CITY COUNCIL SPECIAL MEETING
AGENDA
Thursday, July 2, 2026
11:00 AM
City Hall Council Chamber
44950 Eldorado Drive, Indian Wells, CA 92210
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A. CONVENE THE INDIAN WELLS CITY COUNCIL, PLEDGE OF
ALLEGIANCE AND ROLL CALL
MAYOR TOPER TAYLOR
MAYOR PRO TEM BRIAN PENNA
COUNCIL MEMBER GREG SANDERS
COUNCIL MEMBER DANA REED
COUNCIL MEMBER BRUCE WHITMAN
B. APPROVAL OF THE FINAL AGENDA
C. PUBLIC COMMENTS
Members of the public who wish to speak on items listed on the Special Meeting agenda may do so at this time. Public comments are limited to three (3) minutes per speaker. Speakers will be alerted when their time is up and no further comments will be permitted after the allotted time.
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However, the Council may refer matters raised during public comment to staff for review and follow-up, as appropriate.
D. CITY MANAGER'S REPORTS
The City Manager or Department Heads may make brief
announcements, informal comments, or brief the Council on items of interest.
E. CITY ATTORNEY REPORTS AND COMMENTS
F. GENERAL BUSINESS
The Mayor will call upon the members of the public to address the Council regarding the agenda item being considered. After the public has provided comment, the item is closed to further comment and brought to the Council for discussion and action.
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F.1 Recommendation to Submit Resolution to the Voters a Ballot Measure Amending the City’s Admissions Tax Exemptions 7 RECOMMENDED ACTIONS:
Council ADOPTS Resolution submitting to the qualified voters of the City of Indian Wells a ballot measure amending Section 3.14.040 of the Indian Wells Municipal Code to update and clarify exemptions from the City’s admissions tax; consolidating the election with the statewide general election to be held on November 3, 2026; setting rules and deadlines for ballot arguments and rebuttals; and FINDS the action exempt from CEQA.
G. COUNCIL MEMBER'S REPORTS AND COMMENTS
On their own initiative, Council Members may make a brief announcement or a brief report on their own activities. Council Members may ask a question for clarification, make a referral to staff, or take action to have staff place a matter of business on a future agenda. The Council may take action on items listed on the Agenda.
G.1 COUNCIL MEMBER WHITMAN
California Joint Power Insurance Authority (JPIA)
Coachella Valley Children's Museum
Cove Communities Services Commission
Desert Sands Unified School District
Indian Wells Golf Advisory Committee
Sunline Transit Agency
G.2 COUNCIL MEMBER REED
CVAG Conservation Commission
CVAG Public Safety Committee
Indian Wells Marketing Committee
Indian Wells Finance & Legal Oversight Committee
Wireless Master Plan Ad Hoc Committee
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G.3 COUNCIL MEMBER SANDERS
Coachella Valley Animal Campus
Coachella Valley Clean Air Ad Hoc Committee
Cove Communities Service Commission
Desert Sands Unified School District
Desert Recreation District
FAA Ad Hoc Committee
Indian Wells 60th Anniversary Ad Hoc Committee
Indian Wells Marketing Committee
Indian Wells Finance & Legal Oversight Committee
Indian Wells Public Safety Committee
Municipal Code Update Ad Hoc Committee
Neighborhood Recognition Ad Hoc Committee
Wireless Masterplan Ad Hoc Committee
G.4 MAYOR PRO TEM PENNA
Coachella Valley Mountain Conservancy
Indian Wells Preservation Foundation
Indian Wells 60th Anniversary Ad Hoc Committee
Visit Greater Palm Springs
Indian Wells Community Activities Committee
Indian Wells Grants In Aid Committee
Indian Wells Personnel Committee
Indian Wells Public Safety Committee
Indian Wells Tee Committee
Neighborhood Recognition Ad Hoc Committee
Tennis Relationship Expansion Ad Hoc Committee
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G.5 MAYOR TAYLOR
CVAG Executive Committee
CVAG Energy & Sustainability Committee
CVAG Homelessness Committee
CVAG Transportation Committee
Coachella Valley Clean Air Ad Hoc Committee
FAA Ad Hoc Committee
Indian Wells Golf Resort Advisory Committee
Indian Wells Personnel Committee
Indian Wells Tee Committee
Municipal Code Update Ad Hoc Committee
Riverside County Transportation Commission
Southern California Association of Governments
Tennis Relationship Expansion Ad Hoc Committee
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H. ADJOURNMENT
To a regularly scheduled meeting of the City Council to be held at 1:30 p.m. on September 3, 2026 in the City Hall Council Chamber.
