Agenda packet, regular meeting — Cathedral City City Council, June 28, 2023 (part 6 of 7)

From: Robert Rodriguez <[email protected]>
Date: Wednesday, October 13, 2021 at 2:54 PM
To: Kelly Clark <[email protected]>
Cc: Nicole Criste <[email protected]>, Leisa Lukes <[email protected]>, Tami ScoX <[email protected]>
Subject: CC Housing Element Comments

Kelly,

We received our ﬁrst comments.

From: Shelley Kaplan [email protected]

Sent: Tuesday, October 12, 2021 1:43 PM
To: Shelley Kaplan [email protected]; Robert Rodriguez [email protected] Cc: Christopher Parman [email protected]; Charles McClendon [email protected]; Raymond Gregory [email protected]
Subject: Re: [New post] Public Encourage to Provide Input on Cathedral City’s Housing Element

A few comments on the Housing plan.

Given the past year the housing values sSll seem low. You did provide updated rental costs for 2020 so It would be helpful to show updated housing costs as well. I would suggest at the the housing cost secSon or on page 81 that you include the average price of home sales with unit counts for the past 12 months. As a result on III-19 the paragraph talking about aﬀordable housing guidelines is misleading given the updated 2020 rental cost ﬁgures and perhaps that should be noted. On III-80 the land cost says $100k per room - I think that might be per housing unit. Finally a small typo on III-2 secSon 65581 (b) an extra “prepare”.

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Lots of great informaSon provided in the updated plan. CongratulaSons.

Shelley

Robert Rodriguez
Director of Planning/Building
City of Cathedral City
68700 Avenida Lalo Guerrero
Cathedral City, Ca 92234
Tel: (760)770-0344
Fax: (760)202-1460
website: www.cathedralcity.gov
e-mail: [email protected]

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City of Cathedral City General Plan/Housing Element
March May 20222023 III-127
Appendix D 2016 Assessment of Fair Housing Report

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https://hudapps.hud.gov/Afh/Assessment/L1/Review/50 1/102 Review the content of your AFH before completing the certification and submission to HUD.

Review Submission
Cover

Program Participants
Participant Id Name Lead? Submission Due Date
953674780 Cathedral City, California Yes 10/04/2016
Executive Summary
II.1. Summarize the fair housing issues, significant contributing factors, and goals. Also include an overview of the process and analysis used to reach the goals.

Assessment Id 50
Assessment Title Cathedral CIty AFH
Sole or Lead Submitter
Contact Information

Name Vincent Lopez
Title Sole Submitter
Department Engineering Division
Street Address 68700 Avenido Lalo Guerrero
Street Address 2
City Cathedral City
State California
Zip Code 92234
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https://hudapps.hud.gov/Afh/Assessment/L1/Review/50 2/102 The Fair Housing Act of 1968 prohibits housing discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, familial status, national origin, or disability.

On July 8, 2015, HUD released “Affirmatively Further Fair Housing Choice” which is a final rule requiring jurisdictions and public housing agencies (PHAs) receiving federal funds to (1) affirmatively further fair housing, (2) take steps to actively overcome historic patterns of segregation and (3) promote fair housing choice.

The purpose of this Assessment of Fair Housing is to provide HUD program participants “with an effective planning approach to aid them in taking meaningful actions to overcome “fair housing issues” such as historic patterns of segregation, promote fair housing choice, and foster inclusive communities that are free from discrimination.” A “fair housing issue” is defined as “a condition that restricts choice or access to opportunity, including:

• Ongoing local or regional segregation, or lack of integration. • Racial or ethnic concentrations of poverty.
• Significant disparities in access to opportunity. • Disproportionate housing needs based on the “protected classes” of race, color, national origin, religion, sex, familial status, or disability.
• Evidence of illegal discrimination or violations of civil rights laws, regulations, or guidance.

The Act also requires jurisdictions and public housing agencies (PHAs) receiving federal funds for housing and urban development to affirmatively further fair housing, to take steps to actively overcome historic patterns of segregation and to promote fair housing choice.

The City values citizen input on how well city government serves its residents. The public participation effort for the 2016 Assessment of Fair Housing (AFH) adheres to the City’s adopted Citizen Participation Plan. To solicit public feedback on fair housing choice in the City of Cathedral City and in consideration of possible issues.

Information was gathered from many different sources, including:

· Communication with people seeking fair housing · Comments and information from public meetings and public forums—including a focus group made up of affordable housing advocates and social service providers.
· Neighborhood surveys—including comments from citizens in many parts of the city about types of housing they have and any issues they have encountered.
· Review of Home Mortgage Disclosure Act data—Compilation and analysis of Home Mortgage Disclosure Act data from the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council.
· Review of public documents— the following are examples of data sources used to complete this AFH.

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Based on the public participation and data gathering process stated above, the City established the following Goals to address issues found through the AFH process:
· Increase levels of integration by Hispanic residents within higher opportunity neighborhoods. · Improve the community and housing conditions of the Downtown and Dream Home Area · Reduce the number of fair housing complaints based on disability.

Community Participation Process
III.1. Describe outreach activities undertaken to encourage and broaden meaningful community participation in the AFH process, including the types of outreach activities and dates of public hearings or meetings. Identify media outlets used and include a description of efforts made to reach the public, including those representing populations that are typically underrepresented in the planning process such as persons who reside in areas identified as R/ECAPs, persons who are limited English proficient (LEP), and persons with disabilities. Briefly explain how these communications were designed to reach the broadest audience possible. For PHAs, identify your meetings with the Resident Advisory Board.

Instructions
This Assessment of Fair Housing Report has been developed to provide an overview of laws, regulations, conditions or other possible obstacles that could affect an individual’s or a household’s access to housing. As part of this effort, the report incorporates the issues and concerns of residents, housing professionals and service providers. To assure that the report responds to community needs, the development of the AI includes a community outreach program consisting of public review, a resident survey, service provider interviews, and a public hearing.

Community Meetings
Cathedral City residents and public and private agencies either directly or indirectly involved with fair housing issues in Cathedral City were invited to participate in two community advisory committee meetings on the following dates and below location:

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Cathedral City Public Library
33520 Date Palm Drive
Cathedral City, California 92234

· July 11th, 2016 (Dream Homes) 6:00pm
Boys and Girls Club of Cathedral City
32141 Whispering Palms Trail
Cathedral City, CA 92234
The meetings provided the opportunity for the Cathedral City community to gain awareness of fair housing laws and for residents and service agencies to share fair housing issues and concerns. To ensure that the fair housing concerns of low- and moderate-income and special needs residents were addressed, individual invitation letters were distributed via mail and e-mail, if available, to agencies and organizations that serve the low- and moderate-income and special needs community.

Meeting times and dates were placed in Cathedral City’s newspaper in both English and Spanish and posted conspicuously at City Hall and the Cathedral City branch of the County Library. The City also used social media platforms such as Facebook, to ensure the broadest possible community communication. Lastly, we targeted the neighborhoods of Dream Home and South City to host two community meetings, which are located within the City’s Low-Moderate Census tracts. We also employed the assistance of City Council Members to encourage residents to attend the meetings. Hosting community meetings in these areas were important to the City’s objective of encouraging participation from populations that are typically underrepresented in the planning process. Due to extensive outreach efforts, attendance at the public meetings included several service providers and citizen groups that work with residents considered a protected class according to HUD’s definition. These community members and service providers supplied first-hand insight into fair housing issues and concerns.

Focus Group
In addition, a focus group was held to discuss the development of the AFH. The purpose of the focus group was to provide fair housing advocates and providers within the community a forum to express their views on the fair housing needs of special needs groups and the community at large. The focus group was held at the following location:

July 7,2016 @ 4:00pm
Cathedral City Civic Center
Study Session Room, First Floor
68700 Avenida Lalo Guerrero
Cathedral City, CA 92234

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· Boys and Girls Club of Cathedral City
· Angel View (serving children and adults with disabilities) (attended) · Roy’s Desert Resource Center (homeless)
· Inland Fair Housing and Mediation Board (attended) · The Cathedral Center (senior center)
· Engineering staff (attended)
· Planning staff (attended)
· Building/Code Compliance staff (attended)
· Housing staff (attended)
· Riverside County Continuum of Care (attended) · Path of Life Ministries (attended)
· Jewish Family Services of San Diego (attended)

Resident Survey
To supplement the citizen advisory meetings, a survey was made available to Cathedral City residents at City Hall, Cathedral City public library, and Cathedral City Senior Center. The survey was also available online at the City’s website, via a dedicated address. Spanish versions of the survey were provided to reflect the diversity of Cathedral City’s residents. During the eight-week survey period, completed surveys were submitted by 63 Cathedral City residents.

The purpose of this survey is to give residents an opportunity for involvement in the development of the City’s fair housing assessment and planning process. The following are specific questions asked to participants (results will be detailed later in the AFH):

1. Have you ever encountered any forms of housing discrimination or known someone who has? ? ? ?
Yes No Not Sure

2. If you believe or think that you or someone you know encountered housing discrimination, what type was it? o Refusing, discouraging, or charging more to rent an apartment or buy a home. o Discouraging a person from living where they want to live. Steering them to another apartment, complex or neighborhood.

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o Refusing, discouraging or charging more for home insurance. o Refusing to make a reasonable accommodation or not allowing a modification to be made to make an apartment more accessible for a person with a disability.
o Predatory lending: unfair, misleading and deceptive loan practices.

? Other_________________________________________ ___________________________________________

3. Do you feel that you are well-informed on Housing Discrimination? ¡ ¡ ¡ ¡
Yes No Somewhat Not enough

4. What would you do if you encountered Housing Discrimination? ¡ ¡ ¡
Ignore it Report it Don’t Know

5. If you were to report Housing Discrimination, who would you report it to? ¡ ¡ ¡
Cathedral CityDon’t Know Other______________________

6. What types of discrimination do you think occur most frequently in the City of Cathedral City?

7. What can be done to prevent housing discrimination in Cathedral City?

8. Please choose the best response that describes your interest in completing this survey? ¡ As a resident
¡ As a business owner/operator
¡ As a nonprofit organization

9. Please indicate if you are a resident of one of the communities listed below:

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¡ Dream Home Area
¡ Cove Area
¡ Panorama Area

For residents of these neighborhoods, what are the major fair housing issues within these areas?

Service Provider Interviews
To gain further analysis relating to fair housing issues within the City, individual interviews were conducted. The interviews gave in-depth context and insight into housing conditions and fair housing issues for residents in Cathedral City. The following are service providers participating in the individual interviews:

· Inland Fair Housing and Mediation Board
· Cathedral Building/Code Compliance
· Path of Life Ministries
· Jewish Family Services of San Diego
· Housing Authority of the County Riverside
· Riverside County Continuum of Care

Public Review

The ‘Draft AFH’ was available to the public for thirty (30) days beginning August 15, 2016 through September 13, 2016. Residents was able to view a copy of the report on the City’s website (www.cathedralcity.gov) or at:

Cathedral City Civic Center
68700 Avenida Lalo Guerrero
Cathedral City, CA 92234

Cathedral Center
37171 W. Buddy Rogers Ave.

Cathedral City, CA 92234

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Boys and Girls Club of Cathedral City
32141 Whispering Palms Trail
Cathedral City, CA 92234

Cathedral City Branch Library
33520 Date Palm Drive
Cathedral City, CA 92234

III.2. Provide a list of organizations consulted during the community participation process.

Instructions
In the development of the AFH, the City consulted with public and private departments; social service agencies; and other non-profit organizations to review potential issues to fair housing choice in the public and private sector. The City met with several representatives to provide information about the AFH and its process. A total of fifty-six agencies servicing Cathedral City and greater Riverside County were invited to participate in the process:

Campesinos Unidos
1(800) 371-1005
Office on Aging (a.k.a. Access)
800-510-2020
Cathedral City Code Compliance
(760) 770-8200
Red Cross External Link Icon
(760) 773-9105
Cathedral City Senior Center
(760) 321-1548
Rescue Mission Indio
(760) 347-3512
Catholic Charities, Cathedral City
(760) 202-1222
Riverside County Health Dept. Palm
Springs (760) 778-2235
Riverside County Children Services
(760) 342-3503
Salvation Army
(760) 324-2275
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(760) 770-2300
Shelter From the Storm
(760) 328-7233
Inland Fair Housing and Mediation Board (IFHMB)
(800) 321-0911
Housing Authority
(760) 863-2828
Jewish Family Services, Palm Springs
(760) 325-4088
Inland Counties Legal Services,
Indio
(760) 342-1591
Martha's Kitchen
83-791 Date Avenue
Indio, California 92201
(760) 347-4741

AGUA CALIENTE BAND OF

CAHUILLA INDIANS
ATTN: Margaret Park
5401 Dinah Shore Drive
Palm Springs, CA 92263

BURRTEC
Waste & Recycling Services
41575 Eclectic
Palm Desert, CA 92260

CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT

OF FISH & GAME
3602 Inland Empire Blvd. C-220
Ontario, CA 91764-4913
California Dept of Transp.-District 8 Planning
ATTN: Daniel Kopulsky
IGR/Local Development Review
464 West 4th St., 6th Floor, MS 722
San Bernardino, CA 92401-1400

CITY OF RANCHO MIRAGE
Community Development Director
69825 Hwy. 111
Rancho Mirage, CA 92270

CITY OF PALM SPRINGS
Planning Department
3200 E. Tahquitz Canyon Way
Palm Springs, CA 92262

COACHELLA VALLEY WATER DISTRICT
Development Services Dept.

P.O. Box 1058
Coachella, CA 92236

COUNTY CLERK
County of Riverside
P.O. Box 751
Riverside, CA 92502-0751

DESERT WATER AGENCY
Operations Engineer
P.O. Box 1710
Palm Springs, CA 92263-1710

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ATTN: Katy Sanchez
915 Capitol Mall, Room 364
Sacramento, CA 95814-4801
U.S. POSTAL SERVICE
Postmaster
33490 Date Palm Drive
Cathedral City, CA 92234-9998

RIVERSIDE COUNTY FLOOD CONTROL

DISTRICT
1995 Market Street
Riverside, CA 92501-1719

RIVERSIDE COUNTY
Transportation Department
ATTN: John Armas
P.O. Box 1090
Riverside, CA 92502-3609

SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON
Director of Planning
36100 Cathedral Canyon Drive
Cathedral City, CA 92234

THE GAS COMPANY
Field Planning Associate
211 N. Sunrise Way
Palm Springs, CA 92262

TIME WARNER CABLE
ATTN: Lynnda Johnson
83-473 Avenue 45
Indio, CA 92201
US Dept. of the Interior/
Bureau of Indian Affairs
P.O. Box 2245
Palm Springs, CA 92262

VERIZON
Section Manager, Network Operations
295 N. Sunrise Way
Palm Springs, CA 92262

Riverside County Airport
Land Use Commission
ATTN: John Guerin
4080 Lemon St., 14th Floor
Riverside, CA 92501
Bureau of Land Management
Palm Springs South Coast Field Office
1201 Bird Center Drive
Palm Springs, CA 92262
Soboba Band of Luiseno Indians
ATTN: Joseph Ontiveros,
Cultural Resources Manager
PO Box 487
San Jacinto, CA 92581
Email: jontiveros @ soboba-nsn.gov

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Control Board
73-720 Fred Waring Dr., Ste 100
Palm Desert, CA 92260-7002

CITY OF DESERT HOT SPRINGS
Planning Department
65950 Pierson Blvd.

Desert Hot Springs, CA 92240-3044

COACHELLA VALLEY MOUNTAINS

CONSERVANCY
73-710 Fred Waring Dr., Suite 205
Palm Desert, CA 92260
PALM SPRINGS UNIFIED SCHOOL DIST.

Director of Facility Planning Development
980 E. Tahquitz Canyon Way #202
Palm Springs, CA 92262-6708
Riverside County Public Health Dept.

P.O. Box 7600
Riverside, CA 92513-7600
Dept. of the Army
Corps of Engineers
P.O. Box 532711
Los Angeles, CA 90053

US DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
6010 Hidden Valley Road
Carlsbad, CA 92011-4213

SUNLINE TRANSIT
32505 Harry Oliver Trail
Thousand Palms, CA 92276
Palm Springs Cemetery District
ATTN; Kathleen Juraski
31-705 Da Vall Drive
Cathedral City, CA 92234

AGUA CALIENTE TRIBAL

ADMINISTRATION PLAZA
ATTN: Patty Garcia
5401 Dinah Shore Drive
Palm Springs, CA 92264

Boy's & Girl's Club of Cadral City
Children's Organization
32141 Whispering Palms Trl, Cathedral City, CA
(760) 324-5844?
Dorian J. Cooley
Deputy Chief - Operations
Eastern Operational Area
CALFIRE/Riverside County Fire
77-933 Las Montañas Rd., Suite 205
Palm Desert, CA 92211
Office (760) 393-3450
Fax (760) 863-7445

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disabilities)
73468 Highway 111
Palm Desert, CA · (760) 776-9620
Roys Desert Resource Center (homeless)
19531 McLane Street
Palm Springs, CA 92262
(760) 676-5200
Jewish Family Services of San Diego
8804 Balboa Avenue
San Diego, CA 92123

Cathedral City (Planning, Housing
Building/Code Compliance)
68700 Avenida Lalo Guerrero
Cathedral City, CA 92234
Riverside County Continuum of Care
4060 County Circle Dr.

Riverside, CA 92503

Path of Life Ministries
2530 Third St
Riverside, CA 92507
III.3. How successful were the efforts at eliciting meaningful community participation? If there was low participation, provide the reasons.

Instructions
The City was very successful in eliciting meaningful community participation. Many of the comments have been used in formulating goals. Examples of this are the Inland Fair Housing and Mediation Boards recommendation to create programs to respond to issues relating to accessibility for individuals with disabilities; as well as citizens from the Dream Home Area who empathetically stated their displeasure with the lack of resources dedicated to the Dream Home area. Finally, a total of 63 surveys were provided by Cathedral City citizens which also provided meaningful community participation.

III.4. Summarize all comments obtained in the community participation process. Include a summary of any comments or views not accepted and the reasons why.

Instructions
Resident Survey
To supplement the citizen advisory meetings, a survey was made available to Cathedral City residents at City Hall, Cathedral City public library, and Cathedral City Senior Center. The survey was also available online at the City’s website, via a dedicated address. Spanish versions of the survey were provided to reflect the diversity of Cathedral City’s residents. Four community activist from the Dream Home Area 
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Have you ever encountered any forms of housing discrimination or known someone who has?

Yes 26.67%
No 68.33%
Not Sure 67%

If you believe or think that you or someone you know encountered housing discrimination, what type was it? • Refusing, discouraging, or charging more to rent an apartment or buy a home. 50.00% • Discouraging a person from living where they want to live. Steering them to another apartment, complex or neighborhood.

If you believe or think that you or someone you know encountered housing discrimination, what type was it? (continued) • Predatory lending: unfair, misleading and deceptive loan practices. 11.11% • Other 33.33%
Ø My aunt couldn't get section 8 because, as the lady told her, she is the wrong color.

Ø Made an offer on a home in the Cove and realtor did not submit it to owner. Happened more than once.

Ø Families with children
Ø Asking details about family such as age and sex of my 4year old daughter before we were allowed to receive ANY information about the rental.

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Ø A friend refused an apartment because of his sexual orientation.

Ø Senior mobile home rental park not disclosing debt to income ratios when vetting applicants Do you feel that you are well-informed on the issue of Housing Discrimination?

Yes 43.33%
No 1.67%
Somewhat 51.67%
Not enough 5.00%

What would you do if you encountered Housing Discrimination? Ignore it 5.00%
Report it 83.33%
Don’t Know 13.33%

If you were to report Housing Discrimination, who would you report it to? City of Cathedral City 69.49%
Don’t Know 22.03%
Other 22.03%

If you think that Housing Discrimination is occurring, what types of discrimination do you think occur most frequently in the City of Cathedral City?

• Rentals, apts, condos, mobile home parks, etc., asking for 3-4 times income for their rental. Exp: Rental is $900 mth, to qualify you need $2700 income a month, even though you can afford the $900 monthly rent. • This is hypothetical since I answered that I have not encountered discrimination personally and that I do not know of anyone who has, it would be difficult to guess. I suppose discrimination of all types have happened, but I'm not sure which types are most frequent here. If we take just one type of discrimination, racial discrimination, then perhaps since the city's population is over 50% Hispanic, one might jump to the conclusion that there is a discrimination problem against other races and that the Hispanics are discriminating against others. But that may not be the case at all. It could be that they generate more children who in turn grow up and choose to live here. Or it could be that the economy is such that they choose to live here. Or it could be that they enjoy being with one another and do not wish to leave their loved ones. It does not matter if the reason is any of these reasons. There is nothing wrong with having a reason for living where you like. But if the reason they are living here is due to housing discrimination against them, perhaps it is the

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• Against kids, blacks, or Hispanics
• Rejected because LGBTQ issues.

If you think that Housing Discrimination is occurring, what types of discrimination do you think occur most frequently in the City of Cathedral City? (continued)
• Realtors being selective for their sellers on who they prefer living in specific areas of the city. • Affordability of housing, to me that's a form of discrimination. Especially for seniors. • Racially restrictive discrimination
• I have heard people talk about low income housing in unfavorable terms. • Home loan and predatory lending
• Many Hispanics live in homes where there are roads which are very poorly maintained. They are concentrated in specific areas. Many "Anglos" live in gated communities.
• They make rent too high for anyone to afford, leaving us stuck in the ghetto. We can't live in a nice area when you aren’t afraid to go to your car at night because they only rent to high income families I suppose. • Handicap accessibility to club house and pools

What can be done to prevent housing discrimination in the City of Cathedral City?

• Make a law that if the person can afford a rental, has good credit and no evictions, and good rental references they can't be discriminated against because they don't have 3-4 times the monthly rental to qualify.

• How much housing discrimination is there in Cathedral City? If it is a problem and it is not being addressed, then it is up to the City to do what they are supposed to do about it, or to guide the person to the right authorities when they come to the City for help.

There has been constant PSAs on the radio and TV for many, many years, so everyone knows; unless they have just newly arrived from PodunkSomewheresville. If there is that much housing discrimination, my suggestion is to give to the new arrivals of Cathedral City a flyer of the law. To continue on this subject, I see no reason to add to the law we already have on housing discrimination. It is already comprehensive. The new enhanced law has shades of social engineering which will only agitate people more than they might be now. Encouragement to share and be friendly with all types is fine. Trying to balance everything is unnatural and makes people unhappy when it is pushed. Once a community has it's quota of racial diversity of certain race, another of that race will not be allowed to live there. If there are not enough LGBTs in the city naturally, there will be regulations or incentives in the policy guide to import more. If there is not a diverse mix of religious belief systems, they will be incentivized to import more, or on the other hand, perhaps, all will be squelched to prevent any from being a major influence on the City's population. If there are poor areas of the City, policy or incentives given to landlords to take people who can not afford their apartments and condos will even out the economic mix of the area and contrary-wise, developers will be required to build in areas not to their liking so that there will be a good mix of poor to wealthy in the same area. What happens next, in most cases, the wealthy take a loss when selling their home. This brings the

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https://hudapps.hud.gov/Afh/Assessment/L1/Review/50 16/102 incomes of the City closer together and more "balanced" but it is not good for the person who lost money on his home and the City actually becomes poorer. I am opposed to enhancing the Housing Discrimination laws. The one we have now is fine and not too intrusive. With it, those who feel they have been discriminated against are provided recourse; they can go to court, win an award, and have the case settled.
• Allow abandoned houses to be used by homeless/low income. • Realtors must post a contact number for prospective buyers on for sale ads if they experience bias or discrimination. • Build more affordable housing, especially for seniors. • Encourage mixed use housing.
• Good maintenance of the public roads etc. in the areas where most Hispanics live so that they are attractive to everyone and not be so evident that this is a working people habitat and the city does not maintain its public roads, sidewalks etc. • Take ownership from those committing the heinous act of discrimination. Possibly a spanking too. The problem is that scummy people own the properties and do not care about rules and regulations.

Please choose the best response that describes your interest in completing this survey • as a resident 96.61% • as a business owner/operator 3.39%
• as a nonprofit 0.00% Please indicate if you are a resident of one of the communities listed below.

• South City Area 16.67%
• Dream Home Area 0.00%
• Cove Area 36.67%
• Panorama Area 46.67%

For residents of these neighborhoods, what are the major fair housing issues within these areas? • I am unaware of any problems in this area. We have a diverse mix of people on my street. Sorry I could not be of much help. But then perhaps this is helpful.
• Realtor did not maintain the property during escrow, plants were dug up on property outside of property was vandalized and when escrow finally closed realtor placed key under mat and walk through never happened. Seller left a mess in the house and realtor never gave me rebate for cleaning property
• I don't know because it seems like there is a pretty good cross section of various groups, young, old, LBSG, straight, families, high income homes and low income homes. From my perspective it seems like it is a good mix. • Individuals refusing to sell to anyone other than a straight married couple.

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July 11th, 2016 (Dream
Homes) 6:00pm
Boys and Girls Club of
Cathedral City
32141 Whispering
Palms Trail
Cathedral City, CA
92234

Comments
Dream Home Area is ignored by the City.

Several homes in the area have been abandoned and being inhabited by homeless individuals
Additional resources should be directed towards the Dream Home area to curb the gang violence
Additional surveys should be distributed through the area

• I live in Desert Palm and though the a City sent in compliance officers for liquor permit, they do not protect us from rent gauging as we are on Tribal Land when owned by a corporation headquartered in Chicago. We need a voice, we need our government. • Vacation Rentals taking houses off of the full time rental market

Community Meeting
June 30, 2016 (South City)
5:30pm
Cathedral City Public Library
33520 Date Palm Drive
Cathedral City, California
92234

Comments
No Attendance

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Research has shown that Discrimination against individuals with a disability is the City’s biggest concern
Home Owner Associations tend to violate fair housing laws due to lack of education.

Homeless families are in need of additional housing and services

Assessment of Past Goals, Actions and Strategies
IV.1. Indicate what fair housing goals were selected by program participant(s) in recent Analyses of Impediments, Assessments of Fair Housing, or other relevant planning documents:

IV.1.a. Discuss what progress has been made toward their achievement.

Instructions
Action 1: Contract with the Fair Housing Council of Riverside County for the provision of landlord-tenant services including counseling, investigation, mediation and referrals. Cathedral City will contract with the Fair Housing Council beginning July 1, 2012 and through the term of the initial Five Year Consolidated Plan.

PROGRESS: Cathedral City began its Consolidated Plan acquiring the service of the Fair Housing Council of Riverside County to provide such services. However, in 2013 the City decided to move in a different direction and contracted Inland Fair Housing and Mediation Board (IFHMB) to provide landlord-tenant services including counseling, investigation, mediation and referrals. IFHMB also provides the City with fair housing reports that identify barriers within the City.

Action 2: The Fair Housing Council will provide community outreach services to renters and property owners distributing information, answering, conducting workshops regarding fair housing rights and responsibilities. The Fair Housing Council will have provided services for Cathedral City while it was a participating jurisdiction under the County CDBG Program and has continued to contract with the City of Cathedral City upon becoming an entitlement jurisdiction.
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PROGRESS: Inland Fair Housing and Mediation Board is contracted to disseminate fair housing information throughout the City. Under contract, this agency also conducts two annual fair housing workshops tailored to some of the topics and issues currently going on in the City. Inland Fair Housing has constant contact with Cathedral City and provides valuable input in the preparation of multiple CDBG reports.

Impediment 2: Disabled Access

A greater number of calls came from the persons with disabilities over a three-year period. Typically, complaints' regarding disabled access indicates a shortage of accessible units and a lack of understanding of the issue of reasonable accommodation. Access for persons with disabilities is significant because of the large senior population in the City. As the population increases and the baby boom population ages the need to disabled accessibility increases.

Recommendation:

Action 3: Contract with the Fair Housing Council of Riverside County for the provisions of anti-discrimination services.

PROGRESS: Inland Fair Housing periodically conducts undercover investigations referred to as “testing”. Inland Fair Housing sends volunteers or staff members to play a role or profile to locations where people have experienced some type of discrimination. If these “testers” experience any type of discrimination, Inland Fair housing does contact the landlord or property owner to share these results and explain the anti-discrimination laws.

Action 4: The Fair Housing Council will conduct staff training and community workshops on issues of reasonable accommodations and modifications. A minimum of two trainings/ workshops will be conducted during the 2012-2016 Consolidated Plan.

PROGRESS: IFHMB conducts two annual workshops to training City staff, property owners, renters, and residents about each party’s rights to fair housing. Typically, one workshop is schedule for late fall and the other workshop is scheduled for early spring of each fiscal year.

Action 5: Offer a rehabilitation grant program that makes homes accessible, safe, and healthy. The objective is to empower elderly persons with disabilities to remain in their homes and provide them with the ability to maintain their self-sufficiency.

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Action 6: Continue enforcing Title 24 Disability Access Standards and encourage notifications of violations by providing the appropriate forms on the City's webpage. This action will be ongoing and continuous.

PROGRESS: Under the Building Code, single family dwellings are not required to make disability adjustments (ADA) unless the dwelling is a rental property. Single family rental dwellings are required to make these modifications but are complaint driven. In addition, any subsidized housing, such as Section 8, is required to make ADA alterations.

Impediment 3: Access to Fair Housing

The City of Cathedral City is committed to ensuring fair housing choice for the residents.

Recommendation:

Action 7: Review and revise zoning ordinance to remove any provisions, language, and requirements that may be discriminatory or in violation of federal fair housing laws.

PROGRESS: The City is in the process of amending its municipal code to include an ordinance that would allow density bonuses for affordable housing in multi-family residential development projects. Density Bonuses are development trades or concessions that applicants will receive in lieu of providing more affordable housing units in the City.

Action 8: Review the City’s development fee and processing structure to ensure that it does not impose excessive fees on the construction of housing.

PROGRESS: The development fees in Cathedral City are currently the lowest in the Coachella Valley. In fact, the City’s fees are the lowest in comparison to other jurisdictions outside the Valley. The City is currently evaluating its fee structure to raise and maintain competitiveness in the development industry.

Impediment 4: Homeownership Opportunities

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Recommendation:

Action 10: Promote and provide programs that offer first-time homebuyers, foreclosure recovery, and acquisition assistance. Efforts to expand homeownership opportunities will be ongoing and continuous.

PROGRESS: In 2013, Cathedral City applied and was awarded funding from HUD to offer first-time homebuyers, foreclosure recovery, and acquisition assistance through the HOME Program. However, after much discussion, the City decided to decline the award due to lack of staff for administering the program. The City also contracted the County of Riverside to see if there was interest to manage the program on the City’s behalf. The County also declined the offer.

The City of Cathedral City is in a better position to manage such as program. The City will explore applying for this type of funding again in order to provide these much needed services in the community.

Action 11: The Fair Housing Council of Riverside County will provide First-Time Homebuyer education services including individual counseling and workshops to give potential buyers the tools they need to avoid predatory lending and foreclosure. Topics to be discussed may include: credit and predatory lending, qualifying for a home loan, budgeting, finding a lender, finding the right home and other issues that arise from owning property. Education efforts to expand homeownership opportunities will occur through the term of all Consolidated Plans prepared by the City of Cathedral City.

PROGRESS: The City has seen a substantial increase in housing development and permits being issued. Almost all of the vacant lots are being filled with the construction of new homes. On the other side, the Code Compliance Division has also seen a decline in vacant or abandoned properties. These properties are being rehabilitated and sold.

As a result, the City is experiencing a reduction in blight.

IV.1.b. Discuss how you have been successful in achieving past goals, and/or how you have fallen short of achieving those goals (including potentially harmful unintended consequences); and

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IV.1.c. Discuss any additional policies, actions, or steps that you could take to achieve past goals, or mitigate the problems you have experienced.

Instructions

Any additional polies, actions or steps to achieve past goals, or mitigate problems experienced will be addressed during the completion of the AFH.

IV.1.d. Discuss how the experience of program participant(s) with past goals has influenced the selection of current goals.

Instructions
Addressing Fair Housing issues for residents with disabilities was a major goal during the past AI and will continue to be addressed in the current AFH.

Fair Housing Analysis
Fair Housing Analysis > Demographic Summary
V.A.1. Describe demographic patterns in the jurisdiction and region, and describe trends over time (since 1990).

Instructions
Relevant Data
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https://hudapps.hud.gov/Afh/Assessment/L1/Review/50 23/102 Cathedral City is located in the Coachella Valley, a sub region of Riverside County. The County encompasses a large portion of Southern California, and over the past two decades has experienced extremely rapid growth. According to Census and Department of Finance data, the County's population increased by 32%, from 1,170,413 in 1990 to 1,545,387 in 2000, and by 44% from 2000 to 2,227,577 in 2012. The incorporated cities of the Coachella Valley generally followed similar trends for population growth within the same time period.

According to the U.S. Census, the City of Cathedral City’s population in 1990 was 30,085. In 2000. The population had a dramatic increase of 42% over the 10-year period, growing to 42,647. In 2010, the growth slowed a bit, only increasing by 20% for a total population of 51,200

Ethnic/ Race Patterns
The Table below, shows the ethnic distribution for Cathedral City and Riverside County from 1990 through 2010. Over the three Census period, Whites and Hispanics remained the dominate Ethic/ Racial groups in both the Region and the City. For the Region, Whites held the majority of the population until the 2010 Census, which Hispanics were estimated to be 4 percent of the population and whites only 37 percent. However, the 1990 Census count was the last period Whites were the majority of the population in the City. While the 2000 Census showed Hispanics (49%) approximately 7 percent higher in population than Whites (42%), 2010 showed a dramatically wider gap for Hispanics (62%) versus Whites (29%). It is important to note that this precipitous rise in the Hispanic population in 2010 did not correlate to a similar increase in the foreign born population for the City. While the Hispanic population increased by 31 percent from 2000 to 2010, the foreign born population increased by less than 5 percent, which assumes that the City’s increased population over the Census periods is largely a result of native born Hispanics.

No other Racial/ Ethnic Group was more than 8 percent of the Region or City population. For the Region, Blacks had their highest population in 2010 with 8.2 percent of the populations, but dropped to 7.1 percent in 2010. That same year, they were less than 2 percent of the City’s population. Asians showed a steady growth from 1990 to 2010 in both the Region and City. They represented 6 percent of the Region and close to 5 percent of the City’s population in 2010. Native Americans represented the lowest percentage of all Ethnic/ Racial groups in both the Region and City, not surpassing more than 1 percent of the population.

Demographic
Trends (Cathedral City, CA CDBG) Jurisdiction (Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA CBSA) Region
1990 2000 2010 1990 2000 2010
Race/Ethnicity# % # % # % # % # % # %
White, Non-
Hispanic 16,97161.42%17,90442.25%13,56429.91%1,615,83062.41%1,540,77647.33%1,546,66636.61% Black, Non-
Hispanic 581 2.10%1,210 2.86%894 1.97%168,731 6.52%263,322 8.09%301,523 7.14% Hispanic 9,097 32.92%21,04049.65%27,95361.64%685,672 26.48%1,228,68337.75%1,996,40247.25%

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Islander, Non-
Hispanic
750 2.71%1,753 4.14%2,138 4.71%93,331 3.60%164,035 5.04%261,593 6.19% Native
American,
Non-Hispanic
134 0.48%309 0.73%172 0.38%18,007 0.70%36,061 1.11%19,454 0.46% National
Origin
Foreign-born 6,813 24.56%12,55529.45%17,60334.34%360,666 13.93%612,354 18.81%920,860 21.80% LEP
Limited English
Proficiency 4,143 14.93%9,427 22.12%11,74522.91%252,012 9.73%462,538 14.21%640,802 15.17% Sex
Male 13,89250.07%21,35050.08%23,40651.62%1,294,27450.00%1,618,46649.73%2,101,08349.73% Female 13,85149.93%21,27749.91%21,94048.38%1,294,51850.00%1,636,31650.27%2,123,76850.27% Age
Under 18 6,801 24.52%13,59331.89%12,58227.75%771,845 29.81%1,044,68632.10%1,214,69628.75% 18-64 16,21458.45%23,66955.52%26,76159.02%1,539,21559.46%1,869,81757.45%2,570,22160.84% 65+ 4,727 17.04%5,365 12.59%6,003 13.24%277,732 10.73%340,280 10.45%439,934 10.41% Family Type
Families with
children 2,833 41.15%4,134 57.99%5,143 52.90%331,552 50.68%266,840 54.97%500,062 50.99% Note 1: All % represent a share of the total population within the jurisdiction or region for that year, except family type, which is out of total families.

Note 2: Data Sources: Decennial Census; ACS

In reviewing patterns of Race/Ethnicity location within Cathedral City, Hispanic residents seem to cluster primarily in the center of the City, while White residents are more evenly dispersed. The southern and “out-side core” parts of the City indicate less of a presence of non-White residents. It should also be noted that these regions of the City are more populated by owner occupied housing, as illustrated later on in this study.

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Instructions
Location of Homeowners
The 2010 census map below shows the primary location of homeowners within the jurisdiction. The darkest blue census tracts indicate more than 80% of Cathedral City’s households as homeowners. As illustrated by the map below, the location of these Census tracts are primarily outside the core of the City.

As illustrated by the map below, homeowners within the Region are primarily located outside the geographic boundaries of major metropolitan areas (i.e. City of Riverside and San Bernardino). According to a 2014 study conducted by NerdWallet, a San Francisco based financial firm, “suburbs” in Riverside County – particularly in the southwest- are attractive to homeowners due to their commuting distances to the before mentioned metropolitan areas and job centers.

In addition, the Region’s housing is still relatively underpriced compared to other neighboring MSAs located in southern California. Out of 178 national cities with populations over 50,000, Regional cities like Menifee ranks third, Murrieta fourth, Lake Elsinore fifth, Perris eighth and Temecula 10th, based on housing availability, affordability and growth. Other cities in the region faring well in the study included Fontana (No. 17), Yucaipa (No. 18) and Chino Hills (No. 25).

Location of Renters
Within Cathedral City, Census Tract 06065044915 has the highest percentage of renters (more than 73%). This tract is located in the core of the City and, as illustrated in the previous Race/Ethnicity dot density map, Hispanic residents seem to cluster within this area as well. As previously stated, although the City does not have Racially or Ethnically Concentrated Area of Poverty (a geographic area with significant concentrations of poverty and minority populations), this finding should be explored further as potential ongoing local segregation, or lack of integration.

Loctated in the core of the City, this tract also has more evenly dispersed. The southern and “out-side core” parts of the City indicate less of a present of non-White residents. It should also be noted that these regions of the City are more populated by owner occupied housing, as illustrated later on in this study. Although the City does not have Racially or Ethnically Concentrated Area of Poverty (a geographic area with significant concentrations of poverty and minority populations), this finding should be explored further as potential ongoing local segregation, or lack of integration.

Fair Housing Analysis > General Issues
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V.B.i.1.a. Describe and compare segregation levels in the jurisdiction and region. Identify the racial/ethnic groups that experience the highest levels of segregation.

Instructions
Relevant Data
According to the Racial/Ethnic Dissimilarity Trends table below, both Cathedral City and the Region segregation index rose for all racial/ethnic groups from 1990-20120. The exception was Asian or Pacific Islander within Cathedral City which had a slight decrease in level of segregation in 2010.

When comparing the average level of segregation over the three Census periods, no group in Cathedral City experienced higher than “low segregation”. However, for the Region, Blacks and Hispanics experienced “moderate” levels of segregation. It is important to note, that Blacks were the only group not experience higher than “low” segregation within Cathedral City. Conversely, they experienced the highest average percentage of segregation within the Region.

Table 3 - Racial/Ethnic Dissimilarity Trends
(Cathedral City, CA CDBG)
Jurisdiction (Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario,
CA CBSA) Region
Racial/Ethnic Dissimilarity Index 1990 2000
2010

average 1990 2000
2010

average
Non-White/White 22.59 41.59 45.15 36.44 32.92 38.90 41.29 37.703 Instructions
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30.72 43.74 45.48 47.66 45.62
Hispanic/White 23.85 44.44 46.69

38.32 35.57 42.40 43.96 40.64
Asian or Pacific Islander/White 27.21 40.66 40.20

36.02 33.17 37.31 43.07 37.85

V.B.i.1.b. Explain how these segregation levels have changed over time (since 1990).

Instructions
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Within Cathedral City, Hispanics experienced the highest increase in the groups’ segregation index over time. From 1990 to 2000, Hispanics segregation index nearly doubled, increasing by 20.59 percentage points. This is best illustrated by the 1990 and 2000 Race/ Ethnicity density maps for Cathedral City. The 1990 map shows generally an even disbursement of all groups across the Jurisdiction. However, in the 2000 Census year, the location of Hispanics tended to cluster around the core of the City, while the location of Whites was more prominent outside the City’s core.

From 2000 to 2010, Hispanics segregation index increase by 3 percentage points to 47 percent, which remained the highest segregation level amongst all groups in both Census years.

V.B.i.1.c. Identify areas with relatively high segregation and integration by race/ethnicity, national origin, or LEP group, and indicate the predominant groups living in each area.

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The presence of residential segregation may appear as clusters of a single color of dots representing one protected class, or as clusters of more than one color of dots representing a number of protected classes but still excluding one or more protected classes. As previously stated, AFFH mapping for Census year 2000 illustrated a high segregation of Hispanics within the City’s core, while the location of Whites was more prominent outside the City’s core. The later could indicate a lack of integration which means that there is not a high concentration of people of a particular protected class in an area subject to analysis, such as a census tract or neighborhood, compared to the broader geographic area. Further analysis will be needed to determine an issue of segregation and integration. Along with residential segregation for Hispanics within the City’s core, the area also has a high segregation of person from Mexico as their National Origin as well as Limited English Proficiency (see AFFH maps below).

V.B.i.1.d. Consider and describe the location of owner and renter occupied housing in determining whether such housing is located in segregated or integrated areas.

Instructions
In section V.A-2 of the Fair Housing Analysis are maps illustrating the highest percentage of homeowners and renters within the jurisdiction based on census tracts. The chart below will assist in determining whether such housing (owned vs. rented) is located in segregated or integrated census tracts.

In BOLD are census tracts were more than 80 percent of residents are homeowners. When examining the Race/ Ethnicity of these tracts, 85 percent of the residents on average are White, but only 30 percent of the general population. Hispanics only make up 8 percent of residents of these tracts, but 62 percent of the general population. Conversely, the census tract with the highest percentage of renter households (more than 73%) is located in the core of the City (census tract 6065044915) . Within this tract, nearly 90 percent of the residents are Hispanic, but only 7percent are White.
% White alone (not
Hispanic)
% Persons of Hispanic
origin Tract

39.8 45.94 6065044904

76.97 12.22 6065940600

86.86 11.68 6065941000

6.83 88.86 6065044915

16.43 66.64 6065044926
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0 0 6065045103
0 0 6065044520

9.27 89.75 6065044702

86.96 8.15 6065941200

35.83 50.54 6065044923

88.9 6.51 6065940900

40.04 57.52 6065044925
12 83.72 6065044907

90.62 5.62 6065941100

35.71 57.86 6065044924

32.23 65.97 6065044916

43.14 52.32 6065045000

42.97 46.76 6065044932

19.39 62.17 6065044931

The table presents a possible Hispanic segregation issue within the census tracts with the highest percentage (>73%) of renters. In addition, the table presents possible integration issues within census tracts with the highest percentage of homeowners (>80) where approximately 85 percent of residents are White.

Housing segregation describes the voluntary or involuntary separation of areas by race, resulting in neighborhoods where most, if not all, of the residents belong to one race. Title VIII (8) of the Civil Rights Act of 1968, also known as the Fair Housing Act, prohibits discrimination in relation to selling, renting, and financing housing. This includes discrimination based on race, color, national origin, religion, sex, familial status, and disability.

V.B.i.1.e. Discuss how patterns of segregation have changed over time (since 1990).

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https://hudapps.hud.gov/Afh/Assessment/L1/Review/50 30/102 According to the Racial/Ethnic Dissimilarity Trends table above , all racial/ethnic groups experience generally low segregation when compared to Whites in 1990 in both Cathedral City and the Region, with the exception of Blacks who experienced moderate segregation within the Region only.

In 2000, the segregation index rose for all groups in both the City and Region. In Cathedral City, Hispanics, Asians and Non-Whites segregation levels rose from low to moderate. Blacks’ segregation index remained low in Cathedral City, but rose to moderate within the Region. Consistent with the 1990 Census year, Hispanics segregation index remained moderate within the Region.

In 2010, Non-whites, Hispanics and Asians experienced moderate segregation when compared to Whites in both Cathedral City and the Region. Blacks also experienced moderate segregation within the Region, but only low segregation within Cathedral City. It is important to note that Blacks were the only group to experience low segregation for all three Census periods within Cathedral City. Conversely, they were the only group to experience moderate segregation for all three Census periods within Region.

V.B.i.1.f. Discuss whether there are any demographic trends, policies, or practices that could lead to higher segregation in the jurisdiction in the future.

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Demographic Trends
The 1990 Census count was the last period Whites were the majority of the population in the City. While the 2000 Census showed Hispanics (49%) approximately 7 percent higher in population than Whites (42%), 2010 showed a dramatically wider gap for Hispanics (62%) versus Whites (29%).

The shift in majority Hispanic population could account for higher segregation of Hispanic residents throughout the jurisdiction as illustrated by the 1990 and 2000 Race/ Ethnicity density maps for Cathedral City. The 1990 map shows generally an even disbursement of all groups across the Jurisdiction. However, in the 2000 Census year, the location of Hispanics tended to cluster around the core of the City, while the location of Whites was more prominent outside the City’s core. Although a 2010 Race/ Ethnicity density maps for Cathedral City is currently unavailable, it is likely to show a similar segregation pattern as the 2000 census year. Further analysis is required to determine whether increase patterns of segregation has to do with new Hispanic residents facing policies or private market practices that discourages integration.

Private Sector Policies and Practices
Fair housing opportunity is covered by Federal and State regulations and court decisions that prohibit discrimination in the rental, sale, negotiation, advertisement, or occupancy of housing on the basis of protected class. Implementation of fair housing practices is achieved through a network of realtors, apartment associations, housing associations, fair housing providers, and the courts. This chapter provides an overview of the private sector housing industry in Cathedral City and its interrelationship with fair housing choice and equal housing opportunity.
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Discriminatory practices in home mortgage lending have evolved in the past five to six decades. In the 1940s and 1950s, racial discrimination in mortgage lending was easy to spot. From government-sponsored racial covenants to the redlining practices of private mortgage lenders and financial institutions, ethnic minorities were denied access to home mortgages in ways that severely limited their ability to purchase a home. By employing high pressure sales practices and deceptive tactics, some mortgage brokers pushed minority borrowers into high-cost subprime mortgages that were not well suited to their needs and led to financial problems. According to data from the 2007 Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA), four of every 10 home purchase mortgages issued to minorities in 2006 were subprime loans twice the number of subprime loans issued to White borrowers.

Owner Occupied Housing
Part of the American dream involves owning a home in a good neighborhood near schools, parks, shopping centers, jobs and other community amenities. Homeownership strengthens individual households and entire neighborhoods because owner-occupants have made an investment in their own personal property as well as the neighborhood and community. This fosters a greater sense of pride in the appearance and condition of not only the home but of the neighborhood as well. It also promotes owner involvement in the community because owner-occupants have a personal stake in the area and tend to be more active in decisions affecting the community. Fair housing opportunity laws protect an individual or family’s right to occupy suitable housing in any location. Ensuring fair housing is an important way to not only preserve but to improve the housing opportunities for all residents in Cathedral City.

The Homeownership Process
Purchasing a home presents many challenges to the would-be owner. One of the main challenges in buying a home is the process by which an individual or family must acquire the property. The time required to find a home, the major legal and financial implications surrounding the process, the number of steps required and financial issues to be considered can be overwhelming to prospective buyers. Throughout this time consuming and costly process, fair housing issues can surface in many ways. Discriminatory practices in the home buying process can occur through the:
· Advertising of homes for sale;
· Lending process;
· Appraisal process;
· Actions of real estate agents and sellers; and · The issuance of insurance.

Advertising
The first thing a potential buyer is likely to do when evaluating a home purchase is search advertisements either in magazines, in newspapers or via the Internet to get a feel for what the market offers. Language in advertising is sometimes an issue within the realm of real estate.

Advertisements cannot include discriminatory references such as the use of words describing current or potential residents or the neighbors or the neighborhood in racial or ethnic terms. Some commonly used statements that are discriminatory include the following:

§ Adults preferred

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§ Conveniently located by a particular church
§ Ideal for married couples without kids

Even the use of models in ads has been questioned, based on the idea that it appears to appeal to a certain race. In addition, selecting media or locations for advertising that deny information on listings to certain segments of the housing market could also be considered discriminatory. Even if an agent does not intend to discriminate in an ad, it would still be considered a violation to suggest to a reader whether a protected class is preferred. In cities where there is a sizable Hispanic population, the homeownership process offers opportunities for fair housing violations to arise due to the natural tendency to advertise in a specific language such as Spanish. Although the advertisements might not violate fair housing laws, these advertisements could limit opportunities for other racial/ethnic groups to find housing. Recent litigation has set a precedent for violations in advertisements that hold publishers, newspapers, the Multiple Listing Service, real estate agents and brokers accountable for discriminatory ads. As a reminder to choose words carefully, the Multiple Listing Service now prompts a fair housing message when a new listing is being added.

Lending
Initially, buyers must find a lender that will qualify them for a loan. This part of the process entails an application, a credit check, an analysis of ability to repay and the amount for which one is eligible, choosing the type and terms of the loan, etc. Applicants are requested to provide a lot of sensitive information including their gender, ethnicity, income level, age and familial status. Most of this information is used for reporting purposes required of lenders by the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) and the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA), however, there is no guarantee that individual loan officers or underwriters will not misuse the information. A report on mortgage lending discrimination by the Urban Land Institute outlines four basic stages in which discrimination can occur:

§ Advertising and outreach
§ Pre-application inquiries
§ Loan approval/denial and terms/conditions
§ Loan administration

A number of different individuals take part in the various stages of this process, and any of them could potentially discriminate. Further areas of potential discrimination include differences in the level of encouragement, financial assistance, types of loans recommended, amount of down payment required and level of customer service provided.

