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A
B
20
of
2018
meeting
of
the
Palm
Springs
City
Council
whenever
everyone
please
rise
for
the
Pledge
of
Allegiance,
please
place
your
hand
over
your
heart
and
repeat
with
me:
I
pledge
allegiance
to
the
flag
of
the
United
States
of
America
and
to
the
Republic
for
which
it
stands.
One
nation
under
God,
indivisible
with
liberty
and
justice.
For
all.
Thank
you.
You
may
be
seated
city
clerk.
Would
you
please
do
the
roll
call
councilmember.
B
Hey.
Thank
you.
Acceptance
of
the
agenda.
The
City
Council
will,
at
this
time
discuss
the
order
of
the
agenda
and
may
amend
the
order
at
urgency.
Items
no
abstentions
are
no
votes
on
consent,
calendar
items
and
request
consent,
calendar
items
be
removed
for
discussion.
I
would
like
to
entertain
a
motion
for
acceptance
of
the
agenda.
Are
there
any
items
any
council
member
would
like
removed
from
the
consent
calendar
for
separate
discussion
and
or
a
vote.
E
I
would
like
to
remove
item
actually
item
2e,
the
cannabis-related
that
the
fees
we
will
on
that
one.
We
would
open
the
public
hearing,
but
we
would
not
receive
testimony.
We
would
move
it
to
continue
it
to
the
next
meeting
and
then
also
mayor
4c.
I
would
like
to
remove
that
from
the
agenda.
There's
no
action
needed
from
council
not
this
evening
and
that
would
back
it'll
later
meeting.
Okay.
B
H
D
D
I
Trying
to
get
the
microphone
all
right,
so
Thank
You.
Mr.
mayor
members
of
the
council,
we
had
an
extensive
closed
session
agenda
and
we
were
able
to
cover
both
matters
of
existing
litigation.
We
were
able
to
cover
six
matters
of
the
eight
noticed
regarding
anticipated
litigation,
including
the
one
noticed
by
name.
We
were
only
able
to
take
on
one
of
the
initiation
of
litigation
matters.
We
did
not
have
time
for
the
public
employee
performance
evaluations
noticed.
I
We
did
take
up
property
addresses
as
follows:
233,
west
tram,
View,
Road,
lot,
38
Eldorado,
Road,
14,
33
and
14:55
North
Indian,
Canyon
Drive
and
the
northeast
corner
of
intersection
of
South
Florida
road
and
Westbury
stow
Road,
the
other
real
estate
matters.
We
did
not
have
time
to
consider
and
we
did
in
fact
confer
with
our
labor
she
ater
I,
anticipate
that,
pursuant
to
an
offer
by
opposing
counsel,
the
Smith
versus
Alta
Verde
case
is
in
fact
settled
at
this
point.
We
have
introduced
it
to
writing,
but
we
anticipate
the
documents
will
come
in
shortly.
I
The
amount
of
the
settlement
is
$35,000,
half
of
that
being
paid
by
the
city
and
half
of
that.
Being
paid
by
our
partner
Veolia,
that
concludes
my
report
of
action
in
closed
session.
Apart
from
the
settlement,
no
reportable
action
was
taken.
We
may
be
convening
back
to
closed
session
on
another
matter
within
the
discretion
of
the
council,
but
that
depends
on
how
busy
we
are,
and
the
council's
wish
Thank.
B
You
mr.
cockin
next
item
public
testimony
for
non
public
hearing
agenda
items.
Only
this
time
has
been
set
aside
to
from
members
of
the
public
to
address
the
City
Council.
Only
on
agenda
items
two
minutes
will
be
assigned
of
each
speaker.
Testimony
for
public
hearings
will
only
be
taken
at
the
time
of
the
hearing
and
general
public
comments
on
non-agenda
items
will
be
taken
later
in
the
meeting.
So
first
speaker
is
Chris
Hector,
followed
by
Nicki
McLaughlin,
then
John,
Pavelec
and
then
les
young.
J
J
When
we
are
going
to
be
erecting
most
of
the
steel
frame
work,
we
will
have
the
roof
on
the
building
per
scheduled
by
the
end
of
August,
at
which
time
we
will
have
shade
and
be
underneath
it.
We
have
currently
or
previously
contacted
our
neighbors
next
door,
the
horizons
mobile
home
park
and
spoke
with
their
two
managers
Carla
and
Dee,
and
told
him
of
our
request
and
wanted
to
get
some
feedback
from
them.
They
came
both
came
back
two
days
later
and
told
us
they
talked
to
their
people.
J
There-
and
there
was
no
complaints
about
that
at
that
time
from
their
members,
so
I'd
like
to
request
that
we
could
start
staging
between
5:30
and
6:00,
not
constructing,
staging
and
start
our
constructions
at
6:00
a.m.
for
those
two
months.
If
you
have
any
questions,
I'll
be
here
to
answer
them
at
that
time.
Hey.
K
The
developer
chose
the
option
of
paying
a
fee
to
this,
to
allow
the
city
to
acquire
open
space
in
the
Chino
cone
in
the
amount
of
three
million
dollars
and
the
city
allocated
the
amount
towards
the
purchase
of
a
hundred
90
acre
parcel
that
abuts
the
lower
portion
of
the
Chino
Canyon
Natural
Preserve,
formerly
shadow
rock.
This
parcel
has
a
willing
seller
and
is
the
final
piece
of
the
puzzle
that
you
will
unite.
K
Friends:
current
land
ownership,
with
the
city's
hereby
attaining
our
combined
goal
to
preserve
the
canyon
delaying
the
purchase
jeopardizes
the
goal
of
completing
this
project.
Friends
is
requesting
that
the
developer
be
held
to
their
agreement
of
this
payment
with
a
set
with
the
date
set
by
the
council
this
evening.
There
is
time
value
to
money.
Three
million
dollars
today
will
buy
more
land
than
three
million
dollars
in
three
years,
six
years
or
dribbling
on
over
20
years,
even
with
an
interest
penalty,
please
do
not
extend
this
payment.
K
Please
do
not
permit
the
payments
to
be
contingent
on
future
lot.
Sales
that
could
literally
take
the
entire
20
year
term.
