CITY OF PALM DESERT
STAFF REPORT
MEETING DATE: April 24, 2025
PREPARED BY: Austin Yaple, Accounting Manager
SUBJECT: PALM DESERT RECREATIONAL FACILITIES CORPORATION AUDITED FINANCIAL REPORTS FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 2024 RECOMMENDATION:
Receive and file the Palm Desert Recreational Facilities Corporation’s Annual Financial Report for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2024.
BACKGROUND/ANALYSIS:
Lance, Soll & Lunghard, LLP performed and completed the annual independent audit for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2024. In the auditor’s opinion, the basic financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Palm Desert Recreational Facilities Corporation (PDRFC) as of June 30, 2024, and the results of its operations of the year then ended are in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. In conducting the audit, the auditors are also required to test the PDRFC’s internal controls. Attached is the annual financial report, accompanied by the report issued by the auditors for the year ended June 30, 2024.
Legal Review:
This report has been reviewed by the City Attorney’s Office.
FINANCIAL IMPACT:
There is no financial impact associated with this action.
ATTACHMENTS:
1. Palm Desert Recreational Facilities Corporation Annual Financial Report for Fiscal Year ended June 30, 2024.
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CITY OF PALM DESERT
STAFF REPORT
MEETING DATE: April 24, 2025
PREPARED BY: Austin Yaple, Accounting Manager
SUBJECT: CITY OF PALM DESERT SINGLE AUDIT REPORT FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 2024
RECOMMENDATION:
Receive and file the Single Audit Report for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2024.
BACKGROUND/ANALYSIS:
Lance, Soll & Lunghard, LLP performed and completed the Single Audit for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2024. In the auditor’s opinion, the basic financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the City of Palm Desert as of June 30, 2024, and the results of its operations of the year then ended are in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. In conducting the audit, the auditors are also required to test the City of Palm Desert’s internal controls and schedule of expenditures of Federal awards. Attached is the Single Audit report issued by the auditors for the year ended June 30, 2024.
Legal Review:
This report has been reviewed by the City Attorney’s Office.
FINANCIAL IMPACT:
There is no financial impact associated with this action.
ATTACHMENTS:
1. City of Palm Desert Single Audit Report for Fiscal Year ended June 30, 2024 733
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Independent Auditors’ Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting and on Compliance and Other Matters Based on an Audit of Financial Statements Performed in Accordance with Government Auditing Standards ....................................................................................... 1 Independent Auditors’ Report on Compliance for Each Major Program and on Internal Control Over Compliance; and Report on Schedule of Expenditures of Federal Awards Required by the Uniform Guidance ..................................................................................................... 3 Schedule of Expenditures of Federal Awards for the
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Schedule of Expenditures of Federal Awards
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Number Expenditures
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Direct Programs:
CDBG - Entitlement/Special Purpose Grants Cluster
Community Development Block Grants/Entitlement Grants * 14.218 $ 737,446 Total CDBG - Entitlement/Special Purpose Grants Cluster 737,446 Total U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development 737,446 U.S. Department of Transportation:
Direct Programs:
Safe Streets and Roads for All 20.939 190,427
Total U.S. Department of Transportation 190,427
Total Expenditures of Federal Awards $ 927,873
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CITY OF PALM DESERT
STAFF REPORT
MEETING DATE: April 24, 2025
PREPARED BY: Skky Garcia, Management Analyst
Veronica Chavez, Director of Finance
SUBJECT: MARCH PROCUREMENT REPORT
RECOMMENDATION:
Receive and file the monthly Procurement Report for March 2025.
BACKGROUND/ANALYSIS:
The monthly procurement report documents procurement activities for the City of Palm Desert for the month ending March 31, 2025, pursuant to the Purchasing Policy.
FINANCIAL IMPACT:
There is no financial impact with this action.
ATTACHMENTS:
Procurement Report for March 2025
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Date Vendor Name Department Amount Document Type Description/Reason 3/3/2025 Horizon Professional Landscape Public Works 10,800 Task Order Request Installation of 20 24" box trees at Hovley Soccer Park 3/3/2025 Xerox Financial Services/PEAC Solutions Information Technology 4,000 Change Order Request Increase in printing costs 3/3/2025 Altec Industries Inc. Public Works 13,275 Change Order Request Sales Tax for the purchase of Boom- Bucket 3/4/2025 USA Shade & Fabric Structures Inc. Public Works 8,806 Purchase Request Replace shade fabric on Freedom Park Community Garden Sgade Structure 3/4/2025 Cimplx- ACA Compliance Services Human Resources 2,339 Purchase Request ACA reporting for all staff and council members 3/4/2025 VectorUSA Library Services 6,585 Purchase Request Installation of Aruba Access points at the Library to improve connectivity 3/5/2025 Crossroads City Manager 19,900 Purchase Request Parking eCitation System for Sheriff's Department 3/5/2025 Pye-Barker Public Works 14,336 Purchase Request Maintenance services for upgrades for existing fire alarm control panel 3/11/2025 Doug Wall Constuction Public Works 44,125 Task Order Request Safety improvements for the loading dock at City Hall 3/11/2025 SERVPRO Public Works 79,341 Task Order Request Tenant Improvements at the State Building 3/11/2025 Kincaid Industries, Inc Public Works 7,000 Task Order Request Fire Station 33 Restroom Repairs 3/11/2025 CentralSquare Information Technology 55,271 Purchase Request Software License for Finance Enterprise 3/11/2025 CentralSquare Information Technology 63,808 Purchase Request Software License for Trakit LMS System 3/11/2025 Bright Event Rentals Capital Projects 6,783 Purchase Request Tent for Fire Station 102 Groundbreaking Ceremony 3/11/2025 USPS POC 8030860 City Clerk 10,000 Purchase Request Funds for postage meter 3/12/2025 Xpress Graphics Capital Projects 253 Purchase Request Mailers for Community Engagement Meeting - Mtn View Ret Basin Proj 3/13/2025 Xpress Graphics Capital Projects 2,019 Purchase Request Mailers for Community Engagement Meeting - Eldorado St Rehab Proj. 3/13/2025 Tri-Star Contracting II, Inc Public Works 21,278 Task Order Request Mid-Valley Channel Cleanup 3/13/2025 Bureau Veritas Public Works 50,000 Purchase Request Asset Inventory updates in Cartegraph 3/13/2025 Patton Door & Gate Housing 45,110 Purchase Request Replacement of gates at One Quail Place 3/13/2025 Xpress Graphics Finance 5,335 Purchase Request Outreach flyers for change to sales tax regarding Measure G 3/14/2025 Richard Kennedy Architects, Inc Capital Projects 127,794 Change Order Request Additional Conceptual Design/Schematic Design for New Library 3/18/2025 Accenture(Anser) Capital Projects 1,260,270 Task Order Request Construction Management for FS 102 constuction phase* 3/19/2025 ADVANTEX Consulting Engineers, Inc Public Works 196,295 Task Order Request Relocation/upgrade of the City's Traffic Management System. 3/19/2025 Charles Taylor Environmental Technical Housing 3,750 Purchase Request Hazardous Material Testing as needed for housing properites 3/19/2025 Zoho Corportation Information Technology 4,195 Purchase Request Helpdesk software License 3/19/2025 City of Indian Wells City Manager 14,860 Purchase Request Expenses for FS 55 Cove Communities shared maint. Agreement 3/19/2025 Concolidated Electrical Distributors Public Works 10,350 Purchase Request Specialized electrical supplies 3/19/2025 Cove Electric Inc Public Works 25,000 Purchase Request On-Call electrician services 3/19/2025 ChargePoint Public Works 5,920 Purchase Request i-Cloud annual software for charging stations 3/19/2025 Zoom Video Communications Information Technology 18,499 Purchase Request Annual Software License 3/19/2025 TKE Engineering Housing 96,300 Task Order Request Engieering Services for various Housing Authority properties Administrative Contract/Purchase Approval by City Manager or Designee City of Palm Desert
March, 2025 Procurement Report
- Public projects, contracted services, professional services, and materials, supplies and equipment may all be awarded/approved by Department Head in best interest of the City up to $10,000. - Annual recurring contracted services, technology, and/or goods exception list may be approved by Finance Director not to exceed $25,000. - Public projects, contracted services, professional services, and materials, supplies and equipment may all be awarded/approved by City Manager in best interest of the City up to $75,000. - Public projects, contracted services, professional services, and materials, supplies and equipment may all be awarded/approved by City Manager in best interest of the City up to $250,000, if on approved vendor list. - Public projects, contracted services, professional services, and materials, supplies and equipment over $250,000 must be approved by City Council. - City Council may authorize City Manager to approve change orders, amendments, and contingency payments as part of their recommendation. 4/17/2025
Purchasing Report for February 2025.xlsx 751
Date Vendor Name Department Amount Document Type Description/Reason 3/24/2025 Aflex Tchnology (NZ) LTD Public Works 27,470 Purchase Request Various Pool Aflex accessories and attachments for PDAC 3/24/2025 Proper Solutions City Clerk 7,300 Change Order Request Additional funds for temp employee for City Clerks Office 3/24/2025 Tyler Technologies Information Technology 5,467 Purchase Request Annual Software License for executime timecard 3/24/2025 Speridian Information Technology 56,080 Change Order Request Additional hours needed for implementation of LMS system 3/24/2025 Data Ticket Code Compliance 9,000 Change Order Request Additional security provisions and admin citation processing 3/26/2025 County of Riverside Registrar fo Voters City Clerk 103,312 Purchase Request Cost of 2024 General Election 3/26/2025 Hermann Design Group Inc Economic Development 5,500 Purchase Request On-Call services for Golf Course Routing of DW Hole #5 3/27/2025 Big Easy Crafts Foods LLC Human Resources 3,393 Purchase Request Lunch for Employee Appreciation 3/28/2025 Accurate First Aid Services Public Works 2,977 Change Order Request Replacement of three eyewash stations at Corportation Yard 3/28/2025 Full Traffic maintenance Public Works 18,500 Purchase Request Purchase of Aquaphalt for pothole and sinkhole repairs 3/31/2025 Imperial Sprinkler Supply Public Works 10,732 Change Order Request Irrigation Controller Upgrades 3/31/2025 Mariposa Landscape Inc Public Works 25,000 Task Order Request Services to identify and replace irrigation infrastructure 3/31/2025 Cornerstone Restaurant Supply Public Works 5,737 Purchase Request Commercial grade ice machine for Employee Lounge 3/31/2025 Michael Baker International Public Works 57,630 Change Order Request Design services of the Civic Center Park Playground 3/31/2025 Vintage Associates Public Works 42,335 Task Order Request Hovley Soccer Park Turf Improvements 3/31/2025 Superb Engineering, Inc Public Works 12,614 Change Order Request Replacement of irrigation boxes for DW landscape & Lighting Proj 2,626,645
Date Vendor Name Department Amount Document Type Description/Reason No Contracts Approved during this period. - -
Total Contract Approvals 2,626,645
Release
Date Project Manager Department Proposal Due Date Project Name Description 3/14/2025 Celina Cabrera Housing 4/14/2025
Desert Point Apartments - Unit 13 Interior
Renovation Interior Renovation of a 2 bedroom/2 Bath upstairs apartment unit 3/17/2025 Martin Alvarez Economic Development 4/15/2025 Turf Reduction and Landscaping DW Golf Resort - Mountain View Course Project 3/18/2025 Lucero Leyva Housing 4/18/2025
Demo and Partial Removal of Water Feature at
One Quail Place Apartments
Demo the ponds surrounding primary entrance water feature, remove rock as needed, but leave the aesthetics of the water feature for the property as much as possible. 3/18/2025 Brad Chuck Public Works 4/17/2025 Landscape Maintenance Area (LMA) No. 7 Landscape and supporting maintenance services for the City's medians, parkways, and facilities.
3/21/2025 Celina Cabrera Housing 4/24/2025 Commericial Pool and Spa Maint and Repair PD Housing Authority Apartment Complexes 3/28/2025 David Reyes/Chris Gerry Public Works 4/17/2025 Fleet Vehicles: Six(6) Plug-In Hybrid 4-door
Vehicles Purchase New Fleet
These approvals are consistent with the Purchasing Policy and the FY 2024-25 Annual Budget. * Original Task Order approved by CC on February 16, 2023, for $11.7M - Total Allocated to Date = $3.475M Contract/Purchase Approval by City Council
Request for Proposals Posted during the Month
4/17/2025
Purchasing Report.xlsx
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CITY OF PALM DESERT
STAFF REPORT
MEETING DATE: April 24, 2025
PREPARED BY: Michelle Loredo, Senior Administrative Assistant SUBJECT: RESOLUTION TO AUTHORIZE DESTRUCTION OF OBSOLETE
RECORDS FROM THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT
RECOMMENDATION:
Adopt a Resolution entitled, "A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALM
DESERT, CALIFORNIA, SETTING FORTH ITS FINDINGS AND AUTHORIZING THE
DESTRUCTION OF PAPER RECORDS FROM THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT INDICATED ON THE RECORDS RETENTION SCHEDULE (ADOPTED DECEMBER 15, 2022). RECORDS FROM 1974 THROUGH 2019 (EXHIBIT A)."
