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re: Desert Valley Builders Association—Directional Sign Program
Dear Madame Mayor and City Council:
I am writing in support of staff's recommendation that the City enter into an agreement with
Desert Valley Builders Association [DVBA] for the installation and maintenance of community
directional signs.
The Coachella Valley Economic Partnership [CVEP] serves its investors, including the nine cities
of the Coachella Valley, the County of Riverside and more than 100 private businesses by
promoting and facilitating economic development and supporting projects that benefit the
region while protecting the environmental resources and quality of life.
We are very engaged in keeping local monies within the community, and like our recent support
of Proposition 22 which protects essential local government and transportation services, we also
support the DVBA and their representation of the local building industry. Regionally, it is
important that we are supportive of entities and efforts that are of direct benefit to the local
economy.
In addition,the sign program is important for the City in that it standardizes directional signs for
real estate development and avoids the illegal clutter of rogue signage.
Please vote to award DVBA the contract to take over the Community Directional Sign program in
Palm Desert — this not only keeps this program locally, but helps to support our regional
economy.
Best regards,
Wesley Ahlgren `
Chief Operatin fficer
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�ATER Estabiished in 1918 as a public agency
Coacheila Valiey Water District
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Directots: Officers:
Patricia A.tarso�,Resident Steven B.Robbins,Generol Manager-Chief Engirteer
Peter Nelson,Vfce Presldent Julia Fernandez,8oard Secrefory
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Franz W.De Klotz Redwine and Sherrili,Attomeys
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File: 0022.913
1150.06
Palm Desert City Council
73-510 Fred Waring Drive
Palm Desert,CA 9221 l
Dear Council Members:
Subject: Desert Valle sy Builders Association-Direction Sign Program
The Coachella Valley Water DisMct(CVWD)pravides domestic water,wastewater,recycled
water, irrigation/drainage,regional stormwater protection and groundwater management services
to a population of 265,000 throughout the Coachella Valley in Southern California. CVWD has
been providing water resource services to the Coachella Valley since t918.
CV WD supports the City of Palm Desert staff's recommendation that the City enter into an
agreement with the Desert Valleys Builders Association(DVBA)for the installation and
maintenance of community directional signs.
DVBA was formed by local builders, developers and supporting businesses/agencies upon the
dissolution of the Desert Chapter of the Building lndustry Association. The DVBA Board of
Directors includes all the former board members and officers of the Desert Chapter. DVBA
members live, work and vote here in the Coachella Valley.
CVWD provides essential services to the development communities within the City of Palm
Dese��t. We have worked closely with the City and its developers/builders since the City was
incorporated in 1973. CVWD is tocal and we are encouraged by stafPs recommendation to enter
into an agreement for the direction sign program with DVBA—a local association.
Thank you for your support. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to call me at
?6Q-398-2661, extension 2263.
Yours v y truly,
Steve Robbins
General Manager-Chief Engineer
cc: James Brownyard, DVBA
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Mendoza, Grace
From: Mark Johnson [MJohnson@cvwd.org]
Sent: Thursday, September 09, 2010 11:02 AM
To: Mendoza, Grace
Cc: James; alamagic@earthlink.net
Subject: Desert Valleys Builders Association-Direction Sign Program-CVWD Letter
Attachments: Mark L Johnson P E BCEE.vcf; DVBA-PD City Council-Sign Program-9-9-10.pdf
Dear Ms. Medoza:
Attached is a pdf copy of a letter we would like distributed to the Palm Desert City Council prior to today's
meeting. Thanks and please send me an email confirmation. Mark
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Mayor, Members of City Council '
CITY OF FALM DESERT, CITY HALL ,
73-51D Fred Waring Drive
Palm Desert, CA 92260-2578
Att: Mr. John M.Wohimuth, City Manager �
Re: City CounciPs Consideration to Change City's Builder Kiosk Vendor t
Honorable Mavorand Members of Citv Council:
D.R. Horton, a long standing home builder within the community, has recently �
learned that Ciry Council will be considering a proposa!from a newly formed ;
organization known as the"Desert Valley Builtler's Association"to replace the �
, current operator for the City's kiosk program being'the Building Industry i
Association ("BIA"). �
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especially in our industry does not support a change to a trusted, successful and �
crucial component to our marketing program.