The
intent
of
the
density
transfer
is
to
preserve
open
space,
not
to
benefit
developers.
It
needs
to
be
thought
of
as
part
of
the
purchase
price,
not
a
cost,
to
be
amortized
against
the
future
cost
of
the
homes.
This
is
an
action
that
has
been
made
on
several
past
projects
that
provides
a
benefit
to
the
developer
and
is
not
in
the
public
interest.
K
B
B
J
Good
evening
honorable
mayor
Mayor,
Pro,
Tem,
council
and
staff,
my
name
is
John
Pavlik
I'm,
with
watermark
homes
I'm
here
to
speak
on
on
two
items
here,
as
I.
Think
the
clerk's
mentioned
to
be
combined
onto
one
is
for
a
ratification
of
the
tentative
map.
That's
with
the
this
arena
park
agreement
we
wanted
to
speak
in
favor
it
with
is
what
what
we
know
about
it.
It's
a
great
agreement
and
we
look
forward
on
building
there
with
Eric
Taylor
on
the
project.
There
we
thought
it.
It's
turned
out
great
great
land
plan
and
so
forth.
J
So
I
wanted
to
speak
in
favor.
Of
that
there
ii
was
the
was
the
5c
approval
of
your
resolution
and
oath
or
authorizing
the
California
statewide
communities,
Development
Authority,
to
form
a
community
facilities.
District
I've
spoke
here
in
the
past
on
that
it's
the
the
skip
program
and-
and
it
involves
you,
know,
Improvement,
District
and,
and
we
do
have
one
there
at
Mountain
Gate.
That's
worked
out
real
well,
it
was
a
big
help.
B
D
Mer-Moon
Pro
Tem
Mayor,
Pro,
Tem,
jr.
and
council
and
staff.
My
name
is
les
young
and
I.
Am
a
member
of
the
board
of
the
Four
Seasons
HOA
they're,
going
to
be
talking
to
you
a
little
bit
later
on
this
evening
or
I
guess
shortly
regarding
the
sarena
Park
project,
while
I
am
a
member
of
the
board
I've
recused
myself
from
all
conversations,
the
board
has
held
either
publicly
or
privately.
D
B
B
H
L
L
What
Four
Seasons
has
done
is
wonderful
and
what
Sarina
Park
will
do?
Will
it
be
even
better
and
I
agree
with
the
woman
about
buying
the
land
for
the
Chino
Cone?
It's
all
a
good
thing,
but
police
work
with
the
developer
to
make
this
happen,
and
don't
strangle
it
to
where
it
won't
to
happen
that
way.
The
people
that
live
on
that
in
the
town
can
get
what
they
need.
It's
a
blighted
area
and
it
really
needs
Serena
Park.
L
This
would
be
a
very
good
development
for
the
community
and
I
know
you're
spending
the
money
in
a
good
area,
but
you
may
strangle
the
developer
to
where
he
can't
do
this.
So
please
give
him
the
opportunity
to
explain
and
try
to
make
this
thing
work
for
for
the
for
the
community
within
that
area
and
Palm
Springs
in
general.
Thank
you
very
much.
Thank.
B
L
M
Well,
good
evening,
Council
members
mayor
moon,
councilmembers,
I'm
Jim
rush,
I'm,
the
general
manager
at
Four,
Seasons
I,
know
you've
all
had
a
chance
to
meet
and
talk
I'm
here
actually
to
present
the
council
with
a
petition
from
Four
Seasons.
We've
got
194
signatures
here,
real
quick,
a
couple
of
things.
I
just
want
to
read
off
the
petition.
M
Some
of
the
advantages
of
the
Sarina
Park
project,
a
community
of
homes
will
replace
a
defunct
Palm
Springs
Golf
Course,
which
is
an
abandoned,
blighted
community
or
a
blighted
area
which
I
know
the
city
wants
to
get
rid
of.
This
development
will
eliminate
all
will
be
converted
into
a
housing
development
with
private
funds
with
386
homes.
There
will
be
an
increase
in
city
of
revenue.
Certainly
it
will
also
increase
business
and
income
for
restaurants.
It
will
serve
as
a
a
rejuvenation
to
the
northern
part
of
the
city
which
that
area
definitely
needs.
M
There
is
an
excess
of
500
Tammis
trees
that
are
gonna
get
removed,
which
has
caused
property
damage
to
us
to
our
community
and
I'm.
Very
intimate
with
that
with
some
of
the
property
damage
of
those
trees
of
cause
caused
and
so
I'm
presenting
this
petition
with
five
copies
of
the
petition
and
all
the
signatures
here
to
your
City
Clerk
and
then
I
just
want
to
say
one
other
thing.
M
M
You
guys
did
make
a
move
and
I
think
that's
great.
That
you've
made
a
move
to
try
to
get
this
resolved
and
I've.
Already.
We've
already
had
a
discussion
with
Eric
Taylor
earlier
today
and
I
think
it's
important
that
both
parties
come
together
on
this,
a
bit
surprised
that
we're
doing
it
in
an
open
forum
like
this
it'll
be
interesting.
What
the
outcome
is
and
I'll
probably
be
watching
it
on
TV
tonight.
Okay,
so
thank
you.
Thank.
B
B
B
C
C
We're
not
your
typical
developer,
we're
not
a
national
company,
we're
not
publicly
traded.
We
are
three
partners
who
will
well-positioned
to
handle
the
mix
of
challenges.
This
property
has
faced.
We
spent
near
seven
years
working
with
the
city
and
with
neighbors
to
come
up
with
the
right
solution.
We've
made
a
number
of
concessions
as
a
show
of
goodwill.
First,
the
city
asked
us
for
two
million
dollars
and
they
asked
us
that
we
develop
a
Youth
Soccer
League
complex
on-site
at
our
cost
on
top
of
the
two
million,
then
they
changed
their
mind
about
the
soccer.
C
They
raised
the
sum
to
two
and
a
half.
We
had
already
planned
to
build
a
park
and
walking
paths
as
part
of
the
vision
here.
We're,
including
CV
link
through
the
development
at
our
cost.
Two
and
a
half
million
was
doable,
but
we
made
clear
that
we
couldn't
pay
this
out
of
pocket
and
upfront.
