2020 03 05 STVRP AD-HOC MinutesShort-Term Vacation Rental Program
Ad-Hoc Committee Meeting Minutes March 5, 2020
MEETING MINUTES
Short-Term Vacation Rental Program
Ad-Hoc Committee Meeting
Thursday, March 5, 2020
CALL TO ORDER
A regular meeting of the Short-Term Vacation Rental Program Ad-Hoc
Committee was called to order at 4:01 p.m. by Lori Lorett.
ROLL CALL
PRESENT: Committee members Best, Butler, Caldwell, Church,
Coronel, Franco, Grotsky, Jonasson, McDonough, Monroe,
Navarro, Schutz, Shelton, Spinney, and Tamm
ABSENT: None
STAFF PRESENT: Design & Development Director Danny Castro, Hub Manager
Tommi Sanchez, Management Specialist Missy Mendoza,
Permit Technician Michelle Lopez, Administrative Assistant
Lori Lorett, Public Safety Manager Martha Mendez, Code
Compliance Supervisor Kevin Meredith, and Community
Resources Director Chris Escobedo
POINTS OF DISCUSSION
1. Welcoming committee members and the public.
2. Short-term vacation rental program mission statement and ad-hoc
committee objective.
3. Explanation of committee role; to provide suggestions to Council.
4. Meeting format:
• Meet monthly (first Thursday of every month, for 12 months)
• Agenda – available the Monday before each meeting
• Develop plan for next meeting – committee will decide the topics to
cover
• Appointing a Chair and Vice Chair to help facilitate meetings – roles
and responsibilities were explained. Committee will appoint at next
meeting.
5. Committee agreed during open discussion to aim for meetings to last one
hour; 1.5 hours maximum, unless extended time is needed for specific topics.
Short-Term Vacation Rental Program
Ad-Hoc Committee Meeting Minutes March 5, 2020
6. The committee agreed to give the public the opportunity to speak about
items not on the agenda at the start of each meeting.
7. All emails requesting information and/or documents for meetings should be
directed to city staff member Lori Lorett at LLorett@laquintaca.gov
8. Data regarding short-term rentals, a printout of the committee objective, a
map of the City of La Quinta to show saturations of short-term rentals in each
area, and a recap at the end of the committee duration to show
accomplishments by the committee were all requested to be provided.
9. Committee member questioned the short-term vacation rental hotline,
asking if calls are logged an if they can see list of complaints. Code
Compliance will work to get this information to committee members.
10. A list of topics was created to cover throughout the duration of the
committee over the next year. This list was documented by City staff to use
for future meetings.
11. Staff to provide at next meeting:
• Overview of the short-term vacation rental process/program
• Statistics on the short-term vacation rental program for the City of La
Quinta
• City Code Enforcement overview
ADJOURNMENT
Respectfully submitted,
LORI LORETT, Committee Secretary
City of La Quinta, California