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>> I'LL ASK EVERYONE TO STAND FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE AND I WILL ASK CHIEF WASHBURN TO LEAD US
PLEASE. >> PLACED HER HAND OVER YOUR 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 WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR
ALL RIGHT. THE NEXT ITEM IS ITEM
[3. PUBLIC COMMENT]
NUMBER 4. CITY ATTORNEY REPORT ON CLOSE SESSION.>> THANK YOU MR. MAYOR THE CLOSE SESSION AND THERE'S NO REPORTABLE ACTION.
THANK YOU. NEXT ITEM IS ITEM NUMBER 5.
I DON'T HAVE THAT MAYOR PRO TEM HERE WITH ME I WILL ASK COUNSELOR HOME SIMILAR TO JOIN ME DOWN TO DO OUR PRESENTATIONS.
PRO TEM? >> I CAN'T TURN ON MY
VIDEO. >> OKAY WE WILL FIX IT.
OUR FIRST PRESENTATION IS FOR NATIONAL FOSTER CARE AWARENESS MONTH. AND SINCE WHEREAS THE MONTH OF MAY IS RECOGNIZED AS NATIONAL FOSTER CARE MONTH IN THE UNITED STATES AND WHEREAS VOICES OF CHILDREN WAS FOUNDED IN 1980 AND IS COMMITTED TO THE BELIEF THAT EVERY CHILD IN FOSTER CARE DESERVES A SAFE, CARING AND PERMANENT HOME.
WHEREAS VOICES OF CHILDREN HAVE PROVIDED A CASA VOLUNTEERS TO AID CHILDREN THAT LIVED IN INDIO SINCE 2015.
WHEREAS THE CITY OF INDIO IS COMMITTED TO RECOGNIZING AND HONORING THOSE INDIVIDUALS WHO ADVOCATE FOR THE BEST INTEREST OF CHILDREN IN FOSTER CARE DURING THE NATIONAL FOSTER CARE MONTH. NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT I, WAYMOND FERMON MAYOR OF THE CITY OF VIDEO ALONG WITH THE INDIO CITY COUNSEL TO COMMEND VOICES FOR CHILDREN CASA VOLUNTEERS FOR THEIR OUTSTANDING DEDICATION AND COMMITMENT TO OUR CITY'S CHILDREN DURING NATIONAL FOSTER CARE MONTH.
THANK YOU. REPRESENTATIVES, COME ON UP. WE HAVE BREANNA MILLER HERE. WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE A COUPLE WORDS QUICKER EXPOSURE.
GOOD EVENING EVERYONE I BREANNA MILLER WITH VOICES FOR CHILDREN.
ON BEHALF OF ALL OF OUR CASA VOLUNTEERS WE THANK YOU SO MUCH. WE HAVE A LOT OF GRATITUDE FOR THE CITY OF INDIO AND ALL OF
YOUR SUPPORT. SO THANK YOU. >> THINK HE APPEARED THINKING FOR YOUR SERVICE.
>> WE THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO FOR LOCAL KIDS.
WITHOUT CASA A LOT OF KIDS WOULDN'T HAVE A PLACE TO CALL HOME OR THE LOVE OF FAMILY AND A SUPER IMPORTANT TO THEIR DEVELOPMENT. ASK THEY Q I'M VERY FAMILIAR WITH ORGANIZATION AND YOU DO AMAZING WORK FOR OUR CITY SO THEY Q WHAT YOU DO.
>> THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK. I WAS ABLE TO WIN ONE OF THE CEREMONIES AT THE COURTHOUSE AND IT SUCH A BEAUTIFUL AND GRATEFUL THING YOU ALL ARE DOING WITH OUR FOSTER CHILDREN SO THANK YOU FOR OUR SERVICE FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
[APPLAUSE] >> ANOTHER GREAT ONE, HERE WE GO. IT'S ALWAYS FUN DOING PROCLAMATIONS.
THIS IS FOR NATIONAL NURSES WEEK.
WHEREAS NURSES MET THE CHALLENGE OF UNIMAGINABLE PANDEMIC. WE HAVE WITNESSED, COURAGE, CAPACITIVE, DEDICATION AND LEADERSHIP IN CARING FOR OUR INDIO COMMUNITY AND FAMILIES. WHEREAS, THE VERY CORE OF NURSING IN CARING FOR PATIENTS AT THE BEDSIDE REMAINS UNCHANGED.
NURSES BRING A SPECIAL COMPASSION AND CONCERN FOR THE PATIENT AND FOR THE PATIENT'S FAMILY. WHEREAS THE NURSES OF THE CITY DESERVE OUR GRATITUDE FOR THEIR PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE IMPROVED HEALTH OF AMERICAN CITIZENS.
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT I WAYMOND FERMON MAYOR THE CITY OF INDIO ALONG WITH IT INDIO CITY COUNSEL HEREBY PROCLAIM
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MAY 6 THROUGH THE 12TH OF 2022 TO BE NATIONAL NURSES WEEK IN THE CITY OF INDIO.GREAT. WE HAVE THE JFK NURSING LEADERSHIP GROUP HERE. GREAT.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK YOU DO. WE WERE MET WITH THIS PANDEMIC KNOW WHAT HAD DONE WITH BEFORE ENTER STEPPED UP AND TOOK CARE OF OUR COMMUNITY AND THEMSELVES AS WELL. THANK YOU FOR ALL THE WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE AND A LOT OF WORK GOES ON BEHIND THE SCENES AS WE KNOW.
SO THANK YOU. YOU ARE GREATLY APPRECIATED.
>> THE AMOUNT OF CARING AND COMPASSION EVEN SEPARATE FROM THE PANDEMIC YOU GIVE PEOPLE THAT YOU CARE FOR, THEIR FAMILIES, IT'S A CARE THAT MOST OF US UNLESS WE ARE IN THAT POSITION CANNOT UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU DO. IT GOES WELL BEYOND THE MEDICAL COMPONENT OF BEING A NURSE. BECAUSE OF THE HEART.
IT COMES WITH A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF CARING. WE THANK YOU.
I KNOW THAT'S ALSO A PERSONAL SACRIFICE AS WELL. REALLY APPRECIATE
JFK IS AN ASSET TO OUR COMMUNITY.
WHERE THE HEARTBEAT OF A HOSPITAL.
WHAT YOU DO. >> SAY A FEW WORDS PLEASE.
GOOD EVENING I'M HEATHER CORTEZ REAL ON THE CHIEF NURSING OFFICER AND I HAVE SOME OF MY VERY BELOVED NURSING LEADERSHIP STAFF HERE REPRESENTING THE ER, THE NICKEL INFORMATICS AND POTENTIAL CARE UNIT AT THE HOSPITAL. I GET A LITTLE TEARY OVER THIS I CAN'T THANK YOU ENOUGH FOR THIS.
IT'S SO SPECIAL TO BE RECOGNIZED BY OUR OWN COMMUNITY. I WANT YOU TO KNOW WE GIVE OUR WHOLE HEART TO YOU GUYS EVERY DAY. THANK YOU FOR APPRECIATING US.
>> WE HAVE ONE MORE? OH NO. THAT WAS IT.
YOU CAN HAVE THAT BACK. I HAVE ANOTHER ONE.
>> OKAY NEXT WE HAVE A PRESENTATION BY OUR INDIO'S WOMEN'S CLUB.
[4.1 FY 2022-23 City Budget and Capital Project Prioritization]
[APPLAUSE] HELLO AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ADDING ME TO YOUR AGENDA. I AM MICKEY READ THE 75TH PRESIDENT OF THE WOMEN'S CLUB OF INDIO. OUR FIRST VICE PRESIDENT AND PRESIDENT ELECT MARLIN CARRIER IS HERE.ONLY HAVE 13 MORE DAYS ON MY TERM. SO I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW ABOUT THE WOMEN'S CLUB. A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T. GOING TO GIVE A BRIEF HISTORY.
IN 1912 TO WOMEN STELLA HALL AND SARAH DRUMMOND BOTH INDIO RESIDENTS FORMED THE ALL TORY AND LITERARY CLUB. AT THAT TIME INDIO WAS A RAILROAD COMMUNITY.
INDIO'S POPULATION WAS ABOUT 75 PERCENT MALE AND THE WOMEN LIVED PRETTY MUCH REMOTELY AT RANCHES.
THEY WERE LONELY. WITHIN A SHORT TIME THEY FOUND 8 OTHER MEMBERS TO JOIN THEM. THEY HELD OTHER SOCIAL EVENTS BY THE FULL MOON SO THE HORSES COULD SEE TO GET HOME. THERE WAS A NATIONAL MOVEMENT AT THAT TIME TO FORM WOMEN'S CLUBS. WOMEN WERE REALLY ACTIVELY SEEKING EDUCATION WHICH HAD BEEN WITHHELD FROM THEM.
WITHIN A FEW YEARS OUR CLUB JOINT THE GENERAL FEDERATION OF WOMEN'S CLUBS AND WE CHANGED OUR NAME TO THE WOMEN'S CLUB OF INDIO FROM THE ULTRA REASON LITERARY CLUB. THE FIRST 2 YEARS THE CLUB PERFORMED THE VERY FIRST LIBRARY HERE IN INDIO. IS PRIMARILY MADE UP OF ONE MEMBER'S LIBRARY OF CLASSICS. SHE MOVED AWAY AND TOOK HER LIBRARY WITH HER. OUR MEMBERS PERSISTED AND WE FORMED A NEW LIBRARY THAT MOVES FROM HOUSE TO HOUSE AND EVENTUALLY TO THE POST OFFICE. TO SEVERAL DIFFERENT HARDWARE STORES.
EVENTUALLY IN 1928 THE VERY FIRST TIME WE PARTNERED WITH THE CITY, THE CITY DONATED A LOFT AND THE PTA, THE WOMEN'S CLUB OF INDIA AND THE EXCHANGE CLUB RAISE THE FUNDS TO BUILD THE FIRST LIBRARY WHICH IS STILL STANDING AT THE MUSEUM.
TODAY ON THE CORNER OF DOUBLET NOR AND MILES AVENUE. NOW IT'S A DATE MUSEUM. IN THE EARLY 1920S THE WOMEN'S CLUB OF INDIO LOBBIED FOR STREETLIGHTS, SIDEWALKS, CLEAN STREETS AND FORMATION OF THE NOT ABATEMENT DISTRICT. OVER CITY VIDEO HAS ALWAYS BEEN A MAIN FOCUS OF OUR CLUB.
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ONE OF OUR EARLY MEMBERS DOCTOR DREW MCCARROLL IS FAMOUS NOT ONLY FOR BEING ONE OF OUR FIRST MEDICAL DOCTORS BUT, SHE CAME UP WITH THE IDEA OF PAINTING WHITE LINES OF THE ROAD TO DIVIDE THE LANES. THIS IS BEEN VERIFIED THAT SHE IS THE PERSON WHO STARTED DRAWING DIVISION WITH THE LINES. ON THE ROADWAY.WITH THE HELP OF OUR CLUB ON THE CALIFORNIA FEDERATION OF WOMEN'S CLUBS IT BECAME LAW AND NOW LITERALLY WHITE LIONS ARE ALL OVER THE WORLD.
WE BUILT A CLUBHOUSE WHICH IS NOW A CHURCH.
ON THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF KING AND MILES AVENUE. THE CLUB FOR 4 YEARS WAS A CENTER OF OUR COMMUNITY.
IT WAS THE USO HEADQUARTERS IN WORLD WAR II. HOSTED THE CROWNING OF QUEEN SURE HERA FOR MANY YEARS WHICH AFFECTED TAKE BACK BY THE WAY. THOUSANDS OF PARTIES, WEDDING RECEPTIONS AND OTHER GATHERINGS. OVER THE YEARS OUR CLUB HAS GROWN AND SHRUNK IN SIZE WITH CHANGING POPULATIONS AND CHANGING SOCIAL NORMS. WE HAVE ALWAYS SERVED OUR COMMUNITY. I HAVE COMPILED COPIES OF OUR REPORTS FOR THE LAST 2 YEARS WHICH I WILL PRESENT YOU. I WOULD LIKE YOU TO READ THEM SO YOU CAN SEE WHAT WE REALLY ACTUALLY DO. YOU'RE A VERY BUSY CLUB. AT THE BEGINNING OF THE PANDEMIC WE MAY THOUSANDS OF DISPOSABLE MASKS FOR HOSPITAL WORKERS WHO DID NOT HAVE THE SUPPLIES THEY NEEDED. WE MADE THOUSANDS OF CLOTH MASKS WE DISTRIBUTED TO STORES, THE POST OFFERS, THE SOLDIERS OF THE FAIRGROUNDS WHO DON'T NOT HAVE MASKS. POLICE OFFICERS QUIT NURSING HOMES.
WE HAVE PROVIDED LUNCH FOR EVERY SINGLE JFK HOSPITAL WORKER. FROM TK BEAT BAKERY AND EVERYONE LIKES THAT. WE RECENTLY GAVE THEM A SWEET TREAT.
EVERYONE GOT SOME SWEET CUSTARDS. WE HAVE PROVIDED SCHOOL SUPPLIES, HYGIENE PRODUCTS, FOOD, EASTER BASKETS TO THE COACHELLA VALLEY RESCUE MISSION IN THE GALILEE CENTER.
WE TOP ADULTS TO READ A PARTNERSHIP WITH THE RIVERSIDE COUNTY LIBRARY.
WE HAVE MENTORED HUNDREDS OF PRETEENS AND TEENAGERS THROUGH THE PHILIA PROJECT. WE HELP FOSTER CHILDREN PREVENTING SUITCASES FILLED WITH HER OWN CLOTHING ITEMS AND COMFORT ITEMS. WE ADOPTED OUR SKILLED NURSING CENTER IN INDIO. WE PUT ON PET PARADES TO PROVIDE ENTERTAINMENT. GOOD FOR THEM AND ART CART WITH THE SUPPLIES AS WELL AS BABY DOLLS AND FURRY PETS BECAUSE WE ALL NEED A FRIEND. IT WAS A LONELY TIME. THERE ARE MANY PROJECTS I HAVE NOT MENTIONED BUT YOU COULD READ ABOUT IT IN OUR REPORTS.
WE HAVE NOT GIVING UP ON THE IDEA OF EDUCATING OURSELVES. WE HAVE OUR VERY OWN LITERARY SOCIETY AND ITS OUR SORORITY AND WE HAVE A SONG AND EVERYTHING.
WE HAVE AWARDED HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIP DOLLARS.
WE RUN INTO RECIPIENTS ALL OVER THE PLACE.
OUR YARD OF THE MONTH PROGRAM HAS WON AS MANY FEDERATION AWARDS AND WE ARE SO PROUD WHEN THE CITY OF INDIO AND THE INDIO WATER AUTHORITY OFFERED TO PARTNER WITH US. WE WOULD VERY MUCH LIKE TO CONTINUE THE PARTNERSHIP. IT HAS BEEN NOTED THAT ALL OF THE YARNS ON THE STREETS WILL BE PLACED OUR SIGN HAVE SHOWN MARKED IMPROVEMENT. TAKING CREDIT FOR THAT.
OKAY. WE WERE THRILLED TO HELP WITH THE KEEP IT CLEAN INDIO PROGRAM.
WE HAD SO MUCH FUN WITH ONE, YOUR REPRESENTATIVE.
I SPENT EVERY WEEKEND AS DID MOST OF THE PEOPLE HERE HANDING OUT FLYERS TO ALL THE RESIDENTS WHO ARE SO THANKFUL. WE REALLY ENJOYED THAT. WE HOPE YOU WILL CALL ON US AGAIN.
THE WOMEN'S CLUB OF INDIO LOVES OUR CITY. WE LIVED, BREATHE, DIE INDIO. WE WILL WORK HARD TO SUPPORT INDIO. WE ARE HERE TO PLEDGE OUR SUPPORT TO OUR CITY. HOPE THAT OUR CLUBS CONTRIBUTIONS AND VALUE TO
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THE CITY WILL BE RECOGNIZED. LOOK FORWARD TO ANOTHER HUNDRED AND 14 YEARS A PARTNERSHIP.WE ARE HOPING THE CITY WILL SEE US AS A PARTNER AS WELL. I WANT TO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME AND PRESENT THE REPORTS.
[APPLAUSE] >> I'D LIKE TO OPEN UP FOR
WHAT A PHENOMENAL ORGANIZATION.
THE CITY OF VIDEO IS LUCKY TO HAVE YOU. I'M HONORED TO HAVE BEEN MEMBER OF THE WOMEN'S CLUB FOR OUR 14 TO 15 YEARS. I DON'T KNOW FOR SURE. THAT'S WHERE WE WERE MEETING A BIG ROCK PUB AND THEN 14 OF US.
14 OR SO VERY DEDICATED PEOPLE. THIS ORGANIZATION IS PHENOMENAL AND HOW THEY WORK WITH OTHERS. THEY WORK WITH THEIR COMMUNITY.
THE HEART IS IN THE CITY VIDEO. THE EXTENT TO WHICH THE CITY OF IF YOU CAN CONTINUE TO EMBRACE AND ENGAGE WILL PAY DIVIDENDS. THIS IS THE MOST PHENOMENAL GROUP I'VE EVER BEEN INVOLVED WITH. I ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO
ATTEND. I BECOME A MEMBER. >> GREAT. KENT'S MEMBER
MILLER? >> AN AMAZING ORGANIZATION. THEY DO SO MUCH. THAT'S JUST A PARTIAL LIST OF EVERYTHING THEY DO. THEY ARE EVERYWHERE.
>> MAYOR PRO TEM TO HAVE ANY WORDS FOR THE WOMAN'S
CLUB? >> I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK THAT YOU DO FOR OUR COMMUNITY WE GREATLY APPRECIATE EVERYTHING YOU
DO FOR US. >> I ECHO ALL THOSE SENTIMENTS. HE READ A LIST OF SOME ACTIVITIES WITH SOME OF THE WOMEN'S PARTICIPATE IN. IT'S EASY TO READ THE ITEMS. BUT, TO DO THEM AND PARTICIPATE AND BE IN THE COMMUNITY AND WORKING WITH OUR YOUTH OF WORKING WITH OUR SENIORS AND STUDENTS AT SUCH A BIG TASK FOR SUCH A LONG AMOUNT OF TIME.
TO SUSTAIN THAT AND SUSTAIN THAT CLUB IT'S VERY IMPRESSIVE. I WILL ALSO SPEAK FOR COUNCILMEMBER RAMOS AMITH. SHE WAS HERE SHE WOULD SHARE FREE WILL.
I KNOW SHE LOVES THE WOMEN'S CLUB AS WELL.
THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO IN OUR COMMUNITY.
I HAVE NOT BECOME A MEMBER YET BUT I WILL SOON.
OH GOSH. SHE'S GONNA GET ME, I KNOW. ALL KIDDING ASIDE, THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO.
WE APPRECIATE YOU DOING THAT WORK BEHIND THE SCENES AND PUTTING YOUR BOOTS ON THE GROUND FOR OUR CITY.
THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] OUR NEXT ITEM IS ITEM NUMBER 6 AND THAT'S OUR YOUTH ADVISORY COMMITTEE. TO HAVE A
REPORT? >> GOOD EVENING EVERYONE I'M DANIELA RODRIGUEZ FROM THE YOUTH ADVISORY COUNCIL. HERE IS OUR REPORT. ON SATURDAY MORNING WE HELD OUR FIRST YAK HIKE FOR MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS AND IT ALL WENT WELL. WOULD LIKE TO THANK MAYOR FERMON AND MAYOR PRO TEM ORTIZ FOR COMING UP AND JOINING US.
AND ANDREW AND HIS HRT FOR THE INDIO SWAG WE GOT TO WHERE AT THE HIKE. WE WILL HAVE HER SENIOR NIGHT ON JUNE 6 TO CELEBRATE OURS SENIOR LILY TO BE WITH YAK AND TO SHARE OUR GOODBYES WISHING HER THE BEST FOR HER FUTURE PLANS. GOING TO COD FOR THE FIRST 2 YEARS OF WORKING HER WEIGHT TO BECOMING A SPEECH PATHOLOGIST. WE ARE ALL BEYOND PROUD OF HER. YAK IS NOW ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS FOR THE NEXT SCHOOL YEAR. WE ARE EXCITED TO HAVE NEW MEMBERS JOIN THE CAC FAMILY. FINALLY WE LIKE TO SHARE THINGS TO OUR FIRM IN, MAYOR PRO TEM ORTIZ AND WE ALL ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO BE BACK HERE AGAIN NEXT YEAR.
THAT WILL WILL COMPLETE THE REPORT.
>> THANK YOU FOR THE WORK YOU ARE ALL DOING.
BEING THE LIAISON TO OUR YOUTH AND TO OUR SCHOOLS.
YOU'RE DOING SOME PHENOMENAL WORK.
LOOKING FORWARD TO THE PARTNERSHIP AND MAKING A GIRL.
IN CONTINUING TO WORK WITH YOU.
WE HAD FUN AT THE HIKE THIS PAST WEEKEND. LOOKING FORWARD TO DOING THAT AGAIN AND GROWING IT. I THINK IT WAS REALLY WELL THOUGHT OF. IT WAS TO BRING AWARENESS TO MENTAL WELLNESS.
WITH OUR YOUTH IN OUR COMMUNITY.
LOOKING FORWARD TO GROWING THE.
