Palm Springs seeks public input on next police chief
City officials say a new survey will help identify the leadership qualities residents want in a successor to retiring Police Chief Andy Mills.
City officials say a new survey will help identify the leadership qualities residents want in a successor to retiring Police Chief Andy Mills.
About two dozen speakers split nearly evenly on replacing the rotating mayor with an elected one, as accountability and diversity emerged as the dominant themes.
The city's new sustainability director said the commission's three standing subcommittees and six separate ad hoc subcommittees were redundant and poorly attended after several recent commissioner resignations.
The Historic Site Preservation Board found the 1975 office building lacks sufficient historic significance, allowing the city's renovation project to move forward with standard permitting.
The Architectural Review Committee approved a 92,400-square-foot self-storage facility on North Farrell Drive, capping months of back-and-forth over the building's design.
Aside from regular meetings of city boards, a series of public meetings focused on the future of local leadership gets under way.
Mills described Palm Springs as the “crown jewel” of his career and said he and his wife, Cathy, plan to move to the Sacramento area to be closer to his mother.
Members of the subcommittee dealing with waste reduction plan to speak with about plastic bottle waste to organizers of large community gatherings.
The video shows officers trying to de-escalate the situation and provide mental health services before a man armed with a knife left them no other option but to use deadly force.
CVAG's synchronization program will pass 500 intersections this fall while city crews use federal grants to add protected left turns at crash-prone locations.
Commissioners also weighed where to relocate a sculpture removed from the airport, with the convention center and City Council Chambers among the options discussed.
The city is seeking a consultant to map out pedestrian, bicycle and traffic-calming improvements, but officials say new funding sources will be needed to carry out the recommendations.