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1.5 A copy of the signed Conditions of Approval shall be printed onto the first page of the construction drawings.

1.6 No Certificate of Occupancy shall be granted until all Conditions of Approval have been completed and approved by the Director of Community and Economic Development, Director of Engineering/Public Works, and Fire Chief unless otherwise identified herein.

1.7 Prior to the issuance of a building permit, the Lot Line Adjustment shall be recorded.

1.8 The development of the site shall conform to the Uptown Village Specific Plan, as amended by SPA Case No. 98-55-A. Where the Specific Plan is silent on development standards and regulations, the development shall comply with the ordinances, codes, regulations, policies, and development design controls pursuant to the Cathedral City Municipal Code. All conditions herein shall be met prior to the approval of the Final Parcel Map and/or issuance of a grading or building permit.

1.9 All improvements approved for construction are required to be maintained as to comply substantially with the plans approved for construction, unless modifications are approved by the Director of Community and Economic Development and the Director of Engineering/Public Works. The improvements to be maintained include, but are not limited to, site improvements: parking and walking surfaces, private drainage control facilities, fences/walls, signs, and lights; building and accessory structure improvements; paint colors and other finish materials, roofing materials, mechanical equipment, windows, trellises, canopies, all architectural features, landscaping and landscape irrigation.

1.10 The Developer shall defend, indemnify and hold harmless the City of Cathedral City, its officials, employees and agents, from and against any liability whatsoever related to the approval of this Design Review and Specific Plan Amendment and any other permits or approvals issued related to this Design Review and Specific Plan Amendment.

SECTION 2 FEES

2.1 The Developer shall pay all applicable City of Cathedral City fees, charges and other costs such as development impact fees as prescribed by City Ordinance. The applicant is hereby advised that the fees may change at the time they become due and payable, as permitted by applicable law.

2.2 Prior to the issuance of a grading or building permit, whichever comes first, the Applicant shall reimburse the City for all development entitlement costs that exceeded the initial fee deposit.

NOTICE TO APPLICANT: Pursuant to Government Code Section 66020(d)(1), the 90-day period to protest the imposition of any impact fee, dedication, reservation, or other exaction described in this document begins on the effective date of this approval and any such protest must be in a manner that complies with Section 66020(a), and failure to timely follow this procedure will bar any subsequent legal action to attack, review, set aside, void or annul imposition.

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The right to protest the fees, dedications, reservations, or other exactions does not apply to planning, zoning, grading, or other similar application processing fees or service fees in connection with this project.

It further does not apply to any fees, dedication, reservations, or exactions for which the applicant has been given a notice similar to this, nor does it revive challenges to any fees for which the Statute of Limitations has previously expired.

SECTION 3 PLANNING

3.1 Prior to any construction on site, a pre-construction meeting shall be held at the project site to include Community and Economic Development staff, the general contractor and superintendent.

3.2 If the project is proposed to be constructed in phases, a phasing plan shall be submitted for review and approval. The phasing plan shall outline the approximate construction timeline for buildings, infrastructure, landscaping, open space, common amenities, and other site improvements.

3.3 Final Specific Plan Amendment (SPA) in accordance with Section 9.60 of the Cathedral City Municipal Code (CCMC) shall be adopted by the City Council prior to the issuance of any grading or building permit, whichever comes first. a. The landscape section shall be revised to require all palm trees to have a minimum brown trunk height of nineteen feet (19’).

3.4 Development of Phase 2 may be reviewed and approved subject to administrative design review provided that site development substantially conforms to SPA 99- 55-A.

3.5 At the time that development is proposed on any portion of Phase 2, a full site plan for Phase 2 shall be submitted and all frontages along Date Palm Drive and Rosemount Road shall be improved, including landscaping in accordance with SPA 99-55-A.

3.6 All drive-through lanes shall be screened from public view along Date Palm Drive.

Screening methods may include block walls and landscape mounding and hedges.

3.7 Prior to the issuance of building permits, the site plan shall include the following:
a. The north corner of the main entrance from Date Palm Drive shall be improved with landscaping to match the south corner. This shall also be reflected in the final landscape construction plans.
b. Bike racks shall be incorporated into the parking lot. c. Project entrances from the public roadways shall be decorative for a minimum depth of twenty (20) feet to match the adjacent development.

3.8 Prior to the issuance of building permits, a Final Landscape Construction Plan, prepared by a licensed landscape architect, and signed by the local water purveyor, shall be submitted to the Planning Department for review and approval.

The Final Landscape Construction Plan shall contain the following required information:

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a. A title block with sheet number, site address and APNs, date of preparation, and name, address, and phone number of Applicant or Developer on all sheets. b. A plant landscape legend, including a specific symbol for each plant species used, size (i.e., caliper, gallon, box, or brown trunk height, and/or quantity) and whether it is deciduous or evergreen.
c. Show use of concrete mow strip between turf and other surfaces. d. Clear indication where landscaping will be used to screen mechanical, electrical, and irrigation equipment.
e. A plant landscape legend, including a specific symbol for each plant species used, size (i.e., caliper, gallon, box, or brown trunk height, and/or quantity) and whether it is deciduous or evergreen.
f. Show all location of mechanical, electrical, and irrigation equipment and landscaping that will screen from public view.
g. A detail showing planter design adjacent to walkways and driveways that is designed to prevent soil and/or decomposed granite from flowing onto walkways and driveways. There shall be a minimum two-inch vertical separation between the pavement and the soil.
h. Plant and tree installation and staking details. Plant and tree installation and staking details that require single trunk trees to be double staked and multitrunk trees to be staked appropriate to the species of tree. i. Details, specifications, and location of all pavers and decorative surface materials used on the site. Samples of crushed rock material or decomposed granite materials shall be submitted to the Planning Department for approval. j. All decorative surface materials shall be approved by the Director of Community and Economic Development before issuance of any permits. k. Landscaping and irrigation shall be provided along the street frontage. l. Landscape plans shall meet the requirements of the City of Cathedral City’s Water Efficient Landscape Ordinance.
m. All plant materials used on the project site shall be those listed in the most recent version of Coachella Valley Water District’s “Lush & Efficient Landscape Gardening in the Coachella Valley”.
n. An Irrigation Plan with equipment details.

3.9 Site landscaping shall comply with the City Design Guidelines and Water Conservation policies and rules regardless of whether the items are illustrated on Rosemount Self-Storage
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the Construction Landscape Plans, and shall comply with the landscape standards contained in SPA 98-55-A:
a. Palm trees shall have a brown trunk height of nineteen (19) feet. b. Plants and trees shall primarily consist of drought tolerant species compatible with the desert environment.
c. At least 50% of the trees shall be evergreen species. d. All trees in parking lots shall be centered between parking spaces to provide optimal shading.
e. All single trunk trees shall be double staked and multi-trunk trees shall be staked appropriate to the species of tree.
f. Arbor guards shall be installed around trees in turf areas. g. Projects located along major arterials and/or streets shall comply with the street tree requirements of the City’s Design Guidelines.
h. Planter areas shall be surrounded by a concrete mow strip or other hard surface.
i. All ground-mounted equipment, such as mechanical, electrical, and irrigation equipment (backflow preventers), shall be located within a landscape planter.

This equipment shall not be located within a turf area and shall not be visible from public view.
j. Any drain that terminates in a planter shall have a splash guard. k. All 36-inch box trees or greater shall be verified as to size by the project planner prior to being planted. It is the responsibility of the contractor and/or Applicant to make an appointment with the project planner to conduct this verification.

3.10 All landscaping shall be continuously maintained. Trees, shrubs, ground covers, etcetera, shall be watered and permanently maintained. All dead vegetation shall be removed and replaced in a timely manner.

3.11 Where landscaping is required for off-street parking areas, or in other vehicular parking areas, concrete curbing and/or bumper blocks shall be required to regulate vehicular traffic and to protect plant materials from vehicles. Such curbing height shall be at least six inches. Curbing of six inches or more shall be required where a public planter slopes toward a sidewalk and said curbing is needed to retain water. Overflow devices which drain under sidewalks may be required to assure that water does not overflow planters. In no event shall the finished grade of the irrigated planter be less than three inches below a public sidewalk and/or curb.

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3.12 The Applicant shall contact the Planning Department 90 days after issuance of a Certificate of Occupancy to arrange for a follow-up on-site inspection to ensure that all plant material is being maintained consistent with the approved Exhibit “A”.

3.13 Redwood headers are specifically prohibited from use on the project site for landscaping or as a permanent condition for other uses.

3.14 The property owner shall record a maintenance covenant over the property that guarantees the removal of weeds, dust, blowsand, and debris, and ensures that the property is maintained in a weed, dust, blowsand, and debris-free condition per the approved plans and conditions of approval.

3.15 Building and landscaping shall be maintained in a condition that substantially complies with this approval.

3.16 A final fence and wall plan shall be submitted to the Planning Department for review and approval that includes at minimum, height, color, decorative materials and location.

3.17 All lighting on site shall comply with Chapter 9.89 of the Municipal Code relative to outdoor lighting including fixtures that direct lighting downward.

3.18 An exterior Lighting Plan, that includes landscape and pedestrian lighting, shall be submitted in compliance with CCMC Section 9.89, including a photometric analysis, for review and approval prior to issuance of a building permit. The Lighting Plan shall also identify the following:
a. The type of fixtures, including height, material, and color. b. That the total height of all freestanding lighting fixtures will not exceed 18 feet. c. That all concrete fixture bases will have a decorative finish. At a minimum, a trowel finish shall be provided.
d. That the bolts connecting the light fixture to the base will be covered.

3.19 Property addresses or building identification signs shall be placed on all new and existing buildings so as to be plainly visible from the public street. Said signs shall be a minimum of 12 inches in height. Numbers shall be either internally or externally illuminated consistent with Municipal Code Section 9.02 and designed to illuminate automatically during periods of darkness.

3.20 All mechanical equipment, either roof or ground mounted, shall be screened from public view. All such equipment shall be fully screened by the roof structure, a parapet wall, appropriate ground mounted walls, berming, or landscaping. All walls shall architecturally match the building. If after construction, but prior to the issuance of a Certificate of Occupancy, it is determined by the Director of Community and Economic Development that equipment can be viewed from the public right-of-way, a plan for screening the equipment shall be submitted to the Planning Department for approval. Once approved, said screening shall be constructed prior to issuance of a Certificate of Occupancy.

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3.21 Outdoor display and storage of merchandise is strictly prohibited, unless approved in compliance with the Cathedral City Municipal Code.

3.22 Signage for the proposed project is not part of this approval and shall require a sign permit, prior to the issuance of a Certificate of Occupancy.

3.23 All signage shall comply with the approved Monument Sign Program for the project. Any deviations from the Program will require an amendment approved by the Planning Commission.

3.24 No loading or unloading shall occur within the public right-of-way, except those activities approved by the Director of Community and Economic Development or Director of Engineering/Public Works.

3.25 For each parcel that contains a building, a trash enclosure shall be provided.

3.26 Trash enclosures shall be constructed to City standard and have a decorative wall surface and a decorative cap that are consistent with the overall architecture of the project.

3.27 The trash enclosures shall accommodate an organic waste bin in compliance with SB 1383.

3.28 All breaker boxes, fire sprinkler risers, and utility conduits shall be interior to the building or within an enclosure that is integrated into the building design as approved by the Planning Department.

3.29 All roof drains and downspouts shall be on the interior of the building or within an enclosure that is integrated into the building design as approved by the Planning Department with decorative drain terminations. Exposed drainpipes are specifically prohibited.

3.30 All drain terminations shall be the Watts Drainage Product RD-940 or a product of equal value.

3.31 If during excavation, grading or construction, artifacts or other archaeological resources are discovered, all work in the immediate area of the find shall be halted and the applicant shall immediately notify the Director of Community and Economic Development. A qualified archaeologist, meeting the Secretary of the Interior’s professional qualifications standards for archaeology, shall be called to the site by, and at the expense of, the applicant to identify the find and propose mitigation if the resource is culturally significant.

3.32 The project shall comply with the following Mitigation Measures as identified in the Final Initial Study/Mitigated Negative Declaration for the project:

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BIOLOGICAL RESOURCES
BIO-1: Nesting Birds. Regardless of the time of year, nesting bird surveys shall be performed by a qualified avian biologist no more than 3 days prior to vegetation removal or ground-disturbing activities. Pre-construction surveys shall focus on both direct and indirect evidence of nesting, including nest locations and nesting behavior. The qualified avian biologist will make every effort to avoid potential nest predation as a result of survey and monitoring efforts. If active nests are found during the pre-construction nesting bird surveys, a qualified biologist shall establish an appropriate nest buffer to be marked on the ground. Nest buffers are species specific and shall be at least 300 feet for passerines and 500 feet for raptors. A smaller or larger buffer may be determined by the qualified biologist familiar with the nesting phenology of the nesting species and based on nest and buffer monitoring results. Construction activities may not occur inside the established buffers, which shall remain on-site until a qualified biologist determines the young have fledged or the nest is no longer active. Active nests and adequacy of the established buffer distance shall be monitored daily by the qualified biologist until the qualified biologist has determined the young have fledged or the Project has been completed. The qualified biologist has the authority to stop work if nesting pairs exhibit signs of disturbance.

BIO-2: Burrowing Owl Surveys. Suitable burrowing owl habitat has been confirmed on the site; therefore, focused burrowing owl surveys shall be conducted by a biologist according to the Staff Report on Burrowing Owl Mitigation (CDFG, 2012 or most recent version) prior to vegetation removal or ground-disturbing activities. If burrowing owls are detected during the focused surveys, the qualified biologist and Project proponent shall begin coordination with CDFW and USFWS immediately and shall prepare a Burrowing Owl Plan that shall be submitted to CDFW for review and approval prior to commencing Project activities. The Burrowing Owl Plan shall describe proposed avoidance, minimization, mitigation, and monitoring actions. The Burrowing Owl Plan shall include the number and location of occupied burrow sites, acres of burrowing owl habitat that will be impacted, details of site monitoring, and details on proposed buffers and other avoidance measures. If impacts to occupied burrowing owl habitat or burrow cannot be avoided, the Burrowing Owl Plan shall also describe minimization and relocation actions that will be implemented. Proposed implementation of burrow exclusion and closure should only be considered as a last resort, after all other options have been evaluated as exclusion is not in itself an avoidance, minimization, or mitigation method and has the possibility to result in take. If impacts to occupied burrows cannot be avoided, information shall be provided regarding adjacent or nearby suitable habitat available to owls along with proposed relocation actions. The Project proponent shall implement the Burrowing Owl Plan following CDFW and USFWS review and approval.

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Preconstruction burrowing owl surveys shall be conducted no less than 14 days prior to the start of Project-related activities and within 24 hours prior to ground disturbance, in accordance with the Staff Report on Burrowing Owl Mitigation (CDFG, 2012 or most recent version). Preconstruction surveys should be performed by a qualified biologist following the recommendations and guidelines provided in the Staff Report on Burrowing Owl Mitigation. If the preconstruction surveys confirm occupied burrowing owl habitat, Project activities shall be immediately halted. The qualified biologist shall coordinate with CDFW and prepare a Burrowing Owl Plan that shall be submitted to CDFW and USFWS for review and approval prior to commencing Project activities.

BIO-3: Artificial Nighttime Lighting. Throughout construction and the lifetime operations of the Project, the City of Cathedral City and Project proponent shall eliminate all nonessential lighting throughout the Project area and avoid or limit the use of artificial light at night during the hours of dawn and dusk when many wildlife species are most active. The City of Cathedral City and Project proponent shall ensure that all lighting for the Project is fully shielded, cast downward and directed away from surrounding open-space and agricultural areas, reduced in intensity to the greatest extent possible, and does not result in lighting trespass including glare into surrounding areas or upward into the night sky (see the International Dark-Sky Association standards at http://darksky.org/). The City of Cathedral City and Project proponent shall ensure use of LED lighting with a correlated color temperature of 3,000 Kelvins or less, proper disposal of hazardous waste, and recycling of lighting that contains toxic compounds with a qualified recycler.

BIO-4: Salvage of Sand-Dependent Covered Species. Prior to vegetation removal or ground-disturbing activities, the City of Cathedral City will collaborate with the Coachella Valley Conservation Commission to plan and implement a salvage of sand-dependent Covered Species within the Project site.

BIO-5: CVMSHCP Compliance. Prior to construction and issuance of any grading permit, the City of Cathedral City shall ensure compliance with the Coachella Valley Multiple Species Habitat Conservation Plan (CVMSHCP) and its associated Implementing Agreement and shall ensure the collection of payment of the CVMSHCP Local Development Mitigation Fee and transfer of revenues to the Coachella Valley Conservation Commission.

CULTURAL AND TRIBAL CULTURAL RESOURCES
CUL-1 Prior to grading disturbance activities, the City of Cathedral City Planning Department shall inform field personnel of the possibilities of a buried cultural resource find. A qualified archaeologist shall be made available by the applicant during all ground disturbing activities should any unknown cultural resource be uncovered. In addition, because the site is located within the boundaries of the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians (ACBCI) Tribe’s Traditional Use Area, all ground disturbing activities shall be monitored by a ACBCI Tribal Monitor. In the Rosemount Self-Storage
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event that field personnel encounter buried cultural materials, work in the immediate vicinity of the find shall cease and the qualified archaeologist shall be retained by the applicant to assess the significance of the find. The qualified archaeologist/Tribal monitor shall have the authority to stop or divert construction excavation as necessary. If the qualified archaeologist finds that any cultural resources found meet eligibility requirements for listing on the California Register or the National Register, plans for the treatment, evaluation and mitigation of impacts to the find shall be developed.

If it has been determined that the find, with concurrence of the archaeologist, and tribal monitor/THPO in the case of cultural resources, has significance, the final disposition of the find shall be determined with concurrence between the archaeologist, THPO (in the case of tribal cultural resources) and the City Planner.

Once the mitigation and disposition for the find has been determined, work in the vicinity of the find shall resume at the direction of the archaeologist.

CUL-2: Should human remains be discovered on site during any ground disturbance activities, further ground disturbance activities shall be halted until processes governing an accidental discovery of any human remains have been initiated in accordance with Health and Safety Code 7050.5, CEQA 15064.5(e), and Public Resources Code 5097.98

TRANSPORTATION AND TRAFFIC
TRAN-1: The Project will be conditioned to construct half-width roadway improvement along the property frontage on Rosemount Road including curb, gutter, sidewalk and paving. The proposed traffic signal at the new intersection of Date Palm Drive and Rosemount Road will be constructed by whichever project is constructed first between Date Palm Drive Mixed Use, the Wren Project, and the Vallarta Shopping Center.

SECTION 4 ENGINEERING / PUBLIC WORKS

GENERAL REQUIREMENTS

4.1 The Applicant agrees to defend, indemnify and hold harmless the City of Cathedral City (“city”), its agents, officers and employees from any claim, action or proceeding to attack, set aside, void, or annul the approval of this Design Review DR No. 23-003 (further referenced as Phase I), SPA 99-58A Planning Unit 4, Phase II (Phase II) and Entitlement Plans (Plans). The city will have sole discretion in selecting its defense counsel. The city will promptly notify the Applicant of any claim, action or proceeding and will cooperate fully in the defense.

4.2 Phase I and Phase II shall expire two years after the City Planning Commission approval date, unless granted a completed Building Permit application and/or a time extension pursuant to Cathedral City Ordinance 659; Section 3; Paragraph

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4.3 N/A.

4.4 The Phase I and Phase II will comply with all applicable terms, conditions and/or mitigation measures for the following approvals:
i. DR No. 23-003.
ii. SPA 99-58A Planning Unit 4.
iii. Cathedral City Design Guidelines.
iv. Cathedral City Water Conservation Policies and Rules. v. Cathedral City Municipal Codes and Ordinances.

In the event of any conflict(s) between the above provisions for these conditions or approvals, the Applicant will notify the Director of Public Works and/or the Director of Community and Economic Development to determine precedence.

4.5 References to:
i. Phase I by reference includes the following parcels of DR 23-003 as shown on Exhibit A as part of these Conditions of Approval:

1. APN 670-110-056.

2. APN 670-110-048.

3. APN 670-110-053.
ii. Phase II by reference includes the following parcels of SPA 99-58A Planning Unit 4, Phase II as shown on Exhibit A as part of these Conditions of Approval:

1. APN 670-110-049.

2. APN 670-110-050.

3. APN 670-110-051.

4. APN 670-110-052.
iii. Development of the first parcel within Phase I initiates all requirements outlined for Phase I in these Conditions of Approval.
iv. Development of the first parcel within Phase II initiates all requirements outlined for Phase II in these Conditions of Approval.

4.6 All conditions herein will be met prior to the Building, Grading or Encroachment Permit (Permit) issuance for the Phase I and/or Phase II or as specifically modified by item as linked to a Certificate of Occupancy (COO) issuance and/or issuance of the Permit and/or time limit from the date of either of the aforementioned COO or Permit.

4.7 References:

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i.To “approved by the city” include the following city staff to be contacted as applicable to the specific approval:

1. The Director of Public Works, or

2. The Director of Community and Economic Development, or

3. The City Engineer, or

4. Chief Building Official.
ii. To “The Intersection” defines the full four-way traffic signalized intersection and all related improvements from 10 feet prior and 10 feet beyond the south, north, west and east corner end of returns at the intersection of Date Palm Drive and Rosemount Road include all intersection, respectively; and the full median improvements, northbound to westbound and southbound to eastbound, to make “The Intersection” complete, as generally outlined in Conditions of Approval paragraph 4.39.

1. “The Intersection” includes the participation of the following properties:
a. Phase II (Rosemount Storage).
b. APN 670-110-043 (The Wren).
c. APN 678-160-022 (grocery shopping center).
iii. The “Rosemount Storage-Wren Cooperation” defines cooperative participation in the construction of the 13-ft wide and 275-foot-long (including bay taper) northbound to eastbound deceleration lane approaching the Date Palm Drive and Rosemount Road intersection; and improvements east of “The Intersection” along Rosemount Road to the Phase II’s northeast property corner.

1. The “Rosemount Storage-Wren Cooperation” includes the participation of the following properties:
a. Phase II (Rosemount Storage).
b. APN 670-110-043 (The Wren).

4.8 Prior to issuance of any grading, construction or building permit by the city, the Applicant will obtain any necessary clearances and/or permits from the following agencies, where required:
i. City of Cathedral City Fire Marshal.
ii. Cathedral City Public Works Department.
iii. Cathedral City Development Services Department.
iv. Riverside County Environmental Health Department.
v. Palm Springs Unified School District (PSUSD).
vi. Coachella Valley Water District (CVWD).
vii. Southern California Edison (SCE).
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ix. Spectrum Cable.
x. Riverside County Airport Land Use Commission (RCALUC). xi. California Regional Water Quality Control Board (CRWQCB). xii. State Water Resources Control Board.
xiii. Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).
xiv. Sunline Transit Agency (SunLine).
xv. South Coast Air Quality Management District – Coachella Valley (SCAQMD).

The Applicant is responsible for all the requirements of the permits and/or clearances from the above listed agencies. When the requirements include approval of improvement plans, the Applicant will furnish proof of such approvals when submitting those improvement plans for city approval.

4.9 Approval of Phase I and Phase II will not be construed as approval for any horizontal and/or vertical dimensions implied by any site plans or exhibits unless specifically identified in the following Conditions of Approval.

4.10 The Applicant will reimburse the city, within thirty (30) days of presentment of the invoice, all costs and actual attorney’s fees incurred by the City Attorney to prepare, review, negotiate and/or modify any documents or instruments required by these conditions and/or subsequent modification requests to these Conditions of Approval. This obligation will be paid in the time noted above without deduction or offset and the Applicant’s failure to make such payment will be a material breach of the Conditions of Approval.

4.11 The Applicant will reimburse the city, within thirty (30) days of presentment of the invoice, all cost and actual consultant’s fees incurred by the city for engineering, surveying and/or any other technical consultants to review and/or modify any documents or instruments required by these conditions and/or subsequent modification requests. This obligation will be paid in the time noted above without deduction or offset and the Applicant’s failure to make such payment will be a material breach of the Conditions of Approval.

4.12 The Applicant will reimburse the city, within thirty (30) days of presentment of the invoice, all actual costs incurred by the city for Public Works and/or Community and Economic Development Departments reviews and/or modify any documents or instruments required by these conditions and/or subsequent modification requests. This obligation will be paid in the time noted above without deduction or offset and the Applicant’s failure to make such payment will be a material breach of the Conditions of Approval.

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4.13 Prior to issuance of any permit(s), the Applicant will acquire or confer easements and other property rights necessary for the construction or proper functioning of the proposed Phase I and Phase II. Conferred rights will include irrevocable offers to dedicate or grant access easements to the city for emergency services, maintenance, construction, and reconstruction of essential improvements.

4.14 Pursuant to the condition, conferred rights will include approvals from all necessary persons or entities over easements and other property rights necessary for construction and proper functioning of the proposed Phase I and Phase II, not limited to access rights over proposed and/or existing private streets that access public streets and open space/drainage facilities of all phases of the Phase I and Phase II. Specifically:
i. If utility easements exist where the proposed Phase I and Phase II are proposed, in accordance with the provisions of the City Municipal Code and prior to Phase I and Phase II approval, these easements will either be quitclaimed or terminated by their owners, or the city will be provided with “non-interference” letters from the easement owners stating that the Applicant’s proposed Phase I and Phase II will not interfere with their easements.
ii. Immediately after entitlement of Phase II or if the entitlement of The APN 670-110-043 (The Wren) occurs first, the Owner of Record of Phase II will dedicate to the City an additional 13-feet of right of way along the Phase II’s west frontage located on the east side of Date Palm Drive to accommodate a 275-foot-long deceleration lane (including bay taper) approaching Rosemount Road as generally shown on the Phase II Plans. iii. The Owner of Record for will be responsible for blow sand, debris, trash, rubbish and deleterious material removal in all areas of the Phase I and Phase II’s parking lots and Date Palm Drive and Rosemount Drive frontage areas, including gutter pans, sidewalks, parkways, drive aisles (interior and southerly connector), entry areas and all interior areas within walled areas and all other areas outside walled areas of Phase I and Phase II. The Owner of Record will include these responsibilities in the daily maintenance of the site for perpetuity and will record a Mutual Maintenance Covenant on all Phase I and Phase II parcels. Note: If the parcels within Phases I and II are subject to CC&Rs that verify that maintenance responsibilities (as cited above) are cited and incorporated in said CC&Rs, a copy will need to be provided to the city for confirmation and approval that this Condition has been met.
iv. The Owner of Record will record a mutual drainage easement between all parcels within Phases I and II and southerly abutting APN 670-110-055, subject to the approval of the city. Note: If the parcels within Phases I Rosemount Self-Storage
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and II and the southerly abutting APN 670-110-055 are subject to CC&Rs that verify that mutual drainage (as cited above) is cited and incorporated in said CC&Rs, a copy will need to be provided to the city for confirmation and approval that this Condition has been met.
v. The Owner of Record will record a mutual access easement between all parcels within Phases I and II and southerly APNs 670-110-045 and 670- 110-055, subject to the approval of the city. Note: If the parcels within Phases I and II and southerly APNs 670-110-045 and 670-110-055 are subject to CC&Rs that verify that mutual access is cited and incorporated in said CC&Rs, a copy will need to be provided to the city for confirmation and approval that this Condition has been met.
vi. The Owner of Record will record a mutual parking easement between all parcels within Phases I and II and southerly APNs 670-110-045 and 670- 110-055, subject to the approval of the city. Note: If all parcels within Phases I and II and southerly APNs 670-110-045 and 670-110-055 are subject to CC&Rs that verify that mutual parking is cited and incorporated in said CC&Rs, a copy will need to be provided to the city for confirmation and approval that this Condition has been met.
vii. The Owner of Record of Phase I and Phase II will offer dedication to the city those easements necessary for access to drainage facilities and basins and execute and record separate Drainage System and Basin Covenants with the city prior to issuance of the first COO. viii. The Owner of Record and Applicant will improve, maintain and keep clear the current 49-foot access easement to the Heritage Park complex east and abutting Phase I and Phase II which said access road bisects the north property lines of APNS 670-110-048, 670-110-053 and the south property lines of APNs 670-110-049, 670-110-052 from Date Palm Drive to APN 670-110-034 respecting the easement in favor of A.W.W. L.L.C. for road access with the right of ingress and egress and public utility and incidental purposes, recorded October 25, 2002 as Instrument No. 2002- 605549.
ix. All references in these Conditions of Approval do not reflect the Notice of Approval of Lot Merger and Lot Line Adjustment No. 2024-548 recorded May 25, 2024. For entitlement purposes references to the old parcel APNs do not materially change the Applicant’s obligations required within these Conditions of Approval for Phase I and Phase II.

4.15 Right of way dedications may include additional widths as necessary for dedicated right and left turn lanes, bus turnouts, parking, gated entry areas and other features contained in the proposed Phase I and Phase II.

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4.16 The Applicant will retain for private use the Phase I and Phase II parking lots, alleys, access ways, entry areas and rights of way in conformance with the Cathedral City General Plan, Municipal Code and/or as required by the city.

4.17 When the city determines that access rights to a proposed street right-of-way shown on Phase I and Phase IIare necessary prior to the issuance of the COO, the Owner of Record will grant the necessary rights-of-way within 60 days of a written request by the city.

4.18 Where applicable, where public facilities (e.g. sidewalks) are placed on privately owned setbacks, the Owner of Record shall offer for dedication blanket easements for those purposes by separate instrument prior to the issuance of the first COO.

4.19 For drainage facilities and basins, the Owner of Record will provide the city those easements necessary for access to drainage facilities and basins within Phase I and Phase II. The Owner of Record is also required to execute and record a separate Drainage System and Basin Covenant with the city prior to issuance of the Grading Permit

4.20 The Applicant shall cause all missing property corners and survey monuments within the boundaries of Phase I and Phase IIto be set and file the required Record of Survey prior to the issuance of the COO as cited in Condition 4.69 of these Conditions of Approval.

4.21 The Applicant will furnish proof of easements, or written permission, as appropriate, from those owners of all abutting properties on which, and not limited to, grading, wall construction, retaining wall construction, permanent slopes, street improvements, sidewalks, driveways, utility relocations, other encroachments and other construction activities will occur.
i. Further, all abutting properties disturbed by the Applicants, and not limited to, grading, wall construction, retaining wall construction, permanent slopes, street improvements, sidewalks, driveways, utility relocations, other encroachments and other construction activities performed by the Applicant, will be restored to original and/or improved conditions subject to city inspection.

4.22 The Applicant shall cause no easement to be granted, or recorded, over any portion of the subject property between the date of approval of Phase I and Phase II and the date of issuance of the first COO, unless such easement is approved by the city.

4.23 The Applicant will be responsible for the vacation, quitclaim or granting of easements that address changes in the existing easements over the proposed Rosemount Self-Storage
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Phase I and Phase II that may be affected by proposed improvements. Pursuant to this Condition, the Applicant will apply to the city for any street vacation request of public right-of-way and/or utility easements. The Applicant must provide all applicable exhibits and legal descriptions and perform all necessary abandonments or relocation of easements and/or facilities as required by all affected utility purveyors over the public rights-of-way and/or utility easements.

Typically, the right-of-way vacation process may take up to three (3) months to complete.

PHASE I, SWPPP, STORMWATER AND NPDES REQUIREMENTS

4.24 The Applicant, where applicable, will be responsible for completing all Phase I and Phase II approved Phase I Study, city, Riverside County and Riverside County Department of Environmental Health requirements, respectively. Proof of compliance will be submitted to the city before issuance of any permit for the Phase I and Phase II.

4.25 Coverage under the State of California Construction General Permit must be obtained by the Applicant, who then will submit a copy of the Regional Water Quality Control Board’s (“RWQCB”) acknowledgement of the applicant’s Notice of Intent (“NOI”) and Waste Discharge Identification (“WDID”) number to the city prior to the issuance of a grading or building permit.

Prior to construction, during construction and up to Phase I and Phase II acceptance, the Applicant will comply with applicable provisions of the city’s NPDES Stormwater Discharge Permit and Riverside County Ordinance No. 457; the California Regional Water Quality Control Board – Colorado River Basin Regional Board Order No. R7-2013-0011 and the State Water Resources Control Board’s Order No. 2009-009-DWQ, Order No. 2010-0014-DWQ and Order No. 2012-0006-DWQ.
i. For construction activities including clearing, grading or excavation of land that disturbs one (1) acre or more of land, or that disturbs less than one (1) acre of land, but which is a part of a construction project that encompasses more than one (1) acre of land, the Applicant (“Permitee”) will be required to submit a Storm Water Pollution Protection Plan (“SWPPP”) to the State Water Resources Control Board (“SWRCB”). ii. The Applicant or design professional can obtain the California Stormwater Quality Association SWPPP template at
www.cabmphandbooks.com for use in their SWPPP preparation. iii. Prior to the Applicant submitting the SWPPP to the SWRCB, the Applicant will submit a copy of the SWPPP to the city for review. iv. The Applicant will deliver a complete copy of the State Water Resources Control Board approved SWPPP to the city prior to issuance of the Grading Permit for city records.

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v. The Applicant will ensure that the required SWPPP is always available for inspection on the project site through and including acceptance of all improvements by the city.
vi. The Applicant’s SWPPP will include provisions for all of the following Best Management Practices (“BMPs”), but not limited to:

1. Temporary soil stabilization (erosion control).

2. Temporary sediment control.

3. Wind erosion control.

4. Track out control.

5. Non-storm water management.

6. Waste management and materials pollution control.

7. Retention and infiltration basins management.
vii. All erosion and sediment control BMPs proposed by the Applicant will be approved by the city prior to implementation.
viii. All erosion control BMPs will remain in effect for the entire duration of project construction until all improvements are completed and accepted by the city.
ix. The SWPPP will remain in effect for the entire duration of project construction until all improvements are completed and accepted by the city.

4.26 The Applicant’s Phase I and Phase II wind and erosion control plans (separate plans) will include provisions for all of the above cited Best Management Practices (“BMPs”).

4.27 This Phase I and Phase II will comply with the Cathedral City Floodplain Management Ordinance §8.24.

4.28 The Applicant will design and construct facilities to capture all onsite nuisance and stormwater, with breakout facilities, within the paved and landscaped areas of Phase I and Phase II, per Cathedral City Municipal Code §8.24 requirements and other conditions generally shown on the Phase I and Phase II’s Plans and submitted in the Phase I and Phase II’s Preliminary Hydrology Reports.

4.29 Final stormwater handling will conform to a final approved Hydrology Studies for Phase I and Phase II. The design of the Project will not cause any increase in flood boundaries, levels, or frequencies in any area outside Phase I and Phase II.

4.30 Stormwater and nuisance water (drainage) for Phase I and Phase II will be retained on site and will be disposed of in an approved manner. Nuisance water shall be disposed of via on-site storm drains, catch basins, underground percolation piping, retention basin(s) and/or a combination of the aforementioned (as generally shown on the Phase I and Phase II’s Plans) as approved by the city.

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All retention systems shall be designed for full containment of the 100 year-3- hour storm event. All infiltration rates used in calculations for said retention basins or underground systems will conform to the Phase I and Phase II’s Geotechnical Infiltration Reports or no more than 2-inches per hour (2.0”/hr.), whichever is less. All proposed infiltration locations will be at the proposed bottom of retention basin and/or underground retention system elevation.

The minimum precipitation frequency rate utilized for the 100 year-3-hour storm event shall be at the current rate published by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and RCFCD and approved by the city. All flows for the proposed drainage system (catch basins, piping, etc.) will be calculated utilizing the largest flow rate of the 100-year storm event (1 - hour, 3 - hour, 6 - hour or 24 - hour).

4.31 Stormwater and nuisance water (drainage) will be disposed of via on-site storm drains, new and existing catch basins, underground percolation piping chambers, dry wells and retention basin(s) as approved by the city.

4.32 Storm water drainage historically received from adjoining properties will be received and retained and/or passed though into the historic downstream drainage relief route.

4.33 The Applicant will comply with applicable provisions for post construction runoff per the Cathedral City’s NPDES Stormwater Discharge Permit; Riverside County Ordinance No. 457; the Californian Regional Water Quality Control Board – Colorado River Basin (CRWQCB-CRB) Regional Board Order No. R7-2013-0011 and the State Water Resources Control Board’s Order No. 2010-0014-DWQ and Order No. 2012-0006-DWQ.
i. For post-construction, urban runoff from New Development and Redevelopment Projects, the Applicant will implement requirements of the NPDES permit for the design, construction and the covenants for the perpetual operation and maintenance of BMPs per the approved revised/updated Water Quality Management Plan (WQMP) for the project as require by the California Regional Water Quality Control Board – Colorado River Basin (CWQRCB- CRB) Region Board Order No. R7- 2013-0011.
ii. The Applicant will implement the revised/updated WQMP Design Standards per (CRWQCB-CRB) Region Board Order No. R7-2013-0011 utilizing BMPS approved by the city.
iii. The Owner of Record will execute and record a Water Quality Management Plan and Urban Runoff Best Management Practices Transfer, Access and Maintenance Covenant with the city (as part of the Rosemount Self-Storage
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WQMP) on Phase I and Phase IIprior to the issuance of a first COO of each phase.

4.34 Open retention/infiltration basins will be designed as follows:
i. The minimum slopes accepted without security fencing will be 3:1. ii. Slopes will be lined with 3-inch to 6-inch angular rock over weed block. iii. The bottom will not be rock lined or landscaped.
iv. Landscaping will be allowed on the top bench.
v. A maintenance access route to the bottom of the retention basin will be provided.
vi. A basin elevation monument will be installed at the bottom of each retention basin and visible when driving by.

4.35 Underground storage basins will be designed as follows:
i. Storage capacity will be calculated from the open internal capacity of the pipe and/or chamber.
ii. Rock and gravel bedding material in the foundation, haunch zone, side and top areas will not be included in the storage capacity area. iii. Pipe material and bedding will be shown on the engineering Plans subject to approval by the city.
iv. All chambers will have accessible ports for maintenance subject to approval by the city.

OFFSITE PUBLIC ROADWAYS

4.36 All traffic impacts and mitigations will be in conformance to the city accepted “Date Palm Drive Mixed Use Transportation Analysis” prepared by Integrated Engineering Group, June 2024.

4.37 Date Palm Drive information – a General Plan designated Arterial Highway (A) roadway is to be designed to a minimum of 126 foot wide right of way to right of way (63 feet wide half right of way) and a curb-to-curb width of 94 feet (47-foot half street).
i. Date Palm Drive is currently constructed with a centerline of improvements to east curb width of 43 feet wide.

1. In Phase I, the Applicant will widen Date Palm Drive from the centerline of improvements to the east curb to a width of 47 feet (4 feet widening). The street widening will be completed with curb, gutter and 8-foot-wide sidewalk to be shown on the engineering Plans.

2. In Phase II, the Applicant will widen Date Palm Drive from the centerline of improvements to the east curb to a width of 47 feet (4 Rosemount Self-Storage
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feet widening). The street widening will be completed with curb, gutter and 8-foot-wide sidewalk to be shown on the engineering Plans.

3. In Phase II, the Applicant will widen Date Palm Drive 60 feet from the centerline of improvements to the east curb in the areas of the 13- foot-wide and 275-foot-long (including the bay taper and storage) Rosemount Road approach deceleration lane completed with curb and gutter to be shown on the engineering Plans. Note: these improvements are subject to the fair share reimbursement described in the Rosemount Storage-Wren Cooperation” section of these Conditions of Approval.
ii. There will be “no parking” allowed on Date Palm Drive frontage. iii. An 8-foot-wide curb adjacent sidewalk on Phase I and Phase II’s Date Palm Drive frontage will be constructed connecting to existing sidewalks north and south of Phase I and Phase II.
iv. The Applicant will design and construct the following public street corner Phase I improvements at the Phase I and Phase II’s mid access driveway:

1. Remove and replace the existing corner, cross gutter, spandrel and ADA corner ramp at Phase I’s northwest corner at the intersection of Date Palm Drive and Phase I and Phase II’s mid access driveway with new city approved street corner, cross gutter, spandrel and ADA corner ramp to be shown on the Phase I Plans as approved by the city.

2. Complete all respective corner improvements at Phase I’s northwest corner to transition to the existing Phase II southwest corner cross gutter and spandrel improvements at the Phase I and Phase II’s Date Palm Drive mid access driveway as approved by the city. v. The Applicant will design and construct the following public street corner Phase II improvements at the Phase I and Phase II mid access driveway:

1. Remove and replace the existing corner, cross gutter, spandrel and ADA corner ramp at the Phase II’s southwest corner at the intersection of Date Palm Drive and the Phase I and Phase II’s mid access driveway with new city approved street corner, cross gutter, spandrel and ADA corner ramp to be shown on the Phase II Plans as approved by the city.

2. Complete all respective corner improvements at the Phase II southwest corner to transition to the existing Phase I northwest corner cross gutter and spandrel improvements at the Phase II southwest intersection of Date Palm Drive and Phase I and Phase II’s mid access driveway as approved by the city.

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vi. The Applicant will design and construct the following public street corner Phase II improvements at the Date Palm Drive and Rosemount Road intersection:

1. Remove and replace the existing corner, cross gutter, spandrel and ADA corner ramp at Phase II’s northwest corner at the southeast corner of the intersection of Date Palm Drive and Rosemount Road with new city approved street corner, cross gutter, spandrel and ADA corner ramp to be shown on the Phase II Plans as approved by the city.

2. If Phase II is developed prior to the development of northly abutting APN 670-110-043 (The Wren), the Applicant will remove and replace the existing corner, cross gutter, spandrel and ADA corner ramp at the northeast corner of the intersection of Date Palm Drive and the Rosemount Road with new city approved street corner, cross gutter, spandrel and ADA corner ramp to be shown on the Phase II’s Plans as approved by the city. Note: these improvements are subject to the fair share reimbursement described in “The Intersection” in these Conditions of Approval Section 4.39.

4.38 Rosemount Road information – a General Plan designated Residential Collector roadway is to be designed to a minimum of 60 foot wide right of way to right of way (30 feet wide half right of way) and a curb-to-curb width of 50 and 40 feet (25- and 20-foot half street, respectively).
i. Rosemount Road is currently unimproved along the Applicant’s Phase II northern frontage.

1. In Phase II, the Applicant will construct full frontage improvements on Phase II’s northern frontage (south side of Rosemount Road) to include curb, gutter and 5-foot-wide sidewalk.

2. In Phase II, the Applicant will construct an approximately 40-footwide commercial access driveway along the Phase II’s northern frontage, with the centerline generally lining up with the future northerly abutting APN 670-110-043 (The Wren) main entrance driveway. with the final width and location subject to city approval.

3. In Phase II, the Applicant will construct one of the following:
a. If Phase II is developed after the development of northerly abutting APN 670-110-043 (The Wren), the Applicant will construct a.c. pavement improvements of a width necessary to complete Rosemount Road frontage improvements from
”The Intersection” to the east existing curb and gutter improvements at the northeastern corner of Phase II subject to the approval of the city. Note: these improvements are subject to the fair share reimbursement described in the Rosemount Storage-Wren Cooperation” section in these
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b. If Phase II is developed prior to the development of northly abutting APN 670-110-043 (The Wren), the Applicant of
Phase II will construct a.c. pavement improvements 48 feet wide from the Phase II Rosemount Road south frontage
improvements (curb, gutter and sidewalk) starting from the Date Palm Drive and Rosemount Road intersection cross
gutter to the Phase II north frontage Rosemount Road access driveway then tapering easterly to 38 feet wide to the Phase II eastern property line connecting to the existing curb and gutter improvements to the east subject to the approval of the city. All a.c. paving work northerly of the Rosemount Road centerline will be subject to the “Rosemount Storage-Wren Cooperation” described in the “Rosemount Storage-Wren
Cooperation” section in these Conditions of Approval
paragraph 4.38.iv. below. .
ii. There will be “no parking” allowed on Rosemount Road frontage. iii. A 5-foot-wide curb adjacent sidewalk on the Phase II Rosemount Road frontage will be constructed connecting to existing sidewalks west and east of Phase II.
iv. “Rosemount Storage-Wren Cooperation” is the cooperative participation in the construction of Rosemount Road east of “The Intersection” cited in Conditions of Approval 4.39.

1. If Phase II Rosemount Road required improvements are constructed prior to the northly abutting APN 670-110-043 (The Wren) improvements along the same Rosemount Road frontage, all work north of the centerline of improvements along the Phase II’s west to east frontage will be subject to 50% fair share cost reimbursement from the northly abutting APN 670-110-043 (The Wren) to Phase II, after APN 670-110-043 (The Wren)’s entitlement and prior to the issuance of the APN 670-110-043 (The Wren)’s first permit, respectively.

2. If Phase II required Rosemount Road frontage improvements are completed after the northly abutting APN 670-110-043 (The Wren) frontage improvements have been fully constructed, all work north of the centerline of improvements along the Phase II’s frontage west to east will be subject to 50% fair share cost reimbursement to the northly abutting APN 670-110-043 (The Wren) prior to the Phase II’s first Permit.

3. In Phase II, if the Applicant constructs the 13-foot-wide and 275-footlong (including the bay taper and storage) Rosemount Road approach deceleration lane completed with curb and gutter prior to Rosemount Self-Storage
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the northly abutting APN 670-110-043 (The Wren) construction of the same, the northly abutting APN 670-110-043 (The Wren) will reimburse Phase II its 50% fair share cost reimbursement prior to the issuance of the first Permit.

4. In Phase II, if the northerly abutting APN 670-110-043 (Wren) constructs the 13-foot-wide and 275-foot-long (including the bay taper and storage) Rosemount Road approach deceleration lane completed with curb and gutter prior to the Phase II construction of the same, Phase II will reimburse APN 670-110-043 (The Wren) its 50% fair share cost reimbursement prior to the issuance of the first Permit.

TRAFFIC SIGNALS

4.39 The Applicant shall complete and/or participate in the following traffic signal installation project to conform to the requirements of the Phase I and Phase II’s Traffic Study (Date Palm Drive Mixed Use Transportation Analysis), dated June 2024, prepared by Integrated Engineering Corp) and/or requirements of Phase I and Phase II.
i. A full four-way traffic signalized intersection and all related appurtenances at the intersection of Rosemount Road and Date Palm Drive (“The Intersection”) will be required when the first entitled applicant of either Phase II (Rosemount Storage), APN 670-110-043 (The Wren) or APN 678-160-022 (grocery shopping center) initiates development construction within each respective entitled project. The first entitled applicant will be required, and not limited to:
ii. Design and construct a four-way traffic signal intersection at the intersection of Date Palm Drive and Rosemount Road to provide full left and right turn vehicle movements for north, south, east and west bound vehicle movements constructed to city standards along Date Palm Drive complete with, and not limited to:

1. Traffic signal poles, signal heads, cabinets, city standardized traffic signal operating equipment within the cabinet, traffic safety lights, street name signs, preemption equipment, video and radar detection equipment, pedestrian heads and call buttons.

2. Curb, gutter, spandrels, intersection paving, ADA compliant corner ramps, crosswalks, signage, pedestrian heads and call buttons at all four corners.

3. Full median modifications to provide for 12 to 13 feet wide vehicle left turn pockets for vehicles moving north to west and for vehicles moving south to east with bay taper and storage lengths to be determined by each entitled applicant’s city approved traffic study.

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Median improvements include, and are lot limited to, landscaping, lighting and irrigation.

4. 5. Intersection preparation, backfill compaction, 150-foot concrete intersection approaches, nuisance and stormwater spandrels, cross gutters, and conduits (for both current and future use) for signal and fiber conductors.

6. Coordinate all traffic signal engineering, signal retiming and synchronization coordination modifications in conjunction with the Coachella Valley Association of Government’s (CVAG) CV Sync program.

7. Note:
a. The 13-foot-wide deceleration lanes to provide for vehicles moving north to east will be constructed by the Phase II and APN 670-110-043 (The Wren) and are not subject to “The
Intersection” improvements. The 13-foot-wide deceleration lanes to provide for vehicles moving north to east is cited in the “Rosemount Storage-Wren Cooperation” as cited in
Conditions of Approval paragraph 4.38.iv.3 and .4
b. The 13-foot-wide deceleration lanes to provide for vehicles moving south to west will be constructed by APN 678-160- 022 (grocery shopping center) and not subject to “The
Intersection” improvements.
iii. Per the Phase I and Phase II’s Traffic Study, page iii, Table ES-1, a fair share cost participation analysis was determined for all three applicants that abut “The Intersection.” The participation percentages for payment of all cost related to the design and construction of “The Intersection” are as follows:
a. Phase II (Rosemount Storage) = 16.29%
b. APN 670-110-043 (The Wren) (The Wren) =

13.43%
c. APN 678-160-022 (grocery shopping center) = 70.29%
iv. The first entitled applicant initiating design and construction of “The Intersection”, will be required to provide:

1. The city with the estimated cost of the design of “The Intersection” prior to final “The Intersection” plans approval for bond amount verification.

2. Upon completion of the design of “The Intersection” the Applicant will provide the city with proof of expenditures or applicable reimbursement agreement for bond amount verification.

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3. The city with the estimated cost of construction of “The Intersection” prior to city approved final “The Intersection” plans approval for bond amount verification.

4. The city the cost proposal of the actual contractor constructing “The Intersection” for bond amount verification.

5. Upon completion of the construction of “The Intersection” the Applicant will provide the city with proof of expenditures or applicable reimbursement agreement in order that the city can provide the required fair share participation amount to the other aforementioned applicants.

6. The fair share cost reimbursements for the design and construction of “The Intersection” will be paid by the subsequent applicants prior to the issuance of each respective Applicant’s first Permit. v. Note: The city is not obligated, nor required to pay for the fair share cost reimbursable improvements. The city will only provide assistance for each entitled applicant to provide the fair share payment amount and confirmation of reimbursement, as applicable, from the other applicants. vi. If the aforementioned proposed developments do not move forward, the entitlement participation obligations outlined herein will be passed on to the next applicant of the respective property.
vii. Note: Phase I is not required to initiate the construction of or contribute toward the fair share of “The Intersection” or “Rosemount Storage-Wren Cooperation.”.

ONSITE PRIVATE ROADWAYS

4.40 The Applicant will design and construct the following Phase I private street improvements within the Phase I to be retained for private use:
i. Phase I - The Applicant will construct full 34-foot-wide onsite private access driveway improvements along the rear drive aisle abutting the east boundary of Phase I APN 670-110-053 from north to south providing connection to the adjacent APN 670-110-034 private drive entrance, as generally shown on the Phase I’s plans, and subject to approval by the city. Full onside private access driveway improvements include, and not limited to:

1. Installation of a.c. pavement, curb, gutter, striping and signage, storm drain inlets and piping, lighting, and other necessary appurtenances to make the access driveways complete.
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ii. Phase I – The Applicant will construct full 40-foot-wide onsite private access driveway improvements along the north portions of Phase I APNs 670-110-048 and 670-110-053 from east to west providing access from the Phase I mid access driveway at Date Palm Drive to the east boundary of Phase I, as generally shown on Phase I’s plans, and subject to approval by the city. Full onside private access driveway improvements include, and not limited to:

1. Installation of a.c. pavement, curb, gutter, striping and signage, storm drain inlets and piping, lighting, and other necessary appurtenances to make the access driveways complete...
iii. Phase I – The Applicant will construct full width onsite private drive aisles and parking lots within Phase I APNs 670-110-048 and 670-110-056 providing private internal drive aisle access and parking, as generally shown on Phase I’s plans, and subject to approval by the city. Full onsite private drive aisle and parking lots improvements include, and not limited to:

1. Installation of a.c. pavement, curb, gutter, striping and signage, storm drain inlets and piping, lighting, underground stormwater storage systems, and other necessary appurtenances to make the drive aisles complete.
iv. The private access driveways, parking lot collecting drive aisles and parking spaces will provide ingress, egress and parking for customers, employees, suppliers and service vehicles.
v. Stormwater collection on the Phase I and Phase II drive aisles and parking lots will be via surface sheet flow to A-6 gutter pan areas and inlet drains constructed to transport water to the Phase I and Phase II’s underground retention/infiltration storage basins as generally shown on the Phase I and Phase II’s Plans.

4.41 The Applicant will design and construct the following Phase II private street improvements to be retained for private use:
i. Phase II - The Applicant will construct full width onsite private access drive aisle improvements from south to north from the southerly Phase I private access improvements to the northmost Rosemount Road driveway access providing access connection to Phase I parcels and APNs 670- 110-049, 670-110-050, 670-110-051 and 670-110-052 to be shown on engineering Plans, and subject to approval by the city. Full onside private access driveway improvements include, and not limited to:

1. Installation of a.c. pavement, curb, gutter, striping and signage, storm drain inlets and piping, lighting, and other necessary appurtenances to make the access drive aisles complete.

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ii. Phase II – The Applicant will construct full width onsite parking lot improvements within Phase II APNs 670-110-049, 670-110-050, 670-110- 051 and 670-110-052 providing private internal parking, to be shown on Phase II’s plans, and subject to approval by the city. Full onsite private parking lots improvements include, and not limited to:

1. Installation of a.c. pavement, curb, gutter, striping and signage, storm drain inlets and piping, lighting, underground stormwater storage systems, and other necessary appurtenances to make the parking lots complete.
iii. The private access driveway, parking lot collecting drive aisles and parking spaces will provide ingress, egress and parking for customers, employees, suppliers and service vehicles.
iv. Stormwater collection on Phase II’s drive aisles and parking lots will be via surface sheet flow to A-6 gutter pan areas and inlet drains constructed to transport water to the Phase II underground retention/infiltration storage basins to be shown on the Phase II engineering Plans

SPECIFIC DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION

4.42 The Applicant will design and construct the Phase I and Phase II’s public or private roadways corresponding to the following standards:
i. Pavement:

1. The Applicant will design public or private street pavement sections using Caltrans’s design procedure for 20-year life pavement, and the site-specific data for soil strength and anticipated traffic loading (including construction traffic). Minimum structural sections, with asphalt placed in two lifts will be:
a. Date Palm Drive:
i. 5.5” a.c. over 6.5” class II base with 12” at 95%
compaction; or,
ii. 1” over existing, whichever is greater.
iii. Grind and overlay existing Date Palm Drive a.c. a
minimum of 1½ - inch as needed to create a 2%
crossfall to meet new a.c. placed adjacent the new curb and gutter cited in the Condition above to be shown on
the engineering Plans and approved by the city.
b. Rosemount Drive:
i. 4.0” a.c. over 5.0” class II base with 12” at 95%
compaction
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c. Onsite driveways, drive aisles and parking lots will be as follows:
i. 3.0” a.c. over 4.5” class II base with 12” at 95%
compaction; or,
ii. 6.0” Portland Cement Concrete (PCC) with steel mesh over 4.5” class II base with 12” at 95% compaction.
ii. Sidewalks:

1. The Applicant will construct curb adjacent concrete sidewalks or noncurb adjacent concrete sidewalks as generally shown on the Phase I and Phase II’s Plans in conformance with ADA requirements using RC Std. 401. Sidewalk width shall be as follows:
a. Date Palm Drive: 8-feet-wide.
b. Rosemount Drive: 5-feet-wide.
iii. Curbs and Gutters:

1. The Applicant will construct curbs and related appurtenances in accordance with (as applicable):
a. RC Std. 200 Type A-6 Curb and Gutter (6” curb face); or, b. RC Std. 200 Type A-8 Curb and Gutter (8” curb face); or, c. RC Std. 204 Type “D” Curb (6” curb face).
d. On public streets where no parking is allowed the street will be posted with “NO PARKING” signs at locations approved by the city.
e. On private streets and/or drive aisles where no parking is allowed, the street curbing and/or pavement will be painted red with white stenciling of “NO PARKING FIRE LANE.”
f. Curbs will be constructed to convey water without ponding and provide lateral containment of dust and residue during street sweeping operations.
iv. Cross Gutters and Spandrels:

1. RC Std. 209 Cross Gutter and Spandrel.

2. RC Std. 210 Cross Gutter and Spandrel with Splash Area. v. Dead Ends:

1. Whether interim of permanent, the “Dead End” on private drive aisles will incorporate signing, striping and/or improvements to minimize turning conflicts to be approved by the city.
vi. Corner Curve Radii:

1. The Applicant will construct corners with the following curve radii criteria:

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a. Onsite driveways within Phase I and Phase II: 25-foot to 35- foot, and/or radii as generally shown on the Applicant’s Plans.
b. Entryway streets from public streets connecting Phase I and Phase II: minimum 25 to 35-foot radii to be shown on the Phase I and Phase II Plans to be approved by the city.
vii. ADA Ramps:

1. The Applicant will construct ADA ramps in conformance with Caltrans A88A Standards using the appropriate Case or Detail on and offsite of Phase I and Phase II.
viii. Connectivity:

1. The Applicant will ensure that the Phase I and Phase II infrastructure is built with connectivity to the north, south, west, or east with roadways, drainage facilities, sidewalks, ADA paths of travel, utilities and all other infrastructure necessary for completing the Phase I and Phase II.
ix. Line of Sights:

1. The Applicant will remove/relocate and/or reconstruct all existing landscaping, monuments and/or structures that the city determines to impair vehicle, bicycle and/or pedestrian line-of-sights along all the frontages associated with Phase I and Phase II.

GENERAL DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION

4.43 The Applicant will construct all streets, parking areas, drive aisles, curbs and gutters, sidewalks, and driveways to uniformly connect to existing adjacent public and/or private improvements within and adjacent Phase I and Phase II.

4.44 The Applicant will construct all appurtenant roadway components such as, but not limited to, curb, gutter, sidewalk, ADA ramps, traffic control striping, legends, traffic control signs and street name signs in accordance with city and MUTCD standards.

4.45 The Applicant will construct and dedicate streets and related street improvements to conform to the General Plan and/or requirements of the Phase I and Phase II Traffic Study.

4.46 The Applicant will construct full crowned street improvements and coordinate all public and private roadway improvements, driveway transitions, relocation of fire hydrants, water meters, storm drains, and all other appurtenances as required.

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4.47 Right-of-Way geometry for property line corner cutbacks at curb returns will conform to RC Std. 805.

4.48 Improvements will be designed and constructed in accordance with city adopted standards, supplemental drawings, and specifications.

4.49 All public and private improvements will be subject to city requirements and inspection during construction.

4.50 The city will conduct final inspections of building structures when the building structures have improved street and sidewalk access to publicly maintained streets. The improvements will include the required traffic control devices, pavement markings, ADA improvements and street name signs.

4.51 The Applicant will complete the final onsite pavement lifts prior to the first COO of Phase I and Phase II, respectively.

STREET LIGHTS

4.52 The Applicant shall coordinate and pay all cost necessary for the installation of the below detailed City and Southern California Edison (SCE) approved LED street light with SCE and to take over all related expenses, including the monthly electrical expense for the street lights installed prior to the issuance of the first COO of Phase I and Phase II, respectively. The Applicant shall execute a Street Light Covenant and be reviewed and approved by the Director of Engineering/Public Works prior to recordation.
i. Phase I - Install one (1) 76 equivalent LED wattage LED street light per city, Riverside County and SCE standards along the Phase I Date Palm Drive frontage approximately 400 feet north of McCallum Way at the southwest corner of Phase I, with the final location to be approved by the city prior to the issuance of the first COO of Phase I. ii. Phase II – Install (2) 76 equivalent LED wattage LED street lights per city, Riverside County and SCE standards along the Phase II Date Pam Drive frontage approximately 800 feet and 1200 feet, respectfully, north of McCallum Way, with the final locations to be approved by the city prior to the issuance of the first COO of Phase II.
iii. Phase II - Install (1) 29 equivalent LED wattage LED street light per city, Riverside County and SCE standards along the Phase II north Rosemount Road frontage approximately 200 feet east of Date Palm Drive, with the final location to be approved by the city prior to the issuance of the first COO of Phase II.

