Jun 15, 2022 City Council

GOOD AFTERNOON. WELCOME TO THE CITY OF INDIA.

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IS IT CLOSED? OH, YEAH, WE.

WE CHANGED THAT.

EXCUSE ME. WE ARE CLOSED SESSION.

I'M CALLED TO ORDER, PLEASE.

AND CAN I HAVE A ROLL CALL? YES, MAYOR. FOR THE RECORD, ALL COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE PRESENT EXCEPT FOR COUNCILMEMBER RAMOS, AMIT AND COUNCILMEMBER ELAINE HOLMES.

THANK YOU. DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS FOR ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA?

[2. PUBLIC COMMENT]

BUT ITEM NUMBER THREE, CITY ATTORNEY.

[3. ADJOURN TO CLOSED SESSION TO CONSIDER:]

ITEMS 3.1 THROUGH 3.6.

I WILL CALL THE ORDER.

[1. CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL]

REGULAR MEETING.

JOINT MEETING WITHIN THE WATER AUTHORITY.

AND ALSO SPECIAL MEETING.

MY NAME IS WAYNE FURMAN, MAYOR OF THE CITY.

I'LL BE CHAIRING THIS MEETING.

COULD I HAVE A ROLL CALL, PLEASE? COUNCILMEMBER HOLMES. PRESENT COUNCILMEMBER MILLER.

PRESENT. COUNCILMEMBER RAMOS.

MAYOR PRO TEM ORTIZ.

PRESIDENT AND MAYOR FURMAN.

PRESENT. WE DO NOT HAVE ANYONE TO DO THE INVOCATION, SO I ASK EVERYONE TO PLEASE STAND AND JOIN US FOR THE PLEDGE TO THE FLAG.

PLEASE PLACE THE RIGHT HAND OVER YOUR HEART, READY TO BEGIN 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. THE.

ALL. SO I WILL ASK FOR THE PUBLIC AND EVERYONE IN ATTENDANCE TO BEAR WITH US.

WE ARE GOING TO GO A LITTLE BIT OUT OF ORDER.

SO NOW I'M GOING TO ACTUALLY LET'S GO TO THE CITY ATTORNEY REPORT ON CLOSED SESSION.

[4. CITY ATTORNEY REPORT ON CLOSED SESSION]

THANK YOU. SO NOW I'M GOING TO MOVE OVER TO THE SPECIAL ITEM, WHICH IS A DISCUSSION ITEM 3.1 TO ADOPT RESOLUTION NUMBER 1036 OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF INDIO, APPROVING THE APPLICATION FOR THE TRANSFORMATIVE CLIMATE COMMUNITIES IMPLEMENTATION GRANT FUNDS.

AND OUR DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS, TIM WALZ, WILL BE HEADING THE INSIDE OF.

YES. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. THIS ITEM WAS INTENDED TO BE A CONSENT FOR YOU.

FOR YOUR APPROVAL.

FOR THE APPROVAL OF A RESOLUTION TO ALLOW US TO SUBMIT THE APPLICATION FOR THE TRANSFORMATIVE COMMUNITY CLIMATE.

SO I WOULD LIKE YOUR APPROVAL SO WE CAN WE CAN PROCEED.

AND THIS IS A REQUEST FOR A GRANT IN THE IN THE VICINITY OF $35 MILLION, APPROXIMATELY, FOR THE JEWISH COMMUNITY.

SO WE'D LOVE TO HAVE YOU APPROVE US TO PROCEED.

GREAT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK ON THIS, MR. RUSSELL. THIS IS AN EXCELLENT, EXCELLENT OPPORTUNITY FOR THAT COMMUNITY, SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO IT.

SO I DON'T KNOW IF WE TAKE A ROLL CALL VOTE ON THIS OR I TAKE A MOTION.

YES, YOU TAKE A MOTION AND JUST THE CLERK.

WE DON'T HAVE ANYBODY ON ZOOM TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM.

GREAT. THEN YOU WOULD NEED A MOTION TO ADOPT THE RESOLUTION OR ENTERTAIN THE MOTION TO ADOPT THIS RESOLUTION.

ALMOST NO APPROVED.

SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION BY MAYOR PRO TEM ORTIZ, A SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER HOLMES.

GOT A VOTE, PLEASE. COUNCILMEMBER HOLMES.

HI, COUNCILMEMBER MILLER.

HI, COUNCILMEMBER RAMOS.

AMIT HI. MAYOR PRO TEM ORTIZ AND MAYOR FROM THE MOTION PASSES.

THANK YOU, SIR. GREAT.

SO NOW WE'LL MOVE ON BACK TO THE REGULAR SESSION AGENDA AND WE'LL GO ON TO ITEM 5.1, A FUNDRAISER DONATION FOR THE

[5.1 Fundraiser Donation by Elks Lodge #1643]

YES. OH.

ONE. OSCAR.

IT NEEDS THE.

THAT'S RIGHT, SAIDA.

WELL, WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO IS JUST TO LET YOU KNOW THAT IT'S BEEN GOING ON FOR ABOUT TEN YEARS NOW THAT THE ELKS LODGE HAS BEEN DOING WORK.

WE'VE HAD PANCAKE BREAKFASTS AND OTHER OTHER FUNCTIONS TO GIVE MONEY FOR THE K-9 UNIT.

AND WHAT WE'D LIKE TO DO TONIGHT IS TO PRESENT YOU WITH A CHECK FOR $3,100 THAT WAS RAISED FROM OUR LAST FUNCTION.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

DON'T TRY TO CASH THIS ONE. YOU'RE OKAY.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

YOU KNOW, THE ELKS CLUB HAS BEEN A GREAT COMMUNITY PARTNER WITH US.

OUR CANINE PROGRAM IS ENTIRELY FUNDED BY DONATIONS WHEN IT COMES TO OUR DOGS.

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IT'S ALSO A GREAT TIME.

SO THE NEXT PANCAKE BREAKFAST, WE WANT TO SEE EVERYONE THERE.

IT'S ALWAYS A FULL HOUSE.

GET THERE EARLY.

WE PUT ON A GREAT SHOW AND GOT THE DATE SET FOR NEXT YEAR AND I DO WANT SOMEDAY TO HOLD THE TITLE OF EXALTED RULER, BECAUSE THAT'S THE COOLEST TITLE THERE.

IT'S NOT GLAMOROUS.

NO, DON'T TELL HIM THAT. I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE ELKS FOR BEING A PARTNER WITH THE CITY AND OUR COMMUNITY FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS.

THE ELKS IS INVOLVED IN A LOT OF COMMUNITY FUNDRAISERS AND OUTREACH AND PHILANTHROPY IN OUR COMMUNITY.

AND FOR YOU ALL TO CONTINUE TO HAVE THIS ANNUAL EVENT FOR OUR CANINES THAT NOT ONLY BENEFIT THE CITY OF INDIO AND OUR RESIDENTS IN KEEPING US SAFE, BUT THE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE BECAUSE THEY DO PARTNER WITH OTHER ORGANIZATIONS IN OUR COMMUNITY.

SO THANK YOU TO YOUR WORK IN OUR COMMUNITY.

AND THANK YOU, CHIEF, FOR BEING THE HEAD OF OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT AND KEEPING OUR CANINE UNIT FUNDED.

THANK YOU. CONGRATULATIONS.

JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU AS WELL TO THE ELKS LODGE FOR YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT AND YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT OF OUR K-9 UNIT.

WE REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR HARD WORK AND YOUR CONTINUED DEDICATION TO THIS EFFORT.

THANK YOU. THANKS.

OF COURSE. ONCE A YEAR.

JUST ONCE A YEAR. YOU ARE? YOU KNOW, I'M. THANK YOU.

THANKS. YOU'RE DONE? YEAH. RIGHT.

RIGHT. THANK YOU. WORK COMING.

END OF THE HOUSE. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

OH, I DIDN'T KNOW THAT YOU SAW THAT.

THANK YOU. DID.

ALL RIGHT. NOW WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER SIX, WHICH IS A REPORT ON CITY COUNCIL, EXTERNAL AND INTERNAL BOARDS.

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

SURE. ABSOLUTELY.

I THINK THE MEETING OF NOTE WAS MY TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE COMMISSION MEETING.

SO MUCH GOING ON RIGHT NOW.

FIRST OF ALL, THE 60 FREEWAY, WHICH WE'VE ALL BEEN TRAVELING FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS AND ALL THE LANE CLOSURES AND ALL THE CRAZINESS IS OPEN, FULLY AND COMPLETELY OPEN AND OPEN. I TOOK IT THE OTHER DAY, GOT IT WAS A STRAIGHT SHOT.

IT WAS WONDERFUL DRIVE.

NOT ALL THOSE CRAZY TURNS.

SO JUST TO LET YOU KNOW THAT 60 FREEWAY THROUGH THE BADLANDS IS OPEN.

I THINK I MENTIONED IN THE PAST THE SYNCHRONIZATION PROGRAM THAT'S A MOUTHFUL, WHICH IS AT THE POINT OF THE INSTALLATION OF CONDUIT AND TECHNOLOGY THAT'S TO SYNCHRONIZE ALL OF OUR SIGNALS THROUGHOUT THE MAJORITY ON HIGHWAY 111 OF THE DESERT.

AND WE'RE CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT.

EVERY CITY IS GOING TO HAVE A PERSONAL TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT CENTER, AND EVERY CITY WILL ALSO HAVE A LOCAL TRAFFIC OPERATION CENTER.

SO WE'LL ALL BE ABLE TO MANAGE IT, BUT IT'LL BE MANAGED AT SUCH A LEVEL THAT YOU'LL BE ABLE TO GO FROM ONE END TO THE OTHER AND THE SIGNALS WILL BE SYNCHRONIZED AND NOT WE DON'T HAVE TO STOP AT EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM.

IN TERMS OF FIBER OPTIC CABLE, 30, 36 MILES AND PHASE ONE AND 90 PLUS MILES AND PHASE TWO, I GUESS ARE AS A RESULT OF THAT. SEE BAGS PURCHASE OF THAT THROUGH CORNING IS ONE OF THE LARGEST PURCHASES WITH CORNING.

SO THAT'S SUBSTANTIVE.

ONE OF THE ISSUES THAT HAS COME FORTH, ASSEMBLY BILL 2237, MISSOURI, WHICH IS OUR FUNDS THAT FUNDS ROADS AND TRANSPORTATION.

THE STATE IS LOOKING AT TAKING CONTROL OF THOSE FUNDS AND TAKING LOCAL DECISION MAKING AWAY FROM US.

WE HAD EXTENSIVE DISCUSSION ABOUT THAT AND WE HAVE SIGNIFICANT CONCERNS.

WE HAVE THINGS. IF YOU STOP AND THINK ABOUT THE JACKSON STREET INTERCHANGE, THINK ABOUT COOK STREET, RIGHT? WE HAVE WE HAVE THE AQUA ARENA COMING IN, LOTS OF PEOPLE COMING INTO OUR VALLEY.

SO I THINK EACH LOCAL JURISDICTION NEEDS TO BE ABLE TO.

AND I THINK WE AGREED AND VOTED ON THE FACT WITHIN THE TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION THAT WE NEEDED TO OPPOSE ASSEMBLY BILL 2237 AND MAINTAIN THE DECISION MAKING CAPABILITY THAT WE WE HAVE HAD ALL THESE YEARS.

SEPARATE FROM THAT TODAY WE ATTENDED, I THINK MOST OF US ALL OF US WERE THERE BUZZ BOX.

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BUT THAT BEING SAID, THEY'RE FULLY SUSTAINABLE.

AND I'M GOING TO DEFER TO TO MAYOR PRO TEM BECAUSE I'M GOING TO BET THAT THAT HE CAPTURED ALL OF THAT.

BUT EVERYTHING FROM THE CAP THAT'S MADE FROM SUGAR CANE, THE LABELING, THE BOX, THE WHAT'S INSIDE IS ALL ORGANIC AND IT'S ALL PRODUCED IN INDIA.

AND IT WAS REALLY A WONDERFUL RIBBON CUTTING FOR THIS FACILITY UP AT THE TARGET CENTER, WHAT USED TO BE THE TARGET CENTER ON JACKSON AND 42 AND AND THEY'RE GOING THROUGH AN EXPANSION. AND WHAT WAS REALLY NEAT ABOUT IT IS THE THE RELATIONSHIP THEY NOW HAVE WITH THE FIREBIRDS AND THE NEW AQUA ARENA.

SO IT WAS JUST A VERY COOL DAY ALSO TO JUST A SHOUT OUT LAST SATURDAY WAS THE WHOLE CONCERT, SECOND SATURDAY NIGHT.

YOU KNOW WHAT? IT WAS HOT, BUT IT WAS FUN.

YOU GUYS COME ON OUT.

WE HAD PEOPLE DANCING.

THE MUSIC WAS A LOT OF FUN.

THOSE OF US THAT KIND OF HAVE THAT WHOLE EIGHTIES THING.

WE HAD A BLAST.

WE ALL HAD A BLAST. AND SO WE HAD ONE MORE COMING UP IN JULY AT SALSA.

AND I YOU KNOW, I DON'T CARE HOW SALSA IS HOT.

IT'S GOING TO BE HOT OUT THERE.

THERE'S WATER, BEER, WINE.

PLEASE COME ON OUT AND ENJOY US.

IT'S THE SECOND SATURDAY NIGHT IN JULY.

MAYOR THAT CONCLUDES.

GREAT. THANK YOU.

COUNCILMEMBER. I MADE. DO YOU HAVE A REPORT FOR US? BE READY. WELL, YOU MAY HAVE STOLEN MY THUNDER BECAUSE YOU DID AN INTERVIEW FOR THE RIVERSIDE COUNTY FAIR NATIONAL DATE FESTIVAL.

THE NEW OPERATOR OF THE FAIRGROUNDS IS PICKERING EVENTS, LLC.

I'M PROUD TO ANNOUNCE THAT THE RIVERSIDE COUNTY FAIR WILL BE BACK FEBRUARY 17TH THROUGH 26TH OF 2023, AND PICKERING EVENTS IS KNOWN FOR SOME OF THEIR PARTNERSHIPS WITH THE NORTHWEST WASHINGTON FAIR ASSOCIATION AND ALSO THAT HE HAS BEEN ON THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FAIRS.

HE, MR. PICKERING, HAS SERVED AS THE CEO OF THE ALAMEDA COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS AND THE DEPUTY GENERAL MANAGER OF THE OC FAIR IN COSTA MESA AND THE CEO OF THE.

CALIFORNIA STATE FAIR AND EXPOSITION IN SACRAMENTO.

AND IF THAT DOESN'T GET YOU EXCITED ENOUGH, I DON'T KNOW WHAT WILL.

BUT WE ALL LOVE OUR FAIR AND WE'RE SO HAPPY TO HAVE PARTNERED WITH SOMEONE THAT'S GOING TO HELP US REALLY GROW.

THANK YOU, MAYOR. THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT.

THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN BYRNE.

JUST FOR THE RECORD, I DON'T THINK ANYBODY COULD STEAL YOUR THUNDER.

SO WE'LL MOVE ON TO COUNCILMEMBER MILLER.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. A COUPLE OF MY COMMITTEES WERE ACTIVE.

ONE OF THEM WITH MAYOR PRO TEM WAS THE JPA FOR THE WASTE TRANSFER STATION WITH THE CITY OF COACHELLA.

BASICALLY, WE WENT OVER THE BUDGET.

IT'S AN ANNUAL EVENT THAT WE DO TALKS ABOUT THE WASTE AND WHAT WE BRING IN, AND EACH CITY DIVIDES THE REVENUE THAT COMES IN FROM THE TIPPING FEES, WHICH IS GOING TO BE A SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF MONEY MORE THIS YEAR THAN IT WAS LAST YEAR.

AND THEN WE TALKED ABOUT THE CONTRACT AND THEIR ANNUAL INCREASE THAT COMES FORWARD, WHICH WE'LL BE TALKING ABOUT LATER ON.

I'M SURE THE MAYOR PRO TEM WILL BE TALKING A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT.

ECAC FOR ID, WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE NEW SERVICES THAT THEY'RE LOOKING AT TO PROVIDING AND ACTUALLY WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO DO ABOUT ROLLING BLACKOUTS.

AND I CAN TELL YOU THE REST OF US, BUT YOU CAN'T MAKE THIS STUFF UP.

I ACTUALLY HAD A BLACKOUT AT MY HOUSE AND SO MY WI FI WENT DOWN AND I DIDN'T GET TO BE THE REST OF THE TO THE MEETING.

SO. SO THEY'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT IT.

AND TREJO AND I ARE SITTING ON THAT.

BUT THERE ARE GOING TO BE SOME ISSUES COMING FORWARD HERE VERY SHORTLY, ESPECIALLY WITH THE LAKE MEAD HAVING SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT THEY HAVE AND COMING FORWARD.

SO THEY DON'T ANTICIPATE ANY BLACKOUTS, AS, YOU KNOW, NOTHING SET AND SCHEDULED.

BUT I WOULD NOT BE SURPRISED IF WE DID HAVE SOME HERE IN INDIO AND THE REST OF SOME OF THE COACHELLA VALLEY.

SO PLEASE BE CAREFUL AND MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO A HOT SUMMER, BUT AT THE SAME TIME THAT THERE COULD BE SOME ISSUES THAT YOU NEED TO BE PREPARED AND READY FOR.

MAKE SURE YOU HAVE PLENTY OF WATER, ICE AND OTHER STUFF TO MAKE SURE IN CASE YOU NEED THAT, IF IT'S AT NIGHT, TOO.

SO AND WE WILL, I'M SURE, PRETTY SOON.

CITY MANAGER TALK ABOUT COOLING STATIONS.

I KNOW WE USUALLY HAVE THAT AT OUR SENIOR CENTER AND OTHER.

SO SOME OF OUR SENIORS OR OTHER PEOPLE THAT MIGHT NEED THAT.

YOU CAN LOOK AT NOT ONLY THE COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE, BUT ALSO THE CITY OF INDIO TO LOOK AT.

THERE ARE SOME COOLING STATIONS YOU MIGHT NEED TO BE ABLE TO UTILIZE.

LIKE THE REST OF MY COUNCIL MEMBERS, WE WERE AT SCOTT BAILEY'S RETIREMENT PARTY FROM DESERT SANDS UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT.

GREAT MAN MOVING ON TO GET TO SEE HIS FIRST GRANDCHILD.

WE HAVE A NEW SUPERINTENDENT SCHOOLS KELLY MAID WALMART.

WE WISH HER WELL.

BUT SCOTT WAS A BREATH OF FRESH AIR WHEN HE FIRST CAME HERE AND DID A GREAT JOB OF SUPPORTING OUR SCHOOLS AND HERE IN THE CITY OF INDIO.

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SO I WISH HIM WELL.

AND OUR NEW SUPERINTENDENT SCHOOLS WELL AS COUNCILMEMBER HOLMES AND THE REST OF US WHO ATTEND THE BUZZ BOX, IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN IT, IT IS A QUITE A MECHANISM THE WAY THEY HAVE THIS THING PUT TOGETHER.

HE BROUGHT HIS ORGANIZATION HERE BECAUSE HE LIVES IN THE CITY OF INDIO, WANTED TO SUPPORT THE CITY OF INDIO AND BROUGHT HIS MANUFACTURING HERE.

AND IT HAS EXPLODED WITH NOT ONLY THE ARENA THAT WE HAVE HERE LOCALLY, BUT HE'S IN COSTCO.

HE'S IN EVERY VENUE THAT'S OUT THERE, INCLUDING OUR OWN COACHELLA FEST AND STAGECOACH MUSIC FESTIVAL.

SO ROD AND HIS TEAM, WE WANT TO THANK THEM FOR NOT ONLY INVESTING IN THE CITY OF INDIO, BUT ALSO CREATING JOBS AND OPPORTUNITIES HERE AND WISH THEM WELL.

AND THEN THE LAST THING, DOCTOR CARRION FOUNDATION, THE SCHOLARSHIPS, AWARDS AND MAYOR PRO WAS WITH MYSELF AND THAT THE DR.

CARRION FOUNDATION, HE WAS A START OF THE HOSPITAL.

HE DEDICATED HIS LIFE TO MAKING SURE THAT THE COACHELLA VALLEY AND THE CITY OF INDIO HAD MEDICAL SERVICES, AND HE WANTED TO MAKE SURE HE LEFT A LEGACY.

SO HE LEFT A SCHOLARSHIP FUND THAT'S RUN HERE LOCALLY TO GIVE INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE FROM THE COACHELLA VALLEY SCHOLARSHIPS, FROM HISPANIC DESCENT.

AND THEY GAVE OUT A LITTLE OVER $132,000 THIS SUNDAY OVER AT FANTASY SPRINGS CASINO FOR A LOT OF GREAT STUDENTS, INCLUDING THREE FROM THE CITY OF INDIO.

SO GREAT TO SEE AND A CONTINUED SUPPORT OF OUR INDIVIDUALS FROM AN INDIVIDUAL THAT WAS A PIONEER HERE IN THE CITY OF INDIO.

AND THEN LASTLY, IF WE COULD, MAYOR, WE HAD TWO POLICE OFFICERS IN EL MONTE WHO WERE VICIOUSLY GUNNED DOWN, CORPORAL MICHAEL PAREDES AND OFFICER JOSEPH SANTANA.

IF WE COULD HOLD A MOMENT OF SILENCE AND TURN THE MEETING IN THEIR HONOR.

AND ALSO WE LOST ONE OF OUR VERY OWN, JEFFREY PAUL LEVIN, WHO WAS THE HEAD OF THE GREATER COACHELLA VALLEY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AS OUR CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD.

UNFORTUNATELY, HE HAD A BATTLE WITH CANCER AND HE BEAT IT.

AND UNFORTUNATELY, HE HAD WHAT THEY BELIEVE WAS A MASSIVE HEART ATTACK AND HE PASSED ON.

SO OUR WISHES AND CONDOLENCES TO ALL THE FAMILIES AND ALL THOSE INDIVIDUALS THAT HAVE LOST THEIR LIFE SENSELESSLY AND FOR THOSE WE KNOW THAT HAVE GIVEN SO MUCH TO THIS COMMUNITY. SO THAT'S IT.

MR. MAYOR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER.

THANK YOU, MAYOR, AND THANK YOU ALL FOR JOINING US TODAY.

LAST WEEKEND I ATTENDED THE WALL CONFERENCE ON WATER ISSUES AND PICO RIVERA.

SEVERAL PEOPLE PRESENTED DATA THAT CORRESPONDED TO THE CHANGES DUE TO CLIMATE CHANGE CURRENTLY ALONG WITH THE MORE EXTREME WEATHER PATTERNS AND CONTINUE DROUGHTS.

WE'VE SEEN MINIMUM TEMPERATURES RISING AS WELL AS THE MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES RISING.

SO WITH THE MINIMUMS RISING, THAT MEANS WE'LL SEE LESS SNOW IN OUR STATE.

AND THAT ALSO AFFECTS THE WAY WATER IS ABSORBED AND COLLECTED THROUGHOUT THE ENVIRONMENT.

THE CHANGES ARE ALSO CAUSING CHANGES IN AGRICULTURE, WITH CROPS NOW CHANGING AND GROW CYCLES IN RESPONSE TO THE CHANGING ENVIRONMENT.

THERE'S PREDICTED TO BE LOSSES IN CROP PRODUCTION IN THE FUTURE DUE TO EXTREME WEATHER, CHANGING WEATHER PATTERNS AND INCREASE IN PEST ISSUES DUE TO INCREASES IN TEMPERATURE.

SO IT'S JUST SOMETHING THAT WE ALL NEED TO KEEP IN MIND AS WE ARE IN AN ECONOMY THAT DEPENDS HEAVILY ON AGRICULTURE AND PRICES ARE ALREADY RAPIDLY INCREASING.

LAST WEEK I ALSO ATTENDED THE ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE.

WE DISCUSSED IRENE, WHICH IS THE INLAND REGIONAL ENERGY NETWORK.

SO THIS WAS FORMED IN ORDER TO BRING IN TAX DOLLARS FROM CUSTOMERS THAT PAY SOCAL, EDISON AND SOCAL GAS FOR THE PUBLIC CHARGE FEES THAT WE PAY IN OUR UTILITIES.

WE USED TO BE PART OF A BIGGER REGION, AND SO A LOT OF THAT POOL OF MONEY ENDED UP BEING SPENT IN OTHER, BIGGER CITIES OFTEN.

AND SO THIS REGIONAL ENERGY NETWORK IS GOING TO ALLOW US TO COLLECT THOSE FEES LOCALLY AND SPEND THEM LOCALLY AS WELL.

AND THIS IS GOING TO ADD UP TO ABOUT $1,000,000 A YEAR THAT WE CAN FUND FOR WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AND TRAINING EFFORTS THROUGHOUT OUR REGION.

WE ALSO DISCUSSED THE NEW FINANCING OPTIONS FOR ELECTRICAL INFRASTRUCTURE DEVISED BY OUR CITY MANAGER, MR. MONTGOMERY, WHERE WE WOULD HAVE A LOCAL SURCHARGE TO PAY UP FRONT COSTS FOR NEW ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE AND HAVE DEVELOPERS PAY THEIR SHARE AS THEY DEVELOP.

THIS WOULD SAVE US SOME TIME BY HAVING THOSE FUNDS IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE TO START BUILDING THIS MUCH NEEDED INFRASTRUCTURE IN OUR CITY AND TO KEEP UP WITH THE DEVELOPMENT DEMANDS. I ALSO GOT TO ATTEND THE RIBBON CUTTING FOR BUZZ BOX TODAY, AND THEY HAVE A REALLY AMAZING MANUFACTURING FACILITY HERE IN INDIO PROVIDING A LOT OF OUR LOCALS WITH A GOOD MANUFACTURING JOBS.

THEY'RE ALSO VERY SUSTAINABLE.

THEY USE LOCALLY SOURCED NATURAL INGREDIENTS, BIODEGRADABLE PACKAGING, AND THEY'RE ALWAYS STRIVING TO LEAD THE WAY IN SUSTAINABILITY.

SO WE THANK THEM AND THEIR TEAM FOR DOING SUCH A GREAT JOB REPRESENTING OUR COMMUNITY WELL IN THE DRINKS INDUSTRY, AND WE CONGRATULATE THEM ON THEIR SUCCESS.

AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR TODAY.

THANKS, MATT. THANK YOU, MAYOR PRO TEM, FOR YOUR REPORT.

I HAD A COUPLE OF MY COMMITTEES THAT WERE ACTIVE AND I'LL START WITH THE SEED BAG HOMELESSNESS COMMITTEE THAT WE HAD THIS MORNING AND WHICH WAS A LOT OF INFORMATION, BUT IT

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AND WHAT THAT IS, IS WHEN WE HAVE FOLKS GO OUT AND THEY COUNT THE UNSHELTERED FOLKS IN ALL OF OUR COMMUNITIES.

AND THE DIFFERENCE IS THIS YEAR, THERE WERE A LOT MORE QUESTIONS ASKED OF THE FOLKS WHO ARE OUT THERE.

AND IN THE CITY OF INDIO, WE WENT UP 22 PEOPLE OF UNSHELTERED TO 105, WHICH IS, YOU KNOW, YOU HEAR THE NUMBER 105, BUT 105 WERE NOT DOING THAT BAD.

AND THE REASON WHY I SAY THAT, BECAUSE WE HAVE OVER 300 OF FOLKS WHO ARE HOMELESS, WHO ARE SHELTERED, AND OUR SHELTERS THAT WE TAKE CARE OF HERE IN THE CITY OF INDIO, AND WE GET THEM WRAPAROUND SERVICES TO GET THEM ON THE RIGHT PATHS.

AND SO WE DO TAKE CARE OF FOLKS HERE.

HOWEVER, ONE OF MY QUESTIONS AND CONCERNS WERE THE MIGRATION OF UNSHELTERED FOLKS FROM LOS ANGELES COUNTY WHO WERE MOVING TOWARDS ORANGE COUNTY AND RIVERSIDE COUNTY.

AND IF YOU TRAVEL ON THE TEN FREEWAY, YOU WILL SEE THOSE ENCAMPMENTS ON THE TEN FREEWAY IN OUR PAST, IN OUR BENNING AREA.

AND THAT'S CONCERNING TO ME OF FOLKS COMING TO THIS AREA.

SO HOW ARE WE GETTING IN FRONT OF THAT? AND THAT WAS ONE OF THE QUESTIONS I HAD AND THAT THAT ACCOUNTS FOR THOSE THOSE NUMBERS.

AND THERE'S IT'S A VERY COMPLEX TOPIC AND THERE'S MANY A PLETHORA OF REASONS WHY FOLKS GO UNSHELTERED.

HOWEVER, ONE OF THE REASONS ACTUALLY ONE OF THE REASONS IS AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

BUT RIGHT NOW IN OUR COUNTY, WE HAVE 1200 PERMITS OUT RIGHT NOW FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

AND THAT'S THAT'S A GOOD SIGN.

IN THE CITY OF INDIA, WE HAVE AFFORDABLE HOUSING CONSTRUCTION UNDERWAY RIGHT NOW ON HIGHWAY 111 IN JEFFERSON, THE ROYAL CROSSINGS.

AND WE HAVE A COUPLE IN PLANNING.

SO WE'RE DOING OUR SHARE HERE IN THE CITY OF INDIO.

AND THAT'S YOU KNOW, THAT'S GREAT NEWS.

HOWEVER, WE STILL HAVE WORK TO DO.

BUT I WANT TO THANK ALL OF OUR NONPROFITS, OUR FAITH BASED COMMUNITY, OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMUNITY, OUR QUALITY OF LIFE, OUR MENTAL HEALTH FOLKS FOR GETTING OUT THERE AND REALLY HELPING FOLKS WHO NEED THE ASSISTANCE.

BUT I JUST WANT TO REMIND EVERYONE THAT THE JOB IS NEVER DONE AND THAT'S WHAT WE DO, WHAT WE DO.

SO SOMETIMES IT SEEMS REPETITIVE.

YOU TAKE CARE OF ONE AND YOU GET TWO, BUT THAT'S WHY WE'RE OUT DOING THAT WORK.

SO WE APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT EVERYONE'S DOING TO CURB HOMELESSNESS IN OUR COMMUNITIES.

SO I ALSO HAD A PUBLIC SAFETY FEEDBACK PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE MEETING.

WE DID HAVE A PRESENTATION OF MYLAR BALLOONS BY ID.

AND SO SINCE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT POWER AND INFRASTRUCTURE, THAT'S A VERY IMPORTANT TOPIC FOR THE REASON THAT THE MATERIALS THAT THOSE MYLAR BALLOONS ARE MADE OUT OF ARE ATTRACTED TO OUR POWER LINES.

AND RIGHT NOW, WE CANNOT AFFORD OUR INFRASTRUCTURE GOING DOWN OR BEING DAMAGED.

WE CAN'T AFFORD FOLKS LOSING POWER, ESPECIALLY IN THE SUMMER MONTHS.

SO THERE'S AN ASSEMBLY BILL TO CURB THE CELL AND MANUFACTURING OF MYLAR BALLOONS IN CALIFORNIA.

SO WE RECOMMENDED THAT OUR COMMITTEE SEND A LETTER OF SUPPORT TO THE STATE THAT WE SUPPORT THAT, ESPECIALLY IN THE COACHELLA VALLEY.

WE MAY NOT STOP THEM ALL, BUT WE HAVE TO REALLY HAVE THAT CONVERSATION AND GET THE OUTREACH OUT THERE AND CURB THOSE.

WE ALSO HAD A PRESENTATION ON THE THE COUNTY'S COORDINATED EFFORTS TO PROVIDE SERVICES TO ASYLUM SEEKERS HERE IN OUR COUNTY.

AND I HAVE TO THANK THE COUNTY AND ONCE AGAIN ARE NONPROFITS AND EVERYONE WHO ARE, YOU KNOW, GIVEN A HAND IN HANDLING THIS SITUATION.

RIVERSIDE COUNTY, OUR BORDER PATROL, ARE NONPROFITS WHO ARE PROVIDING THOSE WRAPAROUND SERVICES AND GETTING THE ASYLUM SEEKERS WHO WE RECEIVE HERE IN OUR COUNTY.

AND WE KEEP THEM HERE FOR ABOUT THREE DAYS, 3 TO 4 DAYS, AND THEN WE GET THEM ONTO THEIR SPONSORS AND THEY ARE SCREENED FOR COVID.

AND IF THEY TEST POSITIVE, THEY THEY ARE WITH THE TERM AGAIN, QUARANTINE.

THERE IT IS. THEY ARE QUARANTINED AND THEY WILL BE RETURNED BACK TO THEIR HOME WHERE THEY CAME FROM.

SO THAT'S TITLE 42, I BELIEVE IS 42.

AND SO, YOU KNOW, WE DO HAVE FOLKS COMING IN OUR COUNTY RIGHT NOW.

THE COUNTY HAS CONTRACTED 275 ROOMS IN OUR COUNTY, IN INDIO, MARIETTA AND I BELIEVE BLYTHE.

SO THAT EFFORT IS STILL UNDERWAY AND DISTINCT THE COUNTY FOR REALLY GETTING OUT IN FRONT OF THAT AND PROVIDING THOSE SERVICES.

AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, IN THAT PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE MEETING, IT WAS DURING A IT WAS A DISCUSSION THAT TOOK PLACE ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON IN OUR WORLD OF ACTIVE SHOOTER, ACTIVE SHOOTERS. SO WE WILL BE ADDING THAT TO OUR NEXT AGENDA AND HOPEFULLY HAVE MAYBE OUR POLICE CHIEF OR OUR SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT COME IN AND REALLY REASSURE THE COMMUNITY WHAT WE'RE DOING AND ALSO THE KIND OF SERVICES WE'RE PROVIDING THE FOLKS.

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AND I ALSO HAD A IDC VC MEETING.

AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S A LOT WE'RE HEARING A LOT ABOUT POWER.

A LOT ABOUT POWER.

BUT I JUST WANTED TO PUT OUT THERE AND PLEASE SHARE.

CONSERVE, CONSERVE, CONSERVE.

WE HAVE TO CONTINUE TO CONSERVE, ESPECIALLY IN THE SUMMER MONTHS, SO WE CAN PREVENT SOME OF THOSE BLACKOUTS OR BROWNOUTS THAT WE MIGHT POSSIBLY HAVE.

YOU KNOW, SO IF YOU DO NOT FOLLOW INDOOR LIFE, FOLLOW INDIO LIVE, WE DO PUT OUT IDES, CONSERVE ALERTS AND HOW YOU CAN CONSERVE.

IT'S GOING TO BE A TEAM EFFORT, BUT WE CAN GET THROUGH THIS.

WE'RE RESILIENT FOLKS.

A LOT OF US WERE FROM THIS AREA.

SO WE KNOW HOW TO HOW TO MAKE IT WORK.

BUT WE DO NOT WANT FOLKS LOSING POWER.

SO PLEASE CONSERVE.

AND ALSO, IT IS GOING TO HAVE A NEW TEXT MESSAGING SYSTEM WHERE THEY'RE GOING TO BE COMMUNICATING THAT OUTREACH AS WELL TO THE RATEPAYERS. SO THAT'S ALSO ANOTHER GOOD WAY, A MEANS OF COMMUNICATION.

BUT, YOU KNOW, WE CAN'T STRESS THE IMPORTANCE OF CONSERVING POWER.

AND AS FAR AS MAYOR PRO TEM MENTIONED ABOUT OUR INFRASTRUCTURE AND MOVING INTO THE FUTURE, ABOUT REDUNDANCY AND OUR INFRASTRUCTURE AND ABOUT DEVELOPMENT, WE'RE STILL IN THOSE COMMUNICATIONS WITH LA QUINTA AND COACHELLA.

OUR CITY MANAGERS ARE WORKING WITH THE CONSULTANTS AND FIGURE OUT THE PROPER MECHANISM WE CAN PUT IN PLACE TO GET THOSE FUNDS.

SO THAT'S IT FOR ID AND ALONG WITH COUNCILMEMBER MILLER, I ATTENDED THE DR.

CARRION FOUNDATION.

I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO RICARDO, LORETTA, FOR HEADING THAT RIGHT NOW.

HE'S SUCH A GOOD GUY, YOU KNOW, THAT'S SUCH A GREAT THING.

I THINK THEY GIVE AWAY UPWARDS OF 50 SCHOLARSHIPS FROM FROM STUDENTS IN THE COACHELLA VALLEY AND THE PALO VERDE VALLEY.

AND IT'S SUCH A GREAT ORGANIZATION AND IT DOES KEEP THE LEGACY OF DR.

CARRION ALIVE. HE WAS A TRAILBLAZER NOT ONLY IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, BUT IN INDIA, YOU KNOW.

SO HE'S ALSO THE FOUNDER OF OUR JFK HOSPITAL WHERE A LOT OF US WERE BORN.

SO I MEAN, SO MUCH HISTORY HERE WITH HIM, BUT TO KEEP HIS LEGACY ALIVE WITH THIS FOUNDATION IS PHENOMENAL AND IS WELL APPRECIATED.

SO THANK YOU TO THAT FOUNDATION.

I ALSO ATTENDED THE RETIREMENT PARTY FOR SCOTT BAILEY, OUR FORMER SUPERINTENDENT.

I KNOW WE'RE GOING TO BE IN GOOD HANDS WITH DR.

VOLLMER, BUT WE'RE GOING TO MISS SCOTT.

HE WAS GREAT TO US.

A LOT OF OUR STUDENTS, OUR KIDS CAME UP UNDER HIS REIGN.

SO BUT HE'S GOING TO GO BE WITH HIS FIRST GRANDCHILD.

SO IT'S GREAT FOR HIM. SO THANK YOU, MR. BAILEY, FOR YOUR SERVICE TO OUR CITY AND OUR COMMUNITY.

I'M SORRY. AND I ALSO ATTENDED THE BUZZ BOX RIBBON CUTTING WITH THE REST OF THE COUNCIL.

AND CONGRATULATIONS TO SCOTT, VENDOR, BOSS AND HIS STAFF OVER THERE.

IT'S THAT'S JUST GOING TO BE A GREAT BUSINESS FOR OUR CITY IS GOING TO PROVIDE A LOT OF LIVABLE WAGE PAYING JOBS FOR FOLKS HERE.

AND IT'S JUST AN INNOVATIVE PROCESS OF WHAT HE'S DOING.

AND ONE OF THE FASCINATING THINGS WHICH I LOVE THE MOST, EVERYONE KNOWS I WEAR INDIA ON MY SLEEVE ON EVERY PIECE OF HIS PRODUCT.

IT SAYS MANUFACTURE MADE IN INDIA AND THAT'S GREAT.

SO THANK YOU TO THEM.

AND WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO CONTINUED PARTNERSHIP WITH THEM AND POSSIBLY EXPANDING IN THE FUTURE.

AND LIKE MAYOR EXCUSE ME, COUNCILMEMBER MILLER ALLUDED TO, YOU KNOW, WE'VE HAD SOME TRAGEDIES IN OUR COUNTRY AND WE WILL CONCLUDE OUR MEETING IN MEMORY OF THOSE FOLKS.

AND, YOU KNOW, WE RECENTLY LOST FIVE MARINES IN THE IMPERIAL COUNTY FROM AN AIRCRAFT INCIDENT.

AND SO THAT'S THAT'S JUST SO TRAGIC.

WE JUST LOST TWO POLICE OFFICERS IN EL MONTE AND WE ALSO LOST A PARTNER IN JEFF LEVINE.

SO WE WILL CONCLUDE THIS MEETING AND THEIR MEMORY.

SO THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT AND WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ITEM.

RIGHT? NEXT ITEMS ARE NUMBER SEVEN, CITY MANAGER REPORTS AND INFORMATION.

[7. CITY MANAGER REPORTS AND INFORMATION]

WE DO WANT TO START AT 7:00 AN HOUR LATER.

THAT WILL HELP, BUT THERE'LL BE SOME WATER AND FUN.

AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO THE COMMUNITY BEING THERE ON JULY 9TH HERE DOWNTOWN AT 7:00.

ALSO, WE DO ASK THE COMMUNITY FOR PATIENCE AS WE MOVE FORWARD ON THE SEASON OF CONSTRUCTION OF ROADS.

SO IT'S ALL GOOD NEWS.

YOU SEE THIS ALREADY TAKING PLACE ON HIGHWAY 111.

WE DO APPRECIATE EVERYBODY'S, EVERYBODY'S PATIENCE.

THERE WILL BE MORE THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY IN THE COMING MONTHS.

SO IT'S THE GOOD THING, BUT ALSO SOMEWHAT OF AN INCONVENIENCE.

AND WE ARE DOING WHAT WHAT THEY ASKED AND IMPROVING THESE ROADWAYS THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY.

FINALLY, I'D LIKE TO TURN SOME TIME OVER TO OUR HUMAN RESOURCES DIRECTOR, ANDREW, AND SOARING AS WELL AS POLICE CHIEF MIKE WASHBURN FOR A BRIEF REPORT REGARDING EMPLOYEE RETENTION, SPECIFICALLY RELATED TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

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COMMUNITY. CHIEF, ARE YOU GOING TO KICK THAT OFF? ALL RIGHT. AM I DRIVING THE PRESENTATION? HERE WE GO. OKAY.

ALL RIGHT. WELL, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

MY NAME IS MIKE WASHBURN, AND I AM YOUR POLICE CHIEF.

TONIGHT, HR DIRECTOR ANDREW AND SORIN AND I WILL BE PRESENTING YOU SOME INFORMATION ON POLICE OFFICER RECRUITING AND HIRING EFFORTS.

AND I WANT TO SAY BEFORE WE BEGIN, THAT ANDREW AND I ARE VERY PROUD OF THE INNOVATION THAT OUR TEAM HAS SHOWN AND THE WORK THEY'VE DONE TO MEET OUR HIRING GOALS.

SO REALLY THE PURPOSE OF OUR PRESENTATION IS TO PROVIDE YOU SOME FACTS AND DATA REGARDING RECRUITING AND RETENTION EFFORTS.

IT ALL REALLY STARTS WITH THE TEAM.

IF THE TEAM ITSELF, IT'S VERY INNOVATIVE TO BRING THIS GROUP OF FOLKS TOGETHER.

IT'S LED BY ONE OF OUR SERGEANTS, INCLUDES POLICE OFFICERS, CODE ENFORCEMENT DISPATCH, OUR MANAGEMENT ANALYST, HR ANALYST, AND THEN THERE'S MANY OTHER STAFF THAT WE NEED TO BRING IN.

SO TOGETHER, THEY'VE REALLY BROUGHT THE STUFF TOGETHER THAT WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT IN WITH REGARDS TO RECRUITING.

BEGINNING AT THE 12:00 ON THE WHEEL THERE.

THAT'S OUTREACH.

AND WHO'S GOING TO COVER THAT ELEMENT A LITTLE BIT LATER? THE NEXT ONE DOWN, GOING CLOCKWISE ACADEMY.

AS YOU'RE AWARE, WE BEGAN SPONSORING CANDIDATES INTO BOTH RIVERSIDE COUNTY, OUR RÉSEAUX POLICE ACADEMY, AS WELL AS SAN BERNARDINO SEVERAL YEARS AGO.

INSTEAD OF RELYING SOLELY ON LATERALS AND PRE-SERVICE CANDIDATES, THIS IS REALLY EXPANDED OUR POOL OF POLICE OFFICER CANDIDATES FROM WHAT WE WERE ABLE TO TAP INTO PREVIOUSLY.

RECOGNITION THAT REALLY BOILS DOWN TO THE FACT THAT WE WORK AT IPD TO REMAIN IN THE NATIONAL SPOTLIGHT FOR INNOVATION.

WE'VE BEEN RECOGNIZED BY PRESIDENT OBAMA'S WHITE HOUSE, THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CHIEFS OF POLICE, POLICE EXECUTIVE RESEARCH FORUM, AND EVEN THE RAND CORPORATION FOR THE WORK THAT WE DO TESTING.

REALLY. THIS STARTED BACK IN 2017 WHEN WE NOTICED THAT WE WERE LOSING AN UNACCEPTABLE RATE OF BRAND NEW STUDENT OFFICERS IN OUR FIELD TRAINING PROGRAM.

SO WE SWITCHED TO A SCIENTIFIC SELECTION METHOD, WHICH ANDREW IS GOING TO COVER A LITTLE BIT LATER ON BRANDING.

THERE ARE ABOUT 18,000 LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES IN THE US, SO WE REALLY NEED TO DISTINGUISH OURSELVES.

WHAT MAKES US UNIQUE BESIDES OUR CITY, OUR FESTIVALS, THE RECOGNITION AND REALLY OUR CULTURE, WHICH IS AGAIN SOMETHING I'LL COVER NEXT.

THE NEXT SLIDE IS GOING TO COVER IT MORE, BUT REALLY IT'S AN EMBODIMENT OF OUR MOTTO, WHICH IS OUR COMMUNITY, OUR COMMITMENT.

INCENTIVES. THIS REALLY IS IN ADDITION TO PAID ACADEMY TIME AND AND RELOCATION EXPENSES, COMPETITIVE SALARIES.

WE'RE ALSO TOSSING AROUND SOME ADDITIONAL INNOVATIVE THINGS THAT CAN HELP US AGAIN, MOVE THAT BALL FORWARD.

IT'S A VERY DIFFICULT TIME TO HIRE POLICE OFFICERS, WHICH ANDREW IS GOING TO COVER A LITTLE LATER.

CAREER COUNSELING.

WE LOOKED AT OPPORTUNITIES TO SAY YES TO OUR CANDIDATES.

SO THERE MAY BE AN OCCASION WHERE WE GET A CANDIDATE THAT'S REALLY NOT QUITE READY TO BE A POLICE OFFICER, EVEN THOUGH THAT'S WHAT THEY APPLIED FOR.

WE'VE REDIRECTED SEVERAL OF THOSE FOLKS TO TRY SOMETHING ELSE AND THEN WORK THEIR WAY INTO IT, MAYBE A MATURITY ISSUE OR WHAT HAVE YOU.

BUT WE HAVE SEVERAL FOLKS AND WE WE REALLY LOOK AT ALL PHASES OF THE IPD AS BEING A TRAINING GROUND FOR THE A POLICE OFFICER.

SO OUR CULTURE, WE REALLY ARE LOOKING TO HIRE THE RIGHT PEOPLE.

IF YOU LOOK AT THE PHOTOGRAPH AND I'LL START WITH THAT.

SO THERE'S A BUNCH OF FRIENDLY OFFICERS THERE.

THEY ALL HAVE SMILES ON THEIR FACES.

WE ARE A COMMUNITY POLICING AGENCY WHO SHOULD HAVE THAT GUARDIAN PERSPECTIVE? WELL, TWO OF OUR OFFICERS HERE ARE SWAT OFFICERS.

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THERE ARE TIMES THAT POLICE OFFICERS HAVE TO SWITCH TO THAT ROLE, BUT THE BULK OF THEIR WORK REALLY IS HOPEFULLY WITH A SMILE ON THEIR FACE. OUR CORE VALUES ARE INTEGRITY, PROFESSIONALISM, SERVICE, RESPECT, WHICH MIRRORS REALLY THE THREE P'S WHICH IS POLITE, PROFESSIONAL AND PROGRESSIVE.

WE ALWAYS WANT TO LOOK FOR WAYS THAT WE CAN IMPROVE SOME OF THE SOLUTIONS AND RESULTS THAT ARE KIND OF DRIVING THAT CULTURE THAT WE'VE DONE STRATEGICALLY IS MOVING MORE TOWARD A MERIT BASED SELECTION PROCESS FOR OUR SPECIALTY ASSIGNMENTS.

WE'VE FOCUSED ON A RETURN TO WORK PROGRAM FOR INJURED OFFICERS, WHICH HAS ALLOWED US TO CUT WORKER'S COMP COSTS TWO YEARS IN A ROW.

WE IMPROVED OUR INTERNAL INVESTIGATIONS BY UTILIZING THIRD PARTY INVESTIGATORS OUTSIDE THE AGENCY, WHICH HELPS US ELIMINATE BIAS.

WE'VE ENHANCED OFFICER AND PUBLIC SAFETY BY STARTING A NARCAN PROGRAM.

WE'VE HAD QUITE A FEW SAVES WITH PEOPLE WHO ARE OVERDOSED WITH NARCOTICS.

WE'RE THE FIRST DEPARTMENT IN THE REGION TO UTILIZE A BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SPECIALIST THAT ACTUALLY GOES ON THE STREET WITH OUR OFFICERS.

THE COUNTY HAS BEEN SO IMPRESSED WITH HOW OUR OFFICERS OPERATE IN COLLABORATION WITH THEM THAT WE ARE THE TRAINING GROUND FOR THE ENTIRE COUNTY.

SO WHEN THEY HIRE A NEW OFFICE OR NEW BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SPECIALIST IS GOING TO OPERATE SOMEWHERE ELSE IN THE COUNTY.

THEY START IN INDIO TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE DO THINGS.

CRITICAL REVIEW OF USE OF FORCE IS IMPERATIVE TO HELP KEEP US SAFE AND MAKE SURE WE'RE DOING THE RIGHT THING.

SO WE REQUIRE THE ARTICULATION OF LEGAL AUTHORITY, LAWFUL PURPOSE, AND THAT THE FORCE USED IS COMPLIANT WITH LAW POLICY, CONSISTENT WITH TRAINING.

AND WE GO ONE STEP DEEPER, WHICH IS GOOD TACTICS.

WE ALSO HAVE ADOPTED POLICE EXECUTIVE RESEARCH FORUMS, ICAP PROGRAM FOR USE OF FORCE, WHICH IS INTEGRATED COMMUNICATIONS AND TACTICS.

WHAT DOES ALL THIS LED TO A DECREASE IN OFFICER INVOLVED SHOOTING? SO IF YOU LOOK AT THE LAST 20 YEARS OF OUR DEPARTMENT AND WHAT HAS OCCURRED, WE'VE HAD ZERO OFFICER INVOLVED SHOOTINGS AND FIVE OUT OF THE LAST SIX YEARS, WHEREAS THE PREVIOUS SEVEN WE'D HAD 14 OFFICER INVOLVED SHOOTINGS.

I DON'T MEAN TO IMPLY THAT ANYTHING WAS WRONG WITH ANY OF THOSE SHOOTINGS, BUT I CAN TELL YOU THAT PROPERLY SELECTED, DISCIPLINED AND TRAINED OFFICERS AT THEIR CORE BELIEVE IN THE SANCTITY OF HUMAN LIFE, AND THEY HAVE THE SKILLS AND TRAINING IN BOTH INDIVIDUAL AND TEAM TACTICS, WHICH GIVE THEM THE ABILITY TO SAFELY AVOID, LEGALLY JUSTIFIED DEADLY FORCE ENCOUNTERS.

AT THIS POINT, I'M GOING TO HAND THIS OFF TO ANDREW.

SIR. THANK YOU, CHIEF.

MAYOR FURMAN CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS.

ANDREW VAN, SYRIAN DIRECTOR OF HUMAN RESOURCES AND RISK MANAGEMENT CHIEF AND I DEFINITELY COLLABORATE COLLABORATED ON THIS PROJECT ALONG WITH HIS HIS TEAM AND MY STAFF.

I'M GOING TO TOUCH UPON OUTREACH.

IT'S SOMETHING AN INITIATIVE WE TOOK VERY SERIOUSLY THIS YEAR TO MEMBERS OF THAT TASK FORCE OR BEN NEUTRON.

AND THERE'S ANDRE'S STILL HERE.

WE JUST DID IT. WELL, THEY WERE TWO CRITICAL MEMBERS OF THAT TASK FORCE THAT GOT THIS INITIATIVE GOING.

AS YOU'LL NOTICE, WE VISITED SOME CAREER FAIRS AT UNIVERSITIES THAT HAVE CRIMINAL JUSTICE PROGRAMS, FIRST TIME IN MANY, MANY, MANY YEARS THAT WE'VE SENT A RECRUITING TEAM OUT THERE. A LOT OF SUCCESS.

WE GOT 40 INTEREST CARDS.

40 INCHES CARDS MAY NOT SEEM LIKE A LOT, BUT THAT'S 40 ATTENDEES WHO ARE ACTUALLY INTERESTED IN PURSUING EMPLOYMENT AT IPD.

SO WE THOUGHT THOSE WERE VERY SUCCESSFUL AND WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE THAT, THAT MISSION THERE.

WE ALSO STARTED SOME GEO LOCATION ADVERTISING, WHICH KIND OF IS MORE TARGETED SOCIAL MEDIA ADVERTISING.

AND ANDRE'S WAS A BIG FACTOR IN GETTING THAT UP AND RUNNING.

AND SO THAT HELPED US GET TO THE AUDIENCE.

WE NEEDED TO.

CHIEF MENTIONED BRIEFLY THE SCIENCE BASED APPROACH TO TESTING.

THIS IS KIND OF LIKE OUR SELECTION PROCESS AND A SNAPSHOT HERE.

IT'S VERY RIGOROUS.

IT'S DRIVEN BY A LOT OF EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE.

THERE'S A COUPLE OF BOXES I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THE SECOND BOX THAT SAYS PICK, SLASH, SLASH, P H.

S QUESTIONNAIRES. THAT'S A TOOL THAT THE CHIEF BROUGHT IN.

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THAT'S SOMETHING THAT CHIEF BROUGHT IN THE NEXT ONE OVER TO.

THAT'S CALLED B PAD.

THAT'S A NATIONALLY USED VALIDATED MEASURE THAT ASSESSES CANDIDATES ABILITY TO HANDLE SITUATIONS.

THIS AND A SNAPSHOT IS OUR SELECTION PROCESS.

IT'S A VERY RIGOROUS, IT'S VERY TIME CONSUMING AND IT'S VERY COSTLY.

BUT WE BELIEVE IT'S PRODUCING BETTER CANDIDATES THAT WE HIRE AND WE'RE GETTING LESS TURNOVER FROM OUR FROM OUR TRAINEES.

THIS IS A SNAPSHOT VISUAL OF OUR HIRING TRENDS GOING BACK TO 0708 THE THE CHART INSIDE THE LARGER CHART IS IPD HIRING TRENDS SINCE 0807082 2122 OBVIOUSLY WE'RE NOT DONE COMPLETELY WITH THIS YEAR, SO WE MIGHT HAVE A COUPLE MORE WE'LL ADD. BUT YOU'LL NOTICE WE WERE RIGHT AROUND 4 TO 5 NEW HIRES EVERY YEAR.

WE OBVIOUSLY HAD A SPIKE IN 1920 AND HIGHER, BUT THAT'S OUR TREND.

WHAT'S MORE STARTLING IS THE LARGER CHART THERE AND THAT STATEWIDE DATA.

I'D LIKE TO THANK MANNY OVER AT POST AT THE STATE.

HE GAVE US A LOT OF VERY USEFUL DATA AT THE STATE LEVEL.

IF YOU NOTICE THE ORANGE LINE, A REDDISH ORANGE LINE, THAT LINE IS HIRING TRENDS FROM THE STATE SINCE 1516 TO 2021.

THE PROBLEM WITH THIS CHART IS WHERE THE BLUE LINE CROSSES THE ORANGE LINE.

THE BLUE LINE ARE SEPARATIONS.

THAT'S A RED FLAG IN MY WORLD THAT INDICATES WE HAVE A LABOR SHORTAGE AND MORE PEOPLE ARE LEAVING THEN JOINING THE WORLD OF LAW ENFORCEMENT. THAT'S A PROBLEM.

AND THAT'S NOT JUST A PROBLEM HERE IN INDIA.

THAT'S A PROBLEM STATEWIDE AND NATIONWIDE.

AND I'M GOING TO SHOW YOU SOME DATA HERE LATER.

HOPEFULLY WE CAN.

WE'RE DOING OUR BEST LOCALLY, BUT THIS IS A REGIONAL AND STATE WIDE ISSUE THAT HOPEFULLY CAN BE ADDRESSED AT THE STATE LEVEL.

BUT THIS IS SHOCKING DATA.

WHEN WE DISCOVERED IT, THE STATE DIDN'T EVEN REALIZE THIS EXISTED WITH REGARD TO POLICE OFFICERS OR RETENTION, THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF TALK IN THE MEDIA LOCALLY, REGIONALLY AND NATIONWIDE WITH REGARD TO POLICE OFFICER TURNOVER.

QUITE FRANKLY, THERE IS TURNOVER HAPPENING NATIONWIDE ACROSS ALL OCCUPATIONS.

IT'S CALLED THE GREAT RESIGNATION.

I'VE BEEN IN THIS BUSINESS 27 YEARS.

IT'S VERY CYCLICAL.

THIS HAPPENS. UNEMPLOYMENT IS BELOW 4%.

I EXPECT A CHANGING OF THE TIDE, IF YOU WILL.

BUT THERE ARE SOME FUNDAMENTAL THINGS WE BELIEVE WE CAN DO BETTER HERE IN INDIA.

AND THOSE ARE THINGS THAT MR. MONTGOMERY IS GIVING US THE GREEN LIGHT TO PURSUE.

WE LIKE DATA. SO WE LOOKED AT THE NATIONAL PERF ORGANIZATION AS A RESPECTED RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT WHEN THEY COMPARED YEARS 19 TO 22, 21 TO 20 2 TO 21, THEY SAW AN 18% INCREASE IN RESIGNATIONS AND A 45% INCREASE IN RETIREMENTS.

THAT'S A THOSE ARE ASTONISHING NUMBERS RIGHT THERE.

I BELIEVE IT'S A SPIKE.

