Cathedral City candidates' answer about CV Link

Updated 2016.11.09
The editorial board of the Desert Sun asked this question of all candidates for City Council:

"Do you support CV Link? And if so, how do you think it will benefit Cathedral City residents?"

Here are the candidate responses:

• John Aguilar winner, 2016 with 37%: "Yes, I along with the Mayor and colleagues on the City Council full support the development of the CV Link. This will provide a substantial recreational opportunity for our citizens, promote tourism which will help create new job opportunities, and help reduce greenhouse emissions by reducing vehicular traffic and helping to build/grow a stronger neighborhood community."
  
  Aguilar is among three candidates with unequivocal support of CV Link. I suggest that voters use this endorsement along with other considerations in their decision November 8.
  
  
• Sergio Espericueta not winner, 2016 with 23%: "Right now, I do not feel like I can support something that is not too clear about how it will impact residents in order to make it function. I think that it is necessary to from a committee, that includes residents, to debate this topic so that together we can discuss a project that would be costly. More people need to be informed and involved from the beginning and not just towards the end when the final concept is being presented."
  
  Espericueta has not done homework on CV Link. The community meetings about CV Link occurred in 2014 and 2015, meeting near-unanimous support from Cathedral City citizens in attendance and receiving many helpful suggestions on implementing the project. I suggest that the candidate read at least the CV Link Conceptual Master Plan to understand the current state of the project.
  
  
• Stan Henry unupposed for 2016 mayor: "Yes, I support CV Link, and feel it will give the residents of Cathedral City better opportunities to use other sources of transportation in a safe environment to get around the valley and safe physical exercise. We had a Cathedral City disabled resident testify that he rides a bike every day from Cathedral City to College of the Desert and he is looking forward to the CV Link to have a safe path to get to school. If you look at the Valley’s tourism studies, it shows people are looking for other safe outdoor recreational facilities like CV Link. With Cathedral City having four major hotels along the route of CV Link this is a great opportunity for us to market to these tourists. We held a local community meeting regarding CV Link, and the majority was in favor."
  
  Henry is among three candidates with unequivocal support of CV Link. I suggest that voters use this endorsement along with other considerations in their decision November 8.
  
  
• Greg Pettis winner, 2016 with 39%: "I support CV Link. Any additional recreation opportunities for our residents is welcome. We have a higher rate of obesity than some of our neighbors so this will also help in that regard. Additionally, the bike path is slated to run through one of our most economically challenged neighborhoods giving them an avenue for recreation that they may not have otherwise."
  
  Pettis is among three candidates with unequivocal support of CV Link. I hesitate with endorsement because he evidently considers CV Link to be merely a recreational amenity, rather than a necessary transportation corridor.
  
  

Of course, there were other questions. See more at the Desert Sun Election Questionnaire. Meanwhile, the first segment of what will be CV Link is coming to Cathedral City in the next few months, from Vista Chino to Ramon Road. The map of the full, planned CV Link through the city is at the right.

On the proposed CVLink for the Palm Springs region

Imagine having a road all to yourself for jogging with the rosy-fingered sunset behind you, ravens making a black flutter above you.

Imagine leaving the golf course on your electric cart, escaping along the wide Whitewater Wash, clubs rattling softly to accompany your solo ride home.

Imagine yourself among friends on their bikes in that heaven between the sky and the pavement, the gears buzzing like cicadas as you share a couple of spare energy bars with the other cyclists.

Imagine the pull from your dog when he sees a Gray Heron float to a rest in the wash below, and your chance to point out that part of nature to your two kids on their trikes beside you.

A Real Bike Trail Comes to the West Coachella Valley

Gravel levee above the Whitewater River, future site of the Whitewater
Bike Trail

All these are not daydreams. They will be soon a part of the leisure activities easily at hand to all in Palm Springs and Cathedral City. In early September 2016, the cities of Palm Springs and Cathedral City agreed on the construction and maintenance of the Cathedral City Whitewater Bike Trail.

