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VICE CHAIR LUE, IF YOU WANT[1. CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL]
TO TAKE US OVER MEETING AND GET US STARTED, THAT WOULD BEGREAT. >> CERTAINLY. OKAY. VERY GOOD.
NOW I CAN SEE YOU AND YOU CAN SEE ME.
ALL RIGHT. I CALL TO ORDER THE SUSTAINABILITY COMMISSION MEETING FOR THE CITY OF INDIO FOR MAY 23, 2022.
OUR NEXT ITEM IS THE PLEDGE OF --
COMMISSIONER PATTERSON? >> HERE.
NOW WE HAVE THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE IS THE NEXT ITEM ON OUR AGENDA.
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.
THANK YOU. WITH THAT OUR MEETING IS IN SESSION AND OUR FIRST ITEM IS THE MINUTES FROM APRIL 25, 2022.
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HAS EVERYONE WHO WANTS TO REVIEW IT HAVE TIME TO APPROVE IT? IF SO, I WILL TAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THEM. I WILL PROCEED IF SOMETHING IS NEEDED, PLEASE SPEAK UP.I MOVE TO APPROVE THE MINUTES OF THE MEETING FOR APRIL 2022.
ALL RIGHT. WITH THAT, THE MINUTES ARE APPROVED. OUR NEXT ITEM --
>> WE NEED TO VOTE ON IT. >> OH, WE NEED TO VOTE? I'M SORRY. OKAY.
>> COMMISSIONER BENTSEN IS ABSENT.
I, AS VICE CHAIR APPROVE. COMMISSIONER ROMERO?
SO WITH THAT WE HAVE THREE APPROVALS SO THAT IS SUFFICIENT FOR US TO APPROVE THE MINUTES.
>> WE ALSO WENT PAST NUMBER THREE, THE PUBLIC COMMENT SO I JUST WANT TO SAY THERE ARE NO PUBLIC COMMENTS TONIGHT.
NO PUBLIC COMMENTS. ALL RIGHT.
THAT MOVES US ALONG TO OUR NEXT AGENDA ITEM, WHICH IS THE BENEFITS OF A PERMANENT HOUSEHOLD HAZARDOUS
[5. Benefits of a Permanent Household Hazardous Waste Collection Facility]
WASTE COLLECTION FACILITY.WE HAVE LISA THOMPSON WHO IS THE ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE MANAGER FOR RIVERSIDE COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF WASTE RESOURCES SCHEDULED TO SPEAK TO THAT ISSUE.
I WANTED TO SEE IF I CAN SHARE MY SCREEN FOR PRESENTATION.
AHEAD, PLEASE. >> OKAY. ALL RIGHT.
SO I WAS ASKED TO TALK ABOUT WHAT ARE SOME OF THE BENEFITS IN REGARDS TO OUR EXISTING EVENTS WE HAVE IN THE CITY OF INDIO VERSUS LOOKING AT A PERMANENT FACILITY. SO SOME OF THE BENEFITS TO HAVING A PERMANENT
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FACILITY, ESPECIALLY WITHIN A CITY IS YOU DO GET YOUR RESIDENTS WHERE THERE'S GOING TO BE RESIDENTS WILL HAVE A FACILITY TO GO TO ROUTINELY INSTEAD OF HAVING A TEMPORARY DAY ONE OR TWO DAYS OUT OF THE YEAR TRYING TO FIGURE OUT IF THEY'RE AVAILABLE THAT YEAR OR NOT SO IT DOES INCREASE THE SERVICES WE PROVIDE.IT'S MUCH MORE CONVENIENT FOR YOUR RESIDENTS.
IT WILL INCREASE THE NUMBER OF DAYS AVAILABLE THROUGH YEAR.
INSTEAD OF TWO DAYS PER YEAR TO 12 TO 24 DAYS PER YEAR.
WE WOULD LOOK AT ONE DAY A MONTH AND IF THERE'S A NEED FOR MORE THAN THAT, WE COULD EVALUATE IT AND LOOK AT THAT, TOO.
IT WOULD BE ALWAYS ON THE SAME SATURDAY AT THE SAME TIME SO THERE'S SOME CONSISTENCY THERE. RESIDENTS WILL KNOW WHERE TO GO AND PLAN BETTER AND REALLY JUST WANT TO DO THE RIGHT THING.
SO YOU WILL HAVE FIXED OPERATING DAYS AND HOURS.
SO THOSE ARE SOME OF THE BENEFITS.
IN ADDITION TO THAT, THERE'S THE CITY OF INDIO ACTUALLY DOES A REALLY GOOD JOB OF EDUCATING THE RESIDENTS, SO THIS IS AN OUT LET THAT THEY CAN ALSO UTILIZE TO EDUCATE YOUR RESIDENTS ON HHW SERVICES OR SUSTAINABILITY OR EVEN OTHER PROGRAMS. SO HAVING A PERMANENT FACILITY, IT'S GOOD FOR THE COMMUNITY, IT'S GOOD FOR THE LEADERS AND IT MINIMIZES HOW MUCH HAZARDOUS WASTE PEOPLE ARE STORING AT HOME.
IT CAN CREATE ISSUES WITH WATER ISSUES, FIRE ISSUES, A LOT OF ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS WHEN RESIDENTS DON'T HAVE AN EASY WAY OF DISPOSING OF THEIR HAZARDOUS WASTE.
MANY OF THEM WILL STORE IT AT THEIR HOME AND IT WILL LEAK INTO THE SOIL AND CAUSE FIRES AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
IT WILL ALSO HELP TO MINIMIZE THAT COORDINATION ANY TIME WE HAVE AN EVENT WITH THE CITY OF INDIO.
ONCE THERE'S A PERMANENT FACILITY, WE PROVIDE THE CITY WITH THE DATA AND THE INFORMATION THEY WANT BUT IT'S ALMOST ESSENTIALLY HANDS OFF.
THE COUNTY PAYS FOR THE HANDLING, THE CONTRACTOR, THE LABOR.
IN ADDITION TO THAT, THIS IS WHAT I WOULD LOOK AT ALSO, THE COLLECTION TYPE RIGHT NOW JUST IN THIS PAST YEAR WE HAD A FEW EVENTS WITHIN THE CITY OF INDIO AND WE HAD THE ANNUAL PARTICIPATION THAT WAS A LITTLE OVER 600 RESIDENTS THAT PARTICIPATED AND YOU CAN SEE WE DO COLLECT QUITE A BIT OF HAZARDOUS WASTE.
