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Home My WebLink AboutNon- Agenda Public CommentAnthony Mejia To: Jack Marcin Subject: RE: Questions -Re: Agenda and Zoom Link-District 4 Town Hall-Monday, July 12th, beginning @4pm -----Forwarded Message----- From: Jack Marcin <jmarcin717@yahoo.com> To: Christy Holstege <christy.holstege@palmspringsca.gov> Cc: Denise Goolsby <denise.qoolsby@palmspringsca.gov>; Llubi Rios <llubi.rios@palmsprinqsca.gov> Sent: Sunday, July 11, 2021, 11 :27:34 PM PDT Subject: Questions -Re: Agenda and Zoom Link-District 4 Town Hall-Monday, July 12th, beginning @4pm Dear Mayor Holstege, I realize it may be too late to submit questions for the Town Hall but I would still like to submit them for the record. As the Mountain Shadows homeowner I am deeply concerned about the idea to destroy the Tahquitz golf course, a beautiful green recreational area, and convert it into a "Desert Preserve" as the Oswit Land Trust describes it. Taking into account that Oswit Land Trust's mission is to "save wildlife" and create "miles of restored desert along the Tahquitz Creek ... in the heart of Palm Springs" and actually in the middle of residential neighborhood makes it sound like a bad joke that should not be taken seriously. I believe in the City Council's wisdom and good will to save the golf course. The golf course is not only for the golfers, All homeowners in the surrounding communities are appreciating it and are in panic they are going to lose it. Closing of the golf course, or converting any green recreational areas into "restored desert", would definitely be a step backwards and could become the tipping point for City's decline and further downward spiral. It would destroy the years of progress the city made to create an attractive and pleasant oasis in the desert known as such in the whole world. • Did the City Council take into account the long term damage to the City's status, reputation, attractiveness to tourists and new residents, competitiveness with neighboring cities and overall detrimental effect on the City's economy while considering the sale of Tahquitz Golf Course to Oswit? • What is the overall $ estimate of negative financial impact of closing the golf course on the city's economy, local businesses, airport, tourism, sales and real estate taxes, etc.? • What is the estimate in terms of $'s of the negative impact on surrounding communities property values, rental income? • Considering that the golf course has the potential to positively contribute to city's budget by being very popular, conveniently located near the airport and in the middle of golfing communities, what has been done to promote it and improve the golf course finances? Thank you for your consideration. I remain hopeful and believe that you Ms. Holstege and the City Council will make the best decision for the benefit of the City and it's residents. 1 Best Regards, Jack Marcinkowski Mountain Shadows On Thursday, July 8, 2021, 07:13:55 PM PDT, Llubi Rios <llubi.rios@palmsprinqsca.gov> wrote: Good Evening Everyone, Please join us for the next District 4 Town Hall on Monday, July 12th , beginning at 4pm via zoom. Please see the zoom link below and agenda: Join Zoom Meeting https ://us02web.zoom. us/i/84490296292?pwd=bkZ0c3VMQm pa TGQrYWsybU F2TEM2Zz09 Meeting ID: 844 9029 6292 Passcode:432840 Dial by your location +1 669 900 6833 US (San Jose) Meeting ID: 844 9029 6292 Passcode:432840 Agenda: 1. COVID and Vaccine Update 2. Community Questions: a. Tahquitz Creek Golf Course FAQ b. Speeding on Golf Club Drive/Lawrence Crossley Road c. Neighborhood Watch Groups d. Other questions Thank you, LLUBI RIOS I EXECUTIVE ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT City of Palm Springs I Office of the Mayor and Council 2 3200 E. Tahquitz Canyon Way, Palm Springs, CA 92262 t: 760.322.8385 I f: 760.323.8207 I Llubi.rios@palmspringsca.gov FOR CORONAVIRUS UPDATES AND RESOURCES: www.palmspri ngsca.gov I The Eisenhower Coronavirus Hotline can be reached at 760.837 .8988 3 Anthony Mejia From: Sent: To: Cc: Subject: Celeste Rind <celestehauck@gmail.com> Friday, July 9, 2021 1 :SO PM City Clerk