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					SERVICE TO COMMUNITY CURRENTLY SERVING AS City of Palm Desert Councilman, – 25 years Mayor – served 6 terms           Member   Riverside County Transportation Commission   Commissioner Cove Community Public Safety Commission (Police and Fire)   Former Chairman   Member Commission – 24 years   Jackie Cochran Regional Airport Authority Member – 8 years   Coachella Valley Association of Governments:   Member Transportation Committee For 24 years   Palm Desert Rotary Club     Member PDRC Foundation Board     Member – 30 years   City Council Liaison to     Landscape Committee     Legislative Committee     Project Area 4 Committee     Housing Commission     Marketing Committee   Trinity Lutheran Church     Member Board of Education     Usher PREVIOUSLY SERVED AS:      Coachella Valley Association of Governments:     Chairman Transportation Study     Chairman Funding Committee     Chairman Transportation Uniform Mitigation Fee Committee     Representative to County Solid Waste Management Board   Member MRF (Material Recovery Facility) Committee   Sunline Transit Agency:     Chairman of Board. – 6 years     Board Member – 22 years     Chairman of writing the County Recycle Element Committee   Southern California Council of Governments (SCAG)      A regional Council serving a population of 15 million.      Member and President      Administrative Committee      Communications Committee   Palm Desert Rotary       Past President     Chairman of Annual Golf tournament to raise funds for       high school scholarships   Board of Directors, United Way of the Desert      Campaign Chairman   1992-93 & 1993-1994.      Palm Desert Campaign Chairman   League of California Cities   Member State Board of Directors      Board Member Riverside      County Division      Chairman Inland Empire Div.   Palm Desert Chamber of Commerce      President, Member of the Board   Trinity Lutheran Church      Elder for 21 years  HONORS:   1991 Palm Desert Rotary Club Citizen of the Year   1993 Palm Desert Chamber George V. Berkey Sr. Award   1998 Palm Desert Historical Society Clifford W. Henderson Award   1998 American Public Transportation Association State and       Local Distinguished Service Award   1999 Regional Access Project Foundation Volunteer Appreciation Award   2004 COD Outstanding Community Leader Award
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