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City OKs $75,000 in nonprofit grants, council approves consent items
Summary
The Twentynine Palms City Council approved the subcommittee's recommendations to allocate the city's $75,000 nonprofit grant fund for fiscal year 2025-26 and adopted the consent calendar, including three ordinance titles read aloud by the city clerk. Votes on these items were unanimous, 5-0.
The Twentynine Palms City Council on Aug. 19 approved subcommittee recommendations to distribute $75,000 in city nonprofit grants for fiscal year 2025-26 and unanimously adopted the consent calendar, council members said.
The council accepted the subcommittee's funding recommendations after a staff presentation. The subcommittee recommended the following awards from the $75,000 allocation: 29 Palms Community Food Pantry and Outreach Ministries, $32,500; ReachOut Morongo Basin, $22,500; Morongo Basin Unity Home Inc., $10,000; 29 PSP (self-help housing assistance), $3,800; Theater 29 (youth programs), $1,200; and $5,000 to the Joshua Tree National Park Council for the Arts for its annual art expo.
The city clerk read three ordinance titles during the consent-calendar portion of the meeting: (1) an ordinance adopting an amendment adding chapter 1.06 (City Seal) to the Twentynine Palms municipal code; (2) Ordinance 3-22, adopting Development Code Amendment 25-00004, establishing an Open Space Conservation zone; and (3) Ordinance 3-23, amending the zoning map to rezone assessor parcel 0614-121-15 from Single Family Residential Estate (RSE) to Commercial Tourist (C-T) and Open Space Conservation (OS-C). The consent calendar was approved by a single motion and second.
Why it matters: the grant awards direct locally held city funds toward food security, homelessness support and youth arts programming. The ordinance items on the consent calendar update the municipal code and map designations that may shape future land-use decisions.
Votes at a glance: - Subcommittee recommendations for nonprofit grant contributions: Passed 5-0. Yes: Councilmember Scott; Councilmember Wright; Councilmember Ramirez; Mayor Pro Tem Mintz; Mayor Bilderink. - Consent calendar (including reading of ordinance titles listed above): Passed 5-0. Yes: Scott; Wright; Ramirez; Mintz; Bilderink.
Speakers and presentation: a staff member introduced the subcommittee recommendations and read the list of funding requests and recommended awards. Councilmembers asked no substantive follow-up questions and the motion to adopt the subcommittee recommendations was moved and seconded before a roll-call vote was taken.
The council did not amend the subcommittee recommendations during the meeting. The city clerk noted a letter from Cindy Bernard related to a consent item will be included in the record.
The council indicated staff will proceed with notifications and next steps to distribute the awards as budgeted for fiscal year 2025-26.
