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A
A
Thank
you
all
for
coming
out
this
evening
and
no
we're
not
going
to
stop
the
proceedings
in
order
to
hear
from
the
president,
but
I'm
sure
we'll
hear
later.
My
name
is
Lisa
Middleton
I'm,
a
member
of
the
City
Council
and
a
member
of
the
subcommittee
that
is
responsible
for
organizing
the
public
forums
and
for
much
of
the
development
of
options,
but
I
want
to
emphasize
right.
At
the
very
beginning,
every
decision
that
will
be
made
will
be
made
by
the
full
City
Council
in
all
five
individuals
will
be
responsible
for
the
vote.
A
Our
responsibility
here
is
to
tee
up
the
kinds
of
decisions
and
to
ensure
that
the
public
has
the
greatest
opportunity
to
be
involved
as
we
move
forward.
This
is
going
to
be
a
substantial
change
for
our
city
to
move
from
at-large
elections
to
district
elections.
Our
goal
is
to
make
sure
that
this
process
works
I'm
very
pleased
that
it
was
a
unanimous
decision
of
the
entire
City
Council
to
move
forward
and
because
of
that
unanimity,
and
because
of
that
desire
on
the
part
of
all
of
us
to
make
this
work.
A
We
were
able
to
obtain
additional
time
from
the
plaintiff's
attorney
and
we
have,
through
the
end
of
this
year,
to
complete
this
process,
we're
going
to
use
all
of
that
time
so
that
we
make
sure
that
we
get
it
correct
and
that
everyone
in
the
public
who
wants
to
be
involved
in
the
process
is,
has
an
opportunity
to
be
involved.
Our
issues
currently
that
we
are
looking
at
our
primarily
issues
of
communities
of
interest.
A
One
of
the
fundamental
obligations
that
we
have
is
to
be
able
to
define
a
community
of
interest
and
bring
people
together
in
districts
so
that
those
communities
of
interests
are
appropriate.
So
in
your
neighborhoods,
one
of
the
questions
that
you
should
be
asking
yourself
is:
what
are
the
neighborhoods
that
I
want
to
be
associated
with
in
the
same
district?
And
why
and
that?
Why
is
perhaps
the
most
important
part
of
the
conversation
so
at
the
end
of
the
meeting
today?
A
We're
gonna
stay
here
until
everyone
who
wants
to
speak
has
had
an
opportunity
to
speak
and
we
don't
even
have
timers,
and
this
is
going
to
be
a
bit
more
informal.
You're
gonna
be
able
to
ask
us
questions
when
you're
up
there
at
the
podium.
So
we
will
do
this
a
bit
differently,
but
our
focus
is
on
communities
of
interest.
We're
gonna
spend
a
little
time
defining
what
communities
of
interest
are.
A
B
Thank
you
very
much
and
I
want
to
thank
everyone
for
coming.
You
know:
we've
spoken
to
a
number
of
the
cities
that
have
gone
through
the
process
and
they
said
if
you're
lucky,
ten
people
will
show
up
at
the
meetings.
So
this
is
just
typical,
Palm
Springs
we
always
are
overachievers
and
the
community
is
always
more
engaged
than
most
places.
So
I
don't
want
to
thank
everyone
for
coming.
We
are
live-streaming,
so
people
can
watch
it.
B
It
is
also
being
recorded,
so
it
will
be
shown
on
channel
17
and
it
will
be
on
the
city
website.
So
people
have
the
opportunity
who
couldn't
come
to
hear
it
and
will
repeating
this
throughout
the
process.
These
are
all
in
excess
of
what
the
state
law
says
we
should
be
doing,
but
we
really
wanted
to
do
extra
outreach.
So
I
appreciate
everyone
coming
in
person
to
other
members
of
the
city
councilor
here
mayor,
moon
and
councilmember
holstege.
B
According
to
the
city
attorney
and
the
brown
act
they're
not
allowed
to
talk,
they
shouldn't
I
roll
all
too
much.
But
you
know
no
one
can
see
but
they're
about
the
air,
and
we
appreciate
their
being
here
because
I
think
the
whole
council
wants
to
hear
from
the
community
in
addition
to
our
city
clerk,
our
city
manager,
David
Reddy's,
here
our
communications
director,
Amy
Blaisdell,
is
here
and
I
also
want
to
touch
on.
B
We
do
have
a
working
group
of
residents
who
are
doing
a
lot
of
the
sort
of
the
deeper
dive
doing
a
lot
of
research.
They've
been
meeting
weekly,
it's
a
continuation
of
the
government
reform
working
group
of
the
ethics,
transparency
and
government
ask
force
which
was
five
members
appointed
by
the
mayor
and
myself,
councilman
Milton
and
I
added
an
additional
four
folks
with
the
consent
of
council,
because
we
wanted
to
make
sure
we
had
a
good
diversity
in
the
people
on
it,
both
ethnically
age-wise,
where
they
live.
B
C
C
You
might
be
making
the
full
schedule
for
the
upcoming
meetings
that
will
be
going
through
December
and
then
the
paper
map,
so
there
they're
going
as
we
go
through
the
presentation,
there's
basically
three
levels
of
engaging
in
the
mapping
process
and
the
simplest
is
to
use
the
paper
map
and
to
supplement.
It
are
some
of
these.
C
What
I
call
heat
maps
that
show
you
where
the
minority
groups
live
within
the
city
and
then
additionally,
because
this
involves
addressing
minority
groups,
the
council
felt
that
it
would
be
a
great
idea
to
synergize
these
efforts
also
to
coincide
with
our
recruitment
for
boards
and
commissions.
So
the
white
sheet
that
has
a
big
pink
sheet
on
the
back
has
information
regarding
our
boards
and
commissions,
and
the
white
sheet
is
the
actual
application
and
then,
lastly,
is
this
half
sheet.
C
So
if
you're
somebody
who's
shy
or
doesn't
want
to
come
up
and
speak
in
in
on
camera,
you're
welcome
to
fill
out
your
comments
on
communities
of
interest.
That
effect
you
and
go
ahead
and
submit
them
to
me
and
then
we'll
make
sure
that
the
namah'
Graetz
all
of
this
information
and
then
lastly,
my
deputy
city
clerk
is
here
she's,
taking
copious
notes
on
any
comments
that
are
made
by
the
public.
So
we
can
also
refer
those
to
the
demographer
as
we're
going
through
the
mapping
process.
C
Currently,
the
city
charter
allows
for
a
five-member
council
and
so
as
we're
considering
what
to
switch
over
to
either
a
forum
member
just
four
districts
with
a
at-large
mayor,
elected
or
a
five
single-member
district
with
a
rotating
mayor.
Those
are
related
to
considerations.
We
have
right
now,
although
if
the
City,
Council
or
the
community
and
the
future
wants
to
go
to
a
seven
member
district,
that
would
likely
need
to
go
and
be
submitted
by
a
charter
amendment
and
to
the
vote
of
the
people.
C
So
this
illustrates
kind
of
the
idea
behind
the
whole
districting
process.
As
you
can
see
in
an
at-large
election,
if
the
minority
voters
are
in
a
particular
location
located
in
a
particular
City,
you
could
see
that
they
would
always
be
out
voted
by
the
majority
voters
within
that
in
that
city.
But
if
you
were
to
break
it
up
into
four
districts,
you
can
see
that
now
that
minority
group
is
able
to
elect
and
make
decisions
for
their
district.
