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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2000-12-29MINUTES ADJOURNED JOINT MEETING OF THE PALM DESERT CITY COUNCIL AND PALM DESERT REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY FRIDAY, DECEMBER 29, 2000 8:30 A.M. ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES CONFERENCE ROOM * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * I. CALL TO ORDER II. ROLL CALL Present: Councilmember/Member Jean M. Benson Councilman/Member Buford A. Crites Mayor Pro-Tempore/Vice Chairman Richard S. Kelly Councilman/Member Robert A. Spiegel Mayor/Chairman Jim Ferguson Also Present: Sheila R. Gilligan, ACM for Community Services/City Clerk/Agency Secretary David J. Erwin, City Attorney Phil Drell, Director of Community Development Teresa LaRocca, Housing Manager Patricia Scully, Community Affairs Specialist III. ORAL COMMUNICATIONS — A MR. JOHN GRONER said that, at the appropriate time, he would like to submit an application to be one of the 17 people selected to the General Plan Advisory Committee. Mayor Ferguson stated that now was the appropriate time, and staff would provide the application form for him to complete. MINUTES ADJOURNED JOINT MEETING OF THE PALM DESERT CITY COUNCIL AND THE PALM DESERT REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY DECEMBER 29, 2000 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * IV. RESOLUTIONS A. RESOLUTION NO. 00-143 - A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALM DESERT, CALIFORNIA , AMENDING RESOLUTION NO. 00-73, "EXHIBIT A" SALARY SCHEDULE, SALARY RANGES, AND ALLOCATED CLASSIFICATIONS FOR THE PERIOD JULY 1, 2000, THROUGH JUNE 30, 2001. Mrs. Gilligan noted that, due to a clerical error, a position was left off the Exhibit "A" to Resolution No. 00-73, adopted in July, 2000. The person in that position was working in another department. Putting the position back in would allow the hiring of a temporary person in Community Services who would immediately be on loan to the Building Department, and that person would be a permanent employee after nine months of temporary service. Councilman Spiegel moved to waive further reading and adopt Resolution No. 00-143. Motion was seconded by Mayor Pro Tem Kelly and carried by unanimous vote. V. OLD BUSINESS None VI. REPORTS AND REMARKS A. CITY MANAGER/EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR None B. CITY ATTORNEY/AGENCY COUNSEL Mr. Erwin asked for the addition of two items to the Closed Session Agenda: 1) Real Property Negotiations — Palm Desert Apartments — as previously listed on an Agenda: Conference with Real Property Negotiator pursuant to Government Code Section 54956.8 Property: APN 637-042-001, 637-051-001, 637-051-002, 637-061-001 Negotiating Parties: Agency: Teresa LaRocca Property Owner: H/R Gallery Ltd. Under Negotiation: x Price x Terms of Payment 2 MINUTES ADJOURNED JOINT MEETING OF THE PALM DESERT CITY COUNCIL AND THE PALM DESERT REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY DECEMBER 29, 2000 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 2) Public Employment pursuant to Government Code Section 54957 Titles of Positions: City Manager Mayor/Chairman Ferguson asked for the addition of one more item to the Closed Session Agenda, Council review of its employees and procedures for doing so. Mr. Erwin responded that this would be included under the same Personnel section. Councilman/Member Spiegel moved to add the aforementioned three items to the Closed Session Agenda. Motion was seconded by Mayor Pro Tem/Vice Chairman Kelly and carried by unanimous vote. 1) Request for Closed Session: Conference with Real Property Negotiator pursuant to Government Code Section 54956.8: 1) Property: Land located in Section 4 — Desert Willow — Palm Desert, CA Negotiating Parties: Agency: Carlos L. Ortega/Palm Desert Redevelopment Agency Property Owner: Palm Desert Redevelopment Agency Under Negotiation: x Price x Terms of Payment 2) Property: Property located east of Cook Street, north of Dinah Shore Drive Negotiating Parties: Agency: Carlos L. Ortega/City of Palm Desert Property Owner: American Realty Trust Under Negotiation: x Price x Terms of Payment Conference with Legal Counsel regarding existing litigation pursuant to Government Code Section 54956.9(a): a) Eddie Ahmad Babai v. City of Palm Desert, Riverside County Superior Court Case No. INC 013297 Significant exposure to litigation pursuant to Government Code Section 54956.9(b): Number of potential cases: 1 3 MINUTES ADJOURNED JOINT MEETING OF THE PALM DESERT CITY COUNCIL AND THE PALM DESERT REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY DECEMBER 29, 2000 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 2) Report and Action on Items from Closed Session Made at This Meetine. None C. CITY CLERK/AGENCY SECRETARY None D. MAYOR/CHAIRMAN AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL/REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY BOARD o City Council/Redevelopment Agency Requests for Action: 1. Chairs for Council Chamber (Mayor/Chairman Jim Ferguson) Mayor/Chairman Ferguson asked for Council consensus on which chairs should be ordered for the Council Chamber. Mrs. Gilligan added that the decision was whether to order high -back or low -back chairs and whether they would be fabric or leather. With City Council/Agency Board concurrence, staff was directed to order high -back chairs to be upholstered with fabric seats and the balance of the chair to be covered with leather. 2. Request for Sister Cities Subcommittee to Consider Mexican Sister City (Mayor/Chairman Jim Ferguson) Mayor/Chairman Ferguson asked for concurrence of his colleagues that the Sister Cities Subcommittee begin looking at a new Sister City relationship in Mexico. He said he had discussed this with Rosemary and Carlos Ortega about this on their last trip to Mexico. He said the City had great Sister City relationships; however, they were so far away that it was almost impossible to do anything on an ongoing basis. Councilman/Member Kelly said he had always felt the City should pursue such a relationship with a city in Mexico. Mrs. Gilligan asked whether the Sister Cities Subcommittee was already looking into this. 4 MINUTES ADJOURNED JOINT MEETING OF THE PALM DESERT CITY COUNCIL AND THE PALM DESERT REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY DECEMBER 29, 2000 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Ms. Scully responded that the Subcommittee had not yet discussed this issue, but it was a possibility. Mrs. Gilligan added that she had forwarded to the Council Liaison a copy of a letter received from the City of Osoyoos wanting to begin the process of reestablishing relations with Palm Desert, which staff felt would probably only last for two years until their next election. Staff was planning to bring that matter to the Council meeting of January 11, 2001, with a recommendation to terminate that relationship. Councilman/Member Crites said he felt the