[0:01] I will call the city of Desert Hot

[0:03] Springs regular meeting of the city

[0:04] council and city council serving as a

[0:05] successor agency to the former

[0:07] Redevelopment agency board for Tuesday

[0:08] October 4th

[0:10] 2022 6 PM regular session roll call

[0:12] please council member Betts present

[0:15] council member Nas present council

[0:17] member P present mayor protm Gardner

[0:19] pres and mayor Mattis present I

[0:22] understand tonight's invocation will be

[0:24] given by Tom

[0:26] Mullen come forth it's all yours

[0:38] Psalm

[0:39] 1311

[0:41] behold how good and how pleasant it is

[0:45] for Brethren to dwell together in

[0:48] unity our Lord please fill our community

[0:52] with your love give our counsel wisdom

[0:55] and knowledge to rule our city of Desert

[0:57] Hot Springs justly

[1:00] amen thank you Tom our Pledge of

[1:03] Allegiance tonight um why don't we have

[1:05] Mr nun why don't you lead

[1:10] us right hand over your heart ready

[1:16] begin to the flag of the United States

[1:19] of America and to the Republic for which

[1:22] it stands one

[1:24] nation

[1:26] indivisible andice for

[1:35] Madam City attorney would you report on

[1:36] closed session thank you Mr may members

[1:38] of council we have one reportable otion

[1:40] item um the uh city council agreed to a

[1:43] settlement of a motion um the actual

[1:47] settlement agreement uh this is for the

[1:49] naen Garcia uh versus city of Hot

[1:51] Springs case PSC 18

[1:55] 07458 the actual settlement agreement

[1:57] was entered into back in 2019 but this

[2:00] specifically was for um a specific um

[2:03] motion uh where we settled uh fees and

[2:05] other costs um Council voted 5 Z to uh

[2:08] settle the matter and uh this agreement

[2:11] will be made available for the public at

[2:14] uh request thank you so much thank you

[2:17] um at this time we'll go to the approval

[2:19] of the agenda at this time city council

[2:20] May amend the order of the agenda

[2:22] approve the consent calendar remove

[2:23] items from the consent calendar for

[2:25] separate discussion action or urgency

[2:27] items uh is there anybody wanting to

[2:29] pull anything from consent

[2:30] calendar is there anybody in audience

[2:32] would like to speak on any items of the

[2:34] consent

[2:35] calendar see nobody coming forth on

[2:37] entertain a motion to approve the agenda

[2:39] so moved the motion has been moved and

[2:42] seconded to approve the agenda and the

[2:44] items in the consent calendar wait for

[2:46] him to come up on the

[2:49] screen please vote

[3:05] a motion passes with council member bet

[3:08] absent all right we'll move the public

[3:10] comments at this time pursuant to the

[3:12] brown act any person may comment on

[3:13] matters of general interest within the

[3:15] subject matter jurisdiction of the city

[3:16] council not listed on the agenda under

[3:19] the brown act the city council shall not

[3:20] take action on or discuss matters raised

[3:22] during public comment portion of the

[3:24] agenda that are not listed on the agenda

[3:26] all commments will be directed to the

[3:28] city council and shall be devoid of any

[3:29] personal attacks members of the public

[3:32] are expected to maintain professional

[3:33] courte deorum so we're going to take

[3:35] items that are not on the agenda Mar and

[3:37] Champion you're up

[3:41] first good evening mayor Mattis and

[3:44] members of the council my name is Maran

[3:46] champion and I'm from Mission Springs

[3:47] Water District I have a couple of items

[3:49] I wanted to share with you all first

[3:51] mswd is once again hosting a series of

[3:54] water 101 classes at the Desert Hot

[3:56] Springs Library the next set of classes

[3:58] starts October 20th and will run once a

[4:01] month through January these classes are

[4:03] free and open to the public to sign up

[4:06] all you need to do is send an email to

[4:08] PR mwd.adoptions@us.af.mil

[4:29] on our website at

[4:58] mwd.adoptions@us.af.mil tonight and

[5:00] thank you for your time thank you for

[5:02] stopping by and giving us that update

[5:04] Tom Moen I have no other speaker cards

[5:06] on items not on the agenda if you do

[5:08] want to speak please fill out a blue

[5:09] card and give it to the clerk this is

[5:11] the last

[5:15] call thank you for allowing me the

[5:18] privilege to address our awesome

[5:21] Council I understand that Palm Drive uh

[5:24] north of uh of 8th will be uh Paving

[5:29] soon repaving and that's greatly

[5:32] appreciated and I'd like to point out

[5:36] that at the intersection of 12 and

[5:39] palm a lot of cars bang their

[5:42] bottoms because there's a big dip there

[5:46] while they're Paving and have the road

[5:47] worked on could we possibly put in a

[5:50] four-way stop there and maybe say save

[5:52] some car bottoms especially of our

[5:56] tourists and uh

[6:00] I'd like to address the um Highway 62

[6:04] Pearson Boulevard intersection

[6:08] again I note there have been six

[6:11] fatalities at that

[6:14] intersection over several

[6:18] years this is a natural Gateway into our

[6:24] city and most people just drive by

[6:27] quickly but if there was a traffic

[6:29] signal there they need to stop they

[6:31] could see that we have some good things

[6:33] to do here this is a destination

[6:36] community and we need to familiarize

[6:38] people with our

[6:40] destinations and then I'd like to add

[6:44] that I'm

[6:46] excited about Tranquility Park and uh

[6:50] that uh uh coming into fruition and

[6:52] being finished and I encourage us to get

[6:56] that going and make it a wonderful

[7:00] beautiful project thank you thank you

[7:03] Tom we'll get some of your questions

[7:04] answered I think you'll be happy with at

[7:05] least one of them um during when we're

[7:08] done here any other public speakers

[7:10] tonight anyone would like to speak on an

[7:11] item that's not on the agenda I see

[7:13] nobody coming forward we'll close public

[7:14] comments at this time we're going to

[7:16] move to City manager's report Mr city

[7:18] manager good evening mayor and city

[7:20] council uh we have several updates

[7:22] tonight I'm going to start with

[7:23] introducing our new human resources

[7:26] manager Clyde if you would come up to

[7:28] the podium and and uh I'll introduce you

[7:31] so Clyde started with us last month and

[7:34] he has nearly 20 years of experience in

[7:36] various positions in Human Resources has

[7:38] most recently served as the human

[7:41] resources manager in the regional

[7:43] Government Services Authority in Carmel

[7:45] California before coming down here it's

[7:46] a little warmer down here right and uh

[7:49] he holds a bachelor's degree in Business

[7:51] Administration and we welcome him so

[7:54] Clyde if you would just quickly

[7:55] introduce yourself oh pleasure to meet

[7:58] all you distinguished members of the

[8:00] council

[8:01] leadership uh it's good to be down here

[8:04] uh when I was Interview well when I was

[8:06] looking for a place to get um

[8:09] municipality experience U I was looking

[8:12] high and low and then I saw the opening

[8:14] for Des of hot springs and I said aha

[8:17] you know with my skill sets were 25

[8:20] years with where they are and where they

[8:22] want to go I thought if hired it would

[8:24] be a perfect match so going through the

[8:27] process I'm pleased that I've been

[8:28] selected and in the 3 weeks that I've

[8:31] been here I've been nothing but excited

[8:34] about the fertile grounds that you all

[8:36] are laying for the exciting things to

[8:38] happen in the future ID like to thank

[8:40] all the leadership team for the open

[8:43] welcom me with open arms and showing me

[8:46] the enthusiasm and the excitement of

[8:48] what the future might hold I'm just

[8:50] happy to be a part of that experience

[8:52] and looking forward to uh what we have

[8:54] in store moving forward welcome thanks

[8:57] CDE M okay and now I'm going to move to

[9:00] our Deputy City Manager for to give an

[9:04] update good evening mayor city council

[9:07] and residents I'm just going to give a

[9:09] quick update on the uh new stvr

[9:11] enforcement uh that the city was able to

[9:13] roll out uh starting last Thursday uh

[9:16] September 29th uh so we had our new uh

[9:19] security team out there with a staff

[9:21] member from the compliance department

[9:24] and over the first weekend we filled

[9:25] seven uh complaints that came in uh

[9:28] three of which were actually related to

[9:30] short-term vacation rentals uh two of

[9:34] those uh vacation rentals were licensed

[9:35] one was unlicensed uh four of the

[9:38] complaints that did come in were

[9:39] actually uh noise complaints that were

[9:42] not related to stvs they were noise

[9:45] complaints uh related to residential um

[9:48] noise issues uh but they spent the

[9:50] weekend educating folks and getting

[9:52] everybody up to date on um what our

[9:54] noise ordinance are uh for residents and

[9:56] for short-term vacation rental uh um

[9:59] Team