The trail "will extend along the west levee of the Whitewater River between Ramon Road and Vista Chino." Cathedral City will construct the concrete bike and pedestrian path for a total distance of about 2.5 miles. (The west levee of the Whitewater River follows below the easterly walls of the Escena development, and it is located within Riverside County Flood Control District rights-of-way.) At Ramon Road, the path will continue west along the north side of Ramon Road for approximately 0.22 miles to end at Crossley Road. The path along Ramon will be added within the existing right of way.

Artist rendering of the Whitewater Bike Trail, near Ramon Rd

Although long-developed plans for CV Link incorporate the levee from Vista Chino south to Ramon Road, the engineering of the Cathedral City Whitewater Bike Trail is distinct from the valley-long corridor. The Cathedral City planning document states, "The Whitewater Bike Trail is a project being undertaken solely by Cathedral City separate from CVAG's CV Link project. Cathedral City is the lead agency on this project, and has completed an environmental document and final design. Cathedral City prepared a conceptual presentation on the proposed elements of the Whitewater Bike Trail."

Planned route, with access points at A and B

Because part of the trail is located in the City of Palm Springs, a contractual agreement between the cities outlines how costs are shared:

• Cathedral City is 100% responsible for all construction cost.
• Cathedral City is 100% responsible for all maintenance costs within the City of Palm Springs for a period of 5 years, or until CVAG assumes responsibility for the maintenance of the trail as part of CV Link.
• Palm Springs grants Cathedral City permission to construct the trail located within the City of Palm Springs.
• Palm Springs is 100% responsible for all maintenance of the trail located in the City of Palm Springs 5 years after Cathedral City completes the project, until CVAG assumes maintenance of the trail as part of CV Link.

CV Link—Connecting the Coachella Valley

CV Link is a proposed 50-mile pathway that connects the Coachella Valley for the use of walkers, runners, cyclists, and low-speed electric vehicles. At least 75% of the funding for CV Link has been committed for construction that is expected to start in 2017 and end about 2020 for its first phase. A second phase that connects Desert Hot Springs at the north end and Salton Sea at the south has not been given construction dates.

As in many other cities nationwide, the development of CV Link will include some gaps in the corridor. However, the gaps mean only that walkers, runners, cyclists, and electric vehiclists will need to use city streets between the end of CV Link in one city and the resumption of CV Link in another. At this point, only one city—Rancho Mirage—has refused to participate and will be responsible for a gap.

 In April 2016, the City of Rancho Mirage received voter input on four related referenda—written by political opponents to CV Link within Rancho Mirage government—that were generally interpreted as a desire to "opt out" of CV Link unless the voters elect otherwise at some future date. On February 29, 2016, Sherry Barkas wrote in The Desert Sun that "the Coachella Valley Association of Governments Executive Committee voted Monday to officially leave Rancho Mirage out of the CV Link project." The Rancho Mirage city council members continue to voice opposition to supporting CV Link in their community. 

In the November 8, 2016 referendum on their local ballot, voters in the City of Indian Wells have an opportunity to decide whether CV Link can go forward only if there is another, future ballot initiative that results in a majority approval. If this referendum is passed, CV Link will be impeded in Indian Wells by this new obstacle, since, characteristically, building projects are undertaken after city council approval, without city-wide voting.

The frustration of waiting for CV Link

CV Link history

Over a decade and a half, I have watched with hope—and frustration—the developing plans for a regional bikeway in the Coachella Valley.

• In 2002, in response to growing demand by cyclists, the Coachella Valley Association of Governments (CVAG) prepared a non-motorized transportation plan for the Coachella Valley. This plan proposed a grid of Class II and III bike trails and sidewalk trails that would connect to the proposed Whitewater River Trail and All American Canal Trail. In the CVAG plan, the Whitewater River Trail served as the spine of the bikeway system, as well as providing a recreational trail for walkers and, potentially, equestrians.
  
  
• The County of Riverside Department of Public Health, in collaboration with several trails and bicycle groups, identified and developed the Coachella Valley Urban Trails and Bikeways Map of safe routes for riders and hikers in the Coachella Valley.
  
