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DD 2025-0002 Andalusia at Coral Mountain Plant Palette Modifications (07.29.2025) July 29, 2025 Mr. Christopher Brizuela MSA Consulting Inc. 34200 Bob Hope Drive Rancho Mirage, CA 92270 SUBJECT: DIRECTOR’S DETERMINATION (DD) 2025-0002 TO MODIFY THE PLANT PALETTE WITHIN THE ANDALUSIA AT CORAL MOUNTAIN SPECIFIC PLAN Dear Christopher: The Design and Development Department has received your request to modify the plant palette contained within Specific Plan 03-067, Andalusia at Coral Mountain Specific Plan, Amendment No. 5. Specifically, the request is to amend Table 3 in Section 2.8.4 of the Specific Plan, and affects only the landscape palette for the “west tract,” for areas located west of Madison Street. No change will be made to the plants permitted in the “east tract” for areas east of Madison Street. This proposal is approved pursuant to the finding and conditions listed below. Finding: Pursuant to Section 3.2 of Specific Plan 03-067, Amendment No. 5: “Minor modifications to the approved Specific Plan 03-067 are allowed at the discretion of the Community Development Director or Designee.” Section 3.2.1A. further states that “The addition of new information to the Specific Plan maps or text that do not change the effect of any regulation. The new information may include more detailed, site-specific information.” In developing the landscaping plans for specific sites within the Specific Plan, it has been found that the landscape palette approved as part of Amendment No. 5 is very limiting and provides for little variety to the golf course’s and the residential units’ landscape plans. As a result, an expansion of the plant palette, which will allow greater flexibility and variation in landscape design throughout the project is requested, consistent with Attachment 1, Revised Plant Palette (additions are shown in underlined text, and deletions in strike-through text). This change is found consistent with the Purpose and Intent of the Specific Plan (Section 1.2), which states: “Amendment V adjusts the location and layout of residential, golf and commercial uses on the west side of Madison Street and establishes fresh planning, architectural and landscape design guidelines for that area.” (emphasis added) Furthermore, the addition of plants to the plant palette will not materially change any of the regulatory intent of the Specific Plan, nor will it affect permitted land uses or planning area boundaries. Conditions: 1. Within 15 working days of the date of this letter, the applicant shall provide the City with a revised Specific Plan document that replaces Table 3 of Section 2.8.4 with Attachment 1. Thank you for your attention to these items, and if you have any questions, please contact Nicole Sauviat Criste at consultingplanner@laquintaca.gov . Sincerely, Cheri Flores Interim Director Design and Development Department Attachment 1: Revised Plant Palette PLANT LIST Botanical Name Common Name Trees & Palms Acacia aneura * ** Mulga Acacia berlandieri Berlandier Acacia / Guajillo Acacia Acacia salicina * ** Willow Acacia Acacia saligna * ** Blue Leaf Wattle Acacia smallii * ** Sweet Acacia Acacia stenophylla Shoestring Acacia Acacia willardiana Palo Blanco Albizia julibrissin *** Mimosa Tree Bauhinia purpurea *** Purple Orchid Tree Bauhinia lunarioides White