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Council authorizes lease amendment to let park'support group assume Freedom Plaza lease during federal shutdowns
Summary
To keep the Joshua Tree National Park visitor center at Freedom Plaza open if park staff are unavailable, the Twentynine Palms council authorized staff to amend the 2022 lease so the Joshua Tree National Park Association can assume lease obligations during a federal shutdown. The motion passed 4'00 with one abstention.
The Twentynine Palms City Council on March 4 authorized the city manager and city attorney to amend the February 8, 2022, lease governing the Joshua Tree National Park visitor center at Freedom Plaza so the Joshua Tree National Park Association could assume the lease and operate the site in the event the National Park Service suspends visitor-center operations.
Council members were told the visitor center is operated through a partnership: park rangers provide information when available and the Joshua Tree National Park Association runs the substantial gift-store operations whose proceeds fund park projects. City staff and speakers told council concerns about federal…
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