PROPANE CYLINDERS, E-WASTE, SHARPS AND MEDICATIONS, TOO, THOSE ARE SOME OF THE BIG ONES THAT WE IMPLEMENTED A FEW YEARS BACK ALSO.
SO THE AVERAGE ANNUAL HAZARDOUS WASTE THAT WE COLLECT FROM THE CITY OF INDIO IS A LITTLE OVER 38,000 POUNDS.
WE'RE LOOKING AT WASTE BEING COLLECTED, DISPOSED OF, A LOT MORE PARTICIPATION FROM RESIDENTS SO THERE'S A HUGE INCREASE IN WHAT OUR SERVICES ARE, WHAT WE'RE COLLECTING FROM THOSE RESIDENTS AND HOW MUCH OF IT.
THERE'S QUITE A BIT OF A SIGNIFICANT CHANGE IN THAT AND IT WILL ALSO DEPEND IF WE GO ONE TO TWO DAYS A MONTH, IT JUST DEPENDS ON THAT, TOO, BUT OVERALL WE SHOULD SEE THE SAME CONSISTENCY AND
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THE PARTICIPATION AND THE TOTAL AVERAGE COLLECTED BY THE SECOND TABLE ON THE RIGHT.THAT'S WHAT I'M ESTIMATING TO SEE COLLECTED IF WE HAVE A PERMANENT FACILITY IN THE CITY OF INDIO.
WE'RE IN THE FINAL STAGES WITH THE CITY OF CORONA THEY ARE IN THE PROCESS OF CONSTRUCTING A FACILITY FOR US.
SOME OF THE BENEFITS THAT WE HAVE AT THE PERMANENT FACILITIES IS A MATERIAL REUSE PROGRAM AND WE ALSO PROVIDE SERVICES TO THE VERY SMALL QUANTITY GENERATORS.
WE CAN'T HAVE THESE KIND OF PROGRAMS WE TEMPORARY EVENTS.
ONLY PERMANENT FACILITIES WE HAVE CAN HAVE THESE PROGRAMS. PALM SPRINGS IS ANOTHER PERMANENT FACILITY WE HAVE WITH THE CITY. THE RESIDENTS REALLY ENJOY IT.
WE GET MATERIALS THAT ARE STILL IN GOOD QUALITY SO WE WILL PULL THOSE OUT AND GO THROUGH A QAQC AND THEN PROVIDE THOSE REUSABLE MATERIALS BACK TO THE RESIDENTS AND RESIDENTS COME FIRST THING ON A SATURDAY MORNING AND THEY WANT TO SEE WHAT'S IN OUR REUSE STORE AND TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT AND THE COST OF PAINT NOW IS REALLY EXPENSIVE AND WE HAVE PAINT.
WE ALSO HAVE PROPANE CYLINDERS.
WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF EVERYTHING. CLEANING PRODUCTS, EVERYTHING YOU CAN THINK OF THAT PEOPLE ARE DROPPING OFF.
MANY OF THESE CONTAINERS ARE STILL IN REALLY GOOD AND USABLE AND ALMOST FULL.
THAT'S ANOTHER PROGRAM THAT'S REALLY GOOD FOR THE RESIDENTS.
WE ALSO HAVE THIS VERY SMALL QUANTITY GENERATOR PROGRAM AND THAT'S ONLY FOR PERMANENT FACILITIES SO WE PROVIDE SERVICES TO BUSINESSES THAT QUALIFY AND MEET THE REQUIREMENTS FOR A VERY SMALL QUANTITY GENERATOR.
THEY CAN BRING WASTE TO US AND WE CAN TAKE THE WASTE AND DISPOSE OF IT AND WE ONLY CHARGE THEM WHAT IT COSTS US SO IT HELPS US SAVE QUITE A BIT OF MONEY INSTEAD OF THEM HIRING A CONTRACTOR, HAZARDOUS WASTE CONTRACTOR TO GO OUT AND TAKE CARE OF THEIR HAZARDOUS WASTE.
IT'S A LOT MORE EXPENSIVE THAT WAY AND WE HAVE THIS PROGRAM AT ALL OF OUR PERMANENT FACILITIES.
SO AS YOU SEE THE DROP AND SHOP BENEFITS, THAT'S WHAT WE CALL OUR REUSE, PROGRAM, HAZARDOUS MATERIALS, A DROP AND SHOP.
THEY GET QUITE A BIT OF GOOD MATERIAL. IT'S ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY.
THE MATERIAL THAT WE COLLECT GETS REUSED FOR ITS INTENDED PURPOSE INSTEAD OF GETTING DISPOSED OF AND INCINERATED.
FOR US, IT ALSO DECREASES OUR DISPOSAL COST.
IF IT CAN BE REUSED BY THE RESIDENTS, WE SAVE ON DISPOSAL COSTS.
THE DROP AND SHOP, AGAIN, THIS IS WHAT WE WOULD EXPECT AT THE INDIO FACILITY JUST WITH LATEX AND OIL-BASED PAINT AND OTHER REUSABLE MATERIALS, WE'RE LOOKING AT CLOSE TO 6,000 POUNDS OF REUSABLE MATERIAL THAT GOES THROUGH THE DROP AND SHOP THAT WE WOULD EXPECT.
THIS IS THE SAME KIND OF PROGRAM THAT WE WOULD WANT TO IMPLEMENT IF THERE WAS A PERMANENT FACILITY IN INDIO. THIS IS THE SAVINGS THAT WE WOULD SEE.
THE VERY SMALL QUANTITY GENERATOR, I TOUCHED ON THAT, TOO.
IT'S BUSINESS FAMILY AND PROVIDES COMMUNITY SERVICES AND IT REDUCES ILLEGAL DUMPING FROM MANY OF THE SMALL BUSINESSES THAT
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IT JUST GETS TOO COSTLY FOR THEM AND WHAT THEY WANT TO DO IS DUMP IT ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD SOMEWHERE.THE WAY WE SAVE MONEY IS BECAUSE WE'RE CONSOLIDATING ALL THEIR HAZARDOUS WASTE.
THAT'S HOW WE'RE ABLE TO REDUCE THE COST TO THEM AND WE'RE ONLY CHARGING THEM THE COST, WHAT OUR COST IS.
IF THE CITY IS WANTING TO LOOK AT THIS MORE SERIOUSLY AND LOOK AT SOME LOCATIONS, WE DEFINITELY WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT SPACE.
IS IT LARGE ENOUGH TO HANDLE THE TRAFFIC FLOW? I WOULD SAY AT LEAST AN ACRE PROPERTY IS RECOMMENDED AND ALSO WE WANT TO LOOK AT THE ADJACENT BUSINESSES AND PROPERTIES AND MAKING SURE THAT THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BE AFFECTED OR IMPACTED BY OUR OPERATIONS.
