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From YouTube: City Council Meeting | Sep 01 22
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Regular Meeting of the Palm Springs City Council, held September 1st, 2022
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I
met
a
mayor,
I
believe
it's
just
listed
on
the
agenda.
I,
don't
think
it's
actually
being
presented
or
read
out.
Well,
then
we
we
acknowledge
the
Proclamation
and
we
will
move
on
to
the
acceptance
of
the
agenda.
Our
next
item
is
acceptance
of
the
agenda.
The
city
council
will
discuss
the
order
of
the
agenda.
May
amend
the
order,
add
urgency,
items,
node
abstentions
or
no
votes
on
consent,
calendar
items,
our
request,
consent,
calendar
items
to
be
removed
for
a
separate
discussion.
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We
will
allow
for
public
comment
at
that
time.
We
have
received
an
abundance
of
written
comments
on
this
topic.
We
encourage
you
to
continue
to
share
your
thoughts
and
concerns
and
we
look
forward
to
working
with
staff
and
all
of
the
community
to
make
sure
that
this
item
comes
forward
at
the
appropriate
time
after
the
appropriate
amount
of
vetting.
At
this
time,
I
would
entertain
a
motion
for
acceptance
of
the
agenda.
Are
there
any
items
that
staff
or
a
council
member
would
like
removed
from
the
consent
calendar
for
separate
discussion?
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Let
me
approached
him.
Thank
you.
Madam
mayor
I'd
like
to
pull
one
g,
one
G
all
right.
Anyone
else
with
items
to
be
removed
from
consent
calendar
with
that
we
will
move
forward
with
1G
removed
for
separate
discussion
and
one
o
removed
for
a
later
council
meeting.
City
attorney,
please
provide
a
report
on
the
closed
session.
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E
This
time
has
been
set
aside
for
members
of
the
public
to
address
the
city
council
on
non-public
hearing
agenda
items.
Only
two
minutes
will
be
assigned
to
each
speaker.
You
ask
to
please
begin
your
time
by
telling
us
what
agenda
item
or
items
you're
speaking
about
please
note.
The
testimony
for
public
hearings
will
be
taken
at
the
time
of
the
public
hearing
and
the
general
public
comment
for
subjects
not
on
the
agenda
will
be
taken
later
this
evening,
city
clerk.
Do
we
have
any
registered
speakers.
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E
You're
live
with
the
city
council.
You
have
two
minutes
to
provide
your
comments
and
you
may
begin
hi,
I'm,
Clark,
Staley
and
I'm
with
the
statement.
Clinic
Development
Department
on
behalf
of
Riverside
County
I'd,
like
to
thank
the
city
of
hot
springs
and
its
council
members
for
supporting
the
Valley
Wide
Expo,
which
we
believe
is
important:
job
Seekers
and
our
local
economy
economy.
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The
Expo
will
be
held
September
28th
from
9
A.M
to
1
pm
at
Fantasy,
Springs
Casino
and
its
special
event
center
and
is
open
to
all.
The
free
event
will
feature
dozens
of
local
employers
with
positions
available
here.
Locally
no
cost
to
pre-expo
workshops
will
be
held.
September
22nd
by
the
Workforce
Development
Center
in
Indio
Workshop
registrations
and
more
information
about
the
event,
including
a
partial
list
of
employers,
can
be
found
at
www.desertjob
expo.com.
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Stephen
Moses
you're
live
with
the
city
council.
You
have
two
minutes
to
provide
your
comments
and
you
may
begin.
I
won't
take
two
minutes
good
evening.
Members
of
the
council
Nevada
mayor
vice
mayor,
the
system
causes
I
feel
like
a
preaching
to
the
choir,
the
member
of
The
District
in
task
force.
I
agreed
that
you
were
under
compensate.
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We
made
several
suggests
prototypes
for
your
consideration
to
correct
that
for
future
council
members
and
mayors.
Those
are
not
absolute.
What
is
absolute
is
the
time
and
energy
required
of
you
now
with
discourage
many
future
potential
applicants
for
applying
for
the
job
they
need
to
become
political
opponents,
but
let's
entice
the
best
opponents,
not
only
the
rich
and
retired.
Let's
affect.
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Naomi
Soto
you're
live
with
the
city
council.
You
have
two
minutes
to
provide
your
comments
and
you
may
begin
hi
good
evening,
mayor
and
council
members.
My
name
is
Naomi
Soto
and
I
just
wanted
to
call
and
give
my
support
to
the
raising
of
Council
salaries.
I
think
this
is
a
great
start
and
I
think
if
we
want
to
stay
competitive,
to
get
good,
Public
Service
employees,
as
well
as
really
solid
candidates
for
councils,
that
we
really
need
to
value
that
work
and
pay
accordingly.
I
hope
that
it's
not
another.
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Of
the
city
council,
I'm
speaking
on
both
1T
and
3C
I,
wanted
to
express
my
support
for
the
feasibility
studies
for
inclusionary
housing
and
the
commercial
Nexus
studies.
These
studies
are
really
important
tools
that
will
help
you
create
an
affordable
housing
policy,
which
is
something
that
the
city
thoroughly
needs.
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Flex
Ortega
you're
live
with
the
city
council.
You
have
two
minutes
to
provide
your
comments
and
you
may
begin.
Thank
you
good
evening,
city
council,
Thompson's
resident
here
co-chair
of
the
California
Voting
Rights
Act
working
group
for
the
city,
calling
the
support
of
the
staff
recommendation
for
3C.
You
know
I'm
an
individual
who
works
in
a
service
oriented
field.
That's
a
non-profit
agent,
see
here
so
I
intimately
understand
the
difficulties
in
identifying
candidates
when
wage
conditions
are
below
market
and
private
sector
rates.
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Of
course,
as
you
know,
that's
why
we
do
what
we
do
right,
because,
because
of
the
service,
but
the
difference
with
y'all's
position
is
the
acute
level
of
power
that
you
hold
it's
one
of
the
reasons
why
so
many
retired
and
independently
wealthy
people
have
successfully
reigned
on
this
body.
So
I
hope
that
you
can
find
the
right
balance
between
the
power
that
your
position
affords.
You
and
you
being
a
public
servant
right
and
wage
is
one
component
of
that.
As
my
co-chair
Kathy,
wormick
noted
and
also
Naomi.
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We
hope
that
future
council
members
who
do
not
rely
on
extra
compensation
or
wages
for
their
living
except
expenses,
decides
to
forego
the
salaries.
This
vote
could
would
not
be
for
those
people
who
do
not
need
it
right.
This
vote
would
be
for
the
most
impacted
people
for
The,
Sweat,
Equity,
work
of
potential
candidates
from
underrepresented
and
under
invested
communities,
black
working
class
and
other
candidates.
So
I
know
this
decision
might
be
hard
again.
I
will
say.
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Perhaps
this
decision
around
compensation
would
be
easier
if
the
city
had
stronger
policies
and
programs
that
provided
material
material
support
for
our
residents,
our
working
for
our
young
families,
our
renters,
our
hospitality
and
domestic
workers
across
the
city,
so
this
is,
is
all
tied
together.
I
really
hope
that
the
city
is
thinking
long
term
to
support
diverse
candidates
from
diverse
populations
thanks
so
much.
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Okay,
thank
you
to
all
who
provided
public
comment.
The
next
item
is
the
consent.
Calendar
I
will
entertain
a
motion
to
accept
the
consent
calendar
without
the
following
item,
which
was
removed
for
separate
discussion,
and
that
is
item
1G.
Is
there
a
motion
so
moved,
and
is
there
a
second
all?
Second,
all
right,
all
right,
I
see
no
call
for
discussion.
Roll
call,
please
council,
member
holstich,
yes,
council
member
course.
Yes,.
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Have
they
called
me?
Did
we
lose
them?
Maybe
we
lost
them?
Madam
City
clerkley.
We
seem
to
have
lost
you
councilmember
Woods,
yes,
mayor,
Pro,
tem
Garner,
yes,
mayor
Middleton,
yes,
motion
carries
5-0
right
and
we
will
move
to
item
one
chewy,
which
was
Apple
by
the
mayor
approach.
Him.
That's
conservation,
alternative
plan
for
overseeding
of
city
parks,
mayor
Pro,
Temp,.
D
Sure,
council,
member
hostage,
do
you
wanna
sure
or
well
we'll
both
have
things
to
say
so.
I
wanted
to
pull
this
just
because
I
had
some
questions
about
it.
I
don't
know
if
we
need
to
necessarily
need
a
staff
report,
but
just
a
brief
overview.
This
is
about
over
seeding.
What
areas
we
would
be
sorry
I'm,
just
I'm
saying
this
wrong.
D
This
is
about
drought,
from
drought
measures
and
which
areas
of
the
park
we
would
lay
dormant
and
which
areas
of
the
park
we
would
convert
to
non-turf
and
so
there's
photos
of
the
different
parks
and
the
different
areas
that
would
go
dormant
for
this
drought
time
and
the
other
areas
that
would
be
converted
to
desert
landscape
and
I.
Just
had
some
concerns
about
some
of
the
parks
and
kind
of
whether
or
not
the
turf
conversions
are
the
best
idea
for
us
long
term.
D
Coming
up
in
these
next
several
months
and
wanting
to
make
sure
that
our
residents
still
have
some
access
to
space
where
they
can
sit
and
picnic
or
whatever
it
is
at
our
as
our
Parks,
so
that's
kind
of
what
I
wanted
to
raise
and
council
member
holstidge
I
know
you
had
some
comments
too,
council
member
hostage,
please
thank
you.
I
agree
with
those
and
I
wanted
to
pull
this
item
too.
I
alerted
mayor
Pro
tem
of
that
ahead
of
this
meeting
she's
only
council
member
I
spoke
to
just
wondering
staff's
analysis.
H
Of
the
parks
you
know
which
areas
to
remain
Turf,
you
know
which
areas
why
the
justification
for
which
areas
are
converting,
and
especially
just
a
sense
of
like
Equity
or
like
master
power
planning
of
where
there
are
open
grass
areas
in
our
community.
There's
a
significant
amount
being
converted
at
Desert,
Highlands,
Highland,
Park
and
so
I'm.
Just
wondering
like
how
that
analysis.
H
We
can
explain
and
justify
to
the
community.
I
know
this
is
a
receiving
file
item
and
that
you
know
a
lot
of
it
was
with
implementation
with
dwa
and
other
agencies,
and
their
committee
approved
this
plan,
and
this
is
a
receiving
file
to
this
Council.
So
maybe,
if
staff
could
talk
just
about
the
input
that
we
might
receive
from
the
community
in
future
planning
on
this
item.
H
Thank
you,
mayor
council,
members,
Theresa
gallavan
assistant,
city
manager
and
you're
right,
mayor,
Pro,
tem.
The
purpose
of
tonight's
agenda
item
is
to
a
council
and
the
public
that
daytime
watering
will
be
taking
place.
This
fall
from
mid-september
through
November
in
city
parks
and
that's
necessary
to
establish
seasonal
grasp,
basically
over
seeding.
The
areas
that
have
been
identified
for
overseeding
are
in
the
attached.
Maps
are
regularly
utilized
for
recreation
activities
by
leagues
and
the
community.
H
We
did
look
at
it
again,
Anew
with
our
Parks
and
Recreation
director
and
the
team,
and
we
have
preserved
these
as
the
so.
The
community
does
have
access
to
recreational
Turf
thus
far,
but
we
are
again
being
compliant
with
water
regulations
and
how
it's
been
approved
by
dwa,
but
we
do
have
next
steps
and
I
think
those
will
answer
many
of
your
questions
and
for
the
community.
H
The
next
steps
will
be
for
us
to
work
with
our
landscape
contractors
to
develop
concession
conceptual
designs
for
the
turf,
conversions
and
then
those
designs
will
be
presented
to
the
Parks
and
Recreation
Commission
for
review
and
staff
can
come
back
to
council
when
we
are
actually
requesting
approval
to
move
forward
with
the
actual
conversions
in
terms
of
timelines.
We
anticipate
that
this
would
happen
in
December
or
January.
Conversions
would
take
place
and
the
in
2023
and
it
would
take
approximately
two
years.
H
We
have
some
funding
budgeted
for
this,
but
it
will
be
over
a
period
of
a
couple
years
and
also
to
answer
your
questions
of
equity.
We
did
look
at
making
sure
that
we
were
spreading
out
conversions
across
all
parks
and
not
focusing
on
any
particular
areas,
but
trying
to
fairly
distribute
that
and
our
Parks
and
Recreation
director
Yvonne
Weiss
is
on
as
well
to
answer
any
additional
questions,
but
I
hope
that
helped
address
your
questions.
H
Let
me
approach
him.
Thank
you.
Yeah!
That's
very
helpful,
I'm
I'm!
All
for,
like
I,
said
you
know,
moving
forward
with
a
plan,
that's
addressing
all
of
these
climate
change
issues
that
we
need
to
address,
but
just
wanting
to
be
a
little
bit
more
involved
in
before
we
actually
do
these
bigger
changes,
especially
in
light
of
our
upcoming
Parks
master
plan.
So
I
appreciate
that,
and
that's
fine
with
me.
Otherwise,
thank
you.
Thank
you.
H
H
Remember
course:
yes,
councilmember
woods:
yes,
council,
member
holstage,
yes,
mayor,
Pro,
Tim,
Garner,
yes,
mayor,
Middleton,
aye
motion
carries
five
zero,
all
right,
so
the
next
items
are
going
to
be
our
public
hearings.
The
first
item
is
to
a
a
public
hearing
for
the
conduct
of
a
special
election
and
introduction
of
an
ordinance
authorizing
the
levy
of
a
special
of
special
taxes
within
annexation.
Number
24
to
the
community
facilities,
District
number
2005-1,
Public
Safety
Services.
H
May
we
have
a
staff
report,
please
and
mayor
if
I
can,
before
the
staff
report,
I
need
to
recuse.
On
this
item
me
and
my
assistant
for
a
financial
conflict.
Thank
you.
Thank
you,
foreign
members
of
the
city
council.
It's
almost
tall
city
engineer.
The
stack
reports
for
the
following
two
public
hearings
are
essentially
the
same
as
they
relate
to
the
annexation
of
two
properties
into
Community
facilities.
H
A
To
sustain
the
delivery
of
Public
Safety
Services
to
new
residential
developments
located
within
those
properties,
a
new
residential
development
within
the
reservation
on
three
status
lands
are
approved
by
the
city.
They
are
conditioned
to
Annex
into
cfd
2005-1,
so
annexation
number
24
is
for
track.
38049,
a
residential
development
consisting
of
eight
single-family
residences
and
the
next
public
hearing
is
for
annexation.
Number
25
is,
and
it's
for
track,
38416
a
residential
development
consisting
of
12
multi-family
Condominiums.
The
staff
recommends
that
the
city
council
conduct
the
public
hearings
and
approve
the
annexations.
Thank
you.
A
That
concludes
my
presentation.
All
right,
Joel.
Is
it
your
recommendation
that
we
vote
on
these
separately
or
that
we
have
discussion
and
vote
on
them
jointly,
I
believe
you
should
do
it
separately
as
council
member
postage
herself
from
from
this
one
and
I,
don't
believe
she
would
choose
from
the
second
one,
so
they
should
be
handled
separately.
I
just
gave
the
staff
report
because
it's
essentially
the
same
staff
report
very
good.
Thank
you.
Are
there
any
questions
for
staff.
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A
A
For
clarification,
it'd
be
appropriate
to
adopt
the
first
resolution,
that's
listed
as
recommendation
number
two.
If
that
resolution
is
passed,
then
it
would
be
appropriate
to
conduct
the
election.
If
that
election
is
in
favor
of
of
annexing,
then
the
council
would
consider
adoption
of
the
resolution
and
organs
that
are
listed
as
items
four
and
five.
So
it's
a
two-step
process
all
right.
Thank
you.
So
motion
to
approve
I'll
make
the
motion.
Is
there
a
second
roll
call?
Please.
A
Mayor
Middleton,
mayor
Tim,
Garner,
yes,
council
member
course,
yes,
councilmember
woods,
yes,
motion
carries
4-0
with
one
recusal
right
and
we
now
hold
the
election.
Is
that
correct?
City
attorney?
Yes,
and
this
is
a
mailed
election,
so
the
city
clerk's
office
should
have
the
results
of
the
election
and
we'll
Nelson.
A
Mayor
Middleton
and
city
council,
after
counting
the
ballots
and
canvassing
the
election,
the
authorized
representatives
of
the
respective
landowners
entitled
to
vote
have
voted
yes
to
authorize
the
proposed
annexation
great
and
we
moved
to
the
next
item,
which
is
a
public
hearing
for
the
conduct
of
a
special
election,
an
introduction
authorizing
the
levy
of
special
taxes
within
the
annexation
number
25
to
the
community
facilities,
District
2005-1
Public,
Safety
Services.
We
have
already
received
the
staff
report.
Mr
Montalvo.
Is
there
anything
to
add
to
your
previous
report?
A
Nothing
further
to
add
mayor
if
I
might
I
apologize
on
the
last
annexation,
there
are
still
two
items
that
can
be
done
in
one
motion,
but
it
would
be
to
adopt
the
resolution
and
introduce
the
ordinance.
So
if
we
could
go
back
to
annexation,
number
24
real
quickly,
all
right,
then
we
will
go
back
to
two-way.
A
A
Is
that
emotion
there
it
is
in
motion
I'll.
Second,
it
roll
call
plates
mayor,
Middleton,
aye,
council
member,
of
course.
Yes,
council,
member
Woods,
yes
mayor,
Pro,
Tim
Garner,
yes,
motion
carries
4-0
with
one
recusal
all
right,
City
attorney
I
know
there.
We
have
to
be
very
careful
with
this
process.
So
a
few
guide
us
to
The
Next
Step,
please,
yes,
so
now
it
would
be
appropriate
to
go
on
to
the
next
agenda.
Item
number,
25
and
I
believe
I.
Believe
council
member
can
come
in
again.
A
This
is
the
same
process.
Hold
the
public
hearing
adopt
the
first
resolution.
Then
the
city
clerk
will
announce
the
results
of
the
election
and
then
once
that
election
result
is
announced,
then
the
council
can
adopt
the
second
resolution
intelligence,
all
right,
very
good.
