Oct 21, 2020 City Council Joint Meeting

>> MAYOR MILLER: MAYOR PRO TEM HOLMES?

>> MAYOR PRO TEM HOLMES: [INAUDIBLE] >> MAYOR MILLER: YOU'RE MUTED, ELAINE.

>> MAYOR PRO TEM HOLMES: REALLY?

>> MAYOR MILLER: WONDERS OF ZOOM.

>> MAYOR PRO TEM HOLMES: OKAY! SO NOW THAT I'M BACK, I'M BACK.

I WANT TO TALK, I HAD ONE MEETING FOR THE, IT WAS A MEETING WITH THE CVAG MEETING.

COMBINATION OF THE EXECUTIVE MEETING AND TRANSPORTATION.

BEFORE I GET IN TO THAT, COUNCILMEMBER FERMON, WHAT NUMBERS DID WE END UP WITH ON THE CENSUS IN TERMS OF PERCENTAGES OF RESIDENTS THAT COMPLETED IT? DO YOU KNOW?

>> MR. FERMON: DON'T QUOTE ME BECAUSE I DON'T HAVE THE EXACT NUMBER BUT RIGHT UNDER 55%.

>> MAYOR PRO TEM HOLMES: STILL, WE COULDN'T GET MORE?

WELL, I KNOW -- >> I THOUGHT WE GOT UP TO THE 60.

DID WE SAY AT 55?

>> MR. FERMON: THE LAST I CHECKED WE WERE AROUND THERE.

BUT I'LL DOUBLE CHECK.

WE'LL HAVE THE NUMBERS BEFORE THE CONCLU MEETING.

>> MS. AMITH: THANK YOU.

>> MAYOR PRO TEM HOLMES: DIDN'T MEAN TO PUT YOU ON THE SPOT BUT THERE WAS A TREMENDOUS EFFORT BY SO MANY PEOPLE AND I WAS HOPIN WE REACHED UP A COUPLE OF PERCENTAGE POINTS.

AT ANY RATE, THE BIG THING OF THE EVENIN ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE EVENING IS C.V.

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WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THIS SINCE 2011 OR 2012.

IN THE CONCEPT OF BEING HAVING A PATH NOT J PATH, A BIKE PATH, A WALK PATH, A PATH THAT ESSENTIALLY WITH THE EXCEPTION OF TWO AREAS INDIAN WELLS AND MIRAGE EXTENDS FROM WEST END TO PALM SPRINGS TO COACHELLA.

IT GETS A LITTLE DANGEROUS RIDING OUR BIKES ON HIGHWAY 111.

BUT MOST OF US SEE JUST SO MANY PEOPLE WHETHER THEY ARE PROFESSIONALS OR FAMILIES WITH BICYCLES RIDING AROUND.

SAW A COUPLE AND TWO LITTLE KIDS WALKING UP GOLF CENTER PARKWAY YESTERDAY.

SO THAT EXERCISE, THAT FAMILY, THAT GROUP TOGETHERNESS, THAT OPPORTUNITY FOR EXERCISE IS SOMETHING THAT AS A VALLEY WE HAVE EMBRACED.

CERTAINLY WE HAVE IN INDIO.

AND FINALLY, WE HAVE ENOUGH OF THE FUNDING AND NO, IT'S NOT TAXPAYERS DOLLARS.

WE VOTED TO SUPPORT $52 MILLION TO BEGIN THE PATH.

IT EXISTS IN CATHEDRAL CITY AT SOME LEVEL.

IT EXISTS A LITTLE BIT IN PALM SPRINGS.

THIS PATH IS GOING -- A LITTLE BIT IN PALM DESERT.

IT WILL CONTINUE THAT CONNECTION.

IT'S ALSO THAT $52 MILLION IS GOING TO GET IT ON THE MAIN PART OF GOING THROUGH INDIO AND COACHELLA AND THE EDGE OF LA QUINTA AS WELL.

I JUST THINK IT'S VERY EXCITING FOR US.

IN TERMS OF TOURISM AND BRINGING PEOPLE OUT THINK ANYBODY HAS THIS KIND OF PATH.

IN TERMS OF OUR FAMILIES, IN TERMS OF JUST SO MANY HEALTH BENEFITS.

BEING ABLE TO GET OUT AND TRAVEL.

AND GET ON YOUR BIKE OR WALK OR WHATEVER.

SO REALLY EXCITING NEWS.

THE OTHER PART OF THE MEETING TALKED ABO SIGNAL SYNCHRONIZATION.

I LOVE THAT WORD.

AT ANY RATE, SOME DAY WE WILL BE ABLE TO DR HIGHWAY 111 AND NOT STOP AT EVERY SINGLE EVERY SINGLE CITY.

THAT TIME IS FAST APPROACHING.

MAYBE A COUPLE OF YEARS BEFORE WE ACTUALL IMPLEMENTED BUT WE ARE MOVING TOWARD THAT.

WE HAVE HIRED A FIRM TO BEGIN THE PROCESS.

SO THAT IS PRETTY INTERESTING AS WELL.

JUST BECAUSE TRAFFIC, THE MORE PEOPLE WE H IN TO OUR COMMUNITIES AND ENJOYING THE COACHELLA VALLEY, WHICH I KNOW IS GOING TO COME BACK STRONG IN THE COMING YEARS.

THIS JUST GIVES US AN OPPORTUNITY THEN TO BE ABLE TO FIND WAYS TO ALLEVIATE SOME OF THE TRAFFIC AND KEEP MOMENTUM MOVING F OF THE VALLEY TO ANOTHER.

THAT ENDS MY REPORT.

>> MAYOR MILLER: THANK YOU, MAYOR PRO TEM.

MY REPORT GOES, ALL OF US PRETTY MUCH ATTEN OF CALIFORNIA CITIES THIS YEAR.

IT WAS VIRTUAL.

A LOT OF US DID SEMINARS AND WERE ABLE TO CONNECT WITH SOME OF OUR FELLOW PEERS ON THAT FROM DIFFERENT CITIES.

EVEN THOUGH IT WAS VIRTUAL, IT WAS VERY BENEFICIAL AND WE WANT TO THANK THE SIERRA TOYOTA AND SUSTAINABILITY COMMISSION FOR THE REWARD.

TIM WASSIL AND ALL OF THEM.

MAKE SURE -- I DID GIVE HER THE AWARD THE OTHER DAY THAT CAME TO ME.

I WAS ABLE TO GIVE IT TO YOUR STAFF.

SO PLEASE LET HER SEE THAT ALONG WITH THE INFORMATION.

THE 25TH ANNUAL VALLEY WIDE EMPLOYMENT EXPO WAS ALSO VIRTUAL.

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THEY SAID IT WAS HOSTED BY THE CITY OF INDIO.

IT WAS DONE BY THE COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE, BOB WRIGHT WHO WORKS FOR THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

SAID IT WAS VERY WELL ATTENDED.

EVEN THOUGH IT WAS VIRTUAL, THEY WERE ABLE T RESUMES ONLINE AND THE EMPLOYERS WERE ABLE TO TALK TO THEM.

IF THEY WANTED TO TALK AFTER THAT, THEY WERE ABLE TO GO TO A PRIVATE CHAT.

QUITE A FEW OF THEM AS SOME OF THE BUSINESSES OPEN UP, INCLUDING THE CASINOS.

THEY WERE ABLE TO HIRE INDIVIDUALS.

THAT WAS GREAT.

I'M GLAD TO SEE EVERYTHING IS VIRTUAL, WE ARE MOVING FORWARD.

AS THE MAYOR PRO TEM SAID WE HAD A JOIN MEETING BETWEEN THE CVAG EXECUTIVE AND THE TRANSPORTATION WHERE THE CIG MALL SYNCHRONIZATION CAME UP.

$6 BILLION WHICH IS GOING TO BE MOVING FORWARD TO CONNECT ALL OF OUR CITIES SO THAT THE TRAFFIC MOVES FREELY THROUGH A LOT OF THE AREAS.

THEN ALSO THE C.V.

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$52 MILLION.

IT WILL ADD ANOTHER 20 MILES PLUS TO C.V.

LINKS THROUGHOUT COACHELLA VALLEY.

A LOT OF IT IN INDIO.

A LOT OF IN LA QUINTA.

SO WE ARE EXCITED FOR THAT.

AND THEN FOR EVERYONE HERE OUR STATE OF T TOMORROW.

YOU WILL BE ABLE TO SEE IT VIRTUALLY.

INDIO.ORG.

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AGAIN AT 6:30.

ALL OF MY COUNCILMEMBERS, YOU WILL SEE T THINGS GOING ON.

THEY WERE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE WITH THE ST AND SO MANY OF THE BUSINESSES SO LOOK AT THAT.

IT'S EXCITING TO SEE WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO INDIO OVER THE LAST YEAR, EVEN THOUGH COVID THROWN US FOR A LOOP.

A LOT OF EXCITING AND GREAT THINGS COMING FROM NOT ONLY THE STAFF AND THE BIDSES AND THE COMMUNITIES.

SO, PLEASE -- STAFF, AND THE BUSINESSES COMMUNITIES SO PLEASE LOOK AT THAT.

WE GOT ANOTHER $500 MILLION FROM C.A.R.E.S.

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WE HAVE PAID BACK OURSELVES QUITE A BIT OF THE MONEY WE SPENT BUT NOW WE HAVE $500,000.

WE NEED TO LOOK AT THE MODEL THAT LA QUINTA HAS DONE FOR THE BUSINESSES TO BE ABLE TO GIVE THEM ASSISTANCE WITH US MOVING BACK IN THE PURPLE.

A LOT OF THE RESTAURANTS AND THE SMALL BUSI TAKING A BRUNT OF THIS.

WHEN WE GO BACKWARDS AND WE CLOSE THE BUSINESSES DOWN, THIS IS NEVER THE BIG BOXES OR THE ESSENTIAL SERVICES.

IT'S ALWAYS THE SMALL BUSINESSES.

THEY NEED OUR HELP.

THEY NEED OUR SUPPORT.

I THINK WE SHOULD HAVE A STUDY SESSION WI COUNCIL MEETING AND TALK ABOUT THAT $500,000 TO SEE WHAT WE CAN DO TO HELP SMALL BUSINESSES MAKE IT THROUGH.

I KNOW THEY GET OTHER OPPORTUNITIES FROM THE COUNTY AND ALSO OTHER OPPORTUNITIES THROUGH THE SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION.

BUT THIS OPENING AND CLOSING IS REALLY DESTROYING SMALL BUSINESSES.

IT'S DESTROYING OUR ECONOMY.

AND IT IS HURTING OUR EMPLOYMENT.

A LOT OF PEOPLE NOW ARE UNEMPLOYED AGAIN AND GOING ON UNEMPLOYMENT AND OFF IS A TASK.

TRUST ME, WORKING FOR THE STATE.

WE NEED TO LOOK AT WHAT TO DO TO HELP THE S BUSINESSES THROUGH A GRANT PROGRAM.

AND THE CITY OF LA QUINTA HAS DONE AN EXCELLENT JOB OF DOING IT.

THEY WERE RECOGNIZED BY THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA AND OTHERS FOR THE MODEL PROGRAM.

SO, I DON'T KNOW IF WE NEED TO SET, RESET THE WHEEL BUT WE CAN ADJUST IT FOR THE CITY OF INDIO.

AND MAKE SURE WE DO WHAT WE NEED TO DO.

SO, I DO APPRECIATE THAT.

WITH THAT, I WANT TO THANK STAFF FOR CONTINUING TO WORK WITH EVERYONE.

WE HAVE A LOT OF BUSINESSES OPEN UP.

WE HAVE A LOT OF THINGS MOVING FORWARD.

WE'RE BUSIER NOW ESPECIALLY IN PLANNING AND BUILDING OUR PUBLIC SAFETY FROM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.

AND EVERYONE ELSE THAT WE HAVE FROM THE IN AUTHORITY ARE WORKING TIRELESSLY.

SO PLEASE, WHEN YOU SEE THE WORKERS OUT THERE REALIZE THEY ARE WORKING DAY AND NIGHT TO MAKE THE CITY A BETTER PLACE TO LIVE.

THEN LASTLY, IT'S ALL OF MY COUNCILMEMBERS HAVE SAID, COVID-19 HAS THROWN US FOR A LOOP.

ONE OF THE ONLY WAYS TO CONTINUE TO GET OUR BUSINESSES AND OUR BUSINESSES BACK OPEN IS TESTING IS A BIG PART OF IT.

THAT IS ONE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA PUSHING ON.

EVEN THOUGH SOME OF THE NUMBERS WERE FAIRL MET THE GUIDELINE.

WE HAVE NOT DONE TESTING AND WE NEED TO GE TEST.

I KNOW IT'S DIFFICULT TO GO OUT TO THESE PLACES.

BUT THERE IS C.V.S., RITE AID, THERE IS YO INDEPENDENT DOCTORS THAT DO

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THEN ALSO THE COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE AT THE FAIRGROUNDS IS HOSTING THAT.

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THE MORE WE CAN HELP EACH OTHER BY TAKING THE MORE WE CAN CONTINUE TO STOP THE SPREAD OF COVID-19.

AT THE SAME TIME GET OUR SMALL BUSINESSES BACK UP.

SO, UNTIL THAT PLEASE CONTINUE TO FALL TH GUIDELINES.

LASTLY, LET'S MAKE SURE WHEN WE ARE SHOPPING, THAT WE ARE GOING OUT ONLY WHEN WE ESSENTIALLY NEED IT.

SHOP LOCAL.

THAT TAX DOLLARS GOES BACK TO THE COFFERS.

SUPPORT THE SMALL BUSINESSES GOING OUT AND BUYING FOOD AND TAKING IT HOME.

GO IN THE LITTLE SHOPS THAT ARE OPEN AND C SUPPORT THEM, BECAUSE THEY WOULD APPRECIATE IT.

WITH THAT, I THANK YOU.

I WILL MOVE ON TO NOW PRESENTATION.

WE'LL DO A PROCLAMATION, IT'S NATIONAL BREAST CANCER AWARENESS MONTH.

WE ARE GOING TO GIVE A PROCLAMATION.

I KNOW THAT MELISSA CURRIEL IS ON THE LINE WITH US BUT I WILL HAVE OUR ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER ROB ROCKWELL HOLD THE PROCLAMATION AND I WILL READ SO IT WE CAN GIVE IT THE JUSTICE IT BECAUSE THIS DISEASE HAS CREATED SO MANY HAVOCS FOR SO MANY FAMILIES AND HURT SO MANY FAMILIES AND WE NEED TO KEEP THIS IN OUR THOUGHTS.

I KNOW EVERYTHING IS ON COVID-19 BUT THERE MANY OTHER CAUSES WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO SUPPORT AND REMEMBER.

MR. ROCKWELL, WILL YOU HELP ME, SIR? THANK YOU.

WE ARE GOING TO CONTINUE THIS SO EVERYONE C THIS.

THIS IS NATIONAL BREAST CANCER AWARENESS MONTH.

OCTOBER 2020.

WHEREAS BREAST CANCER AWARENESS MONTH IS A WORLDWIDE ANNUAL CAMPAIGN IN OCTOBER INVOLVING OF ORGANIZATIONS TO HIGHLIGHT THE IMPORTANCE OF BREAST CANCER AWARENESS EDUCATION AND RESEARCH.

WHEREAS BREAST CANCER IS THE MOST COMMO AMERICAN WOMEN EXCEPT FOR SKIN CANCER IT'S ESTIMATED IN 2020 APPROXIMATELY 30% OF ALL NEW WOMEN CANCER DIAGNOSIS WILL BE CANCER.

WHEREAS 1 IN 8 WOMEN IN THE UNITED STAT DIAGNOSED WITH BREAST CANCER IN THEIR LIFETIME, ON AVERAGE EVERY TWO MINUTES WOMAN IS DIAGNOSED WITH BREAST CANCER IN THE UNITED STATES.

AND WHEREAS, IN 2020, ESTIMATED 276,480 NE INVASIVE BREAST CANCER WILL BE DIAGNOSED IN A WOMAN IN THE U.S.

AND 48,530 NEW CASES OF NONINVASIVE BREAST CANCER.

AND WHEREAS BREAST CANCER AWARENESS OPPORTUNITY TO UNITE ALL CITIZENS IN OUR COMMUNITY TO PREVENT BREAST CANCER DEATHS THROUGH INCREASED EDUCATION AND REGULAR SCREENING.

WHEREAS INCREASING THE PUBLIC KNOWLEDGE IMPORTANCE OF THE EARLY DETECTION OF BREAST DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT CAN SAVE LIVES.

