2022-02-04 Tyreman - FEIR & Developer Fees Inquiry_RedactedRe: FEIR for Coral Mountain
Nicole Criste <ncriste@terranovaplanning.com>
Fri 2/4/2022 6:40 AM
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Commissioner,
We do not have a date yet. It will be some ;me aEer the 20th.
Nicole
Nicole Sauviat Criste
Consulting Planner
City of La Quinta
TERRA NOVA PLANNING & RESEARCH, INC.®
42635 Melanie Place, Ste 101
PALM DESERT, CA. 92211
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To: Nicole Criste <ncriste@terranovaplanning.com>, "clflores@laquintaca.gov"
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Subject: FEIR for Coral Mountain
Hi Nicole, I have heard that the FIER will be available later this month. Can you confirm the date for
publication?
Thanks
Dale
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So the $386,200 is for single family residence as is the $36,000 in Developer Fees.
The $317,074 and the $29,000 is for multi unit dwellings.
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Thanks for clarifying those numbers.
Dale
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Mr. Tyerman,
Yes, it’s correct – one is for apartments, one for houses.
Nicole Sauviat Criste
Principal
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42635 Melanie Place, Ste 101
PALM DESERT, CA. 92211
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Nicole, the Developer fees also showed going from $29,000 to $36,000. Not sure if this is right.
Dale
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Mr. Tyerman,
I reviewed the paragraph you quote below, and the language is wrong. The sentence should read as shown
below in red, and I have changed the language in the element. The $317,000 for affordable rental units is still
correct. The paragraph below should have stated that the calculation was for a single family home. I apologize
for the confusion and thank you for catching the error.
Nicole
Nicole Sauviat Criste
Principal
TERRA NOVA PLANNING & RESEARCH, INC.®
42635 Melanie Place, Ste 101
PALM DESERT, CA. 92211
(760) 341-4800
FAX#: 760-341-4455
E-Mail: ncriste@terranovaplanning.com
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Date: Tuesday, January 11, 2022 at 10:16 PM
To: "clflores@laquintaca.gov" <clflores@laquintaca.gov>, Nicole Criste
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Subject: Cost of a unit of housing
Hi Nicole and Cheri,
Here is the quote from page 233 of the HE report showing the cost per unit is not $386,200.
Up from the $317,000. It also shows an increase in developer fees from $29,000 to $38,613.
I suspect the $386,200 is documented in another place in the HE.
As I asked tonight how do we explain the increases, both in total cost and in the developer
fees?
Thanks for a great meeting tonight and your good work to get us here.
Dale
Table II-46 presents an overview of City fees for an average 1,500- square-foot tract home with a two-car
garage in a low density subdivision and an average 950-square-foot multifamily home with a two-car garage.
Table II-47 identifies fees for various planning actions, such as zoning changes, tentative tract maps, and
conditional use permits. Based on the fees presented in these tables, and the average cost of building an
affordable housing unit a single family home in the City ($386,200), the development fees per unit would
be about $38,613 per unit, or 10% of the building cost. Given that the City’s fee schedule and development
impact fees are consistent with those of other Coachella Valley cities, and that affordable housing projects are
often exempted from fees, the costs associated with City fees are not considered a constraint to the
development of affordable housing.
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