BACKGROUND/ANALYSIS:
Government Code Section 34090 permits the destruction of City records with the written consent of the City Attorney and approval of the City Council. The City’s records retention program, adopted on December 15, 2022, by Resolution No. 2022-98, establishes retention periods for all City records and provides for the systematic destruction of obsolete records.
Attached is Exhibit “A” the Records Destruction Certificate which lists the records submitted for destruction. The certificate will be reviewed and signed by the City Attorney as well as the City Clerk prior to destruction of all records.
FINANCIAL IMPACT:
Destroying obsolete records reduces the costs associated with offsite document storage and records management.
REVIEWED BY:
Department Director: Veronica Chavez
City Attorney: Isra Shah
ATTACHMENTS:
1. Resolution to Destroy Obsolete Records
2. Records Destruction Certificate – Exhibit “A”
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RESOLUTION NO. 2025-____
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
PALM DESERT, CALIFORNIA, SETTING FORTH ITS FINDINGS AND
AUTHORIZING THE DESTRUCTION OF PAPER RECORDS FROM THE
FINANCE DEPARTMENT INDICATED ON THE RECORDS RETENTION
SCHEDULE (ADOPTED DECEMBER 15, 2022). RECORDS FROM 1974 THROUGH 2019 (EXHIBIT A)
WHEREAS, the Finance Department of the City of Palm Desert, California, has records that have met or exceeded the retention period caused by the official files, records, exhibits, and other documents of said office pursuant to the Retention Schedule set forth on City Council Resolution No. 2022-98; and
WHEREAS, said files are not the subject of any claim, litigation, investigation, or audit.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Palm Desert, California, as follows:
SECTION 1. That the above recitations are true and correct and constitute the findings of the City Council in this matter.
SECTION 2. That it does hereby approve the destruction of all documents and records from files as set forth in Exhibit “A,” attached hereto, which have met or exceeded their retention period.
SECTION 3. That the reports mentioned on Exhibit “A” for the Finance Department from 1974 to 2019 have exceeded their retention period. Both paper and digital records will be destroyed.
ADOPTED ON ________________, 2025.
JAN C. HARNIK
MAYOR
ATTEST:
ANTHONY J. MEJIA
CITY CLERK
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I, Anthony J. Mejia, City Clerk of the City of Palm Desert, hereby certify that Resolution No. 2025-__ is a full, true, and correct copy, and was duly adopted at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Palm Desert on _______________________, by the following vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTAIN:
RECUSED:
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the official seal of the City of Palm Desert, California, on ___________________.
ANTHONY J. MEJIA
CITY CLERK
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EXHIBIT A
CITY OF PALM DESERT
AUTHORITY TO DESTROY OBSOLETE RECORDS
Dept. Retention
No.
Description
of Record
Years
Covered
Retention
Period
Shred or
Discard
FIN FN-023 A/P Vendor
Checks
1974-1977;
1989-1990;
1992-2019
5 years
Shred/Destroy
Electronic
Files
FIN FN-021 Cash Receipts
1975-1976;
1980-1981;
1983-2018
5 years
Shred/Destroy
Electronic
Files
FIN FN-028 Journal
Entries
1983-1984;
1988-2012;
2014-2015
5 years
Shred/Destroy
Electronic
Files
FIN FN-022 Warrant
Registers
1998-2003;
2005-2014
10 years
Shred/Destroy
Electronic
Files
FIN FN-015 PO’s 1992-1993;
2010-2018
5 years
Shred/Destroy
Electronic
Files
FIN FN-015 A/P Invoices
and Backup 1992-1993 5 years
Shred/Destroy
Electronic
Files
FIN FN-015
Confidential
A/P Legal
Invoices
2003; 2005-
2012; 2015-
2018
5 years
Shred/Destroy
Electronic
Files
FIN FN-030
State
Controller
Report
1984-1985;
1987-1988;
1990-1993;
1999-2000;
2006-2007
5 years
Shred/Destroy
Electronic
Files
FIN FN-030 HCD Report 2004-2005 5 years
Shred/Destroy
Electronic
Files
FIN FN-017 Bank
Statements 1996 7 years
Shred/Destroy
Electronic
Files
FIN FN-017
Financial
Agent
Statement
1987-1991 7 years
Shred/Destroy
Electronic
Files
FIN FN-006
Budgets –
Preliminary,
Backup
Documents
1991-1993;
1996-1997 2 years
Shred/Destroy
Electronic
Files
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Citywide Records Management Policy Resolution No. 2022-71 I consent to the destruction of these obsolete records according to accepted policies and procedures.
City Clerk Date City Attorney Date
Approved by City Council: 4/27/25
Original: City Clerk’s Office
Copy: Department
Dept. Retention
No.
Description
of Record
Years
Covered
Retention
Period
Shred or
Discard
FIN FN-004 Audit Work
Papers
1986-1987;
1990-1992;
1995-1996
5 years
Shred/Destroy
Electronic
Files
CIP PW-005
C24100
Administrative
File (NOC
2008)
R29420A
Administrative
File (NOC
2011)
R23390A
Administrative
File (NOC
2008)
C24100
Administrative
File (NOC
2008)
N/A Completion
+10 years
Shred/Destroy
Electronic
Files
CC CC-015
Unsuccessful
Proposal
C10380
(1997)
1997 2 years
Shred/Destroy
Electronic
Files
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CITY OF PALM DESERT
STAFF REPORT
MEETING DATE: April 24, 2025
PREPARED BY: Shawn Muir, Community Services Manager
SUBJECT: APPROVE FINAL CONCEPT PLAN AND NAME FOR NORTH PALM DESERT COMMUNITY PARK (PROJECT NO. CPK00002)
RECOMMENDATION:
1. Approve the final concept plan for a new community park planned on Dinah Shore in north Palm Desert.
2. Approve the Park name “Dave Erwin Park”.
BACKGROUND/ANALYSIS:
As part of the Millennium Specific Plan in north Palm Desert, a 27-acre park was initially proposed to provide outdoor recreational opportunities for local residents. The City of Palm Desert General Plan identifies the need for a park in this area.
On February 10, 2022, City staff sought direction from the City Council regarding developing a Request for Proposals (RFP) for the design of the North Sphere Regional Park (NSRP). The City Council directed staff to collaborate with the Parks and Recreation Committee and key community partners—including Family YMCA of the Desert, The Joslyn Center, and the Desert Recreation District—to develop a community-focused park design responsive to programmatic needs. The City Council also emphasized the importance of inclusive public engagement throughout the process.
A Parks and Recreation Commission subcommittee was formed and met on March 15, 2022, to discuss the RFP and evaluate the suitability of the original park site. The subcommittee recommended that the city explore expanding the site or relocating the park to better accommodate regional park features.
An RFP was subsequently developed and posted. Concurrently, staff identified a need to consider additional or alternate park sites that would accommodate the uses and amenities that may be needed to support the city’s growth. A new site was identified, and the RFP was updated accordingly. On August 25, 2022, a contract was awarded for the design of two north Palm Desert parks: a 27-acre community park on Dinah Shore Drive, and a separate regional sports park near Portola Avenue and Frank Sinatra Drive. The scope includes robust community engagement, full construction documents for the community park, and 30% design plans for the regional park.
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Public Engagement:
The planning process featured extensive public engagement efforts, including:
Two online surveys
Four in-person “Open House” events
Focus group meetings with key stakeholders
The first conceptual design was presented to the following groups for feedback:
Parks and Recreation Committee – 06/06/2023
Architectural Review Commission – 06/13/2023
Cultural Arts Committee – 06/14/2023
Resource Preservation & Enhancement Committee – 06/19/2023 General Public (Zoom HOA Presentation) – 06/20/2023
Planning Commission – 06/20/2023
City Council – 06/22/2023
Parks and Recreation Committee – 11/07/2023
City Council (Initial Approval) – 12/14/2023
Parks and Recreation Committee – 09/16/2024
Further community feedback was gathered during the 2025 Wildflower Festival and a subsequent Open House event on March 22, 2025, following an updated conceptual design.
Key Revisions Based on Community Input:
The conceptual design was updated to reflect public feedback, including:
A 75-foot-wide landscaped buffer along Dinah Shore Drive (from the traffic circle to Gerald Ford Drive) required by the Millennium Specific Plan Development Agreement Relocated primary park access to Dinah Shore Drive
Repositioned the main parking lot for improved access to amenities Addition of community-requested features such as disc golf, a community garden, and bocce ball
The revised design was presented to the Parks and Recreation Committee on September 16, 2024, where additional comments were received. The design was further modified to reflect those comments in preparation for presentation to the City Council.
The design includes the following:
Two surface parking lots (250-car and 32-car capacity) Large retention basin
Multi-sensory inclusive children’s play area
Basketball court
Four pickleball courts with wind abatement features
Pavilion shelters with BBQ stands
Interconnected walking paths
Plazas and adaptable garden spaces
Large and small dog parks
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Multi-use lawn areas and community garden
Disc golf, bocce ball, and outdoor fitness equipment
Next Steps:
Upon City Council approval of the final conceptual design, the consultant will begin the design development phase, including preparing construction documents. Plan review by City staff is scheduled at the 30%, 60%, and 90% design stages, with final plans expected by November 2025. Permitting is anticipated by December 2025, with construction bids to be advertised in January/February 2026. Construction is projected to begin in March 2026 and take approximately 16–18 months to complete.
Estimated Construction Cost:
Based on a rough order-of-magnitude estimate reflecting the final concept plan, the total project construction cost is approximately $19 million.
Park Feature / Amenity Estimated
Construction Cost
Retaining basin – precise grading, retaining walls, etc. $1,650,000 Site preparation for construction $805,000
Parking lot and drive aisles $2,872,500
Walking paths, hardscape area, specialty paving designs $3,241,291 Landscape planting, sod and irrigation $3,164,987
Lighting $2,040,000
Children’s Play Area and Ninja Course – Equipment, PIP & Shade Elements
$1,825,000
Community Garden $392,500
Restroom Facilities $1,300,000
Sound Wall / Fence (Fronting Railroad and Highway) $717,750 Park Furnishings $989,000
Total $18,998,028
Legal Review:
This report has been reviewed by the City Attorney’s Office.
Strategic Plan:
Parks & Recreation – Priority 1: “Prepare for the financial requirements of maintaining existing parks to the highest level of service. Planning efforts shall also address future costs of replacement and growth of the park’s capital improvement fund.” Parks & Recreation – Priority 2: “Assure a continuing flow of innovative ideas by seeking creative partnerships, ensuring adequate staffing, and encouraging resident input.” Transportation – Priority 1: “Create walkable neighborhoods and areas within Palm Desert that would include residential; retail; services and employment centers; and parks, recreation, and open space to reduce the use of low occupancy vehicles.” Appointed Body Recommendation:
At its meeting on June 6, 2023, the Parks and Recreation Committee reviewed a presentation on the community park design and provided initial feedback. Interwest subsequently revised the 761
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plans to reflect input from both the Committee and the broader community and presented the updated designs to the Committee on November 7, 2023. At that meeting, the Committee voted to approve the revised design and recommended that the City Council consider permitting the use of the park’s fields for organized sports, citing the growing demand for field space.
Following further community engagement, an updated conceptual design was presented to the Committee on September 16, 2024. The Committee unanimously voted to advance the design, with two key recommendations:
Swap the locations of the playground and sports core to improve visibility and accessibility for families utilizing both the basin and playground areas. Relocate the splash pad to the center of the park to establish it as a focal feature.
Both recommendations have been incorporated into the final design.
Park Naming Subcommittee
On May 14, 2015, the City Council adopted Resolution No. 2015-33, establishing the Parks & Facilities Naming Policy. The policy outlines the following core naming principles:
A distinct geographic, environmental, or developmental feature A neighborhood, community, or access street
A name of historical significance to the facility
A reflection of the community’s ethnic diversity
An individual or family who has made significant contributions to the community or facility A major donor or corporate entity
The Parks Naming Subcommittee convened on April 30 and September 16, 2024, to discuss naming opportunities for various parks, including five pocket parks in University Park, a future community park, and a planned regional park.
In alignment with the naming policy, the subcommittee determined that the community park should be named in honor of an individual who has had a meaningful and lasting impact on the community. After careful consideration, the subcommittee unanimously recommended naming the park after Dave Erwin, the City’s first City Attorney upon its incorporation in 1973.
This recommendation was presented to the Parks and Recreation Committee at its January 7, 2025, meeting. The Committee reviewed and approved the proposal, recognizing Mr. Erwin’s enduring contributions to the City and affirming that his legacy reflects the City’s core values and mission.
City staff subsequently reached out to Mr. Erwin’s family. His wife expressed her appreciation and called the recognition a great honor.
