Monday, March 16, 2009
The Movie Colony Spring Meeting
O'Donnell's Clubhouse, 4:30pm, May 3, 2009

PROGRAM: Our meeting will focus on issues of interest and concern to The Movie Colony. We welcome your suggestions on future programs. Three speakers are scheduled:

• Our City Manager, David Ready, will update us on neighborhood and city issues.
• You will meet our own PSPD Sgt. Don Fallon, assigned to the Movie Colony along with two beat officers.
• Dr. Steven Nash, new Director of the Palm Springs Art Museum, will acquaint us with the Art Museum's offerings as part of our quest to learn more about the resources in and adjacent to our neighborhood.

ELECTIONS: The staggered two year terms for four members of the Board expire in May, 2009. If you are interested in serving on the Board, please call our Secretary, Barbara Keane (760-699-6180), for details. Ken Feenstra will serve as the chair of the Nominating Committee.

ANNUAL CONTRIBUTIONS: Annual contributions of $50.00 are due May 1, and apply to the membership period May, 2009 - April, 2010. Our Treasurer, Phil Meyer will be writing to you separately regarding details of your contribution.

SPECIAL PROJECT: Topper blade signs have been ordered for the main arteries leading into The Movie Colony. The purpose is to define and identify our unique neighborhood. If residents of particular streets not represented by this original order wish to order a topper, blade sign, they may do so on subsequent orders. There will be a map at the meeting, illustrating the streets where topper blade signs have been ordered. Treasurer, Phil Meyer, will be providing additional information on independent orders.


WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING EVERYONE ON MAY 3. YOU ARE OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
PLEASE COME TO FIND OUT WHAT'S GOING ON AND BE REPRESENTED!

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Sunday, March 8, 2009
The Movie Colony Spring Meeting
O'Donnell's Clubhouse, 4:30pm, May 3, 2009

Our spring meeting will be held on Sunday, May 3, inside O'Donnell's Clubhouse commencing at 4:30PM.

More information to follow.

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Saturday, October 20, 2008
The Movie Colony Mid-Year Meeting
O'Donnell's Clubhouse, 6:00pm, December 2, 2008

Our mid-year meeting will be held on Tuesday, December 2, inside O'Donnell's Clubhouse commencing at 6:00PM. Early registration and a pre-meeting social will commence at 5:30PM. The usual good fare from O'Donnell's will be on hand to greet your arrival and throughout the evening but, this year, we are not hosting the bar so bring some cash with you (credit cards are discouraged by the Club).

Our meeting will focus on crime and safety. City Manager, David Ready, will lead off with a discussion of neighborhood and city issues. He will be followed by David Dominguez, our new Chief of Police and a presentation by the PSPD officers assigned to patrol The Movie Colony under the recently inaugurated beat system. Our focus on these critical issues will conclude with a report by our CERT Captain, Steve Smith, regarding earthquakes and disaster preparedness.

For your records and immediate use, here is the contact information for the PSPD officers patrolling The Movie Colony. This contact information does not replace 911 when you feel threatened or if you observe a crime in progress. This contact information is to be used only for the purpose of keeping our beat officers aware of suspicious or unusual events or conditions arising in our neighborhood. Want to know more? If so, plan to attend the meeting to meet these officers and they'll tell you what to expect from the new system.


Cordially,
The Movie Colony Board of Advisors

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Saturday, September 27, 2008
The Movie Colony Fall Meeting
O'Donnell's Clubhouse, 6:00pm, December 2, 2008

The next general meeting of The Movie Colony neighborhood organization will be held on Dec 2, 2008, at O'Donnell's Clubhouse, commencing at 6PM.

The complete program details will be published in mid-October. However, of special interest to everyone will be a presentation by our new PSPD NPO's (Neighborhood Policing Officers). You'll be able to meet and greet these fine officers and learn more about new police alert, surveillance, reporting and interaction procedures associated with The Movie Colony. If you are at all concerned about safety, security or other police related matters, you'll want to attend this important meeting as well as encourage your neighbors to attend along with you.

Our treasury is still open for those of you who have not as yet paid your dues for 2008-2009. The minimum suggested amount this year is $50.00. Payments may be mailed to our POB 347, Palm Springs, Ca., 92263. Our appreciation to those who have contributed so far this year. These contributions provide financial stability to our organization whose primary goal is to nourish, enhance and defend the quality of life in The Movie Colony. Thank you for your continuing support.

