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Home My WebLink AboutNon Agenda ItemFrom:Christy Holstege To:City Clerk Subject:Fwd: Trimming Native California Palm Tree Skirts Date:Thursday, July 11, 2024 8:37:55 AM Christy Gilbert Holstege, Esq. Councilmember District 4 City of Palm Springs Begin forwarded message: From: Michael Frick <Mike@speaking.com> Date: July 10, 2024 at 6:37:43 PM PDT To: Jeffrey Bernstein <Jeffrey.Bernstein@palmspringsca.gov> Cc: Lindsey-Paige McCloy <Lindsey-Paige.McCloy@palmspringsca.gov>, Christian Wheeler <Christian.Wheeler@palmspringsca.gov>, Ron deHarte <Ron.deHarte@palmspringsca.gov>, Grace Garner <Grace.Garner@palmspringsca.gov>, Christy Holstege <Christy.Holstege@palmspringsca.gov>, Lisa Middleton <Lisa.Middleton@palmspringsca.gov>, smorgen@gannett.com Subject: Re: Trimming Native California Palm Tree Skirts 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. Hi Jeffrey- Couple of quick questions: 1)Were the injuries reported actually attributed to a California Fan Palm skirt being dislodged? These fronds are almost impossible to pull off, even by high winds. Could any of those injuries have been caused by a Mexican Fan Palm frond or from bloom stalks? It would be helpful to see the actual reports on these injuries before taking this drastic steps of removing the skirts from the native palms mentioned in the report below. 2)Is there any way to stop the skinning of nearly 4,000 native palms… or is the city already committed to doing this project? I think once people start seeing this happen, you’ll have a lot of upset community members. 07/25/2024 Public Comment Non Agenda All of this seems like an overreaction; a waste of resources and a terrible misfortune aesthetically, for wildlife and for the loss of shade. All my best, Mike From the City Council Staff Report ================= All other California Fan Palms (Washingtonia filifera) and all Mexican Fan Palms (Washingtonia robusta) located within the public right-of-way shall have their dry fronds removed and their trunks shall be skinned. The City has approximately 3,900 California Fan Palms; of which 140 reside in the Downtown Park and will remain in their natural state. The California Fan Palms within the Downtown Park are not directly over any public seating area. To further advise the public of the potential of fronds displacing from a California Fan Palm, staff will install advisory signs in the Downtown Park. Staff will utilize the Citywide tree trimming contract to initiate trimming of California Fan Palms in phases of 500 palm trees, anticipating accomplishing two phases per contract year, over the next 4 years. This approach will start with the most populated areas first, kicking off with Downtown, then the Airport, before transitioning into Parks, Medians and Parkways, and Assessment Districts. ================= Hi Jeffrey- Thank you for the quick reply, happy Wednesday :-) Were these fronds that caused injury definitely from the California Fan Palms or were they from the Mexican Fan Palms? All my best, 07/25/2024 Public Comment Non Agenda Mike On Jul 10, 2024, at 10:23 AM, Jeffrey Bernstein <Jeffrey.Bernstein@palmspringsca.gov> wrote: Thanks Michael Nobody really wants to trim the trees for those reasons you mentioned. However, there’s been quite a few incidents with fronds falling and it’s increasing with our winds. In the last year, we’ve had at least two incidents where people were hurt, with one involving an infant. Jeffrey Jeffrey Bernstein Mayor City of Palm Springs cell: 442-305-9942 Jeffrey.Bernstein@palmspringsca.gov <image001.gif> On Jul 10, 2024, at 10:08 AM, Michael Frick - SPEAKING.com <mike@speaking.com> wrote: 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. Hi Jeffrey and Ron- I trust all is well and you are having a great week so far I agree that Palm Springs should NOT trim the native palm skirts: https://www.desertsun.com/story/news/local/palm- springs/2024/07/09/palm-springs-delays-palm-tree- trimming-plan-after-public-pushback/74345625007/ In addition to the beautiful, original look of the skirts (the only palm tree species that retains its fronds like this) and the wildlife they host and support, this type of native palm (California Fan Palm / Washingtonia filifera) rarely loose their fronds in wind storms. 