  
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  Gradually, trail and bikeway maps were included in General Plans for all local jurisdictions, and trail maps have been prepared for developments in the unincorporated areas of Vista Santa Rosa, Mecca, and Thermal. The plans' key element was to identify potential Class I trail locations along the Whitewater River and the All American Canal. These trails would connect the north-south oriented grid of Class II Bikeways and sidewalk trails identified in the earlier CVAG and county plans. The CVAG plan also identified a bicycle route along the length of the Dillon Road corridor, where bicyclists currently ride.
  
  
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  In 2007, as a next step in planning the trail system in the Coachella Valley, the Desert Recreation District and the Riverside County Regional Parks and Open Space District commissioned studies related to identify trail alignments along the Whitewater River, All American Canal, and the Dillon Road corridors.
  
  
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  With the publication of Whitewater River, All American Canal and Dillon Road Regional Trails Corridor Study at the end of 2009, I began to hope that the Coachella Valley might begin to fill the lack I felt in comparing the area to Dayton, Ohio and other small cities with regional bike and pedestrian paths.
  
  
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  After another set of publications followed, "Parkway 1e1 1 Executive Summary" in early 2012, Whitewater River/Parkway 1e11 NEV/Bike/Pedestrian Corridor Preliminary Study Report also in early 2012, and "Parkway 1e1 1 FAQ" in late 2013, I felt that the planning had progressed toward actual routing.
  
  
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  With the preliminary publication of CV/Link Master Plan in its three volumes in March 2015 and the final approved publication of CV/Link Conceptual Master Plan in January 2016, I felt that waiting a year or so for a valley-wide, multi-use trail would seem to be a short time.
  
  

Rancho Mirage

However, the Rancho Mirage city commission has now carried out a long campaign to slow down implementation, object to any proposed routing through their community, fret about whether arranged funding is legal, and quibble about the costs to maintain and operate the facilities. They have sought to obstruct the CV Link by asking for city-wide votes on the project, when never have they placed other transportation issues before their voters. For that matter, the city erected a new library ($16.6 million), developed a park and amphitheater complex ($3.9 million to $4.2 million), built a new high school ($100 million), opened a dog park ($1.75 million), and planned an astronomy observatory ($1.7 million) without placing those expenditures to a vote. (Total: almost $124 million.)

Over the last year, the Rancho Mirage city commissioners have sought to sow discord in the Coachella Valley Association of Governments and to incite obstruction similar to theirs in other cities. At this point, they have been successful in this effort in only one other constituent of CVAG, the City of Indian Wells.

Update 2016.10.04

Cathedral City

It is happening. Cathedral City will break ground on the first segment in Fall 2016. Granted, this is to construct "only" the first 1.5 miles from Vista Chino to Ramon. The agreement between Palm Springs and Cathedral City has been drafted, revised, and signed. Other segments are being fleshed out and application of funding is being specified.

I have recently moved here from Dayton Ohio, which is host to a dedicated network of multi-use paths that serves over 30 communities and 9 counties. Extended paths connect (or nearly so) to Columbus and Cincinnati.

The devleopment of the 350-mile network did not happen overnight. It wasn't even planned at first to be more than a few miles. Instead, it grew from an initial 7-mile loop that followed the river through the Dayton downtown. That start was in 1996. It was only a few years ago that some stick-in-the-mud communities accepted the need of providing a bikeway within their city limits to connect to bikeways that existed in cities on either side. The current naysayers of Rancho Mirage and Indian Wells will not have eternal control of the cities' development.

Take heart!
See more: http://bike-commute.blogspot.com/.../why-i-support-cv...

Richard W. Kite

Council Statements Regarding CV Link

In citing text from the meeting minutes, others' comment is not often included, and no ellipses are provided.

4 December 2013

The Trails Commission meeting minutes on 4 December 2013 reports further discussion of CV Link. Significantly, the first real opposition seems to come from the chairman, Jeffrey Morgan—though he may be only reporting what he understands from residents he knows.

• "Mr. [Greg] Trousdell [staff member] distributed a Desert Sun article regarding the CV link path and asked Mayor Kite if he had an update for the Commission.
  
