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THINGS HAVE ALL BEEN CHANGED BUT THEY NEED TO DO THAT IN SOME KIND OF A CONSISTS OR A PATTERN.THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING IF WE MOVE FORWARD I HOPE THAT STAFF WOULD COMMUNICATE TO THE OWNERS OF THE ENTIRE SITE THAT WE'RE LOOKING, HOPEFULLY THEY WILL HAVE A PLAN FOR THE ENTIRE SITE, NOT A PIECE AT A TIME.
SO PRIOR TO THE PANDEMIC, THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR AND MYSTIFIES HAD ACTUALLY MET WITH THE OWNERSHIP GROUP, AND I DON'T THINK I'M SPEAKING OUT OF TURN IN SAYING THAT THEY ARE STRUGGLING TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO POSITION THIS PROPERTY, AND WHAT THE BEST APPROACH LONG TERM FOR IT IS, AND THAT PARTLY FLECTS KIND OF THEIR UNCERTAINTY ABOUT HOW TO REVITALIZE IT GIVEN SOME OF THE MARKET FORCES THAT ARE GOING ON AND WHAT IS THE BEST FUTURE USES OF THE LAND BUT THINK I THINK YOUR POINTERS WELL 15 WE CAN CERTAINLY RELAY THAT TO THEM AND ENCOURAGE THEM TO BE PART OF THE PROCESS AS WE GO FORWARD SO THEY CAN HEAR THE COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS THAT THE COMMISSION HAS, AND I'LL BE HAPPY TO SHARE WITH THEM AS WELL AS TO SOME OF THE THINGS THE COMMIS IS ASKING BASS IT RELATES TO OVERALL SITE.
I DID DO WANT TO IS SAY THAT BECAUSE THEY'RE SCRATCHING HERR THEIR HEADS ABOUT HOW TO MAKE THIS SITE WORK IN THE ORIGINAL.
THE ORIGINAL INTENT DOESN'T SEEM TO FIT THE MARKET AS WELL ANYMORE.
>> IT'S A LITTLE OUTDATED, THINGS HAVE CHANGED.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OF THE APPLICANT AT THIS TIME? NO? THANK YOU.
I'D LIKE TO OPEN IT UP FOR CONVERSATION.
[4. STATEMENT FROM THE CITY ATTORNEY]
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[9.1 Quick Quack Car Wash: A project consultation to consider the use, architecture, site plan, parking, circulation, and landscaping for a proposed car wash on a 41,818 Square foot lot, within the El Super Shopping Center. (Leila Namvar, Senior Planner)]
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OKAY.SO I'D LIKE TO OPEN IT UP TO THE COMMISSIONERS, WHAT YOUR COMMENTS AND THOUGHTS ARE ON THIS AND WHAT RECOMMENDATION WE CAN GIVE TO THE APPLICANT AS TO WHERE WE'RE THINKING
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OR WHICH WAY WE'RE MOVING ON THIS.[00:20:11]
>> I THINK WE JUST REITERATE, I WOULD REITERATE SOME OF THE COMMENTS WE HAVE
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ALREADY MADE ABOUT REALLY WORKING WITH THE PROPERTY MANAGEMENT TEAM THAT'S THERE, KIND OF FIGURE OUT SOME ARCHITECTURAL CONSISTENCY.[00:32:12]
I THINK THERE IS PROBABLY IS ON THE CONCERN WITH THE CIRCULATION AND NOISE IF WE'RE STILL LOCATED TO EXISTING OFFICE USES, HOW THAT'S GOING TO BE MITIGATED.BUT THE ARCHITECTURE AND TRYING TO FIND A WAY TO REALLY MELD THAT IN WITH WHAT'S THERE OR WHAT MAY BECOME AS IT EVOLVES, I THINK THAT'S A REAL CHALLENGE.
>> I AGREE WITH COMMISSIONER CEJA'S COMMENT.
I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO SEE IN THE FUTURE, I UNDERSTAND IT'S A REALLY -- AUDIBLE] AREA AND JUST WANT TO SEE WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE AS FAR AS A TRAFFIC STUDY KIND OF GOING FORWARD.
THAT LITTLE AREA SEEMS CONGESTED.
I UNDERSTAND WE HEARD AT A COUPLE OF YEARS BACK, IT WAS THE SAME CONCERN I HAD ACROSS THE STREET.
BUT AGAIN I JUST AGREE WITH COMMISSIONER CEJA'S COMMENT.
>> COMMISSIONER YSIANO, MI COMMENTS?
>> NOT REALLY ANYTHING THAT WASN'T ALL RIGHT SAID.
I JUST DO AGREE I WOULD LIKE TO SEE SOME SORT OF CREATIVE ATTEMPT TO MASK THAT TONGUE A LITTLE BIT AND THE OPEN SPACE FOR THE VACUUM SECTION.
