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Home My WebLink About2024-11-07 Non-AgendaFrom:Jeffrey Bernstein To:City Clerk Subject:Fwd: I am writing to ask you to reject any Cop City in our city! Date:Wednesday, November 6, 2024 8:53:47 AM Jeffrey Bernstein Mayor City of Palm Springs cell: 442-305-9942 Jeffrey.Bernstein@palmspringsca.gov Begin forwarded message: From: Michelle Palladine <mpalladine@everyactionadvocacy.com> Subject: I am writing to ask you to reject any Cop City in our city! Date: November 5, 2024 at 5:20:45 PM PST To: Jeffrey.Bernstein@palmspringsca.gov Reply-To: mpalladine@earthlink.net 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, Last year, I learned of a 'Cop City' being built in Atlanta, GA. If constructed, Cop City would be one of the largest militarized police training centers in the country —all built by clear-cutting Atlanta’s largest green space. Now, I've read about cop cities sprouting up in every state. While I agree that police officers need better training, militarization is not the kind of training they need to protect vulnerable communities, and it feels like Cop City in Atlanta is becoming a model for other training facilities across the nation. Here's why that's bad: Cop City will fuel the criminalization of marginalized people and further expand the carceral system.. The proposal for Cop City came in the wake of nationwide anti-police protests in 2020, when over 50 cities in the U.S. held protests after the police murder of George Floyd. Though there have never been any explicit ties to 11/07/2024 Public Comment Non-Agenda 2020 in the talking points for Cop City, the fault lines are clear. Cop City will allow police not just from Atlanta, but globally, to learn repressive tactics, so that protests and rebellions can be easily crushed. According to the original proposal, 43% of the training at Cop City will be for officers outside of Atlanta, including military training with the infamous Israeli Defense Forces. Cop City is slated to be built in the largest green space in Atlanta—the Weelaunee Forest. It will include a mock city to practice urban warfare, burn towers, bomb simulations, and multiple firing ranges. Environmentalists have been sounding the alarm on Cop City since its proposal, citing the Weelaunee Forest as one of four “lungs” of Atlanta and voicing concern that destroying the forest’s tree canopy will accelerate the urban heat island effect. The area, which is surrounded by mostly Black residents who are at or below the poverty line, could experience up to 10 degrees of warming. For these reasons, Cop City should not be built in Atlanta or our city! I urge to to reject any plans for a Cop City here, and publicly declare that we should not support any cop city being built. 11/07/2024 Public Comment Non-Agenda From:Andrew Archdale To:Grace Garner; Christy Holstege; Llubi Rios; Lisa Middleton; CityManager; City Clerk; Ron deHarte; Jeffrey Bernstein; ADA Coordinator; Joel Montalvo; Scott Stiles Subject:Mayor and Council what ever happened to Marilyn? Date:Monday, November 4, 2024 12:55:03 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. I’m so offended….. 11/07/2024 Public Comment Non-Agenda 11/07/2024 Public Comment Non-Agenda 11/07/2024 Public Comment Non-Agenda Dear All Further to the large sun of money spent on upgrading the stretch of road on East Palm Canyon from July to September 2024 including the section of the crossing I have been talking about for over a year, since May 2023 for the disabled crossing, nothing was done to upgrade. As a former Civil Servant and Chief Auditor in London it would be useful for you to watch the film “ Living” 2022 starring Bill Nighy and was Oscar nominated. It is now available on Netflix. Ironically the scenes shot at County Hall opposite The Houses of Parliament and looking at Big Ben is exactly as I remembered working there in my office in the early 1970s. The last quarter of the film is a lesson that all public servants should absorb, reflect and act on, especially as salaries and pensions are paid by the local taxpayers. Enjoy the movie! 