celestehauck@gmail.com; David@rindinternational.com Public Comment Item -Crime NOTICE: This message originated outside of The City of Palm Springs --DO NOT CLICK on links or open attachments unless you are sure the content is safe. My husband and I have been coming to Palm Springs for the last 5 years as long-term renters. This year (April) we made the decision to purchase a lovely home in the Movie Colony. We are doing renovations and so far have had 2 break ins. We have noticed the increase in crime over the last several years -homeless people on the streets, aggressive panhandlers in town, druggies behind buildings when I go to my Pilates class,etc. And now with our home, we are very concerned not only with the crime, but with the lack of police or law enforcement effectiveness. What is the City Council doing to address this? They seem to be blind to the reality of the rapid decline of Palm Springs! We have friends who live permanently in Palm Springs and when the subject of City Council comes up, they roll their eyes and say it is dysfunctional; is it? And if so, what is being done to change this? Celeste and David Rind Sent from my iPad 1 Anthony Mejia From: Sent: To: Cc: Subject: Andrew Archdale < psscouser@yahoo.co.uk> Friday, July 9, 2021 3:15 PM Christy Holstege; trina@trinaturk.com; letters@desertsun.com Grace Garner; Dennis Woods; Geoff Kors; Lisa Middleton; Llubi Rios; City Clerk; CityManager Trina Turk NOTICE: This message originated outside of The City of Palm Springs --DO NOT CLICK on links or open attachments unless you are sure the content is safe. I'm afraid you have just lost all credibility in the Marilyn debate by listing three international news organizations in your piece in yesterday's Desert Sun, in particular The Indian Economic Times.( A monumental frock-up) I have lived in India, one of the most misogynistic nations in the world, where the caste system still thrives, female genitalia mutilation is practiced, honor killings against women prevail, a sweat shop culture in the garment industry with pitiful wages, human and female sex trafficking, and the list goes on. I just hope that within your own notoriously sex driven fashion industry here in the USA that the practices that you follow in your business including notoriously horrendous carbon emissions does not disqualify you from making any legitimate remarks on feminism. Those in glass houses should not throw stones , but I suspect the international publicity that your 41,000 plus group wish to garner has a larger agenda promoted on the back of a small southern Californian town, that to be quite frank hundreds of millions of people worldwide have never heard of and are not even interested in Marilyn. Whatever cause you may have its time to stop using Marilyn as a prop and take a very hard, long look in the mirror. I agree with the City Council on this particular issue regarding the placement of Marilyn and the nonsensical argument that somehow the Art Museum is some kind of glorious temple is somewhat amusing. It's a dour depressing building at best and since it became an Art museum exclusively with a lot of dubious art that that is sold off to maintain its financial viability, the family aspect has all but disappeared. Indeed the focus on reimagining the descriptions to take into account cultural changes and sensitivities ( ie lecture the public) says everything about your actions suing the City and the associated costs. Leave Marilyn alone, and if you are genuinely interested in PS use your group to focus on getting rid of pot shops in PS and the use of any gateway drugs, which is rampant in your industry, particularly with regard to vulnerable women and the horrendous issue of date rape drugs. Andrew Archdale "You'll never walk alone" Tel 769-980-2175 1 D7/08}~:tl ITEM NO.Ntm· ~etii, 17uh L· /! &~nr Anthony Mejia From: Sent: To: Subject: Adam Henry <fppc.compliance@gmail.com> Saturday, July 10, 2021 2:15 PM Adam Henry CVEP CEO Joe Wallace TROLLS Palm Springs City Council NOTICE: This message originated outside of The City of Palm Springs --DO NOT CLICK on links or open attachments unless you are sure the content is safe. In