[9:59] and they'll be out again uh next weekend

[10:01] and every weekend thereafter so just

[10:03] giving an update on that thanks Doria

[10:06] and then a quick announcement from our

[10:07] assistant city manager thank you just

[10:09] want to remind and invite everybody that

[10:11] in a couple of Saturdays the city of

[10:13] desert hos is hosting the de MTO

[10:15] Festival Saturday October 15th from 4:00

[10:17] to 9:00 p.m. at the desert hos Springs

[10:18] Recreation Center it is free to everyone

[10:21] there will be face painting crafts for

[10:22] kids food Benders music ler showcase and

[10:25] we are encouraging everybody to come

[10:27] dressed up in their Katrina costumes so

[10:29] hope see are there thanks Danny and now

[10:33] we we'll move to our finance

[10:38] update thank you and good evening mayor

[10:40] and council members uh so as of October

[10:42] 4th these are a revised Financial um or

[10:46] revised Financial um revenue or

[10:48] information uh since the end of uh the

[10:51] month occurred over the weekend um the

[10:54] taxes and fees that were required to be

[10:56] paid required to be paid monthly were

[10:58] not received by I finance the finance

[11:00] department until yesterday and today so

[11:03] uh these numbers the original numbers

[11:04] have been revised to include those items

[11:06] in there so um so as of October as of

[11:10] today uh revised revenues are 2.6

[11:14] million which is 9% of the adopted

[11:15] budget at the same time last year we had

[11:19] 2.63 million at 9% of the budget and two

[11:21] years ago was 2.3 million our

[11:24] expenditures for this fiscal year so far

[11:26] are 6.4 million which is 211% of the

[11:28] budget

[11:29] last year at this time was 7 million at

[11:31] 22% and two years ago was um 6.2 million

[11:36] at 23% uh the next slide on the next

[11:39] slide please uh I'd like to show an

[11:41] update of the revenues um um some of the

[11:44] major revenues that the city receives

[11:46] for the general fund and Public Safety

[11:48] fund our transient occupancy P tax is

[11:51] actually a little bit higher at this

[11:52] point than last year so as well as our

[11:55] uh dispensary tax and the sales tax and

[11:58] then our utility users tax way down

[12:00] there at the bottom is only slightly

[12:02] lower than it was last year but we do

[12:04] still have some other items that come in

[12:06] and are still in the and our finance

[12:09] department is still processing

[12:11] them thanks Jeffrey and finally uh

[12:14] update from public works from Nick

[12:16] haaker good evening at Mission Springs

[12:19] Park the musco lights uh project uh is

[12:21] completed the lights are on and located

[12:23] at the south side of the field a booster

[12:25] pump is uh now installed at the park and

[12:27] will increase the water coverage of the

[12:29] grass at Mission Springs Park

[12:31] installation was completed last Friday

[12:32] over seating and watering started

[12:34] immediately after the booster pump was

[12:35] installed to get to get the grass back

[12:37] to normal conditions staff has been

[12:39] working with DHS Eagles football and

[12:41] chair and AYSO on storage containers

[12:44] this project is nearing completion the

[12:46] contractor is currently pulling wiring

[12:47] for electrical to supply power to the

[12:49] inside of the shipping containers these

[12:51] storage containers will allow the two

[12:52] youth organizations to keep their

[12:54] equipment and supplies on site Palm

[12:56] Drive North project the Palm Drive North

[12:58] project will start on Monday October

[13:00] 10th this project is located on Palm

[13:02] Drive from Pearson Boulevard to Mission

[13:04] Lakes Boulevard for the last few weeks

[13:06] the changeable me signs have been posted

[13:08] on Palm Drive notifying the public of

[13:09] the upcoming Capital Improvement project

[13:11] excluding weather and other outside

[13:13] influences this project is scheduled to

[13:14] conclude in February

[13:16] 2023 iron we in MOS Nick before you go

[13:19] on from that can you just answer the

[13:20] question on the stop four-way stop sign

[13:22] at 12 Street not a problem yeah that was

[13:24] actually originally part of the

[13:25] agreement for the design so Tom they're

[13:27] going to put a four-way stop there

[13:30] uh Ironwood and mosquite the four-way

[13:32] stop this inquiry was brought up at a

[13:33] previous uh council meeting uh in public

[13:36] comment an engineer study and stop sign

[13:39] installation was already already in the

[13:41] works the contractor that will install

[13:44] the Stop Bar and Legend is currently

[13:45] getting the city business license public

[13:48] works will coordinate with the

[13:49] contractor to install the stop signs at

[13:51] the same time of the installation of the

[13:52] Stop Bar and legends staff has been in

[13:55] contact with and giving updates to the

[13:57] resident that uh presented the quiry

[13:59] this concludes public works thanks Nick

[14:02] that concludes my report thanks City

[14:06] M they're not on agenda so if you open

[14:08] up questions that could cause an agenda

[14:10] item I would prefer that you ask those

[14:12] during your comments generally but if

[14:14] you're going to cause us not to be able

[14:17] to comment on it it would not be

[14:21] fair

[14:23] thanks um with that is that anything I'm

[14:26] sorry was that it that concludes my

[14:28] report move to May counc member comments

[14:29] I'll start on this side tonight miss

[14:32] P okay the regional Access Project on

[14:36] October

[14:38] 16th is scheduling nonprofit desert fast

[14:42] pitch and one of those persons that are

[14:46] in the entry is food now

[14:50] um last week we did we had 14 people and

[14:54] now we have six and food now is one of

[14:57] them um the the keynote speaker is

[15:00] Jackie journer kiry and she's the

[15:03] three-time Olympic gold

[15:06] medalist also the airport commission has

[15:09] been having a lot of meetings and the

[15:13] next one is on the six and it's um a

[15:17] special meeting to report on

[15:20] branding and that's it Mr n thank you Mr

[15:24] Mayor um the only thing I have was I met

[15:27] uh with CP econom IC partnership uh last

[15:31] week um Cod dides a presentation they

[15:35] recognized the city of desert hot

[15:36] springs for bringing on some interns

[15:39] from um Cod students coming as political

[15:41] science to help intern for the city so

[15:44] we got u a good handshake for that for

[15:47] for uh bringing on those internships the

[15:49] other item I had uh Mr Mayor our

[15:51] assistant city manager did well in in

[15:53] that item was welcome to deos mortos

[15:55] event coming up um on the 15th thank you

[15:58] what time is that event starts at 4 four

[16:01] thanks Mr

[16:04] Gardner uh thank you Mr Mayor um wanted

[16:07] to uh first of all let folks know about

[16:10] our new big dog park up and running and

[16:13] being well used by our residents uh we

[16:16] expanded the fenced in area at Rotary

[16:18] Park up behind Corsini Elementary School

[16:20] for a fenced area for larger dogs and we

[16:24] put in water fountains for people and

[16:26] pups they're installed and working um my

[16:29] dog Miss Luna and I visited every dog

[16:31] park in the valley and I can honestly

[16:32] say that this one is without a doubt one

[16:36] of the best if not the best in the

[16:37] valley the views at Sunset are

[16:39] absolutely amazing it's a nice size

[16:41] welld designed uh there's a big area for

[16:44] big dogs and a small area for smaller

[16:46] dogs and I want to give a good shout out

[16:48] to our public work staff for a fantastic

[16:50] job and if anybody has their dog needs

[16:52] to run that's the place to go um we've

[16:56] all been hearing about and a lot of us

[16:57] have been bitten up uh pretty bad by

[17:00] mosquitoes this year and I spent a day

[17:03] with the general manager of the mosquito

[17:05] in vector control district serving on

[17:07] the on the board there as our City's

[17:09] representative uh learning about

[17:11] mosquitoes and our abatement efforts

[17:13] here in desert hot springs and they set

[17:15] a trap in my backyard overnight and we

[17:17] caught a number of mosquitoes to my

[17:19] surprise including 80s AG ey which

[17:21] are the ones that carry diseases as well

[17:24] as a bunch of what are called Southern

[17:27] house mosquitoes

[17:29] which are kind of nasty but they don't

[17:31] carry diseases we went out then the next

[17:33] day with a tech as he inspected

[17:36] locations and treated them and we

[17:38] actually do have a lot more mosquitoes

[17:40] than ever before here in desert hot

[17:42] springs so all of us can do our part by

[17:45] making sure we don't have any standing

[17:46] water anywhere in our yards and and

[17:48] that's everywhere from underneath your

[17:50] your your potted plants uh to where your

[17:54] uh drier vent drips out uh hot water

[17:56] vent drips out things like that um and

[17:59] if you are experiencing problems you can

