City Council - 15 Apr 2026

City Council - 15 Apr 2026. Location: Council Chamber. Time: 05:00 PM. Agenda: City Council - 15 Apr 2026 - Agenda - Html AGENDA Indio City Council Wednesday, April 15, 2026 Closed Session: 3:00 p.m. Regular Session: 4:00 p.m. Council Chamber, 3rd Floor 100 Civic Center Drive, Indio, CA 92201 WE PROVIDE OUTSTANDING PUBLIC SERVICES TO ENHANCE THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR RESIDENTS, VISITORS, AND BUSINESSES IN OUR COMMUNITY The City Council serves as the Board for the Indio Electric Finance Authority, Public Finance Authority, Housing Authority To view the meeting: City's website Livestream , Facebook Live , or YouTube Council Chamber: Those members of the public wishing to observe and participate in the City Council meeting are encouraged to attend in-person at the address and time noted above Public Comments: Members of the public who wish to comment on matters before the City Council may do so in the following ways: • In-person when the City Council hears public comments as scheduled on the Agenda. Comment cards are located at the entrance of the Council chamber. • By e-mail to the following address: cityclerk@indio.org. E-mailed comments must be received on or before 2:00 p.m. on the day of the meeting to be added to the record. Public comments received will not be read during the meeting. • For Public Hearing Items: in-person public comments will be accepted during the public hearing until the hearing is closed. AB 2449 Teleconference Procedures: Under AB 2449, a City Councilmember may appear by Microsoft Teams teleconference under certain specified circumstances. In the event that a City Councilmember appears remotely under AB 2449, a Microsoft Teams teleconference will be open for use by the City Councilmember as well as any member of the public that desires to participate. If all members of the City Council are physically present, then the Microsoft Teams teleconference will be unavailable. CEQA Statement: Unless stated otherwise on the agenda, every item on the agenda is exempt from CEQA under Guideline Sections 15060(c), 15061(b)(3), 15273, 15378, 15301, 15323 and/or Public Resources Code Section 21065. Interpretacion en Español: Para acceder a la traducción durante la reunión, por favor haga clic AQUI . Americans with Disabilities Act: If you are an individual with a disability and need a reasonable modification or accommodation pursuant to the Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”) please contact the office of the City Clerk at 760-391-4007 prior to the meeting for assistance. DISCLOSURE OF CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS (Levine Act - Government Code Section 84308) Pursuant to Government Code section 84308, members of the Indio City Council are disqualified and not able to participate in any agenda item involving contracts (other than competitively bid contracts, labor contracts, or personal employment contracts with City of Indio employees), franchises, discretionary land use permits and other entitlements if the Councilmember received more than $500 in campaign contributions from the applicant or contractor, an agent of the applicant or contractor, or any financially interested participant who actively supports or opposes the City’s decision on the agenda item in the previous 12 months. Members of the Indio City Council who have received, and applicants, contractors or their agents who have made, campaign contributions totaling more than $500 to a Councilmember in the previous 12 months are required to disclose that fact for the official record of the subject agenda item and shall not make, participate in making, or in any way attempt to use their official position to influence the subject agenda item. Disclosures must include the amount of the campaign contribution and identify the recipient Board member and may be made either in writing to the City Clerk prior to the subject hearing or by verbal disclosure at the time of the hearing. CLOSED SESSION - 3 PM 1. CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL Mayor Elaine Holmes Mayor Pro Tem Waymond Fermon Councilmember Oscar Ortiz Councilmember Benjamin Guitron IV Councilmember Glenn Miller 2. PUBLIC COMMENT This is the time set aside for public comment for items not on the agenda. Public comments may be provided in the manner prescribed at the top of this agenda. 