HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC RES 77-049RESOLUTION NO. 77-49
A RESOLUTION Of THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITT OF
PALM DESERT, CALIFORNIA, SETTING FORTH ITS REASONS
WHY A SPIIERE or INFLUENCE REQUEST OF THE CITY OF
INDIM WELLS SIMLD BE DENIED ST THE LOCAL AGENCY
YpFJtF 13. tbe City of Iadi a Yells ! reque [ing a Sphere of Influence or
chc7 put it a"cor[idor oi loterest"; and
WRERFJIS. tbi• Ptopoied phere As been created b reducing the phere of
erest of the City of !aL Oe ert b approxieacel tea square miles and that
the Citr oi Indio b approxiaatel one aquare aile; and
VHEREAS. thi• requdt !n conjunction vith previous action D♦ LAFCO
1Lsiting PaL Dese[t • vesteTl bouedarr to rionterer Avenue vould reducc Palm
Deserc's gcoKh potential to a Lvo-+ lle vidc corridor extending northerl from the
3ltevater Cttinnel to Inter tate 10, vhich vould be too restricti e and vould be
ccntrary to PaL Desert's natural gcovth pat[ern vhich !s to the northeast tovard
FiI Desert Country Club; and
WHERfJ1S. IndLn Well ' request is contrary [o the pattern of heree sec for
Pal Springs. Rancho Mirage. and Pals Deser[ after an intensive a[udy b UFCn frc
:, ae. 1913 to FebruarT, 1975; and
VtiERFAS, ell such patteras are to the nor[heast so that to seriously con-
sider the Ci[ of Indiw Well ' iequest wuld require LAFCO to reconsider all the
spheres of influence fro PalA Springs to Indio; and
G'HEREAS, based upoa total reliance on the adopted Sphere of Influence. Pala
;ksert has co pletel aster planned the area requested by Indian ells: t►aa beg n
: glcal annexations tovard u id area: fias planned for major public facilities in
the area auch as parb, police and fire facilities, municipal golf course, libraries
and co ercial facilities to provide income to the Citr [o support municipal aervi:es;
aad
pHEREAS. other facilities such as the Civic Ceater, parks.blovsaad protection
corridors. school• md other unicipal facilities have been planned on [he basis of
the area e st of Cook Strcet so eda being in the City of Palm Desert; snd
VFiERP.AS. to eliaiaate thi area vould require total revisioa co the City's
Gmeral Plaa; aad
MFIEREAS, ths Cit of Lodl a iiells caaaot provide any sore or higher quality
serviee• than paL Daert in tl e arei: aad
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y���1S. ie ao�l�tins tM �ocLl •nd econoRic cl�aracteristics of the esi�ting
����� !a tAe ar�t. it ciw w�il� be deson�trated that atronger relation�hip
!aa �o ��L ���ct thaq to Lndiap Well• on the basis of the facts that the
,ldents �o to �chool, p�ttake in iecreationa2 ectivitiee. go to church, belong '
club�. •� �r a�• �� k�ice� ia Pal� De�ert and not in Indian Yells.
1/Al. tHERL10��, a[ IT ItE.lOLVED b� the Citr Council of the Cit� of 4a1■
rrc� CaliEoraia. a� follwis:
1. Th�t the Citr of Iedian Wells ha• no foundatlon Eor making such a requeet .
cd the Cit� Council of tbe Cit� of PaL Desert does hereby request that LAFCO
dear che indian Yells reque�ted Spf�ere of In[luertce.
1. That as recently a� June. 1973, Lndian Yells publicly declared no
lr.cerest in a•phere of influeace for their cicy� and it ia totally unfair to nov
ezpect all the cities in the Cove area to adjuat all their planning eEfor[a to
::dian flells' frivilou• request.
3. Tha[ Indian Well�, a CitY �hich has no Cenersl Plan for its preeent
c:t� lisics. acd vhich has no appreciable tax base to serve an area el�oat double
its preeent •ise should not eeceive consideration for future annezation ove� Pal�a
Jesert. vhlch has totallr planned the area and vfiich is its nw�or comnercial center.
4. 'fhat IndSen Wells has a much etronger relationehip vith the La Quinta
area� and [hai if Iadian Wells resll� deaire• a Sphere of Influence. IJ1FC0
cwld conaider revieving the ares to the southeaat of Lndiart liells as itn natural
grovth area and area of co�patibility.
PASSED. APPROVF.D. and ADOPTED on this 28th daq of April , 1971, by the
:ollwing vote, Co vi[:
AYES: �rush. NcPherson. Newbrandec� 6 `lullins
NOES: None
ABSENT: llone
ABSI'AIN: [lont �'
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