We cannot embrace the risk of placing this long standing successfu! program in
the hands of a newly formed, untested,and or unknown entity that strikes at the �
"core"of our successful signage program within the City in such uncertain times, j
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' BIA continues to operate a very successful program that Builder's and City have �
' come to trust and respect, but also too many Cit�s throughout the Southern ;
California region.We absolutely urge that City Council support this long standing �
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I am writing to you an behaff of KB Home Southern Californl�and in supp�rt of the BIA. �
Our company has been building in Ralm Desert for many years and has deyelaped a ;
, substantiai presence:in the City. We recently learned that the City is considering �
changing the vendor for the Desert Kiosk Sign program.
We cannot support this proposed chan�e and would appreciate your consideration in �
keeping the BIA as the proprietnr of thls crucial program. A KB Home representative
wlll be in:attendance your council meeting to express our support of the B!A as th�y
have been extremely successfui in operating this builder signage program. �
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Palm Desert, CA 92260
Re: Letter of Support for DVBA Directional Sign Program
Dear Council Members,
As a local businessman and one of the awners of the General Contrac#ing firm, FD
Cons#ruction, I am writing this ietter to sup�ort Staff's recommenclation that the City of
Palm Desert enter into an agreement with Desert Valiey's Builders Association (DVBA}
for the installafion and maintenance of community directional signs.
FD Construction has been active +n the Coachella Valley for#he past several years
building homes at various new home communities. We have found these signs to be
very beneficia! in driving business to our client's communities.
We recognize that in the past, the Building Industry Assaciation handled #his program,
but the B1A is no longer active in the desert. That is why the DVBA was formed —tv
suppor# our (ocal businesses and trades. Therefore, by entering into this contract wi#h
the DVBA, you will be providing your local businesses with the much needed suppart
and revenue to succeed.
Thank you in advance for your consideration of my suppo�t.
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ite: 7.etter of Support for Desert Valleys Builders Associatzon I?irectional Sign Program
Dcar Council Mem�ers,
As one of the owners of Family Development as well as a long time Palm Desert resident, I am
wri�in�this letter to su ort Staff's iecaxnxnendation that the t;ity of I'alxn Desert enter into an
agreement with Desert Valley's I�uildets Association (DV1311) for the installahion and maintenai�ce of
communiiy c�irectional signs.
I�amily Devclopxzaent is a local ncva home builder based in I�alm Desert who has i�uilt ncarly 1,000
homes throughout the Coachella Valley. We have fouz�d these signs to be extrez�ncly helpful zn
gene3ating Cra£fic at our communi�ies especially given the City's ti�ht restric�ions against"bootleg"
signs and flags. The si�,ms are not oniy attractzve and functional they also will help genei�ate funds
for an excellent J.ocal cause—ouz DVBA.
'I'hank you in advance for youi consideration of my supporr.
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Re: Letter af Support for DVBA Direction�l Sign Program
Honorable Mayor& City Council Members,
I am writing this lefiter to su orf S#aff's recommend�tion that the City of Palm
Desert enter into �n �greement with Desert V�iley's Buiiders Association (DVBA�
for the inst�llation �nd maintenance ofi community direction�l signs.
As a longtime resident of this Valley as weff �s �n active builder for we(1 over ZO
years, I z�m � Bo�rd Member of the DVBA. With the closure of the Desert Ch�pter
of the BIA, the DVBA was formed by loc�l deve[opers, builders and trades to
support the best interesfs of these organiz�tions throughout the Co�chella Valtey.
As a Bo�rd Member, 1 can �ssure you that the DVBA is committed to maintaining
this sign program with the utmost diligence �nd integrity.
Thank you in advance for your consider�tion.
