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>> I WILL CALL TO ORDER THE CITY OF INDIO JOINT CITY COUNCIL MEETING WITH INDIA WATER AUTHORITY.

[1. CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL]

MY NAME IS WILLIAM AND I IN THE MIRROR.

I WILL BE CHAIRING THIS MEETING FOR CANAVERAL CALLED.

>> COUNTS MEMBER HOLMES.

>> PRESENT. >> COUNCIL MEMBER MILLER.

>> PRESENT.

>> COUNTS MEMBER AMITH.

>> PRESENT.

>> MAYOR PRO TEM.

>> PRESENT.

>> AND MAYOR FERMON.

>> PRESENT.

>> THE NEXT ITEM IS INVOCATION.

DO WE HAVE ANYONE FOR

INVOCATION? >> YES, WE DESPITE THE CITY DOES NOT ENDORSE THE INVOCATION OF SPEAKERS POLITICAL PARTICULAR FAITH OR BELIEF, RELIGIOUS DENOMINATION.

[4.1 Prohousing Strategies Discussion]

IF YOU WANT TO STEP OUT, FEEL FREE TO STEP OUT.

IF NOT WE WILL STAND AND JOIN THE SPEAKER FOR INVOCATION.

>> PLEASE JOIN ME IN PRAYER.

HOLY GOD, WE THANK YOU FOR THIS EVENING AND THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE YOU IN OUR GREAT CITY OF INDIO.

THANK YOU FOR ALL OF THE GROWTH WE HAVE EXPERIENCED IN THESE LAST YEARS UNDER THE COUNCILS STUDY GUIDANCE.

I ASK THAT YOU GIVE WISDOM AND STRENGTH AND BLESSING TO EACH MEMBER OF THE COUNCIL AND ALL WHO SERVE IN THE CITY THAT THEY WOULD RELY ON YOU.

HELP THEM TO GOVERN OUR CITY WITH JUSTICE AND COMPASSION FOR ALL WHO LIVE AND VISIT THE CITY OF INDIO CALIFORNIA.

I PRAY IN YOUR GREAT NAME, AMEN.

>>WAYMOND FERMON : PLEASE PLACE YOUR RIGHT HAND OVER YOUR HEART AND FACE OUR FLAG FOR THE PLEDGE.

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.

>>WAYMOND FERMON : NEXT ITEM IS ITEM NUMBER FOUR CITY ATTORNEY REPORTED CLOSED SESSION.

CITY ATTORNEY, DO WE HAVE A REPORT?

>> SHE'S ACTUALLY NOT HERE.

>>WAYMOND FERMON : I DON'T BELIEVE WE HAVE ANY REPORTABLE ITEMS SO WE WILL MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER FIVE WHICH ARE PRESENTATIONS THAT WE HAVE A PRESENTATION FOR NEW EMPLOYEES AND PROMOTIONS.

CITY MANAGER? >> THANK YOU. IN FACT, I THINK OF THE SCHOOL COUNSELOR CAN JOIN US.

>> AS THE COUNCIL IS GATHERING, IT'S MY HONOR AND PRIVILEGE OF THE LEADER OF THE CITY TEAM, TEAM INDIO AS WE AFFECTIONATELY CALL IT.

I GET THE WELCOME AND THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL WILL JOIN ME IN WELCOMING

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THE NEWEST MEMBERS OF TEAM INDIO.

THE MOST VALUABLE RESOURCES ARE HUMAN RESOURCE.

AND WE HAVE SEVEN INDIVIDUALS – SIX, I'M SORRY.

STARTING IS THE NEWEST MEMBERS OF TEAM INDIO AND AS WE ARE AFFECTIONATELY CALLING IT NOW, THEY ARE TAKING CENTER STAGE WHICH IS OUR TAGLINE RELATIVE TO OUR NEW LOGO.

AS A CULLINANE IF YOU CAN COME UP HERE AND BE EMBARRASSED – COME UP HERE.

CHIEF SCHAEFER WILL HAND THE PACKET TO GLENN PERHAPS YOUR THEY HAVE THEIR NAMES ON IT.

HAVE A SWAG BAG TO WELCOME AND THEN WE WILL HAVE SOME PHOTO OPS AS PART OF THE PROCESS.

FIRST WE WELCOME GEORGE RODRIGUEZ AS AN ACCOUNTANT IN OUR FINANCE DEPARTMENT.

IF YOU GIVE GEORGE A HAND.

[CLAPPING] WELCOME.

ALSO, AS AN ACCOUNTANT.

[NAME] AND ALSO AS PART OF OUR FINANCE TEAM, ASHLEY.

[CLAPPING] GEORGE AND VERNON ARE ACCOUNTANTS AND ASHLEY IS A SENIOR FINANCE TECHNICIAN.

WELCOME. THANKS. WORKING AS AN ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT FOR DEPUTY CITY MANAGER IS KRISTIN SMITH.

>> HE NEEDED HELP.

WE ARE NOT ABLE TO HAVE MARISSA MARTINEZ.

SHE'S A NEW DISPATCHER HERE WITH US BUT CERTAINLY DOING IMPORTANT WORK.

BUT WE ALSO THE ADJUSTMENT JESSICA BOWMAN AS AN ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT.

[CLAPPING] IN A LITTLE-KNOWN SECRET, HER HUSBAND IS ALSO A CITY EMPLOYEE IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO CREATE.

FIND A HOME.

WELCOME EVERYONE.

ALL RIGHT. INDIO IS A CONSTRUCTION SITE RIGHT NOW AND IT'S BECAUSE OF ALL THE HARD WORK OF ALL THOSE FOLKS.

WE APPRECIATE THE HARD WORK.

WILL MOVE ON TO OUR REPORT OF THE CITY COUNCIL EXTERNAL BOARDS.

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WE CAN START WITH COUNTS MEMBER AMITH.

ARE YOU READY? >>COUNCILMEMBER LUPE RAMOS AMITH: I DID HAVE A MEETING WITH THE RIVERSIDE COUNTY BOARD A NATIONAL DAY FESTIVAL WHERE WE DID REVIEW THE APPLICATIONS IN RESPONSE TO OUR RFP FOR AN OPERATOR OF THE FAIRGROUNDS. WE ARE NOT READY TO ANNOUNCE WHO THAT OPERATOR IS, BUT WE WILL DISCLOSE IT IS AN OPERATOR THAT HAS EXTENSIVE EXPERIENCE IN THIS AREA.

WE HOPE TO BE ABLE TO DISCLOSE THAT SOON AND LOOK FORWARD TO KNOWN ONLY AT 2023 FARAH NATIONAL DATE FESTIVAL, BUT MANY MORE ACTIVITIES AND EVENTS AT THE FAIRGROUNDS.

THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY AND THAT COMPLETES MY REPORT.

>>WAYMOND FERMON : THAT IS SOME REALLY GOOD NEWS.

GREAT. COUNCILMEMBER MILLER?

>>COUNCILORMEMBER GLENN MILLER: ONLY ONE OF MY COMMITTEES WAS ACTIVE THROUGH THIS ONLINE TRANSIT AGENCY.

WE ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE BUDGET PROCESS FOR REVIEWS.

INCLUDING SOME NEW SHADE STRUCTURES FOR OUR BUS STOPS.

SO THAT IS IN THE WORKS AND WE WILL BE FINALIZING THE BUDGET IN THE NEXT MEETING HERE IN JUNE. ALSO BOUGHT THREE ADA VANCE TO HELP WITH TRANSPORTING PEOPLE IN NEED THAT ARE DISABLED OR SENIORS THAT NEED TO GET TO APPOINTMENTS.

WE BOUGHT THREE BRAND-NEW VANS, WHICH ARE LOW ADMISSIONS BANDS OUR COMMUNITY. ALSO BOUGHT A PIECE OF PROPERTY RIGHT NEXT TO SOME LINE.

THE ACTUAL BACK OF THE AREA WHERE YOU LOOK AT THE FACES RAMON. WE ARE GOING TO USE IT FOR A SOLAR FARM TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE POWER FOR THE REST OF US ONLINE IN ALL OUR AGENCY IN THE OF A GRANT FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO BE ABLE TO UTILIZE THAT.

IN THERE AND USING HYDROGEN CELL RIGHT NOW WITH THE GENERATOR.

BUT THIS WILL GIVE IT TO MAKE IT COMPLETELY ENERGY-EFFICIENT WITHOUT HAVING ANY OUTSIDE SOURCES OF ENERGY.

SO THAT IS GREAT ON SOME LINES.

I THINK WE ALL DO A COUPLE EVENTS. WE ALL WENT TO THE GRADUATIONS CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THE STUDENTS, PARENTS

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AND TEACHERS FOR EVERYONE.

NOT ONLY FROM INDIO HIGH SCHOOLS, SHADOW HILLS AND ON A STAT, WHICH I THINK A LOT OF US WERE THERE.

BUT FOR THE OTHER SCHOOLS OUR STUDENTS GO TO HEAR XAVIER AND SOME OF THE OTHER SCHOOLS.

CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THE STUDENTS AND PARENTS AND TEACHERS.

DID A RIBBON-CUTTING FOR THE HAMPTON INN AND SUITES. WE WERE ALL THERE FOR THAT.

ANOTHER GREAT ADDITION TO THE CITY OF INDIO, ESPECIALLY WITH THE CITY FESTIVALS HAVING ANOTHER HOTEL HERE IN THE CITY. AN OPPORTUNITY TO NOT ONLY CAPTURE TOT TAX DOLLARS BUT AT THE SAME TIME HAVE THEM SHOP HERE IN OUR GREAT CITY AND STOP IN ON THE WAY THROUGH TO OTHER PLACES IT IS GREAT TO HAVE.

GROUNDBREAKING, I WILL LET OTHER PEOPLE TALK ABOUT FOR OUR PUBLIC SAFETY CAMPUS COMING MANY YEARS.

I SEE HIS HEAD POP UP THERE IN THE BACK.

GREAT JOB ON YOUR PART.

BUT THIS COMES FROM 25 YEARS OF CITY COUNCIL CITY MANAGERS AND WORKING ON THIS FOR MANY YEARS.

REALLY COMES TO OUR TAXPAYERS, RESIDENTS WHO BELIEVED IN US AND PAST MR. E EXTRA SEMESTER NEED TO GIVE US THE TAX DOLLARS WE WANTED THERE WE CAN TALK ABOUT ALL THE THINGS WANTED TO BUT WITHOUT THE SUPPORT OF OUR COMMUNITY, WITHOUT THEM BELIEVING IN US IN PASSING THAT MEASURE. WE WOULDN'T BE MAKING PUBLIC SAFETY.