With best regards to all,

The Movie Colony Board of Directors

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Sunday, September 30, 2007
The Movie Colony Fall Meeting

The Fall meeting of The Movie Colony will be held at 6pm on November 15, 2007 at O'Donnell's Golf Club. The business portion of the meeting will take about one and one half hours and it will be followed by our customary social gathering.

This year's business session will include several City officials addressing such issues as the disposition of the Spanish Inn and the proposed noise ordinance aimed at party houses; Councilwoman Ginny Foat has been invited to discuss with us her ideas for funding the proposed new Animal Shelter; Mr Wesley Cole will talk to us about "greening" opportunities in The Movie Colony; a discussion about crime and safety and disaster preparedness will be led by Chuck Brobeck.

As usual, there will be an open forum for residents to ask questions and raise issues for discussion about The Movie Colony.

Please plan to attend and ask your neighbors to do the same. We look forward to seeing all of you on November 15th.

Cordially,
The Advisors of The Movie Colony

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Thursday August 30, 2007
Citizens' Police Academy Schedule

Session 1	Chiefs Introduction	6:00-6:30	Gary Jeandron
Sept 11	Ethics	6:30-7:00	Bill Judd
	K-9 Team Demonstration	7:10-8:00	Varies
	Station Tour	8:00-9:00	Stafford / Goodwin
Session 2	Communications	6:00-7:20	Sylvia Rivera
Sept 18	Patrol Operations	7:30-9:00	Kyle Stjerne
Session 3	Criminal Justice System	6:00-7:20	Don Fallon
Sept 25	Special Units and Equipment	7:30-9:00
	Bikes		Pilutik / D. Judd
	Horses		Marc Melanson
	Motors		Melissa Desmarais
	Volunteer Units		Taylor Cushmore
	Crime Suppression Team		TBA
	Air support		TBA
	Aero Squadron		TBA
Session 4	Domestic Violence	6:00-7:20	Erik Larson
Oct 2	Narcotics	7:30-9:00	Mike Goodwin
Session 5	Use of Force, Arrest Techniques	6:00-9:00	Mike Goodwin
Oct 9	Arrest & Control Scenarios
Session 6	Edged Weapons Video	6:00-7:20	Stafford / Goodwin
Oct 16	Low and High Risk Car Stops	7:30-9:00	Kyle Stjerne
Session 7	Investigations, Crimes Against Persons	6:00-7:20	Troy Castillo
Oct 23	Investigative Techniques	7:30-9:00
Session 8	Internal Affairs	6:00-8:00	Mark Stafford
Oct 30	Peer Group Counseling/TIP	8:15-9:00	Mike Villegas
Session 9	Deadly Force Decisions	6:00-7:00	Chuck Menley
Nov 6	Shoot/Don't Shoot Video	7:00-9:00
Session 10	Fraud Prevention	6:00-9:00	Nancy Carr
Nov 13
Session 11	SWAT Team and	6:00-7:20	Phil Parker +
Nov 20	Demonstration	7:30-9:00	SWAT Staff
Session 12	Gang Awareness	6:00-9:00	Jon Cabrera
Nov 27	Pot Luck Dinner
Session 13	Graduation	6:00-9:00	Staff
Dec 4	Citizens on Patrol

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Friday August 3, 2007
Hard Rock Hotel Neighborhood Notice

NEXUS Companies

Dear Neighborhood Leader:

We would like to invite you to attend an informational meeting to learn about the new Hard Rock Hotel planned near the Convention Center. We are currently in the City's development review process, and will be scheduled for a Planning Commission hearing in mid to late September.

The project will be located on Tahquitz Canyon Way between Calle El Segundo and Calle Alvarado. The condo/hotel will have approximately 498 units, along with two signature restaurants, a luxury spa, nightclub and 32,000 square foot banquet and meeting room facility. It is anticipated that construction will start in first quarter 2008, and be completed approximately two years later.

This is an important project for the community, and we look forward to meeting each of you. We would appreciate your disseminating this information to your neighborhood residents. If we can be of assistance in that regard, please don't hesitate to contact us.

