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CITY OF PALM DESERT
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT
CITY COUNCIL PUBLIC HEARING MEMORANDUM
Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
Lauri Aylaian, City Manager
Robert Hargreaves, City Attorney
From: Eric Ceja, Principal Planner
Date: April 26, 2018
Subject: The Sands Apartment Project
On April 18, planning staff hosted a community meeting with the applicant and representatives
from the Venezia community, Portola Country Club, and the Canterra Apartments.
Approximately 30 members attended the meeting and discussions mainly focused on the final
placement of the four (4) three-story buildings. Below is a summary of the agreed upon changes
from that meeting:
• Addition of a two-story apartment building (Building 16) near Hovley Lane, adjacent to
Carter Elementary resulting in the following changes:
- Removal of open space amenities (dog park and basketball court) to accommodate
new "Building 16."
- With the addition of Building 16, Building 8 or 11 will be reduced to two -stories.
- Proposal to allow Building 4 along Carter Elementary to increase to three -stories,
thereby allowing both Building 8 an 11.to be reduced to two -stories.
• The developer agrees to install all perimeter landscape during Phase 1 of the project to
allow hedges to grow before new buildings are constructed during Phase 2.
• The developer agrees to install a small wall adjacent to the southern -most parking
spaces to block vehicle headlights.
• The developer agrees to place garage units adjacent to Venezia and outside of the
eight -foot landscape setback to help with noise attenuation from vehicles.
Staff supports changes to the project and a presentation of the changes will be provided to the
City Council at the public hearing. In addition, the City Council will receive an updated site plan
prior to the. meeting and visual simulations are being prepared now.