Real Estate Agents
Finding a real estate agent is normally the next step, which can be done by looking in newspapers, searching the Internet and primarily through referrals. The agent will find the home that fits a buyer’s needs, desires and budget based on the amount they are qualified for by the lending institution. Realtors may act as agents of discrimination by unintentionally or even intentionally steering potential buyers to or from a particular neighborhood. In a jurisdiction with a significant Hispanic population, a real estate agent might assume that a non-Hispanic buyer

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Agents might also discriminate by whom they agree to represent, whom they turn away and the comments they make about their clients.

However, the California Association of Realtors (CAR) has included language on many of its forms disclosing fair housing laws to those involved. Many realtor associations also host fair housing trainings and seminars to educate their members on the provisions and liabilities of fair housing laws. The Equal Opportunity Housing Symbol is also located on all forms as a reminder.

Appraisals
Banks order appraisal reports to determine whether a property is worth the amount of the loan requested. Generally speaking, appraisals are based on the comparable sales of properties surrounding the neighborhood of the property being appraised. Other factors are taken into consideration, such as the age of the structure, any improvements made and location. Some neighborhoods with higher concentrations of minorities might appraise lower than like properties in neighborhoods with lower concentrations. Unfortunately, this practice is geared toward a neighborhood and not an applicant and therefore is not a direct violation of fair housing law that can easily be addressed. One effect of this practice, however, is that it tends to keep property values lower in a given neighborhood, thereby restricting the amount of equity and capital available to those residents. Individual appraisers are the ones making the decisions on the amounts, thus there is room for flexibility in the numbers. As appraisers are individually licensed, similar to real estate agents, they risk losing their license for unfair practices.

Sellers
A seller might not want to sell his/her house to certain purchasers based on classification biases protected by fair housing laws, or he/she might want to accept offers only from a preferred group. Often, sellers are home when agents show the properties to potential buyers and could develop certain biases based on this contact. Sellers must sign the Residential Listing Agreement and Seller’s Advisory forms, which disclose that a seller understands fair housing laws and practices of nondiscrimination. Yet enforcement is difficult because a seller may have multiple offers and choose one based on a bias.

Home Loan Activity
In tandem with the CRA, the HMDA, initially enacted in 1975 and substantially expanded in 1989, required banks to disclose detailed information about their mortgage lending. The law aimed to curb discrimination in such lending to create more equal opportunity to access credit. The disclosure requirement compelled banks, savings and loan associations and other lending institutions to report annually the amounts and geographical distribution of their mortgage applications, origins and purchases disaggregated by race, gender, annual income and other characteristics. The data, collected and disclosed by the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC), were made available to the public and to financial regulators to determine if lenders were serving the housing needs of the communities where they were located.

Financing impacts the cost of purchase price and the homebuyer's ability to purchase. Interest rates fluctuate to meet national factors.

Current interest rates are around 4%, which is relatively low but the changes can impact the affordability to housing. When the financial crisis began in 2007, a Joss of confidence in values of secured mortgages resulted in a liquidity crisis causing the U.S. Federal Reserve, Bank of England and the Central Union Bank to interject capital into the financial markets. In 2008, the federal government declared the

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The economic conditions resulted in strict lending restrictions that made it difficult for some families to obtain credit in order to qualify for loans. TARP purchases assets and equity from financial institutions in order to improve the situation of the financial sector and addresses the national subprime mortgage crisis. The TARP did not unfreeze the credit markets, which caused the federal government to initiate a stimulus program in February 2009. The stimulus was intended for job creation, offset the loss of State revenue, increase consumer confidence and spending, and help citizens affected by the economic decline and cut taxes. Financing costs in Cathedral City are equivalent to those in other communities throughout the State of California. Financing costs impact the cost of the unit and the homebuyers' ability to purchase.

The table details the latest data regarding the participation rate in the homeownership market by Race for the Riverside-San Bernardino- Ontario area in 2014. The data shows that Whites where the most active in the use of both public backed and conventional home loans. They were the most active with conventional home loans with 24,737 applications submitted in 2014. Of those loans, 1285 was approved.

American Indian/ Alaska Native were the least active in the homeownership market for both public backed and conventional financing.

Several factors affect the loan decision such as debt to income ratio, credit score, home equity, employment. A correlation in denial rates may correlate with the applicant’s ability to repay the loan. However, the denial rate of homeownership applications of a particular group may indicate the institution of unfair or discriminatory policies and practices which may hinder access to fair housing choice. With the exception of Native Hawaiians who a disproportionately low participation, the differential in denial rate was not more than 5%. Denials based solely on racial factors does not seem to be an issue.

AGGREGATE TABLE 4-1: DISPOSITION OF APPLICATIONS FOR FHA, FSA/RHS, AND

VA HOME-PURCHASE LOANS
Applications
Number
Applications
Approved
AMERICAN INDIAN/ALASKA NATIVE (TOTAL) 261 15 6%
ASIAN (TOTAL) 1003 44 4%
BLACK OR AFRICAN AMERICAN (TOTAL) 1783 78 4%

NATIVE HAWAIIAN/OTHER PACIFIC ISLND
(TOTAL) 274 6 2%
WHITE (TOTAL) 21957 823 4%
JOINT (WHITE/MINORITY RACE) (TOTAL) 783 25 3%
RACE NOT AVAILABLE (TOTAL) 6/ 2583 158 6%

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APPLICATIONS FOR CONVENTIONAL HOME-

PURCHASE LOANS

Applications
Number
Applications
Approved
AMERICAN INDIAN/ALASKA NATIVE (TOTAL) 213 12 6%
ASIAN (TOTAL) 4966 240 5%
BLACK OR AFRICAN AMERICAN (TOTAL) 919 44 5%

NATIVE HAWAIIAN/OTHER PACIFIC ISLND
(TOTAL) 227 11 20%
WHITE (TOTAL) 24737 1265 5%
2 OR MORE MINORITY RACES (TOTAL) 22 4 6%
RACE NOT AVAILABLE (TOTAL) 6/ 4031 341 6%

V. Fair Housing Analysis > B. General Issues > Segregation/Integration > Additional Information V.B.i.2. Additional Information
V.B.i.2.a. Beyond the HUD-provided data, provide additional relevant information, if any, about segregation in the jurisdiction and region affecting groups with other protected characteristics.

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Citizenship
In United States federal anti-discrimination law, Citizenship is considered a "Protected Class" . The Immigration Reform and Control Act (IRCA), Pub.L. 99–603, 100 Stat. 3445, enacted November 6, 1986, also known as the Simpson–Mazzoli Act, signed into law by Ronald Reagan on November 6, 1986, is an Act of Congress which reformed United States immigration law. The Act came with several provisions including legalizing certain seasonal agricultural immigrants who were consider illegal prior to the law.

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https://hudapps.hud.gov/Afh/Assessment/L1/Review/50 36/102 According to the National Commission on Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity report, Moving Toward Equality, Farmworkers and recent immigrants are forced to live in dilapidated houses, old motels, under porches, in garages, in sheds and out in the open fields, orchards, in caves and lean-tos in canyons. Those who can manage to rent apartments or to own modest homes often live in neighborhoods, unincorporated areas, sometimes geographically isolated, virtually always politically isolated, lacking the amenities that most renters and homeowners take for granted. They far too often cannot gain access too decent, affordable housing in communities with adequate services.

The report also states that these conditions do not happen by chance. They are created by structural and systemic societal causes related to poverty and race. De facto segregation limits choice and opportunity, unequal municipal services often are dependent on what residents looks like and what language they speak, municipal under bounding keeps minority areas outside town boundaries, resulting in reduced access to infrastructure, and limited or no voice in land use and permitting decisions.

In Riverside County in 2008, California Rural Legal Assistance, Inc. (CRLA), representing 30 low-income mobile home park tenants, almost all farmworkers, reached a voluntary agreement, approved by HUD, resolving disputes about farmworker housing and mobile home park code enforcement and housing discrimination based on national origin.

Settlement of the fair housing claims provided $21 million in much needed housing assistance and community services for farmworkers and another rural poor in eastern Riverside County. HUD conciliated the enforcement agreement after the farmworkers filed fair housing complaints against Riverside County. Tenant fair housing complaints alleged that Riverside County discriminated against farmworkers and others residing in mobile home parks on the basis of their national origin, Hispanic, by engaging in selective and discriminatory code enforcement activity.

According to Census data, there are 129 Cathedral City residents employed in the category of agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting and mining industry. Although the farm worker population in Cathedral City is minimal, they generally fall into low- and very-low-income categories. In addition, AFFH mapping indicated a high segregation of person from Mexico within the City’s core. In order to make sure that Mexican citizens who are farm-workers live in neighborhoods that are not geographically isolated, the City provides the opportunity for farm worker households to obtain rental subsidies, and also provides incentives for developers to maintain affordable units which are available to all segments of the community.

V.B.i.2.b. The program participant may also describe other information relevant to its assessment of segregation, including activities such as place-based investments and mobility options for protected class groups.

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Regional removal of barriers that prevent people from accessing housing in areas of opportunity.

City Council has directed staff to prepare an inclusionary housing ordinance for the City. Staff is working with the attorney’s office on drafting the ordinance. Obviously, there is a required process to follow, which will involve other agencies as well as public meetings, but the City hopes to have the ordinance before the Council by the end of the year. 

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North City Specific Plan
In 2007, Cathedral City annexed over 1,300 acres into the City's limits north of interstate 10. A specific plan, known as the North City Specific Plan, was adopted in 2009. The specific plan includes not only the lands recently annexed, but lands which have been in the City's corporate limits, and totals 5,000 acres. The Plan estimates the maximum residential buildout potential to be approximately 16,000 dwelling units.

As proposed, the North City Specific Plan will provide for a wide range of residential opportunities, such as a diversity of residential densities, including but not limited to residential estates (RE) at 2 units to the acre and Mixed Use- Urban (MU-U), which allows up to 45 units to the acre.

It should be noted that development is currently constrained by the limited availability of infrastructure in this area. The City is working to extend and expand the availability and capacity of service systems to facilitate development of this important new area. It can be expected that the North City Specific Plan area will begin to develop in this planning period, but that its greatest development activity will occur toward the end of this time frame. However, the City has adequate development sites available for affordable housing in the existing core of the City, and the North City area will not be required to meet its housing needs.

Regional
As part of a 2000 settlement, which was negotiated by HUD under the Fair Housing Act Riverside County agreed to make nearly $16.1 million in loans and grants for community-wide projects, and agreed to pay about $747,000 to 24 farm worker families.

Under the $16.1 million portion of the settlement funded by Riverside County for community-wide projects, the county will:
· Provide at least $10 million for low-income housing developments over the next 10 years. · Use $1.8 million to create and fund a new 40-home single-family housing development. · Commit $1.5 million to create a farm worker’s services center to be run by Catholic Charities to help farm workers get housing, health care, adult education, job training and jobs, plus another $24,000 to make farm workers aware of the center. The center will also include showers, toilets, laundry facilities and parking. · Use $1.5 million for the Villas Oscar Romero farm worker housing project in Mecca. · Provide $750,000 plus technical assistance to improve living conditions at the Torres-Martinez Tribe's mobile home development.
· Modify existing eligibility criteria for 20 potential homeowners who have been displaced from mobile home parks in order to allow them to qualify for a total of $400,000 from an existing county loan/grant program. · Commit $50,000 in HUD funds to create a non-profit housing corporation specializing in farm worker housing, another $50,000 to publish the results of five-year housing discrimination testing study in the county, and $10,000 to carry out a community education and outreach plan to combat housing discrimination.

The remaining $4.2 million in funds will come from these sources: $3 million in low-interest loans from USDA for a new single-family housing development in Coachella; a $500,000 grant for the same development from the City of Coachella; and $700,000 in low-interest loans from USDA for the Torres-Martinez Tribe's mobile home development.

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Consider the listed factors and any other factors affecting the jurisdiction and region. Identify factors that significantly create, contribute to, perpetuate, or increase the severity of segregation.

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Community Opposition
Displacement of residents due to economic pressures
Lack of private investments in specific neighborhoods
Land use and zoning laws
Lending Discrimination
Location and type of affordable housing
Private discrimination
V.B.i.3. Contributing Factors of Segregation - Other
Community Opposition
The City of Cathedral City reviews development processing procedures to ensure that such procedures facilitate and encourage the construction of housing for all income levels. The City understands that often the requirement of obtaining a conditional use permit on multiple-family housing projects subjects the project to Community Opposition, even if the project otherwise complies with City regulations.

State law prohibits a local agency from disapproving a low income housing development, or imposing conditions that make the development infeasible, unless one of six conditions exists. Three conditions are of most import: 1) the project would have an unavoidable impact on health and safety which cannot be mitigated; 2) the neighborhood already has a disproportionately high number of low income families; or 3) the project is inconsistent with the general plan and the housing element is in compliance with state law.

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Every five years, the US Census Bureau releases its migration report and we've just gotten the exciting data for 2007 through 2011 (via Atlantic Cities), which shows that the largest migration in the country—nearly 42,000 people—was from Los Angeles County to San Bernardino County. Families were leaving LA County because it's cheaper to buy a house. One economist estimated the median price in LA County was more than $200,000 more than the median price in San Bernardino ( The Inland Valley Daily Bulletin). "People go on the freeway and drive until they can find a house they can afford," said an Inland Empire developer. Other possible explanations were new jobs and more space in San Bernardino.

· Lack of public investments in specific neighborhoods, including services or amenities

A number of housing units and neighborhoods in the City are of older construction, and require either rehabilitation or conservation in order to be maintained as viable dwelling units. As such, the City had implemented programs funded by its former Redevelopment Agency to provide funding and assistance in the rehabilitation of housing units. Areas of particular concern continue to include the areas on the edge of the Downtown, the Whitewater neighborhood, the neighborhood north of Dinah Shore Drive and west of Date Palm Drive, and the Dream Homes neighborhood. However, these programs are no longer available due to the statewide dissolution of redevelopment agencies.

· Land use and zoning laws
Land use policies are fundamental to ensuring housing opportunities. The Cathedral City General Plan and the Zoning Ordinance regulate the amount, location, type and density of housing in the City of Cathedral City. Land use policies that do not promote a variety of housing options can impede housing choice.

Development standards include zoning ordinances, subdivision ordinances, and building code requirements. The most far-reaching constraints are those contained in a city’s zoning ordinance, which is the most traditional tool used by a local jurisdiction to regulate the use of private land. Zoning regulates the use; density; floor area; setbacks; parking; and placement and mix of residential, commercial, and industrial projects to reflect the community’s development goals and objectives.

Cathedral City's General Plan establishes policies and guidelines for all development by identifying locations, distribution, and density of the various land uses. Various land uses are residential, commercial, industrial and open space within the City. The City follows several planning tools to implement its General Plan policies including Specific Plans, Zoning Regulations, and Subdivision ordinance. The General Plan identifies the land available for housing projects and the policies that are incorporated to eliminate or reduce barriers to the provision of affordable housing.

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· Lending Discrimination
In the past, fair lending practices were not always employed by financial institutions. Credit market distortions and other activities such as redlining prevented some groups from equal access to credit. The passage of the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) in 1977 was designed to improve access to credit for all members of the community. The CRA is intended to encourage regulated financial institutions to help meet the credit needs of entire communities, including low- and moderate-income neighborhoods. The CRA requires that each insured depository institution’s record in helping meet the credit needs of its entire community be evaluated periodically. That record is taken into account in considering an institution’s application for deposit facilities, including mergers and acquisitions.

Based on the earlier review of 2014 HMDA data, Whites where the most active in the use of both public backed and conventional home loans. They were the most active with conventional home loans with 24,737 applications submitted in 2014. Of those loans, 1285 was approved. American Indian/ Alaska Native were the least active in the homeownership market for both public backed and conventional financing.

· Location and type of affordable housing
The location of affordable housing can limit fair housing choice, especially if the housing is located in segregated areas, R/ECAPs, or areas that lack access to opportunity. The type of housing (whether the housing primarily serves families with children, elderly persons, or persons with disabilities) can also limit housing choice, especially if certain types of affordable housing are located in segregated areas, R/ECAPs, or areas that lack access to opportunity, while other types of affordable housing are not. The provision of affordable housing is often important to individuals with protected characteristics because they are disproportionately represented among those that would benefit from low-cost housing.

The HUD Census Map below shows the location and type of affordable housing within Cathedral City. As illustrated by the map, the type of affordable housing within the City are HUD Multifamily Poperies (2), Low Income Housing Tax Credit Projects (6), and USDA Rural Housing (1). In terms of location, these 9 affordable housing developments are well dispersed through the City and not primarily located in a segregated area (City Core).

· Private discrimination
The term “private discrimination” refers here to discrimination in the private housing market that is illegal under the Fair Housing Act or related civil rights statutes. This may include, but is not limited to, discrimination by landlords, property managers, home sellers, real estate agents, lenders, homeowners’ associations, and condominium boards.

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• Refusing, discouraging, or charging more to rent an apartment or buy a home. 50.00% • Discouraging a person from living where they want to live. Steering them to another apartment, complex or neighborhood.

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V.B.ii.1.b. Which protected classes disproportionately reside in R/ECAPs compared to the jurisdiction and region? Instructions
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V.B.ii.1.c. Describe how R/ECAPs have changed over time (since 1990).

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V. Fair Housing Analysis > B. General Issues > R/ECAPs > Additional Information V.B.ii.2.a. Beyond the HUD-provided data, provide additional relevant information, if any, about R/ECAPs in the jurisdiction and region affecting groups with other protected characteristics.

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Consider the listed factors and any other factors affecting the jurisdiction and region. Identify factors that significantly create, contribute to, perpetuate, or increase the severity of R/ECAPs.

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V. Fair Housing Analysis > B. General Issues > Disparities in Access to Opportunity V. Fair Housing Analysis > B. General Issues > Disparities in Access to Opportunity > Analysis V. Fair Housing Analysis > B. General Issues > Disparities in Access to Opportunity > Analysis > Educational Opportunities V.B.iii.1.a.i. Describe any disparities in access to proficient schools based on race/ethnicity, national origin, and family status.

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Based on Table 12, environmental health was the highest opportunity index for all groups within Cathedral City. Conversely, the lowest opportunity for all groups was transportation cost. For residents below the federal poverty line, environmental health remained the highest opportunity index for all groups. Unsurprisingly, poverty ranked as the highest index.

For the Region, job proximity was the highest opportunity index for all groups, while transportation cost was the lowest. This paradox in opportunity could be explained by the high cost of fuel. According GasBuddy.com, a website that tracks recent retail pricing of gas, the average price across the state is $2.79. Hawaii is a distant second at $2.57 a gallon. For residents below the federal poverty line within the Region, job proximity was also the highest opportunity index for all groups. However, the lowest opportunity was the labor market. In other words, the location of job opportunities is less the issue than acquiring employment.

Table 12 - Opportunity Indicators, by Race/Ethnicity
(Cathedral City, CA CDBG)
Jurisdiction
Low Poverty
Index
School
Proficiency
Index
Labor
Market
Index
Transit
Index
Low
Transportation
Cost Index
Jobs
Proximity
Index
Environmental
Health Index
Total Population
White, Non-Hispanic 42.88 48.88 34.44 38.43 31.90 47.35 68.05 Black, Non-Hispanic 33.82 41.62 33.55 37.16 32.35 39.29 67.16 Hispanic 28.24 38.24 31.66 42.68 36.68 39.58 65.89
Asian or Pacific Islander, Non-Hispanic 37.43 51.48 35.79 37.54 32.00 40.68 64.12 Native American, Non-Hispanic 38.54 45.26 34.93 35.22 31.44 43.41 67.82 Population below federal poverty line
White, Non-Hispanic 37.86 45.61 34.69 38.25 33.51 44.28 68.95 Black, Non-Hispanic 15.22 33.77 22.87 39.84 38.95 46.29 73.45 Hispanic 21.31 34.88 27.50 45.97 40.75 41.58 67.45
Asian or Pacific Islander, Non-Hispanic 27.60 31.52 34.81 44.41 41.41 35.92 71.59 Native American, Non-Hispanic 12.91 30.82 20.70 45.61 44.87 51.54 71.33 (Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario,
CA CBSA) Region
Low Poverty
Index
School
Proficiency
Index
Labor
Market
Index
Transit
Index
Low
Transportation
Cost Index
Jobs
Proximity
Index
Environmental
Health Index

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White, Non-Hispanic 52.61 53.19 34.50 37.96 25.75 49.40 38.01 Black, Non-Hispanic 42.80 44.09 27.18 42.55 31.82 48.67 29.31 Hispanic 37.51 40.97 24.20 43.12 32.68 47.41 29.22
Asian or Pacific Islander, Non-Hispanic 60.42 58.09 43.02 41.92 29.18 48.60 26.57 Native American, Non-Hispanic 41.19 45.70 25.06 36.84 26.34 49.72 41.33 Population below federal poverty line
White, Non-Hispanic 38.39 44.64 25.55 38.74 29.20 50.12 40.58 Black, Non-Hispanic 27.15 35.02 17.39 43.48 34.78 49.72 30.90 Hispanic 23.78 34.72 16.42 44.76 36.54 49.77 30.32
Asian or Pacific Islander, Non-Hispanic 42.30 44.87 30.51 45.00 37.05 51.79 24.89 Native American, Non-Hispanic 30.24 39.35 20.61 39.17 32.05 52.12 38.58 Note 1: Data Sources: Decennial Census; ACS; Great Schools; Common Core of Data; SABINS; LAI; LEHD; NATA Table 12 index scores shows that Hispanics had the lowest access to opportunity to proficient schools compared to other groups. When poverty level is factored in, Asian or Pacific Islander and Native Americans had the lowest access to proficient schools in Cathedral City. In the Region, the index score for Hispanic’s access to proficient schools is also lower when compared to other race/ethnic groups. However, unlike Cathedral City, Hispanics below the poverty line continues to have the lowest access to proficient schools within the Region.

V.B.iii.1.a.ii. Describe the relationship between the residency patterns of racial/ethnic, national origin, and family status groups and their proximity to proficient schools.

Instructions
Relevant Data
The below maps illustrate school proficiency for the Jurisdiction with race/ethnicity, national origin, and family status. The darker the shaded area, the higher the school’s proficiency. Based on the maps, the area within the City with the lowest school proficiency had a high concentration of Hispanics based on race/ethnicity, national origin as well as a high percentage of families with children.

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https://hudapps.hud.gov/Afh/Assessment/L1/Review/50 46/102 Many pundits believe that areas segregated by lower-income ethnic groups often have underperforming schools due to inadequate attention to negative factors facing students in their community. According to a 2015 article, Race and Schools: The Need for Action, by Gary Orefield, Civil Rights Project/Proyecto Derechos Civiles, University of California–Los Angeles, schools are expected to create equal outcomes for students who leave their homes severely disadvantaged by family and community poverty, and arrive at their schools to find sometimes unqualified or inexperienced teachers, and leave those schools as soon as they can. Moreover, in many schools with Black and Latino students who are almost entirely poor and teachers who have little or no help in addressing the consequences of deep tensions that often exist in neighborhoods heavily affected by immigration, gangs, and other issues.

V.B.iii.1.a.iii. Describe how school-related policies, such as school enrollment policies, affect a student's ability to attend a proficient school Which protected class groups are least successful in accessing proficient schools? Instructions
School enrollment areas can affect a student’s ability to attend a proficient school. Often underperforming school’s enrollment areas contain several neighborhoods with high percentage of households with below moderate households and ethnic/racial groups. Conversely, higher performing schools are often in areas with were students are drawn from higher income and less diverse neighborhoods.

According to the article by Brian A. Jacob and Jens Ludwig “Improving educational outcomes for poor children”, parents should be provided with greater choice of schools for their children through public magnet schools, charter schools, or vouchers for students to attend private schools. Proponents suggest that by creating a marketplace in which parents can select schools, a choice-based system might generate competition among schools that would improve the quality of schools throughout the marketplace. A similar approach on the District level comes from a 2010 law in 2010 called “Choice Districts” which that children from any other school district could transfer to another district without first getting approval—or even seeking it—from their home districts.

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https://hudapps.hud.gov/Afh/Assessment/L1/Review/50 47/102 V.B.iii.1.b. Employment Opportunities
V.B.iii.1.b.i. Describe any disparities in access to jobs and labor markets by protected class groups.

Instructions
Relevant Data
According to the California Employment Development Department (EDD) for October 2012, the Education Industry employs 4,211 persons in City. Retail sales industry employs 2,994 Cathedral City residents while Professional, scientific and waste recycling employs 2,709 persons. Construction jobs employ 2,420 residents. Other employments fields include public administration, wholesale, manufacturing and other relatively new fields employ the remainder of the labor force. Historically, Arts and Retail sales positions do not earn high wages.

Cathedral City has the capacity to house and support growth and expansion for various industries. Determining how to create a better balance between jobs and workers in regard to housing is an issue undertaken in the City's General Plan.

According to Table 12 above, all groups had relatively low opportunity to the labor market, averaging an index score of only 34.074. In addition, the disparity gap in access to the before mentioned jobs and labor markets by protected class groups is relatively small. Hispanics had the lowest access to opportunity to jobs (31.66) while Asians had the highest (35.79). For the Region, all groups also had relatively low opportunity to the labor market, averaging an index score of only 30.792. However, the disparity gap in access for the highest and lowest group is more pronounced. Asians had the highest access index as it relates to jobs and labor market (43.02), while Native American and the lowest (25.06) which is nearly a 18 point index difference.

V.B.iii.1.b.ii. How does a person's place of residence affect their ability to obtain a job? Instructions
Relevant Data
Proximity to jobs can affect the employment outcomes of residents. People who live closer to jobs are more likely to work. They also face shorter job searches and spells of joblessness. Proximity to employment proves particularly important to certain kinds of workers and residents. For instance, the duration of joblessness among black, female, and older workers tends to be more sensitive to job accessibility than it is for other kinds of workers. For poor residents, living closer to jobs increases the likelihood of working and leaving welfare. Proximity matters for lower-income, lower-skill workers in particular because they tend to be more constrained by the cost of housing and commuting.

They are more likely to face spatial barriers to employment, thus their job search areas tend to be smaller and commute distances shorter. In 
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The map below illustrates job proximity index by racial/ethnic groups. The darker the shaded Census Tract, the more likely the opportunity to access job opportunities. According to the map, the City’s core has the highest segregation of lighter census tracts as well as Hispanics. In other words, Hispanics located in or near the City’s core are more likely to find access to job opportunities than other racial/ethnic groups.

V.B.iii.1.b.iii. Which racial/ethnic, national origin, or family status groups are least successful in accessing employment? Instructions
Relevant Data
As previously stated, all groups had relatively low opportunity to the labor market, averaging an index score of only 34.074. In addition, the disparity gap in access to the before mentioned jobs and labor markets by protected class groups is relatively small. Hispanics had the lowest access to opportunity to jobs (31.66) while Asians had the highest (35.79). For the Region, all groups also had relatively low opportunity to the labor market, averaging an index score of only 30.792. However, the disparity gap in access for the highest and lowest group is more pronounced. Asians had the highest access index as it relates to jobs and labor market (43.02), while Native American and the lowest (25.06) which is nearly a 18 point index difference.

V. Fair Housing Analysis > B. General Issues > Disparities in Access to Opportunity > Analysis > Transportation Opportunities V.B.iii.1.c. Transportation Opportunities
V.B.iii.1.c.i. Describe any disparities in access to transportation based on place of residence, cost, or other transportation related factors.

Instructions
Relevant Data
The map below shows residency patterns of racial/ethnic, national origin, and families with children overlaid by shading that shows low transportation costs at the census tract level. The darker the shaded tract, the least expensive transportation is for the residents. According to the map below, residents located outside the City’s Core found access to transportation more difficult due to higher cost. 
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https://hudapps.hud.gov/Afh/Assessment/L1/Review/50 49/102 V.B.iii.1.c.ii. Which racial/ethnic, national origin or family status groups are most affected by the lack of a reliable, affordable transportation connection between their place of residence and opportunities? Instructions
Relevant Data
According to Table 12 above, there doesn’t seem to a relevant difference in lack of a reliable, affordable transportation connection between their place of residence and opportunities. However, Native Americans were affected the most with an index difference of 7 compared to Hispanics who were lease effected.

Public transportation is an important element when analyzing impediments to housing. Typically, low income, elderly, youth, environmentally conscious and disabled persons rely on mass transit in order to get to work, school, shopping, services and other events. Public transportation in Cathedral City is provided by Sunline Transit Authority (STA). Routes are offered to residents of the Coachella Valley connecting local communities at the east end of the valley starting in Oasis and have connecting routes through the valley to Desert Hot Springs. Cathedral City's route numbers are 111, 32, 30 and 14. Each line connects at different points making transfers to other bus lines possible.

SunDial is a program through STA, provides on-demand curb-to-curb paratransit service to qualifying clients within% of a mile on either side of Sun Bus routes. Persons interested in riding Sun Dial must request ADA certification must complete an application and provide the necessary documentation to determine eligibility. Applications are available at the Sunline Transit Agency office.

V.B.iii.1.c.iii. Describe how the jurisdiction's and region's policies, such as public transportation routes or transportation systems designed for use personal vehicles, affect the ability of protected class groups to access transportation.

Instructions
Sunline Transit Agency provides regional transportation by way of bus throughout the Coachella Valley. The Agency’s transportation system and routes offer access to much of the City’s commercial, industrial, and residential areas. Sunline Bus stops are strategically located along the City’s arterial, collection, and some neighborhood streets.

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https://hudapps.hud.gov/Afh/Assessment/L1/Review/50 50/102 V.B.iii.1.d. Low Poverty Exposure Opportunities
V.B.iii.1.d.i. Describe any disparities in exposure to poverty by protected class groups.

Instructions
Relevant Data
Based on Table 12, Hispanics had the highest exposure to poverty based on protected class followed by African Americans within Cathedral City. However, for residents below the federal poverty level, Native Americans had the highest exposure to poverty followed by African Americans. For the Region, Hispanics had the highest exposure to poverty amongst protected class, including groups below the federal poverty level.

V.B.iii.1.d.ii. What role does a person's place of residence play in their exposure to poverty? Instructions
Relevant Data
The map below illustrates location and degree of poverty based on census tracts. The darker shaded census tracts indicate lower exposure to poverty. According to the map, residence within or near the City’s core had the highest exposure to poverty.

V.B.iii.1.d.iii. Which racial/ethnic, national origin or family status groups are most affected by these poverty indicators? Instructions
Relevant Data
According to the map, Hispanic residence are disproportionately clustered within or near the City’s core, therefore, having the highest exposure to poverty.
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https://hudapps.hud.gov/Afh/Assessment/L1/Review/50 51/102 V.B.iii.1.d.iv. Describe how the jurisdiction's and region's policies affect the ability of protected class groups to access low poverty areas Instructions
According to the map, Hispanic residents compared to other class groups are disproportionately clustered within or near the City’s core, which has been determined earlier in the assessment as having the highest poverty rate in the CIty. Therefore, Hispanics have the highest exposure to poverty.

V. Fair Housing Analysis > B. General Issues > Disparities in Access to Opportunity > Analysis > Environmentally Healthy Neighborhood Opportunities and Patterns in Disparities in Access to Opportunity V.B.iii.1.e. Environmentally Healthy Neighborhood Opportunities Instructions
Relevant Data
V.B.iii.1.e.i. Describe any disparities in access to environmentally healthy neighborhoods by protected class groups.

Relevant Data
The Environmental Health Index measures exposure based on EPA estimates of air quality carcinogenic, respiratory and neurological toxins by neighborhood. According to Table 12, access to environmentally healthy neighborhoods among all groups is indexed as the highest (66.06) amongst all recorded opportunities within Cathedral City. Asian/Pacific Islanders were the least likely to have access to environmentally healthy neighborhoods by protected class group as indexed at 64.02 For the Region, Asian/Pacific Islanders were also least likely to have access to environmentally healthy neighborhoods by protected class group. This lack of access is 13 index points lower than Native Americans who were the most likely group within the Region to reside in environmentally healthy neighborhoods.

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https://hudapps.hud.gov/Afh/Assessment/L1/Review/50 52/102 (Cathedral
City, CA
CDBG)
Jurisdiction
Low
Poverty
Index
School
Proficiency
Index
Labor
Market
Index
Transit
Index
Low
Transportation
Cost Index
Jobs
Proximity
Index
Environmental
Health Index

Total
Population
White, Non-
Hispanic 42.88 48.88 34.44 38.43 31.9 47.35 68.05
Black, Non-
Hispanic 33.82 41.62 33.55 37.16 32.35 39.29 67.16
Relevant Data
Map 15 shows residency patterns of racial/ethnic and national origin groups and families with children overlaid by shading showing the level of exposure to environmental health hazards for the jurisdiction and the region. Consistent with Table 12, the map doesn’t appear to show a significant difference in accessing environmentally healthy neighborhoods based on racial/ethnic groups. However, census tracts within the City’s core are shaded slightly lighter; therefore, racial/ethnic groups within those tracts have a slightly lower chance of accessing environmentally healthy neighborhoods
V.B.iii.1.f. Patterns in Disparities in Access to Opportunity V.B.iii.1.f.i. Identify and discuss any overarching patterns of access to opportunity and exposure to adverse community factors based on race/ethnicity, national origin or familial status. Identify areas that experience an aggregate of poor access to opportunity and high exposure to adverse factors. Include how these patterns compare to patterns of segregation and R/ECAPs.

Instructions
Hispanics appear to be experiencing overarching patterns of access to opportunity and exposure to adverse community factors within Cathedral City. Of the opportunities measured below, Hispanics were indexed the lowest in five of seven categories (Low Poverty, School Proficiency, Labor Market and Environmental Health). No other group ranked lowest in more than one opportunity index.

This pattern is no surprise based on previous analysis. AFH maps illustrated that the five categories of low opportunity experienced by Hispanics occurred primarily within the core of the City. Similarly, the segregation analysis showed a consistent pattern of Hispanics within the City’s core. This disproportionate impact of low opportunity for Hispanics located in the City core should be viewed as an impediment to fair housing choice.
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https://hudapps.hud.gov/Afh/Assessment/L1/Review/50 53/102 Hispanic 28.24 38.24 31.66 42.68 36.68 39.58 65.89
Asian or
Pacific
Islander, Non-
Hispanic

37.43 51.48 35.79 37.54 32 40.68 64.12
Native
American,
Non-Hispanic

38.54 45.26 34.93 35.22 31.44 43.41 67.82

36.182 45.096 34.07438.20632.874 42.062 66.608
V. Fair Housing Analysis > B. General Issues > Disparities in Access to Opportunity > Additional Information V.B.iii.2. Additional Information
V.B.iii.2.a. Beyond the HUD-provided data, provide additional relevant information, if any, about disparities in access to opportunity in the jurisdiction and region affecting groups with other protected characteristics.

Instructions
The City of Cathedral City is approximately one mile wide sandwiched in between two of the Coachella Valley’s most affluent cities: Palm Springs to the west and Rancho Mirage to the east. Access to any businesses, education, or recreational facilities outside Cathedral City are easily accessible through personal or public transportation.

V.B.iii.2.b. The program participant may also describe other information relevant to its assessment of disparities in access to opportunity, including any activities aimed at improving access to opportunities for areas that may lack such access, or in promoting access to opportunity (e.g., proficient schools, employment opportunities, and transportation).

Instructions
The cities of Cathedral City and Palm Springs both offer college course for western valley residents. College of the Desert has partnered with the Palm Springs Unified School District to offer college courses at the high schools in each city. 
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https://hudapps.hud.gov/Afh/Assessment/L1/Review/50 54/102 V. Fair Housing Analysis > B. General Issues > Disparities in Access to Opportunity > Contributing Factors of Disparities in Access to Opportunity V.B.iii.3. Contributing Factors of Disparities in Access to Opportunity Consider the listed factors and any other factors affecting the jurisdiction and region. Identify factors that significantly create, contribute to, perpetuate, or increase the severity of disparities in access to opportunity.

Instructions
V.B.iii.3. Contributing Factors of Disparities in Access to Opportunity - Other Income
According to the 2010 Census Bureau report the median annual income for Cathedral City is $45,693 which is over $17,000 below Riverside County's median income. Approximately 16.3% of families in Cathedral City are living below the poverty line according to the Bureau of labor and Statistics. This is nearly 3% higher than the poverty rate throughout Riverside County. Poverty rates appear to be concentrated in areas of Cathedral City that qualify as low to moderate income.

Income is important when the City evaluates housing and community development needs. low-income families tend to have more constraints when they need to obtain adequate housing or services. Housing and community development planning purposes utilizes data collected in the Comprehensive Housing Affordability Strategy (CHAS).

V. Fair Housing Analysis > B. General Issues > Disproportionate Housing Needs V. Fair Housing Analysis > B. General Issues > Disproportionate Housing Needs > Analysis V.B.iv.1. Analysis
V.B.iv.1.a. Which groups (by race/ethnicity and family status) experience higher rates of housing cost burden, overcrowding, or substandard housing when compared to other groups? Which groups also experience higher rates of severe housing burdens when compared to other groups?
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This section compares the existence of housing problems amongst racial groups against that of the jurisdiction as a whole in an effort to see if any group(s) share a disproportionate burden of the area's housing problems. For this purpose, HUD guidelines deem a disproportionately greater need to exist when persons of a particular racial or ethnic group experience housing problems at a rate at least 10 percentage points higher than the aggregate.

In Cathedral City, 53% of residents experienced experiencing any of 4 housing problems, which was higher than the region (50%).

Households experiencing any of 4 Severe Housing Problems was also higher for the City (33%) versus the Region at only 28%. Similarly, severe cost burden was higher than (more than 50% of income paid on housing) was 28 %, compared to only 22% for the Region.

Table 9 - Demographics of Households with Disproportionate Housing Needs
Disproportionate Housing Needs (Cathedral City, CA CDBG) Jurisdiction (Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA CBSA) Region
Households experiencing any of 4 housing
problems* # with problems#
households
% with
problems # with problems#
households
% with
problems
Race/Ethnicity
White, Non-Hispanic 3,820 8,285 46.11% 256,080 620,415 41.28% Black, Non-Hispanic 234 378 61.90% 56,895 95,260 59.73% Hispanic 4,895 7,375 66.37% 277,970 457,795 60.72%
Asian or Pacific Islander, Non-Hispanic 380 652 58.28% 37,730 73,754 51.16% Native American, Non-Hispanic 18 67 26.87% 3,154 6,294 50.11% Other, Non-Hispanic 94 216 43.52% 11,725 22,795 51.44%
Total 9,430 16,955 55.62% 643,570 1,276,315 50.42%
Household Type and Size
Family households, <5 people 4,385 8,298 52.84% 319,120 712,850 44.77% Family households, 5+ people 1,890 2,745 68.85% 163,795 245,315 66.77% Non-family households 3,150 5,900 53.39% 160,655 318,160 50.50% 

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Cost Burden* (Cathedral City, CA CDBG) Jurisdiction (Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA CBSA) Region
Race/Ethnicity # with severe cost
burden
#
households
% with severe
cost burden
# with severe cost
burden
#
households
% with severe
cost burden
White, Non-Hispanic 1,945 8,285 23.48% 112,395 620,415 18.12% Black, Non-Hispanic 110 378 29.10% 28,660 95,260 30.09% Hispanic 2,455 7,375 33.29% 116,490 457,795 25.45%
Households experiencing any of 4 Severe
Housing Problems**
# with severe
problems
#
households
% with severe
problems
# with severe
problems
#
households
% with severe
problems
Race/Ethnicity
White, Non-Hispanic 2,019 8,285 24.37% 126,230 620,415 20.35% Black, Non-Hispanic 109 378 28.84% 32,105 95,260 33.70% Hispanic 3,255 7,375 44.14% 176,935 457,795 38.65%
Asian or Pacific Islander, Non-Hispanic 229 652 35.12% 21,145 73,754 28.67% Native American, Non-Hispanic 0 67 0.00% 1,680 6,294 26.69% Other, Non-Hispanic 78 216 36.11% 6,650 22,795 29.17%
Total 5,675 16,955 33.47% 364,730 1,276,315 28.58%
Note 1: The four housing problems are: incomplete kitchen facilities, incomplete plumbing facilities, more than 1 person per room, and cost burden greater than 30%. The four severe housing problems are: incomplete kitchen facilities, incomplete plumbing facilities, more than 1 person per room, and cost burden greater than 50%.

Note 2: All % represent a share of the total population within the jurisdiction or region, except household type and size, which is out of total households.

Note 3: Data Sources: CHAS
Note 4: Refer to the Data Documentation for details (www.hudexchange.info).

Hispanics experienced highest rate of housing cost burden, overcrowding, and substandard housing when compared to other groups in the City as well as the Region. They also experienced the highest rate of Severe Housing Problems when compared to other groups in the City as well as the Region.

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https://hudapps.hud.gov/Afh/Assessment/L1/Review/50 57/102 Asian or Pacific Islander, Non-
Hispanic 150 652 23.01% 17,020 73,754 23.08%
Native American, Non-Hispanic 0 67 0.00% 1,300 6,294 20.65% Other, Non-Hispanic 60 216 27.78% 5,425 22,795 23.80%
Total 4,720 16,955 27.84% 281,290 1,276,315 22.04%
Household Type and Size
Family households, <5 people 2,384 8,298 28.73% 145,390 712,850 20.40% Family households, 5+ people 665 2,745 24.23% 51,350 245,315 20.93% Non-family households 1,675 5,900 28.39% 84,550 318,160 26.57% Note 1: Severe housing cost burden is defined as greater than 50% of income.

Note 2: All % represent a share of the total population within the jurisdiction or region, except household type and size, which is out of total households.

Note 3: The # households is the denominator for the % with problems, and may differ from the # households for the table on severe housing problems.

Note 4: Data Sources: CHAS

V.B.iv.1.b. Which areas in the jurisdiction and region experience the greatest housing burdens? Which of these areas align with segregated areas, integrated areas, or R/ECAPs and what are the predominant race/ethnicity or national origin groups in such areas? Instructions
Relevant Data
Based on the AFH map below, the area experiencing the greatest housing burden is located in the core of the City which has been determined as a segregated area for Hispanics.
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(Cathedral City, CA CDBG) Jurisdiction

Households in 0-1
Bedroom
Units
Households in 2
Bedroom
Units
Households in 3+
Bedroom
Units
Households with
Children
Housing Type # % # % # % # %
Public Housing
Project-Based Section 8
Other Multifamily
HCV Program 133 46.83% 75 26.41% 59 20.77% 52 18.31%
Note 1: Data Sources: APSH
V.B.iv.1.c. Compare the needs of families with children for housing units with two, and three or more bedrooms with the available existing housing stock in each category of publicly supported housing.

Instructions
Relevant Data
Large families are those with 5 or more persons. Recent Census data indicates that 14% of owner households and 18% of renter households in Cathedral City have five or more members. Some of these households result from the consolidation of multiple families that share housing to reduce housing costs. If consolidated families could obtain affordable housing, fewer large family units would be needed. Large families have a special need for three, four, or more bedroom units. Units of this size, affordable to low- and moderate-income households, are limited.

Organizations such as the Coachella Valley Housing Coalition, which actively constructs affordable housing projects throughout the Valley, have found that units with 4 bedrooms are less in demand than they have been in the past. They attribute this change, in part, to the "Americanization" of Latino and Asian households, which had in the past tended toward multi generational housing opportunities. As these families' cultural basis changes, the need for a larger unit in which two or three generations resides appears to be diminishing.

V.B.iv.1.d. Describe the differences in rates of renter and owner occupied housing by race/ethnicity in the jurisdiction and region.

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In Bold are census tracts were more than 80 percent of residents are homeowners. When examining the Race/ Ethnicity of these tracts, 85 percent of the residents on average are White, but only 30 percent of the general population. Hispanics only make up 8 percent of residents of these tracts, but 62 percent of the general population. Conversely, the census tract with the highest percentage of renter households (more than 73%) is located in the core of the City (Census tract 6065044915). Within this tract, nearly 90 percent of the residents are Hispanic, but only 7 percent are White.
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V. Fair Housing Analysis > B. General Issues > Disproportionate Housing Needs > Additional Information V.B.iv.2. Additional Information
V.B.iv.2.a. Beyond the HUD-provided data, provide additional relevant information, if any, about disproportionate housing needs in the jurisdiction and region affecting groups with other protected characteristics.

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Elderly and Frail Elderly Persons
Elderly persons are those that are 65 years and older. The 2010 Census shows the elderly population in Cathedral City at 14.7%. Riverside County’s elderly population totals 11.6% of the overall population. Frail elderly is considered to be persons 65 years and older that have a disability limiting their mobility and/ or ability to live independently. Data does not exist specifically on frail elderly but Cathedral City's 2012- 2016 Consolidated Plan states that 39.1% of residents that are 65 years and older have a disability, or approximately 2,070 people.

The Riverside County Office on Aging provides programs, services, education, and annual assessment of the needs of the elderly. Affordable housing has consistently been identified as a priority each year with three main housing issues that need to be addressed:

1. The number one goal in senior housing is to develop a coordinated system of community-based services that allows older person to remain in their homes and continue to be as self-sufficient for as long as they possibly can. Services vary from personal care services and adult day care facilities to in-home chore service and visitation.

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1. Affordability of rental units is also a cause for concern. Low rent housing supplies is a concern among older citizens living off a fixed income.

1. Senior Home Repair facilitates necessary rehabilitation and accessibility improvements. The City included the scope of Senior Home Repair in its Consolidated Plan but does not currently have funding for this program.

Persons with Disabilities
Disabilities can be either a physical or mental ailment that prohibits a person from functioning independently in a home or a community. These disabilities can hamper a person’s ability to maintain or keep their home. Persons with mental or physical disabilities often times affect a person's earning capability.

Data to record the number of persons with disabilities does not exist for the City of Cathedral City. However, Riverside County’s 2009-2014 Consolidated Plan reports that countywide approximately 1.7% of residents with mobility and/or self-care limitations resided in low-income households.

Physical disabilities are addressed by means of special construction features to provide access and safety features within homes and community buildings. The Fair Housing Council reports the highest number of discrimination cases reported in Cathedral City involve issues of disability. Calls made to the housing council regarding disability typically are renters that need home improvements, or live-in assistance that the landlord is not willing or able to provide or allow.

V.B.iv.2.b. The program participant may also describe other information relevant to its assessment of disproportionate housing needs. For PHAs, such information may include a PHA's overriding housing needs analysis.

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Public housing and rental assistance is the responsibility of the Housing Authority of Riverside County. Throughout the County there are 477 public housing units. The Housing Authority administers a Housing Choice Voucher Program, also referred to as Section 8, funding approximately 8,500 families. The voucher program is a tenant based rental assistance rather than a jurisdictional program. Families eligible for the program are able to choose the community they wish to reside and may relocate within the County. Currently, the County has a wait list of 50,000 families. Priority is given to those who are the neediest and least likely to improve on their current living situation in the near future.

Throughout Cathedral City the Housing Authority provides Section 8 Rental assistance for approximately 368 units. The total number of vouchers and certificates fluctuates regularly.
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https://hudapps.hud.gov/Afh/Assessment/L1/Review/50 62/102 V. Fair Housing Analysis > B. General Issues > Disproportionate Housing Needs > Contributing Factors of Disproportionate Housing Needs V.B.iv.3. Contributing Factors of Disproportionate Housing Needs Consider the listed factors and any other factors affecting the jurisdiction and region. Identify factors that significantly create, contribute to, perpetuate, or increase the severity of disparities in access to opportunity.

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The availability of affordable units in a range of sizes V.B.iv.3. Contributing Factors of Disproportionate Housing Needs - Other The availability of affordable units in a range of sizes Each city is required to analyze existing and projected housing needs and develop an implementation program to describe how the City will attain its housing goals. In addition, the projected housing need must include a locality’s fair share of regional housing needs. In 2012, the Southern California Association of Governments (SCAG) approved the Regional Housing Needs Assessment (RHNA) for the 2014- 2021 period. The City of Cathedral City’s allocation under the RHNA is depicted below.

Income Category Number of Units

Above Moderate 254
Moderate 110
Low 95
Very Low 70
Extremely Low* 71
Total 600

Source: SCAG 2012/ *50% of the Very Low income category pursuant to state law.

Carryover of Unaccommodated Need from the Previous Planning Period the Prior Housing Element, adopted in 2009, included Program

1.A.7 to rezone either Assessor’s Parcel677-050-017, which consists of 14.69 acres or Assessor’s Parcel677-050- 018, which consists of

18.12 acres, to create additional capacity for lower-income housing. Since this program was not completed, this program must be carried over into the new planning period. Pursuant to Government Code Section 65583.2(h), the rezoned site will allow rental and owner multifamily uses by right and require a minimum density of 20 units per acre. 

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Affordable Units at Risk
According to the City’s 2014 Housing Element, there are 280 rental units in the Mountain View Apartment complex could be released from their restricted status before 2015. In 1994 financing for this project was changed from the FmHA loan (515) to a USDA Rural Development Loan which allows for affordability controls through 2034. However, after 2014 the loan could be pre-paid, which could remove the affordability control. Should the project elect to pre-pay its loan, a number of organizations, including the Coachella Valley Housing Coalition, the Riverside County Housing Authority, or several private sector developers who currently operate affordable housing projects in the City, would be contacted and encouraged to participate in the project's preservation as affordable housing. Based on the City's most recently obtained pro-fonnas for affordable housing projects, construction costs for replacement of these units would be between $240,000 and $325,000 per unit. Purchasing existing affordable units in the area currently is approximately $100,000 to $130,000 per unit. Therefore, the preservation of these units is important to the City's affordable housing inventory. Program 2.A.3 describes actions the City will take to facilitate the preservation of affordability covenants for this project.

Fair Housing Analysis > Publicly Supported Housing Analysis Fair Housing Analysis > Publicly Supported Housing Analysis > Analysis Fair Housing Analysis > Publicly Supported Housing Analysis > Analysis > Publicly Supported Housing Demographics V.C.1. Analysis
V.C.1.a. Publicly Supported Housing Demographics
V.C.1.a.i. Are certain racial/ethnic groups more likely to be residing in one category of publicly supported housing than other categories (public housing, project-based Section 8, Other HUD Multifamily Assisted developments, and Housing Choice Voucher (HCV))? Instructions
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https://hudapps.hud.gov/Afh/Assessment/L1/Review/50 64/102 According to table 6, All racial/ethnic groups are utilizing Housing Choice Vouchers in Cathedral City for public supported housing. Whites tend to use Housing Choice Vouchers (HCV) at a higher rate (43%) than other racial/ethnic groups. Hispanics uses HCVs at the second highest rate of 40%.