AND WHEREAS, EARLY DETECTION INCLUDING DOING MONTHLY BREAST SELF-EXAMINATIONS AND REGULARLY SCHEDULED CLINIC BREAST EXAMS AND MAMM AND AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY COMMITTED TO HELPING PREVENT BREAST CANCER, DEVELOP GUIDELINES THAT HELP FIND BREAST CANCERS EARLY AND PROVIDE SUPPORT AND INFORMATION ABOUT THE TREATMENT OPTIONS AND COPING WITH THE PHYSICAL AND EMOTIONAL SIDE EFFECTS AND THEY ALSO FUND RESEARCH THAT LEADS TO FIND BET PREVENT, DETECT AND TREAT BREAST CANCER.

NOW THEREFORE I BE IT RESOLVED THAT I, GL MILLER, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF INWIN THE INDIO CITY DO HEREBY PROCLAIM OCTOBER 2020 AS THE NATIONAL BREAST CANCER AWARENESS MONTH.

WE APPLAUD EFFORTS OF THE MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS, OUR RESEARCHERS WORKING TO FIND A CURE AND URGE EVERYONE TO INCREASE THEIR KNOWLEDGE ABOUT BREAST CANCER AND JOIN US TO CELEBRATE SUCCESSES AND REMEMBER ALL LOST BATTLES.

WE HAVE MELISSA ON THERE.

MELISSA, PLEASE?

>> HI.

THANK YOU, MR. MILLER.

IT'S A PLEASURE FOR US TO RECEIVE THIS PROCLAMATION.

AND WE ARE FIGHTING FOR A FUTURE WHERE EVER FAIR AND JUST OPPORTUNITY TO PREVENT, FIND, TREAT AND SURVIVE BREAST CANCER BECAUSE WE CANNOT CREATE A FUTURE FREE FROM THE BREAST CANCER WITHOUT ADDRESSING THE HEALTH DISPARITIES.

[INAUDIBLE] 32% OF THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN WOMEN SURVEY SAID THEY EXPERIENCED RACIAL DISCRIMINATION AT HEALTH PROVIDER VISIT.

THEY ARE COLLABORATING TO REDUCE THE MORTAL DISPARITY BETWEEN BLACK AND WHITE WOMEN SUPPORTING NINE COMMUNITY GRANTS.

A.C.S.

PARTNERING WITH THE NFL SUPPORTING 32 HEALTH SYSTEM CHANGE GRANTS THAT FOCUS ON INCREASING THE BREAST CANCER SCREENING AND FOLLOW UP OF THE NORMAL MAMMOGRAMS. THE AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY COMMITMENT TO HEALTH EQUITY INCLUDES $50 MILLION INVESTMENT IN RESEARCH TO HELP UNDERSTAND CANCER A INEQUALITIES AND CREATE STRATEGIES FOR OVERCOMING THEM.

BUT THERE IS MORE WE CAN DO.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR EFFORTS.

I KNOW MR. FERMON THIS IS NEAR AND DEAR TO YOUR HEART.

WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THE CAUSE.

PLEASE LET US KNOW HOW OUR CITY CAN HELP YOU.

WE HAVE THE PINK RIBBON BEHIND THE DAIS.

WE HAVE THE ART PIECE ON JACKSON STREET THAT UP IN PINK AT NIGHT SO PEOPLE REMEMBER.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR EFFORTS.

GOD BLESS.

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>> MR. FERMON: MAYOR MILLER CAN I ADD A COMMENTS BEHIND HER GREAT WORDS?

YOU'RE WELCOME.

>> MAYOR MILLER: ABSOLUTELY, SIR.

>> MR. FERMON: FIRST, THANK YOU FOR PROCLAMATION.

NEAR AND DEAR TO ME.

NOT JUST BECAUSE OF MY MOTHER BUT BEFORE PEOPLE CLOSE TO ME WHO HAVE BREAST CANCER.

I JUST WANT TO PUT THIS OUT THERE AFTER RESEARCH THROUGH MY MOM'S JOURNEY IS THAT A NUMBER OF WOMEN DO NOT GET MAMMOGRA OR GET PROFESSIONALLY CHECKED BECAUSE OF THE LACK OF INSURANCE OR SERVICES.

SO I WANT TO LET FOLKS KNOW THAT VOLUNTEERS IN MEDICINE HERE IN THE CITY OF INDIO DOES HAVE A PROGRAM WHERE YOU CAN GET A FREE EXAM OR MAMMOGRAM THROUGH THEIR ORGANIZATION.

SO I WANT TO THANK THEM FOR THAT.

ALSO FOR MEN THAT ARE WATCHING, I KNOW WE T ABOUT WOMEN GETTING BREAST CANCER BUT MEN SUSCEPTIBLE TO BREAST CANCER AS WELL.

SO, IT GOES BOTH WAYS.

BUT JUST THANK YOU FOR PROCLAMATION AND RECOGNIZING AND I DID SEE THE RIBBON ON THE DAIS.

I REALLY APPRECIATE IT.

BECAUSE IT'S SOMETHING THAT IS GOING TO BE HERE FOREVER.

I HAVE TWO DAUGHTERS.

I WANT THEM TO BE EDUCATED ON THIS AS WELL.

I WANT OUR COMMUNITY TO BE EDUCATED ON THIS AS WELL.

JUST THIS IS A TESTAMENT TO THE GREAT COMMUNITY WE HAVE AND SOME OF THE GREAT RESOURCES THAT WE HAVE.

WHEN WE BEGIN TO DO THIS RESEARCH AND TO SEE SOME OF THE THINGS ARE AVAILABLE IN OUR COMMUNITY.

IF YOU GO OUT OF THE COACHELLA VALLEY, TO LARGE METROPOLITAN AREAS THEY DON'T HAVE SERVICES LIKE WE DO HERE.

WE HAVE VERY FORTUNATE HERE.

SO THANK YOU, ALL.

I APPRECIATE THIS.

>> MAYOR MILLER: THANK YOU, MR. FERMON.

WE'LL CONTINUE TO KEEP THIS OUT IN THE OPEN CAN CONTINUE TO SEE THIS AND MAKE SURE THEY CHECK THEMSELVES AND ALSO ARE TAKING THE PROPER PRECAUTIONS.

WITH THAT, WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM 8, WHICH I MANAGER REPORT.

[8. CITY MANAGER REPORTS AND INFORMATION]

MR. ROCKWELL?

>> THANK YOU, MAYOR MILLER.

FIRST, I WANT TO MENTION THAT THE STAFF THAT THE FINAL CENSUS PERCENTAGE WAS 54.6% OF THE POPULATION.

THE ITEM THAT IS ON THE AGENDA FOR DISCUS POSSIBLE DIRECTION THAT I WANTED TO BRING PROPOSAL FROM THE 29 PALMS BAND OF MISSION INDIANS.

AND THEY ARE REQUESTING TO SPONSOR AN INTERNATIONAL TAMALE FESTIVAL ON TRIBAL LAND IN DECEMBER.

NOW YOU ARE WELL AWARE THAT THE CITY COUNC REGULAR SCHEDULED TAMALE FESTIVAL DUE TO CONCERNS OVER COVID.

BUT THE 29 PALM BAND OF MISSION INDIANS ARE TAMALE FESTIVAL SUPPORTERS AND THEY ARE ASKING THE CITY TO ALLOW US TO USE THE THEME, THE INTERNATIONAL TAMALE FESTIVAL TO HOST THIS EVENT ON THEIR TRIBAL LAND.

THERE IS VERY LITTLE TIME TO COORDINATE.

IT PROBABLY WOULDN'T BE AS LARGE AS THE REG FESTIVAL, BUT THEY ARE INTERESTED IN HOSTING IT.

THERE WOULDN'T BE A FINANCIAL COMMITMENT THEY WANT TO USE THE TITLE.

THAT I WOULD WORK WITH THE CITY AND COORDI THE FANTASY SPRINGS.

THEY HAVE BEEN A BIG SUPPORTER OF THAT AS I AM LOOKING FOR FEEDBACK ON THE COUNCIL AND INTERESTED IN THE EVENT.

BEFORE WE GET INTO THAT WE HAVE ONE PUBLIC COMMENT THAT I WANT THEM TO SPEAK TO.

KAREN BORJA, WANTS TO SPEAK.

IS SHE ON ZOOM?

>> NO.

I RECEIVED AN E-MAIL.

"HELLO COUNCIL AND STAFF.

I'M GIVING PUBLIC COMMENT AS A DIRECTOR THAT REPRESENTS THE CITY OF INDIO IN DESERT HEALTHCARE INTEREST.

I'M ASKING YOU TO CANCEL THE 2020 TAMAL REGARDLESS OF THE LOCATION.

COVID RATES ARE ON THE RISE.

TRUE PUBLIC POLICY IN THE CASE OF THE FES CANCEL THE EVENT ALTOGETHER.

TO TRY TO COVER THE FAULT OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY THROUGH THE CHARITY ACTS IS NOT WHAT THE RESIDENTS OF THE COACHELLA VALLEY DESERVE.

PLEASE RIDE TO THE OCCASION AS LEADERS TO PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY PRIORITIZED.

I APPRECIATE YOUR CONSIDERATION OF THE URG REQUEST.

THANK YOU." >> MAYOR MIL THANK YOU.

ANYONE ELSE?

>> THAT IS IT FOR THIS ITEM.

SO THIS DISCUSSION BROUGHT UP BY CHAIRMAN DARRELL MIKE, WHO WAS TALKING TO THE KIEVA WORKS ABOUT HOSTING ANOTHER EVENT.

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THEY CAME UP TO THEY WANTED TO SUPPORT TH INTERNATIONAL TAMALE FESTIVAL TO HOST IT THERE FOR TWO REASONS.

ONE IS FANTASY SPRINGS AT THE TIME WAS NOT INTERESTED IN BEING ABLE TO DO IT AND WE CANCELED IT.

THEY WANT TO SEE TO MAKE SURE THAT THE F CONTINUES TO MOVE FORWARD.

A LOT OF THE SMALL BUSINESSES, THE CHURCHE THE INDIVIDUALS THAT HAVE HAVE THE BOOTHS AND VENDORS THERE REACHED OUT TO KIEVA WORKS THIS IS WHERE THE FUNDING COMES FROM OVER THE YEARS, ESPECIALLY SOME OF THE CHURCHES.

THEY WANT TO KNOW IF THERE WAS SOMETHING THAT COULD BE DONE.

THE CHAIRMAN DARRELL MIKE RAISED HERE IN IND FAMILY AND HIMSELF HAVE GONE TO INDIO HIGH HAVE PROPERTY HERE AND LIVE HERE.

AND THEY ASKED IF THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO HOST THE FESTIVAL THIS YEAR KNOWING THAT WE WEREN'T ABLE TO HOST IT ANYWHERE ELSE AND FANTA SPRING WAS NOT INTERESTED.

THEY TALKED TO THE KAVAZON TRIBE.

THEY WOULD BE COSPONSORS AND NO CITY COMMITMENT IN TERMS OF THE FINANCES.

IT WOULD BE A COPARTNER EVEN THOUGH 29 PALM BAND OF MISSION INDIANS WOULD BE THE HOST.

THEY WOULD BE THE CO-HOSTS.

FROM THERE IT WOULD WITH A YEAR-TO-YEAR CONTRACT WITH THEM AND THEY WOULD BRING IT BACK TO THE CITY OF INDIO WHEN DOWNTOWN WAS ABLE OPEN.

SO THEY ARE LOOKING TO KEEP THE TRADITION GOING BECAUSE THEY SEE SO MANY OF THE EVENTS ARE BEING AND THEY WANT TO HELP AND SUPPORT IT.

THAT IS HOW THE CONVERSATION STARTED.

AND THEN THAT IS WHERE IT HAS ENDED.

THEY ARE LOOKING TO MOVE FORWARD.

THEY WOULD LIKE TO WORK WITH THE KIVA WORKS CITY OF INTO INDO IT WITH THE FANTASY SPRINGS.

THAT IS WHERE THEY STAND.

THEY ASKED TO US DISCUSS IT TO SEE IF WE ARE INTERESTED IN SUPPORTING THEM.

NOT TAKING IT OVER.

BUT HELPING US TO DO IT UNTIL WE CAN BRING DOWNTOWN AFTER THE COLLEGE OF THE DESERT OR DEVELOPMENTS CONTINUE INCLUDING THE APARTMENT COMPLEX IS DONE.

SO, HE HAS ASKED US ALONG WITH THE TRIBE TO BE ABLE TO HOST IT FOR THIS YEAR.

OPEN UP FOR DISCUSSION.

>> MS. AMITH: I'LL START THE DISCUSSION.

WE HEARD FROM ALL COUNCILMEMBERS TONIGHT WE ARE CONCERNED THAT THE COUNTY SLIPPED BACK TO THE PURPLE TIER AND THE COVID NUMBERS ARE RISING AND THAT THE ONLY WAY WE WILL COME OUT OF THIS IS TO HELP STOP THE SPREAD BY KEEPING OUR SIX-FOOT DISTANCE WEARING OUR MASKS.

WHAT IS THE COVID SAFETY PLANNED BY THE TRIB MAINTAIN THE SIX-FOOT DISTANCE AND MASK WHEN TENS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE ARE WALKING AROUND EATING TAMALES? HAVE THEY ANSWERED THAT QUESTION?

>> MAYOR MILLER: THEY HAVE NOT -- I HAVE NOT DISCUSSED IT WITH THEM.

I KNOW CHAIRMAN MIKE WANTED TO HAVE THE DISCUSSION FIRST THAT WE WERE INTERESTED.

I KNOW THEY HAVE A PROCEDURE IN PLACE.

THEY ARE WORKING WITH THE FANTASY SPRINGS.

THEY HAVE PLENTY OF SECURITY.

THEY FEEL THEY CAN HANDLE IT.

THEY COULD DO DISTANCE IS HOW IT'S GONE UP.

WE ARE NOT SEEING -- THEY DON'T ESTIMATE T OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE THERE.

THAT THEY WILL HAVE A GROUP THAT THEY WILL B CONTROL.

AND BE ABLE TO DO IT.

OBVIOUSLY, THEY ARE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO EVERYONE FROM DOING IT.

BUT IT'S WHAT THEY PUT IN PLACE.

THEY HAVE PROCEDURE TO PUT IN PLACE TO A CONCERNS.

>> MS. AMITH: EVEN ONE LIFE RISKED IS ONE LIFE TOO MANY GIVEN THAT WE ARE TRYING TO REDUCE THE NUMBERS.

I THOUGHT THAT WE POSTPONED THE TAMALE FESTIVAL BECAUSE WE WERE CONCERNED FOR THE COMMUNITY'S WELL-BEING.

NOT BECAUSE WE JUST COULDN'T HOST IT.

YOU DON'T FEEL IT WOULD BE IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE COMMUNITY'S HEALTH.

IT WOULDN'T IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE BUS TRYING TO REOPEN.

IT CERTAINLY WOULDN'T BE IN THE BEST INTER COUNTY CITIES WHO WILL LOOK TO INDIO IF WE HAPPEN TO RISE THE NUMBERS BECAUSE THIS EVENT.

I DON'T FEEL IT'S SOMETHING WE CAN CONSID TIME.

THANK YOU TO THE TRIBE FOR OFFERING.

I BELIEVE COVID IS HERE TO STAY FOR AT LEAST ANOTHER 18 MONTHS.

HAVING AN EVENT EVEN IF IT'S JUST 100 OR 1,000 PEOPLE IS TOO RISKY AT THIS TIME DURING FLU SEASON.

>> MAYOR MILLER: ANY OTHER COUNCILMEMBERS WANT TO WEIGH IN?

>> MR. ORTIZ: YEAH.

I APPRECIATE THE OFFER.

>> MR. FERMON: MY HEART WANTS SOMETHING TO HAPPEN.

BUT I THINK WE HAVE TO LOOK AT LOGISTICS.

THIS IS JUST AN OFFER BUT WE DON'T KNOW WHAT WE ARE GOING TO BE LIKE IN DECEMBER.

WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THE OUTCOME IS GOING TO BE.

I'M ON THE FENCE WITH THIS BUT AT THE SAME TIME I WILL ERR ON THE SIDE OF CAUTION

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AS IT PERTAINS TO THE HEALTH REASONS IN THE COMMUNITY.

IT'S DECEMBER.

POSSIBLY FLU SEASON BUT IT'S UNKNOWN WHERE WE ARE GOING TO BE.

I DON'T KNOW RIGHT NOW.

I CAN'T GIVE YOU AN ANSWER ON WHETHER YES OR NO.

I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR FROM THE OTHER COUNCILMEMBERS AND DISCUSS THIS.

>> MAYOR MILLER: GO AHEAD, ELAINE.

