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A
A
Okay
good
evening,
everybody
I
want
introduce
myself
I'm
Steve
hanky
I'm,
the
president
of
the
Palm
Springs
Chamber
of
Commerce
and
I,
get
to
welcome
you
tonight.
I
want
to
thank
you
all
for
coming
to
to
this
forum.
This
evening,
I've
been
asked
to
remind
you
that
we
are
going
to
wrap
this
up
tonight
around
7:30,
so
we're
in
luck.
If
you've
got
dinner
reservations
at
one
of
our
beautiful
restaurants,
but
introducing
the
panel,
we
have
council
members,
Jeff
Coors,
councilmember,
Christy
holstege,
and
they
will
serve
on
the
economic
development
and
business
retention
subcommittee.
A
We
also
have
James
Canfield
who's,
the
executive
director
of
the
Palm
Springs
Convention,
Center
and
Bureau
of
tourism
and
Nona
Watson
who's.
The
CEO
of
the
Palm
Springs
chamber
also
in
attendance
tonight,
is
Chief
Brian
Reyes,
who
will
be
giving
us
an
update
on
crime
as
it
relates
to
business.
Is
he
oh
there?
He
is
right
over
there
so
tonight
we're
gonna
be
discussing
five
topics
based
on
the
interest
of
the
business
community
and
those
topics
are
tourism
and
convention.
A
The
economic
incentives
and
sign
ordinance,
homelessness
issues,
crime
prevention
and
how
the
chamber
is
here
to
help
your
business.
If
it,
you
wish
to
address
an
issue
other
than
those
that
are
on
the
agenda,
I
want
to
remind
you
that
there
is
a
May
first
community
forum
right
back
here
at
the
Palm
Springs
Convention
Center,
with
councilmembers
Roberts
and
Coors
will
start
ona,
introduce
council
members,
Jeff
Coors
and
Kristy
holstege.
B
Thank
you
and
welcome
everyone.
This
is
a
little
more
informal
than
a
council
meeting
and
that's
intentional,
so
we
can
have
a
little
more
input
and
dialogue,
but
one
thing
I
did
want
to
let
everyone
know
we
do
have
a
newly
reactivated
economic
development
and
business
retention
subcommittee
that
councilmember,
holstege
and
I
are
on
and
we're
starting
to
have
monthly
meetings.
So
I
actually
have
a
question
to
start
this
off
and
since
the
folks
who
are
here
are
the
ones
here
you
get
to
make
the
decision
for
us.
B
Do
people
generally
find
it
better
to
have
meetings
in
the
morning
mill
the
day
or
after
work
hours
like
5:00
5:30,
so
just
raise
your
hand
if
you
prefer
morning
meetings,
okay,
middle
of
the
day
and
after
work.
Okay,
thank
you.
That
is
helpful
because
we
want
to
make
sure
we
are
taking
that
into
account
and
what
that
subcommittee
is
going
to
be
doing
is
looking
at
really
two
things
and
we'll
talk
about
those
throughout
tonight.
B
But
one
is:
what
can
we,
as
a
city,
do
working
with
our
local
businesses
with
the
chamber
to
be
as
helpful
as
possible
to
the
business
community
to
keep
businesses
here
to
help
them
flourish
and
the
other
is
similar,
but
it
deals
with
economic
incentives
over
period
of
time
the
city
has
done
various
economic
incentives
for
businesses
which
we'll
go
over,
but
we'd
love
any
ideas
you
have
for
different
kinds.
We
have
some,
but
we
really
want
to
get
input
tonight
on
what
economic
incentives
you,
as
business
owners,
think
would
be
most
beneficial.
B
C
We
really
want
to
hear
from
you,
and
so
that's
the
goal
tonight
and
we
have
a
short
presentation
by
each
of
us
just
five
minutes
each
to
talk
about
what
we
are
doing
as
a
city
to
support
local
businesses
and
but
really
we
want
to
hear
from
you
your
ideas
and
maybe
not
right
now,
but
really
forward-looking
to
think
about.
If
the
city
could
provide
incentives
or
programs
to
help
you
better
operate
your
business
or
to
grow
in
Palm
Springs.
How
we
can
best
do
that.
So
thank
you
all
for
being
here
and.
A
Before
I
introduce
tonight's
first
speaker,
I
want
to
make
sure
that
we
introduce
our
city
staff,
comprised
of
city
manager,
David
H,
Reddy
assistant
city
manager,
Marcus,
fuller
city
clerk,
Anthony,
gee
Virata,
the
Director
of
Community
and
Economic
Development
and
Kathy
Van
Horn
economic
development
administrator
I.
Also
don't
remind
you
that
if
you
threw
out
the
presentations
tonight,
we
do
have
speaker
cards
up
here
on
the
front.
If
you
want
to
just
come
up
and
grab
one
and
you
can
fill
it
out
during
the
presentations.
You're
welcome
to
do
that.
D
Thanks
Steven
great
to
see
everybody
a
lot
of
familiar
faces
out
there
welcome
to
my
house,
as
they
say
the
Convention
Center.
It's
really
your
house
in
the
city's
house,
but
it's
great
to
see
you
all
here
tonight,
I
thought
I
would
start.
I
can
see
right
in
front
of
me.
I
thought
I
would
start
with
showing
one
of
our
tourism
marketing
videos
that
our
Bureau
of
tourism
has
put
together.
So
if
we
could
roll
that
video.
D
A
E
G
D
Now
doesn't
that
look
like
a
place?
You
would
like
to
go.
We
get
we're
spoiled
because
we
get
to
be
here
all
the
time.
Just
so
you
know
that's
actually
one
of
our
video
spots
that's
run
in
KTLA.
It
runs
in
Time
Warner
in
a
lot
of
our
drive
and
direct
flight
markets
and
we're
working
now
on
a
new
one
for
this
coming
summer
program.
So
the
next
time
I
see
it
we'll
we'll
show
you
the
new
one.
We
just
didn't
have
it
done
in
time
for
tonight.
D
So
as
everybody
knows
you
know,
tourism
has
really
recognized
this
in
number.
One
industry
in
Palm,
Springs
and
the
tourism
industry
coming
out
of
the
recession,
has
really
led
the
economic
resurgent
that
the
city
has
seen
over
the
last
ten
years.
The
city
through
the
convention
and
the
Convention
Center
and
the
Bureau
of
tourism
works
closely
in
partnership
with
many
of
our.
The
other
organizations
in
the
city
is
well
they're
gone
now,
but,
and-
and
you
know
it
is
all
about
partnership
and
we
all
work
very
closely
to
get
these
strong
results.
D
D
So
a
little
of
the
the
fun
stuff
now,
as
we
like
to
say
out
with
the
old
and
in
with
the
new
now,
this
would
be
a
great
place
where
people
could
clap
if
they
like
kind
of,
what's
happened,
downtown
and
I
know
it
had
its
moments,
but
I'll
tell
you
what,
when
you
walk
through
there,
what
you
see
are
a
lot
of
happy
visitors
and
a
lot
of
happy
residents
enjoying
everything.
That's
positive
about
Palm
Springs
overall
Palm
Springs
is
hot
great
slide.
The
economy
is
booming.
D
Taxable
retail
sales
in
Palm
Springs
have
grown
50
percent
over
the
last
seven
years
and
are
now
contributing
over
twenty
five
million
dollars
in
revenue
to
the
city.
In
2017
alone,
our
merchants
experienced
over
1.3
billion
dollars
in
taxable
retail
sales
in
the
city
of
Palm
Springs,
which
is
pretty
incredible.
Considering
we
have
what
44
45
thousand
residents
here.
So
the
tourists
are
a
very
important
part
of
the
business
community
and
I
know
a
lot
of
you
count
on
them.
D
D
The
city
also
obviously
supports
our
world-class
world-renowned
Airport.
This
year
we
surpassed
2.1
million
passengers
being
handled
at
that
Airport.
It's
been
recognized
as
one
of
the
most
convenient
stress-free
airports,
not
only
in
the
country
but
in
the
world.
I
know
all
of
us
love
to
fly
in
and
out
of
there.
Every
chance
we
get.
The
city
supports
the
creation
of
special
events
and
other
activities
through
PS
resorts.
D
D
D
Tourism
Ambassador
Program
a
certified
tourism,
Ambassador
Program.
So
what
we're
going
to
be
doing
is
training
all
of
our
frontline
employees
to
be
tourism
ambassadors
for
the
entire
destination,
which
will
be
very
exciting
they'll,
be
it's
actually
a
certification
program,
so
right
now
we're
working
on
developing
the
curriculum.
For
that
we
think
it's
something!
That's
really
gonna
pay
great
benefits
for
us,
moving
forward
from
the
convention
center
standpoint
and
thanks
for
coming
tonight,
we
continue
to
have
record
years
both
in
the
actual
events
that
we
bring
in
and
bookings
for
future
years.
D
In
seventeen
we
had
over
75
thousand
room
nights
generated
from
Convention
Center
events
and
we
booked
over
83,000
room
nights
for
future
years
and
those
are
both
records
for
us.
So
that's
very
exciting.
We've
currently
got
over
four
hundred
and
twenty
six
thousand
room
nights
on
the
books
for
future
years.
That's
tentative
and
definite,
but
that's
twice
kind
of
what
the
average
has
been
over
the
last
few
years.
So
we've
really
seen
incredible
growth,
and
you
know
the
future
really
looks
bright.
D
The
city
also
funds,
the
Bureau
of
tourism.
You've
heard
me
talk
about
that.
If
you
could
go
onto
the
next
slide,
our
Bureau
of
tourism
focuses
on
marketing
and
public
relations,
efforts,
specific
for
Palm,
Springs,
retail,
restaurants,
hotels
and
other
hospitality,
industry,
businesses,
our
attractions,
etc.
We
also
operate
the
visitor
centers
one,
a
tramway
where
Road
and
one
downtown
at
the
well
would
Marie.
So
once
the
people
get
here,
we
make
sure
they
know
where
to
go.
We
feature
only
Palm
Springs
businesses.