R THESE IS THAT STRETCHED-OUT CANVAS.
I THINK THAT THE LOCATION IS BETTER THAN THE PREVIOUS LOCATION WAS, AT LEAST FOR ME, BUT I DO AGREE THAT TUNNEL, WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING TO -- I DON'T KNOW -- SOFTEN THE IMPACT FROM 111 AND ALSO SHADING FOR PEOPLE THAT ARE GOING TO BE WORKING ON THEIR CARS, BUT -- AND ALL THE OTHER ITEMS, NOISE STUDY, ALL OF THAT, I THINK IF WE CAN MAKE ALL THAT WORK, I THINK THIS WOULD PROBABLY BE A GOOD LOCATION AND A GOOD ADDITION TO THE CENTER.
>> I JUST WANTED TO NOTE IT APPEARS THAT COMMISSIONER TORRES HAS JOINED THE MEETING.
I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHEN BUT HE DOES APPEAR TO BE ON THE LIST IN CASE YOU WANTED TO ASK HIM ANY INPUT.
COMMISSIONER TORRES, THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.
DID YOU HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO LISTEN TO ANY OF THE PRESENTATIONS?
>> COMMISSIONER TORRES, IF YOU'RE THERE, WE CAN'T HEAR YOU.
YEAH, I -- I DIDN'T CATCH THE APPLICANT'S COMMENTS.
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I HEARD THE DISCUSSION BETWEEN STAFF, THE COMMISSION AND THE APPLICANT.AND I JUST WANT TO OFFER A FEW COMMENTS.
ONE IS THERE IS ANOTHER CAR WASH 200 FEET OF THIS FACILITY.
I WONDER IF THEY'RE NOT SATURATING THE LOCATION.
IT MAY NOT BE A POINT OF CONSIDERATION FOR US.
I'LL JUST ASKING THAT EXCEPT SECOND OF ALL, I THINK IT IS AN EXCELLENT IDEA THAT WE SIT DOWN WITH THE PROPERTY OWNERS AND TALK TO THEM ABOUT AN OVERALL DEVELOPMENT PLAN ON THAT FACILITY.
S INDIO, WE WERE ASKED TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF A NEW THEATERS, NEW GAS STATIONS, NEW SHOPPING CENTERS AND AUTO MALLS, AND THE THING ABOUT THAT IS THERE WAS A RETURN SUPPOSED TO BE MADE.
I'D RATHER SEE US ENCOURAGE SITTING DOWN WITH PROPERTY OWNERS LIKE THIS AND RETHINKING AND REVAMPING THEIR CENTERS AND FINDING WAYS TO HELP THEM ACHIEVE THAT.
IT'S TOO MUCH OF A BURDEN TO SAY, NO, YOU CAN'T HAVE THIS, BUT MAKE THIS SHOPPING CENTER MODERN AND UP TO DATE.
I THINK WE REALLY NEED TO DIRECT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT, CITY MANAGER -- I'M TALKING LIKE A COUNCILMEMBER NOW -- RECOMMEND THAT WE SIT DOWN WITH THE SHOPPING CENTER OWNERS AND TALK ABOUT LONG-TERM DEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR THAT.
AND ANYWAYS, AND I AGREE WITH MY COLLEAGUES' COMMENTS THAT WERE MADE EARLIER.
>> THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER TORRES.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS? NO? SO LEILA, DO YOU THINK THIS IS ENOUGH TO GIVE YOU SOMETHING TO WORK WITH OR DID YOU NEED OTHER SPECIFIC COMMENTS FROM US BEFORE WE CAN CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD?
I JUST WANTED TO ADD SOMETHING WHICH THE EXISTING CAR WASH ALSO YOU CAN DO A QUICK CAR WASH SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE FOR THE SAKE OF THE APPLICANT, YOU DO NOT HAVE TO GO THERE AND GET FULL SERVICE OR HAND WASH.
YOU CAN GO THROUGH THE TUNNEL AS WELL.
AND THEN I TALKED TO THE PROPERTY OWNER FOUR OR FIVE MONTHS AGO AND I TOLD HIM THAT THIS ALLOWS FOR MIXED USE, AND ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT HE CAN DO IS BUILD SOMETHING MIXED USE OR BILL SOMETHING CLOSER TO HIGHWAY 111 SO PEOPLE CAN SEE WHAT'S GOING TO COME BECAUSE HE HAS THE ENTIRE 111 BASICALLY NOTHING THERE, SO HE REALLY KIND OF LIKE BUT AS DIRECTOR SNYDER SAID, THIS WAS ALL BEFORE THE COVID-19, SO WE ARE NOW IN A DIFFERENT ERA, BUT AT THE TIME HE WAS REY OPEN TO THAT AS WELL.
