Palm Springs — 2026-01-14

A.\nAPPROVAL OF MINUTES\nRECOMMENDATION:\nApprove the City Council Meeting Minutes of December 10, 2025.

B.\nDESTRUCTION OF OBSOLETE RECORDS PURSUANT TO THE ADOPTED RECORDS\nRETENTION SCHEDULE AND DESTRUCTION PROCEDURE\nRECOMMENDATION:\nAdopt a Resolution entitled, “A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF\nPALM SPRINGS, CALIFORNIA, AUTHORIZING THE DESTRUCTION OF RECORDS (AS\nIDENTIFIED ON EXHIBIT “A”) AND IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE RETENTION\nSCHEDULE ADOPTED PER RESOLUTION NO. 25239.”

C.\nAPPROVE AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO CONTRACT SERVICE AGREEMENT 25B194 WITH\nE M D CONSTRUCTION, INC., FOR ON-CALL DOORS AND WINDOWS\nINSTALLATION, MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR SERVICES\nRECOMMENDATION:\n1. Approve Amendment No. 1 to Agreement 25B194 with E M D Construction, Inc., to\nprovide on-call doors and windows installation, maintenance and repair services for\nthe Public Works Department for an additional amount of $595,000 and for a total\nrevised contract amount not to exceed $995,000 through July 21, 2028, with two one-\nyear extension options at the City’s sole discretion; and\n2. Authorize the City Manager or designee to execute all necessary documents.

D.\nAPPROVAL OF FIRST AMENDMENT TO CITY OF PALM SPRINGS WIRELESS\nCOMMUNICATIONS FACILITIES SITE LEASE WITH LOS ANGELES SMSA LIMITED\nPARTNERSHIP, DBA VERIZON WIRELESS, FOR THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 1901\nEAST BARISTO ROAD\nRECOMMENDATION:\n1. Approve the proposed First Amendment to City of Palm Springs Wireless\nCommunications Facilities Site Lease with Los Angeles SMSA Limited Partnership\ndba Verizon Wireless for the property located at 1901 East Baristo Road to extend the\nterm for three additional renewal periods of five years each, commencing on October\n1, 2028, adjust rent and annual escalation and other updates outlined therein.\n2. Authorize the City Manager or designee to execute all necessary documents.

E.\nSECOND READING AND ADOPTION OF ORDINANCE NO. 2121 OF THE CITY OF\nPALM SPRINGS, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING PALMS SPRINGS MUNICIPAL CODE\nSECTION 5.55 OF THE PALM SPRINGS MUNICIPAL CODE REGARDING CANNABIS\nLOUNGES\nRECOMMENDATION:\nWaive the second reading of text in its entirety, read by title only, and adopt Ordinance No.\n2121, “AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALM SPRINGS,\nCALIFORNIA, AMENDING CHAPTER 5.55 OF THE PALM SPRINGS MUNICIPAL CODE,\nREGARDING CANNABIS LOUNGES”

F.\nAPPROVAL OF AMENDMENT NO. 5 TO PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT\nNO. A9141 WITH MWH CONSTRUCTORS, INC. IN THE AMOUNT OF $18,340 AND\nEXTEND AGREEMENT THROUGH MARCH 31, 2026, FOR THE WASTEWATER\nTREATMENT PLANT (WWTP) DIGESTER NO. 2 GAS FLARE AND FILTRATE PUMP\nSTATION, CITY PROJECTS 20-25 & 21-07 (“THE PROJECT”)\nRECOMMENDATION:\n1. Approve Amendment No. 5 in the amount of $18,340 to Professional Services\nAgreement No. A9141 with MWH for a new not-to-exceed amount of $2,071,412.14\nand extend the Agreement to March 31, 2026, for the WWTP Digester No. 2 Gas\nFlare and Filtrate Pump Station, City Projects 20-25 & 21-07; and\n2. Authorize the City Manager to execute all necessary documents.

