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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2025-02-27 Non-AgendaFrom:Tiffani Lobue To:City Clerk Subject:****URGENT*** KEEP all Animal Control Officers on staff. Date:Thursday, February 27, 2025 1:38:11 PM Importance:High 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 City Council, My name is Tiffani LoBue. I have been a Palm Springs resident for 28 years and a volunteer with PSAS for 12 years.. Eliminating an ACO to cut costs will only cost more in the long run. Don't be shortsighted about saving a few bucks; Palm Springs population is growing exponentially and 70% of all residents are pet owners. This will result in failures of ACO to do their jobs properly. PLEASE reconsider this agenda item - the residents are counting on you. Thank you Tiffani LoBue Get Outlook for Android From: Bonny Birch <volunteer@psanimalshelter.org> Sent: Thursday, February 27, 2025 1:25:00 PM To: Tiffani LoBue <bwtiffani@hotmail.com> Subject: ****URGENT*** PLEASE ATTEND TONIGHT'S CITY COUNCIL MEETING We are reaching out with an urgent request—we JUST learned that tonight the Palm Springs City Council has added an agenda item to eliminate the currently vacant Animal Control Officer (ACO) position. This decision could have serious consequences for our community’s ability to handle stray and neglected animals effectively. Two (2) ACO's is not enough to handle the 94 square miles that make up the City of PS. There is only 1 day of overlap for ACO employees, which can be dangerous for both them and the animals, and we have long periods of time with no ACO on duty, not to mention if one of them gets sick or wants to take a vacation. Where: Palm Springs City Hall 3200 E. Tahquitz Canyon Way, PS When: 5:30pm Tonight Please join us at the meeting tonight to show your support. We would LOVE you to speak, however if you can’t, your presence alone will send a strong message that our 02/27/2025 Public Comment Non-Agenda community values animal welfare and public safety. Please share this with others who care about this issue. Hope to see you there!! Sincerely, Dan Rossi, Executive Director Shianne May, Director of Operations 02/27/2025 Public Comment Non-Agenda From:Gayle Divine To:City Clerk Subject:E-Public Comment Date:Thursday, February 27, 2025 6:25:25 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. Why is there no meetings or updates on the PS swim center renovations? We still have no ADA access to locker rooms? Please advise Gayle Divine Sent from my iPhone 02/27/2025 Public Comment Non-Agenda From:Peter Henson To:City Clerk Subject:Seasonal Picklers Date:Wednesday, February 26, 2025 5:03:11 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. Dear City Council Members   The lack of transparency in regards the start and completion date of the Pickleball expansion project has resulted in untold numbers of the thousands of seasonal visitors having booked their accommodations for the 2025-2026 season. Those “regulars”not making reservations yet are planning to return usually at the same time. It is also common practice to leave a deposit for next time not only to secure lodging but reserve a preferred unit. Their only understanding of the closure is that there would be open courts to the west of the project or it would be completed in 6 months, before their return. Our community is not “tight knit” as players come from everywhere and there is little ability to notifiy players who are gone. Word of mouth does not work here. While you might know where folks are from, rarely do you know anyone’s last name. In e-mail, public comment, and multiple phone calls to Park and Rec and at some length with Mr. Brickley, I sought that there be official transparency so that those picklers remaining could plan accordingly for next season. While that failed, a recent Desert Sun article by reporter Sam Morgen wrote that construction would start in May and last 8 months. Sam told me personally that he got this info from the City. This started a flutter of excitement in our community because 8 months from May 1 is January 1, 2026 which leaves the busiest 3 months open in our new facility and the majority of the returning picklers would not find a hole in the ground. While not the original plan, clearly our community took this newspaper article positively. The excitement was short lived as the bid documents surfaced and the completion time says 