Table 6 - Publicly Supported Housing
Residents by Race/Ethnicity
Race/Ethnicity
(Cathedral City, CA CDBG)
Jurisdiction White Black Hispanic Asian or Pacific
Islander
Housing Type # % # % # % # %
Public Housing
Project-Based Section 8
Other Multifamily
HCV Program 113 43.46% 43 16.54% 104 40.00% 0 0.00%
0-30% of AMI 865 36.65% 70 2.97% 1,310 55.51% 79 3.35%
0-50% of AMI 1,500 29.35% 165 3.23% 2,685 52.54% 114 2.23% 0-80% of AMI 3,125 34.82% 210 2.34% 4,725 52.65% 227 2.53% (Cathedral City, CA CDBG)
Jurisdiction 13,564 29.91% 894 1.97% 27,953 61.64% 2,138 4.71% Note 1: Data Sources: Decennial Census; APSH; CHAS
Note 2: #s presented are numbers of households not individuals.

V.C.1.a.ii. Compare the demographics, in terms of protected class, of residents of each category of publicly supported housing (public housing, project-based Section 8, Other HUD Multifamily Assisted developments, and HCV) to the population in general, and persons who meet the income eligibility requirements for the relevant category of publicly supported housing. Include in the comparison, a description of whether there is a higher or lower proportion of groups based on protected class.

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Publicly Supported Housing Program Category
(Cathedral City, CA
CDBG) Jurisdiction
Total # units
(occupied) % Elderly % with a
disability* % White % Black %
Hispanic
% Asian or
Pacific Islander
% Families
with children
Public Housing
R/ECAP tracts
Non R/ECAP tracts
Project-based Section 8
R/ECAP tracts
Non R/ECAP tracts
Other HUD Multifamily
R/ECAP tracts
Non R/ECAP tracts
HCV Program
R/ECAP tracts
Non R/ECAP tracts 284 49.30% 40.49% 43.46% 16.54% 40.00% 0.00% 18.31% Relevant Data
Housing Choice Vouchers:

When comparing the population as a whole, Blacks tend to use HCV for public supported housing at a much higher percentage than their population as a whole. There are 894 Blacks within Cathedral City, making up 1.97 percent of the total population, of which approximately 17 percent (43) use HCV. Out of the three income categories noted above, Blacks that are 0-50% of AMI uses HCV at a higher percentage than Blacks in other income eligible categories.

White also tend to use HCV for public supported housing at a higher percentage than their population as a whole. There are 13,564 Whites within Cathedral City, making up 30 percent of the total population, of which approximately 43 percent (113) use HCV. Out of the three income categories noted above, Whites that are 0-30% of AMI uses HCV at a higher percentage than Whites in other income eligible categories.

Of the 284 reported HCV units, 49 percent are elderly, which is the highest percentage amongst protected class. Residents with a disability was second at 40 percent.
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Note 2: Data Sources: APSH
Fair Housing Analysis > Publicly Supported Housing Analysis > Analysis > Publicly Supported Housing Location and Occupancy and Disparities in Access to Opportunity
V.C.1.b. Publicly Supported Housing Location and Occupancy V.C.1.b.i. Describe patterns in the geographic location of publicly supported housing by program category (public housing, project-based Section 8, Other HUD Multifamily Assisted developments, HCV, and LIHTC) in relation to previously discussed segregated areas and R/ECAPs.

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Relevant Data
Based on Map 5 below, there does not seem to be a pattern in the geographic location of publicly supported housing by program category (public housing, project-based Section 8, Other HUD Multifamily Assisted developments, HCV, and LIHTC) in relation to previously discussed segregated areas. Hispanic segregation exists within the core of the City. However, public supported housing is evenly dispersed throughout the City.

V.C.1.b.ii. Describe patterns in the geographic location for publicly supported housing that primarily serves families with children, elderly persons, or persons with disabilities in relation to previously discussed segregated areas or R/ECAPs? Instructions
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V.C.1.b.iii. How does the demographic composition of occupants of publicly supported housing in R/ECAPS compare to the demographic composition of occupants of publicly supported housing outside of R/ECAPs? Instructions
Relevant Data

The City of Cathedral City does not have R/ECAPS.

V.C.1.b.iv.(A). Do any developments of public housing, properties converted under the RAD, and LIHTC developments have a significantly different demographic composition, in terms of protected class, than other developments of the same category? Describe how these developments differ.

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Relevant Data
The City does not have developments of public housing, properties converted under the RAD, and LIHTC developments.

V.C.1.b.iv.(B) Provide additional relevant information, if any, about occupancy, by protected class, in other types of publicly supported housing.

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V.C.1.b.v. Compare the demographics of occupants of developments, for each category of publicly supported housing (public housing, project-based Section 8, Other HUD Multifamily Assisted developments, properties converted under RAD, and LIHTC) to the demographic composition of the areas in which they are located. Describe whether developments that are primarily occupied by one race/ethnicity are located in areas occupied largely by the same race/ethnicity. Describe any differences for housing that primarily serves families with children, elderly persons, or persons with disabilities.

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Relevant Data
Elderly
Elderly persons are those that are 65 years and older. The 2010 Census shows the elderly population in Cathedral City at 14.7%. Riverside County’s elderly population totals 11.6% of the overall population. Frail elderly is considered to be persons 65 years and older that have a disability limiting their mobility and/ or ability to live independently. Data does not exist specifically on frail elderly but Cathedral City's 2012- 2016 Consolidated Plan states that 39.1% of residents that are 65 years and older have a disability, or approximately 2,070 people.

The number one goal in senior housing is to develop a coordinated system of community-based services that allows older person to remain in their homes and continue to be as self-sufficient for as long as they possibly can. Services vary from personal care services and adult day care facilities to in-home chore service and visitation. 
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Affordability of rental units is also a cause for concern. Low rent housing supplies is a concern among older citizens living off a fixed income.

Senior Home Repair facilitates necessary rehabilitation and accessibility improvements. The City included the scope of Senior Home Repair in its Consolidated Plan but does not currently have funding for this program.

V.C.1.c. Disparities in Access to Opportunity
V.C.1.c.i. Describe any disparities in access to opportunity for residents of publicly supported housing, including within different program categories (public housing, project-based Section 8, Other HUD Multifamily Assisted Developments, HCV, and LIHTC) and between types (housing primarily serving families with children, elderly persons, and persons with disabilities) of publicly supported housing.

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Fair Housing Analysis > Publicly Supported Housing Analysis > Additional Information V.C.2. Additional Information
V.C.2.a. Beyond the HUD-provided data, provide additional relevant information, if any, about publicly supported housing in the jurisdiction and region, particularly information about groups with other protected characteristics and about housing not captured in the HUD-provided data.

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The City of Cathedral City has a number of affordable housing options within its boundaries. These include the following:

Built Prior to 1998

Mountain View Apartments
This 280-unit project is located at 68-680 Dinah Shore Drive. The project was completed in three phases completely financed with a FmHA 515 loan. The project was built in 1982, and refinanced in 1997. The complex is restricted to seniors 62 years of age or older, unless disabled or handicapped. Rent is restricted to 30% of the renter's income, and water and trash services are included in the price of rent. The units are restricted to very low and low income households.

Corregidor Apartments
This 14-unit project restricted to very low income families was built in 1985 using LPRH housing funds. This project site is owned by the Riverside County Housing Authority and is located at 34-355 Corregidor Drive.

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This 231-unit project is located at 31750 Landau Boulevard. The project was originally constructed in 1968 and substantially rehabilitated in 1997, using bonds and RDA set aside funds. The project offers 191 studios and 40 two-bedroom apartments to low-income seniors (over 55).

Utilities are provided, including water, gas, cable, and domestic trash services.

Terracing Apartments
This project provides 80 units too low- and moderate-income families consisting of 1 one bedroom unit, 47 two-bedroom units, 30 three-bedroom units, and 2 four-bedroom units. It is located at 69-175 Converse Road and was built in 1994. This project was at risk of conversion to market-rate and the Redevelopment Agency provided assistance to ensure continued affordability for an additional 55 years.

CVHC Duplex Conversion Project
In 1997-1999 the Redevelopment Agency cooperated with the Coachella Valley Housing Coalition to acquire 16 bank-owned duplexes (originally constructed in the 1980's) and convert the units into 32 affordable, single-family, owner-occupied homes through a self-help program, with the families rehabilitating and converting the homes as part of the down-payment at an affordable purchase price.

Built During the 1998-2005 Planning Period

Casa Victoria
Casa Victoria is a 50-unit project opened in 1999 using HUD 202 funds. This project provides housing for low-income seniors over 62 years of age. Rent is restricted to 30% of their income, and utility allowances are offered. The apartment complex is located at 34-445 Conegidor Drive.

Heritage Park
Contains 153 units within a two-story complex, including 144 one-bedroom units and 7 two bedroom units and two management units. This project provides housing for low-income seniors over 55 years of age. Water and trash services are included. The project is located at 69- 100 McCallum Way.

Creekside Apartments
Consists of 185 units within a one and two-story complex. There are 41 two-bedroom units, 104 three-bedroom units, and 40 four-bedroom units. This project provides housing for low and very low income families. Water and trash services are included. The project is located at 68-200 33rd Avenue.

Ocotillo Place

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Park David Apartments
This 240-unit apartment project for low income seniors (over 55) is located at 27-700 Landau Boulevard. The project contains 120 one- bedroom units and 120 two-bedroom units, and does not supplement any utilities for residents. The complex offers 20% of the units to very low income seniors and 80% to low income seniors, became operational in 2000.

Canyon Vista Apartments
This family project offers 90 units, including 9 unrestricted, 37 moderate incomes, 37 low incomes, and 9 very low income units. It is located at 68-605 Corral Road.

Casa San Miguel de Allende
This two-story 39-unit project is located in multiple buildings on and around Melrose Drive in the Cove neighborhood, south of East Palm Canyon Drive. The project is restricted to very low income disabled persons. It was opened in 1998, using HOME, RDA, HOPWA, and CDBG funds.

Built During the 2006-2013 Planning Period

Tierra del Sol
This project was under construction in 2007 and operational in July of 2008. It provides 75 one bedroom units to very low income senior households over the age of 62. It was primarily funded with local and HUD 202 funding and rents are 30% of the tenants' income. Tierra del Sol provides gas for hot water. It is located at 37101 W. Buddy Rogers Avenue.

Cathedral Town Villas
Located at 36-700 Pick fair Street, this 61 unit apartment complex offers non-age restricted housing to moderate income families. The project was completed in 2006 and occupied in 2007.

V.C.2.b. The program participant may also describe other information relevant to its assessment of publicly supported housing. Information may include relevant programs, actions, or activities, such as tenant self-sufficiency, place-based investments, or mobility programs.

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https://hudapps.hud.gov/Afh/Assessment/L1/Review/50 73/102 The rental housing market in Cathedral City includes apartments, townhomes, mobile homes and single-family homes. Typical rents range from $900 to $1,350 for 2- or 3-bedroom apartments in complexes. Based on Riverside County income limits and current rental rates, low-, and moderate-income households can find affordable market rents in Cathedral City. However, households with very-low or extremely-low incomes face an "affordability gap." Programs to facilitate development of new assisted rental housing and Section 8 vouchers can help to address this gap, and are discussed in the housing programs section of the Housing Element.

Fair Housing Analysis > Publicly Supported Housing Analysis > Contributing Factors of Publicly Supported Housing Location and Occupancy V.C.3. Contributing Factors of Publicly Supported Housing Location and Occupancy Consider the listed factors and any other factors affecting the jurisdiction and region. Identify factors that significantly create, contribute to, perpetuate, or increase the severity of fair housing issues related to publicly supported housing, including Segregation, R/ECAPs, Disparities in Access to Opportunity, and Disproportionate Housing Needs. For each contributing factor that is significant, note which fair housing issue(s) the selected contributing factor relates to.

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Lack of private investment in specific neighborhoods
Lack of public investment in specific neighborhoods, including services and amenities V.C.3. Contributing Factors of Publicly Supported Housing Location and Occupancy - Other Land cost in Cathedral City ranges from $50,000 to $70,000 per acre. At a density of 10 units per acre, this equates to $5,000 to $7,000 per unit. The affordable housing community estimates that construction costs for affordable housing units are approximately $250,000 to $325,000. When added to land cost, this represents a total cost per unit of $255,000 to $337,000 per unit. Projects in this cost range can be funded, when including HOME funds, tax credit funds or other programs, and built in the range of 14 to 16 units per acre. Most importantly, the affordable housing community has indicated that projects above this range are not marketable, insofar as more dense projects cannot be built and include the amenities and common areas which make a project a liveable community for the families who are looking for rental units. The Coachella Valley Housing Coalition and Palm Desert Development, which attended the City's workshops during the development of its 2014 Housing Element , clearly stated that they will not plan projects at densities over 16 units per acre, since the higher densities do not allow them to create communities which they can lease, because they cannot provide the services and amenities which create a healthy living environment.

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V.D.1.a. How are persons with disabilities geographically dispersed or concentrated in the jurisdiction and region, including R/ECAPs and other segregated areas identified in previous sections? Instructions
Relevant Data
According to Map 17, persons with disabilities are geographically dispersed throughout the City of Cathedral City and not concentrated.

Conversely, the Region has two R/ECAPs where persons with disabilities are concentrated. These areas are north Palm Springs and the City of Indio.

Table 13 - Disability by Type
(Cathedral City, CA CDBG) Jurisdiction(Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA CBSA) Region Disability Type # % # %
Hearing difficulty 1,974 4.08% 126,641 3.24%
Vision difficulty 1,377 2.85% 88,400 2.26%
Cognitive difficulty 2,409 4.98% 170,114 4.36%
Ambulatory difficulty 3,557 7.36% 241,262 6.18%
Self-care difficulty 1,392 2.88% 102,841 2.63%
Independent living difficulty2,050 4.24% 170,490 4.37%
Note 1: All % represent a share of the total population within the jurisdiction or region.

Note 2: Data Sources: ACS
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https://hudapps.hud.gov/Afh/Assessment/L1/Review/50 75/102 V.D.1.b. Describe whether these geographic patterns vary for persons with each type of disability or for persons with disabilities in different age ranges.

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Relevant Data
Based on Map 17, north Palm Springs’ and Indio’s R/ECAPs are primarily disabled seniors (over 64).

Table 14 - Disability by Age Group

(Cathedral City, CA CDBG) Jurisdiction (Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA CBSA) Region
Age of People with Disabilities # % # %
age 5-17 with Disabilities 588 1.22% 37,092 0.95%
age 18-64 with Disabilities 3,379 6.99% 241,640 6.19%
age 65+ with Disabilities 2,348 4.86% 174,002 4.46%
Note 1: All % represent a share of the total population within the jurisdiction or region.

Note 2: Data Sources: ACS

Fair Housing Analysis > Disability and Access Analysis > Analysis > Housing Accessibility V.D.2. Housing Accessibility
V.D.2.a. Describe whether the jurisdiction and region have sufficient affordable, accessible housing in a range of unit sizes.

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https://hudapps.hud.gov/Afh/Assessment/L1/Review/50 76/102 According to City’s 2013 Analysis of Impediments, there are not enough accessible units available to satisfy demands and there is a lack of understanding regarding the legal requirements and social responsibilities to provide reasonable accommodation. Reasonable accommodation can be adjustments made to "accommodate" or make the system fair for an individual in need of additional assistance.

Reasonable accommodations can also be defined as necessary and appropriate modifications and adjustments not imposing a disproportionate or undue burden to ensure to persons with disabilities the same enjoyments on an equal basis with others humans and fundamental freedoms.

V.D.2.b. Describe the areas where affordable accessible housing units are located. Do they align with R/ECAPs or other areas that are segregated?
Instructions
Relevant Data
Affordable accessible housing units are located evenly throughout the CIty. There doesn't seem to be a concentration.

V.D.2.c. To what extent are persons with different disabilities able to access and live in the different categories of publicly supported housing? Instructions
Relevant Data
The City adheres to State guidelines regarding disabled access, and promotes the use of principals of architectural design which aid the disabled. The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) requires all new multi-family construction to include a percentage of units be accessible to disabled persons. The City of Cathedral City monitors and requires compliance with these standards as part of the building permit review, issuance, and inspection process.

The City imposes no special requirements or prohibitions on the development of housing for disabled persons beyond the requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act. There is no concentration restriction for residential care homes. State and federal law does not pennit the City to regulate group homes of 6 or fewer residents. Group homes of 7 or more residents are permitted with approval of a conditional use permit in the R-2, R-3, R-M and R-H zones. The City has also adopted procedures for providing reasonable accommodation for persons with disabilities.
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https://hudapps.hud.gov/Afh/Assessment/L1/Review/50 77/102 Fair Housing Analysis > Disability and Access Analysis > Analysis > Integration of Persons with Disabilities Living in Institutions and Other Segregated Settings
V.D.3. Integration of Persons with Disabilities Living in Institutions and Other Segregated Settings V.D.3.a. To what extent do persons with disabilities in or from the jurisdiction or region reside in segregated or integrated settings? The City has affordable housing units that are specifically designed for disabled persons. These are located at the Casa San Miguel complex, Tierra Del Sol, and Mountain View Apartments, which accept both senior and disabled residents. Casa San Miguel offers 27 units of Housing for Persons With AIDS (HOPWA), and Tierra Del Sol includes 7 units that are designed for sight, hearing, or mobility impaired persons. In addition, all 75 units at the Tierra Del Sol complex are designed to be adaptable for all types of physical disabilities. The Desert AIDS Project and Working Wonders also provide counseling and assistance to persons with AIDS.

V.D.3.b. Describe the range of options for persons with disabilities to access affordable housing and supportive services.

Please see previous response.

Fair Housing Analysis > Disability and Access Analysis > Analysis > Disparities in Access to Opportunity V.D.4. Disparities in Access to Opportunity
V.D.4.a. To what extent are persons with disabilities able to access the following? Identify major barriers faced concerning:
i. Government services and facilities
ii. Public infrastructure (e.g., sidewalks, pedestrian crossings, pedestrian signals) iii. Transportation
iv. Proficient schools and educational programs
v. Jobs
i. Government services and facilities

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https://hudapps.hud.gov/Afh/Assessment/L1/Review/50 78/102 In August 2015, the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) contracted the National ADA Accrediting & Consulting, Inc. (ADDAC) to notify all cities and counties to assess the requirements set forth in Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) of 1990 to determine if Cathedral City is in compliance. Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act requires agencies that provide Federal financial assistance also have section 504 regulations covering entities that receive Federal aid. Requirements common to these regulations include reasonable accommodation for employees with disabilities; program accessibility; effective communication with people who have hearing or vision disabilities; and accessible new construction and alterations. Since Cathedral City applies for and is, on occasion, awarded federal funding administered by Caltrans, the City was required to evaluate their public facilities to determine ADA compliance. This evaluation of public facilities outlined what alterations are needed in order to be in compliance with the aforementioned ADA regulations. For this reason, Cathedral City contracted Disabilities Access Consultants (DAC) to evaluate and assess public facilities throughout the City. As a result, a comprehensive report was prepared by DAC, on behalf of the City, specifying the areas that were evaluated and if these public facilities are in need of alteration for compliance. Under the CDBG Program, ADA improvements meet the national objective criteria and are classified as an “urgent need” for people with disabilities. The City is proposing to reallocate CDBG funding from the San Joaquin Street Improvements Project to fund the construction of ADA ramps along 30th Avenue, McCallum Way and Vista Chino. These ADA improvements will install and/or bring into compliance existing ADA ramps on portions of 30th Avenue, McCallum Way and Vista Chino. ii. Public infrastructure (e.g., sidewalks, pedestrian crossings, pedestrian signals) see previous response.
iii. Transportation
SunDial is a valley wide, curb to curb paratransit servicing the CIty and designed to meet the requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). The purpose is to provide next day public transportation service for persons who are unable to use regular SunLine service. SunDial service is available within 3/4 of a mile on either side of any local SunLine route (not including Commuter Link 220 & Line 95).
iv. Proficient schools and educational programs
Palm Springs Unified School District is responsible for ensuring access to proficient schools and educational programs for Cathedral City residents. The district adheres to Section 504 and the American with Disabilities Act. Public Law 94-142, the Education for All Handicapped Children Act, passed in 1975, was the federal legislation that initially resulted in major changes in the way schools served children with disabilities. This law, now called the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), was accompanied by federal funds, was the focal point of schools in serving children with disabilities.
v. Jobs
Employment seekers often face discrimination in hiring practice based on disabilities. Filed on Sept. 28, 2015, a complaint to the Department of Justice alleged that the county of Riverside, which the City is located, discriminated in its employment practices by failing to hire a probation officer applicant because he has epilepsy. The job applicant was qualified for and could perform the job duties associated with the position, but the county withdrew his offer of employment solely because of his controlled epilepsy.

Under the consent decree, which must be approved by the court, the county will pay the applicant $50,000, offer him the position as a probation officer, provide training on the ADA and file reports on its compliance with the decree and ADA with the Justice Department. The county, which cooperated with the department in this matter, has also taken steps to ensure that its employment processes will be free of disability based discrimination.

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https://hudapps.hud.gov/Afh/Assessment/L1/Review/50 79/102 Title I of the ADA prohibits employers, such as Riverside County, from discriminating against a qualified individual on the basis of disability in regard to job application procedures, the hiring, advancement or discharge of employees, employee compensation, job training and other terms, conditions and privileges of employment. An employer may also not deny employment opportunities to a job applicant or employee who is otherwise qualified if the denial is based on the need to make reasonable accommodations for the applicant or employee. This matter was based on a referral from the Los Angeles District office of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission who completed the initial investigation of the facts.

V.D.4.b. Describe the processes that exist in the jurisdiction and region for persons with disabilities to request and obtain reasonable accommodations and accessibility modifications to address the barriers discussed above.

The City and other Public entities within the region provides residents upon request reasonable arrangements to ensure accessibility (28 CFR 35.102.35.104 ADA Title 11). A public entity shall make reasonable modifications in policies, practices, or procedures when the modifications are necessary to avoid discrimination on the basis of disability, unless the public entity can demonstrate that making the modifications would fundamentally alter the nature of the service, program, or activity.

V.D.4.c. Describe any difficulties in achieving homeownership experienced by persons with disabilities and by persons with different types of disabilities.

During the development of this AFH, the City did not Stop correcting identify difficulties in achieving homeownership experienced by persons with disabilities and by persons with different types of disabilities.

Fair Housing Analysis > Disability and Access Analysis > Analysis > Disproportionate Housing Needs V.D.5. Disproportionate Housing Needs
V.D.5.a. Describe any disproportionate housing needs experienced by persons with disabilities and by persons with certain types of disabilities.

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https://hudapps.hud.gov/Afh/Assessment/L1/Review/50 80/102 Relevant Data
Elderly persons are those that are 65 years and older. The 2010 Census shows the elderly population in Cathedral City at

14.7%. Riverside County's elderly population totals 11.6% of the overall population. Frail elderly are considered to be persons 65 years and older that have a disability limiting their mobility and/ or ability to live independently. Data does not exist specifically on frail elderly but Cathedral City's 2012- 2016 Consolidated Plan states that 39.1% of residents that are 65 years and older have a disability, or approximately 2,070 people. Senior Home Repair facilitates necessary rehabilitation and accessibility improvements. The City included the scope of Senior Home Repair in its Consolidated Plan, but does not currently have funding for this program.

Fair Housing Analysis > Disability and Access Analysis > Additional Information V.D.6. Additional Information
V.D.6.a. Beyond the HUD-provided data, provide additional relevant information, if any, about disability and access issues in the jurisdiction and region affecting groups with other protected characteristics.

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The highest number of calls to the Fair Housing Council of Riverside County over the past Five years in which the caller claimed discrimination was associated with persons with Disabilities. Complaints regarding disability access indicate a shortage of reasonable accommodation. This impediment is relevant due to Cathedral City's large senior and frail elderly populations. The elderly population is expected to increase as the baby boomer populations continue to age.

V.D.6.b. The program participant may also describe other information relevant to its assessment of disability and access issues.

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Continue enforcing Title 24 Disability Access Standards and encourage notifications of violations by providing the appropriate forms on the City's webpage. This action will be ongoing and continuous.

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https://hudapps.hud.gov/Afh/Assessment/L1/Review/50 81/102 V.D.7. Disability and Access Issues Contributing Factors Consider the listed factors and any other factors affecting the jurisdiction and region. Identify factors that significantly create, contribute to, perpetuate, or increase the severity of disability and access issues and the fair housing issues, which are Segregation, R/ECAPs, Disparities in Access to Opportunity, and Disproportionate Housing Needs. For each contributing factor, note which fair housing issue(s) the selected contributing factor relates to.

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V.D.7. Disability and Access Issues Contributing Factors - Other

• Lack of local private fair housing outreach and enforcement • Private Discrimination
Discussion: IFHMB opened 28 fair housing complaints from the residents of Cathedral City during this period. 22 of the complaints were for disability discrimination. The agency did not open more than 1 case for any of the other protected categories during this timeframe. The results show that 14 of the 22 disability cases or 63% of the cases opened concerned a reasonable modification or accommodation request. Reasonable accommodations and modifications requests are an area of the law that requires housing providers and tenants to have an understanding of the Fair Housing Act and its accompanying regulations.

Fair Housing Analysis > Fair Housing Enforcement, Outreach Capacity, and Resources Analysis Fair Housing Analysis > Fair Housing Enforcement, Outreach Capacity, and Resources Analysis > Analysis V.E.1. List and summarize any of the following that have not been resolved: a charge or letter of finding from HUD concerning a violation of a civil rights-related law, a cause determination from a substantially equivalent state or local fair housing agency concerning a violation of a state or local fair housing law, a letter of findings issued by or lawsuit filed or joined by the Department of Justice alleging a pattern or practice or systemic violation of a fair housing or civil rights law, or a claim under the False Claims Act related to fair housing, nondiscrimination, or civil rights generally, including an alleged failure to affirmatively further fair housing.

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https://hudapps.hud.gov/Afh/Assessment/L1/Review/50 82/102 V.E.2. Describe any state or local fair housing laws. What characteristics are protected under each law? Instructions
Cathedral City adheres to both state and federal fair housing law. Below is the State of California Fair Housing and law:

The Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA) prohibits harassment and discrimination in employment because of race, color, religion, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, national origin, ancestry, mental and physical disability, medical condition, age, pregnancy, denial of medical and family care leave, or pregnancy disability leave (Government Code sections 12940,12945, 12945.2) and/or retaliation for protesting illegal discrimination related to one of these categories, or for reporting patient abuse in tax supported institutions. You may file a private lawsuit under the Fair Employment & Housing Act. For employment discrimination issues, you are required to exhaust your administrative remedies with the Department by securing your Notice of Right to Sue.

This law specifically provides protection from harassment or discrimination in employment because of:

Age (40 and over)
Ancestry
Color
Religious Creed (including religious dress and grooming practices) Denial of Family and Medical Care Leave
Disability (mental and physical) including HIV and AIDS Marital Status
Medical Condition (cancer and genetic characteristics)
Genetic Information
Military and Veteran Status
National Origin (including language use restrictions)
Race
Sex (which includes pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding and medical conditions related to pregnancy, childbirth or breastfeeding) Gender, Gender Identity, and Gender Expression
Sexual Orientation
V.E.3. Identify any local and regional agencies and organizations that provide fair housing information, outreach, and enforcement, including their capacity and the resources available to them.

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Fair Housing Council of Riverside County, Inc
3600 Lime Street, #613
Riverside, CA 92501
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https://hudapps.hud.gov/Afh/Assessment/L1/Review/50 83/102 (909) 682-6581
Fair Housing Council of Riverside County, Inc. (FHCRC) is a non-profit, HUD-approved organization that fights to protect the housing rights of all individuals. Since 1986, FHCRC has strived to ensure that all individuals will live free from unlawful housing practices and discrimination.

Their mission is to provide comprehensive services which affirmatively address and promote fair housing (anti-discrimination) rights and further other housing opportunities for all persons without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, age, sex, familial status (i.e., presence of children), disability, ancestry, marital status, age, source of income, sexual orientation, genetic information, or other arbitrary factors.

The Fair Housing Council of Riverside County, Inc. (FHCRC) offers a variety of services to the public, which include the following:

Anti-Discrimination
Landlord-Tenant
First-time Homebuyer
Foreclosure Prevention
Loan Modification
One-on-one Counseling
Keep Your Home California
Training

Inland Fair Housing and Mediation Board
1005 Begonia Avenue
Ontario, CA 91762
(909) 984-2254
Inland Fair Housing and Mediation Board (IFHMB) is a non-profit, public benefit corporation that has served San Bernardino County and parts of Riverside and Imperial Counties in Southern California since 1980. Funded by numerous grants and awards, IFHMB serves as an intermediary to assist individuals in resolving issues related to housing discrimination, homeownership sustainability, rental complaints, and disputes in court through the provision of resource recommendations, education, and mediation.

Located in the City of Ontario with satellite offices in San Bernardino, Victorville, Barstow, Indio, and El Centro, California, IFHMB assists thousands of individuals each year through its numerous programs at no charge to the consumer.

IFHMB is a values-based, dynamic organization expanding its reach by facilitatingand promoting the general well-being of people through research, education,advocacy, counseling and housing.

Grants and Awards
• Community Development Block Grant (CDBG)
• Fair Housing Initiative Program (FHIP), Private Enforcement Initiatives (PEI) • Fair Housing Initiative Program (FHIP), Fair Housing Organization Initiative (FHOI) • National Community Reinvestment Coalition (NCRC)
• Rural Community Assistance Corporation (RCAC)
• Keep Your Home California (KYHC)

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https://hudapps.hud.gov/Afh/Assessment/L1/Review/50 84/102 • Consumer Assistance Grant, funded by the Office of the California Attorney General • Alternative Dispute Resolution, funded by the San Bernardino Superior County Court • Senior Services Grant, funded by the city of Ontario
Inland Fair Housing and Mediation Board, established in 1980 under the name Inland Mediation Board, was initially formed to help individuals avoid costly court actions and reduce court caseloads by settling landlord/tenant issues through mediation. The agency was organized under the direction of a governing Board of Directors, an executive director, and a pool of Dispute Resolution Programs Act (DRPA) certified mediators.

By 1983, the agency began a collaborative relationship with the California State Department of Fair Employment and Housing (DFEH) to focus on mediation in housing discrimination cases. This relationship further expanded when the agency began to concentrate on housing discrimination concerns and enforcement activities.

On January 5, 1987 Inland Mediation Board filed for articles of incorporation as a non-profit, public benefit corporation. In 1991, the organization began a pilot Alternative Dispute Resolution Program through the County of San Bernardino Superior Courts. This program was expanded in 1993 to encompass unlawful detainer cases, and, in 1994, to include small claims actions.

In 1993, IFHMB was granted awards through the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) Federal Housing Administration to offer a comprehensive Housing Counseling Program to the public. Since that time, IFHMB has been recognized as a HUD Approved Housing Counseling Agency, offering first-time homebuyer education, reverse mortgage counseling, default and foreclosure counseling, and homeless assistance in San Bernardino, Riverside, and Imperial Counties.

On May 19, 1998, Inland Mediation Board began doing business as Inland Fair Housing and Mediation Board as the organization moved further into housing related mediation (fair housing) services. The organization experienced significant growth in the last decade and expanded its programs and services to meet the growing needs of the Southern California community. Today, IFHMB is governed by a volunteer Board of Directors, services over 40,000 residents each year, and maintains a staff of over 30 highly trained mediators, counselors, attorneys, and staff members.

Fair Housing Analysis > Fair Housing Enforcement, Outreach Capacity, and Resources Analysis > Additional Information V.E.4. Additional Information
V.E.4.a. Provide additional relevant information, if any, about fair housing enforcement, outreach capacity, and resources in the jurisdiction and region.

Inland Fair Housing and Mediation Board (IFHMB) conducted a review of all fair housing complaints received from the Cathedral City for the fiscal year of 2015-2016. IFHMB staff mapped the location of the complaints and analyzed the type of complaints as a means of identifying trends with fair housing concerns. The objective of this process is to report the specific findings to the City to make officials more aware of the nature of discriminatory housing issues within the city.

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https://hudapps.hud.gov/Afh/Assessment/L1/Review/50 85/102 In the 2015 fiscal year, there were a total of seven (7) fair housing cases opened by the agency. Of the seven (7) cases, five (5) cases were regarding allegations of disability discrimination, one (1) was regarding allegations of discrimination based on sex discrimination, and one (1) was regarding national origin. Disability discrimination was the primary concern of residents during the period in review. In the five (5) cases with concerns regarding disability discrimination IFHMB provided assistance with reasonable accommodations requests. Three (3) of the disability cases requested information and IFHMB mediators were able to assist these clients by providing clarification on rights and the request process. The informational cases included clients that had questions regarding regulations on the width of doorways for wheelchairs, and issues with smoking and respiratory disabilities. In these cases, IFHMB mediators assisted by providing information about fair housing protections and an informational packet on how to request accommodations.

Aside from informational cases, two (2) cases involved the provision of additional assistance and mediation in seeking accommodations or modifications. One client was a cancer patient whose apartment unit fell into disrepair. The client’s symptoms were aggravated by items that needed to be fixed by the landlord, and mediation helped the landlord and tenant engage in an interactive process to discuss the repairs.

Another client was recovering from surgery and had difficulty seeking their next place of residence. IFHMB staff were able to inform the resident about their rights and assisted in their search for alternative housing when accommodations were not possible.

The national origin case involved a resident who did not receive timely repairs due to their nationality and limited English proficiency. The fair housing case based on sex involved a woman who alleged discrimination and harassment by her housing provider. In both cases, mediators assisted in providing information and assistance with filing fair housing complaints.The demographic statistics of the above-referenced clients indicated that there were three (3) Hispanic, and four (4) non-Hispanic clients. Additionally, five (5) clients were female, while two (2) were male.

A spatial review of the cases indicates that the calls from this period of review came from the central part of Cathedral City. Specifically, they came from Census Tracts 449.07, 449.15 and 449.16. These census tracts include areas near the cross streets of Date Palm Drive and Dinah Shore Drive, and also Cathedral Canyon Drive and Ramone Drive. According to the 2010 US Census data, this area is among the most densely populated areas in Cathedral City. Also, this area also has a high proportion of estimated renters and a high number of people in poverty. These census tracts are also predominantly Hispanic.

The pattern that emerges from this period of review is that there are clusters of fair housing calls within Cathedral City. The leading categories of concern are disability discrimination. A targeted campaign of engaging housing providers and tenants in these specific areas with education and outreach materials may be one way to address the issue. IFHMB welcomes the opportunity to collaborate with City staff to determine the most effective means of reaching these communities.

V.E.4.b. The program participant may also include information relevant to programs, actions, or activities to promote fair housing outcomes and capacity.

The City has an agreement with the Inland Fair Housing and Mediation Board (IFHMB) to provide anti-discrimination, landlord-tenant mediation, fair housing training and technical assistance, enforcement of housing rights, administrative hearings, home buyer workshops, lead-based paint programs, and other housing related services for Cathedral City residents. Services are designed to implement fair housing policies and procedures and to provide information concerning fair housing rights and minority rights under existing fair housing laws, which include providing housing opportunities for all persons regardless of race, color, national origin, religion, sex, familial status, disability, ancestry, marital status, or any other arbitrary factors.

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V.E.5. Fair Housing Enforcement, Outreach Capacity, and Resources Contributing Factors Consider the listed factors and any other factors affecting the jurisdiction and region. Identify factors that significantly create, contribute to, perpetuate, or increase the severity of fair housing enforcement, outreach capacity, and resources and the fair housing issues, which are Segregation, RECAPs, Disparities in Access to Opportunity, and Disproportionate Housing Needs. For each significant contributing factor, note which fair housing issue(s) the selected contributing factor impacts.

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Lack of local private fair housing outreach and enforcement V.E.5. Fair Housing Enforcement, Outreach Capacity, and Resources Contributing Factors - Other

A spatial review of the cases indicates that the calls from this period of review came from the central part of Cathedral City.

Specifically, they came from Census Tracts 449.07, 449.15 and 449.16. These census tracts include areas near the cross streets of Date Palm Drive and Dinah Shore Drive, and also Cathedral Canyon Drive and Ramone Drive. According to the 2010 US Census data, this area is among the most densely populated areas in Cathedral City. Also, this area also has a high proportion of estimated renters and a high number of people in poverty. These census tracts are also predominantly Hispanic.

Fair Housing Goals and Priorities > Prioritization of Contributing Factors VI.1. For each fair housing issue, prioritize the identified contributing factors. Justify the prioritization of the contributing factors that will be addressed by the goals set below in Question 2. Give the highest priority to those factors that limit or deny fair housing choice or access to 

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https://hudapps.hud.gov/Afh/Assessment/L1/Review/50 87/102 Goal Contributing FactorsFair Housing
Issues
Metrics,
Milestones, and
Timeframe for
Achievement
Responsible
Program
Participant(s)
Increase levels of
integration by
Hispanic residents
within higher
opportunity
neighborhoods.

Issues to Mobility
Ongoing local or
regional
segregation, or lack
of integration.

By the 2020
review of the
AFH in the
Consolidated
Annual
Performance and
Evaluation
Report (CAPER),
Hispanic
Integration levels
will increase by 5
percent
measured by
percentage
increase of
Hispanic’s within
the following
higher
opportunity
census tracts:
6065940600,
6065940900,
6065941100.

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opportunity, or negatively impact fair housing or civil rights compliance.

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https://hudapps.hud.gov/Afh/Assessment/L1/Review/50 88/102 Discussion: The term “issues to mobility” refers here to barriers faced by individuals and families when attempting to move to a neighborhood or area of their choice, especially integrated areas and areas of opportunity. This refers to both Housing Choice Vouchers and other public and private housing options.

Based on the analysis performed in the AFH, Hispanics experienced the highest increase in segregation index over time when compared to other Race/ Ethnicity protected classes. From 1990 to 2000, Hispanics segregation index increased by 20.59 percentage points. This is best illustrated by the 1990 and 2000 Race/ Ethnicity density maps for Cathedral City. The 1990 map shows generally an even disbursement of all groups across the Jurisdiction. However, in the 2000 Census year, the location of Hispanics tended to cluster around the core of the City, while the location of Whites was more prominent outside the City’s core. The later could indicate a lack of integration which means that there is not a high concentration of people of a particular protected class in an area subject to analysis, such as a census tract or neighborhood, compared to the broader geographic area. Along with residential segregation for Hispanics within the City’s core, the area also has a high segregation of person from Mexico as their National Origin as well as Limited English Proficiency.

To meet stated goal, the City will implement the following strategies:
· Work with the Inland Fair Housing and Mediation Board (IFHMB) to provide Mobility Counseling which will include a range of options including, assistance for families for “second moves” after they have accessed stable housing, and ongoing post-move support for families. · Work IFHMB to increase education to private apartment owners and managers in higher opportunity neighborhoods and census tracts on the benefits of Housing Choice Vouchers · Work with IFHB to increase testing of multifamily housing market in higher opportunity neighborhoods and census tracts to determine levels of discrimination based on source of income, including SSDI, Housing Choice Vouchers, or other tenant-based rental assistance.

Goal Contributing FactorsFair Housing
Issues
Metrics, Milestones,
and Timeframe for
Achievement
Responsible
Program
Participant(s)

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https://hudapps.hud.gov/Afh/Assessment/L1/Review/50 89/102 Improve the
community and
housing conditions
of the Downtown
and Dream Home
Area
· Lack of
private investment
in specific
neighborhoods
·
Deteriorated and
abandoned
properties
Disproportionate
housing needs
based on the
“protected classes”
of race, color,
national origin,
religion, sex, familial
status, or disability.
·
Complete a
Housing
Income Survey
of the Dream
Home Area by
January 2017
to qualify the
area as Low to
Medium
Income.
·
Complete a
comprehensive
community
development
strategy for the
Dream Home
Area by May
15, 2017.
· Identify
CDBG funding
when possible
to assist in
revitalizing the
Urban Core
and Dream
Home Area
annually

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https://hudapps.hud.gov/Afh/Assessment/L1/Review/50 90/102 Discussion: A number of housing units and neighborhoods in the City are of older construction, and require either rehabilitation or conservation in order to be maintained as viable dwelling units. As such, the City had implemented programs funded by its former Redevelopment Agency to provide funding and assistance in the rehabilitation of housing units. Areas of particular concern continue to include the areas on the edge of Downtown and the Dream Homes neighborhood. Within these neighborhoods, Hispanics experienced highest rate of housing cost burden, overcrowding, and substandard housing when compared to other groups in the City. They also experienced the highest rate of Severe Housing Problems when compared to other groups in the City.

This concern was echoed by several residents from these communities when participating in the AFH community meetings. Below is a summary of comments provided by these residents:
· Dream Home Area is ignored by the City.
· Several homes in the area have been abandoned and being inhabited by homeless individuals
· Additional resources should be directed towards the Dream Home area to curb the gang violence
· Additional surveys should be distributed through the area

To meet stated goal, the City will implement the following strategies:

· Conduct a Community Needs Assessment for the Dream Home Area with a particular focus on the need for housing rehabilitation/ replacement and infrastructure improvement.

· Use CDBG and other public/ private investments to improve housing and infrastructure conditions of the Dream HOME Area.

· Continue to identify private and public investment opportunities to redevelop the Downtown with higher density housing and encourage mixed use development where residential units are above commercial businesses.

Goal Contributing FactorsFair Housing
Issues
Metrics,
Milestones, and
Timeframe for
Achievement
Responsible
Program
Participant(s)

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number of fair
housing complaints
based on disability.

· Lack of
local private fair
housing outreach
and enforcement
· Private
Discrimination
Evidence of illegal
discrimination or
violations of civil
rights laws,
regulations, or
guidance.

The City will see
an annual
reduction of fair
housing
complaints based
on disabilities as
measured by
2016 levels.

Engineering
Department
IFHMB
Discussion: IFHMB opened 28 fair housing complaints from the residents of Cathedral City during this period. 22 of the complaints were for disability discrimination. The agency did not open more than 1 case for any of the other protected categories during this timeframe. The results show that 14 of the 22 disability cases or 63% of the cases opened concerned a reasonable modification or accommodation request. Reasonable accommodations and modifications requests are an area of the law that requires housing providers and tenants to have an understanding of the Fair Housing Act and its accompanying regulations.

To meet stated goal, the City will work with the IFHMB to implement a targeted campaign of engaging housing providers and tenants in the aforementioned specific areas with education and outreach materials to address the issue.

V. Fair Housing Analysis > B. General Issues > Segregation/Integration > Contributing Factors of Segregation Community Opposition
Displacement of residents due to economic pressures
Lack of private investments in specific neighborhoods
Land use and zoning laws
Lending Discrimination
Location and type of affordable housing
Private discrimination
Community Opposition

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https://hudapps.hud.gov/Afh/Assessment/L1/Review/50 92/102 The City of Cathedral City reviews development processing procedures to ensure that such procedures facilitate and encourage the construction of housing for all income levels. The City understands that often the requirement of obtaining a conditional use permit on multiple- family housing projects subjects the project to Community Opposition, even if the project otherwise complies with City regulations.

· Displacement of residents due to economic pressures Displacement of residents due to economic pressures is also called Gentrification. This is a dynamic that emerges in poor urban areas when residential shifts, urban planning, and other phenomena affect the composition of a neighborhood. Urban gentrification often involves population migration as poor residents of a neighborhood are displaced. In a community undergoing gentrification, the average income increases and average family size decreases. This generally results in the displacement of the poorer, pre-gentrification residents, who are unable to pay increased rents, and property taxes, or afford real estate.

· Lack of public investments in specific neighborhoods, including services or amenities

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Based on the earlier review of 2014 HMDA data, Whites where the most active in the use of both public backed and conventional home loans.

They were the most active with conventional home loans with 24,737 applications submitted in 2014. Of those loans, 1285 was approved.

American Indian/ Alaska Native were the least active in the homeownership market for both public backed and conventional financing.

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https://hudapps.hud.gov/Afh/Assessment/L1/Review/50 94/102 The HUD Census Map below shows the location and type of affordable housing within Cathedral City. As illustrated by the map, the type of affordable housing within the City are HUD Multifamily Poperies (2), Low Income Housing Tax Credit Projects (6), and USDA Rural Housing (1). In terms of location, these 9 affordable housing developments are well dispersed through the City and not primarily located in a segregated area (City Core).

During the AFH development a fair housing survey was provided to residents. Seeking to understand the survey takers experience within the private market, the following question was asked: “If you believe or think that you or someone you know encountered housing discrimination, what type was it?”. Based on __ survey takers, the following are the results:
• Refusing, discouraging, or charging more to rent an apartment or buy a home. 50.00% • Discouraging a person from living where they want to live. Steering them to another apartment, complex or neighborhood.

16.67%
• Refusing, discouraging, making it difficult or charging more or providing less favorable terms on a home loan to buy, refinance, fix up or use the equity in a home 5.56%
• Refusing, discouraging or charging more for home insurance. 0.00% • Refusing to make a reasonable accommodation or not allowing a modification to be made to make an apartment more accessible for a person with a disability 16.67%
V. Fair Housing Analysis > B. General Issues > R/ECAPs > Contributing Factors of R/ECAPs N/A
V. Fair Housing Analysis > B. General Issues > Disparities in Access to Opportunity > Contributing Factors of Disparities in Access to Opportunity Income
According to the 2010 Census Bureau report the median annual income for Cathedral City is $45,693 which is over $17,000 below Riverside County's median income. Approximately 16.3% of families in Cathedral City are living below the poverty line according to the Bureau of labor and Statistics. This is nearly 3% higher than the poverty rate throughout Riverside County. Poverty rates appear to be concentrated in areas of Cathedral City that qualify as low to moderate income.

V. Fair Housing Analysis > B. General Issues > Disproportionate Housing Needs > Contributing Factors of Disproportionate Housing Needs

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https://hudapps.hud.gov/Afh/Assessment/L1/Review/50 95/102 The availability of affordable units in a range of sizes The availability of affordable units in a range of sizes Each city is required to analyze existing and projected housing needs and develop an implementation program to describe how the City will attain its housing goals. In addition, the projected housing need must include a locality’s fair share of regional housing needs. In 2012, the Southern California Association of Governments (SCAG) approved the Regional Housing Needs Assessment (RHNA) for the 2014-2021 period. The City of Cathedral City’s allocation under the RHNA is depicted below.

Income Category Number of Units

Above Moderate 254
Moderate 110
Low 95
Very Low 70
Extremely Low* 71
Total 600

Source: SCAG 2012/ *50% of the Very Low income category pursuant to state law.

Carryover of Unaccommodated Need from the Previous Planning Period the Prior Housing Element, adopted in 2009, included Program 1.A.7 to rezone either Assessor’s Parcel677-050-017, which consists of 14.69 acres or Assessor’s Parcel677-050- 018, which consists of 18.12 acres, to create additional capacity for lower-income housing. Since this program was not completed, this program must be carried over into the new planning period. Pursuant to Government Code Section 65583.2(h), the rezoned site will allow rental and owner multifamily uses by right and require a minimum density of 20 units per acre.

Affordable Units at Risk
According to the City’s 2014 Housing Element, there are 280 rental units in the Mountain View Apartment complex could be released from their restricted status before 2015. In 1994 financing for this project was changed from the FmHA loan (515) to a USDA Rural Development Loan which allows for affordability controls through 2034. However, after 2014 the loan could be pre-paid, which could remove the affordability control. Should the project elect to pre-pay its loan, a number of organizations, including the Coachella Valley Housing Coalition, the Riverside County Housing Authority, or several private sector developers who currently operate affordable housing projects in the City, would be contacted and encouraged to participate in the project's preservation as affordable housing. Based on the City's most recently obtained pro- fonnas for affordable housing projects, construction costs for replacement of these units would be between $240,000 and $325,000 per unit.

Purchasing existing affordable units in the area currently is approximately $100,000 to $130,000 per unit. Therefore, the preservation of these units is important to the City's affordable housing inventory. Program 2.A.3 describes actions the City will take to facilitate the preservation of affordability covenants for this project.

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https://hudapps.hud.gov/Afh/Assessment/L1/Review/50 96/102 Fair Housing Analysis > Publicly Supported Housing Analysis > Contributing Factors of Publicly Supported Housing Location and Occupancy Lack of private investment in specific neighborhoods
Lack of public investment in specific neighborhoods, including services and amenities Land cost in Cathedral City ranges from $50,000 to $70,000 per acre. At a density of 10 units per acre, this equates to $5,000 to $7,000 per unit. The affordable housing community estimates that construction costs for affordable housing units are approximately $250,000 to $325,000. When added to land cost, this represents a total cost per unit of $255,000 to $337,000 per unit. Projects in this cost range can be funded, when including HOME funds, tax credit funds or other programs, and built in the range of 14 to 16 units per acre. Most importantly, the affordable housing community has indicated that projects above this range are not marketable, insofar as more dense projects cannot be built and include the amenities and common areas which make a project a liveable community for the families who are looking for rental units. The Coachella Valley Housing Coalition and Palm Desert Development, which attended the City's workshops during the development of its 2014 Housing Element , clearly stated that they will not plan projects at densities over 16 units per acre, since the higher densities do not allow them to create communities which they can lease, because they cannot provide the services and amenities which create a healthy living environment.

Fair Housing Analysis > Disability and Access Analysis > Disability and Access Issues Contributing Factors

Fair Housing Analysis > Fair Housing Enforcement, Outreach Capacity, and Resources Analysis > Fair Housing Enforcement, Outreach Capacity, and Resources Contributing Factors
Lack of local private fair housing outreach and enforcement

A spatial review of the cases indicates that the calls from this period of review came from the central part of Cathedral City.

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Fair Housing Goals and Priorities > Fair Housing Goals
VI.2. For each fair housing issue with significant contributing factors identified in Question 1, set one or more goals. Explain how each goal is designed to overcome the identified contributing factor and related fair housing issue(s). For goals designed to overcome more than one fair housing issue, explain how the goal will overcome each issue and the related contributing factors. For each goal, identify metrics and milestones for determining what fair housing results will be achieved, and indicate the timeframe for achievement.

Instructions 
Goal
Goal
Increase levels of integration by Hispanic residents within higher opportunity neighborhoods Contributing Factors
Issues to Mobility
Fair Housing Issues
Ongoing local or regional segregation, or lack of integration.