Affidavit of Posting,
I, Angelica Avila, certify that on July 1, 2026, I caused to be posted a notice of a City Council Special Meeting to be held on July 2, 2026, at 11:00 a.m. in the City Hall Council Chamber.
Notices were posted at Indian Wells Civic Center and City's Website [ www.cityofindianwells.org]
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Angelica Avila, MMC, City Clerk
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INDIAN WELLS CITY COUNCIL
July 2, 2026
To: City Council
From: City Manager Department
Prepared by:Christopher Freeland, City Manager
Subject: Recommendation to Submit Resolution to the Voters a Ballot Measure Amending the City’s Admissions Tax Exemptions
RECOMMENDED ACTIONS:
Council ADOPTS Resolution submitting to the qualified voters of the City of Indian Wells a ballot measure amending Section 3.14.040 of the Indian Wells Municipal Code to update and clarify exemptions from the City’s admissions tax; consolidating the election with the statewide general election to be held on November 3, 2026; setting rules and deadlines for ballot arguments and rebuttals; and
FINDS the action exempt from CEQA.
BACKGROUND:
In 2005, Indian Wells voters approved Measure H, which established the City’s admissions tax, codified in Chapter 3.14 of the Indian Wells Municipal Code. The admissions tax applies to admission charges for events, subject to specified exemptions.
Section 3.14.040 currently provides exemptions for certain nonprofit organizations and event sponsors. Because the existing ordinance limits the City Council’s ability to amend section 3.14.040 without voter approval, any amendment to the admissions tax exemption provisions must be submitted to and approved by a majority of City voters.
The proposed resolution would place a measure on November 3, 2026, ballot asking voters whether to approve amendments to section 3.14.040 to update and clarify which admission charges qualify for exemption from the City’s admissions tax.
DISCUSSION:
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ordinance would authorize exemptions, subject to Director review and approval, for admission charges associated with events conducted by specified categories of organizations, including governmental agencies, certain governmental membership organizations, organizations exempt from federal taxation under Internal Revenue Code section 501(c)(3), and political organizations exempt under Internal Revenue Code section 527.
The ordinance would also retain the exemptions for admission charges paid by approved event sponsors without change. And it would add an exemption for events at legally established and operating hotels in the City (which generally results in increased hotel occupancy and TOT). The proposed amendments are intended to provide greater certainty for event operators, residents, visitors, and City staff regarding eligibility for admissions tax exemptions.
The resolution also establishes the ballot question, requests consolidation with the statewide general election on November 3, 2026, authorizes the Riverside County Registrar of Voters to provide election services, sets deadlines for arguments and rebuttal arguments, and directs preparation of the City Attorney’s impartial analysis.
Staff recommend that the City Council adopt the Resolution submitting the proposed admissions tax exemption ordinance to the voters at the November 3, 2026, general municipal election.
FISCAL IMPACT:
The City will be responsible for its share of the costs associated with placing the measure on November 3, 2026, consolidated ballot and for related election services provided by Riverside County. The fiscal impact of the proposed ordinance on admissions tax revenues will depend on future events and exemption applications approved under the amended provisions.
CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT (CEQA):
The proposed action is exempt from review under the California Environmental Quality Act because it concerns organizational or administrative governmental activity that will not result in direct or indirect physical changes in the environment. Accordingly, the action is not a “project” under CEQA Guidelines section 15378(b)(5).
ATTACHMENTS:
1.Resolution with draft ordinance
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1 RESOLUTION NO. 2026-______
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF INDIAN
WELLS, CALIFORNIA, SUBMITTING TO THE QUALIFIED VOTERS
OF THE CITY OF INDIAN WELLS A BALLOT MEASURE AMENDING
SECTION 3.14.040 OF THE INDIAN WELLS MUNICIPAL CODE TO
UPDATE AND CLARIFY THE RULES FOR EXEMPTIONS FROM THE
CITY’S ADMISSIONS TAX; AT A GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION
TO BE CONSOLIDATED WITH THE STATEWIDE GENERAL
ELECTION TO BE HELD ON NOVEMBER 3, 2026; SETTING RULES
AND DEADLINES FOR THE SUBMITTAL OF ARGUMENTS FOR AND
AGAINST THE MEASURE; AND FINDING THE ACTION TO BE
EXEMPT FROM CEQA UNDER CEQA GUIDELINES § 15378(B)(5)
WHEREAS, at the November 8, 2005 Municipal Election, Indian Wells voters approved a City ballot measure, which is commonly referred to as “Measure H” and codified as Chapter 3.14 in the Indian Wells Municipal Code; and
WHEREAS, Measure H enacted a City general admissions tax at a maximum rate of 10 percent on the admission charge to an event, as defined in the Measure; and WHEREAS, Section 3.14.040 currently includes exemptions from the admissions tax for certain non-profit organizations and “event sponsors,” as defined in the ordinance; and WHEREAS, Section 3.14.220 provides that Section 3.14.040, relating to tax exemptions, may not be amended by the City Council and, therefore, under Section 3.14.220 and California Elections Code section 9217, any amendment to Section 3.14.040 must be approved by majority of Indian Wells voters voting on such amendment at a municipal election; and WHEREAS, the City Council desires to bring forward to Indian Wells voters a ballot measure amending Section 3.14.040 to update and clarify which organizations qualify for an exemption from the admissions tax; and
WHEREAS, the specific terms of this Municipal Code amendment measure are provided for in the ordinance to be considered by the qualified voters, which is attached hereto as Exhibit “A” (the “Measure”) and by this reference made an operative part hereof, in accordance with all applicable laws; and
WHEREAS, California Elections Code section 9222 authorizes the City Council to submit local measures to the voters; and
WHEREAS, all legal prerequisites to submitting this Measure to Indian Wells voters have been satisfied; and
WHEREAS, the City Council desires to consolidate the General Municipal Election for the Measure described herein with the Statewide General Election to be held on November 3, 2026; and
WHEREAS, the City Council further desires to set rules and deadlines for the submittal of written arguments and rebuttals for and against the Measure.
ATTACHMENT #1
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2 NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF INDIAN WELLS,
CALIFORNIA, DOES RESOLVE, DECLARE, DETERMINE AND ORDER AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Recitals. The City Council of the City hereby finds and determines that the foregoing recitals are true and correct and are by this reference incorporated herein and made an operative part hereof.
SECTION 2. Submission of Ballot Ordinance/Measure. The City Council of the City, by its right and authority under California Elections Code section 9222 and all other laws governing charter cities, hereby orders the Measure attached hereto as Exhibit “A” to be submitted to the qualified voters of the City at the General Municipal Election to be held and consolidated with the Statewide General Election on Tuesday, November 3, 2026. The proposed Measure shall be in the form attached hereto as Exhibit “A” to this Resolution and is incorporated by this reference as if fully set forth herein.