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OVERHEAD AND OTHER UTILITIES

4.53 Where applicable, the Applicant will coordinate and pay all cost necessary for the undergrounding and removal of all, and not limited to, aerial wires, power lines, telephone wires, cable lines, communication equipment, pole under burden and respective poles that are within Phase I and Phase II prior to the issuance of the first COO of Phase I and Phase II, respectively.
i. Where existing overhead utilities exist, the Applicant will seek a concurrence from the city on which lines are and/or are not subject to undergrounding per Cathedral City Municipal Code §8.30.050, after which, the Applicant will coordinate all undergrounding of existing facilities with each respective utility, service provider and adjacent properties owners to ensure that all aerial lines are removed/undergrounded from the Phase I and Phase II property.
ii. If applicable, the Applicant will coordinate and pay all cost necessary for the undergrounding and removal of all, and not limited to, aerial wires, power lines, telephone wires, cable lines, communication equipment, pole under burden and respective poles that are within Phase I and Phase II prior to the issuance of the first COO of Phase I and Phase II, respectively. iii. If applicable, the Applicant will coordinate all undergrounding of existing facilities with each respective utility, service provider and adjacent properties owners to ensure that all aerial lines are removed from the Phase I and Phase II sites.

4.54 The Applicant will obtain approval from the city for the location of all utility lines within any right-of-way, and all above-ground utility structures including, but not limited to, traffic signal cabinets, electrical vaults, water valves, and telephone stands, to ensure optimum placement for practical and aesthetic purposes.

4.55 All service runs and new utilities will be installed underground, per the utility purveyor standards.

4.56 Underground utilities will be installed prior to overlaying hardscape. For installation of utilities in existing improved streets, the Applicant will comply with trench restoration requirements required by the city.

4.57 The Applicant will provide certified reports of all utility trench compaction for city approval.

4.58 Phase I and Phase II will be served with a gravity sanitary sewer system, a domestic water system and a fire protection system in accordance with CVWD and Cathedral City Fire Department requirements and standards. Applicant will pay to Rosemount Self-Storage
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the city and CVWD all applicable sewer and water service charges, capacity charges and construction reimbursements to ensure all services are complete, in place and operational prior to the first COO being issued for Phase I and Phase II, respectively.

4.59 The Applicant will abandon or relocate existing easements over Phase I and Phase II prior to the issuance of the first COO of Phase I and Phase II, respectively, as required by the agency and/or individual favored and as approved by the city.

Additionally, the Applicant will relocate existing utility facilities that are required by all utility purveyors prior to issuance of the first building permit.

IMPROVEMENT PLANS
As used throughout these Conditions of Approval, professional titles such as “engineer,”’ “surveyor,” and “architect,” refer to persons currently certified or licensed to practice their respective professions in the State of California.

4.60 Improvement plans will be prepared, for each phase, by or under the direct supervision of qualified engineers and/or architects, as appropriate, and will comply with all the requirements of the city.

4.61 The following improvement plans will be prepared and submitted for review to the city. A separate set of plans for each line item specified below will be prepared.

The plans will utilize the minimum scale specified, unless authorized by the city.

Plans may be prepared at a larger scale if additional detail or plan clarity is desired.

NOTE: Engineering Site Plans will be prepared by a Civil Engineer licensed to practice their profession in the State of California.

NOTE: The Applicant may be required to prepare other improvement plans not listed here pursuant to improvements required by other agencies and utility purveyors.

A. On-Site Rough Grading Plan 1” = 10’ Horizontal
B. PM 10 Plan and Packet 1” = 20’ Horizontal (Plan)
C. Erosion Control Plan 1” = 20’ Horizontal
D. WQMP (not applicable) (Plan submitted in report form) NOTE: A through D to be submitted concurrently.

NOTE: Rough Grading Plan will normally include perimeter wall with Top of Wall and Top of Footing elevations shown. All footings will have a minimum of 1-foot of cover, or sufficient cover to clear any adjacent obstructions.

E. Precise Grading Plan 1” = 10’ Horizontal
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F. On Site Storm Drain Plan 1” = 10’ Horizontal
G. Street Improvements Plan 1” = 10’ Horizontal, 1’ = 2’ Vertical H. Street Signing/Striping Plan 1” = 10’ Horizontal
I. Signal Plan (if applicable) 1” = 10’ Horizontal
J. Monumentation Plan 1” = 10’ Horizontal
NOTE: E through J to be submitted concurrently.

NOTE: Precise Grading Plan will normally include perimeter wall with Top of Wall and Top of Footing elevations shown. All footings will have a minimum of 1-foot of cover, or sufficient cover to clear any adjacent obstructions.

NOTE: The Precise Grading Plan will show the sidewalk in the combined parkway and landscape setback area.

NOTE: The street improvement plans will also show the sidewalk in the combined parkway and landscape setback area.

NOTE: A separate On-Site Storm Drain Plan is required by the city.

Other engineered improvement plans prepared for city approval that are not listed above will be prepared in formats approved by the city prior to commencing plan preparation.

All plans will show all existing improvements for a distance of at least 200 feet beyond the Phase I and Phase II limits, or a distance sufficient to show any required design transitions.

All Signing and Striping Plans will show, at a minimum; Stop Signs, Limit Lines and Legends, No Parking Signs, Raised Pavement Markers (RPMs) (including Blue RPMs at fire hydrants) and Street Name Signs per Cathedral City Standard Plans and/or as approved by the city.

4.62 The Applicant will furnish accurate mylars of all improvement plans, to the city for approval. The improvement plans will be of a scale approved by the city.

4.63 The Applicant will furnish a PDF copy of all approved improvement plans acceptable to the city.

4.64 Upon completion of construction, and prior to final acceptance of the improvements by the city, the Applicant will furnish the city with reproducible record drawings, of all improvement plans which were approved by the city. Each sheet will be clearly marked “As Built” and will be stamped and signed by the engineer or surveyor certifying the accuracy and completeness of the drawings. The applicant will have all approved Mylars previously submitted to the city, revised to reflect the as-built Rosemount Self-Storage
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conditions. The Applicant will employ or retain the Engineer of Record (EOR) during the construction phase of the project so that the EOR can make site visits in support of preparing “As Built”. However, if subsequent approved revisions have been approved by the city and reflect said “As Built” conditions, the EOR may submit a letter attesting to said fact to the city in lieu of Mylar submittal.

IMPROVEMENT SECURITY AGREEMENTS

4.65 A Public Works Completion Agreement is required prior to issuance of an Encroachment Permit(s) for Phase I Date Palm Drive improvements or Phase II “The Intersection” of “Rosemount Storage-Wren Cooperation”, if applicable. The Public Works Completion Agreement will be entered into by and between the Applicant and the city, for the purpose of guaranteeing the completion of the public improvements related to Phase I or Phase II, respectively, and shall comply with all applicable city codes and ordinances.

All required improvement securities shall be in a form and amount as approved by the City Attorney and city. Evidence of liability and worker’s compensation insurance coverage shall be submitted as required by the terms of the Public Works Completion Agreement.

4.66 Improvements to be made, or agreed to be made, shall include the removal of any existing structures or other obstructions which are not a part of the proposed improvements.

Improvements and obligations required shall be either complete prior to the issuance of the first COO of Phase I and Phase II, respectively, or as otherwise approved by the city.

In the event the Applicant fails to construct the improvements for Phase I and Phase II or fails to satisfy its obligations for Phase I and Phase II in a timely manner, the city shall have the right to halt issuance of permits, and/or final inspections, withhold other approvals related to the development of either Phase I and Phase II, respectively.

4.67 N/A.

4.68 Prior to improvement plans approval, the Applicant will submit applicable fees or deposits for the cost of reviewing the applicable, and not limited to, Public Works Completion Agreement(s), Drainage Covenant, Mutual Drainage Easements, Street Light Covenant, PM-10 Cleanup Mitigation Covenant and/or any other requests or form submittals made by the Applicant related to Phase I and Phase II. Once approved by the city, the Applicant will execute and record such Covenants.

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4.69 The Applicant will provide security to guarantee the final monumentation of the Phase I and Phase II, respectively. All securities for final survey monumentation will be in the form of 100% cash deposits.

GRADING

4.70 The Applicant will comply with all the provisions of Cathedral City municipal codes and ordinances.

4.71 The Applicant will obtain a Grading Permit approved by the city prior to initiating any construction or on the project site.

4.72 To obtain an approved Grading Permit, the applicant will submit and obtain approval of all of the following:
i. A Grading Plan prepared by a civil engineer registered in the State of California,
ii. A preliminary geotechnical (“Soils”) Report prepared by a professional registered in the State of California,
iii. A Fugitive Dust Control Packet prepared in accordance with city requirements,
iv. An Erosion Control Plan prepared in accordance with city requirements, v. A Best Management Practices report prepared in accordance with city requirements (NPDES Stormwater Discharge Permit and Storm Management and Discharge Controls),
vi. A WQMP prepared by an authorized professional registered in the State of California, and
vii. Where applicable, a Conditional Letter of Map Revision (CLOMR) issued by FEMA. If the Applicant is not securing a CLOMR the Applicant must verify that the entire Project limits are outside a FEMA designated Flood Hazard Area and/or Area of Flood Hazard Risk as designated by the latest approved FEMA FIRM Map and in accordance with the Cathedral City Municipal Code Chapter 8.24.

4.73 All grading will conform with the recommendations contained in the Preliminary Soils Report and, if applicable, the Phase 1 Environmental Assessment report and will be certified as being adequate by the soils engineer, or engineering geologist registered in the State of California.

4.74 A statement will appear on the Phase I and Phase II Grading Plans that a soils report has been prepared in accordance with the California Health and Safety Code §17953 and California Government Code §66490.

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Plan provisions as submitted with its application for a grading permit. Additionally, the Applicant will replenish said security if expended by the city to comply with the Fugitive Dust Control Plan as required by the city.

4.76 N/A.

4.77 The Applicant will maintain all open graded, undeveloped land to prevent wind and/or water erosion of such land. All open graded, undeveloped land will either be planted with interim landscaping, stabilized with other erosion control measures, or maintained as were approved in the Fugitive Dust Control Plan.

4.78 Grading within the parkway areas will conform to city requirements except as otherwise modified by this condition. The maximum slope will not be steeper than 3:1 anywhere in the landscape setback area, except for the back slope (i.e. the slope at the back of the landscaped lot) which will not be steeper than 2:1 if fully planted with ground cover. The steepest slope in the first six (6) feet adjacent to the curb will not exceed 4:1 when the nearest edge of sidewalk is within six feet (6’) of the curb, otherwise the steepest slope within the right of way will not be steeper than 3:1. All unpaved parkway areas adjacent to the curb will be depressed one and one-half inches (1.5”) in the first eighteen inches (18’) behind the curb.

4.79 Building pad elevations on the Plans submitted for city’s approval shall conform to the pad elevations shown on the engineering grading Plans, unless the pad elevations have other requirements imposed elsewhere in the Conditions of Approval.

4.80 Building pad elevations of perimeter lots will not differ by more than one foot higher from the building pads in adjacent development. The Applicant will minimize the differences in elevation between the adjoining properties and the parcel pads within this development.

4.81 Prior to any site grading or re-grading that will raise or lower any portion of the site by more than plus or minus half of a foot (0.5’) from the elevation shown on the approved Phase I and Phase II’s grading Plans, the Applicant will submit the proposed grading changes to the city for a substantial conformance review.

4.82 Prior to the issuance of a Building Permit for Phase I and Phase II, respectively,, the Applicant will provide a parcel pad certification stamped and signed by a qualified engineer or surveyor with applicable compaction tests and over excavation documentation. Each pad certification will list the pad elevation as shown on the approved grading plan, the actual pad elevation and the difference between the two, if any. Such pad certification will also list the relative compaction of the pad soil. The data will be organized by lot number and listed cumulatively if submitted at different times.

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SECTION 5 FIRE PROTECTION
This project has been reviewed as a “Group B” type occupancy, any other use will require further review.

Unless specifically stated herein, these conditions shall not be construed to permit or allow deviation from any Federal or State laws nor any of the local codes and ordinances adopted by this jurisdiction. The City of Cathedral City enforces the California Code of Regulations (CCR), Title 24, Part 9, 2022 California Fire Code with local amendments, and the CCFD Development Guidelines. In addition, CCR Title 19 requirements may be applicable. The design professional should refer to these provisions for guidance when developing project drawings and specifications. Please contact the City of Cathedral City Fire Department for any questions regarding compliance with the applicable codes or following conditions:

Note: All references to the 2022 California Fire Code are shown as CFC, the 2022 California Building Code is shown as CBC and the California Code of Regulations are shown as CCR.

AGENCY APPROVALS

5.1 The Final Conditions of Approval for this project shall be included in any site plan or construction plans submitted for permit issuance. Plans will not be approved without reference to these conditions.

5.2 A clear scope of operations shall be provided on the architectural plan cover sheet.

5.3 All deferred submittals (when approved to be deferred) shall be listed on the cover sheet of the architectural plan.

5.4 Occupancy separation, if required, shall comply with 2022 CA Building Code Table 508.4.

5.5 This project is subject to review and approval in accordance with the CCR, Title 19 for Fire and Life Safety.

5.6 This project is subject to an annual inspection and permit from the Cathedral City Fire Department for this type of occupancy (use).

LIFE SAFETY AND FIRE PROTECTION SYSTEMS

5.7 A fire access plan shall be submitted to the Cathedral City Fire Department for review and approval. This plan shall demonstrate access to and around all portions of the proposed structures to within 150 feet of an approved access road. The plan shall indicate all existing and proposed fire hydrants for the project.

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for review and approval.

5.9 Prior to the issuance of a Certificate of Occupancy, "No Parking - Fire Lane" signs, red curbing, street signs and other required markings shall be provided to the specifications of the Cathedral City Fire Department in accordance with the CFC, Section 503.3 and California Vehicle Code Section 22500.1.

5.10 In accordance with the CFC, Section 503, security gates (where required), shall be installed with approved automatic devices and/or key switches to allow Fire access and egress pursuant to the Cathedral City Fire Department guidelines.

5.11 Install Knox key box and/or Knox key switch/padlock for vehicle gate (if applicable) for Fire Department access in accordance with CFC Section 506.

5.12 Means of Egress shall be in compliance with the 2022 CA Building Code Chapter 10 with a scaled, measured emergency egress plan provided as part of the architectural plan for review.

5.13 Fire extinguishers are to be installed throughout the facility, covering a floor area of not more than 1,500ft2 at a maximum of 75ft travel distance and have a minimum rating of 2-A:10-B:C in accordance with the 2022 CA Fire Code Section 906.

SECTION 6 BUILDING DEPARTMENT

6.1 The project shall comply with the latest adopted edition of the following codes as applicable:
a. California Building Code
b. California Electrical Code
c. California Mechanical Code
d. California Plumbing Code
e. California Energy Code
f. California Fire Code
g. California Green Building Standards Code

6.2 Refer to Fire Marshal’s comments regarding Fire and Smoke Suppression Systems.

6.3 The requirements of the Air Quality Management District shall be satisfied prior to the issuance of any permit if dusts and/or pollutants will be discharged into the atmosphere.

6.4 Any temporary building, trailer, commercial coach, etc. installed and/or used in connection with a construction project shall comply with City Code.

6.5 All signs shall be Underwriters Laboratories approved, or equal.

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6.6 Storage facilities shall comply with "Storage." CBC (11B-225.1) (11B-811.1). a. Self-service storage facilities shall provide individual self-service storage spaces complying with these requirements in accordance with the following table. (11B-225.3)
Total Spaces in
Facility
Minimum Number of Spaces Required to be
Accessible
1 to 200 5%, but no fewer than 1
201 and over 10, plus 2% of total number of units over 200

6.7 Minimum accessibility requirements per CBC 11B, Accessibility to Public Buildings.
a. This shall include Retail Office area.
i. Parking and accessible routes from designated parking to the building.

6.8 Rooftop equipment screening shall comply with Cathedral City Zoning Codes. a. Elevation, materials and detail of attachment to the structure shall be included in the construction plan set.

PRIOR TO ISSUANCE OF BUILDING/CONSTRUCTION PERMITS

6.9 If hazardous substances are used and/or stored, a technical opinion and report, identifying and developing methods of protection from the hazards presented by the hazardous materials, may be required. This report shall be prepared by a qualified person, firm, or corporation and submitted to Building & Safety. This report shall also explain the proposed facility's intended methods of operation and list all of the proposed materials, their quantities, classifications, and the effects of any chemical (material) inter-mixing in the event of an accident or spill.

6.10 Contractor must divert at least 75 percent of all demolition waste to a recycling facility. The reuse of materials is considered an acceptable recycling program but must be documented and approved by the Environmental Conservation Manager.

6.11 Prior to the issuance of a Certificate of Occupancy, the applicant shall submit all weight tickets associated with trash and recycling disposal to be approved by the Environmental Conservation Manager.

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SECTION 7 RIVERSIDE COUNTY AIRPORT LAND USE COMMISSION

7.1 Any new outdoor lighting that is installed shall be hooded or shielded to prevent either the spillage of lumens or reflection into the sky. Outdoor lighting shall be downward facing.

7.2 The following uses are prohibited:
a. Any use which would direct a steady light or flashing light of red, white, green, or amber colors associated with airport operations toward an aircraft engaged in an initial straight climb following takeoff or toward an aircraft engaged in a straight final approach toward a landing at an airport, other than an FAA-approved navigational signal light or visual approach slope indicator.
b. Any use which would cause sunlight to be reflected towards an aircraft engaged in an initial straight climb following takeoff or towards an aircraft engaged in a straight final approach towards a landing at an airport. c. Any use which would generate smoke or water vapor or which would attract large concentrations of birds, or which may otherwise affect safe air navigation within the area. (Such uses include landscaping utilizing water features, aquaculture, outdoor production of cereal grains, sunflower, and row crops, composting operations, wastewater management facilities, artificial marshes, trash transfer stations that are open on one or more sides, recycling centers containing putrescible wastes, construction and demolition debris facilities, fly ash disposal, and incinerators.) d. Any use which would generate electrical interference that may be detrimental to the operation of aircraft and/or aircraft instrumentation. e. Any use which results in a hazard to flight, including physical (e.g., tall objects), visual, and electronic forms of interference with the safety of aircraft operations.

7.3 A copy of the “Notice of Airport in Vicinity” shall be provided to all potential purchasers of the lots and to the tenants of the homes thereon that reads as follows:

NOTICE OF AIRPORT IN VICINITY This property is presently located in the vicinity of an airport, within what is known as an airport influence area. For that reason, the property may be subject to some of the annoyances or inconveniences associated with proximity to airport operations (for example: noise, vibration, or odors).

Individual sensitivities to those annoyances can vary from person to person. You may wish to consider what airport annoyances, if any, are associated with the property before you complete your purchase and determine whether they are acceptable to you. Business & Professions Code Section 11010 (b) (13) (A)

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remain totally dry between rainfalls. Vegetation in and around the basins that would provide food or cover for birds would be incompatible with airport operations and shall not be utilized in project landscaping. Trees shall be spaced so as to prevent large expanses of contiguous canopy, when mature. Landscaping in and around the basin(s) shall not include trees or shrubs that produce seeds, fruits, or berries.

Landscaping in the stormwater basin, if not rip-rap, should be in accordance with the guidance provided in ALUC “LANDSCAPING NEAR AIRPORTS” brochure, and the “AIRPORTS, WILDLIFE AND STORMWATER MANAGEMENT” brochure available at RCALUC.ORG which list acceptable plants from Riverside County Landscaping Guide or other alternative landscaping as may be recommended by a qualified wildlife hazard biologist.

A notice sign, in a form similar to that attached to the ALUC reported dated August 8, 2023, shall be permanently affixed to the stormwater basin with the following language: “There is an airport nearby. This stormwater basin is designed to hold stormwater for only 48 hours and not to attract birds. Proper maintenance is necessary to avoid bird strikes”. The sign will also include the name, telephone number or other contact information of the person or entity responsible for monitoring the stormwater basin.

Approved for Planning Entitlements by the Cathedral City City Council on September ___, 2024.

Attest:
___________________________ ___________________________ Sandra Molina Jason Borg
Deputy Director Three Mile Hollow
Community and Economic Development
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Date Palm Drive
2 PLANNING UNIT 1

COMMERCIAL

2.11 Acres
3 5
PLANNING UNIT 4

COMMERCIAL

7.16 Acres
4 1

PLANNING
UNIT 3

SINGLE FAMILY

DETACHED
PLANNING UNIT 2

MULTI-FAMILY - SENIOR

CITIZEN

5.81 ACRES

2.34 ACRES
LEGEND
1 Indoor Climate-Controlled Mini-Storage Facility - 115,054 SF (2) Retail - 3,217 SF Each Retail - 4,725 SF
5 2
3 Fast Food Drive-Through Restaurant - 2,413 SF
Fast Food Drive-Through Restaurant - 4,617 SF NORTH
Not to Scale
4 Conceptual Site Plan - Scenario 1
Uptown Village Specific Plan Amendment - Planning Unit 4 Exhibit
2 Date Palm Drive
2 PLANNING UNIT 1

COMMERCIAL

1.97 Acres PLANNING UNIT 4

COMMERCIAL

7.16 Acres
3 1

PLANNING
UNIT 3

SINGLE FAMILY

DETACHED

2.34 ACRES
PLANNING UNIT 2

MULTI-FAMILY - SENIOR

CITIZEN

5.81 ACRES
LEGEND
1 Indoor Climate-Controlled Mini-Storage Facility - 115,054 SF 2 Retail - 4,725 SF
3 Grocery Store or other Big Box Use - 50,000 SF
NORTH
Not to Scale
Conceptual Site Plan - Scenario 2 Exhibit
Uptown Village Specific Plan Amendment - Planning Unit 4 3 G0-00

DATE PALM
& ROSEMONT
ARCHITECT:

SULLIVAN GOULETTE
WILSON, LTD.
444 N. MICHIGAN AVENUE
SUITE 1850
CHICAGO, IL 60611
TEL: (312) 988-7412
www.sgwarch.com
OWNER:

CATHEDRAL CITY, CA 92234

DATE PALM & ROSEMOUNT

REALTY, LLC
DEVELOPER:

THE ALTUM GROUP
44-600 VILLAGE COURT
SUITE 100
PALM DESERT, CA 92260
TEL: (760) 346-4750
LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT:

DAVID NEAULT
ASSOCIATES INC.
41877 ENTERPRISE

CIRCLE NORTH
SUITE 140
TEMECULA, CA 92590
TEL: (951) 296-3430
CIVIL ENGINEER:

TERRACE GROUP HOLDINGS, LLC
1800 VINE ST
LOS ANGELES, CA 90028
TEL: (516) 448 -1115
EMAIL: [email protected]

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TITLE SHEET & DRAWING INDEX
NORTH
THESE DRAWINGS COMPLY WITH:
2019 CITY OF CHICAGO BUILDING
CODE, 2019 CITY OF CHICAGO
ZONING CODE AND 2019 CITY OF

CHICAGO ENERGY CODE
(FOR A COMPLETE BUILDING

CODE ANALYSIS REFER TO SHEET
G0-01)
COPYRIGHT 2023: SULLIVAN GOULETTE & WILSON, LTD.

EXPRESSLY RESERVES ITS COMMON LAW COPYRIGHT AND
OTHER PROPERTY RIGHTS IN THESE PLANS. THESE PLANS

ARE NOT TO BE REPRODUCED, CHANGED OR COPIED IN ANY

FORM OR MANNER WHATSOEVER, NOR ARE THEY TO BE

ASSIGNED TO ANY THIRD PARTY, WITHOUT FIRST OBTAINING

THE EXPRESSED WRITTEN PERMISSION AND CONSENT OF
SULLIVAN GOULETTE & WILSON, LTD.

THESE DRAWINGS MAY HAVE BEEN REPRODUCED AT A SIZE
DIFFERENTLY THAN ORIGINALLY DRAWN. OWNER AND

ARCHITECT ASSUME NO RESPONSIBILITY FOR USE OF
INCORRECT SCALE.

CONTRACTOR SHALL VERIFY ALL EXISTING CONDITIONS PRIOR

TO PROCEEDING WITH CONSTRUCTION AND NOTIFY

ARCHITECT IMMEDIATELY OF ANY DISCREPANCIES OR
CONFLICTS.

PRINCIPAL:

QC BY:

P.M.:

DRAWN BY:

NO DATE ISSUE DESCRIPTION
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ISSUE FOR OWNER
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DATE PALM &

ROSEMONT
CATHEDRAL CITY, CA 92234
MS CP
BW, AB
444 N MICHIGAN AVE
SUITE 1850
CHICAGO, IL 60611

PROFESSIONAL DESIGN FIRM
License Number: 184-001505
Expiration Date: April 30, 2023
Ph 312.988.7412
Fx 312.988.7409
www.sgwarch.com
44-600 VILLAGE COURT
SUITE 100
PALM DESERT, CA 92260
Ph 760.346.4750
Fx 760.340.0089
41877 ENTERPRISE CIRCLE NORTH
SUITE 140
TEMECULA, CA 92590
Ph 951.296.3430
2 03/28/24 PUD REVIEW

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PROJECT DESCRIPTION:

PROPOSED 2-STORY S-1 (MODERATE HAZARD SELF-STORAGE

FACILITY) W/ B (BUSINESS) TYPE II-B CONSTRUCTION, CLIMATE

CONTROLLED & FULLY SPRINKLERED
CLIENT: TERRACE GROUP HOLDINGS, LLC
PROJECT ADDRESS: DATE PALM DRIVE, CATHEDRAL CITY, CA 92234 PARCEL NO.: 670-110-48,49, 50, 51, 52, & 53
EXISTING USE: VACANT
PROPOSED USE: SELF STORAGE FACILITY & RESTAURANT
LOT SIZE: 121,554 SF
LOT COVERAGE: 57,527 SF / 121,554 SF = 47%
PERCENTAGE LANDSCAPING : 19,676 SF / 121,554 SF = 37%
ZONING: PLANNED COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL DISTRICT (PCC)
GENERAL PLAN: CG - GENERAL COMMERCIAL
SPECIFIC PLAN: SPECIFIC PLAN 99-58
1800 VINE ST, LOS ANGELES,
CA 90028
SEWER: COACHELLA VALLEY WATER DISTRICT (760) 398 - 2651 WATER: COACHELLA VALLEY WATER DISTRICT (760) 398 - 2651 GAS: THE GAS COMPANY (760) 323-1851
ELECTRIC: SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON (760) 202-4291
TELEPHONE: FRONTIER (760) 778-3611
CABLE TV: SPECTRUM (760) 760-5313
USA: UNDERGROUND SERVICE ALERT (800) 227-2600

THE LAND REFERRED TO HEREIN BELOW IS SITUATED IN THE CITY

OF CATHEDRAL CITY, IN THE

COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE, STATE OF CALIFORNIA, AND IS
DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:

PARCEL 1:

PARCEL B OF LOT LINE ADJUSTMENT NO. 2014-477 RECORDED
OCTOBER 7, 2014 AS DOCUMENT NO.
2014-0382265, OF OFFICIAL RECORDS, IN THE OFFICE OF THE

COUNTY RECORDER OF SAID COUNTY,
MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:

PARCEL 3 OF PARCEL MAP NO. 35032, IN THE CITY OF CATHEDRAL

CITY, COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE,
STATE OF CALIFORNIA, AS SHOWN BY MAP ON FILE IN BOOK 234 PAGES 13 THROUGH 15 OF PARCEL

MAPS, IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY RECORDER OF SAID
COUNTY, ON AUGUST 31, 2012.

TOGETHER WITH THE NORTH 21.65 FEET OF PARCEL 2 OF PARCEL MAP NO. 35032 FILED IN BOOK 234,
PAGES 13 THROUGH 15, INCLUSIVE OF PARCEL MAPS, OFFICIAL RECORDS OF SAID COUNTY AND STATE.

PARCEL 2:

PARCELS 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 AND 9, INCLUSIVE, OF PARCEL MAP NO. 35032,

IN THE CITY OF CATHEDRAL CITY,

COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE, STATE OF CALIFORNIA, AS SHOWN BY
MAP ON FILE IN BOOK 234 PAGES 13
THROUGH 15 OF PARCEL MAPS, IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY
RECORDER OF SAID COUNTY, ON AUGUST 31, 2012.

PARCEL 3:

A DRIVEWAY AND DRIVE AISLE EASEMENT OVER THAT PORTION

OF LAND AS DESCRIBED IN

DECLARATION OF RECIPROCAL EASEMENT WITH COVENANTS,

CONDITIONS AND RESTRICTIONS FOR
UPTOWN VILLAGE RECORDED AUGUST 31, 2012 AS DOCUMENT
NO. 2012-0416549 AND RERECORDED
SEPTEMBER 10, 2012 AS DOCUMENT NO. 2012-0429903 AND

AMENDED BY DOCUMENT RECORDED
DECEMBER 6, 2013 AS DOCUMENT NO. 2013-0569144 AND

AMENDED BY DOCUMENT RECORDED
SEPTEMBER 3, 2014 AS DOCUMENT NO. 2014-0334786, ALL OF
OFFICIAL RECORDS.

LEGAL DESCRIPTION

PROJECT DATA MATRIX

UTILITIES

UP UP UP

SITE KEY
LANDSCAPE AREA - 19,676 SF TOTAL

PROPOSED SELF-STORAGE FACILITY
115,916 GROSS SF

PROPOSED RETAIL AREA
5,448 GROSS SF

ADA ACCESS WALK

PHASE I BUILDING DATA
PARKING COUNT : 35 TOTAL PARKING SPACES
LANDSCAPE AREA : 19,676 SF LANDSCAPING / 121,554 SF
= 47% OF SITE

DATE PALM DRIVE

TWO-WAY TRAFFIC MCCALLUM WAY TWO-WAY TRAFFIC ROSEMOUNT ROAD

DATE PALM DRIVE
PROPOSED 2-STORY CLIMATE-CONTROLLED

SELF-STORAGE FACILITY
57,527 SF FOOTPRINT
115,054 PROPOSED GROSS SF
AREA NOT IN PHASE 1

EXISTING BUILDING

EXISTING BUILDING

LOADING

LOADING

MONUMENT SIGN
322'-4" 263'-4"
132'-4" 122'-4" 39'-0" SB

UTILITY
ROOMS

RETAIL &
OFFICE
AREA
STAIR
STAIR
2 A2-01
3 A2-01
4 A2-01
1 A2-01
1 A3-01

TRASH ENCLOSURE
01 09
11 13
14 15
17 26
27 29
12 18
32 33
34 25
02 1019'-0" TYP.
9'-0"
TYP.

BUILDING
ENTRY
30'-0"
30'-0" 30'-0"
03 04 05 06 08
19 20 21 22 24
07 28 26'-0"

BUILDING
ENTRY

BUILDING
ENTRY

FUTURE PHASE II

BUILDING PAD
16 31
30 28'-1
3 4
" SB 19'-10
78 " SB
2 A3-01
THE LAND REFERRED TO HEREIN BELOW IS SITUATED IN THE CITY OF CATHEDRAL CITY, IN THE COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE, STATE OF CALIFORNIA, AND IS DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: PARCEL 1: PARCEL B OF LOT LINE ADJUSTMENT NO. 2014-477 RECORDED OCTOBER 7, 2014 AS DOCUMENT NO. 2014-0382265, OF OFFICIAL RECORDS, IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY RECORDER OF SAID COUNTY, MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: PARCEL 3 OF PARCEL MAP NO. 35032, IN THE CITY OF CATHEDRAL CITY, COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE, STATE OF CALIFORNIA, AS SHOWN BY MAP ON FILE IN BOOK 234 PAGES 13 THROUGH 15 OF PARCEL MAPS, IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY RECORDER OF SAID COUNTY, ON AUGUST 31, 2012. TOGETHER WITH THE NORTH 21.65 FEET OF PARCEL 2 OF PARCEL MAP NO. 35032 FILED IN BOOK 234, PAGES 13 THROUGH 15, INCLUSIVE OF PARCEL MAPS, OFFICIAL RECORDS OF SAID COUNTY AND STATE. PARCEL 2: PARCELS 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 AND 9, INCLUSIVE, OF PARCEL MAP NO. 35032, IN THE CITY OF CATHEDRAL CITY, COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE, STATE OF CALIFORNIA, AS SHOWN BY MAP ON FILE IN BOOK 234 PAGES 13 THROUGH 15 OF PARCEL MAPS, IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY RECORDER OF SAID COUNTY, ON AUGUST 31, 2012. PARCEL 3: A DRIVEWAY AND DRIVE AISLE EASEMENT OVER THAT PORTION OF LAND AS DESCRIBED IN

DECLARATION OF RECIPROCAL EASEMENT WITH COVENANTS, CONDITIONS AND RESTRICTIONS FOR UPTOWN VILLAGE RECORDED AUGUST 31, 2012 AS DOCUMENT NO. 2012-0416549 AND RERECORDED SEPTEMBER 10, 2012 AS DOCUMENT NO. 2012-0429903 AND AMENDED BY DOCUMENT RECORDED DECEMBER 6, 2013 AS DOCUMENT NO. 2013-0569144 AND AMENDED BY DOCUMENT RECORDED SEPTEMBER 3, 2014 AS DOCUMENT NO. 2014-0334786, ALL OF OFFICIAL RECORDS.

LEGAL DESCRIPTION

EXISTING RETENTION &

EASEMENT
35 1 SCALE:

PHASE I

SITE PLAN
1" = 50'-0"
A0-01

SITE PLAN - PHASE I
NORTH
0 10' 30' 50' 100'
SCALE: 1" = 50'
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ARE NOT TO BE REPRODUCED, CHANGED OR COPIED IN ANY

FORM OR MANNER WHATSOEVER, NOR ARE THEY TO BE

ASSIGNED TO ANY THIRD PARTY, WITHOUT FIRST OBTAINING

THE EXPRESSED WRITTEN PERMISSION AND CONSENT OF
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THESE DRAWINGS MAY HAVE BEEN REPRODUCED AT A SIZE
DIFFERENTLY THAN ORIGINALLY DRAWN. OWNER AND

ARCHITECT ASSUME NO RESPONSIBILITY FOR USE OF
INCORRECT SCALE.

CONTRACTOR SHALL VERIFY ALL EXISTING CONDITIONS PRIOR

TO PROCEEDING WITH CONSTRUCTION AND NOTIFY

ARCHITECT IMMEDIATELY OF ANY DISCREPANCIES OR
CONFLICTS.

PRINCIPAL:

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P.M.:

DRAWN BY:

NO DATE ISSUE DESCRIPTION
1 07/12/23

ISSUE FOR OWNER
REVIEW

DATE PALM &

ROSEMONT
CATHEDRAL CITY, CA 92234
MS CP
BW, AB
444 N MICHIGAN AVE
SUITE 1850
CHICAGO, IL 60611

PROFESSIONAL DESIGN FIRM
License Number: 184-001505
Expiration Date: April 30, 2023
Ph 312.988.7412
Fx 312.988.7409
www.sgwarch.com
44-600 VILLAGE COURT
SUITE 100
PALM DESERT, CA 92260
Ph 760.346.4750
Fx 760.340.0089
41877 ENTERPRISE CIRCLE NORTH
SUITE 140
TEMECULA, CA 92590
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2 03/28/24 PUD REVIEW

THE LAND REFERRED TO HEREIN BELOW IS SITUATED IN THE CITY OF CATHEDRAL CITY, IN THE COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE, STATE OF CALIFORNIA, AND IS DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:

PARCEL 1:

PARCEL B OF LOT LINE ADJUSTMENT NO. 2014-477 RECORDED OCTOBER 7, 2014 AS DOCUMENT NO. 2014-0382265, OF OFFICIAL RECORDS, IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY RECORDER OF SAID COUNTY, MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:

PARCEL 3 OF PARCEL MAP NO. 35032, IN THE CITY OF CATHEDRAL CITY, COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE, STATE OF CALIFORNIA, AS SHOWN BY MAP ON FILE IN BOOK 234 PAGES 13 THROUGH 15 OF PARCEL MAPS, IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY RECORDER OF SAID COUNTY, ON AUGUST 31, 2012.

TOGETHER WITH THE NORTH 21.65 FEET OF PARCEL 2 OF PARCEL MAP NO. 35032 FILED IN BOOK 234, PAGES 13 THROUGH 15, INCLUSIVE OF PARCEL MAPS, OFFICIAL RECORDS OF SAID COUNTY AND STATE.

PARCEL 2:

PARCELS 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 AND 9, INCLUSIVE, OF PARCEL MAP NO. 35032, IN THE CITY OF CATHEDRAL CITY, COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE, STATE OF CALIFORNIA, AS SHOWN BY MAP ON FILE IN BOOK 234 PAGES 13 THROUGH 15 OF PARCEL MAPS, IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY RECORDER OF SAID COUNTY, ON AUGUST 31, 2012.

PARCEL 3:

A DRIVEWAY AND DRIVE AISLE EASEMENT OVER THAT PORTION OF LAND AS DESCRIBED IN

DECLARATION OF RECIPROCAL EASEMENT WITH COVENANTS, CONDITIONS AND RESTRICTIONS FOR UPTOWN VILLAGE RECORDED AUGUST 31, 2012 AS DOCUMENT NO. 2012-0416549 AND RERECORDED SEPTEMBER 10, 2012 AS DOCUMENT NO. 2012-0429903 AND AMENDED BY DOCUMENT RECORDED DECEMBER 6, 2013 AS DOCUMENT NO. 2013-0569144 AND AMENDED BY DOCUMENT RECORDED SEPTEMBER 3, 2014 AS DOCUMENT NO. 2014-0334786, ALL OF OFFICIAL RECORDS.

LEGAL DESCRIPTION
UP
UP
2 1
4 5 6 7 8 9
2 1 3
4 5 10 7 9
2 1
2 1
9 4 5 14 15
10 3
11 11

SIGNAGE TO BE APPROVED

THROUGH SIGNAGE PERMIT
TYP.

SIGNAGE TO BE APPROVED

THROUGH SIGNAGE PERMIT
TYP.

SIGNAGE TO BE APPROVED

THROUGH SIGNAGE PERMIT
TYP.
5 13 7 8 3 4
12 12
12 12
11 16 17 6 7
14 15 16 17

FIRST FLOOR
EL: +0'-0"

SECOND FLOOR
EL: +12'-0"
ROOF H.P.

EL: +25'-0"

HP OF STONE

ELEMENT
EL =+32'-0"

T/ PARAPET
EL= +30'-0"

FIRST FLOOR
EL: +0'-0"

SECOND FLOOR
EL: +12'-0"
ROOF H.P.

EL: +25'-0"

HP OF STONE

ELEMENT
EL =+32'-0"

T/ PARAPET
EL= +30'-0"

FIRST FLOOR
EL: +0'-0"

SECOND FLOOR
EL: +12'-0"
ROOF H.P.

EL: +25'-0"

HP OF STONE

ELEMENT
EL =+32'-0"

T/ PARAPET
EL= +30'-0"

FIRST FLOOR
EL: +0'-0"

SECOND FLOOR
EL: +12'-0"
ROOF H.P.

EL: +25'-0"

HP OF STONE

ELEMENT
EL =+32'-0"

T/ PARAPET
EL= +30'-0"
1 SCALE:

SOUTH ELEVATION
1/16" = 1'-0"
A2-01

ELEVATION
0 1' 2' 4' 8'
SCALE: 1/4" = 1'-0"
COPYRIGHT 2023: SULLIVAN GOULETTE & WILSON, LTD.

EXPRESSLY RESERVES ITS COMMON LAW COPYRIGHT AND
OTHER PROPERTY RIGHTS IN THESE PLANS. THESE PLANS

ARE NOT TO BE REPRODUCED, CHANGED OR COPIED IN ANY

FORM OR MANNER WHATSOEVER, NOR ARE THEY TO BE

ASSIGNED TO ANY THIRD PARTY, WITHOUT FIRST OBTAINING

THE EXPRESSED WRITTEN PERMISSION AND CONSENT OF
SULLIVAN GOULETTE & WILSON, LTD.

THESE DRAWINGS MAY HAVE BEEN REPRODUCED AT A SIZE
DIFFERENTLY THAN ORIGINALLY DRAWN. OWNER AND

ARCHITECT ASSUME NO RESPONSIBILITY FOR USE OF
INCORRECT SCALE.

CONTRACTOR SHALL VERIFY ALL EXISTING CONDITIONS PRIOR

TO PROCEEDING WITH CONSTRUCTION AND NOTIFY

ARCHITECT IMMEDIATELY OF ANY DISCREPANCIES OR
CONFLICTS.

PRINCIPAL:

QC BY:

P.M.:

DRAWN BY:

NO DATE ISSUE DESCRIPTION
1 07/12/23

ISSUE FOR OWNER
REVIEW

DATE PALM &

ROSEMONT
CATHEDRAL CITY, CA 92234
MS CP
BW, AB
444 N MICHIGAN AVE
SUITE 1850
CHICAGO, IL 60611

PROFESSIONAL DESIGN FIRM
License Number: 184-001505
Expiration Date: April 30, 2023
Ph 312.988.7412
Fx 312.988.7409
www.sgwarch.com
44-600 VILLAGE COURT
SUITE 100
PALM DESERT, CA 92260
Ph 760.346.4750
Fx 760.340.0089
41877 ENTERPRISE CIRCLE NORTH
SUITE 140
TEMECULA, CA 92590
Ph 951.296.3430
2 03/28/24 PUD REVIEW
3 07/15/24 REVISION
2 SCALE:

EAST ELEVATION
1/16" = 1'-0"
3 SCALE:

WEST ELEVATION
1/16" = 1'-0"
4 SCALE:

NORTH ELEVATION
1/16" = 1'-0"
MATERIAL LEGEND:

EIFS - COLOR: BENJAMIN
MOORE #975 - TAPESTRY BEIGE
METAL COPING - COLOR: BENJAMIN
MOORE #AF-175 - BARISTA
METAL CANOPY - COLOR: BENJAMIN
MOORE #AF-175 - BARISTA

STONE VENEER
HORIZONTAL METAL PANEL - COLOR:

BENJAMIN MOORE #2175-50 - RUST
EIFS - COLOR :

BENJAMIN MOORE #1030 - BRANDY CREAM
METAL PANEL BAND - COLOR: BENJAMIN
MOORE #AF-175 - BARISTA

LOADING DOOR - BENJAMIN
MOORE #975 - TAPESTRY BEIGE

DISPLAY WINDOW SYSTEM
PERFORATED METAL PANEL - COLOR:

BENJAMIN MOORE #2175-50 - RUST
EIFS - COLOR: BENJAMIN
MOORE #1077 - GREAT PLAINS GOLD

SCREENED ROOF TOP EQUIPMENT

DRIVE UP UNIT DOOR
EIFS - COLOR: BENJAMIN
MOORE #2175-50 - RUST
EIFS - COLOR: BENJAMIN
MOORE #2175-40 - ADOBE DUST
EIFS - COLOR: BENJAMIN
MOORE #AF-175 - BARISTA
EIFS - COLOR: BENJAMIN
MOORE #HC-42 - ROXBURY CARAMEL
1 2
3 4
NOTE: KEYED NOTES BELOW APPLY TO

MULTIPLE SHEETS AND MAY NOT BE

APPLICABLE TO THIS SHEET
5 6
7 8
9 10
0 4' 8' 16' 32'
SCALE: 1/16" = 1'-0"
11 12
13 14
15 16
17 1 SCALE:

FRONT OFFICE & RETAIL VIEW
NTS A2-02

BUILDING VIEWS
0 1' 2' 4' 8'
SCALE: 1/4" = 1'-0"
COPYRIGHT 2023: SULLIVAN GOULETTE & WILSON, LTD.

EXPRESSLY RESERVES ITS COMMON LAW COPYRIGHT AND
OTHER PROPERTY RIGHTS IN THESE PLANS. THESE PLANS

ARE NOT TO BE REPRODUCED, CHANGED OR COPIED IN ANY

FORM OR MANNER WHATSOEVER, NOR ARE THEY TO BE

ASSIGNED TO ANY THIRD PARTY, WITHOUT FIRST OBTAINING

THE EXPRESSED WRITTEN PERMISSION AND CONSENT OF
SULLIVAN GOULETTE & WILSON, LTD.

THESE DRAWINGS MAY HAVE BEEN REPRODUCED AT A SIZE
DIFFERENTLY THAN ORIGINALLY DRAWN. OWNER AND

ARCHITECT ASSUME NO RESPONSIBILITY FOR USE OF
INCORRECT SCALE.

CONTRACTOR SHALL VERIFY ALL EXISTING CONDITIONS PRIOR

TO PROCEEDING WITH CONSTRUCTION AND NOTIFY

ARCHITECT IMMEDIATELY OF ANY DISCREPANCIES OR
CONFLICTS.

PRINCIPAL:

QC BY:

P.M.:

DRAWN BY:

NO DATE ISSUE DESCRIPTION
1 07/12/23

ISSUE FOR OWNER
REVIEW

DATE PALM &

ROSEMONT
CATHEDRAL CITY, CA 92234
MS CP
BW, AB
444 N MICHIGAN AVE
SUITE 1850
CHICAGO, IL 60611

PROFESSIONAL DESIGN FIRM
License Number: 184-001505
Expiration Date: April 30, 2023
Ph 312.988.7412
Fx 312.988.7409
www.sgwarch.com
44-600 VILLAGE COURT
SUITE 100
PALM DESERT, CA 92260
Ph 760.346.4750
Fx 760.340.0089
41877 ENTERPRISE CIRCLE NORTH
SUITE 140
TEMECULA, CA 92590
Ph 951.296.3430
2 03/08/24 PUD REVIEW
2 SCALE:

PALM DRIVE VIEW
4 SCALE: NTS

PALM DRIVE VIEW
NTS
3 SCALE:

DRIVE UP LOADING VIEW
NTS
2 03/28/24 PUD REVIEW

PARAPET
EL: +32'-5"

FIRST FLOOR
EL: +0'-0"

SECOND FLOOR
EL: +16'-0"
ROOF @ LP
EL: +26'-8"

STORAGE

STORAGE STORAGE
STORAGE 5'-9"
MECHANICAL EQUIPMENT, TYP.

ROOF @ HP
EL: +29'-2"

FIRST FLOOR
EL: +0'-0"

SECOND FLOOR
EL: +16'-0"
ROOF @ LP
EL: +26'-8"
MECHANICAL EQUIPMENT, TYP.

STORAGE STORAGE

STORAGE STORAGE

PARAPET
EL: +32'-5"
COPYRIGHT 2023: SULLIVAN GOULETTE & WILSON, LTD.

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ARE NOT TO BE REPRODUCED, CHANGED OR COPIED IN ANY

FORM OR MANNER WHATSOEVER, NOR ARE THEY TO BE

ASSIGNED TO ANY THIRD PARTY, WITHOUT FIRST OBTAINING

THE EXPRESSED WRITTEN PERMISSION AND CONSENT OF
SULLIVAN GOULETTE & WILSON, LTD.

THESE DRAWINGS MAY HAVE BEEN REPRODUCED AT A SIZE
DIFFERENTLY THAN ORIGINALLY DRAWN. OWNER AND

ARCHITECT ASSUME NO RESPONSIBILITY FOR USE OF
INCORRECT SCALE.

CONTRACTOR SHALL VERIFY ALL EXISTING CONDITIONS PRIOR

TO PROCEEDING WITH CONSTRUCTION AND NOTIFY

ARCHITECT IMMEDIATELY OF ANY DISCREPANCIES OR
CONFLICTS.

PRINCIPAL:

QC BY:

P.M.:

DRAWN BY:

NO DATE ISSUE DESCRIPTION
1 07/12/23

ISSUE FOR OWNER
REVIEW

DATE PALM &

ROSEMONT
CATHEDRAL CITY, CA 92234
MS CP
BW, AB
444 N MICHIGAN AVE
SUITE 1850
CHICAGO, IL 60611

PROFESSIONAL DESIGN FIRM
License Number: 184-001505
Expiration Date: April 30, 2023
Ph 312.988.7412
Fx 312.988.7409
www.sgwarch.com
44-600 VILLAGE COURT
SUITE 100
PALM DESERT, CA 92260
Ph 760.346.4750
Fx 760.340.0089
41877 ENTERPRISE CIRCLE NORTH
SUITE 140
TEMECULA, CA 92590
Ph 951.296.3430
2 03/08/24 PUD REVIEW
A3-01

BUILDING SECTION
0 1' 2' 4' 8'
SCALE: 1/4" = 1'-0"
1 SCALE:

EAST - WEST SECTION
1/16" = 1'-0"
0 4' 8' 16' 32'
SCALE: 1/16" = 1'-0" 2 SCALE:

NORTH - SOUTH SECTION
1/16" = 1'-0"
2 03/28/24 PUD REVIEW

FLOOR PLAN
UP UP
10 x 20 10 x 20 10 x 20 10 x 20 10 x 20 10 x 20 10 x 20 10 x 20 10 x 20 10 x 20 10 x 20 10 x 20 10 x 20 10 x 20 10 x 20 10 x 20 10 x 20 10 x 20 10 x 20 10 x 20 10 x 20 10 x 20 10 x 20 10 x 20 10 x 20 10 x 20 10 x 10
10 x 10
10 x 10
10 x 10
10 x 10
10 x 10
10 x 10
10 x 10 10 x 10 10 x 10 10 x 10 10 x 10 10 x 10 10 x 10 10 x 10 10 x 10 10 x 10 10 x 10 10 x 10 10 x 10 10 x 10 10 x 10
10 x 10
10 x 10
10 x 10
10 x 10
5 x
10 10 x 20 10 x 20
10 x 15 10 x 15 10 x 15 10 x 15 10 x 15 10 x 15 10 x 15 10 x 15 10 x 20
10 x 10 10 x 10 10 x 10 10 x 10 10 x 10 10 x 10 10 x 10 10 x 10 10 x 10 10 x 10 10 x 10 10 x 10 10 x 10 10 x 10 10 x 10 10 x 10 10 x 10 10 x 10 10 x 10 10 x 10 10 x 10 10 x 10 10 x 10 10 x 10 10 x 10 10 x 10 10 x 15 10 x 15 10 x 15 10 x 15 10 x 15 10 x 15 10 x 15 10 x 15 10 x 15 10 x 15 10 x 15 10 x 15 10 x 15 10 x 15 10 x 15 10 x 15 10 x 15 10 x 15 10 x 15 10 x 15 10 x 15 10 x 15 10 x 15 10 x 15 10 x 15 10 x 15 10 x 15 10 x 15 10 x 15 10 x 15 10 x 15 10 x 15 10 x 15 10 x 15 10 x 15 10 x 15 10 x 15 10 x 15 10 x 15 10 x 15 10 x 15 10 x 15 10 x 15 10 x 15 10 x 15 10 x 15 10 x 15 10 x 15 10 x 15 10 x 15 10 x 15 10 x 15 10 x 15 10 x 15 10 x 15 10 x 15 10 x 15 10 x 15 10 x 15 10 x 15 10 x 15 10 x 15 10 x 15
10 x 15 10 x 15
10 x 15
10 x 15
10 x 15
5 x
10 5 x
10 5 x
10 5 x
10 5 x 5
5 x 5
5 x 5
5 x
10 5 x
10 5 x
10 5 x 5
10 x 10
10 x 10
10 x 10
10 x 10
10 x 10
10 x 10
10 x 10
10 x 10
10 x 10
10 x 10
10 x 10
10 x 10
10 x 10
10 x 10
10 x 10
10 x 10
10 x 10
10 x 10
10 x 10
10 x 10
10 x 10
10 x 15
10 x 15
10 x 15
10 x 15
10 x 10 10 x 10
5 x
10 5 x
10 5 x 5
5 x
10 5 x
10 5 x
10 5 x 5
5 x
10 5 x
10 5 x
10 5 x 5
5 x 5
5 x
10 5 x
10 5 x 5
5 x 5
5 x
10 5 x
10 5 x 5
5 x
10 5 x
10 5 x 5
10 x 10
5 x
10 5 x
10 5 x
10 5 x
10 10 x 10 10 x 10 10 x 10 10 x 10 10 x 10
5 x
10 5 x
10 10 x 10 10 x 10 10 x 10 10 x 10
10 x 10
10 x 10
10 x 15 10 x 15 10 x 15 10 x 15 10 x 15 10 x 15 10 x 15 10 x 15 10 x 15 5 x 5 5 x 5
10 x 10
10 x 10
10 x 10
10 x 10
10 x 10
10 x 10
10 x 10
10 x 10
10 x 10
10 x 10
5 x
10 5 x
10 5 x
10 5 x
10 10 x 10 10 x 10 10 x 10 10 x 10 10 x 10 10 x 10 10 x 10 10 x 10 10 x 10 10 x 20 10 x 20 10 x 20 10 x 20
10 x 10 10 x 10 10 x 10
5 x
10 5 x
10 5 x
10 5 x
10 5 x
10 5 x 5
10 x 20 10 x 20 10 x 20 10 x 20
10 x 20 10 x 20 10 x 20 10 x 20
10 x 20
10 x 20
10 x 15
10 x 15
10 x 10 10 x 10
5 x
10 5 x
10 10 x 15
5 x
10 UP 10 x 15
5 x
10 5 x 5
10 x 30
10 x 12
5 x
15 5 x 5
9 x 10
10 x 15
10 x 20 10 x 20 10 x 20 10 x 20 10 x 20 10 x 20 10 x 20 10 x 20 10 x 20 10 x 20 10 x 20 10 x 20 10 x 20 10 x 20 10 x 20 10 x 20 10 x 20 10 x 20 10 x 20 10 x 20 10 x 20 10 x 20 10 x 20 10 x 20 10 x 20 10 x 20 10 x 20 LOADING AREA DRIVE UP UNITS STAIRS, TYP.

ELEVATORS, TYP.

OFFICE

SERVICE ROOMS

LOADING AREA
322'-4" 122'-4"
190'-0" 110'-3" 29'-9"
85'-4" 42'-1" 251'-4"
EXIT, TYP.
5'-0"
TYP. 5'-0" TYP.

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THE EXPRESSED WRITTEN PERMISSION AND CONSENT OF
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THESE DRAWINGS MAY HAVE BEEN REPRODUCED AT A SIZE
DIFFERENTLY THAN ORIGINALLY DRAWN. OWNER AND

ARCHITECT ASSUME NO RESPONSIBILITY FOR USE OF
INCORRECT SCALE.

CONTRACTOR SHALL VERIFY ALL EXISTING CONDITIONS PRIOR

TO PROCEEDING WITH CONSTRUCTION AND NOTIFY

ARCHITECT IMMEDIATELY OF ANY DISCREPANCIES OR
CONFLICTS.

PRINCIPAL:

QC BY:

P.M.:

DRAWN BY:

NO DATE ISSUE DESCRIPTION
1 07/12/23

ISSUE FOR OWNER
REVIEW

DATE PALM &

ROSEMONT
CATHEDRAL CITY, CA 92234
MS CP
BW, AB
444 N MICHIGAN AVE
SUITE 1850
CHICAGO, IL 60611

PROFESSIONAL DESIGN FIRM
License Number: 184-001505
Expiration Date: April 30, 2023
Ph 312.988.7412
Fx 312.988.7409
www.sgwarch.com
44-600 VILLAGE COURT
SUITE 100
PALM DESERT, CA 92260
Ph 760.346.4750
Fx 760.340.0089
41877 ENTERPRISE CIRCLE NORTH
SUITE 140
TEMECULA, CA 92590
Ph 951.296.3430
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STAIRS, TYP
ELEVATORS, TYP.

CANOPY BELOW
322'-4" 122'-4"
190'-0" 110'-3" 29'-9"
85'-4" 42'-1" 251'-4"
5'-0"
TYP. 5'-0" TYP.

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ASSIGNED TO ANY THIRD PARTY, WITHOUT FIRST OBTAINING

THE EXPRESSED WRITTEN PERMISSION AND CONSENT OF
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THESE DRAWINGS MAY HAVE BEEN REPRODUCED AT A SIZE
DIFFERENTLY THAN ORIGINALLY DRAWN. OWNER AND

ARCHITECT ASSUME NO RESPONSIBILITY FOR USE OF
INCORRECT SCALE.

CONTRACTOR SHALL VERIFY ALL EXISTING CONDITIONS PRIOR

TO PROCEEDING WITH CONSTRUCTION AND NOTIFY

ARCHITECT IMMEDIATELY OF ANY DISCREPANCIES OR
CONFLICTS.

PRINCIPAL:

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ISSUE FOR OWNER
REVIEW

DATE PALM &

ROSEMONT
CATHEDRAL CITY, CA 92234
MS CP
BW, AB
444 N MICHIGAN AVE
SUITE 1850
CHICAGO, IL 60611

PROFESSIONAL DESIGN FIRM
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44-600 VILLAGE COURT
SUITE 100
PALM DESERT, CA 92260
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41877 ENTERPRISE CIRCLE NORTH
SUITE 140
TEMECULA, CA 92590
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1 SCALE:

SECOND FLOOR PLAN
1/16" = 1'-0"
A1-02

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NORTH
0 1' 2' 4' 8'
SCALE: 1/4" = 1'-0"
0 4' 8' 16' 32'
SCALE: 1/16" = 1'-0"
2 03/28/24 PUD REVIEW
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NTS
A2-04

MATERIAL BOARD
0 1' 2' 4' 8'
SCALE: 1/4" = 1'-0"
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ASSIGNED TO ANY THIRD PARTY, WITHOUT FIRST OBTAINING

THE EXPRESSED WRITTEN PERMISSION AND CONSENT OF
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THESE DRAWINGS MAY HAVE BEEN REPRODUCED AT A SIZE
DIFFERENTLY THAN ORIGINALLY DRAWN. OWNER AND

ARCHITECT ASSUME NO RESPONSIBILITY FOR USE OF
INCORRECT SCALE.

CONTRACTOR SHALL VERIFY ALL EXISTING CONDITIONS PRIOR

TO PROCEEDING WITH CONSTRUCTION AND NOTIFY

ARCHITECT IMMEDIATELY OF ANY DISCREPANCIES OR
CONFLICTS.

PRINCIPAL:

QC BY:

P.M.:

DRAWN BY:

NO DATE ISSUE DESCRIPTION
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ISSUE FOR OWNER
REVIEW

DATE PALM &

ROSEMONT
CATHEDRAL CITY, CA 92234
MS CP
BW, AB
444 N MICHIGAN AVE
SUITE 1850
CHICAGO, IL 60611

PROFESSIONAL DESIGN FIRM
License Number: 184-001505
Expiration Date: April 30, 2023
Ph 312.988.7412
Fx 312.988.7409
www.sgwarch.com
44-600 VILLAGE COURT
SUITE 100
PALM DESERT, CA 92260
Ph 760.346.4750
Fx 760.340.0089
41877 ENTERPRISE CIRCLE NORTH
SUITE 140
TEMECULA, CA 92590
Ph 951.296.3430
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METAL COPING
NTS
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NTS
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HORIZONTAL CORREGATED

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METAL COPING - MBCI, COLOR: KOKO BROWN
METAL CANOPY - MBCI, COLOR: KOKO BROWN

STONE VENEER
HORIZONTAL METAL PANEL - COLOR MATCH TO:

BENJAMIN MOORE #2175-30 - RUST
EIFS - STO MEDIUM SAND FINISH, COLOR: DESERT
SUN
METAL PANEL BAND - MBCI, COLOR: KOKO BROWN
LOADING DOOR - MBCI, COLOR: ALMOND

DISPLAY WINDOW SYSTEM
PERFORATED METAL PANEL - COLOR MATCH TO:

BENJAMIN MOORE #2175-30 - RUST
EIFS - STO FINE SAND FINISH, COLOR: MOCHA
CREAM
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11 2 03/28/24 PUD REVIEW
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A2-05

COLOR OPTIONS
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SCALE: 1/4" = 1'-0"
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THE EXPRESSED WRITTEN PERMISSION AND CONSENT OF
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THESE DRAWINGS MAY HAVE BEEN REPRODUCED AT A SIZE
DIFFERENTLY THAN ORIGINALLY DRAWN. OWNER AND

ARCHITECT ASSUME NO RESPONSIBILITY FOR USE OF
INCORRECT SCALE.

CONTRACTOR SHALL VERIFY ALL EXISTING CONDITIONS PRIOR

TO PROCEEDING WITH CONSTRUCTION AND NOTIFY

ARCHITECT IMMEDIATELY OF ANY DISCREPANCIES OR
CONFLICTS.

