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EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

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MONDAY, JUNE 8, 2020 4:30 p.m.

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1. CALL TO ORDER – Chair Jeff Grubbe, Tribal Chair, Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla

Indians 2. ROLL CALL A. Member Roster P5 3. PUBLIC COMMENTS ON AGENDA ITEMS

This is the time and place for members of the public to address the Executive Committee on agenda items. At the discretion of the Chair, comments may be taken at the time items are presented. Please limit comments to three (3) minutes.

4. CHAIR / EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR ANNOUNCEMENTS 5. CONSENT CALENDAR A. Approve the February 24, 2020 the Joint Transportation Committee and P6

Executive Committee Meeting Minutes

B. Approve the March 19, 2020 Special Executive Committee Meeting Minutes P16

C. Appoint Desert Hot Springs Councilman Russell Betts to Serve on SCAG P20 Transportation Committee

D. Authorize Executive Director to Coordinate with Riverside County on Development P22 of a Collaborative as Part of the Regional Approach in Addressing Homelessness

E. Authorize Executive Director to Negotiate and Execute Amendment #4 to Grant P25 Agreement with Riverside County for CV Housing First Extending Term through June 30, 2021 for Additional $359,711; and Authorize the Executive Director and/or LegalCounsel to Make Minor Changes/Revisions for Clarification Purposes

F. Authorize Executive Director to Execute Cooperative Cost Sharing Agreement P26 with Western Riverside Council of Governments and San Bernardino Council of Governments to Form Regional Energy Network (REN), with CVAG’s Cost Share not to Exceed $50,000 for Business Plan Development Portion

G. Approve Amendment Five to AB 2766 Memorandum of Understanding between P41 CVAG and the Member Jurisdictions to maintain the contributions from the cities and the County at 75% to provide sustainable funding for the Regional PM10 Street Sweeping Program, through June 30, 2024

5.1 ITEM(S) HELD OVER FROM CONSENT CALENDAR

6. DISCUSSION / ACTION

A. Proposed FY 2020/21 Budget – Gary Leong P44

B. Funding Match for ATP Cycle 5 Projects – Erica Felci P45

Recommendation: Authorize the Executive Director to commit regional transportation funding, in addition to the previously approved 2019 Bicycle and Pedestrian Safety Program, so that projects can maximize leveraging points in applications for the state’s ATP Cycle 5 grant program, with the condition that actual expenditure of funds would be dependent on securing the grant funding and funding contributions by local jurisdictions.

C. Coachella Valley’s response to COVID-19

a. Regional funding advocacy related to COVID-19 — Erica Felci P48

Recommendation: Authorize the Executive Director to: 1) Advocate for the Coachella Valley’s fair share in any state or federal legislation

developed in response to COVID-19 economic rebound and to seek funding reimbursement opportunities, as they develop, to offset costs incurred by regional programs.

2) Advocate to the Riverside County Board of Supervisors that sub-regional flexibility be included in the Governor’s COVID policy making and suggesting reopening orders be tailored accordingly.

b. Update on countywide efforts — Supervisor V. Manuel Perez, Riverside County

c. Update on statewide efforts — Erin Sasse, League of California Cities P53

7. INFORMATION

a) Status of I-10 Interchange Projects P63

b) CVAG Regional Arterial Program - Project Status Report P64 c) CVAG Regional Arterial Program – Contract Status Report P65

d) Executive Committee Attendance Roster P67 e) CVAG Quarterly Investment Report Ending March 31, 2020 P68 f) Next steps in Evaluating Funding Needs for Affordable Housing and Related Programs P69 g) Follow Up to Executive Committee Action Related to CV Housing First P71

h) CVAG Pace Report P72

i) Streamlined Per Diem Process for CVAG Committees P73 j) 2020 CVAG General Assembly Information P75

8. ADJOURN TO CLOSED SESSION

Pursuant to the provisions of Government Code Section 54956.8, the Executive Committee will adjourn to Closed Session. CONFERENCE WITH REAL PROPERTY NEGOTIATOR Property: Allottee 105E – APN 687-060-059

CVAG Negotiator: Tom Kirk, Executive Director Negotiating Party: Tanya R. Morretti, Noni A Bow, Clara M. Bow and Malerie Marquez

Under Negotiation: Price and Terms of Payment for acquisition of easements for CV Link

9. PUBLIC COMMENTS ON NON-AGENDA ITEMS

This is the time and place for members of the public to address the Executive Committee on items of general interest within the purview of this committee. Please limit comments to two (2) minutes.

10. ANNOUNCEMENTS

Upcoming Zoom Meetings: Executive Committee – Monday, June 29, 2020 at 4:30 p.m. General Assembly – Monday, June 29, 2020 (Time to be determined.)

11. ADJOURNMENT

Jurisdiction Members

City of Blythe Joseph De Coninck

Councilmember

City of Cathedral City John Aguilar

Mayor

City of Coachella Steven Hernandez Mayor

City of Desert Hot Springs Scott Matas

Mayor

City of Indian Wells Ty Peabody Mayor

City of Indio, Vice Chair Glenn Miller

Mayor

City of La Quinta Linda Evans Mayor

City of Palm Desert Sabby Jonathan

Councilmember

City of Palm Springs Geoff Kors

Mayor

City of Rancho Mirage G. Dana Hobart Mayor Pro Tem

County of Riverside

Kevin Jeffries, 1st District Supervisor

Karen Spiegel, 2nd District Supervisor Chuck Washington, 3rd Dist. Supervisor

V. Manuel Perez, 4th District Supervisor

Jeff Hewitt, 5th District Supervisor

Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians, Chair Jeff Grubbe

Tribal Chair

Cabazon Band of Mission Indians Douglas Welmas Tribal Chair

ITEM 2A

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MINUTES OF FEBRUARY 24, 2020 PAGE 1

1. CALL TO ORDER OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

The Executive Committee portion of the February 24, 2020 joint meeting was called to order at 4:31 p.m. by Chairman Jeff Grubbe, Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians, at 73-710 Fred Waring Dr., Suite 119 in Palm Desert, CA.

2. ROLL CALL OF EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

MEMBERS PRESENT AGENCY Councilmember Joseph DeConinck City of Blythe Mayor John Aguilar City of Cathedral City Mayor Steven Hernandez City of Coachella Mayor Scott Matas City of Desert Hot Springs Mayor Ty Peabody City of Indian Wells Mayor Glenn Miller City of Indio Mayor Linda Evans City of La Quinta Councilmember Sabby Jonathan City of Palm Desert Mayor Geoff Kors City of Palm Springs Supervisor V. Manuel Perez County of Riverside 4th District Supervisor Jeff Hewitt County of Riverside 5th District (Arrived during item 9A) Tribal Chair Jeff Grubbe Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians MEMBERS NOT PRESENT AGENCY Mayor Pro Tem Dana Hobart City of Rancho Mirage Tribal Chair Douglas Welmas Cabazon Band of Mission Indians Supervisor Kevin Jeffries County of Riverside 1st District Supervisor Karen Spiegel County of Riverside 2nd District Supervisor Chuck Washington County of Riverside 3rd District

3. CALL TO ORDER OF THE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE

The Transportation Committee portion of the February 24, 2020 joint meeting was called to order at 4:32 p.m. by Chair Robert Radi, City of La Quinta, at 73-710 Fred Waring Dr., Suite 119 in Palm Desert, CA.

ITEM 5A

The audio file for this committee meeting can be found at: http://www.cvag.org/audio.htm Any handouts distributed during the meeting will placed in the meeting file.

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4. ROLL CALL OF TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE

MEMBERS PRESENT AGENCY Councilmember Joseph DeConinck City of Blythe Mayor Pro Tem Raymond Gregory City of Cathedral City Mayor Steven Hernandez City of Coachella Mayor Scott Matas City of Desert Hot Springs Mayor Ty Peabody City of Indian Wells Mayor Pro Tem Elaine Holmes City of Indio Councilmember Robert Radi City of La Quinta Councilmember Jan Harnik City of Palm Desert Councilmember Dennis Woods City of Palm Springs Councilmember Ted Weill City of Rancho Mirage Supervisor V. Manuel Perez County of Riverside 4th District Tribal Councilmember Anthony Purnel Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians

OTHERS PRESENT AGENCY Brad Anderson Rancho Mirage Resident Lauri Aylaian City of Palm Desert Julie Bornstein Coachella Valley Housing Coalition Pat Cooper County of Riverside Tom Davis Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians Ryan Domino LSL CPAs and Advisors Gustavo Gomez City of Indio Dan Horn Palm Communities Charles McClendon City of Cathedral City Jon McMillen City of La Quinta Tony Mize National Cure Brian Nestande County of Riverside Araceli Palafox Lift to Rise Bill Pattison City of Coachella John Plata Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians Luke Rainey City of Desert Hot Springs David Ready City of Palm Springs Greg Rodriguez County of Riverside Paul Rodriguez Rodriguez Consulting David Salgado Southern California Association of Governments Erin Sasse League of California Cities Mark Scott City of Indio Boomer Shannon County of Riverside Paul Slama Cabazon Band of Mission Indians Brittney Sowell SunLine Transit Agency Heather Vaikona Lift to Rise Jocelyn Vargas Lift to Rise STAFF PRESENT Tom Kirk Gary Leong Katie Barrows Martin Magaña


Erica Felci Jim Sullivan Bassam Al-Beitawi Tom Cox Joanna Stueckle Oscar Vizcarra Lutfi Kharuf CVAG Legal Counsel

5. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

Chairman Grubbe led the members of both committees in the Pledge of Allegiance. 6. PUBLIC COMMENTS ON JOINT COMMITTEE AGENDA ITEMS

Brad Anderson, Rancho Mirage resident, provided a letter for the record and spoke in opposition to any sales tax. Tony Mize, National Core, spoke in favor of legislation that would allow a future sales tax initiative. Dan Horn, Palm Communities, commented about impact that sales tax revenue could have for affordable housing.

7. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE CHAIR / TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE CHAIR

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Chairman Radi thanked Transportation Committee members for attending the meeting on short notice and indicated that he requested the members be included in the Executive Committee’s consideration of potential legislation to create funding options.

8. EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR ANNOUNCEMENTS

Tom Kirk discussed item 14e (CalEnviroscreen’s Negative Impact on Eligibility for Rooftop Solar Program). Mr. Kirk stated the that the scoring of the Coachella Valley region in CalEnviroscreen’s map of census tracks means that the region is not accurately represented. Mr. Kirk also discussed the California Transportation Commission (CTC) allocation of $29 million for CV Link project, pointing out that this was not “new money” but that the allocation was significant progress of getting the project constructed. Mr. Kirk’s comments concluded with the announcement of the signal synchronization pilot project starting in the cities of Cathedral City and Palm Springs later in the week.

9. JOINT DISCUSSION / ACTION A. Consideration of Legislation to Create Funding Options for Affordable Housing and

Related Programs in the Coachella Valley – Erica Felci


Erica Felci presented the staff report. Ms. Felci introduced Julie Bornstein, Coachella Valley Housing Coalition, to discuss issues related to sales tax measures for affordable hosing, including items members could consider in developing an expenditure plan. Extensive member discussion ensued starting with Supervisor Perez, who had requested that CVAG members consider possible legislation in order to have a steady funding stream for affordable housing in the region. Ms. Felci responded to member inquiries. Various members discussed their need to take the issue back to their individual Councils for discussion, while other members indicated support if there was a clear focused plan. A discussion also ensued related to housing dollars available in jurisdictions earmarked for affordable housing and Regional Housing Needs Assessment (RHNA) credit. Members also considered the timeline for legislation in the Capitol.

The Transportation Committee took up the item for a vote, followed by the Executive Committee. IT WAS MOVED BY COUNCILMEMBER HARNIK AND SECONDED BY MAYOR PEABODY TO DIRECT THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, WITH AUTHORIZATION TO SPEND UP TO $50,000, TO WORK WITH A CONSULTANT TO DEVELOP A SCOPE OF WORK RELATED TO RESEARCHING HOMELESSNESS, HOUSING AND RELATED PROGRAMS WITHIN 90 DAYS. THE MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY WITH 12 AYES. COUNCILMEMBER DECONINCK AYE COUNCILMEMBER GREGORY AYE MAYOR HERNANDEZ AYE MAYOR MATAS AYE MAYOR PEABODY AYE MAYOR PRO TEM HOLMES AYE COUNCILMEMBER RADI AYE COUNCILMEMBER HARNIK AYE COUNCILMEMBER WOODS AYE COUNCILMEMBER WEILL AYE SUPERVISOR PEREZ AYE TRIBAL COUNCILMEMBER PURNEL AYE The item moved forward for Executive Committee consideration, additional discussion and action. Member discussion elaborated on many of the same points discussed by Transportation Committee members.

It was moved by Councilmember Jonathan and seconded by Mayor Evans to direct the Executive Director to refer this matter to the CV HEART subcommittee of the CVAG Homelessness Committee and, within 90 days, come up with a workplan for moving forward on a report that would identify options to consider in the future. Member discussion continued, including discussion about the need for resources. A substitute motion was made, and the original motion died with no vote having been taken.


IT WAS MOVED BY MAYOR KORS AND SECONDED BY MAYOR HERNANDEZ TO DIRECT THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO REFER THIS MATTER TO THE CV HEART SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE CVAG HOMELESSNESS COMMITTEE AND, WITHIN 90 DAYS, COME UP WITH A WORKPLAN FOR MOVING FORWARD ON A REPORT THAT WOULD IDENTIFY OPTIONS TO CONSIDER IN THE FUTURE, AND AUTHORIZE THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO, IF NECESSARY, HIRE A CONSULTANT(S) TO ASSIST IN THIS RESEARCH AT A COST UP TO $50,000. THE MOTION CARRIED WITH 10 AYES, 2 NAYS AND 5 MEMBERS ABSENT COUNCILEMBER DECONINCK AYE MAYOR AGUILAR AYE MAYOR HERNANDEZ AYE MAYOR MATAS AYE MAYOR PEABODY AYE MAYOR MILLER NAY MAYOR EVANS NAY COUNCILMEMBER JONATHAN AYE MAYOR KORS AYE MAYOR PRO TEM HOBART ABSENT SUPERVISOR JEFFRIES ABSENT SUPERVISOR SPIEGEL ABSENT SUPERVISOR WASHINGTON ABSENT SUPERVISOR PEREZ AYE SUPERVISOR HEWITT AYE TRIBAL CHAIR GRUBBE AYE

TRIBAL CHAIR WELMAS ABSENT

B. Contract Amendment Number One for the Cathedral Canyon Bridge for Additional Engineering Design and Construction Work – Martin Magaña

Martin Magaña presented the staff report. Member discussion ensued. The Transportation Committee took up the item for a vote, followed by the Executive Committee.

IT WAS MOVED BY COUNCILMEMBER HARNIK AND SECONDED BY MAYOR HERNANDEZ TO APPROVE AMENDMENT NUMBER ONE TO THE REIMBURSEMENT AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY OF CATHEDRAL CITY FOR THE CATHEDRAL CANYON BRIDGE PROJECT TO PROVIDE IMPROVEMENTS IN THE AMOUNT OF $681,272.58. THE MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY WITH 12 AYES. COUNCILMEMBER DECONINCK AYE COUNCILMEMBER GREGORY AYE MAYOR HERNANDEZ AYE MAYOR MATAS AYE MAYOR PEABODY AYE MAYOR PRO TEM HOLMES AYE COUNCILMEMBER RADI AYE COUNCILMEMBER HARNIK AYE


COUNCILMEMBER WOODS AYE COUNCILMEMBER WEILL AYE SUPERVISOR PEREZ AYE TRIBAL COUNCILMEMBER PURNEL AYE

The item was then considered by the members of the Executive Committee with the following result.

IT WAS MOVED BY MAYOR EVANS AND SECONDED BY MAYOR MILLER TO APPROVE AMENDMENT NUMBER ONE TO THE REIMBURSEMENT AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY OF CATHEDRAL CITY FOR THE CATHEDRAL CANYON BRIDGE PROJECT TO PROVIDE IMPROVEMENTS IN THE AMOUNT OF $681,272.58. THE MOTION CARRIED WITH 12 AYES AND 5 MEMBERS ABSENT COUNCILMEMBER DECONINCK AYE MAYOR AGUILAR AYE MAYOR HERNANDEZ AYE MAYOR MATAS AYE MAYOR PEABODY AYE MAYOR MILLER AYE MAYOR EVANS AYE COUNCILMEMBER JONATHAN AYE MAYOR KORS AYE MAYOR PRO TEM HOBART ABSENT SUPERVISOR JEFFRIES ABSENT SUPERVISOR SPIEGEL ABSENT SUPERVISOR WASHINGTON ABSENT SUPERVISOR PEREZ AYE SUPERVISOR HEWITT AYE TRIBAL CHAIR GRUBBE AYE

TRIBAL CHAIR WELMAS ABSENT 10. TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE ANNOUNCEMENTS AND ADJOURNMENT

Upcoming Committee Meeting at 73-710 Fred Waring Drive, Suite 119, Palm Desert: Transportation Committee – Monday, April 6, 2020 at 10:00 a.m. There being no further business, Chair Radi adjourned the meeting at 6:30 p.m. Respectfully submitted,

Joanna Stueckle Joanna Stueckle Executive Assistant


Chairman Grubbe said the Transportation Committee members were welcome to stay for the remaining items on the Executive Committee agenda.