Orchid Tree Brahea armata Mexican Blue Palm Brahea armata ‘Clara’ Clara Mexican Blue Palm Brahea species Brahea Bismarckia nobilis Bismarck Palm Butia capitata Pindo Palm Brachychiton populneus Bottle Tree Caesalpinia cacalaco Cascalote Callistemon viminalis *** Bottlebrush Tree Cercidium floridum Blue Palo Verde Cercidium hybrid ‘Desert Museum’ Desert Museum Cercidium praecox Palo Brea Chamaerops humilus Mediterranean Fan Palm Cercidium microphyllum Foothill Palo Verde Cercidium ‘Sonoran Emerald’ Sonoran Emerald Palo Verde Chitalpa tashkentensis Chitalpa Chilopsis linearis Desert Willow Chorisia speciosa Silk Floss Tree Citrus species *** Citrus Tree Cordia boissieri Texas Olive Cupressus sempervirens Italian Cypress Cycas revoluta Sago Palm Dalbergia sissoo Indian Rosewood Eucalyptus cinerea *** Silver Dollar Gum Eucalyptus papuana *** Ghost Gum Eysenhardtia orthocarpa Kidneywood Fortunella margarita *** Kumquat Fraxinus uhdei ‘Majestic Beauty’ Evergreen Ash Fraxinus velutina Arizona Ash Geijera parviflora *** Australian Willow Humilus Mediterranean Fan Palm Jacaranda mimosifolia *** Jacaranda Koelreuteria bipinnata *** Chinese Lantern Tree Lagerstroemia indica Crape Myrtle Lysiloma microphylla var. thornberi Fern-of-the-Desert Melaleuca quinquenervia *** Paper Bark Tree Olea europaea * ** Olive Olneya tesota Ironwood Parkinsonia aculeata * ** Mexican Palo Verde Phoenix dactylifera Date Palm Phoenix roebelenii Pygmy Date Palm ATTACHMENT 1 2 Raphis excelsa Broadleaf Lady Palm Pinus canariensis *** Canary Island Pine Pinus elderica *** Afghan Pine Pinus halepensis *** Aleppo Pine Pistacia chinensis Chinese Pistache Pithecellobium mexicanum / Havardia mexicana Mexican Ebony Pithecellobium spinosa / Ebenopsis ebony Texas Ebony Prosopsis chinensis Chilean Mesquite Prosopsis glandulosa Texas Honey Mesquite Prosopis glandulosa var torreyana Western Honey Mesquite Prosopis X‘Phoenix’ Phoenix Thornless Mesquite Pyrus kawakami Evergreen Pear Quercus agrifolia Coast Live Oak Quercus suber Cork Oak Quercus virginiana Southern Live Oak Rhus lancea African Sumac Tipuana tipu Tipu Tree Thevetia peruviana Yellow Oleander Ulmus parvifolia “Drake” Drake Elm Vitex agnus-castus Chase Tree Washingtonia filifera California Fan Palm Washingtonia robusta * ** Mexican Fan Palm Acacia farnesiana * ** Sweet Acacia Bucida buceras Black Olive Prosopis species Mesquite Shrubs Ambrosia deltoides Triangle Bur Ragweed Fallugia paradoxa Apache Plume Atriplex canescens Fourwing Saltbush Bougainvillea species Bush Bougainvillea Caeselpinia pulcherrima Red Bird of Paradise Calliandra californica Fairy Duster Callistemon viminalis ‘Little John’ Bottlebrush Carissa cultivars Natal Plum Carissa grandiflora ‘Green Carpet’ Natal Plum Cassia nemophila Desert Cassia Cassia (Senna) species Cassia Chrysactinia mexicana Chamisa Chrysothamnus nauseosus Damianita Daisy Convolvulus species Morning Glory Dalea species Dalea Dianella species *** Flax Lily Dietes vegeta Fortnight Lily Dodonaea viscosa Hop Bush Eremophila species Figwort Elaeocarpus decipiens Japanese Blueberry Encelia actoni Acton Brittlebush Encellia farinosa Brittlebush Ericameria laricifolia Turpentine Bush Eriogonum fasciculatum var polifolium Flat Top Buckwheat Hemerocallis hybrid Daylily Heteromeles arbutifolia Toyon Hibiscus species *** Hibiscus Hyptis emoryi Desert Lavender Ixora