Environment Review:
The North Palm Desert Community Park is identified in the City of Palm Desert General Plan, adopted by the City Council on November 10, 2016, and was evaluated for compliance with the 762
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California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) as part of the certified General Plan Environmental Impact Report (EIR) (SCH No. 2015081020). The project is also included in the Millennium Specific Plan, adopted on March 26, 2015, and further analyzed under CEQA through the Millennium Specific Plan Initial Study. The study concluded that the project would not result in any significant environmental effects that are specific to the site or project.
As such, the Community Park qualifies for a CEQA exemption under CEQA Guidelines Section 15183 – Projects Consistent with a Community Plan or Zoning. Additional environmental studies—including traffic, noise, air quality, and lighting analyses—are planned to support and inform the project. Any necessary amendments to the CEQA documentation will be prepared accordingly.
A Notice of Exemption (NOE), documenting the project's eligibility under Section 15183, will be filed with the County Clerk upon final approval of the North Palm Desert Community Park.
FINANCIAL IMPACT:
This project is included in the approved Capital Improvement Project (CIP) List for Fiscal Year 2024-25. Current funding for the design cost totals $1,658,400, which includes comprising $1,008,400 allocated under Account No. 2334670-5000201 and $650,000 under 4514618- 5000913, bond proceeds.
The FY 2025–26 Capital Improvement Plan includes a $16 million allocation from the General Fund for the construction of the community park, which was the original estimate. The total estimated construction cost of the project is now $19 million; however, staff will continue to vet this estimate during the finalization of the construction documents. Thereafter, staff will return to the City Council to request an appropriation for the total project cost. Additionally, staff is pursuing grant opportunities to support the project’s construction.
Construction documents are expected to be completed by late 2025, at which point the project will be advertised for construction bidding.
The table below provides a detailed breakdown of project current costs:
Description Current Budget Project Current
Cost
Current Balance
FY 2022/23 - 2334670-5000201 $1,000,000
FY 2022/23 – 2334670-500201 Transfer $8,400
FY 2023/24 - 4514618-5000913 $500,000
FY 2024/25 – 4514618-5000913 $150,000
**C43900 – Interwest - Design $1,000,000.00
C43900 – Interwest – Amendment 1 $230,095.00
C43900 – Interwest – Contingency $100,000.00
A43530 – HR Green Consulting – Financial Review $8,400.00 C44810 – Answer Advisory – Surveying $14,876.47
C44820 – Marrs Services – Pre-Construction $178,863.00
Project Total $1,658,400 $1,532,235.47 $126,164.53
CVMC Grant Reimbursement $300,000.00
Project Current Fund Balance $426,164.53
**includes cost for North Sphere Regional Park
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ATTACHMENTS:
1. Desert Sun Article – Dave Erwin
2. Final Concept Plan
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Longtime Palm Desert City Attorney David Erwin dies
Sherry Barkas, The Desert Sun
David Erwin, Palm Desert’s attorney since before the city’s incorporation in 1973, has died, his law firm confirmed Monday.
Erwin died Saturday, said Denise Nix, spokeswoman for Best Best & Krieger, where Erwin was a partner. He was 81.
“Dave Erwin was Palm Desert’s first and only city attorney. His long and illustrious association with Palm Desert predates the city’s existence as he helped to draft the documents that led to our incorporation in 1973,” City Manager John Wohlmuth said. “Dave’s 42 years of skillful, loyal and dedicated service to Palm Desert is deeply appreciated by all of us who had the privilege of knowing and working with him is one reason that Palm Desert remains such a
uniquely wonderful community.”
Mayor Pro Tem Bob Spiegel, currently the longest serving member of the City Council with 21 years, echoed
Wohlmuth’s comments.
“He did an excellent job as our attorney,” Spiegel said. “There was never a complaint against him. His (contract) was always renewed by the City Council and there was
never anybody who wanted to get rid of him.”
Spiegel said Erwin was also a close friend and he had
planned to visit Erwin in the hospital Monday afternoon. “We would go to lunch together and he would listen to me complain ... but never told me what to do,” Spiegel said.
Erwin, who lived in Indian Wells, last attended a City Council meeting on Oct. 8.
He died Saturday in a local hospital with his wife, Travis Erwin, and their two grown children, Scott and Stephanie, around him, longtime co-worker and Deputy City Attorney Robert Hargreaves said.
Erwin joined Best Best & Krieger in October 1986, working out of its Indian Wells office. Prior to that, he was with the firm of Erwin, Andelson & Eldred as well as Marsh, Moore & Cologne in the Coachella Valley.
A 1958 graduate of the University of Oklahoma School of Law, Erwin provided legal services to a variety of cities, including Indio, Indian Wells, Rancho Mirage, Desert Hot Springs, Cathedral City and Needles, according to the Best Best & Krieger website. “Although I never had the privilege to work with Dave, our paths crossed frequently as colleagues,” said Steve Quintanilla, city attorney for Rancho Mirage, Desert Hot Springs and Moreno Valley. “Dave will be remembered as one of the ‘greats’ among the city attorney community in California. 76521
“He has definitely been a great role model for many city attorneys such as myself. He will be missed by many of us who can only try to follow and fill the huge footprints he has left behind,” Quintanilla said.
The City Council will consider appointing Hargreaves to fill Erwin’s spot, city spokesman David Hermann said. The city’s current contract with Best Best & Krieger expires in 2019, he said.
Hargreaves and Erwin worked together for 30 years.
“He was a mentor to a whole generation of attorneys, including myself,” Hargreaves said Monday. “He was a very gracious person; very personable and always treated people very well. I think I saw him get mad once.”
Erwin, who was also an estate planner, loved being a lawyer and helping people, Hargreaves said, adding that Erwin’s work ethic was unlike that of anyone he’s known. “People would come to him with all kinds of problems – mostly legal but others as well – and he would help them work through them,” he said.
His health was failing him, but he refused to stop working. “He wanted to work until he couldn’t anymore,” Hargreaves said.
Erwin grew up in a small town in Oklahoma and moved to the Coachella Valley in the 1950s, Hargreaves said.
He was involved in the community, serving on a variety of boards including the Boys & Girls Clubs of Coachella Valley and the Bob Hope Chrysler Classic -- today the CareerBuilder Challenge. “Dave was a volunteer on the Board of the Desert Classic Charities and donated his time by giving advice to Eisenhower’s foundation department particularly for planned giving and estate giving. He will be greatly missed,” said Michael Landes, president of the Eisenhower Medical Center Foundation.
A memorial service is planned for 10 a.m. Nov. 20 at St. Margaret’s Episcopal Church in Palm Desert and is open to the public.
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CITY OF PALM DESERT
STAFF REPORT
MEETING DATE: April 24, 2025
PREPARED BY: Shawn Muir, Community Services Manager
SUBJECT: ADOPT A RESOLUTION TO INCREASE ADMISSION FEES FOR THE
PALM DESERT AQUATIC CENTER
RECOMMENDATION:
1. Hold a public hearing on approving a one-time increase of admissions fees to the Palm Desert Aquatic Center based on Year 2 of a proposed 5-year fee increase plan.
2. Adopt a Resolution entitled, “A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
PALM DESERT, CALIFORNIA, INCREASING CERTAIN ENTRY FEES FOR THE PALM DESERT AQUATIC CENTER AND TAKING OTHER ACTIONS THEREIN.”
3. Authorize appropriation totaling $230,747 to the appropriate Aquatic Center Expenditure Accounts from available Aquatic Facility Fund Balance.
BACKGROUND/ANALYSIS:
The Palm Desert Aquatic Center (PDAC) was opened as a new recreational amenity for the community in 2011. At that time, entry fees were established by Resolution No. 2011-32 (Attachment 1), and a 60% cost recovery goal was set. Due to rising operational costs, lack of fee adjustments for many years, and lower attendance, cost recovery for operations dipped to approximately 34% in 2023. Staff and the operator have increased programming in an attempt to improve revenues, as operating hours for concessions and recreational swimming were reduced following the pandemic. The increased city subsidy for operational expenses combined with the financial impact of potential future capital improvement projects for new amenities, prompted a fee analysis in FY 2022-23 to ensure the PDAC plans for a sustainable path forward.
Staff first reviewed this information with the Parks and Recreation Committee at their meetings in August 2022 and February 2023. Some considerations given by the Committee were the benefits that new attractions would bring to the PDAC and a program for low-income residents, should the fees be increased. A presentation was given to the City Council during a Study Session on March 23, 2023. At that meeting, staff were asked to gather additional data on other aquatic centers in the region for comparison, including fees, cost recovery, operator and staffing, amenities, size, and other relevant factors. Staff found that most aquatic centers are cityoperated, charge fees similar or higher than those at PDAC, and do not have a formally established cost recovery targets. Also, most facilities offer fewer attractions and amenities than PDAC.
Staff conducted a separate financial analysis to determine the need to address the rising annual city subsidy in relation to the 60% cost recovery goal set in the original resolution (2011-32). A 5-year plan that to incrementally manage (and hopefully mitigate) the rising city subsidy of the facility was developed. The increase was kept at a moderate level, and an income-qualified discount program was established. The plan was presented to the Parks and Recreation 769
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Committee and was approved to move forward for City Council approval. The City Council approved Resolution No. 2023-045 to increase the PDAC fees on September 14, 2023, and the new rates were implemented beginning January 1, 2024.
As part of the 5-year plan that was presented in 2023, staff committed to analyzing the effect of the fee increase on attendance rates, the City subsidy, and utilization of the income qualified discount program for the community. The income qualified discount program is based on existing programs in place with electric, water, and gas companies in the Coachella Valley. A PDAC visitor requesting to utilize the income qualified discount program would only need to bring a current bill showing their participation in one of these programs to qualify. If qualified, their group would be charged for facility use based on the previous fee structure (2011) and would not be subject to the proposed increase.
Following a full year of the new fee structure, staff observed that attendance increased slightly from 46,385 to 47,190. The fee increase accounted for $108,000 in additional net revenue than would have been received had the fees not changed. The income-qualified discount program was used by 87 people (<1% of total admissions). Of the 87 discounted entries provided, 64 (74%) of them occurred in June-August when recreational swimming is available. Overall, the city subsidy for operational costs is projected to increase as cost recovery is expected to decrease from 33% in Fiscal Year 2023-24, to an estimated 28% in 2024-25 as new food options, programs, and other amenities are explored.
An analysis of the Year 1 increase was presented to the Parks and Recreation Committee at their regular meeting on February 4, 2025, along with two options to further increase the PDAC fees in 2025. These options are hereafter described as the “Original Proposal,” which was included in the 5-year plan presented in 2023, and the “Alternative Proposal,” which was calculated as part of the annual review at the end of year 1 (see chart in Financial Impact section below). The presentation also included information about the next steps for approval and rollout of the new fee structure. Below is a timeline illustrating this plan:
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The Parks and Recreation Committee voted (6-1-0, with Guyer voting no) to recommend that the City Council consider an increase to the PDAC fees according to the Year 2 Proposal, allowing for an increase that follows the Original 5-Year Plan.
To increase the PDAC fees, the City Council is required to hold a noticed public hearing pursuant to California Government Code section 66018. Notice was published twice in a newspaper of general circulation at least ten (10) days prior to today’s public hearing with at least five (5) days intervening between each publication. The notice provided the date, time, and location of this evening’s public hearing.
At the public hearing, the City Council will hear all oral and written presentations regarding the PDAC fees from the public. Staff have prepared an estimate of the costs for the proposed PDAC fees and determined the fees do not exceed the reasonable estimate of costs to maintain and provide the PDAC facilities and services.
The City Council may decide to establish fees at a lower rate should the public interest and welfare be served. If adopted, the fees attached in Exhibit A will be effective July 1, 2025, and all previous PDAC fees referenced in the attached exhibit will be superseded. The adoption of these fees does not impact any other City fee, charge, or rates previously adopted by the City Council.
Adoption of the Original Proposal for the Year 2 fee increase is projected to generate approximately $130,000 in additional revenue to support PDAC activities. In contrast, adopting the Alternative Proposal, endorsed by the Parks and Recreation Committee, is estimated to generate approximately $74,000—resulting in a revenue difference of $56,000.
Legal Review:
This report has been reviewed by the City Attorney’s Office. Specifically, the requirement for a public hearing pursuant to Government Code, Section 66018 and the noticing schedule presented by staff was reviewed.
Appointed Body Recommendation:
At the February 4, 2025, Parks and Recreation Committee meeting, staff provided a presentation updating the Committee on the 2024 fee increase, and two options for increasing the fees for Year 2 of the 5-Year plan. The Original Proposal followed the 5-Year plan increase, and the Alternative Proposal provided a more moderate increase based on lower-than-anticipated operating costs in 2024. At that time, the Committee voted unanimously to allow for the implementation of the more moderate Alternative Proposal increase.
However, subsequent budget projections provided a more realistic outlook that was consistent with that of the FY 2024/25 budget. For this reason, staff provided an updated presentation to the Committee during its April 1, 2025, meeting. Following the presentation, the Committee voted to recommend the Year 2 increase that coincides with the original 5-Year plan. A reassessment of the program will be conducted in 2026 to determine the future implementation of the fee increase plan.
