Public
Invited to Finance Advisory Committee Presentation Tuesday
The Finance Advisory Committee, a group of Cathedral City
residents appointed by the City Council to look at the City’s finances and
recommend how to improve its revenues, will present its findings at a public
meeting March 11, 2008 at 6 PM at the Cathedral City Senior Center located
at 68-727 East Palm Canyon.
The report includes information on comparative revenue
information on Valley cities, trend information on demand for key city
services, police and fire response times and offers several alternatives for
public discussion and input.
You can download a copy of their presentation at::
http://www.cathedralcity.gov/Finance/finpres.htm
Public
Arts Commission Presents “John Brown’s Body” March 14
The Cathedral City Public Arts Commission and the
California Desert Regional Theatre are presenting the critically acclaimed
play, “John Brown’s Body”, March 14, 7pm, in the City Council Chamber. “John
Brown’s Body” is presented by special arrangement with Dramatists’ Play
Service of New York. The play is the fifth presentation of the 2007-08 LIVE
Arts Series in Cathedral City. Admission is free.
John Brown was born on May 9, 1800, in Torrington,
Connecticut. Brown was one of the most militant of the abolitionists. He was
a white American who advocated and practice armed insurrection as a means to
end slavery. His hatred of slavery, fueled by the horrors he heard while
living in a black settlement in upstate New York, led him and five of his
sons to move to Kansas in 1855. It was in Kansas Brown first gained
attention. He lead several raids against pro-slavery strongholds in Kansas.
After the city of Lawrence was attacked by proslavery forces in 1856, Brown
led a counterattack on the small village on the Pottawatomie Creek. Five men
from the settlement were killed. His efforts were termed the “tip of the
abolitionist iceberg”.
President Abraham Lincoln referred to John Brown as a
“misguided fanatic” and was called “the most controversial of all 19th
century Americans.” His attempt in 1859 to start a liberation movement among
enslaved African Americans in Harpers Ferry, Virginia, electrified the
nation. John Brown was tried for treason against the state of Virginia.
Despite his behavior, considered heroic to millions of Americans, he was
sentenced to hanging.
Justin Blake, artistic director of California Desert
Regional Theatre, plays John Brown. Blake is known for his resounding
performance in “Give ‘em Hell Harry”. The play also features Jeanette
Knight, founder of improve team Joe & Mustard, Christopher Koval, Nicole
Pitman, and Yo Younger.
Other event in the LIVEARTS Series will be “Hollywood –
the beginning” featuring Don Thompson on April 25 and “The Spirit of the
Desert” finale on May 23.
The LIVEARTS Series is sponsored by community-minded
businesses, including NAI Consulting, an engineering services and project
management firm, along with the Community Foundation of San Bernardino and
Riverside Counties, both major sponsors. Other sponsors making the LIVEARTS
Series possible are Granite Construction, Choctaw Construction, JR Peters
Construction Management and Inspection, Total Marketing and MSA Consulting.
Materials from 3rd North City Workshop Online
If you were unable to attend the 3rd North City Specific
Plan (NCSP) workshop, you can view all the materials presented online at
www.cathedralcity.gov/ncsp .
You can find materials from previous workshops as well and other information
about this important project for Cathedral City’s future.
Cathedral City’s Finest to Help Out at Wheels for Kids Fundraiser
“Wheels for Kids of the Desert” is having a Pizza Fest
fund raiser Thursday evening, March 6th, from 6PM to 8PM at the Salvation
Army, 30400 Landau Boulevard in Cathedral City. Cathedral City Police
Officers and Fire Fighters will serve pizzas from around the City’s great
restaurants: Nicolino’s Italian Restaurant, Rocky’s Pizza, La Bella Roma,
Upper Crust, Red Tomato, Trilussa, Papa Johns, Little Ceasar’s, Round Table,
Domino’s Pizza and New York Slice & Ice. Tickets are $5 per person and
include salad and a drink. There will also be a silent auction. Proceeds
will benefit “The Wheel for Kids of the Desert,” a not-for-profit
foundation.
Fire
Chief Soqui Appointed to League of Cities’ Public Safety Committee
As a member of the Municipal Management Association of
Southern California (MMASC), Cathedral City’s Fire Chief, Bill Soqui, has
accepted an appointment to the California League of Cities Public Safety
Committee.
The policy-making process of the League of California
Cities is a primary function of the organization. Through this process the
issues facing California cities are debated and a policy direction for the
organization is established.
The Committee on Public Safety reviews both federal and
state legislation and issues and makes recommendations to the League Board
of Directors related to law enforcement, to fire and life safety policies
including emergency communications, and to emergency services including
ambulance and disaster preparedness. The Committee uses existing League
policy, annual conference resolutions and the knowledge and expertise of
individual committee members in order to recommend policies in these and
related areas.
Chief Soqui’s appointment will extend through 2008, at
which time his appointment may be renewed.
COVE IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT PHASE 1
PROJECT UPDATE
Week of March 3, 2008
Accomplishments
Note:
Cove residents may see construction workers in areas throughout the
Phase 1 Cove project that have been paved. This work could be related
to surveying, material testing, inspection, contractor punch-list
items, and field conditions resulting in unplanned work activity.
CATHEDRAL
CANYON DRIVE INFORMATION
The City is on schedule with the sewer project and the contractor has
completed the sewer installation on Cathedral Canyon Drive. Cathedral
Canyon Drive has been closed to thru-traffic as a storm drain system
has been installed on this street.
However, the storm drain system – not
being paid for by the Cove Improvement Assessment District – had to be
redesigned, which has caused a delay. The utility lines were not shown
in the right locations on official maps, often times shallower than
indicated. Once identified, the true locations required a different
style of pipe and catch basins on Cathedral Canyon Drive, Palo Verde
Drive and Tahquitz Road.
Because storm drain pipes are made at
the factory specifically for each job, additional time was needed to
fill the storm drain pipe order for the redesign work.
The storm drain is now complete and
curbs, gutter, driveway approaches, cross gutters and spandrels are
being installed on Cathedral Canyon Drive. After these items are done,
Cathedral Canyon Drive will be graded and paved.
The sewer and street work on all other
areas of the Cove project are progressing per the project schedule.
Cove Phase 2 work is scheduled to begin when Phase 1 work is complete.
For more information
on the Cove Improvement Project
please call the
COVE HELPLINE: (760) 250-8673
Click here for
more information
Cove Improvement District Home Page
MORONGO CREEK BLOW SAND ABATEMENT/PM 10
MITIGATION WITHIN THE CITY OF CATHEDRAL CITY
UPDATE
Week of March 3, 2008
The Contractor is continuing to maintain the newly planted Western Honey
Mesquite Trees and has completed trimming existing trees. He will continue
final grading of the slopes and access road, install the wind fence, and
spray soil stabilizer along the east side of the existing trees.
Installation will also begin for the pipe gate and chain link fence along
the Vista Chino Road access point and the Verona Road access point.