PRINCIPAL:

QC BY:

P.M.:

DRAWN BY:

NO DATE ISSUE DESCRIPTION
1 07/12/23

ISSUE FOR OWNER
REVIEW

DATE PALM &

ROSEMONT
CATHEDRAL CITY, CA 92234
MS CP
BW, AB
444 N MICHIGAN AVE
SUITE 1850
CHICAGO, IL 60611

PROFESSIONAL DESIGN FIRM
License Number: 184-001505
Expiration Date: April 30, 2023
Ph 312.988.7412
Fx 312.988.7409
www.sgwarch.com
44-600 VILLAGE COURT
SUITE 100
PALM DESERT, CA 92260
Ph 760.346.4750
Fx 760.340.0089
41877 ENTERPRISE CIRCLE NORTH
SUITE 140
TEMECULA, CA 92590
Ph 951.296.3430
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NTS 4 SCALE:

ACCENT COLORS
NTS
244
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HC-17
HC-8
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AF-175
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CONCEPTUAL PLANT LEGEND WA TERUSE SYMBOL BOTANIC AL NAME COMMO N NAME MIN. SIZE SPAC ING OWNER APPLI CANT NOT DATE PALM & ES: ROSEMOUNT REALTY, LLC 1800 VINE STREET LOS ANGELES, CA 90028 (516) 448-1115 ATTN: JASON BORG jason@threemil ehollow.com TERRACE GROUP HOLDINGS, LLC 1800 VINE STREET LOS ANGELES, CA 90028 (516) 448-1115 ATTN: JASON BORG jason@threemilehol low.com 1) PERMANENT AUTOMATIC IRRIGATION STREET TREES - SYSTEMS SHALL BE INSTALLED ON ALL DATE PALM DRIVE 50% EVERGREEN / 50% DECIDUOUS LANDSCAPED AREAS REQUIRING IRRIGATION. LOW WATER USE SYSTEMS SHALL BE IMPLEMENTED. IRRIGATION SYSTEM SHALL BE DESIGNED TO PREVENT OVER SPRAY ONTO WALKWAYS, PARKING AREAS, BUILDINGS AND FENCES. ALL TREES SHALL BE MINIMUM DOUBLE- STAKED. WEAKER AND/OR SLOW-GROWING TREES SHALL BE TRIPLE- STAKED. ALL LANDSCAPE AREAS SHALL RECEIVE 2" DEPTH DECOMPOSED GRANITE 1/4" MINUS IN SIZE ALL UTILITIES, INCLUDING MECHANICAL, ELECTRICAL AND IRRIGATION

WASHINGTONI A FILIFERA

PROSOPIS CHILENSIS

CALIFORNIA FAN PALM

CHILEAN MESQUITE
12' B.T.H. MOD

AS SHOWN (EVERGREEN)

AS SHOWN (DECIDUOUS)
2)
3)
4)
36" BOX / 3" caliper LOW 1
0 PROJ ECT SITE

EQUIPMENT SHALL BE SCREENED WITH APPROPRIATE PLANT MATERIAL CIVIL ENGINEE R LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT 5)
6)
7)
NATIVE AND DROUGHT TOLERANT PLANTS WILL BE INCORPORATED WHEREVER POSSIBLE.

THE APPLICANT INSURES THAT MATURE PLANTINGS WILL NOT INTERFERE WITH UTILITIES, ADJACENT SITE, EXISTING STRUCTURES AND TRAFFIC SIGHT LINES. TREES AND SHRUBS SHALL BE PLACED A MINIMUM OF 5' AWAY FROM WATER METER, GAS METER, OR SEWER LATERALS; A MINIMUM OF 10' AWAY FROM POWER POLES; AND A MINIMUM OF 8' AWAY FROM FIRE HYDRANTS AND FIRE DEPARTMENT SPRINKLER AND STANDPIPE CONNECTION.

THE ALTUM GROUP DAVID NEAULT ASSOCIATES, INC. 41877 ENTERPRISE CIRCLE NORTH #140 TEMECULA, CA 92590 PHONE: (951) 296- 3430 CONTACT: BRYAN LOVE PARKING LOT TREES 100% EVERGREEN
44-600 VILLAGE COURT, SUITE 100 PALM DESERT, CA 92260 (760) 641-3065 Date Palm Dr.

GEIJERA PARVIFLORA

RHUS LANCEA

AUSTRALIAN WILLOW

AFRICAN SUMAC
24" BOX / 2" caliper MOD
24" BOX / 2" caliper LOW
24" BOX / 2" caliper MOD

AS SHOWN (EVERGREEN) AS SHOWN (EVERGREEN) AS SHOWN (EVERGREEN) CONTACT: RICH QUERCUS V. MALACOFF "HERITAGE" SOUTHERN LIVE OAK 8) 9)
ALL PLANTERS ADJACENT TO PARKING STALLS SHALL RECEIVE A 12" CONCRETE STEP OUT, (IN ADDITION TO THE 6" WIDE CURB) CONCRETE MOW CURBS SHALL BE UTILIZED TO SEPARATE PLANTING AREAS. REDWOOD HEADERS WILL NOT BE USED.

VICINIT Y MAP
N.T. S.

SCREEN AND LANDSCAPE TREES 35% EVERGREEN / 65% DECIDUOUS

ACACIA STENOPHYLLA
CERCIDIUM "DESERT MUSEUM"

CHILOPSIS LINEARIS

SHOESTRING ACACIA

PALO VERDE
24" BOX / 2" caliper LOW
24" BOX / 2" caliper LOW
24" BOX / 2" caliper LOW
24" BOX / 2" caliper MOD
24" BOX / 2" caliper LOW
24" BOX / 2" caliper LOW
24" BOX / 2" caliper LOW
24" BOX / 2" caliper MOD
24" BOX / 2" caliper MOD

AS SHOWN (EVERGREEN) AS SHOWN (DECIDUOUS) AS SHOWN (DECIDUOUS) AS SHOWN (DECIDUOUS) AS SHOWN (DECIDUOUS) AS SHOWN (DECIDUOUS) AS SHOWN (DECIDUOUS) AS SHOWN (EVERGREEN) AS SHOWN (EVERGREEN) DESERT

LAGERSTROEM WILLOW

IA INDICA

OLEA EUROPAEA

CRAPE MYRTLE OLIVE 'FRUITLESS'

DESERT IRONWOOD

THORNLESS MESQUITE
OLNEYA TESOTA PROSOPIS CHILENSIS PRUNUS CERASIFERA "KRAUTER VESUVIUS" PURPLE LEAF PLUM QUERCUS V. "HERITAGE" SOUTHERN LIVE OAK

SMALL ACCENTS / COLUMNARS CALLISTEMON CITRINUS

CUPRESSUS SEMPERVIRENS

LAURUS NOBILIS

LEMON BOTTLEBRUS H

ITALIAN CYPRESS
15 GALLO N
15 GALLO N
15 GALLO N
15 GALLO N
MOD
MOD
MOD
MOD

AS SHOW N

AS SHOW N

AS SHOW N

AS SHOW N

BAY LAUREL EXISTING RESIDENTIA L

EXISTING RESIDENTIA
L

PODOCARPU S HENKELII LONG-LEAVED YELLOWWOOD
SHRUBS / ACCENTS AGAVE SPECIES AGA VE 5 GALL ON
1 GALL ON
5 GALL ON
5 GALL ON
5 GALL ON
5 GALL ON
5 GALL ON
5 GALL ON
1 GALL ON
5 GALL ON
5 GALL ON
5 GALL ON
5 GALL ON
5 GALL ON
5 GALL ON
5 GALL ON
1 GALL ON
5 GALL ON
5 GALL ON
1 GALL ON
5 GALL ON
5 GALL ON
5 GALL ON
5 GALL ON
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LOW
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MOD
LOW
LOW
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LOW
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4' O.C.
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6' O.C.
8' O.C.
4' O.C.
6' O.C.
6' O.C.

ALOE "BLUE ELF"BLUE ELF ALOE

BOUGAINVILL EA

WOOLY BUTTERFLY BUSH

BAJA FAIRY DUSTER

RED BIRD OF PARADISE

DWARF BOTTLEBRUSH

DESERT SPOON

GOLDEN BARREL

BRITTLE BUSH

BOUGAINVILLEA SPECIES

BUDDLEIA MARRUBIFOLIA

CALLIANDRA CALIFORNICA

CAESALPINIA PULCHERRIMA

CALLISTEMON 'LITTLE JOHN'

DASYLIRION WHEELERI

ECHINOCACTUS GRUSONII

ENCELIA FARINOSA
UP
PROPER

TY LINE SELF- STORAGE FACILITY

FOUQUIERA SPLENDENS

HESPERALOE PARVIFLORA
ILEX VOMITORIA "STOKES DWARF"

JUSTICIA CALIFORNICA

LANTANA SPECIES

OCOTI LLORED YUCCA DWARF YAUPON HOLLY

CHUPAROSA LANTA

LEUCOPHYLLUM NA

FRUTESCENS
MUHLENBERGIA "REGAL MIST"

MYRTUS COMMUNIS

TEXAS RANGER

PINK MUHLY GRASS

TRUE MYRTLE
EXISTING RETAIL OLEA "LITTLE OLLIE"

DWARF OLIVE

PENSTE MON

PENSTEMON SPECIES RUELLIA PENINSULARI S

TECOMA STANS

DESERT RUELLIA

YELLOW BELLS

MEXICAN SAGE
YUCCA

FUTU RE BUILD INGPAD

SALVIA LEUCANTHA LOW SCREE NWALLS

YUCCA SPECIES PARK GROUND COVERS ING PROPER
R.O. TY LINE W. ACACIA R. "DESERT CARPET"

BAILEYA MULTIRADIATA

CONVOLVULUS MAURITANICUS

LANTANA MONTEVIDENSIS
LANTANA M. "NEW GOLD"

LAVANDULA SPECIES
TRAILING ACACIA 1 GALL ON
1 GALL ON
1 GALL ON
1 GALL ON
1 GALL ON
1 GALL ON
1 GALL ON
1 GALL ON
LOW
LOW
MOD
MOD
MOD
MOD
LOW
LOW
36" O.C.
36" O.C.
24" O.C.
36" O.C.
36" O.C.
24" O.C.
36" O.C.
24" O.C.

DESERT MARIGOLD

GROUND MORNING GLORY

SPREADING LANTANA

SPREADING LANTANA

LAVENDER

PROJECT SIGNAGE WITH LIGHTIN G

SIDE WALK OENETHERA BERLANDIERI

VERBENA RIGIDA

MEXICAN PRIMROSE
SANDPIPER VERBENA DECOMPOSED GRANITE - "BRIMSTONE" OR EQUAL - 1/4" MINUS - 2" DEEP LAYER IN ALL LANDSCAPE AREAS

VIN ESBOUGAINVILLE A SPECIES BOUGAIN VILLEA

LILAC VINE
5 GALL ON
5 GALL ON
5 GALL ON
MOD
MOD
LOW
15' O.C.
15' O.C.
15' O.C.

HARDENBERGIA VIOLACEA

MACFADYENA UNGUIS-CATI
0 40
'
80 '
16 Scale: 0'
1"=40' N O R T H LANDSCAPE CONCEPT PLANS FOR: DATE PALM SELF STORAGE

LANDSCAPE MASTER PLAN
SHEET 1 OF 3 DATE PALM & ROSEMOUNT REALTY, LLC

CATHEDRAL C
ITY, C ALIFO RNIA 04.10
.24

ACCENT PALMS ALONG ENTRY

METAL ELEMENT TOMATCH BUILDING

STYLE STONE TO MATCH BUILDING

STUCCO TO MATCH MAIN BUILDING

COLOR FLOATIN G METAL
LETTERS TENANT SIGNAGE 6
' 5
'

LOW PLANTING IN

FRONT OF MONUMENT
16'- 6"

MONUMENT LIGHTING PROJECT SIGNAGE
Scale: 1/2"=1'- 0"

SELF- STORAGE FACILITY PROPER TY LINE

PROPER TY LINE
PARKING SHADE REQUIREMENTS SHADE CALCULATIONS ARE BASED ON 116 PARKING STALLS 4,791 S.F. TREE LOCATIO NS TOTAL SQUARE FOOTAGE OF SHADE FROM TREE'S - 3,216 S.F. TOTAL PERCENTAGE OF SHADE 67.1% 20' SETB ACK
5' 6'
RO

SIDEW ALK W
ROW
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Rosemount Storage Project
Initial Study/Mitigated Negative Declaration
Lead Agency:

City of Cathedral City
68700 Avenida Lalo Guerrero
Cathedral City, CA 92234
Prepared by:

The Altum Group
44-600 Village Court, Suite 100
Palm Desert, CA 92260
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Table of Contents
Chapter 1 Introduction .........................................................................................................................................1

1.1 1.2

1.3 1.4

1.5 1.6

1.7 Preface.................................................................................................................................................1 Regulatory Guidance ...........................................................................................................................1 Lead Agency.........................................................................................................................................2 Purpose of this Document...................................................................................................................3 CEQA Process.......................................................................................................................................3 Summary of Findings ...........................................................................................................................4 Organization of the Document............................................................................................................5 Chapter 2 Project Description ..............................................................................................................................6

2.1 2.2
Project Location...................................................................................................................................6 Proposed Project Characteristics ........................................................................................................7 Chapter 3 Project Checklist………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 10

3.1 Project Information ...........................................................................................................................10 Chapter 4 Environmental Determination…………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 16

4.1 4.2

4.3 Aesthetics ..........................................................................................................................................18 Agriculture and Forestry Resources ..................................................................................................21 Air Quality..........................................................................................................................................23 Existing Physical Setting..................................................................................................................................29 Air Quality Thresholds of Significance ............................................................................................................35 CO Hot Spot Emissions....................................................................................................................................42 Cumulative Regional Air Quality Impacts .......................................................................................................43

4.4 4.5

4.6 4.7

4.8 Biological Resources..........................................................................................................................45 Cultural Resources.............................................................................................................................51 Energy................................................................................................................................................57 Geology and Soils ..............................................................................................................................62 Greenhouse Gas Emissions................................................................................................................65 Greenhouse Gas Setting .................................................................................................................................65

4.9 Hazards and Hazardous Materials.....................................................................................................76 Hydrology and Water Quality............................................................................................................79 Land Use and Planning ......................................................................................................................84 Mineral Resources.............................................................................................................................86 Noise..................................................................................................................................................88 Population and Housing ..................................................................................................................103 Public Services .................................................................................................................................105

4.10 4.11

4.12 4.13

4.14 4.15
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4.16 4.17

4.18 4.19

4.20 4.21
Recreation .......................................................................................................................................109 Transportation and Traffic...............................................................................................................111 Tribal Cultural Resources.................................................................................................................130 Utilities and Services .......................................................................................................................134 Wildfire............................................................................................................................................138 Mandatory Findings of Significance ................................................................................................140 Chapter 5 Report Preparers..............................................................................................................................143 Chapter 6 References........................................................................................................................................144 List of Tables
Table 1 Summary of Land Use and Zoning ......................................................................................................10 Table 2 Proposed Building Type/Area for Scenario One .................................................................................13 Table 3 Parking Requirements for Scenario One.............................................................................................13 Table 4 Proposed Building Type/Area for Scenario Two.................................................................................14 Table 5 Parking requirements for Scenario 2 ..................................................................................................14 Table 6 Ambient Air Quality Standards ...........................................................................................................24 Table 7 Local Area Air Quality Levels from Palm Springs Air Monitoring Station1 ..........................................29 Table 8 Coachella Valley Portion of the Salton Sea Air Basin Attainment Status............................................31 Table 9 Construction Equipment Assumptions1 ..............................................................................................34 Table 10 Regional Significance – Unmitigated Construction Emissions (pounds/day) .....................................37 Table 11 Regional Significance-Unmitigated Operational Emissions (lbs/day).................................................39 Table 12 Localized Significance – Construction.................................................................................................41 Table 13 Localized Significance – Unmitigated Operational Emissions.............................................................42 Table 14 Previous Cultural Investigations within the Project Study Area .........................................................53 Table 15 Previously Recorded Cultural Resources within the Project Study Area.............................................54 Table 16 Project Construction Power Cost and Electricity Usage Estimates.....................................................57 Table 17 Construction Equipment Fuel Consumption Estimates......................................................................58 Table 18 Project Unmitigated Annual Operational Energy Demand Summary1 ..............................................59 Table 19 Description of Greenhouse Gases.......................................................................................................66 Table 20 Construction Greenhouse Gas Emissions ...........................................................................................67 Table 21 Opening Year Unmitigated Project-Related Greenhouse Gas Emissions ...........................................68 Table 22 City of Cathedral City CAP Applicable Measures Project Comparison................................................70 Table 23 Project Consistency with CARB Scoping Plan Policies and Measures1 ...............................................71 Table 24 Project Consistency with SCAG 2020-2045 RTP/SCS1 .........................................................................74 Table 25 Long-Term Noise Measurement Data for (LT1) (dBA)1.......................................................................90 Table 26 Allowable Exterior Noise Level ...........................................................................................................94 Table 27 Roadway Parameters and Vehicle Distribution ..................................................................................95 Table 28 Alternative 1 Existing Scenario - Noise Levels Along Roadways (dBA CNEL)......................................96 Table 29 Alternative 2 Existing Scenario - Noise Levels Along Roadways (dBA CNEL)......................................97 Rosemount Storage Project ii

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Table 30 Alternative 1 Operational Noise Levels (dBA, Leq).............................................................................98 Table 31 Alternative 2 Operational Noise Levels (dBA, Leq).............................................................................98 Table 32 Construction Noise Level by Phase (dBA, Leq) ...................................................................................99 Table 33 Guideline Vibration Damage Potential Threshold Criteria ...............................................................100 Table 34 Vibration Source Levels for Construction Equipment.......................................................................101 Table 35 Existing Conditions 2023 Intersection Operation Analysis ...............................................................113 Table 36 Existing Year 2023 Roadway Segment Capacity Analysis .................................................................114 Table 37 Project Completion Year 2025 Conditions Intersection Operation Analysis ....................................114 Table 38 Project Completion Year 2025 Conditions Roadway Segment Capacity Analysis ............................115 Table 39 Project Completion Year 2027 Conditions Intersection Operation Analysis ....................................116 Table 40 Project Completion Year 2027 With Improvements Intersection Operation Analysis.....................116 Table 41 Project Completion Year 2027 Conditions Roadway Segment Capacity Analysis ............................117 Table 42 Cumulative Projects ..........................................................................................................................117 Table 43 Cumulative Year 2027 Conditions Intersection Operation Analysis .................................................121 Table 44 Cumulative Year 2027 With Improvements Intersection Operation Analysis..................................121 Table 45 Cumulative Year 2027 Conditions Roadway Segment Capacity Analysis .........................................122 Table 46 Existing Plus Project (Scenario 1) Conditions AM Peak Hour Intersection Operation Analysis........122 Table 47 Completion Year 2027 (Scenario 1) Conditions AM Peak Hour Intersection Operation Analysis ....122 Table 48 Cumulative Year 2027 (Scenario 1) Conditions AM Peak Hour Intersection Operation Analysis.....123 Table 49 Project Feature Contributions ..........................................................................................................124 Table 50 Horizon Year 2045 Plus Project intersection ……………………………………………………………………………… 138 Table 51 Project Fair Share Contributions………………………………………………………………………………………………… 139 List of Exhibits
Exhibit 1 Regional Location
Exhibit 2 Location Map
Exhibit 3 Site Map
Exhibit 4 Scenario One Site Plan
Exhibit 5 Scenario Two Site Plan
Exhibit 6 General Plan Land Use Designation
Exhibit 7 Zoning Map
Appendix
Appendix A – Air Quality, GHG, and Energy Study
Appendix B – Habitat Assessment and CVMSHCP Consistency Analysis Appendix C – Cultural and Paleontological Resource Study Appendix D – Noise Study
Appendix E – Soils Report
Appendix F - Traffic Analysis
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Acronyms
AB Assembly Bill
ACBI
ADA
ADT
Agua Caliente Ban of Cahuilla Indians
Americans with Disabilities act
Annual Dail Traffic
ALUC
APN
Airport Land Use Commission
Accessor Parcel Number
ARB Air Resource Board
AQMD
BLM
BMPs
B.P
Air Quality Management District
Bureau of Land Management
Best Management Practices
Before Present
BSA Biological Study Area
CAAQS
CA DOC
CA DWR
CaEEMOD

CAH HMMA
CAL Fire
CALGreen
CAL Trans
CAP
California Air Quality Standard
California Department of Conservation
California Department of Water Resources
California Emissions Estimator Model
California Hazardous Material Management Act
California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection
California Green Building Standards
California Department of Transportation
Climate Action Plan
CARB

CA SMGB
CCPD
CCR
CDFW
CEQA
CG
California Air Resources Board
California State Mining and Geology Board
Continual Cycling Peritoneal Dialysis
California Code of Regulations
California Department of Fish and Wildlife
California Environmental quality Act
General Commercial
CHRIS
CNRA
CNEL
CO
California Historical Resources Information System
California Natural Resource Agency
Community Noise Equivalent Level
Carbon Dioxide
CUP Conditional Use Permit

CVMSHCP
CVWD
CWA
Coachella Valley Multiple Species Habitat Conservation Plan Coachella Valley Water District
Clean Water Act
dB Decibel
dBA
DR
Decibel A Scale
Design Review
DWA
EBL
Desert Water Agency
East Bound Left Lane
EBR East Bound Right Lane
EIC
EIR
Eastern Information Center
Environmental Impact Report
EMD Emergency Management Department
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EMFAC
EOC
EPA
FAR
FHA
FHSZ
FHWA
FRA
FTA
GHG
GP
Emissions Factor
Emergency Operations Center
Environmental Protection Agency
Federal Acquisition Regulation
Federal Highway Administration
Fire Hazard Severity Zones
Federal Highway Administration
Federal Responsibility Area
Federal Transportation Agency
Green House Gas Emissions
General Plan
GPU
HMTA
HRA
General Plan Update
Hazardous Materials Transportation Act
Housing Rent Allowance
HVAC
IS
Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning
Initial Study
IS/MND
ISTEA
I-10
Initial Study/ Mitigated Negative Declaration
Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act
Interstate 10
kBTU
kWh
Leq
Kilo British Thermal Unit
Kilowatts per hour
Equivalent Sound Level
LRA Local Responsibility Area
LSTs Localized Significant Thresholds
Myoma Fine Sands with high soil infiltration rates
Migratory Bird Treaty Act
Mitigated Negative Declaration
Monitoring and Reporting Program
Negative Declaration
MaB
MBTA
MND
MMRP
ND
MRZ
MTCO2e
NAAQS
NAHC
NBL
Mineral Resource Zone
Metric Ton of Carbon Dioxide Equivalent
National Air Quality Standard
Native American Heritage Commission
North Bound Left Lane
NO2 Nitrogen Dioxide
NOAA
NOD
NOI
National Oceanic and Atmosphere Administration
Notice of Determination
Notice of Intent
NOX Nitrogen Oxides
NPDES
NRCS
OEHHA
OPR
National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System
National Resource Conservation Service
Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment
Office of Planning and Research
Planned Community Commercial
Particles that are less than 10 micrometers in diameter Particles that are less than 2.5 micrometers in diameter Peak Particle Velocity
PCC
PM 10
PM2.5
PPV
PSUSD Palm Springs Unified School District
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RCFD
PRC
R1
Riverside County Fire Department
Public Recourse Code
Single Family Residential
R2 Multiple Family Residential
Resources Conservation and Recovery Act
Reference Energy Mean Emission Level
Regional Water Quality Control Board
Senate Bill
RCRA
REMEL
RWQCB
SB
SBBM
SCAB
SCAG

SCAQMND
SCE
San Bernardino Basin and Meridian
South Coast Air Basin
Southern California Associated Governments
South Coast Air Quality Management District
Southern California Edison
SEO School Resource Officer
Sf Square Foot
SLF Sacred Lands File
SMARA
SoCalGas
SO
Surface Mining and Reclamation Act
Southern California Gas Company
Sulphur Dioxide
SP Specific Plan
SP Southern Pacific
SPA
SRA
Specific Plan Amendment
State Responsibility Area
SRA 30
SR
State Responsibility 30
State Route
SSAB
SWAT
SWPPP
TAC
Salton Sea Air Basin
Special Weapons and Tactics
Storm Water Pollution Prevention Plan
Transportation Accident Commission
UBC Unified Building Code
USCOE
USDA
USEPA
USFS
USFWS
USGS
US HWY 395
VOC
United States Army Corps of Engineers
United States Department of Agriculture
United States Environmental Protection Agency
United States Forest Service
United States Fish and Wildlife Services
United State Geological Survey
US Highway 395
Volatile Organic Compound
Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zones
Vehicle Miles Traveled
VHFHSZ
VMT
VOX
WRP
WQMP
Volatile Organic Compound
Water Resource Pan
Water Quality Management Plan
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Chapter 1 Introduction

1.1 Preface
This Initial Study/Mitigated Negative Declaration (IS/MND) has been prepared by The Altum Group to evaluate potential environmental effects resulting from the proposed Rosemount Storage project, on Date Palm Drive, between McCallum Way and Rosemount Road, in the City of Cathedral City, County of Riverside, California (proposed Project). The proposed Project is located on Assessor Parcel Numbers (APNs) 670-110-048-, 670-110-049, 670-110-050, 670-110-051, 670-110-052, 670-110-053, 670-110-056.

The proposed Project is also requesting an amendment to the Uptown Village Specific Plan, also known as the City of Cathedral City Specific Plan (SP) 96-54, in order to accommodate the mix of future uses at the Project site.

The objective of this environmental document is to inform the City decision-makers, representatives of other affected/responsible agencies, and other interested parties, of the potential environmental effects that may be associated with the proposed Project and to incorporate mitigation measures as necessary in order to reduce or eliminate significant or potentially significant effects. It therefore serves as the environmental review of the proposed Project, as required pursuant to Section §15367 of the State of California Guidelines for implementation of CEQA and the Public Resources Code (PRC). This IS/MND has evaluated each of the issue areas under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Checklist provided in Section 3.0 of this document. The purpose of the MND and the IS checklist (see Sections 4.1 -

4.20 of this IS/MND) is to determine any potentially significant impacts associated with the proposed Project.

1.2 Regulatory Guidance
This document has been prepared in accordance with all criteria, standards, and procedures of the CEQA Guidelines, §15070-§15075 (PRC §15063 and §21000 et seq). It is an informational document intended for use by the Lead, Trustee, and Responsible agencies, and members of the general public in evaluating the physical environmental effects resulting from planning, constructing, and operating the proposed Project. CEQA requires that a proposed project be reviewed to determine the environmental effects that would result if the project is approved and implemented and to determine if a proposed project has any potentially significant impacts on the environment. The Lead Agency therefore has the responsibility for preparing the associated environmental document prior to consideration of the approval of a proposed project and has the authority to make decisions regarding discretionary actions relating to implementation of the proposed project.

In accordance with the CEQA Guidelines, Section §15064, an Environmental Impact Report (EIR) must be prepared if the Initial Study indicates that the proposed Project under review may have a potentially significant impact on the environment. A Negative Declaration (ND) or a Mitigated Negative Declaration (MND) may be prepared instead, if the lead agency prepares a written statement describing the reasons why a proposed project would not have a significant effect on the environment, and, therefore, why it does not require the preparation of an EIR (CEQA Guidelines Section §15371). According to CEQA Guidelines Section §15070, a (ND/MND) shall be prepared for a proposed project subject to CEQA when either:

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a) The Initial Study shows there is no substantial evidence, in light of the whole record before the agency, that the proposed project may have a significant effect on the environment, or The Initial Study identified potentially significant effects, but:
b) Revisions in the proposed project plans or proposals made by or agreed to by the applicant before the proposed negative declaration is released for public review would avoid the effects or mitigate the effects to a point where clearly no significant effects would occur; and, c) There is no substantial evidence, in light of the whole record before the agency, that the proposed project as revised may have a significant effect on the environment. If revisions are adopted into the proposed project in accordance with the CEQA Guidelines Section §15070(b), a Mitigated Negative Declaration is prepared.

Therefore, per CEQA Guidelines, this document is an MND and incorporates all of the elements of an IS.

This document also includes all appropriate conditions in the form of mitigation measures, in order to reduce potentially significant impacts.

As established in CEQA Guidelines Section §15063(c), the purposes of an IS are to:
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1.3 Lead Agency
The Lead Agency is the public agency with primary responsibility over a proposed project. Where two or more public agencies will be involved with a proposed project, State CEQA Guidelines Section §15051 provides criteria for identifying the lead agency. State CEQA Guidelines §15051(b) states:

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a) If the proposed project is to be carried out by a nongovernmental person or entity, the lead agency shall be the public agency with the greatest responsibility for supervising or approving the proposed project as a whole.
b) The lead agency will normally be the agency with the general governmental powers, such as a city of county, rather than an agency with a single or limited purpose such as an air pollution control district or a district which will provide public serve or public utility to the proposed project.

As the proposed Project is located in the City of Cathedral City (City), pursuant to PRC Code Section §21067, and State CEQA Guidelines §15367, the City is the “Lead Agency” for this Project. As the Lead Agency, therefore, the City is responsible for the review and approval of the proposed Project. Based on the findings of the IS for the proposed Project, the City has determined that a MND is the appropriate environmental document to prepare in compliance with CEQA (PRC, Section §21000 et seq.) since no potentially significant effects on the environment have been identified for this Project. This MND has been prepared by the City and complies with Section §15070-§15075 of the CEQA Guidelines (14 CCR §15000 et seq.).

1.4 Purpose of this Document
This IS/MND conforms to these requirements and to the content requirements of State CEQA Guidelines Section §15070-§15075. Since the intention of this document is to present to decision-makers and the public information about the environmental consequences of implementing the proposed Project, this disclosure document is being made available to the public for review and comment.

In accordance with the relevant provisions of CEQA (PRC Section §21000 et seq, the objective of this IS/MND is to inform city decision-makers, representatives of other affected/responsible agencies, the public, and interested parties of the potential environmental consequences of the proposed Project. Upon completion of the IS/MND, it was determined that incorporation of the appropriate mitigation would reduce proposed Project environmental impacts to levels below significance thresholds; therefore, an EIR would not be required and a MND would be the appropriate level of CEQA document.

1.5 CEQA Process
The City has determined that this IS and its supporting reference material provide substantial evidence that an IS/MND is the appropriate environmental document for the proposed project. Therefore, a goodfaith effort has been made during the preparation of this IS/MND to contact affected agencies, organizations, and persons who may have an interest in this project. In reviewing the IS/MND, public agencies and the interested public should focus on the sufficiency of the document in identifying and analyzing the project’s possible impacts on the environment. A Notice of Intent (NOI) to adopt the IS/MND will be distributed for public review with the IS/MND. The NOI identifies the location(s) where the IS/MND, the Mitigation, Monitoring and Reporting Program (MMRP), and the associated Technical Appendices that support the IS/MND, are available for public review. Following the public review period, the City will review any comment letters received and determine whether any substantive comments (as defined by CEQA Guideline §15073.5(b)) were provided that may warrant revisions to the CEQA document. If no substantial revisions are necessary, then the IS/MND will be reviewed by the city decision-maker(s) to adopt this IS/MND. Following approval, a Notice of Determination (NOD) for the IS/MND will be filed with the Riverside County Clerk.

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Comments or questions concerning this IS/MND may be submitted in writing by mail or e-mail to:

Sandra Molina
Director of Community and Economic Development
68700 Avenida Lalo Guerrero
Cathedral City, California 92234
Email: [email protected]
Phone: (760) 202-2433
The document is also available on the City’s website at: www.cathedralcity.gov/planning Comments on the IS/MND may be made in writing before the end of the public review period. A 20-day review and comment period from July 02, 2024, to July 22, 2024, has been established in accordance with Section §15072(a) of the CEQA Guidelines. Following the close of the public comment period, the City Council will consider this IS/MND and comments in determining whether to approve/deny the proposed Project.

The Lead Agency will also prepare the Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program (MMRP) to address all applicable mitigation measures. If no substantial revisions are necessary, then the IS/MND will be reviewed by the city decision-maker(s) to adopt this IS/MND. Following approval, a Notice of Determination (NOD) for the IS/MND will be filed with the Riverside County Clerk.

1.6 Summary of Findings
Chapter 3 of this document contains the analysis and discussion of potential environmental impacts of the project. Based on the issues evaluated in that chapter, it was determined that the project would have either no impact or a less than significant impact related to most of the issue areas identified in the Environmental Checklist, included as Appendix G of the State CEQA Guidelines. These include the following issue areas:
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Aesthetics
Agricultural Resources
Air Quality
Energy
Geology and Soils
Greenhouse Gas Emission
Hazards and Hazardous Materials
Hydrology
Land Use
Mineral Resources
Noise
Population/Housing
Public Services
Recreation
Transportation
Utilities/Service Systems
Wildfire
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Potentially significant impacts were identified for Biological Resources, Cultural Resources, and Tribal Cultural Resources; however, mitigation measures included in the IS/MND would reduce all impacts to a less than significant level. Potentially significant impacts were not identified for this IS/MND; however, mitigation measures included in the IS/MND would reduce all impacts to a less than significant level.

1.7 Organization of the Document
This document is divided into the following sections:

1.0 Introduction - Provides an introduction and describes the purpose and organization of this document.

2.0 Project Description - Provides a detailed description of the proposed project.

3.0 Project Checklist - Provides the environmental determination for the proposed Project based on each of the 20 issue areas.

4.0 Environmental Determination - Describes the environmental setting for each of the environmental subject areas (as described in Appendix G of the State CEQA Guidelines), evaluates a range of impacts classified as “no impact,” “less than significant,” or “less than significant with mitigation incorporated” in response to the environmental checklist, and provides mitigation measures, where appropriate, to mitigate potentially significant impacts to a less than significant level.

5.0 Report Preparers - Identifies staff and consultants responsible for the preparation of this document.

6.0 References – Provides a list of references used to prepare the IS/MND.

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Chapter 2 Project Description
This section of the IS/MND describes the Date Palm and Rosemount Storage Project (proposed Project; Project) and provides a description of the proposed Project’s location, objectives, and required approvals. The purpose of the proposed Project is to develop a seven (7) acre site in the city of Cathedral City, County of Riverside California. The Specific Plan will include the creation of Planning Unit four, which is the subject of the Specific Plan Amendment and can be found on Exhibit 4. The City is the Lead Agency for the purposes of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). The IS/MND is examining the project with two possible site plans so that the worst-case scenario is examined. The Site Plans can be found on Exhibits 4 and 5. Exhibit 4 will be the selfstorage facility with various retail and restaurants with a total square footage of 133,243 square feet. Exhibit 5 will have the self-storage facility, retail, and a Grocery Store/Big Box Retail building with a total area of 169,779 square feet.

The project will also include a Specific Plan Amendment (No. 99-58A) which will create Planning Unit four (4) with an area of 7.16 acres for this proposed project and provide corresponding development standards.

Planning Unit four (4) will be separated from Planning Unit One (1) which will remain with an area of 2.11 acres.

The Specific Plan Amendment will be a policy document and will not have any impact on Aesthetics, Agriculture, Air Quality, Biological Resources, Cultural Resources, Energy, Geology and Soils, Greenhouse Gasses, Hazards and Hazardous Materials, Hydrology/Water Quality, Mineral Resources, Noise, Population/Housing, Public Services, Recreation, Transportation, Tribal Cultural Resources, Utilities/Service Systems, Wildfires, and Mandatory Findings of Significance.

2.1 Project Location

2.1.1 Regional Setting
The approximate seven (7) acre proposed Project site (Assessor’s Parcel Numbers [APNs] 670-110-048-, 670- 110-049, 670-110-050, 670-110-051, 670-110-052, 670-110-053, and 670-110-056), located in the mid-central part of the city of Cathedral City (city), Riverside County (County), California (Exhibit 1: Regional Location). As shown in Exhibit 1, regional access to the site is provided by Interstate 10 (I-10) located approximately two (2) miles to the east and by State Route 111 (SR-111), which is approximately two and a half (2.5) miles to the west of the Project site. The community of Thousand Palms and city of Desert Hot Springs are located to the north, the cities of Rancho Mirage, Palm Desert, Indio, Coachella, and Indian Wells to the south and east, and the city of Palm Springs to the west.

The currently vacant Project site is located off Date Palm Drive, between McCallum Way and Rosemount Road, in a fairly developed area of the city (Exhibit 2). Surrounding land uses include small commercial and residential uses to the east and south of the site, a bank and commercial uses to the west and vacant land to the north of the site. Surrounding zoning consists of R1 - Single Family Residential and R2 Multiple Family Residential to the east and south, and PCC Planned Community Commercial to the west and north. Current Land Use and Zoning Designations
According to the City ’s 2040 General Plan Land Use Map, the Project site is designated General Commercial.

According to the City’s Zoning Map, the site is zoned PCC Planned Community Commercial (City of Cathedral City, 2023). Exhibit 7, Zoning Map, shows the existing zoning for the proposed Project area, and Exhibit 6, Rosemount Storage Project 6
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General Plan Land Use Designation, shows the existing land use designations for the proposed Project area (Cathedral City Imagine 2040 General Plan Update Environmental Impact Report; 2021).

2.1.2 Existing Project Site
As illustrated by Exhibit 3, Site Map, the proposed Project site is currently vacant. The topography of the project site is relatively flat, with a few low trees and shrubs scattered across the site. Residential and small commercial uses, such as a Dollar Tree and the vacant retail building are located adjacent to the site on its eastern and southern boundaries. Rosemount Road forms the northern boundary of the site, while Date Palm Drive, a three-lane roadway (in both directions) forms the western boundary of the site.

2.2 Proposed Project Characteristics
The proposed Project includes the development of approximately seven (7) acres located in the city of Cathedral City, east of Date Palm Drive, between Rosemount Road to the north and McCallum Way to the south. The project will require a recommendation from the Planning Commission and for City Council to take final action on an entitlement and legislative action for parcels including APN: 670-110-48, 670-110-49, 670- 110-50, 670-110-51, 670-110-52, 670-110-53, and 670-110-56. The proposed project includes the below:

A Design Review and Lot Merger for the construction of a 2-story indoor self-storage facility with a total area of 115,054 square feet at 57,527 square feet per floor. The current zoning of the site is Specific Plan No. 99-58 with the underlying zone of PCC (Planned Community Commercial) District.

A Specific Plan Amendment to create Planning Unit four which would allow the indoor self-storage use and a 50,000 square foot Grocery Store/Big Box Retail building as well as changes to the development code, new streamlined architectural standards, and updated list of permitted and conditional land uses.

The Mitigated Negative Declaration was processed at full buildout so that future entitlements would not have to obtain separate Mitigated Negative Declarations. At full buildout the project could include either of two scenarios: retail uses with a 2-story indoor mini-storage facility, or a Grocery Store up to 50,000 square feet/ Big Box Retail building, 2-story indoor mini-storage facility, and retail uses. The project is currently being proposed as a phased project and each future proposal would require its own entitlement consistent with the Mitigated Negative Declaration. The Design Review only includes the indoor mini-storage facility, underground retention basin, and a minimum of 12 spaces for on-site parking.

With regard to CEQA, the proposed Project would be developed with phased construction which includes the operation of a 2-story 115,054 square foot (sf) indoor climate-controlled mini-storage facility with 57,527 square feet per floor. The indoor self-storage facility includes climate-controlled self-storage, retail, office, and loading areas. The CEQA Analysis includes two scenarios, scenario one would include the first phase which would be an approximate two (2) story 115,054 square feet (sf) at 57,527 sf per floor, climate controlled selfstorage facility with associated retail, office, and loading areas and Phase 2 would include one (1) retail building approximately 4,725 sf in size, two (2) drive through facilities with areas of 2,413 sf and 4,617 sf respectively, and two (2) retail buildings with areas of 3,217 sf each. Scenario two would include the two (2) story 115,054 square feet (sf) at 57,527 sf per floor, climate-controlled self-storage facility with associated retail, office, and loading area and one (1) Grocery Store/Big Box Retail building with a maximum area of 50,000 sf, and a retail building with an area of 4,725 sf. All scenarios will have on-site landscaping, on-site parking, signage, low walls, along frontage, and underground retention for on-site water retention.

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The proposed Project would require City Council approval of the following discretionary and ministerial actions:
(1) Specific Plan Amendment (SPA);
(2) Design Review (DR);
(3) Building Permit; and,
(4) Approval of the Project IS/MND.

Site Plan
The proposed Project has analyzed two scenarios both of which would be considered most intense use and cover a number of outcomes. Future owners would be able to take similar proposals and make a Finding of Consistency per Section 15063 of CEQA. The scenarios are as follows:

Scenario One
• An approximate two (2) story 115,054 square feet (sf) (at 57,527 sf per floor) self-storage facility with retail and office as well as associated loading and utility storage Units; • One (1) retail building with an area of 4,725 sf;
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Two (2) retail buildings with 3,217 sf each (total 6,434 sf) Two (2) drive-thru restaurants with areas of 4,617 and 2,413 square feet; The proposed Project would include associated parking, trash enclosures, landscaping, and internal circulation system;
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The on-site landscaping for the site will amount to approximately 68,666 sf or 21% of the site; A monument sign for the overall facility will be located at the main entryway on Date Palm Drive.

Scenario Two
• An approximate two (2) story 115,054 square feet (sf) (at 57,527 sf per floor) mini storage with retail and office as well as associated loading and utility storage Units; One Grocery Store/Big Box Retail building with a maximum area of 50,000 square feet.

One (1) retail building with area of 4,725 square feet; The proposed Project would include associated parking, trash enclosures, landscaping, and internal circulation system;
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2.2.1 Landscaping/Lighting
The proposed Project site and the surrounding vicinity are generally flat in elevation. The landscaping plans would comply with all applicable codes of the City of Cathedral City Municipal Codes and the Coachella valley Water District. The site would be landscaped with a variety of plants that are native and indigenous to California’s climatic conditions and require low and medium water use. The proposed trees would include various evergreen and deciduous trees, such as: California Fan Palms, Palo Verdes, Live Oaks, African Sumacs, Shoestring Acacias, Desert Willows, Crape Myrtles, and Ironwood trees which would be placed throughout the site, including all parking areas. All proposed trees would have moderate to low water use.

The Project site currently has a 6-foot wall along the eastern edge of the site to separate the site from the neighboring residential uses will propose low-walls along Date Palm Drive. The proposed Project would include freestanding lights with a maximum height of 18 feet located around the parking lot areas, as well as building Rosemount Storage Project 8
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lights. All lighting would be shielded to prevent light spillover onto adjacent areas, as required by Section 9.89 of the Cathedral City Municipal Code.

2.2.2 Circulation
Under existing conditions, Rosemount Road does not extend to Date Palm Drive. The Project will be conditioned to construct half-width roadway improvement along the property frontage on Rosemount Road including curb, gutter, sidewalk and paving.

2.2.3 Infrastructure
The proposed Project would include an 8-inch water line and sewer line along with a 12-inch storm drainpipe.

The proposed Project has been designed consistent with City fire standards to ensure adequate access and turning radius is provided for fire equipment.

Water, Sewer and Storm Drainage
Phase one (1) of the project’s infrastructure will include an 8-inch water lines and 8-inch sewer lines that would tie into the City’s existing 8-inch water line and sewer line located adjacent to the alley between the proposed Project site and the adjacent residential uses, and a 12-inch storm drain line that would divert all water into the on-site underground retention basin for the phase one (1) storage facility. Phase 2 of the project’s infrastructure will be determined after the construction of phase one (1).

2.2.4 Construction Schedule
Project construction is anticipated to take approximately 15 months with completion estimated completion in early 2025, if the project is approved. No import or export of soil is required. All construction equipment and construction worker vehicles would be staged (parked) on site during construction.

2.2.5 Employment
Project operation is estimated to generate 150 full-time and part-time employees.

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Chapter 3 Project Checklist

3.1 Project Information

1. Project Title: Rosemount Storage

2. Lead Agency Name and Address: City of Cathedral City, 68700 Avenida Lalo Guerrero, Cathedral City, CA 92234

3. Contact Person and Phone Number: Andrew Firestine – 760-770-0344

4. Project Location: The project site is located on a seven (7) acre site along Date Palm Drive, between McCallum Way and Rosemount Road in the city of Cathedral City, County of Riverside. The city is located in the greater Coachella Valley, an arid rift valley in the Colorado Desert Riverside County. The Coachella Valley extends approximately 45 miles southeast from the San Gorgonio Pass to the Salton Sea and Imperial Valley.

The San Bernardino and Little San Bernardino Mountains form the Valley’s northeastern limits, while the San Jacinto and Santa Rosa Mountains lie to the southwest. Regional access to the project site is from Interstate 10 (I-10) located a little over two (2) miles to the east. Exhibit 1 shows the regional location of the project site.

5. General Plan Designation: The Project site has a General Plan designation of CG General Commercial with an overlay of Uptown Village Specific Plan.

6. Zoning: The Project site is zoned under Specific Plan 99-58 with an underlying zone of PCC (Planned Community Commercial) District.

7. Description of Project: The proposed Project is self- storage facility with two different scenarios. Scenario One is an indoor climate controlled Mini Storage Facility 115,054 SF with various retail and restaurants with a total square footage of approximately 133,243 square feet (see Exhibit 4). Scenario Two is a climate controlled mini storage facility, retail, and a Grocery Store/Big Box Retail building with a total area of approximately 169,779 square feet. The project will also include a Specific Plan Amendment (No. 99-58A) which will create Planning Unit four (4) with an area of 7.16 acres for this proposed project and provide corresponding development standards. Planning Unit four (4) will be separated from Planning Unit One (1) which will remain with an area of 2.11 acres.

8. Surrounding Land Uses and Zoning: The site is surrounded by vacant parcels to the north and residential development interspersed with a place of worship, school and other commercial uses to the east, south and west. The land use designation and zoning of the Project site are listed in Table 1 and shown in Exhibits 5 and

6. Table 1 Summary of Land Use and Zoning
Direction General Plan Designation Zoning Existing Land Use PCC (Planned
Community Commercial)
PCC (Planned
Community Commercial)
and R-1 (Single Family
Residential)
North CG (General Commercial Vacant/Place of Worship
Retail Stores
Multiple Residential
Single Family
South General Commercial
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Direction General Plan Designation Zoning Existing Land Use RM (Medium Density
Residential) and RL (Low
Density Residential)
Single Family Residential and
Multi-Family Residential R-1 and R-2 East
West General Commercial PCC Retail, bank, Drive-Thru Restaurant

9. Existing Site Characteristics: The Project site is currently vacant with low lying shrubs. Elevations onsite range from approximately 372 feet above mean sea level (amsl) to 378 feet amsl, with the site sloping gently from the northwest to the southeast (USGS National Map; accessed 2023). Exhibit 2 shows the site’s local vicinity and Exhibit 3 shows a zoomed in area of the Project site. (Cathedral City Imagine 2040 General Plan Update, Environmental Impact Report; 2021).

Climate and Air Quality
The proposed Project site is located in Salton Sea Basin of the South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD), that includes the City of Cathedral City and Riverside County. The Coachella Valley portion is about 164 square miles and is within the jurisdiction of the South Coast Air Quality Management District. The Air Basin is bounded by the San Bernardino Mountains to the northeast, the San Jacinto, and Santa Rosa Mountains to the southwest, the San Gorgonio Pass to the northwest, and the Salton Sea to the southeast. The climate of the Coachella Valley is a continental, desert-type, with hot summers, mild winters, and very little annual rainfall. Precipitation is less than six inches annually and occurs mostly in the winter months from active frontal systems, and in the late summer months from thunderstorms. Temperatures exceed 100 degrees Fahrenheit, on average, for four months each year, with daily highs near 110 degrees Fahrenheit during July and August. Summer nights are very mild with minimum temperatures in the mid-70's. During the winter season, daytime highs are quite mild, but the dry air is conducive to nocturnal radiational cooling, with early morning lows around 40 degrees. The Coachella Valley is exposed to frequent gusty winds, which contribute to air quality problems by entraining sand and other particulate matter (SCAQMD, 2009).

The Coachella Valley portion of the SSAB fails to meet national ambient air quality standards for ozone and respirable particulate matter (PM10) and is classified as a “nonattainment area” for those pollutants (USEPA, 2022).

Geology and Soils
The Project site is in the Coachella Valley within the Colorado Desert Geomorphic Province, a low-lying desert basin dominated by the Salton Sea. The proposed Project site is on a slight westerly slope with low susceptibility for rock falls (Cathedral City Imagine 2040 General Plan Update, 2018). The Banning Branch and Mission Creek Faults, which are part of the San Andreas Fault Zone traverses the city zones are located over three (3) miles to the northeast of the site level (Cathedral City Imagine 2040 General Plan Update, Environmental Impact Report; 2021).

Hydrology
The project site is in the Whitewater River Watershed of the Colorado River Hydrologic Region and the Colorado River Basin level (Cathedral City Imagine 2040 General Plan Update, Environmental Impact Report; 2021).

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Biology
The dominant plant community on the vacant project site and throughout the vacant area of the biological study area (BSA) is creosote bush scrub. The BSA consists of the proposed Project site with a 500-foot-wide buffer zone. The site is primarily considered disturbed and developed land. Disturbed land is present along site boundaries, within unpaved access roads, and in the southeast portion. Due to regular disturbance, these areas are barren or minimally vegetated. Developed land is present along existing and planned paved roadways that traverse the middle portion of the site and the site’s southeast corner. No fish or hydrogeomorphic features (e.g., creeks, ponds, lakes, reservoirs) that would provide suitable habitat for fish were observed on or within the vicinity of the proposed Project site. No amphibians or reptiles were observed during the field investigation.

The only avian species observed were common raven (Corvus corax) and Costa’s hummingbird (Calypte costae).

The only mammalian species detected were kangaroo rat (Dipodomys sp.) and domestic dog (Canis familiaris).

No active nests or birds displaying nesting behavior were observed on-site. The site has not been identified as occurring in a wildlife corridor or linkage. No jurisdictional drainage, wetland features, or blueline streams have been recorded on the Project site.

Cultural
The project was reviewed through a Paleontological Resource Assessment by PaleoWest (Appendix C).

PaleoWest found that there was little potential for significant artifacts in the Project area. Recommendation of cultural monitoring to be incorporated into mitigation measures.

Public Services
The following public services serve the project site level (Cathedral City Imagine 2040 General Plan Update, Environmental Impact Report; 2021).
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Fire: Riverside County Fire Department and the City of Cathedral City Fire Department Police: Riverside County Sheriff’s Department and the Cathedral City Police Department Schools: Coachella Valley Unified School District
Parks: City of Cathedral City Parks Division
Library: Riverside County Library System
Roadway Network
Regional and local traffic is primarily provided via Interstate 10 (I-10) which traverses the City in a northwestsoutheasterly direction and runs parallel to State Route 111 (also known as East Palm Canyon Drive). Vista Chino, Ramon Road, Dinah Shore Drive, Landau Boulevard, Cathedral Canyon Drive, Date Palm Drive, and Varner Road are the major arterials in the city level (Cathedral City Imagine 2040 General Plan Update, Environmental Impact Report; 2021).

Utilities
The following utilities serve the project site level (Cathedral City Imagine 2040 General Plan Update, Environmental Impact Report; 2021).

Water: Coachella Valley Water District and Desert Water Agency Sewer and Wastewater: Coachella Valley Water District
Solid Waste collection: Burrtec Waste Industries
Electricity: Southern California Edison and Imperial Irrigation District Natural Gas: Semper Energy
Telecommunications: Spectrum; Frontier Communications
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10. Proposed Project Characteristics:

The proposed Project site is located in the City of Cathedral City, east of Date Palm Drive, between Rosemount Road (to the north) and McCallum Way (to the south). The proposed Project would utilize an approximate seven (7) acre site for the two-phase construction of two scenarios: Scenario One would include the first phase which would be an approximate two (2) story 115,054 square feet (sf) at 57,527 sf per floor, climate-controlled self-storage facility with associated retail, office, and loading areas and Phase 2 would include one (1) retail building approximately 4,725 sf in size, two (2) drive through facilities with area of 2,413 and 4,617 respectively, and two (2) retail buildings with area of 3,217 sf each. Based on our approximations there will be a total of 242 parking spaces available, which is 150 spaces over the City of Cathedral City parking requirement for parking. Scenario Two would include the two (2) story 115,054 square feet (sf) at 57,527 sf per floor, climatecontrolled self-storage facility with associated retail, office, and loading area and one (1) Grocery Store/Big Box Retail building with a maximum area of 50,000 sf, and a retail building with an area of 4,725 sf. Both scenarios would include parking areas, landscaping, lighting, and a drainage retention basin are also to be included on the site.

Table 2 Proposed Building Type/Area for Scenario One
Proposed Building Type
Self-Storage
Square Footage (SF)
115,054
Retail Building 4,725
Fast Food Drive Thru
Fast Food Drive Thru
Retail (2)
2,413
4,617
6,434
Total Building Area 133,243
Table 3 Parking Requirements for Scenario One
Square
Footage
(SF)
Number of Spaces
Required
Number Provided Proposed Building
Type Parking Ratios
12 Spaces
19 spaces
16 Spaces
12 Spaces
19 Spaces
Mini-Warehouse
Retail
115,054 1 space per 10,000 sf
1 per 250 sf 4,725
Drive Thru
Restaurant 1
Drive Thru
16 spaces + 1 per 150
over 4,000 sf
16 spaces + 1 per 150
over 4,000 sf
16 Spaces
19 Spaces
26 Spaces
150 Spaces
242 Spaces
2,413
4,617
6,434
19 Spaces
26 spaces
Restaurant 2
Retail 1 per 250 sf
Additional Spaces
Provided
92 Spaces Total 133,243 sf
Parking Spaces exceed City Standard by 150 Spaces
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Table 4 Proposed Building Type/Area for Scenario Two
Proposed Building Type
Self-Storage
Square Footage (SF)
115,054
Grocery Store/Big Box Retail building
Retail
50,000
4,725
Total Building Area 169,779
Table 5 Parking requirements for Scenario 2
Square
Footage
(SF)
Number of
Spaces Required
Number of
Spaces Provided Proposed
Building Type Parking Ratios
1 space per 10,000
sf
12 Spaces 12 Spaces Self-Storage 115,054
Grocery Stores/
Big Box Retail
building
35,000
Sales
Area
1 per 300 117 Spaces
19 spaces
117 Spaces
20 Spaces
35 Spaces
184 Spaces
Retail 4,725 1 per 250 sf
Additional Spaces
Provided
148 Spaces Total 125,979
The Number of Spaces Provided exceed the number of spaces required by 35 spaces.

NOTE: The only areas where a comparison was made between Scenario One and Two were for Traffic, Air Quality, and Noise where the two scenarios could have different results.

11. Other public agencies whose approval is required (e.g., permits, financing approval, or participation agreement): None.

12. Have California Native American tribes traditionally and culturally affiliated with the Project area requested consultation pursuant to Public Resources Code section 21080.3.1? If so, is there a plan for consultation that includes, for example, the determination of significance of impacts to tribal cultural resources, procedures regarding confidentiality, etc.?
On January 17, 2024 formal NAHC Letters pursuant to SB 18; and February 07, 2024 pursuant to AB 52; required the City of Cathedral City to notify the following Tribes:
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Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians
Augustine Band of Cahuilla Indians
Cabazon Band of Mission Indians
Cahuilla Band of Indians
Cahuilla Band of Indians
Campo Band of Diegueno Mission Indians
Ewiiaapaayp Band of Kumeyaay Indians
La Posta Band of Diegueno Mission Indians
Los Coyotes Band of Cahuilla and Cupeño Indians
Manzanita Band of Kumeyaay Nation
Mesa Grande Band of Diegueno Mission Indians
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Morongo Band of Mission Indians, responded but did not request consultation Quechan Tribe of the Fort Yuma Reservation
29 Palms of Mission Indians also responded to the letter but did not request consultation.

Ramona Band of Cahuilla
Santa Rosa Band of Cahuilla Indians
Soboba Band of Luiseno Indians
Torres-Martinez Desert Cahuilla Indians
The 29 Palms of Mission Indians, Morongo Band of Mission Indians, and the Augustine Band of Cahuilla Indians did not express an interest in consultation. The Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians did request that there be an on-site Tribal Monitor during any excavation.

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Chapter 4 Environmental Determination
CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT COMPLIANCE:

This Initial Study/Mitigated Negative Declaration (IS/MND) has been prepared to identify and assess the anticipated environmental impacts of the proposed Project. This document has been prepared to satisfy the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) (Public Resources Code [PRC}, Section §21000 et seq.) and the State CEQA Guidelines (14 CCR §15000 et seq.). CEQA serves as the main framework of environmental law and policy in California. CEQA emphasizes the need for public disclosure and identifying and preventing environmental damage associated with proposed projects. Unless a project is deemed categorically exempt, CEQA is applicable to any discretionary project that must be approved by a public agency in order to be processed and established. The proposed Project does not fall under any of the statutory or categorical exemptions listed in the 2023 CEQA Statute and Guidelines (California PRC, Section §21000 et seq.; 14 California Code of Regulations (CCR) §15000 et seq.), and, therefore, must meet existing CEQA requirements.

ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS POTENTIALLY AFFECTED:

The environmental factors checked below would be potentially affected by this Project, involving at least one impact that is a “Potentially Significant Impact,” or “Less Than Significant Impact with Mitigation Incorporated”, as indicated by the checklist on the following pages.

Aesthetics Agriculture/Forestry
Resources
Air Quality
Biological Resources
Geology/Soils
Cultural Resources Energy
Greenhouse Gas Emissions Hazards and Hazardous
Materials
Hydrology/Water Quality
Noise
Land Use/Planning
Population/Housing
Transportation
Wildfire
Mineral Resources
Public Services
Recreation Tribal Cultural Resources
Utilities/Service Systems Mandatory Findings of
Significance
DETERMINATION:

On the basis of this initial evaluation:

I find that the proposed project COULD NOT have a significant effect on the environment, and a NEGATIVE DECLARATION will be prepared.

I find that although the proposed project could have a significant effect on the environment, there will not be a significant effect in this case because revisions in the project have been made by or agreed to by the project proponent. A MITIGATED NEGATIVE DECLARATION will be prepared.

I find that the proposed project MAY have a significant effect on the environment, and an ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT is required.

I find that the proposed project MAY have a “potentially significant impact” or “potentially significant unless mitigated” impact on the environment, but at least one effect 1) has been adequately analyzed Rosemount Storage Project 16
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in an earlier document pursuant to applicable legal standards, and 2) has been addressed by mitigation measures based on the earlier analysis as describe on attached sheets. An ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT is required, but it must analyze only the effects that remain to be addressed.

I find that although the proposed project could have a significant effect on the environment, because all potentially significant effects a) have been analyzed adequately in an earlier EIR or NEGATIVE DECLARATION pursuant to applicable standards, and b) have been avoided or mitigated pursuant to that earlier EIR or NEGATIVE DECLARATION, including revisions or mitigation measures that are imposed upon the proposed project, nothing further is required. __________________________________________________
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4.1 Aesthetics
Less than
Potentially Significant with Less than
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Impact
Mitigation
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Significant
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AESTHETICS – Would the project:
a) Have a substantial adverse effect on a scenic vista? b) Substantially damage scenic resources, including, but not limited to, trees, rock outcroppings, and historic
buildings within a state scenic highway?
c) In nonurbanized areas, substantially degrade the
existing visual character or quality of public views of the site and its surroundings? (Public views are those that are experienced from publicly accessible vantage point). If the project is in an urbanized area, would the project conflict with applicable zoning and other regulations governing
scenic quality?
d) Create a new source of substantial light or glare which would adversely affect day or nighttime views in the area? a) Less than Significant Impact. A scenic vista is a publicly accessible viewpoint that provides expansive views of a high value to the community. Important scenic vistas and resources in the City of Cathedral City include those that are visible from major public roadways and public areas that contain views of the mountains, general open space, as well as views of parks, golf courses and the City’s downtown areas. This parcel does not qualify as a Scenic Vista since it has no special features, views, or rock outcroppings. Effects on scenic vistas associated with changes in land use would relate to changes to views of important landscape features near a proposed project site.