A
Palm
Springs
is
a
city
that,
in
our
mission
statement,
commits
ourselves
to
being
a
city
of
inclusion,
and
there
are
so
many
individuals
in
our
city
who
face
discrimination,
often
severe
discrimination
at
one
time
or
another
in
their
lives.
We
want
to
walk
the
walk
and
make
sure
that,
as
we
approach
an
issue
such
as
this,
that
we
do
everything
that
we
can
to
support
the
civil
rights
of
all
of
our
citizens,
there
are
cities
that
have
taken
different
stands
and
that
have
decided
that
they
want
to
to
fight
this.
A
We
did
not
want
to
be
one
of
those
cities,
it's
not
in
keeping
with
who
Palm
Springs
is
we
want
to
prioritize
the
creation
of
majority
minority
districts
that
also
includes
whether
we
can
create
a
majority
minority
district?
Can
we
create
a
district
or
districts
in
which
minority
voters
have
more
influence
over
the
outcome
of
elections
than
they
currently
have?
A
To
the
extent
practical?
We
want
to
keep
our
organized
neighborhoods
intact.
We
have
a
great
tradition,
as
one
I
certainly
very
personally
have
had
involvement,
but
three
of
the
five
members
of
our
City
Council
were
leaders
of
their
neighborhood
at
one
time
or
another.
So
we
understand
the
value
that
the
neighborhoods
bring
to
our
city
and
as
much
as
we
can,
we
want
to
keep
them
intact.
There
are
45
neighborhoods,
we
did
not
say
we
will
guarantee
that
we
can
keep
every
neighborhood
intact,
because
that's
just
simply
not
realistic.
A
To
say
that
that
is
a
fundamental
requirement.
We
will
do
everything
we
can
maintain
the
principle
that
the
best
interest
of
the
city
as
a
whole
remains
the
first
responsibility
of
all
elected
officials.
I,
don't
know
how
many
times
I
have
been
told
over
the
last
few
months
that
if
you
are
elected
from
a
district,
then
you
will
have
absolutely
no
concern
or
anything
other
than
what's
in
the
best
interest
of
your
district.
A
I
reject
that
and
I
believe
that
we
want
to
make
sure
that
everyone
who
serves
on
our
City
Council
does
in
fact
put
the
best
interests
of
the
city.
First,
in
every
decision
that
they
make
and
we
will
back
that
up
as
we
move
forward
by
writing
into
the
ordinances,
a
responsibility
of
every
member
of
the
City
Council
to
act
in
the
best
interest
of
the
city
as
a
whole
and
to
take
things
and
I
will
use
an
example.
A
When
it
comes
to
street
repairs.
The
street
repairs
must
be
prioritized
based
on
an
objective
measure
that
treats
all
sit
streets
in
the
city
evenly
and
does
not
divide
city
street
repairs
up
by
city
council
district
and
does
20
percent
in
this
district,
20
percent
in
that
or
25
percent
in
this
district
or
25
percent.
In
that
we
want
to
ensure
that
who
those
who
are
sitting
on
our
council
put
the
city
first,
our
process
is
to
evaluate
our
current
structure
of
government
and
demographics.
A
Compare
them
with
other
comparable
cities
recommend
a
structure
of
government
that
best
achieves
the
goals
of
the
CVRA
and
the
long
term
needs
of
the
city,
encourage
and
work
through
communication
platforms
to
engage
with
people
throughout
the
city.
We're
holding
five
different
meetings
this
week
and
that's
just
the
beginning
of
the
process,
we're
required
by
law
to
hold,
for.
A
We
have
broken
this
process
up
into
three
phases.
The
first
phase,
which
is
going
to
began
in
June
and
will
run
through
the
end
of
August,
is
going
to
be
the
process
of
communities
of
interest
and
defining
the
process.
As
we
move
forward.
We're
going
to
be
meeting
tomorrow
at
the
James
o
Jessie
Center
on
Thursday,
with
the
DeMuth
community
center
also
on
Thursday,
will
be
meeting
at
what
the
1p
s
meeting
Wednesday
evening
will
be
at
City
Council
in
late
July
through
September.
A
One
of
the
other
issues
that
we
will
address
as
full
City
Council
is
the
question
of
whether
Palm
Springs
should
continue
to
hold
its
elections
in
odd
years
or
whether
or
not
we
should
move
our
elections
to
be
held.
Concurrent
with
the
statewide
and
federal
elections
that
are
held
in
even
years,
there
is
a
modest
advantage
in
terms
of
cost
associated
with
having
an
election
in
even
years.
There
is
a
bigger
advantage
in
that
turnout
is
greater
most
particularly
in
presidential
years.
Turnout
is
significantly
greater.
D
C
Trying
to
get
as
close
to
11,000
138
people
as
possible,
so
as
as
you're
playing
around
with
these
mapping
systems.
That's
the
goal
and
there
can
be
a
deviation
of
up
or
down
to
10%
overall.
But
the
goal
is
to
try
to
get
as
close
to
a
possible
as
11,000
and
then,
if
it's
a
five-member
district,
then
the
goal
is
to
get
to
8910
and
so
as
you're.
Looking
at
these
maps.
C
Other
traditional
criteria
include
communities
of
interest,
which
is
the
focus
of
tonight's
meeting,
but
also
for
an
ensuring
contiguous
districts.
It
doesn't
have
to
be
a
perfect
square,
but
the
idea
is
that
they
make
sense
that
it
looks
reasonable
and
that
it
wasn't
gerrymandered
visible
about
visible
boundaries
or
are
there
mountains,
lakes,
rivers,
major
roads?
That
would
make
sense
for
one
district
to
separate
from
another
district
and
then
another
criteria
is
planned
future
growth.
C
So
if
there's
a
particular
area
in
the
city,
where
there's
a
large
development
planned,
we
can
ensure,
we
can
add
that
to
the
population,
count
so
defining
communities
of
interest.
So
hopefully
you
have
the
green
sheet,
so
you
can
see
a
little
bit
more
closely
what
this
says,
but
some-
and
these
are
just
ideas.
C
C
So,
for
instance,
if
you
live
near
a
particular
Park,
DeMuth
Park
and
you
think
that
it'd
be
better,
no
actually
the
downtown.
If
you
think
the
downtown
should
be
represented
by
one
councilmember,
that
kind
of
is
the
councilmember
that
represents
the
entire
business
community.
Or
would
it
be
better
to
have
multiple
council
districts
touching
the
downtown
so
that
multiple
council
members
are
responsible
for
it?
So
that's
more
feedback
that
we'd
like
to
hear
from
the
community,
so
the
demographic
overview
for
the
city
I
know
that's
really
small.
C
As
you
go
through
the
mapping
systems
you'll
be
to
pinpoint
the
demographic
makeup
within
a
census
block
and
a
census
block
is
literally
the
size
of
a
street,
and
so,
while
the
map
shows
these
areas
as
a
little
bit
larger,
these
paper
maps,
if
you
go
into
the
mapping
systems,
you'll
be
able
to
break
it
down
into
smaller
units.
So
just
know
that,
depending
on
the
tools
that
you
use,
you'll
be
able
to
drill
down
even
further
on
the
demographic
data.
