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11/15/2000 - STAFF REPORTS (13)
fJ 1 DATE' NOVEMBER 15, 2000 TO: CITY COUNCIL FROM: DIRECTOR OF PLANNING AND BUILDING CASE NO. HSPB-42: REQUESTTO DESIGNATE THE ALPHA BETA BUILDING, LOCATED ON THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF RAMON ROAD AND SUNRISE WAY,ASACLASS 1 HISTORIC SITE. RECOMMENDATION The Historic Site Preservation Board recommends that the City Council receive public comment and review information regarding the designation of the Alpha Beta Building as a Class 1 Historic Site. The Historic Site Preservation Board further recommends that the City Council, at the conclusion of the public hearing, direct staff to prepare a resolution designating the property as a Class 1 Historic Site, SUMMARY The City Council is asked to conducta public hearing to considerthe designation of the Alpha Beta Building as a Class 1 Historic Site. This structure was designed by the firm of Frey&Chambers, Architects and constructed in 1962. Alpha Beta Food Markets was known as a company that elected to create signature structures, indigenous to their location. The subject building remains, to a large extent, just as it was designed and built. The building is representative of Frey and Chambers work. The staff report outlines potential action the City Council may elect to take at the conclusion of the public hearing. POTENTIAL CITY COUNCIL ACTION The City Council can take one of four actions at the conclusion of the public hearing These actions are as follows. 1. As recommended by the Historic Site Preservation Board, the City Council can direct staff to prepare a resolution, based on stated findings, designating the property as a Class 1 Historic Site. 2. The City Council can direct staff to prepare a resolution stating that the City Council does not find the subject property to be worthy of historic designation. 3. The City Council can pass a resolution directing staff to prepare a detailed environmental analysis of the cultural significance of the building,and deferany action on designation until the environmental analysis report is complete. 4. The City Council can pass a resolution directing staff to prepare an environmental analysis based on the scope of development included in proposed Planned Development 5.0827, and defer any action on designation until the environmental analysis report is complete. RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR A CLASS 1 HISTORIC SITE A Class 1 Historic Site is a structure or site that qualifies for city designation. This structure or site may be qualified at the federal, state and/or county level. An archival file will be maintained. The structure or site may not be modified nor objects removed without the approval of the City Council. Usage may be limited by the City Council to the extent that it may impair the integrity of the site. The /s#4 Alpha Beta Designation Report to City Council November 15, 2000 Page 2 site will be plaqued. The City Council is authorized to designate Historic Sites. The Historic Site Preservation Board is charged with conducting studies and investigation of sites proposed for designation and making a recommendation to the City Council regarding proposed designation. In accordance with Section 8.05.180 of the Municipal Code, no person may undertake any of the following within or upon a Class 1 Historic Site without a Certificate of Approval from the Historic Site Preservation Board: 1. Construction of a new structure; 2. The moving,demolition or alteration of an existing structure in any mannerwhich affects the exterior appearance of the structure; 3. A change in land use which affects the exterior appearance of a structure or the interior arrangement of public buildings; 4. The erection, remodeling or replacing of a sign which affects the exterior appearance of a structure. Additionally, in accordance with Section 8.05.170 of the Municipal Code, at any time after the initiation of proceedings fordesignation of an historic site,the Historic Site Preservation Board may, upon its own motion or upon the application of any interested person, issue an order staying any proposed or threatened demolition or alteration of the exterior of any structure within or upon such proposed site. Such stay order shall be effective for no longer than 120 days and is intended to afford time for necessary studies, hearings and determination whether such site should be designated as a historic site. Such stay order may be extended once for a period not to exceed sixty days. Decisions of the Historic Site Preservation Board may be appealed to the City Council ALPHA BETA BUILDING The existing Alpha Beta building was designed by Frey&Chambers,Architects. As built plans for the exterior elevations of market building A(the building currently housing the grocery store)dated 6/19/62 indicates that the plans were drawn by AD and checked by AF. AF is Albert Frey. On a hand drawn map depicting the location of buildings he designed,Albert Frey included theAlpha Beta building at the corner of Sunrise and Ramon. The existing Ralph's building utilizes the materials and design typically used by Frey. More specifically, building materials include steel, glass, and concrete block. Afolded metal roof serves as an awning, protecting pedestrians from the harsh sun. As noted in Historic Site Preservation Board member John Harrell's report(attached), "the concrete block is laid in what was to become a classic Frey pattern of off-set squares, sandblasted to highlight the color and texture of the aggregate." The blocks remain off-set, but have been painted over on one building and covered with stucco on the other. This same block pattern can be found at Palm Springs City Hall, a designated Class 1 site. 160 Z Alpha Beta Designation Report to City Council November 15, 2000 Page 3 SUMMARY OF CITY COUNCIL ACTION During its meeting ofSeptember20,2000,the City Council denied a proposed developmentof this site that would have involved demolition of the existing structure. Included in the resolution of denial is the following statement. "NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that, the City Council does not consider preservation of the existing buildings on the property in the desirable or in the best interest of the continued development of the community, believes the rehabilitation and expansion of this center is needed but believes that the site design is inadequate and the architectural elevations insufficient. The City Council is willing to reconsider its action if the project is redesigned to address the concerns raised herein, including the density of development, pedestrian and vehicular circulation, trash areas, architectural creativity, orientation of buildings to each other, massing and similar issues, and, based upon the foregoing, hereby denies without prejudice Case No. 5.0827." City Council denial was based on the proposed site design and architectural style. More specifically, the City Council found the proposed design included a non-desirable pedestrian circulation pattern, a disorderly vehicular circulation pattern, and building orientation and organization that resulted in the visibility of many loading,storage and trash areas. City Council further found that the proposed project did not possess the high degree of architectural individuality and uniqueness as is typically found along Major Thoroughfares in the community. In reviewing the development proposal that included the demolition of the existing structure, staff conducted an initial study of impacts. In reviewing the impact on cultural resources, staff found there to be no impact. In making this finding, the staff noted that the site is not included on any survey of historic sites, not a designated site, and not located within an Archeological Resource Area. Staff recognized that the buildings represent the style and material typical of Frey's architecture, staff did not find thatthe buildings embodied the distinctive characteristics of a type, period, region,or method of construction,or represents the work of an important creative individual or possesses high artistic values. Staff recognized that in 1996, the Historic Site Preservation Board recommended to City Council that six Albert Frey designed structures be designated as Class 1 historic sites. In making this recommendation to City Council,the Historic Site Preservation Board noted that the six properties represented the significant local examples of the master architect Alber Frey, FAIA. Each of these six properties is now a Class 1 Historic Site. The Alpha Beta building was not included on this list of six properties. CEQA In accordance with Section 15308 of the California Environmental Quality Act(CEQA),the proposed designation is a Class 8 Categorical Exemption as it involves action taken by a regulatory agency to assure the maintenance, restoration, enhancement, or protection of the environment. '5# Alpha Beta Designation Report to City Council November 15, 2000 Page 4 HISTORIC SITE PRESERVATION BOARD RECOMMENDATION At its meeting of October 10,2000, by a 4-0,2 absent, 1 abstain vote,the Historic Site Preservation Board voted to recommend designation ofthe Alpha Beta building as a Class 1 Historic Site. Atthe meeting, public testimony was received. The property owner as well as his attorneywere present at the hearing and each spoke in opposition. Members of the public who spoke in support of designation noted the relationship between mid-century architecture and tourism, that the site is highly visible, that the structure is a good example of a particular architectural style, the structure represents the work of an important creative individual, that the structure is basically unmodified, and the structure represents the only remaining grocery store designed by the firm of Frey & Chambers, Architects. Director Planning and Building City Manager attachments: 1. Map 2. Draft Historic Site Preservation Board Minutes of the Meeting of October 10, 2000. 3. Report of the Historic Site Preservation Board Regarding the Property 4. City Council Resolution 19910 5. Staff Report and portion of Initial Study of Impacts for Case No. 5.0827 6. Various Correspondence and Articles VICINITY I IAP 0 7-1WOU1TZ CANYON WAY o NT5 LOGftTION PAl l�OAD W SUNNY DUNfS D R15T0 CONTROL GI1/WNEL Mr50UITE AVENUE 5rre ,z I r/P CITY OF PALM SPRINGS DESCRIPTION CONSIDERATION OF A GLA55 ! /1/S7-ORIG OE5I6NAPON ALPHA DETA PUILDING (RALPl1'S) /S*iO** CITY OF PALM SPRINGS HISTORIC SITE PRESERVATION BOARD MEETING October 10, 2000 Council Chambers, City Hall 3200 E. Tahquitz Canyon Way Palm Springs, CA 92262 ROLL CALL Present Present FY 00-01 Excused This Meeting To Date Absences To Date John Harrell, Chr. X John Connell Tracy Conrad X Jim Isermann X Hal Meltzer X Karen Pirozzi X Carl Prout STAFF PRESENT Doug Evans, Director of Planning Hope Sullivan, Principal Planner Kimberly Chafin, Assistant Planner W W W * W REPORT OF POSTING OF AGENDA: The October 10, 2000 agenda was available for public access atthe City Hall exterior bulletin board and the Department of Planning&Building counter by 4:00 p.m., Friday, October 6, 2000. W W W W APPROVAL OF MINUTES: N/A W W W W W Chairman Harrell opened the Public Comments. There being no appearances, Public Comments was closed. W W W W W /spat Page 2 of 10 Historic Site Preservation Board Minutes October 10, 2000 PUBLIC HEARINGS: Alpha Beta Building - located on the southwest corner of the intersection of Ramon Road and Sunrise Way - consideration for Class 1 designation. Member Isermann abstained because prior to his appointment to the Board, he had his opinion published as a letter to the Editor in the Desert Sun. Principal PlannerSullivan reported that Class 1 Historic Site is a structure orsite that qualifies for City designation. No person may undertake any of the following within or upon a Class 1 Historic Site without a Certificate of Approval from the Historic Site Preservation Board: 1. Construction of a new structure; 2. The moving,demolition oralteration of an existing structure in any mannerwhich affects the exterior appearance of the structure; 3. A change in land use which affects the exterior appearance of a structure or the interior arrangement of public buildings; 4. The erection, remodeling or replacing of a sign which affects the exterior appearance of a structure. She reported thatthe existing Alpha Beta building was designed by Frey&Chambers,Architects. As built plans for the exterior elevations of o market building A(the building currently housing the grocery store)dated 6/19/62 indicate that the plans were drawn by AD and checked by AF. AF is Albert Frey. On a hand drawn map depicting the locations of buildings he designed, Albert Frey included the Alpha Beta building at the corner of Sunrise Way and Ramon Road. She also reported that the existing Ralph's building utilizes the materials and design typically used by Frey. More specifically,building materials include steel,glass and concrete block.Afolded metal roof serves as an awning, protecting pedestrians from the harsh sun. As noted in Historic Site Preservation Board Member John Harrell's report, "the concrete block is inlaid in what was to become a classic Frey pattern of off-set squares, sandblasted to highlight the color and texture of the aggregate." The blocks remain off-set,but have been painted overon one building and covered with stucco on the other. This same block pattern can be found at Palm Springs City Hall, a designated Class 1 site. She further reported that during its meeting of September 20, 2000, the City Council denied a proposed development of this site that would have involved demolition of the existing structure. In its resolution, the City Council indicated that it "does not consider preservation of the existing buildings on the property in the desirable or in the best interest of the continued development of the community,and believes the rehabilitation and expansion ofthis center is needed, but believes that the site design is inadequate and the architectural elevations insufficient." The City Council denial was based on the proposed site design and architectural style. �" M7 Page 3 of 10 _ � �, ,a : Historic Site Preservation Board Minutes U_ L-_�' -�� October 10, 2000 = Principal Planner Sullivan reported that in reviewing the proposal that included the demolition of the existing structure, staff conducted an Initial Study of impacts. In reviewing the impact on cultural resources, staff found there to be no impact. In making this finding, staff noted that the site is not included on any survey of historic sites, not a designated site, and not located within an Archeological Resource Area. Staff recognized that the buildings represent the style and material typical of Frey's architecture, but staff did not find that the buildings embodied the distinctive characteristics. Staff recognized that in 1996,the Historic Site Preservation Board recommended to City Council that six Albert Frey designed structures be designated as Class 1 Historic Sites. In making this recommendation to City Council,the Historic Site Preservation Board noted that the six properties represented the significant local examples of the master architect,Albert Frey. Each of these properties is now a Class 1 Historic Site. The subject property is not included on this list of six properties. She further reported that,pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act(CEQA)the proposed designation is a Class 8 Categorical Exemption as it involves action taken by a regulatory agency to assure the maintenance, restoration, enhancement, or protection of the environment. Member Meltzerwondered why the Board was ignored when the proposal was initially submitted, to which Principal Planner Sullivan replied that staff was not initially aware that it was a Frey & Chambers building, but once that came to light, a presentation was made to the Board. Chairman Harrell asked why staff is uncertain if the building was a collaborative design, to which Principal Planner Sullivan responded that the plans were checked by Frey, but it is not known if the building was his sole work or a collaborative effort. Chairman Harrell asked if staff was aware of map of this building which was hand drawn by Albert Frey,to which Principal PlannerSullivan replied that staff is aware of the map,but does not feel that is evidence that the building is the sole work of Albert Frey. Chairman Harrell indicated that he would like to extend the public speaking time from three minutes to five minutes, if the Commission is so inclined, and the Commissioners agreed. John Williams addressed the Board to state that he is not an architectural expert, but does enjoy mid-century modern architecture and thinks Frey's work is becoming more and more valued. As a hotel owner, he refers tourists to visit the building as a good example of this particular style of architecture. Mr.Williams distributed copies of an article from the German edition of Architectural Digest featuring 10 pages on Albert Frey and his work,including a photograph of the Tramway gas station and pointed out that Frey's work is internationally recognized. Mr.Williams also submitted his own photographs of the subject building. Richard Rowe of Cathedral City stated that he thinks this building meets the Class 1 criteria, and it is obviously a Frey and Chambers building,just as City Hall was a product of that design firm. Mr. Rowe distributed black and white photographs of the subject building taken shortly after it was completed, and commented that he hopes the Board recommends Class 1 designation of this building. Page 4 of 10Historic N October Site te Preservation Board Minutes Lit Tammy Franklin of Palm Springs stated that the Federal guidelines may not be totally relevant since it indicates that a site/structure must be 50 years or older to be considered, and if all the buildings under 50 years old were destroyed, Palm Springs would never have the opportunity to preserve historic resources. Ms. Franklin pointed out that the subject building does meet four of the guideline criteria, i.e., high visibility, good example of a particular architectural style, represents the work of an important creative individual and is basically unmodified. Tom Kiley stated that he was a friend of Albert Frey for 60 years, and Mr. Frey was not an egotist, but he did appreciate recognition. He noted that the subject building may or may not be a Frey structure,butthe collaboration and execution definitely rested with Chambers,so it would be unfair to Chambers to designate this as a Frey building. Starting in 1938, there were two principal architectural firms,that of John Clark(which included Clark, Frey and Chambers),and the Williams Brothers. Mr.Kiley emphasized that this is definitely not a Frey building,and noted that Mr. Frey was only involved in a small portion of the front elevation of the Palm Springs City Hall building, so one cannot say that structure is a Frey building. Mr. Kiley thanked the Board for the opportunity to set the record straight. Peter McGoogan stated that he is a strategic growth coach for tourist destinations,and commented that it is a tragedy that all cities are beginning to look alike because they are not preserving the unique,character defining architecture which attracts visitors. Mr. McGoogan presented a copy of the New Yorker Magazine which ran an article featuring a two-page photograph of the Palm Court Inn. Mr. McGoogan stated thatwhateveris abundant becomes a commodity,and Palm Springs is a unique, one-of-a-kind community. Mr. McGoogan suggested that what constitutes a historic resource should be carefully defined because most buildings in Palm Springs would not qualify because of the 50-year-old criteria. Mr. McGoogan showed the Board a color photograph of the building after it was completed. Mr. McGoogan informed the Board that he knows of a business which is interested in relocating to a mid-century modern building in Palm Springs,and suggested that if the City preserves it, they will come. Peter Moruzzi, a resident of San Lorenzo Road, Palm Springs commented that his committee focuses on historic preservation of modern architecture in Palm Springs,and noted that this center was designed in 1961 with two buildings, and this is the only remaining grocery store the firm designed,and it would take very little to restore it to its original condition. The Palm Springs Historic Site Preservation Foundation supports designation of the building and its adaptive re-use. Mr.Rosa, who wrote a biography on Albert Frey,has submitted a letter urging the historic preservation of this building, and that letter should be seriously considered. Herb Lundin,a principal in the development company working on redevelopment of the subject site in connection with adjoining properties,expressed opposition to the designation forthe reasons staff previously specified in the environmental assessment. Greg Bever, Mr. Lundin's partner,stated that he reviewed the archives in Santa Barbara,and 90% of the plans showed that Frey checked the box marked "checked by", but did not check the box marked "designed by." Mr. Bever clarified that the subject building has been altered on the southeast corner, and the storefront glass has been stuccoed over. Page 5 of 10 Historic Site Preservation Board Minutes �l(%� ' !ll October 10, 2000 Edward Dilkes, an attorney representing the property owner, Dr. Bochman, addressed the Commission to state that the public notice indicated that only the issues and comments raised at the public hearing could be raised at any future legal proceedings, but he could notfind anything in the Municipal Code which substantiated that,and he is concerned that today is Dr.Bochman's only opportunityto defend his interests. Mr.Dilkes stated that Dr. Bochman does not have control over design of the development, and he would request a continuance because he was under the impression thatthe developerwould give a detailed presentation,but they did not,and Dr.Bochman is not prepared to present a defense of his interests at this time. Mr.Dilkes commented that he was not aware until very recently of the developer's withdrawal of their request for a continuance of the hearing. Chairman Harrell clarified that it is not the Board's intention to continue the public hearing, and the Board is only concerned with whether or not the building should be designated a Class 1 Historic Site, so the Board is not concerned with future development of the site. Chairman Harrell encouraged Mr. Dilkes to present his best case. Mr. Dilkes stated that the evidence shows that Albert Frey did not have a substantial role in the design of the building. File 6013 shows a co-payment to a contractor on 7-6-62 for the purpose of obtaining a certificate of occupancy for the building, and that certificate of occupancy is signed by Mr. Chambers, not Mr. Frey, Mr. Dilkes noted that in 1987,the City designated six Frey buildings as Class 1 Historic Sites, but this building was not so designated so it does not rise to the level of historical significance. Mr. Dilkes pointed outthat designation of this building as a Class 1 Historic Site will change the economics of it substantially. Mr. Rosa,who wrote a biography on Albert Frey, does list the subject building in his book,but makes no text references to it and does not include any photographs of the building. Mr. McGoogan,who spoke earlier this morning, stated that the City needs a strategy for architectural preservation, and the City can connect that to tourism, and Mr. McGoogan referenced River Walk in San Antonio, as well as portions of New Orleans and Savannah;however,those cities have collections of historic buildings,whereas the subject building is a remote outpost that does not fit in with such a strategy. Mr. Dilkes commented that Dr. Bochman will sufferthe consequences of the Board's action, even though Dr. Bochman has not had an opportunity to offer mitigation measures because he thought someone else was going to do that, and Dr. Bochman also does not want to jeopardize his agreement with the developers. Mr. Dilkes opined that Dr. Bochman has been deprived of due process regarding today's hearing. Dr.Dilkes indicated that he has served as a municipal attorney and furtheropined that none of the Board members has legal standing to take action today because he believes the Board went on record at its May 2000 meeting as pre-judging this issue;therefore, he believes the Board should not take action because the process has been irreparably tainted. Mr. Dilkes added that neither he or Dr. Bochman have had an opportunity to thoroughly review the 71- page staff report. Dr.Bochman,the propertyowner,read an excerptof the December21, 1960 Planning Commission meeting wherein Mr. Chambers was represented to be the architect for the Alpha Beta building. or fr Page 6 of 10 _ Historic Site Preservation Board Minutes �I i October 10, 2000 Kelly Colter of Palm Springs commented that it would be a great loss to the community ifthis center was to be raised. There being no further appearances, Chairman Harrell closed the Public Hearing was closed. The Board recessed from 9:25 - 9:35 a.m. Chairman Harrell asked about the Board's options,to which Director Evans replied that the Board can continue the hearing either with the public comment portion open or closed for the purpose of obtaining an opinion from the City Attorney regarding whether or not the Board has pre-judged the issue,orthe Board can go ahead and take action;however,anytime a vote may be in question,the conservative approach is to continue the hearing and obtain an opinion from the City Attorney. Member Conrad commented that the Board's business is to discuss the merits of the building. She clarified that she was absent at the May meeting. She indicated that she believes the City Council would appreciate the Board's opinion regarding the merits of the building, but she would not be opposed to a continuance if the Board would be more comfortable with that. Member Meltzer stated that he thinks the Board should take action,and added that he is confident the minutes of the May 2000 meeting will demonstrate that the Board did not pre-judge the issue. Member Pirozzi was concerned about legal issues and suggested that it may be prudentto continue the hearing. Chairman Harrell commented that it is clear to him that the May 2000 meeting was an information gathering and reporting to the Planning Commission,and he does not feel he personally pre-judged the case,so he is ready to act; however, if the Board wishes,the hearing can be continued so that the City Attorney can be consulted. Chairman Harrell stated that he senses the mood of the Board is to go ahead and take action. Chairman Harrell remarked that he is an architect, and whether or not his initials appear in a particular box on the plans does not mean he did not design the building. Chairman Harrell pointed out that the Board has never referred to the building as a Frey building, because the Board clearly understands that the design is a product of the firm. Chairman Harrell noted that the Secretary of Interior is reviewing the standards as to whether or not the 50-year requirement is a relevant architectural preservation concept. Chairman Harrell commented that the 50-year requirement is not a relevant architectural preservation concept in Palm Springs because the City has already designated buildings which are not yet 50 years old. Member Conrad commented that this is a difficult decision, because this is not the most beautiful building; however, the City should preserve what is unique to Palm Springs even if it is not everyone's cup of tea. f IT04�/ Page 7 of 10 -:� - Historic Site Preservation Board Minutes October 10, 2000 Member Meltzer outlined the merits of the building's history, indicating that in the middle of the 20" century,a forward-looking business,Alpha Beta Food Markets,hired local architects to design their buildings,and this progressive company elected to create signature structures, indigenous to their location,as part of its company policy. Alpha Beta hired a Palm Springs architectural firm, Frey and Chambers,to design a total of five supermarkets in this general area,and there were two buildings in the Coachella Valley and three in the area just to the west. Of these, only the one built in Palm Springs remains as it was designed and built. When Alpha Beta opened the store,there was only one other market of its type in Palm Springs,located in the building presently occupied by Staples, between Palm Canyon and Indian Canyon at the foot of Saturnino. Member Meltzer further remarked that not only did Alpha Beta choose to hire local talent, but they selected a firm with an avowed dedication to cutting edge design. It is widely acknowledged that Palm Springs has an unusually rich collection of accomplished architects in its history, virtually unmatched fora city its size,and none of these has received more attention than Albert Frey. When approached by Alpha Beta, the firm's dedication to clean, contemporary design was already established,and it was this commitment that matched Alpha Beta's philosophy. It will require more research to be definitive, but there is an argument that Alpha Beta's commitment to contemporary design is significant to the development of commercial design,and particularly the development of mall design in Southern California. Member Meltzer noted that the building designed by Robson Chambers and Albert Frey in the late 1950's and built in 1960 still stands in almost perfect condition, and it is important to look at the building in its details, at the remarkable use of ordinary, even pedestrian materials to create an exciting series of spaces to support ordinary activity. In an attempt to educate and enrich local officials in 1998, Leonardo E Marmol,AIA, noted that the designs ofthe mid-twentieth century are "hard to like. They were confrontive when they were designed,and they are still confrontive now." Member Meltzer pointed out that the building is designed with just three basic materials:steel,glass and concrete block,and these are the materials of Frey's signature,and they are manipulated with clever dexterity. On the north and west walls,the folded plates are splayed out to incorporate down lights and vents, leaving the walls free of obstruction. On the east wall, and extended to Sunrise Way as a welcoming gesture,the steel framing and folded metal roof make a playful brise du soleil which was originally painted a darker version of Albert's blue-green. The concrete block is laid in what was to become a classic Frey pattern of off-set squares,sandblasted to highlight the color and texture of the aggregate. A comparison of the original elevations with the current building show that only the removal of one section