WE LOOK AT TRAFFIC PATTERN AND THE SITE LAYOUT ITSELF.
WE WOULD WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH THE CITY TO IDENTIFY THAT AND DISCUSS ANY CONCERNS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
JUST SO YOU CAN SEE WHAT OUR PALM SPRINGS FACILITY LOOKS LIKE, IT'S REALLY SIMPLE.
IT HAS A METAL COVER AND NEXT TO IT -- THIS IS A BETTER PICTURE.
WE HAVE A COUPLE PORTABLE CHEMICAL STORAGE CONTAINERS.
A PORTABLE SUPPLY SHED AND ON THIS SIDE I DON'T HAVE A PICTURE BUT THIS IS WHERE WE CONSTRUCTED THE DROP AND SHOP AND THIS IS WHERE OUR DROP AND SHOP IS.
IT'S NOT IN THIS PICTURE, I WOULD HAVE TO UPDATE IT BUT RESIDENTS WALK UP HERE AND COME STRAIGHT INTO THE LITTLE STORE AND THEY TAKE WHATEVER THEY WANT.
WHAT WE DO IS HAVE A U SHAPE SO RESIDENTS COME IN HERE AND THEY STOP HERE.
THIS IS WHERE WE DO ALL THE UNLOADING. RESIDENTS STAY INSIDE THEIR VEHICLE THE ENTIRE TIME AND WE TAKE EVERYTHING AND THEN THEY DRIVE OFF. WHAT WE LOOK AT IS A FENCE AND A ROOF SO THAT WE CAN OPERATE DURING INCLEMENT WEATHER.
OUR WORKERS WEAR SUITS SO WE WANT TO PROTECT THEM FROM THE HEAT AND THE RAIN AND BE ABLE TO CONTINUE WITH THE OPERATIONS DURING THE RAIN.
WE ASK THAT THE CONCRETE IS PERMANENTLY SEALED SO THAT IF THERE ARE SPILLS IT IS CONTAINED.
DURING THE OPERATIONS, WE DO COVER THE ENTIRE WORK AREA SO IN CASE THERE'S AN ISSUE, IT'S CONTAINED.
WE DO HAVE A SEMI TRUCK THAT COMES IN AT OUR PERMANENT FACILITIES AND THEY LOAD EVERYTHING UP.
IT'S ONCE OR TWICE A MONTH, IT JUST DEPENDS ON HOW BUSY THE FACILITY IS.
SO THE ROAD ITSELF HAS TO BE BIG ENOUGH FOR A SEMI TRUCK.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE WILL LOOK FOR FROM THE CITY IS THE CITY WOULD CONSTRUCT THE FACILITY AND COVER THE CONSTRUCTION COST, BUT, AGAIN, THERE ARE GRANTS OUT THERE AND WE COULD DO A REGIONAL GRANT AND IT CAN GO UP TO $500,000 THAT WE CAN GET TO HELP WITH THE COST OF THE CONSTRUCTION.
ANYWHERE FROM $250,000 TO $500,000.
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SO IT JUST DEPENDS ON HOW WE APPLY FOR THOSE GRANTS.WE WOULD IDENTIFY THE POTENTIAL CITY OWNED PROPERTIES FOR THE COUNTY TO REVIEW JUST SO THAT WE'RE ON THE SAME PAGE IF THE PROPERTIES WILL WORK OR NOT.
AND, OF COURSE, LONG TERM COMMITMENT, BOTH THE CITY AND THE COUNTY ARE INVESTING QUITE A BIT SO WE WANT A LONG TERM COMMITMENT WITH THE CITY. THE COUNTY'S COMMITMENT WOULD BE WE WOULD FUND ALL THE EQUIPMENT THAT'S NEEDED, OPERATING AND DISPOSAL COST.
WE WOULD TAKE CARE OF ALL THE CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE CONTRACTOR BOTH WITH THE RFP PROCESS, OBTAIN ALL THE PERMITS THAT ARE REQUIRED AND, AGAIN, LONG TERM COMMITMENT.
SO WE WOULD ALSO LOOK AT PURCHASING SOME OF THAT EQUIPMENT JUST DEPENDING ON -- SOME OF OUR FACILITIES THAT ARE PERMANENT FACILITIES THAT WE HAVE AGREEMENTS WITH ARE OTHER CITIES.
WE HAVE COMMITTED TO PURCHASING CHEMICAL STORAGE BINS.
WE HAVE COMMITTED TO PURCHASE THE SUPPLY SHED, ANYTHING UNDER THE CANOPY, THE COVER, WE HAVE COMMITTED TO PURCHASING THOSE ITEMS AND THE ACTUAL STRUCTURE, THE COVER, THE ASPHALT, THE ROAD WOULD BE AND THE ELECTRICAL AND WATER WOULD BE THE CITY'S RESPONSIBILITY AND EVERYTHING ELSE WOULD BE OUR RESPONSIBILITY.
DO YOU GUYS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS?
>> I GUESS I'LL START WITH THE QUICK QUESTIONS I HAVE BASED ON YOUR PRESENTATION, AND THANK YOU FOR PROVIDING THAT.
IT'S A REALLY GOOD PRESENTATION, VERY THOROUGH.
I GUESS MY FIRST QUESTION, WHEN IT COMES TO STAFFING I THINK YOU MENTIONED EARLIER IT WILL BE COUNTY STAFF OR WOULD THE CITY ALSO BE RESPONSIBILITY FOR STAFFING?
>> NO, IT WOULD BE OUR COUNTY AND CONTRACTOR.
YOU ARE MORE THAN WELCOME TO HAVE CITY STAFF THERE IF YOU WANT TO UTILIZE THIS AS AN EDUCATIONAL COMPONENT OR IF YOU WANT TO HANDOUT THINGS BUT IT'S NOT NECESSARY.
AT ALL OF OUR PERMANENT FACILITIES THAT WE HAVE WITH OTHER CITIES, WE DON'T HAVE CITY
STAFF ON SITE. >> AND AS FAR AS THE CONSTRUCTION FOR A SIMILAR FACILITY, LET'S SAY THE PALM SPRINGS ONE, DO YOU HAVE AN ESTIMATE AS TO WHAT THAT COST LOOKS LIKE.
I KNOW YOU SAID GRANTS SHOULD COVER MOST OF IT BUT I WANT TO GET AN IDEA OF WHAT THAT COST IS.
