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1996 04 18 HPCz F'y OF HISTORICAL PRESERVATION COMMISSION A Regular Meeting to be Held in the Session Room at the La Quinta City Hall, 78-495 Calle Tampico La Quinta, California April 18, 1996 3:00 P.M. CALL TO ORDER ROLL CALL PUBLIC COMMENT This is the time set aside for citizens to address the Historical Preservation Commission on matters relating to historic resources within the City of La Quinta which are not Agenda items. When addressing the Historical Commission, please state your name and address. When addressing the Commission on matters pertaining to prehistoric sites, do not disclose the exact location of the site(s) for their protection. CONSENT CALENDAR Approval of the Minutes of the Historical Preservation meeting of March 21, 1996. BUSINESS ITEMS 1. Discussion with Assistant City Manager regarding duties and responsibilities of the Commission. Request for comments to the City Council 2. Discussion - Design review of new buildings with historic architectural styles 3. Context Statement - update 4. Rancho La Quinta Archaeological Report 5. Preservation Award Criteria - discussion OTHER Commissioner Items ADJOURNMENT HPC/AGENDA MINUTES HISTORICAL PRESERVATION COMMISSION MEETING A regular meeting held at the La Quinta City Hall Session Room 78-495 Calle Tampico, La Quinta, CA March 21, 1996 L CALL TO ORDER 3:00 P.M. A. This meeting of the Historical Preservation Commission was called to order at 3:05 P.M. by Chairman Millis. II. ROLL CALL A. Chairman Millis requested the roll call: Present: Commissioners DeMersman, Puente, Woodard, Wright, and Chairman Millis. B. Associate Planner Leslie Mouriquand noted that Advisor Lauren Weiss -Bricker would be unable to attend. C. Staff present: Associate Planner Leslie Mouriquand, and Executive Secretary Betty Sawyer. III. PUBLIC COMMENT: A. Mr. Norris Bernard, resident and member of the La Quinta Human Services Commission (HSC), stated he was asked by the HSC to attend the Historical Preservation Commission meeting to explain the philosophy and work plan of the HSC. Their desire was to encourage an orderly plan for community services for the City. To encourage a sense of mutual appreciation among the residents regarding the diversity of the cultural of the community and activities that currently are in place and planned. In this effort, they are trying to determine what the needs of the City are. In order to address this issue they have scheduled a "Community Vision Workshop" to be held on April 18, 1996, from 7:00 P.M.- 9:00 P.M., at the La Quinta Senior Center. They have sent out 90 letters to local citizens and commission members. His purpose in attending this meeting was to ask that the chairman attend or delegate a member to attend this meeting. IV. CONSENT CALENDAR A. There being no corrections to the minutes of February 8, 1996, it was moved and seconded by Commissioners Wright/Puente to approve the minutes as submitted. Unanimously approved. 1 ,X.v'u u 0 0 2 HPC3-21 Historical Preservation Commission Meeting March 21. 1996 V. BUSINESS ITEMS A. Annual Work Program; Associate Planner Leslie Mouriquand HPC3-21 1. Associate Planner Leslie Mouriquand presented the information contained in the staff report, a copy of which is on file in the Community Development Department. She went on to explain why this plan was being required and discussed the contents of the plan and the target dates for each of the projects. Staff stated that comments were needed from the Commissioners as soon as possible regarding the reports. 2. Commissioner Woodard asked staff to explain Preservation Week. Staff stated this was the fourth year the City had observed "Preservation Week" and to date there had only been a Proclamation signed by the Mayor declaring "Preservation Week". Last year this was expanded to "La Quinta Heritage Month". Staff would like to progressively increase the activities with awards, presentations, and maybe co-sponsor some events with the Historical Society. 3. Chairman Millis stated that the Historical Society had an essay contest last year and will do so again this year. The City needs to have some kind of observances. 4. Commissioner DeMersman stated he would like to see the project "Box City" incorporated into the City to work with school children. The object of the program is to create a map whereby the children build a City by boxes.. They are involved in building the structures, zoning, and establishing a general plan layout of the City. Commissioner Millis asked if the program pointed out any historical purposes. Commissioner DeMersman stated the students were directed toward both the past and present. 5. Commissioner Puente asked who would be in charge of Item #7 (Designating Point Happy as a local historic, topographical and cultural landmark). Associate Planner Leslie Mouriquand stated staff would be preparing the paper work and it is really a matter of filling out the form and writing a justification for the site. The Commission would approve the form and forward it on to the City Council for their approval. Commissioner Wright suggested the Commission take a tour of the Point Happy. Chairman Millis stated Saturday, April 13, 2-4:00 P.M., the Historical Society would be conducting a tour of the Point Happy Ranch. 2 ,4.1JU 003 Historical Preservation Commission Meeting March 21, 1996 6. Commissioner Woodard asked when the grant was anticipated to be completed. Staff stated it is anticipated to take a year to reach the point of submitting the final report to SHPO. Twelve proposals had been received, which was an excellent response. It is anticipated that the survey should be completed by June, 1997. Commissioner Woodard asked if there was a map of the current historical landmarks. Staff stated there was a list of all the sites on file in the Community Development Department. In addition, they are listed in the General Plan, and several publications which have background material. Staff anticipates the consultants will find very few new sites. 7. Chairman Millis generally stated the historical boundaries of the City were covered generally in the Cove and southern portion of the City. There were very few sites on the north side of Highway 111. 8. There being no further discussion it was moved and seconded by Commissioners DeMersman/Puente to approve the Annual Work Program as submitted. Unanimously approved. B. Formation of the Consultant Selection Committee and review of the time table HPC3-21 Associate Planner Leslie Mouriquand presented the information contained in the staff report, a copy of which is on file in the Community Development Department. She went on to explain the process whereby the proposals would be reviewed and how a consultant would be selected. Council Members Henderson/Sniff were previously selected by Council to serve on the Consultant Selection Committee. 2. Staff reviewed the Revised Schedule of Events with the Commission regarding the consultant selection process and pointed out the important dates. 3. Commissioner Puente asked what time of the day the meetings would be held. Staff stated they would probably be during the day, but will consider evening meetings. Commissioner Puente stated she would have a problem with any time before 3:00 P.M. 4. Chairman Millis asked if anyone was interested in serving on the committee. Following discussion, Commissioners DeMersman and Chairman Millis were selected to serve on the committee with Commissioner Puente serving as an alternate. 3 A.U" 004 Historical Preservation Commission Meeting March 21, 1996 C. Certified Local Government Grant proposal. HPC3-21 Associate Planner Lesile Mouriquand presented the information contained in the staff report, a copy of which is on file in the Community Development Department. 2. Commissioner Woodard asked how the grant was funded and if the city would receive the amount requested. Staff stated cities have been awarded less than requested. Commissioner Woodard asked how this would[ relate to the RFP where a definite amount is stated. Associate Planner Leslie Mouriquand stated the amount of $15,000 was based on what had been awarded previously to other cities. The grant was intended to cover the cost of the consultant. Commissioner Woodard asked what would happen if the grant was less than requested. Would the City contribute the difference. Staff discussed the alternatives that were available to the Commission and what could be done if the amount of the grant was less than the $15,000 requested. Commissioner Woodard stated the Commission could ask the selected consultant to submit an alternative proposal for the amount received. 3. Commissioner Wright stated the City Council had been supportive of the Commission's work and hopefully they would approve the difference. 4. Associate Planner Leslie Mouriquand informed the Commissioners staff needed their updated resumes as soon as possible to send with the proposal. 5. There being no further discussion, it was moved and seconded by Commissioners Puente/Woodard to approve the Certified Local Government Proposal as submitted. 1). Preservation Plan Associate Planner Leslie Mouriquand explained the Plan and what it must contain. She informed the Commission that the Plan had been transmitted to the State Historic Preservation Office in Sacramento for their comments. 2. Commissioner Woodard asked staff to clarify the Purpose and Intent section of the Historical Preservation Ordinance. Discussion followed. 3. Chairman Millis explained that there were two structures in the City that were being targeted to be brought up to the City's Building Code for preservation purposes. Those structures were the Hacienda del Ga.to and the old lumber yard building. 4 .o.0 005 Historical Preservation Commission Meeting March 21. 1996 4. Commissioner Woodard stated his concern that the City in their approval process, be sensitive to the style of buildings to be constructed in the Village. Buildings could be built to look Spanish, old, etc., and in reality they are a poor substitute and would have a negative impact on the City. Staff stated it was the responsibility of the Planning Commission to architecturally review all new projects in the City with the City Council granting the final approval. The Historical Preservation Commission would not review them unless it related to a historical site. 5. Commissioner Woodard stated his concern that even new construction located next to a historical building could be a detriment to the building instead of maintaining a historical environment. Discussion followed as to how the Commission could actively be involved in the current planning process to give input regarding design of the structures. 6. Staff discussed with the Commission the Village Specific Plan and development of the area. Due to the amount of concern raised by the Commissioners, Commissioner Wright asked that this item be placed on the next Historical Preservation Commission agenda for discussion with the Community Development Director. 7. There being no further discussion, it was moved and seconded by Commissioners Puente/DeMersman to approve the Draft Preservation Plan as submitted. Unanimously approved. D. Context Statement 1. Associate Planner Leslie Mouriquand presented the information contained in the staff report, and stated that due to the lack of time to complete the statement, a partial report has been submitted to the Commissioners for review. A more complete version would be sent as it is completed. 2. Commissioner Woodard asked staff to define what "resort industry" meant. Discussion followed regarding the terminology used in the report. 3. Staff discussed the structure of the Table of Contents and the partial report as prepared. She stated they were using primary source documents rather than oral histories. The City may, in the future, have an oral history project. 4. Chairman Millis stated it would be nice to convert this information to a document that could be used as a handout for the City and Historical Preservation Commission. HPC3-21 5 Historical Preservation Commission Meeting March 21, 1996 It was moved and seconded by Commissioners Wright/Puente to continue this item, at staff discretion, to the next Commission meeting following the completion of the Context Statement. Unanimously approved. VI. OTHER: A. Ordinance 280 - Amendment to Section 7.04 of the La Ouinta Municipal Code Associate Planner Leslie Mouriquand presented a history of the Ordinance and the formation of the Commission and explained why staff had requested the change to the Ordinance. Following discussion, it was moved and seconded by Commissioners Woodard/DeMersman to direct staff to notify Council of their appreciation and forethought to see that the Ordinance was changed and adopted. Unanimously approved. B. Staff discussed with the Commissioners the letter sent to Senator David Kelly regarding Senate Bill 875 relating to Seismic Retrofit Tax Credits. C. Commissioner DeMersman asked why the Rancho La Quinta Archaeological Report, continued at the last meeting, was not agendized for this meeting. Associate Planner Leslie Mouriquand explained that staff was reviewing the Archaeological Report submitted by the Archaeological Research Unit (ARU), from the University of Redlands. Staff felt the requirements listed in this report were too cost extensive for the developer and staff was requesting justification from ARU. When this issue is resolved, it would be brought before the Commission. VIII. ADJOURNMENT There being no further business, it was moved and seconded by Commissioners Woodard/DeMersman to adjourn this meeting of the Historic Preservation Commission to a regular meeting on April 18, 1996. This meeting of the Historical Commission was adjourned at 4:24 P.M. Unanimously approved. A. 007 IIPC3-21 6 BI *1 T4'lvl4 Qubt& AGENDA CATEGORY: COUNCIL/RDA MEETING DATE: ITEM TITLE: Discussion Related to Established Boards, Commissions and Committees •uu_►�G •► BUSINESS SESSION: CONSENT CALENDAR: STUDY SESSION: PUBLIC HEARING: That Members discuss established boards, commissions and committees and provide comment for transmittal to the City Council regarding these boards' size, their role in City affairs, and the potential value in consolidation of responsibilities. faxhyllalt•►i Informational report only. BACKGROUND AND OVERVIEW Pursuant to City Council direction, staff prepared background information on established Boards and Commissions in La Quinta and participated in a Council Study Session March 19, 1996 for the purpose of reviewing these bodies' responsibilities and activities in City affairs (see Attachment 1). The City Council, at the Study Session, expressed a desire to hear from potentially affected Boards and Commissions prior to considering any revision to the established City structure. Council discussion March 19 touched on the number of established Boards/Commissions, their size, required staff support and possible duplication in responsibility. The Council expressed appreciation for the contribution of dedicated Board/Commission members and emphasized their wish that each body be advised of that appreciation and assured that any structural changes would be phased into place with any reductions in Board size accommodated through attrition. At the same time, however, the Council expressed a desire to ensure that citizen commitment is effectively channeled; that duplication is minimized; and that each Board's role is clearly defined so that its activity can be focused and its accomplishments maximized. *.., 068 Staff, in its March 19, 1996 report, outlined "possible scenarios towards consolidation". Other ideas or alternatives offered during the Study Session included: reducing all Boards from seven to five members; combining the Parks and Recreation Commission with the Cultural Commission; combining the Human Services Commission (HSC) and Youth Advisory Committee with the Volunteer and Kidsline Advisory Boards serving as HSC subcommittees; and ensuring that any consolidation be done gradually over time and by attrition. With the above in mind, it is suggested that the Board discuss and provide feedback to the City Council on the following: 1. Preferred board size (i.e., five or seven members); 2. Potential for board consolidation —recommendations; 3. If appropriate, process for consolidation; and 4. Other ideas for improving board efficiency and effectiveness. I PtAct],�—� i Mark Weiss Assistant City Manager �• 009 c% 4 QuiRm AGENDA CATEGORY: BUSINESS SESSION: COUNCIL(RDA MEETING DATE: March 19, 1996 CONSENT CALENDAR: ITEM TITLE: STUDY SESSION: 3 Discussions Related to Established PUBLIC HEARING: Boards, Commissions and Committees As directed by the Council. Informational report only. Pursuant to Council direction, staff has prepared background data on established Boards and Commissions in La Quinta (Attachment 1). The chart on page two is an abbreviated summary of that data. As currently structured, five Council -established authorities report to the Parks Department; two to Building & Safety; three to Community Development; one to Public Works; and one to. Finance. Numerous ad hoc committees have been established within the Cultural Commission and Parks & Recreation Commission to address specific tasks. Of the boards reviewed, only the Planning_ Commission is mandated within the Government Code (technically, the Council could serve as the Planning Commission, but this is rarely done, especially in communities with a high degree of development activity). The Building and Construction Anneals Board and Traffic Committee meet only as needed. Staff proposes that the Traffic Committee establish a quarterly meeting schedule to institutionalize coordinated traffic review and will implement that policy immediately. Some boards are compensated for meetings and support operations (i.e., Planning Commission, Investment Advisory Board, Human Services Commission, Parks & Recreation Commission and Cultural Commission). City staff attends each board meeting (and subcommittee meeting). Agenda packets and meeting minutes are A.oe 010 provided for each standing board, as well. To that end, staff has developed conservative estimates for costs associated with each activity and included these estimates within the attachment. It should be noted that the "budget" and "staff costs" itemized within the chart are annual expenses and exclusive of one another. Thus, the total City cost for each commission is represented by the "budget' column plus the "staff cost' column. COMMISSIONS YEAR STAFFING SCHEDULED BUDGET EST. EST. MEETINGS STAFF COST Planning 1982 Community 24 $16,400 $163,200 Commission Development Building & Const. 1985 Building & 0 0 0 Appeals Board Safety Traffic Committee . 1987 Public Works 0 0 0 Art in Public Places 1990 Community 12 $10,600 $13,850 Commission Development Historic Preservation 1992 Community 12 $8,200 $43,800 Commission Development Investment Advisory 1993 Finance 12 $6,610 $7,850 Board Youth Advisory 1993 Parks & Rec 12 0 0 Committee Volunteer Advisory 1993 Parks & Rec 4 0 $250 Board Kidsline Advisory 1993 Parks & Rec 4 0 $440 Board Human Services 1994 Building & 12 $5,250 $5,630 Commission Safety Parks & Recreation 1994 Parks & Rec 12 $4,100 $5,330 Commission Cultural Commission 1995 Parks & Rec 12 $4,600 1 $7,600 The Investment Advisory Board's (IAB) role in La Quinta is clearly distinct from other City boards in scope and responsibility. The IAB is staffed by the Finance Department and is currently meeting monthly and reviewing the City's investment policy. The IAB's enabling ordinance contemplates that, in time, this Board's schedule may be extended to quarterly meetings. Thus, it is anticipated that, once policies; are clearly established, refined and institutionalized, this Board's activity and associated staffing costs (albeit, not its importance), will diminish. The remaining boards and commissions created in La Quinta over time reflect the community's priorities in terms of social, cultural and recreational endeavors. Of these, the City's Historic•. Preservation Commission is somewhat unique in that its existence and makeup, in addition to the focus it provides on its historic preservation mission, qualifies the City as a certified local government capable of placing historic structures on the National Register of Historic Places. This enhances the City's local autonomy and authority in its efforts towards protecting local historic resources and qualifying those resources for potential federal and state grant proceeds and protection under the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966. The Cultural Commission, and its five subcommittees; Parks & Recreation Commission, and its four subcommittees; Volunteer Advisory Board; y-Q-Uth Advisory Council; and Kidsline ,4dvisory Board are all staffed by the Parks & Recreation Department. The Human Services_ Commission and its subcommittee are staffed by the Building & Safety Department. The Arts in Public Places CommissicIl is staffed by the Community Development Department. The subcommittees referenced above tend to be task -specific working committees with limited anticipated life spans (i.e., until specified tasks are completed). There may be opportunity to merge associated duties and consolidate some existing boards into generic entities with more broadly defined missions. For example, both the Cultural Commission and Arts in Public Places Commission have an "arts" focus. The Parks & Recreation Commission, Human Services Commission, Volunteer Advisory Board, Kidsline Advisory Board, and Youth Advisory Council all have interests in youth activities and development (albeit, it is recognized that the Human Services Commission has a much broader charge in total) . The challenge then, may rest in establishing broadly-based commissions with representation and expertise from specialized fields. Staff recognizes the value to the Council and community represented by the established Boards, Commissions, and Committees. Each has been established in response to community priorities and is served by dedicated civic leaders. The staffing requirements and associated City costs are significant, however, and can C] P compromise the City's ability to respond to Council and citizen needs in a timely and effective manner. The challenge is to focus citizen efforts in efficient and effective ways; to eliminate duplication and minimize counter productive efforts while maximizing the contributions and productivity of interested and available human resources. To that end, possible scenarios towards consolidation could include: • combining the Arts in Public Places Commission with the Cultural Commission; • combining Human Services Commission functions with the Parks & Recreation Commission; • reconfiguring the Youth Advisory Committee as a subcommittee reporting to the Parks/Human Services Commission; • combining the Volunteers and Kidsline Advisory Boards. Staff is seeking policy direction from the Council. The enabling legislation (ordinances, etc.) is attached (Attachment 2) for established Boards. 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Chapter 2.65 of the La Quints Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as set forth in Exhibit "A", attached hereto and made part of. SECTION 2.EFFEC"TIVE DATE. This Ordinance shall be in full force and effect thirty (30) days afar its adoption. SECTION 3. POSTING. The City Clerk shall, within 15 days after passage of this Ordinance, cause it to be posted in at least three public places designated by resolution of the City Council; shall certify to the adoption and posting of this Ordinance;. and shall cause this Ordinance and its certification. together with proof of posting, to be entered into the Book of Ordinances of this City. The foregoing Ordinance was approved and adopted at a meeting of the City Council held on this 5th day of December, 1995, by the following vote: AYES: Council Members Adolph, Perkins, Sniff, Mayor Bangerter (One Vacancy) NOES: None ABSENT: None ABSTAIN: None OLENv/ • � L1Lu� DA BANGER ayor City of La Quints, California 9AUNDRA L. JVHOLA, City Clerk City of La Quints, California 14 •)o 024 Ordinance 277 DAWN HONEYWELL, City Attorney City of La Quints, California STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE) ss. CITY OF LA QUINTA ) I, SAUNDRA L. JUHOLA, City Clerk of the City of La Quinta, California, do hereby certify the foregoing to be a full, true and correct copy of Ordinance No. 277 which was introduced on the 21st day of November, 1995 and was adopted at a regular meeting held on the 5th day of December, 1995 not being less than 5 days after date of introduction thereof. I further certify that the foregoing ordinance was posted in three (3) places within the City of ;AUNDRA ns as specified in a resolution of the City Council. L. JUH LA, City Clerk City of La Quinta, California DECLARATION OF POSTING I, SAUNDRA L. JUHOLA, City Clerk of the City of La Quinta, California, do hereby certify that the foregoing ordinance was posted on December 14, 1995 pursuant to City Council SAUNDRA L. JVHOLA, City Clerk City of La Quinta, California ORDDRFr.054 ,s �. 0245 Ord 277 2,65.010 Chapter 2.65 ART IN PUBLIC PLACES Section: 2.65.010 Intent and purpose. 2.65.020 Findings 265.030 Definitions. 2.65.040 Formation and functions of the Art in Public Place Commission 2.65.050 Requirement to provide art work or pay development fee. 2.65.060 Projects subject to Art in Public Places Program requirements. 2.65.0707 Processing of arts application. 2.65.090 Regulations for art work. 2.65.090 Development fee. 2.65.100 Credits —Agreements as to particular projects. 2.65.110 Art in Public Places Fund. 2.65.120 Implementation and administration of this chapter. 2.65.010 Intent and purpose. A. This chapter may be known and cited as the "La Quinta Art in Public Places Program." The City of La Quints has developed a nationwide reputation through the annual La Quinta Arts Festival and other artistic events, and attracts thousands of visitors every year to view and purchase art and crafts in the City. The public health, safety and welfare, the preservation and enhancement of property values and economic vitality, as well as the popularity and prosperity of the community, are dependent upon and enhanced by visually pleasing and high quality public art. B. The stated goal of the Cultural Resources Element of the General Plan is to provide "enrichment of the community by adequate cultural and recreational facilities and activities." To implement this goal, the General Plan fiuther states that "the cultural resources of a city encompass those facilities and programs which refresh, enhance or recreate people's bodies and spirits." Community parks, recreational activities, historic resources, Library facilities and art festivals are included in this classification. The Art in Public Places Program is intended to achieve this purpose by providing visual art throughout the City. C. Residential and commercial development throughout the City will benefit from public art, both financially and visually. All property within the City will prosper through the enhancement and preservation of property values that will result from the location of visual art throughout the City. As such, the cost of providing public art should be shared. This program is a means of achieving a balanced responsibility of providing a cultural enhancement. D. Therefore the City Council declares that art work in its various physical forms displayed in public venues in the City constitute public facilities of benefit to the citizens and visitors to the City and in the interest of the public health, safety and welfare, it is the policy of the City to require acquisition and installation of public art works as provided in this chapter. (Ord. 173 § 1 (part), 1990) LQ-APP.95 -x-jU 026 16 2.65.0 c0 2.65.020 Findings The City Council makes the following findings in connection with the adoption of this chapter. A. There is a reasonable relationship between the acquisition of art works through the Art in Public Places Program and the projects on which the fees provided by this chapter shall be imposed because: 1. Art works will enhance the real property values within the City generally, including the developments on which the fees will be imposed, and 2. Art works will, by enhancing the aesthetic values of the City as a whole, make the City an attractive place to five and work, thereby malting the City more vital; and B. There is a reasonable relationship between the need for cultural amenities such as art and the developments upon which the fees provided for herein shall be imposed because the developments of real property generally necessitates that additional costs be incurred and amenities be provided to provide for harmonious and aesthetically pleasing environments created by the development; and C. The amount of the fee is reasonably related to the art works to be acquired because the amount of the fee increases as the value of the development upon which the fee is imposed rises, so there will be a direct and proportionate relationship between the size of the development and the quantity or quality of art work which can b e purchased from the fees generated by the development upon which the fees shall be imposed. (Ord. 173 § 1 (part), 1990) 2.6S030 Definitions As used in this chapter: A. "Arts application" means the application to be submitted by a project applicant pursuant to Section 2.65.070. B. "Art in Public Places Fund" means the fund established by Section 2.65.110. C. "Art site" means any site, upon which the art work is to be located, on public or private property within the City which is accessible and visible to the general public. D. "Art work" means original creations of art including, but not limited to, the following categories: sculpture, murals, mosaics, fountains, and paving designs. These categories may be realized through such media as steel, bronze stained glass, concrete, wood, ceramic the and stone, as well as other suitable materials. E. "Fee" or "Fees" means the fees imposed by this chapter. F. "Projects' means all construction or rehabilitation in the City covered by a single building permit. G. "Project costs' meazts the value of the improvements for a project based upon the building permit valuation submitted. (Ord. 203 §§ 1, 2, 1992; Ord. 173 § 1 (part), 1990) 2.65.040 Formation and functions of the Art is PabUc Places Commission. A. Commission Composition and Selection. The City Council establishes an Art in Public Places Commission (the'"' "Commission") composed of three members of the La Quinta Arts Foundation nominated by the La Quint& Arts Foundation, and four at -large members appointed directly by the City Council from the community. The Commission will be composed of seven LQ-AFF.95 ;11. 