SAMPLES THAT THEY CAN SHOW WHAT COULD HAPPEN. BUT WE HAVE NOT GONE REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL YET.
BUT THIS IS JUST TO GET THE COUNCIL APPROVED TO APPROPRIATE THE MONEY.
IT WILL BE THE MAXIMUM BUDGET FOR SUCH A PROJECT.
>> MAYOR: SO WE DON'T NEED TO -- THIS IS JUST TO GET THE FUNDING FOR IT AND THEN COME BACK WITH EXAMPLES.
>> SPEAKER: SO I CAN SHOW YOU REAL QUICK THE LOCATION IS BASICALLY BY THE NEW PUBLIC SAFETY CAMPUS, BUT THE PALM TREES.
THIS IS THE PROPOSED LOCATION.
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THE PIECE THAT WE HAVE, IT IS ABOUT 10 TO 12 FEET TALL.THERE ARE SOME SAMPLES, AS YOU CAN SEE. ARTISTS HAVE USED IT, THE PIECE ITSELF, AND IF USED, FOR EXAMPLE, PILOTS OR PEDESTAL WITH SLOPES TO PEOPLE CAN'T GO ON TOP AND TOUCH IT. SO THERE ARE SEVERAL EXAMPLES OF SUCH.
BUT AS I SAID, WE HAVE NOT SELECTED THE ARTIST, HAVE NOT DONE THE RFP AND WE WILL GO OUT FOR THAT AND ARTS COMMISSION WERE APPROVED ALL AND WILL GO THROUGH THE PROPER PROCESS.
>> MAYOR: THINKING. >> SPEAKER: YOU ARE VERY WELCOME.
>> SPEAKER: FOR THE AUDIENCE, CAN YOU TELL THEM WHAT THE PIECE IS? 911, WOODY CAME FROM.
SAID THE CITY RECEIVED THE WORLD TRADE CENTER ARTIFACT YEARS AGO.
AND AS I SHOWED YOU, THAT'S THE METAL PIECE THAT WE HAVE RECEIVED.
NOW WE HAVE A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO PUT IT IN THE PUBLIC SAFETY CAMPUS.
WE ARE HAPPY TO DO SO, AND BY ITSELF THAT PIECE IS VERY POWERFUL.
I AM VERY HAPPY AND PLEASED TO BE ABLE TO GET THE PIECE AND ALSO BE ABLE TO GO TO THE ARTS COMMISSION. ALSO SEEING THE COUNCIL TO GET THE CREATION FOR SUCH A MONUMENTAL PIECE.
THANK YOU. >> SPEAKER: I ALSO WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR THE WORK PLAN AND ALL THE WORK THAT WENT INTO IT.
THIS LOOKS REALLY GOOD AND I'M VERY EXCITED TO SEE ALL OF THESE NEW MURALS AND SMALL ART PROJECTS THAT HAVE BEEN PROPOSED IN THE WORK PLANS.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> SPEAKER: YOU'RE WELCOME.
THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY.
>> MAYOR: I WILL MAKE A MOTION IF NO ONE ELSE HAS ANYTHING TO ACCEPT THE CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 8.1-8.13.
WE ARE GOING TO -- THERE IS A MOTION, BUT I WILL FIX PUBLIC COMMENT AND PROCEED WITH THE MOTION.
I HAVE COMMENTS FOR ITEM 8.10, AND I WILL START WITH A REALLY ARE MECOLE? AND BEFORE WE START, ITEM 8.10 IS APPROVAL OF A BUILDING LEASE AGREEMENT WITH AVENIDA MUSIC, LLC FOR THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 82 707 MILES AVENUE AND FUNDING OF CONFORMITY WITH THE GENERAL PLAN.
YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES, SERVE. >> SPEAKER: OKAY.
I'M SPEAKING IN SPANISH BECAUSE -- SORRY.
I'M NOT SPEAKING IN SPANISH BECAUSE MY ENGLISH IS NOT VERY WELL.
>> SPEAKER: THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE IN FRONT OF YOU, THE COUNCIL.
>> SPEAKER: I AM A RESIDENT OF THE CITY OF INDIO FOR MORE THAN 30 YEARS.
>> TRANSLATOR: I SUPPORT DAN'S AZTECA.[INDISCERNIBLE]
>> SPEAKER: MY COMMENT IS ON IT.
>> TRANSLATOR: MY COMMENT FOR THIS ITEM IS SO THAT THE COUNCIL CAN BE FAIR ON THIS ITEM.
>> TRANSLATOR: AS OTHER CITIZENS OF COACHELLA VALLEY.
>> TRANSLATOR: FOR THE ASSIGNMENT OF BUILDINGS THAT BELONG TO THE CITY.
>> MAYOR PRO TEM: THE CITY OF INDIO CAN DISCRIMINATE INDIGENOUS WOMEN OR NATIVES.
>> TRANSLATOR: IN THE ORGANIZATIONS ON NATIVE --
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>> TRANSLATOR: THE POOR PEOPLE OF COLOR AND THE RESIDENTS OF
>> TRANSLATOR: THAT LIVED HERE LONGER THAN THE PERSONNEL OF THE
>> TRANSLATOR: THE PROBLEM IS THAT THE CITY OF INDIO.
>> TRANSLATOR: DOES NOT HAVE A TRANSPARENT PROCESS.
>> TRANSLATOR: FOR ACCESS OF BUILDINGS TO BETTER IN THE CITY.
>> TRANSLATOR: THE FACT OF THE CITY DOES NOT IMPLEMENT PRACTICES
>> TRANSLATOR: IN WHICH MEMBERS THAT ARE NOT FAVORED BEFORE.
>> TRANSLATOR: OF THE COMMUNITY THAT THEY COULD QUALIFY TO BUILD
>> TRANSLATOR: THAT IMPACTS THE DECISIONS FROM CLOSED
>> TRANSLATOR: IT FEELS THAT THE TAXES THAT ARE PAID BY THE RESIDENTS OF INDIO.
>> TRANSLATOR: WITHOUT CONSENT OF THE TAXPAYERS.
>> TRANSLATOR: WE NEED A FAIR PROCESS SO THAT THERE IS NO DISCRIMINATION AGAINST MINORITIES.
>> TRANSLATOR: 1/3 OF THE COUNCIL IS PERMITTING.
>> TRANSLATOR: AND DISCRIMINATION.
>> TRANSLATOR: AND JEWS IS WHO SUCCEEDS AND WHO DOES NOT.
NEXT SPEAKER IS JALEN REAGOR ALSO?
>> SPEAKER: JACQUELINE ARCHULETA THE XHOSA.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. BASICALLY, I AM IN SUPPORT OF DAN'S AZTECA..
I JUST THINK THAT I GUESS WHAT THEY WANT IS TRANSPARENCY.
YOU KNOW, TO RENT THE BUILDINGS, THEY DID NOT ASK FOR DISCOUNTS OR LOWER PRICE.
IT'S A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION THAT CONTRIBUTES TO NOT JUST INDIO COMMUNITY, BUT THE WHOLE VALLEY, AND TEACHES INDIGENOUS CULTURE AND TRADITIONS.
AND ALTHOUGH ALL THE COACHELLA STUFF AND EVERYTHING IS REALLY EXCITING FOR THE CITY AND IMPORTANT FOR GROWTH, I THINK IT IS ALSO IMPORTANT TO KEEP THE TRADITIONS AND CULTURE THAT WAS HERE BEFORE, ALL OF THAT, AND TO SOMEHOW MAYBE INTEGRATE THEM. SO I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT, YOU KNOW, WE KEEP -- WHAT IS -- LIKE TRANSPARENCY AND MAKE SURE EVERYONE HAS AN EQUAL RIGHT OR ATTEMPT TO RENT A BUILDING.
NOT PICKING AND CHOOSING LIKE THAT.
I'M NOT GOOD WITH WORDS. ANYWAYS, I AM IN SUPPORT OF THEM AND THAT IS THAT.
SORRY IF I GOT YOUR NAME INCORRECT.
>> MAYOR PRO TEM: THAT'S ALL RIGHT.
AND THAT WE ARE -- WHEN I COME HERE I GET EXCITED PUBLIC SPEAKING, BUT I WILL BE HONEST MY MOTHER CONVINCED ME TO COME.
SHE'S VERY BEAUTIFUL AND HOW WE PRESENT
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OURSELVES IN TERMS OF, YOU KNOW, IS A GOING TO BE PERSUADED OR VIEWED BY ALL THESE PEOPLE, THESE TELLING YOU THESE THINGS, ARE YOU DOING MORE HARM WHEN YOU SPEAK THE TRUTH.THE TRUTH IS OPEN TO BE ABOUT THIS FOR YEARS AND IT'S BEEN ONLY THE PAST COUPLE OF WEEKS BUT THIS LACK OF PROCESS IT'S NOT JUST MY BUSINESS, IT'S PERSONALLY BEEN AFFECTED I BELIEVE.
IT'S ALWAYS FIVE PEOPLE WHO DO BETTER WORK THAN I DO, WHO HELP THE COMMUNITY BETTER THAN I DO, WHO FEEL THE SAME WAY.
