CITY COUNCIL AGENDA Page 1 of 4 SEPTEMBER 21, 2022
SPECIAL MEETING
CITY COUNCIL
AGENDA
CITY HALL COUNCIL CHAMBER
78495 Calle Tampico, La Quinta
SPECIAL MEETING
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 2022, AT 4:00 P.M.
Members of the public may listen to this meeting by tuning-in live via http://laquinta.12milesout.com/video/live.
CALL TO ORDER
ROLL CALL: Councilmembers: Fitzpatrick, Peña, Radi, Sanchez, Mayor Evans
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
PUBLIC COMMENTS - INSTRUCTIONS
Members of the public may address the City Council on any matter listed or not listed on the agenda as follows:
WRITTEN PUBLIC COMMENTS can be provided either in-person during the meeting by submitting 15 copies to the City Clerk, it is requested that this takes place prior to the beginning of the meeting; or can be emailed in advance to [email protected], no later than 12:00 p.m., on the day of the meeting. Written public comments will be distributed to Council, made public, and will be incorporated into the public record of the meeting, but will not be read during the meeting unless, upon the request of the Mayor, a brief summary of public comments is asked to be reported.
If written public comments are emailed, the email subject line must clearly state “Written Comments” and should include: 1) full name, 2) city of residence, and 3) subject matter.
City Council agendas and staff reports
are available on the City’s
web page: www.LaQuintaCA.gov
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VERBAL PUBLIC COMMENTS can be provided in-person during the meeting by completing a “Request to Speak” form and submitting it to the City Clerk; it is requested that this takes place prior to the beginning of the meeting. Please limit your comments to three (3) minutes (or approximately 350 words). Members of the public shall be called upon to speak by the Mayor.
In accordance with City Council Resolution No. 2022-027, a one-time additional speaker time donation of three (3) minutes per individual is permitted; please note that the member of the public donating time must: 1) submit this in writing to the City Clerk by completing a “Request to Speak” form noting the name of the person to whom time is being donated to, and 2) be present at the time the speaker provides verbal comments.
Verbal public comments are defined as comments provided in the speakers’ own voice and may not include video or sound recordings of the speaker or of other individuals or entities, unless permitted by the Mayor.
Public speakers may elect to use printed presentation materials to aid their comments; 15 copies of such printed materials shall be provided to the City Clerk to be disseminated to the City Council, made public, and incorporated into the public record of the meeting; it is requested that the printed materials are provided prior to the beginning of the meeting. There shall be no use of Chamber resources and technology to display visual or audible presentations during public comments, unless permitted by the Mayor.
All writings or documents, including but not limited to emails and attachments to emails, submitted to the City regarding any item(s) listed or not listed on this agenda are public records. All information in such writings and documents is subject to disclosure as being in the public domain and subject to search and review by electronic means, including but not limited to the City’s Internet Web site and any other Internet Web-based platform or other Web-based form of communication. All information in such writings and documents similarly is subject to disclosure pursuant to the California Public Records Act [Government Code § 6250 et seq.].
PUBLIC COMMENT ON MATTERS NOT ON THE AGENDA
At this time, members of the public may address the City Council on any matter not listed on the agenda pursuant to the “Public Comments – Instructions” listed above.
The City Council values your comments; however, in accordance with State law, no action shall be taken on any item not appearing on the agenda unless it is an emergency item authorized by the Brown Act [Government Code § 54954.2(b)].
CONFIRMATION OF AGENDA
PUBLIC HEARINGS – 4:00 p.m. or shortly thereafter
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For Public Hearings on the agenda, any person may provide written or verbal public comments, in support or opposition of a project(s) pursuant to the “Public Comments – Instructions” listed above.
If you challenge a project(s) in court, you may be limited to raising only those issues you or someone else raised at the public hearing or in written correspondence delivered to the City at, or prior to, the public hearing.
ADDITIONAL SPECIAL NOTICE FOR CONTINUED PUBLIC HEARING ITEM NO. 1:
In accordance with State law and City rules of procedure for conducting public meetings, the Mayor will preside over the continued Public Hearing Item No. 1 relating to the proposed Coral Mountain Resort project. Subject to any decisions issued by the Mayor at the meeting, all members of the public are welcome to speak during this continued public hearing on September 21, 2022; provided, however, that members of the public who previously spoke or previously submitted written comments, or both, during the public hearing for this item on June 7 and July 5, 2022, are requested to refrain from providing duplicate comments. All verbal and written comments submitted prior to or during the public hearing for this item on June 7 and July 5, 2022, are in the administrative record and are already available to Council for review.
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1. CONTINUED FROM JUNE 7 AND JULY 5, 2022:
ADOPT RESOLUTIONS TO CERTIFY ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT
2019-0010 AND APPROVE SPECIFIC PLAN 2019-0003 (AMENDMENT V TO ANDALUSIA SPECIFIC PLAN), GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT 2019- 0002, ZONE CHANGE 2019-0004, SPECIFIC PLAN 2020-0002, AND TENTATIVE TRACT MAP 2019-0005; INTRODUCE FOR FIRST READING ORDINANCES APPROVING ZONE CHANGE 2019-0004 AND
DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT 2021-0002; CEQA: CORAL MOUNTAIN
RESORT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT (SCH #2021020310);
LOCATION: SOUTH OF AVENUE 58, NORTH OF AVENUE 60, AND EAST
AND WEST OF MADISON STREET
5 RECESS SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETING
FOR LA QUINTA HIGH SCHOOL CEREMONIAL EVENT
RECESS THIS CITY COUNCIL SPECIAL MEETING TO ATTEND LA
QUINTA HIGH SCHOOL CEREMONIAL EVENT
5:30 P.M. – MAYOR EVANS RECONVENES THE CITY COUNCIL
SPECIAL MEETING
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SPECIAL NOTICE: The attendance of the City Council for this event will be for a purely social or ceremonial occasion. In accordance with state law, the Members of the City Council will not discuss among themselves business of a specific nature that is within the subject matter jurisdiction of the City while attending this event, so that their attendance is as authorized under the Brown Act [Government Code § 54954.2(c)(5)].
PUBLIC HEARING ITEM NO. 1 – Continued to 5:30 p.m. or shortly thereafter MAYOR’S AND COUNCIL MEMBERS’ ITEMS
ADJOURNMENT
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The next regular meeting of the City Council will be held on October 4, 2022, at 4:00 p.m. at the City Hall Council Chamber, 78495 Calle Tampico, La Quinta, CA 92253.
DECLARATION OF POSTING
I, Monika Radeva, City Clerk of the City of La Quinta, do hereby declare that the foregoing Agenda for the La Quinta City Council meeting was posted on the City’s website, near the entrance to the Council Chamber at 78495 Calle Tampico, and the bulletin boards at the Stater Brothers Supermarket at 78630 Highway 111, and the La Quinta Cove Post Office at 51321 Avenida Bermudas, on September 16, 2022.
DATED: September 16, 2022
MONIKA RADEVA, City Clerk
City of La Quinta, California
Public Notices
The La Quinta City Council Chamber is handicapped accessible. If special equipment is needed for the hearing impaired, please call the City Clerk’s office at (760) 777-7123, 24-hours in advance of the meeting and accommodations will be made. If background material is to be presented to the City Council during a City Council meeting, please be advised that 15 copies of all documents, exhibits, etc., must be supplied to the City Clerk for distribution. It is requested that this takes place prior to the beginning of the meeting.