representative from Osoyoos, Mr. Basham, should work directly with the Sister Cities Subcommittee and the Civic Arts Committee, and a recommendation should then come from those boards to the Council. He added that there would be a Sister Cities Subcommittee meeting in January, and perhaps the Osoyoos representative could be invited to attend and see if that might in any way change the Committee's recommendation. Mrs. Gilligan stated that this matter could be placed on the Agenda for the last City Council meeting in January, 2001, and by then staff will have Sister Cities Subcommittee input to include in the report. Upon question by Councilmember/Member Benson, Ms. Scully responded that she had spoken with the author of the letter, the City Manager for Osoyoos, and asked if there was a guarantee that this would continue after the next election. Her answer was that she could make no guarantee. Ms. Scully added that Mr. Basham winters here in the Coachella Valley, and Osoyoos was sending him to try and reestablish the relationship. Mrs. Gilligan stated that perhaps staff needed to meet with Mr. Basham, have him go to the Sister Cities Subcommittee meeting, and ask him those questions. With City Council/Agency Board consensus, the Sister Cities Subcommittee was asked to look at a Sister City relationship with a city somewhere in Mexico. o City Council/Redevelopment Agency Committee Reports: None 5 MINUTES ADJOURNED JOINT MEETING OF THE PALM DESERT CITY COUNCIL AND THE PALM DESERT REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY DECEMBER 29, 2000 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * VII. AWARDS, PRESENTATIONS AND APPOINTMENTS A. APPOINTMENTS TO THE GENERAL PLAN ADVISORY COMMITTEE. The following is a verbatim transcript of this portion of the meeting: Key JF Mayor/Chairman Jim Ferguson RSK Mayor Pro-TemporeNice Chairman Richard S. Kelly BAC Councilman/Member Buford A. Crites JMB Councilmember/Member Jean M. Benson RAS Councilman/Member Robert A. Spiegel SRG Sheila R. Gilligan, ACM for Community Services/City Clerk/Agency Secretary PD Phil Drell, Director of Community Development TL Teresa LaRocca, Housing Manager JG John Groner DJE David J. Erwin, City Attorney JF The first item is "Appointments to the General Plan Advisory Committee." I had Wilma circulate a clean sheet to everybody. RSK And was it separate from the Agenda? JF Yeah. If you don't have one, I can have some more made. BAC Or get some more clean sheets. RSK Oh, this is it here, isn't it? JMB Yeah. RSK When something comes separate, it sometimes gets lost. RAS I've got one that's dirty. RSK I've got one here. There was one with some suggestions on there. JF Right. 6 MINUTES ADJOURNED JOINT MEETING OF THE PALM DESERT CITY COUNCIL AND THE PALM DESERT REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY DECEMBER 29, 2000 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * BAC I'll just look on with you, then. RSK Okay. JF Can I have somebody make some copies? SRG Yes. Noreen, can you make copies of this? JF It's sometimes easier to start with a fresh sheet of paper. RAS I'll just scratch out and put in whoever everybody wants. JMB You have it there. RSK I'm just looking (unclear) JF Okay, let me start by saying that Buford was at the College on the two Study Sessions where we went over this and had some questions about how we came up with the 17 positions and whether or not the 17 truly represented the demographics or interests of the City. And I told him that we basically just threw these out at a Study Session, and there was no magic or rhyme to it, and it's certainly not chipped in concrete, and if there were any suggestions (that we had too many of one group or too little of another) we should probably talk about that before we start trying to pu names in the slots. BAC Well, I...a couple of comments that I noted was, one, I don't know that there's any reason to have alternates. If you have somebody to go, they go, and if they're not there, they're not there. RSK I agree with that. BAC Alternates simply are a waste of the alternates' time. RSK And it's confusing... BAC Yup, as to who is and who isn't that day and all the rest of it. Any my second one was... RSK And if they can't make it, whoever can't make it, should get all the information, the Minutes, and all their things, and have somebody fill them in, etc., etc. JMB Are we going to have any, if we do that, any condition they have to attend? 7 MINUTES ADJOURNED JOINT MEETING OF THE PALM DESERT CITY COUNCIL AND THE PALM DESERT REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY DECEMBER 29, 2000 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * RSK Well, I would think that we would have some kind of condition. The three...three might be a little too many for something as short as this. It ought to be more like two at the most. JMB Yeah because they can't keep track and know what's going on. RSK I'd say if they miss two meetings, they ought to be automatically removed and replaced. RAS Let me kind of...I have no problem with that, but I think that we should have someone decide when the meetings are going to be and let these people know that they've been initially selected, and if they can attend, fine; if they can't, then we... RSK The whole schedule ought to be set up. RAS Exactly. And then if they can't make it, that's okay. Then we'll get somebody else. RSK I agree. The whole...we ought to set the whole schedule up. That would also help us be sure we meet the schedule. This is it. BAC Yup. My other comment was...it seems, at least initially, like this thing is heavily weighted towards the development side of the Valley. You know, there's the Chamber of Commerce and a resort industry and a commercial industry and a development community and so on and so forth. And when I, when I read letters to the editor and various issues like that, it seems to me that we need to have a lot of concern about our zoning issues and where we put commercial and where we do this and that, but the issue about whether or not we're going to be able to "develop and fill the Valley" is, I think, a certainty. What I see more and more people being concerned about and writing letters about are quality of life issues...roads and parks and schools and open space and environmental issues and all the rest of that and slow growth and everything else, and what I don't see are slotted in issues that look at quality of life kinds of things, and like I say, I think the thing is overly weighted into one segment of our community. RAS (unclear) parts of it, I think, relate to quality of life. I would think that parks and recreation certainly could be related to "quality of life." BAC Yeah, I agree with that. RAS I would think that Civic Arts and Art In Public Places and Historical Society could be related to quality of life. BAC But in the same fashion, Planning Commission and Architectural Commission are all on the upcoming (unclear) 8 MINUTES ADJOURNED JOINT MEETING OF THE PALM DESERT CITY COUNCIL AND