HomeMy WebLinkAboutNon Agenda Public CommentFrom:Sandra B. Murray
To:City Clerk
Subject:Issues
Date:Tuesday, November 29, 2022 2:49:39 PM
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You were elected by the people of Palm Springs to do a job, to work to make our city better. Homelessness, crime,
have increased on your watch. You are paid with our tax dollars. How about doing your job.
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11/28/2022
Public Comment
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PUBLIC COMMENT: (Non-Agenda Items) Good evening! I bicycle often throughout the city and the Coachella Valley
for exercise and for local errands. I notice more cyclists on all types of streets. It concerns me greatly that the city
has very few Class I bicycle lanes. Instead, many streets are marked with Class II or Class III markings. In many cases,
these streets allow relatively high speeds for motorized vehicles. I encourage the city to perform several changes to
make multi-use streets safer. 1) Establish more Class I bike lanes, which have some physical barrier between bicycle
and motorized traffic. 2) Lower the allowed speed on streets that have a Class II lane marked. I suggest no more
than 35 mph, although 25 mph would be more appropriate. 3) Conduct an education campaign regarding Class III
markings, so that both cyclists and motorists realize that a cyclist may use a full traffic lane.
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11/28/2022
Public Comment
Non Agenda
From:Info Info
To:City Clerk
Subject:Sustainability Commission meeting public comment
Date:Tuesday, November 15, 2022 8:39:15 AM
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As another component to the newly established composting program in Palm Springs, I would like to propose that
the PS Sustainability Commission take the following action to improve waste management and further reduce water
and energy use.
Draft a proposal for the PS City Council’s action to revise local building codes to PROHIBIT THE
INSTALLATION OF IN-SINK GARBAGE DISPOSALS in all NEW residential construction in Palm Springs.
This local “pro-composting” action could very possibly lead to a state-wide trend to do the same. Putting PS on the
map as a leader, not just a follower, of both waste management, water conservation and energy conservation.
An eventual follow-up step could even be offering some sort of city, PS Disposal and Desert Water matching funds
rebate to home owners who remove existing in-sink garbage disposals. Much as has been done with turf removal
and low-flow toilet conversions over the years.
Having lived in San Francisco for 30 years before moving to Palm Springs in 2019, we were very much used to food
waste composting. And felt guilty when dumping that in our brown bins here in PS for the past 3 years. It was an
easy process, once supported by curbside bin use.
However, sadly, what we saw routinely happening in the very successful SF curbside composting program was a
way to completely avoid composting all together. Many people simply ground and flushed their food waste down
their kitchen sinks, instead of taking the few extra moments to bag, save and put it out for weekly compost pick-up.
In-sink garbage disposals simply undermined a significant portion of the composting program. Not by “disposing”
of it as the devices are incorrectly named. But simply “transferring” it, via extensive excess water use and flow, to
the local water treatment facilities. Which then had to waste even more water, and energy to strain it all back out of
our waste water during the treatment process.
In essence, the convenience of residential in-sink garbage “disposals” offer an all too convenient way to completely
avoid any residential composting nowadays.
FYI- In our last two homes (in SF and now here in PS) when we remodeled each of those kitchens, we removed the
in-sink garbage disposal units. And actually enjoy(ed) the added under-sink storage space as a bonus!
Thank you for your consideration of this matter.
Jeffrey Mauk
415-533-4614
4941 Frey Way, PS, CA 92262
info@sfbackdoorboys.com
11/28/2022
Public Comment
Non-Agenda