HAND OUTS
CITY COUNCIL
MEETING
AUGUST 6, 2024
TranscripƟon from 6/25/24 Planning Commission MeeƟng
Dale Tyerman: The Jefferson Extension, on may 28th when we briefly talked about this there was some work yet to be done in order to be able to assure that the Jefferson ext could be completed I spencifically remembered some things about right away agreements that would have to be…let me just ask the quesƟon, are there any obstacles to compleƟng Jeferson ext from a legal perspecƟve with coral canyon dev regulatory issues, I already heard that it’s been well researched as part of the EIR, so it doesn’t sound like there are any ceqa issues related to any…are there any obstacles that if tomorrow you wanted to build the Jefferson ext, you could build it.
Mark Rogers: There are no obstacles, we simply put, and I think I failed to really illuminate this in the last meeƟng. We have both our sewer and water coming over Ave 62. There are points of connecƟons at Monroe and Ave 62, so that’s our sewer and water connecƟon. We have a loop condiƟon where Madison will bring another water line over for fire purposes we have to have two sources a loop condiƟon for water. All of our UƟliƟes come from the east at Monroe and Ave 62 over the dike to the project. We also have to build two big water tanks up the hill on the south side of the project in order to drop lumber to build the homes. All of our infrastructure happens at the southerly part of this project and then Jefferson is really just a road bed probably some dry uƟliƟes that will go north and meet up with a realigned Ave 58, we’ll have to put a bend in the road and there’s nothing that prevents us from doing that except sound logic and development and we don’t want to build all that by ourselves right now and we really have to build everything from the south coming from Madison and Ave 62 to get this project to have sewer and have water, which are essenƟal. Sop all of our uƟliƟes come from that direcƟon and the project is really born from the south side moving north. When we get to 600 units, I am hopeful that coral canyon be in the game and be able to help us with the construcƟon of Ave 62/Jefferson based on the General Plan alignment that were going to adopt with this project, which is a dedicated alignment that was offered up to the city and accepted by the coral canyon project and that will be built and there’s nothing that will get in the way of doing that.
Dale Tyerman: Okay, so the only barriers to doing the extension of Jefferson are economic? Mark Rogers: Infrastructure
Dale Tyerman: And saƟsfying the build out plan internal Mark Rogers: Infrastructure, you goƩa have sewer and water or you can’t have a project.
CITY COUNCIL MEETING AUGUST 6, 2024 - HANDOUT BY MARK ROGERS PRINCIPAL WITH TRG LAND AND APPLICANT FOR THE PROJECT - PUBLIC HEARING ITEM NO. 2 - TRAVERTINE Dale Tyerman: Right
Mark Rogers: And that’s all coming from the other direcƟon.
Dale Tyerman: Do the sewer and water require the roadway to cross the berm/extension of Ave 62? Mark Rogers: Yes
Dale Tyerman: You can’t get sewer and water there without building the roadway over the dam…over the dike?
Mark Rogers: That’s what’s precipitaƟng the 6’ of cover, so from the surface of the road to the top of the exisƟng dike, we need 6’ to put those uƟliƟes beneath the road bed.
Dale Tyerman: So you are using that and it makes perfect sense, you’re uƟlizing that 6’ gap to run your necessary water and power to the development.
Mark Rogers: Sewer, sewer is a big one.
Dale Tyerman: Sewer, excuse me. If Jefferson Extension were completed, is there a need for Ave 62 or does an entrance/exit of Jefferson along with the Emergency Vehicle Access on Madison saƟsfy the regulatory Fire, Etc., requirements for access into the property.
Mark Rogers: No, Ave 62 and Jefferson are both necessary, distribuƟon of traffic throughout the city going to be dependent on that, it’s all built on the model. Madison as an EVA will not go away. We’re not going to build a road and then eliminate it. So it will remain as an emergency vehicular access that provides greater access for fire and police should they need it, or exiƟng the project by residents should they need it. So all of these have been well thought out and orchestrated with the city and the city staff with our team in a sequence of events that lead to a successful project in phases, and that’s how we plan to build it.
Dale Tyerman: Thank you. Thank you, Mark. And just one quick quesƟon on Short Term VacaƟon Rentals….
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La Quinta Village Apartments
Versus Avenue 62 Elevated
Roadway
Carolyn Winnor
La Quinta
CITY COUNCIL MEETING AUGUST 6, 2024 - HANDOUT BY RESIDENT CAROLYN WINNOR PUBLIC HEARING ITEM NO. 2 - TRAVERTINE PROJECT
What should be your direction for this?
• You can't drop the berm from 30 feet to 20 feet
• You can ask for Utilities only to cross Avenue 62
• You can ask for the main entrance to Travertine to be the Jefferson Street Extension
CITY COUNCIL MEETING AUGUST 6, 2024 - HANDOUT BY MARK ROGERS PRINCIPAL WITH TRG LAND AND APPLICANT FOR THE PROJECT - PUBLIC HEARING ITEM NO. 2 - TRAVERTINE 5/28/24
Splitting the Utilities and the
Roadway
Bobbie Fleury
La Quinta CA 92253
1 CITY COUNCIL MEETING AUGUST 6, 2024 - HANDOUT BY RESIDENT BOBBIE FLEURY PUBLIC HEARING ITEM NO. 2 - TRAVERTINE PROJECT
Travertine Noise Impact over
Elevated Roadway
Sheila Warren
La Quinta
1 CITY COUNCIL MEETING AUGUST 6, 2024 - HANDOUT BY RESIDENT SHEILA WARREN PUBLIC HEARING ITEM NO. 2 - TRAVERTINE PROJECT
What about Elevated Roadway
lighting and headlights?