  
• "Mayor [Richard W.] Kite stated that as of now they are just taking input. During the December 5, 2013 City Council study session, Mr. Tom Kirk with CVAG/CV Link would be discussing how CV Link would impact Rancho Mirage and where they believe CV Link would transition through or around the country clubs.
  
  
• "Mayor Kite stated it appeared at this time, much of the link would transition from the Whitewater Channel to city streets.
  
  
• "Chairman [Jeffrey] Morgan stated he felt there would be opposition to the CV Link if it does transition from the wash to street level.
  
  
• "Mayor Kite commented that the anticipated construction was to start in 2015." 

5 December 2013

The City Council met the day following the Trails Commission.

• "Mayor [Richard W.] Kite commented on the Study Session held earlier that dayregarding [sic] the CV Link Project being proposed by Coachella Valley Association of Governments ( CVAG). He stated the Study Session was primarily to talk about the Link and its impact on Rancho Mirage residents and what the City Council's concerns are with the route CV Link will take. He assured residents that the Council will provide updates on exactly what the CV Link is all about and how it will impact Rancho Mirage. He urged anyone with questions or comments to contact Council members or City staff."
  

Kite's comments indicate that opposition has been developing about the CV Link route and concern in Rancho Mirage that the city streets may be affected. His comments also indicate that CVAG planners are aware of the concerns.

7 May 2015

The City Council met in regular session.

• "12. Consideration of Prohibition of the Route of CV Link Over Any Portion of Highway 111 or Bob Hope Drive, in the City of Rancho Mirage
• "City Manager Randal Bynder stated that the City of Rancho Mirage, led by Mayor Hobart and Councilmember Kite ( CV Link Subcommittee), with the support of key staff members including Finance Director Isaiah Hagerman and Public Works Director Bruce Harry, have raised significant questions regarding the operation and maintenance ( 0&M) scheme of the CV Link project. Mr. Bynder added that the 0&M issue was addressed in detail in Mayor Hobart' s memo to the CVAG Executive Committee on April 27, 2015. The questions of long- term 0&M and how it will be funded and who will pay for it are ongoing and have not been resolved as far as the City of Rancho Mirage is concerned. Mr. Bynder noted that, if not for the important objections raised by Mayor Pro Tem Ted Weill at his CVAG Transportation Subcommittee on May 4, 2015, the Master Plan and the maintenance scheme may have been approved and potentially forced upon the City. Mr. Bynder further commented that 0&M is one important issue that must be resolved as part of the CV Link; however, the other issue is the physical location of the CV Link. 
• "Mr. Bynder indicated that this item would build upon the City Council' s decision at the April 16, 2015 meeting, which prohibited the CV Link from destroying the character of the Butler -Abrams Trail and to disallow the CV Link from disrupting the Rancho Mirage Library grounds and using the City' s land in displacing the very location of the Observatory project. Mr. Bynder requested that the City Council take this matter a step further and prohibit the route of the CV Link to extend along or across any portion of Highway 111 or Bob Hope Drive within the City of Rancho Mirage.
• "In response to a question from Councilmember Kite, Mayor Hobart clarified the length of the proposed restriction would be the boundaries of the City for both Highway 111 and Bob Hope Drive.
• "Councilmember Kite thanked Mayor Hobart for his thorough status report. He added that Rancho Mirage is different from other cities involved in this project and to try and put the CV Link along Highway 111 would be disastrous for residents and businesses. Councilmember Kite agreed that the City Council should continue to convey to CVAG the need to develop an alternative plan and to resolve the 0&M expense issues.
• "MOVED/ SECONDED BY HOBART/ KITE TO PROHIBIT THE ROUTE OF THE CV LINK TO EXTEND OVER ANY PORTION OF HIGHWAY 111 OR BOB HOPE DRIVE WITHIN THE CITY OF RANCHO MIRAGE. MOTION CARRIED 5/ 0."
  

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4 June 2015

The City Council met in regular session.