D
We
have
over
750
hospitality
industry,
stakeholder
partners
that
we
feature
on
our
website
on
our
electronic
kiosks
and
through
our
staff
at
our
visitor
centers.
Next
slide.
Please.
So
you
know
for
us,
it's
all
about
partnership.
That's
a
partnership
with
the
Chamber
of
Commerce.
It's
a
partnership
with
the
CVB.
It's
a
partnership
with
with
our
Main
Street
organization,
all
of
our
business
community-
and
you
know
I
I
hate
to
ever
be
cliched.
D
But
there
are
two
that
I
love
one
is
you
don't
need
a
weatherman
to
know
which
way
the
wind
blows
and
the
other
one
is.
It
takes
a
village
and
Palm.
Springs
is
really
a
great
example
of
that.
Our
success
here
in
Palm
Springs
is
built
on
the
partnership
between
our
city,
our
businesses
and
our
residents,
and
not
only
is
that
is
now
great,
but
the
future
looks
very
bright.
B
Everyone
so
I
want
to
go
through
just
some
of
the
incentives
that
have
been
offered
over
the
last
ten
years,
because
they're
gonna
help
I,
hopefully
get
people
thinking
about
the
kind
of
incentives
that
would
be
helpful
for
your
businesses
and
help
councilman
bar
hostess
or
I,
as
we
look
at
programs.
So
ten
years
ago,
the
prior
City
Council
started
a
facade
improvement
program
and
this
was
really
limited
to
uptown
and
downtown
primarily
to
really
get
the
main
core
of
the
city's
economic
engine
moving.
B
Bring
some
more
revenue
for
the
business,
makes
a
better
environment
for
our
residents
and
our
tourists
just
sort
of
a
win
all
around
I
think
we
have
a
couple
pictures
of
those,
and
now
we
can
go
to
the
next
one.
In
2013
there
was
a
special
focus
area
program
that
include
facades,
interior
and
actually
major
projects.
B
This
was
outside
of
the
core
of
downtown.
It
was
north
of
Achieva
and
south
of
Ramon,
and
grants
went
up
to
250,000
for
a
full
remodel
of
a
what
was
otherwise
in
empty
building,
and
we
gave
15
facade
grants.
Eight
interior
grants,
five
major
projects
awards
and
the
combined
about
eight
million
dollars
was
spent
again.
Most
of
it
private
investment,
but
the
city
supplemented
to
help
businesses
who
put
in
their
own
money
to
do
these
major
remodels,
go
to
a
couple.
B
B
The
match
requirement
was
waived
for
sort
of
the
downtown
corridor,
but
this
was
open
to
more
businesses
in
just
downtown
and
again,
a
hundred
thousand
was
given
from
the
city
about
half
a
million
from
the
business
owners.
To
make
that
work
here
are
a
couple
of
them
looks
familiar
guys
and
then
next
are
sort
of
other
incentive
programs
we
had
so
the
first
one
is
the
hotel
incentive
program
and
you
can
see
all
the
data
up
there,
but
I
just
want
to
highlight
a
couple
things.
B
The
Kimpton
and
arrived
or
two
that
have
opened
the
virgin
is
slated.
The
dream
hotel
has
started
and
then
on
Wednesday
night
will
be
discussing
the
Obert,
the
auberge
Hotel,
which
would
go
at
the
old
orca
tree
in
the
Tennis
Club
neighborhood.
Those
were
all
previously
approved
for
this
program
and
that
program
no
longer
exists.
B
The
other
program
was
a
renovation
program,
so
if
a
hotel
put
a
hundred
percent
of
their
own
money
into
renovating
their
property
for
ten
years,
any
increase
in
the
T
ot
that
was
generated
before
the
renovation,
because
they're
getting
high
room
nights
was
split,
50%
with
a
hotel
50%
with
a
city,
so
again
no
money,
the
city
would
have
had.
Otherwise
it's
only
new
money
and
combined.
B
You
can
see
over
200
million
an
investment
into
the
hotels
in
Palm
Springs
and,
of
course,
that
investment
comes
with
jobs
for
people
who
build
the
hotels
and
work
in
the
hotels
and
7
million
in
increase
in
T
ot
just
from
the
renovated
hotels.
So
that
program
was
very
successful
in
doing
what
it
was
set
out
to
do
that
also
as
Sun
set
it
out.
But
it's
something
we'll
talk
about.
As
we
move
forward,
we
can
move
on.
B
B
Just
so
people
know
the
difference
between
those
two
and
all
that
money,
of
course
goes
to
pay
for
the
services
that
we
get
as
residents
and
if
we
go
to
the
next
here,
just
a
couple
of
the
hotels
that
took
advantage
of
the
program,
Palm
Springs
I
have
an
accelerator,
so
we're
one
of
the
first
ones.
It
was
a
state
program
we're
one
of
the
first
ones
in
the
state
and
we
have
a
campus
and
it's
50,000
plus
square
feet,
and
it's
really
to
incubate
new
businesses.
The
focus
is
on
renewable
energy
and
advanced
technologies.
B
There
are
38
clients
currently
and
175
jobs
have
been
created.
These
incubator
businesses
have
generated
over
a
million
in
revenue
and
sales
and
they've
patented
or
trademarked
22
of
their
ideas.
So
that's
all
what's
been
going
on
there
and
that's
just
something
really.
If
you
want
to
incubate
a
business,
particularly
in
those
fields,
we
can
connect
you
to
the
right
people.
B
B
One
thing
that
changed,
reportable
signs,
so
portable
signs
were
allowed
temporarily
in
downtown
uptown
in
the
recession
and
with
the
down
of
the
closed
mall
that
was
sun
setting
instead
of
Sun
setting.
We
now
allow
every
business
to
have
a
portable
sign,
and
this
is
on
city-owned
property.
There's
sandwich
boards.
You
see
this
anywhere
in
the
city,
it's
not
just
downtown
and
uptown
anymore.
B
B
Something
now
called
service
signs.
Restaurants
used
to
get
something
known
as
a
menu
board.
They
can
menu.
You've
seen
it
I'm
sure
at
restaurants.
To
be
fair.
Every
business
can
now
have
a
similar
board
and
they
can
put
anything
they
want
on
it.
You
can
product
you're
having
a
sale
which
people
a
lovely
day
anything
you'd
like.
We
won't
restrict
your
speech.
We
can
and
we
shouldn't,
but
everyone
now
gets
one
of
those
as
well.
So
that's
another
additional
sign.
Every
business
gets
directory
sign,
so
these
are
allowed.
B
There
are
a
lot
of
multi
tenant
buildings
and
there's
a
process
with
the
city
to
apply
to
be
part
of
a
sign
program
if
you're
in
a
multi-tenant
building.
So
if
you're
in
an
alcove
per
se-
and
you
don't
have
street
frontage,
the
you
can
get
your
landlord
to
apply
for
a
multi-tenant
sign.
So
people
know
where
you
are
so
that's
sort
of
on
the
sign
program.
B
I
do
want
to
say
one
thing
as
an
as
we
put
the
new
sign
program
into
effect
on
portable
signs
in
some
locations,
they're
supposed
to
be
as
close
to
the
building
as
possible
to
keep
a
clear,
sidewalk
path.
So
we
comply
with
the
Americans
with
Disabilities
Act.
The
city
gets
sued
on
that,
and
businesses
actually
take
on
the
liability
if
we
are
or
the
businesses
sued
for
violating
the
a
da.
So
we
have
certain
space
requirements
in
some
locations.
B
It
doesn't
work
closest
to
the
building
and
actually
and
keep
the
sidewalk
more
clear
if
it
was
closer
to
the
street.
So
the
city
manager
and
the
assistant
city
manager
and
I
went
out
with
a
tape
measure
around
the
city
and
we
will
be
proposing
and
I'm
gonna
propose
it
Wednesday
night,
a
waiver
provision
where
business
can
ask
for
a
different
location
based
on
their
unique
circumstances.
B
So
we
will
be
rolling
that
out
because,
as
we
learn
when
we
do
an
ordinance,
if
something's
not
working
for
folks,
we
need
to
hear
about
it
and
we're
gonna
come
up
with
a
process
that
will
hopefully
allow
more
businesses
to
be
able
to
comply
and
have
sandwich
boards.
But
again,
if
your
business
doesn't
work,
you
can
have
an
extra
accessory
sign,
so
we
want
to
make
sure
everyone
gets
treated.
Similarly
downtown
parking,
obviously
really
important.
B
They
are
for
the
public,
so
that
will
be
coming
on
when
that
hotel
opens
up,
and
the
final
I
think-
and
here
are
the
things
that
councilman
for
holstege
and
I
have
been
talking
about
at
our
meetings
that
we're
thinking
about
we'd
love
your
feedback
on
these
when
you
make
comments
or
any
other
ideas,
so
one
is,
we
do
have
areas
of
the
city
that
are
food
deserts,
there's
not
a
place
with
fresh
groceries,
anywhere
need
nearby.
So
we
want
to
look
at
how
the
city
can
incentivize
getting
groceries
up
in
the
north
end.
B
We
know
we
have
an
issue,
but
there
are
other
areas,
also
how
we
can
get.
You
know
gas
stations
with
mini
marts
to
have
a
refrigerated
section
with
fresh
food
as
well,
so
we
want
to
look
at
how
we
can
provide
financial
support
and
other
incentives
to
help
get
fresh
food
throughout
the
city
and
not
just
in
certain
areas,
we'd
like
to
look
at
ways
to
expand
that
job
creation
program
I
mentioned
for
Less
employees,
but
a
way
to
get
good
jobs
and
help
a
business.
B
You
know
you
take
a
chance
when
you're
hiring
new
people
and
trying
to
expand.
How
can
the
city
be
supportive
of
those
efforts?
The
hotel
renovation
program,
the
one
were
somewhat
interested
in
looking
at
is
the
remodel
program
where
we're
sharing
only
the
increase
in
T
ot.
But
one
of
the
complaints
we
had
heard
about
that
program
was
some
of
the
smaller
hotels
that
aren't
as
expensive
and
don't
can't
put
the
kind
of
numbers
that
were
required
into
renovating
to
be
able
to
participate
as
well.