AND I FEEL LIKE I TALK AD NAUSEAM ABOUT HOW TO DO BETTER, TO DO BETTER, RESEARCH, COMING WITH IDEAS. THE PROBLEM IS WE NEED -- SOMETHING IS TO BE PUT DOWN FOR US TO BE REFERRED TO AND BE ON THE SAME PAGE AND WE ARE NOT THERE. IT'S DEEPLY FRUSTRATING BECAUSE THIS IS HOW I PROVIDE FOR MYSELF. AND THEN MY HOMETOWN, I HAVE LITTLE IN.
WITHOUT BEING CONTRACTED BY 1/3 PARTY AND I CANNOT FIGURE OUT WHY.
AND I AM KIND OF EXHAUSTED PERSONALLY ABOUT THAT AND I AM ONLY HERE BECAUSE IF I AT MY LEVEL OF EXPERIENCE CAN FEEL LIKE THAT IN THESE PEOPLE ARE JUST TRYING TO SUPPORT THEIR CULTURE CONFLICT THAT, THEN THERE IS A REAL PROBLEM HERE.
MAY NOT BE THE WORLD AND THING, BUT IT IS SOMETHING THAT IF WE CAN'T FIGURE OUT HOW TO REALLY BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER AND DEFEND STYLE OR COMMUNITY GATHERING STYLE AND EVERYONE FEELS IT MAY HAVE A SHOT, AND I COULD BE WRONG, COULD BE TOLD NO, BUT IT CAN'T BE TOLD THERE'S NO REASON, NO PARTICIPATION FOR THAT.
IT SEEMS TO BE GOING ON WITH OTHER PEOPLE. IT'S JUST SCARY BECAUSE I NOTICED CONSEQUENCES TO SPEAKING TRUTH THAT MAY BE FEELS SHARP.
BUT LIKE I SAID, MY MOTHER REALLY CONVINCED ME THAT IT DOES NOT MATTER BECAUSE THAT'S OUR JOB THAT PEOPLE COME TO US AND SAY THIS IS WHAT I'M EXPERIENCING. WHAT ELSE AM I DOING? IF NOT LISTENING, THERE IS NO POINT IF I'M NOT SHARING THOSE PEOPLE'S EXPERIENCES.
IT'S HAPPENING TO OTHER PEOPLE AND IT'S NOT SOMETHING.[INDISCERNIBLE] THE WHOLE POINT OF BEING IN THIS ROOM IS BECAUSE WE WANT TO MAKE THIS TIME SAFER FOR ALL.
I HOPE IN THE END THESE PEOPLE ARE LISTENED TO, THAT THERE IS SOMETHING GOING ON THEN WE NEED TO ADDRESS. I HOPE THAT THAT IS HEARD THROUGH EVERYTHING HERE.
THANK YOU, GUYS, FOR YOUR TIME TODAY.
NEXT SPEAKER, GABRIELA AMANDA.
>> TRANSLATOR: GOOD AFTERNOON, CITY COUNCIL.
MY COMMENT IS ON ITEM 810, THE APPROVAL OF THE LEASE OF THE BUILDING LOCATED ON MILES AVENUE. MY NAME IS GABRIELLE ELEMENT THE.
I HAVE BEEN ARRESTED OF THE CITY OF INDIO FOR THE PAST 29 YEARS IN MY WORK REVOLVES AROUND CREATING A SAFE.
OF SPACE AS AFFORDABLE TO FREE FOR THE MUSIC, ARTS, TRADITIONAL AND INDIGENOUS ARTS AND CEREMONIAL PRACTICE. AS A PROGRAM COORDINATOR FOR GUTIERREZ MUSIC AND ARTS AND ALONG WITH FOUNDING MEMBERS, LOCAL ARTISTS, MUSICIANS FROM THE COACHELLA VALLEY, WE HAVE SUCCESSFULLY RUN A MUSIC AND ARTS FESTIVAL IN THE CITY OF COACHELLA.
SYNERGY FAST BRINGS IN ATTENDANCE 1520 600 PEOPLE EVERY YEAR.
OTHER EVENTS INCLUDE WOMEN RISING, AN EVENT THAT EMPOWERS AND UPLIFTS LOCAL WOMAN IN THE VALLEY, COACHELLA ART WALK.
WE HOST COUNTLESS OF PUBLIC EVENTS, LOCAL ART, LIVE MUSIC, ENTERTAINMENT AND VENDORS FOR THE PAST 12 YEARS.
SO MANY LOCAL ARTISTS RECITE RESIDE IN THE CITY AND WEST OF THE COACHELLA VALLEY.
BACK IN 2017, FOR TWO YEARS, COACHELLA DISTRICT TO REPLICATE AND BRING THAT TEAMWORK TO THE CITY OF INDIO, THOSE PROGRAMS, AND SUBMITTED A PROPOSAL THAT WOULD GENERATE JOBS, BRING ENTERTAINMENT AND LIVE TO DOWNTOWN.
AND ALSO THE COFOUNDER OF EDITION, INDIGENOUS BASED IN NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION.
WE HAVE SERVED AND WORKED WITH OVER 300 PARTICIPANTS AND THEIR FAMILIES.
IN 2019, WE MET WITH THE CITY OF INDIO TO REQUEST INFORMATION FOR BUILDING LEASE, SPECIFICALLY THE ITEM ON 810.
WE DID NOT ASK FOR DISCOUNTS OR FREE RENT.
OUR GOAL WAS TO CREATE A SAFE COMMUNITY SPACE OFFERING MEXICAN INDIGENOUS WORKSHOPS AND CEREMONIAL PRACTICES, PEER TO PEER SUPPORT GROUPS, PUBLIC EVENTS, VENDORS, SO ON AND SO ON, LIVE MUSIC.
WE WANTED TO SHARE COLLABORATIVE SPACE FOR LOCAL INDIVIDUALS, BUSINESSES, ORGANIZATIONS AND STILL WE WORK WITH ARE REFERRED TO AND LOOK AT OTHER BUILDINGS OUTSIDE OF DOWNTOWN BECAUSE, QUOTE, THOSE WOULD BE GOING TO BIG CHAIN RESTAURANTS AND DEPARTMENT STORES WITHOUT GIVING THE OPPORTUNITY TO CONTINUE THE PROCESS OF SUBMITTING A PROPOSAL.
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ACCORDING TO THE CITY OF INDIO'S ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PLAN AND STAFF REPORT, THE GOAL IS TO PROVIDE A DOWNTOWN.BRING NEW JOBS, GENERATE PROPERTY TAXES, CREATE OUTDOOR VENUES, COMMUNITY EVENTS, GATHERING FOOD, SIMILAR TO WHAT WE WERE PROPOSING.
IN NOVEMBER 2021, THE CITY RECEIVED THE BUSINESS PLAN FROM AN LLC TO CREATE A HUB FOR HIGH QUALITY MUSIC PROGRAMMING. THERE WILL BE A MUSIC VENUE, LOCAL ENTERTAINMENT, IT WAS A HUB AND HIGH QUALITY MUSIC PROGRAMMING TO DOWNTOWN.
I CAN GO AS FAR BACK AS 2017 WHEREIN I NOTICED ALL OF THE EMPTY STOREFRONTS. THAT MAKES ME WONDER, DO WE NOT MEET THE STANDARD FOR THE CITY OF INDIO? HOW HE ATTEMPTS TO THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS, ARTISTS, ENTREPRENEURS, ORGANIZATIONS MUST BE DENIED THE OPPORTUNITY TO GROW IN A PLACE WE CALL HOME? AS IN AND INDIGENOUS MEXICAN WOMAN, SEE IT ALL THE TIME, THE NEEDS AND WANTS OF OUR COMMUNITY ALWAYS GET PUSHED ASIDE.
TIME AFTER TIME, THE CITY OF INDIO PICKS AND CHOOSES WHO THEY DO BUSINESS WITH.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. SPANK YOU.
>> MAYOR: THANK YOU, MS. AMANDA. NEXT SPEAKER IS CLAUDIA ARMENTA. YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES.
MINIMUS CLAUDIA ARMENTA AND I AM A RESIDENT OF THE CITY OF INDIO AND ALSO THE COFOUNDER AND INSTRUCTOR OF.[INDISCERNIBLE].
MY COMMENT IS ON AGENDA ITEM 810, THE LEASING OF THE BUILDING IN DOWNTOWN.
THE REASON FOR MY PUBLIC COMMENT IS TO REQUEST COUNCIL A FAIR AND TRANSPARENT PROCESS, LIKE THE ONES THAT OTHER CITIES HAVE IN THE COACHELLA VALLEY, FOR ALLOCATING A BUILDING IN DOWNTOWN.
SIMILAR TO THE OTHER COMMENTS, [INDISCERNIBLE] IS AN INDIGENOUS BASED NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION. WE SERVE OVER 300 FAMILIES, PROVIDING A SAFE COMMUNITY SPACE WITH MEXICAN INDIGENOUS WORKSHOPS, CEREMONIAL PRACTICES, AND HOLISTIC PEER-TO-PEER SUPPORT GROUPS.
WHEN WE ASK FROM THE CITY AND REQUEST A BUILDING, THE SIMON ON THIS ITEM, WE WERE TURNED AWAY. LEAVING US WITHOUT A PERMANENT SPACE AND MEETING HOW MANY FAMILIES THIS WOULD SERVE IN THE CITY OF INDIO.