THE PALM DESERT REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY DECEMBER 29, 2000 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * RSK I just checked off all the ones related to quality of life, and I got 12 checkmarks. As an example, Planning Commission can very easily be, by who we select, a quality of life person. BAC I agree with that, Richard. RSK Architectural Review can very well be quality of life. Parks and Recreation is quality of life. Housing, basically affordable housing, that's quality of life. Civic Arts and Historical Society is quality of life. Public Safety Commission is quality of life. Desert Sands Unified School District's quality of life. College of the Desert and San Bernardino is quality of life. Citizen at Large, Citizen at Large, Alternate 1, Alternate 2... JMB We took off the Alternates. RSK Yeah, okay, but...so those are all...can be quality of life. BAC I heard your... RSK And then one that I think should be added here is also a quality of life person. JF Well, it seems to me the Chamber of Commerce and the commercial/retail are one and the same. RSK Well, but that would have to be represented. JF Oh, I don't have a....no, they'll be represented, but you're saying, if I hear you correctly, we ought to have somebody more of an environmental conservation background. BAC 1 guess I would take the Chamber and maybe number 12 and combine those two and leave that alone, and I would then set out a slot or something like that somewhere for someone from that other perspective to also be there. JMB Well, the development community and resort industry go together, too. BAC Well... RAS Well, those two relate to 63%, if you include the hotels, of our General Fund, and I think that their input is important. I don't think that the Chamber of Commerce Executive Committee and the Chamber itself is made up of major retail dollars income from our city. JMB Right. JF Okay, so...what I'm hearing, it seems logical that Buford missed all the meetings that Buford's particular niche on our Council would not be represented at those meetings and wouldn't be 9 MINUTES ADJOURNED JOINT MEETING OF THE PALM DESERT CITY COUNCIL AND THE PALM DESERT REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY DECEMBER 29, 2000 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * reflected in these appointments. And I don't personally have a problem with creating one slot to look at quality of life issues, if there's no objection. RAS I have no problem with that. RSK No, but we could make sure that... JF And Bob mentioned last time... RSK ...that's the reason we have Citizens at Large. JF Right. Bob mentioned last time, and Buford mentioned it to me as well, that we should have youth represented here somehow. RSK Mmm hmm JMB Yeah. RAS (unclear) JF Youth. JMB Youth, yeah. BAC It's occurred to me that, along with maybe what we do here, that we might very well want to go to an existing youth government, and my first thought was I suspect there's student government at Palm Desert High School, and a majority of those students are Palm Desert students, and the ones that aren't are certainly from nearby and shop and everything else in Palm Desert, and we go to them with what are, you know, what are the strengths and weaknesses of this community, what do you want to see in 20 years kinds of thing and let them, with some staff assistance, chew on this and bring us some recommendations. You know, there are a lot of things on this thing that somebody who is 17 years old might not care very much about in terms of zoning restrictions, duh duh duh duh duh duh, but the big issues about what it ought to look like, what ought to be here, what ought not be here, and so on and so forth, maybe we ought to ask an existing democratically elected group of students to take a whack at it. JF I agree, and... RSK But I don't think anybody has a problem with it. RAS No, I think it's a good idea. 10 MINUTES ADJOURNED JOINT MEETING OF THE PALM DESERT CITY COUNCIL AND THE PALM DESERT REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY DECEMBER 29, 2000 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * JF And I think they can contribute a lot because a lot of students want to just get the heck out of here and move somewhere else. BAC Like all students. JF Well, like all students, but, you know... RSK No matter where they are. JMB (unclear) want to come back JF We have interest in wanting them to come back and settle down and find out what's important to them and what's lacking here at the College... RSK But we all agree on that, so do we need to hash it out here? BAC Nope. JF No, but... RAS Dick also suggested that we have public transit... RSK Yeah, I was wondering if anybody remembered that. It seems like that's a vital issue. JF Well, that....it takes me to the next aspect of this, which was...as I was going through these names and through these people, I'll just throw this open for discussion...it seems to me a lot of people point to Palm Desert as being the leader in the Valley and a role model for what other cities do, and regional agencies such as Sunline and CVAG work very closely with us because, as Palm Desert goes, so do a lot of other people go. And my thought at the outset was are we going to try and find the best and the brightest people to advise us on this committee in areas of importance, i.e., Dick Cromwell from a Sunline or a Corky Larson from CVAG, or are we going to limit ourselves to strictly people who live within the City limits of Palm Desert, no matter what their expertise. RSK Well, my feeling about that would be if we have somebody that's a citizen of the City of Palm Desert, they have a buy -in, a vested interest, a concern, they've selected the City of Palm Desert, and if we have somebody that fits that, we ought to use a person from Palm Desert. JMB I do, too. RSK (unclear) have one that is very knowledgeable about public transit, and in addition, he's an expert on ADA 11 MINUTES ADJOURNED JOINT MEETING OF THE PALM DESERT CITY COUNCIL AND THE PALM DESERT REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY DECEMBER 29, 2000 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * JF Okay. BAC My bias is on some of those, I frankly don't care because a lot of these, like transportation issues, they don't start and they don't stop at the borders of Palm Desert, and it doesn't make...we know very well what happens if we widen Fred Waring and our neighbor to the east... RAS Doesn't... BAC ...doesn't and all the rest of that stuff, and so I (unclear) for some of those issues we get the very best person. We look first to Palm Desert... RSK And we happen to have one... BAC I'm just saying, if we look first to Palm...I don't have a grump about that, but I don't have any interest in saying it has to be. RSK Well.. JMB Well, I think in some categories, it has to be because I... BAC In some categories.. JMB I wouldn't want somebody in development from neighboring cities... BAC Right, right, but there are... JMB ...telling us what to do. BAC ...some areas that are, I think, regional in perspective. RSK Well, I think that when we're doing a Palm Desert plan, I've seen, observed too many people involved in committees, and they've got another interest there. And I see people that live in Palm Desert, love Palm Desert, live here because they love Palm Desert, they're interested in Palm Desert...I, for one, am going to do anything I can to find somebody in Palm Desert first. JF Sure, but I guess from my point of view, there's no way we can come up with a transportation element to our General Plan and not look at what CVAG's doing. RSK Exactly, exactly, but practically everything we have in here, we have to look at the whole thing. We have the County doing a job (unclear) right at the same time. We have to connect with everybody. That's what makes transportation so vital here because, as an example, they are 12 MINUTES ADJOURNED JOINT MEETING OF THE PALM DESERT CITY COUNCIL AND THE PALM DESERT REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY DECEMBER 29, 2000 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * selecting a route from one end of the Valley to the other for a people mover, and all the cities have to agree on where that goes, but we need to make sure that we have a personal interest, from a Palm Desert standpoint, of where it goes through Palm Desert. Therefore, it ought to be a Palm Desert person and preferably with knowledge of Valley -wide transportation issues, which the person I have in mind does have. JF Okay. Well, it sounds like we're all saying the same thing. You get the best and the brightest, and you pick from Palm Desert first. Unless there is an absolute dearth of qualified people in that area, you stay in Palm Desert. RSK So, my experience is we've gotten some bad input from people that did not live in Palm Desert that participated in our committees. JF Well, I also think a lot of this will depend on who the people are, but...do we have a consensus to add a transportation slot here? RSK Yes RAS Yes BAC Sure JMB Yes JF Okay. So, unless we eliminate one, we're up to 18 now. JMB No, we took off two. JF I know, and we just added three. JMB Youth, Transportation, what else? JF Quality of life, or environmental quality I think is probably better. RAS We have 16 then, since we're not going to do the alternates. JMB No alternates. RAS And no Citizens at Large. JF Well, no, the 17 includes... 13 MINUTES ADJOURNED JOINT MEETING OF THE PALM DESERT CITY COUNCIL AND THE PALM DESERT REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY DECEMBER 29, 2000 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * BAC No, no, we didn't say anything about Citizens at Large. JMB Actually, two might not be enough Citizens at Large. BAC It depends on what we find in some of this stuff. JF Okay. JMB Is this going to run the same way as the 2010 Plan, where we pick somebody on the General Plan from Housing, and then they have subcommittees? PD No, the Housing Commission is going to be the subcommittee for the Housing Element. The Public Safety Commission is going to be the subcommittee for the Public Safety oriented... JMB Oh, so each of these committees is going to be the subcommittee? PD That was the proposal. We have a... RSK Don't we have them all set up? PD Exactly, we were all set up. They're knowledgeable and interested. All those programs are ready, and we thought it was logical... RSK (unclear) selection process RAS Why reinvent the wheel? RSK Yeah. JMB So we need a list of who's all on this to see, who's on these committees, to see who we're going to pick from that committee to be the chairman, be on this committee. TL And, in fact, like the Housing Committee has already appointed someone from the Housing Committee to sit on the General Plan Committee. BAC But not... RSK We made a decision that we were going to make the appointments. BAC Yes, I was going to say. TL Well, they were making a recommendation... 14 MINUTES ADJOURNED JOINT MEETING OF THE PALM DESERT CITY COUNCIL AND THE PALM DESERT REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY DECEMBER 29, 2000 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * (unclear) JF Well, I think probably the best way to proceed, since we can't actually make the appointments this morning until we get a schedule and ask them if they can make that commitment and are willing to serve, what I'd like to do is go through this and get names from each of you in each category for us to consider. Basically, get the universe of people in category and then start chatting about them a little bit. BAC And you have the people who called. JF Yes BAC I think it would be at least useful to get a paragraph about who those, you know, why they want...there was an article in the paper yesterday, Jean, about this... JMB I saw that. BAC ...it said to call, and some people did, but I wouldn't have a clue of those people, you know... JMB Right. RAS I don't know anything about these people. BAC So it would be nice to have a paragraph... JF Can we agree to have staff call them and do a little screening? JMB (unclear) JF And maybe include Mr. Groner in that. SRG Mr. Groner's phone message is in... JG Oh, thank you so much. JF Okay. JG I might be a little overqualified, but I'm a team player. JF Okay. John, what's your home number, or a number where we can reach you? 15 MINUTES ADJOURNED JOINT MEETING OF THE PALM DESERT CITY COUNCIL AND THE PALM DESERT REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY DECEMBER 29, 2000 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * JG It's on my application, but for you...568-1699. JF Great. PD And you have also the names on the... RSK And your application shows your interest also, right? JG I used your...you know, it said here local residents that know me, and I just put...the Council here I think knows me pretty well. JF Okay. JG But if you need any more, I can load it up for you. RSK On your application is what you are interested in? JG I put you second, Mayor Pro-Tem Dick Kelly. RSK That's not my question. JF Which of the 17 areas of expertise did you feel qualified to represent? JG Well, there could be land acquisition or investment banking... BAC Why don't we do this... JG ...there's a range of (unclear) JF Noreen, do you have an extra copy of this that you can give to Mr. Groner? JG I didn't see a... JF John, what I'm going to do is go ahead with the rest of this and let staff contact you with the other people that called in... BAC Excellent idea. JF ...and get that information from you. BAC Excellent idea. 16 MINUTES ADJOURNED JOINT MEETING OF THE PALM DESERT CITY COUNCIL AND THE PALM DESERT REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY DECEMBER 29, 2000 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * JG Thank you so much. JF Alright. Let's start with the top, City Council. RAS Dick Kelly? JF Is there... RAS Anybody got a problem with that? BAC Dick, and I'd like to see Jean. JF I'd like to see Jean. RAS Two? BAC I think two would be plenty. JF Do you accept that yoke, Mr. Kelly? RSK Yes. JF Okay. I think Jean would also do a great job because of (unclear) because of 2020 and CVAG and whole variety of reasons, not the least of which is seniority. Planning Commissioner... RAS Cindy Finerty. RSK This isn't based on age, is it? JF Wisdom, wisdom. JMB And Sonia. RAS Cindy Finerty. JF Okay. RAS Who are you putting down? JF Oh, we're putting down everybody that everybody names who would do a good job. BAC We're just putting the names down right now, and then we'll make decisions. 17 MINUTES ADJOURNED JOINT MEETING OF THE PALM DESERT CITY COUNCIL AND THE PALM DESERT REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY DECEMBER 29, 2000 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * JF Cindy Finerty, Sonia Campbell. RAS Sabby Jonathan. I think we've got to put him down. JF Sabby Jonathan. Any others from Planning? Architectural Review Commission. JMB Who's on there? BAC Some of these might be ones we actually need to look down the... RSK We need to look at them. BAC ...look down the (unclear) RSK Well, let's just say that, and we'll come to where we don't have a set idea. SRG We have a list of all of them (unclear) PD I could tell you who they are, I mean, the ones I know, I could... SRG We're getting it. PD We'll get them. ?? Yeah, Sabby Jonathan would be good for (unclear) JF Alright, we'll come back to Architectural Review, but one name I definitely would like to throw out is Ron Gregory, somebody who has been a long-time resident of the City. RSK Yeah, I agree. RAS I've got no problem. JF And Parks & Rec... RSK Except I think he moved out, didn't he? PD No. RSK Does he still live in Palm Desert? 18 MINUTES ADJOURNED JOINT MEETING OF THE PALM DESERT CITY COUNCIL AND THE PALM DESERT REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY DECEMBER 29, 2000 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * PD He's still... (unclear) RSK He's been in planning issues and development issues way back when I first got on the Council. RAS How did he vote on the art? JF He approved it and would do it all over again if he had the chance. RSK What's that? JF (unclear) gallery. He went out of his way to tell Buford and I that (unclear) BAC Yes, he did. JF But that's...you don't have to agree with him to like their judgment, or respect it anyway. Parks & Recreation... RAS Van Tanner. RSK I think that's an excellent one. JF Any other suggestions or...? Okay, Housing Commission. BAC I'm going to suggest Roger Dash. JF Alright. RSK Roger what? JF Dash. JMB And what's the girl's name there? JF Julie? JMB The one that's been on a long time. JF Carrie Wick? TL Carrie Wick. 19 MINUTES ADJOURNED JOINT MEETING OF THE PALM DESERT CITY COUNCIL AND THE PALM DESERT REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY DECEMBER 29, 2000 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * JMB Carrie Wick, yeah. RSK Who'd they recommend? TL They recommended Larry Saindon. JMB Don't know him. But Carrie Wick has been on since the beginning. JF Yeah, I like her. She is sharp. BAC Roger brings an enormous background in both housing and as former school superintendent and stuff in L.A. and so crosses over a couple of areas. JMB Right. JF Okay, Civic Arts/AIPP... RAS Maureen Thompson. SRG From Civic Arts. RSK Who? RAS Maureen Thompson. She's been on...she's now the chairman, she's been on for quite a few years. She's connected with Desert Sands School District. She's well-rounded. JMB Well, I'm trying to think of the guy's name on the Historical Society. His father was a supervisor or...he's been around a long time. He was a County Supervisor for years. RSK Before McCandless he was the Supervisor. I can't think of his name, either. BAC Oh, uh... JMB No Kay but Gary... ?? Olson JMB Huh? Yeah, Olson. Kay Olson. Gary Olson. BAC Gary Olson. 20 MINUTES ADJOURNED JOINT MEETING OF THE PALM DESERT CITY COUNCIL AND THE PALM DESERT REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY DECEMBER 29, 2000 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * JMB He was born and raised here. BAC Yup. JF I'd also like to see Tim Bartlett in here somewhere, but perhaps more in a development slot. BAC Well, just put the name out there, and we'll... JF I will. Okay, Public Safety Commission. RSK Dave Tschopp. JF Dave Tschopp. RSK He's also going in as chairman. SRG That's Dave Hagthrop going as chair. RSK Huh? SRG Dave Hagthrop is going in as chair, and Dave Tschopp is the past chair, or a past chair. JF Dave Tschopp was the first chair of Public Safety Commission. Anybody else from Public Safety? Chamber of Commerce. RAS They're recommending Leo Sullivan. He will be president. JF What do you think? RAS I think he's a good guy. I don't know that he has much retail background. JF What about Leon Bennett? RAS Leon would be good. JF He's a past president. RAS Yeah. RSK I'd really go for that one. JF Anybody else? 21 MINUTES ADJOURNED JOINT MEETING OF THE PALM DESERT CITY COUNCIL AND THE PALM DESERT REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY DECEMBER 29, 2000 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * RAS I'm not sure that she lives in Palm Desert, and she would be heard...Tammy Perezchica. JMB No, she lives in Palm Springs. SRG She actually lives in Cathedral City. JMB What? SRG She lives in Cathedral City. JMB Yeah, right, I'm sorry, I knew it was. RAS She's getting closer all the time. JF Alright, Desert Sands Unified School District. RAS They're recommending Charlene Timilione. JF Now, that's tough. BAC Yup. I'm going to suggest John Benoit. JMB Yeah, John Benoit. BAC Here's one where somebody does not live in the City. JF John does not live in the City. RSK Who did you recommend? BAC John Benoit. JF John Benoit. JMB I thought he lived here. JF Indio. JMB Oh. JF He just retired. 22 MINUTES ADJOURNED JOINT MEETING OF THE PALM DESERT CITY COUNCIL AND THE PALM DESERT REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY DECEMBER 29, 2000 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * BAC There's a person who's, to me, an A -caliber thinker and is a Board Member, and he's retiring from the Highway Patrol, and... RAS Hmmm...I don't know. BAC We don't have any board members who live in Palm Desert. JF Not a one. RAS Doesn't Tina Godecke live in Palm Desert? RSK Another good guy....Tomak is good too...those two guys are both good, Tomak and... BAC 1 don't think much....well, 1 would prefer Mr. Benoit, I'll just put it that way. RSK I like Benoit, he's a good man. BAC And, no, Tina lives in Indian Wells. SRG Where does Marcile Wright live? JF La Quinta, I think. BAC La Quinta RAS Marcile Wright lives in La Quinta? JMB But does it have to be... BAC No, it doesn't have to be, I'm just saying we just don't have... RSK (unclear) real good friend that works over at COD there and is a School Board Member? JF Matt Monica. BAC Matt Monica. JF He's got 16 years of experience. BAC And a Palm Desert resident. 