>> YEAH, IT REALLY WILL DEPEND ON HOW EXTRAVAGANT WE WANT TO GO INTO A FACILITY BUT REALLY WE'RE LOOKING AT A COVER, WHICH CAN BE ANYWHERE FROM $300,000 PROBABLY.
I DON'T KNOW. IT JUST DEPENDS ON THE CITY PLANNING AND THEN THE ASPHALT AND CONCRETE AND ELECTRICAL AND WATER.
RIGHT NOW EVERYTHING IS SO EXPENSIVE I WOULD SAY AT LEAST A MILLION DOLLARS I WOULD LOOK AT LEAST AT $700,000 TO $1 MILLION.
NEXT QUESTION, YOU SAID THE COUNTY WOULD OBTAIN ALL REQUIRED PERMITS, WOULD THAT ALSO INCLUDE THE PERMITS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW FOR THE LAND IF ANY OF THAT IS NECESSARY?
WE COULD DO IT AND THEN WE WOULD WANT TO TAKE THE LEAD ON THE GRANT OR THE CITY CAN DO IT AND IT MIGHT BE SERIES SINCE YOU ARE CITY TO WORK DIRECTLY WITH YOUR PLANNING DEPARTMENT.
IT JUST REALLY DEPENDS ON HOW YOU WANT TO APPROACH IT, BUT WE COULD DO IT OR YOU GUYS CAN DO IT.
>> AND I THINK THIS WILL BE MY LAST QUESTION.
FOR SMALL QUANTITIES, YOU MENTIONED THERE'S A COST ASSOCIATED WIT.
IS THERE ALSO A COST ASSOCIATED WITH REGULAR DISPOSAL OF HOUSEHOLDS, TIRES AND THINGS ALONG THOSE LINES.
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>> WE DON'T TAKE TIRES, BUT I WILL SHOW YOU -- I WILL GIVE YOU A RANDOM LIST HERE OF THE THINGS WE DO TAKE.
EVERYTHING THAT WE TAKE FROM RESIDENTS, IT'S FREE TO THE RESIDENTS. IF IT'S A SMALL QUANTITY GENERATOR, THERE'S THAT COST, WHATEVER THE COST IS TO US WE HAVE TO PASS IT TO THEM.
THAT'S ALL I HAVE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> OKAY. >> COMMISSIONER PATTERSON, ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS?
>> YEAH, I GUESS IT SOUNDS LIKE SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO THE COMMUNITY AND I IMAGINE IF THE CITY COUNCIL WERE GOING TO APPROVE SOMETHING LIKE THIS, THEY WOULD WANT A STAFF REPORT WITH AN ESTIMATE OF ALL THE COSTS AND SOME KIND OF CONCRETE PLANS.
SARA, ARE WE CONSIDERING RECOMMENDING THIS TO THE CITY COUNCIL?
>> ULTIMATELY, THAT WOULD BE UP TO ALL OF YOU.
I THINK THAT IF WE ARE GOING TO -- IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO MOVE IT FURTHER AND THEN CONSIDER A RECOMMENDATION, THE NEXT STEPS WOULD BE TO LOOK AND SEE WHERE AREAS MIGHT BE AND START THERE.
THAT MIGHT HELP US DETERMINE -- THAT WILL HELP US DETERMINE A LOT OF THE COSTS DEPENDING ON WHERE THAT IS AND HOW REMOTE IT IS OR NOT REMOTE IT IS AND THAT WOULD BE THE NEXT STEP.
>> THAT'S WHAT I WOULD RECOMMEND.
I WOULD RECOMMEND IDENTIFYING THE LOCATION BECAUSE LIKE I SAID THAT WOULD DETERMINE THE COSTS.
>> DO YOU HAVE ANY AREA THAT YOU CAN THINK OF, SARA, THAT WOULD BE A GOOD LOCATION?
>> I HAVE NOT LOOKED AT THIS POINT.
I WILL SAY THAT WE GET PROBABLY MORE CALLS ABOUT TRYING TO DISPOSE OF SOME FORM OF HHW THAN ANYTHING ELSE, SO I THINK IT'S WORTHWHILE LOOKING INTO BUT THAT'S UP TO YOU.
IF YOU WANT TO TAKE THAT NEXT STEP, I'M HAPPY TO WORK WITH SOME OF THE FOLKS HERE AND SEE WHERE THERE MIGHT BE CURRENT ZONING AREA OR TALK TO PLANNING AND SEE IF THERE'S SOMEWHERE WITH AT LEAST POTENTIAL NOW.
>> COMMISSIONER ROMERO HAS HIS HAND RAISED
>> WHAT WOULD THE PROCEDURE LOOK LIKE FROM THE COUNTY STANDPOINT? HOW WOULD THAT LOOK?
>> YEAH, SO IT WOULD GO IN FRONT OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS FOR APPROVAL.
>> SO INDIO WOULD COME UP WITH THE PLAN FIRST AND THEN IT WOULD GO TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS?
>> YEAH, FIRST I WOULD WORK DIRECTLY, EITHER MYSELF OR SOME OF MY STAFF WORK DIRECTLY WITH THE CITY OF INDIO AND COME UP WITH AN AGREEMENT. ONCE WE HAVE AN AGREEMENT IN PLACE, THEN WE WOULD GO TO THE BOARD TO HAVE THAT AGREEMENT SIGNED.
>> SO I DEFINITELY THINK THERE'S A NEED FOR A FACILITY LIKE THIS THAT'S ABLE TO HELP OUR RESIDENTS PROPERLY DISPOSE OF SOME OF THE MATERIALS THAT MIGHT OTHERWISE CONTAMINATE OUR ENVIRONMENT OR CAUSE CLUTTER IN THE HOUSE SO I THINK THERE'S DEFINITELY MERIT TO THIS.
I WOULD LIKE TO SEE FURTHER TALKS, FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS AND ALSO DEFINITELY RECOMMEND LOOKING AT CITY OWNED LAND ALREADY TO BRING THE COSTS DOWN BECAUSE WE KNOW HOW EXPENSIVE THE REAL ESTATE MARKET IS CURRENTLY. IF THERE'S ANY REAL ESTATE LAND THAT COULD BE REPURPOSED, I THINK THAT WOULD BE REALLY BENEFICIAL AND ONCE WE HAVE COMMISSIONER BENTSEN AS WELL TO LOOK AT WHERE TO GO.
>> THERE ARE DIFFERENT WAYS OF APPROACH REACHING THIS TYPE OF FACILITY.
