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RE: Coral Mountain Resort Project
James Vaughn <JVaughn@szrlaw.com>
Thu 2/25/2021 8:00 PM
To: Nicole Criste (Contract Planner) <ncriste@Terranovaplanning.com>;Consulting Planner
<ConsultingPlanner@laquintaca.gov>
Cc: 'Ihrke, Bill' <bihrke@rutan.com>;Rick Zeilenga <rzeilenga@szrlaw.com>;Cheri Flores
<clflores@laquintaca.gov>;Garrett Simon <gsimon@meriwetherco.com>
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Hi Nicole,
The amended NOP looks great, and we agree with extending the comment period as you suggest. Thanks for
getting this out so quickly.
Best,
Jim
James D. Vaughn, Esq.
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From: Nicole Criste <ncriste@terranovaplanning.com>
Sent: Thursday, February 25, 2021 3:11 PM
To: James Vaughn <JVaughn@szrlaw.com>; Nicole Criste <Ncriste@laquintaca.gov>
Cc: 'Ihrke, Bill' <bihrke@rutan.com>; Rick Zeilenga <rzeilenga@szrlaw.com>; 'Cheri Flores'
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Subject: Re: Coral Mountain Resort Project
Jim,
We have discussed the addition of the DA to the project. As you know, it is a project under CEQA. Since the
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NOP went out without it, and in order to assure that all responsible agencies and interested parties have an
adequate understanding of the Project as a whole, we believe that the NOP should be amended, and the
comment period extended. We will re -publish the newspaper ad, and send that ad to all who received the
NOP, as shown on the attached. The lead time for the paper governs the extension period, and we should be
able to get this published next Wednesday (two weeks after the original, thereby resulting in a two week
extension).
Please let me know if you have any questions.
Nicole Sauviat Criste
Consulting Planner
City of La Quinta
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
From: James Vaughn <JVaughn@szrlaw.com>
Date: Wednesday, February 24, 2021 at 12:29 PM
To: Nicole Criste <ncriste@terranovaplanning.com>, Nicole Criste <Ncriste@laquintaca.gov>
Cc: "'Ihrke, Bill"' <bihrke@rutan.com>, Rick Zeilenga <rzeilenga@szrlaw.com>, 'Cheri Flores'
<clflores@laquintaca.gov>
Subject: RE: Coral Mountain Resort Project
Thanks Nicole!
James D. Vaughn, Esq.
Stowell, Zeilenga, Ruth, Vaughn & Treiger LLP
jvaughn@szrlaw.com 1 www.szrlaw.com
Office: 805.446.1496 1 Direct: 805.446.76091 Mobile 805.551.0688
4695 MacArthur Court
Suite 200
Newport Beach, CA 92660
4590 East Thousand Oaks Blvd.
Suite 100
Westlake Village, California 91362
From: Nicole Criste <ncriste@terranovaplanning.com>
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<clflores@laquintaca.gov>
Subject: Re: Coral Mountain Resort Project
Jim,
We will be discussing this internally, likely tomorrow. As regards the process, it would follow a parallel track
through the City Attorney's office, and should be ready when the balance of entitlements move forward. The
Planning fee is billed per hour, with a $3,327 base/application fee, plus 100% pass -through for City attorney
billings.
Nicole Sauviat Criste
Consulting Planner
City of La Quinta
TERRA NOVA PLANNING & RESEARCH, INC.®
42635 Melanie Place, Ste 101
PALM DESERT, CA. 92211
(760) 341-4800
FAX#: 760-341-4455
E-Mail: ncriste(cr�terranovaplanning.com
From: James Vaughn <JVaughn@szrlaw.com>
Date: Wednesday, February 24, 2021 at 12:10 PM
To: Nicole Criste <Ncriste@laquintaca.gov>
Cc: "'Ihrke, Bill"' <bihrke@rutan.com>, Rick Zeilenga <rzeilenga@szrlaw.com>, Nicole Criste
<ncriste@terranovaplanning.com>, 'Cheri Flores' <clflores@laquintaca.gov>
Subject: RE: Coral Mountain Resort Project
Hi Nicole and Cheri,
My partner, Rick Zeilenga, and I had an introductory call with Bill Ihrke this morning. We have worked a lot
with Kathy Jensen in the past, but not Bill.
One item we discussed is whether it makes sense to add a Development Agreement to the list of entitlements
for the project, and whether doing so would slow down the entitlement process. Bill's initial view is that a
Development Agreement can be put together within the time frames we are already working under, but he did
think it may make sense to re -issue the NOP to specifically identify the Development Agreement in the list of
project entitlements.
Before making a final decision on the path forward, we wanted to reach out to you to determine the
application cost and process, and also make sure that you do not see any problems with adding a DA to the
project. I think Bill will be reaching out to you discuss further, but in the meantime, could one of you please
confirm the application process and cost?
Thanks,
Jim
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p.s. Sorry for sending this twice to Bill, Cheri and Rick, but I realized I mistakenly sent it to Nicole at MSA
instead of Nicole Criste.
James D. Vaughn, Esq.
Stowell, Zeilenga, Ruth, Vaughn & Treiger LLP
jvaughn@szrlaw.com 1 www.szrlaw.com
Office: 805.446.1496 1 Direct: 805.446.76091 Mobile 805.551.0688
4695 MacArthur Court
Suite 200
Newport Beach, CA 92660
4590 East Thousand Oaks Blvd.
Suite 100
Westlake Village, California 91362
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