HomeMy WebLinkAbout19998 - RESOLUTIONS - 3/7/2001 RESOLUTION NO. 19998
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALM '
SPRINGS, CALIFORNIA, NOT SUPPORTING THE ADDITION
OF 23 WIND TURBINES TO WECS NO. 71 LOCATED NORTH
OF 1-10 AND WEST OF WHITEWATER CANYON ROAD,
SECTION 3.
WHEREAS, Mark Technologies, the applicant, is asking Riverside County for approval to
add 23 new wind turbines to WECS No. 71; and
WHEREAS, the proposed wind turbines are 270 feet tall; and
WHEREAS, the site consists of 208 approved and existing wind turbines; and
WHEREAS, the site is located on a hillside which is visible from interstate 10 and State
Highway 111; and
WHEREAS, the Planning Commission of the City of Palm Springs has considered the
subject of the proposed wind turbines at its regular meeting of February 14, 2001 and
recommended denial; and
WHEREAS, the City Council has carefully reviewed and considered all of the evidence
presented in connection with the request, including but not limited to the staff report, and
all written and oral testimony presented.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that, based upon the foregoing, the City Council
recommends that WECS 71 not be approved as proposed and that Riverside County direct
the applicant to replace existing WECS with larger and more efficient WECS.
ADOPTED this 7 day of March 2001.
AYES: Councilmembers Hodges, Jones, Oden, Reller-Spurgin and Mayor Kleindienst
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ATTEST: CITY OF PALM SPRINGS, CALIFORNIA
City Clerk City Manager
REVIEWED & APPROVED AS TO FORM
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