Metrics, Milestones, and Timeframe for Achievement
By the 2020 review of the AFH in the Consolidated Annual Performance and Evaluation Report (CAPER), Hispanic Integration levels will increase by 5 percent measured by percentage increase of Hispanic’s within the following higher opportunity census tracts: 6065940600, 6065940900, 6065941100.

Responsible Program Participant(s)
Cathedral City, CA
Discussion

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https://hudapps.hud.gov/Afh/Assessment/L1/Review/50 98/102 The term “issues to mobility” refers here to barriers faced by individuals and families when attempting to move to a neighborhood or area of their choice, especially integrated areas and areas of opportunity. This refers to both Housing Choice Vouchers and other public and private housing options.

To meet stated goal, the City will implement the following strategies:
· Work with the Inland Fair Housing and Mediation Board (IFHMB) to provide Mobility Counseling which will include a range of options including, assistance for families for “second moves” after they have accessed stable housing, and ongoing post-move support for families. · Work IFHMB to increase education to private apartment owners and managers in higher opportunity neighborhoods and census tracts on the benefits of Housing Choice Vouchers
Work with IFHB to increase testing of multifamily housing market in higher opportunity neighborhoods and census tracts to determine levels of discrimination based on source of income, including SSDI, Housing Choice Vouchers, or other tenant-based rental assistance.

Goal
Goal
Improve the community and housing conditions of the Downtown and Dream Home Area Contributing Factors
Lack of private investment in specific neighborhoods
Deteriorated and abandoned properties
Fair Housing Issues
Disproportionate housing needs based on the “protected classes” of race, color, national origin, religion, sex, familial status, or disability.

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· Complete a Housing Income Survey of the Dream Home Area by January 2017 to qualify the area as Low to Medium Income. · Complete a comprehensive community development strategy for the Dream Home Area by May 15, 2017. · Identify CDBG funding when possible to assist in revitalizing the Urban Core and Dream Home Area annually Responsible Program Participant(s)
Cathedral City, CA
Discussion
A number of housing units and neighborhoods in the City are of older construction, and require either rehabilitation or conservation in order to be maintained as viable dwelling units. As such, the City had implemented programs funded by its former Redevelopment Agency to provide funding and assistance in the rehabilitation of housing units. Areas of particular concern continue to include the areas on the edge of Downtown and the Dream Homes neighborhood. Within these neighborhoods, Hispanics experienced highest rate of housing cost burden, overcrowding, and substandard housing when compared to other groups in the City. They also experienced the highest rate of Severe Housing Problems when compared to other groups in the City.

This concern was echoed by several residents from these communities when participating in the AFH community meetings. Below is a summary of comments provided by these residents:
· Dream Home Area is ignored by the City.
· Several homes in the area have been abandoned and being inhabited by homeless individuals · Additional resources should be directed towards the Dream Home area to curb the gang violence · Additional surveys should be distributed through the area

To meet stated goal, the City will implement the following strategies:

· Conduct a Community Needs Assessment for the Dream Home Area with a particular focus on the need for housing rehabilitation/ replacement and infrastructure improvement.

· Use CDBG and other public/ private investments to improve housing and infrastructure conditions of the Dream HOME Area.

Continue to identify private and public investment opportunities to redevelop the Downtown with higher density housing and encourage mixed use development where residential units are above commercial businesses.

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https://hudapps.hud.gov/Afh/Assessment/L1/Review/50 100/102 Goal
Goal
Reduce the number of fair housing complaints based on disability.

Contributing Factors
Lack of local private fair housing outreach and enforcement Private Discrimination
Fair Housing Issues
Evidence of illegal discrimination or violations of civil rights laws, regulations, or guidance.

Metrics, Milestones, and Timeframe for Achievement
The City will see an annual reduction of fair housing complaints based on disabilities as measured by 2016 levels.

Responsible Program Participant(s)
Cathedral City, CA
Discussion
IFHMB opened 28 fair housing complaints from the residents of Cathedral City during this period. 22 of the complaints were for disability discrimination. The agency did not open more than 1 case for any of the other protected categories during this timeframe. The results show that 14 of the 22 disability cases or 63% of the cases opened concerned a reasonable modification or accommodation request. Reasonable accommodations and modifications requests are an area of the law that requires housing providers and tenants to have an understanding of the Fair Housing Act and its accompanying regulations.

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2016 CDBG Community Participation Plan (CPP).v2.pdf
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Citizen Partcipation Plan 10/8/2016
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Notice of Availability_CPP.pdf (/Afh/Document/View/178) City of Cathedral City Notice of Availability Draft Community Participation Plan
10/8/2016
3:36:31 PM
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Notice of Community Meeting English and Spanish-
Meeting 2.pdf (/Afh/Document/View/179)
Notice of Community Meeting English and Spanish-
Meeting 2
10/8/2016
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Notice of Availability- Draft AFH (3).pdf
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City of Cathedral City Notice of Availability for Public Comment Draft Assessment of Fair Housing (AFH)
10/8/2016
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Cover Sheet - AFH.pdf (/Afh/Document/View/181) SIgnature sheet 10/8/2016 3:57:53 PM
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AFH Public Notice 10/10/2016
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Cathedral City AFH 11/8/2016
7:10:42 PM
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11.30.2016 Further Information Provided by Cathedral
City (1 of 2).pdf (/Afh/Document/View/356)
Correspondence re: first revision provided by Cathedral City
12/7/2016
6:34:22 PM
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Correspondance re: second revision provided by Cathedral City
12/7/2016
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To meet stated goal, the City will work with the IFHMB to implement a targeted campaign of engaging housing providers and tenants in the aforementioned specific areas with education and outreach materials to address the issue.

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12.2.2016 Request for Further Information from Cathedral City (2 of 2).pdf (/Afh/Document/View/360)
Second request for additional information 12/7/2016
6:37:11 PM
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12.2.2016 Request for Further Information from Cathedral City (2 of 2).pdf (/Afh/Document/View/361)
Second request for additional information 12/7/2016
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12.2.2016 Request for Further Information from Cathedral City (2 of 2).pdf (/Afh/Document/View/362)
Second request for additional information 12/7/2016
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11.10.2016 DAS Outreach Email.pdf
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DAS email to RDs approving communication with program
participants
12/7/2016
6:40:51 PM
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11.18.2016 Request for Further Information (1 of 2).pdf (/Afh/Document/View/364)
First request for additional information 12/7/2016
7:21:00 PM
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Cathedral City acceptance with Notes letter - 120716.pdf (/Afh/Document/View/365)
12/8/2016
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Maps
Map 1 - Race/Ethnicity (Race/Ethnicity)
Map 2 - Race/Ethnicity Trends (Race/Ethnicity Trends, 1990 and Race/Ethnicity Trends, 2000) Map 3 - National Origin (National Origin)
Map 4 - LEP (Limited English Proficiency)
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Staff Report

City Council

Item No. 5.A

Meeting Date: May 25, 2022
From: Robert Rodriguez, Director of Planning/Building
Title: General Plan Amendment No. 20 -001 2021 -2029 Housing Element Update

City Council

RECOMMENDATION:

To approve a Resolution adopting a Negative Declaration in accordance with the California Environmental Quality Act and approving General Plan Amendment No. 20- 001 to update the Housing Element of the General Plan for the 2021-2029 Planning Period.

BACKGROUND:

The City adopted its updated General Plan on July 28, 2021. The Housing Element is a key component of the General Plan; however, per State mandate, that Element has its own separate update schedule and process. On March 25, 2020, the City Council authorized the City Manager to execute a Professional Services Agreement with Terra Nova Planning and Research, Inc. (Terra Nova) to prepare the required 6 th Cycle
Housing Element Update in accordance with State Law, and to prepare the associated environmental document.

The State of California Housing and Community Development Department (HCD) mandates every jurisdiction update its Housing Element for compliance with State law every eight years. Housing Elements found to be “in compliance” are eligible for most state housing grants and other state- funded programs. Housing Elements are updated to coincide with HCD’s revised Regional Housing Needs Allocation (RHNA). Cathedral City’s current Housing Element was approved and certified in 2014 in accordance with HCD’s 5
th Cycle RHNA (October 2013– October 2021). Housing Elements for jurisdictions within the Southern California Association of Governments (SCAG) region are now mandated to be updated in accordance with the 6 th Cycle RHNA (October 2021–October 2029).

The Housing Element was submitted to HCD for review on April 29, 2021. HCD provided comments on June 28, 2021. A second draft, address ing HCD’s comments,

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was submitted to HCD on October 25, 2021. HCD provided additional comments on December 22, 2021. A third draft, addressing HCD’s most recent comments, was submitted to HCD on January 7, 2022. Following adoption by the City Council , the updated Housing Element will be sent to HCD for certification.

Housing Elements are a means of increasing the overall supply and afford ability of the housing stock by conserving and improving the condition of existing housing, removing regulatory barriers to housing production, and addressing special needs housing. The City must demonstrate through its Housing Element that it will use its land use authority, policies and programs, and streamlined development approval process to provide opportunities for maintaining, improving, and increasing its housing stock within HCD’s guidelines. The City does not have to invest in any of the housing or ensure that it will be built, but it is required to facilitate its construction and track the success of its policies, programs and processes.

The City satisfies its fair share of the statewide housing need, as established by HCD, through its RHNA proc ess. HCD’s 6
th Cycle RHNA allocation for Southern California is

1.3 million housing units. SCAG determines the regional distribution of these units to each jurisdiction. The RHNA distribution for Cathedral City is 2,549 units. In comparison, the City’s RHNA for the 5
th Cycle was 600 housing units and 3,329 units for
the 4th Cycle.

The State’s focus on the current housing crisis has resulted in extensive RHNA allocations for the 6
th Cycle. Additionally, State directives restricting housing credits, mandating accessory dwelling unit allowances, and requiring amendments to address prior RHNA cycle policy shortcomings combine to challenge a jurisdiction’s ability to meet current RHNA requirements; however, the draft Housing Element Update (Attachment 1, Exhibit A) has been prepared to meet those challenges.

As noted, establishing policy direction regarding housing development within the City does not directly result in the construction of units. Nonetheless, the Housing Element Update qualifies as a “project” under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA).

Planning Commission
The Housing Element Update was formally considered by the Planning Commission at a duly noticed public hearing during the April 6, 2021 regular meeting, where it was unanimously recommended the City Council approve the project.

DISCUSSION:

The City is in the process of complying with the State- mandated update schedule for Housing Elements. Terra Nova commenced preparation of the City’s Housing Element Update for the 6
th Cycle RHNA (2021 -2029) in March 2020. An evaluation of the prior 5th Cycle Housing Element programs determined what actions had been accomplished to meet State housing goals and policies since completion of that last Housing Element

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update. In consultation with staff, this evaluation was documented and required future actions were identified to meet any shortcomings from the prior cycle. This is summarized in “Evaluation of the Prior Housing Element” and included as Attachment 1, Exhibit A, Appendix A.

The statistical data within the Housing Element was then updated primarily relating to Census and American Community Survey information. The Update includes an analysis of the demographic data, including the City’s population changes and existing housing st ock; future housing needs in the City, particularly affordable housing; and housing available for special needs households, including seniors, disabled persons, large families, single-parent households and the homeless.

This information was then analyzed within the context of the City’s ability to accommodate the total number of housing units allocated to the City by SCAG through the RHNA process as follows:

Regional Housing Needs Allocation 2021-2029

Extremely Low Income 270
Very Low Income (<50% AMI) 270
Low Income (50-80% of AMI) 353
Moderate Income (81-120% of AMI) 457
Above Moderate Income (>120% of AMI) 1,199
Total Units 2,549

Also considered were changes in the requirements of State law since the City last updated its Housing Element. These changes in law include a wide range of housing- related issues, including AB 686 passed by the California Legislature in 2018 requiring all housing elements due on or after January 1, 2021, to contain an Assessment of Fair Housing (AFH) consistent with the core elements of the analysis required by the Federal Affirmatively Further Fair Housing (AFFH) Final Rule (2015). The draft Housing Element Update includes an AFFH that analyzes patterns of segregation and equal access to opportunity with the City, consistent with AFFH Final Rule. A full list of housing-related laws is provided in the Housing Element.

A revised list of policies and programs has been prepared to meet the requirements of the 6
th planning cycle; changes in the City’s population needs and its RHNA allocation; and changes in state housing law. New housing sites have been identified to meet the increased RHNA, including Assessor’s Parcel No. 680- 190-037, identified as Site No. 9 in Table 37 - Inventory of Available Vacant Land, will require a Change of Zone from R - 2 (10 dwelling units per acre) to R -3 (20 dwelling units per acre), and lands in the North City Specific Plan have been included to provide sufficient land to meet the RHNA.

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sites are currently designated for the appropriate density to accommodate the City’s RHNA allocation.

Draft Document Review and Comment

A virtual community workshop was held via Zoom on January 12, 2021, to engage the community in the preparation of the Housing Element Update. A draft of the Element was posted on the City’s website along with the details of the workshop. Additionally, an email was sent directly to 42 housing representatives. The workshop was conducted by Terra Nova and attended by 27 individuals. Attachment 1, Appendix C includes a summary of the attendees and comments received at the workshop.

On April 29, 2021, the draft Housing Element was submitted to HCD for review. HCD issued a response letter on June 28, 2021, describing its findings pursuant to Government Code Section 65585(d), which included changes necessary to satisfy the requirements of State law. The draft Housing Element was revised to address those comments. The revised draft was then released for public review and comment from October 7 through October 21. It was posted on the City’s website and directly noticed to those who had previously participated in the public outreach process. One comment, summarized in Appendix C, was received expressing concerns regarding housing values.

The revised draft of the Housing Element Update was sent to HCD on October 25, 2021. A response from HCD was received on December 22, 2021. The third draft of the Housing Element Update, addressing these comments, was submitted to HCD on January 7, 2022.

ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW:

An Initial Study (Attachment 2) was prepared in conformance with Section 15063 and other applicable sections of the CEQA Guidelines to determine if the Housing Element Update (“the project”), as proposed, may have a significant effect upon the environment.

Based on the findings contained within the Initial Study, the Housi ng Element will have no direct impact on the environment. A Notice of Intent to adopt a Negative Declaration was prepared, noticed in Desert Sun newspaper, and distributed to the City’s CEQA distribution list on November 8, 2021, for a 20- day review period concluding on November 29, 2021.

Adoption of the Housing Element will not result in the development of housing. In the future, when housing projects are proposed, the City will review each of these projects to address environmental issues associated with the particular project. Because housing could occur throughout the City, the specific conditions at any one project site may differ significantly from another, and site- specific analysis is appropriate where projects are proposed.

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Attachment: Attachment 3: Council Staff Report 5.25.22 (3827 : Housing Element Update - Readoption)

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FISCAL IMPACT:

On Marc h 25, 2020, the City Council authorized the City Manager to execute a Professional Services Agreement with Terra Nova Planning and Research, Inc. (Terra Nova) to prepare the required 6 th Cycle Housing Element Update in accordance with State Law, and to prepare the associated environmental document at a cost of $65,895 .

At that time, this agreement was being funded by the General Fund.

Subsequently, the City was awarded a $150,000 Local Early Action Plan (LEAP) grant from the State of California, Department of Housing and Community Development in the amount of $150,000 on December 13, 2020 for the Housing Element update to the General Plan. This agreement with Terra Nova along with staff costs and any other associated costs are considered eligible (reimbursable) costs.

ATTACHMENTS
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Attachment 1: Council Resolution
Exhibit A - Housing Element Update (3rd Draft)
Attachment 2: Initial Study

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Attachment: Attachment 4: Council Resolution 2022-22 (3827 : Housing Element Update - Readoption) CITY OF CATHEDRAL CITY 68-700 Avenida Lalo Guerrero Cathedral City, California 92234 Phone: (760) 770-0340 ENVIRONMENTAL INITIAL STUDY Project Title: Cathedral City Housing Element Update Project No: General Plan Amendment No. 20-001 Lead Agency Name and Address: City of Cathedral City 68-700 Avenida Lalo Guerrero Cathedral City, CA 92234 (760) 770-0340 Project Sponsor’s Name City of Cathedral City And Address: 68-700 Avenida Lalo Guerrero Cathedral City, CA 92234 Contact Person: Robert Rodriguez, Director of Planning (760) 770-0344 [email protected] Project Location: City-wide Project Area: ±22.7 square miles—the current City limits boundary. General Plan Designation: All Zoning Designation: All

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Attachment: Attachment 5: Initial Study (3827 : Housing Element Update - Readoption) Cathedral City Housing Element Update Initial Study/October 2021 2 TABLE OF CONTENTS PROJECT DESCRIPTION ......................................................................................................................... 3 EVALUATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS: ............................................................................. 5 I. AESTHETICS.............................................................................................................................. 8 II. AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY RESOURCES ................................................................ 10 III. AIR QUALITY .......................................................................................................................... 12 IV. BIOLOGICAL RESOURCES ................................................................................................... 15 V. CULTURAL RESOURCES ...................................................................................................... 17 VI. ENERGY ................................................................................................................................... 19 VII. GEOLOGY AND SOILS .......................................................................................................... 21 VIII. GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS .......................................................................................... 25 IX. HAZARDS AND HAZARDOUS MATERIALS ..................................................................... 27 X. HYDROLOGY AND WATER QUALITY ............................................................................... 30 XI. LAND USE AND PLANNING ................................................................................................. 33 XII. MINERAL RESOURCES ......................................................................................................... 35 XIII. NOISE ........................................................................................................................................ 36 XIV. POPULATION AND HOUSING .............................................................................................. 38 XV. PUBLIC SERVICES ................................................................................................................. 39 XVI. RECREATION .......................................................................................................................... 40 XVII. TRANSPORTATION ................................................................................................................ 41 XVIII. TRIBAL CULTURAL RESOURCES ....................................................................................... 43 XIX. UTILITIES AND SERVICE SYSTEMS .................................................................................. 45 XX. WILDFIRE ................................................................................................................................ 47 XXI. MANDATORY FINDINGS OF SIGNIFICANCE ................................................................... 49 REFERENCES ......................................................................................................................................... 50 Index of Tables Table 1 Regional Housing Needs Allocation, 2022-2029 .......................................................................... 3

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Attachment: Attachment 5: Initial Study (3827 : Housing Element Update - Readoption) Cathedral City Housing Element Update Initial Study/October 2021 3 PROJECT DESCRIPTION The Housing Element is one of the mandated Elements of the City’s General Plan. The Housing Element is the City’s eight-year housing strategy and commitment for how it will meet the housing needs of all economic segments of the community. It analyzes the demographics of the City’s population and existing housing stock, and considers the future needs for housing in the City, with a particular focus on affordable housing, and housing for special needs households, including seniors, disabled persons, large families, single parent households and the homeless. The Housing Element provides the City’s decision makers with Goals, Policies and Programs intended to facilitate the development and preservation of an adequate housing supply to meet the City’s housing needs. It identifies residential sites adequate to accommodate a variety of housing types for all income levels and needs of special population groups defined under State law (Section 65583 of the California Government Code), analyzes governmental constraints to housing maintenance, improvement and development, and addresses conservation and improvement of the condition of the existing affordable housing stock. This Update consists primarily of statistical updates (particularly relating to updating the 2010 Census and American Community Survey information in the Element to 2018 American Community Survey information), and reassessing housing needs based on these changes in demographics. The State has established a mandatory update schedule for Housing Elements, which the City is complying with. This Update addresses the planning period from 2022 to 2029. During this timeframe, the City has been allocated the following housing units under the Regional Housing Needs Allocation (RHNA) developed by the Southern California Association of Governments (SCAG): Table 1 Regional Housing Needs Allocation, 2022-2029 Income Category No. of Units Extremely Low Income1 270 Very Low Income (<50% of AMI) 270 Low Income (50-80% of AMI) 353 Moderate Income (81-120% of AMI) 457 Above Moderate Income (> 120% of AMI) 1,199 Total Units 2,549 Source: SCAG 2020 1 Extremely Low Income (ELI) category is a subset of the Very Low Income category. ELI households are defined by HCD as those with incomes less than 30% of AMI. The number of units needed is assumed to be 50% of all Very Low-Income units. This Initial Study focuses on whether the proposed Housing Element Update may cause significant effects on the environment. Mainly, this Initial Study is intended to assess any effects on the environment that may differ from those contemplated as part of the City’s existing General Plan and Zoning Code. No new housing sites, beyond those already identified in the current General Plan and Zoning Code, are proposed as part of this update. However, there is one policy in the Housing Element that will require a Change of Zone to increase the density of site #9, as identified in the available land inventory (Assessor’s Parcel No. 680-190-037). This site would need to be rezoned from R-2 (10 dwelling units per acre) to R-3 (20 units per acre). Program 1.A.7 in the Housing Element Update addresses the need to complete this action immediately following adoption of the Housing Element for the 2022-2029 planning period. All other

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Attachment: Attachment 5: Initial Study (3827 : Housing Element Update - Readoption) Cathedral City Housing Element Update Initial Study/October 2021 4 sites are currently designated for the appropriate density to accommodate the City’s RHNA allocation. In the future when a Change of Zone, and/or housing projects are proposed, the City will review and address environmental issues associated with each particular project. Other changes in policies and programs address changes in the requirements of law since the City last updated its Housing Element in 2013. These changes in law addressed a wide range of housing-related issues. Among them, AB 686 was passed by California Legislature in 2018 requiring that all housing elements due on or after January 1, 2021 must contain an Assessment of Fair Housing (AFH) consistent with the core elements of the analysis required by the federal Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing (AFFH) Final Rule (2015). This Housing Element Update includes an AFH that analyzes patterns of segregation and equal access to opportunity within the City, consistent with AFFH Final Rule. A full list of housing-related laws is provided in the Housing Element Update. Current Conditions The current Housing Element of the City’s 2040 General Plan applies to the 2021-2040 planning period. The current Element facilitates housing development and preservation throughout the City consistent with residential land use designations in the Land Use Element and Zoning Ordinance, to meet the RHNA assigned to the City at the time. The City’s General Plan was comprehensively updated in 2021. The General Plan and its Environmental Impact Report (2019) have also been considered in drafting the Housing Element Update. Project Location and Limits The Project area is generally bounded by the Rancho Mirage city limits and unincorporated county lands on the east, the Palm Springs and Desert Hot Springs city limits on the west, Palm Springs and Rancho Mirage corporate lands to the south, and unincorporated Riverside County lands on the north. The planning area includes all or portions of the following: • Sections 19, 20, 21, 22, 27, 28, 29, 30, 32, 33, 34 in Township 3 South, Range 5 East • Sections 03, 04, 05, 08, 09, 10, 11, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 21, 22, 27, 28, 29, 32, 33, 34 in Township 4 South, Range 5 East • Sections 05, 04, 09 in Township 5 South, Range 5 East Surrounding Land Uses Not applicable. The Housing Element applies to all lands throughout the City.

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Attachment: Attachment 5: Initial Study (3827 : Housing Element Update - Readoption) Cathedral City Housing Element Update Initial Study/October 2021 5 EVALUATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS: Summary of CEQA Findings The Housing Element will have no direct impact on the environment. Adoption of the Housing Element will not result in the development of housing. In the future, when housing projects are proposed, the City will review each of these projects to address environmental issues associated with the particular project. Because housing could occur throughout the City, the specific conditions at any one project site may differ significantly from another, and site-specific analysis is appropriate when projects are proposed. Purpose of this Initial Study This Initial Study has been prepared in conformance with Section 15063 and other applicable sections of the CEQA Guidelines, to determine if the project, as proposed, may have a significant effect upon the environment. Based upon the findings contained within this report, the Initial Study will be used in support of the preparation of a Negative Declaration.

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Attachment: Attachment 5: Initial Study (3827 : Housing Element Update - Readoption) Cathedral City Housing Element Update Initial Study/October 2021 6 ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS POTENTIALLY AFFECTED: The environmental factors checked below would be potentially affected by this Project, involving at least one impact that is a "Potentially Significant Impact" as indicated by the checklist on the following pages. Aesthetics Agriculture and Forestry Resources Air Quality Biological Resources Cultural Resources Energy Geology /Soils Greenhouse Gas Emissions Hazards & Hazardous Materials Hydrology / Water Quality Land Use / Planning Mineral Resources Noise Population / Housing Public Services Recreation Transportation Tribal Cultural Resources Utilities/Service Systems Wildfire Mandatory Findings of Significance

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Attachment: Attachment 5: Initial Study (3827 : Housing Element Update - Readoption) Cathedral City Housing Element Update Initial Study/October 2021 8 I. AESTHETICS Except as provided in Public Resources Code Section 21099, would the project: Potentially Significant Impact Less Than Significant with Mitigation Incorporated Less Than Significant Impact No Impact a) Have a substantial adverse effect on a scenic vista? ✓ b) Substantially damage scenic resources, including, but not limited to, trees, rock outcroppings, and historic buildings within a state scenic highway? ✓ c) In non-urbanized areas, substantially degrade the existing visual character or quality of public views of the site and its surroundings? (Public views are those that are experienced from publicly accessible vantage point). If the project is in an urbanized area, would the project conflict with applicable zoning and other regulations governing scenic quality? ✓
d) Create a new source of substantial light or glare which would adversely affect day or nighttime views in the area? ✓ Sources: City of Cathedral City General Plan Update DEIR, 2019; City of Cathedral City 2040 General Plan, Adopted 2021; Cathedral City Zoning Ordinance. Environmental Setting The City of Cathedral City is located in Coachella Valley which is a desert valley that extends approximately 45 miles in Riverside County, southeast from the San Gorgonio Pass to the northern shore of the Salton Sea. Surrounding mountains include the San Jacinto Mountains, the foothills and slopes of which ascend from the Valley floor and form the westerly boundary of the Coachella Valley. At its peak, Mount San Jacinto rises to an elevation of 10,834 feet above mean sea level. The Santa Rosa Mountains, with Toro Peak at an elevation of 8,715 feet above mean sea level, generally form the southerly boundary of the valley. In the northerly portion of the valley are the Indio Hills, with elevations rising to about 1,600 feet, and the Little San Bernardino Mountains further north, forming the northeasterly boundary of the valley. Views of the mountain ranges and expanses of desert floor are highly valued by the community. Currently, there are no state scenic highways that run through Cathedral City. Although not officially designated, East Palm Canyon Drive/Highway 111 is considered eligible for State Scenic Highway designation.1 The Western Coachella Valley Action Plan (WCVAP), a sub-plan of the Riverside County General Plan, designates several roadways in the Coachella Valley as “scenic corridors”. In the Cathedral City area these include US Interstate-10, Varner Road, Palm Drive, and Dillon Road. The County has 1 California Department of Transportation (Caltrans), California State Scenic Highways. https://dot.ca.gov/programs/design/lap-landscape-architecture-and-community-livability/lap-liv-i-scenic-highways.

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Attachment: Attachment 5: Initial Study (3827 : Housing Element Update - Readoption) Cathedral City Housing Element Update Initial Study/October 2021 9 adopted policies meant to protect these scenic corridors where they occur on unincorporated County lands. Relevant policies are primarily associated with signage, and other development adjacent to or near these and other scenic corridors. Discussion of Impacts a-d) No Impact. The Housing Element Update will have no impact on aesthetics, scenic vistas or light and glare. All new development proposed in the future must be designed in accordance with the City’s General Plan polices and Municipal Code regulations meant to assure the protection of scenic viewsheds and enhancement of the visual character and aesthetic quality of development within the City. All new development within the City is subject to Zoning Code regulations that control the height, mass, and scale of a development (Municipal Code Chapter 9). Adherence to the City’s Outdoor Lighting Standards (Municipal Code Chapter 9.89) will require the proper shielding of light fixtures to minimize spillage onto adjacent properties. The City’s Architectural Review Committee is responsible for reviewing architectural and landscaping design for all new development, including residential projects. Future housing projects will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis for their potential to affect the existing scenic resources, visual character and aesthetic quality of the development site and its surroundings. The Housing Element Update does not propose changes to these policies and regulations. No impact is expected. Mitigation Measures: None required. Monitoring: None required.

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Attachment: Attachment 5: Initial Study (3827 : Housing Element Update - Readoption) Cathedral City Housing Element Update Initial Study/October 2021 10 II. AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY RESOURCES In determining whether impacts to agricultural resources are significant environmental effects, lead agencies may refer to the California Agricultural Land Evaluation and Site Assessment Model (1997) prepared by the California Dept. of Conservation as an optional model to use in assessing impacts on agriculture and farmland. In determining whether impacts to forest resources, including timberland, are significant environmental effects, lead agencies may refer to information compiled by the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection regarding the state’s inventory of forest land, including the Forest and Range Assessment Project and the Forest Legacy Assessment Project; and forest carbon measurement methodology provided in Forest Protocols adopted by the California Air Resources Board. Would the Project: Potentially Significant Impact Less Than Significant with Mitigation Incorporated Less Than Significant Impact No Impact a) Convert Prime Farmland, Unique Farmland, or Farmland of Statewide Importance (Farmland), as shown on the maps prepared pursuant to the Farmland Mapping and Monitoring Program of the California Resources Agency, to non-agricultural use? ✓
b) Conflict with existing zoning for agricultural use, or a Williamson Act contract? ✓ c) Conflict with existing zoning for, or cause rezoning of, forest land (as defined in Public Resources Code section 12220(g)), timberland (as defined by Public Resources Code section 4526), or timberland zoned Timberland Production (as defined by Government Code section 51104(g))? ✓
d) Result in the loss of forest land or conversion of forest land to non-forest use? ✓ e) Involve other changes in the existing environment which, due to their location or nature, could result in conversion of Farmland, to non-agricultural use or conversion of forest land to non-forest use? ✓ Sources: City of Cathedral City 2040 General Plan, 2021; City of Cathedral City General Plan Update DEIR, 2019; Cathedral City Zoning Ordinance; “Riverside County Important Farmland 2018 Map,” sheet 2 of 3, California Department of Conservation. Environmental Setting There are no prime or unique farmlands, farmlands of statewide importance, or forest lands located in the City. Agricultural production occurs in the eastern Coachella Valley, more than 10 miles east of the City. The new, legal cannabis industry has attracted growers to the City and other communities, but all their activities occur within enclosed buildings on lands designated for industrial development, where the cultivation of these crops is carefully controlled.

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Attachment: Attachment 5: Initial Study (3827 : Housing Element Update - Readoption) Cathedral City Housing Element Update Initial Study/October 2021 11 Discussion of Impacts a-e) No Impact. No prime or unique farmland, farmland of statewide importance, or forest land exists within the City. There are no lands that are zoned or otherwise intended for agricultural uses nor are there any lands that are under a Williamson Act contract. The Housing Element is a policy-based document and does not propose the construction of additional housing. This Update to the Housing Element will not result in any direct or indirect impact on any agricultural or forest land, nor would it result in the conversion of such land to non-agricultural or non-forest uses. Adoption of the Housing Element Update will have no impact to agricultural and forestry resources. Mitigation Measures: None required. Monitoring: None required.

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Attachment: Attachment 5: Initial Study (3827 : Housing Element Update - Readoption) Cathedral City Housing Element Update Initial Study/October 2021 12 III. AIR QUALITY Where available, the significance criteria established by the applicable air quality management district or air pollution control district may be relied upon to make the following determinations. Would the Project:

Potentially Significant Impact Less Than Significant with Mitigation Incorporated Less Than Significant Impact No Impact a) Conflict with or obstruct implementation of the applicable air quality plan? ✓ b) Result in a cumulatively considerable net increase of any criteria pollutant for which the project region is non-attainment under an applicable federal or state ambient air quality standard? ✓ c) Expose sensitive receptors to substantial pollutant concentrations? ✓ d) Result in other emissions (such as those leading to odors) adversely affecting a substantial number of people? ✓ Sources: City of Cathedral City 2040 General Plan, 2021; City of Cathedral City General Plan Update DEIR, 2019; SCAQMD CEQA Air Quality Handbook (1993); 2016 Air Quality Management Plan, SCAQMD; Coachella Valley PM10 State Implementation Plan (2003 CV PM10 SIP); State of California, Department of Finance, E-5 Population and Housing Estimates for Cities, Counties, and the State — January 1, 2011-2021. Sacramento, California, May 2021; 2020 RTP/SCS, Demographics and Growth Forecast Technical Report, Southern California Association of Governments, adopted September 3, 2020. Environmental Setting The City of Cathedral City is located in the Salton Sea Air Basin (SSAB), which spans part of Riverside County and all of Imperial County. The SSAB is characterized by the large-scale sinking and warming of air within the semi-permanent subtropical high-pressure center over the Pacific Ocean. The flat terrain near the Salton Sea creates deep convective thermals during the daytime but equally strong surface-based temperature inversions at night. Once the air enters the valley, it gets trapped and influences the local climate. The SSAB is under the jurisdiction of the South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD). All development within the SSAB is subject to SCAQMD’s 2016 Air Quality Management Plan (2016 AQMP) and the 2003 Coachella Valley PM10 State Implementation Plan (2003 CV PM10 SIP). The SCAQMD operates and maintains regional air quality monitoring stations at numerous locations throughout its jurisdiction. The Project site is located within Source Receptor Area (SRA) 30, which includes monitoring stations in Palm Springs and Indio, as well as the unincorporated community of Thermal. Criteria air pollutants are contaminants for which state and federal air quality standards have been established. The SSAB exceeds state and federal standards for fugitive dust (PM10) and ozone (O3), and is in attainment/unclassified for PM2.5. Ambient air quality in the SSAB, including City, does not exceed state and federal standards for carbon monoxide, nitrogen dioxides, sulfur dioxide, lead, sulfates, hydrogen sulfide, or vinyl chloride.

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Attachment: Attachment 5: Initial Study (3827 : Housing Element Update - Readoption) Cathedral City Housing Element Update Initial Study/October 2021 13 The SCAQMD works directly with the Southern California Association of Governments (SCAG), county transportation commissions, and local governments, and cooperates actively with all state and federal government agencies. At the time the 2016 AQMP was developed, its land use and transportation controls were based on the Growth Management chapter of the 2016-2040 Regional Transportation Plan/Sustainable Communities Strategy (2016 RTP/SCS) adopted by SCAG to comply with metropolitan planning organization (MPO) requirements under the Sustainable Communities and Climate Protection Act. Projects that are consistent with the projections of population forecasts are considered consistent with the AQMP. In 2020, SCAG adopted the 2020-2045 Regional Transportation Plan/Sustainable Communities Strategy (2020 RTP/SCS) that will be the basis of land use and transportation controls of the forthcoming 2022 AQMP. However, the 2016 RTP/SCS is consistent with the current 2016 AQMP and thus the appropriate document to reference for air quality analysis. Discussion of Impacts a-d) No Impact. The Housing Element Update will have no direct impact on air quality. The Update is a policy document and will not directly result in the construction of new housing. To meet the City’s Regional Housing Needs Allocation (RHNA) of 2,549 units by the end of the 2022-2029 planning period, the Housing Element Update provides an inventory of parcels available for affordable housing projects.2 In order to meet these housing needs, the Housing Element contains programs to increase allowable density for one site identified for future housing. Specifically, site #9 (Assessor’s Parcel No. 680-190-037) would be rezoned from R-2 (10 dwelling units per acre) to R-3 (20 dwelling units per acre). This change could result in an increase of 70 units in the City over that currently allowed. This change is not significant and will not result in an impact to the air quality in the region. The City’s 2021 population is estimated to be 53,973, with an average 3.08 persons per household.3 SCAG projects the City’s population will grow to 68,100 by 2040. The addition of 2,549 units would increase the population by 7,851 to a total of 61,824, which is under the 2040 population forecast. Therefore, the Housing Element is consistent with the 2016 RTP/SCS and thus consistent with the growth assumptions in the 2016 AQMP. The Update will not conflict with or obstruct implementation of the AQMP. All new development shall adhere to SCAQMD rules and regulations and City requirements for all construction related activities to ensure compliance with the 2016 AQMP and 2003 SIP. Typical measures include, but are not limited to, the implementation of fugitive dust control measures (SCAQMD Rule 403.1, Municipal Code Section 6.16.080) and the use of low VOC content coatings (SCAQMD Rule 1113). Future housing projects would also be required to conduct a Health Risk Assessment if the proposed development is located in proximity to existing sources of substantial toxic air contaminants (TACs), such as major roadways or industrial uses. The sites with the greatest potential for being exposed to health risks, specifically high concentrations of diesel particulate matter (DPM), are sites #2, #8, and #10, which are located in the northern portion of the City in proximity to the I-10 freeway and Union Pacific Railroad. Potential health risks will be assessed as projects are proposed, and mitigation implemented on a case-by-case basis, as necessary. 2 Table 37 Inventory of Available Vacant Land, Cathedral City Housing Element Update, prepared by Terra Nova Planning and Research, 2021. 3 E-5 City/County Population and Housing Estimates, California Department of Finance, January 1, 2021.

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Attachment: Attachment 5: Initial Study (3827 : Housing Element Update - Readoption) Cathedral City Housing Element Update Initial Study/October 2021 14 The City will initiate the CEQA review process to assess the potential air quality impacts associated with proposed housing projects. Analysis will cover criteria pollutants emissions, pollutant concentrations near sensitive receptors, and odor emissions. The Housing Element Update will facilitate development and renovation of residential units, which typically do not emit odors that would adversely affect a substantial number of people. In summary, subsequent CEQA documentation prepared for individual projects would have project-specific data and would be required to address and mitigate any significant air quality impacts to a less than significant level. The Housing Element Update does not propose the development of any housing project, and does not propose changes to existing rules, regulations or procedures designed to protect air quality. The Housing Element Update will have no impact on air quality. Mitigation Measures: None required. Monitoring: None required.

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Attachment: Attachment 5: Initial Study (3827 : Housing Element Update - Readoption) Cathedral City Housing Element Update Initial Study/October 2021 15 IV. BIOLOGICAL RESOURCES Would the Project: Potentially Significant Impact Less Than Significant with Mitigation Incorporated Less Than Significant Impact No Impact a) Have a substantial adverse effect, either directly or through habitat modifications, on any species identified as a candidate, sensitive, or special status species in local or regional plans, policies, or regulations, or by the California Department of Fish and Game or U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service? ✓
b) Have a substantial adverse effect on any riparian habitat or other sensitive natural community identified in local or regional plans, policies, regulations or by the California Department of Fish and Game or US Fish and Wildlife Service? ✓ c) Have a substantial adverse effect on State or federally protected wetlands (including, but not limited to, marsh, vernal pool, coastal, etc.) through direct removal, filling, hydrological interruption, or other means? ✓ d) Interfere substantially with the movement of any native resident or migratory fish or wildlife species or with established native resident or migratory wildlife corridors, or impede the use of native wildlife nursery sites? ✓ e) Conflict with any local policies or ordinances protecting biological resources, such as a tree preservation policy or ordinance? ✓ f) Conflict with the provisions of an adopted Habitat Conservation Plan, Natural Community Conservation Plan, or other approved local, regional, or state habitat conservation plan? ✓ Sources: CVMSHCP; City of Cathedral City 2040 General Plan, 2021; City of Cathedral City General Plan Update DEIR, 2019. Environmental Setting The City of Cathedral City and the Coachella Valley are located in the Colorado subunit of the Sonoran Desert. The Sonoran Desert supports a wide range of biological resources that are highly specialized and endemic to the region. Valley floor habitat convers much of Cathedral City and the central Coachella Valley. It is characterized by low-lying, relatively flat terrain with sparse vegetation and sand deposits that originated from the erosion of adjacent hills that has been transported by strong winds. It can contain “active” sand dunes in which the continuous process of sand accumulation, depletion, and shifting occurs, uninterrupted by windbreaks or other impediments.

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Attachment: Attachment 5: Initial Study (3827 : Housing Element Update - Readoption) Cathedral City Housing Element Update Initial Study/October 2021 16 In Cathedral City, active sand transport systems are found in the Willow Hole-Edom Hill Preserve north of Interstate 10. The valley floor can also contain “stabilized” and “partially stabilized” sand fields that lack the structure of sand dunes and contain more vegetation than active sand dunes, including creosote bush (Larrea tridentate), sand verbena, and burrobush (Oenothera deltoides). Within Cathedral City south of Interstate 10, valley floor habitat has been largely fragmented, disturbed, and replaced by development. The City participates in the Coachella Valley Multiple Species Habitat Conservation Plan (CVMSHCP) and, as such, is subject to its provisions. There are currently undeveloped lands in the City that may harbor bird species protected under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act (MBTA) and/or other species not covered or addressed by the Coachella Valley MSHCP. Discussion of Impacts a-f) No Impact. The Housing Element is a regulatory document that, in and of itself, will not impact biological resources. The City will require future housing development projects to prepare a biological resource study, if deemed necessary, to determine if the project will have a substantial adverse effect on sensitive or special status species, riparian habitats, protected wetlands, or migratory wildlife corridors. In the event sensitive or special status species are potentially affected, focused species surveys would be required in compliance with applicable state and federal requirements. Compliance with the Migratory Bird Treaty Act (MBTA) is also required to ensure certain bird species, such as the burrowing owl, are protected prior to and during construction activities. The City does not have a tree preservation or similar ordinance that protects trees in general or particular biological resources. The City of Cathedral City is within the boundaries of and is a Permittee to the CVMSHCP and all non-tribal land is subject to the provisions of the Plan. Future development would be required to mitigate impacts to Covered Species through the payment of local development mitigation fees. Development within or adjacent to a CVMSHCP Conservation area would be subject to the “Land Use Adjacency Guidelines” as described in Section 4.5 of the CVMSHCP. Tribal land within the City is subject to the Agua Caliente Tribal Habitat Conservation Plan (HCP). Housing sites on Tribal land will be subject to the same level of CEQA review, and will be required to comply with the Tribal HCP, which also implements a mitigation fee program for projects on the valley floor. With implementation of the CVMSHCP and Tribal HCP, and other standard requirements, no new impacts on biological resources would occur as a result of the Housing Element Update. Mitigation Measures: None required. Mitigation Monitoring: None required.

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Attachment: Attachment 5: Initial Study (3827 : Housing Element Update - Readoption) Cathedral City Housing Element Update Initial Study/October 2021 17 V. CULTURAL RESOURCES Would the Project: Potentially Significant Impact Less Than Significant with Mitigation Incorporated Less Than Significant Impact No Impact a) Cause a substantial adverse change in the significance of a historical resource pursuant to § 15064.5? ✓ b) Cause a substantial adverse change in the significance of an archaeological resource pursuant to § 15064.5? ✓ c) Disturb any human remains, including those interred outside of formal cemeteries? ✓ Sources: City of Cathedral City 2040General Plan, 2021; City of Cathedral City General Plan Update DEIR, 2019; Cultural Resources Technical Report – Cathedral City General Plan,” CRM Tech, July 2, 2001; “Historic Resource Context & Historic Resource Program, Cathedral City, California,” Kaplan Chen Kaplan, November 21, 2017. Environmental Setting The City of Cathedral City is located in the Coachella Valley where the Cahuilla Indians settled centuries ago. The Cahuilla Indians were a Takic-speaking people of hunters and gatherers generally divided into three groups by geographic setting: the Pass Cahuilla of the San Gorgonio Pass – Palm Springs area; the Mountain Cahuilla of the San Jacinto and Santa Rosa Mountains and the Cahuilla Valley; and the Desert Cahuilla of the eastern Coachella Valley. A cultural resources study for the Cathedral City planning area was prepared in 2001 and concluded that the foothills and canyons along the base of the San Jacinto and Santa Rosa Mountains and mesquite dunes between Seven Palms Valley and Edom Hill are highly sensitive for prehistoric archaeological resources.4 According to the Eastern Information Center (EIC), most surveys have been conducted in the northern portion of the planning area on the valley floor and in the Indio Hills; a few have been conducted in the urban core. Only one prehistoric site has been recorded into the California Historical Resource Information System (CHRIS); its location is kept confidential for its protection. Another prehistoric site in the vicinity of Willow Hole has been reported by the Coachella Valley Archaeological Society, but it has not been recorded. The City’s 2001 cultural resources survey determined that no areas retain sufficient amounts of historic-era characteristics to be considered a historic district. However, several historic resources in the planning area have been listed in the CHRIS. Among these are the Southern Pacific Railroad (CA-RIV-9498H) and the ruins of a 1930s-era highway service station on Varner Road, formerly part of the Ocean-to-Ocean Highway.5 Eight buildings in downtown Cathedral City were added as part of a 1980s countywide historical resources reconnaissance conducted by the Riverside County Historical Commission. All were built between the mid-1920s and late 1930s, but the majority have since been removed. 4 “Cultural Resources Technical Report – Cathedral City General Plan,” CRM Tech, July 2, 2001. 5 Ibid.

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Attachment: Attachment 5: Initial Study (3827 : Housing Element Update - Readoption) Cathedral City Housing Element Update Initial Study/October 2021 18 In 2017, the City consulted with community members and institutions knowledgeable about local historic resources and prepared a windshield survey of select areas to identify unique local conditions and neighborhood characteristics.6 It identified eight (8) historic contexts that can be used to categorize property types in Cathedral City, however there is currently no local historic resource designation program or preservation ordinance. The 2017 study described above may be used as a foundation for future local historic designation efforts and programs. None of the historic or cultural resources discussed above are planned for alteration or demolition under the Housing Element Update. Discussion of Impacts a-c) No Impact. The adoption of the Housing Element Update will have no impact on cultural resources. There are no historic structures on lands identified in the affordable housing inventory. As individual projects are proposed in the future, the City will consult with ACBCI and other interested tribes on potential cultural resources pursuant to AB 52 and/or SB 18 and require the preparation of a cultural resource study, or request tribal monitoring during ground disturbing activities if the proposed project is within a culturally sensitive area. The consultation process is detailed in Tribal Cultural Resources section of this document. Should housing development be proposed on sites with historic and/or archaeological resources in the future, any potential impact will be addressed in the project-specific cultural/historic resource study and environmental review in compliance with standard requirements and General Plan policies. There are no known burial sites or cemeteries on lands designated for housing. The City will require future projects to abide by California law, should human remains be identified on a site being prepared for housing development. California Public Resources Code Section 5097.98 requires that if remains are uncovered, all work in the vicinity of the site should be stopped and that there will be no deposition of the remains unless proper procedures are followed as required by the law. Overall, no impact is expected. Mitigation: None required. Monitoring: None required. 6 “Historic Resource Context & Historic Resource Program, Cathedral City, California,” Kaplan Chen Kaplan, November 21, 2017.

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Attachment: Attachment 5: Initial Study (3827 : Housing Element Update - Readoption) Cathedral City Housing Element Update Initial Study/October 2021 19 VI. ENERGY Would the Project: Potentially Significant Impact Less Than Significant with Mitigation Incorporated Less Than Significant Impact No Impact a) Result in potentially significant environmental impact due to wasteful, inefficient, or unnecessary consumption of energy resources, during project construction or operation? ✓ b) Conflict with or obstruct a state or local plan for renewable energy or energy efficiency? ✓ Sources: City of Cathedral City 2040 General Plan, 2021; City of Cathedral City General Plan Update DEIR, 2019. Environmental Setting Primary energy sources include fossil fuels (oil, coal, and natural gas), nuclear energy, and renewable sources like wind, solar, geothermal, and hydropower. Southern California Edison (SCE) provides electric services to the City of Cathedral City. Currently, SCE serves approximately 4.4 million residential service accounts and 520,000 commercial service accounts, which use up to 69% of the electricity generated by SCE in its service area.7 Natural gas is provided to Cathedral City by the Southern California Gas Company (SoCalGas). Its service territory encompasses approximately 24,000 square miles in Central and Southern California, from the City of Visalia to the Mexican border.8 Cathedral City is a leader in the installation of solar PV systems, including large systems at the Civic Center. Stand-alone industrial-scale development of PV systems have been somewhat limited but have been integrated to some degree with wind turbine development. Eight wind turbines currently operate in Cathedral City on Edom Hill (BLM lands), with a capacity of approximately 2.5 megawatts. Most turbines are three-blade, horizontal axis machines with galvanized or painted steel towers; larger turbines can exceed 300 feet in overall height. In addition to its Climate Action Plan, the City prepared an Energy Action Plan (2013) to identify opportunities for cost savings through energy efficiency and actions necessary to meet the City’s future energy needs, consistent with the energy policies set forth by the State of California. Discussion of Impacts a, b) No Impact. The adoption of the Housing Element Update will have no impact on energy resources or energy efficiency. Future development facilitated by the Housing Element Update would be evaluated on a project-by-project basis to assure it is designed, built, and operated in accordance with all applicable energy-related regulations, including energy efficiency and conservation standards. Such regulations and standards include the California Building Code, California Green Building Code, and potentially more stringent future regulations. 7 Errata to Southern California Edison Company’s Amended Energy Efficiency Rolling Portfolio Business Plan For 2018-2025 by SCE (May 15, 2017) – Page 42 and 43. 8 SoCalGas Company Profile, https://www.socalgas.com/about-us/company-profile. Accessed 2021

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Attachment: Attachment 5: Initial Study (3827 : Housing Element Update - Readoption) Cathedral City Housing Element Update Initial Study/October 2021 20 Traffic generated by new housing developments would require the consumption of petroleum-based fuels related to vehicular travel. Although future housing projects have the potential to result in a direct increase in City VMTs, the Housing Element will not interfere with increased fuel efficiency standards and will not result in wasteful, inefficient, or unnecessary consumption of transportation energy resources. SCE is committed to promoting renewable energy generation for its own operations and throughout the State and local communities. In 2019, about 48% of the power delivered to SCE customers came from carbon-free sources.9 SCE’s Pathway 2045 provides a roadmap to achieving statewide carbon neutrality that requires decarbonization of the State’s economy, including the electric sector, natural gas and low-carbon fuels, transportation, and building construction and operation efficiencies.10 SoCalGas is also committed to energy and climate sustainability and investing in a diverse portfolio of technologies and applications to decarbonize, including the use of cleaner fuels like renewable natural gas. SoCalGas aspires to achieve net zero GHG emissions in both operations and delivery of energy by 2045. Adherence to the applicable building codes and state standards enforced by the City, SCE, and SoCalGas will ensure future residential development is consistent with current energy standards and conservation goals laid out in the City’s General Plan and Energy Action Plan. The Housing Element Update will not conflict with or obstruct a state or local plan for energy efficiency or renewable energy. Overall, no impact would occur. Mitigation Measures: None required. Monitoring: None required. 9 Website. Southern California Edison, https://www.scecleanenergy.com/. Accessed July 2021. 10 “Pathway 2045,” by Southern California Edison, November 2019. https://www.edison.com/home/our-perspective/pathway-2045.html. Accessed 2021.