WITH THE CITY OF PALM SPRINGS WE DID AN HHW
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GRANT APPLICATION AND THAT ALLOWED US TO APPLY FOR UP TO $500,000. THE CITY RECOVERED QUITE A BIT OF THAT CONSTRUCTION.WE ALSO COMMITTED TO PAYING CERTAIN THINGS OURSELVES, THE COUNTY, IN ADDITION TO WHAT WAS ALREADY COVERED IN THE GRANT, SPELLED OUT IN THE GRANT AND WE ALSO HAVE DIFFERENT WHERE THE CITY CAN APPLY FOR THEIR OWN GRANT UP TO $250,000 AND YOU CHOOSE HOW YOU WANT TO, OF COURSE, THAT WILL GO DIRECTLY TO THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE FACILITY SO WE HAVE THOSE KINDS OF OPTIONS.
WE ALSO HAVE ANOTHER FACILITY ON LAKE ELSNORE WHICH IS REALLY SIMPLE, A COVER, A CHEMICAL STORAGE BIN, AN ABOVEGROUND TANK AND ELECTRICAL AND WATER FOR OUR EYE WASH STATION AND EMERGENCY EYE WASH AND SHOWER AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE THIS HUGE, EXTRAVAGANT FACILITY, IT JUST DEPENDS THAT IT HAS TO WORK WITH THE TRAFFIC FLOW.
IT HAS TO BE SAFE TO OPERATE AND WE HAVE TO HAVE ROOM TO OPERATE AND HANDLE ALL THE WASTE THAT'S COMING IN. OTHER THAN THAT, AND JUST HAVING A COVER.
IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE THIS HUGE, METAL COVER.
I KNOW THE CITY OF LAKE ELSNORE HAS LIKE THE ONES THAT YOU SEE AT THE PARKS AND PLAYGROUNDS AND THINGS LIKE THAT AND THAT WORKS, TOO.
>> WHEN YOU SAY REGIONAL, IS THAT MULTIPLE CITIES?
>> IT'S THE CITY AND THE COUNTY APPLYING TOGETHER.
IT WILL BE THE CITY AND THE KIND AND THAT MAKES IT REGIONAL VERSUS JUST THE CITY APPLYING THEMSELVES THEN YOU CAN ONLY APPLY FOR $250,000. IF IT'S TWO DIFFERENT JURISDICTIONS, YOU HAVE A COUNTY APPLYING AND THE CITY PLAYING TOGETHER AND NOW YOU HAVE DOUBLED THE AMOUNT THAT YOU CAN APPLY FOR IN A GRANT.
>> AND IF THAT WERE TO BE ADDED ON LIKE IF ANOTHER CITY IS INTERESTED IN PARTNERING, WOULD THAT BE MORE FUNDING AVAILABLE IN THAT ROUTE?
>> NOT THROUGH THE GRANT BUT YOU CAN HAVE AN AGREEMENT WITH THE CITIES TO PAY OFF SOME OF THE COSTS.
>> THANK YOU, THAT'S ALL I HAVE.
HOPEFULLY. I SAID THAT EARLIER AND I HAD A FEW MORE.
>> NO, NO, YOU HAVE GOOD QUESTIONS.
>> I HAVE TWO QUICK QUESTIONS.
ONE IS PROCEDURAL AND THE OTHER IS IN TERMS OF SCHEDULING.
IN TERMS OF SCHEDULING, I'M NOT SURE IF THE SLIDE IS SHOWING, IS THERE A SLIDE SHOWING SCHEDULING IN CAN WE GET TO THAT OR --
>> YEAH, FOR MOVING THIS FORWARD.
I DID NOT CATCH THE DATES OR PREFERRED TIME LINE.
YOU HAVE A CONSTRUCTION GRANT AND A SMALL PROJECT GRANT SO IT'S EVERY YEAR.
RIGHT NOW I'M SEEING THERE'S NOT A LOT OF JURISDICTIONS APPLYING FOR THE CONSTRUCTION GRANTS BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE THE FUNDING OR THERE'S NO NEED FOR THEM TO HAVE A PERMANENT, MAYBE THEY ALREADY HAVE A PERMANENT FACILITY BUT I'M NOTICING THAT THERE'S NOT A LOT OF APPLICATIONS GOING IN FOR CONSTRUCTION GRANTS RIGHT NOW.
WE WOULD HAVE A REALLY GOOD CHANCE OVER THE NEXT FEW YEARS, I BELIEVE, AND AGAIN EVERY YEAR THEY COME OUT WITH A CONSTRUCTION GRANT, SO IF YOU DON'T GET IT THIS YEAR, CHANCES ARE YOU CAN GET IT NEXT YEAR.
>> SO WHAT IS THE DEADLINE FOR THIS?
>> RIGHT NOW THEY HAVEN'T COME OUT WITH THE NEW GRANT.
WE DO HAVE OUR MEETING NEXT MONTH AND THAT'S WHEN THEY'RE GOING
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TO PROVIDE US WITH THOSE DEADLINES.AND MY SECOND -- I WILL SAY MY INITIAL THOUGHTS ON IT, IT SOUNDED LIKE I WAS THINKING OF IT FIRST IN THE CONTEXT OF WHAT WE'RE DOING WHICH IS TOWARDS SUSTAINABILITY AND WHAT HAVE YOU BUT THE WASTE IS BEING GENERATED AND IT'S NOT A DISPOSAL FACILITY, IT'S A COLLECTION FACILITY SO IT'S JUST A POINT OF COLLECTION TO MOVE IT OUT OF THE AREA AND THAT'S WHAT WE WANT TO DO. WE DON'T WANT TO FIND IT IN SOME OPEN LOT SOMEWHERE SO IN THAT SENSE, BECAUSE IT'S A COLLECTION FACILITY, WE NEED TO -- TO ME THAT'S FAR EASIER TO CONVINCE FOLKS, INCLUDING MYSELF, BUT ULTIMATELY SOMEBODY HAS TO DISPOSE IT ELSEWHERE. I'M ASSUMING THIS WOULD BE THE SAME DISPOSAL LOCATIONS WHICH ARE CURRENTLY THE FINAL DISPOSAL LOCATIONS
RIGHT NOW. >> THE FINAL DISPOSAL LOCATIONS? WE CONTRACT RIGHT NOW WITH CLAIM HARBORS. MOST OF THE WASTE THAT WE COLLECT IS INCINERATED, EITHER IT'S STABILIZED AND INCINERATED, FOR EXAMPLE, OUR POISONED, FLAMMABLES, CORROSIVES ARE DIFFERENT.
MOST OF THOSE ARE INCINERATED AND USED AS FUEL.
