CITY COUNCIL
AGENDA
Study Session
Wednesday, November 29, 2023
3:00 PM
City Council Chambers
68-700 Avenida Lalo Guerrero
Cathedral City, CA 92234
MAYOR
Rita Lamb
CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS
Mayor Pro Tem
Mark Carnevale
Councilmember
Nancy Ross
Councilmember
Raymond Gregory
Councilmember
Ernesto Gutierrez
• CALL TO ORDER
• ROLL CALL
• AGENDA FINALIZATION
At this time the City Council may announce any items being pulled from the agenda or continued to another date.
1. PUBLIC COMMENT
This is the opportunity for members of the public to comment on any items not appearing on the regular agenda. Because of restrictions contained in California Law, the City Council may not discuss or act on any item not on the agenda but may briefly respond to statements made or ask a question for clarification. The Mayor may also request a brief response from staff to questions raised during public comment or may request a matter be agendized for a future meeting. Public Comment will be limited to three (3) minutes.
2. STUDY SESSION
Normally no action is taken on Study Session items, however, the City Council reserves the right to give specific policy direction and take specific action as Cathedral City P a g e 2
necessary. Presentation will be limited to 10 minutes unless other provisions are made in advance.
A. Presentation: College of the Desert Road Runner Motors Campus Update
Recommendation: This is a presentation only. There is no formal action required.
3. CLOSED SESSION
A. Conference with Legal Counsel - Anticipated Litigation Significant Exposure to litigation Pursuant to Government Code Section 54956.9(d)(2)
Number of Matters: Three (3) Matters
4. STUDY SESSION CONTINUED
Normally no action is taken on Study Session items, however, the City Council reserves the right to give specific policy direction and take specific action as necessary. Presentation will be limited to 10 minutes unless other provisions are made in advance.
A. Purchasing Practices and Procedures
Recommendation: This agenda item is for review and discussion only.
ADJOURN
NOTES TO THE PUBLIC:
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Staff Report
City Council
Item No. 2.A
Meeting Date: November 29, 2023
From: Stone James, Economic Development Director
Title: Presentation: College of the Desert Road Runner Motors Campus Update
City Council
RECOMMENDATION:
This is a presentation only. There is no formal action required.
BACKGROUND:
In 2017, the Economic Development Department (EDD) began working with College of the Desert (COD) to identify suitable sites within Cathedral City to locate COD’s Roadrunner Motors Campus (RRM). In 2018, EDD assisted COD in acquiring 5.88 acres located on Margo Murphy Way south of East Palm Canyon adjacent to Desert Lexus, Volkswagen of Palm Springs, and Palm Springs Subaru. In late 2021 and early 2022, EDD and a team of community volunteers successfully worked with COD to reinstate the then-canceled Cathedral City COD RRM.
In 2022, Richard A. Parker, Ph.D. evaluated the economic impact of a Cathedral City based RRM. In the attached November 2022 Employment and Economic Impact report, Dr. Parker provided the following overview of a Cathedral City RRM:
College of the Desert will be developing a new automotive and advanced transportation specialty training facility in Cathedral City, California called Roadrunner Motors. The new 25,983 square foot Roadrunner Motors training center will replace a smaller existing automotive school in Palm Desert and is expected to cost $27.6 million to construct in addition to the land that has already been acquired. College of the Desert, through its parent entity the Desert Community College District, acquired the land in Cathedral City for $3,050,000 on which the new Roadrunner Motors automotive training facility will be developed. The land is located in a New Market Tax Credit Eligible census tract that also qualifies as being “highly -distressed.” The existing Palm Desert building is comprised of approximately 20,875 gross assignable square footage with 17,400 dedicated solely to the Automotive Program that offers Associate of Science Degrees in Automotive Technology and Advanced Transportation.
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The current program has not been able to grow significantly because there is no additional space in which to schedule more classes and accommodate additional students. There are even a handful of classes that are offered at Rancho Mirage High School. With the Labor Market Information data, there is at least 800 or more jobs available annually in the Coachella Valley region. Therefore, the number of direct/quality jobs available regionally in the next 7 years would be 5,600. Student enrollments over a five-year period averaged 855. Trends indicate that four enrollments represent one unique full -time equivalent student, resulting in an average student headcount of more than 200 students. With this new facility, there is an expectation to double the enrollments, which would be 1,710 student enrollments annually serving around 400 unique full -time equivalent students. Over a 7 -year period, this new facility would support 11,970 student enrollments serving a 2,900 unique student headcount. Historically, 70% of all student enrollments in automotive technology are low -income students. With this new facility over a 7 - year period, the college is expecting to serve 8,379 full and part-time low-income student enrollments.i
This translates into job creation and upward mobility, with greater than 75 percent of these students having found jobs within two semesters of leaving the COD program. According to the California Employment Development Department, automotive service technicians and mechanics earned a median pay in 2021 of $52,227/year (California) with a typical education being postsecondary training but not a degree. The department forecasts 77,000 job openings by 2028—800 annually per year in the Coachella Valley.
COD’s new Roadrunner Motors school in Cathedral City is being planned and developed to provide a mix of classrooms, lecture space, automotive tech labs, toolrooms, storage, and automotive lifts and pads. In addition, the facility will include office & administrative space, an industry partner conference/seminar room, parking for classroom vehicles, and parking for students and faculty.
Industry partners include Ford, Subaru, Snap -On Tools, Intel Artificial Intelligence, and Porsche Technology, among others (Pg 1 and 2).
Dr. Parker’s report goes on to summarize economic impacts including “a local economic impact of construction at $40.8M and local annual economic impact of permanent operations of $6.7M” (Parker, Pg 4). The report concludes with,
…the total economic impact of the College of the Desert Roadrunner Motors Training Facility during these 24 years has an immediate present value of over $100 million…in Riverside County. This includes the present value of 24 years of income to Riverside County workers equal to $26,695,100.00 (Park, Pg 12).
DISCUSSION:
COD Interim Superintendent/President Laura Hope will provide a brief update on COD’s progress in designing and ultimately bidding and building the project.