• "Councilmember Kite noted that there was standing room only at the CVAG meeting and that the entire Rancho Mirage City Council was present to show its strong support for the Rancho Mirage position on this issue."

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18 June 2015

The City Council met in regular session.

• "12. Oppose the alternative CV Link route alignment along Gerald Ford Drive within the City of Rancho Mirage.
• "Councilmember Kite asked Mayor Hobart where the City stands as far as outstanding proposed alignments.
• "Mayor Hobart responded that there are currently no approved routes through the City of Rancho Mirage. CVAG suggested Gerald Ford Drive for environmental impact purposes. Mayor Hobart said that he proposed two routes on behalf of the City of Rancho Mirage, which he will elaborate on later in the meeting.
• "MOVED/ SECONDED BY HOBART/ WEILL TO PROHIBIT THE PROPOSED CV LINK ALIGNMENT ALONG DATE PALM DRIVE, GERALD FORD DRIVE, AND MONTEREY AVENUE, PURSUANT TO THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR. MOTION CARRIED 5/ 0.
• "Councilmember Kite asked how the Executive Committee reacted to the two alternative route options suggested by Mayor Hobart.
• "Mayor Hobart responded that the Executive Committee passed them both, but has not taken any formal action."
  

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3 September 2015

The City Council met in regular session.

• "8. CV Link Update.
• "Councilmember Kite said he received calls from a number of residents regarding a recent news article indicating that Cathedral City was attempting to move forward with their portion of the CV Link.
• "Mayor Hobart stated that the Cathedral City item was included on the CVAG Transportation Committee agenda with little notice. Cathedral City representatives claim that it is necessary to move forward with their piece of the project because two State grant awards transferred to CVAG will expire in the near future. 

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17 September 2015

The City Council met in regular session.

• "9. CV Link Update.
• "MOVED/ SECONDED BY HOBART/ SMOTRICH  TO ADOPT THE POSITION
  STATEMENT. MOTION CARRIED 5/ 0.
• "Councilmember Kite asked if the adopted position will be presented to the Executive Committee on September 28th, to which Mayor Hobart responded that it will.
• "Mayor Hobart reported that he spoke earlier in the day at a City of Indian Wells Special City Council Meeting regarding the CV Link. CVAG Executive Director Tom Kirk also made a presentation. Mayor Hobart said he made it clear that Rancho Mirage is resolute in the intention to not allow any of the routes already rejected.
• "MAYOR' S MEMORANDUM
• "DATE: September 15, 2015
• "TO: Members of the City Council
• "FROM: G. Dana Hobart, Mayor
• "SUBJECT: Proposed Statement of City of Rancho Mirage's Position on CV Link Alignment to Present to the CVAG Executive Committee
• "SPECIFIC REQUEST OR RECOMMENDATION:
• "That the City Council review and consider the following position statement regarding the alignment of CV Link.
• "PROPOSED STATEMENT
• "No portion of any CV Link route, path, road, trail, and/or other alignment into, upon, or otherwise within the jurisdictional boundaries of the City of Rancho Mirage shall be permitted without the proponent(s) of any such route, path, road, trail, and/or other alignment first obtaining approval from the City Council together with a signed Agreement in writing with the City of Rancho Mirage. This requirement applies to any route, path, road, trail, and/or other alignment regardless of the entity proposing it -- CVAG, CV Link, RCTC, Riverside County or any other private or public organization.
• "The requirement of prior City Council approval applies to any and all proposed routes, paths, roads, trails, and/or other alignments, whether or not they were previously proposed by CVAG, CV Link, RCTC, Riverside County or any other private or public organization.
• "City Council approval will require the parties to agree to several conditions including without limitation, environmental, economic and otherwise.
• "For example, Rancho Mirage must agree to the formula that sets economic responsibility on the City respecting the long and short term operations and maintenance expense. Another condition requires agreement of the owner of the land adjacent to the eastern portion of Ramon Road approving the CV Link intrusion and design adjacent to said owner' s property lines.
• "The City of Rancho Mirage has offered and does hereby continue to offer to favorably consider Ramon Road from the vicinity of Bob Hope Drive to Da Vall Drive as a possible route within the City to enable CV Link to connect with Palm Desert and Cathedral City. (We note that CVAG has not indicated an interest in Dinah Shore Drive, the Mid-Valley Parkway.)
• "The Executive Director of CVAG has recently informed Rancho Mirage that the September 28, 2015, meeting of the CVAG Executive Committee will consider authorizing environmental impact studies on one or more routes, paths, roads, trails, and/or other alignments within the City that were previously rej ected by the Rancho Mirage City Council. The City of Rancho Mirage strongly opposes the wasteful spending of taxpayer funds by performing unnecessary environmental impact studies on potential CV Link routes, paths, roads., trails, and/or other alignments which, by direction of the Rancho Mirage City Council, are not available. Therefore, the offer making Ramon Road available for CV Link shall automatically be nullified and withdrawn if the CVAG Executive Committee votes in favor of an environmental impact study pertaining to any portion of a Rancho Mirage route, path, road, trail, and/or other alignment including Highway 111 which were previously rejected as potential routes by the Rancho Mirage City Council."
  