The proposed Project site is located in the City of Cathedral City, east of Date Palm Drive, between Rosemount Road (to the north) and McCallum Way (to the south). The proposed Project would utilize an approximate seven (7) acre site for the two-phase construction of two scenarios: Scenario One would include the first phase which would be an approximate two (2) story 115,054 square feet (sf) at 57,527 sf per floor, climate-controlled self-storage facility with associated retail, office, and loading areas and Phase 2 would include one (1) retail building approximately 4,725 sf in size, two (2) drive through facilities with an area of 2,413 sf and 4,617 sf respectively, and two (2) retail buildings with an area of 3,217 sf each. Scenario Two would include the two (2) story 115,054 square feet (sf) at 57,527 sf per floor, climate-controlled self-storage facility with associated retail, office, and loading areas and one (1) Grocery Store/Big Box Retail building with a maximum area of 50,000 sf, and a retail building with an area of 4,725 sf. Both scenarios would include the standards of the Uptown Village Specific Plan, City’s Design Guidelines and use high quality architecture, landscaping, and lighting to maintain a high degree of compatibility and preserve the aesthetics of the area. In addition, the project will be reviewed by the Architectural Review Committee who are responsible for maintaining a high degree of design.

The Project would also require an amendment to the City’s Uptown Village Specific Plan (SP 96-54). Since the proposed Project site is currently vacant with low scrub brush, rocks and boulders, construction of the Rosemount Storage Project 18
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proposed Project would have the potential to obstruct some distant views of the mountains with new buildings, streets, signage, lighting, and landscaping. Even though the proposed Project would have to comply with all applicable Imagine 2040 GP policies, (Cathedral City Imagine 2040 General Plan Update Environmental Impact Report; 2021) impacts to scenic vistas would be less than significant.

The Uptown Village Specific Plan (Specific Plan; SP) is a policy document and will be amended to create Planning Unit Four (4) with an area of 7.16 acres from Planning Unit One (1) leaving it with an area of 2.11 acres. The proposed SP amendment would be a policy level document that would not in itself impact scenic vistas. b) No Impact. A scenic highway is generally defined by the California Department of Transportation (CalTrans) as a public highway that navigates an area of outstanding scenic quality and contains striking views, flora, geology, or other unique natural features. A highway may be designated scenic depending upon how much of the natural landscape can be seen by the traveling public, the scenic quality of the landscape, and the extent to which development intrudes upon the public's enjoyment of the view. The proposed Project site is approximately 2 miles east of highway 111 which is designated as a scenic highway, no other notable scenic features are on or in the vicinity of the proposed Project site (CalTrans California State Scenic Highway System Map; March 2023). The proposed Project site is not visible from Highway 111 and therefore, the proposed Project will not interfere with any views of a scenic vista from highway 111. The proposed Project would have a less than significant impact on state scenic highways.

The Uptown Village Specific Plan (Specific Plan; SP) is a policy document and will be amended to create Planning Unit Four with an area of 7.16 acres from Planning Unit One leaving it with an area of 2.11 acres. The proposed SP amendment would be a policy level document that would not, in itself, impact state scenic highways. There would be no impact.
c) Less than Significant Impact. The proposed Project would develop an existing vacant parcel that currently has scrub brush and small rock outcroppings scattered throughout the site. Date Palm Drive and McCallum Way, respectively, from the western and southern boundaries of the site and are part of the overall Urban Area of the Coachella Valley. The project will comply with all applicable sections of the CCMC and the Specific Plan.

Public views from the site include distant views of the Santa Rosa Mountains to the southwest and the San Jacinto Mountains and Mt San Jacinto to the west, Mt. San Gorgonio and the San Bernardino Mountains to the northwest and the Indio Hills and Little San Bernardino Mountains to the north and northeast. The Architectural Review Committee will ensure that the visual quality has a high degree of amenity.

While construction of the proposed Project has the potential to disrupt the existing views of the mountains, canal and surrounding open areas, construction activities would be short-term, and any public views would be temporarily impacted for the duration of Project construction. Although the proposed Project would add new facilities and structures to a currently vacant site and therefore alter the existing visual character of an open and vacant site, the proposed Project would have to comply with applicable Imagine 2040 GP policies. The Project would not therefore degrade the existing visual quality of the area and therefore the impact will be less than significant. No mitigation is required.
d) Less than Significant Impact. The proposed Project site is currently vacant with no light sources on the site (Google Earth Pro; accessed July 2023). Surrounding uses are vacant parcels primarily to the north and west, and residential as well as small commercial and office uses to the east and south of the Project site. Currently, the uses surrounding the Project site have unobstructed views towards Date Palm Drive, Rosemount Road, and McCallum Way. Existing uses around the site currently experience some daytime glare and nighttime light from surrounding retail and small restaurant uses, as well as vehicular traffic along Date Palm Drive, Rosemount Rosemount Storage Project 19
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Road, and McCallum Way (Google Maps; accessed July 2023). The proposed Project would introduce additional new sources of daytime glare and nighttime lighting with the construction of the two-story storage facility, one-story restaurants, and retail buildings, which will add to the existing sources of daytime glare from reflections off glass doors, windows, and other surfaces, and to the existing nighttime lighting in the general area. The project will comply with Section 9.89 Outdoor Lighting Standards of the CCMC, turn in a photometric analysis, and full lighting plan to ensure all standards are met and there is no nuisance light to sensitive receptors. Therefore, the impacts would be less than significant, and no mitigation is required.

The Uptown Village Specific Plan (Specific Plan; SP) is a policy document and will be amended to create Planning Unit Four with an area of 7.16 acres from Planning Unit One leaving it with an area of 2.11 acres. However, as a policy level document, the proposed SP amendment would not, in itself, create a new source of substantial light or glare which would adversely affect day or nighttime views in the area.

Mitigation
No mitigation is required.

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4.2 Agriculture and Forestry Resources

4.2.1 Impacts
Less than
Potentially Significant with Less than
Significant
Impact
Mitigation
Incorporated
Significant
Impact
No
Impact
AGRICULTURAL AND FORESTRY RESOURCES: In determining whether impacts to agricultural resources are significant environmental effects, lead agencies may refer to the California Agricultural Land Evaluation and Site Assessment Model (1997) prepared by the California Dept. of Conservation as an optional model to use in assessing impacts on agriculture and farmland. In determining whether impacts to forest resources, including timberland, are significant environmental effects, lead agencies may refer to information compiled by the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection regarding the state’s inventory of forest land, including the Forest and Range Assessment Project and the Forest Legacy Assessment Project; and forest carbon measurement methodology provided in Forest Protocols adopted by the California Air Resources Board. Would the Project:
a) Convert Prime Farmland, Unique Farmland, or Farmland of Statewide Importance (Farmland), as shown on the
maps prepared pursuant to the Farmland Mapping and
Monitoring Program of the California Resources Agency, to non-agricultural use?
b) Conflict with existing zoning for agricultural use, or a Williamson Act contract?
c) Conflict with existing zoning for, or cause rezoning of, forest land (as defined in Public Resources Code Section 12220(g)), timberland (as defined by Public Resources
Code Section 4526), or timberland zoned Timberland
Production (as defined by Government Code Section
51104(g))?
d) Result in the loss of forest land or conversion of forest land to non-forest use?
e) Involve other changes in the existing environment
which, due to their location or nature, could result in conversion of Farmland, to non-agricultural use or
conversion of forest land to non-forest use?
a – e) No Impact. The proposed Project site is located in the City of Cathedral City, east of Date Palm Drive, between Rosemount Road (to the north) and McCallum Way (to the south). The proposed Project would utilize an approximate seven (7) acre site for the two-phase construction of two scenarios: Scenario One would include the first phase which would be an approximate two (2) story 115,054 square feet (sf) at 57,527 sf per floor, climate-controlled self-storage facility with associated retail, office, and loading areas and Phase 2 would include one (1) retail building approximately 4,725 sf in size, two (2) drive through facilities with an area of 2,413 and 4,617 respectively, and two (2) retail buildings with an area of 3,217 sf each. Scenario Two would include the two (2) story 115,054 square feet (sf) at 57,527 sf per floor, climate-controlled self-storage facility with associated retail, office, and loading areas and one (1) Grocery Store/Big Box Retail building with a maximum area of 50,000 sf, and a retail building with an area of 4,725 sf. Both scenarios would include parking areas, landscaping, lighting, and a drainage retention basin are also to be included on the site. The proposed Project is anticipated to employ approximately 150 full-time and part-time employees. The City’s Imagine 2040 Rosemount Storage Project 21
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General Plan EIR concluded that there are no agricultural uses located within the city limits (Cathedral City Imagine 2040 General Plan Update EIR; 2021). The proposed Project is categorized as Other Lands by the California Department of Conservation (DLRP Important Farmland Finder (ca.gov), accessed 2024).

Implementation of the proposed Project would not create a conversion of agricultural land and therefore the proposed Project would not have an impact on agricultural land that is categorized as Prime Farmland, Unique Farmland, or Farmland of Statewide Importance.

Additionally, since the proposed Project site is not regulated under a Williamson Act Contract (California Department of Conservation’s Williamson Act Enrollment Finder; 2022), the proposed Project would not conflict with existing zoning or agricultural use, or a Williamson Act Contract. There would be no impact.

The Project site is vacant with small shrubs and bushes dispersed intermittently throughout the site. There are no forest lands or timberlands on the site. The proposed Project would not conflict with existing zoning, or cause rezoning of, forest land or timberland; Nor would the proposed Project result in the loss or conversion of forest land. There would be no impact to forest land and timberland.

Mitigation
No mitigation is required.

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4.3 Air Quality

4.3.1 Impacts
Less than
Potentially Significant with Less than
Significant
Impact
Mitigation
Incorporated
Significant
Impact
No
Impact
AIR QUALITY – Where available, the significance criteria established by the applicable air quality management or air pollution control district may be relied upon to make the following determinations. Would the project:
a) Conflict with or obstruct implementation of the
applicable air quality plan?
b) Result in a cumulatively considerable net increase of any criteria pollutant for which the project region is nonattainment under an applicable federal or state ambient air quality standard?
c) Expose sensitive receptors to substantial pollutant
concentrations?
d) Result in other emissions (such as those leading to
odors) adversely affecting a substantial number of
people?
The proposed Project site is located in the City of Cathedral City, east of Date Palm Drive, between Rosemount Road (to the north) and McCallum Way (to the south). The proposed Project would utilize an approximate seven (7) acre site for the two-phase construction of two scenarios: Scenario One would include the first phase which would be an approximate two (2) story 115,054 square feet (sf) at 57,527 sf per floor, climate-controlled self-storage facility with associated retail, office, and loading areas and Phase 2 would include one (1) retail building approximately 4,725 sf in size, two (2) drive through facilities with areas of 2,413 and 4,617 respectively, and two (2) retail buildings with an area of 3,217 sf each. Scenario Two would include the two (2) story 115,054 square feet (sf) at 57,527 sf per floor, climate-controlled self-storage facility with associated retail, office, and loading areas and one (1) Grocery Store/Big Box Retail building with a maximum area of 50,000 sf, and a retail building with an area of 4,725 sf. Both scenarios would include parking areas, landscaping, lighting, and a drainage retention basin are also to be included on the site. The proposed Project is anticipated to employ approximately 150 full-time and part-time employees.

Air Quality Regulatory Setting
Regulatory Settings
Air pollutants are regulated at the national, state, and air basin level; each agency has a different level of regulatory responsibility. The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regulates at the national level. The California Air Resources Board (CARB) regulates at the state level. The South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD) regulates at the air basin level.

National and State
The EPA is responsible for global, international, and interstate air pollution issues and policies. The EPA sets national vehicle and stationary source emission standards, oversees approval of all State Implementation Rosemount Storage Project 23
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Plans, provides research and guidance for air pollution programs, and sets National Air Quality Standards, also known as federal standards. There are six common air pollutants, called criteria pollutants, which were identified from the provisions of the Clean Air Act of 1970. •
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Ozone
Nitrogen Dioxide
Lead
Particulate Matter (PM10 and PM2.5)
Carbon Monoxide
Particulate Matter
Sulfur Dioxide
The federal standards were set to protect public health, including that of sensitive individuals, thus the standards continue to change as more medical research is available regarding the health effects of the criteria pollutants. Primary federal standards are the levels of air quality necessary, with an adequate margin of safety, to protect public health.

A State Implementation Plan (SIP) is a document prepared by each state describing existing air quality conditions and measures that will be followed to attain and maintain federal standards. The State Implementation Plan for the State of California is administered by the CARB, which has overall responsibility for statewide air quality maintenance and air pollution prevention. California’s State Implementation Plan incorporates individual federal attainment plans for regional air districts. The air district prepares their federal attainment plans, which are sent to CARB to be approved and incorporated into the California State Implementation Plan. Federal attainment plans include the technical foundation for understanding air quality (e.g., emission inventories and air quality monitoring), control measures and strategies, and enforcement mechanisms. See http://www.arb.ca.gov/research/aaqs/aaqs.htm for additional information on criteria pollutants and air quality standards.

The federal and state ambient air quality standards are summarized in Table 6 and can also be found at http://www.arb.ca.gov/research/aaqs/aaqs2.pdf.

Table 6 Ambient Air Quality Standards
California Standards1 National Standards2
Pollutant Averaging Time Secondary3,
Concentrations3 Method4 Primary3,5 Method7
6 1-Hour
8-Hour

0.09 ppm

0.070 ppm
50 μg/m3
20 μg/m3
- - Same as
Primary
Standard
Same as
Primary
Standard
Same as
Primary
Standard
Ultraviolet
Photometry
Ultraviolet
Photometry Ozone (O3) 0.070 ppm (147
μg/m3)
150 μ/m3 Respirable
Particulate
Matter (PM10)8
24-Hour
Annual Arithmetic
Mean
Inertial Separation
and Gravimetric
Analysis
Gravimetric or Beta
Attenuation - -
24-Hour - - - - 35 μg/m3
Inertial Separation
and Gravimetric
Analysis
Fine Particulate
Matter (PM2.5)8
Annual Arithmetic
Mean
Gravimetric or Beta
Attenuation 12 μg/m3 12 μg/m3 15 μg/m3
1-Hour
8-Hour
8-Hour
(Lake Tahoe)
20 ppm (23 μg/m3)

9.0 ppm (10 μg/m3)
35 ppm (40 μg/m3)
9 ppm (10 μg/m3)
- -
- -
Non-Dispersive
Infrared Photometry
(NDIR)
Non-Dispersive
Infrared
Photometry (NDIR)
Carbon
Monoxide (CO) 6 ppm (7 μg/m3
) - - - -
1-Hour 0.18 ppm (339 μg/m3) 100 ppb (188 μg/m3) - -
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Same as
Primary
Standard
Gas Phase
Chemiluminescenc
e
Nitrogen Dioxide Annual Arithmetic
Mean

0.030 ppm (357 Gas Phase
Chemiluminescence

0.053 ppm (100
(NO2)9 μg/m3
) μg/m3)
1-Hour
3-Hour

0.25 ppm (655 μg/m3) 75 ppb (196 μg/m3) - -

0.5 ppm
(1300 mg/m3)
Ultraviolet
Fluorescence;
Spectrophotometry
(Pararosaniline
Method)
- - - -
Sulfur Dioxide Ultraviolet
Fluorescence 0.14 ppm
(for certain Area)10

0.130ppm
(SO2)10 24-Hour 0.04 ppm (105 μg/m3
) - -
- -
Annual Arithmetic
Mean
30 Day Average
- -

1.5 μg/m3
- -
(for certain Area)10
- -

1.5 μg/m3
(for certain Area)12 Calendar Qrtr Same as
Primary
Standard
High Volume
Sampler and
Atomic Absorption
Lead11,12 Atomic Absorption
Rolling 3-Month
Average - - 0.15 μg/m3
Visibility
Reducing
Particles13
Sulfates
Hydrogen
Sulfide
Beta Attenuation
and Transmittance
through Filter Tape
Ion Chromatography
Ultraviolet
8-Hour See footnote 13
No
National
Standards
24-Hour
1-Hour
25 μg/m3

0.03 ppm (42 μg/m3)
Fluorescence
Gas Vinyl Chloride11 24-Hour 0.01 ppm (26 μg/m3
)
Chromatography
Table 2 Ambient Air Quality Standards, Appendix A, MDAcoustics Air Quality, Green House Gas, and Energy Impact Study, March 2024.

Notes:

1. California standards for ozone, carbon monoxide (except 8-hour Lake Tahoe), sulfur dioxide (1 and 24 hour), nitrogen dioxide, and particulate matter (PM10, PM2.5, and visibility reducing particles), are values that are not to be exceeded. All others are not to be equaled or exceeded.

California ambient air quality standards are listed in the Table of Standards in Section 70200 of Title 17 of the California Code of Regulations.

2. National standards (other than ozone, particulate matter, and those based on annual arithmetic mean) are not to be exceeded more than once a year. The ozone standard is attained when the fourth highest 8-hour concentration measured at each site in a year, averaged over three years, is equal to or less than the standard. For PM10, the 24 hour standard is attained when the expected number of days per calendar year with a 24- hour average concentration above 150 μg/m3 is equal to or less than one. For PM2.5, the 24 hour standard is attained when 98 percent of the daily concentrations, averaged over three years, are equal to or less than the standard. Contact the U.S. EPA for further clarification and current national policies.

3. Concentration expressed first in areas in which it was promulgated. Equivalent units given in parentheses are based upon a reference temperature of 25°C and a reference pressure of 760 torr. Most measurements of air quality are to be corrected to a reference temperature of 25°C and a reference pressure of 760 torr; ppm in this table refers to ppm by volume, or micromoles of pollutant per mole of gas.

4. Any equivalent measurement method which can be shown to the satisfaction of the ARB to give equivalent results at or near the level of the air quality standard may be used.

5. National Primary Standards: The levels of air quality necessary, with an adequate margin of safety to protect the public health.

6. National Secondary Standards: The levels of air quality necessary to protect the public welfare from any known or anticipated adverse effects of a pollutant.

7. Reference method as described by the U.S. EPA. An “equivalent method” of measurement may be used but must have a “consistent relationship to the reference method” and must be approved by the U.S. EPA.

8. On December 14, 2012, the national annual PM2.5 primary standard was lowered from 15 μg/m3 to 12.0 μg/m3 . The existing national 24-hour
PM2.5 standards (primary and secondary) were retained at 35 μg/m3, as was the annual secondary standard of 15 μg/m3. The existing 24-hour PM10 standards (primary and secondary) of 150 μg/m3 also were retained. The form of the annual primary and secondary standards is the annual mean, averaged over 3 years.

9. To attain the 1-hour national standard, the 3-year average of the annual 98th percentile of the 1-hour daily maximum concentrations at each site must not exceed 100 ppb. Note that the national 1-hour standard is in units of parts per billion (ppb). California standards are in units of parts per million (ppm). To directly compare the national 1-hour standard to the California standards the units can be converted from ppb to ppm. In this case, the national standard of 100 ppb is identical to 0.100 ppm.

10. On June 2, 2010, a new 1-hour SO2 standard was established and the existing 24-hour and annual primary standards were revoked. To attain the 1-hour national standard, the 3-year average of the annual 99th percentile of the 1-hour daily maximum concentrations at each site must not exceed 75 ppb. The 1971 SO2 national standards (24-hour and annual) remain in effect until one year after an area is designated for the 2010 standard, except that in areas designated nonattainment for the 1971 standards, the 1971 standards remain in effect until implementation plans to attain or maintain the 2010 standards are approved.

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Note that the 1-hour national standard is in units of parts per billion (ppb). California standards are in units of parts per million (ppm). To directly compare the 1-hour national standard to the California standard the units can be converted to ppm. In this case, the national standard of 75 ppb is identical to 0.075 ppm.

11. The ARB has identified lead and vinyl chloride as 'toxic air contaminants' with no threshold level of exposure for adverse health effects determined.

These actions allow for the implementation of control measures at levels below the ambient concentrations specified for these pollutants.

12. The national standard for lead was revised on October 15, 2008 to a rolling 3-month average. The 1978 lead standard (1.5 μg/m3 as a quarterly average) remains in effect until one year after an area is designated for the 2008 standard, except that in areas designated nonattainment for the 1978 standard, the 1978 standard remains in effect until implementation plans to attain or maintain the 2008 standard are approved.

13. In 1989, the ARB converted both the general statewide 10-mile visibility standard and the Lake Tahoe 30-mile visibility standard to instrumental equivalents, which are "extinction of 0.23 per kilometer" and "extinction of 0.07 per kilometer" for the statewide and Lake Tahoe Air Basin standards, respectively.

Several pollutants listed in Table 6 are not addressed in this analysis. Analysis of lead is not included in this report because the project is not anticipated to emit lead. Visibility-reducing particles are not explicitly addressed in this analysis because particulate matter is addressed. The project is not expected to generate or be exposed to vinyl chloride because proposed project uses do not utilize the chemical processes that create this pollutant and there are no such uses in the project vicinity. The proposed project is not expected to cause exposure to hydrogen sulfide because it would not generate hydrogen sulfide in any substantial quantity.

South Coast Air Quality Management District
The agency for air pollution control for the Salton Sea Air Basin (basin) is the South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD). SCAQMD, in coordination with the Southern California Association of Governments, is responsible for developing, updating, and implementing the Air Quality Management Plan (AQMP) for the basin. An AQMP is a plan prepared and implemented by an air pollution district for a county or region designated as nonattainment of the federal and/or California ambient air quality standards. The term nonattainment area is used to refer to an air basin where one or more ambient air quality standards are exceeded.

Every three (3) years the SCAQMD prepares a new AQMP, updating the previous plan and having a 20-year horizon.

On March 23, 2017, CARB approved the 2016 AQMP. The 2016 AQMP is a regional blueprint for achieving the federal air quality standards and healthy air.

The 2022 AQMP includes both stationary and mobile source strategies to ensure that rapidly approaching attainment deadlines are met, that public health is protected to the maximum extent feasible, and that the region is not faced with burdensome sanctions if the Plan is not approved or if the NAAQS are not met on time.

As with every AQMP, a comprehensive analysis of emissions, meteorology, atmospheric chemistry, regional growth projections, and the impact of existing control measures is updated with the latest data and methods.

The most significant air quality challenge in the Basin is to reduce nitrogen oxide (NOx) emissions sufficiently to meet the upcoming ozone standard deadlines. The primary goal of the 2022 AQMP is to meet clean air standards and protect public health, including ensuring benefits to environmental justice and disadvantaged communities. Now that the plan has been approved by CARB, it has been forwarded to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for its review. If approved by EPA, the plan becomes federally enforceable.

South Coast AQMD has initiated the development of the 2022 AQMP to address the attainment of the 2015 8- hour ozone standard (70 ppb) for South Coast Air Basin and Coachella Valley. To support the development of Rosemount Storage Project 26
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mobile source strategies for the 2022 AQMP, South Coast AQMD, in conjunction with California Air Resources Board, has established Mobile Source Working Groups which are open to all interested parties.

South Coast Air Quality Management District Rules
The AQMP for the basin establishes a program of rules and regulations administered by SCAQMD to obtain attainment of the state and federal standards. Some of the rules and regulations that apply to this Project include, but are not limited to, the following:
• SCAQMD Rule 402 prohibits a person from discharging from any source whatsoever such quantities of air contaminants or other material which cause injury, detriment, nuisance, or annoyance to any considerable number of persons or to the public, or which endanger the comfort, repose, health, or safety of any such persons or the public, or which cause, or have a natural tendency to cause, injury or damage to business or property.
• SCAQMD Rule 403 governs emissions of fugitive dust during construction and operation activities.

Compliance with this rule is achieved through application of standard Best Management Practices, such as application of water or chemical stabilizers to disturbed soils, covering haul vehicles, restricting vehicle speeds on unpaved roads to 15 miles per hour, sweeping loose dirt from paved site access roadways, cessation of construction activity when winds exceed 25 mph, and establishing a permanent ground cover on finished sites.

Rule 403 requires that fugitive dust be controlled with the best available control measures so that the presence of such dust does not remain visible in the atmosphere beyond the property line of the emission source. In addition, Rule 403 requires implementation of dust suppression techniques to prevent fugitive dust from creating a nuisance off site. Applicable suppression techniques are indicated below and include but are not limited to the following:
• Apply nontoxic chemical soil stabilizers according to manufacturers’ specifications to all inactive construction areas (previously graded areas in active for 10 days or more).

Water active sites at least three times daily.

Cover all trucks hauling dirt, sand, soil, or other loose materials, or maintain at least 2 feet of freeboard in accordance with the requirements of California Vehicle Code (CVC) section 23114.

Paved construction access roads at least 100 feet onto the site from the main road.

Reduce traffic speeds on all unpaved roads to 15 mph or less. •
•
•
•
• Suspension of all grading activities when wind speeds (including instantaneous wind gusts) exceed 25 mph.
• Bumper strips or similar best management practices shall be provided where vehicles enter and exit the construction site onto paved roads or wash off trucks and any equipment leaving the site each trip.

Replanting disturbed areas as soon as practical.

During all construction activities, construction contractors shall sweep on-site and off-site streets if silt is carried to adjacent public thoroughfares, to reduce the amount of particulate matter on public streets.
•
•
SCAQMD Rule 1113 governs the sale, use, and manufacturing of architectural coating and limits the VOC content in paints and paint solvents. This rule regulates the VOC content of paints available during construction. Therefore, all paints and solvents used during construction and operation of the Project must comply with Rule 1113.

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Idling Diesel Vehicle Trucks – Idling for more than 5 minutes in any one location is prohibited within California borders.

Rule 2702. The SCAQMD adopted Rule 2702 on February 6, 2009, which establishes a voluntary air quality investment program from which SCAQMD can collect funds from parties that desire certified GHG emission reductions, pool those funds, and use them to purchase or fund GHG emission reduction projects within two years, unless extended by the SCAQMD Governing Board. Priority will be given to projects that result in cobenefit emission reductions of GHG emissions and criteria or toxic air pollutants within environmental justice areas. Further, this voluntary program may compete with the cap-and-trade program identified for implementation in CARB’s Scoping Plan, or a federal cap and trade program.

Local
Local jurisdictions, such as the City of Cathedral City, have the authority and responsibility to reduce air pollution through its police power and decision-making authority. It is the responsibility of the District, CVAG, and the City of Cathedral City to monitor pollutant levels and regulate air pollution sources. With the installation of additional monitoring devices in the Whitewater River, the District is collecting data to establish a “naturally occurring” or “background” level for PM10 in the Coachella Valley. This data will allow a more meaningful estimate of manmade PM10 emissions.

City of Cathedral City General Plan
The City of Cathedral City updated their General Plan in July 2021. The 2021 General Plan Air Quality and Climate Stability Element contains the following goals and policies aimed at reducing air pollution:
• Goal Preservation and enhancement of local and regional air quality to assure the long-term protection of the community’s health and welfare.
o Policy 1 The City shall be proactive in regulating local pollutant emitters and shall cooperate with Coachella Valley Association of Governments and the South Coast Air Quality Management District to assure compliance with air quality standards. o Policy 2 The City shall fully implement dust control ordinances, and coordinate and cooperate with local, regional, and federal efforts to monitor, manage, and reduce the levels of major pollutants affecting the City and region, with particular emphasis on PM10 emissions.

Policy 3 City land use planning efforts shall assure that sensitive receptors are separated from polluting point sources to the greatest extent practicable.

Policy 4 Development proposals brought before the City shall be reviewed for their potential to adversely impact local and regional air quality and shall be required to mitigate any significant impacts.
o
o
o
o
Policy 5 The City shall encourage and promote the use of clean alternative energy sources for transportation, heating and cooling, lighting, and other power needs.

Policy 6 The City shall encourage and support the development of facilities and projects that facilitate and enhance the use of alternative modes of transportation, including pedestrianoriented retail and activity centers, dedicated bicycle and LSEV paths and lanes, and community-wide multi-use trails.

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o
o
o
o
Policy 7 The City shall promote the expanded availability of mass transit services, coordinating with Sunline Transit Authority to link residential, commercial and resort businesses, and employment centers with the City’s residential neighborhoods and nearby communities.

Policy 8 The City shall continue to implement effective street sweeping and post-windstorm cleanup programs to reduce the cumulative impacts of blowsand and nuisance dust resulting from construction activities, natural processes, and other sources.

Policy 9 The City shall promote public educational programs that describe the causes of air pollution, encourage the use of alternative energy sources, and recommend methods for reducing the impacts of blowsand.

Policy 10 The City shall continue to implement and update policies, regulations, and action plans that promote climate stability and greenhouse gas emission reductions, including but not limited to the Climate Action Plan, Energy Action Plan, Greenhouse Gas Inventory and Green for Life program.

Existing Physical Setting
The project site is located in the City of Cathedral City within the County of Riverside, which is part of the Salton Sea Air Basin (SSAB). The middle part of Riverside County (between San Gorgonio Pass and Joshua Tree National Monument), belongs in the Salton Sea Air Basin (SSAB), along with Imperial County. The SSAB portion of Riverside County is separated from the South Coast Air Basin region by the San Jacinto Mountains and from the Mojave Desert Air Basin to the east by the Little San Bernardino Mountains.

Local Air Quality
The SCAQMD has divided the South Coast Air Basin into 38 air-monitoring areas with a designated ambient air monitoring station representative of each area. The project is within Source Receptor Area 30, Coachella Valley. SCAQMD operates the Palm Springs air monitoring station approximately 5.1 miles northwest of the project site. The Palm Springs monitoring station is used to collect monitoring data; however, these locations do not provide all ambient weather data. Therefore, additional data was pulled from the SCAQMD historical data for the Coachella Valley Area (Area 30) for both sulfur dioxide and carbon monoxide to provide the existing levels. Table 7 presents the monitored pollutant levels within the vicinity. However, it should be noted that due to the air monitoring station distance from the project site, recorded air pollution levels at the air monitoring station reflect with varying degrees of accuracy, local air quality conditions at the project site.

Table 7 Local Area Air Quality Levels from Palm Springs Air Monitoring Station1 Year
Pollutant (Standard)2 2018 2019 2020
Ozone:

Maximum 1-Hour Concentration (ppm)
Days > CAAQS (0.09 ppm)
Maximum 8-Hour Concentration (ppm)
Days > NAAQS (0.07 ppm)
Days > CAAQS (0.070 ppm)
Carbon Monoxide:

0.111
11 0.099
56 0.100
5 0.084
34 0.119
9 0.094
49 58 39 53
Maximum 1-Hour Concentration (ppm)
Days > NAAQS (20 ppm)

1.1 0

1.3 0

0.8 0
Maximum 8-Hour Concentration (ppm) 0.8 0.7 0.5
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Year
Pollutant (Standard)2
Days > NAAQS (9 ppm)
2018
0 2019
0 2020
0 Nitrogen Dioxide:

Maximum 1-Hour Concentration (ppm)
Days > NAAQS (0.25 ppm)
Sulfur Dioxide:3

0.043
0 0.041
0 0.047
0 Maximum 1-Hour Concentration (ppm)
Days > CAAQS (0.25 ppm)
-
-
-
-
-
-
Inhalable Particulates (PM10):

Maximum 24-Hour Concentration (ug/m3)
Days > NAAQS (150 ug/m3)
Days > CAAQS (50 ug/m3)
Annual Average (ug/m3)
Annual > NAAQS (50 ug/m3)
Annual > CAAQS (20 ug/m3)
Ultra-Fine Particulates (PM2.5):

Maximum 24-Hour Concentration (ug/m3)
Days > NAAQS (35 ug/m3)
Annual Average (ug/m3)
422.3
2 0

22.9 No
Yes

75.6 0
6 20.7
No
Yes
129.8
*
*

23.2 No
Yes

30.2 0
6 No
No

15.5 0
6 No
No

23.9 0

6.4 No
No
Annual > NAAQS (15 ug/m3)
Annual > CAAQS (12 ug/m3)

1. Source: obtained from https://www.aqmd.gov/home/air-quality/air-quality-data-studies/historical-data-by-year and /or https://www.arb.ca.gov/adam/topfour/topfour1.php. 2 CAAQS = California Ambient Air Quality Standard; NAAQS = National Ambient Air Quality Standard; ppm = parts per million 3 No data available.

Table 4 Local Area Air Quality Levels From Palm Springs Air Monitoring Station, Appendix A, MDAcoustics Air Quality, Green House Gas, and Energy Impact Study, March 2024.

The monitoring data presented in Table 7 shows that ozone is the air pollutant of primary concern in the project area, which are detailed below.

Ozone
During the 2018 to 2020 monitoring period, the State 1-hour concentration standard for ozone has been exceeded between five and eleven days each year at the Palm Springs Station. The State 8-hour ozone standard has been exceeded between 39 and 58 days each year over the past three years at the Palm Springs Station.

The Federal 8-hour ozone standard has been exceeded between 34 and 56 days each year over the past three years at the Palm Springs Station.

Ozone is a secondary pollutant as it is not directly emitted. Ozone is the result of chemical reactions between other pollutants, most importantly hydrocarbons and NO2, which occur only in the presence of bright sunlight.

Pollutants emitted from upwind cities react during transport downwind to produce the oxidant concentrations experienced in the area. Many areas of the SCAQMD contribute to the ozone levels experienced at the monitoring station, with the more significant areas being those directly upwind.

Carbon Monoxide
CO is another important pollutant that is due mainly to motor vehicles. During the 2018 to 2020 monitoring period, the Federal 1-hour and 8-hour concentration standards for CO were not exceeded.

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Nitrogen Dioxide
During the 2018 to 2020 monitoring period, the Federal 1-hour concentration standard for Nitrogen Dioxide has not been exceeded. Sulfur Dioxide
The Coachella Valley did not have SO2 data available for the last three years.

Particulate Matter
During the 2018 to 2020 monitoring period, the Palm Springs Station recorded two days of exceedance of the Federal 24-hour PM10 concentration standard and an exceedance in the State PM10annual average standard.

During the same period, the Palm Springs Station did not record an exceedance of the Federal 24-hour standard for PM2.5.

According to the EPA, some people are much more sensitive than others to breathing fine particulate matter (PM10 and PM2.5). People with influenza, chronic respiratory and cardiovascular diseases, and the elderly may suffer worsening illness and premature death due to breathing these fine particles. People with bronchitis can expect aggravated symptoms from breathing in fine particles. Children may experience decline in lung function due to breathing in PM10 and PM2.5. Other groups considered sensitive are smokers and people who cannot breathe well through their noses. Exercising athletes are also considered sensitive because many breathe through their mouths during exercise.

Attainment Status
The EPA and the ARB designate air basins where ambient air quality standards are exceeded as “nonattainment” areas. If standards are met, the area is designated as an “attainment” area. If there is inadequate or inconclusive data to make a definitive attainment designation, they are considered “unclassified.” National nonattainment areas are further designated as marginal, moderate, serious, severe, or extreme as a function of deviation from standards. Each standard has a different definition, or ‘form’ of what constitutes attainment, based on specific air quality statistics. For example, the Federal 8-hour CO standard is not to be exceeded more than once per year; therefore, an area is in attainment of the CO standard if no more than one 8-hour ambient air monitoring values exceeds the threshold per year. In contrast, the federal annual PM2.5 standard is met if the three-year average of the annual average PM2.5 concentration is less than or equal to the standard. Table 8 lists the attainment status for the criteria pollutants in the basin.

Table 8 Coachella Valley Portion of the Salton Sea Air Basin Attainment Status National
Standards1
Pollutant Averaging Time Attainment Date2
11/15/2007
(Attained 12/31/2013)
California Standards2
Nonattainment 1-Hour
(0.12 ppm)
1-Hour (0.09 ppm)
1979
1-Hour Ozone3
Attainment
- - Nonattainment
Pending - Expect
Nonattainment
(Severe)
2015
8-Hour Ozone4
8-Hour
(0.070 ppm) Pending Nonattainment
2008
8-Hour Ozone4
1997
8-Hour Ozone4
8-Hour
(0.075 ppm)
8-Hour
(0.08 ppm)
1-Hour (20 ppm)
8-hour (9.0 ppm)
1-Hour (35 ppm)
8-Hour (9 ppm)
Nonattainment
(Severe-15)
Nonattainment
(Severe-15)
7/20/2027
6/15/2019
-
-
-
- Attainment
-
CO Unclassifiable/
Attainment N/A (attained)
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National
Standards1
Pollutant Averaging Time Attainment Date2 California Standards2 1-hour (0.18 ppm) Annual
(0.03 ppm) - - Attainment
NO2
7 1-Hour (100 ppb)
Annual (0.053 ppm)
1-Hour (0.25 ppm)
24-Hour (0.04 ppm)
1-Hour (75 ppb)
Unclassifiable/
Attainment N/A (attained) -
- -
N/A
Attainment
SO2
8 Designations Pending
Unclassifiable/
Attainment
24-Hour (0.14 ppm)
Annual (0.03 ppm)
24-Hour (50 µg/m3) Annual
(20 50 µg/m3)
-
Unclassifiable/Attainment
- - Nonattainment
PM106
24-Hour
(150 µg/m3)
Nonattainment
(Serious) 12/31/2006 -
Annual (12.0 µg/m3) - - Attainment
-
PM2.55
Lead
Unclassifiable/
Attainment
Unclassifiable/
Attainment
24-Hour (35 µg/m3) N/A (attained)
3-Months Rolling
(0.15 µg/m3)
Unclassifiable/Attainment Attainment
Notes:
1 Obtained from 2016 AQMP, SCAQMD, 2016. EPA often only declares Nonattainment areas; everywhere else is listed as Unclassified/Attainment or Unclassifiable.
2 A design value below the NAAQS for data through the full year or smog season prior to the attainment date is typically required for attainment demonstration.
3 The 1979 1-hour ozone NAAQS (0.12 ppm) was revoked, effective 6/15/05; the Southeast Desert Modified Air Quality Management area, including the Coachella Valley, had not timely attained this standard by the 11/15/07 “severe-17” deadline, based on 2005-2007 data; on 8/25/14, U.S. EPA proposed a clean data finding based on 2011-2013 data and a determination of attainment for the former 1-hour ozone NAAQS for the Southeast Desert nonattainment area; this rule was finalized by U.S. EPA on 4/15/15, effective 5/15/15, and included preliminary 2014 data 4 The 2008 8-hour ozone NAAQS (0.075 ppm) was revised to 0.070 ppm, effective 12/28/15 with classifications and implementation goals to be finalized by 10/1/17; the 1997 8-hour ozone NAAQS (0.08 ppm) was revoked in the 2008 ozone NAAQS implementation rule, effective 4/6/15; there are continuing obligations under the 1997 and 2008 ozone NAAQS until they are attained 5 The annual PM2.5 standard was revised on 1/15/13, effective 3/18/13, from 15 to 12 µg/m3 6 The annual PM10 standard was revoked, effective 12/18/06; the 24-hour PM10 NAAQS attainment deadline was 12/31/2006; the Coachella Valley Attainment Re-designation Request and PM10 Maintenance Plan was postponed by U.S. EPA pending additional monitoring and analysis in the southeastern Coachella Valley
7 New 1-hour NO2 NAAQS became effective 8/2/10; attainment designations 1/20/12; annual NO2 NAAQS retained 8 The 1971 Annual and 24-hour SO2 NAAQS were revoked, effective 8/23/10; however, these 1971 standards will remain in effect until one year after U.S. EPA promulgates area designations for the 2010 SO2 1-hour standard; final area designations expected by 12/31/2020 with SSAB expected to be designated Unclassifiable/Attainment.

Table 5 Coachella Valley Portion of the Salton Sea Air Basin Attainment Status, Appendix A, MDAcoustics Air Quality, Green House Gas, and Energy Impact Study, March 2024.

Modeling Parameters and Assumptions
Construction
Typical emission rates from construction activities were obtained from CalEEMod Version 2022.1.1.21 CalEEMod is a computer model published by the SCAQMD for estimating air pollutant emissions. The CalEEMod program uses the EMFAC2017 computer program to calculate the emission rates specific for the southwestern portion of Riverside County for construction-related employee vehicle trips and the OFFROAD2011 computer program to calculate emission rates for heavy truck operations. EMFAC2017 and OFFROAD2011 are computer programs generated by CARB that calculates composite emission rates for vehicles. Emission rates are reported by the program in grams per trip and grams per mile or grams per running hour. Using CalEEMod, the peak daily air pollutant emissions were calculated and presented below. These emissions represent the highest level of emissions for each of the construction phases in terms of air pollutant emissions.

The analysis assesses the emissions associated with the construction of the proposed project. The project was analyzed to be operational in 2025. Therefore, construction is estimated to start no sooner than 2024. The Rosemount Storage Project 32
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phases of the construction activities which have been analyzed below are: 1) site preparation, 2) grading, 3) building, 4) paving, and 5) architectural coating. For details on construction modeling and construction equipment for each phase, please see Appendix A of the Air Quality, Greenhouse Gas, and Energy Impact Study done for the project by MD Acoustics. The project will be required to comply with existing SCAQMD rules for the reduction of fugitive dust emissions. SCAQMD Rule 403 establishes these procedures. Compliance with this rule is achieved through application of standard best management practices in construction and operation activities, such as application of water or chemical stabilizers to disturbed soils, managing haul road dust by application of water, covering haul vehicles, restricting vehicle speeds on unpaved roads to 15 mph, sweeping loose dirt from paved site access roadways, cessation of construction activity when winds exceed 25 mph and establishing a permanent, stabilizing ground cover on finished sites. In addition, projects that disturb 50 acres or more of soil or move 5,000 cubic yards of materials per day are required to submit a Fugitive Dust Control Plan or a Large Operation Notification Form to SCAQMD. Based on the size of the project area (approximately 7 acres) and the fact that the project won’t export more than 5,000 cubic yards of material a day a Fugitive Dust Control Plan or Large Operation Notification would not be required.

SCAQMD’s Rule 403 minimum requirements require that the application of the best available dust control measures are used for all grading operations and include the application of water or other soil stabilizers in sufficient quantity to prevent the generation of visible dust plumes. Compliance with Rule 403 would require the use of water trucks during all phases where earth-moving operations would occur. Compliance with Rule 403 is required.

Operations
Operational or long-term emissions will occur over the life of the project. Both mobile and area sources generate operational emissions. Area source emissions arise from consumer product usage, heaters that consume natural gas, gasoline-powered landscape equipment, and architectural coatings (painting). Mobile source emissions from motor vehicles are the largest single long-term source of air pollutants from the operation of the project. Small amounts of emissions would also occur from area sources such as the consumption of natural gas for heating, hearths, from landscaping emissions, and consumer product usage.

The operational emissions were estimated using the latest version of CalEEMod. Mobile Sources Mobile sources include emissions from the additional vehicle miles generated from the proposed project. The vehicle trips associated with the proposed project are based upon the trip generation rates given in the Traffic Scoping Agreement (Integrated Engineering Group, 2023) which uses the ITE 10th Trip Generation Manual.

The program then applies the emission factors for each trip which is provided by the EMFAC2017 model to determine the vehicular traffic pollutant emissions. The CalEEMod default trip lengths were used in this analysis. For details, please see CalEEMod output comments in Appendix A of the Air Quality, Greenhouse Gas, and Energy Impact Study done for the project by MD Acoustic.

Area Sources
Area sources include emissions from consumer products, landscape equipment and architectural coatings.

Landscape maintenance includes fuel combustion emissions from equipment such as lawn mowers, rototillers, shredders/grinders, blowers, trimmers, chain saws, and hedge trimmers, as well as air compressors, generators, and pumps. As specifics were not known about the landscaping equipment fleet, CalEEMod defaults were used to estimate emissions from landscaping equipment.

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Per SCAQMD Rule 1113 as amended on June 3, 2011, the architectural coatings that would be applied after January 1, 2014 will be limited to an average of 50 grams per liter or less for buildings and 100 grams per liter or less for parking lot striping; however, no changes were made to the CalEEMod architectural coating default values.

Energy Usage
2022.1.1.21 CalEEMod defaults were utilized.

Localized Construction Analysis
The SCAQMD has published a “Fact Sheet for Applying CalEEMod to Localized Significance Thresholds” (South Coast Air Quality Management District 2011b). CalEEMod calculates construction emissions based on the number of equipment hours and the maximum daily disturbance activity possible for each piece of equipment.

In order to compare CalEEMod reported emissions against the localized significance threshold lookup tables, the CEQA document should contain in its project design features or its mitigation measures the following parameters:

1. The off-road equipment list (including type of equipment, horsepower, and hours of operation) assumed for the day of construction activity with maximum emissions.

2. 3.

4. The maximum number of acres disturbed on the peak day.

Any emission control devices added onto off-road equipment.

Specific dust suppression techniques used on the day of construction activity with maximum emissions.

The construction equipment showing the equipment associated with the maximum area of disturbance is shown in Table 9.

Table 9 Construction Equipment Assumptions1
Activity Equipment
Rubber Tired Dozers
Tractors/Loaders/Backhoes
Number Acres/8hr-day Total Acres

1.0 1.0
2 2

0.5 0.5
Site Preparation
Total Per Phase 2.0
Graders
Rubber Tired Dozers
Tractors/Loaders/Backhoes
1 1
3 0.5

0.5 0.5

0.5 0.5

1.5 Grading
Total Per Phase 2.5
Notes:

1. Source: CalEEMod output and South Coast AQMD, Fact Sheet for Applying CalEEMod to Localized Significance Thresholds. http://www.aqmd.gov/docs/default-source/ceqa/handbook/localized-significance-thresholds/caleemod-guidance.pdf?sfvrsn=2 Table 7 Construction Equipment Assumptions, Appendix A, MDAcoustics Air Quality, Green House Gas, and Energy Impact Study, March 2024.

As shown in Table 9, the maximum number of acres disturbed in a day would be 2.5 acres during grading.

The local air quality emissions from construction were analyzed using the SCAQMD’s Mass Rate Localized Significant Threshold Tables and the methodology described in Localized Significance Threshold Methodology, prepared by SCAQMD, revised July 2008. The emission thresholds were based on the Coachella Valley source Rosemount Storage Project 34
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receptor area (SRA 30) and a disturbance of 2.5 acres per day at a distance of 25 meters (82 feet). As there is no threshold for a 2.5-acre disturbance, interpolation can be used between the 2-acre and 5-acre thresholds.

Localized Operational Analysis
For operational emissions, the screening tables for a disturbance area of 2.5 acres per day and a distance of 25 meters were used to determine significance. The tables were compared to the project’s onsite operational emissions.

Air Quality Thresholds of Significance
CEQA Guidelines for Air Quality
The CEQA Guidelines define a significant effect on the environment as “a substantial, or potentially substantial, adverse change in the environment.” To determine if a project would have a significant impact on air quality, the type, level, and impact of emissions generated by the project must be evaluated.

The following air quality significance thresholds are contained in Appendix G of the CEQA Guidelines. A significant impact would occur if the project would:
a) Conflict with or obstruct implementation of the applicable air quality plan; b) Result in a cumulatively considerable net increase of any criteria pollutant for which the project region is nonattainment under an applicable national or state ambient air quality standard; Expose sensitive receptors to substantial pollutant concentration. Result in other emissions (such as those leading to odors) adversely affecting a substantial number of people? While the final determination of whether a project is significant is within the purview of the Lead Agency pursuant to Section 15064(b) of the CEQA Guidelines, SCAQMD recommends that its quantitative air pollution thresholds be used to determine the significance of project emissions. If the Lead Agency finds that the project has the potential to exceed these air pollution thresholds, the project should be considered to have significant air quality impacts. There are daily emission thresholds for construction and operation of a proposed project in the basin.

Regional Significance Thresholds for Construction Emissions The following CEQA significance thresholds for construction emissions are established for the Basin:
•
•
•
•
•
•
75 pounds per day (lbs/day) of VOC
100 lbs/day of NOx
550 lbs/day of CO
150 lbs/day of PM10
55 lbs/day of PM2.5
150 lbs/day of SO2
Projects in the basin with construction-related emissions that exceed any of the emission thresholds are considered to be significant under SCAQMD guidelines.

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Regional Significance Thresholds for Operational Emissions The daily operational emissions significance thresholds for the basin are as follows:
•
•
•
•
•
•
55 pounds per day (lbs/day) of VOC
55 lbs/day of NOx
550 lbs/day of CO
150 lbs/day of PM10
55 lbs/day of PM2.5
150 lbs/day of SO
Local Microscale Concentration Standards The significance of localized project impacts under CEQA depends on whether ambient CO levels in the vicinity of the project are above or below State and federal CO standards.

If ambient levels are below the standards, a project is considered to have a significant impact if project emissions result in an exceedance of one or more of these standards. If ambient levels already exceed a State or federal standard, project emissions are considered significant if they increase 1-hour CO concentrations by

1.0 ppm or more or 8-hour CO concentrations by 0.45 ppm or more. The following are applicable local emission concentration standards for CO:
•
•
California State 1-hour CO standard of 20.0 ppm
California State 8-hour CO standard of 9.0 ppm
Thresholds for Localized Significance
Project-related construction air emissions may have the potential to exceed the State and Federal air quality standards in the project vicinity, even though these pollutant emissions may not be significant enough to create a regional impact to the Salton Sea Air Basin. In order to assess local air quality impacts the SCAQMD has developed Localized Significant Thresholds (LSTs) to assess the project-related air emissions in the project vicinity. The SCAQMD has also provided Final Localized Significant Threshold Methodology (LST Methodology), June 2003, which details the methodology to analyze local air emission impacts. The Localized Significant Threshold Methodology found that the primary emissions of concern are NO2, CO, PM10, and PM2.5.

The emission thresholds were calculated based on the Coachella Valley source receptor area (SRA 30) and a disturbance of 4 acres per day at a distance of 25 meters (82 feet), for construction and 4 acres a day for screening of localized operational emissions. The 4-acre thresholds are interpolated from the 2-acre and 5- acre thresholds.

The threshold for toxic air contaminants (TACs) has a maximum incremental cancer risk of 10 per million and a non-cancer (acute and chronic) hazard index of 1.0 or greater. An exceedance to these values would be considered a significant impact.
a) Less than Significant Impact - Would the project conflict with or obstruct implementation of the applicable air quality plan?
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policies and does not obstruct other policies. The SCAQMD CEQA Handbook identifies two key indicators of consistency:
• Whether the project will result in an increase in the frequency or severity of existing air quality violations or cause or contribute to new violations or delay timely attainment of air quality standards or the interim emission reductions specified in the AQMP. • Whether the project will exceed the assumptions in the AQMP in 2016 or increments based on the year of project buildout and phase.

This air quality analysis finds that neither short-term construction emissions nor long-term operational emissions would exceed any regional or local thresholds. The Project would also be consistent with the land use classification of Planned Community Commercial from the City of Cathedral City General Plan, which defines the assumptions that are represented in the AQMP. Therefore, a less than significant impact will occur.

The Uptown Village Specific Plan (Specific Plan; SP) is a policy document and will be amended to create Planning Unit Four (4) with an area of 7.16 acres from Planning Unit One leaving it with an area of 2.11 acres.

However, the proposed SP amendment would be a policy level document that also would not conflict with or obstruct implementation of the applicable air quality plan. There would be no impact. In accordance with the SCAQMD methodology, projects that do not exceed the SCAQMD criteria or can be mitigated to less than criteria levels are not significant and do not add to the overall cumulative impact. The Project does not exceed any of the thresholds of significance and therefore is considered less than significant. b) Less than Significant Impact - Result in a cumulatively considerable net increase of any criteria pollutant for which the project region is nonattainment under an applicable national or state ambient air quality standards; Construction Air Quality Emissions Impact
The latest version of CalEEMod was used to estimate the onsite and offsite construction emissions. The emissions incorporate Rule 402 and 403. Rule 402 and 403 (fugitive dust) are not considered mitigation measures as the project by default is required to incorporate these rules during construction.

Regional Construction Emissions
The construction emissions for either Scenario of the Project would not exceed the SCAQMD’s daily emission thresholds at the regional level as demonstrated in Table 10, and therefore would be considered less than significant.

Table 10 Regional Significance – Unmitigated Construction Emissions (pounds/day) Pollutant Emissions (pounds/day)
Activity VOC NOx CO SO2 PM10 PM2.5
Scenario 1
Site Preparation
On-Site2
Off-Site3
Total

2.35 0.06

2.41 23.20

0.06 23.26

20.70 1.03

21.73 0.03

0.00 0.03

6.14 0.13

6.27 3.58

0.03 3.61
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Pollutant Emissions (pounds/day)
Activity VOC NOx CO SO2 PM10 PM2.5
Grading
On-Site2
Off-Site3
Total

1.90 0.12

2.02 18.20

2.54 20.74

18.80 2.10

20.90 0.03

0.01 0.04

3.61 0.81

4.42 2.11

0.19 2.30
Building Construction
On-Site2
Off-Site3

1.20 0.33

1.53 11.20

1.08 12.28

13.10 6.02

19.12 0.02

0.01 0.03

0.50 0.92

1.42 0.45

0.22 Total 0.67
Paving
On-Site2
Off-Site3
Total

1.43 0.08

1.51 7.45

0.08 7.53

9.98 1.43

11.41 0.01

0.00 0.01

0.35 0.20

0.55 0.32

0.05 0.37
Architectural Coating
On-Site2
Off-Site3

56.33 0.06

56.39 59.43
75 0.88

0.06 0.94

20.75 100

1.14 1.05

2.19 32.72
550

0.00 0.00

0.00 0.04
150
No

0.03 0.14

0.17 2.14
150
No

0.03 0.03

0.06 1.10
55 Total
Total of overlapping phases4
SCAQMD Thresholds
Exceeds Thresholds
Scenario 2
No No No No
Site Preparation
On-Site2
Off-Site3

2.35 0.06

2.41 23.20

0.06 23.26

20.70 1.03

21.73 0.03

0.00 0.03

6.14 0.13

6.27 3.58

0.03 Total 3.61
Grading
On-Site2
Off-Site3
Total

1.90 0.12

2.02 18.20

2.54 20.74

18.80 2.10

20.90 0.03

0.01 0.04

3.61 0.81

4.42 2.11

0.19 2.30
Building Construction
On-Site2
Off-Site3

1.20 0.40

1.60 11.20

0.61 11.81

13.10 7.24

20.34 0.02

0.01 0.03

0.50 1.11

1.61 0.45

0.28 Total 0.73
Paving
On-Site2
Off-Site3
Total

1.43 0.08

1.51 7.45

0.08 7.53

9.98 1.43

11.41 0.01

0.00 0.01

0.35 0.20

0.55 0.32

0.05 0.37
Architectural Coating
On-Site2
Off-Site3

56.33 0.07

56.40 59.51
75 No

0.08 0.88

0.07 0.95

20.29 100
No

0.00 1.14

1.26 2.40

34.15 550
No

1.43 0.00

0.00 0.00

0.04 150
No

0.03 0.17

0.20 2.36
150
No

0.03 0.04

0.07 1.17
55 No

0.00 Total
Total of overlapping phases4
SCAQMD Thresholds
Exceeds Thresholds
Difference (Scenario 2 - Scenario 1) 0.00 0.00
Notes:
1 Source: CalEEMod Version 2022.1.1.21
2 On-site emissions from equipment operated on-site that is not operated on public roads. 3 Off-site emissions from equipment operated on public roads. 4 Construction, architectural coatings and paving phases may overlap.

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Pollutant Emissions (pounds/day)
Activity VOC NOx CO SO2 PM10 PM2.5
Table 8 Regional Significance – Unmitigated Construction Emissions (pounds/day) , Appendix A, MDAcoustics Air Quality, Green House Gas, and Energy Impact Study, March 2024.

Regional Operational Emissions
The operations-related criteria air quality impacts created by the proposed project have been analyzed through the use of CalEEMod model. The operating emissions were based on year 2025, which is the anticipated opening year for the project per the Traffic Scoping Agreement (Integrated Engineering Group). The summer and winter emissions created by the proposed project’s long-term operations were calculated and the highest emissions from either summer or winter are summarized in Table 11. Regional Significance - Unmitigated Operational Emissions (lbs/day)
Table 11 Regional Significance-Unmitigated Operational Emissions (lbs/day) Pollutant Emissions (pounds/day)1
Activity VOC NOx CO SO2 PM10 PM2.5
Scenario 1
Area Sources2
Energy Usage3
Mobile Sources4
Total Emissions
SCAQMD Thresholds
Exceeds Threshold?
Scenario 2

4.17 0.20

6.70 11.07
55 0.05

3.67 6.00

9.72 55

5.79 3.08

53.50 62.37
550

0.00 0.02

0.12 0.14
150
No

0.01 0.28

9.34 9.63
150
No

0.01 0.28

2.42 2.71
55 No No No No
Area Sources2
Energy Usage3
Mobile Sources4
Total Emissions
SCAQMD Thresholds
Exceeds Threshold?

5.31 0.04

14.00 19.35
55 0.06

0.68 12.50

13.24 55

7.38 0.57
112.00
119.95
550

0.00 0.00

0.24 0.24
150
No

0.01 0.05

19.50 19.56
150

0.01 0.05

5.06 5.12
55 No No No No No
Difference (Scenario
Scenario 1)
2 -

8.28 3.52 57.58 0.10 9.93 2.41
Notes:
1 Source: CalEEMod Version 2022.1.1.21
2 Area sources consist of emissions from consumer products, architectural coatings, and landscaping equipment. 3 Energy usage consists of emissions from on-site natural gas usage. 4 Mobile sources consist of emissions from vehicles and road dust.

Table 10 Regional Significance – Unmitigated Operational Emissions (lbs/day) , Appendix A, MDAcoustics Air Quality, Green House Gas, and Energy Impact Study, March 2024.

Table 11 provides the project's unmitigated operational emissions. Table 11 shows that the project does not exceed the SCAQMD daily emission threshold and regional operational emissions are considered to be less than significant for both scenarios.
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Construction-Related Human Health Impacts
Regarding health effects related to criteria pollutant emissions, the applicable significance thresholds are established for regional compliance with the state and federal ambient air quality standards, which are intended to protect public health from both acute and long-term health impacts, depending on the potential effects of the pollutant. Because regional and local emissions of criteria pollutants during construction of the project would be below the applicable thresholds, it would not contribute to long-term health impacts related to nonattainment of the ambient air quality standards. Therefore, significant adverse acute health impacts as a result of project construction are not anticipated.

Construction-Related Toxic Air Contaminant Impact
The greatest potential for toxic air contaminant emissions would be related to diesel particulate emissions associated with heavy equipment operations during construction of the proposed project. The Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) has issued the Air Toxic Hot Spots Program Risk Assessment Guidelines and Guidance Manual for the Preparation of Health Risk Assessments, February 2015 to provide a description of the algorithms, recommended exposure variates, cancer and noncancer health values, and the air modeling protocols needed to perform a health risk assessment (HRA) under the Air Toxics Hot Spots Information and Assessment Act of 1987. Hazard identification includes identifying all substances that are evaluated for cancer risk and/or non-cancer acute, 8-hour, and chronic health impacts. In addition, identifying any multi-pathway substances that present a cancer risk or chronic non-cancer hazard via non-inhalation routes of exposure.

Given the relatively limited number of heavy-duty construction equipment and construction schedule, the proposed project would not result in a long-term substantial source of toxic air containment emissions and corresponding individual cancer risk. Furthermore, construction-based particulate matter (PM) emissions (including diesel exhaust emissions) do not exceed any local or regional thresholds. Therefore, no significant short-term toxic air contaminant impacts would occur during construction of the proposed project.

Operations-Related Human Health Impacts
As stated previously, regarding health effects related to criteria pollutant emissions, the applicable significance thresholds are established for regional compliance with the state and federal ambient air quality standards, which are intended to protect public health from both acute and long-term health impacts, depending on the potential effects of the pollutant. Because regional and local emissions of criteria pollutants during operation of the project would be below the applicable thresholds, it would not contribute to long-term health impacts related to nonattainment of the ambient air quality standards. Therefore, less than significant adverse acute health impacts as a result of project operation are anticipated.

The Uptown Village Specific Plan (Specific Plan; SP) is a policy document and will be amended to create Planning Unit Four with an area of 7.16 acres from Planning Unit One leaving it with an area of 2.11 acres. However, the proposed SP amendment would be a policy level document that also would not, in itself, conflict with or obstruct implementation of the applicable air quality plan. There would be no impact.

The Project would not exceed construction or operational localized emissions thresholds set by the SCAQMD and would not expose sensitive receptors to substantial localized emissions thresholds or odors, and therefore have a less than significant impact on sensitive receptors.

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Construction
Localized Construction Emissions
The data provided in Table 12 shows that none of the analyzed criteria pollutants would exceed the local emissions thresholds at the nearest sensitive receptors in either scenario. Therefore, a less than significant local air quality impact would occur from construction of the proposed project.