We
did
re
Mr
Montalvo.
Is
there
anything
additional?
You
would
like
to
add
to
your
previous
chapter
report,
no
additional
information
to
that
all
right
and
are
there
any
questions
for
staff
seeing
none
at
this
time.
I
would
like
to
open
the
public
hearing.
The
public
is
invited.
A
A
A
A
F
Mayor
Pro,
tem
Garner,
yes,
motion,
carries
four
zero.
All
right.
Thank
you
all
right,
City
attorney.
Is
it
now
appropriate
to
open
the
election,
or
do
you
need
to
make
a
prop
218
statement
at
this
point,
it'd
be
appropriate
for
the
city
clerk's
office
to
announce
the
results
of
the
election
and
assuming
those
are
in
favor.
Then
it
would
be
appropriate
to
come
back
to.
F
F
F
F
F
Yes,
Flynn
notice
of
the
prop
218
public
hearing
on
the
solid
waste
rates
was
mailed
to
the
addresses
of
all
customers
of
Palm
Springs
disposal,
services
and
the
property
owner
owners
of
parcels
receiving
Solid
Waste
Disposal
Services
in
Palm
Springs
on
July
11
2022
over
45
days.
Prior
to
this
prop
218
public
hearing
the
city,
mailed
29,
139
notices.
F
F
Thank
you
Flynn.
This
proposition,
218
caring
was
set
in
compliance
with
proposition
218,
to
ensure
maximum
transparency
and
out
of
an
abundance
of
caution.
The
city
voluntarily
subjected
the
proposed
maximum
wage
to
the
prop
218
procedures
and
does
not
concede
their
applicability
to
privately
provided
Solid
Waste
Services.
F
A
A
Oral
comments
made
today
do
not
qualify
as
written
protests
again,
if
the.
If
anyone
wished
to
submit
a
written
protest
this
evening
before
the
hearing
closes,
they
must
hand
deliver
a
written
protest
to
the
city
clerk
at
the
council
chambers
here,
if
written
protests
against
the
majority.
Sorry,
if
written
protests
against
the
proposed
rates
are
presented
by
owners
comprising
a
majority
of
the
identified
Parcels
upon
which
the
charges
are
to
be
imposed
or
majority
of
tenants
directly
liable
for
the
payment
of
the
charges,
the
city
council
may
not
impose
the
raids.
A
C
Given
that
we
are
meeting
remotely
in
council
chambers
are
closed,
if
someone
wished
to
present
a
written
protest
before
the
public
hearing
is
closed,
would
they
be
able
to
then
present
it
to
City
Hall
at
the
front
desk?
They
would
be
able
to
do
that
mayor.
If
I
can
just
note
for
the
record,
we
do
have
a
staff
member
out
at
the
chamber
just
in
case
anyone
was
to
deliver
a
protest,
Madam
clerk
you're
ahead
of
me
as
usual.
Thank
you
with
that.
May
we
have
the
staff
report.
A
I
would
like
to
do
is
just
give
a
little
bit
of
background
for
the
benefit
of
the
public
in
terms
of
the
steps
that
we've
been
through
to
discuss
this
rate
increase
and
changes
to
the
franchise
agreement.
These
modifications
are
relative
to
the
passage
of
new
legislation
by
the
state
relative
to
the
collection
of
organic
waste.
With
this,
this
does
require
us
to
provide
additional
services
to
residents.
D
In
terms
of
modifications
to
the
franchise
agreement,
in
addition
to
addressing
the
additional
services,
our
attorney
has
also
Incorporated
additional
language
relative
to
best
practices.
We've
attempted
to
eliminate
ambiguity
of
the
existing
agreement,
address
changes
in
state
law,
and
so
the
changes
include
some
of
the
following.
As
I
had
mentioned,
we've
changed
the
scope
of
the
agreement
not
only
to
address
composting
and
organic
waste,
but
Community
composting
as
well.
We've
also
changed
the
scope
of
collection
services
to
address
the
collection
of
organic
waste.
D
We've
increased
the
insurance
coverage
that
would
be
required
for
Palm
Springs
disposal
service,
we've
added
language
relative
to
performance
review,
which
is
required
in
three
years,
and
the
ability
to
require
additional
reviews
as
may
be
warranted,
and
then
finally,
we've
added
language
relative
to
liquidated
damages,
and
this
is
to
address
compliance
with
the
new
state
law
for
organic
waste
collection.
And
so
those
are
the
proposed
changes.
A
To
the
franchise
agreement
itself,
one
of
the
items
that
we
had
left
for
Council
to
provide
Direction
on
is
relative
to
a
discount
program
which
we
discussed
at
the
council
meeting
of
June.
The
30th
we've
come
back
with
the
framework
for
the
discount
program.
This
is
being
funded
by
Palm
Springs
disposal
service.
They
have
offered
to
donate
twenty
five
thousand
dollars
annually
to
this
discount
program,
which
is
intended
to
help
offset
the
additional
costs
for
low-income
residents.
A
The
discount
applications
or
the
requests
for
the
discount
will
be
reviewed
and
approved
by
City
staff.
We
may
choose
to
involve
a
consultant
to
assist
us
depending
on
the
number
of
applications
that
are
received
in
terms
of
the
discount
itself.
Palm
Springs
disposal
service
will
credit
the
account
of
the
applicants
and
so.
E
What
that
will
result
in
is
basically
a
reduced
bill
each
month
for
the
disposal
services.
The
one
item
that
we
have
left
for
Council
direction
is
relative
to
the
amount
of
the
proposed
discount.
As
you
may
recall,
when
we
discussed
this
at
the
June
30th
meeting,
we
presented
a
number
of
different
discount
programs
offering
discount
rates
on
utilities
and
similar
services
for
anywhere
between
10
percent
up
to
30
percent.
E
In
terms
of
looking
at
how
many
customers
we
conserve
with
the
twenty
five
thousand
dollars
in
annual
funding,
you
can
see
from
this
table
that,
obviously,
a
lower
discount
rate
will
be
able
to
serve
more
customers.
A
higher
discount
rate
would
provide
those
customers
who
are
in
Greater
need
with
a
greater
discount,
and
so
that's
one
of
the
things
that
we
will
ask
for
direction
from
city
council
this
evening
is
relative
to
the
discount
rate.
E
What
I
would
like
to
do
now
is
to
turn
the
present
presentation
over
to
Chris
Cunningham
from
Palm
Springs
disposal.
Service
Chris
will
discuss
the
rollout
of
the
services
and
introduce
new
staff
which
will
assist
us
in
carrying
out
this
program
so
with
that
I'll
turn
it
over
to
Chris
and
Chris.
I'll
just
remind
you
to
indicate
to
me
when
to
advance
the
next
slide
very
good.
Thank
you
very
much.
Madam
mayor
members
of
the
council,
staff
and
and
any
residents
are
joining
us
remotely.
Thank
you
very
much
for
the
time.
E
So
right
now,
currently
we
are
having
carts
delivered
at
our
temporary
assembly
site
and
that's
at
the
city's
corporate
yard
on
Civic
Drive.
So
right
now
we're
we've
got
about
10
000
carts
there
right
now
looking
to
get
about
another
5,
000
and
then
September
6.
Next
week
we
will
begin
assembly
of
those
containers
which
basically
is
pretty
simple:
it's
just
putting
the
axles
and
wheels
on
them
and
then
putting
the
the
brochures
on
them.
E
The
last
two
weeks
of
September
who
will
be
Distributing
those
cards
to
the
customers,
with
the
guidelines
attached
those
brochures
that
will
have
all
of
the
information
that
they
need
on
there
and
the
important
note
here
is
that
October
3rd
Monday
the
collection
Begins
community-wide
for
Organics
collection.
Next,
please
next,
some
new
staff
introductions.
E
We
want
to
put
some
faces
to
the
names
I
think
most
of
you
have
met
Liz
already
she's
been
with
us
for
a
while.
This
is
Liz
Hernandez.
She
is
our
environmental
coordinator,
she's
been
in
the
field.
Quite
a
bit,
she's
been
attending
community
events,
Community
organizations
she's
a
regular
at
1ps
and
you'll,
see
here
in
the
field
a
lot
as
she
is
heading
up
our
program,
our
1383
program.
E
Next,
this
is
our
first
recycling
Ambassador.
This
is
Jamie.
Cannon
she's
been
with
us
for
about
a
month
and
a
half
now
she's
been
very
active
in
the
field.
Already
it's
kind
of
a
learn
as
you
go
experience,
but
very
happy
to
be
with
us,
we're
very
excited.
She
has
been
an
excellent
addition
next,
and
this
is
Daniel
Rodriguez
another
our
second
recycling
Ambassador.
E
Both
of
these
ambassadors
will
be
out
in
the
field
five
days
a
week,
eight
hours
a
day,
you'll
be
seeing
a
lot
of
them,
so
I
just
want
to
you
know,
give
you
the
faces
to
the
names
here.
Next
and
I
just
wanted
to
talk
about
their
role
Outreach.
This
is
really
the
name
of
the
game.
It's
Outreach
and
education.
E
Every
day
from
from
now
on,
we're
going
to
promote
recycling
through
social
media,
distribution
of
recycle
educational
materials,
Community
organizations
and
community
events,
you
will
see
us
kind
of
all
over
the
place
and
and
everywhere
conducting
site
visits.
This
is
something
on
a
daily
basis
as
well,
we'll
be
conducting
education,
educate,
commercial
customers,
their
staff
and
giving
presentations
and
virtual
meetings
and
then,
most
importantly,
this
monitoring
is
a
it's
a
requirement
of
1383..
E
It
requires
us
to
review
containers
discreetly,
monitor,
get
cards
in
and
bends
for
proper
sorting.
You
can
see.
We
want
to
give
you
a
visual
of
kind
of
what's
going
on
here,
so
the
left,
you
can
see
a
recycling
Ambassador
taking
a
peek
in
the
trash
container
to
make
sure
there's
really
not
any
contaminants
in
there.
Then
the
picture
to
the
right
you
can
see.
A
That
we're
visiting
Property
Owners
to
educate
them
on
the
proper,
sorting
practices
if
needed
and
then
I
think.
Most
importantly,
I
really
want
to
make
this
a
focal
point.
It's
that
QR
code
in
the
middle
there
between
the
pictures.
This
is
going
to
be
really
the
focal
point
of
our
Outreach
and
education.
A
You
can
simply
use
your
mobile
device.
Click
on
it
and
you'll.
Send
you
directly
to
our
webpage,
where
you
can
see
what
is
acceptable,
what
is
not
acceptable
in
the
trash,
Organics
and
recycling
containers
as
things
change
so
much,
we
thought
this
was
important
to
have.
Instead
of
changing
a
lot
of
written
material,
it
was
just
much
more
practical
to
use
something
like
this
and
something
easy
for
someone
to
use.
A
C
With
that,
thank
you
very
much.
That
concludes
my
part.
Thank
you,
Mr
Cunningham.
With
that
Madam
mayor,
we
are
available
for
your
questions.
We
have
MS
Jin
with
best
best
in
Krieger,
to
answer
any
questions
you
might
have
about
the
franchise
agreement
or
the
public
hearing
that
we're
conducting
this
evening.
Mr
Cunningham
with.
F
Or
implementation
strategy
and
dates,
and
then
finally
I'm
happy
to
answer
any
questions
about
the
discount
program
so
with
that
Madam
Mayer
I
return
it
to
you
all
right.
Thank
you.
I
will
now
ask
city
council
if
there
are
any
clarifying
questions
of
Staff
before
I
open
the
prop
218
public
hearing
council
member
Coors,
do
you
have
any
questions?
F
No,
thank
you
mayor,
council,
member
halstridge.
Do
you
have
any
questions?
No
thank
you
mayor
and
council
member
Woods.
Do
you
have
any
questions?
No
mayor
may
approach
him
Garner.
Do
you
have
any
questions
I
do
regarding
the
discount
program?
Is
this
the
appropriate
time
I
believe
it
is
okay,
Glenn
just
curious:
do
you
have
a
sense
of
how
many
customers
may
take
advantage
of
that
program
if
you're
looking
at
the
other,
similar
programs,
yes
and
no
Palm.
D
Springs
disposal
service
has
put
together
some
numbers
in
terms
of
the
possible
number
of
customers
who
could
apply
for
the
program.
It
could
be
anywhere
upwards
of
4
000
if
I
remember
correctly,
and
so
the
twenty
five
thousand
dollars
that
we
have
obviously
wouldn't
be
able
to
serve
all
of
those
customers.
What
we
would
like
to
do,
though,
is
to
serve
as
many
customers
in
need
as
possible,
and
so
that's
where
we
really
need
the
input
of
the
city
council
in
terms
of
the
selected
discount
rate.
A
And
just
to
follow
up
on
that,
would
we
be
able
to
say
we
exhausted
the
25
000?
Would
we
be
able
to
add
more
funds
to
that?
You
know
just
that.
It
needs
a
point
this
year.
We
would
need
to
do
that
through
Council
action
and
looking
at
the
budget.
That
may
be
a
possibility,
but
again
we
would
need
to
take
a
look
at
the
budget
and
where
those
funds
might
come
from.
Okay.
Thank
you
all
right,
Lynn.
A
A
And
Ms
Jin
correct
me:
if
I'm
wrong,
let's
go
ahead
and
conduct
the
proposition
218
public
hearing
first
and
then,
following
that,
we'll
have
a
discussion
on
the
discount
percentage
rate,
as
we
will
modify
your
approving
resolution
with
that
rate
included
great.
Thank
you.
I
have
one
clarifying
question
for
Mr
Cunningham
QR
codes.
There.
G
A
D
And
then,
of
course,
if
you,
if,
if
you
attend
any
kind
of
organization
or
sorry
Community
event
or
any
Community
organization,
will
always
be
there
with
a
lot
of
literature
as
well
all
right.
Thank
you
before
opening
the
prop
218
public
hearing.
I
would
like
to
announce
that
the
prop
218
public
hearing
will
be
conducted
in
the
following
manner.
I
will
open
the
prop
218
public
hearing
for
any
person
wishing
to
speak
on
this
item.
D
Questions
will
not
be
answered
during
the
prop
218
public
hearing.
After
all,
oral
testimony
has
been
heard.
I
will
close
the
prop
218
public
hearing
and
ask
the
city
clerk
to
tally
the
protests,
as
previous
previously
mentioned.
Only
those
written
protests
submitted
prior
to
the
close
of
prop
218
public
hearing
will
be
counted.
I
will
now
declare
the
prop
218
public
hearing
open.
We
will
hear
from
anyone
who
wishes
to
speak.
D
Please
note
that,
in
addition
to
the
prop
218
public
hearing,
this
item
includes
the
potential
introduction
of
a
resolution
to
adopt
an
amended
and
restated
franchise
agreement
and
solid
weight
waste
rate
increases.
Anyone
wishing
to
provide
public
comment
on
this
resolution
should
do
so
at
this
time
as
well.
D
A
A
Yes
mayor,
there
were
seven
protests
received
prior
to
the
close
of
the
hearing,
and
a
majority
protest
has
not
been
reached
right.
So
this
now
concludes
the
prop
218
process.
The
city
clerk
may
now
proceed
to
consider
the
resolution
adopting
the
amended
and
restated
franchise
agreement
and
the
solid
waste
rate
increases.
A
H
A
A
A
Are
thank
yous
that
are
deserved,
Miss
Jen
for
assisting
Us
in
this
process;
Mr
Cunningham,
Mr,
kuzak
from
Palm
Springs
disposal
service
and
also
Tracy
Sheldon
from
sustainability
staff.
Who
has
been
doing
the
majority
of
the
work
and
coordinating
this
so
just
wanted
to
thank
them
as
well
with
that
Madame
mayor.
The
point
now
is
relative
to
the
discount
rate
for
the
discount
program
to
be
offered
to
low-income
residents,
as
I
had
mentioned,
based
on
comparisons
with
other
discount
programs.
H
We've
seen
anywhere
from
10
to
30
percent
staff
would
recommend
something
along
the
lines
of
10
to
20
percent
in
order
to
serve
the
greatest
number
of
residents,
but
with
that,
we
will
take
your
questions
and
discussion
relative
to
the
discount
amount.
Thank
you,
Flynn.
Are
there
any
questions,
comments
or
proposals
from
Council
regarding
what
the
discount
amount
should
be.
H
H
C
D
So
what
is
I
don't
know
if
it's
for
the
City
attorney
or
Flynn
or
who?
What
would
be
the
right
way
to
do
that
right,
so
I
really
want
to
situate
I
I
speak
for
myself.
I,
don't
want
a
situation
where
all
of
a
sudden,
so
many
people
apply
that
we
don't
have
funding.
Can
we
set
aside
money
now,
if
needed,
or
do
you
prefer
coming
back,
which
at
such
time,
it's
needed?
I
would
recommend
that
we
come
back
later
at
such
time
as
needed
again.
That
would
be
a
separate.
D
D
A
E
Number
of
customers
we
can
serve.
What
I
might
suggest
is
15
will
still
offer
a
bit
of
impact
for
those
who
take
advantage
of
the
program,
and
so
15
might
be
the
ideal
place
to
start
for
this
year.
Again,
we
can
report
on
the
program
to
you
at
a
later
date
in
terms
of
the
number
of
participants
and
as
we
look
at
perhaps
additional
funding
for
the
program,
we
can
also
look
at
modifying
the
rate
at
that
time
as
well.
E
E
I'm,
sorry
I'll,
second,
that
okay,
any
further
discussion,
roll
call
please,
if
I
may
I
just
wanted
to
state
that
section.
6
of
the
resolution
does
have
a
placeholder
for
that
percentage
to
be
inserted,
so
whatever
Council
decides,
the
action
would
be
to
prove
the
resolution
as
amended.
Okay,
thank
you.
E
E
E
Yes,
we
could
go
ahead
and
adopt
the
resolution
as
amended
at
this
point
in
time,
Madam
mayor
and
do
I
need
to
go
through
each
member
of
council
to
see
if
they
have
any
additional
comments.
You
might
do
that.
Yes,
all
right
last
comments
and
I'll
start
with
council
member
course.
No.
Thank
you.