11. PUBLIC COMMENTS ON EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE AGENDA ITEMS None.

12. CONSENT CALENDAR

IT WAS MOVED BY MAYOR EVANS AND SECONDED BY MAYOR KORS TO: A. APPROVE THE JANUARY 27, 2020 EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MINUTES

B. APPROVE THE EXISTING INVESTMENT POLICY OF CVAG

C. AUTHORIZE THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO ENTER INTO A NO-COST MEMORANDUM

OF UNDERSTANDING WITH THE INSTITUTE FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENT FOR PARTICIPATION IN ITS BOOST PROGRAM THROUGH DECEMBER 31, 2020 THE MOTION CARRIED WITH 12 AYES AND 5 MEMBERS ABSENT COUNCILMEMBER DECONINCK AYE MAYOR AGUILAR AYE MAYOR HERNANDEZ AYE MAYOR MATAS AYE MAYOR PEABODY AYE MAYOR MILLER AYE MAYOR EVANS AYE COUNCILMEMBER JONATHAN AYE MAYOR KORS AYE MAYOR PRO TEM HOBART ABSENT SUPERVISOR JEFFRIES ABSENT SUPERVISOR SPIEGEL ABSENT SUPERVISOR WASHINGTON ABSENT SUPERVISOR PEREZ AYE SUPERVISOR HEWITT AYE TRIBAL CHAIR GRUBBE AYE

TRIBAL CHAIR WELMAS ABSENT 12.1 ITEM(S) HELD OVER FROM CONSENT CALENDAR

None. 13. DISCUSSION / ACTION A. Finance Committee Report and Final Audited Financial Report, Single Audit Report,

and Statement on Auditing Standards (SAS) 114 Letter for Fiscal Year 2018/19 and Report on Agreed-Upon Procedures on Measure A Program for Fiscal Year 2018/19 – Gary Leong


Gary Leong introduced Ryan Domino, LSL CPAs and Advisors, to present the audit and accompanying statements. Mr. Domino gave a presentation on the process for performing the audit and reported on the Measure A program, which was the subject of the focused project to be audited this year. Mr. Domino reported that there were no disagreements with management and that CVAG was issued an unmodified opinion. Member discussion ensued. Mayor Evans reported that the Finance Committee requested the CV Housing First homelessness program be the project to focus on in the upcoming FY2020/2021 audit. IT WAS MOVED BY MAYOR EVANS AND SECONDED BY MAYOR PEABODY TO RECEIVE AND FILE THE REPORTS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2018/19. THE MOTION CARRIED WITH 12 AYES AND 5 MEMBERS ABSENT COUNCILMEMBER DECONINCK AYE MAYOR AGUILAR AYE MAYOR HERNANDEZ AYE MAYOR MATAS AYE MAYOR PEABODY AYE MAYOR MILLER AYE MAYOR EVANS AYE COUNCILMEMBER JONATHAN AYE MAYOR KORS AYE MAYOR PRO TEM HOBART ABSENT SUPERVISOR JEFFRIES ABSENT SUPERVISOR SPIEGEL ABSENT SUPERVISOR WASHINGTON ABSENT SUPERVISOR PEREZ AYE SUPERVISOR HEWITT AYE TRIBAL CHAIR GRUBBE AYE

TRIBAL CHAIR WELMAS ABSENT B. Support for Expanding the California State University System by Development of a Full,

Standalone Campus in the Coachella Valley – Tom Kirk

Mr. Kirk invited Councilmember Jonathan to present an update on Cal State. Councilmember Jonathan discussed the history of Palm Desert being considered for the Cal State’s next stand-alone campus and requested support from the members of CVAG. Member discussion ensued.

IT WAS MOVED BY MAYOR MILLER AND SECONDED BY SUPERVISOR PEREZ TO ADOPT RESOLUTION NO. 20-002 TO FORMALLY ENDORSE THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE 24TH FULL, STANDALONE CAMPUS FOR THE CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY (CSU) SYSTEM AT THE PALM DESERT BRANCH CAMPUS OF CSU SAN BERNARDINO. THE MOTION CARRIED WITH 12 AYES AND 5 MEMBERS ABSENT COUNCILMEMBER DECONINCK AYE MAYOR AGUILAR AYE MAYOR HERNANDEZ AYE


MAYOR MATAS AYE MAYOR PEABODY AYE MAYOR MILLER AYE MAYOR EVANS AYE COUNCILMEMBER JONATHAN AYE MAYOR KORS AYE MAYOR PRO TEM HOBART ABSENT SUPERVISOR JEFFRIES ABSENT SUPERVISOR SPIEGEL ABSENT SUPERVISOR WASHINGTON ABSENT SUPERVISOR PEREZ AYE SUPERVISOR HEWITT AYE TRIBAL CHAIR GRUBBE AYE

TRIBAL CHAIR WELMAS ABSENT 14. INFORMATION

a) Status of I-10 Interchange Projects

b) CVAG Regional Arterial Program - Project Status Report c) Bicycle/Pedestrian Safety Program – Project Status Report d) Executive Committee Attendance Roster e) CalEnviroscreen’s Negative Impact on Eligibility for Rooftop Solar Program f) Follow Up to Executive Committee Action Related to CV Housing First g) SCAG Regional Council/Transportation Committee Update These items were placed in the agenda for member information.

15. LEGISLATIVE ITEMS

Erin Sasse, League of California Cities, distributed a handout that discussed current legislative issues. Ms. Sasse gave a verbal update as well.

16. PUBLIC COMMENTS ON NON-AGENDA ITEMS

None.

17. ANNOUNCEMENTS

Upcoming Committee Meeting at 73-710 Fred Waring Drive, Suite 119, Palm Desert: Executive Committee – Monday, April 27, 2020 at 4:30 p.m.


18. ADJOURNMENT

There being no further business, Chair Grubbe adjourned the meeting at 6:54 p.m. Respectfully submitted,

Joanna Stueckle Joanna Stueckle Executive Assistant

SPECIAL EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MINUTES OF MARCH 19, 2020 PAGE 1

1. CALL TO ORDER

The March 19, 2020 Special Meeting of the Executive Committee meeting was called to order just after 8:30 a.m. by Chair Jeff Grubbe, Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians, via Zoom from Lift to Rise’s office at 73-710 Fred Waring Dr., Suite 100 in Palm Desert, CA. Chair Grubbe gave introductory comments, including steps the Tribe has taken to address the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic (also known as Coronavirus). Executive Director Tom Kirk provided information about new meeting logistics in compliance with statewide guidance on conducting public meetings during the public health crisis.

2. ROLL CALL A roll call was taken and it was determined that a quorum was present via teleconferencing. Those

in attendance were as follows: MEMBERS PRESENT AGENCY Councilmember Joseph DeConinck City of Blythe Mayor John Aguilar City of Cathedral City Mayor Steven Hernandez City of Coachella Mayor Scott Matas City of Desert Hot Springs Mayor Ty Peabody City of Indian Wells Mayor Glenn Miller City of Indio Mayor Linda Evans City of La Quinta Councilmember Sabby Jonathan City of Palm Desert Mayor Geoff Kors City of Palm Springs Supervisor Karen Spiegel County of Riverside 2nd District Supervisor V. Manuel Perez County of Riverside 4th District Supervisor Jeff Hewitt County of Riverside 5th District Tribal Chair Jeff Grubbe Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians Tribal Councilmember Brenda Soulliere Cabazon Band of Mission Indians MEMBERS NOT PRESENT AGENCY Mayor Pro Tem Dana Hobart City of Rancho Mirage Supervisor Kevin Jeffries County of Riverside 1st District Supervisor Chuck Washington County of Riverside 3rd District

ITEM 5B

The audio file for this committee meeting can be found at: http://www.cvag.org/audio.htm Any handouts distributed during the meeting will placed in the meeting file.

http://www.cvag.org/audio.htm


OTHERS PRESENT AGENCY Rep. Raul Ruiz Member of U.S. Congress Assemblyman Chad Mayes California State Assembly Tribal Vice Chair Joseph Mirelez Torres Martinez Desert Cahuilla Indians Margaret Park Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians Kate Anderson Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians Paul Slama Cabazon Band of Mission Indians Charles McClendon City of Cathedral City Bill Pattison City of Coachella Gretchen Gutierrez Desert Valley Builders Association Debbie Espinoza Find Food Bank Madison Weil KESQ Jon McMillen City of La Quinta Erin Sasse League of California Cities Chris Freeland City of Indian Wells Ian Cozens City of Indio David Ready City of Palm Springs Bryan Reyes City of Palm Springs Marcus Fuller City of Palm Springs Isaiah Hagerman City of Rancho Mirage Peter Carlstrom Rep. Ruiz’s office Hernan Quintas Rep. Ruiz’s office Anne Mayer RCTC Aaron Hake RCTC Lisa Mobley RCTC David Manes Resident, City of Palm Desert Dr. Cameron Kaiser Riverside County Public Health Officer Greg Priamos Riverside County Legal Counsel Chad Bianco Riverside County Sheriff Greg Rodriguez Riverside County Deborah McGarrey Southern California Gas Colin Atagi The Desert Sun

STAFF PRESENT Tom Kirk Gary Leong Katie Barrows Erica Felci Michael Jenkins CVAG Legal Counsel

3. PUBLIC COMMENTS

Chair Grubbe called on members of the public who were participating via teleconference in CVAG Conference Room Suite 119 to submit comments via teleconference: Debbie Espinoza, President of FIND Food Bank, gave an update on work with local and federal leaders as it pertains to food distribution and opening mobile sites.

David Manes, Palm Desert resident, encouraged cities to take a uniform approach to addressing COVID-19.


Due to the nature of the COVID-19 pandemic, public comments were encouraged to be submitted in advance by email. Chairman Grubbe called on Erica Felci to read the following comments into the record: Katie Stice of the Rancho Mirage Chamber of Commerce asked for information on COVID-19 testing, and asked members to consider how the Chamber could support cities and the County.

Deborah McGarrey of Southern California Gas provided an update on steps the company has taken related to the pandemic and stressed that it remained an essential business during closure orders. Joel Kinnamon of College of the Desert (COD), expressed support for a Valley-wide shelter-in-place order and pointed out the steps that COD Board of Trustees have taken to assist students and faculty. Joe Wallace of the Coachella Valley Economic Partnership provided statistics about the economic impact that COVID-19 may have in the Coachella Valley and expressed support for sheltering in place. Gretchen Gutierrez of the DVBA submitted an email for the meeting record, pointing out the need for clear messaging and information sharing.

4. CHAIR/ EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR COMMENTS Tom Kirk discussed the meeting logistics and thanked Lift to Rise for providing their office to host the meeting via Zoom. Mr. Kirk also informed members that, as of March 16, CVAG staff will be working remotely and conducting meetings via teleconferencing in accordance with shelter in place orders and social distancing guidelines.

5. DISCUSSION/ ACTION A. Regional Update on the Coronavirus (COVID-19) and Discussion of Valley-wide

Measures — Tom Kirk and Supervisor V. Manuel Perez

Mr. Kirk opened the discussion by introducing Rep. Raul Ruiz, who advocated for a Valley-wide approach and urged members to adopt the shelter-in-place model similar to the City of Palm Springs. Dr. Cameron Kaiser, Riverside County Public Health Officer, provided additional data and updates on County-wide measures, which did not include a recommendation to adopt a County-wide shelter-in-place ordinance. Extensive discussion ensued, with each jurisdiction called to provide updates on their respective community’s’ response. This included emergency declarations, restrictions on businesses, and City staffing adjustments. Several members expressed reservations with adopting a shelter-in-place model similar to the City of Palm Springs. A majority of members expressed support for decisions made upon guidance.by Dr. Kaiser or by individual cities, tribes or the County.


Mr. Kirk asked members for direction on whether CVAG should issue a statement and ask County Public Health to consider valley-specific measures to address COVID-19. Additional member discussion ensued, with general consensus being that no action should be taken by CVAG.

6. ANNOUNCEMENTS

Upcoming meeting, to be held telephonically or electronically:

Executive Committee – Monday, April 27, 2020 at 4:30 p.m.

7. ADJOURNMENT

There being no further business, Chair Grubbe adjourned the meeting at 10:34 a.m. Respectfully submitted,

Erica Felci Erica Felci Governmental Projects Manager

ITEM 5C

Staff Report Subject: Selection of CVAG’s SCAG Transportation Committee Representative Contact: Martin Magaña, Transportation Director ([email protected]) Transportation Committee Recommendation: Appoint Desert Hot Springs Councilman Russell Betts to serve on the SCAG Transportation Committee (Meeting of May 4, 2020). Background: The Southern California Association of Governments (SCAG) is the nation's largest metropolitan planning organization (MPO), representing six counties, 191 cities and more than 19 million residents. SCAG's policy is set by the 86-member Regional Council. In addition to the Regional Council, the CVAG Executive Committee makes appointments to the SCAG policy committees. There are three major policy committees: the Transportation Committee, the Energy & Environment Committee and the Community, Economic, and Human Development Committee. At its April 29, 2019 meeting, the CVAG Executive Committee established a sub-regional policy that appointments to SCAG Policy Committees will be reviewed every two years. CVAG’s process of making appointments to the policy committees is different than the process of holding elections for SCAG Regional Council. The elected official serving on the policy committee represents the entire CVAG territory, not select cities in a SCAG District. It has been CVAG’s longstanding practice to seek nominations at the appropriate CVAG standing committee, and then provide those recommendations to the Executive Committee for approval. In June 2019, the CVAG Executive Committee appointed Palm Springs Councilmember Lisa Middleton to the position. Councilmember Middleton recently indicated that she has reoccurring scheduling conflicts and must vacate her seat on the committee. CVAG staff notified CVAG Transportation Committee members, city council members and city managers of this opening on March 5, 2020 and requested any nominations. Councilmember Russell Betts of Desert Hot Springs and Councilmember Dennis Woods of Palm Springs both announced their candidacy before the March 27, 2020 deadline.

As described by SCAG, “the role of the Transportation Committee is to study problems, programs and other matters which pertain to the regional issues of mobility, air quality, transportation control measures and communications, and make recommendations on such matters to the Regional Council. Major programs that are under the purview of Transportation Committee are Regional Transportation Plan (RTP), Regional Transportation Improvement Program (RTIP), Aviation, Highway, Transportation Finance and Transportation Conformity. SCAG guidelines state that in the event a member of a Policy Committee fails to attend (2) consecutive meetings of its respective Policy Committee, the member shall receive written notice of such absences and be informed that a third consecutive absence may result in his or her removal from the Policy Committee by the SCAG President.


Both Councilmembers Betts and Woods spoke to the CVAG Transportation Committee when it met on May 4, 2020. Following a discussion of the respective candidates’ backgrounds, each member of the Transportation Committee announced, as part of a roll call vote, who they would like to nominate to the SCAG position. The Transportation Committee then voted to have CVAG staff to present the tally to the Executive Committee:

• Councilmember Betts received eight votes from the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians and the cities of Cathedral City, Coachella, Desert Hot Springs, Indian Wells, Indio, La Quinta and Rancho Mirage.

• Councilmember Woods received three votes from Riverside County and the cities of Palm Desert and Palm Springs.

The recommendation to nominate Councilmember Betts reflects the final tally of votes. CVAG thanks Councilmember Middleton for her service.

Fiscal Analysis:

There is no impact to the CVAG budget. SCAG provides a meeting stipend and hotel voucher, if necessary.

SCAG Regional Council and Policy committees convene at the SCAG offices located at 900 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 1700, Los Angeles, CA 90017 on the same day as the Regional Council; the first Thursday of each month at 10:00 a.m. CVAG’s SCAG Representatives may drive their own vehicle both to and from Los Angeles or travel to and from the San Bernardino Metrolink Station. The Metrolink Station is located at 1204 West 3rd St., San Bernardino, CA 92410.