[18:01] call Coachella Valley mosquito vector

[18:03] control

[18:06] 76342

[18:07] 8287 or go online to CV

[18:11] mosquito. org and they will schedule a

[18:15] tech to come treat areas that are

[18:17] breeding at no cost to you because that

[18:18] is part of the taxes that you pay to the

[18:21] mosquito District um so please uh take

[18:25] care of it yourself or if you need help

[18:26] you can give them a buzz uh had a great

[18:29] groundbreaking at the habitat for

[18:30] humanities two new houses here in desert

[18:32] hot springs got to meet two new families

[18:34] who were moving to the city GHA homes

[18:37] the folks who did AA doce um are helping

[18:40] build the homes and we got to get some

[18:42] uh welcome some great two new families

[18:44] to the city uh later that day uh we all

[18:47] went to the uh all Valley mayor and

[18:49] tribal Chairman's lunch where mayor

[18:51] Mattis gave a good update on what's

[18:53] going on here in DHS turns kind of every

[18:55] year it's kind of a fun event because

[18:57] all of the Mayors have to one up

[18:59] themselves and who can put on the best

[19:01] little show and all of that stuff and it

[19:02] was good afternoon and lastly attended a

[19:05] visit GPS board meeting um that's the

[19:08] old convention and visitors bureau uh

[19:11] and the forecast for tourism is up for

[19:13] this coming year we're seeing levels of

[19:16] pre-booking that are back to our pan

[19:18] pre- pandemic levels so we should see a

[19:20] lot of visitors to the valley this fall

[19:23] and our new hiking map hiking trail map

[19:25] that we developed with the city visit

[19:27] GPS and the mountains conserv

[19:29] I thought I was going to be able to show

[19:31] off here tonight it didn't quite make it

[19:32] back from the printer so I'll just tease

[19:35] it by saying we're going to show it off

[19:36] in a couple of weeks that's all I've got

[19:38] thank you Mr bets all Gary um thanks for

[19:41] the job you're doing there at the C the

[19:43] mosquito inor control district you've

[19:45] been real helpful we had mosquitoes at

[19:47] our house you helped getting the um the

[19:50] crew out there I was going to suggest

[19:51] maybe a presentation I might be in order

[19:54] to get the information out to the public

[19:57] um if the mayor be so inclined uh you

[19:59] learn a lot when they come out and walk

[20:00] around your property go oh I didn't see

[20:02] that little puddle of water there so U

[20:05] maybe that would be something maybe very

[20:06] informative son thanks for the job

[20:08] you're doing down there um what I was

[20:11] going to bring up during the city

[20:13] managers report was mission Springs Park

[20:16] field conditions getting complaints over

[20:19] dust and I think the over seating is the

[20:23] cause and my understanding was the

[20:25] people used to stay off the fields

[20:27] during the over seating but or not this

[20:29] year and I think maybe we should look at

[20:31] Alternatives other than over seating see

[20:34] if there's another way to handle this um

[20:36] I know there's always people out there

[20:37] saying you know stop the over seating

[20:39] because it's causing a lot of dust

[20:42] otherwise something's got to happen but

[20:45] social media was a buzz with people

[20:47] complaining about barely able to see

[20:49] their children on the field for all the

[20:51] dust that was being kicked up um I'm

[20:54] glad to hear we got the uh vacation

[20:57] rental hotline number going do we know

[21:00] what that number

[21:02] is oh uh yes we do know what that number

[21:05] is I we do and just and if you don't

[21:07] know the number you can also go to the

[21:08] city website and on the front page uh

[21:11] right in the center is s uh short-term

[21:13] vacation rentals and it'll take you

[21:14] right to the uh to you can either report

[21:17] it online or it gives you the number

[21:18] there too okay I don't actually know it

[21:20] yet I was so anxious to have this happen

[21:22] and then and then you guys put this in

[21:24] all quietly and I was looking for a big

[21:26] splash and of noise so if we could can

[21:29] we announce it now I know there bun

[21:30] people waiting so the vacation rental

[21:32] hotline number is 760 894

[21:37] 3745 perfect thank you and

[21:43] um the um just a couple of things I know

[21:46] we're always looking for um I'll say I

[21:49] attended a grid Alternatives meeting I'm

[21:50] working with a program with them uh

[21:53] they've got how many is 35 installations

[21:56] here in the city which is sold for

[21:59] lowincome residents which provides them

[22:01] solar at no cost uh we had a funding

[22:03] round here where we filled all 35 we got

[22:06] our most of our share of those here in

[22:08] our city um they had so many for the

[22:11] Cella Valley this end of the Cella

[22:13] Valley and we got a bunch of them so I'm

[22:15] working with them to see what

[22:16] possibilities there are um to get more

[22:20] and there might be an opportunity for

[22:21] City participation and get together with

[22:23] the mayor and see how we can get that on

[22:26] an agenda for consideration for the

[22:27] council

[22:29] but this is just a great program um

[22:31] people ending up with not just no

[22:34] electric bill but no bill for the solar

[22:36] panels these are free it's been going on

[22:38] here for about 5 years very effective

[22:40] program and we's see if we can get that

[22:42] going further the only the meetings I

[22:44] attended were the um Cabots board

[22:47] meeting uh nothing really to report

[22:49] there everybody's doing a good job they

[22:50] seem to always have a handle on things

[22:52] attended sunline still working on labor

[22:55] contract issues there um trying to um

[22:59] get the bus route back to normal I how

[23:01] important it is for everybody to have

[23:02] those buses every 20 minutes um still

[23:05] struggling with hiring issues um Gary

[23:09] gave a great uh presentation on the

[23:12] habitat ground parading I'll just say it

[23:14] was good to be there and um to see that

[23:17] going on in our city and then this

[23:18] coming Thursday I go up to Southern

[23:21] California Association governments in

[23:22] Los Angeles for my Transportation

[23:24] committee there other than that Mr Mayor

[23:25] I'm done thank you um

[23:30] let's see let's put all this in order

[23:31] here I wanted to address the mission

[23:33] Springs Park issue also uh I know we've

[23:35] had a lot of comments a lot of calls uh

[23:37] we wanted to make it very clear that

[23:38] there was a very expensive uh pump that

[23:40] had to be replaced no one in the city

[23:42] does our hot springs nor our public

[23:44] works department purposely would keep

[23:45] the water off to make it unsafe for our

[23:47] residents but this has been a battle

[23:49] we've had every year do the kids get the

[23:51] space do they not get the space do we

[23:53] have to find locations for them to have

[23:54] space or not and so this year we chose

[23:57] to just let them continue to play and

[23:59] unfortunately that pump booster went out

[24:01] the booster pump went out and it was a

[24:03] costly fix uh supply chain issues

[24:06] whatever it was to get it done it is

[24:07] done it is being watered we're doing our

[24:10] best we can uh for the kids of our

[24:12] community and I don't think anyone would

[24:13] want to put Public Health as an issue

[24:15] for our kids um so we we're doing our

[24:19] best uh the executive committee for seag

[24:21] met and I sit on that for the

[24:23] representing Desert Hot Springs the uh

[24:25] one agenda item uh that I wanted to talk

[24:27] about was I was trying to pull it up

[24:29] here so I would correctly say the item

[24:33] but it's basically the blows sand study

[24:35] uh which is the design and Engineering

[24:37] Services for the Western Coachella

[24:38] Valley uh flooding and blow sand

[24:41] projects uh this has been a big

[24:43] discussion for years obviously a pep PE

[24:45] of mine This is actually the uh closures

[24:48] of Indian palm C or Palm Drive and

[24:51] Barner uh these are only three

[24:53] identified areas right now but it will

[24:56] lead to a larger project in the future

[24:59] uh we've been we moved this project

[25:01] forward multiple times we had a study

[25:03] done we went out for engineering and

[25:05] design and uh one firm applied for it

[25:09] and they tried to extend it to get more

[25:11] firms just there wasn't any interest in

[25:12] it the current firm uh was approved by

[25:15] the executive committee and now it will

[25:17] be going to uh design uh which is really

[25:20] really important for this project once

[25:22] it's designed we know the exact cost

[25:24] that's when the U Association of

[25:26] governments can actually go out and try

[25:27] to find funing funding to get these

[25:29] roadways to stay open so the bigest

[25:31] bigger the big discussion is obviously

[25:34] the flooding that closes those roads but

[25:35] the bigger discussion is the roads are