G.\nAPPROVE A TASK ORDER FOR ENGINEERING RESOURCES OF SOUTHERN\nCALIFORNIA (AGREEMENT 24P381) IN THE AMOUNT OF $278,554 FOR\nPROFESSIONAL ENGINEERING SERVICES FOR THE EVALUATION AND DESIGN OF\nTHE TAHQUITZ CANYON WAY SEWER IMPROVEMENTS, CITY PROJECT CP 25-13\nRECOMMENDATION:\n1. Approve a task order in the amount of $278,554 to Engineering Resources of\nSouthern California, Inc., an ‘on-call’ firm, for professional engineering services for the\nTahquitz Canyon Way Sewer Improvements;\n2. Appropriate $278,554 from the Wastewater Capital Improvement Fund balance; and\n3. Authorize the City Manager or designee to execute all necessary documents.

A.\nAPPROVE THE REQUEST FOR FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE AND LOAN COMMITMENT\nFOR DEVELOPMENT OF AN 82-UNIT AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECT LOCATED\nAT 305 WEST SAN RAFAEL\nRECOMMENDATION:\n1. Approve a funding commitment in the amount of Three Million Eight Hundred\nThousand Dollars ($3,800,000) to Red Tail Multifamily Land Development for the\nconstruction of an 82-unit affordable rental housing development at 305 W. San\nRafael Drive.\n2. Authorize the City Manager to execute all loan documents and related agreements,\nsubject to approval by the City Attorney, consistent with the terms described herein.\n3. Acknowledge that the project is eligible for fee reductions pursuant to Resolution No.\n24654, the Affordable and Multi-Family Housing Incentive Program, which provides a\n100 percent reduction of applicable Development Impact Fees and Developer Fees\nfor projects that are 100 percent affordable.\n4. Direct staff to schedule, at a future date, a Tax Equity and Financial Responsibility Act\n(TEFRA) hearing pursuant to Section 147(f) of the Internal Revenue Code, issue\npublic notice, and return to the City Council for consideration of approval of qualified\nprivate-activity bonds to be issued by an outside issuer.

B.\nA REQUEST BY THE CITY OF PALM SPRINGS FOR ADOPTION OF AND SECOND\nREADING OF A PROPOSED ORDINANCE ADOPTING AND AMENDING THE 2025\nCALIFORNIA BUILDING STANDARDS CODE (TITLE 24 OF THE CALIFORNIA CODE\nOF REGULATIONS), THE 2025 CALIFORNIA RESIDENTIAL CODE, THE 2025\nCALIFORNIA MECHANICAL CODE, THE 2025 CALIFORNIA FIRE CODE, THE 2025\nCALIFORNIA PLUMBING CODE, THE 2025 CALIFORNIA EXISTING BUILDING CODE,\nTHE 2025 CALIFORNIA HISTORICAL BUILDING CODE, THE 2025 CALIFORNIA\nELECTRICAL CODE, THE 2025 WILDLAND-URBAN INTERFACE CODE, THE 2025\nCALIFORNIA ENERGY CODE, THE 2025 CALIFORNIA GREEN BUILDING\nSTANDARDS CODE, 2025 CALIFORNIA MECHANICAL CODE, THE 2025 CALIFORNIA\nELECTRICAL CODE, THE 2025 CALIFORNIA GREEN BUILDING STANDARDS CODE,\nAND ADOPTING THE 2024 INTERNATIONAL PROPERTY MAINTENANCE CODE.\nRECOMMENDATION:\n1. Open the public hearing and receive public testimony;\n2. Waive the second reading of the Ordinance text in its entirety and adopt Ordinance\nNo. 2120, “AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PALM SPRINGS, CALIFORNIA,\nAMENDING AND RESTATING ARTICLE I OF CHAPTER 8.04 OF THE PALM\nSPRINGS MUNICIPAL CODE, ADOPTING BY REFERENCE, TOGETHER WITH\nCERTAIN ADDITIONS, AMENDMENTS AND DELETIONS, THE 2025 CALIFORNIA\nBUILDING CODE, INCLUDING CHAPTER 1, APPENDICES C, I, AND J; THE 2025\nCALIFORNIA RESIDENTIAL CODE, INCLUDING APPENDIX AH; THE 2025\nCALIFORNIA MECHANICAL CODE; THE 2025 CALIFORNIA FIRE CODE,\nINCLUDING APPENDIX B; THE 2025 CALIFORNIA PLUMBING CODE, INCLUDING\nAPPENDICES A, B, D, G, H, I AND K; THE 2025 CALIFORNIA EXISTING BUILDING\nCODE; THE 2025 CALIFORNIA HISTORICAL BUILDING CODE, INCLUDING\nAPPENDIX A; THE 2025 CALIFORNIA ELECTRICAL CODE, INCLUDING ALL\nAPPENDICES; THE 2025 WILDLAND-URBAN INTERFACE CODE, INCLUDING ALL\nAPPENDICES; THE 2025 CALIFORNIA ENERGY CODE, INCLUDING ALL\nAPPENDICES; THE 2025 CALIFORNIA GREEN BUILDING STANDARDS CODE;\nAND THE 2024 INTERNATIONAL PROPERTY MAINTENANCE CODE, INCLUDING\nALL APPENDICES AS MANDATED BY CALIFORNIA HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE\nSECTION 18938 AND DETERMINING THE ORDINANCE TO BE EXEMPT FROM\nTHE CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT.”