Those
funds
don't
exist.
C
The
money
would
have
to
come
from
the
sale
of
lots
on
the
property.
The
city
understood
this
in
2014
and
2015
later
the
number
changed
to
3
million.
This
number
would
make
a
successful
project
difficult,
but
five
years
had
since
passed
since
the
deal
we
thought
would
take
and
our
interest
at
that
point
was
just
getting
done.
We
found
a
way
to
make
this
work
so
long
as
we
had
time
to
pay
this
off
piecemeal.
B
N
The
report
that
we
got
from
staff
from
mr.
Kotkin
and
from
and
from
Marcus
just
I,
to
be
blunt,
absolutely
fails
it's
not
financeable
in
the
commercial
world.
We
can't
do
it
if
we
wanted
to
do
it
just
to
get
the
project,
it
still
wouldn't
work.
We
can't
make
it
work.
Even
if
we
had
the
money
even
we
could.
Even
if
we
could
write
you
a
check,
it
doesn't
work.
So
this
whole
program
is
matress
said.
N
O
O
O
One
of
the
things
we're
not
able
to
do
will
not
be
able
to
do,
and
no
one
as
far
as
I
know,
as
long
as
the
development
is
isn't
in
this
posture,
we'll
be
able
to
do
is
to
give
you
a
three
million
dollar
cash
cheque
at
the
end
of
three
years.
We
believe
that
is
most
likely
that
we
will
have
paid
off
a
million
to
two
million
at
the
end
of
three
years,
and
then
we
might
be
able
to
pay
off
the
balance.
O
B
P
Members
of
the
council,
my
name
is
Joan.
Taylor
I
represent
the
local
Sierra
Club
as
a
conservation
chairwoman
and
I'd
like
to
speak
and
urge
you
not
to
grant
another
extension
to
the
sarena
Park
development.
Basically,
we
have
a
rope
willing
seller.
The
land
in
question
that
is
ready
to
be
bought
for
mitigation
is
important
not
only
for
the
city's
entry
in
open
space,
but
also
to
ensure
the
corridor
for
peninsular,
bighorn
sheep
and
basically,
we
ask
you
to
enforce
the
mitigation
developer,
bought
this
land,
knowing
what
the
mitigation
was
had.
P
Q
Good
evening
my
name
is
ed:
doobie
I
am
also
on
the
board
of
the
Friends
of
Palm
Springs,
Mountains
and
I
would
just
like
to
finish
some
of
the
comments
that
the
board
had
prepared.
That
Nicki
was
reading
to
you
earlier.
To
reiterate,
this
is
an
action
that
has
been
made
on
several
past
projects
that
provides
a
benefit
to
the
developer
and
is
not
in
the
public
interest.
The
usual
argument
is
that
the
money
is
not
available
or
the
bank
will
not
provide
the
loan,
but
in
reality
the
truth
is.
Q
It
makes
their
land
less
valuable
with
this
expensive
front,
thereby
denying
them
the
ability
to
make
a
significant
profit
when
they
resell,
which
is
often
the
case.
It
is
our
understanding
that
sarena
Park
was
bought
for
1
million
dollars.
So
even
when,
combined
with
the
3
million
dollars,
this
development
is
set
to
make
a
huge
profit
with
an
agreement
that
has
386
approved
homes.
The
preservation
of
Chino
Canyon
is
still
an
ongoing
effort,
one
that
the
city
will
be
taking
over,
that.
Q
P
My
son
tell
his
fault
just
very
briefly.
My
name
is
T
Jones.
My
family's
had
a
has
property
here
before
I
was
born,
we're
a
long
palm
springs.
Family
I've
seen
the
growth
I'm
in
favor
of
this
Rena
Park
development,
simply
because
I've
driven
that
area
walked
that
area.
When
we
were
kids,
we
have
so
used
to
shoot
out
there.
It
I
think
it's
an
improvement,
I
think
it's
a
improvement
for
this
city
and
it'll
certainly
take
away
the
blighted
area
so
I'm,
just
in
favor
of
it.
Thank
you
thank.
B
B
E
E
Despite
our
original
efforts,
what
we
did
realize
and
with
help
with
the
police
that
were
on
the
ground
there
for
the
following
evening.
Some
of
the
modifications
that
we
made
and
the
complaints
were
significantly
less.
We
had
basically
virtually
just
a
couple
versus
50
the
night
before
so
I
think
maybe
we
have
found
the
sweet
spot
in
terms
of
the
noise
up
for
the
museum
event
and
the
rest
of
the
event
that
happened
at
the
pool
during
the
day
did
not
seem
to
be
a
problematic.
D
D
B
Okay,
thank
you,
doctor,
ready,
there's
one
other
thing
I
want
to
address,
and
that
is.
It
came
to
my
attention
this
afternoon
that
something
I've
been
doing.
The
last
couple
years
has
made
some
people
uncomfortable
one.
A
couple
years
ago,
when
I
was
first
in
my
office,
I
went
to
the
city
manager
and
he
went
to
the
chief
of
police,
because
I
was
concerned
that
people
were
in
my
office
at
night.
B
Second,
video
clip
it's
capable
of
being
changed
to
do
up
to
60
second
video
clips,
but
you
can't
make
it
do
more
than
60
seconds
unless
you
get
up
and
walk
around
the
room
again
and
then
it
does
60
seconds
and
it
stops.
You
have
to
get
up.
So
apparently
some
people
misunderstood
what
this
was
and
what
it
was
for
and
felt
that
I
may
have
had
the
capability
of
recording
people
in
my
office
in
meetings
that
that
never
happened.
I
never
did
it
and
actually
physically
technical
--oj.
Technologically,
it's
not
possible.
B
The
only
way
to
do
this
would
be
to
when,
if
someone
came
in
and
sat
down
for
a
meeting,
I'd
have
to
stand
up
and
wave
my
arms
and
then
sit
down
and
every
ten
seconds
I'd
have
to
get
up
and
wave
my
arms
again
or,
although
I
could
set
it
to
60
seconds,
but
I
think
that
I
think
that
would
be
sort
of
obvious
that
I
was
activating
a
recording
system.
So,
however,
it
was
brought
to
my
attention.