07/25/2024 Public Comment Non Agenda It’s the taller, skinnier palms (Mexican Fan Palm / Washingtonia robusta) that lose their palm fronds. There is rarely a safety concern with the native California palms. All my best, Michael Frick Michael Frick CEO SPEAKING.com Speakers Bureau San Francisco | Los Angeles | Palm Springs, CA USA Phone: +1-760-656-8770 | Email: Mike@Speaking.com 07/25/2024 Public Comment Non Agenda From:jerrym To:City Clerk Subject:Trim the "skirts" of palm trees Date:Thursday, July 11, 2024 12:03:32 PM 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. This is long overdue! A mother and baby were injured! Do you want to wait until someone is killed by the falling debris!? Why delay the vote? Speak with your city attorneys because we WILL hold the city liable should someone be killed, injured or cause a traffic accident. Hope you have the $$$ to pay out a huge settlement! Trimmed palms trees are just as beautiful. Best, Jerry Meza 07/09/2024 Public Comment Non Agenda From:Jeffrey Bernstein To:City Clerk Subject:FW: The Palm Skirts Date:Thursday, July 11, 2024 1:42:56 PM Jeffrey Bernstein Mayor City of Palm Springs cell: 442-305-9942 Jeffrey.Bernstein@palmspringsca.gov From: Gary Gleason <garygleason17@gmail.com> Sent: Thursday, July 11, 2024 10:46 AM To: Jeffrey Bernstein <Jeffrey.Bernstein@palmspringsca.gov> Subject: The Palm Skirts 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 Mayor Bernstein, I was dismayed that the Council had voted to delay trimming the palm trees downtown. I have personally witnessed the damage done and the injuries sustained during one of the higher than usual windstorms a few months ago. This episode required paramedics and a trip to the Emergency Department at Desert Regional. I 07/25/2024 Public Comment Non Agenda know this is not the first time this has happened. Many of these trees are located directly above pedestrian benches and sidewalk cafes. Being a downtown businessman, I am sure you are well aware of these issues. When these fronds dislodge from the trees, they have razor sharp edges, with the potential to be lethal. And one falling batch almost always leads to a second and larger group of fronds that fall from the same tree. The dust that engulfs the area after a fall is pervasive. There may well be some birds that live in these dead branch areas, but birds are resourceful and can find another place to nest. One of the best things about removing these skirts would be eliminating a favorite habitat of downtown rats; I've seen plenty of them, too. I understand the folks who attended the meeting to protest moving ahead with trimming in the public right of way were encouraged by OLT to storm the city council meeting. I believe their joy in driving down the Palm Canyon once or twice a year is far overshadowed by the need for a safe, clean, and vermin-free environment downtown. I respectfully request you move ahead with the excellent work the City staff has done in their lengthy report that 07/25/2024 Public Comment Non Agenda justifies this necessary tree trimming project. Sincerely, Gary Gleason Gary F Gleason 2701 E Mesquite Ave Unit O61 Palm Springs CA 92264 612-819-4279 07/25/2024 Public Comment Non Agenda From:Jeff Morales To:City Clerk Subject:Palm Springs Animal control Date:Sunday, July 14, 2024 7:31:04 AM Attachments:Screenshot_20240617-204203.png Screenshot_20240617-205203.png Screenshot_20240617-204013.png Screenshot_20240617-205209.png 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 wanna tell you guys just how badly you all screwed up and a very huge Mistake you made when you took our dogs Apparently you think it's ok to traumatized animals so much so they don't behave themselves as they normally. You think it's ok to snatch them out of the only home they ever known. Keep their pener in the dark giving no information. Not allowed to see them or even call to see how they are doing. You take them away from families they live and trust thrown them in cage. In a a mousy. Shelter where dogs barking and crying surrounded by strangers and think that's not being cruel to animals. You don't listen to what the owners tell you you don't take consideration of the circumstances you lie ow whatever and think it's ok. You never considered dered alternative. Other than taking dogs away from the families they live and you don't care how badly they are transtjizef but still wanna make the owners feel like they are in the wrong especially if their back is against the and they are doing the best they can at that moment. How dare you say behlect and refuse the return of our fogs and on top the f that you killed none of our dogs. I don't care how many dogs under your do called care. If tome can't be spent to get to know the dog then there's too many. For you guys to deal with. The dog you killed once she got to know would smile for you all day long you would have discovered she was more playful than her 3 kids you have and refuse to return. You'd sldo find out she always protected her adult kids. And she would have shown you how she could communicate with things she wanted. But I nstead you rather see them dead than back in their rightful home and you call this protecting the pet. By now you know who this is and think I m. Just assuming thongs but I'm not assuming it's what you have already done None cut anytime foens off my dogs. We never got copies of any reports. And our fogs were not in horrible condition. As Guzman said she lying . I have the nursing facility contradict anything neg you have to say. So with that I hope you all lose everything that ever matters to you and can never get back and I hope your name gets dragged thru the mud There's pic of the dog you killed saying she had to be the only dog. Hope you are happy and proud of