C.\nAN URGENCY ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALM SPRINGS\nAMENDING SECTION 93.23.14 OF THE PALM SPRINGS MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING\nTO ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS AND JUNIOR ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS TO\nCOMPLY WITH RECENT CHANGES IN STATE LAW, AND FINDING THE ACTION TO\nBE STATUTORILY EXEMPT FROM CEQA UNDER PUBLIC RESOURCES CODE §\n21080.17\nRECOMMENDATION:\n1. Find that the adoption of the proposed urgency ordinance is statutorily exempt from\nreview under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) under Public\nResources Code § 21080.17.\n2. Waive full reading and adopt by title only an urgency ordinance entitled: “AN\nURGENCY ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALM\nSPRINGS, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING SECTION 93.23.14 OF THE PALM SPRINGS\nMUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS AND JUNIOR\nACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS TO COMPLY WITH RECENT CHANGES IN\nSTATE LAW, AND FINDING THE ACTION TO BE STATUTORILY EXEMPT FROM\nCEQA UNDER PUBLIC RESOURCES CODE § 21080.17.”\n3.\nBUSINESS & LEGISLATIVE:

H.\nAPPROVAL OF AN APPROPRIATION OF ADDITIONAL FUNDS FOR ON-CALL\nENGINEERING PLAN CHECK SERVICES IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $400,000.\nRECOMMENDATION:\nApprove an Appropriation of $400,000 from the General Fund to the Engineering\nDepartment's Contractual Services Budget.

I.\nSECOND READING AND ADOPTION OF ORDINANCE NO. 2122, OF THE CITY OF\nPALM SPRINGS, CALIFORNIA, TO AUTHORIZE THE LEVY OF SPECIAL TAXES IN\nCOMMUNITY FACILITIES DISTRICT NO. 2025-1 (SERENA PARK)\nRECOMMENDATION:\nWaive the second reading of text in its entirety, read by title only, and adopt Ordinance No.\n2122, “AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALM SPRINGS,\nCALIFORNIA, ACTING AS THE LEGISLATIVE BODY OF COMMUNITY FACILITIES\nDISTRICT NO. 2025-1 (SERENA PARK) OF THE CITY OF PALM SPRINGS, COUNTY OF\nRIVERSIDE, STATE OF CALIFORNIA AUTHORIZING THE LEVY OF SPECIAL TAXES IN\nSUCH COMMUNITY FACILITIES DISTRICT AND IMPROVEMENT AREA NOS. 1, 2, 3,\nAND 4 THEREOF"