B
How
do
we
build
that
in
Palm
Springs
and
some
of
the
options
we've
talked
about
are
increasing
density
if
someone
is
willing
to
keep
their
prices
or
their
rents
below
market
so
things
we
can
look
at
there
and
the
final
thing
is
looking
at
how
we
might
recreate
a
facade
improvement
program
that
will
allow
businesses
who
put
their
own
money
into
improving
how
they
look
on
the
outs.
I'd
get
some
city
support,
so
those
are
ideas
and,
after
everyone's
done,
we'll
look
forward
to
hear
or
some
of
yours.
A
C
You
and
councilmember
course
really
did
go
out
to
measure
different
signs
around
our
city,
so
we're
thankful
for
that.
We
have
a
hands
on
council
I,
get
a
talk
about
everyone's
favorite
topic,
homelessness
and
then
also
relatedly,
our
vacant
building,
ordinance
that
the
council
just
recently
moved
forward.
So
some
people
don't
know,
but
the
county
is
actually
the
main
provider
of
homelessness
services
for
our
area.
Our
city
doesn't
have
a
social
services
department
where
we
provide
a
lot
of
those
services
or
that
type
of
funding,
because
our
county
has
financial
issues.
C
The
city
of
Palm
Springs
has
really
stepped
up
to
address
and
alleviate
homelessness
in
Palm
Springs,
because
we
hear
from
our
residents
our
business
community
that
this
is
an
issue
that
they
want:
the
city
of
Palm
Springs
to
take
a
leadership
role
on.
So
this
is
the
amount
of
money
that
we
spend
as
the
city
of
Palm
Springs
on
homelessness
services,
about
1.2
million
dollars
per
year.
I'll
go
through
some
of
those
really
quickly.
C
That
program
in
a
net
of
itself,
including
Palm,
Springs
funding
at
106
thousand
dollars
and
a
hundred
thousand
from
all
of
the
other
cities.
And
then
a
matching
incentive
from
the
health
care
district
to
make
sure
that
the
cities
continue
to
pay.
The
tribes
just
entered
into
that
program.
And
so
the
total
funding
is
1.7
million
dollars
from
the
region
to
provide
housing
services
to
people
who
are
homeless
in
Palm
Springs.
C
So
that
is
through
the
path
of
life
ministries,
which
is
the
provider
of
that
program,
and
they
just
opened
a
office
in
the
city
of
Palm,
Springs
and
so
I
went
to
that
opening
a
few
months
ago
and
they're
actually
hands
on
providing
services
in
the
city
of
Palm
Springs.
So
it's
a
different
model
to
sort
of
wrap
our
heads
around,
because
there's
not
one
shelter,
but
what
they're
doing
is
providing
vouchers
for
housing
for
people
who
are
homeless
and
immediate
vouchers.
C
Housing
first
means
that
they
get
a
voucher
and
they
get
housing
first
before
having
to
enter
into
treatment
programs
or
different
programs
that
might
be
a
barrier
to
entry
for
housing.
So
that's
a
really
exciting
regional
program
that
really
the
city
of
Palm
Springs
is
taking
a
leadership
role
and
make
sure
that
everyone
participates
in.
We
also
provide
funding
for
the
well
in
the
desert
and
their
cooling
center
in
downtown.
C
C
A
behavioral
health
team
that
actually
goes
talks
to
people
makes
referrals
and
we
track
those
referrals
that
are
given
to
mental
health
resources
to
housing,
to
drug
and
alcohol
treatment
programs,
and
we
track
all
of
those
data
and
that's
been
a
really
effective
way
that
we've
gotten
people
off
the
streets
and
in
Palm
Springs
and
into
programs
that
we
know
work,
and
we
actually
just
expanded
that
to
two
teams.
So
now
before
we
only
had
one
team
working
a
certain
amount
of
hours,
but
now
we
actually
through
grant
matching
funds
through
the
desert.
C
Healthcare
district
can
have
two
teams,
so
they
can
work
after
hours
on
weekends.
To
really
have
people
go
out
to
people
who
are
facing
homelessness
so
that
we
have
a
crisis
response
team.
That's
not
only
the
police,
so
that's
been
really
effective
and
we
have
all
that
data
on
our
website.
We
have
the
city
of
Palm
Springs.
We
have
a
page
just
for
our
homelessness
work.
You
can
see
there
the
other
types
of
grant,
funding
and
programs
that
we
do
on
homeless
services.
C
The
next
slide.
This
is
the
housing
crisis
response
team.
So
you
can
see
the
numbers
just
for
the
fiscal
year.
Fifty-Seven
people
were
sent
to
sustainable
housing.
Four
hundred
and
twenty
were
referred
to.
Behavioral
health
399
were
referred
to
substance,
use,
clinics
and
treatment,
so
you
can
see
we're
making
876
contacts
with
people
who
are
homeless
in
Palm
Springs,
that's
just
in
our
city
and
referring
them
to
services,
and
that's
really
what
the
data
shows
makes
a
difference.
C
C
People
wandering
the
streets
and
their
hospital
gowns
or
barefoot
I've,
seen
that
myself
and
so
we're
working
to
provide
a
solution
there
so
that
people
won't
just
be
pushed
out
onto
the
streets
but
actually
can
get
into
a
program
and
to
get
get
supportive
services,
so
they
can
get
into
the
pipeline
for
housing,
which
is
really
important.
One
exciting
part
of
that
program
is
that
it
can
be
funded
by
insurance,
monies
or
iehp
or
medical.
C
So
that
way
it
could
be
a
self-sustaining
project
and
program
so
that
insurance
can
pay
for
those
Hospital
nights
or
the
respite
care.
We
did
a
homeless
point
in
time
count.
We
had
almost
double
or
double
the
volunteers
that
we
had
last
year.
Thank
you
to
anyone
who
participated
and
after
that
count
we
had
double
the
people
going
out
and
counting.
C
We
had
better
weather.
It
wasn't
rainy
this
year
when
we
did
it
and
we
thought
that
and
Councilman
Burke
ORS
and
I
really
wanted
to
get
an
accurate
count
of
people
who
are
homeless
in
Palm,
Springs
and
I,
for
one
thought
that
the
count
of
people
who
are
homeless
in
Palm
Springs
would
go
up
with
double
the
volunteers,
but
actually
it
went
down
and
we
are
one
of
the
only
cities
in
the
entire
region
where
homelessness
went
down
in
Palm
Springs.
C
Other
cities
are
seeing
increases,
and
so
that
is
really
reassuring
to
us
that
what
we're
doing
on
homelessness
and
Palm
Springs
is
working
and
that
we're
actually
doing
work
to
alleviate
you
know
homelessness.
I
covered
a
lot
of
that
other
work
that
we're
doing
so
next
is
the
vacant
building,
ordinance
and
so
just
an
overview.
This
was
really
thought
of
and
I'm
grateful
for
the
city
staff
and
the
council
for
taking
this
on,
because
this
is
a
big
problem
in
our
downtown
and
throughout
our
city,
but
primarily
having
vacant
commercial
buildings
downtown
on
Palm
Canyon.
C
You
know
that
became
an
attractive
nuisance,
so
a
lot
of
those
vacant
buildings,
though
they
were
required
to
be
boarded
up.
They
weren't
required
to
be
maintained
in
the
ways
that
we
now
require,
and
so
this
is
going
to
go
a
long
way
in
protecting
public
safety
and
health
and
welfare
in
our
downtown
areas.
So
it
addresses
blight
it
addresses
nuisances.
C
So
this
way
we're
actually
better
equipped
to
address
blighted
properties,
and
so
you
can
see
the
definition
of
blighted
properties
that
we
can
actually
address.
So
you
know
things
like
fire
hazards
which
we're
always
worried
about
businesses
and
affecting
other
businesses
and
surrounding
areas
or
shelter
or
waste
and
trash
next
slide.
C
And
so
these
are
the
requirements
that
vacant
buildings
must
be
registered
with
the
city
and
they
have
to
have
a
monitoring
plan.
So
they
have
to
have
a
plan
about
how
they're
going
to
report
and
their
progress
and
monitor
their
property
for
these
types
of
violations
and
health
concerns
that
we've
been
seeing,
and
so
there's
significant
fees
and
fines.
So
we
can
actually
have
some
teeth
and
make
sure
that
we
can
continue
to
have
a
beautiful,
downtown,
that's
attractive
to
residents
and
tourists
and
you
know,
doesn't
contribute
to
blight
I.
I
Okay,
this
first
slide
speaks
volumes
in
regards
to
what
we
have
accomplished.
When
I
say
we,
not
the
police
department,
I'm
talking
about
the
partnership
with
one
PS
in
our
community
at
large,
as
well
as
our
business
community.
You
see
the
top
there.
47
percent
decrease
in
residential
burglaries
alone
year-over-year
and
another
31
percent
decrease
when
it
comes
to
burglary
non-residential,
which
is
specifically
all
business
related
burglaries
and,
as
you
see,
every
category
is
going
down
in
crime
as
far
as
their
decreases.
I
What
happened
is
now
we're
finding
people
sentenced
to
County
Jail,
where
they're
doing
2
to
3
years
in
a
county
jail
system
which
is
causing
an
overcrowding.
Criminals
are
gaming.
The
criminal
justice
system
now
they're
fully
aware
of
this
they're,
showing
up
at
their
first
court
appearance,
pleading
guilty
to
all
their
property
related
crimes.
They
may
have
multiple
cases
all
to
get
sentenced
to
county
jail
and
to
be
let
released
early
far
soon
they're
supposed
to
with
a
clean
slate
to
start
over
so
two
years
ago.
I
This
was
in
place
over
two
years
ago,
understanding
that
we
made
it
a
very
strong,
therefore,
via
1ps,
in
our
organized
neighborhoods,
to
reinforce
the
message
from
the
police
department
of
prevention
before
it
occurs,
because
it
when
it
occurs,
there's
not
much
punishment
to
the
crime.