THE CITY OF INDIO IS SELECTED WITH WHO THEY PICK AND CHOOSE FOR THEIR BUILDINGS. THEY ARE DISCRIMINATING AGAINST US INDIGENOUS WOMEN, INDIGENOUS CULTURES.
QUEER INDIVIDUALS AND COMPANIES, NONPROFITS, LOW INCOME COMMUNITIES, PEOPLE OF COLOR, AND INDIO RESIDENTS. THE PROBLEM HERE IS THAT THE CITY HAS FOSTERED LACK OF TRANSPARENT SYSTEM FOR ACCESS FOR THESE DOWNTOWN AREAS AND POSSIBLY MAY BE EVEN OTHER AREAS.
THERE IS A FAILURE TO IMPLEMENT BASIC AND FAIR PRACTICES, WHICH UNDERPRIVILEGED COMMUNITY MEMBERS ARE QUALIFIED TO HAVE ACCESS FOR SPACE IN DOWNTOWN. THERE IS CLOSED-DOOR SESSIONS IN MAKING TAX MONEY GETS SPENT WITH THE TAXPAYERS OF THE STORY CONSENT.
ONCE AGAIN, I AM HERE TO REQUEST A FAIR AND TRANSPARENT PROCESS FOR ALLOCATING THESE BUILDINGS IN DOWNTOWN.
I ALSO WANTED TO ADD THAT MY FATHER, MEDINA MEANT THAT, HE SPOKE IN SPANISH.
HALF OF WHAT HE SAID IN HIS COMMENT WAS NOT TRANSLATED CORRECTLY.
THERE HAS TO BE AN INTERPRETER.
THERE HAS TO BE AGENDAS IN SPANISH.
HE DID NOT HAVE ACCESS TO AN AGENDA IN SPANISH HERE.
HE DID NOT HAVE THE PROPER INTERPRETATION FOR HIS PUBLIC COMMENT.
THANK YOU. >> MAYOR: THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS, MISS ARMENTA.
MS. SANCHEZ, YOU HAVE A COMMENT ON ZOOM?
>> SPEAKER: ANNALISA VARGAS, YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES.
GOOD EVENING. MINIMUS ANNALISA VARGAS, A RESIDENT OF INDIO AND I ALSO HEAR SPEAKING ON ITEM 8.10.
I HAVE ATTENDED VARIOUS EVENTS AND I SUPPORT.[INDISCERNIBLE].
I ALSO, LIKE THEY MENTIONED COME HERE IN THE CITY OF INDIO, THEY ARE NOT THE ONLY GROUP THAT HAS EXPRESSED THAT THEY HAVE BEEN TREATED UNFAIRLY.
I HAVE SPOKEN TO PEOPLE THAT HAVE WANTED TO START SMALL BUSINESSES AND THEY SAY IT'S REALLY DIFFICULT IN THE CITY OF INDIO AND THAT OUTSIDERS ARE MORE LIKELY TO BE ABLE TO
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HAVE BETTER TREATMENT THAN PEOPLE THAT HAVE LIVED HERE ALL THEIR LIVES AND THAT IS A SHAME THAT THAT'S HAPPENING.SO EVEN TO A SPANISH TRANSLATION, HOW MANY TIMES DO WE HAVE TO ASK AND MAKE IT SO THAT OUR COMMUNITY HAS ACCESS TO SIMULTANEOUS TRANSLATION IN THEIR LANGUAGE WHEN THE MAJORITY OF THE POPULATION IS LATINO AND MOST OF THEM ARE MONOLINGUAL SPANISH SPEAKERS.
WE ASK THAT THE CITY DEVELOP A MORE TRANSPARENT SYSTEM FOR ACCESS TO THESE DOWNTOWN AREAS. ALSO OTHER PARTS OF THE CITY.
I MEAN, THE DOWNTOWN, YES, WE WANT TO MAKE IT VIBRANT.
WE WANT TO MAKE INCLUSIVE AND SOMETHING THAT COMES FROM THE COMMUNITY, NOT SO THAT OUTSIDERS CAN COME AND ENJOY IT, BUT IT'S SOMETHING FOR OUR FAMILIES AND CHILDREN, JUST HOW WE LACK PARTS.
I CANNOT TAKE MY DAUGHTER. AFTER DRIVE TO OTHER CITY SO THAT MY CHILD CAN HAVE A NICE PARK TO PLAY IN.
I HAVE ALSO EXPRESSED A WANT TO PUT MY DAUGHTER -- I ASKED CLAUDIE AND GABBY THIS PAST WEEKEND THAT I'M INTERESTED IN HAVING MY DAUGHTER WHEN SHE TURNS TWO YEARS OLD TO START LEARNING DANCE DECOR.
IT'S A SHAME THAT YOU CANNOT PROVIDE A SPACE FOR THEM.
THEY ARE WILLING TO PAY THE MARKET VALUE.
THEY ARE NOT ASKING FOR A DONATION OR DISCOUNTED RATE.
ALSO, I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT THERE ARE CITIES OUT THERE THAT LEASE THEIR BUILDINGS FOR A DOLLAR A YEAR TO NONPROFITS.
SO I WOULD THINK IT'S IN THE BEST INTEREST OF INDIO TO HAVE THIS TYPE OF SERVICE PROVIDED, THAT IF YOU ARE ALLOWED, THERE'S ALL THESE VACANT BUILDINGS AND MAYBE YOU NEED MORE INPUT FROM THE COMMUNITY SO YOU CAN DEVELOP BETTER PLANNING AND ALSO TRANSPARENCY AND HOW THESE DECISIONS ARE MADE BECAUSE WE WILL KEEP COMING BACK TIME AND TIME AND TIME AGAIN TO CONTINUE TO MAKE THESE REQUESTS AND TO CONTINUE TO ADVOCATE FOR OUR FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES.
DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER? >> SPEAKER: NO.
I DO HAVE THE -- JOSIAH GONZALES, HE IS -- HE IS THE APPLICANT.
DO YOU -- >> MAYOR: CITY ATTORNEY, THE APPLICANT IS ASKING TO SPEAK.
I MEAN, WE CAN'T RESPOND BUT IF THIS IS ABOUT THE PROCESS, NOT ABOUT THE APPLICANT ITSELF.
>> SPEAKER: IF THE APPLICANT, I DON'T KNOW IF HE IS ON ZOOM OR
HERE IN PRISON. >> SPEAKER: ON ZOOM SPEAKER IF HE IS RAISED HIS HAND TO SPEAK ON THE ITEM, HE CAN CERTAINLY SPEAK IF THAT IS HIS PREROGATIVE FROM A PRODUCT PERSPECTIVE.
AT THIS TIME, BECAUSE I BELIEVE OF THE MEMBER ID'S WOULD LIKE TO ASK QUESTIONS, COUNCILMEMBER HOLMES WAS GOING TO RECUSE HERSELF ON THIS ITEM UNDER THE APC ROLES, THAT'S NOT A PROBLEM IF THE ITEMS IS ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR, NOTES ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR. IT'S PROBABLY BETTER FOR HER TO LEAVE THE ROOM AND SHE WILL COME BACK AFTER ALL THE QUESTIONS HAVE BEEN
ASKED AND ANSWERED. >> MAYOR: OKAY.
>> MAYOR: LET'S GO TO THE APPLICANT FIRST SPEED HE WILL BE TREATED AS A REGULAR PUBLIC COMMENT OR.
>> SPEAKER: MR. GONZALES, YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES.
>> SPEAKER: HI, MY NAME IS JOSIAH.
THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBERS, EVERYONE SITTING HERE FOR TAKING THE TIME.
I'M NOT SUPER FAMILIAR WITH THE DECORUM FOR MOST OF THESE.
I'M JUST ANOTHER REGULAR CITIZEN, SMALL BUSINESS OWNER.
ONLY GET BACKGROUND AS TO WHAT MY COMPANY DOES. WE HAVE BEEN PLAYING MUSIC LIVE STARTING IN A RUSH IN 2017.
WE STILL BUILD A COMMUNITY THAT CATERS TO THE RESORT COMMUNITY OUT HERE BUT WE ARE BASED IN INDIO.
MY FAMILY HAS BEEN IN THE CITY OF INDIO'S FOR 50 YEARS SINCE MY GRANDMOTHER MOVED HERE. I FLIPPED IN INDIO MOST OF MY ADULT LIFE EXCEPT FOR COLLEGE. MY THREE BROTHERS AND I STARTED AVENUE TO MUSIC A COUPLE YEARS GO LIKE IN THE GARAGE, AS I SAID.
WE MOVED UP FROM THERE AND BEGAN PLAYING MORE AND MORE OFFENSE.
REALLY GRATEFUL TO HAVE WORKED WITH SEVERAL OF THE NONPROFITS IN THE CITY OF INDIO THAT THE CITY OF INDIO HAS GENEROUSLY GIVEN A LOT OF LEEWAY WITH REGARD TO THESE BUILDINGS IN DOWNTOWN.
WE WORKED CLOSELY AND DONATED TO AMP, ACADEMY OF MUSIC PERFORMANCE, AND HAVE PARTICIPATED AND VISITED CITY ARTS CENTER AND INTO THE CITY HAS DONATED A LOT OF RESOURCES TO BOTH OF THOSE NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS, WORKING WITH AMP, WE ALSO SAW THAT THERE WAS A HUGE IMPOSSIBILITY FOR US AS LOCALS TO IMPACT THE LOCAL COMMUNITY. SO I COME FROM A NONPROFIT BACKGROUND.
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I WORKED FOR DESERT ARC FOR ABOUT SEVEN YEARS.ONE OF MY PRIORITIES AS A NEW BUSINESS OWNER, VERY SMALL AS THERE ARE THREE OF US, WE ARE ALL LOCAL AND BEEN LOCAL OUR WHOLE LIVES, AND OUR GOAL IS TO IMPACT OUR COMMUNITY POSITIVELY.
THESE -- WE ARE PEOPLE OF COLOR AND WE ALSO HAVE STATED IN OUR AGENDA THAT I'VE ALREADY REACHED OUT TO DESERT ARC AND WE WILL HIRE PEOPLE WITH DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES AS SOME OF OUR FIRST EMPLOYEES IN AN EFFORT TO SUPPORT THE COMMUNITY.
IN THIS PROCESS FOR US IS BEEN REALLY LABORIOUS.
I DON'T KNOW ANYBODY IN THE CITY, I DON'T HAVE INSIDE CONNECTIONS.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I'VE WORKED WITH NONPROFITS AND WHEN CONVERSATION LEADS TO ANOTHER AND WE LOOK AT THIS BUILDING AND SAID, YOU KNOW, WOULD NOT BE A DREAM TO HAVE A LOCATION WHERE WE CAN BRING THE ARTS COMMUNITY AROUND AND THE DISENFRANCHISED ARTISTS AND GIVE THEM A PLATFORM TO DEVELOP THEIR VOICE. SO WE WORKED REALLY HARD FOR ABOUT FIVE YEARS.
SAVED OUR PENNIES. WE DON'T HAVE INVESTOR MONEY.
IT'S MONEY COMING OUT OF OUR OWN POCKETS THAT WE SAVED FROM GIGS THAT WE PLAYED, KIND OF DOLLAR BY DOLLAR. I THOUGHT IT WAS AMUSING THAT THE CITY WAS WILLING TO TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT WE WERE DOING.
THEY SAW WE WERE SERIOUS AND HAD A PLAN FOR DEVELOPING THIS BOTH ECONOMICALLY AND WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF WHAT THE CITY IS TRYING TO DO FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE DOWNTOWN.
YOU KNOW, I'VE DONE A LOT OF RESEARCH UNDERSTANDING PEER-REVIEWED, PEER-REVIEWED ARTICLES FOR HOW TO DEVELOP CITIES.
WE ARE HAPPY TO WORK WITH CITY, BUT I WANT TO GIVE A LITTLE BIT OF CONTEXT AS TO WHO WE ARE AND WHY WE ARE TRYING TO BUILD THIS COMPANY WHERE WE ARE.
>> MAYOR: THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS.
WILL MOVE ON TO COUNCILMEMBER ORTIZ PLENTY OF QUESTIONS -- EXCUSE ME, MAYOR PRO
SO IT SOUNDS LIKE WHAT WE HAVE, TWO REALLY GOOD APPLICANTS THAT CAME TO -- THROUGH THIS PROCESS.
ONE WAS REJECTED IN ONE WAS ACCEPTED.
I GUESS ONE OF MY QUESTIONS WOULD BE IF BOTH APPLICANTS WERE GIVEN THE SAME INFORMATION REGARDING TO WHAT THE CITY WAS LOOKING FOR IN TERMS OF LEASING THIS PROPERTY, THERE IS A DISTINCT TIMING DIFFERENCE.
MR. MORGAN CAN BEST ANSWER THAT.
HE WAS HERE BACK IN 2017 WHEN THIS FIRST CAME UP. SO THERE'S A LOT OF HISTORY THAT WILL HELP EXPLAIN.
CARL MORGAN, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR, CITY OF INDIO.
CITY MANAGER SAID, OPENING THE CITY SINCE JULY 2016, I BELIEVE.
SO I WAS HERE WHEN CULTURE IS CAME FORWARD IN COACHELLA MAGAZINE.
AND AT THAT TIME, WE WERE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THE PROPOSAL.
AND I HAVE A POWERPOINT AND PROPOSALS THAT I'VE SUBMITTED. WE WORKED DILIGENTLY WITH COUNCIL SUPPORT TO BRING FORWARD THOSE PROPOSALS AND TRY AND PUT THEM IN THIS SPACE.
CARL, CAN WE MAKE SURE THAT CODE CODIS WAS THE SAME ORGANIZATION THAT THEY ARE REFERRING TO? I THINK THAT MIGHT BE A DIFFERENT --
>> SPEAKER: IT WAS CLITORIS AT THE TIME, AND I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S MORPHED AND CHANGED SINCE THEN.
>> SPEAKER: THAT WE GUYS ARE TALKING ABOUT?
>> THERE IS COUTURE IS IN COACHELLA MAGAZINE, TWO DIFFERENT PROPOSALS CAME INTO ME.
HIM ABOUT SOME OF THE OTHER THINGS YOU
HAD MENTIONED. I CAN ONLY. >> MAYOR PRO TEM: THE THINGS -- FROM THOSE THAT HAVE SPOKEN THIS EVENING.
THIS GOES BACK FOUR OR FIVE YEARS NOW.
>> SPEAKER: THAT'S CORRECT, CITY MANAGER.
IT'S IMPORTANT TO POINT OUT THAT JOSIAH AND AVENIDA MUSIC WAS A SUBTENANT OF AMP AND AND POINTED TO USE THAT SPACE.
THEY GAVE HIM A 30 DAY NOTICE.
THEN AVENIDA MUSIC APPROACHED US AND SAID, HEY, WE WOULD LIKE TO GO INTO THE SPACE.
A LET ME GO BACK TO THE CONVERSATION THAT WE HAD AND KIND OF THE TWO YEAR HISTORY OF THE 2017, 2018 GENRE. WE WENT THROUGH A PROCESS WHERE WE TOOK THE PROPOSALS, WE HAD SOME CLOSED SESSION CONVERSATIONS WITH COUNCIL AND GOT DIRECTION, WE PREPARED A LEASE AGREEMENT WHERE WE WERE GOING TO LEAST THAT BUILDING BECAUSE AT THAT TIME, IT WAS OWNED BY THE SUCCESSOR AGENCY, THE FORMER REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY.
AND AS A PROCEDURAL MATTER, WE APPROACHED THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE THAT CONTROLS WHAT WE DO WITH THAT FOR THE STATE, BECAUSE THOSE DOLLARS GO TOWARD THE TAXING AGENCIES.
AND WE APPROACH THEM, THEY SAID NO, NO, NO, THE CITY CANNOT LISA FROM THE RE-DEVELOPMENT AGENCY. YOU HAVE TO AS A SUCCESSOR AGENCY SELL THAT PROPERTY, GET THE MONEY, AND TRANSMIT THAT THEN THROUGH THE COUNTY TO THE TAXING AGENCIES TO DISTRIBUTE TO THEM.
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SO THEY STOPPED THAT PROCESS FOR US THAT WE WERE PLANNING TO DO.THEN WE WENT TO THE COUNCIL OF SEVERAL MONTHS LATER AND TALK TO THE COUNCIL ABOUT ACTUALLY HAVING THE CITY BUY ALL OF THE SUCCESSOR AGENCY PROPERTIES IN DOWNTOWN IN TWO DIFFERENT PURCHASES.
SO THE FIRST TRANCHE WAS IN APRIL 2018 IN THE NEXT ONE WAS IN 2019.
SO NOW WE CONTROL THAT REAL ESTATE.
I HAD NOT HAD ANY ADDITIONAL CONTACT WITH CULTURE IS OR COACHELLA MAGAZINE FROM THAT POINT FORWARD. THOSE PROPERTIES HAVE BEEN AVAILABLE AND EMPTY, AS WAS MENTIONED FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS.
AND I WOULD SAY THAT IF THOSE ORGANIZATIONS WANT TO APPROACH THE CITY AND WORK WITH US TO GO INTO EITHER A PRIVATELY OWNED SPACE IN DOWNTOWN OR A PUBLICLY OWNED SPACE IN DOWNTOWN, I'M ALWAYS OPEN AND HAPPY TO WORK WITH THEM. I CAN GIVE YOU MY CARD BEFORE YOU LEAVE TODAY.
BUT THIS HAS BEEN A VERY TRANSPARENT PROCESS.
THESE PROPERTIES HAVE BEEN ON THE MARKET.
WE HAVE MARKETED THEM THROUGH THE REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY, AS A CITY.
AND THIS IS A REALLY GREAT PROPOSAL FROM VERY GOOD COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATION THAT WANTS TO DO GREAT THINGS IN DOWNTOWN. STAFF RECOMMENDS THAT WE ROLL THIS FORWARD.
AGAIN, I AM HAPPY TO WORK WITH THE FOLKS THAT ARE HERE WITH RESPECT TO FINDING A PLACE FOR THEM IN OUR CITY.
>> MAYOR: FOR CLARIFICATION, MR. MORGAN, PLUS TIME THE CONVERSATION YOU HAD WITH CULTURAS, THOSE BEFORE.
THERE HAS NOT BEEN RECENT CONVERSATIONS BETWEEN NOT SPIN AND WHEN ASKED BEFORE RELEASE, LET'S EXCHANGE INFORMATION AND LET'S HAVE A
CONVERSATION. >> SPEAKER: I CAN DO THAT.
>> MAYOR PRO TEM: ANOTHER QUESTION I HAVE IS, HOW THE PROPERTIES ARE MARKETED, USUALLY THEY ARE PLACED OUT FOR -- I GUESS THESE ARE NOT GOING THROUGH RFPS, RIGHT?
>> MAYOR PRO TEM: THAT COULD FIT IN YOU RECALL 2019, WE DID RFQ OF ALL OF THE PROPERTIES IN DOWNTOWN TO REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS. THAT WAS TO MASTER DEVELOPERS TO COME INTO OUR CITY. WE DID RECEIVE SOME AND WORKED ON THE ROAD ON THAT.
HAVE BEEN FLYERS UPON THIS BUILDING FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS.
OUR RETAIL CONSULTANT, THE RETAIL COACH AND MYSELF, AND OTHER ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STAFF UP IN MARKETING AND PROMOTING THESE PROPERTIES TO THE BROOKERIDGE COMMUNITY, THROUGH ICSC, INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL OF SHOPPING CENTERS.
I AM ON THE WEBSITE AND AVAILABLE.
>> MAYOR PRO TEM: THE ONLY OTHER QUESTION I HAVE IS ALMOST FLYERS WERE IN THE TYPE OF MARKETING, I KNOW IN SOME OF THE DOWNTOWN PROPERTIES, WE WANT THEM TO BE OPEN ALL DAY, RIGHT? THERE CERTAIN HOURS YOU WANT TO REQUIRE IT TO BE OPEN AND FOR BUSINESS. THAT TYPE OF INFORMATION AVAILABLE IN THIS FLYERS OR
IN THE MARKETING? >> SPEAKER: IT WAS IN THIS PARTICULAR BECAUSE IT WAS CONSIDERED IN THE DESIRABILITY.
THE SPECIFIC PLAN WAS TO PUT -- GET AN ACTIVE USE IN THIS BUILDING, BECAUSE IT'S AT THE HARD CORNER OF OASIS AND MILES.
WE WANTED COUNCIL HAVE ACTIVATION, HAVE SOMETHING THAT WAS OPEN A LONG TIME DURING THE DAY AND INTO THE EVENING THAT FOLKS COULD GO TO AND HAVE FUN IN DOWNTOWN AND EXPERIENCE. SO THERE ARE CERTAIN BUILDINGS IN DOWNTOWN THAT I THINK ARE MORE DESIRABLE AND MORE AKIN TO A RESTAURANT OR RETAIL USE, AND THEN THERE'S OTHERS THAT WOULD BE NOT SO, RIGHT, MORE USED FOR AN OFFICE OR SOMETHING THAT WILL NOT BE AN ACTIVE USE.
>> MAYOR PRO TEM: I THINK I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WHEN PEOPLE LOOK AT THE BUILDINGS, IF THEY KNEW WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR AT THE SAME TIME SO THAT WHEN THEY BRING THE PROPOSALS, THEY KNOW WHAT MEASURES WE WANT TO MEET.
>> SPEAKER: WE ARE VERY TRANSPARENT ABOUT WHAT THE GROUND RULES ARE WITH RESPECT TO THAT, WITH THE SPECIFIC PLANS SAYS.
RECONNECT WITH COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR, KEVIN SNYDER, AND ANY PROPOSAL THAT COMES INTO US, WE BRING FORWARD AND RUN THROUGH THE PROCESS. WE DON'T MAKE A STAFF DECISION TO SAY THIS ONE GETS HERE IN THIS ONE DOESN'T.
WE ALWAYS BRING THOSE FORWARD TO THE CITY MANAGER TO THE COUNCIL.
THANK YOU. >> MAYOR: I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME, MR. MORGAN. I.
NUMEROUS FOLKS TO YOU AND WE WALKED AND TALKED, SOME WHO HAD POTENTIAL AND SOME DID NOT. WE LISTED OUR DUE DILIGENCE.
IF THAT CONVERSATION TAKES PLACE, THERE'S A LOT OF OPPORTUNITY AND POTENTIAL IN OUR DOWNTOWN AND THROUGHOUT OUR CITY WITHOUT THE PROPERTIES AND WE ARE ALL FOR IT. INDIO IS OPEN FOR BUSINESS.
THINK EVERY TIME. IF WE CAN, ASK COUNCILMEMBER HOMES TO COME BACK.
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SO WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR FOR CONSENT CALENDAR.WE HAVE A SECOND? >> SPEAKER: CALL A SECOND.
>> MAYOR: MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER MILLER, SECOND BY MAYOR PRO
TEM ORTIZ. >> SPEAKER: COUNCILMEMBER HOLMES?
>> COUNCILMEMBER HOLMES: A EXETER ROAD SIN FROM A PERFECT, IT.
13. >> SPEAKER: FOR THE RECORD, THE RECUSAL IS BECAUSE SHE OWNS HER REAL PROPERTY WITH SIN, THOUSAND FEET OF THOSE PROPERTIES BOTH ON THE BUSINESS SIDE AND ON THE PERSONAL SIDE.
THE PERSONAL SIDE IS KEHOE BANYAN ITEMS AND IT.
8.13, THE ONLY REASON FOR THE RECUSAL IS BECAUSE IT INCLUDES THE WORK PLAN INCLUDES MURALS, DISCUSSION OF MURALS AND SEVERAL MURALS THAT ARE WITHIN HER REACH OF HER BUSINESS PROPERTY.
THANK YOU. >> SPEAKER: COUNCILMEMBER MILLER.
>> AYE. >> MAYOR PRO TEM ORTIZ.
MOVING ON TO THE NEXT ITEM, AND THAT IS ADMINISTRATIVE ITEM 9.1.
ACTUALLY, BEFORE WE PROCEED, I WOULD LIKE TO ASK YAC IF THEY WOULD LIKE TO BE EXCUSED FROM OUR MEETING.
YET? [LAUGHTER] WE WILL GET THEM A SECOND TO EXCUSE THEMSELVES AND WE WILL PROCEED. THANK YOU FOR YOUR REPORT.
LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING YOU ON THE 20TH AND FOR OUR CONCERT AFTER THAT.
[9.1 Resolution 10271 authorizing the issuance and sale of City of Indio Pe...]
THE RESOLUTION 10271 AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF THE SALE OF CITY OF INDIO PENSION OBLIGATION BONDS APPROVED AND AUTHORIZED IT IN EXECUTION AND DELIVERY OF ENTER OF PURCHASE CONTRACT, AUTHORIZING VALIDATION ACTION IN AUTHORIZING CERTAIN RELATED ACTIONS AND THIS ITEM WILL BE HANDLED BY THE ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER AND DIRECTOR OF FINANCE, MR.ROB ROCKWELL. >> SPEAKER: THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. AS I SAID, THIS ITEM IS AUTHORIZED THE ISSUANCE OF PENSION OBLIGATION BONDS BONDS, EXECUTION OF DELIVERY OF INDENTURE AND CONTRACT AUTHORIZING ONLY VALIDATION ACTION AND OTHER RELATED MATTERS RELATED TO PENSION OBLIGATION BONDS. IF THAT SOUNDS FAMILIAR TO, IT'S NOT DÉJÀ VU.
THIS IS EXACTLY THE SAME REQUEST I'VE HAD A FEW ON NOVEMBER 3 OF 2021. AT THAT TIME, YOU APPROVED THAT ACTION TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THESE PENSION OBLIGATION BONDS.
THE FIRST STEP IN THE PROCESS OF AFTER COUNCIL APPROVAL IS VALIDATION ACTION WHICH IS DONE THROUGH THE COURT.
UNFORTUNATELY, BECAUSE OF THE RESURGENCE OF THE PANDEMIC, THERE WAS OVER A THREE MONTH DELAY IN THE COURT SYSTEM AND WE CANNOT EVEN GET ON THE COURT'S CALENDAR.
DURING THE THREE MONTH TIMEFRAME, THERE WERE SOME MAJOR CHANGES IN THE MUNICIPAL MARKET, MOST OF THAT YOU ARE PROBABLY FAMILIAR OUT.
THERE'S BEEN FEDERAL MARKET COMMITTEE WHICH HAS BEEN RAISING INTEREST RATES AND THREATENING TO RAISE THE MORE IN THE FUTURE.
ALSO, DUE TO THE RUSSIAN INCURSION OF YOUR RAIN -- UKRAINE, THERE'S BEEN CHANGES IN THE MARKET.
WORKING CONDITIONS NOW ARE DIFFERENT THAN THEY WERE IN NOVEMBER.
IN FACT, I HAVE A SUMMER HERE THAT I WILL WALK TO SOME OF THE VARIATIONS IN THE MARKET OF HOW THE SITUATION HAS CHANGED FROM WHAT WE PRESENTED TO YOU IN NOVEMBER TO WHAT THEY ARE TODAY.
SO IF YOU LOOK AT THE SLED BEFORE YOU TODAY, THIS HAS THE VARIABLES IN THE FINANCIAL SUPPORT THE SITUATION WAS IN NOVEMBER.