17 027 Ord 277 2.65.010 members. The Commission will be confirmed and appointed by the City Council. The Commission will submit to the City Council a recommendation for ratification of public art to be financed by the Art in Public Places Program and carry out the other functions described in this chapter. B. Term of Commission The Commission members will serve for staggered two-year terms beginning on July 1st of every other year, commencing July 1, 1990. Initially two members will serve two-year terms, one for three years and two for one year. C. Commission Functions. The primary function of the Commission will be to prepare an Art in Public Places Plan for recommendation for adoption by the City Council and the implementation of such plan by the City Council. To the extent possible, the plan shall identify art sites, art work and estimates of cost for the art work and art sites. In implementation of the plan, the Commission shall undertake the following tasks: 1. Tim Commission will be responsible for selecting art works to be financed by the Art in Public Places Program, using the guidelines for selection as provided for in Section 2.65.080; 2. The Commission will work with City staff to develop a list of possible art sites; 3. The Commission will seek ways of procuring public art other than through fees such as endowments, donations, loan programs, trusts and similar means of support; 4. The Commission will recommend to the City Council agreements for the purchase of commissioning of art works, the purchase or lease of art sits and agreements for the purchase and display of art work or the repair, maintenance or servicing of art work; 5. The Commission will meet monthly and will elect officers at its first meeting in July. Officers of the Commission will consist of chairperson and vice -chairperson. The Commission may adopt bylaws relating to the implementation of their work under this chapter. (Ord. 247 § 1, 1994; Ord. 230 § 1, 1993; Ord. 226 § 1, 1993; Ord. 173 § I (part), 1990) 2.65.050 Requirement to provide an work or pay development fee. When a project is subject to the requirements of this chapter pursuant to Section 2.65.060, the project applicant shall pay a development fee, as dewdbW in Subsection A of this section, or shall comply with the provisions of Subsection B of this section. Project applicants shall indicate on their Art in Public Places application whether the project applicant will comply with Subsections A or B of this section. A. Development Fees The project applicants shall pay a fee to be deposited in the Art in Public Places Fund established pursuant to Section 2.65.110 equal to the amount provided in Section 2.65.090 of this chapter fbr the project B. Provision of Art Work In-fieu of paying the development fee as required by Subsection A of this section, the project applicant may acquire and install an art work on an art site on or in the vicinity of the project site pursuant to Section 2.65.100 of this chapter. As a guide, the cost or value of such art work should approximate the amount of the fee that would be paid under Subsection A of this section. The project applicant shall receive credit for the fee required by Subsection A of this section only in the actual amount of the cost of value of art work acquired and installed, plus costs of installation. Only project applicants liable for a fee pursuant to Subsection A of this section that is in excess of five thousand dollars shall be permitted to elect to provide an art work pursuant to this LQ-APP.95 18 ..A.ilu_028 2.65.010 subsection unless such project applicant proposes to furnish art work in excess of the amount of such fee and in a minimum amount of five thousand dollars. (Ord. 173 § 1 (part), 1990) 2.65.060 Projects subject to Art in Public Places Program requirements. A. Requirements. The requirements of this chapter shall apply to all works of construction or rehabilitation for which a building permit is applied for within the City which constitutes or includes the following activities and which are not subject to the exceptions set forth in Subsection B of this section: a. New commercial and industrial construction; 2. Remodeling, repair or reconstruction of existing commercial or industrial property having project costs which exceed one hundred thousand dollars in expenditures; 3. Residential subdivision or development of two units or more, whether by detached single- family residential structures, condominiums, apartments, townhouses or other dwelling units, including the repair, remodeling or renovation of same, having project costs exceeding one hundred thousand dollars; 4. Individual residential units (defined as not more than one single-family dwelling which is to be constructed on an individual lot or parcel) having project costs of more than one hundred thousand dollars. B. Exceptions. The requirements of this chapter shall not apply to the following activities: 1. Public projects; 2. Remodeling, hair or reconstruction of structures which have been damaged by fire, flood, wind, earthquake or other calamity; 3. Nonprofit social service or cultural institution projects; 4. Low to moderate housing projects as defined by household income in Health and Safety Code Section 50093. (Ord. 203 §§ 3, 4, 1992; Ord. 173 § 1 (part), 1990) 2.65.070 Processing of arts application. The requirements and procedures for the processing of Art in Public Places application (an arts application) shall be as follows: A. Upon submission of a project application for a project subject to the requirements of this chapter, the Community Development Department shall provide to the project applicant a copy of the ordinance codified in this chapter and an arts application form; B. The project applicant shall submit to the Community Development Department a completed arts application form, describing the manna in which the project applicant intends to establish compliance with this chapter. The arts application shall include, for project applicants intending to meet the requirements of this chapter. The arts application shall include, for project applicants intending to meet the requirements of Section 2.65.040(B), a complete description of the art work, the artist creating the art work, a copy of the contract for commissioning or purchasing the art work, if any, the cost or estimated cost of the art work and installation, the agreement or means by which the project applicant will meet the requirements of Section 2.65.100 of this chapter, and a site plan showing the location of the an work, complete with landscaping, lighting and other appropriate accessories to complement and protect the art work; LQ-APP.95 19 a.;i 029 Ord 277 2.65.010 C. The Community Development Department shall, upon receipt of the arts application, submit the arts application to the Commission. D. The Commission shall, within thirty days from the date of submittal of the application by the Community Development Department, submit to the City Council comments and a recommendation on the proposed arts application, based upon the guidelines set forth in Section 2.65.080; E. The arts application shall then be submitted to the City Council, which may ratify the application based upon the guidelines set forth in Section 2.65.090. (Ord 173 § 1 (part), 1990) 2.65.080 Regulations for art work A Guidelines. Guidelines for the approval of art work shall include, but are not limited to, the following criteria: a. The art work shall be easily visible and accessible to the public 2. The composition of the art work shall be of appropriate materials in order to be durable against vandalism, theft and weather, and in order to require a low level of maintenance. The review may consider the proposed location of the art work; 3. The art work shall be related in terms of scale, material, form and content to irnmediate and adjacent buildings and landscaping so that it complements the art site and wrrounding environment; 4. The art work, shall be designed and constructed by persons experienced in the production of such art work and recognized by critics and by his or her peers as one who produce works of art; 5. The art work shall be appropriately affixed to its site or display. B. Limitations. The following items are not to be considered as art works: 1. Art objects which are mass produced from a standard design; 2. Reproductions of original art works; 3. Decorative, ornamental or functional elements which are designed by a building architect as opposed to an artist commissioned for the purpose of creating the art work; 4. Landscape architecture and landscape gardening except where these elements are designed or approved by the artist and are an integral part of the art work as created by the artist; 5. Services or utilities necessary to operate or maintain the art work C. Use and Maintenance of Art Work Art work acquired by expenditures from the Art in public places Fund shall be the property of and maintained by the City. The City may dispose of such art work at its discretion, subject to any agreement with artists or otherwise relating to any specific art work The art works acquired and installed by a project applicant for which credit for the fee required by Section 2.65.040 is given pursuant to Section 2.65.100 of this chapter shall be the property of and maintained by the project applicant, except to Section 2.65.100 of this chapter shall be the property of and maintained by the project applicant, except to the extent the City has rights in or to the art work or the display thereof pursuant to the agreement with the project applicant entered into pursuant to Section 2.65100. Alternatively, art work acquired by the project applicant in lieu of the fee may be donated to the City to be maintained by the City. (Ord. 173 § 1 (part), 1990) LQ•APP.95 20 039 2.65.010 2.65.090 Development fee. There will be, and there is hereby established, an Art in Public Places fee ( referred to occasionally in this chapter as the "fee" or "fees") to be collected as follows: A Fees are to be collected with respect to all projects prior to or at the time of issuance of a building permit, except in the case of residential developments or more than one dwelling unit, where the fee shall be collect on a pro rats basis for each dwelling when it receives its final inspection or certificate of occupancy, whichever occurs first. The Director of the Community Development Department, or other such person appointed by him/her, is hereby appointed as the authorized individual to collect the fees; B. All residential structures whose project costs is in excess of one hundred thousand dollars will be charged a fee hereunder equal to the greater of: 1. 1/4 of one percent for that portion of project cost in excess of one hundred thousand dollars, or 2. Twenty dollars; C. All commercial developments, industrial developments and nonresidemial development within the City will be charged a fee hereunder equal to the greater of 1. '/3 of one percent of the project costs, or 2. Twenty dollars; D. The fees will be collected prior to the issuance of any building permit commencing on the date the ordinance codified in this chapter becomes effective. (Ord. 203 § 5, 1992; Ord. 173 § 1 (part), 1990) 2.65.100 Credits -Agreements as to particular projects. A. A project applicant may apply for a credit against the fee otherwise required to be paid by the project applicant under Section 2.65.050 of this chapter, of one hundred percent of the cost of an art work and costs of installation for including an art work in an art site subject to this chapter, provided that such work shall be approved by the Commission, and the project shall enter into a written agreement with the City providing that the art work shall be installed, maintained and open to public view at reasonable hours for a minimum period of twenty-five years after installation. The written agreement may be extended by the City for ten year increments. B. Nothing herein shall restrict the City Council from waiving the requirements of this chapter, in whole or in part, with respect to any project otherwise subject to the provisions of this chapter, provided that the City Council determines that the project applicant has entered into an agreement with the City making provision for the acquisition and installation of art works in connection with the development of the project which addresses the goals and aims of this chapter in a manner equally favorable to or on a basis more favorable to the City than would be achieved by strict compliance with this chapter. (Ord. 173 § 1 (part), 1990) 2.65.110 Art in Public Places Fund. A Accounting. The fees imposed pursuant to Section 2.65.090 of this chapter and any other monies collected in accordance with provisions of this chapter shall be deposited in a separate LQ-APP.93 21 031 Ord 277 2.65.010 account, entitled the "Art in Public Place Fund." The City Manager or his/her designee shall establish accounting records sufficient to identify and control these funds. The amounts held in the Art in Public Places Fund shall otherwise be accounted for, deposited, invested and expensed as provided by law and the practices and policies of the City. The account containing these funds may be invested along with other monies of the City and the investment earnings thereon shall be used for and be subject to the same restrictions established in subsection B. B. Use of Fund. Expenditures of the fees collected in the Art in Public Places Fund may include the following: 1. The cost of art: work and its installation; 2. The cost of purchase or lease or art sites; 3. Water works, lanidscaping, fighting and other objects which are an integral part of the art work; 4. Frames, mats, pedestals and other objects necessary for the proper presentation of the art work; 5. Walls, pools, landscaping or other architectural or landscape architectural elements necessary for the proper aesthetic and structural placement of the art work; 6. Expenditures 1For maintenance and repair of art work; 7. Administrative expenses to otherwise implement any provision of this chapter, however, in no event shall said administrative expenses exceed five percent of the total funds in the account on July I of any year nor twenty-five thousand dollars in any fiscal year. D. Endowments. The Art in Public Places Fund shall also be used as a depository for endowments, bequests, grants or donations. Such stuns may be expended as set forth in subsection B of this section and for art exhibitions or displays as approved by the City Council. E. Replacemerrt For those art works that have been purchased with monies from the Art in Public Places Fund or donated to the City, the City may determine to sell or exchange existing art works for replacement art works. Any funds obtained from the sale of art work shall be credited to the Art in Public Places Fund. Art work owned privately and on display by in -lieu agreement may be exchanged with City Council approval or the original fee paid to the Art in Public Places Fund. F. Reimbursement. In the event fees have not been committed for a use as specified in Subsection B within two years of their collection, the fees in the Art in Public Places Fund shall be distributed by the Director of the Comnnunity Development Department to the person or entity who has paid the fees or in any other manner permitted by law. (Ord. 173 § 1 (part), 1990) 2.65.120 Implementation and administration of this chapter. The City may enter into agreements, upon recomrnerndation of the Commission or otherwise, for the purchase or commissioning of artworks, the purchase and the lease of art sites, for insuring art works, for the display of art works on an sites not owned by the City, for installation of art work or the repair, maintenance of servicing thereof and for or relating to all other matters necessary or appropriate to implement the Art in Public Places Program. I.QAPP.95 22 A-J: ' 032 2.65.010 Chapter 2.65 ART IN PUBLIC PLACES Sections: 2.65.010 Intent and purpose. 2.65.020 Findings. 2.65.030 Definitions. 2.65.040 Formation and functions of the Art in Public Places Committee. 2.65.050 Requirement to provide art work or pay development fee. 2.65.060 Projects subject to Art in Public Places Program requirements. 2.65.070 Processing of arts application. 2.65.080 Regulations for art work. 2.65.090 Development fee. 2.65.100 Credits —Agreements as to particular projects. 2.65.110 Art in Public Places Fund. 2.65.120 Implementation and administration of this chapter. 2.65.010 Intent and purpose. A. This chapter may be (mown and cited as the "La Quinta Art in Public Places Program.•• The city of La Quinta has developed a nationwide reputation through the annual La Quints Arts Festival and other artistic events, and attracts thousands of visitors every year to view and purchase art and crafts in the city. The public health, safety and welfare, the preservation and enhancement of property values and economic vitality. as well as the popularity and prosperity of the community, arc dependent upon and enhanced by visually pleasing and high quality public art. B. The stated goal of the cultural resources element of the General Plan is to provide "enrichment of the community by adequate cultural and recreational facilities and activities." To implement this goal, the General Plan mandates the city to "provide facilities and encourage opportutities for cultural enhancement of the city of La Quints." The General Plan further states that "the cultural resources of a city encompass those facilities and programs which refresh, enhance or recreate people's bodies and spirits." Community parks, recreational activities. historic resources, library facilities and art festivals are included in this classification. The An in Public Places Program is intended to achieve this purpose by providing visual art throughout the city. C. Residential and commercial development throughout the city will benefit from public art, both finvtcially and visually. All property within the city will prosper through the enhancement and preservation of property values that will result from the location of visual art throughout the city. As such. the cost of providing public art should be shared. This program is a means of achieving a balanced responsibility of providing a cultural enhancement D. Therefore, the city council declares that art work in its various physical forms displayed in public venues in the city constitute public facilities of benefit to the citizens and visitors to the city and in the interest of the public health. safety and welfare. it is the policy of the city to require acquisition and 'installation of public art works as provided in this chapter. (Ord. 173 § I (part). 1990) 2.65.020 Findings. The city council makes the following findings in connection with the adoption of this chapter: A. There is a reasonable relationship between the acquisition of artworks through the Art in Public Places Program and the projects on which the fees provided by this chapter shall be imposed because: 1. Art works will enhance the real property values within the city generally, including the developments on which the fees will be imposed. and 2. Art works will, by entrancing the aesthetic values of the city as a whole, make the city an attractive place to live and work, thereby making the city more vital: and B. There is a reasonable relationship between the need for cultural amenities such as art and the developments upon which the fees provided for herein shall be imposed because the development of real property generally Q=u ��., 23 .n.T033 2.65.020 necessitates that additional costs be incurred and amenities be provided to provide for harmonious and aestbetically pleasing environments created by the development; and C. The amount of the fee is reasonably related to the art worsts to be acquired because the amount of the fee increases as the value of the development upon which the fee is imposed rises, so there will be a direct and proportionate relationship between the size of the development and the quantity or quality of art worst which can be purchased from the fees generated by the development upon which the fee is imposed; and D. There is a reasonable relationship between the amount of the fees and the art work to be purchased because the fees generated by the Art in Public Places Program will provide a wide variety of art works, suitable for the wide variety of developments upon which the fees shall be imposed (Ord. 173 § I (part), 1990) 2.65.030 DeBnttlons, As used in this chapter. A. "Arts application" means the application to be submitted by a project applicant pursuant to Section 2.65.070. B. "Art in Public Places Fund" means the fund established by Section 2.65.110. C. "Art site" means any site, upon which the art work is to be located, on public or private property within the city which is accessible and visible to the general public. D. "Art work" means original creations of at including, but not limited to, the following categories: sculpnu, murals, mosaics, fountains, and paving designs. These categories may be realized through such media as steel bronze, stained glass, concrete, wood, ceramic tile and stone, as well as other suitable materials. E. "Fee" or "fees" means the fees imposed by this chapter. F. "Projects" means all construction or rehabilitation in the city coveted by a single building permit. G. "Project costs" means the value of the improvements for a project based upon the building permit valuation submitted. (Ord. 203 §§ 1, 2, 1992, Ord 173 11 (part), 1990) 2.65.040 Formation and thacdoos of the Art In Pablle Places Committee. A. Committee Composition and Selection The city council establishes an Art in Public Places Committee (the "committee') composed of three members of the La Quints Arts Foundation nominated by the La Quinta Arts Foundation, and four at -large members appointed directly by the city council from the community. The committee will be composed of seven members. The committee will be a standing committee confirmed and appointed by the city council The committee will submit to the city council a recommendation for ratification of public art to be financed by the Art in Public Places Program and carry out the other functions described in this chapter. B. Term of Committee. The committee members will serve for staggered two-year terms beginning on July 1st of every other year, commencing July 1, 1990. Initially two members will serve two-year terms, one for three years and two for one year. C. Committee Functions. The primary function of the committee will be to prepare an Art in Public Places Plan for recommendation for adoption by the city council and the implementation of such plan by the city council. To the extent possible, the plan shall identify art sites, art work and estimates of cost for the art work and art sites. In implementation of the plan, the committee shall undertake the following tasks: 1. The committee will be responsible for selecting art works to be financed by the Art in Public Places Program, using the guidelines for selection as provided for in Section 2.65.080; 2. The committee will worst with city staff to develop a list of possible art sites; 3. The committee will seek ways of procuring public art other than through fees such as endowments, donations, loan programs, trusts and similar means of support; 4. The committee will recommend to the city council agreements for the purchase of commissioning of art works, the purchase or lease of art sites and agreements for the purchase and display of art work or the repair, maintenance or servicing of art work; 5. The committee will meet monthly and will elect officers at its first meeting in July. Officers of the committee will consist of chairperson and vice -chairperson. The committee may adopt bylaws relating to the implementation of their work under this chapter. (Ord. 247 § 1.1994; Ord 230 § 1,1993; Ord. 226 § 1, 1993; Ord. 173 § 1 (pact), 1990) -..�. 24 A,. (IA nUIAM t.9sm 2.65.050 2.65.050 Requirement to provide art work or pay development tee. When a project is subject to the requirements of this chapter pursuant to Section 2.65.060, the project applicant shall pay a development fee, as described in subsection A of this section, or shall comply with the provisions of subsection B of this section. Project applicants shall indicate on their Art in Public Planes application whether the project applicant will comply with subsections A or B of this section. A. Development Fees. The project applicants shall pay a fee to be deposited in the Art in Public Places Fund established pursuant to Section 2.65.110 equal to the amount provided in Section 2.65.090 of this chapter for the project. B. Provision of Art Work. In lieu of paying the development fee as requited by subsection A of this section, the project applicant may acquire and install an art work on an art site on or in the vicinity of the project site pursuant to Section 2.65.100 of this chapter. As a guide, the cost or value of such art work should approximate the amount of the fee that would be paid under subsection A of this section. The project applicant shall receive credit for the fee required by subsection A of this section only in the actual amount of the cost of value of art work acquired and installed, plus costs of installation. Only project applicants liable for a fee pursuant to subsection A of this section that is in excess of five thousand dollars shall be permitted to elect to provide an art work pursuant to this subsection unless such project applicant proposes to furnish art work in excess of the amount of such fee and in a minimum amount of five thousand dollars. (Ord. 173 § 1 (part), 1990) 2.65.060 Projects subject to Art in Public Places Program requirements. A. Requirements. The requirements of this chapter shall apply to all works of construction or rehabilitation for which a building permit is applied for within the city which constitutes or includes the following activities and which are not subject to the exceptions set forth in subsection B of this section: 1. New commercial and industrial construction; 2. Remodeling, repair or reconstruction of existing commercial or industrial property having project costs which exceed one hundred thousand dollars in expenditures; 3. Residential subdivision or development of two units or more, whether by detached single-family residential structures, condominiums, apartments, townhouses or other dwelling units, including the repair, remodeling or renovation of same, having project costs exceeding one hundred thousand dollars; 4. Individual residential units (defined as not more than one single-family dwelling which is to be constructed on an individual lot or parcel) having project costs of more than one hundred thousand dollars. B. Exceptions. The requirements of this chapter shall not apply to the following activities: 1. Public projects; 2. Remodeling, repair or reconstruction of structures which have been damaged by fine, flood, wind, earthquake or other calamity; 3. Nonprofit social service or cultural institution projects; 4. Low to moderate housing projects as defined by household income in Health and Safety Code Section 50093. (Ord. 203 §§ 3, 4, 1992;, Ord. 173 § 1 (part), 1990) 2.65.070 Processing of arts application. The requirements and procedures for the processing of Art in Public Places application (an arts application) shall be as follows: A. Upon submission of a project application for a project subject to the requirements of this chapter, the department of planning and development shall provide to the project applicant a copy of the ordinance codified in this chapter and an arts application form; B. The project applicant shall submit to the department of planning and development a completed arts application form, describing the manner in which the project applicant intends to establish compliance with this chapter. The arts application shall include, for project applicants intending to meet the requirements of Section 2.65.040(B), a complete description of the art work, the artist creating the art work, a copy of the contract for commissioning or purchasing the art work, if any, the cost or estimated cost of the art work and installation, the agreement or means by which the project applicant will meet the requirements of Section 2.65.100 of this chapter, and a site plan showing the location of the art work, complete with landscaping, lighting and other appropriate accessories to complement and protect the art work. �.�� 035 2.65.070 C. The department of planning and development shall, upon receipt of the arts application, submit the arts application to the committee: D. The committee shall, within thirty days from the date of submittal of the application by the department of planning and development, submit to the city council comments and a recommendation on the proposed arts application, based upon the guidelines set forth in Section 2.65.080'. E. The arts application shall then be submitted to the city council, which may ratify the application based upon the guidelines set forth in Section 2.65.080. (Ord 173 3 1 (part), 1990) 2.65.080 Regulations for art work. A. Guidelines. Guidelines for the approval of artwork shall include. but ate not limited to, the following criteria: 1. The an wort shall be easily visible and accessible to the public: 2. The composition of the art wort shall be of appropriate materials in order to be durable against vandalism, theft and weather, and in order to require a low level of maintenance. The review may consider the proposed location of the art wort: 3. The art wort shall be related in terms of scale, material, form and content to immediate and adjacent buildings and landscaping so that it complements the art site and surrounding environment: 4. The artwork shall be designed and constructed by persons experienced in the production of such art work and recognized by critics and by his or her peers as one who produces worts of an: 5. The art wort shall be appropriately affixed to its site or display. B. Limitations. The following items are not to be considered as art worts: 1. Art objects which are mass produced from a standard design; 2. Reproductions of original art worts; 3. Decorative, ornamental or functional elements which am designed by a building architect as opposed to an artist commissioned for the purpose of creating the art wort; 4. Landscape architecture and landscape gardening except where these elements are designed or approved by the artist and are an integral part of the art wort as created by the artist: 5. Services or utilities necessary to operate or maintain the art wort. C. Use and Maintenance of Art Wort. Art worst acquired by expenditures from the Art in Public Places Fund shall be the property of and maintained by the city. The city may dispose of such art work at is discretion. subject to any agreement with artists or otherwise relating to any specific art work. The art worts acquired and installed by a project applicant for which credit for the fee required by Section 2.65.040 is given pursuant to Section 2.65.100 of this chapter shall be the property of and maintained by the project applicant, except to the extent the city has rights in or to the art work or the display thereof pursuant to the agreement with the project applicant entered into pursuant to Section 2.65.100. Alternatively, art worst acquired by the project applicant in lieu of the fee may be donated to the city to be maintained by the city. (Ord. 173 $ I (part), 1990) 2.65.090 Development fee. There will be, and there is hereby established, an Art in Public Places fee (referred to occasionally in this chapter as the "fee" or'Yees'l to be collected as follows: A. Fees are to be collected with aspect to all projects prior to or at the time of issuance of a building permit except in the case of residential developments of more than one dwelling unit, where the fee shall be collected on a pto rats basis foreach dwelling when it receives its final inspection or certificate of occupancy, whichever occurs first The directorof planting and development or other such person appointed by him/her, is hereby appointed as the authorized individual to collect the fees: B. All residential structures whose project costs is in excess of one hundred thousand dollars will be charged a fee hereunder equal to the greater of: 1. 1/4 of one percent for that portion of project cost in excess of one hundred thousand dollars. or 2. Twenty dollars: C. All commercial developments, industrial developments and nonresidential development within the city will be charged a fee hereunder equal to the greater of: 1. 112 of one percent of the project costs, or 2. Twenty dollars: rn 26:� 03!` (IA Q=miu» D. The fees will be collected prior to the issuance of any building permit commencing on the daze the ordinance codified in this chapter becomes effective. (Ord. 203 § 5, 1992; Ord. 173 § I (part), 1990) 2.65.100 Credits --Agreements as to particular projects. A. A project applicant may apply for a credit against the fee otherwise required to be paid by the project applicant under Section 2.65.050 of this chapter, of one hundred percent of the cost of an art wort[ and costs of installation for including an art work in an art site subject to this chapter, provided that such work shall be approved by the committee, and the project shall enter into a written agreement with the city providing that the art work shall be installed. maintained and open to public view at reasonable hours for a minimum period of twenty-five years after installation. The written agreement may be extended by the city for ten year increments. B. Nothing herein shall restrict the city council from waiving the requirements of this chapter, in whole or in part. with respect to any project otherwise subject to the provisions of this chapter, provided that the city council determines that the project applicant has entered into an agreement with the city making provision for the acquisition and installation of art works in connection with the development of the project which addresses the goals and aims of this chapter in a manner equally favorable to or on a basis more favorable to the city than would be achieved by strict compliance with this chapter. (Ord. 173 § I (part), 1990) 2.65.110 Art in Public Places Fund. A. Accounting. The fees imposed pursuant to Section 2.65.090 of this chapter and any other moneys collected in accordance with provisions of this chapter shall be deposited in a separate account, entitled the "Art in Public Places Fund." The city manager or his/her designee shall establish accounting records sufficient to identify and control these funds. The amounts held in the Art in Public Places Fund shall otherwise be accounted for, deposited. invested and expensed as provided by law and the practices and policies of the city. The account containing these funds may be invested along with other moneys of the city and the investment earnings thereon shall be used for and be subject to the same restrictions established in subsection B. B. Use of Fund. Expenditures of the fees collected in the Art in Public Places Fund may include the following: 1. The cost of art work and its installation; 2. The cost of purchase or lease of art sites; 3. Water works, landscaping, lighting and other objects which are an integral part of the, art work; 4. Frames, mats, pedestals and other objects necessary for the proper presentation of the, art work; 5. Walls, pools, landscaping or other architectural or landscape architectural elements necessary for the proper aesthetic and structural placement of the art work: 6. Expenditures for maintenance and repair of art work; 7. Administrative expenses to otherwise implement any provision of this chapter, however, in no event shall said administrative expenses exceed five percent of the total funds in the account on July 1 of any year nor twenty-five thousand dollars in any fiscal year. D. Endowments. The Art in Public Places Fund shall also be used as a depository for endowments, bequests. grants or donations. Such sums may be expended as set forth in subsection B of this section and for art exhibitions or displays as approved by the city council. r, r, (L Q. i9)) 27 037 ro 2.65.110 E. Replacement. For those art works that have been purchased with moneys from the Art in Public Places Fund or donated to the city, the city may determine to sell or exchange existing art works for replacement art works. Any funds obtained from the sale of art work shall be credited to the Art in Public Places Fund. Art work owned privately and on display by in -lieu agreement may be exchanged with city council approval or the original fee paid to the Art in Public Places Fund. F. Reimbursement. In the event fees have not been committed for a use as specified in subsection B within two years of their collection, the fees in the Art in Public Places Fund shall be distributed by the director of planning and development to the person or entitywho has paid the fees or in any other manner permitted by law. (Ord.173 $1(part),1990) 2.65.120 Implementation and administration of this chapter. The city may enter into agreements, upon recommendation of the committee or otherwise, for the purchase or commissioning of art works, the purchase and the lease of art sites, for insuring art works, for the display of art works on art sites not owned by the city, for installation of art work or the repair, maintenance of servicing thereof and for or relating to all other matters necessary or appropriate to implement the Art in Public Places Program. •a.00t 038 28 (1J omonu 2.91) ORDINANCE NO 275 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LA QUINTA., CALIFORNIA ESTABLISHING A CULTURAL COMMISSION The City Council of the City of La Quinta does ordain as follows: SECTION 1. Section 2.85 of the La Quinta Municipal Code is hereby amended, to read as contained in Exhibit "A" hereby attached. SECTION 2. EFFECTIVE DATE, This Ordinance shall be in full force and. effect thirty (30) days after its adoption. SECTION 3. POSTING. The City Clerk shall, within 15 days after passage of this Ordinance, cause it to be posted in at least three public places designated by resolution of the City Council; shall certify to the adoption and posting of this Ordinance; and shall cause this Ordinance and its certification, together with proof of posting to be entered into the Book of Ordinances of the City of La Quinta. The foregoing Ordinance was approved and adopted at a meeting of the City Council of the City of La Quinta held on this 21st day of November, 1995, by the following vote: AYES: Council Members Bangerter, Cathcart, Perkins, Sniff, Mayor Pena NOES: None ABSENT: None ABSTAIN: None JOHN J. WA, N City of La Quinta, 0 9AUNDRA L. JULf6LA, City Clerk City of La Quinta, California APPROVED AS TO FORM: DAWN HONEYWELL, City Attorney City of La Quinta, California zs - ...;�. 039 ORDDRFT.001 STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE) ss. CITY OF LA QUINTA ) I, SAUNDRA L. JUHOLA, City Clerk of the City of La Quinta, California, do hereby certify the foregoing to be a full, true and correct copy of Ordinance No. 275 which was introduced on the 7th day of November, 1995 and was adopted at a regular meeting held on the 21st day of November, 1995 not being less than 5 days after date of introduction thereof. I further certify that the foregoing ordinance was posted in three (3) places within the City of La Q'uirtta as specified in_a resolution of the City Council. 3AUNDRA L. JUHOLA, City Clerk City of La Quints, California . DECLARATION OF POSTING I, SAUNDRA L. JUHOLA, City Clerk of the City of La Quinta, California, do hereby certify th4ithe foregoing ordinance was posted on December 1, 1995 pursuant to City Council 'SAUNDRA L. RMOLA, City Clerk City of La Quinta, California 049 30 EXHffi T "A" Sections: Chapter 2.85 CULTURAL COMMISSION 2.85.010 Created -Defined 2.95.020 Purpose and Objectives. 2.85.030 Members -Appointments -Teter. 2.85.040 Officers -Selection. 2.85.050 Commttees. 2.85.060 Meetings. 2.85.070 Removal from office, 2.85.080 Powers and duties. 2.85.0" Staffing. 2.95.010 Created -Defined The Cultural Commission is created and established The term "Commission" as used in this chapter, shall refer to the Cultural Commission. 2.95.020 Purpose and Objectives. The general purpose of the Commission is to encourage the development of primarily literary, performing and visual art events and activities. Objectives of the Commission are as follows: A. To advise the City Council on all matters affecting the culture of the City and to advise and assist other City Boards, Committees, and Commissions in the field of the arts, and to cooperate and work with all cultural and leisure organizations, locally and regionally to address arts in La Quints; B. To encourage and facilitate programs in the arts and to promote the cultural enrichment of the community; C. To undertake and carry out all functions reasonably necessary to accomplish the objectives and to discharge the functions of the Commission; and to exercise such other functions as may be prescribed by the City Council. These functions may involve arts -related disciplines and activities, including, but not limited to the following: 1. Performing arts, such as drama, music, and dance; 2. Visual arts, such as painting, sculpture, photography, graphics, video art, and applied art 3. Literary arts, such as literature, poetry and journalism; 4. Communications arts involving film, television, and radio; 5 Arts education, such as schools, libraries, and community education; and 6. Funding, such as fund raisers, representatives of public and private funding agencies and art patrons. _ . 