of the canopy that leads from Sunrise Way into the shopping area has altered the design, and original lighting and signage designs exist. There have been no alterations to the east and south storefronts of the south portion of the building(Building B from the architect's drawing),butflexibility of design was an integral feature of this section. The north portion (Building A)was for the Alpha Beta store and the south portion for other retail ventures. It appears there are portions of original block walls underneath the stucco in the south portion, but more careful analysis is required. M/S/C (Meltzer/Conrad 4-0, 2 absent, 1 abstain) to recommend Class 1 designation for this property, with direction to staff to draft the resolution. Page 8 of 10 Historic Site Preservation Board Minutes October 10, 2000 CHAIRMAN'S REPORT: Chairman Harrell reported that he received a letter from Council member Jones in response to the letter to the Mayor and Council pertaining to the survey. Chairman Harrell indicated that he has a summary of the Secretary of Interior Standards which he would like mailed to all the Members. Chairman Harrell stated that he would like the Board to consider whether or notthe Cityshould apply for status as a Certified Local Government. ARCHITECTURAL APPROVALS: Lykken's Department Store - Mr. G's Toys, 180 North Palm Canyon. Principal Planner Sullivan presented a photograph of the existing sign and the proposed sign forthe side of a building, as well as a graphic demonstrating the use of light under the archway, and commented that the applicant has also brought in a paint sample that staff has not yet had an opportunityto review it,butthe applicant indicates it is a light yellow color proposed forthe building. Stanley Goldenberg of Mr.G's Toys clarified that there are no changes proposed forthe structure, roof or exterior finishes, but he would like to repaint from tan/beige to light yellow. Chairman Harrell stated that he is concerned that yellow may not be an appropriate color. Member Conrad commented that she has no problem with colored lights orthe proposed signage, but doesn't think this particular shade of yellow would be appropriate for the building. Member Meltzer remarked that even if a very light shade of yellow is used, it will appear more intense when applied to a large surface. Member Isermann reported that he visited the store yesterday and noticed that the building accommodates two tenants, and expressed concern that whatever is approved will affect both tenants,adding that he would not be supportive oftwo different color schemes forthe same building. Mr. Goldenberg remarked that the building owners wish to maintain the appearance of a single building. Chairman Harrell asked if there is an approved palette for adobe buildings, to which Principal Planner Sullivan replied that staff uses a palette for reference only. Page 9of10 j ,;-'? '\! `I,: Historic Site Preservation Board Minutes October 10, 2000 Principal Planner Sullivan reminded the Board that its purpose is to review the proposed changes to ensure the changes will not alter the historic character of the building, and the Planning Commission will reviewthis case because it involves a building in the downtown area;so the Board is not in a position to approve the proposal,but should let the applicant know if itfinds the proposal objectionable. Member Conrad stated that she doesn't object to the use of neon or a removable sign that will not alterthe building facade, but she does have a problem with the proposed color change because it is not appropriate for the building. Chairman Harrell remarked that it appears the Board has no objection with the exception of the paint sample for the proposed building color, and added there is no reason for the applicant to come before the Board again if the applicant can find a colorsample that is not objectionable to Members Conrad and Meltzer, who could meet as a subcommittee with staff and the applicant. M/S/C(Conrad/Meltzer,5-0,2 absent)to recommend to the Planning Commission that the Board applauds the applicant's efforts in the newly proposed renovations and historic preservation efforts and recommends thatthe Planning Commission review the proposal with a comment that the only issue of concern to the Board was the proposed paint color. AGENDA ITEMS: Report on Orientation Meeting -Jim Isermann Member Isermann reported that he attended the workshop conducted by the City Attorney regarding public meeting laws. Fall Tour- Karen Pirozzi Member Pirozzi reported that the adobes and bank buildings will be included on the 1 1/16/00 tour. Member Concerns and Comments Member Conrad noted that the facade was damaged on Our Lady of Solitude, and indicated she would like to know if permits were obtained. Member Isermann noted that the Cody Shell station was open for business this weekend and requested an update on the case, to which Principal Planner Sullivan replied that the business should not be open yet, and the Planning Commission will consider the applicant's request for a Variance tomorrow. Principal Planner Sullivan explained that the proposal includes retention of the canopy, a request for a freestanding sign which would be two feet higher than Code permits, and painting the canopy edges in yellow. Principal Planner Sullivan noted that the applicant has indicated he is not interested in historic designation of the property at this time. ,SW'I Page 10 of 10 Historic Site Preservation Board Minutes October 10, 2000 Member Pirozzi announced that the Historic Site Preservation Foundation will have an open house on November 5,2000 from 1:00 p.m.to4:00 p.m.atthe O'Dell Eye ofthe Desert building(Member Conrad's residence). At 10:30 a.m., Chairman Harrell announced that the Board will conduct a field trip of Frey House II and the Carey-Pirozzi house, and will subsequently adjourn. Respectfully submitted, Hope Sullivan Principal Planner Fm; John Harrell, HSPB member To; HSPB members and staff Dt; 9 May 2000 Ref; Alpha Beta Food Market / better known as Ralph's Attached is the history and commentary on the building designed by Albert Frey when he was in partnership with Robson Chambers I was asked to prepare. The photographs are intended to aid in looking at the building, which is best done in the field. I have a print of the original facade drawing for Building A, done by the architects. History In the middle of the 20th century, there was a forward-looking business that hired local architects to design their buildings. This company was Alpha Beta Food Markets, a progressive company that elected to create signature structures, indigenous to their location, as part of its company policy. This company hired a Palm Springs architectural firm, Frey and Chambers, to design a total of five supermarkets in this general area. There were two built in the Cochella Valley and three in the area just to the west. Of these, only the one built in Palm Springs remains as it was designed and built. When the Alpha Beta store opened, there was only one other market of its type in Palm Springs, located in the building presently occupied by Staples, between Palm and Indian Canyon at the foot of Saturnino [I]. Context Not only did Alpha Beta choose to hire local talent, they selected a firm with an avowed dedication to cutting edge design. It is widely acknowledged that Palm Springs has an unusually rich collection of accomplished architects in its history, virtually unmatched for a city its size. None of these has received more attention than Albert Frey. When approached by Alpha Beta, the firms dedication to clean, contemporary design was already established. It was this commitment that matched Alpha Beta's philosophy. o It will require more research to be definitive, but there is an argument that the Alpha Beta commitment to contemporary design is significant to the development of commercial design, and particularly the development of mall design, in Southern California. There are people [2] currently studying this. One has published a book. It would be worthwhile to get their input in any analysis of the Alpha Beta building in this context. Design The building designed by Robson Chambers and Albert Frey in the late 1950's and built in 1960, still stands in almost perfect condition. It is important to look at the building in its details; at the remarkable use of ordinary, even pedestrian materials to create an exciting series of spaces to support an ordinary activity. As Leonardo E Marmol, AIA said in a tour [3] 150 ,4107 intended to educate and enrich local officials in 1998, the designs of the mid twentieth century are "hard to like. They were confrontive when they were designed and they are still confrontive now." The building is designed with just three basic materials - steel (as framing and cladding and roofing), glass and concrete block. These are the materials of Frey's signature. They are manipulated with clever dexterity. On the north and west walls, the folded plates are splayed out to incorporate down lights and vents, leaving the walls free of obstruction. On the east wall, and extended to Sunrise way as a welcoming gesture, the steel framing and folded metal roof make a playful brine du soleil - which was originally painted a darker version of Albert's blue-green. The concrete block is laid in what was to become a classic Frey pattern of off- set squares, sandblasted to highlight the color and texture of the aggregate. A comparison of the original elevations with the current building will show that only the removal of one section of the canopy that leads from Sunrise Way into the shopping area has altered the design. There are original lighting and signage designs existing. There have been alterations to the east and south storefronts of the south portion of the building (Building B, from the architect's drawing) but flexibility of design was an integral feature of this section. The north portion (Building A) was for the Alpha Beta store and the south portion for other retail ventures. It appears there are portions of original block walls extant underneath the stucco in the south portion but more careful analysis is needed. Catalog Albert Frey designed his last commercial structure in 1968 [4], the Nichols Store II at 1200 No Palm Canyon Drive. He had only done 16 in his career and over half (9) of those have been demolished or extensively changed. One (The Tramway Gas Station) has been designated an historic site. Of the remaining six, five are street front commercial structures on No Palm Canyon Drive. Only the Alpha Beta Store exists as a free standing commercial design, addressing the needs that caused shopping centers to be designed. Form is the physical realization of an inner concept. Any individual form, therefore, is dependent on an intention and exists by the presence of a purpose. Albert Frey, 1939 [5] In addition to many houses and additions to residential buildings, Albert Frey designed 11 public buildings in Palm Springs- schools, city gates and halls, etc - of which 6 have been demolished or extensively altered. Two (City Hall and Tram Valley Station) have been designated and one (Fire Station #1) is currently being considered by the HSPB. One of the remaining ones ( Cahuilla School) is threatened. Of the 9 hotel/apartment buildings, only 3 are existing as they were designed and the Villa Hermosa is vacant and threatened. There is a perception that too much attention has been given to the work of Albert Frey. These figures do not support that concern. Notes and Sources [1] Phone interview with Tom Kiley, Palm Springs,April 2000. [2] Phone interview, April 2000 with Kurt Helfrich, Architecture and Design Collection, UC Santa Barbara Art Museum. Two of the people are; Richard Longstretch (Geo Washington Univ.) and Richard Guy Wilson (Univ. of Virginia). [3] Modern Architecture in Palm Springs California - A tour for the City: October 3, 1998. Organized by Tony Merchel and The Palm Springs Historic Site Preservation Foundation. (4] Compilation based on Albert Frey, Architect, by Joseph Rosa, Rizolli, 1990. See pages 150 -153. [5] Ibid., page 148. A quote from Albert Frey, In Search of A Living Architecture, New York, 1939. /SAO -Im 08 a 0-8- QX1 11 Wo >"• Yd l t lam`•, ! < �- -__�•._.�. _�' - ._.,,,;�._"µ �"%'—a �� �v • J��._�3 Ge._'�;i'� .—..ter_:tom�'f•."•',�•.�,^,...-.,:v �A�-�:: y � i tihyr r1'j ' < 1 f.k F 1 n fZ ISf✓) 'b 'i. �4,Fi(Y.fib f4 •1. � 5 L r � R•.�.j �' t i�� !Y= � >•r� f� f 1 � �<S ® � t RL � .>;� fa�=i��v1i � � f '.i'f-4� ' f d Fr fr '"r.!''+'-'/ . �.�•✓.. - 'll'�IIRIlI� M y; x a V •��kFn::fit. o* 'i �Y ri d r L 1 Evidence of Original ppearance ,Custom ceramic,, is noted on the loan? facade drawings. 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L" 6 fi _n I�I 1 A ic ,4 5 tD �ji=t3 f !"Vtr I r ,) t.ii!Yr ''' �-� .k .i�.:�• C sl✓ m �}s' r ill+} f y � AAy / L erj .,1 r- b Z,' LA .RYA. ♦ �" \. err di .r � erww v"38R1C1 PU� .,i J.r RESOLUTION NO. 19910 OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALM SPRINGS, CALIFORNIA, DENYING WITHOUT PREJUDICE CASE NO. 5.0827 (PLANNED DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT NO. 259) AN APPLICATION BY LUNDIN DEVELOPMENT COMPANY FOR A PRELIMINARY PLANNED DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT FOR A PROPOSED INTEGRATED, SINGLE-PHASED SHOPPING CENTER CONSISTING OF A 57,342 SQUARE FOOT SUPERMARKET,A 14,884 SQUARE FOOT DRUG STORE WITH DRIVE-THROUGH PHARMACY, TWO QUICK-SERVICE RESTAURANT PADS CONSISTING OF 3,589 AND 2,465 SQUARE FEET, RESPECTIVELY, AND VARIOUS RETAIL SHOP SPACE CONSISTING OF 26,220 SQUARE FEET AND THE SUBDIVISION OF THE 9.9 GROSS ACRE/8.29 NET ACRE SITE INTO NINE (9) PARCELS, RANGING IN SIZE FROM 0.13 ACRES TO 2.82 ACRES, LOCATED AT THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF RAMON ROAD AND SUNRISE WAY, C-1 ZONE, SECTION 14. WHEREAS, Lundin Development Company (the "Applicant") has filed an application with the City pursuant to Section 9403.00 of the Zoning Ordinance, Case No. 5.0827 (Preliminary Planned Development District No. 259) and pursuant to Section 9.60 of the Palm Springs Municipal Code, Tentative Tract Map No. 29638 for the development of an integrated, single-phased neighborhood commercial shopping center consisting of a 57,342 square foot Ralph's Supermarket, a 14,884 square foot drug store with drive- through pharmacy, two quick service restaurants with drive-through lanes (a 3,589 square foot Carl's Jr. and a 2,465 square foot speculative pad restaurant), various retail shop space of approximately 26,220 square feet and the subdivision of the 9.9 gross acre site (8.29 net acres after dedication) into nine parcels ranging in size from 0.13 acres to 2.82 acres located at the northwest corner of Ramon Road and Sunrise Way, C-1 Zone, Section 14, and; WHEREAS, notice of a public hearing of the Planning Commission of the City of Palm Springs to consider Applicant's application for Preliminary Planned Development 259 (PD 259)and Tentative Tract Map No.29638 were given in accordance with applicable law; and WHEREAS, on May 24, 2000, and continued to June 14, 2000, July 5, 2000 and August 9, 2000, a public hearing on the application for PD 259 and Tentative Tract Map No. 29638 was held by the Planning Commission in accordance with applicable law; and WHEREAS,pursuantto Government Code Section 66412.3,the Planning Commission has considered the effect of the proposed Subdivision, Tentative Tract Map 29638, on the housing needs of the region in which Palm Springs is situated and has balanced these needs against the public service needs of its residents and available fiscal and environmental resources;the approval of the proposed Subdivision represents the balance of these respective needs in a manner which is most consistent with the City's obligation pursuant to its police powers to protect the public health, safety, and welfare; and WHEREAS, at the conclusion of its public hearing on August 9, 2000, the Planning Commission recommended approval of the project 3-2 (2 abstentions) to the City Council subject to the conditions contained in Resolution No. 4705 ; and ISTA�� Resolution 19910 Page 2 WHEREAS, notice of a public hearing of the City Council of the City of Palm Springs to consider Applicant's application for Preliminary Planned Development 259 (PD 259) and Tentative Tract Map No. 29638 were given in accordance with applicable law; and WHEREAS, on July 19, 2000 and continued to September 6, 2000, a public hearing on the application for PD 259 and Tentative Tract Map No. 29638 was held by the City Council in accordance with applicable law; and WHEREAS, at the conclusion of its public hearing on September 6, 2000, the City Council of the City of Palm Springs directed staff to prepare a Resolution of Denial without Prejudice for consideration of the City Council at their September 20, 2000 meeting; and WHEREAS, on September 20, 2000, the Resolution of Denial without Prejudice was considered by the City Council in accordance with applicable law; and WHEREAS, pursuant to Government Code Section 66412.3, the City Council has considered the effect of the proposed Subdivision, Tentative Tract Map 29638, on the housing needs of the region in which Palm Springs is situated and has balanced these needs against the public service needs of its residents and available fiscal and environmental resources;the approval of the proposed Subdivision represents the balance of these respective needs in a manner which is most consistent with the City's obligation pursuant to its police powers to protect the public health, safety, and welfare; and WHEREAS, the proposed project (PD 259 and Tentative Tract Map No. 29638), is considered a "project" pursuant to the terms of the California Environmental Quality Act ("CEQA"), and an Initial Study has been prepared for this project and has been distributed for public review and comment in accordance with CEQA; and WHEREAS, the Planning Commission has previously reviewed and considered all of the evidence presented in connection with the hearing on the project and the City Council has carefully reviewed and considered all of the evidence presented in connection with the hearing on the Project, including but not limited to the staff report, all environmental data including the initial study, the proposed Mitigated Negative Declaration and all written and oral testimony presented. THE CITY COUNCIL HEREBY FINDS AS FOLLOWS: Section 1: Pursuantto Section 9403.00 of the Zoning Ordinance,the City Council finds that: a. The proposed Planned Development District is consistent with the applicable general and specific plans. However,the proposed site plan and architecture is not adequate as described below. The proposed Planned Development District would allow for a neighborhood commercial shopping center consisting of a 57,342 square foot Ralph's Supermarket, a 14,884 square foot drug store with drive-through pharmacy, two quick service restaurants with drive-through lanes (a 3,589 square foot Carl's Jr. and a 2,465 square foot speculative pad restaurant), and various retail shop space of approximately 26,220 square feet. The application, as proposed, is permitted pursuant to Section 9403.00 (Planned Development District), which requires consideration and approval of a Preliminary Planned Development application by the Planning Commission and City Council. I �� Resolution 19910 Page 3 The subject property is designated as "NCC" (Neighborhood Convenience Center) on the City's General Plan Land Use Map and "C-1"(Central Retail Business Zone) pursuant to the Zoning Map. The site has frontage along Ramon Road and Sunrise Way, both of which are designated as scenic corridors in the City's General Plan. The General Plan serves as a long-term guideline for the development of the community and is required for each city in California, pursuant to the California Government Code. The Neighborhood Convenience Center General Plan designation is primarily intended to provide for an opportunity for convenience commercial uses to be oriented directly to the residential neighborhoods they need by means of a planned commercial complex, serve as an integrated element of the neighborhood and to promote a harmonious relationship between convenience services and the residential environment through compatibility of site design and architectural treatment of structures. Commercial/retail shopping centers that serve both residents and visitors is specified as a recommended land use pursuant to the Neighborhood Convenience Center designation in the General Plan, provided these centers can create a harmonious relationship with surrounding residential development as specified above. The City Council finds that the proposed land uses and redevelopment of the subject site are consistent with the General Plan. Pursuant to the Shopping Centers Subsection of the City's General Plan, shopping centers are to be developed as a unit, in an orderly fashion, with an organized arrangement of stores, parking and service, at such time and to such size as is warranted by population and supportable by available purchasing power. The proposed project includes two primary buildings, one (supermarket) in the westernmost portion of the property and one (drug store) near the intersection of Ramon Road and Sunrise Way. Additionally, the project contemplates the development of two additional Shops buildings (one along the north property line and the other attached to the south side of the supermarket) and three additional pad buildings, primarily-located adjacent to the two project street frontages adjacent to vehicular ingress/egress points. The proposed building density, size and organization of the proposed site plan leads to a parking space deficiency in relation to that required per the City's Zoning Code, with minimal parking in areas that would directly benefit and serve many future retailers, such as those within the Shops 2 building and Retail Pad A. Additionally,with the proposed building density and resulting building organization as described above, a non-desirable pedestrian circulation pattern for patrons who would walk to this neighborhood convenience center would be created, as the primary paths of pedestrian travel would require the crossing of many drive aisles to reach any on-site destination, all of which is inconsistent with the purpose and intent of the General Plan. Within the Neighborhood Convenience Center General Plan Land Use designation, site plan design which encourages the use of neighborhood centers by pedestrians of the immediate neighborhoods (i.e. a pedestrian "friendly" design) is strongly recommended, as these Neighborhood Centers provide services to a significant number of residents and tourists and tend to be located close to medium or high density population bases. Also, the vehicular circulation pattern found on the proposed site plan is not orderly, as one-way drive aisles would restrict and complicate vehicular movements throughout the main field of parking east of the supermarket and a series of dead ends would be derived throughout the project, which would lead to an awkward circulation pattern for large delivery vehicles. Finally, the building orientation and organization causes visibility of many loading, storage and trash areas, especially the drug store facility, as the main loading area and rear 1SA24 Resolution 19910 Page 4 elevations of the building faces the primary field of parking for the supermarket. Pursuant to the Community Design Element of the City's General Plan, all Major Thoroughfares (including Ramon Road and Sunrise Way) are designated Scenic Corridors, where the highest level of design quality is expected for all new development within the community. These corridors have been established because of their physical orientation relative to the San Jacinto Mountains or other important natural features, the design precedent that has been established and/or their importance as a vehicular"link" in the City's transportation network. With the scenic corridor designation, special design features, such as upgraded landscaping, a high quality building design, and appropriate ratio of building area to site area and upgrades to the pedestrian and bicycle transportation facilities are required. The physical design of existing buildings and sites along scenic corridors throughout the community predominately and consistently suggest that of a high quality visual environment, through the development of buildings with architectural individuality and uniqueness, upgraded on-site landscaping along public streets and interior to each property, attractively landscaped median islands, a recognition of the importance of pedestrian friendliness to, from and within neighborhood convenience centers and an appropriate balance of building area to site development area. The proposed project is designed in a Mediterranean architectural character typical many shopping centers found throughout the Southern California region and beyond. The project does not possess a high degree of architectural individuality and uniqueness, as is typically found along Major Thoroughfares in the community, or required of new development proposals within the community, and is therefore contrary to on-site development strategies specified in the General Plan. b. The said use is necessary or desirable for the development of the community and is in harmony with the various elements or objectives of the General Plan, and is not detrimental to existing uses or to future uses specifically permitted in the zones in which the proposed use is to be located. The proposed Preliminary Planned Development District application for a single- phased, neighborhood convenience center, consisting of a 57,342 square foot Ralph's Supermarket, a 14,884 square foot drug store with drive-through pharmacy,two quick service restaurants with drive-through lanes(a 3,589 square foot Carl's Jr. and a 2,465 square foot speculative pad restaurant), and various retail shop space of approximately 26,220 square feet would provide retail services geared toward both residents and tourists of the community, consistent with the objectives of the Neighborhood Convenience Center component of the General Plan and the zone in which the site is located (i.e. the site is zoned "C-1 Central Retail Business Zone). Although the use is necessary and desirable for reasons stated in Section 2a above, the site and architectural design of the proposed neighborhood shopping center is not in harmony with the various applicable site design and building design elements or objectives of the General Plan. C. The design or improvements of the proposed planned development are not consistent with the General Plan (i.e. The site is not physically suitable for the proposed density of development contemplated by the proposed /sR Resolution 19910 Page 5 planned development and the overall project design is not consistent with community design standards). As stated earlier, pursuant to the Shopping Centers Subsection of the City's General Plan, shopping centers are to be developed as a unit, in an orderly fashion, with an organized arrangement of stores, parking and service, at such time and to such size as is warranted by population and supportable by available purchasing power. The proposed project includes two primary buildings, one (supermarket) in the westernmost portion of the property and one (drug store) near the intersection of Ramon Road and Sunrise Way. Additionally, the project contemplates the development of two additional Shops buildings (one along the north property line and the other attached to the south side of the supermarket) and three additional pad buildings, primarily located adjacent to the two project street frontages adjacent to vehicular ingress/egress points. The proposed building density, size and organization of the proposed site plan leads to a parking space deficiency in relation to that required per the City's Zoning Code, with minimal parking in areas that would directly benefit and serve many future retailers, such as those within the Shops 2 building and Retail Pad A. Additionally,with the proposed building density and resulting building organization as described above, a non-desirable pedestrian circulation pattern for patrons who would walk to this neighborhood convenience center would be created, as the primary paths of pedestrian travel would require the crossing of many drive aisles to reach any on-site destination, all of which is inconsistent with the purpose and intent of the General Plan. Within the Neighborhood Convenience Center General Plan Land Use designation, site plan design which encourages the use of neighborhood centers by pedestrians of the immediate neighborhoods (i.e. a pedestrian "friendly' design) is strongly recommended, as these Neighborhood Centers provide services to a significant number of residents and tourists and tend to be located close to medium or high density population bases. Also, the vehicular circulation pattern found on the proposed site plan is not orderly, as one-way drive aisles would restrict and complicate vehicular movements throughout the main field of parking east of the supermarket and a series of dead ends would be derived throughout the project, which would lead to an awkward circulation pattern for large delivery vehicles. Finally, the building orientation and organization would augment the on-site visibility of many loading, storage and trash areas, especially the drug store facility, as the main loading area and rear elevations of the building faces the primary field of parking for the supermarket. The physical design of existing buildings and sites along scenic corridors throughout the community predominately and consistently suggest that of a high quality visual environment, through the development of buildings with architectural individuality and uniqueness, upgraded on-site landscaping along public streets and interior to each property, attractively landscaped median islands, a recognition of the importance of pedestrian friendliness to, from and within neighborhood convenience centers and an appropriate balance of building area to site development area. The proposed project is designed in a Mediterranean architectural character typical many shopping centers found throughout the Southern California region and beyond. The project does not possess a high degree of architectural individuality and uniqueness, as is typically found along Major Thoroughfares in the community or required of new development proposals within the community, and is therefore contrary to on-site development strategies specified in the General Plan. X#4 Resolution 19910 Page 6 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that, the City Council does not consider preservation of the existing buildings on the property in the desirable or in the best interest of the continued development of the community, believes the rehabilitation and expansion of this center is needed but believes that the site design is inadequate and the architectural elevations insufficient. The City Council is willing to reconsider its action if the project is redesigned to address the concerns raised herein, including the density of development, pedestrian and vehicular circulation, trash areas, architectural creativity, orientation of buildings to each other, massing and similar issues, and, based upon the foregoing, hereby denies without prejudice Case No. 5.0827 (Planned Development District No. 259). ADOPTED this --20zh day of September 2000. AYES: Members Hodges, Jones, and Reller—Spurgin NOES: Member Oden and Mayor Kleindienst ABSENT: None ABSTAIN: None ATTEST: CITY OF PALM SPRINGS, CALIFORNIA /s/PATRICIA A. SANDERS /s/DAVID READY City Clerk WE Manager W REVIEWED AND APPROVED AS TO FORM: E /per 1 HERESY CERTIFY T THE FOREGOING IS A TRUE COPY' RESOLUTION No. r qJ!2 _Di1LY?.DOPTLI)EY."TI CITY COUNCIL OF"1"" 1.. . u- IN A MEErj THEREOF 11t:7,D DATED AT],ALL1P"'l;r.C,;;, t', !.,Ic"•' .i lA THIS _DAY OF' DEPUTY CITY CLERK CITY OF PALM SPRINGS,CALIFORNIA DATE: September 6, 2boo TO: City Council FROM: Director of Planning & Building CASE NO. 5,0827 (PLANNED DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT NO. 259) -APPLICATION BY LUNDIN DEVELOPMENT CO. FOR A PROPOSED INTEGRATED, SINGLE-PHASED SHOPPING CENTER CONSISTING OF A 57,342 SQUARE FOOT SUPERMARKET, A 14,884 SQUARE FOOT DRUG STORE WITH DRIVE-THROUGH PHARMACY, TWO QUICK.-SERVICE RESTAURANT PADS CONSISTING OF 3,589 AND 2,465 SQUARE FEET,RESPECTIVELY,ANDVARIOUS RETAIL SHOP SPACE CONSISTING OF26.220 SQUARE FEET ON APPROXIMATELY 9.9 GROSS ACRES/8.29 NET ACRES OF LAND LOCATEDATTHE NORTHWEST CORNER OF RAMON ROADAND SUNRISE WAY,C-1 ZONE, SECTION 14. TENTATIVE PARCEL MAP NO.29638-APPLICATION BY LUNDIN DEVELOPMENT CO. FORA PROPOSED NINE (9) LOT COMMERCIAL SUBDIVISION ON APPROXIMATELY 9.9 GROSS ACRES/8.29 NETACRES OF LAND,WITH LOTS RANGING IN SIZE FROM 0.13 ACRES TO 2.82 ACRES, LOCATED AT THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF RAMON ROAD AND SUNRISE WAY, C-1 ZONE, SECTION 14. RECOMMENDATION: The Planning Commission recommends that the City Council approve Case No. 5,0827 (Preliminary Planned Development District No. 259) and Tentative Parcel Map No 29638 as described above through adoption of the attached Resolution and Conditions of Approval. The applicants are Mr. Herb Lundin and Mr. Gregory Bever of Lundin Development Company. BACKGROUND: Lundin Development Company has submitted applications for a Planned Development District and Tentative Parcel Map for the development of an integrated, single-phased neighborhood commercial shopping center consisting of a 57,342 square foot Ralph's Supermarket, a 14,884 square foot Sav-On drug store with drive-through pharmacy, two quick service restaurants with drive-through lanes (a 3,589 square foot Carl's Jr. and a 2,465 square foot speculative pad restaurant), and various retail shop space of approximately 26,220 square feet on approximately 9.9 gross acres (8.29 net acres after dedication) at the northwest corner of Ramon Road and Sunrise Way. The easterly half of the property(approximately 5 gross acres) Is currently developed with a commercial shopping center totaling approximately 46,080 square feet of building area. An automobile service station was recently demolished at the southeast corner of the property. The westerly half of the property (approximately 5 gross acres) is currently undeveloped with scattered desert brush, with the exception of the Desert Water Agency domestic water facility on the north central portion of the site. A Riverside County Flood Control and Water Conservation District flood channel bisects the property,entering the site at the northwest corner and curves to flow southerly as it approaches Ramon Road, with the eastern boundary of the channel corresponding to the approximate north-south center of the project site. The developer contemplates paving over the channel to utilize the area within the field of parking to create the integrated shopping center. There are currently eight driveways that serve the site from the two perimeter streets (Ramon Road and Sunrise Way). Public sidewalks, curbs, and gutters exist along a !sq 33 majority of the project frontage, with the exception of the western portion of the Ramon Road frontage, adjacent to the undeveloped portion of the site. Signed but unimproved bus stops also exist along both street frontages. The site slopes minimally from the northwest to southeast. Vehicular circulation for the new shopping center will be provided via four driveways (two on Ramon Road and two on Sunrise Way), resulting in a net reduction of four driveways across the project frontage. All of the driveways serving the site (with the exception of the southernmost driveway on Sunrise Way)are designed to accommodate ingress and egress for the large semi tractor trailers making deliveries to the supermarket, drug store and fast- food restaurants. Truck circulation patterns are indicated on the conceptual site plan,which will be posted for consideration of the City Council at the public hearing. The proposed supermarket is located in the western portion of the site, oriented to face east. The loading dock forthe supermarket is located on the north side of the building, and screened from the adjacent apartments to the west and north by a combination of screen walls and landscaping. The orientation of the major tenant and the resulting site plan is a direct result of the flood control channel bisecting the property and the fact that no "structures" (i.e. buildings) can be constructed directly on top of the channel of within the flood control easement. As currently shown, only a small corner of the supermarket encroaches into the easement, which the applicant has represented is acceptable to the Riverside County Flood Control District. The Riverside County Flood Control District has also concluded that parking and landscaped areas are acceptable over the covered flood control channel, as represented on the conceptual site plan. In conjunctionwith the Preliminary Planned Development Application;the applicant has also riled for a Tentative Parcel Map to subdivide the property into nine (9) parcels, ranging in size from 0.13 acres to 2.82 acres. Reciprocal access and parking will be required throughout the project. Due to the smaller than required minimum lot size of 20,000 square feet for four (4) of the nine lots within the subdivision, the fact that some of the individual uses would be classified as Conditionally Permitted Uses (W. fast-food, drive- through restaurants) within the "G-1" (Retail/Business) Zone, as well as other departures from Section 9212.00 of the Zoning Ordinance('C-11", Retail/Business Zone),which will be analyzed later in this report, the project is best suited to be processed as a Planned Development District, pursuant to the provisions of Section 9403.00 of the Zoning Ordinance, On June 16, 1999, the Redevelopment Agency approved an exclusive agreement to enter into negotiations with the developer for a Disposition Development Agreement. Such an agreement has been drafted by the Director of Redevelopment, which includes language regarding the potential Impacts that the new supermarket could have on existing supermarkets within the City of Palm Springs, as well as tenants within the existing buildings. This issue will be analyzed later in thls report. SURROUNDING LAND USES. North: Apartments— R-G-A(8) zone (Garden Apartment & Cluster Residential) - directly north of the existing developed site located on the east portion of the project site. Undeveloped (vacant) — R-4 Zone (Large-Scale Hotel & Multiple-Family Residential)-directly north of the western undeveloped portion ofthe project site. South: Commercial Shopping Center— PD 183 (Planned Development District) - directly south of the existing developed site. '5&G-A& Mobile Home Park— R-MHP Zone (Residential Mobilehome Park Zone) - directly south of the western undeveloped portion of the proposed site. East Mizell Community Center—O Zone (Open Land) West: Apartments—R-2 Zone (Limited Multiple-Family Residential) SURROUNDING GENERAL PLAN: North: H43130 (High 43 hotel units per acre - 30 Apartment units per acre) South: NCC (Neighborhood Convenience Center) - directly south of the existing developed site. M15 (Medium Density Residential) - directly south of the western undeveloped portion of the proposed site. East: PR (Parks and Recreational) West: M15 (Medium Density Residential) GENERAL PLAN ANALYSIS: The site of the proposed Neighborhood Shopping Center and proposed subdivision is on a site designated NCC (Neighborhood Convenience Center) per the City of Palm Springs General Plan Land Use Map. The objective of the Neighborhood Convenience Center General Plan designation is to provide for an opportunity for convenience commercial uses to be oriented directly to the residential neighborhoods they need by means of a planned commercial complex. serve as an integrated element of the neighborhood and to promote a harmonious relationship between convenience services and the residential environment through compatibility of site design and architectural treatment of structures. In staffs opinion, the proposed neighborhood shopping center is consistent with the General Plan goals, policies and objectives governing the development of Neighborhood Convenience Centers throughout the community. Ramon Road and Sunrise Way are specifically mentioned in�the General Plan as Major Thoroughfares and Scenic Corridors within the City's General Plan, These Major Thoroughfares are where automobile-oriented businesses are preferred, as long as aesthetic issues (building mass and bulk, landscaping, etc.) can be addressed. Along Major Thoroughfares,the aesthetic quality of new development is expected to achieve high levels, as these highly traveled vehicular routes will create a lasting aesthetic impression of the community for tourists and residents alike. Objectives and policies described in the General Plan regarding Scenic Corridors include the enhancement of visual amenities, screening parking areas through building orientation or the use of screen walls combined with landscaping, construction of bicycle trails, etc. The project includes landscaped parkways along Ramon Road and Sunrise Way, and specific details of the streetscape design(i.e. landscaping, decorative screen walls, pedestrian amenities, bus shelters, etc.) will be refined through the Final Planned Development District plan review process. In the opinion of the Planning Commission, the overall quality of the preliminary site plan and architecture have been generally upgraded to achieve the quality of development intended along scenic corridors within the community, by locating the mass of the major tenants' structures as far away as possible from Ramon Road and Sunrise Way and by introducing an upgraded watlllandscapelspeclal paving program. Therefore, based upon a review of the General Plan, the proposed project does not conflict with any goals, objectives or policies pertaining to the Neighborhood Convenience Center land use within the City's General Plan. / A' 3 s• ZONING ANALYSIS: The entire site is zoned C-1 (Retail/Business Zone) per the Zoning Ordinance. The C-1 Zone is intended to serve primarily as a retail business district,with related hotels, service office, cultural and institutional services. Although individual uses (example: fast food, drive-through facilities)would be individually Conditionally Permitted in the C-1 zone per the City'sZoning Ordinance,the application contemplates a single-phased,master-planned neighborhood commercial convenience center,such thatthe application is being processed as a preliminary planned development district, pursuant to the provisions of Section 94D3.00 of the Zoning Ordinance. The purpose of the Planned Development District is to provide for various types of land uses which can be combined to create a compatible relationship with each olherwhtle following good zoning practices and the General Plan and allow desirable departures from the strict provisions of the specific zone classifications. As stated earlier, four of the nine lots do not meet the minimum lot size of 20,000 square feet specified for the C-1 zone and individual uses shown on the conceptual site plan would be conditionally permitted in the C-1 zone. The project also includes other minor departures from the Zoning Ordinance, which will be described in the property development analysis section of this report. However, in the opinion of the Planning Commission, the purpose and intent of the Planned Development District is achieved through the proposed single- phased,master-planned and architecturally integrated shopping center proposal, especially when considering the purpose of the General Plan as it relates to this property. DRAFT SECTION 14 MASTER DEVELOPMENT PLAN/SPECIFIC PLAN ANALYSIS: The eastern portion of the site is designated Neighborhood Commercial and the western half of the site is designated Residential High pursuant to the Draft Section 14 Master Development Plan. The purpose of the Neighborhood Commercial designation is to allow for neighborhood convenience commercial uses that serve the daily needs of local residents in a complex or center that is primarily accessed by automabile. The purpose of the High Density Residential is to encourage the development of residential uses of 21 to 30 dwelling units per acre and/or hotels in a private and exclusive setting. Staff has previously recommended to the Tribe that the entire 9.9 gross acre site be designated Neighborhood Commercial, consistent with the underlying City General Plan designation, toallowfcr better site planning opportunities with fewer constraints. To date,this comment has yet to be addressed in a revised Draft Section 14 Master Development Plan. However, staff has consulted with representatives from the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians Tribal Planning staff due to this potential land use conflict. Tribal Planning staff has indicated that,although the western half of the site is designated for future residential uses, the proposed neighborhood commercial convenience center is in consonance with the spirit and intent of the plan, providing needed retail uses to residents of the area and tourists alike. All correspondence received as of the writing of this report from the Tribal Planning Staff has been attached to this report. PROPERTY DEVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; 1. Impacts of proposed Supermarket on existing Supermarkets: One of the primary concerns that has been referenced throughout the processing of this application has been the potential impacts that a new supermarket would have on the existing supermarket stock in the community. Throughout the community, there are three facilities previously utilized as supermarkets that are vacant at this time, which has caused staff to be cautious in reviewing new commercial developments that incorporate supermarkets into the project design. (One of the three vacated buildings will be soon improved for a large clothing retailer, at the Plaza Del Sol Shopping Center of South Palm Canyon Drive). The proposed operator of the now supermarket, Ralph's, currently operates the supermarket on the eastern portion of the site as well as the supermarket at Smoke Tree Shopping Center, iUVA a� approximately one mile from the project site. Other supermarkets within one mile of the project site include the Jensen's at the southeast corner of Tahquitz Canyon Way and Sunrise Way and the Von's at the Palm Springs Mall. In this instance, staff is concerned that development of this supermarket will directly result in the closure of the Ralph's at Smoke Tree. In speaking with the developer about this issue, it has been represented to staff that, independent of this proposal,Ralph's had the ability to close theirfacility in the Smoke Tree Shopping Center as early as June 1, 2000,without any input from the City The developer has also stated that, in their conversations with representatives from Ralph's, they plan to operate both of these stores, as they do not feel that they will be in direct competition with each other, Please refer to the attached letter dated March 27, 2000 from Mr. Patrick Barber of Ralph's Grocery Company regarding this issue. Mr. Barber confirms that the company will exercise its option to extend its term at the Smoke Tree Village Shopping Center, As stated earlier, a draft Disposition Development Agreement(DDA) has been drafted by the Director of Redevelopment. No provisions to minimize impacts on existing supermarkets have been incorporated into the draft DDA,as the Director of Redevelopment does not feel any such provisions are warranted with the knowledge that Ralph's will continue to operate its Smoke Tree Village facility. In conclusion, in that the site is properly zoned for a supermarket use and the project essentially contemplates the redevelopment of the existing neighborhood center on the eastern portion of the property, the associated impacts are seen by the Planning Commission as comparatively less than an improperlyzoned site or without redevelopment involved. 2. On-site development: As noted earlier, due to numerous site constraints, the proposed supermarket is located in the extreme western portion of the site oriented to face east. In staff's initial analysis of the site plan,the only other location where the supermarket footprint could fit on the property without encroaching into the flood control district easement would be close to Sunrise Way. In that scenario, the building would have to face west to obtain a sufficient field of parking in front of the store. This site plan design would result in the rear of the store facing to Sunrise Way, in relatively close proximity to the street, given the mass and scale of the building. The Planning Commission feels the proposed orientation of the supermarket creates a much more inviting shopping center to its future users. The balance of the street frontages are comprised of pad buildings and related parking areas along the streetscape. Screen walls are proposed along both streets in areas where parking or drive-through lanes are in close proximity to the public right-of-way. Near the intersection of Ramon Road and Sunrise Way,the developer has incorporated a focal point feature with sufficient room to incorporate a Type 1 Gateway as specified in the Section 14 Master Development/Specific Plan, One of the repeated comments that was shared with the applicant from the Planning Commission and staff has been the apparent ratio of building area to the project area Although the proposed project can or does comply with the Zoning Ordinance in most areas with the amount of building area proposed, with the exception of parking, which will be analyzed later in this report, practically all of the site planning issues expressed to the applicant have been a result of trying to`squeeze"the amount of building area ontothe site. resulting in design concerns such as minimal landscaped areas next to buildings,"tight"on- site circulation patterns, abrupt relationships of buildings to entry statements and minimal landscaped areas adjacent to adjoining land uses. However,the Planning Commission felt that, as a result of the latest site plan that will be presented to the City Council, which hrA47 indicates a reduction in the amount of building area, significantly more pedestrian amenities, additional landscaped areas and a refined pedestrian circulation pattern, the ratio of building area to the site is now appropriate with the proposed pedestrian amenities in what is anticipated to be a heavily utilized center by pedestrians. A Planning Commission recommended condition of the project would require a 15-foot minimum, 20-foot average landscape and parking setback along both street frontages, as measured from ultimate property line. This condition is included in the recommended conditions for adoption of the City Council. 3. On-site parking: The latest version of the conceptual site plan indicates a total of 379 parking spaces within the project;less than the 416 parking spaces required forthe project, which is based on the proposed building area for the neighborhood commercial center. Under normal circumstances, the proposed parking reduction would fall under the ten(10) percent reduction allowed pursuant to Section 9406.01 of the Zoning Ordinance (Administrative Minor Modification). However, in this situation, the applicant has proposed the reduction in parking as part of the Preliminary Planned Development application. To address the proposed reduction in parking, the developer has agreed to restrict employee parking for the supermarket use to the north side of the building, leaving the main field of parking to the east open for patrons of the facility. This area contains 30 parking spaces. or a majority of the proposed parking reduction contemplated by the developer. Since the proposed shopping center in a heavily urbanized portion of the City and a comparatively higher degree of pedestrian visitation and activity and comparatively fewer automobile trips is anticipated to occur within this shopping center, the Planning Commission has recommended approval to the City Council of the minor reduction in parking proposed by the applicant, with a significant pedestrian "node" and enhanced pedestrian circulation system Incorporated into the project design. as shown on the conceptual plans reviewed by the Planning Commission on August 9. 2000, 4. Historical Significance of Existing Shoppino Conter: As noted earlier, architect Albert Frey is credited with designing the existing shopping center located on the eastern half of the subject site in approximately 1960. The remaining buildings on the properly are virtually in their original composition and condition,without any significant alterations to the facades. Although the buildings are in their original composition,they are in a deteriorating condition. The building is described as a simple wedge shape against the mountains with glass walls sheltered by Frey'strademark corrugated metal overhangs. The primary importance of the buildings are in their association with Albert Frey,whose innovation in materials and design has made him widely considered on the most important figures of the American modern architecture movement. Although the buildings represent the style and material use typical of Frey post-war modern architecture, the buildings do not qualify as a "historic resource" based on the definition commonly used by the National Register of Historic Places. Buildings typically have be of at least 50 years of age to qualify for the National Register, unless the structures are unprecedented examples of a significant historic resource as determined by the standards of the Secretary of the Interior. In response to written correspondence as well as public comments received during their meeting of April 11, 2000, the Historic Site Preservation Board (HSPB) appointed a committee to research the potential historic relevance of this site. The subcommittee presented this reportto the entire Board during the regular HSPB meeting on May 9, 2000. Upon completing their review of the report,the Board unanimously agreed that the structure is of some historic significance and that the report should be presented to the Planning Commission so that matters of historic significance can be given appropriate consideration by the Commission. A copy of the HSPB's report is attached to this report. In addition,the City has received correspondence from the residents and others who desire consideration be given to preserving the buildings on the property. All correspondence relative to the historic significance of the buildings has been attached to this report. At their May 24`h public hearing, the Planning Commission heard considerable testimony from the public regarding the importance of the structures on this site, importance derived largely from the association with architect Albert Frey. During the meeting of May 24" ,the Commission also received correspondence from the legal counsel for the Palm Springs Modern Committee requesting that the City require the preparation of an Environmental Impact Report (EIR) in conjunction with the proposed applications. Staff has completed a detailed environmental analysis of the project, including an assessment of the applicability of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). Staff concluded in previous Planning Commission staff reports and in the Environmental Assessment that the existing shopping center is not among the best examples of Mr, Frey's architectural design and is not on par with such locally designated historic sites as Fire Station 1, Frey House II, Valley Station, Loewy House, Tramway Gas Station, City Hall, or the Carey - Pirozzi House. In reviewing CFQA Section 15064.5(Determining the Significance of Impacts on Historical and Unique Archaeological Resources) as it relates to this case, the lead agency can determine the historic significance of a structure or site, provided it is supported by substantial evidence in light of the whole record. One of the general criteria for determining historic significance most applicable to this case is that if the potential resource"embodies the distinctive characteristics of a type, period, region, or method of construction, or represents the work of an important creative individual or possesses high artistic values". In defining what constitutes a ''historical resource', Public Resources Code Section 21084.1 states that they include resources listed in, or determined to be eligible for listing in, the California Register of Historical Resources. Section 21084.1 further states that, in the absence of the first two categories, `shall not preclude a lead agency from determining whether the resource may be a historic resource". However, case law has shown the local agency's decision must be supported by substantial evidence. The subject property is not locally designated as a historic landmark, nor is it listed on the California Register of Historic Places nor tire National Register of Historic Places. In 1987,the City completed a property surveyto identify sites that are potentially of historic significance. The survey contains over 450 properties, The subject property is not among those on the list. In 1996, the Historic Site Preservation Board in conjunction with various property owners recommended to the City Council that six Albert Frey designed structures' be designated as Class I historic sites. In making this recommendation to City Council, the Historic Site Preservation Board cited findings that: 1. The properties embody the distinctive characteristics of the Modern movement of architecture and the methods of construction practiced in this movement,especially as adapted to the California desert environments; and 2. The properties represent the significant local examples of the master architect Albert Frey, FAIA, whose individual genius influenced his age. 'Note that some of the designated structures where the result of collaboration between Albert Frey and other architects/designers. The City Council has designated each of the six Albert Frey designed structures Class 1 Historic Sites. These sites are: 1. Frey House II - 686 Palisades Drive 2. Valley Station - Palm Springs Aerial Tramway 3, Loewy House- 600 Panorama Road 4. Palm Springs City Hall -3200 E. Tahquitz Canyon Way 5. Carey - Pirozzi House - 651 W. Via Escuela 6. Tramway Gas Station -2901 N. Palm Canyon Drive In addition to these six Frey designed structures, on June 21, 2000 the Palm Springs City Council designated Frey designed Fire Station I a Class 1 Historic Site. In so designating Fire Station I, the City Council noted that the structure is one of the best remaining examples of the work of a master architect, the late Albert Frey, Additionally, the City Council noted that Fire Station #1 is the best remaining, least altered Frey building in the Palm Springs downtown commercial district. Attached is the documentation that was presented to City Council at the time these six structures were considered for designation. This attachment provides information about Albert Frey as well as detailed information about each of the six designated structures, The existing buildings were designed by Frey& Chambers, Architects. As built plans for the exterior elevations of market building A (the building currently housing the grocery store)dated 6/19162 indicates that the plans were drawn by AD and checked by AF. AF is Albert Frey. On a hand drawn map depicting the location of buildings he designed, Albert Frey included the Alpha Beta building at the corner of Sunrise and Ramon. The structures on the subject property are indeed designed by Albert Frey. It is not clear if the building design was the result of a collaborative effort with other architects / designers or not. The existing Ralph's building utilizes the materials and design commonly used by Frey. More specifically. building materials include steel,glass,and concrete block. A folded metal roof serves as an awning, protecting pedestrians from the harsh sun. As noted in Historic Site Preservation Board member John Harrell's report, "the concrete block is laid in what was to become a classic Frey pattern of off-set squares, sandblasted to highlight the color and texture of the aggregate." The blocks remain offset, but have been painted over on one building and covered with stucco on the other. This same block pattern can be found at Palm Springs City Hall, a designated Class 1 site. Referring back to CEQA, Section 15064.5 refers to distinctive characteristics. Staff does not find the characteristics of the existing Ralph's building to be distinctive. Rather staff finds it to be typical. This section of CEQA also refers to "represents the work of an important creative individual or possesses high artistic values." Staff considers the already designed Frey structures to be excellent representations of his work. The documentation substantiating this finding is included in the attachment. The existing Ralph's is designed by Frey, but not among the best representations of his work, primarily because it lacks the high artistic value found to other structures, specifically the designated ones. `a Therefore, in the attached Environmental Assessment, staff concluded that this particular issue is not one of environmental concern since the buildings do not qualify as a historic resource, pursuant to any local orfederal designation criteria, nor does it possess the high artistic value found in the previously referenced Class I structures and lacks any distinctive characteristics not already incorporated into the other Frey designated sites. 