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15 October 2015

The City Council met in regular session.

• "12. Consideration of Resolutions, Ordinance and Ballot Measures to Protect the City of Rancho Mirage's Local Control of its Streets and Traffic and to Allow Rancho Mirage Residents to Voice their Opinions on Substantive Issues Pertaining to CVAG's Proposed CV Link Project and it's Cost to the Taxpayers.

1. "A. Adopt Resolution No. 2015- 107, that: ( a) prohibits neighborhood electric vehicles in certain areas and on certain streets within the jurisdiction of the City of Rancho Mirage; ( b) prohibits a Neighborhood Electric Vehicle Plan from including any area within the iurisdiction of the City of Rancho Mirage unless the area is approved first by an ordinance of the City of Rancho Mirage; and ( c) prohibits any portion of CV Link or similar pathway from including any area within the jurisdiction of the City of Rancho Mirage:
2. "B. Introduce Ordinance No. 1099, 1st Reading, that: ( a) prohibits neighborhood electric vehicles in certain areas and on certain streets within the iurisdiction of the City of Rancho Mirage: ( b) prohibits a Neiqhborhood Electric Vehicle Plan from including any area within the
3. iurisdiction of the City of Rancho Mirage unless the area is approved first by an ordinance of the City of Rancho Mirage; and ( c) prohibits any portion of CV Link or similar pathway from including any area within the jurisdiction of the City of Rancho Mirage:
4. "C. Adopt Resolution No. 2015- 108, that calls and notices the holding of an advisory election on the same date of the City's General Municipal Election, set for April 12, 2016, for the purpose of submitting to the City's qualified voters five advisory measures concerning the proposed CV Link proiect, which is a paved pathway proposed by the Coachella Valley Association of Governments ( CVAG) that will be approximately 50 miles long, accommodate pedestrians, bicycles and neighborhood vehicles that can travel up to 25 miles per hour;
5. "D. Adopt Resolution No. 2015- 109, placing a measure on the ballot of the City's General Municipal Election asking the voters: " Shall the voters of Rancho Mirage require that any amendment or repeal of Ordinance No. 1099 that prohibits Neighborhood Electric Vehicles ( NEVs) in certain areas and on certain streets within the iurisdiction of the City of Rancho Mirage require prior voter approval?"; and
6. "E. Designate the Mayor or his designee or designees on the Rancho Mirage City Council to prepare the Arguments in " Favor" of Measure 6 and the Arguments " Against Approval" of Advisory Measures 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5, on behalf of the Rancho Mirage City Council.

