2021-08-06 RoyFriday, August 6, 2021 at 13:36:25 Pacific Daylight Time
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Subject:Re: Coral Mountain Resort DEIR
Date:Friday, August 6, 2021 at 1:35:16 PM Pacific Daylight Time
From:FRANCINE Roy
To:ConsulFng Planner
Hi,
I am making a correction to my letter. I erroneously referenced the IID ... I meant the
Coachella Valley Water District.
Sorry about that.
Francine Roy
On 08/06/2021 12:54 PM ConsulFng Planner <consulFngplanner@laquintaca.gov> wrote:
Ms. Roy,
Thank you for your comments.
Nicole Sauviat Criste
ConsulFng Planner
City of La Quinta
From: FRANCINE Roy <fmroy@comcast.net>
Sent: Friday, August 6, 2021 11:01 AM
To: ConsulFng Planner <ConsulFngPlanner@laquintaca.gov>
Subject: Coral Mountain Resort DEIR
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Dear Planning Commission,
I am writing this letter to you because I am in a state of shock....
Why would you even CONSIDER changing the current zoning to allow a project
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that goes against ALL COMMON SENSE? The residents who purchased homes
near this project site BELIEVED that the "worst case scenario" they would ever
have to deal with was what the current zoning allows: "LOW-DENSITY residential
use, as well as a golf course and some commercial use." The proposed change to
allow "tourist commercial" zoning violates the 2035 general plan for La Quinta.
So, tell me, what was the point of spending all of the time, money and effort to
come up with the 2035 general plan if you were going to be tempted to go against
that plan when a project came along that dangled a couple of million dollars of tax
revenue in front of you that doesn't make any sense on MANY levels! We all
choose to live here because we enjoy the night sky, the quiet, the nature, the
landscape, the small amount of traffic we have, etc. But, the reality of climate
change is that we are all very concerned about how long we will have drinking
water available to us. The IID has asked us all to conserve water and I know I am
doing my share to USE LESS than their recommended amount. This wave park
will require 18,000,000 gallons of DRINKING WATER JUST TO FILL IT UP. This
does not include "topping it off" every day because of evaporation loss. This does
not sound like "conserving water" to me.
Since I moved here, I have been reading about the issues with Short Term
Rentals. This project is planning on making all 600 homes available as Short Term
Rentals!!!! How can you justify allowing this? At the very least, 600 homes does
not sound like "low density" to me!.
What this beautiful parcel of land needs is a developer who wants to put in some
beautiful energy efficient homes, some hiking and biking trails that WE CAN ALL
ENJOY, maybe a beautiful park with drought tolerant natural landscaping (no golf
course .... there are already too many golf courses that are using up water
resources) and a small commercial area where there could be a market, a cafe, a
restaurant, etc. for the residents that live in that part of La Quinta since it's a drive
just to get groceries.
Please, please realize that this developer is "slick." He seems to have an answer
for everything. The project doesn't make sense for our community nor do I think it
even makes sense for him but that's a different discussion ...
Last but not least, I'm very confident that the City of La Quinta would be "featured"
on the CBS Evening News if this project is approved. I can hear it now ... "City of
La Quinta approves a private wave park project in the midst of a historical drought
and climate change!" Do we really need that kind of negative publicity??? I'd
rather we be admired for spearheading energy-efficient projects and protecting our
decreasing natural resources.
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This is not the right place nor the right time for this project.
Respectfully,
Francine Roy
80028 Silver Sage Lane
La Quinta, CA 92253