AND SO THANK YOU TO OUR RESIDENTS FOR WHAT THEY DO.

AND THEN LASTLY, I THINK ALL OF US DID THE MEMORIAL DAY EVENTS.

WANT TO THANK THOSE WHO GAVE THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE.

ARE MILITARY INDIVIDUALS WHO LOST THEIR LIVES WE OF THE FREEDOMS WE HAVE. THERE ARE EVENTS ALL OVER THE COACHELLA VALLEY.

SOME MUCH NEEDED TO REMEMBER.

NOT ONLY OUR INDIVIDUAL MILITARY PEOPLE WHO LOST THEIR LIVES, BUT OUR VETERANS NOW, OUR FIRST RESPONDERS WHO PUT THEIR LIVES ON THE LINE EVERY DAY TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE THE FREEDOMS WE HAVE.

WE NEED TO THANK HIM DAILY AND NOT JUST THANK THEM ON THE ONE DAY. AND SO ALSO IF WE COULD, I WOULD LIKE TO ADJOURN THE MEETING IN HONOR OF ALL OF THOSE WHO GAVE THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE FOR ALL THE VIOLENCE HAPPENING THROUGHOUT OUR NATION AND THE WORLD.

THE PEOPLE AUSTIN TEXAS, BUFFALO, UKRAINE AND OTHER PLACES.

WE ARE ALL ONE UNDER GOD AND WE

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REALLY NEED TO REALIZE WE ARE BLESSED NOT ONLY IN THIS COUNTRY BUT IN THIS WORLD TO HAVE THE THINGS WE DO.

WE NEED TO GET ALONG BETTER.

THANK YOU FOR THE COMMENTS.

>>WAYMOND FERMON : THANK YOU.

>>COUNCILMEMBER ELAINE HOLMES: TO ECHO WHAT COUNCILMEMBER MILLER SAID, BUT IN AN AMAZING COUPLE WEEKS FOR OUR COMMUNITY.

I DON'T WANT TO STEAL YOUR THUNDER PERMIT THE POLICE AND FIRE FACILITY GROUNDBREAKING WAS OUTSTANDING.

HAS BEEN MANY YEARS IN THE MAKING AND IT IS JUST SOMETHING SO SPECTACULAR FOR OUR CITY.

ABSOLUTELY COULD NOT OF DONE IT WITHOUT A RESIDENT SPIRIT WHAT AN AMAZING FACILITY THAT WILL BE.

IT WAS PROBABLY THE MOST EXCITING DAY IN THE 20 YEARS I HAVE BEEN IN THIS COMMUNITY AND BEYOND.

SO THAT IS TERRIFIC.

YES, RIBBON-CUTTING HERE THESE FOLKS OPENED THE HOTEL IN THE MIDDLE OF COVID.

HAVE ALL THE SMALL BUSINESS THINGS YOU SHOULD DO TO BE SUCCESSFUL.

OPENING A HOTEL IN THE MIDDLE OF COVID WAS NOT ON THAT LIST.

IN THIS HUSBAND-AND-WIFE TEAM WORKED VERY HARD, HAS SOME REALLY SIGNIFICANT CHALLENGES DURING THAT PERIOD AND MADE IT THROUGH.

AND IT'S A BEAUTIFUL FACILITY FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVE FRIENDS OR FAMILY THAT VISIT THE ROOMS ARE NICE, THEY ARE SPACIOUS, THEY ARE WELL APPOINTED, THEY BREAKFAST MEETING ROOMS ETC.

THAT WAS VERY NICE TO SEE.

ALSO, THE MEMORIAL DAY CELEBRATION THROUGHOUT THE VALLEY, IT IS SUCH A SOBERING DAY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DO REMEMBER THOSE WHO PAID THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE IN THOSE AROUND US THAT ENSURE THAT FROM A DAY-TO-DAY PERSPECTIVE WE CAN BE WHO WE ARE, OUR VOICES CAN BE HEARD. IT IS SO IMPORTANT TO WHO WE ARE HERE WE ARE TALKING ABOUT ALL THE DIFFERENT THINGS GOING AROUND IN THE COMMUNITY.

WAS DRIVING DOWN AND THAT KIA DEALERSHIP IS ABOUT TO OPEN.

FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO WANT TO BUY A NEW CAR, YOU MIGHT WANT TO CHECK OUT THE KIA DEALERSHIP VARIANT THAT IS PROBABLY JUST A MONTH OR NOT TOO LONG BEFORE THAT PLACE OPENS UP.

THANK YOU. THAT CONCLUDES MY COMMENTS.

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>>WAYMOND FERMON : GREAT.

THANK YOU. MAYOR PRO TEM? BE TOO THIS MONDAY I ATTENDED ON MEMORIAL DAY I HAD A CHANCE TO ATTEND THE CEREMONY TO HONOR OUR FALLEN SOLDIERS AT THE COACHELLA VALLEY CEMETERY.

THERE WERE SOME GREAT SPEAKERS INCLUDING COUNCIL MEMBER MILLER.

IN A GREAT PERFORMANCE BY THE CV HIGH SCHOOL CHOIR THERE.

THE PREVIOUS WEEK I ATTENDED THE FLOCKING DOCTORS OF IT AND I WANT TO THANK ALL THE VOLUNTEERS WHO CAME TO THAT OF IT TO PROVIDE FREE MEDICAL SERVICES TO OUR VETERAN COMMUNITY HERE IN INDIA.

IT IS GREAT TO SEE OUR COMMUNITY COME TOGETHER TO SUPPORT OUR VETERANS AND FAMILIES AND LET THEM KNOW THAT THEY ARE APPRECIATED IN A PRIORITY HERE IN OUR COMMUNITY.

LAST WEEK REALLY OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND THE GRADUATION CEREMONIES FOR SHADOW HILLS AND INDIO HIGH SCHOOL AND I WANTED TO SEND A BIG CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OUR GRADUATING SENIORS AND FAMILIES AND THEIR TEACHERS FOR THE HARD WORK IN REACHING THIS MILESTONE THAT WILL HELP THEM BECOME THE NEXT GENERATION OF LEADERS IN THE COMMUNITY.

WE APPRECIATE ALL THEIR HARD WORK AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING WHAT THEY WILL ACCOMPLISH NEXT.

ALSO GOT TO ATTEND THE NEW HAMPTON INN AND SUITES IN NORTH INDIAN I GOT TO CONGRATULATE THE OWNERS AND THANK THEM FOR OUR THEIR INVESTMENT IN OUR COMMUNITY.

OF YOUR LOOKING FOR PLACE TO STAY IN INDIO, CHECK THEM OUT FOR GREAT WORKERS, GREAT SERVICE AND WE ALSO HAVE CONFERENCE SPACE FOR WORK EVENTS. THAT IS ALL I HAVE FOR TODAY.

THANK YOU. >>WAYMOND FERMON : GREAT.

THANK YOU.

IN THE SPIRIT OF THE CONGRATULATIONS, I ATTENDED THE CALIFORNIA DESERT TRAIL ACADEMY GRADUATION AT FANTASY SPRINGS.

IT IS AN ANNUAL EVENT WE USUALLY ATTEND.

IT IS OUR ONLY LAW SCHOOL IN THE COACHELLA VALLEY, WHICH IS RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER FROM HERE.

THAT IS A GREAT STABLE IN OUR COMMUNITY FROM YOU THINK YOU MISSED TO MR. JOHN DOLAN FOR WHAT HE IS DOING OVER THERE.

IT'S A GREAT SCHOOL.

I BEEN OVER THERE TO WITNESS AND ALSO TEACH A COUPLE OF COURSES.

REALLY GREAT CEREMONY.

HE ALWAYS HAS GREAT ENTERTAINMENT CONGRATULATIONS TO THE GRADUATES.

THAT IS A VERY BIG ACCOMPLISHMENT GETTING READY FOR THE BAR GETTING THEM ON THEIR WAY. ANOTHER GREAT GRADUATION WE HAD TRIBUTE UNFORTUNATELY I MISSED THE EMMA STEAD GRADUATION, BUT NO COUNCILMEMBER MILLER ALWAYS GIVES A SCHOLARSHIP.

APPRECIATE THAT FROM YOU AND SUPPORTING EMMA STEAD, THEIR SCHOOL. GREAT SCHOOL.

DAVE GREAT PROGRAMS, GREAT STUDENTS AND WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THEM.

I ALSO ATTENDED THE INDIO HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION.

THANK YOU TO MR. LAWSON FOR HAVING US.

GREAT GROUP OF KIDS.

OVER 400 KIDS GRADUATING FROM OUR COMMUNITY.

THAT'S ANOTHER GREAT GRADUATION.

AND AT THE KEYNOTE FOR SHADOW HILLS HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION THAT WAS ANOTHER 400 PLUS STUDENTS IN OUR COMMUNITY.

WHAT I TELL ALL THESE KIDS, SPREAD YOUR WINGS, GET AS MUCH KNOWLEDGE AS HE CAN AND COME BACK AND CONTINUE TO LEAD IN THE OVER THAT SUMMER GOLD WOULD WANT OUR STUDENTS TO COME BACK AFTER THEY GO

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TO COLLEGE. YOU'RE GETTING THE SHOVEL READY FOR THEM.

I ALSO ATTENDED THE GROUNDBREAKING FOR THE PUBLIC SAFETY CAMPUS HERE THAT IS SUPER EXCITING TO READ AND IT WAS ALREADY CENTURY AND SPENT YEARS IN A DIFFERENT COUNCILMEMBERS COMMIT MANY DIFFERENT CITY MANAGERS.

AND FOR US TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO GET THE BALL ROLLING ON THIS, THANK YOU TO THE CITY MANAGER.

SCOTT, WHO IS LEADING THE PROJECT ON US AND THAT WAS ANOTHER GREAT EVENT.

MADE A LOT OF FORMER FIREFIGHTERS THERE WERE POLICE OFFICERS WHO ARE RETIRED.

THAT WAS SUCH A GREAT EVENT.

AND IS INVESTMENT IN OUR COMMUNITY.

JUST THINK ABOUT WHEN YOU GO TO WORK ON YOUR LIVING SPACE HOW YOUR QUARTERS ARE BUT ESPECIALLY IN THE SUMMER TIMES WHERE THE TEMPERATURES GET 100+ THINK ABOUT OUR FIRST RESPONDERS.

