City Hall Will Be
Closed
 Monday
September 1, 2008
In observance of
Labor Day

 

City of Cathedral City
68700 Avenida Lalo Guerrero
Cathedral City, CA 92234
(760) 770-0340

Weekly Briefs
From Julie Baumer, Deputy City Manager

May 19, 2005 

Get the phone

Is there a new phone system in your future?  Police Capt. John Holcomb is heading a telephone users committee looking into replacement of the phone system serving city offices. The current system has created major problems at the Fire Department over the past several weeks. The phone rings, but when it’s answered, no one is on the line. . Others in City Hall have experienced delayed message deliveries.  Fortunately, as technology improves, costs are going down. The next committee meeting is at 2 p.m. Tuesday, May 24, tentatively scheduled in the administrative conference room at the Police Station.   

What are YOUR ideas? 

A few spots are still available for Cathedral City residents/business owners to serve on Focus Groups that will be conducted next week to explore recreation/parks/other community needs.  Just call 770-0340 to sign up.  They are being conducted by Dr. Craig Kelsey of Utah State University.  Each session will last only an hour and a half and you’ll have chance to meet other interested citizens and to express your views on how to improve our community.

Library closures

Air conditioning problems at the Cathedral City Library are forcing intermittent closures of the facility.  One compressor is due to be replaced under warranty next week and another will be evaluated for possible replacement. A long-term solution to fixing the continual problems is being considered. The city owns the building and the Riverside County Facilities Maintenance Department maintains it.  It is operated by a service provider, LSSI, under contract with the County Library Department 

Streamlining processes

At the City Council study session May 25, City Planner Joe Richards will propose several changes to the Zoning Ordinance and to the review and approval process.  It involves eliminating some resolutions and taking advantage of new technology by using a compact disk, rather than a written transcript, as the official record of Planning Commission meetings. Both would save time and eliminate duplication.

Improvements to main streets

At its regular meeting next Wednesday, Council will consider a resolution of intention to authorize balloting for a proposed Cimarron Homes Tract landscape and lighting district.  This would provide landscaping along 30th from Santoro to the tract’s eastern limits and on Santoro from 30th to the tract’s northern limits.  Cost is $235.88 a year for each property owner.  Ballots will be mailed next week.  After they are filled out and returned, they will be opened and counted at the City Council meeting, July 13, 2005.