FISCAL IMPACT:
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There is no fiscal impact with this item.
FIVE-YEAR STRATEGIC PLAN:
Action C-15 Economic Development Strategic Plan
ATTACHMENTS:
2022-11-01 COD Cathedral City Roadrunner Motors Employment and Economic Impact Analysis
i Enrollment information provided by the College of the Desert
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EMPLOYMENT AND ECONOMIC
IMPACT ANALYSIS: ROADRUNNER
MOTORS TRAINING FACILITY
PREPARED FOR: COLLEGE OF THE DESERT
BY: REA & PARKER RESEARCH
RICHARD A. PARKER, PH.D.
NOVEMBER 2022
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Attachment: 2022-11-01 COD Cathedral City Roadrunner Motors Employment and Economic Impact Analysis (4003 : Presentation: College of 1 Roadrunner Motors Richard A. Parker, Ph.D.
Employment and Economic Impact Analysis Rea & Parker Research College of the Desert November 2022
Employment and Economic Impact Analysis
College of the Desert—Roadrunner Motors—Cathedral City, California
College of the Desert (COD) is a community college, based in Palm Desert, California, that serves the Coachella Valley and surrounding Riverside County region. College of the Desert is one of 116 community colleges in California and, as such, is part of t he world’s largest system of higher education that serves 2.1 million students annually. COD was founded in 1958 and opened its doors in September 1962. As a two-year college, COD offers students an affordable option for starting college and then transferring to a four -year institution. College of the Desert is the largest source of transfer students to California State University at San Bernardino, seventy miles to the west.
COD provides a variety of educational opportunities ranging from university preparation and general education to innovative occupational programming, workforce development, and career transitioning.
It also offers a number of
vocational and technical programs, including Nursing and Health Sciences, Digital Design and Production, Turf Grass Management & Ornamental Horticulture, Advanced Transportation Technologies, Culinary Arts, and Administration of Justice courses at the Public Safety Academy training facility.
College of the Desert will be developing a new automotive and advanced transportation specialty training facility in Cathedral City, California called Roadrunner Motors. The new 25 ,983 square foot Roadrunner Motors training center will replace a smaller existing automotive school in Palm Desert and is expected to cost $27.6 million to construct in addition to the land that has already been acquired. College of the Desert, through its parent entity the Desert Community College District, acquired the land in Cathedral City for $3,050,000 on which the new Roadrunner Motors automotive training facility will be developed. The land is located in a New Market Tax Credit Eligible census tract that also qualifies as being “highly -distressed.” The existing Palm Desert building is comprised of approximately 20,875 gross assignable square footage with 17,400 dedicated solely to the Automotive Program that offers Associate of Science Degrees in Automotive Technology and Advanced Transportation.
The current program has not been able to grow significantly because there is no additional space in which to schedule more classes and accommodate additional students. There are even a handful of classes that are offered at Rancho Mirage High School. Wi th the Labor Market Information data, there is at least 800 or more jobs available annually in the Coachella Valley region. Therefore, the number of direct/quality jobs available regionally in the next 7 years would be 5,600. Student enrollments over a five-year period averaged 855. Trends indicate that four enrollments represent one unique full -time equivalent student, resulting in an average student headcount of more than 200 students. With this new facility, there is an expectation to double the enro llments, which would be
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Attachment: 2022-11-01 COD Cathedral City Roadrunner Motors Employment and Economic Impact Analysis (4003 : Presentation: College of 2 Roadrunner Motors Richard A. Parker, Ph.D.
Employment and Economic Impact Analysis Rea & Parker Research College of the Desert November 2022
1,710 student enrollments annually serving around 400 unique full -time equivalent students. Over a 7-year period, this new facility would support 11,970 student enrollments serving a 2,900 unique student headcount. Historically, 70% of all student enrollments in automotive technology are low -income students. With this new facility over a 7 - year period, the college is expecting to serve 8,379 full and part-time low-income student enrollments.1 T
his translates into job creation and upward mobility, with greater than 75 percent of these students having found jobs within two semesters of leaving the COD program . According to the California Employment Development Department, automotive service technicians and mechanics earned a median pay in 2021 of $52,227/year (California) with a typical education being postsecondary training but not a degree. The department forecasts 77,000 job openings by 2028—800 annually per year in the Coachella Valley.
COD’s new Roadrunner Motors school in Cat hedral City is being planned and developed to provide a mix of classrooms, lecture space, automotive tech labs, toolrooms, storage, and automotive lifts and pads. In addition, the facility will include office & administrative space, an industry partner co nference/seminar room, parking for classroom vehicles, and parking for students and faculty. Industry partners include Ford, Subaru, Snap-On Tools, Intel Artificial Intelligence, and Porsche Technology, among others.
The particular location of the new CO D Roadrunner Motors school is on Margo Murphy Way in Cathedral City, consisting of 5.88 acres (2.5 acres buildable) and located within a large concentration of automobile dealerships, repair shops, parts stores, and body shops. Local auto dealers and businesses are supporting COD’s initiative because they cannot find and hire enough professionally trained auto mechanics. They understand that training local students will provide a steady supply of candidates for employment . Local Labor Market statistics for the Coachella Valley and the surrounding region show an increasing demand for trained auto mechanics. 2 T
he new COD training center in Cathedral City will allow the College to expand its programming and enrollment to meet both student demand and employers’ hiring needs . Continuing education and training will also allow established auto mechanics in the nearby automotive dealerships and repair facilities the opportunity to acquire the skills and certifications they will need to stay current with advances in technology.
1 Enrollment information provided by the College of the Desert 2 EDD Labor Market Information Division https://www.labormarketinfo.edd.ca.gov
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Attachment: 2022-11-01 COD Cathedral City Roadrunner Motors Employment and Economic Impact Analysis (4003 : Presentation: College of 3 Roadrunner Motors Richard A. Parker, Ph.D.