BUT THEY THEY BELIEVE IT WAS DRIVEN BY THREE MAIN REASONS, STRESSES OVER THE PANDEMIC, THE DEFUNDING CAMPAIGNS THAT OCCURRED OVER THAT SAME TIME FRAME, AND QUITE FRANKLY, JUST SOME HOSTILITY TOWARDS LAW ENFORCEMENT IN CERTAIN REGIONS.

EXCUSE ME. HERE ARE JUST SOME VISUAL REPRESENTATIONS OF OF THE SEPARATION TRENDS IN INDIA.

THE LARGER CHART ON THE LEFT IS IPD SEPARATIONS GOING BACK 2070 8 TO 2122.

THIS DOES NOT CAPTURE ALL OF OUR SEPARATIONS IN 2022 BECAUSE WHEN I HAD TO DO THIS CHART, I HAD A COUPLE MORE MONTHS LEFT IN THE FISCAL YEAR.

BUT YOU CAN SEE THE TREND.

I THINK THE MORE IMPORTANT TWO SLIDES ARE THE ONES ON THE RIGHT.

THE UPPER RIGHT CHART IS OUR SIX YEAR SEPARATION TREND AND YOU CAN SEE THE VISUAL SLOPE GOING UP OR THERE AND THE MOST RECENT YEARS.

BUT LOOK AT THE STATEWIDE TREND OVER A SIMILAR PERIOD OF TIME, WE KIND OF MIRROR THE STATEWIDE TREND.

WE LAG THE STATE BY ABOUT A YEAR.

THEY HIT THEIR SPIKE A YEAR BEFORE US.

BUT WE'RE HOPING WE GO ON THE DOWNSIDE OF THIS THIS TREND IN THE IN THE 2223 FISCAL YEAR.

LASTLY, WE LIKE TO DO A LITTLE BIT MORE GOING DEEPER INTO THE DATA, IF YOU WILL, AND DISAGGREGATE THE DATA.

THIS HAS NEVER BEEN DONE HERE IN THE CITY OF INDIO, BUT CHIEF AND MY STAFF WORKED TIRELESSLY TO TRY TO COME UP WITH SOME REASONS WHY PEOPLE WERE LEAVING.

IF YOU'LL NOTICE ON THE LEFT, THAT CHART IS REPRESENTING SEPARATIONS BY REASONS.

REASONS. RESIGNATION ON THE LEFT WAS SIX.

WE DIDN'T KNOW WHY THOSE PEOPLE RESIGNED.

THAT COULD BE CAREER CHANGE.

THAT COULD BE PROMOTIONS TO ANOTHER AGENCY.

WE JUST WEREN'T ABLE TO CAPTURE THAT DATA WHEN THEY LEFT, BUT IT JUST SHOWS SOME OF THE REASONS.

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WE'RE SEEING SOME SOME RELOCATIONS BEING A PRIMARY REASON FOR PEOPLE LEAVING THE CITY OF INDIA.

WE HAVE A LOT OF OUR OFFICERS WHO DON'T LIVE IN THE CITY OF INDIO.

AND GAS PRICES CREATES A CHALLENGE FINANCIALLY AS WELL.

BUT IF YOU LOOK AT THE PROBATIONARY RELEASES, THOSE HAVE DROPPED AS A RATIO OF OUR SEPARATIONS AND THAT'S A TESTAMENT TO THE GOOD SELECTION INSTRUMENT AND SCIENTIFIC BASE TESTING THAT WE'VE INSTALLED.

WE'VE WEEDED OUT SOME FOLKS THAT JUST WEREN'T GOING TO BE GOOD FITS IN.

INDIO PD ON THE RIGHT IS JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE OF THE SAME DATA GOING BACK TO 0708 THAT CONCLUDES OUR PRESENTATION.

WE'RE HAPPY TO FIELD ANY QUESTIONS THAT CITY COUNCIL MAY HAVE.

COUNSEL YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? NO, I JUST I THANK YOU.

YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN IN LAW ENFORCEMENT FOR 23 YEARS, AND THAT'S A VERY COMPREHENSIVE DATA REPORT, ESPECIALLY TO SPECIFICALLY BRING IT TO INDIO AND COMPARE IT TO SOME OF THE DATA NATIONWIDE AND STATEWIDE.

AND, YOU KNOW, IN A NUTSHELL, WE'RE DOING PRETTY GOOD IN INDIA AS FAR AS HIRING.

AND I HAVE TO COMMEND OUR OUR TEAM AND OUR CHIEF FOR THAT PROCESS.

I WITNESSED IT DURING COVID.

YOU KNOW, WE'VE HAD SOME CHALLENGES.

HOWEVER, THE TEAM WERE ABLE TO MANEUVER AND STILL BE ABLE TO GIVE FOLKS IN FOR TESTING.

AND IT'S A PHYSICAL AGILITY TEST.

AND THEY WERE ABLE TO DO SOME THINGS AND SOME OF OUR OUR CITY FACILITIES.

SO HATS OFF TO THE TEAM.

AND ALSO THE CHIEF HAD MENTIONED THAT, YOU KNOW, WHEN FOLKS MAY HAVE PASSED THE ACADEMY OR APPLY FOR OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT, THEY MAY NOT BE READY TO GO ON THE STREET. AND THAT'S JUST BEING HONEST AND ALSO PROTECTING OUR COMMUNITY AS WELL.

AND I'M VERY EXCITED THAT WE HAVE OPENED THOSE OPPORTUNITIES UP FOR CSOS CODE ENFORCEMENT AND TRAFFIC FOR ALTERNATIVE MEANS WHILE THEY MATURE INTO BEING POLICE OFFICERS HERE IN THE CITY.

AND I'M GLAD TO SEE THAT WE'RE ALSO PARTNERING WITH COLLEGE OF THE DESERT TO REALLY FOCUS ON THAT ACADEMY AS WELL AS A LOCAL ACADEMY THAT'S GOING TO CONTINUE TO FEED INDIO POLICE DEPARTMENTS.

SO THANK YOU FOR THE INNOVATION AND TAKING US INTO THIS NEXT GENERATION OF LAW ENFORCEMENT.

SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

CITY MANAGER. DO YOU HAVE ANY MORE REPORT? THAT'S IT. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU FOR THAT.

THAT'S GREAT AND GREAT INFORMATION.

THE NEXT ITEM IS ITEM NUMBER EIGHT CONSENT CALENDAR.

[8. CONSENT CALENDAR]

MR. MAYOR, BEFORE YOU TAKE A MOTION ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR ON ITEM 8.1 TO THE LANDSCAPING AND LIGHTING DISTRICTS, WE DO HAVE SOME CHANGES TO THE ENGINEER'S REPORT, AND THAT WOULD BE FOR RESOLUTION NUMBER 100 299.

AND IF I CAN JUST THOSE HAVE BEEN PASSED OUT.

AND IF YOU APPROVE THE CONSENT CALENDAR IN ITS ENTIRETY, I WOULD ASK THAT YOU APPROVE ITEM 8.2, RESOLUTION 10299 AS AMENDED, AND THAT WOULD BE FOR SECTION TWO TO READ THAT THE ENGINEER'S ANNUAL LEVY REPORT, AS AMENDED AND PRESENTED IN SECTION THREE, THAT THE AMENDED ENGINEER'S REPORT EXCUSE ME, THE AMENDED ENGINEER'S ANNUAL LEVY REPORT, THEN THAT'S HOW THAT SHOULD READ.

AND WE WILL SUBSTITUTE THESE PAGES OUT THAT WE'VE PASSED OUT INTO THAT RESOLUTION AND INTO THAT ENGINEER'S REPORT THAT'S GOING TO BE ON FILE.

A MOTION. I'LL MAKE THE MOTION TO ACCEPT A CONSENT CALENDAR AS AMENDED.

AND 8.12 WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILOR MILLER SECOND BY MAYOR PRO TEM OF THE CONSENT CALENDAR WITH ITEM 8.1 TO AMENDED.

COULD I ROLL CALL VOTE PLEASE? COUNCILMEMBER HOLMES. HI.

COUNCILMEMBER MILLER.

HI. COUNCILMEMBER RAMOS.

AMIT. HI. MAYOR PRO TEM ORTIZ AND MAYOR HERMAN, I CAN'T PASS THIS.

THANK YOU. SO WE WILL MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER NINE, WHICH IS PUBLIC HEARINGS.

ITEM 9.1 IS CITY COUNCIL AND INDIO WATER AUTHORITY JOINT RESOLUTION NUMBER 10292 AND HIGH RESOLUTION

[9.1 City Council/Indio Water Authority Joint Resolution No. 10292 and IWA ...]

ADOPTING FISCAL YEAR 2020 223 OPERATING AND CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT, BUDGET AND PROGRAM AND SUPPLEMENTAL WATER SUPPLY.

AND THIS ITEM WILL BE HANDLED BY GENERAL MANAGER RAY TREJO.

THANK YOU. COUNCIL THANK YOU, MAYOR.

TODAY WE WILL BE PRESENTING OUR BUDGET FOR THIS COMING FISCAL YEAR AND MR.

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I'LL STAND BY FOR ANY QUESTIONS RIGHT AFTER.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I AM BRIAN KENDRA ON THE MANAGER OF FINANCE AT THE IOWA.

THE LAST THING WE DID AT THE STUDY SESSION, WE WENT THROUGH THE BUDGET AND WE LOOKED THROUGH IT AND THERE WAS ONE ITEM THAT WAS ADDED, WHICH WAS 100,000 FOR YOU TO ADD A IWG WELL SAID GENERATOR GENERATOR, MAINTENANCE PERSON.

SO. SO WE ADDED 100,000 TO THE BUDGET AND FOR THE OPERATING BUDGET WE ARE NOW AT 25.6 MILLION.

SO SO OUR BUDGET NOW FOR JUST THE OPERATING FUND, WE'RE, WE'RE GOING TO BE AT A BALANCED BUDGET OF 25 606 195 IN BOTH REVENUES AND EXPENDITURES.

AND FOR THE, FOR THE REVENUES WE HAVE UP THERE UNALLOCATED FUND BALANCE.

AND WHAT THAT BASICALLY IS, IS UNUSED REVENUES FROM PRIOR YEARS THAT WE'RE NOW USING FOR THE BUDGET, BUT WE'RE NOT.

THIS IS WE'RE ABLE TO COVER OUR EXPENSES WITH THE ONGOING REVENUE, SO WE'RE NOT REALLY DIPPING INTO RESERVES.

THOSE ARE ACTUALLY SEPARATE SET OF SIDE FUNDS OR OR ACCOUNTS THAT WE WOULD NEED COUNCIL APPROVAL TO DRAW FUNDS FROM THERE. SO THIS BUDGET DOESN'T INCLUDE THAT AND THEN WE'VE BALANCED IT.

AND THEN THE NEXT SLIDE BASICALLY SHOWS YOU ARE ALL FUND BUDGET WHICH WHICH HAS OUR OPERATING FUND, OUR WATER DIFF, WHICH IS USED FOR CAPITAL PROJECTS, SUPPLEMENTAL WATER ALSO CAPITAL PROJECTS.

AND THEN THE LARGEST ONE IS THE CAPITAL PROGRAM FUND.

SO THE TOTAL AMOUNT THAT WE'RE ASKING FOR TO BE APPROVED IN THIS BUDGET IS $28.8 MILLION.

AND RIGHT NOW THE TOTAL BUDGET REVENUES MINUS EXPENDITURE IS WE HAVE ABOUT A 905,000 SURPLUS.

SO THAT'S ALL THAT I REALLY HAVE TO COVER FOR THIS BUDGET.

WE WE HANDED OUT BUDGET BOOKS AND THEN ALSO THERE'S THERE'S LIKE A MORE A MORE COMPREHENSIVE LOOK AT THE BUDGET.

IT'S ACTUALLY ATTACHED TO THIS AGENDA.

SO THIS IS OUR RECOMMENDATION FOR THE BUDGET, AND THAT'S ALL THAT I REALLY HAVE TONIGHT.

ALL RIGHT. SO THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING ITEM.

SO I WILL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AND ASK THE CLERK, DO WE HAVE ANY REQUESTS TO SPEAKER COMMENTS? NONE. MAYOR I DO HAVE DO NOT HAVE ANY PRESENT.

AND SO I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND OPEN IT UP TO THE COUNCIL FOR QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS OR A MOTION.

ALMOST IN THE CITY COUNCIL.

THE BOARD CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING APPROVED THE FISCAL YEAR 2022 2023 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT AND SUPPLEMENTAL WATER SUPPLY PROGRAMS BY JOINT RESOLUTION NUMBER 10292 AND ADOPT IOWA'S RECOMMENDED OPERATING AND CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2022 2023 BY RESOLUTION NUMBER 2022 78/2 MOTION.

ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE A MOTION BY MAYOR PRO TEM MARTY, THE SECOND BY CUSTOMER MILLER.

I VOTE, PLEASE. COUNCILMEMBER HOLMES.

COUNCILMEMBER MILLER.

HI. COUNCILMEMBER RAMOS SAMET.

HI. MAYOR PRO TEM ORTIZ AND MAYOR FREEMAN I MOTION PASSES.

MAYOR, IF I COULD FOR A QUICK SECOND.

YES, SIR. WE DO NEED TO, BECAUSE OUR MEETINGS ARE TOGETHER NOW WITH THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE WATER AUTHORITY.

WE DO NEED TO DISCUSS LATER ON MORE ABOUT WATER AND AVAILABILITY AND WITH OUR RECLAMATION OF BOARD AND THAT.

SO IT'S SOMETHING WE I THINK WE NEED TO DISCUSS AND BRING FORWARD IS HOW WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO SUPPLY MORE WATER AND CONSERVE WITH COLORADO RIVER WATER BEING GOING DOWN LAKE MEAD AND THE OTHER ISSUES COMING FORWARD.

WE TALKED ABOUT A RECLAMATION PROJECT AND THE CDW SAID IT WAS TOO EXPENSIVE, BUT I'D RATHER PAY MORE MONEY FOR WATER AND HAVE WATER THEN HAVE NO WATER.

SO WE NEED TO WE NEED TO HAVE A LONGER DISCUSSION ON THIS AND WHAT WE CAN DO TO UTILIZE THAT AND ALSO TO DO SOME MORE CONSERVATION.

THANK YOU. CITY MANAGER RAY, I CAN SPEAK TO THAT AND DEFINITELY WOULD WORK WITH OUR CITY MANAGER IN MY PAST EXPERIENCE WORKING AT METROPOLITAN AND OTHER AGENCIES.

WE DID HAVE SUBCOMMITTEES THAT WOULD ADDRESS IN MORE DETAIL THE WATER ISSUES AND WE'D BE HAPPY TO COME BACK TO YOU AGAIN WORKING WITH OUR CITY

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AGAIN, WE'RE WORKING AS A REGION.

YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. WE HAVE POTENTIAL LOCAL PROJECTS.

HOWEVER, THOSE COME WITH CHALLENGES NOT ONLY FINANCIAL BUT TIMING.

AND SO WE'D BE HAPPY TO COME BACK TO YOU WITH THE MORE MORE DETAILS AS TO HOW WE PLAN TO NOT ONLY MEET THIS YEAR'S GOALS AS FAR AS THE WATER SUPPLY, BUT EVEN LOOKING OUT FOR THE NEXT TEN, 20 YEARS, AS SOME OF OUR PLANNING DOCUMENTS HAVE SUGGESTED, THAT WE HAVE ENOUGH WATER.

BUT WE DO NEED TO COME BACK TO YOU AND SHOW YOU WHY AND WHAT THOSE ASSUMPTIONS ARE.

I THINK THAT'S KEY. GREAT POINT.

GREAT. THANK YOU. IT WILL SET UP A STUDY SESSION FOR THAT.

I THINK THAT'D BE THE BEST WAY TO CREATE THAT OPEN FORUM OF DISCUSSION.

OKAY. WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ITEM, WHICH IS ITEM 9.2 IS RESOLUTION NUMBER 10296 TO INCREASE SOLID WASTE CHARGES FOR RESIDENTIAL AND

[9.2 Resolution No. 10296 to increase Solid Waste Charges for Residential a...]

AND ORDERING THE COLLECTION OF THE RESIDENTIAL CHARGES ON THE COUNTY TAX ROE FOR FISCAL YEAR 2020 223 CONSIDERATION OF THE DRAFT AMENDED AND RESTATED FRANCHISE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF INDIA AND BIOTEC WASTE AND RECYCLING SERVICES LLC FOR SOLID WASTE COLLECTION SERVICES.

AND THIS WILL BE HANDLED BY OUR DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS.

MR. TIM WATSON. YES.

GOOD EVENING, MR. MAYOR.

MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL.

I'D LIKE TO INVITE OUR ENVIRONMENTAL SPECIALIST, SARAH TOYOTA, TO TO COME IN AND LEAD US IN THIS SHORT PRESENTATION.

WE HAVE OUR TEAM FROM TECH AND OTHER CONSULTANTS WHO HELPED US WITH THIS.

SO WITH YOUR PERMISSION, I'D LIKE TO INVITE SIERRA HERE.

YES, SIR. THANK YOU. LET'S.

THANK YOU. THESE ITEMS COME TO YOU LARGELY IN PART OF THE EFFORTS THAT THE CITY IS NEEDED TO MAKE TO COMPLY WITH SB 1383, WHICH ARE NEW REGULATIONS TO KEEP FOOD WASTE AND OTHER ORGANICS OUT OF THE LANDFILL.

I'M GOING TO EXPLAIN A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE BACKGROUND FOR 1383, AND THEN I'M GOING TO ASK SOME OF OUR CONSULTANTS TO TALK JUST VERY BRIEFLY ABOUT THEIR ROLES, BECAUSE THEY BROUGHT A MEASURE OF CONFIDENCE TO THESE ITEMS BECAUSE SB 1383 AND ITS ROLLOUT IS VERY NEW.

IT'S MOSTLY UNCHARTED.

OCH YES.

OCH, 1383.

IT WAS CREATED TO KEEP ORGANICS AND FOOD WASTE OUT OF THE LANDFILLS BECAUSE CAL RECYCLE REALIZED THAT AT LEAST AROUND TWO THIRDS OF WHAT'S GOING TO THE LANDFILLS IS ORGANICS. AND THOSE ARE THINGS THAT WE CAN USE FOR COMPOST AND OTHER THINGS, AND THEY DON'T NEED TO GO TO LANDFILLS TO BEGIN WITH.

AND THEY ALSO WROTE IN REGULATIONS FOR KEEPING SOME OF THE EDIBLE FOOD THAT'S GOING TO LANDFILLS AND REROUTING THAT TO PEOPLE WHO ACTUALLY NEED IT.

SO THAT WAS ANOTHER IMPORTANT ASPECT OF IT.

BUT IT'S ALSO AND IN ITS CORE, IT WAS MADE TO REDUCE THE EFFECTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE.

AND AS WE KNOW HERE LOCALLY, THOSE EFFECTS INCLUDE MORE EXTREME HEAT DAYS, MORE FREQUENT DROUGHTS AND LONGER DURATIONS OF DROUGHTS.

SO THERE ARE GOOD REASONS WHY 1383 WAS CREATED.

BUT IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT IT IS A VAST AND PRESCRIPTIVE REGULATION.

THESE ARE THE SIX BASIC TITLES OF WHAT JURISDICTIONS ARE NOW RESPONSIBLE TO DO.

BUT BEHIND EACH OF THESE ARE PAGES OF RIGID REGULATIONS AND REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.

AND AS WE STARTED GOING THROUGH THE NUTS AND BOLTS OF EACH ONE OF THESE, IT REALLY BECAME APPARENT THAT THESE AREN'T JUST GOING TO AFFECT THE CITY AND HOW WE DO THINGS, BUT IT'S REALLY GOING TO ALSO SUBSTANTIALLY AFFECT THE COMMUNITY.

AND IT BECAME VERY CLEAR THAT WE REALLY NEEDED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAD GOOD OUTREACH, ESPECIALLY IN OUR COMMERCIAL FACILITIES, TO KNOW WHAT'S COMING.

1383 WAS BUILT OFF OF AN EARLIER ORGANICS DIVERSION LEGISLATION.

1826 AND FROM THAT LEGISLATION WE HAD STARTED WORKING WITH THE AND B VISIONS TO HELP DO OUTREACH.

AND SO WE EXPANDED THAT CONTRACT TO UNDER BASICALLY UNDERLINE EVERYTHING ELSE THAT WE WERE DOING TO COMPLY TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR COMMERCIAL FACILITIES KNEW WHAT WAS COMING.

AND I'D LIKE TO ASK DON WOO WITH THE AND B VISIONS TO COME UP AND TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT HE'S DONE.

BELIEVE ME, EVERYONE I JUST MENTIONED, MY NAME'S JOHN WOO.

I AM THE OWNER OF BMB VISIONS.

I'VE BEEN YOUR RECYCLING CONSULTANT FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS.

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SO MY BACKGROUND, I GRADUATED WITH A DEGREE IN NATURAL RESOURCE INTERPRETATION, WHICH BASICALLY MEANS I STUDIED TO BE A PARK RANGER, HOW TO GET INFORMATION TO THE PUBLIC, AN EASY WAY FOR THEM TO UNDERSTAND.

AND THAT'S BASICALLY WHAT I SPECIALIZE IN.

DEEP DIVISIONS IS AN ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, WHICH BASICALLY MEANS I ASSIST MUNICIPALITIES TO INFORM THEIR BUSINESSES RESIDENTS ABOUT CONSERVATION ISSUES. I START MY BUSINESS IN 1999 TO ASSIST CITIES AND MUNICIPALITIES IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY ABOUT STORMWATER POLLUTION PREVENTION.

AND SINCE THEN, I'VE BEEN HIRED BY NUMEROUS ENTITIES IN ORANGE, SAN BERNARDINO AND RIVERSIDE COUNTY TO DO SIMILAR PROJECTS.

AS I MENTIONED, I STARTED OUT IN BEING HIRED TO EDUCATE PEOPLE ABOUT STORMWATER POLLUTION PREVENTION.

SINCE THEN, I'VE BEEN EDUCATING OTHERS ON PROPER HOUSEHOLD HAZARDOUS WASTE DISPOSAL, WATER CONSERVATION, SOLID WASTE ISSUES, INCLUDING BACKYARD COMPOSTING, CONSTRUCTION, DEMOLITION, DEBRIS RECYCLING, THE GENERAL RECYCLING.

AND NOW THE HOT TOPIC OF THE DAY ORGANICS RECYCLING.

JUST MORE BACKGROUND. IN 19 EXCUSE ME, IN 2013, I WAS HIRED BY THE CITY OF PALM DESERT TO ASSIST THEM WITH THE EDUCATION OF THEIR COMMERCIAL BUSINESSES AND LET THEM KNOW ABOUT PROPER COMMERCIAL RECYCLING.

TO MY DUTIES ENTAILED VISITING BUSINESSES, LETTING ME KNOW ABOUT RECYCLING MANDATES, EVALUATING THE RECYCLING PRACTICES, AND ALSO ASSIST THEM TO REDUCE SOME CONTAMINATION OF THE RECYCLING BINS.

I ALSO BUSINESSES OPTIMIZED THEIR TRASH SERVICE TO HELP INCREASE THE RECYCLING AND ALSO HELP THEM REDUCE THEIR COSTS.

AND PALM DESERT ALSO PROVIDES INTERIOR RECYCLING BINS TO HELP THE BUSINESSES SORT STUFF OUT BEFORE THEY GO OUT.

AND SO I OFFER THEM TO THE BUSINESSES ALSO.

I MISS MY WORK WITH PALM DESERT BECAUSE IN 2020 SARA INFORMED ME THAT I WAS CONTRACTED BY THE CITY TO HELP YOU ALL DO THE SIMILAR EFFORTS.

UM, RIGHT ABOUT THEN I DID THE SAME THING.

I WENT TO BUSINESSES, WENT THROUGH AND TOLD THEM ABOUT THE MANDATES OF THE STATE.

HELP THEM OPTIMIZE YOUR SERVERS, GETTING THEM COMPLIANT, AND JUST HELPING THEM IN THE EFFORTS.

AND LIKE ON DESSERT, I ALSO WENT OUT AND LET THEM KNOW THAT THE CITY OFFERS FREE INTERNET RECYCLING BINS AND ORDERS DELIVER THEM TO THEM.

AND IF THE YEAR 2020 SEEMS FAMILIAR, THAT'S BECAUSE THAT'S WHEN COVID HIT.

SO I WORKED FOR A COUPLE OF MONTHS AND THEN I DID NOT WORK FOR A COUPLE OF MONTHS BECAUSE OF THAT.

SO I WAS OUT FOR ABOUT SIX MONTHS.

BUT ONCE I WAS BACK IN THE CITY, I WENT BACK TO WORK.

AND ABOUT THAT TIME WE WERE NOT ONLY TALKING ABOUT COMMERCIAL RECYCLING, BUT ALSO THE ORGANICS RECYCLING.

SO I EXPANDED MY ROLE NOT ONLY TALKING TO THE PEOPLE WITH RECYCLING, BUT ALSO TO THOSE WHO HAD FOOD IN THEIR BUSINESSES.

SO I HAD TO GO TALK TO THEM AND TELL THEM ABOUT THE LAWS THAT ARE COMING ABOUT AND WHAT'S GOING TO BE EXPECTED OF THEM.

THE GOOD THING ABOUT THE LAWS IS THAT NOT EVERYONE HAS TO HAVE ORGANIC CYCLING.

FOR EXAMPLE, IF YOU HAVE AN AUTOMOBILE REPAIR SHOP, YOU DON'T HAVE ANY ORGANICS, YOU DON'T NEED TO HAVE ORGANIC RECYCLING.

SO I ALSO WENT OUT AND TALKED TO PEOPLE ABOUT THE NEW LAW SAYING, DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT, YOU CAN BE EXEMPT FROM THIS WILL FILL OUT THE WAIVER FORMS FOR YOU AND WE'LL BE FINE.

SO RECENTLY THIS LAST YEAR, RECENTLY, MY, MY DUTIES ARE JUST TO GO OUT TO THE BUSINESSES, TELL THEM ABOUT FOOD RECYCLING AND ALL THE THINGS I'VE BEEN DOING BEFORE. ANY QUESTIONS? FOR THE FRANCHISE AGREEMENT.

WE REALLY WANTED TO STICK CLOSELY TO JUST ADDING IN THE 1383 REQUIREMENTS, BUT IT WAS AN OLDER AGREEMENT.

THERE WAS A LOT OF OUTDATED LANGUAGE.

SO WE END UP DOING AN AMENDMENT OR COMPLETELY RESTATING IT TO INCORPORATE ALL OF THAT.

AND THE RATE ADJUSTMENT WASN'T ROUTINE.

AND SO WE HIRED MSW CONSULTANTS BECAUSE THEY BROUGHT EXPERIENCE WITH RATES AND FRANCHISE AGREEMENTS WITH A MULTITUDE OF CITIES, AND MSW ONLY WORKS WITH MUNICIPALITIES AND NOT NECESSARILY ON HAULER ON THE HAULER SIDE OF THE TABLE.

SO WE WANTED THEM TO BRING ULTIMATELY SOME CONFIDENCE IN THE RATES THAT WE WERE GOING TO BRING FORWARD AND IN THE AGREEMENT AS WELL.

ALL RIGHT, THANKS.

GOOD EVENING, COUNSEL. THANK YOU, SARA.

MY NAME IS DAVID DAVIS. I'M THE PRESIDENT AND FOUNDER OF MSW CONSULTANTS.

WE'RE A SOLID WASTE CONSULTING FIRM.

WE HELP CITIES SET TRASH RATES AND NEGOTIATE TRASH CONTRACTS AND COMPLY WITH STATE REGULATIONS.

WE'VE SERVED ABOUT 80 JURISDICTIONS OVER THE YEARS AND WE, LIKE SARAH SAID, WE ONLY WORK FOR LOCAL JURISDICTIONS.

I WANT TO KEEP THREE THINGS IN THE BACK OF OUR MIND AS I PRESENT THE AGREEMENT THAT'S BEFORE YOU TONIGHT.

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SO WHEN YOUR CONSTITUENTS ARE ASKING YOU, HEY, WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THIS SOLOWAY'S CONTRACT, YOU SAY, WE'RE JUST TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH THREE THINGS.

WE JUST WANT TO GET SAFE, RELIABLE SERVICE AT A REASONABLE COST.

WE WANT TO COMPLY WITH THE STATE'S RECYCLING LAWS, AND WE WANT TO MINIMIZE THE ADMINISTRATIVE BURDEN ON CITY STAFF.

IF WE CAN DO THOSE THREE THINGS, EVERYTHING ELSE IS GOOD TO GO.

SO IF WE KEEP THOSE IN THE BACK OF OUR MIND, I'LL COME BACK TO THOSE IDEAS.

SO TONIGHT, IF I CAN GET MY POWERPOINT UP HERE AND I'M GOING TO GO.