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FINANCIAL IMPACT:
Adopting the Original Proposal would lead to a revenue increase that reduces the estimated Fiscal Year 2025/26 General Fund subsidy for the Palm Desert Aquatic Center operations by approximately $130,000, decreasing it from $2.27 million to approximately $2.14 million.
Since PDAC fees are not intended to fully recover costs, the General Fund must provide an annual subsidy to support PDAC operations. The chart below highlights the steady increase in the General Fund subsidy over the past several years, alongside a decline in the cost recovery percentage. If fees remain unchanged, the subsidy is projected to keep rising, requiring additional General Fund support in the future due to increasing operational costs.
Fiscal Year General Fund Subsidy* Cost Recovery %
14/15 $503,641 63%
15/16 $683,341 56%
16/17 $613,833 59%
17/18 $657,877 59%
18/19 $709,937 58%
19/20 $794,884 40%
20/21 $1,026,000 26%
21/22 $1,400,500 33%
22/23 $1,890,294 34%
23/24 $1,961,250 33%
24/25 est. $2,215,598 30%
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While the fee increase will help reduce the initially projected General Fund subsidy, the report presented to the Parks and Recreation Committee in February underestimated the expected operational costs. Additionally, the midyear budget adjustments approved on February 13, 2025, for PDAC included expenditure reductions that were later found to be over-stated based on actual and anticipated costs through the end of June. As a result, staff is requesting an appropriation of $230,747 to the appropriate Aquatic Facility Expenditure accounts listed below for FY 2024-25.
ATTACHMENTS:
1. Resolution No. 2025-____, includes Exhibit A – PDAC 2025 Fee Schedule
2. Resolution No. 2023-045
3. Resolution No. 2011-32
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RESOLUTION NO. 2025-
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALM
DESERT, CALIFORNIA, INCREASING CERTAIN ENTRY FEES FOR THE
PALM DESERT AQUATIC CENTER AND TAKING OTHER ACTIONS
THEREIN
WHEREAS, the City of Palm Desert (“City”) City Council established entry fees for the Palm Desert Aquatic Center (“PDAC”) on May 12, 2011; and WHEREAS, the City had engaged Ballard King & Associates, LTD to conduct a study entitled Aquatic Center Operations Study (the “Study”) to establish the original PDAC rates; and
WHEREAS, the Study established a City goal of 60% cost recovery in order to ensure entry fees were set at an affordable level for the benefit all City residents; and WHEREAS, due to escalating costs that have occurred since 2011, the date the original fees were implemented, actual cost recovery has been closer to approximately 30% of City costs to operate the facility; and WHEREAS, the City elected not to implement the annual increases established in the Study at that time and instead chose to keep fees at the initial rate subsidizing the costs for public benefit; and
WHEREAS, the City had not increased its PDAC fees since they were established in 2011 until September 14, 2023, to marginally increase the rate of cost recovery, and the City now desires to further increase the PDAC fees to contribute to recovering City costs for operating and maintaining the PDAC facilities and services provided; and
WHEREAS, the City has complied with the procedural requirements pursuant to California Government Code, section 66018 which requires the City to hold a noticed public hearing as part of a regularly scheduled meeting, at which oral and written presentations regarding the PDAC fees may be made; and WHEREAS, notice for the public hearing notified all interested persons the public hearing will take place at 4:00 pm on April 24, 2025 at the Civic Center Council Chambers located at 73510 Fred Waring Drive, Palm Desert, CA 92260 and said notice was provided pursuant to Government Code, section 6062a which requires at least ten (10) days’ notice prior to the date of the public hearing published twice with at least five (5) days intervening between each publication; and WHEREAS, the City has prepared an estimate of the costs establishing the proposed PDAC fees and such fees do not exceed the reasonable estimate of costs to maintain and provide the PDAC facilities and services; and 775
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WHEREAS, the City Council now desires to adopt the 2025 PDAC fees.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City of Palm Desert, California City Council as follows:
SECTION 1. Recitals. The above recitals are true and correct and are incorporated herein by this reference.
SECTION 2. Findings. The City Council finds the following:
1. Notice of the public hearing was published twice with at least five (5) days intervening between each publication on April 11, 2025, with a second notice published on April 18, 2025, the first date being at least ten (10) days prior to the date of the public hearing.
2. The duly noticed public hearing was held and all oral and written presentations regarding the PDAC fees were heard and considered.
3. The PDAC fees do not exceed the estimated reasonable costs of maintaining and operating the PDAC facilities and services.
4. The City Council retains the right to establish fees at a lower rate should the public interest and welfare be served.
SECTION 3. Approval. The City Council adopts the PDAC fees, as identified in the attached Exhibit “A” and incorporated herein by this reference and the City Council now directs City staff to implement the fees to be effective July 1, 2025. All previous PDAC fees in effect as of January 1, 2024, are to be superseded and replaced. PDAC visitors may request reduced admission through an income-qualified discount program administered by the PDAC operator in which proof of participation in a lowincome program for a local utility is shown upon entry to be charged the 2011 rates.
SECTION 4. Applicability. This Resolution relates only to the adoption of the PDAC fees and does not affect any other City fee, charge, or rates previously adopted by the City Council.
SECTION 5. CEQA. That the City Council finds this Resolution is not subject to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) in that the activity is covered by the general rule that CEQA applies only to projects which have the potential for causing a significant effect on the environment. Where it can be seen with certainty, as in this case, that there is no possibility that the activity in question may have a significant effect on the environment, the activity is not subject to CEQA.
SECTION 6. Severability. If any provision of this Resolution or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications, and to this end the provisions of this Resolution are declared to be severable.
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SECTION 7. Effective Date. This Resolution shall become effective immediately following its adoption.
ADOPTED ON _________________.
JAN C. HARNIK
MAYOR
ATTEST:
ANTHONY J. MEJIA
CITY CLERK
I, Anthony J. Mejia, City Clerk of the City of Palm Desert, hereby certify that Resolution No. 2025-___ is a full, true, and correct copy, and was duly adopted at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Palm Desert on _________________, by the following vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTAIN:
RECUSED:
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the official seal of the City of Palm Desert, California, on .
ANTHONY J. MEJIA
CITY CLERK
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EXHIBIT “A”
Palm Desert Aquatic Center 2025 Fee Schedule
PDAC visitors may request reduced admission through an income-qualified discount program administered by the PDAC operator in which proof of participation in a low-income program for a local utility is shown upon entry to be charged the 2011 rates.
All program fees, groups rates, rental fees, lane rental fees, facility rentals, concessions fees and other fees not listed shall be determined and administered by the contract operator.
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RESOLUTION NO. 2023-045
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF PALM DESERT, CALIFORNIA, INCREASING
CERTAIN ENTRY FEES FOR THE PALM DESERT
AQUATIC CENTER AND TAKING OTHER ACTIONS
THEREIN
WHEREAS, the City of Palm Desert (“City”) City Council established entry fees for the Palm Desert Aquatic Center (“PDAC”) on May 12, 2011; and WHEREAS, the City had engaged Ballard King & Associates, LTD to conduct a study entitled Aquatic Center Operations Study (the “Study”) to establish the original PDAC rates; and
WHEREAS, the Study established a City goal of 60% cost recovery in order to ensure entry fees were set at an affordable level for the benefit all City residents; and WHEREAS, due to escalating costs that have occurred since 2011, the date the original fees were implemented, actual cost recovery has been closer to approximately 35% of City costs to operate the facility; and WHEREAS, the City elected not to implement the annual increases established in the Study at that time and instead chose to keep fees at the initial rate subsidizing the costs for public benefit; and
WHEREAS, the City has not increased its PDAC fees since they were established and the City now desires to increase the PDAC fees to ensure such fees are adequately recovering City costs of operating and maintaining the PDAC facilities and services provided; and
WHEREAS, the City has complied with the procedural requirements pursuant to California Government Code, section 66018 which requires the City to hold a noticed public hearing as part of a regularly scheduled meeting, at which oral and written presentations regarding the PDAC fees may be made; and WHEREAS, notice for the public hearing notified all interested persons the public hearing will take place at 4:00pm on September 14, 2023 at the Civic Center Council Chambers located at 73510 Fred Waring Drive, Palm Desert, CA 92260 and said notice was provided pursuant to Government Code, section 6062a which requires at least ten (10) days’ notice prior to the date of the public hearing published twice with at least five (5) days intervening between each publication; and WHEREAS, the City has prepared an estimate of the costs establishing the proposed PDAC fees and such fees do not exceed the reasonable estimate of costs to maintain and provide the PDAC facilities and services; and DocuSign Envelope ID: 93C19FAB-711A-49E5-973E-51FADA87AB09 779
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WHEREAS, the City Council now desires to adopt the 2023 PDAC fees.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City of Palm Desert, California City Council as follows:
SECTION 1. Recitals. The above recitals are true and correct and are incorporated herein by this reference.
SECTION 2. Findings. The City Council finds the following:
1. Notice of the public hearing was published twice with at least five (5) days intervening between each publication on September 3, 2023, with a second notice published on September 10, 2023, the first date being at least ten (10) days prior to the date of the public hearing.
2. The duly noticed public hearing was held and all oral and written presentations regarding the PDAC fees was heard and considered.
3. The PDAC fees do not exceed the estimated reasonable costs of maintaining and operating the PDAC facilities and services.
4. The City Council retains the right to establish fees at a lower rate should the public interest and welfare be served.
SECTION 3. Approval. The City Council adopts the PDAC fees, as identified in the attached Exhibit “A” and incorporated herein by this reference and the City Council now directs City staff to implement the fees to be effective January 1, 2024. All previous PDAC fees in effect as of January 1, 2024 are to be superseded and replaced.
SECTION 4. Applicability. This Resolution relates only to the adoption of the PDAC fees and does not affect any other City fee, charge, or rates previously adopted by the City Council.
SECTION 5. CEQA. That the City Council finds this Resolution is not subject to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) in that the activity is covered by the general rule that CEQA applies only to projects which have the potential for causing a significant effect on the environment. Where it can be seen with certainty, as in this case, that there is no possibility that the activity in question may have a significant effect on the environment, the activity is not subject to CEQA.
SECTION 6. Severability. If any provision of this Resolution or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications, and to this end the provisions of this Resolution are declared to be severable.
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SECTION 7. Effective Date. This Resolution shall become effective immediately following its adoption.
ADOPTED ON SEPTEMBER 14, 2023.
________________________
KATHLEEN KELLY
MAYOR
ATTEST:
________________________
ANTHONY J. MEJIA
CITY CLERK
I, Anthony J. Mejia, City Clerk of the City of Palm Desert, hereby certify that Resolution No. 2023-045 is a full, true, and correct copy, and was duly adopted at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Palm Desert on September 14, 2023, by the following vote:
AYES: HARNIK, NESTANDE, QUINTANILLA, TRUBEE, AND KELLY
NOES: NONE
ABSENT: NONE
ABSTAIN: NONE
RECUSED: NONE
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the official seal of the City of Palm Desert, California, on ______________.
ANTHONY J. MEJIA
CITY CLERK
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EXHIBIT “A”
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RESOLUTION NO. 2011- 32
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALM
DESERT, CALIFORNIA, ESTABLISHING ENTRY FEES FOR THE PALM
DESERT AQUATIC CENTER
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Palm Desert, California, did on the 12th day of May 2011, did consider a request by the CITY OF PALM DESERT for approval to establish entry fees, as identified on Exhibit "A" for the Palm Desert Aquatic Center; and
WHEREAS, said City Council did find the following facts and reasons to exist to approve said request:
1. The City has studied similar facilities in the region and found the proposed fees to be in line with market prices. The proposed fees balance the desires of the City to reach a 60 percent cost recovery and the need to provide affordable recreational swimming opportunities.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Palm Desert, California, as follows:
1. That the above recitations are true and correct and constitute the findings of the City Council in this case.
2. That the City Council does hereby establish fees as identified on Exhibit A" of this resolution.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the Palm Desert City Council, held on this 12th day of May 2011, by the following vote, to wit:
AYES: HARNIR, KROONEN, SPIEGEL, and BENSON
NOES: FINERTY
ABSENT: NONE
ABSTAIN: NONE
i
JET M. BENSOfy, AYOR
ATTEST:
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CITY OF PALM DESERT, CALIFORNIA
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EXHIBIT " A"
Fees for the Palm Desert Aquatics Center
Category
Junior (2 to 5)
Youth/ Senior ( 6 to 12 & 60+)
Adult ( 13 to 59)
Youth Punch Card 25 Visits
Adult Punch Card 25 Visits
Youth 3- Month Pass
Adult 3- Month Pass
Youth Annual Pass
Adult Annual Pass
Resident/
Property Owner*
2. 50
3. 00
4. 00
65. 00
94. 00
110. 00
150. 00
420. 00
550. 00
Non -Resident
3. 75
4. 50
6. 00
98. 00
142. 00
165. 00
225. 00
630. 00
825. 00
All program fees, group rates, rental fees, lane rental fees, facility rentals, concessions fees and other fees not listed shall be determined by the contract operator.
