CITY COUNCIL
Meeting Agenda

Thursday, July 06, 2023

1:30 P.m. - 3:30 P.m.

City Hall Council Chamber

44950 Eldorado Drive, Indian Wells, CA 92210

 

Welcome to a meeting of the Indian Wells City Council.

Public Comments: Members of the Public who wish to speak should fill out a blue slip and submit it to the City Clerk, comments are limited to 3 minutes. In accordance with State Law, remarks during public comment are to be limited to subjects within the City's jurisdiction. 

Notification: 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 City Clerk at 760-346-2489, 48 hours prior to the meeting.

 

 

Please turn off all communication devices (phones) or put them on non-audible mode (vibrate) during Council proceedings. All documents for public review are available for public inspection at City Hall reception, 44-950 Eldorado Drive, Indian Wells during normal business hours. 

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A.

CONVENE THE INDIAN WELLS CITY COUNCIL, PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE AND ROLL CALL

MAYOR DONNA GRIFFITH
MAYOR PRO TEM GREG SANDERS
COUNCIL MEMBER TY PEABODY
COUNCIL MEMBER BRUCE WHITMAN
COUNCIL MEMBER DANA REED

B.

APPROVAL OF THE FINAL AGENDA

C.

PROCLAMATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS

C.1

Introduction of New  Riverside County Fire Captain Charles Esseling

C.2

Riverside County Fire Quarterly Update

C.3

Riverside County Sheriff Quarterly Update by Lieutenant David Wright

C.4

Alzheimer's Association, Coachella Valley Presentation by Development Manager Jane Bark

C.5

Visit Greater Palm Springs Update by Director of Indian Wells Tourism Don Prince

D.

PUBLIC COMMENTS

Members of the Public who wish to speak on consent items OR items not listed on the agenda may do so at this time.  Public Comments are limited to 3 minutes. Speakers will be alerted when their time is up and are then to return to their seats and no further comments will be permitted.

Please note that while the City Council values your comments, the Council cannot respond nor take action on matters not listed on the agenda until the matter may appear on the forthcoming agenda.

E.

CITY MANAGER'S REPORTS

The City Manager or Department Heads may make brief announcements, informal comments, or brief the Council on items of interest.

F.

CITY ATTORNEY REPORTS AND COMMENTS

G.

CONSENT CALENDAR

All matters listed on the Consent Calendar are considered to be routine and will be approved by one motion.  Reading of text of Ordinances is waived and Ordinances are adopted as second reading, by title only.  There will be no separate discussion of these items unless members of the Council request specific items be removed from the Consent Calendar for separate discussion and action.

G.1

Updates to the Indian Wells COVID-19 Prevention Program

• RECOMMENDED ACTION:

  Council ADOPTS the revised Indian Wells COVID-19 Prevention Program in compliance with the California Occupational Safety and Health Act (Lab. Code §§ 6300, et seq.) and associated regulations (8 C.C.R. §§ 3203 and 3205-3205.3).

G.2

Voting Delegate to Annual League Conference in Sacramento

• RECOMMENDED ACTION:

  Council DESIGNATES Council Member Dana Reed as the Voting Delegate for the City of Indian Wells at the 2023 League of California Cities Annual Conference held on September 20-22, in Sacramento.

G.3

City Treasurer’s Report for May 2023

• RECOMMENDED ACTION:

  Council RECEIVES and FILES the City Treasurer’s Report for May 2023.

H.

PUBLIC HEARINGS

For each of the items listed under PUBLIC HEARING ITEMS, the public will be provided an opportunity to speak. After a staff report is provided, the Mayor will open the public hearing. At that time the applicant will be allowed five (5) minutes to make a presentation on the case. Members of the public will then be allowed three (3) minutes each to speak, unless there are a number of person’s wishing to speak and then the Mayor will allow only two (2) minutes, to accommodate for more persons.

The City Council may ask the speakers questions relative to the case and the testimony provided. The question period will not count against your time limit. After all persons have spoken, the applicant will be allowed three minutes to summarize or rebut any public testimony. The Mayor will then close the public hearing portion of the hearing and deliberate the matter.

H.1

Comprehensive User Fee Study Resolution

• RECOMMENDED ACTION:

  Council OPENS the public hearing, takes any public testimony, CLOSES the public hearing; and
  
  ADOPTS Resolution establishing certain new user fees and increasing certain existing user fees for various services provided by the City.

H.2

Resolution Approving Modification No. 2 of Conditional Use Permit No. 2-97-3:

To construct a new 8,050 square foot Big Horn Café a 2,310 square foot outdoor patio space, a 710 square foot storage building, and a recreational splash pad with retractable roof structure to operate as supporting uses within the existing education and conservation center known as The Living Desert Zoo and Gardens (APN:625-300-052).

