HomeMy WebLinkAboutNon Agenda ItemFrom:JOSEPH YAKIMOW
To:City Clerk
Subject:Public Comment
Date:Thursday, June 13, 2024 5:25:16 PM
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Please repaint the lane markings. They are all dirty and no one knows which lane they are in. Thanks Joe Yakimow.
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06/13/2024
Public Comment
Non Agenda
To: Palm Springs Planning Commission
Re: Vacating Museum Way
CC: Christopher Hadwin, Palm Springs Planning Director; Committee to Relocate
Marilyn
I am writing as a year-round citizen of Palm Springs. I have lived here for 20 years. I am
78 years old, I am white, middle-class, fairly well-read and traveled. I pay taxes in Palm
Springs, Riverside County, etc. I closely watch the actions of the PS City Council and the
Planning Commission.
I am appalled at how poorly the Commission (and the City) has handled the most recent
location of the Marilyn Monroe statue:
I.What city in their right mind builds a road, i.e., Museum Way (conforming to one of
the tenets of Prop. J that the citizens of Palm Springs voted for in 2011) that completely
cuts off access to the entity that the road was built to reach?
II.Why does a city adopt a “Downtown Specific Plan” and then vote to vacate it piece by
piece to support special interests in the city? Why have a specific plan at all?
III.How is it that the issue of vacating Museum Way comes before the Commission 4
days before 3 Commissioners’ terms are up (half the Commission)? Are the above City’s
special interests afraid that new Commission members might not be as pliable as current
members?
As for moving this “very heavy statue” - somehow someone has found enough money to
move it at least twice in Palm Springs. I’m sure the City, private funders, interested
parties, could raise enough money to move it 50 yards to a place where it would continue
to be accessible enough to play a role in tourist development, tourist adulation, and
provide endless fodder for conversation and critique. If not, perhaps Cathedral City
would like to install it at the Mary Pickford Theater where it probably really belongs.
I won’t even go into the question of “What is art?”.
Terry Dean
2482 Toledo Ave.
Palm Springs, CA 92264
06/27/2024
Public Comment
Non Agenda
June 17, 2024
Office of the Mayor and City Council
Palm Springs City Hall
3200 East Tahquitz Canyon Way
Palm Springs, CA 92262
Dear Mayor Bernstein and Members of the City Council,
As Supervisor for Los Angeles County’s Third District, I write to you today to express my support for the Palm
Springs Section 14 Survivors. As a former mayor and fellow civic leader, I know that tackling the harms caused by
historical injustices is difficult. I also know that it is the right thing to do and is the only way to facilitate healing.
We must collectively address historical harms for a stronger California.
The destruction of Section 14 not only forced hundreds of families out of their homes, but also took one of the
most fundamental human needs away from them: a sense of security and belonging. The survivors have shown
incredible resilience in their push for recognition and restitution. They have carried the weight of this historical
injustice for far too long. The time has come to make amends.
This is a moment of opportunity for Palm Springs. You can be a powerful national example of reconciliation and
restorative justice, which would resonate far beyond the borders of your community. It would show our country
that Southern California is a place where we not only acknowledge the past, but take action to create a better
future.
I hope you can come together to address this historical injustice and show the nation what’s possible .
I look forward to seeing all the ways you will lead Palm Springs forward by reaching a fair and just resolution with
the Section 14 Survivors – allowing both the survivors and the community to begin a new chapter of healing.
Sincerely,
Lindsey P. Horvath
Supervisor, Third District
Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors
06/27/2024
Public Comment
Non Agenda
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Museum Way proposed closure. I object to a group of non-elected, profit driven individuals hi jacking the general
plan for their personal financial gain. The Planning Commission report does not contain any information regarding
the following: What effect will the road closure have on emergency and other access issues when construction is
completed for the planned hotel or any other structure that may occupy the vacant lot adjacent to Museum Way?
How will the closure affect traffic flow and parking when future construction is completed: What are the
environment impacts? Desert Water Agency will seal off a main water line if the closure is enacted. What is the cost
of this water main construction and who will bear the cost? How will this affect the future construction on the
vacant lot? The plan does not address the alternative to move the statute 100 feet into the park as per original plans
and concept contained in the original general plan. I urge you to keep the Museum Way open.
Thank you,
City of Palm Springs
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06/27/2024
Public Comment
Non Agenda
From:Jeffrey Bernstein
To:City Clerk
Subject:Fwd: 6.26.24 Item 1B Please do not approve application to vacate Museum Way6.