Everyone.
So
much
for
all
your
work
on
this.
Thank.
C
You
mayor
council,
member
holstich,
anything
to
add
so
you
know
sad
comments
before
no
thank
you,
mayor,
okay,
council,
member
Woods.
No
I
just
want
to
thank
the
disposal
service
for
working
with
people
who
are
low
income.
Thank
you
very
much,
mayor,
Pro,
Tem.
Nothing
to
add!
Thank
you
all
right
and
it's
been
said
very
well
and
I
agree
with
all
of
it.
Thank
you
with
that.
May
I
have
a.
E
E
A
F
F
A
The
project
was
originally
approved
back
in
May
of
2020
as
it
currently
exists.
There
is
a
two-year
limit
on
the
approval
of
entitlements,
and
so
with
that
the
applicant
filed
an
extension
of
time
request
in
order
for
them
to
complete
the
process
of
obtaining
building
permits
and
to
begin
Construction.
A
The
Planning
Commission
reviewed
the
extension
of
time
request
on
July
the
13th
and
voted
6-0
to
deny
the
application.
The
applicant
then
filed
an
appeal
which
is
before
you
this
evening
relative
to
the
project
itself.
Just
as
a
reminder,
the
orchid
tree
Insight
occupies
the
entire
block
between
milardo
Road
and
Kaweah
Road
and
includes
the
historic
Community
Church
at
the
corner
of
kawea
and
baristo,
as
well
as
the
Bungalows
immediately
south
of
it
also
incorporates
the
rest
of
the
site
to
the
to
the
north.
A
Renderings
of
the
site
include
the
following:
this
is
the
community
church
building
as
it
would
be
renovated
under
the
proposed
entitlements
and
views
of
the
interior
of
the
site
and
the
exterior
of
the
site.
Here
with
the
proposed
extension
of
time
requests,
the
applicant
has
also
requested
some
changes
to
the
approved
entitlements.
However,
none
of
these
changes
increase
the
scope
of
the
project.
They
don't
increase
the
room
number
or
anything
in
that
manner.
There
are
some
minor
changes
to
additions
and
to
exteriors
Etc.
A
With
those
changes,
staff
would
recommend
that
those
items
be
reviewed
by
the
Architectural
Review
Committee
and
the
Historic
Site
preservation
board.
Those
reviews
could
occur
concurrently
with
the
building
permit
review,
which
is
currently
in
process
in
terms
of
an
extension
of
time
application.
There
are
seven
findings
that
need
to
be
made
according
to
our
zoning
code
and
so
staff
reviewed
those
seven
findings
relative
to
the
proposed
project
and
forwarded
our
report
to
the
Planning.
Commission
staff
had
recommended
approval
of
the
extension
of
time,
based
on
our
assessment
of
compliance
with
those
seven
conditions.
A
However,
at
the
Planning
Commission
meeting,
based
on
all
input
that
was
received,
the
Planning
Commission
could
not
make
findings
number
three
four
and
five
and
those
findings
are
relative
to
the
any
significant
changes
to
the
site
plan.
As
I
had
mentioned,
the
applicant
did
propose
some
changes.
The
Planning
Commission
felt
that
those
were
significant
changes
relative
to
finding
number
four,
which
discusses
the
maintenance
of
the
site.
A
The
Planning
Commission
found
that
the
site
hadn't
been
properly
maintained,
and
so
they
had
concerns
about
that
and
then
finding
number
five
is
relative
to
the
project
being
able
to
obtain
building
permits
within
the
extended
time
frame.
The
planning
commission,
based
on
the
testimony
that
was
given,
did
not
feel
that
the
applicant
would
be
able
to
obtain
those
building
permits
and
financing
for
the
project
Within
in
the
appropriate
time
frame
and
So.
Based
on
those
factors.
The
Planning
Commission
voted
six
to
zero
to
deny.
C
To
the
applicant
being
in
compliance
and
being
able
to
carry
out
the
project
in
terms
of
the
amended
transient
occupancy
tax
agreement
that
we
have
with
the
applicant,
there
is
a
performance
schedule
which
is
included
as
Exhibit
C
and
is
included
in
your
attachments
as
part
of
that
performance
schedule.
There
are
a
number
of
things
that
the
applicant
needs
to
do
in
terms
of
maintaining
the
property
and
meeting
deadlines
relative
to
getting
building
permits
for
the
project
itself.
C
In
terms
of
Maintenance
of
the
project,
there
is
a
security
plan
that
was
adopted
as
part
of
the
performance
schedule
that
did
require
fencing
to
be
installed
which
the
applicant
has
done.
It
also
required
the
installation
of
video
cameras
and
requires
on-site
security
for
the
property
which
the
applicant
has
maintained.
In
addition,
there
was
the
requirement
for
demolition
of
some
of
the
existing
structures
on
the
site
in
order
to
prevent
those
from
being
an
attractive
nuisance.
The
applicant
submitted
the
building
permit
or
the
demolition
permit
by
the
date
required
in
the
performance
schedule.
C
There
was
a
little
delay
in
demolishing
those
structures
based
on
the
necessary
approvals
from
utility
companies.
As
part
of
that
demolition,
there
is
also
requirement
for
the
preparation
and
submittal
of
building
permit
drawings,
the
date
for
that
was
in
June
of
this
year.
The
applicant
did
submit
that
Set.
There
is
a
requirement
for
the
permit
to
be
issued
by
the
City
by
October
of
20
20
22.
D
With
the
plan
review,
as
I
had
noted,
the
applicant
submitted
the
building
permit
set
by
June
of
2022.
We
had
originally
anticipated
that
we
would
be
able
to
turn
around
our
first
set
of
comments
in
July.
That,
unfortunately,
did
not
happen.
The
reason
for
that
is,
it
was
a
rather
comprehensive
permit
application
set,
which
consists
of
500
pages
of
drawings,
and
with
that
it
did
take
our
plan
reviewers
additional
time
to
do
that.
C
D
Responsible
for
that
delay,
we
would
say
that
the
45-day
extension
is
is
is
reasonable
for
that.
So,
just
to
conclude,
my
presentation
to
you
again,
staff
had
originally
recommended
approval
of
this
extension
of
time.
Finding
that
the
criteria
had
been
met,
we
would
also
support
the
applicant's
request
for
a
45-day
extension
on
their
performance
schedule
with
that.
That
concludes
my
remarks.
I'd.
C
A
G
A
G
G
G
Are
there
any
recommendations
that
you
would
make
at
this
time
in
order
to
ensure
going
forward
that
the
level
of
Maintenance
that
we
see
today
is
maintained?
Yes,
absolutely
mayor,
while
again,
the
program
is
exhaustive.
While
there
isn't
anyone
on
site,
the
applicant
is
not
on
site,
it's
difficult
to
always
police
that
in
the
way
that
would
be
preferable
for
both
the
city
and
for
residents.
G
G
Seeing
no
other
questions
at
this
time,
I
would
like
to
open
the
public
hearing.
The
applicant
is
invited
to
speak
for
up
to
five
minutes.
Members
of
the
public
will
be
invited
to
speak
on
the
public
hearing
for
up
to
two
minutes.
If
there
are
any
public
comments,
the
applicant
will
receive
an
additional
two
minutes
for
rebuttal.
G
G
G
A
That
the
architect
has
been
engaged
required
on
12-3,
satisfied
on
12-1
item
two
architect
to
certified.
The
claims
are
at
least
30,
complete
required
by
12-3
satisfied
on
twelve
one
item
three
owner
to
submit
a
plan
to
protect
the
historical
structures,
while
demolition
is
taking
place
required
on
12-1,
satisfied,
12-1
item
four
owner
to
install
property
screening
is
approved
by
the
development
services
director
required
12-1
satisfied,
12-1
item
five
owner
to
demolish
vacant.
Non-Historic
structures
required
to
be
included
to
be
completed.
5-1
satisfied,
424.
A
As
noted
in
item
five,
the
applicant
was
required
to
demolish
the
vacant
non-historic
structures
on
the
property.
What
you're
looking
at
here
is
a
picture
of
the
siteman's
current
condition
where
you
can
see
that
all
of
these
buildings
are
now
gone
after
the
demolition
took
place.
I
received
a
call
from
the
head
of
building
and
safety,
where
he
very
politely
asked
that
we
proceed
forward
with
some
additional
demolition,
not
included
as
part
of
the
Milestone
agreement.
This
demolition
included
site
walls,
trees,
Etc,
although
not
required.
We
welcome.
A
A
Yes,
thank
you.
Mayor
and
Council
I
just
finished
up
the
applicant
presentation
with
two
minutes
tonight.
We're
seeking
a
very
straightforward
entitlement
extension
that
will
allow
the
hotel
to
move
forward.
The
council
last
reviewed
the
project
nine
or
ten
months
ago,
when
you
approved
an
amendment
to
the
tot
agreement.
A
The
amendment
recognized
that
an
extension
to
the
entitlements
would
be
needed
and
provided
that
quote,
the
city
agrees
that
owners
strict
compliance
with
the
Milestones
shall
constitute
evidence
of
good
faith
efforts
toward
exercise
of
the
entitlements,
and
that's
the
key
finding
that
you
need
to
make
tonight
in
granting
the
extension
as
Jake
just
reviewed.
The
applicant
has
diligently
proceeded
and
has
timely
met
each
of
the
nine
progress
Milestones
due
to
date.
In
light
of
this
good
faith,
performance
and
diligent
progress,
the
planning
commission's
failure
to
extend
the
entitlements
was
not
appropriate
and
should
be
reversed.
A
A
A
Council
member
course
great
I'm,
not
sure
if
this
is
for
the
City
attorney
or
director
fadd,
but
I
just
want
to
clarify
so
other
than
due
to
circumstances
such
as
taking
more
time
for
the
city
to
review,
complicated
plans
or
issues
with
utilities.
The
applicant
has
met
all
the
deadlines
that
we
put
in
place.
A
Well
that
would
all
right
that
would
that
would
most
certainly
cause
the
project
to
not
go
forward
and
and
I
think
the
the
applicant
has
an
expectation
that
that
the
extension
would
be
granted
as
long
as
they
met
their
Milestones.
They
could
consider
possibly
litigating
that
matter,
but
you
know,
based
on
the
large
breach
of
the
tot
Covenant
that
would
be
entirely
within
you
know
their
their
control,
not
ours.
That's
right!
A
Thank
you,
mayor.
Do
you
want
comments
now,
or
just
questions
or
I?
Have
one
question
for
Mr
wine
and
Mr
Weintraub
Flynn
spoke
of
having
a
monthly
meeting
to
review
maintenance
issues
at
which
the
neighborhood
organization
would
be
invited
to
attend.
Are
you
is
that
acceptable
to
you?
It's
not.
It's
not
only
acceptable,
but
I
will
personally
be
at
that
meeting
as
well
or
those
meetings.
Yes
all
right,
thank
you.
A
A
Yes,
it
does
include,
in
addition
to
the
second
story,
but
the
church
already
has
a
second
story.
It's
extending
that
what
staff
would
recommend
with
these
changes
that
they
do
be
reviewed
by
both
the
Architectural
Review
Committee
and
the
Historic
Site
preservation
board.
While
we
don't
consider
these
changes
to
be
substantial,
I
think
it
would
be
appropriate
if
both
boards
had
the
opportunity
to
review
those
changes
and
those
changes.
Flynn
can
you
just
say:
that's:
are
they
raising
the
height
of
the
church?
Is
that
what
the
third?
No
they're?
A
A
Is
that
the
question
for
staff
council
member?
Yes,
yes,
yes,
it
is
so
in
terms
of
the
most
recent
fire
I
believe
the
applicant
was
on
site
within
30
minutes
to
be
able
to
address
that
they
did
have
security
staff
there,
and
so
you
know
they
responded
to
that
very
quickly
relative
to
some
of
the
other
complaints
in
terms
of
the
fence
and
not
being
properly
maintained.
Etc
our
Code
Compliance
division
has
forwarded
those
comments
to
the
applicant.
A
A
If
there's
anyone
who
feels
that
there
are
still
additional
things
to
be
done,
we'd
be
more
than
happy
to
respond
to
those
and
forward
those
on
to
the
applicant
and
do
we
know
what
the
developer's
record
is
for
completing
projects
I
believe
you
might
have
walked
away
from
our
project
in
India.
Do
we
have
any
information
on
that?
A
I
would
recommend
that
the
applicant
respond
to
that
question.
Great
then
I
have
some
questions
for
the
applicant
as
well
mayor.
So
if
that
could
be
the
first
question
to
the
applicant,
would
you
like
me
to
answer
that?
Question
council
person
Woods?
Yes,
yes,
that'd,
be
great,
so
I,
don't
know
what
project
you're
referring
to
that
I
walked
away
from
in
India,
because
that's
just
not
a
correct
or
true
statement.
A
We
are
open
only
since
December
of
last
year,
effectively
January
this
year.
The
hotel
is
my
hotel
as
well,
and
we
are
already
operating
at
a
red
par
and
occupancy
well
above
100,
which
means
that
we
are
outperforming
our
even
our
aspirational
competitive
set
and
we've
become
the
go-to
for
Pepperdine
Harbor,
Freight,
Tools
and
Travelers
Etc,
so
we're
doing
really
well,
there
I
completed
a
large
project
in
Malibu
of
a
single
family
residence.
A
That's
easy
to
look
up
in
the
Wall
Street
Journal
I
have
a
confidentiality
on
it,
but
it's
all
disclosed
a
home
that
was
sold
for
45
million
dollars
for
7
000
square
foot
home
that
I
completely
rebuilt,
also
in
that
same
time
period.
I
finished
a
large
Apartment
project,
the
renovation
of
a
mobile
home
park
and
several
other
projects
in
the
couple
of
years.
A
Prior
to
that,
and
currently
we
have
several
projects
on
the
books
and
under
underway
and
under
construction
right
now,
as
we
speak
great
I'm,
going
to
ask
you
just
a
couple
more
if
you'd
indulge
me
just
a
second,
you
know
in
these
times
of
increasing
interest
rates.
Do
you
expect
you
will
get
financing
for
this
project
by
the
deadline
set
by
city
council,
which
I
believe
is
December
15th,
that's
correct!
A
It's
all
about
timing,
great
and
then,
if
you,
if
you
can
get
Bank
financing
on
what
you're
talking
about
how
much
Equity
do
you
expect
the
bank
to
require
of
you?
Banks
usually
require
approximately
a
project
like
this
about.
If
this
was
an
apartment
building,
it
would
be
as
little
as
15,
but
because
this
is
a
luxury
hotel
I
think
they
require
closer
to
40
percent
equity
requirement
of
the
overall
project
cost.
A
And
do
you
have
that
me?
Richard
Weintraub
I
can't
speak
for
myself
because
the
property
is
owned
by
an
LLC
which
is
then
owned
by
and
it's
known
and
been
disclosed
successive
family
trusts
and
others.
So
I
can
say
that
I
have
not
had
any
interruptions
in
being
able
to
get
financing
on
any
of
my
current
projects.
A
Okay,
all
right!
So
you
don't
really
know
if
you're
able
and
willing
to
put
Equity
that
the
bank
requires
into
the
project
at
this
point.
Is
that
what
I'm
hearing
I'm
not
trying
to
be
difficult
or
snarky
I'm,
just
saying
that
I
Richard
Weintraub
as
an
individual
is
different
than
the
ownership
of
the
property
or
the
other
ownerships
that
actually
are
participating.
A
That's
a
quite
that's
the
same
thing
as
asking
geez
anyone
who's
building
anything
in
the
city
if
they
themselves,
as
individuals,
have
the
money
but
we're
very
confident
in
the
ability
to
get
financing,
and
we
have
I
can't
think
of
a
time
where
we
have
failed
to
get
financing
on
a
project.
Okay,
so
you're
assuming
you're
going
to
get
it.
But
if
you
don't
get
it
is
the
LLC
willing
to
self-finance.
A
You
need
to
build
a
hotel
for
cash.
The
LLC,
the
LLC,
does
not
have
all
cash
to
build
the
project,
no
okay,
but
they
have
the
40
or
50
percent,
that's
required
by
the
bank
for
you
to
get
the
loan
it
has
that
or
it
has
potential
access
to
that.
Yes,
okay,
great
and
the
last
question
is
with
an
LLC,
there's
normally
a
general
manager.
Is
that
you,
yes,
okay,
so
you're
making
all
the
decisions
for
the
project
at
this
point?
A
That
is
correct
and
why
the
delay
as
far
as
right
now
we've
been
living
up
to
the
terms
of
the
agreement,
meaning
our
Milestone
agreement.
Why
is
this
project
taking
so
long?
I
could
give
you
a
long
Litany
of
of
answers
here,
but
I
can
say
that
I
am.
This
is
one
of
the
projects
that
I
am
most
passionate
about?
A
I
have
I
hold
this
project
extremely
near
and
dear
to
my
heart
and
trying
to
build
something
that
has
never
been
built
in
Palm,
Springs
or
in
the
whole
Coachella
Valley
ever,
which
is
something
that
I
think
not
only
does
Palm
Springs
deserve.
But
if
there's
ever
an
area
for
something
like
this
in
the
Coachella
Valley,
this
city
block
is
the
absolute
Main
and
Main
of
where
something
like
this
belongs.
And
so
it's
taken
a
lot
of
tweaking.
A
A
A
and
we're
dealing
at
the
fire
that
happened
this
year.
By
the
way
it
wasn't
and
I
appreciate
Flynn's
comment.
We
were
actually
on
site
and
our
contractor
was
on
site
at
the
church
when
the
fire
started,
and
it
was
a
we
don't
know
who
it
was
so
I
don't
want
to
cast
this
version,
but
with
someone
it
wasn't
nefarious
like
I,
don't
think
anyone
intentionally
did
it,
but
someone
got
in
there
and
was
doing
something
wrong
and
the
fire
started
immediately,
but
we
were
actually
on
site
when
that
happened.
A
So
I
don't
know
how
that
could
have
been
potentially
avoided,
and
then
we
have
the
class
one
historical
structures
that
were
that
were
renovating
the
eight
Bungalows
and
just
the
acquiring
of
materials.
