Agenda — La Quinta City Council, November 19, 2024

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CITY COUNCIL
AGENDA

CITY HALL COUNCIL CHAMBER
78495 Calle Tampico, La Quinta
REGULAR MEETING ON TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 2024
3:00 P.M. CLOSED SESSION | 4:00 P.M. OPEN SESSION
Members of the public may listen to this meeting by tuning-in live via www.laquintaca.gov/livemeetings.

CALL TO ORDER
ROLL CALL: Councilmembers: Fitzpatrick, McGarrey, Peña, Sanchez, and Mayor Evans

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 at the end of the agenda.

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

CLOSED SESSION

1. CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL – EXISTING LITIGATION; PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH (1) OF SUBDIVISION (d) OF GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 54956.9;
CASES NAMES AND NUMBERS – MULTIPLE (listed below, all in U.S. Bankruptcy Court, District of Delaware)
CASE NAME: CASE NUMBER
SilverRock Development Company, LLC 24-11647
SilverRock Lifestyle Residences, LLC 24-11648
SilverRock Lodging, LLC 24-11650
SilverRock Luxury Residences, LLC 24-11652
SilverRock Phase I, LLC 24-11654
RGC PA 789, LLC 24-11657

City Council agendas and staff reports
are available on the City’s
web page: www.LaQuintaCA.gov
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2. CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL – ANTICIPATED LITIGATION; SIGNIFICANT EXPOSURE TO LITIGATION PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH (2) OR (3) OF SUBDIVISION (d) OF GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 54956.9 (NUMBER OF POTENTIAL CASES: 1)

RECESS TO CLOSED SESSION
RECONVENE AT 4:00 P.M.

REPORT ON ACTION(S) TAKEN IN CLOSED SESSION

PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

ANNOUNCEMENTS, PRESENTATIONS, AND WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS

1. TALUS DEVELOPMENT PROJECT (FORMERLY SILVERROCK) – STATUS UPDATE

CONSENT CALENDAR
NOTE: Consent Calendar items are routine in nature and can be approved by one motion.

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1. APPROVE COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES DATED NOVEMBER 5, 2024 9

2. AUTHORIZE OVERNIGHT TRAVEL FOR MARKETING MANAGER TO ATTEND eTOURISM SUMMIT IN LAS VEGAS, NEVADA, APRIL 20-24, 2025 17 3. AUTHORIZE THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT TO UTILIZE RED TERRA NURSERY TO PURCHASE UP TO $175,000 OF PLANT MATERIAL IN FISCAL YEAR 2024/25
19 4. ACCEPT ON-SITE IMPROVEMENTS ASSOCIATED WITH CLUB VILLA AT ANDALUSIA RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT, TRACT MAP NO. 37790, LOCATED SOUTH OF AVENUE 58, EAST OF MADISON STREET, WITHIN THE

ANDALUSIA AT CORAL MOUNTAIN DEVELOPMENT
21 5. APPROVE AGREEMENT FOR CONTRACT SERVICES WITH AURIGO SOFTWARE TECHNOLOGIES, INC. FOR PROJECT MANAGEMENT

SOFTWARE
23 6. RECEIVE AND FILE REVENUE AND EXPENDITURE REPORT DATED SEPTEMBER 30, 2024
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7. APPROVE DEMAND REGISTERS DATED NOVEMBER 1 AND 8, 2024 61

BUSINESS SESSION
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1. INTERVIEW AND APPOINT A RESIDENT TO SERVE ON THE IMPERIAL

IRRIGATION DISTRICT ENERGY CONSUMERS ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR A FOUR-YEAR TERM ENDING DECEMBER 2028
79 STUDY SESSION
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1. DISCUSS VISTA SANTA ROSA COMMUNITY MEMBERS SURVEY RESULTS

AND ZONING STANDARDS COMPARISON BETWEEN LA QUINTA AND

RIVERSIDE COUNTY RELATING TO THE SOUTHERN SPHERE OF

INFLUENCE AREA
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PUBLIC HEARINGS – 5:00 p.m. or thereafter
For all Public Hearings on the agenda, a completed “Request to Speak” form must be filed with the City Clerk prior to consideration of that item; comments are limited to three (3) minutes (approximately 350 words).

