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2019-08-01 Flores, Carlos - 55075 Monroe St. Update1 From:Carlos Flores Sent:Thursday, August 1, 2019 11:41 AM To:Cheri Flores Subject:RE: Morrow Ranch (55075 Monroe St.) update Yes we chatted about it yesterday 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: Cheri Flores <clflores@laquintaca.gov>   Sent: Thursday, August 1, 2019 11:12 AM  To: Carlos Flores <cflores@laquintaca.gov>  Subject: FW: Morrow Ranch (55075 Monroe St.) update  Don’t know if JW talked to you about this or not.   Cheri L. Flores | Planning Manager City of La Quinta 78495 Calle Tampico La Quinta, CA 92253 Ph. 760-777-7067 Website | Map hwy111LQ.com From: James Wiatrak <jwiatrak@laquintaca.gov>   Sent: Wednesday, July 31, 2019 11:54 AM  To: Kevin Meredith <Kmeredith@laquintaca.gov>; Wayne Campbell <Wcampbell@laquintaca.gov>  Cc: AJ Ortega <Aortega@laquintaca.gov>; Bryan McKinney <Bmckinney@laquintaca.gov>; Cheri Flores  <clflores@laquintaca.gov>; Monika Radeva <mradeva@laquintaca.gov>; Tommi Sanchez <Tsanchez@laquintaca.gov>  Subject: Morrow Ranch (55075 Monroe St.) update  Good morning Kevin and Wayne, I spoke at some length yesterday with Greg Sanders, attorney for the Morrow’s, regarding the many issues facing them as they progress towards compliance and obtain permits for the various buildings and additions throughout their property. According to their attorney, the Morrow’s are suing the former owners, the selling broker and filing a claim against the title insurance company. To make matters worse, they apparently found out recently that the house sits atop a Bureau of Reclamation easement and there is likely a situation where the house cannot be where it is currently located unless the easement is 2 vacated, if that is even possible. As they work with the CVWD on the easement problem and sort out the other legal issues, the attorney has asked that we not issue any further citations as they are working in good faith to correct the many permit and approval deficiencies. I stated that we would have no objection to halting the citations as long as they provided us with regular status reports on the project and demonstrated that they are diligently moving forward with the permitting process. Do you have any objections to my agreement on this? In another matter, given that the main residence has apparently had several additions and conversions and is a compilation of manufactured and site-built construction for which there are no permits and approvals, I have decided that it is in the best interest of the owners and any occupants to revoke our approval to occupy until they submit plans, obtain inspections and receive approvals. We simply do not know to what extent the structure and MEP’s may be deficient, and perhaps hazardous, and we need be confident that this dwelling meets the minimum health and safety codes before we continue to allow people to live there. I will draft a letter regarding this occupancy revocation and copy you and the City Clerk in the next few days. Regards,           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