CITY OF INDIO

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A G E N D A

JOINT

City Council and

Planning Commission Meeting

January 16, 2007

6:00 p.m.

150 Civic Center Mall, Indio, California

 

Call to Order and ROLL CALL

 

CITY COUNCIL:                                          Mayor Ben Godfrey

                                                                        Mayor Pro Tem Lupe Ramos Watson

                                                                        Council Member Michael H. Wilson

                                                                        Council Member Melanie Fesmire

                                                                        Council Member Gene Gilbert

 

PLANNING COMMISSION:                       Chairperson Mickie Reed

                                                                         Vice-Chair Robin DuFault

                                                                        Commissioner Jacquie Bethel

Commissioner Rick Diaz

Commissioner Glenn Miller

INVOCATION

 

PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

 

PUBLIC COMMENT This is the time set aside for public comment on any matter not appearing on the agenda. If you wish to speak, please complete a “request to speak” form and limit your comments to three minutes (forms are located in the lobby of the Council Chamber). Please watch the timing device on the podium.

 

PUBLIC HEARINGS:

 

1.      Arthur Platt, Morris Platt and Garden Cove, LLC; have filed an application for a 50-acre site along the north side of Highway 111 straddling Shields Road (APNs 600-190-001,002,003,004,007 and 600-130-012, 600-200-001). (Polo Square) (Mariano Aguirre, Development Manager)  Entitlements include:

 

 

 

 

 

a.      Environmental Assessment; 06-12-461; Certification of Environmental Impact Report with Statement of Overriding Considerations.

 

b.     General Plan Amendment 06-12-84; to amend the General Plan Map for the northern most 14 acres of the project site from Low Density Residential to Medium density Residential and Mixed Use Specific Plan 300.

 

c.      Change of Zone 06-12-649; to change the zoning designation for the northernmost 14 acres of the project site from Low Density to Residential Medium and C-2/R-3 PD General Commercial, PD.

 

d.     Project Master Plan 06-12-50 proposes 350,000 square feet of Retail; 200,000 square feet of Office; a 250-room Full Service Hotel, a 120-room extended-stay Hotel; 572 residential units and 35,000 square feet of Commercial or Public Uses.

 

 

Planning Commission Actions:

 

a.                  Recommend that the City Council adopt the Resolution Certifying the Final Environmental Impact Report (Environmental Assessment 06-12-461) with a Statement of Overriding Considerations, and the Mitigation Monitoring Program (Attachment “E”): and

 

b.                 Adopt a Resolution (Attachment “B”) recommending that the City Council approve the General Plan Amendment (06-12-84); and

 

c.                  Adopt a Resolution (Attachment “C”) recommending that the City Council approve the Change of Zone (06-12-649); and

 

d.                 Adopt a Resolution (Attachment “D”) recommending that the City Council approve the Project Master Plan (06-12-50).

 

 

City Council Actions:

 

a.   Adopt a Resolution (Attachment “E”) Certifying the Final Environmental Impact Report (Environmental Assessment 06-12-461) with a Statement of Overriding Considerations, and the Mitigation Monitoring Program; and

 

b.   Adopt a Resolution (Attachment ”F”) approving the General Plan Amendment (06-12-84)

 

c.   Introduce an Ordinance, read by title only and waive further reading (Attachment “G”) approving the Change of Zone (06-12-649); City Clerk reads the title and;

 

d.   Introduce an Ordinance, read by title only and waive further reading (Attachment “H”) approving the Project Master Plan (06-12-50); City Clerk reads the title and;

 

 

ADJOURN

 

 

 

PUBLIC NOTICE

 

The Indio City Council Chamber is handicapped accessible. If special equipment is needed, for the hearing impaired, please call the City Clerk's office.  Persons with disabilities can receive this agenda in an alternative format and should call the City Clerk's office at 863-5437.  Notification 48 hours prior to a meeting will enable the City to make reasonable arrangements to ensure accessibility to the meeting (28 CFR 35.102.35.104 ADA Title 11).

 

 

 

DECLARATION OF POSTING

 

I, Tina Shondrick, of the City of Indio, California, do hereby declare that the foregoing agenda for the Joint Planning Commission/City Council meeting of Tuesday, January 16, 2007 was posted on the outside entry to the Council Chamber, 150 Civic Center Mall, on January 12, 2007.

 

 

 

                                                                       

Tina Shondrick

Community Development Services