From
these
this
building's
going
to
be
built
with
you
know,
unusual
exotic
materials
from
all
over
the
world,
from
Morocco
from
Riyadh
from
different
parts
of
India
from
Vietnam
I.
A
Try
not
to
buy
from
China
and
all
kinds
of
Mexico
Italy,
and
so
there's
just
there's
so
much
coordination
in
our
plans
for
this
simple
Hotel,
just
our
our
CDs
were
500
and
something
pages
with
highly
detailed
and
and
I
believe
I
heard
from
some
people
in
the
city,
hearsay
through
Jake
that
they
said
our
plans
were
excellent
of
what
they've
seen
so
far.
Really
well
done
so
anyway.
A
I
guess,
I
would
say
anything
good
takes
time
and,
unfortunately,
and
I
sincerely
apologize
that
this
has
taken
much
longer
than
I
I
would
I
would
have
wanted
it
to,
but
it
just
that's
where
we
are
today.
Unfortunately,
thank
you
for
answering
that
you
know
I
applaud
you.
It
is
a
you
know,
it's
always
harder
to
do
adaptive
reuse.
A
You
seem
to
be
doing
something
very,
very
ambitious,
like
you
said
that
you
don't
believe
has
been
done
here
before
so
if
I
applaud
you
for
that,
but
you
know
it's
also
been
a
rough
road
for
many
people
surrounding
this
site.
So
thank
you
for
answering
the
questions.
I
appreciate
it.
Thank
you
mayor.
Thank
you.
Other
questions
for
the
applicant
or
for
Chef
council
member
course,
foreign.
A
I
appreciate
you
going
through
all
those
completed
projects
in
some
way
that
just
frustrates
me
more
that,
unlike
some
of
our
other
stalled
projects
where
the
developers
really
have
not
built
hotels
before
you've
had
a
lot
of
success.
So
we
know
you
can
do
this
and
it
hasn't
happened
so
that
just
adds
to
some
frustration.
A
A
So
this
is
more
a
comment.
You
know,
I
think,
although
several
times
you
know
I
was
close
to
not
supporting
continuing
this
and
proven
happened.
You
know
we
set
a
really
strict
schedule
with
milestones,
at
which
point
you
would
lose
the
tot
incentive,
which
means
this
isn't
happening
realistically
without
it,
and
there
is
no
financing
without
it
and
you've
met
all
those
right.
A
So,
while
I
have
reservations
and
really
appreciate
the
frustration
of
our
residents,
especially
who
live
there
and
the
businesses
in
that
area,
given
what's
happened
since
we
set
those
realistic
deadlines
with
no
outs,
I
I
can't
see
not
supporting
your
appeal
on
this.
So
that's
that's
where
I'm
coming
from,
but
I
always
leave
an
open
mind
to
hear
from
the
rest
of
council.
A
We've
drawn
a
lot
of
attention
to
the
December
15
deadline
for
financing.
Could
you
elaborate
on
what
it
is
that
from
our
understanding
as
a
city
is
we
are
due
to
receive
on
December
15th,
certainly
per
the
schedule?
It
indicates
that
on
December
15th,
the
applicant
is
to
obtain
approval
for
a
construction
loan
to
finance
construction
of
the
project
and
enter
into
a
Construction
contract
to
develop
the
project,
and
so
those
are
the
two
things
that
are
required
of
the
applicant
on
December
15th.
A
The
applicant
would
need
to
provide
proof
to
the
city
of
those
two
items
all
right,
so
those
are
two
as
I
would
understand.
This
extremely
important
Milestones
to
be
achieved,
and
once
they
have
been
achieved
from
a
staff
standpoint,
things
can
still
go
wrong,
but
we're
we're
looking
at
at
a
project
that
we
would
have
reason
to
believe
is
going
to
move
forward.
Is
that
correct?
A
That
would
be
correct
between
the
proof
of
financing
in
December
and
payment
for
the
impact
fees
and
building
permits
in
January.
Those
are
the
two
critical
items
that
indicate
that
the
project
is
moving
forward
and
Madam
mayor.
If
I
could
just
very
quickly
clarify
that
staff
did
recommend
our
request
for
the
45-day
extension
because
of
the
plan
check,
delays,
and
that
is
that
does
affect
the
financing,
because
the
lender
requires
that
the
plans
be
permit
ready
and
through
plan
check
before
they
will
finish
their
underwriting.
A
A
A
A
A
A
Your
vision
and
I
appreciate
Richard
that
when
we
first
met
in
2017,
you
know
that
this
is
very
personal
and
like
a
dream
project
for
you,
I
appreciate
that.
So,
can
you
just
give
us
that
emotional
explanation
of
how
we
can
take
that
back
to
our
constituents
to
explain
why,
when
we
are
frustrated-
and
we
are
tired-
and
you
are
tired
and
our
community
is
tired
and
wants
to
see
this
to
fruition?
What
do
we
give
them
to
explain
how
we
can
continue?
You
know
approving
extensions
based
on
the
history
of
this
project.
A
A
Sometimes
something
really
special
and
unique
takes
a
long
time
part
of
my
passion
and
interest
in
this
project,
and
this
goes
way
before
prior
administrations
and
everything
to
you
know
when
the
city
was
got
a
eminent
domain.
The
Palm
Springs
Mall,
which
had
prior
been
you,
know
the
Desert
Inn
and
Nellie
Kaufman,
and
people
like
Tracy
Conrad,
who
have
had
such
an
extraordinary
passion
about
the
history
of
Palm
Springs
and
my
growing
up
in
what
was
prior
to
the
Viceroy.
A
It
was
called
the
Australia
Inn
and
what
a
great
treat
for
my
family
was
going
to
the
Australia
Inn
a
couple
of
times
a
year,
and
then,
if
we
were
really
good,
we
got
to
go
to
fudge
in
the
sun.
We
funded
the
sun,
we
should
fight
Trump,
Louise's
pantry,
and
then
you
know
once
a
year
we
had
a
special
dinner
at
the
Ingleside
Inn,
so
that
area
is
very
near
and
dear
to
me.
A
What
we've
been
trying
to
create
here
is
something
that
is
what
I
think
Nelly
Kaufman
and
others
would
have
envisioned
because
of
the
different
Publishers
for
health
reasons
and
getaway
reasons.
It
wasn't
really
a
fun
it
was
just
like.
It
was
a
healthy
place
to
kill
yourself
in
tuberculosis
consumption
and
everything
like
that.
It
was
then
became
the
movie
stars
and
getting
away
and
all
about
tennis
and
everything
like
that.
A
I
think
that
this
project
is
going
to
be
the
most
elegant
and
most
ecumenical
inclusive,
extraordinary
piece
of
every
everything
that
Palm
Springs
has
ever
seen
and
I.
Think
when
people
walk
in
I,
don't
care.
If
you
live
in
the
neighborhood,
you
want
to
come
for
a
drink
or
you're
staying
in
Casa
Cody
and
you
want
to
come
for
dinner
or
you
know
whatever.
A
Just
think
that
this
is
just
to
me,
the
cat's
meow
it's
great,
and
when
we
talk
about
continuing
to
give
extensions
under
our
current
agreement
that
we've
relied
on
we're,
hoping
that
that
won't
be
a
problem,
because
we
don't
feel
like
we've
done
anything
wrong
and
I.
Think
as
council
president
core
said,
we
shouldn't
have
entered
into
this
agreement.
If
this
situation
can
happen
today,
but
for
the
fact
that
we
would
be
in
default
on
something
and
I,
don't
think
we
are
and
I
don't
think.
Staff
has
said
that
we
are.
A
A
So,
of
course,
there's
always
going
to
be
different
emotions
and
desires
Maybe
by
council
members,
but
at
the
end
of
the
day
we
have
a
very
specific
task
in
front
of
us
that
we
have
to
abide
by
so
I
just
want
to
state
that
for
the
public
who
maybe
frustrated
at
this
moment,
but
but
we
we
do
have
a
very
specific
task
in
front
of
us
and
that's
it
all
right.
We
approach
him.
Thank
you.
A
Okay,
I'm
happy
to
second
that,
but
just
for
clarification,
that's
for
a
one-year
extension,
not
the
two-year
requested
by
the
applicant
correct.
Thank
you
for
that.
All
right,
roll
call
please,
and
just
for
Claire
just
for
clarification.
That
also
includes
the
45
days
on
the
Milestones,
as
well
as
the
I
believe.
There's
a
discussion
about
having
meetings
at
the
site,
monthly
and
possibly
including
the
neighborhood
organization,
is
that
included
councilman,
of
course,
correct.
A
A
A
A
A
Also,
the
public
Arts
commission
will
be
having
a
special
meeting
next
week
to
organize
for
the
coming
fiscal
year,
and
this
provides
an
opportunity
for
the
public
Arts
commission
to
review
and
possibly
make
a
recommendation
or
even
select
the
artist,
if
you
think,
that's
appropriate.
So
that
is
an
opportunity
we
didn't
think
we
had
before,
just
because
of
the
scheduling
and
the
aggressive
schedule
of
the
Acura
Arena
project.
A
But
if
you
like,
you
know,
we
can
still
go
through
some
of
the
artwork
being
proposed.
You
can
consider,
after
that,
if
you
think
maybe
it'll
be
better
to
have
the
public
Arts
commission
weigh
in
and
again
because
of
timing,
probably
make
the
selection
on
the
artist
or
or
this
project
happy
to
proceed
either
way.
You,
like
all
right
all
right
there,
questions
for
staff.
A
Let
me
start
with
one
question:
Jay
in
the
past,
when
we've
had
mural
projects
of
this
Nature,
has
it
been
our
practice
to
involve
the
public
Arts
Commission
in
evaluation
of
either
the
artist
or
the
artwork
itself?
Well,
this
nature
is
quite
different
from
anything
you've
had
before
sponsorship.
It's
offered
by
aquasure
Arena.
It
is
outside
of
the
city.
We
will
not
be
using
public
art
funds
and
it
will
not
be
accessible
to
the
public
12
hours
a
day,
as
our
ordinance
requires
for
public
artwork.
A
But
what
the
public
Arts
commission
does
bring
is
their
expertise
and
experience
with
projects
like
this.
In
our
ordinance,
the
public
Arts
commission
may
bring
forward
art
mural
proposals,
but
it
is
required
that
the
city
council
approve
the
murals
brought
forward
from
the
public
Arts
commission,
whether
it's
on
consent,
calendar
or
call
that
from
consent
calendar
for
discussion
and
as
I
understand
that
this
the
arena
is
going
to
include
nine
murals
from
each
of
the
nine
Coachella
Valley
Cities.
Is
that
correct?
A
That's
what
they'd
like
to
achieve
they're,
asking
all
the
cities
to
participate
all
the
Coachella
valleys
to
participate
and
include
artwork?
That
represents
the
uniqueness
of
each
City,
okay,
and
that
was
going
to
be
my
next
question,
so
whatever
is
being
chosen
is
intended
to
be
reflective
of
something
that
would
be
unique
or
specific
to
Palm
Springs,
along
with
all
of
the
other
eight
cities.
Is
that
correct?
That
is
correct.
Okay,
other
questions,
comments,
mayor,
Pro,
Tem.
A
Thank
you,
madam
mayor
I.
I
know
that
the
Arts
commission
has
an
interest
in
looking
at
this
and
making
a
recommendation
and
I
certainly
feel
that
they're
well-versed
and
equipped
to
do
that
and
I'm
happy
to
have
them.
Do
that
instead
of
us
I'm
sure
they
know
much
more
about
these
artists
and
their
work
than
we
do
anyway.
A
Yeah
I
would
second
that
I,
don't
know
what
I'm
qualified
to
do
with
choosing
artists
is
not
one
of
those
things
that
that
I
feel
I
have
any
qualifications
for
what
I
I
do
appreciate
the
theme
that
the
arena
is
putting
forward
in
whatever
the
final
product
is.
It
should
be
something
that
is
reflective
of
the
distinctiveness
of
our
city
of
Palm
Springs,
not
just
something.
That's
generically
desert
oriented.
A
Council
member
course
I'm
fine,
with
that.
The
only
thing
I
already
added
I
appreciate
that
all
local
artists,
but
all
things
being
equal
having
a
Palm
Springs
resident
chosen
and
giving
them
this
opportunity
to
do
the
one
about
Palm
Springs,
would
be
a
preference,
okay,
yeah
council
member
hostage.
Thank
you,
madam
mayor
I
share
those
concerns
of
council
member
Coors
and
I
noticed
two
out
of
the
three
look
like
didn't
say
that
they
were
Palm
Springs
residents.
A
Only
one
of
the
applicants
did
and
so
share
those
concerns
that
this
is
a
huge
opportunity
to
represent
the
city.
Thank
you
to
the
arena
for
doing
this,
I'm
glad
we
can
be
part
of
this
and
would
love
to
see
it,
hopefully
for
Palm,
Springs
resident
or
someone
with
a
very
deep
connection
to
our
community
and
who
can
create
something
uniquely
representing
us.
Thank
you,
councilmember
Woods.
A
A
A
Unless
you
would
like
to
make
that
a
condition
of
the
delegation
I
think
the
expression
I
was
a
desire,
if
possible,
so
that
if
there
was
a
compelling
reason
not
to
choose
or
to
choose
someone
else
than
that
would
be
permissible.
Is
that
an
accurate
council
member
Halstead?
Thank
you.
Yes,
I'll
make
the
motion
to
refer
this
matter
for
final
decision
to
the
arcs
commission.
A
Yes,
and
I
would
ask
that
they
consider
the
you
know,
artist
connection
to
Palm
Springs.
You
know
their
residents
if
possible,
but
also
other
connections
as
we've
expanded.
You
know
their
work
in
Palm
Springs
and
going
to
school
in
Palm
Springs,
but
we
would
love
to
see
a
local
artist
being
given
this
opportunity.
However,
I
think
that
the
quality
of
the
r
and
the
fit
with
the
project
should
come
first,
especially
the
unique
opportunity
for
Branding,
so
I
mean
I'm
happy
to
I.
A
Don't
think
that
all
of
that
direction
needs
to
be
included
in
the
motion,
but
all
that
was
my
understanding.
It's
just
a
fact.
One
factor
to
be
considered
council
member
course
sure
and
I'm
good
seconding.
That
motion,
but
I'd
like
to
ask
for
a
friendly,
Amendment
I'm
fine
with
the
Arts
commission,
making
the
decision
upon
review
by
the
interim
city
manager
and
the
City
attorney
yes
right
to
make
sure
it
fits
what
these
goals
are:
promoting
Palm
Springs
and
doesn't
raise
any
potential
legal
issues.
A
Council,
member
holstich,
yes,
council
member
course:
yes,
councilmember
woods,
yes,
mayor,
Pro,
tem,
Garner,
yes,
mayor,
Middleton,
aye
motion
carries
five
zero.
All
right!
Thank
you.
Next
item
on
the
agenda
is
3B,
and
that
is
an
agreement
between
the
Palm
Springs
Unified
School
District
and
the
City
of
Palm
Springs
for
a
school
resource
officer.
May
we
have
a
staff
report.
Please.
A
Good
evening
mayor
mayor,
Pro,
Town
Council,
so
for
many
years
we've,
the
city
of
Palm
Springs,
has
entered
into
an
annual
agreement
with
the
Palm
Springs
Unified
School
District,
to
provide
a
full-time
police
officer
which
we
call
the
school
resource
officer
at
the
campus
of
the
Palm
Springs
High
School.
So
in
2020,
the
Palm
Springs
Unified
School
District
began
discussions
on
how
to
incorporate
our
school
resource
officer
into
a
broader
and
more
comprehensive
approach
to
addressing
student,
health,
wellness
and
safety,
and
this
collaboration
included
the
hiring
of
mental
Mental,
Health
Specialists
and
social
workers.
A
This
data
collection
is
relatively
new
and,
as
we
continue
to
work
with
the
district,
you're,
probably
going
to
see
some
changes
in
some
of
that
information
that
we're
collecting
in
order
to
effectively
evaluate
our
school
resource
officer
program
from
year
to
year.
But
during
this
last
school
year
the
district
also
focused
on
providing
some
very
comprehensive
training
for
all
of
the
school
resource
officers,
their
campus
safety
officers
and
a
group
of
District
administrators
I.
A
The
district
this
year
has
proposed
a
two-year
agreement
for
a
school
resource
officer
that
spans
the
school
years
for
both
2022
23
and
the
23-24
school
years.
The
language
in
this
proposed
agreement
mirrors
the
same
language
in
the
agreement
that
Council
approved
last
year,
and
it
clearly
defines
the
role's
responsibilities
in
the
district's
expectation
of
our
school
resource
officers
on
campus.
That
officer
serves
as
a
resource
to
staff
and
students
and
parents,
and
does
not
enforce
School
codes
of
conduct
or
take
any
part
in
student
discipline.
A
The
agreement
would
cover
the
fully
burdened
costs
of
our
assigned
school
resource
officer
for
the
next
two
years,
and
tonight
we
are
joined
by
Lavon
smart,
who
is
the
executive
director
of
security
and
disaster
preparedness
for
the
school
district
and
Laura
musel.
Correct
me,
if
I
said
your
last
name
wrong
the
executive
executive
director
of
student
services-
and
they
are
also
available
to
answer
any
questions
about
the
SRO
program
which
I'm
sorry,
the
school
resource
officer
program
as
a
whole
student
services
and
the
agreement
itself.
A
Thank
you
great
question,
not
one
that
I've
had
thrown
at
me
before
real,
really,
it's
just
understanding
what
what
it
is.
We
have
that
we're
doing.
We've
got
we've
started
over
the
last
year
to
two
years.
It's
a
lot
of
prevention,
we're
looking
to
try
to
get
ahead
of
these
things,
that
mitigation
into
that
response,
so
we're
doing
those
things
with
the
SRO.
A
Thank
you
for
having
us
I
oversee
the
mental
health
department
for
the
district,
as
well
as
several
other
departments,
but
we
have
been
expanding
our
mental
health
offerings
for
students,
staff
and
families
and
I.
Think
mental
health
and
preventative
measures
are
the
most
important
piece
to
preventing
these
types
of
things
from
happening.
So
we've
been
expanding.
Our
mental
health
program,
we
have
currently
have
20
mental
health,
therapist
positions
open.