The meeting details are as follows:

Date:	September 4, 2007
Time:	5:30 pm to 7:00 pm
Place:	Convention Center - Ballroom Prefunction Area

Should you have any questions about the project or the meeting details, please call me at (714) 546-5600. We will hopefully see you on September 4th.

Sincerely,

Cynthia J. Nelson
Nexus Companies
Vice President of Government Relations

CN/sha

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May 24, 2007
MOVIE COLONY MEETING PRESENTATION re.the Spanish Inn

GOOD EVENING, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN:

I am Nejat Kohan, Co-Owner of the Spanish Inn. First let me introduce the new Supervisor & Coordinator of our project, Mr. Homayoon Moaven, a Licensed General Contractor. With that, I am here to explain to you the reasons for the extended delay in the Spanish Inn project and the Movie Colony Traffic Calming Program (MCTCP) that the City of Palm Springs required us to construct.

Before I tell you the facts, let me clear this point that if there is anyone in this room who is very disappointed, upset and losing hundred of thousands of dollars due to this long delay, it is me. Just the cost of labor & materials to implement our project, has been extensively increased in the last 3 years. Having said so, some reasons for the long delay are as follows:

1.When the City Council approved our project, on September of 2005, the design and construction of the Traffic Calming program were preconditions for Spanish Inn’s building permits. City also required us to be financially responsible for the program. Therefore we cannot proceed with our main project until the design and construction of MCTCP are completed.

2.This program is very unique; let me explain two unusual aspects of this plan.

A. Design and Technical Issues:

To date, our civil engineer, Amir Engineering submitted the design of MCTCP to the City 4 times. He will submit the 5th design tomorrow morning, hopefully for the last time. Some of the design issues are as follows:

a.Last November 2006, City Engineering changed the Wedge Curbs of the neighbor property lines to 6” Vertical Curbs, because they want to prevent vehicles from going the wrong way on a one-way street. Also the City does not want public parking on the neighbor’s private land.

b. Just a month ago City instructed Amir Engineering to line up both sides of Via Chica behind Colony Palms and Spanish Inn. They advised him that the initial design of Via Chica was not proper. By this new proper configuration, two neighbors on the east side of Spanish Inn will gain more land.

c.Just a couple of weeks ago, the City and my Civil Engineer agreed to reduce the size of Via Colusa Circle and delete the curbs around 3 Circles of the plan, in order to save the affected neighbors private land and avoid any future accidents with curbs. Of course Spanish Inn was required to pay for the design and all change orders

These recent design changes caused a lot of delays in implementation of the plan; however the changes were all made to improve the plan, preventing encroachment on neighbor properties and avoid any future confusions or accidents.



B. Financial and Maintenance Issues:

When the project was approved by City Council September 2005, although we were unaware that Spanish Inn will be financially responsible for the Traffic Program, we agreed to do so. Moreover, City informed us last March 2007 that Spanish Inn, Colony Palms, and the Neighbors would be responsible for future maintenance of the Traffic Plan. This was the reason why I wrote the letter to the neighbors and asked for their opinion.

I then advised City that Spanish Inn cannot be totally responsible for future maintenance, as the Neighbors generally declined responsibility for that maintenance.

At my request a meeting was held at the City with Mr. Chris Mills, Council member, David Ready and the head of various interested Departments on April 19, 2007. In that meeting Mr. Thomas Wilson proposed that the City will vacate the streets to surrounding neighbors and the neighbors will reconvey an easement for public use to the City. Under this plan, the City will accept responsibility for maintenance of these streets.

This proposal was very constructive and positive for the program and neighbors. Now we believe this eliminates the major obstacle, which prevented us from moving forward.

I am committed to begin construction of the plan as soon as City Engineering and Planning Dept. approve our plans and issue us a building permit.

I would like the neighbors to understand that some M.C. neighbors and City initiated the Traffic plan, not Spanish Inn. It was imposed on us and we were given no choice. Based on the condition of approvals, we are financially committed to be responsible for the plan.


We still need your patience and support to allow us obtaining the permits, construct the Traffic Plan and move forward with own project. Thank you for listening to me.


Nejat Kohan

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May 28, 2007
Advisor Election Results

Subsequent to the 2007 Annual Meeting of The Movie Colony Neighborhood Organization, the following have been elected to serve a two-year term on The Movie Colony’s Board of Advisors, consisting of seven (7) advisors in accordance with our bylaws.

