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1 From: James Vaughn <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, November 21, 2023 9:55 AM
To: Council; City Clerk Mail
Cc: 'Ihrke, Bill'; Jon McMillen; Cheri Flores; 'RJ Mayer'; 'Tom Weigel'; Erika Crempa Subject: November 21, 2023 City Council Meeting - Public Hearing Agenda Item No. 2 - Objection to Proposed GPA No. 2022-0002 for La Quinta Village Apartments Attachments: LQ Site Selection Map - Old Town La Quinta 11.20.2023.pdf ** EXTERNAL: This message originated outside of the City of La Quinta. Please use proper judgement and caution when opening attachments, clicking links or responding to requests for information. ** Dear Mayor Evans and Honorable City Councilmembers:
As a supplement to the letter I submitted yesterday concerning the above-referenced matter, please see the attached exhibit showing 14 properties in the Old Town La Quinta area that we understand to be owned by the City and undeveloped. If for any reason the City Council does not consider the Darby Road Property to be a suitable replacement for the Mayer Property as a site to be added to the Housing Element Site Inventory for the remaining 36 very low- and low-income units needed to accommodate the LA Quinta Village Apartments project, we believe there is sufficient Cityowned land identified on this exhibit that could be added to the Site Inventory for that purpose.
We believe that between the Darby Road Property and the City-owned sites identified on the attached exhibit, the City Council has a number of options avaialble to approve the La Quinta Village Apartments project without adding the Mayer Property to the Housing Element Site Inventory.
Please include this letter in the record of proceedings for this matter.
Best regards,
--Jim
James D. Vaughn, Esq.
[email protected] l www.szrlaw.com
Office: 805.446.1496 l Direct: 805.446.7609 l Mobile 805.551.0688 4695 MacArthur Court 4590 East Thousand Oaks Blvd.
Suite 200 Suite 100
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1 From: James Vaughn <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, November 21, 2023 11:14 AM
To: Council; City Clerk Mail
Cc: 'Ihrke, Bill'; Jon McMillen; Cheri Flores; 'RJ Mayer'; 'Tom Weigel'; Erika Crempa Subject: RE: November 21, 2023 City Council Meeting - Public Hearing Agenda Item No. 2 - Objection to Proposed GPA No. 2022-0002 for La Quinta Village Apartments Attachments: Letter to City Council 11-20-23.pdf
** EXTERNAL: This message originated outside of the City of La Quinta. Please use proper judgement and caution when opening attachments, clicking links or responding to requests for information. ** Dear Mayor Evans and Honorable City Councilmembers:
I noticed that the exhibits attached to the letter I sent yesterday were copied in black and white, and may have been difficult to read. In addition, three unrelated pages were inadvertently attached to the back of the document.
Please replace the letter I sent yesterday with the attached version, which has better quality, color copies of the exhibits.
Thanks,
--Jim
James D. Vaughn, Esq.
[email protected] l www.szrlaw.com
Office: 805.446.1496 l Direct: 805.446.7609 l Mobile 805.551.0688 4695 MacArthur Court 4590 East Thousand Oaks Blvd.
Suite 200 Suite 100
Newport Beach, CA 92660 Westlake Village, California 91362 From: James Vaughn
Sent: Monday, November 20, 2023 5:48 PM
To: [email protected]; [email protected] Cc: Ihrke, Bill <[email protected]>; Jon McMillen <[email protected]>; Cheri Flores <[email protected]>; RJ Mayer <[email protected]>; Tom Weigel <[email protected]>; Erika Crempa <[email protected]> Subject: RE: November 7, 2023 City Council Meeting - Public Hearing Agenda Item No. 1 - Objection to Proposed GPA No. 2022-0002 for La Quinta Village Apartments
Dear Mayor Evans and Honorable City Councilmembers:
CITY COUNCIL MEETING - NOVEMBER 21, 2023 - WRITTEN PUBLIC COMMENTS FROM MAYER CORP (VAUGHN, ESQ. SZR LAW) PUBLIC HEARING ITEM NO. 2 - LA QUINTA VILLAGE APARTMENTS - OPPOSED TO GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT/PARCEL SWITCH 2 Please see the attached correspondence objecting to the above-referenced General Plan Amendment proposal as recommended in the Staff Report. We have located an ideal property located just north of the Mayer Property with an existing General Plan designation of MHDR, and it appears to be owned by an affordable housing builder. We request that you include this property on the Housing Element Site Inventory instead of the Mayer Property.
Please include this letter in the record of proceedings for this matter.
Best regards,
James D. Vaughn, Esq.
[email protected] l www.szrlaw.com
Office: 805.446.1496 l Direct: 805.446.7609 l Mobile 805.551.0688 4695 MacArthur Court 4590 East Thousand Oaks Blvd.