SECTION 3. Ballot Question. The City Council, by its right and authority under California law, does hereby order that the ballot question be presented and printed upon the ballot submitted to the qualified voters in the manner and form set forth in this Section 3. On the ballot to be submitted to the qualified voters at the election to be held at the General Municipal Election to be consolidated with the Statewide General Election on Tuesday, November 3, 2026, in addition to any other matters required by law, there shall be printed substantially the following ballot question:
“CLARIFYING NONPROFIT EXEMPTION FROM CITY
ADMISSIONS TAX. To safeguard tax-exemption benefits for residents and visitors who purchase tickets for events sponsored by charitable, religious, public service, and political organizations, shall the voters approve updates to the City’s admissions-tax ordinance?” YES
NO
SECTION 4. Election Procedures/Request for Consolidation.
A.The City Council consents to the consolidation of the election on this Measure with all other elections being held in the same territory on November 3, 2026, and to hold and conduct the consolidated election in the manner prescribed in Election Code Section 10418.
B.The ballots to be used at the election shall be in the form and content as required by law.
C.In accordance with Section 10403 of the Elections Code, the Board of Supervisors of Riverside County is hereby requested to consent to consolidation of the election on this Measure with the Statewide General Election and all other elections being held in the same territory on November 3, 2026, and to having the Registrar of Voters render such election services to the City of Indian Wells as may be requested by the City Clerk’s Office of said City, the County of Riverside to be reimbursed in full for such services as are performed.
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3 D.The election services that the City of Indian Wells requests the Registrar of Voters, or such other official as may be appropriate, to perform, and which such officer is hereby authorized and directed to perform, if said Board of Supervisors consents, include: the preparation, printing and mailing of sample ballots and voter information guides; the establishment or appointment of precincts, voting centers, and election officers, and making such publications as are required by law in connection therewith; the furnishing of ballots, voting booths and other necessary supplies or materials for voting centers; the canvassing of the returns of the election and the furnishing of the results of such canvassing to the City Clerk’s Office of the City of Indian Wells; and the performance of such other election services as may be requested by the City Clerk.
E.The City Clerk’s Office is authorized, instructed, and directed to procure and furnish, or to cause to be procured and furnished, any and all official ballots, notices, printed matter and all supplies, equipment and paraphernalia, or cause such actions to be made, that may be necessary in order to properly and lawfully conduct the election.
F.The precincts, ballot drop box locations and hours of operations, vote center locations and hours of operations, vote-by-mail procedures and timing, and election officers, and all other persons and procedures for the General Municipal Election shall be the same as those utilized by the County of Riverside.
G.In all particulars not recited in this Resolution, the election shall be held and conducted as provided by law for holding municipal elections in the City.
H.Notice of the time and place of holding the election is given and the City Clerk’s Office is authorized, instructed, and directed to give further or additional notice of the election, in time, form, and manner as required by law.
I.All ballots shall be tallied at a central counting place and not at the precincts. Said central counting place shall be at a County center as designated by the Registrar of Voters.
J.The Riverside County Registrar of Voters is hereby authorized to canvass the returns of said election.
K.The City Clerk’s Office of the City of Indian Wells shall receive the canvass as it pertains to the election on the measure, and shall certify the results to the City Council, as required by law.
SECTION 5. Arguments and Analysis.
A.The City Council authorizes (i) the City Council or any member or members of the City Council, (ii) any individual voter eligible to vote on the above Measure, (iii) a bona fide association of such citizens or (iv) any combination of voters and associations, to file a written argument in favor of or against the City Measure, in accordance with Article 4, Chapter 3, Division 9 of the Elections Code of the State of California and to change the argument until and including Thursday, July 23, 2026, after which no arguments for or against the Measure may be submitted to the City Clerk. Arguments in favor of or against the Measure shall each not exceed 300 words in length. Each argument shall be filed with the City Clerk, signed, and include the printed name(s) and signature(s) of the author(s) submitting it, or if submitted on behalf
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4 of an organization, the name of the organization, and the printed name and signature of at least one of its principal officers who is the author of the argument.