31 a.Uu 041 DOC.0l9 2.85.030 Members -Appointments -Terms. A. The Commission shall consist of seven members appointed by the City Council. B. The terms of office of members shall be initially staggered terms, with three members appointed for one year, two members for two years, and two members for three years. All terms following initial appointments shall be three year terms. C. All terms of office shall commence on July 1st of the year of appointment. Vacancies in the office of a member shall be filled for the unexpired term in the same manner in which regular appointments are otherwise made. D. Every effort will be made to ensure that a wide cross-section of social and leisure services, interests and viewpoints, including providers, recipients and professionally related occupations are represented. Membership may include representation from all organized cultural organizations of La Quinta, both public and private. E. Commission members shall serve at the pleasure of the City Council, with compensation. 2.85.040 Officers -Selection. A. The Chairperson of the Commission shall be elected by a majority vote of Commission members in September of each year. A Vice Chairperson, to serve in the absence of the Chairperson, shall likewise be elected B. The Chairperson shall preside at all meetings and provide for periodic reports to the City Council on all recommendations of the Commission 2.85.050 Commttees. A. The Commission may, from time to time, establish committees composed of citizens and/or interested people, charged with the responsibility of implementing certain designated projects subject to Commission and City approval. At least one member of the Commission shall also be a member of each committee. 2.85.060 Meetings. A. The Commission shall meet once each moth or as needed on the date(s) selected by the Commission Special meetings may be called by the Chairperson or a majority of the Commission in accordance with State Law. B. A majority of appointed Commissioners shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. 2.85.070 Removal from office. A. Any of the Commission members may be removed at any time by the City Council. If a member of the Commission does not attend three regular consecutive meetings, unless excused by a majority vote of the Commission, his/her membership shall automatically be terminated, and his/her successor shall be appointed by the City Council to serve the unexpired term. 042 Doc.ory 1,32 2.85.080 Powers and duties. A. The powers and duties of the Cultural Commission shall be as follows: 1. Advise the City Council on all matters pertaining to the arts in the community; 2. Make recommendations to the council concerning the resources; and needs of the community on the subject of the arts, opportunities for participation of artists and performers in City -sponsored activities, and ways to encourage community envolvement: 3. Make ,recommendations to the council regarding the funding of community art events and activities, including the search for private and public grants, and regarding the disbursement of revenues consistent with the needs of the community; 4. Work cooperatively with City Boards, Commissions, and Committees, and other public and private organizations in promoting art and cultural activities within the City; 5. Encourage public and private partnerships to assure the survival of the arts and artists in the City; 6. Encourage the flow of art into the City and stimulate art and cultural activities among residents of the City; 7. Implement such art and cultural activities as may be delegated to it from time to time by the council, including the selection of artists for art programs and projects, and the award of contracts for art projects and programs; 8. Make recommendations concerning the spending of monies which may be earmarked for art purposes by the council from time to time; 9. Develop public art awareness through the presentation of speakers, forums, mixers, and special events; and 10. Create opportunities for the development and enhancement of children, youth, and senior art and cultural activities. 2.85.090 Staffing. A. All departments of the City, through the Office of the City Manager, shall furnish appropriate existing public information, data and records, and provide technical assistance and advice as required. B. The City Manager shall, within reason or budgetary constrains, provide or cause to be provided adequate staff, clerical help, and maintain files and records for the Commission. C. The City Councill shall annually review the progress of the Commission. .Ix61 043 33 DOC.019 2.85.010 Chapter 2.85 CULTURAL AFFAIRS COMMISSION Sections: 2.85.010 Created —Defined 2.85.020 Purpose and objectives. 2.85.030 Members —Appointments —Terms. 2.85.040 Officers --Selection. 2.85.050 Committees 2.85.060 Meetings. 2.85.070 Removal from office. 2.95.080 Powers and duties, 2.85.090 Stang. 2.85.010 Crested —Defined. The cultural affairs commission is created and established The term "commission," as used in this chapter, shall refer to the cultural affairs commission. (Ord. 246 § i (Exh. A) (part), 1994) 2.85.020 Purpose and objectives. The general purpose of the commission is to encourage the development of primarily hterary, performing and visual art events and activities. Objectives of the commission are as follows: A. To advise the city council on all matters affecting the culture of the city and to advise and assist other city boards, committees and commissions in the field of the arts, and to cooperate and work with all cultural and leisure organizations, locally and regionally to address arts in La Quints: B. To encourage and facilitate programs in the arts and to promote the cultural enrichment of the community: C. To undertake and carry out all functions reasonably necessary to accomplish the objectives and to discharge the functions of the commission: and to exercise such other functions as may be prescribed by the city council. These functions may involve arts -related disciplines and activities, including, but not limited to, the following: 1. Performing arts, such as drama, music and dance: 2. Visual arts, such as painting, sculpture, pbotography, graphics, video art and applied art; 3. Literary arts, such as literature, poetry and journalism; 4. Communications arts involving film, television and radio; 5. Arc education, such as schools, libraries and community education; and 6. Funding, such as find raisers, representatives of public and private funding agencies and art patrons. (Ord 246 § 1 (Exh. A) (part), 1994) 2.85.030 Members —Appointments —Terms A. The commission shall consist of seven members appointed by the city council. B. The terms of office of members shall be initially staggered terms, with three members appointed for one year, two members for two years, and two members for three years. All terms following initial appointments shall be threw -year terms. C. All terms of office shall commence on July 1st of the year of appointment. Vacancies in the office of a member shall be filled for the unexpired term in the same manner in which regular appointments are otherwise trade. D. Every effort will be made to ensure that a wide cross-section of social and leisure services, interests and viewpoints, including pgoviders, recipients and professionally related occupations, are represented Membership may include representation from all organized cultural organizations of La Quinta, both public and private. E. Commission members shall serve at the pleasure of the city council, with compensation. (Ord 246 § 1 (Exh. A) (part). 1994) 34 .e '; 044 na Q®u9% 2.85.040 2.85.040 Officers ---Selection. A. The chairperson of the commission shall be elected by a majority vote of commission members in September of each year. A vice -chairperson, to serve in the absence of the chairperson, shall likewise be elected. B. The chairperson shall preside at all meetings and provide for periodic reports to the city council on all recommendations of the commission. (Ord. 246 § 1 (Exh. A) (part), 1994) 2.85.050 Committees. The commission may, from time to time, establish committees composed of citizens and/or interested people, charged with the responsibility of implementing certain designated projects subject to commission and city council approval. At least one member of the commission shall also be a member of each committee. (Ord. 246 § 1 (Exh. A) (part), 1994) 2.85.060 Meetings. A. The commission shall meet once each month or as needed on the date(s) selected by the commission. Special meetings may be called by the chairperson or a majority of the commission in accordance with state law. B. A majority of appointed commissioners shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. (Ord. 246 § 1 (Exh. A) (part). 1994) 2.85.070 Removal from office. Any of the commission members may be removed at any time by the city council. If a member of the commission does not attend three regular consecutive meetings, unless excused by a majority vote of the commission, his/her membership shall automatically be terminated, and his/her successor shall be appointed by the city council to serve the unexpired term (Ord. 246 § 1 (Exh. A) (part), 1994) 2.85.080 Powers and duties The powers and duties of the cultural affairs commission shall be as follows: A. Advise the city council on all matters pertaining to the arts in the community; B. Make recommendations to the council concerning the resources and needs of the community on the subject of the arts, opportunities for participation of artists and performers in city -sponsored activities, and ways to encourage community involvement; C. Make recommendations to the council regarding the funding of conuminity art events and activities, including the search for private and public grants, and regarding the disbursement of revenues consistent with the needs of the community; D. Work cooperatively with city boards, commissions and committees, and other public and private organizations in promoting art and cultural activities within the city; E. Encourage public and private partnerships to assure the survival of the arts and artists in the city; F. Encourage the flow of art into the city and stimulate art and cultural activities among residents of the city; G. Implement such art and cultural activities as may be delegated to it from time to time by the council, including the selection of artists for art programs and projects, and the award of contracts for art projects and programs; H. Make recommendations concerning the spending of moneys which may be earmarked for art purposes by the council from time to time; I. Develop public art awareness through the presentation of speakers, forums, mixers and special events; and J. Create opportunities for the development and enhancement of children, youth, and senior art and cultural activities. (Ord. 246 § 1 (Exh. A) (part), 1994) 2.85.090 Staffing. A. All departments of the city, through the office of the city manager, shall furnish appropriate existing public information, data and records, and provide technical assistance and advice as required, within reason, as an aid to the commission and its committees in the performance of designated duties. (L QWMoA 1.95) 045 WI-MrIAXII B. The city manager shall, within reason or budgetary constrains, provide or cause to be provided adequate staff, clerical help, and maintain files and records for the commission. C. The city council shall annually review the progress of the commission. (Ord. 246 111 (Exh. A) (part), 1994) 36 461, _ O'26 (Lades ORDINANCE 280 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LA QUINTA, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING THE MUNICIPAL CODE -CHAPTER 7.04, SECTION 7.04.020 -HISTORICAL PRESERVATION COMMISSION" The City Council of the City of La Quinta, California does ordain as follows: SECTION 1. Section 7.04.020 A- of the La Quint& Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows: A. Three Commissioners shall be appointed from among professionals in the discipline of architecture, history, architectural history, planning, or other historic preservation -related discipline, such as urban planning, American Studies, American Civilizations, cultural geography or cultural anthropology. Two commissioners shall be lay members who have demonstrated special interest. competence, experience or knowledge in historic preservation. American studies; cultural anthropology, cultural geography or other historic preservation -related disciplines. SECTION 2.EFFEC'TIVE DATE. This Ordinance shall be in full force and effect thirty (30) days after its adoption. SECTION 3. POSTING. The City Clerk shall. within 15 days after passage of this Ordinance, cause it to be posted in at least three public places designated by resolution of the City Council. shall certify to the adoption and posting of this Ordinance: and shall cause this Ordinance and its certification. together with proof of posting, to be entered into the Book of Ordinances of this City. The foregoing Ordinance was approved and adopted at a meeting of the City Council held on this 6th day of pebruary , 1996, by the following vote: AYES: Council Members ndolph,Henderson,perkins,Sniff, mayor Banges NOES: None ABSENT: None ABSTAIN: None ORDDRM056 37 ,o'er 00 Ordinaries 280 GL"ER ', N or. City of La Quinta, Califo A ST: AUNDRA L. J OLA, City Clerk City of La Quinta, California DAWN HONEYWELL. City Attorney City of La Quinm, California STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE) ss. CITY OF LA QUINTA ) I, SAUNDRA L. JUHOLA, City Clerk of the City of La Quint&, California, do hereby certify the foregoing to be a full, true and correct copy of Ordinaace No. 280 which was introduced on the 16th day of January, 1996 and was adopted at a regular meeting held on the 6th day of February, 1996 not being less than S days afar date of introduction thereof. I er certify that the foregoing ordinance was posted in three (3) places within the City of iota as specified in a resolution of the City Council. SAUNDRA L. JUHOLA. City Clerk City of La Quinta, California DECLARATION OF POSTING I. SAUNDRA L. JUHOLA, City Clerk of the City of La Quints, California, do hereby certify tha a foregoing ordinance was posted on February 21, 1996 pursuant to City Council Re ution. AUNDRA L. JUH LA, City Clerk City of La Quinta, California ORDDRFT.036 KV 8.01.010 Chapter &01 ADMINISTRATIVE CODE Sections: 8.01.010 Adoption of Uniform Administrative Coda 8.01.020 Modification of certain parts of the Uniform Administrative Coda 8.01.030 Establishment of board of appeals. 8.01.040 Fees 8.01.050 Exempted work. 8.01.060 Permits required. 8.01.070 Construction site security and debris 8.01.080 Violation --Penalty. 8.01.010 Adoption of Uniform Administrative Code. Certain documetus marred and designated as the "Uniform Administrative Code, 1991 Edition "published by the international Conference of Building Officials. are hereby adopted for establishing administrative. organizational and enforcement riles and mWammi for tech ical codes which teguiam site preparation and construction. alteration. moving. demolitim repair. use and occupancy of buildings, sttuctu and building service equipment Each and all of the regulatioes. provisieom conditions and terms of such "Uniform Administrative Code. 1991 Edition." published by the international Conference of Building Officials. on file in the Community Development Departmeant, are hereby referred to and made a part hereof as if fully set out in this chapter. except as otherwise provided in this chapter. (old. 208 12 (part). 1992; Ord. 150 § 1(part). 1989; Ord. 114 § 1 (part). 1987, Or. 68 11 (part). 1985) 8.01.020 Modification of certain parts of the Uniform Administrative Coda The following portions of the Uniform Admirdstrative Code, 1991 Edition. are deleted: A. Section 204 (Board of Appeals); B. Section 301(bXl) (Exempted Worn): 1. Subsection B. Fences not over 6 feet bigt6 2. Subsection E. Retaining walls which are not over 4 feet in height measured from the bottom of the footing to the top of the wall, unless supporting a surcharge or impounding flammable liquids. 3. Subsection IL Prefabricated swimming pools accessory to a Group R. Division 3 occupancy in which the pool walls ate entirely above the adjacent grade and if the capacity does not exceed 5000 gallons; C. Section 304(b) (Permit Fees). D. Section 304(c)(Plan Review Fees); E. Section 304(ex2)(Fee) Change reference to "...Tables Nos. 3-A through 3-F" to read "...the Resolution of the City Council establishing fees."; F. Section 305(h) (Re lospections) Change reference to "...Tables Noe. 3-A through 3-E" to read "...the Resolution of the (Sty Council establishing fees'.; G. Table No. 3-A (Building Permit Fees); H. Table No. 3•B (Electrical Permit Fees), L Table No. 3-C (Mechanical Permit Fees); 1. Table No. 3-D (Plumbing Permit Fees); K. Table No. 3-E (Grading Permit Fees); L. Table No. 3-F (Grading Plan Review Fees). (Ord. 208 12 (part). IM; Ord. 114 § 1 (part). 1987; Ord. 68 § 1 (pan). 1985) 8.01.030 Establishment of board of appeals - In order to conduct hearings to determine the suitability of alternate materials and methods of installation. a board of appeals is established. A. Membership. The board of appeals shall consist of five members, one of whom shall be a general contractor, two of whom shall be structural engineers or architecm one of whom shall be a specialty contractor. 39 •6. - 0 4: 9 CIA a� 3-93) 8.01.030 all of whom shall be qualified by experience and training, and one of whom shall be a member of the public who is not one of the foregoing. Members of the board of appeals shall be appointed by and serve at the pleasure of the city council. Each member shall comply with applicable provisions of the Political Reform Act of 1974, California Government Section 81000, at seq. The building official shall serve as secretary to the board of appeals. B. Appeal Procedure. Any person aggrieved by a decision of the building and safety department related to any matter within the purview of this title shall have the right to appeal the decision. The appeal shall be filed with the building official within ten days after the rendering of the decision affecting the aggrieved person. Grounds for the appeal shall be set forth in writing. The secretary of the board shall set the time and place for a hearing on the appeal, and notice of the hearing shall be given to the appellant by mailing it to him, postage prepaid, at his last (mown address, at least five calendar days prior to the date set for hearing. The decision of the board on the appeal shall not become final until ten days after the board has made its determination in order to allow time for an appeal to be made to the council from the board's decision. (Ord. 208 § 2 (part), 1992; Ord. 114 § 2 (part), 1987, Ord. 68 § 1 (part), 1985) 8.01.040 Fees. Fees for permits. plan review, reinspections. special inspections, appeals and other activities of this title shall be established by Resolution of the city council. The determination of value or valuation under any of the provisions of this title shall be made by the building official. The value to be used in computing the building permit and building permit plan review fees shall be the total value of all construction wort for which the permit is issued as well as all finish work. painting, roofing, electrical, plumbing. heating, air-conditioning. elevators, fire -extinguishing systems and any other permanent equipment. (Ord. 68 § I (part), 1985) 8.01.050 Exempted work. The following shall be added to Section 301(b) of the Uniform Administrative Code, 1991 Edition: 5. Sign Permits The following signs shall not require a sign permit These exemptions shall not be construed as relieving the owner of the sign from the responsibility of its erection and maintenance, and its compliance with the provisions of this code or any other law or ordinance regulating the same. A. The changing of the advertising copy or message on a painted or printed sign only. Except for theater marquees and similar signs specifically designed for the use of replaceable copy, electric signs shall not be included in this exception. B. Painting, repainting or cleaning of an advertising structure or the changing of the advertising copy or message thereon shall not be considered an erection or alteration which requires a sign permit unless a structural change is made. 6. Swimming Pool, Spa, and Hot Tub Permits No permit shall be requited in the case of any repair wort including: The stopping of leaks in drains, soil, waste or vent pipe; provided, however, that should any trap, drainpipe, or soil, waste or vent pipe be or become defective and it becomes necessary to remove and replace the same with new material in any pan or parts, the same shall be considered as such new work and a permit shall be procured and inspection made as hereinbefore provided. No permit shall be required for the clearing of stoppages or the repairing of leaks in pipes, valves or fixtures, when such repairs do not involve or require the replacement or reaaangemem of valves, pipes or fixtures. (Ord. 208 § 2 (pan), 1992; Ord. 114 § 1 (pan), 1987; Ord. 68 § 1 (part), 1985) 8.01.060 Permits required. Section 301(a) of the Uniform Administrative Code. 1991 Edition, shall be revised to read as follows: Permits Required. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to erect, construct, enlarge, alter, repair, move, improve, remove, convert or demolish any building or structure, including a swimming pool, spa or hot tub, or make any installation, alteration, repair, replacement. or remodel any building CIAQ=m 193) 40 Via' 050 C. Keep minas and records of ail meetings and proceedings. including voting records. atledance. resoluamm findings. daerminaaons and decisions. All such material shall be mazars of public record. (Ord. 238 § 2 (Exh. A) (part). 1993: Ord. 207 § 1 (part), 1992) 41 .*.., 0 `.i 1 R. Q+ 4-94 7.04.010 Chapter 7.04 HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION Sections: 7.04.010 Creation. 7.04.020 Appointment. 7.04.030 Duties. 7.04.040 Organization, rules and procedures 7.04.010 Creation. Then: is established in the city a historic preservation commissiom heeinafter refer ed to as the "commission." consisting of five members appointed by the city council. All members of the commission shall have a demonstrat- ed interest in and knowledge of historic preservation and the cultural resources of the city. (Ord. 238 12 (Exh. A) (part). 1993: Ord. 207 § 1 (part). 1992) 7.04.020 Appointment. A. Three commissioners shall be appointed from among professionals in the disciplines of architecture. history, architectural history. planting, or other historicpreservatioo-related disciplines. such as urban planning, American studies. American civilization. cultural geography or cultural anthropology. tothe extent that such professionals ate available in the city. Two commissioners shad be lay members who have demonstrated special interest. competence, experience or knowledge in historic preservation. American studies, culnural anthropology, cultural geography or otter historic preservation -related disciplines. B. The initial appointment of the members of the commission shall be as follows: two members for three years and three members for two years. Thereafter, appointments shall be made for a duee-year term, C. A member of the commission may be removed from his or her position by a majority vote of the city council. A vacancy is filled in the same manner as the original appointment A person appointed to fill a vacancy serves for the remainder of the unexpired term. D. The commission shall fix the time and place of its regular meetings in accordance with State Open Meeting Law. The commission shall not meet less than once in each three-month period E. The commission shall elect a chair and vice chair from among its members. The chair and vice chair serve for a term of one year and until the successor of each is elected and takes office. The secretary shall be the planning and development director or his/her designee. F. 1. Chair. The chair shall preside at all meetings of the commission. He/she shall appoint each committm and shall perform the duties necessary or incidental to his/her office. 2. Vice Chair. The vice chair is chair in the absence of the chair or the inability of the chairperson to act 3. Secretary. The secretary shall keep minutes of each meeting and shall record the official actions taker. On all official actions on which a vote is taken, the secretary shall record the vote by roll call. with the duirpemmt voting last. The secretary shad certify each official act and/or resolution of the commission. The secretary shall maintain records of operations and shall perform such other duties as the commission assigns. (Ord. 238 § 2 (Exh. A) (part). 1993: Ord. 207 § I (part), 1992) 7.04.030 Duties A. The commission shall act in an advisory capacity to the city council and planning commission in all matters relating to the identification, protection. retention, and preservation of historic areas and sites within the city. B. It shall be the responsibility of the commission to provide advice to the city council on the following matters: 1. Criteria for guidelines to be used in a comprehensive historic survey of properties within the city; 2. The designation of historic landmarks or historic districts; 3. Historic sites and areas to be considered for listing on La Quinta's historic resources inventory; 4. The adoption of standards to be used by the commission in reviewing applications for permits to construct. change, alter. modify, remodel. remove or significantly affect any historic resource; 42 .•.T', 0 52 7.04.030 5. The purchase of interests in property for purposes of historic preservation; 6. Any other matter which the city council deems necessary to protect historic resources. C. The commission shall be responsible for. 1. Reviewing the conduct of land use, housing and redevelopment municipal improvement and other types of planning and programs undertaken by any agency of the city, the county or state, as they relare to the historic preservation of the community, 2. Publicizing and periodically updating survey results: 3. Maintaining La Quinta's historic resources inventory; 4. Maintaining a local register of historical areas and sites within the city, 5. Performing any other functions that may be designated by the city council. 6. Investigating and making recommendations to the city council on the use of various federal, state. local or private funding sources and mechanisms available to promote historic resource preservation in the city; 7. Approval or disapproval, in whole or in part, or approval with conditions of applications for permits pursuant to Chapter 7.08 of this title: 8. Reviewing all applications for permits and environmental documents pertaining to local, state or federal designated or potentially designated historic resources. The planning and development department shall forward all such documents to the commission for review and comment, prior to review and approval by the planning commission as appropriate. 9. Reviewing the actions and proposed actions and advising on environmental review processes of all city departments and public agencies concerning the effects of their actions, programs, capital improvements, or activities on designated and potential historic resources within the city: 10. Considering whether denial of certificates of appropriateness (permits) affecting cultural resources results in economic hardship to the property owner according to the procedures outlined in Chapter 7.08; 11. Cooperating with local, county, stare and federal governments in the pursuit of the objectives of historic resource preservation: 12. Assuming whatever responsibilities and duties may be assigned to it by the state under the certified local government provisions of the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 as amended; 13. Providing opportunities for direct public participation in all responsibilities delegated to the certified local government. including the survey and National Register nomination process. Commission meetings shall be open to the public with published agendas and minutes in accordance with the California Open Meeting Act. The published agenda shall be mailed in advance of meetings to individuals and citizen organizations interested in the commission's activities: 14. Rendering advice and guidance, upon the request of the property owner or occupant. on the restoration. alteration. decoration, landscaping or maintenance of any historic resource, including landmarks, landmark sites, historic districts or neighboring properties within public view: 15. Rendering advice and guidance to property owners or occupants on procedures for inclusion of a historic resource on the National Register of Historic Places, and encouraging such inclusions. 16. Participate in. promote and conduct public information, educational and interpretive programs pertaining to historic resource preservation: 17. Undertaking any other action or activity necessary or appropriate to the implementation of its power or duties to fulfill the objectives of historic resource preservation. (Ord. 238 § 2 (Exh. A) (part), 1993: Ord. 207 § 1 (part). 1992) 7.04.040 Organization, rules and procedures. The historic preservation commission shall establish such Hiles. regulations and procedures as ate consistent with this chapter for the transaction of business, and shall keep a public record of its resolutions, transactions, findings and determinations. A. A quorum of the commission shall be defined as three voting members. B. The commission shall develop and adopt its own operating Hiles and bylaws. thereafter having the power and authority to perform all of the duties hereinafter enumerated and provided. The operating Hiles and bylaws are to be approved by the city council. ,L Quo%d,M, 43 053 2.90,010 Chapter 2.90 HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION Sections: 2.90.010 Crested —Defined 2.90.020 Purpose and objectives. 2.90.030 Members —Appointments --Terms. 2.90.040 Officers --Selection. 2.90.050 Committees. 2.90.060 Meetings. 2.90.070 Removal from of floe. 2.90.080 Powers and duties 2.90.090 Staffing. 2.90.010 Created —Defined. The human services commission is created and established. The term "commission." as used in this chapter, shall refer to the human services commission. (Ord. 250 § 2 (Exh. A) (part). 1994) 2.90.020 Purpose and objectives The general purpose of the commission is to encourage the development of a planned and ortderly approach to the delivery of community services in the city. Objectives of the commission ate as follows: A. To identify commmmity needs for senior. youth. housing and child are services. to plan for the cootdinated delivery of such services to citizens in need through both private and public resources so as to avoid duplication and conflict of effort. and to evaluate the effectiveness of services provided; B. To serve in an advisory capacity to the city council on reamers pertaining to community services, and in general to study the needs of the city and the meets of meeting such needs in connection with matters pertaining to community services: and C. To encourage a sense of menial appreciation among residents of Ice Quinn through educatim connumiry awareness and special events and activities which address the diversity of the community and its residents. (Ord. 250 12 (Exh. A) (part). 1994) 2.90.030 Members —Appointments --Terms. A. The commission shall consist of seven members appointed by the city council. B. The terms of office of members shall be initially staggered terms, with three members appointed for one year, two members for two years, and two members for three years. All terms following initial appointments shall be three-year terms. C. All terms of office shall commence on July 1st of the year of appointment. Vacancies in the office of a member shall be filled for the unexpired term in the same manner in which regular appointments are otherwise made. D. Every effort will be made to ensure that a wide cross-section of community residents, interests and viewpoints, including providers, recipients and professionally related occupations am represented. Community service organizations such as law enforcement, recreative, public health. Sang prevention, childcare, fair housing and senior services, for example, shall be represented E. Commission members shall serve at the pleasure of the city council, with compensation. (Ord. 250 § 2 (Exh. A) (part), 1994) 2.90.040 Officers --Selection. A. The chairperson of the commission shall be elected by a majority vote of commission members in September of each year. A vice-chairpersm to serve in the absence of the chairperson. shall likewise be elated. B. The chairperson shall preside at all meetings and provide for periodic reports to the city council on all recommendations of the commission. (Ord. 250 § 2 (Exh. A) (part). 1994) .61" 054 ti Quim 1.9n 44 2.90.050 2.90.050 Committees The commission may, from time to time, establish committees composed of citizens and/or interested people. charged with the responsibility of implementing certain designated projects subject to commission and city council approval. At least one member of the commission shall also be a member of each committee. (Ord. 250 1 2 (Exh. A) (part). 1994) 2.90.060 Meetings A. The commission shall meet once each month or as needed on the date(s) selected by the commission. Special meetings may be called by the chairperson or a majority of the commission in accordance with state law. B. A majority of appointed commissioners shall constitute a quorum for the truisation of business. (Ord. 250 § 2 (Exh. A) (part), 1994) 2.90.070 Removal hom office. Any commission member shall serve at the pleasure of the city council. If a member of the commission does not attend three regular consecutive meetings, unless excused by a majority vote of the commission, his/her membership shall automatically be terminated, and hu/ber successor shall be appointed by the city council to serve the unexpired term. (Ord 2501 2 (Exh. A) (part), 1994) 2.90.030 Powers and duties. The powers and duties of the human services commission shall be as follows. A. Act in advisory capacity to the city council; B. Address issues such as child cam low income and affordable hotssing, senior citizens needs, cultural diversity, public health, gangs and violence; C. Make studies, reports and recommendations to the city council misting to the need for evaluation and planning of the human service delivery system; D. Prepare a master plan for providing recommended services; E. Recommend and conduct such educational programs as, in the opinion of the commission, will increase good will among residents of the community; F. Maintain close liaison with the police department and promooe understanding mid cooperation between the police department and the residents, as well as other law enforcement agencies, and other itansted agencies; G. Cooperate with and assist those agencies engaged in fostering mutual understanding and respect among racial. religions, cultural and nationality groups, and assist those agencies who are engaged in the function of discouraging discriminatory practices against such groups or individuals and administer education programs; FL Evaluate existing services with regards to service overlap or gaps; I. Receive and act on all assignments made by the city council, and submit reports and recommendations to the city council on the assignments; J. Assume other tasks as assigned. (Ord 250 12 (Exh. A) (part). 