Desert Hot Springs — 2025-07-01

1.\nCONFERENCE WITH LABOR NEGOTIATORS\nPursuant to Government Code §54957.6\nAgency Designated Representatives: City Manager, Doria Wilms\nCity Attorney, Jennifer Mizrahi\nEmployee Organization: Desert Hot Springs Employee Union (DHSEU)

10.\nAward Construction Agreement for the Reflection Park Phase II\nProject 4002\nRaul Arauz, Associate Engineer\n75 - 338\nRecommendation:\n1) Award the construction agreement for Reflection Park Phase II Project,\nCity Project No. 4002, to the lowest responsive qualified bidder Landmark\nAssociated Builders, Inc.; and\n2) Authorize the City Manager to draft and execute the construction\nagreement for Reflection Park Phase II Project, City Project No. 4002,\nwith Landmark Associated Builders, Inc., in an amount not to exceed\n$469,500.00, with a 10% contingency of $46,950.00 bringing the total\namount to $516,450.00, and approve a total project budget in an amount\nof $561,448.00 for additional project expenses for construction\nmanagement.\nStaff Report - SR-25-181 - Pdf

11.\nAward Construction Agreement for the Wardman Park\nImprovement Project, Project #: 4012\nRaul Arauz, Associate Engineer\nRecommendation:\n1) Award the construction agreement for Wardman Park Project, City\nProject No. 4012, to the lowest responsive qualified bidder Landmark\nAssociated Builders, inc.; and\n2) Authorize the City Manager to draft and execute the construction\nagreement for Wardman Park Improvement Project, City Project No.\n4012, with Landmark Associated Builders, Inc., in an amount not to\nexceed $179,500.00 (Base Bid), with a 10% contingency of $17,950.00\nbringing the total amount to $197,450.00, and approve a total project\nbudget in an amount of $232,442.00. for additional project expenses for\nconstruction management.\nStaff Report - SR-25-178 - Pdf\n339 - 549

12.\nApproval of Professional Services Agreement with Take Five\nEntertainment for 2025-2026 Downtown Outdoor Concert Series.\nRoberta Crncic, Recreation and Community Services Director\n551 - 585\nRecommendation:\nAuthorize the City Manager to enter into a Professional Services\nAgreement with Take Five Entertainment in the amount of $132,000 to\nproduce 12 monthly outdoor concerts in the downtown for Fiscal Year\n2025-2026; with substantive edits to be negotiated and approved by the\nCity Manager and upon approval as to form by the City Attorney.\nStaff Report - SR-25-169 - Pdf

13.\nCity Council Regular Meeting Minutes: June 17, 2025\nJerryl Soriano, City Clerk\n587 - 597\nRecommendation: Approve the minutes as presented; or as corrected.\nStaff Report - SR-25-180 - Pdf

14.\nSecond Reading and Adoption of an Ordinance Adopting an\nEngineering and Traffic Survey, Establishing Maximum Speed\nLimits\nJerryl Soriano, City Clerk\n599 - 908\nRecommendation:\nApprove Second Reading, read by title only and adopt: "An Ordinance of\nthe City Council of the City of Desert Hot Springs Adopting an Engineering\nand Traffic Survey, Establishing Maximum Speed Limits on Streets Within\nthe City of Desert Hot Springs, and Amending Section 10.32.010 of the\nDesert Hot Springs Municipal Code."\nStaff Report - SR-25-179 - Pdf

15.\nSecond Amendment to the Professional Services Agreement with\nIntegrity Investigative & Compliance Services, LLC, for Cannabis\nCompliance Services\nEmily Granados, Management Analyst\nRecommendation:\nAuthorize the City Manager to negotiate and execute a Second\nAmendment to the Professional Services Agreement with Integrity\nInvestigative & Compliance Services, LLC, for cannabis compliance\nservices.\nStaff Report - SR-25-167 - Pdf\n909 - 925

16.\n(Successor Agency) Request for Subordination of Statutory PassThrough Payments in Connection with Proposed Issuance of Tax\nAllocation Refunding Bonds from the Successor Agency of the\nformer County of Riverside Redevelopment Agency\nGeoffrey Buchheim, Administrative Services Director\n927 - 934\nRecommendation:\nApprove the Acknowledgement of the request by the Successor Agency\nto the Redevelopment Agency for the County of Riverside to subordinate\nthe City of Desert Hot Springs’ Statutory Pass-through payments after the\nSuccessor Agency to the County former Redevelopment Area’s payment\nobligations for the 2025C Bonds.\nStaff Report - SR-25-173 - Pdf

17.\n(Housing Authority) Declaration that Nine (9) Vacant Parcels of\nReal Property are Exempt Surplus Land Pursuant to California\nSurplus Land Act\nGeoffrey Buchheim, Administrative Services Director\n935 - 950\nRecommendation:\nAdopt a resolution of the Desert Hot Springs Housing Authority Board of\nDirectors declaring that nine (9) vacant parcels of real property identified\nas APNs 638-152-006, 639-182-051, 639-191-048, 639-221-017, 641092-034, 667-120-018, 667-120-020, 667-120-021 and 667-120-022 are\nexempt surplus land pursuant to the California Surplus Land Act\n(Government Code § 54220 et seq.) and finding that such declaration is\nexempt from environmental review under the California Environmental\nQuality Act, and taking related actions.\nStaff Report - SR-25-170 - Pdf

18.\nFirst Amendment to Professional Services Agreement with Smith\nGarson, Inc. (formerly Smith Dawson and Andrews, Inc.) for\nFederal Advocacy Services\nEmily Haecker, Senior Executive Analyst\n951 - 955\nRecommendation:\nAuthorize the City Manager to execute a First Amendment to the\nProfessional Services Agreement with Smith Garson, Inc. (formerly Smith\nDawson and Andrews, Inc.) for Federal Advocacy Services for an\nadditional two-year term in an amount not to exceed $72,000.00 per year.\nStaff Report - SR-25-164 - Pdf

