Last night’s meeting of the Twentynine Palms City Council should have included a pitcher’s mound for the 10 organizations and projects that took turns making their pitch to receive grant funding. Reporter Heather Clisby was there…
One by one, speakers approached the lectern and made their three-minute pitch to the Twentynine Palms City Council, hoping to be included on the final recipient list for Community Development Block Grant funds.
The council heard from Reach Out Morongo Basin; 29 Palms Community Food Pantry; Caron-Saxe Foundation for Advancement of Science & the Arts; Mil-Tree Veteran Project; San Bernardino County Library; Food For Life; Morongo Basin Arch; Family Service Association; Power, Unity, Respect, Equity; and even a pitch on behalf of Project Phoenix. The list will be announced at the next Council meeting on February 11.
The council then unanimously authorized Mayor Joel Klink to send an opposition letter to the state senate regarding SB50. Designed to address the housing shortage in California, Councilman Daniel Mintz noted that the bill could potentially “erode our local control” over building and planning matters. The bill has moved out of subcommittee on to the senate floor and will be heard Monday.
At the meeting’s close, various council members noted that a utility pole for the intersection of Utah Trail and Hwy 62 has arrived so CalTrans should have the stoplight functional in a few weeks.