yourselves for a job not very well done 07/09/2024 Public Comment Non Agenda From:Christy Holstege To:City Clerk Subject:Fwd: Complaint Date:Saturday, July 13, 2024 8:58:40 AM Christy Gilbert Holstege, Esq. Councilmember District 4 City of Palm Springs Begin forwarded message: From: Andrew McIsaac <andrewmcisaac2013@gmail.com> Date: July 12, 2024 at 10:25:08 PM PDT To: Jeffrey Bernstein <Jeffrey.Bernstein@palmspringsca.gov> Cc: Ron deHarte <Ron.deHarte@palmspringsca.gov>, Grace Garner <Grace.Garner@palmspringsca.gov>, Christy Holstege <Christy.Holstege@palmspringsca.gov>, Lisa Middleton <Lisa.Middleton@palmspringsca.gov>, Alyssa Chavez <Alyssa.Chavez@palmspringsca.gov> Subject: Complaint 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. Jeffrey Bernstein Mayor of the City of Palm Springs Palm Springs, California, U.S. Dear Mayor Bernstein, I am a U.S. citizen and considering relocation to Palm Springs, California. I To the best of my knowledge, the City Council of Palm Springs is considering an ordinance that prohibits certain life-sustaining activities, such as camping, in public places. The ordinance would, if enacted, apparently empower the Palms Springs Police Department to banish (transport homeless persons outside the City of Palm Springs in lieu of criminal prosecution) homeless persons from the City of Salem. I believe that the proposed ordinance violates my human rights under: Articles 6 (right to life); 7 (prohibition of torture and other forms of ill-treatment); 07/09/2024 Public Comment Non Agenda 9 (prohibition of arbitrary arrest and detention); 12.1 ("Everyone lawfully within the territory of a State shall, within that territory, have the right to liberty of movement and freedom to choose his residence."); 18.2 (freedom from coercion affecting choice of religion or belief); and 26 (rights of equality and non-discrimination) of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) to which the United States is a party. As an antitheist atheist, I object to the notion that the City of Palm Springs can coerce me to stay in a private homeless shelter that peddles theistic ideologies. The ICCPR is the “supreme law of the land” under the Supremacy Clause of the U.S. Constitution, which gives acceded treaties the status of federal law. I call on the City of Palm Springs to abide by its international obligations. Sincerely, Andrew McIsaac 07/09/2024 Public Comment Non Agenda From:Jeffrey Bernstein To:City Clerk Subject:Fwd: Indian Canyon Parking Garage Safety Study Date:Tuesday, July 16, 2024 7:56:55 PM Thank you! Jeffrey Jeffrey Bernstein Mayor City of Palm Springs 442-305-9942 Jeffrey.Bernstein@palmspringsca.gov Begin forwarded message: From: Info Info <info@sfbackdoorboys.com> Subject: Re: Indian Canyon Parking Garage Safety Study Date: July 16, 2024 at 8:00:42 AM PDT To: Jeffrey.Bernstein@palmspringsca.gov 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. PS Council Persons: Having just read the Palm Springs Post story about the safety study regarding the Indian Canyon Downtown Parking Garage: I agree that more lighting would improve the safety for people and vehicles. However, I STRONGLY disagree with the suggestion to add MUSIC to the garage. Unfortunately, the study proposed to increase “the perception” of safety. When in fact it should recommend improvements that support ACTUAL safety, not 07/25/2024 Public Comment Non Agenda perceived. Adding music to an already identified less-than-safe structure, such as this parking garage, suddenly masks one of our important senses normally used to assess our surroundings: SOUND. This is nothing more than a misguided attempt to create the perception that Palm Springs is somehow more “classy” via music being played even in public parking garages. The REALITY is that any extraneous music would make it harder / impossible to: -hear anyone approaching you before they can be seen (e.g. from behind); -hear anyone’s cries for assistance when in distress; -hear the sounds associated with car break-ins (e.g. breaking glass); And thus interfere with one’s ability to detect and avoid what could be dangerous situations. Jeff Mauk 4941 Frey Way, PS, CA 92262 info@sfbackdoorboys.com 415-533-4614 07/25/2024 Public Comment Non Agenda From:Karen Coyne To:City Clerk Subject:Don’t cut skirts off Palm trees Date:Wednesday, July 10, 2024 10:49:16 AM 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. PLEASE do not cut the skirts off the Palm trees. They are home to wildlife, and they’d be happier are beautiful. Karen Coyne, sent from iPhone 07/25/2024 Public Comment Non Agenda 07/25/2024 Public Comment Non Agenda July 20, 2024 To The Mayor and City Counsel of Palm Springs California: Hello, my name is Matilde M. Grizzell, my husband (Gary Grizzell) is a PSSECTION14 Survivor and a Native of Palm Springs California. I respectfully urge you and your colleagues in the Palm Springs City Government, to finally make the right to the Section14 families, who were wrongfully displaced, by accepting their proposed settlement offer. Remembering