City Council Regular Meeting — 2023-01-17

Agenda items

1. Item 1: CONFERENCE WITH REAL PROPERTY NEGOTIATORS
2. Item 2: PUBLIC EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE EVALUATION:

   Ratify Mayor Matas' appointment of Roger Nuñez as Mayor Pro Tem.

3. Item 3: An URGENCY Interim Ordinance Adopting a Moratorium on the Issuance of Any License, Permit or Entitlement That Is a Use Other Than the Ones Listed in This Ordinance as Exhibit A for Any Business Located in the Downtown Area Near City Hall, Solely Within the Zoning District of C-D (Commercial Downtown), Specifically Bounded by 1st Street to the North, Buena Vista Avenue, to the South, Mesquite Avenue to the East and Cactus Drive to the West ("Downtown Area")

   Approve Staff recommendation and adopt Ordinance No. 771.

4. Item 4: Certification of the November 8, 2022 General Municipal Election Results

   Approve Staff Recommendation

5. Item 5: City Council Appointments to City Commissions

   Ratify the appointments of Leroy Aleman, Mary-Kate Stoever, Dirk Voss, and Christopher Wagstaff to the Planning Commission. | Ratify the appointments of Martin Mitchell and Brian Meuse to the Public…

6. Item 6: Professional Services Agreement for Tax Administration Services with Webb Municipal Finance in the Amount of $278,496 for Three (3) Years

   Approve a contract term of one (1) year and direct Staff to bring back in one (1) year for review. | Approve Staff recommendation.

7. Item 7: Professional Services Agreement for Research and Consulting Services regarding the City-wide Lighting and Landscaping District 1 with the Lew Edwards Group in the Amount of $154,000.

   Approve Staff Recommendation

8. Item 8: Mayor's Appointments to Various Intergovernmental and Regional Boards and Committees

   Approve Staff recommendation.

9. Item 9: Appointment of a Delegate and Alternate Delegate for the 2023 Southern California Association of Governments (SCAG) Annual General Assembly

   Appoint Councilmember Betts as the delegate; and Councilmember Pye as alternate delegate.

10. Item 10: Second Reading and Adoption of An Ordinance Amending Chapter 17.190 "Desert Harvest Specific Plan" to Title 17 "Zoning" of the Desert Hot Springs Municipal Code to Establish Zoning Standards for the Desert Harvest Specific Plan Area and renaming the Specific Plan as the "Desert Gateway Specific Plan"

    Approved Staff recommendation and adopted Ordinance 772: "An Ordinance of the City Council of the City of Desert Hot Springs, California, amending Chapter 17.190 "Desert Harvest Specific Plan" to Title…