City Council / Indio Water Authority - 01 Oct 2025

City Council / Indio Water Authority - 01 Oct 2025. Location: Council Chamber. Time: 05:00 PM. Agenda: City Council / Indio Water Authority - 01 Oct 2025 - Agenda - Html City of Indio AGENDA City Council / Indio Water Authority Wednesday, October 1, 2025 @ 5:00 PM Council Chamber, 150 Civic Center Drive 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 Water Authority, Housing Authority, Electric Finance Authority, Public Finance 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 - 4 PM 1. CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL Mayor Glenn Miller Mayor Pro Tem Elaine Holmes Councilmember Waymond Fermon Councilmember Oscar Ortiz Councilmember Benjamin Guitron IV 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 - Pursuant to Government Code § 54956.8; Property a 4.22 acre portion of APN 606-130-065 located on Avenue 43 east of Burr Street; Negotiating Parties: City of Indio, Bryan H. Montgomery, City Manager and Indio Northgate, LLC; Under Negotiation: Price and Terms of Payment 3.2 CONFERENCE WITH REAL PROPERTY NEGOTIATORS - Pursuant to Government Code § 54956.8; Property: 45096 & 45130 Deglet Noor Street (APN 611-163-001); Negotiating Parties: City of Indio, Bryan H. Montgomery, City Manager, and Shepphird Associates; Under Negotiation: Price and Terms of Payment. REGULAR SESSION - 5 PM 1. CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL Mayor Glenn Miller Mayor Pro Tem Elaine Holmes Councilmember Waymond Fermon Councilmember Oscar Ortiz Councilmember Benjamin Guitron IV 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 Sarah Padilla, Dr. Carreon Academy 4. CITY ATTORNEY REPORT ON CLOSED SESSION 5. PRESENTATIONS 5.1 Presentation by College of the Desert Superintendent/President Val Martinez Garcia 5.2 Presentation by Justin Hickey, YMCA Community Program Director 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, Roman Rodriguez, Sebastian Blu 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 Waive Reading of Title and Text of All Ordinances included in the agenda (Sabdi Sanchez, Dir. of City Clerk Services) Recommendation: Approve Staff Report - Waiving of Full Reading of Ordinances - Pdf 6 10.2 Minutes for the City Council, Indio Water Authority regular joint meeting of September 17, 2025 (Sabdi Sanchez, Dir. of City Clerk Services) Recommendation: Approve Staff Report - Minutes for September 17, 2025 - Pdf 7 - 14 10.3 City Warrants from 09-06-2025 to 09-19-2025 (Ruby D. Walla, Dir. of Finance) Recommendation: Receive & File Staff Report - City Warrants from 09-06-2025 to 09-19-2025 - Pdf 15 - 42 10.4 IWA Warrants from 09-06-2025 to 09-19-2025 (Ruby D. Walla, Dir. of Finance) Recommendation: Receive & File Staff Report - IWA Warrants from 09-06-2025 to 09-19-2025 - Pdf 43 - 46 10.5 Second Reading of Ordinance No. 1822, adding Chapter 107 (“Smoke-Free Areas”) to Title IX of the Indio Municipal Code; repealing Section 96.30; and establishing smoke-free outdoor and multi-unit residential areas to protect public health and the environment (Jose Ramirez, Principal Management Analyst) Recommendation: Approve Staff Report - Second Reading of Ordinance No. 1822 - Pdf 47 - 53 10.6 Second Reading of Ordinance No. 1823, adding Sections 33.300–33.316 to Chapter 33 of the Indio Municipal Code and repealing Section 33.123, to establish uniform procedures for the disposal of surplus City real and personal property (Jose Ramirez, Principal Management Analyst) Recommendation: Approve Staff Report - Second Reading of Ordinance No. 1823 - Pdf 54 - 61 10.7 Approve Change Order for Contract with GCX LLC., in an amount not to exceed $830,000 for additional IID offsite electrical work at The Lights at Indio Clubhouse and adjacent properties (Ave 42 / Jackson Street) and associated extended general conditions; authorize the City Manager to execute the change order and related documents. Staff Report - Authorization of Change Order - GCX LLC. Contract For Ave. 42 / Jackson St. IID Offsite Work - Pdf 62 - 81 10.8 Amendment No. 3 to the existing Professional Services Agreement with Albert A. Webb Associates, Inc. for additional geotechnical analysis for the Avenue 50 Improvement Project, between Jefferson Street and Botella Place (City Project No. ST2004) in an amount not-to-exceed $10,890. Staff Report - Amendment No. 3 with Albert A. Webb Inc. for the Avenue 50 Project No. ST2004 - Pdf 82 - 97 10.9 Change Order No. 2 with RJ Noble Company in the amount of $186,829.54 for additional work for the Annual Grind and Overlay Project (City Project No. ST2505). Staff Report - Change Order No. 2 with RJ Noble Company for the Annual Grind and Overlay Project (City Project No. ST2505) - Pdf 98 - 105 10.10 Operating Agreement for Library Operations at the Indio Library Between the City of Indio and the County of Riverside (Jonathan Nicks, Assistant City Manager) Recommendation: Approve Staff Report - Approval of Operating Agreement for Library Operations - Pdf 106 - 116 11. PUBLIC HEARINGS 11.1 Resolution No. 10519 - Public Hearing pursuant to the Tax Equity Financial Responsibility Act ("TEFRA") and adoption of a resolution authorizing issuance of tax-exempt revenue bonds by the California Municipal Finance Authority (CMFA) for development of the Arroyo Crossings II apartments project located at 47605, 47611, 47625, 47635, 47645, 47655, 47665, 47675, 47685, 47691, 47695 Jefferson Street, Indio, California (David Razo, Senior Management Analyst) Recommendation: Approve Staff Report - Resolution No.10519, approving issuance of Tax-Exempt Bonds- Arroyo Crossings II - Pdf 117 - 123 11.2 Resolution No. 10520, City Council consideration of Planning Commission recommendation to approve the Sandpiper Tentative Tract Map No. 34668 (Case No. PLAN-TTM-24-0002) to subdivide approximately 5.62 acres into 34 residential lots located near the intersection of Bluejay Street and Sandpiper Avenue (Brian Halvorson, Director of Community Development) Recommendation: Approve Staff Report - Sandpiper Tentative Tract Map 34668 - Pdf 124 - 337 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 / IWA MEETING: OCTOBER 15, 2025 Agenda material is available on the city’s website at www.indio.org. Documents 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. SOLICITUD DE INTERPRETACIÓN EN ESPAÑOL EN PERSONA Llame a la oficina de la secretaria municipal al 760-391-4007, 72 horas antes de la reunión para garantizar que la Ciudad pueda proporcionar interpretación al español. DECLARATION OF POSTING I, Sabdi Sanchez, Director of City Clerk Services of the City of Indio, California, do hereby declare that the foregoing agenda was posted on September 26, 2025, at least seventy-two (72) hours prior to the meeting per Government Code 54954.2, at the following locations: City of Indio Council Chamber, 150 Civic Center Drive, Indio, CA 92201 City of Indio website www.indio.org Sabdi Sanchez SABDI SANCHEZ, MMC DIRECTOR OF CITY CLERK SERVICES