City of Palm Desert Employees shall be granted the rates of Resident/Property Owner for appropriate age category.
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STAFF REPORT
MEETING DATE: April 24, 2025
PREPARED BY: Carlos Flores, AICP, Principal Planner
SUBJECT: ADOPT A RESOLUTION DESIGNATING SANDPIPER CIRCLE 4
CONDOMINIUMS AS A HISTORIC DISTRICT
RECOMMENDATION:
Adopt a Resolution entitled, “A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALM DESERT DESIGNATING THE SANDPIPER CIRCLE 4 CONDOMINIUMS, LOCATED SOUTH
OF EL PASEO DRIVE, AS A HISTORIC LANDMARK DISTRICT PURSUANT TO CRITERIA A AND E IN PALM DESERT MUNICIPAL CODE SECTION 29.50.010 (ASSESSOR’S PARCEL NUMBERS 640-230-002 THROUGH 640-230-027).”
BACKGROUND/ANALYSIS:
On October 9, 2008, the City Council of Palm Desert adopted Ordinance 1168 which established procedures for designation of Historic Districts, as outlined in Palm Desert Municipal Code (PDMC) Chapter 29.50. Requests for designation of any historic district may be initiated by any person, organization or entity and require City Council approval upon recommendation of the Cultural Resources Preservation Committee (CRPC).
This project (CRPC24-0005) is a request by Kerry Stern (Applicant) on behalf of Sandpiper to designate the existing Circle 4 Condominiums (Circle 4) located south of El Paseo, west of Highway 74, east of Edgehill Way, and North of Pitahaya Street, encompassing Assessors Parcel Numbers 640-230-002 through 640-230-025 and 640-230-027, as a historic district. On A total of eleven (11) out of 17 Circles within Sandpiper have received a historical designation, as summarized in Table 1 below. The Circles are ordered by the approximate order in which the building clusters were built.
Table 1 – Sandpiper Historic Designation Summary
Sandpiper Circle Number Designation Date
Circle 1 4/14/2022
Circle 2 2/10/2022
Circle 3 2/10/2022
Circles 5-10 3/23/2017
Circles 11 & 12 5/23/2013
Cultural Resources Preservation Committee (CRPC) Recommendation:
At its February 26, 2025 regular meeting, the CRPC made findings pursuant to Palm Desert Municipal Code (PDMC) Section 29.50.010 under Criteria A and E and approved a recommendation to the Palm Desert City Council to adopt a resolution to designate the property as a historic district.
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Project Description:
The Applicant has submitted their nomination application (Attachment 2) which provides a detailed analysis on the proposed designation, complete with justification, historical documentation, findings, and photographs. A summary of the nomination application is below:
Definition
The Sandpiper condominium complex (Complex) was developed with a total of 16 full circles and two half circles, originally designed and constructed from 1958-1960 (See Figure 1 below).
Circle 4 was completed around 1960 and was meant to represent the start of a western expansion. The entirety of the Complex was constructed with a singular architectural vision where nearly every Circle was built simultaneously with similar materials and design.
Figure 1 – Sandpiper Community
Boundary
The main reasoning behind the proposal is to include Circle 4 to the rest of the approved historic districts within the Complex, as summarized in Table 1. Circle 4 was built with a similar vision, architecture, and materials as the rest of the Complex. The nomination includes the common area, a large pool with a poolside community that is consistent amongst each individual circle within the Complex, and surrounding landscaping. Detached carports were added in the 1970s after the development’s 1960 completion and are not a part of this application.
Physical Description
Circle 4 is a part of the first Circles (1-4) that were originally built and are the only circles with triplexes. Circle 4 has horizontal lines, flat roofs, expansive amounts of glass, clerestory windows, and other characterizing features of mid-century modern architecture that is consistent with the rest of the Complex and with architecture practices of Palm Desert in its time period. 786
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Theme
A condominium complex with a “pin-wheel” green belt configuration is a critical theme of Circle 4 and the rest of the Complex, which is a concept derived from 19th century British planner Ebenezer Howard. Each Circle has a pool as a central hub and is built to emulate a car-free environment with buildings fronting onto a green bel, and streets running along the perimeters instead of interiors, as shown in Figure 2 below.
Figure 2 – Aerial View Circle 4
Significance
As noted in the application, Palm Desert is known as a center of important mid-century architecture, and Circle 4 represents an excellent intact example of American Modernist architecture. Sandpiper Condominium Circle 4, completed in 1960 by the Los Angeles-based architectural firm of Palmer & Krisel, exhibits numerous stylistic markers that place them directly in the historic context of Palm Desert’s Modern Period.
ANALYSIS:
Pursuant to PDMC 29.20.010 Definitions, a “historic geographic district” means “any geographic area that possesses a concentration, linkage, or continuity of historic or cultural resources of which fifty percent or more of the total retain integrity and which have been designated as a historic district by the city council or is listed in a county, state or federal register.” The request for designation of any historic district may be initiated by any person, organization or entity and is subsequently referred to the CRPC for their recommendation to the City Council for a final determination. Per PDMC 29.50.010, a district may be designated if it is determined that the district represents a significant and distinguishable entity that at the local level does any of the following:
A. Exemplifies or reflects special elements of cultural, social, economic, political, aesthetic, engineering, architectural, or natural history; or B. Is identified with persons or events significant in history; or 787
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C. Embodies distinctive characteristics of a style, type, period, or method of construction, or is a valuable example of the use of indigenous materials or craftsmanship; or D. Represents the work of master builders, designers, or architects; or E. Reflects distinctive examples of community planning or significant development patterns, including those associated with different eras of settlement and growth, agricultural, or transportation; or
F. Conveys a sense of historic and architectural cohesiveness through its design, setting, materials, workmanship or associations; or
G. Is an archaeological, paleontological, botanical, geological, topographical, ecological, or geographical resource that has yielded or has the potential to yield important information in history or pre-history.
All of the previously designated Circles within Sandpiper noted in Table 1 were designated based on Criteria A and Criteria E listed above. The Applicant has provided justification for approval based off each Criteria listed above. Staff is recommending approval of the proposed designation based off Criteria A and Criteria E. A summary of analysis for Criteria A and Criteria E is listed below:
Criteria A:
Applicant’s Response:
Sandpiper Circle 4 exemplifies excellent examples of Mid-Century Modern aesthetics, engineering and architecture.
The project exemplifies special elements of culture, social, economic, aesthetic, and architecture, as outlined in the Application. Circle 4 represents an excellent intact example of American Modernist architecture. Sandpiper Condominium Circle 4, completed in 1960 by the Los Angeles-based architectural firm of Palmer & Krisel, exhibits numerous stylistic markers that place them directly in the historic context of Palm Desert’s Modern Period. Circle 4 has horizontal lines, flat roofs, expansive amounts of glass, clerestory windows, and other characterizing features of mid-century modern architecture that is consistent with the rest of the Complex. The Circle layout, complete with a centralized pool and a “pin-wheel” green belt configuration is a critical theme of Circle 4 and the rest of the Complex, which is a concept derived from 19th century British planner Ebenezer Howard.
As noted, 11 other Circles within Sandpiper have previously been approved as historic districts based off Criteria A, and Circle #4 has all of the same architectural and design components as those previously approved.
Criteria E:
Applicant’s Response:
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The concept of a condominium, where the ownership of a building or property is a shared entity is a relatively modern phenomenon, although communal living is not. The first “condominium” was built in the United States in 1960 in Salt Lake City, Utah. The concept grew in popularity and by the end of the decade condominiums were present in all 50 states.
The site planning at Sandpiper is a pin-wheel configuration around a central hub (in this case the pool) and its greenbelt concept draws from 19th century British planner Ebenezer Howard’s Garden City. Howard’s concept envisioned a world where the best of city and rural life is combined to create a utopian environment. He espoused the need for green belts, in an effort to reduce congestion and to create a healthy environment in which to live. Palmer & Krisel expands this idea by creating an environment free from cars, a popular symbol of urban distress. Their site planning re-examines not only urban but suburban living. Palmer & Krisel deftly sited all vehicular roads and carports on the perimeter of each circle. Their buildings turn their “fronts” away from the street. The “front porch” no longer faces the street but is moved to look onto the green belt. In this, the pool becomes the “new street scape”: the new social gathering place for the complex.
Beginning in 1956 with their first Palm Springs tract, Twin Palms, Krisel, the firm's lead designer for desert houses, and Alexander Homes, the home developer used variation of orientation and roofline, integration of indoor and outdoor living, and careful use of standardized elements to make modernist design affordable enabling an affordable 2nd home for the escape from the city.
This popularized this post-and-beam architectural style in the Coachella Valley. Alexander houses and similar homes feature low-pitched roofs, wide eaves, open-beamed ceilings, and floor-to-ceiling windows. The houses facilitated indoor-outdoor living in the desert with sheltered patios and pools and in some cases breezeways clerestory windows improved air circulation while bringing light into the house. The interior designs included flexible room dividers to adapt the floor plan to the owners' preferences.
The response provided by the Applicant provides satisfactory evidence towards meeting the requirements of Criteria E. Additionally, 11 other Circles within Sandpiper have previously been approved as historic districts based off Criteria E, and Circle #4 has all of the same components as those previously approved.
Legal Review:
This report has been reviewed by the City Attorney’s Office.
Public Input:
Pursuant to the requirements of PDMC Section 29.50.080, a ten-day (10) notice of this hearing was posted in The Desert Sun on April 11, 2025, and mailed to all property owners within a 300- foot radius of the subject property. At the time of preparation of this report, no comments were received.
Environment Review:
Designation of the existing single-family residence as a local landmark is not subject to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to Section 15060(c)(2), the general exemption rule, of the CEQA Guidelines as the proposed project will not result in any foreseeable 789
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indirect change in the environment. The project is also exempt under CEQA Guidelines Section 15060(c)(3) the activity is not considered as a project as defined under Guidelines Section 15378 as it has no potential for resulting in any indirect or direct physical changes to the environment.
FINANCIAL IMPACT:
There is no fiscal impact associated with the recommended action. As a designated historic landmark, the property owner may apply for a Mills Act contract to receive a reduction in property taxes in exchange for preserving the historic structure. However, this impact will occur at a future time.
ATTACHMENTS:
1. Draft City Council Resolution
2. Project Application
3. Public Hearing Notice
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A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALM DESERT DESIGNATING THE SANDPIPER CIRCLE 4 CONDOMINIUMS, LOCATED
SOUTH OF EL PASEO DRIVE, AS A HISTORIC LANDMARK DISTRICT
PURSUANT TO CRITERIA A AND E IN PALM DESERT MUNICIPAL CODE SECTION 29.50.010 (ASSESSOR’S PARCEL NUMBERS 640-230-002 THROUGH 640-230-027)
CASE NOS. CRPC24-0005
WHEREAS, Chapter 29.50.090 of the Palm Desert Municipal Code (PDMC) allows for the designation of historic districts by the City Council; and WHEREAS, on Kerry Stern (“Applicant), on behalf of the Sandpiper residential development (“Owner), filed an application, including a statement of significance, with the City pursuant to the requirements of Title 29 of the PDMC to designate “Sandpiper Circle 4 Condominiums” located south of El Paseo Drive (Assessor’s Parcel Number 640-230-002 THROUGH 640-230-027) (“Property”) as a local historic district; and WHEREAS, the historic landmark designation request is not subject to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to Section 15060(c)(2), the general exemption rule, of the CEQA Guidelines as the proposed project will not result in any foreseeable indirect change in the environment and Section 15060(c)(3) the activity is not considered as a project as it has no potential for resulting in any indirect or direct physical changes to the environment; and
WHEREAS, on February 26, 2025, a noticed public hearing of the Palm Desert Cultural Resource Preservation Committee (CRPC) was held to consider the Historic Designation under case CRPC24-0005 and recommended the City Council adopt a resolution designating Sandpiper Circle 4 as a historic district based off Palm Desert Municipal Code
29.50.010 Criteria A and E; and
WHEREAS, on April 24, 2025, a noticed public hearing of the Palm Desert City Council was held to consider the Historic Designation under case CRPC24-0005; and WHEREAS, the City Council reviewed the application materials and considered all public testimony and comments provided prior to and during the meeting, and made the following findings pursuant to PDMC Section 29.50.010:
1. Criteria A: Sandpiper Circle 4 exemplifies excellent examples of Mid-Century Modern aesthetics, engineering and architecture.
The project exemplifies special elements of culture, social, economic, aesthetic, and architecture, as outlined in the Application. Circle 4 represents an excellent intact example of American Modernist architecture. Sandpiper Condominium Circle 4, completed in 1960 by the Los Angeles-based architectural firm of Palmer & Krisel, exhibits numerous stylistic markers that place them directly in the historic context of Palm Desert’s Modern Period. Circle 4 has horizontal lines, flat roofs, expansive amounts of glass, clerestory windows, and other characterizing features of mid791 RESOLUTION NO. 2025-
2 century modern architecture that is consistent with the rest of the Complex. The Circle layout, complete with a centralized pool and a “pin-wheel” green belt configuration is a critical theme of Circle 4 and the rest of the Complex, which is a concept derived from 19th century British planner Ebenezer Howard.