1994) 2.90.090 StatlOng. A. All departments of the city, through the office of the city manager, or as otherwise designated, shall famish appropriate existing public information, data and records, and provide technical assistance and advice as requited, within mason, as an aid to the commission and its committees in the performance of designated duties. B. The city manager shall, within reason or budgetary constraints, provide or cause to be provided adequate staff. clerical help, and maintain files and records for the commission. C. The city council shall annually review the progress of the commission. (Ord. 25012 (Exh. A) (part), 1994) 055 45 U Q. I- » 2.70.010 Chapter L70 INVESTMENT ADVISORY BOARD Sections: 2.70.010 General rules regarding appointment and terms. 2.70.020 Board meetings and compensation. 2.70.030 Board functions. 2.70.010 General rules regarding appointment and terms A. Except as set out below, see Chapter 2.06 for general provisions B. The investment advisory board (the "board'I is a standing board composed of five members from the public that are appointed by city council. La Quinta residency is preferred. but not a requirement for board members. Recruitment for members may be advertised outside of the city. C. Background in the investment field and/or related experience is preferred. Background information will be requested and poteruiai candidates must agree to a background check and verification. D. On an annual basis, in conjunction with the Political Reform Act disclosure statutm or at any time if a change in circumstances warrants. each board member will provide the city council with a disclosure statement which identifies any mantis that have a bearing on the appropriatenessof that member's service on the board. re Such matters may include, but anot limited to. changes in employment, changes in residence. or changes in clients. E. The board members will serve for two-year staggered terms beginning on July 1st of every other year. commencing July_l. 1993. Initially, two members will be appointed for two-year terms and three members will be appointed for one-year terms These initial appointments will start their yearly calculations from July 1, 1993. (Ord. 222 (part). 1993) 2.70.020 Board meetings and compensation. A. Board members will be reimbursed for meeting and related expenses at an amount of fifty dollars per meeting. B. Initially, the board should meet once a month. but this schedule maybe extended to quarterly meetings upon the concurrence of the board and the city council. The specific mating data will be determined by the board members and meetings may be called for on an as needed basis. (Ord. 222 (part). 1993) 2.70.030 Board functions. A. The board will annually elect a chairperson and via chairperson at the first mating held after each June 30th. B. The following are functions of the board that are to be addressed at each meeting: (i) review account statements and verifications to ensure accurate reporting: (ii) monitor compliance with existing policy and procedures: and (ui) review and matte recommendations conceming investment policy and procedurm irrvestmert contracts, and investment consultants. C. The board will report to city council after each meeting either in person or through correspondence at a regular city council meeting. (Ord 222 (part). 1993) 5 6 tiQ�"a 2.80.010 Chapter 2.80 PARKS AND RECREATION COMMLS.SION Sections: 2.80.010 Created --Defined. 2.80.020 Purpose and objectives. 2.80.030 Members--Appointments—Terms. 2.80.040 Ofiicess—Zelectiod 2.90.050 Committees. 2.80.060 Meetings. 2.80.070 Removal from ofiioe. 2.80.080 Powers and dude. 2.80.090 Stsffiag. 2.80.010 Created —Defined. The packs and recreation commission is created and established. The term "commission." as used in this chapter, shall refer to the parks and recreation commission. (Ord. 245 11 (Exh. A) (part). 1994) 2.80.020 Purpose and objedives. The general purpose of the commission is to encauage the development of a planned and orderly approach to the delivery of leisure services in the city. Objectives of the commission are as follows: A. To serve in an advisory capacity to the city council, to identity community needs for recreation and social services, to plan for the coordinated delivery of such services to citizens in need through both private and public resmces so as to avoid duplication and conflict of effort, and to evaluaot: tea effectiveness of services provided; B. To serve in an advisory capacity to the city carman on all matters pertaining to public ncteatim including the management. conduct, care and development of the perks and playgrounds in the city. and in general to study the needs of the city and the means of meeting such needs in connection with all matters pertaining to public recreation; and C. To serve in an advisory capacity to the city counci4 to encourage a sense of appreciation and community pride for the citizens of the city by malting accessible special events and activities which address the needs of the comtmmity and its residents. (Ord. 245 11 (Exh. A) (part). 1994) 2.80.030 Members —Appointments —Terms. A. The commission shall consist of seven members appointed by the city counciL B. The terms of office of members shall be initially staggered terms. with three members appointed for one year. two members for two years, and two members for three years. All terms following initial appointments shall be three-year terms. C. All terms of office shall commence on July 1st of the year of appointment. Vacancies in the office of a member shall be filled for the unexpired term in the same manner in which regular appointments are otherwise made. D. Every effort will be trade to ensure that a wide cross-section of social and leisure services, interests and viewpoints, including providers, recipients and professionally related occupations are represented. E. Commission members shall serve at the pleasure of the city council, with compensation. (Ord. 245 § 1 (Exh. A) (part). 1994) 2.80.040 Officers --Selection. A. The chairperson of the commission shall be elated by a majority vote of commission members in September of each year. A vice -chairperson; to serve in the absence of the chairperson. shall likewise be elected B. The chairperson shall preside at all meetings and provide for periodic reports to the city council on all recommendations of the commission. (Ord. 245 11 (Exh. A) (part), 1994) m• 47 '.qj U 0 5 � a. anal c-sn 2.so.o5o 2.80.050 Committees. The commission may, from time to time, establish committees composed of citizens and/or interested people, charged.with the responsibility of implementing certain designated projects subject to commission and city council approval. At least one member of the commission shall also be a member of each committee. (Ord. 245 § i (Exh. A) (part), 1994) 2.80.060 Meetings. A. The commission shall meet once each month or as needed on the date(s) selected by the commission. Special meetings may be called by the chairperson or a majority of the commission in accordance with state law. B. A majority of appointed commissioners shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. (Ord. 245 § I (Exh. A) (part), 1994) 2.80.070 Removal from o®a. Any of the commission members may be removed at any time by the city council. If a member of the commission does not attend three regular consecutive meetings, unless excused by a majority vote of the commission. his/her membership shall automatically be terminated, and his/her successor shall be appointed by the city council to serve the unexpired term. (Ord 245 § 1 (Exh. A) (part), 1994) 2.80.080 Powers and duties. The powers and duties of the parks and recreation commission shall be as follows: A. Act in advisory capacity to the city council; B. Keep master plan current; C. Advise on fees and operations and policies regarding parka and recreation facilities; D. Advise council on park and recreation facilities and program budget issues; E. Propose recreation and social programs and address needs; F. Advise on how to disseminate, publicize and promote recreation programs to the citizens of La Quinta; G. Analyze program effectiveness and needs, and recommend comprehensive solutions; H. Research and solicit grants and donations; I. Review of maintenance standards and quality; J. Review of individual park matter plans; K. Serve as a public forum and conduct public hearings for recreation concerns; L. Aid in coordinating the recreation services of other governmental agencies and volunteer organizations; M. Assume other tasks as assigned. (Ord. 245 11 (Exh. A) (part), 1994) 2.80.090 Stang. A. All departments of the city, through the office of the city manager, shall furnish appropriate existing public information, data and records, and provide technical assistance and advice as requited, within reason, as an aid to the commission and its committees in the performance of designated duties. B. The city manager shall within mason or budgetary constrains, provide or cause to be provided adequate staff, clerical help, and maintain files and records for the commission. C. The city council shall annually review the progress of the commission. (Ord. 245 § 1 (Exh. A) (part), 1994) tiQ�1-95, 48 .k.Uu 058 2.29.010 Chapter =9 PLANNING COMMISSION Sections: 2.29.010 Created. 2.29.020 Secretary, staff support, committees. 2.29.030 :Meetings --Rules of procedure. 2.29.010 Created Pursuant to Section 65100 et seq. of the California Planning and Zoning Law, theca is established for the city a planning agency, consisting of a planning department, a planning commission, and the city council. acting in combination. The planting commission Mail consist of seven membem serving with such compauadw as the city council may from time to time determinc and appointed in the manner and for the terms prescribed in Sections 2.04.060 and 2.06.010. respectively, of this code. It shall have the powers„ functions and duties prescribed in the Planning and Zoning Law, and in the La Quittta zoning ordinance and in this code and other local ordinances; provided. that it shall not exercise any direct contracting authority as specified in Section 65007 of the Planning and Zoning Law. (Ord. 241 12. 1994: Ord. 9 $ 1 (part). 1982) 2.29.020 Secretary, staff support, committees. The commission shall be authorized to appoint and fix the membership of such number of standing and temporary committees as it may find expedient for the performance of its dudes. The city manager shall appoint a person to act as secretary to the commission, and shall be responsible for providing the necessary staff support (Ord. 9 $ I (part), 1982) 2.29.030 Meetings —Rules of procedure. The planning commission shall meet at least once each month at such time and place as shall be fixed by the commission by its standing riles. A majority of the existing appointed members of the commission shall constitute a quorum for the general transaction of busiriem subject. however. o more restrictive requirements as to the number of votes necessary in order to take certain actions, as may be prescribed in the Planning and Zoning Law. The commission may establish such tiles and regulations as it deems necessary and expedient for the conduct of its business. and shall. in compliance with Section 65804 of the Planning and Zoning Law. develop and publish procedural rules for conduct of the commission's hearings so that all interested parries shall have advance knowledge of procedures to be followed In matters relating to the holding of regular and special meetings. the commission is bound by the provisions of the Ralph M. Brown Act of the state (Sections 54950 et seq. of the California Government Code). (Ord 9 § 1 (part). 1982) 49 . - 059 aA Qa 4-90 9.12.010 Chapter 9.12 ADMINISTRATION Sections: 9.12.010 Designation of planning agency —Membership generally. 9.12.020 Planning commission —Membership —Term. 9.12.040 Compensation. 9.12.050 Planning department —Organization. 9.12.010 Designation of planning agency —Membership generally. Pursuant to Section 65100 of the Government Code, the planting agency for the city shall consist of the city council of the city, the planning commission and the Planning Department (Ord. 241 § 3 (Exh. B) (part). 1994: Ord. 5 § 1 (part). 1982: county Ordinance 348 § 1.2) 9.12.020 Planning commission —Membership —Term. A. The planning commission shall consist of seven members appointed by the city council pursuant m Section 2.29.010 of this code. The term shall be for three yeah. B. The commission shall perform planning and zoning duties prescribed in the Planning and Zoning Law, and in the La Quints zoning ordinance and in this code and other local ordinatues: provided, that it shag not exercise any direct contract authority as specified in Section 65007 of the Planning and Zoning Law. C. The commission shall elect one member as chairman and one as vice-chairman, to hold office at the pleasure of the members. Four members shall be a quorum and a majority of affirmative votes shall be required to cant' a motion. The commission shall hold at least one regular meeting per month, D. It is preferred. although not required. that members of the commission have expertise in the areas of architecture. landscape architecture, engineering, commercial art or graphic design, (Ord 241 § 3 (Exh. B) (part). 1994: Ord. 5 § I (part). 1982: county Ordinance 348 § 1.3) 9.12.040 Compensation. Members of the planning commission and of each Area Planning Council shall receive such compensation and travel expense for attending meetings of their respective bodies. and other authorized travel. as may be fixed by or pursuant to the salary ordinance. (Ord. 5 § I (part), 1982: county Ordinance 348 § 1.5) 9.12.050 Planning department —Organization. The Placating Department shallbe headed by a planning director who shall be appointed by the citycouncil of the city to hold office at their pleasure. and shall include a staff of employees under his direction as provided by or pursuant to the salary ordinance. The Planning Director shall provide technical and clerical assistance to the planning commission and the Area Planning Councils, and with the staff of his department shall perform functions relating to placating, zoning and land divisions as may be required by law, ordinance or order of the city council of the city. (Ord. 5 § 1 (part). 1982: county Ordinance 348 § 1.6) 50 •.�i- 060 tiQ�&90 _08.060 Chapter 12.08 ADMINISTRATION Sections: 12.08.060 TraMc engineer —Office established. 12.08.070 Traffic engineer —Duties. 12.08.080 Technical traffic committee. 12.08.090 Duties of traffic committee. 12.08.060 Traffic engineer —Office established. The office of the city traffic engineer is established. The city manager shall serve as city traffic engineer or shall appoint the person to so act, who shall exercise the powers and duties with respect to traffic as provided in this title. (Ord. 10 § 1 (part), 1982) 12.08.070 Traffic engineer —Duties. It shall be the general duty of the city traffic engineer to determine the installation and proper timing and maintenance of traffic -control devices and signals, to conduct engineering analyses of traffic accidents, and to devise remedial measures; to conduct engineering and traffic investigations of traffic conditions and to cooperate with other city officials in the development of ways and means to improve traffic conditions; and to carry out the additional powers and duties imposed by the ordinances of this city. (Ord. 10 § 1 (part), 1982) 12.08.080 Technical traffic committee. There is established a technical traffic comittee to serve without compensation, consisting of the city engineer, the community safety director, a representative of the sheriffs department, a representative of CalTrans, a representative of the Traffic Division of the County Road Department, and a representative of the school district. The chairman shall be appointed by the city manager. (Ord. 117 § 1 (part), 1987) 12.08.090 Duties of trafnc committee. It is the duty of the traffic committee to suggest the most practicable means for coordinating the activities of all officers and agencies of the city having authority with respect to the administration of enforcement of traffic regulations; to stimulate and assist in the preparation and publication of traffic reports; to receive complaints having to do with traffic matters; and to recommend to the legislative body of the city and to the city engineer and sheriffs department ways and means for improving traffic conditions and the administration and enforcement of traffic regulations. (Ord 117 § 1 (part), 1987) 51 .w.' 1 . 061 2.75.010 Chapter 2.7S VOLUNTEER ADVISORY BOARD Sections: 2.7S.010 General rules regarding appointments and terms. 2.75.020 Board meetings and compensation. 2.7S.030 Board functions. 2.75.010 General rules regarding appointments and terns. A. Except as set out below, see Chapter 2.06 for general provisions. B. The volunteer advisory board (the "board'] is a standing board composed of d= members from the public that are appointed by the city council. C. Background in volunteer services, human services, or some social service experience is preferred. Background information may be requested and potential candidates must agree to file an application for a position on the board for screening purposes. D. The board members will serve for three-year staggered terms beginning on January 1st of each year. Initially, one member will be appointed tm a one-year term: one member will be appointed to a two-year term: and a third member will be appointed to a three-year temr. These appointments will start their yearly calculations from January 1, 1994. (Ord. 235 § t (part). 1993) 2.75.020 Board meetings and compensation. The board will meet. at a maximum, once per month for the first twelve months of the pmgram's opemdott. Following the first twelve months. the board will them meet quarterly in the months of Mash. June, September and December. The specific meeting dates will be determined by the board membem and additional meetings may be called for on an as needed basis. There is no compensation for membership on this board. (Ord 235 § I (part). 1993) 2.75.030 Board functions. A. The board will annually elect a chairperson at the first meeting held after January Ist of each year. B. The following are the functions of the board: 1. Provide direction and guidance w the La Quinta volunteer effort program: 2. Advise, support. and recommend policies for the volunteer effort program. 3. Plan and recommend recognition events for volunteers. (Ord 235 § l (part), 1993) 062 CITY OF LA QUINTA YOUTH ADVISORY COMMITTEE DESCRIPTION TITLE: Youth Advisory Committee NUMBER OF MEMBERS: 7 Regular members appointed by City Council and no more than 5 Alternate members will be appointed by the Youth Advisory Committee. All members shall be residents of the City of La Quinta and be either high school or middle school students. MEETING PLACE & FREQUENCY: Once per month (third Monday) at 4:00pm in the East Conference Room. TITLE OF OFFICERS: Chair and Vice Chair. At the first meeting following May 1, the Committee shall elect by majority vote Chair and Vice Chair. City staff will serve as Secretary. TERM OF MEMBERS: 1 'year term May 1 - April 30. Each term shall begin on May 1 and continue through April 30 of the following year. Regular members may be replaced by Alternates in the situation that a member, either upon missing two (2) unexcused absences within a term, shall terminate his or her member's right to office. The Mayor may, with the approval of City Council, reappoint another youth serving on the Committee as an alternate upon recommendation by the YAC to fill said vacancy. REPORTS TO: Parks and Recreation Director STAFF LIAISON: Recreadon Supervisor, Parks and Recreation Department PURPOSE: The YAC general goal is to further the understanding by youth of local government, and for the City to receive advice on any matter or issue affecting youth of La Quints. The Committee will act as a voice in expressing needs to the Parks and Recreation Department, will be aware of current youth programs available; advise and recommend on these programs when appropriate; make recom- mendations on future and current programs in order to more effectively meet the needs of youth. 53 4i;A),u 0 6 3 TASKS: The Youth Advisory Committee focuses on educational, social, recreational, emotional, and health related needs and issues affecting youth of La Quinta. The Committee will be charged with developing an annual work plan. Examples of Work Plan tasks may be: suggest diversion activities for youth as anti -gang and drug measures; assess the needs of La Quinta youth through a student survey; recommend priorities for leisure facility development and funding mechanisms; identify environmental problems facing the City and its residents, and suggest solutions; suggest programs of educational, health, recreation, and/or social nature which the City might consider implementing for the benefit of youth and residents in general. Tasks may be assigned by the City Council or CSC, or will be identified by the Committee as the Work Plan evolves. FUNDING ISSUES: Annual budget for the YAC activities is estimated at $1,900. Funding is provided through the City's General Fund. APPLICATION PROCESS: Application for YAC membership is conducted by the same process as other City of La Quinta Committees, Boards, and Commissions. The Parks and Recreation Department, in cooperation with the CSC, will conduct recruitment, screening and recommendations for the City Council. All interested applicants may request an application from the City Clerk's office. .y. 0 G 4 54 City Council Minutes 8 November 3. 1993 1. DISCUSSION OF THE CREATION OF A YOUTH ADVISORY COMMITTEE. W. Bohlen. Parks and Recreation Director. presented the staff report and the information gathered from the various cities about youth advisory bodies. He advised that a conceptual budget will be developed if staff is directed by Council to further study this issue. Mr. Bohlen referred to the matrix in the staff report and advised that it is staffs recommendation to appoint a five -member committee with three High students from the ages of 15 to 18 and two Junior High students from the ages of 11 to 14 and possibly increasing the number of committee members in the second year. The committee would meet once a month. He'srand that staff plans on meeting with various schools who have a focus on developing leadership qualities in students and get their input about this concept Mayor Pena did not believe that we've listened to the youth of the community enough and that they should be given a voice. This kind of program has been dealt with successfully in other communities. However. he didn't feel that it should have the same kind of equal basis as other boards and commissions and suggested that it be a sub- committee of the Community Services Commission. meeting perhaps three or four times each year. He also suggested that the areas of concern be limited to parks and recrration istwees and with the new high school being built, there may be issues develop relative to interfacing with Desert Sands School District. He believed that the responsibilities need to be very focused. Council Member Bangerter was very supportive of such a program and wished for the City move forward with it. as sbe felt that there is a r al need in this community for a youth program. She suggested that the applicants be required to obtain references from a few teachers. Regarding the recommended age group, she believed that them needs to be diversiry of age on the committee as diverse ideas are needed. Council Member Perkins felt that we need to know just where we're going with such : committee so they can know what is expected of them. He felt that this is somethins similar to a student council and believed that the members should be individuals whc have peer respect. He commented on the fact that kids are getting tired of the gang activity in the schools and that this might be the right time to establish such a program. He agreed that the makeup of the committee should be larger than the recommended five perhaps nine members. He was supportive of moving forward with the program afte getting more specifies from staff. He also supported it reporting to the Community Services Commission. 55 r,; 065 City Council Minutes 9 November 2.:993 Council :Member Sniff questioned the level of maturity of these kids. how they were going to be selected. and what their role and responsibility would be. as well as what they will expect from the City. He felt that more thought needs to be given to this matter before proceeding. Mayor Pena agreed to require students to submit three recommendation letters along with their application. He felt confident in the judgement of the students and their maturity level. A committee member could be removed if a problem occurred. Council Member Sniff was not convinced that it would be workable between High school and junior high students because the older students would dominate the meeting. He felt seven or nitre committee members would be more appropriate and that the role of this committee needs to be refined and defined before moving forward. Council consensus wag for staff to further define the program incorporating their comments and recommendations. 56 •�• 066 HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION STAFF REPORT DATE: APRIL 18, 1996 ITEM: DESIGN REVIEW OF NEW BUILDINGS WITH HISTORIC ARCHITECTURAL STYLES In response to the request by Commissioner Woodard at the March 21, 1996 meeting, a discussion item pertaining to possible design review by the HPC ofcLnew buildings style if reflective of an historic architectural period both in the Village area and elsewhere in the City, was placed on the agenda for this month's meeting. The desire to maintain the historic charm and design of the Village area was expressed. This discussion will be facilitated by Jerry Herman, the Community Development Director. To assist in the discussion, a portion of the drafl: Preservation Plan that addresses this topic is included as Attachment 1, and a copy of the April 2, 1996 City Council Minutes containing discussion on the Village Specific Plan is provided as Attachment 2 for purposes of discussion. Copies of the Village Specific Plan were distributed at the March meeting at the request of the Commissioners. RECOMMENDATION: None. Attachments: 1. Draft Preservation Plan (portion) 2. April 2, 1996 City Council Minutes Prepared by: as J. Mouriquand Associate Planner Submitted by: ldl�c�_ Christine di lorio Planning Manager BI #3 HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION STAFF REPORT DATE: APRIL 18, 1996 ITEM: CONTEXT STATEMENT- UPDATE BACKGROUND: Staff is continuing to draft the Historic Context Statement. All comments that were provided thus fa,r have been considered and included in the document. Additional research information and maps have been received and/or located and copies ordered. Work will continue on the document with the goal of its completion prior to the April 22, 1996 Consultant Selection Committee meeting in order to provide the candidate consultants with a copy for their information. Attachment:: 1. Historic Context Statement - updated progressed version Prepared by: Submitted by: C7eslie J. Mouri uand Christine di lorio Associate Planner Planning Manager 068 CITY OF LA QUINTA HISTORIC CONTEXT STATEMENT CITY OF LA QUINTA HISTORIC CONTEXT STATEMENT SUBMITTED TO: LA QUINTA HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION E. A. "Ned" Millis, Chairman Maria L Puente Robert S. Wright Jim DeMerseman Stewart Woodard PREPARED AND SUBMITTED BY: Community Development Department staff: Leslie J. Mouriquand, Associate Planner Christine di lorio, Planning Manager April 18,1996 .r.J" 070 2 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Staff wishes to thank Historic Preservation Commissioners Millis, Puente, Wright, DeMerseman, and Woodard for their review and comments of this document. The expert review and commentary by Advisor to the Historic Preservation Commission Lauren Weiss Bricker, Ph.D. was invaluable in this effort. In addition, thanks go to Joe L. Maddox of the Coachella Valley Water District, Mary M. Murphy of the Bureau of Land Management, The Coachella Valley Historical Museum, the La Quinta Library, Fred Rice, and the La Quinta Historical Society for their abundance of help in this project. ,%,O u 071 TABLE OF CONTENTS 1.0 OBJECTIVES AND METHODS 1.1 INTRODUCTION..................................................................................... 1.2 OBJECTIVES......................................................................................... 1.3 METHODS............................................................................................. 2.0 Context 1: PREHISTORY AND EARLY SETTLEMENT 2.1 INTRODUCTION..................................................................................... 2.1.1 Definition of Context Theme ........................................ 2.1.2 Significance Criteria for Properties ............................... 2.2 PREHISTORY.......................................................................................... 2.2.1 Early Prehistory - Prior to 1,000 B.P............................. 2.2.2 Late Prehistory - 990 A.D. to 1850 A.D........................ 2.2.3 Proto-History - 1850 A.D. to 1900 A.D.......................... 2.3 LAND GRANTS AND EARLY SETTLERS ................................................... 2.3.1 Types and Number of Land Grants ................................. 2.3.2 Surviving Homesteads.................................................... 2.4 AGRICULTURE........................................................................................... 2.4.1 Date and Citrus Pioneers ................................................. 2.4.2 Truck Crops..................................................................... 2.4.3 Coachella Canal................................................................ 2.5 ARCHITECTURE............................................................................................ 2.5.1 Prehistoric Structures......................................................... 2.5.2 Early Adobes........................................................................ 2.5.3 Homestead Ranches............................................................ 2.5.4 Other................................................................................... .IIeJv 072 4 3.0 Context 2: RESORT INDUSTRY 3.1 INTRODUCTION............................................................................................ 3.1.1 Definition of Context Theme ................................................. 3.1.2 Significance Criteria for Properties ........................................ 3.2 LA QUINTA HOTEL........................................................................................... 3.2.1 Architect......................................................................... 3.2.2 Owners................................................................................. 3.2.3 Construction......................................................................... 3.2.4 Marketing............................................................................. 3.3 LA QUINTA COUNTRY CLUB............................................................................ 3.3.1 Architect............................................................................... 3.3.2 Construction......................................................................... 3.3.3 Owners................................................................................. 3.3.4 Marketing............................................................................. 3.4 ARCHITECTURE............................................................................................... 3.5.1 Mediterranean Period Representative Styles ........................ 3.5.2 Other................................................................................... 4.0 Context 3: VILLAGE AND COVE DEVELOPMENT 4.1 INTRODUCTION............................................................................................... 4.1.1 Definition of Context Theme ................................................. 4.1.2 Significance Criteria for Properties ........................................ 4.2 COVE - 1920 TO 1950..................................................................................... 4.2.1 Subdivision History................................................................ 4.2.2 Infrastructure........................................................................ 4.2.3 Social Factors....................................................................... 4.2.4 Economic Factors.................................................................. 5 „�.uu 073 4.3 VILLAGE COMMERCIAL.................................................................................... 4.3.1 Development......................................................................... 4.3.2 Economic Factors.................................................................. 4.4 DESERT CLUB 3.4.1 Architect............................................................................... 3.4.2 Construction......................................................................... 3.4.3 Owners................................................................................. 3.4.4 Marketing............................................................................. 4.5 ARCHITECTURE ............................................................................................... 4.4.1 Residential Styles................................................................. 4.4.2 Commercial Styles................................................................ 4.4.3 Other.................................................................................... 5.0 RESULTS................................................................................................................................... 6.0 GOALS AND PRIORITIES.......................................................................................................... 7.0 REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS............................................................................................ 7.1 NATIONAL REGISTER REQUIREMENTS........................................................... 7.1.1 Criteria for Evaluation......................................................................... 7.2 REQUIREMENTS FOR LOCAL LISTING............................................................. 7.2.1 Criteria for Designation....................................................................... 8.0 REFERENCES CITED.................................................................................................................. 6 •�.!.) 0 74 1.0 OBJECTIVES AND METHODS 1.1 INTRODUCTION This Historic Context Statement was prepared to guide a comprehensive survey and assessment of the historic and prehistoric resources within the City of La Quinta. This Context Statement was prepared by Leslie Mouriquand, Associate Planner, and edited by Christine di lorio, Planning Manager, for the Community Development Department. Both parties meet the requirements of the Secretary of the Interior's "Historic Preservation Professional Qualifications Standards", Ms. Mouriquand in Prehistoric Archaeology, and Ms di lorio in Architectural History. These standards are in terms of academic attainment, training, and experience for minimum professional level of competency. The governing stimulus for the preparation of this report is the requirement of the Historic Preservation Ordinance (Chapter 7) which requires that a survey of the City be conducted. Since the City of La Quinta is a Certified Local Government (CLG) the preparation of this Context Statement partially fulfills the requirements of certification in the CLG Program. In 1995, the Historic Preservation Commission for the City of La Quinta determined that the Historic Context Statement would be prepared by City staff prior to having the survey conducted by a consultant. Previous to this survey, there had only been cursory literature searches for historic structures and sites performed by consultants in preparation of the City's General Plan. Other surveys have been conducted in conjunction with proposed development projects in various sections of the City. 1.2 OBJECTIVES The objectives of the project are defined as the following: 1. To prepare a fully developed context statement for the City focusing on contributions in the fields of prehistory, early settlement, resort industry, and agriculture. 