C
So
where
the
Latino
populations
live
so
there's
this
map,
as
I
refer
to
as
a
heat
map,
shows
the
concentrations
of
minority
groups
within
the
city.
Latinos
are
particularly
concentrated
in
the
desert
highlands
area
and
then
also
just
south
of
the
airport
near
the
Meuse
park,
and
then
asian-americans
are
particularly
located
near
demuth
Park
as
well,
and
then
african-americans
are
particularly
located
near
the
James
of
Jesse
Center.
And
then,
when
we
talk
about
our
neighborhood
associations,
our
mapping
system
is
going
to
include
an
overlay
which
has
the
neighborhood
associations
within
it.
C
So
the
drop
map
drawing
tools.
So
we
know
that
we
have
the
paper
map,
which
is
illustrated
to
the
right
side
of
the
screen,
and
then
there's
supplements
to
that.
So,
as
you
want
to
drill
down
and
create
maps
that
are
more
robust
and
more
informed,
there's
an
Excel
spreadsheet
that
you'll
be
able
to
use
alongside
a
almost
like
a
Google
map
system
and
it's
numbered,
and
so
as
you
plug
in
the
numbers
into
the
Excel
spreadsheet,
which
is
represented
right
here.
C
C
Tell
you
if
you're
reaching
the
population
target
and
it'll
also
tell
you
the
demographic
makeup
within
that
district
as
you're
drawing
it
and
then
you'll
be
able
to
save
it
and
move
on
to
the
next
district
I
do
want
to
point
out
that
as
you're
drawing
these
maps
in
their
draft,
nobody
has
access
to
it,
but
you
so
they're,
private
I
don't
have
access
to
them.
The
demographer
doesn't
have
access
to
them
once
you're
complete
you'll
be
able
to
submit
it
by
sending
it,
and
it
will
go
over
to
our
consultant.
C
Who
will
then
finalize
it
give
us
a
report
on
the
demographics
and
and
then
have
that
in
the
mapping
system
or
you
can
share
it,
and
that
is
a
tool
in
which
you'll
be
able
to
collaborate
with
other
people
and
so
you'll
be
able
to
assign
who
you
want
to
be
able
to
share
the
map
with,
and
then
you
all
can
take
turns
adjusting
the
map,
but
there's
two
options:
really
it's
sharing
and
but
that
doesn't
get
submitted
yet
and
then
submitting
it.
And
that
means
it's
done
and
it's
final
you'll
be
able
to
accessing.
C
When
you
go
into
the
system,
you'll
need
to
create
a
login,
that's
gonna
make
it
so
that
you
don't
have
to
sit
there
for
four
or
five
hours
at
one
sitting
to
draw
these
maps
you'll
be
able
to
come
back
to
them
and
and
refine
them
and
then
submit
them
when
you're
done.
Additionally,
the
first
thing
it's
going
to
ask:
you
is,
if
you
want
to
draw
a
four
district
map
or
a
five
district
map,
and
so
it
that
way,
it
tells
you
the
appropriate
goal
for
the
population
count.
C
C
So
again,
the
focus
of
tonight
is
to
find
out
what
your
neighborhood
or
community
of
is
of
interest
are.
Do
you
prefer
neighborhoods
to
be
kept
together
as
one
district
or
to
have
multiple
representatives
and
what
other
communities
of
interest
in
the
city
should
be
considered
when
drafting
the
maps
I
want
to
share
our
email
address?
If
you
have
any
questions,
feel
free
to
call
contact
me
I
have
my
business
cards
in
the
back.
C
In
addition,
you
can
email
our
consultant
at
Palm
Springs
at
NDC
research
comm,
our
website,
PS
districts,
comm,
is
updated
constantly
and
it
has
all
of
this
information
in
English
and
Spanish,
and
then
I
wanted
to
share
what
some
other
cities
have
done.
As
far
as
districting
goes,
and
particularly
for
the
business
districts,
you
could
see
in
the
City
of
Pasadena,
they
wanted
to
focus
on
ensuring
that
council
districts
touched
their
downtown,
which
is
Colorado
Boulevard.
C
And
so
you
can
see
that
they
created
a
map
that
ensured
that
all
of
the
districts
touch
Colorado,
Colorado
Boulevard.
They
also
had
to
ensure
that
it
did
meet
the
goals
of
the
CVRA,
which
is
to
strengthen
minority
voting
power,
but
they
were
also
able
to
keep
it
with
a
focus
on
their
downtown.
The
county
of
San
Luis
Obispo,
because
the
city
of
san
luis
obispo
itself
is
the
power
and
the
population
center
of
the
county.
C
You
can
see
that
we
drew
districts
that
were
up
in
north
and
south
of
the
city,
because
the
minority
groups
lived
in
the
upper
part
of
the
city
and
then
in
the
center
part
of
the
city,
and
so
they
drew
the
maps
to
enable
the
minority
groups
to
be
strengthened,
as
well
as
ensuring
that
four
districts
touched
their
downtown
and
their
downtown
is
Mission
Street
and
so
the
only
district,
that's
not
touching.
It
is
district
5.
C
A
A
How
many
of
you
are
in
the
center
sit
part
of
the
city
south
of
Vista
Chino,
east
of
Indian
Canyon
west
of
sunrise
in
north
of
Palm
Canyon,
all
right?
It
is
actually
a
pretty
good
cross-section
of
residents
from
throughout
the
city
that
we
have
so
we're
going
to
take
this
row
by
row.
We're
going
to
give
everyone
in
the
first
row
an
opportunity
to
ask
their
questions
and
then
work
our
way.
One
row
at
a
time
all
the
way
back
to
the
back
row.
We
do
not
have
timers
on
this.
A
What
I
ask
is
that,
and
we
ask,
when
you
get
up,
try
to
keep
your
questions
in
your
comments
as
short
to
the
point
as
you
can,
so
that
everyone,
including
those
in
the
back
row,
have
an
equal
opportunity
to
be
heard
so
with
that,
is
there
anyone
sitting
in
the
front
row
who
would
like
to
speak
mr.
worthy?
The
podium
is
over
here
to
my
left
to
your
right.
E
Okay,
so
what's
embarrassing
about
the
city
is
crime?
It's
not
a
secret
that
crime
as
a
horrendous
problem
in
the
Coachella
Valley
and
we're
waiting
to
hear
that
from
sergeant
hutchinson
who
to
date
has
not
returned
my
or
anyone.
Elses
phone
calls
that
I
know
of
that
I
know
of
about
the
recent
our
most
recent
per
capita
crime
statistic
in
the
city:
it
is
horrendous
up
and
down
sunrise.
Mr.
E
E
That
but
I'm
wondering
just
you
know
what
is
the
point:
it's
a
little
confusing
about
splitting
up
the
city
for
voting
districts,
we're
going
to
have
light
issues
or
agendas,
and
that
and
those
districts
I
mean
suggestions
or
what
is
the
point?
I
mean
I
understand
legally
what
you're
doing,
but
can
you
stop
a
moment
and
be
clearer
about
what
this
means
if
it
goes
to
that
there,
because
I've
heard
something
about
city
council
members
representing
specific
parts?
Are
these
districts?
Is
that
true
individuals.
F
Okay,
now
I'm
even
more
nervous,
just
a
couple
of
questions
are
in
addition
to
race,
ethnicity.
Are
there
other
demographics
that
we're
looking
at
I
live
near
Sunrise,
Park
and
I
know
there's
a
lot
of
apartment
buildings.