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THAT HAPPEN. COUNCIL TO BE HAPPY WORDS?>> AND 4 STUDENTS WERE OUT THERE AND SOME OF YOUR FRIENDS. WELCOME.
WE LOVE WORKING WITH OUR YAK AND LOOKING FORWARD TO GROWING THIS GROUP AND CONTINUING TO FOSTER THIS PARTNERSHIP WE HAVE HERE.
SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR REPORT. ALL RIGHT.
NOW WE WILL MOVE ON TOWARD NEXT ITEM ITEM NUMBER 7 REPORT ON CITY COUNCIL EXTERNAL AND INTERNAL BOARDS. I WILL START TO MY RIGHT COUNCILMEMBER MILLA WOULD LIKE TO KICK
US OFF? >> THANK YOU MR. MAYOR. ALL MY COMMUNITIES WERE DARK FOR THE LAST 2 WEEKS.
I DID ATTEND A FEW EVENTS. I THINK A LOT OF US WENT TO THIS GAG.
THEN AN ASSEMBLY IN GREAT INFORMATION AND GREAT NETWORKS. ONE OF THE FIRST ONE THAT HAD A LARGE GROUP OF US THEY HAD 600 THEY CAME FROM SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA AND WE WERE ABLE TO TALK AND DISCUSS OTHER THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON IN OUR CITIES THAT ARE IMPORTANT TO ALL OF US. I WANT TO THANK LORI MOORE WAS THE PRESIDENT FROM EAST AVAIL.
NOW WE HAVE JAN HARTIG FROM PALM DESERT WHO IS THE NEW PRESIDENT OF SKAGGS FOR THE NEXT YEAR.
CONGRATULATIONS TO BOTH OF THEM. HAPPY BIRTHDAY INDIO. WE HAD A BIRTHDAY ON A DEAL. 92 YEAR STRONG. I WAS ABLE TO GO TO THE FIRST AME CHURCH OF CELEBRATE WITH THEM FOR THEIR 93RD ANNIVERSARY.
THE CHURCH YEAR HAS BEEN HERE LONGER THAN THE CITY OF INDIO. IT'S INTERESTING.
I WAS HAD BY ALL. THE WOMEN'S CLUB TALKED ABOUT THE ICE CREAM SOCIAL ALONG WITH THE INDIO SUNRISE ROTARY CLUB TO HAPPEN TO BE A MEMBER OF BOTH. WE GIVE THE NURSES SOME CUSTARD FROM PERFECT POINTS.
NEW BUSINESS BASED ON A PALM DESERT. VERY NICE OPERATION AND OPPORTUNITY TO SAY THANK YOU TO OUR NURSES AND MEDICAL RESPONDERS. ALL THE WORK THEY DO. LASTLY I WAS OUT BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB.
TONY RIGGINS WAS AN INDIO RESIDENT WAS A PRESIDENT OF BASEBALL OPERATIONS FOR THE ANGELS FOR A WHILE NOW WERE FOR MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL PROMOTING YOUTH BASEBALL.
HAD HIS YEARLY GOLF TOURNAMENT TO RAISE FUNDS FOR OUR BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB.
DAVE ISON WORKED MANY YEARS FOR THE CITY OF INDIO WAS THE HOST WITHIN ALONG WITH STAN KRAUSE WAS ANOTHER INDIO RESIDENT. THEY RAISED A LITTLE OVER $30,000 FOR YOUTH SCHOLARSHIPS FOR THE BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB MEMBERS WHICH IS GREAT.
LASTLY, CITY MANAGER I NOTICED WE TALKED ABOUT THIS AT OUR STUDY SESSION.
WE HAVE A LOT OF BANNERS FROM THE WIND THAT ARE DOWN. IF WE CAN LOOK INTO WHAT WE CAN DO ABOUT GETTING OUR BANNER PROGRAM BACKUP AND SECURE.
THAT'S ALL MAYOR THANK YOU FOR THE ABILITY TO SPEAK.
CANCEL MEMBER HOMES? >> THANK YOU.
THE FIRST THING WANT TO DO IS THINK OUR IT STAFF. PARTICULARLY MATT AND MATTHEW. WE'VE HAD A CHALLENGE OF THE MUSEUM.
WE HAVE AN OUTSTANDING 3D PAINT ESCAPE ON THE WATER TOWER. WE HAD THAT UP FOR QUITE A WHILE. IT'S HAD SOME MECHANICAL CHALLENGES OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS.
I'LL TELL YOU WHAT, STUFF IS AWESOME.
YOU GUYS CAME IN, HE LOOKED AT IT.
YOU FIGURED OUT WHAT NEEDED TO BE DONE. HOW YOU NEEDED TO MAKE IT HAPPEN.
I UNDERSTAND IT'S AN AGING SYSTEM.
I KNOW THE MUSEUM I'M GONNA SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THE MUSEUM.
NO THE MUSEUM APPRECIATES YOUR EFFORTS BAROQUE.
MAYBE NOT HEROIC BUT APPRECIATES YOUR EFFORTS VERY, VERY MUCH. A COUPLE OF OTHER THINGS.
I ATTENDED THE FIRST AME 93RD ANNIVERSARY.
THEY STARTED OUR COMMUNITY HERE. THEY HAVE GROWN. THE CONGREGATION WAS WONDERFUL. AS IT ALWAYS HAS BEEN. I WAS LIKE IT.
AND HEARD AN INSPIRING SERMON. LET'S SEE,
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COACHELLA VALLEY CONSERVATION COMMISSION WAS ONE COMMISSION I WAS ON. THE BIGGEST ISSUE WE ARE FACING AT THIS POINT HAS TO DO WITH BIGHORN SHEEP. IT'S LAMBING SEASON. WE APPROVED A FEW YEARS AGO PUTTING UP A FENCE THAT SEPARATED PGA WEST FROM THAT AREA WHERE THE BIGHORN SHEEP EXISTS.UNFORTUNATELY THAT FENCE IS NOT UP YET.
WE'VE HAD SEVERAL, MANY LAMPS DIE BECAUSE THEY ARE IN THE PRIVATE PROPERTY.
SOME HAVE SOME DISEASE ISSUES.
BY AND LARGE BECAUSE THE FENCE IS IN THERE IT'S CAUSING A LOT OF PROBLEMS. THE CHALLENGES, CV WT IS HOLDING UP THE ENCROACHMENT PERMIT. WERE WORKING WITH CV WT TO TRY TO FIND A WAY TO SPEED THE PROCESS ALONG SO WE CAN PROTECT 34 BIGHORN SHEEP AND LAMBS HAVE DIED IN THIS PAST YEAR ALONE.
THERE STUFF ONLY AN URGENT NEED. JUST A COMMENT ABOUT THE COACHELLA VALLEY COMMISSION. WE TRY TO BALANCE A CONFERENCE CALL INAUDIBLE. WE CAN CONSERVE SOME OF THEM. WE CAN ALSO AID IN THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMPONENT WE ALL WANT IN OUR COMMUNITY. LAST BUT NOT LEAST, SATURDAY WAS A SECOND SATURDAY. TAKE CENTER STAGE DOWNTOWN.
GREAT MUSIC BY THE JAZZ BAND. BOY, IT WAS TERRIFIC.
IT WAS A COUPLE OF HOURS IN A COUPLE HUNDRED PEOPLE. IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN TO THAT SECOND SATURDAY, THE CHAMBER DID A RIBBON-CUTTING OF OUR NEW LOCAL THAT HAS BEEN LAUNCHED. PLEASE COME DOWN. THE MUSIC IS ALWAYS GREAT. THE FOOD IS TERRIFIC.
YOU WILL HAVE A WONDERFUL SATURDAY EVENING. THANK YOU MAYOR.
>> YES APPEARED THANK YOU MAYOR AND THANK YOU ALL FOR JOINING US TODAY FOR OUR COUNSEL MEETING.
THE CAT WITH BE WITH YOU THE PERSON SAID SOME IN SACRAMENTO WITH A WELL PROGRAM MEETING WITH ASSEMBLY MEN TO WORK WITH THE WATER SYSTEM AND COACHELLA VALLEY. I WANTED TO CONGRATULATE OUR CITY MANAGER BRENT MONTGOMERY ON HIS ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY WITH OUR CITY.
THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK. AND EVERYTHING YOU DO FOR COMMUNITY ON DAILY BASIS. I KNOW IT'S A CHALLENGING AND DEMANDING JOB.
YOU'RE DOING A GREAT JOB LEADING US DURING THE TIME OF GROWTH EVERY BUILDING.
WERE HAPPY TO HAVE YOU LEADING THE TEAM. THIS PAST SATURDAY I ATTENDED THE FIRST ANNUAL MENTAL HEALTH HIKE HOSTED BY OUR YOUTH ADVISORY COUNCIL.
WANT TO THANK THEM FOR ORGANIZING THE EVENT AND CONGRATULATE THEM ON GETTING A BIG GROUP OF US TO COME OUT FOR HIKE AT THE INDIO BADLANDS TRAIL.
I ATTENDED THE SOCAL ASSOCIATION OF GOVERNMENTS ANNUAL CONFERENCE. I WAS ABLE TO SIT IN AND LISTEN TO 2 PANELS WHILE I WAS THERE. WHEN WAS DISCUSSING THE CHALLENGES WITH HOUSING IN THE STATE.
RIGHT NOW THE AVERAGE COST OF AN APARTMENT REQUIRES AN INDIVIDUAL TO RECEIVE ABOUT $40 AN HOUR TO BE ABLE TO AFFORD THE RENT BY THEMSELVES.
SOME NEED SATAN TO FIND WORK CLEAR CRITERIA FOR PROJECT, SUSTAINABLE FUNDING, POLITICAL WILL AND WERE EXPECTED TO NEED 2.5 MILLION NEW HOMES IN CALIFORNIA IN THE NEXT 10 YEARS. I ALSO ATTENDED THE SESSION ON ZERO ADMISSION TRANSPORTATION.
TRANSPORTATION CURRENTLY IS FOR 2 PERCENT OF OUR MISSIONS AND WORKS BUT DID TO BE CARBON NEUTRAL BY 2045. SOME TAKEAWAYS WERE THAT THE FUTURE LOOKS TO BE A MIX OF HYDROGEN AND ELECTRIC VEHICLES. ELECTRIC FOR SMALLER VEHICLES AND HYDROGEN FOR HEAVIER VEHICLES.
ONE CONCERN IS WE NEED TO DO A GRID STUDY TO SEE HOW MUCH STRAIN ALL THE NEW ELECTRIC VEHICLES WILL PUT ON OUR CURRENT ELECTRICAL GRID. ALSO ATTENDED A MEETING WITH THE CITY COUNCIL AND THAT COUNCILS OF LA QUINTA AND COACHELLA REGARDING THE UPGRADES AND ELECTRICAL INFRASTRUCTURE IN OUR CITIES. CURRENTLY LOOKING AT A LOCAL SURCHARGE THAT WOULD BE COLLECTED AND SAVED BY EACH CITY INDEPENDENTLY TO SPEND ON THEIR CITY'S LOCAL INFRASTRUCTURE. I HAD A MEETING WITH THE COACHELLA VALLEY ASSOCIATION OF GOVERNMENTS ENERGY ENVIRONMENT
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COMMISSION. WE DISCUSSED THE SAME ISSUE WITH LOCAL INFRASTRUCTURE AND HEARD A PRESENTATION REGARDING UPDATES AT THE SOLVENCY.AT THE SOLVENCY WERE EXPECTED TO SEE ABOUT 60,000 ACRES OF LAKEBED EXPOSED BY 2028.
CURRENTLY THERE ARE A FEW PROJECTS UNDERWAY THAT SHOULD COVER ABOUT 30,000 ACRES OF THE EXPOSED LAKEBED.
ABOUT HALF OF THE EXPOSED AREA.
THROUGH THE TENURED MANAGEMENT PLAN. THERE'S ALSO AN AIR QUALITY MONITORING PROGRAM AND PROGRESS TO SEE HOW MUCH THIS IS AFFECTING THE SURROUNDING AREAS.
SOME METHODS FOR THE DUST MITIGATION ARE PONDS, MARSHES, SMALL LAKES AND USING SHRUBS AND HE BARRELS TO SLOW DOWN THE WIND AND TOSSED. 2003 THE STATE TOOK OVER THE PLANNING FOR THE SOLVENCY.
SO LOOKING AT LONG-TERM SOLUTIONS FOR THE SEA. CURRENTLY THERE ARE MANY PROPOSED PROJECTS AND THE STATE IS LOOKING AT MAKING A DECISION ON MOVING FORWARD WITH THE PROJECT BY THE END OF THE YEAR.
THE ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS IS BEGINNING A 3-YEAR STUDY ON ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION OF THE SOLVENCY.
THE STUDY COULD OPEN UP FEDERAL FUNDING THAT WOULD COVER 65 PERCENT OF THE COST OF A LONG-TERM SOLUTION FOR THE SEA. THIS COULD BE UP TOWARDS HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS TO BILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN FUNDING.
I DID HEAR RECENTLY FROM SOLVENCY COALITION A CONCERN OVER GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS RELATED TO THE CLOSE PLANS.
THE REST IS TO CONSIDER A RESOLUTION TO REQUEST THAT THE INDEPENDENT REVIEW PANEL EVALUATE GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS AS PART OF THE VETTING PROCESS FOR THESE PROPOSED PLANS.
LA QUINTA AND PALM DESERT HAVE RECENTLY PASSED SIMILAR RESOLUTION SO I WANTED TO SEE IF THERE WAS CONSENSUS FOR OUR COUNSEL TO CONSIDER A RESOLUTION IN OUR NEXT MEETING.
THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR TODAY. THANK YOU MAYOR.
>> THINKING MAYOR PRO TEM. I THINK WE'LL GET THAT RESOLUTION OUT TO EVERYBODY WE CAN BRING IT BACK. THANK YOU FOR YOUR REPORT. THANK YOU FOR HEADING UP TO SACRAMENTO.
BRING US BACK AT INFORMATION. I KNOW YOU
WILL. >> I HAVE A REPORT AND I WILL START BY SAYING HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO THE CITY OF INDIO. I'M PRETTY SURE COUNCILMEMBERS HOLMES AND MILLER COULD AGREE WITH ME. IT'S VERY HUMBLING AND GRATIFYING EXPERIENCE TO BE MAYOR OF THE CITY ESPECIALLY AT A TIME LIKE THIS AND I COULDN'T BE MORE PROUD OF OUR ROUTE NOW. HOWEVER GOING. SO TO WAKE UP ON TUESDAY KNOWING IT'S HER 92ND BIRTHDAY IS A GREAT FEELING TO BE MAYOR OF THE CITY. THANK OUR COMMUNITY AND OUR CITY AND EVERYONE AROUND FOR MAKING THIS A GREAT PLACE. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO CONGRATULATE OUR CITY MANAGER BRENT MONTGOMERY FOR A YEAR.
THAT YEAR WENT BY SUPERFAST. YOU'VE DONE A LOT OF GREAT WORK.
LOOKING FORWARD TO HAVING YOU 20 MORE YEARS. HE SAID I DON'T THINK SO.
[LAUGHTER]. THEY KEEP CITY MANAGER FOR YOUR HARD WORK AND YOUR STAFF AS WELL. I'D LIKE TO START OFF BY SAYING I ATTEND THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF GOVERNMENTS REGIONAL CONFERENCE AS WELL. IT WAS A GREAT CONFERENCE. A LOT OF INFORMATION. ONE OF THE HIGHLANDS OF THE CONFERENCE I GOT WAS IVC IMPERIAL VALLEY COMMUNITY COLLEGE RECEIVED THE RECOGNITION FOR A SMALL HOME HOUSING VILLAGE THEY HAVE FOR THEIR STUDENTS IN IMPERIAL COUNTY.
OUR PRESIDENT OF COLLEGE OF THE DESERT, DOCTOR GARCIA WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN THE PROJECT WHEN SHE WAS DOWN
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IN IMPERIAL COUNTY.IF YOU HAVE A CHANCE TO GO ONLINE AND LOOK AT THAT I THINK THAT'S A MODEL WE CAN ALL LOOK AT AS FAR AS ADDRESSING SOME OF OUR AFFORDABLE HOUSING ISSUES.
WE HAVE NOT ONLY AN R-VALUE BUT ACROSS THE STATE.
IT WAS A VERY GOOD PROJECT AND ONE OF MY OTHER HIGHLIGHTS WAS WAS CONTACTED BY SPECTRUM CABLE TO DO A PSA FOR BREAST CANCER AWARENESS.
THAT'S GREAT AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S NEAR AND DEAR TO ME.
MY MOTHER GAINED HER WINGS FROM BREAST CANCER. IT WAS SOMETHING THAT CAME FROM HEAVEN. THEY LIKE ME IF I WOULD LIKE TO DO A PSA AND OF COURSE IT WAS BREAST CANCER AWARENESS.
THANK YOU SPECTRUM FOR REACHING OUT TO ME FOR THAT. I ATTENDED THE MENTAL WELLNESS WALK WITH OUR YAK APPEARED IN MAYOR PRO TEM ORTIZ AND LIKE I SAID THANK YOU JACOB FOR MAKING THAT HAPPEN AND LOOKING FORWARD TO DOING THAT AGAIN. BEEN SPEAKING WITH OTHER COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO WOULD LIKE TO PARTICIPATE IN THAT.
I SHARED EXPERIENCES THAT I HAVE TO DEAL WITH WITH OUR YOUTH. IT WAS A GREAT EVENT.
THANK YOU. I WILL ALSO TIE YAK INTO MY NEXT ITEM WHICH IS THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE FROM C FAGG. WE HAD A PRESENTATION BY OUR DISTRICT ATTORNEY MIKE HISTORY AND ON ON FENTANYL THE DANGERS OF FENTANYL IN OUR COMMUNITIES AND OUR COUNTY AND OUR STATE AND IN OUR WORLD. THAT SOMETHING WE HAVE TO BE SOMETHING URGENTLY WITH.
I'D LIKE TO WORK WITH OUR YAK GETTING THAT AWARENESS OUT THERE TO OUR YOUTH AND OUR YOUNG ADULTS IN THE DANGERS OF FENTANYL SPREADING. WE HAVE TO BE HONEST THAT IT'S OUT THERE AND WE NEED TO EDUCATE OUR FOLKS IN THE DANGERS OF THAT. WHETHER YOU'RE A CELEBRITY, WHETHER YOUR YOUTH. IT'S KILLING A LOT OF PEOPLE. FENTANYL IS 50 TIMES STRONGER THAN HEROIN. IT ONLY TAKES AMOUNT OF A COUPLE OF GRAINS OF SALT TO KILL AN AVERAGE ADULT, HUMAN.
VERY DANGEROUS STUFF THAT'S OUT THERE.
I'D LIKE TO WORK WITH YAK TO GET SOME OF THAT AWARENESS OUT THERE. ALSO, WE HAD ANOTHER PRESENTATION FROM JENNIFER CARLSON WHO WORKS WITH SOME OF OUR MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS HERE LOCALLY. SHE SPOKE ABOUT A NEW PHONE LINE THAT WILL BE COMING ONLINE I BELIEVE IN JULY. IT'S 288.
BUT THAT WILL DO IS IT WILL REPLACE NOT REPLACE BUT IT WILL TAKE THE MENTAL HEALTH CALLS AWAY FROM OUR POLICE AND IF SOMEONE IS HAVING A MENTAL HEALTH EPISODE YOU WILL BE ABLE TO CALL 288.
GET SOME ASSISTANCE FROM A MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONAL.
THAT WILL BE COMING THIS SUMMER. THAT'S ANOTHER THING THAT'S GREAT.
I WORK WITH THE YAK GETTING MORE INFORMATION TO THEM ABOUT BOTH TOPICS.
THAT WAS OUR PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE. I ALSO ATTENDED THE 3 CITY COUNCILS MEETING, OUR STUDY SESSION REGARDING POWERED INFRASTRUCTURE IN OUR COMMUNITY.
I HAVE TO TIP TO MY HAT TO THE CITY MANAGER BRIAN MCMURRAY OF THE CITY MANAGER FROM LA QUINTA AND COACHELLA FOR TAKING A LEAD IN THIS AND WORKING HARD TOWARDS OUR FUTURE TO SECURE OUR POWER INFRASTRUCTURE SO WE CAN CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND CONTINUE TO BRING FORMAL HOUSING TO OUR COMMUNITY.
CONTINUE TO HAVE A RESILIENT PEREGRINE IN THE EASTERN COACHELLA VALLEY AND TO STRENGTHEN OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH IID.
WE WILL CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THAT AND BRING YOU UPDATES. WE HAVE MADE SOME POSITIVE STRIDES.
STAY TUNE FOR MORE UPDATES AND THEY KEEP CITY MANAGER FOR THAT. I DID HAVE A RT CCT MEETING. I DID MISS THAT MEETING. I WAS ILL THAT MORNING. WE DO GET ARE MINUTES I WILL REPORT THAT IF THERE'S ANYTHING FOR THE CITY OF INDIO.
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AMERICAN PARENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE. CONGRATULATIONS FOR AFRICAN-AMERICAN SENIORS IN THE UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT. I WANT TO THINK A COUPLE OF PEOPLE FOR HAVING ME THERE AND DOING THE KEYNOTE. I HAVE TO THINK KIARA MANUAL, MARLA CARPER, CHARLA'S CARPER AND TORI STRAINS FOR THEM TO BE BE PART OF THE EVENT. FOR OUR AFRICAN-AMERICAN STUDENTS IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.IT WAS HELD AT THE SAME MARGARET EPISCOPAL CHURCH OF PALM DESERT. LOOKING FORWARD TO WORK WITH DESERT SANDS NEXT YEAR ON THIS EVENT AND WORKING WITH OUR COMMITTEE TO PROVIDE THOSE SERVICES AND EDUCATION SURROUNDING THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN CULTURE FOR OUR STUDENTS.
THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO BE PART OF THAT.
I ATTENDED THE SECOND SATURDAY EVENT THE RIBBON-CUTTING.
THE KEY TO ALL OF OUR STAFF. OUR CHAMBER, OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR BEING THERE KEEPING EVERYONE SAFE.
OUR ENTERTAINMENT THAT WE HAD. WE HAD TEAM THE TURNTABLES.
IT IS NOT WHAT THEY'RE CALLED? BUT IT WAS A GREAT EVENT.
IT WENT OFF WELL. TO THE RIBBON-CUTTING FOR OUR INDIO SIGN. OUR INDIO SIGN HAS BEEN A HIT.
IT'S BEEN POPPING UP EVERYWHERE. AS A SAME SIGN THAT WAS OFF THE COACHELLA FEST.
IT'S BEEN SEEN AROUND THE WORLD NOW.
BE OUT THERE AND TAKE YOUR PICTURES AND LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING YOU AT THE NEXT SECOND SATURDAY EVENT. THAT WE HAVE. I WILL CONCLUDE WITH, I ATTENDED A CELEBRATION FOR BISHOP LUCIANO MONTES AND HIS WIFE FIRST LADY BECKY MONTES OF THE APOSTOLIC CHURCH OF INDIO ON 40 YEARS OF SERVICE IN OUR CITY AND AROUND THE WORLD.
BISHOP MONTES HAS BEEN A PASTOR TO MANY.
HE IS BAPTIZED OVER THOUSAND CHILDREN IN HIS SERVICE.
IT'S DEFINITELY A GREAT HONOR NEAR MAYOR OF ANY OF SUCH GREAT PEOPLE IN YOUR COMMUNITY LIKE THIS WORKING. THEY GET TO THE APOSTOLIC CHURCH OF INDIA FOR HAVING ME. I MISSED THE FIRST AME ANNIVERSARY BUT I WILL BE THERE NEXT WEEK TO TAKE THEM THEIR CERTIFICATES. THAT WAS A LOT. THANK YOU FOR LISTENING TO THAT.
ALL RIGHT. NOW WE WILL MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER 8 WHICH IS CITY MANAGER REPORTS AND INFORMATION.
>> THANK YOU MAYOR. AFTER HEARING FIRST AME'S BIRTHDAY OF 93 THE CITY OF INDIO 92 CELEBRATED MY ONE YEAR BIRTHDAY THE CITY OF INDIA SO SMALL. IT'S BEEN AN HONOR AND A PLEASURE. I WAS THINKING ABOUT THIS GREAT STAFF THAT SERVES US HERE IN THE CITY OF INDIO.
NOT ONLY AS CITY MANAGER ON PART OF THEM AND HAPPY TO WORK WITH HIM. BUT, AS A RESIDENT VIDEO AND ALL THE RESIDENTS OF INDIO SHOULD BE VERY PROUD OF THE TEAM, THE CITY COUNCIL, THE CITY STAFF THAT SERVES US. BUT SPEND THE PLEASURE OVER THE LAST YEARS IS GETTING TO KNOW ALL OF YOU AND SERVING WITH YOU. THANK YOU AND FOR MANY YEARS MORE.
MAYBE NOT 20 BUT MANY MORE. THANK YOU MAYOR.
>> THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, I WOULD LIKE TO ASK OUR YAK IF THEY LIKE TO BE EXCUSED AT THIS TIME.
ARE YOU SURE? ALL RIGHT. YOU ARE NOW EXCUSED.
OUR NEXT ITEM IS CONSENT CALENDAR.
I BELIEVE WE HAVE AN ITEM TO PULL. ITEM 9.10 BY PUBLIC WORKS.
PUBLIC WORKS MULTIPLE THOUGHT.
HER ASKING FOR THAT ITEM TO BE PULLED AND WE WILL BRING IT ON ANOTHER DATE.
>> OKAY. WERE GONNA PULL THIS OFF THE AGENDA.
UNLESS ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO PULL ANOTHER ITEM I WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION
EXCLUDING 9.10. >> EXCUSE ME METEOROLOGIST I'D LIKE TO SEE IF WE COULD GET A STAFF PRESENTATION ON 9.7.
>> THAT THE CITY OF INDIO CITY COMMISSION SUSTAINABLY PLAN AND A
WORK PLAN. >> THANK YOU MAYOR I LIKE TO INVITE SARAH TO GIVE A BRIEF DESCRIPTION ON THIS
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COUNCIL APPROVED AN ORDINANCE THAT OUTLINED SOME OF THE SPECIFIC DUTIES FOR SOME OF THE COMMISSIONS THAT WERE ESTABLISHED FOR THE CITY OF INDIO. SUSTAINABILITY COMMISSION WAS TASKED WITH CREATING A SUSTAINABILITY PLAN AND OF COURSE BRINGING A WORK PLAN AND BRINGING BOTH TO THE CITY COUNCIL FROM RECOMMENDATION.SO THEY STARTED BY LOOKING AT A LOT OF THE OTHER PLANS THAT THE CITY HAD ALREADY PUT TOGETHER LIKE THE GENERAL PLAN UPDATE AND THAT CLIMATE ACTION PLAN.
THOSE PLANTS HAD BEEN THROUGH A RIGOROUS PUBLIC OUTREACH COMPONENTS.
THEY HAD A LOT OF SUSTAINABILITY ELEMENTS IN THEM. THEY BROUGHT IN A LOT OF THOSE ELEMENTS AND THEY ALSO LOOKED AT OTHER PLANS FROM BOTH OTHER CITIES IN AND OUT OF CALIFORNIA AND THEY AGREED ON 5 CHAPTERS IN THE SUSTAINABILITY PLAN. THEY CLOSELY MIRROR THE CHAPTERS IN A CLIMATE ACTION PLAN. IN EACH OF THE CHAPTERS HAVE A SECTION WHERE THERE'S MANDATES THINGS WE WILL HAVE TO DO TO MOVE TOWARD SUSTAINABILITY AND POSSIBLE PROJECTS THINGS RESIDENTS CAN DO THE LIST OF ACCOMPLISHMENTS THE CITY HAS MADE PERSONAL GOALS OF EACH OF THE CHAPTERS. THEN THEY CARVED OUT CERTAIN PROJECTS THAT THEY WANTED TO WORK ON MORE IMMEDIATELY. THAT'S WHEN THE COMMISSIONERS DECIDED TO TAKE THE SUSTAINABILITY PLAN AND THE WORK PLAN AND PULLED THEM TOGETHER INTO ONE PLAN. THEN THEY TOOK THE PROJECTS THAT THEY WANTED TO WORK ON MORE IMMEDIATELY. WE PUT THOSE INTO PROJECT SHEETS THAT WAY WE COULD TRACK THE PROJECTS. TRACK THE PROGRESS ON THE PROJECTS AND THAT MADE IT FUNCTION AS A WORK PLAN AS WELL AS A MORE GENERAL SUSTAINABILITY PLAN.
THE LASSO STATED ABILITY COMMISSION MEETING THE SUSTAINABILITY COMMISSIONERS UNANIMOUSLY AGREED TO BRING THIS DRAFT OF SUSTAINABILITY PLAN WORK PLAN TO THE CITY COUNCIL. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER AND ALSO COMMISSIONER ROMERO IS HERE TONIGHT AS WELL.
>> MAYOR PRO TEM? >> I WAS WONDERING IF WE COULD GO THROUGH SOME OF THE 5 AREAS OF FOCUS AND THE SPECIFIC ITEMS THAT WILL BE PROPOSING FOR THE
CITY. >> 5 CHAPTERS THAT ARE ULTIMATELY NARROWED FROM THE CLIMATE ACTION PLAN ARE … CLEAN ENERGY, LOW GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS.
ZERO WASTE, WATER RESOURCES AND THE FIFTH ONE A SUSTAINABLE ENVIRONMENT LAND USE AND TRANSPORTATION. A LOT OF THE PROJECTS WE HAVE COULD FIT INTO ONE OR MORE OF THESE CATEGORIES.
BUT THEY'RE BROKEN UP AS BEST AS WE CAN TO WORK AND FIT INTO THE BEST THAT THEY MATCHED UP WITH. ULTIMATELY THE BACK OF THE PLAN YOU'LL SEE A LIST OF THE PROJECTS THAT WE WANT TO WORK ON IS THE 2022 ANNUAL WORK PLAN. WE WOULD LIKE TO DEVELOP AN OUTREACH PLAN.
WE BEEN WORKING ON GIVING OUT INDOOR RECYCLING AND ORGANICS CONTAINERS TO BUSINESSES TO HELP THEM COMPLY WITH SOME OF THE NEW WASTE REGULATIONS.
WE TALKED WITH OUR STREETS SUPERVISOR TO LEARN MORE ABOUT INCREASING BIKE LANES AND HOW THAT IS DONE THROUGH THE COMPLETE STREETS MASTER PLAN.
I ALSO WANTED TO LOOK INTO THINGS LIKE POSSIBLY HAVING A PERMANENT HOUSEHOLD HAZARDOUS WASTE LOOK AT IT IN INDIO AND THEN IN OUR PROJECT SHEETS YOU COULD GO THROUGH EACH OF THOSE PROJECTS AND LOOK WHERE WE ARE. FOR THE HOUSEHOLD HAZARDOUS WASTE FACILITY WE'VE ASKED SOMEONE FROM RIVERSIDE COUNTY WHO WOULD RUN THE FACILITY TO COME AND TALK TO US ABOUT THAT.
GIVE US AN IDEA OF SOME OF THE BENEFITS AND WHAT IT MIGHT TAKE SOME OF THE INFORMATION WE NEED IF WE WANTED TO COME UP WITH A RECOMMENDATION FOR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
THAT'S ON OUR NEXT SUSTAINABILITY MEETING AGENDA. THE OUTREACH PLANE, YOU'LL SEE THAT'S ON HOLD UNTIL WE GET THE ACTUAL PLAN AND WORK PLAN APPROVED. WE HAD FOLKS COME IN AND TALK TO US ABOUT DIGESTERS AND RENEWABLE ENERGY. WE ARE, IF ANYTHING MORE THAT YOU WOULD WANT TO KNOW I HOPE IT'S WRITTEN PRETTY WELL INTO THE ACTUAL WORK PLAN AND THOSE PROJECT SHEETS.
>> I REALLY APPRECIATE THE WORK PLAN WANT TO MAKE SURE WERE HAVING THIS DISCUSSION WITH THE PUBLIC SO PEOPLE CAN SEE WHERE WERE GOING WITH HER SUSTAINABILITY PROGRAMS.
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THANK YOU. I APPRECIATEIT. >> GREAT, THANK YOU SARAH.
I APPRECIATE IT. BEFORE ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO BRING ATTENTION TO A COUPLE OF ITEMS ON OUR CONSENT CALENDAR.
WE PASSED THE CONSENT CALENDAR VERY FAST SOMETIMES SKIP RIGHT THROUGH IT. IF YOU LOOK IT SAYS ITEM 9.9 IS CONSULTANT SERVICES TO BEGIN ON THE FINAL DESIGN OF THE INDIO SPORTS PARK.
THAT'S EXCITING NEWS TO SEE THAT COME BEFORE US.
THANK YOU MR. WASSAIL FOR THAT WORK. LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING MORE NEWS ABOUT OUR SPORTS PARK AND APPROVAL OF A BUILDING LEASE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF INDIO AND BEER BUZZ FOR PROPERTY AT 82 921 INDIO BOULEVARD.
SHOWS THE PROGRESSION OF OUR INNER DOWNTOWN BRINGING MORE JUSTICES INTO THE AREA AND OUR SPORTS COMPLEX.
TO A COMMUNITY THAT'S BEEN UNDERSERVED. VERBALLY PUTTING A TOUCH OF THEIR WITH OUR GRANTS AND OPEN SPACES. I THINK THE STUFF. THESE ARE BIG ITEMS. THERE ON THE CONSENT BUT THEIR BIG ITEMS. I'M PROUD WERE LOOKING AT THOSE. WITH THAT BEING SAID ALL ENTERTAIN A MOTION.
>> ALL MAKE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE CONSENT CALENDARS PRESENTED 9.139.12 WITH 9.10 BEING MOVED TO A TIME UNCERTAIN.
>> MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER MILLER AND A SECOND BY HOLMES. CAN OF A VOTE PLEASE. [VOTING]
>> I'M SORRY I NEEDED TO, IT DIDN'T REALIZE I NEEDED TO OBTAIN ON ITEM 9.12.
OF AN ECONOMIC INTEREST IN THE GREATER DOWNTOWN AREA.
I WILL APPROVE THE CONSENT CALENDAR AND ABSTAINING FROM ITEM 9.12.
>> THE CLERK WILL PUT THAT IN THE MINUTES DUE TO THE PROPERTY INTEREST. THANK
YOU. >> THANK YOU FOR CATCHING THAT. ALL RIGHT OUR NEXT ITEM IS ITEM NUMBER 10.
ITEM 10.1 IS ADOPT RESOLUTION NUMBER 10278 AUTHORIZING THE LEVY OF THE SPECIAL TALKS FOR CITY OF INDIO COMMUNITY FACILITIES DISTRICT NUMBER 2004 – ONE LAW ENFORCEMENT, FIRE AND PARAMEDIC SERVICES.
AN ANNEXATION AREAS THERE TO THE CITY OF INDIO COMMUNITY FACILITIES DISTRICT 2004 – 2 LAW ENFORCEMENT, FIRE AND PARODIC SERVICES RESOLUTION NUMBER 10279 COMMUNITY FACILITIES DISTRICT NUMBER 2004 – 3 TERRA LAGO AREA RESOLUTION NUMBER 10280 COMMUNITY FACILITIES DISTRICT NUMBER 2005 – ONE TALAVERA AREA NUMBER ONE AND NUMBER 2 AND RESOLUTION NUMBER 10281 COMMUNITY FACILITIES DISTRICT NUMBER 2006 – ONE SONORA WELLS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2022/23.
ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER ROB ROCKWEL.
>> IF I COULD JUMP IN OAKWOOD TO LEAVE THE DAIS I LIMIT TERRA LAGO AND THAT WOULD BE A CONFLICT OF INTEREST BECAUSE I OWN
PROPERTY. >> THANK YOU MR. MAYOR. YOU GAVE HALF OF MY REPORT FOR ME. THIS IS BRIEF ITEM. WERE SEEKING APPROVAL FOR RESOLUTIONS THAT SET THE TAX LEVIES IN 6 SEPARATE DISTRICTS.
THIS IS A REOCCURRING ANNUAL REQUIREMENT.
THAT ALLOWS THE TAX LEVY TO BE APPLIED TO THESE DISTRICTS.
3 OF THE RESOLUTIONS AFFECT POOR DISTRICTS. THAT'S A TERRA LAGO DISTRICT, 2 DISTRICTS TALAVERA ONE IN SONORA
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WELLS. THIS LEVY THAT'S COLLECTED HELPS TO COVER BOND DEBT THAT PAID FOR INFRASTRUCTURE IN THOSE DISTRICTS. THOSE ARE 30 YEAR BONDS. THE ANNUAL AMOUNT DOES NOT FLUCTUATE SIGNIFICANTLY AT EACH OTHER'S DISTRICTS HAVE ABOUT 12 TO 14 MORE YEARS UNTIL THOSE BOND DEBT IS PAID OFF.THE OTHER RESOLUTION FOR 2004 – ONE AND 2 IS A SERVICE DISTRICT. THAT LEVY IS APPLIED TO THE NEW DEVELOPMENT THAT HAS EXISTED POST-2004 THAT REVENUE COMES INTO THE CITY AND HELPS OFFSET THE COST OF PUBLIC SAFETY SERVICES. THAT'S POLICE SERVICES AND FIRE SERVICES.
THE ANNUAL ASSESSMENT IS CURRENTLY $504. THE RECOMMENDATION IS THE ASSESSMENT INCREASE 2 PERCENT WHICH IS A CEILING FOR THE ORDINANCE WHICH WOULD INCREASE THE ASSESSMENT BY $10.08.
IT WOULD TOTAL $514.16 WOULD BE THE LEVY.
UPON YOUR APPROVAL THESE ASSESSMENTS WOULD PASS TO THE COUNTY AUDIT CONTROLLER WHICH WILL COLLECTED THE PROPERTY TAX BILLS.
HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY MORE QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE.
THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING ITEM. I WILL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AND ASKED THE CLERK IF WE HAVE ANYONE ON THE LINE FOR
THIS ITEM? >> NO MAYOR. >> I HAVE NO ONE IN THE QUEUE FOR THIS ITEM.
I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. THEN OPEN IT UP TO STOP FOR ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS FOR MR.
ROCKWELL. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
UNLESS OSCAR HAS ANYTHING I WILL MAKE A MOTION.
>> ALL SECOND IT. >> ALL PRESENT FOR THE CITY COUNCIL'S CONSIDERATION OR FOR RESOLUTIONS TO ALLOW THE CITY TO PROCEED WITH THE ANNUAL LEVY OF SPECIAL TAXES FOR FISCAL YEAR COMMENCING JULY 1, 2022.
THIS APPROVAL IS FOR SOCK ON ANNUAL BASIS.
>> THAT MOTION TO BE ADOPT 10278, 10279, 10280 AND 10281
EXACTLY WHAT I SAID. [LAUGHTER].
>> HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR BY COUNCILMEMBER MILLER AND SECOND BY MAYOR PRO TEM ORTIZ.
WE CAN GO GET COUNCILMEMBER HOLMES. ALL RIGHT.
WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM 10.2 WHICH IS ORDINANCE NUMBER 1779 AMENDING CHAPTER 159 SONY REGULATIONS OF THE INDIO MINUTES A PULL CODE TO ALLOW CANNABIS STOREFRONT RETAILER AND CANNABIS NON-STORE FRONT RETAILER BUSINESS IN CERTAIN AREAS OF THE CITY AND FINDING THAT ORDINANCE NUMBER 1779 IS EXEMPT FROM ZIKA PURSUANT TO SEQUENT GUIDELINE SECTION 15061 B3 AND THIS ITEM WILL BE HANDLED BY DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT MR.
KEVIN SNYDER. >> THEY COULD MAYOR.
GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COMES BACK.
THIS IS THE FIRST OF 2 POTENTIAL ACTION ITEMS FOR THE CITY COUNCIL ON THE TOPIC OF CANNABIS.
I WANT TO MAKE CLEAR THIS ACTION ITEM FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION IS ONLY PERTAINING TO COMMITMENTS FOR CHAPTER 159 WHICH ARE ZONING REGULATIONS.
FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS PUBLIC HEARING WERE ONLY TALKING ABOUT THE LIMITS OF CHAPTER 159.
AS A COUNCIL IS AWARE SINCE LATE 2020
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CONTINUE TO THE PRESENT THE CITY COUNSEL HAS BEEN ENGAGED IN A CONVERSATION WHETHER OR NOT TO ALLOW CANNABIS ACTIVITIES IN THE CITY. SINCE 2017 THE CITY HAS NOT ALLOWED CANNABIS RELATED ACTIVITIES.MARCH 2 MEETING THE COUNCIL GAVE DIRECTION TO STAFF TO PROCEED FORWARD WITH ACTION ITEMS AROUND BOTH LEOMINSTER CHAPTER 159 WHICH ARE ZONING REGULATIONS AGAIN AND CHAPTER 123 UNDER OUR BUSINESS RELATIONS.
I WILL TALK TO YOU ABOUT CHAPTER 159.
SO, ORDINANCE NUMBER 1779 HAS TO ORIENTATIONS AROUND IT.
FIRST IT WOULD AMEND CHAPTER 159 TO ALLOW CANNABIS STOREFRONT RETAILERS AND NON-STOREFRONT RETAILERS.
THIS WILL BE A CHANGE FROM THE CURRENT REGULATIONS WHICH ALL CANNABIS RELATED ACTIVITIES ARE PROHIBITED IN THE CITY. IT'S ALSO PROPOSING TO FIND THE ORDINANCE EXEMPT FROM SEQUENT AND I WILL EXPLAIN THAT IN FURTHER DETAIL IN A MOMENT. SO THE LEGISLATIVE PROCESS SINCE THIS IS A COMMITMENT TO OUR ZONING REGULATIONS IT REQUIRES A GOES THROUGH A 2-STEP LEGISLATIVE PROCESS. THE FIRST STEP IS TO BE CONSIDERED RECOMMENDED ON YOUR PLANNING COMMISSION. THE PLANNING COMMISSION CONDUCTED A PUBLIC HEARING ON APRIL 27.
WE PUBLISHED 1/8 OF A PAGE DISPLAY AD WHICH IS REQUIRED BY STATE LAW ON APRIL 15. WHICH IS DIFFERENT THAN OUR NORMAL PUBLIC NOTICING BUT TO CALL ATTENTION BECAUSE THIS HAS CITYWIDE IMPACT.