Judy Viera
La Quinta
1 CITY COUNCIL MEETING AUGUST 6, 2024 - HANDOUT BY RESIDENT JUDY VIERA PUBLIC HEARING ITEM NO. 2 - TRAVERTINE PROJECT
Honorable Mayor Evans, Mayor Pro Tern Pena, City Council members and staff. My name is Laura DuMaurier and I am
a Trilogy Resident.
In this presentation I will be discussing the issue of Air Quality on the folks in Trilogy and potentially other
surrounding residences. But first I want to address the elephant in the room.
When the applicant talks about the "Travertine Project" or just "Project", they are talking about what is happening on the inside of Dike 4. So let me contrast that by saying Trilogy and the rest of La Quinta is on the outside of Dike 4.
This same distinction is in the EIR.
You have seen this reflected many times by the reference that Trilogy will not see the project. The pictures in the EIR have this big red line a few feet below the top of dike 4 with the comments that the 30 foot dike blocks any view of
Travertine.
This is absolutely correct and we all agree. We will NOT see the Travertine project from Trilogy because of the 30 foot high dike 4, which the Bureau of Reclamation states was constructed in the 1967-1968 timeframe for purposes of
flood control and it remains today for that purpose. The dike protects the area from floodwaters from the upstream canyons and provides a detention reservoir to store the floodwaters.
But let us look at Air Quality. Section 4.3, in the EIR, analyzed Air Quality. The Project-specific Air Quality
Impact Analysis analyzed the Project's potential short-term (construction) and long-term (operational) air quality
impacts on public health. Sensitive receptors are defined to include the elderly. That is us in Trilogy. The conclusion CITY COUNCIL MEETING AUGUST 6, 2024 - HANDOUT BY RESIDENT LAURA DuMAURIER PUBLIC HEARING ITEM NO. 2 - TRAVERTINE PROJECT
La Quinta City Council
La Quinta City Hall
78495 Calle Tampico
La Quinta, CA 92253
August 6, 2024
Re: Specific Objection to the planned Elevated Roadway Ave 62 entrance to the proposed Travertine Development.
Hello Honorable Mayor Evans, City Council members, and Staff.
My Name is Robert Lasser, and I live in La Quinta.
I am writing today not to oppose the Travertine project in general, but instead to oppose a specific component of the development.
I specifically object to the proposed 36 foot high, 60-foot-wide elevated roadway to be built on Avenue 62 that is to serve as the main entrance to the Travertine development.
This elevated freeway like ramp roadway hovering 36 feet in the air, will be built in close proximity to the existing Trilogy residential development.
The Developer claims there will be no significant impact to Trilogy residents ... but that simply, is NOT a true statement!
Initially during the first phase With over 6,000 cars, trucks, motorcycles, and construction vehicles traveling over the roadway daily, the impact to Trilogy residents in terms of noise, air pollution, lights and aesthetics will be severe, and will only get worse, as future phases are built out! By comparison, currently, Avenue 62 south of the Trilogy development serves as a "dead-end" road with a single destination point of the Trilogy maintenance yard at the end of the road that closes daily at 4:45 p.m.
Based on an actual traffic count study completed this past Friday August 2 nd
, there were only 150
vehicles that drove down the road and back to Monroe all day long. There is zero noise and traffic at nighttime.
1 CITY COUNCIL MEETING AUGUST 6, 2024 - HANDOUT BY RESIDENT ROBERT LASSER PUBLIC HEARING ITEM NO. 2 - TRAVERTINE PROJECT
TRAVERTINE LA QUINTA CITY COUNCIL MEETING PRESENTATION
Mark Reider - TLQMA
August 6, 2024
Mayor Evans, Council Members. Good afternoon. My name is Mark Reider, and I live at 81530 Monarch Court in Trilogy.
I am speaking today in my role as President of the Board of the Trilogy at La Quinta homeowners association, and I would like to thank my fellow Board member for donating his time to me.
My comments reflect the consensus of the Board of Directors, and we believe, the vast majority of Trilogy homeowners, many of whom are here tonight to protest the current plan for accessing the Travertine development.
Our Board of Directors has traditionally not addressed proposed developments that only affect areas outside our community. However, as currently proposed, the Travertine Project does impact The Trilogy at La Quinta community consisting of 1238 homes and over 2,000 of the City's constituents.
With guidance from our legal counsel, we are here to voice our strong opposition to the current development plan for extending Avenue 62 over the berm as the primary access and entry road into Travertine.
In our view, our community would be severely impacted by the noise and visual pollution of the proposed roadway- conditions we believe are not adequately addressed in the Environmental Impact Review.
The current plan calls for TWO bridges to be built directly adjacent to our community:
• One as the main entrance to Travertine from Avenue 62, which borders the south end of our community,
• And a second as an emergency access road at Madison at our west border.
The bridge and ramped roadway on Avenue 62 would be massive in scale. As a comparison, consider the bridge being built over the stormwater channel at Dunes Palm Road.
That bridge is 480-feet long and 86 feet wide. The bridge and elevated roadway on Avenue 62 behind our community would be 600 feet long- and that's just on our side of the berm - and 60 feet wide.
CITY COUNCIL MEETING AUGUST 6, 2024 - HANDOUT BY RESIDENT MARK REIDER &
PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD AT TRILOGY AT LA QUINTA
PUBLIC HEARING ITEM NO. 2 - TRAVERTINE PROJECT