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City Council

Agenda

 

 

Study Session 3:00 p.m.

Regular Meeting 5:30 p.m.

 

Wednesday, April 09, 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.

Fiscal Year (FY) 2025/2026 and 2026/2027 Biennial Budget General Fund Overview Discussion

Recommendation: This item is presented for information and discussion only.

 

3.

CLOSED SESSION

 

A.

Conference with Labor Negotiator: Pursuant to Government Code 54957.6

 

Labor Negotiator: Charles McClendon, City Manager and Eugenia Torres, Human Resources Manager

 

Employee Organization: Cathedral City Police Management Association (CCPMA)

Recommendation: There is no Staff Recommendation.

 

B.

Conference with Legal Counsel - Anticipated Litigation/Threat of Litigation, Pursuant to Government Code Section 54956.9(d)(2).

 

Number of Potential Cases: Two

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.

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.

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.

 

3.

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.

 

B.

Approval of the March 26, 2025, Study Session and Regular City Council Minutes and the April 2, 2025, Special City Council Minutes.

Recommendation: Approve the Minutes of the March 26, 2025, Study Session and Regular City Council Meeting and the April 2, 2025, Special City Council Meeting Minutes.

 

C.

Accept the Resignation of Ruth Fernandez from the Finance Advisory Committee and Mobile Home Fair Practices Commission.

Recommendation: accept the resignation of Ruth Fernandez from the Finance Advisory Committee and Mobile Home Fair Practices Commission effective immediately, and direct staff to proceed with filling the vacant seats.

 

D.

Ratification of Council Appointments to Various Local Agencies

Recommendation: To review the updated list of Local Agency Assignments and ratify the appointments.

 

4.

PUBLIC HEARINGS

There are no Public Hearing Items

 

5.

LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS

 

A.

AB 1600 Development Impact Fee (DIF) Annual Update

Recommendation: This items is for presentation and discussion only.

 

B.

City User and Regulatory Fees Update

Recommendation: This item provides findings and recommendations from the recently completed user fee study. Upon incorporating City Council feedback, staff recommend the City Council hold a subsequent Public Hearing, whereby the City Council can determine whether to adopt the

schedule of user and regulatory fees.

 

C.

Preliminary Contract Award for Cathedral City International Hot Air Balloon Festival

Recommendation: To approve SoundSkilz as the selected vendor for the Cathedral City International Hot Air Balloon Festival based on the evaluation panel's scoring and recommendation.

 

6.

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).

 

7.

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.