HomeMy WebLinkAbout2026-03-19 CUP2025-0004 Revised 2nd Incomplete Letter
March 19, 2026
Nicole Vann
MSA Consulting
34200 Bob Hope Drive
Rancho Mirage, CA 92270
SUBJECT: REVISED SECOND INCOMPLETE LETTER - LA QUINTA RESORT
RENOVATION OF THE EXISTING FAMILY SWIMMING POOL CUP 2025-0004
Dear Ms. Vann:
On February 19, 2-026, the City of La Quinta Design and Development Department received resubmittal
materials for the above-referenced application for a family swimming pool renovation at the La Quinta
Resort property located at 49499 Eisenhower Drive.
The first step in the City’s development application review process is to determine if your application
meets the minimum requirements for processing. These requirements are listed and described planning
application provided to you in Jack Lima’s January 6, 2026 letter . Unless specifically waived, each item
listed on the application checklist is required to determine if your application is complete and acceptable
for processing. After reviewing all submitted information, your application remains incomplete. The
following items are required:
1. Modify the Statement of Operations to include the hours for seasonal operation, and the time
frames for each set of operating hours, for example “May to October…” Provide a description of
the pieces of equipment that will be installed to operate the pool and slides, including their location
on the site plan, whether they are above - or in-ground (and provide dimensioned elevations in the
plan details for all equipment that is above -ground). Provide a description of operational processes
such as backwash, refills, full water change, and their schedules. We were not asking about
construction equipment.
2. Plan Set: It appears that there was some confusion about the modifications to the plan set. For clarity, I
have itemized the changes required below.
a. Page 1: Correct the hours of operation per comment #1 above. Add the project area in
square feet and acres. Add required parking spaces per Municipal Code.
b. Page 2 and any other page where it occurs: remove the red hatch pattern. Keep the blue
outline. Add the blue outline to the Legend, and label it “Project Limits.”
c. Page 2: Outline all structures/facilities to be removed in green. Add the green outline to
the Legend and label it “To be Demolished/Removed.”
d. Page 3: Remove the yellow-highlighted labels that reference items outside the Project
Limits. Remove the surrounding areas and enlarge the site plan to include only the Project
Limits. Provide dimensions throughout the site plan: setbacks from proposed facilities to
the property/limit of work line; dimensions of buildings and slide tower, cabanas, etc.;
width and length of pool; label buildings and structures (cabanas, slide tower, restrooms,
spa rooms, bar, kitchen, etc.). Label and dimension all ground mounted mechanical
equipment to the nearest property line.
e. Page 4 and 5: Duplicate dimensions and labeling from Page 3. On Page 4, label
equipment to the west of the heat pumps. If the area is not a building, show what is
proposed for screening on the west limit of work.
f. Page 6 and 7 and all other pages showing elevations: All height measurements must be to
top of roof of each roof area, or highest point if not depicting a building. Plate heights are
irrelevant. Include height on cabana, restroom sheets. The lifeguard stations appear to be
missing?
g. Page 17: Provide dimensioned slide section with height limits (see drawing 4 on Page 19).
h. Page 19: Provide height limits for drawing 4.
i. Renderings: Please check proportions. Based on correction 2.g. and 2.h., scale the
slides to have a correct relationship to surrounding structures. If the kids’ pool
structure is 30± feel tall, it appears to be out of scale with the adjacent Morgan
House structure. If the section on Page 19 is correct, the kids’ pool structure is 61 feet
tall. It is shown in the renderings’ Page 23 as being lower than the adjacent Morgan
House. The Morgan House is not 61 feet tall. The pool also appears to be too small.
3. Parking Study for the anticipated generated daily use traffic. You indicate in your response that this
will be an ancillary use to the resort, but provide no support for that statement. Given the size of the
resort, and the likely distance some families will travel within it to use the pool, City staff, and
eventually the Planning Commission, will need to understand how this facility will operate without
any parking whatever.
4. California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Exemption Justification Letter: Your letter has been
received, but is incomplete in two ways. First, an analysis for exemption must include an analysis of
CEQA Guidelines Section 15300.2. Second, the project occurs adjacent to a historic structure, the
Morgan House. Please demonstrate that the project will have no indirect impact on that historic
structure. When the complete information is provided, we will review it to determine whether the City
can support an exemption for this project.
Once we determine the application complete , your application will move to the second step in the City’s
application review process, the distribution to appropriate City departments and other reviewing
agencies for review and comment. This second step typically takes three to four weeks. Please note
that additional materials may be required as your application is reviewed.
Once the department and agency reviews are completed your application will move to the third and final
step in the application process and be scheduled for public hearings. Please note that there are other
items listed in the application forms that will be needed as public meeting and hearing schedules are
determined, such as a public hearing notification package, presentation exhibits, etc.
As you know, I work remotely from City Hall. If you have any questions about the requirements above,
please feel free to contact me at 760-341-4800 or consultingplanner@laquintaca.gov
Sincerely,
Nicole Sauviat Criste
Consulting Planner
Design and Development Department