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HomeMy WebLinkAboutEndorse Palm Desert Games California Senior Olympics Foundatiion CITY OF PALM DESERT MEMORANDUM To: Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council From: Community Affairs Specialist Date: May 11, 2000 Re: SENIOR OLYMPICS Recommendation: By Minute Motion,endorse the concept of the"Palm Desert Games", a sanctioned regional event of the California Senior Olympics Foundation,instruct staff to work with local organizations to organize this event. Background: At its meeting of April 18, 2000,the Palm Desert Promotion Committee recommended that the City Council endorse the concept of the City of Palm Desert co-hosting a sanctioned regional Senior Olympics Event which would be called"The Palm Desert Games"and instruct staff to proceed with organization of this event. As previously reported to the Council, the California Senior Olympics Foundation recently approached the Coachella Valley Recreation and Park District and the City of Palm Desert to host one of nine sanctioned regional events throughout the State of California in February, 2001. Sanctioned events include but are not limited to volleyball, horseshoes, swimming,track and field,tennis,basketball,baseball,golf,ballroom dancing,fencing,cycling,horseshoes,racquetball,road race,triathalon,table tennis, and bowling. Host agencies are expected to sponsor at least six of these events to participants over a minimum three day period, and all planned activities could be accommodated at facilities within the City of Palm Desert and will be administered by the CV Rec District. This event would be advertised throughout the United States during the next year to state and national senior Olympic organizations, members, and affiliates and has a potential to bring thousands of individuals to the City from throughout the United States. In addition,at the conclusion of a successful event,Palm Desert would be eligible to bid on being selected as the host site for the State and National Games in subsequent years. While the exact cost to the City is not yet known, it is anticipated that corporate sponsorships and registration fees would cover out of pocket costs and that the City's expenses would be limited to facility use, staff time,and advertising assistance. The State Foundation requires that governing bodies endorse the event to enable a steering committee to be selected,by-laws, a mission statement, and operating budget to be established, and advertising the event to commence. Staff recommends that the City Council endorse the concept of the City of Palm Desert co-hosting a sanctioned regional Senior Olympics Event which would be called "The Palm Desert Games" and instruct staff to proceed with organization of this event. AT CIA SCULLY PAUL S. GIBSON COMMUNITY , FAIRS SPECIALIST TREASURER/DIR OF FINANCE SHEILA R: G LIGAN MON A. DIAZ ACM/DIRECTOR OF IN SVS ITY MANAGER CITY COUNCIL ACTION: APPROVED 1/ DENIED RECEIVED OTHER_ MEETING, DATE 5' l l—Q AYES:, AA-0 .P4g6.11- ._ � t NOES* _1n Q,,• A 1 U d ABSENT: 1-4-Pliit V ABSTAIN• VERIFIED BY: L M Original on File with City C4rk' s Office I • • k Minutes Promotion Committee NEW BUSINESS A. CONSIDERATION OF THE PALM DESERT SENIOR GAMES TO BE HELD IN FEBRUARY 2001. Ms. Scully reported this event was previously sponsored by the Mizell Senior Center in Palm Springs. This event would be co- sponsored by the Coachella Valley Recreation District and the City of Palm Desert. One of the conditions was that the event be called the "Palm Desert Games" which has already been agreed to. A steering committee has been established and will begin working on the games. Upon the completion of one successful regional game Palm Desert would be added to a list of locations to hold the state games,which has been anticipated to be in three years. She didn't have a number as far as the number of tourist the games would draw into Palm Desert, but she did say that when it was held in Palm Springs brought in five figures. These games are advertised throughout the United States and participants plan their vacations around their events. The first year is just a three day event, but during the state games it turns into a three week event.There will be six different events the first year and will all be held either at the Civic Center Park or College of the Desert. There will be a golf tournament at Desert Willow too. Ms. Scully stated in terms of budget, it is unknown at this time of any costs involved with the exception of staff time; other than that it should not cost the City anything. It was moved by Member Wilson and seconded by Member Mandelbaum, to approve the requested as presented. Motion carried unanimously. 