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2019-06-03 Meredith, Kevin - Morrow Ranch Construction & Storage Trailers1 From:Kevin Meredith Sent:Monday, June 3, 2019 9:42 AM To:Wayne Campbell; James Wiatrak; Carlos Flores Cc:Danny Castro; AJ Ortega; Jacob Fuson; Martha Mendez Subject:RE: Morrow Ranch - Construction and Storage Trailers This is great, thank you Wayne. Please continue the citation process on all violations, if Mr. Morrow shows progress towards compliance or moving forward on the violations we’ll reassess. Kevin Meredith | Animal Control/Code Compliance Supervisor City of La Quinta 78495 Calle Tampico La Quinta, CA 92253 760-777-7034 www.laquintaca.gov www.playinlaquinta.com From: Wayne Campbell Sent: Monday, June 3, 2019 9:24 AM To: James Wiatrak <jwiatrak@laquintaca.gov>; Carlos Flores <cflores@laquintaca.gov> Cc: Danny Castro <dcastro@laquintaca.gov>; Kevin Meredith <Kmeredith@laquintaca.gov>; AJ Ortega <Aortega@laquintaca.gov>; Jacob Fuson <Jfuson@laquintaca.gov> Subject: RE: Morrow Ranch ‐ Construction and Storage Trailers Good Morning all Administrative Citation LQ16‐0295 was issued to Mr. Scott Morrow on 05/15/2019 for unpermitted construction on the main dwelling. I also issued Administrative Citation LQ16‐0291, on 05/10/2019, against APN 767‐580‐014 for the unpermitted trailer. During a telephone conversation with Mr. Morrow on 5/17/2019, I advised him that progress must be made toward compliance. He has since provided activity updates but has fallen short of submitting plans or a permit application to satisfy the violations. The appeal period has expired for both citations and a second citation action is pending. Wayne Campbell | Code Compliance Officer II Community Resources City of La Quinta 78495 Calle Tampico | La Quinta, CA 92253 Ph. 760.777.7098 E: wcampbell@laquintaca.gov www.laquintaca.gov www.playinlaquinta.com From: James Wiatrak Sent: Wednesday, May 29, 2019 4:04 PM To: Carlos Flores <cflores@laquintaca.gov> Cc: Danny Castro <dcastro@laquintaca.gov>; Wayne Campbell <Wcampbell@laquintaca.gov>; Kevin Meredith 2 <Kmeredith@laquintaca.gov>; AJ Ortega <Aortega@laquintaca.gov>; Jacob Fuson <Jfuson@laquintaca.gov> Subject: RE: Morrow Ranch ‐ Construction and Storage Trailers Hello all, Just to add to your comments Carlos, we still have not received a permit application or plans from the Morrows on the unpermitted work to the main dwelling, the conversions at the barn or the trailer set-ups. The last I communicated with Mr. Morrow, which was about a week ago, I was informed that he had parted ways with the original designer and/or contractor but that they have a new designer and are proceeding with all permits, plans and approvals for all outstanding issues there. Mr. Morrow was not specific on a timeline, but my best guess is that it will take them several more months to prepare plans and obtain permits from HCD (state) for the trailers and then another month or so for us to process the application for set-up once they have HCD insignias. Perhaps Wayne and/or Kevin can entertain a revisit of this case and provide Mr. Morrow with a deadline for which to obtain all necessary permits.. Just a thought… From: Carlos Flores Sent: Wednesday, May 29, 2019 3:25 PM To: Wayne Campbell <Wcampbell@laquintaca.gov>; Kevin Meredith <Kmeredith@laquintaca.gov>; James Wiatrak <jwiatrak@laquintaca.gov> Cc: Danny Castro <dcastro@laquintaca.gov> Subject: FW: Morrow Ranch ‐ Construction and Storage Trailers Hello all, As you can see from correspondence below, I’ve continued to receive correspondence from neighbors regarding Morrow ranch trailers. I just wanted to let you know of the continued complaints and to see where we are at and to move forward. It seems as if Mr. Morrow hasn’t progressed towards bringing the trailer into compliance. What I am communicating to the neighbors is that we have an open code case and will continue to move forward with violations/citations until the issue is fixed. I just wanted to make everyone aware so that we make sure to continue monitoring. Thanks, Carlos Flores | Senior Planner Design and Development City of La Quinta 78495 Calle Tampico | La Quinta, CA 92253 Ph. 760.777.7069 www.laquintaca.gov From: Peter Dittemore <pditty53@icloud.com> Sent: Friday, May 24, 2019 9:08 AM James “JW” Wiatrak, CBO, CASp Building Official ◦ ADA Coordinator Design & Development Department City of La Quinta 78495 Calle Tampico ◦ La Quinta, CA 92253 Ph. 760.777.7023 www.laquintaca.gov www.playinlaquinta.com 3 To: Carlos Flores <cflores@laquintaca.gov> Cc: Larry Robinson <lawrencegrobinson@gmail.com>; Danny Castro <dcastro@laquintaca.gov>; Ellen Woolard <ellen.woolard@managementtrust.com>; Michelle Reese <michelle.reese@managementtrust.com>; Deborah Brill <brilldeborah@gmail.com>; W. Richard Mills <dmillshome@wrmcpas.com>; Tom Brohard <tbrohard@earthlink.net> Subject: Re: Morrow Ranch ‐ Construction and Storage Trailers Hello Mr. Flores, I had originally sent this reply to your email to you on May 2, 2019 and haven’t heard back from you. Could you please address these questions for us? I know that your department gets a little busy during the Festival season but now that that’s behind us maybe you can find the time to answer our concerns. Thank you, Pete Dittemore, President, Griffin Ranch HOA Thank you for your update on this Carlos. When you say that the Morrows are going through the process of getting a State certification for the trailers /sheds and then have to go through the process of getting permits from the city, shouldn’t that have taken place prior to them placing the trailers/sheds on the property? Also are they trying to get the trailers/sheds approved for permanent placement? Thanks for your anticipated response. Regards, Pete Dittemore, Griffin Ranch HOA Sent from my iPad On May 1, 2019, at 3:15 PM, Carlos Flores <cflores@laquintaca.gov> wrote: Hello Larry, I apologize in the delay in getting back to you. City staff here, including building and code compliance staff, needed some time to review the situation and get updates from the owners as far as status of the trailers and sheds. Where we are at with the trailers is that prior to any City permitting and review of the trailers, the Morrows have to go through a permitting procedure with the State in order to use the trailers. They are not allowed to use the trailers until they receive certain State certifications first, and then they move on to getting City permits/inspections. We, including our code compliance team, will continue to monitor the situation with the Morrows and our code compliance team will take further action if progress towards permitting halts for an unreasonable amount of time. Carlos Flores | Senior Planner Design and Development City of La Quinta 78495 Calle Tampico | La Quinta, CA 92253 Ph. 760.777.7069 www.laquintaca.gov From: Larry Robinson <lawrencegrobinson@gmail.com> Sent: Thursday, April 4, 2019 8:25 AM To: Carlos Flores <cflores@laquintaca.gov>; Danny Castro <dcastro@laquintaca.gov> Cc: Ellen Woolard <ellen.woolard@managementtrust.com>; Michelle Reese <michelle.reese@managementtrust.com>; Deborah Brill <brilldeborah@gmail.com>; W. Richard Mills <dmillshome@wrmcpas.com>; Tom Brohard <tbrohard@earthlink.net>; Peter Dittemore <pditty53@icloud.com> Subject: Re: Morrow Ranch ‐ Construction and Storage Trailers 4 Carlos and Danny, This is a follow up to my email of 2 weeks ago. Can you please provide the status of this request for information? Larry On Thu, Mar 21, 2019 at 11:40 AM Larry Robinson <lawrencegrobinson@gmail.com> wrote: Danny and Carlos, How long is Morrow Ranch permitted to keep construction trailers and storage sheds on site? There appears to be no ongoing construction, yet the unsightly 'temporary' structures remain in place. I've attached two pictures taken from a Monterra property adjacent to these structures for your review and actions. I suggest that the Morrow Ranch property be visited by your office to determine the status of any construction project and to see for yourselves how unsightly they are. Please let me know what actions you plan to take. Larry ‐‐ Larry Robinson 858.361.5161(cell) ‐‐ Larry Robinson 858.361.5161(cell) NOTICE: This email message and any attachments hereto may contain confidential information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure, or distribution of such information is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply email and destroy the original message and all copies of it.