For your information, following are the three advisors who were elected to serve a 2-year term at the 2006 Annual Meeting:


Please refer to The Movie Colony’s website, themoviecolony.org for information and notices about your neighborhood. If you would like to e-mail the advisors, the e-mail address is .

Please keep us up to date with your e-mail address. This is our most efficient way to communicate.

Diane Ahlstrom, President

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Friday, May 18, 2007
PALM SPRINGS IS GOING HOLLYWOOD!

Palm Springs - Tourism TV, a Palm Springs based multi-media company, announces the upcoming filming of a major tourism production to air on national television beginning early summer. To assure quality images of Palm Springs, the highest-tech equipment is being used for the shoot including a crane-mounted camera used in such blockbusters as Titanic and Pirates of the Caribbean. In order to accommodate the equipment and the dramatic shots of the City, Palm Canyon Drive will be closed on Tuesday, May 22, 2007 between the hours of 2:00 p.m. and 10:00 p.m. Contracted by the Palm Springs Bureau of Tourism, Tourism TV plans to disrupt the downtown business district as minimally as possible.

Questions on the filming should be directed to Tourism TV at 760-325-6088.

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Wednesday, May 16, 2007 11:47 AM
PLANNED POWER OUTAGE

Southern California Edison in planning a power outage in the area of SR111 (Gene Autry Trail) and Mesquite Ave / Dinah Shore. The power is scheduled to be turned off on May 25th, 2007 at 1:00 am. Power is scheduled to be restored at 6:30 am on May 25th. This outage may affect the traffic signal at Gene Autry Trail and Mesquite / Dinah Shore. The City of Palm Springs, Public Works office recommends you find an alternate route if possible. This intersection is owned and operated by the State of California, Department of Transportation. We have notified them of the situation.

For additional information, please contact Southern California Edison at 888-759-6056. Refer to planned power outage number 242870.

REMEMBER TO USE CAUTION WHEN DRIVING IN A CONE ZONE.

Richard Jenkins
The Traffic Management Center

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Wednesday, May. 9, 2007
2007 Annual Meeting

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Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2007
20th Annual Black History Month Parade

Contact:
Jarvis Crawford
Community Center Manager
James O. Jessie Desert Highland Unity Center
760-416-5715

What: 20th Annual Black History Month Parade
When: 11 a.m., Saturday, Feb. 24
Where: From Baristo Road north on Palm Canyon Drive to Alejo Road

• This year's parade theme is "Black Voices in the Media."
  
  
• News anchor Larry Carroll is the grand marshal of the parade.
  
  
• Special guests include Hardy and Cheryl Brown, publishers of The Black Voice News, along with newscaster Brad Pie, Jr.
  
  
• Early parades were held in the Desert Highland Gateway neighborhood, then moved to Palm Canyon in the year 2000.
  
  
• Following the parade, there will be a Town Fair from noon to 6 p.m. in the Palm Springs Stadium. There will be vendor booths selling everything from soul food to arts and crafts. Previously, the Town Fair was held in Ruth Hardy Park.

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Friday, January 26, 2007
Traffic Management Center
City of Palm Springs

Median island construction on Indian Canyon Drive at San Rafael Road will continue next week. Traffic lanes are scheduled to be open during the weekends however; travel lanes will be reduced to one lane for north and one lane for southbound traffic. The work is scheduled to be completed the week of February 12th.

On Monday January 19th pavement work is scheduled to be started on Indian Canyon Drive at Garnet Avenue. Work will begin at 7:00 am and is scheduled to be completed by 3:30 pm the same afternoon. Travel lanes for south and eastbound traffic will be reduced to one lane for each direction.

For more information please feel free to call the Pubic Works Department at 760-323-8253 or e-mail our Lead Inspector at [email protected].

Richard B. Jenkins
Traffic Management Center
City of Palm Springs
760-323-8253 ext 8739

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Tuesday, January 23, 2007
Health Access Resource Center

From:
Aurora Kerr, Director
Community Resources Department
Coachella Valley Association of Governments
73-710 Fred Waring Drive, Suite 200
Palm Desert, California 92260
(760) 346-1127 or [email protected]

As you may know, CVAG is a partner with the Health Access Resource Center (HARC). This Center is a local collaborative effort to collect, analyze and report primary as well as secondary data relative to the health needs of Coachella Valley residents. The data collection will be a valuable tool to help cities and community organizations measure outcomes, effectiveness and change resulting from funding decisions and initiatives in the Coachella Valley.

