HomeMy WebLinkAbout6/29/2005 - STAFF REPORTS (26) NEW BUSINESS ITEM 5.13.
JUNE 29, 2005
ADDITIONAL MATERIALS TO BE PROVIDED.
PROPOSED RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF THE PALM
SPRINGS DESERT RESORTS CONVENTION AND VISITORS
AUTHORITY AND IT'S OBJECTIVES:
RECOMMENDATION: Adopt Resolution No. "A
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALM
SPRINGS, CALIFORNIA IN SUPPORT OF THE PALM SPRINGS
DESERT RESORTS CONVENTION AND VISITORS AUTHORITY,
THE CREATION AND OBJECTIVES OF A SPECIAL COMMITTEE
TO REVISE THE BYLAWS, AND THE RECRUITMENT OF A NEW
PRESIDENT."
RESOLUTION NO.
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
PALM SPRINGS, CALIFORNIA, IN SUPPORT OF THE
PALM SPRINGS DESERT RESORTS CONVENTION AND
VISITORS AUTHORITY, THE CREATION AND
OBJECTIVES OF A SPECIAL COMMITTEE TO REVISE
THE BYLAWS, AND THE RECRUITMENT OF A NEW
PRESIDENT
WHEREAS, the Palm Springs Desert Resorts Convention and Visitors Authority
(CVA) was established in 1989 to promote tourism in the Coachella Valley;
WHEREAS, the CVA is a Joint Powers Authority consisting of eight valley cities
and the County of Riverside;
WHEREAS, tourism is estimated to be a $1.1 billion industry attracting more than
3 million visitors to the Coachella Valley each year;
WHEREAS, over 100,000 people either work in local hotels, restaurants,
entertainment venues or visitor-related attractions throughout the Valley;
WHEREAS, travel and tourism ranks as one of Palm Springs' largest industries
in terms of revenues generated;
WHEREAS, the CVA has been under intense scrutiny in recent months following
allegations of mismanagement and the subsequent release of an audit which
uncovered a number of accounting oversights and inadequate money-handling
practices;
WHEREAS, the President of the CVA was placed on administrative leave and
later resigned in light of these allegations of misconduct;
WHEREAS, the departure of the CVA's President, coupled with an investigation
that exposed major management and accounting deficiencies, have come at a
time when tourism dollars are at a premium; and
WHEREAS, given the importance of tourism to the economic, social, and cultural
well-being of the Coachella Valley as a whole, the Palm Springs City Council
believes that the CVA is a critical organization that must be preserved and
restructured.
SUPPLEMENTAL MATERIALS
ITEM No. 5.13.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED
Section 1. The City Council does hereby support the CVA and its mission to
promote tourism in the Coachella Valley.
Section 2. The City Council encourages the CVA to proceed in an expeditious
manner with the recruitment and selection of a new CVA President.
Section 3. The City Council recommends that the selection of a new CVA
President occur no later than August 2005.
Section 4. The City Council does hereby endorse the creation of a Special
Committee by the CVA Executive Board to make recommendations as
appropriate on by-law changes and policy measures to ensure adequate
accountability of public tax dollars, and inclusion of tourism stakeholders as
voting members of the CVA Board.
Section 5. The City Council further endorses the Mayor and City Manager as
appointees to the CVA Special Committee.
PASSED AND ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the City Council of the
City of Palm Springs held June 29, 2005.
CITY OF PALM SPRINGS
Ron Oden
Mayor
ATTEST:
James Thompson
City Clerk