BUT THEY OF THE GO BACK TO.

AND THEN RESPOND TO WHEN WE CALL THEM FOR HELP.

WE HAVE TO SUPPORT THEM AS WELL.

THIS IS AN INVESTMENT IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT WILL AID IN PUBLIC SAFETY.

WE ARE SUPER EXCITED ABOUT THAT AND CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT, STATION 86, AND OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT.

WE OF ASSISTANT CHIEF SCHAEFER HERE PRESENT WITH US.

AND SCRAPER OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT.

SUPER EXCITING FOR ME.

AND IS ALSO ATTENDED THE MEMORIAL DAY REPLACEMENT CEREMONY THE PUBLIC CEMETERY WOULD SUCH A GREAT EVENT TO RETHINK YOU COUNCILMEMBER MILLER FOR BEING THE EMCEE OF THAT EVENT.

ALSO, THINK YOUR LOCAL AMERICAN LEGION HE WAS PART OF THAT EVENT WITH LOTS OF VETERANS THERE, AND A LOT OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS PRUDENT TIMES WE ARE DEALING WITH RIGHT NOW THAT I HAVE TO SAY, IN EVERY GENERATION DEALS WITH TRIALS AND TRIBULATIONS IN THE WORLD, BUT RIGHT NOW WE ARE DEALING WITH, REALLY UP TO COME TOGETHER AND SUPPORT EACH OTHER.

ONLY TALK ABOUT THE GREAT THINGS GOING ON IN OUR COMMUNITY, ALL THE GREAT DEVELOPMENT SMALLER GREAT KIDS AND GREAT STUDENTS, 270 RIGHT NOW OVERSEAS IN A FOXHOLE PROTECTING US PROGRESS BECAUSE THE RIGHT NOW, WHAT IS GOING ON IN UKRAINE AND OTHER PARTS THE WORLD, IF WE DON'T HAVE THAT PROTECTION, THEY WILL COME HERE TOO.

THEIR FOLKS AND ENTITIES PREVENTING THAT FROM HAPPENING.

IT WAS JUST A GREAT CEREMONY TO PAY HOMAGE AND MEMORIALIZE OUR VETERANS.

AND ALSO OUR LOCAL VETERAN WHO LOST HIS LIFE IN AFGHANISTAN NOT TOO LONG AGO WAS HUNTER LOPEZ.

HIS PARENTS WERE IN ATTENDANCE.

IT WAS GREAT TO PAY HOMAGE TO HIM AS WELL.

I WILL CONCLUDE WITH LET'S CONTINUE TO COME TOGETHER AND PRAY FOR THE FOLKS MOURNING THE DEATHS OF THOSE 19 CHILDREN AND TWO SCHOOLTEACHERS WHO PERISHED OVER SENSELESS VIOLENCE.

THINK WE ALL HAVE TO DO SOME SELF REFLECTION AND SEE WHAT CAN WE DO OR WHATEVER NOT DOING TO PREVENT THESE INCIDENTS FROM HAPPENING IN OUR SCHOOLS AND OUR PUBLIC PLACES. I THINK WE ALL HAVE TO FIND SOLUTIONS FOR THIS.

IT IS JUST SAD THAT THIS HAPPENS.

WHEN I DO COMMUNICATE WITH THEM, I WANT TO STRESS WITH THEM ALSO, WHEN THEY ARE GOING ABOUT THEIR BUSINESS AT SCHOOL ACTIVITIES, SEEK OUT THE KIDS WHO DON'T EXCEL IN SPORTS IN THE SCHOOL OR WHO ARE IN THE CORNER ALONE WITH LET'S BRING THEM INJURED WE ARE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER.

A LOT OF TIMES IS THOSE FOLKS WHO STRAY OFF AND THEY ARE ALONE AND THEY DON'T FEEL LIKE THEY ARE PART OF SOCIETY.

WE NEED TO BRING THOSE IN.

THIS MAY NOT BE THE STAGE FOR OF THIS.

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BUT DON'T BE AFRAID OF BELIEVING IN SOMETHING HIGHER YOUR BROTHER IT IS GOD OR GIVE ANOTHER RELIGIOUS BELIEF.

DON'T BE AFRAID OF THAT.

CAN'T BE AFRAID TO TEACH OUR KIDS THAT AS WELL.

I WANT TO SEND PRESS TO THE FOLKS IN TEXAS, BUFFALO, ORANGE CO.

IN UKRAINE. THAT WILL CONCLUDE MY REPORT.

AND WE WILL MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER EIGHT WOULD ACTUALLY, SEVEN.

I'M SORRY. CITY MANAGER REPORTS AND INFORMATION.

>> MENTIONED ASSISTANT CHIEF SCHAEFER WHO IS JOINING ME ON THE STAFF DAIS HERE WHILE CHIEF WASHBURN IS ON VACATION TIME, FAMILY TIME.

WE WELCOME CHIEF SCHAEFER.

A REMINDER TO THE COMMUNITY ABOUT OUR SECOND SATURDAY EVENT THAT WILL BE HELD BEFORE OUR NEXT CITY COUNCIL MEETING ON THE 11TH. SECOND SATURDAY OF JUNE.

SOME FUN MUSIC, FOOD, DRINK, THE EVENING OF JUNE 11 WE WELCOME FOLKS TO ATTEND AND PARTICIPATE HERE ON THE CORNER OF MILES AND SMIRKED.

THANK YOU. >>WAYMOND FERMON : THANK YOU.

NEXT ITEM IS ITEM NUMBER EIGHT.

CONSENT CALENDAR.

IF NO ONE WHO WISHES TO PULL ANY ITEMS, I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION.

>>COUNCILMEMBER LUPE RAMOS AMITH: I HAVE AN ITEM.

8.15. >>WAYMOND FERMON : WHAT WAS THAT?

>>COUNCILMEMBER LUPE RAMOS AMITH: 8.15.

>>WAYMOND FERMON : THE SECOND READING OF THE ORDINANCE NUMBER 1779 AMENDING CHAPTER 159 ZONING REGULATIONS OF INDIO MUNICIPAL CODE TO ALLOW CANADA'S STOREFRONT RETAILERS AND NON-STOREFRONT RETAILER BUSINESSES IN CERTAIN AREAS OF THE CITY FINDING OUT ORDINANCE NUMBER 1779 IS EXEMPT FROM CEQA GUIDELINES SECTION 15061.

MR. SNYDER, WILL YOU BE HANDLING THIS?

>> YES.

CITY ATTORNEY DIAZ IS ALSO AVAILABLE TO ASSIST AS WELL.

>> WE ARE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.

>>COUNCILMEMBER LUPE RAMOS AMITH: THANK YOU CITY ATTORNEY MR. SNYDER. THE ORDINANCE IS VERY VAGUE BUT I UNDERSTAND THIS IS JUST THE ORDINANCE TO ALLOW IN DETAILS GOING FORWARD.

BUT MY CONCERN IS THAT REALLY THE ONLY THING THAT THIS ORDINANCE SAYS IS THAT RETAIL SALES WILL BE ALLOWED IN COMMERCIAL AND IN MIXED-USE AREAS.

AND I THINK MY CONCERN IS WITH MIXED-USE AREAS MORE SO THAN

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COMMERCIAL PORT MIXED-USE AREAS INCLUDE RESIDENTIAL AND ABOUT RESIDENTIAL DWELLINGS.

AND SO I WAS WONDERING IF THE CONVERSATION NEEDS TO BE HAD ABOUT THE DISTANCE BETWEEN RETAIL SALES OF CANNABIS IN A RESIDENCE.

AND ALSO, PARTICULARLY HAVE CONCERN OVER THE REGIONAL COMMERCIAL AREA SURROUNDING THE HARVARD TRACK AREA WHERE THE CITY RESCUE MISSION AND THE MARCUS VILLAGE IN THE TEMPORARY SHELTERS ARE.

I WANTED TO KNOW IF THOSE DETAILS WILL BE SOMETHING WE WILL DISCUSS IN A FUTURE MEETING.

OR BY ALLOWING THIS ORDINANCE IT AUTOMATICALLY ALLOWS FOR THE USAGE IN THOSE AREAS.

>> SO IN TERMS OF A MIXED USE DISTRICT REFERENCE, THERE WAS NO SPECIFIC CONVERSATION ABOUT DELINEATION OF A BUFFER OR SOME SORT OF DISTANCE SEPARATION BETWEEN RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL USES.

THAT WAS REVIEWED BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION IN THAT ISSUE DID NOT COME UP AND IT DID NOT COME UP AT THE PREVIOUS COUNCIL MEETING.

BUT IF THIS IS SOMETHING THAT THE COUNCIL WOULD WANT TO HAVE ADDRESSED, WE CAN WORK WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY ON THAT.

SHE MAY HAVE COMMENTS ON THAT AS WELL.

DOESN'T LOOK LIKE IT.

>> SHE DOESN'T HAVE ANY.

BUT I JUST WANTED TO ASK COUNSEL, DID YOU TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION WHEN YOU APPROVE THE ORDINANCE THE FIRST TIME AROUND YOU BUT I'M NOT SURE IF YOU LOOKED AT THE GENERAL PLAN FOR IT I HAVE LOOKED AT THE GENERAL PLAN AND MIXED USE AREAS ARE ABUTTING RESIDENTIAL GATED COMMUNITIES.

AND I AM SOMEWHAT CONCERNED THAT NO BUFFER WAS DISCUSSED.

WAS PARTICULARLY CONCERNED ABOUT THE COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL ADJACENT TO SEE THE RESCUE MISSION THAT WASN'T DISCUSSED.

I'M NOT OPPOSED TO THE ORDINANCE MOVING FORWARD, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO ASK MY COLLEAGUES IF THEY SHARE ANY OF MY CONCERNS.

>> THERE MAY BE A CONCERN THERE, BUT THERE IS A SCHOOL THERE PROTECTING IT IS IN CLOSE PROXIMITY THAT WOULD PROHIBIT ANY CANNABIS BUSINESSES IN THAT AREA.

>>COUNCILMEMBER LUPE RAMOS AMITH: NOT NECESSARILY.

BECAUSE THE SCHOOL IS BIFURCATED FROM THE CITY LAND BY THE UNINCORPORATED PLANS, WHICH IS HARVARD TRACK.

AND THAT EXCEEDS ANY RADIUS WE WOULD PROHIBIT THE USE FROM.