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Patrr� Desert City C,ot�ncil
73-S10 Freci Waring Drive
Palm Desert, CA 92211
Dear Council Metnbers:
�u�ject: Desert ValIeys Builders Associatior�-Direction Si�Pro�ram
'��e Coachella Valiey Water District(CVWD) provides domestic water, wastewater, recycieci
water, irrigation/draina�e, regianal stormwater protection and groundwater rr►anagetnent serv�ces
to a popuiation of 2G5,040 throughoat the Coachella Valley in Southern CaIifornia. CVWD has
l�een providing water resource services to the Coachella Valley since I918.
CV WD supports the City of Palm Desert staff s rec.on�n�endation that the City enter i�nto an
a�ree�nent with the Desert Valieys Bui(ders Associatio�i(DVBA) for the installation and
tnaintenance of community directiona! si�ns.
DVBA was formeci by local buiiders,developers and supporfin�businesses/a�encies upon the
dissolution o£the Desert Chapter of fhe Buiiding�ndustry Association. The DVB.�.Board of
Ditectors inctudes a!1 the former board members and of�cers of the Desert Chapter. I�VBA
mernbers tive, work and vote here in the Coachelia Vattey.
CVWD provides essential services to th�;development cot��n�unities wit�ain tl�e City of Palm
Desert. We have worked closely with the City and its developers/builders since the City was
incorporatecl in i973. CVWD is local and we are encourabed by staf�s recommendation to enter
into an ag�•eeinent for tlie direction sig[i prograrn with DVBA---a tocal association.
'Thank you for your sup�ort. If you have any questions,please do not hesitate to ca11 me at
760-3�&26G1, extension 2263.
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RE: Coznmunity Directional Si�Program
� Honorabie Mayoz and City Council Members:
� On behalf of the xnanageznenti of the Coachella Valley frainiug operation v£BMCSelect, a nationwide buzldin.g
� materials and conshvction services provider,we strongly support the recommendation:that the city enter into an
agreement with Desert Val�eys Builders Associatioz� (DVBA) to adxxurzister fhe "Communiiy Directional Sign
�'ragxam."
Our management team has been in business in the Coachella Valley for over 25 years and employed up to 1800
Ioaal emplo�ees during the height of the building peak. It is our goal to suppaxt our local desert intarests at�d
economy.
Due ta the c3aallenging economy the local chapter of Yhe Desert Ch.apter Building Industry A,ssociation (BIA)
was recently closed and consolidated with Riverszde. As a long standing board menaber of the former I3�,A. axxd
a mezxaber of the newly foxrr�ed D�A, I can assure you that our cornx�itment to xxzaz�age this progxam will
remain our top priority.
We tharik you in advance for the opporiu�uty to pr�sent oux request to the City of Palm Desert for tlae award of
the Cozx�zunity Dixectao�zaX Sign Program and to support aur local community through the DVBA.
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Hon. Cindy FinerCy
Hon. )ean Benson
Hon. Jim Ferguson
Hon. Bo6 Spiegef
Dear Mayor Finerty and members oF the City Council:
As a resident of the City of Palm Desert far 15 years, I am writing today in support of the
fssuance oF a conditional use permit to the Desert Valiey Bui(der Association (DVBA) for
management of the City's new home residentia! sign program.
During the past 20 years I have worked in or with the IocaE building industry arrd have been
a member of the BIA Desert Chapter since its incaption. Indeed, I served as President of
the chapter in 2003. Unfortunateiy, the �IA Desert Chapter is no more. 'The BIA
representatives who today meet with the City are from Riverside. They are good people,
and they mean wetl, but they are not from the valley. Indeed, there is not a single person
on the Board of the BIA Rfverside chapter who lives in the Coachella Vailey.
An organization is not just its name or its stationery or its websit�. An organization is the
people who belong to ik. The new DVBA is made up of the people whom you, the City
Council, and your City Staff have always known as the BIA DeserC Chapter.
We, rhe members of DVBA, have worked with Palm Desert aver the years on lacal issues.
We cooperated with the City in creating the valley's first Art in Public Places program. We
were an integral part of the Multi-Species Mabitat Pian process. And we have managed the
new home residential sign program here in the City since its creation.