[25:38] closed more because of the wind and sand

[25:40] events so how do we um think outside the

[25:43] box and get that fixed but I'm pushing

[25:45] on that I think we've got a good

[25:47] Coalition and we've got a pathway now

[25:49] with the design and hopefully some uh

[25:51] funding in the

[25:53] future also had a corly meeting with

[25:55] supervisor Perez talked about couple

[25:58] issues that are facing our city that the

[26:00] county can help with and we'll have more

[26:01] of an update on that

[26:04] soon I also have been appointed to the

[26:06] Palm Springs development project phase

[26:08] one uh Advisory Group which is basically

[26:10] the College of the Desert West Campus uh

[26:13] there's a handful of people that were

[26:14] appointed each trustee was uh to appoint

[26:17] a person or two uh to the committee and

[26:20] I am one that was appointed by our

[26:22] trustee B Gonzalez uh for the College of

[26:25] the Desert we had our first meeting uh

[26:27] it was disced question on where the

[26:29] buildings will lie in the Palm Springs

[26:31] site in Palm Springs and how big they

[26:33] will be and how much space will be

[26:34] utilized there's going to be six more

[26:36] meetings I'll keep you posted there

[26:38] wasn't a lot but just basic a general

[26:41] information put into this meeting to

[26:43] start with I kept my comments uh to

[26:46] myself for this meeting so I wanted to

[26:47] kind of listen to what everything else

[26:49] be discussed in which direction they're

[26:51] going also I've been asked to speak in

[26:53] front of the College of the Desert this

[26:55] Friday at a special meeting uh or

[26:57] special study session on uh services for

[27:01] City Desert Hot Springs uh there's two

[27:03] other uh entities one other city and

[27:07] another community that will be speaking

[27:08] also on services for their cities or

[27:11] areas and so it'll be a good Spotlight

[27:15] for us to be able

[27:17] to vent or I want to say vent because

[27:20] it's always been a frustration for us

[27:21] here with Cod services but it'll be an

[27:23] opportunity for us to speak in front of

[27:25] the board and be able to talk about the

[27:27] history and what cood has or has not

[27:29] done for the city of Desert Hot

[27:31] Springs uh let's see Habitat for

[27:34] Humanity was talked about this is a

[27:35] great project we brought this forth to

[27:37] the city council earlier this year to

[27:38] approve some of our housing funds to pay

[27:40] for some of the development fees and

[27:42] stuff like that to help this project the

[27:44] more we can bring down on the fees and

[27:46] the more that the contractor can get

[27:48] donated the uh the homeowners are able

[27:52] to finance less and which is great for

[27:55] them we will have two new homeowners in

[27:57] town they're residents of Desert Hot

[27:59] Springs already and now they own a home

[28:01] there's one on Mission Lakes one on

[28:02] Flora you'll start to see construction I

[28:05] think on the floor site first and then

[28:06] Mission Lakes not follow follow not far

[28:09] after that and again the home builder as

[28:11] mentioned is GJ Holmes who's been

[28:13] building homes in this community for a

[28:14] while now and he's a good partner with

[28:16] the guella valley so very thrilled about

[28:19] that uh as was mentioned also I attended

[28:22] the all Valley Mayors this happens every

[28:24] year all the tribal leaders and all the

[28:25] Mayors are invited to speak at the

[28:27] greater a Palm Springs Chamber of

[28:29] Commerce event each year once a year to

[28:31] talk about our cities we are given five

[28:33] minutes to talk about our city which you

[28:35] cannot do in five minutes so we usually

[28:37] do a brief discussion I hit a couple

[28:39] points and asked everybody to come to

[28:40] the state of the city state of the city

[28:41] this year will be November 17th at the

[28:44] health and wellness center uh hosted by

[28:46] the greater uh greater Palm no greater

[28:50] Coachella Valley Coachella Valley thank

[28:51] you there's these greater Cella valleys

[28:54] greater Palm Spring there's too many of

[28:55] them our Chamber of Commerce for the

[28:57] city does Hot Springs we'll be hosting

[28:59] that event and I hope you can all come

[29:00] out cu I think we have a lot of great

[29:01] information to talk about the city of

[29:03] desert hot

[29:04] springs and then tomorrow is

[29:06] international walk to school day

[29:07] unfortunately I will not be able to do

[29:09] it this year but I know their council

[29:10] members are mulling it over in their

[29:12] schedule to see if they can last year we

[29:14] were able to walk with C Yorks

[29:15] Elementary School from the state BL

[29:17] shopping center to their school uh so I

[29:20] just want to give everybody heads up if

[29:21] you see a lot of kids out there walking

[29:22] to school it's not because their parents

[29:23] said go walk to school it's because it's

[29:25] International walk to school day and the

[29:27] principals are are joining in on this

[29:29] exercise so be cautious out there when

[29:31] you're driving around I know a lot of us

[29:33] are in a hurry to get to where we need

[29:34] to go but be extra cautious tomorrow is

[29:36] a lot of kids should will be on the

[29:37] street in certain Pathways to their

[29:39] schools and with that said that's all I

[29:42] have so we're going to move to the next

[29:45] item and before we open it up I want to

[29:47] let the city council know um it was

[29:49] brought to my attention literally

[29:50] minutes before the meeting that there is

[29:53] a an error in the fee study in one area

[29:58] and because of that uh we are asked to

[30:02] table this item till the 18th of October

[30:04] which will be our next meeting I will be

[30:06] opening up the public hearing because

[30:08] anybody that would like to speak on this

[30:09] has to have that opportunity and then

[30:11] we'll we'll leave the public hearing

[30:12] open and table the idol to item to the

[30:14] 18th now I'm not going to ask for a

[30:17] staff report obviously we'll be coming

[30:19] back the 18th if there's any questions

[30:21] that you have to ask today I would allow

[30:23] them to be asked so that staff can

[30:24] research those questions uh but i' ask

[30:27] that you stay brief as this item is

[30:28] going to be tabled or I'm asking it to

[30:30] be tabled to the 18th is there anybody

[30:32] on the city council that would like to

[30:34] ask a question before I open the public

[30:36] hearing take any testimony and keep the

[30:38] public hearing open and ask for a motion

[30:40] to

[30:42] continue I see nobody coming forth I'll

[30:44] open the public hearing at this time is

[30:46] there anybody like to make any sort of

[30:47] testimony in favor opposed or neutral on

[30:51] this item this is the resolution

[30:53] adopting revised user fee schedule item

[30:56] number four public hearing the only

[30:58] public hearing item today I see nobody

[31:00] coming forth they have an opportunity on

[31:03] the 18th they will the public hearing

[31:05] will stay open and will take more

[31:06] testimony at that time um so yes they

[31:10] will I have no other comments I'll

[31:12] entertain a motion to continue this item

[31:14] to the 18th Mr Mayor motion to continue

[31:16] to U what is it October 18th correct

[31:19] second I have a motion and whoever wants

[31:22] to punch in their second

[31:24] first you guys can whoever's quick at

[31:28] the

[31:32] draw please

[31:38] vote Mr Solano I don't have the

[31:43] ability and I vote

[31:46] Yes motion passes

[31:49] uny thank you we'll go to our

[31:51] administrative calendars we have no

[31:52] other public hearings tonight we'll go

[31:53] to administrative calendar and the first

[31:55] item on the administrative calendar is

[31:56] the item number five which is Adopt a

[31:58] resolution authorizing Park Grant

[31:59] applications for the proposition 68 per

[32:02] cap capita grant program Mr haker is

[32:06] that going to be you yes sir awesome

[32:09] good evening the city of desert hos

[32:10] Springs was allocated

[32:13] $177,900 in prop 68 per capita funding

[32:16] and the general per capita program in

[32:19] addition to the general per capita

[32:20] program the city of desert hos Springs

[32:22] was allocated one or

[32:24] $1,654 in Urban County County per capita

[32:28] Grant General per capita program funds

[32:31] are available for local Park

[32:32] Rehabilitation creation and imp uh

[32:35] Improvement Grants to local governments

[32:37] on per capita basis Urban County per

[32:40] capita funds are available for per

[32:42] capita grants to cities and districts in

[32:44] urbanized counties a county with a

[32:46] population of

[32:47] 50,000 500,000 or more provoking uh

[32:51] providing Parks and Recreation services

[32:52] within a jurisdiction of 200,000 or less

[32:55] in

[32:56] population the process to OB retain

[32:58] These funds is initiated by city council

[33:00] adopting a resolution authorizing the

