POWER POINTS
CITY COUNCIL
SPECIAL
MEETING
SEPTEMBER 21, 2022
September 21, 2022
1 Special City Council Meeting
September 21, 2022
Pledge of Allegiance
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2 Special City Council Meeting
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RECESS IN PROGRESS
RECONVENE AT 5:30 P.M.
Special City Council Meeting
September 21, 2022
PH1 – CONTINUED - Coral Mountain
Resort Project
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3 Background
• Council heard this item on June 7, 2022, and
continued the hearing to July 5, 2022.
• On July 5, the applicant requested a continuance, and Council provided direction on additional information needed from the applicant.
• In mid-August, the applicant provided additional information, which was posted to the City’s website on August 25, 2022.
Background
• Project consists of 6 applications:
• General Plan Amendment
• Zone Change
• Specific Plan Amendment – Andalusia SP
• Specific Plan – Coral Mountain Resort SP
• Tentative Tract Map
• Development Agreement
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4 General Plan Amendment and
Zone Change
Table 1
Existing and Proposed Land Uses
General Plan/Zoning Exist.
Acres
Proposed
Acres
General Commercial/
Neighborhood
Commercial
8.4 7.7
Low Density
Residential/
Low Density
Residential
204.2 232.3
Open Space
Recreation/
Golf Course
171.9 0
Open Space
Recreation/
Parks & Recreation
0 23.6
Tourist Commercial/
Tourist Commercial
0 120.8 Existing Proposed
Specific Plan Amendment
• Remove 386 acres from
the 929 acre Andalusia
Specific Plan
• No change to the
development potential of
Andalusia
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5 Specific Plan
• Establishes Development Standards and
Guidelines for 386 acres
• Divides the site into 4 planning areas:
• PA-I: Neighborhood Commercial • PA-II: 496 low density units: single family, clustered units, condos or
townhomes
• PA-III: Tourist commercial,
including hotel, resort residential,
wave basin, resort commercial and
back of house
• PA-IV: Open space including passive
and active recreation, trail
Tentative Tract Map
• Subdivides entire 386 acres – Neighborhood commercial – 26 single family lots – 104 resort residential lots – Lots for hotel, wave basin – Backbone streets
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6 Development Agreement
A contract between applicant and the City that:
• Guarantees the implementation of mitigation measures and conditions of approval • Allows STVRs for all residential units • Establishes mitigation fees to cover costs of providing services to the project
• Proposes a development schedule
• Assures that Wave machinery would be dismantled if the basin is no longer in use
• Adds provisions relating to new information provided by applicant.
Environmental Impact Report
All impacts can be mitigated to less than significant levels except:
• Aesthetics - Impacts to views of Coral Mountain
• Greenhouse Gas Emissions
• These impacts remain significant and unavoidable.
Under CEQA, the City Council must determine whether
the benefits of the project outweigh its significant
impacts.
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7 New Information - Lighting
• Change to wave basin lighting:
17 80-foot high light poles replaced by
55 40-foot high light poles.
New Information – Turf Reduction
• Applicant to fund match for CVWD turf
reduction:
a. $1.5 million in 3 installments.
b. 0.25% fee on the purchase price of each new Coral
Mountain home at the close of escrow of each home.
The funds could total $6 million at build out, depending on the value of the homes, and replace up to 2 million square feet of turf (2.6 times the annual evaporation).
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8 New Information - Water
• To further reduce water
demand, the east side lake
was removed.
• Three memoranda were
provided regarding
evaporation, Colorado River
water rights and canal
water.
New Information
• Building height in the Tourist Commercial
reduced to 40 feet/3 stories from 45 feet/4
stories.
• Additional information on noise provided as
it relates to the speakers at the wave
basin, reiterating that the City’s noise level
of 65 dBA CNEL will not be exceeded.
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9 New Information – Special Events
• Moratorium for 2 years.
• Monitoring of noise and traffic during
regular operations.
• Staff recommends twice-yearly, multiple
locations, at applicant’s expense, to be
added as a Condition to the Specific Plan.
New Information
Park Fees
• Park component of DIF fee and Quimby fees for 104 resort residential units and 26 home lots (Phase 1) to be provided by City to Desert Recreation District for Coral Mountain Park.
