City Council - 17 Jun 2026

City Council - 17 Jun 2026. Location: Council Chamber. Time: 05:00 PM. Agenda: City Council - 17 Jun 2026 - Agenda - Html REVISED AGENDA Indio City Council Wednesday, June 17, 2026 Closed Session: 3:30 p.m. Regular Session: 5:00 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 Water Authority, 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 - 3:30 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; for 45300 Oasis Street, Indio, City of Indio Negotiator: Jonathan Nicks, City Manager; Negotiating Party: 45151 Oasis LLC; Under Negotiation: Price and Terms of Payment [Conflict of Interest: Mayor Holmes] 3.2 CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL – EXISTING LITIGATION Pursuant to Government Code Section 54956.9(d)(1) Zenda Estate, LLC v. Polo Club Maintenance Association; Riverside Superior Court Case No. CVPS2407985 3.3 CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL – EXISTING LITIGATION Pursuant to Government Code Section 54956.9(d)(1) City of Indio, et al. v. State Water Resources Control Board, et al.; Fresno County Superior Court Case No. 24CECG04779 3.4 PUBLIC EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE EVALUATION Pursuant to Government Code § 54957; Title: City Attorney REGULAR SESSION - 5 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 Miranda Rodriguez, Madison Elementary 4. CITY ATTORNEY REPORT ON CLOSED SESSION 5. PRESENTATIONS 5.1 Presentation by Jean-Guy Dube regarding the Southern Pacific Railroad 6. CITY MANAGER REPORTS AND INFORMATION 7. CITY COUNCIL CONFLICT OF INTEREST DISCLOSURE 8. CITY COUNCIL REPORT ON MEETINGS ATTENDED PER GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 53232.3(D) 9. 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. 9.1 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 9 9.2 Minutes for the City Council regular meeting of June 3, 2026 (Sabdi Sanchez, Dir. of City Clerk Services) Recommendation: Approve Staff Report - Minutes for June 3, 2026 - Pdf 10 - 17 9.3 City of Indio Warrants from 05-16-2026 to 05-29-2026 (Ruby D. Walla, Dir. of Finance) Recommendation: Receive & File Staff Report - City of Indio Warrants from 05-16-2026 to 05-29-2026 - Pdf 18 - 38 9.4 Indio Water Warrants from 05-16-2026 to 05-29-2026 (Ruby D. Walla, Dir. of Finance) Recommendation: Receive & File Staff Report - Indio Water Warrants from 05-16-2026 to 05-29-2026 - Pdf 39 - 42 9.5 Second Reading of Ordinance No. 1835 , Regulating the Sale and Distribution of Kratom Products (Steven G. Pacifico, City Attorney) Recommendation: Approve Staff Report - Kratom Regulatory Ordinance - Pdf 43 - 51 9.6 Second Reading of Ordinance No. 1836 , Regulating the Sale and Distribution of Nitrous Oxide (Steven G. Pacifico, City Attorney) Recommendation: Approve Staff Report - Nitrous Oxide Regulatory Ordinance - Pdf 52 - 60 9.7 Second Reading of Ordinance No. 1837 , Regulating the Sale and Distribution of Drug Paraphernalia (Steven G. Pacifico, City Attorney) Recommendation: Approve Staff Report - Drug Paraphernalia Regulatory Ordinance - Pdf 61 - 69 9.8 Resolution No. 10578 of Intent to Vacate a Portion of Madison Street at the Northwest Corner of Madison Street and Highway 111 and to Set a Public Hearing for July 15, 2026, at 5:00 p.m. (Timothy Wassil, Dir. of Public Works) Recommendation: Approve Staff Report - Vacate a Portion of Madison Street - Pdf 70 - 78 9.9 Authorize the Acceptance of Bill of Sale & Warranty Bond from Can Do, LLC for "The Greens" (Timothy Wassil, Dir. of Public Works) Recommendation: Approve Staff Report - Acceptance of Bill of Sale & Warranty Bond from Can Do, LLC - Pdf 79 - 91 9.10 Amendment Number 8 to the Reimbursement Agreement by and between the Coachella Valley Association of Governments (CVAG), the City of Indio, and the County of Riverside in the amount of $75,374,820 for the Monroe Street / Interstate 10 Interchange Project, City Project Number ST0801, Federal project number (Timothy Wassil, Dir. of Public Works) Recommendation: Approve Staff Report - CVAG Amendment 8 - Monroe - Pdf 92 - 104 9.11 Contract Change Order No. 5 with Three Peaks Corp. for the Indio Sports Park, City Project No. PK2203 in the amount of $118,180.25 (Timothy Wassil, Dir. of Public Works) Recommendation: Approve Staff Report - Indio Sports Park – Three Peaks - Change Order 5 - Pdf 105 - 110 9.12 Approval of Contract Change Order No. 4 with Riverside Construction Company for the Civic Center Storm Drain and Oasis Street Beautification Project, City Project No. SD2201, in the amount of $1,231,825.36 (Timothy Wassil, Dir. of Public Works) Recommendation: Approve Staff Report - Approval of CCO No. 4 – Riverside Construction - Pdf 111 - 119 9.13 Approval of Purchase of 11.56 Acres of Ephemeral/Intermittent Stream Credits from the Mojave Desert Tortoise Conservation Bank for the Avenue 44 Bridge Project, City Project No. BR1101, Federal Aid No. BRLKS 5275(024) in the amount of $867,000 (Timothy Wassil, Dir. of Public Works) Recommendation: Approve Staff Report - Avenue 44 Bridge – Mitigation Bank Credit Purchase - Pdf 120 - 131 9.14 Adopt Resolution Nos. 10579, 10580, and 10581 (1) initiating proceedings for the Landscape and Lighting Districts Numbers 01-22, 24-29, and 31-54, (2) approving the Preliminary Engineer’s Report for District Numbers 01-22, 24-29, and 31-54, and (3) declaring the City’s intention to levy and collect assessments and setting Wednesday, July 15, 2026 at 5:00 p.m. as the time a public hearing will be conducted in the City Council Chamber (Miguel Peña, Dir. of Water Utility & Maintenance) Recommendation: Approve Staff Report - Lighting and Landscape Districts Setting the Public Hearing - Pdf 132 - 346 9.15 Authorization to increase purchasing authority from $600,000 to $750,000 for fuel purchase from SC Commercial LLC, for the City’s bulk fuel needs for the remainder of Fiscal Year 2025/26 (Miguel Peña, Dir. of Water Utility & Maintenance) Recommendation: Approve Staff Report - Budget adjustment request in the amount of $150,000 for remaining Fiscal Year 2025/26 - Pdf 347 - 381 9.16 Amendment No. 7 to the AB 2766 Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Coachella Valley Association of Governments (CVAG) for the Regional PM10 Street Sweeping Program (Miguel Peña, Dir. of Water Utility & Maintenance) Recommendation: Approve Staff Report - CVAG AB 2766 MOU Amendment No. 7 - Pdf 382 - 392 9.17 Approval of Amendment No. 4 to the existing Professional Services Agreement with Steve Serna dba Serna & Associates, in an amount not to exceed $605,850, and extend the term of the Agreement until June 30, 2027, for Security Services (Brian Tully, Chief of Police) Recommendation: Approve [Conflict of Interest: Mayor Holmes] Staff Report - Amendment No. 4 with Steve Serna dba Serna & Associates - Pdf 393 - 405 9.18 Submission of a letter of intent to the South Coast Air Quality Management District and the California Air Resources Board for the Transportation Electrification Advancement for Municipalities (TEAM) Grant, and designate and authorize the City Manager or his designee to execute all necessary grant documents on behalf of the City of Indio (Brian Tully, Chief of Police) Recommendation: Approve Staff Report - Letter of Intent - AQMD/CARB - Pdf 406 - 409 9.19 Authorize Addition of Microsoft Dynamics 365 Sales Enterprise Licenses to the City of Indio’s Microsoft 365 Agreement Through the California Department of Technology in the amount of $22,660.31 (Ian Cozens, Dir. of Information Technology) Recommendation: Approve Staff Report - Addition of Microsoft Dynamics 365 to the City's M365 Agreement - Pdf 410 - 415 9.20 Project Notice of Completion and Final Budget allocations for the City Hall and Library Project (Jonathan Nicks, City Manager) Recommendation: Approve Staff Report - Project Notice of Completion and Final Budget allocations for the City Hall and Library Project - Pdf 416 - 418 10. ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS 10.1 Introduction of Ordinance No. 1840 , An Ordinance of The City Council of The City of Indio, California, Adding Chapter 95E (Registration And Maintenance Of Vacant Non-Residential Properties) to the Indio Municipal Code (Steven G. Pacifico, City Attorney) Recommendation: Waive Full Reading, Read by Title Only and Pass First Reading Staff Report - Vacant Non-Residential Properties Ordinance - Pdf 419 - 437 10.2 Adoption of Urgency Ordinance No. 1841, Adding Interim Zoning Regulations for Substance Abuse Treatment Facilities and Related Uses (Steven G. Pacifico, City Attorney) Recommendation: Approve Staff Report - Interim Zoning Regulations for Substance Abuse Treatment Facilities - Pdf 438 - 451 10.3 Cooperative Agreement with the County of Riverside to provide fire protection, fire prevention, rescue, and emergency medical services, effective July 1, 2026, through June 30, 2031 (Bryan White, Division Chief) Recommendation: Approve Staff Report - Cooperative Agreement with the County of Riverside - Pdf 452 - 481 10.4 Award twenty-two contracts to the individual contractors listed in each bid category for the amounts set forth in the Bid Summary Letter on file with the City Clerk and attached to agenda report for construction of the Police Headquarters Building in the total aggregate amount of $29,062,300 (Jonathan Nicks, City Manager) Recommendation: Approve Staff Report - Police Headquarters Building - Pdf 482 - 535 10.5 Approval of Amendment No. 1 to the Professional Services Agreement with Tilden-Coil Constructors for Construction Management for the Police Headquarters Project for an amount not to exceed $3,676,810 (Jonathan Nicks, City Manager) Recommendation: Approve Staff Report - Amendment No. 1 to the Professional Services Agreement with Tilden-Coil Constructors - Pdf 536 - 542 11. PUBLIC HEARINGS 11.1 Resolution No. 10577 , adopting the 2025 Coachella Valley Regional Urban Water Management Plan and the 2025 Water Shortage Contingency Plan (Roman Gonzalez, Water Project Construction Manager) Recommendation: Approve Staff Report - Resolution adopting the 2025 Coachella Valley Regional Urban Water Management Plan and the 2025 Water Shortage Contingency Plan - Pdf 543 - 563 11.2 Resolution Nos. 10582 & 10583, regarding the Roadrunner Flats project for the architectural design of 30 detached single-family affordable residential units with ADU's within a gated community, including a leasing office, amenities, landscape, and associated improvements, Tentative Tract Map No. 39405 to subdivide one existing parcel totaling approximately 10.07 gross acres (APN 691-060-005), into 30 residential lots, private streets, stormwater detention basin, and associated improvements located west of Jefferson Street and north of Avenue 39 (Brian Halvorson, Dir. of Community Development) Recommendation: Approve Staff Report - Roadrunner Flats - Pdf 564 - 784 11.3 Introduction of Ordinance No. 1839, City Council review of Planning Commission Recommendations relating to amendments to Title 17 of the Unified Development Code (PLAN-DCA-26-0001), Article 4 (Regulations for Specific Uses), and Chapter 4.05 (Automotive Service and Repair/Fueling Stations) to add supplemental regulations pertaining to fueling stations (Brian Halvorson, Dir. of Community Development) Recommendation: Waive Full Reading, Read by Title Only and Pass First Reading Staff Report - Fueling Station Code Amendments - Pdf 785 - 825 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: JULY 15, 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 June 11, 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