that they are and were a part of Palm Springs ongoing efforts in development and History. I feel that Palm Springs should be known for its efforts to promote racial healing, not for its unjust past and future endeavors. Please vote yes to approve the proposed counter offer settlement that has been submitted to the Palm Springs City Government. Sincerely Yours, Matilde M. Grizzell (Spouse of Gary Grizzell, a PSSECTION14 Survivor) 07/25/2024 Public Comment Non Agenda From:David A Vignolo To:City Clerk Subject:Public Comments - Guaranteed Income Pilot Program - Palm Springs City Council - Thursday, July 25, 2024 Date:Sunday, July 21, 2024 10:50:52 AM 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. Good morning City Clerk Pree: Please accept this email as our official written public comments for the upcoming City Council meeting on Thursday, July 25, 2024. I understand that transmittal prior to the start of the meeting will help ensure that our correspondence is fully considered. and will be distributed to the City Council and retained for the official record. Thank you so much and please let us know if you have any questions or need anything else from us. We would like to thank the Council and city leaders for performing a full audit of all funds paid out under the Guaranteed Income Pilot Program and look forward to hearing more about the results of the full audit and the City’s attempts to recover any funds from DAP Health and Queer Works not yet spent. We also call upon the City Council to direct City staff to provide the public with specific information about what stricter financial oversight measures are being implemented to prevent future issues like those we brought to the Council and the City’s Finance Department’s and Assistant City Manager’s attention in April 2023. Thank you. Regards, David A. Vignolo and Bill Mitchell 2041 S Madrona Drive Palm Springs, CA 92264-9220 (202) 409-5113 – David / (443) 545-4509 - Bill 07/25/2024 Public Comment Non Agenda From:Christy Holstege To:City Clerk Subject:Fwd: I support the Section 14 Survivors" settlement offer Date:Sunday, July 21, 2024 1:21:07 PM Christy Gilbert Holstege, Esq. Councilmember District 4 City of Palm Springs Begin forwarded message: From: Barbara Baysinger <barbara_baysinger@yahoo.com> Date: July 21, 2024 at 5:05:45 AM PDT To: Christy Holstege <Christy.Holstege@palmspringsca.gov> Subject: I support the Section 14 Survivors' settlement offer Reply-To: Barbara Baysinger <barbara_baysinger@yahoo.com> 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 [Councimember] [Christy Holstege] I read about the Section 14 Survivors' proposed settlement offer and I'm writing to express my strong support for the city to accept their proposal and finally close this chapter of our history. It is time for us all to move on in healing and unity, and their offer is beyond fair and reasonable considering the magnitude of atrocities that occurred and the lifetime of trauma that the Survivors have endured. Please vote yes on this proposed settlement. Sincerely, Barbara Baysinger Yahoo Mail: Search, Organize, Conquer 07/25/2024 Public Comment Non Agenda From:Jeffrey Bernstein To:City Clerk Subject:FW: Palm tree skirt trimming Date:Monday, July 22, 2024 2:36:46 PM Jeffrey Bernstein Mayor City of Palm Springs cell: 442-305-9942 Jeffrey.Bernstein@palmspringsca.gov -----Original Message----- From: Bob H <bobebear_nw@hotmail.com> Sent: Tuesday, July 9, 2024 5:00 PM To: Jeffrey Bernstein <Jeffrey.Bernstein@palmspringsca.gov> Subject: Palm tree skirt trimming 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. Please note as a resident of Palm Springs I support trimming the palm tree skirts on Indian Canyon and Palm Canyon through the downtown corridor. They should be left alone outside of the downtown area. Regards, Robert Hamilton 3045 N Sequoia Dr 213-422-2940 Sent from my iPhone 12 Pro Max 07/25/2024 Public Comment Non Agenda From:City of Palm Springs To:City Clerk Subject:*NEW SUBMISSION* Submit Public Comment to the City of Palm Springs Date:Monday, July 22, 2024 2:08:13 PM 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. Submit Public Comment to the City of Palm Springs Submission #:3352721 IP Address:66.27.166.153 Submission Date:07/22/2024 2:08 Survey Time:15 minutes, 40 seconds You have a new online form submission. Note: all answers displaying "*****" are marked as sensitive and must be viewed after your login. Full Name/Nombre michele johnson City of Residence/Ciudad de residencia palm springs, Phone (optional) /Teléfono (opcional) Email (optional/opcional) 33mich@sbcglobal.net Your Comments/Sus comentarios Regarding the parking issue in downtown; I just want to say that I avoid downtown as much as possible because there is no place to park. I would love to go out to dinner or go shopping but I have bad knees and feet and I can't walk blocks to get to where I'm going. We need MORE parking not less. Businesses should not be allowed to count street parking as part of their minimum requirement. How many spaces have we lost to the restaurants' parklets? Those need to be replaced. Thank you. Thank you, City of Palm Springs This is an automated message generated by Granicus. Please do not reply directly to this email. 