SPACE BAR.

GOT IT. SO WANT A REAL QUICK DO SOME INDUSTRY TRENDS, WHICH I'M SURE YOU PROBABLY HEARD ABOUT.

AND THEN WHEN WE TALK ABOUT AN AGREEMENT, WE CAN KIND OF BOIL THINGS DOWN INTO THREE AREAS THE SERVICES, THE KEY TERMS AND THE CUSTOMER RATES.

SO ON THE INDUSTRY TRENDS, I THINK YOU'RE PRETTY FAMILIAR WITH SB 1383.

IT'S THE MOST SIGNIFICANT CHANGE IN SOLID WASTE REGULATIONS IN 30 YEARS.

AND IT'S THE MAIN THING THAT IT'S DOING IS IT'S REQUIRING CITIES TO REQUIRE THEIR WASTE GENERATORS TO RECYCLE THEIR ORGANICS. AND IF THE CITY DOESN'T ENFORCE THAT, THEN THE STATE WILL ENFORCE IT UPON THE CITIES.

SO PART OF SB 1383 IS A SYSTEM EVENTUALLY WHERE PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE FINED IF THEY DON'T RECYCLE.

AND IF CITIES DON'T IMPLEMENT ALL THESE REQUIREMENTS OF SB 1383, THEY'RE GOING TO BE FINED BY THE STATE.

SO THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT THING THAT LOCAL JURISDICTIONS ARE DEALING WITH, AND IT'S DRIVING ALL KINDS OF COSTS BECAUSE IT'S REQUIRING NEW COLLECTION CONTAINERS AND ROUTES AND FACILITIES, AND IT'S DRIVING UP THE CAPITAL SPENDING AND RATES FOR SOLID WASTE SERVICES ARE INCREASING UP AND DOWN THE STATE. IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE'RE STILL EXPERIENCING THE IMPACT OF THE CHINA BAN ON RECYCLABLES.

THERE'S A DRIVER SHORTAGE HAULING.

COMPANIES ARE HAVING A HARD TIME HIRING DRIVERS.

SO AS A RESULT, THE WAGES ARE GOING UP.

THERE'S ALSO SUPPLY SHORTAGES.

A THREE YARD BIN A YEAR AGO WAS $500.

NOW IT'S $900, THINGS LIKE THAT.

SO THIS KIND OF THE WE'RE IN THIS KIND OF PERFECT STORM OF INCREASING COSTS AND ACTIVITY IN THE SOLLOWAY SECTOR.

SO THE AGREEMENT, AS FAR AS THE SERVICES, YOU'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO GET THE THREE CART RESIDENTIAL COLLECTION SYSTEM PRETTY IMPORTANT IS THAT THE CONTRACTOR IS NOW GOING TO BE REQUIRED TO COLLECT FOOD SCRAPS FROM RESIDENTIAL CUSTOMERS.

AND THIS IS A REAL BIG DRIVER OF THE COST BECAUSE THOSE FOOD SCRAPS, THEY'RE GOING TO BE PUT IN SEPARATE BAGS AND THEY HAVE TO BE PROCESSED SEPARATELY.

SO THAT'S GOING TO CREATE A LOT OF LABOR AND CAPITAL COSTS FOR THE CONTRACTOR.

YOU'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO GET THE COMMERCIAL AND MULTIFAMILY BIN SERVICE, THE RECYCLING SERVICE AND ORGANIC SERVICE, PERMANENT AND TEMPORARY ROLL OFF.

THOSE ARE ALL GOING TO BE THE SAME.

SO YOUR RELIABLE, CONSISTENT SERVICE IS GOING TO STAY THE SAME.

IN ADDITION, THERE'S A LOT OF SERVICES IN THE NEW AGREEMENT THAT ARE SPECIFICALLY DESIGNED TO COMPLY WITH SB 1383.

SO THERE'S ENHANCED EDUCATION AND OUTREACH, THERE'S CONTAMINATION MONITORING.

SO AS WE DIVERT NEW MATERIALS AND YOU GET PEOPLE THAT DIDN'T RECYCLE BEFORE, NOW YOU'RE FORCING THEM TO RECYCLE.

THERE'S GOING TO BE A LOT OF CONTAMINATION.

SO THE LAW, THERE'S A LOT OF FOCUS ON CONTAMINATION, MONITORING.

THE CONTRACTOR IS REQUIRED TO DO TECHNICAL RECYCLING ASSISTANCE.

SO IF YOU'RE A MANUFACTURING PLANT, YOU'VE GOT SOME SPECIFIC NEEDS.

THEY'LL SEND PEOPLE OUT THERE AND THEY'LL DESIGN A PROGRAM JUST FOR YOUR BUSINESS.

THE LAW REQUIRES EVERY YEAR A COMPLIANCE REVIEW OF EVERY CUSTOMER, AND IT CAN BE A DESKTOP REVIEW, BUT EVERY CUSTOMER HAS TO BE REVIEWED.

EVERY YEAR THERE'S A WAIVER PROGRAM AND THERE'S ALSO A REQUIREMENT FOR THE PROCUREMENT OF ORGANIC CONTENT PRODUCTS LIKE MULCH.

SO IN YOUR CONTRACT THERE'S A BULKY ITEM COLLECTION WHERE PEOPLE GET UNLIMITED BULKY ITEM COLLECTION EVENTS, BUT UP TO FOUR EVENTS, FOUR ITEMS PER COLLECTION, FREE SERVICE TO CITY FACILITIES.

THERE'S THREE COMMUNITY CLEANUP EVENTS EVERY YEAR.

THERE'S AN ANNUAL CURBSIDE CLEANUP IN EACH COUNCIL DISTRICT.

EVERY YEAR, THERE'S A UNIVERSAL DROP OFF.

IF YOU GO TO THE COACHELLA VALLEY MURF, YOU CAN DROP OFF UNIVERSAL WASTE, WHICH IS BASICALLY HAZARDOUS WASTE THAT SHOULD NOT GO IN THE LANDFILL, BUT IT'S NOT AS NASTY AS SOME OF THE HAZARDOUS WASTE.

SO IT'S LIKE FLUORESCENT BULBS AND PAINT, THINGS LIKE THAT.

THERE'S ALSO A SHARPS PROGRAM AND THEY WILL ALSO CLEAN UP ILLEGALLY DUMPED ITEMS ON THE RIGHT OF WAY.

THERE'S A SEMIANNUAL DOCUMENT SHREDDING EVENT.

THERE'S MEDICAL WASTE, A MAIL BAG PROGRAM.

THEY PICK UP APPLIANCE WITH FREON.

AND THEN SO SO THOSE ARE THE SERVICES.

AND AS FAR AS THE KEY TERMS, THE TERM IS GOING TO BE FOR 14 YEARS.

SO THE PREVIOUS TERM WAS EXPIRING IN 2026.

SO AS A RESULT, THE SOLID WASTE INDUSTRY IS VERY CAPITAL INTENSIVE.

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SO THEY ALSO HAVE THESE FACILITIES THAT THEY HAVE TO CONSTRUCT AND BUILD TO PROCESS THIS ORGANIC WASTE.

SO AS A RESULT, YOU NEED THAT LONG TERM IN ORDER FOR THE CONTRACTOR TO REASONABLY AMORTIZE THEIR CAPITAL COSTS.

IN ADDITION TO THE TERM TO 2026, THERE'S THE CITY HAS THE SOLE OPTION.

SO AT THE TIME IN 2036, IF THE CITY WANTS IF THE CITY IS GETTING A GOOD DEAL AND IT WANTS TO EXTEND THE CONTRACT, IT HAS THE RIGHT TO DO THAT OR IT CAN DECIDE NOT TO. AND IT'S THE CITY'S SOLE OPTION.

THERE'S ALSO A RATE ADJUSTMENT METHOD SO THAT.

EVERY YEAR THE RATES GO UP BASED ON AN ECONOMIC INDEX, THE CPI, AND THAT'S SUBJECT TO A 5% CAP.

SO IF THE CPI MIGHT GROW OVER 5%, WHICH I THINK WE MIGHT SEE THAT IT GETS CAPPED AT 5%, WHICH THAT'S A PRETTY GOOD DEAL FOR THE CITY.

ALSO, THEIR ACTUAL DISPOSAL COST GETS PASSED THROUGH.

THESE CAME OUT A LITTLE BIT SMALL, BUT BASICALLY ALL THESE COSTS, WE DIDN'T WANT TO HAVE THESE HIT THE RATE PAYERS ALL AT ONCE.

SO ON THE RESIDENTIAL SIDE, WE'RE SPREADING OUT THE PAIN OVER THE FIRST THREE YEARS.

SO YOU CAN SEE THAT THE RATE THAT YOU HAVE NOW FOR MOST PEOPLE IS PROBABLY 95% OF YOUR PEOPLE HAVE THIS RATE AND IT'S ON THEIR TAX ROLL.

IT'S NOW $19.42 A MONTH.

AND THEN THAT'S GOING TO GO UP THIS JULY TO $20.87 AND THEN TO 22, 43 AND 23, 97 OVER THE NEXT THREE YEARS.

AND THAT'S IN ADDITION TO THAT, THERE'S ALSO GOING TO BE THE CPI ON TOP OF THAT.

AND THEN HERE'S THE COMMERCIAL RATES.

THE COMMERCIAL RATES AREN'T GOING UP AS MUCH, BUT THEY ARE GOING UP ABOUT 7% FOR MOST THE CUSTOMERS.

AND THEN ALSO THE RECYCLING IS GOING UP QUITE A BIT BECAUSE WE'RE YOU CAN SEE RECYCLING IS A LOT LESS EXPENSIVE THAN TRASH COLLECTION.

BUT EVEN THEN AT $55 FOR A THREE YARD BIN ONCE A MONTH, IT DOESN'T REALLY COVER THE COST OF SERVICE.

THAT PRICE IS SET THAT LOW TO GIVE PEOPLE AN INCENTIVE TO HAVE THAT RECYCLING SERVICE.

SO IN CLOSING, WHAT THIS AGREEMENT DOES IS IT ACCOMPLISHES YOUR PROGRAM GOALS, RIGHT? IT DELEGATES TO ALL THOSE SERVICES THAT ARE REQUIRED TO MEET THOSE STATE MANDATES.

SO SO THOSE WOULD HAVE TO BE DONE EITHER BY STAFF OR BY VERTEX.

SO WE PUT THOSE INTO THE AGREEMENT.

SO YOUR STAFF'S NOT GOING TO HAVE TO DO THE CONTAMINATION MONITORING, THE COMPLIANCE REVIEWS, THE WAIVER PROGRAM, THE ENFORCEMENT, ALL THESE THINGS THAT ARE REQUIRED BY SB 1383, PUTTING THAT IN THE CONTRACT, PUTTING THAT RESPONSIBILITY ON VERTEX.

SO YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE THAT SAFE, RELIABLE SERVICE AT A REASONABLE COST, AND YOU'RE GOING TO MEET YOUR STATE RECYCLING LAWS AND YOU'RE GOING TO MINIMIZE YOUR ADMINISTRATIVE BURDEN ON CITY STAFF.

DO YOU HAVE ANY ANSWERING QUESTIONS? DOES THAT? OH, NO, WE DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.

IF WE HAVE QUESTIONS, WE'LL BRING YOU BACK.

BUT THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.

THANKS. THIS WAS NOT OUR NORMAL RATE INCREASE.

AND SO WE WANTED TO DO PUT AN EXTRA EXTRAORDINARY EFFORT INTO THE PROP 218 NOTICE.

THAT'S PART OF WHAT WE HAVE TO DO WHEN REQUIRED BY LAW IN ORDER TO RAISE THESE RATES.

AND NORMALLY, WE SEND OUT A BLACK AND WHITE PAGE THAT HAS A LOT OF LEGAL LANGUAGE AND THE INFORMATION THAT YOU NEED AND VERY LITTLE OF IT OR A VERY SMALL PORTION OF IT IS TRANSLATED INTO SPANISH.

SO FOR THIS ONE, WE WORK WITH CVS STRATEGIES AND WITH BARTEK TO CREATE SOMETHING INFORMATIONAL, SOMETHING EASY TO READ, SOMETHING THAT WOULD EXPLAIN WHY THESE RATES ARE INCREASING THE WAY THEY ARE.

AND WE ALSO HAD IT COMPLETELY PUT INTO SPANISH AS WELL.

SO IT WAS TWO SIDED SPANISH AND ENGLISH NOTICE.

WIRTEK HELPED US WITH THE MAILING AND THEY ALSO THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS OF OUTREACH OR WORKING ON THE AGREEMENT.

THEY WEREN'T IDLE. THEY DID A LOT OF WORK WITH US.

THEY SENT US THEIR PROJECTIONS, THEIR ASSUMPTIONS, THEIR COSTS THAT WE COULD LOOK OVER THEM AND LOOK THROUGH THEM AND LOOK AT THE RATES AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY WERE REASONABLE.

SO I WANTED TO ASK THEM TO COME UP AND ALSO TALK A LITTLE BIT VERY QUICKLY ABOUT WHAT THEY DO AS WELL.

BRING THIS DOWN JUST A TAD.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, DISTINGUISHED MAYOR, PRO TEM AND MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL, CITY MANAGER STAFF ON BEHALF OF GREAT TECH FAMILY.

IT IS AN HONOR AND A PLEASURE TO BE WITH YOU HERE TODAY AND IN THE INTERESTS OF ALL OF THE INFORMATION THAT WAS COVERED BY OUR WONDERFUL PARTNERS THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS.

I'LL GO AHEAD AND MOVE ALONG SOME OF THOSE SLIDES.

AND I'M HERE ACCOMPANIED BY OUR VICE PRESIDENT, FRANK GURLITT.

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SO WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, MY NAME IS CLARE RIVERA, AND I AM YOUR MUNICIPAL MARKETING MANAGER.

AND AGAIN, IT IS AN ABSOLUTE PLEASURE TO BE HERE WITH THE CITY OF INDIO, SO I'LL GO THROUGH THESE PRETTY QUICK.

A LOT OF THE STUFF WAS COVERED BY OUR PREVIOUS PARTNERS AND AGAIN, IN THE INTEREST OF TIME WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT WE PROVIDE THE NECESSARY INFORMATION AND ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT MAY ARISE.

SO WE'LL COVER BIOTECH WASTE AND RECYCLING IN OUR COMMITMENT TO THE INDIO COMMUNITY.

A SUMMARY I'LL BRIEF THROUGH THE SUMMARY OF RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL PROGRAMS AS BE 1383 SHORT LIVED CLIMATE POLLUTANTS AND VERTEX WILL TAKE CARE OF IT.

APPROACH TO SB 1383 ITEMS. A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF OUR CONTRACT ENHANCEMENTS AND A SNAPSHOT OF OUR EDUCATION AND OUTREACH FOR YOU.

SO OUR COMMITMENT TO INDIA'S ENVIRONMENTAL EXCELLENCE, AS SARA AND EVERYBODY ELSE IN THE CITY AND THE STAFF WORKS WITH US, OUR STRENGTHS ARE TO OFFER CUSTOMIZED SERVICES, AS DAVE HAS MENTIONED, THAT ARE TAILORED TO MEET EVERY BUSINESS PROFILE SUCH AS BUZZ BOX IS DOING A WONDERFUL ITEMS IN THE CITY OF INDIO AND THROUGHOUT THE NATION AND PROVIDING SUSTAINABLE PACKAGING AND REALLY HELPING THE STATE MEET THOSE DIVERSION GOALS.

SO I'M EXCITED TO REACH OUT TO THE PARTNERS OVER THERE AND LEARN MORE ABOUT ALL THE THINGS THAT THEY'RE DOING.

OUR GOAL IS TO NOT ONLY PROVIDE WASTE AND RECYCLING SERVICES.

WE WANT TO ENCOURAGE EVERY COMMUNITY MEMBER TO BE ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDS OF THE COMMUNITY WHERE WE LIVE, WORK AND PLAY.

FOR US HERE IT'S INDIO AND OUR OPPORTUNITIES.

WE UNDERSTAND OUR COMMUNITY IS BEING FACED WITH ONE OF THE MOST AGGRESSIVE STATE DIVERSION MANDATES OF ITS KIND IN THE LAST 30 YEARS.

AND WE WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT WE ARE DEDICATED TO MEETING EACH MILESTONE AND BEING YOUR PARTNER IN THIS PROGRAM TOGETHER.

I'LL SLIDE THROUGH THIS.

AS DAVE MENTIONED, WE PROVIDE AN EN SUITE OF ITEMS THAT A LOT OF OUR INDIO RESIDENTS TAKE ADVANTAGE OF.

I'LL SKIM THROUGH THIS ONE AS WELL.

SENATE BILL. AS SARA MENTIONED, THERE IS AN EN SUITE OF RECORD KEEPING AND REPORTING AND PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATIONS THAT ARE ALL PART OF SB 1383. AND IF ANY TIME YOU GUYS WANT TO CONTINUE TO TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE TRASH IN DEPTH, WE ARE ALWAYS HERE TO TALK ABOUT THAT WITH YOU.

AND ALTHOUGH THE STATE HAS PLACED THE ULTIMATE RESPONSIBILITY OF SB 1383 COMPLIANCE ON THE CITY OF INDIO, BURDICK WILL UNDERTAKE MUCH OF THAT WORK, AS WE HAVE WITH THE REST OF THE LEGISLATIONS THAT THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA HAS PROGRESSIVELY PUSHED THROUGH AND MANDATED THE CITIES TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR.

AS SARA MENTIONED, THE SYNOPSIS OF WHAT THOSE ITEMS ARE ARE TO PROVIDE THE COLLECTION SERVICES.

AS YOU HAVE SEEN SOME OF YOUR NEIGHBORS, WE ARE STARTING TO PUT IN SOME OF THOSE REALLY PRETTY BLUE CONTAINERS AND THE GOAL OF REALLY THAT STANDARDIZATION FOR THE STATE IS REALLY TO SAY YOU'RE GOING TO GO VISIT YOUR FRIENDS IN ARCADIA, YOU'RE GOING TO GO TO SACRAMENTO FOR AN EVENT.

THE GOAL OF THAT IS TO BE RECOGNIZABLE, RIGHT? YOU GO TO YOUR FAMILY'S HOUSE AND YOU SEE THE BLUE CONTAINER.

WHAT DO YOU SAY? IT'S RECYCLABLE, RIGHT? SO VERSUS IN THE IN THE LATTER PART OF THAT, WE WOULD GO AND WE WOULD SEE WHITE, WE WOULD SEE GREEN, WE WOULD SEE ALL KINDS OF COLORS.

WELL, THE GOAL BY 2036 IS TO REALLY STANDARDIZE THOSE COLORS.

SO THE NEW BLUE IS YOUR RECYCLING.

THE GRAY WILL ULTIMATELY BE YOUR TRASH AND THE GREEN WILL BE ORGANICS.

AND REST ASSURED THAT AS SARA MENTIONED IN THAT FRANCHISE AGREEMENT AND DAVE, WE ARE DOING A LOT OF INFRASTRUCTURE, CAPITAL INVESTMENTS, IMPROVEMENTS, ENHANCEMENTS TO OUR FACILITIES, TO EVERY FACET OF OUR ORGANIZATION TO BE ABLE TO HELP THE CITY AND THE RESIDENTS NOT ONLY COMPLY WITH THESE MANDATES, BUT ALSO BE ACTIVE STEWARDS OF THOSE PROGRAMS. GO AHEAD AND REACH OUT, MOVE PAST THOSE ITEMS. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT SARA AND I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT IS ALL OF THE PROGRESSIVE MOVEMENT THAT HAS BEEN HAPPENING OVER THE LAST YEAR AND OVER THE NEXT SIX MONTHS, DEFINITELY.

AND THE TWO YEARS ALLOWS FOR EDUCATION AND OUTREACH.

AND THAT'S REALLY GOING TO BE OUR FOCUS TO ENSURE THAT WHEN WE RECEIVE THOSE PROGRAMS THAT WE KNOW WHAT WE'RE DOING AND THAT WE'RE DOING THE RIGHT ITEMS. SO AS SARA MENTIONED.

WE HAD A BEAUTIFUL SB 1383 INTRODUCTION IN OUR NOTICE THAT REALLY PROVIDED A LOT OF HIGHLIGHTED ITEMS FOR SB 1383.

WE ARE CURRENTLY MONITORING, AS DON HAD MENTIONED, A LOT OF THOSE LEGISLATIONS.

WE'RE DOING OUTREACH.

THIS LAW ALSO REQUIRES THE JURISDICTIONS AND PROPERTY MANAGERS AND OWNERS TO NOT ONLY PROVIDE EDUCATION AND OUTREACH IN ENGLISH, BUT IT ALSO

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SO ALL OF OUR PIECES MOVING FORWARD HAVE BEEN IN ENGLISH, EAT THEM IN ESPANOL SO EVERYBODY CAN ACCLIMATE TO THOSE PROGRAMS AND REALLY EMBRACE THOSE RESOURCES. AS DON MENTIONED AND SARA MENTIONED, WE'VE BEEN IDENTIFYING OUR EDIBLE FOOD PARTNERS, WHICH IS OUR TIER ONE, TIER TWO PARTNERS IN THE CITY OF INDIO, PROVIDING BUSINESSES WITH EDUCATION.

THE WAIVER PROGRAM IS REALLY A PROGRAM WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE MAXIMIZE.

WE UNDERSTAND THAT NOT EVERY BUSINESS IS A FOOD PRODUCING BUSINESS AND THE STATE DOES ALLOW FOR WAIVERS TO BE PRESENTED.

YOU CAN SEE HERE A SNAPSHOT OF WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE AS WELL AS ALSO MONITORING NEW CONSTRUCTION BUSINESS THAT'S COMING INTO THE INTO THE CITY OF INDIO.

WE'VE ENHANCED OUR CAD PROGRAMS, VERTICAL BUILDERS DIRECT PROGRAM, TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE THOSE CONSTRUCTIONS ARE DOING 65% DIVERSION AS REQUIRED BY THE LAW.

SO BRIEFLY, I'LL SHARE WITH YOU SOME OF OUR ENHANCED MATERIALS THAT I HOPE THAT YOU ARE ENJOYING AND THAT YOU'RE SEEING.

THEY ARE IN ENGLISH AND SPANISH.

HERE'S OUR NEW RESIDENTIAL NEWSLETTER, OUR NEW COMMERCIAL NEWSLETTER, WHICH TALKS ABOUT ALL OF THE CURRENT LAWS AND THE CURRENT EDIBLE FOOD RECOVERY ITEM.

WE ALSO HAVE SOME FACT SHEETS.

WE'VE ADDED SOME INFOGRAPHICS, WE'VE REALLY STREAMLINED OUR RECYCLING NOTICES.

WE'VE PRODUCED A HOW TO GUIDE FOR ALL OF OUR COMMERCIAL BUSINESSES AND ADDITIONAL RESOURCES THAT ARE FREE AND AVAILABLE TO OUR COMMERCIAL BUSINESSES.

THEY GOT TO GIVE US A CALL AND LET US KNOW THAT YOU WOULD LIKE FOR US TO COME OUT.

AND WITH THAT SAID, THANK YOU, INDIO, FOR BEING A STRONG SUPPORTER OF OUTSTANDING ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAMS. IT IS OUR PLEASURE ON BEHALF OF THE BURDICK FAMILY TO PROVIDE SOLID WASTE AND RECYCLING SERVICE.

AND WHEN WE SEE RECYCLING NOW, WE ALSO INCLUDE ORGANICS.

AND THESE ARE SOME SNAPSHOT SNAPSHOT PICTURES OF SOME OF THE RESIDENTS AND AND CITY CONSTITUENTS THAT ARE TAKING ADVANTAGE OF SOME OF THOSE PROGRAMS. WE'RE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AND THANK YOU FOR PROVIDING THOSE ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAMS TO OUR COMMUNITY.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.

OKAY. THERE'S CERTAINLY A LOT OF WORK TO BE THAT NEEDS.

WE'LL STILL HAVE TO BE DONE TO BE COMPLIANT WITH SB 1383.

BUT TONIGHT WE'RE ASKING YOU TO CONSIDER THE DRAFT AMENDMENT AND RESTATED FRANCHISE AGREEMENT AND PROPOSED RATES, WHICH WILL ULTIMATELY BE THE FOUNDATION OR THE SUPPORT THAT WE'LL NEED TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE NEXT STEPS.

THANK YOU. GREAT.

THANK YOU. THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING ITEM.

SO I WANT TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AND ASK THE CLERK, DO WE HAVE ANYONE ON LINE THAT I CAN MAKE PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM? NOT. NO.

MAYOR, NO.

WE DO NOT HAVE ANY PRESENT.

WE DID HAVE SOME SUBMITTED VIA EMAIL THAT ALL THE COUNCIL HAS RECEIVED.

SO THAT BEING SAID, I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND OPEN IT UP FOR THE COUNCIL FOR QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS OF THE CONSULTANTS OR WIRTEK OR SOME OF OUR STAFF.

AND THIS SB 83 1383 IS JUST A TREMENDOUS UNDERTAKING ON THE PART OF EVERYONE.

IT'S ENORMOUS.

IT'S AN ENORMOUS EFFORT.

I THINK. I CERTAINLY APPRECIATE THE EFFORT, SARA, OF THE CITY OF TECH, THE OUTREACH, THE ONGOING OUTREACH THAT'S GOING TO CONTINUE.

AND I GUESS ONE QUESTION I HAVE OF THE CITY IS HOW HOW ARE WE GOING TO WORK WITH THE RESTAURANTS AND WHATNOT? HOW ARE WE GOING TO MANAGE AND ENFORCE THIS? IT'S GOING TO BE A CHALLENGE, I KNOW, BUT IT IS GOING TO BE CHALLENGING.

BUT OUR MAIN GOAL RIGHT NOW IS EDUCATION.

THAT'S ABSOLUTELY WHERE WE'RE FOCUSED RIGHT NOW.

IT'S NOT WE'RE NOT NECESSARILY FOCUSED ON ENFORCEMENT.

RECYCLE, DID WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAD THAT CAPABILITY.

SO WE HAD TO BRING FORWARD AN ORDINANCE.

BUT RIGHT NOW, THE FOCUS IS ABSOLUTELY EDUCATION.

IF IT MEANS KEEPING CONSULTANTS, AS I THINK THAT WE'LL WE'LL WORK FURTHER WITH MARTECH AND DON TO HONE WHAT WE CAN DO NEXT.

WE'VE BEEN KIND OF FOCUSED ON GETTING TO THIS POINT, BUT.

WE REALLY HAVEN'T TALKED ABOUT ENFORCEMENT.

WE CAN DO IT. WE WILL DO IT.

RECYCLE WILL MAKE US DO IT.

BUT WE REALLY CAN'T FOCUS ON THAT UNTIL WE'VE DONE MORE EDUCATION.

WE'RE JUST NOT READY.

OKAY. BUT NO, NO, I JUST COUNCIL MEMBER I MEET HAZARD, HENRY'S COUNCIL MEMBER.

YOU HAVE A QUESTION OR COMMENT? FIRST OF ALL, I HAVE A COMMENT FOR I.T.

SOME OF THE PRESENTATION WASN'T VISIBLE BECAUSE THERE WAS A MESSAGE FROM ADOBE ACROBAT TO UPDATE OR SOMETHING.

SO AND TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY CORRECT THAT.

BUT MY QUESTION IS MORE FOR CITY ATTORNEY.

THIS IS A STATE OF CALIFORNIA MANDATE, BUT YET WE'RE REQUIRED TO GO OUT TO PROP TO 18 PROTESTS PROCESSES.

SO HOW DOES THAT REALLY JIVE?

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THINGS DON'T JIVE.

AND SO IT IS MANDATED TO UNDERTAKE THIS PROGRAM.

HOWEVER, WITH THE RATES, THE RATES ARE GOVERNED BY PROP 18.

AND SO WE NEED TO FOLLOW THAT PROCESS.

I DON'T BELIEVE IN THE CONSULTANTS IN THE ROOM.

CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, BUT THERE IS NO REIMBURSEMENT FOR THIS MANDATE.

I SUSPECT THAT THERE IS NOT AND THAT THEY'RE SHAKING THEIR HEADS NOW AND THAT IT'S SOMETHING THAT GETS ABSORBED BY THE HAULERS, BUT ALSO BY THE RATEPAYERS.

AND SO THAT IS WHY THIS WHOLE ITEM WAS A HUGE EFFORT BY THE ENTIRE TEAM, NOT ONLY TO ADOPT AND MOVE FORWARD THE ORDINANCE, BUT ALSO THE RATES AS WELL.

SO FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT THAT WE HAVE RECEIVED SOME OPPOSITIONS TO THIS ITEM, BUT THEIR REAL VEHICLE FOR OPPOSING THE ITEM IS THROUGH THE PROTEST, WHICH THE ONLY THING THEY CAN PROTEST IS THE ACTUAL RATE.