So
the
way
you
can
help
us
is
by
letting
people
know
that
Palm
Springs
is
hiring.
A
We
have
several
vacant
positions
for
mental
health
therapists.
We
were
able
to
fill
five
of
our
six
social
work
positions,
but
we're
still
looking
for
social
workers,
we're
always
looking
for
University
interns
to
help
support
with
our
peer
mentoring
program.
So
just
getting
the
word
out
that
we
have
resources
for
families,
some
of
our
families
are
are
hesitant
about
getting
mental
health
supports.
A
A
The
the
survey
itself
was
basically
an
internal
survey,
but
the
questions
that
were
asked
were
like
won
the
first
one.
How
important
was
the
SRO
program
collectively
93
of
the
people
said
it
was
important.
We
also
asked:
does
it
does
the
SRO
make
the
schools
safer?
84
said?
Yes,
the
last
one
that
we
had
was
the
comfortable
reporting,
dangerous
things,
and
then
that
was
about
70
percent
of
the
people
said
yes,
we're
we
are.
We
do
want
to
report
those
dangerous
things
to
those
officers.
A
A
lot
of
it
had
to
do
with
our
the
training
we
wanted
to
get
the
training
done.
It
was
done.
We
gave
them
those
tools
to
not
go
in
school
and
go
forth
and
be
prosperous,
so
to
speak.
So
now
they
had
some
additional
tools.
As
Laura
said
they.
You
know
youth,
Mental,
Health,
First
Aid,
these
things
that
they
can
go,
make
those
kid
connections
and
then
start
putting
a
different
face
on
what
people
thought
or
typically
believed
the
school
resource
officer
was.
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
Consider
increasing
the
mayor's
salary
to
a
percentage
that
would
be
greater
than
the
council
members
as
appropriate,
ranging
from
15
to
25
would
be
recommended,
which
would
put
it
in
a
range
of
47
840
to
52
000.
and
also
look
at
creating
a
vehicle
stipend.
We
would
recommend
creating
a
vehicle
stipend
of
400
per
month
in
new
mileage
reimbursement.
A
A
little
background
on
this.
As
I
mentioned,
the
cvra,
the
California
Voting
Rights
Act
working
group,
provided
recommendations
to
council
to
prevent
barriers
to
joining
Council
Council,
put
these
barriers
into
short-term
and
long-term
goals.
The
short-term
goals
that
you
want
asked
us
to
consider
were
adjusting
compensation,
creating
the
vehicle,
stipend
and
providing
more
staff
to
help
support
Council
on
its
role.
The
long-term
changes
to
consider
were
providing
child
care
to
council
members
and
potentially
staff
moving
forward
to
the
next
one.
A
The
analysis
here
for
the
salary
increase,
as
I
mentioned,
we
added
the
CPI
over
the
time
period
from
your
last
adjustment
and
salary,
which
was
2007.
so
staff
aim
to
use
the
most
local
data
possible
going
back
to
2007.
It
must.
We
should
note
that
the
Bureau
of
Labor
statistic
archives
go
back
to
2009,
so
for
2008
we
assumed
a
1.5
CPI
was
used,
and
so
you
can
see
here
in
the
chart
how
it
goes
from
your
current
salary
to
the
proposed
41
600,
just
with
cost
of
living.
Increases.
A
Next
item
was
the
vehicle
next
Slide,
the
vehicle,
stipend
and
Rule
of
mileage
reimbursement.
So
the
typical
way
to
to
come
up
with
an
estimate
and
analyze.
This
is
to
look
at
the
estimated
demand
for
Miles
traveled
multiplied
by
the
IRS
reimbursement
rate,
which
is
currently
how
you
get
reimbursed
for
mileage
that
you
travel
on
a
case-by-case
basis.
A
We
review
we
also
reviewed
2020
survey
data
from
Southern
California
communities
and
of
those
20
cities
provided
a
range
for
a
vehicle
stipend
from
150
a
month
to
750
a
month,
and
most
of
them
were
actually
between
350
and
500
a
month,
so
at
an
average
of
at
400
a
month.
That
would
be
an
average
of
640
miles
a
month
at
the
IRS
rate,
which
is
right
now
62
cents.
A
Now
moving
forward
to
the
next
area
for
analysis
was
the
additional
staff
support
and
what
we
recommend
is
that
we
assess
the
impacts
of
the
new
support
staff
that
are
coming
on
board
in
the
lat
in
this
past
budget
that
you
adopted,
we
did
integrate
an
assistant,
an
executive
assistant
position
that
will
focus
on
constituent
services
and
we've
actually
recruited
for
that
position,
and
it
will
be
starting
on
September
12th.
So
support
is
on
the
way,
specifically
to
focus
on
that.
We
also
have
another
position
that
we
are
working
on
the
recruitment
for
as
well.
A
So
there
are
two
positions
to
support:
constituent
services
and
Council
efforts
coming
up
in
this
fiscal
year
and
we'd
like
to
take
a
look
at
how
that
has
helped
the
city
council
and
further
assess
that
before
making
any
additional
changes
on
Staffing.
Another
another
area
to
note
is
that
we
also
budgeted
350
000
for
an
internship
program
and
understand
internships
can
be
of
assistance
to
the
council
in
your
initiatives.
So
we
recommend
further
discussion
and
Analysis
on
that.
A
The
city,
manager
and
staff
and
I
are
here
to
answer
any
questions
and
seek
your
direction
on
the
recommendations
that
we've
made
all
right
for
purposes
of
keeping
us
organized
I'd
like
to
begin
with
having
questions
of
Staff
regarding
any
issues
and
then,
once
we've
finished
with
all
of
our
questions,
we
can
move
into
our
individual
comments
and
ultimately,
recommendations
on
how
we
should
proceed.
Are
there
any
questions
for
staff
council?
Member,
of
course,.
A
Doing
it
that
time,
I
was
actually
leaving
a
couple
questions
so
on.
The
two
constituent
Services
positions
is
that,
in
addition
to
the
position
that,
when
we
used
to
have
someone
who
helped
with
scheduling
and
other
things
before,
UV
ended
up
having
the
five
of
us
and
the
city
manager
and
somehow
manages
to
do
truly
The
Impossible,
or
is
that
one
of
those
positions
to
replace
that
person.
A
So,
in
other
words,
is
there
two
additional
to
do
constituent
services?
In
addition
to
that
position,
that's
being
refilled,
there's,
there's
the
two
additional
positions
and
and
also
UV,
remains
doing:
okay,
supporting
the
city
map.
Okay,
so
we're
not
we're
not
refilling
that
position,
so
she
well
Justin.
Did
you
want
to
comment
you're
on
mute,
you're,
muted,
Justin,
sorry,
my
my
lips
moving
isn't
going
to
help
so
I
think
there's
some
flexibility
with
the
two
positions:
you're
right
that
one
was
already
allocated
and
just
hasn't
been
filled
and
the
other
was
added.
A
We
envisioned
that
one
would
really
focus
primarily
if
not
exclusively,
on
constituent
Services
and
the
other
would
help
with
scheduling
and
any
number
of
other
tasks,
but
as
I've
discussed
with
Teresa
and
others
in
this
office.
I
really
do
think
there
are
opportunities
to
evaluate
exactly
where
the
job
duties
split.
A
The
bottom
line
is
you'll
have
at
least
one
additional
FTE
from
what
used
to
be
two,
which
is
actually
pretty
significant,
overall
increase
in
capacity
50
percent
and
maybe
more
depending
on
how
duties
might
be
rearranged
after
you
see
what
those
individuals
are
really
capable
of.
Okay
and
it's
the
thought
on,
you
know
my
thought
and
I
think
we've
discussed
it
a
little
bit
since
it's
relevant
for
this
conversation,
so
the
constituent,
Services
person
will
primarily
be
to
deal
with
all
the
constituent
requests.
A
Emails
Etc,
the
council
members
get
and
make
sure
those
are
sort
of
organized
and
we
don't
have
five
of
us
any
different
staff,
the
same
exact
questions
and
which
is
not
very
efficient
is
that
is
that
fair,
so
I
mean.
Obviously
we
won't
supervise
that
person
directly,
I
presume
it'll
be
in
the
city
managers
or
the
assistant
someone's
office,
but
it's
the
job
is
to
assist
counsel
with
all
the
constituent,
Services
requests
we
get
and
streamline
that
process
correct,
but
potentially
more
than
just
the
ones
that
come
by
way
of
counsel.
A
A
A
So
it
just
seemed
like
a
lot
of
miles
and
I'll
separate
that,
from
my
comments
later,
I'm
up
I
think
it's
an
appropriate
salary,
but
it
just
seemed
like
a
lot
of
miles
right
that
just
to
clarify
our
calendars,
was
there
some
method
in
picking
that
or
just
No?
In
fact,
the
640
was
not
meant
to
estimate
miles
traveled,
so
firstly,
I
would
say
that
staff
is
not
aware
of
which
organizations
might
already
reimburse
for
Miles.
A
So
this
number
was
derived
assuming
that
the
city
would
be
responsible
to
reimburse
the
vast
majority,
if
not
all,
of
the
miles
associated
with
those
kinds
of
travel.
That
said,
what
we
really
did
is
look
at
the
vehicle
stipends
that
existed
that
really
predominantly
range
between
three
and
four
hundred
and
fifty
or
five
hundred
dollars
picked
a
number
that
was
in
the
middle
and
then
to
demonstrate
the
kind
of
purchasing
power.
If
you
will
of
that
stipend
compared
it
to
the
IRS
mileage
reimbursement
that
translates
to
640.
I,
think
it's
council's
discretion.
A
I'd
have
to
go.
Look
I,
don't
have
that
in
front
of
me.
Okay
I'll
just
be
interested
to
know,
because
driving
is
different
in
different
places.
Obviously,
how
far
you're
going
I'm
just
sort
of
curious
what
that
is,
and
then
was
there
any
looking
at
in
looking
at
sort
of
the
cost
of
living,
which
I
appreciate
right.
There
are
other
different
ways:
one
could
look
at
it
right.
A
I
think
what
we
talked
about
last
time,
which
is
what
you
gave
us,
was
a
was
a
CPI
which
I
appreciate
is
one
of
the
issues.
If
we
tried
to
have
an
independent
body
set
the
salaries,
which
is
always
more
comfortable,
I
think
sometimes
than
setting
your
own
salary
is,
there
is
just
a
timing
crunch
on
that,
or
there
really
aren't
any
I
know
in
the
state.
The
governor
and
the
legend
I
think
appoints
the
commit.
A
The
commission
that
does
it
but
I
haven't
not
been
able
to
find
cities
that
have
like
been
able
to
have
an
independent
commission
that
I've
seen
yet
I,
don't
know
if
you've
come
across
any
just
as
you've
been
working
on
the
staff
report,
because
that's
something
people
have
raised
so
I'm.
Just
not
aware
of
you
know
how
to
do
it
unless
we
appointed
them
and
then
that
seems
to
have
the
same
concern.
Some
people
have
right
so
so
I'd
certainly
want
to
get
Teresa's
thought
on
this.
A
But
as
I
was
one
of
the
authors
of
this
staff
report,
it
really
seemed
to
me
that
the
demand
on
Council
time
varies
so
significantly
from
Community
to
community.
If
you
established
a
methodology
for
a
comparison,
say
a
number
of
cities
or
even
a
more
complicated
Matrix
situation,
where
you
were
looking
at
a
combination
of
variables
like
cost
of
living,
increase,
plus
comparisons,
I
think
hiring.
A
Those
demands
really
varies
significantly
even
among
communities
of
similar
sides
or
different
size
complexity,
lack
of
complexity,
there's,
probably
no
common
variables
that
hold
true
across
the
board,
which
makes
sense
why
you're
using
this
method
here.
So
thank
you
for
that.
That's
it
for
questions.
Thank
you
mayor.
Anyone
else
with
the
questions
council,
member
Halsted.
A
Thank
you
for
all
doing
that
tonight.
Thank
you.
I
just
had
a
clarifying
question.
I
didn't
quite
follow
the
Staffing
changes.
So,
a
few
years
ago,
when
I
joined
this
Council,
there
were
two
administrative
positions
for
the
council,
and
then
we
lost
one
and
we
just
were
operating
with
one,
and
that
was
separate
and
apart
from
the
administrative
support
of
the
city,
manager's
office,
and
so
now,
we've
lost.
A
That
person
you
know
is
is
balancing
both
jobs,
and
so
it
seems
to
me
that
we've
lost
at
least
1.5
FTE
for
Council
support
and
then
in
prior
years
we
had
budgeted,
I,
think
council
member
horse,
two
more
positions
or
something
like
that
to
support
City
count,
one
or
two
to
support
city
council,
so
I'm.
Sorry,
I
didn't
quite
follow
because
I'm
very
concerned
about
adequate
Staffing
for
Council
and
for
obviously
appreciate
the
constituent
requests
and
that's
something.
A
We've
been
working
on
for
a
long
time
and
I
think
that
will
really
solve
a
lot
of
the
concerns.
I've
had
is
that
I
know
it's
our
job
to
respond
to
constituents
and
there's
no
subsidy
support
right
now,
I'm
really
a
system
to
do
that,
and
it's
left
to
council
members
and
it's
haphazard
so
I'm
sorry,
could
you
explain
I
really
want
to
make
sure
that
we
get
enough
Staffing
for
both
the
city,
manager's
office
and
council's
office,
and
we
both.
A
We
all
know
that
admin
people
do
the
most
important
work
in
any
organization
and
they
also
don't
deserve
to
be
overworked
because
they
very
hard
jobs.
So
could
you
just
detailed
that
for
us
please?
Yes,
so
there
are
two
positions
that
will
be
for
focusing
on
Council
support.
One
of
them
starts
will
be
filled
on
September
12th
and
the
other
is
in
the
recruitment
process
and-
and
those
are
the
permanent
positions
but
then
bear
in
mind
the
350
000
allocated
to
the
internship
program.
A
That
would
presumably
provide
additional
support,
whether
that
be
policy,
research,
occasionally
attending
meetings
and
other
constituent
type
services.
So
it
was
the
combination
of
those
two
things
that
seemed
significant
enough:
that
it
was
valuable
to
see
what
that
support
brings
before
making
additional
decisions.
The
only
other
thing
I
would
add
from
the
perspective
of
recently
adding
positions
to
the
budget.
A
Thank
you.
So
the
two
FTE
admin
support
from
Council
is
already
an
admin
system
that
we've
worked
under
and
it
wasn't
enough
so
you're
we're
really
just
getting
to
that.
Back.
To
that.
I
appreciate
that
that
intern
or
the
other
program
will
be
really
beneficial
to
council
and
may
be
sufficient
and
that's
up
to
the
city
manager's
office
to
decide
about
how
to
allocate
those
duties,
but
I
just
want
a
flag.
A
We
have
lived
under
having
to
admin
for
five
people
in
a
very,
very
busy
Council
and
it's
it's
been
difficult
in
the
past
and
I've
always
watched
those
positions
and
thought
that
they
were
overworked
and
there's
just
not
enough
bodies
to
do
that.
Work
that
it
takes
so
I
really
support.
I
know:
we've
worked
hard
on
this,
and
this
is
the
place
that
we
got
to,
but
continue
to
support
like
professional
City
staff
professionals
doing
those
jobs
thanks.
A
Yes,
Jeff
on
page
four
there's
a
paragraph
that
talks
about
no
ordinance
at
the
city
council
shall
increase
the
compensation
of
any
member
of
council
during
that
member's
term
of
office.
I
want
to
explore
that
law
and
it's
not
our
law.
It's
state
of
California
law
as
I
understand
it's
that
is
that
correct.
It
is.
It
follows
state
law
we
do
have
it
in
our
Charter,
but
it
basically
follows.
State
law
in
the
government
code
apply
that
which
applies
to
cities
and
it's
not
a
very
well
worded
statute.
A
Unfortunately
it
it
does
start
off
by
saying
that,
essentially
a
council
member
cannot
vote
on
his
or
her
own
salary
increase,
but
then
it
goes
on
to
have
an
exception
which
which
essentially
says
that
if
a
council
member
starts
a
new
term,
then
all
of
the
other
council
members
who
may
have
voted
on
that
particular
salary
increase
can
receive
a
salary
increase.
So,
for
instance,
in
this
situation,
mayor
Middleton,
you
will
be
here
suppose
the
council
adopts
an
ordinance
prior
to
the
November
election.
A
You
will
be
here
after
the
November
election.
Other
accounts
members
such
as
council
member
floors
and
woods
will
not
be
here.
The
people
who
Phil
council,
member
Coors
and
woods
seats
would
be
entitled
to
benefit
from
that
salary
increase,
but
turning
council
members
such
as
yourself
and
their
Pro,
tem
Garner,
if
she
comes
back
in
December,
would
also
be
able
to
benefit
from
that
salary
increase
as
well
as
council
member
Holsted.
Could
she
not
be
elected
to
State
Assembly?
A
So
if
I
heard
you
correctly,
then,
if
we
vote
to
make
this
effective
for
any
new
council
members
that
would
be
elected
in
the
November
2022
election,
it
could
be
effective
for
anyone
who
is
currently
completing
a
term
such
as
myself
or
council
member
holstidge.
Does
it
require
us
to
make
that
effective
or
do
we
have
the
discretion
to
make
it
effective
only
at
the
beginning
of
a
new
Council
term?
A
After
having
been
elected,
good
question,
I
believe
the
council
does
have
the
discretion
and
the
authority
to
make
it
effective.
Only
as
to
council
members
who
are
starting
a
new
term,
I
would
say
if
the
council
simply
adopts
an
ordinance
and
does
not
say
anything
about
how
effective
it
would
be,
it
would
apply
to
new
council
members
and
returning
council
members.
So
if
the
council
desires
to
make
it
effective
only
as
to
those
council
members
who
are
starting
a
new
term,
I
would
recommend
that
we
include
that
in
the
ordinance
explicitly
all
right.
A
A
I
believe,
based
on
how
those
discretionary
funds
are
allocated
and
used,
I
think
that
a
discussion
about
that
relative
to
the
subjects
that
are
on
here
would
be
appropriate
in
terms
of
maybe
use
for
auto
allowance
how
they
fit
in
with
the
salary
as
well
as
assistance.