BUT I THINK I GOT MY MARCHING ORDERS FROM THE COMMISSION.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM OUR COMMISSIONERS AT THIS TIME? OR STAFF? ON THIS ITEM? NO.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING MORE INFORMATION ON THE QUICK QUACK.
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AT THIS TIME WE'LL GO AHEAD AND MOVE ON TO NUMBER 10 STAFF ITEMS.
>> I THINK EVELYN NEEDED TO SAY SOMETHING.
I DIDN'T SEE YOU GLEFNL FOR THE RECORD, I JUST WANTED TO ANNOUNCE THAT COMMISSIONER TORRES ARRIVED AND JOINTED THE MEETING AT 6:26 P.M.
>> I JUST WANTED -- IF I MAY, I JUST WANTED TO REMIND THE COMMISSION THAT JULY 22ND, EVERYBODY CONFIRMED THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE OUR ZONING UPDATE WORKSHOP.
WE HAVE RECEIVED, AS I MENTIONED, OUR ZONING AUDIT.
WE PROVIDED COMMENT AND WE SENT IT BACK TO THE CONSULTANT, SO HOPEFULLY BY JULY 22ND WE WILL HAVE A LOT T BE DONE AND GET A LOT OF FEEDBACK FROM THE COMMISSION AS WELL.
WE ARE REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT.
IT'S SOMETHING WE REALLY NEED TO DO.
>> KEVIN WANTED TO PASS ON THE REVIEW.
[LAUGHTER] >> IT'S A FRIDAY, AND I GOT IT DONE TODAY.
JUST ONE ADDITIONAL UPDATE ITEM.
SO THE CITY MANAGER AND I RECEIVED EMAIL NOTIFICATION FROM THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, BUT THE CITY DID RECEIVE A $300,000 GRANT.
IT'S CALLED A LEAP GRANT, AND IT WILL HELP US PAY FOR OUR HOUSING ELEMENT UPDATE,
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AND THAT IS REQUIRED TO BE COMPLETED BY OCTOBER 2021.IN ADDITION, IT WILL ALSO HELP US DO SOME KIND OF DEEP DIVE FISCAL ANALYSIS TO REALLY UNDERSTAND HOW THE CITY, EITHER THROUGH REGULATORY OR OTHER METHODS, CAN HELP SPUR MORE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT OF ALL TYPES IN THE CITY, BUT PARTICULARLY AFFORDABLE HOUSING, SO WE GOT NOTIFIED.
THE STATE SAID IT WILL TAKE A LITTLE WHILE TO GET THE CONTRACT TOGETHER, AND THEN WE'LL GET THAT SIGNED.
IN ADDITION TO THE ZONING CODE UPDATE, WE'LL HAVE THAT GOING ON, AND THEN WE ALSO ARE -- I'M WORKING WITH THE CONSULTANT TEAM RIGHT NOW FOR THE NEW PLAN FOR HIGHWAY 111, AND HOPE TO BRING THAT TO COUNCIL FOR CONSIDERATION IN AUGUST.
SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE SOME -- LOTS OF HOMEWORK FOR YOU GUYS I GUESS IS WHAT I'M TRYING TO SAY IN ADDITION TO THE ZONING CODE UPDATE WHICH IS BIG STUFF IN ITSELF.
THE PLANNING FOR HIGHWAY 111 AND HOUSING GRANT ARE ALL GRANT DOLLARS SO IT'S NOT COMING OUT OF THE CITY'S GENERAL FUND.
NO OTHER STAFF ITEM? W COMMISSIONER COMMENTS.
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ANYBODY HAVE ANYTHING TO SHARE?>> I WAS JUST CURIOUS IF STAFF HAD A STATUS UPDATA DATE FOR REVIVALS.
>> THE LAST -- LAST I THINK IT WAS MAYBE SIX, SEVEN MONTHS AGO THAT I ASKED REVIVALS.
THEY HAD SOME PROBLEM WITH ID.
THE THEY TRIED TO RESOLVE THAT.
BUT THEN I HAVEN'T HEARD ANYTHING BACK FROM THEM.
I CAN REACH OUT AND SEE WHAT IS THE STATUS.
>> I CAN ACTUALLY HELP ON THAT.
SO THE ISSUE IS, AS LAIL APPOINTED OUT, IS ELECTRICAL SERVICE ISSUE AND WHEN THE SUPER WENT IN, THEY HAD A REQUIREMENT AS PART OF THEIR DEAL WITH THE LANDOWNER TO UPGRADE FOR THE NEW TENANT, AND IT'S BEEN STUCK IN BLUNTLY IN THE ID WORLD, AND BECAUSE I GET ASKED QUITE FREQUENTLY ABOUT THIS FROM OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, I REACHED OUT TO MY CONTACT ID AND HE INDICATED THAT THEY SEEMED TO HAVE RESOLVED THE ISSUE AND WOULD BE MOVING FORWARD TO GET THAT ELECTRICAL INFRASTRUCTURE UPGRADED.
