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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMeeting Summaries - June 6-9, 2012CITY OF PALM DESERT OFFICE OF THE CITY MANAGER STAFF REPORT To: Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council From: John M. Wohlmuth, City Manager Date: June 28, 2012 Subject: INFORMATIONAL ITEM — CITY MANAGER MEETING SUMMARIES Following are meetings held with groups, residents, and/or businesses for the period June 6-19, 2012: June 6 Meeting with City Attorney Weekly meeting with the City Attorney. Meeting with Dean Jandt and Dick Oliphant Met to discuss the proposed legislation to transfer the remaining Cal State land (110 acres remaining) currently owned by Palm Desert RDA to Cal State. With the dissolution of RDA, Staff has been working on methods to transfer the land to Cal State instead of disposing of the land through sale. Meeting with Staff Regarding Avenue of the States Fire Station Met with Chief Cooley to discuss the priority of City Fire Stations, given the loss of RDA. The next highest priority fire station to improve service delivery and response times is the University Fire Station, not the Avenue of the States Fire Station. It is believed that the Avenue of the States Fire Station will substantially serve County unincorporated areas rather than City of Palm Desert areas. June 7 Staff Meeting Bi-weekly meeting to review City Council agenda. Chamber of Commerce Board Planning Conference Attended the Chamber conference in Newport Beach. MEMO TO: Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council DATE: June 28, 2012 SUBJECT: Informational Item — City Manager Meeting Summaries PAGE 2 OF 5 June 8 Chamber of Commerce Board Planning Conference Day 2 of the Chamber conference. June 9 Recognition Dinner for Jerry Patton Attended this dinner held at Desert Willow. Funds from the event were raised for the COD Foundation toward scholarships in Mr. Patton's name for College of the Desert students. June 11 Meeting with Frankie Riddle Re: Upgrade of Electric Charging Station Met with Frankie Riddle and SCE to discuss upgrading the current electric vehicle charging station at the Civic Center to be able to charge the newer manufactured electric vehicles. The City will seek funding grants from SCAQMD. Executive Management Meeting Weekly meeting with the Management Team. Discussed ongoing projects and programs. Extensive discussion included timing and design of the "one -stop" development services upgrades. CVAG TAC Meeting CVAG TAC approved the Date Palm Interchange regional funding agreement and City sub -agreements. The City will consider a sub -agreement with CVAG in the near future. Meeting with Dave Erwin, Roger Crawford, and Lori Carney Best, Best & Krieger hired a new Human Resources partner. BBK may be able to assist the City with HR expertise in the future at a lower cost. June 12 Meeting with Frankie Riddle, Palm Desert Resorter, Palm Valley Country Club, and Burrtec Last year, the City and Burrtec moved the Palm Desert Resorter and Palm Valley Country Club residential waste and recycling to Thursday from Monday service. After receiving many complaints from both HOA's and Managers, the City called the move a pilot effort. After one year of this pilot effort, the problems in these gated communities persist. The City and Burrtec will be looking into alternatives. MEMO TO: Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council DATE: June 28, 2012 SUBJECT: Informational Item — City Manager Meeting Summaries PAGE 3OF5 June 12 Meetina with Mayor Spiegel and Representatives from The Living (Cont'd) Desert The Living Desert is asking the City of Palm Desert to participate financially in a Dinosaur Exhibit. June 13 Meetina with City Attorney Weekly meeting with the City Attorney. Desert Willow President's Meetina Monthly meeting to discuss financials, project updates, and new business, including Green to a Tee I and 11 Status and resident programs. Cove Communities Services Commission Awards Luncheon Attended this meeting held at the Children's Discovery Museum of the Desert. Meetina with Tim Miller, Assistant Director, EDA, and Paul Gibson At Mr. Miller's request, we met to discuss Supervisor Benoit's office. June 14 Redevelopment Transition Team Meetina Prepared the Agenda for the Oversight Board and discussed legislative status of RDA clean-up bills. Lunch Meetina with Desert Sun President/CEO. Editor. Mavor Spiegel and Mayor Pro Tern Kroonen Provided an overview of Palm Desert history, explanation of the City's budget, and generally offered to provide information when they need information. Meetina with Al Karnia, Cal State Mayor Spiegel and I met with Dr. Karnig to present him with the academic excellence scholarship donation of $10,000. City Council Meeting MEMO TO: Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council DATE: June 28, 2012 SUBJECT: Informational Item — City Manager Meeting Summaries PAGE 4 OF 5 June 15 Meetina with Mayor Spiegel, Mayor Pro Tem Kroonen, and City Attorney Weekly meeting to discuss citizen concerns and address issues brought up during the week. Meetina with Mayor Spiegel and Mr. Smith re: Taxis The Mayor and I met with a taxi driver who expressed concerns over the number of unmarked police cars in the City, especially El Paseo. Meetina with Frankie Riddle and Mary Lou Sutter re: Athena Awards Ms. Riddle and I met with Mary Lou Suter of the Joslyn Center to determine interest, if any, in producing the ATHENA Award program and luncheon. In addition, if the Joslyn Center did assume the ATHENA Awards, Rancho Mirage and Indian Wells could participate. June 18 Executive Management Meeting - Weekly meeting with the Management Team. Year 1 PDAC Operations Interview with Desert Sun Discussed the successes of the Aquatic Center and the YMCA operations with Sherry Barkas at The Desert Sun. This should be a positive story and advertisement for the Aquatic Center. SCE Undergrounding Conference Call Southern California Edison officials and City Staff discussed the factual information both SCE and the City will disseminate at the June 27"' public Palm Desert Undergrounding meeting. MEMO TO: Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council DATE: June 28, 2012 SUBJECT: Informational Item — City Manager Meeting Summaries PAGE 5 OF 5 June 19 The Fountains Apartment Conference Call with Chris Hameetman City Staff and Palm Desert Police discussed how the landlord and manager could make The Fountains apartments a safe place for the community and Fountains tenants. Martha's Village Thanksoivinq 5K Run Met with staff and Martha's Village project team to discuss the event and route. COPS Office Assistance Discussed how COPS volunteers Compliance and Graffiti reporting. J HN M. WOHLMUTH ity Manager could help in the office with Code CITY COUNCILACTION APPROVED �^ _.,._DENIED RECEIVED—M- 7 OTHER MEETING DATE AYES: -- NOES: . ABSENT:. - - ABSTAIN: VERIFIED BY: Original on File with City C rk's Office