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INTEROFFICE MEMORANDUM
To: Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
From: John M. Wohlmuth, City Manager
Date: January 6, 2011
Subject: Priorities to Consider for Council Retreat
The following is a list of priorities, in no particular order, for discussion and to provide direction
to staff. Please consider adding any items to the list or removing any items:
A Undertake a 2020 Strategic Plan for the City of Palm Desert
➢ Update the City Zoning Ordinance
➢ Compete the Housing Element of the City's General Plan
➢ Strategize on where and how to meet the affordable housing needs to maximize
units
➢ Role of City with UCR/Cal State
• Landscape corridor
• Ring road
• Cal State Disposition and Development Agreement
• UCR Palm Desert Campus leadership and initiatives
➢ Development of vacant pads at Desert Willow
➢ Capital improvement priorities
• Portola interchange
• Commitment toward road maintenance
• Traffic signal synchronization
• North sphere drainage
➢ Law enforcement priorities
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MEMO TO: Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
DATE: January 6, 2011
SUBJECT: Priorities to Consider for Council Retreat
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➢ Future fire stations
➢ Deployment of code enforcement officers in the future/hours and days of
enforcement
➢ Future of Energy Independence Program and Set -To -Save Program
➢ Future of Parks and Recreation facilities and programs
➢ Palm Desert neighborhood issues
• Lighting and Landscape Assessment Districts
• Short term rentals
➢ Palm Desert business issues
• Signage
• Local purchase preference
• Marketing programs
➢ Priorities for current year or 2011/2012 budget
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J N M. WOHLMUTH
it Manager
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