JUST POINTING OUT A FEW OF THE HIGHLIGHTS, AT THE TIME WE PRESENTED TO YOU THE FINANCIAL PRESENT VALUE BENEFIT WAS ABOUT $14 MILLION, AND THAT PRESENT VALUE MEANS THAT IT IS THE FUTURE BENEFIT OF THE SAVINGS, 14 MILLION.
TODAY, THAT SAVING HAS BEEN REDUCED TO 9.3 BILLION -- MILLION DOLLARS.
I ALSO WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE TRUE INTEREST COSTS.
OF THE TIME, WE TALKED THE LAST TIME, TRUE INTEREST COSTS WERE ABOUT 3.5 PERCENT AND NOW CLOSER TO FOUR. 5 PERCENT.
THIS IS REALLY THE REASON WHY I'M HERE.
THE RESOLUTION THAT YOU HAVE ADOPTED IN NOVEMBER, WE SET THE CEILING OF WHAT THE CITY WAS WILLING TO PAY TO BORROW FOR BONDS BY 4 PERCENT. THAT WAS AN OPTIMISTIC PERSPECTIVE, GIVEN WHAT THE MARKET CONDITIONS ARE TODAY.
WE PROBABLY WILL NOT BE ABLE TO MEET THAT 4 PERCENT CEILING.
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SEWING CITY'S ACTIONS, WE ASKED THE COUNCIL TO INCREASE THE CEILING UP TO 5 PERCENT.THE CUMULATIVE BENEFIT IS THE ACTUAL YEAR-TO-YEAR SAVINGS.
AND AT THE TIME, IT'S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN PAID TO HER FOR THE UAL AND ACTUAL LIABILITY COMPARED TO WHAT WE WILL PAY FOR BONDS.
$8 MILLION WITH TODAY'S MARKET RATES. THAT SAVINGS IS NOW SIX.
ABOUT HALF OF WHAT IT WAS IN NOVEMBER.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE GRAPH ON THE BOTTOM LEFT, IF YOU FOCUS IN ON THE GRAY, LOOKS LIKE A MOUNTAIN, THAT REPRESENTS OUR EXPECTED PAYMENTS ARE TO CALPERS FOR THE UNFUNDED ACTUARIAL LIABILITY.
THE INCREASE OF IT UP TO $7 MILLION, AND THEN THEY START AT ABOUT 2038, THEY START TO DROP OFF.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE BLUE BARS, THAT REPRESENTS WHATEVER PAYMENTS WOULD BE THROUGH BOND ISSUANCE ONCE THEY ARE STAGNANT. THE OF THE FINANCIAL STABILITY AND MAKING EVEN BOND PAYMENTS OVER 20 YEAR TERM, AND WE MAKE THOSE LOWER PAYMENTS COMPARED TO WHAT THE EXPECTED PAYMENTS ARE GOING TO BE DUE TO CALPERS FOR THE PENSION OBLIGATIONS.
AT THE TIME, THIS BOND PAYMENTS WERE EXPECTED TO BE AROUND $4 MILLION BASED ON CITY'S INTEREST RATES, THAT DOTTED LINE WERE THOSE SENSE THE BUNDLED PAYMENTS ARE 4.4 MILLION DOLLARS.
SO IN CONCLUSION, WE BELIEVE THERE IS STILL VALUE TO BE HAD BY ISSUING PENSION OBLIGATION BONDS.
IT IS NOT AS SWEET, YOU MIGHT SAY, AS IT WAS IN NOVEMBER.
CONDITIONS IN THE MARKET CANNOT BE CONTROLLED.
A QUARTERLY THAT WAS COMPLETELY OUT OF OUR HANDS. AND SO, THAT'S WHERE WE ARE TODAY.
WE WANT TO RAISE THE CEILING TO 5 PERCENT AND ARE HOPING TO GET CLOSER TO 4, 4 AND A HALF MAYBE. IF IT IS MORE THAN 5 PERCENT, PROBABLY NOT GOING TO BE FEASIBLE FOR US TO GO FORWARD.
WE NOT EXPECT TO COME BACK AND RAISE THE CEILING ONCE AGAIN.
IN CLOSING, I WILL JUST MENTION THAT WE STILL BELIEVE THAT THERE IS VALUE TO BE HAD BY GOING FORWARD WITH APPROVAL 5 PERCENT. THERE IS STILL SOME UNCERTAINTY IN THE MARKET.
THERE IS ANOTHER CHANCE THAT ONCE WE GET TO THE COURT ACTION, WE WILL BE COMING BACK WITH FINAL AUTHORIZATION ISSUE BONDS CLOSER TO THE TIME THAT WE WILL BE ISSUING BONDS.
WE WILL KNOW BETTER WHAT THE INTEREST RATE ENVIRONMENT IS.
STAFF IS ASKING PERMISSION TO ADOPT A NEW RESOLUTION TO BASICALLY START THE PROCESS AGAIN.
THE COURT IS ON NOTICE AND THEY KNOW WE ARE COMING.
WILL NOT TAKE US AS LONG AS IT'S TO GET ON THE CALENDAR THIS TIME.
WITH YOUR APPROVAL TONIGHT, WE HOPE TO MOVE THIS ITEM FORWARD FAIRLY QUICKLY. THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY.
>> MAYOR: THANK YOU, MR. ROCKWELL.
COUNCIL? >> SPEAKER: THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS FORWARD.
EVENTUALLY WITH THE COURTS, I DO STILL THINK IT'S A GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO SAVE 6.8 MILLION DOLLARS AND HOPEFULLY A BIT MORE.
I AM MORE WILLING -- DO YOU THINK WHEN YOU SAY QUICKLY IN THE.
>> KIND OF LIKE AN OXYMORON, BUT PROBABLY A MONTH.
AND I THINK IT ACTUALLY TAKES MAYBE 45, 60 DAYS DEPENDING ON WHAT'S ON THE COURT CALENDAR. AS MENTIONED, THEY KNOW WE ARE COMING SO WE WILL GET ON THE COURT CALENDAR EARLIER.
IS A TYPICAL PROCESS THEY HAVE TO GO THROUGH. IF I RECALL CORRECTLY, COULD BE 60, EVEN 90 DAYS DEPENDING ON WHAT THE COURT'S CALENDAR IS.
>> SPEAKER: CAN YOU SWING WHERE WE HAVE TO GO TO THE COURT FOR PEOPLE OUT THERE?
>> SPEAKER: WHEN YOU ISSUE PENSION OBLIGATION BONDS, BASICALLY, THE VALIDATION PROCESS ALLOWS ANYBODY WITH AGREEMENTS ARE CONCERNED ABOUT US REFINANCING IT THIS DEBT, GET A CHANCE TO SPEAK THEIR PIECE.
IS THE VALIDATION ACTION IS A FAIRLY COMMON PRACTICE FOR WHEN YOU REFINANCE DEBT OF THIS NATURE.
EXISTING DEBT. THE OTHER ALTERNATIVE WOULD BE TO DO SOME TYPE OF MUNICIPAL BALLET MEASURE AND SEEK APPROVAL WITH THAT PROCESS CAN TAKES CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF TIME CAN DO IT ON REGULARLY SCHEDULED ELECTION DAY.
COURT VALIDATION PROCESS IS SPEEDIER AND STILL GIVES THE PUBLIC A CHANCE TO CHALLENGE THE ACTION IF THEY
SO CHOOSE. >> SPEAKER: THANK YOU.
WHEN YOU TALK $7 MILLION AND BECAUSE OF THE.
>> BEING BACKED UP FOR WHATEVER REASON, YOU KNOW, IT HAS AN EFFECT ON US AND HAS SOMETHING NOTHING TO DO WITH STAFF OR SOMETHING OUT OF OUR CONTROL.
THANK YOU. >> MAYOR: NO ONE HAS ANY OTHER COMMENTS?
>> SPEAKER: TIMING IS EVERYTHING, ISN'T IT.
MY GOSH. >> MAYOR: MOTION TO ADOPT RESOLUTION 10 TO 71 AUTHORIZING ISSUANCE AND SALE OF CITY OF INDIO PENSION OBLIGATION BONDS APPROVED AS TO FORM AN AUTHORIZED EXECUTION AND DELIVERY OF IT VENTURE AND PURCHASE CONTRACT AUTHORIZING VALIDATION ACTION AND AUTHORIZING CERTAIN RELATED ACTIONS.
>> SPEAKER: I WILL SECOND THE MOTION.
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>> MAYOR: OKAY. FIRST BY MAYOR PRO TEM, MOTION BY MAYOR PRO TEM ORTIZ, AND A SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER HOLMES.
CANNAVA WILL PLEASE. >> SPEAKER: COUNCILMEMBER HOLMES.
>> AYE. >> COUNCILMEMBER MILLER.
[10.1 Revised Resolution No. 10254 re-approving the revised version of Housi...]
WILL MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER 10, A PUBLIC HEARING ITEM.10.1, REVISED REVOLUTION NUMBER 10254, REPROVING IN THE REVISED VERSION OF HOUSING ELEMENT 2021-2029 IN RESPONSE TO REQUIRED REVISIONS FROM THOSE STATE OFFICE OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND RE-ADOPTING THE PRIOR NEGATIVE DECLARATION, AND THIS WILL BE HANDLED BY DIRECTOR COMMUNITY DEVELOP MR. KEVIN SNYDER.