So
what
that
had
been
said,
the
message
obviously
has
been
carried
as
you
see,
with
all
those
hurdles
that
we
have.
I
We
have
decreases
in
every
single
category
as
a
relates
to
property
crimes,
quite
an
accomplishment
with
all
the
relationships
that
we've
had
with
our
community
now
here,
realizing
all
the
development
and
everything
going
on
down.
I
approached
the
city
manager
and
explained
the
need
for
additional
resources,
downtown
and
thankful
to
the
City
Council
and
the
city
manager,
making
it
happen
added
four
additional
officers
and
two
non-sworn
support
staff,
specifically
for
a
business
district.
I
Knowing
that
there's
a
lot
of
growth
development
going
downtown,
it's
very
difficult
to
address
the
petty
theft
crimes
that
there's
no
punishment
for,
but
also
the
homelessness,
because
you
know
you
know
working
in
a
tourist
destination,
we
have
a
different
audience:
every
76,
97
76
72
to
96
hours
every
three
to
four
days.
You
know
different
audiences
comes
in
on
vacation
and
is
giving
cash
to
the
homeless
and
it's
causing
a
bigger
draw
downtown.
I
The
four
additional
officers
and
the
CSO's
have
all
been
dedicated,
100%
downtown
to
address
all
things
downtown
to
include
a
sergeant
to
oversee
them,
as
well
as
a
manager,
I
relocated.
One
of
my
managers
out
of
the
station
who's
now
located
three
out
of
our
four
workdays
right
out
of
downtown
district.
A
J
Thank
you,
I
feel
a
little
bit
like
I'm
preaching
to
the
choir,
looking
around
the
room,
there's
so
many
Chamber
members,
and
so
many
of
my
board
members
in
the
room.
It's
very
exciting.
For
me.
I
have
been
running
the
Palm
Springs
chamber
for
a
little
over
eight
years
now,
but
I
have
about
26
years
altogether
in
chamber
management
in
Palm
Springs.
We
have
a
little
over
a
thousand
about
a
thousand
35
members,
which
makes
us
a
very
strong
chamber
in
this
valley,
and
that
is
just
Palm
Springs.
J
J
There's
a
lot
of
things
a
chamber
can
do
for
you
with
your
membership,
and
it
starts
from
really
from
the
very
beginning,
with
your
ribbon-cutting
and
your
grand
opening
look
at
us
as
a
part
of
your
marketing
plan
or
an
extension
of
your
business
or
another
employee,
because
we
can
help
you
every
step
of
the
way.
You
know
your
grand
opening
ribbon
cutting.
As
I've
said,
we
invite
the
mayor,
the
City
Council.
J
We
invite
the
community
to
come
out
and
really
welcome
you
into
our
community
as
a
new
business,
again
a
piece
of
your
marketing
plan.
If
you
have
something
that
you
want
to
advertise,
use
your
Chamber
of
Commerce,
we
have
over
4,000
businesses
that
are
in
our
database
that
we
can.
I
blast
your
information
out.
We
can
make
sure
that
the
community
knows
what
you're
doing
we
do,
programs
and
services.
J
So
if
you
need
employee
training
or
if
there's
an
issue
that
really
affects
your
business,
come
to
the
chamber
and
say
we
would
really
like
for
you
to
do
a
workshop
or
a
seminar
on
this
issue
and
that's
what
your
Chamber
of
Commerce
will
do.
So
really
look
at
us
as
another
piece
of
your
business
and
I
know.
A
lot
of
you
in
here
have
used
us
for
that.
We
have
a
great
relationship
with
our
city
staff
and
our
council.
J
If
you
have
an
issue
that
you
just
like
to
speak
to
the
chamber
about,
we
can
figure
out
a
way
to
make
your
problem
go
away
and
we
can
work
with
you.
We
have
if
we,
if
I
don't
have
the
answers.
Believe
me
I
know
where
to
go
to
get
the
answers
and
we
our
key
component
in
this
city.
We
do
programs
and
services
like
our
police
and
fire.
If
you
want
to
come
out
meet
your
service
professionals,
we
do
the
State
of
the
City.
J
So
we
put
on
big
events
so
that
if
you
want
to
meet
people
that
you
wouldn't
normally
meet
in
your
business,
you
join
the
chamber.
You
come
to
our
events
and
you
network
your
business
and
so
there's
all
different
avenues.
There's
a
way
to
get
involved,
there's
a
way
for
us
to
work
with
you.
If
you
don't
want
to
get
involved,
we
have
a
very
active
business
if
we
call
it
BAC,
an
advocacy
committee.
J
So
if
there's
a
federal
issue
or
stateless,
your
local
issue,
that's
affecting
your
business,
you
can
come
to
the
chamber,
bring
it
to
our
BAC
committee
and
we
can
discuss
that
and
we
can
figure
out
a
way
to
get
behind
you
on
that,
to
bring
it
to
City
Council
or
to
see.
If
there's
a
way,
we
can
work
with
the
California
Chamber
to
help
you
with
that
issue.
So
we
have
a
lot
of
different
arms,
very
lucky
in
Palm
Springs
that
were
also
right
in
the
middle
of
the
downtown.
J
So
we
have
70
visitors
a
day
or
more
that
come
through
our
doors.
So
if
your
information
is
there
and
somebody
comes
in
and
as
they
do
every
day,
you
know
we're
here
for
the
weekend
help
us
plan
our
weekend.
Well,
here's
the
businesses!
You
should
go,
see,
here's
the
things
that
you
should
do.
We
publish
a
beautiful
city
guide
magazine
and
we're
very,
very
proud
of
our
city
guide
magazine.
We
published
20,000
of
them
16,000
we
may
to
the
residents
of
Palm
Springs,
but
we
also
use
that
as
a
relocation
package.
J
So
if
somebody
calls
our
office
and
says
we're,
gonna
move
our
business
to
Palm
Springs
or
we're
gonna
move
to
Palm
Springs.
What
can
you
send
us?
That's
what
we
send
and
as
a
Chamber
member
you're
already
already
in
there,
but
we
also
have
a
lot
of
city
information
in
there
and
I'm
very
proud
that
we
published
it
in
a
way,
that's
very
attractive
and
really
reflects
our
city.
It
looks
like
Palm,
Springs
and,
as
I've
said,
our
business
is
right
in
the
downtown
and
it's
60
years
old.
J
So
this
year,
actually
last
year
it
retrieved
the
Board
of
Directors.
We
have
19
board
of
directors
that
run
our
Chamber
of
Commerce.
They
got
together
at
an
annual
retreat
and
they
tried
to
decide
now.
What
is
the
best
use
of
this
beautiful
space
that
we
own
and
looking
ahead
at
the
way
we're
doing
business
in
the
future?
They
said,
you
know
really.
J
We
should
look
at
turning
it
into
a
co-working
space
and
this
is
a
space
where
people
can
come,
but
don't
really
necessarily
need
brick
and
mortar
buildings,
but
they
they
have
ideas
or
they
have
a
company
or
they
have
something
that
you're
trying
to
get
their
word
out
and
you
can
come
in.
You
can
sit
down.
J
J
My
president,
Stephen
Hankey
is
famous
for
saying
you
know
if
an
idea
starts
in
Palm
Springs,
we
want
it
to
grow
and
we
want
it
to
stay
here
and
really
that
was
our
goal
in
producing
and
making
this
co-working
space
and,
and
it
really
turned
out
I
think
it.
It
was
far
above
our
expectations.
It's
a
beautiful
place
to
work,
we're
really
close
to
the
mountain.
You
can
come
and
use
a
copy
machine
use.
J
The
chamber
staff
talk
to
people
about
your
ideas,
it's
a
very
comfortable,
very
warm,
very
inviting
space
to
work
and
the
people
that
we've
had
come
through.
We
had
somebody
who
rented
our
space
for
a
month,
and
they
said
it
was
one
of
the
best
experiences
they've
had
with
the
co-working
space
and
they
do
co-working
all
over
the
United.
So
we're
very,
very
proud
of
that.
J
A
A
Try
to
keep
the
comments
to
about
two
minutes
if
you
would-
and
we
want
to
remind
everyone
if
you
could
keep
your
comments
specific
to
the
agenda
items
that
you
heard
discussed
tonight,
because
we
want
to
be
sure
that
we
stay
focused
on
the
ideas
that
the
panel
has
already
shared.
If,
if
that's
possible-
and
we
can
start
the
evening
by
inviting
Kathy
for
Dale-
it's
Kathy
here.
A
K
Think
I
would
be
first,
that's
exciting.
My
name
is
Kathy
Fidel
and
my
husband
and
I
are
the
co-owners
of
the
monkey
tree
hotel
and
we
restored
it
and
opened
it
in
2016
and
I
wanted
to
speak
for
one
minute
about
construction
noise.
Construction
noise
is
not
a
friend
to
the
tourism
business.
In
fact,
there's
nothing
more
disruptive
to
a
wonderful
vacation
than
the
sound
of
a
morning.
Jackhammer
or
a
bulldozer.
K
I
worked
as
an
architect
in
the
field
of
construction
for
20
years
and
I
know
that
restrictions
can
be
put
in
place
by
a
city
to
limit
noise
during
the
most
offensive
times
and
still
allow
overall
construction
progress.
I
would
like
to
propose
a
ban
on
construction
during
the
Palm
Springs
high
season,
February,
March
and
April,
and
to
ban
construction
on
Saturdays
and
Sundays
throughout
the
year
when
people
are
trying
to
enjoy
their
weekends.
K
Occasionally
we
have
to
refund
guests
and
suffer
through
bad
reviews
due
to
excessive
noise
complaints
by
construction.
This
hurts
not
only
but
all
of
the
tourism
businesses,
including
restaurants.
Please
help
us
to
control
the
construction
noise
to
benefit
all
businesses
and
keep
the
tourists
happy
and
returning
year
after
year.
Thank
you.
C
Thank
you
and
we're
not
gonna
respond
to
each
comment,
but
we
are
taking
note,
so
we
have
staff
taking
minutes,
and
so
Jeff
and
I
were
just
saying
we
should
add
some
of
these
types
of
issues
to
our
agendas,
for
our
standing
subcommittees
meetings,
which
are
online
and
published
and
notice.