There
are
a
lot
of
renters
I,
don't
know
if
that's
something
that's
coming
into
play
versus
owners
and
then
I
found
the
information
like
from
Pasadena
and
the
other
cities
helpful.
F
F
B
C
Just
want
to
add
really
quickly
so
when
it
comes
to
communities
of
interest
like
renters
these
heat
maps
there's
a
lot
of
different
heat
maps
that
we
can
add
to
the
website.
So
as
you're
looking
at
using
the
paper-based
system,
we
can
add
that
to
to
the
website.
So
all
I
need
to
know
is
what
those
ideas
are.
If
renter
groups
are
of
interest
to
the
community,
then
we
can
certainly
get
those
maps
online.
G
So
I'm
wondering-
and
maybe
you've
already
said
this
or
maybe
it's
printed
somewhere
in
the
materials.
But
how
are
you
figuring
the
percentage
of
Asians
here?
How
are
you
figuring
the
percentage
of
the
different
demographics,
Latinos
and
things?
How
did
you
come
up
with
those
numbers?
That's
my
first
part
of
the
question
and
then
the
second
is:
where
are
homeless
people
fitting
into
the
equation
here
so.
C
I
can
answer
the
first
part,
which
is
the
demographic
data,
is
pulled
from
the
2010
census.
So
that's
a
great
point,
so
we
know
that
the
demographic
data
is
a
little
bit
old,
but
federal
law
requires
that
districts
be
based
on
census
data.
So
in
2021,
when
the
new
census
data
is
provided,
that
data
will
then
cause
the
city
to
have
to
redo
the
maps
to
ensure
that
we
adjust
for
any
shifts
in
population
or
minority
groups.
As
far
as
where
do
the
homeless
population
fit
in
as.
A
I
understand
current
California
law.
You
need
an
address
in
order
to
be
able
to
register
to
vote
and
I'm.
Not
I
have
not
studied
this
in
detail,
but
I
believe
that
is
the
case,
in
which
case
an
individual
who
is
homeless
would
struggle
to
be
able
to
identify
an
address.
I
don't
know
if
there
is
not
some
provisions
that
would
allow
individuals
who
are
homeless
to
identify
the
kid
where
they
are
residing
and
be
able
to
register
to
vote
at
the
last
point
and
count
census
that
we
had
for
Palm
Springs.
B
My
understanding,
but
we
will
do
more
research.
That's
a
terrific
question
is
that
in
California
homeless,
people
can
register
at
an
address.
They
stayed
as
their
they
state
is
their
address.
So
that's
my
understanding
of
California
law,
but
we
will
research
that
and
get
that
out.
It's
a
really
an
important
issue.
We
want
to
make
sure
our
homeless
residents
have
the
opportunity
to
vote
and
know
where
they
would
vote.
So.
Thank
you
for
that.
A
H
H
Understand
or
I
imagine
that
some
City
Council
members
will
be
running
for
re-election
after
these
districts
are
drawn,
and
since
the
council
is
having
the
final
say
on
how
these
districts
will
be
drawn,
I'm
wondering
what
you're
doing
to
mitigate
against
any
personal
in
self-interest.
In
the
final
decision
in
the
mapping
Thanks.
A
One
of
the
things
that
we
were
told
very
early
on
in
this
process
is
that
we
had
the
opportunity
to
direct
the
demographers
to
essentially
sort
out
all
of
the
current
City
Council
members
and
draw
sample
districts
that
would
accommodate
each
one
of
us
into
a
separate
district.
We
did
not
ask
the
demographers
to
do
that.
A
We
want
to
address
the
question
of
what
are
the
the
communities
of
interest
every
one
of
us,
I
am
certain,
has
an
idea
of
districts
that
we
think
would
be
appropriate,
but
ultimately
we're
looking
for
input
from
all
of
you
as
to
what
the
district
should
look
like.
The
professional
demographers
will
draw
some
sample
districts
and
then
city
council
members
will
be
choosing
among
the
districts
in
accord
with
the
objectives
that
we
outlined,
which
art
primarily
to
advance
the
interest
of
this
California
Voting
Rights
Act.
Thank
you.
D
Actually,
the
two
council
members
here
do
know
where
it
is
and
my
my
concern
and
it's
really
more
of
a
statement
than
a
question
because
I
don't
assume
there
are.
There
is
an
answer
yet.
But
my
concern
is
that
when
I
look
at
the
population
of
Palm
Springs
that
pretty
much
reflects
the
population
of
our
community
right
now
about
40
percent
of
our
members
are
of
our
owners.
I
First
of
all,
I
think
that
councilman
course
must
be
very
proud,
because
that
was
part
of
his
a
letter.
Was
the
election
campaign
to
have
a
redistricting
so
anyway,
I
a
couple
of
items:
I
want
to
bring
up
first
of
all,
I,
it
been
important
issues
like
this
I'm
always
very
disappointed
in
our
not
too
great
local
paper.
They
had
a
little
article
about
it
several
weeks
ago.
There's
been
no
mentioning
since
he
it's
so
important.
Okay,
I.
I
Frank
Frank
Tyson
can't
me
now
yeah
I
disappointed
in
the
fact
that
our
local
paper
doesn't
really
get
into
issues
like
this
in
depth
and,
for
instance,
we
have
a
lot
of
people
here
tonight,
but
we
should
have
more
people,
I
think.
That's,
unfortunately,
not
everybody
is
computer
friendly
and
looks
at
the
website
and
I
think,
maybe
ultimately
we
might
have
to
start
buying
ads,
like
some
cities
do
in
the
paper
when
there
was
an
important
issue,
because
what
everybody
should
be
involved
in
this.
I
The
other
thing
is
as
far
as
the
issue
of
mayor
is
concerned:
I'm
definitely
I.
Definitely
don't
think
we
should
have
a
rotating
may
I
tell
you
why
some
people,
you
have
to
really
have
time
to
be
mayor
here,
full-time
practically,
it's
a
full-time
job.
Now
we've
been
trying,
for
instance,
our
small
hotel
association
has
been
trying
to
have
a
meeting
with
Christy
holstege,
but
since
November
and
he's
too
busy,
she
says
and
I
think
she
poly
is
very
busy.
But
you
know
that
would
not
be
a
good
thing
for
a
full-time
mayor.
I
So
I
really
think
that
we
really
need
to
to
think
that
through
that,
whoever
is
gonna
be
mayor
has
got
to
have
to
be
willing
to
spend
all
this
time
or
her
time
to
it
and
finally,
I
think
that
when
it
comes
to
the
them
to
the
business
district,
I
think
it.
It
seems
to
me
a
very
sensible
thing
that
as
many
as
the
districts
can
touch
upon
it
to
better,
rather
than
having
a
one,
solid
business
district.
B
Just
on
the
outreach
we
are
doing
ads,
we're
doing
bus
shelters.
Every
single
address
in
the
city
was
sent
a
mailer
with
the
dates
of
of
these
and
seeing
a
lot
of
people
nodding
their
heads.
So
the
city
is
doing
a
great
deal
of
outreach
everything's
in
English
and
Spanish
we're
been
doing
TV
interviews,
radio
interviews
so
there's
a
full
campaign.
B
A
At
one
time,
it's
my
understanding,
the
Palm
Springs
City
Council
did
include
seven
individuals.