The people who today are moving the�r memberships Prom the BTA Riverside Chapter to the
DVBA are your constituents, your neighbors, and your friends. We care about Palm Desert
and what happens here in a way the people from t2iverside can never understand. Those
from Riverside who are today claiming to represent tY�e local building industry have never
written a check to support the Goif Cart Parade, or the Senior Inspiration Awards, or
Fashion Week. Or 7asiyn Senior Center or the McCallum Theatre. Not because they're bad
people, buC because they've never heard of these events or organizations. They don't Eive
here. They don't support the community. We do.
The DVBA represents the Iocal buElding industry. If there is going to be a sign program in
the City oF Palm �esert, the DVBA ought ta be running it. Thank you for your cansideration
in granf�ng a conditionai use permi� to DVBA for management oF the sign program.
Sincerely,
Bruce Bonafede
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Palm Desert Ciry Council
73-150 Pre�Wariiig Drive
Palm Desert, CA 92211
Re: Desert Vailcy Buiidex-s Associafion
Direction Sigiz Prograxn
Dear Cot�ncil Mcmbers:
T atn wz•itiz�g iz� support of S#aff's recomineiidatioii to tl�e City to enter into an agreemei�t with Desert
Valleys Builders Association(DVBA)for the izxsta.11atio�2 and inar�atenance of community directional
signs.
The sign i3ro�rara ic� tl�e City{and most other cities in the Coacheila VatIey)was formerly
administered by tlze Buiiding Iudustry Association Desert Clza�ter. Descrt Cl�apter no longer exists,
aud DVBA «�as�'orn�cd as a trade associatio;2 of local builders and otlxer persons and firms reIated to
tlie commercial a��d horr�e-buildin�i�idustry in the Coacl�ella Valley(as weIl as tiie Imperial a�id Palo
Verde Vallcys). All of thc board n�embers a�2d o�cers of the forz�er Descrt Clxapter are�io�v the
Uoard members and officcrs of the DVBA. Our n3embers live, work, vote and do business in the
Coachelia VaIley.
Tlie sig��pro�ram is importa�tt foz-tl�e Ciiy to preserve sta�idardized directioz�al sigias for ncw home
real estate developmeiits and avoid the ille�;al clutte3•of"bootIeg"si�is. The sig3�p��oga�a,m will also
generate revei�uc for tl�e DVBA which�vill�xclusively be used lacaliy to fctrtller the mission of our
organizatioi�.
I am a board member of tlae DVBA and a loc�.l buiider. �ii these challengiz�g times the n�twark of
local professionals and the image we promulgate tlirougl�out tt�e valley is very i�nport�lnt. It is tl�e
local builders such as �ny company that stay the course iu botl�good aiid bad titnes atzd v��e welcomc
your sir�port to ex�sure the sign program stays��ilh tocai controls vviih loca!bene�ts.
Thai3k you for your eonsideratio�z and we iook forward to a continued productive relationsl�ip witli die
City of Palm llesert.
Very truly yours,
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P�Im Desert, CA 9226U � 'r,`;
�E: City Council's Con�ideration; Cor�munity 17irectional Sigr� �'ragrara�
Honoral�le Mayor and City Gounr,if Memb�rs;
Gf-lA Cc�mpanies has baen an active Builder and Developer in the City for the past tvsrenty
years. V11a have had t�e honor of working wit#� alI the fne (ocai people who ma��ag�d and ran
the Eoca1 Buildirag Industry here in our Val{ey for over a decade.
Th�se fine foiks now hav� form�d �ur awn local orgar�ization �ese►# Vaileys 8uilders
Association (DVBA) #o service the interes� af all of our local Builders a�d Developers, and for
the f�en�f[t of aN companies involved in the Buiiding lndusfiry. Aiihough we at GHA
Gom�ai�ies do not have any pians for new construction in the city unkil fhe start of Q-1 2011,
the past cammur�ity dire�tionaf sigr. program was a huge asset ta our company anc! the
success of homP saies.
