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Home My WebLink About0418 MINUTES PALM DESERT PLANNING COMMISSION REGULAR MEETING TUESDAY - APRIL 18, 2000 7:00 P.M. - CIVIC CENTER COUNCIL CHAMBER '�"' 73-510 FRED WARING DRIVE .� � � � .� * � �. * -� �. � � � � � �- � * � � � �. .� � � � � � .� * � .� � � � � � .� � .� �. � I. CALL TO ORDER Chairperson Beaty called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. II. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE Commissioner Jonathan led in the pledge of allegiance. IIl. ROLL CALL Members Present: Paul Beaty, Chairperson Jim Lopez, Vice Chairperson Sonia Campbell Cindy Finerty Sabby Jonathan �` Members Absent: None Staff Present: Phil Drell, Director of Community Development Bob Hargreaves, City Attorney Tonya Monroe, Administrative Secretary IV. APPROVAL OF MINUTES: Consideration of the April 4, 2000 meeting minutes. Action: It was moved by Commissioner Finerty, seconded by Commissioner Campbell, approving the April 4, 2000 meeting minutes as submitted. Motion carried 5- 0. V. SUMMARY OF COUNCIL ACTION Mr. Drell summarized pertinent April 13, 2000 City Council actions. � MINUTES PALM DESERT PLANNING COMMISSION APRIL 18, 2000 f P 3 � VI. ORAL COMMUNICATIONS None. VII. CONSENT CALENDAR None. VIII. PUBLIC HEARINGS Anyone who challenges any hearing matter in court may be limited to raising only those issues he/she or someone else raised at the public hearing described herein, or in written correspondence delivered to the Planning Commission at, or prior to, the public hearing. A. Case No. PP 87-7 Amendment No. 1 - SHEILA WEINSTOCK, Applicant � � , Request for approval of a Negative Declaration of Environmental "J Impact and an amendment to Precise Plan 87-7 to allow the addition of 1 1 ,492 square feet of showroom space to the existing building located at 72-11 1 Highway 111 . Mr. Drell stated that the request was for an addition to the existing Legacy Furniture Store. He noted that exhibits were on display inctuding a digital photograph which showed what it would look like. In that it straddled both the city of Palm Desert and the city of Rancho Mirage, one of the conditions placed on the project was that they had to process through Rancho Mirage at the very least a plan for ten more parking spaces. Otherwise, it matched the existing building. Commissioner Campbell asked for and received confirmation that the building facing Highway 1 1 1 would be the same. Chairperson Beaty o ened the public hearing and asked the applicant to address the commission. � 2 MINUTES PALM DESERT PLANNING COMMISSION APRIL 18, 2000 �r.. MR. ALAN SANBORN, 68-726 Risueno in Cathedral City, stated that he was present to answer any questions. There was no one in the audience to speak in FAVOR or OPPOSiTtON. Chai�person Beaty closed the public hearing and asked for commission comments or action. Commissioner Jonathan noted that on the memo from Mr. Alvarez where he struck out various numbers, he indicated that in the city of Rancho Mirage there should 10 parking spaces. Commissioner Jonathan asked if that number should be nine (9), which should then be corrected on Condition No. 13 in the resolution. Mr. Drell reviewed the information and concurred that it should be nine, not ten. Action: It was moved by Commissioner Finerty, seconded by Commissioner Campbell, approving the findings as presented by staff. Motion carried 5-0. �,,,,, It was moved by Commissioner Finerty, seconded by Commissioner Campbell, adopting Planning Commission Resolution No. 1984, approving PP 87-7 Amendment No. 1 , subject to conditions. Motion carried 5-0. IX. MISCELLANEOUS None. X. COMMITTEE MEETING UPDATES A. ART IN PUBLIC PLACES - (No meeting) B. CIVIC CENTER STEERING COMMITTEE - (No meeting) C. DESERT WILLOW COMMITTEE - (No meeting) r.. 3 MINUTES PALM DESERT PLANNING COMMISSION APRIL 18, 2000 D. LANDSCAPE COMMITTEE - (April 18, 2000) Commissioner Finerty indicated that the April 18 meeting was informational. E. PROJECT AREA 4 COMMITTEE - (April 17, 2000) Commissioner Finerty indicated that the April 17 meeting was informational. F. PALM DESERT/RANCHO MIRAGE MONTEREY AVENUE CORRIDOR PLANNING WORK GROUP - (No meeting) G. ZONING ORDINANCE REVIEW COMMITTEE - (No meeting) XI. COMMENTS 1 . Commissioner Jonathan asked if all the cars parking along both sides of Country Club Drive between the new clubhouse and the Marriott belonged to employees. Commissioner Lopez said yes. Commissioner Jonathan asked if they were Desert Springs employees or Desert Willow Clubhouse employees or both. Mr. Drell said that after Monday they had temporarily put in 200 spaces in what was going to be the hotel pad next to the Desert Willow Clubhouse and they would be looking for a provision when the hotel was built to have them include extra spaces at the hotel. They were also trying to plan the two hotels and the clubhouse to operate as one facility. Commissioner Jonathan asked which employees were parking along Country Club. Commissioner Lopez said they were from Desert Springs. Mr. Drell indicated a golf cart lane might be put in on Country Club which would wipe out all the parking on both sides of Country Club, so the city was in discussions with Marriott to find an ultimate solution to the parking problem. They were also working at Desert Willow to provide some additional parking. Commissioner Jonathan said he just wanted to make sure the city was aware of the situation because he fett it was a potentially unsafe situation with car doors opening on a fast-paced street. Commissioner Beaty asked if there were some large conventions in town. Commissioner Lopez indicated that it usually happens on holiday 4 MINUTES PALM DESERT PLANNING COMMISSION APRIL 18, 2000 � weekends or if there was a large convention. He said that with some large conventions, there were times where attendees were staying at many different hotels and then they drove to Desert Springs. They parked the associates on the tennis lawn first, then out on the street on Country Club. He said the day they had to park on both sides of the street, which he had never seen before, was because they had some kind of event that was happening on the tennis lawn, so that kept them from parking there. He indicated that he noticed the other day that at Ralph's there was a pad that they used for the Frank Sinatra Golf Tournament and that pad was now being watered down and he thought they might be providing parking there also. They were irying to get as many people off the street as possible. He said they have gone all around the site as well as in the timeshare facility looking for alternatives for parking. 2. Chairperson Beaty noted that at the last meeting there was a request to have a palm tree untied in the industrial area. He stated that it was still tied. Chairperson Beaty also felt that it was very important that the '� trees were being watered. Commissioner Campbell said that when she went by the site yesterday, the tree was still tied up. She said that Mr. Alvarez informed her that the owners had been notified and indicated that she would be going by the site again to check. XII. ADJOURNMENT It was moved by Commissioner Lopez, seconded by Commissioner Finerty, adjourning the meeting by minute motion. Motion carried 5-0. The meeting was adjourned at 7:12 p.m. PHILIP DREL Secretary ATTEST: � • ( PAUL R. BEATY, Chairperson Palrn Desert Pianning Commission � /tm 5