City Council Special Meeting - 2024 Community Workshop

Date: Thursday, February 22, 2024
Time: 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Location: La Quinta Wellness Center - 78450 Avenida La Fonda

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Join the City Council and City Staff for the 2024 Community Workshop. This is an opportunity for residents to get involved and find out what's happening in the Gem of the Desert. Staff will present our past projects, new projects, and information for La Quinta in the next coming year. This FREE event will be held in person at the La Quinta Wellness Center and food and refreshments will be provided. Learn more at www.LaQuintaCa.gov/CommunityWorkshop.

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PUBLIC COMMENTS – INSTRUCTIONS
Members of the public may address the City Council on any matter listed or not listed on the agenda as follows:

WRITTEN PUBLIC COMMENTS can be provided either in-person during the meeting by submitting 15 copies to the City Clerk, it is requested that this takes place prior to the beginning of the meeting; or can be emailed in advance to CityClerkMail@LaQuintaCA.gov, no later than 12:00 p.m., on the day of the meeting.  Written public comments will be distributed to Council, made public, and will be incorporated into the public record of the meeting, but will not be read during the meeting unless, upon the request of the Mayor, a brief summary of public comments is asked to be reported.

If written public comments are emailed, the email subject line must clearly state “Written Comments” and should include:
1) full name, 2) city of residence, and 3) subject matter.

VERBAL PUBLIC COMMENTS can be provided in-person during the meeting by completing a “Request to Speak” form and submitting it to the City Clerk; it is requested that this takes place prior to the beginning of the meeting.  Please limit your comments to three (3) minutes (or approximately 350 words). Members of the public shall be called upon to speak by the Mayor.

In accordance with City Council Resolution No. 2022-027, a one-time additional speaker time donation of three (3) minutes per individual is permitted;
please note that the member of the public donating time must: 1) submit this in writing to the City Clerk by completing a “Request to Speak” form
noting the name of the person to whom time is being donated to, and 2) be present at the time the speaker provides verbal comments.

Verbal public comments are defined as comments provided in the speakers’ own voice and may not include video or sound recordings
of the speaker or of other individuals or entities, unless permitted by the Mayor.

Public speakers may elect to use printed presentation materials to aid their comments; 15 copies of such printed materials shall be provided to the City Clerk to be disseminated to the City Council, made public, and incorporated into the public record of the meeting; it is requested that the printed materials are provided prior to the beginning of the meeting.  There shall be no use of Chamber resources and technology to display visual or audible presentations during public comments, unless permitted by the Mayor. 

All writings or documents, including but not limited to emails and attachments to emails, submitted to the City regarding any item(s) listed or not listed on this agenda are public records.
All information in such writings and documents is subject to disclosure as being in the public domain and subject to search and review by electronic means,
including but not limited to the City’s Internet Web site and any other Internet Web-based platform or other Web-based form of communication.
All information in such writings and documents similarly is subject to disclosure pursuant to the California Public Records Act [Government Code § 7920.000 et seq.].