THE NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL FOLLOWS INDIO BOULEVARD, WHICH DOESN'T NECESSARILY ALIGN WITH THE SCHOOLS.

THAT AREA IS NOT PROTECTED BY BEING CLOSE TO THE SCHOOL.

>> CITY ATTORNEY, AS FAR AS THE BUFFER, IS THAT PROPERTY LINE SAVER THE SCHOOL IS ACCURATE WILL IT START AT THE PROPERTY LINE WERE WHERE WILL THE

BUFFER ACTUALLY START. >> THE BUFFER STARTS AT 600 FEET AND IT STARTS IN THE CLOSEST PROPERTY LINE TO THE CLOSEST PROPERTY LINE OF THE CANNABIS BUSINESS.

AND SO WE WOULD MEASURE IT FROM THE OUTSIDE TO THE OUTSIDE.

AND I THINK I CAN ADD, THE GENERAL PHILOSOPHY WITH RESPECT TO THE MIXED USE.

MR. SNYDER CAN JUMP IN IF YOU WOULD LIKE.

IS TO TREAT THE CANNABIS RETAIL AS ANY OTHER RETAIL SHOP AND NOT DID DISTINGUISH IT FROM THAT TYPE.

LET'S SAY THERE WAS A DRUGSTORE OR A CVS OR ANY OTHER TYPE OF SIMILAR TYPE I USE.

NOT TO STIGMATIZE IT OR TO CALL IT OUT AS SOMETHING DIFFERENT IS JUST TO TREATED THE SAME.

I ALSO THINK JUST TO CLARIFY, THE COMMERCIAL LAND DISTRICTS EXCLUDE NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL.

IN THE LAST ISSUE IS THERE IS ONLY A CERTAIN NUMBER OF CANNABIS RETAIL SHOPS THAT WILL BE PERMITTED AND THAT IS IN THAT SECOND ORDINANCE.

SO I THINK NATURALLY YOU WILL HAVE SOME SEPARATION.

THE LIKELIHOOD OF SOMETHING GOING INTO A PARTICULAR AREA LIKE THAT MAY NOT BE HIGH BECAUSE IT LOOKS LIKE THEY MAY WANT MORE TRAFFIC MORE VISIBILITY IN SOME OF THE OTHER ZONING AREAS.

I JUST WANTED TO ADD THAT AS WELL.

>> THE AROUND CARVER TRACK IS COMMERCIAL.

NOT NEIGHBORHOOD.

AND SO IT DOES ALLOW IT.

AND THERE IS NO RESTRICTION BECAUSE THE SCHOOL IS WAY OUT GIBEON.

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>> I THINK YOU'RE RIGHT ON THAT.

LOOKED AT THAT FOR ANOTHER ISSUE SEVERAL YEARS AGO WITH RESPECT TO THE COACHELLA DISPENSARY IN THAT AREA.

>> MY RECOMMENDATION IS THAT WE WOULD CONSIDER EXCLUDING THE PARTICULAR AREA.

AS FAR AS NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL WHERE THE MIXED USE, I UNDERSTAND THE CITY ATTORNEYS POSITION THAT WE SHOULD NOT CONSIDER CANNABIS BUSINESS ANY DIFFERENT THAN WE CONSIDER DIRECT STORIES, SUPERMARKET.

SO I REALLY WOULDN'T HAVE ANY ISSUE WITH MIXED-USE AREAS OR PERIMETERS.

BUT I DO QUESTION, SHE MENTIONED A SECOND ORDINANCE WHAT IS THE SECOND ORDINANCE? WITH THE SECOND ORDINANCE THAT FOLLOWS IS THE ONE WE ARE DISCUSSING THAT WE PULLED OFF THE CONSENT IS THE ZONING ORDINANCE AND THE SECOND ORDINANCE WAS THE ONE BROUGHT BY THE CONSULTANT FROM HDL AND THAT IS THE REGULATORY ORDINANCE THAT REGULATES AND PROVIDES ALL THE REGULATIONS WITH RESPECT TO THE CANNABIS BUSINESS.

THE ONE BEFORE YOU RIGHT NOW IS JUST SETS THE LOCATION FROM A ZONING PERSPECTIVE OF WHERE THEY WILL BE PERMITTED.

>>COUNCILMEMBER LUPE RAMOS AMITH: HOW WHAT I PROPOSE THAT ONE AREA BE EXCLUDED?

>> I THINK IF THERE IS CONSENSUS TO BRING THAT BACK WE CAN CERTAINLY BRING THEM BACK SEPARATELY.

BECAUSE THERE IS TIME IN THE SENSE WAS A REGULATORY ORDINANCE GETS ADOPTED IN THE ZONING CODE GETS ADOPTED, THE NEXT STEP IN THE PROCESS WILL START TO LOOK AT HOW WE ARE GOING TO PUT TOGETHER THE PROVISIONS ON HOW TO CHOOSE HOW TO ACCEPT APPLICATIONS AND PROCESSES APPLICATIONS.

THAT WILL TAKE SEVERAL MONTHS TO GO THROUGH THAT.

AND SO THERE IS SOMETIMES STILL IF THERE ARE TWEAKS TO BE MADE TO EITHER OF THE ORDINANCES IT WOULDN'T DELAY THE PROCESS.

BUT TO START ALL OVER WITH THESE DOCUMENTS WOULD BE SETTING US BACK ABOUT 60 DAYS BECAUSE THEY WOULD HAVE TO GO BACK TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND THEN GOING BACK TO THE CITY COUNCIL.

WE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO ADD THAT AMENDMENT RIGHT NOW IN TERMS OF BUFFER BECAUSE IT WASN'T LOOKED AT BY THE PLANNING COMMISSIONERS DISCUSSED PREVIOUSLY.

>>COUNCILMEMBER LUPE RAMOS AMITH: MAYOR?

>>WAYMOND FERMON : YES. >>COUNCILMEMBER LUPE RAMOS AMITH: I WOULD NEED YOU TO ASK IF ANYONE ELSE HAS A CONCERN ABOUT THAT AREA.

I HAVE EXPRESSED MY CONCERN.

BUT IF NO ONE ELSE HAS A CONCERN, OBVIOUSLY WAS 3/1 LAST MEETING TO PASS THIS ORDINANCE.

BUT I AND CALLING OUT A SPECIFIC CONCERN I THINK THAT WE NEED TO READDRESS.

AND SO YOU NEED TO ASK IF THERE IS ANYONE ELSE WHO SUPPORTS THAT POSITION.

>>WAYMOND FERMON : I WILL ASK THE COUNCIL.

IS THERE A CONSENSUS TO BRING THAT ITEM BACK FOR ABOUT HER FOR THAT PARTICULAR HEARING?

>> YOU ARE RIGHT ABOUT THE RESCUE MISSION ABOUT ANYTHING BEING AROUND THEM SO YOU WANT TO BUFFER THE WHOLE AREA INSTEAD IS WHAT YOU WERE TRYING TO SAY? INSTEAD PUT 600 FEET OR 700 FEET? IS THAT HOW WE UNDERSTAND THIS QUICK.

>>COUNCILMEMBER LUPE RAMOS AMITH: RIGHT.

THE 600 OR 700 FEET DON'T APPLY BECAUSE THE COUNTY LAND EXISTS BETWEEN THE COMMERCIAL DISTRICT AND THE SCHOOL.

>> OKAY. I DON'T KNOW IF WE CAN DO ANYTHING ABOUT THE COUNTY ANYWAYS.

WE CAN ENFORCE IT ON THEM.

I UNDERSTAND IT, I JUST DON'T KNOW IF WE WANT TO SET IT BACK.

CITY ATTORNEY, WE CAN PUT THAT IN THE LANGUAGE AS WE GO FORWARD?

>> ONE OF THE RULES WITH CONSTRUCTION WITH RESPECT TO ZONING ORDINANCES IS IF YOU MAKE A CHANGE THAT IS A SUBSTANTIAL CHANGE OF US TO GO BACK TO THE PUBLIC HEARING PROCESS.

WE HAD A VERY ROBUST DISCUSSION WITH RESPECT TO BUFFERS AS WE WERE GOING TO THE STUDY SESSION PROCESS.

UNTIL THIS MATTER WAS NEVER BROUGHT UP.

NEEDS TO GO BACK TO THE PUBLIC PROCESS SO THOSE IN THE AREA WHERE OTHERS CAN VOICE THEIR CONCERN OR NO CONCERN WILL PROVIDE THEM AN OPPORTUNITY.

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MY SUGGESTION IS IF THERE IS CONSENSUS WE KEEP THESE TWO ORDINANCES ON TRACK AND BRING BACK SOMETHING SEPARATELY TO AMEND IT.

AND WOULD NOT CHANGE THE TIME FROM THE CITY MANAGER IS LOOKING WITH RESPECT TO IMPLEMENTING ORDINANCE ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS.

I THINK IT WOULD RUN PRETTY CLOSE AND CONCURRENTLY TO THAT.

>> AM GOOD AT THAT POINT CITY MANAGER SPOKE PERHAPS AN IDEA IN THE CITY ATTORNEY MIGHT WANT TO APPOINT TO END THE RESOLUTIONS WE DISCUSSED AT THE LAST MEETING THAT WOULD IMPLEMENT THESE ORDINANCES, PERHAPS WE COULD INCLUDE DISCOURAGING CERTAIN AREAS REALLY WOULDN'T BE AN EXCLUSION BY CODE, BUT THE RESOLUTIONS WOULD DISCOURAGE MIXED-USE OR AREA SURROUNDING THE RESCUE MISSION.

WOULDN'T BE CODIFIED, BUT IT WOULD SEND A MESSAGE THE POTENTIAL RETAILERS THAT WE ARE FOCUSING ON RETAIL OR THAT'S WHAT I DID WITHOUT HAVING TO GO BACK AND CHANGE THE ORDINANCE.

>> TO PIGGYBACK ON THAT FOR THE WAY THAT I THINK YOU WOULD USE THAT IS IF YOU DO A POINT STRUCTURE WHERE YOU GET POINTS TO APPLICANTS WITH RESPECT TO THEIR APPLICATION.

AND PERHAPS IF THEY WANT TO BE IN THAT AREA HE WOULD DEDUCT POINTS, NOT AT POINTS.

AND THAT IS JUST A THOUGHT OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD HOW TO SOLVE THAT ISSUE.

>> I THINK THAT IS ID ONLY SERVED ON THE CONVERSATION IF WE ARE GOING TO DO THAT.

