2021-04-14 BLM requests
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April 14, 2021
Sent via email
Brian Ousley, Land Law Examiner
Bureau of Land Management
1201 Bird Center Drive
Palm Springs, CA 92262
SUBJECT: TRAVERTINE SPECIFIC PLAN PROJECT
GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT 2017-0002, ZONE CHANGE 2017-0002,
SPECIFIC PLAN AMENDMENT 2017-0004, TENTATIVE TRACT MAP
2017-0008, ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT 2017-0008
Dear Mr. Ousley:
We are currently working on a project called the Travertine Specific Plan Project (Project).
The Project is generally bounded by the westerly extension of Avenue 60 on the north;
the westerly extension of Avenue 64 to the south; the southerly extension of Madison
Street on the east; and the southerly extension of Jefferson Street on the west (see
attached Site Location Map).
The Project proposes development of 1,200 residential units and 100 hotel units on
approximately 870 acres. The Project’s two major access points are from the westerly
extension of Avenue 62 over the Coachella Valley Water District (CVWD)/Bureau of
Reclamation (BOR) Dike 4 and the southerly extension of Jefferson Street south of Avenue
58.
This project depends on the extension of Jefferson Street south through BLM lands in
order to take access to the site from the north. The developer submitted a SF-299
application to your agency in November 2018, referenced as CACA-58401. The application
did not have the City’s signature and approval documents because the area in question is not
actually within the City’s municipal boundary but is within the County of Riverside boundary.
We are of the understanding that in order to get the Right of Way for the Jefferson Street
extension through BLM land in perpetuity, a public agency needs to make the application.
Can you confirm this is true? Additionally, will National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)
analysis be required for the Right of Way (ROW) grant request?
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Thank you for your consideration. If you have any questions, please contact me at (760)
777-7067 or by email at clflores@laquintaca.gov.
Sincerely,
Cheri L. Flores, Planning Manager
Design and Development Department
Attachment: 1) Site Location Map
2)Travertine Proposed Land Use Map
2)Travertine Proposed Circulation Plan
cc.Danny Castro, Design and Development Director, City of La Quinta
Bryan McKinney, Public Works Director, City of La Quinta
Janet Cheek, Field Manager, BLM
Jay Olivas, Project Planner, County of Riverside
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NAP
County of
Riverside
La Quinta
Dike 4
Dike 2
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Section Lines*
Section Line Numbers
Project Boundary
LEGEND
City of La Quinta Boundary *The Public Land Survey System (PLSS)
Section—one-square-mile block of land, containing 640 acres, or approximately
one thirty-sixth of a township. Due to the curvature of the Earth, sections may
occasionally be slightly smaller than one square mile5
From USGS 7.5 Minute Series Martinez Mountain Quadrangle, CA 2015
Exhibit No: 1.3
Site Location Map
ATTACHMENT 1
2.0 LAND USE
2-2 | Page
TRAVERTINE SPECIFIC PLAN AMENDMENT - 2020
Exhibit 2.1 – Conceptual Land Use Plan
ATTACHMENT 2
4.0 INFRASTRUCTION PLAN
4-2 | P a g e
TRAVERTINE SPECIFIC PLAN AMENDMENT - 2020
Exhibit 4.1 – Circulation Plan
ATTACHMENT 3