HomeMy WebLinkAboutRes No 2890PLANNING COMMISSION RESOLUTION NO. 2890
A RESOLUTION OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF PALM
DESERT CALIFORNIA, FINDING THAT THE PROPOSED CAPITAL
IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM FOR FISCAL YEAR 2025-2026 AND EACH OF
THE PROJECTS INCORPORATED THEREIN, ARE CONSISTENT WITH
THE PALM DESERT GENERAL PLAN AND A FINDING THAT THE ACTION
IS EXEMPT FROM FURTHER ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THE CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT
(CEQA).
WHEREAS, the City of Palm Desert (“City”) has an adopted a General Plan, which
designates land uses and corresponding building intensities, circulation networks, open
space, and public facilities throughout the City; and
WHEREAS, Government Code Sections 65103(c) and 65401 require the City’s
proposed Capital Improvement Program budget to be annually reviewed by the City of Palm
Desert’s Planning Commission to determine its consistency with the City’s General Plan; and
WHEREAS, on May 20, 2025, the Planning Commission reviewed the City’s proposed
Capital Improvement Program for the fiscal year 2025-2026 (“CIP”) and component public
works projects (“Project” or “Projects”), as identified in the staff report and attachments, and
incorporated herein by reference, to determine their consistency with the General Plan
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Planning Commission of the City of
Palm Desert, California, as follows:
SECTION 1. Recitals. The Planning Commission hereby finds that the foregoing
recitals are true and correct and are incorporated herein as substantive findings of this
Resolution.
SECTION 2. Consistency with General Plan. Based on evidence in the staff report, and
attachments, the Planning Commission hereby finds and determines that the Fiscal Year 2025-
2026 Capital Improvement Program and Projects are consistent with the City’s adopted General
Plan as to location, purpose, and extent necessary to facilitate the implementation of the General
Plan and provide for orderly development patterns and the timely extension and provision of
public facilities because the projects identified therein are consistent with the General Plan,
specifically the following policies:
Mobility Element
Policies
1.1 Complete Streets. Consider all modes of travel in planning, design, and construction
of all transportation projects to create safe, livable, and inviting environments for
pedestrians, bicyclists, motorists and public transit users of all ages and capabilities.
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3.1 Pedestrian Network. Provide a safe and convenient circulation system for pedestrians
that include sidewalks, crosswalks, places to sit and gather, appropriate street lighting,
buffers from moving vehicles, shading, and amenities for people of all ages.
3.2 Prioritized Improvements. Prioritize pedestrian improvements in areas of the city with
community and/or education facilities, supportive land use patterns, expressed
community interest in better pedestrian infrastructure, and non-automotive connections
such as multi-use trails and transit stops.
4.2 Prioritized Improvements. Prioritize and capitalize on opportunities to provide bicycle
facilities that connect community facilities, supportive land use patterns, pedestrian
routes, and transit stations.
6.3 Operations and Maintenance Costs. Evaluate potential changes in Citywide operations
and maintenance costs for transportation facilities prior to the construction of any new
facilities.
7.1 Ongoing Monitoring. Regularly monitor the performance of all major transportation
facilities within the City including major roadways, pedestrian facilities, bicycle lanes,
and transit stops.
7.2 Safety Review. Continue to coordinate with law enforcement agencies to identify major
accident locations including those affecting vehicles, bicyclists, and pedestrians.
Regularly publish reports regarding traffic safety conditions in the city.
Safety Element
1.4 Critical Facilities. Prepare existing critical facilities for resilience to hazards and develop
new facilities outside of hazard-prone areas.
3.3 Stormwater Management. Monitor, update, and enforce stormwater management
plans in coordination with regional agencies, utilities, and other jurisdictions.
Public Utilities & Services Element
5.1 Plan for Fiber. During construction of streets, pathways, etc., and when feasible,
conduit for future fiber optic cable shall be installed.
5.2 Quality telecommunication services. Support the creation of a broadband service
throughout Palm Desert.
Health & Wellness Element
1.1 Park amenities. In the design of parks or open spaces, provide paths, running tracks,
playgrounds, sport courts, and drinking fountains.
1.7 Design for safety. Utilize CPTED design techniques such as providing clear lines of
sight, adequate lighting, and wayfinding signs, to ensure parks are safe.
1.9 Open space trails. Develop and enhance existing open space and trails that provide
City residents and visitors access to undisturbed desert and mountain environments,
while preserving these resources, including sensitive plant and animal species, in
their natural environments.
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7.1 Physical plan. Facilitate the construction of a built environment that supports a
healthy physical and social environment for new and existing neighborhoods and
strengthens community cohesion.