COMES MEMBER HOMES COMMITTEE OF AN INPUT SPOKE I WAS ONE WHO VOTED AGAINST IT.

BUT WITH RESPECT TO THAT PARTICULAR AREA, AND IS A SENSITIVE AREA YOU TO REMEMBER NOT TOO LONG AGO REMARKING THERE WAS A LIQUOR STORE RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE SCHOOL.

I AM VERY SENSITIVE TO ANYTHING BEING SPECIFICALLY IN THAT AREA AROUND THAT SENSITIVE COMMUNITY.

>> YOU WANT TO BRING IT BACK AND CREATE A BUFFER OR ARE YOU OKAY WITH THE LANGUAGE AS THE CITY MANAGER.

>> I GUESS I WOULD LIKE TO CREATE A BUFFER.

>> MAYOR PRO TEM? BE TOO I AM OKAY WITH ADDING IT TO THE RESOLUTION.

>> I'M FINE WITH IT NOW.

AND THE REASON WHY IS IT'S NOT THE DESIRED LOCATION FOR A CANNABIS RETAIL LOCATION, HOWEVER, WE HAVEN'T DISCUSSED THE SELECTION PROCESS YET.

BUT I WOULD ENTERTAIN THE IDEA OF A POINT SYSTEM SO TO SPEAK IF THAT IS THE DIRECTION THAT WE GO.

HOWEVER, IF WE COME BACK AND PUT BUFFERS ON THEIR, THERE MIGHT BE ANOTHER AREA THAT CB WANT A BUFFER ZONE TOO.

BUT WE STILL HAVE TO LOOK AT IT AS IT'S GOING TO BE HIGHLY REGULATED, IT'S GOING TO BE VERY SECURE AND I DON'T SEE ANY CANNABIS BUSINESS IS GOING THERE BUT HOWEVER, THAT DOESN'T MEAN IT WON'T HAPPEN.

AM ALSO SENSITIVE TO THE AREA.

BUT I AM OKAY WHERE WE ARE AT NOW.

IN CREATING SOME SORT OF POINT SYSTEM IF THAT IS THE DIRECTION WE GO ON THE DESIRED LOCATIONS.

SO I DON'T THINK WE HAVE A CONSENSUS TO BRING IT BACK.

>> NO. SEE YOU WILL HAVE TO ACCEPT A MOTION EXCLUDING 8.15.

AND SO I WOULD MOVE CONSENT CALENDAR EXCLUDING 8005.

>>WAYMOND FERMON : WE ARE NOT EXCLUDING IT BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE ANY CONSENSUS TO EXCLUDE IT.

>> THERE ARE SOME OF US THAT DON'T WANT TO VOTE FOR IT.

REGARDLESS OF CONSENSUS.

>> COUNCILMEMBER AMITH, IS YOUR THOUGHT TO WE DIDN'T OFFICIALLY PULL THIS OFF THE CONSENT, IT'S STILL ON THE CONSENT? IS IT YOUR ABOUT TO PULL THIS ITEM SEPARATELY OFF THE CONSENT CALENDAR, TAKE A MOTION FOR THE REST OF THE CONSENT CALENDAR AND THEN WE WOULD HAVE A SEPARATE VOTE ON THIS ITEM?

>>COUNCILMEMBER LUPE RAMOS AMITH: RIGHT.

I AM MAKING A MOTION FOR CONSENT CALENDAR EXCLUDING 8.15.

>> YOU ARE MOVING THE CONSENT CALENDAR EXCEPT 8.15 WHICH HAS BEEN PULLED OFF IN A SEPARATE VOTE WILL BE TAKEN ON THAT.

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SO THAT IS YOUR MOTION. SO THERE IS A MOTION ON THE FLOOR.

>> I WILL SECOND THAT.

>> MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER AMITH AND A SECOND BY MAYOR PRO TEM.

EXCLUDING 8.15.

CAN I GET A BOAT, PLEASE.

>> COUNCIL MEMBER HOLMES.

>> AYE BY COUNCILMEMBER MILLER.

>> AYE WITH A NO ON 8.6.

>> COUNCILMEMBER AMITH.

>> AYE. >> COUNCILMEMBER MAYOR PRO TEM ORTIZ.

>> AYE POINT AND MAYOR FERMON.

>> AYE. >>WAYMOND FERMON : PASSES WITH THE EXCLUSION OF ITEM 8.15.

CORRECT. >> CORRECT.

NOW YOU WOULD ASK FOR EMOTIONAL 8.15.

>>WAYMOND FERMON : CAN I GET ANOTHER MOTION ON ITEM 8.15?

>> I WILL MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM 8.15.

>> SECOND. >> THAT WOULD BE A MOTION TO APPROVE ORDINANCE.

>> SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER MILLER.

CAN I HAVE A BOAT.

>> COUNCILMEMBER HOLMES.

>> NO. >> COUNCILMEMBER MILLER.

>> AYE. >> COUNCILMEMBER AMITH.

>> NO. >> MAYOR PRO TEM ORTIZ.

>> AYE. >> MAYOR FERMON.

>> AYE. >> MOTION PASSES 3/2.

THAT WILL COMPLETE THE CONSENT CALENDAR.

THE NEXT ITEM IS ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS. AND 9.1 IS ADULT DAY 2022 TO 24 STRATEGIC PLAN.

CITY MANAGER? >> THINK YOU DURING THIS HAS BEEN LONG DISCUSSED AS SOMETHING THAT WOULD HELP GUIDE CITY STAFF IN GETTING THINGS DONE.

GST GETTING STUFF DONE FOR ITS OF WHAT IS PRESENTED BEFORE YOU IS A REVIEW OF KEY AREAS OF FOCUS.

CERTAINLY THIS MAY NOT INCLUDE EVERYTHING THE REPORTED ACTION ITEMS INCLUDE EVERYTHING.

BUT WE KNOW THESE ARE KEY GOALS WE HAVE DISCUSSED THAT WOULD HELP HIM DEAL BECOME AN EVEN BETTER COMMUNITY AND THAT SPECIFIC ACTION ITEMS WHICH WAS REALLY THE ACCOUNTABILITY FROM THE CITY STAFF SIGHED THAT IF WE ACCOMPLISH THE TASKS OVER THE NEXT COUPLE YEARS WERE THE PHASES ARTICULATED IN THE ACTION STEPS, WE KNOW WE WILL BE WORKING TOWARD THOSE GOALS.

AND SO YOUR APPROVAL WOULD ADOPT THE DOCUMENT AS IS KNOWING WE WOULD CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD AND THAT COULD BE ADJUSTMENTS AND OTHER SPECIFICS AS THINGS CHANGE.

BUT THIS GUIDE WILL HELP US ACCOMPLISH THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE BEEN DISCUSSING OVER THE LAST 9 TO 12 MONTHS.

STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF THE DOCUMENT AS PRESENTED, BUT I WOULD BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE.

>>WAYMOND FERMON : ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE CITY MANAGER ON THE STRATEGIC

PLAN? >> I WILL MOVE APPROVAL.

>> SECOND. >>WAYMOND FERMON : MOTION ON THE FLOOR BY COUNCILMEMBER HOLMES AND SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER MILLER.

COULD I HAVE A VOTE. >> COUNCILMEMBER HOLMES.

>> AYE BUT COUNCILMEMBER MILLER.

>> AYE BUT COUNCILMEMBER AMITH.

>> AYE. >> MAYOR PRO TEM. >> AYE. >> AND MAYOR TREMONT.

>> AYE. >> THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS.

WAS A GREAT REPORT AND LOOKING FORWARD TO MAKING THAT HAPPEN.

THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR WORK ON THIS AND STAFF TOO.

>> GREAT WORK. >>WAYMOND FERMON : THE NEXT ITEM IS A PUBLIC HEARING.

RESOLUTION NUMBER 10284 TO DECLARE AND ENACT STAGE II A WATER SHORTAGE CONTINGENCY PLAN HANDLED BY OUR IWA GENERAL MANAGER RAY TRAILED.

>> TODAY I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE OR REINTRODUCE ON OUR MOST TALENTED MANAGERS AT IWA AND THAT IS MICHELLE.

[CLOSED SESSION - 4 PM]

SHE IS GOING TO GIVE A PRESENTATION SINCE THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING. I WILL STAND NEAR HER TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS IN THE EVENT, RARE EVENT IS ANYTHING SHE CAN'T ANSWER.

SHE IS IN CHARGE OF OUR CONSERVATION PROGRAM AND HAVE ALIGNED HER WITH OUR REGIONAL PLANNING EFFORTS.

BECAUSE IT DOES TAKE A DEDICATED STAFF

[1. CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL]

MEMBER TO STAY TUNED WITH OTHERS AS WE CONTINUE TO GO AFTER THE SAME GRANT FUNDING AND WE CONTINUE TO PUT TOGETHER PLANNING DOCUMENTS SUCH

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AS THE ONE PRESENTED TODAY AT A REGIONAL LEVEL.

>> THANK YOU FOR THAT REINTRODUCTION.

GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS PUT MY NAME IS MICHELLE BUT ON THE ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES MANNER MANAGER WITH THE INDIA WATER AUTHORITY FOR THE ITEM BEFORE YOU IS RESOLUTION NUMBER 10284 AND THAT IS TO DECLARE STAGE II OF THE WATER SHORTAGE CONTINGENCY PLAN.

JUST A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND.

IT HAS BEEN A TOPIC OF DISCUSSION AND CERTAINLY IN THE MEDIA AND I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE A MOMENT TO PROVIDE CONTEXT IN TERMS OF CHRONOLOGY, TIMELINE, WHERE WE ARE AT WITH THE DROUGHT, GOVERNORS ACTIONS AND ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE STATE WATER RESOURCES CONTROL BOARD. A WHILE BACK BACK IN OCTOBER THE GOVERNOR DECLARED A STATE WIDE DROUGHT DECLARATION.

PRIOR TO THE GOVERNOR WAS IMPLEMENTING THE ON A COUNTY BY COUNTY BASIS BASED ON WATER SHORTAGES.

IT WAS NOT UNTIL EARLIER THIS YEAR THE STATE WATER CONTROL BOARD DECIDED TO ADOPT A RESOLUTION THAT ESSENTIALLY PROHIBITS WASTEWATER PRACTICES THAT MANY OF US HERE PRACTICE THAT IN TERMS OF USING A SHUT OFF NOZZLE WHEN USING A HOSE AND THAT SORT OF THING.

