PC Resolution 2010-002PLANNING COMMISSION RESOLUTION 2010-002
A RESOLUTION OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF LA
QUINTA, CALIFORNIA, CONFIRMING FINDINGS OF CONFORMITY WITH
THE LA QUINTA GENERAL PLAN FOR A POTENTIAL ACQUISITION OF
0.9 ACRES OF PROPERTY LOCATED ON WESTWARD HO DRIVE IN THE
CITY OF LA QUINTA, CALIFORNIA
APPLICANT: LA QUINTA REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY
WHEREAS, California Government Code Section 65402 requires that a
jurisdiction's planning agency (i.e. Planning Commission) review and report upon
whether a proposed acquisition of real property for public purposes is consistent with
the adopted General Plan; and
WHEREAS, the La Quinta Redevelopment Agency, as a local agency as
defined under Government Code section 65402, is considering acquiring approximately
0.9 acres of property located on Westward Ho Drive, pursuant to an Agreement for
Purchase and Sale and Escrow Instructions; and
WHEREAS, at this time it is contemplated that a portion of the property
would be used for the construction and operation of affordable housing; and
WHEREAS, the Planning Commission of the City of La Quinta, California,
(the "Planning Commission") did on the 26`h day of January, 2010, consider whether
the proposed acquisition of real property for public purposes conforms with the
adopted General Plan; and
WHEREAS, at said Planning Commission meeting, upon hearing and
considering all testimony and arguments, if any, of all interested persons wanting to be
heard, the Planning Commission did make the following findings of approval to confirm
conformity with the La Quinta General Plan:
1. The proposed acquisition is consistent with the objectives, policies, general land
uses and programs of the City of La Quinta General Plan for the reasons stated
in the staff report.
2. The proposed acquisition conforms with public convenience and the general
welfare by providing for extensive public improvements, conforms to good land
use practice by encouraging along-range, comprehensive approach to the
development of major services and conforms to the City's obligation to provide
affordable housing in compliance with its RHNA allocation.
Planning Commission Resolution 2010-002
General Plan Conformance Review
January 26, 2010
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Planning Commission of the
City of La Quinta, California, as follows:
1. That the above recitations are true and constitute the findings of the Planning
Commission in this case;
2. That it does determine that the potential acquisition of the property conforms to
the City's General Plan for the reasons set forth in this Resolution.
PASSED, APPROVED, and ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the La
Quinta City Planning Commission, held on the 26th day of January, 2010, by the
following vote, to wit:
AYES: Commissioners Barrows, Quill, Weber, Wilkinson, and
Chairman Alderson
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
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ED ALDERSON, Chairman
City of La Quinta, California
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` ~ J ON, Planning Director
Ity of Quinta, California