That
goes
back
a
number
of
years.
The
advice
that
we
have
received
from
our
city
attorney
is
that
we
don't
have
the
option
of
considering
that
as
a
part
of
expanding
the
number
of
people
on
City
Council
as
a
part
of
this
process.
F
Hi
I'm
Jocelyn
Kane-
these
might
be
educated,
I'm,
sorry,
but
I'm
just
curious
about
how
that
sort
of
tribe
integrates
with
this
process
at
all
or
tribal
land
and
then
the
industrial
area
because,
as
you
know,
I
work
in
the
cannabis
industry.
So
there's
a
lot
of
folks
in
those
areas
doing
the
cannabis,
business
and
I'm
just
wondering
how
that
impacts.
Industrial
area,
since
there
are
so
many
people
living
there
so.
C
It's
all
based
when
it
comes
to
districts,
it's
really
based
on
populations.
So
certainly,
if
you're
telling
us
that
we
should
have
a
council
district
that
focuses
on
industrial
areas,
that's
a
community
of
interest,
and
so,
if
there's
a
particular
area
in
the
city
where
it
makes
sense
to
kind
of
concentrate
and
and
having
either
one
or
two
council
members
represent
that
area,
giving
us
that
feedback
is
important
when
it
comes
to
the
tribal
lands
versus
regular
lands.
There's
really
no
difference
when
it
comes
to
the
districting
process.
C
Unless
somebody
were
to
say
maybe
the
tribe,
it
says:
hey,
there's,
there's
a
higher
concentration
of
Native
Americans
in
this
area
or
or
there's
a
lot
of
tribal
land
in
this
particular
area.
We
would
like
to
have
a
council
district
formed
in
that
area
based
on
a
community
of
interest.
Again,
that's
just
feedback
for
the
council
to
consider
when
it's
making
its
decisions.
C
A
Other
I
could
certainly
see
individuals
coming
forward
and
saying.
Neighborhoods
are
communities
that
have
significantly
greater
amount
of
leased.
Land
would
like
to
to
be
considered
a
community
of
interest.
It
would
be
one
more
unique
to
our
particular
city,
but
if
that
is
something
that
people
express,
then
we
will
do
our
best
to
respond
to
that.
C
And
I'll
just
say
in
our
mapping
system
the
GIS
online,
the
super
system,
it
does
include
a
little
overlay
of
tribal
lands,
it's
not
to
a
parcel
level,
but
it
kind
of
goes
by
census,
kind
of
sinteres
census
areas
and
puts
a
little
overlay
on
it.
That
says,
this
area
is
a
little
bit:
heavier
concentrated
with
tribal
lands.
J
Good
evening
my
name
is
Jerry
Cruz
and
I'm.
The
chair
from
the
sunrises
to
Chino
neighborhood
collation,
I'd
like
to
thank
you
for
having
a
gentleman
here
signing
for
the
people
who
are
hearing
impaired.
My
wonderful
neighbor
Maryanne
is
sitting
right
here.
I
was
so
happy
that
she
was
able
to
come.
My
question
for
you
is
about
the
desert,
AIDS
project
and,
of
course,
the
business
district
across
the
street
with
the
grocery
stores.
How
does
that
get
included
in
splicing
up
the
district?
J
B
So
to
qualify,
you
have
to
be
under
the
census.
This
has
to
be
a
primary
address.
That's
how
the
census
makes
decisions.
People
who
live
in
that
housing
at
desert,
AIDS,
Project,
would
qualify.
Probably
there's
probably
one
census
tract
is
my
guess:
the
shopping
center
doesn't
qualify
for
census
tracts,
but
again,
if
people
want
the
businesses
in
the
Vista
Chino
sunrise
area
to
be
in
one
district,
that
could
be
a
community
of
interest
and
if
people
feel
they
actually
want
to
people
to
represent
that
area,
they
might
want
it
split
at
sunrise
or
Vista
Chino.
B
J
J
A
We
will
have
an
obligation
after
the
2020
census
is
completed,
to
draw
district
boundaries
all
over
again,
just
like
any
other
entity
has
to
draw
districts
every
ten
years,
so
there
will
be
some
catching
up
where
and
I'll.
Let
Anthony
answer
this,
but
my
understanding
is
where
we
can
clearly
document
residency
and
numbers.
Then
we
can
take
that
into
account.
Yes,.
C
C
The
on
the
idea
of
the
desert
8
project
in
and
the
the
grocery
stores
and
the
business
district-
you
know
again
it's
it
goes
back
to
you
telling
the
council
in
particularly
what
you
think
is
your
neighborhood
of
community
or
your
community
of
interests.
So
for
me,
if
the
grocery
stores
across
from
my
apartment,
complex
and
I,
want
the
council
to
know,
I
think
that
they
should
be
combined
into
one
district.
That's
what
we
need
to
know.
K
Remember
what
I
was
gonna
say
good
evening.
My
name
is
David
Austin
I'm
a
resident
here
in
Midtown
Palm
Springs,
so
this
neighborhood
I
want
to.
Thank
you.
First
of
all
for
the
comment
you
made
about
one
of
the
goals
being
to
try
to
sustain
our
one
Palm
Springs
communities,
to
the
extent
that
you
can,
and
hopefully
when
this
is
all
done.
Maybe
we
can
tweet
the
two
of
them
together
and
it
would
be
remain
a
unified,
or
at
least,
if
there's
a
split
down
the
middle.
K
K
Those
of
us
nearby
would
be
would
have
to
be
for
population
purposes
drawn
into
that.
My
concern
is
that
the
residents
could
be
overwhelmed
in
terms
of
influence
at
election
time,
at
least
if
we're
not
able
to
contribute.
As
you
know,
senior
citizens
on
fixed
incomes
like
downtown
businesses
can
so
I
would
agree
with
those
who
have
commented
that
trying
to
get
as
many
council
districts
as
possible
to
touch
our
downtown,
which
is
awfully
important
to
who
we
are
and
and
how
this
city
funds
itself.
K
Great
concept
put
things
in
place
that
will
help
you
do
that,
but
human
nature
is
still
human
nature,
and
you
know
in
one
sense
we're
doing
this
because
we
want
the
councilmember
to
represent
a
community
of
interest
in
their
district.
So
there's
there's
some
general
conflict
between
those
two
goals
as
well.
I
know
you
don't
have
a
lot
of
time
right,
I'm,
sure!
That's
why
the
city
attorney
said
hey.
You
can't
change
the
structure
of
the
council
while
doing
this
process.
K
It
would
seem
to
me
that
it's
likely
that
five
districts
will
be
easier
to
pull
off
than
four
in
terms
of
meeting
the
minority
representation
goals.
I
could
be
wrong,
but,
assuming
that's
the
case.
An
easy
way
to
deal
with
this
would
be
to
do
five
districts
agree
at
the
start.
You're
gonna
rotate
the
mayor
and
then
turn
around
and
put
an
item
on
the
next
election
to
change
that
to
a
an
at-large
elected
mayor,
in
addition
to
the
five
districts,
although
that's
an
even
number,
maybe
you
don't.
K
But
you
know
you
can
or
you
can
work
it
out
after
2020,
but
I
think
having
an
at-large
mayor
provides
a
conscience
for
your
stated
goals
about
everybody
representing
that
the
whole
city
and
to
say
now
a
council
member
really.
