2021-03-19 JensenFriday, March 19, 2021 at 16:35:03 Pacific Daylight Time
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Subject:Coral Mountain Proposed Project for Wave Park, Etcetera
Date:Friday, March 19, 2021 at 4:31:16 PM Pacific Daylight Time
From:J
To:consulJngplanner@laquintaca.gov
Ms. Nicole Sauviat Criste
ConsulJng Planner
City of La Quinta
78-495 Calle Tampico
La Quinta, CA 92253
March 19, 2021
We are wriJng today as Trilogy La Quinta residents to voice our opposiJon to the proposed
Coral Mountain Wave Park Resort development in La Quinta. Below is the summary of the
development as presented by Meriwether Development, published press releases, and local
newspaper arJcles:
Coral Mountain Wave Park Resort will be a mega resort for over 4,800 overnight tourists, with
a 17- Acre Wave Pool as the main a[racJon.
1. The Coral Mountain Resort will not be a residenJal neighborhood as it is currently zoned. It
instead will be a high energy Resort containing a 600+ person occupancy hotel complete with
restaurants, bars, and entertainment all available on a per night basis.
2. The 600 “Dwelling Units” with unlimited number of bedrooms & bathrooms available for
overnight rental, could easily have 4 bedrooms, allowing 8 guests per unit. 600 Units x 8
people= 4,800 people potenJally staying in the Units. All units are available on an overnight
Basis the same as the Hotel. The people coming to Coral Mountain are VacaJoners, not
Residents.
3. The Wave Park Coral Mountain will not be a ResidenJal Neighborhood. This will be a
commercial Resort with The Wave Park as the main feature.
4. The Wave Pool will cover 17 acres, a length of 2,600 feet, needing 18 million gallons of
water to work. The Wave Pool water evaporaJon rate is 30,000 to 180,000 gallons of water
daily. Plans include stadium bleacher seaJng on each long side, and many 80’ tall stadium-
style lighJng towers for Night Surfing. Land subsidence from depleHon of our water table is a
significant issue. Taking water from Lake Mead and the Colorado River is an ethically and
environmentally reprehensible and unacceptable soluHon that we have already
implemented to refill our water table.
5. Plans have the Wave Pool running 365 days a year from 7 am to 7 pm (some newspaper
arJcles have stated it will run nightly unJl 10 pm) for the 4,800 tourists staying at the hotel or
in a dwelling unit.
6. Loudspeakers projecJng above The Wave Pool in all direcJons are needed for the Wave
Pool Announcer to call the 30 second countdown for every single wave with up to 12 waves
per hour. The surfer needs to be alerted for the coming Wave, as there is no Ocean to watch
or feel unJl “the big one” comes. A Wave is manufactured every 5 to 6 minutes. The noise
level of the Wave crashing has been measured at 75 decibels at Kelly Slater Surf Ranch. This
noise level is comparable to the sound of cars traveling on a busy interstate highway. The
generators creaJng the waves will be running non-stop, every day.
7. Plans include Music Stages for Entertainment at each end of The Wave Pool, and other
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locaJons in the Resort. The music will increase the decibels exponenHally.
8. In addiJon to the Wave Pool, there will be more arJficial lagoons and lakes for E-Foiling (a
motorized hydrofoil paddle board that you stand on, not lie on) and Stand -Up paddle
boarding. More Noise!
9. Concrete sports parks for the Bike park with pump tracks for skateboarding, BMX, and
mountain bikes – all with stadium style light towers. So much for La Quinta's magical views
and atmosphere.
10. Coral Mountain Resort has requested 16 days and nights for Special Events. 16 days is
more days than Coachella Fest and Stagecoach combined! To make ma[ers worse, the 16 days
are spread out over four 4- day long weekends. Set up and take down for each Special Event
Weekend will easily add another 32 days of high traffic condiJons. NOISE!
11. The 80’ tall stadium style light towers illuminaJng The Wave Pool, swimming pools,
Skateboard Park, BMX Track, other Sports Courts, acres of parking lots, streets, and 117,000
square feet of Commercial Buildings will be lit inside and out. The spill lighJng will affect the
surrounding community. No more dark skies….What has happened to La Quinta’s anH-light
polluHon stance?
12. The approval of this project will permanently bring light polluJon, noise, and traffic. There
will be permanent and on-going noise from the wave generators, breaking waves, the lodgers,
guests, loudspeakers and entertainment venues on-site every day unJl late in the evening.
13. Heavy ConstrucJon equipment will be working at 85 decibels or more, non-stop all day
long, for the next 10-20 years- (according to Coral Mountain developers own
projecJon). Property values cannot be sustained with the long term polluJon, noise, and
traffic of the Wave Park. Lower property values will lower property taxes and La Quinta’s
financial health.
14. The project will scrape away every inch of” biocrust”, creaJng the need for even more
Water Trucks to keep the dust down. “Biocrust “is to the Desert what “Tundra”
is to the high elevaJons. Both tundra and biocrust take many hundreds of years to replace
once damaged. Think of the impact on the Deserts already quesJonable water supply as just
2 years ago we were asked to dramaJcally cut back on water usage. Demands for water will
only increase in future years.
15. This project will forever mar the stunning natural topography of the area, forever erasing
the absolute silent evenings and dark skies enjoyed currently by all residents of the area.
This Coral Mountain Resort project does not have any of the characterisJcs of the surrounding
low- density up-scale residenJal neighborhoods. This is a Mega Resort, not a residenJal
neighborhood. This type of development is completely uncompaHble with any of the
surrounding neighborhoods for miles in every direcHon.
City Planners and City Council Members, ask yourself, would you want to live next door to a
Water Sports-Themed Amusement Park with 80 foot high stadium lighJng, noise from concert
venues, BMX motor bike racing, and wave machines and traffic 24/7?
The approval of the proposed Coral Mountain Wave Park Amusement Park style Resort will
permanently cause the irreplaceable loss of the peaceful, quiet, serene atmosphere that this
part of La Quinta is renowned for. Allowing this extremely large Tourist/Commercial Resort
into our quiet low-density residenJal, golf-oriented neighborhoods, will negaJvely affect
every Homeowner for miles around. There will be no coming back. The value of our homes
and the quality of life of living and being in the “Quiet Zone” of La Quinta will be forever
degraded.
I urge the City of La Quinta NOT to change the zoning from the current designaHon Low-
Density ResidenHal w/ 18-hole golf course to TOURIST/COMMERCIAL . I urge you not to allow
Short Term VacaJon Rentals (STVR) and the problems that accompany them.
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This proposed Coral Mountain Wave Park Resort is exactly the WRONG type of develop for
this locaJon. You are literally planning to drop a tourist amusement park resort in the middle
of a quiet residenJal zone. Please do not allow this project to move forward.
Sincerely,
Carol and Tom Jensen
81511 Ulrich
La Quinta, CA 92253
760-620-3819