OIL AND BATTERIES ARE REUSED OR RECYCLED.
SHARPS GO THROUGH A TREATMENT FACILITY.
MOST OF THE INCINERATORS FOR HAZARDOUS WASTE ARE OUT OF CALIFORNIA.
WE DON'T HAVE ANY IN CALIFORNIA.
>> RIGHT, I WAS TRYING TO THINK OF WHERE CLAIM HARBORS IS. THE NEXT QUESTION IS PROCEDURAL AND THAT'S FOR SARA.
IF WE, AS A SUSTAINABILITY COMMISSION WERE RECOMMENDING THIS TO SOME GROUP WITHIN OUR REVIEW PROCESS FOR THE CITY, WHAT IS THE TRADITIONAL FORMAT? HOW DO WE TRADITIONALLY GO ABOUT THAT?
>> ONCE WE FIRST LOCATION OUT, WE WANT TO BASICALLY BUILD THE STORY AND GET AS MUCH OF THE ANSWERS THAT THEY'RE MOST LIKELY TO ASK AS FAR AS WE CAN GUESS GET ALL OF THAT INFORMATION, HOW MUCH WILL IT COST? WHERE COULD IT GO? ARE THERE ISSUES? WE WOULD ALSO WANT TO WORK WITH THE COUNTY TO MAKE SURE THEY ARE SUPPORTIVE WITH US AND ULTIMATELY BUILD A -- NOT A STORY BUT THE LOGIC TO ALL OF IT SO THAT WE CAN PAINT THE RECOMMENDATION AND ASK FOR APPROVAL AND BE ABLE TO SHOW WHY AND MAKE A STAFF REPORT AND SEND THE RECOMMENDATION TO COUNCIL.
IT'S REALLY THE BACKGROUND WORK TO GET IT TO A POINT THAT IT'S A GOOD RECOMMENDATION WITH SOLID BACKGROUND, SOLID REASONS AND DETAILED INFORMATION.
>> OKAY. SO WITH THAT WILL IT BE APPROPRIATE TO SAY THAT WE WILL WAIT FOR YOU-ALL -- PERHAPS WE CAN GET AN OPINION FROM THE COMMISSIONERS ON WHETHER THIS IS SOMETHING THAT THEY MAY EVERYONE WANT TO TAKE THE TIME TO REVIEW OR PASS IT TO THE NEXT BODY. SO COMMISSIONER PATTERSON, DO YOU THINK IT'S WORTH TAKING THE TIME TO REVIEW THIS?
>> YEAH, I THINK THAT IT'S AN IMPORTANT PROGRAM FOR THE CITY TO OFFER TO RESIDENTS TO AVOID HAVING THESE TYPES OF MATERIALS ILLEGALLY DUMPED.
IT ALLOWS FOR THE POSSIBLE RECYCLING. I THINK IT'S AN IMPORTANT PROGRAM.
I GUESS THE ONLY OTHER ONE IS IN PALM SPRINGS, WHICH IS CLEAR ON THE OTHER
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SIDE OF THE COACHELLA VALLEY SO I THINK IT WOULD BE WORTHWHILE TO TAKE WHATEVER NEXT STEPS STAFF THINKS IS WORTH TAKING TO MOVE FORWARD. I'M NOT SURE IF THAT'S A RECOMMENDATION TO THE CITY COUNCIL OR STAFF DEVELOPING INFORMATION AND THEN REPORT BACK TO US LATER BUT WHATEVER THE APPROPRIATE PROCEDURE IS, I THINK IT WOULD BE MY PREFERENCE THAT WE WOULD MOVE FORWARD WITHCOMMISSIONER ROMERO, IS THIS SOMETHING YOU WOULD LIKE TO REVIEW?
I THINK IT WOULD BE A PROGRAM OF GREAT BENEFIT THAT WOULD HELP REDUCE ILLEGAL DUMPING AND CLUTTER IN OUR COMMUNITY AND MAKE SURE THAT THINGS ARE BEING DISPOSED OF IN A SAFE MATTER SO I THINK IT WOULD BE VERY BENEFICIAL FOR US TO LOOK INTO THIS AND CREATE A GOOD PROPOSAL THAT WHEN IT GETS TO COUNCIL WE'LL HAVE A LOT OF THE ANSWERS TO LOOK FOR, THE COST, CONNECTING WITH A LOCAL CITY.
I THINK IT WILL BE FAIR TO SAY OTHERS FROM AROUND THE COMMUNITY COULD USE IT AS WELL AND IF THAT'S NOT POSSIBLE, I DON'T THINK THAT'S A NONSTARTER, EITHER, BUT I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE DO GET SOME OF THESE QUESTIONS ANSWERED AND BRING THIS BACK AS A VOTING ITEM THAT WE CAN SEND OVER TO COUNCIL FOR REVIEW.
IT WOULD PROBABLY HAVE TO GO TO PLANNING COMMISSION FIRST, RIGHT? I DON'T KNOW HOW THAT WOULD GO SINCE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT BUILDING A FACILITY. MAYBE THE COUNCIL WOULD APPROVE THE PROPOSAL FIRST AND THEN THE BUILDING. WE'LL FIGURE THOSE THINGS OUT, I'M
AND I CONCUR WITH COMMISSIONER PATTERSON AND ROMERO. IF WE DO NOT HAVE ANY OBJECTIONS FROM THE COMMISSIONERS ABSENT, SARA, I WOULD ASK YOU TO PUT THIS ON THE LIST FOR NEXT STEPS WE SHOULD TAKE AND LISA, WE THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH FOR TAKING THE TIME TO PRESENT THIS PROJECT TO THE COMMISSION AND TO THE PUBLIC.
HOPEFULLY THERE ARE PUBLIC MEMBERS WATCHING REVIEWING THIS INFORMATION.
THANK YOU. >> YEAH, AND IF YOU HAVE MORE QUESTIONS FOR ME, PLEASE FEEL FREE. SARA HAS MY CONTACT INFORMATION AND DEFINITELY I'M HERE TO PROVIDE ANY GUIDANCE THAT YOU GUYS -- OR ADDITIONAL ANSWERS TO SOME OF YOUR QUESTIONS BUT I WOULD SAY THAT THE PRIMARY THINK IS TO LOOK AT IS THERE PROPERTY THAT YOU GUYS HAVE AND GO FROM THERE.
