2020 04 20 Council Emergency MeetingCITY COUNCIL 1 APRIL 20, 2020
EMERGENCY MEETING STATE OF LOCAL EMERGENCY COVID-19
EMERGENCY MEETING OF THE LA QUINTA CITY COUNCIL
TO THE MEMBERS OF THE LA QUINTA CITY COUNCIL AND TO THE CITY CLERK:
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an Emergency Meeting of the La Quinta City
Council is hereby called to be held on Monday, April 20, 2020 at 6:00 p.m. at La Quinta
City Hall located at 78495 Calle Tampico, La Quinta, CA 92253. Pursuant to Executive
Orders N-25-20, N-29-20, N-33-20, and N-35-20, executed by the Governor of California
in response to the state of emergency relating to novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-
19) and enabling teleconferencing accommodations by suspending or waiving specified
provisions in the Ralph M. Brown Act (Government Code § 54950 et seq.), members of
the City Council, the City Manager, City Attorney, City Staff, and City Consultants may
participate in this emergency meeting by teleconference. The emergency meeting is called
for the following purpose:
CLOSED SESSION
1. THREAT TO PUBLIC SERVICES OR FACILITIES, PURSUANT TO
SUBDIVISION (a) OF GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 54957. CONSULTATION
WITH: ALEXANDER JOHNSTON, SENIOR EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
COORDINATOR; WILLIAM H. IHRKE, CITY ATTORNEY
Dated: April 20, 2020 /s/Linda Evans
LINDA EVANS, Mayor
Attest:
MONIKA RADEVA, City Clerk
DECLARATION OF POSTING
I, Monika Radeva, City Clerk, do hereby declare that the foregoing notice for the La Quinta
City Council Emergency Meeting of April 20, 2020 was posted on the outside entry to
the Council Chamber at 78495 Calle Tampico and on the bulletin boards at 51321 Avenida
Bermudas and 78630 Highway 111 on April 20, 2020.
MONIKA RADEVA, City Clerk
CITY COUNCIL AGENDA 1 APRIL 20, 2020
EMERGENCY MEETING STATE OF LOCAL EMERGENCY COVID-19
EMERGENCY MEETING
APRIL 20, 2020 AT 6:00 P.M.
CITY COUNCIL AGENDA
CITY HALL COUNCIL CHAMBER
78495 Calle Tampico, La Quinta
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SPECIAL NOTICE
Teleconferencing and Telephonic Accessibility In Effect
Pursuant to Executive Orders N-25-20, N-29-20, N-33-20, and N-35-20, executed by
the Governor of California in response to the state of emergency relating to novel
coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and enabling teleconferencing
accommodations by suspending or waiving specified provisions in the Ralph M. Brown
Act (Government Code § 54950 et seq.), members of the City Council, the City
Manager, City Attorney, City Staff, and City Consultants may participate in this
emergency meeting by teleconference. Additionally, pursuant to the above-
referenced executive orders, the public is not permitted to physically attend at City
Hall the meeting to which this agenda applies, but any member of the public may
listen or participate in the open session of this meeting as specified below.
Members of the public wanting to listen to the open session of this emergency
meeting may do so by tuning-in live via http://laquinta.12milesout.com/video/live.
Members of the public wanting to address the City Council during the open
session, either for public comment or for a specific agenda item, or both, are
requested to send an email notification to the La Quinta City Clerk’s Office at
CityClerkMail@LaQuintaCA.gov, according to the following:
The email notification must specify the following information:
1) Full Name 4) Public Comment or Agenda Item Number
2) City of Residence 5) Subject
3) Phone Number 6) Written Comments
City Council agendas and staff reports
are available on the City’s
web page: www.LaQuintaCA.gov
CITY COUNCIL AGENDA 2 APRIL 20, 2020
EMERGENCY MEETING STATE OF LOCAL EMERGENCY COVID-19
Written public comments will be distributed to the City Council, incorporated into the
agenda packet and public record of the meeting, and will not be read during the
meeting unless, upon the request of the Mayor, a brief summary of any public comment
is asked to be read, to the extent the City Clerk’s Office can accommodate such
request.