23 MINUTES ADJOURNED JOINT MEETING OF THE PALM DESERT CITY COUNCIL AND THE PALM DESERT REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY DECEMBER 29, 2000 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * RAS If we're going to go outside...I like Leon Bennett, don't get me wrong, but if we're looking at someone that's involved in the retail presence of our City, Tammy Perezchica is a lot more involved than... BAC Let's stay on the School Board for a second. JF Yeah. RAS Okay, but if we're going outside the City...alright... BAC (unclear) outside the City, personally, I mean I don't care. Well, we've got a couple of choices. We either...if we look for someone inside the City, we're going to look for some staff member. JMB Where does Darlene Dolan live? RAS I don't know, but she's a good lady. JMB Yeah, very good, and she's kind of... BAC Who? JMB Darlene Dolan. She's run...well, I've worked with her on children's programs and that at the school. RAS She's involved with the curriculum. RSK The lady that's a retired principal... JMB Oh, Steen? Peggy Steen? RAS Peggy Steen. She's... BAC Well, Peggy, and also RSK She's good BAC ...there's another retired principal, I'm trying to think who it is... JMB Oh, Carol Horlock. BAC Yeah, Carol Horlock. We could get some retired... 24 MINUTES ADJOURNED JOINT MEETING OF THE PALM DESERT CITY COUNCIL AND THE PALM DESERT REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY DECEMBER 29, 2000 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * RSK Does she live in Palm Desert? JMB 1 don't know if... RAS I don't know, but Peggy Steen does, and she's on Civic Arts, and she's terrific. JMB Yeah. BAC Yes, she's a fine person. JF Are these people that work with the Desert Sands Unified School District? JMB Well, she would have, Peggy Steen, when she was here because she was principal for 20-some years. RAS She's very well -respected by the... JF Well, I understand that. I'm thinking more of their $200 million bond issuance in two eyars and where they're going to spend money (unclear) ten years. ?? (unclear) Charlene. PD Someone who controls that money. JF Or the Board. PD Right. JF I think it should be somebody from the Board or the... BAC Well, we've got some names. JMB Well, if we're going to make an exception, that would be one of them, when they don't have, and John Benoit would be the one for... JF I've got John's name, I have Darlene's name, want me to put Gary Tomak down? BAC Gary Tomak's name. RAS And Peggy Steen. JF Okay. 25 MINUTES ADJOURNED JOINT MEETING OF THE PALM DESERT CITY COUNCIL AND THE PALM DESERT REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY DECEMBER 29, 2000 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * RAS And then going back to the Chamber of Commerce, Tammy Perezchica. JF I'll put on here...you know, we shouldn't arbitrarily eliminate people who... RSK Well, we have so many people in the Chamber, though, to choose from. JMB Yeah, that live here. JF Okay, well we don't have to eliminate them today. College of the Desert. JMB Who else did we have on...Peggy Steen, John Benoit, Gary Tomak, and... JF Darlene Dolan. JMB Okay. RSK Somebody's gonna print this up for us so... SRG We will do that. RSK So I don't have to write these all down. JF COD, Cal State, and I would add UCR... RAS Peter Wilson. JF (unclear) Peter Wilson RSK And Chapman College? BAC Yup. RSK Don't (unclear) free enterprise system. JF I won't. BAC Bill Kroonen is... RSK Get a good Republican. BAC (unclear) 26 MINUTES ADJOURNED JOINT MEETING OF THE PALM DESERT CITY COUNCIL AND THE PALM DESERT REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY DECEMBER 29, 2000 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * RSK What are you putting on the list'? JMB Bill Kroonen. SRG Bill Kroonen would be good. JF Peter Wilson, Bill Kroonen, and I would toss Terry Green's name into the mix as well. Anybody else have a... RSK I just have one comment. We're selecting people, the names that come out there have a big conflict of interest. JF Everybody except Bill Kroonen, who's retiring. RSK Bill Kroonen is the only one in the group that doesn't have a conflict of interest where they're going to be looking out for their own... BAC Well, so...I mean, you start down this list of all these other ones, they all... RSK As much as we can, and this was the big one, and we have...Bill Kroonen is the one that does not have a conflict of interest, very capable... RAS Well, we don't have to decide this now. RSK ...ex -School Board Member... BAC Well, actually... RSK ...did we bring his name up when we were looking for a school person? BAC Actually, current School Board...he's the Chairman of the County School Board right now, so... RSK He's got to...he ought to be here somewhere, and this is a good place. JF Who? BAC Bill. RSK Bill Kroonen. JF I've got his name. 27 MINUTES ADJOURNED JOINT MEETING OF THE PALM DESERT CITY COUNCIL AND THE PALM DESERT REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY DECEMBER 29, 2000 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * RAS Well, we could, you know, we could argue it, but I don't think today's the time to do it, and we... JF No, the point today is to throw out the names, and we can chew on them... BAC Yup, get them out. JF ...and then we'll make the final appointments at our next meeting. Resort industry... JMB Tim Sullivan. JF Tim Sullivan. JG John Groner JF John Groner, okay. JG I think I introduced Mr. Eastman, and... JF John, I know your background, trust me. JG Okay. JF Any other names? BAC For the resort? JF Yeah. How about Carl Cardinalli? JMB Yeah. BAC I was going to throw Carl under development. JF Under development? That's probably better. Anybody else under resort? JMB How about Phil Smith, where's he live? JF I have no idea. DJE Phil lives in Indio. 28 MINUTES ADJOURNED JOINT MEETING OF THE PALM DESERT CITY COUNCIL AND THE PALM DESERT REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY DECEMBER 29, 2000 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * JMB Oh, does he? JF Does he? DJE Yes, out in the south (unclear) JMB How about Warren Smith? Oh, you've got Carl Cardinalli or Warren Smith. JF Well, either one of them... BAC Warren's fine. SRG Warren's moving to Palm Desert. RSK Where does Ted Lennon live? RAS Rancho Mirage? BAC Actually, both sides of us. RSK Well, he's building a place...oh, yeah, and the place he's going to build in The Reserve is in Indian Wells. BAC Right. RSK At least he has to drive...he has to drive through Palm Desert to get home. JMB 40-some houses on that side is Palm Desert. Tell him to build... RSK If he builds on the other side... JF Okay, Bob, commerciaUretail... BAC (unclear) resort, and also find out where Bill Inman lives. RSK Who? JF Bill Inman. BAC The guy that runs Intrawest. RSK Wonder where he does reside. 