Table 12 Localized Significance – Construction
On-Site P Emissions (pounds/day)1
Phase Nox CO PM10 PM2.5
Scenario 1
Site Preparation
Grading
Building Construction
Paving
Architectural Coating
Total of overlapping phases
SCAQMD Threshold for 25 meters (82 feet) or less2
Exceeds Threshold?
Scenario 2

25.60 20.00

11.80 7.81

22.40 19.70

13.20 10.00

1.15 24.35
1,464.50
No

6.27 3.71

0.55 0.39

0.03 0.97

8.17 No

3.70 2.21

0.51 0.36

0.03 0.90

3.83 No

0.91 20.52
209.83
No
Site Preparation
Grading

25.60 20.00

11.80 7.81

22.40 19.70

13.20 10.00

1.15 24.35
1,464.50
No

6.27 3.71

0.55 0.39

0.03 0.97

8.17 No

3.70 2.21

0.51 0.36

0.03 0.90

3.83 No
Building Construction
Paving
Architectural Coating
Total of overlapping phases
SCAQMD Threshold for 25 meters (82 feet) or less2
Exceeds Threshold?

0.91 20.52
209.83
No
Difference (Scenario 2 – Scenario 1) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 Notes:

Source: Calculated from CalEEMod and SCAQMD’s Mass Rate Look-up Tables for 2.5 acres in Coachella Valley Source Receptor Area (SRA 30).

Project will disturb a maximum of 2.5 acres per day (see Table 7). 2 The nearest sensitive receptor is located 15 meters to the east; therefore, the 25-meter threshold has been used.

Table 9 Localized Significance - Construction, Appendix A, MDAcoustics Air Quality, Green House Gas, and Energy Impact Study, March 2024.

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Operations
Localized Operational Emissions
Table 13 shows the calculated emissions for the proposed operational activities compared with appropriate LSTs. The LST analysis only includes on-site sources; however, the CalEEMod software outputs do not separate on-site and off-site emissions for mobile sources. For a worst-case scenario assessment, the emissions shown in Table 13 include all on-site project-related stationary sources and 10% of the project-related new mobile sources.1 This percentage is an estimate of the amount of project-related new vehicle traffic that will occur onsite.

Table 13 Localized Significance – Unmitigated Operational Emissions Pollutant Emissions (pounds/day)1
Activity VOC Nox CO SO2 PM10 PM2.5
Scenario 1
Area Sources2
Energy Usage3
Mobile Sources4
Total Emissions
SCAQMD Thresholds
Exceeds Threshold?
Scenario 2

4.17 0.20

6.70 11.07
55 0.05

3.67 6.00

9.72 55

5.79 3.08

53.50 62.37
550

0.00 0.02

0.12 0.14
150
No

0.01 0.28

9.34 9.63
150
No

0.01 0.28

2.42 2.71
55 No No No No
Area Sources2
Energy Usage3
Mobile Sources4
Total Emissions
SCAQMD Thresholds
Exceeds Threshold?

5.31 0.04

14.00 19.35
55 0.06

0.68 12.50

13.24 55

7.38 0.57
112.00
119.95
550

0.00 0.00

0.24 0.24
150
No

0.01 0.05

19.50 19.56
150

0.01 0.05

5.06 5.12
55 No No No No No
Difference (Scenario 2 – Scenario 1) 8.28 3.52 57.58 0.10 9.93 2.41 Notes:
1 Source: CalEEMod Version 2022.1.1.21
2 Area sources consist of emissions from consumer products, architectural coatings, and landscaping equipment. 3 Energy usage consists of emissions from on-site natural gas usage. 4 Mobile sources consist of emissions from vehicles and road dust.

Table 11 Localized Significance – Unmitigated Operational Emissions, Appendix A, MDAcoustics Air Quality, Green House Gas, and Energy Impact Study, March 2024.

Table 13 indicates that the local operational emission would not exceed the LST thresholds at the nearest sensitive receptors, located adjacent to the project. Therefore, the project will result in less than significant Localized Operational emissions.

CO Hot Spot Emissions
CO is the pollutant of major concern along roadways because the most notable source of CO is motor vehicles.

For this reason, CO concentrations are usually indicative of the local air quality generated by a roadway 1 The project site is approximately 0.2 miles in length at its longest point; therefore the on-site mobile source emissions represent approximately 1/34th of the shortest CalEEMod default distance of 6.9 miles. Therefore, to be conservative, 1/10th the distance (dividing the mobile source emissions by 10) was used to represent the portion of the overall mobile source emissions that would occur on-site.

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network and are used as an indicator of potential local air quality impacts. Local air quality impacts can be assessed by comparing future without and with project CO levels to the State and Federal CO standards.

To determine if the proposed project could cause emission levels in excess of the CO standards, a sensitivity analysis is typically conducted to determine the potential for CO “hot spots” at a number of intersections in the general project vicinity. Because of reduced speeds and vehicle queuing, “hot spots” potentially can occur at high traffic volume intersections with a Level of Service E or worse.

Micro-scale air quality emissions have traditionally been analyzed in environmental documents where the air basin was a non-attainment area for CO. However, the SCAQMD has demonstrated in the CO attainment redesignation request to EPA that there are no “hot spots” anywhere in the air basin, even at intersections with much higher volumes, much worse congestion, and much higher background CO levels than anywhere in Riverside County. If the worst-case intersections in the air basin have no “hot spot” potential, any local impacts will be below thresholds.

Traffic analysis from Integrated Engineering Group (2023) showed that the project would generate 1,500 average daily trips. The 1992 Federal Attainment Plan for Carbon Monoxide (1992 CO Plan) showed that an intersection which has a daily traffic volume of approximately 100,000 vehicles per day would not violate the CO standard. The volume of traffic at project buildout would be well below 100,000 vehicles and below the necessary volume to even get close to causing a violation of the CO standard. Therefore, no CO “hot spot” modeling was performed and less than significant long-term air quality impact is anticipated to local air quality with the on-going use of the proposed project.

Cumulative Regional Air Quality Impacts
Cumulative projects include local development as well as general growth within the project area. However, as with most developments, the greatest source of emissions is from mobile sources, which travel well out of the local area. Therefore, from an air quality standpoint, the cumulative analysis would extend beyond any local projects and when wind patterns are considered, would cover an even larger area. Accordingly, the cumulative analysis for the project’s air quality must be generic by nature.

The project area is out of attainment for both ozone and PM10 particulate matter. Construction and operation of cumulative projects will further degrade the local air quality, as well as the air quality of the Salton Sea Air Basin. The greatest cumulative impact on the quality of regional air cell will be the incremental addition of pollutants mainly from increased traffic from residential, commercial, and industrial development and the use of heavy equipment and trucks associated with the construction of these projects. Air quality will be temporarily degraded during construction activities that occur separately or simultaneously. However, in accordance with the SCAQMD methodology, projects that do not exceed the SCAQMD criteria or can be mitigated to less than criteria levels are not significant and do not add to the overall cumulative impact. The project does not exceed any of the thresholds of significance and therefore is considered less than significant.

The Uptown Village Specific Plan (Specific Plan; SP) is a policy document and will be amended to create Planning Unit Four with an area of 7.16 acres from Planning Unit One leaving it with an area of 2.11 acres. Therefore, the proposed SP amendment also would not, in itself, expose sensitive receptors to substantial pollutant concentrations. Therefore, there would be no impact.
d) Less than Significant Impact - Result in other emissions (such as those leading to odors) adversely affecting a substantial number of people?
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Odors
Potential sources that may emit odors during construction activities include the application of materials such as asphalt pavement. The objectionable odors that may be produced during the construction process are shortterm in nature and the odor emissions are expected to cease upon the drying or hardening of the odor producing materials. Diesel exhaust and VOCs would be emitted during construction of the project, which are objectionable to some; however, emissions would disperse rapidly from the project site and therefore should not reach an objectionable level at the nearest sensitive receptors. Due to the short-term nature and limited amounts of odor producing materials being utilized, no significant impact related to odors would occur during construction of the proposed project.

The SCAQMD recommends that odor impacts be addressed in a qualitative manner. Such an analysis shall determine whether the project would result in excessive nuisance odors, as defined under the California Code of Regulations and Section 41700 of the California Health and Safety Code, and thus would constitute a public nuisance related to air quality.

Potential sources that may emit odors during the on-going operations of the proposed project would include odor emissions from vehicle emissions. Due to the distance of the nearest receptors from the project site and through compliance with SCAQMD’s Rule 402 no significant impact related to odors would occur during the on-going operations of the proposed project.

Mitigation
No mitigation is required.

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4.4 Biological Resources

4.4.1 Impacts
Less than
Potentially Significant with Less than
Significant
Impact
Mitigation
Incorporated
Significant
Impact
No
Impact
BIOLOGICAL RESOURCES – Would the project:
a) Have a substantial adverse effect, either directly or through habitat modifications, on any species identified as a candidate, sensitive, or special status species in local or regional plans, policies, or regulations, or by the California Department of Fish and Wildlife or U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service?
b) Have a substantial adverse effect on any riparian
habitat or other sensitive natural community identified in local or regional plans, policies, regulations or by the California Department of Fish and Wildlife or U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service?
c) Have a substantial adverse effect on state or federally protected wetlands (including, but not limited to,
marsh, vernal pool, coastal, etc.) through direct
removal, filling, hydrological interruption, or other
means?
d) Interfere substantially with the movement of any
native resident or migratory fish or wildlife species or with established native resident or migratory wildlife
corridors, or impede the use of native wildlife nursery sites?
e) Conflict with any local policies or ordinances
protecting biological resources, such as a tree
preservation policy or ordinance?
f) Conflict with the provisions of an adopted Habitat
Conservation Plan, Natural Community Conservation
Plan, or other approved local, regional, or state habitat conservation plan?
a) Less Than Significant Impact with Mitigation Incorporated. The proposed Project site is located in the City of Cathedral City, east of Date Palm Drive, between Rosemount Road (to the north) and McCallum Way (to the south). The proposed Project would utilize an approximate seven (7) acre site for the two-phase construction of two scenarios: Scenario One would include the first phase which would be an approximate two (2) story 115,054 square feet (sf) at 57,527 sf per floor, climate-controlled self-storage facility with associated retail, office, and loading area and Phase 2 would include one (1) retail building approximately 4,725 sf in size, two (2) drive through facilities with an area of 2,413 and 4,617 respectively, and two (2) retail buildings with an area of 3,217 sf each. Scenario Two would include the two (2) story 115,054 square feet (sf) at 57,527 sf per floor, climate-controlled self-storage facility with associated retail, office, and loading areas and one (1) Grocery Store/Big Box Retail building with a maximum area of 50,000 sf, and a retail building with an area of Rosemount Storage Project 45
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4,725 sf. Both scenarios would include parking areas, landscaping, lighting, and a drainage retention basin are also to be included on the site. The proposed Project is anticipated to employ approximately 150 full-time and part-time employees. The Project would also require an amendment to the City’s Uptown Village Specific Plan (SP 96-54) to create a new planning area.

A habitat assessment and Coachella Valley Multiple Species Habitat Conservation Plan (CVMSHCP) Consistency Analysis for the proposed was completed by ELMT Consulting Inc. in January 2023 (Appendix B, Habitat Assessment CVMSHCP Project Consistency Analysis; 2023). ELMT Consulting Inc. biologist Jacob H. Lloyd Davies conducted a field survey and evaluated the condition of the habitat within the proposed Project on September 20, 2022 (Habitat Assessment CVMSHCP Consistency Analysis; 2022). It was determined that the proposed Project site is within the boundaries of the CVMSHCP area, but is not located within any Conservation areas, Preserves, Cores, or Linkages and is not located within a federally designated Critical Habitat by United States Fish and Wildlife Services (USFWS). The closest designated Critical Habitat to the site is located approximately

2.3 miles southwest for Casey’s June beetle (Dinacoma caseyi). Therefore, the loss or adverse modification of Critical Habitat will not occur as a result of the proposed Project and consultation with the USFWS will not be required for implementation of the proposed Project.

No special-status plants were observed on the proposed Project site during the field investigation. Based on habitat requirements for specific species, the availability and quality of on-site habitats, and isolation of the site, it was determined that the site has a low potential to support chaparral sand-verbena (Abronia villosa var. aurita), Coachella Valley milk-vetch (Astragalus lentiginosus var. coachellae), pointed dodder (Cuscuta californica var. apiculate), Arizona spurge (Euphorbia arizonica), flat-seeded spurge (Euphorbia platysperma), ribbed cryptantha (Johnstonella costata), and winged cryptantha (Johnstonella holoptera). It was further determined that the remaining special-status wildlife species known to occur in the vicinity of the site do not have potential to occur and are presumed to be absent.

Of the aforementioned special-status plant species, Coachella Valley milk-vetch is federally listed as endangered and is listed as a covered species under the CVMSHCP. None of the other species are federally or state listed as endangered or threatened. Consistency Analysis: “Coachella Valley milk-vetch was determined to have a low potential to occur on-site. Since Coachella Valley milk-vetch is a covered species under the CVMSHCP, no further surveys or additional mitigation measures will be required for impacts to this species, if present.

Burrowing Owls
The burrowing owl is currently listed as a California Species of Special Concern. It is a grassland specialist distributed throughout western North America where it occupies open areas with short vegetation and bare ground within shrub, desert, and grassland environments. Burrowing owls use a wide variety of arid and semiarid environments with well-drained, level to gently-sloping areas characterized by sparse vegetation and bare ground (Haug and Didiuk 1993; Dechant et al. 1999). Burrowing owls are dependent upon the presence of burrowing mammals (such as ground squirrels) whose burrows are used for roosting and nesting (Haug and Didiuk 1993). The presence or absence of colonial mammal burrows is often a major factor that limits the presence or absence of burrowing owls. Where mammal burrows are scarce, burrowing owls have been found occupying man-made cavities, such as buried and non-functioning drainpipes, stand-pipes, and dry culverts.

Burrowing mammals may burrow beneath rocks and debris or large, heavy objects such as abandoned cars, concrete blocks, or concrete pads. They also require open vegetation allowing line-of-sight observation of the surrounding habitat to forage as well as watch for predators.

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Despite a systematic search of the project site, no burrowing owls or sign (i.e., pellets, feathers, castings, or whitewash) were observed during the field investigation. Several small mammal burrows that have the potential to provide suitable burrowing owl nesting habitat (>4 inches in diameter) were observed within the boundaries of the site. Based on this information, and as a result of current and historic on-site disturbances, and surrounding development, it was determined that burrowing owls do not have potential to occur, and no focused surveys are recommended.

Special-Status Wildlife Species
No special-status species were observed onsite. Based on habitat requirements for specific species and the availability and quality of on-site habitats, it was determined that the proposed Project site has a high potential to support burrowing owl (Athene cunicularia), Costa’s hummingbird (Calypte costae), loggerhead shrike (Lanius ludovicianus), and rufous hummingbird (Selasphorus rufus); and a low potential to support Cooper’s hawk (Accipiter cooperii), sharp-shinned hawk (Accipiter striatus), northwestern San Diego pocket mouse (Chaetodipus fallax fallax), pallid San Diego pocket mouse (Chaetodipus fallax pallidus), desert tortoise (Gopherus agassizii), desert bighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis nelson), Cathedral City pocket mouse (Perognathus longimembris bangsi), black-tailed gnatcatcher (Poloptila melanura), Le Conte’s thrasher (Toxostoma lecontei), and Cathedral City round-tailed ground squirrel (Xerospermophilus treticaudus). It was further determined that all of the other special-status wildlife species known to occur in the vicinity of the site do not have potential to occur on-site and all are presumed absent.

The only special-status wildlife species observed during the field investigation was Costa’s hummingbird. Based on habitat requirements for specific species and the availability and quality of on-site habitats, it was determined that the project site has a low potential to support prairie falcon, loggerhead shrike, and Coachella giant sand treader cricket. It was further determined that all the other special-status wildlife species known to occur in the vicinity of the site do not have potential to occur and are presumed to be absent.

None of the aforementioned special-status wildlife species are federally or state listed as endangered or threatened and Costa’s hummingbird and Coachella giant sand treader cricket are covered under the CVMSHCP. Prairie falcon is only expected to occur on-site during foraging, as no suitable nesting opportunities for prairie falcon are present within or near the project site. Limited nesting habitat for Costa’s hummingbird and loggerhead shrike are present. Nesting birds are protected pursuant to the Migratory Bird Treaty Act (MBTA) and California Fish and Game Code (Sections 3503, 3503.5, 3511, and 3513 prohibit the take, possession, or destruction of birds, their nests or eggs). If construction occurs between February 1st and August 31st, a pre-construction clearance survey for nesting birds should be conducted within three (3) days of the start of any vegetation removal or ground disturbing activities to ensure that no nesting birds will be disturbed during construction.

In order to ensure impacts to special-status avian species do not occur from implementation of the proposed project, with implementation of Mitigation Measure BIO-1, impacts to special-status avian species would be less than significant.

MM BIO-1: Nesting birds are protected pursuant to the Migratory Bird Treaty Act (MBTA) and California Fish and Game Code (Sections 3503, 3503.3, 3511, and 3513 of the California Fish and Game Code prohibit the take, possession, or destruction of birds, their nests or eggs). In order to protect migratory bird species, a nesting bird clearance survey shall be conducted prior to any ground disturbance or vegetation removal activities that may disrupt the birds during the nesting season. Consequently, if avian nesting behaviors are disrupted, such as nest abandonment and/or loss of reproductive effort, it is considered “take” and is potentially punishable by fines and/or imprisonment. If construction occurs between February 1st and August 31st, a pre-construction Rosemount Storage Project 47
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clearance survey for nesting birds shall be conducted within three (3) days of the start of any vegetation removal or ground disturbing activities to ensure that no nesting birds will be disturbed during construction.

The biologist conducting the clearance survey shall document a negative survey with a brief letter report indicating that no impacts to active avian nests will occur. If an active avian nest is discovered during the preconstruction clearance survey, construction activities shall stay outside of a no-disturbance buffer. The size of the no-disturbance buffer will be determined by the wildlife biologist and will depend on the level of noise and/or surrounding anthropogenic disturbances, line of sight between the nest and the construction activity, type and duration of construction activity, ambient noise, species habituation, and topographical barriers.

These factors will be evaluated on a case-by-case basis when developing buffer distances. Limits of construction to avoid an active nest will be established in the field with flagging, fencing, or other appropriate barriers; and construction personnel will be instructed on the sensitivity of nest areas. A biological monitor should be present to delineate the boundaries of the buffer area and to monitor the active nest to ensure that nesting behavior is not adversely affected by the construction activity. Once the young have fledged and left the nest, or the nest otherwise becomes inactive under natural conditions, construction activities within the buffer area can occur.

The Uptown Village Specific Plan (Specific Plan; SP) will be amended to remove the subject property from the Specific Plan and reduce the study area from 17.28 acres to 10.12 acres leaving 2.11 acres in commercial, 5.81 acres in multiple family residential, and 2.34 acres in single family residential as described in the project description. However, as a policy level document the proposed SP amendment would be a policy level document that would not, in itself, impact special status plant or wildlife species. There would be no impact. b) No Impact. There are three key agencies that regulate activities within inland streams, wetlands, and riparian areas in California. The US Army Corps of Engineers (USCOE) Regulatory Branch regulates discharge of dredge or fill materials into “waters of the United States” pursuant to Section 404 of the Clean Water Act (CWA) and Section 10 of the Rivers and Harbors Act. Of the State agencies, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) regulates alterations to streambed and bank under CDFW Code Sections 1600 et seq., and the Regional Water Quality Control Board (RWQCB) regulates discharges into surface waters pursuant to Section 401 of the CWA and the California Porter-Cologne Water Quality Control Act. No jurisdictional drainage and/or wetland features were observed on or near the project site during the field investigation. Furthermore, no blueline streams have been recorded on the project site. Therefore, development of the proposed Project will not result in impacts to wetlands and inland streams; jurisdiction and regulatory approvals will not be required.

No sensitive habitats were identified within the site. Thus, no sensitive natural communities will be impacted from the proposed Project implementation.

Therefore, the proposed Project would not have a substantial adverse effect on any riparian habitat or other sensitive natural community identified in local or regional plans, policies, regulations or by the CDFW or the USFWS. There would be no impact.

The Uptown Village Specific Plan (Specific Plan; SP) is a policy document and will be amended to create Planning Unit Four with an area of 7.16 acres from Planning Unit One leaving it with an area of 2.11 acres. However, as a policy level document that would not, in itself, impact wetlands, inland streams and riparian areas; no wetlands, inland streams and riparian areas are on the proposed Project site. There would be no impact. c) No Impact. No inundated areas, wetland features, or wetland plant species that would be considered wetlands as defined by Section 404 of the Clean Water Act occur within the proposed Project area. As a result, implementation of the proposed Project would not result in any impacts or have substantial adverse effects Rosemount Storage Project 48
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on federally protected wetlands. Therefore, the proposed Project would not have a substantial adverse effect on state or federally protected wetlands (including, but not limited to, marsh, vernal pool, coastal, etc.) through direct removal, filling, hydrological interruption, or other means. There would be no impact.

The Uptown Village Specific Plan (Specific Plan; SP) is a policy document and will be amended to create Planning Unit Four with an area of 7.16 acres from Planning Unit One leaving it with an area of 2.11 acres. However, as a policy level document that would not, in itself, impact state or federally protected wetlands. In addition, no state or federally protected wetlands have been identified on the proposed Project site and therefore there would be no impact.
d) No Impact. Habitat linkages provide connections between larger habitat areas separated by development.

Wildlife corridors are similar to linkages but provide specific opportunities for animals to disperse or migrate between areas. Wildlife corridors are features that allow for the dispersal, seasonal migration, breeding, and foraging of a variety of wildlife species. A corridor can be defined as a linear landscape feature of sufficient width that allows for animal movement between two comparatively undisturbed habitat fragments. Adequate cover is essential for a corridor to function as a wildlife movement area. It is possible for a habitat corridor to be adequate for one species yet still inadequate for others. Additionally, open space can provide a buffer against both human disturbance and natural fluctuations in resources.

The proposed Project site has not been identified as occurring in a wildlife corridor or linkage. The nearest open space to the site as mapped by the CVMSHCP, is the Willow Hole Conservation area, which occurs over approximately one and a half (1.77) miles to the northeast. In addition, there are no riparian corridors, creeks, or useful patches of steppingstone habitat (natural areas) within or connecting the site to a recognized wildlife corridor or linkage. As such, implementation of the proposed Project would not impact wildlife movement opportunities. Therefore, the proposed Project would not interfere substantially with the movement of any native resident or migratory fish or wildlife species or with established native resident or migratory wildlife corridors or impede the use of native wildlife nursery sites. There would be no impact.

The Uptown Village Specific Plan (Specific Plan; SP) is a policy document and will be amended to create Planning Unit Four with an area of 7.16 acres from Planning Unit One leaving it with an area of 2.11 acres. However, as a policy level document that would not, in itself, interfere with the movement of any native or migratory fish or wildlife species, impact any established wildlife corridors or impede the use of native wildlife nursery sites.

In addition, there are no wildlife corridors or wildlife nursery sites on the Project site. There would be no impact.
e) No Impact. There are no local policies or ordinances that pertain to the proposed Project except for the City’s Design Guidelines (Amended May 19, 1997). These guidelines contain requirements for the maintenance, installation and, and removal of street trees which must be done under the auspices of the City Engineer who would approve any pruning, removal, or trimming. Since these rules already exist there is no need for any further mitigation measures, Therefore, the proposed Project would not conflict with any local policies or ordinances protecting biological resources, such as a tree preservation policy or ordinance; there would be no impact and no further action is needed.

The Uptown Village Specific Plan (Specific Plan; SP) is a policy document and will be amended to create Planning Unit Four with an area of 7.16 acres from Planning Unit One leaving it with an area of 2.11 acres. The proposed amendment would not amend any local policies or ordinances protecting biological resources. There would be no impact.

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f) No Impact. The project site is located within the boundaries of the CVMSHCP area, but is not located within any Conservation areas, Preserves, Cores, or Linkage areas. Although the proposed project is not listed as a planned “Covered Activity” under the published CVMSHCP, is still considered to be a current Covered Activity pursuant to Section 7.1 of the CVMSHCP. As a Covered Activity located outside designated conservation areas, construction of the proposed project is expected to be consistent with the applicable avoidance, minimization, and mitigation measures described in Section 4.4 of the CVMSHCP. Therefore, the proposed Project would not conflict with the provisions of an adopted Habitat Conservation Plan, Natural Community Conservation Plan, or other approved local, regional, or state habitat conservation plan and there would be no impact.

The Uptown Village Specific Plan (Specific Plan; SP) is a policy document and will be amended to create Planning Unit Four with an area of 7.16 acres from Planning Unit One leaving it with an area of 2.11 acres. This proposed SP amendment would be a policy level document that would not, in itself, conflict with the provisions of an adopted Habitat Conservation Plan, Natural Community Conservation Plan, or other approved local, regional, or state habitat conservation plan. There would be no impact.

Mitigation
Implementation of Mitigation Measure BIO-1 will result in a Less than Significant Impact.

MM BIO-1: Nesting birds are protected pursuant to the Migratory Bird Treaty Act (MBTA) and California Fish and Game Code (Sections 3503, 3503.3, 3511, and 3513 of the California Fish and Game Code prohibit the take, possession, or destruction of birds, their nests or eggs). In order to protect migratory bird species, a nesting bird clearance survey shall be conducted prior to any ground disturbance or vegetation removal activities that may disrupt the birds during the nesting season. Consequently, if avian nesting behaviors are disrupted, such as nest abandonment and/or loss of reproductive effort, it is considered “take” and is potentially punishable by fines and/or imprisonment. If construction occurs between February 1st and August 31st, a pre-construction clearance survey for nesting birds shall be conducted within three (3) days of the start of any vegetation removal or ground disturbing activities to ensure that no nesting birds will be disturbed during construction.

The biologist conducting the clearance survey shall document a negative survey with a brief letter report indicating that no impacts to active avian nests will occur. If an active avian nest is discovered during the preconstruction clearance survey, construction activities shall stay outside of a no-disturbance buffer. The size of the no-disturbance buffer will be determined by the wildlife biologist and will depend on the level of noise and/or surrounding anthropogenic disturbances, line of sight between the nest and the construction activity, type and duration of construction activity, ambient noise, species habituation, and topographical barriers.

These factors will be evaluated on a case-by-case basis when developing buffer distances. Limits of construction to avoid an active nest will be established in the field with flagging, fencing, or other appropriate barriers; and construction personnel will be instructed on the sensitivity of nest areas. A biological monitor should be present to delineate the boundaries of the buffer area and to monitor the active nest to ensure that nesting behavior is not adversely affected by the construction activity. Once the young have fledged and left the nest, or the nest otherwise becomes inactive under natural conditions, construction activities within the buffer area can occur.

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4.5 Cultural Resources

4.5.1 Impacts
Less than
Potentially Significant with Less than
Significant
Impact
Mitigation
Incorporated
Significant
Impact
No
Impact
CULTURAL RESOURCES – Would the project:
a) Cause a substantial adverse change in the significance of a historical resource pursuant to § 15064.5?
b) Cause a substantial adverse change in the significance of an archaeological resource pursuant to § 15064.5?
c) Disturb any human remains, including those interred
outside of dedicated cemeteries?
A Cultural Resources Inventory was conducted by PaleoWest, LLC (PaleoWest) in August 2023 to develop a Phase I cultural resource assessment for the proposed Project (Appendix C).

Ethnohistoric Setting
The Cahuilla Indians, who were the main tribal component of this area, belong to nonpolitical, nonterritorial patrimoieties that governed marriage patterns, as well as patrilineal clans and lineages. Each clan, “politicalritual-corporate areas” composed of three to 10 lineages, owned a large territory in which each lineage owned a village site with specific resource areas. Clans were apt to own land in the valley, foothill, and mountain areas, providing them with the resources of many different ecological niches.

In prehistoric times Cahuilla shelters are believed to have been dome shaped; after contact, they tended to be rectangular in shape. Cahuilla shelters were often made of brush, palm fronds, or arrow weed. Most of the Cahuilla domestic activities were performed outside the shelters within the shade of large, expansive ramadas.

The Cahuilla were, for the most part, hunting, collecting, harvesting, and proto agricultural peoples. As in most of California, acorns were a major staple, but the roots, leaves, seeds, and fruit of many other plants also were used. Fish, birds, insects, and large and small mammals were also available. The Cahuilla had an extensive inventory of equipment, including bows and arrows, traps, nets, disguises, blinds, spears, hooks and lines, poles for shaking down pine nuts and acorns, cactus pickers, seed beaters, digging sticks and weights, and pry bars.

In addition, the Cahuilla also had an extensive inventory of food processing equipment, including hammers and anvils, mortars and pestles, manos and metates, winnowing shells and baskets, strainers, leaching baskets and bowls, knives (made of stone, bone, wood, and Carrizo cane), bone saws, and drying racks made of wooden poles to dry fish.

Mountain tops, unusual rock formations, springs, and streams are held sacred to the Cahuilla, as are rock art sites and burial and cremation sites. Additionally, various birds are revered as sacred beings of great power and were sometimes killed ritually and mourned in mortuary ceremonies similar to those for important individuals. As such, bird cremation sites are considered sacred by the Cahuilla.

Historic Setting
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Native American occupation of the Colorado Desert is typically divided into six cultural periods: Paleoindian Period (ca. 10,500–9500 years B.P.); Early Archaic (ca. 9500–7000 B.P.); Middle Archaic (ca. 7000–4000 B.P.); Late Archaic (ca. 4000–1500 B.P); Saratoga Springs (ca. 1500–750 B.P.); and the Late Prehistoric (ca. 750–410 B.P.). These cultural periods exclude the controversial “Early Man” pre-projectile point materials from Calico.

Historical research into these periods reveal that that early occupants of Southern California are believed to have been nomadic large-game hunters who utilized various tools to procure, hunt and kill their food resources. While some tribes were nomadic, some sites contain evidence of fairly sedentary residential occupations and evidence that site reuse was anticipated, suggesting a predictable availability of water and other critical resources. As the cultural periods developed, most of the tools utilized remained the same although new tools were added, either as innovations or as “borrowed” cultural items, grinding tools, arrow points, fish traps and other hunting and gathering implements. a) Less than Significant Impact. The proposed Project will not cause a substantial adverse change in the significance of a historical resource pursuant to § 15064.5 A cultural resource records search and literature review was conducted by PaleoWest at the Eastern Information Center (EIC) of the California Historical Resource Information System (CHRIS) on July 6, 2023. The records search indicated that no fewer than 13 previous studies have been conducted within 1 mile (mi) of the Project area. These studies have resulted in the documentation of four cultural resources within 1 mile of the Project area, all of which are historic period isolated finds composed of sanitary cans. None of these previously documented resources are mapped within the Project area. The Study found that there were no historic structures on site the with the exception of sanitary cans. Using Section 15064.5 (a)(3) which lists the criterion for a historic structure as a basis the structure or property would have to fall into three categories such as the following from the CEQA Statute:
“Generally, a resource shall be considered by the lead agency to be "historically significant" if the resource meets the criteria for listing on the California Register of Historical Resources (Pub. Res. Code, § 5024.1, Title 14 CCR, Section 14 CCR, Section 4852) including the following:
(A) Is associated with events that have made a significant contribution to the broad patterns of California's history and cultural heritage;
(B) Is associated with the lives of persons important in our past; (C) Embodies the distinctive characteristics of a type, period, region, or method of construction, or represents the work of an important creative individual, or possesses high artistic values; or (D) Has yielded, or may be likely to yield, information important in prehistory or history.” PaleoWest determined that there were no historic built-environment resources were identified in the Project area during the survey, impacts to historical resources will be less than significant. b-c) Less than Significant with Mitigation Incorporated. On July 6, 2023, a literature review and records search were conducted by PaleoWest, at the EIC, housed at the University of California, Riverside. This inventory effort included the Project area and a 1-mi radius around the Project area, collectively termed the Project study area.

The objective of this records search was to identify prehistoric or historical cultural resources that have been previously recorded within the study area during prior cultural resource investigations. As part of the cultural resources inventory, PaleoWest staff also examined historical maps and aerial images to characterize the developmental history of the Project. The records search results indicate that no fewer than 13 previous investigations have been conducted and documented within the Project study area since 1977 (Table 14). None of the studies encompassed any portion of the Project area. As such, it appears that none of the Project area has been previously inventoried for cultural resources.

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Table 14 Previous Cultural Investigations within the Project Study Area Report No. Year Author(s) Title
San Diego State University Foundation, San Diego
State
University.

RI-00181 1978 Jennifer Taschek-Ball
RI-00284
RI-01129
1977
1979
Richard A. Weaver
Stanley R. Berryman and
Mary Lou Heuett
Cultural Resource Identification-Sundesert Nuclear Project.

Final Report: Results of the Palm Springs Archaeological Survey
Section 10, Township 4 South, Range 5 East.

Preliminary Cultural Resources Survey Report for the Us Telecom Fiber Optic Cable Project, From San Timoteo
Canyon
J. Underwood, J. Cleland,
C.M. Wood, and R. Apple RI-02210 1986
to Socorro, Texas: The California Segment.

An Archaeological Assessment of Tentative Tract 25550, A 70 Acre Parcel Located Adjacent to Da Vall Drive Between Cathedral City and Rancho Mirage, Riverside
County,
RI-02719
RI-05563
1990
2003
Robert S. White
California.

Greig Parker and Archaeological Survey for Cathedral City Heritage Park L.P.

Parcel No. 670-110-034, Cathedral City, California.

Christopher Drover
Michael Hogan, Bai “Tom”Identification and Evaluation of Historic Properties, APNs 673- 020-006, 673-030-004, 673-030-021, and 673-030-022, Dinah
Tang, Josh Smallwood,
RI-05950 Laura
RI-06293
2003
2004
Hensley Shaker, and
Daniel Ballester Shore Drive and Da Valle Drive, City of Cathedral City, Riverside County, California.

Identification and Evaluation of Historic Properties,
Assessor’s Parcel Numbers 670-060-017, and -025,
Cathedral City,
Bai Tang, Michael Hogan, and
Matthew Wetherbee
Riverside County, California.

Historic and Archaeological Property Survey Report
(District: RI-07758
RI-09172
2008
2014
Bai “Tom” Tang
08, RIV-CTH/ PLHL, PM 5430, EA: Ramon Road).

Historical/Archaeological Resources Survey Report;
North
Bai “Tom” Tang and
Michael Hogan
Gate Community Church; Assessor’s Parcel No. 670-110-042.

Bai “Tom” Tang, Michael
Hogan, Deirdre Encarnacion, Historical/Archaeological Resources Survey Report Ramon RI-09367 RI-09886
2015
2016
and Nina
Gallardo
14 Project City of Cathedral City Riverside County, California.

Cheri Flores Addendum to Historical and Archaeological Resources Survey.

Cultural Resources Record Search and Archaeological Survey Results for the proposed Royal Street Communications,
California, LLC, Site LA3615A (Cathedral City Soccer Park) located at 69400 30th Avenue, Cathedral City,
Riverside
RI-10838 2010 Diane F. Bonner
County, California 92234.

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The records search indicated that no fewer than four cultural resources have been previously documented within the Project study area. These resources were all historic period isolated finds composed of sanitary cans.

None of these resources are within the Project area. These resources are listed in Table 15.

Table 15 Previously Recorded Cultural Resources within the Project Study Area Primary No. Trinomial Age Type Description
P-33-010953
P-33-010954
P-33-010956
P-33-010957
–
–
–
–
Historic
Historical
Historic
Historic
Isolate
Isolate
Isolate
Isolate
Two sanitary cans
Sanitary can
Sanitary can
Six sanitary cans, possibly a single “6-pack”
Tabel 4-2 Previously Recorded Cultural Resources within the Project Study Area, Appendix C, PaleoWest Cultural Resource Investigation, March 2024
Additional sources consulted during the cultural resource literature and data review include the National Register of Historic Places, the Office of Historic Preservation Archaeological Determinations of Eligibility, and the Office of Historic Preservation Built Environment Resources Directory. There are no listed cultural resources recorded within the Project area or within 1 mi of the Project area.

Archival research conducted on the Project site includes a review of BLM GLO records, historic topographic maps, and aerial images. The GLO records indicate that the Project area was part of a land patent that was issued in June 1905 to the Southern Pacific (SP) Railroad Company (BLM 2023); the patent included the entirety of Section 15, T4S, R5E, SBBM.

Historical topographic maps were consulted, and historical aerials from NETROnline dated to 1959, 1972, 1977, 1979, 1996, 2005, 2012, and 2020 were reviewed. The only notable feature present on any of the topographic maps is Date Palm Drive, which first appears in the 1972 Cathedral City 7.5-minute map following its present alignment. Although areas within the vicinity have been subject to development over the years, aerial photographs indicate that the Project area has never been developed, except for the addition of an unnamed asphalt road in the southern portion of the Project area that first appears in 2005 aerial imagery.

Buried Site Sensitivity Assessment
PaleoWest examined geological and geomorphic information to assess the potential of the Project area to contain significant buried archaeological deposits. Deposits underlying the Project area are generally fine-togravelly valley fills derived from flooding and debris flows down marginal alluvial fans (Lancaster et al. 2012).

During wetter periods of the Holocene, this area would have been subject to periodic overbank floods of the Whitewater River. Subsequently, the area was covered by aeolian deposits. In general, deposits in this area consist of a series of interbedded alluvial and aeolian strata (Soil Survey Staff 2023). The area as a whole is moderately sensitive to buried sites. If present, buried sites will have a high degree of preservation due to low energy deposit. Depth of deposits could be significant.

Field Methods
A cultural resource survey of the Project area was completed by PaleoWest Archaeologist Darlene Deppe, M.A., on July 17, 2023. The fieldwork effort included an intensive pedestrian survey of the Project area, totaling 7.1 acres. The intensive pedestrian survey was conducted by walking a series of parallel north-south transects Rosemount Storage Project 54
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spaced at 10–15-m (33–49-ft) intervals. The archaeologist carefully inspected all areas within the Project area likely to contain or exhibit sensitive cultural resources to ensure discovery and documentation of any visible, potentially significant cultural resources within the Project area.

Field Results
The Project area is a vacant, flat parcel within a mostly developed area of Cathedral City. Vegetation within the Project area is very sparse and includes scattered creosote bushes. Ground visibility in the Project area is excellent (90–100%). Surface soils within the parcel are composed of soft sand. Noted disturbances include an asphalt road remnant running east-west through the southern portion of the Project area, and modern glass and refuse distributed throughout. No archaeological or built-environment resources were identified in the Project area during the survey.

The Cultural Resources records searches and surveys did not identify any archeological or historic resources within the proposed Project area. Since background research as well as geological and geomorphic information indicates that the Project area has moderate potential to contain significant buried archaeological remains, there is a potential to unearth historic and archeological resources as well as human remains, during site excavation and construction activities. As such, the Project area appears to be moderately sensitive to buried cultural resources. Therefore, potential Project related construction actions undertaken outside the currently defined Project area may have the potential for additional subsurface disturbance and further cultural resource management may be required. With the incorporation of mitigation measures CUL-1 and CUL-2, impacts to cultural resources would be less than significant with mitigation incorporated.

The Uptown Village Specific Plan (Specific Plan; SP) is a policy document and will be amended to create Planning Unit Four with an area of 7.16 acres from Planning Unit One leaving it with an area of 2.11 acres. This proposed SP amendment would be a policy level document that would not, in itself, have any impact on any archaeological resources or human remains. Therefore, there would be no impact.

Mitigation
CUL-1: Prior to grading disturbance activities, the City of Cathedral City Planning Department shall inform field personnel of the possibilities of a buried cultural resource find. A qualified archaeologist shall be made available by the applicant during all ground disturbing activities should any unknown cultural resource be uncovered. In addition, because the site is located within the boundaries of the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians (ACBCI) Tribe’s Traditional Use Area, all ground disturbing activities shall be monitored by a qualified Native American monitor as requested by the ACBCI THPO. In the event that field personnel encounter buried cultural materials, work in the immediate vicinity of the find shall cease and the qualified archaeologist shall be retained by the applicant to assess the significance of the find. The qualified archaeologist/Tribal monitor shall have the authority to stop or divert construction excavation as necessary. If the qualified archaeologist finds that any cultural resources found meet eligibility requirements for listing on the California Register or the National Register, plans for the treatment, evaluation and mitigation of impacts to the find shall be developed.

If it has been determined that the find, with concurrence of the archaeologist, and tribal monitor/THPO in the case of cultural resources, has significance, the final disposition of the find shall be determined with concurrence between the archaeologist, THPO (in the case of tribal cultural resources) and the City Planner.

Once the mitigation and disposition for the find has been determined, work in the vicinity of the find shall resume at the direction of the archaeologist.

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CUL-2: Should human remains be discovered on site during any ground disturbance activities, further ground disturbance activities shall be halted until processes governing an accidental discovery of any human remains have been initiated in accordance with Health and Safety Code 7050.5, CEQA 15064.5(e), and Public Resources Code 5097.98
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4.6 Energy

4.6.1 Impacts
Less than
Potentially Significant with Less than
Significant
Impact
Mitigation
Incorporated
Significant
Impact
No
Impact
ENERGY – Would the project:
a) Result in potentially significant environmental impact due to wasteful, inefficient, or unnecessary consumption of energy resources, during project construction or
operation?
b) Conflict with or obstruct a state or local plan for
renewable energy or energy efficiency?
a) Less than Significant Impact. The proposed Project site is located in the City of Cathedral City, east of Date Palm Drive, between Rosemount Road (to the north) and McCallum Way (to the south). The proposed Project would utilize an approximate seven (7) acre site for the two-phase construction of two scenarios: Scenario One would include the first phase which would be an approximate two (2) story 115,054 square feet (sf) at 57,527 sf per floor, climate-controlled self-storage facility with associated retail, office, and loading areas and Phase 2 would include one (1) retail building approximately 4,725 sf in size, two (2) drive through facilities with an area of 2,413 and 4,617 respectively, and two (2) retail buildings with an area of 3,217 sf each. Scenario Two would include the two (2) story 115,054 square feet (sf) at 57,527 sf per floor, climate-controlled self-storage facility with associated retail, office, and loading areas and one (1) Grocery Store/Big Box Retail building with a maximum area of 50,000 sf, and a retail building with an area of 4,725 sf. Both scenarios would include parking areas, landscaping, lighting, and a drainage retention basin are also to be included on the site. The proposed Project is anticipated to employ approximately 150 full-time and part-time employees. The Project would also require an amendment to the City’s Uptown Village Specific Plan (SP 96-54) to create a new planning area.

Construction equipment used over the approximately 15-month construction phase would conform to CARB regulations and California emissions standards and is evidence of related fuel efficiencies. In addition, the CARB Airborne Toxic Control Measure limits idling times of construction vehicles to no more than five minutes, thereby minimizing unnecessary and wasteful consumption of fuel due to unproductive idling of construction equipment. Furthermore, the project has been designed in compliance with California’s Energy Efficiency Standards and 2022 CALGreen Standards.

Construction of the proposed commercial development would require the typical use of energy resources.

There are no unusual project characteristics or construction processes that would require the use of equipment that would be more energy intensive than is used for comparable activities; or equipment that would not conform to current emissions standards (and related fuel efficiencies). Equipment employed in construction of the project would therefore not result in inefficient, wasteful, or unnecessary consumption of fuel and a less than significant impact.

Table 16 Project Construction Power Cost and Electricity Usage Estimates Scenario 1
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Power Cost (per 1,000 square Total Building Construction Total Project foot of building per month of Size (1,000 Duration Construction construction) Square Foot) Power Cost 1 (months)
$2.32 133.243 15 $4,636.86
Total Project Construction Electricity
Cost per kWh
$0.06
Usage (kWh)
84,306
* Assumes the project will be under the GS-1 General Service rate under SCE.

Scenario 2
Power Cost (per 1,000 square Total Building Construction Total Project foot of building per month of Size (1,000 Duration Construction construction) Square Foot) Power Cost 1 (months)
$2.32 169.779 15 $5,908.31
Total Project Construction
Electricity Usage (kWh)
107,424
Cost per kWh
$0.06
* Assumes the project will be under the GS-1 General Service rate under SCE.

Table 17 Project Construction Power Cost and Electricity Usage, Appendix A, MDAcoustics Air Quality, Green House Gas, and Energy Impact Study, March 2024.

The project’s construction phase would consume electricity and fossil fuels as a single energy demand, that is, once construction is completed their use would cease. CARB’s 2017 Emissions Factors Tables show that on average aggregate fuel consumption (gasoline and diesel fuel) would be approximately 18.5 hp-hr-gal.2 As presented in Table 17 below, project construction activities would consume an estimated 32,044 gallons of diesel fuel. Both Scenarios are anticipated to have the same construction schedule and equipment usage.

Table 17 Construction Equipment Fuel Consumption Estimates Total
Consumption
Fuel
HP
Number
of Days
20 20
20 20
20 20
230
Usage
Amount Hours
Horse Load hrs/ (gal
fuel)1,2
diesel
Phase
Site
Preparation
Offroad Equipment Type
Rubber Tired Dozers
Tractors/Loaders/Backhoes
Excavators
Power Factor day
367
84 2
2 1
1 1
3 1
6 8
8 8
8 8
7 0.4 1,762 1,904

0.37 0.38

0.41 0.4

0.37 0.29
497
109
485
1,174 1,270
746
745
538
118
525
36 Graders 148
367
84 Grading Rubber Tired Dozers
Tractors/Loaders/Backhoes
Cranes
806
367 9,262
2 Aggregate fuel consumption rate for all equipment was estimated at 18.5 hp-hr/day (from CARB’s 2017 Emissions Factors Tables and fuel consumption rate factors as shown in Table D-21 of the Moyer Guidelines: (https://www.arb.ca.gov/msprog/moyer/guidelines/2017gl/2017_gl_appendix_d.pdf).

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230
230
230
230
20 Forklifts
Generator Sets
Tractors/Loaders/Backhoes
Welders
Pavers
3 1
3 1
2 2
2 8
8 7
8 8
8 8
82 14
84 46
81 89
36 0.2 394
83 4,893
1,030
8,114
2,059
588
Building
Construction

0.74 0.37

0.45 0.42

0.36 0.38
653
166
544
513
219
Paving 20
20 Paving Equipment
Rollers
554
237
Architectural
Coating 25 Air Compressors 1 6 37 0.48 107 144
CONSTRUCTION FUEL DEMAND (gallons of diesel fuel) 32,044 Notes:
1Using Carl Moyer Guidelines Table D-21 Fuel consumption rate factors (bhp-hr/gal) for engines less than 750 hp. (Source: https://www.arb.ca.gov/msprog/moyer/guidelines/2017gl/2017_gl_appendix_d.pdf) Table 18 Construction Equipment Fuel Consumption Estimates, Appendix A, MDAcoustics Air Quality, Green House Gas, and Energy Impact Study, March 2024.

Trip generation generated by the proposed Project are consistent with other similar commercial uses of similar scale and configuration as reflected in the Transportation Analysis (Integrated Engineering Group, 2023). That is, the proposed Project does not propose uses or operations that would inherently result in excessive and wasteful vehicle trips, nor associated excess and wasteful vehicle energy consumption. Therefore, proposed Project transportation energy consumption would not be considered inefficient, wasteful, or otherwise unnecessary. Furthermore, the increase in both electricity and natural gas demand from the proposed Project is insignificant compared to the County’s 2021 demand. Therefore, the Project would have a less than significant impact.

The annual natural gas and electricity demands were provided per the CalEEMod output and are provided in Table 18.

Table 18 Project Unmitigated Annual Operational Energy Demand Summary1 Scenario 1
Natural Gas Demand
Unrefrigerated Warehouse - No Rail
Strip Mall
kBTU/year
2,196,632
66,086
Fast Food Restaurant with Drive Thru 801,834
Total 3,064,552
kWh/year
529,519
Electricity Demand
Unrefrigerated Warehouse - No Rail
Strip Mall 108,894
Fast Food Restaurant with Drive Thru
Parking Lot
246,858
183,161
Total 1,068,432
Scenario 2
Natural Gas Demand
Unrefrigerated Warehouse - No Rail
Regional Shopping Center
kBTU/year
2,196,632
324,091
Total 2,520,723
-543,829
kWh/year
Difference (Scenario 2 - Scenario 1)
Electricity Demand
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Unrefrigerated Warehouse - No Rail
Strip Mall
529,519
50,139
Parking Lot 183,161
Total 1,364,778
Difference (Scenario 2 - Scenario 1) 178,276
Notes:
1Taken from the CalEEMod 2022.1.1.21 annual output.

Table 23 Project Unmitigated Annual Operational Energy Demand Summary, Appendix A, MDAcoustics Air Quality, Green House Gas, and Energy Impact Study, March 2024.

As shown in Table 18, the estimated electricity demand for the proposed project is approximately 1,068,432 kWh per year in Scenario 1 and 1,364,778 kWh per year in Scenario 2. In 2021, the nonresidential sector of the County of Riverside consumed approximately 8,257 million kWh of electricity. In addition, the estimated natural gas consumption for the proposed project is approximately 3,064,552 kBTU per year in Scenario 1 and 2,520,723 kBTU per year in Scenario 2. In 2021, the nonresidential sector of the County of Riverside consumed approximately 144 million therms of gas. Therefore, the increase in both electricity and natural gas demand from either scenario of the proposed project is insignificant compared to the County’s 2021 demand.

The Uptown Village Specific Plan (Specific Plan; SP) is a policy document and will be amended to create Planning Unit Four with an area of 7.16 acres from Planning Unit One leaving it with an area of 2.11 acres. However, the proposed SP amendment would be a policy level document that would not, in itself, require any energy related to electricity and natural gas. there would be no impact. b) Less than Significant Impact. Regarding federal transportation regulations, the Project Site is located in an already developed area. Access to/from the Project Site is from existing roads. These roads are already in place so the Project would not interfere with, nor otherwise obstruct intermodal transportation plans or projects that may be proposed pursuant to the ISTEA because SCAG is not planning for intermodal facilities in the Project area.

Regarding the State’s Energy Plan and compliance with Title 24 CCR energy efficiency standards, the applicant is required to comply with the California Green Building Standard Code requirements for energy efficient buildings and appliances as well as utility energy efficiency programs implemented by the SCE and Southern California Gas Company.

Regarding the State’s Renewable Energy Portfolio Standards, the Project would be required to meet or exceed the energy standards established in the California Green Building Standards Code, Title 24, Part 11 (CALGreen).

CalGreen Standards require that new buildings reduce water consumption, employ building commissioning to increase building system efficiencies, divert construction waste from landfills, and install low pollutant-emitting finish materials.

Therefore, the Project would not conflict with or obstruct a state or local plan for renewable energy or energy efficiency and would therefore have a less than significant impact.

The Uptown Village Specific Plan (Specific Plan; SP) is a policy document and will be amended to create Planning Unit Four with an area of 7.16 acres from Planning Unit One leaving it with an area of 2.11 acres. However, the proposed SP amendment would be a policy level document that would not, in itself, conflict with or obstruct a state or local plan for renewable energy or energy efficiency and there would be no impact.

Mitigation
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No mitigation is required.

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4.7 Geology and Soils

4.7.1 Impacts
Less than
Potentially Significant with Less than
Significant
Impact
Significant
Impact
Mitigation
Incorporated
No
Impact
GEOLOGY AND SOILS – Would the project:
a) Directly or indirectly cause potential substantial adverse effects, including the risk of loss, injury, or death involving:
a-i) Rupture of a known earthquake fault, as
delineated on the most recent Alquist-Priolo
Earthquake Fault Zoning Map, issued by the State
Geologist for the area or based on other substantial
evidence of a known fault? Refer to Division of Mines
and Geology Special Publication 42.
a-ii) Strong seismic ground shaking?
a-iii) Seismic-related ground failure, including
liquefaction?
a-iv) Landslides?
b) Result in substantial soil erosion or the loss of topsoil? c) Be located on a geologic area or soil that is unstable, or that would become unstable as a result of the project, and potentially result in on- or off-site landslide, lateral spreading, subsidence, liquefaction or collapse?
d) Be located on expansive soil, as defined in Table 18-1-B of the Uniform Building Code (1994), creating substantial direct or indirect risks to life or property?
e) Have soils incapable of adequately supporting the use of septic tanks or alternative waste water disposal systems where sewers are not available for the disposal of waste water?
f) Directly or indirectly destroy a unique paleontological resource or site or unique geologic feature?
a) Less than Significant Impact. The proposed Project site is located in the City of Cathedral City, east of Date Palm Drive, between Rosemount Road (to the north) and McCallum Way (to the south). The proposed Project would utilize an approximate seven (7) acre site for the two-phase construction of two scenarios: Scenario One would include the first phase which would be an approximate two (2) story 115,054 square feet (sf) at 57,527 sf per floor, climate-controlled self-storage facility with associated retail, office, and loading areas and Phase 2 would include one (1) retail building approximately 4,725 sf in size, two (2) drive through facilities with an area of 2,413 and 4,617 respectively, and two (2) retail buildings with an area of 3,217 sf each. Scenario Two would include the two (2) story 115,054 square feet (sf) at 57,527 sf per floor, climate-controlled self-storage facility with associated retail, office, and loading areas and one (1) Grocery Store/Big Box Retail building with a maximum area of 50,000 sf, and a retail building with an area of 4,725 sf. Both scenarios would include parking areas, landscaping, lighting, and a drainage retention basin are also to be included on the site. The proposed Project is anticipated to employ approximately 150 full-time and part-time employees. The Project would also require an amendment to the City’s Uptown Village Specific Plan (SP 96-54) to create a new planning area.

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The proposed Project site is located over approximately two (2) miles southwest of the Garnet Hill Fault and about four southwest of the Banning Branch Fault of the San Andreas Fault Zone. The site is generally vacant with a slight slope from the northwest. Since the site is not located on or near a mountain or sloped area, there is little potential for landslides at the site. Although not located in a City Fault Hazard Management Zone, the proposed Project would have to conform to all applicable General Plan policies under the City’s Safety Element (City of Cathedral City General Plan Update; 2021) and to the Alquist-Priolo Act and potential damage from earthquake generated ground shaking and other seismic hazards. Impacts from potential earthquake, ground shaking, landslides and liquefaction would be less than significant. No Geotechnical Investigation was determined to be needed given the distance to any known fault. As part of the normal procedure for a building permit the project will need to comply with the California Building Code and complete a Soils Study for the Building Pads. Given that this is covered in existing regulations no further action is needed. b) Less than Significant Impact. The Project site consists of vacant, generally flat parcels with very little vegetation or elevation variation. Located within a primarily developed portion of the city of Cathedral City, the site is surrounded by residential and commercial uses to the east and south and with limited small-scale commercial uses to the north and west. Any current soil erosion on the site may be due to wind erosion and is minimal and seasonal. Although site preparation and construction activities would have the potential to result in minor erosion or toss of existing topsoil, the proposed Project would be required to apply for State General Construction National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) and a Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plan (SWPPP), as well as to comply with all of the City’s grading and building permit regulations that would ensure that appropriate erosion and sediment control measures are imposed during construction activities.

Therefore, impacts from soil erosion or the loss of topsoil would be less than significant. No Geotechnical Investigation was determined to be needed given the type of soils in this part of Cathedral City. As part of the normal procedure for a building permit the project will need to comply with the California Building Code and complete a Soils Study for the Building Pads. Given that this is covered in existing regulations no further action is needed.

The Uptown Village Specific Plan (Specific Plan; SP) is a policy document and will be amended to create Planning Unit Four with an area of 7.16 acres from Planning Unit One leaving it with an area of 2.11 acres. However, the proposed SP amendment would be a policy level document that would not, in itself, result in soil erosion and there would be no impact.
c) Less than Significant Impact. The Project site is primarily flat and is located on soils that typically have a 0 to 5 percent slope. The site has a general slope from northwest to south and is located approximately two (2) miles to the southwest of the Little San Bernardino Mountains and about four (4) miles to the west of the San Jacinto Mountains. According to the Cathedral City Imagine 2040 General Plan Update EIR (City of Cathedral City; 2021), the Project site is located in an area with low to very low susceptibility of liquefaction and is not located on a geologic area or soil that is unstable, nor is it located on an area with the potential for landslides, lateral spreading, subsidence or collapse. Impacts would be less than significant. The Uptown Village Specific Plan (Specific Plan; SP) is a policy document and will be amended to create Planning Unit Four with an area of 7.16 acres from Planning area One leaving it with an area of 2.11 acres. The proposed SP amendment would be a policy level document that would not, in itself, impact soil due to landslides, lateral spreading, liquefaction, subsidence or collapse, and there would be no impact. According to the City’s General Plan (City of Cathedral City 2040 General Plan; 2021) there is no occurrence of the above conditions and the City’s Building Code will ensure that all soils issues and risks are covered. No further action is needed. d) Less than Significant Impact. Expansive soils typically soil with clay as a primary component. This causes the soil to expand as it draws in moisture and to shrink, as it dries out. The soil at the proposed Project site is Rosemount Storage Project 63
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primarily MaB Myoma Fine Sands with high soil infiltration rates (USDA NRCS Web Soil Survey; accessed July 2023). Since the Project site primarily consists of clay soils with limited expansive capabilities, there is low potential for impacts to life or property and impacts would be less than significant. The City General Plan () does not identify any expansive soil in this area and the Building Code will ensure that all soils issues and risks are covered, and no further action is needed.

The Uptown Village Specific Plan (Specific Plan; SP) is a policy document and will be amended to create Planning Unit Four with an area of 7.16 acres from Planning Unit One leaving it with an area of 2.11 acres. The proposed SP amendment would be a policy level document that would not, in itself, impact soil and there would be no impact.
e) No Impact. According to the City’s Imagine 2040 GPU EIR (Cathedral City Imagine 2040 General Plan Update Environmental Impact Report; 2021). The City passed Ordinance 572 to prohibit issuance of permits for new septic tank installation within the city. Therefore, all new and existing building Soil Surveys and structures with plumbing facilities were required to be connected to an available public sewer system. The proposed Project would develop the currently vacant site with storage warehouse, retail and restaurant uses. Since there are existing uses surrounding the site to the east and south and the proposed Project would be developed in an urban area of the city, the proposed Project would be able to connect to the City’s sewer and wastewater lines and would not require the installation or use of septic systems. Therefore, there would be no impact on soils from the use of septic tanks or alternative wastewater disposal systems.

The Uptown Village Specific Plan (Specific Plan; SP) is a policy document and will be amended to create Planning Unit Four with an area of 7.16 acres from Planning Unit One leaving it with an area of 2.11 acres. The SP would not amend City Ordinance 572 that prohibits the installation of new septic tanks within city limits. Moreover, the proposed SP amendment would be a policy level document that would not, in itself, impact soils from the use of septic tanks or alternative wastewater disposal systems at the Project site. There would be no impact. f) No Impact. A Paleontological Study was completed by Paleo West in August of 2023 which determined that there was a low impact of Paleontological Resources. Based on the literature review and museum records search results, the paleontological sensitivity of the Project area was determined in accordance with the SVP’s (2010) sensitivity scale and in consultation with the County of Riverside Paleontological Sensitivity Map (2015).

Surficial Quaternary deposits in the Project area consist of sediments deposited as dunes of loose, fine sand (Qs), which have a low potential to bear fossils and a low paleontological resource sensitivity. These sediments may be underlain at an unknown depth by older Pleistocene deposits that have proven to yield significant vertebrate fossils in the vicinity of the Project area and elsewhere (Stoneburg, 2023). The Project will most likely involve construction-related ground disturbing activities in Holocene sediments and no vertebrate fossils from Holocene or Pleistocene sediments have been found in the surrounding Project area. As a result, the potential for encountering significant fossil resources during Project development is low; therefore, impacts to paleontological resources are not anticipated and no further paleontological mitigation is recommended currently.

Mitigation
No mitigation is required.