>> OUR NEXT ITEM IS GRANTS AND WE HAVE SANDY STONE,
[6. Grants]
DIRECTOR AND KRISTIN CLARKE B&A GRANT SERVICES AND SOFTWARE TO GIVE US UPDATES ON THE CITY'S GRANT APPLICATIONS FOR TRANSFORMATIVE CLIMATE COMMUNITIES GRANT AND THE ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM.WE DID TAKE A LITTLE TIME REVIEWING THE LAST ITEM SO WE HAVE 15 MINUTES LEFT IF THAT, OR 13 MINUTES LEFT SO GO AHEAD, PLEASE.
>> SURE, I'M KRISTIN WITH BLAZE AND ASSOCIATES AND I WAS SPEAKING WITH YOU BACK I BELIEVE IN JANUARY ABOUT THE CLEAN CALIFORNIA GRANT THAT WE WERE SUCCESSFUL IN GETTING FOR JACKSON STREET FOR STREET IMPROVEMENTS AND STREET ART AND THINGS OF THAT SORT. SO THE ATP IS THE ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM AND TCC IS THE TRANSFORM TIFF CLIMATE COMMUNITIES PROJECTS AND THAT IS FROM CALIFORNIA'S STRATEGIC GROWTH COUNCIL.
I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY OF YOU HAVE BEEN INVOLVED OR MAYBE PAYING ATTENTION PREVIOUSLY TO OTHER GRANT APPLICATIONS THAT WERE SUBMITTED BUT
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A FEW YEARS AGO, THERE WAS AN URBAN GREENING APPLICATION THAT WAS SUBMITTED FOR THE JEWEL COMMUNITY, WHICH IS WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BE FOCUSING ON FOR BOTH OF THESE GRANT APPLICATIONS.SO THAT URBAN GREENING APPLICATION WAS NOT SUCCESSFUL SO WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO IS TAKE RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THAT AND PUT FORTH AN ATP, SO A CAL-TRANS PROGRAM, ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM AND IT'S REALLY TO BRING MORE OPPORTUNITY FOR ACTIVE PARTICIPATION, FOR REPLACING SIDEWALKS, PUTTING IN BIKE LANES AND THINGS OF THAT SORT.
ENABLING PEOPLE TO GET AROUND MORE SAFELY, PUTTING TREES IN SO IT'S NOT SO HOT ON THE STREETS.
THAT APPLICATION IS DUE ON JUNE 15TH.
THEN THE NEXT PROJECT THAT WE'RE DOING OR THE NEXT PROPOSAL IS QUITE A BIT LARGER SO ATP IS GOING TO BE VERY LARGE AS WELL.
THAT'S A $7 MILLION REQUEST THAT WE'RE PUTTING IN.
THE TRANSFORMATIVE CLIMATE COMMUNITIES, THOUGH, IS A $35 MILLION PROPOSAL THAT REQUIRES MATCH ON THE PART OF THE COMMUNITY AND THE STRATEGIC GROWTH COUNCIL IS REALLY LOOKING TO EMPOWER COMMUNITIES THAT ARE MOST IMPACTED BY POLLUTION TO CHOOSE THEIR OWN GOALS, STRATEGIES AND PROJECTS TO REDUCE GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS AND LOCAL AIR POLLUTION AND SO, AGAIN, IT FOCUSES ON THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND CENSUS TRACKS THAT REALLY ARE THE NEEDIEST AND THE MOST DISADVANTAGED FOR A VARIETY OF REASONS.
SO, GENERAL, THIS IS LOOKING AT THE CENSUS TRACK THAT THE JEWEL COMMUNITY IS IN.
IT'S A HISTORICALLY DISINVESTED COMMUNITY SANDWICHED BETWEEN THE STORM WATER CHANNEL AND I-10 AND THE UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD TRACKS SO IT'S JUST ISOLATED AND CUT OFF FROM BEING ABLE TO GET LOCALLY SOURCED FOOD, HAVING SAFE WALKING AND BIKING AND GREEN SPACES SO THE IDEA BEHIND THIS TRANSFORMATIVE CLIMATE COMMUNITIES IS TO BRING TOGETHER COMMUNITY GROUPS, TO BRING THE COMMUNITY TOGETHER ITSELF AND REALLY THINK ABOUT WHAT ARE THE PROJECTS AND PROGRAMS THAT THE RESIDENTS WANT, THAT ACTIVISTS AND PEOPLE ENGAGED WITH NONPROFITS IN THE AREA WANT AND SO WE HAVE BEEN WORKING A LITTLE WHILE WITH A GROUP TO COME UP WITH A LIST OF PROJECTS THAT ARE FOCUSED ON A FEW DIFFERENT STRATEGIES.
SO IT'S, AGAIN, MORE ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION, STREET IMPROVEMENTS, LED LIGHTING FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD, SIGNAGE REPLACEMENT, AND, AGAIN, SOME OF THESE COMPLETE STREETS AND PUTTING IN BIKE PATHS AND THINGS OF THAT SORT.
THERE'S URBAN GREENING AND SO THE INDIO SPORTS PARK PHASE ONE THAT WAS APPROVED RECENTLY AS WELL AS PHASE TWO, PUTTING IN SOME COMMUNITY GARDENS, RESIDENTIAL TREE PLANTING, AND THEN ALSO THERE'S GOING TO BE ONE OF THE STRATEGIES THAT THEY'RE REALLY LOOKING AT ALSO IS SOLAR INSTALLATION, EFFICIENCY AND APPLIANCE ELECTRIFICATION.
THERE WILL BE PROGRAMS AVAILABLE FOR HOME WEATHERING AND MAINTENANCE, WATER EFFICIENCY UTILIZING THE COUNTY'S APPLIANCE REBATE PROGRAM, SOLAR INSTALLATION, SO THERE'S A LOT OF GREAT THINGS AND THE IDEA IS TO NOT SPRINKLE ALL OVER THE CITY BUT TO FOCUS SO YOU CAN SEE HOW THIS IS TRANSFORMING THAT NEIGHBORHOOD.
IT'S A GREAT PROGRAM AND SARA HAS BEEN INVOLVED WITH IT FOR A WHILE. WE'RE BRINGING TOGETHER PARTNERS THIS WEEK TO TALK ABOUT THE PROJECTS AND PROGRAMS AVAILABLE.
THERE WAS A OUTREACH PROGRAM FOR THE RESIDENTS SO THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS GOING ON AND THAT'S JUST TALKING ABOUT THE TWO GRANT PROGRAMS. I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS OR IF YOU HAVE ANY INPUT.
SARA, IF I MISSED ANYTHING, FEEL FREE TO JUMP IN AS WELL.
>> THANKS, I THINK YOU COVERED A GREAT DEAL OF IT.