5. Vehicular Circulation: As stated earlier, the current site plan indicates four vehicular ingress/egress points to serve the proposed development Two driveways are proposed along the Ramon Road frontage and two driveways are proposed along the Sunrise Way frontage. None of the driveways are proposed to be signalized, The westerly driveway on Ramon Road is designated to serve as the ingress for the large semi -tractor trailers serving the supermarket, while the northerly driveway on Sunrise Way will serve as the egress. Ingress and egress for large trucks serving the drug store and drive-through facilities are indicated on the preliminary site plan via the northern driveway on Sunrise Way and the eastern driveway on Ramon Road. Currently, the applicant is proposing to have unrestricted turning movements from three of the four driveways. Raised and landscaped median islands are proposed on the latest version of the site plan to augment traffic control on both streets. The only restricted turning movements indicated on the preliminary site plan would be for the westernmost driveway on Ramon Road, where the raised median island in Ramon Road has been designed to restrict left turns out of this driveway, due to the proximity of this driveway to the existing ingress/egress serving the Gallery Apartments to the west. As proposed, the driveways are separated by approximately 35 feet, as measured from the closest edges of curb returns. Staff met with the applicant on several occasions during the processing of these applications to discuss the recommendations of the Traffic Study and City Engineer. The applicant contends that the future 2010 traffic counts used to analyze the future traffic impacts are not accurate and leads to unwarranted mitigation measures. Specifically,the applicant contends that current traffic counts and the traffic movements contemplated by the preliminary site plan do not warrant restricted tuming movements at this time. The applicant would concur with staff that, if controlled turning movements were needed in the current year based on tangible criteria, regulation of turning movements would be appropriate. At its meeting on August 9, 2000,the Planning Commission recommended approval of the site plan, which allows for these left turn movements out of the easternmost driveway on Ramon Road, but also recommended that the developer be required to provide a cash deposit for the potential reconstruction of the Ramon Road median. prohibiting left turns out of the centerfrom the easternmost driveway at such time such a condition is warranted, in the opinion of the City Engineer. This reconstruction may be necessary as it is estimated that future (2010) traffic conditions may warrant a total restriction of left turns out of the shopping center from the easterly driveway on Ramon Road. Condition No. 66, 66A and 66B in the attached conditions address this issue in greater detail. Staff has also incorporated all other recommendations of the Planning Commission,the Traffic Study and the City Engineer into the attached recommended Conditions of Approval for the project, as well as into the recommended mitigation measures of the Environmental Assessment. All other secondary off and on-site traffic and circulation Issues have been discussed in detail in the attached Environmental Assessment/Initial Study for the project. 6. Compatibility with adjacent Land Uses: The property to the eastern half of the north end of the site and the property immediately west of the site are currently developed with a residential apartment projects. To the north, a retail shops building is proposed to be constructed on the shared property line, and a 6-foot tall block wall is proposed be constructed on the balance of the shared property lines. The common pool and recreation amenity area for the adjacent apartment complex is immediately adjacent to the shared property line. As for the west property line situation, an eight-foot tall block wall and a four- foot wide landscape area with canopy trees is proposed between the Gallery Apartments and the semi-tractor trailer delivery lane for the supermarket. The trick well has been located on the north side of the building, further away from the Gallery Apartments, /To# W oriented to face east. Screen walls are proposed around the perimeter of the loading dock to minimize noise emitting from the loading dock area. These types of land use relationships exist in many areas of the City where commercial and multiple-family residential development are adjacent to each other. The typical means to reduce the potential incompatibility between land uses is to incorporate a combination of dense landscaping and block walls along shared property lines and/or to orient buildings such that potential concerns such as noise, privacy and light and glare will be minimized. In this particular situation, however, the location of the Baristo Flood Control Channel limits the ability to shift the building further eastward, awayfrom the Gallery Apartments, as the wash easement is non-buildable. To address these issues, the applicant is proposing to provide dense landscaping, including canopy trees and wall plantings consisting of a shrub hedge, in a four (4) foot wide landscape planter along the west property line and wall plantings along the applicable portions of the north property line to augment the existing shared property line wall along the portion of the north and west property lines. Staff is also recommending as mitigation measures for the project that large truck deliveries be limited to between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. to minimize potential noise impacts to residents of the adjacent apartment complexes north and west of the site, that the decorative block walls on the interior property lines be increased to eight feet in height and incorporate a dense landscape hedge adjacent to the truck loading area and the Desert Water Agency well site. Y. Tentative Parcel Map:The application includes a request to subdivide the 9.9 gross acre site into nine parcels, ranging in size from 0.13 acres (a portion of the Riverside County flood control easement) to 2.82 acres (the supermarket parcel). In reviewing the development standards for the C-1 zone; each lot is required to have a minimum lot size of 20,000 square feet within this zone. Based upon staffs analysis, Parcels 2, 4, 6, 7 and 9 are either substandard in terms of minimum lot size or let dimensions. However, when applying the purpose and intent of the Planned Development District to the proposed integrated,single-phased and master-planned neighborhood convenience center,combined with the recommended conditions requiring reciprocal parking and access throughout the subdivision, staff feels that the proposed departures requested with the subdivision are consistent with the Planned Development District Section of the Zoning Ordinance and the intent of the Neighborhood Convenience Center General Plan designation, in that the center will provide for an opportunity for convenience commercial uses to he oriented directly to the residential neighborhoods they need by means of a planned commercial complex,serve as an integrated element of the neighborhood and to promote a harmonious relationship between convenience services and the residential environment in the Immediate vicinity of the site. Therefore, staff feels that the proposed subdivision of land is acceptable as proposed. Other secondary site planning and architectural design issues have been incorporated into the attached Conditions of Approval. ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS: Staff has completed a detailed Environmental Assessment of the project, dated July 20, 2000. In completing the Environmental Checklist, staff found that there could be a significant environmental impact in certain areas, such as Land Use and Planning, Water/Hydrology, Air quality, Traffic and Circulation, Noise and Cultural Resources if mitigation measures are not incorporated into the project design. In conclusion, with all environmental mitigations incorporated lntothe attached conditions by reference,stafffeels that any environmental issueswill be reduced to a level of insignificance. If the City Council concurs, then issuance of a Mitigated Negative Declaration for the Planned Development District and Tentative Parcel Map would be in order. NOTIFICATION: Ali property owners within a 400 foot radius of the parcel considered for subdivision were notified of the public hearing. As of the writing of this report, staff has received several letters of opposition due to the historic nature of the existing Albert Frey designed shopping center on the eastern portion of the property as well as a letter of opposition from a resident of the Rose Garden condominium complex north aid west of the project site. Other letters supporting the redevelopment of the shopping center site have been received and are also attached to this report. PLANNING COMMISSION'ACTION: On August 9, 2000, after a series of continued public hearings and considerable testimony from the public and applicant- derived site plan redesigns in response to Planning Commission comments, the Planning Commission recommended approval of Case No. 5.0827(planned Development District No.259)and Tentative Parcel Map 29638 to the City Council on a 3-2 vote(2 abstentions). A majority of the testimony focused on the Potential Historic Significance of the Frey designed structures on the property and site planning issues, such as building density, appropriateness of the drug store facility nearest the intersection of Ramon Road and Sunrise Way, pedestrian circulation and pedestrian "nodes",and the appropriateness of drive-through facilities along the frontages of these two major thoroughfares. Ultimately, through several versions of revisions to the site plan, a majority of the Planning Commission felt the above site planning issues had been adequately addressed. D re torl, Planning and Building City Manager �' ATTACHMENTS: 1. Vicinity Map 2. Tentative Parcel Map 3. Correspondence from Applicant 4. Historic Sites Preservation Board Report dated May 9. 2000 5. Correspondence from public and various newspaper articles 6. Initial Study/Environmental Assessment 7, ResoluticnlConditions 8. Ordinance adopting Planned Development District No. 259 CITY,OF PALM SPRINGS DEPARTMENT OF PLANNING AND BUILDING INITIAL STUDY Application No(s): Tentative Parcel Map 29638 and Case No. 5.0827 (Preliminary Planned Development No. 259) Date of Completed Application: March 31, 2000 Name of Applicant: Herb Lundin and Gregory W. Bever of Lundin Development Co. Project Description and Location: (TPM) - A. proposed nine (9) lot commercial subdivision on approximately 9.9 gross acres/8.29 net acres of land, with lots ranging in size from 0.13 acres to 2.82 acres, located at the northwest corner of Ramon Road and Sunrise Way, C-1 zone, Section 14. In conjunction with the Tentative Parcel Map, new perimeter landscaping, new perimeter walkways, reciprocal easements for public utilities, access, parking, and drainage will be provided, as well as any additional dedications to accommodate full street width improvements along Ramon Road and Sunrise Way. (PD) — A proposal for the development of an integrated shopping center consisting of a 57,541 square foot supermarket, a 14,883 square foot drug store with drive-through pharmacy, two quick-service restaurant pads consisting of 3,589 and 3,000 square feet, respectively,and various retail shop space consisting of 25,353 square feet on approximately 9.9 gross acres/8.29 net acres of land located at the northwest corner of Ramon Road and Sunrise Way, CA zone, Section 14. Existing building improvements on the site will be removed and replaced with new buildings as described above,parking lots,landscaping,and other improvements customary with development of a retail shopping center. General Plan Land Use Designation: NCC (Neighborhood Convenience Center) Proposed General Plan Land Use Designation: No change proposed Present Land Use(s): The easterly half of the property is currently developed with a commercial shopping center. An automobile service station was recently demolished at the southeast corner of the property. The westerly half of the property is currently undeveloped. A Riverside County Flood Control District flood channel bisects the property, entering the site at the northwest corner and curves to flow southerly as it approaches Ramon Road. Existing Zoning(s): C-1 (Central Retail Business Zone) Proposed Zoning(s): Planned Development District 259 Proposed Draft Section Master -Development Plan Designation: Eastern Half - NC (Neighborhood Commercial); Western Half- HR(Residential High) 1 I Th 17.a. b and d find e) NO fMI'AC'I'. A l l utiI itics andscrviecs arc currcn[ly pi avidcd Lathe sub_lect site Due to ncc nature and relatively small size of this proposal on a regional scale,llrere should he no Impacts to uh,ilics untl service systems as a resulL of the project. 12.ciand c)PO"fL•NTIAI.LT SIGNII'I(:AN'I'IIVLISSS MfPIGATTONINCORPORATLD.Accra diagtotlie Desert W rater Agencv letter dated Apfl20,2000,additional facilities will be need to be constructed to adequately serve the proposed site with irri0iun,domestic Lard fire protection wnta. The developar will be required to comply with DWA requirements regarding this issue. Also,according to the Riv crsfde County Flood Control and Water ConservAiun Disl i ict,encroachnrcnt pu°imis and approval.of my changes to musler planned storm drain facilities will be required through the plan r.ieck prncesa. Item Potentially Potentially Less Than No Sigmficau: Significuitl SigulSca:l Impact Import Unless Impact MAig-anan IncorporaLd 13. .AESTHETICS Wouljl the proposal: a) Affect a scenic vista or scenic highway'? ❑ ❑ ❑ b) Have a clernonshated negative aesthetic effect? ❑ ❑ ❑ c) Create light or glare? ❑ ❑ ❑ e 13. a)-c) NO IMPACT. ]'he subject site is located adj anent to Rumen Road mid Suurse Way, which are Cirf .. Designated Scenic Corridors ptirsuantto the Gartered Plan. Objectives and policies set forth of the General Plink regaiding Scaric CeifidOrS include but are not hmrted to the enhancement an visual nmennics of local and regional highway travel,the encouragement of]nudstape medians,[he cousirurtio i or'bike tall links,e*c 'I nc profeet does urcliado landscaped parkways along all street fTootages and the design of llre sbopping cenler includes upgraded archilcclural[enlures beyond curpumLe design slottdards. Undulating landscaped bernnAg with an upgrndrd landscapapalelle,dense landscaputgan d adnenrative snrecnwall will be required along Ra:auu Road and Sunrise Way,as coasistcntly required lhioupJtout the coarmturity along all thoi c ughlares,as speci Pied in the Zoning Ordinance. In addiliun,periaieler wuliis urn proposed along the other ir�tnio:property lines to screen vehicular and leadin-gactivities flum view ofudime rt hbeeL widlui props lies. On-sae lighting mill be required to comply with all applicable provisions of flit Yaning Ordinance,mn.udmg lintAiag light and glare beyond the limits of lha project sim. In addition,theproject will introduce orhenacnutmended dcsrgn elnrccn[s, such as,but not limited to,architecturally inwgrated bus shatters,sti'mt vmitu!c and shade trees along the all per'imetorstrcets and intheficld of parking,asrequacd by the Zoning Ordinance. All phases ofthe piefeta will be t+rocessed as to require all necessary steps of Design Review by stall any applicable zdvisory groups,us well as final determination of design acceptability by the Planning Commission and City Council. I'herel'nre.rhis. prujcca should nuL result in ncgmive imPucls on aesthetic issues. horn Potentially Potentially Less'fhan No Significant Significant significant Impact lmpmL Unless Impact Mitigation Incorporateri 14. CUI:I'L!It AI•RI!ROIIRCPS Would the proposal: o) Disturb paleontological resources? ❑ ❑ b) Disturb archeological resources? ❑ 11 ❑ c) AfPectltistoric resources? ❑ ❑ ❑ 18 �s� VSOOO d) Have the potential to cause a physical change ❑ © ❑ which mold affect unique ethnic cultural values? e) Restl'ict oxixting religious or sacred uses ❑ within the potential hupact areas' 11.a) a through c) NO IMPACT. According to the Gencral Plat, Ilia subject site is nut lucuLetl eathu en At'cheologicul Resources Area such that no evidence of archeologicnl signirurnmec has been haniitied on girt Therefore,no impacts to paleontological of areheologi.ul resources should occur as a result of this project Architect Atbert Prey designed the eusdag shopping center locnted on the eastern half of tine subject bite in approximately I960, The remaining buildings on the mopeity arc vhtnally ur their or,ginat cornposicion and condition, witlmnuT any slgriticattt alterations to die facuclee. .Although the hniLdings are in their original composition,they have not Leon maintuiued in the bescposcihle condition. The building is described as a simple wedge shape against the mountains with glass walls slmellered Lq Frey's h'arlemark cu ragutcd metal overhangs. The primary impormnca o l the buildings arc is their association with Albert Ecy,whc se r onoval inn in materials and design has made hlrrr widely consid-ced on dw most impurtan t figures or ncc American modern w ehitecture movement, Although din huildinns represent the style and material use Lypical of Frey peaL-v;nr modern nrehitcohue,the buildings do not qualify,as a"historic i esulneu"based on the defin itmn oommorly r sad by theNational Registai of Historic Places. Buildings typically have he ot'at Ieasc 50 years of age to qualify fm the National Rcgrsacr, unless lire structures arc unprecedented examples ofa significanthrs:oric resource as dcicrmincd bythe stands i rig of the Secretary ol'the Interior In staffs opinion; the shopping center is not Ilia hesi eximplc of Mr Frey's arcblecrm'al design on par with such locally designated historic site,as IhePrcy house,the Tuamwny Gas Station, and City hall. In reviewing CHC}A Section 15064.5 (Decermuriag dre SFgnifreancc of Impact, nn Historical and Unique .Archaclolgical Resources)as it relates La this case.the lead agency can detem-.iuc d_e historic siguiGoaccc of a wtraut a or site,pro vicicd it is supported by snhsntetual evidalcc in light Of due who]c retard. Onc of the general criteria for determining historic significance most applicable to this case is that if uhe potential resouce "embodies the distinctive cliaracterisdcs of u t}yc,period,region,nr mattrod o_wnstntctimt,or represents the work of au importmu.creativu rdividual or possessor high auistic values". Iu c:eGniug whaL cunstnutes a "historical resource",Public Resources Code Section 21084.1 states Burl they;ncludc resources hstrd m. or deturminedto he eligible l'orlisdug m.the Califotuiu RegisLcrofEsrorical Resources. Stccion21084.1 Further s:atasthat,intlmeabsenccofthefirmwu caicgorics,"shalt not predhrde a lead agency front detirminmgwhctho _ the resource may be a hisWric ruo rcc". Hawevai',cases Inw has shown the local nge:icy's decrsrun mast be supported by subsluuiul evidence. e The subject limpeny Is not locally designated as a hisWric landmark,nor is it Uslyd au the California Register of Historic Places nor the National Regiser of(listaric Places, In 1987,the City completed a propertysurvev to identify silos Ihal are poLontially nt'hiOoric significance The survey contains over 450 properties. The suUjtxt property is not annng Jmosc on the list. In 1996,the Historic Sitc 1'reservalimt Board hm conjunctir*fwuh various property owuura recommended to the City Cuuucil that six Albert Frey designed struiKnres'be esigaahxl as Cla;s I historic sit-.s. In maktag'hs recommendation to City Council,the Hisloriu Site Prosetvation Board cited Hidings that: 1. Thepruperlirs embody the distinctive charactea'isdcsofdu 4todem urovemunt ufurchitectur and time methods of constniction practiced in this mov'enmeot,espeeiully as adapted to the California dcscrt environments;and 7. The properties reprcsant the sigmiicam local examples of the master architect.Albert Pray, PAIR, whose individual gennrs influenced his age. The City Conrail has designated each of file six A113M Frey designed slruonnrs Crass I Hislodc Sites. Those sties are: 1, Frey House 11-696 Palisades Duivc 2 Valley Station-Palm Springs Aerial Trrnnway 3 Locwy House-600 Panorama Rnad m 19 4. Paint Springs City Hall-3200 F,Tahquitz Canyon Way 5 Carey-Phozzi Pfouse-651 W.Aria L-scuela 6. Tramway Gas Station-2901 N.Point Canyon Drive Inadditionto these six I'rev designed stru Spriugs structures.on June21,2000 the PaIr City Cou.ioil designated Prey designed Fire Station 1 a Class I Historic Site. 11150 designating Pile Station I,the City Council noted Lhet the SFrrtnture is one of the best rernaining examples of the work of a master architect, the Into Athert Prey Additionally.the City Council noted llrnt Piro Stations!1 is the best remaining LaFl altered Fray hcild ing III the Palm Springs downtown commletcial dislriol Attached to the Envirnnntemal Assessment is the docturientatnou that was III csontecl to City Council at lho Lire: these six structures were considered for designation. This attachment provides wforuation about Albcrl Prcy as well as detailed information about each of the sLx desigsated AruuLures. (Please note hat some ot'the designated stuctures where Lhe result of collaboration bawcen Albert Prey and other architects;designers), Thu cxisdng buildings were designed by Frey&Chambers.Arahitecrs. As hudt N m,s fur the exterwr el:vuuuPs of Mar1kQt building A(the huildmg cuucntly housing the gmcety score)dated 6119162 mdiccles that the plans were drawn by An and checked by AI'. AF is Albert Frey. On a hrutd drawn mop dcdncnng the location of buildings be designt&.Albert Frcy included(Ito Alpha Bela bm[dmg uL the cornet of Sunrise mid Ramon 'I he envcnn'es on the subject property are indeed designed by Albert Pray. Il is not cicar;f the building design was the result of a collaborative effurL with other architects i designenq or nor. The eusGug Ralph's building utilizes the materials and design commonly used by Frey. Mwit specifically, building materials include staid.glass,and concrete block. Afolded metal roor sat;as as in,awmug,proteutmg pedcsh'mns from the harsh Full- Ac noted in Historic Site Ptcscrvation Board member John Han ell's report,"the concrete block is laid in what was to become a classic Frey putters of off-SOL squtLres,sandblasted in highligltr the onion and texture of the as negu:e." The blocks remain off•sc[,hot have])tell painter over on one building n and coveted with stucco o Lice odner. This .dame block pattern can lit found ar d`adm Springs City Hall, a designated Class i site. Referring back to CEQA, Seetior 1.5064.5 refers to dIS917COIC characteristics. Staff does not God ;Ire characccristim nl'the axdsting Ralph's building to be diS ILICENe. Radler bluff fmdb it to be typical. This section of CCQA also refers i n"repiesnrts the work oftttl impurlum ereahv e indiv:dual or possesses high artistic values. Stnfr considers die already designed Frey aLructur'us to be excellent representations of its work. The documentation substantiating[his finding is included in Lhe attachmtnr The rxisling Ralph's is designed by Frey,but no(among(lie besr repl'es-orations of his work,primarily because it lacks the high attrsuc value founn in other Aruulwroa, specifically rite designated ones and lacks ally disliuctivc charactcusrics not aheauy incorporated into Pillar Prey designated structures. Itcnn Potentially Point- ially Less Than No Significant Significant Significant hnpnc- Impact Unless Lnpcct Mitigation Ltconpm'atc(I 15. RPCR.EATiON Witold the proposal: a) Increase The demand for neighborhood or ❑ ❑ ❑ rcgi(inal parks or other•recreational facilifles? b) Affect existing recreational opportunities? ❑ ❑ ❑ 15.a)and b)NO IMPACT. The construction ofthis ncighbnrhnnd cmrvcnitnrr:erotic v;ill not increase the demand for rccrcutnnnal facilities nor will it Aft=existing recreational facilities. The piojca does not u.vodve []to expansion nfpopulation into the area nor is the site plumed ur zoued for:ecreul:unal facilitcs. Ther'forc, a negative impact on existing or demand for maeatio ial facilities will not noun-is it resul[of this project 20 /S A 0#7 uL .. �. L U U U 4: 4itM DruUM9 rvIrvP :LLULAIgL , ,vv, a4cu 1. �� J BROWN, WINFIELD & CANZONERI INCORPORATED J KENNETH BROWN TBOMAS F, WINFIELD III ATTORNEYS AT LAW ArvhIONY CANZONERI VON E LAND CALIFORNIA PLAZA JAMES C. CAMP 300 SOUTH GRAND AVENUE, SUITE 1500 AUTHOR'S EMAIL STEVEN ABRAM DENNIS S. ROY LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA 9 0071-31 25 wTTHeH@�wcuw cov MARK W STERES c GEOFFREY MTCHELL TELEPHONE SCOTT H.CAMPBELL JOSHUA C. 007THEIM (213)68 7-21 00 DONALD P RIES TELECOPIER EDWARD J, SZCZEPKOWSKI BRANT H DVEIRIN (213)687-2149 NOWLAND C. HONG FILE NO MICHAEL M. MULLINS 1393A MICHAEL 5, SIMON JAMES G FAUST MANIC PHILIP WANE WILLIAM BALDERRAMA RICHARD J SESTAK ROBERT H. OADNER JOHN H HOLLOWAY BILL HAN DREGS D.P FR EMAN October 2, 2000 TRACY M. NOONAN JEANNERE R. BUSEH S. DIANA ROTH CHRISTOPHER M PISANO MELINDA MELINDA N. MUIR I � OV OCZ - 3 13Y FACSIMILE J �'OLLOWED BY U.S. MAIL I+r.t11C'1 ' Ivis. Hope V. Sullivan rmdcipal Planner epartment of Planning and Building CITY OF PALM SPRINGS 200 E. Taquitz Canyon Way alm Springs,CA 92263 Re: Request for Continuance of October 10, 2000 Historic Site Preservation Board Hearing re Historic Site Designation for Ralph's Shopping Center(N.W. Comer Ramon Road and Sunrise Way) �I pear Ms. Sullivan: I am writing on behalf ofMr.Herb Lundin and Lundin Development Co.to formally request a 30-day continuance of the Historic Site Preservation Board's hearing on this item. As you know, Mr.Lundin and his company own(in part)and have optioned(in part)the subject Shopping Center, land for the past few months have been processing approvals through the City to permit redevelopment and reconstruction of the Center. Although the City Council turned down the current bite plan without prejudice on September 20th,my client intends to bring back a revised site plan for hpproval in the near future. I Because designation as an"Historic Site" under Chapter 8.05 of the Palm Springs Zoning Code could pose a significant impediment to timely redevelopment of the property, the 30-day �oinuance is necessary to allow the property owner to adequately consider and respond to the Urilveys,studiesandinvestigationspreparedbytheproponentsofthedesignation. The minimum l0- 69292.1 - 5/29100-1:55pm pUVU 4 .441111 DAVYY1V IY,111 aLLLVAlVLV 111. jte , a, J. Ms. Hope V. Sullivan October 2, 2000 Page 2 day notice that has been provided is simply not long enough to allow for preparation of a thoughtfill and substantiated response from the property owner/developer. We feel that it is in the interest of all parties to have the Board review a complete record prior to considering this important matter. Please give me a call at 213-687-2100 as soon as possible to confirm that the request for continuance will be granted. Your cooperation is greatly appreciated. Sincer ly, I� J SHUA C. GOTTHEIM CG c: Mayor Kleindienst 1 I I I 69282.1 - 5/29100-1:55 pm Asd Vf OCT - 2 290 771 cSouLfii ` VViLLiam-, goad 10 T'afm cSPdnq-i, Califo2nla 9226q 9d. 16o-323-0373 gax: 760-327-4493 September 27, 2000 '2 111 I Honorable Will Kleindienst, Mayor and Members of the City Council of the City of Palm Springs RE: Potential Historical Designation of Property at Ramon and Sunrise Honorable Mayor Kleindienst and Members of the City Council: By the time you receive this letter, I will have called each of you and may have had the opportunity to meet personally with some of you. If not, I hope to meet with each of you this week. I am the owner of the shopping center at Ramon and Sunrise, and want to discuss the status of the proposal to classify my property as an historical site. I have been a resident of Palm Springs for 37 years, and have owned the shopping center at the intersection of Sunrise and Ramon since 1978. I have recently been told that there is a substantial effort being mounted to have my shopping center designated a Class 1 Historical resource. Most of this effort is in reaction to a development concept which you disapproved last week. In reaction to the now disapproved design, there is a substantial risk that my property will be designated an historical landmark before the developer has the opportunity to present you with a new plan. Unfortunately, the opponents of the project are not focused on the development plans. Instead, they are focused on a permanent devaluation of my property. You will soon be asked to harm me in order to prevent a development proposed by someone else. This is neither fair nor legally permissible. Class 1 historical designation would severly decrease the value of my property, and is completely unnecessary. I am in a difficult position. I entered into the option with Lundin Development, and fully support their desire to develop the center. However, I have absolutely no control over the plans or development proposals that they make. I also have no control over the agency's agenda. Your agreement with Lundin is dated June 16, 1999. I was not told about it until September. I agreed to cooperate with the agency's desire to redevelop the property, but I have never been the "driver" of this proposal. /SrQ J'b 2 - Despite the history leading to the agreement, I fully support redevelopment of the existing center because I personally believe that it has reached the end of its economic utility. The structures are old and no longer functional for a modern super market. Eventually, redevelopment of the entire center is the only economically viable land use. If you disapprove of one or another development scheme, then please assist the developer in preparing something more suitable. Working together, it should be possible to fashion a design and a plan, which satisfies everyone. Please do not accept the invitation to punish me by permanently devaluing my property. Again, 1 thank you for your attention to this matter and hope that you have the time to meet with me to discuss this matter. Sincerely, Ku Bochner KB:sj Mayor Will Kleindienst Mayor Pro-tem Jeanne Reller-Spurgin Councilman Ron Oden Councilman Jim Jones Councilwoman Deyna Hodges ALBERT FREY, ARCHITECT AG R IIkL- -T (ZA 666 PALISADES DRIVE FAIA �8� 2 VA-LLG-Y $TAY'1 PALM SPRINGS, CALIFORNIA 92262 ,TELEPHONE (619) 325-2651 V3 u T L-TD I N C 5 -To u R M A P Ptu-I L V a s p P-RE a -- -- Z4 vlo Lo ewY 660 �oATE House o 6 VA-1_LA-uo-15 NL)sEvf1 Ofzlve 2 REC 1-6t+v u s 3 CA401 LLA, QOAo v &Sri J � 12 261 AT 0Q.CMo -fIZ�� gE1Alk1>so RoPi�. o d « N Q 1to � Y C 0 W A-U2U } s s-r VQ 3 N���g Yp s > > till G� G YoN nl, ° 87q +�SJ��1 5, PAI M GAS G 5�P m I Kd G .. 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Y \ yir��iC 1..Y' .w I .IJ. Ji f 1 07: 56 7102_6519el HARRIS PAGE 01 `� 14 o0 calm fPringf niftoric fto aeration roaodatiop P.O. Box 1122 Palm Springs, CA 92263 City Council Member Ron Oden Palm Springs City Hall, PO Box 2743 3200 Taquitz Canyon Way Palm Springs, CA 92262 May 17, 20000 Dear Council Member Oden, We at the Foundation wish to express our ardent opposition to the development plans currently circulating that might demolish the Alpha Beta Shopping Center (now Ralph's) on Sunrise Boulevard designed by Albert Frey in 1961. It is inconceivable given the incredible boom and excitement that Modernism and Modem architecture has generated for the city, as most recently noted in May's Palm Springs Life, that we would allow this travesty to occur. Frey's Alpha Beta is a charming commercial building that not only exemplifies Frey's amazing oeuvre, but is a work that is accessible and can he experienced and enjoyed by everyone. Clearly an alternative plan'for development can be implemented that allows the developers to expand the shopping center and still save, if not showcase, Frey's Alpha Beta and its entryway. We have suggested such a plan and implore the city to support this direction. This is a clear example where compromise can allow the city to preserve its historical assets and allow if not promote, new growth. Sincerely, Beth Edwards Harris Board Member rounded 1997 1 pril15.2000 rPLANNING Ralph's Grocery Company 1100 WestArtesia Blvd. Compton, CA 90220 DIVISION Dear h i-. Sam Duncan: I am writing to express ray distress at the proposed plans for the Ralph's retail center on Sunrise Road in Palm Springs. As a neighborhood resident, I shop at Ralph's fkequently and understand the need for a competitive grocery and retail center. But at what expense?With the plans to alter a significant structure in the city of Palm Springs, we will be losing a significant icon in our community. Must everytldng look alike?or, can we consider you having the lbresight to play-on this germ of 1960's building by highlighting it as a good neighbor to shop at because of your conecrn. i ask you to look at the plans and see what we can do to enhance the center to bring in other retail to allow this Ralph's to prosper and be a viable part of our community. As I reside in the area and travel every day by Ralph's and shop at the store, I feel minimal. "sprucing" up is needed to bring in even more traffic to your store. Please don't disappoint me by allowing a wonderful gem to be lost. We need to fight to keep our individual creativity alive. i am sure that is the philosophy that Ralph's market was founded on. Thank you for your attention and help in restoring a neighburhood masterpiece. a RegarO,I Crarg Williarn'Anderson /' 229 Tore Circle Palm Springs,CA 92264 cc: City of Palm Springs Planning Dept. /SA cor B T A D D U N N I G ^r IIf March 22, 2000 �PLANrJl�4 N�`G10fq � Steve Hayes City of Palm Springs P.O. Box 2743 Palm Springs, CA 92263 Fir. Steve Hayes: I am writing in hopes that you will reconsider any plans to demolish the Albert Frey-designed shopping Center on Ramon and Sunrise. It's actually my neighborhood market and I am always thrilled to be able to shop in a modern architecture icon. ldith all the recent attention on Palm Springs' modern architecture, especially Frey's work, it seems almost surreal that the City would consider destroying the very thing that has fueled its revival . Conversely I have been asked to speak about this building for a KCET television program called "California's Gold" hosted by Iluell Ilowser. The program will focus, I am informed, on the City of Palm Springs' stances on historic Frey-designed buildings such as the Fire Station #I and this shopping center. I would very much appreciate a statement from the City on what exactly is their position vis-a-vis these buildings. I do not want to mistate in any way the City's position but honestly I do not know what it is. If ,you care to have the City's stance -declared t:ould you be so kind as to drop me a written statement or dive me a call and I would be happy to speak with you regarding this pressing issue. Thank you for your time. v Brad Dunning P.O. Box 3252 Palm Springs, CA 92263 / (760) 320-2213 ✓ cc: Mayor William Kleindienst, Flope Sullivan, Doug Evans 31290 6th Street 330 East Mollno Read Santa Mawn Cakfarnle A N N Palm springs California 90405 92262 H Ei 310 450 5042 760 416 3061 March 24, 2000 lS 1So J �lAR 2d 2aa�.J Hope Sullivan Planning Department PLANNIr" 3200 Tahquitz Canyon Way Palm Springs CA 92262 Dear Ms. Hope Sullivan It has come to my attention'that a prime example of Palm Springs' post-war modern architecture is endangered. Ralphs intends to demolish it's Albert Frey designed supermarket on Sunrise at Ramon. Built in 1960 and virtually intact, the supermarket complex is a breathtakingly simple tour de force of Frey's signature building materials" steel, glass, concrete block and corrugated metal. It is time for the City of Palm Springs to set a new standard of preservation. Please start by saving the Albert Frey Ralphs. Sincerely yours, Jfm'Isermann i! /goof 10 ■ VI 10 March 21, 2000 Mr. Pa1r1 Loubct Real Estate Manager Ralph's Grocery Company I100West Artesia Complon, CA 90220 Dear Mr. Loubet: I represent all organization in the desert called the Palen Springs Modern Committee whose mission is to serve as a forum for maintaining and promoting Palm Springs' postwar Modern heriiage through grass roots education and advocacy. As Chair of the group,I've been asked to contact you about our concerns regarding the Albert Frey-designed Ralph's retail center on Sunrise and Ramon. This 1960 building, originally Alpha Beta; is Albert Frey's only remaining supermarket and is in virtually original condition. It is a simple wedge shape against the mountains Mth glass walls sheltered by Frey's trademark corrugated overhangs. A delightful courtyard,with olive tree, separates the two wings,which,together Ibrm a bow tie shape. A delicate folded- plate breezeway extends out to the street. It would take very little to restore this building to its original condition. Today, most of Frey's few remaining uon-residential buildings are threatened. His last temaining schools are stated for demolition this year. The North Shore Yacht Club is boarded up. His only Fire Station may be bulldozed for a parking garage. The lower Tramway Station is currently being remodeled. The magnificent Tramway Gas Station, now a sculpture gallery,was saved only after a difficult preservation eritirt. . Albert Frey was a 60 year resident of Palm Springs whose impact in the desert was enormous. In recent years dozens of articles have highlighted the importance of Prey. Scholar Joseph Rosa's definitive biography of Frey, recently reissued. says 'Frcy's buildings, both before and after WWII,were important contributions toward placing Palm Springs architccltlre on the map as a new frontier for the modern spirit. In Frey's LA 'Times obituary, critic Nicodai Ormoussoff wrote,'Frcy produced a body of wort; that melded the Modernist obsession with the machine and mass production techniques with a deep sensitivity to natural surroundings.' 1056 San Lorenzo Road Palm Springs, CA 92264 -�� rpAd A retail center and supermarket may not be easy to love, but this one is unique and miraculously unchanged. Granted that this Ralph's is small and perhaps not optimally sized for rnaxinium profit. But of all of the hundreds of Ralph's locations in California,why can't one remain intact and original,a testament to the heritage of simple, elegant desert Modernism? , Please support our effort of presen-ing Albcrl Frey's legacy. We would be glad to work with You in developing creative proposals for restoring tirc subinxie fonv of Frey's most intact commercial work. 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I ain against fast food drlve thrvs as well as anotherStarbucks and Carl's Jr We have enough of tinose. chains already Please continue to vote against this proposed center There area lot of people who really love the e,,sting grocery store• Often,what we have visitors we go to this store to pick up groceries. They love it and comment on how nice it is to he in a smaller store. When I travel to otl;er states,I am amazed to see many of the same rotad stores we have in Southern California (and even in Palm Desert now). I!'s sad that the world is becon ing Put]of jasl a few huge Leta l chains. )vetything is generic from to',vn to loom. li we a➢aw corporations to destroy pret:156 what sets its apart from the rest of Southern California,then we'll be just like other cities. I hope that the Pahn Springs Planning Conuuisslon and City Council will have the vi5tolt to preserve vvtmt sets us apart We need aPlanning(ktmmission will:avision for the future, our vision doesn't have to be like evcryfiody else's. This is way people come to Pain Springs• We have very unimle visitora here and when I'm down1wvu I hear a variety of accents. People come here ;)ecauie Patin Springs is unlike the other desert cities. If we start plowing down anytiting that Is unusual anti replace it with another cookie cutter shopping center,people µtit stop wmitig here. There would be nodilitg to set us apart from anywhece else. As a graphic designer it is easy for me to see the incredible putetldal of Bitch a small center, Obviously,die way it is now is depressing, but a to ented architect could do soolod ng spectacular with it and It would be different than any other shopping center. I've read that since it Isn't 50 years old it cannot be considered a historical preservation site. Therdare,accurding to Philip i l*bko,"there is no Itiswtical or amitiiech,ral preservation required here," I am amazedwihen 1 hear this, With this m0onale,'now,does anything ever BECOME a hlstaAc I landmark if we teal-it down before the required 50 years? One of the great things going fur Put n Springs is die funky architecture and mix of people. It is tuo late for Phil Desert,they've already sold out. It's our turn now,and we.can make the choice to stand firm and preserve our untrue and Idstoric city. Please let me know of anything I can do to holp. Thank you for talonig tic the to read this letter, G �t'/G hwe— 6 Rcoecca Barrett 1 ain thankful that Oe Fare Station No, 1 was saved. A wondofid trse for that buiWng tvoWd be to 1mr, it into a cafe or restaurani In the renter of the restaurant tbere could be an antiquofitiv truck. !t could be nanterl?he P rehaum Restart rant nr the?'litre Aiaaw.Ctl/e. The pas.iWitios am vndGss. :3b1 MCMANUS Dalvl: PALM.SPniNGS, C.A. 92262 IT 76o/ s64 . 9688 i•ex 760/ 320 . 4 ; � 4 bbeckvftcarlht,nk•net emun ubecky�ea;thli:k.net /y`tAd I I NwTlber or page, tnuiudiva t4�l,5 cove sneer 15 palor .ro ralrr 5prbng5, 9226f 160- 520- �7?5k '520- 5681 5 Jul, 2000 to, City of �.S, Plann'ng reot, AtIm Mr, Doug Evans =AX: 322-8260 Re; Frey Var(et at Sunrise and Ramo 1 Dear Doug, I egret that I will nct be able to attend 4onignt's City Council meet'ng due 'a a schedule con`llct. I woulc appreclare, however, If you would corvey the fol owing comments ra the Clty Counci.. have great dam rayon for the work of yr, Ftey and would feel saddened to see ary of n!s better preserved and best works cestroyed. I fee he s a part of the nisfo:y and heritage of Palm Sarings cis were ?I I Ccdy, 5ru ` 1111ams and others, However. I "eel roar he wo'lid be saddened to see the center Ir, quest'or I;nge•,ng_ on like c wounded an'mcl. I stood on a job site today and wo-cned a oullding i aeslgned thiry yeo,s ago be derro'isaeo Por a new project and decldea '.tat naaing it leveled Is better than seelrg in aetercrofion or, even worse, bocly remodeled by on 'nsensltive designer. Since no one wan-s to 'es-ore 1" to Its original concdltlor ord It's crcbably hold to jus•Ify that course of dct!or, I'm afraic If Is hard TO argue for keeping 'I We won't forget nlm or his o`fo•ts and have other, In cry opinon, s-1.1 better examples of ns woks to enjoy. Slnaerely, David Cnristlan Architect TO' d 1999 02E 09Z UeLgSL. i-10 db0 ' ao 00 Ro I nr JdwAL.% Palm Springs Regional Association of Realtors 4045 E. Ramon Rd., Palm Springs, CA 92264 REALTCR® Office: (760) 320-6885 FAX (760) 320.6252 MEMBER:NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS' CALIFORNIAASSOCIATIONOFREALTORS° 200D OFFICERS MARCIADOWLER Tune S, 2000 PRESIDENT HOY PURVIANCE PRESIDENT-ELECT Planning COma&sioll JEHN GRAHAM SECRETARY City of Palm Springs, lin QS 3200 E TahquitY ULIF FEY PLANNING DIVISION TREASURER Palm Springs; Ca 9226=1 LOIS CARTER PAST PRESIDENT The right to private property is the basic freedom of our 2000 DIRECTORS country; and the right to ownership is protected by both Federal BLAIR ALEXANDER and State la-,v! CINDY ANDERSON GAEG ASHER ROBERT BINKOLY aITI BRAD HUFELD :SI:UriCal dCSlgnHti6n', does not bear witht1 the right Of GORDON MILES taldng-withoul just and due compensation; nor without JAN RAINES NORMA VAN MEFTEREN affirmative compliance of the property owner. HELEN J.COOPER When the`Tramway Gas Station (also, designed by the late EXECUTIVE OFFICER Albert Frey) was before the governing bodies of the City of Palm Springs, the attorney for the city (David Aleshire) correctly advised regarding the protection of the law; and those applicable laws protect the owners in the present Ralph's grocery conflict. We trust the City of Palm Springs will proceed in favor of the property owner in accordance with die law of the land and preserve forever the right of private Ownership. Sincerely, arcia Dowler President CELEBRATING OVER 71 YEARS OF SERVICE TO THE GREATER PALM SPRINGS AREAI /sAL3 I I l 1 Abiigo Road Palnl Springs, Ca 92262 City of Palm Springs Planning Dept. May so, 2000 We recently attended the modern architecture Seminar at the D ;(rt Museum This sold-out event made cicar there is areal interest in preserving palm Sp" i;xus' modernist past. It also revealed how much of our architectural heritage has been destroyed. Tn light of this, it seems especially important to preserve the Froy Ralph's which so represents the retro look that is part of Palm Springs' cache and village history. This mid-century modern style has become synonymous with our city. And Of course we .ere fortunale to have had Mr Froy as a resident, further enhancing the significance of his contribution. Flow nice if some compromise could be reached with Ralph's to use their existing South Palm Canyon site for this expansion Sincerely, Bill and Bonnie Ruttan LSION /sw glc.� oo FAX MESSAGE' DATE - 06/07/2000 NUMBER OF PAGES, INCL. COVER - 5 TO - STEVE HAYES FROM - PETE MORUZZI SUBJECT - ADDITIONAL INFO ON RALPH5 ------------------------------------------------ ME55AGE - I have received additional information regarding the historic significance of the Frey/Chambers Alpha Beta/Ralph' s . Attached are excerpts from a new book about Palm springs Modern Architecture written by noted architect , historian, author and critic Alan Hess . The book will be out this winter . Chapter 3 is about the importance of Albert Frey. Chapter 5 , at the end of the attachment , talks about the Alpha Beta Market . i Please include this with the Planning Commission packet for the June 14 public hearing . Again, this information supports our insistence that the " low threshold requirement for initial preparation" of an EIR has been met . Approval of a mitigated negative declaration is patently inappropriate and a violation of state CEQA laws . Palm Springs Weekend: Mid-Century Modern Architecture by Alan Hess and Andrew Danish - Chronicle Books, San Francisco Publication date: December 2000 Excerpts discussing Albert Frey's Alpha Beta Market: Chapter 3 ir�T age Modern/the desert modernists and the private realm, 1934-1960 ...Palm Springs is not, after all, a case of no place being turned into someplace once foreign ideas were introduced. The desert is a place. California is a rich cultural environment; architects like Gill, Lloyd Wright and Schindler had already found new inspiration in what they found there; popular culture had long thrived in Mission and Arts and Crafts styles; California's automobile culture and its entertainment industry greatly influenced the design of Palm Springs. There would be a dozen different views of Modernism, from the organicism of Lloyd Wright (already popular in Palm Springs at the Oasis Hotel), the Scandinavian simplicity of Stewart Williams, the commercial appeal of Victor Gruen, and many others. These influences, present in Palm Springs, shaped its architects and shaped the place. It is a much more complex and rich architectural environment than the initial European-trickle-down interpretation would suggest. ....When Frey arrived, Palm Springs had Schindler's Popenoe cabin in Coachella twenty-five miles away, Lloyd Wright's Oasis Hotel, Adrian Wilson and Earle Webster's fullblown Streamline Ship of the Desert, and Modern ancestor William Gray Purcell's house. That was it for local Modernism. The rest was Victorian, Spanish or a simple carpenter vernacular. The Kocher-Samson building did indeed introduce the International Style to this mix in Palm Springs for the first time, but Frey began to twist and 'change the style almost immediately. Some of his early houses, such as the 1935 Guthrie house, showed the influence of local adobe and ranch-style houses--simple, practical, building for the area and his middle-class clients. Indeed, his designs show that he was consciously breaking away from the International Style forms he had been using as he learned to use historic forms, especially in his ongoing ranch-style work at Smoke Tree Ranch.... Frey was throwing off the theoretical abstraction of Le Corbusier and embracing the license California offered. ...Unlike other Le Corbusier colleagues such as Jose Luis Sert(who worked with Le Corbusier at the same time as Frey.did), Frey did not develop his sculptural concepts directly. Looking at the variety of churches, houses, supermarkets, fire stations and public buildings that Frey designed, we see 1 something other than pure, doctrinaire Modernism at work. Certainly there are some parallels: the use of steel and glass, the flat roofs, the abstract — geometric shapes. But then there are the telling California influences: the — automobile helped shape these buildings. In November 1935 Frey explained to Le Corbusier in a letter (reprinted in Rosa's biography), "It is in the new towns Out West, established during the evolution of the automobile where modem American life is found. In Los Angeles commercial buildings are _ clustered at the intersection of main thoroughfares; the town is spread out, not concentrated, it's true, but one travels at 40 km and traffic keeps moving." The climate shaped buildings as well, not just as a simple formal n response to function, but reflecting the casual life-styles, the unconventional forms and plans, the daring of a glass box house in the searing desert sun, the permission to do something new. ;K The change in Frey's designs once he moved West was dramatic. Back East, Frey designed small, compactly planned houses in a style reflecting more interest in technical expression and rational planning than formal exploration; like Mart Stain and other early Modernists he had less flamboyant concern for form and more emphasis on practical problem solving. ...It was a predilection that California would allow him to exercise when he arrived in Palm Springs and took up the life of a working architect. His work with Kocher was more theoretical; now his career became building, one after the next, some startlingly original, some awkwardly derivative, some custom made, some cormmercial. But he kept building. Once he came to California he experimented with form and function increasingly. His designs became more = idiosyncratic and irregular as they responded to site, culture and clients. ...Growing up in Switzerland, Frey's sense of the United States had come from popular magazines, travel books, Eric Mendelsohn's Amerika and Richard Neutra's Wie Baut Amerika. After arriving in New York in September 1930 he quickly discovered vernacular America. On car trips across the country he was intrigued by and photographed roadside buildings and drive-in food markets. He admired Lloyd's 1928 Yucca-Vine market in Hollywood, for example, a metal clad, metal structure whose shops opened directly on the parking lot, where most customers would arrive. Its anchoring flower shop was ringed by a corolla of corrugated metal, and topped by a sculptural stanchion. Frey in turn demonstrated this interest in America's popular and vernacular architectural production in his own work; in 1930 at the height of the first miniature golf craze he designed a canvas-covered miniature golf course, and a roadside Downyflake Donut Shop the next year,with a display window to show off donut production to passersby. These were building types outside the Corbusian canon but pointed to Frey's future direction. Even more telling of Frey's change once in Palm Springs is the difference between the tight, compact, concentrated, even stiff buildings he designed r 2 with Lawrence Kocher in New York--still under the spell of Le Corbusier--and the looser, rambling, lighter buildings he designed in California. These buildings exploded out into the landscape. This is more than a logical theoretical response to a new site or climate. This is an artist inspired by the romance of a place and defining it in his own image. ...For some critics Frey's exploration of those commercial and popular forms indigenous to California is problematic, and yet it is one of the most intriguing aspects of his work. It shows a mind that is not elaborating on aesthetic doctrine but actively engaged in what it sees and experiences. His 1953 remodeled house, the glass-roofed Bennoist guest house, the motels and the extraordinary yacht club with its bug eyes and colored corrugated panels are clearly as much a part of Frey's architectural personality as the simplicity of steel and glass in his second house of 1963. Neither facet of his career can be dismissed. The desert was a place of freedom, and Frey used that license whenever he could. Some of his designs join with the grand bunker turret of John Lautner's Elrod house, the zigzagged folded plate roof for Donald Wexler's steel houses, and (in the wider scope of Southern California) the Theme Building at Los Angeles airport, the circular Capitol Records building and the Monsanto House of the Future as the flamboyant and expressive edge of Modern design in the 1950s and 1960s. Frey was not doctrinaire. He built. He had to keep in business. Schools, hospitals, offices, shops, fire stations, churches, liquor stores, supermarkets, mostly in the Coachella Valley, with an occasional design elsewhere, as with a church in Carlsbad on the Pacific Coast. The impact of his dramatic shift from the high art world of Le Corbusier's Paris studio and the rarified atmosphere of A. Lawrence Kocher's Manhattan Architectural Record environment, to the intense commercial landscape of California cannot be understated. Architecture was commercial in California, and Frey adapted well, accepting a wide range of building types, often bringing as much creativity to the commercial projects as to the custom houses. Working within the California desert context, Frey introduced a vision of desert design. His houses were not oases. Where Lloyd Wright provided craggy, cavelike buildings and surrounded them with lush courtyards and trees as protection against the sun, Frey's buildings are more like tents staked out in the desert. A prime example is the second house he designed for himself, in 1963, on a small shelf of land on the hillside overlooking downtown. It is built amid the expansive rubble field of the Mt. San Jacinto hillside, and one huge boulder invades the house itself-, Frey accommodates nature to make it habitable, but his designs do not change its basic harshness. Lloyd's oasis vision of the desert led to emerald golf courses; Frey's led to xeroscaping, sand, rock and native plants. Lloyd explored the opulent, 3 V �� elaborated side of the American soul; Frey investigated the reductive side. ...Within the small but fertile world of Palm Springs architecture, however, Frey represents one strong pole. Unlike Lloyd Wright's and John Lautner's autochthonous creations, Frey used the qualities of lightness and volume by raising houses above the desert floor, by using corrugated metal and thin composite concrete and asbestos panels and glass to convey a remarkable — simplicity and spareness to his designs. Frey is a good architect, talented and creative, who saw the promise in the California car and leisure cultures o and knew how to exploit them in design. His ability to grow beyond the strictures of the theoretical European Modernism in which he was trained--all Q' the best immigrant California architects from Maybeck on have been able to do 4' that--makes him an architect worth exploring afresh. It is not his ability to translate European Modernism for the desert that makes him interesting, though. It is his creativity in using what he found once he got to the desert. Chapter 5 T1ie Mocrern Village/motels, shops and city halls, 1938--1960 / ...Alpha Beta Market [ — The gas station, the motel and the supermarket are three iconic California roadside building types, and Albert Frey designed examples of all three. Frey enjoyed these types, as his 1960 Alpha Beta supermarket shows; he designed others for Alpha Beta in Santa Ana, Beaumont, Claremont and Indio. In Palm Springs, two wings for two large stores spread out under a large butterfly roof. In between, a small courtyard leads to a few smaller retail spaces. Along the entire long frontage--and leading perpendicularly out into the parking lot--a metal canopy with a zigzagging corrugated metal roof provides shade. Colorful mosaic tiles mark the entries. Influenced by Lloyd Wright's Yucca-Vine market of 1925 and its artful use of corrugated metal and steel supports, Frey updated them in this car culture design. T 4 Save Frey's store It has come to my attention that a prime example of Palm Springs'post- war modem architecture is endangered. Ralphs intends to demolish its Albert Frey designed supermarket on Sunrise at Ramon to make way for a parking lot and a larger market. Build in 1960, and virtually intact, the supermarket complex is a breathtakingly simple tour de force of Frey's signature building materials,steel,glass, concrete block and corrugated metal. We do not need another large genetic supermarket. It is time for the city of Palm Springs to set a new standard of preservation and maintain the unique character of our town. Please start by saving the Albert Frey Ralphs. JIM ISERMANN Palm Springs " Protect building I am writing to express shock and dis- may over the plan to demolish the Al- bert Frey-designed Ralphs supermarket on Sunrise.Albert Frey was one of the City losing Vision founding fathers of modernist architec- In recent years, the city of Palm rare in Palm Springs. His pioneering Springs has received more free positive work inspired a generation of architects publicity than any small town in Amer- and laid the foundation for the "Desert p puu In every magazine small newspaper Modem"style, a style of architecture that heralds the revival of our town one that has propelled Palm Springs into the single reason is status of media darling, spawning g given for its rediscovery, countless magazine/newspaper articles, classic modem architecture. books and television coverage and fo- cusing world attention on this nearly . forgotten resort.It And one name is mentioned above all, perais economically and culturally im- recently deceased Palm Springs Palm ect Albert Frey. He is recognized archi- e that the legacy of the great s Palm Springs modernist architects be e worldwide a mus with humble mate- Palm Springs needs to learn a lesson rials in a desert and modem context. from Miami Beach,another nearly for- It seems almost surreal that now the gotten resort that has roared back to life city is about to destroy two of his most almost exclusively through the preserva- celebrated structures,his Fire Station tion of its architectural heritage. No. 1 on Indian Canyon and the Ralpls City Hall has ignored this great legacy (originally Alpha Beta) Shopping Centa ('conically,while housed in an Albert on Ramon and Sunrise. It's as if Santa Frey building),preferring to spawn de- Fe decided to destroy historical adobes or New Orleans part of the French Quarter. Can you say"shooting yourself in the foot?" Does the city have no pride in its velopments in styles that can be found citizens or their accomplishments? in strip malls throughout Southern Cal- Where is the vision? ifomia,instead of nourishing the preser- BRAD DUNNING vation of a style unique to Palm Springs. Palm Springs The future of Palm Springs is inextri- cably tied to the preservation of its past. MICAAEL STERN New York wallpaper* fax Date: i1 May to: Bradley from: Emma OKelly attn: pages: I inclusive fax: fax: 44 (0) 20 7322 1171 re; campaign to save Frey tel: 44 (0) 20 73221373 MESSAGE Hi Bradley 7hankyou for your fax , I have included your campaign in the June issue of the magazine and, as requested, am writing on behalf of Wallpaper to give our wholehearted support to your campaign to preserve the Albert Frey monuments in Palm Springs. We hope the planning department will reconsider before taking any drastic actions, bearing in mind that Frey is one of America's foremost Modernist masters. Yours Emma 0 Kelly, news editor , Wallpaper vrA Ar-t . , ,.�.:..='1 .o ',�A'r „Y'.. �,. i'.ir^?d`.r+�``L,•.tii;'.°yeve;i:p'..i,"�Nv. .., Modern architequre abounds in Palm Springs 'AV $EKAl,x. Mtrrt vtru Washingfon Mutual Tea DESERT 3ON' 011deII'L1166e Fo, afdr-;'1'; h,.v to view revared'inp,�y,,:.i ... ^'1" ; ;. .•."v. .::.: Y.`sr.' ernist arC1LTCCIUCC'„-,,;`'yk,.+ ,.y:°'i:,'-w;'t.t+ C,V . ., �`r,.,1::i" :n✓q. it's praMicallY ill your - "':•r' �.,tijt;�3, .y It. �...:._l,. : . own back yard • . ..,.. s:,.1�.;r<'.