The City Council hereby delegates the following of its members to author an argument for the Measure on behalf to the City Council, subject to the deadlines and rules set forth herein: Councilmember Greg Sanders
B.The City Clerk shall comply with all provisions of law establishing priority of arguments for printing and distribution to the voters, and shall take all necessary actions to cause the selected arguments to be printed and distributed to the voters.
C.Pursuant to Section 9280 of the Elections Code, the City Council directs the City Clerk’s Office to transmit a copy of the Measure to the City Attorney. The City Attorney shall prepare an impartial analysis of the Measure, not to exceed 500 words in length, showing the effect of the Measure on the existing law and the operation of the Measure. The City Attorney shall transmit such impartial analysis to the City Clerk’s Office, who shall cause the analysis to be published in the voter information guide along with the ballot measure as provided by law. The Impartial Analysis shall be filed not later than Thursday, July 23, 2026. The impartial analysis shall include a statement indicating whether the Measure was placed on the ballot by a petition signed by the requisite number of votes by the City Council. In the event the entire text of the Measure is not printed on the ballot, nor in the voter information portion of the sample ballot, there shall be printed immediately below the impartial analysis, in no less than 10-font bold type, the following: “The above statement is an impartial analysis of Measure ____. If you desire a copy of the Measure, please call the election official’s office at (760) 346-2489 and a copy will be mailed at no cost to you.” SECTION 6. Rebuttals.
A. Pursuant to Section 9285 of the Elections Code of the State of California, when the Clerk’s Office has selected the arguments for and against the Measure that will be printed and distributed to the voters, the Clerk’s Office shall send copies of the argument in favor of the Measure to the author(s) of the argument against, and copies of the argument against to the author(s) of the argument in favor. The author(s) or persons designated by the author(s) may prepare and submit rebuttal arguments not exceeding 250 words. The rebuttal arguments shall be filed with the City Clerk’s Office not later than Monday, August 3, 2026. Rebuttal arguments shall be printed in the same manner as the direct arguments. Each rebuttal argument shall immediately follow the direct argument that it seeks to rebut.
B. The provisions herein shall apply only to the election to be held on November 3, 2026, and shall then be repealed.
SECTION 7. Placement on the Ballot. The full text of the Measure shall be printed in the voter information guide, and a statement shall be printed in the ballot pursuant to Section 9223 of the Elections Code advising voters that they may obtain a copy of this Measure at no cost, upon request made to the City Clerk’s Office.
SECTION 8. Delivery of Resolution to County. The City Clerk’s Office shall certify to the passage and adoption of this Resolution and enter it into the book of original resolutions. The City Council directs the City Clerk’s Office to deliver copies of this Resolution, including the
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5 Measure attached hereto as Exhibit “A,” to the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors of Riverside County and to the Registrar of Voters of Riverside County not later than 88 days prior to the General Municipal Election.
SECTION 9. CEQA. The City Council hereby finds and determines that the ballot Measure relates to organizational or administrative activities of governments that will not result in direct or indirect physical changes in the environment, and therefore is not a project within the meaning of the California Environmental Quality Act (“CEQA”) and the State CEQA Guidelines, section 15378(b)(5).
SECTION 10. Severability. If any provision of this Resolution or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications of the Resolution that can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end the provisions of this Resolution are severable. The City Council hereby declares that it would have adopted this Resolution irrespective of the invalidity of any particular portion thereof.
SECTION 11. Effective Date of Resolution. This Resolution shall take effect immediately upon its adoption.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Indian Wells, California, at a special meeting held on this 2nd day of July, 2026. _________________________
TOPER TAYLOR, MAYOR
ATTEST:
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Angelica Avila, City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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Todd Leishman, for
Best Best & Kreiger LLP, City Attorney
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EXHIBIT “A”
MEASURE “___”
ORDINANCE NO. 2026-_______
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 3.14.040 OF THE INDIAN WELLS
MUNICIPAL CODE TO UPDATE AND CLARIFY THE RULES FOR
EXEMPTIONS FROM THE CITY’S ADMISSIONS TAX
NOW THEREFORE, THE PEOPLE OF THE CITY OF INDIAN WELLS DO ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Subject to the approval of a majority of the voters of the City of Indian Wells at the scheduled election so designated by the City Council in a separate resolution placing this proposal on the ballot for such election, Section 3.14.040 of Chapter 3.14 of Title 3 of the Indian Wells Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
[NOTE: deletions are identified in strikeout text and additions are identified in underline] "Chapter 3.14 ADMISSIONS TAX
. . . .
