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Home My WebLink About2021-10-29 Historic Site Preservation Board RP Main Office Three Park Plaza, Suite 120 Irvine, CA 92614 Office: 714.462.1700 Fax: 714.462.1785 Riverside Office 3649 Mission Inn Avenue Second Floor Rotunda Riverside, CA 92501 October 29, 2021 VIA EMAIL AND FEDEX Historic Site Preservation Board City of Palm Springs 3200 E. Tahquitz Canyon Way Palm Springs, CA 92262 ken.lyon@palmspringsca.gov Re: HISTORIC SITE PRESERVATION BOARD MEETING ON NOVEMBER 2, 2021, Agenda New Business Item 4.A., THE CITY OF PALM SPRINGS REQUESTING A CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS FOR ALTERATIONS TO THE PALM SPRINGS CITY HALL, A CLASS 1 (LANDMARK) HISTORIC SITE, LOCATED AT 3200 EAST TAHQUITZ CANYON WAY, (HSPB #33D / CASE 3.3377).” Dear Historic Site Preservation Board: I represent a group of Palm Springs citizens known as the Friends of Mayor Frank Bogert. I also represent his widow, Mrs. Bogert. It appears from the above agenda item, that the Historic Site Preservation Board intends to consider the above matter regarding the possible relocation of Mayor Bogert’s statue. On behalf of my clients, we submit the attached documents and information for consideration by the Palm Springs Historic Site Preservation Board prior to the board meeting described above. These documents are sent to you via FedEx for admission in consideration at your meeting on November 2, 2021 on the agenda item identified above. We have also provided this evidence to the City Attorney and City Clerk in an effort to avoid any future claim that the evidence was not submitted appropriately to the City. The evidence list we are attaching and providing to the City includes the following: 1. Rebuttal of HRC Report re Section 14 and Mayor Frank Bogert; 2. Executive Summary of Rebuttal of HRC Report re Section 14 and Mayor Frank Bogert; 3. Letter from Trista Milanovich regarding her father's (former Chairman Richard Milanovich) relationship with Mayor Frank Bogert; 4. Letter from Edward (“Pete”) Siva regarding Mayor Frank Bogert/ Siva Conservatorship; City of Palm Springs Oct 29, 21, 2:06 PM Page 2 5. Conservator Program: Outline of Mayor Frank Bogert actual involvement in conservatorship program; 6. Letter from Agua Caliente Tribe thanking City Council for efforts to resettle Section 14 residents; 7. Letter from “Committee for Economic Improvement of Colored People” to Mayor Frank Bogert regarding economic opportunity for African Americans in Palm Springs then living in the South. 8. Section 14 Desert Sun Article Series; 9. Photo storyline of Section 14 with captions describing importance and sourcing; 10. Outline of Mayor Frank Bogert’s efforts to resettle Section 14 residents into housing; 11. Audio Interviews of Negie Bogert, Doug Evans, David Christian, Vera Wall and Barbara Eves, Carrie Allan, Tom Kieley, Doni Hubbard, Amado Salinas, Norm King regarding Mayor Bogert and Section 14; 12. “Can’t Eat Dirt” book, authored by Viola Ortner, Agua Caliente Tribal Chairwoman; 13. “Palm Springs the First Hundred Years” authored by Mayor Frank Bogert; 14. “Favorite Trails of Desert Riders”, authored by Doni Hubbard, born and raised in Section 14; 15. “We Were Here Too”, authored by Vera Prieto Wall, Barbara Eves, Cydronia Valdez, authors were members of original Hispanic families living in Section 14;1 16. March 25, 2009 Tribute to Frank Bogert; 17. Quotes about Frank Bogert; 18. Key to the City Article Re Frank Bogert; and 19. Ballad of Frank Bogert Palm Springs Life - Clip Included within the drop box and the thumb drive is correspondence identifying our legal objections to the City’s proposed action to remove the statue. We encourage a thoughtful review of the significant impediments to such vote, and the ramifications if one goes forward which results in removal. If for some reason you reject these items of consideration, we expect an explanation from the Historic Site Preservation Board of Palm Springs as to why it would refuse to consider such evidence regarding an important resolution to the City residents. Further, any rejection of the evidence we submit will not preclude our use of it, in its entirety, in a court of law. Should you have any difficulty accessing the information we provide please call my legal assistant Celine Lewing at our office in Irvine or me directly on my cell phone at 951-743-8887. 1 A member of Friends of Mayor Frank Bogert, Doug Evans, recently lodged all four books (#11, 12, 13 ,14) with the City Attorney. Therefore, they will not be included in our electronic transmissions, drop box or thumb drive, but are part of our submission for your meeting on November 2, 2021. The rest of the items, noted here in items #1-11, are to be delivered via email in drop box form and a thumb drive. City of Palm Springs Oct 29, 21, 2:06 PM Page 3 Very truly yours, Rod Pacheco RP/cml Attachments: As stated cc: Jeff Ballinger, City Attorney - Via Email Only jeff.ballinger-c@palmspringsca.gov Anthony Mejia, City Clerk - Via Email Only cityclerk@palmspringsca.gov