It would be appreciated that any email communications for public comments related
to the items on the agenda, or for general public comment, are provided to the City
Clerk’s Office at the email address listed above prior to the commencement of the
meeting. If that is not possible, and to accommodate public comments on items that
may be added to the agenda after its initial posting or items that are on the agenda,
every effort will be made to attempt to review emails received by the City Clerk’s Office
during the course of the meeting. The Mayor will endeavor to take a brief pause before
action is taken on any agenda item to allow the City Clerk to review emails and share
any public comments received during the meeting. All emails received by the City
Clerk, at the email address above, until the adjournment of the meeting, will be
included within the public record relating to the meeting.
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CALL TO ORDER
ROLL CALL: Councilmembers: Fitzpatrick, Peña, Radi, Sanchez, Mayor Evans
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
PUBLIC COMMENT ON MATTERS NOT ON THE AGENDA
At this time, members of the public may address the City Council on any matter not
listed on the agenda. Please email "Written Public Comments" to
CityClerkMail@LaQuintaCA.gov and limit your comments to three minutes
(approximately 350 words). The City Council values your comments; however, in
accordance with State law, no action shall be taken on any item not appearing on the
agenda unless it is an emergency item authorized by GC 54954.2(b).
CONFIRMATION OF AGENDA
CLOSED SESSION
1. THREAT TO PUBLIC SERVICES OR FACILITIES, PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION
(a) OF GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 54957. CONSULTATION WITH:
ALEXANDER JOHNSTON, SENIOR EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATOR;
WILLIAM H. IHRKE, CITY ATTORNEY
RECESS TO CLOSED SESSION
CITY COUNCIL AGENDA 3 APRIL 20, 2020
EMERGENCY MEETING STATE OF LOCAL EMERGENCY COVID-19
RECONVENE
REPORT ON ACTIONS(S) TAKEN IN CLOSED SESSION
ADJOURNMENT
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The next regular meeting of the City Council will be held on April 21, 2020 at 4:00
p.m. at the City Hall Council Chambers, 78495 Calle Tampico, La Quinta, CA 92253.
DECLARATION OF POSTING
I, Monika Radeva, City Clerk, of the City of La Quinta, do hereby declare that the
foregoing Agenda for the La Quinta City Council Emergency Meeting was posted on
the City’s website, near the entrance to the Council Chambers at 78495 Calle
Tampico, and the bulletin boards at the Stater Brothers Supermarket at 78630
Highway 111, and the La Quinta Cove Post Office at 51321 Avenida Bermudas, on
April 20, 2020.
DATED: April 20, 2020
MONIKA RADEVA, City Clerk
City of La Quinta, California
Public Notices
The La Quinta City Council Chamber is handicapped accessible. If special
equipment is needed for the hearing impaired, please call the City Clerk’s office at
(760) 777-7092, twenty-four (24) hours in advance of the meeting and
accommodations will be made.
If special electronic equipment is needed to make presentations to the City
Council, arrangements should be made in advance by contacting the City Clerk’s
office at (760) 777-7092. A one (1) week notice is required.
If background material is to be presented to the Councilmembers during a City
Council meeting, please be advised that eight (8) copies of all documents, exhibits,
etc., must be supplied to the City Clerk for distribution. It is requested that this
take place prior to the beginning of the meeting.
Any writings or documents provided to a majority of the City Council regarding
any item(s) on this agenda will be made available for public inspection at the
Community Development counter at City Hall located at 78495 Calle Tampico, La
Quinta, California, 92253, during normal business hours.
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Monika Radeva
From:Linda Evans
Sent:Monday, April 20, 2020 3:37 PM
To:Jon McMillen; Monika Radeva; Bill Ihrke
Cc:Linda Evans
Subject:Request for Emergency Meeting- Today at 6pm
I would like to call an Emergency Meeting of the La Quinta City Council to be held tonight at 6pm. Topic: COVID‐19
Unwind Strategy
Thank you.
Linda Evans | Mayor
City of La Quinta
78495 Calle Tampico | La Quinta, CA 92253
Ph. 760.777.7030
C: 760.899.3279
E: levans@laquintaca.gov
www.laquintaca.gov
www.playinlaquinta.com