3. ADJOURN TO CLOSED SESSION TO CONSIDER: 3.1 Conference with Real Property Negotiators, Government Code Section 54956.8. Property: 49506 Jackson St, Indio, CA 92201, 612-260-008 Negotiating Parties: City of Indio; Bryan H. Montgomery, City Manager; Jennifer Goralski, Right-of-Way Agent for Monument, and Ana Maria Trimble, owner. Under Negotiation: Price and Terms of Payment 3.2 Public Employee Appointment pursuant to Government Code Section 54957; Title: City Manager REGULAR SESSION - 4 PM 1. CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL Mayor Elaine Holmes Mayor Pro Tem Waymond Fermon Councilmember Oscar Ortiz Councilmember Benjamin Guitron IV Councilmember Glenn Miller 2. INVOCATION The City Council does not endorse the content of the invocation and does not endorse the invocational speaker’s particular faith, belief and/or religious denomination. The City Council does not engage in any prior inquiry, review of, or involvement in, the content of the invocation, except to request the speaker to refrain from using the invocation as an opportunity to attempt to convert others to a particular faith or to disparage any faith or belief and for the speaker to face the City Council. The City Council has an established neutral policy for selecting and scheduling invocational speakers. The City Clerk will make the Council’s policy on invocations available upon request for public inspection and copying. 3. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE Ximena Aguayo, Dr. Carreon Academy 4. CITY ATTORNEY REPORT ON CLOSED SESSION 5. PRESENTATIONS 5.1 Presentation by Elks Lodge - 2026 Pancake Breakfast K9 Fundraiser 5.2 Presentation of Certificate of Recognition to Artist Hervey Garcia for Completion of Kinetic Murals 6. YOUTH ADVISORY COUNCIL (YAC) Juliana Barcenas-Hernandez, Enrique Cazares Loredo Jr., Julissa Marie Cornejo, Isabella Duarte, Gillian Garcia, Leila Gonzales, Yaretzi Magaña, Angel Javier Martinez. Jimenna Murillo-Garcia, Ari Orantes, Danica Rodriguez, Joaquin Ruiz, Viviana Terriquez, Mia Thompson 7. CITY MANAGER REPORTS AND INFORMATION 8. CITY COUNCIL CONFLICT OF INTEREST DISCLOSURE 9. CITY COUNCIL REPORT ON MEETINGS ATTENDED PER GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 53232.3(D) 10. CONSENT CALENDAR Consent calendar items are considered to be routine in nature and will be approved by one motion. Reading of text of Ordinances is waived and Ordinances are adopted as second reading, by title only. Public requests to discuss consent calendar items must be filed with the City Clerk before the consent calendar is called. This is the time for any member of the public wishing to speak on a consent calendar item to do so. Any member of the public wishing to speak shall have a total of three minutes to address any and all items on which he/she wishes to speak. Unless a consent calendar item is pulled for discussion by a council member, there will be no further opportunity to discuss the matter. If a consent calendar item is pulled for Council discussion and a member of the public then wishes to speak, he/she shall limit comments to matters raised during the Council discussion. 10.1 Minutes for the City Council, Indio Water Authority regular joint meeting of April 1, 2026 (Sabdi Sanchez, Dir. of City Clerk Services) Recommendation: Approve Staff Report - Minutes for April 1, 2026 - Pdf 7 - 12 10.2 City Warrants from 03-21-2026 to 04-03-2026 (Ruby D. Walla, Dir. of Finance) Recommendation: Receive & File Staff Report - City Warrants from 03-21-2026 to 04-03-2026 - Pdf 13 - 34 10.3 IWA Warrants from 03-21-2026 to 04-03-2026 (Ruby D. Walla, Dir. of Finance) Recommendation: Receive & File Staff Report - IWA Warrants from 03-21-2026 to 04-03-2026 - Pdf 35 - 39 10.4 Accept the street and survey monument improvements and authorize release of the surety for The HH Trust, Parcel Map No. 38335 (Indio Boulevard Storage), generally located on the southeast corner of Indio Boulevard and Madison Street (Timothy Wassil, Dir. of Public Works) Recommendation: Approve Staff Report - Acceptance of improvements and authorization to release improvement bonds for Parcel Map No. 38335 for The HH Trust (Indio Boulevard St - Pdf 40 - 43 10.5 Approval of Final Tract Map No. 38470-3 for Pulte Home Company, LLC, (Del Webb Desert Retreat), generally located on the northwest corner of Avenue 40 and Madison Street (Timothy Wassil, Dir. of Public Works) Recommendation: Approve Staff Report - Final Tract Map No. 38470-3 for Pulte Home Company, LLC, (Del Webb Desert Retreat) - Pdf 44 - 47 10.6 Approval of the water improvement agreement and acceptance of the performance and payment bonds from Indio Avenue 44 Pacific Associates A CLP, for the Avenue 44 Apartments (Timothy Wassil, Dir. of Public Works) Recommendation: Approve Staff Report - Indio Avenue 44 Pacific Associates Water Improvement Agreement - Pdf 48 - 85 10.7 Indio Subbasin Annual Report for Water Year 2024-2025 in accordance with the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA) of 2014 (Timothy Wassil, Dir. of Public Works) Recommendation: Approve Staff Report - SGMA Annual Report FY 24-25 - Pdf 86 - 98 10.8 Approval of Design & Production of Veteran's Memorial at Miles Avenue Park in the amount of not-to-exceed $500,000 (Miguel Ramirez-Cornejo, Dir. of Economic Development) Recommendation: Approve [Conflict of Interest: Mayor Holmes] Staff Report - Approval of Design & Production of Veteran's Memorial at Miles Avenue Park in the amount of not-to-exceed $500,000 - Pdf 99 - 140 10.9 Approve Budget Adjustment for Special Events Budget Line in the amount of $55,937.69 (Miguel Ramirez-Cornejo, Dir. of Economic