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City of Indio

AGENDA

City Council / Indio Water Authority

Wednesday, May 18, 2022 @ 5:00 PM

Council Chamber, 150 Civic Center Mall

 

 

The City Council serves as the Indio Water Authority

 

The City Council Chamber will be open to the public and City Council meetings will be conducted in person and remotely through Zoom in compliance with Government Code Section 54953(e) (AB 361)

 

Members of the public will be required to comply with the California Department of Health Guidance for the Use of Face Coverings which strongly recommends that all persons, regardless of vaccine status, continue to mask while in indoor public settings and businesses. [Eff. 3/1/22].

 

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

or via Facebook Live

or via YouTube

or view and participate via Zoom

Webinar ID: 822 6676 3072, Passcode: 92201

 

Agenda en Español

 

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

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

 

 

MISSION STATEMENT

THE CITY OF INDIO'S PUBLIC SERVANTS PROVIDE OUTSTANDING MUNICIPAL SERVICES TO ENCHANCE THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR OUR RESIDENTS, VISITORS AND THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY

 

 

 

 

 

STUDY SESSION - 2 PM

 

 

 

1.

CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL

Mayor Waymond Fermon

Mayor Pro Tem Oscar Ortiz

Councilmember Lupe Ramos Amith

Councilmember Glenn Miller

Councilmember Elaine Holmes

 

 

2.

PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

 

 

3.

PUBLIC COMMENT

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

 

 

4.

DISCUSSION ITEMS

 

 

 

4.1

FY 2022-23 City Budget and Capital Project Prioritization

 

Attachment 1: CIP 5-YEAR DRAFT 2223

Attachment 2: Below the Line 2223

8 - 11

 

 

CLOSED SESSION - 4 PM

 

 

 

1.

CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL

Mayor Waymond Fermon

Mayor Pro Tem Oscar Ortiz

Councilmember Lupe Ramos Amith

Councilmember Glenn Miller

Councilmember Elaine Holmes

 

 

2.

PUBLIC COMMENT

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

 

 

3.

ADJOURN TO CLOSED SESSION TO CONSIDER:

 

 

 

3.1

Conference with Real Property Negotiators, Government Code Section 54956.8; City of Indio property located on the northeast corner of Monroe Street and John Nobles Avenue: APNs: 614-100-001, 614-100-002, 614-100-003, 614-100-004, 614-100-005, 614-100-006, 614-100-007, 614-100-008, 614-100-009, 614-100-010, 614-100-011, 614-100-012, 614-100-013, 614-100- 018, 614-100-019, 614-100-020, 614-100-021, 614-100-022, 614-100-023, 614-100-024, 614- 101-001, 614-101-002, 614-101-003, 614-101-004, 614-101-005, 614-101-006, 614-101-007, 614-101-008, 614-101-009, 614-101-010, 614-101-011, 614-101-012, 614-101-013, 614-101- 014, 614-101-016, 614-101-017, 614-101-018, 614-101-019, 614-101-020, 614-101-021, 614- 101-022, 614-101-023, 614-101-024, 614-101-025, 614-101-026, 614-101-027, 614-101-028, 614-101-029, 614-101-030, 614-101-031, 614-101-032, 614-101-033, 614-101-034, 614101- 035, 614-101-036, 614-101-037, 614-101-038, and 614-101-039; City of Indio Negotiator: Bryan H. Montgomery, City Manager; Negotiating Party: HCL Indio Marketplace, LLC; Under Negotiation: Price and Terms of Payment.

 

 

 

 

3.2

Conference with Real Property Negotiators, Government Code Section 54956.8; for APNs 611- 164- 011, 013, 014, 015, Indio, City of Indio Negotiator: Bryan H. Montgomery, City Manager; Negotiating Party: Coachella Valley Development Partners, LLC, by Mr. David Schuman; Under Negotiation: Price and Terms of Payment

 

 

 

 

3.3

Conference with Real Property Negotiators, Government Code Section 54956.8; nine properties are located between Oasis Street and Towne Street, south of Miles Avenue APNs 611-172-025, 611-172-027, 611-172-026, 611-172-022, 611-172-023, 611-172-020, 611-172-017, 611-172-018, and 611-172-019, Indio, City of Indio Negotiator: Bryan H. Montgomery, City Manager; Negotiating Party: F-W LLC; Under Negotiation: Price and Terms of Payment

 

 

 

 

3.4

Conference with Real Property Negotiators, Government Code Section 54956.8; APNs 611-164-006, 611-164-007, 611-164-009, and 611-164-017, Indio, City of Indio Negotiator: Bryan H. Montgomery, City Manager; Negotiating Party: S. L. G. R. Development, Inc.; Under Negotiation: Price and Terms of Payment

 

 

 

 

REGULAR SESSION - 5 PM

 

 

 

1.

CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL

Mayor Waymond Fermon

Mayor Pro Tem Oscar Ortiz

Councilmember Lupe Ramos Amith

Councilmember Glenn Miller

Councilmember Elaine Holmes

 

 

2.