BUT THE MANDATE WILL STAY IN PLACE AND THE RATE IS WHAT THE ACTUAL COSTS ARE.

SO I'M NOT SURE THAT THEIR PROTESTS WILL ACTUALLY HAVE ANY IMPACT OR ANY IMPACT.

WHAT CAN RESIDENTS THAT OPPOSE THIS ACTUALLY DO BESIDES CONTACT THEIR LEGISLATOR? WELL, I THINK THAT AND MAYBE SARAH CAN ANSWER THIS BETTER, BUT MOVING FORWARD, I MEAN, I DO SEE THAT I BELIEVE THAT THERE IS A TREND TOWARDS NOT ZERO WASTE, BUT CLOSE TO ZERO WASTE.

AND THIS IS ONE OF THE ITEMS THAT'S MOVING FORWARD IN THAT WAY.

AND AND I THINK THAT THE NEW TEAM IS SHOWING ITS BEST EFFORTS TO EDUCATE AND SO THAT THIS WILL BECOME MORE OF A WAY OF LIFE IN THE FUTURE.

AS, FOR EXAMPLE, NO SMOKING.

I MEAN, IT'S VERY RARE THAT YOU GO ANYWHERE AND PEOPLE ARE SMOKING.

SO I MEAN, THIS IS SOMETHING SIMILAR IN THAT VEIN.

AND SARAH, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD? YEAH, ESPECIALLY WITH THE COMMERCIAL FACILITIES, THERE ARE THE CHARGES ARE PER SERVICE.

AND IF THE MORE SERVICE YOU HAVE, THE HIGHER THE CHARGES.

SO PART OF WHAT WE PLAN TO ROLL OUT IN THE FUTURE ARE MORE YOU CAN CALL THEM ZERO WASTE, BUT WASTE REDUCTION IDEAS AND TECHNIQUES.

WE WILL BE GETTING A GRANT FOR 1383 IMPLEMENTATION AND WE HOPE TO USE THAT FUNDING ABOUT 121,000 BASICALLY TO ROLL OUT PROGRAMS LIKE THAT TO REDUCE WASTE WITH THE COMMERCIAL FACILITIES THAT CAN HELP ACTUALLY LOWER COSTS.

IT'S A LITTLE MORE DIFFICULT WITH RESIDENTS BECAUSE THEY'RE BUNDLED, BUT BEING BUNDLED, IT ALSO HELPS THEM TO REMAIN LOW.

THAT'S IT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WHY WE DID THAT ULTIMATELY WAS IF THEY'RE BUNDLED, CAN KEEP THEM AS LOW AS POSSIBLE.

WELL, UNLIKE SMOKING LAWS, THIS ONE CARRIES AN INCREASED RATE WITH IT.

SO THE WORD TO THE RESIDENTS IS THAT IF YOU'RE UNHAPPY WITH THIS MANDATE, THAT YOU NEED TO CONTACT YOUR LEGISLATORS BECAUSE THE RATES ARE BASED ON ACTUAL COSTS.

THEY'RE NOT INCREASED TAXES, THEY'RE NOT INCREASED FEES.

IT'S JUST THE COST RECOVERY.

SO IF RESIDENTS PROTEST THIS INCREASE AND THEY NEED TO CONTACT THEIR STATE LEGISLATORS.

THAT WOULD BE CORRECT. CUSTOMER LOYALTY.

IT'S JUST ANOTHER MANDATE, AND I UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY'RE TRYING TO DO.

BUT I WAS RAISED ON FARMS, SO WE JUST THREW IT OUT TO THE HOGS AND THAT SO WE DIDN'T WORRY ABOUT IT.

BUT WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN IS MOST PEOPLE ARE JUST GOING TO GRIND IT UP INTO THEIR GARBAGE DISPOSAL.

YOU KNOW, WE'VE ALWAYS BEEN TAUGHT TO SCRAPE IT OFF AND PUT IT IN THE TRASH.

BUT I REALLY DOUBT THAT PEOPLE ARE GOING TO SIT THERE AND SEPARATE THIS AND DO IT.

I MEAN, PEOPLE WILL TO AN EXTENT, BUT I JUST THINK PEOPLE ARE GOING TO PUT IT BACK WHERE IT IS AND IT'S JUST CHARGING A HIGHER FEE.

I UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY'RE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH.

THANKS TO SARAH AND EVERYBODY FOR THEIR WORK, IT'S GOING TO BE VERY DIFFICULT.

IT'S GOING TO BE VERY DIFFICULT TO ACTUALLY ENFORCE AND TO BE ABLE TO SEE.

BUT IT'S GOING TO COST MORE.

AND I'M JUST SURPRISED IT DIDN'T ACTUALLY COST MORE MONEY, TO BE HONEST WITH YOU.

I THINK WIRTEK HAS TAKEN A BLUNT OF THE BURDEN ON THIS.

ALONG WITH THE COUNTY AND THE CITY OF INDIO.

I THINK THE RESIDENTS ARE GETTING OFF KIND OF CHEAP AT A DOLLAR OR SOMETHING.

MY PERSONAL OPINION, BECAUSE THIS IS NOT GOING TO BE AN EASY UNDERTAKING, LET ALONE JUST THE THE BENDS AND EVERYTHING ELSE THAT COME WITH IT AND THE EQUIPMENT AND THE SEPARATION AND THAT IT'S ALL LABOR AT HAND AND EVERYTHING ELSE.

SO WE'LL GET THROUGH IT.

WE ALWAYS DO. BUT IT'S JUST ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY TO RESIDENTS PROBABLY DID NEED TO PAY.

THANK YOU. APRIL TWO I HAD A QUESTION ON THE PROCESS.

YOU MENTIONED SOME BAGS THAT WERE GOING TO BE USED FOR THE ORGANIC WASTE.

HOW DOES THAT WORK WITH THE BINS AND THE BAGS?

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ULTIMATELY, SB 1383 ALLOWS COLLECTION OF ORGANIC WASTE IN PLASTIC BAGS SO YOU CAN TAKE YOUR ORGANICS, ORGANIC WASTE, YOUR FOOD WASTE, PUT IT IN A PLASTIC BAG AND THROW IT IN YOUR GREEN CONTAINER.

IT'S SOMETHING WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO ALLOW HERE IN INDIO BECAUSE WE ONLY HAVE COMPOSTING FACILITIES HERE.

AND WITH COMPOSTING FACILITIES COMPOSTING, YOU HAVE TO HAVE A VERY SPECIFIC RATIO OF YOUR AVERAGE YARD WASTE TO FOOD WASTE.

SO THEY HAVE TO BE SEPARATED.

SO THE ONLY OTHER OPTION WAS TAKING A WHOLE OTHER TRUCK AROUND THE CITY, WHICH WOULD HAVE RAISED GRACE.

WE COULDN'T WE COULDN'T JUSTIFY IT.

SO. WHAT WILL HAPPEN IS THEY HAVE NEW EQUIPMENT THAT WILL THAT IS THAT CAN TAKE OUT THE PLASTIC BAGS FROM THE ORGANIC WASTE.

SO THAT'S PART OF THE EQUIPMENT AND PART OF THE COSTS THAT WENT INTO THE RATES TO MAKE SURE THAT WIRTEK WILL BE ABLE TO GET THAT EQUIPMENT, BE ABLE TO PULL THOSE PLASTIC BAGS OUT AND THEN PROCESS IT.

CLEAN COMPOST.

OKAY. THANK YOU.

SO THE PLASTIC BAGS THAT WE HAVE BANNED ARE NOW GOING TO BE REQUIRED TO BE USED FOR THIS FOOD WASTE.

NOT REQUIRED.

RECOMMENDED. WHAT ELSE ARE WE GOING TO USE? I MEAN, WE'RE NOT GOING TO SPEND A DOLLAR ON A ZIPLOC.

I, I HAVE A HARD TIME WITH THIS BECAUSE I HAVE A HARD TIME ALLOWING THIS AS WELL.

I JUST WE DON'T HAVE A WHOLE LOT OF OTHER OPTIONS.

SO, YES, THE ANSWER IS YES.

COULD PEOPLE USE THE COMPOSTABLE PLASTIC BAGS? THEY CAN, BUT MOST OF THEM AREN'T COMPOSTABLE.

AND THEY'LL BE TAKING IT OUT WITH THE PLASTIC OTHER JUST PLAIN PLASTIC BAGS.

THEY COST A LITTLE MORE.

SO UNTIL WE'RE SURE THAT WE HAVE SOMETHING THAT REALLY WORKS.

I WOULDN'T I CAN'T RECOMMEND THEM BECAUSE THEY'RE MORE EXPENSIVE.

GOTCHA. THANK YOU. WE RAISE THE BAN ON PLASTIC BAGS.

NO, WE WEREN'T THINKING OF DOING THAT.

YEAH, WELL, I DON'T KNOW WHERE THE PLASTIC BAGS ARE GOING TO COME FROM BECAUSE PERSONALLY, I'M NOT GOING TO PAY A DOLLAR A ZIPLOC BAG TO DO THIS.

AND WE NEED TO HAVE SOLUTIONS FOR OUR RESIDENTS.

I WOULD LIKE TO USE THE CLEAR PLASTIC BAGS, LIKE WHEN YOU BUY ORGANICS AT A GROCERY STORE.

LEMONS OR SO THEY HAVE A PLASTIC BAG THAT'S JUST FOR TRANSPARENT.

RIGHT. RIGHT. BUT WHO'S GOING TO PROVIDE THEM? I MEAN, I DON'T HAVE A ROLL OF THEM AT HOME.

WHO'S GOING TO PROVIDE THEM THE GROCERY STORE THEY DON'T GET? SO I'M GOING TO GO TO THE GROCERY STORE AND SAY, I NEED TEN BAGS FOR THIS WEEK'S ORGANIC WASTE.

WELL, IF YOU'RE BUYING GROCERIES, YOU'RE PROBABLY USING THE BAGS ANYWAY.

NO, I DON'T. BUT IS THAT WHAT I'M GOING TO DO? WE WERE ASSUMING THAT YOU WOULD GET THOSE FREQUENTLY ENOUGH GOING TO THE GROCERY STORE AND PURCHASING PRODUCE THAT THAT YOU WOULDN'T THAT RESIDENTS WILL NOT NEED TO SUPPLEMENT THAT.

WELL, BECAUSE OF THE PLASTIC BAN THAT WE HAVE IN THE CITY OF INDIO, MOST PEOPLE HAVE NOT GOTTEN THOSE PRODUCE BAGS.

THEY JUST GRAB THEIR LETTUCE OR THEIR VEGETABLES AND PUT IT IN THEIR RECYCLABLE BAGS.

WELL, I FIGURE IT OUT, I THINK.

YEAH, WE'RE GOING TO FIGURE IT OUT.

YOU KNOW, I THINK SOME OF US ARE STILL ABLE TO GET THAT AND WE'RE NOT ASKING ANYONE TO GO BUY IT.

BUT IF YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS, I'M A MAYOR.

REMEMBER THE CITY COUNCIL? FRANK ROWLETT, VICE PRESIDENT OF BERT TECH.

SO YOU CAN COUNCIL MEMBER OR ALMOST YOU COULD YOU CAN USE PAPER BAGS, YOU CAN WRAP IT.

IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE PLASTIC.

SO WE JUST NEED TO BE ABLE TO SEPARATE IT, HAVE THE ABILITY TO SEPARATE IT AT THE FACILITY FOR THE COMPOSTING PROCESS.

IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE PLASTIC BAGS.

PERFECT. PERFECT.

APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU, SARAH.

AND OUR CONSULTANTS AND EVERYONE WHO PUT THE TIME INTO THIS, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT STATE MANDATED.

SO WE'RE NOT THE ONLY ONES THAT ARE GOING THROUGH THIS.

AND. YOU KNOW, ULTIMATELY, IF WE DON'T FOLLOW IT, WE GET FINED.

AND SO THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH AND AND MANEUVER AND ADAPT TO THE SITUATION.

BUT BEFORE I MOVE FORWARD AND ASK AND ACTUALLY CLOSE TO THE PUBLIC HEARING, I'M GOING TO CLOSE A PUBLIC HEARING AND ASK THE CITY ATTORNEY TO. YES.

FOR A CORRECTION. YES.

I HAVE ONE CORRECTION ON RESOLUTION 10296, AND THAT'S IN SECTION ONE.

PARAGRAPH B, THE VERY LESS LAST SENTENCE SAYS NOT TO EXCEED 5%, AND THE DISPOSAL COMPONENT OF THE CHARGES MAY ANNUALLY INCREASE EXPENSES BY 0 TO 8%, AND THAT SHOULD BE AMENDED TO ANNUALLY INCREASE UP TO 8%.

SO IT'S JUST A SLIGHT CHANGE, BUT WANTED TO MAKE THAT CHANGE.

AND SO WHEN YOU MAKE YOUR MOTION, IF YOU CAN MAKE THE MOTION AND ADOPT THE ITEM AS AMENDED BY THE CITY ATTORNEY.

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ALMOST NO RESOLUTION NUMBER 10302.

OH, SORRY. I'M THE WRONG ONE.

I'LL MAKE THE ADOPT A RESOLUTION NUMBER 10296 INCREASE IN SOLID WASTE CHARGES FOR RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL CUSTOMERS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2022 2023 THROUGH 2020 627.

ADOPT RESOLUTION NUMBER 10297 11 ANNUAL WASTE CHARGES FOR FISCAL YEAR 2020 223 AN AUDIT INTO COLLECTION AND RESIDENTIAL CHARGES ON A COUNTY TAX ROLL AND APPROVE THE DRAFT AMENDED AND RESTATED FRANCHISE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF INDIO AND BIOTEC WASTE AND RECYCLING SERVICE LLC FOR SOLID WASTE COLLECTION SERVICES AS AMENDED BY THE CITY ATTORNEY.

NO SECOND GOT A MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER MILLER IN A SECOND BY MAYOR PRO TEM ORTIZ.

COULD I HAVE A VOTE, PLEASE? COUNCILMEMBER HOLMES. HI.

COUNCILMEMBER MILLER.

HI. COUNCILMEMBER RAMOS HAMMETT.

HI. MAYOR PRO TEM ORTIZ AND MAYOR THURMAN.

MOTION PASSES WITH THE CORRECTIONS.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, EVERYONE.

IT'S NOT RIGHT. WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ITEM, WHICH IS 9.3 CITY RESOLUTION NUMBERS 103021030310304

[9.3 City Resolutions Nos. 10302, 10303, 10304, 10305 and Indio Housing Aut...]

AND INDIO HOUSING AUTHORITY RESOLUTION 2022 ASKS 13 ADOPTING FISCAL YEAR 2020 223 THE OPERATING CAPITAL BUDGET, THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM AND APPROPRIATIONS LIMIT, THE CITYWIDE CLASSIFICATION COMPENSATION PLAN AND OPERATING BUDGET FOR INDIO HOUSING AUTHORITY.

AND THIS WILL BE HANDLED BY ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER AND DIRECTOR OF FINANCE, MR. ROB ROCKWELL.

THANK YOU. THAT'S WHO I AM.

MY STAFF IS ASKING TO YOU TO ADOPT THE BUDGETS FOR THE HOUSING AUTHORITY AND THE CITY OF INDIO.

YAY! I KNOW YOU'RE EXCITED AS I AM.

THIS IS THIS IS AN ANNUAL EVENT FOR US.

I'M HAPPY TO. OUR ORDINANCE.

EVERYBODY LOVES WHAT? OH, MAN. OH.

OH, WELL, THAT HURTS.

THAT HURTS. WE LOVE GROWTH.

ALL RIGHT. SO THE BUDGET BEING PROPOSED TONIGHT IS CONSISTENT WITH THE BUDGET HEARINGS THAT WE HAD IN MAY.

AND IF YOU REMEMBER, WE TALKED A LOT ABOUT CIP PROJECTS, RIGHT? SO THEY'RE ALL IN HERE ABOVE THE LINE, THE ONES THAT WERE UP TO THE SPENDING LIMIT WE HAD.

SO THIS SLIDE IS A GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE OF THE BUDGET THAT STAFF IS ASKING YOU TO ADOPT.

AND WE'VE BROKEN IT UP HERE INTO THE GENERAL FUND, OTHER CITY FUNDS, WHICH INCLUDE THE WHAT WE CALL FIDUCIARY FUNDS.

THAT INCLUDES THE HOUSING AUTHORITY, THE SUCCESSOR AGENCY, VARIOUS INFRASTRUCTURE ASSESSMENT DISTRICTS, AND THE INDIO PUBLIC FINANCE AUTHORITY.

AND WE SEPARATE THOSE BECAUSE THOSE REALLY AREN'T NECESSARILY TIED TO CITY OPERATIONS.

AND THEN WE HAVE THE REST OF THE FUNDS CATEGORIZED AS THE OPERATING AND CAPITAL FUNDS, OVERALL APPROPRIATIONS OR EXPENDITURES, YOU MIGHT WANT TO CALL THEM TOTAL $331 MILLION, AND THAT IS SUPPORTED BY THE REVENUE AS CATEGORIZED HERE $155 MILLION FOR OPERATING CAPITAL FUNDS, $29 MILLION FOR THE CITY FUNDS AND $98.6 MILLION IN THE GENERAL FUND.

AND TO COVER THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN REVENUE AND EXPENDITURES, THERE IS FUND BALANCE.

SO FOR OTHER OPERATING FUNDS, THEY'LL BE UTILIZING $27.7 MILLION IN FUND BALANCE, FUND BALANCE OR RESOURCES THAT HAVE BEEN COLLECTED IN A PRIOR PERIOD.

THERE WILL BE SOME INCREASES IN FUND FUND BALANCE FOR THE OTHER CITY FUNDS, THOSE FIDUCIARY FUNDS.

AND THEN WE'LL BE USING ABOUT $39 MILLION IN FUND BALANCE IN THE GENERAL FUND TO COVER THE OR TO COVER THE OPERATIONAL NEEDS IN THE GENERAL FUND.

THE MAJORITY OF THAT IS MEASURE X MONEY, AND I'LL BE GOING INTO THAT IN A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL IN A FEW SLIDES FROM NOW.

SO THE BUDGET ALSO I WANTED TO MAKE A MENTAL NOTE ABOUT TRANSFERS.

YOU KNOW, WE WE COLLECT REVENUE IN THE GENERAL FUND THROUGH TAXES.

WE TRANSFER THAT MONEY OUT TO A CAPITAL PROJECT FUND WHERE IT RECEIVES THAT MONEY.

AND THEN THE CAPITAL PROJECT FUND PAYS A CONTRACTOR TO BUILD SOMETHING FOR US.

SO WE HAVE MULTIPLE INS AND OUTS.

SO WE CATEGORIZE HERE TRANSFERS AS THOSE INS AND OUTS.

AND WHEN JUST TO GIVE YOU A REFERENCE OF REALLY WHAT THE INTERNAL PROCESSES ARE COMPARED TO WHAT TRULY THE EXTERNAL COSTS ARE.

SO HERE, WHILE THE BUDGET IS $331 MILLION, ONCE YOU TAKE OUT THOSE TRANSFERS, YOU REALLY HAVE A 234 EXPENDITURE, $200 MILLION EXPENDITURE PLAN IF $331 MILLION, IF YOU WANT TO SAY THAT WAS POUNDS, I DON'T MEAN ENGLISH POUNDS, I MEAN LIKE WEIGHTLIFTING POUNDS.

THIS BUDGET IS ABOUT £118 MORE THAN THE LAST YEAR'S BUDGET, AND THAT'S PRETTY SIGNIFICANT.

$118 MILLION HIGHER THAN LAST YEAR'S BUDGET.

THAT IS SIGNIFICANTLY DUE TO THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS THAT YOU HAVE ASKED STAFF TO EMBRACE.

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AND FORTUNATELY, A LOT OF THAT I DON'T KNOW WHERE TIM WASL WENT, BUT A LOT OF THAT IS GOING TO BE UP TO TIM WASIL TO BENCH PRESS.

THAT IS PART OF THE CIP PLAN.

OH, WE JUST. HE JUST MISSED IT.

I HOPE YOU'RE WORKING OUT. OKAY.

SO NOW WE'VE TAKEN THIS SLIDE REPRESENTS WE'RE TAKING OUT THE FIDUCIARY FUNDS AND WE'RE LOOKING MORE JUST AT THE CITY OPERATING AND CAPITAL BUDGET.

AND THIS IS A GOOD SCRAP ILLUSTRATES HOW WE'RE HOW THOSE FUNDS ARE GOING TO BE SPENT.

SO YOU SEE HERE, THIS GRAPH SHOWS YOU THAT 71% OF THE TOTAL CITY'S OPERATIONAL BUDGET IS GOING TO BE SPENT ON PURCHASE SERVICES.

PURCHASE SERVICES INCLUDE LANDSCAPE SERVICES, UTILITIES INCLUDES THE FIRE CONTRACT, FIRE AND AMBULANCE SERVICE CONTRACT.

AND THAT LARGE INCREASE THAT YOU'RE SEEING THERE IS, AGAIN, BECAUSE WE BOOK CONSTRUCT OR CONSTRUCTION AS CONSTRUCTION SERVICES, BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO BE PAYING SOMEBODY TO BUILD SOMETHING OR TO FIX SOMETHING IN MOST CASES.

SO THAT'S WHY YOU SEE SUCH A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN PURCHASE SERVICES.

WE DON'T SEE SUCH A LARGE INCREASE IN SALARY AND BENEFITS, A SLIGHT INCREASE, AS YOU MIGHT SUSPECT, NOT A BIG CHANGE IN CAPITAL ASSETS AND THEN A MODEST INCREASE IN OTHER OPERATING COSTS.

IN OTHER OPERATING. COSTS WOULD INCLUDE MATERIALS AND SUPPLIES MIGHT BE OFFERED SUPPLIES MIGHT BE PAPER MIGHT BE INK, OR IT MIGHT BE MOTOR OIL FOR FOR THE CARS.

THIS SLIDE REPRESENTS THE FUNDING SOURCES THAT ARE GOING TO COVER THAT $220 MILLION IN EXPENDITURES.

AND THIS IS BROKEN DOWN BY FUNDING SOURCE.

SO IN THIS SLIDE, YOU'LL NOTICE THAT 45% OF THE PLANNED EXPENDITURES IS BEING COVERED BY TAXES, 34% BY OTHER GOVERNMENTAL AGENCIES WITH CP PROJECTS COMES ALL ASSOCIATED WITH GOVERNMENT FUNDING, FOR EXAMPLE, AND OTHER GRANT FUNDS.

FEES AND CHARGES. LICENSES AND PERMITS.

OTHER REVENUES. FINES AND FORFEITURES.

USES AND USES OF MONEY.

THIS IS SIGNIFICANT.

THERE'S AN INCREASE IN TAXES, AND THAT'S NOT NEW TAX RATES.

A LOT OF THOSE TAXES ARE JUST DRIVEN BY THE ECONOMY.

RIGHT. TRANSIENT OCCUPANCY, TAXES, SALES TAXES.

IT'S THE SIGN OF A POSITIVE, GROWING ENVIRONMENT.

I MENTIONED THE LARGE INCREASE IN THE INTERGOVERNMENTAL BECAUSE OF THE CAPITAL PROJECTS.

YOU ALSO SEE A PRETTY LARGE INCREASE COMPARED TO PRIOR YEARS IN THE IN THE FEES AND CHARGE CATEGORY.

THAT'S TIED TO THE FACT THAT THE COUNCIL DID ADOPT NEW FEES AND CHARGES LAST YEAR AS WELL AS WE ALSO ADOPTED IN THE LICENSE AND PERMITS SECTION SHORT TERM RENTAL PERMITS.

SO THAT'S WHY WE HAVE SOME INCREASES IN THAT AREA.

OKAY. SO NOW WE'RE KIND OF ZONING IN A LITTLE BIT MORE ON THE GENERAL FUND.

THAT'S THE THAT'S THE PIECE THAT IS MOST AVAILABLE TO YOU TO SPEND AT YOUR DISCRETION, CITY COUNCIL'S DISCRETION.

AND SO THE GENERAL FUND HERE, THIS GRAPH ILLUSTRATES HOW THE GENERAL FUND $137 MILLION IN GENERAL DOLLARS IS BEING UTILIZED.

31% OF THAT IS TO PURCHASE SERVICES.

26% IS ON SALARIES AND BENEFITS, 40% IS ON ASSETS, DEBT AND LEASE.

AGAIN, THAT'S BECAUSE OF SUCH A LARGE PORTION.

ABOUT $40 MILLION IS BEING TRANSFERRED OUT OF THE GENERAL FUND WHERE WE CAPTURE OUR MEASURE X DOLLARS THAT USE TAX REVENUE IS BEING TRANSFERRED TO A SIPP, A CAPITAL PROJECT FUND WHERE THE CONSTRUCTION COSTS ARE GOING TO BE COLLECTED.

I WOULD SAY THAT YOU'LL SEE A SLIGHT DECREASE IN PURCHASE SERVICES IN THE GENERAL FUND AND THAT'S SOMEWHAT TIED TO WE HAVE A NEW CITY MANAGER WHO'S COME IN WHO WANTED TO LOOK UNDER ALL THE ROCKS AND IT'S CLEANED UP.

ALL THE AREAS AND ALL THE ONES I'M FUNDING IS ALL GONE.

SO THAT'S WHY THAT'S SLIGHTLY GONE.

I WILL COMMENT ON THE FACT THAT YOU DO SEE A SLIGHT DECREASE HERE IN SALARY AND BENEFITS, AND THAT'S TIED TO KIND OF A CHANGE IN PRACTICE.

PRIOR TO THIS YEAR, WE WOULD RECOGNIZE THE EXPECTED SALARY SAVINGS, BUT WE WOULDN'T BE DIGITIZE IT, IF YOU WILL.

NOW WE ARE RECOGNIZING THAT EXPECTED SAVINGS UP FRONT.

AND SO THAT'S WHY YOU SEE A REDUCTION IN SALARY AND BENEFITS, BECAUSE WE'RE EXPECTING THAT ATTRITION, THAT SAVINGS DUE TO POSITIONS NOT BEING FILLED WHILE THEY'RE BEING RECRUITED FOR, AND ALSO SOME TOUGH POSITIONS.

LOOKING AT THE REVENUE THAT'S SUPPORTING THE GENERAL FUND EXPENDITURES.

THIS PIE GRAPH SHOWS YOU THAT WE ARE EXPECTING THAT $137 MILLION IN EXPENDITURES.

OH, I'M SORRY. THIS IS A GRAPH EXPLAINING WHO IS SPENDING YEAR $137 MILLION.

WE'RE GOING TO GET TO REVENUE IN A SECOND.

SO, FOR EXAMPLE, 28% OF ALL THE EXPENDITURES ARE BEING SPENT THROUGH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

OF COURSE, A LOT OF THAT IS SALARIES.

13% IS BEING SPENT ON FIRE AND AMBULANCE COMBINED.

POLICE AND FIRE IS ABOUT 41% OF ALL GENERAL FUND EXPENDITURES, TYPICALLY AT 65%.

IT'S REDUCED STATISTICALLY THIS YEAR BECAUSE WE HAVE SUCH A LARGE MEASURE, ZIP TRANSFER THAT'S COMING OUT OF THE GENERAL FUND.

AND YOU SEE THE OTHER CATEGORIES 5% PUBLIC WORKS, 8% ADMINISTRATION.

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THOSE DEPARTMENTS AND YOU SEE HOW 9% IS NON-DEPARTMENTAL IND DEBT, 3% COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, 1% ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

SO THAT'S WHERE THAT'S WHO THAT'S WHERE THE MONEY IS BEING FLOWED THROUGH REVENUE.

SO $98.6 MILLION IN GENERAL FUND REVENUE IS EXPECTED TO COME IN NEXT YEAR.

74% OF THAT REVENUE IS TAX REVENUE.

YOU'LL SEE THAT THERE'S A LOOKING KIND OF FROM THE CLOCKWISE SMALL PORTION OF INTER-GOVERNMENTAL GRANTS.

MOST OF THE INTER-GOVERNMENTAL INTER-GOVERNMENTAL REVENUES RECOGNIZED OUTSIDE OF THE GENERAL FUND, YOU'LL SEE 6% IS LICENSED PERMITS AND FRANCHISES, LESS THAN 1% FINDS IN FORFEITURES. ABOUT 1% IS USE OF MONEY IN PROPERTY.

THAT INCLUDES THE INTEREST WE GET FROM FROM INVESTING OUR MONEY.

AND IT ALSO INCLUDES RENTAL REVENUE FROM RENTING SPACES, FEES AND CHARGES.

ABOUT $10.9 MILLION.

50% OF THE FEES AND CHARGES IS JUST MONEY THAT WE SPEND IN SUPPORT OF THE APRIL CONCERT SERIES, AND WE GET DIRECTLY REIMBURSED FOR THAT.

