HomeMy WebLinkAbout22400 - RESOLUTIONS - 12/3/2008 RESOLUTION NO. 22400
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
PALM SPRINGS, CALIFORNIA, ESTABLISHING A
NEIGHBORHOOD ORGANIZATION IDENTIFICATION
STREET SIGN PROGRAM THROUGH THE OFFICE OF
NEIGHBORHOOD INVOLVEMENT.
WHEREAS, on April 6, 2005 the Palm Springs City Council adopted an ordinance
establishing an Office of Neighborhood Involvement, creating a framework to include
the people of the City of Palm Springs in civic affairs to work to improve the livability and
character of their neighborhood; and
WHEREAS, it is the intent of the City Council, through the recognition of the Palm
Springs Neighborhood Involvement Committee (PSNIC) to develop in the citizens a
sense of personal pride and responsibility for their neighborhoods; and
WHEREAS, on April 10, 2008, the Palm Springs Neighborhood Involvement Committee
(PSNIC) voted to recommend to the City Council a program to identify the officially
recognized neighborhood organizations throughout the City by attaching "blade" signs
with the name of the neighborhood organization onto existing street signs.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALM SPRINGS DOES HEREBY RESOLVE
AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. The establishment of a neighborhood identification sign program will help
foster a sense of pride in one's neighborhood as well as a sense of belonging.
SECTION 2. The neighborhood organizations associated with the City's Office of
Neighborhood Involvement can purchase through the City neighborhood identification
street signs as spelled out in the program.
SECTION 3. The neighborhood organizations will use a template and dimensions
supplied by the City in designing their identification signs. The City must approve of the
design, paying particular attention to the legibility and visibility of design.
SECTION 4. The neighborhood organizations will pay to have the signs made and
submit a map, for City staff approval, indicating where they would like the signs
installed. The City will install the signs on existing street signs, but the cost to replace or
repair the neighborhood signs is the responsibility of the neighborhood organization.
Resolution No. 22400
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ADOPTED this 3rd day of December, 2008.
David H. Ready, City=Manager
ATTEST:
domes Thompson, City Clerkl
�j CERTIFICATION
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE ) ss.
CITY OF PALM SPRINGS )
I, JAMES THOMPSON, City Clerk of the City of Palm Springs, hereby certify that
Resolution No. 22400 is a full, true and correct copy, and was duly adopted at a regular
meeting of the City Council of the City of Palm Springs on the 3rd day of December,
2008 by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmember Hutcheson, Councilmember Mills, Councilmember
Weigel, Mayor Pro Tem Foat, and Mayor Pougnet.
NOES: None.
ABSENT: None.
ABSTAIN: None.
J' es Thompson, City Clerk
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