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City Council

Agenda

 

 

Study Session 3:00 p.m.

Regular Meeting 5:30 p.m.

 

Wednesday, February 26, 2025

 

City Council Chambers

68-700 Avenida Lalo Guerrero

Cathedral City, CA 92234

 

MAYOR

Nancy Ross
 

CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS

 

Mayor Pro Tem

Raymond Gregory
 

 

Councilmember

Rita Lamb

 

Councilmember

Ernesto Gutierrez

 

 

Councilmember

Mark Carnevale

 

 

 

 

 

STUDY SESSION 3:00PM

 

Normally no action is taken on Study Session Items, however, the City Council reserves the right to give specific policy direction and take specific action as necessary. Presentations will be limited to 10 minutes unless other provisions are made in advance.

 

CALL TO ORDER

 

ROLL CALL

 

AGENDA FINALIZATION

At this time the City Council may announce any items being pulled from the agenda or continued to another date.

 

1.

PUBLIC COMMENTS

 

This is the opportunity for members of the public to comment on any items not appearing on the regular agenda. Because of restrictions contained in California Law, the City Council may not discuss or act on any item not on the agenda but may briefly respond to statements made or ask a question for clarification. The Mayor may also request a brief response from staff to questions raised during public comment or may request a matter be agendized for a future meeting. Public Comment will be limited to three (3) minutes.

 

2.

STUDY SESSION

 

A.

Modernizing the Development Code - Seminar with Mintier Harnish

Recommendation: Receive the presentation and discuss, as appropriate.

 

B.

AB1600 Development Impact Fee Funds Commitments

Recommendation: This presentation is for information and feedback only.

 

3.

CLOSED SESSION

 

A.

Conference with Legal Counsel – Anticipated Litigation

Pursuant to Government Code section 54956.9(d)(4)

To decide whether to initiate litigation

Number of Matters: One (1)

Recommendation: There is no Staff Recommendation.

 

RECESS

 

REGULAR MEETING - 5:30 PM

 

CALL TO ORDER

 

PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

 

INVOCATION (MOMENT OF REFLECTION)

 

ROLL CALL

 

AGENDA FINALIZATION

At this time the City Council may announce any items being pulled from the agenda or continued to another date.

 

1.

SPECIAL PRESENTATION

 

Recognition of Cathedral City Firefighter of the Year

Recommendation: This is a special recognition, no formal action will be taken.

 

2.

PUBLIC HEARINGS

 

A.

Extension of Cannabis Moratorium

Recommendation: Staff recommends approval of the ordinance extending the cannabis moratorium on the approval of new cannabis licenses and conditional use permits and the issuance of building permits for the build-out or expansion of new cannabis businesses.

 

3.

PUBLIC COMMENTS

 

This is the opportunity for members of the public to comment on any items not appearing on the regular agenda. Because of restrictions contained in California Law, the City Council may not discuss or act on any item not on the agenda but may briefly respond to statements made or ask a question for clarification. The Mayor may also request a brief response from staff to questions raised during public comment or may request a matter be agendized for a future meeting. Public Comment will be limited to three (3) minutes.

 

4.

COUNCIL REPORTS

 

This is an opportunity for each member of the City Council to report on any conferences they attend, local events or make any other comments they may have.

 

5.

CONSENT AGENDA

 

The following Consent Calendar items are expected to be routine and noncontroversial. They will be acted upon by the City Council at one time without discussion. Any Council Member, Staff Member, or Citizen may request removal of an item from the Consent Calendar for discussion.

 

A.

Waive Full Reading of Ordinances on Agenda

Recommendation: Waive Full Reading of Ordinances on Agenda.

 

B.

Approval of the February 12, 2026 Study Session and Regular Council Minutes

Recommendation: Approve the February 12, 2025 Study Session and Regular City Council Minutes.

 

C.

Accept the Resignation of Sunshine Herrera from the Historic Preservation Committee

Recommendation: Accept the resignation of Sunshine Herrera from the Historic Preservation Committee effective immediately, and direct staff to proceed with filing the vacant seat.

 

D.

Gift of Drone Light Show for 2025 LGBT+ Days

Recommendation: To accept a gift in the amount of $50,000 from Grizzly Entertainment and approve $5,000 in crew travel expenses for a drone light show at Cathedral City LGBT+ Days 2025.

 

E.

Reject Bids for the HSIP Cycle 9A Traffic Signal Improvements at Twelve Intersections Project

Recommendation: To reject all bids received for the construction of the Highway Safety Improvements Program (HSIP) Cycle 9A Traffic Signal Improvements at Twelve Intersections Project (C08752); and direct staff to readvertise for construction bids to ensure compliance with fair and competitive bidding practices.

 

6.

LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS

 

A.

Award Professional Services Agreement to Ardurra Group Inc. for CWSRF Septic-to-Sewer Planning Project

Recommendation: Staff is requesting that City Council award a Professional Services Agreement to Ardurra Group Inc., in the amount of $2,178,017.56 for professional engineering services to evaluate, design, and develop documents necessary for the CWSRF Septic-to-Sewer Project (C01020), in accordance with the terms outlined in CWSRF Agreement No. D2401000 with SWRCB; and approve a ten percent (10%) contingency in the amount of $217,801.76 for any unforeseeable design costs, thereby, bringing the total design budget for this project to $2,395,819.32; and authorize the City Manager to execute all the necessary Agreement documents.

 

B.

Award a Construction Contract to Vance Corporation for the FY 2024-2025 Dream Homes Neighborhood Area and East Palm Canyon Drive Pavement Rehabilitation Projects

Recommendation: To award a construction contract to Vance Corporation in the amount of $481,836.28 for the fiscal year (FY) 2024-2025 Dream Homes Neighborhood Area (C08693) and East Palm Canyon Drive (C08694) Pavement Rehabilitation Projects; approve a twenty percent (20%) contingency in the amount of $96,373.72 for unforeseeable construction costs, thereby bringing the total project budget to the amount of $578;210.00; and, authorize the City Manager to execute the required contract documents; and, authorize the City Engineer to request bonds and insurance for the project, and issue the notice to proceed.

 

7.

DISCUSSION ON FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS

 

This is an opportunity for members of the City Council to request that, and for the City Council to discuss whether, one or more items should be added to the agenda of a future regular or special City Council meeting. To comply with the Brown Act, discussion should be limited to whether to add the item(s), and direction given to the City Manager regarding scheduling and prioritization of the item(s).

 

8.

CLOSED SESSION

 

ADJOURNMENT

 

 

NOTES TO THE PUBLIC

 

The City of Cathedral City complies with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990. If you require special assistance to participate in this meeting, please call the City Clerk’s Office at (760) 770-0322 at least 48 hours prior to the meeting. 

If you desire to address the City Council during the meeting, please complete a Request to Speak Form available at the entrance and present it to the City Clerk. Speakers will be called upon at the appropriate time.

Written Comments will be accepted until 2:00 p.m. on the day of the meeting.  Written comments may be submitted via email, letter, or other forms of written communication.  To email comments please email to [email protected].

Hard copies of written comments and any other document will be provided to the City Council and made available for the general public to review.  All written comments received by the submission deadline will be made part of the official record.  The meeting minutes will include: The name of the individual submitting the comment and a brief statement summarizing the content of the comment.

Submitted Written Comments will not be read into the record during the meeting.