11/07/2024 Public Comment Non-Agenda Further to my original letter to you all onMay 30th 2023 re the crosswalk and subsequent follow up by Scott Stiles asking the City Engineer Joel Montalvo to look specifically at the cross walk on Palm Canyon opposite Smoketree Ranch for disabled use, this is the update; Due to my own health issues I was unable to meet Joel earlier this year after several emails back and forth last year who had offered to visit the site with me.However, my friend Jim met Joel onsite and explained the difficulties of that specific crossing for disabled users, specifically the height of the push buttons , awkward positioning of ramps on the sidewalk and the diagonal positioning of the crossing on what is a very wide road. Joel explained that when originally constructed the crossing did meet all City ADA standards but agreed that crossings on Federal crossings such as on Gene Autry are much more user friendly, and safer considering traffic speeds. As reported in the Desert Sun today significant road works will be conducted on Palm Canyon especially road resurfacing over the next two months. Could immediate consideration be given to ensuring that the crossing at Smoketree on Palm Canyon is repositioned so that it is NOT diagonally positioned during road resurfacing and please add zebra stripes for added safety. This at the very least will not incur any additional costs. If the sidewalk is going to be torn up please also consider the ramps to be upgraded to Federal Standard which could be minimal cost Thank you for your consideration Andrew C Archdale Mayor and Council Members I hope you enjoyed Memorial Day weekend and all that it stands for, especially our surviving disabled veterans. Their safety, and others with disabilities should always be a priority. Thanks for ensuring that controlled crosswalks are receiving attention in order for people to cross safely in particular wide major roads which you have already done on Highways but please can you now improve on streets like Ramon, Sunrise , Indian and Palm Canyon, with a few tweaks? The major issue is the height of the button to press, which in a number of instances are too high for someone sitting in a wheelchair to easily press such as this one on Palm Canyon opposite Smoketree Shopping center, see below. 11/07/2024 Public Comment Non-Agenda In addition, the markers and yellow pimples seem to direct one to go diagonally across the street which is confusing for a blind person Because of the width of the road many of my friends who are blind and or in a wheelchair feel very nervous crossing the road in the first place, please could you also consider painting the crosswalks with zebra stripes which would bring attention to the crosswalks, especially to folk from out of town who drive much faster and I have seen drive over the crosswalk when people are crossing or have come to a skidding stop only after seeing a person crossing late. The worst thing in the World is for a disabled person to feel isolated because they can’t go out or are frightened to cross the street safely. I would assume a person in the City can look at this quite quickly to reposition the press buttons and to also gauge the ease of crossing from the perspective of a person sitting in a wheelchair, ie the grade and the direction, so that folk that I have seen with difficulty walking and in wheelchairs will be able to confidently cross the street, like all able bodied persons. 11/07/2024 Public Comment Non-Agenda I would very much appreciate your kind attention to this Kind Regards, Andrew C Archdale “You’ll Never Walk Alone” 11/07/2024 Public Comment Non-Agenda From:Roxann Ploss To:City Clerk Subject:Could this be distributed to Council members? Date:Sunday, November 3, 2024 6:00:31 PM Attachments:Why should anyone care about a vast tract of sand and brush being lost to overwhelmingly tall.docx 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'd appreciate that. -- roxann ploss 1845 E. Tachevah palm springs 11/07/2024 Public Comment Non-Agenda Why should anyone care about sand dunes and scrub brush being lost to overwhelmingly tall, graceless cement warehouses? Or about trucks loading and unloading goods almost 24/7? Many do care. Palm Springs is a resort destination. Appearances matter a great deal. Resorts which purport to be beneficial to a visitor’s health and well-being cannot afford to assault those same visitors with polluted, lung-damaging air. Engines idling or re-starting all day will add to the current poor air quality from the through traffic of the I-10. Those residents who live within the “wind belt” with pre-existing respiratory problems will, on the frequent blustery days, find them exacerbated by the added exhaust fumes of hundreds of extra, heavy vehicles. Many contend that the desert is already overbuilt, particularly when measured against available resources. If more construction MUST come, wouldn’t the land proposed for these behemoth store houses be better used for affordable housing? Or, at least, something more inviting? These warehouses which depend on automation will not bring new jobs to the Valley. They will not add to its attractiveness. They will not improve the health of those who live or visit here. And if tax incentives are being offered to entice those companies here, they will not immediately add to over-burdened coffers. Short-term economic gains should not outrank the long-term health, well-being and, yes, economics of the Valley. They’re not what we need. 11/07/2024 Public Comment Non-Agenda