Development) Recommendation: Approve Staff Report - Approve Budget Adjustment to Increase Appropriations for City of Indio Events - Pdf 141 - 142 10.10 Authorization to purchase four (4) utility vehicles and approve upfitting services by Johnson for a total of $860,817.05 (Miguel Peña, Dir. of Water Utility & Maintenance) Recommendation: Approve Staff Report - Purchase of (4) new vehicles, including upfitting by Johnson. - Pdf 143 - 214 10.11 Amendment No. 1 to the Agreement with Infosend, Inc. to increase compensation by an additional $100,000 per FY for a revised total not-to-exceed $375,000 for the term of the agreement, including optional extensions (Miguel Peña, Dir. of Water Utility & Maintenance) Recommendation: Approve Staff Report - Amendment No. 1 to Agreement with Infosend, Inc - Pdf 215 - 221 10.12 Award contract to LandMark Consultants, Inc. for Construction Testing Services for the Indio Police Department project for $294,305 (Jonathan Nicks, Asst. City Manager) Recommendation: Approve Staff Report - Award contract to LandMark Consultants, Inc. for Construction Testing Services for the Indio Police Department project for $294,305 - Pdf 222 - 226 10.13 Resolution No. 10599 Confirming the Regular Meeting Day and Time of the City Council (Steven G. Pacifico, City Attorney) Recommendation: Approve Staff Report - Regular Meeting Day and Time Resolution - Pdf 227 - 229 11. PUBLIC HEARINGS 11.1 Introduction of Ordinance No. 1832 (“City of Indio Electrical Infrastructure Adequacy and Development Standards Ordinance”) as Chapter 164 of the Indio Municipal Code; and, Adoption of Resolution No. 10560 Establishing Fees pursuant to the Ordinance. Staff Report - City of Indio Electrical Infrastructure Adequacy and Development Standards Ordinance and Resolution No. 10560 - Pdf 230 - 252 11.2 Approval of the Annual Action Plan FY 2026-2027 for the Fiscal Year 2026 Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) allocation in the amount of $750,000, reprogramming of unspent prior year CDBG Funds, and authorization of a budget adjustment for receipt and utilization of the Fiscal Year 2026 allocation and unspent prior year CDBG Funds (David Razo, Senior Management Analyst) Recommendation: Approve Staff Report - Community Development Block Grant Annual Action Plan Fiscal Year 2026-2027 - Pdf 253 - 289 12. PUBLIC COMMENTS FOR ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA This is the time set aside for public comment for items not on the agenda. Public comments may be provided in the manner prescribed on the first page of this agenda. 13. ADJOURN NEXT COUNCIL MEETING: MAY 6, 2026 Agenda packets are available on the city’s website at www.indio.org. Materials related to an item on this Agenda submitted to the City Council after distribution of the agenda packet are available in City Clerk's Office at 100 Civic Center Drive, Indio, during normal City business hours and during the meeting. PUBLIC NOTICE It is the intention of the City of Indio to comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) in all respects. If, as an attendee or a participant at this meeting, you will need special assistance beyond what is normally provided, the City of Indio will attempt to accommodate you in every reasonable manner. Please contact the City Clerk's Office at (760) 391-4007 or via email at cityclerk@indio.org . For individuals with hearing impairments, please contact the City Clerk’s Office. Notification 48 hours prior to the meeting will enable the City to make reasonable arrangements to ensure accessibility to this meeting. (28 CFR 35. 102, and 35. 104 ADA Title II) RULES OF DECORUM To help conduct the business of the City Council in an orderly fashion, the City Council has adopted rules pertaining to decorum and order, as provided for in Ordinance No. 1205. The City Council will strictly enforce these rules in order to allow full expression of ideas and opinions by councilmembers, staff and the public. Generally, the City's rules of decorum prohibit comments or actions which willfully disrupt the meeting. All remarks and questions shall be addressed to the Council as a whole and not to any particular member. No individual Councilmember or member of the City staff shall be questioned without first obtaining permission from the Presiding Officer. The City Council asks that all persons - including councilmembers, staff and the public - act and speak respectfully. COMMUNICATION AND ELECTRONIC DEVICES To minimize distractions, please be sure all personal communication and electronic devices are turned off or on silent mode. DECLARATION OF POSTING I, Paulina Mendoza, City Clerk Specialist of the City of Indio, California, do hereby declare that the foregoing agenda was posted on April 9, 2026, at least seventy-two (72) hours prior to the meeting per Government Code 54954.2, at the following locations: City of Indio Council Chamber, 100 Civic Center Drive, Indio, CA 92201 City of Indio website www.indio.org Paulina Mendoza PAULINA MENDOZA CITY CLERK SPECIALIST