2021-12-19 Vatland - Opposition_RedactedNo wave pool
Brenda Vatland >
Sun 12/19/2021 11:21 AM
To:Linda Evans <Levans@laquintaca.gov>;Robert Radi <Rradi@laquintaca.gov>;Kathleen Fitzpatrick
<kfitzpatrick@laquintaca.gov>;John Pena <jpena@laquintaca.gov>;Steve Sanchez
<ssanchez@laquintaca.gov>;Consulting Planner <ConsultingPlanner@laquintaca.gov>;Jon McMillen
<jmcmillen@laquintaca.gov>;Danny Castro <dcastro@laquintaca.gov>
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Hello La Quinta City Council,
I am writing to express my concern with the proposed Wave Pool development. Since the
developer’s proposal requires a zoning change, I respectfully ask that you listen to the La Quinta
residents wishes regarding this change. The public hearings will be important feedback for you
to consider.
Our community is such a beautiful and desirable place to live. We moved here to live on a golf
course that is like paradise. We appreciate this environment and want to keep this gem of the
desert safe from developers who wish to profit from a use that does not fit with its surroundings.
The location for the wave park does not work harmoniously with the residential neighborhood. It
would be more suited on the Highway 10 corridor. Madison Avenue would be transformed from a
lovely landscaped boulevard to a throughway with stoplights and widened lanes. I wouldn’t want
to ride my bike there anymore. I feel sorry for my neighbors who bought their homes there, and
now will have to endure broadcast noise and heavy machinery. I really enjoy the desert sky at
night, but star watching will be ruined by floodlights til 10 pm. I went to view the demonstration
lights in December, and one those two lights are filled in with 15 more, it will be like a shopping
center parking lot thrust in between the homeowners and their mountain view.
There are so many reasons to say no to this proposal. One of the biggest reasons is the massive
amounts of fresh water it will consume. During times of drought, I feel we all must do our part to
conserve. We have a choice to say no to this new strain on our resources. I ask for your
decision to say no, this is not the right place and does not fit our community plans.
Thank you,
Brenda Vatland
La Quinta
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