Are
you
really
telling
me?
That's
that's
your
view
of
the
whole
city's
perspective,
just
for
what
it's
worth.
Thank
you.
L
My
name
is
David
pronin
I'm,
a
midtown
resident
also
I
just
had
something
that
my
husband
just
brought
up
and
I
wasn't
too
clear
what
he
just
said,
but
maybe
clarify
it.
I
was
a
little
concerned
about
this
quote:
unquote:
loyalty
or
oath-
that
council
members
had
to
take
to
the
city
I'm
just
personally,
what's
going
on
in
this
world,
I,
just
don't
believe
in
loyalty.
Oaths
to
you
know
up
to
a
city,
an
entity
as
opposed
to
the
individuals
and
I
think
you
know
definitely
an
at-large
mayor.
L
That's
the
point
of
an
at-large
mayors
to
be
concerned
for
all
the
citizens
and
and
yes,
the
local
person
is
going
to
represent
the
interests
of
the
local
community
if
it's
based
on
communities
of
interest.
Otherwise
it's
self-defeating
if
your
loyalty
comes
to
the
city
first
you're
here
to
represent
different
people
in
different
areas.
Otherwise,
what's
the
point
thank.
A
L
Another
way
of
saying
a
loyalty
oath
to
me
without
calling
it
a
loyalty,
oath,
I,
just
I,
don't
think
it's
necessary
I
think
it's
implied
by
someone
who
runs
for
office
and
if
you're
not
accountable
as
a
mayor
to
everybody,
then
we'll
vote
you
out
and
the
same
thing.
You
know
people
find
individual
districts
or
whatever,
but
that's
the
whole
idea
of
individual
district
you're
representing
me
and
my
needs
because
I
have
different
needs
and
someone
else
in
another
district
would
have
and
I
just
don't
think
it's
necessary
to
even
put
it
in
there.
M
Good
evening
my
name's
Paul
Hendrickson
Palm
Springs
resident
and
I'm
a
tech
guy.
So,
of
course
the
old
saying
garbage
in
garbage
out
I
noticed
an
error
on
slide
number
12.
They
show
they
show
a
section
here
at
the
north
end
as
being
25
to
35%
Latino,
when
in
fact
there
are
no
houses
there,
so
I
not
quite
sure
where
that
came
from
there
will
be
there's
1,150
homes
being
built
in
that
area
plan
to.
But
as
of
yet
there's,
not
even
one
foundation
there.
So
I
just
wanted
to
point
that
out.
M
So
someone
gonna
take
a
look
at
it.
There
was
a
mention
of
the
homeless
count.
I
happen
to
have
been
there
when
they
made
the
announcement
there
with
the
2018
census.
I
mean
homeless,
count
in
time,
whatever
they
called.
It
resulted
in
119
just
answer
that
question
and
then
also
those
who
are
working
on
the
committees
working
on
this
might
want
to
talk
to
my
husband
and
I
because
we're
the
co-chairs
of
one
PS
neighborhood
formation
support,
and
there
are
currently
several
new
neighborhoods
being
considered
and
there's
also
several
looking
at
expanding.
M
M
Then
I
think
you
actually
already
addressed
this
considering
there
are
several
sizable
developments
coming
coming
up
here
in
Palm
Springs,
some
of
them
sooner
rather
than
later.
For
example,
Marilyn,
which
I
mentioned
on
the
map,
has
an
error
and
that'll
be
basically
possibly
of
five
to
eight
percent
increase
in
the
population
of
the
city.
Just
in
that
develop
so
I
guess
that
would
be
redistricting
based
on
the
next
census.
Is
that
right?
That
was
it.
Thank
you
very
much,
and
thank
you
for
holding
this.
For
me.
I
do.
C
Want
to
just
make
a
quick
comment:
I
don't
know
if
the
the
Maryland
development
or
that
error
is,
is
there
or
not,
but
I
do
want
to
just
point
out
as
you're
going
through
the
GIS
system
and
you're
playing
with
it.
Sometimes
the
heat
map
can
be
misleading
because
I
know,
in
my
experience,
if
there
is
only
one
residence
in
that
census
block
it's
going
to
show
up
as
red
if
it's
Latino,
because
there's
only
one
one
residence
in
that
entire
census
block,
and
so
of
course,
it's
going
to
show
up
as
heavy
on
Latino.
N
Hi,
my
name
is
les
young,
and
the
only
comment
I
have
is,
as
I
looked
at
the
concept
of
all
districts,
touching
downtown
I
thought
of
retail
maps
and
generally
in
retail
maps.
You
hope
that
the
you
know
you
look
at
the
center
of
the
business
and
unfortunately
our
mountain
really
causes
a
problem
for
us
now.
If
downtown
ran
pockets
from
the
mountain
to
the
airport
or
it
ran
sunrise
from
east
to
west,
you
might
be
able
to
have
multiple
neighborhoods
touching
or
multiple
districts.
Touching
downtown
doesn't
seem
like
pie.
N
Cutting
the
city
up
would
do
much
for
neighborhoods
to
try
to
achieve
that.
Maybe
we
can
think
about.
You
know
the
airport
dropping
into
a
district
which
is
not
touched
by.
You
know
a
district
that
touches
downtown
so
that
there's
important
factors
involved
in
other
districts,
but
I
I,
don't
see
how
all
of
us
could
have
the
opportunity
to
have
every
dist
district
touch
downtown.
So
thank
you.
F
Hi,
my
name
is
Robert
Heinlein
and
I'm,
a
resident
of
Palm
Springs
and
to
be
consistent
with
the
world
cup
I'm,
not
gonna,
flash
a
red
card,
but
I'm
gonna,
flash
a
yellow
card,
and
that's
a
concern
that
flashed
through
my
head.
When
you
were
talking
about
the
odd
year
even
year,
elections
and
my
question
is
what
happens
with
the
proposed
with
the
now
scheduled
election
for
City
Council
in
2019
visa
vie
the
proposed
a
proposal
to
held
elections
in
the
even
years.
What
happens
with
people
who
are
up
for
election?
B
Sure-
and
this
is
an
issue
that
we
have
attorneys
researching
because
the
state
has
said
that,
and
most
cities
need
to
move
to
even
number
elections
if
they
ever
had
an
election
where
they
were
their
off
year
election.
The
odd
year
elections
was
25%
below
general
turnout.
We've
had
one
that
we
know
of
in
our
history
when
we
had
two
incumbents
running
who
won
handily
and
we
didn't
have
that
they
could.
Turnout
compared
to
most
cities
are
off
year.
B
Council
elections,
we
had
very
high
turnout
over
50%,
but
in
presidential
elections
we
have
90%
I
mean
we
are
an
engaged
community.
So
it's
a
question
of
whether
charter
cities
have
to
comply
with
that
and
there's
a
split
of
opinion
on
that
there's
no
case
law.
Yet
so
we
are
looking
into
that
issue.
If
we
do
need
to
move
to
even
your
elections,
the
earliest
we
would
have
to
do,
it
is
2020,
possibly
2022.
So
those
are
the
issues
we're
finding.
It
won't
doesn't
stop
us
from
doing
2019
election.
B
The
state
law
allows
councils
in
order
to
get
on
to
that
schedule
to
either
extend
council
members
terms,
one
year
from
four
to
five
or
take
one
year
off
from
four
to
three.