BUT THAT SHOWS UP AS SERVICE EXPENSE BECAUSE WE HAVE TO PAY A LOT OF OTHER AGENCIES TO COME IN AND PROVIDE THE SERVICES THAT IT'S MORE THAN WE CAN HANDLE BY THE CITY OF INDIO.

BY ITSELF, WE DO HAVE 4% TRANSFERS IN.

THAT'S YOUR PUBLIC SAFETY.

CFD MONEY IS COMING IN TO SUPPORT A PUBLIC SAFETY SERVICES AND WE HAVE A SMALL PORTION.

3% IS OTHER REVENUE.

THAT REALLY IS THE TICKET SHARING REVENUE.

WE GET ON THE TICKET SOLD FOR THE APRIL CONCERT SERIES.

JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL ON TAXES SINCE IT DOES REPRESENT 74% OF THE GENERAL FUND REVENUE HERE.

YOU CAN SEE THAT THAT TAX, THOSE TAXES ARE BROKEN DOWN BY CATEGORY.

AND WHAT I DID HERE IS I GAVE YOU THE GREEN THE CURRENT YEAR BUDGET.

I GAVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF HISTORY BECAUSE THE BUDGET IS AN ESTIMATE.

NOW, THAT'S NOT MONEY IN THE BANK.

THAT'S JUST OUR BEST GUESS.

THE ACTUALS, WHAT WE RECEIVED LAST YEAR AND I GAVE YOU THE CURRENT BUDGET AND THEN I GAVE YOU A YEAR OVER YEAR PERCENT AND A YEAR OVER YEAR DOLLAR CHANGE.

SO IT KIND OF GIVES YOU A SENSE OF WHAT IS STAPP EXPECTING FOR NEXT YEAR.

SO STAFF IS BUILT INTO THE EXPECTATION ABOUT FIVE AND ONE HALF INCREASE IN PROPERTY TAXES, 4% AND SALES TAXES, A LITTLE BETTER GROWTH IN MEASURE SALES TAXES, 2.3 TO UTILITY USERS TAXES 33.2% IN TRANSIENT OCCUPANCY.

TAXES A SMALL INCREASE IN BUSINESS LICENSE TAXES, FRANCHISE FEES IN LICENSE AND PERMITS.

YOU HAVE A BIGGER INCREASE BECAUSE WE HAVE THE SHORT TERM RENTAL PERMITS INCLUDED IN THAT CATEGORY AND THEN A MODEST INCREASE IN FEES AND CHARGES.

AGAIN, AS I EXPRESSED EARLIER, NEW FEES AND CHARGES, FEES AND CHARGE SCHEDULE TO YOU ADOPTED.

ALSO, I WANT TO MENTION THE LICENSE AND PERMITS.

WE'RE STILL EXPECTING A PRETTY ROBUST NUMBER OF BUILDING PERMITS TO COME IN NEXT YEAR, WHICH IS ALSO REFLECTED IN THAT 65% OVERALL, ABOUT A 6% INCREASE IN TAX REVENUE NEXT YEAR. NOW, THAT'S A PRETTY OPTIMISTIC PERSPECTIVE.

YOU KNOW, WE MADE THE MISTAKE OF ASSUMING THINGS WERE GOING TO SLOW DOWN DURING THE PANDEMIC.

THEY DID NOT SLOW DOWN. THERE WAS A VERY ROBUST ECONOMY.

WE DID SEE A LOT OF TAX MONEY.

THERE'S A LOT OF NEGATIVE PERSPECTIVES.

THERE'S INFLATION, THERE'S THE FUNDS, THERE'S THE UKRAINE WAR IN UKRAINE.

BUT IF THINGS HOLD WELL AND THINGS ARE LOOKING GOOD RIGHT NOW FOR THE CITY OF INDIO, WE THINK WE'LL HIT THESE NUMBERS.

ALL RIGHT. A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL ON MEASURE X, ONE OF YOUR FAVORITE REVENUE SOURCES, RIGHT.

SO WE ARE INCORPORATING INCORPORATING INTO THE BUDGET THE ASSUMPTION OF $15.6 MILLION IN MEASURE X SALES TAX REVENUE.

WE ARE ALSO UTILIZING $31.7 MILLION IN PRIOR YEAR SAVINGS, IF YOU WILL, OF MEASURE X RESOURCES.

AND WE'RE TRANSFERRING ALL MOST OF THAT MONEY INTO THIS INTO THE CIP PLAN.

AND THEN THIS GIVES YOU A BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF WHAT CATEGORIES THAT REVENUE IS BEING SPENT ON.

SO IF YOU FOLLOW ALONG $7.2 MILLION FOR STREET PROJECTS, $2.7 MILLION IN STREET MAINTENANCE, $8.4 MILLION IN FREEWAY INTERCHANGE PROJECTS. $1.17 MILLION FOR A DEBT SERVICE ON.

BONDS, $1.2 MILLION ON SIDEWALKS.

THAT INCLUDES SOME ASPHALT AND CRACK.

AND THERE'S SOME OTHER THINGS THAT FALL INTO IT.

IT'S NOT JUST SIDEWALKS.

IN FACT, THESE THESE ARE THE CATEGORIES THAT ARE REPRESENTED IN YOUR BUDGET BOOK UNDER THE CIP PROGRAM.

SO YOU CAN GO TO THE GO TO THE SIP PROGRAM TAB AND LOOK AT THE SIP SUMMARY AND IT HAS ALL THE DETAILS ON ALL THESE CATEGORIES.

SO YOU CAN SEE SPECIFICALLY WHERE THESE MONEYS ARE BEING SPENT, WHAT ROADS IN WHAT CATEGORY.

MOVING ALONG, SWALLOW 250 50,000 ON TRAFFIC SIGNALS $12.8 MILLION IN PARKS.

SO IF YOU WANT TO KNOW WHERE WITH THAT PARK MONEY IS, I SUGGEST YOU GO TO THE CFP PROGRAM TAB GIVES YOU ALL THE GORY DETAILS.

$8.5 MILLION ON BUILDINGS.

THAT INCLUDES A $5 MILLION CONTINGENCY THAT'S BEING BUILT IN TO COVER SOME OF THE PUBLIC SAFETY CAMPUS AND CITY HALL PROJECTS, WHICH I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO TALKING TO YOU

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AND SMALL AMOUNT OF CFP MONEY, SORRY, MEASURE X MONEY THAT'S BEING SET ASIDE FOR AGE OUTSIDE AGENCIES THAT I BELIEVE WE HAVE THAT EARMARKED 50,000 FROM MARTHA'S VILLAGE AND 50,000 FOR FINE FOOD BANK, IF I RECALL CORRECTLY.

OC. THE STAFFING LEVELS INCORPORATED IN THE BUDGET IS 289 FULL TIME POSITIONS, SEVEN ELECTED, 35 BOARD COMMISSIONERS, NINE PART TIMERS.

SOME OF THE CHANGES FROM THE BUDGET THAT WAS ADOPTED LAST YEAR.

THERE'S ONE NEW PART TIME COMMUNITY AID PROGRAM IN THE BUDGET ONE NEW FULL TIME POLICE RECORD SPECIALIST, THREE NEW FULL TIME FACILITY MAINTENANCE WORKERS AND 30 TO UNDER FILL A FEW OF THE HARD TO RECRUIT POLICE OFFICER POSITIONS WITH COMMUNITY SERVICE OFFICERS.

SO THAT ALLOWS THE STAFF TO HIRE STAFF TO HIRE INDIVIDUALS THAT CAN DO SEMI POLICE WORK THAT THAT WILL LOWER THE LOAD ON OUR POLICE OFFICERS WHILE WE REALLY TRY TO RECRUIT THE OFFICERS THEMSELVES.

ALSO, I WANT TO MENTION THAT INCLUDED IN THE FIRST TIME IN THE BUDGET IS THE CLASS AND COMPENSATION RESOLUTION, THE CITY COUNCIL.

THE CITY IS REQUIRED TO ADOPT A RESOLUTION ANNUALLY THAT LISTS ALL THE JOB CLASSIFICATIONS AND THEIR PAY LEVELS.

THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WAS REQUIRED BY GOVERNMENT CODE.

CALPERS RELIES ON THAT INFORMATION AS PART OF DISCLOSURE AND RETIREMENT CALCULATIONS.

SO WE'RE BASICALLY COMBINING IT THIS YEAR WITH THE BUDGET, AND THAT IS THAT IS ATTACHMENT D NOW THAT WE'VE ALWAYS HAD IN THE BUDGET WHAT WE REFER TO AS SCHEDULE 16, WHICH LISTS ALL THE FUNDED POSITIONS.

BUT WHAT'S DIFFERENT ABOUT THIS IS IT LISTS THE PAY LEVELS.

ALL RIGHT. AND OF COURSE, IT BEING THE FIRST TIME, THE ATTACHMENT D THAT WE INCLUDED IN THE BUDGET AND DISCLOSE TO YOU WAS WAS NOT COMPLETE.

IT DID NOT INCLUDE SOME OF THE COST OF LIVING ALLOWANCES THAT YOU PRIOR YOU PREVIOUSLY APPROVED FOR THE NON SWORN AS WELL AS THE SWORN STAFF.

SO WE HAD TO CREATE A REVISED ATTACHMENT D THAT HAS BEEN PROVIDED TO CITY CLERK.

HOPEFULLY IT'S BEEN VETTED TO YOU.

BRING THE NOTES. THE CITY CLERK CAN GIVE YOU MORE INFORMATION ON THAT.

JUST TO LET YOU KNOW THAT WE HAVE SUBMITTED TO YOU A REVISED EXHIBIT.

SO THE RESOLUTION DIDN'T CHANGE, BUT THE EXHIBIT TO ATTACHMENT D DID CHANGE.

AND THAT WAS JUST AGAIN TO INCLUDE THE COLAS THAT YOU ALL ALREADY AUTHORIZED FOR STAFF.

THE MAJORITY OF STAFF GOT 2%.

POLICE OFFICERS GENERALLY GOT THREE AND ONE HALF PERCENT COLA.

I ALSO WANT TO REMIND YOU THAT STAFF IS ASKING IT TONIGHT AS THE HOUSING AUTHORITY TO ADOPT A HOUSING AUTHORITY BUDGET.

THIS IS A QUICK PERSPECTIVE ON WHAT THAT BUDGET LOOKS LIKE AND HOW IT COMPARES TO LAST YEAR.

LAST YEAR, YOU SEE REVENUE QUITE A BIT HIGHER THAN THIS YEAR BECAUSE WE GOT A LARGER AMOUNT OF A PAYMENT THROUGH THE THROUGH THE ROPS REDEVELOPMENT MONEY COMING INTO THE HOUSING AUTHORITY. PAY OFF A PRIOR PRIOR LOAN.

RIGHT NOW, THERE'S ABOUT A $400,000 OUTSTANDING BALANCE ON THAT, WHICH WE EXPECT TO GET A GOOD PORTION OF THAT THIS YEAR.

AND THAT'S THAT REVENUE IS REALLY THAT LOAN PAYOFF AND NOT A WHOLE LOT GOING ON IN THE HOUSING AUTHORITY NEXT YEAR.

THAT COULD CHANGE, OF COURSE, BECAUSE WE ANY TIME A BUDGET AMENDMENT CAN BE ADOPTED.

BUT AT THIS POINT, THAT IS THE EXPECTATION.

SO THIS IS THE RECOMMENDED SLIDE.

SO SO THAT YOU KNOW, THAT THIS IS THE POINT WHERE I'M GETTING CLOSE TO THE END OF MY PRESENTATION.

SO, OF COURSE, THE, THE RECOMMENDED MOTION WILL NEED TO BE ADOPTED FOLLOWING A PUBLIC HEARING.

I ALSO WANT TO MENTION THAT THIS IS BEING ADOPTED IN A PUBLIC HEARING BECAUSE OF THE CIP, BECAUSE OF THE USE OF DEVELOPMENT IMPACT FEES AND THE USE OF DEVELOPMENT IMPACT FEES.

IS THAT DETAILS ATTACHED IN ATTACHMENT B, WHICH IS A RESOLUTION ADOPTING A CFP? I ALSO WANT TO MENTION THAT AS REQUIRED BY THE BROWN ACT AND AS PART OF THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVAL OF THE NEW CLASS AND COMP PLAN, THE CITY ATTORNEY WILL ORALLY REPORT MONTHLY SALARY RANGES FOR LOCAL AGENCY EXECUTIVES.

THAT WOULD BE THE DEPARTMENT HEADS THE ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, THE DEPUTY CITY MANAGER, AND SHE'LL NEED TO READ THOSE BEFORE THE COUNCIL CAN TAKE ACTION ON THIS ITEM.

THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT.

I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

THANK YOU FOR THAT REPORT, MR. ROCKWELL, THIS PUBLIC HEARING NIGHT.

SO WE WILL OPEN UP UP HERE.

AND AS OUR CLERK, DO WE HAVE ANYONE COMMENT? NO, MAYOR. WE HAVE NO ONE IN LINE.

I HAVE NONE PRESENT.

SO I'LL CLOSE A PUBLIC HEARING AND OPEN IT UP FOR COUNCIL.

QUESTIONS. COMMENTS.

BUDGET. JUST ONE I COULD MERRITT SMITH THANKS ROB AND HIS STAFF AND EVERYONE TO PUT IN ALL THE EFFORT OUR DEPARTMENT HEADS AND EVERYONE ELSE TO PUT THIS TOGETHER. IT'S QUITE AN UNDERTAKING AND WHEN YOU'RE TALKING THAT KIND OF FUNDING, THE DETAIL WORK AND EVERYTHING WENT INTO IT.

AND ROB'S DONE AN AMAZING JOB WITH HIS STAFF TO HIGHLIGHT THOSE AND THEN ALSO ALSO EXPLAIN IT TO NOVICES LIKE MYSELF ON WHERE ALL THAT MONEY COMES FROM.

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THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER.

ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM THE COUNCIL OVER HERE? DOES CUSTOMER REMIT DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FOR ROB? YES, I DO.

ON THE SLIDE THAT INDICATED THE FISCAL YEAR 2020 TO 2023 GENERAL FUND ACTUAL VERSUS UPDATED BUDGET.

THE UPDATED BUDGET IS 92 MILLION AND CHANGE IS THAT.

IF THAT, WHY IS THAT HIGHER THAN THE ACTUAL IS MY QUESTION.

SO THE ACTUAL IS REVENUE THAT WAS RECEIVED IN IN FISCAL YEAR 21, 22.

I'M SORRY THAT ACTUALLY I UNDERSTAND WHY YOU'RE CONFUSED BECAUSE THAT ACTUAL IS ACTUALLY 2021.

AND THE UPDATED BUDGET MEANS THAT WHEN YOU ADOPTED THE 2020 122 BUDGET, WE MADE MID-YEAR CHANGES.

AND IF YOU RECALL, WE BECAUSE OF THE PANDEMIC, THE BUDGET WAS VERY CONSERVATIVE.

BUT AT MID-YEAR WE, WE LOOKED AT OUR REVENUES AND WE INCREASED THEM ABOUT $9 MILLION.

SO WHAT THAT REPRESENTS IS THAT THE ADOPTED BUDGET FOR 2021 WAS ABOUT $9 MILLION LESS THAN THE $92.5 MILLION.

AND I APOLOGIZE, THAT ORANGE CATEGORY IS THE PRIOR YEAR ACTUALS 20 1919 I'M SORRY, 2021 ACTUALS.

RIGHT. SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT THIS, YOU CAN SEE HOW MUCH OUR REVENUES HAVE ACTUALLY GROWN IN THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS.

OKAY. SO THE ORANGE IS THE PRIOR FISCAL YEAR, THE GREEN IS THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR AND THE RECOMMENDED IS INCREASED BY 6.6%. THAT IS CORRECT.

OKAY. THANK YOU, MR. ROBB. AND THEN THE OTHER COMMENT I HAVE FOR CITY MANAGER IS HE NEEDS TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE RESOLUTION FOR COUNCIL COMPENSATION TO MAKE SURE THAT IT IS INCLUDED IN THE PROPOSED BUDGET.

THANK YOU. IT IS.

THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER, FOR YOUR COMMENT.

JUST THANK YOU. AND I'VE NEVER SEEN ANYBODY GET SO EXCITED ABOUT PRESENTING A BUDGET.

YOU'RE SO ANIMATED.

I LOVE IT. IT GETS US TOTALLY ENERGIZED.

I HAVE TO SAY.

I READ THROUGH THIS ON SUNDAY, AND WHAT WAS REALLY EXCITING IS GOING THROUGH THE PAGES OF THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLANS.

I MEAN, THAT'S EXCITING STUFF.

WE'VE HAD THIS IN THE PAST, BUT THIS IS THIS IS LIKE HALF AN INCH OF THINGS THAT ARE GOING TO GET DONE AND THE DOLLARS THAT GO WITH IT.

SO THANK YOU FOR THAT.

IT'S IT'S WONDERFUL.

THANK YOU. STAFF BUT ESPECIALLY THANK YOU TO ROB FOR PULLING THIS TOGETHER AND THE AMOUNT OF DETAIL THAT YOU HAVE PROVIDED TO US AND IN SUCH A MANNER THAT ALL OF US CAN WRAP OUR ARMS AROUND IT AND UNDERSTAND IT.

THANK YOU VERY, VERY MUCH.

RIGHT. AND I'LL SECOND WITH OUR COUNCIL MEMBER SAID THANK YOU, ROB, FOR YOUR HARD WORK, NOT JUST IN THE PRESENTATION BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF WORK THAT GOES INTO THAT PRESENTATION. AND ALSO THANK THE COMMUNITY AND THANK YOU FOR TRUSTING US WITH YOUR TAX DOLLARS AND SEEING THAT WE ARE REALLY DIGGING DEEP IN CRACKING THE NUTS AND BOLTS IN THIS AND MAKING SURE WE'RE DOING THIS RIGHT AND SERVING OUR COMMUNITY.

I MEAN, IF YOU LOOK AT THESE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS AND THESE PARKS AND INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS THAT WE'RE DOING IS PHENOMENAL WORK.

AND CITY MANAGER, THANK YOU FOR SPEARHEADING A LOT OF THIS AND REALLY BEING INNOVATIVE AND GETTING THESE THINGS DONE WHERE WE'RE WE DON'T HAVE KENT IN OUR VOCABULARY IN INDIA.

WE FIGURE OUT HOW WE GET IT DONE AND WE'RE VERY PROGRESSIVE AND MOVING FORWARD.

AND WITH THAT BEING SAID, I'M SORRY THAT SOME PEOPLE LIVE HOWEVER THEY MISS PART OF THE THE BEST MOMENT OF THE COUNCIL MEETING.

WE DO HAVE SOMETHING WE WANT TO PRESENT TO ROB, TO SHOW HIS APPRECIATION FOR WHAT YOU HAVE BEEN DOING FOR THE CITY FOR THE YEARS YOU'VE BEEN HERE AND FOR REALLY GETTING US TO THIS POINT.

SO WE WANT TO PRESENT YOU WITH A TROPHY FROM BJ'S THAT.

AND SO SAYS ROBERT ROCKWELL, FINANCIAL WIZARD OF CITY OF INDIO.

GO, GO PLAY A OF PHOTO OPS.

THIS IS BIG. NUMBER FOUR.

THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER HOLMES, FOR SO MANY YEARS.

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I'M AFRAID. SO AS ROB ALLUDED TO, THE BROWN ACT WAS AMENDED TO ADD A NEW PROVISION THAT REQUIRES, PRIOR TO THE COUNCIL TAKING ACTION ON ANY SALARY, SALARY SCHEDULES OR COMPENSATION PAID TO A LOCAL AGENCY EXECUTIVE THAT I PROVIDE AN ORAL REPORT OF THE SUMMARY OF THAT SALARY SCHEDULE AND A LOCAL AGENCY EXECUTIVE INCLUDES YOUR DEPUTY CITY MANAGERS, YOUR ASSISTANT DEPARTMENT HEADS.

AND SO I WILL GO AHEAD AND DO THAT.

SO JUST BEAR WITH ME.

ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER.

DIRECTOR OF FINANCE.

MONTHLY SALARY MINIMUM 13,313 $0.33.

MAXIMUM 19,669 AND $0.83.

ASSISTANT POLICE CHIEF MINIMUM MONTHLY SALARY 11,004 6317.

MAXIMUM MONTHLY SALARY 16,009 36.31 CENTS.

AND THIS POSITION IS ALSO ENTITLED TO EITHER A 5% OR 10% POST CERTIFICATION PAY.

CHIEF BUILDING OFFICIAL MONTHLY SALARY MINIMUM 10,000 363 AND $0.63.

MAXIMUM 15,003 11 AND $0.80.

CHIEF OF POLICE MONTHLY SALARY $13,313.33.

MAXIMUM $19,669.83.

THIS POSITION IS ALSO ENTITLED TO A 5% OR A 10% POST PAY AS WELL.

CITY CLERK ADMINISTRATOR MINIMUM MONTHLY SALARY 11,004.63 TO $0.17 TO $16936.31.

CITY ENGINEER MINIMUM MONTHLY SALARY 10,363 AND $0.63.

MAXIMUM MONTHLY SALARY 15,003 11 $0.80.

DEPUTY CITY MANAGER MINIMUM MONTHLY SALARY $12,049.40.

MAXIMUM SALARY 17,802 $0.44.

DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT MINIMUM MONTHLY SALARY IS 11,463 AND $0.17.

MAXIMUM MONTHLY SALARY $16,936.31.

DIRECTOR OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

MINIMUM MONTHLY SALARY $11,463.17.

MAXIMUM SALARY $16,936.31.

DIRECTOR OF HUMAN RESOURCES AND RISK MANAGEMENT.

MINIMUM MONTHLY SALARY $11,463.17.

MAXIMUM SALARY $16,936.31.

DIRECTOR OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY.

MINIMUM MONTHLY SALARY $11,463.17.

MAXIMUM MONTHLY SALARY 16,000 936 AND $0.31.

DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS.

MINIMUM MONTHLY SALARY $11,463.17.

MAXIMUM MONTHLY SALARY $16,936.31.

GENERAL MANAGER ANDROID AUTHORITY MINIMUM MONTHLY SALARY $11,463.17.

MAXIMUM SALARY $16,936.31.

AND FOR THE PUBLIC, THESE ARE MINIMUM AND MAXIMUM RANGES.

AND SO THAT IS THE SALARY SCHEDULE THAT'S SUBMITTED TO THE STATE.

SO THANK YOU. GREAT.

THANK YOU. AFTER THAT READING AND I WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION.

ALMOST AN APPROVED RESOLUTION NUMBER 100, 300 TO ADOPT IN THE FISCAL YEAR 2022 2023.

OPERATING CAPITAL BUDGET FOR CITY OF INDIA RESOLUTION NUMBER 10303 ADOPTING THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM FOR FISCAL YEAR 2022 2023.

RESOLUTION NUMBER 100 300 FOR DETERMINING AND ESTABLISHING THE CITY OF THE APPROPRIATIONS LIMIT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2022 2023.

RESOLUTION NUMBER 10305 APPROVING A CITYWIDE CLASSIFICATION AND COMPENSATION PLAN AS AMENDED, AND INDIO HOUSING AUTHORITY RESOLUTION NUMBER 2020 213 ADOPTING THE FISCAL YEAR 2022 AND 2023 BUDGET FOR THE INDIO HOUSING AUTHORITY.

I'LL SECOND THAT MOTION, A MOTION BY MAYOR PRO TEM ORTIZ AND A SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER HOLMES.

COULD I HAVE A VOTE, PLEASE? COUNCILMEMBER HOLMES. HI.

COUNCILMEMBER MILLER.

HI. COUNCILMEMBER RAMOS.

HI. MAYOR PRO TEM ORTIZ AND MAYOR FURMAN.

HI. MOTION PASSES.

THANK YOU, MR. ROCKWELL.

WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ITEM, WHICH IS 9.4 RESOLUTION NUMBER 10301 OF CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF INDIO.

[9.4 Resolution No. 10301 of City Council of the City of Indio and a Resolu...]

AND THIS WILL BE HANDLED BY OUR ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, DIRECTOR OF FINANCE, ROB ROCKWELL.

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SHE'S BACK TO BUSINESS.

SO TONIGHT, STAFF IS ASKING THE COUNCIL AND THE INDIA FINANCE AUTHORITY TO APPROVE THE ISSUANCE OF LEASE REVENUE BONDS AND RELATED DOCUMENTS.

THE RESOLUTIONS AUTHORIZES THE RELEASE OF TWO SERIES OF BONDS 2022 A AND A 22,000 B SERIES WITH AN AGGREGATE AMOUNT PRINCIPAL NOT TO EXCEED $145 MILLION AND AN UNDERWRITERS DISCOUNT OF 0.2 PERCENT.

OF COURSE, THIS MONEY THAT WE'RE ASKING YOU TO ALLOW STAFF TO ISSUE BONDS FOR, WE'LL COVER THE COST OF A NEW PUBLIC SAFETY CAMPUS, CITY HALL AND LIBRARY, AND INCLUDES THE REFUNDING OF A 2012 BOND ISSUANCE.

ABOUT 17 MILLION OF THE TOTAL IS TO REFINANCE SOME BONDS.

AS THE SOURCE OF THE REPAYMENT ON THE BONDS.

LEASE PAYMENT WILL BE MADE FROM THE CITY OF INDIA'S GENERAL FUND TO THE INDIAN FINANCIAL AUTHORITY, WHICH WILL MAKE THE DEBT PAYMENT.

ALSO, THE RESOLUTION AUTHORIZES THE STAFF TO COMBINE THOSE TWO ISSUANCES INTO ONE ISSUANCE IF IT'S TO THE CITY OF INDIA'S BENEFIT.

RIGHT NOW, IT'S BEEN BROKEN DOWN.

ONE ISSUANCE TO COVER THE STATE CAMPUS.

ANOTHER ISSUANCE THE BS TO COVER THE CITY HALL AND LIBRARY.

BUT AGAIN, IF IT'S TO OUR BENEFIT AND WE CAN MAKE IT HAPPEN, IT'S BETTER FOR US TO HAVE ONE ISSUANCE THAN TWO.

AND WE'RE WE'RE WORKING ON THAT AS WE SPEAK.

IS THE POWERPOINT SUPPOSED TO BE CHANGING? OH, THERE IT IS. OKAY.

NOW WE'RE CAUGHT UP. I'M EXCITED NOW.

ALL RIGHT. SO TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN FOR THE INDIO FINANCE AUTHORITY, I'M THE CITY OF INDIO IS NECESSARY FOR THE COUNCIL TO ADOPT A LOT OF LEGAL DOCUMENTS.

THOSE DOCUMENTS INCLUDE THE 2008 INDENTURE, WHICH IS BASICALLY THE CONTRACT OR BOND AGREEMENT.

THERE'S A GROUND LEASE, A LEASE AGREEMENT, ASSIGNMENT AGREEMENT, THE BOND PURCHASE AGREEMENT, AND A PRELIMINARY OFFICIAL STATEMENT FOR BOTH SERIES OF BONDS FOR THE A'S AND THE B'S, AND ALSO AN ESCROW AGREEMENT THAT HAS TO DO WITH THE REFUNDING OF THE 2012 BONDS.

A LITTLE BIT MORE ON THE PROJECTS.

OF COURSE, THE PUBLIC SAFETY CAMPUS CONSISTS OF THREE BUILDINGS, A PUBLIC SAFETY SERVICES BUILDING.

BUILDING THAT WILL BE TWO STORIES, ABOUT 22,500 SQUARE FEET.

THAT WILL BE REPLACING THE FIRE STATION.

THAT'S AT 40 62990 JACKSON STREET.

THAT WILL BE REPLACED WITH A STATE OF THE ART, 14,000 SQUARE FEET, SQUARE FOOT NEW FIRE STATION.

AND THERE WILL BE A NEW DISPATCH CENTER THAT WILL BE ABOUT 7500 SQUARE FEET.

AND, OF COURSE, THAT'S A MAJOR CHANGE BECAUSE OUR DISPATCHERS ARE NOW WORKING AT A TEMPORARY MODULAR BUILDING.

SO THIS WILL BE A PERMANENT HOME FOR THEM.

THE CITY HALL WILL POTENTIALLY BE THREE STORIES, 37,000 SQUARE FEET.

THIS WILL INCLUDE A NEW COUNCIL CHAMBERS AND A NEW LIBRARY THAT WILL BE APPROXIMATELY EIGHT, 800 SQUARE FEET.

SO THE FINANCING LEASE STRUCTURE, THIS MIGHT SOUND A LITTLE TECHNICAL, BUT THIS IS HOW WE DO THINGS IN CALIFORNIA THESE DAYS.

SO THERE WILL BE A LEASE BOND FINANCING.

IT INVOLVES THE CITY LEASING ASSETS, PROPERTY TO THE FINANCE AUTHORITY, THE AUTHORITY SUBLEASES THOSE ASSETS BACK TO THE CITY OF INDIA.