As noted, 11 other Circles within Sandpiper have previously been approved as historic districts based off Criteria A, and Circle #4 has all of the same architectural and design components as those previously approved.
2. Criteria E: The concept of a condominium, where the ownership of a building or property is a shared entity is a relatively modern phenomenon, although communal living is not. The first “condominium” was built in the United States in 1960 in Salt Lake City, Utah. The concept grew in popularity and by the end of the decade condominiums were present in all 50 states.
The site planning at Sandpiper is a pin-wheel configuration around a central hub (in this case the pool) and its greenbelt concept draws from 19th century British planner Ebenezer Howard’s Garden City. Howard’s concept envisioned a world where the best of city and rural life is combined to create a utopian environment. He espoused the need for green belts, in an effort to reduce congestion and to create a healthy environment in which to live. Palmer & Krisel expands this idea by creating an environment free from cars, a popular symbol of urban distress. Their site planning reexamines not only urban but suburban living. Palmer & Krisel deftly sited all vehicular roads and carports on the perimeter of each circle. Their buildings turn their “fronts” away from the street. The “front porch” no longer faces the street but is moved to look onto the green belt. In this, the pool becomes the “new street scape”: the new social gathering place for the complex.
Beginning in 1956 with their first Palm Springs tract, Twin Palms, Krisel, the firm's lead designer for desert houses, and Alexander Homes, the home developer used variation of orientation and roofline, integration of indoor and outdoor living, and careful use of standardized elements to make modernist design affordable enabling an affordable 2nd home for the escape from the city. This popularized this post-and-beam architectural style in the Coachella Valley. Alexander houses and similar homes feature low-pitched roofs, wide eaves, open-beamed ceilings, and floor-to-ceiling windows. The houses facilitated indoor-outdoor living in the desert with sheltered patios and pools and in some cases breezeways clerestory windows improved air circulation while bringing light into the house. The interior designs included flexible room dividers to adapt the floor plan to the owners' preferences.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Palm Desert, California, as follows:
SECTION 1. Recitals. The City Council hereby finds that the foregoing recitals are true and correct and are incorporated herein as substantive findings of this Resolution. 792
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3 SECTION 2. That Section 29.50.090 of the PDMC requires that the City Council adopt a resolution designating a historic district based upon facts and findings on the criteria outlined in Chapter 29.50 Historic District.
SECTION 3. Based upon the foregoing findings and facts incorporated herein, the Property, located at Sandpiper Circle 4, is hereby designated as a local historic district.
ADOPTED ON ______.
JAN C. HARNIK
MAYOR
ATTEST:
ANTHONY J. MEJIA
CITY CLERK
I, Anthony J. Mejia, City Clerk of the City of Palm Desert, hereby certify that Resolution No. 2025-__ is a full, true, and correct copy, and was duly adopted at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Palm Desert on______, by the following vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTAIN:
RECUSED:
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the official seal of the City of Palm Desert, California, on ______________, 2025.
ANTHONY J. MEJIA
CITY CLERK
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1 Sandpiper Condominiums
Circle 4
Historic District Nomination
Prepared by Kerry Stern
2024
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2 Acknowledgements
The author would like to recognize the help and contributions of:
Rebecca Xenos
Darren Shay
Rochelle McCune
Christi Van Cleve
Karen Porter
and
Sandpiper Condominiums 1, 2 and 3 for leading the way and sharing their applications
And to architect
William Krisel, AIA
A pioneer of Mid-Century Modernism whose vision and determination made Sandpiper a reality.
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3 Table of Contents
Introduction 4
Historic District Cultural Resources Nomination Application 5 Historic District Cultural Resources Nomination Application—Expanded Entries 7
1. Definition 7
2. Boundary Description 7
3. Boundary Justification 8
4. Physical Description (and History) 8
5. Theme 9
6. Period of Significance 9
7. Narrative of Statement of Significance 10
8. Additional Information 11
A. Bibliography 11
B. Other Sources 12
C. Photographs 12
Appendix A. Action Items 13
Appendix B. Sandpiper Condominiums Circle 4 APNs 14
Appendix C. Sandpiper Condominiums Tract Map Circle 4 15 Appendix D. Krisel Site Plan Circle 4 16
Appendix E. Sandpiper Community Map 17
Appendix F. Integrity Analysis 18
Appendix G. Specific Responses to Historic District Designation 21 Appendix H. Historical Documentation 26
Appendix I. Floor Plans and Unit Photos 30
Appendix J. Pool and Ramada 33
Appendix K. Grounds 35
Appendix L. Historic Olive Trees 37
Appendix M. Decorative Concrete Block 38
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4 Introduction
On April 6, 2023, the board of directors of the Palm Springs Garden Apartments #4, commonly known as Circle 4, voted to seek historic designation through the City of Palm Desert. (Appendix A). An Ad-Hoc Committee was appointed to pursue the application on behalf of the Association. A motion was made to appoint owners Christi Van Cleve, Karen Porter and Rebecca Xenos to the committee. Due to extenuating circumstances, this committee was unable to complete the project. On June 22, 2024, the Board appointed Kerry Stern to complete the historic portion of the application.
This nomination seeks to have the City designate Sandpiper Condominiums Circle 4 with historic status, joining the existing Historic District #4 which already encompasses the rest of the Sandpiper Condominiums complex.
Circles 1-4 of Sandpiper Condominiums, constructed between 1958 and 1960, saw architect William Krisel create a template for affordable, modernist architecture in a desert environment that would earn him national acclaim. The design elements and language that Krisel developed in the original four circles would go on to be utilized in the design of subsequent Circles as they were built out in the 1960’s.
Sandpiper Circle 4 has been part of several modern home tours, including those conducted during Modernism Week.
“To WINTER in the desert playground of the Palm Springs area has been the dream of all who know California. Now the dream can come true in a simple and interesting manner. On the highway at Palm Desert, midway between Palm Springs and Indio, is The Sandpiper –the ultimate in desert living…these luxury homes, built on an own-your-own basis are now well into their fourth cluster. They provide every privacy and every facility from beautiful enclosed patio gardens to built-in electric kitchens—all combined with the finest in resort hotel service and maintenance. Without a care in the world one may revel in desert sunshine, invigorating clear air, in interesting mountains and wide stretches of golden sand.” Pictorial California, 1960
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7 Historic District Cultural Resources
Nomination Application—Expanded
Entries
1. Definition
There are 17 Circles within the Sandpiper Condominium complex with sixteen full Circles (each with a pool) and two half Circles (each with a pool). In Circles 1 through 4, the original Sandpiper Circles designed by Palmer & Krisel (1958-1960), three attached condominium units comprised a building, and eight buildings comprised a Circle. The units are typically mirror images of each other joined at the common wall, with some minor variations designed to add visual interest such as varying heights in the original four Circles. The Circle numbers indicated the approximate order in which the building clusters were built.
Circle 4 was completed around 1960 and represented the start of a western expansion.
The ramada was in a triangular shape and was skillfully placed into the landscape.
Many of the Sandpiper owners by now were coming from Southern California and using their units as weekend getaways. The Sandpiper was no longer limited to winter use as originally conceived.
2. Boundary Description
The Sandpiper Condominium complex is located south of El Paseo Drive, west of California Route 74, east of Edgehill Way and north of Pitahaya Street. Primary entrances to each complex are on El Paseo Drive.
Currently, the City’s Historic District #4 comprises Sandpiper Condominiums Circles 1, 2, 3, 5-10 and 11-12. Circles 5-10 and 11 and 12 are in the center of the Sandpiper Condominium Complex. This nomination proposes that Sandpiper Condominiums Circle 4 be added into the Historic District #4.
Sandpiper Condominiums Circle 4 is adjacent to Circle 1 (North), Circle 2 (East) and Circle 3 (South). Circles 5-10 are located west of Circle 4. Access to the circle is through the most eastern Gate F off of El Paseo Drive.
The specific Assessor Parcel Numbers (APNS) contained in Sandpiper Condominiums Circle 4 are sited in Appendix.B and in total constitute a legal description of the 801
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3. Boundary Justification
This nomination is specifically written to include Circle 4 of the Sandpiper Condominium.
Unlike some historic districts, which can contain a variety of architectural styles built over an extended period, the Sandpiper Condominium complex represents a concentrated architectural vision with the buildings in each Circle constructed nearly simultaneously, of the same materials, deliberately sited in a coherent plan. Circle 4 is an intrinsic part of this common architectural vision. Included in this historic district nomination is the common area, or courtyard, which is surrounded by the buildings of Circle 4. A pool is in the center of the common area. The pool is surrounded by a large accessible area of landscaping, which serves as a buffer between the pool and the units. A poolside community Ramada was an important part of the original design. The detached carports were added in the 1970s well after the development’s completion in 1960 and are not a part of the application for historic status.
4. Physical Description (and History)
Circle 4 is part of the first Circles (1 through 4) designed and constructed of the Sandpiper Condominiums. They were originally built as cooperatives by the construction company of George M. Holstein and Sons along with the Western Land and Capital Company.
The architectural firm of Palmer and Krisel was brought on to design the initial phase (Circle 1) of Sandpiper Condominiums and construction was completed in 1958. While Krisel was directly responsible for the designs of Circles 1-14 of the entire Sandpiper complex, Circles 1-4 were the only ones which were triplexes, the rest being duplexes.
Circle 4 was completed around 1960.
The triplex units are typically mirror images of two styles, Y and X, Y being the taller clerestory window and X the lower roof line, with some minor variations designed to add visual interest such as varying heights in the original four Circles. Each 3-unit pod has 3 different types of kitchens, round (Unit A), square (Unit B) and rectangular (Unit C). The specific Riverside County Assessment Number PIN (Property Identification Numbers) are included in Appendix B for Circle 4.
Sandpiper Condominiums Circle 4 is indicative of Mid-Century Modern Architecture because it’s distinctive characteristics such as horizontal lines, flat roofs, expansive amounts of glass, clerestory windows, passive solar features, use of inexpensive, machine-produced materials, masonry, innovative fixtures and state of the art 802
9 appliances echoed that trending style. These embodied the building practices in Palm Desert and the Coachella Valley that were applied to such projects in the 50’ and 60’s.
These came on the heels of the earlier Bauhaus and themes and were explored in the Case House Studies of 1945 until 1966.
Circle 4 uses the myriads of the concrete block patterns developed specifically for this project. While concrete block was used extensively in construction at this time this block was exclusively designed to set the design theme of the Sandpiper Krisel approach. These distinct designs were personally designed by Krisel himself. Uses of concrete feature block, commercially known as “Shadowal,” and a pierced concrete screen block.
5. Theme
The concept of a condominium, where the ownership of a building or property is a shared entity is a modern phenomenon, although communal living is not. The first “condominium” was built in the United States in 1960 in Salt Lake City, Utah. The concept grew in popularity and by the end of the decade condominiums were present in all fifty states.
The site planning at Sandpiper is a pin-wheel configuration around a central hub (in this case the pool) and its greenbelt concept draws from 19th century British planner Ebenezer Howard’s Garden City. Howard’s concept envisioned a world where the best of city and rural life is combined to create a utopian environment. He espoused the need for green belts, to reduce congestion and to create a healthy environment in which to live.
Palmer & Krisel expands Howard’s tenet by creating an environment free from cars, a popular symbol of urban distress. Their site planning re-examines not only urban but suburban living. Palmer & Krisel deftly sited all vehicular roads and carports on the perimeter of each circle. Their buildings turn their “fronts” away from the street. The “front porch” no longer faces the street but is moved to look onto the green belt. In this, the pool becomes the “new street scape”: the new social gathering place for the complex.
6. Period of Significance
The relatively short history of Palm Desert can be organized into three more or less distinct periods that include Prehistory, the Settlement Period, and the Modern Period. It is within the context of the last period that this building will be evaluated.
Modern Period (1925-1960s): Located in the central portion of the Coachella Valley, Palm Desert was first developed as an agricultural area of date farms. The Modern 803
10 Period can be considered to have begun with the construction of Coachella Valley’s first “modern” structure, the Paul and Betty Popenoe Cabin designed in 1922 by the Austrian-born American modernist architect Rudolph Schindler (1887-1953). With this building, the area’s then predominant architectural style based on Mexican and Spanish Colonial motifs began to change.
The Historical Society of Palm Desert succinctly describes the pre-war and wartime history of the city as follows:
In the 1930s a few homes were built and lots sold in a development north of Highway 111 called Palm Village. World War II brought General Patton to Portola Avenue and to the Colorado Desert to train for African warfare; but no one ever dreamed this would become a world-class destination resort.