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4.8 Greenhouse Gas Emissions

4.8.1 Impacts
Less than
Potentially Significant with Less than
Significant
Impact
Mitigation
Incorporated
Significant
Impact
No
Impact
Greenhouse Gas Emissions – Would the project:
a) Generate greenhouse gas emissions, either directly or indirectly, that may have a significant impact on the
environment?
b) Conflict with an applicable plan, policy or regulation adopted for the purpose of reducing the emissions of
greenhouse gases?
The proposed Project site is located in the City of Cathedral City, east of Date Palm Drive, between Rosemount Road (to the north) and McCallum Way (to the south). The proposed Project would utilize an approximate seven (7) acre site for the two-phase construction of two scenarios: Scenario One would include the first phase which would be an approximate two (2) story 115,054 square feet (sf) at 57,527 sf per floor, climate-controlled self-storage facility with associated retail, office, and loading areas and Phase 2 would include one (1) retail building approximately 4,725 sf in size, two (2) drive through facilities with an area of 2,413 and 4,617 respectively, and two (2) retail buildings with an area of 3,217 sf each. Scenario Two would include the two (2) story 115,054 square feet (sf) at 57,527 sf per floor, climate-controlled self-storage facility with associated retail, office, and loading areas and one (1) Grocery Store/Big Box Retail building with a maximum area of 50,000 sf, and a retail building with an area of 4,725 sf. Both scenarios would include parking areas, landscaping, lighting, and a drainage retention basin are also to be included on the site. The proposed Project is anticipated to employ approximately 150 full-time and part-time employees. The Project would also require an amendment to the City’s Uptown Village Specific Plan (SP 96-54) to create a new planning area.

Greenhouse Gas Setting
Constituent gases of the Earth’s atmosphere, called atmospheric greenhouse gases (GHG), play a critical role in the Earth’s radiation amount by trapping infrared radiation emitted from the Earth’s surface, which otherwise would have escaped to space. Prominent greenhouse gases contributing to this process include carbon dioxide (CO ), methane (CH ), ozone, water vapor, nitrous oxide (N O), and chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs). 2 4 2 This phenomenon, known as the Greenhouse Effect, is responsible for maintaining a habitable climate.

Anthropogenic (caused or produced by humans) emissions of these greenhouse gases in excess of natural ambient concentrations are responsible for the enhancement of the Greenhouse Effect and have led to a trend of unnatural warming of the Earth’s natural climate, known as global warming or climate change. Emissions of gases that induce global warming are attributable to human activities associated with industrial/manufacturing, agricultural, utilities, transportation, and residential land uses. Transportation is responsible for 41 percent of the State’s greenhouse gas emissions, followed by electricity generation.

Emissions of CO and nitrous oxide (NO ) are byproducts of fossil fuel combustion. Methane, a potent 2 2 greenhouse gas, results from off-gassing associated with agricultural practices and landfills. Sinks of CO2, where CO2 is stored outside of the atmosphere, include uptake by vegetation and dissolution into the ocean. Table Rosemount Storage Project 65
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19 provides a description of each of the greenhouse gases and their global warming potential.

Additional information is available: https://www.arb.ca.gov/cc/inventory/data/data.htm Table 19 Description of Greenhouse Gases
Greenhouse Gas Description and Physical Properties Sources Microbial processes in soil and water,
fuel combustion, and industrial
processes. In addition to agricultural
sources, some industrial processes
(nylon production, nitric acid
production) also emit N20.

Nitrous oxide (N20),also known as laughing gas is a
colorless gas. It has a lifetime of 114 years. Its global warming potential is 298.

Nitrous oxide
A natural source of CH4 is from the
decay of organic matter. Methane is
extracted from geological deposits
(natural gas fields). Other sources are
from the decay of organic material in
landfills, fermentation of manure,
and cattle farming.

Methane (CH4) is a flammable gas and is the main
component of natural gas. It has a lifetime of 12
years. Its global warming potential is 25.

Methane
Natural sources include
decomposition of dead organic
matter; respiration of bacteria,
plants, animals, and fungus;
evaporation from oceans; and
volcanic outgassing. Anthropogenic
sources are from burning coal, oil,
natural gas, and wood.

Carbon dioxide (CO2) is an odorless, colorless,
natural greenhouse gas. Carbon dioxide’s global
warming potential is 1. The concentration in 2005
was 379 parts per million (ppm), which is an
increase of about 1.4 ppm per year since 1960.

Carbon dioxide
CFCs are nontoxic, nonflammable, insoluble, and
chemically unreactive in the troposphere (the level
Chlorofluorocarbons were
synthesized in 1928 for use as
of air at the earth’s surface). They are gases formed refrigerants, aerosol propellants, and Chlorofluorocarbons synthetically by replacing all hydrogen atoms in cleaning solvents. They destroy methane or methane with chlorine and/or fluorine stratospheric ozone, therefore their atoms. Global warming potentials range from 3,800 production was stopped as required to 8,100. by the Montreal Protocol.

Hydrofluorocarbons are synthetic
manmade chemicals used as a
substitute for chlorofluorocarbons in
applications such as automobile air
conditioners and refrigerants.

Hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) are a group of
greenhouse gases containing carbon, chlorine, and
at least one hydrogen atom. Global warming
potentials range from 140 to 11,700.

Hydrofluorocarbons
Perfluorocarbons
Perfluorocarbons (PFCs) have stable molecular
structures and only break down by ultraviolet rays
about 60 kilometers above the Earth's surface. They
have a lifetime 10,000 to 50,000 years. They have a
global warming potential range of 6,200 to 9,500.

Two main sources of
perfluorocarbons are primary
aluminum production and
semiconductor manufacturing.

This gas is manmade and used for
insulation in electric power
transmission equipment, in the
Sulfur hexafluoride (SF6) is an inorganic, odorless,
Sulfur colorless, and nontoxic, nonflammable gas. It has a hexafluoride lifetime of 3,200 years. It has a high global warming magnesium industry, in potential, 23,900. semiconductor manufacturing, and as
a tracer gas for leak detection.

Notes:

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Sources: Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change 2014a and Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change 2014b. https://www.ipcc.ch/publications_and_data/ar4/wg1/en/ch2s2-10-2.html Table 6 Description of Greenhouse Gases, Appendix A, MDAcoustics Air Quality, Green House Gas, and Energy Impact Study, March 2024. a) Less than Significant Impact. Generate greenhouse gas emissions, either directly or indirectly, that may have a significant impact on the environment?
Since currently neither the CEQA statutes, the Office of Planning and Research (OPR) guidelines, nor the draft proposed changes to the CEQA Guidelines prescribe thresholds of significance or a particular methodology for performing an impact analysis; as with most environmental topics, significance criteria are left to the judgment and discretion of the Lead Agency. SCAQMD has drafted interim Greenhouse Gas (GHG) thresholds, and the County of Riverside (Climate Action Plan (CAP) Update has adopted a GHG threshold and screening tables. The County of Riverside CAP Update screening tables were
Construction Greenhouse Gas Emissions
The greenhouse gas emissions from project construction equipment and worker vehicles are shown in Table

20. The emissions are from all phases of construction. The total construction emissions amortized over a period of 30 years are estimated at 16.93 metric tons of CO e per year for Scenario 1 and 18.17 metric tons of CO e 2 2 per year for Scenario 2. Annual CalEEMod output calculations are provided in Appendix A of the Air Quality, Greenhouse Gas, and Energy Impact Study done for the project by MD Acoustics.

Table 20 Construction Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Emissions (MTCO2e)1
Scenario
Onsite
Scenario 1 508.00
Scenario 2 545.00

37.00 16.93

18.17 Difference (Scenario 2 - Scenario 1)
Scenario 1 Averaged over 30 years2
Scenario 2 Averaged over 30 years2
Notes:

1. MTCO2e=metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalents (includes carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide).

2. The emissions are averaged over 30 years because the average is added to the operational emissions, pursuant to SCAQMD.
* CalEEMod output (Appendix A)
Table 12 Construction Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Appendix A, MDAcoustics Air Quality, Green House Gas, and Energy Impact Study, March 2024.

Operational Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Operational emissions occur over the life of the project. As shown in Table 21, the project’s total emissions (with incorporation of construction related GHG emissions) would be 3,004.38 metric tons of CO2e per year in Scenario 1 and 4,476.96 metric tons of CO2e per year in Scenario 2. These emissions exceed the County of Riverside CAP Update and SCAQMD screening threshold of 3,000 metric tons of CO2e per year. Therefore, the Rosemount Storage Project 67
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project's GHG emissions impact must be compared to the County of Riverside GHG Screening Tables for both scenarios. Scenario 2 would generate 1,472.57 metric tons of CO2e per year more than Scenario 1.

Table 21 Opening Year Unmitigated Project-Related Greenhouse Gas Emissions Greenhouse Gas Emissions (Metric Tons/Year)1
Category Bio-CO2 NonBio-CO2 CO2 CH4 N2O CO2e
Scenario 1
Area Sources2
Energy Usage3
Mobile Sources4
Solid Waste5
Water6

0.00 0.00

0.00 17.90

9.38 0.00

27.28 1.95 1.95 0.00

0.00 0.08

1.79 0.96

0.00 2.83

0.00 0.00

0.09 0.00

0.02 0.00

0.11 1.95
982.00
1,830.00

0.00 34.40

16.70 982.00
1,830.00

17.90 43.78

16.70 985.00
1,863.00

62.70 74.80

16.93 3,004.38
3,000
Yes
Construction7
Total Emissions 2,865.05 2,892.33
County of Riverside CAP and SCAQMD Draft Screening Threshold Exceeds Threshold?
Scenario 2
Area Sources2
Energy Usage3
Mobile Sources4
Solid Waste5
Water6

0.00 0.00

0.00 14.80

9.73 0.00

24.53 2.48 2.48 0.00

0.03 0.17

1.48 1.00

0.00 2.68

0.00 0.00

0.19 0.00

0.02 0.00

0.21 2.49
435.00
3,823.00

0.00 35.70

17.90 435.00
3,823.00

14.80 45.43

17.90 436.00
3,891.00

51.70 77.60
Construction 18.17 7
Total Emissions 4,314.08 4,338.61 4,476.96
County of Riverside CAP and SCAQMD Draft Screening Threshold Exceeds Threshold?
3,000
Yes
Difference (Scenario 2 - Scenario 1) 1,472.57
Notes:
1 Source: CalEEMod Version 2022.1.1.21
2 Area sources consist of GHG emissions from consumer products, architectural coatings, and landscape equipment. 3 Energy usage consist of GHG emissions from electricity and natural gas usage. 4 Mobile sources consist of GHG emissions from vehicles. 5 Solid waste includes the CO and CH emissions created from the solid waste placed in landfills. 2 4 6 Water includes GHG emissions from electricity used for transport of water and processing of wastewater. 7 Construction GHG emissions based on a 30 year amortization rate.

Table 13 Opening Year Unmitigated Project-Related Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Appendix A, MDAcoustics Air Quality, Green House Gas, and Energy Impact Study, March 2024.

Combined Project emissions from construction and operation would exceed the County of Riverside CAP Update and SCAQMD screening threshold of 3,000 metric tons of CO2e per year. Therefore, the impact has been determined through the County of Riverside GHG Screening Tables in Appendix A, which show the Project's GHG emissions impact with inclusion of the stated design features would achieve the minimum required points of 100 and be considered less than significant. b) Less than Significant Impact. Would the project conflict with an applicable plan, policy or regulation adopted for the purpose of reducing the emissions of greenhouse gases? The proposed project would not have the potential to conflict with any applicable plan, policy or regulation of an agency adopted for the purpose of reducing the emissions of GHGs. As stated previously, the County of Riverside has adopted a Climate Action Plan; therefore, the project and its GHG emissions have been compared to the goals of the County of Riverside CAP Update.

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Consistency with the County of Riverside CAP Update
Per the County’s CAP Update, the County adopted its first CAP in 2015 which set a target to reduce emissions back to 1990 levels by the year 2020 as recommended in the AB 32 Scoping Plan. Furthermore, the goals and supporting measures within the County’s CAP Update are proposed to reflect and ensure compliance with changes in the local and State policies and regulations such as SB 32 and California’s 2017 Climate Change Scoping Plan. Therefore, compliance with the County’s CAP in turn reflects consistency with the goals of the CARB Scoping Plan, Assembly Bill (AB) 32 and Senate Bill (SB) 32.

Appendix D of the Riverside County CAP Update also states that project's that do not exceed the CAP's screening threshold of 3,000 MTCO2e per year are considered to have less than significant GHG emissions and are in compliance with the County's CAP Update. According to the County's CAP Update, projects that do not exceed emissions of 3,000 MTCO2e per year are also required to include the following efficiency measures:
•
•
Energy efficiency matching or exceeding the Title 24 requirements in effect as of January 2017, and
Water conservation measures that matches the California Green Building Code in effect as of January 2017.

Projects that exceed emissions of 3,000 MTCO2e per year are also required to use Screening Tables. Projects that garner at least 100 points will be consistent with the reduction quantities anticipated in the County’s CAP Update. Consistent with CEQA Guidelines, such projects would be determined to have a less than significant individual and cumulative impact for GHG emissions. Those projects that do not garner 100 points using the Screening Tables will need to provide additional analysis to determine the significance of GHG emissions.

As stated above, the GHG emissions generated by the proposed project would exceed the County of Riverside CAP Update screening threshold of 3,000 metric tons per year of CO2e. Therefore, a completed screening table has been included in Appendix A, which shows the project design features that would allow the project to achieve 100 points. With implementation of the stated features, the project would be consistent with the County of Riverside CAP Update and have a less than significant impact.

City of Cathedral City Climate Action Plan
The City of Cathedral City CAP was adopted in May of 2013. The City of Cathedral City CAP was set in place to guide the City in decisions that lead to the largest and most cost-effective emissions reductions. This plan sets forth goals to reduce emissions to achieve the targets of AB 32. In order to achieve these targets, the CAP presents a number of GHG emissions-reducing programs and policies that are to be implemented by the City.

These emissions-reducing measures have been provided for different sectors of the community including transportation, residential buildings, commercial buildings, government incentives, renewable energy, crosscutting initiatives, solid waste, and water. As specified in the CAP, these measures are to be implemented in a series of three phases over a course of eight years beginning in 2013. The proposed project would be expected to comply with all applicable emissions-reducing measures identified within the CAP.

Project consistency with applicable measures in the CAP has been assessed. As shown in Table 22, the project is consistent with the applicable measures identified in the CAP. In addition, the proposed project is consistent with the GHG inventory and forecast prepared for the CAP as both the existing and the projected GHG inventories were derived based on the land use designations and associated densities defined in the City’s General Plan, and the proposed project is consistent with the existing General Plan land use designations.

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Therefore, since the proposed project is consistent with the City’s General Plan and CAP, the project would not conflict with any applicable plan, policy or regulation of an agency adopted for the purpose of reducing the emissions of greenhouse gases. Impacts are considered to be less than significant.

Table 22 City of Cathedral City CAP Applicable Measures Project Comparison CAP Measures to
Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions Sector Project Compliance with Measure Sphere - "Where We Live"
Solid Waste Diversion: Increase solid waste Consistent. The project will be required to comply with AB diversion rate by 55% to 68.1% by 2015 341 which includes recycling programs that reduces waste potentially through use of tiered rate to landfills by up to 75% by 2020. structure.

Solid Waste
Sphere - "Where We Work"
Peak Demand Reduction: Collaborate with Consistent. This is a city-based measure. If the project is SCE and encourage 200 businesses to enroll mandated by the City to be one of the 200 businesses that in Energy Efficiency and Demand Response are to enroll in an Energy Efficiency and Demand Response programs such as the Summer Discount program then the project will comply as needed.

Program.

Commercial
Buildings
Energy-Efficient, Commercial-Sector Consistent. The project will comply with current 2022 Title Lighting: Promote and leverage existing 24 requirements for installation of energy-efficient incentives for efficient lighting and educate lighting. and locally incent building owners to
Commercial
Buildings
eliminate any remaining T-12 lamps in
commercial/industrial buildings.

Water Efficient Landscaping Ordinance: Consistent. The project’s landscape design complies with Build on and exceed current Water Efficient the City’s landscaping standards as well as the Mission Water Landscaping
commercial/industrial sector by 20% guidelines (which encourages drought tolerant community-wide by 2020. groundcover).

Sphere - " How We Build"
Ordinance in the Springs Water District's water efficient landscaping "Cool Roofs": Promote the installation of Consistent. The project will comply with current 2022 Title reflective roofing on commercial/industrial 24 prescriptive cool roof requirements to meet energy properties in the community with compliance.

Commercial
Buildings
recognition for first ten early adopters.

Green Building Program: Promote the Consistent. The California Green Building Standards Code voluntary Green Building Program to (proposed Part 11, Title 24) was adopted as part of the prepare for enhanced Title 24 requirements California Building Standards Code in the CCR. Part 11 and green building standards. establishes voluntary standards, that became mandatory in the 2010 edition of the Code, on planning and design for sustainable site development, energy efficiency (in excess of the California Energy Code requirements), water
conservation, material conservation, and internal air
contaminants. The Proposed Project would be subject to
these mandatory standards. The 2014 Title 24 Code
contained regulations that would be 25% more efficient
than the 2010 edition of the Code, and the 2016 Title 24 Code is 5% more efficient than the 2014 edition of the
Code in terms of nonresidential buildings. The 2022 Title 24 Code builds on the 2016 Code.

Government
Initiatives
Notes: Source: City of Cathedral City Climate Action Plan (2013).

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Table 14 City of Cathedral City CAP Applicable Measures Project Comparsion, Appendix A, MDAcoustics Air Quality, Green House Gas, and Energy Impact Study, March 2024.

CARB Scoping Plan Consistency
The ARB Board approved a Climate Change Scoping Plan in December 2008. The Scoping Plan outlines the State’s strategy to achieve the 2020 greenhouse gas emissions limit. The Scoping Plan “proposes a comprehensive set of actions designed to reduce overall greenhouse gas emissions in California, improve our environment, reduce our dependence on oil, diversify our energy sources, save energy, create new jobs, and enhance public health” (California Air Resources Board 2008). The measures in the Scoping Plan have been in place since 2012.

In November 2017, CARB release the 2017 Scoping Plan. This Scoping Plan incorporates, coordinates, and leverages many existing and ongoing efforts and identifies new policies and actions to accomplish the State’s climate goals, and includes a description of a suite of specific actions to meet the State’s 2030 GHG limit. In addition, Chapter 4 provides a broader description of the many actions and proposals being explored across the sectors, including the natural resources sector, to achieve the State’s mid and long-term climate goals.

Guided by legislative direction, the actions identified in the 2017 Scoping Plan reduce overall GHG emissions in California and deliver policy signals that will continue to drive investment and certainty in a low carbon economy. The 2017 Scoping Plan builds upon the successful framework established by the Initial Scoping Plan and First Update, while identifying new, technologically feasible, and cost-effective strategies to ensure that California meets its GHG reduction targets in a way that promotes and rewards innovation, continues to foster economic growth, and delivers improvements to the environment and public health, including in disadvantaged communities. The Plan includes policies to require direct GHG reductions at some of the State’s largest stationary sources and mobile sources. These policies include the use of lower GHG fuels, efficiency regulations, and the Cap-and Trade Program, which constrains and reduces emissions at covered sources.

The 2022 Scoping Plan was adopted by CARB in November 2022 and expands upon earlier plans with a target of reducing GHG emissions to 85% below 1990 levels by 2045. As the latest 2022 Scoping Plan builds upon previous versions, project consistency with applicable strategies of both the 2008 and 2017 Plan are assessed in Table 23. As shown in Table 23, the project is consistent with the applicable strategies and would result in a less than significant impact.

Table 23 Project Consistency with CARB Scoping Plan Policies and Measures1 2008 Scoping Plan Measures to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions California Light-Duty Vehicle Greenhouse Gas Standards – Implement adopted standards and planned second phase of the program. Align zero-emission vehicle, alternative and renewable fuel and vehicle technology programs with long-term climate change goals.

Project Compliance with Measure
Consistent. These are CARB enforced
standards; vehicles that access the project that
are required to comply with the standards will
comply with the strategy.

Energy Efficiency – Maximize energy efficiency building and appliance standards; pursue additional efficiency including new technologies, policy, and implementation mechanisms. Pursue comparable investment in energy efficiency from all retail providers of electricity in California.

Consistent. The project will be compliant with
the current Title 24 standards.

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Low Carbon Fuel Standard – Develop and adopt the Low Carbon Fuel Standard.

Consistent. These are CARB enforced
standards; vehicles that access the project that
are required to comply with the standards will
comply with the strategy.

Vehicle Efficiency Measures – Implement light-duty vehicle efficiency measures.

Consistent. These are CARB enforced
standards; vehicles that access the project that
are required to comply with the standards will
comply with the strategy.

Medium/Heavy-Duty Vehicles – Adopt medium and heavy-duty vehicle efficiency measures.

Consistent. These are CARB enforced
standards; vehicles that access the project that
are required to comply with the standards will
comply with the strategy.

Green Building Strategy – Expand the use of green building practices to reduce the carbon footprint of California’s new and existing inventory of buildings.

Consistent. The California Green Building
Standards Code (proposed Part 11, Title 24)
was adopted as part of the California Building
Standards Code in the CCR. Part 11 establishes
voluntary standards, that are mandatory in the
2019 edition of the Code, on planning and
design for sustainable site development,
energy efficiency (in excess of the California
Energy Code requirements), water
conservation, material conservation, and
internal air contaminants. The project will be
subject to these mandatory standards.

Consistent. CARB identified five measures that
reduce HFC emissions from vehicular and
commercial refrigeration systems; vehicles that
access the project that are required to comply
with the measures will comply with the
strategy.

High Global Warming Potential Gases – Adopt measures to reduce high global warming potential gases.

Recycling and Waste – Reduce methane emissions at landfills.

Increase waste diversion, composting, and commercial recycling.

Move toward zero-waste.

Consistent. The state is currently developing a
regulation to reduce methane emissions from
municipal solid waste landfills. The project will
be required to comply with City programs,
such as any City recycling and waste reduction
programs, which comply, with the 75 percent
reduction required by 2020 per AB 341.

Consistent. The project will comply with all
applicable City ordinances and CAL Green
requirements.

Water – Continue efficiency programs and use cleaner energy sources to move and treat water.
2017 Scoping Plan Recommended Actions to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Project Compliance with Recommended
Action
Implement Mobile Source Strategy: Further increase GHG
stringency on all light-duty vehicles beyond existing Advanced Clean Car regulations.

Consistent. These are CARB enforced
standards; vehicles that access the project that
are required to comply with the standards will
comply with the strategy.

Implement Mobile Source Strategy: At least 1.5 million zero Consistent. These are CARB enforced emission and plug-in hybrid light-duty electric vehicles by 2025 and standards; vehicles that access the project that at least 4.2 million zero emission and plug-in hybrid light-duty electric vehicles by 2030.
are required to comply with the standards will
comply with the strategy.

Implement Mobile Source Strategy: Innovative Clean Transit:

Transition to a suite of to-be-determined innovative clean transit Consistent. These are CARB enforced
standards; vehicles that access the project that
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options. Assumed 20 percent of new urban buses purchased are required to comply with the standards will beginning in 2018 will be zero emission buses with the penetration comply with the strategy. of zero-emission technology ramped up to 100 percent of new sales in 2030. Also, new natural gas buses, starting in 2018, and diesel buses, starting in 2020, meet the optional heavy-duty lowNOX standard.

Implement Mobile Source Strategy: Last Mile Delivery: New regulation that would result in the use of low NOX or cleaner engines and the deployment of increasing numbers of zeroemission trucks primarily for class 3-7 last mile delivery trucks in California. This measure assumes ZEVs comprise 2.5 percent of new Class 3–7 truck sales in local fleets starting in 2020, increasing to 10 percent in 2025 and remaining flat through 2030.

Consistent. These are CARB enforced
standards; vehicles that access the project that
are required to comply with the standards will
comply with the strategy.

Implement SB 350 by 2030: Establish annual targets for statewide Consistent. The project will be compliant with energy efficiency savings and demand reduction that will achieve a the current Title 24 standards. cumulative doubling of statewide energy efficiency savings in electricity and natural gas end uses by 2030.

By 2019, develop regulations and programs to support organic waste landfill reduction goals in the SLCP and SB 1383.

Consistent. The project will be required to
comply with City programs, such as any City
recycling and waste reduction programs, which
comply, with the 75 percent reduction
required by 2020 per AB 341.
2022 Scoping Plan Recommended Actions to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Project Compliance with Recommended
Action
Deploy ZEVs and reduce driving demand Consistent. The project will be in an urbanized area within a quarter mile of transit.

Coordinate supply of liquid fossil fuels with declining California fuel Consistent. The project will be compliant with demand the current Title 24 standards.

Generate clean electricity Consistent. The project will be compliant with the current Title 24 standards and would not
interfere with clean energy generation.

Consistent. The project will be compliant with
the current Title 24 standards and would be
commercial, therefore would not interfere
with this goal.

Decarbonize industrial energy supply
Decarbonize buildings Consistent. The project will be compliant with the current Title 24 standards.

Reduce non-combustion emissions Consistent. The project will be compliant with the current Title 24 standards.

Notes:
1 Source: CARB Scoping Plan (2008, 2017, and 2022)
Table 15 Project Consistency with CARB Scoping Plan Policies and Measures, Appendix A, MDAcoustics Air Quality, Green House Gas, and Energy Impact Study, March 2024.

Consistency with SCAG’s 2020-2045 RTP/SCS
At the regional level, the 2020-2045 RTP and Sustainable Communities Strategy represent the region’s Climate Action Plan that defines strategies for reducing GHGs. In order to assess the project’s potential to conflict with the RTP/SCS, this section analyzes the project’s land use profile for consistency with those in the Sustainable Communities Strategy. Generally, projects are considered consistent with the provisions and general policies of applicable City and regional land use plans and regulations, such as SCAG’s Sustainable Communities Rosemount Storage Project 73
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Strategy, if they are compatible with the general intent of the plans and would not preclude the attainment of their primary goals.

Table 24 demonstrates the project’s consistency with the Actions and Strategies set forth in the 2020-2045 RTP/SCS. As shown in Table 24, the project would be consistent with the GHG reduction related actions and strategies contained in the 2020-2045 RTP/SCS.

Table 24 Project Consistency with SCAG 2020-2045 RTP/SCS1 Responsible
Actions and Strategies Party(ies)
Land Use Strategies
Consistency Analysis
Reflect the changing population and demands,
including combating gentrification and
displacement, by increasing housing supply at a
variety of affordability levels.

Consistent. The proposed project is a
commercial development on a currently
vacant site; therefore, it will not displace
existing housing.

Local
Jurisdictions
Consistent. The proposed project is a
commercial development that would be
consistent with the 2020 RTP/SCS focus on
growing near transit facilities.

Local
Jurisdictions Focus new growth around transit.

Consistent. The proposed project is a
commercial development that would be
consistent with the 2020 RTP/SCS focus on
growing along the 2,980 miles of Livable
Corridors in the region.

Plan for growth around livable corridors,
including growth on the Livable Corridors
network.

SCAG, Local
Jurisdictions
Consistent. The proposed project would help
further jobs/housing balance objectives. The
proposed project is also consistent with the
Complete Communities initiative that focuses
on creation of mixed-use districts in growth
areas.

Provide more options for short trips through
Neighborhood Mobility Areas and Complete
Communities.

SCAG, Local
Jurisdictions
Not Applicable. This strategy calls on local
governments to adopt General Plan updates,
zoning codes, and Climate Action Plans to
further sustainable communities. The
proposed project would not interfere with
such policymaking and would be consistent
with those policy objectives.

Support local sustainability planning, including
developing sustainable planning and design
policies, sustainable zoning codes, and Climate
Action Plans.

Local
Jurisdictions
Consistent. The proposed project is a
commercial development in an existing urban
community that would help reduce demand
for growth in urbanizing areas that threaten
green fields and open spaces.

Protect natural and farmlands, including
developing conservation strategies.

SCAG, Local
Jurisdictions
Transportation Strategies
SCAG, County
Transportation
Commissions,
Local
Not Applicable. This strategy calls on investing
in the maintenance of our existing
transportation system. The proposed project
would not interfere with such policymaking.

Preserve our existing transportation system.

Jurisdictions
County Consistent. The proposed project is a Manage congestion through programs like the Congestion Management Program, Transportation commercial development that will minimize Commissions, congestion impacts on the region because of Rosemount Storage Project 74
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Transportation Demand Management, and
Transportation Systems Management strategies.

Local
Jurisdictions
its proximity to public transit and general
density of population and jobs.

SCAG, County Not Applicable. This strategy aims to improve Transportation the safety of the transportation system and Promote safety and security in the transportation system.

Commissions,
Local
protect users from security threats. The
proposed project would not interfere with
Jurisdictions such policymaking.

Not Applicable. This strategy calls for
transportation planning partners to implement
Transportation major capital and operational projects that are SCAG, County Complete our transit, passenger rail, active transportation, highways and arterials, regional
express lanes goods movement, and airport
ground transportation systems.

Commissions,
Local
Jurisdictions
designed to address regional growth. The
proposed project would not interfere with this
larger goal of investing in the transportation
system.

Technological Innovation and 21st Century Transportation Consistent. While this action/strategy is not
necessarily applicable on a project-specific
basis, the project will follow electric vehicle
charging guidance per the City's Building Code.

Consistent. While this action/strategy is not
necessarily applicable on a project-specific
basis, the project will follow electric vehicle
charging guidance per the City's Building Code.

Not Applicable. This strategy is designed to
integrate new technologies for last-mile and
alternative transportation programs. The
proposed project would not interfere with
these emerging programs.

SCAG, Local
Jurisdictions Promote zero-emissions vehicles.

SCAG, Local
Jurisdictions Promote neighborhood electric vehicles.

SCAG, Local
Jurisdictions Implement shared mobility programs.

Notes:
1 Source: Southern California Association of Governments; 2020–2045 RTP/SCS, May 2020.

Table 16 Project Consistency with SCAG 2020-2045 RTP/SCS, Appendix A, MDAcoustics Air Quality, Green House Gas, and Energy Impact Study, March 2024.

Appendix D of the Riverside County CAP Update states that Project's that do not exceed the CAP's screening threshold of 3,000 MTCO2e per year or achieve a minimum of 100 points in the County of Riverside GHG Screening Tables are considered to have less than significant GHG emissions and are in compliance with the County's CAP Update. As stated above, the proposed Project would achieve 100 points in the GHG Screening Tables with inclusion of the design features stated in Appendix A. Therefore, the Project would be consistent with the CAP and would have a less than significant impact.

Mitigation
No mitigation is required.

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4.9 Hazards and Hazardous Materials

4.9.1 Impacts
Less than
Potentially Significant with Less than
Significant
Impact
Mitigation
Incorporated
Significant
Impact
No
Impact
HAZARDS AND HAZARDOUS MATERIALS – Would the project:
a) Create a significant hazard to the public or the
environment through the routine transport, use, or
disposal of hazardous materials?
b) Create a significant hazard to the public or the
environment through reasonable foreseeable upset and
accident condition involving the release of hazardous
materials into the environment?
c) Emit hazardous emissions or handle hazardous or
acutely hazardous materials, substances, or waste within one-quarter mile of an existing or proposed school?
d) Be located on a site which is included on a list of
hazardous materials sites compiled pursuant to
Government Code Section 65962.5 and, as a result, would it create a significant hazard to the public or the
environment?
e) For a Project located within an airport land use plan or, where such a plan has not been adopted within two miles of a public airport or public use airport, would the Project result in a safety hazard for people residing or working in the Project Area?
f) Impair implementation of or physically interfere with an adopted emergency response plan or emergency
evacuation plan?
g) Expose people or structures, either directly or
indirectly, to a significant risk of loss, injury or death involving wildland fires?
a - b) Less than Significant Impact. The proposed Project site is located in the City of Cathedral City, east of Date Palm Drive, between Rosemount Road (to the north) and McCallum Way (to the south). The proposed Project would utilize an approximate seven (7) acre site for the two-phase construction of two scenarios: Scenario One would include the first phase which would be an approximate two (2) story 115,054 square feet (sf) at 57,527 sf per floor, climate-controlled self-storage facility with associated retail, office, and loading areas and Phase 2 would include one (1) retail building approximately 4,725 sf in size, two (2) drive through facilities with an area of 2,413 and 4,617 respectively, and two (2) retail buildings with an area of 3,217 sf each. Scenario Two would include the two (2) story 115,054 square feet (sf) at 57,527 sf per floor, climate-controlled selfstorage facility with associated retail, office, and loading areas and one (1) Grocery Store/Big Box Retail building with a maximum area of 50,000 sf, and a retail building with an area of 4,725 sf. Both Scenarios would include parking areas, landscaping, lighting, and a drainage retention basin are also to be included on the site. The proposed Project is anticipated to employ approximately 150 full-time and part-time employees. The Project Rosemount Storage Project 76
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would also require an amendment to the City’s Uptown Village Specific Plan (SP 96-54) to create a new planning area.

Potentially hazardous materials such as fuels, lubricants, and solvents may be used by heavy machinery during construction of the proposed Project. However, the transport, use, and storage of hazardous materials during construction of the proposed Project would be conducted in accordance with all applicable State and federal laws, such as the Hazardous Materials Transportation Act (HMTA), Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), the California Hazardous Material Management Act (CA HMMA), and the California Code of Regulations, Title 22 (CCR Title 22). Also, all transport of hazardous materials would be required to be made along I-10, located approximately three (3) miles to the east of the site, since I-10 is a designated National Hazardous Material Route (United States Department of Transportation Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration; 2022). The usage of potential hazardous materials during proposed Project operation would be limited to paints and cleaning solvents utilized during site maintenance under the various non-residential uses. Therefore, the proposed Project would not create a significant hazard to the public or environment materials associated with routine use, transport, or disposal of hazardous materials or through reasonably foreseeable upset and accident condition involving the release of hazardous materials into the environment.

Impacts would be less than significant.

The Uptown Village Specific Plan (Specific Plan; SP) is a policy document and will be amended to create Planning Unit Four with an area of 7.16 acres from Planning Unit One leaving it with an area of 2.11 acres. This proposed SP amendment would be a policy level document that would not, in itself, cause the use, transport or disposal of hazardous materials such that there would be any accidental release of hazardous materials into the environment. Therefore, there would be no impact.
c) Less than Significant Impact. The are approximately six (6) schools within a five (5) mile radius of the proposed Project site, including: James Workman Middle School, located approximately a little over two (2.3) miles to the northeast; Sunny Sands Elementary School, the First School Childcare facility, and the Rancho Mirage High School, all located to the southeast at distances of approximately 3,000 feet, one and a half miles (1.5), and a little over one (1) mile respectively; Cathedral City High School approximately three (3) miles to the south; and, the Cathedral City Elementary School located approximately two (2) miles to the south. (Google Maps; April 2023). However, there are no proposed or existing schools located within one-quarter (0.25) of a mile of the Project site. Since the proposed Project may include potentially hazardous materials utilized during construction, such as oil or fuel utilized by heavy-duty construction equipment, use of such chemicals would be required to comply with local, State, and federal policies for handling such materials and equipment properly. Proposed Project operations would have limited use of potentially hazardous materials which would be limited mainly to painting, cleaning and maintenance of the non-residential site facilities. Impacts associated with potential hazardous emissions or the handling of hazardous substances within one quarter mile (0.25) of a school would be less than significant.

The Uptown Village Specific Plan (Specific Plan; SP) is a policy document and will be amended to create Planning Unit Four with an area of 7.16 acres from Planning Unit One leaving it with an area of 2.11 acres. This proposed SP amendment would be a policy level document that would not, in itself, cause the emission or handling of hazardous substances; therefore, there would be no impact. d) Less Than Significant Impact. The project site is not located on any known hazardous or contaminated sites.

Neither is the site listed on the California Department of Toxic and Substance Control Envirostor Database as a hazardous site of any kind (California Department of Toxic and Substance Control Envirostor Database; March 2023). However, there are five (5) sites within the City that are listed on the Envirostar Database, three (3) of Rosemount Storage Project 77
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which are within a one (1) mile radius of the Project site, Of these three (3) sites, the Riverside County Office of Education School District had a site within the Project boundaries that had been identified by Envirostor as a site that had been investigated with no contaminants found on site. Therefore, while a portion of the proposed Project site is listed under the Envirostor Database and is included on a list of hazardous materials sites compiled pursuant to Government Code Section 65962.5, since no contaminants were found on the site, this would not create a significant hazard to the public or the environment and impacts would be less than significant.

The Uptown Village Specific Plan (Specific Plan; SP) is a policy document and will be amended to create Planning Unit Four with an area of 7.16 acres from Planning area One leaving it with an area of 2.11 acres. This proposed SP amendment would be a policy level document that would not, in itself, cause any impacts from contaminated hazardous sites. Therefore, there would be no impact. e) Less than Significant Impact. Palm Springs International Airport is located approximately three (3) miles to the west-southwest of the proposed Project site and in Zone e (Other Airport Environs) according to the Local Airport Land Use Plan for Palm Springs Airport. The Guidelines have no specific requirements except that a structure cannot be over 100-feet. (Riverside County Airport Land Use Commission; 2022). Since no part of this proposal is over 100-feetand there are no land use restrictions there is no review from ALUC or further action needed.

The Uptown Village Specific Plan (Specific Plan; SP) is a policy document and will be amended to create Planning Unit Four with an area of 7.16 acres from Planning Unit One leaving it with an area of 2.11 acres. This proposed SP amendment would be a policy level document and not impact any ALUC Plan. f) Less Than Significant Impact. Emergency preparedness activities are conducted by the City in coordination with the County of Riverside’s Emergency Management Department (EMD) and Emergency Operations Center (EOC) (Cathedral City Imagine 2040 General Plan Update Environmental Impact Report; 2021). The proposed Project would include an internal circulation roadway system. It is not anticipated the Date Palm Drive, McCallum Way of Rosemount Road would need to be closed as a result of the construction or operation of the project, and the project would not involve the development of structures that could potentially impair implementation of or physically interfere with an adopted emergency response plan or emergency evacuation plan. The design of any new access points would be reviewed and approved by the City to ensure that emergency access meets all standards and regulations for the City’s adopted emergency response and emergency evacuation plan. Therefore, impacts associated with emergency response plans would be less than significant.

The Uptown Village Specific Plan (Specific Plan; SP) is a policy document and will be amended to create Planning Unit Four with an area of 7.16 acres from Planning Unit One leaving it with an area of 2.11 acres. This proposed SP amendment would be a policy level document that would not, in itself, require new access points or impair the implementation of an adopted emergency plan. Therefore, there would be no impact. g) No Impact. See Section 4.20 Wildfire.

Mitigation
No mitigation is required.

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4.10 Hydrology and Water Quality

4.10.1 Impacts
Less than
Potentially Significant with Less than
Significant
Impact
Mitigation
Incorporated
Significant
Impact
No
Impact
HYDROLOGY AND WATER QUALITY – Would the project:
a) Violate any water quality standards or waste discharge requirements or otherwise substantially degrade surface or ground water quality?
b) Substantially decrease groundwater supplies or interfere substantially with groundwater recharge such that the
Project may impede sustainable groundwater management
of the basin?
c) Substantially alter the existing drainage pattern of the site or Area, including through the alteration of the course of a stream or river or through the addition of impervious
surfaces, in a manner which would:
c.i.) Result in substantial erosion or siltation on- or offsite; c.ii.) Substantially increase the rate or amount of
surface runoff in a manner which would result in
flooding on- or offsite;
c.iii.) Create or contribute runoff water which would
exceed the capacity of existing or planned stormwater
drainage systems or provide substantial additional
sources of polluted runoff; or
c.iv) Impede or redirect flood flows?
d) In flood hazard, tsunami, or seiche zones, risk release of pollutants due to Project inundation?
e) Conflict with or obstruct implementation of a water
quality control plan or sustainable groundwater
management plan?
a) Less than Significant Impact. The proposed Project site is located in the City of Cathedral City, east of Date Palm Drive, between Rosemount Road (to the north) and McCallum Way (to the south). The proposed Project would utilize an approximate seven (7) acre site for the two-phase construction of two scenarios: Scenario One would include the first phase which would be an approximate two (2) story 115,054 square feet (sf) at 57,527 sf per floor, climate-controlled self-storage facility with associated retail, office, and loading areas and Phase 2 would include one (1) retail building approximately 4,725 sf in size, two (2) drive through facilities with an area of 2,413 and 4,617 respectively, and two (2) retail buildings with an area of 3,217 sf each. Scenario Two would include the two (2) story 115,054 square feet (sf) at 57,527 sf per floor, climate-controlled self-storage facility with associated retail, office, and loading areas and one (1) Grocery Store/Big Box Retail building with a maximum area of 50,000 sf, and a retail building with an area of 4,725 sf. Both scenarios would include parking areas, landscaping, lighting, and a drainage retention basin are also to be included on the site. The proposed Project is anticipated to employ approximately 150 full-time and part-time employees. The Project would also require an amendment to the City’s Uptown Village Specific Plan (SP 96-54) to create a new planning area.

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The California Department of Water Resources (CA DWR) defines all of the State of California’s hydrologic regions, groundwater basins and groundwater subbasin boundaries. The Project site is located in the Whitewater River Subbasin of the Coachella Valley Groundwater Basin Groundwater Basin (Cathedral City Imagine 2040 General Plan Update Environmental Impact Report; 2021). The City of Cathedral City receives its water supply from the Coachella Valley Water District (CVWD). According to the City’s Imagine 2040 General Plan Update, potential development in the city of Cathedral City is subject to the CVWD’s and DWA’s (Desert Water Authority) water use and conservation restrictions which mandate that new development projects protect water quality through site design and drainage, storm water treatment, and use of best management practices to reduce runoff from the installation of impervious surfaces. The proposed Project would be required to adhere to all City, CVWD and DWA established standards for water quality and waste discharge requirements. Under post development conditions, storm runoff generated on-site will be directed to and collected in concrete swales, gutters, and storm drain inlets where runoff can be conveyed by an underground storm drain system toward an underground retention basin centrally located within the project site. Flows exceeding the storage capacity of the retention basin will exit onto Rosemount Road, flow southeasterly over public surface streets until reaching the Whitewater Storm Channel.

Based on requirements listed in the City of Cathedral City Drainage Ordinance, developments disturbing over one acre are required to retain 100% of the runoff generated during the 100 year 3 hour duration (design) storm event. In the absence of tested on-site percolation rate data, an assumed value of 1 in/hr will be assumed for basin sizing purposes as recommended by City of Cathedral City Public Works Department. This report will quantify the volume of runoff generated on-site during the design storm event in the developed condition using Riverside County Flood Control District (RCFCD) Shortcut Unit Hydrograph Method software and the proposed onsite surface retention basin will be sized accordingly.

DESIGN CRITERIA
The following parameters were used in the preparation of the analyses:
•
•
•
•
•
Antecedent Moisture Condition – 100 year
100 year – 3 hour Precipitation
Hydrologic Soil Type “A”
Runoff Index
Infiltration Rate (assumed)
2 2” (City of Cathedral City Mun. Code Ch 8.24)
RCFCD Plate C-1.36
32 (RCFCD Plate D-5.5)
1 in/hr
This project implements Best Management Practices (BMPs) to address the Pollutants of Concern that may potentially be generated from the use of the project site. These BMPs have been selected and implemented to comply with Section 3.5 of the WQMP Guidance document, and consist of Site Design BMP concepts, Source Control, LID/Site Design and, if/where necessary, Treatment Control BMPs as described herein.

Project runoff stored in the underground on-site retention basin system will be designed to infiltrate into the soil to eliminate the presence of standing water and risk of vector control issues within a period of 72 hours in accordance with the City of Cathedral City Vector Control Requirements.

Therefore, the proposed Project would have less than significant impact to surface or ground water quality.

The Uptown Village Specific Plan (Specific Plan; SP) is a policy document and will be amended to create Planning Unit Four with an area of 7.16 acres from Planning Unit One leaving it with an area of 2.11 acres. Since the proposed SP amendment would be a policy level document that would not in itself violate any water quality or discharge standards.

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b) Less than Significant Impact. Groundwater in the Coachella Valley is extracted from deep wells and replenished by the Colorado River water flow into alluvial basins, the Indio Subbasin and the Mission Creek subbasin. The two subbasins are managed by the Coachella Valley Water District (CVWD). CVWD prepared a Coachella Valley Regional Urban Water Management Plan (UWMP) for 2020 that determined the long-term regional demand for potable water is expected to increase from its current demand of 99,842 volume to 137,629 volume by 2035. With the implementation and ongoing water conservation measures and replenishment of groundwater, sufficient supplies would be available to meet the projected demand. Currently water demand for commercial uses is 4,242. Projected water use demand for commercial use is projected to be 7,438 by 2035 (Coachella Valley Regional WQMP, 2020). Therefore, the water demands have already been accounted for within the 2020 UWMP and sufficient water supplies exist to serve the proposed Project.

The proposed Project will be required to comply with the CVWD’s water-efficiency requirements, such as using drought tolerant plants and materials that require minimal landscaping irrigation, as well as CVWD’s drought restrictions and water reduction measures as applicable. Compliance and implementation of CVWD requirements would ensure that the proposed Project would not substantially decrease groundwater supplies or interfere substantially with groundwater recharge, no mitigation is required. Impacts would be less than significant.
c.i) Less than Significant Impact. The proposed Project site is currently vacant with no natural or artificial water bodies on or near the site. The proposed Project would, however, provide for a groundwater detention pond on a northeast portion of the site. While the Project has the potential to result in short-term erosion or siltation due to project construction and related site watering activities, such activities would be temporary, and all construction activities would be required to comply with the City’s regulations related to runoff control and on-site stormwater retention. The proposed Project would also have to comply with the City’s grading, earthwork, and construction activities, as required under the City’s Imagine 2040 General Plan Update. Impacts to erosion or siltation on- or off-site would therefore be less than significant.

The Uptown Village Specific Plan (Specific Plan; SP) is a policy document and will be amended to create Planning Unit Four with an area of 7.16 acres from Planning Unit One leaving it with an area of 2.11 acres. Since the proposed SP amendment would be a policy level document that would not in itself, impact any drainage patterns or stormwater retention policies and there would be no impact. c.ii) Less than Significant Impact. As discussed above, the proposed Project site is currently undeveloped and vacant with sparse low shrubs and groundcover on site, while land around the site is mostly developed to the east and south. Some commercial development also occurs to the west of the site, while vacant developed parcels exist to the north. Since the proposed Project, through the development of storage and commercial uses would increase impervious surfaces, this may have the potential to increase surface runoff conditions on the site from construction and operation activities. However, the proposed Project would have to comply with the City’s existing stormwater drainage requirements. The proposed Project will include an above ground retention basin that would have the capacity to capture any surface runoff from potential flooding events.

Currently drainage from the proposed Project flows to the east off site on to the residential community where there is an existing emergency overflow. The proposed Project will raise the elevation of the north east corner of the site to allow for gravity to divert water flow to the south west onto the public right of way on Date Palm Dr. for emergency overflow. Therefore, impacts from surface runoffs resulting in flooding would be less than significant.

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c.iii) Less than Significant Impact. As the proposed Project site is currently undeveloped, construction of the proposed Project would result in paving of majority of the site which would impact existing site drainage patterns and may add to the City’s existing sources of polluted runoffs. The proposed Project, however, would include an above ground retention pond that would assist in minimizing surface runoff. The proposed Project would also have to connect to the City’s existing stormwater drainage systems and would have to adhere to the City’s applicable Imagine 2040 General Plan Update policies and implementation programs for the generation, quality and drainage impacts from stormwater runoff and drainage. Impacts would therefore be less than significant.

The Uptown Village Specific Plan (Specific Plan; SP) is a policy document and will be amended to create Planning Unit Four with an area of 7.16 acres from Planning Unit One leaving it with an area of 2.11 acres. Since the proposed SP amendment would be a policy level document that would not in itself, create or contribute runoff water which would exceed the capacity of existing or planned stormwater drainage systems or provide substantial additional sources of polluted runoff. There would be no impact. c.iv) No Impact. A flood is typically identified as an overflow of water from a floodplain that submerges dry land.

The proposed Project site is not situated within a floodplain, being located between the San Bernardino Mountains to the north, the Joshua Tree National Park to the east, San Jacinto Mountains to the south, Santa Rosa Mountains and San Gorgonio Pass to the west to the west. The closest water bodies to the Project site is the Whitewater, over one and a half (1.5) miles to the west. There are no other rivers or floodplains in the vicinity of the Project site. The proposed Project would incorporate water retention basins and reservoirs that would capture water runoff and would not substantially alter the existing drainage pattern of the site or area.

While the proposed Project would add impervious surfaces on an otherwise undeveloped parcel, it would not impede or redirect flood flows; therefore, the proposed Project would have no impact on flood flows.

The Uptown Village Specific Plan (Specific Plan; SP) is a policy document and will be amended to create Planning Unit Four with an area of 7.16 acres from Planning Unit One leaving it with an area of 2.11 acres. Since the proposed SP amendment would be a policy level document that would not in itself, impede or redirect flood flows. There would be no impact.
d) No Impact. Seiches typically occur when a body of water creates uncommonly large waves due to an earthquake or major changes in atmospheric pressure. Tsunamis are large oceanic waves generated by earthquakes that typically build in height and strength as they approach a land mass. These events tend to occur following seismic earthquakes, shifts in geology or over saturated hillsides that could result in mudflows from landslides, and above average waves from water bodies including ponds, lakes, and oceans (National Ocean Services; 2023). The proposed Project site is not located near any water bodies or oceans; the closest being the Salton Sea located approximately over 30 miles to the south east of the site, and the Pacific Ocean located over 80 miles to the west. Therefore, there would be no impact in terms of flood hazard, tsunami, or seiche zones, risk release of pollutants due to Project inundation.

The Uptown Village Specific Plan (Specific Plan; SP) is a policy document and will be amended to create Planning Unit Four with an area of 7.16 acres from Planning Unit One leaving it with an area of 2.11 acres. Since the proposed SP amendment would be a policy level document that would not in itself, expose the city to threats from flood hazards, tsunamis or seiches, there would be no impact. e) Less than Significant Impact. The proposed Project site is located within the Indio Subbasin which is managed by the Coachella Valley Water district. Per the SGMA Basin Prioritization Dashboard there are seven components (c); C1 population, C2 population growth, C3 public supply wells, C4 total wells, C5 irrigated acres, Rosemount Storage Project 82
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C6 groundwater supply, and C7 Impacts, these are given a score that determines the management priority of water supply for the basins. The total score given to the Indio subbasin is medium 20 priority points (California Department of Water Resources, accessed March 2024). The threshold value for medium priority is greater than 14 points, a medium priority rating indicates that the water level for the subbasin are adequate at this time to support. The data shows that groundwater supply is currently at 57% and there has not been documented groundwater level declines. This coincides with the projected determinations of groundwater demand availability by 2035 that was determined in the Coachella Valley Regional Urban Water Management Plan (UWMP) were it was determined that the projected water demand will be 137,629 volume by 2035 for all uses, projected water demand for commercial uses to be 7,438 volume by 2035 (Coachella Valley Regional UWMP, 2020).

Per the SGMA Basin Prioritization Dashboard Water quality data showed 1 point indicating a very low priority rating on water quality meaning, that the quality of the water in the Indio subbasin does not exceed levels of pollution, minerals or salinity that would make the groundwater unsafe for use as drinking water (California Department of Water Resources, accessed March 2024). Of course, water from the subbasin is filtered and purified before entering the city domestic water system to be used as drinking water. With the implementation and ongoing water conservation measures and replenishment of groundwater, sufficient supplies would be available to meet the projected demand. Compliance and implementation of CVWD requirements would ensure that the proposed Project would not substantially decrease groundwater supplies or interfere substantially with groundwater recharge, (California Department of Water Resources, accessed March 2024).

Mitigation is not required. Impacts would be less than significant.

Mitigation
No mitigation is required.

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4.11 Land Use and Planning

4.11.1 Impacts
Less than
Potentially Significant with Less than
Significant
Impact
Mitigation
Incorporated
Significant
Impact
No
Impact
LAND USE AND PLANNING – Would the project:
a) Physically divide an established community?
b) Conflict with any applicable land use plan, policy, or regulation of an agency with jurisdiction over the Project (including, but not limited to the general plan, specific plan, local coastal program, or zoning ordinance) adopted for the purpose of avoiding or mitigating an
environmental effect?
a) No Impact. The proposed Project site is located in the City of Cathedral City, east of Date Palm Drive, between Rosemount Road (to the north) and McCallum Way (to the south). The proposed Project would utilize an approximate seven (7) acre site for the two-phase construction of two scenarios: Scenario One would include the first phase which would be an approximate two (2) story 115,054 square feet (sf) at 57,527 sf per floor, climate-controlled self-storage facility with associated retail, office, and loading areas and Phase 2 would include one (1) retail building approximately 4,725 sf in size, two (2) drive through facilities with an area of 2,413 and 4,617 respectively, and two (2) retail buildings with an area of 3,217 sf each. Scenario Two would include the two (2) story 115,054 square feet (sf) at 57,527 sf per floor, climate-controlled self-storage facility with associated retail, office, and loading areas and one (1) Grocery Store/Big Box Retail building with a maximum area of 50,000 sf, and a retail building with an area of 4,725 sf. Both scenarios would include parking areas, landscaping, lighting, and a drainage retention basin are also to be included on the site. The proposed Project is anticipated to employ approximately 150 full-time and part-time employees. The Project would also require an amendment to the City’s Uptown Village Specific Plan (SP 96-54) to create a new planning area.

The Project site is currently vacant, with the nearest established community located approximately 50 to 450 feet to the east of the site. Therefore, the proposed Project would not divide an established community and there would be no impact.

The Uptown Village Specific Plan (Specific Plan; SP) is a policy document and will be amended to create Planning Unit Four with an area of 7.16 acres from Planning Unit One leaving it with an area of 2.11 acres. The amendment is a policy document that would not, in itself, physically divide an established community. There would be no impact.
b) Less than Significant Impact. According to the City ’s General Plan Land Use Map, the Project site is designated General Commercial. According to the City’s Zoning Map, the site is zoned PCC Planned Community Commercial (City of Cathedral City, 2023). Since the proposed Project includes the development of retail and commercial structures, it would not conflict with any City of Cathedral City applicable land use plan, policies, or regulations. There would be no impact.

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c) The proposed Project would require an amendment to the City’s existing Uptown Village Specific Plan (Specific Plan; SP) in order to remove the property from the Specific Plan as explained in the project description and would return to the PCC (Planned Community Commercial) District and the impact would be less than significant.

Mitigation
No mitigation is required.

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4.12 Mineral Resources

4.12.1 Impacts
Less than
Potentially Significant with Less than
Significant
Impact
Mitigation
Incorporated
Significant
Impact
No
Impact
MINERAL RESOURCES – Would the project:
a) Result in the loss of availability of a known mineral resource that would be of value to the region and the
residents of the state?
b) Result in the loss of availability of a locally important mineral resource recovery site delineated on a local
general plan, specific plan, or other land use plan?
a-b) No Impact. Mineral resources are land areas or deposits deemed significant by the California Department of Conservation (CA DOC) (California Department of Conservation; 1975). Mineral resources include oil, natural gas, and metallic and nonmetallic deposits, including aggregate resources. The CA DOC Geological Survey, and the California State Mining and Geology Board (CA SMGB) are required by the Surface Mining and Reclamation Act of 1974 (SMARA) to categorize lands into four Aggregate and Mineral Resource Zones (MRZs), described below. These MRZs classify lands that contain significant statewide or regional mineral deposits based on a site’s geologic factors without regard to existing land use and land ownership. SMARA has established MRZs using the following classifications (California Department of Conservation, 1975). •
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MRZ-1: Areas where adequate geologic information indicates no significant mineral deposits are present or where it is judged that little likelihood exists for their presence.

MRZ-2a: Areas underlain by mineral deposits where geologic data show that significant measured or indicated resources are present.

MRZ-2b: Areas underlain by mineral deposits where geologic information indicates that significant inferred resources are present.

MRZ-3a: Areas containing known mineral deposits that may qualify as mineral resources. Further exploration work within these areas could result in the reclassification of specific localities into the MRZ-2a or MRZ-2b categories.
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MRZ-3b: Areas that may have inferred mineral deposits which may qualify as mineral resources.

Further exploration work could result in the reclassification of all or part of these areas into the MRZ-3a category or specific localities into the MRZ-2a or MRZ-2b categories.

MRZ-4: Areas where there is not enough geologic information available to determine the presence or absence of mineral resources.

Typically, land classified as MRZ-2 are of the greatest importance and are designated by the State Mining and Geology Board as being “regionally significant.” Such designation requires that a Lead Agency make land use decisions based upon its mineral resource management policies, and that the Lead Agency consider the importance of the mineral resource to the region or the State as a whole, and not just to the Lead Agency’s jurisdiction or proposed project area.

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The proposed Project site is located in the City of Cathedral City, east of Date Palm Drive, between Rosemount Road (to the north) and McCallum Way (to the south). The proposed Project would utilize an approximate seven (7) acre site for the two-phase construction of two scenarios: Scenario One would include the first phase which would be an approximate two (2) story 115,054 square feet (sf) at 57,527 sf per floor, climate-controlled self-storage facility with associated retail, office, and loading areas and Phase 2 would include one (1) retail building approximately 4,725 sf in size, two (2) drive through facilities with an area of 2,413 and 4,617 respectively, and two (2) retail buildings with an area of 3,217 sf each. Scenario Two would include the two (2) story 115,054 square feet (sf) at 57,527 sf per floor, climate-controlled self-storage facility with associated retail, office, and loading areas and one (1) Grocery Store/Big Box Retail building with a maximum area of 50,000 sf, and a retail building with an area of 4,725 sf. Both scenarios would include parking areas, landscaping, lighting, and a drainage retention basin are also to be included on the site. The proposed Project is anticipated to employ approximately 150 full-time and part-time employees. The Project would also require an amendment to the City’s Uptown Village Specific Plan (SP 96-54) to create a new planning area.

While the CA DOC has designated the entire city as an MRZ-3 zone, there are no known or mapped mineral resources located within the city of Cathedral City or its Sphere of Influence (SOI) areas nor is there currently mineral production on or near the proposed Project site (Cathedral City Imagine 2040 General Plan Update Environmental Impact Report; 2021). The proposed Project would therefore not result in the loss of a known mineral resource that would be of value to the region and the residents of the state, nor would it result in the loss of availability of a locally important mineral resource recovery site delineated on a local general plan, specific plan, or other land use plan. There would be no impact.

The Uptown Village Specific Plan (Specific Plan; SP) is a policy document and will be amended to create Planning Unit Four with an area of 7.16 acres from Planning Unit One leaving it with an area of 2.11 acres. The SP Amendment would be a policy level document that would not, in itself, affect mineral resource recovery site.

Additionally, there are no known mineral resources sites located in the city or on the proposed Project site; therefore, there would be no impact.

Mitigation
No mitigation is required.

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4.13 Noise

4.13.1 Impacts
Less than
Potentially Significant with Less than
Significant
Impact
Mitigation
Incorporated
Significant
Impact
No
Impact
NOISE – Would the project result in:
a) Generation of a substantial temporary or permanent
increase in ambient noise levels in the vicinity of the project in excess of standards established in the local general plan or noise ordinance, or applicable standards of other agencies?
b) Generation of excessive groundborne vibration or
groundborne noise levels?
c) For a project located within the vicinity of a private airstrip or an airport land use plan or, where such a plan has not been adopted, within two miles of a public
airport or public use airport, would the project expose people residing or working in the project area to
excessive noise levels?
The proposed Project site is located in the City of Cathedral City, east of Date Palm Drive, between Rosemount Road (to the north) and McCallum Way (to the south). The proposed Project would utilize an approximate seven (7) acre site for the two-phase construction of two scenarios: Scenario One would include the first phase which would be an approximate two (2) story 115,054 square feet (sf) at 57,527 sf per floor, climate-controlled self-storage facility with associated retail, office, and loading areas and Phase 2 would include one (1) retail building approximately 4,725 sf in size, two (2) drive through facilities with an area of 2,413 and 4,617 respectively, and two (2) retail buildings with an area of 3,217 sf each. Scenario Two would include the two (2) story 115,054 square feet (sf) at 57,527 sf per floor, climate-controlled self-storage facility with associated retail, office, and loading areas and one (1) Grocery Store/Big Box Retail building with a maximum area of 50,000 sf, and a retail building with an area of 4,725 sf. Both scenarios would include parking areas, landscaping, lighting, and a drainage retention basin are also to be included on the site. The proposed Project is anticipated to employ approximately 150 full-time and part-time employees. The Project would also require an amendment to the City’s Uptown Village Specific Plan (SP 96-54) to create a new planning area.