Any elected official representative to Regional Council and policy committees that is required to travel 75 miles or more one way to attend a SCAG meeting at the main SCAG office in Los Angeles or are on the Administration Committee, can be reimbursed for overnight lodging costs not to exceed $150 plus taxes. This provision does not apply to attendance at the General Assembly or retreat. Attendance at those events will be reimbursed based on the venue. Regional Council members and elected official representatives must make their own travel arrangements and submit receipts to the Executive Assistant for reimbursement. The President is authorized to approve lodging costs above the $150 per diem rate if the government rate is not available and the member or elected official representative has made the reservation two weeks in advance.

ITEM 5D

Staff Report Subject: Update on CV Homelessness Collaborative Contact: Greg Rodriguez ([email protected]) ____________________________________________________________________________ CV HEART Sub-committee Recommendation: Authorize the Executive Director to coordinate with Riverside County on the development of a collaborative as part of the regional approach in addressing homelessness. Homelessness Committee: CONCURS (Meeting of May 20) Background: In late 2018/early 2019, following a comprehensive study of homelessness and homelessness response in Coachella Valley commissioned by the Desert Healthcare District, the recommendation to form a homelessness collaborative dedicated to Coachella Valley was widely supported by a full spectrum of stakeholders, including public, private, and nonprofit entities. The collaborative was envisioned to unite services and administer funding based on shared data-driven goals. In mid-2019, with the support of the CVAG Homelessness and Executive Committees, Greg Rodriguez was appointed to lead the effort to move the regional homelessness collaborative from concept to implementation. CVAG staff have worked to support Mr. Rodriguez in this endeavor. In early 2020, following extensive research in best practices on homelessness response collaborative structures and operation, four options were presented to the Homelessness Committee for consideration. In response, an ad-hoc subcommittee was appointed to further explore each option and return to the Homelessness Committee with a recommended option for implementation. Subcommittee Review Based on additional analysis, the Subcommittee considered the following options for formally structuring the Coachella Valley homelessness response collaborative:

1. Oversight by the Desert Healthcare District 2. Form a New Nonprofit 3. Oversight by CVAG 4. Form a Continuum of Care – This option was further defined within two directions:

A. Form Separate Coachella Valley Continuum of Care B. Become Regional Continuum of Care Within the Riverside Continuum of Care

The Subcommittee unanimously supported a combination of Options 3 & 4, agreeing that CVAG would be best equipped to house a regional collaborative following a Continuum of Care model pending additional information on Option 4. Additional Information


Prior to making a recommendation, the Subcommittee put forth the following questions. In preparing a response, Mr. Rodriguez and CVAG staff worked with staff from large, small, and mid-sized communities in Southern California and beyond, as well as direct contact with the appropriate regional and federal HUD contacts that oversee Continuums of Care.

What is the problem we’re trying to solve?

Does Coachella Valley have a clear and uniformly shared action plan for addressing homelessness in the desert? Does Coachella Valley have the authority needed to support and hold partners accountable for making progress toward shared goals driven by data? Is Coachella Valley receiving its fair share of State and Federal resources in order to be effective?

Without a collaborative structure in place, our region lacks: • The ability to use data to form a comprehensive understanding of homelessness and

homelessness response unique to our area; • The ability to encourage providers to work together toward shared goals using shared

standards, and hold them accountable for reporting on progress; • Dedicated allocation from state, federal, and other funding sources.

What is a Continuum of Care?

A Continuum of Care (CoC) is well-established model for streamlining effective homeless services. On the most basic level, CoCs set shared goals and performance measurement mechanisms in order to redistribute pooled resources for homelessness response in a specific geographic area. CoCs are designated by and beholden to the US Department of Housing and Urban Development. In return, CoCs receive direct allocation of State and Federal funds. What are the pros/cons of Option 4A vs 4B?

Option 4A proposes that Coachella Valley entirely split off from the Riverside County Continuum of Care. Option 4B proposes that Coachella Valley become a subdivision of Riverside County’s Continuum of Care – with its own governance, dedicated funding allocation, and performance measurement.

While Option 4A (stand alone CoC) could give Coachella Valley more autonomy to set its own course, it would be substantial administrative lift with no immediate guarantee of increased funding for Coachella Valley; there are no federal/state dollars to support startup costs; and according to HUD, fracturing a CoC is a last resort measure when a the relationship between a given area and its CoC have become irreconcilably strained and counterproductive.

Option 4B (CoC subdivision) is a middle ground solution that could be achieved within a more reasonable timeframe, assuming the County is agreeable and cooperative. Nearly all large CoCs subdivide into ‘service planning areas’ as a way to strengthen regional autonomy without having to shoulder the entire administrative burden involved in operating a stand alone CoC. Generally, sub-CoCs receive a dedicated funding allocation from the parent CoC and are responsible for setting priorities, allocating funding, and determining how performance is tracked/measured. Furthermore, the County has concurrently expressed interest in regionalized CoCs along the lines of Option 4B as part of its strategic planning process.

If Coachella Valley had its own sub-CoC, what could we do?

It would give Coachella Valley a more stable funding source, ability to encourage service providers to work together, and ability to set and track progress toward shared data-driven goals. Specifically:

• Conduct a CV-focused homeless count, updated on a more frequent schedule • Manage our own coordinated entry system tracking • Set Valley-wide goals and reallocate funding to multiple providers based on those

priorities • Structure our own data and standards, and produce consistent performance reports for

the entire Valley

What would it take to establish and operate a sub-CoC?

To establish a regional CoC, Coachella Valley would need to work with the County to update its CoC governance charter, define a Valley-specific funding allocation, and determine administrative support for the CoC. Next Steps At its meeting on May 5, the Subcommittee reconfirmed support for a combination of Options 3 and 4B. Following this direction, Mr. Rodriguez and CVAG staff resumed discussion with HUD staff. HUD expressed informal support for the sub-CoC direction (Option 4B), starting with a focus on regionalized data collection and goal-setting. The next step is to discuss options with the County, which as previously noted has concurrently expressed interest in regionalizing its CoC. Coachella Valley could pilot this concept with the County. Fiscal Impact: No impact at this time. The staff recommendation is to work with the County to explore options to form a regional collaborative, including possible restructuring of existing resources.

ITEM 5E

Staff Report Subject: Amendment #4 to Riverside County Grant Agreement for CV Housing First Contact: Libby Carlson, Senior Program Analyst ([email protected]) Recommendation: Authorize Executive Director to negotiate and execute Amendment #4 to grant agreement with Riverside County for CV Housing First extending term through June 30, 2021 for an additional $359,711; and authorize the Executive Director and/or Legal Counsel to make minor changes/revisions for clarification purposes. Homelessness Committee: CONCURS (Meeting of May 20th) Background: Riverside County has contributed funding to CV Housing First annually since FY17/18. The County has provided a Fourth Amendment to continue this funding through June 30, 2021 for an additional $359,711. The grant provides critical financial support needed to continue the program’s diversion, prevention, and crisis stabilization housing components. CVAG expresses its sincere appreciation to the Riverside County for its continued partnership in combating homelessness in Coachella Valley. Fiscal Analysis: The $359,711 is the same amount contributed in previous years. To-date the County grant totals $1,438,844 inclusive of Amendment #4.


ITEM 5F

Staff Report Subject: Regional Energy Network Cooperative Cost Sharing Agreement Contact: Benjamin Druyon, Management Analyst ([email protected]) Recommendation: Authorize the Executive Director to execute a cooperative cost sharing agreement with Western Riverside Council of Governments and San Bernardino Council of Governments to form a Regional Energy Network (REN), with CVAG’s share of costs not to exceed $50,000 for the business plan development portion. Energy & Environmental Resources Committee: Concurs at the May 14th meeting with Imperial Irrigation District and Indian Wells abstaining. Background: In 2018, funding sources from the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) for Local Government Partnerships and energy efficiency programs began to decline and CVAG learned that its ten-year Desert Cities Energy Partnership funding would be going away. Because of the loss of funding, CVAG, Western Riverside Council of Governments (WRCOG), and San Bernardino Council of Governments (SBCOG) began collaborating to discuss the possibility of creating a new joint REN for the Inland Empire to fill some of the gaps in funding for energy efficiency programs and to better service the Riverside County and San Bernardino County jurisdictions. Regional Energy Networks are becoming a viable model that many local governments are looking towards to replicate and implement within their service territory to continue providing energy efficiency support to their communities. At the June 24, 2019 Executive Committee meeting, staff’s recommendation for the Executive Director to enter into a cost sharing agreement with WRCOG and SBCOG was approved for an amount not to exceed $25,000 for CVAG’s portion for implementation of a REN program, but the agreement was never executed by all parties. Since the first cost sharing agreement was never fully executed, WRCOG has replaced it with this new agreement and eliminated the previous one, per direction from our legal counsel. Regional Energy Networks (REN’s) are a pilot program approved in 2012 and overseen by the CPUC to supplement and enhance the energy efficiency support provided to local governments in collaboration with Investor Owned Utilities (IOUs), Southern California Edison and Southern California Gas Company. The CPUC’s intent is for RENs to undertake programs that the IOUs cannot or do not intend to do. Existing RENs work with the utilities to ensure their programs do not overlap. RENs can target hard to reach areas, low-income customers, and design programs that have the potential to be scaled to larger geographic areas. Additionally, the CPUC directed the RENs to address the areas of Workforce Education & Training, technology development, and Water – Energy Nexus. The REN program is funded through public goods charges collected from customers of IOUs including Southern California Edison and SoCal Gas. The public goods charge funds available for RENs are separate from other “pots of money” used to fund energy efficiency programs through the CPUC. Participating in a REN would not compete with the potential to apply


for other programs funded through the public goods charge (e.g. local government partnerships, Community Choice Aggregation agencies). SoCal REN was one of the first REN’s to begin servicing customers. SoCal REN worked with The Energy Coalition to begin reaching out to local governments to see if those cities had energy projects they could assist with. In 2015, CVAG and The Energy Coalition, representing SoCalREN, worked with the City of Rancho Mirage to perform energy audits on their municipal buildings to determine what measures would benefit them. The projects the City of Rancho Mirage chose to improve on were street lighting replacements for 200 fixtures, a boiler replacement at their City Hall building, and two variable speed pumps for their Housing Authority. After their assessments, SoCalREN assisted the City of Rancho Mirage by completing some energy use assessments, providing technical assistance, and filling out incentive forms for the rebates on those projects. The costs to install more efficient streetlights, pumps, and the boiler were covered by the City of Rancho Mirage. No other projects in CVAG’s jurisdiction were completed by SoCal REN after that. To initiate formation of the Inland Empire REN, WRCOG released a request for proposals and selected a consultant to aid our three agencies with the planning and development of a business plan for a Regional Energy Network. Frontier Energy, Inc. partnered with BluePoint Planning and was selected as the consultant to guide us through the process of developing a business plan to submit to the CPUC for a REN program that will provide our communities with the best benefits through energy efficiency programs. A kickoff meeting was held at the WRCOG offices in Riverside where we had an interactive discussion on creating the new REN. Through the discussion, it was decided that the new REN should begin with its focus on two specific areas, 1) the public sector and 2) Workforce, Education & Training. It is estimated that the time to complete the CPUC application and approval process is a year or more. Approval of a new REN program begins with the development of a business plan. The business plan explains the ideas of the new REN and describes which sectors it plans on targeting. The business plan must then be presented to the California Energy Efficiency Coordinating Committee (CAEECC) for comments before being submitted to the CPUC for consideration. The CAEECC is a venue for stakeholders to discuss energy efficiency matters transparently. WRCOG is scheduled to present at the next CAEECC meeting on May 14, 2020 and CVAG staff will be in attendance. If the business plan is approved, phase 2 begins with the development of an implementation plan, which is then submitted to the CPUC for final approval and assignment of a budget. At the Energy & Environmental Resources meeting on February 13th, staff presented the budget amounts of three existing REN’s and explained how public goods funds collected by Southern California Edison and Southern California Gas Company from residents in the Coachella Valley are being funneled to Los Angeles County through SoCal REN’s program. SoCal REN’s 2019 budget is $21,800,800. WRCOG estimates that our new REN will have an annual budget between $5-10 million dollars. It was asked how a city could participate in the SoCal REN program today and if there was funding available. Any city in Southern California Edison’s territory could take advantage of SoCal REN’s services today, just as Rancho Mirage did several years ago, and there is still funding available. To participate, a city would be required to fill out a simple enrollment form after which a meeting would be set up to assess that city’s needs. SoCal REN provides staff support for audits, project management, technical services, and administrative services. CVAG is available to assist member agencies who would like to reach out to SoCal REN. You can learn more by visiting their website here: https://socalren.com/agencies.

https://socalren.com/agencies/services

As WRCOG, CVAG, and SBCOG move forward with the development of the business plan, we have relied heavily on our consultants to guide us through the process. The formation of a new REN has been met with some opposition from SoCal REN. Because of this opposition, we have had to reassess our strategy and require more assistance from our consultants, thus increasing our initial costs. Staff’s recommendation is to authorize the Executive Director to execute a cooperative cost sharing agreement with Western Riverside Council of Governments and San Bernardino Council of Governments to form a Regional Energy Network (REN), with CVAG’s share of costs not to exceed $50,000 for the business plan development portion. Contract Finalization: Authorize the Executive Director and/or CVAG legal counsel to make minor changes/revisions for clarification purposes. Fiscal Impact: Staff has identified the startup costs associated with submitting a proposal to the CPUC with SBCOG and WRCOG will be approximately $150,000, with CVAG’s share of the costs not to exceed $50,000. The funding source would be CVAG’s PACE fund and the funds expended would not be eligible for reimbursement with the implementation of a REN. Attachments: 1. Cooperative Agreement between WRCOG, CVAG, and SBCOG

Contract No. 19-1002238

SANBAG Agreement No. 19-1002238 Page 1

COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT NO. 19-1002238

BY AND BETWEEN

COACHELLA VALLEY ASSOCIATION OF GOVERNMENTS

AND

SAN BERNARDINO ASSOCIATED GOVERNMENTS

AND

WESTERN RIVERSIDE COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS

FOR

REGIONAL ENERGY NETWORK (REN) DEVELOPMENT WITH FRONTIER ENERGY, INC.

THIS COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT (“Contract”) is made and entered into by and

between the Coachella Valley Association of Governments (“CVAG”), whose address is 73-710 Fred Waring Dr #200, Palm Desert, CA 92660; San Bernardino Associated Governments (“SANBAG”), whose address is 1170 W. 3rd Street, 2nd Floor, San Bernardino, California 92410-1715; and the Western Riverside Council of Governments (“WRCOG”), whose address is 3390 University Ave Suite #200, Riverside, California 92501. The CVAG, SANBAG and WRCOG are each a “Party” and collectively the “Parties.”

RECITALS:

WHEREAS, on April 4, 2019, WRCOG contracted with Frontier Energy, Inc. (“VENDOR”) to conduct a business plan development for the implementation of a Regional Energy Network (REN) in Riverside and San Bernardino Counties; and

WHEREAS, VENDOR’s work is described in Attachment A and is defined as the “PROJECT”; and

WHEREAS, the Parties wish to enter into this Contract to delineate roles, responsibilities, and funding commitments relative to the PROJECT; and

WHEREAS, CVAG and SANBAG have requested WRCOG to coordinate the PROJECT.

NOW, THEREFORE, the Parties agree as follows:

I. WRCOG RESPONSIBILITIES:

A. To designate a Project Manager to represent WRCOG through whom all communications between the Parties shall be channeled.



B. To provide CVAG and SANBAG with a proposed project schedule to complete the PROJECT.

C. To include CVAG and SANBAG in Project Development Team (PDT) meetings and related communications on PROJECT progress as well as to provide CVAG and SANBAG with copies of PDT meeting minutes and action items.

D. To make all PROJECT work performed available for review and comment by CVAG and SANBAG.

E. To invoice CVAG and SANBAG on a quarterly basis for funds sufficient to cover the costs for the specific payment period.

II. CVAG AND SANBAG RESPONSIBILITIES:

A. To designate a responsible staff member that will be each Party’s respective representative for purposes of attending the PDT meetings, receiving day-to-day communication and reviewing the PROJECT documents.

B. To be responsible for payment of a total amount not to exceed $50,000 (fifty-thousand) each for CVAG’s and SANBAG’s respective portion of the PROJECT, and to pay WRCOG’s invoices within sixty (60) days of receipt.

III. MUTUAL RESPONSIBILITIES:

A. The scope of the PROJECT is depicted in Attachment A, which is attached to this Contract and by this reference is incorporated herein.