After the conclusion of World War II, tourist-based development began to replace agriculture. The first large-scale development was marked by the opening of Shadow Mountain Resort built by the Henderson brothers (Cliff, Randall, Phil, and Carl). This was followed by development of the “El Paseo” commercial strip, which was a former army maintenance camp. Soon afterwards, Palm Desert quickly developed into a resort destination in parallel with its neighbors Palm Springs and Rancho Mirage.
Palm Desert, along with neighboring Palm Springs and Rancho Mirage, are together internationally known as a center of important midcentury architecture. The buildings and site that constitute Sandpiper Condominiums represents an excellent intact example of American Modernist architecture. This midcentury architecture may therefore be viewed as a key component of the historic trend that has come to define the Coachella Valley and one that exemplifies a particular period of the nation, state, or local history.
7. Narrative of Statement of Significance
Sandpiper Condominium Circle 4, completed in 1960 by the Los Angeles-based architectural firm of Palmer & Krisel, exhibits numerous stylistic markers that place them directly in the historic context of Palm Desert’s Modern Period. Further, Circle 4 is an excellent example of multi-family residential development in Palm Desert in the mid1960s. The 24 units and 8 buildings that comprise Circle 4 reflects a coherent vision of modernist architecture rarely found anywhere else in the United States. The siting of the buildings in Circle 4, and the landscape architecture further reinforce a coherent modernist architectural vision that successfully created a leisure lifestyle of “carefree desert living.”
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11 style, such as overall horizontality, flat roofs, expansive amounts of glass, clerestory windows, use of inexpensive, machine-produced materials, and masonry. Together, the structures and site are an excellent illustration of their type or period of construction and an important example (within its context) of building practices in Palm Desert and the Coachella Valley at midcentury.
Adding to the significance of the Sandpiper Condominium complex, in the late 1950s, and onward, the architectural firm of Palmer & Krisel was quickly recognized as a firm that paid careful attention to the requirements of builders. Specifically, they were remarkably successful in solving the problem of producing superior design while still meeting tight project budgets. This economic system allowed cheaper units which launched the affordable ‘second home’ trend in Southern California. This was a welcome escape from the winter fogs of the coast and the hectic Los Angeles life.
Modern highways were being constructed which drastically cut the travel time.
In the mid-1950s, Palmer & Krisel began to receive substantial professional recognition for their already burgeoning body of work. This recognition ranged from awards bestowed by the local Southern California chapter of the American Institute of Architects to recognition from the influential National Association of Homebuilders. The firm was also listed as one of the “top 100 firms in the nation” by the seminal Progressive Architecture magazine. The Los Angeles-based firm Palmer & Krisel produced a large and diverse body of work including housing tracts, office high-rises and shopping centers. In all, 40,000 housing units were produced by the firm.
8. Additional Information
A. Bibliography
Chavkin, Dan. Unseen Midcentury Desert Modern. 2016
Coquelle, Aline. Palm Springs Style. 2005
Faibyshev, Dolly. Palm Springs: Mid-Century Modern. 2010 Kaplan, Wendy. Los Angeles County Museum of Art. California Design 1930-1965:
Living in a Modern Way. 2011
Menrad, Chris, ed. William Krisel’s Palm Springs: The Language of Modernism. 2016
Mid Mod Mango website. The Lasting Impact of Mid-Century Architect William Krissel. February 18, 2018
Morazzi, Peter. Palm Springs Paradise: Vintage Photographs from America’s Desert Playground. 2015
Pictorial California, 1960
Roth, Leland M. American Architecture: a history. 2016
Street-Porter, Tim. Palm Springs: A Modernist Paradise. 2018 Sandpiper Palm Desert 1958-1969. Historical Society of Palm Desert. 2013 805
12 B. Other Sources
City of Palm Desert website
Palm Desert Historical Society
Riverside County Assessor’s Office
Sandpiper Circle 1 Nomination, 2021
Sandpiper Circle 2 Nomination, 2021
Sandpiper Circle 3 Nomination, 2021
C. Photographs
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13 Appendix A. Action Items
PALM SPRINGS GARDEN APARTMENTS #4
MEETING OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
APRIL 6, 2023 AT 1:00 P.M.
THE MEETING WAS HELD AT THE CHISHOLM RESIDENCE
Historic Designation Process
President Chisholm announced the Board’s intent to seek Historic Designation through the City of Palm Desert. It was noted that Circle 4 is the only Circle that has not sought designation to date. Discussion ensued regarding potential benefits to the Association with the designation, such as tax incentives that may be enjoyed by some owners, as well as the possibility of increased property values. President Chisholm then requested a show of hands of owners present at the meeting that are interested in pursuing Historic Designation for the Association; 14 owners present were in favor and one was opposed.
A motion was then made by Paul Chisholm to proceed as an Association with the application process to obtain the Historic Designation through the City of Palm Desert.
The motion was seconded by Art Schneidt and carried.
The Board then discussed the process, and it was agreed that an Ad-Hoc Committee of members should be appointed to handle the administration needed to pursue the designation on behalf of the Association.
Following discussion, a motion was made by Art Schneidt to appoint owners Christi Van Cleve, Karen Porter and Rebecca Xenos to the Ad-Hoc Committee to pursue Historic Designation on behalf of the Association. The motion was seconded by Paul Chisholm and carried.
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14 Appendix B. Sandpiper Condominiums
Circle 4 APNs
The specific Riverside County Assessment Number PIN (Property Identification Numbers) are as follows:
Unit Address PIN/APN
411 Sandpiper St 640-230-024
412 Sandpiper St 640-230-023
413 Sandpiper St 640-230-025
421 Sandpiper St 640-230-021
422 Sandpiper St 640-230-020
423 Sandpiper St 640-230-022
431 Sandpiper St 640-230-016
432 Sandpiper St 640-230-015
433 Sandpiper St 640-230-014
441 Sandpiper St 640-230-010
442 Sandpiper St 640-230-009
443 Sandpiper St 640-230-008
451 Sandpiper St 640-230-005
452 Sandpiper St 640-230-006
453 Sandpiper St 640-230-007
461 Sandpiper St 640-230-002
462 Sandpiper St 640-230-004
463 Sandpiper St 640-230-003
471 Sandpiper St 640-230-012
472 Sandpiper St 640-230-013
473 Sandpiper St 640-230-011
481 Sandpiper St 640-230-019
482 Sandpiper St 640-230-018
483 Sandpiper St 640-230-017
Circle 4 Common Area 640-230-027
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15 Appendix C. Sandpiper Condominiums
Tract Map Circle 4
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16 Appendix D. Krisel Site Plan Circle 4
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17 Appendix E. Sandpiper Community Map
Aerial View of Circle 4
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18 Appendix F. Integrity Analysis
INTEGRITY
This is the ability of a property to convey its significance. To be listed in the local registry, a property must not only be shown to be significant under the criteria, but also must have integrity. The evaluation of integrity is sometimes a subjective judgment, but it must always be grounded in an understanding of a property's physical features and how they relate to its significance. Historic properties either retain integrity (that is, convey their significance) or they do not. The definition of integrity includes seven aspects or qualities. To retain historic integrity a property will always possess several, and usually most, aspects. The retention of specific aspects of integrity is paramount for a property to convey its significance. Determining which of these aspects are most important to a particular property requires knowing why, where, and when the property is significant. The following sections define the seven aspects and explain how they combine to produce integrity.
LOCATION
Location is the place where a historic property was constructed or the place where an historic event occurred. The relationship between the property and its location is often important to understanding why the property was created or why something happened. The actual location of a historic property, complemented by its setting, is particularly important in recapturing the sense of historic events and people. Except in rare cases, the relationship between a property and its historic associations is destroyed if the property is moved. Sandpiper Condominiums Circle 4 remains in its original location and therefore qualifies under this aspect.
DESIGN
Design is the combination of elements that create the form, plan, space, structure, and style of a property. It results from conscious decisions made during the original conception and planning of a property and applies to activities as diverse as community planning, engineering, architecture, and landscape architecture. Design includes such elements as organization of space, proportion, scale, technology, ornamentation, and materials. A property’s design reflects historic functions and technologies as well as aesthetics. It includes such considerations as the structural system; massing; arrangement of spaces; pattern of fenestration; textures and colors of surface materials; type, amount, and style of ornamental detailing. Although the units and site of Sandpiper Condominiums Circle 4 has seen some alterations, the essential characteristics of form, plan, space, structure and style have survived intact. 812
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Setting is the physical environment of a historic property. Whereas location refers to the specific place where a property was built or an event occurred, setting refers to the character of the place in which the property played its historical role. It involves how, not just where the property is situated, and its relationship to surrounding features and open space. Setting often reflects the basic physical conditions under which a property was built and the functions it was intended to serve. In addition, the way in which a property is positioned in its environment can reflect the designer’s concept of nature and aesthetic preferences. The setting of the Sandpiper Condominiums Circle 4 continues to reflect the architects’ original design relationship of site and structure.
MATERIALS
Materials are the physical elements that were combined or deposited during a particular period and in a particular pattern or configuration to form a historic property. The choice and combination of materials reveals the preferences of those who created the property and indicates the availability of types of materials and technologies. As mentioned previously, while some of the Sandpiper Condominiums Circle 4 exterior surface materials have been painted, this change does not constitute a significant loss of the physical elements that expressed the design during the building’s period of significance.
WORKMANSHIP
Workmanship is the physical evidence of the crafts of a particular culture or people during any given period in history or prehistory. It is evidence of artisans’ labor and skill in constructing or altering a building, structure, object, or site. Workmanship can apply to the property as a whole or to its individual components. It can be expressed in vernacular methods of construction and plain finishes or in highly sophisticated configurations and ornamental detailing. It can be based on common traditions or innovative period techniques. Workmanship is important because it furnishes evidence of the technology of a craft, illustrates the aesthetic principles of a historic or prehistoric period, and reveal individual, local, regional, or national applications of both technological practices and aesthetic principles. Examples of workmanship in historic buildings include tooling, carving, painting, graining, turning, and joinery. Within the buildings of Sandpiper Condominiums Circle 4, the workmanship is comprised of integral ornamental detailing reflected in concrete block, glass and aluminum. The property continues to express a high degree of contemporary period workmanship.
FEELING
Feeling is a property’s expression of the aesthetic or historic sense of a particular period. It results from the presence of physical features that, taken together, convey the property’s historic character. For example, a rural historic district retaining original design, materials, workmanship, and setting will relate to the feeling of agricultural life in the 19th century. When constructed, Sandpiper Condominiums Circle 4 catered to the aspiring upper middle 813
20 class. As such the “feeling” of the buildings necessarily had to exude urbanity albeit it in a more informal resort location. The late 1950s were a sophisticated, open and optimistic time, a feeling still expressed by the design of this building. Accordingly, Sandpiper Condominiums Circle 4 retains the integrity of feeling.
ASSOCIATION
Association is the direct link between an important historic event or person and a historic property. A property retains association if it is the place where the event or activity occurred and is sufficiently intact to convey that relationship to an observer. Like feeling, association requires the presence of physical features that convey a property’s historic character. For example, a Revolutionary War battlefield whose natural and man-made elements have remained intact since the 18th century will retain its quality of association with the battle.
Because feeling and association depend on individual perceptions, their retention alone is never sufficient to support eligibility of a property for the National Register. As previously stated in this nomination, Sandpiper Condominiums Circle 4 is an important example of midcentury residential development in Palm Desert. The buildings and site represent the city’s overall residential development from the 1950s to the 1960s. Accordingly, it continues its association with a pattern of events that have made a meaningful contribution to the community.
INTEGRITY SUMMARY: Sandpiper Condominiums Circle 4 appears to be in excellent condition due largely to the use of construction materials suitable for the harsh desert environment. This integrity analysis confirms that the buildings and site of Circle 4 still possess all seven aspects of integrity. While the buildings have undergone numerous minor alterations since construction and some have been enlarged, virtually all the character-defining features survive. The buildings and site retain a high degree of integrity sufficient to qualify them for inclusion in Historic District #4.
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21 Appendix G. Specific Responses to
Historic District Designation
Sandpiper Condominiums Circle 4 meets most of the “Historic District Designation Criteria” from Palm Desert Municipal Code Section 29.50.010.
A. It exemplifies or reflects special elements of cultural, social, economic, political, aesthetic, engineering, architectural or natural history; or Sandpiper Circle 4 exemplifies excellent examples of Mid-Century Modern aesthetics, engineering and architecture.
B. Is identified with persons or events significant in history; or The Post-World War 2 economic boon signaled a life style change rarely seen in history.
Massed produced cars, along with cheap gas and oil products, the massive road projects, technical innovations were created during the war. The production new materials, and vast areas of open real estate would change the fabric of the United States. This was the handwriting on the wall as to what was in store for the Southern California cityscape. Water was being brought in to once arid land. Mass produced housing, suburbia and modern city planning, tract housing and a recreational economy with second homes, coffee shops, and resorts was to become the new norm. City shapes would change forever.