ON APRIL 27 THE PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING YOUR PLANNING COMMISSION VOTED 4 – ZERO TO RECOMMEND TO THE CITY COUNCIL THE ADOPTION OF THE ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 159.
WE ALSO NOTICED YOUR PUBLIC HEARING THIS EVENING.
AGAIN WE FOLLOWED THE PATTERN OF 1/8 OF A PAGE DISPLAY AD AGAIN FOR BRAUN CITYWIDE NOTIFICATION AND BOTH OF THESE EFFORTS COMPLY WITH THE CURRENT CALIFORNIA GOAT CODE SECTION FOR PUBLIC NOTICE FOR CHANGES WITH LEADING TO SIGNIFICANT CITYWIDE IMPACT. WHAT ARE THE CHANGES? THE CHANGES COVER SEVERAL DIFFERENT AREAS OF CHAPTER 159.
PARTICULARLY WHEN LOOKING AT AMENDMENTS TO SECTION 159, 565.
WE ARE AMENDING THE DEFINITIONS OVER MAKING REFERENCES TO SECTION 1 2306 WHICH ARE TECHNICAL TERMS AND PHRASES.
CANNABIS STOREFRONT RETAIL AND NON-FRONT RETAILERS BUSINESSES WILL BE PERMITTED IN CERTAIN AREAS OF THE CITY.
WE BROKE IT DOWN IN 3 DIFFERENT ORIENTATIONS. THE FIRST IS ALL COMMERCIAL LAND USE DISTRICTS EXCEPT PROPERTIES HIS OWN NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL.
THE BABY EXCLUDED NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL IS THEY TYPICALLY ARE CLOSE TO RESIDENTIAL AREAS.
COMMERCIAL AREAS WERE TALKING ABOUT OUR COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL AREAS, THE ORIGINAL COMMERCIAL AREAS.
THESE ARE MORE POPULATED ASSISTING OTHER COMMERCIAL BUSINESSES AND LESS LIKELY TO HAVE NEARBY ADJACENT RESIDENTIAL USES. WE ALSO IDENTIFIED ALL MIXED-USE LAND DISTRICTS. WE HAVE MIXED USE ZONING IN THE CITY CURRENTLY AND UNDER THE ZONING RELATIONS THAT THEY WILL BE COMING TO YOU LATER THIS YEAR.
WE'LL HAVE ADDITIONAL MIXED-USE ZONING. THIS WOULD BE ALLOWED ON PROPERTY THAT HAS MIXED-USE ZONING.
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FINALLY WE IDENTIFIED PROPERTIES THAT ARE REGULATED BY SPECIFIC PLAN. THAT IS BEEN ADOPTED BY THE CITY COMES BACK OR PROJECT MASTER PLAN.ALL SO PRIVACY ADOPTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL. THIS WOULD BE AN AREAS IDENTIFIED FOR COMMERCIAL USES AGAIN EXCLUDED NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL FOR THE REASONS ARE GESTATED.
WE DO NOTE THAT ALL OTHER COMMERCIAL CANNABIS ACTIVITIES WOULD BE PROHIBITED.
WILLING TALK ABOUT COMMERCIAL STOREFRONT AND NON-STOREFRONT RETAIL FENCE CONSISTENT WITH COUNCIL DIRECTION.
WE ALSO NOTED WHAT OUR LOCATION REQUIREMENTS AS THE COUNCIL IS AWARE OF THEIR STATUTORY REQUIREMENTS FOR 600 FEET FROM SENSITIVE USES.
THE COUNCIL PREVIOUSLY DIRECTED 250 FEET FROM CHURCHES THAT ARE IN RESIDENTIAL ZONES.
ABOUT WE WILL GET INTO THAT MORE ON THE NEXT ITEM ON YOUR AGENDA. THE PROPOSED CHANGES TO CHAPTER 159 DO MAKE NOTE ABOUT.
FINALLY WE DID NOTE A REVELATORY PERMIT, WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT SHORTLY AS REQUIRED PER CHAPTER 123.
WE ALSO MADE AMENDMENTS TO SECTION 159, 566.
AT THE INPUT OF THE CITY ATTORNEY WE DID ADDRESS PERSONAL INDOOR CULTIVATION WHICH IS AUTHORIZED BY STATUTE.
ALONG WITH THAT WE DID PROVIDE DEFINITIONS AROUND THOUGHT TO MAKE IT CLEAR AS TO WHAT IS ALLOWED AND THAT COVERS THINGS SUCH AS FULLY ENCLOSED AND SECURE STORAGE, INDOOR, OUTDOOR AND PRIVATE RESIDENCE.
FINALLY THE MINUTES SECTION 159, 567568.
THESE ARE THE SECTIONS OF THE CODE THAT DID NOT ALLOW MARSHALL CANNABIS ACTIVITY. NOW WE HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU A PROPOSAL TO ALLOW CERTAIN RESTRICTIONS COMMERCIAL CANNABIS ACTIVITIES.
STOREFRONT AND NON-STOREFRONT RETAIL ONLY. WE DID FIND THIS RECOMMENDATION FOR AMENDMENTS TO CHAPTER 159 IS EXEMPT FROM SEQUENT UNDER THE COMMONSENSE EXCEPTION. THERE IS NO POSSIBILITY FOR SNIFF IN FACT WITH THE ENVIRONMENT.
WITH STOPS FIGHTING. CANNABIS RETAILERS WOULD BE ALLOWED IN AREAS WHERE THERE'S ALREADY PERMITTED COMMERCIAL LAND USES FOR EXAMPLE RETAIL VENUES IS.
WITH THAT, STAFF IS RECOMMENDING THE COMES BACK WAIVE THE FULL READING OF ORDINANCE 1779 AMENDING 159 ZONING REGULATIONS OF THE INDIO MUNICIPAL CODE TO ALLOW CANNABIS STORE RETAILER AND NON-RESTORE.
INTRODUCED BY TITLE ONLY AND REQUEST CITY CLERK READ THE TITLE.
WITHOUT HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
ON THE SENSITIVE USES THE LOCATION REQUIREMENTS THE 2050 FEET FROM ANY CHURCH LOCATED IN A RESIDENTIAL ZONE. WHEN WE DRAFTED THIS WE FORGOT TO INSERT IT. I JUST PASSED AROUND AND THE CLERK HAS A COPY.
SO THAT IF THE MOTION IS MADE IT WOULD BE TO A FULL READING OF ORDINANCE 1779 AS AMENDED AND I WILL READ THAT LANGUAGE. IT ADDS TO SECTION 159.565.
C. IT STATES CANNABIS STOREFRONT RETAILER AND CANNABIS NON-STOREFRONT RETURN WILL BE NO SICK CENTER FEET WITH ANY PARCEL IN THE CITY INSENSITIVE USE.
OR THIS IS THAT LEG WAS 2050 FEET FROM ANY CHURCH LOCATED IN A RESIDENTIAL ZONE.
THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING ITEM.
I WILL OPEN. I BLESS THE CLERK IF IT ANYONE IS ON
LINE? >> YES TREATMENT WE HAVE CHRISTOPHER MARTINEZ ON
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ZOOM. FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.MINUTES. >> HI, GOOD AFTERNOON MAYOR AT CITY COUNCIL.
I LIKE TO THINK YOU GUYS FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK ON THIS AGENDA ITEM.
THERE WAS ONE ITEM I WANT TO TOUCH ON WHICH IS A SENSITIVE USE. I THINK IT MIGHT'VE BEEN DEFINED IN THE ORDINANCE.
WANT TO MAKE SURE SENSITIVE USE IS CLEARLY DEFINED ESPECIALLY FOR ITEMS LIKE PRIVATE DAYCARE'S. WHEN APPLICANT IS LOOKING TO OCCUPY RETAIL SPACE IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO FIND OUT DEPENDING ON THE CITY'S AND WHAT DOCUMENTS AND RECORDS THAT ARE AVAILABLE IS TO FIND OUT WHERE THOSE PRIVATE DAYCARE'S ARE THAT MAYBE CONSIDERED SENSITIVE USE. BUT THE ONLY ITEM OR ONLY TOPIC ON THIS ITEM I WANTED TO ADDRESS.
JUST A DENSE DEFINITION SENSITIVE USE WHAT RECORDS WOULD BE AVAILABLE TO THE APPLICANT THAT THEY'RE NOT LOOKING TO LEASE OR PURCHASE OF PROPERTY THAT MIGHT BAR THEM FROM BEING ELIGIBLE TO SUBMIT AN APPLICATION AND I BELIEVE THAT WAS IT.
NEXT THEY GIVE MR. MARTINEZ. MR. SNYDER I BELIEVE THAT'S DEFINED IN
THE CODE, CORRECT? >> MAYOR THAT IS ACTUALLY IN THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM.
WE COULD GO FURTHER INTO TELL ABOUT. THIS AGENDA ITEM IS REFERENCE TO CHAPTER 123 WHICH WILL BE THE TOPIC OF THE NEXT
AGENDA ITEM. >> I CAN ANSWER THAT QUESTION PER THE SENSITIVE USE IS INCLUDED TO STAY ON SENSITIVE USE. IT'S COMMERCIAL DAYCARE.
THOSE FACILITIES ARE LICENSED BY THE COUNTY SO THERE WOULD BE COUNTY PUBLIC RECORDS WITH RESPECT TO THAT.
THEY WOULD HAVE TO GET I BELIEVE A BUSINESS PERMIT BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT FAMILY DAYCARE THERE COMMERCIAL DAYCARE.
I'M SURE WE WOULD BE ABLE TO ASSIST THEM WITHOUT.
>> THANK YOU. DO WE HAVE ANYTHING FURTHER?
MAYOR. >> I HAVE NO ONE PRESENT IN THE QUEUE.
I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND OPEN IT UP TO THE COUNCIL FOR ANY QUESTIONS
OR COMMENTS. >> MAYOR PRO TEM?
>> CAN YOU GO OVER AGAIN THE REGULATIONS AND PRIVATE RESIDENCES.
>> MAYOR PRO TEM ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT THE PERSONAL
>> TO HELP ME ANSWER YOUR QUESTION WHAT SPECIFICALLY ARE YOU WANTING TO
UNDERSTAND? >> WHAT IS ALLOWED AND WHAT ISN'T ALLOWED.
>> THE SECTION IS INTENDED TO BE CONSISTENT WITH STATE LAW.
WE ARE NOT EXPANDING OR IN ANY WAY MODIFYING WITH STATE LAW ALLOWS. PERSONAL INDOOR CULTIVATION IS ALLOWED IN STATE LAW.
>> AND ITS 6 OR FEWER LIVE CANNABIS PLANTS WITHIN A SINGLE PRIVATE RESIDENCE OR INSIDE AN ACCESSORY STRUCTURE. BUT LOCATED ON THE GROUNDS OF THE PRIVATE RESIDENCE THAT'S FULLY ENCLOSED AND SECURE.
THESE PROVISIONS ARE AN EXACT CARRYOVER OF WHAT IS EXISTING ALREADY IN OUR CODE. WHICH WAS TO FOLLOW THE STATE LAW WHEN THE CITY FIRST PROHIBITED
CANNABIS. >> OKAY, I WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE WERE CHANGING
ANYTHING IN THERE. >> WERE NOT CHANGING EVERY ANYTHING THAT'S THE EXACT CARRYOVER JUST IN THE USE SECTION I BELIEVE. AND PRIVATE RESIDENCE IS A HOUSE, APARTMENT UNIT, MOBILE HOME OR ANY SIMILAR DRILLING THAT'S USED AS A RESIDENCE WHICH IS THE SAME LANGUAGE WE'VE USED FOR THE PAST SEVERAL
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>> GREAT. SEEING WE HAVE NO FURTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS I WILL ENTERTAIN
A MOTION. >> WAY FULL READING OF ORDERS 1779 AS AMENDED I TAKE IT. MANY CHAPTER 159
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ZONING REGULATIONS OF THE INDIO MUNICIPAL CODES WITHOUT CANNABIS STOREFRONT RETAIL AND[3. ADJOURN TO CLOSED SESSION TO CONSIDER:]
CANNABIS ON STOREFRONT RETAILER BUSINESSES IN CERTAIN AREAS OF THE CITY.[1. CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL]
INTRODUCE ORDINANCE BY TITLE ONLY AND REQUEST CITY CLERK TO READ THE>> WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER MILLER AND THE SECOND BY MAYOR PRO TEM. CAN I VOTE PLEASE.
ALL RIGHT. >> ENOUGH FOR THE RECORD.
[4. CITY ATTORNEY REPORT ON CLOSED SESSION]
PRETTY THE ORDINANCE NUMBER 1779 AND ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF INDIO AMENDING CHAPTER 159 REGULATIONS OF THE INDIO MUNICIPAL CODE TO ALLOW CANNABIS STOREFRONT RETAILER AND CANNABIS NON-STOREFRONT RETAILER BUSINESSES AND COMMERCIAL LAND USE DISTRICTS EXCEPT FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL ZONE.NEXT USE DISTRICTS AND ON PROPERTIES REGULATED BY SPECIFIC PLAN OR PROJECT MASTER PLAN THAT PERMITS COMMERCIAL LAND USES EXCLUDING ANY PROPERTIES DESIGNATED AS NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL COMMITTEE THE SUBCHAPTER INAUDIBLE.
MAKING A DETERMINATION OF THE ORDINANCES EXEMPT FROM REVIEW UNDER SEQUENT PURSUANT TO SEQUENCE GUIDELINES SECTION 15061.
WE WILL MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER 11 WHICH ARE ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS. 11.1 IS ORDINANCE 1780.
ADDING A NEW CHAPTER 1232 TITLE 5 OF THE INDIO MUNICIPAL TO REGULATE AND PERMIT COMMERCIAL CANNABIS ACTIVITIES IN THE CITY AND MAKE A DETERMINATION THAT THE ORDINANCE IS NOT SUBJECTED TO CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT PURSUANT TO SEQUENT GUIDELINES 15060C 3 AND THIS WILL BE HANDLED BY HER CITY MANAGER MR.
BRYANT RECOVERY. >> THANK YOU MAYOR.
IN MANY WAYS THIS IS HISTORIC AND SIGNIFICANT DAY AS WE TAKE ON PERHAPS ONE MIGHT SAY ABLATED THIS REGULATORY AUTHORITY. WHAT'S PROPOSED AS A COMPANION AS MR. SNYDER INDICATED INTO WHAT YOU JUST PASSED. A REGULATORY ORDINANCE THAT ALLOWS FOR THE PROCESS AND THE ALLOWANCE OF THESE USES THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY.
MINIMIZING UP THE MOST AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE THE CONCERNS THAT MIGHT
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EXIST WITH THIS LEGAL INDUSTRY.AFTER CERTAINLY THINK THE CITY ATTORNEY, MR. SNYDER AND HDL CONSULTANT TO HELPING US WILL TOGETHER THIS REVELATORY ORDINANCE.
THIS I BELIEVE IS THE 4TH OR FIFTH TIME YOU'VE ADDRESSED THIS MATTER.
THIS IS BEEN WELL REVIEWED AND WELL REHEARSED.
IN FACT THIS REGULATORY ORDINANCE PRESENTED IS
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EXACT SAME ORDINANCE YOU SAW IN THE LAST STUDY SESSION. SO MUCH OF THIS WILL BE A REVIEW FOR THIS.WE ARE SEEKING YOUR APPROVAL AT THIS POINT.
SOME OF THE KEY DEFINITIONS YOU WILL FIND IN THE FORMATTING GOT LOST BETWEEN OUR OFFICES AND THE CHAMBERS HERE.
SOME KEY DEFINITIONS THAT ARE WITHIN THE ORDINANCE.
YOU WILL SEE THE SLIDES THROUGHOUT THIS POWERPOINT. WE WON'T READ THROUGH ALL OF THESE.
AS WE THINK ABOUT KEY DEFINITIONS AS YOU LOOK AT THESE REGARDING WHAT IS ECONOMIST BUSINESS PERMIT AGAIN. THIS REGULATORY ORDINANCE REFERS SPECIFICALLY TO THE RETAIL USE THAT THE ZONING TEXT AMENDMENT ADDRESSED.
WHAT IS A COMMERCIAL CANNABIS BUSINESS. WHAT ARE THE NON-STOREFRONT RETAILERS AND THE RETAILERS. PERHAPS AS WE GO THROUGH EACH SLIDE TO MR. SNYDER HAS VOLUNTEERED TO HELP ME ON THESE I'M SURE THE CITY OF ATTORNEY WE CHIME IN.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS RELATIVE TO THE DEFINITIONS PROPOSED IN THE REGULATORY ORDINANCE? PARTICULARLY TO THE KEY
DEFINITIONS. >> CITY MANAGER IF I COULD GO BACKWARDS ONE.
I THINK IT'S SOMETHING IMPORTANT TO POINT OUT. I'M NOT TOUCHING ANYTHING I'M NOT SURE WITH HAPPINING.
WHOEVER IS DRIVING THESE LET ME HAVE A STEERING WHEEL. SO AS A CITY MANAGER POINTED OUT THIS IS A VAGUELY TORY ORDINANCE. ONE THING, LITERALLY ANSWER OFF THE WHEEL. ONE IMPORTANT THING TO POINT OUT IS THE PROCESS FOR SELECTION, I'M GONNA SEE IF I CAN MAKE THIS WORK OR THEIR EGO.
[5.1 Presentation by GFWC Woman's Club of Indio]
THE PROCESS FOR PROCESSING, FOR REVIEW AND SELECTION OF PERMIT APPLICATIONS IS NOT BEFORE YOU THIS EVENING. THAT WILL BE A SEPARATE ACTIVITY THAT WE WILL COME BACK TO YOU ON FOR RESOLUTION ACTION.INTERNALLY WE'VE TARGETED FOR 60 DAYS OR LESS TO BE BACK IN FRONT OF YOU WITHOUT RESOLUTION.
WE WILL COME BACK TO YOU WITH REVIEW OPPORTUNITY AND OBVIOUSLY AN ACTION OPPORTUNITY. THIS EVENING AS YOU LOOK AT WHAT IS IN FRONT OF YOU PLEASE NOTE THAT AS A SEPARATE ACTION COMMITTEE APPEARED SORRY CITY MANAGER I WANTED TO
MAKE THAT POINT. >> I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT KNOWING SOME OF THE NEED IS YET TO COME.
THESE ARE SIGNIFICANT FACTORS.
YOU WILL SEE SUCH AS THE NUMBER OF BUSINESSES THAT WOULD BE ALLOWED AS PROPOSED BETWEEN ONE PER 15 AND ONE PER 25,000.
BUT IS SOMETHING YET TO BE DETERMINED UNLESS YOU VOTE OTHERWISE THIS EVENING. I WILL DRIVE.
WHEEL. >> I THINK THERE ARE LIKE 11 SLIDES HERE.
KNOWING YOU'VE GONE THROUGH THIS PREVIOUSLY I DON'T WANT TO MAKE SURE WE DON'T JUST READ THROUGH THIS.
THERE ARE SIGNIFICANT STATE REQUIREMENTS FOR ANY OF THESE RETAILERS AND THE LICENSES THEY WOULD RECEIVE. KNOW THAT WE CONTINUE TO BE A PROBLEM PART OF OUR REVIEW PROCESS INVOLVING CRIMINAL
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BACKGROUND CHECKS AND DIFFERENT PROHIBITIONS RELATED TO THE PERMITS.THE HDL TEAM THAT HAS PUT TOGETHER THIS REGULATORY ORDINANCE HAS DONE THIS UP AND DOWN THE STATE.
THERE IS A BALANCE BETWEEN PROTECTING AND ADDRESSING THE CONCERNS THAT MAY COME WITH BUSINESSES SUCH AS THESE. ALSO ALLOWING THESE BUSINESSES TO SUCCEED AND FLOURISH.
IN MY MIND I WOULD DESCRIBE THESE PROVISIONS AS A COMPROMISE BETWEEN THE REGULATIONS THAT ARE NECESSARY YET ALLOWING THE BUSINESS TO PROCEED.
AS YOU KNOW IN INDIA THESE WERE NOT ALLOWED TO EXIST.
NOW WE CAN EVEN GET IT TO WORK. SO, WE TALKED ABOUT THE DIFFERENT RESOLUTION THAT WOULD COME FORWARD IN THE PROCESS FOR SOLICITING APPLICATIONS. THE REVIEW THE APPLICATIONS.
WHAT YOU SEE HERE IS A VERY BROAD GUIDELINES WITHIN THE REGULATORY ORDINANCE. WE TALKED ABOUT THESE AT THE LAST STUDY SESSION. CERTAINLY THE ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS ARE FAIRLY STRICT. AS A MERE OF WHAT THE STATE REQUIRES YOU WILL BE ABLE TO REVIEW THOSE THEN COME DOWN TO A SIGNIFICANT DECISION ON FINAL SELECTION. THE LABOR PEACE AGREEMENT.
THIS IS SOMETHING VERY COMMONLY DISCUSSED AND THERE IS A REQUIREMENT, THE STATE LAW IS DIFFERENT THAN WHAT OUR REGULATORY ORDINANCE IS PROPOSED HERE. AND THAT WE RECOMMEND THIS WOULD BE APPLICABLE TO APPLICANTS THAT HAVE 10 OR FEWER EMPLOYEES. IT APPEARS
>> OKAY, 10 OR MORE, THANK YOU. BUT THE STATE CODE THAT DECIDED IS 20.