IT'S HUGE. THERE'S A LOT OF MOVING PARTS TO IT.
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>> ANY COMMENTS FROM THE COMMISSIONERS? I WILL JUST SAY I ATTENDED THE PUBLIC OUTREACH I GUESS TWO WEEKS AGO AND IT WAS PRETTY INTERESTING.
I THINK ATTENDING THOSE IS ONE OF THE BEST WAYS TO ENGAGE FOLKS.
I DIDN'T WANT TO SIDELINE THE MEETING BY JUST SITTING THERE TOLD ME THAT OUTREACH IS GOING TO HAVE TO INVOLVE GETTING OUT TO THOSE MEETINGS.
WE CANNOT REALLY WAIT FOR THEM TO COME TO US.
COMMISSIONER ROMERO, ANY COMMENTS?
>> IT ALL SOUNDS LIKE GREAT WORK IS BEING DONE.
WE HAVE RECEIVED SIMILAR FUNDING FROM THESE PROGRAMS BEFORE OR AT LEAST APPLIED AND YOU CAN SEE THE BIG CHANGE THIS FUND CAN GO DO TO AN AREA SO I'M HOPEFUL TO GET THIS DOWN IN THE JEWEL COMMUNITY.
A SPECIFIC QUESTION AND I'M CURIOUS TO SEE SOME OF THE MORE DETAILED PROJECTS THAT ARE UNDERTAKEN, BUT AS FAR AS STREET IMPROVEMENTS GOES, I KNOW THAT ONE OF THE BENEFICIAL IMPROVEMENT THAT CAN BE DONE FOR GREENHOUSE GAS REDUCTION AND PEDESTRIAN SAFETY IS ROUNDABOUTS.
DO YOU KNOW IF THAT'S BEEN DISCUSSED AT ALL IN THIS YET? I DON'T THINK THE CITY HAS ON ANY PUBLIC STREETS YET, MAYBE SOME PRIVATE BUT I DON'T BELIEVE OUR CITY HAS GONE THAT DIRECTION YET BUT I'M CURIOUS TO SEE IF THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY WHERE WE CAN IMPLEMENT THAT.
I DON'T KNOW THAT THAT'S BEEN PART OF THE CONVERSATION JUST YET, BUT IT'S DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT I THINK IS POSSIBLE THAT COULD BE EXPLORED BUT I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S BEEN PART OF THE CONVERSATION YET.
>> NO, THAT HASN'T COME UP YET.
WE HAVE BEEN LOOKING AT SIDEWALK, ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION AND THINGS LIKE THAT, NOT YET TRAFFIC CALMING BUT IT IS SOMETHING THAT WE CAN BRING UP.
>> VERY EXCITED TO SEE WHERE THIS CONVERSATION GOES AND I'M HOPING THAT WE CAN GET IN ON THIS GRANT PROCESS.
KRISTIN, THANK YOU FOR GETTING THAT MONEY DOWN TO THE CITY.
>> SO EXCITING, ISN'T IT? IT'S $5 MILLION AND THERE WAS NO MATCH SO THAT'S ALSO EXCITING.
>> COMMISSIONER PATTERSON, ANY COMMENTS BEFORE WE CONCLUDE WITH THIS ITEM?
>> SOUNDS LIKE A GREAT PROJECT AND I LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING MORE ABOUT IT IN THE FUTURE.
I HOPE IT'S SUCCESSFUL. >> THANK YOU.
GREAT. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I NOTED WAS THAT THE PUBLIC, IT'S ENTIRELY UNDERSTANDABLE, BUT THEIR COMMENTS AND CONCERNS WERE REGARDING UNHOUSED FOLKS AND HOUSING AND I THINK WE COUCHED ON IT IN THE LAST MEETING, HOUSING.
WELL, AT THE MEETING SOMEONE POINTED OUT THAT WE HAVE A REALLY GOOD HOUSING ELEMENT IN THE GENERAL PLAN OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT BUT REGARDLESS OF HOW MANY MILLIONS ARE PUT IN THE COMMUNITY, THAT IS A CORE ISSUE THAT RESIDENTS ARE GOING TO WANT ADDRESSED AND I DON'T KNOW THAT WE WERE ABLE TO COME UP WITH ANYTHING, THAT ANYONE WAS ABLE TO OFFER A SOLUTION AT THE MEETING BUT THAT'S A BIG ONE TO CHEW ON.
>> TO THAT POINT ABOUT HOUSING, I KNOW THAT ONE OF THE CRITERIA STATES ARE LOOKING FOR WITH OTHER PLANS SUCH AS THE SUSTAINABLE -- SSCH.
THEY'RE LOOKING FOR WALKABILITY SO IF THIS GRANT CAN HELP IMPROVE THE WALKABILITY, IT MAY ALSO HELP TO IMPROVE THE FUTURE OPPORTUNITIES FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING BECAUSE THEY'RE LOOKING FOR HOW WALKABLE AN AREA IS IN TERMS OF WHERE TO PUT PORTABLE HOUSING GOING FORWARD.
WELL, WE HAVE TWO MINUTES LEFT.
I THANK KRISTIN FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.
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SARA, IT'S OVER TO YOU.[7. Sustainability Plan and 2022 Annual Work Plan]
DO WE HAVE ENOUGH TIME TO COVER THE FINAL AGENDA ITEM PLUS OUR COMMENTS, YOUR STAFF REPORT AND ADJOURN?I WILL JUST SAY IT'S APPROVED, CITY COUNCIL APPROVED IT AND WE CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH THE WORK PLAN.
VERY GOOD. COMMISSIONER COMMENTS.
[8. COMMISSIONER COMMENTS]
ANY COMMENTS ON THE WORK PLAN OR ANY OTHER COMMENTS BEFORE WE CLOSE THE MEETING? COMMISSIONER PATTERSON?>> ALL RIGHT. NO OTHER COMMENTS FROM ME.
>> ALL RIGHT, WITH THAT, IN SHORT ORDER, CAN I HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN THE MEETING FOR TODAY, MAY 23, 2022?
>> ALL RIGHT. IS THERE A SECOND?
>> I'M NOT SURE WHO MOVED BUT I WILL SECOND IT.
WE'LL CALL IT COMMISSIONER PATTERSON MOVED.
>> ALL RIGHT, SO WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
NO ONE OPPOSES? ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, EVERYONE.
THE NEXT MEETING IS JUNE 27TH.
THANKS, SARA FOR THE WONDERFUL WORK.
ABSOLUTELY GREAT. >> THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, EVERYONE.
BYE-BYE.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.