Employment and Economic Impact Analysis Rea & Parker Research College of the Desert November 2022
Report Summary: It is the purpose of this analysis to identify for The College of the Desert Roadrunner Motors the following economic and employment-related factors:
1. construction and permanent job creation,
2. number of annual living wage jobs
3. approximate number of minorities and low-income community residents anticipated to be hired
4. annual local economic impact—construction and permanent
5. 24-year economic impact present value (4 years construction and first 20 years of operations)
Key Findings
• 281 Construction Period Direct, Indirect, and Induced full-time equivalent jobs o 194 direct annual jobs
o 92.2 percent living wage
o 70.1 percent ethnic minority
• 23 annual full-time equivalent Direct, Indirect, and Induced jobs o 17 direct annual jobs
o 91.3 percent living wage
o 43.5 percent ethnic minority
• Construction period economic impact = $40.8 million
o Construction period direct, indirect, and induced labor income = $16.5 million • Annual Operations economic impact = $6.7 million
o Annual operations direct, indirect, and induced labor income = $1.2 million • Present Value of Construction and Annual Operations = $104.8 million
Table 1
Summary of Employment Impacts
College of the Desert—Roadrunner Motors
Project
# of Direct,
Indirect and
Induced One-
Year, Full-Time
Equivalent
Construction
Jobs
# of Direct,
Indirect and
Induced
Ethnic
Minority
Construction
Jobs
(% of total)
# of Direct,
Indirect and
Induced
Construction
Jobs for Low
Income
Community
Residents
(% of total)
# of
Annual,
Full-Time
Equivalent
Permanent
Direct
Indirect,
and
Induced
Jobs
# of Living
Wage
Permanent
Jobs
(% of
total)
# of New
Permanent
Jobs for
Low
Income
Community
Residents
(% of total)
# of
Permanent
Jobs for
Low
Income
Persons
(% of
total)
# of Ethnic
Minority
Permanent Jobs
(% of total)
College of
the Desert-
Roadrunner
Motors
281
(All 194 direct
construction
and 65 of 87
indirect/induced
jobs will be
living wage jobs
= 259 out of
281—92.2% of
total)
197
(70.1%)
139
(49.5%)
23 21
(91.3%)
12 (52.2%)
5 (21.7%)
10 (43.5%)
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Attachment: 2022-11-01 COD Cathedral City Roadrunner Motors Employment and Economic Impact Analysis (4003 : Presentation: College of 4 Roadrunner Motors Richard A. Parker, Ph.D.
Employment and Economic Impact Analysis Rea & Parker Research College of the Desert November 2022
Table 1 depicts the total number (and percentage) of direct construction jobs, permanent jobs, and prevailing/living wage, low-income resident, and minority jobs that can be expected for the Roadrunner Motors project. Table 2 indicates the projected local economic impact for Roadrunner Motors during construction and permanent operations. A methodological discussion for each follows.
Table 2
Summary of Economic Impacts
College of the Desert—Roadrunner Motors
Project Local Economic Impact
of Construction
Local Annual Economic
Impact of Permanent
Operations
Present Value3 of
Construction and
Annual Operations
College of the Desert-Roadrunner
Motors $40.8 million $6.7 million $104.8 million
Economic and Employment Impacts
The economic impact that the College of the Desert Roadrunner Motors project can be expected to provide to Riverside County is modeled in this report using IMPLAN 3.0. The 1976 National Forest Management Act required the USDA Forest Service to create 5 -year management plans. These plans required alternative land management options to be presented, each of which would have resource and socio -economic effects on local communities. The Forest Service, in cooperation with the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), contributed considerable resources to the creation of FORPLAN (a linear programming model used to estimate land management resource outputs) and IMPLAN to estimate the economic effects of these outputs on local communities.
In 1988, the Agricultural Economics Department of the University of Minnesota decided to offer IMPLAN software, data, and technical support to non -Forest Service users. In 1993 Minnesota IMPLAN Group (MIG) was formed to update and improve the IMPLAN software to make it more functional and accessible to a wider range of users. This new version used a modeling system based on the creation of a Social Accounting Matrix (SAM) – an extension of the input -output accounts, and resulting SAM Multipliers. IMPLAN Pro 2.0 became available in May 1999, IMPLAN Version 3.0 was released on November 3, 2009, with and updated version 3.1 issued since.
IMPLAN's Social Accounting System describes transactions that occur between producers, and intermediate and final consumers using their Social Accounting Matrix . Because social accounting systems examine all the aspects of a local economy, they are designed to provide a complete and accurate “snapshot” of the economy and its spending patterns.
3 See concluding section of report for complete description. Discount rate of 5% was applied
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Employment and Economic Impact Analysis Rea & Parker Research College of the Desert November 2022
At the heart of economic impact models are multipliers. Multipliers are a numeric way of describing the secondary impacts stemming from an economic event. For example, an employment multiplier of 1.8 would suggest that for every ten employees hired in the given industry, eight additional jobs would be created in other industries, such that eighteen total jobs would be added to the given economic region. Industries that produce goods and services for consumer consumption must purchas e products, raw materials, and services from other companies to create their product. These vendors must also procure goods and services. This cycle continues until all the money is leaked from the region’s economy. There are three types of effects meas ured with a multiplier: the direct, the indirect, and the induced effects. The direct effect is the known or predicted change in the local economy that is to be studied.
The indirect effect is the business-to -business transactions required to satisfy the direct effect. Finally, the induced effect is derived from local spending on goods and services by people working to satisfy the direct and indirect effects.
Direct impacts include employment, payroll, and revenue generated by the project’s revenues and expenditures.
Indirect impacts are the changes in inter -industry purchases as they respond to new demands of directly affected industries.
Induced impacts include the value of goods and services purchased by money generated by direct and indirect impacts throughout the regional economy -- goods and services not directly associated with the project but which would otherwise not be purchased without the activity generated by that project.
Two distinct economic impacts will occur due to the project: 1) const ruction of the project will generate economic activity, and 2) post -construction on-going operations of the automotive training will generate additional economic activity for years to come. These impacts are the focus of the majority of this report. There will be a shorter Fiscal Impact section to follow.