07/25/2024 Public Comment Non Agenda From:Jeffrey Bernstein To:City Clerk Subject:FW: Section 14 Survivors Date:Monday, July 22, 2024 4:20:13 PM Jeffrey Bernstein Mayor City of Palm Springs cell: 442-305-9942 Jeffrey.Bernstein@palmspringsca.gov From: JANET GOREE-GREEN <goreegreen@yahoo.com> Sent: Monday, July 22, 2024 4:17 PM To: Jeffrey Bernstein <Jeffrey.Bernstein@palmspringsca.gov> Subject: Section 14 Survivors 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 Mayor Jeffery Bernstein, I read about the Section 14 Survivors' proposed settlement offer and I'm writings to express My strong support for the City to accept their proposal and Finally Close this Chapter or our History. It is time for us All to move on in Healing and Unity, and their offer is beyond fair and reasonable considering the magnitude of Atrocities that occurred and the Lifetime of Trauma that the Survivors had endured. Please Vote YES on this proposed settlement. Sincerely, Johnny and Janet Green Supporter and Survivor 07/25/2024 Public Comment Non Agenda 07/25/2024 Public Comment Non Agenda From:Thomas Ledwith To:Lisa Middleton; Christy Holstege; Grace Garner; Ron deHarte; Jeffrey Bernstein Cc:City Clerk Subject:Queer Works -The Cjty council Date:Tuesday, July 23, 2024 5:44:45 AM 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. To all , From the beginning when I was watching the city council vote on this ridiculous funding program . Hard working Taxpayers get up everyday day and go to work and pay taxes . Enough of the enabling. LBGT community should be ashamed of this ridiculous program . As gay man I get up everyday and go to work . Do I ask for money ? Nope ! Don't say to the taxpayers this community is marginalized. Yes, please do not disrespect the taxpayers again and please stick up for taxpayers. Yes, I would like a response from all of you . Except Lisa Middlemen who voted No . I don't agree with Lisa . But , on this specifics vote when she voted no and I was glad to see. Thank you , Thomas Ledwith 2701 E Mesquite Sent from my T-Mobile 5G LTE device 07/25/2024 Public Comment Non Agenda From:Jeffrey Bernstein To:City Clerk Subject:Fwd: I support justice for the Section14 Survivors Date:Tuesday, July 23, 2024 6:41:10 PM Thank you! Jeffrey Jeffrey Bernstein Mayor City of Palm Springs 442-305-9942 Jeffrey.Bernstein@palmspringsca.gov Begin forwarded message: From: Robin Brown <brownrobin980@gmail.com> Subject: I support justice for the Section14 Survivors Date: July 23, 2024 at 5:53:50 AM PDT To: Jeffrey.Bernstein@palmspringsca.gov 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 Mayor Jeffrey Bernstein I stand with the survivors and descendants of Palm Springs Section14. It is time to take action beyond just apologizing and advance the restitution effort without further delay. I want my city to be known for its efforts to promote racial healing, not for our unjust Sincerely Robin Roberts Brown 07/25/2024 Public Comment Non Agenda From:Jeffrey Bernstein To:City Clerk Subject:Fwd: SECTION 14 Survivors Date:Tuesday, July 23, 2024 7:36:11 PM Thank you! Jeffrey Jeffrey Bernstein Mayor City of Palm Springs 442-305-9942 Jeffrey.Bernstein@palmspringsca.gov Begin forwarded message: From: TIFFANY TOTTEN <freedomayah@yahoo.com> Subject: SECTION 14 Survivors Date: July 23, 2024 at 7:28:40 PM PDT To: Jeffrey.Bernstein@palmspringsca.gov 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. Hi, Mayor Jeffery This email is being sent to you to inform you that I am an extended family member of those who have been affected by this long and overdue injustice. I believe the continued delay of justice continues to reinforce the trauma and mistrust of those who hold the power to treat this as a priority. I stand In solidarity with the victims of Section 14 and I seek nothing in return from anyone $. I urge you exercise your leadership to treat this with urgency as it has been delayed and treated without importance for far too long. 07/25/2024 Public Comment Non Agenda It is with great hope that the Section 14 Survivors will reap justice soon! Humbly submitted, Sent from my iPhone 07/25/2024 Public Comment Non Agenda From:Tom Kanarr To:City Clerk Subject:Comments re Queer Works UBI program Date:Wednesday, July 24, 2024 12:49:34 PM 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. As a former and retired Director of Finance & Treasurer (from 1990 to 2005) for the City of Palm Springs, and a City resident since 1972, I was concerned when the City Council authorized first $200,000 and then an additional $500,000 for a Universal Basic Income program to be administered by the non profit Queer Works. Putting aside the efficacy of such a small pilot program, it appeared to me that neither QW nor it's executive, Jacob Rostovsky, had any track record in running any kind of program. Also, the projected