THERE'S SLIGHTLY MORE STRICT REVIEW REGARDING THAT ONE ELEMENT.
AGAIN, NOT WANTING TO READ THROUGH EVERY ONE OF THESE SLIDES. IF THERE ANY QUESTIONS RELATING TO THE EXERCISE OF THE PERMIT ITSELF, HOW IT MIGHT BE ABANDONED. REAPPLYING FOR THE PERMIT, SHOULD THAT SITUATION OCCUR. I WILL GO THROUGH THESE.
CERTAINLY KEVIN IF THERE'S SOME INFORMATION YOU WOULD LIKE TO PROVIDE OR CITY ATTORNEY ANYTHING YOU FEEL THAT IS RELEVANT. I FEEL LIKE WE'VE GONE THROUGH THESE BEFORE. THERE'S AN APPEAL PROCESS AS PART OF A 2 PROCESS. THAT WILL BE AVAILABLE. THIS PERMIT WOULD BE EFFECTIVE FOR ONE YEAR. THESE ARE VERY STANDARD PROVISIONS. CHANGES IN LOCATION WOULD HAVE TO BE APPROVED. THAT'S AN ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW. THE TRANSFER, LIKEWISE. THE LOCATION THIS IS SIGNIFICANT IN THAT AS A CITY ATTORNEY INDICATED THROUGH THE ZONING AND THE TEXT AMENDMENTS WE HAD OMITTED AND OVERTLY THE DISTANCE FROM A CHURCH WITHIN A RESIDENTIAL AREA.
I BELIEVE THE CITY ATTORNEY HAS PASSED OUT HIGHLIGHTING SECTION 123 32 SUBSECTION B ONE THAT WOULD ADD 250 FEET FROM ANY CHURCH LOCATED IN A RESIDENTIAL ZONE RESIDENTIAL SENSITIVE USE.
THESE YOU SEE OUTLINE HERE THAT HAVE BEEN INCLUDED IN THE REGULATORY ORDINANCE IS WITHIN STATE LAW. NOT MUCH DISCRETION THERE. AGAIN WE DISCUSSED THESE AT A PREVIOUS
MEETING. >> CITY MANAGER IF I COULD DROP IN ON ONE ITEM.
THE ACTION BY THE COUNCIL AND YOUR PREVIOUS AGENDA ITEM PERMITS IN CERTAIN AREAS OF THE CITY THE ISSUES OF MAKING SURE THERE'S QUALITY DESIGN.
MAKING SURE ADDRESSING ODOR AND OTHER IMPACTS.
THAT WILL BE REVIEWED AS PART OF A BUSINESS LICENSE PROCESS AND OR IF THERE'S A BUILDING PERMIT REQUIRED DEPENDING ON WHETHER THIS IS AN EXISTING SPACE IS BEING RENOVATED FOR OR A NEW BUILD. AT STAFF LEVEL WE WILL MAKE SURE THE OVERALL THEME OF QUALITY AND MITIGATION OF IMPACTS TO SURROUNDING AREAS IS ENFORCED THROUGH EITHER
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ONE OR BOTH OF THOSEACTIONS. >> THANK YOU FOR THAT.
I KNOW WE RECEIVED PUBLIC COMMENT TONIGHT. ONE OF THE PROVISIONS OF THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE RELATES TO THE SIGNAGE THAT WOULD BE ALLOWED. WE HOPE IT'S UNDERSTOOD THAT THE NAME OF THE BUSINESS WOULD BE ALLOWED. WHAT IS INDICATED IN THE ORDINANCE HOWEVER IS NOT A LIST ON A SIGN OF SERVICES OR PRODUCTS PROVIDED. OR ANY DECAL OR LOCAL OF A CANNABIS LEAF OR SOMETHING OF THAT NATURE.
IT'S SOMEWHAT OF A UNIQUE PROVISION AND WE SEE THIS UP-AND-DOWN THE STATE. THE WORD CANNABIS IN THE BUSINESS CAN BE IN THE TITLE OF THE BUSINESS BUT THERE CAN'T BE ELABORATION PURSUANT TO THIS ORDINANCE AS WRITTEN NOW OF A LIST OF SERVICES WITHIN THAT SIGNAGE. IT NEEDS TO BE A CRISP, THIS IS WHAT WE ARE, THIS IS WHO WE ARE.
THAT'S INDICATED THEREIN. THIS IS A VERY LENGTHY LIST. I APOLOGIZE FOR THE SIZE OF IT.
YOU CAN IMAGINE THE KEY SAFETY SECURITY MEASURES THAT ARE IMPORTANT FOR BUSINESS SUCH AS THIS. MANY OF THESE ARE REQUIRED BY STATE LAW. YOU WILL SEE SOME ELEMENTS THAT MAY BE MORE STRICT AND AGAIN CITIES ACROSS THE STATE HAVE LEARNED FROM PAST EXPERIENCE ABOUT WHAT IS NEEDED AND REQUIRED.
I RECEIVED A PUBLIC COMMENT, EMAIL RELATIVE TO THE 24 HOUR SECURITY SURVEILLANCE.
AND WHETHER 24 HOUR IN PERSON SECURITY IS NEEDED. ORDINANCE SPECIFICALLY STATES THAT IF IT'S NOT 24 HOURS OF ON-SITE SECURITY THERE MUST BE AN ALTERNATIVE PLAN TO THAT.
THAT WOULD BE REVIEWED BY STAFF TO ENSURE THAT THERE IS ADEQUATE SECURITY.
STATE LAW REQUIRES SECURITY WHILE OPEN.
THE QUESTION IS WHAT IS THE PLAN THAT WE COULD BE REASSURED THAT THE FACILITY IS SAFE WHILE NOT OPEN. I WANT TO MAKE THAT CLEAR. YOU SEE THINGS LIKE PANIC BUTTONS AND CAMERAS AND SO FORTH THAT
[6. YOUTH ADVISORY COUNCIL (YAC)]
COULD HELP REASSURE US AS A REGULATORS AND OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT TEAM AS WELL AS THE COMMUNITY THAT THERE ARE SIGNIFICANT AND EXPENSIVE SECURITY MEASURES REQUIRED BY THIS CHAPTER. ELEMENTS OF OPERATION. WHAT IS PROPOSED AS A 12 HOUR WINDOW OF NARNIA TO 9 PM.AGAIN, WE RECEIVED AN EMAIL REQUESTING DIFFERENT HOURS BECAUSE THE STATE DOES PROVIDE I BELIEVE FROM 6 PM TO 10 PM.
STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION ARE THESE HOURS SEEM TO BE CONSISTENT STATEWIDE FROM AMMONIUM TO 9 PM. PERHAPS 10 PM BUT NOT BE AN UNREASONABLE REQUEST IN OUR DISCUSSION WITH STAFF.
>> EXACTLY. AMMONIUM TO 9 PM IS WHAT IS IN THE REGULATORY ORDINANCE. IF THERE SOME SLIGHT, STAFF WOULD RECOMMEND 9:00 A.M.
NO ON-SITE CONSUMPTION. NO SIMILAR SALES OF ALCOHOL OR TOBACCO ON-SITE.
THIS IS STRICTLY CANNABIS PRODUCTS. YOU SEE THIS ISSUE OF THE VISIBLE GRAPHIC OF CANNABIS WITHIN OR ON THE EXTERIOR OF THE BUSINESS. AGAIN NOT GOING THROUGH EVERY ONE OF THOSE. WE WANT TO KNOW WHO THE EMERGENCY CONTACT IS 24 HOURS A DAY.
THIS IS IMPORTANT FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT TO RESPOND.
SHOULD ISSUES OCCUR ON SITE. OWNER CONTROL.
MR. SNYDER INDICATED AND OF COURSE AS A BACKGROUND CHECK REQUIRED FOR THOSE THAT WORK ON SITE.
NO GLITTERING IS ANOTHER IMPORTANT FACTOR THAT'S BEEN LEARNED FROM OTHER CITIES. PERHAPS THAT'S A BENEFIT AND VIRTUE FOR US HAVING NEEDED SOME TIME TO DISCUSS AND CONSIDER SUCH
[7. REPORT ON CITY COUNCIL EXTERNAL/INTERNAL BOARDS, COMMISSIONS AND COMMITTEE MEETINGS AND REPORT ON MEETINGS ATTENDED PER GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 53232.3(d)]
ORDINANCE ARE THE LESSONS LEARNED UP UNTIL THE STATE FROM OTHER CITIES THAT HAVE ADOPTED THESE ORDINANCES. MR. SNYDER IF THERE'S ANYTHING TO ADD TO THESE AS THEY RELATE MORE[01:35:01]
TO THE LAND USE. >> NO. I THINK WHAT IS INTENDED FOR FOCUSING ONLY ON STOREFRONT RETAIL AND NON-STOREFRONT RETAIL.
THERE ARE OPERATING REQUIREMENTS TESTING WHICH BETWEEN THE TYPE OF OPERATION WHETHER IT STOREFRONT OR NON-STOREFRONT, DELIVERY.
THE ORDINANCE DOES DISTINGUISH BETWEEN THE 2 AND PROVIDES DISTINCTIVE OPERATING REQUIREMENTS FOR THE 2. CERTAINLY, MAYOR?
I JUST WANTED TO INDICATE THAT THE REGULATORY ORDINANCE IMPLIES AND REQUIRES BOTH COMMUNITY RELATIONS AND A COMMUNITY BENEFIT AGREEMENT IS OFTEN FOUND IN THE COMMUNITY BENEFIT AGREEMENT IS A PAYMENT OPERATING.
THAT'S MADE OF REVENUES WE DISCUSSED IN THE COUNCIL APPEAR TO BE CONSISTENT IN DIRECTING THAT AMOUNT TO BE LESS THAN OTHER CITIES IN THE VALLEY. PERHAPS SOMETHING IN THE 4 TO 5 PERCENT RANGE THEN SOMETHING HIGHER.
THAT WOULD COME FORWARD IN THESE OPERATING AGREEMENTS AS WE MOVE THROUGH THIS PROCESS. AS YOU SEE THE RESOLUTION THIS WILL BECOME MORE CLEAR AND AS MR. SNYDER INDICATED WE COULD BRING THAT BACK WITHIN A COUPLE OF MONTHS.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE DO PROPER RESEARCH IN THE PATH OF GETTING THERE.
SO, THIS IS AN ADDITIONAL ORDINANCE AND WE DO RECOMMEND A FULL READING BE WAIVED. AND THAT WE CONTINUE TO PROCEED WITH THE NEXT STOPPED THIS BEING THE REGULATORY STEP OF ALLOWING RETAIL CANNABIS IN THE CITY OF
INDIO. >> ALL RIGHT. BEFORE WE PROCEED I HAVE ONE PUBLIC COMMENT. THAT'S MR.
ALMOST OFF BY SAYING THANK YOU TO THE CITY STAFF ESPECIALLY KEVIN AND BRIAN. I KNOW HOW MUCH WORK GOES INTO THESE REGULATIONS AND THERE'S NO WAY TO MAKE EVERYBODY HAPPY. I FEEL LIKE THE CITY'S DONE AN INCREDIBLE JOB WITH COMING UP WITH FAIR REGULATIONS TO ALLOW FOR BUSINESSES TO BE SUCCESSFUL. OVERALL I BELIEVE THE CITY STAFF HAS DONE AN INCREDIBLE JOB ON THIS. I'M ABSOLUTELY THRILLED TO SEE THE CITY OF INDIO MOVE FORWARD ON THIS TOPIC. I THINK CANNABIS BUSINESSES WILL BRING WELL-PAYING JOBS, TAX REVENUES FOR THE CITY AND WE WILL BE ABLE TO WORK ON BUILDINGS THAT ARE CURRENTLY VACANT IN THE CITY OF INDIO.
AS I TYPICALLY DO I DO HAVE A FEW NOTES.
I APPRECIATE EVERYBODY ALWAYS BEING OPEN TO THE CANNABIS INDUSTRIES AND FEEDBACK AS A PART OF CITY VIDEO IS CONCERNED. THE CITY MANAGER BROUGHT UP A COUPLE ISSUES THAT I BROUGHT UP IN CONVERSATIONS. THIS IS A 24 HOUR SECURITY GUARDS.
I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND 24 HOUR SECURITY GUARDS ENDS UP COSTING ALMOST $200,000 A YEAR TO HAVE ONE SINGLE SECURITY GUARD THERE FOR 365 DAYS, 24 HOURS A DAY.
$200,000 TO ANY SMALL BUSINESS IS ENOUGH TO BASICALLY WIPE OUT OUR OPPORTUNITIES TO TRYING TO INVEST THAT MONEY INTO OUR COMMUNITY AND INTO OUR EMPLOYEES. I SUGGEST WE FIND A WAY TO NOT PUT THAT BURDEN ON A SMALL BUSINESS ESPECIALLY WILMER STARTING OUT. ANOTHER ISSUE BROUGHT UP IS PROMOTE ACCESSIBILITY TO THE CAMERAS BY THE CITY MANAGER. THAT'S NOT SOMETHING I RAN INTO IN ANY OTHER SITUATION. I DON'T BELIEVE WE WOULD REQUIRE ANYTHING ELSE IN THE CITY OF VIDEO TO HAVE THAT. THE SECOND OVERREACH ON MY PART.
I WANTED TO THROW THAT OUT THERE. IT SEEMS ODD TO ME. I DO KNOW THE APPLICATION PROCESS HAS BEEN DISCLOSED YET.
I DO WANT TO AGAIN DISCOURAGE THE USE OF A LOTTERY SYSTEM IF THAT IS SOMETHING THAT IS STILL ON THE TABLE. LOTTERY SYSTEMS ARE OFTEN GAINED BY PEOPLE THAT HAVE ENOUGH MONEY TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO DO SO. IT TAKES AWAY OF THE ABILITY OF CITY COUNCIL TO CHOOSE WHO THEY WANT OPERATING BUSINESSES IN THEIR CITY AND INSTEAD COMES DOWN TO SODIUM GETS HER NAME PULLED OUT OF A HAT. I THINK THE CITY OF
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INDIO SHOULD LOOK INTO PICKING THE BEST OPERATORS AND COMING UP WITH A MERIT-BASED SYSTEM THAT REWARDS LOCALS AND REWARDS PEOPLE WHO ARE ACTUALLY EXPERIENCED BUSINESS OWNERS VERSUS RANDOM CHANCE. FINALLY I KNOW YOU ALL HAVE MENTIONED YOU'RE LOOKING TO SLOWLY WORK YOUR WAY INTO THE CANNABIS INTEREST RATE AND I RESPECT THAT.WE STRONGLY TO RECONSIDER THE STRATEGY. UNLIMITED CULTIVATION, MANUFACTURING AND DISTRIBUTION INSIDE OF YOUR CITY IS DOING NOTHING OTHER THAN TURNING DOWN DOZENS OF WELL-PAYING JOBS.
HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS IN TAX REVENUE AND HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS IN TENANT IMPROVEMENT ON BUILDINGS THAT ARE CURRENTLY SITTING VACANT IN YOUR INDUSTRIAL ZONES.
SAME NOTE WITH ON-SITE CONSUMPTION. UNDERSTAND WHY IT FEELS LIKE YOU SHOULD START THERE. WITHOUT MONTHLY CONSUMPTION WILL BE THE ONLY CITY IN COACHELLA VALLEY THAT ALLOWS FOR CANNABIS BUT DOESN'T GIVE THEIR CITIZENS SOMEWHERE TO SAFELY USE THOSE PRODUCTS THAT THEY ARE ALREADY BUYING IT'S OUT OF YOUR CITY.
THEY GIVE YOUR TIME AND I APPRECIATE THE
CONSIDERATION. >> THANK YOU MR. CHURCHILL. CITY CLERK DO WE HAVE FOLKS ONLINE?
>> YES MAYOR. HAVE PEDRO AND FOLLOWED BY ANNA AND THEN FOLLOWED BY CHRISTOPHER MARTINEZ.
>> HELLO STAFF MY NAME IS PEDRO I'M FROM LIBER SHOPS IN THE VALLEY. I WANT TO THANK YOU GUYS FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU FOR THIS CONSIDERATION. I KNOW IT'S BEEN A LONG PROCESS FOR YOU GUYS TO GET THIS GOING. I APPRECIATE YOU GUYS TAKING CANNABIS SERIOUSLY IN THE CITY.
ESPECIALLY BEING A LOCAL RESIDENT I REALLY LOVE THIS PROGRESSION FROM THE CITY. THE ONLY THINGS I WANT TO BRING UP A LITTLE BIT IS A LITTLE BIT MORE CLARITY ON THE YOUTH CENTERS. I KNOW THE APPLICATION PROCESS HASN'T BEEN DEFINED YET.
FEELING OF CLARIFICATION I WOULD WANT IS IF WE CAN DEFINE IT EITHER IF IT'S A PROPERTY LINE OR BUILDING TO BUILDING.
I KNOW SOME EITHER SCHOOLS HAVE A BIG PARKING LOT. I NEED TO KNOW IF THAT PLAYS INTO CONSIDERATION.
WE ARE REQUIRED BY STATE LAW TARDY HAVE 24 HOUR SECURITY WITH AT LEAST A 30 DAY PLAYBACK.
WE ARE ALREADY INVESTING MONEY INTO THE SECURITY SYSTEM.
HAVING AN ARMED GUARD WOULD BE ADDITIONAL COST FOR US TO HEALTH.
ONE OF THE LAST THINGS I WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS IS THE LIMITED HOURS.
CURRENTLY RIGHT NOW MOST CITIES IN THE VALLEY TO ALLOW US TO BE OPEN FROM 6 AM TO 10 PM. I THINK CUTTING THE HOURS TO THE BUSINESSES IN INDIO WILL NOT HELP I GUESS GENERATE SO MUCH REVENUE.
I KNOW WE USUALLY GET HIGH BRUSHES IN THE MORNING. THE OLDER CROWD DOES LIKE TO COME AND GET THEIR STUFF EARLY BEFORE EVERYBODY ELSE. AT NIGHT WE HAVE NIGHT RUSSIANS AROUND 9 PM.
THE CITY CAN LOSE IN SOME REVENUE IF WE DON'T EXTEND THE HOURS. I UNDERSTAND THE LIMITATIONS YOU GUYS ARE LOOKING FOR.
A LOT OF THESE BUSINESSES WE HOPE
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TO HAVE TO BE CLOSE BY 10 PM. NOT TRANSACTING AFTER THAT. I THINK 10 PM IS STILL A GOOD OPTION TO STOP. AS FAR AS THAT RECOMMENDATIONS THAT'S ALL I HAVE. THANK YOU GUYS FOR YOUR TIME.THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION AND I LOOK FORWARD TO YOU GUYS PASSING THIS. THANK YOU AGAIN.
>> THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS.
MOVING TO THE NEXT BIGGER. >> ANNA, YOU HAVE 3
MINUTES. >> GOOD EVENING MAYOR FURMAN AND MEMBERS OF THE COUNSIL. MY NAMES ANNA AND I'M WITH UNITED FOOD AND COMMERCIAL UNION LOCAL 67. OUR UNIT REPRESENTS 10,000 CANNABIS WORKERS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY. LOCALLY WE ARE VERY PROUD TO REPRESENT THE FIRST UNIONIZED CANNABIS SHOPS IN THE COACHELLA VALLEY.
IN THE INLAND EMPIRE. JOE DUFFEL, OUR PRESIDENT DID SUBMIT A LETTER TO THE COUNCIL YESTERDAY EXPRESSING OUR SUPPORT FOR THE REGULATION OF COMMERCIAL CANNABIS ACTIVITIES.
AND FOR THAT LABOR PEACE LANGUAGE THAT IS OUTLINED IN ORDINANCE NUMBER 1780. WE WOULD LIKE TO FURTHER EXPRESS OUR SUPPORT FOR A MERIT-BASED SYSTEM AND IN THE SELECTION OF APPLICANTS AS THE CITY CONTINUES TO TALK ABOUT THIS. THE MERIT SYSTEM SHOULD AWARD POINTS TO APPLICANTS BASED ON CRITERIA THAT IS IS OF IMPORTANCE TO THE RESIDENTS OF THE CITY AND KEEPS FUTURE INDIO CANNABIS WORKERS AT THE FOCUS OF THESE POLICY DECISIONS. A STRONG MERIT-BASED SYSTEM IN OUR OPINION WOULD INCLUDE OR WOULD AWARD POINTS TO OPERATORS THAT PAY FAMILY SUSTAINING WAGES, HAVE ASSIGNED LABOR PEACE AGREEMENT, HAVE PLANS TO MITIGATE NOISE, SMELL AND OTHER CONCERNS THAT COMMUNITY MEMBERS HAVE EXPRESSED. AND MOST IMPORTANTLY AWARD POINTS TO OPERATORS THAT HAVE SIGNED COLLECTING BARGAINING AGREEMENTS AND OTHER AREAS. THESE ARE ALSO KNOWN AS CBA'S. AS WE CONTINUE TO THE PROCESS YOU WILL HEAR FROM MANY OPERATORS. YOU'LL HEAR THAT THEY'LL COMMIT TO PAINT LIVING WAGES AND IN SOME CASES THAT DOESN'T END UP HAPPENING.