You
would
guess
most
councils
have
gone
four
to
five
around
the
state,
but
that's
something
that
we're
going
to
discuss
in
this
process.
B
So,
although
we
could
go
to
2020
instead
of
2019
right
now,
that
hasn't
been
anything
council
has
discussed,
but
it
will
be
part
of
this
decision-making
process
and
we're
hoping
to
have
a
good
analysis
from
the
city
attorney
by
the
time.
We're
talking
about
that
in
September,
because
we
want
to
know
what
our
options
are
right.
O
So
good
evening,
everybody,
my
name,
is
Bruce
Hoban
and
I
live
in
Sunrise
Park
and
if
I
could
ask
you
to
turn
to
Slide
8
for
one
moment
which
goes
about
the
federal
laws,
equal
population,
federal
voting
rights,
no
racial
gerrymandering
and
then
traditional
criteria.
When
you
look
at
the
traditional
criteria,
okay,
they
don't
fit
part
of
this
town.
We
do
have
the
tribe
lands.
That's
really
not
a
voting
issue
or
an
access
to
the
right
to
vote.
F
O
Vacant
people
don't
live
in
them.
The
question
is:
to
those
people
have
a
right
for
input
into
this
process,
so
by
sending
out
mailers
just
to
residential
addresses,
we're
taking
a
chunk
of
the
people
who
might
wish
to
have
input
who
have
property
here.
Okay
and
not
letting
him
know
I'm,
just
raising
that
not
as
the
biggest
thing
in
the
world
just
as
a
point.
O
Okay,
more
importantly,
though,
is
the
2010
census
did
allow
one
particular
question
about
your
marriage
status
was
the
first
time
ever
done
to
find
out
whether
or
not
you
indeed
were
married
to
a
gay
or
lesbian
and
I
see
that
none
of
that
data
is
included
here.
That
is
the
third
unique
thing
about
our
town
is
it's.
O
You
know
estimated
to
be
over
50
percent,
gay
and
lesbian,
and
the
data
should
be
I
hope
available
to
put
in
here
as
an
overlay
understanding
that
it
is
8
years
old,
ok
and
understanding
that
we're
not
asking
orientation
at
the
time.
But
at
least
we
would
have
some
indicators
to
make
sure
that
we're
creating
a
balanced,
fair
mix
across
the
districts.
A
P
Good
evening,
thank
you
so
much
for
having
the
opportunity
for
this
input.
I've
been
trying
to
look
into
this
for
a
few
days
and
there's
a
lot
of
interesting
ways
that
this
has
gone
on
in
many
cities,
so
I
live
in
movie,
colony,
East
and
then
I
have
a
business
in
downtown
Palm,
Springs
and
also
a
business
in
the
desert,
Highland,
neighborhood
and
so
I.
It's
very
interesting
to
watch
this
process
take
place
as
each
of
those
are
so
very
different
from
each
other
and
to
try
to
imagine
what
it
will
be
like
to
have.
P
P
This
is
going
to
be
a
daunting
task
because
even
as
I
look
at
like
the
desert,
Highland
neighborhood
and
how
will
that
be
able
to
fit
in
with
this
to
make
sure
that
they
have
the
equal
opportunity,
the
residents
that
live
up
there
to
maybe
be
able
to
afford
even
to
run
in
an
election
that
has
become
so
cost
prohibitive.
So
age
was
one
of
the
things
and
I
think
that
maybe
even
male
and
female.
P
If
that
could
be
pointed
out,
you
know
this
was
the
first
time
in
many
many
years
that
we
had
two
women
on
the
console.
I
think
last
was
maybe
Dana
Hodges
and
Jeanne
relish
Persian
and
her
other
names,
and
so
I
think
that
that's
something
that
would
be
very
important
to
keep
in
touch
with
as
well
and
I'm
gonna
really
enjoy
watching
this
process
take
place.
I
don't
adapt
very
well
to
change,
and
anybody
that
knows
me
knows
that.
That's
true,
but
I
I
trust
you
so
make
it
work.
Thank
you.
A
E
I've
lived
in
Palm
Springs,
all
my
life
I'm
just
gonna
make
some
comments
and
mine
is
the
term.
Communities
of
interest
have
been
kicked
around
a
lot.
The
entire
city
is
my
community
of
interest.
I
live
in
one
neighborhood
and
I
shop
in
other
neighborhoods
I
eat
in
other
neighborhoods,
and
so
my
concern
is
this
planet
seems
like
you're,
taking
away
part
of
my
voice,
because
we're
no
longer
in
have
at-large
districts,
now
I'm
wondering
how
those
concerns
will
be
addressed.
Thank
you.
B
Sure
and
I
think
two
points
one
the
California
Voting
Rights
Act
requires
you
know
any
government
entity.
So
this
is
school
districts,
College,
Board's,
City,
Council's,
County
boards
of
Supervisors
to
move
to
district
elections.
If
there
is
anything
any
racially
polarized
voting,
and
that
means
that
protected
minorities
vote
differently
than
the
community
at
large.
B
So
it's
a
legal
requirement
so
that
that's
why
it's
happening,
but
I
do
want
to
point
out
we're
one
of
the
few
entities
for
all
of
us
where
there's
at-large
voting
right,
whether
it's
the
school
board
will
let
five
members
from
districts,
whether
it's
the
College
Board,
whether
it's
assembly
or
Senate
or
Congress.
Most
government
entities
are
representative
democracies,
you're
elected
from
a
district
to
a
larger
body.
So
hopefully
you
know
will
work
better
than
some
of
those,
but
that's
sort
of
the
the
reasoning
behind
it.
B
But
that's
the
reason
that
the
state
legislature
passed
the
California
there
Voting
Rights
Act,
which
is
much
stronger
than
the
federal
one,
because
they
wanted
to
make
sure
that
protected
minorities
under
California
law
were
able
to
influence
elections,
and
they
felt
that
the
remedy
that
they're
requiring
is
district
elections.
So
that
is
the
rationale,
but
it's
a
point
well
taken.
B
But
that
said,
as
we
talk
about
this
one
of
the
things
we
are
going
to
look
at
in
addition
to
everything
up
here
are
the
years,
but
also
if
there
are
barriers
for
people
to
run
whatever
they
may
be.
We
want
to
hear
what
those
are,
because
the
goal
here
is
to
make
sure
everyone
has
an
opportunity
to
serve.
This
is
not,
in
theory,
a
full-time
job
and
we
have
to
really
look
at.
B
Are
there
things
we
can
do
to
make
sure
that
everyone
can
serve
and
it
doesn't
predominantly
end
up
being
retired
people
or
people
who
have
the
means
to
either
self
fund
their
campaign
or
have
the
associates
to
fund
a
campaign
who
don't
need
to
have
another
job
in
order
to
pay
the
bills?
So
we
really
do
want
to
hear
if
people
have
thought
about
running
and
they
can't
if
they
have,
there
have
been
barriers.
B
A
Know,
and
to
pick
up
on
the
theme
of
putting
the
interests
of
the
city.
First,
all
of
us
have
now
seen
our
state
legislatures,
our
Congress,
our
Senate,
there's
a
recognition
that
those
individuals
are
representing
both
their
district
or
their
state
and
representing
the
country
or
depending
on
for
those
in
the
legislature,
the
the
state
you
can
do
both.