B
This
made
some
people
uncomfortable
there
for
the
city
manager
and
the
City
Attorney
met
with
me
today.
I
showed
the
city
attorney
in
the
city
manager,
the
app
on
my
phone
and
a
show
that
it
was
dissin
deactivated.
In
fact,
I
haven't
really
used
it
for
the
past
year
and
that
there
was
no
clips.
No
nothing
recorded
nothing
on
there.
The
whole
system
was
dormant,
so
they
recommended
that
I
get
rid
of
it.
All
it
is,
is
two
little
pieces,
so
it's
gone.
B
The
other
thing
I
did
of
some
time
ago
is
quite
a
bit
a
long
time
ago,
when
my
executive
assistant
for
the
mayor
and
the
City
Council
her
offices
across
the
hall
and
down
aways,
and
she
would
come
to
my
she
was
coming
to
my
office.
Frequently
and
asking
me:
hey
so-and-so,
is
on
the
phone
you
want
to
talk
to
them
now
or
and
and
I'd
be
on
the
phone,
or
so
it
was
sort
of
awkward.
B
So
I
got
a
very
inexpensive
little
intercom
system
where
she
could
push
a
little
button
and
say:
hey
mayor's
so-and-so
is
on
the
phone.
Do
you
want
to
talk
to
him
now
and
I
could
push
my
button
down
and
hold
it
and
say,
give
me
a
few
minutes
and
then
I'll.
Take
it
a
name
and
number
and
I'll
call
him
back
so
or
she'd.
Come
she'd.
Call
me
and
say:
hey
I've
got
some
papers,
I
need
you
to
sign.
B
You
have
a
few
minutes
to
sign
him,
so
this
kept
us
from
walking
back
and
forth,
particularly
her,
and
actually
the
system
was
very
cheap
of
Amazon.
You
have
to
push
the
whole
button
down
to
talk
and
that's
the
only
way
it
was
ever
used.
I
never
used
it
to
East
drop
on
anyone
or
to
listen
to
what
was
going
on
in
the
executive
assistants
office.
Actually,
technically
I
don't
know,
I
think
it
could
do
that
without
their
knowledge.
So
obviously
that
made
some
people
uncomfortable.
B
So
this
was
only
brought
to
my
attention
today,
so
when
it
was
brought
to
my
attention,
I
immediately
removed
them.
However,
I
will
say
that
there
was
no
time
did
I
ever
record
any
meeting
in
my
office.
No
time
did
I
ever
eat
straw
up
on
anything
going
on
in
the
executive
assistants
office
I
never
used
these
these
items
for
anything
that
would
be
I.
B
That
I
feel
would
be
improper
and
I
understand
from
the
city
manager
that
he's
put
it
working
together
and
putting
together
a
policy
that
would
say
we
can't
do
this
anymore,
so
I
guess
that
gets
sort
of
complicated
because
people
have
cell
phones.
You
can
actually
turn
your
iPhone
to
record
while
people
in
your
office
also,
but
as
far
as
this
I
probably
should
have
gone
to
the
city
manager
and
said:
hey
David,
because
I'm
concerned
people
were
coming
in
my
office
at
night.
B
I'm
gonna
put
this
in
and
I
didn't
do
that
and
I
should
have
sorry.
I
should
have
done
that
and
I
was
on
the
intercom
system.
I
thought
everybody
knew
it
was
there,
so
these
have
been
in
place
for
some
time
and
I
never
used
them
for
any
any
purpose
other
than
the
practical
aspects
of
security
in
my
office
at
night,
when
I
wasn't
there
and
for
communicating
with
the
executive
assistant
when
we
needed
to
talk
to
each
other.
So
that's
really
all
I
have
to
say
on
that
issue.
Mr.
F
Thank
You
mr.
mayor,
it's
been
a
busy
couple
of
weeks,
so
I
want
to
begin
with
Riverside
County
Transportation
Commission,
which
is
frequently
abbreviated
to
our
CTC
and
I
apologize
if
I
use
the
abbreviation
instead
of
spelling
it
out.
But
at
the
last
meeting
of
the
Riverside
County
Transportation
Commission,
we
received
a
report.
There
was
no
vote
that
was
taken
on
this,
but
it
was
a
truck
mitigation
study
involving
the
city
of
Moreno
Valley
in
the
eastern
portion
of
city
of
Moreno
Valley.
There
is
a
large
new
warehousing
district
that
is
being
created.
F
F
We
certainly
have
no
objection
to
the
project,
but
we
want
to
make
sure
that
any
mitigation
that
creates
opportunities
for
new
and
enhanced
roadways
includes
the
Coachella
Valley,
moving
on
still
on
the
theme
of
transportation,
while
the
entire
City
Council
was
in
Sacramento,
I
had
an
opportunity,
along
with
Mayor
Pro
Tem
Roberts,
to
attend
two
meetings
with
Caltrans.
One
on
rail,
transit
and
I
am
pleased
that,
in
the
draft
study
for
the
statewide
rail
master
plan
connecting
rail
to
the
Coachella
Valley
remains
a
part
of
that
project.
F
It
is
certainly,
as
I
said
at
the
last
meeting,
the
50
miles
of
track
from
Colton
that
it,
the
Union
Pacific,
does
not
want
to
share
as
the
main
difficulty,
but
certainly
Caltrans
at
the
highest
level
is
aware
of
the
importance
of
rail
transit
in
the
Coachella,
Valley
and
I
think
we
have
partner
who
will
be
working
with
us
to
bring
rail.
We
also
met
on
preliminary
planning
for
the
relinquishment
of
this
Ticino
from
Caltrans
responsibility
to
the
city
of
Palm
Springs.
That
will
give
us
greater
control
over
traffic
on
Vista
Chino.
F
Of
course,
the
negotiations
now
concern
money
and
how
much
that
we
will
receive
from
Caltrans
over
taking
over
responsibility
for
the
maintenance
and
lastly,
in
meeting
with
Caltrans,
we
express
our
concerns
regarding
the
need
to
change
law
in
California
regarding
the
ability
of
cities
to
reduce
traffic
speeds
on
its
roadways.
