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HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 1186ORDINANCE NO. 1186 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALM DESERT, CALIFORNIA APPROVING FIRST AMENDMENTS TO THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENTS RELATING TO THE EXPANSION OF SAKS 5T" AVENUE AT THE EXISTING GARDENS ON EL PASEO AND THE EL PASEO VILLAGE REMODEL. WHEREAS in a series of approvals culminating in the May 22, 2008, adoption of Resolution No. 08-42 and the June 12, 2008, adoption of Ordinance No. 1156, the City Council of the City of Palm Desert approved an expansion of the existing Saks Fifth Avenue Building at The Gardens on El Paseo shopping center (the "Gardens") and approved the redevelopment of the adjacent El Paseo Village shopping center (the "El Paseo Village Center"); and WHEREAS through Ordinance No. 1156, the City Council of the City of Palm Desert approved Development Agreement 07-04 between the City and Gardens SPE II, LLC for the Gardens project and Development Agreement 07-03 between the City and El Paseo Land Company, LLC for the El Paseo Village Center. Upon review of the Agreements, the City, SPE II, LLC and El Paseo Land Company, LLC have concluded that each party is in compliance with the terms of each Development Agreement; and WHEREAS minor amendments are proposed to each Development Agreement to reflect changes to the Gardens and El Paseo Village Center projects (the "Revised Project"); and WHEREAS the First Amendments to Development Agreements 07-04 and 07- 03 have been duly noticed for public hearing, and the City Council conducted the public hearing on June 11, 2009 where it considered all testimony of all interested persons; and NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Palm Desert, California, does hereby ORDAIN as follows: 1. The above recitals are true and correct. 2. The First Amendments to Development Agreements 07-04 and 07-03 have been subject to environmental review under the California Environmental Quality Act through the City's May 22, 2008, Initial Study/Mitigated Negative Declaration ("MND") and the Addendum to the MND prepared and approved in connection with the Revised Project. The First Amendments to Development Agreements 07-04 and 07-03 are consistent with all applicable laws governing development agreements and the amendment thereof, and further the health, safety and welfare of the Palm Desert community. ORDINANCE NO. 1186 3. The First Amendments to Development Agreements 07-04 and 07-03 are hereby approved. The Mayor and City Clerk shall sign the First Amendments to Development Agreements 07-04 and 07-03 on behalf of the City, and the City Clerk shall cause the First Amendments to Development Agreements 07-04 and 07-03 to be recorded in the official records of the County of Riverside. PASSED, APPROVED and ADOPTED this 25th day of June, 2009, by the following vote, to wit: AYES: BENSON, FERGUSON, FINERTY, AND SPEIGEL NOES: NONE ABSENT: KELLY ABSTAIN: NONE ROBERT A. SPIEG L, M Y R ATTEST: RA H LLE D. KLASSE , CITY CLERK CITY OF PALM DESERT, CALIFORNIA