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STUDY SESSION MINUTES
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 2005
COUNCIL CHAMBER
CALL TO ORDER: Mayor Pro Tern McCulloch called the meeting to order at 6:02 P.M.
FLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE: Councilmember Mills led the Pledge.
ROLL CALL:
PRESENT: Councilmember Foat, Councilmember Mills, Councilmember
Pougnet, Mayor Pro Tern McCulloch.
ABSENT: Mayor Oden,
ALSO PRESENT: City Manager Ready, Assistant City Manager Wilson, City Attorney
Holland, City Clerk Thompson.
PRESENTATIONS: None.
ACCEPTANCE OF THE AGENDA:
ACTION: Accept the Agenda as presented. Motion Councilmember Mills, seconded
by Councilmember Foat and unanimously carried noting the absence of Mayor
Oden.
REPORT OF CLOSED SESSION: No Closed Session,
PUBLIC COMMENT:
ROXANNE PLOSS, Palm Springs, thanked Fire Chief Goetz for the tour of the Fire
Department and commented on the preparedness of the Fire Department.
COUNCILMEMBER COMMENTS AND REQUESTS:
Councilmember Foat introduced her family visiting from New York and welcomed them
to the City of Palm Springs.
CITY MANAGER'S REPORT: None.
1„ STUDY SESSION:
1.A. PRESENTATION OF EMERGENCY AND DISASTER PREPAREDNESS:
Fire Chief Blake Goetz provided background information on the City's
2003 Functional Response Disaster Plan and then presented a Power
Point presentation on Emergency and Disaster Preparedness.
Chief Goetz presented the current Action Items: Staff Training,
Development of Volunteer Resources, Departmental Emergency Plans,
Interagency Communications Network, Command Vehicle
Implementation, ongoing Grant Management, and ongoing efforts to
secure new grants and funding streams, continued support of the CERT
Program.
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The City Council discussed and/or commented on the following items: '
funding and improvements of our preparedness over a period time,
distribution to City Council the City Emergency Organizational Chart with
the respective staff assigned, communication with citizens, including
neighborhood organizations into disaster preparedness, search and
rescue for seniors and the disabled, how to obtain public information
materials on preparedness.
The City Council viewed a new PSA running on PSCTV.
No action taken.
COUNCILMEMBER COMMENTS AND REPORTS:
Councilmember Mills thanked staff and indicated that staff and the City are well
prepared.
Councilmember Mills requested a report on the RFP for batting cages, requested staff
prioritizes the appointment of a new Airport Commissioner, requested staff investigates
the possibility of drafting a narcotics/gang related ordinance, and an ordinance
regulating maintenance of long-term and boarded-up buildings such as the City of Long
Beach.
Councilmember Pougnet requested an update on the Indian Manor project. ,
Councilmember Pougnet highlighted employees that received compliment cards during
the month of September for their efforts.
Mayor Pro Tern McCulloch wished residents celebrating Rosh Hashanah a happy new
year.
ADJOURNMENT: The City Council adjourned at 7:10 P.M. to its Regular Meeting at
6:00 P.M., Wednesday, October 5, 2005, City Hall Council Chamber, preceded by a
Closed Session at 4:30 P.M., City Hall Small Conference Room, 3200 Tahquitz Canyon
Way.
APPROVED BY A MOTION OF THE PALM SPRINGS CITY COUNCIL THIS
5TH DAY OF OCTOBER, 2005.
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