2. To survey and evaluate historic resources within the City of La Quinta and to classify them in regard to contextual format. 3. To develop goals and priorities for preservation planning in the City. 4. To produce a final document that will Enumerate the number of properties within each Context and Property Type in the City Provide the basis for evaluating all unsurveyed historical properties within the City through the preparation of fully developed context statements. ,r•00 075 1.3 METHODS Development of Context After conducting preliminary research, the staff of the Community Development Department presented possible topics for Context Statements at the La Quinta Historic Preservation Commission meeting in November 1995. Commissioners offered suggestions for additions and revisions. Rather than developing fully all topics as separate statements, the staff decided to group them within much broader statements, treating originally suggested themes as sub -topics. Staff continued researching on the topics selected and reported back to the Commission in February of 1996 with a draft outline for the document. Much of the subsequent discussion focused on the prominent individual settlers and early developers in each of the Contexts. Every effort was made to assemble information and to make it an integral part of the appropriate contextual section. In order to determine the origin of certain properties that were known to be either homesteads or of historic age, the Historical Indices contained at the Bureau of Land Management, in North Palm Springs, were consulted. This information established the early settlement pattern, location, who the pioneers were. A few of the original homestead and land grants are still extant. The final four contexts that were decided upon consist of 1) Prehistory and Early Settlement, 2) Resort Industry, 3) Residential Development, and 4) Architecture. These Contexts were developed to reflect the chronological development of the City, thematic developments over time, and the connection of these themes to the Cultural Resources which can still be found within the City. These themes have been extended to the present City limits of La Quinta. 2.0 CONTEXT 1: PREHISTORY AND EARLY SETTLEMENT 2.1 INTRODUCTION 2.1.1 Definition of Context Theime Context 1: Prehistory and Early Settlement covers and extensive time period, from the earliest prehistoric periods to the early homesteaders in La Quinta. This context was developed to reflect the chronological use and settlement of the La Quinta area. The prehistoric period was included because of the extensive archaeological resources found in the City. There are many surveyed resources associated with the prehistoric and protohistoric periods for which the following material has been included by way of introduction to the first context theme. Although the prehistoric settlement of La Quinta did not continue to the present day, it provides an important backdrop to the early explorers and homesteaders in the area. Although there has not been an extensive survey of the City for prehistoric sites, there have been many project -related surveys of specific parcels over the past twenty years. At present, approximately one- 8 fourth to one-third of the City has been surveyed by archaeologists in conjunction with specific development projects. There have only been very limited surveys for historic resources, usually resulting in sketchy information at best. 2.1.2 Significance Criteria for Sites and Properties In discussing significance criteria for the prehistoric archaeological sites within La Quinta reference is made to the section on Cultural Resource Management Concerns contained in The Cahuilla Landscape: The Santa Rosa and San Jacinto Mountains, —by Lowell John Bean, Sylvia Brakke Vane and Jackson Young (1991). After a thorough listing and discussion of various Cahuilla sites the following findings on significance were established by the above authors. These criteria are a local level method and guide to significance of prehistoric, historic, and modern Cahuilla sites. I. When making decisions on the relative impacts of alternative site use, weight is given to information from the following sources: Current testimony from the tribal group in whose territory a site lies. For La Quinta, this would be the Torres -Martinez Tribal Council. 2. Information gathered in the course of recent cultural resource management studies, usually for development projects, and based upon consultation with the Torres -Martinez Tribal Council. 3. Information from ethnographic, linguistic, historic, archaeological, and other literature --published and unpublished. II. The relative impacts of alternative sites use with respect to Native American values on the basis of whether the following conditions are present, and the location and density thereof. A site is judged very sensitive to impact if it is sacred. Among the kinds of places deemed sacred are: Sources of residual sacred power, cremation sites, and other sites named after or closely identified with powerful sacred persons or happenings. This could include mountain tops, caves, rockshelters, springs, or rock art sites. 2. A site is judges very sensitive to impact if it has ritual associations. The following kinds of sites are associated with ritual: Burial and cremation sites; places used for prayer and meditation, for healing, and for training shamans; places where materials (plants, animals, or minerals) for sacred use are gathered. The presence of ritual objects such as quartz crystals, shaman's bundles, or ground figures indicates that a place is sacred. „r 077 • u 3. Also very sensitive are rock art sites that have ritual connotations when made and are considered sacred by most Cahuilla. These are particularly vulnerable to impact when anything makes them more accessible. 4. Sites sensitive to Cahuilla because of association with their traditional life: Cahuilla trails, and places where they are known to have passed in pursuing religious, social, or economic goals, very often all of these at once. The sites of villages, with the most recent ones most sacred and sensitive because they have a direct historical connection with living people. Modern reservations and other places where today's Cahuilla live are also very sensitive. 6. Collection areas --or micro ecosystems: Stands of plants, such as pinyon trees, mesquite, palm oases, cacti, and plants providing food, for the Cahuilla-- and basketry materials are necessary if the art if to continue. Species that are endangered or whose ecosystems are endangered are of special concern to the Cahuilla. Sites frequented by desert tortoises, desert bighorn sheep, and other animals important to the Cahuilla. Species that are endangered or whose ecosystems are endangered are of special concern to the Cahuilla. 8. Springs and other sources of water. Hot springs or springs where healing sites are performed are especially sensitive, having sacred connotations. It is believed that het springs are connected underground with sources of power, which can be dangerous, but also can be tapped for healing purposes. 9. Sites named in traditional songs and other literature. 10. Sites 1:0 which people came to trade, visit, recreate, or process foods. Significant clues to sensitivity include the presence of bedrock mortars and slicks, other groundstone artifacts, scatters of stone flakes, stone circles, stone effigies, and pottery. Rockshelters and caves may have deep deposits of artif actual materials, including burials, shaman's bundles, quartz crystals, etc. Areas with a high density of artifactual materials are more sensitive than those with low density. Contemporary Cahuilla concerns may be highest in areas which they presently use, or of which they have a direct historical memory (Bean and Vane 1987). The State of California mandates significance criteria for cultural resources in Appendix K and Supplementary Document J of the California Environmental Quality Act for "important archaeological resources" which: 10 .61.OU 078 A. Is associated with an event or person of: 1. Recognized significance in California or American history, or 2. Recognized scientific importance in prehistory. B. Can provide information which is both of demonstrable public interest and useful in addressing scientifically consequential and reasonable or archaeological research questions; C. Has a special or particular quality such as oldest, best example, largest, or last surviving example of its kind; D. Is at least 100 years old and possesses substantial stratigraphic integrity; or, E. Involves important research questions that historical research has shown can be answered only with archaeological methods. 2.2 PREHISTORY 2.2.1 Early Prehistory - Prior to 1,000 Years Ago No extensive survey has been undertaken to identify prehistoric sites on a city-wide basis in La Quinta. Gaps exist in the information about the prehistoric period that can only be answered by additional research, field survey, excavation, and monitoring of earth -moving activities. Filling in the gaps in information will require a framework to guide archaeologists in designing future research in La Quinta and the surrcunding environs. This document calls for such a framework to be developed by archaeologists conducting research in the Coachella Valley, and more particularly, in La Quinta. The early prehistory of the La Quinta area cannot be separated from the prehistory of the entire southern California desert region. The chronology of the early period is controversial, however, convention has placed the oldest archaeological materials found in the desert interior of southern California to the Lake Mohave period or the San Dieguito complex (cf. Rogers 1939, 1958; Wallace 1962; Warren 1967, 1984; Warren and Crabtree 1986). Others refer to this early period under the regional label, the Western Hunting Culture (Forbes 1982). Evidence of this period of occupation has been found in the Colorado (Desert, however, our understanding of this evidence is relatively minimal. In the Coachella Valley, archaeological deposits older than two or three thousand years have yet to be fully documented (Sutton and Wilke 1988). The gaps in our knowledge stem from the limited archaeological research conducted thus far in the valley, rather than the lack of human presence. Evidence of the early period may be buried deeply under alluvial and aeolian soils. Archaeological studies conducted in conjunction with development projects has recently revealed that there are cultural deposits at considerable depths (10 to 13 feet) below the ground surface. Very few details of the early prehistoric lifestyle are known beyond what was contained in the hunting tool kit. There are regional variations of this culture, such as the Lake Mohave 17,690 B.C. to 8,050 B.C.) 11 .e.0 v 0 7 9 and the San Dieguito (7,080 B.C. to 5,670 B.C.) manifestations. The tools that have been identified with the Lake Mohave and San Dieguito variations include flake scrapers, knives, rude perforators and engravers, choppers, leaf -shaped and shouldered projectile points, hammerstones, and chipped lithic crescents. Ground stone artifacts are very rare in the artifact tool kits of the early period. The type of artifacts found thus far point to the reliance on large game animals as the dominant food resource, with small game, birds, fish, shellfish, and plant resources supplementing the diet when possible. These people traveled in small groups. They settled in open air sites and possibly used rock shelters on a temporary basis. It is theorized that the early people migrated from the Great Basin region. The Western Hunting Culture continued with relatively little change until approximately 5,000 years ago. The desert area changed little until about 2,000 BY (Before Present). The second period of the early prehistory features a shift in the type of food resources relied upon. From approximately 8,000 to 5,000 BY there is a gradual change over to collecting and processing of seed foods. Numerous food grinding implements are found. There is a noticeable increase in the size and stability of settlements which is evident by the middens (trash piles), shell beads, and millingstones found at camp sites. During this time there was a climatic change which brought drought conditions in parts of southern California. The drying of the interior valleys resulted in a thinning of the inland population and migration to the coastal areas. In the final period of the early prehistory, after about 3,000 B.C., there is an emphasis on diversified subsistence strategies, or ways of getting food. Large percussion -flaked projectile points become rare, and mortars and pestles begin to appear. At about this time the climate changed and there is increased rainfall which once again makes the desert a habitable place to live. Many camp sites with evidence of extensive use are found in the Pinto Basin and most other desert areas. The tool kits now contain leaf -shaped knife blades, hammers, choppers, scraper planes, seed grinding implements, handstones, and millingstones. The economy is mixed hunting and gathering, with the main reliance on hunting. In summary, the early prehistoric periods were characterized by the expanding utilization of rich and varied native food resources, technological improvement, overall growth in population, enlargement and increased stabilization of individual communities, and a gradual emergence of regional cultures (Wallace 1978l. The archaeological deposits range from large deposits of artifactual, structural, and cultural -organic debris found at the central settlements to small scatters of flaked stone tools and related debitage, and/or milling tools at temporary camp sites, to isolated or clustered bedrock milling stations, to ceremonial sites. On the coast, the transition from the early prehistoric period to the Intermediate period took place between 3,000 to 4,000 years ago. The most noticeable change is in the shift to a plant food -gathering society in which hunting and fishing played a secondary role. During this transition period milling stones used to process seeds and plant foods appear, thus the name "Milling Stone Horizon" is given to this culture. A horizon is defined as periods with certain predominant characteristics, such as artifacts deposited over a certain period of time (Eargle, Jr. 1986:5). The telltale artifacts of the Milling Stone Horizon include deep- basined metates, manos, scrapers and choppers, hammerstones, and some bone tools. Here in the desert, there is a gap in information about this period in time. 12 •6-00' 080 2.2.2 Late Prehistory - 990 A.D. to 1850 A.D. The Late Horizon ranges from 500 to 1,000 years ago depending upon the specific area considered. In the Coachella Valley, the Late Horizon is tagged at about 1,000 BY when pottery was introduced from the Colorado River area. Thus, in La Ouinta, pre -pottery sites are considered to belong to the early or intermediate periods, while sites containing pottery are considered late prehistoric. At about 1,000 years ago, the freshwater Lake Cahuilla was about a hundred miles long as it extended southward into Imperial Valley. Along the northern and western lake shoreline, near present-day La Quinta and Bermuda Dunes, are numerous prehistoric camp and occupation sites. The people that lived in the Coachella Valley during this time were the predecessors of the ethnographic and modern Cahuilla. During the Middle and early part of the Late Horizon, some of the Cahuilla developed a lacustrine (lake shore) economy and lived along the western and northern shores of the lake. The marsh -like environment provided rich resources, including water birds and their eggs, fish, water plants, etc. About 500 years ago, the Colorado River, which fed into the lake, changed its course due to siltation and stopped feeding the lake. As a result, the lake evaporated, and the people moved their villages and changed their subsistence patterns to match the changing environment. The Santa Rosa mountains, above La Quinta, provided the Indians with a wealth of resources to replace those lost by the disappearing lake. The intermediate period lasted until about 500 years ago. After this point in time, the distinctiveness of the different tribelets is clearly present. This regional specialization resulted in a variety of cultural patterns and life styles, especially in southern California. Resources from the local environment were maximized and supplemented with goods and ideas from neighbors both near and far. For example, shell ornaments from abalone, olivella, limpet, clam, conus, and other shells were traded in from the coastal areas (Walker n.d.). Occasionally, these items are found in archaeological sites in the Coachella Valley. Another example is the Mimbres black -on -white clay pot found during the excavation of a sewer trench in the WalMart parking lot that was probably traded in from New Mexico. Sites scattered throughout the La Quinta area point to the existence of a large population of village - dwellers whose subsistence activities centered on the freshwater lake. Cahuilla villages have been described as being small, consisting of 100 to 200 persons. Whenever the valley floor was not inundated by the lake, villages were located on the open desert floor. With the advent of permanent villages, there was also heightened social, economic and political interactions and a complex inter -regional exchange system of trade. Villages were generally located in or near the mouth of a canyon or in a valley, usually within a reasonable distance between a variety of plant and animal food resources. The Cahuilla moved around in response to climatic changes, because of pressures and opportunities derived from settlers and because of the effects of diseases introduced from Euroamericans. The Cahuilla from the villages in Toro Canyon, Martinez Canyon, and other canyons on the desert side of the mountains, moved into the Coachella Valley after the lake had dried. Large settlements were found at Toro and Fig Tree John Springs where there were artesian springs (Heizer and Treganza 1971). To supplement natural springs, the Cahuilla hand dug walk-in wells to reach the groundwater. Until the early 1900's such a walk-in well existed near La Quinta, in what is now the City of Indian Wells. Other walk-in wells were located on the Torres -Martinez Reservation, southeast of the City. 13 .r.0 081 They located their villages near a permanent source of water, either by walk-in wells, springs, and streams. Mesquite groves and palm oases grew where water was close to the surface. These areas provided necessary food and water and attracted habitation. Structures found in a typical Cahuilla village included small brush shelters, dome or rectangular shaped houses, woven granaries, semi -subterranean sweathouses, and large ceremonial houses. Caves were occasionally used as living quarters. There was no standard arrangement of structures within a village, rather ecological factors and the desire for privacy determined where they were situated. While the ceremonial houses were usually centrally located near the spring or well, individual houses could be scattered around a spring and spaced some 30 to 60 feet apart. The size and shape of the structures depended upon the individual or family needs. The Cahuilla considered the area in and around the village to be the exclusive property of the lineages that occupied the village. Groups of lineages comprising a sib claimed specific territories that were arranged to reach into all of the different ecological zones found in the valley and the adjacent mountains. This provided access to all of the available food resources (Bean and Lawton 1965). The area immediately around the villages was held communally by the residents of that village. Uninvited food collection by residents of other villages was cause for a fight (Strong 1929:40). Bean (1972:74) estimates that there were forty- eight to eighty Cahuilla villages in the Coachella Valley and all interconnected by networks of trails. Shrines and sacred sites along the trails were marked by petroglyphs and pictographs representing various villages (Bean 1978:575). The major villages in the Desert Cahuilla territory at the time of European contact numbered about twenty. A large village was located on and around the areas where the intersection of Washington Street and Highway 111 is located. The principal large game animals that were hunted were the pronghorn sheep (antelope), mountain sheep, and mule deer. These animals provided food, sinews, and skins. Martinez and Toro Canyons were frequented by hunters. Small animals were also relied upon and included rabbits, squirrels, chipmunks, rats, and mice. The remains of these resources are often found in the archaeological sites in and around La Quinta. Most indigenous plants were exploited in some manner for economic, medicinal, or ritual reasons. Some of the plant resources that were use by the Cahuilla included mesquite beans, screwbeans, chenopodium, agave, yucca, wild plum, dates, acorns, pine -nuts, chia, cactus, and elderberry (Barrows 1900:306-310). There is evidence that the Cahuilla of the Late Horizon practiced limited agriculture through cultivating corn, squash, beans, pumpkin, melons, tobacco, and medicinal herbs. This practice was learned from the Colorado River people. William Duncan Strong, an anthropologist who studied Indians in southern California, stated that wheat was also raised by the Cahuilla in small patches (1929:38). The material wealth of the Cahuilla who lived in and around La Quinta consisted of many items made locally and some that were brought in by trade. Trading relationships were established with the neighboring Chemehuevi, Serrano, Luiseno, Mohave, Yuma, Kamia, Diegueno, Halchidoma, and Gabrielino tribelets (Bean 1972:69). Occasionally some of these trade items are found in the archaeological record. Trade with distant peoples also occurred, with just such a find made in 1993, when a southwestern Mimbres pcttery vessel was unearthed approximately 11 feet down in a utility trench created in the parking lot area of the La Quinta WalMart. 14 -u" 082 The Cahuilla made good quality pottery in grey, brown, and red local clays. The technology for making pottery is thought to have been borrowed from the Colorado River Indians at a late date (Barrows 1900:46; Kroeber 1922:19). Some ceramic pieces were decorated with black or red lines in geometric and circular patterns, while a few pieces were decorated with incised patterns. Items made of clay included cooking pots, water jars, parching, trays, storage jars, ladles, and pipes (Bean and Lawton 1987; Kroeber 1908: 54-57), dippers, and ceremonial bowls (Walker n.d.). The paddle and anvil method was used to make the various pots and jars. They were fired very hard in an open fire -pit which was much like a kiln. Cracked vessels were repaired by drilling small holes along each side of the crack and lacing strips of wet willow and filling the crack with melted asphaltum (Walker n.d.). Cahuilla pottery was made with crushed rock temper using the paddle and anvil method to flatten and shape the clay. The clay, when baked, took on a dull reddish color. Clay from local sources in La Quinta was used. There were no corrugated or slipped wares made by the Cahuilla. Their pottery was generally light weight, but brittle and porous (Kroeber 1922: 18.19). Several fine pottery specimens have been found in local archaeological sites. The Cahuilla were, and still are, known for their fine basketry. They made shallow trays, storage baskets, gathering baskets, caps and trinket baskets. The baskets were made of grasses (Epicames rigens), and reeds (Juncus robustus or Rhus Trilobata). Many baskets had intricate designs woven of various colors. Large granaries were fashioned of willow, palm leaves, mesquite branches, and other plants. These granaries were used for storing large quantities of acorns, mesquite beans, or other food stuffs (Bean 1978:578-579; Bean and Lawton 1987). Barrows (1900) offers a detailed discussion on Cahuilla baskets and basket making, while Kroeber (1908) and Hooper 0920) offer additional information on the subject. The material culture found in the archaeological record includes stone tools, projectile points, clay vessels, shell beads, and items of bone, such as whistles. Basketry and wooden items are found only rarely in the archaeological context as they were perishable. Much of what is known about the Cahuilla material culture is learned from the historical and ethnographic accounts about the Cahuilla. Cahuilla society was organized into a moiety structure with two totemic clans, the coyote and the wildcat. These two moieties formed the essential units of determining marriage rules and conducted ceremonial functions. The Desert Cahuilla were further divided into at least 44 male lineages. Each lineage seems to have had a single spot which it claimed as its own, always near water. Most lineage names seem to refer to ancestral dwelling places. Each lineage had a patriarchal chief, usually the oldest son of the preceding chief (Gifford 1971:3771. Cahuilla religious life was directed by a shaman who primary function was that of a doctor. A shaman cured by removing the object that was the cause of the disease through a sucking ritual, whereby the object was ritualistically sucked out of the patients body. Shamans were both beneficent and malevolent. The selection of a shaman was through a childhood predisposition for the job usually by repeated dreams that would indicate that the child was destined to be a shaman (Kroeber 1922). The first Europeans to meet with the Cahuilla were a group of Spaniards under the leadership of Juan Bautista de Anza, in 1774. De Anza was looking for a passable route from Mexico northward to Monterey for faster delivery of goods than by ship. Franciscan Friar Francisco Garces and Father Pedro Font crossed the valley with de Anza in 1774 and 1776, and may have had contact with the Cahuilla. De Anza and his men traveled across what is now the Anza Borrego Desert into Los Angeles. (Kaldenberg and Milanovich 15 .d.00 083 1989). Often the Spaniards roughly treated the Indians which resulted in violence. Hostilities by the Indians forced the Spaniards to continue sending people and supplies by ship along the coast. Thus, the contact with the Spaniards during these early years was limited. There were no spanish outposts in Cahuilla territory because it was too far inland from the coast. By 1769,.the Cahuilla were divided into about a dozen independent corporate politico -religious kin groups consisting of patrilineal clans. Each clan "owned" large tracts of territory each of which included several ecological zones so that they could take advantage of a wide variety of resources. Clans were divided into two or three lineages, with each lineage occupying a particular village. Each clan was organized around a hierarchical religious and political structure. Each clan had at least one ceremonial unit consisting of an official ceremonial house, and a ceremonial bundle (Kaldenberg and Milanovich 1989, in Bean, Vane, and Young 1989). 2.2.3 Proto-History - 1800 A.D. to 1900 A.D. The Proto-Historic Period is defined as the time or events that were formative for the immediate historic period, usually just before contact with the white man. The Proto-Historic time found the Cahuilla a settled people in permanent villages or towns as a independently developed tribelet or autonomous people. By 1850, the Cahuilla had had increasing contacts with the Spanish colonists, the Missionaries and the white settlers. The Cahuilla did not fair well as a result of these contacts. By 1819, the Cahuilla were trading with the Spanish. Through the contact with the Spaniards, the Cahuilla obtained new material goods and technology, such as pack horses, cattle, glass beads, woven cloth, china plates, and metal tools. They learned soapmaking and ironmaking (Bean and Bourgeault 1989). A trail was established by the Cocomaricopa Indians across the Coachella Valley in 1821 as they carried mail through the San Gorgonio Pass between Tucson, Arizona and Mission San Gabriel. Attempts by settlers to establish similar routes proved either unsuccessful or impractical (La Guinta General Plan 1992:5-17). The downside to this contact resulted in many Cahuilla deaths from diseases such as syphilis, cholera, measles, smallpox, pneumonia, malaria, tuberculosis, and typhoid fever (Rawls 1984). During the early 1800's the Cahuilla visited the Spanish settlements and a few stayed and learned about Christianity and European ways. Mission records show baptisms of Cahuillas as early as 1809 (Bean and Bourgeault 1989:81-83). Although there were no army forts or camps in the Coachella Valley, no missions or asistencias, or pueblos or presidios, contact with the Spanish proved to be a major impact upon the Cahuilla culture. In addition to transforming the way of life of the Indians in general, the missions also inadvertently contributed to their destruction. During the mission period, the native population fell dramatically. Death was caused not only by disease, but by change in diet and dietary deficiencies, poor sanitation at the missions, lack of medical care, and forced labor. The missionaries developed a system of forced labor or peonage. Indian children and adults were enticed to the missions and then prevented from leaving. If they escaped, the Spanish would hunt them down and return them to the missions for punishment. The goal of the missions was to convert the Indians to Christianity and eradicate the Indian culture. 16 .�.00 084 When the Mexican Revolution began in 1822, the Mexican colonial government made large grants of land to Mexican citizens in the southern California area. With the lack of other available labor to the land owners, the Indians were kept in indentured servitude. The Mexicans did not choose to settle in most of the Cahuilla territory, however Cahuilla did work on some of the ranches out of the valley. The Cahuilla took wage jobs to supplement their traditional hunting and gathering. In the Mexican War of 1848, the United States gained control of California. In the same year, the gold rush began in northern California. Many Cahuilla communities became frequent stopover places for Mexican, European, and American travelers. The Coachella Valley was the site of the most popular immigration route to the Southwest, the Southern Immigrant Trail. The Southern Immigrant Trail was traveled by more settlers than the Oregon, Santa Fe, and Overland Trails combined. The Butterfield Stage Line passed through the Coachella Valley (La Quinta General Plan 1992:5.17). The Cahuilla communities became stagecoach and mail stops (Bean and Bourgeault 1989:88). In 1862, William Bradshaw decided to establish a passenger and freight route that would connect San Bernardino to the gold fields in La Paz, Arizona by the shortest and most direct route possible. At least half of his route passed through the Coachella Valley, and at one point through the northern section of La Quinta, by the homestead known as Point Happy Ranch. There was a stage stop located nearby in what is now the City of Indian Wells. This route followed the old main Indian trade route across the Colorado Desert. The Bradshaw route was officially recognized and Congress authorized a U.S. Mail contract to James Grant to carry mail from Los Angeles through San Bernardino, La Paz, Prescott, and on to Santa Fe, in 1868 (Bureau of Land Management:: n.d.; Coachella Valley Water District 1978:112)). An increasing number of prospectors and settlers seeking California fortunes, prompted San Bernardino County to dig a well for travelers' convenience at Indian Wells as the hand dug Indian well located near the stage stopp was unreliable. The Bradshaw Stage line passed through the northern section of La Quinta until 1877. When the gold fields played out and it was easier to travel by rail and steamboat the stage line went out of business (O'Reilly and Bailey 1988). The segment of the stage line that passed through La Quinta was replaced by a graded gravel road in 1915. In 1852 and 1853, Congress authorized the Secretary of War to employ engineers to find the most economical and practical route for a railroad to the Pacific from the Mississippi. The first group was a detachment of the Army's Corps of Topographical Engineers under Lieutenant John G. Parke. William Blake was a geologist assigned to Parkes detachment which surveyed the valley in 1853. These men led a large party through the valey, discovering the San Gorgonio Pass as the best low-level pass on the entire Pacific slope. Blake named the desert "Colorado" giving it the name for the first time. He noted the cId beach line above sea level at Coral Reef (in La Quintal and Travertine Point as well as tiny spiral shellls at the base of the mountains, and on the valley floor. Indians indicated to Blake the last time water rose to the ancient shorelines was about 500 years earlier. For many years the occasional small body of alkaline water in the Salton Sink was known as "Blakes Sea". Blake, however, referred to the ancient sea as "Lake Cahuilla" (Coachella Valley Water District 1978: 111; Johnston 1972: 617; Robinson 1948:149). (railroad) 17 At the end of the first half of the 1800's, the rush for land was intensified as the missions declined aind immigrants arrived. As most of the missions were abandoned, former mission -controlled lands were divided up into both large and small ranchos. There were no such Mexican -controlled lands in the Coachella Valley, thus there was much less of an impact upon the Cahuilla as there was upon other Indians. The Cahuilla, being an inland desert people, were essentially left alone for awhile. With the onset of the American period in California, a system of apprenticeship was instituted in 1860 when a system of involuntary servitude was legalized. In theory, this law required the approval of the apprentices parents to enter the system. However, in practice, this law made slaves of the California Indians. The extent to which the Cahuilla were apprenticed is not known. Copies of indentures were to be filed with the county recorders office. The most important use of California Indian labor in the early American period was in agriculture. In 1856, Indians were the main labor force on the southern ranches in San Bernardino and Los Angeles Counties. The Indians were essentially held in a state of peonage identical to their status under Spanish control. Between 1862 and 1864, the Great Drought hit California and put an end to cattle raising as a distinctive industry in California. After the drought, large tracts of land began to be divided into smaller parcels for farms and small ranches. With the decline of the cattle ranches came the decline for the need for adult Indian labor. As settlers moved in irrigation projects were initiated to bring water to the newly created parcels. As former miners (white and Chinese) glutted the labor market in the late 1850's, the demand for Indian labor was further diminished (Rawls 1984:109-110). Although the Cahuilla were relatively isolated from the forced labor and slave trade of northern California, they were being pushed off their traditional lands by white settlers. To stop the theft of Indian land and water on the national level, the Indian Rights Association was created in 1870. This group recommended a system of reservation land grants to the Indians. In 1875, President U. S. Grant established the first reservations for the Cahuilla. Established were the Cahuilla, Torres -Martinez, Cabazon, and Morongo Reservations. Later, the Augustine Reservation was established. The Augustine Reservation is two miles east of the eastern boundary of La Quinta. The Cabazon Reservation is approximately three miles to the northeast of the City. And the Torres -Martinez Reservation is located just a few miles to the southeast of the City. Initially, the boundaries of the first reservations were not clearly defined which resulted in lawsuits by settlers to challenge the reservation grants. In 1852, the Cahuillas were to be given a strip of land that was 30 miles wide and 40 miles long, however, Congress failed to ratify the treaty (Coachella Valley Water District 1978:111). The strip of land would have included the La Quinta area. In 1887, Congress passed the Dawes Act which allowed the division of reservation land into separate tracts allotted to individual Indians. Conflicts over land ownership and allotments went on for years. To resolve these disputes the Act for the Relief of Mission Indians was enacted in 1891, which established reservations in southern California according to the recommendations of the Smiley Commission. This act clearly defined the boundaries of each reservation. However, as a result of the settlers lawsuits, the designated reservation lands were reduced by one-third of what was originally designated. Reservation life changed Cahuilla traditions more than contact with Spain or Mexico. Children were .sent away to distant boarding schools. The Cahuilla language was forbidden to be spoken in the public schools. Missionary influences resulted in the replacement of their native religious practices with various forams of Christianity. Compared to other (Indian groups, the Cahuilla have been able to remain on lands that have 18 086 been part of their traditional territory during more than 200 years of white contact. Through the centuries, the Cahuilla have used different strategies to deal with Anglo-Americans and have maintained a degree of political and economic autonomy (Rawls 1984: 215). Today traditional foods are still used by the Cahuilla at ritual or social events, kin relationships remain important, precontact songs and (lances continue to be performed, traditional practices are common at funerals, and personal rituals are still observed. There is a renewed interest in the younger Cahuilla to learn and maintain the Cahuilla language. 2.3 LAND GRANTS AND EARLY SETTLERS 2.3.1 Types and Number of Land Grants Homesteading in the Coachella Valley began in the 1880's, mostly around Palm Springs when public land was opened for settlement under the Desert Irrigation Act. Non -railroad lands were opened to homesteaders in 1885. Few homesteads, however, were established until the late 1890's. With the advent of deep well drilling in 1894, the Coachella Valley experienced rapid growth for agriculture and tourism (La Quinta General Plan 1992:5-18; Coachella Valley Water District 1978:113). Prior to 1900 the only documented settlement in or near the City of La Quinta was a small Indian village in what is now the City of Indian Wells. The village was observed and documented in 1856 by U.S. Army surveyors. The earliest archival evidence of Anglo-American settlement in the La Quinta area comes from 1900, when a few desert land claims were filed with the Government Land Office on two parcels in Section 22 of Township 6 south, Range 7 east. Two years later, the first homestead claims in the area were filed in Section 30 of Township 5 south, Range 7 east and Section 10 of Township 6 south and Range 7 east. However, the 1904 USGS topographical map indicates no standing structure in the area now included in the City boundaries (La Quinta General Plan Master Environmental Assessment 1992:5- 18). For the La Quinta area, the first applications for government land were made at about the turn of the century. The types of land grants in La Quinta consisted of Desert Land Entries, Homestead Entries, Railroad Grants, Cash Entries, Reclamation Homestead Entries, State Grants, and properties acquired through the Indemnity List. There were numerous attempts to homestead and acquire free government land, however, only a small fraction of all of the attempts reached the patent status. The Bureau of Land Management Historical Indices record each of the attempts and those that reached a patent. Many of the granted lands were later sold. However, there are a handful of original homesteads in La Quinta that are still extant. One such homestead is still owned by the same family. The Burkett Homestead is located on Washington Street, south of Highway 111. Five generations of Burketts are said to have lived on the homestead. Other existing homesteaded properties include Point Happy, and Rancho Xochimilico. Master Title Plats for the existing homesteaded properties are on file in the Community Development Department. The Homestead Act was passed by Congress on May 20, 1862. This act gave settlers the right to enter 160 acres and receive title after 5 years of residence and cultivation. Heads of households, widows and 19 •16.0 U 087 single persons over 21 years of age could make application for a homestead under the preemption clause. If a homesteader did not want to wait until the 5 year requirement has passed, it was possible to commute their claim to a cash entry paying the minimum price per acre for their land. The Government Land Office (GLO) was the agency responsible for the review of land grant applications. The GLO later became the Bureau of Land Management (Muhn and Stuart 1988:278). In the same year, the government provided for railroad grants to encourage railroad construction. The odd numbered sections of public land were reserved for the railroads with 5 alternate sections per mile on each side of the rail line, to 10 miles each side of the line. In 1864, the railroad grants were increased to 20 alternate sections for each mile of track, thus reaching far from the rail line. In 1871, Congress stopped issuing railroad grants. Three years after the railroad was completed unused lands could be sold at $1.25 per acre for settlement and preemption (Robinson 1948:151). Preemption was the right of settling on and improving unappropriated public Lands and, later, of buying them at the minimum price without competition (Robinson 1948:167). The railroad grants are found in La Quinta as indicated on Figure _. The property known as the Marshall Ranch (Hacienda del Gato) located at the southern terminus of Washington Street, was originally purchased from the Southern Pacific Railroad, in 1903, by John Marshall. The interest in homesteading tapered in 1917, when the impacts of World War I are said to have "busted" homesteading after the war. Drought and the economic collapse of agricultural products and livestock, along with little good agriculture land remaining contributed to the end of the race for free land. The staff of the Community Development Department has been able to plot the following types and numbers of patented grants within the City of La Quinta: State Grants- 1 Desert Land Entries - 9 Homestead Entries - 26 Railroad Grants - 17 Sections Cash Entries - 16 Railroad Homestead Entries - 3 National Forest Grants - 1 Section 2.3.2 Surviving Homesteads The Riverside County Historic Resources Survey records indicate that the oldest ranch house in La Quinta is the Hunts Date Garden adobe house located south of Avenue 50 between what is now Eisenhower Street and Desert Club Drive, on Calle Tampico. The house is described as vernacular adobe hacienda style typical of the period 1800 to 1950. The flat -roofed house was constructed of adobe brick in 1904. There was a low garden -type of wall around the house. Also constructed were workers housing, a :storage building, and a cistern. The record indicates that local residents attended community meetings on the patio at the house in the 1940's. All that remains of the adobe are the foundation footings. It is not known when the adobe was torn down, but sometime prior to City incorporation in 1982. Foundation ruins of the adobe 20 m_f1 089 house still exist. The Riverside County Architectural Survey Form Number is 16-10-06-06, dated April 24, 1981. In 19_ Manning Burkett homesteaded an area located approximately one mile south of the present day Highway 111, adjacent to Washington Street. Five generations of Burketts have lived on this homestead since that time. In 1995, the maim house suffered a kitchen fire and was demolished. In March of 1996 the remaining structures were demolished. Horse corrals still exist on the ranch. The ranch has not been recorded by a historian or surveyed by an historic archaeologist. The Point Happy Ranch was homesteaded by Norman "Happy" Lundbeck at the turn of the century. The ranch included the one -room Point Happy School, which served the area between Palm Springs and two miles east of Washington Street until 1916, when the structure was relocated to Indian Wells. The school district boundaries included over 190 square miles and included present-day Palm Desert, Indian Wells, and La Quinta, as well as a swath eight miles wide that extended across the Santa Rosa Mountains to the southern county line ( after Fulmor 1916: 119). On July 1, 1929, the Point Happy School merged with the Indio School District(Coacheda Valley Water District 1978:31). The Point Happy Ranch had a stable and a small store where the Santa Rosa mountain spur reaches out into the desert. The ranch was in the path of the Bradshaw Stage road. Only a few hundred yards to the west of the ranch was a stage stop and watering hole (La Quinta Historical Society n.d.). The ranch was purchased in 1922 by Chauncy D. Clarke, a famous philanthropist. He also acquired several adjoining parcels totaling 135 acres. Mr. Clarke named the property the Point Happy Date Gardens. Mr. Clarke planted a large portion of his initial 134-acre property in Deglet Noor date palms. His ranch became a great success, known not only for it dates but for prized Arabian horses and lavish gardens. Mr. Clarke died on August 22, 1926. Prior to his death, Mr. Clarke sold his Arabian horses to the Kellogg Ranch in Pomona, now the site of the California State Polytechinic University, Pomona. Marie Clarke, Chauncy's wife, was instrumental in founding and financially underwriting the Indio Women's Club. Mrs. Clarke died on October 30, 1948 (La Quinta Historical Society n.d.l. The Point Happy Date Garden was later sold to Mr. William DuPont, Jr., a member of the famous DuPont family. He built a home astride a mountain saddle in the Santa Rosa mountain spur that overlooked the Point Happy Ranch. Below, in the date garden, he built a Spanish style home, in 1965, for Miss Alice Marble, a tennis celebrity in the '1930's, with a pool and tennis court. There are several workers houses on the ranch as well as equipment sheds and carports. Mr. DuPont died on December 29, 1965. Portions of the ranch were sold off to subdividers. The ranch is owned today by Dr. Earl R. Kiernan, from Tustin, California. (La Quinta Historic Society n.d.). 2.4 AGRICULTURE In 1849, Dr. Oliver M. Wozencraft, an Indian Agent for the government noted that the Indians in the desert were successfully cultivating plots around springs and water holes (Coachella Valley Water District 1978: 110-111). In 1888, Stephen Bowers traveled through the Coachella Valley and observed that the Indians raised alfalfa, wheat, barley, corn, tomatoes, melons, and other crops. The White settlers were growing 21 089 grapes, semi -tropical fruits, and melons. He also noticed that the date "trees planted in Indio are growing rapidly and promise much for the future." With the arrival of the early homesteaders came the beginning of agriculture as an industry in the La Quinta area. One of the requirements of homesteading was that the land must be under cultivation for a period of time, usually five years, prior to 4he patenting of the applicants' claim. There were a great many attempts to claim land and meet the requirements, but relatively few applicants were able to obtain patents on their claims. The failures were usually due to not being able to obtain a permanent source of water, such as a well, on the land and then farming it for five years. Some parcels of land had repeated attempts at homesteading. The La Quinta climate was ideal for growing dates, sweet corn, Bermuda onions, and Thompson seedless grapes. The high temperatures resulted in rapid growth of crops. With the Southern Pacific Railroad depot located in nearby Indio, farmers had an easy way to ship their crops to the Loa Angeles and San Francisco markets (La Quinta Historical Society n.d.l. Dates proved to be best suited to the climate and soil conditions of the La Quinta area. Dates were first introduced in the United States in 1888 by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. By 1921, there were three date experimental stations in the Coachella Valley. Three varieties of commercial dates were grown: Deglet Noor, Saidy, and Thoory. Dates brought a better return per acre than any other branch of agriculture or horticulture. It takes about five years for a date garden to establish itself for production (National Festival of Dates Association 1921). The soil conditions in La Quinta in historic and modern La Quinta include soil types from three main soil series: Coachella Series, Gilman Series, and Indio Series. Each soil series includes variants featuring silt loam, fine sands, or sandy loams. The Coachella Series consists of a well -drained alluvium ideal for truck crops, citrus, grapes, dates, and alfalfa hay. The Gilman and Indio Series are also excellent for truck crops, hay, and cotton (USDA Soil Conservation Service 1974). Thus, soil conditions in historic La Quinta were ideal in many areas for the type of farming that was attempted by early homesteaders and ranchers. Erosion, clay content, lack of water, and microclimatic factors were the primary reasons for particular problems or failed attempts at farming in La Quinta. 2.4.1 Date and Citrus Pioneers In 1902, John Marshall and his brother-in-law, Albert Green acquired 320 acres from the Southern Pacific Railroad located at the southern terminus of Washington Street and Old Avenue 52. They divided the: land evenly, with Marshall taking 160 acres west of Washington Street, and Green the east 160 acres. The Cove area soon became known as Marshall's Cove, and Washington Street was called Marshall Road at that time. Mr. Green sold his 160 acres, while Mr. Marshall kept his land and planted a citrus orchard. A few years later, a large house was constructed on the property. The Marshall Ranch was actively farmed through the 1980's. There was a succession of owners since the ranch was originally sold by Marshalls' son. Past owners have included the Rosekrans' family, Fritz Burns, and Landmark Land Company. The ranch structures consist of a large hacienda -style house built in the 1910's, an adobe out -building, and worker's cottages. A swimming pool located next to the large hacienda also serves as an irrigation reservoir. The ranch is said to have been prosperous. 22 The Clarke family, who purchased the Point Happy homestead in 1922, planted a large portion of their 134-acre holding in Deglet Noor date trees. The ranch became a great success (La Quinta Master Environmental Assessment 1992:5-18). The ranch was called the 'Point Happy Date Gardens." Mrs. Clarke died in 1948, and sometime thereafter the Point Happy Date Gardens were sold to Mr. William DuPont, Jr. The date gardens and citrus have been actively farmed since Mr. Clarke initially planted the first trees. The varieties of trees on the property include pecan, tangerine, lemon, fig, apricot and mulberry (Press -Enterprise Nov. 6, 1966). Avocado trees and orange trees had also been planted among the date groves of the original ranch. Later, grapefruit trees were planted (Daily News 1968:3). By 1943, Rancho La Quinta (not to be confused with the modern development) had been developed with rare Deglet Noor dates and Marsh Seedless grapefruit trees. Record crops of premium fruit are said to have been produced. In a brochure titled, "Presenting La Quinta," prepared by the palm Springs Land and Irrigation Company (Reprint 1991 - La Quinta historical Society), there are several photographs of Rancho la Quinta, which was located north of the la Quinta Hotel, and west of what is now Eisenhower Drive. The brochure describes the "agricultural potentialities of the Coachella Valley; the completion of the All - American Canal and the Coachella Branch Canal; the natural advantages already present in La Quinta, plus a future which will undoubtedly witness additional community developments, combine to make this arrea,... one of the finest desert income -producing properties." 2.4.2 Truck Crops As mentioned previously, sweet corn, Bermuda onions, and Thompson seedless grapes were grown in the La Quinta area. Truck crops were limited to the flat areas of La Quinta. In many places there was too much clay in the soil to grow many crop varieties. The Kennedy family grew cotton on their farm which is now a part of PGA West. Behind the Laguna de la Paz development, a small farm existed in the 1920;s. A Mexican man built an adobe house there, which is now in ruins, and he attempted to raise vegetables. Difficulty obtaining water to irrigate his crops forced the man to abandon the farm (Sniff: Personal Communication). The Raymond Pederson Ranch, located where the Lake La Quinta development has been constructed, at one time grew gladiola flowers. Mr. Pederson attempted to grow dates, but they did not do well on his property. Often there was difficulty in farming due to the soil type, microclimate factors, and availability of water. There were no natural artesian wells in La Quinta (Sniff: Personal Communication). The Pederson Ranch site was recorded in 1981, for the Riverside County Historic Resources Survey. Structures on the ranch consisted of an early 1920's vernacular ranch house and shed. A photograph taken in 1981, shows a date garden on the property. A lakelreservoir served to irrigate crops. Aerial photographs, taken by the Army Corps of Engineers in 1938 and 1949 show the Pederson Ranch and the others in the area. 2.4.3 Coachella Canal In the 1920's, Dr. S.S.M. Jennings championed the push for construction of the All -American Canal to bring water from the Colorado River to the desert valley. The arrival of the canal into the Coachella Malley had tremendous impact on the valley's agricultural economy. Crop patterns changed over the years with the availability of supplementary canal water. The Coachella Branch Canal was constructed as an unlined 23 091 main canal and underground distribution system. The war years produced only token work on the canal and distribution system. The branch canal began at Drop 1 on the main canal and continues 123.5 miles to the Lake Cahuilla terminal reservoir within the City of la Quinta. The first water deliveries from the canal l were in 1948. Improvement districts were formed by the Coachella Valley Water District to pay for the canal improvements. From June 26, 1948, when the Coachella Branch of the canal was completed, expansion of the irrigated areas was rapid. The Coachella Branch Canal loops through the City on the west side of Lake Cahuilla County park and PGA West, and received its water from the Imperial Reservoir on the Colorado River north of Yuma, Arizona. The canal water benefit district in the City extends north to Avenue 52 and west to Washington Street. This source of water has been relegated for use in irrigation of golf courses, existing agricultural areas and for recharging the underground aquifer (La Quinta Master Environmental Assessment 1992:5-49). The canal terminates at the modern Lake Cahuilla which was constructed in 1969 by the water district. The lake and surrounding park facilities are operated by the Riverside County Parks Department (Coachella Valley Water District 1978:120). 2.5 Architecture 2.5.1 Prehistoric Structures 2.5.2 Early Adobes 2.5.3 Homestead Ranches 2.5.4 Other 3.0 CONTEXT 2: RESORT INDUSTRY 3.1 INTRODUCTION 3.1.1 Definition of Context Theme 3.1.2 Significance Criteria for Properties 3.2 LA QUINTA HOTEL 3.2.1 Architect 3.2.2 Owners 3.2.3 Construction 3.2.4 Marketing 24 092 3.3 LA QUINTA COUNTRY CLUB 3.3.1 Architect 3.3.2 Owners 3.3.3 Construction 3.3.4 Marketing 3.4 ARCHITECTURE 3.4.1 Mediterranean Period Representative Styles 3.4.2 Other 4.0 CONTEXT 3: VILLAGE AND COVE DEVELOPMENT 4.1 INTRODUCTION 4.1.1 Definition of Context Theme 4.1.2 Significance Criteria for Properties 4.2 COVE - 1920 TO 1950 4.2.1 Subdivision History 4.2.2 Infrastructure 4.2.3 Social Factors 4.2.4 Economic Factors 4.3 VILLAGE COMMERCIAL 4.3.1 Development 4.3.2 Economic Factors 4.4 DESERT CLUB 25 ,u.� .. 093 4.4.1 Architect 4.4.2 Construction 4.4.3 Owners 4.4.4 Marketing 4.5 ARCHITECTURE 4.5.1 Residential Styles 4.5.2 Commercial Styles 4.5.3 Other 5.0 RESULTS 6.0 GOALS AND PRIORITIES The anticipated results of the Historic Resources Survey of properties and sites in La Quinta and the preparation of the Historic Context Statement for the City allow for the formulation of the following goals and priorities by the Historic Preservation Commission: 1. Classification of properties and sites based on the level of significance (local, state„ national). Classification of properties and sites will be reviewed and final recommendations made by the Historic Preservation Commission at a public meeting(s) designated for that purpose. 2. Recommendation of Inventory Amendments to the City Council as provided for in Title 7 - Historic Preservation, of the Municipal Code. Actions by the City Council to be taken following public hearing with public notice provided. 7.0 REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS 7.1 National Register of Historic Places Requirements 26 0 9 4 For a property to qualify for the National Register it must meet one of the National Register Criteria for Evaluation by: * Being associated with an important historic context and * Retaining historic integrity of those features necessary to convey significance (National Register Bulletin 15). 7.1.1 Criteria for Evaluation The Criteria for Evaluation as found in the Code ofFederaiReguiations, Title 36, Part 60 are as follows: The quality of significance in American history, architecture, archaeology, engineering and culture is present in districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects that possess integrity of location, design, setting, materials, workmanship, feeling, and association, and: * That are associated with events that have made a significant contribution to the patterns of our history; or * That are associated with the lives of persons significant in our past; or * That embody the distinctive characteristics of type, period, or method of construction, or that represent the work of master, or that possess high artistic values or that represent a significant and distinguishable entity whose components may lack individual; or * That have yielded or may be likely to yield, information important in prehistory or history. 7.2 Requirements for Local Listing Chapter of the La Quinta City Municipal Code implements the General Plan historic resources policies to designate, preserve, protect, enhance and perpetuate those historic structures, districts, and sites which contribute to the cultural benefit of the City of La Quinta. To this end, a listing of significant historic resources was established and adopted by the City County which includes historic structures, objects, and sites which contribute to the historic, cultural and architectural heritage of the City of La Quinta. 7.2.1 Criteria for Designation Criteria for designation of a historic resource and listing on the City inventory are as follows: Structures, objects, sites, and districts shall be designated as historic resources if, and only if, they meet one or more of the following criteria and have retained their architectural integrity and historic value: * The resource is associated with a person of local, state or national historical significance. 27 .L•'-1 095 The resource is associated with an historic event or thematic activity of local, state or national importance. The resource is representative of a distinct architectural style and/or construction method of a particular historic period or way of life, or the resource represents the work of a master builder or architect or possess high artistic value. The resource has yielded, or may likely yield information important to history or prehistory. 28 096 BI #4 HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION STAFF REPORT DATE: APRIL 18, 1996 ITEM: ARCHAEOLOGICAL REPORT - CULTURAL RESOURCES SURVEY OF THE EASTERN PORTION OF PARCEL 20469 ADJACENT TO RANCHO LA QUINTA COUNTRY CLUB, CENTRAL COACHELLA VALLEY, RIVERSIDE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA. BACKGROUND: On November 22, 1995, staff received the archaeological report (provided with January 18, 1996 HPC packet) for the remaining undeveloped portion of the Rancho La Quinta development. The study was conducted by the Archaeological Research Unit, which is a part of the University of California, Riverside. The study was conducted as a requirement of project conditions of approval. The scope of this study consisted of a Phase I literature search and field survey of observable cultural resources on the (project site, and report of results of these efforts. Two previously recorded archaeological sites were relocated on the property. In addition, one new historic site, two archaeological isolates, and 15 prehistoric sites were located and recorded. DISCUSSION: Contents of Report The report of the Phase I investigation contains description of the cultural resources observed and recorded during the survey, evaluation of the sites for potential significance, and recommendations for Phase II testing of these resources. The Archaeological Research Unit report recommends systematic surface artifact collection, exploratory and formal subsurface excavation, and a variety of laboratory studies culminating in a final report on the findings of the investigation. Of the 20 sites recorded on the east half of the Rancho La Quinta project , 13 are recommended to have a level of significance to warrant participation in the testing program. Both hand excavated test units and trenching by backhoe are proposed. A range in the number of test excavation units is proposed dependent upon the size of the site and other determining factors. t.jIJ 097 After the artifacts have been collected they would be catalogued and studied. Laboratory studies could consist of radiocarbon dating, examination of lithic artifacts, ceramic analysis, identification of vertebrate and invertebrate faunal remains, flotation, plant macrofossil analyses, and other studies, if they are warranted by the guiding research questions or framework, and do not exceed the total dollar amount that the developer is required to pay under CEQA. A final report would then be prepared for submittal after these studies were completed. This report will consist of an analysis of the archaeological resources and findings relating to significance, overall contribution to a regional research design, and mitigation measures undertaken. The recommended preliminary mitigation program consists of comprehensive measures and studies, although they could be very expensive if the maximum ranges of work are to be performed. The, mitigation program must be prepared and accepted by the City prior to the issuance of a grading permit for any disturbance of the archaeological sites. Prior to starting a Phase II program, a detailed scope of work including justification for such work under the California Environmental Quality Act (Appendix K) and the existing regional research framework must be submitted to the Community Development Department for review and approval. The Phase III program is required to be completed prior to any soil disturbance such as grubbing , tenching , or grading activities. Discussion The preferred mitigation for the archaeological sites found during this study is avoidance. To avoid destruction of the sites consideration must be given early in the design process. It may be possible to preserve some of the more significant sites by incorporating them into golf course landscape features, capping them with a sterile layer of soil, or other methods. However, it is assumed that the project developer will want to develop the east half of the project thereby destroying the sites. The report recommends an evaluation program with provisional elements consisting of a range of specific measures to serve as mitigation for impacts to the archaeological sites. A range of possible measures is given due to the ecological factors of the dune environment, and the fact that it is very difficult to anticipate subsurface cultural deposits until such time as the testing procedures actually begin. This report does not provide a discussion on the relative research questions of the area in order to tie in the recommended evaluation program. The report also does not discuss the requirements of CEQA or follow the adopted City format for archaeological resource management reports. The City's policy is to retain artifacts in the City. It is recommended by staff that all artifacts be retained by the Archaeological Research Unit until such time that the Clubhouse at Rancho La Quinta is constructed. The intent is for Rancho La Quinta to create a permanent display for the artifacts in the clubhouse, with the provision that the artifacts be made available to qualified researchers upon written request. Over the Thanksgiving weekend, a local pothunter trespassed onto the property and destroyed several of the sites by digging large holes. The pothunter was warned when caught in the act by City staff, but later returned over the weekend to continue his efforts. This incident was reported to the Sheriff's Department. The impact of this destruction and interference with the remaining mitigation of the Rancho La Quinta sites is unknown. Thus, prior to implementation of the testing program, staff recommends that a revised 2 .wU�.098 assessment of significance be performed to determine if the mitigation program should be revised. If a revision is proposed, the consultant is to submit the revised mitigation program to the City for administrative review by staff. Management staff expressed concerns over the recommendation portion of the report, regarding the extensive range of potential mitigation measures recommended, and the lack of a discussion in the report of how these sites contribute to a regional research design. A meeting with the applicant was held on March 19, 1996, with staff to discuss these concerns. A response to the concern about the recommended extensive evaluation program was received from M. C. Hall, Director of the Archaeological Research Unit, at UCR (Attachment 1), which addresses the env ironmental constraints of sand dune archaeology. A copy of the inventory section of the report is provided as Attachment 2. It is this part of the report that is recommended for acceptance by the Commission. By Minute Motion 96-_ accept for partial compliance with the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and the project conditions of approval, the inventory portion of the Phase I archaeological survey report for the eastern portion of Parcel Map 20469, Rancho La Quinta, prepared by M. C. Hall and Steve A. Moffitt, Archaeological research Unit, November 21, 1995. Attachments: 1. Letter, dated March 8, 1996, from M. C. Hall, ARU 2. Archaeological Report (Confidential)- Partial ( original mailed with the January 18, 1996 packet). Prepared by: 1 O-s Mouriqu d Associate Planner Submitted by: Christine di lorio Planning Manager 3 .v.0u, 099 UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, RIVERSIDE ATTACHMENT # 1 BERKELEY • DAVIS • IRV'ISEI • LOSANGELES • RIVERSIDE: • SAVDIEGO • SASFRANCISCO i ARCHAEOLOGICAL RESEARCH UNIT RIVERSIDE. CALIFORNIA 92521 Director: 1909 787-7369 Olrme: 1909, 787 3885 Fax:(909)787-5409 Leslie J. Mouriquand Associate Planner City of La Quinta 78-495 Calle Tampico La Quinta, CA 92253 SANTA B.SRBAILI SAVTA CRUZ March 8, 1996 LLLJJJ MAR 2 7 1990 7' UNA PLAN N,1 PZRIRTKENT RE: UCRARU #1252 Report —Cultural Resources Survey of the Eastern Portion of Parcel 20469 Adjacent to Rancho La Quinta Country Club, Central Coachella Valley, Riverside County, California (M. C. Hall and S. A. Moffitt, 1995) Dear Leslie, I write in response to our telephone conversation on Wednesday (3/6/96) regarding results and recommendations in the above report submitted to Rancho La Quinta Country Club last November. As you know from the report, the ARU cultural resources survey of the eastern portion of Parcel 20469 encountered a total of 20 archaeological properties: one historic site, two prehistoric isolates, and 17 prehistoric sites. In accordance with criteria stipulated in Appendix K of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA [as amended]) defining "important" archaeological resources and criteria delimiting the potential eligibility of archaeological resources for inclusion in the California Register of Historical Resources (CRHR), findings made during the ARU field examination of the subject parcel led us to recommend that the historic site, both isolates, and four of the prehistoric sites not be considered "important" archaeological resources under CEQA criteria nor eligible for CRHR inclusion. However, the remaining 13 prehistoric sites were recommended as potentially "important" under CEQA criteria and potentially eligible for CRHR inclusion. As stated in the report, in-depth investigations would be required to determine definitively the CEQA importance and CRHR eligibility of these sites and could generate vital cultural -historical information about Coachella Valley prehistory —data that are available only through archaeological study. It is also worth emphasizing here that in recent years land development in the La Quinta area of the valley has been extensive, in cases at the cost of the total destruction of irreplaceable archaeological resources, and that the Parcel 20469 vicinity is one of the few localities left were prehistoric archaeological deposits along the shoreline of ancient Lake Cahuilla remain intact. From our telephone discussion, I understand concerns have been raised not with respect to the ARU recommendation that these 13 prehistoric sites should be evaluated for their CEQA importance/CRHR eligibility in order to assess potential adverse impacts to cultural resources, but rather with respect to ARU recommendations regarding the parameters of such an evaluation program. I have several comments to offer. 