THE CITY WOULD AGREE TO MAKE LEASE PAYMENTS TO THE AUTHORITY FOR THAT.

THE LEASE PAYMENTS WILL BE EXACTLY EQUAL TO THE DEBT SERVICE THAT THE AUTHORITY WILL BE MAKING TO THE BONDHOLDERS.

AND THEN, OF COURSE, THERE'S AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE FINANCE AUTHORITY TO PAY THE BANK WHO PAYS THE BONDHOLDERS.

SO THERE'S A LEASE LEASEBACK TRANSFER OF ASSETS HERE BETWEEN THE CITY OF INDIO AND THE INDIO FINANCE AUTHORITY.

AGAIN, THIS IS VERY TYPICAL IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA.

THAT'S WHY THEY'RE CALLED LEASE REVENUE BONDS INSTEAD OF WHAT YOU MIGHT REFER TO AS GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS.

A LITTLE BIT OF THE FINANCING OVERVIEW.

THE BONDS WILL BE THE DEBT, IF YOU WILL, WILL BE OVER A 30 YEAR TERM.

THERE'LL BE TWO PAYMENTS A YEAR, WHICH IS VERY TYPICAL FOR THE FOR THE FOR THE DEBT PAYMENTS THAT WE MAKE ANNUALLY IN MAY AND NOVEMBER.

IT WILL BE THE CITY OF INDIA WILL BE REQUIRED IN THE GENERAL FUND TO MAKE ANNUAL APPROPRIATIONS, TO MAKE THE LEASE PAYMENT.

AND AGAIN, THE FINANCE AUTHORITY WILL MAKE IN ITS BUDGET THE AUTHORITY TO MAKE THE DEBT PAYMENT ON THE BONDS.

SOME OF THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE 2000 DAYS AND 2000 VS AGAIN THE 2000 A'S IS REALLY FOCUSED ON THE PUBLIC SAFETY CAMPUS.

THAT BORROWING WILL INCLUDE WHAT'S CALLED CAPITALIZED INTEREST.

SO IN THAT CASE, BECAUSE THERE IS NO ASSET TO LEASE BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE FINANCE AUTHORITY BECAUSE IT'S NOT BUILT YET, WE HAVE TO BORROW ENOUGH TO MAKE SURE THAT THE FINANCE AUTHORITY CAN MAKE THE DEBT PAYMENTS.

SO IT'S A BRIDGE PERIOD OF TIME WE'RE BORROWING SO THAT FINANCE AUTHORITY HAS THE MONEY TO MAKE THE BOND PAYMENT UNTIL THERE'S SUCH AN ASSET BUILT THAT WE CAN START THIS LEASE

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THE DIFFERENCE ON THE 2000 TO B BONDS IS THAT IN THAT CASE, WE'RE GOING TO BE USING EXISTING CITY ASSETS, WHICH WILL BE LEASING TO THE NEW FINANCE AUTHORITY FOR THE FOR A BRIEF PERIOD OF TIME EXISTING ASSETS, WHICH I'LL GO OVER IN A MINUTE.

AND THEN ONCE THE CITY HALL AND THE NEW LIBRARY ARE BUILT, THEY WILL BECOME THE LEASED ASSETS.

AND THE ASSETS THAT WERE TEMPORARILY USING WILL BE FREED UP.

THIS THIS IS THE INITIAL LIST OF ASSETS THAT'S INVOLVED IN THIS IN THIS BOND DOCUMENT OR IN THE BONDING AGREEMENT.

LOCAL FIRE STATION, THE TEEN CENTER, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT BUILDING.

CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, SEATTLE HILLS FIRE STATION.

NUMBER FOUR, THE EXISTING CITY HALL, THE BURGER BUILDING BIRTH STREET PARK SENIOR CENTER.

NORTH JACKSON PARK, INDIA SPORTS PARK.

SOUTH JACKSON. JACKSON PARK.

MILES AVENUE PARK.

SOME OF THESE ASSETS ARE ALREADY COLLATERAL FOR 2012 BONDS.

WE'RE GOING TO BE FREEING THOSE UP SO THAT THEY CAN BE UTILIZED IN THE NEW ISSUANCE.

IT'S IT'S DEFINITELY BETTER TO HAVE CITY ASSETS TO BACK YOUR BONDS THAN TO HAVE TO PAY A CAPITALIZED INTEREST.

IF WE HAD MORE CITY ASSETS AVAILABLE, WE WOULD UTILIZE THEM, BUT WE DON'T.

OKAY. THIS IS SLIDE REPRESENTS THE ESTIMATED SOURCES AND USES.

YOU CAN SEE HERE THE PAR AMOUNT OF THE BONDS, 62.5 MILLION FOR THE PUBLIC SAFETY CAMPUS, 68.6 FOR THE CITY HALL.

THERE ARE GOING TO BE SOME BOND PREMIA AND SOME OTHER SOURCES OF FUNDS THAT WILL BE AVAILABLE.

AND THEN YOU CAN SEE DOWN THERE THE USES OF THE BOND PROCEEDS.

MOST OF THOSE GO TO PAY THE PROJECT.

THERE WILL BE SOME REFUNDING ESCROW DEPOSITS, SOME CAPITALIZED INTEREST.

AS I MENTIONED, DEBT SERVICE, RESERVE FUND ENDS IN SOME COST FOR ISSUANCE.

OVERALL, IT'S ESTIMATED TO BE $138 MILLION PROCESS.

NOW WE'RE HOPING TO GO TO THE MARKET AND DO BETTER THAN THIS.

OF COURSE, THE THE FED RESERVE IS KIND OF WORKING AGAINST US ON THAT A LITTLE BIT, BUT WE STILL HOPE TO BE ABLE TO GET THIS THESE NUMBERS OR BETTER NUMBERS FOR YOU WHEN WE GO TO THE MARKET. THIS SLIDE REPRESENTS THE EXPECTED ANNUAL DEBT SERVICE PAYMENTS FOR THE SERIES A TO SERIES B AND THE REFUNDING BONDS. AND OF COURSE, WHEN YOU REFUND BONDS, YOU CAN EXTEND YOU CAN EXTEND THE TERM OF OF THAT DEBT.

SO YOU'LL NOTICE THAT IN 2038, THE PAYMENTS ON THE REFUNDING PORTION END, BECAUSE THAT WAS THE ORIGINAL TERM OF THOSE BONDS, THAT ORIGINAL 30 YEAR TERM. SO HERE WE HAVE AN OVERALL FOR THE ENTIRE PROJECT AND ESTIMATED INTEREST COST OF ABOUT 4.7%.

THE ESTIMATED ANNUAL NET PAYMENTS IS $7.8 MILLION.

THE NEW MONEY PORTION NOT INCLUDING THE REFUNDING THE THE NEW MONEY PORTION ANNUAL PAYMENT IS ABOUT 7.1 ALMOST $7.2 MILLION. THE REFUNDING PIECE IS ABOUT $1.36 MILLION.

NOW THOSE ARE A LITTLE BIT LOW BECAUSE THEY INCLUDE THE FIRST THREE YEARS.

THE DEBT PAYMENTS ARE A LITTLE BIT LOWER THAN THE ARE THE OTHER 37 YEARS.

SO WHAT I'VE DONE HERE UNDER THE MEASURE X, BECAUSE WE WE INFORMALLY HAVE COMMITTING OUR MEASURE X DOLLARS, THERE'S NO FORMAL COMMITMENT OF MEASURE X, BUT WE KNOW THAT'S THE SOURCE OF REVENUE THAT WE'RE PAYING OUR BONDS.

SO WHAT I'VE DONE HERE FOR YOU IS KIND OF GIVE YOU AN ILLUSTRATION THAT ON AVERAGE, IF WE GET $15.6 MILLION IN MEASURE X MONEY PER YEAR, WE ALREADY HAVE AN OBLIGATION OF THE 2017 JUDGMENT OBLIGATION BONDS, WHICH YOU KNOW ABOUT.

IT'S ABOUT $1.2 MILLION.

IF YOU TAKE OUT THOSE FIRST THREE YEARS, THE ACTUAL AVERAGE OF THE PAYMENT IS ABOUT $7.6 MILLION ON THIS DEBT.

THAT'S THE NEW MONEY DEBT THAT LEAVES ASSUMING WE STILL YOU STILL DECIDE TO CARVE OUT FOUR AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS FOR ROAD IMPROVEMENTS, WHICH YOU HAVE DONE TYPICALLY IN THE PAST OF YOUR MEASURE X RESOURCES, THAT LEAVES ABOUT $2.3 MILLION FOR OTHER PURPOSES THAT YOU WANT TO USE MEASURE X MONEY FOR.

SO THE ECONOMY WILL WILL FLUCTUATE, MEASURE X MIGHT GO DOWN A LITTLE BIT.

ALSO, THERE'S GOOD LIKELIHOOD.

THE MEASURE WILL GO UP AND THE RESOURCES YOU HAVE AVAILABLE ABOVE THE BOND OBLIGATIONS, YOU'LL YOU'LL HAVE MORE RESOURCES.

THAT'S THE EXPECTATION.

SO WE'RE NOT USING EVERY MEASURE.

THERE'S PLENTY OF FLEXIBILITY.

THERE IS. WHAT I HOPE YOU GET FROM THAT MESSAGE TO TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE SPECIFICALLY ABOUT THE 2012 BONDS THAT WE'RE THAT WE ARE REFUNDING THE ORIGINALLY THE CITY ISSUED 24 AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS IN DEBT.

THE OUTSTANDING BALANCE ON THOSE 2012 BONDS IS ABOUT $17.3 MILLION.

THE FINAL MATURITY IS NOVEMBER OF 2037.

THE BONDS ARE NOT CALLABLE.

TYPICALLY, WHEN YOU ISSUE BONDS, YOU CAN'T REFUND THEM FOR THE FIRST TEN YEARS.

SO WE CAN'T CALL THESE BONDS BEFORE NOVEMBER, NOT BEFORE NOVEMBER 1ST.

THERE'S LIKE A THREE MONTH WINDOW THAT WE CAN ACTUALLY CALL THEM EARLY, BUT OTHERWISE WE CAN'T.

SO WHAT I'M TRYING TO SAY TO YOU IS THAT WE HAVE REACHED OUR FIRST OPPORTUNITY TO REFINANCE THESE BONDS.

WE COULDN'T DO IT LAST YEAR WHEN THE RATES ARE BETTER, IT JUST WASN'T ALLOWED FOR THE BOND DOCUMENTS.

SO WE'RE REFUNDING THE BOND DOCUMENTS FOR SAVINGS AND TO FREE UP THE ASSETS THAT I MENTIONED EARLIER SO THAT WE CAN USE THEM FOR THE NEW NEW ASSETS THAT WE'RE LOOKING

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THAT'S THE GROSS SAVINGS.

THE NET PRESENT VALUE SAVINGS IS ABOUT 519,000 OR ABOUT 3%.

AND THE ANNUAL DEBT SERVICE SHOULD BE REDUCE ABOUT 125,000 A YEAR.

SO THERE IS DEFINITELY SOME SAVINGS THERE.

I WANT TO MENTION THAT IT TAKES IT TAKES A SMALL ARMY TO ACCOMPLISH ACCOMPLISH THIS.

AND AND WE WE HAVE A GOOD WE HAVE A GOOD ARMY THAT'S WORKING ON YOUR BEHALF HERE.

THE COURSE BOND COUNSEL AND DISCLOSURE COUNSEL FROM STRADLING.

I KNOW WE HAVE BRIAN HERE WITH US TODAY.

MICHELLE, MUNICIPAL ADVISORS FROM FIELD MEN.

JIM FABIAN IS HERE WITH US TODAY, BOND UNDERWRITERS FROM PIPER SANDLER.

WE ALSO HAVE CO COUNSEL, OUR CO UNDERWRITERS FROM STIFEL.

NICHOLAS, I KNOW THAT RENE IS HERE WITH US TODAY AND THERE'S A HOST OF OTHER LAWYERS, TRUSTEES, ACTUARIAL AND ATTORNEYS THAT HAVE TO WORK TOGETHER TO MAKE THIS WORK.

SO IT IS NO SMALL EFFORT.

A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE SCHEDULE.

I'LL BE WRAPPING UP HERE VERY SHORTLY.

WE JUST GOT OUR RATING BACK FROM S&P.

EVERY TIME YOU ISSUE NEW BONDS, THEY WANT TO TAKE A NEW LOOK AT HOW YOU'RE HANDLING YOUR YOUR MONEY IN THE CITY OF INDIO.

AND THE BAD NEWS IS THEY DIDN'T INCREASE OUR RATING.

THE GOOD NEWS IS THEY DIDN'T LOWER IT.

SO THEY TOOK A LOOK AT THIS AND THEY'RE LIKE, OKAY, YOU ARE WHERE YOU ARE.

WE'RE IN THE A RATING.

WE'RE NOT TRIPLE-A RATED.

BUT, YOU KNOW, THE THE CITY'S GOT AN UNDERLINING A-MINUS RATING AND THE BONDS WILL BE ISSUED IN A-PLUS RATING THAT THAT SHOULD DO FINE IN THE MARKET TODAY. WE'RE ASKING YOU TO ADOPT THESE RESOLUTIONS TO ALLOW STAFF TO GO FORWARD WITH THE EXPECTATION THAT WE WILL WE WILL BE ISSUING THE THE POST PRELIMINARY OFFICIAL STATEMENT THE END OF THIS MONTH.

SO THESE ARE BONDS, RIGHT.

AND A LOT OF THESE THESE HAVE TO GO TO THE MUNICIPAL MARKETS.

THE UNDERWRITERS HAVE TO FIND BUYERS OF $145 MILLION.

A LOT OF BIG MUTUAL FUNDS WILL BE LOOKING AT THIS STUFF.

AND THAT'S WHY WE HAVE TO GO TO THE MARKET.

WE'RE HOPING TO SELL BONDS.

WE'RE HOPING TO TO WHEN THE OFFICIAL STATEMENT GOES OUT, THAT'S WHEN WE GET THE OFFICIAL NOTICE THAT WE'RE OUT THERE.

RIGHT. HOPEFULLY WE GET A LOT OF INTEREST.

THE MORE INTEREST WE GET, THE BETTER RATES WE'LL GET.

I HOPE TO SELL BONDS THE WEEK OF JULY 4TH AND THEN WE HOPE TO CLOSE THIS DEAL THE FIRST WEEK OF AUGUST.

SO FOLLOWING THE PUBLIC HEARING, WE'D LIKE YOU TO APPROVE THESE THIS ISSUANCE, AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER THE QUESTIONS.

YEAH. THANK YOU, MR. ROCKWELL.

I WILL NOW OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING, AND THAT'S OUR CLERK.

DO WE HAVE ANYONE IN THE COMMENTS? NO, MAYOR. WE HAVE NO ONE ON LINE, SO I HAVE NONE HERE PRESENT.

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

COMMENTS ARE IN MOTION.

WHAT ARE THEY CALLING FOR? PLEASE GO AHEAD. I MEAN, THIS IS PHENOMENAL.

IT'S WHAT A GREAT PLACE TO BE.

WHAT A GREAT DREAM WE'RE LIVING RIGHT NOW TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THESE SERVICES REALLY FOR OUR COMMUNITY, PARTICULARLY POLICE AND FIRE.

HOW AWESOME IS THAT? YEAH, I KNOW INTEREST RATES ARE GOING UP, BUT WE'RE STILL GETTING SOME PRETTY GOOD RATES.

I MEAN, THIS IS THIS IS REALLY FANTASTIC.

AND I APPRECIATE YOUR EFFORT AND YOUR CITY MANAGER AND EVERYONE HERE AT THE CITY AND TO THE CITY OF INDIO, TO EVERY RESIDENT OUT THERE, IT'S GOING TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN THE LEVEL AND QUALITY OF SERVICES.

SO FANTASTIC.

THANK YOU. YOUR QUESTIONS, COMMENTS OR ELSE I'M MORE THAN HAPPY TO MAKE A RECOMMENDATION. OKAY, I HAVE QUESTIONS.

OH, I'M SORRY, COUNCILMEMBER.

MAYBE YOU HAVE COMMENTS.

QUESTIONS? YES.

SO CITY MANAGER NEEDS TO TAKE NOTE OF THE NOVEMBER 1ST DATE FOR THE RELEASE OF ASSETS THAT WERE UNDER PREVIOUS BOND OBLIGATIONS, SPECIFICALLY THE MILES AVENUE PARK.

BECAUSE IF WE NEED TO PARCEL THAT OR SUBDIVIDE THAT PRIOR TO THE RE ISSUANCE OF BONDS AND THAT NEEDS TO BE EXPEDITED INTERNALLY, THE OTHER QUESTION IS IF SOME OF THE ASSETS THAT WE'RE POTENTIALLY PROPOSING AS BEING ENCUMBERED BY THE NEW OBLIGATION BONDS ARE TO BE POTENTIALLY TORN DOWN FOR RECONSTRUCTION.

DOES THAT REALLY ALLOW US TO OBLIGATE THOSE BONDS? I THINK THAT'S A LEGAL QUESTION.

YEAH, THOSE ARE GREAT POINTS.

WE ARE KEEPING A VERY DETAILED INVENTORY AND LIST OF THE ASSETS THAT HAVE BEEN PLEDGED THAT ARE PROPOSED TO BE PLEDGED AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THAT.

THE BENEFIT OF THIS PROCESS IS THAT WE WILL BE BUILDING NEW ASSETS.

SO THE NEW FIRE STATION, THE DISPATCH CENTER, THE NEW PUBLIC SAFETY SERVICES BUILDING, THE CITY HALL LIBRARY, THOSE WILL BE THE NEW PLEDGED ASSETS

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SO THE TIME FRAME WITHIN WHICH THESE ASSETS WILL BE PLEDGED WILL BE UNTIL SUCH TIME AS THE NEW FACILITIES ARE THEN BUILT AND THEN AVAILABLE TO BE THE COLLATERAL FOR THE LSB. SO THIS IS A VERY SHORT WINDOW TO THE THREE YEAR PERIOD THAT THESE PROPERTIES WILL BE TIED UP, FOR LACK OF A BETTER WORD.

BUT WE WILL MONITOR THOSE AND MAKE SURE, AS YOU SUGGEST, THAT WE'RE KEEPING TRACK OF THE PROPER DATES AND WHEN THEY ARE AVAILABLE OR NOT FOR DEMOLITION.

SO THE TRANSFER OF OLD TO NEW IS ALLOWED WITHIN THE BOND PROCESS IS WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.

BUT SPECIFICALLY, WHAT I'M GIVING YOU A HEADS UP WITH IS THE MILES PARK.

THAT IS CURRENTLY UNDER OBLIGATION AND WILL CONTINUE TO BE UNDER OBLIGATION IN THE NEW BONDS IF WE ARE GOING TO CONSIDER SOME NEW DEVELOPMENT ON THAT PARCEL.

WE AS A CITY NEED TO CONSIDER THE PARCEL POSITION IN THAT SMALL SHORT WINDOW BETWEEN RELEASE OF THE OLD OBLIGATIONS AND ENCUMBRANCE OF THE NEW OBLIGATIONS.

DO YOU NOW FOLLOW ME? I DO. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

WELL-SAID. AND WE'LL DO SO.

OKAY. SO CUSTOMER MILLER JUST BEFORE THE MOTION IS MADE, JUST TO MAKE CLEAR THAT YOU'RE ADOPTING A RESOLUTION AS THE CITY COUNCIL AND YOU'RE ALSO ADOPTING A RESOLUTION AS THE PUBLIC FINANCE AUTHORITY.

AND SO THAT LANGUAGE IS IN THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE REPORT.

THANK YOU. AND I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT THE CITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION 100 301, AUTHORIZING THE FINANCING OF PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT AND IMPROVING A LEASE AGREEMENT AND RELATED DOCUMENTS AND ACTIONS THAT THE PUBLIC FINANCE AUTHORITY BOARD OF DIRECTORS ADOPT.

RESOLUTION 2020 213 AUTHORIZED AND FINANCING OF PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS AND IMPROVEMENT AND LEASE AGREEMENT AND RELATED DOCUMENTS AND ACTIONS.

THE SECOND MOST OF MY CUSTOMER, MILLER SICKENED BY MAYOR PRO TEM ORTIZ.

COULD I HAVE A VOTE, PLEASE? CLERK WILL YOU TAKE A ROLL CALL FOR BOTH THE CITY COUNCIL AND THEN SEPARATELY FOR THE PUBLIC FINANCING AUTHORITY? THIS IS FOR THE RESOLUTION, THE CITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION NUMBER 102 100 301.

COUNCILMEMBER HOLMES.

HI. COUNCILMEMBER MILLER.

HI. COUNCILMEMBER RAMOS.

AMIT, I. MAYOR PRO TEM ORTIZ AND MAYOR FURMAN.

ALL RIGHT. NOW THE RESOLUTION 2020 213.

DIRECTOR. DIRECTOR.

DIRECTOR HOLMES.

DIRECTOR MILLER. ALL RIGHT.

DIRECTOR RAMOS SUMMIT HIGH AND PRESIDENT VICE PRESIDENT ORTIZ AND PRESIDENT FURMAN, BOTH MOTION PASSES. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, MR. ROCKWELL, THE WIZARD.

I GUESS YOU'RE THE PRESIDENT.

SO WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM 9.5.

[9.5 Resolution No. 10293 - Consideration of the Appeal of May 11, 2022 Pla...]

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR. MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL, AS THE MAYOR NOTED.

KEVIN SNYDER, DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT.

AND THIS AFTERNOON EXCUSE ME, THIS EVENING, AS THE MAYOR INDICATED, THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER A APPEAL OF A PLANNING COMMISSION DECISION.

AT THIS TIME, I WOULD LIKE TO ASK SENIOR PLANNER MELISSA SUAREZ TO COME FORWARD AND SHE'S GOING TO PROVIDE YOU A PRESENTATION.

FOLLOWING HER PRESENTATION, I'M GOING TO MAKE SOME REMARKS ON A ADDITIONAL LETTER SUBMITTED LATE TODAY BY THE APPELLANT.

SO THAT TIME, MELISSA.

THANK YOU, DIRECTOR SNYDER.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.

ALISA SUAREZ, SENIOR PLANNER WITH THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT.

ITEM 9.5, AS DIRECTOR SNYDER MENTIONED, IS AN APPEAL OF A PLANNING COMMISSION ACTION THAT GRANTED APPROVAL OF A DESIGN REVIEW FOR THE BOULDERS WEST LLC PROJECT FOR A PROPOSED INDUSTRIAL WAREHOUSE.

SOME BACKGROUND FOR YOU.

ON MAY 11, 2022, THE PLANNING COMMISSION VOTED THREE TO NO, WITH TWO COMMISSIONERS ABSENT TO APPROVE THE PROJECT FOR THE DESIGN AND SITE LAYOUT OF A 65,000 SQUARE FOOT INDUSTRIAL WAREHOUSE ON GOLF CENTER PARKWAY AND AVENUE 45 ON MAY 23RD, 2022.

THE APPELLANT SUPPORTERS ALLIANCE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSIBILITY, ALSO KNOWN AS SAFER, SUBMITTED AN APPEAL PETITION CHALLENGING THE PLANNING COMMISSION'S FINDINGS THAT THE

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THE APPELLANT SPECIFICALLY ARGUES THAT THERE WAS NOT ENOUGH EVIDENCE IN THE RECORD TO MAKE THE FINDING THAT THE PROJECT WOULD NOT HAVE A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON BIOLOGICAL RESOURCES OR AIR QUALITY, WHICH ARE REQUIRED FINDINGS TO QUALIFY FOR THE CLASS 32 EXEMPTION.

ADDITIONALLY, THERE ARE EXCEPTIONS TO USE OF AN EXEMPTION.

THE APPELLANT ARGUES THAT BECAUSE NOT ENOUGH EVIDENCE HAS BEEN PROVIDED TO SUPPORT THE CLAIM THAT THE PROJECT WILL NOT HAVE AN IMPACT ON BIOLOGICAL RESOURCES OR AIR QUALITY, THAT THIS PRESENTS AN UNUSUAL CIRCUMSTANCE THAT WOULD NOT ALLOW FOR THE USE OF THE CLASS 32 EXEMPTION.

THE FOCUS OF TODAY'S PRESENTATION IS TO PRESENT THE FACTS OF THE PROJECT AND STAFF'S ANALYSIS FOR UTILIZING THE CLASS 32 EXEMPTION THAT THE PLANNING COMMISSION APPROVED.

AGAIN, SOME BACKGROUND ON THE PROJECT HERE.

IT IS LOCATED ON THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF GULF CENTER PARKWAY AND AVENUE 45.

THE APPROVAL OF THE DESIGN REVIEW INCLUDED A 65,000 SQUARE FOOT WAREHOUSE WITH NO TENANT IDENTIFIED AT THIS TIME.

THE LAND USE FOR THIS SITE IS WORKPLACE AND EMPLOYMENT DISTRICT UNDER THE CURRENT GENERAL PLAN 2040, AND IT ALSO HAS A ZONING OF INDUSTRIAL PARK DISTRICT WHERE A WAREHOUSE IS PRINCIPALLY PERMITTED IN THIS ZONE.

THIS IS AN OVERVIEW OF THE APPROVED SITE PLAN FOR THE PROJECT.

IT SHOWS THE FOOTPRINT OF THE OF A ONE STOREY 59,000 SQUARE FOOT WAREHOUSE BUILDING WITH THE 6000 SQUARE FOOT MEZZANINE.

THE PROJECT DOES COMPLY WITH ALL THE INDUSTRIAL PARK STANDARDS, INCLUDING THE SETBACKS OFF OF AVENUE 45 AND GULF CENTER PARKWAY.

THIS SLIDE SHOWS THE ARCHITECTURAL RENDERINGS OF THE APPROVED ARCHITECTURE FOR THE PROPOSED WAREHOUSE, AS WELL AS THE HUES THAT WAS APPROVED BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION.

OKAY. SO IN ORDER TO QUALIFY FOR THE CLASS 32 SCHOOL EXEMPTION STAFF ANALYZED THIS PROJECT FOR CONSISTENCY WITH THE SCHOOL GUIDELINES.

CLASS 32 SECTION A REQUIRES THAT A PROJECT IS CONSISTENT WITH APPLICABLE GENERAL PLAN AND ZONING DESIGNATIONS.

THIS PROJECT, AS I PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED, IS PRINCIPALLY PERMITTED IN THE INDUSTRIAL PARK ZONE, IS ALSO CONSISTENT WITH THE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS OF THE INDUSTRIAL PARK ZONE.

ADDITIONALLY, THE PROJECT HAS BEEN FOUND TO BE CONSISTENT WITH THE WORKPLACE AND EMPLOYMENT DISTRICT SINCE THIS DESIGNATION SUPPORTS INDUSTRIAL USES AS WELL AS OFFICE SPACES WHICH IS INCORPORATED IN THIS PROJECT.

ADDITIONALLY, THE CITY CERTIFIED AND ADOPTED AN EIR FOR OR ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT FOR THE 2040 GENERAL PLAN.

THE USE IS UNDER THE WORKPLACE AND EMPLOYMENT DISTRICT WERE FULLY CONTEMPLATED AND ASSESSED UNDER THAT EIR.

THEREFORE, IT CAN BE FOUND THAT THIS PROJECT IS CONSISTENT WITH THE ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS THAT WAS CONDUCTED UNDER THAT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT, AND IT FURTHER MEETS THE REQUIREMENTS FOR SECTION A OF THE CLASS 32 EXEMPTION.

SECTION B OF CLASS 32 C EXEMPTION REQUIRES THAT A PROJECT OCCUR WITHIN CITY LIMITS ON A PROJECT SITE OF NO MORE THAN FIVE ACRES SUBSTANTIALLY SURROUNDED BY URBAN USES. THE PROJECT SITE IS LOCATED WITHIN THE CITY OF INDIO, ACROSS THREE SEPARATE PARCELS TOTALING APPROXIMATELY 3.84 ACRES.

THIS IS CONSISTENT WITH THE MAXIMUM FIVE ACRE QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENT FOR THIS EXEMPTION.

THE SUBJECT SITE IS SURROUNDED BY PROPERTIES DEVELOPED WITH EXISTING URBAN LAND USES AND PUBLIC STREET RIGHT OF WAYS.

EXISTING COMMERCIAL INDUSTRIAL BUILDINGS AROUND THE PROJECT SITE TO THE NORTH, THE WEST, THE SOUTH AND GULF CENTER PARKWAY IS DIRECTLY TO THE EAST OF THE SITE.

THESE ARE ALL USES IDENTIFIED AS AN URBANIZED SETTING DESCRIBED BY SEQUA.

SECTION C OF THE CLASS 32 EXEMPTION REQUIRES THAT A PROJECT SITE HAS NO VALUE AS HABITAT FOR ENDANGERED, RARE OR THREATENED SPECIES.