>> SPEAKER: I REALLY DID MY PRESENTATION, SO THANK YOU.
GOOD EVENING, CITY CONSULTANT KEVIN SNYDER, DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT. IN JANUARY FOR 2022, THE CITY COUNCIL ADOPTED THE HOUSING ELEMENT IN 2021 TO 2029.
WE ASKED THE COUNCILMEMBER REMEMBER IT'S AN ACTION THAT WE ARE REQUIRED TO DO UNDER THE RULES OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA AND THE COUNCIL TO DO THAT.
AS PART OF THE PROCESS, WE ARE REQUIRED TO SUBMIT OUR COUNCIL APPROVED HOUSING ELEMENT TO THE STATE OFFICE OF HOUSING COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FOR REVIEW AND CERTIFICATION.
SO WE DID THE. AND OUR CONSULTING TEAM ASSISTED US WITH THAT.
I WANT TO THANK ERICA DRISCOLL AND ELIZABETH DICKSON BECAUSE THEY LEAD THE CHARGE IN NEGOTIATING AND WORKING WITH THE STATE TO MINIMIZE THE CHANGES THAT WE NEEDED TO MAKE. HOWEVER, AS PART OF THE STATE REVIEW PROCESS, THEY DID IDENTIFY WHAT WE CALL NONSUBSTANTIVE CHANGES, CLARIFICATIONS, NEW MOVEMENT OF ITEMS FROM APPENDIX INTO THE MAIN BODY IN ORDER TO ADDRESS THEIR CONCERNS.
ALSO REQUIRED THAT THE CITY COUNCIL IN 19 A REDUCTION OF THE HOUSING ELEMENT WITH THESE CHANGES AS WELL AS REJECTING THE NEGATIVE DECLARATION THAT THE CITY COUNCIL TOOK ACTION ON ON JANUARY 5.
SO THIS EVENING, WE ARE BEFORE YOU TO ASK FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION OF ADOPTING THE REVISED RESOLUTION, 10254, WE ADOPTING THE NEGATIVE DECLARATION.
DIRECTION TONIGHT WOULD THEN BE TRANSLATED -- TRANSFERRED OR TRANSMITTED TO THE STATE OFFICE HOUSING COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT.
THEY HAVE ASSURED US OF AN EXPEDITED CERTIFICATION PROCESS BASED ON COUNCIL ACTIONS.
WE ARE HOPEFUL IN THE NEAR FUTURE THAT WE WILL HAVE A CERTIFIED HOUSING OUTLET. AT THAT POINT, COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE READY TO TALK ABOUT PRO HOUSING AND THE OPPORTUNITIES AND STRATEGIES UNDER THAT AND HAVING THE HOUSING ELEMENT, SO TO SPEAK, CERTIFIED AND UNDER OUR BELT AND PROVIDE THE FOUNDATION.
WITH THAT, THAT'S MY PRESENTATION IN THE STAFFER, AS YOU ADOPT RESOLUTION 10254 AND ALSO WE ADOPT THE NEGATIVE DECORATION.
THANK YOU. >> MAYOR: THANK YOU, MR. SNYDER. THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING ITEM.
SO I WILL OPEN A PUBLIC HEARING.
I DO NOT HAVE ANY REQUEST TO SPEAK. THIS LOVE, ANYTHING ONLINE?
>> SPEAKER: I HAVE ANNALISA VARGAS.
>> MAYOR: OKAY. >> MAYOR PRO TEM: ALYSSA, YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES.
>> SPEAKER: HELLO AND GOOD EVENING AGAIN.
YES, JUST WANTED TO -- I WAS A PART OF THE HOUSING ELEMENT UPDATE WORKSHOPS LAST SPRING. ON BEHALF OF COMMUNITY STRAIN CALIFORNIA EDUCATION FUND, WE SUBMITTED A LETTER THAT OUTLINED SOME OF OUR CONCERNS AND ALSO SUGGESTIONS FOR THE HOUSING ELEMENT UPDATE.
IN ONE OF THE MOST TO POST ADDITIONAL COMMUNITY MEETINGS THAT WOULD BE OFFERED IN ENGLISH AND SPANISH.
BECAUSE THERE WAS SOME WORKSHOPS, BUT IT WAS LIMITED AND IT WAS IN A FORUM, LIKE A WEBINAR, AND THERE WASN'T A LOT OF, LIKE, ENGAGEMENT.
WE DID NOT HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE BREAKOUT SESSIONS.
SO IT WAS -- WE COULD GIVE COMMENTS, BUT I WAS NOT AS ENGAGING AS I HOPED IT TO BE.
BUT I HOPE IN THE FUTURE THERE WILL BE OTHER OPPORTUNITIES FOR THAT. ALSO, ANOTHER AREA WAS TO ENCOURAGE THE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT OUTCOMES MEET THE REALLOCATIONS AND ALL INCOME CATEGORIES. SO WE KNOW THAT BETWEEN 2013 AND 2020 MOTHER WAYNETTE ALLEGATIONS WERE LARGELY UNMET IN THE CITY OF INDIO, MORE SPECIFICALLY IN RELATION TO VERY LOW INCOME, LOW INCOME, AND MODERATE INCOME HOUSING, WITH ONLY 126 UNITS BEING BUILT OUT OF 1754, LESS THAN 10 PERCENT OF HOUSING BUILT IN THE CITY OF INDIO IN THAT TIME PERIOD OVER EIGHT YEARS WAS TARGETED TO LOW INCOME HOUSEHOLDS AND WORKING FAMILIES, WHILE 90 PERCENT OF HOUSING
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BUILT WAS FOR ABOUT MODERATE INCOME HOUSEHOLDS.SO AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, THAT IS CREATED AN IMBALANCE IN EQUITABLE HOUSING SITUATION, WHICH IS FURTHER COMPOUNDED BY HOUSING, HIGH HOUSING COSTS AND LACK OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING OPTIONS, WHICH HAS ONLY CONTINUED TO BECOME MORE PROBLEMATIC AND ALSO HAS CREATED A HOUSING CRISIS THROUGHOUT THE COACHELLA VALLEY.
AND SO THAT -- AND PART OF ANOTHER AREA WAS TO DEVELOP A POLICY TO END THE EXCLUSIONARY ZONING AS A STEP TOWARDS EXPANDING AFFORDABLE HOUSING. SO THAT WOULD -- THE CITY OF INDIO NEEDS TO UPDATE ITS GENERAL PLAN AND REFORM ITS ZONING LAWS TO GO FROM ALLOWING EXCLUSIONARY SINGLE-FAMILY HOMES IN CERTAIN AREAS TO A WIDER VARIETY OF HOUSING TYPES.
THIS ALLOWS FOR DEVELOPMENT OF DUPLICATE, TRIPLETS IS, FOR PLEXUS, PROVIDE MORE OPTIONS FOR LOW-INCOME RESIDENTS, THUS ELIMINATING THE COST BURDEN ASSOCIATED WITH HOUSING, HIGH HOUSING COSTS AND RISING RENTS.
THEN ALSO, WE DISCUSSED -- INTO ENACT INCLUSIONARY ZONING LAWS, THINGS LIKE REQUIRING DEVELOPERS TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF RESIDENTS SET ASIDE FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
WE GIVE EXAMPLES OF PROPOSALS TO CONSIDER, LIKE THE MONTGOMERY COUNTY COUNCIL THAT THEY PASS LEGISLATION TO REQUIRE LARGE DEVELOPERS TO 20 UNITS OF DESIGNATING 15 PERCENT OF THESE LIVING SPACES IS MODERATELY PRICED DWELLING UNITS.
SO THOSE LOOKING AT THOSE EXAMPLES IS WHAT THE CITY OF INDIO REALLY NEEDS TO DO TO LOOK TOWARDS PROVIDING MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
THANK YOU. >> MAYOR: THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS, MS.
VARGAS. >> SPEAKER: AND WHETHER COMMENTS, OR.
>> MAYOR: WEATHER COMMENTS ONLINE.
I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
COUNCIL? >> MAYOR PRO TEM: I DO HAVE A REQUEST.
I DID WANT TO SEE IF WE COULD START LOOKING AT SOME OF THESE NEW POLICIES, KIND OF LIKE THE PRO HOUSING POLICIES THAT WILL BE SUGGESTED BY THE STATE ARE REQUIRED BY THE STATE TO GET PRO HOUSING DESIGNATION.
I WONDER IF WE COULD DO THAT SOONER THAN LATER.
WE CAN DO THAT BEFORE WE HEAR BACK FROM THE STATE, BECAUSE I THINK AT THE RATE THAT THE HOUSING MARKET IS GOING, WE SHOULD NOT WAIT ANOTHER MONTH TO START DISCUSSING THESE ITEMS AND SEEING IF WE WILL BE WILLING TO GO FORWARD WITH SOME OF THESE CHANGES.
>> MAYOR PRO TEM: THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER.
THE HOUSING ELEMENT, ASSUMING YOU READOPTED THIS EVENING, CONTAINS THE FOUNDATION FOR THE PRO HOUSING DESIGNATION.