100 Leslie J. Mouriquand March 8, 1996 Page 2 First, my intention in including recommended evaluation parameters in the report was to provide Rancho La Quinta Country Club with a clear sense of the not insignificant scale of effort necessary to achieve definitive resolution of the CEQA importance/CRHR eligibility of the 13 sites. In initial inventory reports of cultural resources found within a given land tract consulting archaeologists often fail to inform their client what would be required to obtain a reliable determination of the importance of said resources, if such determinations cannot be made on the basis of survey findings alone. Typically, reports end with the recommendation that subject sites need further study to establish their legal significance, but at most indicate little in the wav of what level of work might be called for. This is unfortunate since a determination of significance or the lack thereof dictates the course of impact management, and because it leaves the client with no idea of what he or she might face in terms of the scale of the succeeding evaluation phase. Clients are commonly quite surprised to find out that archaeological evaluation is a much more deliberate, time-consuming, and costly process than simple resources inventory. I did not want Rancho La Quinta to be left in such a position and wanted to make sure they grasped fully the fact that evaluation of the subject prehistoric sites would not be merely a matter of collecting artifacts off the surface and digging a few square holes. Hence, the ARU report presented a rough outline of the range of field and laboratory work entailed with an effective evaluation program. Second, the evaluation parameters suggested take into account not only the spatial extent of surface archaeological remains at a given site, but also, and critically, the dynamic geomorphic and depositional processes characterizing sand dune fields like those found in the project locality. As shown consistently by the present and past investigations in Coachella Valley, the surface visibility of archaeological materials tends to be most pronounced in areas of aeolian sediment deflation, floodwater erosion, off -road vehicular traffic, and other types of ground disturbance. Some dunes, stabilized, say, by deep-rooted vegetation or bedrock, have remained in their current location for a prolonged period, while over time winds have formed new dunes elsewhere and gradually to rapidly moved others. Under these conditions, and although they may stay in essentially the same area of initial deposition, archaeological debris are subject to alternating intervals of complete to partial burial and exposure. Thus, while several of the sites in Parcel 20469 show surface indications of possibly substantial, buried archaeological deposits, the cultural -historical information held in such sites cannot be appreciated without thorough examination of their material constituents and subsurface stratigraphic structure. Indeed, a site exhibiting a high density of surface remains might actually, due to natural or non -natural types of ground disturbance, possess buried components of limited consequence (cf. insignificant archaeological content) or non -diagnostic context (disturbed/mixed stratigraphic record). Conversely, a comparatively diffuse, spatially confined, low density scatter of surface materials does not equate invariably with an insignificant subsurface component —a decidedly crucial issue in areas like the one at hand where rates of aeolian sediment accumulation (i.e., dune formation) can be quite extreme. Moreover, studies in Coachella Valley have documented the occurrence of significant archaeological deposits at 101 Leslie J. Mouriquand March 8, 1996 Page 3 substantial depth below the surface of dunes that appear to have been stabilized in their current locations for hundreds if not thousands of years. Let me try to reiterate the above in another way. The sands that cover undeveloped parts of La Quinta and western Coachella Valley get moved around a lot by wind and modern land -use activities. Other deposits of sand (dunes) have stayed in the same place for a long time. Archaeological remains are the most visible in areas where winds or other processes have removed much of the sand matrix, and the least visible in areas where the sand matrix is relatively stable (e.g., as in or under a mesquite -anchored dune). In a very general framework, then, such circumstances can provide for five basic physical/structural scenarios when it comes to archaeological deposits: (1) natural/non-natural ground disturbance has led to the exposure of abundant archaeological remains over a large area, but excavation reveals a minor, insignificant amount of buried remains; in this instance, the disturbance has caused (a) the disappearance of most of the sediments which once may have covered or partially obscured the surface archaeological debris that define the site spatially and (b) the elimination of the presence of an important subsurface com- ponent; (2) abundant archaeological remains occur over a large area on the surface and excavation reveals a significant amount of buried material either across the entire site or in specific loci; in this instance, ground disturbance may or may not have contributed to the density of surface debris and even if a factor has not eliminated the presence of an important subsurface component; (3) a spatially limited, low density scatter of archaeological remains is found on the surface of a site, but excavation reveals a significant amount of buried material (which may or may not encompass a larger area horizontally than defined by surface debris) and the presence of an important subsurface component; (4) a spatially limited, low density scatter of archaeological remains is found on the surface of a site, and excavation reveals a minor, insignificant amount of buried material and the absence of an important subsurface component; and (5) no archaeological remains are visible on the surface, but excavation (either as part of an archaeological investigation or as the result of land development/construction activities [dune removal, extensive bulldozer grading, etc.]) reveals a significant amount of buried material well below the ground surface and the presence of an important subsurface component. 102 Leslie J. Mouriquand March 8, 1996 Page 4 Variations obviously exist between these scenarios, and I am sure you realize that no reliable assessment of site depositional structure/cultural-historical importance under any scenario can be obtained without sufficient testing for the presence of an important subsurface component(s). The issue then becomes one of determining what, for a given site, is a sufficient amount of subsurface excavation. Since a device has yet to be invented that allows us to identify precisely what lies below the surface (the acoustical apparatus showed at the beginning of Jurassic Park notwithstanding), the question is addressed primarily on the basis of the overall horizontal extent of a site and the degree to which surface archaeological materials are concentrated in some areas of the site and dispersed or absent in others. Larger sites ("large" as measured by the spatial extent of surface debris) obviously require greater numbers of excavation units, of which most would likely be allocated to areas of surface debris concentration on the premise that such surface indications may reflect what is present below the surface, but at least some of which would have to be positioned in areas of the site lacking notable amounts of surface debris to check for the possibility of the presence of significant, yet "invisible" buried deposits at these loci. Smaller sites obviously require fewer numbers of excavation units, but enough need to be allocated to check against the possibility that shifting sands have obscured what is actually a horizontally quite large site and/or shallowly to deeply buried archaeological deposit. Needless to say, there is a lot of guesswork in estimating fieldwork parameters when confronting a land surface subject to rapid change. The rough ARU evaluation work recommendations attempt to anticipate all reasonable contingencies (e.g., a small site that ends up needing more excavation than suggested by its limited surface extent versus a large site that ends up needing less excavation than suggested by its greater surface extent). For certain of the sites at hand, we would also expect some use of mechanical excavation (i.e., a backhoe) to ensure the ability to explore for the possibility of deeply buried deposits. I have one other general comment. The evaluation parameters outlined in our report estimate ranges and not procedurally mandated amounts of work we feel would be required to address the CEQA importance/CRHR eligibility of the subject sites. The dual keys to a reliable, cost-effective archaeological evaluation strategy are to conduct only as much work as is necessary to obtain sufficient information to make an assessment of significance, but allow within the overall work budget enough flexibility to increase, as appropriate to the assessment task at hand, the work level at a given site. An example in the latter regard could be a case wherein an otherwise surface/near-surface deposit of archaeological material was discovered to extend under an adjacent sand dune, thereby requiring, to assure adequate evaluation of overall site content and structure, the unanticipated allocation of excavation units to the dune. The evaluation parameters outlined in our report represent a maximum amount of work, if it turns out less is needed, then less would be done. These parameters attempt to avoid, at the outset, the not uncommon situation in which the project archaeologist/consulting firm fails to anticipate the possibility of needing to increase, for any number of reasons, the work level at a given site Leslie J. Mouriquand March 8, 1996 Page 5 and having to come back to the client and inform them that more work than originally budgeted is going to be required. This predicament can also develop when post -fieldwork tasks (laboratory analyses and report production) are inadequately budgeted with no contingency planning. In either instance, the client is stuck with the problem of either coming up with more support (i.e., money) or not having the evaluation process completed and their development consequently put on hold. It is unfortunate that such poor professional conduct does happen in our profession, and even sadder that it is sometimes not a matter of simple oversight or inexperience (cf. an intentional practice to increase business). The needs of clients of archaeological services and the greater cause of heritage preservation suffer most when all parties to a particular archaeological resource management project do not share the same, clear understanding of the practical realities and potential logistical contingencies faced in the study. My apologies for writing more than we talked about, and probably far more than you need. I hope what I have presented is helpful to you. Please let me know if I can be of any further assistance. mch/k Sincerely, M. C. Hall, Ph.D. Director and Principal Investigator .c,_` 104 ATTACHMENT #2 CONIFJDEJVTIRL CULTURAL RESOURCES SURVEY OF THE EASTERN PORTION OF PARCEL 20469 ADJACENT TO RANCHO LA QUINTA COUNTRY CLUB CENTRAL COACHELLA VALLEY, RIVERSIDE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA Prepared for: Tom Cullinan Project Manager Rancho La Quinta P. O. Box 1132 La Quinta, CA 92253 Prepared by: M. C. Hall Director and Principal Investigator Steve A. Moffitt Project Director Archaeological Research Unit University of California Riverside, CA 92521 UCRARU #1252 November 21, 1995 .�.�V 105 UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, RIVERSIDE HB R RBLM • I'A%I. • IRV IN • Lutl ANGELES • I(A F:NSI I I F: • SAN Ill E01 • SAN FRAM ISI'4I ARCHAEOLOGICAL RESEARCH UNIT RIVERSIDE.CALIFORNIA 92521 Dirctur:909;Nii:;fi9 Offim 9091787�38M Pam: �9091787-5409 Tom Cullinan, Project Manager Rancho La Quinta P. O. Box 1132 La Quinta, CA 92253 Dear Tom, November 20, 1995 (ARU k125;4. J ��, �y NOJ22 1995 �" a �' Enclosed please find two copies of our report on the cultural resources survey of the eastern portion of Parcel 20469 adjacent to Rancho La Quinta County Club. I very much apologize for the delay in providing you with the document. As you can see from the report, we encountered 20 archaeological properties within the parcel, some of which are quite extensive and many quite complicated in terms of their surface structure. In the report I have labored to be as thorough as possible with regard to the overall cultural resources context of the project locality, to the somewhat confusing history of previous studies in the vicinity, to the archaeological record within the surveyed area, and to the management concerns at hand. With regard to the latter, I have included (in Recommendations section) discussions of the potential significance of the 20 recorded properties under criteria of the California Environmental Quality Act and the California Register of Historical Resources, and of the general parameters of an evaluation program to determine the actual significance of 13 sites that we assess at this point in the process as potentially important resources. My apologies again for the delay in finishing the report. Please let me know if I can be of any further assistance to you in this matter. MCH/k Enclosures /CC: Leslie Moriquand-Cherry, Planner (2 copies) City of La Quinta Sincerely, M. C. Hall, Ph.D. Director and Principal Investigator •u.UU, 106 TABLE OF CONTENTS MANAGEMENT SUMMARY.....................................I PROJECT INTRODUCTION AND OBJECTIVES ......................... 1 PROJECT SETTING...........................................5 Natural Context .......................................... 5 Cultural Context ......................................... 8 INVESTIGATIVE METHODS .................................... 13 FINDINGS................................................14 Records Search ......................................... 14 Cultural Resources Survey .................................. 16 Summary Notes.........................................22 RECOMMENDATIONS........................................23 Significance of Recorded Cultural Resources ....................... 24 Parameters of Potential Evaluation Program ........................ 26 Concluding Remarks ...................................... 28 REFERENCES CITED.........................................29 APPENDIX A: RECORDS SEARCH RESULTS (excluding confidential maps and site records) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 APPENDIX B: PERSONNEL QUALIFICATIONS ....................... 38 APPENDIX C: ARCHAEOLOGICAL ISOLATE AND SITE RECORDS (confidential) . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 .N.OU 107 LIST OF FIGURES Figure 1. Location of project area (base map: USGS Santa Ana, California, 1:250,000 scale topographic sheet) .......................... 2 Figure 2. Location of the eastern portion of Parcel 20469, Section 32, T.5S, ME, SBBM (base map: USGS La Quinta, Calif., 7.5' series quadrangle) ..... 3 Figure 3. View of the central portion of surveyed area facing north ............ 4 Figure C1. Location of archaeological sites and isolates within the eastern portion of Parcel 20469 (base map: USGS La Quinta, Calif., 7.5' series quadrangle) (first page of Appendix C) .............................. 47 ii .14.0 a 108 MANAGEMENT SUMMARY An archaeological study was conducted by the Archaeological Research Unit, University of California, Riverside, to identify and preliminarily evaluate cultural/historical resources within an approximately 300 acre tract adjacent to Rancho La Quinta Country Club in central Coachella Valley, Riverside County, California comprising the eastern portion of Parcel 20469. Preceding an intensive pedestrian survey of the project area, the Eastern Information Center (of the California Historical Resources Information System) performed a cultural resources records search. This review revealed that portions of the study area had undergone some level of archaeological survey, albeit extant reports are generally unclear on the number, content, and location of specific archaeological sites. The Eastern Information Center files contain records for two previously recorded prehistoric sites (CA-RIV-1176, CA-RIV-1177) within the subject portion of Parcel 20469. The records search also identified a number of additional archaeological sites and other prior cultural resources inventory surveys in the general vicinity. Along with the two prehistoric sites noted above, one historic (CA-RIV-5772H) and 15 prehistoric (CA-RIV-5764 through -5771, and CA-RIV-5773 through -5780) sites, and two prehistoric archaeological isolates (33-6871, 33-6872) were encountered during fieldwork for the current investigation. Of the 20 archaeological sites now recorded within the project boundaries, it is recommended that both isolates, the historic site, and four of the prehistoric sites (CA-RIV-5766, -5775, -5777, and -5778) not be considered important cultural resources properties under criteria stipulated in the California Environmental Quality Act of 1970 (as amended). The remaining 13 prehistoric sites (CA-RIV-1176, -1177, -5764, -5765, -5767 through -5771, and CA-RIV- 5773 through -5780) are recommended as potentially important cultural resources properties under legislated criteria and potentially eligible for inclusion in the California Register of Historical Resources. These sites could suffer adverse impact as a result of parcel development. PROJECT INTRODUCTION AND OBJECTIVES Reported herein are findings of a cultural resources records search and an intensive archaeological survey of the approximately 300 acre, irregularly shaped eastern portion of Parcel 20469 adjacent to Rancho La Quinta Country Club in central Coachella Valley, Riverside County, California (Figs. 1-3). Bordered by a Coachella Valley Water District flood channel and the existing Rancho La Quinta Country Club golf course on the west and northwest, Avenue 48 on the north, Jefferson Street on the east, a fenced, undeveloped parcel on the southeast, and Avenue 50 on the south, the project area lies some 1.4 km (2.3 mi) south of Highway 111 and ca. 2.4 km (3.9 mi) northeast of downtown La Quinta. To comply with regulations of the .10.0fil 109 71_ , M R .. •Rancq , AL'' arf.umi.Da7+ ... _ _� -�% `4I a \ qnn s C. nn 0 a na Pams _- •'f. s =` el v bnc rn^ \ - NO'AN �. " 01 gESERV ION -, a I — 1 �i I TORRES Mq IAMAN REStRVATION W l._. 7)� Oava Figure 1. Location of project area (base map: USGS Santa Ana, California, 1:250,000 scale topographic sheet). 2 AVENUE leek .�I - •., �•i do Q � PaA 30 a ea PIrR -� Y !- ! Trailer Park Y O Y • Y " Y railer QerN •• •;�� Y Y• n NUE WTIINOW e ! Y t � I Y F Q Q..... ....... :. O ✓ :' w Y I II O1 ..� -' ENUE 331'eweii An 31 32 t r- bp Q O �Y p O ° �j •1 ° u � 0 \^\ n • • ° " "" n SO n Y )e "ee AVENUE \2 l Well o r b T. lJ I � _ aJ tr II �l II 'V Figure 2. Location of the eastern portion of Parcel 20469, Section 32, T.SS, R.7E, SBBM (base map: USGS La Quinta, Calif., 7.5' series quadrangle). 3 Figure 3. View of the central portion of surveyed area facing north. California Environmental Quality Act of 1970 (CEQA [as amended]) pursuant to the management of cultural resources which may be impacted by land developments sponsored by state or local government agencies or in the course of private developments requiring discretionary permit or license, and in accordance with federal procedures and guidelines relating to the treatment of potentially significant cultural resources (incorporating the National Historic Preservation Act, National Environmental Policy Act. Archaeological and Historic Preservation Act, and Archaeological Resources Protection Act, among other directives), Rancho La Quinta contracted with the Archaeological Research Unit (ARU), Universitv of California. Riverside (UCR), to undertake the present study ahead of development of the project area. Basic objectives were to identify and at least preliminarily evaluate possible cultural/historical resources located within the eastern portion of Parcel 1_0469 herein referred to as Parcel -0469. The investigation included a cultural resources records search performed by the Eastern [nformation Center (of the California Historical Resources Information System) at UCR (EIC [Appendix A]), a systematic, intensive, pedestrian survey of Parcel 10469 by a held team of four surveyors headed by the Project Director for the study. and preparation of this report by the Principal Investigator and Project Director (Appendix B). Before discussing results of the 4 •C.U�-J112 records search and subsequent field examination, synopses of background environmental and human -historical contexts for the greater project vicinity are offered, followed by descriptions of investigative methods employed in the current assessment. Rancho La Quinta is to be applauded for its efforts toward the preservation of cultural resources heritage. PROJECT SETTING Located amidst the profuse, low, sand dunes covering the floor of central Coachella Valley, Parcel 20469 occurs 11.0 km (6.8 mi) southwest of the southern end of the Indio Hills which bound the valley on the northeast, 4.0 km (2.5 mi) southeast of Indian Wells on the Whitewater River, and 28.0 km (17.4 mi) northwest of the northern shore of the Salton Sea. Coachella Valley forms the northern portion of the Salton Trough, a large structural depression extending almost 300 km (185 mi) from San Gorgonio Pass south to the Colorado River delta at the northern tip of the Gulf of California. The dynamic natural history of the Salton Trough region, featuring episodes of tremendous tectonism, basin lake formation and desiccation, stream erosion, and biological change, is matched by an equally dramatic cultural record of initial human occupation many thousands of years ago, succeeding intervals of population growth and demographic shift (immigration and emigration), and evolution of complex ecological, social, and political adaptations in what has been a harsh but yielding desert environment for dozens of millennia. Natural Context Coachella Valley falls within that portion of the Sonoran Desert known as the Colorado Desert (Jaeger 1957). The subtropical Sonoran Desert comprises one of the three "hot" deserts of North America, lying between the Mojave Desert to the north and the Chihuahuan Desert to the south. Climate today in Coachella Valley is markedly hyperarid, with long, hot summers (ca. 38-430 C [100-1100 F] mean maximi temperatures) and short, warm winters (ca. 4-100 C [40-500 F] mean minimi temperatures). The scarce rainfall that reaches the valley floor, no more than 5-15 cm per year on average (2-6 in), derives mainly from Pacific maritime air masses (winter), the rest being produced by monsoonal circulation generated above the Gulf of California and Gulf of Mexico (summer). Annual precipitation rises with elevation in the 61 113 mountains bordering Coachella Valley on the west (San Jacinto, Santa Rosa ranges), north (San Bernardino Mountains), and east (Little San Bernardino and Cottonwood mountains, Mecca Hills), and drops to but trace amounts over the deep, submarine, hydrologic sink occupied by the Salton Sea. Parcel 20469 encompasses a broken, low -relief topography of relatively small, 3-6 in - high (10-20 ft), stable dunes separated by shallow swales and deflation flats. Elevations within the project boundaries range from 12 to 18 in (40-60 ft) above mean sea level. Surface sediments in the study area are fine, clayey, sandy loams virtually devoid of rocks larger than pea gravel. Scattered artesian springs and seasonal runoff provide the only modern, natural sources of surface water in central Coachella Valley. Runoff from surrounding mountains flows into the Whitewater River (1.8 km [1.1 mil north of project area), the axial (north -south) drainage channel in Coachella Valley fed by permanent streams originating in the San Bernardino, San Jacinto, and Santa Rosa mountains. Native flora of Coachella Valley are dominated by associations of creosote bush (Larrea tridentata), white bursage or burrobush (Ambrosia dumosa), and other thermophilous shrubs of the Creosote Scrub community (Munz 1974; Munz and Keck 1949, 1950; Ornduff 1974; Burk 1977; Vasek and Barbour 1977). Along the margins of the valley, Larrea blankets alluvial fan surfaces, with brittlebush (Encelia farinosa) common in areas of recent wildfires. Among other elements in creosote scrub associations in Coachella Valley are saltbush (Atriplex spp.), cheesebush (Hymenoclea salsola), green ephedra (Ephedra viridis), catclaw acacia (Acacia greggii), wolfberry or boxthorn (Lycium spp.), mesquite (Prosopsis glandulosa torreyana, P. pubescens), and various cacti (Opuntia spp.). Vegetation in and around the study area includes widely spaced creosote bush, assorted non-native (introduced) grasses, and stands of acacia and introduced salt cedar (tamarisk [Tamarix ramosissima]). Most indigenous plants were exploited in some manner for economic, medicinal, or ritual reasons by the original hunter -gatherer inhabitants of Coachella Valley (see Bean and Saubel 1972). Many of the animals characterizing the moderately diverse fauna of the Colorado Desert and neighboring regions (cf. Ingles 1965; Jaeger 1957, 1961; Ryan 1968) were of subsistence importance to aboriginal groups. The most prevalent vertebrates are reptiles (snakes and lizards), rodents (lagomorphs, squirrels, rats, mice, 0 't"U a 114 etc.), small carnivores (fox and coyote), and birds (resident passerine and raptorial species, migratory waterfowl). Large game available in uplands and higher mountains include mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus) and desert bighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis nelsoni). Robust paleoenvironmental data for the southern California desert interior suggests Holocene climates were in general less humid than those during earlier Pleistocene periods when numerous basins held sizable lakes and permanent rivers flowed in now relict drainages. Soon after the pleniglacial maximum ca. 21,000-18,000 B.P. Rancholabrean megafauna species became extinct, while a steady spread of more xerophytic plants at the expense of other vegetative elements has accompanied the postglacial climates of the last 10,000 to 11,000 years. Overall, the constellation of climatic, hydrologic, and floristic patterns today describing the Colorado Desert came together largely in middle Holocene times (Van Devender 1990). Highlighting the process was the immense expansion of creosote scrub associations, which after about 7500-7000 B.P. gradually replaced a comparatively verdant, early Holocene shrub -grass - succulent vegetation below 1300-1400 in (4300-4600 ft) elevation. Though the Salton Trough regional paleoenviron mental record does provide evidence of pulses of rapid climatic fluctuation, there is little indication of extreme, sustained, climate -induced impacts on biota of magnitudes reconstructed for presently and localities further to the east and to the north in the Mojave Desert and southwestern Great Basin (cf. Betancourt, Van Devender, and Martin 1990). On the other hand, the kinds of gross environmental change that did take place and which may have affected significantly prehistoric hunter -gatherer land -use strategies and population distributions were not necessarily related directly to local or regional climate. These included siltation of rocky foreshores and estuaries along the southern California coast, sharply reducing shellfish subsistence resources (cf. Shumway, Hubbs, and Moriarity 1961; Warren 1968), and fillings and subsequent desiccations of Lake Cahuilla in Coachella Valley/Salton Basin in sequence with deltaic shifts in the course of the Colorado River upstream from the Gulf of California, creating alternating intervals of lacustrine then desert food resource regimes in the Salton Trough (Wilke 1978). During its most recent stand/series of stands ca. 1050-450 B.P., freshwater Lake Cahuilla attained a maximum depth of some 96 m (315 ft), measured perhaps 55 km (35 mi) wide, and from the diverted mouth of the Colorado River stretched northwards approximately 185 km (115 mi) to the Myoma vicinity north-northeast of La Quinta. At that time, Parcel 7 •�.:� �� 115 20469 would have been situated on and no more than one to a few meters above the northwestern shoreline of Lake Cahuilla. Also to be noted, active tectonism in the region likely caused subtle changes in groundwater and surface drainage catchments which, in turn, altered potential subsistence resource distributions. Lastly, and possibly quite importantly, human influences (vegetation burning, over -exploitation of game animals, etc.) on past biotic communities must be considered as well in elucidating the prehistoric culture -environment equation (cf. Aschmann 1959; Lewis 1973; Baumhoff 1978). Cultural Context Apart from highly controversial and typically well -refuted claims of human occupations pre -dating the so -named Clovis cultural horizon (12,000-10,000 B.P.) in western North America, the oldest archaeological materials found in the desert interior of southern California are by convention ascribed to the Lake Mohave period or San Dieguito complex (cf. Rogers 1939, 1958; Wallace 1962; Warren 1967, 1984; Warren and Crabtree 1986) and attributed a terminal Pleistocene/early Holocene age. Albeit evidence pertaining to this temporal interval is reported from the Colorado Desert, understanding of Lake Mohave/San Dieguito period adaptations across the region remains in its infancy. In Coachella Valley itself, moreover, archaeological deposits older than two or three thousand years have yet to be documented securely (Sutton and Wilke 1988). This deficit in knowledge probably stems from the limited, topic -specific archaeological research conducted in the valley to date, rather than implying the notion that the northern Salton Trough went unsettled for many millennia after humans first arrived in interior southern California. Among some of the principal artifact forms identified in Lake Mohave/San Dieguito archaeological components elsewhere are various, elaborately formalized, well -used flake implements, foliate, bifacially percussion -flaked blades, projectile points/bifaces showing ground lower lateral edges and slight to pronounced shoulders reminiscent of Lake Mohave and Silver Lake point -type morphologies in the Mojave Desert, and occasional hammerstones and chipped lithic crescents. Importantly, ground stone artifacts are taken to be an extremely rare element in Lake Mohave/San Dieguito period assemblages, prompting interpretations of early Holocene forager subsistence as being oriented toward large game, supplemented situationally by small 13 116 game, avifauna, and gathering, and not involving much in the way of vegetal resource processing. It should be emphasized, however, that this characterization is based entirely on apparent or inferred functions of certain artifacts, archaeofaunal inventories supportive of a late Pleistocene/early Holocene "subsistence focus" on large game in the greater region have not been discovered. At present, there is absolutely no compelling reason to discount the potentially fundamental dietary roles played by small animals and plant resources in the food -collecting tactics of the original human residents of interior southern California. Established culture -historical constructs applied to middle Holocene (7500-4000 B.P.) times in the general project region include the so-called Pinto period or complex for desert areas (Wallace 1962; Warren 1984), and the Milling Stone horizon (Wallace 1955) and its upgraded version the Encinitas tradition (Warren 1968), for coast and (non -desert) interior southem California. Pinto period manifestations overlap earlier, Lake Mohave period, patterns to a notable degree; flaked stone assemblages, for example, are comparable in many respects excluding a shift to indented -base projectile point forms. Bifaces and formalized flake tools remain prevalent (though domed and keeled unifaces seem to decrease in relative frequency), casual flake implements and simple cores are not common, and fine-grained igneous toolstones continue to dominate point, biface, and debitage raw material profiles. Small game (hares, rabbits, rodents, tortoise, reptiles) typify Pinto period archaeofaunal (Basgall and Hall 1992, 1993; Hall 1993, 1994). Attesting to the increased importance of vegetal resources, Pinto period artifact assemblages depart most radically from their Lake Mohave/San Dieguito precursors with regard to milling tool constituents. Nearly all mid -Holocene desert sites, regardless of size, exhibit ground stone frequencies hardly differing from those characterizing later prehistoric settlements; some locations containing hundreds of milling pieces, even the smallest at least one or two. Meanwhile, as usually described, Milling Stone/Encinitas period assemblages contain a wide array of roughly -shaped and percussion -flaked chopping, scraping, and cutting implements made out of local lithic materials, rare bifacially-flaked blades possessing morphological traits suggesting their use as stone tips for spears or atlatl darts, numerous millingstones and handstones, and so -labeled "doughnut" stone, disc, and "cogstone" artifacts. The apparent abundance of milling gear and, in littoral zones, invertebrate remains, plus the relative lack of marine and terrestrial mammal debris in supposed Milling Stone/Encinitas IN ..') 