CITY COUNCIL
Meeting Agenda

Thursday, October 24, 2024

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

B.

APPROVAL OF THE FINAL AGENDA

C.

PROCLAMATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS

C.1

Proclamation Recognizing the Month of October 2024 as “Fire Prevention and Mini Muster” Month in the City of Indian Wells

C.2

Riverside County Fire Update by Battalion Chief Matthew Kotz

C.3

Riverside County Sheriff Update by Indian Wells Lieutenant David Wright

C.4

Grand Hyatt Indian Wells Resort Update by General Manager Dan Johnson

C.5

2025 Dr. George Charity Car Show Presentation by Vice President of Palm Springs Cruisin' Association Craig Korthase

C.6

Indian Wells Capital Improvement Project Update by Assistant Public Works Manager Dina Purvis

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

Extension of Exclusive Negotiation Agreements with Abode Communities and Summit Development for Affordable Housing Development in Indian Wells

• RECOMMENDED ACTIONS:

  Council AUTHORIZES and DIRECTS the City Attorney to prepare and the City Manager to execute a 120-day extension to the exclusive-negotiation agreements with Adobe Communities and Summit Developers (Genton Developers) regarding potential development of an affordable housing project in the City of Indian Wells; and

  
  FINDS the action is not a project within the meaning of Section 15378 of the State of California Environmental Quality Act (“CEQA”) Guidelines because it has no potential to result in physical change in the environment, directly or indirectly; and that the action is nonetheless exempt from the requirements of CEQA in that the activity is covered by the general rule that CEQA applies only to projects that have the potential for causing a significant effect on the environment. (14 CCR 15061(b)(3).) 

G.2

Update on the City Council Strategic Planning Goals of 2024

• RECOMMENDED ACTIONS:

  Council RECEIVES and FILES the update on the City Council Strategic Planning Goals of 2024; and

  
  FINDS the action exempt from CEQA review under CEQA Guidelines section 15061(b)(3).

G.3

Resolution Amending the Conflict-of-Interest Code of the City of Indian Wells Pursuant to the Political Reform Act of 1974

• RECOMMENDED ACTIONS:

  Council ADOPTS and APPROVES to amend the Conflict-of-Interest Code of the City of Indian Wells pursuant to the Political Reform Act, section 87303; and

  
  FINDS the action exempt from CEQA review under CEQA Guidelines section 15061(b)(3).

G.4

Sponsorship Request Benefiting the Joslyn Senior Center

• RECOMMENDED ACTIONS:

  Council APPROVES sponsorship request in the amount of $1,000 for the Joslyn Center Season Kickoff event held on November 1, 2024, at the William Cody Petrie House in Indian Wells; and

  
  AUTHORIZES the attendance of Council Members at the event; and

  
  FINDS the action exempt from CEQA review under CEQA Guidelines section 15061(b)(3).

G.5

Council Member Attendance at 2025 Events

• RECOMMENDED ACTIONS:

  Council PRE-APPROVES the attendance of Councilmembers to attend the Passion of Excellence on January 28, 2025, and Wild at Heart Gala on February 22, 2025 as identified in the staff report; and

  
  FINDS the action exempt from CEQA review under CEQA Guidelines section 15061(b)(3).

G.6

Safer Streets Public Engagement Process to be Facilitated through Planning Commission Special Meetings

• RECOMMENDED ACTIONS:

  Council APPROVES the City’s Public Engagement process for the Safer Streets Project to be facilitated through special meetings of the Planning Commission; 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.

H.

PUBLIC HEARINGS

No public hearings.

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

Tourism and Marketing Program for FY 2024-2025

• RECOMMENDED ACTIONS:

  Council RECIEVES and FILES the Tourism and Marketing Plan Presentation for FY 2024-2025; and

  
  FINDS the action exempt from California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) review under Guidelines section 15061(b)(3).

I.2

Ordinance Amending Chapter 21.32 Relating to Time-Share Provisions of the Municipal Code

• RECOMMENDED ACTIONS:

  Council ADOPTS ordinance adding Chapter 21.32 “Time-Share Uses” and deleting Section 21.04.090 from Title 21 of the Indian Wells Municipal Code reinforcing the City’s prohibition against time-share uses within the City; and

  
  FINDS the action to be exempt from the provisions of the California Environmental Quality Act (“CEQA”) under state CEQA Guidelines sections 15060(c)(2), 15060(c)(3), and 15061(b)(3).

  –Or–

  If the Council wants to consider “grandfathering” the two existing Pacaso timeshare properties — DIRECTS staff and the city attorney to prepare a revised draft ordinance for the council to consider at a future meeting.

I.3

Award of Bid for Redesign of the Players Course at the Indian Wells Golf Resort

• RECOMMENDED ACTIONS:

  Council AUTHORIZES the supplemental appropriation of $12,000,000 to Troon to complete the redesign of the Player’s Course; and

  
  AUTHORIZES the supplemental appropriation of $1,500,000 to Troon to complete a Fire Access Road, utilizing County Structural Fire Tax Credits; and

  
  AUTHORIZES the City Attorney to prepare an addendum to the Troon Management Agreement permitting Troon to serve as project manager for this capital improvement project; and   

  
  ADOPTS Resolution approving an Addendum to the City’s General Plan Final Environmental Impact Report per Section 15164(a) of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines and directing staff to file the Notice of Determination. 

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 GRIFFITH

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

J.2

COUNCIL MEMBER REED

California Joint Powers Insurance Authority
CVAG Transportation Committee
Indian Wells Marketing Committee
Riverside County Transportation Commission
Southern California Association of Governments

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 WHITMAN

Coachella Valley Economic Partnership
Coachella Valley Mountains Conservancy
CVAG Public Safety Committee
Desert Sands Unified School District
Indian Wells Personnel Committee
Indian Wells Public Safety
Indian Wells Tee Committee

J.5

MAYOR SANDERS

Cove Communities Services Commission
CVAG Executive Committee
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
Visit Greater Palm Springs

K.

ADJOURNMENT

To a regularly scheduled meeting of the City Council to be held at 1:30 p.m. on November 7, 2024 in the City Hall Council Chamber.

 

 

Affidavit of Posting,

I, Angelica Avila, certify that on October 18, 2024 I caused to be posted a notice of a City Council Meeting to be held on October 24, 2024 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]