So,
even
though
we're
not
commenting
for
each
one,
because
we
will
really
wanted
to
take
this
time
to
hear
from
you,
we
are
listening
and
taking
notes
and
we
will
address
a
lot
of
these
issues.
Thank
you.
Thank.
E
L
You
I'm
Jeffrey
Bernstein,
owner
of
destination,
PSB
and
Chelsea.
Lane
I
would
like
to
recommend
that
there
is
someone
in
the
city
who
is
an
advocate
for
locally
owned
businesses.
I
believe
I
love
the
local
business
support
that
we're
getting,
but
I
think
a
lot
of
it
is
geared
towards
big
national
brands.
L
You
look
at
and
I
think
local
owners
they
reinvest
in
the
community.
They
support
our
charities,
which
is
a
lot
which
is
a
big
part
of
our
our
what
are
appeal,
and
they
also
it's.
What
makes
Palm
Springs
really
like
no
place
else.
But
if
you
look
at
what
happens
a
lot
of
the
support,
a
lot
of
the
things
are
sort
of
geared
towards
big
brands
and
I'm
very
excited
to
have
H&M
and
men
keels
and
blaze
here.
L
But
you
know
they
don't
really
worry
about
having
a
portable
sign
in
front
like
we
do
and
thank
you
for
coming
out
and
measuring
it.
You
know
they're
the
ones
who
will
benefit
by
having
50
employees,
and
you
know
I've
got
20,
but
I
won't
make
it.
You
know
that
far
when
you
look
at
the
solar
program
that
we're
talking
about
in
the
city,
it
really
affects
a
small
business
because
our
electrical
is
astronomical
in
the
summer.
L
So
my
recommendation
is
that
somebody
is
not
just
supporting
local
business
but
locally
owned
businesses,
and
just
on
that
note,
if
you
look
at
all
the
hype
that
goes
on,
even
the
city's
own
social
media
is
really
about
national
ion's
I
looked
on
your
Facebook
page
and
there
was
dozens
of
things
about
Kimpton
and
and
Portia
and
and
three
about
small
ones
and
as
great
as
the
kingdom
is
monkey
tree
and
holiday
house
and
the
Serena's
villas
are
what
really
make
our
town
special.
So
that's
my
recommendation
and
hope.
Thank
you.
Thank.
A
You
next
we'd
like
to
invite
Jim
Stewart.
M
I,
usually
wear
two
hats
today,
I'm
not
wearing
my
parole
board,
had
four
is
no
more
parole
how
practically,
except
for
lifers,
so
that
homeless
situation
will
grow,
as
as
our
sheriff
is
forced
to
release
more
and
more
prisoners
and
I
want
everybody
to
know.
You
got
one
of
the
best
police
chiefs
in
the
state
of
California
and
around,
and
he
really.
M
As
a
commercial
broker,
I'd
like
to
suggest
that
the
that
your
committee
put
up
to
put
together
a
thing
with
commercial
brokers
so
that
we
have
a
maybe
a
quarterly
meeting
with
the
commercial
agents
that
serve
Palm.
Springs
I,
know
what
the
gentleman
just
said
about
the
smaller
businesses.
But
it
took
quite
a
bit
to
bring
BMW
I
here
if
it
wasn't
for
your
city,
manager
and
David,
ready
and
I.
That
deal
would
never
have
happened,
which
now
brings
Porsche
to
and
I'm
sure.
M
David
is
and
told
you
guys
what
it
took
to
put
all
that
together
and
now
we
might
even
have
a
neighbor
at
Walmart
because
of
that
that
whole
real
estate
transaction,
so
there's
all
kinds
of
real
estate
transactions
that
are
very
important
and
I.
Think,
maybe
that
the
committee
should
work
with
the
you've
only
got
about
six
or
eight
commercial
brokers
that
really
work.
Palm,
Springs,
commercially
and
I
mean
I
put
together
the
deal
for
the
land
that
we're
sitting
on
right
now,
and
it
just
goes
on
and
on,
and
we
have.
F
I'm
I've
been
involved
in
the
business
community
in
Palm
Springs
since
1970
as
a
banker
as
a
commercial
broker.
As
an
economic
developer,
I've
seen
the
ups
and
downs,
the
t-shirt
shops,
the
phenomenal
resurgence,
but
one
of
the
things
I
think
that's
held
true
through
that.
When
people
come
to
town,
they
want
a
response.
They
want
to
feel
that
the
city
is
gonna,
put
their
arms
around
them
and
welcome
them.
They
don't
want
their
project
buried
in
bureaucratic
process
and
I
would
say
that
we
do
have
hold
ups
now,
I'll.
F
Take
you
back
to
probably
the
mid
nineties
when
the
city
went
through
and
reviewed
things
and
and
cleaned
up
the
processes.
So
it
can
be
done.
I
think
you
have
to
have
an
attitude
which
I
see
mostly
in
City
Hall
very
positive,
but
there
are
four
parking
spaces
in
front
of
the
Planning
Department
off
lcao
those
used
to
be
public
parking
places
and
all
of
a
sudden
they're
turned
over
to
the
city
employees
for
their
trucks.
F
Now,
I,
don't
know
why
that
city,
employee
can't
walk
a
half
a
block
from
the
back
parking
lot
and
if
I
really
want
to
look
at
that
I've
translated
to
arrogance
of
the
city,
which
is
just
an
outward.
You
know
people
not
thinking
about
the
customers,
who's,
the
customers,
the
guy
who
walks
in
the
door,
not
the
employee
but
I,
think
really.
But
what
we've
got
such
a
fantastic
thing
going
on
right
now
we
need
to
be
more
responsive,
that
that
doesn't
mean
that
you
speed
things
up
or
you
break
the
rules.
F
It
means
that
you
talk
to
people
your
counter.
People
I
think
do
a
very
good
job.
I've
watched
them
over
the
years
and
some
of
the
crazy
people
they
get
there
they're
pretty
good,
but
I
think
you
need
to
look
at
look
at
your
process.
If
you
need
more
people
hire
them,
you
know
to
get
get
the
job
done
and
that
way
I
think
you'll
have
a
better
business
community.
Thank
you.
A
N
First
of
all,
I'd
like
to
thank
you
all
for
having
this
event,
because
I
think
it's
really
wonderful.
As
you
say
it
does
take
a
village
and
Palm
Springs
is
just
that
what
Geoffrey
Geoffrey
said,
I'm
going
to
sort
of
agree,
not
sort
of
I
would
like
to
definitely
agree
and
say
that
I
feel
that
some
sort
of
council,
or
or
board
in
some
sort
for
smaller
businesses
to
make
sure
that
their
voice
is
heard
and
that
they
are
up
to
date
and
know
about
just
about
everything.
That's
going
to
affect
them.
N
I'm
trying
to
you've
been
to
my
place.
We
are
definitely
being
affected
by
the
sign.
Ordinance.
I
won't
go
into
that
now,
because
I
have
a
couple
questions
because
it
sounds
like
it
may
be
a
little
different
based
on
where
we
are
but
to
be
able
to
have
some
sort
of
voice
that
works
with
small
businesses
to
help
just
make
sure
that
you're
represented
you're
the
smaller
person
you're.
When
people
come
to
Palm
Springs,
they
want
to
visit
all
of
the
small
shops.
N
N
C
G
Thank
you
very
much.
My
name
is
enemies.
Danny
have
a
brandy
company
in
Palm
Springs,
since
2009.
One
thing
collaboration
is
key
of
the
success
for
any
businesses.
One
thing
we
learned
to
businesses
to
succeed
to
have
to
build
a
consistency
with
the
brand.
So
therefore
lack
of
consistency
they
destroy
the
business
reputation
is
the
biggest
factor
of
the
businesses.
So
we
realized
why,
over
300
businesses,
we
branded
since
2009
in
Palm
Springs
why
some
of
them
died.
One
of
them
stay
in
business
boy.
Someone
is
more
successful
than
the
other
one.
G
One
thing
we
learn
is
we
have
to
learn
about
the
collaboration
and
the
reputation.
That's
what
a
platform
is.
I
would
like
to
introduce
you
of
chamber
of
Palm,
Spring
and
city
of
Palm
Spring
to
help
us
to
promote
our
new
platform
called
progressive
web
app.
That
means
customer
can
value
instant
engagement
with
the
customers.
They
can
do
reward
loyalty,
that's
what
the
customer
wants.
They
want
value.
They
want
to
be
acknowledged
as
of
made
in
Palm
Springs
calm.
G
E
If
you
need
somebody
who
thinks
in
the
box
I'm,
not
your
person,
I
only
know
how
to
think
out
of
the
box,
because
that's
what's
needed
today
to
make
things
work
and
just
myself
today,
I
got
a
phone
call
from
the
tour
company
and
said
Betty.
You
have
all
the
answers.
Why
did
they
kick
all
the
seniors
out
of
town?
I
said
what?
Because
they
closed
the
follies,
I
said
you're
still
welcome.
There's
no
we're
not
welcome
I,
said
well
funny.
E
I'm
going
to
a
meeting
tonight,
I'll
bring
that
up,
but
that's
how
a
lot
of
people
and
Terk
companies
feel
and
basically
I
do
a
lot
of
bus
tours
called
shopping.
The
hidden
treasures
of
the
desert
and
I
want
you
to
know
that
I
bring
people
from
down
valley.
As
far
as
Indio
to
Palm
Springs,
it's
like
they're,
going
to
Los,
Angeles
or
somewhere
exciting
to
shop
and
see
the
new
the
new
businesses
to
them.
E
Because
many
of
them
say
we
don't
come
to
Palm
Springs,
it's
too
far
nowhere
to
park,
and
if
we
do
Park
it's
too
far
to
walk.
We
don't
know
where
anything
is,
and
a
lot
of
this
could
be
addressed
for
the
small
businesses.
They
took
a
business
that
was
down
valley,
kind
of
suffering
and
a
business
up.
Valley
and
I
had
them
exchange
merchandise.