administrative costs seemed wildly out of line with the benefits to be provided to the target clientele. No more than 30 people were slated to receive $800 each per month for 18 months. My understanding is that perhaps 14 people have been receiving benefits, and that over 80% of the funds has been spent on salaries and administration, with a large portion of that being paid to Rostovsky. This program was poorly conceived, with inadequate City oversight, and was grossly mismanaged. I hope the City can recover some of the funds, but this is most likely a dead loss. The City Council needs to be far more careful in its future ventures into social welfare. Tom Kanarr 1582 S. Compadre Rd Palm Springs, CA 92264 (760) 835-1681 07/25/2024 Public Comment Non Agenda From:Christy Holstege To:City Clerk Subject:Fw: I support the Section 14 Survivors" settlement offer Date:Wednesday, July 24, 2024 12:15:13 PM Christy Gilbert Holstege, Esq. Councilmember City of Palm Springs, District 4 Tel: (760) 323-8200 3200 E. Tahquitz Canyon Way Fax: (760) 323-8207 Palm Springs, CA 92262 www.palmspringsca.gov christy.holstege@palmspringsca.gov From: Stephanie Brown <sincereavenue@yahoo.com> Sent: Saturday, July 20, 2024 3:08 PM To: Christy Holstege <Christy.Holstege@palmspringsca.gov> Subject: I support the Section 14 Survivors' settlement offer 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. July 20, 2024 Dear Councilmember Christy Holstege, I read about the Section 14 Survivors' proposed settlement offer and I'm writing to express my strong support for the city to accept their proposal and finally close this chapter of our history. It is time for us all to move on in healing and unity, and their offer is beyond fair and reasonable considering the magnitude of atrocities that occurred and the lifetime of trauma that the Survivors have endured. Please vote yes on this proposed settlement. Sincerely, Stephanie Brown 07/25/2024 Public Comment Non Agenda From:Christy Holstege To:City Clerk Subject:Fw: I support the Section 14 Survivors" settlement offer Date:Wednesday, July 24, 2024 12:15:02 PM Christy Gilbert Holstege, Esq. Councilmember City of Palm Springs, District 4 Tel: (760) 323-8200 3200 E. Tahquitz Canyon Way Fax: (760) 323-8207 Palm Springs, CA 92262 www.palmspringsca.gov christy.holstege@palmspringsca.gov From: Mary Moore <marymoore92234@gmail.com> Sent: Saturday, July 20, 2024 3:35 PM To: Christy Holstege <Christy.Holstege@palmspringsca.gov> Subject: I support the Section 14 Survivors' settlement offer 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. July 20, 2024 Dear Councilmember Christy Holstege, I read about the Section 14 Survivors' proposed settlement offer and I'm writing to express my strong support for the city to accept their proposal and finally close this chapter of our history. It is time for us all to move on in healing and unity, and their offer is beyond fair and reasonable considering the magnitude of atrocities that occurred and the lifetime of trauma that the Survivors have endured. Please vote yes on this proposed settlement. Sincerely, Mary Moore 07/25/2024 Public Comment Non Agenda From:City of Palm Springs To:City Clerk Subject:*NEW SUBMISSION* Submit Public Comment to the City of Palm Springs Date:Wednesday, July 24, 2024 9:27:57 AM 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. Submit Public Comment to the City of Palm Springs Submission #:3357679 IP Address:47.155.147.177 Submission Date:07/24/2024 9:27 Survey Time:6 minutes, 10 seconds You have a new online form submission. Note: all answers displaying "*****" are marked as sensitive and must be viewed after your login. Full Name/Nombre David Koslow City of Residence/Ciudad de residencia Cathedral City, Phone (optional) /Teléfono (opcional) (760) 202-6838 Email (optional/opcional) koslowfineart@gmail.com Your Comments/Sus comentarios On July 5, 2024, the Appellate Division of the Riverside Superior Court issued its opinion in Montanaro v. Cathedral City that the City of Cathedral City’s $5,000 fine for first time violation of the City’s Short Term Vacation Rental regulations violates the Eighth Amendment of the United States Constitution. If the Appellate Division’s decision becomes final, property owners in four Desert cities including Palm Springs will be entitled to refunds of these fines with interest at the 10% legal rate of interest. Thank you, City of Palm Springs This is an automated message generated by Granicus. 