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Residents urge council oversight of TBID, question Civitas contract and Visit29 performance

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Multiple public commenters told the Twentynine Palms City Council they lack information about the Tourism Business Improvement District (TBID), criticized a proposed Civitas contract for $24,960 and urged council oversight of TBID marketing and communications.

Several members of the public used the March 11 public-comment period to press the City Council for greater oversight of the Tourism Business Improvement District (TBID) and to question recent marketing spending and governance.

Aileen Leslie, who identified herself as a stakeholder and property owner, told the council the TBID board is seeking to change its oversight cycle to a five-year review under a "94 law" rather than the current annual review and that the board had approved a Civitas contract…

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