NO EXCESS RUNOFF THAT IS CONSISTENT WITH WHAT WE ARE ADVOCATING IN TERMS OF CONSERVATION AS A WAY OF LIFE.

[5.1 Presentation of New Employees & Promotions]

FAST FORWARD TO MARCH OF THIS YEAR, THE GOVERNOR ISSUED AN EXECUTIVE ORDER – SEVEN – 22 THAT BASICALLY DIRECTED THE STATE WATER RESOURCES CONTROL BOARD TO ENACT ADDITIONAL EMERGENCY DROUGHT REGULATIONS GIVEN THE ONGOING CONTINUED DROUGHT CONDITIONS. SOME OF THE THINGS OF THE TIME THAT WAS MENTIONED BY THE GOVERNOR WAS TO ENACT STAGE II THE WATER SHORTAGE CONTINGENCY PLAN.

AS WELL AS RESTRICT WATERING OF NONFUNCTIONAL TURF AND ELABORATE ON THIS ON THE NEXT SLIDE.

IN TERMS OF TIMING, DURING THE TIME IN BETWEEN, WAS DRAFT PROPOSED LANGUAGE IN TERMS OF WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE AS WELL AS AN IMPLEMENTATION TIMELINE BY JUNE 10.

WITH THAT STAFF WORKED TO GET THE ITEM ON TODAY'S MEETING TO PROVIDE THE PUBLIC HEARING, INCLUDING A NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING PUBLISHED ON MAY 20.

AND THEN FOUR DAYS LATER THE STATE WATER BOARD CONDUCTED THEIR MEETING AND PROVIDED THE FINAL DETERMINATIONS OF WHAT THE NEXT STEPS WILL LOOK LIKE IN TERMS OF EMERGENCY DROUGHT REGULATIONS.

AND BECAUSE OF THE TIMING, THE CITY CLERK DID PRESENT A MODIFIED REDLINE VERSION OF WHAT THE AMENDMENTS ARE TO THE RESOLUTION AND THAT IS TO ALIGN WITH THE MOST RECENT DETERMINATION MADE BY STATE WATER RESOURCES CONTROL BOARD, WHICH I WILL ELABORATE ON THE NEXT COUPLE OF SLIDES HERE.

I MENTIONED THE WATER SHORTAGE CONTINGENCY PLAN.

AS A REMINDER, THIS DOCUMENT OR

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PLAN IS APPROVED ONE YEAR AGO.

ESSENTIALLY THIS IS A DOCUMENT THAT OUTLINES STEPS IN THE EVENT THE PROJECTOR ANTICIPATED WATER SHORTAGE.

THIS IS IN CHARGE WITH THE 2020 MANAGEMENT PLAN, WATER RESOURCE LONG-TERM PLANNING DOCUMENT IN CONJUNCTION WITH OTHER AGENCIES IN THE REGION.

AND AROUND THE SAME TIME WE AMENDED OUR MUNICIPAL CODE TO ALIGN THE WATER SHORTAGE CONTINGENCY PLAN STAGES.

[6. REPORT ON CITY COUNCIL EXTERNAL/INTERNAL BOARDS, COMMISSIONS AND COMMITTEE MEETINGS AND REPORT ON MEETINGS ATTENDED PER GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 53232.3(d)]

THIS MAY SEEM FAMILIAR TO SOME YOU FOR THE WATER SHORTAGE CONTINGENCY PLAN CONTAINS SIX STAGES DEPENDING ON WHAT THE WATER SHORTAGES DEPENDING UP TO 10 PERCENT ANYWHERE TO GREATER THAN 50 PERCENT.

THERE IS A LIST OF WHAT THEY CALL DEMAND WATER REDUCTION ACTIONS.

BASED ON THE APPROACH WOULD BE SUCH THAT IN THE EVENT THE CERTAIN STAGES DECLARED IT WOULD BE A CUMULATIVE INCREASE OF WATER USE DEMAND RESTRICTIONS.

IN THIS CASE IF THIS IS UP TO 20 PERCENT OR STAGE II IT WOULD BE EVERYTHING IDENTIFIED IN STAGE I IN ADDITION TO STAGE II.

WHEN THIS WAS ADOPTED THE ATTENTION OF THE WATER CONTINGENCY PLAN IS TO PROVIDE TOOLS AND A FRAMEWORK FOR WHICH WATER AGENCIES CAN USE TO ADDRESS THESE WATER SHORTAGES.

HOWEVER, WITH THE RECENT SAFE WATER BOARD MEETING THAT HAPPENED LAST WEEK, THEIR DETERMINATION WAS TO ESSENTIALLY DIRECT ALL WATER AGENCIES TO IMPLEMENT EVERYTHING LISTED IN STAGE II WHEN THERE WAS NONE THE FLEXIBILITY WE TALKED ABOUT PLAN FOR ORIGINALLY.

AND SO JUST FOR FROM A REFERENCE, HERE IS A STAGE II DEMAND WATER USE REDUCTIONS.

THIS INCLUDES THINGS LIKE OUTDOOR WATER USE PERMITTED IN DAYLIGHT HOURS FOR SPRAY IRRIGATION, EXCEPT FOR LEAK CHECKS. RESTAURANTS TO SERVE WATER UPON REQUESTS.

DISCOURAGE A RECEIPTING TO REDUCE OUTDOOR WATER BUDGET BY 10 PERCENT.

WANTED TO NOTATE THAT WAS ONE ITEM HIGHLIGHTED IN THE REDLINE VERSION OF THE RESOLUTION. FOR THE COMMUNICATIONS AND OUTREACH WOULD BE TOO EXPAND THE INFORMATION CAMPAIGN, ENCOURAGE THE USE OF NON- WATER FOR CONSTRUCTION OF POSSIBLE TO INCREASE WATERWAYS CONTROLS AND NOT BE DONE BY STAFF.

AND THEN REDUCE HYDRANT INTO IN-LINE FLUSHING, WHICH IS MORE RELATED TO ALL THE WATER OPERATIONS SIDE.

WE WOULD DO THAT TO THE EXTENT POSSIBLE WITHOUT COMPROMISING WATER QUALITY.

IN ADDITION TO THE STAGE II WATER USE STATE LEVEL, THE JUST RESTRICTION THE STATE WATER BOARD IS DIRECTING IS TO RESTRICT WATERING WHAT THEY DEFINE AS NONFUNCTIONAL TURF IN THE COMMERCIAL INDUSTRIAL AND INSTITUTIONAL AREAS.

AS NONFUNCTIONAL IT IS DEFINED US TURF AREAS THAT ARE NOT REGULARLY USED FOR HUMAN RECREATIONAL PURPOSES OR FOR COMMUNITY EVENTS.

WITH THE EXCEPTION IF THERE'S TURF AND TREES IN THE AREA BORN ON TURF PLANTINGS, WATERING MAY CONTINUE.

SO WITH THAT SAID, THAT IS A HIGHLIGHT AND AN UPDATE IN TERMS THE FINER DETERMINATIONS MADE BY THE STATE WATER BOARD.

AS SUCH THEY EMIT A RESOLUTION WITH THE REDLINE SYNDICATE WITH THE AMENDMENTS

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ARE BASED ON OUTCOME FROM LAST WEEK'S MEETING BUT AS OF THIS EVENING STAFF IS REQUESTING TO ADOPT A RESOLUTION 10284 AS AMENDED REFLECTED TO INCLUDE OUTDOOR WATER BUDGET BY 10 PERCENT AS PART OF THE STAGE II DEMAND REDUCTION ACTIONS AND INCLUDE THE STATE WATER RESOURCES CONTROL BOARDS DEFINITION OF NONFUNCTIONAL TURF.

AS TURF TO BE DEFINED SOLELY ORNAMENTAL, NOT REGULARLY USED FOR HUMAN RECREATIONAL PURPOSES OR FOR CIVIC OR COMMUNITY EVENTS FOR THESE WATER IS NOT PERMITTED TO THE EXTENT NECESSARY TO ENSURE THE HEALTH OF TREES OR OTHER PERENNIAL NON-TURF PLANTINGS AND TO THE EXTENT NECESSARY TO ADDRESS AN IMMEDIATE HEALTH AND SAFETY NEED.

WITH THAT SAID, THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION AND I WILL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.

>>WAYMOND FERMON : GREAT. THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING ITEM AND SO I WILL OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING.

AND ASK OUR CLERK IF WE HAVE ANYONE ONLINE.

>> WE HAVE NO COMMENTS. >>WAYMOND FERMON : NO COMMENTS ONLINE, NO ONE PRESENT.

SO I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND OPEN IT UP TO COUNSEL FOR ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS.

>> COUPLE OF QUICK QUESTIONS.

WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE REDUCTION OF 10 PERCENT.

WE ARE TALKING ABOUT RESIDENTIAL 10 PERCENT.

BUT IT SAID COMMERCIAL INDUSTRIAL.

AND SO ARE WE TALKING ABOUT RECREATIONAL AREAS.

OBVIOUSLY NOT THE PARKS AND OTHER STUFF.

WAS KINDA CONTRADICTORY TO WHAT IT SAYS.

IF IT PEOPLES HOUSES ABLE TO SHUT EVERYTHING OFF OR IS IT 10 PERCENT? ALSO HAS TO DO IS PUT A TREE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE YARD TO MAKE AND KEEP THE WATER ON.

THAT DOESN'T SEEM SOMEWHAT FAIRER THEY'VE A COUPLE ROSES THAT ARE CONNECTED TO THEIR GRASS THEY CAN KEEP THEIR WATER ON BUT I THINK IT NEEDS TO BE COMMUNICATED A LITTLE BIT BETTER.

AND THEN SECONDLY, WE ARE TALKING ABOUT GOLF COURSES AND OTHER STUFF, A LOT OF THEM ARE ON CANAL WATER.

WHICH IS IN ANY PART OF THIS.

AND I THINK PEOPLE NEED TO KNOW THAT.

YOUR CANAL PEOPLE COMING FROM TERRA LAGO THAT'S GOING TO SEE THE WATER FLYING AND IT IS CANAL WATER PRINT WAS DIFFERENT RESTRICTIONS FOR DIFFERENT PEOPLE.

IT'S CONFUSING FOR PEOPLE TO WASH THEIR GRASS AND PLANTS DIED.

