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PLANNING COMMISSION
AGENDA

A Regular Meeting to be Held at the
La Quinta City Hall Council Chamber
78-495 Calle Tampico
La Quinta, California

SEPTMBER 23, 2008
7:00 P.M.

**NOTE**
ALL ITEMS NOT CONSIDERED BY 11:00 P.M. WILL BE CONTINUED TO THE NEXT REGULAR MEETING

Beginning Resolution 2008-025
Beginning Minute Motion 2008-015

I. CALL TO ORDER

A. Pledge of Allegiance
B. Roll Call

II. PUBLIC COMMENT

This is the time set aside for public comment on any matter not scheduled for public hearing. Please complete a “Request to Speak” form and limit your comments to three minutes.

III. CONFIRMATION OF AGENDA



IV. CONSENT CALENDAR

Approval of the Minutes of the Regular Meeting of September 9, 2008.

V. PUBLIC HEARINGS:

For all Public Hearings on the Agenda, a completed “Request to Speak” form must be filed with the Executive Secretary prior to the start of the Planning Commission consideration of that item. The Chairman will invite individuals who have requested the opportunity to speak, to come forward at the appropriate time.

Any person may submit written comments to the Planning Commission before a public hearing, may appear and be heard in support of, or in opposition to, the approval of the project(s) at the time of the hearing. If you challenge any project(s) in court, you may be limited to raising only those issues you or someone else raised at the public hearing or in written correspondence delivered to the City at, or prior to the public hearing.


A. Item……………… SITE DEVELOPMENT PERMIT 2008-904
Applicant……….. T. D. Desert Development
Location………… East Side of Madison Street Between Avenue 58 and Avenue 60 in Andalusia at Coral Mountain.
Request…………. Consideration of Architectural and Landscaping Plans for Six New Prototypical Unit Types and a Sales Center.
Action…………… Minute Motion 2008-___.

B. Item……………… GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT 2008-114 AND ZONE CHANGE 2008-134
Applicant……….. City of La Quinta
Location………… Site A- Colonel Mitchell Paige Middle School; Site B- Horizon School; Site C- Benjamin Franklin Elementary School; and Site D- Fritz Burns Community Park and a Portion of the Adjacent City Public Works Yard.
Request…………. Consideration of Amendments to the La Quinta General Plan and Zoning Map, Amending the Land Use Designations of Three Existing School Sites and a Community Facility from Various Land Uses and Zoning Designations to Major Community Facilities (MC).
Action…………… Resolution 2008-___.

C. Item……………… GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT 2008-117 AND ZONE CHANGE 2008-137
Applicant……….. City of La Quinta
Location………… Southeast of the Intersection of Washington Street and Miles Avenue.
Request…………. Consideration of an Amendment to the La Quinta General Plan and Zoning Map to Revise the Land Use Identification of a .32 Acre Parcel-Zoned Parks and Recreation to Tourist Commercial on the Official General Plan and Zoning Map.
Action…………… Resolution 2008-___.

D. Item………………. SIGN APPLICATION 2008-1281
Applicant………... Highway One Eleven Partners, LLC
Location…………. Northeast Corner of Highway 111 and Dune Palms Road
Request…………. Consideration of a Sign Program for Permanent Business Identification Signage for the Madison Square Commercial Retail Development
Action…………… Request to Continue to October 14, 2008.


VI. BUSINESS ITEM:

VII. CORRESPONDENCE AND WRITTEN MATERIAL:

VIII. COMMISSIONER ITEMS:

A. Report on City Council Meeting of September 16, 2008, from Commissioner Quill.

IX. DIRECTOR ITEMS:

X. ADJOURNMENT:

This meeting of the Planning Commission will be adjourned to a Regular Meeting to be held on October 14, 2008, at 7:00 p.m.



DECLARATION OF POSTING

I, Carolyn Walker, Executive Secretary of the City of La Quinta, do hereby declare that the foregoing Agenda for the La Quinta Planning Commission meeting of Tuesday, September 23, 2008 was posted on the outside entry to the Council Chamber, 78-495 Calle Tampico and the bulletin board at the La Quinta Cove Post Office, on Friday, September 19, 2008.

DATED: September 19, 2008



CAROLYN WALKER, Executive Secretary
City of La Quinta, California


Public Notices

The La Quinta City Council Chamber is handicapped accessible. If special equipment is needed for the hearing impaired, please call the City Clerk’s office at 777-7123, twenty-four (24) hours in advance of the meeting and accommodations will be made.

If special electronic equipment is needed to make presentations to the Planning Commission, arrangements should be made in advance by contacting the City Clerk’s office at 777-7123. A one (1) week notice is required.

If background material is to be presented to the Planning Commission during a Planning Commission meeting, please be advised that eight (8) copies of all documents, exhibits, etc., must be supplied to the Executive Secretary for distribution. It is requested that this take place prior to the beginning of the 7:00 p.m. meeting.