2/15/00 2 MINUTES REGULAR PALM DESERT CITY COUNCIL MEETING JANUARY 27, 2000 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * JF In fact, what I'm going to do, Wayne, is ask our City Clerk to have verbatim Minutes of this discussion made, and I will present it to the Council and the Association, and the City will keep a copy so it's very clear what we're doing here. And Mayor Crites' reluctance is well taken, is that we don't want to artificially raise expectations of annexation simply by taking the step to put you in our sphere, with the commitment that we'll work with you to try and make it work out, with the understanding that if it doesn't financially work out, we have an obligation to the rest of the City. WG The clarity is, once we make the application and we have the support, I am potentially concerned with the City of La Quinta saying, "Uh-uh, we want that being our sphere of influence" at that point in time. I'm hopeful staff will then come to our aid, along with Council, to support that application as they need to. And would that be a fair statement? BAC And certainly LAFCo primarily then goes to residents to look for their choices on that, and so...yes, sir. JF Right. RAD Excuse me, Mr. Mayor and Mr. Guralnick, you've known me for a couple of years. When we get there, just call my office, and we'll arrange it. And to indicate to the rest of the Council, the things that the Annexation Committee goes through with this particular issue, we have another group, the Bermuda Dunes Community Council, for example, is having a meeting on February the 10th to discuss Palm Desert, La Quinta, to stay where they're at, and this is why the Committee and Councilmember Ferguson said, you know, very, very succinctly why the recommendation that we have. JF Right. BAC Okay. JF We're doing everything we can do, given what we're being told by folks in Bermuda Dunes. BAC Alright, there is a recommendation, there's a second to it, please cast a ballot. RDK Motion carries by unanimous vote. 2. Palm Desert Senior Games (Councilman Robert A. Spiegel). Ms. Scully stated that a meeting had been held earlier in the week between herself, representatives of the Coachella Valley Recreation&Park District,and officers of the California Senior Olympics Foundation. She said they were asking the City and District to co-sponsor regional Senior Olympic Games in February 2001. She noted that a staff report would be brought to Council in 31 MINUTES REGULAR PALM DESERT CITY COUNCIL MEETING JANUARY 27, 2000 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * the near future, but she asked for preliminary approval of this co-sponsorship and stated that there should be either no cost or very minimal cost to the City. She added that conditions placed by the District on this event included requiring that the event be called the Palm Desert Senior Games and that the City of Palm Desert be put on the list in rotation to hold the Statewide games. She stated that a steering committee would also be formed soon. Mayor Crites asked if there were any objections to moving forward with the planning of this event. With Council concurrence, staff was given preliminary approval for the Palm Desert Senior Games to be held in February 2001 and to be jointly sponsored by the Coachella Valley Recreation & Park District and the City of Palm Desert. With Council concurrence, Mayor Crites adjourned the meeting at 6:17 p.m. for dinner and Closed Session to discuss items listed under City Attorney Reports and Remarks. He reconvened the meeting at 7:00 p.m. 3. Palm Desert Schools' Most Improved Award (Mayor Pro-Tem Jim Ferguson) Mayor Pro-Tem Ferguson provided his colleagues with a letter from a Palm Desert High School parent asking for the Council's consideration of providing an award to Palm Desert Elementary, Middle, and High School students for most improvement in a particular period of time. He asked that this matter be included on the Agenda for the next City Council meeting. o City Council Committee Reports: 1. SunLink (Councilman Richard S. Kelly) Councilman Kelly announced SunLink's first trip at 4:45 a.m. on Monday, January 31, 2000, from the Dinah Shore/Monterey/I-10 Interchange area, with an intermediate stop in the Banning/Beaumont area and a destination of Riverside and the MetroLink station. He invited his colleagues to join him on this first trip. Upon question by Councilman Spiegel regarding the schedule, Councilman Kelly distributed copies of the schedule for SunLink. 32