Construction Period Economic Impact
The 25,983 square foot Roadrunner Motors facility is planned to be constructed at a cost of $2 7.6 million. In addition to this construction cost, indirect and induced impacts will be experienced in the region. The $27.6 million construction-related expenditures will generate not only these direct expenditures and economic impact but also indirect and induced benefits that arise locally among suppliers, employees, and the general economy. IMPLAN models these additional benefits and has determined that project construction will produce additional benefits equal to 0.478454 of the original direct construction expenditures. That indicates that a total economic impact of $40.8 million4 will accrue to the region from this construction.
4 $27.6 million plus (.478454 * $27.6 million).
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Construction Period Job Generation
Direct Construction Jobs: The 25,983 square foot educational and automotive repair facility can be expected to generate 7.04 direct construction jobs 5 per million dollars (mixing educational and automotive repair components)—equaling a total of 194 full -time equivalent jobs during the planned construction period. Inasmuch as this is a government project, the 194 direct construction jobs will all be prevailing wage jobs that exceed living wage standards in Riverside County, which is $18.66 per hour6.
The federal government has established minority construction hiring goals, and the goal for Riverside County is that 19.0 percent of these construction jobs will be filled by members of disadvantaged/diverse ethnic minorities 7;
however, 75 percent of construction jobs in the Inland Empire Counties of Riverside and San Bernardino are presently performed by ethnic minority workers
8. The population in Riverside County is 66 percent ethnic minorities and the immediate Coachella Valley region of Riverside County, from which workers can be drawn, is 44 percent ethnic minorities (American Community Survey).
5 IMPLAN non-residential and education construction employees per million dollars midpoint for Riverside County 6 There is no commonly accepted amount that is agreed upon as a living wage. In principle, a living wage is sufficient to support one adult or one adult and a child or various other family configurations for their basic needs of food, shelter, health care, transportation, clothing, education, etc. For purposes of this analysis, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Living Wage Calculator for a single adult is utilized.
7 https://www.dol.gov/sites/dolgov/files/ofccp/ParticipationGoals.pdf 8 https://wp.sbcounty.gov/workforce/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2021/08/IE-Regional-Plan-FINAL.pdf Table 3
Employment & Economic Impact: Construction of the College of the Desert Roadrunner Motors Educational Facility
Economic Impact $40,800,000
Direct Construction Jobs 194
Indirect and Induced Jobs during
Construction 87
Total Construction and
Construction-related
Employment—full time equivalent
281
Direct Labor Income during
Construction
$12,332,500
($63,600 per annual full-time equivalent
direct construction job)
Indirect and Induced Labor
Income during Construction $4,126,900
Total Construction and
Construction-related Labor
Income
$16,459,400
($58,600 per annual full-time equivalent
direct, indirect and induced job)
Present Value of Construction
Period Labor Income $13,961,000
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Employment and Economic Impact Analysis Rea & Parker Research College of the Desert November 2022
Coachella Valley has an unemployment rate equal to 6.2 percent 9, which is higher than Riverside and San Bernardino Counties (4.0 percent 10). There is, therefore, every reason to expect minority construction workers to be drawn from the local area used to make this comparative analysis (44 percent) and from the balance of the County (66 percent) to approximate the midpoint between the local area and the County —55 percent —at a minimum, and equal to the Inland Empire total (75 percent) at an upper estimate—or between 55 percent and 75 percent, with a 68 percent weighted average 11. In the event that 68 percent of construction workers can reasonably be expected to be ethnic minorities for this project, it can be determined that 1 32 o f these 1 94 construction workers will be members of ethnic minorities (68 percent).
California’s Coalition for Environmental Health and Justice works with construction projects to achieve the following distribution of construction jobs: “a minimum of 40% of all hours of the Project work shall be performed by targeted workers with given priority to residents of extremely economically disadvantaged areas, a minimum of 10% of all hours of Project work shall be performed by disadvantaged workers, and a minimum of 20% of total work hours on each project will be performed by apprentices” (CEHAJ 2012).
Median household income in Riverside County is $76,409. 12 Average household size in Riverside County is 3.26.13 Low income is defined as 20 percent below the median, which would compute to $61,127. With 41 percent of the local population having annual household incomes less than $60,000 and 13.24 percent below the poverty level 14, were 40 percent to come from these targeted areas, 16 percent 15 of construction workers would be lower -income residents.
COD has projected for other construction projects that 25 percent of construction workers would be residents of low-income communities 16; however, given that 16 percent of construction workers are likely to be low -income persons residing within low-income communities, the 25 percent estimate is somewhat low. It is more reasonable to determine that these lower -income workers are easily matched by other income-level workers from these same low-income communities. Furthermore, the proposed location in Cathedral City is a predominantly low -income area that can be expected to provide an additional disproportionate percentage of the construction workforce that may be estimated to increase these percentages by an additional factor of one-half. As such, ninety-three full-time
9 https://cvep.com/unemployment-in-the-coachella-valley/ 10 https://www.labormarketinfo.edd.ca.gov/file/lfmonth/rive$pds.pdf 11 Likelihood of resembling Inland Empire percentage versus midpoint of population = 2:1. 12 https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/MHICA06065A052NCEN 13 https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/riversidecountycalifornia/PST045221 14 Censusreporter.org
15 Forty percent * 41 percent low-income percentage in Coachella Valley 16 Data supplied by PeaksCo LLC on College of Desert Roadrunner Motors NMTC Intake form
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equivalent, direct construction jobs ( 48 percent17) will be estimated to be performed by workers from low- income communities.18
Indirect and Induced Construction-Period Jobs: As is the case with economic output, there will also be indirect and induced job generation due to the construction workers’ expenditures, supply purchases, professional services, et al. Once again, IMPLAN provides the applicable multiplier of an additional 3. 195 jobs per million dollars of construction. This totals another eighty -seven indirect and induced jobs in Riverside County during construction, such that the total number of jobs (Table 1 and Table 3) will be 281 full-time equivalent jobs.
