HomeMy WebLinkAboutTT 9377 SOMMERSET DRIVE 1980 45-275 PRICKLY PEAR LANE, PALM DESERT, CALIFORNIA 92260
TELEPHONE (714) 346-0611
April 17 , 1980
Robert 0. Ruff
Senior Vice President
Biddle Group
3848 Campus Drive, Suite 111
Newport Beach, California 92660
Re: Finalization of Somerset Project
Dear Bob:
With regard to your letter of April 7 , 1980, I have reviewed
the plans encompassing this project and the Municipal Code
provisions relative to the need for a wall along the northerly
property line. Both mandate that a wall be provided in said
area. I believe that the Commission was more than generous in
relieving you of the requirement along the westerly property
line.
Therefore, I must continue to require the construction of said
wall .
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Sincerely,
PAUL A. WILLIAMS, AICP
Director of Environmental Services
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RECEIVED APR 4 1980
45-275 PRICKLY PEAR LANE, PALM DESERT, CALIFORNIA 92260
TELEPHONE (714) 346-0611
April 1, 1980
Biddle Development, Inc.
3348 Campus Drive, Suite 116
Newport Beach, CA 92660
Re: Tract 9377 - Sommerset Project
Dear Sirs:
Pursuant to your request, we have given a final inspection to the above
project with Gary Reynolds, Job Superintendent, and find several corrections
necessary to complete the project. They are as follows:
1. Construct 6 foot high masonry wall to connect-with wall
along Highway 74; said wall to extend west"to bedinn1_ng
of Palm Valley Storm Channel...
2. Remove on-site and off-site subdivision sales signs.
3. Replace all dead trees and other landscaping; especially
011 dead trees at Glenview Circle and Desert Flower Drive,
and Sommerset Drive and Desert Flower Drive.
Please advise us as to when the above items will be taken care of. Upon
receipt and approval of your correction schedule, we will release the final
units in the project. Should you have any questions regarding this matter
please feel free to contact this office.
Very. .truly yours ,
PAUL A. WILLIAMS, AICP
Director of Environmental Services
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City of Palm Desert
45-275 Prickly Pear Lane
Palm Desert, CA 92260
Attention: Mr. Paul . A., Williams, AICP
Director of Environmental Services
April 7, 1980/Letter #1620
Dear Mr. Williams:
Please refer to your letter dated April 1 , 1980, concerning the final
inspection of the above project. We will take care of those land-
scaping items you mentioned and the subdivision sales signs can come
down as soon as we can sell our remaining unsold units , hopefully by
June 1 , 1980. However, the requirement to construct a six-foot high
masonry wall running westward from our present frontage wall comes as
a complete surprise. There was no such wall on our plans nor was such
a wall a condition of tract approval .
Your description "to beginning of Palm Valley Storm Channel " doesn 't
establish the termination point of the wall , but if it would terminate
beyond the maintenance building, we would be faced with an unfunded
expenditure of over $20,000 which is not recoverable from the project
at this state of completion. Therefore, we must protest the inclusion
of such a wall as a "necessary correction" when it was not a require-
ment up front where it could have been funded.
We have agreed with the Sommerset Homeowners Association Board of
Directors to provide oleander plants for their installation in sufficient
quantity to cover the area from the existing frontage wall to termination
at a point beyond the maintenance building which will serve as a hedge
delineating the property line.
Sincerely;
THE BIDDLE GROUP
Robert 0. Ruff
Senior Vice President
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