A Noise Impact Study was completed by MD Acoustics LLC in July 2023, for the proposed Project and is included in Appendix D of this ISMND.

Sound, Noise, and Acoustics
Sound is a disturbance created by a moving or vibrating source and is capable of being detected by the hearing organs. Sound may be thought of as mechanical energy of a moving object transmitted by pressure waves through a medium to a human ear. For traffic or stationary noise, the medium of concern is air. Noise is defined as sound that is loud, unpleasant, unexpected, or unwanted.

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Frequency and Hertz
A continuous sound is described by its frequency (pitch) and its amplitude (loudness). Frequency relates to the number of pressure oscillations per second. Low-frequency sounds are low in pitch (bass sounding) and highfrequency sounds are high in pitch (squeak). These oscillations per second (cycles) are commonly referred to as Hertz (Hz). The human ear can hear from the bass pitch starting at 20 Hz to the high pitch of 20,000 Hz.

Sound Pressure Levels and Decibels
The amplitude of a sound determines its loudness. The loudness of sound increases or decreases as the amplitude increases or decreases. Sound pressure amplitude is measured in units of micro-Newton per square inch meter (N/m2), also called micro-Pascal (μPa). One μPa is approximately one hundred billionths (0.00000000001) of normal atmospheric pressure. Sound pressure level (SPL or Lp) is used to describe in logarithmic units the ratio of actual sound pressures to a reference pressure squared These units are called decibels abbreviated dB. Exhibit C illustrates references sound levels for different noise sources.

Ground-Borne Vibration Fundamentals
Vibration Descriptors
Ground-borne vibrations consist of rapidly fluctuating motions within the ground that have an average motion of zero. The effects of ground-borne vibrations typically only cause a nuisance to people, but at extreme vibration levels, damage to buildings may occur. Although ground-borne vibration can be felt outdoors, it is typically only an annoyance to people indoors where the associated effects of the shaking of a building can be notable. Ground-borne noise is an effect of ground-borne vibration and only exists indoors since it is produced from noise radiated from the motion of the walls and floors of a room and may also consist of the rattling of windows or dishes on shelves.

Several different methods are used to quantify vibration amplitude:
• PPV – Known as the peak particle velocity (PPV) which is the maximum instantaneous peak in vibration velocity, typically given in inches per second.
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RMS – Known as root mean squared (RMS) can be used to denote vibration amplitude.

VdB – A commonly used abbreviation to describe the vibration level (VdB) for a vibration source.

Vibration Perception Typically, developed areas are continuously affected by vibration velocities of 50 VdB or lower. These continuous vibrations are not noticeable to humans whose threshold of perception is around 65 VdB. Outdoor sources that may produce perceptible vibrations are usually caused by construction equipment, steel-wheeled trains, and traffic on rough roads, while smooth roads rarely produce perceptible ground borne noise or vibration. To counter the effects of ground-borne vibration, the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) has published guidance relative to vibration impacts. According to the FTA, fragile buildings can be exposed to ground-borne vibration levels of 0.3 inches per second without experiencing structural damage. Although ground borne vibration is sometimes noticeable in outdoor environments, it is almost never annoying to people who are outdoors; therefore, the vibration level threshold is assessed at occupied structures.

Therefore, all vibration impacts are assessed at the structure of an affected property. There are three main types of vibration propagation: surface, compression, and shear waves. Surface waves, or Rayleigh waves, travel along the ground’s surface. These waves carry most of their energy along an expanding circular wavefront, similar to ripples produced by throwing a rock into a pool of water. P-waves, or compression waves, Rosemount Storage Project 89
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are body waves that carry their energy along an expanding spherical wavefront. The particle motion in these waves is longitudinal (i.e., in a “push-pull” fashion). P-waves are analogous to airborne sound waves. S-waves or shear waves are also body waves that carry energy along an expanding spherical wavefront. However, unlike P-waves, the particle motion is transverse, or side-to-side and perpendicular to the direction of propagation.

As vibration waves propagate from a source, the vibration energy decreases in a logarithmic nature and the vibration levels typically decrease by 6 VdB per doubling of the distance from the vibration source. As stated above, this drop-off rate can vary greatly depending on the soil but has been shown to be effective enough for screening purposes to identify potential vibration impacts that may need to be studied through actual field tests.

Chapter 9.86 of the City of Cathedral City Municipal Code states vibration standards as follows: All uses shall be so operated as not to generate vibration discernible without instruments by the average person while on or beyond the lot upon which the source is located or within an adjoining enclosed space if more than one establishment occupies a structure. Vibration caused by motor vehicles, trains, and temporary construction or demolition work is exempt from this standard.

Existing Noise Environment
One 24-hour noise measurement was conducted at the project site to document the existing noise environment. The measurements include the 1-hour Leq, Lmin, Lmax, and other statistical data (e.g. L2, L8).

The results of the noise measurement are presented in Table 25. Noise measurement field sheets are provided in Appendix A.

Table 25 Long-Term Noise Measurement Data for (LT1) (dBA)1 1-Hour dB(A)
Date Time L

EQ LMAX

78.0 81.5

69.4 65.4

70.4 69.8

69.7 72.5

76.0 76.2

80.1 77.6

71.4 68.2

69.2 66.0

76.0 76.0

71.6 81.9
LMIN

45.3 43.8

41.0 41.5

41.3 41.5

42.0 43.0

48.2 48.9

42.2 42.5

40.6 41.3

42.0 41.6

39.9 39.8

42.0 41.9
L2 L8 L25 L50 L90
3/8/2023 10PM-11PM
3/8/2023 11PM-12AM

58.3 57.2

54.7 53.7

52.4 53.0

54.8 56.7

60.7 61.0

60.0 57.5

56.3 54.4

53.7 53.8

54.9 56.2

57.0 59.6

65.6 52.7

58.7 57.0

56.6 57.6

59.7 61.5

64.5 64.5

63.7 62.2

60.8 59.1

57.4 57.5

59.5 62.8

61.8 63.4

60.5 58.9

58.4 55.8

55.3 56.1

58.0 60.0

62.4 63.8

62.0 60.2

59.8 57.2

56.2 56.4

57.2 59.1

59.8 61.5

58.1 56.7

55.5 54.5

52.9 53.4

56.2 58.1

61.4 61.8

60.7 58.3

57.2 55.1

54.1 55.0

55.1 56.4

58.2 59.4

56.1 55.2

53.6 53.5

51.4 51.5

53.4 55.6

60.3 60.5

59.5 56.7

55.5 53.5

52.6 53.2

53.2 54.5

56.3 57.3

53.0 52.2

51.1 51.1

48.1 48.0

50.1 51.5

57.4 57.7

54.8 53.3

51.6 50.7

50.4 50.0

50.4 50.5

52.8 54.3
3/9/2023
3/9/2023
3/9/2023
3/9/2023
3/9/2023
3/9/2023
3/9/2023
3/9/2023
3/9/2023
3/9/2023
12AM-1AM
1AM-2AM
2AM-3AM
3AM-4AM
4AM-5AM
5AM-6AM
6AM-7AM
7AM-8AM
8AM-9AM
9AM-10AM
3/9/2023 10AM-11AM
3/9/2023 11AM-12PM
3/9/2023
3/9/2023
3/9/2023
3/9/2023
3/9/2023
3/9/2023
12PM-1PM
1PM-2PM
2PM-3PM
3PM-4PM
4PM-5PM
5PM-6PM
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1-Hour dB(A)
Date Time L

EQ LMAX

85.2 83.5

81.5 82.5
LMIN

43.7 41.1

44.6 43.9
L2 L8 L25 L50 L90
3/9/2023
3/9/2023
3/9/2023
3/9/2023
6PM-7PM
7PM-8PM
8PM-9PM
9PM-10PM

60.0 59.4

60.0 57.7

64.8 64.2

67.5 61.1

62.6 59.8

64.4 59.7

60.0 58.4

59.7 58.3

56.6 56.5

57.5 57.0

53.6 53.6

54.6 54.1
CNEL 62.7
Notes:

1.Long-term noise monitoring location (LT1) is illustrated in Exhibit E.

2.Quietest ambient noise level during operational hours highlighted in orange.

Table 5 Long Term Noise Measurement Data for (LT1) (dbA), Appendix D, MDAcoustics Noise Impact Study, March 2024.

The data presented in Table 25 and the field notes provided in Appendix D, indicate that ambient noise levels in the project vicinity range between 54 and 61 dBA Leq during operational hours. The overall CNEL was 62.7 dBA CNEL. The field data indicates that Date Palm Road is the dominant noise source. The quietest ambient noise level during operational hours is highlighted in orange.

Regulatory Setting
The proposed project is located in the City of Cathedral City, California, and noise regulations are addressed through the efforts of various federal, state, and local government agencies. The agencies responsible for regulating noise are discussed below.

Federal Regulations
The adverse impact of noise was officially recognized by the federal government in the Noise Control Act of 1972, which serves three purposes:
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Publicize noise emission standards for interstate commerce Assist state and local abatement efforts
Promote noise education and research
The Federal Office of Noise Abatement and Control (ONAC) originally was tasked with implementing the Noise Control Act. However, it was eventually eliminated, leaving other federal agencies and committees to develop noise policies and programs. Some examples of these agencies are as follows: The Department of Transportation (DOT) assumed a significant role in noise control through its various agencies. The Federal Aviation Agency (FAA) is responsible for regulating noise from aircraft and airports. The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) is responsible for regulating noise from the interstate highway system. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is responsible for the prohibition of excessive noise exposure to workers. The United States Housing and Urban Development (HUD) is responsible for establishing noise regulations as it relates to exterior/interior noise levels for new HUD-assisted housing developments near high noise areas. The federal government advocates that local jurisdictions use their land use regulatory authority to arrange new developments in such a way that “noise sensitive” uses are either prohibited from being constructed adjacent to a highway or that the developments are planned and constructed in such a manner that potential noise impacts are minimized. Since the federal government has preempted the setting of standards for noise levels that can be emitted by the transportation source, the City is restricted to regulating the noise generated by the transportation system through nuisance abatement ordinances and land use planning.

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State Regulations
Established in 1973, the California Department of Health Services Office of Noise Control (ONC) was instrumental in developing regularity tools to control and abate noise for use by local agencies. One significant model is the “Land Use Compatibility for Community Noise Environments Matrix.” The matrix allows the local jurisdiction to delineate the compatibility of sensitive uses with various incremental levels of noise. The State of California has established noise insulation standards as outlined in Title 24 and the Unifor Building Code (UBC) which in some cases requires acoustical analyses to outline exterior noise levels and to ensure interior noise levels do not exceed the interior threshold. The State mandates that the legislative body of each county and city adopt a noise element as part of its comprehensive general plan. The local noise element must recognize the land use compatibility guidelines published by the State.

Department of Health Services. The guidelines rank noise land use compatibility in terms of normally acceptable, conditionally acceptable, normally unacceptable, and clearly unacceptable as illustrated in Exhibit D of Appendix D of this ISMND. City of Cathedral City Noise Regulations the City of Cathedral City outlines their noise regulations and standards within the City Safety and The City of Cathedral City outlines their noise regulations and standards within the Municipal Code and the Noise Element of the City of Cathedral City General Plan Chapter V Section C.

City of Cathedral City General Plan
The Noise Element outlined in Chapter V Environmental Hazards coordinates the community’s land uses with the existing and future noise environment and designs measures intended to minimize or avoid community exposure to excessive noise levels. The implementation of the policies and programs contained in the Noise Element is meant to reduce or avoid current and future noise impacts. The Noise Element identifies the major source of continuous, excessive noise in the city. Those sources are traffic noise propagating from main roadways and also freight rail service along the Southern Pacific Railroad, parallel to the I-10 highway. Airport noise can impact occasionally the noise environment.

Sensitive receptors are identified as schools, libraries, and medical facilities. The City of Cathedral City has adopted their ordinance to address the State requirement outlined by the California Government Code Section 65032, subsection (f) and section 21083.1 of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). Applicable noise ordinance for the City of Cathedral City is in place through Chapter 11.96 of the City Municipal Code. The Noise Element also describes the noise contours projected for major roadways, and the data is presented in Table V3.

In addition to the noise standards, the City has outlined goals, policies, and programs to reduce potential noise impacts and are presented below:

Goals, Policies, and Programs Policies, goals, and programs measures from the Noise Element that would mitigate potential impacts on noise include the following:
• Goal: A noise environment that complements the City’s low density residential character and its various land uses.
o Policy 1: Protect noise sensitive land uses, including residential neighborhoods, schools, hospitals, libraries, churches, resorts, and community open space, as well as land uses proposed in the vicinity of the railway, Interstate 10, the Mid-Valley Parkway, and Da Vall Drive from high noise levels generated by existing and future noise sources.

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Program 1.A: Develop and maintain an inventory of existing noise sources and areas of incompatibility and establish procedures to reduce the noise levels in these areas, where economically and aesthetically feasible.

Program 1.B: Require building setbacks, the installation of wall and window insulation, soundwalls, earthen berms, and/or other mitigation measures in areas exceeding the City’s noise limit standards for private development projects as they occur.
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Program 1.C: Maintain and enforce a Noise Control ordinance that establishes community-wide noise standards and identifies measures designed to resolve noise complaints.

Program 1.D: Use Specific Plans and the development review process to encourage the use of buffers between noise sensitive land uses and incompatible land uses.

Program 1.E: Parking lots, loading zones, and large trash bins shall be located at a sufficient distance from adjacent residential properties to reduce associated noise impacts.

Policy 2: The relationship between land use designations in the Land Use Element and changes in the circulation pattern of the City, as well as individual developments shall be monitored and mitigated.

Program 2.A: The City zoning ordinance and development review standards shall be used to limit land use patterns and project designs to those that are noise compatible.

Program 2.B: Develop guidelines and minimal criteria requirements for noise analyses for future development projects. Studies shall evaluate project impacts and the effectiveness of proposed mitigation measures.
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Program 2.C: Periodically review and amend the Land Use map as appropriate to assure reasonable land use/noise level compatibility.

Policy 3: Private sector project proposals shall include measures that assure that noise exposures levels comply with State of California noise insulation standards as defined in Title 25 (California Noise Insulation Standards).
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Policy 4: Maintain a circulation map which maintains low levels of traffic within neighborhoods and assigns truck routes to major roadways only.

Program 4.A: Designate primary truck routes and ensure that they are clearly marked throughout the community. Except for traffic providing location-specific services and deliveries, construction trucks and delivery trucks shall be limited to East Palm Canyon Drive, Interstate-10, Date Palm Drive, Palm Drive, Varner Road, Edom Hill Road, Dinah Shore Drive, Ramon Road, and Vista Chino.

Program 4.B: Development projects which result in through-traffic in residential neighborhoods shall be discouraged through the development review process.

Policy 5: Maintain an ongoing contact with the Palm Springs Airport to ensure that flight paths and airport improvements do not impact or extend noise contours into the City.

Policy 6: Coordinate with adjoining municipalities to assure noise-compatible land uses across jurisdictional boundaries.
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• Policy 7: The City shall restrict grading and construction activities that may impact residential neighborhoods to specified days of the week and times of day.

City of Cathedral City Noise Ordinance Section 11.96.030 “Prohibited acts” from the noise ordinance outlines the City’s exterior noise limits as it relates to stationary noise sources. (A) It is unlawful for any person to engage in the following activities: (6) To produce, suffer or allow to be produced noise or sounds that exceeds the dB(A) levels in the table below. Exterior noise shall be measured at the lot line of the lot where the noise or sounds are emanating. If the measurement location is on the boundary between two different noise zones, the lower noise level standard applicable to the noise zone shall apply. Interior noise shall be measured at least four feet from the wall, floor, or ceiling nearest to the noise source and with all windows, doors, and other openings to the exterior closed. Noises caused by motor vehicles or trains are exempt from these standards.

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In the event the ambient noise level exceeds these levels, no person shall produce, suffer or allow to be produced noise or sounds in excess of the ambient noise level.

Section 11.96.030 “Prohibited acts” from the noise ordinance outlines the City’s exterior noise limits as it relates to stationary noise sources.

It is unlawful for any person to engage in the following activities:
• To produce, suffer or allow to be produced noise or sounds that exceed the dB(A) levels in the table below. Exterior noise shall be measured at the lot line of the lot where the noise or sounds are emanating. If the measurement location is on the boundary between two different noise zones, the lower noise level standard applicable to the noise zone shall apply. Interior noise shall be measured at least four feet from the wall, floor, or ceiling nearest to the noise source and with all windows, doors and other openings to the exterior closed.
• Noises caused by motor vehicles or trains are exempt from these standards.

In the event the ambient noise level exceeds these levels, no person shall produce, suffer or allow to be produced noise or sounds in excess of the ambient noise level. Please see table 26 for allowable exterior noise levels.

Table 26 Allowable Exterior Noise Level
Zone Time dB(A) Level
Residential – Exterior Noise 7 a.m. – 10 p.m.
10 p.m. - 7 a.m.
7 a.m. – 10 p.m.
10 p.m. - 7 a.m.
65 50
50 40
85 55
Residential – Interior Noise
Commercial Industrial – Exterior Noise 7 a.m. – 10 p.m. 10 p.m. – 7 a.m.

Table 2 Allowable Exterior Noise Level, Appendix D, MDAcoustics Noise Impact Study, March 2024.

Construction Regulations
Chapter 11.96 outlines the permitted hours for construction work in Section 11.96.070 limiting the time for construction work as stated in Subsection B of this Section.

1. October 1st through April 30th.

Monday – Friday: 7:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.

Saturday:

Sunday:

State holidays:
8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

No permissible hours
No permissible hours
Appendix D, MDAcoustics Noise Impact Study, March 2024.

2. May 1st through September 30th.

Monday – Friday: 6:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.

Saturday:

Sunday:
8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

No permissible hours
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State holidays: No permissible hours
Appendix D, MDAcoustics Noise Impact Study, March 2024. a) Less than Significant Impact - Would the project result in the generation of a substantial temporary or permanent increase in ambient noise levels in the vicinity of the project in excess of standards established in the local general plan or noise Code, or applicable standards of other agencies? Transportation Noise
The FHWA Traffic Noise Prediction Model (FHWA-RD-77-108) was utilized to model future traffic noise levels on the project site and existing and existing plus project traffic noise volumes along roadways affected by project generated vehicle traffic. The FHWA model arrives at the predicted noise level through a series of adjustments to the Reference Energy Mean Emission Level (REMEL).

Project-generated vehicle traffic will result in an incremental increase in ambient noise levels. To determine the project’s noise impact to the surrounding land uses, MD generated noise contours for existing ADT, and existing plus project conditions. Table 27 indicates the roadway parameters and vehicle distribution utilized for the modeling. Noise contours are used to provide a characterization of sound levels experienced at a set distance from the centerline of a subject roadway. They are intended to represent a worst-case scenario and do not take into account structures, sound walls, topography, and/or other sound attenuating features that may further reduce the actual noise level. Noise contours are developed for comparative purposes and are used to demonstrate potential increases/decreases along subject roadways as a result of a project. •
•
Roadway classification – (e.g., freeway, major arterial, arterial, secondary, collector, etc.), Roadway Active Width – (distance between the center of the outermost travel lanes on each side of the roadway)
•
•
•
•
Average Daily Traffic Volumes (ADT), Speeds, Percentages of autos, medium and heavy trucks Roadway grade and angle of view
Site Conditions (e.g., soft vs. hard)
Percentage of total ADT which flows each hour throughout a 24-hour period Table 27 Roadway Parameters and Vehicle Distribution
Existing Plus
Project ADT
(Alternative 1) (Alternative 2)
Existing Plus
Project ADT Speed Site
(MPH) Conditions Roadway Segment Existing ADT
McCallum Way to 30th
Ave Date Palm Dr 21,246 24,903 24,522 45 Soft
Major Arterial Vehicle Distribution (Truck Mix)2
Daytime %
(7AM to 7
PM)
Evening %
(7 PM to 10
PM)
Total % of
Traffic
Flow
Night %
(10 PM to 7 AM) Motor-Vehicle Type
Automobiles
Medium Trucks
Heavy Trucks

75.5 48.0

48.0 14.0

2.0 2.0

10.4 50.0

50.0 92.00

3.00 5.00
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Daytime %
(7AM to 7
PM)

75.5 48.9
Evening %
(7 PM to 10
PM)

14.0 2.2
Total % of Night %
(10 PM to 7 AM) Motor-Vehicle Type Traffic
Flow

97.42 1.84
Automobiles
Medium Trucks
Heavy Trucks

10.5 48.9

47.3 5.4 47.3 0.74
Notes:
1 Existing ADT from Coachella Valley Traffic counts, Project ADT provided by GIE Transportation Planning and Engineering. 2 Vehicle distribution data is based on Cathedral City traffic counts Table 4 Roadway Parameters and Vehicle Distribution, Appendix D, MDAcoustics Noise Impact Study, March 2024.

The potential off-site noise impacts caused by the increase in vehicular traffic as a result of the project were calculated at a distance of 50 feet from affected road segments. The noise levels at 50 feet both with and without project-generated vehicle traffic were compared and the increase was calculated. The distance to the 70, 65, 60, and 55 dBA CNEL noise contours are also provided for reference (Appendix D). Noise contours were calculated for the following scenarios and conditions:
• Existing Condition: This scenario refers to the existing year traffic noise condition and is demonstrated in Table 28 and Table 29.
• Existing + Project Condition: This scenario refers to the existing year plus project traffic noise condition and is demonstrated in Table 28: Alternative 1 and Table 29: Alternative 2.

As shown in Table 28, the addition of project-generated vehicle traffic to Date Palm Road due to Alternative 1would result in negligible increases in ambient noise levels and would not be significant.

Table 28 Alternative 1 Existing Scenario - Noise Levels Along Roadways (dBA CNEL) Existing Without Project Exterior Noise Levels
CNEL Distance to Contour (Ft)
at 50 Ft
(dBA)
70 dBA
CNEL
65 dBA
CNEL
60 dBA
CNEL
55 dBA
CNEL Roadway Segment
Date Palm Dr McCallum Way to 30th Ave 72.1 69 149 321 691 Existing With Project Exterior Noise Levels
CNEL Distance to Contour (Ft)
at 50 Ft
(dBA)

72.8 70 dBA
CNEL
77 65 dBA
CNEL
165
60 dBA
CNEL
356
55 dBA
CNEL
768
Roadway Segment
Date Palm Dr McCallum Way to 30th Ave
Change in Existing Noise Levels as a Result of Project
CNEL at 50 Feet dBA2
Existing Existing
Without With
Potential
Significant
Impact
No
Change in
Noise Level Roadway1 Segment
Project Project
Date Palm Dr McCallum Way to 30th Ave 72.1 72.8 0.7
Notes:
1 Exterior noise levels calculated at 5 feet above ground level. 2 Noise levels calculated from centerline of subject roadway.

Table 6 Alternative 1 Existing Scenario – Noise Levels Along Roadways (dBA CNEL), Appendix D, MDAcoustics Noise Impact Study, March 2024.

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Table 29 Alternative 2 Existing Scenario - Noise Levels Along Roadways (dBA CNEL) Existing Without Project Exterior Noise Levels
CNEL
at 50 Ft
(dBA)
Distance to Contour (Ft)
70 dBA
CNEL
65 dBA
CNEL
60 dBA
CNEL
55 dBA
CNEL Roadway Segment
Date Palm Dr McCallum Way to 30th Ave 72.1 69 149 321 691 Existing With Project Exterior Noise Levels
CNEL
at 50 Ft
(dBA)
Distance to Contour (Ft)
70 dBA
CNEL
65 dBA
CNEL
60 dBA
CNEL
55 dBA
CNEL Roadway Segment
Date Palm Dr McCallum Way to 30th Ave 72.7 76 164 353 760 Change in Existing Noise Levels as a Result of Project
CNEL at 50 Feet dBA2
Existing Existing
Without
Project

72.1 Potential
Significant
Impact
No
Change in Roadway1 Segment With
Project Noise Level
Date Palm Dr McCallum Way to 30th Ave 72.7 0.6
Notes:
1 Exterior noise levels calculated at 5 feet above ground level. 2 Noise levels calculated from centerline of subject roadway.

Table 7 Alternative 2 Existing Scenario – Noise Levels Along Roadways (dBA CNEL) , Appendix D, MDAcoustics Noise Impact Study, March 2024.

Transportation noise impacts would be considered significant if the existing plus project levels are expected to increase by more than 3 dB. Compared to existing traffic noise levels, future traffic volumes for Scenario 1 are expected to increase 0.7 dBA CNEL at existing land uses. Future traffic volumes for Scenario 2 are expected to increase 0.6 dBA CNEL at the existing land uses. The impact is therefore less than significant.

On-Site Traffic Noise Impacts
Future noise levels associated with traffic were modeled using the FHWA Traffic Noise Model calculations in order to evaluate the project in light of the City’s exterior standards presented in Table 30 and 31, as they apply to future traffic noise impacts to the proposed project. The Project is currently within the conditionally acceptable range at 74 dBA CNEL. It will not change due to the increase in traffic levels due to the project.

There are no outdoor uses for this Project.

Stationary Noise Sources
Stationary noise impacts would be considered significant if they result in exceedances of Section 11.96.030 of the Municipal Code. Implementation of the proposed Project may result in stationary noise related to drive through speakers, parking, idling cars, idling heavy trucks, and rooftop HVAC areas. All equipment would be required to meet the stationary noise limits of 65 dBA at the adjacent sensitive receptors.

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Table 30 Alternative 1 Operational Noise Levels (dBA, Leq) Existing
Ambient Noise
Level
Total
Combined
Noise Level
(dBA, Leq)
Daytime Project
Noise Level
(dBA, Leq)3
Change in Noise
Level as Result of
Project
(7AM - 10PM)
Stationary Noise
Limit (dBA, Leq)
Receptor1 Floor
(dBA, Leq)2
1 2
3 4
5 6
7 8
1 1
1 1
1 1
1 1
46 46
47 48
48 50
45 42
54 54
55 55
55 55
54 54
1 1
1 1
1 2
1 0

53.7 65.0
Notes:

1.Receptor1- 8 represent residential uses.

2.Appendix A measured ambient noise data.

3.See Exhibit G for the operational noise level projections at said receptors.

4.Daytime noise ordinance Section 11.96.030 of the Cathedral City Municipal code.

Table 8 Alternative 1 Operational Noise Levels (dBA, Leq) , Appendix D, MDAcoustics Noise Impact Study, March 2024.

Table 31 Alternative 2 Operational Noise Levels (dBA, Leq) Existing
Ambient Noise
Level
Total
Combined
Noise Level
(dBA, Leq)
Daytime Project
Noise Level
(dBA, Leq)3
Change in Noise
Level as Result of
Project
(7AM - 10PM)
Stationary Noise
Limit (dBA, Leq)
Receptor1 Floor
(dBA, Leq)2
1 2
3 4
5 6
7 8
1 1
1 1
1 1
1 1
47 48
49 50
50 50
45 43
55 55
55 55
55 55
54 54
1 1
1 2
2 2
1 0

53.7 65.0
Notes:

1.Receptor1- 8 represent residential uses.

2.Appendix A measured ambient noise data.

3.See Exhibit G for the operational noise level projections at said receptors.

4.Daytime noise ordinance Section 11.96.030 of the Cathedral City Municipal code.

Table 9 Alternative 2 Operational Noise Levels (dBA, Leq), Appendix D, MDAcoustics Noise Impact Study, March 2024.

Operational noise levels for Scenario 1 are expected to reach 42 to 50 dBA Leq at the residential receptors.

Operational noise levels for Scenario 2 are expected to reach 43 to 50 dBA Leq. These noise levels for Scenario 1 and Scenario 2 do not exceed the City’s daytime noise standard of 65 dBA. Therefore, the impact would be less than significant.

Construction Noise
Construction noise associated with the proposed Project was calculated utilizing methodology presented in the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) Transit Noise and Vibration Impact Assessment Manual (2018) Rosemount Storage Project 98
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together with several key construction parameters including distance to each sensitive receiver, equipment usage, percent usage factor, and baseline parameters for the project site. Construction activities are anticipated to include four phases: site preparation, grading, building construction, and paving.

Construction noise levels were calculated for each phase based on the CalEEMod Air Quality Model assumptions. All equipment was assumed to be situated at the center of the proposed Project site.

Construction noise will be significant if construction activities occur outside of the permitted construction hours specified in Section 11.96.070 of the City of Cathedral City Municipal Code.

1. October 1st through April 30th.

Monday – Friday: 7:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.

Saturday:

Sunday:

State holidays:
8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

No permissible hours
No permissible hours
Appendix D, MDAcoustics Noise Impact Study, March 2024.

2. May 1st through September 30th.

Monday – Friday: 6:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.

Saturday:

Sunday:

State holidays:
8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

No permissible hours
No permissible hours
Appendix D, MDAcoustics Noise Impact Study, March 2024.

Noise due to construction will result in short-term noise impacts associated with construction activities.

Table 32 Construction Noise Level by Phase (dBA, Leq)
Noise Levels at Nearest Sensitive Receptor
Activity
Leq
73 70
72 68
59 Lmax
Site Preparation 79
Grading 80
Building Construction
Paving
79 78
Architectural Coating 73
Notes:

Construction Modeling Worksheets are provided in Appendix D.

Table 11 Construction Noise Level by Phase (dBA, Leq), Appendix D, MDAcoustics Noise Impact Study, March 2024.

As shown in Table 32, project construction noise will range between 59 to 73 dBA Leq at the nearest sensitive receptors, which are the residential uses at the eastern property line.

The Project will be required to adhere to Section 11.96.070 of the City of Cathedral City Municipal Code which outlines the allowed times for construction. Therefore, the impact is less than significant.

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In addition to complying with Section 11.96.070 of the City of Cathedral City Municipal Code, the following best practices are recommended to reduce construction noise:

1. During construction, the contractor shall ensure that all construction equipment is equipped with appropriate noise attenuating devices.

2. The contractor should locate equipment staging areas that will create the greatest distance between construction-related noise/vibration sources and sensitive receptors nearest the project site during all project construction.

3. Idling equipment should be turned off when not in use.

4. Equipment shall be maintained so that vehicles and their loads are secured from rattling and banging.

The site preparation and building phases of on-site construction activities will generate the highest temporary noise levels. The loudest construction equipment on the site will be tractors, graders, scrapers, and dozers.

Typical operating cycles for these types of construction equipment may involve 1 or 2 minutes of full power operation followed by 3 or 4 minutes at lower power settings. Project construction noise will range between 59 to 79 dBA Leq at the nearest sensitive receptors, which are the residential uses at the eastern property line.

The Uptown Village Specific Plan (Specific Plan; SP) is a policy document and will be amended to create Planning Unit Four with an area of 7.16 acres from Planning Unit One leaving it with an area of 2.11 acres. The proposed SP amendment would be a policy level document. As such, the SP amendment would have no impact on City established noise standards.
b) Less than Significant. Construction activities can produce vibration that may be felt by adjacent land uses. The construction of the proposed project would not require the use of equipment such as pile drivers, which are known to generate substantial construction vibration levels. The primary vibration source during construction may be from a bulldozer. A large bulldozer has a vibration impact of 0.089 inches per second peak particle velocity (PPV) at 25 feet which is perceptible but below any risk to architectural damage.

Thresholds from the Caltrans Transportation and Construction Induced Vibration Guidance Manual in Table 33 provides general thresholds and guidelines as to the vibration damage potential from vibratory impacts.

Table 33 Guideline Vibration Damage Potential Threshold Criteria Maximum PPV (in/sec)
Structure and Condition Continuous/Frequent
Intermittent Sources
Transient Sources
Extremely fragile historic buildings, ruins, ancient monuments Fragile buildings

0.12 0.2

0.5 0.5

1.0 2.0

0.08 0.1
Historic and some old buildings
Older residential structures

0.25 0.3
New residential structures 0.5
Modern industrial/commercial buildings 0.5
Source: Table 19, Transportation and Construction Vibration Guidance Manual, Caltrans, Sept. 2013.

Note: Transient sources create a single isolated vibration event, such as blasting or drop balls. Continuous/frequent intermittent sources include impact pile drivers, pogo-stick compactors, crack-and-seat equipment, vibratory pile drivers, and vibratory compaction equipment.

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Table 12 Guideline Vibration Damage Potential Threshold Criteria, Appendix D, MDAcoustics Noise Impact Study, March 2024.

Table 34 gives approximate vibration levels for particular construction activities. This data provides a reasonable estimate for a wide range of soil conditions.

Table 34 Vibration Source Levels for Construction Equipment Peak Particle Velocity Approximate Vibration Level
Equipment (inches/second) at 25 feet

1.518 (upper range)

0.644 (typical)

0.734 upper range

0.170 typical

0.202
LV (dVB) at 25 feet
112
104
105
93 94
66 75
94 87
Pile driver (impact)
Pile driver (sonic)
Clam shovel drop (slurry wall)
Hydromill 0.008 in soil

0.017 in rock

0.21 (slurry wall)
Vibratory Roller
Hoe Ram 0.089
Large bulldozer
Caisson drill

0.089

0.089
87 87
Loaded trucks
Jackhammer

0.076

0.035
86 79
Small bulldozer 0.003 58
Source: Transit Noise and Vibration Impact Assessment, Federal Transit Administration, May 2018.

Table 13 Vibration Source Levels for Construction Equipment, Appendix D, MDAcoustics Noise Impact Study, March 2024.

The nearest existing building is 50 feet east of the project site. At this distance, a large bulldozer would yield a worst-case 0.042 PPV (in/sec) which is not perceptible and will not result in architectural damage. The impact is not significant.

Construction vibration associated with the proposed Project would be significant if vibrations were to exceed levels that would result in structural damage to existing buildings. While there are existing buildings within 50 feet of the Project site and there is the possibility of construction vibration and noise affecting these surrounding uses, a large bulldozer at the proposed Project site would typically yield a worst-case 0.042 peak particle velocity (PPV) per second. This would be below the threshold of any risk of structural damage as defined by the Federal Transportation Agency (FTA). The FTA defines daytime residential annoyance as 78 velocity decibels. Also, construction noise and associated construction vibration levels would be restricted to daytime (only) hours of operation established by the City and Project applicant.

In addition to the Construction Noise the City has requirements for Vibrations:

Chapter 9.86 of the Cathedral City Municipal Code states vibration standards as follows: All uses shall be so operated as not to generate vibration discernible without instruments by the average person while on or beyond the lot upon which the source is located or within an adjoining enclosed space if more than one establishment occupies a structure. Vibration caused by motor vehicles, trains, and temporary construction or demolition work is exempt from this standard.

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Construction vibration will be significant if vibration exceeds levels that would result in structural damage to existing buildings. Construction activity is not anticipated to occur within 50 feet of sensitive receptors. At a distance of 50 feet, the nearest residential building to the project property line, a large bulldozer would yield a worst-case 0.042 PPV (in/sec) which is below the threshold of any risk of damage. The project may result in temporary daytime residential annoyance. Construction activity is not expected to fall within the limits of structural damage, and therefore, the impact is less than significant.

Since the proposed Project would consist of self-storage and general commercial uses related to fast-food restaurants, and a retail, none of these uses would create a significant source of vibration during Project operation, impacts from operational uses would also be remain less than significant.

The Uptown Village Specific Plan (Specific Plan; SP) is a policy document and will be amended to create Planning Unit Four with an area of 7.16 acres from Planning Unit One leaving it with an area of 2.11 acres. The proposed SP amendment would be a policy level document that would not, in itself, generate any construction or operation construction. Therefore, there would be no impact from groundborne vibration or groundborne noise.
c) No Impact. There are no airports or private airstrips located within two miles of the Project site. The nearest airport to the proposed Project site is the Palm Springs International Airport, located approximately over two (2.38) miles to the west of the Project site. The proposed Project would be located outside the noise contours of Palm Springs International Airport. Therefore, the proposed Project would not expose people working in the Project area to excessive noise levels and there would be no impact.

The Uptown Village Specific Plan (Specific Plan; SP) is a policy document and will be amended to create Planning Unit Four with an area of 7.16 acres from Planning Unit One leaving it with an area of 2.11 acres. The proposed SP amendment would be a policy level document that would not affect airports or private airstrips in the vicinity of the proposed Project site. Therefore, the SP amendment would not, in itself, expose people working in the Project area to excessive noise levels and there would be no impact.

Mitigation
No mitigation is required.

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4.14 Population and Housing

4.14.1 Impacts
Less than
Potentially Significant with Less than
Significant
Impact
Mitigation
Incorporated
Significant
Impact
No
Impact
POPULATION AND HOUSING – Would the project:
a) Induce substantial population growth in an area,
either directly (for example, by proposing new homes
and businesses) or indirectly (for example, through
extension of roads or other infrastructure)?
b) Displace substantial numbers of existing people or
housing, necessitating the construction of replacement
housing elsewhere?
a) Less than Significant Impact. The proposed Project site is located in the City of Cathedral City, east of Date Palm Drive, between Rosemount Road (to the north) and McCallum Way (to the south). The proposed Project would utilize an approximate seven (7) acre site for the two-phase construction of two scenarios: Scenario One would include the first phase which would be an approximate two (2) story 115,054 square feet (sf) at 57,527 sf per floor, climate-controlled self-storage facility with associated retail, office, and loading areas and Phase 2 would include one (1) retail building approximately 4,725 sf in size, two (2) drive through facilities with an area of 2,413 and 4,617 respectively, and two (2) retail buildings with an area of 3,217 sf each. Scenario Two would include the two (2) story 115,054 square feet (sf) at 57,527 sf per floor, climate-controlled self-storage facility with associated retail, office, and loading areas and one (1) Grocery Store/Big Box Retail building with a maximum area of 50,000 sf, and a retail building with an area of 4,725 sf. Both scenarios would include parking areas, landscaping, lighting, and a drainage retention basin are also to be included on the site. The proposed Project is anticipated to employ approximately 150 full-time and part-time employees. The Project would also require an amendment to the City’s Uptown Village Specific Plan (SP 96-54) to create a new planning area.

According to the US Bureau of Census, the city has an existing population of approximately 52,220 people and 18,827 households (US Census Bureau, 2021). The City’s Imagine 2040 General Plan EIR estimated that the city has the potential to add approximately 105,000 new residents and 33,000 additional housing areas by the General Plan Update buildout year of 2040 (Cathedral City Imagine 2040 General Plan Update Environmental Impact Report; 2021). Should employees under the proposed Project be drawn from outside the city or County, this potential population growth has already been factored under the City’s General Plan buildout. Further, the proposed Project would not induce substantial population growth since the Project does not include any development of new homes or extending existing infrastructure that would directly or indirectly induce population growth. Impacts would therefore be less than significant.

The Uptown Village Specific Plan (Specific Plan; SP) is a policy document and will be amended to create Planning Unit Four with an area of 7.16 acres from Planning Unit One leaving it with an area of 2.11 acres. The proposed SP amendment would be a policy level document that would not, in itself, induce population growth and therefore any development or extension of hones or infrastructure. Therefore, there would be no impact.

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b) No Impact. Since the Project site is currently a vacant parcel with no housing areas, the proposed Project would not displace any existing people or housing, nor would it require the construction of replacement housing elsewhere. Therefore, there would be no impact.

The Uptown Village Specific Plan (Specific Plan; SP) is a policy document and will be amended to create Planning Unit Four with an area of 7.16 acres from Planning Unit One leaving it with an area of 2.11 acres. The proposed SP amendment would be a policy level document that would not, in itself, displace existing people or housing.

There would be no impact.

Mitigation
No mitigation is required.

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4.15 Public Services

4.15.1 Impacts
Less than
Potentially Significant with Less than
Significant
Impact
Mitigation
Incorporated
Significant
Impact
No
Impact

PUBLIC SERVICES
a) Would the Project result in substantial adverse physical impacts associated with the provision of new or physically altered governmental facilities, need for new of physically altered governmental facilities, the construction of which could cause significant environmental impacts, in order to maintain acceptable service ratios, response times or other performance objectives for any of the public services:
i. Fire Protection?
ii. Police Protection?
iii. Schools?
iv. Parks?
v. Other public facilities?
a.i) Less than Significant Impact. The proposed Project site is located in the City of Cathedral City, east of Date Palm Drive, between Rosemount Road (to the north) and McCallum Way (to the south). The proposed Project would utilize an approximate seven (7) acre site for the two-phase construction of two scenarios: Scenario One would include the first phase which would be an approximate two (2) story 115,054 square feet (sf) at 57,527 sf per floor, climate-controlled self-storage facility with associated retail, office, and loading areas and Phase 2 would include one (1) retail building approximately 4,725 sf in size, two (2) drive through facilities with an area of 2,413 and 4,617 respectively, and two (2) retail buildings with an area of 3,217 sf each. Scenario Two would include the two (2) story 115,054 square feet (sf) at 57,527 sf per floor, climate-controlled self-storage facility with associated retail, office, and loading areas and one (1) Grocery Store/Big Box Retail building with a maximum area of 50,000 sf, and a retail building with an area of 4,725 sf. Both scenarios would include parking areas, landscaping, lighting, and a drainage retention basin are also to be included on the site. The proposed Project is anticipated to employ approximately 150 full-time and part-time employees. The Project would also require an amendment to the City’s Uptown Village Specific Plan (SP 96-54) to create a new planning area.

According to the City’s Imagine 2040 GPU EIR, the city is primarily served by the City of Cathedral City’s Fire Department and supplemented for fire protection services under a mutual aid agreement on an as needed basis, by the Riverside County Fire Department (RCFD), and by the City of Palm Springs Fire Department. The city is served by three (3) fire stations, Stations 411, 412, and 413, located at Date Palm Drive, Desert Vista Road, and Landau Boulevard, respectively. The city’s three (3) fire departments can therefore provide fire services at a rate of 0.77 firefighters to every 1,000 residents, with a typical response time of six (6) minutes 21 seconds within the city limits (Cathedral City Imagine 2040 General Plan Update Environmental Impact Report; 2021).

The proposed Project site would be served by Fire Station Number 412 (which also serve as the City of Cathedral City Fire Department headquarters) which is located at 32100 Desert Vista Road, approximately over half a mile (0.67 miles) to the southwest of the proposed Project site (Google Maps; 2023). Fire Station 412 is a full-service public safety department which provides fire suppression, and emergency medical services with a battalion Rosemount Storage Project 105
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chief, one (1) fire captain, one (1) fire engineer, and one (1) firefighter/paramedic. This fire station houses (1) ladder truck (Truck 412) along with the one (1) reserve fire truck, one (1) rehab area, and one (1) reserve ambulance Since the City’s Fire Department is headquartered at Station 412, this facility houses the city’s Emergency Operations Center (EOC) as well as the Fire Department’s Fire Chief, one (1) fire inspector and two (2) administrative staff (Cathedral City Fire Department 2019-2023 Strategic Plan; 2023).

While the proposed Project would add new uses on a currently vacant parcel within the City, given the proximity of the site to Fire Station 412, the proposed Project would have less than significant impacts in relation to the provision of new or physically altered fire station facilities in order to maintain acceptable service ratios, response times or other performance objectives for fire services.

The Uptown Village Specific Plan (Specific Plan; SP) is a policy document and will be amended to create Planning Unit Four with an area of 7.16 acres from Planning Unit One leaving it with an area of 2.11 acres. The proposed SP amendment would be a policy level document that would not, in itself, require fire protection services or facilities. There would be no impact.

The development of this project will be offset by the payment of the City of Cathedral City’s Development Impact Fee for Fire Facilities which will support the determination of “No Significant Impact” and no further action is needed.
a.ii) Less than Significant Impact. Police protection for the city is provided by the Cathedral City Police Department (CCPD), located at 68700 Avendia Lalo Guerrero. The CCPD staff consists of 52 sworn officers, 35 non-sworn support and administrative personnel, and six (6) reserve officers. Police vehicles include 38 marked and approximately 22 unmarked cars. The CCPD provides a variety of services including around-the clock patrol and dispatch services, a records unit, Detective Bureau, the Coachella Valley Narcotics Task Force, a Homeless Liaison Team, a Gang investigation unit, , a crime scene forensics unit, a highly trained Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) teams, a K-9 team, a real estate fraud task force, a School Resource Officer (SEO), post release community supervision accountability team, and an Auto Theft Task Force The Police Department provides approximately 0.90 officers to every 1,000 residents , with a typical response time of seven (7) minutes or less within the city limits (Cathedral City Imagine 2040 General Plan Update Environmental Impact Report; 2021).

While the proposed Project would add new uses on a currently vacant parcel within the city, given the availability of police services in the city, the proposed Project would have less than significant impacts in relation to the provision of new or physically altered police facilities and services in order to maintain acceptable service ratios, response times or other performance objectives for police services.

The Uptown Village Specific Plan (Specific Plan; SP) is a policy document and will be amended to create Planning Unit Four with an area of 7.16 acres from Planning Unit One leaving it with an area of 2.11 acres. The proposed SP amendment would be a policy level document that would not, in itself, require police protection services.

There would be no impact.

The development of this project will be offset by the payment of the City of Cathedral City’s Development Impact Fee for Police Facilities which will support the determination of “No Significant Impact” and no further action is needed.
a.iii) Less than Significant Impact. The proposed Project site is located within the Palm Springs Unified School District (PSUSD) which provides kindergarten through 12th grade public educational services and facilities in its service area, which includes the City of Cathedral City. PSUSD enrolls approximately 21,680 students throughout 28 Rosemount Storage Project 106
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schools and independent study programs (Cathedral City Imagine 2040 General Plan Update Environmental Impact Report; 2021).

There are approximately nine (9) public schools that are within a five (5) mile radius of the proposed Project site (Google Maps; 2023). These include:
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Landau Elementary School located approximately one (1) mile to the northwest; Agua Caliente Elementary School located less than two (2) miles to the west; Sunny Sands Elementary School less than one (1) mile to the southeast; Cathedral City Elementary School approximately two and half (2.5) miles to the south; Rio Vista Elementary School, located over two (2) miles to the northwest; James Workman Middle School which is located less than one (1) mile to the northweast; Nellie N Coffman Middle School approximately over two (2) miles to the southeast; Cathedral City High School, approximately one and a half (1.5) miles to the southeast; and, Mt San Jacinto High School, about one (1) mile to the southwest.

In addition, there are two (2) private schools (kindergarten through high school) within a half (0.5) radius of the Project site. These include:
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Palm Valley School, located approximately two and a half (2.5) 4.5 miles to the southeast; and, Kings School, about two and a quarter (2.75) miles to the southwest.

A number of private day-care facilities, art studios and other technical institutions are located within a five (5) radius of the Project site.

Although the proposed Project would add new land uses and employment opportunities to the city, there is no housing associated with the Project. It is anticipated that future Project employees would reside in the city of Cathedral City or in other areas of Riverside County and utilize the existing schools in the city and county.

Therefore, the Project would not result in the need for new or altered schools, the construction of which would cause environmental impacts. Proposed Project impacts would therefore be less than significant.

The Uptown Village Specific Plan (Specific Plan; SP) is a policy document and will be amended to create Planning Unit Four with an area of 7.16 acres from Planning Unit One leaving it with an area of 2.11 acres. The proposed SP amendment would be a policy level document that would not, in itself, require the addition of new or the renovation of existing schools. There would be no impact.

The development of this project will be offset by the payment of the Palm Springs Unified School District’s Development Impact Fee for School Facilities which will support the determination of “No Significant Impact” and no further action is needed.
a.iv) No Impact. See Section 4.16, Recreation for discussion on Parks. a-v) Less than Significant Impact. While there is no housing proposed at the Project site, the proposed Project would add 150 new employment opportunities to the city. This could result in the need for additional services to the area hospitals, post offices, libraries, and other similar public facilities. The Desert Regional Medical Center located over five (5) miles to the west, and the Eisenhower Medical Center approximately nine (9) miles to the northeast; an US Post Office and the Cathedral City Public Library are located about two (2) miles to the south.

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Therefore, the proposed Project would not require additional new or physically altered governmental facilities and the impacts would be less than significant.

The Uptown Village Specific Plan (Specific Plan; SP) is a policy document and will be amended to create Planning Unit Four with an area of 7.16 acres from Planning Unit One leaving it with an area of 2.11 acres. The proposed SP amendment would be a policy level document that would not, in itself, require the construction of new or the renovation of existing public facilities. There would be no impact.

The development of this project will be offset by the payment of the City of Cathedral City’s Development Impact Fee for Other Facilities which will support the determination of “No Significant Impact” and no further action is needed.

Mitigation
No mitigation is required.

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4.16 Recreation

4.16.1 Impacts
Less than
Potentially Significant with Less than
Significant
Impact
Significant
Impact
Mitigation
Incorporated
No
Impact

RECREATION
a) Would the Project increase the use of existing
neighborhood and regional parks or other recreational
facilities such that substantial physical deterioration of the facility would occur or be accelerated?
b) Does the Project include recreational facilities or require the construction or expansion of recreational facilities which might have an adverse physical effect on the
environment?
a) Less than Significant Impact. The proposed Project site is located in the City of Cathedral City, east of Date Palm Drive, between Rosemount Road (to the north) and McCallum Way (to the south). The proposed Project would utilize an approximate seven (7) acre site for the two-phase construction of two scenarios: Scenario One would include the first phase which would be an approximate two (2) story 115,054 square feet (sf) at 57,527 sf per floor, climate-controlled self-storage facility with associated retail, office, and loading areas and Phase 2 would include one (1) retail building approximately 4,725 sf in size, two (2) drive through facilities with an area of 2,413 and 4,617 respectively, and two (2) retail buildings with an area of 3,217 sf each. Scenario Two would include the two (2) story 115,054 square feet (sf) at 57,527 sf per floor, climate-controlled self-storage facility with associated retail, office, and loading areas and one (1) Grocery Store/Big Box Retail building with a maximum area of 50,000 sf, and a retail building with an area of 4,725 sf. Both scenarios would include parking areas, landscaping, lighting, and a drainage retention basin are also to be included on the site. The proposed Project is anticipated to employ approximately 150 full-time and part-time employees. The Project would also require an amendment to the City’s Uptown Village Specific Plan (SP 96-54) to create a new planning area.

Since the proposed Project does not include any residential development, the potential to increase the use of existing parks near the Project site would be on an infrequent basis. All construction and operation level employees would have access to other recreational facilities near the Project site, which include the Dennis Keat Soccer Park located approximately 1,300 feet to the northeast, Century Park, approximately two (2) miles to the east and Desert Memorial Park, approximately 4,000 feet to the southeast of the site (Google Maps, 2023).

Therefore, the proposed Project would not increase the use of existing neighborhood and regional parks or other recreational facilities such that substantial physical deterioration of the facility would occur or be accelerated, and impacts would be less than significant.

The Uptown Village Specific Plan (Specific Plan; SP) is a policy document and will be amended to create Planning Unit Four with an area of 7.16 acres from Planning Unit One leaving it with an area of 2.11 acres. However, the proposed SP amendment would be a policy level document that, in itself, would not increase the use of existing parks and recreational facilities; there would be no impact. b) No impact. As a commercial and retail development, the proposed Project would not include any residential development. While the Project would employ approximately 150 people, these new employees would Rosemount Storage Project 109
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potentially be local to the immediate surrounding area and community, city of Cathedral City, or Riverside County. Employees would therefore tend to utilize recreational services closer to their residences. Therefore, the potential to increase the use of existing parks near the Project site would be minimal and on an infrequent basis. Nor would the proposed Project require the construction or expansion of recreational facilities that might have an adverse physical effect on the environment; thus, there would be no impact.

The Uptown Village Specific Plan (Specific Plan; SP) is a policy document and will be amended to create Planning Unit Four with an area of 7.16 acres from Planning Unit One leaving it with an area of 2.11 acres. However, the proposed SP amendment would be a policy level document that, in itself, would not require the construction or expansion of recreational facilities. There would be no impact.

Mitigation
No mitigation is required.

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4.17 Transportation and Traffic

4.17.1 Impacts
Less than
Potentially Significant with Less than
Significant
Impact
Mitigation
Incorporated
Significant
Impact
No
Impact
TRANSPORTATION/TRAFFIC – Would the project:
a) Conflict with a program, plan, ordinance or policy
addressing the circulation system, including transit,
roadway, bicycle and pedestrian facilities?
b) Would the project conflict or be inconsistent with
CEQA Guidelines section 15064.3, subdivision (b)?
c) Substantially increase hazards due to a geometric
design feature (e.g., sharp curves or dangerous
intersections) or incompatible uses (e.g., farm
equipment)?
d) Result in inadequate emergency access?
Background
The project is being analyzed with two scenarios so that all outcomes are covered, and the applicant will not have to do additional CEQA studies and could do a Finding of Consistence per Section 15063 of CEQA. The scenarios are as follow:

Scenario One
• An approximate two (2) story 115,054 square feet (sf) (at 57,527 sf per floor) storage facility with retail and office area as well as associated loading and utility storage area; • One (1) retail buildings with an area of 4,725 sf;
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Two (2) retail buildings with 3,217 sf each (total 6,434 sf) Two (2) drive-thru restaurants with an area of 4,617 and 2,413 square feet; The proposed Project would include associated parking, trash enclosures, landscaping, and internal circulation system;
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The on-site landscaping for the site will amount to approximately 68,666 sf or 21% of the site; A monument sign for the overall facility will be located on both sides of the main entryway from Date Palm Drive.

Scenario 2
• An approximate two (2) story 115,054 square feet (sf) (at 57,527 sf per floor) storage facility with retail and office Unit as well as associated loading and utility storage Units; One Grocery Store/Big Box Retail building with a maximum area of 50,000 square feet; One (1) retail building with an area of 4,617 square feet; •
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• The proposed Project would include associated parking, trash enclosures, landscaping, and internal circulation system;
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The on-site landscaping for the site will amount to approximately 68,666 sf or 21% of the site; A monument sign for the overall facility will be located on both sides of the main entryway from Date Palm Drive.

Integrated Engineering Group (IEG) evaluated the potential traffic deficiencies related to the Project in conformance with the analysis requirements per the City of Cathedral City Guidelines for Level of Service (LOS) and Vehicle Miles Traveled (VMT) for the purposes of compliance with the City of Cathedral City’s General Plan and determined that the impact would be less than significant. A transportation analysis was conducted and completed for the proposed Project in December 2023 was revised in June 2024 and is included in this ISMND as Appendix F.
a) Less than Significant Impact With Mitigation Incorporated. The proposed Project will not conflict with a program, plan, ordinance or policy addressing the circulation system, including transit, roadway, bicycle and pedestrian facilities. The Traffic study conducted by IEG in December 2023 and revised June 2024, determined the following:

Existing Conditions Year 2023
Rosemount Road does not currently extend to Date Palm Drive. The proposed Project will be conditioned to construct half-width roadway improvement along the property frontage on Rosemount Road including curb, gutter, sidewalk and paving. Therefore, this report will take into consideration the following in addressing the proposed Project phases:
• Phase 1 – Rosemount Road extension not constructed prior to opening year 2025. Access would be limited to one proposed driveway along Date Palm Drive and one existing driveway along McCallum Way.
• Phase 2 - Rosemount Road extension is in place prior to opening year 2027. Access to the project site will be provided via one proposed driveway along Date Palm Drive, one proposed driveway along Rosemount Road that is aligned with the main access point to the Wren Residential development located at the northeast corner of Date Palm Drive and Rosemount Road, and one existing driveway along McCallum Way. Additionally, the Project will construct a traffic signal at the new intersection of Rosemount Road and Date Palm Drive.

ROADWAY NETWORK
A Locally significant roadway located within the study area of the proposed project contains Date Palm Drive functions as a divided 6-lane roadway within the study area from McCallum Way to Tachevah Drive. The posted speed limit is 55 miles per hour (mph) north of 30th Avenue and 45 mph south of 30th Avenue. Per the City of Cathedral City Comprehensive General Plan Circulation & Mobility Element, Date Palm Drive is at its buildout roadway classification of an arterial highway.

The SunLine Transit Agency (STA) is the main transit agency servicing Cathedral City. Currently, STA operates Route 4 within the vicinity of the project. Route 4 operates seven days a week and connects to Palm Springs west of the site and Palm Desert to the south. Weekday and weekend service frequency is 60 minutes. Bus stops for Route 4 are currently located within 350 ft of the site at the northeast corner of the Date Palm Drive and McCallum Way intersection for northbound service and at the southwest corner for southbound service.

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Pedestrian accessibility and connectivity from the project site to these bus stops is provided along the frontage (east side of Date Palm Drive) with signalized crossings at the intersection where the bus stops are located.

ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM
Pedestrian facilities are provided within the study area of the project. Pedestrian crosswalks are generally provided at signalized intersections along Date Palm Drive with sidewalks on the west side from McCallum Way to Tachevah Drive and on the east side from the Project limits to McCallum Way. There are no existing bicycle facilities along Date Palm Drive. However, the City of Cathedral City Comprehensive General Plan Circulation & Mobility Element proposes a Class I off-road shared bike and pedestrian trail along Date Palm Drive.

Existing Plus Project (Phase 1 and 2) Conditions
Scenario 1: Is anticipated to generate approximately 1,696 total daily trips, 192 AM peak hour trips and 137 PM peak hour trips.

Scenario 2: Would be anticipated to generate approximately 3,542 total daily trips, 243 AM peak hour trips and 340 PM peak hour trips. This results in an increase of 1,846 daily trips, an increase of 51 AM peak hour trips, and an increase of 203 PM peak hour trips when compared to Scenario 1. However, Scenario 1 would result in 13 additional AM peak hour outbound trips. Scenario 2 will be the governing scenario for analysis and only the intersection AM peak hour will be analyzed for Scenario 1 as supplemental analysis.

Table 35 analysis the existing conditions of intersection operation in 2023. All analyzed intersections are operating at an acceptable level of service (LOS) under Existing Year 2023 Conditions.

Table 35 Existing Conditions 2023 Intersection Operation Analysis Existing Conditions
Intersection Intersection Control
Delay (a) LOS (b)
AM/PM Peak
Signalized
Signalized
SSSC

11.9/11.3

23.2/21.6

24.8/20.9
B/B
C/C
C/C

1. Date Palm Drive and McCallum Way

3. Date Palm Drive and 30th Avenue

4. Date Palm Drive and Tachevah Drive
Notes:
(a) Delay refers to the average control delay for the entire intersection and control delay for the worst movement for SSSC intersections, measured in seconds per vehicle. (b) LOS calculations are based on the methodology outlined in the Highway Capacity Manual 6th Edition and performed using Synchro 11.

Table 3-1 Existing Conditions 2023 Intersection Operation Analysis, Appendix F, IEG VMT Analysis June 2024.

Per the analysis results shown in Table 36, all analyzed roadway segments are operating at an acceptable LOS under Existing Year 2023 Conditions.

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Table 36 Existing Year 2023 Roadway Segment Capacity Analysis Existing Year 2023
LOS E Roadway Segment Classification Capacity

ADT V/C LOS
Date Palm Drive
McCallum Way to Project Driveway
Project Driveway to 30th Avenue
30th Avenue to Tachevah Drive
6-lane Arterial Highway
6-lane Arterial Highway
6-lane Arterial Highway
59,000
59,000
59,000
21,195
21,246
24,031

0.359

0.360

0.407
B
B
B
Table 3-2 Existing Year 2023 Roadway Segment Capacity Analysis, Appendix F, IEG VMT Analysis June 2024.

Project Completion Year 2025 (Existing Plus Ambient Plus Project Phase 1) Since Phase 1 of the project is expected to be built and operational in 2025, a 3% annual growth factor for two years was applied to the existing counts. Project Phase 1 traffic volumes are then added to these volumes to develop Project Completion Year 2025 Conditions traffic volumes, and documents potential operational deficiencies on the existing local and regional circulation network.

Table 37 Project Completion Year 2025 Conditions Intersection Operation Analysis Project Completion Year 2025
Intersection Intersection Control
Delay (a) LOS (b)
AM/PM Peak
Signalized
Signalized
SSSC

12.6/11.9

23.7/23.7

29.0/23.5

11.1/14.6

12.0/10.9
B/B
C/C
D/C
B/B
B/B

1. Date Palm Drive and McCallum Way

3. Date Palm Drive and 30th Avenue

4. Date Palm Drive and Tachevah Drive

5. Date Palm Drive and Project Driveway

6. Existing Driveway and McCallum Way
SSSC
SSSC
Notes:
(a) Delay refers to the average control delay for the entire intersection, measured in seconds/vehicle. At unsignalized intersections, delay refers to the worst movement. (b) LOS calculations are based on the methodology outlined in the Highway Capacity Manual 6th Edition and performed using Synchro 11.