[33:01] city manager to apply to the per capita

[33:04] program adoption of the resolution

[33:06] expresses the city council's agreement

[33:08] with the state funding contract and

[33:10] confirming the city council will

[33:12] complete operate and maintain the grant

[33:13] funding projects the resolution also

[33:16] designates the city manager to represent

[33:17] the city and execute all documents and

[33:20] negotiations on behalf of the city

[33:22] staff's recommendation is to adopt a

[33:24] resolution of the city council

[33:25] authorizing the city manager to file an

[33:27] applic

[33:28] with the city department or with the

[33:30] California Department of parks

[33:31] Recreations office of Grants and local

[33:34] services to receive funding for the prop

[33:37] 68 per capita grant program that

[33:40] concludes my

[33:42] report CH my mic off I'll open it up for

[33:45] public comments this time I do have a

[33:47] written or an asked a speaker card for a

[33:49] public comment Andrew

[33:53] R good evening uh Mr Mayor and Council

[33:56] thank for the opportunity to speak

[33:57] tonight uh I'd like to talk about the uh

[34:00] Parks project and specifically the

[34:01] corporation uh corporate yard uh park

[34:04] proposal uh thanks to those of you that

[34:06] responded to my message uh a few weeks

[34:08] ago uh really appreciate that um on

[34:11] support of myself and my on behalf of my

[34:14] neighbors and myself uh we strongly

[34:15] support the Corp yard Park project I see

[34:18] in the staff report uh the resolution to

[34:20] apply for some grant funding and that's

[34:22] fantastic the state and the federal

[34:24] government have hundreds of millions of

[34:26] dollars literally hundreds hundreds of

[34:28] millions of dollarss in Grant funds

[34:30] available for projects just like this

[34:33] desert hot springs is underserved in

[34:35] Parks acreage per population which is

[34:37] targeted in many of these grants and we

[34:40] have a design an approved squid document

[34:43] and the city already owns the land for

[34:45] this uh Corp yard park proposal which

[34:47] makes it a really compelling and

[34:49] attractive project and would probably

[34:51] qualify for a huge Grant if not more

[34:53] than one Grant now we're at a unique

[34:55] time these grants won't be around for

[34:57] forever uh the economy is changing

[35:00] building materials and construction

[35:01] costs are going up and we won't be in

[35:04] this unique position forever so the time

[35:06] to strike is now while the iron is hot

[35:08] as they say and they also say go big or

[35:11] go home so let's go big this part could

[35:14] be a real gem for the city and part of

[35:16] this council's Legacy to be the ones to

[35:19] implement it now lastly a small pitch

[35:22] for those of us in the neighborhood um

[35:24] on the northwest corner of the lot where

[35:26] the existing uh City Corp yard is um

[35:29] it's fallen into disrepair it's got some

[35:31] dilapidated Cyclone Fence and razor wire

[35:34] uh piles of dirt and rocks and broken

[35:36] Metals uh broken metal and barbed wire I

[35:39] know it's a maintenance yard um but I'd

[35:42] like to request that the parks effort

[35:44] could include some upkeep of the

[35:46] facility some new fencing or some light

[35:48] Landscaping uh of that northwest corner

[35:51] so that it could look as good as the

[35:53] rest of the park project uh hopefully

[35:54] does in the future uh maybe there's some

[35:57] room room in the grant proposals to

[35:59] include some uh revitalization of that

[36:01] facility or even expand the park into

[36:04] the unused property with more parking or

[36:06] uh Sports Fields as was mentioned

[36:08] earlier playgrounds or volleyball courts

[36:10] or whatever other Park uh facilities

[36:12] might be needed over there uh if there's

[36:14] anything we can do as residents to help

[36:16] please let us know if the grants need uh

[36:19] support letters or a signature Drive I'd

[36:21] be happy to talk to my neighbors and I'm

[36:23] sure they would be willing to U support

[36:25] this as enthusiastically as I am thank

[36:27] thank you thank you Andrew any other

[36:29] comments from the public on this

[36:31] item I see nobody coming forth I'll

[36:34] close public

[36:35] comments um I just I get really

[36:38] passionate about this kind of stuff you

[36:39] know parks are so important to our youth

[36:41] and to our residents here in do hot

[36:43] springs and as the speaker just made

[36:45] said it's we're way underserved and so

[36:48] moving forth with this is so important

[36:49] so we can get some funding and get these

[36:51] Parks build we have a park in Rano

[36:54] that's been on the books for 25 years

[36:56] and never been built we have that choya

[36:58] Park which we were all excited about a

[36:59] couple years ago came forth but we got

[37:01] to find funding and let alone all the

[37:03] pocket parks and everything else we can

[37:04] do so whatever we can do to move this

[37:06] forward I'm I'm totally supportive of it

[37:08] Miss P Mr Nas yes the only thing I have

[37:13] is uh so Mr city manager with this

[37:16] resolution if more money comes available

[37:18] will you have to reapply for this or

[37:20] this would automatically put us in the

[37:22] running for it uh I I think the amount

[37:24] has already been set for this particular

[37:26] resolution it's based on a formula yeah

[37:28] it's based on a formula but if if more

[37:31] is on this per capita it's per year then

[37:33] yeah we would we would be um available

[37:35] for us to receive it okay will we have

[37:37] to do a new resolution next year or the

[37:39] next time around I am not sure about

[37:41] that but we can find out is there any

[37:43] way we can put this forth where we don't

[37:46] have to do a resolution you just

[37:48] automatically go forward you have our

[37:49] permission I mean you have my permission

[37:51] anyways to move forward with any monies

[37:53] that come available for for parks and

[37:55] recs just to automatically do it rather

[37:57] then coming to us you know and we're

[37:59] waiting for a resolution okay so I think

[38:01] the question is is can we pass a

[38:03] resolution that we would use for all

[38:05] Grant applications is that what you're

[38:07] asking yes okay we can definitely look

[38:09] into that this particular one is

[38:11] specifically for the grant that's the

[38:13] subject but we can look into that

[38:14] question as well thank you Mr great

[38:16] question uh Mr

[38:19] bits um yeah on that last part I would

[38:23] like to see grants come to the council

[38:25] so we can decide if that's a grant that

[38:26] we want to go after although you know I

[38:28] think most of them are all going to

[38:29] agree with but I would like to see that

[38:32] I'm not sure if I understood you or not

[38:33] but definitely would like to see the

[38:36] every time there's a grant go out there

[38:37] bring it to us and say hi is this one

[38:38] you want to pursue I think we may decide

[38:41] there's one we do or don't want to

[38:42] pursue in favor of another whatever um

[38:46] is and we have a list of projects that

[38:49] were um talked about is any of this

[38:51] funding going towards those so we had

[38:53] the the public speaker talk about

[38:55] corporate yard Park is this funding here

[38:57] specific spefic for

[38:58] that and so we we do have a meeting with

[39:02] the rep from uh from the state program

[39:04] from the state park program and we'll go

[39:06] over the projects that we do have on

[39:07] list and see which ones would uh be

[39:09] applicable okay and we've got the

[39:10] Wardman Park pool that was on that list

[39:13] of projects that were going much uh much

[39:17] announced and don't seem to be going

[39:19] anywhere is bman park pool on that list

[39:21] also yeah all the all the projects that

[39:23] we have on the on the CIP list for

[39:25] projects was on there okay good good all

[39:27] right that's all I had thank you Mr

[39:29] Gardner um following up on what Mr Raph

[39:32] was bringing about too somebody walks

[39:33] past corporate corporate yard every day

[39:36] he does a valid point that the fencing

[39:37] and everything there is in rather bad

[39:40] condition and you know this partk could

[39:42] be a year or two down the road before we

[39:43] can really turn shovel and start doing

[39:45] anything on it do we have any plans to

[39:48] just kind of pretty up corporate yard

[39:50] for now for the Neighbors in that

[39:54] area we we don't right now but we could

[39:56] absolutely do something to clean up the

[39:58] area over

[40:01] there sure you brought up another good

[40:04] point Gary can we do something to make

[40:08] corporate yard Park not look so ugly for

[40:09] the neighbors that are surrounding

[40:12] it I part of the Corp Park actually goes

[40:15] all the way around the entire perimeter

[40:16] Landscaping a nice entrance everything

[40:19] all the way around the entire property

[40:20] so I think there's something we could