E
So
what
was
new
to
the
fella
in
Palm
Springs
was
old
to
the
person,
so
they
switched
their
merchandise.
They
both
sold
new
merchandise
in
their
store
during
the
summer
when
it
was
very
hard,
they
didn't
have
the
money
to
lay
out
to
buy
new
merchandise
and
I.
Don't
know
if
there's
anybody
else
here,
Sharon
doesn't
want
to
speak
so
I'm
taking
her
time
to
from
the
wardrobe
I.
Don't
know.
Has
anybody
been
in
business
as
long
as
she
here
47
years.
E
Okay,
Sharon
has
been
in
business
on
indian
avenue,
just
moved
to
the
a
couple
years
ago,
by
Sherman's
and
on
chocolates,
and
it's
just
amazing.
She
was
the
first
one
she
and
her
mother
to
have
the
store
open
7
days
a
week,
including
the
summer
months
in
Palm
Springs.
The
second
store
of
that
nature
was
French
cheese
following
her,
so
she's
got
a
lot
of
history
in
this
desert
and
she's
seen
how
small
businesses
are
having
a
rough
time
and
really
could
use
some
help
from
the
city.
E
A
E
H
Hello,
everybody,
my
name
is
marina
Rossi
and
my
daughter
and
I
own,
a
small
hotel
in
Palm
Springs
called
the
Rossy.
It's
been
many
different
names
over
the
years,
but
that's
been
in
the
family
for
14
years.
Excuse
me,
13
years,
I
am
here
most
primarily
to
voice
my
support
of
what
Kathy
from
the
monkey
tree
spoke
about.
It's
imperative
that
we
give
the
respect
to
small
businesses,
especially
businesses
that
are
sensitive
to
noise.
During
this
boom
construction
period,
going
on
in
Palm,
Springs
large
hotels
can
withstand
these
types
of
things.
H
Small
hotels
have
to
prepare
for
these
types
of
events.
We
cannot
have
bulldozers
next
to
our
rooms
at
7:00
a.m.
on
April
5th
right
in
the
heart
of
season.
It's
inappropriate.
It's
disrespectful
of
the
investment
that
small
businesses
and
individuals
have
made
in
this
city.
I've
been
coming
to
this
town.
My
entire
life
I
grew
up
swimming
in
the
pool
at
the
Riviera.
H
I
was
terrorizing
Palm
Springs
in
the
late
80s
I
have
seen
a
lot
of
changes
here
and
invested
a
lot
of
money,
blood,
sweat
and
tears,
and
building
a
business
of
building
a
business
that
has
were
met
with
bulldozers.
It's
not
appropriate
again,
it's
not
fair
and
it
was
completely
avoidable,
so
developers
need
to
have
restrictions
placed
on
their
permits.
It's
not
okay
to
start
at
7:00
a.m.
in
the
morning,
without
giving
us
notice
just
give
us
notice.
Let
us
prepare,
let
us
let
our
guests
know.
H
O
Good
evening
my
name
is
Matt.
Busca
I've
been
a
homeowner
in
Palm
Springs
for
16
years,
I
own
five
buildings
in
town,
primarily
on
Palm
Canyon.
We
have
several
dozen
small
business
owners
that
we
rent
I
have
five
themes.
I
want
to
talk
about
real
quickly.
First
is
engagement
with
the
Chamber
of
Commerce
is
outstanding.
From
our
perspective,
it
has
the
broadest
membership.
O
It
has
the
the
most
comprehensive
group
of
business
people
in
Palm,
Springs
and
we'd
like
to
see
the
council
engage
with
them
on
these
kind
of
matters
on
an
ongoing
basis,
instead
of
some
of
the
smaller
niche
organizations.
The
second
thing
is,
it
would
be
great
to
get
from
the
council
an
updated
vision
on
their
their
vision
of
downtown
and
I.
Don't
mean
big
building
small
building
I
mean
what
do
you
think
about
how
many
national
chains?
O
How
do
you
think
about
national
the
ratio
of
national
chains
to
individual
small
businesses,
the
ratios
service,
entertainment
to
retail?
What
do
you
think
about
upstairs?
Does
it
have
to
be
some
long,
expensive,
drawn-out
process,
but
we
are
in
a
place
for
a
variety
of
reasons.
Now,
how
do
you
think
about
it?
Third,
this
is
important.
O
The
cost
of
starting
and
running
a
business
for
a
small
business
is
rising
exponentially
in
Palm
Springs
as
a
business
owner,
we're
sort
of
the
frontline
and
leading
indicator
for
you
guys
in
terms
of
the
vibrancy
of
health
of
people
starting
new
businesses
and
with
the
influx
of
national
chains,
large
developments,
large
national
hotel
chains.
They
have
brought
with
them
a
level
of
expertise
that
has
raised
the
expectation
of
staff
and
various
committees
in
terms
of
what
you
need
to
bring
the
start
of
your
business.
O
So
individual
small
businesses
are
being
swamped
by
color,
swatches,
pallet
drawings,
three-dimensional
maps,
I've
had
people
walk
away
from
town
because
they
have
said
to
start
a
business
here
would
take
them
three
or
four
months
worth
of
revenue
just
to
get
through
the
committee's.
So
I'd
ask
you
to
think
about
the
rising
level
of
expectation
that
we
have
that
can
just
haul
in
their
national
marketing
department
to
deal
with
the
requirements.
Somebody
trying
to
start
up
a
little
Japanese
store.
O
You
got
one
guy
who's,
trying
to
run
the
store
and
meet
all
of
the
various
requirements.
So
I'd
ask
you
to
think
about
what
we're
doing
to
the
individual
small
business
in
terms
of
how
well
that
helps
the
next
issue
that
that
our
guys
have
overall
is
the
who's
drafty
on
who
and
it's
a
belief
that
our
tenants
believe
that
they
have
been
getting
pushed
back,
that
they
should
be
happy
that
look
at
these
great
big
national
changes.
No
wonderful
and
all
will
be
fine
for
you
and
the
truth
is
in
our
town.
O
Our
brand
Palm
Springs
is
a
wonderful
mix
of
small
and
big
and
all
of
it
together
and
we've
got
to
think
about
that,
and
we've
got
to
figure
out
how
we
can
help
nurture
the
small
business
as
part
of
the
entire
process,
because
our
guys
are
very
very
concerned
about
that,
and
there
were
two
things
specifically
that
they
talked
about.
One
is
they
felt
like
a
lot
of
money
has
gone
to
large
developments
in
terms
of
either
abatements
or
KO.
O
Money
sharing
and
they'd
like
to
bring
back
in
some
some
of
the
facade,
grant
and
other
sort
of
programs
that
had
been
out
there
before,
and
the
second
thing
is:
is
there
a
different
path
through
City
Hall,
for
somebody
who's
trying
to
open
up
a
business?
That's
gonna
do
$100,000
a
year
versus
ten
million
dollars
a
year,
and
do
we
have
to
put
them
through
the
same
wringer
in
the
same
process
and
all
the
same
forms
and
committees
and
things
because
they're
not
going
to
do
it.
It's
just
too
hard.
Thank
you
very
much
for.
P
Good
afternoon
I'm
joy,
Brown,
Meredith
I'm,
the
president
of
Main
Street,
Palm
Springs,
and
you
know
downtown
at
Uptown.
Palm
Springs
is
a
very
unique
place
and
one
of
the
things
that's
happened
recently
is
that
we've
gotten
some
of
these
national
chains
in
and
everybody
knows,
Kathy
Van,
Horne
and
I
used
to
go
to
the
California
downtown
Association
together
and
I
learned
things
there
that
I
didn't
know
before,
because
I'm
a
shop
owner
and
that's
that
every
great
downtown
has
to
be
a
combination
of
independent
businesses,
regional
businesses,
national
chains.
P
G
P
Wants
to
talk
about
that
one,
but
it
has
caused
a
lot
of
excitement
in
downtown
it,
but
I
just
really
want
to
repeat
some
of
the
things
that
you
have
already
heard
today,
and
that
said
as
downtown
business
owners
were
scared.
You
know
there's
a
lot
of
attention
going
to
these
newer
places,
and
here
we
are,
you
know
there
are
five
hundred
businesses
in
downtown
and
uptown
Palm
Springs
and
about
90%
of
those
are
independently
owned.
P
A
lot
of
those
people
are
voters
here
they
live
here
and
we
just
don't
want
to
get
forgotten
in
this
mix
of
all
this
excitement.
You
know
we
still
have
the
same
problems
that
we've
been
trying
to
deal
with
to
wonderin
I,
don't
know,
maybe
the
restrooms
have
opened
now
in
downtown
I,
don't
know
if
they
have
or
haven't.
You
know
parking
the
signage
issues
with
the
portable
signs
and
I
know
that
you're
resolving
some
of
that.
P
Maybe
it's
time
to
talk
about
a
marketing
program
again,
we
did
have
it
before
and
it
was
very
helpful,
but
I
just
really
want
to
say
don't
forget
about
us,
because
we
are
the
ones
that
have
been
here
all
along
with
that
big
pile
of
dirt
across
the
street
for
15
years,
so
please
be
kind
to
us.
Thank
you.
Thank.
Q
My
name
is
Tim
Siegel
and
I
own,
a
vacation
rental
here,
but
I'm,
also
a
community
activist
and
the
person
who
wants
to
see
Palm
Springs
to
be
the
best
it
can
be
so
I've
got
two
ideas.
I
would
like
to
propose.
I
noticed
that
when
you're
walking
downtown
you
come
upon
your
great
businesses
and
you're
seeing
all
these,
but
then
you
come
upon
a
vacant
lot.
Well,
I
noticed
that
feeling
of
well.
Why
should
I
go
any
further
and
they
tend
to
turn
around
and
walk
back.
Q
My
idea
would
be
why
not
have
a
sign
there
that
says
what
businesses
are
beyond
this
vacant
lot
and
make
you
want
to
move
a
little
further
make
you
want
to
walk
and
continue
your
walk.