B. CVAG and SANBAG agree WRCOG is coordinating completion of PROJECT. Estimated costs to complete the PROJECT are included as Attachment B to this Contract.

C. Neither CVAG, SANBAG, nor any officer, director, employee or agent thereof, is responsible for any injury, damage or liability occurring or arising by reason of anything done or omitted to be done by WRCOG under or in connection with any work, authority or jurisdiction delegated to WRCOG under this Contract. It is understood and agreed that, pursuant to Government Code Section 895.4, WRCOG shall fully defend, indemnify and save harmless CVAG, SANBAG, and their officers, directors, employees or agents from all claims, suits or actions of every name, kind and description brought for or on account of injury (as defined by Government Code Section 810.8) occurring by reason of anything done or omitted to be done by WRCOG under or in connection with any work, authority or jurisdiction delegated to WRCOG under this Contract. WRCOG shall include this requirement in its contract with VENDOR.

D. The term of the Contract shall continue in full force and effect through completion and closeout of the PROJECT or on June 30, 2021, whichever is earlier in time. Should any claims arising out of the PROJECT be asserted against one or more of the PARTIES, the



PARTIES agree to extend the fixed termination date of this Contract until such time as the claims are settled, dismissed or paid.

E. WRCOG shall require VENDOR to name CVAG and SANBAG as additional insureds under any applicable insurance policies that WRCOG requires VENDOR to obtain and maintain for work under its contract with WRCOG.

F. The signatories hereto warrant that they are duly authorized to execute this Contract on behalf of said Parties and that, by so executing this Contract, the Parties hereto are formally bound to this Contract.

G. Except on subjects preempted by Federal law, this Contract shall be governed and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of California. All Parties agree to follow all local, state, and federal laws and ordinances with respect to the performance under this Contract.

H. The Parties agree that they shall maintain and make available for inspection all books, records, papers, accounting records, or other documents pertaining to the performance of the PROJECT, including but not limited to, the costs associated with the PROJECT. The Parties shall make all such items available at their respective offices at reasonable times during the Contract term and for three years from the date of PROJECT completion. The Parties agree that all duly authorized representatives shall have access to the documents during normal business hours.

I. If any clause or provision of this Contract is illegal, invalid or unenforceable under applicable present or future laws, then it is the intention of the PARTIES that the remainder of this Contract shall not be affected but shall remain in full force and effect.

J. This Contract can be amended with a written amendment when authorized and duly executed by all Parties.

K. In the event of litigation arising from this Contract, each Party to this Contract shall bear its own costs, including attorney(s) fees. This provision does not affect the obligations set forth in Sections III. C. and D.

L. This Contract may be signed in counterparts, each of which shall constitute an original.

M. Any notice required or authorized to be given hereunder or any other communications between the Parties provided for under the terms of this Contract shall be in writing, unless otherwise provided for herein, and shall be served personally or by reputable courier or by facsimile addressed to the relevant party at the address/fax number stated below.

N. Notice given under or regarding this Contract shall be deemed given (a) upon actual delivery, if delivery is personally made; or (b) upon delivery into the United States Mail if delivery is by postage paid certified mail (return receipt requested). Notice shall be sent to the respective Party at the address indicated below or to any other address as a Party may designate from time to time by a notice given in accordance with this paragraph.



To WRCOG To SANBAG 3390 University Avenue, #200 1170 W. 3rd Street, 2nd Floor Riverside, CA 92501 San Bernardino, CA 92410-1715 Attn: Rick Bishop Attn: Duane Baker Cc: Barbara Spoonhour Cc: Procurement Manager Phone: (951)_ 405-6700 Phone: (909) 884-8276

To WRCOG To CVAG 3390 University Avenue, #200 73-710 Fred Waring Dr #200 Riverside, CA 92501 Palm Desert, CA 92260 Attn: Rick Bishop Attn: Tom Kirk Cc: Barbara Spoonhour Cc: Katie Barrows Phone: (951)_ 405-6700 Phone: (760) 346-1127

O. The Recitals stated above are true and correct and are incorporated by this reference into

the Contract.

P. Attachment A and Attachment B are attached to this Contract and by this reference are incorporated herein.

Q. The Effective Date of this Contract with WRCOG shall be April 4, 2019.

------------------ SIGNATURES ON THE FOLLOWING PAGE -----------------------



IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have executed this Contract on the day and year written below.

WRCOG SANBAG

By: ____________________________ By:_______________________ Rick Bishop Raymond W. Wolfe

WRCOG Executive Director Executive Director Date: ___________________ Date:______________________ APPROVED AS TO FORM: APPROVED AS TO FORM:

By:_____________________ By:_______________________ Steven DeBaun Julianna K. Tillquist

General Counsel General Counsel CVAG CONCURRENCE: By:___________________ By:___________________

Tom Kirk Jeffery Hill CVAG Executive Director Procurement Manager

Date:___________________ APPROVED AS TO FORM:

By:_____________________ Michael Jenkins

General Counsel CONCURRENCE: By:

TBD



ATTACHMENT A PROJECT DESCRIPTION

SCOPE OF WORK

Project Understanding and Approach

For more than ten years, the Frontier Energy and Bluepoint Planning Team (hereafter referred to as the Team) has worked with all of the local governments who now form the SoCalREN, BayREN, and 3C-REN. Our Team has been on the journey with them as they started Energy Efficiency programs under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) and Energy Upgrade California, through the work to secure a long-term role for local governments within the CPUC ratepayer-funded energy efficiency programs. This experience has provided insights, understanding, and a unique ability to navigate the complexities to developing a REN Business Plan. Specifically, this experience informs the effort we would undertake with the Client Team, which includes the following key elements:

1. Assessing existing IOU programs in the regions, identifying market needs, determining potential gaps, and potential audiences that fall within the REN criteria. This includes incorporating a strategy that the CPUC, IOUs, and stakeholders will support.

2. Discussing and helping to formulate a general governance and organizational approach for the future REN.

3. Developing a portfolio-level vision, along with sector goals and strategies, including determining which sectors the REN should pursue and the balance of resource and non-resource programs.

4. Refining and quantifying the sector-level approaches and narrative to operationalize the strategies.

5. Establishing appropriate Marketing, Outreach, and Education (ME&O) strategies, Workforce Education and Training (WE&T) support, and evaluation, measurement and verification elements (EM&V).

6. Developing Portfolio level budgets with required cost effectiveness calculations, and appropriate levels of administration, marketing and evaluation budgets.

7. Identifying and refining appropriate metrics in line with approved business plan metrics and the REN focus.

Developing a Business Plan involves wrangling big-picture ideas into actionable documentation. The Team proposes to facilitate two interactive and collaborative in-person work sessions with the Client Team to ideate and then develop an effective and detailed Business Plan outline. During these daylong events, the Team will facilitate the conversation to focus, hone, and refine the proposed sectors, strategies, and goals for the Business Plan.



The Team will work closely with the Client Team to help translate these conversations into a clear Business Plan.

Task 1: Business Plan Development

Regional Energy Networks (RENs) filing Business Plans for the first time as Program Administrators face a complex and comprehensive process that can be hampered by a lack of understanding about the requirements, purpose, and the CPUC’s perception of the value of local governments and REN- implemented energy efficiency programs. CPUC guidance in D.15-10-028, D12-11-015, and 16-08-019 provided a process for new RENs to file as Program Administrators, but also refined the parameters that a REN must meet for approval. That process, filing a Business Plan, is a resource intensive, technical undertaking to make the case to CPUC for the need for and adequacy of the proposed REN. Development of a successful Business Plan requires significant upfront planning from the broad, philosophical intent of the REN to the detailed goals and strategies of the individual sectors. In issuing this RFP early in their journey as a REN, WRCOG, CVAG, and SBCOG exhibit an understanding of the importance of early efforts, which bodes well for the success of this new REN.

Informed by our direct experience developing a successful Business Plan for 3C-REN, the first and only REN authorized after the original Decision 12-05-015, the Team will support the Client Team in identifying the needs of their constituents, gaps in the current energy efficiency offerings, high potential sectors, and an overarching strategy and raison d’être for the REN. The Team will develop detailed outlines of the Business Plan and all related submission documents to guide WRCOG, CVAG, and SBCOG in filling out the details, based on their chosen focus.

On behalf of the Bay Area REN (BayREN), the Tri-County REN (3C-REN), and previously for the Southern California REN (SoCalREN), the Team already coordinates and supports REN technical strategy and positioning within the CPUC’s regulatory framework. An important component for the Client Team is to clarify in the Business Plan the technical aspects of RENs’ current and future role as successful providers of ratepayer-funded programs. Bluepoint Planning and Frontier Energy both sustain a high level of engagement with the CPUC and its consultants, and will utilize existing connections to advocate on behalf of WRCOG, CVAG, and SBCOG early and throughout the entire process.

The Team proposes the following REN Business Planning support:

Review of key legislation and strategy documents, including: AB 758, SB 350, AB 802, AB 793, the California Long Term Energy Efficiency Strategic Plan, the Existing Buildings Energy Efficiency Plan, and the New Residential and Commercial Building Zero Net Energy Action Plans. Research and identification of high opportunity and hard-to-reach energy savings potential and targets by climate zone, building type, and demographic/customer segments using the California Potential and Goals Study, the California Energy Commission’s Residential Appliance Saturation Study and associated Database, the American Community Survey, the Construction Industry Research Board, and other primary and secondary sources and reports.



Development of program strategy and implementation activities aligned with market characterizations and research into and experience with market barriers for the targeted sectors.

Development of targets and projections for energy savings and other performance indicators from identified implementation activities based upon participating buildings.

Development and coordination of program budgets.

Coordination and support through the California Energy Efficiency Coordinating Committee (CAEECC) on behalf of the RENs with the IOUs and other key stakeholders to advance REN interests in the Business Planning process, understand stakeholder concerns and objectives for program activities, and adjust proposed REN Business Plan strategies accordingly.

Key Deliverables:

Kick-off meeting and strategy charette

Two day-long meetings to develop initial Business Plan content; support for development of budgets; support for development of strategic framework, initial goals and intervention strategies; support for development of detailed sector strategies and narratives

Draft and Final Business Plan chapters

Task 2: California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) Energy Division support

As a new Program Administrator, developing key relationships and allies within CPUC and with other stakeholders is an essential part of the Team’s strategy for REN development. It’s critical that the Client Team develop these relationships and have an active presence with the CPUC. To support the long-term success of the REN, the Team plans to use its connections and experience to support the Client Team’s staff in representing the REN at key meetings.

Gaining authorization as a REN does not begin with submission of necessary documents. The Team proposes to orchestrate introductions and stakeholder buy-in between the REN and key CPUC Energy Division staff including those overseeing RENs, reporting, and other relevant departments. Likewise, to mitigate intervenor protests or other forms of opposition, we propose to facilitate early discussions between known groups who may challenge the creation of this REN.

Frontier Energy has notable experience in regulatory support for proceedings at the CPUC and Energy Commission. On behalf of the BayREN, 3C-REN, and previously the SoCalREN, Frontier Energy has supported reporting, filing, and many other necessary data exchanges to meet CPUC requirements. Thanks to our successful experience operating within the CPUC framework, the Team will provide time- and cost-effective guidance on planning and execution of filings to minimize supplemental filings and informal requests for more information. Further, BluePoint Planning’s location in the Bay Area can served to facilitate in-person meetings with



CPUC when needed. BluePoint currently provides ongoing coordination and strategic support to the three RENs through monthly coordination calls, including alignment of regulatory comments, identification of potential opportunities and relevant new proceedings for the RENs, and joint communications and messaging to the CPUC and key decision makers. As the newest REN contender, the Client Team would be welcomed and encouraged to join these conversations to learn directly from existing RENs.

The Team proposes the following key services and products for regulatory proceeding support:

Support Client Team’s discussion and negotiate Business Plan comments and revisions with CPUC staff.

Track, research, and analyze regulatory and legislative proceedings.

Provide guidance on regulatory proceedings including drafting comments, responses, and addressing protests.

Develop and implement reporting protocols and schedules; coordinate and oversee reporting activities with program implementers.

Support client counsel with inputs to regulatory filing protocol.

Key Deliverables:

Reporting protocol and schedule development

Guidance to prepare for CPUC meetings

Task 3: Data Analysis / Market Analysis

One of the keys to a successful Business Plan is developing a strong case for the REN’s existence based on accurate, relevant data. Data and market analysis provide the basis for the REN’s strategy to meet the CPUC’s standard of review for Regional Energy Networks. That standard requires RENs to undertake activities that 1) utilities cannot or do not intend to undertake, 2) pilot activities for which there is no current utility program and that have to potential to scale to a broader geography and 3) pilot activities in hard-to-reach markets. In the Team’s experience, the data to support this framework comes from a variety of sources and requires an experienced team to analyze, interpret, and transform it into a cohesive part of a Business Plan.

Leveraging our previous experience, the Team—in collaboration with the CVAG, SBCOG and WRCOG— will conduct market analysis, including market characterization. We will support IOU and County department data requests and will analyze the data received to determine how it fits into developing and fulfilling the overall Business Plan strategy.



This analysis should be undertaken in two steps: 1. An initial, less detailed market scan and evaluation of IOU programs to inform a gaps analysis; 2. A more detailed data analysis of the specific sectors that will be proposed to support the Business Plan.

The Team proposes the following key services and products for data and market analysis:

Conduct an initial market scan and develop a gaps analysis.

Support the Client Team in identifying the key data points necessary to support REN authorization, including market characterization and barriers.

Identify and assess the appropriate resources to obtain data.

Support requests from REN staff to stakeholders.

Perform analysis on raw data received.

Synthesize and present findings to REN staff.

Incorporate results of the analysis into the Business Plan strategy and outline.

Key Deliverables:

Initial market scan for gaps analysis

Written market assessment for incorporation into Business Plan

Task 4: California Energy Efficiency Coordinating Committee (CAEECC) Stakeholder support

Similar to the Team’s proposed approach with the CPUC, the Team proposes to support the Client Team with introductions and context for navigating the CAEECC stakeholder process. The Team will maintain a calendar of key dates and deadlines, a roster of key stakeholders, and will manage the review cycle. However, the Client Team should remain the face of the REN with the CAEECC. The Team will instead serve an advisory/consultative role to help prepare and guide the Client Team staff.

The Team will also support with framing responses to comments received during the CAEECC process. As with any stakeholder process, public comments can vary in detail and technical scope. We will support the Client Team in determining the best process to address all comments received, whether in the Business Plan or elsewhere. The Team has the experience to identify which feedback items are critical for implementation, and which feedback items are helpful as general guidance that can be considered for future activities. The Team’s goal when responding to feedback is to stay focused on meeting the near-term milestones for approval, without losing track of big-picture goals and opportunities.



The Team has been part of the CAEECC stakeholder process since CAEECC’s inception. We have helped 3C-REN position itself for launch as a REN and guided it through its stakeholder engagement process into approval, and supported both SoCalREN and BayREN as they navigated later steps in the CAEECC cycle. Our experience has shown that while RENs do not have the same resources as IOUs when working with the CAEECC, RENs can still focus their efforts wisely to successfully provide updates, gather feedback, and iterate their plans in alignment with CPUC direction. With our experience, the REN will enter CAEECC meetings prepared and confident, without requiring extensive over-preparation or IOU-level staff resources.

That said, even with strategic counsel and support, the Client Team should anticipate that the CAEECC process can be lengthy, and that sometimes minor requests from the CAEECC can result in significant delays. Notably, the CAEECC full meetings occur only quarterly, and the Client Team should anticipate providing updates at least twice prior to submitting formal paperwork for CPUC approval, and potentially more often. The Team will advise the Client Team on the best way to coordinate the CAEECC process and manage timeline expectations accordingly.

The Team proposes the following key services and products for CAEECC support:

Provide strategic guidance on managing key CAEECC processes.

Provide introductions and context on CAEECC stakeholders.

Support WRCOG, CVAG and SBCOG in preparing for representation at CAEECC meetings, including coordinating planning meetings.

Maintain a schedule of key dates and deadlines, including managing an internal development schedule, to ensure the REN is prepared for all key deliverables.

Support the REN in determining responses to comments received during the CAEECC process.

