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of IndioCitj Council/RDA illinuieNklatch " . 2007Mr. Southard indicated tow trucks have been an issue with a number of councilmembers regarding parking in the community and the City has had numerouscomplaints from people about trucks, particularly the large ones.Chief Ramos indicated the Police Department came up with a system wheretowers could park in designated areas that were fairly close. Regarding highercompensation, we are aware there could have been an extended response time,and had suggested 30 minutes went to 40 minutes due to the fact that the towermight be having to park in a commercial parking area or make arrangements witha private property owner that has a strip mall where they could park and lookedat they would still be able to meet the needs of the community. The FireDepartment has a ladder truck that we did not have at the time of the contractthat makes extractions and other things that are life saving. The City isconcerned with the amount of tonnage that is on streets as it tears up the streets.We looked at some of the radiuses of the drivers and most of them could bewithin a five or ten minute walking distance if they wanted to walk to their rigs or ifthey had to drive more than a ten minute response from where they live to wheretheir vehicle was parked.Councilmember Gilbert stated he asked Chief Ramos to look into this severalmonths ago because his neighborhood was impacted by a tow truck company. Ithad numerous tow trucks there with vehicles on top of those, tearing up thestreet, oil in the street, firing up in the middle of the night and letting it run with thediesel, taking up all the parking spaces and his neighbors complained to him.Hopefully, this can be worked out.5 CONSENT CALENDARa.Approval of Minutes, February 21, 2007 Meetingb. Payment of Warrantsc.Request for one year time extension for Tentative Tract Map 32869 as

requested by Beazer Homes and Tentative Tract Map Nos. 32287; 32288;32341; and 32462 as requested by SUNCALd. Acceptance of Street, Water and Monument Improvements for Tract No.31692 (Las Colinas Enclave, GHA, Paloma Group) release of bondse. Report on the measures to alleviate Ordinance No. 1496 imposing a moratoriumon the approval of Medical Marijuana dispensariesf. Deny claim as submitted by Janette VasquezMr. Kotkin indicated Councilmember Ramos Watson would recuse herself on all butone Tentative Tract Map in Item 5c. based upon income derived from the developerwith respect to those tract maps within the last 12 months.

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It was moved by Councilmember Gilbert, seconded by Councilmember RamosWatson, and unanimously carried to APPROVE the Consent Calendar assubmitted including only Beazer Tentative Tract Map No. 32869 and excludingSunCal Tentative Tract Maps 32287, 32288, 32341, and 32462 in Item 5c.It was moved by Councilmember Gilbert, seconded by Councilmember Wilson,and carried with an abstention by Councilmember Ramos Watson to APPROVEConsent Calendar Item 5c. SunCal Tentative Tract Maps 32287, 32288, 32341,anc 32462.6.PUBLIC HEARING: REQUEST BY TARGET CORPORATION FOR A

CERTIFICATE OF PUBLIC CONVENIENCE AND NECESSITY TO SELLON-SITE ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES

Mayor Godfrey declared the public hearing opened at 6:50 p.m.Steve Copenhaver, Community Development Director, indicated this is theTarget site located at the southwest corner of Avenue 42 and Jackson. Heindicated stores of this nature sell alcoholic beverages for off site consumption.Mayor Godfrey declared the public hearing closed at 6:51 p.m.It was moved by Councilmember Gilbert, seconded by Councilmember RamosWatson, and unanimously carried to APPROVE the issuance of a Certificate ofPublic Convenience and Necessity.7.ALTERNATIVE NO. 1 ON THE JEFFERSON STREET/INTERSTATE 10

INTERCHANGE

Jim Smith, Public Works Director, reported there are several agencies planningimprovements along Interstate 10 including the Federal Highways Administration,Riverside County, Coachella Valley Association of Governments, and Caltrans.The City of Indio is the lead for this Jefferson Street project and we have enlistedthe help of RBF Consulting Engineers of Palm Desert to help us complete theenvironmental documents which we have been involved with since about 2001.He provided a PowerPoint representation of the area. We are talking about thisproject because of developmental growth and additional traffic. Based upongeometric studies, layouts, cross sections, environmental impact, and the effectson the environment, this is the proposed alternative. Several alternatives havebeen looked at. Since 2003, many environmental studies and documents pointedto this alternative. This will support the future growth in this area and allowssmooth circulation and all the things the General Plan talks about in terms oflevel of service and capacity.

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Mr Southard indicated this is what was first envisioned by the City Council a longtime ago. We looked at it not as an interchange, but as our economicdevelopment opportunity, because it is a major interchange. This alternativeleaves four areas for development. These interchanges were funded thendefunded because of the State budget and the longer we wait the greaterlikelihood we have of being defunded again, so we want to make a decision.Charles Ellis, co-manager, Jefferson Street Ventures, LLC, owners of theproperty on the east side of Jefferson thanked staff for the report and therecommendation. He indicated none of the alternatives work well for hisorganization, but they want to see the City move forward and Alternative No. 1 isthe least onerous to their project and to their property. He thanked the CityManager for getting personally involved and pushing the process forward. Hiscompany is very concerned that the whole process has held up their project andis concerned that the project will lose funding if it does not move forward quicklyas it is a long process just to get to where it is today. He believes if a decision isnot made tonight to select Alternative No. 1 and tell Caltrans this is what the Citywants, the project will be delayed even further which will not be good foranybody. His company concurs with the Staff Report and with all his company sreservations about it, they applaud Staff for moving it along and hope it willaccelerate.It was moved by Councilmember Gilbert, seconded by Councilmember RamosWatson, and unanimously carried to AUTHORIZE staff to finalize Alternative No.1 and to solicit proposals for completing construction drawings of the interchangebased on Alternative No. 1.8. AMEND CITY S TRAVEL AND EXPENSE POLICYCouncilmember Wilson stated he did some research into past City policies andpulled travel and expense policies from other cities. His recommendation is thatthis be handled with a Council sub-committee to look over the different policiesand make some recommendations.It was moved by Councilmember Ramos Watson, seconded by CouncilmemberGilbert, and carried to ADOPT the proposed revised policy by the following vote:

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There being no further business to discuss, it was moved by CouncilmemberWilson, seconded by Councilmember Ramos Watson, and unanimously carriedto ADJOURN at 7:20 p.m.

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