THIS SITE IS CURRENTLY VACANT BASED ON MATERIALS PRESENTED BY THE APPLICANT.

THIS SITE WAS PREVIOUSLY CREATED IN 2003 AND 2004.

ADDITIONALLY, STAFF HAS REVIEWED A ROUGH GRADING PLAN PERMIT THAT WAS APPROVED BY THE ENGINEERING DIVISION FOR THIS SITE FOR A PROJECT THAT WAS ULTIMATELY NOT COMPLETED.

HOWEVER, GRADING DID OCCUR ON THIS SITE DURING THAT TIME.

UNDER THAT ISSUANCE OF THAT GRADING PLAN, STAFF HAS ALSO VISITED THE SITE, IDENTIFIED NATIVE SHRUBBERY, INCLUDING CREOSOTE, BUSH AND NON-NATIVE INVASIVE SPECIES, INCLUDING TAMARISK.

THESE SPECIES ARE NOT CLASSIFIED AS RARE, ENDANGERED OR THREATENED SPECIES.

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MAPPING EFFORTS SPECIFICALLY WITH RESPECT TO VEGETATION AND LAND COVER AS SHOWN ON THIS MAP.

THE PROJECT, AS I HAD PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED, IS LOCATED BETWEEN DEVELOPED PROPERTIES TO THE WEST AND TO THE SOUTH AND TO MAJOR ROADS ON BOTH FRONTAGES OF THE PROPERTY OF GOLF CENTER PARKWAY AND AVENUE 45.

FURTHER, THE GENERAL PLAN 2040 EIR ALSO IDENTIFIES CONSERVATION AREAS THAT ARE HOME TO PROTECTED SPECIES UNDER THE COACHELLA VALLEY MULTIPLE SPECIES HABITAT CONSERVATION PLAN.

THE SUBJECT PARCEL IS LOCATED DIRECTLY OUTSIDE OF ANY MAPPED CONSERVATION AND PROTECTION AREAS, AS SHOWN ON THIS FIGURE HERE.

THE THEREFORE STAFF HAS DETERMINED THAT DUE TO THE PREVIOUS DISTURBANCE OF THE SITE, A REVIEW OF PREVIOUS PERMITS ISSUED FOR FOR THIS SITE FROM PREVIOUS PROJECTS THAT A REVIEW OF THE LAND MAPPING EFFORTS FOR THE GENERAL PLAN, NO IMPACTS TO THREATENED RARE OR ENDANGERED SPECIES WILL OCCUR AS A RESULT OF THIS PROJECT.

SECTION D OF THE CLASS 32 EXEMPTION REQUIRES APPROVAL OF A PROJECT WOULD NOT RESULT IN ANY SIGNIFICANT EFFECTS RELATING TO TRAFFIC, NOISE, AIR QUALITY OR WATER QUALITY.

WITH RESPECT TO TRAFFIC, THE CITY HAS ADOPTED THE COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE'S TRANSPORTATION ANALYSIS GUIDELINES FOR THE VEHICLE MILES TRAVELED OR VMT.

PURSUANT TO THESE GUIDELINES, WAREHOUSE BUILDINGS LESS THAN 208,000 SQUARE FEET IN SIZE ARE PRESUMED TO CAUSE A LESS THAN SIGNIFICANT IMPACT AND CAN BE SCREENED OUT FROM FURTHER ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS.

THE PROPOSED WAREHOUSE IS 65,000 SQUARE FEET IN SIZE.

THEREFORE, IT CAN BE DETERMINED THAT THE PROJECT WILL HAVE A LESS THAN SIGNIFICANT IMPACT WHEN COMPARED TO THE ADOPTED STANDARDS.

WITH RESPECT TO NOISE, THE PROJECT SITE IS PROJECTED TO HAVE A 50 TO 65 EXTERIOR NOISE LEVEL, ACCORDING TO THE CITY'S GENERAL PLAN 2040 AIR LAND USE COMPATIBILITY STANDARDS.

THIS IS WITHIN THE ACCEPTABLE NOISE RATING FOR INDUSTRIAL USES.

AND WITH RESPECT TO AIR QUALITY, THE PROJECT IS LOCATED WITHIN THE SOUTH COAST AIR BASIN, WHICH IS UNDER THE JURISDICTION OF THE SOUTH COAST AIR QUALITY MANAGEMENT DISTRICT, IN ORDER TO COMPLY WITH THE STANDARDS OF THE AIR QUALITY DISTRICT.

ALL CONSTRUCTION SITES IN THE CITY OF INDIO NEED A DUST CONTROL PLAN, WHICH IS ALSO REFERRED TO AS A FUGITIVE DUST CONTROL PLAN FOR PM10.

THE PROJECT IS CONDITIONED TO PLY TO COMPLY WITH THESE REQUIREMENTS.

ADDITIONALLY, UNDER THE CITY'S ADOPTED VMT THRESHOLDS, WAREHOUSE USES OF 208,000 SQUARE FEET IN SIZE IS EQUIVALENT TO 2995 TOTAL METRIC TONS OF CARBON DIOXIDE EQUIVALENT, WHICH IS UNDER THE FAIR DISTRICT THRESHOLD OF 3000 METRIC TONS OF CARBON DIOXIDE EQUIVALENT PER YEAR.

THIS PROJECT IS SUBSTANTIALLY SMALLER THAN 208,000 SQUARE FEET IN SIZE.

THEREFORE, IT CAN BE PRESUMED TO HAVE CAUSED A LESS THAN SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON AIR QUALITY AND NO FURTHER STUDY ISN'T NECESSARY.

WITH RESPECT TO WATER QUALITY, THERE ARE NO WATER COURSES OR WETLANDS ON SITE.

THE PROJECT SITE IS LOCATED WITHIN THE VALLEY SANITARY DISTRICT SERVICE BOUNDARIES.

WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR WASTEWATER COLLECTION AND TREATMENT SERVICES FOR THE PROPOSED PROJECT? THE PROJECT IS ALSO CONDITIONED TO COMPLY WITH ALL LOCAL, STATE AND FEDERAL REGULATIONS AND GUIDELINES.

IN ADDITION, THE PRELIMINARY WATER QUALITY MANAGEMENT PLAN FOR THE PROJECT WAS REVIEWED BY THE ENGINEERING DIVISION AS CONDITION.

THIS PROJECT WILL BE DESIGNED TO MEET THE CITY'S WATER QUALITY STANDARDS FOR RETAINING WATER QUALITY STORMWATER ONSITE VIA RETENTION BASINS.

COMPLIANCE. WILL THESE WITH THESE STANDARDS WILL ENSURE THAT NO IMPACTS TO WATER QUALITY WILL OCCUR? SECTION E OF THE CLASS 32 SCHOOL EXEMPTION REQUIRES THAT A PROJECT SITE BE ADEQUATELY SERVED BY ALL REQUIRED UTILITIES AND PUBLIC SERVICES.

THIS SITE HAS DOMESTIC WATER AVAILABILITY AND SANITARY SEWER ON BOTH THE GULF CENTER AND AVENUE 45 FRONTAGES.

IT ALSO HAS AN EXISTING SEWER EASEMENT LOCATED ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE PROPERTY, AND THERE IS ALSO ACCESS TO ELECTRICAL POWER FROM THE IMPERIAL IRRIGATION DISTRICT ALONG BOTH GULF CENTER AND AVENUE 45 FRONTAGES.

THE SITE HAS BEEN DESIGNED TO STORE ALL STORMWATER RUNOFF WITHIN THE SITE, SO THERE'S NO NEED TO ACCESS ANY PUBLIC STORM DRAIN FACILITIES.

THE SITE ALSO HAS ACCESS TO COMMUNICATION FACILITIES AND IT CAN BE ADEQUATELY SERVED BY POLICE AND FIRE SERVICES.

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SO FURTHERMORE, IN ORDER TO QUALIFY FOR AN EXEMPTION UNDER SEQUA, THERE MUST NOT BE ANY EXCEPTIONS THAT APPLY TO THE PROJECT.

THE EXCEPTIONS TO THE EXEMPTIONS ARE BASED ON A NUMBER OF FACTORS, ONE OF THEM BEING THE LOCATION, ANOTHER BEING THE WEATHER.

THE PROJECT WILL HAVE A CUMULATIVE IMPACT ON THE SURROUNDING AREA, WHETHER THERE IS A SIGNIFICANT EFFECT DUE TO AN UNUSUAL CIRCUMSTANCE.

WHETHER THE PROJECT WILL HAVE AN IMPACT ON A SCENIC HIGHWAY.

WHETHER IT WILL OCCUR WITHIN A HAZARDOUS WASTE SITE.

OR WHETHER IT WOULD HAVE AN ADVERSE IMPACT ON HISTORICAL RESOURCES.

STAFF HAS FOUND THAT NONE OF THE EXCEPTIONS TO THE EXEMPTIONS EXIST.

THERE IS NO UNUSUAL CIRCUMSTANCE THAT APPLIES TO THIS PROJECT.

THE PROJECT IS LOCATED WITHIN AN INDUSTRIAL PARK THAT IS INTENDED FOR THIS TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT.

ALSO, THE LAND HAS BEEN PREVIOUSLY DISTURBED.

IT'S NOT IN PRISTINE CONDITION.

THERE ARE NO WATERCOURSES THAT WOULD PRESENT ANY IMPACT ON ON THE ENVIRONMENT.

THEREFORE, STAFF UPHOLDS THE PLANNING COMMISSION'S DECISION TO FIND THE PROJECT EXEMPT UTILIZING THE CLASS 32 EXEMPTION.

THE PROJECT IS CONSISTENT WITH THE INDUSTRIAL PARK ZONE STANDARDS AS WELL AS THE WORKPLACE AND EMPLOYMENT LAND USE DESIGNATION.

BASED ON THE EVIDENCE IN THE RECORD AND THE ANALYSIS SHARED WITH YOU IN THIS STAFF REPORT, STAFF DOES NOT BELIEVE THE APPEAL PETITION PRESENTED BY THE APPELLANT HAS ANY REASONABLE BASIS, REASONABLE BASIS THAT WOULD REQUIRE STAFF TO PERFORM FURTHER ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS AND IS THEREFORE REQUESTING THAT THE CITY COUNCIL DENY THE REQUEST FOR THE APPEAL AND UPHOLD THE PLANNING COMMISSION'S DECISION TO APPROVE THE PROJECT AND DETERMINE THAT IT'S EXEMPT FROM FURTHER ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW PURSUANT TO THE CLASS 32 SCHOOL EXEMPTION.

AND NOW DIRECTOR SCHNEIDER WILL REMARK ON A PUBLIC COMMENT WE RECEIVED.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. SUAREZ SO AS THE COUNCIL MAY BE AWARE, BUT FOR THE PUBLIC RECORD AT 3:35 P.M.

TODAY, THE CITY RECEIVED VIA AN EMAIL TO SENIOR PLANNER SUAREZ AN 84 PAGE LETTER.

I'M HOLDING MY HAND. THIS INFORMATION WAS NOT PROVIDED IN THE ORIGINAL PLANNING COMMISSION PUBLIC HEARING, NOR WAS IT PART OF THE ORIGINAL APPELLANT'S APPLICATION FOR THIS APPEAL HEARING THIS EVENING.

WE ALSO HAVE CONFIRMED WITH THE PROJECT APPLICANT THAT THERE WAS NO ATTEMPT ON THE PART OF THE APPELLANT TO REACH OUT IN ADVANCE, TO SPEAK WITH THEM ABOUT THE CONCERNS RAISED IN THIS LETTER OR TO IDENTIFY ANY POTENTIAL RESOLUTIONS TO THE CONCERNS RAISED.

I'M GOING TO TAKE A LITTLE BIT OF LIBERTY AND PERHAPS BE A LITTLE BIT REPETITIVE TO WHAT SUAREZ SAYS.

BUT I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT SEVERAL THINGS, BECAUSE I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR THE RECORD.

FIRST, I WANT TO ASSURE YOU THAT I AND THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT TEAM TAKE OUR JOB SERIOUSLY FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT, AS EVIDENCED BY THE DETAILED PRESENTATION YOU RECEIVED BY SENIOR PARTNER SUAREZ.

STAFF APPLIED A VERY DETAILED LENS IN DETERMINING WHETHER OR NOT THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT QUALIFY FOR THE CLASS 32 EXEMPTION.

WE UNDERSTAND AND WE APPRECIATE THAT WHEN PROJECTS ARE PROPOSED FOR DEVELOPMENT IN OUR CITY, THERE HAS TO BE A BALANCING OF THE PROPOSED PROJECT AGAINST THE ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS ADDRESSED IN THE ADOPTED CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT STANDARDS.

IN THIS LETTER.

THERE IS TWO ELEMENTS.

ONE IS THE PORTION SUBMITTED BY THE LAW FIRM, SUMMARIZING A OTHER ELEMENT OF A DETAILED REPORT BY DR.

SEAN SMALLWOOD.

AND I WANT TO NOTE THAT THESE ARE THE PROFESSIONAL OPINIONS OF DR.

SMALLWOOD AS, AS AN INDIVIDUAL CONSULTANT TO THE APPELLANT.

I ALSO WANT TO POINT OUT FOR THE RECORD THAT BECAUSE OF THE LATE SUBMITTAL OF THE LETTER INTO THE RECORD, MY COMMENTS ARE GOING TO BE SUMMARY.

I WANT TO REITERATE WHAT SUAREZ TALKED TO YOU ABOUT AS PART OF THE 2019 ADOPTION OF THE CITY'S GENERAL PLAN.

THE CITY CONDUCTED A COMPREHENSIVE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT FOR THOSE COUNCILMEMBERS THAT WERE PRESENT.

YOU MAY REMEMBER THAT WAS A FIVE YEAR EFFORT WE TOOK SERIOUSLY AND WE CONDUCTED A VOLUMINOUS STUDY.

WE HAVE THREE BINDERS, FIVE INCH BINDERS FULL OF DOCUMENTATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT OF THAT GENERAL PLAN.

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IN THE LETTER SUBMITTED TODAY, THERE IS SIGNIFICANT DISCUSSION ABOUT THE TERM SPECIAL SPECIES.

THIS IS A TERM, AS NOTED IN A LETTER, THAT IS USED BY A SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY, TO REPRESENT A PROFESSIONAL OPINION THAT CERTAIN SPECIES SHOULD BE CONSIDERED SPECIAL AND OR SHOULD BE PERHAPS EVEN NOMINATED FOR A CERTAIN CLASSIFICATION.

THAT CLASSIFICATION IS KNOWN AS ENDANGERED, RARE OR THREATENED SPECIES.

AGAIN, THE SPECIAL SPECIES TERM IS A SCIENTIFIC CHARACTERIZATION.

IT DOES NOT CONSTITUTE A DESIGNATION OF ENDANGERED, RARE OR THREATENED THAT OCCURS EITHER BY FEDERAL ACTION OR BY STATE ACTION.

SO THE MERE PRESENCE OF SPECIES ON PROPERTY DOES NOT MEAN THAT THEY AUTOMATICALLY ARE DESIGNATED OR QUALIFY FOR THAT TYPE OF DESIGNATION. AS NOTED BY SENIOR CLARA SUAREZ, THE SITE HAS BEEN PREVIOUSLY DISTURBED AND IN THE AIR THAT WAS DONE OR IMPACT REPORT THAT WAS DONE FOR THE GENERAL PLAN.

THERE WAS A SECTION OF BIOLOGICAL ANALYSIS.

IN THAT ANALYSIS, THIS SITE WAS NOT IDENTIFIED AS A QUALIFYING SITE FOR ENDANGERED RARE OR THREATENED SPECIES DESIGNATION, AND THAT WAS ALSO NOTED BY SENIOR PLANNER SUAREZ.

I WANT TO REPEAT FOR THE RECORD THAT THE PRESENCE OF IDENTIFIED BIRD SPECIES OR OTHER SPECIES BY THAT IDENTIFICATION ALONE DOES NOT QUALIFY AS A FEDERAL OR STATE ACTION DESIGNATING EITHER A SITE OR A SPECIES FOR A CLASSIFICATION OF ENDANGERED RARE THREATENED.

I ALSO THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT, AS SENIOR PLANNER SUAREZ NOTED, THAT THIS PROJECT IS CONSISTENT WITH THE GENERAL PLAN THAT THE CITY COUNCIL ADOPTED.

IT'S ALSO CONSISTENT WITH THE ZONING THAT THE CITY COUNCIL ADOPTED.

THE CITY'S TRAFFIC ENGINEER REVIEWED THIS AND DETERMINE THAT THERE WERE NOT SIGNIFICANT TRAFFIC IMPACTS, AS NOTED BY SENIOR PLANNER SUAREZ.

IF HE HAD DETERMINED THERE WOULD BE, WE WOULD HAVE NOT APPLIED THE CLASS 32 EXEMPTION.

THIS PROJECT WAS ALSO DETERMINED NOT TO HAVE SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS TO WATER QUALITY, AIR NOISE AND IN THE GENERAL PLAN ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT.

THERE WAS AN ENTIRE CHAPTER DEVOTED TO NOISE.

AGAIN, THIS ANALYZED THE LAND USE DESIGNATIONS APPLIED TO PROPERTIES THROUGHOUT THE CITY, AND THIS DETERMINED THAT THIS PARTICULAR PROPERTY AND THE USE PLAN FOR THIS PROPERTY WOULD NOT RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT NOISE IMPACTS.

I ALSO WANT TO REMIND THE COUNCIL AND THE PUBLIC THAT WHEN PROJECTS COME IN FOR DEVELOPMENT ACTION, THERE ARE MULTIPLE STEPS.

ONE OF THE STEPS THAT COMES AFTER THE LAND USE OR THE PLANNING ENTITLEMENTS IS REVIEW AND CONSIDERATION BY THE CITY ENGINEER AND HIS TEAM.

THAT REQUIRES THE SYMBOL OF A WATER QUALITY MANAGEMENT MANAGEMENT PLAN, WHICH IS A DETAILED PLAN OF HOW WATER QUALITY WILL BE ADDRESSED ON THAT SPECIFIC SITE.

THIS WATER QUALITY MANAGEMENT PLAN IS GENERALLY APPLIED TO DEVELOPMENT THROUGHOUT THE CITY, SO IT'S NOT UNIQUE TO THE SITE, BUT IT IS COMMON.

SO THEREFORE IT IS APPLIED.

IT ALSO QUALIFIES FOR THE PREPARATION OF A STORM STORMWATER POLLUTION PREVENTION PLAN.

AGAIN, ANOTHER ELEMENT OF CONSIDERATION.

PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT OF STORMWATER.

SO IN CONCLUSION, CITY COUNCIL, I BELIEVE THAT STAFF DID CONDUCT AN APPROPRIATE APPLICATION OF THE CLASS 32 SCHOOL EXEMPTION. I BELIEVE THIS WAS DONE BASED ON A FOUNDATION OF ANALYSIS THAT WAS CONDUCTED AS PART OF THE CITY'S ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT FOR THE GENERAL PLAN AND THE APPLICATION OF THAT INFORMATION AND FINDINGS FROM THAT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT TO THIS SPECIFIC SITE.

SO AS NOTED BY SENIOR PLANNER SUAREZ, STAFF DOES BELIEVE AND DOES CONTINUE TO RECOMMEND THAT THE COUNCIL DENY THE APPEAL PRESENTED TO YOU.

AND WITH THAT EIR SENIOR PLANNER SUPPORTERS ARE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

THANK YOU. GREAT.

THANK YOU, MR. SNYDER.

THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING ITEM, SO I WILL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AND ASK THE CLERK, DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS? NO COMMENTS, MAYOR. NO COMMENTS.

OKAY. I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND ASK, DO WE ACTUALLY DO WE HAVE THE APPELLATE IS APPELLANT ON.

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AND SHE RAISED HER HAND.

SO DO I NEED TO REOPEN YET? SO I WILL REOPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AND ALLOW THE APPELLATE TO MAKE COMMENT.

MS.. FUENTES, YOU HAVE 3 MINUTES.

THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING.

MY NAME IS AMALIA FUENTES.

I'M AN ATTORNEY WITH LASALLE DRURY HERE ON BEHALF OF SUPPORTERS ALLIANCE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSIBILITY OR SAFER.

WE SUBMITTED OUR COMMENT EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON, AND I WILL GIVE AN OVERVIEW OF OUR WRITTEN COMMENT.

WE'RE NOT OPPOSED TO THE PROJECT, BUT WE REQUEST THAT THE CITY PREPARE AN AIR FOR THE PROJECT OR AN MD BECAUSE WE DO NOT BELIEVE THAT IT MEETS THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE SCHOOL INFILL EXEMPTION.

AS STATED EARLIER, THE EXEMPTION DOES NOT APPLY IF THE SITE HAS VALUE AS HABITAT FOR ENDANGERED, RARE OR THREATENED SPECIES.

THE COMMENT LETTER WE SUBMITTED EARLIER INCLUDES COMMENTS FROM WILDLIFE BIOLOGIST DR.

SEAN SMALLWOOD, WHO IDENTIFIED NUMEROUS SPECIES ON SITE, INCLUDING SPECIAL STATUS SPECIES.

ONE OF THE SPECIES IDENTIFIED BY DR.

SMALLWOOD IS IDENTIFIED BY THE US FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE AS A BIRD OF CONSERVATION CONCERN, AND SEVERAL OTHERS THAT DR.

SMALLWOOD IDENTIFIED ARE LISTED ON THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND GAMES SPECIAL ANIMALS LIST.

THESE SPECIES ARE CONSIDERED RARE AND DR.

SMALLWOOD PHOTOGRAPH THEM ON SITE AND IN SOME CASES AS THEY WERE FEEDING NEW CHICKS.

DR. SMALLWOOD ALSO IDENTIFIED OTHER FLAWS WITH THE CITY'S ASSESSMENT OF BIOLOGICAL RESOURCES, INCLUDING AN INADEQUATE BASELINE AND A FAILURE TO ANALYZE IMPACTS ON LOST BREEDING CAPACITY AND POTENTIAL WILDLIFE MORTALITIES FROM TRAFFIC GENERATED BY THE PROJECT.

THE CITY IS THEREFORE NOT MET ONE OF THE MANDATORY CONDITIONS OF THE INFILL EXEMPTION AND MUST PREPARE AN INITIAL STUDY TO DETERMINE THE APPROPRIATE LEVEL OF ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW UNDER CEQA. FOR THESE REASONS, WE RESPECTFULLY REQUEST THAT THE CITY COUNCIL REJECT THE USE OF THE INFILL EXEMPTION AND REQUIRE PREPARATION OF AN EIR OR AN MD.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS.

THAT'S. MADAM CLERK, DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER FURTHER COMMENTS ONLINE? NO OTHER COMMENTS, MAYOR COMMENTS ONLINE.

AND I DO HAVE ONE PRESENT.

MR. BENJAMIN EGAN, I THINK.

YES. THANK YOU. HONORABLE MALE MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.

MY NAME IS BENJAMIN EAGAN.

I AM THE APPLICANT'S ENGINEER AND THE LAND PLANNER ON THIS CASE.

JUST ADDRESS A FEW THINGS.

WANT TO THANK STAFF FOR THEIR THOROUGH AND DILIGENT REVIEW OF THE PROJECT AND THEIR PRESENTATION TO YOU THIS EVENING.

WE HAVE RECEIVED NO ENGAGEMENT FROM THE LAW FIRM OR THE SUPPORTING ALLIANCE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSIBILITY, EXCEPT FOR THE TWO COMMUNICATIONS WHICH WERE DELIVERED 11TH HOUR, WHICH HAS MADE IT VERY DIFFICULT FOR US TO RESPOND.

BUT WE DID DO A LITTLE BIT OF HOMEWORK.

THE SAFER ORGANIZATION.

ACCORDING TO THE JANUARY 19TH LONG BEACH POST, IT PUBLISHED THAT IT'S FUNDED BY SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA DISTRICT COUNCIL OF LABORERS, WHICH IS A REGIONAL UMBRELLA GROUP FOR LOCAL CONSTRUCTION UNIONS.

WE FOUND INFORMATION ON LASALLE DREWRY, THE ATTORNEY REPRESENTING THEM.

THEY ARE BASED OUT OF OAKLAND.

THEY HAVE REPRESENTED HUNDREDS OF UNION FIRMS IN WHAT WE CONSIDER QUESTIONABLE ENVIRONMENTAL CHALLENGES.

SO BASICALLY OUR POSITION ON THIS IS THAT THE SAFER ORGANIZATION ITSELF IS NOT LOCAL.

IT IS BASED OUT OF OUR BEST RESEARCH BECAUSE IT'S ANONYMOUS AND THERE'S NOT MUCH ON IT.

COVINA. THE LAW FIRM IS OUT OF OAKLAND.

WE LOOKED AT THEIR 2019 TAX RETURN AND FOUND A CONTRIBUTION REVENUE OF EXACTLY $700,000.

I WOULD QUESTION IF THEY HAVE A SINGLE INDIVIDUAL DONOR AND IF THEY ARE A LEGITIMATE ENVIRONMENTAL GROUP.

MEDIA HAS REPORTED THAT THIS LAW FIRM HAS A LONG HISTORY OF WEAPONIZING CEQA TO CHALLENGE FINDINGS BY LOCAL GOVERNMENTS WITH THE INTEREST OR ULTERIOR MOTIVE OF EXACTING EITHER A CONTRIBUTION OR A MANDATE THAT UNION LABOR IS USED.

SO IT IS OUR BELIEF AS THE APPLICANT THAT THIS CHALLENGE IS NOT WITHOUT MERIT, THAT IT IS A ATTEMPT TO DO SOMETHING ELSE.

WE ALSO WOULD LIKE TO JUST BRING TO THE COUNCIL BRIEFLY THERE ARE OTHER PROJECTS IN THIS IMMEDIATE VICINITY THEY HAVE APPROVED WITHIN THE PAST 15 YEARS.

THE BMC LUMBER YARDS ARE IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT TO THIS.

THE COMMERCIAL CONDOMINIUMS LOCATED ON THE SOUTHEAST CORNER WERE BUILT RECENTLY.

THE TCV PROJECT DISTURBS MORE ACREAGE THAN THIS.

IT WAS RECENTLY DONE THE RING POWER CAT IMPROVEMENTS, WHICH ARE NOW OPERATED BY CAT ENTERTAINMENT SERVICES, DISTURB MORE LAND AREA THAN THIS AND FIND FOOD BANK IS LOCATED RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER AND THEY ARE ALREADY UNDER CONTRACT WITH ME TO PURSUE SOME POSSIBLE EXPANSION.

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THANK YOU, SIR. I DO NOT HAVE ANY FURTHER COMMENTS AND PRESENT, SO I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND OPEN IT UP FOR COUNCIL FOR DISCUSSION QUESTIONS OR A MOTION.

OKAY. QUESTIONS.

COMMENTS ON MOTION.

SOUND OF APPROVAL OF STAFF RECOMMENDATION TO DENY THE APPEAL FOR THE PROJECT AS SPECIFIED IN THE APPLICATION RESOLUTION NUMBER 10293.

THOUGH MOST OF THEM AFFORD TO HAVE A SECOND.

I'LL SECOND THAT. WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR IN A SECOND AND KIND OF A ROLL CALL, PLEASE.

COUNCILMEMBER HOLMES. COUNCILMEMBER MILLER.

COUNCILMEMBER RAMOS. AMIT MAYOR PRO TEM ORTIZ.

AND MAYOR FURMAN. MOST IMPRESSIVE.

THANK YOU. SO WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ITEM, WHICH IS PUBLIC COMMENTS FOR ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA.

[10. PUBLIC COMMENTS FOR ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA]

SO WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ITEM WAS THE GERMAN AND BEFORE WE.

EXCUSE ME. OKAY.

BUT BEFORE WE ADJOURN, I JUST WANT TO RECOGNIZE OUR FALLEN.

IN A MOMENT OF SILENCE.

TWO OFFICERS AND THE FIVE US MARINE CORPS OFFICERS.

WHO SOLDIERS EXCUSE ME? WHO WE TRAGICALLY LOST OVER THIS LAST WEEK.

SO IF I COULD ASK EVERYONE TO JOIN US IN A MOMENT OF SILENCE.

THANK YOU. THOSE OFFICERS NAMES FROM EL MONTE POLICE DEPARTMENT WERE NAMES ARE JOSEPH SANTANA AND CORPORAL MICHAEL PAREDES.

AND THE US SOLDIERS WHO WE LOST WERE CORPORAL RASMUSSEN, LANCE CORPORAL STRICKLAND, CAPTAIN SAX, CAPTAIN LACHAPELLE.

AND. CORPORAL CARLSON, MAY THEY REST IN PEACE.

SO OUR NEXT COUNCIL MEETING.

JOINT CUSTODY TO IOWA IS JULY 20TH, 2022.

IF WE HAVE NO FURTHER COMMENTS BY COUNCIL, THAT WOULD ADJOURN OUR MEETING.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.