Over
and
above
the
five
miles
limit
that
we
can
go
below
the
average
speed
and
I
was
pleased
to
see
the
Caltrans.
F
Who
is
very
well
aware
of
this
issue
and
is
working
currently
with
many
large
cities,
and
we
offered
our
assistance
as
they
move
to
working
with
smaller
cities.
On
giving
greater
flexibility
to
California
cities
to
reduce
speeds,
it
is
needed,
as
we
know,
we
have
had
far
far
too
many
fatalities
on
our
streets
and
Palm
Springs
and
much
of
those
fatalities.
F
Regardless
of
the
fact
that
the
pedestrian
was
doing,
something
should
not
have
done.
Had
the
speed
of
the
driver
been
less,
the
driver
would
have
had
a
greater
opportunity
to
respond
to
the
mistake
of
the
pedestrian.
A
life
would
have
been
saved
and
for
the
driver
themselves
they
would
have
been
spared
being
responsible
for
a
fatality.
F
We
had
hoped
the
mayor
and
I
met
with
Laurence
giver
and
her
staff
from
Sunline,
and
they
will
be
coming
back
on
our
July
11th
meeting
with
a
set
of
proposals
that
potentially
will
provide
options
to
City
Council
to
save
the
bus
system,
bus
system
by
turning
buzz
over
to
sunlight
and
I'm
very
pleased
and
looking
forward
to
that
meeting
on
July
11.
Thank
you.
Mayor
Pro.
G
Thank
You
mayor,
Thank,
You,
mayor,
fro
town
I,
do
want
to
follow
up
as
sort
of
the
lobby
event
subcommittee
with
some
more
of
the
report,
and
maybe
I'll
stop
that
after
that,
in
case,
other
councilmembers
want
to
share
their
meetings
just
so
we
do
that
together.
So
first
I
think
most
people
know
that
the
council
was
recognized
on
the
assembly
and
Senate
floor
is
the
first
LGBT
I
think
government
of
any
kind
anywhere.
That's
all
LGBT
and
I
know
we
all
felt
a
little
odd
about
being
acknowledged
for
our
sexual
orientation
and
gender
identity.
G
But
it
wasn't
about
us
right,
I
think
it's
really
about
what
Palm
Springs
is,
and
that
was
really
clear
and
talking
to
many
of
the
legislators
that
were
a
city
that
is
still
majority
non-lgbt
voters
where
sexual
orientation
and
gender
identity
just
wasn't
an
issue.
People
were
judged
on
their
merits
and
that's
the
kind
of
world
I
think
we
all
want
to
live
in,
and
that's
really
what
we're
doing,
acknowledged
and
I
think
the
other
thing
that
is
so
important
about
it
is,
you
know,
I
think
for
many
of
us.
G
Well,
probably,
four
of
us,
one
of
us
is
significantly
younger.
We
grew
up
at
a
time.
We
grew
up
at
a
time
when
there
weren't
any
LGBT
elected
officials,
or
we
grew
up,
at
least
for
me,
in
high
school
thinking,
I'd
never
run
for
office,
because
the
one
person
who
did
it
in
San
Francisco
got
killed
in
nine
months
so
for
LGBT,
kids
in
places
like
Bakersfield
and
Fresno
or
recent,
oh
they're,
part
anywhere
in
this
state
to
have
read
about
it.
G
G
Now,
of
course,
that
was
all
about
15
minutes
in
to
different
parts
of
the
legislature,
and
then
we
spent
two
days
actually
meeting
with
elected
officials
and
representatives
councilmember
Middleton
shared
a
number
of
them,
so
I
want
to
share
meetings.
I
was
part
of
and
I
think
both
the
other
three
members
may
have
had
some
meetings.
If
we
didn't
cover
all
of
them,
so
I
met
with
a
Assemblymember
Evan
Lowe
who's,
the
LGBT
legislative
caucus
chair.
There
are
eight
LGBT
members
and
we
talked
about
how
we
could
help
on
the
to
piece
of
legislation.
G
The
council
has
officially
endorsed
one
of
them
is
homeless,
youth
bill
to
provide
I,
think
it's
sixty
million
dollars
for
homeless,
homeless,
youth
related
programs
that
we
can
apply
for
if
it's
passed
and
signed
into
law-
and
we
know
that
LGBT
youth
are
four
times
more
likely
than
non
LGBT
youth
to
become
homeless
because
of
isolation,
family
rejection
and
a
lot
of
them.
Of
course,
from
all
over
the
country
come
to
California.
G
We
also
supported
a
bill
that
adds
sexual
orientation,
gender
identity
to
the
criteria
at
the
highest
level
for
the
state
and
the
Department
of
Aging
to
work
on
when
it
comes
to
isolation
of
seniors.
So
one
thing
that
was
suggested
is
to
make
sure
we
get
those
letters
of
support
into
the
authors
of
the
legislation
and
the
next
committee.
That's
hearing
it
so
I
just
want
to
make
sure
that
we
do
that.
G
So
that
was
one
thing:
councilmember
Middleton
mentioned
that
we
met
with
the
leadership
from
the
California
League
of
Cities,
and
we
learned
a
number
of
things
in
that
meeting.
Half
a
billion
dollars
is
in
the
new
state
budget
that
was
just
approved
for
homeless,
related
services.
That
was
not
happening,
and
it
was
the
mayors
of
the
11
largest
cities
took
it
upon
themselves
to
really
aggressively
push
to
get
that
in
the
budget
and
it'll
be
important
that
we
apply
for
that
grant
funding
when
it
becomes
available
and
it's
the
new
fiscal
year.
G
So
we
expect
that
to
be
in
the
next
couple
of
months.
The
other
thing
we
learned
was
there's
currently
funding
for
zoning
updates,
specific
plans,
general
plan
updates.
We
already
put
money
in
our
budget
for
a
zoning
update,
but
we
may
be
able
to
get
that
money
back
and
use
it
for
other
purposes
and
I
know,
we've
talked
about
wanting
to
do
a
general
plan
update,
but
it's
so
expensive,
but
we
may
have
the
potential
to
get
that
money
from
the
state.
