HomeMy WebLinkAboutItem A - Public CommentFrom:Ed McBride
To:City Clerk; Lisa Middleton
Cc:Ed McBride; Jeannie Kays
Subject:JOINT SPECIAL STUDY SESSION AMENDED AGENDA
Date:Monday, June 6, 2022 12:22:35 PM
Importance:High
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Honorable Mayor Middleton and City Council Members
I am currently Chair of the Palm Springs Library Board of Trustees and
have served the Trustees for 6 years. Though my term is nearing an
end, my passion and dedication to the Library will go on and I want to
support the City of Palm Springs Public Library anyway I can.
I am extremely disappointed that the Library Renovation has once again
fallen off the Measure J and City Budget Priorities as a City funded
project. Though it is included it has a footnote that the State Library
Grant will be a requirement for the City to fund the project. I will admit I
may not be reading the agenda correctly and if I am not, I beg someone
to correct me and to further explain.
As you know, The Library Renovation was used as a justification to the
voters when Measure J was introduced and to date the amount of
Measure J support has fallen way short of the expected amounts that
generated the support for Measure J by Library supporters. We are all
so very puzzled why City leadership consistently says the Library is an
important project and should be funded to only have it fall of the priority
list year after year. I think the time has come that the large number of
users and supporters of the Library deserve an explanation that
includes a confirmation of the future of the Library building.
I hope this Special Session will include a detailed review and discussion
of the Library Renovation and once again City Council will show support
for making this project happen in the next and upcoming Fiscal Years.
Thank you so much!
6/8/2022
Public Comment
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Ed McBride
Ed.mcbride58@gmail.com
6/8/2022
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From:Jana FitzGerald
To:City Clerk
Subject:Palm Springs should do better for its kids, and invest in parks!
Date:Wednesday, June 8, 2022 9:47:36 AM
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In December 2021, I relocated to Palm Springs with my husband and toddler daughter. I was
born and raised here, but moved away to go to college and have not lived here since. There
are some things that I am glad to see have not changed in the 18 years since I left. But the
state of the parks here is not one of them.
As an adult, I have lived in New York City and the San Francisco Bay Area. These areas
share a rich tradition of public parks, and I was grateful to take advantage of them. My
daughter will not remember her earliest days, but many were spent in park systems designed
with children in mind.
I love Palm Springs. I am excited to be raising my daughter here--and also that other families
(certainly many more than when I was growing up) are doing the same. I want local parks to
enrich her life the way they have mine. What might that look like, here in the desert? Park
area with proper shade structure, to start, so that children can play in safety. It could
also look like regular clean-ups, so that children are not encountering trash--some of it
dangerous--while digging in the sand.
I write to ask that the city prioritize children, and commit some of its funds to improve the
local parks so that my daughter, and the lovely kids we have met since moving here, have a
safe and inclusive place to go.
6/8/2022
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From:Michael Hirschbein
To:City Clerk
Subject:Public comment for tomorrow’s budget meeting
Date:Tuesday, June 7, 2022 5:01:08 PM
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I am writing in support of Mr. McBride’s letter to you copied below.
Michael Hirschbein
Honorable Mayor Middleton and City Council Members
I am currently Chair of the Palm Springs Library Board of Trustees and
have served the Trustees for 6 years. Though my term is nearing an
end, my passion and dedication to the Library will go on and I want to
support the City of Palm Springs Public Library anyway I can.
I am extremely disappointed that the Library Renovation has once again
fallen off the Measure J and City Budget Priorities as a City funded
project. Though it is included it has a footnote that the State Library
Grant will be a requirement for the City to fund the project. I will admit I
may not be reading the agenda correctly and if I am not, I beg someone
to correct me and to further explain.
As you know, The Library Renovation was used as a justification to the
voters when Measure J was introduced and to date the amount of
Measure J support has fallen way short of the expected amounts that
generated the support for Measure J by Library supporters. We are all
so very puzzled why City leadership consistently says the Library is an
important project and should be funded to only have it fall of the priority
list year after year. I think the time has come that the large number of
users and supporters of the Library deserve an explanation that
includes a confirmation of the future of the Library building.
I hope this Special Session will include a detailed review and discussion
of the Library Renovation and once again City Council will show support
for making this project happen in the next and upcoming Fiscal Years.
Thank you so much!
6/8/2022
Public Comment
Item A
Ed McBride
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6/8/2022
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