All
right,
then,
could
I
get
an
overview
and
for
the
public
and
overview
of
what
data
those
accounts
are
and
what
are
defined
as
appropriate
or
inappropriate
uses
of
those
accounts.
A
Sure
I'll
I'll
try
to
give
a
an
explanation.
So,
every
year,
as
part
of
the
budget
process,
the
city
allocates
a
certain
amount
and
I
don't
know
the
exact
amount
off
the
top
of
my
head.
Maybe
staff
has
that
member
handy
and
that
those
dollar
amounts
can
be
used
at
the
discretion
of
individual
council
members,
and
the
governing
principle
on
the
use
of
those
funds
is
that
it
needs
a
public
purpose,
in
other
words,
that
there's
some
public
benefit
and
not
just
purely
a
private
benefit.
A
So,
for
instance,
sometimes
council
members
will
use
those
to
attend
conferences
or
go
to
events
that
benefit
the
city
through
their
attendance.
I
think
other
uses
have
include
allowing
fees,
user
fees
that
would
otherwise
be
paid
to
the
city
to
be
paid
by
that
discretionary
account
and
I
believe
more
recently,
some
of
those
discretionary
funds
have
been
used
to
help
pay
for
interns
that
are
assisting
city
council
members
in
their
public
duties,
and
that
is
ten
thousand
dollars
for
each
council
member
and
that
fund.
All
right
mayor
can
I
answer
a
little
bit.
A
So
that
was
allocated
to
10
000
per
council
member
for
those
purposes.
I,
don't
think
anyone
else
on
Council
was
here,
so
they
wouldn't
have
known
that
and
the
current
staff
who's
administrating.
This,
maybe
with
one
person
who
was
here,
then,
would
know
that
so
understandably
right,
two
of
our
council
members
have
hired
interns
and
fellows
because
we
do
not
have
staff
to
be
able
to
do
these
jobs,
especially
for
someone
who
has
another
job
and
so
totally
reasonable.
A
Another
council
member,
you
know
used
to
design
a
Communications
newsletter
for
constituents
because
we
don't
have
enough
communication
staff,
so
those
are
all
good
purposes
but
different
than
what
was
originally
envisioned.
But
on
that
you
know,
I
guess
one
of
the
questions
I
have
for
staff.
You
know
and
I
with
the
interns.
A
I
really
think.
If
we're
gonna
have
interns
and
fellows
moving
forward.
Now
that
we've
budgeted
they
need
to
be
city.
Employees
who
are
treated
based
on
their
hours
like
any
City
employee
would
be
that
they're
getting
a
reasonable
wage
for
their
services
right,
if
appropriate,
they
can
join.
The
union.
I
mean
I
work
part-time.
At
my
first
job
at
14,
I
was
a
member
of
the
grocery
Workers
Union
I
was
bad
groceries
and
collected
carts
for
two
years
of
Middle
School.
A
A
So
you
know,
as
we
talk
about
this
and
I,
don't
know
if
it's
here,
I
I,
think
that
impacts
the
discretionary
fund,
potentially
what
it's
used
for,
but
I
think
if
we're
gonna
have
interns
and
I,
don't
think
we
really
clarified
that,
like
what
department
they're
in
so
if
we're
now
saying
the
internships
are
going
to
be
one
per
city
council
member,
is
it
10
or
20
hours
a
week?
I
think
they
should
be.
You
know,
city
employees,
and
that
may
change
the
amount
we
allocated.
A
A
You
did
manage
to
move
from
question
to
comment,
but
so
are
there
any
additional
questions
and
we
will
move
quickly
into
comment
council
member
hostage.
Thank
you.
One
I
just
wanted
to
correct
my
statement
earlier
I'm.
So
sorry,
so
we
had
one
admin
and
we
years
and
years
ago
budgeted
to
have
two
and
have
two
support
people
for
Council,
which
we
still
thought
was
likely
not
enough,
and
so
we've
been
trying
to
get
to
two
for
five
years
and
Mommy
excuse
my
assistant
here.
A
Someone
call
in
and
personally
criticize
me
for
this
item
and
just
to
clarify
I
am
not
voting
on
any
I
am
in
any
increase
or
benefit
for
myself
and
I,
wouldn't
support
it
for
myself,
I'm
seeking
another
job
that
would
likely
start
in
December
so
but
I'm.
The
conversation
around
Child
Care
was
raised
by
a
number
of
people
calling
in
over
the
length
of
having
this
discussion
and
I
didn't
see
it
anywhere
in
the
staff
report.
So
I
was
wondering
if
staff
had
a
recommendation
about
child
care.
A
If
that
was
a
consideration,
you
know
we
had
talked
about
that.
The
average
cost
of
child
care
is
likely.
The
current
cost
of
salary
of
the
city
council
salary,
if
not
more,
considering
the
cost
of
you-
know
living
wage
now
so
Teresa
for
our
interim
city
manager.
Could
you
please
answer
the
question
about
child
care?
Yes,
absolutely!
A
So,
when
we
last
discussed
this
with
city
council,
we
discussed
what
items
would
be
short-term
items
and
we
were
bringing
those
back
to
you
today,
and
child
care
was
discussed
as
being
a
long-term
item
which
we
would
have
to
analyze
in
the
future.
So
I
don't
have
any
analysis
on
that
for
you
today,
if,
if
Justin,
if
you
have
any
additional
information,
but
today
we
were
addressing
the
short-term
discussion
items
got
it.
Thank
you.
A
I
got
a
number
of
questions
from
people
watching
as
well,
who
are
wondering
if
we're
talking
about
Staffing
and
pay,
why
that
wouldn't
be
a
consideration
for
Council
right
now,
too
yeah
it
was.
It
was
definitely
put
into
two
different
buckets
of
short-term
and
long
term
and
then
to
follow
up
on
council
member
Cora's
comments
about
interns
and
and
having
a
program
that
would
be
there
would
be
city
employees.
A
I
don't
know
if
we
would
need
to
legally,
because
it's
currently
a
a
I
think
a
lawful
use
of
those
contingency
funds.
But
if
the
council
wants
to
make
it
a
more
comprehensive
or
yeah
more
comprehensive
approach,
you
could
adopt
that
policy.
Thank
you.
I
very
much
would
like
to
see
a
written
policy
for
that
for
city
council.
I
know
again
I'm
only
talking
about
my
experience
as
someone
who
has
Child
Care
duties
while
on
Council
I'm
not
expecting
this
or
intending
this
to
apply
to
me
in
any
way.
A
But
you
know
it
could
cost
a
hundred
dollars
per
event
to
attend
an
event
in
child
care
right
and
if
the
point
of
contingency
fees
is
to
allow
council
members
to
attend
events
and
do
our
jobs,
then
that
should
be.
We
should
have
a
written
policy
that
allows
that,
because,
when
I
initially
asked
staff
I
was
given
a
no
and
so
I've
paid.
A
You
know
thousands,
probably
of
dollars
on
my
own
to
subsidize
me
doing
this
job
and
to
pay
for
the
child
care
which
so
many
people
do,
of
course,
and
so
yeah
I
would
love
to
see
a
formal
policy
so
that
we
know
parents
can
have
some
assurance
and
not
just
parents,
any
child
care.
Any
caretaker
can
have
assurances
that
they
might
be
able
to
still.
You
know
afford
to
do
this
job
if
they
also
have
to
pay
for
child
care.
A
A
So
councilmember
Woods,
we
did
have
an
analysis,
some
Market
survey
that
I
believe
was
from
2020.
So
it
wasn't
the
very
most
recent
data,
but
relatively
recent
that
outlined
the
salaries
of
other
Market
comparison
communities
that
did
include
the
Coachella
Valley,
yes,
and
what?
What
was
the
average
do?
We
know
you
so
Palm
Springs
currently
sits
at
the
highest
among
the
Valley
communities.
A
A
A
You
are
corrected
because
Palm
Springs
is
a
charter
City
that
government
code
section
does
not
apply
to
us
and
it
would
not
restrict
the
amount
of
the
of
the
salary
that
the
council
could
set,
and
there
was
a
lot
of
controversy
when
the
City
of
Bell
I
believe
put
their
salaries
much
like
higher
right
and
it
didn't
follow.
They
were
at
Charter
City
if
I
remember
correctly,
and
they
ended
up
not
having
to
follow
the
state
guidelines
for
salaries
and
they
got
themselves
into
a
bit
of
trouble.
A
If
I
remember
correctly,
you're
correct
that
City
was
also
a
charter
City
and
I.
Don't
think
there
was
any
allegation
that
it
was
that
those
salaries
were
unlawful,
I,
think
the
the
issue
with
Council
salaries
was
more
that
it
was
maybe
excessive
in
relation
to
the
the
salaries
and
wages
that
a
large
number
of
the
residents
within
that
Community
earned
right
and
then
the
do
we
I
guess.
This
is
a
question
for
staff.
A
I,
don't
I
don't
I
can
I
could
look
that
up
quickly
if,
if
the
council
I
I
did
not
do
that
analysis
either,
you
know
just
I
think
we're
High
in
reading
an
L.A
Times
article
on
salaries
in
this
city,
or
you
know
in
in
California
in
general,
for
the
population
that
we
have
I
think
we
do
have
yeah
so
I.
You
know
you
know
so
yeah.
A
So
if
we're
almost
gonna
be
if
we're
at
29
000
and
we're
the
highest
in
the
valley
right
now,
41
000,
which
I
think
is
being
recommended,
is
substantially
higher
and
then
I
don't
understand
the
justification.
Since
the
mayor
is
rotating,
why
the
mayor
would
make
substantially
more
money
when
they
can
really
assign
any
of
the
ceremonial
duties
anybody
on
Council,
they
don't
have
to
carry
them
all.
So
I
was
wondering
what
the
rationale
was
there.
A
Let
me
just
follow
up
real
quick
on
I.
Do
have
now
the
salary
survey
so
Rancho
Rancho
Mirage
is
31
000..
Okay,
just
wanted
to
clarify
that
good.
Thank
you
and
in
answer
to
your
previous
question,
the
government
code
section
applicable
to
General
law
cities
would
would
have
a
salary
of
400
per
month
for
a
city
our
size,
because
that
goes
up
to
50.
000
I
believe
we're
still
a
little
bit
under
50
000.
over
50
000
would
be
500
per
month,
so
it's
400
a
month
times.
A
Okay,
I've
just
tried
to
really
understand.
Do
we
know
besides
Rancho
Mirage,
which
is
31
what
the
other
cities
might
be
just
out
of
pure
curiosity,
sure
the
city
of
La,
Quinta,
27,
600,
Palm,
Desert,
25,
662,
Cathedral,
City,
fifteen
thousand
four
Ninety
Six
Indio
14
612,
and
they
also
some
of
them,
have
additional
meeting
stipends,
okay
in
Wells,
14,
358,
Desert,
Hot,
Springs,
thirteen
thousand
three
hundred
thirty,
eight,
a
median
of
fifteen
thousand
four
Ninety
Six
okay
and
to
Jeffrey
Poor's
council
member,
of
course
commentator.
A
We
do
have
the
mileage.
Let
me
pull
that
up.
Thank
you,
Teresa
I'm,
sorry,
to
put
you
under
last
minute
statistics
here:
yeah,
that's
all
right
and
my
line
of
questioning
just
for
the
other
council
members
and
for
the
public
in
general
is
to
understand
you
know.
You
know
how
we
compare
I
understand,
there's
some
that
say,
maybe
might
be
a
more
complex
City.
We
may
have
an
airport,
but
it
also
generates
a
revenue
for
us
and
I.
A
A
Okay
for
the
mileage,
the
vehicle
stipend
survey.
These
are
our
various
cities
throughout
Southern
California,
Coronado
225
a
month
for
the
mayor,
150
for
Council,
Lemon,
Grove,
175,
desert
hot
springs
600
a
month,
Highway
300,
Cerritos,
400,
Santee
350
and,
as
we
mentioned
of
those
you
know,
most
of
them
came
into
350
to
500.,
so
I
I
can
read
them
all
off
if
you'd
like,
but
there's.
No.
A
No,
no,
that
helps
I
mean
obviously
Desert
Hot
Springs
has
a
15
000
salary,
but
they
get
400
a
month
or
whatever
you
just
said,
car
stipend,
which
yeah
and
on
the
salary
that
there
is
in
cities
that
I
mentioned
most
of
them
have
do
have
the
mayor
with
a
somewhat
higher
salary.
Just
with
the
understanding
that
there
are
more
meetings
and
ceremonial
functions
that
they
are
asked
to
go
to.
Okay,
great!
Thank
you
very
much,
all
right,
all
right
there,
any
other
questions.
A
So
you
know
you
did,
okay,
let's
so,
first
on
salary,
you
know
I
think,
as
the
mayor
pointed
out,
I'd
like
to
remind
her
that
the
increase
in
our
budget
this
year
was
sort
of
the
same
size
as
palm
desert's
budget
entirely
I
mean
we're
close
to
half
a
billion
dollar
budget,
we're
not
a
50
000
budget
City,
and
we
talk
often
that
we
need
to
staff
and
do
so
much
for
a
city.
That's
really
a
hundred
thousand
in
part
time
and
on
weekends
and
Seasons.
A
A
I.
Think
the
mayor
should
make
more
whether
it
rotates
or
does
it
rotate.
It's
still
more
work
and
some
people
are
gonna
have
to
give
up
some
of
their
income
doing
other
work
if
they
choose
to
take
on
the
role
of
Mayor,
and
we
don't
want
someone
not
to
take
it
on
because
of
that
lost
income
because
then
again
we're
limiting.
Who
is
able
to
serve
in
that
position.
A
So
if
we
really
want
to
make
this
job
part-time
and
accessible
to
more
people,
we
need
to
do
the
the
salary
increase
that's
proposed
and
we
need
the
Staffing
I,
don't
think
it's
enough
Staffing,
but
it's
at
least
a
step
in
the
right
direction,
and
if
each,
if
each
council
member
is
getting
an
intern,
that
obviously
would
help
so
I.
Just
don't
you
know
it's
hard
to
argue
in
any
other
job.
A
A
You
know
this
won't
impact
me
I'm
not
running
again,
so
I'm
willing
to
maybe
speak
out
on
it,
but
I
spoke
out
on
this
back
in
2017..
This
is
just
it's
not
right
what
it
currently
is,
and
even
during
our
August
recess,
you
know,
as
I
started
looking
at
my
hours,
it's
a
lot
of
hours,
even
when
we're
not
meeting
in
Council
and
on
a
council
week.
A
A
The
car
allowance
I
have
mixed
feelings
on
so
I
really
want
to
hear
from
others,
I
think.
If
we
had
Staffing
who
could
fill
out
those
reports
that
might
be
better,
you
know.
Is
it
a
way
to
get
people
some
more
salary?
And
you
know
we
aren't.
You
know
people
do
go
to
events
but
I'm
a
little
more
unclear
on
where
I
stand
on
that.
So
I
want
to
hear
from
others
on
that.
A
You
know
nothing
against
some
of
us
who
are
at
different
stages
in
our
career,
but
we
have
two
younger
council
members
who
are
at
you
know
early
parts
of
their
career,
and
we
don't
want
to
lose
that
we
want
people
with
diverse
backgrounds
and
diverse
work
histories.
It's
great
with
people
who
have
had
you
know,
Decades
of
careers
in
a
square.
We
have
people
who
are
starting
out
and
you
know
raising
a
family
in
Palm
Springs
and
if
we're
not
gonna,
if
we're
gonna
treat
it
like.
You
know
some
of
the
comments.
A
I've
gotten,
you
know.
Oh
it's
public
service,
you
shouldn't
get
paid
for
it.
You
really
limit.
Who
can
do
this
and
that's
bad
for
our
city
and
it's
you
know
this
is
important
policy
jobs.
We
want
people
to
be
able
to
have
a
wife
who
do
these
jobs,
and
so
anyway,
I
fully
support
the
cost
of
living
I'm
open
to
a
different
formula.
If
someone
has
one
and
I'll
leave
it
at
that
for
now.
Thank
you
mayor
all
right.
Other
comments.
A
A
A
It
is
a
job
just
like
any
other
job,
and
people
are
deserving
of
being
paid
for
the
work
that
they're
providing
I
will
say
that
it's
hard
to
imagine
right
now,
this
job
as
a
part-time
job
I.
Think
even
you
know,
even
when
I
was
working
full
time,
which
I've
done
for
the
majority
of
my
ten-year-old
city,
council
I
was
still
working,
full-time
on
city,
council
and
and
I
think
I
was
I'm.
A
A
When
we
do
things
like
that,
so
I'm,
really
in
favor
of
giving
the
mayor
that
that
increase
in
pay
and
having
the
mayor
do
those
roles
more
often
than
not,
obviously,
sometimes
the
mayor's
not
able
to
for
lots
of
different
reasons,
and
that's
okay,
but
I
know
that
it's
it's
because
we
have
such
a
robust
City.
In
so
many
different
events,
it
can
be
really
challenging
for
somebody
who
does
have
a
full-time
job
to
also
attend
middle
of
the
day.
A
So
I
think
we
have
to
kind
of
think
through
a
lot
of
those
little
details
if
we
want
it
to
really
be
able
to
be
part-time
and
and
address
kind
of
those
different
folks
that
you
mentioned
council
member
Coors
when
you're
talking
about
teachers
or
people
like
that
and
and
really
manage
people's
expectations
too
right.
Sometimes
it's
just
managing
expectations
and
being
as
a
as
a
body
and
as
a
city
supporting
each
other
as
we're
figuring
it
out
right
in
terms
of
the
car
allowance.
A
I
do
think
it's
nice
to
be
able
to
have
something
I,
don't
necessarily
think
it
needs
to
be
400
a
month,
but
I
know,
for
instance,
just
for
me,
because
my
district
is
really
big.
Geographically
I
drive
around
a
lot,
and
so
even
though
I'm
not
going
all
sorts
of
other
places
outside
of
Palm
Springs,
there
can
be
days
where
I'm
kind
of
back
and
forth
back
and
forth.
A
So
it
would
be
kind
of
nice
to
have
an
offset
for
for
that,
but
again,
I.