UNMUTE YOURSELF.

>> MAYOR PRO TEM HOLMES: SO, I HAVE A LOT OF THOUGHTS AROUND THIS.

TO FOLLOW ON TO WHAT COUNCILMEMBER AMITH WITH RESPECT TO A PLAN BECAUSE I THINK WE CAN HAPPEN AS LONG AS THERE ARE THE PROTOCOLS IN PLACE THAT CAN ENSURE MASK WEARING AND ENSURE SOCIAL DISTANCING.

AND HEAR ME ON THIS.

SO THIS IS ALSO GOING TO REQUIRE INSTEAD OF HAVE IT DOWNTOWN, FREE-FLOWING PEOPLE IN FROM ALL ANGLES, A SPECIFIC AREA OF ENTRANCE.

IT NEEDS TO BE COORDINATED.

IT NEEDS TO BE MONITORED AT ALL TIMES BECAU THINKING OF ARE THE SMALL BUSINESSES AT THAT HAVE HAD THE WORST TIME.

IT'S THE MOM AND POP TAMALE MAKERS AND THE CHURCHES AND THE PEOPLE THAT COULD USE THESE DOLLARS TO SURVIVE THROUGH ANOTHER C MONTHS OR THROUGH THE END OF THE YEAR.

WE KNOW THAT HAND WASHING, WE KNOW THAT MASK WEARING AND SOCIAL DISTANCING MANAGES THIS.

I THINK IF WE CONSIDER THIS THAT THE TRIBE WOULD NEED A PLAN THAT WOULD ENFORCE THAT TO A VERY HIGH LEVEL IN ADDITION TO WORKING EACH VENDOR.

AND YOU KNOW, LINES CAN GET LONG.

I THINK WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO STILL MAKE THIS HAPPEN IF THERE IS THAT LEVEL OF ENFORCEMENT.

I FEEL BAD FOR THE NUMBER -- THE BUSINESSES, MANY OF THE TAMALE MAKERS ARE SMALL BUSINESSES THAT HURT AND CONTINUE TO BE HURT AND THEY ARE HURT WITH THE LATEST SHUTDOWN.

THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM PERHAPS TO MANAGE THE WHOLE THAT COVID HAS PUT MANY OF BUSINESSES INTO.

SO IF THERE WAS A ROBUST PLAN, MONITORING MASKS, FOR HAND WASHING, FOR DISTANCING, I CERTAINLY, I WOULD CONSIDER IT.

>> MAYOR MILLER: MR. ORTIZ?

>> MR. ORTIZ: I'M ALSO ON THE FENCE.

I DO AGREE WITH COUNCILMEMBER HOLMES IN SENSE THAT FOR THE SMALL BUSINESSES, YOU KNOW, IT SEEMS A BIT UNFAIR THAT WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, OUR GROCERY STORES, NO CAPACITY LIMITS AND ANYBODY CAN GO IN AN THEY ARE MAKING ALL THE MONEY.

YOU KNOW, WE WON'T BE ABLE TO HAVE AN OUTDOOR EVENT FOR THE SMALL BUSINESSES TO PROFIT OFF OF.

BUT ON THE OTHER HAND, LIKE THE HEALTH OFF SAYING THAT WE CAN'T REALLY AFFORD TO HAVE THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE IN ONE PLACE RIGHT NOW.

AND THAT IS A HUGE RISK TO THE COMMUNITY AS WELL.

SO I WOULD ONLY -- I'M OPEN TO IT.

I WOULD AGREE WITH COUNCILMEMBER HOLMES WE TO SEE SPECIFICALLY WHAT IS THE PLAN? BECAUSE IT CAN'T BE ANYTHING LIKE WHAT WE HAVE HAD IN THE PAST AT THE TAMALE FESTIVAL.

IT'S NOT ACCEPTABLE AT THIS TIME.

BUT I APPRECIATE THE EFFORT TO BRING SOMETHING BACK FOR THE SMALL BUSINESSES.

IT WOULD HAVE TO BE SOMETHING MUCH DIFFERENT.

IF YOU HAD A FEW BOOTHS THAT ARE SELLING OR DELIVERING TO CARS.

PEOPLE STAY IN THE CARS FOR PART OF THE EVENT.

SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

IT HAS TO BE DIFFERENT.

WITHOUT KNOWING THOSE SPECIFICS I WOULDN'T TO SUPPORT IT AT THIS TIME.

WITH THE UNPREDICTABILITY OF WHAT DECEMBER WILL BE LIKE.

WE NEED TO KNOW MORE DETAILS A ABOUT WHAT THIS ENTAILS.

WE CAN'T HAVE THE THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE IN A SMALL PLACE IN DECEMBER.

>> MAYOR MILLER: I CONCUR THAT SLIPPING BACKWARDS DID NOT HELP THE SMALL BUSINESSES BUT THE OF TRIBE IS TO SUPPORT THEM.

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I'M LIKE YOU, I'M ON THE FENCE.

I'M SURE THEY WILL BRING SOMETHING FORWARD.

I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM TO HAVE STAFF WORK WITH THEM.

I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S ENOUGH TIME TO BRING IT FORWARD BY DECEMBER 7 AND WHAT THE COUNTY WOULD DO.

THEY WILL DO WHATEVER THEY HAVE TO DO TO WORK WITH THE COUNTY.

THEY ARE GOOD PARTNER WITH THE CITY AND THE REST OF THE TRIBAL NATIONS AND THE OTHER CITIES.

I DON'T THINK THEY WILL DO ANYTHING FO DISADVANTAGE OF US.

TO LOOK AT WHAT THEY HAVE PLAN AND HAVE R CURTIS TALK ABOUT WHAT THEY ARE EXPECTING AND WHAT THEY ARE THINKING IN TERMS OF DISTANCING AND HOW THEY WOULD DO IT, THEY MIGHT HAVE A DIFFERENT IDEA OF WHAT THEY ARE DOING.

THEY DON'T HAVE TO ASK US PERMISSION EXCEPT FOR THE INTERNATIONAL TAMALE FESTIVAL.

WE OWN THAT RIGHT.

WE OWN THE BRAND.

THEY COULD HOST AN EVENT WITHOUT US.

I WAS AT FANTASY SPRINGS THE OTHER DAY AND THEY HAD THE OUTDOOR ROCK CONCERTS.

THERE WAS QUITE A FEW PEOPLE THERE.

THEY HAD SOCIAL DISTANCE AND PEOPLE WITH MASKS.

I AGREE WITH BOTH PARTS BUT I'M OPEN TO THE DISCUSSION WITH THE TRIBE, WHAT THEY WOULD DO TO MATE GAIT ANY KINDS OF ISSUES.

>> MS. AMITH: WOULD THE POINT OF SALE BE THE USE OF OUR NAME?

>> MAYOR MILLER: YES, IT WOULD BE THE CIT FROM WHAT THEY HAVE TOLD ME.

>> MS. AMITH: NO, THE POINT OF SALE.

>> MAYOR PRO TEM HOLMES: THE TAX.

>> THE TRIBE WOULD HAVE TO AGREE TO THAT.

IT WOULDN'T BE AUTOMATIC.

>> MAYOR MILLER: THEY DID AGREE WITH THAT.

THEY TALKED ABOUT THAT WITH THE KIVA WORKS.

IT'S A DIFFERENT FESTIVAL.

THEY SAID IF THEY ARE GOING TO HOST A FES DON'T WANT A SEPARATE FESTIVAL IN COMPETITION WITH ANYTHING IN INDIO NO THE FUTURE.

>> MS. AMITH: I'M ASKING ABOUT ARE THEY GOING TO MAKE THE COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE ACQUIESCE SALES TAX TO THE CITY OF INDIO IN EXCHAN FOR THE NAME OF THE INDIO INTERNATIONAL TAMALE FESTIVAL?

>> MAYOR MILLER: YES.

WE CAN MAKE IT PART OF IT.

YES.

>> I DON'T KNOW THAT THE COUNTY WILL AGREE.

>> I DON'T THINK THE COUNTY HAS A SAY IN THIS PER SE.

IT'S UP TO THE TRIBE AND BETWEEN THE CITY.

WE CAN WORK OUT THE DETAILS.

>> MS. AMITH: NO.

THE TRIBES HAVE AGREEMENT WITH THE COUNTY.

ALWAYS SALES TAX GOES TO THE COUNTY.

>> WE'LL FOLLOW UP ON THAT.

>> IS THAT A DEAL BREAKER FOR THE COUNCIL TAX? I DON'T THINK IT'S A SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF MONEY.

IF IT'S A DEAL-BREAKER, I WANT TO KNOW THAT.

I WANT TO REITERATE THIS IS A BIG TRAIN.

ONCE IT GETS MOVING THERE IS REALLY NOT A WHOLE LOT OF TIME FOR THE COUNCIL TO RE-EVALUATE AND PULL THE PLUG ON THIS ONCE IT GETS GOING.

IF THE COUNTY IS INTERESTED IN IT.

I HEAR MORE INTEREST THAN NAYS BUT I HEAR CONCERNS.

SO I THINK THE COUNCIL IS GOING TO HAVE TO STAFF, HAVE FAITH IN STAFF THAT THEY WILL ENFORCE THE SAFETY PROTOCOLS IF YOU WANT THIS TO HAPPEN.

BECAUSE I DON'T THINK THERE IS TIME ENOUGH TO COME BACK TO THE COUNCIL TO REVISIT THIS PLAN.

WE HAVE BARELY 30 DAYS PLUS OR MINUS A FEW DAYS TO PULL THIS OFF.

IF WE GIVE TRIBES THE 29 PALMS BAND OF MI INDIANS THE OKAY TO HAVE OUR THEME AND OUR TITLE THIS FORWARD, THEY WILL JUMP RIGHT ON IT.

IT'S NOT REALLY FAIR FOR THEM TO PULL THE C TWO WEEKS FROM NOW OR WHEN WE CAN SCHEDULE CITY COUNCIL MEETING.

AGAIN, IF THE COUNCIL IS REALLY OKAY WITH THEY WILL ALLOW STAFF TO NEGOTIATE THE PROTOCOLS, IF THEY ARE OKAY WITH US FOLLOWING UP ON THE SALES TAX ISSUES, POTENTIALLY NOT HAVI SALES TAX IN INDIO THEN I NEED THAT CONSENSUS FROM THE COUNCIL.

>> MAYOR PRO TEM HOLMES: ONE IDEA, THIS IS PROBABLY NOT GOING TO BE FEASIBLE FOR THE TRIBE BUT YOU COULD TAKE ALL THE VENDORS AND PUBL VENDORS BECAUSE PEOPLE THAT GO ARE VERY FAMILIAR THEM.

AND DO A DRIVE-UP, DRIVE-THRU SO THAT THERE MINIMAL PEOPLE.

IT'S PROBABLY A LITTLE FAR FETCHED.

AT THE SAME TIME, I JUST -- I AM CONSTANTLY ABOUT OUR MOM-AND-POPS OUT THERE AND THE OUTFALL THESE PEOPLE ARE EXPERIENCING THAT ARE, YOU KNOW, THE PEOPLE ARE LOSING THEIR PLACES TO LIVE.

THEY ARE MOVING IN NOT JUST A COUPLE OF GENERATIONS BUT, YOU KNOW, SEVERAL FAMILIES IN TO ONE AND TWO-BEDROOM APARTMENTS BECAUSE NO INCOME.

THAT IS MY DRIVER IN TERMS OF HOW DO WE ACHIEVE THAT AND KEEP THE COMMUNITY SAFE, WHAT ARE THE SAFEGUARDS?

>> MS. AMITH: THE MAJORITY OF THE VENDORS ARE FROM SAN BERNADINO COUNTY, THEY ARE

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NOT FROM RIVERSIDE COUNTY.

>> MAYOR PRO TEM HOLMES: MAYBE IT WOULD BE A CAVEAT.

MY RESTAURANT NEXT DOOR TO ME HAS BEEN A LONG-TIME -- >> MS. AMITH: VERY FEW INDIO BUSINESSES PARTICIPATE AND YOU CAN GET PERCENTAGES FROM THE KIVA WORKS.

>> WE HAVEN'T HEARD FROM THE TRIBE WHAT THE SECURITY PLAN IS.

I ASSUME THEY WOULD WANT TO LEAN ON THE CIT SECURITY ISSUES BUT I'M NOT POSITIVE ABOUT THAT.

WE CAN WORK THE DETAIL OUT IF THE COUNCIL IS READY TO COMMIT TO THIS.

>> MR. ORTIZ: I AGREE WITH THE DRIVE-THRU CONCEPT IF WE CAN NEGOTIATE THAT IN THE DEAL.

AND THE COUNCILMEMBER HOLMES, IF THE MENUS AVAILABLE BEFOREHAND AND PEOPLE CAN COME UP AND MAYBE HEAD TOWARD WHO THEY ARE LOOKING TO BUY FROM.

I'M NOT SURE.

ALSO IF WE CAN PUSH FOR THE LOCAL BUSINESSES TO HAVE PRIORITY LOCATIONS IN THAT FACILITY.

>> MAYOR MILLER: I AGREE.

I THINK THERE HAS TO BE SOME PROTOCOLS PUT IN PLACE TO BE ABLE TO SEE HOW IT COMES THROUGH.

I DON'T KNOW IF THAT IS FEASIBLE THERE.

BUT I'M SAYING THAT IT IS SOMETHING WE CAN ASK THE TRIBE IN TERMS OF WHAT THEY ARE LOOKING AT IN TERMS OF DOING THIS.

OBVIOUSLY IF THEY HAVE HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH KIVA WORKS AND THEY UNDERSTAND THEY WILL BE UNDER AMAZING SCRUTINY BY HOSTING IT.

I'M SURE THEY TOOK THAT IN TO ACCOUNT.

IF THEY WERE WORRIED ABOUT IT, THEY WOULD HAVE PULLED THE PLUG ON IT.

LOOKING AT WHAT THEY ARE DOING FOR THE TA FESTIVAL IS TO KEEP IT GOING AND HAVE THE PROTOCOLS PUT IN PLACE.

I DON'T WANT TO SPEAK EXACTLY FOR THE TRIBE.

WE ARE GIVEN A CHANCE TO -- ROXANNE IS ADMINISTRATOR HAS ANYTHING TO SAY.

HE IS NOT GOING TO BE THERE SO THIS IS SO DECIDE IF WE WILL GIVE STAFF THE CONVERSATION.

>> MAYOR PRO TEM HOLMES: CAN THEY COME UP WITH THE PLAN THAT WE WOULD REVIEW AND BE INVOLVED WITH IN TERMS OF, YOU KNOW, THE SAFETY PROCEDURES? SO THEY ARE A SOVEREIGN NATION.

WE KNOW THEY CAN DO THINGS.

THEY ARE AN AMAZING AND A TERRIFIC PARTNER WITH THE CITY OF INDIO.

AT THE SAME TIME, HAVING A PLAN THAT WE HAVE INPUT WITH AND ENSURING THAT A SIGNIFICANT PERCENTAGE OF THE VENDORS -- THAT IS WILL PUT ME, THAT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING FOR IS LOCAL BUSINESSES AND GIVING THEM THE OPPORTUNITY.

>> MR. ORTIZ: I AGREE WITH THAT AS WELL.

IF WE NEED A SAFETY MEETING TO GO OVER TH PROTOCOLS TO NOT WAIT THE

TWO WEEKS -- >> MAYOR PRO TEM HOLMES: I'M ON IT.

>> MR. ORTIZ: LOOK INTO THAT AS WELL.

>> MAYOR MILLER: WE NEED TO MAKE A DECISION HERE TO DECIDE IF WE ARE WILLING TO LISTEN TO THE TRIBE OFFER TO COME UP WITH THE SAFE PROCEDURES.

DO WE RUN WITH THE INTERNATIONAL TAMALE FESTIVAL AHEAD AND ALLOW THE STAFF TO WORK WITH THEM TO SEE IF THE SAFETY PROTOCOLS ARE IN PLACE.

AND THE ISSUES THAT HAVE BEEN RAISED BY ARE ABLE TO BE MITIGATED.

SO WHAT IS THE PLEASURE OF THE COUNCIL?

>> MR. ORTIZ: I WOULD LIKE TO SEE WHAT THE PLAN IS AND FOR IT TO COME BACK TO COUNCIL.

>> MAYOR MILLER: OKAY.

MAYOR PRO TEM?

>> MAYOR PRO TEM HOLMES: I WOULD -- YOU KNOW, WE HAVE SUCH A SHORT TIME AND THIS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH STAFF.

I JUST THINK WE NEED TO BE INVOLVED IN THE PREPARATION AND THE APPROVAL OF THE SAFETY.