29 MINUTES ADJOURNED JOINT MEETING OF THE PALM DESERT CITY COUNCIL AND THE PALM DESERT REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY DECEMBER 29, 2000 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * BAC I don't know, but... JF Okay JMB Doesn't he live out there? RAS This might be the place to put in Tim Bartlett. BAC Huh? JMB Doesn't he have a condo out there? BAC I don't know. JMB (unclear) ought to be able to live where (unclear) RAS Commercial. JF Okay, Tim Bartlett? RAS Yeah. JF Any other names under Commercial/Retail? RAS Well, the manager of the mall is new. The manager at Desert Crossings is new. We could go to someplace likes Macy's or May Company, but neither one has really shown a great interest to be involved with the City. It doesn't mean that they might not want to be. I could contact them and see if there is any interest. JF I'd also like to put Sonia Campbell's name down here because I think she represents more of a business interest candidly than a planning interest, and that would allow us to include another Planning Commissioner. RSK I'd agree with that. JF Anybody else? RSK And she'll attend, too, we don't have to worry about... RAS David Fletcher. 30 MINUTES ADJOURNED JOINT MEETING OF THE PALM DESERT CITY COUNCIL AND THE PALM DESERT REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY DECEMBER 29, 2000 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * JMB How about David Firestone from Neil's? They've been one of the first stores. BAC Oh, and let me throw out another...I have to think of his name for a second...the guy that runs In the Bag... RAS Oh, Chuck... JMB Weisbart. RAS Yeah, and he's active. Chuck Weisbart is good. BAC And he's also one of the guys who's taken a little business that isn't part of a chain and made the darned thing... RAS Fly. BAC Fly. JF Alright, I've got his name down here. RAS And one of the things that we're missing is the restaurant industry, which is a big part of our retail. JMB How about... RAS Alibaba. JMB ...Evans, what's his first name, Sheila? SRG Who? JMB Evans. SRG Robert Evans. JF Robert Evans. JMB Does he live here? RAS He hasn't been active with us, though, lately. 31 MINUTES ADJOURNED JOINT MEETING OF THE PALM DESERT CITY COUNCIL AND THE PALM DESERT REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY DECEMBER 29, 2000 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * SRG No, he's trying to start...he's involved in that restaurant association, I think he got involved, that's why he went off Promotion Committee, but I don't know that he's still involved in it. JMB Is he...he is a Palm Desert resident. SRG Yes, he is a Palm Desert resident. JMB Yeah. JF Okay, I'll put Robert Evans down. JMB He's very good. JF Robert Evans, Alibaba... BAC Oh...Mike McCormick. PD John McCormick. JMB For entertainment? BAC No, not John, not John, we don't need dancing in the... PD He runs a club. BAC Right, he runs a club. Yeah, that's true, they both do. JMB He has Bananaz, doesn't he? BAC Mike McCormick has Bananaz and also Zelda's and all that kind...I mean, if you want somebody who's in the restaurant/nightclub, that whole end of the world... JMB Are we still at Commercial/Retail? BAC We have 35 people. JF We have one, two, three, four, five, six, seven people. JMB That's enough. JF Development Community...I have Carl Cardinalli and Warren Smith. 32 MINUTES ADJOURNED JOINT MEETING OF THE PALM DESERT CITY COUNCIL AND THE PALM DESERT REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY DECEMBER 29, 2000 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * JMB And Tim? JF I had Tim...somebody gave me Tim's name for... BAC Commercial. JF Commercial/Retail. JMB Oh, we moved Tim up there? JF Yeah. JMB Okay. RAS On the original sheet that we came out, Allan Levin's name was down. Why was that down? PD He was the one suggested by the BIA. JF Okay, Citizen at Large, I'm assuming... JMB I'd like Bob Leo. BAC Yup. JF Okay. BAC That's a good name to put out there. JF I'd like us to think about Michael Bracken, Executive Director of CVAG. He's a new resident. RSK Does he live in Palm Desert? JF Yup. BAC Just moved here. JMB And also Mark Weiner. JF Mark Weiner. JMB He's lived here a long time, and he's Michael's father. 33 MINUTES ADJOURNED JOINT MEETING OF THE PALM DESERT CITY COUNCIL AND THE PALM DESERT REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY DECEMBER 29, 2000 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * RAS Rick Post's name is listed here, and he certainly wants to be active with the City. JMB He should be considered. JF Okay. RSK Yeah, he's...anybody out here from Palm Desert Country Club area on here? JF Cindy Finerty. RAS Cindy Finerty. PD Or Rick Post. RSK Rick Post, yeah, he would be one, but... BAC Cindy Finerty's on there... RSK She's kind of hard to call Palm Desert Country Club because she's in a gated community...I mean, I like her, she ought to be on here somewhere, but the Palm Desert Country Club area is different than other areas. RAS Ken McGee. PD Doesn't Rick Post live in Palm Desert Country Club? JMB Yeah, so do his folks, his parents. JF Okay, Ken McGee? RAS No, don't put Ken down, he doesn't (unclear). JF What about Charlie? RSK Charlie Ash? RAS Yeah, Charlie Ash. RSK He's good. JF Now, that takes us to our three new slots. Environmental... 34 MINUTES ADJOURNED JOINT MEETING OF THE PALM DESERT CITY COUNCIL AND THE PALM DESERT REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY DECEMBER 29, 2000 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * BAC I'd have to think about it. Do you have anything in mind? (unclear — switch to side B of Tape 1) RSK (unclear) interest for potential disappointment by not culling this list down a little more before we send letters out to them? RAS Probably. BAC Yup. It's a fair point. RAS Well, and also, we have openings on other committees, and I know it's on our Agenda today, but maybe if they won't slot into one, they'll slot into another. JMB But we're going to delay the process if we wait for...send out a letter and (unclear) come back... BAC I think you...we recommend people at our whatever meeting for appointment and contact them, and if they don't choose to serve, we can get somebody else. JMB It's easy to tell if you're going to have the meetings on the second or the first Monday at nine in the morning or four in the afternoon... RSK Yeah, we could set it up. JMB ...and then you'll know right away if they can come or not. RSK And set it up so some of these people if they're working it'll make it convenient for them to make the meeting... BAC yup. RSK ...like first thing Monday morning so they can do it and then be gone... BAC Or... JMB Or four in the afternoon. BAC ...four in the afternoon. RSK Four in the afternoon? Something like that. RAS Somewhere there's an Agenda as to when these meetings are supposed to be. 35 MINUTES ADJOURNED JOINT MEETING OF THE PALM DESERT CITY COUNCIL AND THE PALM DESERT REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY DECEMBER 29, 2000 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * PD It's in here. It was in the original... RAS What page is that on? PD GPAC Meeting and Document Processing Schedule. It would be page...well, it was in that... JF Just what's the time? PD Huh? JF What's the time that was...? PD No, we didn't talk about time. We had always thought about something like 3:30. In talking to people, generally late afternoon is... JMB Much better than early in the morning. BAC Yup. PD Yeah, 3:30 is...gives an hour, hour and a half... RSK I was thinking something like seven o'clock. JMB I know you were. BAC Yup. PD Or three o'clock, depending on... BAC Okay. SRG I have to tell you that your newsletter is hitting the mailboxes probably today, and the front page story is what the City Council...what the City is doing with its General Plan. Just so you know. We tied it to the committees. The committees will have involvement...what the areas we'll be looking at. JF Well, I think if we sent out a very nice letter that simply says (unclear) we're just starting the process, and before we get too far down the road we want to make sure that this was something they wanted (unclear) RSK How we write the letter is important. 