G
The
bond
measure
that
just
passed
provides
the
funding
and
the
state
is
now
moving
forward
with
some
great
projects,
and
it
looks
like
all
that
is
really
moving
forward
and
we'll
start
to
see
some
of
those
projects
that
are
now
shovel
ready
move
forward
soon.
So
that
was
really
great
to
hear.
In
addition,
we
met
with
the
person
in
the
Secretary
of
Natural
Resources
John
layer,
the
next
day,
who
talked
to
us
about
that
as
well
and
I'm.
G
Sure
they're
gonna
come
down
in
the
fall
to
do
another
presentation
on
the
Salton
Sea,
but
we
also
talked
about
open
space
money
particularly
focused
on
ozma
Canyon,
and
how
we
can
help
get
grant
money
to
try
and
come
up
with
some
of
the
costs
it
will
take
to
preserve
aswad
Canyon,
which
is
something
we'd
like
to
see
happen.
So
that
was
a
very
productive
meeting.
I
thought
went
very
well:
the
city
manager
and
I
met
with
State
Controller
Betty
Yee
in
her
senior
staff
about
pension
issues
and
unfunded
pension
liability.
G
We
got
a
lot
of
kudos
for
what
we've
done
in
the
last
little
over
a
year,
putting
over
11
million
dollars
away
in
a
pension
reserve
fund
as
a
really
smart
thing
to
do.
There
were
some
suggestions
that
we
might
want
to
actually
invest
that
money
differently
to
get
a
higher
rate
of
interest
and
is
going
to
set
up
a
meeting
with
a
city
manager
and
their
key
contact
at
CalPERS
to
work
with
us
on
some
options
and
I
know
later
in
tonight.
We're
talking
about
paying
down
some.
G
You
know
prepay
in
CalPERS
to
save
interest,
so
I
thought
it's
a
really
productive
meeting
on
that
and
then
the
last
meeting
I'm
gonna
report
out
on
is
May
approach.
Him
Roberts
and
I,
and
the
city
manager
met
with
the
speaker
of
the
assembly.
Anthony
Rendon.
We
had
a
very
productive
meeting
and
a
lot
of
it
was
talking
about
how
a
lot
of
the
efforts
they
make
and
they're.
G
H
Thank
You
mayor
councilman,
Kors
and
Councilwoman
Middleton
covered
a
lot
of
our
trip.
I
I
would
just
add
a
few
things
in
to
that.
You
know
it
was
wonderful
to
be
acknowledged
by
our
assembly
in
our
Senate.
It
was
an
exciting
moment
for
us
all
and,
as
as
councilman
chorus
pointed
out
for
me,
it
felt
a
little
odd
being
acknowledged
for
that.
It's
not
something
we
think
about
every
day.
H
You
know
who
we
are,
who
we
are
about
our
sexual
preferences,
in
terms
of
when
we're
sitting
up
here,
we're
a
lot
more
focused
on
homeless
needs
and
keeping
the
budget
up
right,
right-side
up
and
keeping
our
community
headed
in
the
right
direction.
But
you
know
the
the
things
that
councilman
chorus
pointed
out
became
very
important
and
it's
more
about
what
we
represent
in
a
leadership
in
areas
where
the
LGBT
community
is
not
accepted,
and
that's
that's
the
message
that
we
want
to
go
out
and
I.
H
Think
we
as
a
city
as
all
we
as
a
city
as
a
whole,
do
that
we
send
that
message
well
and
one
of
the
things
that
or
one
of
the
ways
that
we
do,
that
is
by
being
an
international
City
and
we're
loved
internationally.
So
they
kind
of
people
come
here
and
when
kind
of
our
brand
is
known
as
yeah
having
LGBT
but
more
than
anything,
just
a
great
place
to
be
and
a
great
quality
of
life.
H
And
that's
what
I
noticed
when
we
were
being
honored
by
the
Assembly
and
and
by
the
Senate,
not
so
much
that
they
were
excited
about
the
LGBT
aspects,
but
more.
They
were
just
thrilled
that
we
were
here
from
Palm
Springs.
They
were
excited
about
Palm,
Spring
and
for
all
of
us
who
travel.
We
know
we
get
those
great
receptions
wherever
we
go
and
and
we
we
hope
to
keep
it
that
way,
always
as
councilman
chorus
pointed
out,
we
met
with
a
number
of
symbol,
assembly
and
other
state
staff.
H
I
myself
meeting
with
other
council
members
met
with
Chad
Mayes
are
some
women
and
our
Senator
Jeff
stone.
We
talked
about
potential
dollars
for
housing,
affordable,
housing,
potential
dollars
for
homeless
issues.
The
state
has
released
or
will
be
releasing
billions
of
dollars
to
help
with
homeless
issues,
and
they
were
fascinated
in
the
success
that
Palm
Springs
is
ad
with
with
our
homeless
population.
H
So
we
wanted
them
to
remember
us
and
our
projects
going
forward
as
those
dollars
start
to
get
released,
and
they
very
specifically
asked
that
we
send
back
the
projects
we're
working
on
so
that
they
can
keep
them
close
by
and
hopefully
that
will
equate
to
dollars.
For
us.
We
met
with
the
state
historical
office,
our
officer
looking
for
dollars
for
preservation,
but
with
respect
to
the
plaza
theater,
we
were
informed.
There
were
none,
it's
disappointing,
but
we
did
talk
about
other
things
and
again.
H
The
I
also
want
to
talk
about
the
cannabis
sub
meeting.
Excuse
me,
cannabis
subcommittee,
I
have
a
head
cold,
so
forgive
me.
The
cannabis
subcommittee
met
with
the
cities
of
Cathedral
City
and
Desert
Hot
Springs
and
where
the
Tri
City
cannabis,
the
Emerald
triangle,
we'll
call
it
okay
and
we
met
just
to
discuss
issues
of
how
the
three
cities
are
dealing
with
administering
the
licenses
and
dealing
with
the
growth
of
cannabis.
In
our
three
cities
and
we
discussed
taxation,
we
discussed
auditing
procedures,
we
discussed
methods
of
collecting
and
it
was.
H
It
was
hugely
helpful
to
meet
with
other
cities
and
know
what
they're
doing
and
to
compare
notes,
and
we
will
continue
to
do
that.
