Palm Springs

City Council

September 12, 2024 Order of Business 2 #B

Agenda Item B

B. APPEALS BY THE NEW MESQUITE HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION AND DESERT\nCHAPEL OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION DECISION TO APPROVE A MINOR\nAMENDMENT TO PLANNED DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT (PDD 153) TO ALLOW THE\nRESTORATION OF APPROXIMATELY 90 ACRES OF THE 120-ACRE FORMER\nMESQUITE GOLF COURSE AND COUNTRY CLUB SITE INTO A NATIVE DESERT\nHABITAT AND NATURE PRESERVE (CASE 5.0303-PD 153)\nRECOMMENDATION:\n1. Open the Public Hearing and receive public testimony.\n2. Reject the appeals and accept the Planning Commission’s decision by adopting a\nResolution entitled, “ A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF\nPALM SPRINGS, CALIFORNIA, DENYING THE APPEALS BY THE NEW\nMESQUITE HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION AND DESERT CHAPEL AND\nUPHOLDING THE DECISION OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION TO APPROVE A\nPROPOSED MINOR AMENDMENT TO PLANNED DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT 153\n(PDD-153) BY THE OSWIT LAND TRUST TO ALLOW THE RESTORATION OF\nAPPROXIMATELY 90 ACRES OF THE 120-ACRE FORMER GOLF COURSE AND\nCOUNTRY CLUB SITE INTO A NATIVE DESERT HABITAT AND NATURE\nPRESERVE FOR THE SITE LOCATED BETWEEN SUNRISE WAY AND EL CIELO\nROAD, NORTH OF MESQUITE AVENUE, ZONE PDD 153, SECTION 24 (CASE\n5.0303-PDD-153).”\n3. BUSINESS & LEGISLATIVE: