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Votes at a glance: City Council actions March 27, 2025
Summary
A quick rundown of formal actions taken during the March 27 Palm Springs City Council meeting, including consent items, a historic designation and funding approvals for the Plaza Theatre rehabilitation.
The Palm Springs City Council took the following formal actions during its March 27 meeting.
1) Acceptance of the meeting agenda - Motion: Accept the agenda as published with council comments noted. - Outcome: Approved (voice vote). No roll-call individual tallies recorded in the transcript.
2) Acceptance of the consent calendar - Motion: Approve the consent calendar (items listed on the meeting agenda). - Outcome: Approved (voice vote). No roll-call individual tallies recorded in the transcript.
3) Historic designation: Garber residence (2455 Southridge Drive) - Motion: Accept staff and Historic Site Preservation Board recommendation to designate the Doctor Harry and Betty Garber residence as a Class I local historic landmark and add it to the local inventory of historic places. - Outcome: Approved (motion accepted by council during public hearing). Transcript records support for designation; no roll-call tally was printed in the minutes. - Authority referenced: Local historic designation criteria (Class I) and HSPB report.
4) Plaza Theatre rehabilitation (agenda item 3A) - Motion: Approve Amendment No. 4 to the ARG architect agreement (approx. $270,761); approve increased task order for Dudek inspections/PM (approx. $397,500); accept a $750,000 foundation advance; authorize equipment substitutions and building essentials work; appropriate additional funds (staff provided an amount in the staff report) from the deferred-maintenance internal service fund; delegate authority to the city manager to execute amendments and change orders as necessary. - Outcome: Approved (council vote in open session). Staff will apply incoming foundation payments and identified savings to reduce the net city appropriation.
Notes: The transcript recorded motions and votes in open session but did not include a detailed roll-call tally for each item. Where specific ordinance or contract numbers were not given in the staff report or the transcript, the items are recorded here using the agenda item identifiers and the amounts presented to council.
For more detail on each action (motions as read, supporting documents and staff reports) see the city's official agenda packet and the adopted minutes of March 27, 2025.
