HomeMy WebLinkAboutInterim City Manager Meeting Summaries - July 4-15, 2016CITY OF PALM DESERT
CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE
STAFF REPORT
REQUEST: INFORMATIONAL ITEM - CITY MANAGER MEETING SUMMARIES
(July 4-15, 2016)
SUBMITTED BY: Justin McCarthy, Interim City Manager
DATE:
July 28, 2016
Following are meetings held with groups, residents, and/or businesses for the period of
July 4-15, 2016:
July 4 City Hall Closed - Independence Dav
July 5 Property Manaqement
Met with Mark Greenwood and staff to discuss the duties of the
new Facilities Manager position.
July 6
Citv Attornev
July 7 Staff Meetinq
Met with staff to review the agenda for the July 14 City Council
meeting.
Bond Discussion
Met with Bill Strausz, Janet Moore and Veronica Tapia to discuss
possible bond -funded projects.
July 8 Short -Term Rental Issues
Met with Bob Hargreaves, Ryan Stendell, Shawn Kilpatrick to
discuss a resident complaint regarding a vacation rental property
located next to his home on Grapevine.
Mavor, Mavor Pro Tem, Citv Attornev Meetinq
Weekly meeting with Mayor Spiegel, Mayor Pro Tem Harnik and
the City Attorney.
July 11 Executive Manaqement
Weekly meeting with the management team.
Staff Report
Informational Item: City Manager Meeting Summaries
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July 28, 2016
July 12 Portola Communitv Center
Met with Carlos Hernandez, Frankie Riddle, Heather Buck and
Randy Chavez to discuss division of duties regarding the Portola
Community Center.
Davis Mever
Met with the General Manager of Vacation Palm Springs, Davis
Meyer and Janet Moore to discuss the collection process of TOT
regarding Airbnb properties.
July 13 City Attornev
Councilmember Jonathan
Met with Councilmember Jonathan and Janet Moore to discuss
educational opportunities for Housing residents.
Conference Call
Spoke with Seth Merewitz to discuss the Quiksilver project.
July 14 City Manager Recruitment
Met with Dave Morgan and Lori Carney to discuss the City
Manager recruitment.
Closed Session
Council Meetinq
July 15 Mavor, Mavor Pro
Weekly meeting w
the City Attorney.
Tem, Citv Attornev Meetinq
th Mayor Spiegel, Mayor Pro Tem Harnik and
Conference Call with Lew Edwards
Participated in a conference call with the Lew Edwards group to
discuss the possibility of adding a ballot measure for the November
election.
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NTERW CITY MANA4ER
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