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2021-03-14 CristeFirefox https://outlook.office.com/mail/deeplink?Print Re: La Quinta Surf Park Resort Consulting Planner <ConsultingPlanner@laquintaca.gov> Sun 3/14/2021 9:59 AM To: pwayneplaza@yahoo.com <pwayneplaza@yahoo.com> Cc: Monika Radeva <mradeva@laquintaca.gov>;Nichole Romane <nromane@laquintaca.gov>;Consulting Planner <ConsultingPlanner@laquintaca.gov> Mr. Plaza, There are plans at the City, but City Hall remains closed. I have copied our City Clerk here, as they handle public record requests. We can provide the master plan from the Specific Plan, and the current grading plan through this process. I will work with Monika and Nichole to send you these materials. Nicole Sauviat Criste Consulting Planner City of La Quinta From: pwayneplaza@yahoo.com <pwayneplaza@yahoo.com> Sent: Saturday, March 13, 20214:20 PM To: Consulting Planner <ConsultingPlanner@laquintaca.gov>; Weiss Kathy <kathy@crystalspringsranch.com> Subject: Re: La Quinta Surf Park Resort ** EXTERNAL: This message originated outside of the City of La Quinta. Please use proper judgement and caution when opening attachments, clicking links or responding to requests for information. ** Are there design drawings show the master plan, grading, etc., at the City? Pete Plaza Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone On Tuesday, March 9, 2021, 12:47 PM, Consulting Planner <ConsultingPlanner@laquintaca.gov> wrote: Mr. Plaza, Thank you for your comments. They will be included in the EIR Notice of Preparation comments for the project. Please note that the EIR has not been released for this project. As a commenter on the Notice of Preparation, you will receive a notice when the EIR is available for public review and comment. Nicole Sauviat Criste Consulting Planner 1 of 5 5/29/22, 12:47 PM Firefox https://outlook.office.com/mail/deeplink?Print City of La Quinta From: Peter Plaza <pwayneplaza@yahoo.com> Sent: Tuesday, March 9, 2021 12:40 PM To: Consulting Planner <ConsultingPlanner@laquintaca.gov>; Peter Plaza <pwayneplaza@yahoo.com>; Maria Plaza <mnplaza@yahoo.com> Subject: La Quinta Surf Park Resort ** EXTERNAL: This message originated outside of the City of La Quinta. Please use proper judgement and caution when opening attachments, clicking links or responding to requests for information. ** Hello, My name is Pete Plaza and I'm a homeowner in Trilogy at La Quinta. My unbiased comments below come from 40 years of experience in the development and construction industry. I trust many of my comments are being considered by City officials, planners, developer and EIR responses, and are not in any order, priority or choosing sides as to what/who is right and wrong. Typically, when a project has gotten to this point the dice have been rolled and the game moves forward regardless of what the opposition has to say. It seems that the City has made the decision that there are NO ALTERNATE LOCATIONS for the Surf Park Development in La Quinta or for that matter, the entire Coachella Valley? One would wonder why all the open acreage that is visible throughout the Coachella Valley is not an alternate consideration, especially along Interstate 10, where the property is already zone for this type of development, and more importantly, no major issues with the EIR Report, certainly to a lesser degree.....NO, the City of La Quinta chooses to put this development right in the middle of multi -million dollar homes and in proximity to some of the most beautiful golf courses in the nation. I and others in the surrounding communities are at a total loss as to why this location has been chosen and no other locations are acceptable? As stated earlier, the train has left the station and picking up speed. Can the residents surrounding this development stop this project...absolutely! Below are my construction "gotcha" impacts that everyone will experience, should the project move forward. These "gotcha's" must be a topic of discussion at future meetings and address EIR comments: CONSTRUCTION 1. Tranquility in the community not for 10 years! Constructing a major development of 377 acres is no easy task, nor does is it come without impacts to the surrounding community. There will be lots of heavy construction equipment, dirt trucks with tandem (pups), cranes, bulldozers, supply trucks, tradesman vehicles, and the list goes on and on. This constant and increased flow of vehicle traffic on our roadways will cause noise, diesel fumes, disruption to local traffic, increase in potential accidents/injuries, airborne dust, pollution, smog, loud -speaker noise from construction activities (safety meetings), and overall general construction noise. This will be the "NEW NORMAL" for our local communities many years to come. 2. It's important to point -out that one of the biggest nemesis for any construction project is DUST, especially so when a large parcel of land is being cleared, grubbed, and excavated. Due to the prevailing winds our communities experience in a westerly to easterly direction, DUST will be 2 of 5 5/29/22, 12:47 PM Firefox https://outlook.office.com/mail/deeplink?Print driven towards Trilogy at La Quinta and Andalusia. This is always a daunting task for the construction crews, and in the case of the Surf Resort Development, it will not be an exception. Yes, the developer will use water trucks to wet -down the dry -soil surface, but they will not have enough water trucks to cover 377 acres in a short period of time, nor can they cover 100% of the development due to inaccessibility. There is no -doubt wind driven dust will occur during construction and considering the development will be done in "phases", this problem will be permanent throughout the entire 10-year duration. 3. The first impact the community will experience are the tandem dirt trucks. There are 377 acres in the development. Assuming an average 1-foot cut of organic soil exported off -site (some topsoil will be reused) and 2-foot of engineered fill imported on -site, and the site is a balanced cut and fill calculation. Assume an average dump truck carries 14 cubic yards of dirt and (30 cubic yards with a tandem carrier). a. 377 acres x 43,560 sf. x 3.0 ft. / 30 cubic yards per tandem dump truck = That's approximately 1,650,000 tandem trucks on our local roadways, spanned over 10 years: 165,000 tandem truck each year, or 13,750 tandem dump trucks each month! 4. It's important to ask, "what is the truck route for these trucks? Who is buying the dirt? What is the destination of that dumpsite? Is the truck route on Jefferson, or 58th Street to Madison? 