IT IS THE INDIO INTERNATIONAL TAMALE FESTIVAL.

AND IT IS OUR CITY THAT IT REPRESENTS.

SO, WE NEED TO MAKE THESE DECISIONS CAUTIOUSLY.

FOR ME, I WOULD NEED TO SEE THE PLAN.

I WOULD NEED SOME ASSURANCE THAT SIGNIFICANT MAJORITY OF THE VENDORS WERE LOCAL VENDORS.

>> MAYOR MILLER: I CONCUR WITH THAT.

SO WE HAVE THAT.

MR. FERMON?

>> MR. FERMON: FOR ME IT'S HARD TO COMMIT TO SOMETHING WE DON'T KNOW ABOUT.

WE DON'T HAVE ANY PROTOCOLS.

I'M, I WILL LISTEN IF STAFF WORKS WITH THEM AND WE COME BACK WITHIN A WEEK OR WHATEVER WE CAN SOME KIND OF PROTOCOL OR SAFETY MEASURES THAT ARE GOING TO BE IN PLACE.

WE KNOW THAT THEY ARE A SOVEREIGN NATION SO THEY CONTROL WHAT HAPPENS ON THEIR PROPERTY.

RIGHTFULLY SO.

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BUT WE HAVE TO UNDERSTAND OUR NAME IS ON THIS EVENT.

IF WE PUT OUR NAME ON THIS EVENT, WE H CAUTIOUS IN THAT RIGHT AS WELL.

I'M WILLING FOR STAFF TO WORK WITH THEM T KIND OF PROTOCOLS AND WORK OUT THE LOGISTICS AS FAR AS THE SAFETY GOES BEC IS A BIG PROPERTY.

I KNOW THEY DO HAVE SOME THINGS GOING ON OV ALREADY.

IS IT POSSIBLE WE CAN MAKE THIS HAPPEN? YES.

IS IT POSSIBLE THAT OUR NUMBERS COULD GO U MIGHT NEED TO BACK OUT OF THIS? YES.

SO, I'M WILLING TO LISTEN TO THEIR OFFER.

>> MAYOR MILLER: MR. AMITH, I KNOW YOU HAVE MADE YOUR COMMENTS.

WOULD YOU LIKE TO MAKE ANY OTHER? IT SOUNDS LIKE WE HAVE CONSENSUS.

>> MS. AMITH: I KNOW YOU HAVE CONSENSUS.

INDIO ALREADY HAS THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF CASES AND I DON'T WANT TO SEE THE HEADLINES EVENT WITH OUR NAME ON IT STATING THAT, YOU KNOW, RIVERSIDE COUNTY NUMBERS INCREASED BY EXPONENTIAL WANT BECAUSE OF THE INDIO TAMALEFEST.

IF THE TRIBE WANTS TO HOLD IT ON THEIR OWN NOTHING WILL STOP THEM.

THERE IS NO BENEFIT FOR TO US GIVE THEM THE NAME OF THE INDIO TAMALE FESTIVAL.

I THINK OUR COMMUNITY UNDERSTANDS WHY WE ARE POSTPONING THE EVENT BECAUSE WE ARE LOOKING OUT FOR THEIR HEALTH AND SAFETY.

SO I'M NOT WILLING TO GIVE MY NAME TO SOMETHING THAT I FEEL IS RISKING THE CITY OF INDIO'S NAME IN THE GLOBAL MARKET.

NOT JUST THE REGIONAL MARKET.

INDIO IS KNOWN AS THE CITY OF FESTIVALS.

IF WE PUT OUT THERE AN EVENT AND THERE ARE COME OUT OF THE EVENT HOW ARE PEOPLE GOING ABOUT COMING TO 2021 EVENTS, COACHELLAFEST, STAGECOACH? THEY WILL SAY NO, INDIO, EVERY TIME THERE IS AN EVENT THERE, THERE ARE MORE COVID CASES YOU ARE PUTTING AT RISK THE WHOLE COMMUNITY.

NOT ONLY THEIR HEALTH AND SAFETY BUT THE GLOBAL IMAGE.

SO, NO I DON'T SUPPORT THIS.

>> MAYOR MILLER: MR. CURTIS, DID YOU WANT TO -- JIM CURTIS WANTED TO SAY SOMETHING.

GO AHEAD, MR. CURTIS.

>> JIM CURTIS, COMMUNITY SERVICES MANAGER.

17 YEARS DOING THE TAMALE FESTIVAL HERE IN INDIO.

IT IS REALLY NOT OFFENSE QUESTION FOR ME.

FESTIVALS ARE NOT ALLOWED IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA AT THIS TIME.

IN THE PURPLE TIER, RED TIER, ORANGE TIER.

FESTIVALS ARE NOT ALLOWED.

THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT THEY CAN'T HAVE COUNCILMEMBER AMITH SAID, THEY CAN'T HAVE THE FESTIVAL.

WHEN KIVA WORKS APPROACHED ME IN THE BEGINN ABOUT THIS, WE TALKED ABOUT IT BACK A WINTERFEST OR A SNOWFEST OR DECEMBERFEST.

KEEPING THE NAME OF "INDIO" OUT OF IT FOR REASONS THAT COUNCILMEMBER AMITH HAD SAID.

I AGREE WITH THE SMALL BUSINESSES.

BUT YOU DO HAVE A POINT THAT THERE IS NOT A LOT OF THE LOCAL BUSINESSES THAT COME TO THE TAMALE FESTIVAL.

THERE IS ONLY A FEW.

PROBABLY OUT OF 340 VENDORS THAT WE HAVE HERE, THERE IS PROBABLY LESS THAN 20 THAT ARE LOCAL.

AND IT IS TOUGH TO TRY TO PUT ON A FESTIVAL TIME.

I AGREE TOTALLY WITH IT.

I WILL DO WHAT I NEED TO DO.

MY SAFETY I'M CONCERNED ABOUT AS WELL.

ON MAKING THIS EVENT HAPPEN.

BUT IT MIGHT HAPPEN WITHOUT US.

THEY TALKED ABOUT A CARNIVAL THERE AND HAVING AMUSEMENT RIDES AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

IS THAT SOMETHING WE WANT TO HAVE OUR NAME ON, TOO? I MEAN THERE IS NOT A LOT OF THE TAMALE VENDORS THAT ARE GOING TO BE COMING TO THIS OR THAT HAVE TALKED TO KIVA WORKS ABOUT DOING THIS.

THEY ARE JUST VENDORS IN GENERAL THAT WANT MERCHANDISE, WANT TO SELL SOME FOOD.

BUT NOT NECESSARILY TAMALES.

THEY CAN HAVE THE WINTER-FEST AND HAVE TH EVENT.

AND HAVE OUR NAME OUT OF IT.

BUT AGAIN, I'LL DO WHAT THE COUNCIL WISHES AND THAT IS WHAT MY JOB IS ALL ABOUT.

I LOVE THE FESTIVAL, OF COURSE, AS YOU KNOW.

I'LL SUPPORT WHATEVER YOU GUYS DECIDE.

I HOPE THAT HELPING A LITTLE BIT AND I CAN QUESTIONS.

>> MAYOR MILLER: IT DOES.

IT DOES.

ANY QUESTIONS OF MR. CURTIS? THE TRIBE HAS ASKED TO US DO IT.

WE ARE ALL MAKING GOOD POINTS.

I MEAN, MS. AMITH, YOUR COMMENTS ARE VERY W NOTED.

WE ARE LOOKING OUTSIDE THE BOX TO SEE WHAT WE CAN DO.

THEY HAVE ASKED US.

WE EXTENDED THEM THE COURTESY TO DO IT.

MR. CURTIS, VERY MUCH WE APPRECIATE IT.

DOES ANYBODY HAVE QUESTIONS OF MR. CURTIS?

>> I DON'T BUT I WANT TO MAKE A COMMENT.

MR. CURTIS STRUCK A CHORD WITH ME RIGHT NOW.

HE SAID SOMETHING THAT RESONATED WITH ME.

HE IS WORRIED ABOUT HIS SAFETY.

IF OUR STAFF IS WORRIED ABOUT THEIR SAFE TO SIDE WITH HIM.

I'M ACTUALLY REFER, I'M MAKING A RECOMMENDA PUT IT IN HIS HANDS BUT IF HE IS FEARFUL OF SAFETY SO I CAN'T DO THAT IF MY STAFF IS IN FEAR OF THEIR SAFETY.

SO MAYBE WE OUGHT TO RECONSIDER THIS AND M MOVE BACKWARDS OUT OF THIS

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ONE.

>> MAYOR PRO TEM HOLMES: FOR MY PERSPECTIVE, YES.

THAT STRUCK ME.

THE OTHER PART OF THIS, MY INTEREST IN THIS IS REALLY TO SUPPORT THE LOCAL VENDORS.

IF THERE IS 20 OR LESS, THEY ARE NOT NECESSARILY TAMALES, THEY ARE STUFF, THEN I DON'T WANT TO PUT THE NAME INDIO OUT THERE FOR A CARNIVA EVENT.

A SMALL TAMALE FALL YOU BET.

DRIVE UP ANDS SOMETHING.

BUT FOR SOMETHING LARGER AND THE FOCUS IS NOT THE LOCAL TAMALE VENDORS THEN I'M GOING TO PULL BACK ON THAT.

>> MAYOR MILLER: OBVIOUSLY YOU SHED SOME LIGHT ON IT.

THAT IS WHY I ASKED YOU TO COME UP AND SPEAK.

YOU KNOW THE IDEA IS TO HAVE THE DISCUSSION.

IF WE ARE NOT WILLING TO AND OUR COMMUNITY'S HEALTH AND WELL-BEING COMES FIRST THEN WE CAN TELL TRIBE THANK YOU FOR THE OFFER AND ALLOW THEM TO MOVE FORWARD AND WORK WITH KIVA WORKS AND THEN THEM HOST WHATEVER THEY NEED, WINNER-FEST OR WHATEVER THEY DO AND KNOW THAT KIVA WORKS WILL WORK WITH THEM AND THEY WILL BE DOING THIS STUFF WITH THEM ON THEIR OWN AND THEY HAV SOMETHING TO DO WITH THE CITY.

I'M FINE WITH THAT.

I JUST WANTED TO HAVE THE DISCUSSION.

WE ARE ALWAYS LOOKING OUTSIDE THE BOX OF ABLE TO HELP THE SMALL BUSINESSES.

BUT THE HEALTH AND WELL-BEING OF THE RESIDE AND STAFF COMES FIRST.

I HEAR YOU GUYS LOUD AND CLEAR.

WE WILL RELAY THE MESSAGE AND ALLOW THEM IF THEY WANT TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THEIR OWN FESTIVAL TO MOVE FORWARD AND WORK WITH KIVA WOR DO WHAT THEY NEED AND WE CAN PROVIDE THEM WITH ANY SUPPORT THEY NEED IF WE CAN HELP IN ANY WAY.

IS THAT FAIR WITH THE COUNCIL?

>> MAYOR PRO TEM HOLMES: I THINK THAT IS FAIR.

I'M GOING TO NOW TAKE A RIGHT TURN SINCE TALKING ABOUT THE TAMALE FESTIVAL AND THE BUSINESSES.

WHAT IF FROM A MARKETING PERSPECTIVE WE IDENTIFY THE SMALL RESTAURANTS, THE TAMALE RESTAURANTS THAT MAKE TAMALES.

AND PUT TOGETHER A -- I ALMOST WANT TO CA RESTAURANT WEEK, RIGHT? BUT IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE JUST INDIO.

BUT CERTAINLY LOCAL AND PUT TOGETHER, HAVE THEM PUT TOGETHER MENUS.

HAVE THE RESTAURANTS PUT TOGETHER MENUS FOR TAMALES FOR THE HOLIDAYS.

WE CAN, INDIO CAN MAYBE DO SOMETHING THAT CAN SPUR, RIGHT? YOU MAY NOT BE ABLE TO SIT INSIDE.

BUT YOU CAN TAKE THEM OUT TO GO.

SO, HOW ABOUT THEN WE MARKET SEPARATE SUBJECT, I KNOW.

I'M TRYING TO FIND A WAY TO SUPPORT LOCAL.

IT SOUNDS LIKE AT THIS POINT THE WONDERFUL THAT THE TRIBE PRESENTED US WITH IS NOT GOING TO WORK THIS YEAR.

BUT LET'S NOT DROP IT.

LET'S DISCUSS OR FIND A WAY TO HELP SUPPO RESTAURANTS IN THIS UPCOMING HOLIDAY SEASON.

LET'S DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT, THINK OUTSI BOX.

>> MAYOR MILLER: OKAY.

THANK YOU FOR THE DISCUSSION.

MR. ROCKWELL, YOU GOT YOUR DIRECTIONS.

THANK ALL OF YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS AND POINTS.

I TAKE THAT.

WE WILL THANK THE TRIBE FOR THEIR CONTINUED SUPPORT OF THE COMMUNITY.

OUR CITY AND OUR RESIDENTS.

WE WILL LOOK TO SEE IF MAYBE WE CAN SUPPORT ANOTHER WAY DOWN THE ROAD.

WE'LL LET KIVA WORKS KNOW WE ARE NOT INTERE TAMALE FESTIVAL AND IF THEY WANT TO WORK WITH US, WE'LL SUPPORT THEM IN ANY W CAN, WE WILL.

WITH THAT, THANK YOU, MR. ROCKWELL.

ANYTHING ELSE FOR THE CITY MANAGER REPORT?

>> NOTHING ELSE.

>> MAYOR MILLER: THANK ALL OF YOU FOR THE CONVERSATION.

THIS IS WHAT WE NEED TO DO.

WE'LL MOVE ON THE ITEM 9, PUBLIC COMMENT FO ON THE AGENDA.

[9. PUBLIC COMMENT FOR ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA]

I KNOW WE HAVE A COUPLE OF THE CITIZENS T HAVE THEIR ITEMS READ IN THE RECORD.

I DON'T KNOW IF WE HAVE ANYBODY ON THE LIN HAVE A THREE-MINUTE TIME LIMIT OR WE WILL READ YOUR COMMENT IN TO THE RECORD.

GO FROM THERE.

CITY CLERK?

>> YES, MAYOR.

I HAVE ONE E-MAIL TO READ.

>> MAYOR MILLER: OKAY.

>> THE SECOND PERSON WE CALLED AND THERE ANSWER.

BUT IT WAS FRED ZAMORA WHO WANTED TO SPEAK ON THE SHORT-TERM VACATION RENTALS.

I WILL READ THE E-MAIL I RECEIVED.

"I WANTED TO EXPRESS MY DISAPPOINTMENT ON NEWLY POINTED COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ FOR HIS ADDRESS FOR DRUNK DRIVING AND THAT IS A TERRIBLE EXAMPLE TO SET TO THE PUBLIC.

SELFLESS ACT COMMITTED THAT TAKES AWAY CREDIBILITY.

THE COMMISSIONER RODRIGUEZ THE LIGHT POLE YOU SMASHED IN TO COULD HAVE BEEN A CHILD.

IT COULD HAVE BEEN A FAMILY OR A SENIOR CITIZEN.

MORE DAUNTING IS THE POSSIBILITY IT COULD H BEEN MY FAMILY OR SOMEONE ELSE'S LIFE ON THE LINE BECAUSE YOU DECIDED TO GET BEHIND A WHEEL.

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BEING APPOINTED MEMBER OF THE CITY OF IN HONOR AND IT COMES AT A GREAT RESPONSIBILITY.

I HOPE YOU GET HELP YOU NEED AND USE THIS A OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS THE HORRID EFFECTS OF DRIVING.

WITH THE PROBLEMS WITH THE PICK, THEY SHOULD CONSIDER A VETTING PROCESS.

THEY ARE LIKE THE AMBASSADOR OF THE CITY OF INDIO.

THE INDIO COMMUNITY.

THIS IS NOT A POPULARITY CONTEST.

IT'S UP FOR THE CITY COUNCIL TO REMOVE COMMISSIONERS THAT LESSEN THE FABRIC OF THE SOCIETY WE LOVE IN INDIO.

ESPECIALLY FOR A PLANNING COMMISSIONER.

HOW IS A COMMISSION SUPPOSED TO BE TAKEN SERIOUSLY WITH EVERYTHING ABOUT THE POOR CHOICES OF THE PEOPLE, THE COUNCIL PINT.

THIS DRUNK DRIVING ACCIDENT DOES NOT JUST REFLECT ON THE COMMISSIONER, IT REFLECTS ON THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND THE COUNCIL.

IT'S HORRIBLE THINK THIS IS THE BEST THEY HAD TO OFFER.

I SUGGEST YOU ASK HIM TO RESIGN.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

CONCERNED RESIDENT." THAT IS ALL I HAVE, MAYOR.