180 working days which is 9 months, not 8. Not Sam’s fault, he wrote what the City told him. But add 9 months to an end of May start and the completion date becomes one year from now, end of February, 2026. Although 5/6ths. of the season is gone we will put up a sign guiding those here now but will ask something of the Council that costs nothing and is minimal in time. The Tennis Gardens laid slab for their courts equal to 150 Pickleball courts and built the stadium, seating and rest of the project in 9 months. Clearly, our project could be done in 8 months or less and completed by 1/1/2026 which would be a huge improvement. Contractors could be benevolent if they understand the unfortunate situation I have described. So, we seek that the Council call it to the winning bidders attention using all your persuasive skills. Sincerely yours, Peter Henson 83 Caravan St. Palm Springs 760-322-8056 Sent from my iPad 02/27/2025 Public Comment Non-Agenda From:Rob Tressman To:City Clerk Subject:Pedestrian Safety Tips For Your Community Date:Monday, February 24, 2025 1:58:01 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. Hi there, I hope you’re doing well. My name is Rob Tressman, and I recently found the information you shared on palmspringsca.gov/government/departments/sustainability-and- recycling/pedestrian-safety to be incredibly valuable. I’m reaching out to see if you’d be open to including another resource on your page that I believe could complement your content. Ensuring pedestrian safety is about more than just accident prevention; it’s about building a community where everyone feels secure and at ease, whether they’re walking, biking, or driving. With this goal in mind, my team and I have created a guide focused on pedestrian safety, offering practical tips for anyone moving through the neighborhood. Here’s the link to the guide: Pedestrian Safety in the Community - leverecker.com/pedestrian-safety-guide/ We’ve put a lot of thought and effort into this guide, and I’d love to hear your thoughts. If you think it would be a good fit for your readers, would you consider sharing it on your website? If you do not want to receive anymore emails from me, please reply letting me know you're not interested. Thank you so much for your time. Have a great day, Rob Rob Tressman PR Consultant | Lever & Ecker Address: 120 Bloomingdale Road, Suite 401 White Plains, NY 10605 Website: leverecker.com Email: pr@leverecker.com 02/27/2025 Public Comment Non-Agenda From:gobananasnet@gmail.com To:Scott Stiles; City Clerk; Jeffrey Bernstein; Grace Garner; Andrew Mills; Gustavo Araiza Cc:Bob - Robert Howard Heinbaugh; Donna Newton - Sunrise Palms HOA; Kurt Carlson - Sunrise Palms HOA - Sunrise-Raphael NORg; Ken Alexander & Ron Harden Subject:It"s about policy - City"s Re-Parking Ordinance improvement. Date:Friday, February 21, 2025 12:10:28 PM Attachments:Screenshot 2025-02-21 100648.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. Greetings City Manager, Mayor, Mayor Pro-Tem, City Council, PSPD Police Chief, and PSPD north area Lt., Cced; Upper West Side NOrg neighbors, Nothing says welcome to Palm Springs Modernism Week Tours venue like the unsightly visual of junk trucks and junk trailers stored for days on the street in front of the entrance of a Modernism Tour Cioffi Architecture home in Upper West Side NOrg as shown below. Can you imagine anyone would like something like this stored for days in front of their home, especially when it's an Architectural Tour venue? This is an everyday occurrence for YEARS along and surrounding 1500 E. San Rafael Dr. in the area near Santiago Sunrise Mobile Home Park. All these vehicles belong to the Mobile Home Park residents; multiple junk trucks and junk trailers, commercial vehicles, campers, vehicles for sale, even car carriers and semi-trucks, and broken down vehicles parked in front of neighbors homes. Mobile Home Park residents also often do vehicle maintenance and repairs on the street, including auto body painting - - think over spray onto passing vehicles and often blocking the bike lanes too. This happens because the mobile home park seriously lacks adequate space for their residents' vehicles, and the City's parking ordinance lacks the tools needed for better enforcement of vehicles which are not allowed to be stored or parked overnight on Palm Springs city streets. The PSPD are often (and respond quickly) truly trying their best to