The collection will be based on current, scientifically collected and analyzed data that will also assist local and regional government in their strategic planning and meeting the needs of your residents. The local HARC is using a successful and nationally recognized Orange County Health Needs Assessment (OCHNA) agency, as its model. The Steering Committee of over 35 stakeholders, including CVAG, has been meeting monthly. A Board of Directors has been established with CVAG at the table.

Over the next two months, HARC will begin to make the thousands of phone calls across the Coachella Valley that will be necessary to collect the data for its first assessment. The length of the phone call will be no more than 17-20 minutes.

Attached is the flyer in English and in Spanish

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Friday, December 01, 2006
Indian and Garnet traffic control

From: Richard Jenkins

On December 4th construction will begin on the west side of the intersection of Indian Canyon and Garnet Avenue. Southbound lanes will be reduced to a single lane and Garnet Avenue will be reduced in width west of Indian Canyon from Monday December 4th - Thursday December 7th. On December 7th the entire intersection will be closed for re-paving from 9:00pm until 6:00am the following morning. No traffic will be permitted through the intersection. Work is scheduled to be completed by Friday morning at 6:00 am.

PLEASE FIND AN ALTERNATE ROUTE DURING THIS TIME.


Richard B. Jenkins
Traffic Management Center
City of Palm Springs
760-323-8253 ext 8739

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Wednesday, November 22, 2006
Citizens' Police Academy

The next thirteen-week class of the Citizens' Police Academy will commence January 8, 2007.

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Wednesday, October 11, 2006
Annual Meeting

The Fall Business Meeting will be November 30, 2006 at O'Donnel Golf Course, 5pm-7pm.

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Monday, October 9, 2006
Fall clean-up

Contact: Palm Springs Disposal Services 327-1351

Oct. 6, 2006
If you've been waiting to get rid of the thread-bare easy chair, ratty old couch or other junk taking up space in the garage, the time has come.

During the week of Oct. 16-22, Palm Springs Disposal Services will be collecting unwanted and bulky items at no charge as part of the City's "Fall Clean-up 2006" event.

To take advantage of this convenient service, residents must place their unwanted items, such as holiday decorations, gardening materials and other household items, curbside on the evening before their regularly scheduled waste pickup. Unwanted items should be placed in regulation trash containers or plastic bags alongside their regular trash and recycling carts. Containers cannot exceed 50 pounds per item nor be placed in trash containers exceeding 32-gallon capacity. This includes any yard trimmings which should be tied in 2-foot-by-4-foot bundles or placed in trash containers.

Bulky items such as appliances, furniture or electronic waste that exceed 50 pounds should be set out at the curb by 6 a.m. on Monday, Oct. 16. These items will be collected throughout the week, not necessarily on your regular trash pick-up day. These items should not exceed 150 pounds per item and must be able to be picked up by two men. Only two large bulky items of this type will be collected per residence. For residents with more than two large bulky items or items that weigh in excess of 150 pounds, they may bring these items to the north parking lot fo City Hall on Saturday, Oct. 21 between 8 a.m. and 2 p.m. for disposal.

In addition to unwanted and bulky items, Palm Springs Disposal Service will also collect used motor oil during the Fall Clean-up event. Individuals wishing to get rid of used oil are asked to call Palm Springs Disposal Service's recycling hotline at 327-7283 to arrange for collection.

For more information regarding the City's "Fall Clean-up 2006" event please call 327-1351.

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Monday, September 18, 2006
American Heat

Palm Springs Motorcycle Weekend returns October 6, 7 & 8 in the Spa Casino Parking Lot.

Here are the details:
Event: American Heat Motorcycle Weekend
Promoter: Road Shows, Inc., Reno Nevada - Randy Burke, President - 1-800-200-4557
Venue: North Parking Lot Area of the Spa Casino between Amado and Alejo
Attendance: 10,000 people over the three-day weekend
Event Hours:
3:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m., Friday, October 6
9:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m., Saturday, October 7
9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m., Sunday, October 8

Event Description:
The event involves a motorcycle rally located on the north portion of the Spa Casino Parking Lot with entertainment each evening to be concluded no later than 9:00 p.m. The noise ordinance will be suspended by the City Council "only for the event site" and not throughout the entire community. Noise complaints should be directed to the Palm Springs Police Dispatch Office at (760) 327-1445 if motorcycle traffic becomes problematic in the neighborhoods or in areas away from the event site.