Don't
think
it
needs
to
be
anything
significant.
In
my
opinion,
I
really
love
that
there's
money
instead
of
you
know
being
proposed
for
internship
program,
I,
think
that's
extremely
positive
and
and
I
know.
Right
now.
For
instance,
my
interns
are
being
paid
through
a
third
party,
so
you
know
we're
I'm
paying
you
know
we're
paying
them,
but
then
we're
also
paying
this
other
I
guess
firm.
A
A
It's
a
lot
of
talking
through
issues
and,
for
instance,
Johnny
did
that
amazing
presentation
and
he
was
awesome
and
he's
been
in
he's-
been
able
to
jump
in
on
a
lot
of
things,
but
he's
also
a
senior
in
college
right
right
versus
somebody
who
is
just
starting
out
in
their
college.
Career
and
I
have
to
I'm
going
to
spend,
spend
more
time
with
them
and
teaching
them
things
which
I
I
volunteer.
You
know,
I
did
this
voluntarily.
A
I
did
this
because
I
believe
in
this
and
I
want
to
support
that,
but
I
think
that
would
be
an
area
where
I
think
it
would
be
helpful
to
have
staff
support
if
we
are
going
to
have
a
robust
internship
program.
What
does
that
look
like,
and
how
do
we
make
sure
that
all
of
the
interns
that
are
working
with
us
as
council
members
are
getting
the
support
that
they
need
and
the
tools
that
they
need
to
advance
in
that
position?
A
So
so
I
think
there's
there's
a
lot
of
things
things
for
us
to
work
through
to
make
all
of
this
effective
and
to
support
each
other
and
to
support
future
council
members.
As
much
as
possible
in
their
roles,
I'm
also
supportive
of
of
child
care
funds
as
well
I
think
that's,
that's
also
something
that's
necessary,
especially
because
of
the
nature
of
this
job
right.
A
A
They
should
be
reasonable
and
I,
don't
know
any
other
place
where
you
would
go
15
years
without
making
a
change
in
what
a
salary
rate
would
be.
It's
not
uncommon
for
there
to
be
very
long
periods
of
time
before
elected
officials
have
changes
in
their
salaries,
because
we
all
know
that
it
becomes
a
very
political
issue,
but
15
years
is
too
long
and
the
recommendations
that
have
come
from
the
cvra
working
group.
A
A
There
are
some
things
that
only
City,
Council
Members
can
do
and
the
more
that
we
can
try
to
concentrate
our
time
and
our
energy
on
doing
those
things
that
only
we
can
do
that's
going
to
make
it
better
for
all
of
us
and
having
much
greater
constituents.
Support
is
something
that
can
make
life
much
more
efficient
to
all
of
my
our
friends
out
there
sending
a
email
to
five
members
of
city
council
asking
us
to
do
something
from
a
constituent
standpoint
slows
down
the
process.
A
It
doesn't
make
it
faster.
Sending
it
to
one
of
us
most
particularly
your
elected
representative,
will
speed
the
process
and
will
make
it
much
more
efficient
for
us
to
get.
The
answer
you
want,
certainly
weighing
in
to
send
an
email
to
all
five
of
us.
Advocating
a
policy
position
is
an
entirely
different
matter.
A
I'm
really
thankful
that
we
are
looking
at
an
internship
program
that
will
be
a
formal
program
and
one
that
will
apply
to
a
large
number
of
individuals.
Anyone
who's
an
intern
should
be
a
full
City
employee
with
all
of
the
rights
all
of
the
responsibilities
and
I.
Think
what
the
mayor
approached
him
and
councilmember
ulstage
have
started
is
something
that
we
need
to
build
on
and
formalize
and
make
a
very
formal
program
that
is
evenly
spread
among
everyone.
A
The
contingency
fund
or
the
discretionary
fund
As
I,
understood
it
was
to
help
us
to
sponsor
non-profit
organizations
to
attend
events
and
things
of
that
nature.
I
think
there
needs
to
be
very
strong
rules
around
how
that
money
is
used
and
how
much
there
is,
and
with
deep
respect
to
my
colleagues,
I
do
not
believe
it
should
ever
be
used
for
personal
expenses,
be
those
child
care
or
anything
else,
I
think
that
opens
a
door
that
could
lead
to
grave
issues
for
us.
A
If
we
are
going
to
provide
child
care,
it
needs
to
be
child
care.
That
applies
equally
to
every
single
employee
of
city
government
and
cannot
single
out
any
into
any
group
of
individuals.
Most
particularly
those
of
us
who
are
elected
officials
and
I
support
child
care
that
is
evenly
available
to
every
member
of
our
Workforce
and
our
elected
officials.
A
I'm
not
sure
if
I've
missed
anything
but
I'm,
going
to
close
with
whether
my
colleague
intended
to
offend
me
or
not.
I
am
offended
by
the
reference
to
the
City
of
Bell,
which
is
the
poster
child
for
malfeasance
and
that
caused
individuals
to
go
to
prison
and
to
deserve
to
go
to
prison,
to
compare
what
we
are
trying
to
do
with
a
very
public
process
to
determine
what
is
an
appropriate
salary
level
is
offensive.
A
Can
someone
with
words?
Thank
you,
madam
mayor.
First
of
all,
I
would
Echo
your
concern
about
child
care
only
in
the
fact
that
I,
you
know
I,
don't
know
how
and
it
would
be
a
City
Attorney
question
for
the
Albright
versus
the
city
of
San
Francisco,
where
you
can't
pay
for,
like
a
spouse's
expense
on
from
City
funds,
so
whether
it
be
a
spouse,
oops
I
lost
a
my
thing
here.
Are
you
still
there
hello
we're
here?
A
A
Sorry
so
I
just
want
to
make
sure
that
we're
within
state
law-
and
it
doesn't
seem
like
we
would
be-
because
you
know
as
an
example
most
of
us
or
we
cannot
take
our
spouses
to
for
reimbursement,
as
our
companion
with
City
money
and
I
would
assume
a
child
is
the
same
way
on
that.
My
reference
to
Belle
was
strictly
you
know.
A
A
A
You,
you
know
you
don't
follow
the
labor
laws,
there's
a
lot
of
stuff
that
I
understand
that
we
don't
do
but
and
we're
a
city
manager
form
of
government.
So
we
should
not
have
to
be
involved
in
the
day-to-day
running
of
the
city,
that
we
are
a
city
manager
form
of
government
in
that
case
and
that
that
should
be
left
to
the
city
manager,
the
executives
staff
and
all
the
team,
and
we
should
really
be
setting
policy.
A
You
know
I
do
understand,
you
know
ceremonial
and
ribbon
cutting
and
attending
these
meetings.
I
absolutely
get,
but
we
get
compensated
for
that.
I
do
think.
Mileage
is
an
appropriate
thing
because
it's
too
hard
to
administer
for
staff.
You
know
I,
think
attorney
and
I.
Think
every
council
member
has
said
they're,
not
even
turning
in
mileage
or
whatever,
because
it's
just
you
know
it's
it's
very,
very
difficult
to
do
on
that
I,
don't
mind,
raising
the
salaries.
A
I
would
just
like
them
to
be
and
I
don't
you
know
I,
don't
even
you
know,
I
think
the
calculations
that
were
done
seem
relatively
Fair.
It's
you
know
it's
ten
thousand
dollars
more
than
our
neighboring
City
I
guess
we
can
live
with
that.
That
is
not
out
of
the
bounds.
It's
not
Bell
by
any
means
or
anything
of
that
nature
and
I.
Don't
have
an
issue
with
that.
A
As
far
as
that
goes
especially
when
we're
having
additional
staff
to
really
help
constituents
in
their
Quest
For
answers,
I
think
what
we've
moved
into
as
a
city
and
maybe
because
we're
a
city
of
only
what
45
or
46
000
people
is
that
we
have
set
up.
This
expectation
of
people
will
get
an
immediate
answer,
but
we
have
set
systems
in
place
like
my
Palm
Springs,
where
they
really
shouldn't
have
to
go
through
a
council
member.
They
can
actually
go
through
the
app
and
they
will
get
a
response.
A
A
So
I
don't
have
a
problem
with
the
salary,
but
I
I
just
don't
want
to
start
moving
into
a
different
form
of
government
and
we
should
be
policy,
Setters
and
I.
Think
people
want
to
take
this
on
as
a
job.
It's
admirable
you
can,
but
you
don't
have
to,
but
if
you
set
the
expectation
that
it's
a
job,
I
I
think
that's
going
in
the
wrong
direction.
So
that's
my
two
cents.
Thank
you
all
right.
Thank
you.
A
So
my
proposal
would
be
that
any
salary
increase
that
we
vote
for
would
be
effective
at
the
time
that
a
new
election
takes
place.
So,
for
instance,
the
mayor
Pro
tem
is
running
for
re-election.
It
should
take
place
for
her
after
her
election.
Assuming
that
she
will
be
re-elected,
it
should
take
place
at
the
time
of
the
new
election
for
whoever's
elected
in
District,
2
and
District
3,
but
I,
don't
believe
in
District,
4
or
District
5
that
any
new
salary
increase
should
take
place
until
either.
A
There
is
a
new
election
for
that
District
or
there
is
a
replacement
of
the
individual
who
was
is
currently
in
that
position
and
and
is
no
longer
in
that
position.
Thank
you.
Council.
Member
course
well,
since
that
will
only
really
mean
you
won't.
You
won't
get
a
raise
since
you're,
probably
the
only
one
who
be
in
the
middle
of
a
term
I
think
that's
a
generous
thing
to
do
and
commendable
so
for
staff.
A
This
was
that,
where
we
were
looking
at
go
ahead,
say
what
you
think
Lisa
sorry,
obviously
always
we
need
to
go
back
and
confirm
what
I
would
be
hoping
that
we
would
be
establishing
is
that
it
is
Our
intention
to
keep
up
and,
of
course,
any
future
city
council
based
on
circumstances
in
place
at
the
time
would
make
a
determination
as
to
whether
or
not
to
go
forward
with
approving
what
has
been
put
in
place
or
saying.
No.
A
A
So
that
way,
it's
just
sort
of
standard
right.
This
cost
of
living
increase
that
exists
in
many
jobs,
and
but
obviously
you
know
we're
making
big
budget
cuts.
Council
Mike
S
would
be,
would
not
take
an
increase,
so
I
would
rather
see
it
that
way,
because
there
is
that
issue
every
time
you
know
you
vote
for
a
salary
increase
for
yourself
it
looks
bad,
but
that's
what
the
law
sets
up
right.
They
don't
really
give
another
option
for
how
we
set
salaries
other
than
we're
doing
it.
So
I'd,
rather
have
it
be
automatic
with.
A
A
I
just
want
to
make
one
last
comment:
I
appreciate
you
know
councilmember.
Would
you
have
a
different
view
that
this
isn't
a
job
I
think
it
is
it?
It
is
a
job
I
think
most
of
us
treat
it
as
a
job.
I
think
the
residents
and
businesses
expect
us
to
treat
us
a
job,
and
if
you
don't,
you
know
it's
fine
to
vote
on
the
policy
that
staff
brings.
But
a
lot
of
what
we
do
in
this
city.
A
Is
we
bring
policy
that
we
work
on
in
research
or
that
our
residents
and
businesses
ask
for
that
is
different
than
other
cities,
and
that
takes
work,
and
so
you
know
other
than
when
I
was
bagging
groceries
and
returning
picking
up
carts
through
the
neighborhood
I
never
had
a
punch,
a
clock.
My
jobs
were
exempt,
I
worked
as
many
hours
as
it
took
to
get
them
done
and
I
don't
think.
That's
ever
been
less
than
probably
50
or
60..
A
Everyone
has
different
kinds
of
jobs.
Some
people
do
those,
but
it's
still
a
job
and
I
think
this
is
a
job
and
I
think
that's
what
our
residents
expect,
but
it
sounds
like
we're.
I
think
everyone
pretty
much
was
on
board,
so
just
to
summarize
mayor
with
the
CPI
adjustment,
retroactive
and
moving
forward,
I,
don't
think
we
landed
on
anything
on
the
car
allowance
or
what
that
amount
would
be
yeah.
A
So
I
don't
know
if
that
just
bring
back
some
options,
maybe
or
if
you
want
us
to
discuss
that
more.
Those
were
the
two
main
things
right
that
you
needed
tonight.
If
I
could
come
in
on
the
car
allowance,
we
have
under
under
federal
law
a
reimbursement
rate-
that's
actually
well
over
50
cents.
A
mile
at
this
point.
What
I
have
seen
with
many
public
agencies
is.
A
Council
member
halstridge,
thank
you,
mayor
I'd,
just
like
to
point
something
out.
If
I
can
so,
this
initially
started
with
the
cvra
California
Voting
Rights
Act
working
group
making
recommendations
to
remove
eliminate
reduce
barriers
to
serving
an
elected
office
and
I've
heard
my
colleagues
reference
examples
from
a
broken
system
to
share
why
we
should
continue
that
system
which
primarily
allows
retired
independently
wealthy
older
folks
to
serve
on
City
councils
and
not
a
wide
variety
of
our
residents
and
I.
A
A
For
example,
the
number
of
hours
the
city
of
Palm
Springs
council
members,
spend
versus
the
city
of
Indian
Wells
I,
think
you
could
see
that
we're
getting
paid,
probably
half
of
what
that
salary
is
based
on
the
hours
we
spend,
but
really
what
we're,
seeing
and
I
think
this
is
an
opportunity
to
be
forward-looking
about
the
future.
Who
do
we
want
to
serve
on
the
council?
What
are
the
barriers
to
serving
and
child
care
is
a
barrier.
The
pay
is
a
barrier.
A
The
lack
of
administrative
support
is
a
barrier
right
and
so
I
just
want
to
remind
my
colleagues
here.
This
is
an
opportunity
to
solve
a
societal
problem,
that
people
don't
have
adequate
representation
and
we
don't
have
adequate
seats
and
so
I
just
I
know
I've
referenced
this
multiple
times
I
went
to
a
young
elected
official
Women's
Conference
in
New
York,
all
people,
women
under
35
who
serve
in
city
councils,
and
they
say
they
Moonlight
as
a
nurse
and
ride
the
bus.
A
You
know
to
be
a
mayor
right,
like
those
are
all
the
barriers
and
we're
never
going
to
see
the
people
and
the
diversity
of
our
community
representing
unless
we
serve
those
fix
those
barriers.
So
I
just
wanted
to
like
remind
us,
as
we
look
as
comparisons,
there's
no
good
comparison,
because
no
City
and
Community
has
solved
this
issue
right
and
so
I
just
wanted
to
remind
us
is
that,
as
we
look
at
child
care
right,
I
mean
you
could
equally
argue
that
other
benefits
like
a
car
allowance.
A
Why
should
the
city
council
get
a
car
allowance?
If
every
city
employee
does
not
right?
Well,
city
employees
get
paid
full-time
wages,
they
get
benefits,
they
get
a
union
to
protect
them.
City,
council
I
get
paid
twenty
nine
thousand
dollars
a
year.
I've
left
two
careers
to
do
this
work,
I've
left
two
or
three
six
figure
jobs.
To
do
this
work.
The
city
council
pay
is
less
than
my
yearly
loan
payment.
A
It's
less
than
my
child
care
costs
and
I
say
that
not
because
I'm
solving
this
problem
for
me,
I
expect
to
have
another
job,
but
I
just
want
to
bring
us
home
that
it's
important
to
consider
we're
not
just
doing
something
normal
here
to
consider.
You
know
what
every
other
employee
gets
or
what
the
normal
package
is,
because
we
don't
have
a
normal
package.
You
know
we're
only
getting
paid
twenty
nine
thousand
dollars
a
year
to
do
this,
job,
we're
not
getting
other
supports
and
we
don't
have
staff.
A
It's
been
a
long
conversation
and
I
think
we
kind
of
lost
the
point
of
why
we're
doing
this
and
it's
to
reduce
barriers
so
that
teachers
and
firefighters
and
police
officers
and
Hospitality
workers
and
minimum
wage
workers
can
do
this
job
and
the
way
it's
set
up.
They
cannot
and
people
and
the
way
it's
set
up.
A
We
frequently
give
other
benefits
to
hire.
You
know
we're
executive
staff
and
I
think
we
should
just
really
consider
the
purpose
of
this
to
reduce
barriers
when
we're
implementing
these
programs,
but
I
do
support
the
mayor's
suggestion
about
salary
and
I'm.
Looking
forward
to
the
council's
conversation
about,
you
know
the
full
package
of
benefits
that
would
incentivize
other
people
to
run
for
this
because
look,
we
have
multiple
unopposed
elections
happening
in
the
Coachella
Valley
people
understand
this
is
a
really
hard
job
to
do.
A
A
A
Certainly
I
think
we've
received
directions
that
we
can
bring
back
a
draft
ordinance
for
your
consideration
regarding
increasing
salaries
for
council
members
differential
for
the
mayor's
salary
of
20
percent
on
a
vehicle
stipend,
it
seemed
like
there
was
consensus
or
a
majority
for
those
options,
and
we
can
have
further
discussion
in
the
draft
phase
council.
Member
of
woods
all
right.
Thank
you
can
you
hear
hold
on?
Thank
you.
A
Think
that
also
law
includes
cost
of
living.
But
I
just
want
to
make
sure
for
both
child
care
and
for
automatic
that
were
within
the
law
and
I
would
just
ask
the
City
attorney
to
review
that
that
that's
my
concern
and
Christy.
Maybe
we
as
we
see
you
in
the
state,
maybe
you
can
change
some
of
those
laws
if
they're
still
applicable
to
us,
yeah
and
I.
A
Think
and
that's
a
good
question
for
the
City
attorney
when
this
comes
back
is
sort
of
on
the
automatic
I
mean
I,
think
it
should
be
included
automatically
in
the
budget.
But
then
we
have
to
vote
on
the
budget
right
because
you
know
there
were
times
Cost
of
Living
went
down
right
during
this
period
right
during
the
recession
and
so
I.
A
Just
don't
think
we
want
every
time
reevaluate
for
now
we're
looking
I
think
what
what
I
was
trying
to
say
is
we're
going
to
do
retroactive
cost
of
living
and
that's
sort
of
what
we're
going
to
do
moving
forward,
but
obviously
it
would
go
on
the
budget.
We'd
have
to
approve
it
or
not,
approve
it
based
on
right.
The
economic
situation
that
we're
in
so
that
I
presume
is
legal.
A
I
think
that's
an
appropriate
thing
for
us
to
do.
It
will
come
back
to
us
with
very
adequate
public
notice
as
to
exactly
what
it
is
that
we
will
be
voting
on
so
I
would
like
to
if
there
are
no
other
comments.
I
really
want
to
thank
staff
for
their
work.
Think
all
of
my
colleagues
for
your
comments,
the
mayor,
Pro
tem,
for
all
the
number
of
times
that
you've
covered
for
me
when
I
could
not
attend.
A
A
A
Mayor
and
Council
I
don't
know
that
we're
prepared
with
a
staff
Report
with
that
item,
but
council
member
Coors,
who
I
believe
requested
the
urgency
item,
may
have
some
context
to
set
the
stage
for
this
discussion
all
right,
I'm
happy
to
do.
The
staff
report
do
I,
get
a
little
salary
bonus
for
that,
no
no
kidding
so
so
we
got
a
request
to
sign
on
to
a
letter
and
of
course
you
know,
Council
sets
the
policy,
not
the
mayor,
so
I
seemed
given.
A
It
was
urgent
which
should
come
to
us,
and
so,
although
it's
from
the
Mayors
for
guaranteed
income,
it's
not
about
supporting
or
opposing
guaranteed
income.
What
it
is
is
under
federal
law.
If
people
get
a
state
or
federal
tax
credit
for
child
care
for
whatever
it
may
be,
it
doesn't
count
as
income
for
purpose
of
your
eligibility
for
other
Federal
benefits.
A
Federal
law
also
says:
if
it's
monthly
from
the
federal
government,
it
doesn't
impact
your
benefits.
It's
silent
on
whether
monthly
State
payments
tax
credits
would
make
you
discount
his
income
and
disqualify
you
from
other
Federal
benefits,
and
due
to
that
lack
of
clarity,
some
states
I.
Don't
think
California
is
seems
as
concerned,
but
some
a
lot
of
states
are
not
are
concerned
about
giving
monthly
payments
instead
of
the
annual
payment.
A
They
tend
not
to
use
it
in
a
way
that
helps
them
really
stay
out
of
poverty,
and
so
the
study
showed
one
in
ten
children,
less
children
would
be
in
poverty
through
the
same
amount
of
money
given
monthly
instead
of
annually.
So
all
this
is
is
asking
Congress
to
fix
the
technicality
and
say
the
same
rules
that
apply
to
Federal
monthly
payments
would
apply
to
state
monthly
payments
as
far
as
eligibility
for
other
benefits.
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
Madam
mayor
that
caller
does
not
wish
to
speak
at
this
time,
and
that
is
all
I
have
all
right.
Thank
you
in
the
next
item
is
city
council
and
city
manager,
comments
reports
and
agenda
development,
I'd
like
to
go
last
on
this,
or
actually
next
to
last,
before
the
city
manager.
Is
there
anyone
who
would
like
to
make
comments
or
raise
questions
mere
Pro
town?
A
Thank
you,
mayor,
I
just
wanted
to
raise
the
turf,
conversions
we've
gotten
a
lot
of
emails
about
Turf
conversions,
whether
or
not
the
city
would
be
able
to
match
dwa's
rate
and
I'm.
I
would
just
curious
if
there's
support
for
staff
just
looking
into
this
and
finding
out
what
would
be
possible
in
a
more
casual
level
than
bringing
it
to
us
to
try
to
figure
out
if
it's
even
something
that
we
can
do
before
we
go
through
the
more
formal
option
of
actually
agendizing
it.
A
My
understanding
is
the
sustainability
director
is
looking
into
it,
and
that
was
something
the
sustainability
commission
had
also
recommended
all
that
Deputy
city
manager
and
that
I
go
ahead
and
comment
on
that
further.
That
is
certainly
correct.
The
sustainability
commission
is
very
much
interested
in
a
rebate
program,
and
so
we
are
doing
work
on
that
now.
We
anticipate
that
the
sustainability
commission
will
discuss
that
either
in
later
this
month
or
in
October.
At
that
point,
we
may
have
more
information
to
bring
forward
to
city
council
once
they've
had
their
deliberations.
A
Great
I'm
glad
we're
bringing
that
back.
Thank
you,
mayor,
Pro,
tem,
one
things,
I
wanted
to
ask
I,
think
we're
going
to
look
at
upcoming
agenda,
so
maybe
I
should
wait
and
see
if
it's
on
there,
but
it
did
remind
me
to
bring
up
I
know.
We've
talked
about
sort
of
you
know,
climate
change,
environment
is
one
of
our
one
of
our
pillars.
Right
from
our
strategic
planning
and
I.
A
A
You
know
we
we
did
it
after
the
first
year,
but
maybe
we
can
get
an
update
at
that
point,
that
our
residents
and
businesses
are
having
three
desert
community
energy
as
well
I.
Think
as
we
look
at
the
upcoming
meeting
schedule,
I'd
ask
that
our
Deputy
city
manager,
if
and
we've,
got
look
at
that
and
talk
to
the
sustainability
director
about
what
might
be
good
timing,
so
we
can
bring
that
back
to
you
great
okay.
Thank
you
great.
Thank
you.
Thank
you.
A
One
I
talked
to
the
city,
manager
and
City
attorney
about
the
food
truck
ordinance
and
currently
state
law
has
changed
since
we
implemented
our
ordinance
and
it
allows
street
food
vendors
and
any
actually
type
of
vendor,
and
so
I
wanted
to
add
to
the
list
modernizing
the
food
truck
ordinance
to
comply
with
state
law
to
follow
state
law,
because
it's
sort
of
absurd
that
you
could
have
a
taco
stand
on
the
street
corner.
But
you
can't
have
a
taco
food
truck
right
and
so
I
think.
A
A
But
I
just
wanted
to
get
this
in
sort
of
like
a
bucket
of
possible
able
things
for
the
council
to
consider
agendizing
and
then
I've
also
raised
and
asked
and
I
got
full
majority
Council
support
for
analyzing
Child,
Care
barriers,
we've
gotten
a
number
of
requests
and
concerns
from
Child
Care
Providers,
either
trying
to
go
through
a
cup
or
Lup
process
and
needing
like
permit
fee
waivers,
and
things
like
that.
So
I'd
love
to
see
that
be
added
to
that
list,
that
we
can
either
vote
on
now
or
later.
A
And
then
I
talked
to
some
Advocates
who
asked
if
our
Golf
Course
could
become
more
sustainable.
As
we
look
at
the
drought
and
we
look
at
water
usage-
and
you
know,
are
there
areas
that
we're
watering
on
the
golf
course
that
you
know
aren't
necessary
and
could
we
create
and
turn
our
Golf
Course
into
sort
of
a
world-class
example
of
sustainability?
And
so
I
just
wanted
to
flag
that
for
Council
and
I
want
to
force
a
vote
on
any
of
those
things.
A
I
just
would
appreciate
a
refresher
on
that
yeah.
Thank
you
for
that
and
it's
late
I,
don't
know
if
it's
possible
to
create
another
category
of
you
know,
requests,
and
then
we
can
pick
based
on
our
strategic
plan
and
based
on
what
you
know.
Council
and
staff
priorities
are
and
what
the
time
commitment
is
it'd
be
great
to
get
an
analysis
of
what
the
staff
you
know.
Time
would
be
for
those
items
and
then
we
could
vote.
But
happy
to
ask
for
the
vote
now.
If
you
want
I,
just
wasn't
prepared
to
do
that.
A
I
wanted
to
make
sure
these
items
don't
get
lost.
We
you
know
what
we
can.
Let
us
have
a
discussion
about
what
might
be
feasible
and
then
bring
it
back
and
see
if
Council
wants
to
change,
supports,
moving
that
up
or
down
in
the
priority
list.
Thank
you.
Yeah
it'd
be
great
to
look
at
the
priority
lists
and
then
do
that
all
work
together
and
I'm
sure
there's
other
things
to
include,
and
not
just
those
thank
you
council,
member
Woods.
A
Thank
you,
madam
mayor
I
would
actually
want
to
Echo
council
member
Coors
thing
about
where
we
at
with
climate
change.
I
know,
we've
just
brought
the
sustainability
director
on
and
she's
getting
up
to
speed,
but
also
with
that
to
get
an
an
update
on
our
general
Plan
update,
we're
continuing
to
approve
projects
even
single-family
homes
that
have
an
enormous
amount
of
glass
facing
west.
A
I
took
a
lot
of
our
resources
away
from
us
to
work
on
that,
but
I
think
it's
really
important
that,
while
you
have
an
urban
planner
actually
on
your
city
council
to
to
try
and
work
on
that
or
at
least
find
out
where
it's
going,
we've
had
a
lot
of
requests
for
shade
trees.
They
take
water,
but
we
can
actually
look
at
trees
that,
maybe
don't
you
know
and
and
I
don't
know
where
all
of
that
is
so
I
would
like
to
get
an
update
on
that
if
I
can-
or
we
can.
A
A
Three
individuals
representing
the
elected
officials
that
are
part
of
the
Riverside
County
Transportation
Commission
and
two
Executives
with
rctc.
We
met
with
the
chief
executive
of
Amtrak,
the
Chief
Operating
Officer
for
Amtrak,
the
vice
president
in
charge
of
all
of
Amtrak's
California
operations
and
two
other
staff
members
from
Amtrak.
The
purpose
of
the
meeting
was
discussions
around
how
we
can
move
forward
to
bring
rail
to
the
Coachella
Valley.
And
how
quickly
can
we
bring
rail
to
the
Coachella
Valley?
A
We
still
have
a
long
way
to
go
to
make
that
happen,
but
by
the
end
of
that
meeting
it
was
abundantly
clear
that
Amtrak
and
the
Biden
Administration
want
to
be
our
partners
in
bringing
rail
Service
to
the
Coachella
Valley.
That
is
something
that
we
have
not
had
before,
and
it
was
truly
a
very
positive
encouraging
moment,
and
it
is
one
that
came
about
in
very
large
part
because
of
the
absolute
unified
support
of
every
single
City
and
member
of
the
Riverside
County
Transportation
Commission
across
our
entire
County,
so
progress.
A
Lastly,
we
are
at
a
transition,
and
first
I
want
to
thank
Theresa
Gallivan
for
stepping
forward
to
be
the
interim
city
manager
over.
What
we
don't
know
will
how
many
months
will
be,
but
it
will
be
months
that
we
are
quite
sure
and
she's
already
shown
her
leadership
and
her
initiative
and
we're
really
looking
forward
to
working
with
her
on
behalf
of
everyone
on
on
Spring
City
Council,
all
of
our
businesses,
all
of
our
residents.
A
I
want
to
thank
Justin
Clifton
for
his
service
to
our
city
for
his
entrepreneurship,
his
Enterprise
and
his
thoughtfulness
in
working
with
each
and
every
one
of
us.
We
wish
him
and
his
family
nothing,
but
success
and
happiness
going
forward.
We
know
that
his
next
stop
will
be
a
rewarding
one.
We
thank
him
for
the
work
he's
given
us
yeah.
A
Yes,
we
didn't
do
upcoming
agendas,
yet
we
started
it,
but
we
we
haven't,
looked
at
like
the
list
for
the
next
couple
meetings
and
get
the
upcoming
agendas
and
then
we
can
go
back
and
make
other
comments,
maybe
but
yeah
thanks.
Thank
you
mayor
and
Council
and
PSC
TV
was
going
to
put
the
future
agenda
list
on
the
screen.
So
we
can
share
that
great
okay.
A
A
We
are
one
United
funding
request,
a
navigation,
Center
update
and,
of
course,
we
will
bring
back
the
draft
ordinance
on
Council
compensation.
I'd
also
like
to
share
that
the
vacation
rental
work
group
has
come
up
with
recommendations
that
they
would
like
to
present
to
Council
on
that
date
as
well.
So,
as
usually
happens
by
the
as
we
get
a
little
bit
closer
in
the
next
week
or
so,
we
may
see
some
movement
on
this
proposed
agenda.
A
Something
may
fall
off,
that's
where
you
can
add,
add
that
item
and
still
stay
within
our
Target
of
about
five
hours.
So
that's
what
we
have
on
the
next
meeting
after
and
then
the
following
one.
One
of
the
items
we
have
prepared
to
bring
back
would
be
smoking
ordinance
again
we're
going
to
bring
in
the
council
compensation
forward,
and
we
do
have
some
we'll
have
some
more
meetings
on
the
vacation
rental
draft.
It
was
envisioned
to
be
part
of
our
study
session
for
October.
A
If
there's
any
other
comments
about
the
proposed
items,
council,
member
of
course,
and
if
we
do
it
with
the
climate
action
or
separately
but
I
think
quite
some
time
since
we
said
we're
going
to
try
and
do
some
more
education
around
leaf
blowers
and
then
talk
about,
but
we
can
enforce
it
or
not
have
it.
But
it's
gotten
to
the
point
where
a
lot
of
the
gardeners
and
landscapers
you
know
are
telling
each
other
the
city
doesn't
enforce
it,
so
you
can
go
back
to
using
gas
powered,
so
we
should
make.
A
We
need
to
make
a
decision
on
what
we're
doing
there.
It's
been
probably
four
years
now
so
I,
don't
I
know
that
I
think
it's
like
when
it
came
up.
It
was
close
to
midnight
and
we
said
we
do
some
education
and
we
didn't
have
our
sustainability
staff
back.
So
we
should
just
sort
of
look
at
you
know
if
we're
going
to
keep
it.
What
we're
you
know
how
we're
going
to
do
it
and
I
think
that
staff
report
was
already
written
so
I,
don't
think
that
would
be
much
work.
A
A
You
know
because
I
think
that'll
be
helpful
for
Council
to
know,
but
at
least
you
know
a
couple
people
I've
heard
from
who
were
in
it
just
said
they
thought
the
process
was
really
good
and
I'm
looking
forward
to
seeing
what
they're
what
they've
come
up
with,
but
lots
of
kudos
to
you
by
the
way
so
I
do
want
to
pass
that
on.
Thank
you
for
the
feedback.
A
Thank
you,
hi
Justin,
I.
Think
it's
your
turn.
Thank
you.
Council,
as
as
you
likely
know
that
this
is
my
last
council
meeting
and
actually
my
last
day
of
work
here
with
the
city
of
Palm
Springs.
My
last
day
of
employment
is
still
September
16th,
but
I
will
use
some
accrued
time
off
between
now
and
then
so.
I
just
want
to
take
the
opportunity
to
express
my
gratitude
to
city
council
for
providing
me
the
opportunity
to
serve
this
organization
and
this
community.
A
While
my
tenure
here
was
not
exceedingly
long,
I
am
proud
of
the
work
that
we've
done
together.
I
feel
that
we've
really
done
a
good
job,
establishing
a
handful
of
things
that
hopefully
will
continue
a
strategic
planning
framework,
in
particular,
where
we've
captured
a
lot
of
council's
most
important
priorities.
We've
complemented
that
with
work
plans
that
really
help
us
scale
and
understand
the
pace
of
work
over
time,
and
these
may
be
things
that
you're
able
to
continue
if
they
continue
to
add
value.
A
Through
the
lens
of
that
strategic
plan,
we've
managed
to
make
some
progress
in
key
priorities,
ranging
from
homelessness
to
housing
and
violent
and
property
crime
and
climate
change,
improving
streets,
biking,
pedestrian
paths,
intersections
investing
in
Parks,
City
facilities
and
much
more,
and
on
top
of
that,
we've
made
some
key
improvements
in
the
areas
of
some
of
our
business
practices
that
have
added
efficiency,
the
working
groups
being
just
one
of
many.
It's
interesting
for
me
to
think
back
in
some
ways.
A
It
was
just
yesterday
in
some
ways,
ancient
history
that
this
last
year
and
a
half
roughly
we've
had
a
lot
of
transition.
In
fact,
I'd
say
somewhere
in
the
order
of
about
14
of
the
top,
maybe
16
or
17
positions
in
the
city.
But
we've
really
we've
brought
on
some
excellent
leaders,
some
people
that
bring
passion
and
vision
and
energy,
and
one
of
the
things
that
gives
me
some
comfort
in
making
my
transition
is
that
you
really
do
have
a
strong
Foundation
from
which
to
build.
A
Despite
some
of
the
turbulence
created
during
those
transitions,
you
know
it's
never
easy
to
kind
of
lose
talent
and
integrate
new
Talent.
We
also
managed
to
continue
to
make
progress.
We
approved
to
negotiate
and
approved
all
six
of
our
bargaining
unit
mous.
We
adopted
a
number
of
practices
to
improve
the
way
we
collaborate.
The
way
we
communicate
as
a
team
and
I'm
really
proud
of
those
things.
I
think
probably
most
proud
of
the
work
that
I've
done
with
this
team.
A
You
really
do
have
some
very
dedicated
public
servants
and
it's
my
hope
that
you
will
continue
to
prioritize
making
strong
supportive
connections
with
that
team
that
continues
to
serve
with
honor
and
integrity.
Certainly,
I
give
my
full
confidence
to
Teresa,
galvanage
or
interim
city
manager,
as
well,
of
course,
Flynn
and
Jeremy
Hammond,
as
your
Deputy
city
managers,
and
and
many
very
talented
department,
heads
manager,
supervised
advisors
and
other
professional
staff.
That
will
continue
to
do
the
day-to-day
work.
I.
Just
can't.
Thank
you
enough
for
bringing
me
and
my
family
here
to
Palm
Springs.
A
This
really
is
a
special
Community
I've
enjoyed
being
here
to
the
extent
that
we
leave
or
when
that
happens,
I'm
virtually
certain
that
we
will
be
back
and
likely
again
and
again
so
again.
Just
thank
you.
Best
of
luck,
especially
in
your
search
for
a
permanent
city
manager
and
and
all
other
endeavors
I,
don't
need
to
tell
you.
This
can
be
a
difficult
work,
but
it
requires
talented,
dedicated
people
doing
that
work
and
I
appreciate
that
I've
been
able
to
do
that
with
you.