Key Deliverables:

Schedule of key dates and deadlines for CAEECC process

Support for CAEECC meeting preparation

Support in responding to CAEECC feedback



ATTACHMENT B

PROJECT COST ESTIMATE. TOTAL SANBAG $50,000 WRCOG $50,000 CVAG $50,000 TOTAL $150,000

ITEM 5G

Staff Report Subject: Amendment Five to AB 2766 Memorandum of Understanding Contact: Katie Barrows, Director of Environmental Resources ([email protected])

Recommendation: Approve Amendment Five to the AB 2766 Memorandum of Understanding between CVAG and the Member Jurisdictions to maintain the contributions from the cities and the County at 75% to provide sustainable funding for the Regional PM10 Street Sweeping Program, through June 30, 2024. Energy & Environmental Resources Committee: CONCURS (Meeting of May14th) Background: Since the early 1990s, CVAG and member agencies have cooperated on a Regional PM10 Street Sweeping Program. Member agencies have participated in the AB 2766 Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) which provides for the contribution of a share of their AB 2766 funds to CVAG; these funds are used to support the Regional PM10 Street Sweeping Program. In 2016, Amendment Four to the MOU was approved by the CVAG Executive Committee and all member agencies who participate in the street sweeping program. The MOU expires as of June 30, 2020 and the request is for the Executive Committee to approve a new amendment that will continue AB 2766 contributions at 75% for the next four years, to June 30, 2024. Street sweeping is one of the primary air quality control measures to reduce PM-10 (particulate matter of less than 10 microns). PM-10 comes from dust-generating activities, including vehicles traveling over paved or unpaved streets and construction. Currently M&M Sweeping, Inc. in Thousand Palms is under contract to conduct the regional street sweeping program for CVAG. The program also has the additional benefit of keeping all the major streets in the Coachella Valley clean and doing so at a low per mile cost due to economies of scale. The street sweeping program has been funded by several sources. The AB 2766 funds are allocated to CVAG’s individual jurisdictions as a percentage of vehicle license plate renewals, and then redirected to the Regional PM10 Street Sweeping Program. One of the former funding sources was the South Coast Air Quality Management District’s Mobile Source Air Pollution Reduction Review Committee (MSRC). Beginning in 2015, the MSRC grants CVAG received were reduced from $250,000/year to $125,000/year to $0/year in 2018. As a result of the funding shortfall, staff sought additional funding sources to fully operate the street sweeping program. In January 2019 the South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD) approved a grant to CVAG of $1,150,000 for five years of the street sweeping program. The first year of funding is certain with the remaining four years pending completion of a study of the efficiency and effectiveness of the current program. This funding is anticipated to help make up the shortfall for the next five years. The other funding stream is the Coachella Valley Air Quality Enhancement Fund managed by Riverside County, referred to as Colmac funds. In July 2010, the County formally agreed to a set-aside of $150,000 in Colmac funds per year for five years to assist CVAG and the member jurisdictions with the operation of the Regional Program. The current Colmac funding runs through the 2019/20 fiscal year. CVAG will be requesting another five years of funding from the County.


Amendment Four to the current MOU expires June 30, 2020. Combined with the other funding streams, AB 2766 funds will offset the costs of the Regional PM10 Street Sweeping Program. Staff recommends that Amendment Five to the MOU to maintain the 75% commitment of AB 2766 funds from member jurisdictions be continued for the next four fiscal years through June 30, 2024. Pending approval by the CVAG Executive Committee, Amendment Five will be circulated to all participating member agencies for approval by their respective governing body. Fiscal Analysis: Adequate funding for the Regional PM10 Street Sweeping Program is dependent on all three funding streams, AB 2766, South Coast AQMD, and Colmac. Contract Finalization: Minor changes/revisions may be made for clarification purposes by CVAG Executive Director and/or legal counsel prior to execution. Attachment: 1. Amendment Five to AB 2766 Memorandum of Understanding

AMENDMENT FIVE TO

AB 2766 MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING (MOU) BETWEEN

COACHELLA VALLEY ASSOCIATION OF GOVERNMENTS AND

CVAG MEMBER JURISDICTIONS

JULY 1, 2020 The AB 2766 Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) is made and entered into by and between the Coachella Valley Association of Governments (CVAG) and the CVAG member jurisdictions. The parties acknowledge that this Amendment shall be for the period starting July 1, 2020 and shall bind the parties hereunder for the entire term of the four-year amendment; through June 30, 2024. The AB 2766 MOU is hereby amended through this Amendment Five as follows:

1) At their June 1, 2020 meeting, the Executive Committee approved to maintain CVAG’s AB 2766 formula at 75% to provide sustainable funding of the Regional PM10 Street Sweeping Program and related activities starting July 1, 2020 through June 30, 2024;

2) All other terms and conditions shall remain the same. COACHELLA VALLEY ASSOCIATION OF GOVERNMENTS By:____________________________________________________ Title: Jeff Grubbe, CVAG Chair Date: __________________________ CITY (COUNTY) OF __________________________________ _ By:_____________________________ Title: ________________________ _ Date: _________________________ _

ITEM 6A

Staff Report Subject: Proposed FY 2020/21 Budget Contact: Gary Leong, Deputy Executive Director ([email protected]) Recommendation: No action is required at this time. Finance Committee: Approved moving the proposed FY 2020/2021 budget forward to the Executive Committee for review and consideration. (Meeting of May 27th) Background: The Proposed FY 2020/21 Budget was presented to the CVAG Finance Committee on May 27. Members discussed the draft budget and have requested some additional information and staff will provide it to the Finance Committee in June. Members of the committee approved moving the FY2020/21 budget forward to the Executive Committee for review and consideration. Members of the CVAG Finance Committee are as follows:

1) Councilmember Richard Balacco, City of Indian Wells 2) Councilmember Lupe Ramos Amith, City of Indio 3) Mayor Linda Evans, City of La Quinta 4) Bill Pattison, City Manager, City of Coachella 5) Chuck Maynard, City Manager, City of Desert Hot Springs 6) Isaiah Hagerman, City Manager, City of Rancho Mirage

The CVAG FY 2020/2021 draft budget can be found at the following link:

http://www.cvag.org/downloads/admin/exec/CVAG_FY2020-2021_Budget.pdf Staff will be recommending that the Executive Committee and the General Assembly approve the budget at the June 29th meetings. Fiscal Analysis: No financial impact.


http://www.cvag.org/downloads/admin/exec/CVAG_FY2020-2021_Budget.pdf

ITEM 6B

Staff Report

Subject: Funding Match for ATP Cycle 5 Projects Contact: Erica Felci, Governmental Projects Manager ([email protected]) Recommendation: Authorize the Executive Director to commit regional transportation funding, in addition to the previously approved 2019 Bicycle and Pedestrian Safety Program, so that projects can maximize leveraging points in applications for the state’s ATP Cycle 5 grant program, with the condition that actual expenditure of funds would be dependent on securing the grant funding and funding contributions by local jurisdictions. Transportation Committee: CONCURS (Meeting of May 4th) Background: The Coachella Valley has made it a priority to make significant investments in the local and regional transportation networks, particularly as it pertains to creating safer routes for pedestrians and cyclists. The region has also been successful in securing outside funding for these projects, particularly awards from the state’s Active Transportation Program (ATP). Created by state legislation in 2013, ATP consolidated various funding sources into a single program to encourage active modes of transportation. ATP has become an extremely competitive program and recent awards have benefitted projects such as CV Link, the La Quinta Village complete streets network as well as Palm Drive in the City of Desert Hot Springs. Bringing in external funding to the region benefits everyone and getting projects “shovel ready” enhances the ability to secure these dollars. In June 2019, the CVAG Executive Committee unanimously voted to have a second cycle of CVAG’s Bicycle and Pedestrian Safety Program that would provide funding for getting regional ATP projects “shovel ready” for future grant opportunities, and authorized staff to begin the process of securing one or more firms to design of these projects. Proposed key components of the program included:

• Projects are encouraged to be multi-jurisdictional and have a minimum construction cost estimate of $1.5 million.

• Funding for pre-construction stages will be provided at a ratio of 75% Regional/25% Local. • Projects could be led by CVAG or its member jurisdictions. • Projects must be included in the current 2016 CVAG Regional ATP, which is a component of

the 2016 TPPS. • This Safety Program will follow the guidelines for Measure A and Transportation Uniform

Mitigation Fee (TUMF) funding. In September 2019, the CVAG Executive Committee approved the selection of Albert A. Webb Associates, KOA and Omnis for the design and engineering of regional Active Transportation Plan (ATP) projects across the Coachella Valley: an extension of CV Link into the City of Desert Hot Springs;


a series of bike-pedestrian projects designed to improve connectivity in the City of Cathedral City; and the Arts and Music Line community connector to CV Link that’s located primarily along Avenue 48 between Interstate 10 and Washington Street that’s a collaboration with the Cities of La Quinta, Indio, Coachella and Riverside County. The design and engineering of these projects is now well underway. CVAG staff is also working with the teams to complete the grant applications for the next round of ATP grant funding. State officials in March 2020 released the call for projects for ATP Cycle 5, which is expected to provide about $440 million for projects between FY2021/22 and FY2024/25. Applications are currently due June 15; however, with the COVID-19 public health crisis, the California Transportation Commission is considering extending that deadline as late as mid-September. Applications are scored on a 100-point scale. This is an extremely competitive grant program and, in previous cycles, even a half-point could make the difference in securing millions of dollars. In ATP Cycle 4, which was awarded in 2019, successful projects had scored at least 89 of 100 points in order to get funding in the statewide round. And, because of limited resources, it can be difficult for larger projects to secure full funding in the MPO (Metropolitan Planning Organization) round, which involves additional scoring and consideration by the Riverside County Transportation Commission (RCTC) and by the Southern California Association of Governments (SCAG). Two Coachella Valley projects submitted in ATP Cycle 4 – the Avenue 48 Arts and Music Line and the CV Link extension to Desert Hot Springs – had competitive scores. But both the City of Desert Hot Springs and CVAG had to turn down partial funding awards during the MPO round, as it would have required an even larger commitment of local and regional funding resources to fill funding gaps. For the second ATP funding cycle, the State is requiring different ATP grant applications based on the project’s size and cost. Both the Desert Hot Springs and Avenue 48 projects are expected to fall within the “large project” application, which is required if the total cost of a project is more than $7 million. The Cathedral City project application is likely to be a “medium project” application. While a funding match is not required, medium and large projects will get an automatic five points if they can demonstrate that more than 20 percent of the ATP-eligible costs is covered by non-ATP funding. This is a relatively new part of the application, and it can better position regional projects in terms of their competitive advantage. The funding that the CVAG Executive Committee approved through the Bicycle and Pedestrian Safety Program, which is getting this cycle’s ATP projects shovel ready, can be used toward the match. However, additional funding commitment would be necessary to maximize the points. CVAG staff is recommending the Executive Committee authorize the use of additional transportation funding in order to maximize these points. This mirrors the strategy that the CVAG Executive Committee authorized in June 2018 for the projects submitted in ATP Cycle 4, which scored high enough to get offered partial funding awards. The Transportation Committee supported the staff recommendation when they considered this item on May 4, with the Cities of Rancho Mirage and Indian Wells abstaining. Fiscal Analysis: While a funding match is not required in the ATP application, leveraging funds will provide both projects with up to five points automatically. It also can factor into the large project’s cost effectiveness score, which is another five points. Maximizing these points will make both projects far more competitive than others in the state. In essence, the region is putting forward a relatively small financial investment in order to incentivize a far larger commitment in state funding.

The exact amount of funds needed for these projects is still being determined as the consultants finalize the scope of both projects. CVAG staff is recommending that at least 20 percent of each project’s total cost is committed locally. As with other regional transportation projects, CVAG staff recommends that the leverage is provided with a cost-sharing agreement with the local jurisdictions involved in the project. Because the Avenue 48 project crosses multiple jurisdictions, the cities’ share of the leverage would be split. For perspective, the Arts & Music Line — the largest of the projects — was estimated at $31.629 million in the ATP Cycle 4 application. and CVAG applied for $24.989 million in ATP funding. That Cycle 4 application identified $6.67 million as local/ regional leverage. The CTC will consider pre-construction phases funded by the local agency for leveraging, even if the funds were expended before the application deadline. That includes the investments that the CVAG Executive Committee approved with the Bicycle and Pedestrian Safety Program. In September 2019, the CVAG Executive Committee approved hiring three firms to conduct the work on getting ATP projects ready in five jurisdictions at a total not-to-exceed amount of $6,203,682. Based on the current cost estimates, CVAG’s share of that would be $4,652,762, The projects being submitted in ATP Cycle 5 are tied to priorities identified in CVAG’s Transportation Project Prioritization Study (TPPS) and are therefore eligible for regional transportation funding. CVAG has transportation funding available to provide its share of the project cost match. The additional funding will be identified and reported to the Executive Committee once the total project cost is known, which could be in the fall 2020 if the CTC extends the grant application period. Staff is recommending that, with approval of this item, the allocation of regional transportation funding is conditioned on successfully securing the grant funds.

ITEM 6Ca

Staff Report

Subject: Regional funding advocacy related to COVID-19 Contact: Erica Felci, Governmental Projects Manager ([email protected]) Recommendation: Authorize the Executive Director to: 1. Advocate for the Coachella Valley’s fair share in any state or federal legislation developed in

response to COVID-19 economic rebound and to seek funding reimbursement opportunities, as they develop, to offset costs incurred by regional programs.

2. Advocate to the Riverside County Board of Supervisors that sub-regional flexibility be included in the Governor’s COVID policy making and suggesting reopening orders be tailored accordingly.

Transportation Committee: CONCURS with first recommendation (Second recommendation introduced after the meeting of May 4)

Public Safety Committee: CONCURS (Introduced second recommendation at meeting on May 11)

Energy & Environmental Resources Committee: CONCURS (Meeting on May 14)

Homelessness Committee: CONCURS (Meeting on May 20)

Background: The onset of COVID-19 (coronavirus) in Riverside County has created an unprecedented crisis. Leaders have been forced to deal not just with the public health emergency, but also with the far-reaching ramifications on daily life and the economy. At a special meeting on March 19, CVAG’s member jurisdictions outlined the steps they were taking to address the situation, which has been reliant on guidance from Riverside County’s Public Health Officer. At CVAG, although staff has been working from home since mid-March, the regional projects and programs have remained on schedule, and on budget. CVAG has also provided regional support to many programs that had to quickly adjust to the crisis, particularly by providing services to the vulnerable homeless population. While stay-at-home orders remain largely in place, the Coachella Valley is slowly starting to see signs of its businesses and public spaces opening back up so routine life can resume. Economic rebound measures are also being implemented, including the federal Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act. More actions are on the horizon, as state and federal leaders continue to consider who may not have benefited from the relief actions taken to date. For example, the CARES Act provided aid to offset the expenses to cities and local governments where the population exceeded 500,000 people, which meant Coachella Valley cities could not directly tap into this resource. CVAG staff is also tracking the state and federal resources that may be available for regional homelessness services and looking for ways the CV Housing First program can be leveraged to assist


broader regional economic recovery. For example, with the onset of COVID-19 and associated closure orders, staff quickly mobilized to increase crisis stabilization housing capacity by working with hotel operators to temporarily repurpose unused rooms. As a result, the number of units distributed throughout Coachella Valley has doubled. During this time, the program’s outreach and services based out of the Homeless Access Center in Palm Springs have also continued to provide much-needed coordination between public safety and service providers. Staff continues to work closely with Riverside County, as well as the Institute for Local Government, on emerging funding opportunities to augment and further expand the region’s ability to effectively respond to the homelessness and housing crisis. Additionally, CVAG staff has been tracking the federal, state and countywide actions being considered to expedite the economic recovery. Congressional leadership have indicated a willingness to develop a bipartisan infrastructure package as part the coronavirus recovery. It is currently unknown how large that investment may be, or how much money may come to Riverside County as a result, but it has the possibility to be a boon to major construction-ready transportation projects. CVAG staff communicated this possibility to the Transportation Technical Advisory Sub-Committee, and CVAG staff has Riverside County Transportation Commission (RCTC) staff to ensure the desert’s projects are being considered on any future project list. As the COVID-19 situation and possible next steps remain a fluid situation, CVAG staff recommends that the Executive Committee take a proactive stance by providing the Executive Director with authority to fight for fairness in funding in any coronavirus-related efforts. This would include advocating for future relief packages to provide direct aid to local governments that have a population less than 500,000 people so that cites in the Coachella Valley could use it for their budgetary impacts. The Transportation Committee supported the first of the staff recommendations when they considered this item on May 4, with the City of Rancho Mirage voting no because some of the staff report covered issues beyond specific transportation projects. As part of the discussion, Transportation Committee Chair Robert Radi also suggested that advocacy by CVAG should include looking at ways to streamline the construction of projects, particularly as it pertains to the lengthy environmental review process projects go through the federal level even when they already completed the state CEQA requirements. When this topic was brought before the Public Safety Committee on May 11, it sparked a conversation about the Governor’s phased plan to re-open the state. Members expressed concerns that the guidance may not be practical for large urban counties. Members also pointed out how Blythe or the Coachella Valley is seeing different conditions than western Riverside County. As such, the Public Safety Committee recommends that CVAG send a message to the County Supervisors — who are already appealing to the Governor about amending the re-opening plan — that sub-regional (also known as sub-county) flexibility be included in policy making and any reopening plans. Along these same lines of sub-regional flexibility, CVAG also received a request from La Quinta Mayor Linda Evans on behalf of five other mayors, asking that CVAG formalize a letter from the Coachella Valley to the Riverside County Board of Supervisors to represent that the desert may be more ready to move to Stage 3 sooner than other parts of the County. The Mayors’ request is consistent with the recommendation from the Public Safety Committee. CVAG staff is supporting this approach, which is listed in the recommendations above. However, staff would point out that this request could have an unintended consequence: Should there be a spike in positive cases across eastern Riverside County, a sub-regional approach may mean that western Riverside County moves through the Governor’s stages before the Coachella Valley and/or Blythe.