Street Closures: Calle Encilia will be partially closed from Amado to Alejo

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Wednesday, September 13, 2006
The City of Palm Springs Public Arts Commission

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Tuesday, August 15, 2006 4:28 PM
City of Palm Springs & Time Warner Cable

The City of Palm Springs is gathering information to help it negotiate a new cable TV contract with Time-Warner.

That contract may include channels and other resources that could be available for use -- free of charge -- by community groups, local service agencies, schools, and residents.

The City has already conducted a telephone survey and community focus group meetings. This email survey is another opportunity for you to provide your ideas and input. It is designed to obtain information about the needs and interests of local organizations and agencies that serve Palm Springs residents.

On behalf of Sue Buske, consultant, I have sent this survey to you because your group, organization, or agency serves Palm Springs residents. Your responses will be used to help assess whether current services and resources are adequate and appropriate, and to identify changes (if any) that might be made to meet future community cable-related needs and interests.

Thank you very much for your participation in this survey.


Wayne B. Soucy, Chief Executive Officer
Desert Healthcare District


Donna Craig, Executive Assistant/Development Associate
Desert Healthcare District/Desert Healthcare Foundation
1140 N. Indian Canyon Dr.
Palm Springs, CA 92262
760-323-6113
760-323-6509 fax


Click here to see the survey

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June 29, 2006
Demonstration will indicate how tall proposed hotel would be

Contact: Lee Husfeldt
Director of Public Affairs
City of Palm Springs
323-8255

The community will get a pretty good idea just how tall a four-story hotel proposed for the southwest corner of Tahquitz Canyon Way and Cahuilla Road would be during a demonstration scheduled for Monday, July 10.

Wessman Development, which is seeking City Council approval to construct the 51-room Palm Hotel on the vacant site, will rent several cranes and place them at the appropriate building corners of the proposed hotel. Ropes will be strung between the cranes to demonstrate the roof height of the project.

The demonstration will be between 3 and 8 p.m., July 10, and the site will be visible to the public from adjacent streets and sidewalks.

Wessman Development is conducting the demonstration at the request of the City Council, which on June 21, continued its review of the development application for the hotel until Wednesday, July 12.

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June 24, 2006
Minutes to The 2006 Annual Meeting of The Movie Colony

The Minutes to the Annual Meeting held April 22, 2006 are now available for viewing in the Newsletters/Minutes section.

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May 4, 2006
Basic Fire Training

Dear Neighbor,

On May 23, 24 & 25, 2006 the Palm Springs Fire Department will be conducting basic fire training at: 471, and 485 Calle Santa Rosa, and 495 Calle El Segundo. Three homes have been donated to the Department so that we may gain valuable experience in a controlled environment.

This is an exciting opportunity for our newest firefighters to be able to be placed in the exact environment that they will face on the job. All this will be done under the watchful eye of experienced firefighters and supervisors. During the training, small interior fires will be ignited so the firefighters can experience interior fire attacks. After the last training session on May 25th, the structures will be demolished and the site cleaned up by a private company within one week.

I want to express my thanks to you for understanding the value in this type of training even though it may create some minor inconvenience as there will be a small amount of smoke coming from the buildings. We will not be burning the structures down. Small fires will be ignited on the interior and extinguished quickly.

We expect the training fires to start around 9 A.M., and continue on and off until about 5 P.M. each day.

If you have any questions or concerns, please call Battalion Chief Mark Avner at 323-8181.

Sincerely,

Blake G. Goetz, CEM
Fire Chief
BGG/jb

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April 27, 2006
Applicants sought to serve on Palm Springs boards, commissions

Contact: James Thompson
City Clerk
City of Palm Springs
760-323-8204

Palm Springs residents have an opportunity to help lead their community by becoming a member of one of the City Council's boards and commissions.

With 22 terms expiring at the end of June, residents have an opportunity to help shape the future of the City of Palm Springs.

