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History
Tahquitz River Estates
neighbors began meeting in 2003 to identify shared
issues and concerns. Traffic calming, crime and safety,
and Tahquitz Creek Wash clean up were notable issues of
shared concern.
In 2004 an interim
advisory council was approved by residents. During 2004
the advisory council developed
by-laws
for the organization,
developed a resident database, conducted outreach, and
established a
neighborhood watch
program. The first Annual
Meeting was held on October 23,
2004.
2005 was the year
that TRENO was recognized by the City of Palm Springs as
an official neighborhood organization. Since 2003 TRENO
residents had helped to develop a City Ordinance
establishing a
Palm Springs Office of Neighborhood
Involvement (ONI). The
Ordinance was passed by the City Council on
April
12, 2005. Subsequently TRENO was granted recognized
neighborhood status and took a seat on the ONI committee
made up of representatives of all the recognized Palm
Springs neighborhood organizations.
At the November 2005
Annual Meeting, members of the
Advisory Council
presented a proposal to form a
TRENO Disaster Readiness
taskforce. Considering that an earthquake occurred the
day after a presentation on disaster preparedness at our
June meeting, residents thought this was a good idea.
The taskforce began to meet in early spring to outline
the basics of a neighborhood disaster response plan. A
household survey and Disaster Readiness Guide were
distributed to residents at the June, 2006 meeting.
In late 2005,
members of the neighborhood began working on a plan to
improve the
Tahquitz Creek Wash.
During the process, the concept of building a
bike/pedestrian path along the south side of the
Wash, and connecting paths along the
Wash to
existing city-wide paths and trails, became a major
component of the plan.
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Goals
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Building a strong
community of neighbors knowing, caring and looking
out for one another;
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Providing a forum for
goals and issues of neighborhood concern to come
forward and be acted upon in a collaborative manner;
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Developing a
collective voice to express the neighborhood’s
needs, concerns, and visions before the
City of Palm Springs.
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