Both recommendations were presented to, and received support from, the Energy and Environmental Resources Committee and the Homelessness Committee. Upon approval, CVAG will submit a letter to the Riverside County Board of Supervisors regarding the sub-regional request. Fiscal Analysis: There is no additional cost to CVAG, as these efforts are covered by existing resources. Should Congressional leadership reach a consensus on an infrastructure package, CVAG has a number of regional projects that could be considered. Both the regional signal synchronization program and CV Link have regional transportation funding, including Measure A, committed to them. These projects are already “federalized” through the required environmental clearances. Using federal stimulus funds for those projects could offset the reliance on Measure A. Attachment: Draft letter to Riverside County Supervisors

June 8, 2020 Supervisor V. Manuel Perez, Board Chair Supervisor Karen Spiegel, Board Vice Chair Supervisor Kevin Jeffries Supervisor Chuck Washington Supervisor Jeff Hewitt County of Riverside Board of Supervisors 4080 Lemon Street Riverside, California 92501 Honorable Supervisors, As Riverside County continues to grapple with the unprecedented crisis caused by the COVID-19 virus, the Coachella Valley Association of Governments (CVAG) is seeking your support for allowing public health policies and re-opening criteria to be customized on sub-county or subregional level. Ours is a large and diverse county, and the needs in the western part of the County may not reflect the needs in the Coachella Valley or the City of Blythe. Our next steps forward should reflect that. The desert was ground zero for coronavirus in Riverside County. The first cases were in the Coachella Valley and, as such, our cities were some of the first to respond. Cities such as Palm Springs immediately began to impose social distancing. We thoughtfully and methodically enacted safety precautions at public spaces. We shifted the public’s business out of City Halls and into online forums. And we enforced a period of self-isolation. Since the beginning, we have consistently adhered to the guidance from Riverside County’s Public Health Officer, Dr. Kaiser, but have also not shied away from considering more stringent steps in order to protect the desert’s most vulnerable residents. Many of these steps were extremely difficult to take, for our residents and our businesses. But they have collectively proven successful, as the data demonstrates that the Coachella Valley and the City of Blythe are ahead of the rest of the County in flattening the curve. The conversation is increasingly shifting to what’s ahead, and toward when we can reopen our businesses and our communities. Our economy has taken a massive hit; we cannot let it be a death blow. Undoubtedly, there are differing views on the path forward that California Gov. Gavin Newsom has outlined. His phased plan allows for counties to move more quickly toward re-opening if they can meet certain benchmarks. The Governor, in part because of the County’s request, has started to make adjustments, but some of them are unrealistic when applied to a large, urban county as a whole.

Eastern Riverside County has a long history of planning and implementing policies separate from our counterparts in the west. Part of this is driven by our obvious geographic separations, including being located in a separate air basin. We operate our own regional transportation program, our own regional multiple-species habitat conservation plan and our own regional homelessness services. Federal, state and county policy needs to reflect not only the county’s geography, but our longstanding practice of dividing the county into regions. Consider this: If the City of Blythe was its own county, it would already be on its way to opening back up to normalcy under the governor’s plan. Why should its remote location — hours drive from any other city — hold it back from doing so, simply because we all are within one county? The Coachella Valley and the City of Blythe need to be viewed through a different lens than our counterparts in western Riverside County. We already make these geographic divisions in our regional planning. Our public health policies and economic rebound should be no different, and this can be achieved by implementing sub-regional flexibility into the Governor’s guidelines and the county’s policies. This request isn’t about reopening our communities faster; it is about reopening our communities strategically and with a deep appreciation for how cities in different subregions should be treated differently. We urge you to take this message to Gov. Newsom, so the State can provide more flexibility to large, largely urban counties like Riverside County as they implement future public health guidance and mandates. Together, we can get the Coachella Valley, the City of Blythe and the rest of Riverside County back open, rebuild our economy and make this a better place to live, work and play. Sincerely, Tom Kirk CVAG Executive Director

ITEM 6Cc League of California Cities Priority Bill List

(As of May 22,2020)

Environmental Quality California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) SB 950 (Jackson) California Environmental Quality Act. Housing and Land Use This measure would make numerous changes to CEQA, including changes to tolling agreements, the CEQA initiative process, and what information is included in the “administrative record.” League Position: Oppose Unless Amended Climate Change: AB 3256 (E. Garcia) Climate Risks. Bond Measure This measure is the vehicle for the Assembly’s climate resiliency bond measure. This measure would enact the Wildfire Prevention, Safe Drinking Water, Climate Resilience, Drought Preparation, and Flood Protection Bond Act of 2020. If approved by the voters, would authorize a $6.980 billion bond for a wildfire prevention, safe drinking water, climate resilience, drought preparation, and flood protection program. The Legislature has until June 25 to place this bond measure on the November 2020 ballot. League Position: Watch SB 45 (Allen) Wildfire Prevention, Safe Drinking Water, Drought Preparation, and Flood Protection Bond Act of 2020 This measure is the vehicle for the Senate’s climate resiliency bond measure. This measure would authorize the issuance of $5.51 billion in bonds for wildfire prevention, safe drinking water, drought preparation, and flood protection programs. The Legislature has until June 25 to place this bond measure on the November 2020 ballot. League Position: Watch Emergency/Disaster Preparedness and Response: AB 2178 (Levine) Emergency Services This measure would amend the California Emergency Services Act to additionally include deenergization, defined as a planned public safety power shutoff, within those conditions constituting a state of emergency and a local emergency. Similar to SB 862 (Dodd). League Position: Pending SB 378 (Wiener) Electrical Corporations. Deenergization Events. Procedures. Allocation of Costs. Reports This measure requires electrical corporations, such as Pacific Gas and Electric; Southern California Edison; and San Diego Gas and Electric; to collect more data on their electrical corporation equipment and ensure that costs accrued by local governments and customers during a utility-initiated power shutoff are recovered in a timely manner. This measure also establishes a civil penalty imposed on electrical corporations during a de-energization event as determined by the California Public Utilities

http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB950

http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB3256




Commission (CPUC). Electrical corporations must also notify cities and counties as early as possible of any utility-initiated power shutoff, and provide all specific local information. League Position: Support SB 862 (Dodd) Planned Power Outage. Public Safety This measure would do the following:

● Amend the California Emergency Services Act to additionally include a deenergization event within a sudden and severe energy shortage constituting a state of emergency and a local emergency;

● Require an electrical corporation, as a part of its wildfire mitigation plan, to include protocols that deal specifically with access and functional need individuals, including those individuals who are enrolled in the California Alternative Rates for Energy program;

● Require an electrical corporation to coordinate with local governments in its service territory to identify sites within those jurisdictions where community resource centers can be established and operated during a deenergization event and the level of services that will be available at those centers;

● Require the electrical corporation to perform additional duties in coordination with local governments, including performing any necessary electrical upgrades to ensure that a mobile backup generator can be located at, and provide the necessary electricity for, the community resource center during a deenergization event; and is similar to AB 2178 (Levine).

League Position: Pending Energy and Utilities: SB 1215 (Stern) Mircogrids This measure would make a number of changes to who can build and operate a mircogrid. Additionally, this bill would direct Cal OES to develop a database of critical infrastructure to determine if they are in high fire threat areas. League Position: Watch SB 1312 (McGuire) Electrical Corporations. Deenergization This measure would create a framework to shorten and decrease utility initiated power shutoff events and to ultimately reduce their use. This measure also requires Investor Owned Utilities (IOUs) to take both short and long-term steps to harden their infrastructure and reduce the impacts of PSPS events on Californians. In doing so, it requires IOUs to prioritize public health and safety as well as uphold the belief that Californians today should have the right to reliable electrical service. League Position: Support Community Services Disaster Preparedness and Community Resiliency: AB 2064 (Patterson) Emergency Preparedness. Access and Functional Needs This measure would amend the California Emergency Services Act to require Cal OES to include best practices, including needs for access and function needs populations, in the next update of the existing State Emergency Plan. League Position: Pending




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AB 2213 (Limon) Office of Emergency Services: Model Guidelines This measure requires the California Office of Emergency Services (Cal OES) to develop model guidelines for local governments and other local entities active in disasters to identify, type, and track community resources that could assist in responding to or recovering from disasters. League Position: Watch Tobacco, E-Cigarettes, and Vaping: SB 793 (Hill) Flavored Tobacco Products This measure would prohibit a tobacco retailer from selling a flavored tobacco product. The measure would make a violation of this prohibition an infraction punishable by a fine of $250 for each violation. This measure would also state the intent of the Legislature that these provisions not be construed to preempt or prohibit the adoption and implementation of local ordinances related to the prohibition on the sale of flavored tobacco products. League Position: Watch

Public Safety AB 2122 (Rubio, Blanca) Unlawful Cannabis Activity. Enforcement. This measure would allow local government agencies to impose a civil penalty on persons aiding and abetting unlicensed commercial cannabis activity of up to $30,000 for each violation. League Position: Support AB 2481 (Lackey) Sexual Assault Forensic Evidence. Testing. This bill would require law enforcement agencies, for any sexual assault forensic evidence received by the law enforcement agency prior to January 1, 2016, to submit that evidence to the crime lab on or before January 20, 2021. The bill would additionally require the crime labs, for any sexual assault forensic evidence received by the lab prior to January 1, 2016, to process that evidence no later than May 20, 2021. League Position: Watch AB 2532 (Irwin) Firearms. Gun Violence Restraining Orders. This bill would add both a district attorney and city attorney to the list of persons authorized to request the issuance or renewal of a gun violence restraining order. League Position: Watch AB 2617 (Gabriel) Firearms. Prohibited Persons. This bill specifies that any person who owns or possesses a firearm, and is subject to an out-of-state issued gun violence restraining order (GVRO), is prohibited from having custody or control of, or attempting to purchase or receive, a firearm or ammunition for a 5-year period, commencing upon the expiration of the existing GVRO. League Position: Watch AB 3330 (O'Donnell) Cannabis. Advertising and Marketing. Penalties This measure would prohibit a person from collecting a fee or any other form of compensation for advertising or marketing the sale or provision of unlicensed cannabis products. The measure would allow a city attorney or city prosecutor to bring an action for a violation of these

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provisions, subjecting violators of these provisions to a criminal penalty and a civil penalty of up to $30,000. League Position: Support

Revenue & Taxation SB 1049 (Glazer) Local Ordinances. Short-term Rentals. This measure would authorize a city to impose a fine of up to $5,000 for a violation of a short-term rental ordinance.This measure would also define “short-term rental” for these purposes as a residential property that is rented to a visitor for fewer than 30 days through a centralized online platform where the rental is advertised and payments for the rental are securely processed. League Position: Watch SB 1431 (Glazer) Property Taxation. Reassessment. Disaster Relief. This measure would require county assessors to reassess certain types of properties based on their ability to generate income from renters during the COVID-19 emergency. This measure would be retroactive to April 5, 2020. League Position: Oppose SB 1441 (McGuire) Local Prepaid Mobile Telephony Services Collection Act. This measure would remove the sunset on local governments’ ability to collect Utility User Taxes (UUTs) from retail sales of prepaid wireless telecommunication products and services and would assist the California Department of Tax and Fee Administration (CDTFA) with administration of the program. League Position: Support

Transportation, Communications, Public Works AB 2421 (Quirk) Land Use. Permitting. Wireless Communications. This measure would require local agencies to adopt completed permit applications to install an emergency standby generators within the physical footprint of a macro cell tower site within 60 days of submittal of the application. If a local agency has not approved or denied such permit applications within 60 days, the permit will be deemed approved. League Position: Concerns AB 3116 (Irwin) Mobility Devices. Personal Information. This measure limits the type of data local agencies receive from mobility service providers, operating in their jurisdictions, to aggregated deidentified data. The bill would authorize a public agency to share anonymized trip data with a contractor, agent, or other public agency only if specified conditions are met. AB 3116 is not limited to data for micromobility, but also future modes of transit.

● “Aggregated” – Data reflects average information, including trip length, trip duration, approximate trip, and location of no less than five separate trips by no less than five separate users.

● “Deidentified” – Information that cannot reasonably identify, relate to, describe, be capable of being associated with, or be linked, directly or indirectly, to a particular user or trip.

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SB 794 (Jackson) Emergency Services. Telecommunications. This measure would authorize cities to enter into agreements with their own social services departments and/or public utility or to utilize its own records to automatically enroll their residents into the city or county-operated public emergency warning system. The measure requires local governments that exercise this authority to provide an opt-out for residents that do not wish to be enrolled in the system. League Position: Support SB 865 (Hill) Excavations. Subsurface Installations. This measure would strengthen safe excavation practices by increasing collaboration between excavators and operators, requiring data sharing amongst key stakeholders, and moving the Dig Safe Board to the Office of Energy Infrastructure Safety. Entities that violate the requirements of SB 865 will face civil penalties. The funds collected through these penalties will be deposited into the Safe Energy Infrastructure and Excavation Fund to fund public education and outreach programs designed to promote excavation safety around subsurface installations. League Position: Support SB 1058 (Hueso) Communications. Moore Universal Telephone Service Act and Internet Service Providers. This measure would require the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) to evaluate the extent to which federal reductions in lifeline telephone service subsidies and the lack of access to reliable, affordable broadband voice service would result in rates limiting access to basic voice service. This bill would also require the commission to direct every internet service provider, to file an annual emergency operations plan. League Position: Support SB 1130 (Gonzalez) Telecommunications. California Advanced Services Fund This measure would require the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) to develop, implement, and administer the California Advanced Services Fund program to encourage deployment of 21st century-ready communications. The bill would provide that the goal of the program is to approve funding for infrastructure projects that will provide high-capacity, future-proof infrastructure to unserved areas or unserved high-poverty areas. League Position: Support Governance, Transparency, and Labor Relations AB 664 (Cooper) Workers’ Compensation. Injury. Communicable Disease. This measure would define “injury,” for certain state and local firefighting personnel, peace officers, certain hospital employees, and certain fire and rescue services coordinators who work for the Office of Emergency Services to include being exposed to or contracting, on or after January 1, 2020, a communicable disease, including coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), that is the subject of a state or local declaration of a state of emergency that is issued on or after January 1, 2020. The bill would create a conclusive presumption, as specified, that the injury arose out of and in the course of the employment. The bill would apply to injuries that occurred prior to the declaration of the state of emergency. The bill would also exempt these provisions from the apportionment requirements. League Position: Watch AB 2473 (Cooper) Public Investment Funds.







This measure would exempt from disclosure under the California Public Records specified records regarding an internally managed private loan made directly by a public investment fund, including quarterly and annual financial statements of the borrower or its constituent owners, unless the information has already been publicly released by the keeper of the information. League Position: Support AB 2999 (Low) Employees. Bereavement Leave. This measure would enact the Bereavement Leave Act of 2020. The bill would require an employer to grant an employee up to 10 business days of unpaid bereavement leave upon the death of a spouse, child, parent, sibling, grandparent, grandchild, or domestic partner, in accordance with certain procedures, and subject to certain exclusions. The bill would prohibit an employer from interfering with or restraining the exercise or attempt to exercise the employee’s right to take this leave. This bill would authorize an employee who has been discharged, disciplined, or discriminated against for exercising their right to bereavement leave to file a complaint with the Division of Labor Standards Enforcement or bring a civil action against their employer for reinstatement, specified damages, and attorney’s fees. League Position: Oppose AB 3216 (Kalra) Employee Leave. Authorization. This measure would revise and recast provisions under the the Moore-Brown-Roberti Family Rights Act, or California Family Rights Act (CFRA), to make it an unlawful employment practice for any employer to refuse grant a request by an employee, with qualified employment service, to take up to 12 workweeks of unpaid protected leave during any 12-month period for family care and medical leave, including birth of the employee’s child or adoption, to care for the employee’s own medical condition, or for a child, parent, grandparent, grandchild, sibling, spouse, or domestic partner, as specified. The bill would also make it an unlawful business practice for an employer to refuse to grant an employee up to 12 workweeks of leave in a 12-month period for emergency leave, as defined. League Position: Oppose SB 1159 (Hill) Workers’ Compensation. COVID-19. Critical Workers. This measure would, until an unspecified date, define “injury” for a critical worker, as specified, to include illness or death that results from exposure to coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) under specified circumstances. The bill would create a disputable presumption, as specified, that an injury that develops or manifests itself while a critical worker is employed arose out of and in the course of the employment. League Position: Note Concerns SB 1173 (Durazo) Public Employment. Labor Relations. Employee Information.

This measure would generally authorize an exclusive representative to file a charge of an unfair labor practice with the Public Employment Relations Board, as specified, alleging a violation of the requirements to provide employee information. Current law requires public employers to provide certain labor representatives with the names and home addresses of newly hired employees, as well as their job titles, departments, work locations, telephone numbers, and personal email addresses, within 30 days of hire or by the first pay period of the month following hire. Current law also requires the public employers to provide this information for all employees in a bargaining unit at least every 120 days, except as specified. League Position: Oppose





Housing, Community and Economic Development Planning and Zoning AB 725 (Wicks) Housing Element. Moderate-income and Above Moderate-income Housing. This measure would require incorporated areas within a metropolitan jurisdiction, at least 25% of the jurisdiction's share of the regional housing need for both the moderate-income and above moderate-income housing categories must be allocated to sites with zoning that allows at least two units of housing, but no more than 35 units of housing per acre. League Position: Pending AB 1279 (Bloom) Housing Developments. High-resource Areas. This measure would require HCD to designate areas in this state as high-resource areas by January 1, 2021, and every 5 years thereafter. In any area designated as a high-resource area, this measure would require cities, at the request of a developer, to allow up to fourplexes in single-family zones and up to 100 units per acre in commercial zones. These projects shall receive ministerial approval (use by right). League Position: Pending AB 1851 (Wicks) Faith-based Organizations. Housing Developments. Parking Requirements. This measure would, upon the request of a developer of a housing development project, require a local agency to ministerially approve a request to that local agency to reduce or eliminate any parking requirements that would otherwise be imposed by that local agency on the development if the housing development project qualifies as a faith-based organization affiliated housing development project. This measure would prohibit a local agency from requiring the replacement of religious-use parking spaces proposed to be eliminated by a faith-based organization’s housing project or from requiring the curing of any preexisting deficit of religious-use parking as a condition of approval of a faith-based organization affiliated housing development project. League Position: Pending AB 2345 (Gonzalez) Planning and Zoning. Density Bonus. This measure would greatly expand Density Bonus law and allow developers to receive up to five concessions and incentives from local governments and up to 50% more density. League Position: Pending AB 2580 (Eggman) Conversion of Motels and Hotels. Streamlining. This measure would authorize a development proponent to submit an application for a development for the conversion of a motel, hotel, or commercial use into multifamily housing units to be subject to a streamlined, ministerial approval process, provided that development proponent reserves at least 20% of the proposed housing units for persons and families of low or moderate income. The measure would require a local government to notify the development proponent in writing if the local government determines that the development conflicts with any of those objective standards within 30 days of the application being submitted; otherwise, the development would be deemed to comply with those standards. League Position: Pending AB 3040 (Chiu) Local Planning. Regional Housing Need. This measure would create a voluntary program to incentivize local governments to allow four units per parcel, by-right, in exchange for additional credit towards the city or county’s share of the regional







housing need allocation for each site identified under these provisions. The measure would prohibit the cumulative credit received by a city or county from exceeding more than 25% of the total units needed to meet its regional housing needs allocation. League Position: Support in concept. AB 3107 (Bloom) Planning and Zoning. Housing Developments. This measure would require, notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of a city’s or county’s general plan, specific plan, zoning ordinance, or regulation, a housing development in which at least 20 percent of the units have an affordable housing cost or affordable rent for lower income households shall be an allowable use on a site designated in any element of the general plan for commercial uses. League Position: Pending SB 899 (Wiener) Housing Development. Nonprofit Hospitals or Religious Institutions. This measure would require that a housing development project be a use by right upon the request of a nonprofit hospital, nonprofit diagnostic or treatment center, nonprofit rehabilitation facility, nonprofit nursing home, or religious institution that partners with a qualified developer on any land owned in fee simple by the applicant if the development satisfies specified criteria. League Position: Pending SB 902 (Wiener) Neighborhood Multifamily Project. Use By Right. This measure would also allow a local government to pass an ordinance, notwithstanding any local restrictions on adopting zoning ordinances enacted by the jurisdiction, including restrictions enacted by a local voter initiative, that limit the legislative body’s ability to adopt zoning ordinances, to zone any parcel for up to 10 units of residential density per parcel, at a height specified by the local government in the ordinance, and not be subject to CEQA. League Position: Watch SB 1085 (Skinner) Density Bonus Law. Housing for Lower-income Students. This measure would require a city or county to grant one incentive or concession for a project that will contain a specified percentage of units for lower income students in a student housing development. League Position: Pending SB 1120 (Atkins) Subdivisions. Tentative Maps. This measure would build off state Accessory Dwelling Unit (ADU) law that allows for at least three units per parcel to further encourage development in single-family neighborhoods by creating a ministerial approval process for duplexes and lot splits that meet local zoning, environmental and tenant displacement standards. SB 1138 (Wiener) Housing Element. Emergency Shelters. Zoning of Sites. This measure would revise the requirements of the housing element, as described above, in connection with identifying zones or zoning designations that allow residential use, including mixed use, where emergency shelters are allowed as a permitted use without a conditional use or other discretionary permit. This would also, for the 6th and each subsequent revision of the housing element, require that a local government that fails to adopt a housing element that the Department of Housing and Community Development has found to be in substantial compliance with state law within 120 days of the statutory deadline to complete the rezoning no later than one year (instead of three years under current law) from the statutory deadline for the adoption of the housing element. League Position: Pending





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SB 1299 (Portantino) Housing Development. Incentives. Rezoning of Idle Retail Sites. This measure would, upon appropriation by the Legislature, require HCD to administer a program to provide incentives in the form of grants allocated as provided to local governments that rezone idle sites used for a big box retailer or a commercial shopping center to instead allow the development of workforce housing. League Position: Support SB 1385 (Caballero) Local Planning. Housing in Commercial Zones. This measure, the Neighborhood Homes Act, would deem a housing development project, as defined, an authorized use on a neighborhood lot that is zoned for office or retail commercial use under a local agency’s zoning code or general plan. The measure would require the density for a housing development under these provisions to meet or exceed the density deemed appropriate to accommodate housing for lower income households according to the type of local jurisdiction, including a density of at least 20 units per acre for a suburban jurisdiction. League Position: Watch Homelessness ACA 10 (Bonta) Personal Rights. Right to Housing. This measure would declare that the fundamental human right to housing exists in this state. The measure would declare that this right is exclusively enforceable by a public right of action. The measure would specify that it is the shared obligation of state and local jurisdictions to respect, protect, and fulfill this right through progressively implemented measures, consistent with available resources, within an aggressive but reasonable time frame. League Position: Pending AB 2405 (Burke) Housing. Homelessness. Children and Families. This measure would require local jurisdictions to, on or before January 1, 2022, establish and submit to the Department of Housing and Community Development an actionable plan to house their homeless populations based on their latest point-in-time count. League Position: Watch AB 3269 (Chiu) State and Local Homelessness Plans. This measure, upon appropriation by the Legislature, would require the Homeless Coordinating and Financing Council to conduct, or contract with an entity to conduct, a statewide needs and gaps analysis to identify, among other things, state programs that provide housing or services to persons experiencing homelessness and funding required to move persons experiencing homelessness into permanent housing. This measure would also state the intent of the Legislature that each state and local agency aim to reduce homelessness within its jurisdiction by 90% by December 31, 2028. League Position: Pending AB 3300 (Santiago) Homelessness Grant Funds. This measure would appropriate, commencing with the 2020–21 fiscal year and every fiscal year thereafter, without regard to fiscal year, $2 billion from the General Fund to the Department of Housing and Community Development for the purpose of providing local jurisdictions and other specified entities with ongoing grant funds to sustain or expand efforts to address their immediate and long-term homelessness challenges. The measure would require $1.1 billion to be distributed to counties and



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continuums of care, $800 million to be distributed to cities with a population of at least 300,000, and $100 million to nonprofit housing developers for specified purposes relating to the provision of housing. The measure would require the method of allocation to be based on a formula that considers specified data. League Position: Pending Mitigation Fees/Development Fees AB 1484 (Grayson) Mitigation Fee Act. This measure would prohibit a local agency from imposing a housing impact requirement adopted by the local agency on a housing development project unless specified requirements are satisfied by the local agency, including that the housing impact requirement be roughly proportional in both nature and extent to the impact created by the housing development project. League Position: Oppose Miscellaneous SB 795 (Beall) Affordable Housing and Community Development Investment Program. This measure would invests $2 billion annually for 5 years into the immediate construction of affordable housing units and programs that address and prevent homelessness. Additionally, this measure creates two new programs administered by the Office of Business and Economic Development Office (GoBiz) to help local governments with their economic recovery and natural disaster preparedness. Of the $2 billion, $1.15 billion shall be used to construct affordable housing, spur economic development and create jobs through infrastructure and employment programs. Funds will be distributed as follows: 1) Multi-family Housing Program—$500 million (25%); 2) Infill Incentive Grant Program-- $300 (15%) million; 3) Local Housing Trust Fund Matching Grant Program- $200 million (10%); 4) Cal Home Program $75 million (3.75%); 5) Joe Serna, Jr. Farmworker Housing Grant Fund--$75 million (3.75%) League Position: Support



ITEM 7a

Staff Report Subject: Status of I-10 Interchange Projects Contact: Eric Cowle, Transportation Program Manager ([email protected]) Recommendation: Receive and File. Background: Attached is the latest status report for I-10 interchange projects as of 5/01/2018. Completed

1) Indian Canyon @ I-10 (Mar ‘12) 4) Monterey Avenue Ramp @ I-10 (Apr ’15) 2) Gene Autry/Palm Drive @ I-10 (Mar ’12) 5) Bob Hope/Ramon @ I-10 (Sep ’11) 3) Date Palm Drive @ I-10 (May ’14) 6) Jefferson Street @ I-10

Construction complete. Work on closing out project.

Portola @ I-10 PS&E, ROW. Railroad issues under consideration. Estimated construction start 2021. Monroe @ I-10 PAED underway. Jackson @ I-10 PAED underway. Ave 50 @ I-10 PS&E contract underway. Dillon Road @ I-10 @ SR86 PAED underway. Golf Center Parkway @ I-10 PSR on hold. FISCAL ANALYSIS: Funding for all the interchange projects has been budgeted for through the project phase indicated and secured through various funding sources so there is no additional fiscal impact.


Lead CVAG Funded Project Description Agency Design CON Through Status

Bike/Pedestrian Safety ProjectsPalm Drive Signals and Lighting DHS Construction First Phase under construction. Balance pending ATP grant results. Palm Canyon Intersection Pedestrian Enhancements PS Construction In construction. Bid opening 11/20.S. Palm Canyon, E. Palm Canyon Improvements PS Construction In construction. Bid opening 11/20.Indian Canyon Intersection Pedestrian Enhancements PS Construction Construction underway. Awaiting long-lead items.Date Palm Sidewalk Gaps CC Construction Contract awarded. Awaiting long-lead items.Calhoun Street Improvements Indio Construction Under construction.Vista Chino Signals PS Construction Contract awarded. Awaiting long-lead items.Dinah Shore Mid-Block Crossing CC Construction Contract awarded. Awaiting long-lead items.Palm Canyon Crosswalks PS Construction Project completed.Avenue 48 Bicycle Lanes Indio Construction Construction (striping) in March 2020, folded into ATP - Arts & Music Line

COR-County of Riverside; RM-Rancho Mirage; IW-Indian Wells; PD-Palm Desert, PS-Palm Springs; CC-Cathedral City; COA-Coachella; LQ-La Quinta; DHS-Desert Hot Springs

Lead GrantProject Description Agency Design App Status

CV Link CVAGSignal Synchronization CVAGATP - Arts & Music Line CVAGATP - DHS CV Link Extension DHSATP - Cathedral City Downtown Connectors CC

Under design. Working on public outreach, traffic study, prelim application work.Under design. DHS approved Reimbursement Agreement 2/18/20Under design.

COACHELLA VALLEY ASSOCIATION OF GOVERNMENTSBicycle/Pedestrian Safety Program - Project Status Report

6/2/2020

CM under contract 1/27/20. Preconstruction work underway. Estimated construction by Jun 2020.Pilot project initiated. Work on PSE. Work on RFA.

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WORK LEAD CVAG CVAG

PROJECT DESCRIPTION ORDER NO. AGENCY AUTHORIZED EXPENDED EXCESS FUNDS

Completed Projects - Prior years 9,038,848 8,980,333 58,515

Completed Small Projects 721,492 721,492 0

ARTERIAL LINKS

Completed Arterial Link Projects - Prior years 99,720,656 78,306,501 17,316,971

Avenue 50 (fr. Jefferson St. to Jackson St.) 30239 INDIO 550,000 521,010 28,990

Avenue 42 (fr. Golf Ctr. Pkwy. to Clinton St.) 30137 INDIO 5,000,000 3,763,076 1,236,924

Miles (fr. WWR to Clinton) 30305 COR 22,425,000 22,299,654 125,346

Vista Chino Drive (PSR) PS 375,000 (Project cancelled)

Cook Street Widening (fr. Fred Waring to Frank Sinatra) 30176 PD 3,000,000 1,810,527 1,189,473

Date Palm Drive Impr. (to and including Vista Chino Drive Intersection) 30209 CC 560,062 473,720 86,342

Indian Avenue (between 20th Ave. and Dillon Road) DHS 8,547,562 (Project cancelled)

SR-111 (Indian Wells) 30410 IW 12,730,337 9,432,795 3,297,542

Monroe (fr. Ave. 52 to I-10) 30193 INDIO 11,925,025 10,547,633 1,377,392

Washington Street / Highway 111 Intersection Improvements 30460 LQ 582,483 481,493 100,990

Varner Road (fr. Adams to Jefferson) 30145 INDIO 7,209,235 5,265,370 1,943,865

Fred Waring (Adams to Port Maria) 30168 COR 5,370,000 5,370,000 0

Traffic Signals Project 30260 COACHELLA 1,725,000 1,725,000 0

Sub-Total - Arterial Links 179,720,360 139,996,780 26,703,835

BRIDGES

Completed Bridge Projects - Prior years 23,496,200 20,922,484 2,573,716

Dillon Road Grade Separation 30250 VARIOUS 2,880,854 1,153,582 1,727,272

Adams Street Bridge 30450 LQ 2,414,035 2,414,035 0

Indian Canyon Dr. (across White Water River Wash) 30370 PS 2,301,000 2,078,736 222,264

Avenue 52 Grade Separation 30246 COACHELLA 6,215,625 6,215,625 0

Gene Autry (fr. I-10 to Vista Chino incl. WWR & Railroad Bridge) 30350 PS 9,304,938 8,046,164 1,258,774

Sub-Total - Bridges 46,612,652 40,830,626 5,782,026

INTERCHANGES

Completed Interchange Projects - Prior years 57,454,816 50,865,406 6,589,410

Ramon / I-10 Interchange (Bob Hope to Varner) 30212 Caltrans 11,710,000 0 11,710,000 C

Ramon / I-10 Interim Loo p Ramp / Signal Project 30217 COR 100,000 100,000 0

Bob Hope / Ramon / I-10 Interchange 30212 CALTRANS 5,215,000 963,855 4,251,145

Date Palm / I-10 Interchange incl. Railroad Bridge 30210 VARIOUS 17,181,000 11,678,993 5,502,007

Palm Dr. / Gene Autry / I-10 Interchange 30220 COR 25,931,000 5,997,056 19,933,944

Indian / I-10 Interchange 30230 PS 3,142,835 2,604,198 538,637

Monterey / I-10 Interchange 30180 PD 5,150,000 3,990,633 1,159,367

Sub-Total - Interchanges 125,884,651 76,200,141 49,684,510

MID-VALLEY PARKWAY

Mesquite (fr. GAT to Dinah Shore incl. Dinah Shore Bridge) 30060/70 PS/CC 15,246,583 14,520,220 726,363