Applying the same methodology for determining ethnic minority and low - income community resident jobs would likely understate these estimates for the 87 indirect and induced workers, who would more likely be secondary workers of a more local nature. As such, the full minority percentage (75 percent) will be used, as will a corresponding increase to the low-income community residents from 48 percent to 53 percent.19 Therefore, as indicated in Table 1, these 87 indirect and induced jobs can be expected to include 65 ethnic minority jobs (75 percent) and 46 jobs for low - income community residents (53 percent), for a total of 197 ethnic minority construction and construction-related jobs (70 percent) and 1 39 low -income community resident jobs (49 percent).
As stated above, li ving wage for Riverside County is $18.66 per hour. California’s minimum wage will be $15 per hour in 2023, which could mean that some of these additional indirect and induced employees may earn less than living wages. On the other hand, jobs are extremely hard to fill at present, and even fast -food jobs are paying $20 per hour. 20 In the interest of being conservative, this analysis will assume that 75 percent of the eighty-seven indirect and induced workers will earn living wages. As such, sixty -five indirect and induced construction period jobs will be living wage jobs.
Labor Income during Construction: Table 3 shows that direct c onstruction labor income will total $ 12,332,50021
of the total construction cost according to IMPLAN ($ 63,600 per direct, full -time equivalent construction job).
Indirect and induced jobs will supplement this direct labor income by $4, 126,900 to generate additional labor
17 Sixteen percent low income from targeted areas; 16 percent higher income workers from targeted areas = 32 percent * 1.5 (Cathedral City impact) = 48 percent.
18 Forty-eight percent * 194 jobs
19 Minority percentage increase of from 68 to 75 percent = 10 percent increase. Same applied to low-income community residents.
20 In May 2021, the average pay for a fast-food worker in California was $15.61 ( https://www.bls.gov/oes/current /oes353023.htm).
Kentucky Fried Chicken is up to an average of $19.89 per hour (https://www.indeed.com/ career/fast-food-attendant/salaries/CA). 21 $446,832 per million dollars of construction costs (IMPLAN)
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income in Riverside County during construction equal to $47, 436 per indirect and induced job. Total Riverside County labor earnings during and due to the construction of the Roadrunner Motors educational and training facility will be in excess of $1 6 million dollars ($1 6,459,400), which represents annual earnings of $58,600 per full time equivalent construction-period (direct, indirect and induced) job.
Permanent Operations Economic Impact
IMPLAN provides operating multipliers based on overall annual operating benefits utilizing expected annual revenue as its base. The blended indirect and induced operating output multiplier for auto repair and educational facilities is 0.628138. Education facilities can be expected to cost $101 per square foot 22 to operate and auto repair shops cost $216 per square foot23. The square footage of the total project (approximately 26,000 square feet) yields operating costs equal to $ 4,121,000 per year 24. Applying the multiplier, as shown in Table 4, indicates direct, indirect, and induced economic impact equal to $6,709,600 per year.25
Permanent Operations Job Generation
Direct Permanent Jobs: Auto repair establishments tend to demonstrate an employee ratio of one employee for every 450 square feet and educational facilities such as this one approximately one employee for every 500-1500 square feet. 26 IMPLAN indicates 10.27 employees per million dollars of economic output, which indicates that there will be forty-two full-time employees. Averaging the two spatial estimates together, yields an estimate of one employee for every 725 square feet —or thirty-six full-time equivalent permanent employees. Factoring in the IMPLAN 42 employees would result in an estimated thirty -nine full-time equivalent employees at the Roadrunner Motors facility. This estimate, however, is higher than that provided by COD (17 employees ). The COD estimate will be utilized for this analysis because student trainees will be performing some of the tasks that would otherwise require paid employees. As such, 17 full-time equivalent employees will be used as the estimated permanent jobs herein. Living wage for Riverside County (Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Living Wage Calculator) is $18.66, California’s minimum wage will be $15 per hour in 2023; however, inasmuch as employees
22 California State University San Bernardino Cost Allocation Plan 2017-2018 plus annual cost increases of 1.78% per National Center for Education Statistics
23 https://sharpsheets.io/blog/auto-repair-shop-costs-examples/ 24 Blended average cost = $158.50 multiplied by 26,000 square feet 25 $4.121 million plus ($4.121 million * .628138)
26 Compilation of data from US Department of Energy, US Green Building Council, Institute of Transportation Engineers, and various local planning sources throughout US.
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will be trained educators and auto mechanics working for a government employer, it is clear that all 17 direct employees will earn living wages.27
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nstructors and some office personnel can be classified as higher skilled. Some other personnel, however, will be lower skilled. COD has eighty grades of pay for personnel, four of which start at less than $18.66 per hour.
Assuming an even distribution among the grades there may be one employee at these lower levels. This would indicate that one employee (6 percent) might be categorized as lower-skilled and lower-income. A proposed listing of jobs provided by the College of the Desert indicates that up to 10-15 percent of these jobs (2-3 jobs) may be lower-skilled and lower -income. For purpose s of this report, two of the seventeen permanent jobs will be presumed to be of a lower-skill and lower-income nature (12 percent).
This number of lower -skilled jobs can easily be drawn from the local community. Coachella Valley has an unemployment rate equal to 6.2 percent
28, which is higher than Riverside and San Bernardino Counties (4.0 percent29). Were both lower-skilled staff to live in these lower -income communities, plus a 25 percent portion of the higher-skilled staff ( 4 employees30), six employees could reside in these low-income communities (3 3 percent of all permanent employees). Furthermore, the proposed location in Cathedral City is a predominantly l ow-income
27 College of the Desert has confirmed that the minimum hourly wage will be $18.62 in 2019 dollars, an amount certainly in excess of the 2022 $18.66 living wage.