( fuliy support the ac#ior� #hat i� �ch�duled #o take p(ace this Thursday Septe�r�ber 9, 2010 at
y�ur schedul�c� City Council m�eting, � emphatica(1y support that DVBA be awarded the
con2ract to i��ta(I, ar�d maintain these signs, ! have th� upmost 4rust in thefr abifity and
rna�-�agem�nt �eam. Please vote "YE�" and award DVBa tl�e contract to take over tha
Comr�rii Directional �ign program in your cifiy, this nat only keeps this locaily but supports
our cal e nomy.
T ankin�you in adv�nc� and kir►d rsgards.
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73-5 l0 Fred Warin� Drivc
Pal�n Desert, CA 922 i 1
Re: Desert Valleys Builders Association
Direction Si�n Program
Dear Council Members:
1 a�n writing iii seapport of Staffls recommendation that the City enter into an agreement with
Desert Valleys BuiIders Association (DVBA) for the instaIlation and maintenance of comniunity
directional signs.
The sign pro�rann in the City (and most other cities in the Coachelia Valley) was formerly
administered by the Building Industry Assaciation Uesert Chapter. I.�esert Chapter no longer
cxists, and DVBA was fornied as a trade association uf local builders and other persons and
firms related to the commerciai and home-buildin� i�dustry in the Coachella Valley (as well as
the Tmperial and Palo Verde VaIlcys). All ot the board memhexs and of�icers of the former
Deser� Chapter are now tl�e boa.rd members and officers of DVBA. Our members live, worlc,
vote and do business here in the Coachella Valiey.
The sign prflgra�n is important for the City in that it standardizes directiQi�►al signs for real estat�
developments and avoids the ille�al clutter of "bootle�;" signs. The sign program will also
generate revenue for the DVBA which wiIt exclusively be used locally to #'urther the mission of
our organization.
I am a board member and First Vice i'resideirt of DVBA. T am also writin�;this letter as a local
builder. As you know, Sunrise Coxnpany is based in Palrn Desert and has been active
continuously in the Coachella Valley for 40 years_ We've built aimost 5,000 homes in Palrn
Desert and wc were responsible for bringing Marriott's Desert Springs Resort and Spa to the
City. While znany of the "nation�l builders" have come and gone, we and other Iocai builder-
rz�.ezr�bers oP DV�A have stayed the cot�rse.
Thank you for your consideration. We at DVBA look E'orward to continuing the znutually
beneficial relationship ihat our members have always enjoyed with the City�f Palm Desert
V� truly yours,
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Phillip K. Sm' ,Jr.
President
Coachella Val3ey Division
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1 am writin� in sup�Cot# �f Staff's recommendation tha# the city er�ter into ar� agre�m�nt vsiith
D�s�rt Va!{�;�� Quifders AssociaYion (DVBA� for the installation and maintenance of corr�rnunity
�ir�c�iqnal signs.
In the past. 4he ��sert �hapter of Building ind�stry Assaciatior� admir►isterer� #h� si�n program
ir� th� City, The Deser� �hapter is na longer in sxis#e��ce. Local builders ar�d o#h�r firms, whA
suppart ok�r I�ca{ buifders, forn�ed the DVBA. All of the board r1�e��b�rs and c�fficer� of tl�e
f�rm�r Des��rt Chapter ar� now the boarc! �nen�bers and of#icers of the DVRA, [)ur rr�ernber�
iiv�; �vark, �✓ote �nt� do busin�su f�er� i�� the Coachella Vailey.
1 a��n u�r"sting this letter; n�t pnky �s � board r-nen�ber of the DVBA but akso as a (ocal busin�ss
��n�r. �Jn� of my construc;tion cornpanies h�s b�en in business, laca}Ey, for ov�r thirty y�ars
and we �ontin�a� to�Er�ploy marr� pPopie who {ive in Palm D�sert and the surroutiding cities.
�,1e �re pro�� af the work vr� s��and our partici�ation in building ma�y of the hQmes �nd
�rar�imer�i?I establi�timents in your City.
C3ur cor� �t�stQm�r� h�av� always been io�af f�uilders, Iocal business ov+rners as w�il as local
hon�e�wnArs l sine�r�ly tf�ank y��r Staff f�r thP recom�nendati�n to us�the Iocal Associ�ation
t� s�rvic� yo�.tr sign prQgra�n.
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