C. Embodies distinctive characteristics of a style, type, period, or method of construction or is a valuable example of the use of indigenous materials or craftsmanship; or
Roof planks became ceilings with exposed beams serving decoratively. Walls that were merely room dividers or screens allowed in more light while making construction of a fullframed wall unnecessary. Forgoing molding and trim created a contemporary look and saved time and money. Open concepts, indoor/outdoor. Minimal amount of lumber, post and beam construction, flat roofs, large sliding glass doors, clerestory windows, aluminum sash, refrigerated air, matched electrical appliances, modern décor, space age kitchens, swimming pools with dramatic angles, exterior walls of concrete steps, varying roof heights, sun-flaps, putting greens, desert and ‘tropical’ planting. Siting for passive solar was becoming recognized for its value in building in inhospitable climates such as the desert.
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22 D. Represents the work of master builders, designers, or architects; or The now-iconic Modern Style was started by German architects and designers who immigrated to the United States post-World War II. The mid-century modern movement in the U.S. was an American reflection of the International and Bauhaus movements, including the works of Gropius, Florence Knoll, Le Corbusier and Ludwig Mies van der Rohe. Although the American component was slightly more organic in form and less formal than the International Style, it is more firmly related to it than any other. Brazilian and Scandinavian architects were also very influential at this time, with a style characterized by clean simplicity and integration with nature. Mid-century architecture was frequently employed in residential structures with the goal of bringing modernism into America's postwar suburbs.
Frank Lloyd Wright, Walter Gropius and other master designers/architects tried to bring Modern home design to the masses, but their projects were never constructed on a large scale. To find a midcentury architect who actually brought clean, dramatic design to the middle class, we should look instead to someone like William Krisel, University of Southern California (’49)-trained architect. In an interview, Krisel describes USC in 1945 as a training ground for “a very Modern school.”
The site planning at Sandpiper is a pin- wheel configuration around a central hub (in this case the pool) and its greenbelt concept draws from 19th century British planner Ebenezer Howard’s Garden City. Howard’s concept envisioned a world where the best of city and rural life is combined to create a utopian environment. He espoused the need for green belts, in an effort to reduce congestion and to create a healthy environment in which to live.
Palmer & Krisel expands Howard’s tenet by creating an environment free from cars, a popular symbol of urban distress. Their site planning re-examines not only urban but suburban living. Palmer & Krisel deftly sited all vehicular roads and carports on the perimeter of each circle. Their buildings turn their “fronts” away from the street. The “front porch” no longer faces the street but is moved to look onto the green belt. In this, the pool becomes the “new street scape”: the new social gathering place for the complex.
Although not labeled a master builder, designer or architect, his herculean effort to bring modern home design to the forefront in Southern California, particularly in the Palm Springs area, should be recognized. In the 1950s Krisel helped to nearly double the size of Palm Springs by building 2,500 tract homes that still exist today. He brought over 40,000 total to the greater Southern California area thus cementing the Modern Style to be synonymous with California Style
In 1957, The Case Study House series began to showcase homes commissioned by the magazine, Arts and Architecture, and designed by some of the most influential designers and architects of the era in Southern California, including Charles and Ray Eames, Richard Neutra, Pierre Koenig, and Ed Killingsworth. The residences were intended to be relatively 816
23 affordable, replicable houses for post-World War II family living, with an emphasis on “new materials and new techniques in house construction’, much of these gleaned from a recently completed world war.
John Entenza of Arts and Architecture invited William Krisel to participate in the Case Study Houses but Krisel could not find any enthusiastic clients at that time. Palmer and Krisel would have been much more well known if they had a house in this project. Julius Shulman would say “He would have been a valued contributor to this.” In reality, Krisel did more to spread the ‘spirit’ of the Case Study House Study by providing affordable mass housing sleekly designed with the modern ethos intact. His first, the Corbin Palms in Woodland Hills, in collaboration with Alexander Construction, brought mass produced sleek urban living to Southern California for one of the first times in a suburb 26 miles from the LA center, unheard of at the time. Krisel actually lived in this tract and commuted to his office in Beverly Hill, a pattern that would become more prevalent as the cities of Southern California grew and matured.
Again, according to architectural photographer Julius Shulman, “What Bill Krisel did was bring Modernism to the masses. Krisel packed excellent architecture into houses of modest size, made of modest materials, and he did it on a very thin dime.” At the time, he said, the American Institute of Architects frowned on mass-produced housing, considering the work “not prestigious enough.” Krisel and a handful of others, such as Ain and Eichler, made their names by bringing innovative style to tract developments, a part of the business shunned by the architecture establishment. These prolific Modernists are only lately getting the attention they deserve.
“Krisel spoke the language of builders,” says Palm Springs architecture historian Robert Imber. “He understood that the way to their heart was through their wallet.” Krisel analyzed every detail of construction and produced ideas that assured creative license for him and made money for the builder by keeping costs down.
“Roof planks became ceilings with exposed beams serving decoratively,” Imber says. “Walls that were merely room dividers or screens allowed in more light while making construction of a full-framed wall unnecessary. Forgoing molding and trim created a contemporary look and saved time and money.”
Another Krisel hallmark: He always designed more than the actual building. He created berms, steps, walkways and other hardscaping to balance and enhance his structures. He personally selected all plant material. At USC, Krisel had studied landscape architecture with the legendary Garrett Eckbo. One of the best places to see his merging of architecture and landscape architecture is in the 45-acre Sandpiper Complex. It has remained largely unaltered, making it one of the largest concentrations of intact midcentury architecture anywhere.
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24 Handling both the architecture and landscape architecture fits Krisel’s philosophy that an architect should take full responsibility for the total design. “The interior and exterior are all really one entity and shouldn’t be done by two different people,” he says.
Alan Hess asked the architect if he could explain why Modern design has flourished for more than half a century. Krisel made it clear that Modern Design will continue to do so. “Modernism is not a style, it’s a language,” Krisel declared. “And languages don’t die out; they adapt.”
E. Reflects distinctive examples of community planning or significant development patterns, including those associated with different eras of settlement and growth, agricultural, or transportation; or
The concept of a condominium, where the ownership of a building or property is a shared entity is a relatively modern phenomenon, although communal living is not. The first “condominium” was built in the United States in 1960 in Salt Lake City, Utah. The concept grew in popularity and by the end of the decade condominiums were present in all 50 states.
The site planning at Sandpiper is a pin- wheel configuration around a central hub (in this case the pool) and its greenbelt concept draws from 19th century British planner Ebenezer Howard’s Garden City. Howard’s concept envisioned a world where the best of city and rural life is combined to create a utopian environment. He espoused the need for green belts, in an effort to reduce congestion and to create a healthy environment in which to live.
Palmer & Krisel expands this idea by creating an environment free from cars, a popular symbol of urban distress. Their site planning re-examines not only urban but suburban living. Palmer & Krisel deftly sited all vehicular roads and carports on the perimeter of each circle. Their buildings turn their “fronts” away from the street. The “front porch” no longer faces the street but is moved to look onto the green belt. In this, the pool becomes the “new street scape”: the new social gathering place for the complex.
Beginning in 1956 with their first Palm Springs tract, Twin Palms, Krisel, the firm's lead designer for desert houses, and Alexander Homes, the home developer used variation of orientation and roofline, integration of indoor and outdoor living, and careful use of standardized elements to make modernist design affordable enabling an affordable 2nd home for the escape from the city. This popularized this post-and-beam architectural style in the Coachella Valley. Alexander houses and similar homes feature low-pitched roofs, wide eaves, open-beamed ceilings, and floor-to-ceiling windows. The houses facilitated indoor-outdoor living in the desert with sheltered patios and pools and in some cases breezeways clerestory windows improved air circulation while bringing light into the house. 818
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F. Conveys a sense of historic and architectural cohesiveness through its design, setting, materials, workmanship or associations.”
Architect William Krisel of the firm of Palmer & Krisel, has long been given credit for the design and much of the on-site supervision of the Sandpiper Condominium complex. Krisel viewed the architect’s job as being that of the “master designer” responsible for designing projects that were comfortable, cost-effective and memorable. Krisel also believed that architects should have respect for the modernist masters and the principles they espoused, Including a site plan that created a “built-environment” that attempted to combine the best of city and rural life in a utopian environment.
G. “Is an archaeological, paleontological, botanical, geological topographical ecological or geographical resource that has yield or has the potential to yield important information in history or pre-history.”
This criterion does not apply to this nomination.
DESIGNATION CRITERIA SUMMARY: The foregoing evaluation finds Sandpiper Condominiums Circle 4 (both buildings and site) eligible for listing as a Historic District Under Palm Desert Municipal Code Section 29.50.010 paragraphs A, B, C, D, E and F.
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26 Appendix H. Historical Documentation
Front page news coverage of Sandpiper project announcement (Desert Sun, March 21, 1958)
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27 Sandpiper advertisement circa 1960
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28 Sandpiper advertisement circa 1960
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29 Postcard circa 1960
"These picturesque apartment units a few miles east of Palm Springs provide a perfect winter retreat where one can enjoy the warm winter sun and the lush desert living." 823
30 Appendix I. Floor Plans and Unit Photos
Circle 4 "A" Unit Floor Plan
Unit 441
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31 Circle 4 "B" Unit Floorplan
Unit 442
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32 Circle 4 "C" Unit Floorplan
Unit 483
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33 Appendix J. Pool and Ramada
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35 Appendix K. Grounds
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37 Appendix L. Historic Olive Trees
“I don’t think of landscape architecture as a separate activity. I would no more ignore that aspect of design or pass it to someone else than I would leave out the climate control or plumbing.”
William Krisel
For William Krisel, the harmony of the exterior landscape and gardens with architecture and interior spaces was critical. When looking at the site plan for Circle 4 (Appendix D) a variety of trees, shrubbery, ground cover, and hardscape can be seen. Within the circle, one Olea Europa (European Olive Tree) was placed near each of the eight C units. Four of those original trees have survived and still add to the harmony of the exterior landscape.
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"Decorative concrete block walls were used extensively. The blocks had sculpted patterns and cutouts, and were sometimes indented for further effect when placed. Palmer & Krisel actively configured the detailed placement of many of these patterns for the Sandpiper. The Superlite Concrete Block Company of Calipatria (in the Salton Sea area) supplied the newly designed block, which was named Shadowal."
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CITY OF PALM DESERT
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PALM DESERT, CALIFORNIA 92260-2578
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CITY OF PALM DESERT
PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE
CASE NO. CRPC24-0005
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT A PUBLIC HEARING WILL BE HELD BEFORE THE CITY
COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALM DESERT, CALIFORNIA, TO CONSIDER ADOPTING A RESOLUTION FOR THE DESIGNATION OF SANDPIPER CONDOMINIUMS CIRCLE 4, LOCATED SOUTH OF EL PASEO DRIVE AND WEST OF HIGHWAY 74, AS A HISTORIC
DISTRICT
The City of Palm Desert (City), in its capacity as the Lead Agency for this project under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), has determined that the proposed historic landmark district designation is not subject to CEQA pursuant to Guidelines Section 15060(C)(2) and 15060(C)(3) as the project will not result in a direct or reasonably foreseeable indirect physical change in the environment and is not a Project as defined by Section 15378.
PROJECT LOCATION: South of El Paseo Drive, west of Highway 74, east of Edgehill Way and north of Pitahaya Street. The following Assessor’s Parcels Numbers (APN) are included: 640- 230-002 through 640-230-027
PROJECT DESCRIPTION: The project is a request to designate the existing Sandpiper Circle 4 Condominiums as a local historic district, within the Sandpiper Condominiums development.
CULTURAL RESOURCES PRESERVATION COMMITTEE (CRPC) RECOMMENDATION: At its regular meeting on February 26, 2025, the CRPC recommended that the City Council approve the landmark district request.
PUBLIC HEARING: NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City Council of the City of Palm Desert, California, will hold a Public Hearing at its meeting on April 24, 2025. The City Council meeting begins at 4:00 p.m. in the Council Chamber at 73510 Fred Waring Drive, Palm Desert, California.
Pursuant to Assembly Bill 2449, this meeting may be conducted as a hybrid meeting allowing public access via teleconference or in person. Options for remote participation will be listed on the Posted Agenda for the meeting at https://www.palmdesert.gov/connect/city-council.
COMMENT ON THIS APPLICATION: Those wishing to comment on this application may either appear in person at the public hearing or submit written comments, which must be received by 10:00 a.m. on the day of the hearing. Written comments should be sent to the City of Palm Desert at 73510 Fred Waring Drive, Palm Desert, California 92260, Attention: City Clerk, or emailed to: [email protected].
Any challenge of the proposed project in court may be limited to raising only those issues raised at the public hearing described in this notice or in written correspondence delivered to the City Clerk at or prior to the public hearing. (Government Code Section 65009[b][2]).
Si necesita ayuda con esta notificación por favor llame a la Ciudad de Palm Desert y comuníquese con Damian Olivares (760) 346-0611.
PUBLISH: THE DESERT SUN ANTHONY MEJIA, MMC, CITY CLERK
APRIL 11, 2025 CITY OF PALM DESERT, CALIFORNIA
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