A
So
you
end
up
getting
sometimes
two
three
four
responses,
depending
on
what
the
issue
is
in
the
future,
when
we
do
have
districts,
the
individual
who's
representing
that
district
will
know
it's
your
job
to
respond
to
that
particular
email
to
that
complaint.
To
that
issue
as
well
as
your
colleagues
will
know,
it's
your
it's
that
person's
job.
To
respond
to
that
individual
and
we'll
all
be
competing
with
one
another
to
be
the
best
at
responding
to
the
constituents
and
in
our
particular
district.
Q
On
the
theme
of
what's
the
community
of
interest,
I
live
in
a
Cena
and
I'm,
not
really
seeing
how
I
want
my
district
drawn,
but
were
impacted
by
CV
link
and
the
wash
were
impacted
by
Vista
Chino
flooding
every
time.
There's
a
rain
were
impacted
with
wind
and
were
impacted
with
airport
noise
and
we're
impacted
with
how
easy
it
is
to
get
down
Ramon
to
the
city
or
get
down
Vista
Chino
to
the
city.
Q
Sure
that
everybody
in
every
neighborhood
here
has
I
know
people
on
Ferro
worried
about
traffic,
but
we
haven't
heard
as
much
of
that
tonight
and
it
would
be
really
helpful
to
us
if
you
write
comments
and
when
you
draw
maps
to
think
about
those
kinds
of
things
that
impact
you
and
where
you
think
it
might
be
helpful
to
have
a
representative
who
could
deal
with
some
of
those
issues.
Thank
you.
A
R
Good
evening,
I'm
Tim,
Oh,
Bailey
and
I
want
to
piggyback
on
what
Kathy
just
said,
because
it
made
me
think
I'm,
the
co-chair
co-founder
of
little
Tuscany
or
was
the
co-chair,
and
my
community
of
interest
is
the
G
no
Cohn,
and
there
are
no
voters
there
and
it's
I
believe
within
the
city
limits,
and
so
maybe
it's
just
obvious
and
I
should
just
shut
up.
But
it
seems
like
that
kind
of
thing,
whether
it's
Indian
canyons
or
Chino
Cohn.
Those
are
the
things
that
are
important
to
our
neighborhood.
B
That
and
as
you're
thinking
about
right,
whether
it's
shopping,
centers
or
open
space
and
the
Chino
Cohn
is
a
great
example.
You
know
that's
something
to
bring
up
boy,
which
is
you
know,
that's
really
important
to
my
neighborhood
and
probably
the
surrounding
neighborhoods.
It's
important
to
the
whole
city,
of
course,
but
you
know
keeping
the
neighborhoods
that
are
near
the
Chino
cone
together
could
be
something
you'd
want
to
submit
and
say
that's
a
priority
of
mine
and
drawing
a
map
that
does
that
and
submitting
that
map.
And
you
know
from
other
cities.
B
Most
people
really
draw
their
district
because
that's
what
they
know
but
you're
free
to
draw
your
district
other
districts,
five
districts,
four
districts,
that's
up
to
you,
but
really
you
know
your
district
best.
So
really
think
about
that
in
your
comments,
because
you
know
the
issues
that
are
important
to
your
neighbors
and
the
people
who
live
near
you
and
to
you.
So
that's
a
good
point.
Thank
you.
A
G
Dean
I
have
two
comments.
One
is
that
I
know
you
talked
about
for
the
downtown
whether
you
would
have
different
districts
abutting
it
and
the
question
is:
could
you
have
council
members
be
responsible
for
a
designated
industrial
or
commercial
area,
even
if
it's
not
adjacent
to
their
own
district,
so
I
think.
B
You
could
have
as
we
now
do.
We
have
liaisons
to
a
number
of
organizations,
so
we
could
do
something
similar.
We
could
have
a
liaison.
We
actually
have
a
liaison
to
Main
Street
and
an
alternate
I
think
the
mayor's
the
current
liaison
and
I
think
councilmember
Middleton's
the
alternate.
So
there
are
ways
to
do
things
along
that.
You
know
we
have
two
council
members
who
are
on
the
cannabis
subcommittee,
so
there
are
other
ways
to
address
some
of
those
issues.
Yes
and.
G
Then
the
other
question
I
had
another
community
forum
is
what
it
would
take
to
make
the
City
Council's,
actually
full-time
jobs
and
paid
as
full-time
jobs,
because
I
think
part
of
the
local
representation
is
is
inhibited
just
by
the
fact
that
people
can't
really
afford,
even
if
it's
takes
less
time
to
do
the
job,
because
it
really
should
be
a
full-time
job
and
it
ends
up
being
that.
So
what
would
be
the
process
that
that
takes
not
to
pay
you
more,
but
somebody
else
wanted
to
run
could
be
have
it
as
a
full-time
job.
A
Thank
you
for
that.
The
focus
that
we
have
here
is
is
certainly
the
issue
of
whether
or
not
City
Council
is
full-time
work
or
significantly
more
work
than
was
anticipated
by
the
part-time
job.
I
think
is
something
anyone
who
served
on
City
Council
here
knows
people
in
Palm
Springs
demand
a
lot
of
you
and
we
want
to
give
that
to
you.
It
takes
a
lot
of
time,
that's
a
conversation
that
needs
to
happen,
and
some
of
that
will
probably
happen
over
the
course
of
the
next
few
months.
A
C
I
just
want
to
just
give
a
quick
reminder
that
there's
a
lot
of
ways
to
give
input.
You
can
I
have
my
business
cards
in
the
back
you're
welcome
to
email
me
if
you
have
any
written
ideas
on
communities
of
interest
that
will
be
compiled
and
provided
to
the
City
Council
when
it's
making
its
considerations
and
also
to
the
demographer.
The
comment
cards
that
we
have
in
the
back
you're
welcome
to
go
ahead
and
fill
them
out
and
drop
them
off
tonight.
Again.
C
There's
the
paper
mapping
system,
then
the
combined
kind
of
interactive
mapping
system
with
the
paper
system
and
then
the
full
GIS
system.
If
you're
willing
to
go
into
that
depth
and
you're,
always
welcome
to
contact
me
I'm
happy
to
try
and
assist
you
using
that
GIS
system
and
if
I
can't
help
you,
then
we
will
ask
the
demographer
to
help
you
our.
A
A
B
More
thing
just
to
add,
we
normally
do
our
interviews
for
boards
and
commissions
in
the
spring,
and
people
would
have
started.
July
1st.
We
extended
that
we're
gonna
do
the
interviews
towards
the
end
of
the
year.
People
won't
start
till
January
1st,
because
we're
going
through
this
process-
and
it
was
a
great
opportunity
to
outreach
to
get
more
people
to
apply
for
boards
and
commissions
to
have
our
boards
and
commissions
reflect
the
diversity
of
Palm
Springs.
B
So,
if
you're
interested,
if
you
know
people
are
interested,
if
you
have
ways
to
reach
out
to
people
which
we
will
be
doing,
please
do
so.
If
you
have
questions
and
upwards
and
commissions,
the
city
clerk,
the
city
manager
and
every
single
member
of
the
City
Council
would
be
happy
to
answer
questions
and
talk
to
anyone
about
these
boards
and
commissions.
It's
a
great
opportunity
to
participate
in
the
city,
and
we
have
such
amazing
volunteers
who
help
do
all
this
work.
So
thank
you
all
for
coming.