Residents are needed to fill two openings on the Administrative Appeals Board, two openings on the Airport Commission, one on the Board of Appeals, one on the Historic Site Preservation Board, three on the Human Rights Commission, two on the Library Board, three on the Parks and Recreation Commission, three on the Planning Commission, three on the Public Arts Commission and two on the VillageFest Board.

Members on the various boards and commissions serve three-year terms.
Applicants must be Palm Springs residents and registered voters in the City.
Persons interested in serving should submit an application to the City Clerk's Office by May 18. Applications and information also can be obtained online by going to the City's Web site at www.ci.palm-springs.ca.us. Additional information about the various boards and commissions, what they do and when they meet may be obtained from the City Clerk's Office at 323-8204. Residents can apply for a maximum of two seats.

Some of the openings may be filled by current members who seek reappointment. However, the final membership selection will be made by the City Council in June.

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April 20, 2006
Traffic Signal

The traffic signal at Indian / Tamarisk is in the proposed 2006/07 capital budget and the City Council is tentatively scheduled to discuss capital budget requests at its May 10th Study Session

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April 20, 2006
TMC Contingency Fund

The Advisors have a long range plan to accumulate approximately $20,000 to $25,000 over the next 5 to 10 years as a contingency fund. Surplus funds are currently being invested in CD's at Guaranty Bank.

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April 19, 2006
Citizens Police Academy

The Citizens Police Academy Class 40 begins Tuesday, May 2, at 6 p.m. at the Palm Springs Police Department Training Center, 200 S. Civic drive, Palm Springs. Any questions, call Sargent Parker or Officer Michael Goodwin at 323-8116 or Detective Troy Castillo 323-8136. (Click here for an application to the class) Please mail, fax, e-mail or drop it off at PSPD. The fax is 760-323-8178.

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April 19, 2006
CERT Community Emergency Response Teams

The Community Emergency Response Team (C.E.R.T.) training is a 20-hour federally certified course for the public. All CERT courses start on Thursday night and include the following two consecutive Saturdays. The next classes are May 11, 13 and 20.

Click here for C.E.R.T. brochure.

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March 31, 2006
HGTV

Pirooz Kalayeh
Associate Producer
HGTV / Weller Grossman Productions
[email protected]
818-755-4800 ext. 243

HGTV (Home and Garden Television) and Weller/Grossman Productions are looking for unique, cool and creative projects designed and done by real people without the help of contractors or experts. We're searching for individuals across the country that would like to share their fun stories and incredible results.

This fun and inspirational new program chronicles everyday people and their amazing did it myself design endeavors and the one-of-a-kind projects that transformed their homes! From unbelievable room reinventions, to cool outdoor creations, innovative kids rooms, wild wall treatments, playful pet projects, and more were looking for ideas that break the design mold and make people say wow!

So, if you've transformed your garage into a wine room or bowling alley, built Fido his own futuristic pad, designed the most exotic or themed room on the block, created an incomparable fantasy playroom for the kids -- or done something else spectacular and uniquely special to your home, HGTV is looking for you!
To apply, e-mail a description of the project (with pictures before and after) of the area you've improved, and your contact info to

Click here to see Press Release.

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May 9, 2005
Minutes to The 2005 Annual Meeting of The Movie Colony

The Minutes to the Annual Meeting held March 13, 2005 are now available for viewing.

Click here to read the minutes.

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May 4, 2005
Wellness Park Groundbreaking

Dr. Rubenstein of the DHCD and other luminaries responsible for the Wellness Park spoke at the groundbreaking, May 4. The PSUSD, The Movie Colony Neighborhood Organization, Desert Water Agency, and others were there. This will be a great addition to The Movie Colony neighborhood.

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March 23, 2005
Citizens Police Academy Class 37

-- Palm Springs, California --

Detective Troy Castillo of the Palm Springs Police Department has announced that the 37th Class of the Citizens Police Academy begins Thursday May 5, 2005.

Dick Mandell has just been graduated from this class and would be happy to discuss all the features of the program with any interested party.

Call him at 760.327.8226 or call Detective Castillo at 760.323.8136. FAX him at 323-8176.

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CERT: Community Emergency Response Teams

Fire Chief Blake Goetz said that the CERT program is looking for more good people. Those interested in being members of teams that help the area respond to emergencies should contact Chief Goetz at (760) 323-8181. It is a program of neighbors helping neighbors in times of emergencies.

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