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Attachment: Attachment 5: Initial Study (3827 : Housing Element Update - Readoption) Cathedral City Housing Element Update Initial Study/October 2021 21 VII. GEOLOGY AND SOILS Would the Project: Potentially Significant Impact Less Than Significant with Mitigation Incorporated Less Than Significant Impact No Impact a) Directly or indirectly cause potential substantial adverse effects, including the risk of loss, injury, or death involving: ✓ i) Rupture of a known earthquake fault, as delineated on the most recent Alquist-Priolo Earthquake Fault Zoning Map issued by the State Geologist for the area or based on other substantial evidence of a known fault? Refer to Division of Mines and Geology Special Publication 42. ✓
ii) Strong seismic ground shaking? ✓ iii) Seismic related ground failure, including liquefaction? ✓ iv) Landslides? ✓ b) Result in substantial soil erosion or the loss of topsoil? ✓ c) Be located on a geologic unit or soil that is unstable, or that would become unstable as a result of the Project, and potentially result in on-or off-site landslide, lateral spreading, subsidence, liquefaction or collapse? ✓ d) Be located on expansive soil, as defined in Table 18-1-B of the Uniform Building Code (1994), creating substantial direct or indirect risks to life or property? ✓ e) Have soils incapable of adequately supporting the use of septic tanks or alternative waste water disposal systems where sewers are not available for the disposal of waste water? ✓ f) Directly or indirectly destroy a unique paleontological resource or site or unique geologic feature? ✓ Sources: City of Cathedral City 2040 General Plan, 2021; City of Cathedral City General Plan Update DEIR, 2019. Environmental Setting Geologic Setting Cathedral City is located in the western portion of the Coachella Valley. The geology and seismicity of the Coachella Valley is primarily influenced by the tectonics of the San Andrea and San Jacinto fault systems. The San Andreas Fault is a continental transform fault that extends roughly 750 miles through California. It forms the tectonic boundary between the Pacific Plate and the North American Plate, and its motion is right-lateral strike-slip (horizontal). The San Jacinto Fault Zone (SJFZ) is a major strike-slip

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Attachment: Attachment 5: Initial Study (3827 : Housing Element Update - Readoption) Cathedral City Housing Element Update Initial Study/October 2021 22 fault zone that runs through San Bernardino, Riverside, San Diego, and Imperial counties in Southern California. The SJFZ is a component of the larger San Andreas transform system and is considered to be the most seismically active fault zone in the area. The Coachella Valley is located in the northwestern portion of the Salton Trough which is bounded by the San Bernardino Mountains on the northwest, San Jacinto Mountains on the west, Santa Rosa Mountains on the south, and Little San Bernardino Mountains and Indio Hills on the northeast. Regional soils range from rocky outcrops within the mountains bordering the valley to coarse gravels of mountain canyons and recently laid fine- and medium-grained alluvial (stream deposited) and aeolian (wind deposited) sediments on the central valley floor. Episodic flooding of major regional drainages, including the Whitewater River, results in the deposition of sand and gravel on the valley floor. Strong sustained winds emanating from the San Gorgonio Pass cause wind erosion and transport and deposit dry, finely granulated, sandy soils on the central valley floor. The base of the San Jacinto and Santa Rosa Mountains consist of alluvial and stream-washed deposits, which are coarse sands and gravels. Paleontological Resources Paleontological resources are the fossilized remains of prehistoric animals and plants, created more than 12,000 years ago in the Pleistocene era. Fossils are usually buried resources, and often cannot be identified on the surface. A relatively thick sequence (20,000 feet) of sediment has been deposited in the Coachella Valley portion of the Salton Trough from the Miocene era to present times. These sediments are predominantly terrestrial in nature with some lacustrine (lake) and minor marine deposits. The major contributor of these sediments has been the Colorado River. The mountains surrounding the Coachella Valley are composed primarily of Precambrian metamorphic and Mesozoic granitic rock. According to the Riverside County General Plan, the City contains recent alluvium soils which have a low potential to contain significant paleontological resources.11 Discussion of Impacts a-f) No Impact. The adoption of the Housing Element Update will have no impact on geology and soils. The entire City is subject to significant ground shaking in the event of an earthquake. The San Andreas Fault passes through the northern portion of the City and is capable of generating magnitude 8.0+ earthquakes. A portion of faults in this area are within the Alquist-Priolo Earthquake Fault Zone and Riverside County-designated fault zone hazard maps. The Coachella Valley segment crosses the City and consists of two fault strands: the San Andreas Fault strand (also known as the North Branch or Mission Creek fault) which occurs north and east of the City; and the Banning Fault strand (also known as the South Branch fault) which extends across the northern portion of City. The City requires a geotechnical investigation where development is proposed in earthquake fault zones, consistent with State law. Future housing development projects must comply with the Uniform Building Code/International Building Code, which would help new development and redevelopment to withstand ground shaking and avoid or reduce structural and non-structural damage. Most housing sites identified by the City are proposed outside of areas subject to landslides and rockfall hazard with the exception of site #13, which is located at the base of the San Jacinto Mountain foothills in an area of high susceptibility to impacts from rockfalls and landslides. To 11 Riverside County General Plan, “Multipurpose Open Space Element,” (2003), fig. OS-8, “Paleontological Sensitivity Resources Map.”

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Attachment: Attachment 5: Initial Study (3827 : Housing Element Update - Readoption) Cathedral City Housing Element Update Initial Study/October 2021 23 reduce the risk of economic and social losses from landslides and rockfall hazards, the City requires careful land management in hillside areas which generally includes development standards to restrict development in unstable areas, grading codes for earthwork construction, geologic and soil engineering investigation and review, construction of drainage structures, and where warranted, placement of warning systems. Lands between site #13 and the hillside are designated as Open Space-Other on the General Plan Land Use Plan, which would buffer rockfall or landslide events from directly impacting the site. The General Plan currently requires geotechnical investigations for new development proposed in areas identified as being subject to geotechnical hazards, including rockfalls and landslides, to determine off- and on-site geologic conditions and identify appropriate recommendations and mitigation measures for development of site #13 to avoid significant impacts. The City will impose dust control/PM10 management and NPDES standards on all development in the future, which will mitigate for potential soil erosion from wind or flooding hazards. Subsidence is normally considered a regional issue and is being addressed by local water agencies through groundwater recharge and water conservation to reduce extraction. The majority of the City has a low to no liquefaction susceptibility, principally because groundwater in the Cathedral City area typically occurs 150 to 200 feet below the ground surface, too deep to saturate the loose surface sediments of the valley floor. Groundwater does occur within 50 feet of the surface in the northern portion of the City near Willow Hole, and the unconsolidated alluvial sediments are highly susceptible to liquefaction. The General Plan currently requires geotechnical investigations for new development proposed in areas identified as being subject to geotechnical hazards, including liquefaction, to determine on-site geologic conditions and identify appropriate recommendations for earthwork, grading, slopes, foundations, pavements, and other necessary geologic and seismic design considerations. Project-specific mitigation measures such as proper excavation, compaction, and foundation design will be implemented, as needed, on a project-by-project basis. According to USDA’s Soil Survey of the City, the soils in the planning area have a low shrink-swell potential.12 As previously stated, site-specific geotechnical investigations will be required for development identified as being subject to geotechnical hazards. Compliance with the City’s building regulations for the preparation of geotechnical investigations and compliance with appropriate construction standards for individual projects would ensure that impacts related to expansive soils would be less than significant with mitigation measures implemented as necessary. The Housing Element identifies residential communities currently not served by sewers in the City, which are limited to portions of the developed Whitewater neighborhood and the Pomegranate Lane and Papaya Lane areas, all of which operate on septic tanks. Septic tanks will be decommissioned per standard regulations as sewer infrastructure is expanded into these areas. New development of any kind in the City is required to connect to sanitary sewer services provided by the CVWD and Desert Water Agency (DWA). As the Housing Element Update does not propose any housing development, no impacts associated with septic tanks or alternate wastewater disposal systems would occur. 12 Soil Survey of Riverside County, California, Coachella Valley Area, U.S. Department of Agriculture Soil Conservation Service, September 1980.

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Attachment: Attachment 5: Initial Study (3827 : Housing Element Update - Readoption) Cathedral City Housing Element Update Initial Study/October 2021 24 The City is not known to contain unique paleontological or geologic features. The majority of City soils are composed of recently deposited alluvium which has a low potential to contain paleontological resources. Any paleontological or geologic sites or resources would likely have been disturbed already by urban development. Land north of I-10 is generally undeveloped and could harbor unknown resources, however housing sites are not proposed in this area. Any potential impact as a result of future housing development will be addressed in site-specific environmental review and technical studies, where necessary. Mitigation: None required. Monitoring: None required.

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Attachment: Attachment 5: Initial Study (3827 : Housing Element Update - Readoption) Cathedral City Housing Element Update Initial Study/October 2021 25 VIII. GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS Would the Project: Potentially Significant Impact Less Than Significant with Mitigation Incorporated
Less Than Significant Impact No Impact a) Generate greenhouse gas emissions, either directly or indirectly, that may have a significant impact on the environment? ✓ b) Conflict with an applicable plan, policy or regulation adopted for the purpose of reducing the emissions of greenhouse gases? ✓ Sources: City of Cathedral City 2040 General Plan, 2021; City of Cathedral City General Plan Update DEIR, 2019; “2013 Cathedral City Climate Action Plan,” prepared by EcoMotion, May 2013; Assembly Bill 32 and 2019 California Green Building Standards Code. Environmental Setting The principal greenhouse gases (GHGs) include carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4), nitrous oxide (N2O), ozone (O3), and water vapor (H2O), which are generated by both mobile and stationary sources, including vehicles, electricity and natural gas consumption, and emissions associated with water pumping and application of fertilizers. State law mandates that all cities decrease their GHG emissions to 1990 levels by the year 2020. Executive Order B-30-15 set an interim target goal of reducing GHG emissions to 40% below 1990 levels by 2030 to keep California on its trajectory toward meeting or exceeding the long-term goal of reducing GHG emissions to 80% below 1990 levels by 2050, as set forth in Executive Order S-3-05. Cathedral City Climate Action Plan, Energy Action Plan, and GHG Inventory The City of Cathedral City completed its first Climate Action Plan in May 2013 in an effort to address climate change at the local level by reducing greenhouse gas emissions within its own operations and within the overall community. The Climate Action Plan provides a framework for the development and implementation of policies and programs that will reduce the City’s emissions and is tracked via the City’s Greenhouse Gas Inventory. In addition to the Climate Action Plan, the City prepared an Energy Action Plan (2013) to identify opportunities for cost savings through energy efficiency and actions necessary to meet the City’s future energy needs, consistent with the energy policies set forth by the State of California. GHG Thresholds On December 5, 2008, the SCAQMD formally adopted a greenhouse gas significance threshold of 10,000 MTCO2e/yr that only applies to industrial uses’ stationary sources where SCAQMD is the lead agency (SCAQMD Resolution No. 08-35). This threshold was adopted based upon an October 2008 staff report and draft interim guidance document that also recommended a threshold for all projects using a tiered approach. It was recommended by SCAQMD staff that a project’s greenhouse gas emissions would be considered significant if it could not comply with at least one of the following “tiered” tests: • Tier 1: Is there an applicable exemption? • Tier 2: Is the project compliant with a greenhouse gas reduction plan that is, at a minimum, consistent with the goals of AB 32?

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Attachment: Attachment 5: Initial Study (3827 : Housing Element Update - Readoption) Cathedral City Housing Element Update Initial Study/October 2021 26 • Tier 3: Is the project below an absolute threshold (10,000 MTCO2e/year for industrial projects; 3,000 MTCO2e/year for residential and commercial projects)? • Tier 4: Is the project below a (yet to be set) performance threshold? • Tier 5: Would the project achieve a screening level with off-site mitigation? a, b) No Impact. The Housing Element Update will have no impact on greenhouse gas emissions. The Update is a policy document and will not result in the direct construction or operation of housing developments. The Housing Element identifies sites for future housing development, the majority of which are near transit, shopping and employment, including sites located in the downtown area and along Ramon Road. While the Housing Element proposes a density increase for site #9, the proximity to services and amenities in the downtown area would help offset the increase in vehicle miles traveled and greenhouse gas emissions. Development of future housing would be evaluated on a project-by-project basis to assure it is designed, built, and operated in accordance with all applicable energy-related regulations, including energy efficiency and conservation standards, that help reduce GHG emissions. Such regulations and standards include the California Building Code, California Green Building Code, and potentially more stringent future regulations. The City’s 2013 Climate Action Plan (CAP) establishes energy-efficiency reduction policies and implementation measures for development projects that are generally more stringent than building codes. Implementation of the CAP is intended to reduce impacts associated with the emission of greenhouse gases within City limits to levels that are less than significant. In addition, the City’s General Plan ensures the CAP and GHG Inventory are regularly updated to include current trends in technology, climate regulations, and to track the City’s efforts to reduce overall greenhouse gas emissions. General Plan policies also promote the use of alternative energy sources and modes of transportation that can further reduce the City’s GHG emissions. Individual housing development projects will be evaluated on a case-by-case basis for potential impacts related to GHG emissions per CEQA requirements using project specific information to estimate GHG emissions from construction and operational activities. Projects will be required to demonstrate adherence to applicable plans, policies, and regulations adopted for the purposed of reducing GHG emissions, with mitigation measures applied as necessary to reduce GHG emissions to the greatest extent feasible. Mitigation Measures: None required. Monitoring: None required.

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Attachment: Attachment 5: Initial Study (3827 : Housing Element Update - Readoption) Cathedral City Housing Element Update Initial Study/October 2021 27 IX. HAZARDS AND HAZARDOUS MATERIALS Would the Project: Potentially Significant Impact Less Than Significant with Mitigation Incorporated Less Than Significant Impact No Impact a) Create a significant hazard to the public or the environment through the routine transport, use, or disposal of hazardous materials? ✓ b) Create a significant hazard to the public or the environment through reasonably foreseeable upset and accident conditions involving the release of hazardous materials into the environment? ✓ c) Emit hazardous emissions or handle hazardous or acutely hazardous materials, substances, or waste within one-quarter mile of an existing or proposed school? ✓ d) Be located on a site which is included on a list of hazardous materials sites compiled pursuant to Government Code Section 65962.5 and, as a result, would it create a significant hazard to the public or the environment? ✓ e) For a project located within an airport land use plan or, where such a plan has not been adopted, within two miles of a public airport or public use airport, would the project result in a safety hazard or excessive noise for people residing or working in the project area? ✓ f) Impair implementation of or physically interfere with an adopted emergency response plan or emergency evacuation plan? ✓ g) Expose people or structures, either directly or indirectly, to a significant risk of loss, injury or death involving wildland fires? ✓ Sources: California Geotracker database; City of Cathedral City 2040 General Plan, 2021; City of Cathedral City General Plan Update DEIR, 2019. Environmental Setting A hazardous material is any substance that, because of its quantity, concentration, or physical or chemical properties, may pose a hazard to human health and the environment. Under Title 22 of the California Code of Regulations (CCR), the term “hazardous substance” refers to both hazardous materials and hazardous wastes. Both are classified according to four properties: 1) ignitability, 2) corrosivity, 3) reactivity, and 4) toxicity. A hazardous material is defined as a substance or combination of substances which may either (1) cause, or significantly contribute to an increase in mortality or an increase in serious irreversible or incapacitating reversible illness; or (2) pose a substantial present or potential hazard to human health or the environment when improperly treated, stored, transported, disposed of, or otherwise managed.

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Attachment: Attachment 5: Initial Study (3827 : Housing Element Update - Readoption) Cathedral City Housing Element Update Initial Study/October 2021 28 Housing developments occurring following adoption of the Housing Element Update would bring a variety of commonly used but potentially hazardous materials, including chlorine for pools and chemicals in cleaning products typical of residential developments. Hazardous materials transport, storage, and use in the Cathedral City is strictly regulated for large quantity users, such as industrial processes and commercial dry cleaners. The City implements the General Plan’s Hazardous and Toxic Materials Element through regular consultation with the Regional Water Quality Control Board (RWQCB), Fire Department, and County Department of Environmental Health. Discussion of Impacts a-g) No Impact. The adoption of the Housing Element Update will not impact hazards or hazardous materials. Future housing development will be required to assess potential impacts as part of the CEQA process, but these potential impacts are likely to be negligible, since housing development does not generate significant use, storage or transport of hazardous materials. A number of schools occur in the City, including adjacent to or near lands designated for housing. However, as previously stated, housing development generates minimal hazardous materials which are governed by local and regional regulations. According to a California Department of Toxic Substances Control Cortese and EnviroStor database search13, there are no active “cleanup sites” or “Hazardous Waste and Substances Sites” pursuant to Government Code Section 65962.5 in the City. Therefore, the sites proposed for housing do not occur on sites with hazardous materials issues. The Palm Springs International Airport (PSP) is located within 5 miles of most of Cathedral City. Based on the California Airport Land Use Planning Handbook (Caltrans, 2011),14 the Airport Land Use Compatibility Plan (ALUCP) establishes the criteria by which safety hazards for developments close to airports can be evaluated. These criteria are intended to reduce the risk of an off-airport aircraft accident by limiting residential densities and concentrations of people in locations near airports. Future development of housing projects is required to comply with regulations established by the State Department of Health Services and the Riverside County ALUCP, and policies and implementing actions found in the City’s General Plan. The City has a developed roadway network that provides emergency access and evacuation routes to existing development. Interstate-10 runs through the central portion of the City and connects it to the other cities of the Coachella Valley. East Palm Canyon Drive (State Highway 111) connects the City with the cities of Palm Springs on the west and Rancho Mirage on the east. Both roadways are part of the City’s and County’s emergency plans and are used for emergency evacuation. The Housing Element Update does not propose modifications to the City’s existing roadway network or emergency routes. The majority of the City is located on the low-lying valley floor, and outside of the mapped Very high (VHFHS) wildfire hazard zone. A limited area of the southwestern and southeast City limits is within this VHFHS fire hazard severity zone, which occurs on the slopes of the Santa Rosa 13 Cortese and EnviroStor web database. 14 California Airport Land Use Planning Handbook (Caltrans 2011).

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Attachment: Attachment 5: Initial Study (3827 : Housing Element Update - Readoption) Cathedral City Housing Element Update Initial Study/October 2021 29 Mountains and extends into urbanized portions of the City. Lands designated for housing are located out of any State Responsibility Area or VHFHSZ mapped by CalFire. Future housing projects will be required to adhere to applicable fire codes and would be subject to Fire Department review and inspection. No impact regarding hazard from wildfires is expected. Mitigation Measures: None required. Monitoring: None required.

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Attachment: Attachment 5: Initial Study (3827 : Housing Element Update - Readoption) Cathedral City Housing Element Update Initial Study/October 2021 30 X. HYDROLOGY AND WATER QUALITY Would the Project: Potentially Significant Impact Less Than Significant with Mitigation Incorporated Less Than Significant Impact No Impact a) Violate any water quality standards or waste discharge requirements or otherwise substantially degrade surface or ground water quality? ✓ b) Substantially decrease groundwater supplies or interfere substantially with groundwater recharge such that the project may impede sustainable groundwater management of the basin? ✓ c) Substantially alter the existing drainage pattern of the site or area, including through the alteration of the course of a stream or river or through the addition of impervious surfaces, in a manner which would: ✓ (i) result in substantial erosion or siltation on- or off-site; ✓ (ii) substantially increase the rate or amount of surface runoff in a manner which would result in flooding on- or off-site; ✓ (iii) create or contribute runoff water which would exceed the capacity of existing or planned stormwater drainage systems or provide substantial additional sources of polluted runoff; or ✓ (iv) impede or redirect flood flows? ✓ (d) In flood hazard, tsunami, or seiche zones, risk release of pollutants due to project inundation? ✓ (e) Conflict with or obstruct implementation of a water quality control plan or sustainable groundwater management plan? ✓ Sources: City of Cathedral City 2040 General Plan, 2021; City of Cathedral City General Plan Update DEIR, 2019. Environmental Setting The City of Cathedral City obtains water services from the Coachella Valley Water District (CVWD) and Desert Water Agency (DWA), whose main water supply comes from the underlying Whitewater Groundwater Basin.15 The total storage capacity of the Whitewater River subbasin is approximately 28.8 million acre-feet and it currently contains approximately 25 million acre-feet. It is capable of meeting the water demands of the Coachella Valley, including the City, for extended normal and drought periods. 15 “Coachella Valley Water Management Plan 2010 Update Final Report,” prepared by MWH and Water Consult, January 2012.

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Attachment: Attachment 5: Initial Study (3827 : Housing Element Update - Readoption) Cathedral City Housing Element Update Initial Study/October 2021 31 The City and water providers implement all water quality standards and waste discharge requirements to prevent contamination of water sources. The City implements standard requirements for the retention of storm flows and participates in the National Pollution Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) to protect surface waters from pollution. As the water and wastewater services providers, CVWD and DWA implement the requirements of the Regional Water Quality Control Board pertaining to domestic water quality and wastewater discharge. A major hazard associated with earthquakes is water inundation resulting from a seiche. A seiche is a standing wave in an enclosed or partly enclosed body of water. Currently there are reservoirs in the San Jacinto and Santa Rosa foothills and adjacent to residential development, and north of I-10 in a currently undeveloped portion of the City. The City is approximately 70 miles inland from the Pacific Ocean and is not subject to a tsunami. Discussion of Impacts a-e) No Impact. The adoption of the Housing Element Update will have no impact on hydrology or water quality. The Update is a policy document and does not involve the construction of new housing units. The CVWD and DWA regulate groundwater pumping from the Whitewater Groundwater Basin, and comply with pumping rights, as required under the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA). Thus, groundwater pumping that may lead to the depletion of local groundwater resources is not expected to occur. The City also mandates water conservation and consults with CVWD and DWA on water conservation procedures throughout the community, including the use of drought-tolerant landscaping and low water-demanding appliances. CVWD and DWA encourage the expanded use of recycled and reclaimed water. The City, CVWD and DWA encourage the elimination of on-lot septic tanks to the greatest extent practicable. The City requires all new development to connect to the community sewer system. Future housing developments will be reviewed under CEQA to assure that they meet the standard requirements. The Housing Element identifies residential communities currently not served by sewers in the City, which are limited to portions of the developed Whitewater neighborhood and the Pomegranate Lane and Papaya Lane areas, all of which operate on septic tanks. Septic tanks are regulated by the Regional Water Quality Control Board (RWQCB) to ensure they do not pollute the groundwater basin. The City requires existing development currently connected to septic tanks to connect to the community sewer system when it becomes available. Much of the City limits is developed, and benefits from an extensive surface and subsurface storm drain system. Areas in the northwestern portion of the City are subject to stream breakouts during large storms and threaten to inundate developed lands in this area, as well as vacant lands planned for development. Future development would connect to the existing storm drain system. The City’s Storm Water Management and Discharge Control Ordinance (Municipal Code Chapter 15.10) prohibits the discharge of specific pollutants into storm water and requires development projects to provide adequate flood mitigation measures to reduce pollutants in the storm water. Compliance with this ordinance would reduce storm water pollution from individual developments in the long term.

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Attachment: Attachment 5: Initial Study (3827 : Housing Element Update - Readoption) Cathedral City Housing Element Update Initial Study/October 2021 32 The City requires new development and major redevelopment projects to prepare individual Water Quality Management Plans (WQMPs) that identify (1) the potential pollutants of concern that would be generated by the project and (2) the site and hydrologic conditions of concern at downstream locations. New development is also required to maximize stormwater filtration and/or infiltration by maximizing the natural drainage patterns. WQMPs will identify permanent site design, source control, and treatment control BMPs that would be implemented as part of the project. The Housing Element Update, in and of itself, will not alter the course of a stream, river, or improved channel in the planning area so no erosion would occur. Changes to the local hydrology would occur through the development of vacant or underutilized parcels, however, these changes would be confined to the individual sites and would not change existing drainage patterns or affect major underground storm drain lines and channelized water systems in the City. New development is required to provide runoff control and on-site stormwater retention. According to FEMA mapping, limited areas of the City near and adjacent to the Santa Rosa foothills, and tributary drainage from the west, are subject to 100-year flooding. Portions of the southwest portion of the City were also subject to 100-year flooding, however, these areas have been removed from this threat after completion of the Eagle Canyon Dam. The City’s General Plan calls for the avoidance of development within the 100-year floodplain and protection of natural drainage patterns from erosion and from polluted urban runoff. The majority of proposed housing sites are located outside of 100-year floodplains. However, there is one housing site in particular that is at risk of flooding. Site #13 is located at the base of the Santa Rosa foothills and is subject to 100-year flooding. Per the General Plan, the City will require an evaluation of all development proposals located in areas that are subject to flooding, including Site #13, to minimize potential impacts. Due to its inland location, the City is not susceptible to tsunami. Water reservoirs in the planning area are structurally reinforced and baffled to reduce seiche related hazard. Future development proposals would be evaluated on a case-by-case basis to assure that potential impacts associated with seiche would be minimized Mitigation Measures: None required. Monitoring: None required

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Attachment: Attachment 5: Initial Study (3827 : Housing Element Update - Readoption) Cathedral City Housing Element Update Initial Study/October 2021 33 XI. LAND USE AND PLANNING Would the Project: Potentially Significant Impact Less Than Significant with Mitigation Incorporated Less Than Significant Impact No Impact a) Physically divide an established community? ✓ b) Cause a significant environmental impact due to a conflict with any land use plan, policy, or regulation adopted for the purpose of avoiding or mitigating an environmental effect? ✓ Sources: City of Cathedral City 2040 General Plan, 2021; City of Cathedral City General Plan Update DEIR, 2019; Cathedral City Municipal Code; Coachella Valley Multiple Species Habitat Conservation Plan (MSHCP) 2013. Environmental Setting The City and the Coachella Valley are located in the central portion of Riverside County at the westernmost limits of the Sonoran Desert, also known as the Colorado Desert. Cathedral City and other jurisdictions in the Coachella Valley have adopted their own General Plan Land Use Element, or Tribal Land Use Ordinance, which assigns future, permitted land uses for lands within jurisdictional boundaries. The City’s corporate limits, which are the Housing Element Update’s planning area, encompass 14,557± acres or about 22.7 square miles. These lands extend from the foothills of the Santa Rosa Mountains on the south to the western slopes of Edom Hill and the Indio Hills to the north. Large portions of the City are already developed with a full mix of land uses. Several areas in the already urbanized portions of the City are vacant and available primarily for in-fill development. These include lands abutting the Santa Rosa foothills on the south, portions of the City Downtown both north and south of East Palm Canyon Drive, lands along the west side of Date Palm Drive between Ramon Road and Dinah Shore Drive, and lands adjacent to and near the Whitewater River north and south of Ramon Road. Larger undeveloped lands in the southern portion of the City include the northwest corner of Gerald Ford Drive and Da Vall Drive, east of Date Palm Drive and north of 30th Avenue, and areas west of Date Palm Drive and north of Vista Chino. The City’s General Plan policies serve to promote a better integrated mix of land uses in mixed-use and transit-oriented neighborhoods. They also serve to improve the function of and reduce impacts from the City’s transportation network by serving to reduce vehicle trips and vehicle miles traveled through better integration of land uses and comprehensive multi-modal transportation system. The City participates in the Coachella Valley Multiple Species Habitat Conservation Plan (CVMSHCP), as discussed above in Section IV, Biological Resources, and is a Permittee under that Plan. The Palm Springs International Airport master plan sets forth land use compatibility mapping that is designed to provide for the general health and safety of the surrounding community and to ensure that development of lands surrounding the airport will not be incompatible with the airports existing or long-term plans and operations. Most of the City occurs within Compatibility Zones D and E, which are the least restrictive.

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Attachment: Attachment 5: Initial Study (3827 : Housing Element Update - Readoption) Cathedral City Housing Element Update Initial Study/October 2021 34 Discussion of Impacts a) No Impact. None of the proposed housing sites identified in the Housing Element Update will act to physically divide an established community. Lands identified are vacant and based on the location of each site in the inventory, their development will not physically divide an established community. b) Less Than Significant Impact. The adoption of the Housing Element Update will have no significant impact on land use. This Update adds new sites to the vacant land inventory identified for affordable housing, all of which are currently designated for residential use. There is one proposed affordable housing site, site #9, that will require a Change of Zone in order to change the sites to a high-density zone. The designation will go from R-2 (up to 10 dwelling units per acre) to R-3 (up to 20 dwelling units per acre). Program 1.A.7 of the Housing Element Update addresses the need to complete this action immediately following adoption of the Housing Element for the 2022-2029 planning period. All other sites are currently designated for the appropriate density to accommodate the City’s RHNA allocation. Impacts of future development, including development of site #9, will be addressed in the project-level environmental review. Overall, however, the increased density of site #9 is consistent with the General Plan (adopted 2021) Residential Land Use Policy 7 which encourages the mix of residential and commercial uses, including high-density residential development that can take advantage of close and pedestrian-accessible employment and commercial centers, and alternative modes of transportation. Most of the affordable housing sites are located within or in proximity to the downtown area, including site #9, which is near amenities, services and employment, which creates synergy among different land uses and reduce vehicle miles traveled. The City’s Zoning Ordinance includes provisions for all densities of housing, and these development standards will be imposed as projects are proposed. As required by State’s Density Bonus Law, currently codified at Government Code Sections 65915 through 65918, the City’s Zoning Ordinance (Municipal Code Chapter 9.48) offers density bonuses and other development-related incentives and concessions to encourage the development of affordable. Overall, no significant impacts are expected. Mitigation Measures: None required. Monitoring: None required

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Attachment: Attachment 5: Initial Study (3827 : Housing Element Update - Readoption) Cathedral City Housing Element Update Initial Study/October 2021 35 XII. MINERAL RESOURCES Would the Project: Potentially Significant Impact Less Than Significant with Mitigation Incorporated Less Than Significant Impact No Impact a) Result in the loss of availability of a known mineral resource that would be of value to the region and the residents of the state? ✓ b) Result in the loss of availability of a locally important mineral resource recovery site delineated on a local general plan, specific plan or other land use plan? ✓ Sources: City of Cathedral City 2040 General Plan, 2021; City of Cathedral City General Plan Update DEIR, 2019. Environmental Setting In the Coachella Valley, mineral resources are largely limited to aggregates, such as sand, gravel, and crushed stone. These are major components of concrete, plaster, stucco, road base and fill, which are essential to the construction industry. There are important deposits of these materials that occur within the region that are being actively developed. Aggregate products are now being recycled when roads are resurfaced and buildings demolished, lowering the demand for mining new aggregate. Mineral land use classification maps of the Coachella Valley show that Mineral Resource Zone 3 (MRZ-3) applies to Cathedral City.16 MRZ-3 generally refers to areas where development has limited the ability to determine the presence or amount of mineral resources. The nearest Mineral Resource Zone to Cathedral City is in the Indio Hills near the community of Thousand Palms -- near, but outside of, the city’s sphere-of-influence (SOI). Discussion of Impacts a, b) No Impact. The adoption and implementation of the Housing Elements Update will have no impact on mineral resources. No active mining or extraction sites occur in the City, nor are any proposed. None of the sites identified for housing in the Update occur on lands designated for mineral resource extraction. Mitigation Measures: None required. Monitoring: None required 16 California Geological Survey, Department of Conservation (CGS), 2007. Update of Mineral Land Classifications for Portland Cement Concrete-grade Aggregate in the Palm Springs Production-consumption Region, Riverside County, California. Update to CGS Special Report 198 (SR 198), by Lawrence L. Busch.

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Attachment: Attachment 5: Initial Study (3827 : Housing Element Update - Readoption) Cathedral City Housing Element Update Initial Study/October 2021 36 XIII. NOISE Would the Project result in: Potentially Significant Impact Less Than Significant with Mitigation Incorporated Less Than Significant Impact No Impact a) Generation of a substantial temporary or permanent increase in ambient noise levels in the vicinity of the project in excess of standards established in the local general plan or noise ordinance, or applicable standards of other agencies? ✓ b) Generation of excessive groundborne vibration or groundborne noise levels? ✓ c) For a project located within the vicinity of a private airstrip or an airport land use plan or, where such a plan has not been adopted, within two miles of a public airport or public use airport, would the project expose people residing or working in the project area to excessive noise levels? ✓
Sources: City of Cathedral City 2040 General Plan, 2021; City of Cathedral City General Plan Update DEIR, 2019; City of Cathedral City Municipal Code Section 11.96; Riverside County Airport Land Use Compatibility Plan, Volume 1: Policy Document, October 14, 2004. Environmental Setting The noise environment in the City and Coachella Valley is typical of a suburban community, with primary noise sources including traffic on Interstate-10, Highway 111 and major arterials, mechanical equipment such as heating/ventilation/air conditioning (HVAC) units, commercial loading and unloading operations, and parking lot activity. Noise sources can be divided into two general categories, transportation sources (primarily traffic) and non-transportation or “stationary” sources. Transportation sources are by far the largest contributor to community noise levels. Local government has little direct control over transportation noise; rather, state and federal agencies assume the responsibility over vehicle noise emission levels. Methods to reduce the impacts of noise on sensitive land uses may include vehicle trip reduction, noise barriers, and setbacks. City’s Noise Regulations Table V-2 (Land Use Compatibility for Community Noise Environments) of the General Plan shows acceptable noise levels for various land uses. Acceptable exterior noise levels for residential development range from 45 to 65 dBA CNEL, and 45 to 72.5 dBA CNEL for commercial development. These noise levels do not include construction-related noise levels, as construction activities generate temporary noise. General Plan standards are supplemented by Municipal Code Chapter 11.96, the Noise Ordinance, which regulates noise throughout the City. Discussion of Impacts a-c) No Impact. The adoption of the Housing Element Update will have no impact on noise. The future development of housing will be required to study noise issues as part of the CEQA and building permit processes. All sites identified for future housing in the inventory are located in urban areas

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Attachment: Attachment 5: Initial Study (3827 : Housing Element Update - Readoption) Cathedral City Housing Element Update Initial Study/October 2021 37 and adjacent to existing development. Typical noise sources including transportation-related such as roadways and railroad, and stationary sources such as typical commercial and residential activities and landscaping equipment. The construction of housing projects in the future may create temporary noise sources. The City’s Municipal Code imposes noise standards and limits construction hours to the less sensitive day time hours (Municipal Code Section 15.04.030). Individual projects will be reviewed under CEQA to determine whether their construction impacts will impact neighboring development. Prior to development plan approvals for new residential and similar noise sensitive projects, the City will require submittal of noise impact and mitigation analyses that demonstrate that the interior noise levels in all habitable rooms will satisfy the 45 dBA CNEL interior noise level standard of the General Plan and Title 24, Part 2, of the California Building Code. Should noise levels at future housing sites require mitigation, there are a variety of means such as noise attenuation walls, enhanced construction methods, setback from roadways, and landscape buffers. The Palm Springs International Airport (PSP) is located within 5 miles of most of Cathedral City. None of the housing sites identified in the House Element Update are located within the 60 dBA or above CNEL boundary of Palm Springs International Airport. Future development of housing projects is required to comply with regulations established by the State Department of Health Services and the Riverside County ALUCP, and policies and implementing actions found in the City’s General Plan. Mitigation Measures: None required. Monitoring: None required

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Attachment: Attachment 5: Initial Study (3827 : Housing Element Update - Readoption) Cathedral City Housing Element Update Initial Study/October 2021 38 XIV. POPULATION AND HOUSING Would the Project: Potentially Significant Impact Less Than Significant with Mitigation Incorporated Less Than Significant Impact No Impact a) Induce substantial unplanned population growth in an area, either directly (for example, by proposing new homes and businesses) or indirectly (for example, through extension of roads or other infrastructure)? ✓ b) Displace substantial numbers of existing people or housing, necessitating the construction of replacement housing elsewhere? ✓ Sources: City of Cathedral City 2040 General Plan, 2021; City of Cathedral City General Plan Update DEIR, 2019; 2020-2045 Regional Transportation Plan/Sustainable Communities Strategy (RTP/SCS), Southern California Association of Governments, September 2020; California Department of Finance, City/County Population and Housing Estimates, 2021. Environmental Setting The City’s population increased 20% between 2000 and 2010, from 42,647 to 51,200. According to the California Department of Finance, the latest (2021) population estimate is 53,973, a much slower rate of growth of 5.4% over the last decade. 17 SCAG projects the City’s population will grow to 76,300 by 2045.18 In 2021, there were an estimated 21,654 housing units in Cathedral City. The City housing stock is composed of a mix of single-family and multi-family development, but the majority (56%) of housing units are single-family detached homes. Discussion of Impacts a, b) No Impact. The adoption of the Housing Element Update will have no impact on population or housing. The Element focuses on the facilitation of housing development to meet existing and projected housing needs within the City, but creates no immediate need for housing. The provisions of the Element will be implemented as growth and demand for housing occur, but will not induce growth. The Housing Element will facilitate the development of housing for all segments of the City’s future population. The Housing Element identifies areas zoned for residential development that need infrastructure improvements such as sewers, but does not propose extension of roads or other infrastructure in any area that may induce unplanned population growth. The lands identified in the housing inventory are vacant, and their development will not displace people or structures. The Housing Element provides a program on relocation assistance should such need occur. Mitigation Measures: None required. Monitoring: None required 17 California Department of Finance 2021 data on City/County Population and Housing Estimates. 18 2020-2045 Regional Transportation Plan/Sustainable Communities Strategy (RTP/SCS), Appendix: Demographics & Growth Forecast, Table 14, Southern California Association of Governments, September 2020.

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Attachment: Attachment 5: Initial Study (3827 : Housing Element Update - Readoption) Cathedral City Housing Element Update Initial Study/October 2021 39 XV. PUBLIC SERVICES Would the Project result in substantial adverse physical impacts associated with the provision of new or physically altered governmental facilities, need for new or physically altered governmental facilities, the construction of which could cause significant environmental impacts, in order to maintain acceptable service ratios, response times or other performance objectives for any of the public services:

Potentially Significant Impact Less Than Significant with Mitigation Incorporated Less Than Significant Impact No Impact Fire protection? ✓ Police protection? ✓ Schools? ✓ Parks? ✓ Other public facilities? ✓ Sources: City of Cathedral City 2040 General Plan, 2021; City of Cathedral City General Plan Update DEIR, 2019; Environmental Setting The City operates its own municipal fire and police departments. Cathedral City is within the jurisdiction of Palm Springs Unified School District (PSUSD) which operates a total of 28 schools, including 16 elementary, 4 middle, 4 high, and 4 alternative schools. Cathedral City has approximately 73 acres of developed parks and 154 acres of undeveloped park land. The principal provider of library services in the Coachella Valley, including Cathedral City, is the Riverside County Library System, a network of public libraries Discussion of Impacts a) No Impact: The adoption of the Housing Element will have no impact on public services. Housing projects proposed in the future will be assessed under CEQA, to determine whether they will impact public services. Since housing development sites are located in the urban areas of the City, they are least likely to cause significant impacts on public services. Lands designated for housing are located out of any State Responsible Areas or Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zones (VHFHSZ) mapped by the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CalFire). Future housing development will be required to meet City roadway standards including minimum widths as detailed in the General Plan Circulation Element to ensure adequate emergency access. Projects in the future will be required to pay development impact fees, which are designed to support the provision of public services and facilities. Mitigation Measures: None required. Monitoring: None required

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Attachment: Attachment 5: Initial Study (3827 : Housing Element Update - Readoption) Cathedral City Housing Element Update Initial Study/October 2021 40 XVI. RECREATION Would the Project: Potentially Significant Impact Less Than Significant with Mitigation Incorporated Less Than Significant Impact No Impact a) Would the Project increase the use of existing neighborhood and regional parks or other recreational facilities such that substantial physical deterioration of the facility would occur or be accelerated? ✓ b) Does the Project include recreational facilities or require the construction or expansion of recreational facilities which might have an adverse physical effect on the environment? ✓ Sources: City of Cathedral City 2040 General Plan, 2021; City of Cathedral City General Plan Update DEIR, 2019. Environmental Setting Parks and recreation services within the City of Cathedral City are owned and managed by the City. Cathedral City has a total of 73.23 acres of parks and 154 acres of undeveloped park lands. There are currently 11 parks within the City, ten of which are currently developed. Private recreational facilities are not relied upon to meet the City's recreational needs; however they do make up a significant portion of the community’s recreational opportunities. Other park and recreational facilities include numerous mini, neighborhood and community parks, as well as Boys and Girls Club, senior center, and extensive bike lanes and hiking trails. Discussion of Impacts a, b) No Impact. The adoption of the Housing Element update will have no impact on recreation. Housing projects in the future will be assessed parkland fees and development impact fees in the building permit process, which are designed to cover the additional costs associated with providing parks and recreational services. These issues will be reviewed under CEQA as individual projects are proposed. Mitigation Measures: None required. Monitoring: None required

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Attachment: Attachment 5: Initial Study (3827 : Housing Element Update - Readoption) Cathedral City Housing Element Update Initial Study/October 2021 41 XVII. TRANSPORTATION Would the Project: Potentially Significant Impact Less Than Significant with Mitigation Incorporated Less Than Significant Impact No Impact a) Conflict with a program, plan, ordinance or policy addressing the circulation system, including transit, roadway, bicycle and pedestrian facilities? ✓ b) Would the project conflict or be inconsistent with CEQA Guidelines section 15064.3, subdivision (b)? ✓ c) Substantially increase hazards due to a geometric design feature (e.g., sharp curves or dangerous intersections) or incompatible uses (e.g., farm equipment)? ✓ d) Result in inadequate emergency access? ✓ Sources: City of Cathedral City 2040 General Plan, 2021; City of Cathedral City General Plan Update DEIR, 2019. Environmental Setting Regional connectivity in the Coachella Valley is provided by Interstate 10 (I-10), Highway 111, and State Routes 62 and 74. I-10 extends through the valley in a northwest-southeasterly trending direction and connects the region to western Riverside County and the Los Angeles metropolitan area to the west, and desert communities and Arizona to the east. Highway 111 is south of and roughly parallel to I-10. Highway 111 accommodates local and regional traffic through one of the City’s principal commercial corridors and connects to other Coachella Valley communities, from Palm Springs on the west to the Salton Sea and Imperial County on the east. Under SB 743, CEQA Guidelines Section 15064.3 was amended December 2018, stating that vehicle miles traveled (VMT) is the most appropriate measure of transportation impacts. The focus on VMTs is to reduce and shorten vehicular trips and encourage land development that supports non-motorized modes of travel, including walking, biking, and low-speed electric vehicles (LSEV). The City is well-served by existing transit services, including six (6) bus routes and more than 50 stops along transit corridors like East Palm Canyon Drive, Ramon Road, Vista Chino, and Date Palm Drive. Building housing near services, transportation options, and jobs typically increases the use of the multi-modal transportation system and reduces VMTs and associated greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Discussion of Impacts a-d) No Impact. The adoption of the Housing Element Update will have no impact on transportation. The development of future housing projects in the City will be required to address project-specific traffic impacts in the CEQA review process. The City will require the preparation of traffic impact studies, and mitigation of any impacts identified in these studies. Further, the proposed projects will be required to comply with City standards regarding roadway improvements, parking, and emergency access, either through CEQA or through conditions of approval.

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Attachment: Attachment 5: Initial Study (3827 : Housing Element Update - Readoption) Cathedral City Housing Element Update Initial Study/October 2021 42 The Housing Element identifies sites for future housing development, which are near transit, shopping and employment including sites in the downtown area. While the Housing Element proposes a density increase on one site, the proximity to services and amenities would help offset vehicle miles traveled by future residents. Future development will be required to assess their VMT impacts according to CEQA Section 15064.3(b). Mitigation will be provided when necessary. The sites identified for future housing occur in the City’s established street system and will not interfere with the system. Most of the identified sites occur on or near transit routes, and therefore will not impact alternative transportation systems. Mitigation Measures: None required. Monitoring: None required.

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Attachment: Attachment 5: Initial Study (3827 : Housing Element Update - Readoption) Cathedral City Housing Element Update Initial Study/October 2021 43 XVIII. TRIBAL CULTURAL RESOURCES a) Would the Project cause a substantial adverse change in the significance of a tribal cultural resource, defined in Public Resources Code section 21074 as either a site, feature, place, cultural landscape that is geographically defined in terms of the size and scope of the landscape, sacred place, or object with cultural value to a California Native American tribe, and that is:

Potentially Significant Impact Less Than Significant with Mitigation Incorporated Less Than Significant Impact No Impact i) Listed or eligible for listing in the California Register of Historical Resources, or in a local register of historical resources as defined in Public Resources Code section 5020.1(k), or ✓ ii) A resource determined by the lead agency, in its discretion and supported by substantial evidence, to be significant pursuant to criteria set forth in subdivision (c) of Public Resources Code Section 5024.1. In applying the criteria set forth in subdivision (c) of Public Resources Code Section 5024.1, the lead agency shall consider the significance of the resource to a California Native American tribe. ✓
Sources: City of Cathedral City 2040 General Plan, 2021; City of Cathedral City General Plan Update DEIR, 2019. Environmental Setting As discussed above in Section V, Cultural Resources, Cahuilla Indians inhabited the valley since centuries ago. They were a Takic-speaking people of hunters and gatherers generally divided into three groups based on their geographic setting: the Pass Cahuilla of the San Gorgonio Pass – Palm Springs area; the Mountain Cahuilla of the San Jacinto and Santa Rosa Mountains and the Cahuilla Valley; and the Desert Cahuilla of the eastern Coachella Valley. Today, Native Americans of Pass or Desert Cahuilla heritage are mostly affiliated with the Indian reservations around the Coachella Valley, including the Cabazon, Augustine, Torres Martinez, Twenty-nine Palms, Agua Caliente, and Morongo. Discussion of Impacts a. i), ii) No Impact. The Agua Caliente Indian Reservation, belonging to the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians (ACBCI), is partially located in the City of Cathedral City. The City is located in the tribal “Traditional Use Area” as identified by ACBCI. The County of Riverside General Plan identifies the majority of the City and SOI as an area likely to contain cultural resources. Per the General Plan EIR, a qualified archaeological monitor is required for all development on Indian lands. The adoption of the Housing Element Update will have no impact on tribal cultural resources. SB 18 and AB 52 require the City to initiate a formal consultation process with relevant Tribes prior to adopting or amending a Housing Element or releasing an environmental impact report, negative

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Attachment: Attachment 5: Initial Study (3827 : Housing Element Update - Readoption) Cathedral City Housing Element Update Initial Study/October 2021 44 declaration, or mitigated negative declaration. The City conducted AB 52 and SB 18 consultation and sent out written letters to 13 tribes. The City received two responses, and neither Tribe requested consultation. As individual projects are proposed in the future, the City will conduct government-to-government consultations with local tribes pursuant to AB 52 and SB 18 regarding potential tribal cultural resources that could occur on specific project sites. Should future housing development be proposed on sites with potential tribal cultural resources, any potential impact will be addressed in the project-specific cultural resource study and CEQA process. Overall, no impact is expected. Mitigation Measures: None required. Monitoring: None required

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Attachment: Attachment 5: Initial Study (3827 : Housing Element Update - Readoption) Cathedral City Housing Element Update Initial Study/October 2021 45 XIX. UTILITIES AND SERVICE SYSTEMS Would the Project: Potentially Significant Impact Less Than Significant with Mitigation Incorporated Less Than Significant Impact No Impact a) Require or result in the relocation or construction of new or expanded water, wastewater treatment or storm water drainage, electric power, natural gas, or telecommunications facilities, the construction or relocation of which could cause significant environmental effects? ✓
b) Have sufficient water supplies available to serve the project and reasonably foreseeable future development during normal, dry and multiple dry years? ✓ c) Result in a determination by the wastewater treatment provider which serves or may serve the project that it has adequate capacity to serve the project’s projected demand in addition to the provider’s existing commitments? ✓ d) Generate solid waste in excess of State or local standards, or in excess of the capacity of local infrastructure, or otherwise impair the attainment of solid waste reduction goals? ✓ e) Comply with federal, state, and local management and reduction statutes and regulations related to solid waste? ✓ Sources: City of Cathedral City 2040 General Plan, 2021; City of Cathedral City General Plan Update DEIR, 2019. Environmental Setting The City is served by the following utility providers: Utility Service Provider(s) Electricity South California Edison (SCE) Natural gas Southern California Gas Water Coachella Valley Water District (CVWD), Desert Water Agency (DWA) Wastewater Coachella Valley Water District (CVWD), Desert Water Agency (DWA) Solid waste Burrtec Telecommunications Spectrum, Frontier, Hughes Net Discussion of Impacts a - e) No Impact. The adoption of the Housing Element Update will have no impact on utilities. The development of housing in the future will consider utilities as part of the CEQA and entitlement process for individual projects as they are proposed. The provision of domestic water and sanitary sewer has been analyzed by the appropriate service provider (CVWD or DWA) as part of their long-range planning, using the City’s General Plan land uses as a basis for planning.