Any person may submit written comments to the City Council prior to the public hearing and/or may appear and be heard in support of or opposition to the project(s) at the time of the public hearing. 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.

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1. ADOPT RESOLUTION TO UPDATE THE CITY’S SHORT-TERM VACATION

RENTAL PROGRAM USER AND REGULATORY FEES
[RESOLUTION NO. 2024-041]

2. ADOPT RESOLUTIONS ADOPTING MITIGATED NEGATIVE DECLARATION FOR ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT 2022-0012 AND APPROVING AN AMENDMENT TO THE JEFFERSON SQUARE SPECIFIC PLAN 2022-0004 (SP 2002-062, AMENDMENT 3), TENTATIVE TRACT MAP 2022-0003 (TTM 38604) AND SITE DEVELOPMENT PERMIT 2022-0015 FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF

MULTI-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL UNITS ON THE SOUTH HALF OF THE EXISTING JEFFERSON SQUARE COMMERCIAL CENTER; CEQA: A

MITIGATED NEGATIVE DECLARATION HAS BEEN PREPARED (EA
2022-0012); LOCATION: SOUTHWEST CORNER OF JEFFERSON STREET AND FRED WARING DRIVE [RESOLUTION NOs. 2024-042 AND 2024-043]

3. INTRODUCE FOR FIRST READING AN ORDINANCE APPROVING A ZONING

ORDINANCE AMENDMENT FOR ZONING AND SUBDIVISION CODE
LANGUAGE CLEAN UP AND CHANGES REGARDING: RESIDENTIAL

SPECIAL EVENTS, TENTATIVE MAP PUBLIC HEARING NOTICES, VILLAGE 477
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PARKING ALLOWANCES, VINYL FENCING, BED AND BREAKFAST INNS,

RESIDENTIAL GARAGE SETBACKS, TEMPORARY USE PERMIT TIMING AND EXPIRATIONS, AND ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT (ADU) REGULATIONS; CEQA: THE PROJECT IS EXEMPT FROM ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW
PURSUANT TO SECTION 15061 (b)(3), COMMON SENSE EXEMPTION.

LOCATION: CITY-WIDE [ORDINANCE NO. 618]

DEPARTMENTAL REPORTS
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1. CITY MANAGER

2. CITY ATTORNEY

3. CITY CLERK – SHORT-TERM VACATION RENTAL PROGRAM QUARTERLY REPORT – JULY-SEPTEMBER 2024
525

4. COMMUNITY SERVICES QUARTERLY REPORT – JULY-SEPTEMBER 2024 533

5. DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT

6. FINANCE

7. PUBLIC SAFETY

8. PUBLIC WORKS
MAYOR’S AND COUNCIL MEMBERS’ ITEMS

REPORTS AND INFORMATIONAL ITEMS

1. CVAG CONSERVATION COMMISSION (Evans)

2. CVAG ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES COMMITTEE (Evans)

3. CVAG EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE (Evans)

4. VISIT GREATER PALM SPRINGS CONVENTION AND VISITORS BUREAU (Evans)

5. IMPERIAL IRRIGATION DISTRICT – COACHELLA VALLEY ENERGY COMMISSION (Evans)

6. LEAGUE OF CALIFORNIA CITIES DELEGATE (Evans)

7. COACHELLA VALLEY WATER DISTRICT JOINT POLICY COMMITTEE (Evans)

8. SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF GOVERNMENTS (Evans)

9. GREATER CV CHAMBER OF COMMERCE INFORMATION EXCHANGE COMMITTEE (Evans)

10. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SUBCOMMITTEE (Evans & Fitzpatrick)