28 https://cvep.com/unemployment-in-the-coachella-valley/ 29 https://www.labormarketinfo.edd.ca.gov/file/lfmonth/rive$pds.pdf 30 15 higher skilled * 25% = 4 employees
Table 4
Employment & Economic Impact: On-Going, Permanent Operations of the College of the Desert Roadrunner Motors Educational Facility Annual Economic Impact $6,709,600
Direct Annual Jobs 17
Indirect and Induced Annual
Jobs 6
Total Annual Employment 23
Direct Annual Labor Income
$923,500
($54,300 per annual full-time equivalent
direct permanent job)
Indirect and Induced Annual
Labor Income $322,300
Total Annual Labor Income
$1,245,800
($54,200 per annual full-time equivalent
direct, indirect and induced job)
Present Value of Annual Labor
Income $12,734,100
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area that can be expected to provide an additional disproportionate percentage of the workforce that may be estimated to increase these percentages by an additional factor of one-half. As such, nine full-time equivalent, direct permanent jobs ( 53 percent) will be estimated to be performed by workers from low- income communities.31
In the matter of employment, there is every reason to expect permanent minority workers to be drawn from the local area used to make this comparative analysis (44 percent) rather than from the Inland Empire, as was presumed for construction workers. The proportion of automobile mechanics is 32 percent, 32 such that the 44 percent
minority workforce seems reasonable. In the event, therefore, that up to 44 percent of permanent workers can reasonably be expected to be ethnic minorities for this project, it can be determined that 7 o f these permanent employees will be members of ethnic minorities (41 percent).
Indirect and Induced Permanent Jobs : As is the case with economic output, there will also be indirect and induced job generation due to the annual operations, supply purchases, professional services, et al. Once again, IMPLAN provides the applicable multiplier of an additional 0.372 jobs f or each direct job. Therefore, the seventeen employees generated at Roadrunner Motors can be expanded to by six indirect and induced jobs, such that the total number of jobs (Table 4) will be twenty-three full-time equivalent jobs.
As was the case with indirect and induced construction-period jobs, 75 percent of these indirect and induced jobs will be assumed to be living wage jobs. The seventeen direct annual jobs and 75 percent of the six indirect and induced jobs (4 jobs) totals twenty-one out of the twenty-three jobs as being living wage jobs (91 percent).
Applying the same methodology for determining ethnic minority and low - income community resident jobs would likely understate these estimates for the 6 indirect and induced workers, who would more likely be secondary workers of a more local nature. As such, the minority percentage and low -income community resident percentage for indirect and induced workers will increase from 44 percent to 48 percent.33 Furthermore, given the nature of indirect and induced work, that same 48 percent will be applied to low -income workers. Therefore, as indicated in Table 1, these 6 indirect and induced jobs can be expected to include 3 jobs for lower -skilled, low -income workers, 3 jobs for ethnic minority workers, and 3 jobs for low- income community residents, for a total of 10 ethnic minority direct, indirect and induced permanent jobs ( 43 percent), 12 low-income community resident jobs (52 percent), and 5 jobs for low-income, lower-skilled workers (22 percent).
31 2 permanent low-income plus 4 higher skilled = 6 employees * 1.5 lower income community factor 32 https://www.zippia.com/auto-mechanic-
jobs/demographics/#:~:text=The%20average%20age%20of%20an,%25)%20and%20Asian%20(4.6). 33 Minority construction percentage increase of from 68 to 75 percent = 10 percent increase. Same applied to low-income community residents.
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Annual Labor Income from Operations: Annual operating costs are estimated above to be $ 4,121,000.
IMPLAN shows a 55.37 percent factor for the labor income portion of these costs. Inasmuch as the total number of employees is lower than would be expected if all workers were paid staff, this factor need s to be adjusted downward to 22.41 percent.34 Direct labor income can be estimated to equal $ 923,500 per year35 ($54,300 per employee). Indirect and induced jobs will multiply this direct labor income by 0. 34936 to generate additional annual labor income in Riverside County equal to $ 322,300 ($53,700 per indirect and induced job). Total Riverside County annual labor income due to the operations of the Roadrunner Motors training facility will be $ 1,245,800 which represents annual earnings of $ 54,200 per full time equivalent annual job (direct, indirect, and induced).
24-Year Present Value of Economic Impact and Labor Income
Tables 2, 3 and 4 tally these economic and labor income impacts and then determine their 24-year present value37-- including 4 years of construction (COD estimate = 44 months) and the first 20 years of full operations. It is found that the total economic impact of the College of the Desert Roadrunner Motors Training Facility during these 2 4 years has an immediate present value of over $ 100 million ($ 104,752,000—Table 2) in Riverside County38. This includes the present value of 2 4 years of income to Riverside County workers equal to $26,695,10039 (summation of Tables 3 and 4).40
34 17 employees vs. 42 using IMPLAN = .405. Multiplied by IMPLAN factor (55.37%) = 22.41%. 35 22.41%*$4,121,000
36 IMPLAN blended auto/education
37 A sum of money in the future can be discounted to its present value —a value that equates to the current sum of money required to provide that particular future cash flow. The process of determining a net present value or discounted cash flow value is a we ll-established financial tool that utilizes the principles of compound interest and determines the current value of a future revenue or expenditure stream. 38 $36,169,200 construction period and $68,582,800 for 20 years of operations 39 $13,961,000 construction period and $12,734,100 for 20 years of operations 40 The discount rate used in these calculations is 5%.
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THE AUTHOR
____________________________________________________________________________________________ Richard A. Parker, Ph.D. is President of Rea & Parker Research and is Professor Emeritus in the School of Public Affairs at San Diego State University where he continues to teach graduate courses in statistics, survey research, urban economic development, public policy, and finance. He possesses extensive analytical experience in statistical survey research, market analysis, land use, real estate development and valuation, and transportation issues.
Parker is a graduate of Brown University and the University of California at Berkeley. He earned degrees in Business Administration from those institutions (Bachelor of Science and Master of Business Administration (MBA). He also possesses a graduate degree in City Planning (Master of City Planning) from San Diego State University and a Ph.D. in Business from UCLA and Pacific Western University.