manage the situation when residents request, but the ordinance simply lacks tools needed for enforcement. If a vehicle gets a 72 hour notice, the owner simply moves it within 71 hours, maybe 100 feet down the street or across the street, sometimes pushing them down the street, always, always, always gaming the situation. The truck and trailer in the photo is one of many that has been gaming the ordinance for years. Neighbors are beyond exasperated and upset. This is not ok and must not continue, something must be done. NOTE: Upper West Side NOrg is by no means the only NOrg in Palm Springs that suffers from such types of street storage/parking concerns. For years as Bob & I were the Co-Chairs of the ONE-PS Neighborhood Formation & Support Committee, and we attended countless meetings in every NOrg in this City. We've heard time and time again from residents how this, or similar, types of situations are very upsetting. The "ASK" is: Please add to the City's parking ordinance a "Re-Parking" component. For example, if the same vehicle that has previously received a 72-hour courtesy notice of violation that their type of vehicle is NOT permitted to be parked/stored overnight on City streets. If said vehicle is found in violation again, that vehicle will NOT receive another 72-hour courtesy notice, but instead will be towed without further notice to impound at owner's expense, irrespective of wherever in the city it is found repeating the violation. The registered owner of the vehicle will also receive a fine. Passenger vehicles will not be affected by this policy change. Thank you for your attention to this longtime concerning matter, Your friends Bob Heinbaugh & Paul Hinrichsen - Upper West Side NOrg longtime leadership members. 02/27/2025 Public Comment Non-Agenda 02/27/2025 Public Comment Non-Agenda From:Roxann Ploss To:City Clerk Cc:Frank Tysen; Peter Moruzzi; dick Burkett; Russ Uthe; Ron deHarte; kitty; Renee Brown; joy meredith; marilyn will; Rob Moon Subject:for Architectural Review Commission Date:Tuesday, February 18, 2025 1:18:09 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. For months now, I have been begging the people involved to reject the projected warehouses at the entry to our "resort town". Environmentally, these warehouses are behemoths which cover over thousands upon thousands of square feet, create logistic problems with truck traffic using on/off ramps, idling, restarting engines once off- loaded, "light pollution" and so much more. Visually, I can think of NO arguments which might support them. They will be close to the freeway entrance to/exit from town, further damaging what used to be a respected "brand" for our town. Economically, yes. There will be property tax dollars, a portion of which will come to Palm Springs, a portion to the county and some to the state. The used space-employment number ratio is disappointing. The much-needed jobs for Valley residents will be shared with the machines doing A.I.-managed work. Fontana (a city not known for its resort reputation AND which has a particularly ugly sprawl along the I-10) voted "no"; enough apparently really WAS enough. There is little of our much touted glamour left; we cannot afford to lose what is left of it. It is time for PS to re-brand itself, perhaps becoming the largest living example of a "green town", or blending history with the new athleticism (not golf & tennis but hiking & cycling), or a classroom for architectural studies. So many other ways to go as opposed to this rush to fill in the spaces with light industry, the concept that money overrules all other good things. Please take this last opportunity to speak out in favor of a Palm Springs 02/27/2025 Public Comment Non-Agenda known for beauty and good health. Please. -- roxann ploss palm springs 02/27/2025 Public Comment Non-Agenda From:Jerry Miah To:City Clerk Subject:Pilot Who Didn"t Know He Was Being Taped Admits To Dumping Toxic Chemicals In Chemtrails!!! Date:Saturday, February 15, 2025 7:31:21 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. This video mentions Palm Springs. Disturbing https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://rumble.com/v6j9s8g-pilot-whodidnt-know-he-was-being-tapedadmits-to- dumping-toxic-chemicals-in-.html__;!!KOzBxd2Nyq5BRg!mSddLeyvrCUDbUq8hMEwuj2pl80qO3oUZ6OR- jWaMwaTazFj7MLnmu3hZb6H8VTrN4lzK9UGTxqZQfxWxUgq8ywdiiXf8_s$ Sent from my iPad 02/27/2025 Public Comment Non-Agenda