This
would
help
a
lot
of
those
businesses
beyond
especially
like
in
the
Uptown
districts,
where
they
have
large
parcels
that
are
empty,
but
then
all
sudden
you've
got
great
businesses,
so
this
would
probably
help
our
foot
traffic
to
go
all
the
way
from
one
end
to
the
other.
So
that
was
my
first
idea.
Q
The
other
idea
I
have
is
actually
for
the
businesses,
and
that
is
that
we
create
a
sign
that
we
can
put
that
talks
very
nicely
about
how
you
can
help
panhandlers
and
how
you
can
help
them.
We
ask
the
the
citizens,
as
well
as
the
customers
visitors,
coming,
not
to
give
them
cash,
but
instead,
maybe
to
text
the
number
that
gives
five
dollars
ten
dollars,
whatever
amount
to
the
well
in
the
desert,
or
it
may
be,
it
gives
it
to
the
program.
That's
been
set
up
to
find
them
homes.
Q
If
we
set
this
up
and
we
put
a
little
flyer
in
every
window,
maybe
the
visitors
would
get
it
that
giving
them
cash
does
not
help
our
situation
any
all
it
does
is
bring
more
here
and
they
find
their
you
misappropriating
those
funds
that
could
be
used
to
really
better
their
lives.
So
that
was
my
other
idea,
I'd
like
to
share
with
people
to
think
about.
Maybe
we
could
get
them
in
the
future.
Thank.
C
R
Hi
folks,
my
name
is
John
Warner
I
moved
to
Palm
Springs
about
a
year
ago,
from
Los
Angeles
I've
been
an
entrepreneur
three
times
over
and
I've
been
working
with
startup
companies
for
30
years
now,
I'd
like
to
propose
what
I
think
is
a
big
idea.
I
think
Palm
Springs
has
done
a
wonderful
job
in
the
whole
area
of
tourism
and
in
hospitality
and
in
restaurants.
R
So
much
so
that
we're
on
the
national
stage
and
we're
on
the
international
stage
pretty
much
everyone
I
know,
can
talk
about
Palm,
Springs
and
know
where
it
is
and
why
they'd
want
to
here,
but
I
think
we've
got
to
think
about
economic
development
beyond
just
those
industries,
and
so
what
could
we
possibly
grow?
An
industry
in
and
I
think
there's
a
wonderful
demography.
R
The
cpap
have
done
in
the
iHub
that
you've
already
alluded
to
I
think
we
can
take
that
further
and
I
think
through
the
lens
of
the
older
adult
I
think
we
can
start
to
address
many
issues
that
you've
raised
tonight
we
can
address.
We
can
get
people
I
da
ting
on
homelessness,
to
supplement
what
you're
already
doing
cancel
level.
R
So
we
can
take
social
side
issues
and
social
entrepreneurship,
as
well
as
getting
people
I
da
ting
in
terms
of
new
businesses
and
bringing
new
jobs
to
the
city,
which
means
people
are
participating,
the
city
in
every
way,
paying
tax
and
all
the
things
we
would
want
them
to
do
and
even
relocate
into
the
city.
People
who
perhaps
participate
virtually
initially
can
actually
see
this
as
a
pretty
wonderful
place
to
work
as
opposed
to
Silicon,
Valley
or
elsewhere,
and,
as
it
may
be,
the
case.
I've
got
a
lot
of
ideas
about
how
that
might
happen.
C
We
know
that
you
can't
pitch
us
your
ideas
in
two
minutes,
so
you
can
always
email
either
of
us
or
city
staff,
and
I
would
look
forward
to
those
emails
for
your
ideas
so
that
we
can
follow
up
and
sit
down
with
you
and
talk
about
some
of
your
proposals.
Thank
you.
G
Good
evening,
good
evening,
my
name
is
dieter
Crawford
and
I'm.
The
owner
of
urban
Palm,
Springs,
calm,
I'm,
also
a
member
of
the
desert,
Highland
Gateway
Estates,
Community,
Action,
Association
and
I'm
speaking
tonight.
On
their
behalf.
The
desert,
Highland
Gateway
Estates
neighborhood,
is
located
on
the
north
side
of
Palm
Springs
and
is
bordered
by
travelin
orth
highway
111
to
the
west
San
Rafael
Road
to
the
south
and
Indian
Canyon
Drive
to
the
east.
The
majority
of
the
community
members
are
a
low
to
middle
income
and
are
predominantly
african-american
or
Hispanic.
G
The
desert,
Highland
Gateway
Estates
Community
Action
Association,
is
one
of
the
oldest
neighborhood
associations
in
Palm
Springs.
We,
our
committee
that
aspires
to
provide
a
better
quality
of
life
for
his
community
members.
The
committee
acts
as
a
mechanism
for
open
communication
participation
and
collaboration
between
community
members
and
the
city
of
Palm
Springs.
We
work
to
improve
the
physical
character
of
the
neighborhood,
as
well
as
encourage
new
development
in
the
community.
The
desert,
Highland
Gateway
Estates
Community
Action
Association
hopes
to
see
a
community
that
is
one-day,
beautiful,
safe,
clean
and
stronger.
G
The
community
is
comprised
of
approximately
480
households
made
up
of
single-family
homes
and
multi-family
apartment
complexes.
The
desert,
Highland
neighborhood,
consists
of
196
single-family
and
multi-family
residences
and
97
vacant
lots,
including
two
federally
subsidized
apartment
complexes.
Commercial
development
in
the
neighborhood
is
comprised
primarily
of
retail
uses
located
along
Indian
Canyon
Drive
between
San
Rafael,
Road
and
Rosa
Parks
Road
commercial
development
in
this
section
includes
a
convenience
store
a
fueling
station
and
a
tireless
stone
retail
store.
G
The
southeast
portion
of
the
neighborhood
consist
of
a
wide
mix
of
smaller
commercial
industrial
uses
and
single-family
and
multi-family
residential
development
in
that
area
is
also
interspersed
with
vacant
partials.
There
are
over
40
businesses
within
this
section,
including
automotive,
repair
and
maintenance,
automotive,
towing
and
storage
equipment,
repair
shops,
a
metal
plating
shop
and
a
metal
recycling
center,
also
a
filming
photography
studio.
The
neighborhood
is
also
home
to
the
18
acre
city
of
Palm,
Springs,
Desert,
Highland
Park
and
adjoining
James
odesi
desert
hilum
Unity
Center,
which
will
be
a
future
CV
link
access
point.
G
There
are
excellent
event
and
meeting
spaces
all
with
the
in
walking
distance
of
chino
canyon,
palm
springs,
aerial,
tramway
and
the
santa
rosa,
and
sending
us
into
motion
national
monuments.
So
if
you're
planning
to
move
relocate,
expand
your
business
or
launch
a
startup,
I
just
wanted
to
let
you
know
that
desert
highland
gateway
estates
is
open
for
business.
Thanks
for
your
time
and
consideration.
F
Hello,
Adam
Gilbert
Gilbert
Avery
at
real
estate
in
Palm
Springs
I,
wanted
to
talk
a
little
bit
in
regards
to
incentive
about
education.
There's
a
number
of
organizations
that
I'm
a
part
of
I
end
up
having
to
go
out
to
Los
Angeles,
Santa,
Monica
or
Orange
County
for
educational
opportunities.
I
thought
it
would
be
great
to
incentivize
these
educational
programs
to
come
to
Palm
Springs
that
often
have
national
and
international
participants
and,
in
addition,
I
think
it
would
be
great
if
we
can
incentivize.
F
You
know,
even
if
it's
business
development,
social
media
marketing
type
classes
and
give
incentives
to
local
businesses,
so
we
can
send
our
employees
to
those
classes
so
that
they
can
gain
skills
that
could
help
us
help
them.
You
know
generate
more
income
from
themselves
and
grow
businesses
here
at
Palm
Springs.
Thank.
F
That's
the
first
we've
ever
seen
that
I'm
one
of
the
cofounders
of
that
one
year
ago,
I'm
here
to
talk
about
a
really
bad
economic
idea
banning
vacation
rentals
while
last
year,
and
we
did
1.3
billion
dollars
in
total
gross
revenue
in
the
city,
we're
going
to
eliminate
200
million
vacation
rentals
are
banned
and
one
other
really
important
number
for
the
community
of
the
people
in
this
room.
Please,
there
are
about
12,000
bedrooms
and
hotel
rooms,
if
you
add
them
all
together.
If
the
vacation
rental
ban
goes
through,
we
lose
46%
of
those
rooms.
F
O
S
S
Are
yes,
you
are
members
we
partner
with
with
everybody.
One
of
the
things
is
business
outreach
when
we,
when
the
Planning
Commission
had
the
meeting
last
week.
It
was
incredible
that
we
didn't
see
very
many
businesses
there.
The
only
three
that
were
there
were
join
Meredith,
representing
both
Main
Street
and
Krystle,
fantasy
Gregory,
representing
the
flower
shop
and
me
representing
the
desert,
Business
Association.
Why
baby?
S
One
of
it
is
the
fact
that
it's
a
one
o'clock
meeting
and
I
think
one
of
those
things
two
or
three
years
ago,
when
people
were
running
for
election,
asked
that
and
said.
Maybe
we
should
put
meetings
at
night
fully
in
agreement
with
that,
because
that's
the
busy
time
of
the
day
for
people,
particularly
our
small
businesses,
so
move
some
of
those
things
at
night,
even
though
some
small
businesses
also
have
night
issues,
there's
a
challenge
and
a
balance
there.
S
The
second
is
trying
to
the
noticing
and
as
a
comment
I
made,
then
I'm
not
sure
what
the
noticing
is
for
downtown
or
when
you
have
an
issue
like
that
or
an
ordinance
with
a
with
a
public
hearing.
But
from
here
we
talking
to
some
of
my
members
and
it's
nice-
Nona
I
have
some
of
my
members
here
too,
that
they
didn't
get
noticed,
and
maybe
the
minimum
that
we
can
do
should
be
increased
to
what
more
we
can
do.
In
addition,
we
could
look
at
having
some
study
sessions
or
things
with
either
city
staff.