11. DESERT SANDS UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT COMMITTEE (Evans & Sanchez)

12. DESERT RECREATION DISTRICT COMMITTEE (Fitzpatrick & McGarrey)

13. COACHELLA VALLEY UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT COMMITTEE (Fitzpatrick & Peña)

14. RIVERSIDE COUNTY TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION (Fitzpatrick)

15. CVAG TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE (Fitzpatrick)

16. IMPERIAL IRRIGATION DISTRICT – ENERGY CONSUMERS ADVISORY COMMITTEE (McGarrey)

17. COACHELLA VALLEY MOUNTAINS CONSERVANCY (McGarrey)

18. LEAGUE OF CALIFORNIA CITIES – ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY POLICY COMMITTEE (McGarrey)

19. LEAGUE OF CALIFORNIA CITIES – EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE RIVERSIDE COUNTY DIVISION (McGarrey)
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20. CANNABIS AD HOC COMMITTEE (Peña & Sanchez)

21. CVAG PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE (Peña)

22. CVAG HOMELESSNESS COMMITTEE (Peña)

23. COACHELLA VALLEY MOSQUITO AND VECTOR CONTROL DISTRICT (Peña)

24. SUNLINE TRANSIT AGENCY (Peña)

25. ANIMAL CAMPUS COMMISSION (Sanchez)

26. LEAGUE OF CALIFORNIA CITIES – PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE (Sanchez)

27. RIVERSIDE LOCAL AGENCY FORMATION COMMISSION (Sanchez)

28. ART PURCHASE COMMITTEE (Sanchez & McGarrey)

29. CALIFORNIA JOINT POWERS INSURANCE AUTHORITY (Sanchez)

30. SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF GOVERNMENTS REGIONAL COUNCIL (Sanchez)

31. FINANCIAL ADVISORY COMMISSION SPECIAL MEETING MINUTES OF OCTOBER 2, 2024
541

32. PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING MINUTES OF SEPTEMBER 10, AND OCTOBER 8, 2024
545

ADJOURNMENT
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The next regular meeting of the City Council will be held on December 3, 2024, 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 board at the La Quinta Cove Post Office at 51321 Avenida Bermudas, on November 15, 2024.

DATED: November 15, 2024
MONIKA RADEVA, City Clerk
City of La Quinta, California

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Public Notices
 Agenda packet materials are available for public inspection: 1) at the Clerk’s Office at La Quinta City Hall, located at 78495 Calle Tampico, La Quinta, California 92253; and 2) on the City’s website at www.laquintaca.gov/councilagendas, in accordance with the Brown Act [Government Code § 54957.5; AB 2647 (Stats. 2022, Ch. 971)].  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.

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.

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 CITY COUNCIL AGENDA Page 7 of 7 NOVEMBER 19, 2024

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 § 7920.000 et seq.].

TELECONFERENCE ACCESSIBILITY – INSTRUCTIONS
Teleconference accessibility may be triggered in accordance with AB 2449 (Stats. 2022, Ch. 285), codified in the Brown Act [Government Code § 54953], if a member of the City Council requests to attend and participate in this meeting remotely due to “just cause” or “emergency circumstances,” as defined, and only if the request is approved. In such instances, remote public accessibility and participation will be facilitated via Zoom Webinar as detailed at the end of this Agenda.
*** TELECONFERENCE PROCEDURES – PURSUANT TO AB 2449***

APPLICABLE ONLY WHEN TELECONFERENCE ACCESSIBILITY IS IN EFFECT Verbal public comments via Teleconference – members of the public may attend and participate in this meeting by teleconference via Zoom and use the “raise your hand” feature when public comments are prompted by the Mayor; the City will facilitate the ability for a member of the public to be audible to the City Council and general public and allow him/her/them to speak on the item(s) requested. Please note – members of the public must unmute themselves when prompted upon being recognized by the Mayor, in order to become audible to the City Council and the public.

Only one person at a time may speak by teleconference and only after being recognized by the Mayor.

ZOOM LINK: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/86171130130
Meeting ID: 861 7113 0130
Or join by phone: (253) 215 – 8782
Written public comments – can be provided in person during the meeting or emailed to the City Clerk’s Office at [email protected] any time prior to the adjournment of the meeting, and will be distributed to the City Council, made public, incorporated into the public record of the meeting, and will not be read during the meeting unless, upon the request of the Mayor, a brief summary of any public comment is asked to be read, to the extent the City Clerk’s Office can accommodate such request.
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