CITY COUNCIL
Meeting Agenda

Thursday, April 03, 2025

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

City Hall Council Chamber

44950 Eldorado Drive, Indian Wells, CA 92210

 

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A.

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

MAYOR BRUCE WHITMAN
MAYOR PRO TEM DANA REED
COUNCIL MEMBER TOPER TAYLOR
COUNCIL MEMBER BRIAN PENNA
COUNCIL MEMBER GREG SANDERS

B.

APPROVAL OF THE FINAL AGENDA

C.

PROCLAMATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS

C.1

Introduction of Indian Wells Assistant City Manager Eric Ceja

C.2

Dr. George Charity Car Show Update by Co-Chair Craig Korthase

C.3

Legislative Review by Cal Cities Regional Director Jesse Ramirez

C.4

Riverside County Fire Department Update by Division Chief Mike Beverlin

C.5

Riverside County Sheriff Department Update by Indian Wells Lieutenant Frank Schiavone

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. Once speakers have had an opportunity to speak, 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

General Plan Housing Element Annual Progress Report and Low Moderate Income Housing Asset Fund Summary Report for 2024

• RECOMMENDED ACTIONS:

  Council RECEIVES and FILES the General Plan Housing Element Annual Progress Report and Low Moderate Income Housing Asset Fund Addendum for 2024; and
  
  FINDS  the State’s annual housing progress reporting requirement does not constitute a “project” as defined in Section 15378 of the State CEQA Guidelines, California Code of Regulations, Title 14, Chapter 3; and 
  
  DIRECTS Staff to submit the Annual Progress Report and Low Moderate Income Housing Asset Fund Addendum to the Governor’s Office of Planning and Research and the California Department of Housing and Community Development.

G.2

Annual Recruitment and Interview Schedule for Committees and Commission Appointments

• RECOMMENDED ACTIONS:

  Council APPROVES the annual recruitment and interview schedule; and
  
  DESIGNATES Councilmember Taylor to serve on the Ad-Hoc Interview Committee for the Housing Authority and Councilmember Reed on the Ad Hoc Interview Committee for the Palm Springs Airport Commission; and
  
  FINDS the project to be exempt from the provisions of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to Section 15060.

G.3

Approval of the Whitewater River Low Flow Flood Channel Emergency Reconstruction Project and Finding the Project Exempt from CEQA

• RECOMMENDED ACTIONS:

  Council APPROVES the progression of the Whitewater Low Flow Flood Channel Reconstruction project to the bidding phase, for the emergency reconstruction work detailed in the staff report; and
  
  FINDS the project qualifies as an emergency project exemption pursuant to Section 15269(b)(c) of the CEQA guidelines.

G.4

City Treasurer’s Report for January 2025

• RECOMMENDED ACTIONS:

  Council RECEIVES and FILES the City Treasurer’s Report for January 2025; and
  
  FINDS the project to be exempt from the provisions of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to Section 15060. 

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

Annual Levy and Engineer’s Report for the Indian Wells Street Lighting District No. 2000-1

• RECOMMENDED ACTIONS:

  Council OPENS the Public Hearing, takes any public testimony, CLOSES the Public Hearing; and
  
  ADOPTS Resolution approving the annual levy and ordering the levy and collection of assessments of the Indian Wells Street Lighting District No. 2000-1 for Fiscal Year 2025-26; and
  
  ORDERS the Indian Wells Street Lighting District No. 2000-1 levy to be placed on the Fiscal Year 2025-26 Riverside County tax roll; and
  
  FINDS the project to be exempt from the provisions of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to Section 15060. 

H.2

Final Annual Levy Report for Landscape and Lighting District No. 91-1 for the Fiscal Year 2025-26 and Ordering the Levy and Collection of Assessments

• RECOMMENDED ACTIONS:

  Council OPENS the Public Hearing, takes any public testimony, CLOSES the Public Hearing; and
  
  ADOPTS Resolution approving collection of assessments for the Fiscal Year 2025-26 for the Landscape and Lighting District No. 91-1; and
  
  ORDERS the Landscape and Lighting District No. 91-1 levy to be placed on the Fiscal Year 2025-26 Riverside County tax roll.
  
  FINDS the project to be exempt from the provisions of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to Section 15060. 

H.3

Annual Levy and Engineer’s Report for the DrainageMaintenance Benefit Assessment District No. 1

• RECOMMENDED ACTIONS:

  Council OPENS the Public Hearing, takes any public testimony, CLOSES the Public Hearing; and
  
  ADOPTS Resolution approving the Engineer’s Report for the Drainage Maintenance Benefit Assessment District No. 1 for the Fiscal Year 2025-26; and
  
  ADOPTS Resolution approving the annual levy of the Drainage Maintenance Benefit Assessment District No. 1 for the Fiscal Year 2025-26; and
  
  ORDERS the Drainage Maintenance Benefit Assessment District No. 1 levy to be placed on the Fiscal Year 2025-26 Riverside County tax roll; and
  
  FINDS the project to be exempt from the provisions of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to Section 15060. 

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

City Monument at Indian Wells Lane

• RECOMMENDED ACTIONS:

  Council SELECTS an option for the replacement of City monument sign located on Indian Wells Lane at Highway 111; and
  
  Council APPROVES a preliminary budget to fund the project, commensurate with the option selected, if appropriate; and
  
  FINDS the project to be categorically exempt from the provisions of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) as not a project pursuant to Section 15378.

J.

COUNCIL MEMBER'S 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 SANDERS

Coachella Valley Animal Campus
Cove Communities Service Commission
Desert Sands Unified School District
Desert Recreation District 
Indian Wells Marketing Committee
Indian Wells Finance & Legal Oversight Committee
Indian Wells Public Safety

J.2

COUNCIL MEMBER PENNA

Coachella Valley Mountain Conservancy
Indian Wells Preservation Foundation
Visit Greater Palm Springs
Indian Wells Community Activities Committee
Indian Wells Grants In Aid Committee
Indian Wells Public Safety Committee

J.3

COUNCIL MEMBER TAYLOR

Riverside County Transportation Commission
CVAG Homelessness Committee
CVAG Public Safety Committee
CVAG Transportation Committee
Indian Wells Golf Resort Advisory Committee

J.4

MAYOR PRO TEM REED

Southern California Association of Governments
CVAG Conservation Commission
CVAG Energy & Sustainability Committee
Desert Recreation District 
Indian Wells Marketing Committee
Indian Wells Finance & Legal Oversight Committee
Indian Wells Personnel Committee
Indian Wells Tee Committee

J.5

MAYOR WHITMAN

California Joint Power Insurance Authority (JPIA)
Coachella Valley Economic Partnership
CVAG Executive Committee
Cove Communities Services Commission
Desert Sands Unified School District
Indian Wells Golf Advisory Committee
Indian Wells Personnel Committee
Indian Wells Tee Committee
Sunline Transit Agency

K.

ADJOURNMENT

To a scheduled Strategic Planning Session of the City Council to be held at 9:00 a.m. on April 17, 2025 in the Indian Wells Golf Resort Celebrity Ballroom.

 

 

Affidavit of Posting,

I, Angelica Avila, certify that on March 27, 2025 I caused to be posted a notice of a City Council Meeting to be held on April 3, 2025 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]