a sick act of depravity CVEP CEO Joe Wallace Trolls Councilwoman Lisa Middleton and the entire Palm Springs City Council known for its commitment to diversity and inclusion. It is time this Mormon Hatemonger gets eliminated from the Palm Springs City Budget. SICK SICK SICK 1 01/,s/iou mMNO~twii7fmdYnt Anthony Mejia From: Sent: To: Andrew Archdale < psscouser@yahoo.co.uk> Sunday, July 11, 2021 5:53 PM Christy Holstege; Chief; CityManager Cc: Grace Garner; Dennis Woods; Geoff Kors; Lisa Middleton; Llubi Rios; City Clerk; CityManager Subject: Say it isn't so NOTICE: This message originated outside of The City of Palm Springs --DO NOT CLICK on links or open attachments unless you are sure the content is safe. Dear Chief and Council Members Early last week at 6.30 am I took a short walk on Palm Canyon and counted 12 street people, 10 men and 2 women One man was urinating in the street, one was smoking a crack pipe, two were lying on the sidewalk and one actually had his pants down lying on a bench with his dirty buttocks completely exposed! I spoke to a peace officer sitting in his patrol car 500 yards away and repeated the above and asked what he could do? He explained that if I suggested that my civil rights were being abused he would do something, but if not he was powerless to do anything? He suggested citing them was a waste of time, no jail in Palm Springs and therefore a trip to Indio or Banning would be a waste of time and all the paperwork involved . Indeed the suggestion was that many street people are brought from other jurisdictions as far away as LA and dumped here, in the middle of the night, to relieve the problem at the beach? He also said there is one community officer who attempts to move them "into the shadows" I am glad that you have moved to get help from the professionalism of Martha's Village but are we saying that street folk can act with impunity? On another note there are sadly many people sleeping in cars and parked almost permanently on public streets and parking lots. I used to remember there were city ordinances forbidding this and other loitering activities? Ironically the expensive vehicle below has over the last few months been parked regularly overnight behind the Rowan Hotel in a 20 minute parking zone with its A/Con and smelling of pot, and this am was in another 20 minute zone outside the Hyatt hooked up to the electricity in the street! What has happened to parking enforcement? 1 u,/ov/:>o>f 111,;. :t~ l--ITEM NO. 'F 2 Are parking and local ordnance's being enforced or are they suspended? Sincerely Andrew Archdale Palm Springs 3 Anthony Mejia From: Sent: To: Cc: Subject: LetsAll@GoBananas.net Monday, July 12, 2021 8:44 AM Christy Holstege; Lisa Middleton; Grace Garner; Dennis Woods; Geoff Kors; Daniel DeSelms; Denise Goolsby; City Clerk abig@kidatheart.com Waste Water testing, well, it may be warranted again by late summer or fall. NOTICE: This message originated outside of The City of Palm Springs --DO NOT CLICK on links or open attachments unless you are sure the content is safe. Dear City Council, City Manager, Danny, and Denise, No response needed nor expected. Just a quick important COVID related heads up. You may already be well aware, important (credible) study out of Israel show vaccine efficacies dropping by a meaningful and significant amount (highlighted below). This is to say among other things, Waste Water Testing may once again possibly be warranted in Palm Springs by late summer or fall. That testing would once again help us become aware early of how much virus is in immediate circulation in Palm Springs. Pandemic/Endemic .... it's still a thing. Thanks for reading, Bob Heinbaugh and Paul Hinrichsen -Upper West Side NOrg leadership Link to article and image highlighting point. https://www.fool.com/investing/2021/07 /12/could-this-cdc-comment-hurt-pfizer-and- moderna/ 1 Efficacy is declinin ~------------... __ Real world data out of Israel also indicates boosters may be needec _______ --_the vaccine Israel has relied on --showed onl X 64% efficag, in pr according to tne country·s health ministry. Its efficacy in avoiding M at 93%. That's the