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Date:Thursday, July 25, 2024 9:13:20 AM Thank you! Jeffrey Jeffrey Bernstein Mayor City of Palm Springs 442-305-9942 Jeffrey.Bernstein@palmspringsca.gov Begin forwarded message: From: Maryellen Redish <mredish@everyactionadvocacy.com> Subject: We need ecological mosquito management by eliminating the use of pesticides that threaten mosquito predators! Date: July 24, 2024 at 8:32:12 PM PDT To: Jeffrey.Bernstein@palmspringsca.gov Reply-To: mredish@aol.com 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 Mayor Jeffrey Bernstein, Mosquito season is upon us, and to many that means spraying pesticides to kill them. However, not only is spraying flying mosquitoes the most ineffective way to prevent mosquito problems, but it is also counterproductive because it eliminates some of our most attractive and helpful allies—birds. Most songbirds eat insects at some stage of their life. Many birds who eat seeds or nectar feed insects to their young, including flying insects that may be bothersome–like mosquitoes or flies. Altogether, birds consume as many as 20 quadrillion 07/25/2024 Public Comment Non Agenda individual insects, totaling 400-500 million metric tons, per year. Mosquito-eating birds include many well-known residents of our communities. They include, for example, wood ducks, phoebes and other flycatchers, bluebirds, cardinals, downy woodpeckers, swallows, swifts, robins, orioles, wrens, great tits, warblers, nuthatches, hummingbirds, red-winged blackbirds, grackles, chickadees, sparrows, nighthawks, and even the much-maligned starlings. On the other hand, insectivorous birds are threatened directly by pesticide use and indirectly by the loss of their prey. In 1962, Rachel Carson drew attention to the poisoning of songbirds in her book Silent Spring. Despite restrictions on the organochlorines used in 1962, over three billion birds, or 29% of 1970s numbers have been lost in North America over the last 50 years. Research shows that 57% of bird species are in decline, and mosquito-eating birds lead the list. Ninety percent of all declines were within 12 bird families including sparrows, warblers, blackbirds, larks, sparrows, swallows, nightjars, swifts, finches, flycatchers, starlings, and thrushes. Please note the overlap with mosquito-eating birds. Only waterfowl and wetland bird species show any increase. Meanwhile, the world is experiencing an insect apocalypse. Recent research has found dramatic drops in overall insect abundance, with leading entomologists identifying steep declines in insect populations. Various studies have found reductions of up to a factor of 60 over the past 40 years—there were 60 times as many insects in some locations in the 1970s. Insect abundance has declined more than 75% over the last 29 years, according to research published by European scientists. Insectivorous birds are an essential part of global food webs that bring balance to ecological communities, but birds are not the only insectivores to feed on mosquitoes. Animals who contribute to maintaining ecological balance by consuming mosquito larvae and adults include insects, spiders, fish, amphibians, and bats. All are threatened by pesticides. The use of pesticides that threaten birds and others who consume mosquitoes is not consistent with the ecological management of mosquitoes. Please eliminate the use in our city of pesticides that imperil birds, other mosquito predators, and their insect food supply. Please adopt biodiversity conservation goals that include: (1) ecological mosquito management including measures that recognize the benefit of preventive strategies, which establish source reduction programs that manage breeding sites on public lands and educate on the management of private lands, employ programs for larval management with biological controls, and eliminate the use of toxic pesticides; (2) prohibition of systemic insecticides and treated seeds, including neonicotinoids; and (3) land management on public lands--including hospitals, higher education institutions, schools, and parks--using regenerative organic principles and organic certified practices and products, to transition to a viable organic system that prioritizes long-term health of the public, ecology, and economy. Thank you. 07/25/2024 Public Comment Non Agenda Sincerely, Ms. Maryellen Redish 480 W Yorba Rd Apt 2 Palm Springs, CA 92262-1971 mredish@aol.com 07/25/2024 Public Comment Non Agenda From:Dianne Nezgoda To:City Clerk Subject:Guaranteed Income Pilot Program audit; financial oversight Date:Thursday, July 25, 2024 1:18:47 PM 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. Hello, I concur with the following statement by David Vignolo and his husband re the above subject line content: “We would like to thank the Council and city leaders for performing a full audit of all funds paid out under the Guaranteed Income Pilot Program and look forward to hearing more about the results of the full audit, and the City’s attempts to recover any funds from DAP Health and Queer Works not yet spent. We also call upon the City Council to direct City staff to provide the public with specific information about what stricter financial oversight measures are being implemented to prevent future issues like those which we brought to the Council’s, the City’s Finance Department’s, and the Assistant City Manager’s attention in April 2023. Thank you.” Thank you, Dianne Nezgoda 284 Cheryl Drive Palm Springs 07/25/2024 Public Comment Non Agenda July 26, 2024 Office Of The Mayor and City Counsel Subject: Support For Section 14 Remediation