Table 4-1 Project Completion Year 2025 Conditions Intersection Operation Analysis, Appendix F, IEG VMT Analysis June 2024.

Per the analysis results shown in Table 37, all analyzed intersections are operating at an acceptable LOS under Project Completion Year 2025 Conditions.

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Table 38 Project Completion Year 2025 Conditions Roadway Segment Capacity Analysis Project Completion Year 2025
LOS E Roadway Segment Classification Capacity

ADT V/C LOS
Date Palm Drive
McCallum Way to Project Driveway
Project Driveway to 30th Avenue
30th Avenue to Tachevah Drive
Arterial Highway
Arterial Highway
Arterial Highway
59,000
59,000
59,000
22,561
22,624
25,533

0.382

0.383

0.433
B
B
B
Table 4-2 Project Completion Year 2025 Conditions Roadway Segment Capacity Analysis, Appendix F, IEG VMT Analysis June 2024.

Per the analysis results shown in Table 38, all analyzed roadway segments are operating at an acceptable LOS under Project Completion Year 2025 Conditions.

Project Completion Year 2027 (Existing Plus Ambient Plus Project Phases 1 and 2) The Rosemount Road extension is anticipated to be in place prior to opening year 2027. Therefore, this analysis assumes the construction of traffic signal at the new intersection of Rosemount Road and Date Palm Drive by the Project. Signal warrant worksheets are provided in Appendix F. It is understood that existing traffic patterns would change due to these improvements. Existing Year 2023 intersection peak hour traffic volumes for Intersection 2 were developed by redistributing forecast traffic from RIVCOM 3 Traffic Analysis Zone (TAZ) to the intersection of Date Palm Drive and Rosemount Road.

The TAZ adjacent to the west side of Date Palm Drive loads approximately one-third of its base year 2018 daily traffic onto Date Palm Drive. The TAZ that the project is located within also loads approximately one-third of its 2018 daily traffic volume onto the intersection of Santoro Drive and 30th Avenue. Since both TAZs include similar residential and commercial retail components, the unadjusted zone connector volumes applied to the intersection of Santoro Drive and 30th Avenue were also applied at the intersection of Date Palm Drive and Rosemount Road.

An annual growth factor based on the growth from Base Year 2018 to Forecast Year 2045 was applied to 2018 TAZ AM and PM peak hour volumes to calculate the redistributed volumes that would be applied to Existing Year 2023 counts. The turning movement distribution percentages for the westbound approach at the intersection of Date Palm Drive and 30th Avenue was applied to the intersection of Date Palm Drive and Rosemount Road to calculate adjusted Year 2023 turning movement volumes. RIVCOM 3 model plots, annual growth calculation, Date Palm Drive and 30th Avenue distribution, and adjusted Year 2023 volumes are included in Appendix F.

Since Phase 2 of the project is expected to be built and operational in 2027, a 3% annual growth factor for four years was applied to the existing counts. Scenario 2 Phases 1 & 2 traffic volumes were then added to these adjusted Year 2023 volumes to develop Project Completion Year 2027 Conditions traffic volumes.

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Table 39 Project Completion Year 2027 Conditions Intersection Operation Analysis Project Completion Year 2027
Intersection Intersection Control
Delay (a) LOS (b)
AM/PM Peak
Signalized
Signalized
Signalized
SSSC

13.6/13.0

8.4/17.7
B/B
A/B
C/B
E/D
B/C
B/B

1. Date Palm Drive and McCallum Way

2. Date Palm Drive and Rosemount Road

3. Date Palm Drive and 30th Avenue

4. Date Palm Drive and Tachevah Drive

5. Date Palm Drive and Project Driveway

6. Existing Driveway and McCallum Way

25.2/20.0

38.4/29.3

11.6/19.3

11.8/11.9
SSSC
SSSC
Notes:

Bold indicates deficient LOS E or F
(a) Delay refers to the average control delay for the entire intersection, measured in seconds/vehicle. At unsignalized intersections, delay refers to the worst movement. (b) LOS calculations are based on the methodology outlined in the Highway Capacity Manual 6th Edition and performed using Synchro 11.

Table 5-1 Project Completion Year 2027 Conditions Intersection Operation Analysis, Appendix F, IEG VMT Analysis June 2024.

Per the analysis results shown in Table 39 all analyzed intersections are operating at an acceptable LOS under Project Completion Year 2027 Conditions except for the following:
• Date Palm Drive and Tachevah Drive - Installation of a traffic signal.

It should be noted that Date Palm Drive and Tachevah Drive intersection will experience poor LOS under AM peak hour due to the East Bound Left lane (EBL) movement which the project will not contribute to. The Project will only contribute trips to the North Bound left lane (NBL) and East Bound Right lane (EBR) vehicular movements at the subject intersection. The delays and degradation in the EBL LOS are due to the increase in background vehicular volumes along Date Palm Drive related to the increase in developments throughout the City that are consistent with the buildout land use intensities anticipated in the Cathedral City General Plan.

The increase of northbound and southbound through volumes on Date Palm Drive will reduce the number of gaps available for left turn vehicular movements out of Tachevah Drive.

Table 40 Project Completion Year 2027 With Improvements Intersection Operation Analysis Project Completion Year 2027
Project Completion Year 2027
Intersection With Improvements
Delay (a) LOS (b) Delay (a) LOS (b)
AM/PM Peak

38.4/29.3 E/D 6.4/5.7 A/A 4. Date Palm Drive and Tachevah Drive Notes:

Bold indicates deficient LOS E or F
(a) Delay refers to the average control delay for the entire intersection, measured in seconds/vehicle. At unsignalized intersections, delay refers to the worst movement. (b) LOS calculations are based on the methodology outlined in the Highway Capacity Manual 6th Edition and performed using Synchro 11.

Table 5-2 Project Completion Year 2027 With Improvements Intersection Operation Analysis, Appendix F, IEG VMT Analysis June 2024.

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Table 41 Project Completion Year 2027 Conditions Roadway Segment Capacity Analysis Project Completion Year 2027
LOS E Roadway Segment Classification Capacity

ADT V/C LOS
Date Palm Drive
McCallum Way to Project Driveway
Project Driveway to Rosemount Drive
Rosemount Drive to 30th Avenue
30th Avenue to Tachevah Drive
Arterial Highway
Arterial Highway
Arterial Highway
Arterial Highway
59,000
59,000
59,000
59,000
24,391
24,540
25,514
27,758

0.413

0.416

0.432

0.470
B
B
B
C
Table 5-3 Project Completion Year 2027 Conditions Roadway Segment Capacity Analysis, Appendix F, IEG VMT Analysis June 2024.

The results of Table 41 show all analyzed roadway segments are operating at an acceptable LOS under Project Completion Year 2027 Conditions.

Cumulative Year 2027 Conditions
This section analysis the circulation system conditions within the study area of the Project under Scenario 2 Cumulative Year 2027 (Existing Plus Ambient Plus Cumulative Plus Scenario 2 Phases 1 & 2) Conditions. The Cumulative Conditions traffic volumes were developed by adding cumulative project trips to the Project Completion 2027 Conditions traffic volumes. These cumulative projects are listed in Table 42 and the cumulative project trip volumes assigned to the study intersections are shown in Figure 6-1 of Appendix F.

Locations and trip distribution for these cumulative projects are included in Appendix F.

Table 42 Cumulative Projects
ID1
1 Project Land Use
Service Station
Quantity
10 Units2
VFP
DU
Kroger Gas Station
2 Wren Project Residential
Shopping Plaza
Residential
Residential
204
3 Vallarta Shopping Center
Canyon Springs Villas
Mountain View Estates
134 TSF
4 58 DU
5 110 DU
Service Station with Convenience
Market 6
7 Tower Market 12 VFP
Residential 200

6.65 DU
TSF
TSF
Cathedral Cove Center Retail
Fast-Food Restaurant 14.025
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ID1 Project Land Use Quantity Units2
Service Station with Convenience
Market 12 VFP
C1
C2
C3
C4
C5
Ecoplex Park Phases 1 & 2
Horizon Gardens
CCBC Restaurant
Quick Quack Carwash
7-Eleven
Cannabis Cultivation
Senior Living

93.44 80
TSF
OB
Restaurant 2.5

3.5 8
TSF
TSF
VFP
TSF
TSF
DU
Carwash
Gas Station
Cannabis (Cultivation) Facility
Dispensary
486
3 C6 Ramon 19
C7
C8
District East Residential 43
Greenscape Engineering (67587 Canyon Plaza) Cannabis Cultivation Casino
40 TSF
TSF
TSF
TSF
TSF
TSF
TSF
DU
40 Shopping Center
High-Turnover Sit-Down Restaurant
Quality Restaurant
Fast Casual Restaurant
Coffee Shop w/o Drive-Thru
Residential
24 14
C9 Agua Caliente Casino
14 6
2 C10
C11
C12
C13
C14
C15
C16
C17
C18
Nirvana Estates 103
Silver Torch Motel Motel 6 Rooms
VFP
TSF
TSF
TSF
Rooms
TSF
TSF
Cree Gas Station Convenience Store w/ Gas Station
Event Center
8 Cathedral City Events Center (35900 Date Palm Dr)
Amazon Hub Center (35780 Date Palm Dr)
Medicinal Healing (36555 Bankside Dr)
Horizon Hotel (67670 Carey Rd)
MoGenCo (67555/67575 East Palm Canyon Drive)
Desert Lexus (67855 East Palm Canyon Drive)

80.0 94.0

11.0 68
Warehouse
Cannabis Cultivation Facility
Hotel
Cannabis Cultivation Facility
Automobile Dealership
111.0

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ID1 Project Land Use Quantity Units2
C19 Cathedral City Community Amphitheater Amphitheater
Residential
2,909 Seats
Canyon View / Summit Project by EHOF Canyon View,
LLC P1 80 DU
P2 Palm Springs Surf Club
Parker Hotel Expansion
Vibrante
Water Park
Hotel

7.746
32 41
82 84
9 TSF
Rooms
DU
DU
DU
DU
DU
DU
DU
DU
DU
DU
DU
DU
DU
DU
DU
TSF
DU
DU
DU
DU
DU
P3
P4 Condominium
Residential
Residential
Residential
Residential
Residential
Residential
Residential
Residential
Residential
Residential
Residential
Residential
Residential
Residential
RM1
RM2
RM3
RM4
RM5
RM6
RM7
RM8
RM9
RM10
RM11
RM12
RM13
RM14
RM15
RM16
RM17
RM18
RM19
RM20
RM 38 JV LLC
Carefield Senior Living
ECHO at Rancho Mirage
Santa Barbara Cove Estates
Pulte Homes/ Del Webb
Veneto
20 1,200
34 32
20 46
39 4
Revelle
Bella Clancy
Mirada Villas
Estilo
RM Five-1 LLC/Kilani
Heinrich/Steinberg
Rancho Mirage LLC
La Paloma Homes, Inc.

Monterey Medical Center
38 JV, LLC c/o Meriwether Companies
38 JV, LLC c/o Meriwether Companies
38 JV, LLC c/o Meriwether Companies
GRV Mirage, LLC (ECHO)
Ken Catanzarite
4 4
13 75.164
10 97
10 9
Medical Office
Residential
Residential
Residential
Residential
Residential 20
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ID1 Project Land Use Quantity
9 Units2
RM21 DU
RM22
RM23
RM24
RM25
Mirage Dunes Properties
AMS Development Group (Bellavia)
IN-N-OUT Burgers
Residential
Residential
Commercial
18 DU

3.995

13.80 3.47
400
TSF
DHO Medical Office Building
Chase Bank
Medical Office
Bank
TSF
TSF
Hotel Rooms
RM26 Commercial TSF
Residential
Commercial
Hotel
175.00
1,932

5.565
60 Section 31 Specific Plan Project
DU
RM27
RM28
Tower Energy Group
Oasis Ranch LLC
TSF
Rooms
Residential DU
Commercial
Hotel
108

20.00 100
TSF
RM29 Horizon Pacific Rancho Cove MSA Consulting Rooms
Residential DU
Residential
Commercial
Office
35 106 DU
RM30
RM31
RM32
Ritz-Carlton Residences

6.966

6.399
56 TSF
TSF
Hazelden Betty Ford Center
Drug/Alcohol Treatment Ctr.

Auto Sales (New)
Auto Care Center
Beds
58 TSF
Rancho Mirage Highway 111 Dealerships
56 TSF
Notes:
1 Projects with C, P, or RM designation are based on Cathedral Cove Center Traffic Analysis dated April 8, 2022, and prepared by Urban Crossroads.

Volumes distributed north of Intersection 17 Date Palm Drive and Ramon Road were applied to study intersections as northbound and southbound through volumes.
2 DU = Dwelling Units, TSF = Thousand Square Feet, VFP = Vehicle Fueling Positions, and OB = Occupied Beds Table 6-1 Cumulative Projects, Appendix F, IEG VMT Analysis June 2024.

Potential Cumulative Conditions operational deficiencies on the circulation network have been analyzed under the understanding the Rosemount Road extension is anticipated to be in place prior to opening year 2027. The following analysis assumes a traffic signal at the new intersection of Date Palm Drive and Rosemount Road.

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Analysis Results and recommended improvements
The analysis results shown in Table 43 and 44 below, show Cumulative Conditions intersection operation and roadway segment analysis results.

Table 43 Cumulative Year 2027 Conditions Intersection Operation Analysis Cumulative Conditions
Intersection Intersection Control
Delay (a) LOS (b)
AM/PM Peak
Signalized
Signalized
Signalized
SSSC

15.3/17.7

22.7/41.0

29.0/25.5

61.0/59.0

13.0/23.5

12.3/12.5
B/B
C/D
C/C
F/F

1. Date Palm Drive and McCallum Way

2. Date Palm Drive and Rosemount Road

3. Date Palm Drive and 30th Avenue

4. Date Palm Drive and Tachevah Drive

5. Date Palm Drive and Project Driveway

6. Existing Driveway and McCallum Way

SSSC B/C

SSSC B/B
Notes:

Bold indicates deficient LOS E or F
(a) Delay refers to the average control delay for the entire intersection, measured in seconds/vehicle. At unsignalized intersections, delay refers to the worst movement. (b) LOS calculations are based on the methodology outlined in the Highway Capacity Manual 6th Edition and performed using Synchro 11.

Table 6-2 Cumulative Year 2027 Conditions Intersection Operation Analysis, Appendix F, IEG VMT Analysis June 2024.

Per the analysis provided in Table 43, all analyzed roadway segments are operating at an acceptable LOS under Cumulative Year 2027 Conditions except for the following:
• Date Palm Drive and Tachevah Drive – Installation of a traffic signal.

It should be noted that Date Palm Drive and Tachevah Drive intersection will experience poor LOS under AM and PM peak hours due to the EBL movement which the project will not contribute to. The Project will only contribute trips to the NBL and EBR vehicular movements at the subject intersection. The delays and degradation in the EBL LOS are due to the increase in background vehicular volumes along Date Palm Drive related to the increase in developments throughout the City that are consistent with the buildout land use intensities anticipated in the Cathedral City General Plan. The increase of northbound and southbound through volumes on Date Palm Drive will reduce the number of gaps available for left turn vehicular movements out of Tachevah Drive.

Table 44 Cumulative Year 2027 With Improvements Intersection Operation Analysis Cumulative Year 2027
Cumulative Year 2027
Intersection With Improvements
Delay (a) LOS (b) Delay (a) LOS (b)
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AM/PM Peak

61.0/59.0 F/F 6.4/5.7 A/A 4. Date Palm Drive and Tachevah Drive Notes:

Bold indicates deficient LOS E or F
(a) Delay refers to the average control delay for the entire intersection, measured in seconds/vehicle. At unsignalized intersections, delay refers to the worst movement. (b) LOS calculations are based on the methodology outlined in the Highway Capacity Manual 6th Edition and performed using Synchro 11.

Table 6-3 Cumulative Year 2027 With Improvements Intersection Operation Analysis, Appendix F, IEG VMT Analysis June 2024.

Table 45 Cumulative Year 2027 Conditions Roadway Segment Capacity Analysis Cumulative Year 2027
LOS E Roadway Segment Classification Capacity

ADT V/C LOS
Date Palm Drive
McCallum Way to Project Driveway
Project Driveway to Rosemount Drive
Rosemount Drive to 30th Avenue
Tortuga Road to Tachevah Drive
Arterial Highway
Arterial Highway
Arterial Highway
Arterial Highway
59,000
59,000
59,000
59,000
28,431
28,580
29,054
30,648

0.482

0.484

0.492

0.519
C
C
C
C
Table 6-4 Cumulative Year 2027 Conditions Roadway Segment Capacity Analysis, Appendix F, IEG VMT Analysis June 2024.

The analysis results shown in Table 45, all analyzed roadway segments are operating at an acceptable LOS under Cumulative Year 2027 Conditions.

Scenario 1
This section analyzes the circulation system conditions within the study area of the project during the AM peak hour under Project (Scenario 1) Completion Year 2027 and Cumulative Year 2027 (Scenario 1) Conditions.

Rosemount Road does not currently extend to Date Palm Drive. The Rosemount Road extension is anticipated to be in place prior to opening year, 2027. Therefore, the following analysis assumes a traffic signal at the new intersection of Date Palm Drive and Rosemount Road.

Table 46 Project Completion Year 2027 (Scenario 1) Conditions AM Peak Hour Intersection Operation Analysis
Cumulative Year 2027 (Scenario 1)
Intersection
Control Intersection
Delay (a)

15.2 LOS (b)
Signalized
Signalized
Signalized
SSSC
B
C
C
F

1. Date Palm Drive and McCallum Way

2. Date Palm Drive and Rosemount Road

3. Date Palm Drive and 30th Avenue

4. Date Palm Drive and Tachevah Drive

24.1 29.0

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SSSC
SSSC

13.5 12.6
B
B

5. Date Palm Drive and Project Driveway

6. Existing Driveway and McCallum Way
Notes:
(a) Delay refers to the average control delay for the entire intersection, measured in seconds/vehicle. At unsignalized intersections, delay refers to the worst movement. (b) LOS calculations are based on the methodology outlined in the Highway Capacity Manual 6th Edition and performed using Synchro 11.

Table 7-1 Project Completion Year 2027 (Scenario 1) Conditions AM Peak Hour Intersection Operation Analysis Appendix F, IEG VMT Analysis June 2024.

Per the analysis results shown in Table 47, all analyzed intersections are operating at an acceptable LOS under Cumulative Year 2027 (Scenario 1) Conditions except for the following:
• Date Palm Drive and Tachevah Drive - as shown in Table 47, the addition of the project trips at this location would result in a delay lower than Scenario 2. Therefore, no additional improvements are recommended at this location when compared to Scenario 2.

Table 47 Cumulative Year 2027 (Scenario 1) Conditions AM Peak Hour Intersection Operation Analysis
Cumulative Year 2027 (Scenario 1)
Intersection
Control Intersection
Delay (a)

15.2 LOS (b)
Signalized
Signalized
Signalized
SSSC
B
C
C
F

7. Date Palm Drive and McCallum Way

8. Date Palm Drive and Rosemount Road

9. Date Palm Drive and 30th Avenue

10. Date Palm Drive and Tachevah Drive

11. Date Palm Drive and Project Driveway

12. Existing Driveway and McCallum Way

24.1 29.0

61.0 SSSC 13.5 B
SSSC 12.6 B
Notes:
(c) Delay refers to the average control delay for the entire intersection, measured in seconds/vehicle. At unsignalized intersections, delay refers to the worst movement. (d) LOS calculations are based on the methodology outlined in the Highway Capacity Manual 6th Edition and performed using Synchro 11.

Table 7-2 Cumulative Year 2027 (Scenario 1) Conditions AM Peak Hour Intersection Operation Analysis, Appendix F, IEG VMT Analysis June 2024.

Per the analysis results shown in Table 48, all analyzed intersections are operating at an acceptable LOS under Cumulative Year 2027 (Scenario 1) Conditions except for the following:
• Date Palm Drive and Tachevah Drive - as shown in Table 48, the addition of the project trips at this location would result in a delay lower than Scenario 2. Therefore, no additional improvements are recommended at this location when compared to Scenario 2.

Recommended Improvements
New development projects within the City of Cathedral City are required to provide needed infrastructure improvements to meet the demand created by the development and provide off-site improvements designed to ensure construction of the local and regional transportation networks to their ultimate classifications. This Rosemount Storage Project 123
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section summarizes the project feature improvements and recommended improvements at deficient locations under all analyzed scenarios discussed in this report.

The proposed traffic signal at the new intersection of Date Palm Drive and Rosemount Road will be constructed by whichever project is constructed first between Date Palm Drive Mixed Use, the Wren Project, and the Vallarta Shopping Center. All three projects will contribute to the funding of the transportation improvement based on their portion of total ADT generated. It should be noted that through the course of the subject project entitlement process, it has been determined that Vallarta will no longer be interested in acquiring phase 2 parcel to construct a supermarket but instead the supermarket will be built on the vacant site at the southwest corner of Date Plam and Rosemount Road intersection; therefore, the Project fair share contribution of 16.29% toward the signalization of Date Plam and Rosemount Road intersection is calculated based on the project scenario 1 land use intensity, as shown in Table 49. Wren Project and Vallarta Shopping Center project Trip generation is shown in Appendix F.

Table 48 Project Feature Contributions
Project ADT
(Scenario 1)
Project ADT
(Scenario 2)
Project Share %
(Scenario 1)
Project Share %
(Scenario2) Project
Date Palm Drive Mixed Use
Wren Project
1,668
1,375
7,199
10,242
3,542
1,375
7,199
12,116

16.29%

13.43%

70.29%
100%

29.23%

11.35%

59.42%
100%
Vallarta Shopping Center
Total
Table 8-1 Project Feature Contributions, Appendix F, IEG VMT Analysis June 2024.

Additionally, the ultimate turn lane lengths were determined by analyzing queues under Horizon Year 2045 Plus Projects Conditions. An annual growth factor based on the growth from RIVCOM 4.01 Base Year 2018 with 3 Projects to Forecast Year 2045 with 3 Projects was applied to Adjusted Existing Year 2023 counts (from Section 5.0) Plus 3 Projects volumes. The calculated growth factors, developed Horizon Year Plus Projects volumes, and queue analysis worksheets are included in Appendix F.

Table 49 Horizon Year 2045 Plus Projects Intersection Queue Analysis Recommended
Minimum
Taper Length
(ft)
Excess
Demand Queue (ft) Recommended
Turn Lane
Length (ft)
Analyzed Turn
Lane Length (ft) Intersection Movement
AM
101
53 PM AM PM
NBL
NBR
SBL
180
100
280
140
90 90
90 90
185
103
281
75 --
--
--
--
--
--
--
--
200
120
300
140
Date Palm Drive and
Rosemount Road
171
SBR 136
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WBL 140 60 74 147 -- -- 160
Table 8-2 Horizon Year 2045 Plus Projects Intersection Queue Analysis, Appendix F, IEG VMT Analysis June 2024.

In cases where this study identified that the Project would contribute additional traffic volumes to cumulative traffic deficiencies, Project fair share costs of improvements necessary to mitigate deficient conditions have been calculated. The Project’s 8.7% fair share cost of improvements shown in Table 50 is determined based on the following equation, which is the ratio of Project traffic to new traffic. New traffic is total future traffic less existing baseline traffic:

Project Fair Share % = Project Traffic / (Cumulative Year 2027 Traffic – Existing Baseline Traffic) Table 50 Project Fair Share Contributions
Existing
Baseline Traffic
Project
Traffic
Cumulative Year
2027 Traffic
Project Fair
Share % # Intersection Funding Mechanism
Date Palm Drive and Tachevah Drive
4 AM
PM
1,927
1,999
41 68
2,527
2,784

6.8%

8.7%
Project fair share towards
intersection signalization
Table 8-3 Project Fair Share Contributions, Appendix F, IEG VMT Analysis June 2024.

With the widening of Rosemount Road, signalization at the new intersection of Date Palm Drive and Rosemount Road, as well as complying with the City of Cathedral City’s Project Fair Share Contribution, impacts to transportation by the proposed Project are reduced to less than significant with mitigation with the implementation of mitigation measure TRAN-1.

TRAN-1 The Project will be conditioned to construct half-width roadway improvement along the property frontage on Rosemount Road including curb, gutter, sidewalk and paving. The proposed traffic signal at the new intersection of Date Palm Drive and Rosemount Road will be constructed by whichever project is constructed first between Date Palm Drive Mixed Use, the Wren Project, and the Vallarta Shopping Center. b) Less than Significant Impact. A traffic analysis conducted by IEG in 2024 (Appendix F) provided Project screening project screening criteria to determine if a detailed VMT analysis is necessary. Per the Guidelines screening criteria for development projects, Scenarios 1 and 2 are screened out from VMT analysis since the mini warehouse component satisfies the Small Project screening criterion, and the strip retail plaza, fast-food restaurant, and shopping plaza components meet the Local-serving retail screening criterion.

On September 27, 2013, SB 743 was signed into State law and started a process intended to fundamentally change transportation impact analysis as part of the CEQA compliance. The California Natural Resource Agency updated the CEQA transportation analysis guidelines in 2018. In this update automobile delay and LOS metrics are no longer to be used in determining transportation impacts. Instead VMT metrics will serve as the basis in determining impacts. Furthermore, the guidelines stated that after July 1, 2020, transportation analysis under CEQA must use VMT to determine impacts for land use projects.

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The City of Cathedral City has not adopted guidance on evaluating VMT for transportation impacts under CEQA.

Therefore, the County of Riverside Transportation Analysis Guidelines for Level of Service (LOS) and Vehicle Miles Traveled (VMT), December 2020, hereafter referred to as Guidelines, will be used for this analysis

ANALYSIS METHODOLGY
The Guidelines outline 5 major-steps1 for CEQA assessment and VMT analysis:
•
•
•
•
•
Evaluation of land use type
Screening criteria under which projects are not required to submit a detailed VMT analysis Significance thresholds
VMT analysis methodologies
Mitigation measures for significant and unavoidable impacts The Guidelines recognize that certain projects based on type, location, size and other contexts could lead to a presumption of less than significance (i.e. the project’s VMT would not cause a transportation impact under CEQA) and would not need additional VMT analysis. The Guidelines provide the following screening criteria:

1. Small Projects –
a. Single Family Housing projects less than or equal to 110 Dwelling Units; or b. Multi Family (low rise) Housing projects less than or equal to 147 Dwelling Units; or c. Multi Family (mid-rise) Housing projects less than or equal to 194 Dwelling Units; or d. General Office Building with area less than or equal to 165,000 SF; or e. Retail buildings with area less than or equal to 60,000 SF; or f. Warehouse (unrefrigerated) buildings with area less than or equal to 208,000 SF; or g. General Light Industrial buildings with area less than or equal to 179,000 SF Project GHG emissions less than 3,000 Metric Tons of Carbon Dioxide Equivalent (MTCO2e) as determined by a methodology acceptable to the Transportation Department; or h. Unless specified above, project trip generation is less than 110 trips per day per the ITE Manual or other acceptable source determined by Riverside County.

2. Projects near high quality transit – The project is located within half mile of an existing major transit stop and maintains a service interval frequency of 15 minutes or less during the morning and afternoon peak commute periods.

3. 4.

5. Local-serving retail – No single store on-site exceeds 50,000 SF and project is local-serving as determined by the Transportation Department
Affordable Housing – A high percentage of affordable housing is provided as determined by the Riverside County Planning and Transportation Departments.

Local Essential Services –
a. Project is local serving as determined by the Transportation Department; and b. Local-serving and Day care center; or
c. Police or Fire facility; or
d. Medical/Dental office building under 50,000 square feet; or e. Government offices (in-person services such as post office, library, and utilities); or f. Local or Community Parks
Map-based Screening – Area of development is under threshold as shown on screening map as allowed by the Transportation Department.

Redevelopment projects – Project replaces an existing VMT-generating land use and does not result in a net overall increase in VMT.

6. 7.

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VMT THRESHOLDS
A land use project should determine the appropriate VMT measure and threshold of significance to apply. The thresholds3 as defined by the Guidelines are as follows:
•
•
•
•
•
•
Residential Projects: Existing county-wide average 15.2 VMT per capita Office: Existing county-wide average 14.2 VMT per employee Retail: No net increase in total regional VMT
Other Employment: Existing county-wide average 14.2 VMT per employee Other Customer: No net increase in total regional VMT
Mixed-Use Projects: Respective VMT threshold for its multiple distinct land uses

SCREENING CRITERIA ASSESSMENT

1. Small Project:

Project Phase 1 proposes 115,054 SF of mini warehouse. This land use component is a warehouse building with area less than or equal to 208,000 SF. Therefore, the mini warehouse component of the Project would cause a less than significant impact based on this criterion.

2. Projects Near High Quality Transit:

The Project is not located within half mile of an existing major transit stop and it’s the nearest transit stop does not maintain a service interval frequency of 15 minutes or less during the morning and afternoon peak commute periods. Therefore, the Project does not qualify for this criterion.

3. Local-serving Retail:

Scenario 1 Phase 2 proposes 11,159 SF of strip retail plaza and 7,030 SF of fast-food restaurant with drive-through. Additionally, Scenario 2 Phase 2 proposes 50,000 SF of supermarket and 4,725 SF of retail. Each of these single retail uses in Scenarios 1 and 2 do not exceed 50,000 SF and are local serving. Therefore, the retail plaza, fast-food restaurant, and supermarket components of the Project would be presumed to cause a less than significant impact based on this criterion.

4. 5.

Affordable Housing:

Scenarios 1 & 2 are not affordable housing projects and therefore do not qualify for this criterion.

Local Essential Service:

The Project proposes mini warehouse, strip retail, shopping plaza, and fast-food restaurant land uses. Scenarios 1 and 2 do not include local essential service land use components and therefore, do not qualify for this criterion.

6. 7.

Map-Based Screening:

The Project proposes mini warehouse, strip retail, shopping plaza, and fast-food restaurant land uses. Scenarios 1 and 2 do not include residential and office land use components and therefore, do not qualify for this criterion.

Redevelopment Project:

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The Project is proposed on a vacant lot and does not replace an existing VMT-generating land use. Therefore, the Project does not qualify for this criterion.

The proposed project screens out from VMT analysis since the mini warehouse component satisfies the Small Project screening criterion, and the strip retail plaza, shopping plaza, and fast-food restaurant components meet the Local-serving retail screening criterion. The proposed Project will construct half-width of Rosemount Road along the property frontage including travel lanes, curb, gutter, and sidewalk. The addition of travel lanes is in compliant with the Cathedral City Circulation Element and are not expected to induce demand since the VMT is not a newly generated VMT; instead, it is the existing residential neighborhood traffic that will redistribute throughout the local roadway network that residents currently travel to and from each day. The roadway extension will provide the existing residential neighborhood direct access to Date Palm Drive and to newly built commercial retail services within close proximity that will essentially reduce overall VMT.

Therefore, the extension of Rosemount Road and all proposed land uses are presumed to cause less than significant VMT impacts. It is our recommendation that the project be approved with no additional projectlevel VMT analysis.

Currently, the City has not adopted guidance on evaluating VMT for transportation impacts under CEQA.

Therefore, the County of Riverside Transportation Analysis Guidelines for Level of Service (LOS) and Vehicle Miles Traveled (VMT), December 2020, hereafter referred to as Guidelines, will be used for this analysis.

In coordination with City staff, the transportation analysis will identify LOS deficiencies for compliance with City of Cathedral City Comprehensive General Plan goals. Cathedral City has established LOS “D” as the minimum allowable level of service at intersections and roadway segments. Therefore, any intersection or roadway segment resulting in an LOS worse than this minimum will be considered deficient for the purposes of this analysis.

Since the City has not adopted guidance on evaluating VMT for transportation impacts under CEQA, and additional VMT analysis is not required based on the County of Riverside Transportation Analysis Guidelines for Level of Service (LOS) and Vehicle Miles Traveled (VMT), December 2020, impacts from all Scenarios 1 and 2 land use components will be less than significant.
c) Less than Significant Impact. Rosemount Road does not currently extend to Date Palm Drive. It is anticipated that the appropriate dedications and easements will be in place prior to project opening.

The proposed Project would involve the development of a currently vacant site with both scenarios described above within a developed portion of the City of Cathedral City. Although both scenarios would add an internal circulation system, the proposed Project does not include sharp curves or intersection designs that would modify existing streets such as Date Palm Drive, Rosemount Road or McCallum Way. Land uses to the east and south of the Project site are built up with residential and commercial uses. Although vacant properties exist to the north and west of the site, none of these parcels are in use for agriculture or similar uses that would be incompatible with the proposed uses at the Project site. The proposed Project would not create hazards on the site’s internal circulation, nor would it increase hazards on any of the surrounding existing streets.

Therefore, less than significant impacts would occur.

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intersection. Therefore, the proposed Project will have a less than significant impact and mitigation is not required.
d) Less than Significant Impact. The proposed Project would obtain the necessary permits and comply with all permit requirements from Caltrans for the safe transport of construction equipment. Furthermore, construction of the proposed Project would not include any temporary lane closures on Date Palm Drive but may involve temporary lane closures along Rosemount Road and McCallum Way. Emergency vehicles would be able to access the Project site and the proposed Project would not substantially alter site access. Therefore, the proposed Project will have a less than significant impact and mitigation is not required.

Mitigation
TRAN-1 The Project will be conditioned to construct half-width roadway improvement along the property frontage on Rosemount Road including curb, gutter, sidewalk and paving. The proposed traffic signal at the new intersection of Date Palm Drive and Rosemount Road will be constructed by whichever project is constructed first between Date Palm Drive Mixed Use, the Wren Project, and the Vallarta Shopping Center.

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4.18 Tribal Cultural Resources

4.18.1 Impacts
Less than
Potentially Significant with Less than
Significant
Impact
Mitigation
Incorporated
Significant
Impact
No
Impact
TRIBL CULTURAL RESOURCES – Would the project:
a) Would the project cause a substantial adverse change in the significance of a tribal cultural resource, defined in Public Resources Code section 21074 as either a site, feature, place, cultural landscape that is
geographically defined in terms of the size and scope
of the landscape, sacred place, or object with cultural value to a California Native American tribe, and that is:
i) Listed or eligible for listing in the California Register of Historical Resources, or in a local register of historical resources as defined in Public Resources Code section
5020.1(k), or
ii) A resource determined by the lead agency, in its
discretion and supported by substantial evidence, to
be significant pursuant to criteria set forth in
subdivision (c) of Public Resources Code Section
5024.1. In applying the criteria set forth in subdivision (c) of Public Resource Code Section 5024.1, the lead
agency shall consider the significance of the resource
to a California Native American tribe.
ai-ii) Less than Significant with Mitigation Incorporated. The proposed Project site is located in the City of Cathedral City, east of Date Palm Drive, between Rosemount Road (to the north) and McCallum Way (to the south). The proposed Project would utilize an approximate seven (7) acre site for the two-phase construction of two scenarios: Scenario One would include the first phase which would be an approximate two (2) story 115,054 square feet (sf) at 57,527 sf per floor, climate-controlled self-storage facility with associated retail, office, and loading areas and Phase 2 would include one (1) retail building approximately 4,725 sf in size, two (2) drive through facilities with an area of 2,413 and 4,617 respectively, and two (2) retail buildings with an area of 3,217 sf each. Scenario Two would include the two (2) story 115,054 square feet (sf) at 57,527 sf per floor, climate-controlled self-storage facility with associated retail, office, and loading areas and one (1) Grocery Store/Big Box Retail building with a maximum area of 50,000 sf, and a retail building with an area of 4,725 sf.

Both scenarios would include parking areas, landscaping, lighting, and a drainage retention basin are also to be included on the site. The proposed Project is anticipated to employ approximately 150 full-time and parttime employees. The Project would also require an amendment to the City’s Uptown Village Specific Plan (SP 96-54) to create a new planning area.

A Cultural Resources Inventory was conducted by PaleoWest, LLC (PaleoWest) in August 2023 to develop a Phase I cultural resource assessment for the proposed Project (Appendix C). The investigation included background research and communication with the Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC) as well as other interested Native American tribal groups, and a pedestrian survey of the Project area. The purpose of Rosemount Storage Project 130
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the investigation was to determine the potential for the Project to impact archaeological and historical resources under CEQA.

As part of the cultural resource assessment of the Project area, PaleoWest had requested a search of the Sacred Lands File (SLF) from the NAHC on February 28, 2023. The objective of the SLF search was to determine if the NAHC had any knowledge of Native American cultural resources (e.g., traditional use or gathering area, place of religious or sacred activity, etc.) within the immediate vicinity of the Project area. The NAHC responded on March 2, 2023, stating that the SLF was completed with negative results and that there are no known Native American cultural resources within the immediate Project area. The NAHC also suggested contacting 18 individuals representing 12 Native American tribal groups to find out if they have additional information about the Project area. PaleoWest sent informal outreach letters pursuant to AB 52 and SB 18; to the recommended tribal groups on July 19, 2023. These letters were followed up by phone calls on August 2, 2023.

Below are the responses received from tribes:
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•
The Quechan Historic Preservation Department sent an email indicating the Tribe does not wish to comment on the Project, stating they defer to more local tribes.

The Augustine Band of Cahuilla Indians sent an email indicating that the tribe is unaware of any specific resources that might be impacted by the Project and requesting contact if any resources are discovered during the Project.
• The Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians (ACBCI) sent an email indicating that the Project is within the Traditional Use area of the tribe and requesting: 1) a copy of the records search, with associated survey reports from the information center; 2) copies of all cultural resource documentation generated by the Project; 3) the presence of an ACBCI-approved monitor during all ground disturbing activities; and 4) contacting the ACBCI Tribal Historic Preservation Officer before future surveys in the area, as the tribe is interested in participating.
• The Morongo Band of Mission Indians representative reached by phone stated that they need to confer further with staff and will send an official response. Did not wish for consultation, recommended contacting closer tribes.
•
•
The Santa Rosa Band of Cahuilla Indians representative reached by phone indicated that, if Chair Redner had not responded to the emailed letter, that the tribe has no comment on the Project.

The Torres-Martinez Desert Cahuilla Indians representative reached by phone requested that the original emailed letter be forwarded to facilitate future comment.

On January 17, 2024 formal NAHC Letters pursuant to SB 18; and February 07, 2024 pursuant to AB 52; required the City of Cathedral City to consult with the following Tribes:
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians
Augustine Band of Cahuilla Indians
Cabazon Band of Mission Indians
Cahuilla Band of Indians
Cahuilla Band of Indians
Campo Band of Diegueno Mission Indians
Ewiiaapaayp Band of Kumeyaay Indians
La Posta Band of Diegueno Mission Indians
Los Coyotes Band of Cahuilla and Cupeño Indians
Manzanita Band of Kumeyaay Nation
Mesa Grande Band of Diegueno Mission Indians
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•
•
•
•
•
•
Morongo Band of Mission Indians, responded but did not request consultation Quechan Tribe of the Fort Yuma Reservation
29 Palms of Mission Indians also responded to the letter but did not request consultation.

Ramona Band of Cahuilla
Santa Rosa Band of Cahuilla Indians
Soboba Band of Luiseno Indians
Torres-Martinez Desert Cahuilla Indians
The 29 Palms of Mission Indians, Morongo Band of Mission Indians, and the Augustine Band of Cahuilla Indians did not express an interest in consultation. The Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians did request that there be an on-site Tribal Monitor during any excavation. They recommended that the following Mitigation Measure be used:

CUL-1 Prior to grading disturbance activities, the City of Cathedral City Planning Department shall inform field personnel of the possibilities of a buried cultural resource find. A qualified archaeologist shall be made available by the applicant during all ground disturbing activities should any unknown cultural resource be uncovered. In addition, because the site is located within the boundaries of the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians (ACBCI) Tribe’s Traditional Use Area, all ground disturbing activities shall be monitored by a qualified Native American monitor as requested by the ACBCI THPO. In the event that field personnel encounter buried cultural materials, work in the immediate vicinity of the find shall cease and the qualified archaeologist shall be retained by the applicant to assess the significance of the find. The qualified archaeologist/Tribal monitor shall have the authority to stop or divert construction excavation as necessary. If the qualified archaeologist finds that any cultural resources found meet eligibility requirements for listing on the California Register or the National Register, plans for the treatment, evaluation and mitigation of impacts to the find shall be developed.

If it has been determined that the find, with concurrence of the archaeologist, and tribal monitor/THPO in the case of cultural resources, has significance, the final disposition of the find shall be determined with concurrence between the archaeologist, THPO (in the case of tribal cultural resources) and the City Planner.

Once the mitigation and disposition for the find has been determined, work in the vicinity of the find shall resume at the direction of the archaeologist.

CUL-2 Should human remains be discovered on site during any ground disturbance activities, further ground disturbance activities shall be halted until processes governing an accidental discovery of any human remains have been initiated in accordance with Health and Safety Code 7050.5, CEQA 15064.5(e), and Public Resources Code 5097.98.

As discussed in Section 4.5 Cultural Resources, PaleoWest examined geological and geomorphic information to assess the potential of the Project area to contain significant buried archaeological deposits. In general, deposits in this area consist of a series of interbedded alluvial and aeolian strata (Soil Survey Staff 2023). The area is moderately sensitive to buried sites. If present, buried sites will have a high degree of preservation due to low energy deposit. Depth of deposits could be significant. A cultural resource survey of the Project area was completed by PaleoWest Archaeologist Darlene Deppe, M.A., on July 17, 2023. No archaeological or builtenvironment resources were identified in the Project area during the survey. The Cultural Resources records searches and surveys also did not identify any archeological or historic resources within the proposed Project area. However, based on geological and geomorphic information the proposed Project area has potential to contain significant buried archaeological remains and buried cultural resources. Therefore, there is a potential to disturb potential tribal cultural resources during site excavation and construction activities. Therefore, potential Project related construction actions have the potential to disturb tribal resources. However, with the Rosemount Storage Project 132
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incorporation of mitigation measures CUL-1 and CUL-2, impacts to cultural resources would be less than significant with mitigation incorporated.

Mitigation
CUL-1 Prior to grading disturbance activities, the City of Cathedral City Planning Department shall inform field personnel of the possibilities of a buried cultural resource find. A qualified archaeologist shall be made available by the applicant during all ground disturbing activities should any unknown cultural resource be uncovered. In addition, because the site is located within the boundaries of the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians (ACBCI) Tribe’s Traditional Use Area, all ground disturbing activities shall be monitored by a qualified Native American monitor as requested by the ACBCI THPO. In the event that field personnel encounter buried cultural materials, work in the immediate vicinity of the find shall cease and the qualified archaeologist shall be retained by the applicant to assess the significance of the find. The qualified archaeologist/Tribal monitor shall have the authority to stop or divert construction excavation as necessary. If the qualified archaeologist finds that any cultural resources found meet eligibility requirements for listing on the California Register or the National Register, plans for the treatment, evaluation, and mitigation of impacts to the find shall be developed.

If it has been determined that the find, with concurrence of the archaeologist, and tribal monitor/THPO in the case of cultural resources, has significance, the final disposition of the find shall be determined with concurrence between the archaeologist, THPO (in the case of tribal cultural resources) and the City Planner.

Once the mitigation and disposition for the find has been determined, work in the vicinity of the find shall resume at the direction of the archaeologist.

CUL-2 Should human remains be discovered on site during any ground disturbance activities, further ground disturbance activities shall be halted until processes governing an accidental discovery of any human remains have been initiated in accordance with Health and Safety Code 7050.5, CEQA 15064.5(e), and Public Resources Code 5097.98
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4.19 Utilities and Services

4.19.1 Impacts
Less than
Potentially Significant with Less than
Significant
Impact
Mitigation
Incorporated
Significant
Impact
No
Impact
UTILITIES AND SERVICE SYSTEMS – Would the project:
a) Require or result in the relocation or construction of new or expanded water, wastewater treatment or storm
water drainage, electric power, natural gas, or
telecommunications facilities, the construction or
relocation of which could cause significant environmental effects?
b) Have sufficient water supplies available to serve the Project and reasonably foreseeable future development
during normal, dry and multiple dry years?
c) Result in a determination by the wastewater treatment provider which serves or may serve the Project that it has adequate capacity to serve the Project’s Projected
demand in addition to the provider’s existing
commitments?
d) Generate solid waste in excess of State or local
standards, or in excess of the capacity of local
infrastructure, or otherwise impair the attainment of
solid waste reduction goals?
e) Comply with federal, state, and local management and reduction statutes and regulations related to solid waste? a) Less than Significant Impact. The proposed Project site is located in the City of Cathedral City, east of Date Palm Drive, between Rosemount Road (to the north) and McCallum Way (to the south). The proposed Project would utilize an approximate seven (7) acre site for the two-phase construction of two scenarios: Scenario One would include the first phase which would be an approximate two (2) story 115,054 square feet (sf) at 57,527 sf per floor, climate-controlled self-storage facility with associated retail, office, and loading areas and Phase 2 would include one (1) retail building approximately 4,725 sf in size, two (2) drive through facilities with an area of 2,413 and 4,617 respectively, and two (2) retail buildings with an area of 3,217 sf each. Scenario Two would include the two (2) story 115,054 square feet (sf) at 57,527 sf per floor, climate-controlled self-storage facility with associated retail, office, and loading areas and one (1) Grocery Store/Big Box Retail building with a maximum area of 50,000 sf, and a retail building with an area of 4,725 sf. Both scenarios would include parking areas, landscaping, lighting, and a drainage retention basin are also to be included on the site.

The proposed Project is anticipated to employ approximately 150 full-time and part-time employees. The Project would also require an amendment to the City’s Uptown Village Specific Plan (SP 96-54) to create a new planning area. Southern California Edison (SCE) provides electric services to the city and would be the electric service provider to the proposed uses at the Project site. SCE currently has the capacity to serve the city and the Project site (Cathedral City Imagine 2040 General Plan Update Environmental Impact Report; 2021).

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the proposed Project site. All electric and gas services would connect to existing service lines to the east of the site.

The Coachella Valley Water District (CVWD) would serve the proposed Project site for its water, wastewater, and stormwater needs. The CVWD has six (6) wastewater reclamation plants in its service area and receives 17 million gallons per day which is funded by the payment of Development Impact Fees which will ensure service is provided and there is no significant impact (Cathedral City Imagine 2040 General Plan Update Environmental Impact Report; 2021). The stormwater infrastructure is expansive enough to handle this small project which would not generate enough stormwater to impact the local or regional system.

The proposed construction will disturb the majority of the project site. Under post development conditions, storm runoff generated on-site will be directed and gathered in concrete swales, gutters, and storm drain. The site will have storm runoff directed to a retention basin centrally located within the project site. Flows exceeding the storage capacity of the retention basin will exit onto Rosemount Road, flow southeasterly over public surface streets until reaching the Whitewater Storm Channel. The Site was designed to retain 100% of the 100 Year Storm on site and therefore meet the Cathedral City Standard for Development and not have a significant impact on the Regional Stormwater System.

Frontier Communications and Spectrum provide telephone, television, and internet services to the city and would also service the Project site utilizing existing utility lines or by adding extensions to the existing lines (Cathedral City Imagine 2040 General Plan Update Environmental Impact Report; 2021). Since the proposed Project would not require the relocation or construction of new or expanded water, wastewater treatment or storm water drainage, electric power, natural gas facilities, impacts would be less than significant.

The Uptown Village Specific Plan (Specific Plan; SP) is a policy document and will be amended to create Planning Unit Four with an area of 7.16 acres from Planning Unit One leaving it with an area of 2.11 acres. However, the proposed SP amendment therefore would be a policy level document that would not in itself, impact water, wastewater treatment or storm water drainage, electric power, natural gas facilities at the Project site. There would be no impact.
b) Less than Significant Impact. Please refer to section 4.10 Hydrology and Water Quality Impact b. CVWD has sufficient groundwater supply, water mains, stations well sites and water storage reservoirs to extract groundwater for all future water supply needs through normal, single dry, and multiple dry water years (Cathedral City Imagine 2040 General Plan Update Environmental Impact Report; 2021). Therefore, the proposed Project would have a less than significant impact on water supplies. c) Less than Significant Impact. The CVWD and the DWA both serve wastewater treatment needs for the city; with CVWD serving areas to the north and east of the Whitewater River Stormwater Channel and DWA serving areas to the south and west of the Whitewater River Stormwater Channel. Since the proposed Project site is located to the north and east of the Whitewater River Stormwater Channel, wastewater treatment at the Project site would be served by the CVWD which currently has the required infrastructure and lines in place in the city and has the capacity to serve the City under its Imagine 2040 GPU buildout (Cathedral City Imagine 2040 General Plan Update Environmental Impact Report; 2021).

To calculate wastewater generated from the proposed Project site The United States standards for Wastewater Generation was used:

Office Building:

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• Employee Toilet Room: Range 1-2 gallons per day, Typical 2 gallons per day.

Shopping Center:
•
•
Employee Toilet Room: Range 7-13 gallons per day, Typical 10 gallons per day.

Customer Toilet Room: Range 7-16 gallons per day, Typical 13 gallons per day.

Restaurant:
•
•
Employee Toilet Room: Range 2-4 gallons per day, Typical 3 gallons per day.

Employee Meal: Range 7-13 gallons per day, Typical 10 gallons per day.

The total combined average daily use is approximately 7.6 gallons per day, based on the United States standards for Wastewater Generation.

CVWD operates six (6) wastewater treatment plants, of which Wastewater Reclamation Plant (WRP) #10, located in the city of Palm Desert, serves the city of Cathedral City. Currently CVWD’s treatment plants operate with treatment capacities of approximately 0.03 to 24 million gallons per day, and receives a combined average of 18 millions gallons of waste water per day, which is about 6.3 billion gallons treated yearly (Cathedral City Imagine 2040 General Plan Update Environmental Impact Report; 2021). CVWD also has its own long-range plans to accommodate any future increases in wastewater treatment, both in the city and in its overall service area (Cathedral City Imagine 2040 General Plan Update Environmental Impact Report; 2021). CVWD’s long range plans are funded by the payment of Development Impact Fees to increase the capacity of the sewer systems and this project will pay the required fees to ensure that the capacity of the sewer is not exceeded.

Based on the US Standards on Wastewater Generation rates of an combined average of 7.6 gallons per day which is well below the average capacity of 0.03 and 24 million gallons per day and a combined average of 18 million gallons actually received by CVWD it is anticipated that the Coachella Valley Water District and the City of Cathedral City would have adequate capacity to serve the project’s projected wastewater demands in addition to its existing commitments impacts will be less than significant. d) Less than Significant Impact. The proposed Project site would be serviced by Burrtec Waste Industries that currently collects solid waste from the city for disposal at the Edom Hill Transfer Station, located in the City of Cathedral City. The Edom Hill Transfer Station receives up to 3,500 tons of waste per day. That waste gets sorted and transferred to one of three (3) landfills Lamb Canyon Sanitary Landfill in the city of Beaumont, Badlands Landfill in the city of Moreno Valley, and the El Sobrante Landfill in the city of Corona, all of which have a combined remaining capacity of approximately 179 million cubic yards (Cathedral City Imagine 2040 General Plan Update Environmental Impact Report; 2021). As calculated under the City’s Imagine 2040 GPU EIR, City residents and services are estimated to generate approximately 90,017 tons of solid waste per year, which would be served under the remaining capacities of the three (3) above mentioned landfills. Using the CalRecycle Estimated Solid Waste Generation Rates table, the proposed project is anticipated to generate approximately 218 tons per year during operation which will not substantially decrease the capacity of the landfills. The proposed Project would not generate solid waste in excess of State or local standards, or in excess of the capacity of local infrastructure. Nor would the proposed Project impair the attainment of solid waste reduction goals and impacts would therefore be less than significant. e) Less than Significant Impact. The City currently contracts with Burrtec Waste Industries for solid waste collection and disposal at transfer stations and landfill sites in Riverside County (Cathedral City Imagine 2040 General Plan Update Environmental Impact Report; 2021). Since all of these collection and disposal sites are Rosemount Storage Project 136
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required to comply with applicable federal, state, and local management and reduction statutes and regulations related to solid waste, particularly Assembly Bill 939 (AB 939), which requires each jurisdiction in the State to divert at least 50% of its waste stream away from landfills either through waste reduction, recycling or other means. Therefore, the proposed Project impacts would be required to comply with all management, reduction statutes and regulations related to solid waste; impacts would be less than significant.

The Uptown Village Specific Plan (Specific Plan; SP) is a policy document and will be amended to create Planning Unit Four with an area of 7.16 acres from Planning Unit One leaving it with an area of 2.11 acres. However, the proposed SP amendment would be a policy level document that would not in itself impact solid waste services, management or disposal. There would be no impact.

Mitigation
No mitigation is required.

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4.20 Wildfire

4.20.1 Impacts
Less than
Potentially Significant with Less than
Significant
Impact
Mitigation
Incorporated
Significant
Impact
No
Impact
WILDFIRE – If located in or near state responsibility areas or lands classified as very high fire hazard severity zones, would the project:
a) Substantially impair an adopted emergency response
plan or emergency evacuation plan?
b) Due to slope, prevailing winds, and other factors,
exacerbate wildfire risks, and thereby expose Project
occupants to, pollutant concentrations from a wildfire or the uncontrolled spread of a wildfire?
c) Require the installation or maintenance of associated infrastructure (such as roads, fuel breaks, emergency
water sources, power lines or other utilities) that may exacerbate fire risk or that may result in temporary or ongoing impacts to the environment?
d) Expose people or structures to significant risks,
including downslope or downstream flooding or
landslides, as a result of runoff, post-fire slope
instability, or drainage changes?
a-d) No Impact. The California Natural Resources Agency (CNRA) designates three specific land use classifications to identify the agency with the responsibility of preventing and suppressing wildfires.

These include:
•
•
•
Federal Responsibility Area (FRA);
State Responsibility Area (SRA); and,
Local Responsibility Area (LRA) (California Natural Resources Agency; 2023).

A FRA is primarily under the responsibility of a federal government agency, such as the US Forest Service (USFS) and Bureau of Land Management (BLM); a SRA falls under the primary responsibility of the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE) for the prevention and suppression of wildland fires; and a LRA is the primarily the responsibility of a local jurisdiction such as local fire departments. LRAs are typically incorporated cities, urban regions, agriculture lands, and portions of the desert where the local government is responsible for wildfire protection. This is usually provided by city fire departments, fire protection districts, county fire departments, and by the Office of the State Fire Marshall (Office of the State Fire Marshall; 2022).

CAL FIRE provides emergency fire prevention and protection services to 36 of the State’s 58 counties under SRA and LRA designations.

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Under the California Public Resources Code 4201-4204, California Code of Regulations Title 14, Section 1280 and California Government Code 51175-89, the California State Fire Marshall is authorized to classify lands within SRAs into Fire Hazard Severity Zones (FHSZ) and Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zones (VHFHSZ) for LRAs.

VHFHSZ are located based on an areas anticipated fire behavior and expected burn probabilities over a 30-50 year period (CAL FIRE; 2023). FHSZ determines the appropriate application of various mitigation strategies to reduce risk associated with wildland fires, and these areas typically fall into Moderate, High or Very High fire hazard areas. FHSZ maps assess “fire hazards” and not “fire risks”. “Fire Hazard” is based on the area or specific site’s physical conditions that potentially create the likelihood of fire risks over a 30 to 50-year period. “Fire Risk” is the potential damage a fire can cause to the area under existing conditions, accounting for any modifications such as fuel reduction projects, defensible space, and ignition resistant building construction (Office of the State Fire Marshall; 2023). CAL FIRE is also responsible for the mapping of FHSZ and VHFHSZ areas.

The proposed Project site is located in the City of Cathedral City, east of Date Palm Drive, between Rosemount Road (to the north) and McCallum Way (to the south). The proposed Project would utilize an approximate seven (7) acre site for the two-phase construction of two scenarios: Scenario One would include the first phase which would be an approximate two (2) story 115,054 square feet (sf) at 57,527 sf per floor, climate-controlled self-storage facility with associated retail, office, and loading areas and Phase 2 would include one (1) retail building approximately 4,725 sf in size, two (2) drive through facilities with an area of 2,413 and 4,617 respectively, and two (2) retail buildings with an area of 3,217 sf each. Scenario Two would include the two (2) story 115,054 square feet (sf) at 57,527 sf per floor, climate-controlled self-storage facility with associated retail, office, and loading areas and one (1) Grocery Store/Big Box Retail building with a maximum area of 50,000 sf, and a retail building with an area of 4,725 sf. Both scenarios would include parking areas, landscaping, lighting, and a drainage retention basin are also to be included on the site. The proposed Project is anticipated to employ approximately 150 full-time and part-time employees. The Project would also require an amendment to the City’s Uptown Village Specific Plan (SP 96-54) to create a new planning area.

The Project site is designated as a non-VHFHSZ located within a LRA and is not located in or near a State Responsibility Area (SRA) or within a high, moderate, or VHFHS zone (Office of the State Fire Marshall; 2023).

Therefore, the proposed Project would not exacerbate wildfire hazard risks or expose people or the environment to adverse environmental effects related to wildfires. There would be no impact.

The Uptown Village Specific Plan (Specific Plan; SP) is a policy document and will be amended to create Planning Unit Four with an area of 7.16 acres from Planning Unit One leaving it with an area of 2.11 acres. However, the proposed SP amendment would be a policy level document that would not, in itself, exacerbate wildfire risks or expose people to adverse impacts from wildfires. There would be no impact.

Mitigation
No mitigation is required.

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4.21 Mandatory Findings of Significance

4.21.1 Impacts
Less than
Potentially Significant with Less than
Significant
Impact
Mitigation
Incorporated
Significant
Impact
No
Impact

MANDATORY FINDINGS OF SIGNIFICANCE
a) Does the project have the potential to substantially degrade the quality of the environment, substantially
reduce the habitat of a fish or wildlife species, cause a fish or wildlife population to drop below self-sustaining levels, threaten to eliminate a plant or animal community,
substantially reduce the number or restrict the range of a rare or endangered plant or animal or eliminate
important examples of the major periods of California
history or prehistory?
b) Does the project have impacts that are individually
limited, but cumulatively considerable? (“Cumulatively
considerable” means that the incremental effects of a
project are considerable when viewed in connection with the effects of past projects, the effects of other current projects, and the effects of probable future projects.) c) Does the project have environmental effects which will cause substantial adverse effects on human beings, either directly or indirectly?
a) Less than Significant with Mitigation Incorporated. All impacts to the environment, including impacts to Biological as well as Cultural and Tribal Resources have been evaluated by this ISMND. Some impacts were determined to be potentially significant and appropriate mitigation measures have therefore been imposed to reduce those impacts to less than significant levels (please refer to Sections 4.1 through 4.20). Accordingly, with incorporation of the mitigation measures imposed throughout this ISMND the proposed Project would not substantially degrade the quality of the environment, substantially reduce the habitat of a fish or wildlife species, cause a fish or wildlife population to drop below self- sustaining levels, threaten to eliminate a plant or animal community, substantially reduce the number or restrict the range of a rare or endangered plant or animal, or eliminate important examples of the major periods of California history or prehistory. Impacts would be reduced to less than significant levels with mitigation incorporated. b) Less than Significant with Mitigation Incorporated. The environmental evaluation of this Initial Study concluded that, with adherence to all mitigation measures (please refer to Sections 4.1 through 4.20) the project’s cumulatively considerable impacts would be mitigated to less-than-significant levels. c) Less than Significant with Mitigation Incorporated. The proposed Project’s potential to result in environmental effects that could adversely affect human beings, either directly or indirectly, has been discussed throughout this ISMND. The proposed Project has the potential to result in environmental impacts to humans directly or indirectly. All proposed Project related environmental impacts would be less than significant or less than significant with mitigation incorporated (please refer to Sections 4.1 through 4.20). The Rosemount Storage Project 140
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proposed Project would therefore not result in environmental effects which would cause substantial adverse effects on human beings, either directly or indirectly.