most important goal of the vaccine. But a dedinE see continuing. Thus, the need for a booster to give immunity a lift O Virus-free. www.avast.com 2 1 Monique Lomeli Subject: Public comment Item From: Kenneth Bordewick <Kenneth@bhli.us> Sent: Thursday, July 8, 2021 5:51 PM To: City Clerk <CityClerk@palmspringsca.gov> Subject: Public comment Item NOTICE: This message originated outside of The City of Palm Springs ‐‐ DO NOT CLICK on links or open attachments unless you are sure the content is safe. Public Comment Item Dear City Council, I am writing this email for the following reasons. I have great concern for me and my family's safety. Our neighborhood has had several burglaries. Homes vandalized and ransacked. Our cameras caught people in my backyard trying to get into my home through windows and doors. My mothers caregiver heard the noise and ran to the window and scared them away. our cars are broken into nightly, our garages are broken into nightly. It is time You the city council does something.. you care more for the homeless coming into town daily than for the taxpaying homeowners of our community. We call the police. They either come 4 hours later after the criminal has gone or they don't come at all. We are accosted on the street or in the parking lots of our grocery stores. Yelled at harassed and or chased down by people on drugs wanting cash from us. Our kids are not safe. Our families are not safe. Take back our streets and take back our community. WE MOVED TO PALM SPRINGS 15 YEARS AGO. IT WAS SAFE. WE RETIRED HERE TO BE SAFE IN BEAUTIFUL PALM SPRINGS. WHAT ARE YOU THE CITY COUNCIL DOING. GET OFF YOUR BUTS AND ACT. MORE POLICE STIFFER SENTENCES, KEEP US SAFE. ‐‐ In Sacratissimo Corde Iesus Kenneth Bordewick Founder, President and Principal Designer, Beverly Hills Luxury Interiors +1 310 274 9999 +1 310 467 5635 Kenneth@bhli.us www.beverlyhillsluxuryinteriors.com 1615 Westwood Blvd Suite 201 Los Angeles CA 90024 Item: 7/8/2021 Non-Agenda Public Comment 2 “Strive for perfection in everything you do. Take the best that exists and make it better. When it does not exist, design it.” by Sir Henry Royce IMPORTANT: The contents of this email and any attachments are confidential. They are intended for the named recipient(s) only. If you have received this email by mistake, please notify the sender immediately and do not disclose the contents to anyone or make copies thereof. Anthony Mejia To: City of Palm Springs Subject: RE: *NEW SUBMISSION* Submit Public Comment to the City of Palm Springs From: City of Palm Springs <palmspringsca@enotify.visioninternet.com> Sent: Thursday, July 1, 2021 6:52 AM To: City Clerk <CityClerk@palmspringsca.gov>; Anthony Mejia <Anthony.Mejia@palmspringsca.gov> Subject: *NEW SUBMISSION* Submit Public Comment to the City of Palm Springs Full Name/Nombre Mark Cargasacchi City of Residence/Ciudad de residencia Palm springs, Phone (optional) /Telefono (opcional) 8055889768 Email (optional/opcional) markcargasacchi@me.com Your Comments/Sus comentarios I own a business in La Plaza. The closure of Arenas road has had a negative impact on my business. My customers are finding it hard to find parking and just getting around. Why did the road get closed for the benefit of two businesses but to the detriment of everyone else? I feel there is some favoritism going on with these two businesses. Please I open up Arenas road. Thank you, City of Palm Springs This is an automated message generated by Granicus. Please do not reply directly to this email. 1 -, / lJ I /::i-o2( N,bt'-l ~~~ ITEM NO. ~ue,uc. &;m ~I Anthony Mejia From: Sent: To: Subject: Richard Noble <nobleword@gmail.com> Thursday, July 1, 2021 6:37 PM City Clerk Re: city council meetings attendance NOTICE: This message originated outside of The City of Palm Springs --DO NOT CLICK on links or open attachments unless you are sure the content is safe. How can you keep the people away from their arena? We need to have live City Councils -- Richard Noble, CADC-11, Clinical Supervisor, Interventionist, Addiction Specialist CEO, Call the Water Blessed (760) 992-4172 B~ea:' ·1/1/~crl 1 NbN ~E::tN DA ITEMNO. flAei..-\C ~mtvito-JT