Action Dear Sirs and Mams, My name is Larry Holland, a survivor and supporter of the concerns being negotiated on behalf of my family and Section 14 friends. Our representatives have spent timeless hours, days, and now years, in an effort to resolve these matters in a fair and equitable solution. Healing for our city can only take place if further delay is avoided, and settlement offers are accepted without prejudice. Please vote yes on the most recent proposed settlement. This direction can only be mutually beneficial to all parties. Thank you. Sincerely, Larry Holland Owner/Operator 07/25/2024 Public Comment Non Agenda From:Christy Holstege To:City Clerk Subject:Fwd: Date:Sunday, July 28, 2024 11:45:45 PM Christy Gilbert Holstege, Esq. Councilmember District 4 City of Palm Springs Begin forwarded message: From: Deborah woulfe <woulfedeborah@gmail.com> Date: July 27, 2024 at 8:49:04 PM PDT To: Christy Holstege <Christy.Holstege@palmspringsca.gov> 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 support justice for the Section 14 Survivors Hello my name is Debbie Ruiz Woulfe and I was born in Palm Springs. My parents and I were residents of Section 14. I respectfully urge you and your colleagues in Palm Springs city government to finally do right by the Section 14 families that were displaced according to the city's own investigation. Palm Springs should be known for its efforts to promote racial healing not for its unjust past. Thank you 07/25/2024 Public Comment Non Agenda From:Santiago Randolph To:City Clerk Date:Friday, July 26, 2024 11:01:16 PM 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. July 26,2024 Palm Springs City Council 3200 E Tahquitz Canyon Way Palm Springs, CA 92262 Dear Members of the Palm Springs City Council, I am writing to bring to your attention some pressing concerns regarding the lack of adequate public amenities in our city, which I have previously brought up in an e-mail that I sent to the council a year ago. Unfortunately, despite raising these issues, no substantial changes have been made, and the situation remains pretty much unchanged. First and foremost, there is still a scarcity of water fountains throughout our city. In a place known for its extreme heat, not having accessible drinking water is a serious health hazard. This is especially alarming and eye-opening given that sprinklers are installed on every sidewalk to water the plants. It is so hard for me to fathom that we can ensure that plants get hydrated while neglecting the basic hydration needs of our residents and visitors. Secondly, the lack of shade at bus stops is another HUGE issue. Our bus stops are equipped with metal benches, which become so very hot in triple-degree temperatures. This not only makes waiting for public transportation uncomfortable but also poses a serious risk to pregnant women, young children, and our senior citizens the most, increasing the risk of heat-related illnesses. I was informed last year that there would be “significant changes to the housing assistance issue in the coming year.” However, I have yet to see any real progress. I have applied for housing assistance and did not receive so much as a confirmation that my application was received, under review, or any follow-up contact from any department. This lack of communication and action is deeply disappointing and adds to the frustration of residents in need of assistance. It is incredibly discouraging and honestly very shameful that despite being fully aware of these issues for over a year now, the city has done little to address them, fix them, remedy them, or even prioritize them I feel like. Instead of putting some positive solutions that help those struggling, there seems to be a tendency to criminalize poverty and hardship. Throwing people in jail is not a solution; it’s a failure of our community to provide necessities and support to our fellow man. As a resident deeply concerned about the well-being of all of our community, I am trying to be the voice here and I urge the council to prioritize the putting in more water fountains throughout the city. Additionally, providing shaded coverings at bus stops is a simple measure that can significantly improve the comfort and safety of those who have to take the bus everyday. Furthermore, I implore the council to address the housing assistance issue with the urgency it needs and that applicants are acknowledged and informed throughout the process. The well-being of our residents and visitors should be a top priority, and these improvements are essential for creating a more hospitable and healthy environment in Palm Springs. I hope the council will take immediate action to address these issues, as the current situation is not sustainable and actually respond to me with some actions we all can see. Thank you for your attention to these important matters. I look forward to seeing those significant improvements in 07/25/2024 Public Comment Non Agenda the near futurfe. Sincerely, Santiago Randolph 00 07/25/2024 Public Comment Non Agenda