CITY COUNCIL
Meeting Agenda

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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. 

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

 

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
Ordinance Amending Section 11.36.125 of the Municipal Code Regarding RV-Parking Permits; and Finding the Action to be Exempt from CEQA

This item has attachments. 
1.2023-03-02__Staff Report_Ordinance NO. 750_RV Parking Permits.pdf
2.Ordinance.pdf
  • RECOMMENDED ACTION:

    Council ADOPTS Ordinance by title only and waives further reading, amending Ordinance Section 11.36.125 of the Municipal Code Regarding RV-Parking Permits; and 

    FINDS the Action to be Exempt from CEQA.

G.2
Ordinance Amending Chapter 21.85 of the Municipal Code Relating to Accessory Dwelling Units and Junior Accessory Dwelling Units and Determining the Action to be Exempt from CEQA

This item has attachments. 
1.2023-03-02__Staff Report_Ordinance NO. 751_Accessory Dwellings.pdf
2.Ordinance(1).pdf
  • RECOMMENDED ACTION:

    Council ADOPTS Ordinance by title only and waives further reading, amending Ordinance Chapter 21.85 of the Municipal Code Relating to Accessory Dwelling Units and Junior Accessory Dwelling Units and determining the action to be exempt from CEQA.

G.3
City’s 2023 Legislative Platform

This item has attachments. 
1.2023-03-02_Staff Report_Legislative Platform.pdf
2.2023 Legislative Platform.pdf
  • RECOMMENDED ACTION:

    Council ADOPTS the City’s 2023 Legislative Platform.

G.4
Resolution Opposing Initiative No. 21-0042A1, The Taxpayer Protection and Government Accountability Act

This item has attachments. 
1.2023-03-02_Staff Report_Business Rountable Opposition.pdf
2.Full Text of Ballot Initiative.pdf
3.February 21 Opposition Letter.pdf
4.Resolution(2).pdf
  • RECOMMENDED ACTION:

    Council ADOPTS Resolution opposing Initiative No. 21-0042A1, the Taxpayer Protection and Government Accountability Act.

G.5
Re-Adopts the City's Investment Policy

This item has attachments. 
1.2023-03-02_Staff Report_IW Investment Policy.pdf
2.Indian Wells Statement of Investment Policy.pdf
  • RECOMMENDED ACTION:

    Council RE-ADOPTS the City’s Investment Policy with no amendments.

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
Resolution Approving Special Fire Tax Standby and Availability Charges Annual Levy

This item has attachments. 
1.2023-03-02_Staff Report_Fire Tax Levy.pdf
2.Resolution.pdf
  • RECOMMENDED ACTION:

    City Council OPENS the Public Hearing, takes any public testimony, CLOSES the Public Hearing; and

    ADOPTS Resolution approving the annual levy of the Special Fire Tax Standby and Availability Charges for the Fiscal Year 2023-24; and

    ORDERS the Special Fire Tax levy to be placed on the fiscal year 2023-24 Riverside County tax roll. 

H.2
Resolution Approving Fire Access Maintenance District No. 1 Annual Levy and Collection of Assessments

This item has attachments. 
1.2023-03-02_Staff Report_FAMD Levy.pdf
2.Resolution(1).pdf
  • RECOMMENDED ACTION:

    Council OPENS the Public Hearing, takes any public testimony, CLOSES the Public Hearing; and

    ADOPTS Resolution approving the annual levy of the Fire Access Maintenance District No. 1 for the Fiscal Year 2023-24; and

    ORDERS the Fire Access Maintenance District No. 1 levy on the Fiscal Year 2023-24 Riverside County tax roll.

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
Approval of Passive Park Conceptual Design and Authorization to Develop Park Project at Corner of Eldorado and Fairway Drive

This item has attachments. 
1.2022-03-02_Staff Report_Park Project.pdf
2.Attachment 1-Vicinity Map.pdf
3.Attachment 2-Desert Recreation District_Cooperative Agreement.pdf
4.Attachment 3-Park Design Concept 1-3.pdf
5.Attachment 4- Park Design Concept 4.pdf
6.Attachment 5-Rendering Park Concept 4.pdf
7.Attachment 6 - Park Design Concept 5.pdf
  • RECOMMENDED ACTION:

    Council FINDS that the proposed action is categorically exempt from review under the California Environmental Quality Act (“CEQA”), in accordance with CEQA Guidelines section 15304 (minor public or private alterations in the condition of land), and, in the alternative, that it is categorically exempt from CEQA under CEQA Guidelines section 15303 (new construction of small structures), and, further, determines that none of the exceptions in CEQA Guidelines section 15300.2 apply here because the proposed action does not include a sensitive mapped area, a scenic highway, a hazardous waste site, or a historic resource, and the development of a passive park does not present any unusual circumstances; and 
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    APPROVES the passive park design and installation at the corner of Eldorado and Fairway Drive; and

    AUTHORIZES Desert Recreation District to finalize the design, bid, and construct the passive park with oversight by the City; and

    DIRECTS staff on a process to name the park and appropriate monument signage to be brought back for City Council discussion and approval.

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

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 & Environmental Resources
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 Preservation Foundation
Indian Wells Tee Committee

K.
ADJOURNMENT

 

To a regularly scheduled meeting of the City Council to be held at 1:30 p.m. on April 6, 2023 in the City Hall Council Chamber.


 


 


 


 


 


 

Affidavit of Posting,

I, Angelica Avila, certify that on February 24 2023 I caused to be posted a notice of a City Council Meeting to be held on March 2, 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]

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