[40:21] probably do to make that a little more

[40:23] attractive for the Neighbors it's

[40:25] looking pretty ratty uh you know on one

[40:27] of those streets think that's you're

[40:29] talking about I don't think we have to

[40:29] wait for a grant to get that done but if

[40:32] we're talking about cleaning things up

[40:33] we might want to deal with that

[40:35] one all right um there's no other

[40:38] comments on the board on entertain a

[40:40] motion I move that we uh that we U adopt

[40:44] the resolution on the park Grant

[40:45] application for proposition 68

[40:51] second so a motion second if there's no

[40:53] other comments please vote

[40:57] motion passes

[40:59] unanimously item number six is the

[41:01] annual utility users tax report Mr Buck

[41:05] all right thank you so currently the

[41:07] city of Desert Hot Springs um levies a

[41:10] 7% utility users tax on electric gas

[41:13] telecommunications video and water and

[41:15] sewer utilities pursuant to section

[41:19] 3.28 one9 of the city's Municipal Code

[41:22] an annual report on the utility users

[41:24] tax revenue and expenditures must be

[41:26] made to the city Council um so for

[41:28] fiscal year 2122 the city received

[41:33] 3,867 547 in utility user tax of that

[41:38] amount

[41:40] 2,488 623,000 went to the public safety

[41:44] fund and was entirely spent on Public

[41:46] Safety um and the remaining 1, 378,000

[41:51] 24 went to The Debt Service fund and

[41:53] then was entirely spent on uh paying

[41:56] down the city's debt uh at this time I

[41:59] do not recommend any change to the tax

[42:03] rate do we have any public comments on

[42:05] this would anybody like to comment on

[42:06] item six annual utility users tax report

[42:09] I see nobody coming forth with close

[42:10] public comments do I have any comments

[42:12] by the Das entertain a motion so moved

[42:15] Mr Mayor I have a motion is there a

[42:17] second Mr Mayor this item is received in

[42:19] file oh

[42:21] sorry you don't need file awesome any

[42:25] was there any there was no questions all

[42:27] right we received and file this report

[42:29] and we'll move forth to

[42:30] item we'll move on to item number seven

[42:33] discuss on funding for neighborhood

[42:35] State revitalization and small business

[42:37] incentives this is sponsored by myself

[42:39] and council member Nunes I'll start and

[42:41] I'll give it over to Mr Nunes in a

[42:43] second um we uh joined forces on kind of

[42:47] a cleanup neighborhood cleanup program

[42:49] and it kind of morphed into what we

[42:50] wanted to present

[42:52] today um I asked Jim nadell who is on

[42:55] our Planning Commission and Jack

[42:57] uh Deo who has been uh a

[43:01] community liaison and partner for with

[43:04] us for a long time and they both worked

[43:06] on the former cleanup committee and it

[43:08] was a very large committee and kind of

[43:09] dissolved uh due to the chairman having

[43:12] other responsibilities and other people

[43:14] having responsibilities uh so I asked

[43:16] these two to join us in presenting a

[43:18] program uh that would be

[43:21] more uh I don't even know the proper

[43:23] word here but it would be more organized

[43:25] and it would meet more of our need of

[43:27] the cleanup of our community our uh code

[43:30] enforcement manager uh Christina she's

[43:33] done a lot of work uh on presenting some

[43:36] of the program and so I don't want to

[43:38] take any of her Thunder because she's

[43:40] done a lot of great work out there with

[43:42] our community and presented some ideas

[43:45] to us uh the one there's three prongs to

[43:48] this program one is to pick a

[43:50] neighborhood get in there identify the

[43:52] homes that are actually homeowners and

[43:55] be able to give them grant funding

[43:56] similar to to the uh revitalization

[43:59] program through RDA uh back many years

[44:01] ago which we would give a grant to a

[44:04] home for a certain period of time and be

[44:06] relieved over time that they lived in

[44:07] that home this is similar to that not as

[44:10] much funding for it but similar to that

[44:12] we want to get the neighborhoods paint

[44:13] houses fix roofs replace windows fix

[44:17] yards those those would be the

[44:19] committee's real focus is to identify

[44:21] those neighborhoods and get in there and

[44:23] uh proceed with that working with our

[44:25] code enforcement department

[44:27] we also another prog of this is getting

[44:29] into our small business community and

[44:30] really helping those a lot of them have

[44:32] suffered through covid don't have a lot

[44:34] of extra funding to make sure their

[44:35] signs and paint and Landscaping are

[44:37] taken care of this isn't corporate

[44:39] companies this is small business owners

[44:40] in our community and helping them fund

[44:42] those programs and I let Christina to

[44:44] talk a little bit more about this in a

[44:45] minute um and then the third prong to

[44:48] this is uh going out to our schools and

[44:50] educating people we can go clean up lots

[44:53] every day and 3 months later that lot

[44:55] needs to be cleaned up again and and

[44:57] it's really Noble to do that and I

[44:58] appreciate everyone that does that but

[45:01] it's not getting to the root of the

[45:02] problem which is people dumping or

[45:04] leaving their trash open or whatever it

[45:06] is one of the biggest concerns from our

[45:09] trash hauler is people do not tie their

[45:12] trash up when they put it in their bends

[45:14] and when they go to open and dump it

[45:15] into the truck on our therapeutic Breezy

[45:18] days uh it ends up blowing out and

[45:20] blowing all over the city so there's a

[45:22] lot of Education that can be done and we

[45:24] figured if we get to our educational

[45:25] levels of our El elementary schools and

[45:28] middle schools and high school and talk

[45:29] to the kids a lot of times they'll

[45:31] educate their parents a lot on this so

[45:34] our our first initial kickoff will be uh

[45:37] coming later this month we'll make that

[45:39] announcement but we're going to Target

[45:40] two schools that are going to partner

[45:42] with us and do a week-long educational

[45:45] program in that school uh from Desert

[45:48] Valley Disposal has an education

[45:49] education person that will do that for

[45:51] us and then we'll spend the last day the

[45:54] Saturday morning of that week uh going

[45:57] out and doing some cleanup around the

[45:58] school and helping those kids identify

[46:00] how this process works with waste with

[46:03] that said I really wanted to give some

[46:05] time to uh Christina to talk about the

[46:08] uh Business program and the neighborhood

[46:10] program but before I do that anything

[46:12] you like to add Mr

[46:13] NZ uh thank you Mr Mayor yeah the only

[46:16] thing I would say is Christina is very

[46:18] vital to this program and making sure it

[46:19] works so I want to thank Christina

[46:21] anything you need from me you know

[46:23] please just let me know I think what's

[46:25] important too is that when we go out to

[46:26] these houses to to help a senior or

[46:30] someone that can afford or having issues

[46:33] um getting the work done is that we find

[46:36] resources for them not just go in there

[46:37] and clean it up and then they're set you

[46:40] know for two three months that we know

[46:43] that they're going to be set up with

[46:44] services that they qualify for uh

[46:46] through the county or to the city or

[46:48] even through the state to make sure that

[46:49] they're they don't get behind the way

[46:51] they did the reason why we got involved

[46:53] um so working with Christine I think is

[46:55] going to be great um

[46:57] looking forward to it thank you this

[47:01] do good evening so I think uh councilman

[47:04] nun has kind of hit the nail on the head

[47:06] we're out there every single day you

[47:08] know attempting to enforce codes in

[47:10] residential neighborhoods and Commercial

[47:12] zones and the thing that we always hear

[47:14] is you know does the city have any

[47:16] resources and can they lend any

[47:18] resources because a lot of time people

[47:20] they want to comply they want to

[47:22] complete these corrective actions they

[47:23] simply don't have the means to do so and

[47:26] so um this will give us those resources

[47:28] that we so desperately need in the

[47:29] community um you know especially with

[47:32] respect to small business it's one of

[47:34] the things that we hear all the time

[47:36] that you know they're still recovering

[47:37] from covid and they they need an extra

[47:39] hand and it can be something as simple

[47:41] as just getting proper signage or you

[47:42] know fixing a dilapidated sign or you

[47:45] know their retaining wall was hit by a

[47:47] car and they just can't recover from it

[47:49] so uh having these resources and being

[47:52] able to use our expertise in Code

[47:54] Enforcement to lend you know appropriate

[47:55] candidates and qualified candidates um

[47:58] every day we are faced you know and