S
The
director
of
the
department
or
someone
with
some
of
the
small
businesses
to
get
their
feedback
outside
doesn't
have
to
be
a
council
member.
It
doesn't
have
to
be
a
public
hearing,
it
doesn't
have
to
be
noticed,
but
it
could
be
working
through
Main
Street.
Looking
at
these
study
sessions
or
looking
at
these
feedback
opportunities,
the
sign
ordinance
was
very
important.
It
even
evolved
during
that
Planning
Commission
meeting,
so
I
think
some
of
those
things
could
be
broadened
a
little
bit
and
that's
not
only
for
downtown.
S
It's
also
for
uptown,
and
it's
also
for
for
Smoketree
last
thing,
as
mr.
Gilbert
was
talking
about
bringing
education
here.
One
of
the
things
that
we're
working
with
is
working
with
our
small
businesses,
so
important,
we're
gonna,
be
working
with
cpap
and
Palm
Springs
Chamber
and
all
the
Chamber's
to
bring
some
small
business
education
and
preparing
them
on
a
grant
with,
with
Southern
California
Edison
to
do
capability
statements
to
work
on
government
contract.
You
prepare
the
verb
for
government
contracts,
prepare
them
for
interviewing
things
like
that.
S
So
we
want
to
work
with
all
the
small
businesses,
including
some
of
the
other
minority
chambers,
women,
business
association,
and
we
will
reach
out
to
Jaime
to
say
we
need
a
space
and
we
want
to
do
it
cheaply,
so
we're
looking
here
in
our
town.
So
those
are
our
comments.
Thank
you.
Thank
you.
Thank.
A
T
Good
evening
my
name
is
Valerie
boyo
and
I
work
for
a
local
nonprofit
called
accion
and
we're
actually
located
in
Seebeck.
We
are
a
non-profit
micro
lending
organization
here
to
support
you
know
small
businesses
I'm
happy
to
see
you
nod
your
head,
which
means
that
you've
heard
a
vaccine,
but
we're
newer
to
when
you
were
to
the
area
as
of
the
last
two
years
and
I
think
a
lot
of
the
businesses
that
came
up
and
shared
a
lot
of
the
the
challenges
that
they've
had
may
not
be
aware
of
such
a
great
local
resource.
T
You
know,
first
and
foremost,
we
provide
flexible
access
to
small
business
capital,
small
business
loans,
as
well
as
really
providing
a
host
of
comprehensive
approach
to
working
with
small
businesses,
providing
them
opportunities
for
promotion
connecting
with
other
local
resources.
I
was
happy
to
hear
the
last
gentleman
talking
about
workshops
and
mentoring
and
advising
and
coaching
which
is
really
what
we
embody.
We
are
part
of
a
national
network
which
really
allows
us
to
not
only
have
a
local
presence
and
see
the
needs
of
the
local
business
owners,
but
also
be
able
to
bring
in
national
partnerships.
A
L
Hi
there
Michael
Vallejo
I
own,
a
local
vacation
rental
company.
It
just
occurred
to
me.
The
hardest
problem
I
have
is
hiring
people
and
I.
Don't
know
that
this
is
a
city
issue
or
a
chamber
issue,
but
if
there
was
some
kind
of
there
must
be
talented
people
in
this
city
who
are
looking
for
jobs
and
I
have
never
I
have
such
a
hard
time
finding
them.
L
A
E
Good
evening
my
name
is
Natalie
Horta
and
I'm,
the
senior
area
manager
for
the
US
Small
Business
Administration,
the
SBA
here
in
the
Coachella
Valley.
How
do
we
like
to
work
more
closely
with
the
chamber
with
the
city
of
Palm
Springs?
Our
agency
is
there
for
small
businesses,
we're
there
to
help
small
business
start,
grow
and
succeed
with
access
to
capital
with
technical
assistance,
one
on
one
counseling,
it's
absolutely
free.
E
We
do
workshops,
we
work
with
CE
bet
with
accion,
with
the
DBA
we're
here
for
small
businesses,
actually
you're,
also
going
to
have
a
regulatory
fairness
hearing
on
May
1st
in
India,
for
any
businesses
that
have
issues
with
any
federal
regulatory
issues
that
are
burdensome
to
them,
so
we're
the
SBA,
your
federal
tax
dollars
at
work
and
rent
your
service.
Thank
you.
B
First,
thank
you
all
for
coming.
These
were
great
ideas,
really
appreciate
people
having
thought
of
things
to
bring
to
us,
because
that
really
will
help
us.
We
are
going
to
set
up
a
monthly
meeting.
We
will
do
it
after
5
o'clock.
Thank
you
for
the
feedback
and
either
Anthony
of
David.
How
can
people
sign
up
on
the
website
to
get
notices
of
meetings?
Couldn't
you.
J
K
M
B
We
will
get
a
time
for
May
and
then
we'll
make
it
a
standing.
So
it's
the
same
time
every
month,
so
people
know
about
it
ahead
of
time,
so
we
can
make
it
really
easy
for
folks
to
come.
I
want
to
mention
one
two
things.
One
is
Jamie
mentioned
the
certified
tourism
Ambassador
Program,
which
is
really
for
any
frontline
folks.
So
it's
not
just
for
people
who
work
in
hotels
or
restaurants,
police
officers.
B
Do
it
in
a
lot
of
cities,
so
we're
gonna
make
sure
the
chief
knows
about
it,
retail,
but
we're
looking
at
doing
a
second
phase
of
it,
which
is
going
to
be
training
programs
for
employees
who
want
to
move
up
in
their
businesses.
So
that
is
going
to
be
a
second
phase
that
we're
looking
to
do
so.
We'll
keep
people
post
it
as
that
program
moves
forward,
but
I
did
want
to.
Let
folks
know
about
that
as
well.
C
Thank
you.
This
was
just
really
meaningful
and
powerful
for
us,
so
we're
really
grateful
for
the
feedback.
I
mean
we're
here
to
serve
you
and
your
businesses
and
help
support
you.
We
know
that
local
businesses
are
important
to
our
economy,
we're
not
here
to
just
support
big
chains.
We
really
want
to
support
everyone,
and
we
know
that
a
lot
of
us
work
in
areas
that
aren't
tourism
as
well,
and
so
we
really
need
to
hear
from
you
to
be
able
to
take
that
back
into
our
work.
C
If
you
didn't
want
to
speak,
but
you
still
have
comments,
I
think
we,
you
can
still
fill
out
a
comment
card
and
we'll
look
those
over
and
and
get
those
or
if
you
want
to
email
us
we're
quite
accessible
so
that
we
really
do
want
to
hear
from
you
so
that
we
can
be
pro-business
in
Palm
Springs
and
we
can
continue
all
to
thrive
together.
So,
even
if
you
don't
want
to
comment,
please
we
know
that
we're
here
you
can
come
to
our
standing
subcommittee
meetings.
Where
there's
public
comment
every
month.
J
I
did
exactly
what
Christie
said.
I
think
it's
really
enlightening
to
hear
your
concerns
and
your
thoughts,
especially
about
small
business,
which
mainly
makes
up
our
Chamber
of
Commerce,
and
it's
really
interesting
because
I've
got
several
board
members
here,
but
it
gives
us
information
to
take
back.
So
we
can
develop
programs
and
services
for
you
and
for
those
concerns.
So
I
think
this
has
been
amazing
and
and
great
information.
We
are
always
looking
for
ways
to
help
you
succeed
in
your
business
and
I
think
Steven
will
agree.
J
A
D
One
of
the
things
that
I
want
to
briefly
touch
on
and
Nona
mentioned
through
the
chamber
or
business
advocacy
committee
and
I'm
also
on
the
Chamber
Board
talk
about
wearing
different
hats,
but
that
is
a
great
opportunity
for
members
of
our
business
community
to
gain
access
both
to
city
staff,
to
state
legislators,
to
the
federal
staff,
etc.
We
have
representation
from
all
the
elected
officials
not
only
from
the
city
but
but
the
state
level
and
the
federal
government
level,
so
that
will
be
an
even
better
opportunity
for
you
to
kind
of
get
to
those
folks.
D
You'll
be
seeing
some
information
come
out
from
the
chamber.
We're
also
streamlining
those
processes
to
make
access
a
lot
easier
with
that
group
and
again
I.
You
know
it's
great
to
see
so
many
familiar
faces
here.
You
know,
as
I
said,
tourism
is
a
very
important
thing
in
the
in
the
city
of
Palm
Springs,
and
we
work
really
hard
to
get
that
word
out
and
to
maintain
that
brand
and
in
the
positive
momentum,
and
really
appreciate
the
partnership
that
we
receive
from
all
the
stakeholders
in
city
and
and
together.
C
So
one
last
comment
I
have
is
that
we
sent
out
a
the
Chamber
of
Commerce
sent
out
a
survey
for
business
owners
and
people
working
in
local
businesses.
Raise
your
hand
if
you
saw
it
filled
it
out.
So
not
everyone
here.
So
you
know
part
of
our
goal
was
to
talk
about
short
term
goals
and
short
term
things
that
we
can
do
to
promote
and
support
local
businesses
and
then
longer
term
things
which
we
understand
like
growing
the
workforce,
making.
C
J
C
Easy
so
that
way
we
left
a
lot
of
open-ended
questions,
so
you
can
provide
comments
too,
and
then
we
look
over.
All
of
that.
We
had
hoped
that
it
would
be
a
wide
array
of
different
issues
and
ideas.
It
really
was
pretty
targeted
on
the
sign
it
ordinance
and
things
like
that.
So
if
you
have
other
ideas,
please
take
that
survey
and
please
share
them
with
us.
Thank
you.
A
A
If
you'd
like
to
attend
and
then
there
is
also
a
community
forum
at
5:30
on
Tuesday
May
1st
back
here
at
the
Palm
Springs
Convention
Center,
and
while
the
panel
was
talking,
somebody
from
the
county
of
Riverside
dropped
off
a
number
of
brochures
about
business
incentives
and
workplace
and
they're
up
here
on
the
front
table.
If
anybody
would
like
to
grab
one
before
they
leave.
Thank.