36 MINUTES ADJOURNED JOINT MEETING OF THE PALM DESERT CITY COUNCIL AND THE PALM DESERT REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY DECEMBER 29, 2000 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * JF And make it very low-key so that there (unclear) that kind of flatters them, even if they don't get put on. JMB Yeah, (unclear) JF I betcha half these names drop out... RSK I'll buy that. JF ...in response to that letter. RSK Yeah, I'll buy that. JF And then the next time we get together, maybe we'll have some more information... RSK (unclear) JMB When do we need to have... (unclear) PD No, there's no...I mean there's no deadline. This is a, you know, prosepective schedule... RSK We're going to make one up, though. PD Huh? RSK We're going to set (unclear) JMB And in the letter, we need to tell them that the committee needs to be formed by... BAC By the end of this month. RAS How often do you plan on meeting? (unclear) SRG Why don't we come back with a list of all the names, a clean list. We'll work with you to get a draft letter, and we'll work with Phil to get a schedule of meetings so that when we send the letter out it could include those dates and times so that the person has an idea of what they're committing to. Okay? 37 MINUTES ADJOURNED JOINT MEETING OF THE PALM DESERT CITY COUNCIL AND THE PALM DESERT REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY DECEMBER 29, 2000 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * JF Great, perfect. RAS How long the meetings should last. SRG Mmm hmm. JF And, also tuck way in the back of your mind how we should select a chairman for this committee, who might be a good person to do that, which we don't need to do this morning. BAC Okay. RSK I think we should pick that person, too. JF I think we will. RAS We will after we find out who's going to be on it. RSK Right. JF Okay, that takes us up to Item B... Later in the meeting: RSK So that we are sure we have two Councilmembers there all the time, I'd like to suggest Robert Spiegel as an alternate to the City Councilmembers. JF Okay. RSK Anybody have a problem with that? BAC Not me. JF Not I. Note: Council also added the name of Cal McIntosh to the list of individuals to be considered for appointment to the General Plan Advisory Committee — Citizen at Large. 38 MINUTES ADJOURNED JOINT MEETING OF THE PALM DESERT CITY COUNCIL AND THE PALM DESERT REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY DECEMBER 29, 2000 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * B. APPOINTMENTS TO THE VARIOUS CITY COMMITTEES AND COMMISSIONS. City Council/Agency Board determined the following applicants should be contacted by staff to set up interviews: Architectural Review Commission — John O'Hea Proiect Area 4 — Bob Berchad Civic Arts Committee — Norma Bussing El Paseo Merchants — Alan Rosenblatt Housing Commission — Mayor to work with staff to determine which applicants qualify to serve on the Housing Commission and schedule said applicants for interview(s). Library Promotion Committee — Instruct staff to prepare necessary ordinance amendment to increase membership to seven (7) members, with Councilmember Benson to interview Eva Ellis and Francoise Rhodes. Parks & Recreation Commission — Linda Vassalli and Donnis Thompson Planning Commission — Martin Nethery, Rick Post, Dave Tschopp, Neil Lingle, and Gail Paparian Promotion Committee — Howard Back. Staff to also investigate The Living Desert representation on this Committee. Public Safety Commission — James Butzbach, Ted Rutherford, and James Larsh Rent Review Commission — Donnis Thompson Sister Cities Committee — Cal McIntosh Technology Committee — Paul Bachar and Donald Fair City Council/Agency Board also determined that the following individuals will be appointed/reappointed to their respective boards at a later date: Architectural Review Commission — reappoint Wayne Connor Building Board of Appeals — reappoint Bob Ritchey Proiect Area 4 -- reappoint Charles Ash, Russ Campbell, and Marjorie Goffiney; appoint Joyce Frisco Civic Arts Committee — appoint Michael Barnard El Paseo Merchants — appoint Meg Firestone Library Promotion Committee — reappoint Betty Carapellese and Ella Manor Parks & Recreation Commission — reappoint Robert Royer Promotion Committee — reappoint Ric Mandelbaum and appoint Peter Sturgeon Rent Review Commission — reappoint William Sprigg With Council/Agency Board concurrence, staff was directed to prepare the necessary ordinance amendment to increase the number of Library Promotion Committee members from five to seven. 39 MINUTES ADJOURNED JOINT MEETING OF THE PALM DESERT CITY COUNCIL AND THE PALM DESERT REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY DECEMBER 29, 2000 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * C. APPOINTMENT OF CITY COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVES TO THE VARIOUS IN- HOUSE ENTITIES AND OUTSIDE AGENCIES REQUIRING CITY OF PALM DESERT REPRESENTATION. Mayor/Chairman Ferguson asked whether the Council/Agency Board Members were satisfied with their assignments or if they wished to serve in other capacities. No changes were made to the current assignments, except Mayor/Chairman Ferguson said he would like to start attending the Board meetings of the Coachella Valley Economic Partnership (CVEP). Council/Agency Board concurred. VIII. ORAL COMMUNICATIONS — B None IX. MEETING RECESS FOR VAN TOUR OF PARK/OPEN SPACE PROPERTIES Mayor/Chairman Ferguson noted this van tour had been postponed until after the first of the year. X. ADJOURNMENT With Council/Agency Board concurrence, Mayor/Chairman Ferguson adjourned the meeting to Closed Session at 10:25 a.m. He reconvened the meeting at 11:09 a.m. and immediately adjourned with no action announced from Closed Session. �f{ JIM FERGUSON, M OR/CHAIRMAN ATTEST: SH ILA R. GILLIGA , CITY CLERK/SECR ARY( 'VI CITY OF PALM DESERT, CALIFORNIA/ PALM DESERT REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY 40