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INTEROFFICE MEMORANDUM
CITY OF PALM DESERT
TO: City Council and City Manager
FROM: Richard J. Folkers , Assistant City Manager/Public Works
Director
SUBJECT: INFORMATIONAL ITEM: UPDATE ON THE COOK STREET AND I-10
INTERCHANGE PROJECT
DATE: December 8 , 1994
Recently Councilmember Kelly, City Manager Bruce Altman, and
I attended a CVAG meeting to discuss the implementation of a roads
and bridges benefit district for the three interchanges . The
proposed implementing agreement was distributed for review, and at
this point in time, has been passed on to the various city
attorneys for their review. A joint meeting of the city attorneys,
as well as the CVAG attorney, will be taking place in the very near
future.
In the meantime, to move the project along, the city has been
working with the Coachella Valley Water District to provide for the
removal of a sewage lift station on the north side of I-10 along
Varner Road near Chase School Road. The water district has plans
and specifications provided by the interchange project ready for
the new sewer installation which will involve providing a new sewer
line along Varner Road and 38th Avenue . The interchange project ' s
appropriate share of the construction is approximately $650 , 000
(Contract C08550 , approved on August 25, 1994 ) . Since CVAG will
not release any funds for construction until all the implementing
agreements are executed, we are faced with a dilemma in that the
delays of this sewer project will affect the relocation of Varner
Road which we had anticipated to be underway in the first quarter
of 1995 .
Delays are not unusual to this project. As you are probably
aware, the environmental package was to be completed by November
1993 and was just completed in November 1994 . Because of the
urgency of the situation and the increased traffic and congestion
that is taking place at the other two interchanges on I-10, i .e . ,
Monterey Avenue and Washington Street, the staff would like to see
the City Council ' s authorization to proceed with this project with
the City of Palm Desert guaranteeing the funds based upon the
rationale that CVAG will ultimately be paying for this probably in
Spring 1995 . The water district ' s estimated completion of the
project is late winter or early spring of 1995 .
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December 8, 1994
UPDATE ON THE COOK STREET & I-10 INTERCHANGE PROJECT
Another dilemma is the necessity for approval of the document
by all five agencies, i .e . , County of Riverside and Cities of
Indian Wells , La Quinta, Palm Desert and Rancho Mirage . If any
agency decides not to approve this document, then the project will
be further delayed. Because of the strategic location and impact
upon the City of Palm Desert, is our feeling that it is imperative
to proceed as rapidly as possible to begin work on Cook Street .
The cost breakdown project is as follows :
County of Riverside $1,555 ,000
City of Indian Wells $ 724,000
City of Palm Desert $4 ,600,000
The total project cost of $6 . 4 million is 25 percent of the
local match for this project ( see Exhibit A) .
We are anticipating that the related project of removing the
soils from the Whitewater Flood Control Channel to be used on the
embankment on the Cook Street extension on the future Gerald Ford
Drive extension will be coming to the City Council for approval of
bids in January 1995 . It is anticipated that by working on several
portions of this massive project as separate parts , it will help to
reduce the overhead costs including project management and
inspection by Caltrans and the County of Riverside which would "cut
out" thousands of dollars to the project in addition to continually
moving forward on the project .
The City of Palm Desert has signed a reimbursement agreement
with CVAG agreement which provides for reimbursement of these costs
by the City in the event the project fails .
In the meantime, we are proceeding with the engineering
redesign for the Cook Street extension, including the construction
of water and sewer facilities in the Cook Street extension, so the
street will not have to be torn up in the future as development
takes place for the Charter Country Club on the west or the
university site east of Cook Street. In addition, these utilities
will be available for development along the south side of the
freeway east and west of the Cook Street extension. The staff will
be bringing a plan to the City Council in January for a more
comprehensive program for the area east of the university site to
Monterey Avenue.
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December 8 , 1994
UPDATE ON THE COOK STREET & I-10 INTERCHANGE PROJECT
Staff will attempt to provide updates on this project on a
quarterly basis .
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RI HARD J. FOLKERS, P .E . REVIEWED AND CONCUR
CITY MANAGER
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Attachment (as noted)
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TABLE a(8/1/94)
REVENUE DERIVED FROM SUBAREA TRAFFIC SHARES EXHIBIT "A"
ZONE#2,COOK STREET INTERCHANGE
CO PD PD IW
SUBAREA SUBAREA SUBAREA LAND USE
SUBAREA
A B Cl C2 SUBTOTAL
LAND USE
Residential
j223,928 $1,839,457 $4,238 $82,034
$2,149,655
Single Familyi2,093 $185,641
Multi Family/Condo $53,440 $24,970 $105,138
Specialized Residential $0 $20,027 $1,076,250
Resort(Cluster/Amenity) $848,842 $407,581 $0 $0
Mobil Home Park $0 $0 $0$0 $0 $0 $0
Congregate Care Facility $0
Service/Retell
84,001-86,000 Sq Ft $136,673 $03
$7,241$22,920 $0 j$1559,,S959
150,001-160,000 Sq Ft $0 $202,438 $137,624$0 $0 $0 $0 $01
240,001-260,000 Sq Ft $0 $0 $0 $0
Others,%of TUMF $0
Other Non-Residential i2 5061 ,098
Office SO S154,939 $13,653 jT1
j71, 2
j485,221 $0 $0 $0
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Industrial Lodging $0 SO $0 $0 $0
ip $72,063 $0 $1,202,534
Business Park 1,130,471 $0
j0 $0 $0 $0
Golf Course $0 j814,058 $814,058
Outdoor Recreation $0 $0 $0
Other uses,%of TUMF
$0 $0 $0 $0
Subtotal: $1,547,903 $3,759,855 $344,487 $739,105
$8,391,350
TOTAL BENEFIT AREA REVENUE:
PERCENTAGE ROADWAY PERCENTAGE TOTAL REVENUE PERCENTAGE
JURISDICTION INTERCHANGE
County (CO) = $1,547,903 28.99% $0 0.00% S1,547,903 24.22%
4.22%
80.12% $656,250 100.00% $4,104,342
Palm Desert(PD)� $3,448,092 $0 0.00% 5739,105 11.56%
Indian Wells (IW)= $739,105 12.89% 100.00%
TOTAL: $5,735,100 100.00% $656,250 100.00% $6,391,350