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Council approves Desert Recreation District services, tax-transfer and several agenda items including ATP amendment
Summary
The Cathedral City City Council voted unanimously to approve a services agreement with the Desert Recreation District to operate parks maintenance and recreation programming, and approved a companion tax-exchange agreement to fund the services.
The Cathedral City City Council voted unanimously to approve a services agreement with the Desert Recreation District (DRD) and a companion tax-exchange agreement that will transfer a slice of property-tax revenue and provide DRD-operated parks maintenance and community programming for city parks.
Why it matters: The agreements are intended to create a consistent parks and recreation program for Cathedral City residents, give residents in-district rates for DRD programs, and shift day-to-day park operations to the regional district while preserving the city’s capital role on larger park improvement projects.
Details of the agreements and budget effects: The total first-year contractual cost for DRD services was presented as roughly $1,798,000. Staff described matching and offsetting steps so that the net effect on the city’s general fund would be neutral: the city will transfer approximately 15% of its property tax receipts—about $1,000,000 in fiscal 2025–26—to the DRD through the tax-exchange agreement; Measure W receipts (a half-cent transaction and use…
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