§ 3.14.040 Exemptions.
An application An applicant seeking an exemption from the admissions tax imposed by this Chapter shall be filed with the Director for exemption from the tax imposed by this Chapter if the charge paid for the event is one specified by this Section an application for Director review and evaluation. An organization seeking an exemption must demonstrate that it is in good standing and, if applicable, that it is currently exempt from Federal taxation as outlined below. The Director may require such information in the application for the certificate of exemption, or in addition hereto, as will enable the Director to determine whether the admission charge for which the exemption is sought is eligible therefor.
If approved by the Director, Tthe following admission charges shall be exempt when approved by the Director:
(a) Admission charges for events by bona fide non-profit organizations such as country clubs, social clubs, tennis clubs, governmental entities and schools; that are conducted only by the following organizations:
(1) Federal, state, and local governmental agencies, and membership organizations whose members are federal, state, or local governmental agencies, such as the League of California Cities, California State Association of Counties;
(2) Organizations organized and operated exclusively for charitable, religious, scientific, literary, or educational purposes and that have been determined by the United States Internal Revenue Service to be exempt from federal taxation under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.
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(3) Political organizations that are exempt from federal taxation under Section 527 of the Internal Revenue Code;
(b) Admission charges paid by event sponsors. ‘Event sponsors’ means persons who contribute goods, services or money towards the event and who in return: receive a non-exclusive license to use the event logo in conjunction with that persons own name or products; or who receive the right to name recognition as an official sponsor in the venue where the event is held; or receive the right to identify itself as an official sponsor of the event in advertising and promotional materials; or who are identified by the event operator in promotional materials as a sponsor if approved by the Director. Prior to the event the operator shall submit to the Director a list of all sponsors. The list must be approved by the Director to receive an exemption.
(c) Admission charges for an event at a legally established and operating hotel in the City.”
SECTION 2. If any portion of this Ordinance is declared invalid by a court of law or other legal body with applicable authority, the invalidity shall not affect or prohibit the force and effect of any other provision or application of the Ordinance that is not deemed invalid. The voters of the City hereby declare that they would have voted for the adoption of this Ordinance, and each portion thereof, regardless of the fact that any portion of the Ordinance may be subsequently deemed invalid.
SECTION 3. To the fullest extent allowed by law, the provisions of this Ordinance shall prevail over, and supersede, all other provisions of the Municipal Code and any ordinances, resolutions or administrative policies of the City of Indian Wells that are in conflict with any provision of this Ordinance.
SECTION 4. Pursuant to California Elections Code section 9217, this Ordinance shall not be repealed or amended except by another measure approved by a majority of the voters voting on the issue at a general municipal election, or at a special election called for that purpose.
SECTION 5. This Ordinance shall take effect only if approved by a majority of the eligible voters of the City of Indian Wells voting at the General Municipal Election to be held on November 3, 2026, and shall take effect ten days after the City Council has certified the results of the General Municipal Election by resolution.
SECTION 6. The Mayor is hereby authorized to attest to the adoption of this Ordinance by the People voting thereon on November 3, 2026, by signing where indicated below.
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I hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance was passed, approved and adopted by the People of the City of Indian Wells on the 3rd day of November, 2026. _________________________
TOPER TAYLOR, MAYOR
ATTEST:
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Angelica Avila, City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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Todd Leishman, for
Best Best & Krieger LLP, City Attorney
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