117 deposits, when coupled with a coastward trend in well dated sites, has been viewed as evidence of a general seed -shellfish orientation in regional hunter -gatherer subsistence strategies. Such interpretations notwithstanding, the middle Holocene archaeological record for the Salton Trough and Peninsular and Transverse range provinces to the west and northwest is at best only vaguely appreciated. Exploitation of shellfish beds on the coast (stationary phenomena) and local toolstone sources in the non -desert interior may well imply fairly restricted foraging ranges. The last three to four thousand years witnessed important developments in the human prehistory of southern California and the Far West, fueled mainly, it seems, by sociodemographic reorganization and accelerated population growth. Included are the appearance in many places of essentially permanent villages (cf. towns) supported exclusively by a hunter -gatherer economic mode, obviously intensified subsistence practices directed toward traditional and newly added food resources, crucial changes in extractive and maintenance technology (introduction of bow -and -arrow and ceramics, emphasis on flake -based stone tool manufacturing reduction techniques, etc.), heightened social, economic, and political interactions, and complex inter -regional exchange systems stretching from the Pacific coast of California deep into the greater American Southwest and northern Mexico. The regional abundance of hunter -gatherer sites dating to the past few millennia testifies to the evolving, vibrant pattern of cultural -demographic relationships which characterized aboriginal populations at the time of euroamerican contact. Archaeological signatures range from massive to moderate deposits of artifactual, structural, and cultural -organic debris evident at central settlement locations, to small scatters of flaked stone tools/detritus, pottery sherds, and/or milling equipment discarded at temporary encampments, to isolated or clustered bedrock mortar/milling facilities, to settings showing indications of special religious, ceremonial, or sacred use. Clearly critical in the late Holocene prehistory of both Coachella Valley and localities bordering the Salton Trough was the series of Lake Cahuilla lake stands ca. 1050-450 B.P. Populations occupying lakeshore zones, ancestors of the modem Cahuilla, were afforded a rich base of freshwater lacustrine resources (Wilke 1978; Sutton and Wilke 1988). The final demise of Lake Cahuilla in the 16th century may have contributed significantly to increased late prehistoric hunter -gatherer land -use activity in adjacent areas as the loss of lacustrine resources in the Salton Trough forced foragers to re -direct subsistence and settlement strategies toward previous i11 118 hinterlands. Intensified late Holocene occupation of inland mountains and plains in southern California between the desert and the Pacific Ocean may also have been, in part, stimulated by the siltation of shellfish procurement sites along the coast. At the time of initial euroamerican penetration of southern California in the 17th and 18th centuries, the Cahuilla occupied Coachella Valley and the vast and physiographically complex region extending from the crest of the San Bernardino Mountains south to Borrego Springs and the Chocolate Mountains, and from sections of the Colorado Desert west of Orocopia Mountain west to the San Jacinto Plain and eastern slopes of Palomar Mountain (Bean 1978). Together with Cupeno, Luiseno, and Gabrielino, Cahuilla dialects are included in the Cupan language group of the Takic (Southern California Shoshonean) subfamily in the northern branch of Uto- Aztecan (Lamb 1964; Bright and Hill 1967). Three other subfamilies in this branch, Tubatulabalic, Numic, and Hopic, comprise languages of peoples living some distance north, northeast, and east, respectively, of Takic speakers. Given an incursive geographic distribution, a wedge between the Hokan languages of Yuman and Chumash to the south and northwest, Takic origins have been placed everywhere from the Arizona -Sonora border to the northern margin of the Great Basin. Yuman -speaking Mountain Diegueito, Kamia, Yuma, and Halchidhoma neighbored Cahuilla on the south and east, west and north were Shoshonean - speaking Cupeno, Luiseno, Gabrielino, Serrano, and Chemehuevi. Cahuilla ethnography and culture history have been the focus of a number of well researched studies (Bowers 1888; Barrows 1900; Strong 1929; Bean 1972, 1978; Bean and Saubel 1972). Villages were established in sheltered settings in canyons or on alluvial fans within proximity to adequate water and food sources. The village lineage held the common land around settlements, other areas being subdivided into tracts owned by clans, families, and individuals. Intervillage bonds developed through various social, economic, religious, and political alliances connected separate zones of commerce. An impressive array of plant and, secondarily, animal resources exploited on a seasonal basis supplied the bulk of Cahuilla subsistence needs. Key desert plants were mesquite, screw bean, and assorted cacti, with acorns and pifion nuts important in upland localities; a wide range of seeds, fruits and berries, tubers, and roots augmented the dietary. The native Cahuilla also practiced limited agriculture, cultivating small gardens of plants (corn, bean, squash, melon) also raised by Colorado River groups to the east (Lawton and Bean 1968). Small game served as the primary source of meat (rodents, lagomorphs, some birds and reptiles, etc.), with larger animals (deer, bighorn sheep) exploited on a more opportunistic level. Euroamerican disruption of traditional Cahuilla lifeways was underway even before actual contact with Spanish explorers, soldiers, and missionaries in the project region, most acutely in terms of introduced diseases that raged unchecked across Alta and Baja California ahead of colonizing populations. Direct cultural interaction was initially limited primarily to those Cahuilla usually forcefully integrated into and baptized at Spanish missions in San Gabriel, San Luis Rey, and San Diego (Bean 1978). By the early 19th century, however, as asistencias arose around Cahuilla territory, involvement with Spanish economic activities (e.g., cattle ranching, agriculture, wage labor) and cultural traits (clothing, language, religion, etc.) increased to a more significant degree (Beattie and Beattie 1939). Nonetheless, Cahuilla political and economic autonomy remained largely intact through the beginning of the American invasion of California in the middle 19th century. The deaths of many Cahuilla during an 1863 smallpox epidemic struck a great blow to native culture and society, and, in the latter decades of the last century, increasingly intensive federal supervision over most facets of indigenous lifeways undermined and fractionalized traditional institutions (Bean 1978). Despite the complexity of federal constraints and continuing land -use impacts accompanying 20th century agricultural, industrial, residential, and recreational development of Coachella Valley and surrounding areas, because of dynamic socioeconomic strategies and the strong maintenance of native values the Cahuilla today are better able to retain their cultural identity than at any other time after euroamercan contact. Preceded by exploratory expeditions into the greater study area in the late 1700s (Pedro Fages in 1772 and Francisco Garces in 1776), euroamercan occupation of interior southern California began in earnest in the early and middle 19th century. Frontier settlement spawned by colonial, missionary, transportation, ranching, farming, and mining interests was followed by a period of growing physical and economic ties between local and distant population centers (e.g., via roadways, aqueducts, hydroelectric power generation/transmission, and agricultural product redistribution), and a more recent period during which established economic activities have remained viable while recreational land use and federal land management have emerged 12 120 as major forces of development and helped stimulate service -related industrial and residential expansion. Agriculture persists as the core of Coachella Valley economy, and along with urbanization has indelibly altered the natural landscape of the Salton Trough. INVESTIGATIVE METHODS The cultural resources records search conducted by the EIC included review of the site records, maps, manuscripts, and National Register of Historic Places, California Historical Landmarks, California Point of Historical Interest listings housed at this facility, and historic maps for the greater study area (USGS 1941 Palm Desert 15' and 1904 Indio 30' series topographic quadrangles). Specific attention was given to checking information for the eastern portion of Parcel 20469 as well as the surrounding area within Section 32, T.SS, R.7E (USGS 1959 [photorevised 1980] La Quinta, Calif. 7.5' series topographic quadrangle). In addition, the Project Director for the present effort inspected aerial photographs (1949, 1957, 1973) of the locality available at the Coachella Valley Water District headquarters in Coachella, California. Field survey of Parcel 20469 was accomplished between October 2 and 5, 1995, by the Project Director assisted by ARU staff archaeologists Uyen K. Doan, Mark W. Hintzman, and Linda R. Moffitt. The Principal Investigator visited with the survey team on October 4, 1995, and observed portions of the project area and certain of the cultural resources properties encountered by the field crew. Formal archaeological examination of the study was performed using east -west surveyor transects spaced apart at roughly 15 in (50 ft) intervals, beginning in the northwestern comer of the property and terminating at its southwestem comer. Vegetative cover over most of the project area is minimal, allowing for excellent ground surface visibility (85 to 90% average) except along the southern margin of the property where a weedy, overgrown citrus grove reduces surface visibility considerably (10-20%). Rainfall runoff, wind erosion, desert plant root channeling, and rodent burrowing are principal sources of natural ground disturbance in the study area. Incidental, off road vehicle traffic, evidenced by variously shallow to deeply cut tracks across the project area, and perhaps some limited cut -and -fill operations, have caused further land disturbance. 13 •� 121 FINDINGS Combining results of the EIC records search and the ARU field survey, it is clear that the eastern portion of Parcel 20469 encompasses multiple cultural resources properties relating to past human land use in central Coachella Valley. Apart from likely inconsequential historic (euroamerican, essentially modem [<45 years age]) debris observed during the ARU survey, the archaeological record of Parcel 20469 consists primarily of the remains of aboriginal (cf. prehistoric) subsistence and settlement activities. Records Search The EIC records search (RS 111726 [Appendix A]) documented eight previously recorded archaeological sites within Section 32, two of which (CA-RIV-1176, CA-RIV-1177) occur in the eastern portion of Parcel 20469, and indicated that the immediate project area had seen several prior cultural resources investigations. No National Register of Historic Places sites (either determined or eligible), California Historical Landmarks, California Points of Historical Interest, or possible historic structures were identified in the course of the records search. Numerous cultural resources research and management efforts in the past couple of decades have revealed an expansive prehistoric archaeological record in the greater central and northern Coachella Valley vicinity. Earliest of the previous studies was a 1977 survey of the original proposed route of the Coachella Valley Water District flood channel bounding the subject portion of Parcel 20469 on the west (Berryman 1977). Two of the six archaeological sites recorded during the survey (CA- RIV-119, CA-RIV-208) were located within the extant flood channel corridor just west of the area examined for the present investigation. The next study involved a 1978 survey of most or all of Parcel 20469, including that portion of the parcel situated west of the flood channel, and resulted in the location of "77 areas of artifact concentrations" (Bowles 1978:1). Sixteen of these areas appear to fall within the eastern portion of Parcel 20469, but formal site recordation forms were never submitted to the EIC and a concordance with findings of the ARU fieldwork would be ambiguous at best. The 1978 survey was followed in late 1979 or early 1980 by a program of surface artifact collection and limited subsurface excavation within a 260 acre section of the western portion of Parcel 20469 (Bowles and Salpas 1980). This effort constituted what 14 122 was described as Phase I of a projected three phase mitigation of archaeological sites within the overall boundaries (encompassing approximately 700 acres) of Parcel 20469 (Bowles and Salpas 1980:1). No analysis was performed of the archaeological materials recovered as part of Phase I of the investigation and, again, the EIC has yet to receive site recordation forms for the 32 sites reportedly mitigated. The second and third phases of mitigation referenced in the Phase I report were apparently never undertaken, and the whereabouts of the Phase I archaeological collection is not known. Later in 1980 an archaeological evaluation/mitigation study was conducted of four sites along the Coachella Valley Water District flood control channel (Jertberg and Farrell 1980a, 1980b). Two of the sites occur within the channel corridor immediately west of the subject eastern portion of Parcel 20469 (CA-RIV-119, CA-RIV-1838), one of these having been recorded initially during the aforementioned 1977 survey of the proposed channel route. Archaeological materials collected from these and the other two flood channel sites investigated are presumably still held by the consulting firm who undertook the evaluation/mitigation program (Archaeological Resource Management Corporation, Fullerton, California). Finally, the most recent prior study in the project area (Drover 1986) involved a 1986 survey of a little over 50 acres immediately north of Avenue 50 and west of the southwestern edge of the eastern portion of Parcel 20469 examined by the ARU field team. The survey identified three archaeological sites, two previously unrecorded properties (CA-RIV-3321, CA-RIV-3322) and a third (RIV-1838) which the consulting archaeologist was apparently unaware had undergone treatment as part of the 1980 flood channel site evaluation/mitigation study noted above (Jertberg and Farrell 1980a, 1980b). In addition to the ca. 50 acre survey, the 1986 investigation included mapping and recovery of surface archaeological debris from each of the three identified sites. Surface collection centered on site areas where aeolian sediment deflation had created and/or exposed concentrations of archaeological remains; no excavation was conducted to assess the potential for significant subsurface deposits. The report on the study (Drover 1986) does not offer analyses of the recovered materials (ceramic and flaked stone artifacts, faunal elements, etc.), and as far as can be determined, the archaeological collection from this 1986 investigation is housed at the offices of the consulting archaeologist (in Tustin, California). 15 123 Cultural Resources Survey All told, 20 cultural resources locations were encountered during the ARU survey of the eastern portion of Parcel 20469: 18 sites and two isolates. As noted, two sites, CA-RIV-1176 and CA-RIV-1177, had been recorded previously; the EIC has designated the 16 "new" sites recorded by the ARU field team as CA-RIV-5764 through CA-RIV-5775 and CA-RIV-5777 through CA-RIV-5780, and the two isolates as 33-6871 and 33-6872 (see Appendix Q. The latter each consist of two brownware pottery sherds lacking other associable archaeological remains. Prehistoric (aboriginal) materials characterize 17 of the 18 sites, most of the historic debris found at the remaining location (CA-RIV-5772H) appear to be of fairly modem age (<45 years). Common prehistoric archaeological materials observed within the eastern portion of Parcel 20469 include brownware ceramic vessel fragments, flaked and ground stone artifacts, burnt and unbumt animal bone (fish, bird, and small to medium size mammal), freshwater mussel shell (Anodonta), and charcoal and fire -affected rock (possible hearth remnants). The presence of brownware ceramics (in varying quantities) at 16 of the 17 prehistoric sites implies occupations over the last thousand years or so, while the occurrence of fish, mussel, and/or bird remains (lacustrine food resources) at a dozen of the sites suggests subsistence -settlement activities associated with one or more stands of former Lake Cahuilla between ca. 1050 and 450 B.P. A possible human cremation was located atone site (RIV-5764) and two (RIV-1176, RIV- 5765) contain concentrations of burnt bone, one or more of which might also represent cremations. No evident human remains were found at the other prehistoric sites during the ARU survey; however, given that the loose, sandy, surface sediment accumulations (dunes) blanketing the parcel can be shifted rapidly by aeolian action, the existence of human remains at these locations cannot be ruled out. In terms of total surface area, three of the 17 prehistoric sites are quite extensive, ranging from a little under 30,000 m2 to nearly 80,000 m2 (RIV-1176, -1177, - 5773), the rest are of relatively moderate to small size: three from 2440 to 4700 m2 (RIV-5765, -5771,-5774), seven from 150 to 800 m2 (RIV-5764, -5767, -5768, -5770, -5775, -5779, - 5780), and four of 30 m2 or less (RIV-5766, -5769, -5777,-5778). As is the case across the dune -covered floor of Coachella Valley, in the study locality the surface visibility of archaeological materials tends to be most pronounced in areas of aeolian sediment deflation or 16 124 floodwater erosion, or where the land surface has been subject to vehicular traffic or other types of modern ground disturbance. Each of the sites recorded within the eastern portion of Parcel 20469 are described briefly below; detailed site recordation forms are provided (together with records for the two isolates) in Appendix C. CA-RIV-1176. First recorded in 1972 and originally misplotted on the EIC base map, RIV-1176 measures some 165 in north -south by 300 in east -west and is the second largest site found within the surveyed parcel (38,900 m2). The surface archaeological assemblage observed at RIV-1176 features brownware ceramics, most of which occur in the eastern section of the site, flaked and ground stone artifacts, pieces of burnt, unshaped clay possibly reflective of pottery production, both burnt and unbumt small mammal and fish bone, Anodonta shell, charcoal, and fire -affected rock. Surface evidence suggests a half -dozen or more potentially distinguishable depositional loci. Off -road vehicle traffic has caused ground disturbance in areas of the site, but the overall depositional integrity of RIV-1176 appears excellent. CA-RIV-I177. The third largest site within the parcel, extending 200 in north -south by 180 in east -west (28,300 m2), RIV-1177 was also recorded in 1972 and originally misplotted on the EIC base map. Surface archaeological materials cluster in at least four principal loci and include fragments of ground stone implements, quartz and cryptocrystalline flaked stone debitage, brownware pottery sherds, unshaped chunks of burnt clay possibly produced as a result of ceramic vessel manufacture, burnt and unburnt skeletal remains of fish and small to large mammals, and fire -affected rock. Some of the cryptocrystalline debitage appears to derive from the Wonderstone toolstone source, situated at the eastern base of the Santa Rosa Mountains west of the Salton Sea and 35 km (22 mi) south-southeast of La Quinta. Although none could be identified positively as such, human cremations might be represented among the several concentrations of burnt bone located at the site. Ground disturbance caused by vehicle traffic is extensive along the eastern margin of RIV-1177; apart from natural erosion, stratigraphic integrity seems intact throughout most of the site. CA-RIV-5764. Of comparatively small spatial extent, RIV-5764 rests atop a low dune and measures 24 in north -south by 22 in east -west (400 m2). Its surface assemblage contains flaked stone tools and debitage, brownware ceramics, burnt bones of medium -size to large mammals, fish bone, and charcoal. The flaked stone tools include the proximal section of a 17 125 Desert Side -notched projectile point (a morphological type dating to the late prehistoric period [ca. post-900 B.P.] in the desert interior of southern California) and a distal fragment of a biface probably broken in later stages of flaking reduction. These artifacts are made of cryptocrystall ines tentatively ascribed to the Wonderstone toolstone quarry referenced above (the point is of white material, the biface of a grayish stone). Both flaked stone tools were discovered in a small (2 x 3 m) area near the center of the site together with charcoal and a concentration of burnt bone. While none of the bone could be positively identified as human during the ARU field survey, the cluster of tools, bone, and charcoal may be remnants of a cremation. Natural erosion and modern land use disturbances of archaeological deposits at RIV- 5764 appear minimal. CA-RIV-5765. With dimensions of 70 m north -south by 50 m east -west, RIV-5765 is one of the three archaeological sites of moderate size within the eastern portion of Parcel 20469 (2700 m2). Visible on the site surface are ground stone tool fragments, flaked stone debitage of quartz and probably Wonderstone cryptocrystalline, brownware pottery sherds, pieces of burnt clay perhaps reflecting ceramic production, burnt and unbumt small mammal bone, mussel shell, and fire -affected rock. Archaeological materials are distributed between several possibly discrete loci, decidedly evident in areas of aeolian sediment deflation. It is conceivable that certain of the concentrations of burnt bone at RIV-5765 comprise human cremation remains, though no diagnostic skeletal elements were identified in the course of site recordation. The integrity of archaeological deposits at RIV-5765 has not been compromised severely by natural or modern land use stratigraphic disturbances. CA-RIV-5766. Site RIV-5766 is situated adjacent to a shallowly incised dirt track and consists of three brownware pottery sherds in a 4 m north -south by 3 m east -west area (9 m2). No other archaeological debris were observed at the site during the ARU survey. CA-RIV-5767. Located on the slopes of a small dune, RIV-5767 measures 26 in north - south by 28 m east -west (600 m2). Its three -loci surface archaeological component includes a confined concentration of charcoal and fire -affected rock, a similarly small area of over 50 bumt bird bone fragments, and a larger locus featuring thousands of burnt and unbumt bones of small to medium -size mammals. The absence of formal artifactual material on the surface may be more apparent than real, it being likely that stone tools and/or ceramics, albeit perhaps few in 1V 126 actual number, are presently obscured by continually shifting surface sands at the site. Significant stratigraphic disturbances of RIV-5767 archaeological deposits are not evident. CA-RIV-5768. At least three separate depositional loci are distinguishable within RIV- 5768 which, overall, has dimensions of 32 m north -south and 32 m east -west (800 M2). Among the surface archaeological remains recorded at the site are brownware pottery sherds, flaked stone debitage pieces of quartz and probably Wonderstone cryptocrystalline, burnt and unburnt bone fragments of small mammals and fish, Anodonta shell, and fire -affected rock. Varying combinations of these debris are concentrated in the three loci, with individual items dispersed across the site surface. Depositional integrity at RIV-5768 appears to be minimally impacted by natural erosion and recent land use activities in the area. CA-RIV-5769. Tucked into the curve of a low lunate dune, RIV-5769 consists of an areally restricted, 3 m north -south by 2 m east -west (5 mz), concentration of brownware ceramics, charcoal, and burnt and unburnt small mammal bone. It is quite reasonable to assume that additional archaeological remains exist beneath the surrounding dune sands. Stratigraphic disturbance at RIV-5769 is mainly in the form of wind erosion, and plant root and rodent burrow channeling. CA-RIV-5770. The surface archaeology of RIV-5770 is expressed by scattered brownware pottery sherds, a few mussel shell pieces, limited animal bone, fire -affected rock, and several ground stone tool fragments within an area extending some 25 m north -south by 28 m east -west (500 mz). Most of the fire -affected rock observed occurs in one locus, the rest at a second locus where the ground stone artifacts were found. This could suggest the presence of separate archaeological deposits, although a dune -top site location makes such an assessment difficult based on survey data alone given the rapid, aeolian shifting of surface sediments in the study area. Stratigraphic integrity at RIV-5770 appears generally intact. CA-RIV-5771. A second cultural resources site of moderate size recorded by the ARU field survey team, RIV-5771 is elongate in shape, stretching 100 m north -south by 60 m east - west (4700 m2). The several potential depositional loci at the site are evidenced by variable accumulations of brownware ceramics, ground stone implements, quartzitic flaked stone debitage, burnt and unbumt fish and small mammal bone, mussel shell, charcoal, and fire - affected rock. Bone is particularly concentrated at one locus containing the fire -affected rock, 19 127 possibly suggesting the presence here of some kind of food processing facility. Natural as well as modern human alterations of the archaeological structure of RIV-5771 seem slight at most. CA-RIV-5772H. Site RIV-5772H is the lone historic property recorded during the ARU survey. It measures 24 m north -south by 16 in east -west (300 m2) and is located near a row of tamarisk trees adjacent to an abandoned agricultural field. Modern refuse (wood crates, bottle glass, aluminum beverage cans, paper, etc.) comprises this "historic" (as distinguished from "prehistoric") site, but among the debris are a few solder -drop tin cans pre -dating A.D. 1950. The depositional history and source(s) of the RIV-5772H trash are not known, but it could easily be the case that the site reflects multiple episodes of refuse disposal within recent decades. There is no indication that this trash dump relates to pre -World War II historic land use activities in the project vicinity. CA-RIV-5773. Largest of the prehistoric sites found within the surveyed parcel, RIV- 5773 sits amidst a complex of low dunes and extends 400 in north -south by 250 m east -west (78,500 m2). Its extensive assemblage of surface archaeological debris includes cryptocrystalline flaked stone debitage (with Wonderstone material undoubtedly present), ground stone artifacts, both burnt and unbumt brownware ceramic sherds, burnt pieces of clay possibly deriving from on -site pottery production, thousands of burnt and unbumt small to medium -size mammal as well as fish bone fragments, Anodonta shell, charcoal, and fire -affected rock. Two large, distinct loci with dense debris accumulations were noted by the ARU field survey team, along with two sizable concentrations of bone. The latter are in areas where off -road vehicular traffic has led to significant aeolian sediment deflation. These four loci aside, it is quite probable that RIV- 5773 encompasses additional depositional loci currently obscured by the loose, sandy sediments covering the site surface. While some of the RIV-5773 archaeological deposits have clearly suffered adverse impact as a result of modern ground disturbance, stratigraphic integrity appears excellent across most of the site. CA-RIV-5774. Archaeological materials recorded on the surface of RIV-5774, last of the three recorded sites of moderate size, occur in a 50 m north -south by 60 m east -west (2400 m2) area on the slopes of fairly large dune. The surface debris assemblage is characterized by ground stone implements, burnt and unbumt brownware ceramics, burnt pieces of unshaped clay perhaps stemming from pottery manufacture, innumerable burnt and unbumt bones of small 20 128 mammals and fish, mussel shell, charcoal, and tire -affected rock. At the time of site recordation, these items were distributed into two or three principal loci. Vehicular traffic and floodwater erosion have disturbed the RIV-5774 archaeological deposits to an extent, but not severely. CA-RIV-5775. The surface archaeological component of RIV-5775 consists of a 20 m north -south by 10 in east -west (150 mZ) scatter of well dispersed brownware pottery sherds, burnt and unburnt animal bone fragments, and fire -affected rock. Recent bulldozer grading has caused significant ground disturbance at the site, and likely exposed the materials found by the ARU survey crew. CA-RIV-5777. Less than a half -dozen brownware ceramic fragments and some Anodonta shell form the 6 in north -south by 7 m east -west surface archaeological deposit at RIV-5777 (30 M2). Serious stratigraphic disturbance is not evident, although vehicle traffic has cut a shallow track a few meters away from the site. CA-RIV-5778. Site RIV-5778 is defined by 4 in north -south and 6 in east -west (20 mz) area featuring less than a dozen brownware pottery sherds on the ground surface and within which most of the ceramics cluster in a smaller, perhaps 2 x 2 m locus. This pottery concentration implies that RIV-5778 depositional integrity may be largely intact. CA-RIV-5779. Vehicle traffic probably exposed most of the archaeological debris that led to the recordation of RIV-5779, an elongate, 65 in north -south by 15 in east -west (800 mz) area of brownware ceramic fragments, cryptocrystalline flaked stone debitage, and fire -affected rock. A dirt track forms the long axis of the site, at one end of which are located a small concentration of over 100 pottery sherds and a nearby cluster of pressure flakes detached in the course of late -stage reduction of one or more bifaces (not found) of apparent Wonderstone lithic material. A similar, but less dense concentration of ceramics occurs at the other end of the site. Notwithstanding the stratigraphic disturbance which RIV-5779 has undergone, that the observed archaeological remains are found along the vehicle track suggests the potential presence of intact deposits below the surface of the road cut or beneath the surface (dune) sands to either side. CA-RIV-5780. The final prehistoric site located within the surveyed area, RIV-5780 displays a 40 in north -south by 25 m east -west (800 m2) surface scatter of brownware pottery fragments, flaked stone debitage (pressure flakes) stemming from late -stage reduction of 21 129 cryptocrystalline bifaces, and burnt and unbumt small mammal and Fish bone. Represented among the debitage pieces are toolstone materials of jasper, of probable Wonderstone source origin, and of chalcedony that may derive from the Chocolate Mountains bordering the Salton Trough on the southeast. Surface debris distributions indicate that RIV-5780 likely contains multiple depositional loci; overall stratigraphic integrity of the site does not appear to have been significantly impacted by natural erosion or modern land use. Summary Notes Excepting the modem or "historic" trash dump site (RIV-5772H), findings of the EIC cultural resources records search and ARU field survey indicate that the extensive archaeological record found in the eastern portion of Parcel 20469 was formed as result of aboriginal hunter - gatherer land -use activities within at least the past 1000 years or so. No clear remains of earlier prehistoric occupations can be identified, but such evidence may be well buried under the thick dunes and surface sands mantling the project area. As mentioned, the presence of fish and bird bone, and Anodonta mussel shell, at many of the recorded sites certainly connotes site -use episodes associated with former Lake Cahuilla lakestands. However, not all sites display residues of such lacustrine resources and there is no reason to assume that prehistoric populations avoided the locality when Lake Cahuilla was dry or its shoreline distant. Even during periods between lacustral stages, the dunes of central Coachella Valley may well have provided a substrate and edaphic conditions conducive to enhanced food plant (seed) productivity relative to flora growing on adjacent rock rubble -covered alluvial fan and desert pavement surfaces (cf. Hall 1993). The question of lakestand site associations aside, the surface archaeology of Parcel 20469 documented with this study attests to recurrent prehistoric occupations of the locality, most of which probably did not involve especially large numbers of people. Indeed, rather than viewing the smaller sites as reflective of short-term intervals of small group subsistence -settlement activities and the more expansive sites as accumulations of debris deposited over longer spans of time by larger groups, it may be more effective to characterize the locality as a "place" (Binford 1982) within which, over time, forager groups of different sizes, but perhaps typically limited, engaged in A range of land use activities of varying duration. It follows from this perspective, then, that the more extensive debris accumulations 22 comprise the cumulative material remains of chronologically distinct, yet spatially proximal residential episodes at the same "site" by generally small numbers of people. One further summary note concerns the stratigraphic structure of prehistoric sites in the study area. As shown consistently with the present and previous cultural resources investigations in Coachella Valley, the surface visibility of archaeological materials tends to be most pronounced in areas of aeolian sediment deflation, floodwater erosion, vehicular traffic, or other types of ground disturbance. The dynamic geomorphology of dune fields like those in the project locality provide a situation wherein certain dunes, stabilized by such factors as deep- rooted vegetation, may have remained in their current location for a prolonged period, while aeolian forces over time have formed new dunes and gradually to rapidly moved others. Under these circumstances, archaeological remains, though they may stay in essentially the same area of initial deposition, are subject to alternating intervals of burial and exposure. Consequently, the lack of archaeological debris on a particular surface at any given moment in time does not necessarily indicate the absence of a subsurface component at that location. This is an obvious and compelling consideration in the immediate study area where the density of archaeological properties creates the strong impression of a high correlation between eroded or otherwise disturbed depositional contexts and the presence of archaeological remains. RECOMMENDATIONS Beyond the inherent, yet usually poorly appreciated value of archaeological resources as singular and irreplaceable sources of cultural heritage knowledge not available in any other medium, there are two basic legal aspects confronted in assessing the significance of the archaeological properties located within the eastern portion of Parcel 20469: (1) their "importance" under CEQA (Appendix K) criteria; and (2) their potential eligibility for inclusion in the California Register of Historical Resources (CRHR). The former define an "important archaeological resource" as one which: (a) is associated with an event or person of recognized significance in California or American history, or recognized scientific importance in prehistory; (b) can provide information which is both of demonstrable public interest and useful in addressing scientifically consequential and reasonable or archaeological research questions; (c) has a special or particular quality such as oldest, best example, largest, or last surviving example 131 BI *5 HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION STAFF REPORT DATE: APRIL 18, 1996 ITEM: PRESERVATION AWARD CRITERIA - DISCUSSION BACKGROUND: Staff would like to research and design a preservation awards program that would contain criteria for categories, requirements, and nomination procedures. Other cities and agencies have such programs for which staff will contact to get information. It is important to have criteria in place before presenting awards so that the program will be properly guided and be meaningful. Suggestions and recommendations from the HPC members is welcome. When a draft program is prepared, it will be placed on the agenda for review by the HPC. The program will them be reviewed by the City Council. The goal is to implement the annual awards program next year with awards presented during La Quinta Heritage Month, which is held annually each May. Prepared by: v eshe J. Mo iquand Associate Planner Submitted by: �O�i dL�J Christine di lorio Planning Manager 13a OTHER HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION STAFFREPORT DATE: APRIL 18, 1991-3 ITEM: LA QUINTA HERITAGE MONTH BACKGROUND: A proclamation for the fourth annual La Quinta Heritage Month for the month of May was presented for Council signatures at the April '16, 1996, Council meeting. During May, the City will particiapte in the national program spearheaded by the National Trust for Historic Preservtion, the State observance of California Archaeology Week, and extend the observance to include the local level as well. The City Clerk's Office forwarded a press release and the attached proclamation was presented to the City Council for signature (Attachment 1). To celebrate La Quinta Heritage Month, there will be exhibits on local history and preservation programs during the months of March, April, and May. The March exhibit featured the local homesteading activity between the years 1900 and 1950, in La Quinta. The exhibits are located across from the Receptionist's desk. RECOMMENDATION: No action required. Attachment: 1. Proclamation Prepared by: eshe J. Mo riquand Associate Planner SZ41 by: e ,�.� Christine di lorio Planning Manager 131 LA QUINTA HERITAGE MONTH MAY, 1996 WHEREAS, historic preservation is an effective tool for managing growth, revitalizing neighborhoods, fostering local pride and maintaining community character while enhancing livability; and, WHEREAS, historic preservation is relevant for communities across the nation, both urban and rural, and for Americans of all ages, all walks of life and all Ethnic backgrounds;and, WHEREAS, it is important to celebrate the role of history in our lives and the contributions made by dedicated individuals in helping to preserve the tangible aspects of the heritage that has shaped us as a people; and, WHEREAS, "Preserve Community" is the theme for La Quinta Heritage Month, 1996; and, NOW, THEREFORE, I Glenda L. Holt, Mayor of the City of La Quinta, California, do hereby proclaim May, 1996, as LA QUINTA HERITAGE MONTH. GLENDA L. HOLT, Mayor City of La Quinta, California ATTEST: SAUNDRA L. 7UHOLA, City Clerk City of La Quinta, California 134