BERMUDA DUNES COMMUNITY COUNCIL meetings
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BERMUDA DUNES COMMUNITY COUNCIL
CREATED BY THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS FEBRUARY 26, 1991
(RESOLUTION 91-129)

MINUTES OF MEETING OF: June 10, 2010
Bermuda Dunes Community Service Center
78-400 Avenue 42, Bermuda Dunes, California 92203

Ryan Cheley, Reporting

1.        Call to Order – 6:00 PM

2.        Pledge of Allegiance

3.        Roll Call – All members present

4.        Approval of  May 13th, 2010 Meeting Minutes
a.        Approved as presented

5.        Election of officers 2010-2011

a.        Motion to elect April Acker as Chair. Vote 5-0

b.        Motion to elect Ryan Cheley as Vice Chair: Vote 5-0

c.        Motion to elect Lee Miller as Secretary: Vote 5-0

6.        Public Comments:

a.        Terry B. – Going dark and overlay concerns; summary of
years’ meeting minutes?

i.        Jerry – Used to do it, but not any longer

ii.        Cheryl – Will try to do this at this meeting

7.        Staff Reports: Presenters must direct their report to the
Council.  At the conclusion of the
presentation, Chair may allow questions.  Each speaker must first
be recognized by the Chair. Please
present your business card if new to the Council.

a.        Code Enforcement: Officer Brenda Hanna monthly report

i.        Report Submitted to Council – 150 Cases opened to date

ii.        More information on the cases – 760-343-4150 Dave/Bill
Lawless

iii.        Lee – Would like to see month to month comparison

iv.        Ryan – Year over Year numbers as well

v.        Joseph – When will the political signs come down – 2 weeks?

vi.        Maureen Hammond – What authority does Bernda have in the
country club?

1.        Only enforce county ordinances plus overlay. No parking

vii.        Terry – status of auto shop on Adams
1.        No information publically available

viii.        Offices closed Fridays coming up

b.        TLMA: Mojahed Salama, Engineering Division Manager

i.        4 Way Stop Sign for now on 42nd and Lima Hall

a.        Signals to start construction March 2011

ii.        Monthly report on Fred Waring Expansion

a.        City of LQ – Sound wall issue replied with MOU draft; County
is willing to do post construction
noise study; City countered with sound wall study every 3 years for
15 years; met with City today,
county will work with city on sound wall issue; need commitment
from CVAG for funding; county is
waiting for signed documents

b.        LQ Palms – upset about losing left in and left out; study done
on their counter; LQ Palms to study
response; County to meet with them on the 17th;

i.        Cheryl – Will Mo be in touch with residents? Yes. Mo to send
information to Joe; Joe to forward
information to Council;

iii.        Gravel at Adams and Country Club

a.        Call 760-863-8267 for issues of this nature

iv.        Special Note: Offices will be closed on Fridays

c.        Sheriff’s Department: Deputy Van Der Hoof - Monthly Report

i.        Report submitted to council – 22 Total Calls in May 2010
compared to 24 in May 2009;
YTD calls 125;

ii.        Hopewell and Bowden – problems; Deputy aware of problem;

iii.        Terry – increase in home robberies?

1.        Investigation is on going, but appears to be tied to the same
group of people apprehended in
Subway robbery

d.        Fire Department: Battalion Chief Pete Blakemore - Monthly
Report

i.        Report submitted to council – 42 total calls in May 2010;

ii.        Reminder – fireworks are illegal; caught with fireworks and
you will be cited;

iii.        Cheryl – Any Drownings?

1.        PSA recently done to remind people of dangers;

e.        Economic Development

i.        Median Keep up – Clean up to be done by Pink Ink (?)

ii.        Community Center – EDA custodial maintenance should be
taking care of inside AND outside

1.        Cheryl – sign to keep kids from using area as bike ramp

iii.        Clean up of retention basins? Transportation. Mo to
investigate retention basin near airport

iv.        Beautification

1.        Sent out 3091 surveys (31% response)

a.        599 yes to first
b.        549 yes to second
c.        390 yes to third question

2.        Lee – do what we can now and worry about the park later

3.        Kevin Sullivan – what did you find humorous about the
comments

a.        Inappropriate nature of some comments

4.        Maureen Hammond – how is vote counted? By property
ownership not registered voter. CSA is
registered voter, LLM is property owner.

5.        Cheryl – Can you create a reference material for September's
meeting so we can see it on paper

v.        Clock? Budget issues

f.        Supervisor John J. Benoit’s Office: Joseph, Legislative
Assistant: Meeting with Supervisor Benoit,
Lynda, Joe & 3 residents of Bermuda Dunes regarding the
future/choices of Bermuda Dunes.

i.        Annexation – Supervisor opposes cherry picking; will listen to
wants of communities;

ii.        LAFCO concerns – All correspondences sent to Supervisor’s
office will be forwarded to council;

iii.        Lee – how is the supervisor going to keep LAFCO in check
unless the board has veto power over
board;

1.        Joe – LAFCO is state sponsored so there is no veto from
board of supervisors

iv.        General tenor of discussion concerning overlay – unsure

g.        Other County Departments:

8.        New Business:

a.        Plot Plan 24126: CMH Consulting Group, on behalf of Royal
Street Communications dba Metro
PCS. 50’ unmanned wireless telecommunications facility disguised
as a palm tree. 42360 Adams Street
(APN609-280-004) (within the parking lot of the Bermuda Dunes
Country Club along with the existing two
monopalms).

i.        Mike Smith – height of tower; contact with Airport land use to
review

ii.        Lee

1.        What is the market cap of company? Unknown;

2.        Ticker symbol? Unknown

iii.        Jerry motions to approve with stipulation that company
contacts architectural control; April
seconds; Motion carries 5-0

b.        Bermuda Dunes Airport, Mike Smith, Manager

i.        Submitted Bermuda Dunes Airport Operations Impact and
Noise Abatement Procedures

1.        Please contact Airport if there are questions: 760-345-2558

2.        Lee – Address where the airport is in regard to Fire safety for
use by community

ii.        Jeff Porus – regular safety checks done at airport

1.        Would like to coordinate with agencies to have emergency
prep plan

iii.        Kevin Sullivan – Emergency Prep: CVAG used to have
agreement with airport, but the agreement
seems to have lapsed

iv.        Maureen Hammond – has the council created emergency
prep plan? We haven’t, but we’re
working on it.

v.        Maureen Hammond – aviation school. Is there a min alt to
maintain? Yes. 800 ft for training;

vi.        Helicopters – issue with altitude over BDCC

vii.        General Emergency preparedness to be placed on next
meeting

viii.        Kathy Jacobs – helicopter flying over CC? call 760-345-2558

9.        Up keep of Bermuda Dunes medians, and Community Center

a.        Old Business: None

10.        Council Members Reports and Correspondence:

a.        Cheryl – meeting with Joe and Supervisor: LAFCO issues;
Annexation; Overlay; Jeff Zeltzer
discussion for annexation;

11.        Agenda items for the next Council Meeting:

a.        September continue Fred Waring Dr. and the City of La Quinta,

b.        Bermuda Dunes Overlay amendments

c.        Airport

d.        Art in the Dunes Festival in November 2010 at Vintage Nursery

e.        Emergency Response

12.        Adjourn:  at 7:32 PM Next Meeting  - September 9th, 2010

Bermuda Dunes street sweeping is the 1st and 3rd Thursday of each
month.  
Cars need to be off the street!

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