[INAUDIBLE] NO.

>> MAYOR MILLER: DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO MOVE THE CONSENT AGENDA?

[10. CONSENT CALENDAR]

>> GO AHEAD.

>> MAYOR MILLER: MS. AMITH?

>> MS. AMITH: GO AHEAD, MR. FERMON.

I'M NOT READY.

>> MR. FERMON: I WAS GOING TO MAKE A MOT CONSENT CALENDAR.

>> I'M LOOKING FOR AN ITEM IN CLOSED SESSION.

WHAT ITEM IS THAT ON THE CONSENT?

>> MAYOR MILLER: I DON'T THINK THERE IS O THERE?

>> MS. AMITH: OKAY.

>> THERE IS NONE.

>> MS. AMITH: THEN I DON'T HAVE ANY ITEMS TO PULL.

>> MAYOR MILLER: MR. FERMON MAKING A MOTION AS THE CONSENT CALENDAR PRESENTED "A" THROUGH "I"?

>> MR. FERMON: YES.

>> MAYOR PRO TEM HOLMES: I'M SECOND THAT.

>> MAYOR MILLER: FERMON FIRST, SECOND IS TEM HOLMES.

DO WE HAVE A ROLL CALL VOTE, PLEASE?

COUNCILMEMBER LUPE RAMOS AMITH?

>> MS. AMITH: AYE.

>> COUNCILMEMBER ORTIZ?

>> AYE.

>> COUNCILMEMBER FERMON?

>> MR. FERMON: AYE.

>> MAYOR PRO TEM HOLMES?

>> MAYOR PRO TEM HOLMES: AYE.

>> MAYOR MILLER?

>> MAYOR MILLER: AYE.

PASSED UNANIMOUSLY 5-0.

THE CONSENT CALENDAR.

ITEM NUMBER 11, ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS.

[11.a. Water Master Plan and Long Range Financial Plan Presentation (Trish Rhay, IWA General Manager)]

ITEM "A" IS THE WATER MASTER PLAN AND THE LONG-RANGE FINANCIAL PLAN, PRESENTATION.

MS. RHAY, YOU ARE HANDLING THIS?

>> YES, I AM.

>> MAYOR MILLER: WELCOME.

>> IF IT'S ALL RIGHT IF I DON'T WEAR MY MASK? ARE YOU GOOD WITH ME? OKAY.

PRESENTATION UP.

>> MAYOR MILLER: 11A.

WHEN I OPEN IT UP.

I GOT TO BE ABLE TO BREATHE.

>> MAYOR MILLER: I TAKE IT WE ALSO HAVE A COUPLE OF THE CONSULTANTS ON BY ZOOM ALSO?

I HAVE MY FINANCIAL CONSULTANT AND THE ENGINEERING CONSULTING IF THERE IS ANY QUESTIONS THAT WE CAN'T HANDLE.

HONORABLE MAYOR AND COUNCIL, THANK YOU.

>> ALL RIGHT.

THIS IS OUR PART TWO OF THE LONG RANGE FINA PRESENTATION.

WE ARE BACK TODAY.

IN OCTOBER LAST YEAR -- IT'S BEEN A YEAR.

THAT IS CRAZY.

WE PRESENTED THE OUTLINE FOR WATER SUPPLY.

AND DISCUSSED THE OPTIONS FOR THE WATER SUPPLY.

OUT OF THAT CAME THE QUESTIONS AND DESIRE FURTHER INFORMATION.

BUT YOU DID NARROW IT DOWN SO THAT IS WHAT WE ARE BACK HERE TODAY TO PROVIDE THE FURTHER INFORMATION TO YOU.

BOTH ON THE MASTER PLAN AND FUTURE WATER SUPPLY AND HOPEFULLY GET ENOUGH, PROVIDE YOU WITH ENOUGH INFORMATION TO GET APPR TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE NEXT STEP OF THE PROCESS.

THE AGENDA TODAY WE'LL TALK ABOUT THE MASTER PLAN.

THEN WE ARE GOING TO MOVE IN TO THE MASTER PLAN IS KIND OF THE CURRENT SYSTEM.

IS NOT CHANGING ANY WATER SUPPLY.

STRAIGHT GROUND WATER.

THEN TALK ABOUT THE FUTURE WATER DISCUSSION OPTIONS OF THE COUNCIL GAVE THE DIRECTION TO US ON.

THEN WE WILL MOVE TO THE FINANCIAL PLAN AND GET THE NEXT STEPS.

THE MASTER PLAN IS THE TECHNICAL LOOK SIMPL THE SYSTEM AND WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO KEEP THE OPERATING? IT ASKS THE BASIC QUESTIONS HOW OLD IS THE PIPE? WHERE IS THE GROWTH GOING TO HAPPEN? DO WE HAVE ENOUGH OVER THE NEXT 20 YEARS I SIMPLY DO WHAT WE ARE DOING TODAY? ARE WE MEETING THE WATER QUALITY STANDARDS? WE HAVE GONE THROUGH THE PROCESS.

MASTER PLAN.

MY ENGINEERING GROUP AND THE FINANCE GR TOGETHER AND TALKED ABOUT THE THREE CATEGORIES OF THE MASTER PLAN.

FIRST IS REHAB.

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THIS HAS TO DO WITH IF WE DIDN'T CHANGE A T DIDN'T HAVE TO INCREASE GROWTH OR VOLUME OF WHAT IS THE SYSTEM THAT WE HAVE OUT THERE? WHAT IS THE CONDITION? DO WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT IN THE NEXT 20 YEARS REPLACING IT BECAUSE IT'S GETTING OLD? AND GETTING WORN OUT.

THE ANSWER IS YES.

WE HAVE $25 MILLION WORTH OF THE PROJECTS IN THE NEXT 20 YEARS PROJECTED JUST TO KEEP THE SYSTEM GOING.

YOU CAN SEE THAT IT INVOLVES WELL REHAB, PUMP STATION REPLACEMENTS, PIPE REPLACEMENTS REPLACEMENTS.

ALL REPLACEMENT OF THE THINGS THAT ARE W NEED TO BE IMPROVED TO THE NEW.

SO OVERALL, THESE ARE THE PROJECTS THAT ARE WITHIN THE NEXT 20-YEAR PLAN.

THIS IS ALSO WITHIN THE BUDGET THAT YOU HAVE SEEN.

WELL REHAB PROGRAM, 2.6 MILLION.

PIPELINE REPLACEMENT, $4 MILLION.

THESE ARE THE DETAILS OF THE $25 THAT WE ARE PROPOSING IN THE MASTER PLAN.

NEXT IS GROWTH.

NOT LOOKING AT HOW IT IS WORK TODAY BUT T GROWTH PLAN, HOW FAST, WHERE THE ZONING CHANGES, THOSE TYPES OF THINGS.

WHAT ARE DO WE NEED TO DO TO SUPPORT DEVELOPMENT? OVER THE NEXT 20 YEARS, WITH THE NEW GENERAL PLAN WE ARE PROJECTING THE $26 MILLION WORTH OF THE CAPITAL PROJECTS.

AND THOSE INCLUDE NEW GROUND WATER WELLS, STORAGE, EITHER ENHANCEMENTS OR ADDITIONS.

AND NEW DISTRIBUTION LINES.

YOU CAN DO IT.

AH! SO AS YOU CAN SEE WE USE THE GENERAL PL GENERAL PLAN.

THAT IS PROJECTING ABOUT A 33% GROWTH.

SO THAT WITHIN THE MODEL IS THE ASSUMPTION FORECAST PIPE SIZE THAT NEEDED TO GO UP, THAT NEEDED TO BE ADDED TO SUPPORT THAT GROWTH.

HERE ARE THE GROWTH PROJECTS WE IDENTIFIED PLAN.

RESERVOIR $3.5-MILL GALLON RESERVOIR FOR 6 MILLION.

AND THE NEW MAIN LINE ZONE.

RESERVOIR PIPE.

$7 MILLION.

LARGER PROJECT.

A LOT OF THE LOOPING.

AS THE DEVELOPMENT HAPPENS YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE IS TWO WAYS IN AND TWO WAYS OUT.

IF ONE PIPE FAILS YOU HAVE TO BE ABLE TO GE THERE.

SO WE HAVE TO TAKE A LOOK AT THOSE AS THE GROWTH OCCURS AS WELL.

THE LAST PART OF KEEPING THE SYSTEM GOING.

THIS ISN'T AS INTUITIVE, AT LEAST FOR ME, BECAUSE WE ARE LOOKING AT THE NEW INFRASTRUCTURE TO COMPLY WITH THE REGULATIONS.

BUT THIS IS MAKING THE ASSUMPTION WE ARE USING THE GROUND WATER, OUR EXISTING WATER SUPPLY.

THE LARGEST PART OF THIS PROGRAM IF NOT THE OF THE PROJECT IS CHROMIUM 6.

WE ARE WAITING FOR THE STATE TO BRING THE NEW STANDARD OF THE TEN PARTS PER BILLION IS WHAT THEY PUT OUT THERE AND THEN WITHDREW.

IT COULD COME BACK AT 10 PARTS FOR BILLIO BACK AT 5.

IT COULD COME BACK AT 20.

FOR THIS PLAN, WE ASSUME THAT IT WOULD COME 10.

THAT THEY WOULDN'T MAKE IT MORE STRINGENT WOULDN'T STEP BACK TO MAKE IT MORE LENIENT AS WELL.

WITH THAT PLAN, WHAT THAT MEANS WE HAVE TO ADDITIONAL ION EXCHANGE TREATMENT FACILITIES AND C.I.P.

BUDGET OF $31 MILLION.

OVERALL OPERATING COSTS FOR THE ALL OF THOSE TREATMENT FACILITIES OF THE $54 MILLION OVER THE NEXT 20 YEARS.

SO THE OVERALL FORECAST.

JUST FOR THE CURRENT SYSTEM, NOT ADDING ANY SUPPLY.

OR ANY NEW WATER SUPPLY OPTIONS.

WE ARE LOOKING AT AN OVERALL TOTAL CAPITAL PROGRAM OF $160 MILLION OVER THE NEXT 20 YEARS.

WE'LL GET IN TO THE FINANCIAL PARTS OF T AFTER THAT.

I'M JUST GIVING YOU DETAILS ON THE PROJECT RIGHT NOW.

LET ME MAKE SURE I DIDN'T MISS ANYTHING HERE.

SO NEXT UP IS WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT AT THE LAST MEETING WAS DO WE WANT TO LOOK AT EXPANDING OUR WATER RESOURCE PORTFOLIO? THAT IS DO WE WANT TO EXPAND FROM BEING 100% RELIANT ON THE GROUND WATER TO LOOKING

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AT THE OTHER OPTIONS EITHER TO OFFSET THE GROU WITHDRAWALS WE DO TO MINIMIZE THE IMPACT TO THE AQUIFER OR FIND A NEW SUPPLY OTHER THAN THE AQUIFER BENEATH OUR FEET.

WE DID MORE WORK AND TRIES TO FIND OTHER WAYS FOR WHAT IT MEANS.

THE COUNCIL GAVE US DIRECTION.

YOU WANTED US TO LOOK AT THE SANITARY DISTRICT WATER REPLENISHMENT, AND THIS USES THE WASTEWATER AFFLUENT TO PUT IT BACK IN THE AQUAPHOR AND YOU WANTED US TO LOOK AT USING THE CANAL WATER WITH THE COACHELLA VALLEY WA DISTRICT AND USING IT AS REPLENISHMENT FOR THE WITHDRAWAL OR THE TREAT AND SERVE OPTION.

WE WILL GOV YOU DETAILS ON THESE.

THE FIRST IS RECYCLING WATER.

WASTEWATEREFFLUENT.

WE RULED OUT THE PURPLE PIPE.

IT WAS TOO EXPENSIVE BUT WE MOVED FORWARD TO UNDERSTAND MORE EITHER WITH THE TERTIARY TREATMENT AND INFILTRATING THROUGH SURFACE SPREADING OR DOING OR TERTIARY TREATMENT AND THE ADVANCE TREATMENT AND LOOKING AT THE INJECTION.

THE QUESTION FOR US THERE WAS WITH SPREAD GEOLOGY RIGHT IN THE CITY OF INDIO TO ALLOW TO US DO THAT? WE HAVE A FEASIBILITY STUDY.

FOR THIS SITE, AND YOU WILL HEAR IT FOR THE FOR SPREADING, WHICH WAS THE CANAL WATER.

INJECTION REALLY IS THE ONLY FEASIBLE OPTION FOR THE CITY OF INDIO.

THAT HAS TO DO WITH THE GEOLOGY.

SALT AND THE SEA HAS COME AND GONE.

A FEW MILLION TIMES IN THE LAST MILLION YEARS.

EACH TIME IT COMES AND IT GOES, IT LEAVES CLAY LAYERS.

AND IT ESPECIALLY US IN INDIO VERSUS PALM SPRINGS.

WE ARE CLOSER TO THE LAKE SO WE GOT MORE O FLUXABILITY OF THE SAID -- FLUXIATION OF THE AND WE CAN'T GET THE SPREADING TO THE DEEP WATER WHICH IS WHERE WE WANT IT WITH ANY CERTAINTY.

SO WE ARE RECOMMENDING INJECTION AS THE VIAB RECHARGE OPTION FOR INDIO.

OVERALL COSTS FOR THIS.

I WANT TO BE CLEAR.

YOU WILL SEE A NOTE THERE.

THIS IS INDIO WATER AUTHORITY COST ONLY.

THE PROJECTED TO DO THIS COSTS DOUBLE.

I THINK WE ARE -- V.S.D.

PAYS A LITTLE MORE THAN HALF.

>> IT'S ABOUT APPROXIMATELY HALF.

>> ABOUT HALF AND HALF.

SO THIS WOULD BE ONLY, I'M ONLY ACCOUNTING WOULD PAY FOR THROUGH OUR RATES OR HOWEVER TO FUND IT.

WE ARE LOOKING AT $40 MILLION C.U.P.

PROJECT.

AND AN ONGOING $50 MILLION 20-YEAR OPERATING COST FOR THIS PROJECT.

SO, WE HAD TO MAKE ASSUMPTIONS FOR ME TO PRESENT TO YOU THE FINANCIAL IMPACTS.

I ASSUME WE WOULD DO THE DEBT BOND RELEAS TO FLATTEN OUT THE RATE INCREASES NEEDED.

THERE WOULD BE TWO RELEASES TO SPREAD IT OUT TO SPENDING LEVEL.

TOTAL OF $54 MILLION.

30 IN $24 MILLION AND THE TWO YEARS APART TO TIME THE SPENDING.

IT WOULD BE 30 YEARS.

ASSUMING A $4.5% RATE INCREASE.

THE ANNUAL PAYMENTS WOULD BE $3 MILLION.

A LITTLE OVER $3 MILLION A YEAR FOR THAT.

WE TALKED ABOUT TAKING COLORADO RIVER WATER DOING DIFFERENT THINGS WITH IT.

WHAT WE AGAIN FOUND WAS AT THAT TIME WE WAL WITH ALL THREE OPTIONS.

ONE OF THEM IS GRAYED OUT BECAUSE WE HAVE DETERMINED THAT SPREADING IS NOT AN OPTION.

THIS WOULD BE SOMETHING LIKE POSSE PARK.

THE GEOLOGY IS THE SAME THERE AS V.S.D.

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BUT WE DID CONTINUE TO CARRY FORWARD TREAT AND SERVE AND INJECTION.

NOW WHAT YOU WILL SEE IN MY PRESENTATION, I ONLY DID ANALYSIS ON TREAT AND SERVE.

INJECTION IS ABOUT $12 MILLION MORE A YEAR TREAT AND SERVE IS.

SO IF YOU WANT TO DO AN INJECTION PROJECT I WOULD SAY WE SHOULD DO IT AT V.S.D.

OPPOSED TO CARRYING FORWARD SOMETHING AT THE POSSE PARK.

IT'S JUST NOT AS COST EFFECTIVE.

BUT I WILL TALK ABOUT TREAT AND SERVE.

SO FEASIBILITY STUDIES AGAIN, YOU KNOW, SERVE IS THE MOST VIABLE OPTION.

INJECTION IS ANOTHER $12 MILLION OVER 20 YEARS.

WE CAN CARRY IT FORWARD, THOUGH, IF YOU WISH US TO.

BUT IN ORDER TO NARROW DOWN THE OPTIONS BECAUSE THIS IS A LOT OF INFORMATION.

I TRIED TO NARROW IT DOWN.

OVERALL THE PROJECT COST IS $45 MILLION.

FOR THE TREAT AND SERVE.