[48:00] making hard decisions with respect to

[48:02] enforcement in our residential

[48:04] neighborhoods because we have a lot of

[48:05] you know members of the community that

[48:07] simply can't afford to put in landscape

[48:09] ground cover things that we think are

[48:11] simple fixes they aren't simple fixes

[48:13] when you don't have the financial means

[48:14] so I'm really excited to kind of just

[48:16] lend our experience and expertise to get

[48:18] this

[48:19] going awesome is there anything from the

[48:22] committee that you'd like to add that I

[48:24] missed Jackie you're not shy come on

[48:30] Jim's a little shy sometimes but he's

[48:32] the brains behind our operation I'm just

[48:34] looking to Christina to give us those

[48:36] locations so that we can you know you

[48:38] give us the the the the the properties

[48:42] and we will go and take care of it and

[48:45] get everybody on board and make sure

[48:47] that the homeowners have their taxes and

[48:50] that they're not renters and they single

[48:53] family homes and the things that the

[48:55] city wants to to to do so Jim and I are

[48:59] ready to rock and roll you like to say

[49:03] something I'd just like to say I'm most

[49:05] excited about the uh the portion of this

[49:08] broad act relatively broad activity that

[49:11] involves the businesses to

[49:15] award I'm not sure what we're going to

[49:17] call some of these things yet but small

[49:19] grants basically $10,000 grants as much

[49:22] as to uh mom and pop small businesses in

[49:25] town who need a facelift front of the

[49:29] store needs a paint job you know new

[49:31] paint um Landscaping new signage

[49:34] improved signage that type of thing um I

[49:38] it would be nice to give a lot of

[49:40] businesses on Palm Drive especially a

[49:42] facelift and it may actually encourage

[49:45] other businesses to Fork out some money

[49:47] themselves and and do some of their own

[49:50] um Improvement uh to keep up with the

[49:52] Joneses so to speak um I think a lot of

[49:55] people are ready for a little a little

[49:56] bit of a facelift down Palm Drive and

[49:59] that's why I'm excited about it so thank

[50:03] you good for you guys' participation in

[50:05] this and other thing I'd like to add is

[50:07] that we are looking at qualified vendors

[50:10] licensed vendors of desert hot springs

[50:12] and when they do apply we will be

[50:14] managing the correct work to be done so

[50:17] it's not someone's going to slap some

[50:19] paint on there and then want ,000 $2,000

[50:21] in reimbursement we're going to have

[50:23] they're going to have to qualify with a

[50:24] licensed painter that's licensed are Hot

[50:27] Springs to do the work and we're going

[50:28] to try to vet those uh vendors and make

[50:31] sure so if we get into neighborhoods

[50:33] that we'll have landscapers and roofers

[50:35] and people that are already vetted ready

[50:36] to go and we can get them on board uh

[50:39] anything I miss

[50:41] guys thing I'm going to ask question

[50:43] from me in a minute one other thing

[50:44] Russell had mentioned solar and I know

[50:48] that there's a lot of programs that

[50:49] these 10 homes that we're going to uh

[50:52] Target we can actually get them solar if

[50:55] we can get their roof

[50:57] passed that'll be free so that's an

[51:00] option also to add to the program so I

[51:03] think that'll make Russell happy and I

[51:06] really want I really want people to

[51:07] realize this is a pilot to start with so

[51:09] we're going to see how it works and

[51:11] whatever we have to strengthen and we

[51:13] find things like Jackie found solar and

[51:16] if there's other things we find when

[51:17] we're out there that we'll be able to

[51:18] bring it back to the council and and

[51:20] just kind of massage this into a bigger

[51:22] and better program over time that will

[51:24] be sustainable uh I'll open up to

[51:27] council for comments uh Mr Gardner you

[51:29] had your hand raised thank you Mr Mayor

[51:32] um when I read this on the agenda I was

[51:35] wow this is great um I want to commend

[51:37] both you and council member Nunes for

[51:39] all of the thought and work you put into

[51:40] it as well as the community members who

[51:42] are stepping forward on this I really uh

[51:46] I'm going to Echo what Mr Nelle said

[51:47] about uh about the grants to help give

[51:50] some face lfts along Palm Drive I think

[51:52] that's going to be fantastic and the

[51:54] point you raised Mr Mayor about

[51:55] education I was going to glad you

[51:57] brought that up because that is a key

[51:59] part of that I think if we can start uh

[52:02] educating people exactly those kind of

[52:03] things bagging up your trash not just

[52:05] throwing it out in the can on those

[52:07] windy days don't go dump in the desert

[52:09] don't go you know all of those things

[52:11] I've noticed a a mark remarkable uh uh

[52:16] transformation in the last year of the

[52:18] efforts that we put forward to address

[52:20] desert dumping it is noticeably

[52:22] noticeably cleaner somebody who goes out

[52:24] in the desert almost every other day

[52:26] hiking I I really noticed a drop in that

[52:29] and uh I think staff has too cuz they're

[52:31] not getting an email from me every

[52:33] morning with a pile of trash on it that

[52:34] that go pick this up so uh I know I do

[52:37] one a week now it's kind of nice but I

[52:40] think this is fantastic I'm really

[52:41] excited to see how you guys bring this

[52:43] together and like you said it will

[52:44] evolve over time and get a little bit

[52:46] better and we can we can really um we

[52:50] can really make some major improvements

[52:51] in this town and do some of the things

[52:53] that we see some of our other Valley

[52:55] Cities doing when it comes to grants for

[52:56] helping rehab homes and businesses and

[52:59] stuff that we've not been able to do up

[53:01] till now until we've been in a fiscal

[53:02] position that we've been in so good job

[53:05] and I'm excited to support

[53:07] it yeah there's a lot here that's very

[53:10] attractive you guys have done a good job

[53:12] putting this together um very

[53:14] comprehensive looks like you've touched

[53:15] a lot of good areas um Apparent at some

[53:18] point in time they're going to be coming

[53:19] to the council with a request or an

[53:21] authorization for 500,000 is my

[53:24] understanding

[53:25] right that's what the request is tonight

[53:28] the request we're approving 500,000 so

[53:30] if if you read the staff report it's

[53:31] been identified from uh staff which you

[53:34] can answer the question where that money

[53:35] is coming from and that's the pilot is

[53:37] to start okay I see I just saw discuss

[53:39] and provide direction is what I saw in

[53:41] the agenda item I didn't see in the

[53:43] recommendation it's 500,000 okay but I

[53:45] didn't see an action item to actually

[53:47] approve the

[53:49] spending am

[53:51] I yeah go

[53:54] ahead discuss the recommendation does

[53:57] say um discuss and provide direction to

[54:00] staff but under the discussion of the

[54:01] item uh it does say the committee is

[54:04] requesting funding in the amount of

[54:06] $500,000 to be utilized for the creation

[54:08] of neighborhood and Commercial

[54:10] beautification programs in the city okay

[54:12] 200 do you want me to continue no that's

[54:14] good okay okay so um I'm usually used to

[54:17] seeing that on the agenda titles and so

[54:20] okay that's my confusion there um and

[54:23] some of the things here this isn't maybe

[54:25] the most glamorous thing on the crime

[54:27] prevention through environmental design

[54:29] uh I remember when Pat Williams was here

[54:31] he was was chief he was really big on

[54:32] that in fact remember down there at the

[54:34] Dollar General he insisted that they

[54:36] take care of those trees that were at

[54:38] the back so when the police car went

[54:40] down there they had a sight line to the

[54:41] store and I don't know what happened if

[54:43] the new Dollar General fits the sight

[54:46] line guidelines but I think Planning

[54:49] Commission if this is going to be a

[54:51] focus we need to reinvigorate that

[54:54] review process in the Planning

[54:57] Commission approval of these projects I

[54:59] don't I would guess that Dollar General

[55:00] is a little bit challenged on police

[55:02] being able to drive by and see what's

[55:04] going on there um the other thing is

[55:07] you're talking about the schools and the

[55:09] L it's a great idea if you go take a

[55:11] look you know on some of these cleanups

[55:13] that we've done on the lots downwind of

[55:15] Quick Quack Car Wash what you're going

[55:17] to find most often is the towels and the

[55:20] plastic wrappers that they give out um

[55:23] you'll pick lots of those out of that

[55:25] lot that's immediately down with into

[55:26] them so we may want to go include in

[55:28] your you know your efforts um telling

[55:31] businesses high this practice it sounds