AS YOU MAY REMEMBER, OUR GRANT THAT FUNDED THE HOUSING UPDATE CONSISTED OF NOTE.
TWO PARTS: ONE WAS THE HOUSING UPDATE, SECOND WAS A HOUSING.
THAT'S WHAT I THINK YOU LOOK INTO WHERE THE RUBBER HITS THE ROAD CONVERSATIONS IN TERMS OF WHAT THE CITY CAN DO FROM A REGULATORY PERSPECTIVE, WITH THE CITY CAN DO FROM A FINANCIAL PERSPECTIVE, AND WITH THE CITY CAN DO FROM THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PERSPECTIVE. SO THE FOUNDATION IS THERE IN THE DOCUMENT YOU ARE BEING ASKED TO READ UP THIS EVENING AND THE CONVERSATION IS A MATTER OF JUST -- ASKED THE CITY MANAGER IF WE COULD GET THE HOUSING ELEMENT READOPTED SO THAT WE HAVE THE FOUNDATION IN PLACE. AND THEN DEPENDING ON SCHEDULING AND WORKING WITH CITY MANAGER TO SCHEDULE A NEAR TERM FOR CONVERSATION WITH THE COUNCIL ABOUT THAT. AND YOU HAVE ALSO COMMITTED TO ANOTHER ACTION.
YOU DID THAT IN THE GENERAL PLAN ADOPTION, WHICH ESTABLISHED A NEW FOUNDATION FOR THE ZONING IN THE CITY OF INDIO.
I JUST WANT TO MENTION IS THE SPEAKER INDICATED, THE OPPORTUNITY FOR MORE DIVERSE HOUSING TYPES, THE CITY COUNCIL COMMITTED TO THAT IN THE GENERAL PLAN AND THE ZONING REGULATIONS THAT WE ARE WORKING ON NOW TO BRING TO YOU, NOT TOO FAR DOWN THE LINE IN THE HOPEFULLY THE NEXT COUPLE MONTHS FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION, REPRESENT THAT IN THE OPPORTUNITY FOR MORE DIVERSE HOUSING AND TYPE IN A CITY.
SO TO YOUR POINT, COUNCILMEMBER, WE ARE PLANNING TO HAVE A NEAR-TERM CONVERSATION AND LOOK FORWARD TO IT TO SEE WHAT OPPORTUNITIES WE MIGHT BRING TO PRO HOUSING AND INCREASED HOUSING PRODUCTION IN
THE CITY. >> MAYOR: THANK YOU.
COUNCILMEMBER? >> COUNCILMEMBER MILLER: I WANT TO MAKE A MOTION.
>> MAYOR: MAKE A MOTION TO REVISE RESOLUTION NUMBER 10254, REPROVING THE REVISED VERSION OF THE HOUSING ELEMENT 2021-2029 IN RESPONSE TO, EXCUSE ME, TO REQUIRED REVISIONS FOR THE STATE OFFICE OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT IN RE-ADOPTING THE PRIOR NEGATIVE DECLARATION.
>> COUNCILMEMBER HOLMES: SECOND THE MOTION.
>> MAYOR: MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER MILLER IN THE SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER HOMES. WILL PLEASE.
>> COUNCILMEMBER COUNCILMEMBER MILLER.
>> DIE. >> COUNCILMEMBER MILLER.
>> I. >> MAYOR: RESOLUTION PASSES.
THANK YOU FOR BRINGING US AND FOR
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ALL THE HARD WORK ON THIS VERY IMPORTANT.[11. PUBLIC COMMENTS FOR ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA]
NICK CINEMAS ITEM NUMBER 11, WHICH IS PUBLIC COMMENT FOR ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA.I DO NOT HAVE -- DO YOU HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT, IF YOU COULD JUST THE ONE OUT, YOU'RE MORE THAN WELCOME -- [INDISCERNIBLE]
>> MAYOR: FILLED OUT BEFORE YOU LEAVE.
JUST IN RESPONSE TO SOMETHING SAID EARLIER, THE SENTIMENT THAT THESE PEOPLE BEHIND ME MAY NOT BE ENTITLED TO FEEL THE WAY THEY FEEL IS A LITTLE BIT BEYOND THE SCOPE RIGHT NOW BECAUSE I KNOW PERSONALLY MY VIEWS DON'T ALWAYS GET RED. THERE IS A DELINEATION AND APPROACH TO DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS BECAUSE THEY HAVE BEEN TIMES ARE I AM DOING AN EVENT IN A PARK AND SOMEONE ELSE IS DOING AN EVENT IN THE PARK AND THE APPROACH IS DIFFERENT WHERE THE MEETINGS ARE DIFFERENT.
AND FOR EFFECTIVENESS DELINEATION APPROACH AND MAY BE ABLE TO FIND THOSE THAT MAYBE MAKE THEM LOOK LIKE THEY ARE WRONG IN FEELING THIS WAY OR FEELING THAT THEY HAVE BEEN CITED.
I THINK IF A PRACTICE HAS BEEN HELD OVER THE YEARS, IT'S OKAY FOR THE COMMUNITY, WHO DOES NOT HAVE AN OBLIGATION TO CONSTANTLY CHECK IN TO SEE IF THINGS HAVE CHANGED, ESPECIALLY WHEN THINGS HAVE STAYED STAGNANT FOR SO LONG.
I THINK IF THEY DON'T KNOW THAT THINGS ARE BEING IMPROVED, IT'S INCUMBENT UPON THE GOVERNING BODY TO COMMUNICATE BETTER WITH THE COMMUNITY.
I THINK THAT IS WHAT NEEDS TO BE SAID.
A FEEL FOR THEM. AFTER WHAT WAS SAID TO THEM, IT'S NOT THAT IT WAS WRONG, IT'S ALMOST DISMISSIVE OF WHAT THEY ARE FEELING.
I CAN ONLY FEEL LIKE IT'S PERSONALIZED, BUT THAT'S THEIR LIVELIHOOD.
THAT'S THE CULTURE, HANDED OUT FOR THOUSANDS OF YEARS.
IT'S HARD TO COME AND GET THE RESEARCH TOGETHER TO APPROACH PEOPLE AND TO BE ASKED AGAIN AND AGAIN HAVE ANOTHER MEETING WITH THIS ONE AND IT JUST TAKES TIME.
IT TAKES TIME OUT OF PEOPLE DAYS.
WE DON'T HAVE THAT. WHO CAN AVOID THAT. WE GET PAID SIX FIGURES TO BE HERE OR ANY KIND OF MONEY TO BE HERE. I THINK IT'S INCUMBENT TO UNDERSTAND THAT IT'S OKAY FOR THEM TO MAYBE WE PASSED IT DOWN BUT IT SHOULD BE INCUMBENT UPON THE PEOPLE THAT, HEY, IF SOMEONE TWO OR THREE OR FOUR YEARS AGO HAD THE CITY AND WE ARE NOW READY FOR IT BEGINS WITH THE PHONE CALL OR AN EMAIL.
FOR YOU GUYS, [INDISCERNIBLE] THIS WILL COMMUNITY HAS BUILT THIS DOWNTIME TO MAKE IT FEASIBLE.
I THINK THAT. IS MISSING FROM THE CONVERSATION IS THAT THERE IS DELINEATION AND COMMUNICATION IN APPROACH BETWEEN CAPABLE AND MAYBE THERE'S A VALID REASON FOR THAT. IT EXISTS AND THAT'S IT.
THANK YOU. >> MAYOR: THANK YOU.
SPEAKER I JUST WANTED TO ADD ABOUT A COMMENT THAT THE GENTLEMAN SAID ABOUT VIEWING EVERY PROPOSAL THAT COMES IN.
OBVIOUSLY, THAT IS NOT TRUE, BECAUSE HOW WE SAID, WHEN WE SAID HERE, LITERALLY HERE, WITH THIS PROPOSAL AND EXPLAIN EVERYTHING THAT WE DO IN OUR EDUCATION AND ASIDE FROM EDUCATION, ALL OF OUR CULTURAL BACKGROUND, WE WERE NOT, WE WERE NOT GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO MOVE FORWARD WITH OUR PROPOSAL BECAUSE IT WAS SAID THAT THIS BUILDING WAS GOING TO BE FOR A BIG CHAIN RESTAURANT OR A DEPARTMENT STORE.
SO OUR PROPOSAL WAS NOT ALLOWED TO GO FORWARD.
SPEWING THE GIVER YOUR COMMENTS.
THERE WAS NO FURTHER COMMENTS.
I WILL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ITEM, WHICH IS ADJOURNMENT. OUR NEXT COUNCIL MEETING WILL BE APRIL 20, 2022, AND IT WILL START AT 4:00 P.M.
RATHER THAN 5:00. AND THAT IS FOR THE REGULAR MEETING.
JUST A REMINDER THAT WE DO HAVE OUR FESTIVALS HERE. WE DO HAVE THE RIBBON-CUTTING FOR SUBURBIA K AND WE ALSO HAVE A CONCERT IN DOWNTOWN, FREE CONCERT.
WE STILL HAVE OUR FARMERS MARKET THAT GOES ON EVERY SUNDAY DOWNTOWN FROM 9:00 TO 2:00 P.M.. AND IF THERE IS NO MORE COMMENTS, I WILL ADJOURN THIS MEETING. --
>> MAYOR: YES.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.