Response to Peters sent 2020-04-031
Cheri Flores
From:Cheri Flores
Sent:Friday, April 3, 2020 11:40 AM
To:Sharon Peters
Cc:Bryan McKinney; Consulting Planner; Danny Castro
Subject:RE: Travertine Specific Plan Comments
Hello Ms. Peters,
Thank you for taking the time to look at the Travertine Specific Plan Notice of Preparation of Environmental Impact
Report and provide comments/questions.
To address your concerns on Exhibits 10 and 11, I believe that blue line is supposed to indicate the extension of Jefferson
Street to meet Avenue 62; however it is confusing on these exhibits. We will revise the exhibits to clarify that in the
Environmental Impact Report.
The project is proposing to have Avenue 62 and the Jefferson Street extension as the two main roads to the project. The
extension of Jefferson Street will not go through PGA West at all, but will join up to Avenue 58 near Lake Cahuilla. No
roadways will be constructed through PGA West.
The current Circulation Plan for the City shows Madison Street as being extended down from Avenue 60 to Avenue
62. This designation is to be removed from the City's Circulation Plan. Madison Street will only be used as 20 ft. wide
emergency access road, only if necessary. The Environmental Impact Report for the project will review the impacts of
placing the roadway in between two housing developments.
The City's Circulation Plan shows were major roadways are located and assigns designations to them based on the
amount of traffic they could carry. When a project comes in, the developer is responsible for improving roadways that
the project would impact per the City's Circulation Plan. The Environmental Impact Report is prepared by a third-party
consultant and experts in various fields such as biology, traffic, etc., and street construction is analyzed as a part of the
proposed project. At this time, the City's Circulation Plan shows Jefferson Street and Madison Street being extended
south and connecting with Avenue 62, and the Circulation Plan has been approved by the City Council in 2012. The
Circulation Plan can be found within the General Plan document at the following link:
https://www.laquintaca.gov/home/showdocument?id=33553. It is Exhibit II-2 and included below.
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Please let me know if you have any other questions. Have a great day and stay well and safe!
Cheri L. Flores | Planning Manager
City of La Quinta
78495 Calle Tampico La Quinta, CA 92253
Ph. 760-777-7067
www.laquintaca.gov
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-----Original Message-----
From: Sharon Peters <2015sharonpeters@gmail.com>
Sent: Thursday, April 2, 2020 1:16 PM
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To: Cheri Flores <clflores@laquintaca.gov>
Subject: Travertine Specific Plan Comments
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Hello Ms. Flores,
Thank you for taking our comments for projects in La Quinta.
I would like clarification on the exhibits in the Travertine Specific Plan.
Exhibit #10 - Blue line (road) is 62nd Street. Key indicates blue line (road) as Jefferson which is incorrect.
Exhibit #11 - Same error as #10 - Also labeled incorrectly.
Exhibit #12 - Key indicates blue road as Jefferson which is correct.
Travertine is proposing Jefferson as their main road to project, and their #1 choice. I would like to know how this
roadway would be constructed through PGA homes.
Travertine #2 choice of roads is Madison which would be constructed very close to homes in the Trilogy community.
I would like more information on the process that the city follows to okay or allow contractors to build or not build new
streets. If it is in the environmental impact report, who does the homework and report for street construction to see
what it will entail? Secondly, where does the city stand on new street construction for Jefferson and Madison?
Thank you for your time.
Sincerely,
Sharon Peters
(949) 309-7002
61765 Living Stone Drive
La Quinta