INVOCATION

The City Council does not endorse the content of the invocation and does not endorse the invocational speaker’s particular faith, belief and/or religious denomination. The City Council does not engage in any prior inquiry, review of, or involvement in, the content of the invocation, except to request the speaker to refrain from using the invocation as an opportunity to attempt to convert others to a particular faith or to disparage any faith or belief and for the speaker to face the City Council. The City Council has an established neutral policy for selecting and scheduling invocational speakers. The City Clerk will make the Council’s policy on invocations available upon request for public inspection and copying.

 

 

3.

PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

 

 

4.

CITY ATTORNEY REPORT ON CLOSED SESSION

 

 

5.

PRESENTATIONS

 

 

 

5.1

Presentation by GFWC Woman's Club of Indio

 

 

 

 

5.2

Proclamation for Nurses Week at JFK

 

 

 

6.

YOUTH ADVISORY COUNCIL (YAC)

Frida Arriaga, Miabella Cansino, Kailey Cisneros, Stephanie DeJesus, Lilyana Garcia, Daniela Rodriguez, Vianca Terriquez, and Victoria Terriquez

 

 

7.

REPORT ON CITY COUNCIL EXTERNAL/INTERNAL BOARDS, COMMISSIONS AND COMMITTEE MEETINGS AND REPORT ON MEETINGS ATTENDED PER GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 53232.3(D)

 

 

8.

CITY MANAGER REPORTS AND INFORMATION

 

 

9.

CONSENT CALENDAR

Consent calendar items are considered to be routine in nature and will be approved by one motion. Reading of text of Ordinances is waived and Ordinances are adopted as second reading, by title only. Public requests to discuss consent calendar items must be filed with the City Clerk before the consent calendar is called. This is the time for any member of the public wishing to speak on a consent calendar item to do so. Any member of the public wishing to speak shall have a total of three minutes to address any and all items on which he/she wishes to speak. Unless a consent calendar item is pulled for discussion by a council member, there will be no further opportunity to discuss the matter. If a consent calendar item is pulled for Council discussion and a member of the public then wishes to speak, he/she shall limit comments to matters raised during the Council discussion.

 

 

 

9.1

Minutes for City Council meeting of May 4, 2022 (Sabdi Sanchez, City Clerk Administrator) Recommendation: Approve

 

Staff Report - Minutes for May 4, 2022 - Pdf

12 - 18

 

 

9.2

City Warrants from 05.03.2022 thru 05.16.2022  (Rob Rockwell, Assistant City Manager and Director of Finance) Recommendation: Receive & File

 

Staff Report - City Warrants from 05.03.2022 thru 05.16.2022 - Pdf

19 - 40

 

 

9.3

IWA Warrants from 04.20.2022 thru 05.03.2022 (Rey Trejo, IWA General Manager) Recommendation: Receive & File

 

Staff Report - IWA Warrants from 04.20.2022 thru 05.03.2022 - Pdf

41 - 45

 

 

9.4

2022 Memorandum of Understanding for integrated regional water management planning and funding in the Colorado River Basin Funding Area (Rey Trejo, IWA General Manager) Recommendation: Approve

 

Staff Report - Authorize the Executive Director to sign the 2022 Memorandum of Understanding for Integrated Regional Water Management Planning and Fun - Pdf

46 - 58

 

 

9.5

Water Improvement Agreement, Performance and Payment Bonds, and Grant of Easement from Canopy, LP for Canopy at Citrus, APN 602-090-006 located near the northeast corner of Jefferson St and Ave. 50 in the amount of $318,270 (Rey Trejo, IWA General Manager) Recommendation: Approve

 

Staff Report - Water Improvement Agreement, Performance and Payment Bonds, and Grant of Easement from Canopy, LP for Canopy at Citrus, APN 602-090-006 - Pdf

59 - 116

 

 

9.6

Second Reading of Ordinance No. 1778, Adding Chapter 51A (Mandatory Organic Waste Disposal Reduction) to Title V of the Indio Municipal Code (Timothy T. Wassil, Director of Public Works) Recommendation: Approve

 

Staff Report - Second Reading of Ordinance No. 1778, Adding Chapter 51A (Mandatory Organic Waste Disposal Reduction) to Title V of the Indio Municipal - Pdf

117 - 144

 

 

9.7

City of Indio Sustainability Commission Sustainability Plan and 2022 Annual Work Plan (Timothy T. Wassil, Director of Public Works) Recommendation: Approve

 

Staff Report - City of Indio Sustainability Commission Sustainability Plan and 2022 Annual Work Plan - Pdf

145 - 176

 

 

9.8

Agency Reimbursement Agreement by and between the City of Indio and the Coachella Valley Association of Governments (CVAG) at a cost estimated at $900,000 for the Preliminary Design and Environmental Studies phase for the Avenue 50 widening from Jefferson Street to Jackson Street Project, Project No. ST2004 (Timothy T. Wassil, Director of Public Works) Recommendation: Approve