J.\nAPPROVE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT NO. 25Q441 WITH\nGLOBALMELK LLC FOR URBAN DESIGN SERVICES AND PROFESSIONAL\nSERVICES AGREEMENT NO. 25Q442 WITH MULTISTUDIO, INC. FOR BRANDING AND\nMARKETING FOR THE CONVENTION CENTER CONNECTOR PROJECT\nRECOMMENDATION:\n1. Approve Professional Services Agreement No. 25Q441 with Globalmelk LLC to\nprovide urban design services for the convention center connector project for a term\ncommencing on January 1, 2026, and continuing through December 31, 2028, for an\namount not to exceed $1,500,000;\n2. Approve Professional Services Agreement No. 25Q442 with Multistudio, Inc. to\nprovide branding and marketing services for the convention center connector project\nfor a term commencing on January 1, 2026, and continuing through December 31,\n2028, for an amount not to exceed $572,250;\n3. Authorize the City Manager or designee to execute all necessary documents.\nEXCLUDED CONSENT CALENDAR: Items removed from the Consent Calendar for separate\ndiscussion are considered at this time.\n2.

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B.\nAPPROVE THE REQUEST FOR FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE AND LOAN COMMITMENT\nFOR DEVELOPMENT AND CONSTRUCTION OF A PROJECT LOCATED AT\nMcCARTHY ROAD AND SAN RAFAEL, A 110-UNIT AFFORDABLE HOUSING\nPROJECT\nRECOMMENDATION:\n1. Approve a funding commitment in the amount of Two Million Two Hundred Fifty\nThousand Dollars ($2,250,000) to Pacific West Communities, Inc. (“Developer”) to\nassist with acquisition of approximately five acres located at the northwest corner of\nMcCarthy Road and San Rafael Drive for the development of a 100 percent\naffordable housing community.\n2. Authorize the City Manager to structure applicable Development Impact Fees and\nDeveloper Fees as a City loan, not to exceed $2,500,000, subject to repayment from\nresidual receipts and documented through separate loan and regulatory agreements,\nconsistent with the Affordable and Multi-Family Housing Incentive Program.\n3. Authorize the City Manager to execute all necessary loan documents and related\nagreements, subject to approval by the City Attorney, consistent with the terms\ndescribed herein.

C.\nINTRODUCTION OF AN ORDINANCE ADDING A NEW CHAPTER 3.29 TO THE PALM\nSPRINGS MUNICIPAL CODE, PROVIDING FOR ESTABLISHMENT OF CITY OF PALM\nSPRINGS TOURISM IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT LAW\nRECOMMENDATION:\nIntroduce and conduct a first reading, by title only, of an ordinance entitled, “AN\nORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALM SPRINGS, CALIFORNIA,\nADDING A NEW CHAPTER 3.29 TO THE PALM SPRINGS MUNICIPAL CODE,\nPROVIDING FOR THE CITY OF PALM SPRINGS TOURISM IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT\nLAW INCLUDING GENERAL PROVISIONS AND DEFINITIONS, POWERS AND\nPROCEDURES TO ISSUE BONDS FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROVIDING FINANCING\nFOR SPECIFIED PURPOSES, AND CERTAIN OTHER SUPPLEMENTAL PROVISIONS”

D.\nREVIEW AND DISCUSS THE REMAINING EXTERNAL COMMITTEES 2026 ROSTER\nOF CITY COUNCIL SUBCOMMITTEES, APPOINTEES, LIAISONS, AND\nREPRESENTATIVES TO EXTERNAL ORGANIZATIONS\nRECOMMENDATION:\nReview and provide direction on the four remaining external committees to the roster of\nCity Council subcommittees, appointees, liaisons, and representatives to external\norganizations.