• "Mayor Hobart noted slight language modifications made to the proposed ordinance and resolutions following agenda distribution.
• "City Attorney Quintanilla explained NEV regulations and read the ballot measures, including revisions.
• "City Manager Bynder presented the staff report.
• "City Attorney Quintanilla clarified that NEVs and LSEVs are identically defined in all applicable codes. Golf carts are defined differently and will not be allowed on CV Link. He said that an NEV Transportation Plan cannot be permitted in any City unless approved by the City Council of the jurisdiction. In addition, the California Vehicle Code allows City's to adopt an ordinance or resolution prohibiting the use of NEVs on any street or area in the City. He stated that, per the CA Elections Code, those allowed to submit arguments include City Council or any member of the City Council authorized by the City Council, individual voters who are eligible to vote on the measures, any bonafide association of citizens, or any combination of voters or associations. The Council may submit an argument either in favor or against a measure. However, they may not submit both an argument in favor and against a specific measure.
• "Councilmember Kite asked if Council should consider adding Butler Abrams Trail to Advisory Measure 5.
• "Michael Fontana said that on a personal level he had no objection to adding Butler Abrams Trail to Measure 5.
• "MOVED/SECONDED BY HOBART/WEILL TO ADOPT RESOLUTION NO. 2015- 107, PROHIBITING LOW -SPEED VEHICLES AND NEIGHBORHOOD ELECTRIC VEHICLES IN CERTAIN AREAS AND ON CERTAIN STREETS WITHIN THE JURISDICTION OF THE CITY OF RANCHO MIRAGE, AND REVISING THE LIST OF PROHIBITED STREETS BY STRIKING RAMON ROAD AND ADDING MAGNESIA FALLS DRIVE AND JOSHUA ROAD. MOTION CARRIED 5/0.
• "MOVED/SECONDED BY HOBART/WEILL TO APPROVE ORDINANCE NO. 1099, 1ST READING, PROHIBITING LOW -SPEED VEHICLES AND NEIGHBORHOOD ELECTRIC VEHICLES IN CERTAIN AREAS AND ON CERTAIN STREETS WITHIN THE JURISDICTION OF THE CITY OF RANCHO MIRAGE, AND REVISING THE LIST OF PROHIBITED STREETS BY STRIKING RAMON ROAD AND ADDING MAGNESIA FALLS DRIVE AND JOSHUA ROAD. MOTION CARRIED 5/ 0.
• "MOVED/SECONDED BY HOBART/SMOTRICH TO ADOPT RESOLUTION NO. 2015- 108, CALLING AND NOTICING THE HOLDING OF AN ADVISORY ELECTION ON THE SAME DATE OF THE CITY OF RANCHO MIRAGE GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION FOR THE PURPOSE OF ALLOWING THE VOTERS OF RANCHO MIRAGE TO VOICE THEIR OPINIONS ON CERTAIN SUBSTANTIVE ISSUES PERTAINING TO CV LINK, INCLUDING STATED LANGUAGE MODIFICATIONS AND THE ADDITION OF BUTLER ABRAMS TRAIL TO ADVISORY MEASURE 5. MOTION CARRIED 5/ 0.
• "MOVED/SECONDED BY HOBART/TOWNSEND TO ADOPT RESOLUTION NO. 2015-109, PLACING A MEASURE ON THE BALLOT OF THE CITY OF RANCHO MIRAGE GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION ASKING THE VOTERS: " SHALL THE VOTERS OF RANCHO MIRAGE REQUIRE THAT ANY AMENDMENT OR REPEAL OF ORDINANCE NO. 1099 THAT PROHIBITS NEIGHBORHOOD ELECTRIC VEHICLES (NEVs) IN CERTAIN AREAS AND ON CERTAIN STREETS WITHIN THE JURISDICTION OF THE CITY OF RANCHO MIRAGE REQUIRE PRIOR VOTER APPROVAL?" MOTION CARRIED 5/ 0.
• "MOVED/SECONDED BY HOBART/SMOTRICH TO DESIGNATE THE MAYOR OR HIS DESIGNEE OR DESIGNEES ON THE RANCHO MIRAGE CITY COUNCIL TO PREPARE THE ARGUMENTS IN " FAVOR" OF MEASURE 6 AND THE ARGUMENTS " AGAINST APPROVAL" OF ADVISORY MEASURES 1, 2, 3, 4 AND 5, ON BEHALF OF THE RANCHO MIRAGE CITY COUNCIL. MOTION CARRIED 5/ 0."
  

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