DOING THIS WOULD ALLOW THOSE COMPANIES OR WOULD ALLOW US TO BRING IN THE PAST EMPLOYERS WHO ARE TRULY COMMITTED TO THE CITY OF INDIO. AS WAS EXPRESSED IN OUR LETTER HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE SURE THIS IS DONE IN A WAY EVERYONE WILL BENEFIT AND MOST IMPORTANTLY IN A WAY THAT IS DONE THAT WILL BRING IN THE GOOD LOCAL JOBS THAT ARE WORKING FAMILIES STRONGLY DESERVE.
THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS ALL TOGETHER TO HAVE THIS IMPORTANT CONVERSATION.
LIKE ALWAYS, WE AT UFCW ARE COMMITTED TO WORKING WITH THE CITY AND MAKING SURE WE DO IN ORDINANCE THAT REALLY TAKES CARE OF OUR RESIDENTS. SO THANK YOU.
MARTINEZ. >> GOOD AFTERNOON AGAIN AND THINK IT ONCE AGAIN FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK MAYOR, 2ND AND STAFF. I THINK IT'S AWESOME YOU'RE MOVING FORWARD ON THE CANNABIS TOPIC. HAS BEEN LONG OVERDUE AND A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR THE CITY AND ITS RESIDENTS.
UNDER THE CRITERIA FOR THE APPLICATION PROCESS HASN'T BEEN DEFINED. SOCIAL EQUITY ISN'T JUST HANDING OUT LICENSES BUT IS GIVING AN OPPORTUNITY TO RESIDENTS SPECIFICALLY EITHER RESIDENTS OR INDIVIDUALS IN YOUR AREA THAT HAVE BEEN WRONGFULLY OR CONVICTED OF CANNABIS OFFENSES. MOST PEERS ILLEGAL WHICH IS NOW LEGAL OR YOU'RE LOOKING TO MAKE IT LEGAL WHICH GIVES AN INDIVIDUAL'S OPPORTUNITY TO PROFIT ON WHAT WAS PREVIOUS ILLEGAL. SOCIAL EQUITY IS NOT ONLY WOULD ALLOW YOU TO GIVE OPPORTUNITIES FOR THOSE THAT WERE WRONGFULLY CONVICTED BUT ALSO ACCESS TO GRANT FUNDING FROM THE STATE. PALM SPRINGS, COACHELLA ARE SOME OF THE STATES IN THE LOCAL AREA THAT RECEIVES HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS TO ENTER INTO SOCIAL EQUITY
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PROGRAM. COACHELLA CURRENTLY HAS 2 OPERATING SOCIAL EQUITY DISPENSARIES AND PALM SPRINGS HAS ANOTHER.THERE ARE SOME GOOD EXAMPLES OUT THERE AND WHAT GOOD CAN COME FROM A SOCIAL EQUITY PROGRAM. WE WANT TO ENCOURAGE YOU GUYS TO MOVE AWAY FROM THE LOTTERY PROCESS AND ENCOURAGE YOU GUYS TO HAVE YOURSELVES THE ABILITY TO CHOOSE GOOD SOLID OPERATOR THAT IS IN LINE WITH WHAT YOU GUYS ARE LOOKING FOR AS IT OPERATED WITHIN YOUR CITY.
ANOTHER TOPIC I WANTED TO TOUCH ON IS BACKGROUND CHECKS FOR EMPLOYEES.
SOME CITIES REQUIREMENT, SUBSIDIES DON'T. I THINK OPERATORS SHOULD BE CAPABLE AND GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO VENT THEIR OWN EMPLOYEES AND ALLOW WHO THEY CHOOSE TO WORK WITHIN THEIR OPERATION.
AS FAR AS BACKGROUND CHECKS FOR OWNERS, THAT'S BEEN A REQUIREMENT ACROSS THE BOARD.
ANOTHER THING I NOTICED WAS OWNERS DEFINED AS A 10 PERCENT OWNERSHIP WITHIN THE BUSINESS. THE STATE DEFINES IT AS 20 PERCENT.
I'M NOT SURE WHY THAT'S A LOWER PERCENTAGE OR RESTRICTED REQUIREMENT.
THAT'S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE STATE AND THE CITY. ONE ECHO THAT OUR 6 – 10. BY LIMITING THE HOURS ALL YOU WILL DO IS FORCE POTENTIAL CUSTOMERS, POTENTIAL TAX REVENUE TO LEVER CITY GO TO ANOTHER CITY THAT'S CURRENTLY OPEN. IT PUTS YOUR OPERATORS IN THE CITY AT A DISADVANTAGE WHICH WILL LOWER THE REVENUE AND TAX THAT WILL RETURN TO THE CITY. ANOTHER TOPIC I NOTICED IS A CITY MANAGER HAS FULL AUTHORITY TO MAKE ALL DECISIONS CONCERNING RENEWAL OF APPLICATION.
I HAVEN'T SEEN THAT IN OTHER CITIES AS A REQUIREMENT THAT THE CITY MANAGER HAS THAT AUTHORITY. I WOULD LIKE TO MAYBE I MISSED SOMETHING OR UNDERSTAND MORE OF WHY THE CITY MANAGER HAS FULL AUTHORITY TO MAKE A DECISION ON WHETHER OR NOT AN OPERATOR GETS THE RENEWAL.
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ENOUGH TO BRING UP THE CITY COUNCIL I'D LIKE TO LEARN ABOUT THAT. I THINK THAT COVERS ALL THE TOPICS I HAD. AGAIN I APPRECIATE THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE CITY STAFF. I'M EXCITED FOR THE FUTURE FOR INDIO AND CANNABIS. THANK YOU.>> THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS MR. MARTINEZ.
DO WE HAVE ANY FURTHER? >> NO MORE COMMENTS MAYOR.
I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. AND OPEN IT UP FOR COUNCIL FOR DISCUSSION QUESTIONS. COUNCIL MEMBER HOLMES DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS
OR COMMENTS? >> THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION EVERYONE. I'VE GOT A COUPLE OF COMMENTS MORE THAN QUESTIONS I THINK. FIRST OFF I WASN'T REALLY SO SURE THAT I WAS READY AND INDIO WAS READY FOR CANNABIS AND I'M GLAD WE WAITED TO SEE SOME OF THE MISTAKES OTHER CITIES
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MADE. I THINK WERE MAKING A GOOD DECISION HERE.I THINK IT WILL BE AN ASSET TO OUR CITY IF IT'S DONE RIGHT. MR. CHURCHILL SENT A SOLID EMAIL OR HE SENT ME AN EMAIL AND READ SOME THE COMMENTS HE MADE HERE.
I GREET WITH THEM ON A COUPLE OF THEM.
I'M NOT AN EXPERT IN CANNABIS OBVIOUSLY. BUSINESS IS SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO GET THE ADVANTAGE.
I DON'T HAVE PROBLEM WITH THE HOURS FROM 6 PM TO ATTEND BECAUSE I THINK IT GIVES PEOPLE AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE TO WORK TO BE ABLE TO GET IN THERE. I KNOW THE SAME THING FOR
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PEOPLE THAT WORK FOR ME THERE CERTAIN HOURS AND THEY HAVE SOME THINGS TO DO FOR THE FAMILY.IT GIVES THEM A BETTER OPPORTUNITY. DOES IT MEAN THEY HAVE TO BE OPEN FROM 6 – 10 IT GIVES HIM THE OPPORTUNITY. ON THE CAMERAS I THINK THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY THERE FOR THE 24 HOUR SECURITY.
WE HAVE THE SAME WITH THE GAS COMPANY AND OTHER OPERATIONS. AS LONG AS THERE'S A CAMERA SYSTEM OR SOMETHING THAT WILL SIGNAL IF THOSE IN ISSUE.
I DON'T KNOW IF WE NEED TO HAVE SOMEONE SITTING OUTSIDE THE DOOR LIKE ANY OTHER BUSINESS.
WE HAVE BANKS, I DON'T SEE ANYONE SITTING OUTSIDE THE BANK 24/7. THEY ARE THERE WHEN IT'S OPEN AND CLOSED ANY OTHER TIME. IT'S A SMALL BUSINESS, IF IT'S SOMETHING WE DON'T LIKE WE CAN COME BACK AND ADDRESS IT I TAKE IT.
IF YOU WANT TO GO BACK TO 24 HOURS IF THERE'S SOMETHING AND WE HAVE SOME ISSUES.
THE CITY MANAGER IN CAMERA PART NOT HUNDRED PERCENT SURE BIKE ANYBODY LOOKING AT MY CAMERAS AND PRIVATE BUSINESS NO MATTER WHAT IT IS. I THINK THAT'S A LITTLE BIT OF OVERKILL.
I THINK IT PUTS US IN A BAD POSITION. IT'S LIKE ANY OTHER BUSINESS THAT'S HERE. IF THERE'S SOMETHING GOING WRONG THE POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS TO GO IN AND ASK FOR THE SURVEILLANCE CAMERAS AND WE TAKE IT.
I THINK THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY THERE. THE LAST ONE, THE END-USE AND THE BUSINESS I'M NOT A USER OF MARIJUANA. I COULD SEE IT BEING UTILIZED IN THE SPOT AND I DON'T SEE IT BEING A PROBLEM. I BELIEVE THAT TO THE REST MY CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS.
ON THE BACKGROUND CHECKS I CAN SEE DOING BACKGROUND CHECKS ON EVERYONE.
I KNOW THIS DIFFICULT BUT, I THINK IT'S SOMETHING IN THE BEST INTEREST OF HER TO GO AHEAD AND TAKE THIS EXTRA STEP. I THINK RESIDENTS DESERVE TO KNOW THE PEOPLE THAT ARE WORKING THERE HAVE THE BACKGROUND CHECKS. THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS. THANK YOU KEVIN AND YOUR STAFF AND EVERYONE FOR PUTTING THIS TOGETHER.
I KNOW IT'S AN ISSUE THAT IS DIFFICULT AND MR. CHURCHILL AND SOME OTHER PEOPLE SAID I DON'T THINK EVERYONE WILL BE HAPPY.
THINK WE NEED TO GIVE IT BEST FOOT FORWARD TO GIVE THEM THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE A FOOTHOLD IN THE CITY OF INDIA MAKE SURE THEY ARE SUCCESSFUL I DON'T THINK ANYONE WANTS TO HAVE SOMEONE INVEST IN HERE TO PUT ALL THEIR MONEY AND HEART AND SOUL IN THIS AND THEN HAVE THEM FAIL. I NEED TO THINK WE NEED TO GIVE HIM ALL THE ADVANTAGES.
THEN IF THEY DON'T FOLLOW THROUGH IT WILL GIVE THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO PULL THEIR LICENSE IN ANY BAD ACTORS THAT ARE NOT FOLLOWING THE RULES AND REPLACE HIM WITH SOMEBODY THAT WILL FOLLOW THE RULES. THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS. THANK YOU MR.
MAYOR. >> THANK YOU BECAUSE MEMBER. MAYOR PRO TEM?
>> THANK YOU'VE STAFF AND I GREET WITH SOME OF THE COMMENTS FROM MR. MILLER CONCERNING THE RESIDENCE HERE. I THINK HOURS FROM 6 AM TO 10 PM IT SHOULD BE FINE. THAT WILL HELP THEM COMPLETE MORE BUSINESS HERE. THE NEED FOR 20 FIRM SECURITY I THINK THEY ARE OKAY WITH OUT IF THEY HAVE A 24 HOUR SECURITY CAMERAS. USUALLY I THINK IT'S 90 DAYS THEY HAVE TO HOLD THAT FOOTAGE FOR IN
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CASE THE CITY NEEDS IT FOR THE POLICE BE NEEDED.ON THE LOUNGES I'M OPEN FOR LUNCHES AND ON-SITE CONSUMPTION. LIKE THEY SAID IT'S AVAILABLE AROUND THE VALLEY. WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THAT AS WELL. ON THE SIGNAGE, I ALSO THINK WERE BEING A LITTLE TO STRICT ON THE SIGNAGE. IF YOU WERE A LIQUOR STORE AND YOU CAN SAY YOU SOLD LIQUOR I THINK THAT WOULD REALLY AFFECT YOUR INCOME THERE.
I THINK WE NEED TO GET A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL ON WHAT WE CAN ALLOW AND NOT ALLOW. CANNABIS BUSINESS SAY THAT THEY HAVE CANNABIS THERE.
AS FOR THE LOGOS I THINK THAT'S STILL OKAY TOO. IT SEEMED, I THINK A PLANNING COMMISSION CAN DESIGN ON MORE OF THE DESIGN BUT, THEY SHOULD BE ABLE TO MARKET JUST LIKE ANY OTHER BUSINESS. IF WE ALLOW LIQUOR STORES TO PUT A BUDWEISER SCIENCE AND ALCOHOL SCIENCE I THINK WE'VE GOTTA TREAT THESE BUSINESSES THE SAME.
WERE GOOD. >> THINK IT MAYOR PRO TEM.
ALWAYS A MARE. >> IT REALLY THERE JUST A COUPLE OF THINGS. THERE WAS TO ME AT THIS POINT ARE FINE -TO-WORKS. IT COULD BE CHANGED IN THE FUTURE. THAT THE ONLY 2 AREAS I'D BE WILLING TO CONSIDER IS A 24/7 SECURITY AS LONG AS WE HAVE CAMERAS OR THEY HAVE CAMERAS IN THAT LEVEL OF SECURITY I THINK HAVING A 24/7 SECURITY PERSON IS A TREMENDOUS EXPENSE.
I'M NOT SURE AT THIS POINT THAT THAT IS NECESSARY.
AS OPPOSED TO REMOTE ACCESS I UNDERSTAND BUT I THINK THAT MAY BE JUST GOING A LITTLE BIT TO FAR.
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FOLLOW THE STANDARD PROCEDURES AND PROCESSES AND SECURE THE BUILDING.IF THERE'S AN ISSUE HAVING THE POLICE DEPARTMENT ADDRESS THAT ISSUE I THINK IS WHERE I'M GOING. STILL, NOT GOING TO BUDGE ON NO UNSIGNED CONSUMPTION. I THINK THAT'S WHERE WE STAND.
THAT'S WHERE I STAND AT THIS POINT. AGAIN, BACKGROUND CHECKS I FULLY
>> I GUESS WERE READY FOR THE TIEBREAKER. FIRST OF ALL THINK IT MR. SNYDER, CITY MANAGER AND STAFF FOR BRINGING THIS TO US. IT'S A LOT OF WORK AND MORE WALKING INTO A NEW INDUSTRY. THIS IS UNCHARTED TERRITORIES FOR US. THERE'S A LOT OF WORK THAT WENT INTO THIS.
THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS TO US.
I WILL START BY THE CAMERA ACCESS WITH CITY MANAGER. I THINK THAT POSES CITY TO MUCH INTO THE BUSINESS. I DON'T SUPPORT THAT.
ALSO THE 24 HOUR SECURITY PERSONNEL ON SITE. I ALSO TOLD SUPPORT THAT. I BELIEVE THE OPERATORS ARE GOING TO DO ANYTHING AND EVERY THING THEY CAN TO PROTECT THEIR INVESTMENT.
THE ALREADY INVESTING A LOT OF MONEY INTO THEIR BUSINESS. THE BUSINESSES THAT I VISITED HAD VERY GOOD SECURITY. ALSO MAKE THE AREAS AROUND THE PROBABLY SECURE.
I'M PRETTY SURE THERE'S GOING TO BE MEASURES IN PLACE WHEN THEY SUBMIT FOR THEIR APPLICATION. TO SHOW THE MEN OF SECURITY THEY HAVE IN THEIR FACILITY. HOURS OF OPERATIONS, YOU KNOW WE HAVE A LARGE SENIOR POPULATION THAT OPERATES AN EARLY MORNING HOURS HERE IN OUR CITY.
IF THAT'S WHAT THE STATE SAYS IS OKAY THEN I'M OKAY WITH THE 6 – 10 REGULATION.
ALSO, THE SIGNAGE, I'M OKAY WITH SIGNAGE. THE COMMENT WAS MADE THAT SOME OF OUR STORES HAVE ALCOHOL SCIENCE AND THINGS OUTSIDE OF THE WINDOWS.
TECHNICALLY THEY'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO HAVE THAT.
THAT'S SOMETHING WE NEED TO WORK ON AS WELL AS ABC RELATION. THEY SHOULD BE DISPLAYING THAT.
I'D LIKE TO SEE HER CANNABIS BUSINESSES NOT ONLY COME INTO OUR CITY AND LOOK I BE TREATED LIKE A NORMAL BUSINESS IF YOU LOOK AT SOME OF THE OTHER CITIES
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THEY LOOK VERY NICE OUTSIDE. WE LOOK AT SOME OF THEM THAT BIG GREEN CROSSES WHICH I DO NOT LIKE. I DO SUPPORT THE SIGNAGE. I THINK THEY SHOULD LOOK PROFESSIONAL.IT'S A BUSINESS THAT NEEDS TO BE RESPECTED LIKE ANY OTHER BUSINESS.
I WILL NOW MOVE OVER TO THE BACKGROUND CHECKS. I BELIEVE THE STATE REQUIRES THE OPERATOR TO HAVE BACKGROUND CHECKS, CORRECT? THE OPERATOR APPEARED I THINK THIS BECOMES AN EQUITY ISSUE.
IF WE MOVE FORWARD TO SOME SORT OF EQUITY PROGRAM THERE ARE FOLKS WHO ARE TRYING TO GET INTO THE INDUSTRY WHO HAVE BEEN AFFECTED BY CANNABIS ARRESTS AND WHO HAVE HAD DIFFICULT TIMES GETTING RECORDS EXPUNGED.
HOWEVER, I BELIEVE THEY SHOULD BE EXCLUDED FROM OPERATING SOMETHING THAT OBVIOUSLY THEY'VE BEEN DOING FOR A LONG TIME, IT JUST HASN'T BEEN LEGAL. I THINK HE SHOULD GET THE MEANS TO WORK AND WITHIN THE EQUITY PROGRAM ALLOW THEM TO WORK AND GET THE RECORD EXPUNGED SO THEY COULD BE OPERATING IN OUR CITY.
I'M NOT FOR THE EMPLOYEES GETTING A BACKGROUND CHECK. THE STATE SAYS THE OPERATOR AND I THINK THAT'S RIGHT.
I THINK THE OPERATOR SHOULD HAVE A
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BACKGROUND CHECK. ON-SITE CONSUMPTION I THINK ON-SITE CONSUMPTION IS SOMETHING THAT COULD BE UTILIZED TO KEEP THE CANNABIS IN ONE LOCATION SO WE DON'T HAVE FOLKS CONSUMING KENNEBEC'S IN PARKS AND AROUND SCHOOLS.THEY COULD GO TO ONE LOCATION. THEY COULD USE IT THERE OR WHATEVER THEY'RE GONNA DO OR HANG OUT AND THEN GO AHEAD AND GO HOME AND GO ABOUT THEIR BUSINESS. I WANT TO STRESS ALSO THAT WERE LOOKING AT THIS AS A NORMAL BUSINESS.
COUNCILMEMBER MILLER BROUGHT UP SOME OTHER BUSINESSES WE DON'T HAVE ALL THESE REGULATIONS.
WE HAVE BANKS, WE HAVE FACILITIES THAT SELL FIREARMS AND THEY'RE NOT ALL UNDER THESE REVELATIONS. FIREARMS ARE A LOT MORE DANGEROUS THAN CANNABIS. THAT'S WHERE I STAND ON THAT.
NOW, I'M GONNA COMPROMISE WITH MY COUNCIL AND THE STAFF ON THE CULTIVATION MANUFACTURING DISTRIBUTION. HOWEVER I DO SUPPORT THAT I HOPE WE LOOK AT THAT IN THE FUTURE. THIS IS UNCHARTED TERRITORIES FOR US.
WE LIKE TO GET STARTED AND SEE WHERE WERE OUT AND SEE HOW IT PLAYS OUT ON THE CITY. I HOPE WE CAN MOVE FORWARD TO THAT. IT'S NOT A DOLLAR THING. HOWEVER WE HAVE A LOT OF OPPORTUNITY IN OUR CITY A LOT OF POTENTIAL, A LOT OF LAND FOR FOLKS TO COME IN AND DEVELOP IN SOME OF OUR INDUSTRIAL AREAS. I ALSO HOPE WE CAN WORK TOWARDS SOCIAL EQUITY PROGRAM.
THAT GOES BACK TO OUR BACKGROUND CHECKS OF EMPLOYEES. SO, THAT WILL COMPLETE MY COMMENTS.
HAS ANYTHING TO ADD. >> MAYBE A COUPLE OF ITEMS JUST TO GO THROUGH.
AND THEN CERTAINLY KEVIN, PLEASE JUMP IN.
WITH RESPECT TO THE 24 HOUR SECURITY. THE LANGUAGE THAT'S IN THE CODE RIGHT NOW STATES THAT A PERSON SHOULD BE ON SITE TO OUR SURVEY OR ALTERNATIVE SECURITY IS AUTHORIZED BY THE CITY MANAGER.
SO IT'S NOT AN ABSOLUTE WITH RESPECT TO 24 HOUR SECURITY BECAUSE CITY MANAGER HAS AUTHORITY TO ADDRESS ALTERNATIVE SECURITY. THE LANGUAGE JUST SAY THERE MUST BE A SECURITY PATROL WHEN CLOSED WHICH IS NOT NECESSARILY A 24 HOUR ON GUARD SECURITY. IT WOULD BE LIKE WE DID WITH SOME OF OUR BUILT-INS BECAUSE OF THEFT WITH THE COP AND OTHER THINGS WERE WE HAVE A ROOMY PATROL CAR THAT LOOKS AT THE OUTSIDE OF THOSE BUILDINGS FOR SAFETY PURPOSES. I WANTED TO MAKE THAT CLARIFICATION THAT THERE IS ABILITY HERE IN THE CODE ALREADY THAT THE CITY MANAGER HAS DISCRETION TO LOOK AT AN ALTERNATIVE SECURITY.
