More Meetings Coming Up on East Valley Infrastructure Efforts
July 14, 2023
MECCA – Supervisor V. Manuel Perez, Riverside County and the nonprofit organization Alianza Coachella Valley are working in partnership to form an Enhanced Infrastructure Financing District (EIFD) to bring infrastructure upgrades to the eastern Coachella Valley communities.
As part of the process of this infrastructure effort called ECV Próspera, more meetings are planned to gather community members’ input on projects.
The next meeting of the Public Financing Authority of the Eastern Coachella Valley EIFD is at 1:30 p.m., or soon thereafter, on Tuesday, July 18. Following that meeting, Riverside County is holding an ECV Próspera Town Hall and Community Resources meeting at the Mecca Boys & Girls Club on August 3 from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. that will present more information about the initiative.
Tuesday’s meeting will be held in Riverside, and by Zoom, with English and Spanish language video streams. There will also be an option to participate locally at the Mecca Library, which will host a livestream.
Supervisor Perez encourages community members to participate in this initiative, which can help fund improvements to infrastructure in areas such as water and sewer, electricity and telecommunications, housing, community facilities and the Salton Sea.
“ECV Próspera, ECV Prosper, is a plan for how we can improve conditions in the eastern Coachella Valley communities,” said Supervisor Perez. “We welcome your participation and ideas in this exciting process that will lead us to much‑needed projects for the eastern Coachella Valley.”
The Zoom links are:
English: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84793412084?pwd=S0REQVFmc1VCSUM1ZmpEc2ZTWVA0dz09
Spanish language stream: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86442898484?pwd=RzdHNFN5V0tOeFM3TlNydkR4SndDQT09
Agenda:
Information about EIFDs, a map of the proposed EIFD boundaries, and meeting information is available on the county’s Web site, http://rivcoed.org/eastern-coachella-valley. The Web site also has videos of the first meeting of the EIFD Public Financing Authority, which was held June 15.
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Supervisor V. Manuel Perez represents the Fourth Supervisorial District on the Riverside County Board of Supervisors. The largest district in the county by geography, the 4th District covers eastern Riverside County, from Whitewater, stretching across the entire Coachella Valley south to the Salton Sea, up Highway 74 to Idyllwild and the mountain communities, and heading east of the Coachella Valley to Blythe and the Colorado River.