Parker specializes in fiscal impact studies, urban development, economic impact modeling, job generation and socioeconomic and demographic analyses. He has consulted in these fields for many public utilities, transportation agencies, general governmental agencies and legislative bodies, private development --residential, retail, hospitality, American Indian/Native American economic development, and public/affordable housing development and finance, among many others.
He has published a variety of articles, monographs, and books on these subjects and received the Bernays Mark of Merit for Special Purpose Publications and was named as one of the top fifty graduates ever to have earned a degree fro m the School of Public Affairs at San Diego State . He has participated in various panel discussions, delivered expert testimony to legislatures and to courts of law, and has appeared on several radio and television programs.
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Staff Report
City Council
Meeting Date: November 29, 2023
From: Charles McClendon, City Manager
Title: Conference with Legal Counsel - Anticipated Litigation Significant Exposure to litigation Pursuant to Government Code Section 54956.9(d)(2)
Number of Matters: Three (3) Matters
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Staff Report
City Council
Item No. 4.A
Meeting Date: November 29, 2023
From: Kevin Biersack, Financial Services Director
Title: Purchasing Practices and Procedures
City Council
RECOMMENDATION:
This agenda item is for review and discussion only.
BACKGROUND:
When the City of Cathedral City became a Charter City, the City became exempt from the provisions of the California Public Contract Code (CPCC). Although this exemption exists, it shall not prohibit the City Council from future adoption of any section, article, chapter, or part of the CPCC in whole or in part for the City’s own use.
The City Charter states the City shall have the power to establish standards, procedures or regulations to regulate all aspects of the bidding, award and performance of any public works contract, including, but not limited to, the compensation rates to be paid for the performance of such work and use of alternative contracting and project delivery methods, including without limitation, design -build, public private partnerships, construction manager at risk, best value procurement, pre -qualification of bidders, and similar methods. The City shall have the power to perform any work of improvement by use of its own forces and is not required to contract for the construction of public improvements or to award contracts for such work to the lowest responsible bidder. The City may also contract with other public agencies for the construction of works of public improvement.
The City shall have the power to accept gifts and donations, including donations of material and labor, in the construction of any public works project.
The City shall have the power to enter into project labor agreements with applicable labor unions and trade associations for City public works projects having an estimated cost exceeding five million dollars. Any private project with an estimated cost exceeding five million dollars of financial assistance shall enter into a project labor agreement with applicable labor unions and trade associations.
As it relates to Purchasing, the City shall have the power to establish standards, procedures, rules or regulations related to the purchasing of goods, property, or
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services, including, but not limited to, the establishment of local preferences, and award of vendors on the basis of best value.
At the April 25, 2018 City Council meeting, to incorporate being a new Charter City and to incorporate the Federal mandate to update our Purchasing practices to meet new and improved Federal Procurement grant reporting processes, Chapter 3.12 was approved along with the first reading of the ordinance establishing C hapter 3.12 , previously Chapter 3.30 which was deleted after the ordinance became effective .
Subsequently, the second reading of the ordinance was approved by City Council at the May 23, 2018 meeting. As presented, this update provided for and met the Federal Purchasing requirements to be adopted by June 30, 2018. At that time, this updated chapter was renamed from "Purchases (chapter 3.30) " to "Contracts and Purchasing (chapter 3.12)" to better reflect the chapter's contents and topics covered. As a Charter City, with the ability to establish our own policies, the new Chapter 3.12 was arranged into six ( 6) distinct parts defining the contract procurement policies, procedures and requirements for public works projects, general services, professional services, equipment, materials, supplies and other tangible items (“goods”), and any other similar contracts involving the expenditure of public funds in exchange for items or services of value to the City. The chapter establishe d the contracting authority of the City Council, City Manager, and the purchasing agent to foster and encourage the use of best management practices in contracting; to ensure quality and efficiency in the procurement of goods and services at the lowest cost commensurate with the quality needed; to provide for a fair and equitable procurement process utilizing standardized solicitation procedures; and to maintain honesty and integrity in the procurement process. See Attachment 1 for the outline included in the biennial budget document since this ordinance update.
DISCUSSION:
Since that time, here are the primary activities the Financial Services Department has incorporated into our financial and purchasing processes:
• To reduce the previous manual processes staff previously utilized, Finance implemented the Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system and its relevant modules, processes and repositories to facilitate the following: (Attachment 2) o Bids, including award
o Contracts,
o Requisitions,
o Purchase Orders – grown to more than 50 the past three years o Change Orders for Purchase Orders
• Evaluate each City Council Agenda Item for new:
o Budget Impacts
o Bids
o Contracts
o Purchases
• Created an internal flow of the r elevant steps depending on the type of procurement/purchase
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• Centralized Purchasing has been established with specific vendors for types of purchases to ensure the City receives the best quality product for the best price.
These vendors are periodically reviewed and compared to the open market to ensure they still offer the highest quality product for the best price:
o Amazon Business – business account (no longer personal accounts) ▪ 10-25% additional discount
▪ Access to 20K more vendors
▪ Local purchasing allows staff to identify our nine Valley cities (plus Thousand Palms) as preferred vendors (5300+)
o CDW-G for desktop PC and related equipment purchases
o Dell for IT services and equipment purchases
o Sam’s Club for supplies
o Staples for office supplies
o As more opportunities are uncovered, we will pursue central purchasing
• Initial Municipal Code Review, including potential dollar thresholds’ update – see attachment 3
• Joined the 9 Cities Procurement Group as a m ember with the g oal to leverage practices & processes with quarterly meetings, first was 9/2023 with the second scheduled in 12/2023
What needs to be done:
• Review internally the Municipal Cod e, including gathering inputs from City departments. In addition, co mpare to other desert cities – we have started with Palm Springs and La Quinta with the goal of including two more cities
• Review existing recurring payments and compare to existing contracts
o Relevancy to current needs
o Update or create each contract
• Reinforce approval thresholds for division managers and department heads:
o $ 5,000 Division
o $10,000 Department
o $20,000 Engineering & Public Works
o $75,000 City M anager, Ass istant City M anager & Fin ancial Services Director
• Implement us ing more vendor requisitions and purchase orders to encumber funds in a timelier manner for:
o Professional & Technical Services
o Maintenance/Repair & Operations Services
o (Some) Materials & Supplies
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Where do we go from here:
• In a 2 nd Study Session, present, recommended changes to City’s Municipal Code, Chapter 3, Section 12
o Add clarity
o Update to coincide with working/valid processes
o Delete inefficiencies
• In a regular City Council meeting, present Ordinance and/or Resolution(s) and then 2nd reading of Ordinance
• Determine the path for implementation starting in our new fiscal year (2024/2025)
FISCAL IMPACT:
None. Staff recommends creating a Financial Analyst - Purchasing Agent position in the Financial Services Department . Staff desires to create an active, rather than a reactive procurement program by utilizing and reclassifying a position within the finance team to coordinate procurement activities citywide.