SO $5 MILLION MORE THAN WORKING WITH THE V.S.D.

THIS WOULD BE 100% OUR PROJECT.

IT WOULD NOT BE -- SO TOTAL PROJECT COST, THIS TREAT AND SERVE IS A CHEAPER CAPITAL PROJECT THAN WHAT WE ARE WORKING WITH AT THE V.S.D.

IF YOU LOOK AT OVERALL PROJECT COST.

0&M IS ABOUT THE SAME AS V.S.D.

AROUND $50 MILLION A YEAR.

ARE YOU GOING? OKAY.

THERE YOU GO.

SO THE 20-YEAR KIND OF COST SPREAD, YOU CAN SEE WHERE THE ACTUAL TREATMENT PLANT GETS BUILT.

THAT IS THE BIG SPIKE IN WE ARE PROJECTING NOW 2027.

I THINK THAT MIGHT BE A LITTLE OPTIMISTIC GOING TO STICK WITH IT FOR NOW.

BUT THE TOTAL COSTS ARE NOT GOING TO CHANGE.

BUT TIMING MAY SLIDE.

THAT IS ONE OF THE GIVES AND THE TAKES THAT LONG-RANGE FINANCIAL PLAN.

SO NOW LET'S SET UP THE LONG-RANGE FINANCIAL PLAN.

THIS IS WHERE WE START ASKING OURSELVES GOING TO COST OUR CUSTOMERS TO PAY ANY OF THESE OPTIONS? SO THE DOLLARS THAT YOU SAW THAT I SHOWED YO LAST PROJECTS WERE TODAY'S DOLLARS.

RIGHT? SO WE SAID THE PROJECT WILL COST US $40 MILL DOLLARS.

WE SPREAD IT OUT OVER THE YEARS THINKING AB HOW CONSTRUCTION PLANNING AND ALL OF THAT WOULD WORK.

WELL, IF WE WANT TO DO A LONG RANGE FINAN WE HAVE TO THINK ABOUT WHAT ARE THE DOLLARS LOOK LIKE IN THE FUTURE? SO THOSE, THE LONG RANGE FINANCIAL PLAN USES FUTURE DOLLARS.

SO, WE ESCALATE EACH YEAR INFLATION BY 3% WITHIN THE LONG RANGE FINANCIAL PLAN TO ENSURE WE ARE REPRESENTING WHAT WE THINK AC IN THE YEAR WE WILL NEED THE RATES AND THE PAYMENTS TO MATCH.

SO THE METHODOLOGY IS WE JUST WENT THROUGH THE ANNUAL O&M.

WHAT DEBT DO WE HAVE AND WHAT DEBT CAN W OUT OF THAT WE GET OUR 20-YEAR FINANCIAL PROFILE.

HERE IS THE OVERALL COST.

THIS IS THE CURRENT SYSTEM.

GROUND WATER ONLY.

WITH THE GROWTH REHAB AND THE WATER QUALITY.

WE ARE LOOKING AT THE $160 MILLION PROJECT.

NOW THERE IS AN ASSUMPTION IN THIS.

IF WE CHOSE TO STOP HERE, AND WE DIDN'T DO WATER SUPPLY, WHAT I'M GOING TO SHOW YOU NEXT COULD LOOK DIFFERENT.

I ASSUME THAT CHROM 6 WOULD BE 100% RATE FUNDED.

BECAUSE WE WOULD HAVE ANOTHER BIG, ONE O PROJECTS WATER SUPPLY PROJECTS WOULD TAKE ON THE BOND FUNDING.

WHEN YOU CAN ONLY BOND FUND SO MUCH.

SO IF AT THE END OF THE DAY THE COUNCIL CHOOSES TO STOP HERE, WE WOULD HAVE TO GO BACK AND SEE IF FUNDING COULD HELP.

I BELIEVE IT COULD.

I WILL EXPLAIN TO YOU HOW.

SO THE BIGGEST INCREASES FOR JUST BASE AGAIN IS CHROM 6.

WE HAVE A COUPLE OF NEW PROGRAMS IN THERE.

HYDRANT AND THE VALVE REPLACEMENTS WE DIDN'T HAVE IN THE PAST WE NEED TO START JUMPING ON.

THEN THE ONE THAT IS NOT LISTED HERE IS INFLATION.

WE ARE LOOKING AT THE 3% INFLATION RATE.

OVER 20 YEARS.

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SO HERE IS THE RATE PROJECTIONS.

TO SIMPLY MAINTAIN OUR SYSTEM AND COMPLY 6 WE ARE LOOKING AT 4% RATE INCREASE BETWEEN NOW, 2023, AND 2030.

LIKE I SAID, THIS IS ASSUMING IT IS FULLY L RATE FUNDING.

IF WE STOPPED HERE, AND WE WENT BACK AND WE RE-EVALUATING BOND FUNDING AND MY FINANCIAL PEOPLE WOULD HAVE TO DO MORE WORK ON IT BUT IT LOOKS LIKE THAT WOULD REDUCE TO ABOUT 2%.

2% A YEAR FOR THE ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR, FIVE, SIX YEARS OPPOSED TO EIGHT YEARS.

SO THAT IS ONE OF YOUR CONSIDERATIONS.

AND WE WOULD PLAY WITH THAT.

NOT PLAY WITH IT.

YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN.

CALCULATE IT.

ROB WILL BE OFFENDED BY "PLAYING WITH IT." [LAUGHTER] ALL RIGHT.

SO NOW LET'S LOOK AT OUR 20-YEAR EXPENDITUR CURRENT.

CURRENT IS WITH CHROM 6 AND ALL THE REHAB EVERYTHING.

BUT YOU ADD V.S.D.

TO IT.

THAT TAKES OUR OVERALL 20-YEAR CAPITAL PR FULL OPERATING.

SORRY.

0&M AND THE CAPITAL TO $209 MILLION.

OVER THE NEXT 20 YEARS.

THE ASSUMPTION IS WE DO TWO BOND FUNDING OF $54 MILLION, 30 YEARS.

4.5% AND $3 MILLION PAYMENTS.

AT THIS POINT WITH ADDING IN V.S.D.

OUR PORTION ONLY, WE HAVE THE 5.5% RATE INCREASE FOR THE NEXT ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR, FIVE, SIX, SEVEN, EIGHT, NINE, TEN YEARS.

NO.

NINE YEARS.

EIGHT YEARS.

AND THEN REDUCED TO FIVE FOR THE NEXT FOLLOWING TWO.

I KNOW THEY SEEM BIG.

IT IS A BIG HIT.

THE COUNCIL WILL DETERMINE WHETHER THE APPETITE IS THERE.

THE BENEFIT IS THERE.

I WILL SAY THAT PART OF IT.

YOU KNOW WHETHER THE COMMUNITY CAN TAKE I NOT, I DON'T KNOW.

WHETHER IT'S WORTH IT FOR THAT.

BUT I THINK THAT THE BENEFIT TO THE CITY AND THE WATER IS THERE.

THE LAST ONE IS SO THIS TAKES OUT V.S.D.

AND SAYS WE DON'T DO V.S.D.

BUT WE CHOOSE TO DO THE CANAL TREAT AND SERVE INSTEAD.

THAT TAKES US TO THE $215 MILLION OVER A 20-YEAR PROCESS.

$54 MILLION.

THE NUMBERS ALL THE SAME.

THAT MAKES ME NERVOUS.

NEVER USUALLY LINES UP THAT WAY.

ANYWAY, THE SAME ASSUMPTIONS.

NOW WE ARE LOOKING AT A 6.5% FOR FIVE YEARS.

6 FOR FOUR YEARS AND 2% FOR TWO YEARS.

SO THAT IS WHERE WE ARE AT.

FOR ME, I THINK THAT ANY OF THESE OPTIONS ARE VIABLE.

AND SOLID FOR THE CITY.

THE TWO WITH THE NEW WATER SUPPLY DEFINITELY GIVES US AN ADVANTAGE.

AND GIVES US MUCH MORE LONG-TERM FUTURE STABILITY.

AND THE CERTAINTY.

FOR THE WATER SUPPLY.

BUT I ALSO GET THE DYNAMICS OF WHERE WE ARE AT TODAY.

SO THAT IS WHAT I'M LOOKING FOR YOU TO ASK ME QUESTIONS OF THE ASSUMPTIONS THAT WE HAVE MADE.

ASK ME QUESTIONS ABOUT THE DETAILS.

LET ME KNOW IF YOU HAVE ONE OR BOTH.

IF YOU WANT TO DO V.S.D.

AND TREAT AND SERVE IT'S CUMULATIVE SO IT WEN 1% EACH YEAR, THE DIFFERENCE.

YOU WOULD HAVE TO TOOK IT ON.

SO, YEAH.

YEAH.

>> MAYOR MILLER: ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU, MS. RHAY.

>> MAYOR MILLER: ANY QUESTIONS? OBVIOUSLY THAT IS A LOT OF INFORMATION.

GO AHEAD.

>> MS. AMITH: YES.

I HAVE SEVERAL QUESTIONS FOR MS. RHAY.

>> OKAY.

>> MS. AMITH: SO, FIRST OF ALL CAN YOU PUT A NUMBER OR AN AVERAGE NUMBER TO WHAT 4% AND 6% TRANSLATE TO? BECAUSE THAT IS REALLY A BETTER WAY FOR WH MEANS TO THE CONSUMER.

>> I APOLOGIZE, THAT IS A QUESTION THAT I SHOULD HAVE BEEN PREPARED FOR.

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BUT I CAN GET THAT FOR YOU.

>> MS. AMITH: I THINK THAT IS AN IMPORTANT.

>> MS. AMITH: QUESTION TO BE ANSWERED.

>> MS. AMITH: BEFORE WE MAKE A DECISION.

RIGHT OUT OF THE GATE I AM NEVER GOING TO B THE CANAL TREAT AND SERVE.

I'M NOT GOING TO CHANGE MY POSITION ON THAT.

IT'S THE HIGHEST RATE INCREASE TO OUR CONSUMER.

WHY IS THE RATE INCREASE FRONT LOADED TO TEN YEARS?

>> TYPICALLY THAT IS DRIVEN BY HOW YOU EXPECT THE COST TO BE SPREAD.

SO THE BONDS ARE 30 YEARS BUT YOU NEED TO BRINGING IN THE REVENUE UP FRONT BECAUSE WE TO START TO PAY THE INTEREST AND THE DEBT SERVICE ON THEM IMMEDIATELY ONCE WE RELEASE.

>> MS. AMITH: BUT DOESN'T THAT MEAN THAT THE RESIDENTS OF INDIO FOR THE FIRST TEN YEARS PAY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE RESIDENTS OF THE YEARS 11 THROUGH 30?

>> LET ME SEE IF I UNDERSTAND IT.

BECAUSE THE RATES ARE HITTING IMMEDIATEL MS. AMITH: THE FIRST TEN YEARS, THEY ARE THE ONES PAYIN INFRASTRUCTURE THAT EVERYONE BENEFITS FROM BASICALLY THE PERPETUITY.

>> SO, IT'S TRUE BUT HOW THAT HAPPENS THE THE STRONGEST IS IF YOU FUND RATES FOR THE ENTIRE PROJECT.

THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN EVERYONE'S PAYING REA HARD UP FRONT.

BY DOING BOND FUNDING THAT ALLOWS YOU TO SPREAD THE COSTS OUT IN THE FUTURE AND LOAD IT ON TO ADDITIONAL CUSTOMERS.

>> MS. AMITH: BUT THE RATE INCREASE -- >> KIM, CAN YOU TALK ABOUT -- SORRY.

I DIDN'T MEAN TO INTERRUPT.

>> MS. AMITH: I'M TRYING TO CLARITY ON WHY THE RATE INCREASES ARE FRONT LOADED.

>> SO KIM, CAN YOU GIVE SOME INPUT ON THAT?

THEY START COLLECTING ADDITIONAL FUNDS UP FRONT.

SORRY, MY WEB CAM ISN'T WORKING.

WE START COLLECTING ADDITIONAL REVENUE TO PAY FOR THE CAPITAL COSTS BECAUSE WE ARE FUNDING SOME OF THE CAPITAL COSTS WI CASH AND SOME WITH BOND FUNDS.

SO, THE BONDS WILL ALLOW THE PROJECT COST TO BE PAID FOR OVER 30-YEAR PERIOD.

WE NEED TO COLLECT CASH UP FRONT.

IF THE CITY WANTED TO CONSIDER USING MORE FUNDS UP FRONT IT COULD REDUCE THE RATE POTENTIALLY AND SPREAD THE COST, MORE OF THE COST OUT OVER 30-YEAR PERIOD.

>> MAYOR MILLER: COULD YOU DO ME A FAVOR AND TELL YOU WHO YOU ARE AND WHAT COMPANY YOU WORK FOR AND YOUR POSITION AND WHAT IT IS?

MY NAME IS KIM BAYLOR, THE PROJECT MANAGER FOR THE LONG RANGE FINANCIAL PLAN PROJECT.

SORRY.

WORKING WITH TRISH AND BRIAN AND THE STAFF THERE, INDIO WATER AUTHORITY.

I'M A DIRECTOR WITH THE FIRM.

WORKING FOR THE FIRM FOR 15 YEARS NOW.

>> MS. AMITH: BACK TO THE VALUE SAND PROJECT.

IT WOULD BE A 50/50 PROJECT?

WOULD WE GO OUT TO BOND JOINTLY OR ALL ON >> NO.

WE WOULD BOND OUR PORTION.

>> SO THE NUMBER IS OUR PORTION NOT VAL SA PORTION?

>> MS. AMITH: I WOULD LIKE TO CONSIDER SP OVER A LONGER PERIOD OF TIME.

BUT WE ALSO NEED TO KNOW WHAT THE NUMBER IS.

>> I GOT IT.

APTS IF WE ARE GOING TO DO BONDING ARE WE GOING TO ROLL IN THE EXISTING DEBT SERVICE THAT WE HAVE OF $2.4 MILLION?

>> WE COULD TALK WITH THE ROB ABOUT POTE ABOUT WHAT WE HAVE OUT THERE.

>> MS. AMITH: IF IT'S BENEFICIAL TO ROLL IT IN, I WOULD THINK WE WOULD ROLL IT IN.

SO I JUST NEED TO KNOW WHAT THAT 4% OR THE 5% MEANS.

OR IF IT IS AVERAGED OUT OVER A LONGER PERI TIME.

WHAT IT MEANS.

>> OKAY.

WE CAN DO A SCENARIO THAT BRINGS THE BOND F SOONER.

HEAVIER SOONER.

AND THEN WHAT YOU WANT TO KNOW IS KIND OF AVERAGE CUSTOMER CLASS, IS THAT WHAT YOU LOOKING FOR?

>> MAYOR MILLER: HOW MUCH PER CUSTOMER?

>> AFTER INCH METER, RESIDENTIAL, WHAT IS THE CURRENT RATE AND -- >> YEP.

>> MS. AMITH: WHAT WOULD THE 4% OR THE 6% EQUAL TO.

>> YEP.

>> MS. AMITH: THE OTHER QUESTION I HAVE IS BECAUSE WE MENTIONED THE BOND IS FOR 30 YEARS WHICH I KNOW IS STANDARD.

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BUT YOU MENTIONED 20-YEAR PERIOD OF TIME.

I WASN'T SURE WHAT IT WAS FOR.

WHAT WAS THE 20-YEAR PERIOD OF TIME?

>> WE DID THE LONG RANGE FINANCIAL PLAN FOR THE 30 YEARS BECAUSE I WANTED TO SEE IT SPREAD OUT.

THE MASTER PLAN ITSELF IS BASED ON A 20-YEAR PLAN.

>> MS. AMITH: THANK YOU.

>> MAYOR MILLER: THANK YOU, MS. AMITH.

WHO ELSE WOULD LIKE TO ASK ANY QUESTIONS? I HAVE A COUPLE.

OH, THANK YOU, OSCAR.

I COULD SEEN YOU ON THE SCREEN.

GO AHEAD.

>> MR. ORTIZ: RIGHT NOW WE ARE CURRENTLY P FOR REPLENISHMENT, RIGHT?

>> CORRECT.

>> MR. ORTIZ: IS THAT THE TURN -- [INAUDIBLE] IN THESE NUMBERS?

>> SO AT THIS POINT IN TIME, WE COULD APPROACH AND THAT COULD POTENTIALLY CHANGE AND IMPROVE THE NUMBERS.

WE DID NOT AT THAT POINT IN TIME ANTICIPATE CONTRIBUTIONS TO THIS PROJECT.

HOWEVER, BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO REVIEW THE PROJECT AND APPROVE THAT IT IS COMPLIANT WITH THE EXPECTATIONS OF THE REPLENISHMENT PROGRAM IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO AUTHORIZE ISSUANCE FUNDS TO THE PROJECT.