Date:Wednesday, June 26, 2024 9:27:54 AM
Jeffrey Bernstein
Mayor
City of Palm Springs
cell: 442-305-9942
Jeffrey.Bernstein@palmspringsca.gov
Begin forwarded message:
From: "djzippel@aol.com" <djzippel@aol.com>
Subject: 6.26.24 Item 1B Please do not approve application to vacate
Museum Way6.
Date: June 26, 2024 at 12:18:00 AM PDT
To: "kathy.weremiuk@palmspringsca.gov"
<kathy.weremiuk@palmspringsca.gov>, "planning@palmspringsca.gov"
<planning@palmspringsca.gov>
Cc: "jeffrey.bernstein@palmspringsca.gov"
<jeffrey.bernstein@palmspringsca.gov>,
"lisa.middleton@palmspringsca.gov"
<lisa.middleton@palmspringsca.gov>,
"christy.holstege@palmspringsca.gov"
<christy.holstege@palmspringsca.gov>,
"grace.garner@palmspringsca.gov" <grace.garner@palmspringsca.gov>,
"ron.deharte@palmspringsca.gov" <ron.deharte@palmspringsca.gov>
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Dear Palm Springs Planning Commission,
06/27/2024
Public Comment
Non Agenda
Anyone who has followed the slow rebirth of downtown
Palm Springs knows that the Downtown Plan is radically
different from the community consensus resulting from
the “visioning sessions” that the City sponsored in
2011.
Dreams of a town square open from Palm Canyon to the Palm
Springs Museum were dashed years ago. But one of the few
things on the community wish list that remains on the
Downtown Plan is a new through street linking Palm Canyon
to The Palm Springs Art Museum. Museum Way as it was
finally named is more of an alley than the “broad boulevard”
that was promised, but it did provide the view corridor to our
culturally and architecturally significant Museum. Then, the
City illegally closed the street and placed Forever Marilyn
blocking the Museum. Now the City wants to amend the Plan
to permanently close Museum Way from Belardo to Museum
Drive for the purpose of permanently hosting the Forever
Marilyn statue.
This is bad planning, bad faith, Illegal and a betrayal of
the community input the Palm Springs City Council
solicited. As you will recall. We citizens of Palm Springs
voted ourselves a 1% tax increase to pay for this
redevelopment. Please find a new forever home for
Marilyn and reopen the street we were promised.
We urge you to reject the application to vacate Museum
Way.
Thank you.
Sincerely,
David Zippel and Michael Johnston
06/27/2024
Public Comment
Non Agenda
From:Jeffrey Bernstein
To:City Clerk
Subject:Fwd: Street vacation of Museum Way
Date:Wednesday, June 26, 2024 9:27:38 AM
Jeffrey Bernstein
Mayor
City of Palm Springs
cell: 442-305-9942
Jeffrey.Bernstein@palmspringsca.gov
Begin forwarded message:
From: Robin Abrahams <abrahamsarchitects@gmail.com>
Subject: Street vacation of Museum Way
Date: June 26, 2024 at 9:23:05 AM PDT
To: planning@palmspringsca.gov
Cc: Jeffrey.Bernstein@palmspringsca.gov,
Ron.deHarte@palmspringsca.gov, Grace Garner
<Grace.Garner@palmspringsca.gov>, Christy Holstege
<Christy.Holstege@palmspringsca.gov>, Lisa Middleton
<Lisa.Middleton@palmspringsca.gov>
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Kathy Weremiuk, Lauri Alyaian, Carl Baker, Scott Miller, David Murphy, and
Robert Rotman —- members of the Palm Springs Planning Commission,
Consider one last time the implication of vacating a portion of Museum Way
between Belardo & Museum Drive. This decision would forever block an
established & City-planned circulation through the heart of town!
Imagine, for a moment, if there was a proposal to put a sculpture in the middle of
Palm Canyon Drive. Would you consent to THAT? What makes Museum Way so
different?
06/27/2024
Public Comment
Non Agenda
Urban Planning is the heart of your work. Trust your instincts. Make decisions
that make you proud.
I appreciate all the work you do for our (loved) city.
Thank you,
Robin Abrahams, architect & Palm Springs resident
162 Desert Lakes Drive
Palm Springs, CA 92264
cell/text/all: 206-335-0509
06/27/2024
Public Comment
Non Agenda