5. Tandem trucks drop residual dirt, stones, and rocks from the rear of the truck. The developer's solution to this is using road sweepers. Truck hauling operation will begin early morning. The road sweepers will be hard at work starting at 6:30AM and clean Jefferson and/or 58th Street. Like any dirt hauling operation, it's not perfect, so residual dirt and gravel will remain on the roadways leaving an obvious patch of travel in its wake. 6. Road damage will occur from the quantity and weight of the dirt trucks over the 10 years. This will require major repairs to the roadways. The damage will not be continuous, so repairs will be done by "patching" segments of the roadway resulting in changing the aesthetic appearance of a continuous and smooth asphalt road to multiple patches (change in color) and the possibility of the asphalt cracking, breaking apart and causing "potholes". The City will be left with patching the potholes with cold -asphalt patch which is only a temporary solution. Over -time, vehicle will loosen -up the cold -asphalt patch, causing another pothole and the process repeats itself. This is a classic repair process due to city budget constraints. Bottomline, our roadways will never look the same. A typical solution to counter -act this issue is requiring the developer to put a Roadway Bond in place, should the City need the funds to repair the roadways in the future. 7. Multiple utility connections will be required for this development, requiring roadways to be closed at Jefferson, 58th Street and 60th Street and local traffic re-routed to Monroe Street. Again, cutting -up the existing asphalt roadways will be required and patched. The City must include "entitlements" in the agreement with the developer to remove the existing asphalt roadways, by scarifying the top layer of the roadways and installing a "new" paved surface. This needs to be applied to all the roadways affected on Jefferson, 58th Street, 60th Street and Monroe. 8. Parking for all construction vehicles must be maintained on the development site and not outside the construction fence line. 9. Will the developer "guarantee" and be fully liable for any impact to the aquifer water supply and/or disruptions to the water supply serving residents? If not, there should be! 3 of 5 5/29/22, 12:47 PM Firefox https://outlook.office.com/mail/deeplink?Print SURF RESORT DEVELOPMENT AND OPERATION 1 Many of the operational issues have been brought to the table that need to be address in the EIR and forth -coming meeting. Consider this: Let's look down at this development from 5,000 feet, getting the full perspective of what the community will look like and experience once an event is in full operation: a. All the roadways converging to this parcel of land, surrounded by beautiful, serene residential communities and golf courses will be backed -up with cars coming from Interstate 10, Highway 111, Jefferson Street, Madison Street, Monroe Street, 58th Street, 60th Street and alternate roads snaking through and avoiding the traffic jam. There will police vehicles and flashing light everywhere, attempting to control traffic with barricades and traffic policeman. Any local resident that needs to do normal shopping along the Highway 111 corridor may find it easy to leave their communities but will face the wrath of traffic jams on every available artery roadway coming back home. IT WILL TAKE YOU HOURS TO RETURN! The community residents will have no other choice but to stay at home until all the event spectators have entered the Surf Resort parking area. Of course, the reverse will occur once the event is finished. b. The EIR refers to off -site parking and a shuttle service will be transporting spectators to and from the parking lot to the event. What happened to the developers plan to provide all the necessary parking stalls for the permanent residents, temporary residents, hotel guests, event staff, surfing professionals/participants, security personnel, NBC media personnel, etc., etc., etc.? OH! BY THE WAY, WHERE IS THIS PARKING LOT LOCATED? c. All the local shopping centers will be consumed by event spectators, making shopping a very unpleasant experience. d. Alcohol will be consumed at tremendous quantities, thus creating other problems: drunk and disorderly individuals, fighting and attacks to individuals, traffic accidents, injuries because of alcohol, late night parties, loudspeaker music, shouting, screaming and police and ambulance sirens responding to these occurrences. As far as the residents are concerned, we will be facing the full effect of this development every time there's an event well into the future. e. Re -Zoning for this development will create a "slippery slope" for allowing other developments in the area. So, it's OK to allow the City of La Quinta to surround Trilogy at La Quinta with commercial developments? I don't think so! My wife and I were planning to retire in Trilogy at La Quinta the rest of our lives. This development may change that if approved. PROPERTY APPRECIATION 1. There has been a lot of discussions concerning the impact the Surf Resort Development will have on the home values in the surrounding communities. I for one, don't believe home prices will increase soon, certainly until the development is complete and what the full affect this facility will have on the sale of homes during "disclosure". Potential buyers looking at Trilogy at La Quinta and Andalusia are +55 seniors are looking for a quiet neighborhood to retire. They will not buy a home that puts them in the same high -congestion environment they came from. The potential buyers will know that this facility is under construction (if approved), and what it brings to the local communities when it's fully operational. Will this 4 of 5 5/29/22, 12:47 PM Firefox https://outlook.office.com/mail/deeplink?Print resort force potential buyers to look elsewhere? If I was looking to buy in Trilogy at La Quinta, I would have seriously considered this Surf Resort as a negative and looked elsewhere. 2. If there will be property appreciation, when will it happen? How much, and at what price do we pay for this appreciation? Is it worth it? CONCLUSION I ask again, why has the City of La Quinta approved this development in our neighborhood when there are many other locations, such as Interstate 10, to consider that are zoned for this type of development, environmental affects are minimal, and will give the developer improved visibility and marketing attraction? It's beyond my comprehension why this isn't the case. Relocating this facility gives the residents peace -of -mind and develops trust in those City officials we elected, to make sure the City of La Quinta maintains the highest standard of living and that a balance of community is always maintained. Thank you. Peter W. 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