SO THAT IS SOMETHING WE WOULD HAVE TO GO BOARD.

THEIR BOARD TO GET APPROVED FOR.

HOWEVER, THIS IS ONE POINT I WANT TO MAKE.

ALL OF THESE PROJECTIONS ARE ON A BROAD SC 30-YEAR PROGRAM.

WE COME TO YOU EVERY YEAR AND WE TALK ABOUT CHANGED FROM THE LAST YEAR, WHAT IS DIFFERENT PLAN LAST YEAR, HOW DO WE CHANGE OUR FINANCING? EVEN TO THE POINT OF IF WE -- THAT IS WH SEPARATING THE BOND FUNDING OUT TO THE TWO RELEASES BECAUSE IF THINGS CHANGE YOU DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE TO ISSUE THE BOND.

YOU GET A BETTER SENSE OF HOW IT IS TRACKIN YOU WANT TO DO.

THAT IS WHAT WE ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR.

WHATEVER PROJECTS YOU ASK US TO DO, WE HAVE TO COME BACK TO YOU EVERY YEAR AND TELL YOU HOW WE ARE DOING.

ARE WE SPENDING IT? DID THE COSTS GO UP? DID THE COSTS GO DOWN? THIS IS HOW WE ARE CHANGING OUR PROJECTIONS RELATIVE TO THE LONG RANGE FINANCIAL PLAN.

THIS, COUNCILMEMBER ORTIZ, COULD BE ONE OF WE CAME BACK AND SAY WE GOT SOME FUNDING.

WE ARE LOOKING FOR GRANT FUNDING AS WELL.

AND WE CAN COME BACK TO SAY WE ARE NOT GOING TO HAVE TO RELEASE AS MANY BONDS BECAUSE WE FOUND FUNDING.

>> MR. ORTIZ: BECAUSE IF WE WERE TO GO TO THE TREAT AND SERVE WE WOULD HAVEN'T TO PAY THE REPLENISHMENT FEES IF WE ARE NOT WITH FROM THE AQUIFER, RIGHT?

>> IF WE REDUCED OUR WITHDRAWALS BECAUSE WE USING THE TREAT AND SERVE, I WOULD NOT, I WOULDN'T ASSUME WE WOULD EVER GO 100% TRE AND SERVE.

WE WOULD PROBABLY ALWAYS CONTINUE TO WITHDRAWAL GROUND WATER AS WELL.

BUT THE PORTION THAT WE REDUCED OUR WITHDR WOULD NOT HAVE TO PAY THAT REPLENISHMENT FEE.

>> MR. ORTIZ: OKAY.

I WOULD LIKE TO SEE HOW IT WOULD IMPACT THE FINANCES OF IT.

I'M SURE THAT WOULD BE A PRETTY SIGNIFICAN THERE AS WELL, RIGHT?

>> REALLY THE DOLLAR AMOUNTS FOR THE REPLEN WANT TO SAY WE PAY $1.4 MILLION A YEAR.

IT IS, IT'S NOT A BIG PART OF IT.

I MEAN IT WILL DEFINITELY HELP.

BUT I DON'T KNOW IF IT WILL MAKE A SUBSTANTIAL CHANGE IN THE CALCULATIONS.

>> IT'S ALMOST 5,000 ACRE FEET A YEAR WE AR IMPLEMENTING -- >> MAYOR MILLER: TO THE MIC PLEASE.

INTRODUCE YOURSELF.

>> RAYMUNDO TREJO, ASSISTANT GENERAL MANAGER.

I WAS GOING TO SAY THE SIZE OF THE PROJECT 5,000 ACRE FEET A YEAR.

SO FOR A QUICK CALCULATION, THE R.A.C.

BEING, I DON'T KNOW WHAT LATEST -- >> 75 BUT GOI TO 145.

>> CORRECT.

SO WHATEVER THE R.A.C.

WOULD BE THAT WOULD BE THE IMMEDIATE SAVINGS W REALIZE PER THE PROJECT.

THAT IS A AVOIDED COST IMPLEMENTING THE PROJECT.

5,000 IS THE MULTIPLIER.

5,000 ACRE FEET A YEAR.

>> MR. ORTIZ: OKAY.

>> MS. AMITH: I NEED TO MAKE A COMMENT BECAUSE I PROBABLY WON'T BE HERE WHEN THE PROJECTS MOVE FORWARD.

I WAS PART OF THE NEGOTIATION WITH THE C FOR THE R.A.C.

CREDIT AND THE PROJECT THAT BENEFITS INDIO DIRECTLY.

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THERE IS A STIPULATION THEY CANNOT DENY US WHEN WE ASK FOR FUNDS FOR OUR PROJECT.

THAT STIPULATION IS THERE.

SO I MAY NOT BE HERE BUT I HOPE YOU REMEMBER.

SO THAT YOU CAN COLLECT SOME OF THOSE FRONT CVWD TO PAY FOR WHATEVER PROJECT YOU DECIDE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH.

>> I HAVE READ THROUGH THE AGREEMENT THREE TIMES NOW AND I THINK THERE IS A FEW DIFFERENT -- NOT INTERPRETATIONS.

A FEW DIFFERENT WAYS THAT I THINK WE C FUNDING PROCESS THROUGH THIS.

I JUST WOULD HAVE TO WORK WITH ROXANNE TO DO THAT.

>> MS. AMITH: CALL ME IF I'M NOT AROUND.

I'LL POST TO REMIND THEM.

>> MAYOR MILLER: FINISH UP YOUR QUESTIONS?

>> MR. ORTIZ: YEAH.

I WANT TO FINISH WITH SAYING THAT I SUPPORT THE TREAT AND SERVE OPTION.

>> MR. FERMON: I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.

MR. FERMON, ANYTHING?

COUNCILMEMBER AMITH TOUCHED ON SOMETHING QUESTIONING BUT I HAVE NO FURTHER QUESTIONS.

>> MAYOR MILLER: MAYOR PRO TEM? UNMUTE.

>> MAYOR PRO TEM HOLMES: I KNOW THERE ARE SOME SAVINGS WITH TREAT AND SERVE BUT IT WOULDN'T MY FIRST CHOICE.

I WOULD LOOK AT THE VALLEY SAND INJECTION.

NOW IS A HARD TIME TO TALK ABOUT THE RATE INCREASES.

5% MAY NOT BE MUCH IN THE SCHEME OF THINGS JUST NOT A GREAT TIME.

BUT I THINK AS WE MOVE FORWARD VALLEY SAN INJECTION IS THE DIRECTION I THINK WE NEED TO MOVE IN.

I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.

>> MAYOR MILLER: WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE TWO DIFFERENT TREATMENT PLANS, OPTIONS, IS IT THE SAME QUANTITY OF WATER WE WOULD AC WITH THE RECYCLED PLANT AND ALSO IF WE WERE TO TAKE IT OUT OF THE CANAL? WOULD IT BE BOTH 5,000? EQUAL?

>> MAYOR MILLER: EQUAL DOLLARS TO EQUAL A >> WE WANT TO COMPARE THEM.

YES.

>> MAYOR MILLER: IT WOULDN'T A DIFFERENT OTHER THAN PRICE OF THE COST TO WITHDRAW IT OR GET THE WATER BUT EQUAL AMOUNT OF THE WATE BY THE 5,000 ACRE FEET IS WHAT IT WOULD BE?

>> IN OUR ANALYSIS EVEN THE COST OF PURCHASING WATER IS CALCULATED IN THERE.

>> MAYOR MILLER: GOOD.

>> WE GOT IT IN THERE.

>> MAYOR MILLER: THAT IS PART OF IT.

WHAT DO YOU THINK THE AVAILABILITY IS OF THE CANAL WATER?

I UNDERSTAND BECAUSE THERE ARE A -- >> THAT IS A GREAT QUESTION.

>> MAYOR MILLER: THE TREATMENT WATER THAT FROM VALLEY SAND WE WORKED ON WE KNOW IS GUARANTEED.

PEOPLE WILL HAVE BUTTS IN THE SEATS AND TECHNICALLY WHEN YOU LOOK AT THIS YOU WILL HAVE A CONSISTENT SOURCE.

AS WE START TO HAVE THE WITHDRAWAL COLORADO RIVER AND IF THERE IS MORE AGREEMENTS YOU KNOW, DOES THE WATER BE AVAILABLE TO US AND WE PUT OUR EGGS IN ONE BASKET YOU DON'T KNOW IF WE CAN DO IT.

WE DON'T KNOW WHAT WILL HAPPEN IN FIVE AN FROM NOW AS THE LAKE MEADE AND OTHERS CONTINUE TO SHRINK.

WILL THERE BE OTHER LITIGATION FROM MEXIC THE OTHER STATES THAT HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO WATER FROM THERE?

>> MAYOR MILLER: I'M WORRIED ABOUT THAT.

>> I THINK ON BOTH SIDES OF THE PROJECTS T RISKS.

I THINK WHEREVER IT GOES, SO FOR TREAT AND WERE TO LOOK AT THAT ONE.

WE COULD COME BACK TO YOU ONE DAW AND SAY EVEN AS WE GO THROUGH THE FEASIBILITY, THE DESIGN, ALL OF THAT STUFF.

WE CAN'T GET THE WATER.

SO, WE NEED TO LET IT GO.

THAT IS A GOOD POINT I WANT TO MAKE BECAUSE THERE IS A CHANCE ON EITHER ONE OF THESE THAT WE THROUGH THE STAGES AND I HAVE TO COME BACK TO YOU AND SAY WE FOUND A FATAL FLAW.

SO YOU HAVE TO BE WILLING TO INVEST A LITTLE TO TAKE RISK OF TRYING.

I WOULD SAY THAT THAT IS AN EXCELLENT QUESTION BECAUSE I HAVE ALREADY HAD PRELIMINARY CONVERSATIONS WITH CVWD AND SAID CAN YOU GIVE ME A SENSE OF WHAT TYPE OF WATER I? LOOKED A AT THEM AND SAID I'M NOT ASKING FOR A CERTAIN VOLUME.

TELL ME WHAT YOU CAN THINK YOU CAN GIVE ME.

THEY WERE HESITANT TO EVEN DO THAT.

SO THERE IS THAT RISK.

ABSOLUTELY.

BUT THERE IS RISKS ON THE V.S.D.

SIDE, TOO.

RIGHT NOW WE HAVE AN ASSUMPTION BUILT IN T THAT SAYS THEY PRODUCE 6 MILLION GALLONS OF WASTEWATER A DAY.

THE CURRENT REQUIREMENT THEY HAVE TO MINIMALLY RELEASE A MILLION GALLONS OF THAT IN THE CANAL.

THE CHANNEL.

WE DON'T KNOW AS WE GET IN TO THIS IF THE WILL GO WELL, YOU KNOW, OKAY, WE'LL TALK THAT THEY DON'T COME BACK TO SAY WHOA, WAIT A MINUTE.

ALL OF THESE ARE STILL THINGS THAT ARE C THAT HAVE TO BE WORKED OUT.

THAT IS WHAT PRELIMINARY FEASIBILITY IS ABOUT.

THAT IS WHAT THE PRELIMINARY DESIGNS IS ABOUT.

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ALL OF THOSE THINGS.

WE HAVE A LOT OF NEGOTIATIONS BEFORE WE IN TO THE DESIGN AND KNOWING WHAT WE ARE GOING TO DESIGNING.

THESE ARE HIGH-RISK PROJECTS.

THEY REALLY ARE.

I THINK THEY ARE GREAT.

I'M EXCITED.

I DON'T THINK THAT THEY ARE ABSOLUTELY IMPOSSIBLE BUT THEY ARE GOING TO TAKE A LOT OF WORK.

A LOT OF WORK.

>> MAYOR MILLER: THAT IS WHAT I WAS LOOKING AT.

I'M WORRIED ABOUT THE LONG-TERM GUARANTEES WATER.

>> MAYOR MILLER: WE ARE A GROWING CITY.

THE GREAT THING ABOUT HAVING OUR OWN INDIO W AUTHORITY IS MULTIPLE THINGS BUT ONE IS TO PROVIDE FOR THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

NEW HOMES AND EVERYTHING ELSE THAT COMES WITH IT AND NOT HAVE TO RELY ON CVWD AND ANYONE ELSE ISSUANCE.

I KNOW THERE ARE SOME RISKS.

I THINK THAT IS WHAT YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT WH FROM THERE.

I LIKE TO PARTNER THE VALLEY SANITATION DISTRICT.

WE HAVE ANOTHER GROUP THAT WILL TAKE THE RISK WITH US.

WE KNOW THERE IS A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF WATER COMING IN ON A CONTINUAL BASIS AND I LIKE THE IDEA WE ARE ABLE TO DO THAT.

BUT THEN AGAIN WITH THE RATE INCREASES THE COST OF THE WATER IN THE COACHELLA VALLEY NO MATTER WHAT ANYBODY ELSE COMPARED L.A.

AND OTHER UNBELIEVABLY LOW.

>> MAYOR MILLER: EVEN AT $145 AN ACRE FEET.

IT'S UNBELIEVABLY LOW.

I WAS JUST AT A PLACE EVEN IN HEMMIT RECYCLED WATER IS $750 AN ACRE FOOT.

THEY CHARGE THEM THAT AND IT DOES NOT INCLUDE POTABLE.

THAT IS RECYCLABLE WATER THEY HAVE TO TAKE.

YOU DON'T THINK PEOPLE UNDERSTAND HOW CHEAP WATER IS HERE BECAUSE OF THE ABUNDANCE AND THE LONG-TERM AGREEMENTS WITH THE THROUGH CONTRACTS WITH THE COLORADO RIVER.

BUT WE DO NEED TO PROTECT OURSELVES.

WHAT YOU NEED TO DO, COUNCILMEMBER AMITH MAKES A GOOD POINT.

WHAT IS IT GOING TO COST THE RESIDENTS FOR EACH ONE BASED ON THOSE THAT THEY WILL SEE ON THE BILL? WHAT THE RESIDENTS WANT TO KNOW HOW MUCH I THEM EXTRA EVERY MONTH?

>> I HAVE GREAT STAFF.

I JUST LOVE THEM.

>> MAYOR MILLER: GOOD.

>> CAN I TELL YOU THAT.

>> MAYOR MILLER: YOU DO HAVE A GREAT STAFF.

>> WHILE I WAS STANDING HERE THEY DID THE CALCULATION FOR ME.

RATE IMPACT OF THE 4% IT WOULD BE $2 A MON TYPICAL RESIDENTIAL ACCOUNT.

>> MAYOR MILLER: THAT IS PRETTY GOOD.

>> THE AVERAGE RESIDENTIAL BILL JUST AS FR REFERENCE IS ABOUT $50 A MONTH.

GOING FROM $50 TO$52.

>> MAYOR MILLER: TOGARIAN TEEN LONG-TERM WATER SUPPLY FOR THE CITY OF INDIO AND ECONOMICALLY AND FOR THE RESIDENTS THAT IS A SMALL PRICE TO PAY AND SOMETHING WE NEED TO LOOK AT AND PUSH FORWARD WITH.

I THINK WE NEED TO, THIS IS ME AND WE'LL GET CONSENT OF THE COUNCIL, BUT WE NEED TO LOOK AT BOTH OPTIONS BECAUSE IF ONE IS FEASIBLE IS NOT AND WE ARE NOT READY AND WE HAVEN'T KIND OF LOOK AT BOTH OF THEM, AND THEN WE NEED TO SIT DOWN WITH THE VALLEY SANITATION TO ASK HO COMFORTABLE THEY ARE MOVING FORWARD BECAUSE THEY WILL PUT IN ANOTHER $50 MILLION THEMSELVES.

SO, WHAT I WOULD SAY IS FOR THE VALLEY SAN DON'T THINK THERE IS A RISK BETWEEN THE VALLEY SAN AND US WORKING TOGETHER.

THEY ARE ALL IN, AS WELL AS SO FAR WE HAVE BEEN WORKING THROUGH THE EVRA.

THE BIGGEST RISKS ARE EXTERNAL.

THEY ARE GOING TO FACE THE SAME RISKS TOO, THROUGH THE -- THE TREATMENT FACILITIES IN THE VALLEY ARE GETTING NEW PERMITS A ARE FINDING THAT THE REGULATORS ARE TIGHTENING UP THE STANDARDS ALREADY.

PALM SPRINGS WAS REQUIRED TO PUT IN -- BEYOND TERTIARY, ADVANCED? ADVANCED TREATMENT FOR WASTEWATER.

SO THEY KNOW THIS IS COMING.

I THINK THE RISKS ON THAT SIDE ARE LESS.