coccinea species *** Jungle Geranium 3 Justicia californica Chuparosa Larrea tridentata Creosote Bush Lavandula species Lavender Leucophyllum species Texas Ranger Myrtus communis ‘Compacta’ Compact Myrtle Nandina domestica *** Heavenly Bamboo Nerium oleander * ** Oleander Nolina parryi Parry's Nolina Olea europaea ‘Little Ollie’ * ** Little Ollie Dwarf Olive Peritoma arborea Bladderpod Spiderflower Photinia fraseri Fraser’s Photinia Pittosporum tobira species ‘Wheelers Dwarf Pittosporum Poliomintha maderensis Mexican Oregano Prunus caroliniana *** Carolina Laurel Cherry Psilostrophe cooperi Cooper's paper daisy Punica granatum Pomegranate Pyracantha species Fire Thorn Rhaphiolepis Indica species Indian Hawthorn Rosa ‘Home-Run’ *** Rose Rosa ‘Iceberg’ varieties Rose Rosa ‘Knock-Out’ *** Rose Rosa species *** Rose Rosmarinus officinalis Rosemary Rosmarinus species Rosemary Ruellia brittoniana ‘Katie’ and varieties Compact Ruellia ‘Katie’ Ruellia californica Ruellia Ruellia peninsularis Baja Ruellia Ruellia species Ruellia Russellia equisetiformis Firecracker Plant Salvia species Sage Simmondsia chinensis Jojoba Sophora secundiflora Texas Mountain Laurel Sphaeralcea ambigua Desert Globemallow Strelitzia species Bird Of Paradise Tagetes lemmonii Mexican Marigold Tecoma stans ‘Angustata’ Yellow Bells Vauquelinia californica Arizona Rosewood Viguiera parishii Goldeneye Tecomaria capensis Cape Honeysuckle Xylosma congestum N.C.N. Shiny Xylosma Zauschneria californica Hummingbird Flower Groundcovers Abronia species Abronia Acacia redolens ‘Desert Carpet’ * (Limited Use) Prostrate Acacia Baccharis x Centennial Centennial Coyote Bush Baccharis X ‘Stern’ Starn Coyote Bush Bougainvillea species Bougainvillea Bulbine frutescens Bulbine Carissa species Natal Plum Cobble or Gravel - Convolvulus species Bush Morning Glory Dalea greggii Trailing Indigo Bush Dalea species Dalea Decomposed granite - 4 Evolvulus glomeratus Hawaiian Blue Eyes Festuca ovina ‘Glauca’ Blue Fescue Gazania rigens var. leucolaena Trailing Gazania Glandularia gooddingii Mojave Verbena Glandularia species Glandularia Lantana camara ‘New Gold’ New Gold Lantana Lantana montevidensis Purple Trailing Lantana Melampodium leucanthum Black-Foot Daisy Myoporum parvifolium Prostrate Myoporum Oenothera caespitosa Tufted Evening Primrose Oenothera species * ** Evening Primrose Pyracantha fortuneana Chinese Firethorn Rosmarinus O.‘Irene’ Trailing Rosemary Rosmarinus officinalis ‘Prostratus’ Creeping Rosemary / Prostratus Rosemary Rosmarinus species Rosemary Santolina species Lavender Cotton Sphagneticola trilobata / Wedelia trilobata Wedelia Turf/ Grass/SOD Turf Over-Seeded Teucrium chamaedrys Germander Teucrium chamaedrys 'prostratum' Creeping Germander Trachelospermum jasminoides Star Jasmine Verbena species Verbena Vines/Espaliers Antigonon leptopus *** Coral Vine Bougainvillea species “Barbara Karst” Bougainvillea Calliandra haematocephala Pink Powder Puff Campsis radicans Trumpet Vine Clytostoma callistegioides Violet Trumpet Vine Duranta species *** Skyflower Ficus pumila Creeping fig Gelsemium sempervirens Carolina Jasmine Grewia caffra Lavender Star Flower Ipomoea acuminata Blue Dawn Flower Macfadyena unguis-cati Cat’s Claw Creeper Vine Pyracantha species Fire Thorn Pyrostegia venusta Flame Vine Rosa banksiae Lady Banks Rose Tecoma stans Yellow Bells Tecomaria