Dinah Shore (fr. Date Palm to Plumley) 30079 CC 780,928 780,928 0

Dinah Shore (fr. Plumley to Bob Hope) 30080/82/83 MULTI 4,642,875 2,953,163 1,689,712

Bob Hope (fr. Frank Sinatra to Dinah Shore) 30090 RM 1,969,000 1,141,365 827,635

Airport Extension Stage II 30100 PS 2,641,600 2,635,916 5,684

Sub-Total - Mid-Valley Parkway 25,280,986 22,031,592 3,249,394

OTHER

Feasibility Study (for Gene Autry/Vista Chino/Indian) 30050 PS 90,000 89,989 11

Sub-Total - Other 90,000 89,989 11

GRAND TOTAL $387,348,989 $288,850,953 $85,478,290

A - Advanced monies B - Local contributions of $200,000 by jurisdictions C- Funded by STIP


Regional Arterial Program - Contract Status Report (Completed Projects)

Report as at April 30, 2020ITEM 7c

WORK LEAD CVAG CVAG CVAG COMMITTED

PROJECT DESCRIPTION ORDER NO. AGENCY AUTHORIZED EXPENDED FUNDS REMAINING

ARTERIAL LINKS

Regional Traffic Signal Synchronization 20100 CVAG 4,580,612 237,060 4,343,552

North Indian Canyon Drive Widening 30122 COR 3,591,000 1,900,665 1,690,335

Jefferson Street and Varner Road (North of Interstate 10) 30142 INDIO 4,500,000 1,611,754 2,888,246

Madison Street (fr. Avenue 52 to Indio Blvd.) 30194 INDIO 24,204,794 19,186,266 5,018,528

SR-111 (between Rubidoux St. & 760' west of Madison St.) 30197 INDIO 7,074,009 6,911,787 162,222

Date Palm Drive Impr. (I-10 and Varner Rd.) 30207 CC 2,337,000 464,134 1,872,866

Avenue 48 (bet. Jackson St. & Van Buren St.) 30237 COACHELLA 991,500 991,500 0

Avenue 48 (bet. Van Buren St. and Dillon Road) 30255 COR 450,000 446,846 3,154

Avenue 50 (bet. Calhoun St. & Harrison St.) 30253 COACHELLA 3,375,000 205,570 3,169,430

Avenue 50 (bet. SR86 and I-10) 30257 COACHELLA 1,365,000 745,952 619,048

Jackson Street Signal Improvements Project 30290 INDIO 2,655,900 2,484,941 170,959

Avenue 50 and Jackson Street Intersection Improvements 30320 INDIO 225,000 67,297 157,703

Washington St. & Fred Waring Drive Intersection Improvements 30455 LQ 1,395,555 73,629 1,321,926

Bicycle & Pedestrian Safety Program 30480 VARIOUS 10,482,884 2,201,257 8,281,627

CV Link CVAG 20,000,000 0 20,000,000

Portola Avenue (North of Gerald Ford Drive) PD 534,935 0 534,935 F

Varner Road (Intersection Impr. at Ramon Rd.) COR 1,164,000 0 1,164,000 F

Varner Road (fr. Ramon Rd. to Monterey Ave.) COR 1,870,758 0 1,870,758 F

Airport Blvd. (fr. Harrison St. to Highway 111) COR 7,898,603 0 7,898,603 F

Frank Sinatra Dr. Intersection @ Hwy. 111 RM 670,712 0 670,712 F

Monterey Ave. Widening (Dinah Shore to Gerald Ford) ($592,727) RM 770,034 0 770,034 F

Portola Avenue (Northwest of Fred Waring Drive) PD 600,000 0 600,000 F

Interchange Improvement (I-10 and Avenue 50) COACHELLA 1,875,000 1,875,000

Indian Canyon Drive (between Camino Parocela to Aleo Road) PS 1,500,000 1,500,000

Sub-Total - Arterial Links 104,112,296 37,528,658 66,583,638

BRIDGES

Cathedral Canyon Bridge 30076 CC 2,577,093 263,140 2,313,953

Date Palm Drive Bridge 30077 CC 1,608,925 1,277,163 331,762

Frank Sinatra Bridge over WWR 30088 RM 3,035,822 194,178 2,841,644

Ramon Road Bridge Widening 30218 PS 8,146,500 977,756 7,168,744

Indian Canyon (fr. Garnet to and incl. Railroad Crossing Bridge) 30235 PS 7,500,000 1,417,821 6,082,179

Avenue 50 Bridge 30243 COACHELLA 1,108,500 748,174 360,326

Avenue 56 Grade Separation 30247 COR 14,884,000 13,374,465 1,509,535

Avenue 66 Grade Separation 30248 COR 16,964,667 6,927,646 10,037,021

Avenue 44 Bridge 30308 INDIO 1,654,260 403,530 1,250,730

Vista Chino Drive Bridge 30355 PS 8,172,375 218,850 7,953,525

East Palm Canyon Drive Bridge (over Palm Canyon Wash) 30360 PS 1,109,611 64,922 1,044,689

South Palm Canyon Bridge (over Tahquitz Creek Channel) 30365 PS 788,850 97,776 691,074

Dune Palms Road Bridge 30445 LQ 3,369,000 1,820,269 1,548,731

Sub-Total - Bridges 70,919,603 27,785,691 43,133,912

INTERCHANGES

Portola / I-10 Interchange 30185 PD 54,075,000 1,437,089 52,637,911

Jefferson / I-10 Interchange 30192 COR 42,160,000 28,161,107 13,998,893

Interchange Preparation Fund 30199 VARIOUS 14,239,239 9,343,705 4,895,534

Avenue 50 / I-10 Interchange 30245 COACHELLA 2,300,768 2,300,768 0

Dillon Road/I10 Interchange & Dillon Road/SR86S Interchange COACHELLA 149,239 0 149,239

Sub-Total - Interchanges 112,924,246 41,242,668 71,681,577

GRAND TOTAL $287,956,144 $106,557,018 $181,399,127

F - Future reimbursements.


Regional Arterial Program - Contract Status Report

Report as at April 30, 2020

ITEM 7d

Special MtgCVAG JURISDICTION JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC JAN FEB MAR APR MAY(JUN) JUNBlythe - - ✓ - - ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ *Cathedral City - - ✓ - - ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ *Coachella - - ✓ - - ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ *Desert Hot Springs - - - - ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ *Indian Wells - - ✓ - - ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ *Indio - - ✓ - - ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ *La Quinta - - ✓ - - ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ *Palm Desert - - ✓ - - ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ *Palm Springs - - ✓ - - ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ *Rancho Mirage - - ✓ - - ✓ *Riverside County - - ✓✓ - - ✓✓ ✓✓ ✓✓✓ *Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians - - - - ✓ ✓ ✓ *Cabazon Band of Mission Indians - - - - ✓ *

AbsentNo Meeting *

Scheduled Dark Month -

2019/2020 EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE ATTENDANCE ROSTER

JSTUECKLE

Typewritten Text

ITEM 7e

ITEM 7f

Staff Report

Subject: Next steps in Evaluating Funding Needs for Affordable Housing and Related

Programs Contact: Erica Felci, Governmental Projects Manager ([email protected]) Recommendation: Information only Background: On February 24, 2020, the CVAG Executive Committee and Transportation Committee held a joint meeting in which the members considered a request by Riverside County Supervisor V. Manuel Perez to discuss affordable housing in the Coachella Valley and whether additional funding, generated through a sales tax, should be part of the regional conversation. At the meeting, members of both committees discussed a number of issues related to the topic, including the potential need for legislation to clarify the Coachella Valley’s taxation authority. Members also discussed the intersection of transportation and housing as it relates to statewide funding sources. The topic sparked a robust debate at the February 24 meeting. It was pointed out that CVAG’s unique role in overseeing regional transportation and homelessness programs puts it in a position to take the lead on discussions. For example, CVAG has been leading discussion regarding structuring a regional collaborative to address homelessness, which includes identifying and administering funding to support region-wide services, After much consideration, the Executive Committee directed the Executive Director to refer this matter to the CV HEART subcommittee of the CVAG Homelessness Committee and, within 90 days, come up with a workplan for moving forward on a report that would identify options to consider in the future. The Executive Committee also authorized the Executive Director to, if necessary, spend up to $50,000 on consulting services to assist in with research and analysis. CVAG staff has been engaged in conversations with Lift to Rise — a collective impact nonprofit that set a goal of bringing an additional 10,000 affordable housing units in 10 years — as part of these next steps. Lift to Rise has already done extensive analysis on housing stability in the Coachella Valley that includes data-driven research on rent burden and the roadblocks to producing more affordable housing units. Lift to Rise has also unveiled an Action Plan that maps out the goal of increasing the supply of affordable housing, including a shared regional pipeline for projects. The CV HEART subcommittee met on March 6, 2020, to discuss the Executive Committee’s direction. At this meeting, the subcommittee was briefed on various options and Lift to Rise presented an overview of its efforts regarding affordable housing to-date. The subcommittee was formed with a very specific scope: To help advance the regional homelessness collaborative from concept to implementation by reviewing options and recommending a preferred direction to structure and operationalize coordinated interagency homeless services in Coachella Valley. Acknowledging that although homelessness and affordable housing are intrinsically linked, the subcommittee members indicated that forming a broader


work plan to also address affordable housing and possible legislative steps may be beyond its purview. CVAG staff indicated they would return to the subcommittee with recommendations on next steps based on their initial feedback. Shortly thereafter, the unprecedented circumstances surrounding the COVID-19 public health crisis emerged. When the CV Heart subcommittee met on May 5, the members discussed how the COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in changing priorities among the general public, and concurred that developing a workplan related to evaluating funding needs for affordable housing and transportation is not the most pressing task for CVAG at this time. At the same time, CVAG staff has been in the process of developing a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Lift to Rise to identify how the two organizations can work collaboratively to research and analyze regional funding options for affordable housing and related programs. This work was also put on hold while staff from both agencies shifted gears to mobilize emergency response to the COVID-19 crisis – including rolling out a regional economic protection plan and working with hotels to rapidly increase temporary housing for homeless people by repurposing unused hotel rooms. With immediate and short-term emergency response measures now in place, work on the MOU and workplan is ready to resume. Staff continues to pursue the direction set by the Executive Committee, but anticipates it may take until the fall of 2020 to present a work plan for next steps. By that time, it is anticipated that there will be a more solid understanding of the full economic impacts that the COVID-19 crisis has had on the Coachella Valley, particularly as it pertains to housing sustainability. Fiscal Analysis: As part of the February 24 vote, the Executive Committee authorized the Executive Director to, if necessary, spend up to $50,000 on consulting services to assist in this research. No consultant funds have been spent.

ITEM 7g

Staff Report

Subject: Follow Up to Executive Committee Action Related to CV Housing First

Contact: Tom Cox, CVAG Management Analyst ([email protected])

______________________________________________________________________________

Recommendation: Information

Background: At the December 2, 2019 meeting, the CVAG Executive Committee had extensive discussion regarding the CV Housing First program. In addition to moving forward with Path of Life Ministries as a contractor, the Executive Committee identified a number of follow up steps. CVAG staff has diligently addressed these in subsequent meetings.

In January 2020, CVAG staff provided additional information from Riverside County’s Department of Public Social Services regarding monitoring reports. In February 2020, per the Executive Committee’s direction, staff referred items related to the CV Housing First Program to the Finance Committee. This staff update completes the tasks identified in the December 2019 vote by providing a 90-day summary by jurisdiction. The attached chart shows a breakdown of hometowns for the 390 unduplicated clients who were served from January through March 2020.

Fiscal Impact: There are no additional costs associated with this summary.

Cathedral City 24Coachella 24

Desert Hot Springs 52

Indian Wells 0

Indio76

La Quinta 4

Palm Desert28

Palm Springs153

Rancho Mirage 2

Unincorporated 27

CV Housing FirstUnduplicated Jurisdictional Summary

January-March 2020Cathedral City

Coachella

Desert Hot Springs

Indian Wells

Indio

La Quinta

Palm Desert

Palm Springs

Rancho Mirage

Unincorporated


ITEM 7h

37835 Other PACE providers have interest rate ranges from 5.99%-10.98%

963 Updated for May 19, 2020JOBS CREATED:

CARS REMOVED FROM ROAD:

CVAG PACE REPORTBlythe, $1,778,431

Cathedral City, $16,207,913 Coachella, $5,066,972

Desert Hot Springs, $8,533,008

Indian Wells, $3,207,680

Indio, $14,214,185

La Quinta, $8,095,315

Palm Desert, $16,533,863

Palm Springs, $16,489,207

Rancho Mirage, $7,457,397

Riverside County Cities:$8,352,961

PACE Funding by

City

6.00%

6.50%

7.00%

7.50%

8.00%

8.50%

9.00%

JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC

PACE Interest Rates

Ygrene 5 YR HERO 5 YR HERO 20 YR Ygrene 20 YR.

$- $5,000,000

$10,000,000 $15,000,000 $20,000,000 $25,000,000 $30,000,000 $35,000,000 $40,000,000 $45,000,000 $50,000,000

Completed Projects

Funded Amounts

PACE Provider

Comparison

ITEM 7i

Staff Report

Subject: Streamlined Per Diem Process for CVAG Committees Contact: Joanna Stueckle, Executive Assistant ([email protected]) Recommendation: Information. Background: On March 16, 2020, most CVAG staff began primarily working remotely from home in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Working remotely has made it necessary to convert to more of an electronic environment, which means not always relying on paper copies of documents in order to conduct business. After Governor Newsom’s Executive Order N-29-20 (March 18, 2020), all of CVAG’s committee meetings needed to be conducted via video/teleconferencing. Traditionally, elected officials would sign the per diem forms at their respective meetings. However, in this new meeting format, that would require a cumbersome process of mailing the form to each member and then asking the members to return the forms. In an effort to simplify the per diem process, while ensuring transparency and accountability for the audits, staff updated the procedure of certifying elected official meeting attendance. Starting with the March 19 Executive Committee meeting, staff created a form that is submitted to the CVAG finance department, certifying which members attended the meeting and allowing for per diem payments to be made accordingly. A copy of that form is attached to this staff report for member information. A similar document will be created for each CVAG committee and submitted following each meeting. This process will continue even after regular operations/meetings commence again. Fiscal Analysis: There are no additional costs associated with the streamlined per diem payment process.


I hereby certify that the following reflects the attendance by members of the Executive Committee to the Special March 19, 2020 Executive Committee meeting:

Joanna Stueckle

Joanna Stueckle, Executive Assistant

Jurisdiction Members Attendance

City of Blythe Joseph De Coninck

Councilmember Present

City of Cathedral City John Aguilar Mayor

Present

City of Coachella Steven Hernandez

Mayor Present

City of Desert Hot Springs Scott Matas Mayor

Present

City of Indian Wells Ty Peabody

Mayor Present

City of Indio, Vice Chair Glenn Miller Mayor

Present

City of La Quinta Linda Evans

Mayor Present

City of Palm Desert Sabby Jonathan

Councilmember Present

City of Palm Springs Geoff Kors Mayor

Present

City of Rancho Mirage G. Dana Hobart

Mayor Pro Tem Absent

County of Riverside

Kevin Jeffries, 1st District Supervisor Absent

Karen Spiegel, 2nd District Supervisor Present

Chuck Washington, 3rd Dist. Supervisor Absent

V. Manuel Perez, 4th District Supervisor Present

Jeff Hewitt, 5th District Supervisor Present

Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians, Chair

Jeff Grubbe Tribal Chair

Present

Cabazon Band of Mission Indians Brenda Soulliere

Tribal Councilmember Present

ITEM 7j

Staff Report

Subject: 2020 CVAG General Assembly Information Contact: Joanna Stueckle, Executive Assistant ([email protected]) Recommendation: Information. Background: Every year, the CVAG General Assembly meets in late June to approve the next fiscal year budget as well as the incoming officer rotation. This meeting is traditionally a banquet event that is held in the jurisdiction of the Chair. Since March 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, CVAG and other public agencies have been holding meetings electronically through Zoom video conferencing. Although Riverside County has begun to slowly reopen, it is difficult to know what restrictions might still be in place this summer. As such, CVAG staff is making plans to hold this year’s General Assembly meeting via Zoom. Executive Director Tom Kirk has contacted Chair Jeff Grubbe to discuss this topic and recommend holding a General Assembly via Zoom this year. The date of the General Assembly is Monday, June 29, 2020. The meeting time will be announced in the coming weeks, though staff anticipates it being held during the dinner hour, consistent with previous years. Once details are confirmed, CVAG will publish an official meeting notice, including sending it to all members of the General Assembly and CVAG’s partners. Fiscal Analysis: None.


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