Meetings
Basin Transit BOD meet today in Joshua Tree
At this afternoon's regular meeting of the Basin Transit Board of Directors, the board will discuss and likely approve zero-emission bus rollout plan. The board will also consider operating and capital budgets for fiscal year 2023/2024. The…
Yucca Valley Planning Commission reviewed the Land Use Development Report
Yucca Valley Town Staff got straight to the Land Development Report. Starbucks West in the Stater Bros. parking lot is working on its traffic impact analysis. Star Cafe, and Chipotle, are in the building and safety plan check process. Dominos is…
Twentynine Palms City Council talk sewer fees and 175 acre solar farm
The Twentynine Palms City Council met last night with a full agenda ranging from budgeting and downtown sewer fees to a presentation on a proposed commercial solar farm. Mayor McArthur Wright opened the busy meeting declaring that May 2023 was…
MUSD Board of Trustees held their regular 6pm meeting at Joshua Tree Elementary, beginning with the 2023 Service Awards and Retiree Ceremony
For the first hour of last night’s MUSD meeting, Board of Trustees recognized honorees of the 2023 Service Awards and Retiree Ceremony. The red-carpet event was divided into listed portions honoring 20, 25, 30, and 35 Years of MUSD staff…
Twentynine Palms City Council meets tonight (5/23) to discuss money, sewer and solar
Tonight, the Twentynine Palms City Council will gather for a public hearing and a full agenda involving city finances, sewer fees, a potential commercial solar farm, and a possible change to Vacation Home Rental insurance requirements. The…
Yucca Valley Planning Commission reviews plant permits and Land Use Development at tonight’s meeting (5/23)
The Yucca Valley Planning Commission meets tonight (May 23), and their agenda includes a lengthy consent agenda consisting of native plant permits. The Commission will also receive Land Development Update report. The meeting begins tonight at 6…
MUSD Board of Education meets tonight (5/23)
The Morongo Unified School District Board of Education holds their regularly scheduled meeting this evening at Joshua Tree Elementary. The Board is expected to consider an update to personnel policy and a number of ongoing budget issues. The…
Twentynine Palms Water District Board meets Wednesday, agenda inside (5/24)
Wednesday evening, the Twentynine Palms Water District (TPWD) Board of Directors will gather for their monthly meeting. The meeting will kick off with a presentation by TPWD employees on GIS/GEO, or geographic information systems. Next, there…
Yucca Valley Airport District special session tonight (5/22)
The Yucca Valley Airport District Board of Directors has called a special session meeting for tonight (May 22). The board will Review private line of credit as interim funding before CALTRANS loan approval, review and updated quote and start…
San Bernardino County BOS meets tomorrow (5/23), over 100 items on agenda
At tomorrow’s (May 23, 2023) 10 a.m. meeting of the county supervisors in San Bernardino, our Morongo Basin will significantly benefit from a handful of the more than one hundred actions on the agenda. On supervisor’s consent calendar a…
Joshua Basin Water District special session tomorrow (5/23)
Joshua Tree’s Joshua Basin Water District will meet in special session at 11 a.m. tomorrow (May 23, 2023). Tomorrow’s special meeting is to review, revise, and recommend adoption of a fiscal 2022/23 revised budget and 2023/24 proposed budget.…
Two Commissioners resign at last night’s Twentynine Palms Planning Commission meeting
Two members of the Twentynine Palms Planning Commission resigned at last night’s meeting. Commissioners Jason Dickson and Eileen Leslie both resigned at the start of the regularly scheduled meeting, each for their own respective reason.…
Yucca Valley Town Council adds organic recycling increase to the Property Tax Roll for 2023-2024
At last night's meeting, three new hires were introduced, Animal Shelter specialist Robert Falato, Christopher Lauer, skilled Parks maintenance worker #1, and Jesse Reyes, Skilled Facility maintenance worker #1. The Town also said Goodbye…
Wednesday Water Round-Up for 5/17
Yucca Valley’s Hi-Desert Water District board of directors meets at 4 p.m. today (May 17, 2023), while down the highway Joshua Tree’s Joshua Basin Water District’s regularly scheduled meeting is canceled. On today’s Hi-Desert Water District…
County Sheriff releases statement regarding MVCSD meeting cancellation
Listen here: This week's regularly scheduled meeting of the Morongo Valley Community Services District was cancelled on Friday (May 12) due to lack of quorum, the second monthly meeting in a row to be cancelled. A statement given by MVCSD’s…
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