THAT MAYBE PERHAPS DEPENDING ON THE SITUATION NO SECURITY IF THAT'S THE WILL. IN TERMS OF THE BACKGROUND, ONE MORE THING, IN TERMS OF THE SURVEILLANCE, SECURITY FOOTAGE. I WANT TO CLARIFY WHAT THE CODE ACTUALLY SAYS. THE BUSINESS WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ENSURING THE SECURITY CAMERA SURVEILLANCE FOOTAGE IS
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REMOTELY ACCESSIBLE BY THE CITY MANAGER APPEARED AND IT WOULD BECOME PATTERN FOR THE CITY AND SOFTWARE HARDWARE. IT'S NOT THAT THE CITY WOULD ACTUALLY HAVE ACCESS TO THEIR CAMERA FOOTAGE OR CAMERA SECURITY SYSTEM.A SET OF THE CITY MANAGER NEEDED A PIECE OF FOOTAGE THAT FOOTAGE WOULD BE SENT TO THE MANAGER, JUST OFF AND IT WOULD BE IN A PROGRAM WE WOULD BE ABLE TO ACCESS.
WE HAVE A GREAT IT TEAM. I'M SURE THEY CAN FIGURE ANYTHING OUT.
I WANTED TO CLARIFY WHAT THE LANGUAGE ACTUALLY SAYS. AND THEN IN TERMS OF, THE OTHER ONE, OH, THE YOUTH CENTER.
THIS WAS A QUESTION SOMETHING FROM THAT COUNCIL. THE WAY THAT DISTANCE IS MEASURED.
IT'S A HORIZONTAL DISTANCE MEASURED IN A STRAIGHT LINE FROM THE CLOSEST PROPERTY LINE OF THE SENSITIVE USE TO THE CLOSEST PROPERTY LINE CANVAS BUSINESS IS LOCATED. WE DO HAVE A DEFINED. IN TERMS OF THE BACKGROUND CHECKS. THE BACKGROUND CHECKS ARE REQUIRED FOR BOTH IN THIS CODE BOTH FOR AS RESTATED THE EMPLOYEE AND ALSO THE OWNERS. HOWEVER EXCLUSIONS ARE EXCLUSIONS BY STATE LAW.
THERE ARE NO OTHER EXCLUSIONS.
IT'S NOT AS IF THE BACKGROUND CHECKS IS INCONSISTENT IN TERMS OF WHAT THEY ARE USED FOR. THE EXCLUSIONS ARE CONSISTENT WITH THE EXCLUSIONS THAT ARE ALREADY SET FORTH IN THE PENAL CODE. THE ONLY DIFFERENCE IS THAT WERE REQUIRING THE EMPLOYEES ALSO HAVE BACKGROUND CHECKS. MR. SNYDER DID I MISS ANYTHING? QUICK SNOW. WHAT THE CITY MANAGER AND I ARE TAKING
NOTES. >> THE ONLY OTHER MATTER WHICH IS THE ON-SITE WHICH IS CLEAR IN THE CURRENT FORM IT'S NOT ALLOWED BUT APPEARS MAJORITY IS SUPPORTIVE OF THAT. THAT WAS THE ONLY ONE I
BELIEVE. >> I BELIEVE THERE'S CONSENSUS OF HOURS OF OBSERVATION OF 6 EM 10 P.M. MAJORITY OF YOU SAID YOU WERE FINE WITHOUT. IT APPEARS THERE IS ALMOST A MAJORITY ON SIGNAGE.
THE CURRENT RESTRICTION, THE CURRENT LANGUAGE MAYBE THE CITY ATTORNEY COULD DIVE INTO THAT. THE WAY I THINK IT'S BEEN READ IS NOT HOW IT'S INTENDED TO BE READ. THE CITY ATTORNEY CAN CLARIFY.
>> THANK YOU. THE SIGNAGE IS LIMITED TO WAS STATED FOR IDENTIFICATION PURPOSES ONLY. CLEARLY IF THE NAME SAYS CANNABIS IN THE NAME THAT IS PERMITTED. IT DOES SAY THAT THE SIGNAGE SHALL NOT CONTAIN LOGOS OR INFORMATION THAT ADVERTISES OR LIFT SERVICES OR PRODUCTS.
SIGNAGE REALLY ISN'T AN ISSUE OF AESTHETICS. AND WHAT YOU DON'T WANT AND THIS WOULD BE FOR ALL OF OUR BUSINESSES.
YOU DON'T WANT TO SIGN THAT SAYS ROB'S PIZZA HUT.
ROB'S PIZZA HUT. AND MARINARA SAUCE, MEAT SAUCE AND THEN CLUTTER THAT SIGN.
THAT'S THE INTENT OF THAT PROVISION. ALSO WANTED TO POINT OUT IS THAT THERE IS A PROVISION IN SPECIFICALLY IN THE ORDINANCE THAT ALLOWS A CITY MANAGER TO ADOPT ADMINISTRATIVE REGULATIONS TO IMPLEMENT AND TO INTERPRET THE PROVISIONS OF THIS CODE AS WE'VE GONE THROUGH IT. I BELIEVE IN MY MIND THAT THE LANGUAGE REGARDING THE SIGNAGE IS CLEAR. IF THERE WERE SOME CLARITY THAT WAS STATED THAT COULD BE DONE THROUGH ADMINISTRATIVE REGULATIONS. THE OTHER THING I JUST WANTED TO PUT OUT THERE FOR THAT COUNSEL'S CONSIDERATION IS THAT THESE USES ARE PERMITTED BY RIGHT.
ONCE WE START WHITTLING AWAY SOME OF THE PROVISIONS IT'S HARDER TO PUT IT BACK IN. IT'S NOT GOING TO BE CONDITIONALLY PERMITTED USE. THIS IS COULD BE A USE PERMITTED BY RIGHT.
I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AND IF I FORGOT
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ANYTHING ELSE. >> THEY GIVE HER
CLARIFICATION. >> I THINK OUR TUNEUP FOR THE RECORD WE HAVE MAJORITY OF ON-SITE CONSUMPTION HAVE INDICATED TO REVISE THE REGULATIONS TO AUTHORIZE HOURS OF OPERATION FROM 6 AM TO 10 PM AND PERMIT ON-SITE CONSUMPTION THAT 3 OF YOU HAVE INDICATED GOES WITH BOTH BE AMENDABLE. AND THEN AGAIN CITY MANAGER MAY WANT TO JUMP IN.
TICKET NOTES THE QUESTION A BACKGROUND CHECK SYSTEM ON THE TABLE IN TERMS OF WHAT THE COUNCIL'S DIRECTION IS.
>> ON THE BACKGROUND CHECKS WHILE THERE ARE SOME STATE FILES THAT TALK ABOUT EXCLUSIONS WE COULD DO BACKGROUND CHECKS FOR NUMBER LICENSES HERE JUST BECAUSE SOMETHING IS THERE IS PRIMARILY THE CHIEF OF POLICE THAT WOULD REVIEW THAT AND DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT THAT IS OF CONCERN.
TO YOUR POINT MAYOR THERE COULD BE SOMETHING THERE NOT RELEVANT TO THE USE.
NOT SUBBING JERMAINE WOULD NOT BE EXCLUSIVE TORY TO GRANTING THE LICENSE BUT IT IS STILL DONE. SOMETHING TO CONSIDER.
>> ON THE ON-SITE CONSUMPTION THE LANGUAGE SAYS CANNABIS SHOULD NOT BE CONSUMED BY ANY PERSON OF THE PRESIDENTS OF THE BUSINESS. INDICATES NO PERSON SHALL ALSO CAUSE PERMIT THE CONSUMPTION OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES OR TOBACCO. ON OR ABOUT THE PREMISES AS WELL. IF THE COUNCIL DESIRES TO PROVIDE SOME CHANGES ON THE ON-SITE CONSUMPTION WOULD LIKE TO MAKE SURE YOU'RE VERY CLEAR TERMS OF WHAT IT IS YOU'RE OKAY WITH BEING CONSUMED ON SITE.
MAYOR IF I COULD. >> JUST FOR CLARITY.
AFTER YOUR DISCUSSION ON THE BACKGROUND CHECKS ON ALL ABOUT SECOND CHANCES.
I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH ALLOWING THE EMPLOYEES NOT TO BE BACKGROUND CHECK.
IT'S RESPONSIBILITY OF THE BUSINESS OWNER TO MAKE SURE HE HAS A PEOPLE IN PLACE TO BE ABLE TO DO IT.
ON THE SIGNAGE I DO WANT TO MAKE SURE IT'S TASTEFUL.
I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU GO ABOUT THAT.
I DON'T LIKE THE CROSS IS EITHER IN SOME THE OTHER STUFF. DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
I UNDERSTAND THE CLARITY OF PUTTING ALL THE OTHER STUFF ON.
I WANT TO MAKE SURE IT BLENDS INTO THE REST OF OUR CITY. NO FALLACY STAND OUT.
WE DO HAVE SOME KIND OF REGULATIONS.
I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU WOULD HANDLE THAT PART OF IT.
IF THERE'S ONLY 4 OF US BECAUSE LUPE'S NOT HERE I DON'T WANT TO GET US DEADLOCKED ON SOMETHING WORDS TO TO BECAUSE SOMEONE'S NOT ABLE TO BEEN ON ITEM OR NOT.
ANNA … I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE
WHAT WE VOTE ON. >> I THINK WILL NEED THE CITY ATTORNEY TO GUIDE US THROUGH ALL THIS SO WE DON'T GET STUCK ON ONE THING OR THE OTHER.
I DON'T REALLY WANT TO DELEGATE FROM THE DAIS HERE IN POLICY FROM SITTING UP HERE GOING BACK AND FORTH TO BE HONEST
WITH YOU. >> IF I COULD JUST RESPOND.
THE LANGUAGE IS CURRENTLY WRITTEN DOES ACHIEVE WITH THE COUNCIL'S INTERESTED IN. WHICH IS QUALITY. I THINK AS A CITY ATTORNEY HAS PREVIOUSLY DESCRIBED AND INDICATED THE ORDINANCE I THINK THE MAJORITY OF YOUR GOAL IN TERMS OF QUALITY DESIGN AND TASTEFUL VISUAL AESTHETIC OF SIGNAGE IS MET BY THE CURRENT LANGUAGE. AND DOES NOT REQUIRE ADDITIONAL REVIEW CONSIDERATIONS. TYPICALLY THIS WAS COMING IN AS A MINISTRY OF ITEM IT WOULD NOT GO TO PLANNING COMMISSION NORMALLY.
THIS WOULD BE SOMETHING I THINK THE ORDINANCE TO STAND UP TO WHAT THE COUNCIL'S EXPECTATIONS ARE.
>> THANK YOU. >> MAY BE TO NOTE AGAIN HOURS OF OPERATION 6 AM TO 10 PM. ON-SITE CONSUMPTION OF CANNABIS, GAS AND THE CITY ATTORNEY
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CONSIDERED AS WELL.BACKGROUND CHECK'S IT APPEARS ITS OWNER ONLY FOR MAJORITY OF YOU.
>> I DON'T THINK COMPANY LAW ALLOWS ALCOHOL.
>> WE HAVE CONSENSUS ON HOURS OF OPERATION, ON-SITE CONSUMPTION AND BACKGROUND CHECKS FOR
OWNERS ONLY? >> I WILL ADMIT OUR CONSULTANT WAS HERE.
I DON'T HAVE AND I DID NOT DO THE RESEARCH ON WHETHER ON-SITE CONSUMPTION IS ACTUALLY PERMITTED BY STATE LAW. SO, I'M ASSUMING THAT BECAUSE IT'S BEEN ASKED BY SOME OF THE CANNABIS FOLKS THAT IT'S A GIVEN. I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW I HAVE NOT CONFIRMED
>> I'M WONDERING IF THAT IS A DIFFERENT TYPE OF LICENSE THAT WERE GOING TO HAVE TO ALLOW FOR. BECAUSE I'M NOT SURE IF THAT SHOWS THE RETAIL LICENSE. IT MAY BE RETAIL ON-SITE CONSUMPTION LICENSE.
OR DIFFERENT NAME FOR IT THAT WE MIGHT HAVE TO INCLUDE.
>> IF THAT'S THE CASE WHAT WE HAVE AND HOW WE DEFINED LICENSE DOESN'T INCLUDE THAT. SO WE WOULD HAVE TO IF ON-SITE CONSUMPTION WAS SOMETHING, I MEAN WE WOULD HAVE TO BRING THAT BACK IF IT REQUIRED A DIFFERENT LICENSE TYPE.
>> THE LICENSE TYPE WOULD BE THE STATE LICENSE TYPE,
OUR LICENSE TYPES OF CORRESPOND CURRENTLY. MY UNDERSTANDING AJAY CORRESPONDS WITH WHAT THE
STATE ALLOWS. >> I BELIEVE, I'M JUST ASKING IF WE HAVE A CONSENSUS HERE FOR ON-SITE CONSUMPTION WILL BE BRING THIS BACK CAN WE BRING THAT AS WELL? THE LICENSE.
OUT. >> WAS SOME DESIRE TO HAVE A VOTE THIS EVENING AND BE ABLE TO PROCEED.
IF WE LEARN THERE WERE SOME SEPARATE LICENSE WE COULD BRING THE MATTER BACK. HOWEVER IT APPEARS THERE'S A CONSENSUS TO ALLOW ON-SITE CONSUMPTION.
IF WE SEE A HURDLE THERE WE WON'T ACTUALLY EXECUTE THE ORDINANCE AND WE WILL BRING THIS BACK. IF THERE'S NOT A HURDLE ASSUMING YOU APPROVE TONIGHT WE WILL MOVE
FORWARD. >> THANK YOU. I THINK THE OTHER STUFF WITH THE SECURITY I THINK THAT WAS
CLARIFIED. >> ARE NOT TO BE WATCHING THE VIDEO.
>> ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU FOR THAT.
THAT'S AN ADMINISTRATIVE ITEM.
>> IF I MIGHT CAUGHT CITY ATTORNEY I THANK YOU WOULD NEED TO HELP THE COUNCIL
THROUGH THIS. >> YES. SO IS OUR CONSENSUS ON THE BACKGROUND CHECKS NOT TO ALLOW OR NOT TO REQUIRE BACKGROUND CHECKS ON
>> YES. IS EVERYONE OKAY WITH THE SIGNAGE THE WAY WE'VE DISCUSSED IT? JUST LEAVE IT AS IS?
X YES. >> AND THEN THE ON-SITE CONSUMPTION WE WILL REVISE IT TO DELETE THAT SENTENCE AND STOP A FURTHER LOOK INTO IT IF THERE ARE ANY OTHER TYPE OF LICENSE THAT'S NECESSARY.
BACK. >> AND THEN WE WILL BRING IT BACK AND CERTAINLY WE WILL PROVIDE YOU AN UPDATE. THERE'S CONSENSUS TO REVISE THAT OR DELETE THAT. CORRECT? X YES. HOURS OF OPERATIONS.
THERE'S CONSENSUS TO CHANGE IT TO 6 PM TO 10
THE ACCESS TO CAMERA AFTER AN EXPLANATION EVERYTHING IS
>> THE LAST ONE IS A 24 HOUR SECURITY SO THERE IS A REQUIREMENT AS I INDICATED THERE WOULD BE ROAMING SECURITY IN THE CITY MANAGER HAS DISCRETION WITH RESPECT TO THE 24 HOUR PART.
IS THERE ANY DIRECTION WITH RESPECT TO THAT PROVISION?
>> JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, WE WILL LET THE CITY MANAGER HOWEVER WE SELECT FOR OPERATION.
YOU CAN MAKE THAT DETERMINATION IF THEY HAVE SOME OF SUFFICIENT AMOUNT OF SECURITY, 24/7.
>> QUICKLY ON AN IDEA THERE SHOULD THERE BE FOR 5 RETAILERS, PERHAPS THEY COULD COOPERATE SHOW THE
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COST OF THAT ROAMING SECURITY.MAYBE TWICE A WEEK ON DAYS NOT TO BE DETERMINED OR ANNOUNCED.
THOSE THAT MAY WANT TO BE BETTER ACTORS WOULD NOT KNOW WHEN SECURITY WHICH JOB AFTER HOURS OR NOT.
BECAUSE THERE IS AN INTERMEDIATE SHARED SECURITY. THAT COULD BE DETERMINED AT THAT POINT.
>> @THAT'SOKAY WE WILL LEAVE THAT PROVISION AS
IS? >> YES. >> ONE ADDITIONAL POINT THE MATTER CULTIVATION AND DISTRIBUTION. AS A REMINDER THAT WOULD BE A ZONING ISSUE FOR THE CITY COUNCIL TO CONSIDER IN A FUTURE DATE. IT IS NOT THE REGULATORY FRAMEWORK BUT THE REZONING FRAMEWORK. I WANT TO PUT
THAT ON RECORD. >> THE RIGHT LITERARY FRAMEWORK HAS TO BE COMPATIBLE. SHOULD THE COMES BACK EVER DECIDE TO GO THAT ROUTE WE WOULD BE DOING THIS EXERCISE IN THE SAME WAY WHEN WE WOULD BRING A REVISION TO THE REGULATORY ORDINANCE BUT ALSO THE COMPANION ZONING CODE THAT GOES THROUGH THE PLANNING COMMISSION FIRST.
SO, IF THOSE ARE ALL THE REVISIONS THE MOTION WOULD BE AND MAYBE THE SLIDE.
BACKUP. >> I DON'T NEED IT, I WANTED THEM TO HAVE IT.
>> THAT WOULD BE TO INTRODUCE THE ORDINANCE WITH THE FOLLOWING PROVISIONS.
TO REVISE ORDINANCE NUMBER 17 80, I BELIEVE. TO REVISE ORDINANCE NUMBER 1780 OR MAYBE I CAN HELP OUT HERE.
HOW ABOUT THE RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE TO WAIVE FULL RADIO FORTIS NUMBER 1780 ADDING A NEW CHAPTER 123 TO TITLE 11 OF THE ADMIT MUNICIPAL CODE TO REGULAR PERMIT COMMERCIAL CANNABIS IN THE CITY. INTRODUCE THE ORDINANCE BY TITLE ONLY AND REQUIRES THE CITY CLERK TO READ THE TITLE AND TO DIRECT THE FOLLOWING REVISIONS TO THE ORDINANCE. TO ELIMINATE THE BACKGROUND CHECKS FOR EMPLOYEES. TO DELETE THE SENTENCE IN THE ON-SITE CONSUMPTION PROVISION SO THAT ON-SITE CONSUMPTION OF CANNABIS IS PERMITTED ON THE CANNABIS BUSINESS.
WE WOULD BE DELETING THAT SENTENCE OF PROBATION.
TO CHANGE THE HOURS OF OPERATION FROM 6 PM TO 10 PM. THAT WOULD BE IT.
THAT MOTION? >> ALL MAKE THAT MOTION.
WE HAVE A MOTION BY MAYOR PRO TEM ORTIZ IN A SECOND BITE BECAUSE SOME OF HER MILLER CAN HAVE A ROLL CALL
PLACE. >> I DO NOT SUPPORT ON-SITE CONSUMPTION SO
NEED. [VOTING] >> MOTION PASSES.
SNYDER. >> WILL HAVE THE CLERK READ THE TITLE.
>> OR DISCOMFORT 1780 AND ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF INDIA ADDING A NEW CHAPTER 123 ENTITLED CANNABIS BUSINESS ACTIVITIES TO TITLE 11. BUSINESS REGULATIONS OF THE INDIO MUNICIPAL CODE TO REGULATE COMMERCIAL CANNABIS USES IN THE CITY.
THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU APPEARED ALL RIGHT WILL MOVE ONTO THE NEXT ITEM WHICH IS PUBLIC COMMENTS FOR ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA. I DO HAVE 2 AND I WILL START OFF WITH MR. ADRIAN W.
>> GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND COUNCIL. ASK FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK HERE.
THE REASON FOR ME TO SPEAK HERE TODAY IS TO BRING UP SOME CONCERNS I HAVE IN MY DISTRICT. WHICH HAPPENS TO BE MR. MILLER'S DISTRICT.
I'VE ANOTHER PROPERTY ADJACENT TO THAT ONE. THE INTERSECTION THERE BETWEEN PUMPS OF 38.
CONSTANTLY GETS RUN THE TRAFFIC THAT AREA. THERE IS NO POLICE, PLACING OUT THERE. I BROUGHT IT UP TO MR. WASHBURN ABOUT 2 YEARS AGO. I ALSO SENT MR. MILLER AN EMAIL AND I CCED YOU MR. WOMEN FOREMAN IN REGARDS TO THAT INTERSECTION THERE.