SO HOPEFULLY THAT WILL MEAN SOON.
ALTHOUGH I HAVE TO BE HONEST, I DON'T KNOW WITH THE PANDEMIC IF SURVIVALS REVIVALS IS GOING TO WANT TO DELAY OPENING THEIR PLANS.
SO AS LEILA SAID WE SHOULD PERHAPS REACH OUT TO THEM JUST TO FIND OUT WHAT'S GOING ON.
>> THE SHOPPING CENTER AS WAS CAP CABEL FOR TODAY.
I WAS CURIOUS IF STAFF HAD -- I CAN'T REMEMBER IF THE CITY OF INDIO PIO OR SOMEONE ELSE SENT IT OUT, BUT I THINK THERE MAY HAVE BEEN PASSED A COMMUNITY MEETING REGARDING THE MONROE INTERSTATE OR INTERCHANGE.
DID THAT DATE ALREADY PASS? OKAY.
>> BUT I THINK THERE WILL BE ADDITIONAL MEETINGS IN THE FUTURE.
ISN'T THAT IS CORRECT, LEILA? I DON'T THINK THIS IS THE ONLY ONE.
>> NO, THIS IS NOT THE ONLY ONE.
IF COMMISSIONER CEJA WOULD LIKE TO GET MORE DETAIL, WE CAN PROVIDE THAT TO YOU VIA OUR PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.
>> YEAH, I THINK IF WE LET THE PLANNING COMMISSION KNOW ANY FUTURE MEETING DATES, THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS?
>> FOLLOWING ON THE SAME LINE AS COMMISSIONER CEJA, I'M CURIOUS ABOUT THE -- OUR MOVIE THEATER OUT THERE IN THE PALMS CENTER.
>> AND ALSO IN REGARDS TO THAT CENTER, I WAS GOING TO MENTION, I DON'T KNOW IF WE NEED TO REACH OUT TO THE PROPERTY OWNER, BUT I BELIEVE IT'S CALLED SHOWCASE WAY, THAT STREET THAT RUNS THROUGH FROM MONROE OVER TO THE BACK END OF WALMART.
THERE'S THREE LIGHTING TOWERS THAT HAVE BEEN KNOCKED DOWN AND THEY HAVE EXPOSED WIRING AND SOME BOLTS, LIKE THREE OF THEM.
I DON'T KNOW IF THEY WERE HIT BY A CAR OR WHEN, BUT THREE IN A ROW ARE ALL KNOCKED DOWN JUST LAYING ON THE SIDEWALK, AND THAT'S A BIG HAZARD FOR ANYBODY WALKING BY.
>> WE WILL MAKE CODE ENFORCEMENT AND THE PROPERTY OWNER AWARE OF THAT, AND IN RESPONSE TO YOUR FIRST QUESTION, COMMISSIONER, I THINK YOU WERE REFERRING TO THE MAYA CINEMAS, AND WE UNDERSTAND THAT THEY ARE STILL WORKING ON THE PROJECT, AND I BELIEVE THAT THEY ARE STILL TRYING TO FIGURE OUT SOME OF THE FINANCING, BUT WE CAN CERTAINLY EITHER LEILA OR MYSELF CAN CONSULT WITH OUR CITY'S ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR, AS I KNOW HE CHECKS IN FAIRLY FREQUENTLY WITH THEM, AND SEE IF WE CAN HAVE MORE INFORMATION TO REPORT AT THE NEXT COMMISSION MEETING.
>> I'M JUST CURIOUS HOW THAT INDUSTRY IS GOING TO BE CHANGING.
SO FAR WE HAVE JUST ONE THEATER HERE IN THE VALLEY CURRENTLY OPEN AND THE OTHERS ARE SCHEDULED TO OPEN, BUT WITH A LOT O MODIFICATIONS, SO I'M JUST CURIOUS IF THAT'S GOING TO DELAY THINGS OR IF THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO PUT FORTH A
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COMPLETELY DIFFERENT TYPE OF CUSTOMER MODEL FORWARD TO ACCOMMODATE, YOU KNOW, OUR NEW WORLD.BUT WE'LL ASK AND SEE WHAT THEY CAN TELL US.
>> WE GO WITH A COVID TAG LIKE THE RABIES TAG WITH THE DOGS.
[LAUGHTER] >> JUST WEAR YOUR MASK, PEOPLE.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? THERE YOU GO, SAM.
WELL, IN THAT CASE, I GUESS OUR NEXT MEETING IS SET FOR JULY 8, 2020, AT 6:00 P.M., ALSO VIRTUALLY.
SO I GUESS WE HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN.
>> I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO ADJOURN OUR MEETING.
THANK YOU
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.