THAT IS WHAT HAPPENED LAST TIME THROUGH MORE GIVING A SPEECH NOW THAN ASKING A QUESTION PRINT THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED LAST TIME IS TREES TWO YEARS LATER A LOT OF TREES DIED IN BOARD TRYING TO FIGURE WHAT LENSKI DIDN'T KILL THE TREES.

IT HAPPENED FOR THE TWO YEARS BEFORE WHEN I SHUT THE WATER OFF AND IT FINALLY CONNECTED WITH THE TREE AND IT KILLED THE RING AND EVERYTHING ELSE.

WHAT DOES THIS ACTUALLY FIT IN.

>> I'M GOING TO TAKE A STAB AT THIS POINT IN TERMS OF THE STATE WATER BOARDS DIRECTION TO RESTRICT WATERING FOR NONFUNCTIONAL TURF, THAT WOULD BE AREAS IN THE COMMERCIAL INDUSTRIAL AND INSTITUTIONAL.

FOR EXAMPLE GOLF COURSES ARE CONSIDERED RECREATIONAL LOCATION SO THEREFORE THEY WOULD NOT BE PART OF THIS ORDER WATERING RESTRICTION PART ONE OF THE LESSONS LEARNED FROM THE PREVIOUS STROKE WAS RECOGNIZING, RECOGNIZING TREES PLAY AN INTEGRAL ROLE RECOGNIZING IN AREAS WHERE TREES EXIST THE RELAY MADE AN EXEMPTION TO CONTINUE TO BE ABLE TO WATER BUT YOU TO ENSURE THE LIKELIHOOD OF THE TREES.

TODAY ANSWER. >> YEAH, YOU DID SPEAK TO THE FIRST QUESTION YOU ASKED ABOUT THE 10 PERCENT SPECIFICALLY.

THE 10 PERCENT WE ADOPTED THE WATER CONTINGENCY PLAN IS WHAT MICHELLE DESCRIBED.

AS A 10 PERCENT REDUCTION IN THE OUTDOOR WATER BUDGET FOR RESIDENTS SERIOUSLY WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THAT.

IN FACT, WE ALREADY MONITOR THAT AS PART OF THE VARIOUS BUDGET TEARS.

ANYONE WHO EXCEEDS THE OUTDOOR TEAR WILL START PAYING THE FOLLOWING TIER WHICH IS TIER 3 PER THAT'S A SIGNAL ALREADY.

WE DO HAVE A SYSTEM THAT ALLOWS US TO SEND LETTERS TO THE CUSTOMERS TO GIVE THEM THE MORNING.

THE LETTER IS GOING TO CRAFT LETTERS WOULD OFFER SOLUTIONS TO WHAT I DO NOW.

AND PART OF THE SOLUTIONS OR REDUCE YOUR TIMING OF WATERING TO REAPPLY FOR TURF REMOVAL PROGRAMS

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ROOTED IS EVERYTHING MICHELLE IS DEDICATED TO PARIS THE LAST COMMENT I WILL MAKE IS GENERALLY THESE ACTIONS ARE INTENDED FOR THE WHOLE STATE.

AS YOU DRIVE THROUGH NORTHERN CALIFORNIA TO SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ORANGE COUNTY SAN DIEGO.

MICHELLE AND I HAD THE DISCUSSION EARLIER TODAY ANTICIPATING THIS QUESTION.

IN THE VALLEY OUT HERE WE ALREADY HAVE DESERT SCAPE.

WE ARE WELL PREPARED FOR THESE ACTIONS.

IS A ONE-SIZE-FITS-ALL ACTION THE GOVERNOR IS TAKING UP THE STATE IS TAKING TO BUT I WOULD HAVE TO REPORT WE ARE IN A VERY GOOD POSITION TO ADDRESS THOSE ACTIONS IN A WAY IT'S NOT GOING TO NEGATIVELY IMPACT US AND STAGE II.

>> I APPRECIATE THAT.

WANT TO MAKE SURE THE CLARIFICATION IT WHEN IT SAID COMMERCIAL AND OTHER STUFF BUT TO LOOK AT THIS PROPERTY SPIRIT ESPECIALLY THE ONES ALONG THE CANAL FOR THERE'S A LOT OF HOUSING TRACTS AND PEOPLE GO BY AND WHAT HAPPENS IS THEY SEE THE WATER OUT FRONT FLYING.

THEY WILL USE AN EXAMPLE IMPORTANT THERE WATERING THE GRASS AND THE OTHER PEOPLE SEE THE PROPERTY DYING OFF BECAUSE THEY ARE FOLLOWING THE RULES IS NOT EDUCATED ABOUT THE DIFFERENCES.

AND IT IS VERY DIFFICULT TO EXPLAIN TO PEOPLE.

THE SAME THING WHEN THEY SEE THE WATER IN THE MEDIANS RUNNING OFTEN THEY SEE WATER AND THEY ARE LIKE WELL, THE CITY IS TELLING US WE HAVE TO STOP AND CUT BACK WATER.

BUT I DROVE BY AT 8:00 IN THE MORNING AND THE WATER WAS ON IN THE CITY AND WE ARE OFF RECYCLED WATER, WE ARE OFF CANAL WATER.

IT IS VERY DIFFICULT FOR PEOPLE.

THAT'S WHY I SAID I THINK A LITTLE BIT WILL BE EDUCATION AND IT'S DIFFICULT WE'VE DONE A GREAT JOB OF IT.

BUT THE WAY IT WAS WRITTEN MAKES IT SOUND LIKE 10 PERCENT REVISIT 10 PERCENT FOR EVERYTHING ELSE? WE SHOULD ALL CONSERVE, I AGREE.

THANK YOU, I APPRECIATE THAT.

YOU GUYS HAVE DONE AN AMAZING JOB.

! I THINK IT WOULD ALSO EMPHASIZED THE SAME TO THE EDUCATIONAL POINT.

IF WE COULD DO THE OUTREACH ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND SEPARATE OUT THE RESTRICTIONS BETWEEN BUSINESSES AND RESIDENTS AND WHAT ALL THE NUMBERS MEAN SO WE CAN MAKE IT EASIER FOR US TO COMMUNICATE WITH OUR RESIDENTS THERE. ! GREAT.

NO FURTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS.

I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION.

>> THE AMENDED VERSION.

>> IT MAKE A MOTION TO ADOPT THE RESOLUTION AS AMENDED SPARKED A MOTION TO ADOPT THE RESOLUTION

AS AMENDED. >> I WILL SECOND IT.

>> A SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER HOLMES.

>> COUNCILMEMBER HOLMES.

>> AYE BY COUNCILMEMBER MILLER.

>> AYE BY COUNCILMEMBER AMITH.

>> AYE BLICK MAYOR PRO TEM.

>> AYE. >> AND MARY FERMON. >> AYE. >>WAYMOND FERMON : MOTION PASSES.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.

NEXT SENTENCE IS ITEM 10.2 CERTIFICATE OF PUBLIC NECESSITY FOR THAT IS PNC 21 – ZERO – NINE FOR INDIO SPORTS BAR LOCATED AT 44 221 JACKSON STREET SUITE D9201 TO ALLOW THE ON OFF PREMISES SALE BEER, WINE AND DISTILLED SPIRITS.

MR. SNYDER WILL BE HANDLING THIS.

>> THANK YOU.

KEVIN ZEITLER, DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT.

ASSISTANT PLANNERS AT THE PODIUM AND SHE WILL BE GIVING YOU A STAFF REPORT AND ANSWERING ANY QUESTIONS BEFORE YOU OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING.

THANK YOU. ! GOOD EVENING.

THANK YOU FOR THAT INTRO.

I WILL BE SPEAKING ON ITEM 10.2, WHICH IS A REQUEST FOR APPROVAL FOR A CERTIFICATE OF PUBLIC CONVENIENCE OR NECESSITY FOR ISSUANCE OF A 42 LICENSE TO ALLOW THE ON AND OFF PREMISE SALE OF BEER AND WINE AND DISTILLED SPIRITS.

AT L INDIO SPORTS BAR.

ON THE APPLICANT FOR THE PROJECT IS MS. ASHLEY. THE SPORTS BAR IS LOCATED ON JACKSON STREET JUST SOUTH OF AVENUE 44.

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THE BAR IS PROPOSED OCCUPY A SINGLE UNIT WITHIN EXISTING MULTITENANT COMMERCIAL BUILDING WHICH CONTAINS THREE SEPARATE UNITS.

[7. CITY MANAGER REPORTS AND INFORMATION]

THE OTHER TWO UNITS ARE OCCUPIED BY THE CHINESE RESTAURANT AND A BARBERSHOP.

THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED IN THE COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL ZONE AND WITHIN THE ZONE IS A PERMITTED LAND USE PEER THE PROJECT SITE IS GENERALLY SURROUNDED BY NEIGHBORHOOD REGIONAL AND COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL LAND USES.

THE SPORTS BAR IS LOCATED WITHIN SINCE THIS TRUCK NUMBER 0453.03.

AND WITHIN THE CENSUS TRACT, THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE CONTROL

[8. CONSENT CALENDAR]

ALSO KNOWN AS ABC, PERMITS A TOTAL NUMBER OF TWO LICENSES AND CURRENTLY THERE ARE FIVE ACCOUNTED FOR WHAT YOU SEE BEFORE YOU IS A LIST OF THEM AND INCLUDED ARE THREE RESTAURANTS.

ONE OTHER SPORTS BAR AND INDOOR SOCCER FACILITY.

IT SHOULD BE NOTED THE SAME UNIT WAS PREVIOUSLY OPERATING AS A SPORTS BAR UNDER A DIFFERENT OWNERSHIP. ADDITIONALLY, CALIFORNIA STATE LAW DOES ALLOW ABC TO ISSUE A LICENSE IS THE LEGISLATIVE BODY OF THE AREA IN WHICH THE PREMISES ARE LOCATED GRANTS APPROVAL.

AND BASED ON THE INFORMATION SUBMITTED BY THE APPLICANT, A REVIEW OF THE SITE PLAN AND FOR PLANS FOR THE BUSINESS IN CONSULTATION WITH THE INDIO POLICE DEPARTMENT, STAFF RECOMMENDS THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVED THE APPLICANTS REQUEST FOR A DETERMINATION OF A PUBLIC CONVENIENCE OR NECESSITY.

THANK YOU AND THAT WILL CONCLUDE MY PRESENTATION.

>>WAYMOND FERMON : THANK YOU.

THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING ITEM SO I WILL OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING AND ASKED THE CLERK IF WE HAVE ANYONE ONLINE.