• RECOMMENDED ACTION:

  Council OPENS the Public Hearing, takes any public testimony, CLOSES the Public Hearing; and
  
  FINDS the project exempt from the provisions of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to Section 15332, In-Fill Development Projects; and
  
  ADOPTS Resolution approving Modification No. 2 to Conditional Use Permit No. 2-97-3 for the construction of a new 8,050 Big Horn Café with ancillary uses within the Living Desert Zoo and Gardens.

H.3

Resolution Approving General Plan Amendment No. 2023-01 for Adoption of the 6th Cycle 2021-2029 Housing Element, and Finding the Action Exempt under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA)

• RECOMMENDED ACTION:

  Council OPENS the Public Hearing, takes any public testimony, and CLOSES the Public Hearing; and 
  
  ADOPTS Resolution approving General Plan Amendment No. 2023-01 for the 6th Cycle 2021-2029 Housing Element; and
  
  FINDS the action exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) in accordance with Section 15061(b)(3) of the CEQA Guidelines.

I.

GENERAL BUSINESS

The Mayor will call upon the members of the public to address the Council regarding the agenda item being considered. After the public has provided comment, the item is closed to further comment and brought to the Council for discussion and action.

I.1

Indian Wells Chamber of Commerce Funding Request

• RECOMMENDED ACTION:

  Council DISCUSSES the Indian Wells Chamber of Commerce Request for Funding for Fiscal Year 2023-24; and
  
  PROVIDES direction to staff.

I.2

Winterfest 2023

• RECOMMENDED ACTION:

  Council APPROVES Winterfest expenditures; and
  
  AUTHORIZES Cooper Consulting to finalize the details and purchases of Winterfest with oversight by the city; and
  
  DIRECTS staff on an option with Winterfest.

I.3

Continued Discussion on Naming the Future Park at Eldorado and Fairway Drive

• RECOMMENDED ACTION:

  Council DISCUSSES potential names for the park at the northwest corner of Eldorado and Fairway Drive; and
  
  PROVIDES direction to staff. 

I.4

Fiscal Year 2023-24 Golf Resort Operating Budget and Capital Improvement Plan

• RECOMMENDED ACTION:

  Council REVIEWS, DISCUSSES, and APPROVES or APPROVES AS AMENDED the Golf Resort Operating Budget and Capital Improvement Plan from July 1, 2023, through June 30, 2024.

J.

COUNCIL MEMBERS' REPORTS AND COMMENTS

On their own initiative, Council Members may make a brief announcement or a brief report on their own activities.  Council Members may ask a question for clarification, make a referral to staff, or take action to have staff place a matter of business on a future agenda.  The Council may take action on items listed on the Agenda.

J.1

COUNCIL MEMBER REED

California Joint Powers Insurance Authority
Riverside County Transportation Commission
CVAG Public Safety Committee
CVAG Transportation Committee
Southern California Association of Governments 

J.2

COUNCIL MEMBER WHITMAN

Coachella Valley Mountains Conservancy
Desert Sands Unified School District
Indian Wells Marketing Committee
Indian Wells Public Safety
Visit Greater Palm Springs

J.3

COUNCIL MEMBER PEABODY

Cove Communities Services Commission
Coachella Valley Animal Campus
Indian Wells Golf Resort Advisory Committee
Indian Wells Marketing Committee
Sunline Transit Agency

J.4

MAYOR PRO TEM SANDERS

Cove Communities Services Commission
Coachella Valley Economic Partnership
Desert Sand Unified School District
Indian Wells Finance & Legal Services Oversight Committee
Indian Wells Personnel Committee
Indian Wells Public Safety Committee
Indian Wells Tee Committee

J.5

MAYOR GRIFFITH

CVAG Executive Committee
CVAG Conservation Commission
CVAG Energy & Sustainability Committee
CVAG Homelessness Committee
Indian Wells Community Activities Committee
Indian Wells Golf Resort Advisory Committee
Indian Wells Grants In Aid Committee
Indian Wells Finance/Legal Services Oversight Committee
Indian Wells Personnel Committee
Indian Wells Tee Committee

K.

ADJOURNMENT

To a regularly scheduled meeting of the City Council to be held at 1:30 p.m. on August 17, 2023 in the City Hall Council Chamber.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Affidavit of Posting,

I, Angelica Avila, certify that on June 30, 2023, I caused to be posted a notice of a City Council Meeting to be held on July 6, 2023_at 1:30 p.m. in the City Hall Council Chamber.

Notices were posted at Indian Wells Civic Center and City's Website [www.cityofindianwells.org]