[55:33] great to give your customers this wipe

[55:36] but they're all ending up as litter in

[55:38] the desert so we'd prefer that you not

[55:40] do that maybe take a look and see what's

[55:41] going on there's same thing is with

[55:43] telling people to wrap up their trash

[55:45] bags

[55:46] um and then you know as you mentioned we

[55:48] had a program like this before and I

[55:51] don't my view is it wasn't real managed

[55:53] well managed I think we need to do a

[55:55] better job if we're going to do that

[55:56] this time uh we had contractor problems

[55:59] we had people getting $5,000 worth of

[56:01] work done on their homes and they'd call

[56:03] us and say I don't know what you guys

[56:04] spent 5,000 on but this doesn't look

[56:06] like anything that was worth 5,000 so if

[56:10] we're going to be putting money into

[56:11] these homes need to be a real careful

[56:13] selection of the contractors um and then

[56:18] finally I know we're always focused on

[56:20] Palm Drive but for life of me I can't

[56:22] figure out how we had council members

[56:24] for years living out on Henda

[56:26] at the end of Henda and driving that

[56:28] every day not making a stronger pitch to

[56:30] get hasienda into the beautification

[56:32] program for this city the um some of the

[56:36] most vital important uh businesses to

[56:39] the city the spa Boutique Spa hotels are

[56:41] located out that drive and I got to say

[56:44] hos Enda between I know we're getting

[56:46] ready to do some work there but we're

[56:48] not going far enough you take a look at

[56:50] some of the businesses out there don't

[56:52] just limit this to Palm Drive we got to

[56:53] start thinking of Henda and and other

[56:56] places so that would be my

[56:59] um my concern so if I can get some

[57:03] guarantee from the if we're going to

[57:04] vote on 500,000 tonight is that budgeted

[57:07] is where's that coming

[57:09] from fiscal impact uh so if I may Mr

[57:13] Mayor yes please um so for that portion

[57:16] the actual budget appr Appropriations

[57:18] that would come into that so count

[57:20] receive and file and get um direction

[57:22] that would come to the council with the

[57:23] m the fiscal year 2 year 22 3 budget

[57:26] adjustments which will be coming to the

[57:28] Council on the 18th okay so we so if you

[57:31] approve this then we'll include that in

[57:33] those budget adjust okay so we're

[57:34] basically giving you a vote here to go

[57:36] ahead and put that in the budget

[57:38] probably could you talk about where the

[57:39] funding is coming I I can so uh funding

[57:42] for these programs would be available

[57:44] using the arpa funding the American

[57:46] Rescue plan act funds uh which has a

[57:49] balance of almost $5 million uh for

[57:52] certain eligible expenditures Housing

[57:54] Authority funds may be ized for the

[57:57] program um and those funds are and I'm

[57:59] going to estimate it I'm not just going

[58:01] to give an approximate it's about $1.5

[58:02] million that's available there so if

[58:05] approved these items as Jeffrey just

[58:06] mentioned would be added to the fiscal

[58:09] year 2223 budget adjustments which would

[58:11] come before the city council for

[58:13] approval um on at the October 18th

[58:15] meeting so next meeting so then it is

[58:17] coming for a future meeting for the

[58:19] actual final budget authorization so

[58:21] that's good and so you know like I said

[58:23] no I I'm sorry it wouldn't so the

[58:25] funding would be approved today uh

[58:28] however Jeffrey would just roll it in

[58:30] with the midyear but the funding we

[58:32] would be able to move forward straight

[58:34] away with the program if it was approved

[58:35] tonight playing around with semantics

[58:37] here a little bit I'm just trying to get

[58:39] clear on where the money's coming from

[58:41] and how's it going so thanks for the

[58:42] explanation the um so I'm it looks like

[58:45] a great program I'm think somebody's

[58:47] done a great job and I know the

[58:49] community members that have pitched in

[58:50] on this have had a big help I'm sure and

[58:53] um I just want to make sure we go back

[58:54] and look at when we try this before and

[58:56] it didn't work so well that we make sure

[58:59] that we don't duplicate that past effort

[59:01] that we actually get what we want out of

[59:03] this um you know me to do a real good

[59:05] vetting of the contractors that are

[59:07] going to be involved in this

[59:09] program so that's all I got I'm take it

[59:11] one of you is going to want to make the

[59:13] motion well I still have another council

[59:14] member might want to make comments and

[59:16] yes I think Roger and I would like to

[59:17] make the motion a second so um and just

[59:20] to answer one of your questions we did

[59:22] make sure we vetted the amounts that we

[59:24] would want and what was reasonable to

[59:26] start the program and that there was

[59:29] funding available through those uh

[59:30] Avenues so we're not taking directly out

[59:33] of the general fund these are funds that

[59:35] are available through the federal

[59:36] government and the housing element and

[59:38] so we're not going to take an impact on

[59:39] our general fund budget so we wanted to

[59:41] make that very clear and again it's a

[59:44] working document and I don't think we

[59:46] specified that it had to only be small

[59:48] businesses on Palm Drive we can do

[59:50] Pearson we can do Henda these are small

[59:52] business owners that are in need in our

[59:54] community I think we focus on Palm Drive

[59:57] a lot because most of us see that and

[59:58] there are a lot of needs on Palm Drive

[1:00:00] but this is open for code enforcement to

[1:00:02] be able to utilize our whole business

[1:00:03] community so I hope that answers your

[1:00:06] questions Miss P do you have any

[1:00:08] comments yes I think this is an

[1:00:10] excellent program for all of you and I

[1:00:13] understand that you're going to later

[1:00:17] find out if this is where you want to go

[1:00:20] however I don't think that this is

[1:00:22] enough I think this what you're asking

[1:00:25] for is fine but I would like for it to

[1:00:28] be

[1:00:29] also uh an earmark in the next two years

[1:00:36] uh you can do this

[1:00:39] today but you still need to continue it

[1:00:42] so I would say um please make it for the

[1:00:47] next two

[1:00:49] years and with that you can come back

[1:00:51] and say this is what we did and this is

[1:00:54] how we did it and I want to say it's

[1:00:56] kind of where we were going with this

[1:00:57] knowing that we only had about a half a

[1:00:59] year left in this current budget cycle

[1:01:01] so we wanted to identify some funding

[1:01:03] that was available today but if the

[1:01:05] program is successful then we would want

[1:01:07] to roll it into the next fiscal next

[1:01:10] two-year fiscal cycle um and see how it

[1:01:14] works so I want to reassure you that was

[1:01:15] a discussion I think that's where we're

[1:01:17] going so appreciate the support on that

[1:01:19] Mr Nas would you want to move the item

[1:01:21] uh sure I'll move um see this word this

[1:01:25] right here number it's not a discussion

[1:01:27] uh we're giv clear Direction so um I

[1:01:30] would

[1:01:31] move

[1:01:34] uh the requesting of funding for

[1:01:37] $500,000 uh to be utilized for the

[1:01:39] neighborhood and Commercial

[1:01:41] beautification program in the city of

[1:01:43] desert hot springs and I will second it

[1:01:45] once you push the move button

[1:01:53] there and please vote

[1:02:02] motion pass unanimously and again thank

[1:02:04] you to the subc committ that's working

[1:02:05] with us thank you very much thank you to

[1:02:07] all the staff and all your hard work on

[1:02:09] this and and especially Christina for

[1:02:10] putting these programs together and

[1:02:12] giving us the uh the fore thoughts on

[1:02:14] how this should really run absolutely

[1:02:16] and I hope I can see staff and um more

[1:02:19] community members and the residents out

[1:02:21] to when we do these events I think it'd

[1:02:22] be great to to show that we're all in it

[1:02:25] to to make sure the city thrives so

[1:02:28] awesome I saw the vote Gerald did you

[1:02:30] announce the vote I saw the vote on

[1:02:31] there I don't know if did you announce

[1:02:32] it okay um with that said we uh have no

[1:02:34] more items on our agenda there is a

[1:02:36] public comments now if anybody didn't

[1:02:37] speak at the beginning of the meeting

[1:02:38] that would like to speak now I see

[1:02:40] nobody coming forth the next uh items up

[1:02:43] on the calendar are the Planning

[1:02:45] Commission will meet on October 11th the

[1:02:47] public safety Commission on 13th the

[1:02:49] next council meeting will be on the 18th

[1:02:51] and then we move into election day on

[1:02:52] November 1st uh be safe out there and

[1:02:55] and we are adjourned

City Council - October 4, 2022

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