I THINK THAN TREAT AND SERVE.

I THINK THAT THE BIGGEST RISKS LIKE COUNC AMITH HAS POINTED OUT FOR TREAT AND SERVE CUSTOMER ACCEPTANCE.

ADVANCED TREATMENT, THE TASTE AND HEAVIN THE WATER WITH WILL ADDRESSED THROUGH THE TREATMENT ADVANCES THERE ARE.

BUT CUSTOMER ACCEPTANCE IS A HUGE CHALLENGE.

IT IS.

YOU CAN TELL ALL THE PEOPLE IN WORLD WE C WELL BUT IT'S, IF IT IS DIFFERENT THAT IS HARD.

THAT IS SOMETHING THAT YOU LIVE WITH.

IT'S PART OF YOUR BEING.

SO THAT IS A LARGE CHALLENGE FOR THAT.

>> MAYOR MILLER: YEAH.

GOING TO HAVE A LARGE CHALLENGE WITH WATER GENERAL.

NO MATTER WHAT IT COMES THROUGH.

>> MAYOR MILLER: EVEN IF YOU BRING IT OUT OF THE CANAL YOU WILL HAVE THE TASTE.

HEAVY SALT IN IT.

>> MAYOR MILLER: THERE IS -- WE'LL CLEAN IT THE BEST WE CAN.

WHAT DO YOU NEED FOR US? ANY OTHER COUNCILMEMBERS THAT HAVE ANY FINAL COMMENTS OR ANYTHING THEY NEED?

>> SO, GO AHEAD.

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>> MR. ORTIZ: I HAD ONE QUESTION.

IS CHROMIUM 6 AN ISSUE FOR BOTH SITUATIONS, WATER AND CANAL WATER?

>> NOT FOR CANAL WATER.

FOR GROUND WATER IT'S AN ISSUE.

BUT WE WILL, LIKE I SAID IF WE GO TO THE TREAT AND SERVE ONE OF THE TECHNIQUES YOU USE TO MITIGATE ANY KIND OF THE IMPACT CHANGE I IS YOU TREAT CANAL WATER AND YOU DO A BLENDING.

YOU TREAT PART OF IT AND TAKE IT FROM THE G WATER AND BLEND IT TOGETHER AND SERVE.

THEN IT STARTS TO THANK YOUS AND FEEL THE SAME AS WHAT IS IN THE PAST.

SO WE WILL CONTINUE TO USE THE GROUND WATER EVEN IF WE WENT TO TREAT AND SERVE.

IT WOULD GIVE US BETTER MULTIPLE OPTIONS.

>> MR. ORTIZ: WOULD IT REDUCE THE COST T CHROMIUM 6 IF WE HAVE LESS VOLUME OF THE GROUND WATER WE HAVE TO TREAT FOR CHROMIUM 6?

>> THE ONGOING OPERATIONAL COSTS WOULD BE REDUCED.

>> MAYOR MILLER: ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? WE HAVE THE OTHER CONSULTANT ON IN CASE WE QUESTIONS? WHAT DO YOU NEED FROM US? HOW WOULD YOU LIKE US TO PROCEED? OBVIOUSLY THIS IS TO DISCUSS.

>> HERE ARE MY NEXT STEPS.

LET ME TELL YOU WHAT MY NEXT STEPS ARE AND TELL ME WHAT I NEED IS TO KNOW WHAT YOU ARE COMFORTABLE WITH ME MOVING FORWARD WITH THE NEXT STEPS.

WE NEED TO START NEGOTIATING AND TALKING WI SERIOUS WAY; PARTICULARLY, WITH COACHELLA VALLEY WATER DISTRICT.

THEY ARE REALLY GOING TO WANT TO KNOW WE AR ABOUT THIS FOR THEM TO START SAYING WELL, THIS IS REALLY, WE WILL SPEND TIME ON FIGURING OUT WHAT KIND OF WATER YOU ARE GOING TO, YOU KNOW, YOU ARE GOING TO GIVE US.

I NEED TO DEVELOP IF WE ARE LOOKING AT INCREASES THIS IS A BIG PUBLIC OUTREACH.

COMMUNICATION PROCESS THAT WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH TO LET THEM KNOW WHAT IS COMING.

SO I NEED TO START GETTING THAT IN PLACE.

I NEED TO START NEGOTIATING.

I NEED TO GET THE MONEY LINED UP AND START WITH ROB ON BOND FUNDING.

I WORRY STARTING THAT PROCESS WITH BOTH YOU -- AT THE END OF THE DAY, THAT IS WHY I PRESENTED THIS.

WE WOULD BE AT 7-8% RATE INCREASE FOR THE NEXT EIGHT YEARS.

IF WE WERE TO ¶ ¶ FORWARD WITH THE BOTH PROJECTS.

THAT IS WHAT I WOULD HAVE TO SELL IF TH DIRECTION YOU WANT ME TO DO IS TO CONTINUE TO CARRY BOTH OF THOSE.

I CAN DO THAT.

IS THAT THE MESSAGE THAT YOU WANT ME TO CARRY FORWARD? OR IS THERE ONE YOU FEEL STRONGER ABOUT THAT YOU KNOW FOR NOW, WITH THE INDIO -- THIS IS MU PERSONAL.

WE ARE A SMALL GROUP.

YOU KNOW? WE ARE GOOD.

[LAUGHTER] BUT WE ARE A SMALL ENGINEERING GROUP.

SO, TO TAKE ON ONE OF THESE PROJECTS IS GOING TO BE A BIG TASKS FOR US.

AS WELL AS DOING CHROM 6.

>> MS. AMITH: DO YOU REMEMBER HOW MUCH W INVESTED IN THE CHROMIUM 6 TREATMENT FACILITIES? I MEAN WE EXPENDED SO MUCH MONEY WHEN THE STATE MADE US DO THAT.

IT SEEMS LIKE THAT WOULD REALLY HELP US BE THE GAME.

>> THAT IS CORRECT.

WE EXPENDED IN ORDER OF $3 MILLION PER FACILITY.

FOR WELL.

UNDER $10 MILLION.

WE CONTINUE TO OPERATE THE FACILITIES INVESTIGATE WAYS TO SAVE ON THE O&M.

OVER 20-YEAR PERIOD $54 MILLION OF O&M TO NUMBERS SO DO THIS IS A CONSERVATIVE APPROACH FINANCIAL PLAN.

>> MS. AMITH: OKAY.

I STILL STAND FIRM ON NOT THE TREAT AND SERVE.

I WANT TO EXPLORE THE JOINT VENTURE WI SANITARY BEFORE WE START TREAT AND SERVE.

>> MAYOR MILLER: WE'VE GOT VALLEY SAN.

IS THAT THE DIRECTION I TAKE IT WE ARE ALL PREFER? OKAY.

NO? YES AND NO? OSCAR IS A NO.

WHO IS -- LET'S DO THIS.

WHO WANTS VALLEY SAN? FERMON IS YES.

IT'S 4-1.

I WOULD LOOK TOWARD THE VALLEY SAN MODEL BACK IF THAT IS NOT VIABLE.

>> MAYOR MILLER: AS YOU GET INTO IT YOU CAN TELL WHERE YOU GO FROM THERE.

>> AWESOME.

>> MAYOR MILLER: SO, THE RATE INCREASE Y BACK TO US ON WHAT IT WILL

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BE.

IS THAT $2 ESTIMATE?

>> THAT IS THE $2.

IF YOU WANT MORE DETAIL OF THE TYPICAL CUSTOMER OF THE $2.

WE CAN GIVE YOU MORE DETAIL.

DOES IT GIVE YOU ENOUGH?

>> MAYOR MILLER: WE'RE GOOD.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR HARD WORK AND DEDICATION.

IF THERE ARE NO MORE COMMENTS YOU GOT YO DIRECTION.

YOU WILL BRING IT BACK TO US AS WE CONTINUE ON WITH THIS JOURNEY.

>> AS I GO THROUGH THE PROCESS WE START D THE RATE PROCESS, I'LL BE WORKING WITH YOU WITH THAT, COUNCIL.

ALL KIND OF -- YOU'LL BE TIRED OF ME.

>> MAYOR MILLER: MS. AIM AIL BROUGHT UP A GOOD POINT TO SEE IF WE CAN REFINANCE THE BONDS, TOO.

SOMETHING TO LOOK AT.

YOU KNOW YOU ARE CONSISTENTLY LOOKING AT STUFF, ROB, BUT SOMETHING FOR THE FUTURE.

>> MAYOR MILLER: ALL RIGHT.

MOVE ON TO ITEM "B" NOW WHICH IS THE ACCEPTA THE FISCAL YEAR 2020 EDWARD

[11.b. Acceptance of Fiscal Year 2020 Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) funding in the amount of $30,344 and approval to use this grant to pay for replacement and maintenance costs relating to the Police Department's Body-Worn Camera (BWC) program (Michael Washburn, Chief of Police) Recommendation: Approve]

BYRNE MEMORIAL JANICE GRANT AND THE APPROVAL TO USE IT TO REPLACE FOR REPLACEMENT AND THE MAINTENANCE COST RELATED TO POLICE DEPARTMENT BODY WORN CAMERAS B.W.C.

PROGRAM.

CHIEF WASHBURN, YOU ARE HANDLING THIS FOR US, SIR?

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL FO CONSIDERATION TONIGHT.

ACCEPTANCE OF THE ANNUAL JUSTICE ASSISTANCE THE AMOUNT OF THE $30,000 AND CHANGE.

WE NEED TO SPEND IT ON THE BODY WORN CAMERA TO KEEP THE BODY WORN CAMERA PROGRAM VIABLE.

THIS WOULD ALLOW US TO -- A LITTLE HISTORY.

WE STARTED THE BODY-WORN CAMERA PROGRAM IN 2015.

WE NOW HAVE THE 43 FUNCTIONAL BODY-WORN CAMERAS.

THAT WE DEPLOY.

WE DEPLOY THEM ON THE CODE ENFORCEMENT FOLKS, THE SPECIAL ENFORCEMENT TEAMS, AND THE PATROL OFFICERS.

THIS KEEPS THE CURRENT STOCK VIABLE.

THEN ADDS A FEW CAMERAS FOR ONES THAT CAN'T BE REPAIRED ANYMORE.

THE CURRENT TECHNOLOGY IS QUICKLY APPROACHING ITS END OF LIFE.

THIS IS NOT A CHEAP ENDEAVOR.

CAMERAS, WE HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED A COUPLE OF THE QUOTES.

THEY ARE RUNNING ABOUT $650,000.

TO REPLACE ALL OF THEM.

NOT JUST CAMERAS.

THE STORAGE.

THE LOADING DOCKS AND THAT SORT OF THING.

WE WILL TALK ABOUT THIS IN THE FUTURE BUT PROBABLY HAVE THE DISCUSSION IN A YEAR.

THE OBJECTIVES OF THE BODY WORN CAMERA PRO ACCOUNTABILITY AND THE TRANSPARENCY.

IDENTIFYING AND CORRECTING ANY BEHAVIORS IN TACTICS IS A BENEFIT THAT WE ALSO GET OUT OF THAT.

FINALLY JUST TO PROVIDE A PIECE OF EVIDENCE ACTUALLY OCCURRED.

WE KNOW ACROSS THE NATION AND IT'S BEEN OUR EXPERIENCE IN INDIO THAT THE VAST MAJORITY OF THE CITIZEN COMPLAINTS CONCERNS ABOUT THE USES OF FORCE, ET CETERA, VINDICATES THE OFFICER, OVERWHELMING MAJORITY OF THE TIME.

SO IT'S A GOOD THING FOR US TO HAVE ON THE MANAGEMENT SIDE.

IT DOES COME WITH ANOTHER RISK WHICH IS A RECORDS ACT.

SO IN THE LAST ROUND OF LEGISLATIVE BILLS THAT WERE WE WERE FACING ONE IS A MANDATE FOR DEPARTMENTS TO GET THE BODY WORN CAMERAS.

THEN ANOTHER WAS EXPANSION OF THE PUBLIC RECORDS ACT WHICH COULD BE A BIG PROBLEM FOR US SO THEY WERE LOOKING AT MAKING IT PUNITIVE.

SO IF WE DIDN'T GET THINGS TURNED OVER AND SWIFT AMOUNT OF TIME, THEN WE WOULD BE PAYING A FINE OF $1,000 PER DAY FOR THAT WE DIDN'T IT OVER.

SO GOING DOWN THE WASHINGTON STATE PUBLIC RECORDS ACT.

STRICT LIABILITY.

NO WIN SITUATION FOR US.

SO THE REAL COST IF THE LEGISLATURE CONTINUES TO MOVE THAT DIRECTION, WE HAVE TO HAVE A DISCUSSION IS THIS SOMETHING WE WANT CONTINUE TO DO? YOU WILL HAVE THE ATTORNEYS WHO REPRESENT LITIGATION MATTERS FOR TORTS.

THEY ARE GOING TO WANT TO KEEP THE BODY-W FOOTAGE FOR THE THREE YEARS PLUS A DAY OR SO.

THEN YOU WILL HAVE THE FOLKS WHO REPRESENT US IN PUBLIC RECORDS ACT AND THEY WANT US TO DESTROY IT AS SOON AS WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY.

SO, THERE IS A PUSH AND A PULL THERE.

WE DON'T HAVE THE TECHNOLOGY TO REDACT VIDEO.

WE WILL CERTAINLY START GETTING MORE REQUE VIDEO.

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THE VIDEO COST TO OUTSOURCE IT, WE IDENTIFI FOR EVERY HOUR OF VIDEO THAT WE NEED REDACTED IS $1,000 PER HOUR.

>> MAYOR MILLER: WOW!

>> AND SO TYPICAL HOT CALL THAT SOMEONE WA AT, YOU WILL HAVE THREE OFFICERS THERE MINUTES.

THERE IS YOUR $1,000.

THEN IT WILL TAKE THE STAFF TIME TO MAKE SU DIDN'T MISS ANYTHING.

SO FOR INSTANCE IT'S ALSO THE AUDIO.

THERE ARE SOME BLURRING TECHNOLOGIES AND THAT SORT OF THING.

WE ARE ALL ALSO OBLIGATED TO PROTECT PEOPLE'S PRIVACIES.

WE CAN'T DISCLOSE.

SO IF SOMEONE IS CAPTURED ON VIDEO AND IT'S A JUVENILE WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT IT GETS OUT OF THERE.

IT CAN BE A REAL COST.

THE TRUE COST FROM THE PREVIOUS AGENCY WAS ABOUT THAT.

THE REDACTION SERVICES.

I WILL TELL YOU A QUICK HORROR STORY.

I WAS CHIEF OF STAFF IN SEATTLE, ONE OF OUR OUR TV STATION ASKED FOR EVERY IN-CAR PRODUCED FOR LAST 12 YEARS.

WE WENT TO THE JUDGE AND SAID WITH THE C STAFFING THAT WILL TAKE US 140 YEARS TO FULFILL THAT REQUEST.

THE JUDGE SAID THEN GET BUSY.

SO WHEN YOU HAVE THOSE SITUATIONS, I'M REALLY CONCERNED THAT CALIFORNIA'S MARCHING THAT DIRECTION VERY QUICKLY.

THE REASON I REALLY BRING IT UP TODAY IS JUST SO WE GO IN WITH EYES WIDE OPEN.

WE HAVE TWO REALLY COMPETING BILLS AND SO WHAT WILL HAPPEN IN LAW ENFORCEMENT IS WE ALL WANT BODY-WORN CAMERAS BUT ON THE P.R.A.

SIDE TRYING TO GO FOR TRANSPARENCY THING THOSE BECOME CROSS PURPOSES IN TERMS OF THE PUBLIC POLICY.

AND IT'S JUST SOMETHING THAT I WANT TO THE COUNCIL TO BE AWARE OF AS YOU ARE OUT AND ABOUT AND DISCUSSIONS.

YOU WILL LITERALLY BE DECIDING I DON'T WANT BODY-WORN CAMERA BECAUSE I CAN'T AFFORD THE P.R.A.

LIFT.

SO WITH THAT WE ARE ASKING THAT YOU APPROV PURCHASE AS WELL AS ACCEPTING THE GRANT.

I WILL ENTERTAIN ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.

>> MAYOR MILLER: THANK YOU, CHIEF.

ANY QUESTIONS OF THE CHIEF? OKAY.

THANK YOU, CHIEF.

ERICA, MS. MARTINEZ, THANK YOU FOR YOUR C SUPPORT.

THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO FOR THE POLICE AND THE CITY.

CHIEF, IF THAT IS IT, AND NOBODY HAS ANY QU WILL -- DISCUSS MORE OR ENTERTAIN A MOTION?