 | Property owners approve Cove and Dream Homes assessment districts for
sewers and other improvements. |
| Parks and Recreation Master Plan, with heavy citizen focus group
input, approved |
| Developer fee justification study and Quimby ordinance (to help pay
for parks improvements and land acquisition) finished. Council held first
readings; final action slated for January. |
| Neighborhood meetings held every other month to hear residents’
concerns and provide information on various city projects. Next one is at
6:30 p.m. Jan. 17 at Agua Caliente School. |
| Marketing plan developed and approved by Council; Marketing Committee
appointed. |
| Progress made on Sheraton Resort Hotel and Conference Center.
Utilities now being installed underground. |
| Business retention program underway with Chamber of Commerce. |
| First round of interviews set next week for six firms submitting
quarterly city newsletter proposals. |
| Heritage Park, 153-unit affordable apartment building for seniors,
opens. |
| Donation of Robert Thornley sculpture by Mr. and Mrs. Herman Heimann.
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| located in Paseo of Civic Center. |
| City Council provides monthly updates on city projects at Chamber
Power Breakfasts; city submits monthly Cityscape for Chamber of Commerce
newsletter. |
| All landscape and lighting districts presented to property owners
approved. |
| City website updated to be more user friendly. |
| Weekly briefs sent to city employees. |
| More businesses sign up as tenants in the new downtown retail space,
the Pickfair Promenade. |
| Redevelopment Director, Community Development Director and Chief
Building Official hired/named. |
| Plans for 17-acre soccer park east of James Workman School moving
along. |
| Community unifying Holiday Tree Lighting and Cathedral Festival held
second Saturday in December; Fountainworks Festival held July 3. |
| Plans made for implementation of red light camera installation and
traffic enforcement unit in Police Department both aimed at reducing
traffic violations and enhancing safety. |
| Fire engine with multi-story suppression capability ordered. Fire
department takes delivery of two ambulances. |
| 35th Avenue neighborhood provided with sewers after approval of
assessment district. |
| Date Palm Drive bridge being widened to accommodate Union Pacific’s
installation of second railroad track. |
| Continued expansion of Cathedral City Auto Center to generate sales
tax revenue for public services. |
| Revamp of the city’s trade show exhibit booth, incorporating new city
logo, marketing themes and latest demographics. (Highlights: current
population is 53.281; median household income is $45,806 and average
household income is $59,485.) |
| Traffic congestion eased along East Palm Canyon Drive with elimination
of green left-turn arrows. |
| Upgrades to Dream Homes neighborhood begin, with help from code
enforcement and housing divisions. . |
| Looking ahead to 2006, the current Strategic Plan will be updated for
the new year at a Council meeting set for 4 to 8 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 19 at
City Hall. |
| Dedication of the photovoltaic solar array on the roof of the downtown
parking structure, cutting Civic Center energy costs by a third. |
| Groundbreaking for the 300-room Sheraton Resort Hotel and golf course;
Building “J” in the downtown; and a 100-room hotel east of IMAX. |
| Opening of 75-unit affordable Tierra del Sol apartment complex, with
Senior Center on first floor; completion of 61-unit market-rate apartments
adjacent to Pickford Theatre. |
| Further expansion of the Cathedral City Auto Center |
| Opening of the first phase of the soccer park |
| Moving ahead with plans for development of the 25 acres east of the
Mary Pickford Theatre. |
| Beginning implementation of the Parks and Recreation Master Plan. |
| Construction starts on the Dream Homes and Cove sewer projects |
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