I
was
surprised
with
the
amount
of
good
information
that
we
got
from
that
and
our
city
attorney
and
our
city
manager
joined
us
for
that
as
well
and
last
but
not
least,
I'd
like
to
direct
the
attention
of
the
council
and
the
public
to
the
mimeograph
image
of
the
city
seal
above
our
heads.
H
And
if
you
turn
around
in
the
back
of
the
room
and
as
part
of
the
upcoming
full
restoration
and
remodel
of
this
room,
we
will
finally
be
adding
the
city
seal
to
this
room.
Lest
people
forget
where
they
are
when
they're
sitting
here,
but
certainly
for
those
tuning
in
on
television.
They
may
not
know
what
they're
watching.
So
we
thought
this
would
be
helpful,
but
we
wanted
you
to
see
that
tonight
and
particularly
the
council.
H
R
You
mr.
mayor
I
think
pretty
much.
Every
meeting
I
had
has
been
reported
on
I
just
wanted
to
specifically
thank
councilmember
Coors
for
setting
up
a
lot
of
these
meetings.
It's
important
to
have
power
in
Sacramento
and
for
us
to
be
there
and
lobby
for
our
fair
share
for
a
region
of
state
funding
a
lot
of
times
our
region
gets
left
behind
bills.
Leave
us
out.
R
You
know
larger
cities,
really
don't
include
cities
like
ours
in
terms
of
funding,
and
so
we
wanted
to
go
there
and
express
some
of
those
concerns
about
how
bills
can
better
include
us
meet
with
our
representatives
and
learn
about
how
we
can
get
more
funding
on
projects
that
are
important
to
the
city
of
Palm
Springs
and
the
people
of
Palm
Springs,
and
a
lot
of
that
was
thanks
to
councilmember
courses,
connections
and
working
in
Sacramento
and
the
legislature
and
doing
legislative
work
throughout
his
career.
Everyone
knew
him
there
and
it
was.
R
It
was
great
to
be
there
with
you
and
thank
you
for
setting
up
a
lot
of
the
meetings
because
we
met
with
you
know
the
secretary
of
the
California
Natural
Resources
Agency.
A
lot
of
you've
met
with
the
speaker
a
lot
of
really
important
people
in
Sacramento
and
and
that's
important
for
our
city
that
we
can
better
represent
our
residents.
So
thank
you
for
that.
I
think
one
other
meeting
that
I
had
that
wasn't
reported.
Councilmember,
Middleton
and
I
met
with
the
California
Housing
Finance
Agency,
to
learn
about
financing
and
housing
bonds.
R
Since
we
know
that's
what
the
the
need
is
going
forward,
I
think
we
might
have
some
private
developers
in
this
room
right
now,
so
we
got
that
information
and
we're
going
to
share
that
in
our
affordable
housing
subcommittee
and
make
that
public
so
that
we
can
get
those
resources
that
exist
through
the
state
into
Palm
Springs
as
a
mechanism
for
developers
and
for
our
residents.
Ultimately,
that's
all
I
have
on
Sacramento.
Did
anyone
else
want
to
report
on
Sacramento.
E
Mr.
mayor
I
would
just
say
that
it
being
able
to
accompany
the
council
the
important
part,
at
least
from
the
administrative
side.
I,
would
just
note
that,
whether
it's
Caltrans
or
CalPERS
and
several
of
the
other
agencies
having
the
connections
that
that
we
now
have
people
we
actually
can
contact,
who
we
can
ask
questions
and
get
information
that
we
need,
and
in
addition
to
that,
just
the
idea
of
the
opportunity
for
different
grants
that
now
we
had
that
before
that
we
went
there.
So
all
that
is
extremely
important.
G
There
last
Friday
I
attended
and
spoke
at
a
press
conference
by
the
east-west
Alliance
that
was
in
Cathedral
City.
That
was
calling
for
an
end
to
the
inhumane
and
outrageous
policy
from
the
Trump
administration
separating
children
from
their
parents.
While
we
are
relieved
to
learn
today
that
that
has
finally
stopped
there,
an
executive
order
by
mr.
Trump
families,
including
children,
are
going
to
still
be
detained
and
kept
in
holding
facilities
yet
unknown.
G
What
that
conditions
that
will
be
in
when
they're
seeking
asylum,
as
they
have
the
legal
right
to
do
as
a
result
of
fleeing
from
unspeakable
violence
and
persecution?
We
also
do
not
know
how
this
is
going
to
all
come
down,
so
something
obviously
we
need
to
watch.
In
addition,
last
week,
Attorney
General
Jeff
Sessions
ruled
that
gang
violence
and
domestic
abuse
are
not
grounds
any
longer
to
grant
a
silent
immigrants.
G
Desert
community
energy,
just
a
nice
little
segue,
so
I'm,
a
representative
on
our
new
power
program,
desert
community
energy.
Some
of
you
might
have
received
notices
in
the
mail
they're
sort
of
going
out
in
phases
just
about
now
and
just
to
remind
folks,
we,
we
actually
made
our
decision
at
the
last
council
meeting
a
lot
of
people,
don't
read
mail
and
if
it's
not
really
personal,
like
a
birthday
card.
G
Three
percent
of
the
power
part
of
your
bill:
that's
cleaner,
greener,
cleaner,
greener
and
cleaner
than
what
you
get
from
Edison
Edison,
so
we'll
provide
it
service
it
we
pay
them
for
that,
but
you
also
have
the
option
to
do
what
the
city
did,
which
is
to
opt
up
for
100%
carbon
free
power,
and
you
will
pay
the
exact
same
amount
as
you're,
currently
paying
Edison.
Now
it
is
not
more
expensive.
So
it's
really
important
people
do
that.
If
you
want
to
up
top,
you
have
the
chance
to
do
that.
G
If
you
like
Edison
to
still
buy
you,
the
less
green,
less
clean
power,
you
can
choose
to
do
that
as
well.
So
just
wanted
people
to
make
sure
they
notice
that
other
thing
which
I've
raised
before
but
I
think
if
we
can
get
a
plan,
maybe
by
the
next
council
meeting
is
we
know
that
there
are
going
to
be
grants
available
for
landscapers
and
gardeners
to
exchange
their
gas-powered
leaf
blowers
for
electric
ones,
and
we
know
we
can't
just
mail
to
people
who
have
business
licenses.