>> NO. NO COMMENTS.

>>WAYMOND FERMON : OKAY.

I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.

BEFORE ASK THE COUNCIL, WITH THE APPLICANT LIKE TO SPEAK? IS THE APPLICANT PRESENT? I THOUGHT THE APPLICANT WAS ONLINE.

NO? OKAY. I WILL OPEN IT UP TO THE COUNCIL.

>> YOU ARE CORRECT.

ASHLEY, LET ME PUT HER AS A PANELIST.

ASHLEY, CAN YOU HEAR ME? SHE IS NOW ON ZOOM.

>> WE ARE ASKING IF YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS YOU WOULD LIKE TO MAKE BEFORE THE COUNCIL DELIBERATES ON THIS ITEM.

>> NO. >>WAYMOND FERMON : OKAY.

I OPEN IT UP TO THE COUNCIL IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS.

>> ONE THING THAT THROWS ME FOR A LOOP IS THE ON AND OFF PREMISES.

THIS IS A BAR THAT HOLDS OFF PREMISE PHRASEOLOGY.

>> IT IS SUPPOSED TO BE ON.

>>WAYMOND FERMON : IT SAYS TYPE XLII.

>> 42. >> ON OR OFF. >>WAYMOND FERMON : AND BELIEVE IT IS SUPPOSED TO BE JUST ON THE PROMISE, MY CORRECT.

>> YES. CORRECT. >>WAYMOND FERMON : ON PREMISES.

>> WANT ME TO NOTE THAT QUICK.

>>WAYMOND FERMON : I AM READING ONLINE IN CELLS THE SALE OF BEER AND WINE OF

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CONSUMPTION ON AND OFF THE PREMISES WERE SOLD.

AND BELIEVE TYPE 42 IS ON AND OFF.

>> I AM TAKING A LOOK AT IT RIGHT NOW.

>> I THINK THERE WAS A SPORTS BAR HERE PREVIOUSLY.

PRETTY PREVAILING FACTORS.

COUNCILMEMBER IS ASKING FOR CLARIFICATION ON.

>> TO CLARIFY, IT IS ON-SITE ONLY SPOKEN READING THE SAME THING THE MAYOR IS READING AS WELL.

I THINK WHAT I WOULD DO IS JUST REVISE THE TITLE THAT WE WOULD BE APPROVING THE TYPE XLII LICENSE SPIRIT INDICATES THAT OTHER RACES THE SALE OF BEER AND WINE FOR CONSUMPTION ON AND OFF THE PREMISES SOLD FOOTNOTE DISTILLED PREMISES SPIRITS MAY BE ON THE PROCESS.

IT IS BEER AND WINE ONLY.

>> YES, CORRECT.

>> THAT IS FINE.

>> WHEN YOU'RE READY TO MAKE THE RECOMMENDATION I CAN HELP YOU WITH THAT BECAUSE IT ADDED DISTILLED SPIRITS AND THAT IS NOT CORRECT.

>> TO GET THAT OFF? BUT WHAT IT WOULD BE IS TO APPROVE THE CERTIFICATE OF PUBLIC NECESSITY FOR A TYPE XLII LICENSE AT THE INDIO SPORTS BAR.

AND JUST END IT AT THE ADDRESS 30 WOULD NOT INCLUDE TO ALLOW THE ON AND OFF PREMISES OF WINE AND DISTILLED SPIRITS BECAUSE YOU'RE JUST APPROVING THE TYPE XLII BRITAIN THAT WOULD SPEAK FOR ITSELF.

THERE IS NO NEED FOR US TO ADD THAT VERBIAGE.

>> I WILL MAKE THE MOTION TO REQUEST THE CERTIFICATE.

>> 42 LICENSE FOR INDIO SPORTS BAR LOCATED AT 44 – 221 JACKSON STREET SUITE B INDIO CALIFORNIA 92001.

>> I WILL SECOND THAT.

>> MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER MILLER AND A SECOND BY MAYOR PRO TEM.

VOTE, PLEASE. >> COUNCILMEMBER HOLMES.

>> AYE POINT COUNCILMEMBER MILLER.

>> AYE BUT COUNCILMEMBER AMITH.

>> AYE BLICK MAYOR PRO TEM.

>> AYE BLICK MAYOR FERMON.

>> AYE. >>WAYMOND FERMON : MOTION PASSES.

WELCOME INDIO SPORTS BAR.

THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.

OKAY. WITH TO DO THE WHOLE FORMAL THING.

SO THE NEXT ITEM IS 10.1 RESOLUTION NUMBER 10285 APPROVING PARCEL MAP NUMBER 38293 TMP 21 – 11 – 413 TO SUBDIVIDE IT 5.66 ACRE PARCEL INTO TWO SEPARATE PARCELS LOCATED AT 78500 VARNER ROAD.

MR. STEINER WILL BE HANDLING THIS.

>> THIS ITEM HERE

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IS FOR A TENTATIVE PARCEL MAP 38293, ALSO KNOWN AS THE FIESTA KIA PROJECT AND THE APPLICANT IS MR. PAUL. THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED OFF VARNER SURROUNDED BY RESIDENTIAL TO THE NORTHWEST AND TOYOTA AUTO DEALERSHIP TO THE EAST AS WELL AS THE I-10 FREEWAY SITUATED SOUTH OF THE SITE.

THE PURPOSE OF THE TENTATIVE PARCEL MAP IS TO SUBDIVIDE A SINGLE PARCEL MEASURING BY THE 66 ACRES INTO TWO SEPARATE LEGAL PARCELS.

MAINLY PARCEL ONE AND PARCEL TO PERU AND TO CREATE PARCEL TO WHICH MAY BECOME A SELLABLE PARCEL FOR THE APPLICANT IN THE FUTURE.

AND IS SHOWN HERE IN THE IMAGE, PARCEL ONE WILL MEASURE 3.77 ACRES AND PARCEL TWO WILL MEASURE 1.88 ACRES.

AND THE MAP ILLUSTRATES THE LOCATION OF THE PROPOSED LOT LINE WHICH YOU CAN SEE HERE.

AND PRESENTLY PARCEL ONE OF THE OVERALL PROJECT HIGHLIGHTED IN THE ORANGE COLOR BEAR IS THE KEO AUTO DEALERSHIP WHICH IS CURRENTLY AS MS. HOLMES POINTED OUT EARLIER, IT IS ALMOST COMPLETE BUT HOWEVER, THE PROJECT WAS PREVIOUSLY ENTITLED UNAPPROVED AND IS NOT A PART OF THE SUBDIVISION CONSIDERATION TONIGHT.

AS MENTIONED, PARCEL TWO WILL SERVE AS AN OPTION FOR THE POTENTIAL FUTURE DEVELOPMENT WHICH WOULD REQUIRE SEPARATE ENTITLEMENTS AND A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT UPON DEVELOPMENT AT THAT TIME. AND TO CONCLUDE, STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVING RESOLUTION 2021 THAT WOULD ALLOW THE SUBDIVISION OF A SINGLE PARCEL INTO TWO SEPARATE PARCELS AND TO DETERMINE THE PROJECT IS EXEMPT FROM CEQA UNDERCLASS 15 MINUTE LAND DIVISION. THAT WILL CONCLUDE THAT PRESENTATION.

>>WAYMOND FERMON : OKAY.

THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING ITEM SO ASKED THE CLERK DO WE HAVE ANYONE ONLINE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.

>> NO. >>WAYMOND FERMON : WE HAVE NO ONE ONLINE.

WE HAVE NO ONE PRESENT. I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING FROM YOU AND I WAS GOING TO MAKE THE CORRECTION.

THE RESOLUTION NUMBER IS INCORRECT, RIGHT? IT SAYS 2021.

BUT THERE RESOLUTION NUMBER IS 10285.

IS THE APPLICANT ONLINE IF THEY WANT TO SPEAK WERE PRESENT?

>> MR. RUBY, IF YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS, YOU MAY DO SO NOW.

>>WAYMOND FERMON : HELLO MR. RUBY. NO COMMENTS? OKAY. I WILL OPEN UP FOR COUNCIL QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS.

I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION.

>> I WILL MAKE A MOTION TO ADOPT RESOLUTION 10285 APPROVING TENTATIVE PARCEL MAP NUMBER 38293

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PPM 21 – 11 – 413 THE SUBDIVIDE OF 5.66 ACRE PARCEL LOCATED AT 78550 VARNER ROAD INDIO CALIFORNIA 92203 AND INTO TWO SEPARATE PARCELS EXEMPT FROM ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW PURSUANT TO SECTION 15315 MINOR LAND DIVISIONS OF THE CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT GUIDELINES.

>> I WILL SECOND THAT.

>> MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER MILLER, SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER HOLMES.

>> COUNCILMEMBER HOLMES.

>> AYE.

>> COUNCILMEMBER MILLER.

>> AYE.

>> COUNCILMEMBER AMITH.

>> AYE. >> MAYOR PRO TEM.

>> AYE. >> MAYOR FERMON.

>> AYE. >>WAYMOND FERMON : MOTION PASSES IT.

WE WILL MOVE ON TO ITEM 11 WHICH ARE PUBLIC ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA. DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS.

>> NO COMMENTS. >>WAYMOND FERMON : OKAY.

I HAVE NONE IN THE QUEUE AND SO WE WILL MOVE ON TO OUR NEXT COUNCIL MEETING JOINT MEETING WITH IWA WILL BE JUNE 15, 2022.

I WOULD LIKE TO ADJOURN THIS MEETING IN THE MEMORY OF ALL THE LIVES LOST IN TEXAS, BUFFALO, ORANGE COUNTY AND UKRAINE AND I

[8.15 Second Reading of Ordinance No. 1779 Amending Chapter 159 (Zoning Regu...]

JUST GOT ANOTHER ALERT WE DID HAVE ANOTHER ACTIVE SHOOTER TODAY IN KANSAS.

JUST CONTINUE TO KEEP OUR COUNTRY AND EVERYONE IN PRAYER.

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AND I WOULD LIKE TO END THIS MEETING

[10.1 Resolution No. 10284 to declare and enact Stage II of Water Shortage C...]

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IN

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THEIR

[10.2 Certificate of Public Convenience or Necessity (PCN 21-10-9) for El In...]

[10.3 Resolution No. 10285 approving Tentative Parcel Map No. 38293 (TPM 21-...]

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MEMORY.

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