}:s. ;2'.: Albert-r-rey-waara Cody inn,-» ohnClark are only a few arcld.:. tects whose modemist designs;are sprinkled throughout Palm V,;t;. Springs. .:,,. "We arc very,very fortunate to have to many,"says Carl Prout, president of the Palm Springs Flis- i t toxic Site Preservation Foundation. l M1 I `We have more modem-structmes than any other city." '; Modem designs This weekend the palm Desert,,, .4luscmn is holding a'Mod'cmist'-*' • Architcaure Symposium and home tour featuring the'designs of welFknowmmodemists. If you can't make The two-day symposium,not to worry,there are several public modernist structures --the period ranges from 1930- 1960—to admire while walking' or driving around tnwm. Prom,a Palm Springs resident enough to have these architects ing nuns habit. who teaches history at Orange , come here,"Prom says. Carlson cites Stewart William a, places to see Coast College in Costa Mean,par,, knother modentist whose works Bally artn'bmes The local phe- Buildings _ can be appreciated by the public a Ralphs Supermarket. nomenon of modern irc}titcii6m"k, 'Some oF�&better known mod un walling or driving toms. Stem#602 425 Sun rise to longtime resident Culver ,, : i +eruist buildings in town include Architect John Iautnel had Way hUchols and his late wife,Sallie. !. City Hall,the Tramway Gas Sta- many of his designs builL loually, 'N Palm Springs Clty The couple,modernist fans, L Lion and the Fire Station#1,all of but those may not by as acecssiblc, Hall,3200 Tahquitz 'hired architects to design s=41 which Wee'Worka of Albert Frey. Carlson says. . Canyon Way local buildings. ;r•' --The San Matron Hotel and the "The problem is that There aren't n The Triangle Inn, They also sold off parcels of their Trianglq Itin are also interesting really any public buildings,They 555 San Lomnza Road 160-acre land,the former site of stops for architectural enthusiasts. are an private homes,"he says. ■The San Marine the El Mimdorkotel's 18-hate Frey also,designed rho Montana Hotel,225 W.Baristo golf course,to modernist architects St.Matthr'Gallery,formerly the - - - "' - Road who lamr built humus un the sitb: "Tramway Gas Station,on N.Palm Sokol K.Mutunhu Is a features Writer ■Washington Mutual, "It was hecausc of their intumsL, Canyon Drive.,Tlle building's' , .. iorthd Desert Sun.She can be reached 499 S. Palm Canyon in modernism That we were hirky+"' unique metal roofrusemblea a fly- at 778.4649. Drive r :L,y. arts .. V„ WIII the r681 Palm Springs .ar please stand By C.] La Frarribo se specahcally entryway signage and an overall u In g last week's ca,signage program —v'se r. Palm Springs Public Included in the RFP Q sl Arts Com mtsvon was an award of I t meeting held May $5.000 for the winning I,n was painfully entry I apparent that the city's current and After two rounds of fuure identity¢something few sal uitalian by the _ can agree upon commission— 14 en- Palm Springs—the Cattails, trio were received in homeland.pioneer town,Spanish the first round and 52 - •t ,fi£. village, tuberculosis clinic, " play- to the second—the ,..... `""'r' � ground of movie stars,modernist public arts commis- treasureandthecomebackkidis lion and citizen ad"- a-derev mmmactet euilalns ocarina IruMtl rrry,"fell Includes ll110M1tyecaffal y.uw tlm.,of yleypl¢e ny,acc . facing a designer crisis. spry commiuee came Springs'history and livelihood. approval of a new mall design— together last Thursday of the video David Aiken,the Public Arts the city has yet to figure out a way WHEN DID IT START? conference room at City Hall to Commission Chair, began the to successfully blend its tentacled According to Diane Morgan, choose a winner from 13 remain- meeting by saying,'"The number heritage. the city's Director of Public Arts, Hug finalists. one item on the agenda is selecting The recent controversy sur- "Back in the summer of 1997,the The range of submitted design a winner."Aiken continued by ac- rounding citywide signage and the city council asked the public arts ideas was wide and varying.They knowledging that the commission approaching historic site designa. cummisston to review city sig- included the use of iconographic had three choices,they could(I) tion decision for the Albert Frey page. Based upon that request, imagery,water features,hold let- 90 with the winningentry, the Commission issued two re- taring and very abstract pieces Y. the designed Fire Station n I concerning well - P modify existing entry UE (31 modify the the ongoing e Fre'sRalph'su-guests for proposals 99 The begins based upon indigenous identity, current v na e. mpg m lanuary of 1999 The RFP's plain loans,the mountain vistas g g the fate et the Frey's Ralph's the A handout provided to the Come, fS building located at the.ailed for now citywide signage, and the role water plays in Palm Desert Post WEEKLY and given corner of Sunrise and Ramon Road previously to the commission and are father examples of the schism. Susanna Susanna Sirefrnan its citizen advisors showed 12 fi- Groups of concerned people, Albert nalists in the competition An ad- some involved in civic duty,such voted to recommend to the city on Albert Frey ditional finalist,#13,was added by as the city council,commissions council that[the Albert Freyde. In 1935,Frey's growing fervor for the American West led him the commission as an option to and city planners,and other con- signed]Fire Station gl be designat- _ t:„rite a friend,"The East Coast of the U.S.is still'quice Euro- vote for the existing signage,possi- corned citizenry—merchants, ed u a Class One historic site."I "R' "' bl with landscaping or other grassroots committees and others anticipate rt will go to the council `peanp'enlarged grotesque proportions;it is in the new towns out y P g g Wirt,established d modifications. timing the evolution of the automobile,where for public heating,on Tune i,"said Over the course of tile nest Sullivan m Ron Mo Rap life i;to be found."Frey evntually gays in[q hour and a half,the commission In addition,the HER Board also busi�hsessiop with the N'utand relocated to Palm'Springiiiij 939,:• and advisory committee began the ti%work there focused,on i newfound sensitivityap Nte.} a'Iusr agreed that"based upon their re- process o(<limination—a process T e search that the[former]Alpha Be- hiiuuFrey built for biryself 2ompleted in 194T,re1?tei[ }tijfe' which at times appeared confusing, Witl]i<xqusite simplicity,as a(vliesian compositioaofX<rtiC, misdirected and aced thoughtW to building is indeed of historical planes protruding into'the desert,held m place 6y an-expansive poorly gsignificance,irrelevant of its future out In the end,all the entries were flat rogf.In 1953,Frey added a round,aluminum-dad,second;., eliminated path,and whether or not one likes floorbcdroom with chcular telescopic windows'that&ameAspd'. According to Diane Morgan, it in terms ofpersonal taste." taeular mountain views.-Experimenting on his owm'homes,Frey "The commission will decide at Other players who will be m the incurratedCorvt<n steel,corrugated metils and lstied hearing include[he grass rootstheir next meeting whether or notbased Palm Springs Modern Com- metalnbtes,anddesignm issue another RFP and since r,marins. mittee.According to Pete Moruzzi, ."•'3h[he late 1960s and early 1960s,Collaborating with architects there was no winner, they stayPS Mod Coin's de facto president, )ohnPorter Clark and Robson Chambers,Frey award some of the prize money 'on the ]yproduced severs only for honorable mentions —appear equally commuted to PS Historic) site board's 'sign if, local buildings:the concrete-block Palm Springs City q y motion,we truly believe that an Ha11j1957):the Palm Springs'Aerial Tramway(1963),which coin- P the cl y's future growth and preser- environmental impact report must pFia<s an enclosed bridge spanning a shallow stream;and the WHO'S ON FIRST. vation[deals, Unfortunately they be prepared.We need to come up ;TiirsiJ Gag Station(),965),with a hyperbolic paraboloid roof For anyone who was watching haven't found a for for consen- with some solutions,some adap- i.fhatsp' corer 90 feet. (the meeting was televised) the in- sus. As Diane Morgan put it, nvc reuse." Frey lived his last 34 years in the second,extraordinary glass- decision at the public arts tommi- "What we were hoping to get from Furthermore the PS ModCom .an designedSprings. stun meeting was both annoying this competition was something committee feels the city should -:personified did ssame,qualiticfound inihisbu Palm elegant than and symbolic of a larger struggle that would knock our socks off, fund a(comprehensive)survey of pl<,strmlined and rdevea•Even his wardrobe demonstrated a going on in Palm Springs—a you'd)ustlook at it[the entry]and historic sites in the city. "It's ry' trousers an d g a sensual notion.ofesthetic frugality:He wore shirts,trousd' struggle with identity, image, you' say'Thai s it?... shame."said Merriam,"that the preservation and new development In the next few weeks,the pow- developers have Io be made aware socks el o adlycigi.F palette of white,powder blue,salmon, in an age of renewed economic ers that be are scheduled to make of pale yellow and beige,For Frey,Modernism life. was not merely a vigor and cautious uncertainty decisions that should help to clan- vioustly Ralph's ential would haveric site been stylistic issue,but a philosophical way of life Whether it's city signage,the desig- fy the city's vision of itself. flagged and the developer would SideliA,ohnereo rt..a.an oonu.ry.,Men ry Susanna s,retman aria ouiaisnan,n nation of historilopme sitesf t the uy's According to city planner Hope have known the risk.Ifs not fan, ArcM1,vam.e marax,ne. ing development of the uty's Sullivan,at thee but meeting the they should not be surprised." downtown core—including the Historic Site Preservation Board Ea DESERT POST WEEKLY • rH UHSDAV MAY iB 2000 ,lf 7 V �ES Imo/'-1 !✓ - ��__ ! , snap city has a mechanism in place .arise? 90 pr ,. My Y 1�rW charged with-making the call— A better proposal—one it,at e 1 I"� the Historic Site Preservation..wo6 tt1mateyservetecity-and tche3txaaildsol By C.J. LaFtambois Board. It is their responsibility to its people w reserve this �il�elSoa�ldffs¢�9A�'IJteYhov determine and recommend what is structure to reinvtaorate , s 4�ju ThuisdayfSe t 7,t1h�- , tltottif alitas} eµtunng n the time since the Lundin:: worth saving and what is not. If use u ness.intearate it into the �iformaDesbrtCho£atE vt1J'6oId j,aa}s4 r`ik lcfl tFfi1$ QJ_;, Corporation first proposed the they do their job correctly, then new suoercenter.I51the; rereste uditx�r p' oz tl3btr�jl b ttjag ano solp}E gpa Jvia :qh 4C 9 idea of redefining the corner of developers should not find them- arhes propose to th develo a Season,; d'Gbrfs..tttjiE'pCtltsritd, cOntra ~,ts�xtUrx n{,tal }'nth ' Sunrise and Ramon, public opin- selves in awkward positions throw- /owner at u rent or facili,, �iii�llvt&1%Chnitrhat s ur_ the�,t£auhe'�Po I� ion has been varied regarding the - ing money away developing pro- tale to on ti of e b ' Cltdiatel. 'Ia c�rtt1> �t full 'Pl}fj,"� 4i'i'rrtJol'1Aa�to J-xiikln architectural value of the 1960 jects that do not get built, battling t s of i 1 em o uf 1 - x � Robson and Frey Alpha-Beta retail preservationists and interlopers all-.'Mod nisonm. Reconfigured as an center. Some see the elegant sim- .alongaheway'I- . ' [' • ' educati institution dedicated The People one of the attendees that_"given his plicity of the center with its Trade-'-a1.7n-this'particulaY situation that is perpetuat ;:the, to'thewery 11 ng -: Continued from 33 occupation as an architect and tak- mark masonry and corrugated .conflict has:progressed to the point 'ing the 1egaey-uf-khe comintifiity; ing into account his favored status metaLconstruction as another en- "whera sotneone is going to'emerge-,s tluvsenaysaM4 of itssimpkatyling favor of compliance.." as the successor of Frey, two Frey lightened example of modern at- "unhappy.'If seems that the business;-may.decide to'take:�itotheCJgok'at- ' Off the record a knowledgeable schools torn down, two Mills chitecture. Other people view it as people involved;the"bwttei.and the-'h6;,e h;bd.dJfff1'&A L the source who did not want to be schools going up, Chris Mills is an eyesore, dilapidated and a re- develo er'ivere fonviti�ed aia otil dtyl:,' •:'='f "s' identified reports that in Palm generally seen as the voice of au-. Y P P x.. c< minder of recessionary Palm would care about`throld'place ;a`^Would tEtnpmbers-;?aft:e Springs, it's generally acknowl- thority,the one the other planning Springs. ;They may find therrisdvsa paying a.Pajtit;Sprih83.Mbdern Cohftiitee•.- edged that the owner of the prop- comissioners turn to when an issue However, the greater issue is 'price for that hubris:Andwhat o£,:work to,develop`.and fund-what erty should be the one to request of historical or architectural signif- not about the building's look or- the businesses that are already ten- could become'an internationally historic site review.However that is icance is raised and debated." personal taste.The more impor- ants? Can they afford to wait recognized and thought provoking not implicit in the ordinance. In The next step,it seems,will be tant issue is how the citizenry of around for the new center to be institution of architecture,art,fur- general any citizen can make such made by the Palm Springs City Palm Springs wishes to proceed?If 'built,will the rents be the same,'- nishings and textiles?That s`uncer- a request and indeed, in other Council at their Sept. 6th meeting. the center is tom down it is lost— can profit be achieved.Will they be tain.Certainly its initial permanent cities,that process is not unfamil- At that time they are scheduled to that wou east na to the m- a part of any other,use for the collection can be culled from what iar. discuss the Lundin proposal,the mu i at arse.t a Palm Springs building? is already in private-collections in- Of the city staff we contacted implicit demolition of the 1960 t@ interested in oreservina only a The city owes it to everyone in 'the valley. who attended the Aug. 9 planning: Robson and Frey Alpha-Beta and limited,taste-tested amount of;rs volved to do the right thing.-A'pri- .;` 'In ast conversations with some commission meeting none would, whether to support the staff and modern arc itectural — vate citizen's committee and the of n ong t�Im r sid nts,many,'- describe in detail the general tone their city attornehs rewmmenda- w u seems odd given the owner have both asked for an envi-; hmented the loss o�e s of the conversation,or if and when lion or to heed the advice of the- ' strenet o the designation as a ronmental impact review.Embold- Desert Inn an t e ulloc s.Too the subject of historical signifi- ModCom attorney and the proper- �modern environment lies-not in ened by legal representation it ba its faretheewe . cance of the building was even- ty owner for an environmental veraTperfect exams of_Ipde, seems clear that PSModCom is go- The people and the ciri ave to broached.Since the minutes of the impact report. se emist az t_ re ut ra er the ing to hamper the project;but they 4e ide when er t ev a ieve in the meeting are not yet ready for pub- In the interim,the comer stays nt s aim t t e ar e t oncen- have as yet to propose any alterna media h —Pal S rin s pas lic review,pending their approval frozen in time, a little older,a little tract rk moderni r_ tives or solutions. In the event enicentU of modernism—t ev at the next planning commission grayer,still unaware of its value or netts re. + '.-their intervention causes the sale to',:'a r ishment of the meet ng,tone cannot be discerned. fall from grace. - - {' o address this quandary,the°fall throitgh,'will more lawsuits "' ph's should be tin n a aNrw:+But in general itwu,iuggested by,r - Do youhave. ,, ,,,,. ' ' a-story that's k3 Demolition, new center proposal ofh"W Citizens fight Activists =; to preserve fight to `modernism' save city's By MARIE LEECH THE DESERT SUN PALM SPRINGS — Plans to historical tear down what some resi- dents feel should be a pre- 74 served historical site have structures been put on hold. - Planning and develop- ment staff recommended I it I I I(II #; ^� y� By MARIE LEECH the Palm Springs Planning I I IIII I III I I III III i j' l III ,' �I _-yam Y THE DESERT SUN approve a Commission a �Y " PALM SPRINGS — Preserv- shoppingcenter,including a '•; , ing the past is a step to the Ralphs grocery store and 4sf future, according to some Savon drug, that would re- - Modernist Architecture ac- place the current Ralphs on Ramon Road and Sunrise t Pete < Pete Moruzzi,chairman of- Way built almost 40 years ago by Modernist Architect �,•�„ the newly-formed Palm Springs Modernist Com- A1bert Frey. mittee, said some steps to- However, the commission ` 1 ;. - - ward-preserving historical continued the issue until -.4= _ �;5,__ _ _ - ." - __ -- - sites need to be taken by city June to gyve the applicant'" time to revise his plans. committee formed ,� '• offirials Pete Moruzzi,chairman of "Our corn the Palm Springs Modernist eight months ago because _ P gs f-^^r.�"" we were worried about ob- _ Committee, is less than L vious disregard toward his- thrilled with the proposal. -:* �_ `,- =+:•. "People are coming to the a'^°•'�" - �,+ &Y,? o structures said by the desert because of mod- - g T' ernism, and if you start Through education and { chopping away from the his- _ - ;� . ,.;, •.p ._ SPECW.TO THE DESERT SON activism, Moruza and oth- torical sites,the city loses its YearS ago: One of Albert Frey's many designs,this shopping center was built in the 1960s. ers in the committee hope to character,"Moruzzi said. :I.• preserve the city's heritage. The proposed shopping `;;r-':': "As the economy booms, P P PP _ people want to tear the old center would mean tearing buildings down," he said. down the erdsting Frey de- Flre'statlon No. 1 p, sign to make room for the ''ad; "We're not against develop- en- drug and grocery stores, a meat,wejustwant history." ;;,� • '' 6�IOa`U+ ;;itive to the cit}�s history." J gas station, Starbucks Cof- Moruzzi said he would like fee and two fast-food restau- 'w% '` . y. FT;; to see the city conduct a ran¢,including a Carl's Jr. `, - state=certified historical sur- live Frey's design, originally ''":•s Vey of the city. built in 1961,was called the "'Phis is a very significant Alpha Beta Shopping Cen- �"• ` sury "he said. "It system- ter The center consists of ys�ppqq �' ry' tw;57 .M°I•,J�;.>: '; __,.,, .!_.....,....n nticnnvidentifiesootenrially V otrg :i "People are coming to the torical s desert because of mod- txti" ernitm, and if you start city, Morum'lld(•-- Through educati6 rlrop�,rng away from the h]$- v . . Y.,[ SPECIAL TO THE DESERT SUN activism, Moiu� .mod torical sites,the city loses its Years ago: One of Albert Frey's many designs,this shopping center was built in the 1960s. ers in the committee hod character,"Moruzzi said. - ?n. ` preserve the dty's heritT The proposed shopping - .. ;�F.." "As the economy boom center would mean tearing people want to mar the 0�i down the existing Frey de- FIrC Statloll LNolsign to make room for the �;� buildings down," he said. . "We're not against develop- drug and grocery stores, a � yi _ > �'gas station, Starbucks Cof- 2tn�'RoaeL ment,wejustwanttobesen- ta sitive to the ci s histo 'iY-3F qT t ty' ry., .�' fee and two fast-food restau- K ht6 7 rants,including a Carl's Jr. ` " - rE 9 wz� '� Morttm said he would like x ,, c .y, y-r a to see the city conduct a Frey's design, originally r +i� ,� ` • ry Sur- built in 1961,was called the � w�..."d :...F " U`Ah9ura tryon: state-certified historical Sur- Alpha Beta Shopping ( to x :4 - „� t ,�' Vey of the city. � P Ppng Can- tx ,t"'i t':,m ,f �t , ` ter. The center consists of r ,°r I1tis is a very significant two buildings connected by - r+,- ..gym, ' < survey, he said."It system- corrugated aluminum, fold- P. a v rr+�9 aticall identifies omnaall c = "' Y P Y historic sites within the ed-plate canopies. ., � �� ,a.; city-" The shopping center is one That way, he said, when of the few IIOIILCStdeIInal . JAY CALDERON.THE DESERT SUN y _ " . developers come into the q ai b�.art' . Frey buildings left. Today: Palm Springs Fre Station No. 1 is under con-- y � _,: kJ ,, city wanting to put u a Please see FIGHT,sz sideration for demolition. p '� "' ` ,, Raiphs supermarket Please see HISTORY B2 _ MARLA SANTOS.THE DESERT SUN . FIND leader receives volunteer award r _ ,Y mod—. Rollie SliT7--��1Gh bons, there is FIND, Food �p� munty Action Month Out- 7 Y In Need of Distribution. �YBIIt tO helps standing Volunteerism _— gives so that "We have about 40 (orga- Award. ' — nizations who receive food) Items needed include canned RECOGNITION:He was one others receive throughout the Coachella goods, reliable cargo vans, of five Riverside County res- • Valley, all the way down to monetary donations and idents who received the y.. + - BY Al lsn Pools ' Blythe and the Salton Sea," volunteers. award. _ THE DESERT SUN ^ said Tommie Slipich, a Information:328-FOOD "He stands out among all FIND worker and Cathe- other nominees because of CATHEDRAL 'CITY — Many dral City resident. his long-standing commit- valley residents don't strug- DISTRIBUTION:The organ- lie,is chairman of the board ment servicing people in the gle to feed themselves and zation warehouses, sepa- and the baak's director.And Coachella Valley through his their family, but for those rates and distributes food in honor of the work that he public service through the RON SOLMAN,THE DESERT SUN who do, there are organizes- and personal items to char- does, the Riverside County FIND organization," said Honored: Rollie Slipich,of Food in Need of Distribution, dons that can help. itable organizations. Board of Supervisors recent- Tom Freeman, spokesman unloads some of the donations they-received Wednesday. And for those organiza- Tommie's husband, Rol.- ly awarded Rollie its Com- Please see FIND,Bi CALIFORNIA LOTTERY ONLINE ROAD CORRECTIONS' SuperLotto/Wednesdaj . DailyDerby/Y4ednesday � CONSTRUCTION In Saturday's Desert Sun,an Regulatory Act of 1988 Numbers pi st ace , oney ags - - Expect delays: article incorrectly stated that a prohibits newly acquired land nd place of cf MHz= in Palm Springs bill drafted by Mary Bono would for gaming projects.The article Numbers wedwAare and a orhart Mat - Motorists on East Palm allocate land to the Torres- should have noted there can be at place re Wednesdays end eatubeys.Match an shRace 1: wwwAhedesert"sun.com Canyon Drive between Sunrise Martinez Desert Cahullla exceptions. nlpnha(i m win the lackPet:matN,at', time '` � y iew three tD win other poxes. .4� ..... Match winners and race erne for top prim. The Web's most Comiieh,�� Mech Hn"nr an rime fnr Nher nibs �'-, .:""" Way and Gene Autry Trail can Indians. w%. ■ � ■ art ;r. A' +r . x;. i yy'Am i•' n rY/M14T,�Y+)loll•;M1 1 ) P' , tit., i°i a'.^'('..il�':..,r-}• .a,'`-'r:. " ;n .v.�. .:JAL: ::C.: r,l''-.•' \�'+" ,% Si T^ •���'-. w;�,,. '...e F:,e e'_i, tie;,. .- qa.,..!jr 4'aF:. ',k.:.' Expressing the moderrart spirit & sensibility By C.J. Larumboise In acognldon of lasts hrafurc [icallon—mv completely'part ma:ia"palm Spnags Modertu" rbwc hJWMea ansrmrxe 4rR,m Love mre,tlhe Pal Smo llcserr mnada i. each sf krc threCee';erCdy CVom her bathe in Los AngI e;k "Ir,y wjNuhNY.r Mr}.'.rri,��%in -.The pup o/Ani,itxwrers•a P g Y gu g tsun colnmaned that The la,ok'-hs yayMx6 n"xat4W.6ruaFevu folpmx hue ly'c.(.}rrtxe drndrrt, Museum is alamwring a 17xnposium Tnrn brd's rc(aimtd Guu:i mutntc, `¢fed to co.er the mudmt to the yTnWarwta{rrtrnwn b...wa.cr JrurF!Wnv.ryaeR kr a$actiutis;m oa:he topic this Samrdrr mil S:m- There haute o sm:anns match the magnifxerit.` •' MkvYr•ht�ryratru.aw,,•uar, .tFlr„Y Mlk,riw,. h]t'd'Ae igJ,ma omiery n/that .�Aptil8 tad 9.fkdmuaed 6y the wst aid spirit or modern arrhircr- �One.of the nicexl 6urpiisM,':.}:,;�:- 'Pacu can he as orrriep ar life Its,(( mUnuoo s educarlOn departmenl tote's glass and steel hoses and a raid Cygelinay"was[Just-Wbfaudd"$e.dWt or hkdimrrtrn slats.Suds and they Mar be tennbls a,en- and d,r Contctnputs -An f:mmcB, ¢caxly e6n:i,uded Imc between In_ at man bf the mi a! yld�na.ihight 6e du dmluatitn of himr the rennWinm and sods will dourxnd outdoorr aces for lavish y Bm ow,rxrateezi andfa dLtfuhtVivoa inra(n? P p p p,6j IS)ikhomes iii Ed Wonde[iIY;Yi#;6tduricmodmslstalsuict. vrtdJbn.'�cr'n{p:w a5talayu! seek to dc5¢e bow slur desert el- Lt�1np.Add In l6�miza bpoming pndjtlelikc Marjo[it Ldris.Peupla lq"-To ll+dr 6ediy lherityhu al- q,dG,," settled individual architects(and a auusry,a thlrrt for parlea mxmd .wbo r � Ilrir trons WaSIvfuin8mexperlrnenf,"to' epandrdthci:'ypodernistio- -fclu:fautnar Pa 7lo to sue nand Saw homes 6y.Lneria'rrzmsslysnhlte,.trus`f;tb^�ii'(ivc6at is,ll,.,"C16dnidn,p;,VufirF cOP7U shria61h1imsriei 11s�y GcprasaaJ the modcrnhl Spirt ,id,and hip and the a ot.yel lit br who Ns�(kjipt6exllro sing the sym-• 35ad'insueofi6ebffieial`palm elm Spdnga is curies b a surf sensibility l6;oujh r 1 rg.' fully undMAW impact of x nlss• pnuum(acht`an to say sht fell the Spnags Nruitora puidq`turd the ppto-lrenmoduus resargence. butivpucrt"muhiaet(or lsdngr' site n;ecca-hke nigration to Pnlm hook 4fd impact:.nd lhal�mple pose 'I)eust Walk"pmJeet xdd,Jn'1Le rimog mtwnal e,.uno- Over the past Cow scars,ra[iwul Springs bran enormous numbttaf axe alarfing to see a little more is intended m mpb,M the causing my and 16c prrlbct south- media attention has focused on moldy(or theorttkally)well-In-d(s ,nwtnaet$of aec6iteah,re fh6t 1s Catloen Deurt Pnshion plate"will westentaveath¢are major haunt'. ?elm Springs and the modernist pay mm and kibiasv,,hose prima- 'desert unxrl7'1'hrmid-etncury eeilm. Da rt NsI oss,Pl.Atlnc- Aed W 1Wct6e hags,had 6nprnilte legacy mucb In the taunt way that ry purpose for cumins here is to Evc lank is helping. people to rethink sent 111e city hit la xdh<[t m the 4 aur[ityof mid-century modem the art de",threes oR. =I leach rkgandy and w:IL This spuraybp hawse ore slwu-tad asat , f.' sent uty Is.I.dl lQualify rR:drn11a1 architecture lrytncb ma. (Stash Bcaeh)experklnur7 renewed beta mdlesrly ailed throughout the However despite all the media at- Ixt.Todoso they've hiredacocsul- teYtasBalmClark,N9BlamCody, lntttesgl and..going re•atallation iulemaltanal medussthe spnk lbat tenllon and ntugni[iav,it is ldd taniwilb na analysis upeped in hx Albert Prey,John LauLur,Bichud dartvl[o the'6Us, Its the fire m go lit 1hLm Springs, rm auvspleldy evWtnl ilut flu Clly complete 1n the next Ihrec weeks.Ntutra,fhuadd Wetter and"last of Cn ike Saufh Beach however- Tu scultme sadfurt6u fuel this at palm Spxhtgr b rmoargJn{slew With a n,mptete report ataibble fiv the Mohicans,"L Stewarl Will'ruva palm Springs items to on;re to a wave of mtenudi...I Ialorem In modernist residential davelloopmeut pubiic review the public 4,ringg on more g6m000an Amcckan rophlt- I W9 ltixmlt publl,hed Adele CtAv - a an altermtive in for veq•popular the project could lvppeharatl+a JE6EIIT POST WEEKLY TI:URSAY,APA'L 6.Pra6 I 1N NEDPRA'S WORDS .t .'I .«Mr,' "u`- ^ 'PALM SPR1NGs aAa an aroh(teci,tint Hfe bat ..,. �(Ila"M;+^..' .. 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O;r'x•'u)Bii f tif;;',.�112'. lae.inr mechwcalslmdtglier t<"";fly ul ni y'r .Cad t);iy yai{, e considentidns—"dtrlainLy a loll ,u ei"' s.• .Geaetil,lehplu!nr6uildmg-'.;/5 'mom!bAn pontificating about) N.Palni Canylm:Drive' I ;,u.nore of style.On,orgavie9 Des.Pepper&'Smnfiu Ruildwg w'al-b'c)ng is depcndennon a 1 t- 495 N.Palm'Cui}on'Drne ,Iegltwnw•salukyloge anvimn•1 yBL'• prances S' ,{e,.iuy ldsvdl 7 i1s.N. meat.�haefor9'eYacdas access,,� `'al'..gl; Palm Canyon L!x tioa,baf to be pO to our in!ai. ]so V. c.tcyinsmy wvdd, ) Palm Canyon DrtW —Richard Nestle Padific 13161diri3'-766984i_Pfin { --drum Warm Mirlink(L I{ Cdryan Drive '. Naturt Ntu PlPsreo Ruldistg:,tloO,V.:Pais : laienuya ofRV-.4"Names, -:..:.- P14. tot ^"" EI Miradoc Garige.=tily0 N. - i x vmels. ,. >,. ., V .. Palm Canyon D:ite ova Howe•.er,even witlw,d ler -•gist' e - .r Trammay'Oas Stalloa-280d N. Y �. .,"e, +`.,; .Pam Canyon Dam obx:'rayon,it is tidy etidmlltNt y ' tT : _�.,;p,� 'WelwundMurlayhiemmLaLLi- bgildin beads in the dasrr4 ..A "''s0lla` ^.`S y :r+"`L'=i':,""'. . B ,,��.,,,d1 "Y + s batty- 100 S.Palm Canyon apeciHwl(yieudential building .ends,awn'hutvil anwmd wh.,[ ) Y" Y out Woulxamaifit UB eeallaatetaal.•Cwld,eeaXa NW4tho"wrydsoon m Yumlxdounit lineal It law Ye Came Hotel Tower S.Palm Robert Goff in his Sept.7,1598 LrunxlhnraFlga gamine lln 4rWrN,'a.1NII4prrxnJlM 4elu,wtM berll4ualtlrYk,Mtn YllN ll lnmaaw'Nnn AtW Canyon ndw Forbes no, error.aide,"De;erl tNdnnfa'hlw inlxa M.4rn."GvmMMWlruare.p,a' La Plata- 150 bik S.Pelm Jfode m"described se`nco-Span- PeUrilo Kept Siltivan,the sty hale amply into,would hairo to compl(- has taken shape.P.a9rdlr-g[o Pete isle,.lylo vlln,"""duet it's called several tools m encourage omervi- mrnt"Turing architecture.In the liurrzzi,the do,nm(tle's def.et,, '1cQn1mnAd ' M tall Hunts'-22 S.Palm 'i'uscan,Spunidahw, ra)ollty , mode end new deraopmant iutbe moni the city could almost mandate chaiq"We ga.started eight aiillaDriv:Hunts' Palm l car rest-Spunisfi,Ih¢ImQority o: modernist style."A building an be madctnbuv.` mantle ego.We Ic strictly volunteer .Gn}nn])rlvc sew listening ittrtr arc not cmbrac- fludgroud a hnrlmrk.Svmudly a :vfth about fifty n burs.We usual- Loewy House•660'tanorapla +) wg Ilse dn,itq pri... selles ofbu%dL"sgs near one soother, IT TAxaS Amy-SN IT,noel at Afndtrn 417ey(1414 N. g iuskr,Mies Pau de;Rohq Pnna siniu es 16e amcu Wedu-Imilt steel Id the usedf oft-camparod A�Ha- Palm Camrn) %l third Saturday of .Irrgltide Ion ?00 W.Raman AllotN'nghn,the Rauhme group, houses—a waccuttatlon of lard. set!each,ItMA4 citiven aptioing the south.Were out formally co- Road Phillip Johnson os my of the fi- mods,whir,share•i.mlur&.tu,es to turn the cltj s head.According to tablishcd.Mostly wt do everything .palm Springs CRy Hall-3200 E. moteenbiteds whn are it.focus —cart be designated m W#ark dln- Richard lkuk,em;utne minis4ml In Ihtuuglt ate inteutet." Lbqultt CanPoeWay of the symRostum. ti d.gain)RnWra,y"Any lulu:.de- the chair of the Mimi Design P'glrt now,one or"Modr;om s" Coo Rvberum 7loust(Le Wdau- Assordorg[n Pn6n$p,ing City vrlaFmen[¢atoll atlas,n:?a at can Pracevatlau LTW.`140eu Hna interenle is the preservation and rill^365 W.Tuhquim Gnyun apitmxa yeti- itstoiation ufthc Alhmt Pfey de- Wav t(oncd tic N:Niou:d "i2aml IWL.Ws rah,tl center at the Aaflaiiramrsay Y,tlLy 3taVlDn-1 Ilis[dric Preserve- coca.:of Sandie,Piay and Remoo Traam'q Rdad von'jr"t for three Road.A.tsardfng to Moruezi,I he ,Gary-Pircul Hattst'-651 N'.Pia years for M(aml Ralpph's retail groupp rchedukd tic &cuaa Hots s historic dit' hml.liag fur dmm i,!.Although ,1(aulmmn-Huns Heuae•478 W. trice status.":he the group has written to Ralph's ce- _ (Put Chino- .let."which was fi- vewti.e affsces,they lave rntyet re- ..VistaSlo Chat. -Fagot Curyun.& Wally gnuted In ..seed any sormd=Fly,A cal medr ;Chose Drive 1979,preceded any 1d Paul Covhty au!eseeuth•<at similar•ctivlty by Ralp a,was not ictmncd by pea - the city n(Mimdi Lime.Tn reaxh the Palm Springs menial properties.Tht last invento- Beech,"The city Medcm Commince Lhmugli the in- ry was done in die 1980s:md a new wasn'teven mlcrcat- lenet try pmuruzzi.catddirlk.nel. Invautgry is plenued it..2000.Ac- ed at the beginulng, "ving w$ui{(van,"the bo.ud has If's mdy.iraa"bast I7kSIGNMING SPRIrCI'DRRS made that a priority,leybc In the 19U that they In, In Pae1 Spring'.,whc,e Ihe'a u'l v„d got we didn't recognise how gat to protect more sbrre of potentially impartanc:esi unique some of these structures of the buildings;" dent(.)structures exist,ILc htitvd it -a added Dock Feel to dellt�date atructiti f of Fourevt^like mod atrcs,Pulse .. :•ie:: -- - :I Loyally,tfx Palen araeu,narhuxulll'car cd,i,ec4rudly Springs is not exclusively dedicated Springs Modern hnportanr is via the seven-member to sii theme orchitp.lnre,mmdn r"~ Cumndli",a gnus Rant Sprivzs l7Aetori0 Sate P"nova- most people think it should bc. loco oigarsixatlad elan Rood,T'hls vWduker gm up of R.,run Pirozzi,chxi,persary of dediutcd to"sere- Imt11 pa's an a inH•himore"o-u s the Palm Springs 131stoerc Site Ing as•forum for chsged with re"no It. on the Prutrvation Rmrd,cummeneed ?