G
We
need
to
do
a
a
pretty
strong
outreach
to
all
the
landscapers
or
gardeners
they
can
get
these
less
polluting,
quieter.
Electric
battery-operated
leaf
blowers
for
a
fraction
of
the
cost.
Actually
the
grant
program
is
being
increased
this
year,
but
we
need
to
do
the
outreach
because
it
happens
over
the
summer
and
we
don't
want
them
to
miss
out
on
the
opportunity
and
is
a
great
chance
to
do
education
and,
as
we
are
doing
all
the
education
we
are
and
working
with
our
diversity
consultant
tied
to
district
elections
in
English
Spanish.
G
This
is
a
great
opportunity,
make
sure
we're
reaching
out
to
those
in
the
business
to
more
quick
things.
I'd
like
at
the
next
council
meeting
and
by
the
way,
I'll
write
with
councilmember
holstege
we're
working
with
Cathedral
City
the
resolution.
So
staff
doesn't
need
to
do
anything
on
that
and
I'll
write
this
as
well,
which
is
a
letter
of
support
for
Senate
bill
139
for
just
passed,
the
Senate
it's
going
to
the
assembly
and
it
would
prohibit
signature
gatherers
getting
paid
for
signature.
G
It
would
let
them
get
paid
hourly
for
their
work,
but
not
for
signature
with
the
number
of
documented
cases
of
falsifying
signatures
duplicating
signatures
on
other
petitions,
people
misrepresenting
what
people
are
signing
has
become
a
huge
problem
in
the
state,
and
so
people
will
still
get
paid
for
their
work,
but
not
per
signature
and
I.
Think
we've
seen
enough
petitions
in
this
city,
where
we've
heard
those
problems
and
I
think
it
would
be
very
good
for
us
to
take
a
support
position
and
just
because
I
started
with
LGBT
stuff.
G
I
will
end
with
one
thing,
which
is
one
of
us.
Actually,
not
the
whole
group
got
honored
on
Monday
as
one
of
a
very
few
number
of
people
in
Sacramento
for
a
Pride
Month
and
that's
our
councilmember
Lisa
Middleton,
who
is
the
first
transgender
elected
political
official
in
the
state
of
California,
and
it's
a
well
deserved
honor.
So
congratulations.
R
You
mr.
mayor
just
to
report
the
work
that
I've
done
over
the
last
two
weeks
for
the
city,
the
mayor
and
I,
are
on
the
grants
and
sponsorships
subcommittee.
We
got
binders
this
thick
two
of
them.
We
went
through
all
of
those
and
we
got
a
lot
of
good
applications
and
so
we're
working
on
on
that.
So
that
will
come
forward
we're
gonna
meet
again
and
then
that
will
come
forward
to
Council
to
allocate
so
the
people
in
the
community
who
applied
for
those
grants
and
sponsorships
that
is
coming
forward.
R
R
Currently,
in
that
program,
they're,
actually,
volunteering
to
pay
their
own
l
cap
funding
through
the
school
district
to
subsidize
the
kids
that
might
not
qualify
by
income
for
state
preschool
they're
offering
to
pay
for
one
year
their
own
funds
to
subsidize
those
kids
who
might
have
higher
income
parents,
and
so
overall.
The
Parks
and
Rec
Commission
was
really
impressed
by
the
proposal,
because
it
provides
better
at
educational
services
that
streamlined
into
the
school
districts
educational
plan
for
students.
It
prepares
kids
for
transitional
kindergarten
and
kindergarten.
R
In
a
way
that,
though,
our
program
is
great
and
excellent
and
I
know,
it's
been
an
important
part
of
our
community.
This
is
an
offer
for
the
school
district
to
provide
and
opinion
better
educational
services
and
actually
do
that
for
the
city,
and
so
that
was
a
unanimous
vote,
but
by
the
Parks
and
Rec
Commission,
and
so
we're
going
to
City
staff
to
negotiate
that
and
then
that
will
be
brought
forward
to
Council
I
went
to
the
sea
bag
homelessness
committee
meeting
this
morning
and
we
got
a
report
about
the
Caltrans.
R
There
was
a
homeless
encampment
on
Caltrans
land
in
Coachella.
You
might
have
seen
it
in
the
Desert
Sun
in
the
past.
Caltrans
has
spent
five
hundred
thousand
dollars
clearing
those
encampments
or
more,
and
so
that
Commission
is
working
on
working
with
Caltrans
to
get
some
of
that
money
or
even
the
land
to
go
to
homelessness
and
not
just
clearing
people
down
the
way
we
heard
about
trends
for
homelessness
and
housing,
and
we
actually
are
gonna,
have
path
of
life
ministries,
report
to
this
council
about
the
work
that
they're
doing
for
housing.
R
First,
there's
a
lot
of
misunderstanding
in
the
community
that
the
city
and
see
bag
is
not
doing
anything
on
homelessness
because
we
know
how
longer
have
a
shelter
but
but
path
of
Life.
Ministries
is
doing
a
lot
of
really
important
work,
using
housing,
first
and
rapid
rehousing
vouchers
to
get
people
into
immediate
housing
right
away.
That's
more
long-term
and
sustainable.
So
they're
gonna
give
a
report
to
this
council
next
council
meeting
with
all
of
those
trends
and
figures.
R
Finally,
I'm
on
the
cap,
riverside
board
and
so
and
I
know
our
staff
sent
around
a
list
of
cooling
center
locations
for
residents
in
Palm
Springs
and
just
to
announce
that
to
the
public
since
we're
getting
up
there
and
in
the
heat,
110
or
so,
and
so
for
people
who
need
to
go
to
a
cooling
center.
R
We
have
DeMuth
Community
Park,
the
LGBTQ
community
center,
the
Palm
Springs
library,
the
Wellwood
Murray
library,
so
Jesse
and
well
in
the
desert,
so
all
of
those
locations
are
available
if
you
need
to
go
cool
down
and
those
locations
are
listed
on
our
website
and
I
have
no
further
comments.
Mr.
mayor,
thank
you
thank.