 

Staff Report - Agency Reimbursement Agreement by and between the City of Indio and the Coachella Valley Association of Governments (CVAG) at a cost es - Pdf

177 - 191

 

 

9.9

Task Orders with Hermann Design Group, Albert A. Webb Associates, Geocon West, and NAI Consulting, for consulting services to begin the final design of the Indio Sports Park (Project No. PK-SPORTS) in an amount not to exceed $534,493 (Timothy T. Wassil, Director of Public Works) Recommendation: Approve

 

Staff Report - Task Orders with Hermann Design Group, Albert A. Webb Associates, Geocon West, and NAI Consulting, for consulting services to begin the - Pdf

192 - 238

 

 

9.10

Resolution No. 10282 adopting a list of projects to be funded by Senate Bill 1, Road Repair and Accountability Act of 2017 (Timothy T. Wassil, Director of Public Works) Recommendation: Approve

 

Staff Report - Resolution No. 10282 adopting a list of projects to be funded by Senate Bill 1, Road Repair and Accountability Act of 2017 - Pdf

239 - 243

 

 

9.11

Cooperative Agreement between the City of Indio and City of La Quinta for the Design and Construction of Three Projects with Shared City Jurisdiction (Timothy T. Wassil, Director of Public Works) Recommendation: Approve

 

Staff Report - Cooperative Agreement between the City of Indio and City of La Quinta for the Design and Construction of Three Projects with Shared Cit - Pdf

244 - 265

 

 

9.12

Approval of a Building Lease Agreement with Beer Buds, Inc. for the property located at 82-921 Indio Boulevard, and finding of conformity with the General Plan (Carl S. Morgan, Director of Economic Development) Recommendation: Approve

 

Staff Report - Building Lease Agreement with Beer Buds, Inc. - Pdf

266 - 307

 

10.

PUBLIC HEARINGS

 

 

 

10.1

Adopt Resolution No. 10278 authorizing the levy of a special tax for City of Indio Community Facilities District No. 2004-1 (Law Enforcement, Fire and Paramedic Services) and annexation areas thereto;  the City of Indio Community Facilities District No. 2004-2 (Law Enforcement, Fire and Paramedic Services); Resolution No. 10279 Community Facilities District No. 2004-3 (Terra Lago Area No. 1); Resolution No. 10280 Community Facilities District No. 2005-1 (Talavera Area No. 1 and No. 2); and Resolution No. 10281 Community Facilities District No. 2006-1 (Sonora Wells) for fiscal year 2022/23 (Rob Rockwell, Assistant City Manager and Director of Finance) Recommendation: Receive & File

 

Staff Report - Resolutions authorizing the levy of a special tax for the City of Indio Community Facilities District - Pdf

308 - 318

 

 

10.2

Ordinance No. 1779 Amending Chapter 159 (Zoning Regulations) of the Indio Municipal Code to allow Cannabis Storefront Retailer and Cannabis Non-Storefront Retailer Businesses in certain areas of the City and finding that Ordinance No. 1779 is exempt from CEQA pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15061(b)(3) (Kevin H. Snyder, Director of Community Development) Recommendation: Approve

 

Staff Report - Ordinance No. 1779 - Cannabis Zoning Text Amendment - Pdf

319 - 326

 

11.

ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS

 

 

 

11.1

Ordinance No. 1780 adding a new Chapter 123 to Title XI of the Indio Municipal to regulate and permit commercial cannabis activities in the City; and making a determination that the Ordinance is not subject to the California Environmental Quality Act pursuant to CEQA Guidelines 15060(c)(3) (Bryan H. Montgomery, City Manager) Recommendation: Approve

 

Staff Report - Regulatory Cannabis Ordinance - Pdf

327 - 362

 

12.

PUBLIC COMMENTS FOR ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA

This is the time set aside for public comment for items not on the agenda. Public comments may be provided in the manner prescribed on the first page of this agenda.

 

 

13.

ADJOURN

 

 

 

NEXT COUNCIL / IWA MEETING: JUNE 1, 2022

 

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

 

PUBLIC NOTICE

 

The Indio City Council Chamber is accessible to person(s) with disabilities. If special equipment is needed, for the hearing impaired, please call the City Clerk's office.  Persons with disabilities can receive this agenda in an alternative format and should call the City Clerk's office at 3914007. Notification 48 hours prior to a meeting will enable the City to make reasonable arrangements to ensure accessibility to the meeting (28 CFR 35.102.35.104 ADA Title 11).

 

RULES OF DECORUM

 

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

 

DECLARATION OF POSTING

 

I, Sabdi Sanchez, City Clerk Administrator of the City of Indio, California, do hereby declare that the foregoing agenda was posted on May 13, 2022, at least seventy-two (72) hours prior to the meeting per Government Code 54954.2, at the following locations:

 

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

City of Indio website www.indio.org

 

Sabdi Sanchez

SABDI SANCHEZ, CMC

CITY CLERK ADMINISTRATOR