�' >l".',•"" maintaining andcoeadl what shcstld be deslg- that"one ofour durlcuco vy to '•ucka^ k-,f%•2• promoting Palm rated Fed.AJdiliaunlly d,e board is .list a,Imxntory of buildings tbzl raM m.xIMaM1M•raxtax,teuetMN bxhrwa,taR.wet MtnfngytMNWMerr Nwywtha 5pr-azs postvaae dratged kith oversight oft chirwadc y .a e,arw'.,Mw0•thwrru.•r,' et Nbou.,ken helaY""anre a,nlx.•Notion.call modemherilage" urvs.l rY frounin,aial and coin- So,Midtadma/ are DY !-a XaMM`CnAyaf boat Nl,pxRn4 JEOcPT POS7WEEK!y tr [NU,IGJAv.Aw^II(6.aono� Modem ism sL71e,an lhey'onrb bar, r.In wn,." wnL be the aulnect of Thomas Hints Tirg SYMPOSIUS3 lYtliunit rill Lc lamed Iry artist Canboucd fu.n di Hal Gfeliner.wlro in his Position keynote address.He will dizcuts The t"W" synipaaimn will Hilntbor,a member of the Muse- meet the crimrla of hIrr:ic."Phoaal as a mmrber of the Mulcwn's Carr I'wse,issues that first brought the kick o@t-:. ke ore andrett awes Cantos: tau, Al' Council explained that when a building is tt:npo:uy Aar CotindL ExeePCive arohitecmad vlslonadts to Souther,. ihomat Hine.,pro essm of acch� 8zecutive Commince,a member of d's:gnnted Class t nothing qn be Board and a a member of the Pa ro rAdifnrmu.`Ffmt, Will Hine" 11 s leclwe and history,UNernity of the Palm.Springy His tart Site done ro abet its appcavance other Sprits Hisoric Site Preservation very important for institutions to California,Lae Angeles.Rc inniu Preservation Board and the oxmcr thor rcstoruiont a Class 2 building ➢oar,nrganizad Lire sy,elnan,u ui heighten the public ovn¢aess of.,- t Ig'rm,on s An alesrdo�Ernes iag Pr se 6rwo' BoMille.House a tri red tarn be changed with some li:iita- along with Sidney Williams,Bc(h chimctvte.hnd wdtco(.tat happens: boat,"Right now,' said Pirozzi, Hm'ria-Ad'Cnl1oa:ue Huff,mhard peoplexll iontpill good kind ofpres- dscusa"Modcmitm and Regional- by Richard Neinra.Beth Harris, she hand it At tine process of ins- Pjmrri's SenEmcnts. We can em- sure on public officials to recognize, fsm:the Lott of tine Sao." owner along aids her huslumi Rrenl irg the historic site ord:nonce,to brace all the styles thct ive In ve preserve and foster the historical Fallowing hie pretentntion, of the lauFinapvNeuta fiouw,and make it mac speciEd' here,Montercy Colonial,Spanish legacy of the area,1 think its ex- lbnv Moreton.a founding member Jim Caudieeer,The GIN„er of thu R raou or the otyloo,not cut- Rash.]—there uc'ddl he n aril fill .molly impurwm that the M",e, °`file Palm Springs Historic Site Raynnond Locxy(Alberr Frcy bongo 1 resen'atfo,Foundation,an jade- and three members(and three n- bn, budget too historic has been prevafts.But wt hope sh<sympo- be the cit)go(heft.Springs and Pre bon,a Pattie'condition to on has been 'ium h..rgt In hghl Ilia per-oiudr be motivated.palm Springs does Pendent Pnvseparate fund miring mpp,- 'rationa)at ilywilea E.Stewart ettabGeied in nrdr:r m suplwrt the has,the people thcrosdves,who lave a wanderfv'-architectural her- nszatwn apatatt from the eit}'s W i(liants family will participate.A ci[v's arahi[eclnraf legacy.These ysuvidud ihesc uppurtvdliev to ere- halve,boil it has lwl things,Several Historic Site linnervatiaa Board, fdlowof the American Inalilute of dullars wilt be need to continue The ate there homes,m give an insight testcumats and vLo,.Ilvu were j,ut will begin m'Introduction and Architectg E.Stewart Williams u a practice arc placing Plaques on his- into;'A hour dies lived, knocked dmau one nothing hat re- oVe iev,of Palm Spring,Mod- 54-yeto resident of Palm Springs, twist Residential Architecture,"Hia'daaghi u,,M d Anir Paygmb(• met prm,erlin lit murk thekc sans, "The cityne<ds eve.Rhing it inn placed them.They wem very good Barirtni Lumpmi.hl,PhD, an ar- u,a Photrs)x-batad interior dwi er bit:iso(in lF.cory)ro fund rarora- and tourism is;o Wadi a pun o` modernist esampjei,almost in the cidt<ctuzd hhmrim,hood wem• aaI a former asrw i,ne nf,Arthu�Fl lion.Hu,urver Pirorei x•as qu(ck to what goes en here.There az<ra stvle of'Ariii;N and Lwomer.Rut her nr the Lae An rles Forum for red,along with randau her Erin Perot our that the board doesn't many modern mmilm's,t think its them arc other loss well known do- g 8 R g- rb ul,fnen..nn mudrni„m. Main a matter ofeducetingpeople." argue that need to be looked after, Arciutectam and Urban Deatgit and Wlliwpn,a xnler anal gmdrade she of us are An!feeling the loss of[h< 1Viih sit many key elements in one in particular Is Lloyd Wrlghds Proles uraiager It the Jus.Angelrt dent in tamPAr:rive Rterature at Community Design Center,will 1,U.all mmplele(Or group. RulRufs,feel$tr things try." place,it would stem to be t cane old ding,HotB,anly par[of i;is still follow.Other monun resmiers Be nnln at 3 m.car Jaturdav Pirozn feels things arc headed in dear..ButQ7tivips one important q- nerudinyr" Cndude master architects Donald'privn8d mo�orwochus pill fe:ry the„gla direclior and the[Palm eel is idll rf-issiall—a strung he. Bit"said Hinei,"A mnn,mil- Springs City)Council is becoming 5,Cby'the people of calm dpriags gible zenyan is that Ant mere.It's Wexler,ond'F.Si'Warr W Rliams.'syrnpoeium attendees m rho Rlrad eduatoo.An an example she riled that this heritage is important.'!he something that people who Live or Ardmect Frank Erditr_'a partner Hnuse designed by Johnii, Lnulnep the upcoming historic designation ryngiaswn,is n kny lit Su:n the lurk vial here tint absvch And enjoy and the Raacl GwseWudmm will jinn the Clark House designed by Jelin the penallstr.'ufdil Clack and the Daly Cblhu- (277N.rcvdusCoaued n)." hisisq and further lhatadmon{tier., its not just alocal issue,Palm S'oimM*LauMer's death,Trcb- ly!W911ums family house designed (277 N.lndim GnyoN."This its, Thu Phunu,n en op o f rand Springs is A Plata that is full of im- or has been the adrobi utor for by P.Stewart Willows.On n whole r-'x b.idi of lout itm wad T truism,the bull d roughs for archi- primary architecture than is citing- the John Latimer Archives.He afar the r m otium will mutate with Stoutly Ihmk is gaing to be a very impor- mctura as it x,m enviaun wl by Iry ni'ead internationally—as very ,Gvm on the bard of directors foe theM m)?oA tour aC the lad Cwudi- tase one," aid Pirozzi.'Palm ing CiL.Frank Llayd Wright,Lloyd much a part of the worlc's image of ser:John thinner Pofodat)on and mahcou reosichsymond Laces Jim Ca do- the started out with the Spanish �'Aighy Richard Neuh'.i,:uul ulLrrn Suttthern CaG'omia" the Eta An=eles Foram lot Arciil-'.,igurd by Albert Ere}-„,die Iim Iser- e �„ ,teeter}rod Urban Design. ". + 'ihutu'Home designed by Donald ,a� t------------------ - . k F'ollaw a in6 the morning ppreset- Weller;the Robert Heal haute de- 171-1 tatlan and bps lunch In t 'e"W_ signed by William C dy';,thc Cracr ;rum gculpmre gwnl,;n,Leo Mir- M!Ber houio designed by Richard Tonight,Thursday,April 6,:he 'the palm Rptiv Opata Guild will The NlAesett Playhaaaau pm, mot and Ron nadmcr ofhfamud Newaa and Ilse Mae Pavinrbky and lu dr.ineg arrd,heaa and oun- $nose desl ed by Crai Mlwood, Bob Silva Library Arts Program will prcaeat a free concert an Suaday, aentirg The Liam Is,Malay or.work- g° pp Lana flitter aiatm s of Randall A ril 9,.al Sunrise Park m Palm a 1raQorr,Will present"Working' As of prone lime to:keh far the pr P R f ads bcgin:dng April?through the wIDrin a ntodernutscrnibillty an nowt tours were fold our,however ,[Dan at the Co[hedral Or Library Springs.Singers will b<¢wmpa- Irish. dav:The Kaufmann House tirkelcwereavailabie Crntimsyu,Po- 4om5'o9p.m. mad Ly Rae Alan Yankai Orchestra. :he Ht-DeserlPlnyheuse'slo- aeed al h1231 TwrnLy-Nrm PA u., Realandon and the Design of the turn resmttstians.Yoe more hdor-'1'hr!tibias,is located nt 33 city. Sundae Parhfr located ss Ilre tor• Pod Hmar.' g motion call the Palen Springs Desert DatePalmD:lve,C760)32a-4262. ter , Sunriri:gs. ,inn ttmuuc Efghwey,Joshxa Tree For more in- A panel discussion or udtitec- -�lmenmbavafficeat(76D)725- n'urmn(iungll(76d)329-z262. Road,?elm Springs. formation call(7gu)nfiti95T' 4d90.v turd patrurtigc will foilow, ' ;`'+ T 1 d Concerts, movies, theatre, r• spoken word— SOB= CASINO e p b With so mu oh going on, I'd be lost without the Desert Post WEEKLY i.. tot • ra r : r '1' 1 I i , uatrr,,.. s ' CESEP7 POSI'NEEKiv m T4t RGoXe,RPRIL 6 2oaa Oct 6,2000 Palm Springs City Council 3200 E Tahquitz Canyon Way Palm Springs,CA.92262 RE:The old Alpha Beta market at Ramon Rd&Sunrise Way Dear Members of the Council: How can anyone find beauty in that old ugly store. I hope the City Council reads the Desert Sun's letters to the editor to see how many oppose making this building a class one historical site.If indeed it is made a historical site, you can be sure Ralphs Market will close, and it will be vacated for years as is the one on South Palm Canyon Drive. Many of my neighbors and I,who live across the street from this Ralphs, really do oppose itl!!!!!!!!!1MM Sincerely, Mary Shipe 1722 Camino Parocela Palm Springs, CA.92264 323-7359 PS I wonder if this building would be considered a historical site if it was designed by Joe Jones of Enid, Okla???????????????????????????? �?YZA L0 17' � a 610 Z-) L�W1S i, G,i..EN 4,� r�n✓L !� n'--� I IZU CFerarw� ���9/���''-Lti F'S CZ2Z-I J AAA ' . �� J. PATRICK PATENCIO C/O ERNEST G. NOW ATTORNEY AT LAW 429 E. TAHQUITZ CANYON WAY PALM SPRINGS, CALIFORNIA 92262 TELEPHONE (760) 320-6912 FACSIMILE (760) 320-5739 �'IJ October 20, 2000 Mayor Will Kleindienst City of Palm Springs P.O. Box 2743 Palm Springs, CA 92263 Re: Ralphs Supermarket Project Sunrise and Ramon Road Dear Mayor Kleindienst: As you may or may not know, I am the Indian landowner for the land directly behind the existing Ralphs Shopping Center. It was allotted to me under the General Allotment Act. Through my attorney, Ernest G. Noia, I have been tracking the progress and lack thereof, of the Developers, Lundin Development in their attempts to redevelop the Ralphs Center which will include my land. As you know, my property is burdened by the Flood Control Channel and I was pleased to see that Lundin took the initiative to resolve that problem as well as their general cooperative attitude to all problems raised. For example, it is my understanding that Lundin Development has agreed to make the design changes requested by the City and that in all likelihood, an improved version of the project will be built. Since I am restricted in my dealings with my own land by government regulations, I cannot extend the terms of my agreement with Lundin beyond the end of this year. However, Lundin Development agreed to purchase my land by that time, provided a final determination is made by the City Council (hopefully during its November meeting) not to designate the existing Ralphs Center as an Historic Property. Therefore, this letter is to urge you to make a decision NOT to designate this property so that this new improved project may come to fruition. Thank you for your assistance, .'J. Patrick Patencio cc: Ernest G. Noia, Attorney at Law I $ AFFIDAVIT OF MAILING NOTICES 1, the undersigned City Clerk of the City of Palm Springs, California, do hereby certify that a copy of the Notice of Public Hearing before the City Council of the City of Palm Springs, in conjunction with Proposed Designation of the Alpha Beta Bldg., located on Corner of Ramon and Sunrise Way, as a Class One Historic Site, was mailed to each and every person on the attached list on the 1st day of November, 2000. A copy of said Notice is attached hereto. Said mailing was completed by placing a copy of said Notice in a sealed envelope, with postage prepaid, and depositing same in the U.S. Mail at Palm Springs, California. I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct. Dated at Palm Springs, California, this 1st day of November, 2000. PATRICIA A. SANDERS City Clerk NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING PALM SPRINGS CITY COUNCIL Proposed Designation of the Alpha Beta Building Located On the Northwest Corner of Ramon road and Sunrise Way as a Class One Historic Site NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City Council of the City of Palm Springs,California,will hold a public hearing at its meeting ofNovember 15,2000. The City Council meeting begins at 7:00 p.m.in the City Council Chambers, 3200 E. Tahquitz Canyon Way, Palm Springs. The purpose ofthe hearing is to consider designation of the Alpha Beta Building Located On the Northwest Corner of Ramon Road and Sunrise Way as a Class One Historic Site This request is categorically exempt from review under the California Environment Quality Action. The application is available for public review in the Department of Planning and Building,City Hall,3200 East Tahquitz Canyon Way, Palm Springs. If any individual or group challenges the action in court,issues raised maybe limited to only those issues raised at the public hearing described in this notice or in written correspondence at or prior to the City Council hearing. An opportunity will be given at said hearing for all interested persons to be heard. Questions regarding this case may be directed to Hope V. Sullivan, Department of Planning and Building, (760)323-8245. PATRICIA A. SANDERS City Clerk Publish: November 3, 2000 vlclNn l"lAp 7-1111OUITZ CANYON WAY o NTS Q FPOJifCT LOCA7710N 5UNNYOUNES � OA,Pl5T0 - - - - �NN G L ME50U/TE AVENUE I� t� 'Z II tip CITY OF PALM SPRINGS DESCRIPTION CON51PEPA-00N OF A GLA55 /1115rORlG DE51Gwrm At-PtIA PET-A OUILDING (91AL, '171S) 009 607 212 009 607 213 1 009 607 214 1 Cutler Lewis & Stacy Lewis Anna Reeves George Sheridan &Mary Sheridan 2220 Fairview Ave E#E 2810 Las Gallinas Ave PO Box 1360 Seattle, WA 98102 San Rafael, CA 94903 Palm Springs,CA 92263 009 607 216 009 607 217 009 607 218 Neal Krzyzaniak &Kathleen Krzyzania Frank&Barbara Feher Sidney Kassler& Gloria Kassler 1377 Tiffany Cir S Helen Stokes 1373 Tiffany Cir S Palm Springs, CA 92262 1375 Tiffany Cir S Palm Springs,CA 92262 Palm Springs, CA 92262 009 607 219 009 607 220 009 607 221 Rober&Jeanne Bemice Soman Melvin & Bertha Karlin Donald Mcclaskey&Mildred McClask 1371 Tiffany Cir S 28302 Alava 1 I Main Ave Palm Springs, CA 92262 Mission Viejo,CA 92692 Tillamook, OR 97141 009 607 222 009 607 223 009 607 224 Pearl Mund Alex& Betty Zar James Webster& Suzanne Webster 1520 Camden Ave 1331 Tiffany Cir S 4060 W Lake Sammamish Pkwy SE Los Angeles, CA 90025 Palm Springs, CA 92262 Bellevue, WA 98008 009 607 225 009 607 226 009 607 227 Warren Westling&Jeannette Westling Reginald&Sarah Belding Henry Resnick& Bess Resnick 2344 Pinecrest Dr 6251 Farinella Dr 10611 Lindamere Dr Altadena,CA 91001 Huntington Beach,CA 92647 Los Angeles, CA 90077 009 607 228 009 607 229 009 607 230 Robert& Vicki Beech Phillip& Darlene Smith Sos Metals Inc 110 Montura Way 35790 Meadow Ridge Rd 5103 Paramount Blvd Novato, CA 94949 Temecula,CA 92592 Pico Rivera, CA 90660 009 607 231 009 607 232 009 607 233 Asher Tropp& Eluned Hef n-Tropp Thomas Fee John Glessner& Helen Glessner 1376 Tiffany Cir S PO Box 3374 707 Orange Ave#3G Palm Springs, CA 92262 Crestline,CA 92325 Coronado, CA 92118 009 607 234 009 607 235 009 607 236 Madelyne Sue Katz Theodore John& Barbara Joan Simon Ann Bonnette-Smith & Emest Smith 1367 Tiffany Cir N 218 Basinside Way 1363 Tiffany Cir N Palm Springs,CA 92262 Alameda,CA 94502 Palm Springs, CA 92262 009 607 237 009 607 238 009 607 239 Elaine Berke William&M Wilma Healey Wayne & Sylvia Hilton 17009 Cotter PI 1327 Tiffany Cir N 9600 Highridge Dr Encino,CA 91436 Palm Springs, CA 92262 Beverly Hills, CA 90210 009 607 240, 009 607 241 009 607 243 Fern Naxon Carl Lamarca&Carl Lamarca H Kassinger Dev Co 6933 N Kedzie Ave 1321 Tiffany Cir N 777 E Tahquitz Mccallum Way Chicago, IL 60645 Palm Springs,CA 92262 Palm Springs,CA 92262 502-200-001 502-460-001 502-460-002 Boys Club Of Palm Sprin Charles H Thomas Susan T Odell 450 S Sunrise Way PO Box 9077 1783 E Ramon Rd 2 Palm Springs CA 92262 Palm Springs CA 92263 Palm Springs CA 92264 502-460-003 502-460-004 502-460-005 Charles D Leviton Edgar E & Betty Hamer Estelle Singer 1789 E Ramon Rd 3 12501 Foster Rd 1752 E Camino Parocela Palm Springs CA 92264 Los Alamitos CA 90720 Palm Springs CA 92264 502-460-006 502-460-007 502-460-008 Howard Johns Jack W Atwell Matthew M Good PO Box 4941 1748 E Camino Parocela 1742 E Camino Parocela Palm Springs CA 92263 Palm Springs CA 92264 Palm Springs CA 92264 502-460-009 502-460-010 502-460-011 Matthew Tage Inez M Pullen Cecelia M Spellman PO Box 9271 12600 Kirby Smith Rd 1740 E Camino Parocela Marina Del Rey CA 90295 Orlando FL 32832 Palm Springs CA 92264 502-460-012 502-460-013 502-460-014 Sharon L Marchick Paul J Rooney First Nationwide Mortga 1738 E Camino Parocela 511 First St 212 PO Box 601520 Palm Springs CA 92264 Encinitas CA 92024 San Diego CA 92160 502-460-015 502-460-016 502-460-017 Karen E Powell Jefferson Hills Marion R & Mary Shipe 1728 E Camino Parocela 1726 E Camino Parocela 1722 E Camino Parocela Palm Springs CA 92264 Palm Springs CA 92264 Palm Springs CA 92264 502-460-018 502-460-019 502-460-020 Lewis T Gleen Greg & Annette Kiper Brenda L Scott 1720 E Camino Parocela 3822 242nd Ave SE 2880 E San Angelo Rd Palm Springs CA 92264 Issaquah WA 98029 Palm Springs CA 92262 502-460-021 502-460-022 502-460-023 Richard G & Bell Kief Valdez Murray Paul M Stoddard 1712 E Camino Parocela 2420 NW 59th St 12759 Foothill Blvd N C Palm Springs CA 92264 Miami FL 33142 Rancho Cucamonga 91739 502-460-024 502-460-025 502-460-026 William W Lovett Ralph Holland Emil J Helman 810 E State St 568 S Sunrise Way 9602 Orange Ave Geneva IL 60134 Palm Springs CA 92264 Anaheim CA 92804 502-460-p27 502-460-028 502-460-029 Kathryn W Donovan Virginia Cunningham Scott & Erin Newcom PO Box 797 11582 Otsego St 16824 Carlyle Hall Rd N Santa Maria CA 93456 North Hollywood C 91601 Seattle WA 98177 508 1 10 012 508 110 032 508 110 0 3 Donald Hunt & Donald Hunt Barbara Hamilton&Shaw Barbara Aka U 508 15200 Mansel Ave 3262 Laurice Ave Un 0 n (�� —(Do _ 903 Lawndale, CA 90260 Altadena, CA 91001 CA 508 110 042 508 110052 508 115 001 Usa 508 N� Df7 Wolfgang&Alice Morgenstern Usa 508 Unknown 07-I3-79 $ Morgenstern UnFwwn 07-13-79 $ CA �` 0c��j 12273 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020 508 115 021 508 115 022 Usa 50— Usa Bi� Usa nown 07-2JA2 S Ue own 04-29.98 LTnGown 07-13-79 $ CA cog .--COO-1 CA �," -&07 --,PCS , CAC)o -Ip67 -oZ Oq 508 115 023 508 115 024 508 115 025 Usa 50 Usa 508 Usa 508 nown 07-13-79 S nown 07-13.79 yRkffown 07-13-79 $ CA ,CA ,CA L - [p01 - a[�5 00q - 1007 - C0q-&,o -7-;�07 009 605 903 009 607 183 009 607 184 Springs Sundown Palm Ray&Ada Pivo Ronnie Lambert Sweeney 18321 Ventura Blvd#800 16226 Elisa PI 509 Playa Tarzana,CA 91356 Encino, CA 91436 Newport Beach, CA 92660 009 607 185 009 607 186 009 607 187 William Thomas Mead Alan Strang Corrine Bauer 6 Del Italia 5 Windmill Close 1360 Tiffany Cir N Irvine,CA 92614 Horsham W Sossex En, CA Palm Springs, CA 92262 009 607 188 009 607 189 009 607 190 American Red Cross;World Missionary Alireza Niksefat&Linda Laplante Richard See 1362 Tiffany Cir N 500 S Fem Canyon Dr 1366 Tiffany Cir N Palm Springs, CA 92262 Palm Springs, CA 92264 Palm Springs,CA 92262 009 607 191 009 607 192 009 607 193 Ted & Rita Basch Marjorie Ruthruff Cynthia Ainsworth& Carolee Houser 6370 Drexel Ave 1432 Tiffany Cir N 1932 Pierce St Los Angeles,CA 90048 Palm Springs, CA 92262 San Francisco, CA 94115 009 607 194 009 607 195 009 607 196 Samuel Richard Rivkin George J Schafer Lois Mclean 2815 Nichols Canyon Rd 13004-102 Ave 1452 Tiffany Cir N Los Angeles, CA 90046 EDMONTON AB Palm Springs, CA 92262 CANADA 009 607 197 009 607 198 009 607 199 Joel Sorkin& Marilyn Sorkin Gary Wilson&Gayle Wilson Horst Roeder 6922 W 85Th St 1456 Tiffany Cir N 21 Newcastle Ln Westchester, CA 90045 Palm Springs,CA 92262 Laguna Niguel, CA 92677 009 607 200 009 607 201 009 607 202 Raymond Dennis & Miriam Anita Rust Dale Maguire Frank Coronado Jr. 20152 Midland Ln 304 Tiffany Cir E Norma Flore Coronado Huntington Beach,CA 92646 Palm Springs, CA 92262 9474 Olive St Temple City,CA 91780 009 607 203 009 607 204 009 607 205 Robert& Maureen Walwick Dan Kalin &Jill Eileen Quindt Denise Campbell & Jean Bemarducci 423 Crouch St 332 Tiffany Cir E 37 Charles Ter Oceanside,CA 92054 Palm Springs,CA 92262 Waldwick,NJ 07463 009 607 206 009 607 207 009 607 208 Stuart& Simone Isen Robert Geissler Jack & Irene March-Davison 13010 Evanston St 1477 Tiffany Cir S Karen Moriarty Los Angeles, CA 90049 Palm Springs,CA 92262 101 Old Creek Rd Palos Park, IL 60464 009 607 209,-, 009 607 210 009 607 211 Walter& Lona Jackson Sandra Evans& Ann Pelgorsch Patricia Hawley 1473 Tiffany Cir S 267 Warren St 15102 Riverside Dr Palm Springs, CA 92262 Brooklyn,NY 11201 Apple Valley, CA 92307 j02-460-030 502-460-031 502-460-032 Stephen Leograndis Norman B Phares Gloria R Agee 14851 W Sunset Blvd 526 S . Sunrise Way 31 15523 Vista Vicente Dr Pacific Palisades 90272 Palm Springs CA 92264 Ramona CA 92065 502-460-033 502-460-034 502-460-035 Carlos C Garcia William L Bowen Gregory R Siverly 20934 Hackney St 506 S Sunrise Way 5811 N Drumheller St Canoga Park CA 91304 Palm Springs CA 92264 Spokane WA 99205 502-460-036 502-460-037 502-460-038 Fernando Ramirez Norman Freedberg Deanna M Lawrence 1223 E Grovecenter St 226 N Palm Canyon Dr 9663 Tierra Grande St 3 West Covina CA 91790 Palm Springs CA 92262 San Diego CA 92126 502-460-039 502-460-040 502-460-041 Marjorie D Baker Alfred K Orsatti Daniel C Pierce 1751 E Ramon Rd 8348 Jason Ave 1761 E Ramon Rd Palm Springs CA 92264 West Hills CA 91304 Palm Springs CA 92264 502-460-042 502-460-043 502-460-044 Shaun G Lether Joan E Cheatham Andrea Robles PO Box 273 41995 Boardwalk 1771 E Ramon Rd Morongo Valley CA 92256 Canoga Park CA 91304 Alhambra CA 91803 502-460-045 508-110-007 508-110-008 Susan T Odell Kurt Bochner Blp Desert 522 S Sepulveda Blvd 11 771 S Williams Rd 16400 Pacific Coast Hwy Los Angeles CA 90049 Palm Springs CA 92264 Huntington Beach 92649 5 -?No-oo-I 508-110-040 508-110-041 508-240-006 Desert Water Agency Riverside County Flood Tabor Loggins Associate PO Box 1710 PO Box 1033 1485 Spruce St P Palm Springs CA 92263 Riverside CA 92502 Riverside CA 92507 508-240-007 508-240-008 Riverside CO Flood PO Box 3 1555 S Palm Canyon Dr G Rivepiglide CA 92502 Palm Springs CA 92264 *** 53 Printed AFFIDAVIT OF MAILING STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE) I, the undersigned, say: I am and was at all times herein mentioned, a citizen of the United States and employed in the County of Riverside, over the age of eighteen years, and not a party to the within action or proceeding; that my business address is 3200 E. Tahquitz Canyon Drive, Palm Springs, California; that on the 28th day of September2000, 1 served the within (NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING)on PLANNING COMMISSION the purpose of the hearing is to consider designation of the Alpha Beta Building Located On the Northwest Corner of Ramon Road and Sunrise Way as a Class One Historic Site, on persons contained in Exhibit "A" attached hereto in said action or proceeding by depositing a true copy thereof, enclosed in a sealed envelope with postage thereon fully prepaid, in a mailbox, sub- post office, substation or mail chute, or other like facility, regularly maintained by the Government of the United States in the City of Palm Springs, California, addressed to the list of persons or firms indicated on the report received from the title company dated July 18, 2000 and certified by the City's Planning Technician. I hereby declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct. ANITA C. GRAV S Dated at Palm Springs, California, this 4th day of October 2000 NOTICE OF HISTORIC SITE PRESERVATION BOARD MEETING Proposed Designation of the Alpha Beta Building Located On the Northwest Corner of Ramon road and Sunrise Way as a Class One Historic Site NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Historic Site Preservation Board of the City of Palm Springs, California,will hold apublic hearing at its meeting of October 10,2000. The Historic Site Preservation Board meeting begins at 8:15 a.m.in the Large Conference Room at City Hall,3200 E.Tahquitz Canyon Way, Palm Springs. The purpose ofthe hearing is to consider designation ofthe Alpha Beta Building Located OntheNorthwest Corner of Ramon Road and Sunrise Way as a Class One Historic Site This request is categorically exempt from review under the California Environment Quality Action. The application is available for public review in the Department of Planning and Building,City Hall,3200 East Tahquitz Canyon Way, Palm Springs. If any individual or group challenges the action in court,issues raised may be limited to only those issues raised at the public hearing described in this notice or in written correspondence at or prior to the Historic Site Preservation Board hearing. An opportunity will be given at said hearing for all interested persons to be heard. Questions regarding this case may be directed to Hope V. Sullivan, Department of Planning and Building, (760)323-8245. HISTORIC SITE PRESERVATION BOARD "c"\j HOPE V. SULLIVAN Principal Planner Publish: September 29, 2000 RTVBRSTDR COUN Y PROPERTY _OWNFRS =IFICATION ✓ ��r� �J � I, RODGER HARP CERTIFY THAT ON � ( THE ATTACHED PROPERTY OWNERS LIST WAS PREPARED BY CONTINENTAL LAWYERS TITLE COMPANY, PURSUANT TO APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS FURNISHED BY THE RIVERSIDE COUNTY PLANNING DEPARTMENT. SAID LIST IS A COMPLETE AND TRUE COMPILATION OF THE OWNERS OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY AND ALL OTHER PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN A 6(bo FOOT RADIUS OF THE PROJECT BOUNDARIES. OWNERSHIP INFORMATION IS BASED UPON THE LATEST EQUALIZED ASSESSMENT ROLLS. I FUTHER CERTIFY THAT THE INFORMATION FILED IS TRUE AND CORRECT TO THE BEST OF MY KNOWLEDGE. I UNDERSTAND THAT INCORRECT OR INCOMPLETE INFORMATION MAY BE GROUNDS FOR REJECTION OR DENIAL OF THE APPL CATION. ? I1--r NAME: RODGER HARP TITLE/REGISTRATION: SPECIAL PROJECTS ADDRESS: 1845 BUSINESS CENTER DR. SUITE 200 SAN BERNARDINO CA 92408 TELEPHONE (8 AM TO 5 PM) : 909-381-2399 009 607 212 009 607 213 009 607 214 J Cutler Lewis& Stacy Lewis Anna Reeves George Sheridan & Mary Sheridan 2220 Fairview Ave E#E 2810 Las Gallinas Ave PO Box 1360 Seattle, WA 98102 San Rafael, CA 94903 Palm Springs, CA 92263 009 607 216 009 607 217 009 607 218 Neal Krzyzaniak& Kathleen Krzyzania Frank&Barbara Feher Sidney Kassler&Gloria Kassler 1377 Tiffany Cir S Helen Stokes 1373 Tiffany Cir S Palm Springs, CA 92262 1375 Tiffany Cir S Palm Springs,CA 92262 Palm Springs, CA 92262 009 607 219 009 607 220 009 607 221 Rober&Jeanne Bernice Soman Melvin& Bertha Karlin Donald Mcclaskey&Mildred McClask 1371 Tiffany Cir S 28302 Alava I I Main Ave Palm Springs,CA 92262 Mission Viejo, CA 92692 Tillamook, OR 97141 009 607 222 009 607 223 009 607 224 Pearl Mund Alex&Betty Zar James Webster& Suzanne Webster 1520 Camden Ave 1331 Tiffany Cir S 4060 W Lake Sammamish Pkwy SE Los Angeles, CA 90025 Palm Springs, CA 92262 Bellevue, WA 98008 009 607 225 009 607 226 009 607 227 Warren Westling&Jeannette Westling Reginald&Sarah Belding Henry Resnick&Bess Resnick 2344 Pinecrest Dr 6251 Farinella Dr 10611 Lindamere Dr Altadena, CA 91001 Huntington Beach,CA 92647 Los Angeles,CA 90077 009 607 228 009 607 229 009 607 230 Robert& Vicki Beech Phillip& Darlene Smith Sos Metals Inc 110 Montura Way 35790 Meadow Ridge Rd 5103 Paramount Blvd Novato, CA 94949 Temecula, CA 92592 Pico Rivera,CA 90660 009 607 231 009 607 232 009 607 233 Asher Tropp& Eluned Hefin-Tropp Thomas Fee John Glessner& Helen Glessner 1376 Tiffany Cir S PO Box 3374 707 Orange Ave#3G Palm Springs, CA 92262 Crestline,CA 92325 Coronado, CA 92118 009 607 234 009 607 235 009 607 236 Madelyne Sue Katz Theodore John &Barbara Joan Simon Ann Bonnette-Smith & Ernest Smith 1367 Tiffany Cir N 218 Basinside Way 1363 Tiffany Cir N Palm Springs, CA 92262 Alameda, CA 94502 Palm Springs, CA 92262 009 607 237 009 607 238 009 607 239 Elaine Berke William&M Wilma Healey Wayne & Sylvia Hilton 17009 Cotter PI 1327 Tiffany Cir N 9600 Highridge Dr Encino, CA 91436 Palm Springs, CA 92262 Beverly Hills, CA 90210 009 607 240, 009 607 241 009 607 243 Fern Naxon Carl Lamarca&Carl Lamarca H Kassinger Dev Co 6933 N Kedzic Ave 1321 Tiffany Cir N 777 E Tahquitz Mccallum Way Chicago, IL 60645 Palm Springs,CA 92262 Palm Springs, CA 92262 009 605 903 009 607 183 009 607 184 Springs Sundown Palm Ray&Ada Pivo Ronnie Lambert Sweeney 18321 Ventura Blvd#800 16226 Elisa PI 509 Playa Tarzana,CA 91356 Encino,CA 91436 Newport Beach, CA 92660 009 607 185 009 607 186 009 607 187 William Thomas Mead Alan Strang Corrine Bauer 6 Del Italia 5 Windmill Close 1360 Tiffany Cir N Irvine,CA 92614 Horsham W Sossex En, CA Palm Springs, CA 92262 009 607 188 009 607 189 009 607 190 American Red Cross;World Missionary Alireza Niksefat&Linda Laplante Richard See 1362 Tiffany Cir N 500 S Fem Canyon Dr 1366 Tiffany Cir N Palm Springs, CA 92262 Palm Springs,CA 92264 Palm Springs, CA 92262 009 607 191 009 607 192 009 607 193 Ted& Rita Basch Marjorie Ruthruff Cynthia Ainsworth &Carolee Houser 6370 Drexel Ave 1432 Tiffany Cir N 1932 Pierce St Los Angeles,CA 90048 Palm Springs,CA 92262 San Francisco, CA 94115 009 607 194 009 607 195 009 607 196 Samuel Richard Rivkin George J Schafer Lois Mclean 2815 Nichols Canyon Rd 13004-102 Ave 1452 Tiffany Cir N Los Angeles, CA 90046 EDMONTON AB Palm Springs,CA 92262 CANADA 009 607 197 009 607 198 009 607 199 Joel Sorkin & Marilyn Sorkin Gary Wilson&Gayle Wilson Horst Roeder 6922 W 85Th St 1456 Tiffany Cir N 21 Newcastle Ln Westchester,CA 90045 Palm Springs, CA 92262 Laguna Niguel,CA 92677 009 607 200 009 607 201 009 607 202 Raymond Dennis&Miriam Anita Rust Dale Maguire Frank Coronado Jr. 20152 Midland Ln 304 Tiffany Cir E Norma Flore Coronado Huntington Beach,CA 92646 Palm Springs, CA 92262 9474 Olive St Temple City, CA 91780 009 607 203 009 607 204 009 607 205 Robert& Maureen Walwick Dan Kalin&Jill Eileen Quindt Denise Campbell &Jean Bemarducci 423 Crouch St 332 Tiffany Cir E 37 Charles Ter Oceanside, CA 92054 Palm Springs,CA 92262 Waldwick,NJ 07463 009 607 206 009 607 207 009 607 208 Stuart& Simone Isen Robert Geissler Jack&Irene March-Davison 13010 Evanston St 1477 Tiffany Cir S Karen Moriarty Los Angeles, CA 90049 Palm Springs, CA 