capensis Cape Honeysuckle Trachelospermum jasminoides *** Star Jasmine Accents & Grasses Achnatherum hymenoides Indian Rice Grass Annuals Annual Color Agave americana Century Plant Agave deserti Desert Agave Agave desmettiana Smooth Agave Agave parryi Parry’s Agave Agave victoriae-reginae Queen Victoria Agave Agave species Agave Aloe barbadensis Aloe Vera Aloe species Aloe Asclepias subulata Desert Milkweed Cereus hildmannianus Hedge Cactus 5 Cereus peruvianus Peruvian Apple Cactus Cylindropuntia acanthocarpa buckhorn cholla Dasylirion wheeleri Desert Spoon Dasylirion species Desert Spoon Echinocactus grusonii Golden Barrel Cactus Echinocactus species Cactus Echinopsis pachanoi San Pedro Cactus Euphorbia antisyphilitica candelilla Euphorbia species Euphorbia Equisetum hyemale Horsetail Ferocactus species Barrel Cactus Festuca species Festuca Festuca glauca and cultivars Common Blue Fescue Fouquieria splendens Ocotillo Hesperaloe parviflora Red Yucca Hesperaloe species Yucca Hilaria rigida Big Galleta Lomandra species and cultivars Rush Lophocereus marginatus Fence Post Cactus Lophocereus schottii Totem Pole Cactus Muhlenbergia emersylleyi capillaris ‘Regal mist’ Bull Grass Regal Mist Pink Muhly Grass Muhlenbergia dubia Pine Muhly Muhlenbergia rigens Deer Grass Muhlenbergia species Grasses Nassella tenuissima Mexican Feather Grass Native aquatic grasses including native Muhlenbergia species, Carex species and Juncus species - Nolina (Beaucarnea) recurvata Ponytail Palm Nolina bigelovii Bigelow’s Bear Grass Nolina microcarpa species Bear Grass / Nolina Opuntia species Prickly Pear Pachycereus (Stenocereus) marginatus Mexican Organ Pipe Pedilanthus macrocarpus Lady's Slipper Pilosocereus pachycladus Blue Torch Cactus Phormium tenax *** New Zealand Flax Portulacaria afra Elephant’s Food Sansevieria species Mother-in-Law’s Tongue Stenocereus thurberi Organ Pipe Cactus Yucca rostrata Big Bend Beaked Yucca Yucca species Yucca Perennials Abronia villosa Sand Verbena Artemisia species Artemisia Asparagus species Fern Asparagus Baileya multiradiata Desert Marigold Berlandiera lyrata Chocolate Flower Coreopsis species Coreopsis Dianella species Flax Lilies Dietes species Fortnight Lily Eschscholzia species Mexican/California Poppy Epilobium canum Hummingbird Trumpet Euryops pectinatus Golden Euryops Gaura lindheimeri Gaura Gazania hybrids Gazania 6 Glandularia spp Verbenas Hymenoxys acaulis Angelita Daisy Lavendula species Lavender Oenothera Spp. * ** Evening Primrose Penstemon species Penstemon Phacelia tanacetifolia Purple Tansy Psilostrophe cooperi Cooper's Paper Daisy Ratibida species Ratibida Ratibida species Ratibida Salvia species Salvia Sphaeralcea ambigua Desert Globemallow Sphaeralcea coccinea varieties Scarlet Globemallow Tagetes lucida Mexican Marigold Tetraneuris acaulis Angelita Daisy Zinnia acerosa Desert Zinnia * Species that are prohibited within certain areas if the project as depicted on conceptual PBS barrier plan. ** Fruiting varieties limited to trees designated for active farm-to-table growing at least 500 ft from any western project boundary; ornamental use is prohibited. *** To be used only at residentials and courtyards. Note: - All native wildflowers listed in CVWD’s Lush & Efficient publication can be used as seed mixes or planter pots. https://web.cvwd.org/conservation/lush_book/index.html