19.\nSchool Resource Officer\nSteven Shaw, Police Chief\nRecommendation:\nAuthorize the City Manager to execute an agreement between the City of\nDesert Hot Springs and the Palm Springs Unified School District for the\nPolice Department to provide one School Resource Officer for the\n2025/2026 and 2026/2027 school years; with substantive edits to be\n957 - 968\nnegotiated and approved by the City Manager and upon approval as to\nform by the City Attorney.\nStaff Report - SR-25-162 - Pdf

2.\nCONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL-ANTICIPATED LITIGATION\nSignificant exposure to litigation pursuant to subdivision (d)(2) of Section\n54956.9: The facts and circumstances involve a transactional\noccurrence that might result in litigation

20.\nPolice Department Patrol Vehicle Purchase\nSteven Shaw, Police Chief\n969 - 970\nRecommendation:\nAuthorize staff to purchase two (2) Ford Police Interceptor vehicles from\nPalm Springs Motors for a total cost of $109,459.18.\nStaff Report - SR-25-163 - Pdf

21.\nApproval of Parcel Map 32029 for Skyborne Ventures, LLC\nDaniel Porras, Deputy City Manager\n971 - 1033\nRecommendation:\n1) Find that the Parcel Map No. 32029 is in substantial conformance with\nthe previously approved tentative map;\n2) Approve Parcel Map No. 32029 in accordance with the Conditions of\nApproval and contingent on plan check approval;\n3) Accept any and all dedications as offered on the map for street and\npublic utility purposes, and necessary easements;\n4) Authorize the City Clerk and City Engineer to sign the map evidencing\nthe City Council's approval; and\n5) Authorize staff to process and file the map with the County Recorder's\nOffice.\nStaff Report - SR-25-171 - Pdf

22.\nApproval of City's Title VI Program\nDaniel Porras, Deputy City Manager\n1035 1072\nRecommendation: Approve the City's Title VI Program.\nStaff Report - SR-25-172 - Pdf

3.\nCONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL-ANTICIPATED INITIATION\nOF LITIGATION\nPursuant to Government Code Section 54956.9(d)(4) – One Case

4.\nResolution Affirming the Report of Public Nuisance Abatement\nCosts and Placing Them on the Tax Roll\nEmily Granados, Management Analyst\nRecommendation:\n1) Staff Report;\n2) Entertain questions of Staff from the City Council;\n3) Open the Public Hearing;\n4) Take public testimony from those in favor;\n5) Take public testimony from those opposed;\n6) Take public testimony from those in a neutral position;\n9 - 19\n7) Close the Public Hearing;\n8) City Council discussion; and\n9) Adopt a Resolution of the City Council affirming the report of Public\nNuisance Abatement Costs and placing them on the 2025-2026 tax roll.\nStaff Report - SR-25-166 - Pdf

5.\nLost Cultivation Crop Waiver Appeal Fee\nAndrew Nielsen, Cannabis Compliance Supervisor\n21 - 27\nRecommendation:\n1) Staff Report;\n2) Entertain questions of Staff from the City Council;\n3) Open the Public Hearing;\n4) Take public testimony from those in favor;\n5) Take public testimony from those opposed;\n6) Take public testimony from those in a neutral position;\n7) Close the Public Hearing;\n8) City Council discussion; and\n9) Adopt a Resolution of the City Council of the City of Desert Hot Springs,\nCalifornia, adopting new user fees related to lost cultivation crop waiver\ndenial hearings and the Nexus Study prepared therefor.\nStaff Report - SR-25-136 - Pdf\nADMINISTRATIVE CALENDAR:

6.\nFormation of a Fire Services Ad Hoc Subcommittee\nScott Matas, Mayor\n29\nRecommendation: Ratify the formation of an ad hoc committee\nconsisting of Mayor Matas and Councilmember Pitts.\nStaff Report - SR-25-175 - Pdf

7.\nPhase Two Mural Program - Downtown Arts and Cultural District\nDoria Wilms, City Manager\n31 - 48\nRecommendation:\nAuthorize the City Manager to negotiate and execute a Professional\nServices Agreement with The Mural Supply Co. for the Curation of Phase\nTwo of the Downtown Mural Program to include a minimum of (12) Twelve\nMurals in the Downtown Arts and Culture District in an amount not to\nexceed $250,000 from the Art in Public Places Fund.\nStaff Report - SR-25-174 - Pdf

8.\nProfessional Services Agreement for an Animal Adoption\nSpecialist\nChristina Newsom, Acting Deputy City Manager\nRecommendation:\nAuthorize the City Manager to execute a Professional Services\nAgreement with Danielle Munnik in the amount of $50,000 for animal\n49 - 66\nadoption services; with substantive edits to be negotiated and approved\nby the City Manager and upon approval as to form by the City Attorney.\nStaff Report - SR-25-168 - Pdf

9.\nOrdinance Amending Desert Hot Springs Municipal Code Chapter\n3.38 - Lost Cultivation Crop Waiver Appeal Fee\nAndrew Nielsen, Cannabis Compliance Supervisor\n67 - 74\nRecommendation:\nIntroduce for first reading and read by title only: "An Ordinance of the City\nCouncil of the City of Desert Hot Springs, California, amending Chapter\n3.38 “Lost Cultivation Crop Waiver” of Title 3 "Revenue and Finance" of\nthe Desert Hot Springs Municipal Code."\nStaff Report - SR-25-137 - Pdf