I DON'T BELIEVE IT'S UP TO TRAFFIC STANDARDS. I WORK FOR THE STATE FOR 20 YEARS. I KNOW WHAT THE STANDARDS ARE. THE OTHER THING IS CB WT IS DOING THE STORM WATER DRAINAGE SYSTEM THERE. AND THEY DISTURB THE SOIL SO THEY HAVE NO BRING. AZIZ AND THE DUST FROM THE LAST
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COUPLE OF HER APPRENTICE.I PROPERTY HAS PROBABLY GONE UP 2 INCHES BECAUSE OF THE DUST. THE OTHER THING VARNER BETWEEN EAST OF JEFFERSON AND WEST OF MONROE. THE TRAFFIC SIGNAGE THERE IS BELOW STANDARD. I KNOW COUPLE OF YEARS AGO THERE WAS TRAFFIC ACCIDENT WITH HIGH SCHOOL KIDS AND IT NOW HAS A NEW SIGN LANGUAGE ON THEIR I'VE NEVER SEEN BEFORE.
ONLY BECAUSE A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T UNDERSTAND MAYBE WITH THE SIGN WITH THE SYMBOL.
WHAT UP PEOPLE DON'T SPEAK JUST ENGLISH.
THERE ARE SEVERAL LINKAGES THAT ARE SPOKEN. SOMEONE THAT DOESN'T SPEAK ENGLISH AS IT CAN UNDERSTAND THAT SIGN AND COULD LOSE CONTROL OF A VEHICLE.
THOSE OF THE THINGS I WANT TO BRING UP THIS EVENING.
HOPEFULLY WE CAN START ADDRESSING THOSE THINGS AND I'LL SEND A COUPLE MORE EMAILS. I WAS HOPING MR. WASHBURN WOULD BE HERE IN THE PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR WOULD BE HERE.
I'VE BEEN OUT HERE 27 YEARS IN INDIO.
LIVED HERE ALL MY LIFE IN THE VALLEY. I'VE NEVER SEEN, I'VE SEEN THE QUALITY OF ROAD OF TRAVEL IS POOR.
THE SHOULDERS HAVE DROP-OFFS THAT ARE 4 INCHES. I COULD COME BACK AND HURT THE CITY FINANCIALLY. HOPEFULLY THESE THINGS COULD BE
ADDRESSED. >> GREAT, THANK YOU.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON. MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL AND MAYOR.
I MAKE MY LIVING AS A REGISTERED NURSE SO VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THE HEALTH SITUATION. I DO WANT TO THANK YOU IN THE PAST FOR SUPPORTING THE CONCEPT OF DEPORTATION OF WASI.
RIGHT NOW WERE HAVING THIS DONE ON WHETHER IT'S FEASIBLE OR NOT.
THEY HAVE NOT MADE ANY STUDIES WITH TO CONTROL THE DUST THE BALL. HAVEN'T MADE EDDIE TO FIND OUT TELE-WATER PONDS OR LAKES ENOUGH AND TAKEN OF GREENHOUSE GAS ADMISSIONS PROPOSAL RESOLUTION WE ARE PASSING IS FOR THEM TO BE MORE AWARE OF GREENHOUSE GAS ADMISSIONS.
IF SITUATION IS STILL ALLOWED WHERE THEY ARE ONLY USING DRY METHODS TO CONTROL THE DUST AND TO ADDRESS OFF.
SPECIALLY RIGHT NOW IN THE EAST. THE COLORADO RIVER WATER ONCE WENT INTO THE SALT CITY IS BEING SOLD FOR PROFIT.
AS THE GHOST OF THE EAST IT GETS WORSE IN THE AIR IS REALLY BAD. NOT ONLY TO BE HAVE ORGANIC MATTER AT THE BOTTOM OF THE WE HAVE ADMISSIONS OF PRACTICE FROM THE BONBONS OF PESTICIDES AND WE HAVE RAW SEWAGE ESCAPING INTO THE SALTON SEA BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE UPDATED WASTEWATER PLANTS.
THEY DID PUT IT TUBING COOK OVER GO BAD IN CALEXICO.
NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE TO UPDATE THE WASTEWATER PLANTS VALLEY. SEE AUTHORITY ON THE SALTON SEA MANAGEMENT PLAN HAVE IGNORED AND SOMEONE HACKED ONLINE CITY COUNCIL'S OF THE COACHELLA VALLEY ARE IN SUPPORT OF WATER WHETHER IT'S FROM THE PACIFIC OR THE SEA OF CORTEZ. MINIMAL PREDATORS.[INAUDIBLE]. WE HAVE TRIED TO GET A MEETING WITH REBEL FOR THE PAST 4 YEARS WE HAVE NOT SUCCEEDED. MEANWHILE THE HEALTH SITUATION IS WORSENING. IF PEOPLE TAKE A SHOWER WITH THE WATER THAT'S AVAILABLE THEY GET SKIN IRRITATIONS AND BURNING. THIS WATER RINGS AND BUGS THAT ARE MULTIPLYING BECAUSE IT USED TO BE EATEN BY FISH THAT ONCE EXISTED.
THEY ARE A NUISANCE TO GET INTO YOUR EYES, THEY GET IN THE WINDSHIELDS, THE GET INTO LOW SHALLOW ALL AROUND THE
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AREA. THEY ARE A BIG NUISANCE. SO WE WENT TO THE SALTON AND THEY TALK ABOUT THAT THIS WATER BUGS ARE VILLE FOR FISH TO EAT, THE GUPPY FISH THAT ARE BEING PROTECTED. NEVER WAS IT PUT OUT THAT WITNESS THE SERIAL KILLING OF WILDLIFE BY THE HOUSE IN THIS. I REALLY WANT TO THANK YOU AND ENCOURAGE YOU TO PUSH FORWARD CONCEPT WITH THE CONCEPT OF BRINGING TO MAKE THIS STUDY VERY STATE ON SCIENCE BECAUSE WE ALL KNOW THE ONE OR ALL OF THE EAST VALLEY IN THE .TOURISM, PROPERTY VALUES WILL GO UP, BUSINESS WILL BE IN FULL BLOOM.
IT'S JUST SO MUCH MORE FOR OUR FUTURE IF WE TO IMPORT WATER MUCH FOR YOUR SUPPORT.
CHUCK PARKER. >> YOU 3 MINUTES MR. PARKER IT'S GOOD TO BE BACK WILL TO SEE ONE PERSON AFTER THE COVID BREAK. I'M CHUCK PARKER WITH THE SALTON SEA:I'M A MEMBER OF THE LONG-RANGE PLANNING COMMITTEE. OF THE SALTON SEA MANAGEMENT PROGRAM. WE LEFT A PACKET HERE FOR EACH OF YOU THAT INCLUDES SOME DOCUMENTS THAT EXPLAIN THE REASON WE WERE ASKING FOR THE RESOLUTION.
ALSO A COPY OF A RESOLUTION THAT WAS PASSED YESTERDAY IN LA QUINTA. A LOT OF THE CITIES GETTING ON BOARD WITH THIS ALREADY.
RENT SHALL BE DEPOSITED TOMORROW. PALM DESERT, NEXT THURSDAY AND THEY ARE TAKING THE APPROACH OF REAFFIRMING WHAT THEY SAID IN THE PAST AND THEN ADDING ON THIS CONCERN ABOUT GREENHOUSE GAS. JUST REAL QUICK, I NEVER THOUGHT OF IT BEFORE THERE WAS A REPORT THAT CAME OUT IN JANUARY WHICH TALKED ABOUT HOW THE SALTON SEA BECAUSE IT WAS SUCH A PRODUCTIVE ECOSYSTEM ALL THE FERTILIZER FLOWING IN THERE THAT OLOGY GREW ABUNDANTLY.
THE FISH AIDED IN THE BIRDS ATE THE FISH. WHEN ALL THESE ORGANISMS BEHIND THEIR ORGANIC BODY SUNK TO THE BOTTOM AND WAS SEQUESTERED THERE. AND IT WAS A GOOD THING TO PREVENT GLOBAL WARMING. AS THE SEAT HAS DECLINED AFTER THE SALE WAS APPROVED IN 2000 THERE IS A LOT, THOUSANDS OF ACRES OF EXPOSED BECOMES EXPOSED THE CARBON DIOXIDE STARTS TO THE AIR METHANE WHICH IS UP TO 80 TIMES WERE WE THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT THE PLANNING PROCESS UNDERWAY TAKE THIS INTO CONSIDERATION. IT WOULD REALLY AFFECT ALL THIS OF BECOMING CARBON NEUTRAL OR CARBON NEGATIVE IN THE NEXT FEW YEARS. IT DOESN'T MAKE MUCH SENSE TO SPEND BILLIONS OF ELECTRIC CARS AND THEN SEE WHICH TURNS INTO A MAJOR GAS.
THE OTHER ISSUE REAL QUICK IS ON THE LONG-RANGE PLANNING THEY JUST HAD PEOPLE LOOK INTO THE PROSPECTS FOR WATER ON THE COLUMN APPEARED IN THE NEXT YEAR'S. IT'S REALLY THEY HAD BEST CASE SCENARIO, WORST CASE SCENARIO FALL LESS WATER THAN WE'VE BEEN USED TO.
THAT'S FOR ALL THE WATER FROM THE SALTON SEA COMES FROM. WITHOUT OCEAN WATER IMPORT. IF WE IMPORT OCEAN WATER THERE WAS ANOTHER REPORT THAT INDICATED IF WE CAN DESALINATE IT, MAKE MONEY OFF THE SALT AND HAVE A NEW SOURCE OF FRESHWATER.
FOR THESE REASONS WE ASK YOU TO CONSIDER OUR PROPOSAL AND TO IF YOU LIKE IT TO PLACE IT ON THE AGENDA FOR A FUTURE
MEETING. THANK YOU. >> THINK IT MR. PARKER. CLERK TO BE HAVE SOME
ONLINE? >> ANNALISA. YOUR 3 MINUTES. HELLO AND GOOD EVENING. MAYOR FURMAN AND MAYOR PRO TEM PARTIES AND MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL.
I WOULD LIKE TO BRING OUT A SESSION THAT OCCURRED TODAY REGARDING THE FISCAL YEAR 2022 TO 23 CITY BUDGET. CAPITAL PROJECT CHARACTERIZATION IS VERY INTERESTING TO ATTEND.
THIS IS IN REFERENCE TO BELOW THE LINE ITEMS. THAT WERE BEING PRIORITIZED BY THE CITY COUNCIL. I KNOW A LOT OF IT IS BASED ON INTEREST PROJECTS THAT ARE IMPORTANT AND SPECIFICALLY I WANTED TO MENTION THE TOPIC OF PICKLE BALL COURTS. BASED ON TENNIS COURTS THAT ARE UNDERUTILIZED. I DON'T
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REALLY KNOW ANYONE APPLICABLE EXCEPT WHO SEEMS LIKE IT'S A FUN SPORT. YOU'RE AN AVID PICKLE BALL PLAYER BUT, YOU KNOW DOESN'T PLACE A SOCCER AND FOOT SOLVED.INCLUDING MY NIECE AND NEPHEW GISELLE WHO IS 10 AND WHO IS AN AWESOME SOCCER PLAYER IN MY NEPHEW KINGSTON WAS MANY OTHER FAMILIES LIKE MY SISTER WHO IS A SOCCER MOM AT THIS POINT. TO TRAVEL TO OTHER CITIES LIKE JUST SHE PLAYS FOR A SOCCER TEAM IN COACHELLA. WE DON'T HAVE THAT MANY OPPORTUNITIES IN THE CITY OF .
AND SO I WOULD LIKE TO RECOMMEND INSTEAD OF A PICKLE BALL COURTS THAT THEY BE MULTI-COURTS WHICH ARE VERY POPULAR CALLED SPORTS COURTS THE MULTIUSE COURTS MEANS YOU CAN COMBINE ANY SPORT SO IT CAN BE LIKE PICKLE BALL AND TENNIS OR IT CAN BE FOOT SAUL AND BASKETBALL. ETC. YOU CAN COMBINE AND I REALLY FEEL THAT WOULD REALLY BRING A LOT OF FAMILIES.
I HAVE BEEN AT THE PARK THE LAST FEW SATURDAYS.
MY COWORKER AND I HAVE SOME COVID OUTREACH MANY MEATS.
ALTHOUGH IT WAS STILL COOL AND THEN IT GOT A LITTLE WARMER.
THERE IS NOT THESE ARE LIKE THOSE TYPES OF ACTIVITIES.
I THINK THAT WOULD BE A GREAT USE SMELL DURING THAT ARE STELLAR.
WE KNOW FOOT SAUL THIS GROWING SPORTS IN THE WORLD.
HERE IN OUR CITY IT WOULD BE GREAT TO BE ABLE TO TRACK HOW POPULAR IT IS IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS. BUT, WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH PLACES TO PLAY IT. AROUND THE WORLD IN BRAZIL AND OTHER COUNTRY POPULAR.
WHEN WE DON'T HAVE THE SPACES FOR SOCCER FIELDS. AS YOU KNOW IT CITIES LIKE COACHELLA THEY HAVE OVER HUNDRED SOCCER TEAMS OF ALL AGES.
ALSO BRIAN ON BEHALF OF PRIME VIEWS AND CHARGED COACHES COACHES FROM I WANTED TO MENTION THE ISSUE OF FOOT SAUL COURTS IN INDIA AT THE TIME THERE WAS AN OPPORTUNITY.
I FEEL LIKE THIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY COULD CONNECT HIM TO THE CITY MANAGER OR ANYONE. I REALLY WOULD LIKE. UNFORTUNATELY WILL BE UNDERUTILIZED JUST LIKE TENNIS. IF WE COULD JUDGE FOR MULTI- USE COURTS I THINK THAT WILL BE PHENOMENAL AND IT WILL GET OUR PEOPLE OUT TO THE PARKS AND IT REALLY IS
>> THANK YOU. >> WE HAVE ALEX DELACRUZ
NEXT. >> HELLO, CAN YOU HEAR ME?
>> YES SIR. >> HELLO, THANK YOU FOR HEARING MY COMMENTS THIS EVENING. WHEN HE MISSED THE HUNTER DELACRUZ.
I'M 25 YEARS OLD AND I'VE LIVED IN COACHELLA VALLEY SINCE I WAS 7 YEARS OLD.
FIRST I WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THE ELECTRICS TO EASE OUR TRANSPORTATION OF MILK EVERY DAY WAS A STRENGTH THESE NEARBY FOR WHEN WE CAN ALTHOUGH THE TINY PEOPLE HAVE A GOOD PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION AFTER THE SUSTAINABILITY PRESENTATION DIRECTION.
I HEARD SOMETHING ABOUT PUBLIC TRANSIT.
HOPEFULLY IT IS AMBITIOUS FOR SURE ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS IN ABILITY AS PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION. I WANT TO REMIND YOU WE STILL NEED MORE BUS ROUTES ON OUR STREETS. WE REALLY SHOULD NOT CALL OURSELVES THE CITY OF SUSTAINABILITY WHEN WE STILL HAVE THE MAJORITY OF PEOPLE
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DRIVING. SO, THEY CHOOSE TO BECAUSE WE HAVE NO BUS ON MANY MAIN STREETS.IF WE DO IT'S ONLY A PORTION OF THE STREETS. THE BUS ZIGZAGS AROUND MAKING IT INCONVENIENT. WE SHOULD MAKE TAKING THE BUS TO FAST, EASY AND FUN.
I KNOW SOMEONE DOES NOT WANT TO DO THIS AND IS NOT ABLE TO KEEP UP WITH THE GROWTH OF THE VALLEY.
IT IS CONTROLLED BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WHICH HAS NO INTEREST IN IMPROVING TRANSIT. THEY ARE ALL FORGERY. THIS CAN ONLY BE DONE IF YOU HIRE YOUR OWN SEPARATE BUS AGENT.
UNPAIRED RELAYS WE SHOULD GET PEOPLE. IN CONSIDERATION.
IT CAN ONLY LEADERSHIP IMPROVES BUT HER ROOF IF THEY DON'T IMPROVE FIRST. ALSO PUBLIC TRANSIT SHOULD.
OR THOSE THAT DON'T HAVE A FAIR JUST GET ON. THE 2 MAJOR OIL SPILLS THAT HAPPEN IN THE AMAZON FOREST. IT'S VERY UGLY.
WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO GET TO DOWNTOWN PALM SPRINGS AND BACK HERE ALMOST AS QUICKLY AS CARDSCAN.
SO THAT CONCLUDES MY COMMENTS.
>> YES NOW WE HAVE – – ON THE LINE ON SOON.
>>.THE BIGGEST PROBLEMS HERE IN INDIO. THE TRANSLATION PROBLEM.
ENGLISH] >> ANNA VARGAS WAS SPEAKING ABOUT THE PARKS.
HAVING THE MULTI- SPORT, MULTI-COURTS.
>> WE WANT TO ENJOY DIFFERENT SPORTS NOT JUST ONE AND SPEND TIME WITH
FAMILY. THANK YOU. >> TO HAVE ANY FURTHER COMMENTS ONLINE?
>> KNOW THEIR COMMENTS MAYOR. I DID HAVE ONE MORE. MS. EMILY. FROM OUR GREATER COACHELLA VALLEY CHAMBER COMMERCE.
THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE COMMENTS. I DON'T HAVE SO MUCH A COMMENT FOR CONSIDERATION BUT A COMMENT OF CONGRATULATIONS AND ACKNOWLEDGMENT AND APPRECIATION FOR THE CITY OF INDIO. THIS PAST SATURDAY THE CHAMBER IT WAS ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN HIS SECOND SATURDAY EVENT.
WE COMMEMORATED A COLD MILESTONE FOR YOU.
RIBBON CUTTINGS WILL THEY SEEM SIMPLE ANIMALS EASY TO OVERLOOK. AT THE CHAMBER BUT WE TRY TO RECOGNIZE IS THAT MILESTONES MEAN SOMETHING IN THE TIMELINE OF YOUR LIFE. OVER THE LAST 92 YEARS OF INDIO'S DEVELOPMENT THERE BEEN MANY MILESTONES AND PROGRESS AND DEVELOP MEN.
THEY WANTED TO OFFER OUR CONGRATULATIONS A PARTNERSHIP AND RECOMMEND SEEING THE AMAZING ACHIEVEMENTS AND RAPID DEVELOPMENTS THAT THE CITY STAFF, CITY COUNCIL HAVE PUT FORWARD OF THE LAST YEAR AND YEARS TO INVEST IN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
YOU WILL KNOW I'M RELATIVELY NEW TO THE CHAMBER. FINDING MY FEET A LITTLE BIT MORE EVERY SINGLE DAY. AS A PARTNER I BELIEVE THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE IS A HUGE CATALYST IN IMPORTANT COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS.
WERE KIND OF A NEXUS FOR COMMUNITY QUALITY-OF-LIFE CONCERNS AS MUCH AS TALENT AND RESOURCES AND ALL OPPORTUNITY TO FILAMENT AS WELL AS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. WE WANTED TO RECOGNIZE YOUR ACHIEVEMENTS.
CONGRATULATIONS ON THE ONE YEAR. WE'D LIKE TO OFFER A COMMITMENT TO PARTNER UP WITH YOU AND MAKE SURE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT WISE, TALENT WORKFORCE TALENT WISE, RESOURCE TO MOMENT AND TOOLS FOR THE COMMUNITY BOTH IN ENGLISH AND SPANISH THAT WE ARE HERE TO LEVEL UP AND WALK IN LOCK STEP WITH YOU.
WHEN I THINK THE CITY STAFF AS WELL. JUST A NOTE CITY STAFF HAS BEEN SO ACCOMMODATING AND
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GRACIOUS IN WORKING WITH US AND HELPING ME LEARN THE ROPES A LITTLE BIT.LOOKING FORWARD TO CONTINUED PARTNERSHIP AND ORGANIZING MINIMART MILESTONES OF YOUR DEPONENT. THANK YOU ON BEHALF OF THE CHAMBER AND BUSINESS COMMUNITY. THAT'S IT.
>> I APPRECIATE THE COMMENTS. WE HAVE NO FURTHER COMMENTS AND BEFORE WE MOVE ON I LIKE TO ADD THERE A LOT OF THINGS THE PUBLIC COMMENTS THAT WERE BROUGHT UP.
PLEASE, AT ANY TIME CONSTANT TALK TO YOUR RESPECTIVE COUNCIL MEMBER.
THE CONSUMMATE PARENT THAT'S IN CHARGE OF THE DISTRICT. PRETTY SURE THEY WILL BE WILLING TO WORK WITH YOU.
IN THE CITY MANAGER IS AVAILABLE.
DON'T FORGET TO FOLLOW INDIO LIVE WHERE ACTIVITIES ARE GOING ON TO THE CITY. AS SOON AS YOU STEP OUT TO SEE A LOT OF CONSTRUCTION GOING ON.
PLEASE BE MINDFUL OF THE CONSTRUCTION ZONES IN THE CITY. PLEASE WATCH YOUR SPEED. WE HAVE TRAFFIC CONCERNS SO PLEASE WATCH YOUR SPEED AND SPREAD THE WORD AS WELL. BEFORE I ADJOURN I'D LIKE TO ADJOURN THE MEETING IN MEMORY OF ONE OF OUR LONGTIME RESIDENTS AND BUSINESS OWNERS MIKE JONES OF HANS AUTOMOTIVE.
HE HAD 30 YEARS OF SERVICE IN THE CITY. HE PASSED FROM COVID. I LIKED AND THIS MEETING IN HIS MEMORY AND THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED UNTIL THE NEXT CITY COUNCIL AND IWA MEETING JUNE 1,
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