Suite 200 Suite 100
Newport Beach, CA 92660 Westlake Village, California 91362 From: James Vaughn
Sent: Monday, November 6, 2023 8:58 AM
To: [email protected]; [email protected] Cc: Ihrke, Bill <[email protected]>; Jon McMillen <[email protected]>; Cheri Flores <[email protected]>; RJ Mayer <[email protected]>; Tom Weigel <[email protected]>; Erika Crempa <[email protected]> Subject: November 7, 2023 City Council Meeting - Public Hearing Agenda Item No. 1 - Objection to Proposed GPA No. 2022-0002 for La Quinta Village Apartments
Dear Mayor Evans and Honorable City Councilmembers:
Please see the attached correspondence objecting to the above-referenced General Plan Amendment proposal to revise the recently approved Housing Element and move a 280-unit affordable housing designation for very low- and lowincome categories from the La Quinta Village Apartments site to the 25-acre commercial property owned by the Mayer Corporation at the northeast corner of Washington Street and Fred Waring Drive.
Please include this letter in the record of proceedings for this matter.
Best regards,
James D. Vaughn, Esq.
[email protected] l www.szrlaw.com
Office: 805.446.1496 l Direct: 805.446.7609 l Mobile 805.551.0688 3 4695 MacArthur Court 4590 East Thousand Oaks Blvd.
Suite 200 Suite 100
Newport Beach, CA 92660 Westlake Village, California 91362
1 From: Claudia Snyder <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, November 21, 2023 9:42 AM
To: City Clerk Mail
Cc: Monika Radeva; Jon McMillen; [email protected]; [email protected] Subject: WRITTEN COMMENTS - SRE/ Mayoral Fundraiser on 10/12/2022 - The Highland Palms Neighbors of La Quinta
Attachments: _Get Friends_ Video Transcript.docx
Follow Up Flag: Follow up
Flag Status: Flagged
** EXTERNAL: This message originated outside of the City of La Quinta. Please use proper judgement and caution when opening attachments, clicking links or responding to requests for information. ** On October 12th of last year, Highland Palms neighbors were blindsided by an unpermitted Mayoral Fundraiser for which, as per the attached "Get Friends" video, Mayor Evans stated that she paid for the food.
For the record, despite several requests for evidence, to date, we have nothing that shows that the event was permitted, despite Mayor Evans's assertions that It's a permitted event... "[the owner of the Dupont Estate] is following the rules" and we can prove that the event exceeded the 50-person threshold that disqualifies it from being a "gathering of friends" as Mayor Evans simultaneously tried to argue (also in the "Get Friends" video). For the record, which was it, Mayor Evans?
At this point, we are respectfully requesting evidence of Mayor Evans' assertion that she paid for the food at her Mayoral Fundraiser. Per our research, the event was catered by Steven De Leon of Den of Lions Catering (909-510-3811; [email protected] (cc'ed); @denoflionsbbqandgrill).
Finally, in a recent meeting with the City Manager and Councilmember Fitzpatrick, Ms. Fitzpatrick stated that Mayor Evans was having a "bad day" when she told neighbor and former reporter, Melissa Labayog, who questioned her in the "Get Friends" video, to try getting some friends. We understand that everyone- including the Mayor- has bad days and would like to ask the Mayor when Mrs. Labayog can expect to receive an apology for the documented insult.
We look forward to a prompt reply.
Claudia Snyder
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CITY COUNCIL MEETING - NOVEMBER 21, 2023 - WRITTEN PUBLIC COMMENTS FROM RESIDENT CLAUDIA SNYDER MATTERS NOT ON THE AGENDA - SPECIAL EVENT HELD ON OCTOBER 12, 2022 AT THE DUPONT ESTATE Re Special Events Permits (for Residential Neighborhoods) Transcript from video (“Get Friends”) shot in October 2022 by a concerned neighbor as she interviewed Mayor Evans as the latter arrived at an unannounced Mayoral Fundraiser at the DuPot Estate in the Highland Palms neighborhood of La Quinta.
Neighbor: What are your thoughts on an event in a neighborhood that’s not really built for it?
Mayor: It’s a permitted event.
Neighbor: Huh?
Mayor: It’s a permitted event. She’s following the rules.
Neighbor: So, you think it’s okay, though? I mean, would you like this next to you, Mayor? Mayor: I have gatherings at my house and my friends enjoy spending time with me.
Neighbor: … Every weekend?! I can’t move, Mayor. I’m trapped next to a Pot Motel because of your policies.
… Okay…
Alright, well, I guess you and [Councilmember] Pena are OK with large events in small neighborhoods, is what you’re telling me. Is that correct? Mayor: It’s a gathering of friends.
Neighbor: OK
Mayor: You should try getting some!
Neighbor: I have plenty of friends, Mayor!