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 financially solvent by instituting prudent fiscal policies and transparent financial practices.
Action C-1: Implement improvements to purchasing practices and procedures to align with procurement code requirements.
ATTACHMENTS:
BIENNIAL BUDGET PROCUREMENT POLICY OVERVIEW
Tyler Munis Modules and Processes
Municipal Code Purchasing Dollar Thresholds
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PROCUREMENT POLICY
The City of Cathedral City’s procurement policy establishes efficient procedures for the purchase of supplies and equipment at the lowest possible cost commensurate with quality needed, to exercise positive financial control over purchases, to clearly define authority for the purchasing function and to assure the quality of purchases.
The complete procurement policy is included in the City’s Municipal Code, Title 3 (Revenue and Finance), Chapter 3.12 (Purchases). Topics covered by the policy include:
PART 1 – GENERAL
3.12.010 Purpose.
3.12.020 Scope.
3.12.030 Council Contract Policies Adopted by Resolution.
3.12.040 Centralized Purchasing.
3.12.050 Purchasing Agent.
3.12.060 Exemptions from Centralized Purchasing.
3.12.070 Purchasing Orders.
3.12.080 Open (Standing) Purchase Orders.
3.12.090 Contract Types.
PART 2 – PURCHASING OF GOODS AND SERVICES
3.12.100 Bidding.
3.12.110 Local Vendor Preference.
3.12.120 Formal (sealed) bid procedure.
3.12.130 Tie Formal Bonds.
3.12.140 No Formal Bids.
3.12.150 Open Market or Informal Bid Procedure.
3.12.160 Exceptions to Competitive Bidding Requirement.
3.12.170 Regulations Regarding Selection of Contract Services.
3.12.180 Best Value Criteria.
PART 3 – FEDERAL REQUIREMENTS
1.12.190 Regulations for the Procurement of Property and Services Stemming from Federal Aid
PART 4 – PUBLIC WORKS CONTRACTS
3.12.200 Public Works Contracts.
PART 5 – DESIGN BUILD CONTRACT PROCUREMENT
3.12.210 Design-Build Contract Procurement Procedures.
PART 6 – DISPOSITION of SURPLUS PROPERTY
3.12.220 Surplus Supplies and Equipment.
3.12.230 Surplus Supplies – Trade-ins.
3.12.240 Surplus Supplies—Sale.
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Attachment: BIENNIAL BUDGET PROCUREMENT POLICY OVERVIEW (3994 : Purchasing Practices and Procedures) Tyler Munis Module(s) and Process(es) Used Prior to Paying Invoices Prior to paying an invoice related to the purchase of any good s, services, or approved projects, an invoice needs to be approved by the appropriate department head/division manager. A payment can be linked to one or more of the below subsections of the purchasing module in Tyler Munis.
• Bids
o Any time an RFP or invitation to bid is released to the public, a bid is created in Tyler Munis. Once the winning bidder is determined, the bid can roll into a contract for that vendor.
• Contracts
o Typically, contracts are produced result ing from a bid awarded to the winning vendor. Although occasionally when requested and/or appropriate, a contract can be created in the system without having had a previous bid in the system.
• Requisitions
o Requisitions are used to encumber funds and to request approval to create a PO. The purchasing agent creates the requisition and releases it to the Financial Services Director for approval. Once approved, the requisition then becomes a candidate for immediate or subsequent PO approval. • Purchase Orders (POs)
o Purchase orders are created for items related to contracts or council approved items or projects . When a PO is related to a contract, the purchasing agent will link the PO to the contract by using the contract number while building the requisition for approval. If the City Council has approved the purchase of an item or a project with a vendor, the purchasing agent will create a PO and attach the staff report from the council meeting as supporting documentation.
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Attachment: Tyler Munis Modules and Processes (3994 : Purchasing Practices and Procedures)
CHAPTER/SECTION/P
ARAGRAPH TOPIC VALUE
COUNCIL
APPROVAL
CM
APPROVAL
PA
APPROVAL COMMENTS
3.12.120 Formal Sealed Bid x>75,000 X
3.12.150.A Open Market / Informal Bid x75,000 X
3.12.160.B Emergency x>75,000
Ratification
Afterwards X
3.12.160.D Unencumbered Appropriation x75,000 X
3.12.160.F Secondhand x75,000 X
3.12.160.F Secondhand x>75,000 X
3.12.190.D.1 Micro-Purchase (Federal) 3,500 Now 10,000
3.12.190.D.2 Simplified Acquisition Threshold x>75,000 X 150,000 now
250,000
3.12.200.A Public Works Contracts x250,000 X
3.12.200.B Public Works Contracts x>250,000 X
3.12.200.C Award of Contract x>250,000 X
3.12.200.C Award of Contract x250,000 X
3.12.200.D
Public Projects by Employees, Negotiated
Contract or Purchase Order x100,000
CM - City Manager or Assistant City Manager
PA = Purchasing Agent or Finance Director
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Attachment: Municipal Code Purchasing Dollar Thresholds (3994 : Purchasing Practices and Procedures)