Surf Foundation
• Applicant to establish 0.25% fee on resale of homes. Funds to be distributed to non-profit organizations by foundation.
Charitable Use of Wave Basin
• Applicant to donate 1,000 hours of surf time per year (donations as auction prizes, surf camp, other).
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10 Special City Council Meeting
September 21, 2022
RECESS IN PROGRESS
RECONVENE AT 11:30 P.M.
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1 CORAL
MOUNTAIN
La Quinta, CA
Overview
I – Project Features and Benefits – John Gamlin
II – KEY POINTS: – Jim Vaughn & Thomas E. Levy
CONTENT
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2 3 WATER LIGHT NOISE
BUILDING HEIGHT SPECIAL EVENTS
Innovations in Project Design Features
I – Project Features
Coral Mountain provides numerous benefits to the City & Community 4
LQ TURF REDUCTION
WB - No Water from Aquifer
PARKS & TRAILS
CM park
WAVE ACCESS
NPOs/Rec Programs
POWER
Funded Substation Upgrades
CORAL MOUNTAIN SURF FOUNDATION
Social Impact & Health Programs in LQ and E. Valley
I – Public Benefits
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II – KEY POINTS
Summary of Key Points Associated
with the Coral Mountain Project
Overview
WATER
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4 • The WSA approved by CVWD accurately
describes available water supplies
• CVWD’S long-term supply projections fully
account for climate change and extended
drought periods
• The project’s water demands, including the Wave
Basin, are included in CVWD’s planning
documents
The Project’s Water Supply Assessment is Current and Valid Bottom line: the project’s WSA is valid,
accurate, and accounts for current conditions 7
The project WSA assumed the Wave Basin is an
18.72-acre water body
The Wave Basin water body is now 12.14 acres;
more than 1/3 smaller
Under two independent expert evaporation
calculations, the Wave Basin evaporation will be
less than the 120 acre-feet evaluated in the WSA
The Wave Basin Evaporation Calculations are Conservative 8 7
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5 CVWD and the other stakeholders have been addressing the drying of the Colorado River basin for years
CVWD’s long-term planning documents assume the worstcase scenario under the 2019 Drought Contingency Plan CVWD’s share of any cuts to California’s allocations would be approximately 7%, which would amount to a very small portion of CVWD’s water supplies
The Colorado River Water Negotiations
9 The Colorado River Water Negotiations
10 CVWD’s share of any cutbacks would be very close to
the current assumptions in its long-term plans
Colorado River water reductions will not interfere with CVWD’s municipal services, including for planned
future development
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6 Overview
LAND USE 11
Overview
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7 Overview
13 Land Use Compatibility – Impact Radius 14
LA QUINTA RESORT/LEGACY VILLAS
C-T ZONE: 65 AC./45AC. CORAL MOUNTAIN
C-T ZONE: 114.5 AC.
Laguna de
La Paz LEGACY VILLAS
La Quinta
Country Club
Santa Rosa Cove
LQ
RESORT
LQ Cove
The Haciendas The Quarry PGA West Lion‘s Gate Andalusia Trilogy PGA West CORAL MOUNTAIN
Embassy Suites Duna La Quinta
RLQ Hidden
Cyn
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8 Overview
LIGHT 15
Overview
View “C” – Andalusia Entry 16
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9 Overview
View “C” – Andalusia Entry 17
Overview
Proposed Design Footcandle Extents
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10 Overview
Ambient Lighting in Local Area 19
Overview
Ambient Lighting in Local Area 20
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11 Overview
NOISE 21
Overview
NOISE: Exhibit 10-A: Operational Noise Source and Receiver Locations 22 21 22
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12 Overview
NOISE: Ambient Noise Levels and Project Increases 23
Overview
WATER
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13 Overview
TRAFFIC: City General Plan Transportation Requirements Satisfied 25 Final EIR Conclusion – All Transportation Impacts are fully mitigated.
Source: Coral Mountain Resort DEIR Chapter 4.13 Transportation “
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Overview
STVRs 26
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14 STVR Exempt Areas Exhibit Very Low Complaint Ratios 27 STVR Revenue to the City is a Crucial Component of Gen. Fund Revenue 28 27 28
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15 Conclusion
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