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Twentynine Palms' Strategic Planning: Many Needs, Little Revenue, Part 2
Community Development and Emergency Management tout accomplishments and make wishes in the second part of our on-going recap of the April 4 session
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Cindy Bernard
LAFCO COMMENTS DUE TUESDAY 9/20
Last Chance for Residents to Tell LAFCO How They Feel About Potential Takeover of Water District
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Jonathan Hume
SUPERVISOR ROWE COMES OUT SWINGING IN SUPPORT OF TPWD TAKEOVER
Politics in Play at Contentious July 20 LAFCO Meeting
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Jonathan Hume
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"SPECIAL" JULY 20TH CITY COUNCIL MEETING TACKLES THE USUAL WASTEWATER AND MORE
20 item agenda released just 2 days prior to meeting
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Cindy Bernard
DISTRICT OF THE MONTH: TWENTYNINE PALMS WATER DISTRICT
GM Matt Shragge on Conservation, Sewers, Swamp Coolers and Cannabis Grows in the Hi Desert’s Only Self-Sufficient Water District
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Jonathan Hume
IN BRIEF: CITY COUNCIL JUNE 14 MEETING
A quick selective report on major agenda items including STVHR permit fees, Luckie Park Pool and abandoned shopping carts.
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Cindy Bernard
CITY COUNCIL JUNE 14 AGENDA BURIES THE LEAD - STAFF RECOMMENDS ABANDONING TAKEOVER OF WATER DISTRICT
21 item agenda includes City Manager performance review, STVHR Permit fee increases, budget revisions, Luckie Park Pool AGAIN and....abandoned shopping…
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Cindy Bernard
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LAFCO REPORT SUPPORTS COLLABORATION -- NOT CONSOLIDATION
City's search for water savings by taking over Water District evaporates
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Jonathan Hume
DRAFT LAFCO REPORT ON CONSOLIDATING WATER DISTRICT UNDER CITY OF 29 RELEASED TO PUBLIC [UPDATED]
Report appears to favor collaboration – public comment due June 3
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Cindy Bernard
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Jonathan Hume
LAFCO DRAFT POSTPONED [UPDATED]
Report assessing City takeover of 29 Palms Water District was due March 9
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Cindy Bernard
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