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Thursday, November14, 2024
Minutes of the Regular Meeting of the City Council
of the City of Palm Springs
CALL TO ORDER:
A Regular Meeting of the Palm Springs City Council was called to order by Mayor Bernsteinon Thursday, November14, 2024, at 5:37 p.m.
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE:
JosephManjarrez, a high schoolstudent, led thePledgeof Allegiance.
ROLL CALL:
Present:
Absent:
City Staff
Present:
CouncilmembersChristy Holstege, GraceElenaGarner, andLisa Middleton; Mayor Pro TemRondeHarte; andMayor JeffreyBernstein.
None.
ScottStiles, City Manager; TeresaGallavan, AssistantCity Manager; FlinnFagg, DeputyCity Manager; JeremyHammond, DeputyCity Manager; Jeff Ballinger, City Attorney; Andrew Mills, Chief of Police; andBrendaPree, City Clerk werepresentat Roll Call. Otherstaff memberspresentedreportsor respondedto questionsasindicatedin theminutes.
PRESENTATIONS: None.
PROCLAMATIONS: None.
ACCEPTANCE OF THE AGENDA:
MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER HOLSTEGE, SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER GARNER, CARRIED 5-0, to accepttheagenda.
PUBLIC TESTIMONY:
Wilma Session-Glover, Mikki Brown-Walton, BenMayfield, Gloria Gonzales, DougEvans, Christina Genera-Martinez, SharonHendricks, Ted Barajas, Chris North, Cheryl Taylor, SamanthaNix Smith, Lisa D. Bernard, YvonneHill, Hilton Smith, DianeJohnson, Betty Mayfield-Taylor, DianeMcAlpine, PearlDevers, Ginny Foat, LaurenWolfer, CharlesMetcalf Jr., MakaizaKeesee, David Weiner, David Vignolo, ShamoyaHolland, StephanieBrown, JaneDodd, Leticia Skinner, Nicole PanterDailey, SarenaNelson, Natalie Awad, AbrahamIshaq, Ilka H. Weston, Michael Howard, Brandy Lemmon, City CouncilMinutes November14, 2024
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Mark Raskin, Donald Roy, Iante Roy, Gloria Thompson, KennethStrange, Angie Godinez, Phillip Frazier, DesmondJohnson, Deiter Crawford, Yusef Miller, Nicole Reed, andJurneeOgdenprovided oral testimony.
1. CONSENT CALENDAR: None.
2. PUBLIC HEARINGS: None.
3. BUSINESS & LEGISLATIVE:
A. PROPOSEDSETTLEMENT OF SECTION 14CLAIM NO. 22-0903, DATED APRIL 27, 2022, FILED BY LAW OFFICES OF MONROW MABON AND BARRY J. BENNETT, ON BEHALF OF PEARL DEVERS, SURVIVORS & DESCENDANTSOF SECTION 14; CLAIM NO. 22-0960, DATED NOVEMBER 29, 2022, FILED BY AREVA MARTIN, ESQ., MARTIN & MARTIN, LLP PEARL DEVERS & SECTION 14SURVIVORS AND
DESCENDANTS
MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER GARNER, SECOND BY MAYOR BERNSTEIN, CARRIED5-0, to approvethesettlementpackage, addingadayof remembrance, andanupdate to thestudyby ArchitecturalResourcesGroup, to permita peerreviewprocess.
MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER HOLSTEGE, SECOND BY MAYOR BERNSTEIN, CARRIED 5-0, to approvetheaffordablehousingprogram.
PUBLIC COMMENT:
SarenaNelson, Nicole PanterDailey, Ilka Weston, Michael Howard, AbrahamIshaq, David Vignolo, NatalieAwad, andBrandyLemmonprovidednon-agendaoral testimony.
CITY COUNCIL AND CITY MANAGER COMMENTS, REPORTS, & AGENDA DEVELOPMENT:
City ManagerStilesandtheCity Councildiscussedthetentativeupcomingmeetingscheduleandagenda items. Council membersGarner, Holstege, Middleton; Mayor Pro Tem deHarte; and Mayor Bernstein providedcomments.
ADJOURNMENT:
TheCity Counciladjournedthemeetingof Thursday, November14, 2024, at 9:21p.m.
Respectfullysubmitted,
BrendaPree, MMC, CERA
City Clerk
APPROVEDBY CITY COUNCIL: