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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC Minutes 2020-06-30 CITY COUNCIL MINUTES Cathedral City Special Meeting Tuesday, June 30, 2020 8:00 AM City Council Chambers 68-700 Avenida Lalo Guerrero Cathedral City, CA 92234 • CALL TO ORDER The meeting was called to order at 8:00 AM by Mayor John Aguilar. • PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE Councilmember Mark Carnevale led the Pledge of Allegiance. • INVOCATION (MOMENT OF REFLECTION) Councilmember Ernesto Gutierrez offered the Invocation. • ROLL CALL Attendee Name Title Status Arrived John Aguilar Mayor Present 8:00 AM Raymond Gregory Mayor Pro Tem Present 8:00 AM Mark Carnevale Councilmember Present 8:00 AM Ernesto Gutierrez Councilmember Present 8:00 AM Rita Lamb Councilmember Present 8:00 AM • AGENDA FINALIZATION • STATEMENT OF PARTICIPATION BY THE CITY CLERK 1. PUBLIC COMMENT The following individuals provided public comment for the record. Their comments were read into the record for three minutes and the full comment will be made part of the record per out standard procedures: Bethany Ballard, suggested that all Commissions that require funding for operation be put on hold until January of 2021. She also urged the Council to follow the code and not make an exception for term limits unless there were not enough applicants or some type of an emergency. Kathleen Patterson, expressed her excitement for the number of applications received for the upcoming vacant seats on Commissions. She urged the Council not to extend the term limits of commissioners who have termed out. She expressed her support of Kendra Culbertson for Architectural Review Committee, Stephen Vericker for Parks and Community Events Commission and Julie Hartman for the Planning Commission. Terry Applegate, requested that the Council reconsider the requirement of being a registered voter in order to apply for a Commission. She feels that it excludes certain sectors of the community to serve. She also encouraged utilizing the commissioners in video campaigns related to COVID-19 and suggested establishing a sub-committee to help with staff time. 2. AGENDA ITEM A. Commission and Committee Interviews/Appointments Recommendation: To Interview applicants and consider making appointments to the vacant seats on the Finance Advisory Committee, Public Arts Commission, Parks and Community Events Commission, Architectural Review Committee and the Planning Commission. The City Council conducted interviews with the following applicants for the noted commissions or committees that they applied for: Jeffrey B. Gminder-Kalowes Finance Advisory Committee Planning Commission Alan Carvalho Public Arts Commission Scott Colwell Public Arts Commission Skye Daley Public Arts Commission Architectural Review Committee Planning Commission DeeAnn Hopings Public Arts Commission John Nagus Public Arts Commission Fergus Currie Cathedral City Page 2 Printed on 7/14/2020 Parks and Community Events Commission Stephen Vericker Parks and Community Events Commission Stephen Burchard Architectural Review Committee Kendra Culbertson Architectural Review Committee Tanner Ken Floss Architectural Review Committee Emily Kroll Architectural Review Committee Paul Otto Architectural Review Committee John Rivera Architectural Review Committee Julie Haltman Planning Commission Rick Saldivar Planning Commission Kevin Brandt Planning Commission Fausto Ascencio applied for the Public Arts Commission and the Parks and Community Events Commission but did not participate in the interview process. Ray Lopez applied for the Architectural Review Committee; however, he was unable to attend the interview but wanted to be considered anyway. The Council indicated that there were several very qualified applicants which made the appointment process very difficult. Council directed staff to ask those applicants not appointed during this process if they might be interesting in serving on other Commissions/Committees that still have vacancies. A motion was made by Councilmember Carnevale and seconded by Councilmember Lamb to appoint Jeffrey B. Gminder-Kalowes to the Finance Advisory Committee for a three-year term continuing through June 30, 2023. Cathedral City Page 3 Printed on 7/14/2020 RESULT: APPROVED [UNANIMOUS] MOVER: Mark Carnevale, Councilmember SECONDER: Rita Lamb, Councilmember AYES: Aguilar, Gregory, Carnevale, Gutierrez, Lamb A motion was made by Mayor Pro Tem Gregory and seconded by Councilmember Carnevale to appoint John Nagus to fill an unexpired term on the Public Arts Commission continuing through June 30, 2021 and to appoint DeeAnn Hopings and Scott Colwell to the Public Arts Commission each for a three-year term continuing through June 30, 2023. RESULT: APPROVED [UNANIMOUS] MOVER: Raymond Gregory, Mayor Pro Tern SECONDER: Mark Carnevale, Councilmember AYES: Aguilar, Gregory, Carnevale, Gutierrez, Lamb A motion was made by Mayor Pro Tem Raymond Gregory and seconded by Councilmember Lamb to reappoint Fergus Currie to the Parks and Community Events Commission for a three-year term continuing through June 30, 2023 and to appoint Stephen Vericker to the Parks and Community Events Commission for a three-year term continuing through June 30, 2023. RESULT: APPROVED [UNANIMOUS] MOVER: Raymond Gregory, Mayor Pro Tem SECONDER: Rita Lamb, Councilmember AYES: Aguilar, Gregory, Carnevale, Gutierrez, Lamb A motion was made by Mayor Pro Tern Gregory and seconded by Councilmember Gutierrez to reappoint John Rivera to the Architectural Review Committee for a three-year term continuing to June 30, 2023 and to reappoint Ray Lopez to the Architectural Review Committee for a 6-month term continuing to December 31, 2020 (Mr. Rivera is a Licensed Architect and Mr. Lopez is a non-resident Licensed Landscape Architect, both required by code.) RESULT: APPROVED [UNANIMOUS] MOVER: Raymond Gregory, Mayor Pro Tem SECONDER: Ernesto Gutierrez, Councilmember AYES: Aguilar, Gregory, Carnevale, Gutierrez, Lamb A motion was made by Mayor Pro Tern Gregory and seconded by Councilmember Gutierrez to reappoint Stephen Burchard to the Architectural Review Committee for a three-year term continuing through June 30, 2023. Cathedral City Page 4 Printed on 7/14/2020 RESULT: APPROVED [UNANIMOUS] MOVER: Raymond Gregory, Mayor Pro Tern SECONDER: Ernesto Gutierrez, Councilmember AYES: Aguilar, Gregory, Carnevale, Gutierrez, Lamb A motion was made by Mayor Pro Tem Gregory and seconded by Councilmember Carnevale to reappoint Kevin Brandt to the Planning Commission for a three-year term continuing to June 30, 2023 and to appoint Skye Daley to the Planning Commission for a three-year term continuing to June 30, 2023. RESULT: APPROVED [UNANIMOUS] MOVER: Raymond Gregory, Mayor Pro Tern SECONDER: Mark Carnevale, Councilmember AYES: Aguilar, Gregory, Carnevale, Gutierrez, Lamb ADJOURN Mayor John Aguilar adjourned the Special City Council Meeting of June 30, 2020 at 1:43 PM f Ma v.r, City o -Cathedr7 City City Cler7City o Cathedral City Cathedral City Page 5 Printed on 7/14/2020