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Attachment: Attachment 5: Initial Study (3827 : Housing Element Update - Readoption) Cathedral City Housing Element Update Initial Study/October 2021 46 While the Housing Element Update has the potential to result in more dwelling units than under the General Plan Land Use Map, the increase in densities will only occur on one site. Site #9 is 7.06 acres and result in an increase of 70 units, from 71 units to 141 units. Assuming 3.08 persons per household, the City’s population would increase by 216, which is a 0.13% increase from the current (2021) population of 53,973 and a 0.09% increase from the 2045 projected population of 76,300. Because this site has been planned for residential development under the General Plan, the existing and future utility infrastructure and demand have been considered, and the population increase of 0.09-0.13% will not result in a substantial increase in demand for utility services. As discussed in Section X,, Hydrology and Water Quality, future development will be required to meet City requirements for stormwater retention and avoid adverse impacts on the public drainage system. Because CVWD and DWA have sufficient capacity or can expand services to accommodate development and impacts will be assessed for individual projects on utility services, no significant impact is expected. The City contracts Burrtec for solid waste hauling services. Future residential customers will be assessed a per unit fee for solid waste service. Burrtec collects solid waste from its service area and transfers it to the Edom Hill Transfer Station in northern Cathedral City. Edom Hill is permitted to receive a maximum of 3,500 tons of waste per day.19 County landfills have a combined remaining capacity of 181,365,899 cubic yards, with a maximum permitted capacity of 266,159,998 cubic yards.20According to CalRecycle, multi-family residential developments produce waste at a rate of 4 pounds per dwelling unit per day.21 The increased density of 70 units proposed for site #9 would dispose of approximately 280 pounds per day, which equals 46.36 tons per year, or 23.18 tons per year after a 50% diversion rate. Therefore, the increased density of 70 units will contribute to less than 1% of the Edom Hill Transfer Stations daily capacity. Commingled recyclable materials (e.g., paper, plastic, glass, cardboard, aluminum) will be transported to Burrtec’s material recovery facilities for recycling and reuse. Burrtec is responsible for maintaining standards that assure that all waste is handled in a manner that meets local, state and federal standards. These requirements will assure that impacts associated with solid waste disposal remain less than significant. The landfills in the region currently have sufficient capacity to accommodate future development. All future projects will be required to analyze demand and capacity for solid waste disposal as part of the CEQA process. Overall, no impacts are anticipated. Mitigation Measures: None required. Monitoring: None required. 19 CalRecycle Website - Edom Hill Transfer Station (33-AA-0296), https://www2.calrecycle.ca.gov/SolidWaste/SiteActivity/Details/5189?siteID=4186. Accessed July 2021. 20 CalReycle, SWIS Facility/Site Activity Details. https://www2.calrecycle.ca.gov/SolidWaste/SiteActivity/Details/.. Activity details for the following landfills: Badlands, Blythe, Desert Center, El Sobrante, Lamb Canyon, Mecca Landfill II, and Oasis. Accessed July 2021. 21 Estimated Solid Waste Generation Rates by CalRecycle, https://www2.calrecycle.ca.gov/WasteCharacterization/General/Rates.

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Attachment: Attachment 5: Initial Study (3827 : Housing Element Update - Readoption) Cathedral City Housing Element Update Initial Study/October 2021 47 XX. WILDFIRE If located in or near state responsibility areas or lands classified as very high fire hazard severity zones, would the project:

Potentially Significant Impact Less Than Significant with Mitigation Incorporated Less Than Significant Impact No Impact a) Substantially impair an adopted emergency response plan or emergency evacuation plan? ✓ b) Due to slope, prevailing winds, and other factors, exacerbate wildfire risks, and thereby expose project occupants to, pollutant concentrations from a wildfire or the uncontrolled spread of a wildfire? ✓ c) Require the installation or maintenance of associated infrastructure (such as roads, fuel breaks, emergency water sources, power lines or other utilities) that may exacerbate fire risk or that may result in temporary or ongoing impacts to the environment? ✓ d) Expose people or structures to significant risks, including downslope or downstream flooding or landslides, as a result of runoff, post-fire slope instability, or drainage changes? ✓ Sources: City of Cathedral City 2040 General Plan, 2021; City of Cathedral City General Plan Update DEIR, 2019; CalFire’s Fire and Resource Assessment Program (FRAP) Maps. Environmental Setting The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (Cal Fire) has mapped areas of significant fire hazards in the state through its Fire and Resources Assessment Program (FRAP). As part of this mapping system, land where CALFIRE is responsible for wildland fire protection and generally located in unincorporated areas is classified as a State Responsibility Area (SRA). Federal lands within the planning area are classified as Federal Responsibility Area (FRA). Where local protection agencies, such as the City’s Fire Department, are responsible for wildfire protection, the land is classified as a Local Responsibility Area (LRA). CALFIRE currently identifies the planning area as an SRA and FRA. In addition to establishing local, state or federal responsibility for wildfire protection in a specific area, CALFIRE designates areas as very high fire hazard severity (VHFHS) zones or non-VHFHS zones. A small southwestern portion and an equally small area in the southeast in the vicinity of East Palm Canyon are designated as a VHFHS fire hazard zone within the Local Responsibility Area and State or Federal Responsibility Area, the State of California. No wildland fires have occurred within the planning area. To reduce wildfire risks, the City of Cathedral City has incorporated state requirements with the adoption of the 2019 edition of the California Building Standards Code and the 2019 edition of the California Fire Code. Discussion of Impacts a-d) No Impact. The Housing Element Update is a policy document that, in and of itself, will not exacerbate wildfire risks. However, it will facilitate future residential development in the City which will be required to be constructed in a manner that is sensitive to and minimizes urban and wildfire risks and the potential exposure of occupants to pollutant concentrations and uncontrolled

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Attachment: Attachment 5: Initial Study (3827 : Housing Element Update - Readoption) Cathedral City Housing Element Update Initial Study/October 2021 48 spread of wildfire. No proposed housing sites identified in the Housing Element Update will be located within a mapped fire hazard zone. The housing sites are located on the low-lying valley floor, which is outside of wildfire hazard areas and, therefore, has little to no potential for hazards resulting from post-wildfire flooding, landslide, or slope instability. Existing roadway modifications and construction of new roadways would occur to accommodate future growth facilitated by the Housing Element Update. However, these activities will be completed according to City design standards. Future roadways in the planning area would also be required to demonstrate compliance with the City’s Fire Department requirements pertaining to access/egress to ensure adequate emergency access. These efforts would minimize the potential for a roadway design that could hinder emergency response or evacuation. Mitigation Measures: None required. Monitoring: None required.

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Attachment: Attachment 5: Initial Study (3827 : Housing Element Update - Readoption) Cathedral City Housing Element Update Initial Study/October 2021 49 XXI. MANDATORY FINDINGS OF SIGNIFICANCE Does the Project: Potentially Significant Impact Less Than Significant with Mitigation Incorporated Less Than Significant Impact No Impact a) Does the project have the potential to substantially degrade the quality of the environment, substantially reduce the habitat of a fish or wildlife species, cause a fish or wildlife population to drop below self-sustaining levels, threaten to eliminate a plant or animal community, substantially reduce the number or restrict the range of a rare or endangered plant or animal or eliminate important examples of the major periods of California history or prehistory? ✓
b) Does the Project have impacts that are individually limited, but cumulatively considerable? (“Cumulatively considerable” means that the incremental effects of a Project are considerable when viewed in connection with the effects of past Projects, the effects of other current Projects, and the effects of probable future Projects)? ✓
c) Does the Project have environmental effects, which will cause substantial adverse effects on human beings, either directly or indirectly? ✓ a-c) No Impact. The adoption of the Housing Element Update will not impact the environment. As identified in this document, there will be no biological or cultural resources impacts, nor will adoption impact human beings. The Housing Element is consistent with the balance of the General Plan, and the development of housing will not impact long term environmental goals. Cumulative impacts, if any, have been addressed in the General Plan and its associated environmental documentation and will also be considered at the individual project level as projects are proposed under the Housing Element policies.

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Attachment: Attachment 5: Initial Study (3827 : Housing Element Update - Readoption) Cathedral City Housing Element Update Initial Study/October 2021 50 REFERENCES Assembly Bill 32 and 2019 California Green Building Standards Code. City of Cathedral City General Plan Update DEIR, 2019 City of Cathedral City 2040 General Plan, 2021 Cathedral City Zoning Ordinance. “Riverside County Important Farmland 2018 Map,” sheet 2 of 3, California Department of Conservation. SCAQMD CEQA Air Quality Handbook (1993) 2016 Air Quality Management Plan, SCAQMD Coachella Valley PM10 State Implementation Plan (2003 CV PM10 SIP) State of California, Department of Finance, E-5 Population and Housing Estimates for Cities, Counties, and the State — January 1, 2011-2021. Sacramento, California, May 2021 2020 RTP/SCS, Demographics and Growth Forecast Technical Report, Southern California Association of Governments, adopted September 3, 2020. Coachella Valley Multiple Species Habitat Conservation Plan (MSHCP) 2013. Cultural Resources Technical Report – Cathedral City General Plan,” CRM Tech, July 2, 2001 “Historic Resource Context & Historic Resource Program, Cathedral City, California,” Kaplan Chen Kaplan, November 21, 2017. Website. Southern California Edison, https://www.scecleanenergy.com/. Accessed July 2021. Website. SoCalGas Company Profile, https://www.socalgas.com/about-us/company-profile. Accessed July 2021 Website. Pathway 2045,” by Southern California Edison, November 2019. https://www.edison.com/home/our-perspective/pathway-2045.html. Accessed July 2021. Riverside County General Plan, “Multipurpose Open Space Element,” (2003), fig. OS-8, “Paleontological Sensitivity Resources Map.” Soil Survey of Riverside County, California, Coachella Valley Area, U.S. Department of Agriculture Soil Conservation Service, September 1980. “2013 Cathedral City Climate Action Plan,” prepared by EcoMotion, May 2013

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Attachment: Attachment 5: Initial Study (3827 : Housing Element Update - Readoption) Cathedral City Housing Element Update Initial Study/October 2021 51 Website. Cortese and EnviroStor, Department of Toxic Substance Control. 2021. California Airport Land Use Planning Handbook (Caltrans 2011). Coachella Valley Water Management Plan 2010 Update Final Report,” prepared by MWH and Water Consult, January 2012. California Geological Survey, Department of Conservation (CGS), 2007. Update of Mineral Land Classifications for Portland Cement Concrete-grade Aggregate in the Palm Springs Production-consumption Region, Riverside County, California. Update to CGS Special Report 198 (SR 198), by Lawrence L. Busch. Riverside County Airport Land Use Compatibility Plan, Volume 1: Policy Document, October 14, 2004. 2020-2045 Regional Transportation Plan/Sustainable Communities Strategy (RTP/SCS), Southern California Association of Governments, September 2020 California Department of Finance, City/County Population and Housing Estimates, 2021. CalRecycle Website - Edom Hill Transfer Station (33-AA-0296), https://www2.calrecycle.ca.gov/SolidWaste/SiteActivity/Details/5189?siteID=4186. Accessed July 2021. Estimated Solid Waste Generation Rates by CalRecycle, https://www2.calrecycle.ca.gov/WasteCharacterization/General/Rates. Accessed July 2021. CalReycle, SWIS Facility/Site Activity Details. https://www2.calrecycle.ca.gov/SolidWaste/SiteActivity/Details/. Activity details for the following landfills: Badlands, Blythe, Desert Center, El Sobrante, Lamb Canyon, Mecca Landfill II, and Oasis. Accessed July 2021. CalFire’s Fire and Resource Assessment Program (FRAP) Maps.

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City of Cathedral City
Public Hearing Notice
Notice of Availability for Public Review
and Environmental Determination

Notice is hereby given that the Cathedral City City Council will hold a Public Hearing on the following:

CASE(S) APPLICANT/REPRESENTATIVE
General Plan Amendment No. 20-001 City of Cathedral City

PROPOSAL
The Housing Element was adopted by the City Council on May 25, 2022, and was submitted to HCD for final review. However, additional modifications were required by HCD. These modifications have been made, reviewed by HCD, and the Housing Element must be rea dopted by the City prior to final approval by HCD. The update to the Housing Element of the City’s General Plan is required to ensure conformance with State law and incorporate the City’s Regional Housing Needs Allocation for the 2021-2029 planning period.

ENVIRONMENTAL DETERMINATION
On May 25, 2022, the City Council adopted and approved the Initial Study/Negative Declaration for this project. I t has been determined that none of the proposed revisions to the Housing Element require subsequent environmental analysis. Therefore, no further documentation is necessary.

All information regarding the proposed project is available for public review by contacting the Project Planner listed below or the Planning Department at (760) 770-0340 and is available on the City’s website at https://www.cathedralcity.gov/services/planning/housing-element-update.

PLACE OF HEARING DATE AND TIME OF HEARING
Cathedral City Civic Center June 28, 2023, at 5:30 PM Council Chamber
68-700 Avenida Lalo Guerrero
Cathedral City, CA 92234

Persons may submit written testimony on the proposed project or environmental determination, which must be received prior to the close of the public hearing. Please send all correspondence, written testimony or inquiries to the Project Planner.

If you challenge any of these items in court, you may be limited to raising only those issues you or someone else raised at the public hearing described in this notice or in written correspondence. Please send all correspondence to the Project Planner at:

Robert Rodriguez, Development Services Director
68-700 Avenida Lalo Guerrero
Cathedral City, CA 92234
(760) 770-0344
NOTE: In compliance with the Americans with Disability Act, if you need special assistance to participate in this meeting, please contact the Planning Department at (760) 770-0340. Notification 48 hours prior to the meeting will enable the City to make reasonable accommodations to ensure accessibility to this meeting. {28 CFR 35.104 ADA TITLE II}

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Staff Report

City Council

Item No. 5.C

Meeting Date: June 28, 2023
From: Kevin Biersack, Financial Services Director
Title: CFD 2006-1, IA #19, Formation, Election and Ordinance Public Hearing

City Council

RECOMMENDATION:

City Council of the City of Cathedral City, acting on behalf of Improvement Area (IA) No. 19 of the City of Cathedral City Community Facilities District (CFD) 2006-1 (law enforcement, police, paramedic, park and general maintenance services), adopt the following:

· Resolution of Formation determining the validity of prior proceedings (Resolution 2023-07, Resolution of Intention)

· Resolution Calling for a Special Election

· Resolution Canvassing the Results of the Special Election

· Introduce the 1st reading of an Ordinance Authorizing the Levy of a Special Tax

BACKGROUND:

On May 10, 2023, the City Council declared its intention to form Improvement Area No.19 of the City of Cathedral City Community Facilities District No. 2006 -1 (law enforcement, fire, paramedic, park m aintenance and general maintenance services) (“CFD”) for the purpose of paying for additional law enforcement, fire, paramedic, park and general maintenance services within areas of new development.

DISCUSSION:

A public hearing has been set for June 28, 2023. As directed in the Resolution of Intention, David Taussig & Associates, Inc. prepared the Rate and Method of Apportionment (“RMA”), an analysis of the special tax to allow each property owner or resident, within the proposed district, to understand the annual amount required for payment.

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New developments are conditioned to join CFD 2006 -1 and will join through an annexation process. The annexations will be processed in a timely manner, as new developments go through the approval processes. If for med, this CFD will provide a secure source of funding for the services described above that may not be taken away by Sacramento in the case of State budget cuts. It is proposed this Improvement Area will be formed within the CFD for the Newport 17, a 17-home residential development project.

Provided there is no majority protest at this public hearing, the City Council may adopt the resolution forming the CFD. Waiver regarding election timelines from the property owner has been received, so an election can be held June 28, 2023 authorizing the levy of a special tax. Should the proposition for the CFD pass with a two -thirds vote from the qualified voters (the landowners) within the CFD, the City Council may have the first reading of an Ordinance levying the special tax.

FISCAL IMPACT:

The proposed project is residential therefore, as identified in Table 1, the rate for Land Use Class of Residential, per Equivalent Dwelling Unit (“EDU”) for Fiscal Year (“FY”) 2022-2023, is $662.87. The Non-Retail Commercial/Industrial Property special tax is not applicable. This special tax increases (but does not decrease) by the percentage change in the Consumer Price Index, not to exceed one percent (1%) per Fiscal Year.

The proposed IA No. 19, Newport 17 Project will generate annual revenue in the amount of $11,268.79.

FIVE-YEAR STRATEGIC PLAN:

This action will further Goal C – Fiscal Stability and Sustainability Objective - Cathedral City has economically prospered by facilitating the investment of private dollars i n high quality development which benefits the community. We remain financially solvent by instituting prudent fiscal policies and transparent financial practices.

ATTACHMENTS:

CATHEDRAL CITY CFD 2006-1, IA #19 - RESOLUTION OF FORMATION RMA CFD 2006-1 IA 19 01
CFD 2006-1 IA 19 Boundary Map - Recorded
CATHEDRAL CITY CFD 2006-1, IA #19 - RESOLUTION CALLING A SPECIAL

ELECTION
CATHEDRAL CITY CFD 2006-1, IA #19 - RESOLUTION CANVASSING RESULTS OF

THE SPECIAL ELECTION
CATHEDRAL CITY CFD 2006-1, IA #19 - ORDINANCE

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RESOLUTION NO. 2023-_____

RESOLUTION OF FORMATION OF T HE CITY COUNCIL OF THE

CITY OF CATHEDRAL CITY DETERMINING THE VALIDITY OF
PRIOR PROCEEDINGS, ESTABLISHING IMPROVEMENT AREA NO.
19 OF THE CITY OF CATHEDRAL CITY COMMUNITY FACILITIES
DISTRICT NO. 200 6-1 ( LAW ENFORCEMENT, FIRE, PARAMEDIC ,

PARK MAINTENANCE AND GENERAL MAINTENANCE SERVICES)
WHEREAS, the City Council (the “Council”) of the City of Cathedral City , California (the “City”), has heretofore adopted Resolution No. 2023-07 stating its intention to fo rm Improvement Area No. 19 of the City of Cathedral City Community Facilities District No. 2006- 1 ( law enforcement, fire, paramedic, park maintenance and general services) ( the “District ”) pursuant to the Mello-Roos Community Facilities Act of 1982, as amended, (the “Act”); and WHEREAS, a copy of Resolution No. 2023-07, incorporating a description and map of the proposed boundaries of The District and setting forth the rate and method of apportionment and manner of collection of the special tax to be levied within the District, which will be used to finance a portion of the cost of providing police protection services, fire protection/paramedic services and park maintenance services that are in addition to those provided in the territory within the District prior to the formation of the District and do not supplant services already available within the territory of proposed to be included in the District, is on file with the City Clerk and incorporated herein by reference; and
WHEREAS, Resolution No. 2023-07 set June 28, 2023 as the date of the public hearing on the formation of the District and this Council held the said public hearing as required by law; and
WHEREAS, at said hearing all persons not exempt from the special tax desiring to be heard on all m atters perta ining to the form ation of the District were heard and a full and fair hearing was held; and
WHEREAS, at said hearing evidence was presented to the Council on said matters before it, and this Council at the conclusion of said hearing is fully advised in the premises;

NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CATHEDRAL CITY DOES HEREBY RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:

Section 1 . Pursuant to Section 53325.1(b) of the Government Code, the Council finds and determines the proceedings prior hereto were valid and in conformity with the requirements of the Act.

Section 2. A community facilities district to be designated “Improvement Area No. 19 of the City of Cathedral City Community Facilities District No. 200 6-1 ( law enforcement, fire, paramedic, park maintenance and general maintenance services)” is hereby established pursuant to the Act.

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Attachment: CATHEDRAL CITY CFD 2006-1, IA #19 - RESOLUTION OF FORMATION (3810 : CFD 2006-1, IA #19, Formation, Election and 2 Section 3. The description and map of the boundaries of the District on file in the City Clerk’s office and as described in said Resolution No. 2023-07 and incorpora ted h erein by reference, shall be the boundaries o f the District. The map of the proposed boundaries of the District has been recorded in the Office of the County Recorder of Riverside County, California in Book 91, page 25 of the Book of Maps of Assessme nts and Community Facilities Districts (Instrument Number 2023-0148068).

Section 4. Except where funds are otherwise available, there shall be levied annually in accordance with procedures contained in the Act, a special tax sufficient to finance a po rtion of the cost of providing police protection, fire protection/paramedic and park maintenance se rvices that are in addition to those provided in the territory within The District prior to the formation of the District and do not supplant services already av ailable within the terri tory proposed to be included in the District. The rate and method of apportionment of the special tax and manner of collection is described in detail in Exhibit “A” attached hereto and incorporated herein by this reference. The special tax shall be utilized to pay for authorized services.

Section 5 . Pursuant to and in compliance with the provisions of Government Code Section 50075.1, the Council hereby establishes the following accountability measures pertaining to the levy by the District within the District of the special tax:

A. Such special tax shall be levied for the specific purposes set forth herein.

B. The proceeds of the levy of such special tax shall be applied only to the specific purposes set forth herein.

C. The Distri ct shall establish an ac count or accounts into whi ch the proceeds of such special tax shall be deposited.

D. The City Manager, or his or here designee, acting for and on behalf of the District, shall annually file a report with the Council as required purs uant to Government Code Section 50075.3.

Section 6. Upon recordation of a notice of special tax lien pursuant to Section 3114.5 of the Streets and Highways Code, a continuing lien to secure each levy of the special tax shall attach to all real property in the District, and this lien shall continue in for ce and effect until the special tax obligation is canceled in accordance with law or until collection of the tax by the City ceases.

Section 7. The Council finds that the proposed public services are neces sary to meet the increased demand put upon the City as a result of the development within the District.

Section 8. The Council finds that there is not an ad valorem property tax currently being levied on property within the proposed the District for the exclusive purpose of financing police, fire, paramedic and park maintenance services.

Section 9. Written protests against the establishment of the District , or against the furnishing of specified services or facilities or the levying of a specified special tax within the

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Attachment: CATHEDRAL CITY CFD 2006-1, IA #19 - RESOLUTION OF FORMATION (3810 : CFD 2006-1, IA #19, Formation, Election and 3 District, have not been filed by f ifty percent (50%) or more of the registered voters or property owners of one-half (1/2) or more of the area of land within the proposed the District.

Section 10. Written protests against the future annexa tion of the Future Annex ation Area, or against the furnishing of specified services or facilities or the levying of a specified special tax within such Future Annexation Area, have not been filed by fifty percent (50%) or more of the registered voters or p roperty owners of one -half (1/2) or more of the ar ea of land within the Future Annexation Area.

Section 11. The Office of the City Manager, 68700 Avenida Lalo Guerrero , Cathedral City, California 9 2234, ( 760) 770-0340, or its designee, is designated to be responsible for preparing annually a current roll of special tax levy obligations by assessor’s parcel number and for estimating future special tax levies pursuant to Section 53340.1 of the Government Code.

Section 12. The City Clerk is directed to certi fy and attest to this Re solution and to take any and all necessary acts to call, hold, canvass and certify an election or elections on the levy of the special tax, and the establishment of the appropriation limit.

PASSED, APPROVED and ADOPTED this 28th day of June, 2023 by the following votes:

AYES:

NOES:

MAYOR

ATTEST:

CITY CLERK

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Attachment: CATHEDRAL CITY CFD 2006-1, IA #19 - RESOLUTION OF FORMATION (3810 : CFD 2006-1, IA #19, Formation, Election and 4 APPROVED AS TO FORM:

_____________________________

CITY ATTORNEY

REVIEWED:

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CITY MANAGER

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EXHIBIT A

RATE AND METHOD OF APPORTIONMENT

OF SPECIAL TAX

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IA No. 19 of CFD No. 2006-1 (Newport 17) Page 1

RATE AND METHOD OF APPORTIONMENT FOR
IMPROVEMENT AREA NO. 19 OF
COMMUNITY FACILITIES DISTRICT NO. 2006-1
(NEWPORT 17)

OF THE CITY OF CATHEDRAL CITY

A Special Tax as hereinafter defined shall be levied on all Assessor’s Parcels in Improvement Area No. 19 (“IA No. 19”) of Community Facilities District No. 2006-1 of the City of Cathedral City ("CFD No. 2006-1") and collected each Fiscal Year commencing in Fiscal Year 2023-2024, in an amount determined by the Council through the application of the appropriate Special Tax for "Developed Property" as described below. All of the real property in IA No. 19, unless exempted by law or by the provisions hereof, shall be taxed for the purposes, to the extent and in the manner herein provided.

A. DEFINITIONS

The terms hereinafter set forth have the following meanings:

"Acre" or "Acreage" means the land area of an Ass essor’s Parcel as shown on an Assessor's Parcel Map, or if the land area is not shown on an Assessor's Parcel Map, the land area shown on the applicable final map, parcel map, condominium plan, or other recorded County parcel map.

"Act" means the Mello -Roos Community Facilities Act of 1982, as amended, being Chapter 2.5, Division 2 of Title 5 of the Government Code of the State of California.

"Administrative Expenses" means the following actual or reasonably estimated costs directly related to the admin istration of IA No. 19 : the costs of computing the Special Taxes and preparing the annual Special Tax collection schedules (whether by the City or designee thereof or both); the costs of collecting the Special Taxes (whether by the County or otherwise); the costs to the City, IA No. 19 or any designee thereof of complying with City or IA No. 19 disclosure requirements; the costs associated with responding to public inquiries regarding the Special Taxes; the costs of the City, IA No. 19 or any designee thereof related to an appeal of the Special Tax; and the City’s annual administration fees and third party expenses. Administrative Expenses shall also include amounts estimated or advanced by the City or IA No. 19 for any other administrative purposes of IA No. 19, including attorney’s fees and other costs related to commencing and pursuing to completion any foreclosure of delinquent Special Taxes.

"Assessor's Parcel Map" means an official map of the Assessor of the County designating parcels by Assessor's Parcel number.

"CFD Administrator" means an official of the City, or designee thereof, responsible for the annual administration of IA No. 19 as provided herein.

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"CFD No. 2006-1" means Community Facilities District No. 2006-1 of the City.

"City" means the City of Cathedral City.

"Consumer Price Index" means the Consumer Price Index published by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics for "All Urban Consumers" in the Los Angeles - Anaheim - Riverside Area, measured as of the month of December in the calendar year which ends in the previous Fiscal Year. In the event this index ceases to be published, the Consumer Price Index shall be another index as determined by the CFD Administrator that is reasonably comparable to the Consumer Price Index for the City of Los Angeles.

"Council" means the City Council of the City, acting as the legislative body of CFD No. 2006-1.

"County" means the County of Riverside.

"Developed Prope rty" means, for each Fiscal Year, all Taxable Property for which a building permit for new construction was issued after March 1, 2021 and prior to May 1 of the previous Fiscal Year.

"Fiscal Year" means the period starting July 1 and ending on the following June 30.

"Floor Area" for any Non -Residential Property means the total square footage of the building(s) located on such property, measured from outside wall to outside wall, exclusive of overhangs, porches, patios, carports, or similar spaces attach ed to the building but generally open on at least two sides. The determination of Floor Area shall be made by reference to the building permit(s) issued for such Assessor’s Parcel.

"Improvement Area No. 19 " means Improvement Area No. 19 of CFD No. 2006-1 (Newport 17), as identified on the boundary map for CFD No. 2006-1.

"Land Use Class" means any of the classes listed in Table 1.

"Maximum Special Tax" means the Maximum Special Tax, determined in accordance with Section C.1 below, which can be levied in any Fiscal Year on any Assessor’s Parcel.

"Non-Residential Property" means all Assessor’s Parcels for which a building permit(s) was issued for a non-residential use.

"Non-Retail Commercial/Industrial Property" means all Assessor’s Parcels of Developed Property that are considered Non -Residential Property and that are not Retail Commercial Property.

"Property Owner Association Property" means, for each Fiscal Year, any Assessor’s Parcel within the boundaries of IA No. 19 that was owned by or irrevocably offered for

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dedication to a property owner association, including any master or sub -association, as of January 1 of the previous Fiscal Year.

"Public Property" means, for each Fiscal Year, (i) any property within the boundaries of IA No. 19 that was owned by or irrevocably offered for dedication to the federal government, the State, the City or any other public agency as of January 1 of the previous Fiscal Year; provided however that any property leased by a public agency to a private entity and subject to taxation under Section 53340.1 of the Act shall be taxed and classified in accordance with its use; or (ii) any property within the boundaries of IA No. 19 that was encumbered, as of January 1 of the previous Fiscal Year, by an unmanned utility easement making impractical its utilization for other than the purpose set forth in the easement.

"Residential Property" means all Assessor’s Parcels of Developed Property for which a building permit has been issued for purposes of constructing one or more residential dwelling units.

"Retail Commercial Property" means all Assessor’s Parcels of Non -Residential Property for which the building permit was issued for a retail sales tax generating use or which is being used primarily for a retail sales tax generating use, as determined by the CFD Administrator. However, if the land use of an Assessor’s Parcel changes and such Assessor’s Parcel no longer generates retail sales tax, such Assessor’s Parcel shall no longer be considered Retail Commercial Proper ty and shall be classified and taxed according to its use, as determined by the CFD Administrator.

"Special Tax" means the special tax to be levied in each Fiscal Year on each Assessor's Parcel of Developed Property.

"State" means the State of California.

"Taxable Property" means all of the Assessor's Parcels within the boundaries of IA No. 19 which are not exempt from the Special Tax pursuant to law or Section E below.

"Undeveloped Property" means, for each Fiscal Year, all Taxable Property not classi fied as Developed Property.

"Welfare Exemption" means, for each Fiscal Year, any Assessor's Parcel that is used exclusively for charitable, hospital, or religious purposes and that has a property tax welfare exemption as indicated in the County’s assessor’s roll finalized as of the last preceding January 1.

B. ASSIGNMENT TO LAND USE CATEGORIES

Each Fiscal Year, all Taxable Property within IA No. 19 shall be classified as Developed Property or Undeveloped Property and shall be subject to Special Taxes in accordance

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with the rate and method of apportionment determined pursuant to Section C.

Residential Property shall be assigned to Land Use Class 1. Non-Retail Commercial/Industrial Property shall be assigned to Land Use Class 2.

C. MAXIMUM SPECIAL TAX

1. Developed Property

a. Maximum Special Tax

The Maximum Special Tax for Fiscal Year 2023-2024 for each Land Use Class is shown below in Table 1.

TABLE 1
Maximum Special Tax for Developed Property
For Fiscal Year 2023-2024
Improvement Area No. 19

Land Use Class Description Maximum Special Tax
1 Residential Property $662.87 per unit
2 Non-Retail
Commercial/Industrial Property
$0.1541 per square foot of Floor
Area

b. Increase in the Maximum Special Tax

On each July 1, commencing on July 1, 2024, the Maximum Special Tax shall be increased (but not decreased) by the percentage change in the Consumer Price Index not to exceed one percent (1%) per Fiscal Year.

c. Multiple Land Use Classes

In some instances, an Assessor’s Parcel of Developed Property may contain more than one Land Use Class. The Maximum Special Tax that can be levied on an Assessor’s Parcel shall be the sum of the Maximum Special Taxes that can be levied for all Land Use Classes located on that Assessor’s Parcel.

2. Undeveloped Property

No Special Tax shall be levied on Undeveloped Property.

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D. METHOD OF APPORTIONMENT OF THE SPECIAL TAX

Commencing with Fiscal Year 2023-2024 and for each following Fiscal Year, the Council shall levy the Special Tax on each Assessor’s Parcel of Developed Property at 100% of the applicable Maximum Special Tax.

E. EXEMPTIONS

No Special Tax shall be levied on Retail Commercial Property, Property Owner Association Property, Public Property, or any Assessor’s Parcel that has a Welfare Exemption. However, should an Assessor’s Parcel no longer be classified as Retail Commercial Property, Property Owner Association Property, Public Property, or have a Welfare Exemption, its tax-exempt status will, without the necessity of any action by the Council, terminate.

F. APPEALS AND INTERPRETATIONS

Any landowner or resident may file a written appeal of the Special Tax on his/her property with the CFD Administrator, provided that the appellant is current in his/her payments of Special Taxes. During the pendency of an appeal, all Special Taxes previously levied must be paid on or before the payment date established when the levy was made. The appeal must specify the reasons why the appellant claims the Special Tax is in error. The CFD Administrator shall review the appeal, meet with the appellant if the CFD Administrator deems necessary, and advise the appellant of its determination. If the CFD Administrator agrees with the appellant, the CFD Administrator shall eliminate or reduce the Special Tax on the appellant’s property and/or provide a refund to the appellant. If the CFD Administrator disagrees with the appellant and the appellant is dissatisfied with the determination, the appellant then has 30 days in which to appeal to the Council by filing a written notice of appeal with the City Clerk, provided that the appellant is current in his/her payments of Special Taxes. The second appeal must specify the reasons for its disagreement with the CFD Administrator’s determination.

Interpretations may be made by the Council by ordinance or resolution for purposes of clarifying any vagueness or ambiguity in this Rate and Method of Apportionment.

G. MANNER OF COLLECTION

The Special Tax shall be collected in the same manner and at the same time as ordinary ad valorem property taxes; provided, however, that IA No. 19 may directly bill the Special Tax, may collect Special Taxes at a different time or in a different manner if necessary to meet its financial obligations, and may covenant to foreclose and may actually foreclose on delinquent Assessor’s Parcels as permitted by the Act.

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IA No. 19 of CFD No. 2006-1 (Newport 17) Page 6

H. TERM OF SPECIAL TAX

The Council is authorized to levy the Special Tax in perpetuity.

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EXHIBIT “A”
RESOLUTION NO. 2023-_____

RESOLUTION OF T HE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF

CATHEDRAL CITY ACTING ON BEHALF OF IMPROVEMENT AREA
NO. 19 OF THE CITY OF CATHEDRAL CITY COMMUNITY
FACILITIES DISTRICT NO. 200 6-1 ( LAW ENFORCEMENT, FIRE,

PARAMEDIC, PARK MAINTENANCE AND GENERAL

MAINTENANCE SERVICES) CALLING A SPECIAL ELECTION
WHEREAS, the City Council (the “Council”) of the City of Cathedral City , California (the “City”), has heretofore adopted Resolution No. 2023-07 stating its intention to form Improvement Area No. 19 of the City of Cathedral City Community Facilities District No. 2006- 1 (law enforcement, fire, paramedic, park maintenance and general maintenance services) (the “District”) pursuant to the Mello -Roos Community Facilities Act of 1982, as amended, (the “Act”); and
WHEREAS, a copy of Resolution No. 2023-07, incorporating a description and map of the proposed boundaries of the District and setting forth the rate and method of apportionment and manner of collection of the special tax to be levied within the District, which will be used to finance a po rtion of the cost of providing police protection, fire protection/paramedic and park maintenance s ervices that are in addition to those provided in the territory within the District prior to the formation of the District and do not suppla nt services alread y available within the territory proposed to be included in the District, is on file with the City Clerk and incorporated herein by reference; and
WHEREAS, on June 28, 202 3 this Council held a noticed hearing a s required by law relative to the proposed formation of the District; and WHEREAS, at said hearing all persons not exempt from the special tax desiring to be heard on all matters pertaining to the formation of the District were heard and a full and fair hearing was held; and
WHEREAS, at said hear ing e vidence was presented to this Council on said matters before it, and this Council at the conclusion of said hearing was and is fully advised in the premises; and
WHEREAS, this Council adopted its Resolution No. 2023-______ (the “Resol ution of Formation”) determining the validity of prior proceedings and establishing the District; and WHEREAS, the proposed special tax to be levied upon property within the District to finance the above referenced public services h as not been precluded by protest of the o wners of one-half (1/2) or more of the area of land within the District; and WHEREAS, this Council wishes to present to the qualified electors of the District a proposition to levy special taxes on property within the District;

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NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY CO UNCIL OF THE CITY OF CATHEDRAL CITY DOES HEREBY RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:

Section 1. Pursuant to Government Code Section 53353.5, the Council hereby submits to the qualified electors of the District a proposition (the “Pr oposition”) to levy spec ial taxes on prop erty within the District in accordance with the rate and method specified in the Resolution of Formation. The Proposition is attached as Exhibit “A.” Section 2. A special election is hereby called for the District on the Proposition set forth in Section 1 above.

Section 3. The City Clerk shall hand deliver the ballot to the landowner immediately upon the adoption of this Resolution or shall have mailed the ballot in advance.

Section 4. The date of the special electi on for the District on the Proposition shall be on June 28, 2023. The voter ballot shall be returned to the City Clerk at 68700 Avenida Lalo Guerrero, Cathedral City, California 92234, no later than 5:30 o’clock p.m. on June 28, 2023.

Section 5. The Council f inds and dete rmines that the re were no registered voters residing within the territory of proposed District at the time of the protest hearing and ninety (90) days prior thereto.

Section 6. The District shall constitute a single election precinct for the purpose of holding said election.

Section 7. The Council hereby directs that the election be conducted by the City Clerk of the City of Cathedral City, as the elections official.

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Attachment: CATHEDRAL CITY CFD 2006-1, IA #19 - RESOLUTION CALLING A SPECIAL ELECTION (3810 : CFD 2006-1, IA #19, Formation, PASSED, APPROVED and ADOPTED this 28th day of June, 2023 by the following votes:

AYES:

NOES:

MAYOR

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CITY CLERK

APPROVED AS TO FORM:

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CITY ATTORNEY

REVIEWED:

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CITY MANAGER

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RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF

CATHEDRAL CITY ACTING ON BEHALF OF IMPROVEMENT AREA
NO. 19 OF THE CITY OF CATHEDRAL CITY COMMUNITY
FACILITIES DISTRICT NO. 200 6-1 ( LAW ENFORCEMENT, FIRE,

PARAMEDIC, PARK MAINTENANCE AND GENERAL

MAINTENANCE SERVICES) CANVASSING THE RESULTS OF THE

SPECIAL ELECTION HELD WITHIN SAID DISTRICT
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Cathedral City, California (the “Council”) has previously conducted proceedings pertaining to the formation of Improvement Area No. 19 of the City of Cathedral City Community Facilities District No. 200 6-1 (law enforcement, fire, paramedic, park maintenance and general maintenance s ervices) ( the “District”), the rate and method of apportionment of a special tax to finance a portion of th e cost of providin g certain public services, and the calling of a special election in regard to the foregoing; and WHEREAS, on June 28, 2023 a special election was held within the District regarding the rate and method of apportionment of the proposed special tax; and WHEREAS, at such special election the proposal for the rate and method of apportionment and manner of collection of the special tax for the District was approved by the qualified electors of the District;

NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CATH EDRAL CITY DOES HEREBY RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:

Section 1. It is hereby determined that the election conducted within the District was duly conducted.

Section 2. The Council, acting as the legislative body of the District, is authorized to levy the special tax on behalf of District, as specified in Resolution No. 2023- __ adopted by the City Council on June 28, 2023.

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AYES:

NOES:

MAYOR

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CITY CLERK

APPROVED AS TO FORM:

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CITY ATTORNEY

REVIEWED:

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ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF

CATHEDRAL CITY ACTING AS THE LEGISLATIVE BODY OF
COMMUNITY FACILITIES DISTRICT NO. 200 6-1 ( LAW

ENFORCEMENT, FIRE, PARAMEDIC , PARK MAINTENANCE AND

GENERAL MAINTENANCE SERVICES) OF THE CITY OF

CATHEDRAL CITY AUTHORIZING THE LEVY OF A SPECIAL TAX

WITHIN SAID DISTRICT

WHEREAS, on May 10, 2023, the City Council (the “Council”) of the City of Cathedral City, California (the “City”) adopted Resolution No. 2023-07 stating its intention to form Improvement Area No. 19 of the City of Cathedral City Community Facilities District No. 2006- 1 (law enforcement, fire, paramedic, park maintenance and general maintenance services) (the “District”) pursuant to the Mello -Roos Community Facilities Act of 1982, as amended, (the “Act”); and
WHEREAS, n otice was published as required by law relative to the intention of the Council to form the district; and
WHEREAS, on June 28, 2023 this Council held a noticed public hearing as required by law relative to the det ermination to proceed w ith the formation of the district and the rate and method of apportionment and manner of collection of the special tax to be levied within the District to finance certain public services; and
WHEREAS, at said hearing all persons desi ring to be heard on all matters pertaining to the formation of the district were heard and a full and fair hearing was held; and WHEREAS, the Council subsequent to said hearing adopted Resolution No. 2023- __ (the “Resolution of Formation”) determining the validity of prior proc eedings relative to the formation of the district and establishing the district; and WHEREAS, the Council subsequent to said hearing adopted Resolution No. 2023- __ which called an el ection within the district for June 28, 202 3 on the propo sition of lev ying a special tax; and
WHEREAS, on June 28, 202 3, an election was held within the district in which the eligible electors approved by more than two-thirds vote the proposition of levying a special tax.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED, by the C ity Council of the City o f Cathedral City as follows:

Section 1. A special tax is levied within the boundaries of the district pursuant to the formula set forth in Exhibit “A” attached hereto and incorporated by reference in an amount necessary to finance a portion of the cost of providing police p rotection, fire

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Section 2. This legislative body is hereby further authorized to provide, by resolution adopted as provided in Section 53340 of the Act, for the levy of the special tax in the then current tax year or future tax years, except that the special tax rates to be levied shall not exceed the maximum rates set forth in Exhibit “A”.

Section 3. All the collections of the special tax shall be used as provided for in the Act and the Resolution of Formation.

Section 4. The above authorized special tax shall be collected in the same manner as ordinary ad valorem taxes ar e collected and sh all be subject to the same penalties and the same procedure and sale in cases of delinquency and provided for ad valorem taxes.

Section 5. The Mayor shall sign this ordinance and the City Clerk shall attest to such signature. The City Clerk is directed to cause the title and summary or text of the this ordinance, together with the vote thereon, to be published within fifteen (15) days after its passage at least once in a newspaper of general circulat ion published a nd circulated within the territorial jurisdiction of the City, and to post at the main office of the City a certified copy of the full text of the adopted ordinance along with the names of the Council Members voting for and against the ordinance.

Section 6. This ordinance relating to the levy of t he special tax takes effect and shall be in force from and after 30 days from the date of final passage. A copy of this ordinance shall be transmitted to the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors of Riverside County, the Assessor and the Treasurer-Tax Collector of Riverside County.

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Attachment: CATHEDRAL CITY CFD 2006-1, IA #19 - ORDINANCE (3810 : CFD 2006-1, IA #19, Formation, Election and Ordinance Public PASSED, APPROVED and ADOPTED this 28th day of June, 2023 by the following votes:

AYES:

NOES:

MAYOR

ATTEST:

CITY CLERK

APPROVED AS TO FORM:

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CITY ATTORNEY

REVIEWED:

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CITY MANAGER

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EXHIBIT A

RATE AND METHOD OF APPORTIONMENT

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Staff Report

City Council

Item No. 5.D

Meeting Date: June 28, 2023
From: Robert Rodriguez, Development Services Director
Title: Historic Preservation Application for Agnes Pelton Home and Studio

City Council

RECOMMENDATION:

To continue the item to a date uncertain.

BACKGROUND:

The Historic Preservation Ordinance, Chapter 8.62 of the Cathedral City Municipal Code, was approved by the City Council on November 30, 2022, and established a process for recognizing historical events and people, pres erving areas and specific buildings of the City which reflect elements of its cultural, social, economic, political, architectural, and archaeological history.

A property owner, or their authorized representative, may submit an application to designate th eir property, or a portion thereof, as a historic site. The application shall contain the appropriate documentation or research necessary to determine the qualifications of the site, structure, building or object for historic designation.

The completed ap plication shall be reviewed in a public hearing by both the Historic Preservation Committee and City Council, with final approval authority by the City Council. During the review by the Historic Preservation Committee, the Committee shall determine the class for historic designation in their recommendation to the City Council:

“Class 1” shall refer to a historic site that exists as it did during the historical period or is restorable to that condition.

“Class 2” shall refer to a historic site that contai ns a modern (non -historic) structure, a use that is different than the use of the site during the historical period, or contains buildings, structures or uses from the historical period that are unusable, nonconforming, or unrestorable.

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“Class 3” shall re fer to a historic site that contains buildings or structures constructed more than 50 years ago (or the construction date cannot be confirmed) but that do not qualify as a Class 1 or Class 2 historic site.

DISCUSSION:

The property owner, Peter Palladino, submitted an application for historic designation of the Agnes Pelton Home and Studio, located at 68680 F Street (originally 677 E Street), on May 2, 2023.

On June 20, 2023, following a duly noticed public hearing, the Historic Preservation Committee re commended the item be continued to allow staff and the applicant to gather the necessary information to evaluate the class for historic designation requested by the applicant.

FISCAL IMPACT:

None

FIVE-YEAR STRATEGIC PLAN:

GOAL F: EMBRACING, INCLUSIVE COMMUNITY
Objective: Cathedral City is valued and respected as a community that welcomes and embraces diversity, has an abundance of high quality and affordable housing options, and vibrant businesses. Our neighborhoods are attractive and well -maintained and issues surrounding homelessness have been compassionately addressed with thoughtful, coordinated, and collaborative programs.

ATTACHMENTS:

Application
Attachment 1
Attachment 2
Public Hearing Notice

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City of Cathedral City
Public Hearing Notice
Notice of Availability for Public Review
and Environmental Determination

Notice is hereby given that the Cathedral City
City Council will hold a Public Hearing on the
following:

CASE(S)
Historic Preservation Application No. 23-001

APPLICANT/REPRESENTATIVE
Agnes Pelton Home and Studio
Peter Palladino

PROPOSAL
Request to historically designate the property in
accordance with Chapter 8.62 (Historic Preservation) of the Cathedral City Municipal Code.

LOCATION
68680 F Street
Assessor’s Parcel No. 687-234-008

ENVIRONMENTAL DETERMINATION
The proposed historic designation is not subject to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant
to Sections 15060(c)(2) (the activity will not result in a direct or reasonably foreseeable indirect physical
change in the environment) and 15060(c)(3) (the activity is not a project as defined in Section 15378) of the
CEQA Gui delines because it has no potential for
resulting in physical changes to the environment,
directly or indirectly.

All information regarding the proposed pr oject i s
available for public review at the City of Cathedral City Civic Center, Pl anning Depart ment, 6 8-700 Avenida
Lalo Guerrero during regular business hours (Monday
through Friday, 8:00 AM - 4:30 PM)

DATE AND TIME OF HEARING
June 28, 2023, at 5:30 PM, or as soon thereafter as
the matter may be heard.

PLACE OF HEARING
Cathedral City Civic Center — Council Chambers
68-700 Avenida Lalo Guerrero
Cathedral City, CA 92234

Any person may appear at the hearing and be heard in
support of, or opposition to, or provide other testimony on the proposed project or e nvironmental
determination. In addition, persons may also submit
written testim ony on the propo sed project or
environmental determination, which must be received
by the Project Planner prior to the close of the public hearing.

The City Council , at th e public hearing or during
deliberations, may approve, deny, or propose changes
to the project or to the environmental determination.

If you challenge any of these items in court , you may
be limited to raising only those issues you or someone
else raise d at the public hearing descri bed in t his notice or in written correspondence.

For further information, contact the Project Planner at:

Robert Rodriguez, Development Services Director
68-700 Avenida Lalo Guerrero
Cathedral City, CA 92234
(760) 770-0344

NOTE: In complia nce wi th the American s wit h
Disability Act, if you need special assistance to
participate in this meeting, please contact the Planning Department at (760) 770 -0340. Notification 48 hours
prior to the meeting will enab le the city to make
reasonable accommodations to ensure accessibility to
this meeting. {28 CFR 35.104 ADA TITLE II}

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Staff Report

City Council

Item No. 6.A

Meeting Date: June 28, 2023
From: Tracey Hermosillo, City Clerk
Title: Ratify the Nomination by Councilmember Ernesto Gutierrez to appoint John Rivera to serve an additional three -year term on the Architectural Review Committee

RECOMMENDATION:

Ratify the Nomination of John Rivera, by Councilmember Ernesto Gutierrez, to serve on the Architectural Review Committee for an additional three-year term continuing through June 30, 2026.

BACKGROUND:

John Rivera was appointed to serve on the Architectural Review Committee on June 26, 2017, and reappointed on June 26, 2020, his term will expire on June 30, 2023. He has served two full consecutive terms.

2.06.010 subsection B and D of the Cathedral City Municipal Code states the following:

B. Any member of a board or commission may be removed from office at any time, with or without cause, by a majority vote of the city council, except in cases where the mayor or city council are not the appointing authority (in which cases such regular appointing authority may exercise this power of removal). If a member is absent from three consecutive regular meetings or from twenty -five percent of the duly scheduled meetings of the board or commission within one fiscal year, t he matter will be brought before the city council for consideration of the possible removal of the member. Except in cases where the mayor or city council are not the appointing authority, no person shall be appointed to and serve substantially more than t wo full consecutive terms upon any single board or commission, and any person who has served substantially two full consecutive terms shall not be reappointed to the same board or commission until at least the time equal to one full term has elapsed.

D. Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection B of this section relating to limiting the terms of board and commission members, residency, and relating to reappointment thereof, the city council may, at any time, in the best interest of the city, upon the affirmative votes of any four members of the city council, waive

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the term limit provisions of subsection B, and reappoint any member of a board or commission of the city for one additional term.

Pursuant to Chapter 2.30 of the Cathedral City Municipal Code , it is the preference of the city council the membership of the architectural review committee include one local licensed architect and one local licensed landscape architect. The city council may waive the residency requirement for the licensed architect and licensed landscape architect positions if the city council determines such waiver is necessary and in the best interests of the city. The city council may also consider various factors in appointing any member of the architectural review committee, inc luding, without limitation, licenses, certificates or degrees, other education, training or work experience in the fields of architecture, landscape design, other design, civil engineering, construction, surveying, or similar fields determined to be relevant by the city council.

Mr. Rivera is a Licensed Architect and is the only Licensed Architect appointed to serve on the Architectural Review Committee.

Staff advertised on social media , posted a Notice of upcoming vacancies and accepted applications th rough June 2, 2023. Staff did not receive any applications for the Architectural Review Committee.

In addition to the upcoming vacancy, the Architectural Review Committee currently has a vacancy that is required to be filled by a Licensed Landscape Arc hitect or someone who has licenses, certificates or degrees, other education, training or work experience in the fields of architecture, landscape design, other design, civil engineering , pursuant to the Code.

The seat that Mr. Rivera holds is to be nominated by Councilmember Ernesto Gutierrez.

DISCUSSION:

Mr. Rivera has indicated he would like to be considered for reappointment to ser ve on the Architectural Review Committee. Councilmember Gutierrez has indicated he would like to nominate Mr. Rivera to serve an additional three -year term . According to the Code, the City Council can waive the term limits and appoint Mr. Rivera to serve an additional three-year term by a four -fifths vote of the City Council if it is in the best interest of the City. Si nce Mr. Rivera is a Licensed Architect, which is one of the preferences per the Code, and no other Licensed Architect is on the Committee nor applied for the Committee, staff believes Mr. Rivera would qualify for reappointment.

FISCAL IMPACT:

There is no fiscal impact with this item.

FIVE-YEAR STRATEGIC PLAN:

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Staff Report

City Council

Item No. 6.B

Meeting Date: June 28, 2023
From: Deanna Pressgrove, Environmental Conservation & Public Works Manager
Title: 2023 Student Creative Recycling Art Program (S.C.R.A.P.) Gallery Update and Agreement Approval

City Council

RECOMMENDATION:

To approve an Agreement with the Student Creative Recycling Art Program (S.C.R.A.P.) in an amount not to exceed $90,000 annually, to provide support on recycling, reuse and waste reduction programs.

BACKGROUND:

The Integrate d Waste Management Act and Beverage Container Recycling and Litter Reduction Act (AB 939) managed by CalRecycle requires all California jurisdictions to annually divert 50% of its waste stream from landfill disposal. Non -compliance could result in penalties of up to $10,000 per day until compliance is reached. CalRecycle is working toward a California that uses less, recycles more, and takes resource conservation to higher levels.

AB 939 requires all California jurisdictions submit an Annual AB 939 R eport to CalRecycle documenting the progress the City has made in achieving the diversion mandates established by the assembly bills. The Annual AB 939 Report includes a summary of the waste diversion programs jurisdictions use to document progress and the tonnage diverted by each program.

Summary of Waste Diversion Programs

Xeriscaping / Grasscycling Backyard and on-site Composting Business Waste Reduction Programs Procurement
School Source Reduction Programs Material Exchange, Thrift Store Residential Curbside Residential Drop-off
Residential Buy-back Commercial onsite pickup
Commercial Self-haul Government Recycling Programs
Special Collection Seasonal Residential Curbside Organics

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Residential Self-haul Greenwaste Commercial on-site Organics Pick-up Commercial self-haul Greenwaste Tires
White Goods Scrap Metal
Wood Waste Concrete / Asphalt / Rubble
Electronic (Radio, TV, Web) outreach Print (brochures, flyers) Outreach Schools Education and Curriculum Ordinances
Composting Facility Hazardous Waste Permanent Facility

Annually, the Cathedral City community diverts 49% -60% of its waste stream from landfill disposal. To reach the diversion goals, set by the State, Cathedral City developed and implements the follo wing environmental programs which comply with one or more of the Waste Diversion Programs identified within the Annual AB 939 Report:

Cathedral City Environmental AB 939 Programs

• Stop Identity Theft Community (Shredding) Programs
• Weekly Electronic & Tire Collection Program
• Weekly Sharps and Unwanted Medications Disposal Program • Multi-Family Recycling and Large Item Collection Programs • Community Clean Up Programs
• Bulky Item Collection Programs for Residential and Commercial • WaterSmart Landscapes Grant Program
• Smart Irrigation Controller Rebate Program
• SB 1383 Residential, Commercial Organics and Recycling Programs • Community and School Gardens, Backyard Composting Programs • Government Source Reduction Programs
• Residential Curbside Recycling & Organics Collection Programs • Residential Buy-Back Programs (Cans for Cash)
• Special Collection Seasonal (Holiday Trees)
• Concrete/Asphalt/Rubble Recycling and Reuse Programs
• Community Educational Mailers (Brochures, Flyers, Guides) • Fall and Spring Mass Mailers that all residents receive. o Direct mailers to target areas that need a reminder to utilize existing programs for their disposal needs.
• Cathedral City S.C.R.A.P. Gallery School Educational Program

In 2000, Cathedral City partnered with the Student Creative Recycling Art Program (S.C.R.A.P.) Gallery to develop and implement an educational curriculum for Cathedral City schools that complies with two sections of the Annual Report (School Source Reduction Programs & Schools Education and Curriculum).

S.C.R.A.P. Gallery addresses two of today's most urgent issues - the environment and the education of our youth. Its mission is to actively engage youth as stewards of their environment through a concentrated, hands -on, educati onal effort to build a creative culture of sustainability in our schools and community. S.C.R.A.P. Gallery partners with all Cathedral City schools and local youth organizations.

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The S.C.R.A.P. Gallery provides a link between industry, education, the arts , and the environment through its programs, featuring environmental presentations, exhibits, and workshops - using reused and recycled materials from the S.C.R.A.P. Gallery warehouse, directly diverting materials from the landfill. S.C.R.A.P. Gallery’s uni que approach to helping solve environmental problems teaches children to be creative in their personal recycling habits and take care of the planet.

In November of 2022, S.C.R.A.P. Gallery received the Outstanding Service to Environmental Education Award from the North American Association for Environmental Education (NAAEE). The NAAEE’s hallmark award recognizes leadership and dedicated service in the environmental education field. This marks the second time S.C.R.A.P. Gallery has earned this honor for Outstanding Service.

S.C.R.A.P. Gallery was also awarded the Environmental Sustainability Award at the Cathedral City State of the City in May 2023.

DISCUSSION:

The current Agreement for Services between the City of Cathedral City and the S.C.R.A.P. Galley, effective April 28, 2021, expired on June 30, 2022, and included an option to extend the current Agreement for 2 additional one-year terms.

Over the last year, Staff have been working with Karen Riley, Executive Director of the S.C.R.A.P. Gallery, to revise and expand the current Scope of Services in response to new legislation under AB 939, Senate Bill 1383 (SB 1383).

SB 1383 Legislation

The State of California legislature passed SB 1383, which set in motion the most significant change in 30 yea rs on how Californians are to handle their solid waste, specifically organic waste. The goal of SB 1383 is to reduce 75% of organic waste sent to a landfill by having it recycled, reduced, and or composted.

Schools and universities generate about 562,442 tons of waste each year in California.

Almost half of school waste is comprised of organic materials like paper, cardboard, and uneaten cafeteria food. Much of the waste generated in the California education system is recyclable.

Scope of Services for the S.C.R.A.P. Gallery Program

The Scope of Services for the S.C.R.A.P. Gallery Program is included as Exhibit A of the Service Provider Agreement. Staff is requesting City Council approve expanding the S.C.R.A.P. Gallery’s Scope of Services to incorpora te the additional programs that assist with AB 939 and SB 1383 Compliance and the requests from Cathedral City schools to offer S.C.R.A.P. Gallery programs to more grade levels.

All the programs and events listed within the Scope of Services comply w ith one or more of the following objectives:

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✓ AB 939 Reduce Reuse Recycle
✓ SB 1383 Organics Recycling such as paper products and food waste. ✓ Air Quality/ Clean Air Programs
✓ Water Conservation

The following Services shall be performed ov er a 12-month period to the satisfaction of the City.

A. Develop and maintain a material and exchange program for local businesses in Cathedral City. Service Provider will supply quarterly reports to the city, detailing materials collected.

B. Present environmental education programs to community groups at the request of a Cathedral City community group or the City.

C. Develop and implement monthly activities or programs for children or adults to be scheduled and presented at the S.C.R.A.P. Gallery located in Cathedral City.

D. Present three exhibitions and/or traveling exhibits annually for students and/or the public.

E. At the request of the City, coordinate with and participate in City sponsored events to promote the environment and recycling.

F. Coordinate at least three (3) recycle education projects per year benefiting Cathedral City students including Global Youth Service Day, Earth Day and the Walking for Water 6K.

G. Coordinate and host the Butterfly and Spring Festivals Family Friendly Events at local parks.

H. Educate and train Cathedral City school’s staff and students on waste reduction though inclusive STEAM (STEM plus Art) projects.

I. Create Green Teams: Green Teams is an interactive program empowering students and teachers to help the en vironment through waste reduction, reuse, recycling, and pollution prevention. S.C.R.A.P. Gallery provides activities, materials, and a Teacher Green Team Kit for students to set SMART (Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant, and Time -Bound) goals appr opriate for each team.

J. Arrange field trips to the S.C.R.A.P. Gallery for public and private schools serving students in Cathedral City. Should transportation be unavailable, the Service Provider shall travel to the school site to perform educational pr ograms. While the frequency of such programs to be presented shall be at the discretion of city school, Service Provider shall communicate in writing with the principal/headmaster within thirty (30) days of the start of school to provide information about services offered by the Service Provider in cooperation with the City.

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K. Develop and distribute teachers’ curriculum incorporating California Education and the Environment Initiative (EEI); California’s Environmental Principles and Concepts (EP&Cs); and Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS).

L. Provide material reuse consultations and technical support to teachers, schools, businesses, institutions, and other organizations. If a material is suitable for reuse by Service Provider, Service Provider shall make arrangements with the generator to collect the material at a location, time and frequency that is convenient and effective for the generator.

M. Sustainable Superhighway Program: Provide virtual field trips, online workshops, presentations, conversa tions and participatory projects for youth/students and professional development and support for educators that support the State of California’s Environmental Principles and Concepts
(https://www.californiaeei.org).

N. Educational Kits: Continue prov iding recycled/reused materials and education kits for students by delivery to local schools, community centers and for curbside pick-up at the S.C.R.A.P. Gallery.

O. Cans For Cash Recycling Program - School-based aluminum can drive.

Cathedral City element ary schools participate and compete in year -long promotions to create healthy recycling competitions amongst themselves. This program allows schools and individual classes to earn points based on participation in can recycling and S.C.R.A.P programs. The s chool that scores the most points will receive cash for their school.

P. Plastic Free July - Plastic Free July® is the global movement encouraging people to be part of the solution to plastic pollution. S.C.R.A.P. will host a series of events/projects for kids and community members to learn, take action, get tips on reducing plastic waste, and connect with others concerned about plastic pollution.

Q. School to Fork - School to Fork is a sustainable garden program for local schools where kids learn to grow what they eat and eat what they grow! S.C.R.A.P. will work with students and teachers to develop on -site, drought -tolerant gardens, from raised beds to keyhole gardens. Our goals are to establish a connection to nature and environmental stewardship by inc orporating the following principles:

Sustainability, Collaboration, Responsibility, Art, and Perspective.

R. School Site Gardens/Kids Compost Connection - S.C.R.A.P. Gallery will provide instructional support to teachers and administrators at Cathedral C ity schools, including garden development, composting demonstrations, and presentations on composting and its environmental benefits. The goal is to engage with students and educators to help them reduce their schools' contributions to the waste stream.

S. Cycle Cathedral City - S.C.R.A.P Gallery will coordinate and schedule sessions with schools and after -school programs to involve students participating in a

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pedestrian/bike safety campaign. The campaign aims to help students learn about safety tips for walking and bicycling and how walking/biking to school can be fun, safe, and environmentally responsible.

T. National Bike Month - Activities will include bike helmet art contests and the Recycle Bicycle sculpture contest during National Bike Month.

U. Community Bike Ride - A coordinated community bicycle ride open to bike riders of all ages along the Cathedral City portion of the CV Link; these events will be held in conjunction with neighborhood cleanup.

S.C.R.A.P. Gallery, partnering with Palm Springs Unified School District, works to help schools undertake zero waste projects, food scraps recycling, and implement practices that help the environment and their local communities. Third and fourth -grade students receive free zero waste training, recycling, and compost c ontainers. Signage and student incentives will be provided. Schools can be certified as a Zero Hero School and receive prizes and awards through the process.

W. Food Waste Private Eye - This program is a participatory program available to all grade levels. S.C.R.A.P. and students will conduct lunchtime food waste audits to help educate students about how much food they waste in their school cafeterias and encourage them to reduce waste. Upon completing audits and studying the data, students, and schools ca n develop and implement food -waste reduction strategies that make the most sense for their school site.

X. Table Talk - Targeting middle to high school students, this traveling exhibit about food waste turns the school cafeteria into a classroom, promptin g conversation and conservation.

Y. Food Waste Prevention Week (FWPW) - Held April 1 -7, 2024, FWPW is a national campaign focused on raising awareness around the issue of food waste to educate and inspire culture change about food waste. S .C.R.A.P. Gallery participates as an official partner of this project.

Z. Submit Annual Report: Report should summarize all events, programs, description of material reused, tonnage of material diverted if applicable, environmental impact statistics and images of activ ities/events performed during the 12-month period. The Annual Report is due to the City by July 30 of each year and will be included within the City’s Annual AB 939 and SB 1383 report to CalRecycle.

Funding

Since 2018, the Agreement with the S.C.R.A. P. Gallery allocated $54,000 per year in funding to support Cathedral City activities. Karen Riley, Executive Director of the

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S.C.R.A.P. Gallery, spends 54-60 hours weekly on Cathedral City-related programs and projects. The average school visits/classes per week is five to seven.

Over the last year, more grade levels are requesting projects and programs. Rio Vista Elementary would like to expand recycling education to the kindergarten classes, Nellie Coffman Middle School requested the environment al services learning projects include eighth grade; Sunny Sands Elementary would like to add additional fourth and fifth grades and afterschool clubs to the program and Aqua Caliente Elementary has requested implementing bottle/can recycling program for th e entire school and assistance expanding on their school garden program. Cathedral City High School is requesting a S.C.R.A.P. Gallery partnership with the interns from the DATA Program.

These requests are in addition to the programs that S.C.R.A.P. Gallery already implements and will require additional support, staffing and funding.

The S.C.R.A.P Gallery has proven its value to the community and the City year after year, especially in supporting the overall City Community in complianc e with AB 939 requirements. Staff is therefore recommending the City enter a new Agreement with the S.C.R.A.P. Gallery reflecting an annual increase in budget from $54,000 to $90,000 per year which equates to a monthly not -to-exceed amount of $7,500 per m onth. The two (2) year Agreement will also have provisions to allow for 3 one (1) year extensions.

Please note: The last increase in the budget for the S.C.R.A.P. Gallery was in 2018.

FISCAL IMPACT:

Funding for the S.C.R.A.P. Gallery budget and th is increase are included within the FY 2023/2024 Environmental Conservation/AB 939 Budget under the Environmental Services Fund, account 246-900-910-911-8600-8620.

Please note: No General Fund expenditures are allocated to this Program.

FIVE-YEAR STRATEGIC PLAN:

City Council Goal: Innovation

Objective: Cathedral City continually focusses on improving service delivery and customer experiences by successfully leveraging technology and creative initiatives to improve public services, public safety, and stimulate economic growth.

ATTACHMENTS:

S.C.R.A.P. Gallery Letters of Support
Cathedral City S.C.R.A.P. Gallery Agreement June 2023

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Kelly Hughes
69310 McCallum Way
Cathedral City, CA 92234
[email protected]
June 13, 2023

Karen Riley
S.C.R.A.P. Gallery
68743 Perez Rd # D16
Cathedral City, CA 92234

Subject: Letter of Support for the S.C.R.A.P. Gallery Programs and Funding

To Whom It May Concern,

I am writing this letter to express my wholehearted support forthe S.C.R.A.P. Gallery and their continued receipt of support and funding from the city of Cathedral City. As an advocate and educator for sustainable practices and a firm believer in the critical importance of environmental conservation, I have closely followed the impactful work done by the S.C.R.A.P. Gallery in our community.

The S.C.R.A.P. Gallery has consistently demonstrated an unwavering commitment to fostering environmental sustainability and creating a positive impact on our planet. Karen Riley and her dedicated team of professionals and volunteers has spearheaded numerous initiatives that promote sustainable practices, raise awareness about environmental issues, and empower individuals and communities to make eco-friendly choices. The most recent program is the Sustainability Squad at Sunny Sands Elementary School. Students in this club learn and then teach others about how they can save the planet and make it a better place for future generations.

One of the key reasons why I believe the S.C.R.A.P. Gallery deserves to receive ongoing support and funding is their exceptional track record of achievement. Over the years, they have successfully implemented a wide range of projects and programs that have made a significant difference in our community. From organizing educational workshops and community clean-up campaigns to advocating for policy changes and supporting local businesses in adopting sustainable practices, the S.C.R.A.P. Gallery has consistently proven their ability to effect positive change.

I have had the privilege of witnessing firsthand the positive impact that the S.C.R.A.P. Gallery has had on our community. Their initiatives have not only helped raise awareness about pressing environmental issues but have also resulted in tangible outcomes, such as improved recycling and repurposing practices at many Palm Springs Unified classrooms, and increased access to environmental solutions and education throughout our valley. These achievements

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Furthermore, the S.C.R.A.P. Gallery has demonstrated a strong commitment to collaboration and community engagement. They have actively sought partnerships with other local organizations, government agencies, and academic institutions to leverage resources, expertise, and community networks. By fostering collaboration, the S.C.R.A.P. Gallery has maximized the impact of their work and created a robust and interconnected network of stakeholders dedicated to environmental sustainability.

Considering all these factors, I wholeheartedly endorse the S.C.R.A.P. Gallery to continue receiving support and funding fromthe City of Cathedral City. By providing sustained financial support, the city of Cathedral City will not only enable the S.C.R.A.P. Gallery to maintain their ongoing initiatives but also empower them to explore new avenues for addressing emerging environmental challenges.

Thank you for your attention to this matter. Should you require any additional information or have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me at (760) 409-8982 or [email protected]. I appreciate your consideration and ongoing commitment to supporting organizations that drive positive change in our community.

Yours sincerely,

Kelly Hughes
Sunny Sands Elementary School
Sunny Sands Elementary Sustainablity Squad

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June 9, 2023
To Whom It May Concern: c/o City of Cathedral City
My name is Donna Crisp, and I am the librarian at Sunny Sands Elementary in the School District of Palm Spring Unified. I have worked with the SCRAP Gallery and Karen Riley for 12 years. She is an important part of the library and student population here at Sunny Sands Elementary in many ways. She has always been available to bring the yearly theme of the library to life with art, global awareness, and life lessons for students each month.

S.C.R.A.P. Gallery visits every week starting the first week of school in August through the last week of school in June. They bring environmental programs, community projects, contests, and events to the students. This year, through S.C.R.A.P. Gallery we were able to provide environmental art projects, bicycle education, and onsite school cleanups with the participation of more than 650 students.

These types of projects and lessons are so important to students on a level beyond academics. It helps them develop both emotionally and mentally. For example, emotional development is important, and students get a sense of taking care of their community and where they live with the art Karen brings for them to do. Another example, mental development, there are students that get overwhelmed with academics and may struggle a little more than other students. The projects Karen provides are important to theses student because it gives them a break from traditional academics as well as builds confidence and accomplishment is something.

The SCRAP Gallery is a vital part of the student’s education here at Sunny Sands Elementary. They are not just creating art they are learning and developing in ways that will make them better people in our community’s future.

Sincerely,
Donna Crisp
Librarian
Sunny Sands Elementary School

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To Whom It May Concern.

My name is Rosalind Orduno and I teach first grade at Cathedral City Elementary School. I have had the pleasure of knowing Karen Riley for over 12 years. She is a dear friend and we consider her a part of our school staff. She has come over to our school to provide environmental art lessons. The materials and supplies she brings, for the projects or lessons, are from reused or recycled materials. She makes the time and effort to go to many classrooms at different schools within the Coachella Valley.

Our school is very fortunate to welcome Karen into our classroom. None of this would have happened without the support of our former principal, Jessica Whiteman, she is now Director of Elementary Curriculum and Instruction, our current principal, Brenda Santana, and of course, the support of the city of Cathedral City.

Our staff and school always look forward to Karen coming to our school. Our students get the opportunity to do more hands-on projects in the classroom with materials that they could easily find in their homes. However, during these uncertain times, Karen Riley brings the love of art for our students. They are so happy when they see her walking through our classroom’s door.

Sincerely,
Rosalind Orduno

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Dear Cathedral City;
My name is Sara Hadley and I am an Multi-Tiered Systems of Support Coach at Nellie Coffman Middle School in the Palm Springs Unified School District. I have taught in Cathedral City for 23 years and have lived in all areas of the Coachella Valley. I have known Karen Riley and worked with her and the SCRAP Gallery for 15 years. She is an integral part of our school and her mission makes an impact on my students’ lives and increases their global awareness and responsibility each year.

When I had a classroom, she would come once a week and introduce a slew of community sponsored events, projects and contests for us to do. I have seen firsthand, year after year, students who don’t have any concept of earth friendly behavior change into kids who get frustrated at someone who throws a water bottle into the wrong bin or can’t stand the thought of throwing things away because certainly they could turn it into something amazing! Some of the things the SCRAP Gallery does with our school are partnering with our sister city in Tequila, Mexico and sharing art and cultural awareness with a students from there; creating a coral reef display using recycled materials to promote the gallery exhibit that raises awareness of coral reef bleaching and dying; and creating awareness and habitats for our earth’s pollinators. She has been a part of our lunchtime procedures and has plans to help change the mindset of the students and adults in regards to food waste procedures and knowledge. Currently, she comes every week and provides a mix of community service opportunities and environmental education through art and projects.

I have seen kids flourish when given the opportunity to present information to people from the community. They enjoy having an impact in real life situations.

Thanks to the SCRAP Gallery, students in our school are able to not only learn about ways they impact the environment, (even in these challenging times), but they are able to effectively promote change in the school and community, and that is a powerful thing for any student.

Thank you for your time.

Sara Hadley
6th Grade Teacher
Nellie N. Coffman Middle School

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To Whom It May Concern:

For over five years now, I have had the privilege to work with Karen Riley from the S.C.R.A.P. Gallery. Each month, she visits each of our four first grade classrooms at Rio Vista Elementary School and presents an hour long, engaging art lesson that stems from the program's recycling and environmental education platform. Each lesson starts with background information on the type of art style and relevance, and seamlessly incorporates recycled materials that students use to create their own masterpieces. Karen provides all the materials and does an amazing job proctoring and assisting students as they create their inspiring art pieces. At the end of each lesson, there is a closing teachable moment and students are encouraged to display and share their projects with their peers and families.

We are excited to have Karen expand the program to Kindergarten for the 2023- 2024 school year. She does a wonderful job linking the lessons with themes/skills that we are covering within our curriculum.

Kindly,

Shellie Herndon
1st Grade Team Leader

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AGREEMENT FOR SERVICES

BETWEEN

THE CITY OF CATHEDRAL CITY, CALIFORNIA
AND

STUDENT CREATIVE RECYCLE ART PROGRAM
S.C.R.A.P.

This Agreement for Services (“Agreement”) is entered into as of June 28, 2023 (“Effective Date”) by and between the City of Cathedral City, a municipal corporation (“City”) and Student Creative Recycle Art Program, a nonprofit corporation (“Service Provider”). City and Service Provider are sometimes hereinafter individually referred to as “Party” and hereinafter collectively referred to as the “Parties.”

RECITALS
A. State law requires that the City support and promote activities relating to recycling and waste prevention education; and
B. The Student Recycle Creative Art Program works with all Valley schools, both public and private, and businesses and individuals, to divert materials that would ultimately end up in the landfill; and
C. It is the mission of the Student Recycle Creative Art Program to develop and implement art experiences using recycled materials that actively engage all youth as stewards of their environment; and
D. In light of the facts set forth above, the city desires to retain the service of a qualified service provider to provide, on an independent contractor’s basis, professional educational programs and activities relating to recycling and waste prevention; and
E. Pursuant to the City of Cathedral City’s Municipal Code, City has authority to enter into this Services Agreement and the City Manager has authority to execute this Agreement; and
F. The Parties desire to formalize the selection of Service Provider for performance of those services defined and described particularly in Section 2 of this Agreement and desire that the terms of that performance be as particularly defined and described herein.

OPERATIVE PROVISIONS
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual promises and covenants made by the Parties and contained here and other consideration, the value and adequacy of which are hereby acknowledged, the Parties agree as follows:

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SECTION 1. TERM OF AGREEMENT.

Subject to the provisions of Section 19 "Termination of Agreement" of this Agreement, the Term of this Agreement shall commence on the Effective Date and will expire on June 28, 2025. The parties reserve the option to extend this Agreement for three (3) additional one-year terms.

SECTION 2. SCOPE OF SERVICES & SCHEDULE OF PERFORMANCE. (a) Scope of Services. Service Provider agrees to perform the services set forth in Exhibit “A” “Scope of Services” (hereinafter, the “Services”) and made a part of this Agreement by this reference. Services shall be completed to the reasonable satisfaction of the City.
(b) Schedule of Performance. The Services shall be completed, to the reasonable satisfaction of the City, pursuant to the schedule specified in Exhibit “A.” Should the Services not be completed pursuant to that schedule, the Service Provider shall be deemed to be in Default of this Agreement. The City, in its sole discretion, may choose not to enforce the Default provisions of this Agreement and may instead allow Service Provider to continue performing the Services.

SECTION 3. ADDITIONAL SERVICES.

Service Provider shall not be compensated for any work rendered in connection with its performance of this Agreement that are in addition to or outside of the Services unless such additional services are authorized in advance and in writing in accordance with Section 25 “Administration and Implementation” or Section 27 “Amendment” of this Agreement. If and when such additional work is authorized, such additional work shall be deemed to be part of the Services.

SECTION 4. COMPENSATION AND METHOD OF PAYMENT.
(a) Subject to any limitations set forth in this Agreement, City agrees to pay Service Provider the amounts specified in Exhibit “B” “Compensation” and made a part of this Agreement by this reference. The total compensation, including reimbursement for actual and reasonable expenses, shall not exceed ninety thousand dollars ($90,000.00), with a monthly amount not to exceed seven thousand five hundred dollars ($7,500.00) unless additional compensation is approved in writing in accordance with Section 3 "Additional Services", Section 25 “Administration and Implementation” or Section 27 “Amendment” of this Agreement.
(b) Each month the Service Provider shall furnish to the City an original invoice for all work performed incurred during the preceding month. The invoice shall include the name of the school or organization, description of the program/event implemented, date of event/program and participation number per event/program. City shall independently review each invoice submitted by the Service Provider to determine whether the work performed and are in compliance with the provisions of this Agreement. In the event that no charges or expenses are disputed, the invoice shall be approved and paid according

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to the terms set forth in subsection (c). In the event any charges or expenses are disputed by City, the original invoice shall be returned by City to Service Provider for correction and resubmission.
(c) Except as to any charges for work performed or expenses incurred by Service Provider which are disputed by City, City will use its best efforts to cause Service Provider to be paid within forty-five (45) days of receipt of Service Provider’s correct and undisputed invoice.
(d) Payment to Service Provider for work performed pursuant to this Agreement shall not be deemed to waive any defects in work performed by Service Provider.

SECTION 5. INSPECTION AND FINAL ACCEPTANCE.

City may inspect and accept or reject any of Service Provider’s work under this Agreement, either during performance or when completed. City shall reject or finally accept Service Provider’s work within sixty (60) days after submitted to City. City shall reject work by a timely written explanation, otherwise Service Provider’s work shall be deemed to have been accepted. City’s acceptance shall be conclusive as to such work except with respect to latent defects, fraud and such gross mistakes as amount to fraud.

Acceptance of any of Service Provider’s work by City shall not constitute a waiver of any of the provisions of this Agreement including, but not limited to, Section 15 “Indemnification” and Section 16 “Insurance.”
SECTION 6. OWNERSHIP OF DOCUMENTS.

All original maps, models, designs, drawings, photographs, studies, surveys, reports, data, notes, computer files, files and other documents prepared, developed or discovered by Service Provider in the course of providing the Services pursuant to this Agreement shall become the sole property of City and may be used, reused or otherwise disposed of by City without the permission of the Service Provider. Upon completion, expiration or termination of this Agreement, Service Provider shall turn over to City all such original maps, models, designs, drawings, photographs, studies, surveys, reports, data, notes, computer files, files and other documents.

If and to the extent that City utilizes for any purpose not related to this Agreement any maps, models, designs, drawings, photographs, studies, surveys, reports, data, notes, computer files, files or other documents prepared, developed or discovered by Service Provider in the course of providing the Services pursuant to this Agreement, Service Provider’s guarantees and warranties in Section 9 “Standard of Performance; Familiarity With Work” of this Agreement shall not extend to such use of the maps, models, designs, drawings, photographs, studies, surveys, reports, data, notes, computer files, files or other documents.

SECTION 7. SERVICE PROVIDER'S BOOKS AND RECORDS.
(a) Service Provider shall maintain any and all documents and records demonstrating or relating to Service Provider’s performance of the Services. Service

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Provider shall maintain any and all ledgers, books of account, invoices, vouchers, canceled checks, or other documents or records evidencing or relating to work, services, expenditures and disbursements charged to City pursuant to this Agreement. Any and all such documents or records shall be maintained in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles and shall be sufficiently complete and detailed so as to permit an accurate evaluation of the services provided by Service Provider pursuant to this Agreement. Any and all such documents or records shall be maintained for three (3) years from the date of execution of this Agreement and to the extent required by laws relating to audits of public agencies and their expenditures. (b) Any and all records or documents required to be maintained pursuant to this section shall be made available for inspection, audit and copying, at any time during regular business hours, upon request by City or its designated representative. Copies of such documents or records shall be provided directly to the City for inspection, audit and copying when it is practical to do so; otherwise, unless an alternative is mutually agreed upon, such documents and records shall be made available at Service Provider’s address indicated for receipt of notices in this Agreement.
(c) Where City has reason to believe that any of the documents or records required to be maintained pursuant to this section may be lost or discarded due to dissolution or termination of Service Provider’s business, City may, by written request, require that custody of such documents or records be given to the City. Access to such documents and records shall be granted to City, as well as to its successors-in-interest and authorized representatives.

SECTION 8. INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR.
(a) Service Provider is and shall at all times remain a wholly independent contractor and not an officer, employee or agent of City. Service Provider shall have no authority to bind City in any manner, nor to incur any obligation, debt or liability of any kind on behalf of or against City, whether by contract or otherwise, unless such authority is expressly conferred under this Agreement or is otherwise expressly conferred in writing by City.
(b) The personnel performing the Services under this Agreement on behalf of Service Provider shall at all times be under Service Provider’s exclusive direction and control. Neither City, nor any elected or appointed boards, officers, officials, employees or agents of City, shall have control over the conduct of Service Provider or any of Service Provider’s officers, employees, or agents except as set forth in this Agreement. Service Provider shall not at any time or in any manner represent that Service Provider or any of Service Provider’s officers, employees, or agents are in any manner officials, officers, employees or agents of City.
(c) Neither Service Provider, nor any of Service Provider’s officers, employees or agents, shall obtain any rights to retirement, health care or any other benefits which may otherwise accrue to City’s employees. Service Provider expressly waives any claim Service Provider may have to any such rights.

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SECTION 9. STANDARD OF PERFORMANCE; FAMILIARITY WITH WORK. (a) Service Provider represents and warrants that it has the qualifications, experience and facilities necessary to properly perform the Services required under this Agreement in a thorough, competent and professional manner. Service Provider shall at all times faithfully, competently and to the best of its ability, experience and talent, perform all Services. In meeting its obligations under this Agreement, Service Provider shall employ, at a minimum, generally accepted standards and practices utilized by persons engaged in providing services similar to the Services required of Service Provider under this Agreement. In addition to the general standards of performance set forth this section, additional specific standards of performance and performance criteria may be set forth in Exhibit “A” “Scope of Work” that shall also be applicable to Service Provider’s work under this Agreement. Where there is a conflict between a general and a specific standard of performance or performance criteria, the specific standard or criteria shall prevail over the general.
(b) Service Provider warrants that (1) it has thoroughly investigated and considered the work to be performed, (2) it has investigated the issues, regarding the scope of services to be provided, (3) it has carefully considered how the work should be performed, and (4) it fully understands the facilities, difficulties and restrictions attending performance of the work under this Agreement.

SECTION 10. COMPLIANCE WITH APPLICABLE LAWS; PERMITS AND LICENSES.

Neither City, nor any elected or appointed boards, officers, officials, employees or agents of City, shall be liable, at law or in equity, as a result of any failure of Service Provider to comply with this section.

SECTION 11. PREVAILING WAGE LAWS
It is the understanding of City and Service Provider that California prevailing wage laws do not apply to this Agreement because the Agreement does not involve any of the following services subject to prevailing wage rates pursuant to the California Labor Code or regulations promulgated thereunder: Construction, alteration, demolition, installation, or repair work performed on public buildings, facilities, streets or sewers done under contract and paid for in whole or in part out of public funds. In this context, “construction" includes work performed during the design and preconstruction phases of construction including, but not limited to, inspection and land surveying work.

SECTION 12. NONDISCRIMINATION.

Service Provider shall not discriminate, in any way, in the employment of persons to perform the Services in violation of any federal or state law prohibiting discrimination

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in employment, including based on the race, religious creed, color, national origin, ancestry, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, age, sexual orientation, of any person, except as provided under California Government Code section 12940.

SECTION 13. CONFLICTS OF INTEREST.
(a) Service Provider covenants that neither it, nor any officer or principal of its firm, has or shall acquire any interest, directly or indirectly, which would conflict in any manner with the interests of City or which would in any way hinder Service Provider’s performance of the Services. Service Provider further covenants that in the performance of this Agreement, no person having any such interest shall be employed by it as an officer, employee, agent or subcontractor without the express written consent of the City Manager. Service Provider agrees to at all times avoid conflicts of interest or the appearance of any conflicts of interest with the interests of City in the performance of this Agreement.
(b) City may determine that Service Provider must disclose its financial interests by completing and filing a Fair Political Practices Commission Form 700, Statement of Economic Interests. If such a determination is made, Service Provider shall file the subject Form 700 with the City Clerk’s Office pursuant to the written instructions provided by the Office of the City Clerk within ten (10) days of the request. (c) City understands and acknowledges that Service Provider is, as of the date of execution of this Agreement, independently involved in the performance of non-related services for other governmental agencies and private parties. Service Provider is unaware of any stated position of City relative to such projects. Any future position of City on such projects shall not be considered a conflict of interest for purposes of this section. (d) City understands and acknowledges that Service Provider will perform non- related services for other governmental agencies and private Parties following the completion of the Services under this Agreement. Any such future service shall not be considered a conflict of interest for purposes of this section.

SECTION 14. CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION; RELEASE OF INFORMATION. (a) All information gained or work product produced by Service Provider in performance of this Agreement shall be considered confidential, unless such information is in the public domain or already known to Service Provider. Service Provider shall not release or disclose any such information or work product to persons or entities other than City without prior written authorization from the City Manager, except as may be required by law.
(b) Service Provider, its officers, employees, agents or subcontractors, shall not, without prior written authorization from the City Manager or unless requested by the City Attorney of City, voluntarily provide declarations, letters of support, testimony at depositions, response to interrogatories or other information concerning the work performed under this Agreement. Response to a subpoena or court order shall not be

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considered "voluntary" provided Service Provider gives City notice of such court order or subpoena.
(c) If Service Provider, or any officer, employee, agent or subcontractor of Service Provider, provides any information or work product in violation of this Agreement, then City shall have the right to reimbursement and indemnity from Service Provider for any damages, costs and fees, including attorney’s fees, caused by or incurred as a result of Service Provider’s conduct.
(d) Service Provider shall promptly notify City should Service Provider, its officers, employees, agents or subcontractors, be served with any summons, complaint, subpoena, notice of deposition, request for documents, interrogatories, request for admissions or other discovery request, court order or subpoena from any party regarding this Agreement and the work performed thereunder. City retains the right, but has no obligation, to represent Service Provider or be present at any deposition, hearing or similar proceeding. Service Provider agrees to cooperate fully with City and to provide City with the opportunity to review any response to discovery requests provided by Service Provider. However, this right to review any such response does not imply or mean the right by City to control, direct, or rewrite said response.

SECTION 15. INDEMNIFICATION.
(a) Indemnification for Professional Liability. Where the law establishes a professional standard of care for Service Provider’s services, to the fullest extent permitted by law, Service Provider shall indemnify, protect, defend and hold harmless City and any and all of its officials, employees and agents (“Indemnified Parties”) from and against any and all liability (including liability for claims, suits, actions, arbitration proceedings, administrative proceedings, regulatory proceedings, losses, expenses or costs of any kind, whether actual, alleged or threatened, including attorney’s fees and costs, court costs, interest, defense costs, and expert witness fees) arise out of, are a consequence of, or are in any way attributable to, in whole or in part, any negligent or wrongful act, error or omission of Service Provider, or by any individual or entity for which Service Provider is legally liable, including but not limited to officers, agents, employees or subcontractors of Service Provider, in the performance of professional services under this Agreement.
(b) Indemnification for Other than Professional Liability. Other than in the performance of professional services and to the full extent permitted by law, Service Provider shall indemnify, protect, defend and hold harmless City, and any and all of its employees, officials and agents from and against any liability (including liability for claims, suits, actions, arbitration proceedings, administrative proceedings, regulatory proceedings, losses, expenses or costs of any kind, whether actual, alleged or threatened, including attorney’s fees and costs, court costs, interest, defense costs, and expert witness fees), where the same arise out of, are a consequence of, or are in any way attributable to, in whole or in part, the performance of this Agreement by Service Provider, or by any individual or entity for which Service Provider is legally liable, including but not limited to officers, agents, employees or subcontractors of Service Provider.

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(c) Indemnification from Sub-Service Providers. Service Provider agrees to obtain executed indemnity agreements with provisions identical to those set forth in this section from each and every sub-Service Provider or any other person or entity involved by, for, with or on behalf of Service Provider in the performance of this Agreement naming the Indemnified Parties as additional indemnitees. In the event Service Provider fails to obtain such indemnity obligations from others as required herein, Service Provider agrees to be fully responsible according to the terms of this section. Failure of City to monitor compliance with these requirements imposes no additional obligations on City and will in no way act as a waiver of any rights hereunder. This obligation to indemnify and defend City as set forth herein is binding on the successors, assigns or heirs of Service Provider and shall survive the termination of this Agreement or this section. (d) Limitation of Indemnification. Notwithstanding any provision of this section to the contrary, design professionals are required to defend and indemnify the City only to the extent permitted by Civil Code Section 2782.8, which limits the liability of a design professional to claims, suits, actions, arbitration proceedings, administrative proceedings, regulatory proceedings, losses, expenses or costs that arise out of, pertain to, or relate to the negligence, recklessness, or willful misconduct of the design professional. The term “design professional,” as defined in Section 2782.8, is limited to licensed architects, licensed landscape architects, registered professional engineers, professional land surveyors, and the business entities that offer such services in accordance with the applicable provisions of the California Business and Professions Code. (e) City’s Negligence. The provisions of this section do not apply to claims occurring as a result of City’s sole negligence. The provisions of this section shall not release City from liability arising from gross negligence or willful acts or omissions of City or any and all of its officials, employees and agents.

SECTION 16. INSURANCE.

Service Provider agrees to obtain and maintain in full force and effect during the term of this Agreement the insurance policies set forth in Exhibit “C” “Insurance” and made a part of this Agreement. All insurance policies shall be subject to approval by City as to form and content. These requirements are subject to amendment or waiver if so approved in writing by the City Manager. Service Provider agrees to provide City with copies of required policies upon request.

SECTION 17. ASSIGNMENT.

The expertise and experience of Service Provider are material considerations for this Agreement. City has an interest in the qualifications and capability of the persons and entities who will fulfill the duties and obligations imposed upon Service Provider under this Agreement. In recognition of that interest, Service Provider shall not assign or transfer this Agreement or any portion of this Agreement or the performance of any of Service Provider’s duties or obligations under this Agreement without the prior written consent of the City. Any attempted assignment shall be ineffective, null and void, and shall constitute a material breach of this Agreement entitling City to any and all remedies

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at law or in equity, including termination of this Agreement pursuant to Section 19 “Termination of Agreement.” City acknowledges, however, that Service Provider, in the performance of its duties pursuant to this Agreement, may utilize subcontractors.

SECTION 18. CONTINUITY OF PERSONNEL.

Service Provider shall make every reasonable effort to maintain the stability and continuity of Service Provider’s staff and subcontractors, if any, assigned to perform the Services. Service Provider shall notify City of any changes in Service Provider’s staff and subcontractors, if any, assigned to perform the Services prior to and during any such performance.

SECTION 19. TERMINATION OF AGREEMENT.
(a) City may terminate this Agreement, with or without cause, at any time by giving thirty (30) days written notice of termination to Service Provider. In the event such notice is given, Service Provider shall cease immediately all work in progress. (b) Service Provider may terminate this Agreement for cause at any time upon thirty (30) days written notice of termination to City. (c) If either Service Provider or City fail to perform any material obligation under this Agreement, then, in addition to any other remedies, either Service Provider, or City may terminate this Agreement immediately upon written notice. (d) Upon termination of this Agreement by either Service Provider or City, all property belonging exclusively to City which is in Service Provider’s possession shall be returned to City. Service Provider shall furnish to City a final invoice for work performed and expenses incurred by Service Provider, prepared as set forth in Section 4 “Compensation and Method of Payment” of this Agreement. This final invoice shall be reviewed and paid in the same manner as set forth in Section 4 “Compensation and Method of Payment” of this Agreement.

SECTION 20. DEFAULT.

In the event that Service Provider is in default under the terms of this Agreement, the City shall not have any obligation or duty to continue compensating Service Provider for any work performed after the date of default. Instead, the City may give notice to Service Provider of the default and the reasons for the default. The notice shall include the timeframe in which Service Provider may cure the default. This timeframe is presumptively thirty (30) days, but may be extended, though not reduced, if circumstances warrant. During the period of time that Service Provider is in default, the City shall hold all invoices and shall, when the default is cured, proceed with payment on the invoices. In the alternative, the City may, in its sole discretion, elect to pay some or all of the outstanding invoices during the period of default. If Service Provider does not cure the default, the City may take necessary steps to terminate this Agreement under Section 19 “Termination of Agreement.” Any failure on the part of the City to give notice

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of the Service Provider’s default shall not be deemed to result in a waiver of the City’s legal rights or any rights arising out of any provision of this Agreement.

SECTION 21. EXCUSABLE DELAYS.

Service Provider shall not be liable for damages, including liquidated damages, if any, caused by delay in performance or failure to perform due to causes beyond the control of Service Provider. Such causes include, but are not limited to, acts of God, acts of the public enemy, acts of federal, state or local governments, acts of City, court orders, fires, floods, epidemics, strikes, embargoes, and unusually severe weather. The term and price of this Agreement shall be equitably adjusted for any delays due to such causes.

SECTION 22. COOPERATION BY CITY.

All public information, data, reports, records, and maps as are existing and available to City as public records, and which are necessary for carrying out the Services shall be furnished to Service Provider in every reasonable way to facilitate, without undue delay, the Services to be performed under this Agreement.

SECTION 23. NOTICES.

All notices required or permitted to be given under this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be personally delivered, or sent by telecopier or certified mail, postage prepaid and return receipt requested, addressed as follows:

To City: City of Cathedral City
Attn: City Manager
68-700 Avenida Lalo Guerrero
Cathedral City, CA 92234
To Service Provider: Karen Riley, Executive Director
S.C.R.A.P. Gallery
31855 Date Palm Drive Ste 3-110
Cathedral City, CA 92234
Notice shall be deemed effective on the date personally delivered or transmitted by facsimile or, if mailed, three (3) days after deposit of the same in the custody of the United States Postal Service.

SECTION 24. AUTHORITY TO EXECUTE.

The person or persons executing this Agreement on behalf of Service Provider represents and warrants that he/she/they has/have the authority to so execute this Agreement and to bind Service Provider to the performance of its obligations hereunder.

SECTION 25. ADMINISTRATION AND IMPLEMENTATION.

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This Agreement shall be administered and executed by the City Manager or his or her designated representative. The City Manager shall have the authority to issue interpretations and to make amendments to this Agreement, including amendments that commit additional funds, consistent with Section 27 “Amendment” and the City Manager’s contracting authority under the Cathedral City Municipal Code.

SECTION 26. BINDING EFFECT.

This Agreement shall be binding upon the heirs, executors, administrators, successors and assigns of the Parties.

SECTION 27. AMENDMENT.

No amendment to or modification of this Agreement shall be valid unless made in writing and approved by the Service Provider and by the City. The City Manager shall have the authority to approve any amendment to this Agreement if the total compensation under this Agreement, as amended, would not exceed the City Manager’s contracting authority under the Cathedral City Municipal Code. All other amendments shall be approved by the City Council. The Parties agree that the requirement for written modifications cannot be waived and that any attempted waiver shall be void.

SECTION 28. WAIVER.

Waiver by any Party to this Agreement of any term, condition, or covenant of this Agreement shall not constitute a waiver of any other term, condition, or covenant. Waiver by any Party of any breach of the provisions of this Agreement shall not constitute a waiver of any other provision nor a waiver of any subsequent breach or violation of any provision of this Agreement. Acceptance by City of any work or services by Service Provider shall not constitute a waiver of any of the provisions of this Agreement.

SECTION 29. LAW TO GOVERN; VENUE.

This Agreement shall be interpreted, construed and governed according to the laws of the State of California. In the event of litigation between the Parties, venue in state trial courts shall lie exclusively in the County of Riverside, California. In the event of litigation in a U.S. District Court, venue shall lie exclusively in the Central District of California, in Riverside.

SECTION 30. ATTORNEYS FEES, COSTS AND EXPENSES.

In the event litigation or other proceeding is required to enforce or interpret any provision of this Agreement, the prevailing Party in such litigation or other proceeding shall be entitled to an award of reasonable attorney's fees, costs and expenses, in addition to any other relief to which it may be entitled.

SECTION 31. ENTIRE AGREEMENT.

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This Agreement, including the attached Exhibits "A" through "C", is the entire, complete, final and exclusive expression of the Parties with respect to the matters addressed therein and supersedes all other agreements or understandings, whether oral or written, or entered into between Service Provider and City prior to the execution of this Agreement. No statements, representations or other agreements, whether oral or written, made by any Party which are not embodied herein shall be valid and binding.

SECTION 32. SEVERABILITY.

If any term, condition or covenant of this Agreement is declared or determined by any court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, void or unenforceable, the remaining provisions of this Agreement shall not be affected thereby and the Agreement shall be read and construed without the invalid, void or unenforceable provision(s).

SECTION 33. CONFLICTING TERMS.

Except as otherwise stated herein, if the terms of this Agreement conflict with the terms of any Exhibit hereto, or with the terms of any document incorporated by reference into this Agreement, the terms of this Agreement shall control. [Signatures on following page]

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have executed this Agreement on the date and year first-above written.

CITY OF CATHEDRAL CITY Student Creative Recycle Art Program _______________________________ ________________________________ Charles P. McClendon Karen Riley
City Manager Executive Director
ATTEST:
_______________________________
Tracey Hermosillo
City Clerk

APPROVED AS TO FORM
_______________________________
Eric S. Vail
City Attorney
NOTE: SERVICE PROVIDER’S SIGNATURES SHALL BE DULY NOTARIZED,

AND APPROPRIATE ATTESTATIONS SHALL BE INCLUDED AS MAY

BE REQUIRED BY THE BYLAWS, ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION,

OR OTHER RULES OR REGULATIONS APPLICABLE TO SERVICE
PROVIDER’S BUSINESS ENTITY.

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A notary public or other officer completing this certificate verifies only the identity of the individual who signed the document to which this certificate is attached, and not the truthfulness, accuracy, or validity of that document.

ALL-PURPOSE ACKNOWLEDGMENT NOTARY FOR CALIFORNIA

STATE OF CALIFORNIA )

COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE )
On ____________________, 2023, before me, , Date Name And Title Of Officer (e.g. “Jane Doe, Notary Public”) personally appeared , Name of Signer(s) who proved to me on the basis of satisfactory evidence to be the person(s) whose name(s) is/are subscribed to the within instrument and acknowledged to me that he/she/they executed the same in his/her/their authorized capacity(ies), and that by his/her/their signature(s) on the instrument the person(s), or the entity upon behalf of which the person(s) acted, executed the instrument.

I certify under PENALTY OF PERJURY under the laws of the State of California that the foregoing paragraph is true and correct.

WITNESS my hand and official seal.

Signature of Notary Public

OPTIONAL

Though this section is optional, completing this information can deter alternation of the document or fraudulent reattachment of this form to an unintended document.

CAPACIT(IES) CLAIMED BY SIGNER(S) DESCRIPTION OF ATTACHED DOCUMENT Signer's Name:
¨ Individual ¨ Corporate Officer

Title(s) Title or Type of Document
¨ Partner(s) ¨ Limited
¨ General
¨ Attorney-In-Fact Number Of Pages
¨ Trustee(s)
¨ Guardian/Conservator
¨ Other:

Signer is representing:

Name Of Person(s) Or Entity(ies)
Date Of Document

Signer(s) Other Than Named Above

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EXHIBIT "A"

SCOPE OF SERVICES

The following Services shall be performed over a 12-month period to the satisfaction of the City.

A. Develop and maintain a material and exchange program for local businesses in Cathedral City. Service Provider will supply quarterly reports to the city, detailing materials collected.

B. Present environmental education programs to community groups at the request of a group or City.

C. Develop and implement monthly activities or programs for children or adults to be scheduled and presented at the S.C.R.A.P. Gallery located in Cathedral City.

D. Present three exhibitions and/or traveling exhibits annually for students and/or the public.

E. At the request of the city, coordinate with and participate in City sponsored events to promote the environment and recycling.

F. Coordinate at least three (3) recycle education projects per year benefiting Cathedral City students including Global Youth Service Day, Earth Day and the Walking for Water 6K.

G. Butterfly and Spring Festivals Family Friendly Events at local parks.

H. Educate and train school staff and students on waste reduction though inclusive STEAM projects.

I. Create Green Teams Green Teams is an interactive program that empowers students and teachers to help the environment through waste reduction, reuse, recycling, and pollution prevention. S.C.R.A.P. provides activities, materials, and a Teacher Green Team Kit for students to set SMART (Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant, and Time-Bound) goals appropriate for each team.

J. Arrange field trips to the S.C.R.A.P. Gallery for public and private schools serving students in Cathedral City. Should transportation be unavailable, the Service Provider shall travel to the school site to perform educational programs. While the frequency of such programs to be presented shall be at the discretion of city school, Service Provider shall communicate in writing with the principal/headmaster within thirty (30) days of the start of school to provide information about services offered by the Service Provider in cooperation with the City.

K. Develop and distribute teachers’ curriculum incorporating California Education and the Environment Initiative (EEI); California’s Environmental Principles and Concepts (EP&Cs); and Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS).

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the material at a location, time and frequency that is convenient and effective for the generator.

M. Sustainable Superhighway Program: Provide virtual field trips, online workshops, presentations, conversations and participatory projects for youth/students and professional development and support for educators that support the State of California’s Environmental Principles and Concepts (https://www.californiaeei.org).

N. Educational Kits: Continue providing recycled/reused materials and education kits for students by delivery to local schools, community centers and for curbside pick-up at the S.C.R.A.P. Gallery.

O. Cans For Cash Recycling Program - School-based aluminum can drive. Cathedral City elementary schools participate and compete in year-long promotions to create healthy recycling competitions amongst themselves. This program allows schools and individual classes to earn points based on participation in can recycling and S.C.R.A.P programs.

The school that scores the most points will receive cash for their school.

P. Plastic Free July - Plastic Free July® is the global movement that encourages people to be part of the solution to plastic pollution. S.C.R.A.P. will host a series of events/projects for kids and community members to learn, take action, get tips on reducing plastic waste, and connect with others concerned about plastic pollution.

Q. School to Fork - School to Fork is a sustainable garden program for local schools where kids learn to grow what they eat and eat what they grow! S.C.R.A.P. will work with students and teachers to develop on-site, drought-tolerant gardens, from raised beds to keyhole gardens. Our goals are to establish a connection to nature and environmental stewardship by incorporating the following principles: Sustainability, Collaboration, Responsibility, Art, and Perspective.

R. School Site Gardens/Kids Compost Connection - S.C.R.A.P. Gallery will provide instructional support to teachers and administrators at Cathedral City schools, including garden development, composting demonstrations, and presentations on composting and its environmental benefits. The goal is to engage with students and educators to help them reduce their schools' contributions to the waste stream.

S. Cycle Cathedral City - S.C.R.A.P Gallery will coordinate and schedule sessions with schools and after-school programs to involve students participating in a pedestrian/bike safety campaign. The campaign aims to help students learn about safety tips for walking and bicycling and how walking/biking to school can be fun, safe, and environmentally responsible.

T. National Bike Month - Activities will include bike helmet art contests and the Recycle Bicycle sculpture contest during National Bike Month.

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V. Zero Hero School Program - The Zero Hero Schools Project is a combined effort of S.C.R.A.P. Gallery and the City of Cathedral City to provide educational and experiential recycling and composting opportunities to Cathedral City schools. S.C.R.A.P. Gallery, partnering with Palm Springs Unified School District, works to help schools undertake zero waste projects, food scraps recycling, and implement practices that help the environment and their local communities. Third and fourth-grade students receive free zero waste training, recycling, and compost containers. Signage and student incentives will be provided. Schools can be certified as a Zero Hero School and receive prizes and awards through the process.

W. Food Waste Private Eye - This program is a participatory program available to all grade levels. S.C.R.A.P. and students will conduct lunchtime food waste audits to help educate students about how much food they waste in their school cafeterias and encourage them to reduce waste. Upon completing audits and studying the data, students, and schools can develop and implement food-waste reduction strategies that make the most sense for their school site.

X. Table Talk - Targeting middle to high school students, this traveling exhibit about food waste turns the school cafeteria into a classroom, prompting conversation and conservation.

Y. Food Waste Prevention Week - Held April 1-7, 2024, FWPW is a national campaign focused on raising awareness around the issue of food waste to educate and inspire culture change about food waste. SCRAP Gallery participates as an official partner of this project.

Z. Submit Annual Report: Report should summarize all events, programs, description of material reused, tonnage of material diverted if applicable, environmental impact statistics and images of activities/events performed during the 12-month period. The Annual Report is due to the City by July 30 of each year and will be included within the City’s Annual AB 939 and SB 1383 report to CalRecycle.

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EXHIBIT "B"

COMPENSATION

I. The total compensation, including reimbursement for actual and reasonable expenses, shall not exceed ninety thousand dollars ($90,000.00), with a monthly amount not to exceed seven thousand five hundred dollars ($7,500.00) unless additional compensation is approved in writing in accordance with Section 3 "Additional Services", Section 25 “Administration and Implementation” or Section 27 “Amendment” of this Agreement.

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EXHIBIT "C"

INSURANCE
A. Insurance Coverages. Service Provider shall provide and maintain insurance, acceptable to the City, in full force and effect throughout the term of this Agreement, against claims for injuries to persons or damages to property which may arise from or in connection with the performance of the Services by Service Provider, its agents, representatives or employees. Service Provider shall procure and maintain the following scope and limits of insurance:

Only the following “marked” requirements are applicable:

X Commercial General Liability (CGL): Insurance written on an occurrence basis to protect Service Provider and City against liability or claims of liability which may arise out of this Agreement in the amount of one million dollars ($1,000,000) per occurrence and subject to an annual aggregate of two million dollars ($2,000,000). Coverage shall be at least as broad as Insurance Services Office form Commercial General Liability coverage (Occurrence Form CG 0001). There shall be no endorsement or modification of the CGL limiting the scope of coverage for either insured vs. additional insured claims or contractual liability. All defense costs shall be outside the limits of the policy.

X Vehicle Liability Insurance: Vehicle liability insurance in an amount not less than $1,000,000 for injuries, including accidental death, to any one person, and subject to the same minimum for each person, in an amount not less than one million dollars ($1,000,000) for each accident, and property damage insurance in an amount of not less than one million dollars ($1,000,000). A combined single limit policy with aggregate limits in an amount of not less than $2,000,000 shall be considered equivalent to the said required minimum limits. Coverage shall be at least as broad as Insurance Services Office form number CA 0001 covering Automobile Liability, including code 1 "any auto" and endorsement CA 0025, or equivalent forms subject to the approval of the City.

__X___ Workers’ Compensation Insurance: Workers’ Compensation insurance that includes a minimum of one million dollars ($1,000,000) of employers’ liability coverage.

Service Provider shall provide an endorsement that the insurer waives the right of subrogation against the City and its respective elected officials, officers, employees, agents and representatives. In the event a claim under the provisions of the California Workers’ Compensation Act is filed against City by a bona fide employee of Service Provider participating under this Agreement, Service Provider is to defend and indemnify the City from such claim.

X Professional Liability Insurance: Professional liability insurance appropriate to the Service Provider’s profession in an amount not less than one million dollars $1,000,000 per occurrence. This coverage may be written on a “claims made” basis, and must include coverage for contractual liability. The professional liability insurance

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required by this Agreement must be endorsed to be applicable to claims based upon, arising out of or related to Services performed under this Agreement. The insurance must be maintained for at least three (3) consecutive years following the completion of Service Provider’s services or the termination of this Agreement. During this additional three (3) year period, Service Provider shall annually and upon request of the City submit written evidence of this continuous coverage.

B. Other Provisions. Insurance policies required by this Agreement shall contain the following provisions:

1. All Coverages.
a. Each insurance policy required by this Agreement shall be endorsed and state the coverage shall not be suspended, voided, cancelled by the insurer or either Party to this Agreement, reduced in coverage or in limits except after 30 days' prior written notice by certified mail, return receipt requested, has been given to City.
b. Insurance is to be placed with insurers with a current A.M.

Best's rating of no less than A:VII.

2. Commercial General Liability and Automobile Liability Coverages. a. City, and its respective elected and appointed officers, officials, and employees and volunteers are to be covered as additional insureds as respects: liability arising out of activities Service Provider performs; products and completed operations of Service Provider; premises owned, occupied or used by Service Provider; or automobiles owned, leased, hired or borrowed by Service Provider. The coverage shall contain no special limitations on the scope of protection afforded to City, and their respective elected and appointed officers, officials, or employees. b. Service Provider’s insurance coverage shall be primary insurance with respect to City, and its respective elected and appointed, its officers, officials, employees and volunteers. Any insurance or self-insurance maintained by City, and its respective elected and appointed officers, officials, employees or volunteers, shall apply in excess of, and not contribute with, Service Provider’s insurance. c. Service Provider’s insurance shall apply separately to each insured against whom claim is made or suit is brought, except with respect to the limits of the insurer's liability.
d. Any failure to comply with the reporting or other provisions of the insurance policies, including breaches of warranties, shall not affect coverage provided to City, and its respective elected and appointed officers, officials, employees or volunteers.

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e. The insurer waives all rights of subrogation against the City, its elected or appointed officers, officials, employees or agents.

3. Workers' Compensation Coverage. Unless the City Manager otherwise agrees in writing, the insurer shall agree to waive all rights of subrogation against City, and its respective elected and appointed officers, officials, employees and agents for losses arising from work performed by Service Provider.

C. Other Requirements. Service Provider agrees to deposit with City, at or before the effective date of this Agreement, certificates of insurance necessary to satisfy City that the insurance provisions of this contract have been complied with. The City may require that Service Provider furnish City with copies of original endorsements effecting coverage required by this Exhibit “C”. The certificates and endorsements are to be signed by a person authorized by that insurer to bind coverage on its behalf. City reserves the right to inspect complete, certified copies of all required insurance policies, at any time.

1. Service Provider shall furnish certificates and endorsements from each subcontractor identical to those Service Provider provides.

2. Any deductibles or self-insured retentions must be declared to and approved by City. At the option of City, either the insurer shall reduce or eliminate such deductibles or self-insured retentions as respects City or its respective elected or appointed officers, officials, employees and volunteers, or the Service Provider shall procure a bond guaranteeing payment of losses and related investigations, claim administration, defense expenses and claims.

3. The procuring of such required policy or policies of insurance shall not be construed to limit Service Provider’s liability hereunder nor to fulfill the indemnification provisions and requirements of this Agreement.

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Staff Report

City Council

Item No. 6.C

Meeting Date: June 28, 2023
From: Anne Ambrose, Assistant City Manager
Title: Approve Agreement with Park Consulting Group for EnerGov Implementation

City Council

RECOMMENDATION:

Staff recommends the City Council approve the agreement with Park Consulting Group, authorize the City Manager to execute all necessary documents and approve a budget amendment of $177,310.

BACKGROUND:

In 2018, staff initiated an RFP process for a new enterprise resource plannin g (ERP) solution to integrate many of the business functions of the City, including the City’s financial system and community development processes. Staff selected and the Council awarded an agreement with Tyler Technologies for Tyler Munis for the City’s financial backbone and EnerGov for permitting, licensing, code compliance and inspections.

Since 2018, staff have been working to implement various components of the Tyler products. It began with Tyler Munis, the financial background of the City that is utilized for accounts payable, accounts receivable, budget, general ledger, and payroll . Munis was implemented in January, 2019 with most of the core financial functions Payroll and business licensing were implemented 2021.

Concurrent with this work was the initiation of EnerGov to create an updated platform for planning, building and engineering activities including licensing, permitting, and inspection services. At the time, the City had no online services available for submitting plans, requesting inspections, or making payments. Additionally, the system in use , PermitsPlus did not offer these services, did not fully integrate with the City’s financials, and did not have the ability to establish automation to facilitate collaboration on reviews.

PermitsPlus is no longer being supported by the vendor and assistance cannot be provided if something goes wrong , so it is essential the City migrate from this system to a stable platform.

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Staff have had numerous starts and stops in the process of impleme nting the land management component. Implementation of systems of this complexity require s considerable dedication of staff time which has been challenging in the earlier years of the implementation efforts. Additionally, staff has predominantly been co nducting the implementation in-house without the benefit of a third -party consultant, which can also be difficult with a small staff. In July, 2020, Finance dedicated a staff member to serve as the project lead. Considerable work has been done and in Oc tober, 2021 EnerGov went live for permit processing and acceptance of payments. However, there are still issues that have been identified and workflows that need to be completed to make the various processes used by planning, building and engineering fully operational.

DISCUSSION:

EnerGov is currently in use in planning, building, and engineering, however it is not being used to its fullest capacity due to there still being workflows that need to be set up so that staff can solely be working in the En erGov system and not PermitsPlus and to take full advantage of the automation the system can provide if being fully utilized .

There have been issues identified by the departmental users that need the assistance of someone who speaks the language of both th e operational departments and finance to help resolve. Currently staff are doing data entry into both systems to issue a permit, which is not an efficient use of time. Completion of these workflows and having all processes done in EnerGov is also necessa ry in order to implement customer self- service options, including the ability to apply for permits , make online payments, schedule inspections, or track the progress of an application.

Staff have contacted Park Consulting Group who have been assisting num erous other cities with their EnerGov implementation. Most recently, they aided the City of Palm Springs who went live in May. To this point, our staff have predominantly been working on the implementation without the assistance of a third party to help project manage the implementation to assure issues identified by all parties are addressed. Finance has taken the lead role in project management and implementation with the assistance of the departments and IT. If the City Council approves this agreeme nt, Park Consulting Group will begin their engagement in July.

FISCAL IMPACT:

The agreement is for an amount not to exceed $177,310 and will require a budget adjustment. The funds, if approved, will be budgeted in account 100-100-150-8600- 8601. Unappro priated reserves will be used for this budget adjustment, leaving the reserve balance at 51.44% and still above the City’s policy of maintaining a 33% reserve.

FIVE-YEAR STRATEGIC PLAN:

Goal C: Fiscal Stability and Sustainability

Objective: Cathedral City has economically prospered by facilitating the investment of private dollars in high quality development which benefits the community. We remain

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financially solvent by instituting prudent fiscal policies and transparent financial practices.

Action C-6: Complete and improve the utilization of EnerGov software to automate, improve, and streamline building plan review, permitting, and inspection processes.

ATTACHMENTS:

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1 AGREEMENT FOR SERVICES

BETWEEN

THE CITY OF CATHEDRAL CITY, CALIFORNIA
AND

PARK CONSULTING GROUP

This Agreement for Services (“Agreement”) is entered into as of June 28 , 2023 (“Effective Date”) by and between the City of Cathedral City , a municipal corporation (“City”) and Park Consulting Group, a California Corporation (“Service Provider”). City and Service Provider are sometimes hereinafter individually referred to as “Party” and hereinafter collectively referred to as the “Parties.”

RECITALS
A. City has sought, by direct negotiation, the performance of the services defined and described particularly in Section 2 of this Agreement.

B. Service Provider, following submission of a quote for the performance of the services defined and described particularly in Section 2 of this Agreement, was selected by the City to perform those services.

C. Pursuant to the City of Cathedral City ’s Municipal Code, City has authority to enter into this Services Agreement and the City Manager has authority to execute this Agreement.

D. The Parties desire to formalize the selection of Service Provider for performance of those services defined and described particularly in Section 2 of this Agreement and desire that the terms of that performance be as particularly defined and described herein.

OPERATIVE PROVISIONS
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual prom ises and covenants made by the Parties and contained here and other consideration, the value and adequacy of which are hereby acknowledged, the Parties agree as follows:

SECTION 1. TERM OF AGREEMENT.

Subject to the provisions of Section 19 "Termination of Agreement" of this Agreement, the Term of this Agreement is for one (1) year commencing on the Effective Date.

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2 SECTION 2. SCOPE OF SERVICES & SCHEDULE OF PERFORMANCE. (a) Scope of Services . Service Provider agrees to perform the services set forth in Exhibit “A” “Scope of Services” (hereinafter, the “Services”) and made a part of this Agreement by this reference.
(b) Schedule of Performance. The Services shall be completed pursuant to the schedule specified in Exhibit “A.” Should the Services not be completed pursuant to that schedule, the Service Provider shall be deemed to be in Default of this Agreement.

The City, in its sole discretion, may choose not to enforce the Default provisions of this Agreement and may instead allow Service Provider to continue performing the Services.

SECTION 3. ADDITIONAL SERVICES.

Service Provider shall not be compensated for any work rendered in connection with its performance of this Agreement that are in addition to or outside of the Serv ices unless such additional services are authorized in advance and in writing in accordance with Section 25 “Administration and Implementation” or Section 2 7 “Amendment” of this Agreement. If and when such additional work is authorized, such additional work shall be deemed to be part of the Services.

SECTION 4. COMPENSATION AND METHOD OF PAYMENT.
(a) Subject to any limitations set forth in this Agreement, City agrees to pay Service Provider the amounts specified in Exhibit “B” “Compensation” and made a part of this Agreement by this reference. The total compensation, including reimbursement for actual expenses, shall not exceed one-hundred seventy-seven thousand, three- hundred ten dollars ($177,310), unless additional compensation is approved in writing in accordance wit h Section 25 “Administration and Implementation” or Section 27 “Amendment” of this Agreement.
(b) Each month Service Provider shall furnish to City an original invoice for all work performed and expenses incurred during the preceding month. The invoice shall detail charges by the following categories: labor (by sub- category), travel, materials, equipment, supplies, and sub- Service Provider contracts. Sub- Service Provider charges shall be detailed by the following categories: labor, travel, materials, equipment and supplies. If the compensation set forth in subsection (a) and Exhibit “B” include payment of labor on an hourly basis (as opposed to labor and materials being paid as a lump sum), the labor category in each invoice shall include detailed descriptions of task performed and the amount of time incurred for or allocated to that task. City shall independently review each invoice submitted by the Service Provider to determine whether the work performed and expenses incurred are in compliance with the provisions of this Agreement. In the event that no charges or expenses are disputed, the invoice shall be approved and paid according to the terms set forth in subsection (c).

In the event any charges or expenses are disputed by City, the original invoice s hall be returned by City to Service Provider for correction and resubmission.

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3 (c) Except as to any charges for work performed or expenses incurred by Service Provider which are disputed by City, City will use its best efforts to cause Service Provider to be pa id within forty -five (45) days of receipt of Service Provider ’s correct and undisputed invoice.
(d) Payment to Service Provider for work performed pursuant to this Agreement shall not be deemed to waive any defects in work performed by Service Provider.

SECTION 5. INSPECTION AND FINAL ACCEPTANCE.

City may inspect and accept or reject any of Service Provider ’s work under this Agreement, either during performance or when completed. City shall reject or finally accept Service Provider’s work within sixty (60) days after submitted to City. City shall reject work by a timely written explanation, otherwise Service Provider ’s work shall be deemed to have been accepted. City’s acceptance shall be conclusive as to such work except with respect to latent defects, fraud and such gross mistakes as amount to fraud.

Acceptance of any of Service Provider ’s work by City shall not constitute a waiver of any of the provisions of this Agreement including, but not limited to, Section 15 “Indemnification” and Section 16 “Insurance.”
SECTION 6. OWNERSHIP OF DOCUMENTS.

All original maps, models, designs, drawings, photographs, studies, surveys, reports, data, notes, computer files, files and other documents prepared, developed or discovered by Service Provider in the course of providing the Services pursuant to this Agreement shall become the sole property of City and may be used, reused or otherwise disposed of by City without the permission of the Service Provider . Upon completion, expiration or termination of this Agreement, Service Provider shall turn over to City all such original maps, models, designs, drawings, photographs, studies, surveys, reports, data, notes, computer files, files and other documents.

If and to the extent that City utilizes for any purpose not related to this Agreement any maps, models, designs, drawings, photographs, studies, surveys, reports, data, notes, computer files, files or other documents prepared, developed or discovered by Service Provider in the course of providin g the Services pursuant to this Agreement, Service Provider’s guarantees and warranties in Section 9 “Standard of Performance; Familiarity With Work ” of this Agreement shall not extend to such use of the maps, models, designs, drawings, photographs, studies, surveys, reports, data, notes, computer files, files or other documents.

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4 canceled checks, or other documents or records evidencing or relating to work, services, expenditures and disbursements charged to City pursuant to this Agreement.

Any and all such documents or records shall be maintained in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles and shall be sufficiently complete and detailed so as to permit an accurate evaluation of the services provided by Service Provider pursuant to this Agreement. Any and all such documents or records shall be maintained for three (3) years from the date of execution of this Agreement and to the extent required by laws relating to audits of public agencies and their expenditures. (b) Any and all records or documents required to be maintained pursuant to this section shall be made available for inspection, audit and copying, at any time during regular business hours, upon request by City or its designated representative. Copies of such documents or records shall be provided directly to the City for inspection, audit and copying when it is practical to do so; otherwise, unless an alternative is mutually agreed upon, such documents and records shall be made available at Service Provider’s address indicated for receipt of notices in this Agreement. (c) Where City has reason to believe that any of the documents or records required to be maintained pursuant to this section may be lost or discarded due to dissolution or termination of Service Provider ’s business, City may, by written request, require that custody of such documents or records be given to the City. Access to such documents and records shall be granted to City, as well as to its successors -in-interest and authorized representatives.

Service Provider shall not at any time or in any manner represent that Service Provider or any of Service Provider ’s officers, employees, or agents are in any manner offi cials, officers, employees or agents of City.
(c) Neither Service Provider, nor any of Service Provider ’s officers, employees or agents, shall obtain any rights to retirement, health care or any other benefits which may otherwise accrue to City’s employees. S ervice Provider expressly waives any claim Service Provider may have to any such rights.

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5 SECTION 9. STANDARD OF PERFORMANCE; FAMILIARITY WITH WORK. (a) Service Provider represents and warrants that it has the qualifications, experience and facilities necessary to properl y perform the Services required under this Agreement in a thorough, competent and professional manner. Service Provider shall at all times faithfully, competently and to the best of its ability, experience and talent, perform all Services. In meeting its obligations under this Agreement, Service Provider shall employ, at a minimum, generally accepted standards and practices utilized by persons engaged in providing services similar to the Services required of Service Provider under this Agreement. In addition to the general standards of performance set forth this section, additional specific standards of performance and performance criteria may be set forth in Exhibit “A” “Scope of Work” that shall also be applicable to Servi ce Provider’s work under this Agreement. Where there is a conflict between a general and a specific standard of performance or performance criteria, the specific standard or criteria shall prevail over the general.
(b) Service Pro vider warrants that (1) it has thoroughly investigated and considered the work to be performed, (2) it has investigated the issues, regarding the scope of services to be provided, (3) it has carefully considered how the work should be performed, and (4) it fully understands the facilities, difficulties and restrictions attending performance of the work under this Agreement.

SECTION 10. COMPLIANCE WITH APPLICABLE LAWS; PERMITS AND LICENSES.

Service Provider shall keep itself informed of and comply with all applicable federal, state and local laws, statutes, codes, ordinances, regulations and rules in effect during the term of this Agreement. Service Provider shall obtain any and all licenses, permits and authorizations necessary to perform the Services set forth in this Agreement. Neither City, nor any elected or appointed boards, officers, officials, employees or agents of City, shall be liable, at law or in equity, as a result of any failure of Service Provider to comply with this section.

SECTION 11. PREVAILING WAGE LAWS
It is the understanding of City and Service Provider that California prevailing wage laws do not apply to this Agreement because the Agreement does not involve any of the following services subject to prevailing wage rates pursuant to the California Labor Code or regulations promulgated ther eunder: Construction, alteration, demolition, installation, or repair work performed on public buildings, facilities, streets or sewers done under contract and paid for in whole or in part out of public funds. In this context, “construction" includes work performed during the design and preconstruction phases of construction including, but not limited to, inspection and land surveying work.

SECTION 12. NONDISCRIMINATION.

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6 Service Provider shall not discriminate, in any way, against any person on the basis of race, color, religious creed, national origin, ancestry, sex, age, physical handicap, medical condition or marital status in connection with or related to the performance of this Agreement.

SECTION 13. CONFLICTS OF INTEREST.
(a) Service Provider covenants that neither it, nor any o fficer or principal of its firm, has or shall acquire any interest, directly or indirectly, which would conflict in any manner with the interests of City or which would in any way hinder Service Provider ’s performance of the Services. Service Provider further covenants that in the performance of this Agreement, no person having any such interest shall be employed by it as an officer, employee, agent or subcontractor without the express written consent of the City Manager. Service Provider agrees to at all times avoid conflicts of interest or the appearance of any conflicts of interest with the interests of City in the performance of this Agreement.
(b) City may determine that Service Provider must disclose its financial interests by completing and filing a Fair Political Practices Commission Form 700, Statement of Economic Interests. If such a determination is made, Service Provider shall file the subject Form 700 with the City Clerk ’s Office pursuant to the written instructions provided by the Office of the City Clerk within ten (10) days of the request. (c) City understands and acknowledges that Service Provider is, as of the date of execution of this Agreement, independently involved in the performance of non- related services for other governmental agencies and private parties. Service Provider is unaware of any stated position of City relative to such projects. Any future position of City on such projects shall not be considered a conflict of interest for purposes of this section.
(d) City understands and acknowledges that Service Provider will perform non-related services for other governmental agencies and private Parties following the completion of the Services under this Agreement. Any such future service shall not be considered a conflict of interest for purposes of this section.

SECTION 14. CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION; RELEASE OF INFORMATION. (a) All information gained or work product produced by Service Provider in performance of this Agreement shall be considered confidential unless such information is in the public domain or already known to Service Provider . Service Provider shall not release or disclose any such information or work product to persons or entities other than City without prior written authorization from the City Manager, except as may be required by law.
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7 City Attorney of City, voluntarily provide declarations, letters of support, testimony at depositions, response to interrogatories or other information concerning the work performed under this Agreement. Response to a subpoena or court order shall not be considered "voluntary" provided Service Provider gives City notic e of such court order or subpoena.
(c) If Service Provider , or any officer, employee, agent or subcontractor of Service Provider , provides any information or work product in violation of this Agreement, then City shall have the right to reim bursement and indemnity from Service Provider for any damages, costs and fees, including attorney’s fees, caused by or incurred as a result of Service Provider’s conduct.
(d) Service Provider shall promptly notify City should Service Provider , its officers, employees, agents or subcontractors, be served with any summons, complaint, subpoena, notice of deposition, request for documents, interrogatories, request for admissions or other discovery request, court order or subpoena from any party regarding this Agreement and the work performed thereunder. City retains the right, but has no obligation, to represent Service Provider or be present at any deposition, hearing or similar proceeding. Service Provider agrees to cooperate fully with City and to provide City with the opportunity to review any response to discovery requests provided by Service Provider. However, this right to review any such response does not imply or mean the right by City to control, direct, or rewrite said response.

SECTION 15. INDEMNIFICATION.
(a) Indemnification for Professional Liability. Where the law establishes a professional standard of care for Service Provider ’s services, to the fullest extent permitted by law, Service Provider shall indemnify, protect, defend and hold harmless City and any and all of its officials, employees and agents (“Indemnified Parties”) from and against any and all liability (including liability for claims, suits, actions, arbitration proceedings, administrative proceedings, regulatory proceedings, losses, expenses or costs of any kind, whether actual, alleged or threatened, including attorney’s fees and costs, court costs, interest, defense costs, and expert witness fees) arise out of, are a consequence of, or are in any way attributable to, in whole or in part, any negligent or wrongful act, error or omission of Service Provider , or by any individual or entity for which Service Provider is legally liable, including but not limited to officers, agents, employees or subcontractor s of Service Provider , in the performance of professional services under this Agreement.
(b) Indemnification for Other than Professional Liability. Other than in the performance of professional services and to the full extent permitted by law, Service Provider shall indemnify, protect, defend and hold harmless City, and any and all of its employees, officials and agents from and against any liability (including liability for claims, suits, actions, arbitration proceedings, administrative proceedings, regulatory proceedings, losses, expenses or c osts of any kind, whether actual, alleged or threatened, including attorney’s fees and costs, court costs, interest, defense costs, and

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8 expert witness fees), where the same arise out of, are a consequence of, or are in any way attributable to, in whole or in part, the performance of this Agreement by Service Provider, or by any individual or entity for which Service Provider is legally liable, including but not limited to officers, agents, employees or subcontractor s of Service Provider.
(c) Indemnification from Sub- Service Provider s. Service Provider agrees to obtain executed indemnity agreements with provisions identical to those set forth in this section from each and every sub-Service Provider or any other person or entity involved by, fo r, with or on behalf of Service Provider in the performance of this Agreement naming the Indemnified Parties as additional indemnitees. In the event Service Provider fails to obtain such indemnity obligations from others as required herein, Service Provider agrees to be fully responsible according to the terms of this section.

Failure of City to monitor compliance with these requirements imposes no additional obligations on City and will in no way act as a waiver of any rights hereunder. This obligation to indemnify and defend City as set forth herein is binding on the successors, assigns or heirs of Service Provider and shall survive the termination of this Agreement or this section.
(d) Limitation of Indemnification. Notwithstanding any provision of this section to the contrary, design professionals are required to defend and indemnify the City only to the extent permitted by Civil Code Section 2782.8, which limits the liability of a design professional to claims, suits, actions, arbitration proceedings , administrative proceedings, regulatory proceedings, losses, expenses or costs that arise out of, pertain to, or relate to the negligence, recklessness, or willful misconduct of the design professional. The term “design professional,” as defined in Secti on 2782.8, is limited to licensed architects, licensed landscape architects, registered professional engineers, professional land surveyors, and the business entities that offer such services in accordance with the applicable provisions of the California B usiness and Professions Code.
(e) City’s Negligence . The provisions of this section do not apply to claims occurring as a result of City’s sole negligence. The provisions of this section shall not release City from liability arising from gross negligence or willful acts or omissions of City or any and all of its officials, employees and agents.

SECTION 16. INSURANCE.

Service Provider agrees to obtain and maintain in full force and effect during the term of this Agreement the insurance policies set forth in Exhibit “ C” “Insurance” and made a part of this Agreement. All insurance policies shall be subject to approval by City as to form and content. These requirements are subject to amendment or waiver if so approved in writing by the City Manager. Service Provider agrees to provide City with copies of required policies upon request.

SECTION 17. ASSIGNMENT.

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9 The expertise and experience of Service Provider are material considerations for this Agreement. City has an interest in the qualifications and capability of the persons and entities who will fulfill the duties and obligations imposed upon Service Provider under this Agreement. In recognition of that interest, Service Provider shall not assign or transfer this Agreement or any portion of this Agreement or the performance of any of Service Provider’s duties or obligations under this Agreement without the prior written consent of the City. Any attempted assignment shall be ineffective, null and void, and shall constitute a material breach of this Agreement entitling City to any and all remedies at law or in equity, including termination of this Agreement pursuant to Section 19 “Termination of Agreement.” City acknowledges, however, that Service Provider , in the performance of its duties pursuant to this Agreement, may utilize subcontractors.

SECTION 18. CONTINUITY OF PERSONNEL.

SECTION 19. TERMINATION OF AGREEMENT.
(a) City may terminate this Agreement, with or without cause, at any time by giving t hirty (30) days written notice of termination to Service Provider . In the event such notice is given, Service Provider shall cease immediately all work in progress. (b) Service Provider may terminate this Agreement for cause at any time upon thirty (30) days written notice of termination to City. (c) If either Service Provider or City fail to perform any material obligation under this Agreement, then, in addition to any other remedies, either Service Provider , or City may terminate this Agreement immediately upon written notice. (d) Upon termination of this Agreement by either Service Provider or City, all property belonging exclusively to City which is in Service Provider ’s possession shall be returned to City. Service Provider shall furnish to City a final invoice for work performed and expenses incurred by Service Provider , prepared as set forth in Section 4 “Compensation and Method of Payment” of this Agreement. This final invoice shall be reviewed and paid in the same manner as set forth in Section 4 “Compensatio n and Method of Payment” of this Agreement.

SECTION 20. DEFAULT.

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10 Service Provider of the default and the reasons for the default. The notice shall include the timeframe in which Service Provider may cure the default. This timefram e is presumptively thirty (30) days, but may be extended, though not reduced, if circumstances warrant. During the period of time that Service Provider is in default, the City shall hold all invoices and shall, when the default is cured, proceed with paym ent on the invoices. In the alternative, the City may, in its sole discretion, elect to pay some or all of the outstanding invoices during the period of default. If Service Provider does not cure the default, the City may take necessary steps to terminat e this Agreement under Section 19 “Termination of Agreement.” Any failure on the part of the City to give notice of the Service Provider’s default shall not be deemed to result in a waiver of the City’s legal rights or any rights arising out of any provision of this Agreement.

SECTION 21. EXCUSABLE DELAYS.

Service Provider shall not be liable for damages, including liquidated damages, if any, caused by delay in performance or failure to perform due to causes beyond the control of Service Provider . Such causes include , but are not limited to, acts of God, acts of the public enemy, acts of federal, state or local governments, acts of City, court orders, fires, floods, epidemics, strikes, embargoes, and unusually severe weather. The term and price of this Agreement shal l be equitably adjusted for any delays due to such causes.

SECTION 22. COOPERATION BY CITY.

SECTION 23. NOTICES.

To City: City of Cathedral City
Attn: Assistant City Manager
68-700 Avenida Lalo Guerrero
Cathedral City, CA 92234

To Service Provider: Park Consulting Group
Attn: Glenn Park
200 Spectrum Center Drive, #300
Irvine, CA 92618

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11 Notice shall be deemed effective on the date personally delivered or transmitted by facsimile or, if mailed, three (3) days after deposit of the sa me in the custody of the United States Postal Service.

SECTION 24. AUTHORITY TO EXECUTE.

SECTION 25. ADMINISTRATION AND IMPLEMENTATION.

This Agreement shall be administered and executed by the City Manager or his or her designated representative. The City Manager shall have the authorit y to issue interpretations and to make amendments to this Agreement, including amendments that commit additional funds, consistent with Section 27 “Amendment” and the City Manager’s contracting authority under the Cathedral City Municipal Code.

SECTION 26. BINDING EFFECT.

This Agreement shall be binding upon the heirs, executors, administrators, successors and assigns of the Parties.

SECTION 27. AMENDMENT.

SECTION 28. WAIVER.

Waiver by any Party to this Agreement of any term, condition, or covenant of this Agreement shall not constitute a waiver of any other term, condition, or covenant.

Waiver by any Party of any breach of the provisions of this Agreement shall not constitute a waiver of any other provision nor a waiver of any subsequent breach or violation of any provision of this Agreement. Acceptance by City of any work or services by Service Provider shall not constitute a waiver of any of the provisions of this Agreement.

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12 SECTION 29. LAW TO GOVERN; VENUE.

SECTION 30. ATTORNEYS FEES, COSTS AND EXPENSES.

SECTION 31. ENTIRE AGREEMENT.

This Agreement, including the attached Exhibits "A" through "C", is the entire, complete, final and exclusive expression of the Parties with respect to the matters addressed therein and supersedes all other agreements or understandings, whether oral or written, or entered into between Service Provider and City prior to the execution of this Agreement. No statements, representations or other agreements, whether oral or written, made by any Party which are not embodied herein shall be valid and binding.

SECTION 32. SEVERABILITY.

SECTION 33. CONFLICTING TERMS.

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13 IN WITNESS WHEREOF , the Parties hereto have executed this Agreement on the date and year first-above written.

CITY OF CATHEDRAL CITY PARK CONSULTING GROUP

__________________________ _______________________
Charles P. McClendon By: Glenn Park
City Manager Founder/Principal Consultant
ATTEST:

___________________________
Tracey Hermosillo
City Clerk

APPROVED AS TO FORM

___________________________
Eric S. Vail
City Attorney

NOTE: SERVICE PROVIDER’S SIGNATURES SHALL BE DULY NOTARIZED,

AND APPROPRIATE ATTESTATIONS SHALL BE INCLUDED AS MAY

BE REQUIRED BY THE BYLAWS, ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION,

OR OTHER RULES OR REGULATIONS APPLICABLE TO SERVICE
PROVIDER’S BUSINESS ENTITY.

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ALL-PURPOSE ACKNOWLEDGMENT NOTARY FOR CALIFORNIA

STATE OF CALIFORNIA )

COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE )

COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE )
On ____________________, 20 , before me, , Date Name And Title Of Officer (e.g. “Jane Doe, Notary Public”) personally appeared , Name of Signer(s) who proved to me on the basis of satisfactory evidence to be the person(s) whose name(s) is/are subscribed to the within instrument and acknowledged to me that he/she/they executed the same in his/her/their authorized capacity(ies), and that by his/her/their signature(s) on the instrument the person(s), or the entity upon behalf of which the person(s) acted, executed the instrument.

I certify under PENALT Y OF PERJURY under the laws of the State of California that the foregoing paragraph is true and correct.

WITNESS my hand and official seal.

Signature of Notary Public

OPTIONAL

Though this section is optional, completing this information can deter alternation of the document or fraudulent reattachment of this form to an unintended document.

CAPACIT(IES) CLAIMED BY SIGNER(S) DESCRIPTION OF ATTACHED DOCUMENT Signer's Name:
¨ Individual
¨ Corporate Officer

Title(s) Title or Type of Document
¨ Partner(s) ¨ Limited
¨ General
¨ Attorney-In-Fact Number Of Pages
¨ Trustee(s)
¨ Guardian/Conservator
¨ Other:

Signer is representing:

Name Of Person(s) Or Entity(ies)
Date Of Document

Signer(s) Other Than Named Above

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ALL-PURPOSE ACKNOWLEDGMENT NOTARY FOR CALIFORNIA

STATE OF CALIFORNIA )

I certify under PENALTY OF PER JURY under the laws of the State of California that the foregoing paragraph is true and correct.

WITNESS my hand and official seal.

Signature of Notary Public

OPTIONAL

Though this section is optional, completing this information can deter alternation of the document or fraudulent reattachment of this form to an unintended document.

CAPACIT(IES) CLAIMED BY SIGNER(S) DESCRIPTION OF ATTACHED DOCUMENT Signer's Name:
¨ Individual
¨ Corporate Officer

Title(s) Title or Type of Document
¨ Partner(s) ¨ Limited
¨ General
¨ Attorney-In-Fact Number Of Pages
¨ Trustee(s)
¨ Guardian/Conservator
¨ Other:

Signer is representing:

Name Of Person(s) Or Entity(ies)
Date Of Document

Signer(s) Other Than Named Above

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Cathedral City - Quote for EnerGov Enhancement Services Park Consulting Group
Title: Cathedral City - Quote for EnerGov Enhancement Services Date: 05/04/2023
Client Contact: Anne Ambrose, Assistant City Manager
PCG Contact: Glenn Park, President and Principal Consultant

PROPOSAL
Descrip�on of Work
City of Cathedral City, CA is seeking to migrate remaining PermitsPlus Building Permit processes to Tyler Tech EnerGov and sunset PermitsPlus. Addi�onally, the City is seeking to enable extended EnerGov capabili�es - CSS Online Portal and iG Inspect Mobile Applica�on.

Du
ra�on of Services: July 3, 2023 – November 30, 2023
Pa
rk Consul�ng Group’s Responsibili�es:
- PCG will atend mee�ngs, including working sessions and other mee�ngs to gather requirements, capture feedback, and facilitate decision making.
- Provide feedback and insights on leading best prac�ces to maximize EnerGov system capabili�es. - PCG will provide EnerGov enhancement services to enable process and func�onal gaps. This will include suppor�ng, implemen�ng, and reviewing EnerGov conﬁgura�on including case types, workﬂows, custom ﬁelds, CSS conﬁgura�on, fees, automa�ons, and Georules. - PCG will provide conﬁgura�on walkthroughs or details for resolved issues and deployed enhancements. City may choose to record walkthroughs as needed. - Provide report development services to design, develop, and deploy non-standard forms and sta�s�cal reports generated from EnerGov.
- PCG should have the ability to deliver the majority of services remotely with minimal on-site visits and/ or incurred travel costs. 2 onsite visits have been proposed to reimburse travel �me and expenses.

Key’s Re
sponsibili�es:
- City will provide a primary point of contact (POC) and SMEs available throughout the dura�on of services to manage requests from City staﬀ. The City POC will manage tracking, communica�on, and follow-up with staﬀ. City will provide a designated back-ups as required. - City’s POC will triage and priori�ze issues and enhancement requests prior to submi�ng to PCG to be aware of all requested work and ensure work is within allocated budgeted hours. - City will ensure that suﬃcient requirements and details are provided for requests - City will be responsible to submit Tyler Tech support �ckets and manage follow-up for requests - City will be responsible for managing mee�ngs related to EnerGov including coordina�on, facilita�on, and management of agendas, deliverables, and follow-up ac�ons. - City will work with Tyler Tech, City IT , and other system vendors to provide login access and appropriate admin permissions to EnerGov environments and applicable systems for PCG services. - City will manage version upgrades to EnerGov directly with Tyler Tech. - City will seek training related to end-user onboarding and admin training from Tyler Tech. - Due to the high risk of conver�ng data from the produc�on instance of PermitsPlus to the produc�on instance of EnerGov, the City or Tyler Technologies will own this task, if needed. - City will provide subject mater experts that are available throughout the dura�on of services to successfully deliver PCG services. In order to meet �melines, City will provide suﬃcient Exhibit "A"
Scope of Services
A-1

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requirements and details for all issues and requests. City will provide answers to ques�on and provide feedback and responses in a �mely manner (within 2 business days).

Cos
t Proposal:

The total not to exceed amount will be based on a Time and Materials basis:

Requested Services Total
PermitsPlus to EnerGov Migra�on
Building Permit
Custom Fields
and Workﬂows
Verify and create custom ﬁelds are conﬁgured in EnerGov that are captured from PermitsPlus and required for Permit and Job Card forms.

This will also includes updates and crea�on of workﬂows associated to each workclass (378 hours – 8-10 hours each); Assump�on: fees in EnerGov are conﬁgured correctly and will not require addi�onal updates.

Total: 9 Permit Types / 42 Workclasses
Combina�on Permit (13), Electrical Permit (1), Mechanical Permit(1), Mobile Home Permit (5), Misc. Permit (18)
Plumbing Permit (1), Pool/Spa Permit (1), Sewer Permit (1), Sign Permit (1) $73,710
Permit
Inspec�on Type
Setup
Setup inspec�on types in iden�ﬁed 42 Building permit type/ workclass workﬂow templates. Also included will be the inspector type groups, inspector type, user inspec�on types, and tes�ng (100 hours) $19,500 Forms and
Reports
Migrate PermitsPlus Reports and Forms including the Permit and Job Card documents. Develop reports and forms to be available in EnerGov (Crystal reports) (Approximately 5 reports up to 60 hours). $11,700 Other
Conﬁgura�on
Updates
Other conﬁgura�on that is required to fully sunset PermitsPlus and enable EnerGov (Up to 40 hours).
$7,800
EnerGov Enhancements
CSS Online
Portal
Deploy CSS Online Portal to register applicants, 5 simple permits, view and search records, pay invoices, and schedule inspec�ons (200 hours) $39,000 iG Inspect
Mobile
Applica�on
Deploy iG Mobile Inspect Applica�on to mobile device for City’s Building inspectors. Key assump�on is City will have adequate mobile licenses available for all inspectors (40 hours) $7,800
Onsite Visit
Travel Expense
2 trips for 2 PCG consultants for each onsite visit (2 day each) $10,000
Project
Administra�on
Min 8 hours per month (5 months)
$7,800
GRAND TOTAL $177,310
Project Resource 2023 – 2024 Rates
Project Consultant $195/ Hour
Report / Data Consultant $195/ Hour
A-2

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EXHIBIT "B"

COMPENSATION
I.

Service Provider shall use the following rates of pay in the performance of the Services:

A. P
roject Consultant $195.00/hr
B. R
eport/Data Consultant $195.00/hr

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EXHIBIT "C"

INSURANCE
A. Ins
urance Coverages . Service Provider shall provide and maintain insurance, acceptable to the City, in full force and effect throughout the term of this Agreement, against claims for injuries to persons or damages to property whi ch may arise from or in connection with the performance of the Services by Service Provider, its agents, representatives or employees. Service Provider shall procure and maintain the following scope and limits of insurance:

Onl
y the following “marked” requirements are applicable:

Coverage shall be at least as broad as Insurance Services Office form Commercial General Liability coverage (Occurrence Form CG 0001). There shall be no endorsement or modification of the CGL limiting the scope of coverage for either insured vs. additional insured claims or contractual liability. All defense costs shall be outside the limits of the policy.

X
Vehicle Liability Insurance: Vehicle liability insurance in an amount not less than $1,000,000 for injuries, including accidental death, to any one person, and subject to the same minimum for each person, in an amount not less than one million dollars ($1,000,000) for each accident, and property damage insurance in an amount of not less than one million dollars ($1,000,000). A combined single limit policy with aggregate limits in an amount of not less than $2,000,000 shall be considered equivalent to the said required minimum limits. Coverage shall be at least as broad as Insurance Services Office form number CA 0001 covering Automobile Liability, including code 1 "any auto" and endorsement CA 0025, or equivalent forms subject to the approval of the City.
__X_
__ Workers’ Compensation Insurance: Workers’ Compensation insurance that includes a minimum of one million dollars ($1,000,000) of employers’ liability coverage.

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X Professional Liability Insurance: Professional liability insurance appropriate to the Service Provider’s profession in an amount not less than one million dollars $1,000,000 per occurrence. This coverage may be written on a “claims made” basis and must include coverage for contractual liability. The professional liability insurance required by this Agreement must be endorsed to be applicable to claims based upon, arising out of or related to Services performed under this Agreement. The insurance must be maintained for at least three (3) consecutive years following the completion of Service Provider’s services or the termination of this Agreement. During this additional three (3) year period, Service Provider shall annually and upon request of the City submit written evidence of this continuous coverage.

B. Other Provisions . Insurance policies required by this Agreement shall contain the following provisions:

1. All Coverages.

a. Each insurance policy required by this Agreement shall be endorsed and state the coverage shall not be suspended, voided, cancelled by the insurer or either Party to this Agreement, reduced in coverage or in limits except after 30 days' prior written notice by certified mail, return receipt requested, has been given to City.

b. Insurance is to be placed with insurers with a current A.M.

Best's rating of no less than A:VII.

2. Commercial General Liability and Automobile Liability Coverages.

a. City, and its respective elected and appointed officers, officials, and emplo yees and volunteers are to be covered as additional insureds as respects: liability arising out of activities Service Provider performs; products and completed operations of Service Provider ; premises owned, occupied or used by Service Provider; or automobiles owned, leased, hired or borrowed by Service Provider.

The coverage shall contain no special limitations on the scope of protection afforded to City, and their respective elected and appointed officers, officials, or employees.

b. Service Provider ’s insurance coverage shall be primary insurance with r espect to City, and its respective elected and appointed, its officers, officials, employees and volunteers. Any insurance or self -insurance maintained by City, and its respective elected and appointed officers, officials, employees or volunteers, shall apply in excess of, and not contribute with, Service Provider ’s insurance.

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C-3
c. Service Provider’s insurance shall apply separately to each insured against whom claim is made or suit is brought, except with respect to the limits of the insurer’s liability.

d. Any failure to comply with the reporting or other provisions of the insurance policies, including breaches of warranties, shall not affect coverage provided to City, and its respective elected and appointed officers, officials, employees or volunteers.

e. The insurer waives all rights of subrogation against the City, its elected or appointed officers, officials, employees or agents.

1. Service Provider shall furnish certificates and endorsements from each subcontractor identical to those Service Provider provides.

2. Any deductibles or self -insured retentions must be declared to and approved by City. At the option of City, either the insurer shall reduce or eliminate such deductibles or self -insured retentions as respects City or its respective elected or appointed officers, officials, employees and volunteers, or the Service Provider shall procure a bond guaranteeing payment of losses and related investigations, claim administration, defense expenses and claims.

3. The procuring of such required policy or policies of insurance shall not be construed to limit Service Provider ’s liability hereunder nor to fulfill the indemnification provisions and requirements of this Agreement.

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Staff Report

City Council

Item No. 6.D

Meeting Date: June 28, 2023
From: John Corella, Director of Engineering/Public Works Title: Approval of a License Agreement with Palm Springs Unified School District (PSUSD) for Construction Staging for the PSUSD Landau Elementary School Modernization Project

City Council

RECOMMENDATION:

To approve a four -year License Agreement with Palm Springs Unified School District (PSUSD) for Temporary Construction Access and Construction Staging on City -owned property for the PSUSD Landau Elementary School Modernization Project with an annual license fee of $46,040 for a total amount of $184,160; and authorize the City Manager to execute the Agreement.

BACKGROUND:

On January 6, 2023, the Palm Springs Unified School District (PSUSD) Department of Facilities, Planning and Development informed City Staff of the upcoming three -year modernization project at Landau Elementary School located on the southeast corner of Landau Blvd. and 30th Avenue. PSUSD Staff also requested to explore different options to utilize the City -owned property during the construction phase of the project located directly south and abutting Landau Elementary School (APN 678 -030-065 through 678- 030-069 inclusive) located on the north side of Vega Ro ad approximately 400 feet east of Landau Boulevard (abutting and east of the Salvation Army). A location map is attached to this Staff Report for reference.

The Landau Elementary School Modernization Project (Project) involves the demolition of the administration building and four (4) classroom buildings that will be replace d with a new administration building, four (4) new single -story classroom buildings, an additional two -story classroom building, and associated site work between buildings, play fields and existing parking lot and multipurpose building.

According to the attached letter from PSUSD Facilities, Planning and Development Executive Director, t he Project is anticipated to start in the early Summer of 2023 and completion is anticipated by the Summer of 2026.

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PSUSD and City Staff met at the City property on April 6, 2023, to address different aspects of the Landau Elementary School Project including the use of the vacant City owned lot for a construction staging yard, aspects of an agreement between the two (2) agencies, a new driveway approach on Landau Boulevard at the southwest corner of the school property, and the implementation of the new City safety crosswalk on 30 th Avenue and Avenida La Paz as a result of the HSIP 11 grant award.

DISCUSSION:

The City-owned property consists of five (5) vacant lots (APNs 678-030-061, 063, 065, 067 and 069) with portions to be used by PSUSD employees, contractor, and subcontractors for the purpose of accessing the construction site and for the use as a construction staging area . This also includes the installation of temporary trailers for offices and restrooms, delivery of construction materials, storage and laydown area, and contractor’s employee parking.

Following the site meeting on April 6, 2023, City Staff researched the typical rates per square foot to lease undeveloped (vacant) land to be used for a short-term construction staging area. The price per square foot ranges were $0.045 to $0.10 per square foot per month. In evaluation, Staff agree d that $0.045 per square foot per month for the portion of the site the PSUSD will use is a fair price for the cost basis and a License Agreement (Agreement) is the correct document to use for this purpose.

The City Attorney and Staff prepared a License Agreement for Temporary Construction Access and Staging (attached), which was submitted to PSUSD for their review .

PSUSD provided minor comments which were incorporated into the Agreement.

The Agreement grants PSUSD employees, contractor and subcont ractors, access and use for a portion of the City -owned property consisting of approximately 85,260 square feet. An exhibit showing the area for construction access and staging is attached to the Agreement.

After subsequent discussions PSUSD asked for t he term of the Agreement to be forty- eight (48) months concluding when the restorations to the City-owned property and infrastructure adjacent to the Project have been accepted by the City , as defined in the Agreement.

Staff is requesting City Council approve a four (4) year License Agreement with PSUSD for Temporary Construction Access and Construction Staging on City -owned property for the PSUSD Landau Elementary School Modernization Project with an annual license fee of $46,040 for a total amount of $1 84,160; and authorize the City Manager to execute the Agreement.

FISCAL IMPACT:

The term of the agreement is for forty-eight (48) months concluding when restorations have been accepted by the City.

The annual license fee is $46,040 calculated at a monthly rate of $0.045 per square foot

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for a total amount of $1 84,160 at the end of the term of the License Agreement. Upon termination of the Agreement, the City shall refund the District any unused, prorated portion of the Annual License Fee, if applicable.

ATTACHMENTS:

Site Location and Construction Staging Area Exhibits
PSUSD - Construction Staging Plan Letter
License Agreement for Temporary Construction Staging Area

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ELEMENTARY
SCHOOL

EXHIBIT A

SITE LOCATION

SALVATION
ARMY
SITE

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CONSTRUCTION

STAGING AREA

ACCESS AND

PARKING
EXHIBIT A-1

TEMPORARY CONSTRUCTION

ACCESS AND STAGING AREA

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Cathedral City City Council
June 28, 2023