SECTION 3. New Projects. The projects listed in the Fiscal Year 2025-2026 Capital
Improvement Program and Projects are consistent with the General Plan based on the
General Plan objective or policy identified therein:
PROJECT
CODE
PROJECT
NAME
FUNDING
SOURCE
GENERAL
PLAN
ELEMENT
APPLICABLE
GENERAL PLAN
POLICIES
CRB00001
Cook and
Gerald Ford
Retention
Basin
Capital
Drainage
Funds Safety 3.3
CLS00005
Country Club
Median
Landscape
Improvements
Capital Bond
Fund
Health and
Wellness 7.1
CST00024
El Paseo
Street Rehab
& Mid-Block
Crossing
Gas Tax,
Measure A,
Capital Bond
Fund
Mobility 1.1, 3.1, 3.2, 4.2, 6.3,
7.1
CST00023 El Dorado
Drive Rehab
Gas Tax, SB1,
Measure A Mobility 6.3, 7.1
CPK00005
Homme
Adams Park
Improvements
Capital Bond
Fund
Health and
Wellness 1.1, 1.7
GDR00001 North Sphere
Floor Control Measure G Safety 3.3
CPK00009
Randall
Henderson
Trailhead
Improvements
Capital
Improvement
Fund
Health and
Wellness 1.9, 7.1
CTS00007 Traffic Signal
Improvements Gas Tax Mobility 7.1, 7.2
PROJECT
CODE
PROJECT
NAME
FUNDING
SOURCE
GENERAL
PLAN
ELEMENT
APPLICABLE
GENERAL PLAN
POLICIES
CPL00004
University Park
Street
Improvements
Gas Tax Mobility 6.3, 7.1
MPK00006
Bump & Grind
Trailhead
Improvements
Capital
Improvement
Fund
Health and
Wellness 1.9, 7.1
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CSS00001
Citywide Entry
Monument
Signage
Capital Bond
Fund
Health and
Wellness 7.1
CST00013
El Paseo
Parkway
Improvements
Capital
Improvement
Fund
Health and
Wellness 7.1
CEQ00006
Fiber Optic
Communication
Upgrades
Measure A Public Utilities
and Service 5.1, 5.2
MPK00001 Freedom Park
Improvements
Capital
Improvement
Fund
Health and
Wellness 1.1, 1.7
MPK0008 Ironwood Park
Improvements
Capital
Improvement
Fund
Health and
Wellness 1.1, 1.7
MLS00003 Golf Course
Tree Pruning Golf Capital Health and
Wellness 7.1
SECTION 4. CEQA. The finding of General Plan consistency for the CIP is exempt
from environmental review pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act (“CEQA”)
guidelines section 15061(b)(3) because there is no possibility that making this finding may
have a significant impact on the environment. The CIP schedules the funding and
construction of public facilities including infrastructure construction, rehabilitation projects,
and is a component of the proposed City Budget and does not have the potential to cause a
significant impact on the environment. No physical changes in the environment proposed by
any of the component projects of the CIP will occur until the required environmental analysis
is conducted for said project. Further, the action is not considered a project per CEQA
Guidelines Section 15378(b)(5), as it is an administrative activity that will not result in direct
or indirect physical changes in the environment.
SECTION 5. Severability. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase or word
of this Resolution is for any reason held to be invalid or unconstitutional by a decision of any
court of competent jurisdiction or preempted by state legislation, such decision or legislation
shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this Resolution. The Planning
Commission hereby declares that it would have adopted this Resolution and each and every
section, subsection, sentence clause or phrase not declared invalid or unconstitutional
without regard to any such decision or legislation.
SECTION 6. Custodian of Records. The documents and materials that constitute the
record of proceedings on which these findings are based are located at the City’s office at
73510 Fred Waring Drive, Palm Desert, CA 92260. Rosie Lua, the Secretary to the Palm
Desert Planning Commission, is the custodian of the record of proceedings.
SECTION 7. Execution of Resolution. The Chairperson of the Planning Commission
signs this Resolution, and the Secretary to the Commission shall attest and certify to the
passage and adoption thereof.
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ADOPTED ON May 20, 2025.
LINDSAY HOLT
CHAIRPERSON
ATTEST:
ROSIE LUA
SECRETARY
I, Rosie Lua, Secretary of the City of Palm Desert Planning Commission, hereby certify
that Resolution No. 2890 is a full, true, and correct copy, and was duly adopted at a regular
meeting of the Planning Commission of the City of Palm Desert on May 20, 2025, by the
following vote:
AYES: DELUNA, HOLT, MEYERHOFF
NOES: NONE
ABSENT: GREENWOOD, GREGORY
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 August _26_, 2025.
ROSIE LUA
SECRETARY