92262 101 Old Creek Rd Palos Park, IL 60464 009 607 209 009 607 210 009 607 211 Walter& Lona Jackson Sandra Evans& Ann Pelgorsch Patricia Hawley 1473 Tiffany Cir S 267 Warren St 15102 Riverside Dr Palm Springs,CA 92262 Brooklyn,NY 11201 Apple Valley, CA 92307 502-200-001 502-460-001 502-460-002 Boys Club Of Palm Sprin Charles H Thomas Susan T Odell 450 S Sunrise Way PO Box 9077 1783 E Ramon Rd 2 Palm Springs CA 92262 Palm Springs CA 92263 Palm Springs CA 92264 502-460-003 502-460-004 502-460-005 Charles D Leviton Edgar E & Betty Hamer Estelle Singer 1789 E Ramon Rd 3 12501 Foster Rd 1752 E Camino Parocela Palm Springs CA 92264 Los Alamitos CA 90720 Palm Springs CA 92264 502-460-006 502-460-007 502-460-008 Howard Johns Jack W Atwell Matthew M Good PO Box 4941 1748 E Camino Parocela 1742 E Camino Parocela Palm Springs CA 92263 Palm Springs CA 92264 Palm Springs CA 92264 502-460-009 502-460-010 502-460-011 Matthew Tage Inez M Pullen Cecelia M Spellman Po Box 9271 12600 Kirby Smith Rd 1740 E Camino Parocela Marina Del Rey CA 90295 Orlando FL 32832 Palm Springs CA 92264 502-460-012 502-460-013 502-460-014 Sharon L Marchick Paul J Rooney First Nationwide Mortga 1738 E Camino Parocela 511 First St 212 PO Box 601520 Palm Springs CA 92264 Encinitas CA 92024 San Diego CA 92160 502-460-015 502-460-016 502-460-017 Karen E Powell Jefferson Hills Marion R & Mary Shipe 1728 E Camino Parocela 1726 E Camino Parocela 1722 E Camino Parocela Palm Springs CA 92264 Palm Springs CA 92264 Palm Springs CA 92264 502-460-018 502-460-019 502-460-020 Lewis T Gleen Greg & Annette Kiper Brenda L Scott 1720 E Camino Parocela 3822 242nd Ave SE 2880 E San Angelo Rd Palm Springs CA 92264 Issaquah WA 98029 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I' ll be up in the Sierras learning more about how to take large format photographs - just like Ansel Adams ! Which reminds me of a poster I bought a few years ago showing a group of school children all lined up for their class picture. The kids are all smiling, the teacher is checking their position, and the photographer is about to take the shot. The photographer is the great Ansel Adams. In large letters, the caption on the poster reads: Even Ansel Had To Make A Living! That' s pretty much how I feel about the Alpha Betta center: Even Albert had to make a living! Not every one of his buildings is a `keeper' , nor would he ever claim they ought to all be kept. And to the extent that every design project is heavily influenced by the client's desires and needs, I question how precious a strip center really is in the larger world of architectural masterpieces. I must also express my concern about any historical designation being placed on a property without the acquiescence of its owner. I find that process repugnant and antithetical to the whole private property system. Sincerely, Ric Service Add' 1 1 15 TEMPLE Fax:619-327-4113 Nov 9 '00 13:41 P. 01 `rA— Att. Mayor Khendenst and Palm Springs City Counsel Palm Springs City Hall 3200 E Tahquitz Canyon Way � �D u Palm Springs, Ca. 92262 Dear Mayor Kliendenst and Palm Spring City Counsel, I am writing you today because I would like to express my desire to see a new Ralphs Market Shopping Center on Sunrise Way to be approved. Many other residents and parents of children who attend schools in the surrounding area, I have spoken to personally, also would like to see an improvement, The existing center is nun down and seems to attract transients and vagrants,the way it is leaves many nooks and crannies for these people to reside,which.makes it very uncomfortable for most of us to shop there. It would be nice for our children and our selves to feel safe, as it is now, we don't! Because it is not up to date, it does not supply us with some of the conveniences most of the newer stores afford us,bakery, deli, and banking,just to name a few. I understand it is designed by Albert Frey and have heard it is not his best work. I understood a building to be considered Historical value, it should be over 50 years old 7 And even at that how safe could it be to leave it as a market, does it meet the strict Fire,Electric and safety codes we now have today'? In the past I have left these decisions in your hands and not voiced my opiniou except for one other time which has turned out to be terribly costly to the city and my mother in more ways than one. I have lived in Palm Springs for over thirty years longer than most, and intend to stay. We have a lovely village down town and you all have done a good job to keep it that way. When we get to Sunrise Way we become more of a city and need to keep up with the times and make positive ,changes I see the new plans as a great change and as I stated before I'm not alone in my drinking! Please consider this as you make your final decisions. Thank You And May God Bless You All, And May All Your Decisions Be His Decisions, anett~ emple 1010 Andreas Palms Palm Springs, Ca. 92264 AU ` L'undin Development Co. or� Alt _ November 9, 2000 J u� Rr-GEsvrD � Mr. Doug Evans Director of Planning " Pn, City of Palm Springs P. O. Box 2743 I Palm Springs, CA 92263-2743 Subject: Proposed New Ralph's Sav-On NWC Sunrise and Ramon Palm Springs, CA Dear Doug: Thank you for arranging your design meeting with our architect and your subsequent debriefing with Sav-On's representative Mr. Daryl Christian. Since that meeting Sav-On's senior management has reviewed the two suggested positions within the development and has conceptually approved putting Sav-On "in-line" immediately south of Ralphs. We are very pleased, and a little surprised at this decision,as they consistently told us that this is a position in the center they would never accept. As such we would like to have a follow-up meeting with you to review this new plan that reflects the direction that was conceptually approved at your meeting. We understand that this meeting has been set up for Monday November 13`s at 11:00, and we look forward to positive results. We also will have some colored versions of the new building design concepts previously sent to you that we feel are very"Palm Springs". In the meantime we look forward to the November 15`h City Council meeting where the Council will be responding to the HSPB's recommendation to classify the existing buildings. We are hopeful that the Council will take action on the 15''to deny their recommendation and put this issue to rest. It is imperative that the Council act to deny on the 15`h in order for us to have the confidence to commit the addition time, money, and other resources necessary to move forward, with the new plan, design and re-application,which will include a full Environmental Impact Report. With regards to other issues that have been expressed by the Council, we have the following updates. 1. Smoke Tree. As suggested, subject to approval of the new project, Ralphs has agreed to continuously operate this store for 10 years. This commitment will be backed by a 1 16400 Pacific Coast Highway,Suite 207• Huntington Beach,California 92649• (562)592-6020• FAX(562)592-6050 AA X 1 9i Mr. Doug Evans November 9, 2000 Page 2 $1,000,000 bond payable to the City that could be made available, at City discretion to the Smoke Tree tenants. This should adequately protect the small Smoke Tree tenants from having their major tenant go dark, although we suspect they may lobby the Council to deny our project to protect them from the entry of normal competition as well. 2. Carl's Jr. at Tahquitz. Concern has been raised that approving our project would cause the Carl's Jr. at Tahquitz to move and become a long-tern vacancy. In discussions with Carl Karcher it is clear that the company has been dissatisfied with this location for some time because of poor parking and lack of a drive-through. Their lease expires in two years and they have been looking for a new location for some time, with or without the prospect of our project. Furthennore, in discussions with Mr. Steve Lyle of Lyle Commercial, he indicated (see-attached letter) that if and when Carl's does leave this location, there would be very strong demand for alternative uses for this desirable space. 3. Cheeky Monkey and Laundromat. We have discussed relocation with the two most vocal tenants in the existing center, the Cheeky Monkey and the Laundromat. We're close to completing a letter-of-intent to relocate the Laundromat into the new center. We have made overtures to the Cheeky Monkey however they appear to be less interested. We are hopeful that we will conclude deals with both of these tenants, however if we don't, we are willing to provide them with reasonable and fair relocation compensation satisfactory to the Council. This brings you up to date on our recent progress. We will have a historical expert speaking to the historical issue before the Council on the 15`h along with some petitions from the local residences urging the Council to deny classification and support our project. Again, it is imperative that the Council take action on the 15`h to deny classification in order for us to continue our efforts to redevelop the properties. Such Council action will enable us to meet our financial commitments relative to the properties, and justify our continued funding of costs for re-application and processing the Environmental Impact Report. Thank you for your continued support. Yours very truly, Greg Bever Herb Lundin cc: City Council members w/site plan, colored elevations, and Lyle letter SUMMARY - � Psn � IIIIIIII I lal I I I I I,xh.� CN�EWAY L;c p x � � J.SL9al q \ iOiAl P III I yl„ Il� r—� � �—� \����,F� °o�",:,_°;«=°EoU,Rm 57.342 i5iALL5 b 4 5F BUIM ui�Nc 12 J:'. \ _ BUImiHc ry L ILE i I_ d 11 H I 116=l —z—= � Ap =° ci y TYPICAL PARKING STALL r^rt� 9 a II •Y I' by \ 4 b 4 4 by p� a �..�,•a � � �_ A 1 yx� o,rsr. = p p p 13 H65�2 i' MIS. -6 C C C 111YMAR 6 8 i shop As I ea,oes s F. II 4 IIII BxlmNc c—anoo s. BLO KBUS,EA 1 IF T ].3EV S I _ppyy _ VICINITY MAP b — — — — — SITE PLAN RALLPH'S�CENTER - PALM SPRINGS Lundin Development Co. Peru SPRIKOs,=AUMNIA w,....:w.,� oetos[e o soon 20 ....�...an„ '�aC ,325 1 GI39; OCT-2.OG 2:56PM; PAGE ' 19 SEMT SY: LYLE Co6Ah,1EP.CTA1; Al(l u 4 LVI"YL October 2, 200C Herb LUndr) Lundin Development 16400 Pacific Coast Hwy Suite 207 Huntington Beach, CA. 92549 VIA FAX; 562-592-6050 Re: Existing Cairl's Jr. Sunrise and Tahquitz Canyon Way Palm Springs Dear Herb: You have asked my opinion of the viability of re-tenarting the existing Carl's .h. at Sunrise and Tahquitz Canyon Way, in the event they relocate to your proposed new project at Sunrise and Ramon Road. It is my opinior that this highly visibly and desirable restaurant space would lease in a 30- 90 day marketing period. There is a very strong demand for built out restaurants, with existing grease traps and hoodNent systems In place. We generally receive three to four restaurant leads / calls per week and currently have very little selection to chose from. if I can be of any further assistance in this regard, please do not hesitate to contact me. Sincerely, LYLE COMMERCIAL 4f� � V STEVE L SL:cb 121 S. Farim Canyon Dr, Suhe 216 Palm Springs, CA 92262-6338 Bu sines NC) 778-9300 FAX(760;325-1099 A Moforrla corporation Z -] ., •ram a '' �� f � � .� � �� ��a� •�b �'1, � .r � � I i's''4 r..--ems � � ,�'� � - - - - - .•� y;�!�� . .� -t.iL"a-cv'--'._ — �_ = i _ • , ' �. per � n' U � . _k"".�..�' �; �r« � -�.' _ � Ott. � • ' f �� .�!ri a±!', ■111 1i! - a � � i ice■ -j � ! li.- SENT 8Y: LYLE COMMERCIAL; 760 325 1089; NOV-14-00 4:OOPM; PAGE 1 /1 COMMERCIAL xL 4 Sr November 14, 2000 IVN Will Kliendienst, Mayor �� PE(-;Ej F-0 Palm Springs City Council ;•�. 3200 E. Tahqui#z Canyon Way �_CL� Palm Springs, CA 92262 VIA FAX: 323-8207 Re: SUNRISE AND RAMON SHOPPING CENTER Honorable Mayor and Council Members: The purpose of this letter is to express my opposition to declaring the Sunrise and Ramon Shopping Center as a Class One Historical Site. There are several reasons why I feel that this proposed classification would not be in the best interest of the City of Palm Springs. 1, In general, grocery store anchored shopping centers do not make good, long term historic sites because of the ever changing needs that a community places on a neighborhood shopping center property. When the economics no longer work for the existing tenant spaces, vacancies or below market rents occur and owner landlords lose their incentives to invest the necessary funds to maintain a high quality shopping center. 2. I There are numerous opportunities to preserve historic properties designed by Albert Frey, however in my opinion, this is not one of the best examples of Frey's work, especially considering it's current condition. This condition will worsen greatly should the anchor space become vacant and no replacement can be found or a replacement tenant that may be even less concerned with the aesthetics of the building, thus the property becomes an eyesore. 3. ' This property is located within the Section 14 Master Plan area. The plan refers to the four corners of Section 14 as being important boundaries of the section, which need to be revitalized with beautiful gateway quality streetscape. The existing improvements are not consistent with this plan. For the above reasons I urge you not to support the historical designation for this property. Sincerely, LI&E COMMERCIAL S ,EVE LYLC yz1 S, Parm Canyon Dr., Sulle 216 Sticb Palm Springs, GA 92262-6338 6asine"(760)770-8300 FAX(760)325-1089 l A California Corporation 1 Petition to the Palm Springs City Council We the undersigned are residents and shoppers of Palm Springs. The existing Ralph's shopping Center at the NW corner of Sunrise and Ramon is very inadequate and has no merit for historic preservation. Therefore, we ask you to immediately deny any recommendation for historic classification, and urge you to support the demolition, expansion and redevelopment of the Ralphs shopping center to provide modern, full service-convenient shopping for our community. Name Address /Q C/ 4. 5. Ila '✓ 12. 13. �Ac-'� yy ��� �G f'LA ) �� 2 Z( '� 16. If �`✓PAC[[//-0�, 19. P1120. CEIIEp Return completed petition to Lundin Development, 16400 P. C. H. #207, Huntington Beach, CA 92649 ` (562) 592-6005 (562) 592-6050 Fax k CI Richard Cayia Rowe 68055 Vista del Valle Court Cathedral City, CA 92234-2249 E-Mail: ewor@earthlink.net Phone: (760) 324-2448 X/Uv /5 Xuesday-lb4a , 2000 City Council, City of Palm Springs 3200 Tahquitz Canyon, P.O. Box 2743 Palm Springs, CA 92263-2743 RE: PUBLIC HEARINGS: Item #15. HSPB 42 - CLA55 1 HISTORIC SITE - ALPHA BETA BUILDING Dear Mayor Kleindienst & Honorable City Council Members: I am a property owner in Palm Springs and resident of Cathedral City. I urge that the City Council approve designation of the Alpha Beta Building as a Class 1 Historic Site as is recommended by the Historic Site Board. I believe that Alpha Beta Building meets the qualifications for designation pursuant to Chapter 8.05 of the Palm 5pr;ngs Municipal Code as a Class One designation. The Alpha Beta Building is the City's best remaining example of increasing rare type of historic resource - a utilitarian, post-war modern commercial shopping center building, the last remaining of its type by the noted Palm Springs architects Frey & Chambers. Alpha Beta Building is one of the best remaining examples the work of a master architect, the late Albert Frey, Frey & Chambers Architects. It is the only remaining shopping center building designed by these architects. The Alpha Beta Building is important due to its association with the development of the community's commercial districts. The building currently possesses a high degree of integrity because of the following: ■ It is still located at its original location and in its original setting. ■ It is still in its original use as a shopping center. ■ It is little altered, representing the best extent example in Palm Springs of a shopping center building of its date, workmanship, design, and association with a noted architect and the City's history. NOV 13 2000 HATHEWAY & ASSOCIATES ®RECEIVED HISTORY/ARCHITECTURE/ARCHAEOLOGY POST OFFICE BOX 3246 394 DAVOS DRIVE CRESTLINE,CA 92325 PHONE/FAX(909)338-0027 DATE: November 10, 2000 TO: City of Palm Springs City Council & Staff Mayor Will Kleindienst, Councilwoman Jeanne Relier-Spurgin, Councilman Ron Oden, Councilman Jim Jones, Councilwoman Deyna Hodges, Planning Director Doug Evans, and City Manager David Ready. FROM: Roger Hatheway RE: Ralph's Center/Albert Frey and Robson Chambers-Alpha Beta Shopping Center Dear Sir and/or Madam: It is with some hesitation, that I submit the following critique of CASE No. HSPB-42 "Request to Designate The Alpha Beta Building, Located on the Southwest Corner of Ramon Road and Sunrise Way, as a Class 1 Historic Site." Why is there hesitation on my part? In brief, support documentation justifying the request for classification appears to have some merit. The operative word here is "appears." Following review of material contained in a number of primary archival sources of information, I realized there were substantial errors in the request for classification and subsequently agreed to write a critique of the request for Lundin Development. The HSPB received public comment and reviewed information provided to the Board regarding designation. Unfortunately, the documentation presented before the Board was without benefit of information contained in the archives I have consulted, and the errors in the request for designation currently before you are accordingly fundamental. These are not errors (apart from the date of construction) that can be fixed by simple rewriting. Please understand that these are true errors, highlighted by and proven to be true by primary evidence. I call these errors to your attention as a"red flag." Quite simply, as an elected representative of the City of Palm Springs, you now have the opportunity to review this agenda item in possession of the most complete and factual information possible. What are these errors? Error#1: Stated Dates of Construction and Opening Error#2: Stated Integrity of Original Site/Design Concept Error#3: Stated Integrity of Original Building Complex AIA �� 1 1 15 Error#4: Stated Architectural Integrity of Remaining Building Components EACH OF THE ABOVE STATEMENTS IS IN ERROR. These errors are truly "big ticket" items, and the evidence is incontrovertible. I must underscore here the point that this is not a more-or-less typical situation where one expert testifies in opposition to what another expert has testified to. The facts are clearly demonstrated, not by opinion, but by original historical documentation and/or existing condition photographs. Introduction The City of Palm Springs Historic Site Preservation Board (HSPB), has asked that you designate the Albert Frey and Robson Chambers designed Alpha Beta Shopping Center as a Class 1 Historic Site. Their belief is supported by information provided to the Board by various preservation advocates including Pete Moruzzi, Palm Springs Modern Committee (PSMC), and by various letters of support received from members of the public and knowledgeable individuals including the chief biographer of Albert Frey, a Mr. Joseph Rosa, Curator, Heinz Architectural Center. Again, their request would appear to be a reasonable one, as Albert Frey is a noted Palm Springs architect, and letters of support from authorities are always useful in establishing significance. However, much of their(HSPB) decision appears to have been made on the "subjective" merits of the building rather than the "objective"merits of the building. There are, in fact, numerous errors in the historical and architectural record set before you for your review. These errors range from the small to the very large, and I shall endeavor to underscore a few of these errors in the pages and attachments below as a means of raising substantial doubt regarding the "designation" of the Alpha Beta Shopping Center. Errors in HSPB Documentation Note: Error#2 and Error 93 may, at first glance, appear to be very similar. They are, but they differ in that an architect's design concept often differs radically from what was actually built. For example, if a gas station(even a modern one) remained on the site of the original Shell service station, then Error 42 would not be an error. In this instance, both the original design concept and site plan have been substantially altered. Error#l: Stated Dates of Construction and Opening The Alpha Beta Shopping Center was constructed beginning in 1961 opened in 1962, and not opened in 1960 as currently stated in written testimony, and in letters of support reviewed by the HSPB. For example, John Harrell, HSPB member, writes in a May 9, 2000 memo to HSPB members and staff, "The building designed by Robson Chambers and Albert Frey in the late 1950's and built in 1960, still stands in almost perfect condition." And, in a letter dated March 21, 2000, Pete Moruzzi, Chair, Palm Springs Modern Committee writes, "This 1960 building, originally Alpha Beta, ..." 2 The primary archival "facts" surrounding construction of the gas station and Alpha Beta Shopping Center retail buildings are as follows: 1.) A site plan for development, including Buildings A(Alpha Beta Market), B (Drug Store and Retail Shops, and C (Major Oil Service Station), was prepared on 8-16- 60, and was initialed by both Robson Chambers and Albert Frey. 2.) On May 16, 1961, The Desert Sun, recorded that"Construction plans for the new Alpha Beta Market... and work can begin immediately it was disclosed today" 3.) The original building permit for the shopping center was issued on May 19, 1961 as City of Palm Springs Building permit 93433. 4.) The Temporary Electric Permit was issued on June 15, 1961. 5.) The Alpha Beta Market was opened on February 5, 1962. 6.) Shell service station opens in May, 1962. In conclusion, the very dates of construction and date of opening associated with a building presently under consideration for designation as an historic landmark have been clearly demonstrated to be in error. Admittedly,these errors may appear to be minor to the casual observer. They do, however, clearly underscore the fact that significant errors (accurate dates are almost always a necessity) in research have been made. The remaining errors cannot, however, be regarded by anyone as minor. Error#2: Stated Integrity of Original Design Concept The original Frey and Chambers design concept has been substantially altered. The original Alpha Beta Shopping Center design plan consisted of the construction of three building components. These were: 1.) The Alpha Beta Store: (originally designated as Building A). 2.) Small Shops: (originally designated as Building B). 3.) A Service Station: (originally designated as Building C). Building "C," The Service Station has been removed. This drastically alters the original Frey and Chambers shopping center design concept. This concept was simply described in a May 16, 1961,Desert Sun, article noting, "Construction plans for the new Alpha Beta Market and companion shopping center building at Ramon and Sunrise have been approved by the Palm Springs Building Department and work can begin immediately, it was 3 disclosed today. Award of a contract for the million dollar project was disclosed by the Desert Sun a few days ago. The above architect's conception prepared by Albert Frey and Robson Chambers of Palm Springs points up the plot plan for the two buildings and a service station to be located on the corner. No detailed plans have been disclosed on the service station structure." It is important to note here that this design concept depended heavily on the automobile as a key component in the success and design of shopping centers nationwide. The concept was not especially new in the late 1950s or early 1960s. Rather, Frey and Chambers simply embraced a nationwide trend, whose origins are described by Richard Longstreth in his treatise entitled City Center to Regional Mall: Architecture, the Automobile, and Retailing in Los Angeles, 1920-1950. In brief, a growing dependence on the automobile in Southern California resulted in the development of the regional mall and shopping center(complete with gas station),particularly in the post World War fI era. Quite simply, the Frey and Chambers design concept for the Alpha Beta Shopping Center was following a trend rather than being on the cutting edge of shopping center planning. In very general terms, the importance of the Alpha Beta Shopping Center to the development of the shopping center genre is referenced in various documents reviewed by the HSPB. For example, John Harrell writes, in his May 9, 2000 memo to HSPB members and staff, that"there is an argument that the Alpha Beta commitment to contemporary design is significant to the development of commercial design, and particularly the development of mall design, in Southern California." Unfortunately, with regards to the integrity of the original design plan and concept, the gas station built in association with the Alpha Beta Shopping Center does not remain. The gas station was, in fact, a key component to the entire design concept as presented in the Frey and Chambers 8-16-60 site plan, and as noted in the Desert Sun article on May 16, 1961. In very simple terms, the demolition of the gas station severely compromises the historical and architectural significance of the Alpha Beta Shopping Center, and calls into question the validity of its designation as an historic landmark (Please refer also to Attachment A). Error#3: Stated Integrity of Original Building Units The original Alpha Beta Shopping Center complex has been altered (by removal of the gas station) and is not in a virtually unaltered condition as claimed by various proponents of historic designation. As noted in Error#2, the gas station was an integral part of the original design concept. The primary archival "facts" surrounding construction of the gas station are as follows: 4 1.) A site plan for development, including Buildings A (Alpha Beta Market), B (Drug Store and Retail Shops, and C (Major Oil Service Station),was prepared on 8-16- 60, and was initialed by both Robson Chambers and Albert Frey. 2.) On May 16, 1961, The Desert Sun, recorded "The above architect's conception prepared by Albert Frey and Robson Chambers of Palm Springs points up the plot plan for the two buildings and a service station to be located on the comer. No detailed plans have been disclosed on the service station structure." 3.) The original building permit for the service station was issued on September 12, 1961 as City of Palm Springs Building Permit#3728. 4.) A Temporary Electric Permit for construction of the service station was issued on January 29, 1962. 5.) An article in the Desert Sun on May 25, 1962 records the opening of the new Shell Oil Company service station at the corner of Ramon and Sunrise. The service station location and site plan was fully developed, in the early 1960s, by Frey and Chambers as an integral part of their Alpha Beta Shopping Center concept. Their plan was formally approved by the City of Palm Springs in May of 1961. Surprisingly, Frey and Chambers did not design the Shell Oil Co. service station ultimately built at the location they had targeted in their conceptual plan. The station was actually designed by William F. Cody (also a prominent Palm Springs modem architect). The Cody design is remarkably similar to the conceptual plans prepared by Frey and Chambers. It is a"T" shaped metal and glass building facing Sunrise, and having spreading wings shading gas islands. It is referred to in the May 25, 1962 Desert Sun article as: A business gain was made at Ramon and Sunrise Way with the opening of the new Shell Oil Co. service station adjacent to Alpha Beta Market. The station, one of the most attractive in the area, is said to represent an investment of more than $165,000. In conclusion, the fact that Cody designed the Shell service station (and not Frey and Chambers) makes little difference to the essential error, made by various proponents of historic designation,that presents the argument that the Alpha Beta Shopping Center complex is in virtually unaltered condition. Frey and Chambers clearly developed the original site plan. The design prepared by Cody is more than similar to their original architectural renderings, and the "modern" appearance of the service station (Building C) clearly complimented that of the Frey and Chambers designed Buildings A and B (Please refer also to Attachments A and B). 5 One is,therefore, forced to conclude that the removal of the gas station has not only impacted the integrity of the original design concept, but also the architectural integrity of the entire building complex. Once again, such a conclusion calls into question the validity of the designation of the Alpha Beta Shopping Center as an historic landmark. Error#4: Stated Architectural Integrity of Remaining Building Components As noted earlier the original Frey and Chambers design plan consisted of the following building units: 1.) The Alpha Beta Store: (originally designated as Building A). 2.) Small Shops: (originally designated as Building B). 3.) A Service Station: (originally designated as Building Q. As noted in Error#2 and Error#3, building unit C (the service station)has been demolished. In addition,the architectural integrity of both the"A" and "B"building components have been impacted by demolition of original building fabric, and/or alteration to original architectural features. Building"A" appears to have been altered to a much smaller degree (the porte cochere, awnings, etc.). But, building `B" has been substantially impacted by enclosures and additions to the wall surface. This statement is made following review of hundreds of pages of public records, permits,job records, leases, original architect's drawings, historic photographs, and thousands of pages of microfilmed newspapers and periodicals. Clearly, this statement is contrary to the conclusions as currently stated in written testimony, and in letters of support reviewed by the HSPB. For example, John Harrell, HSPB member, writes in a May 9, 2000 memo to HSPB members and staff, "The building designed by Robson Chambers and Albert Frey in the late 1950's and built in 1960, still stands in almost perfect condition." And, in a letter dated March 21, 2000, Pete Moruzzi, Chair, Palm Springs Modern Committee writes, " This 1960 building, originally Alpha Beta, is Albert Frey's only remaining supermarket and is in virtually original condition... It would take very little to restore this building to its original condition." In the interest of brevity, I shall primarily confine my presentation and analysis of the various and extensive impacts to the architectural integrity of the Alpha Beta Shopping Center to Building B: otherwise known as the liquor store, Cheeky Monkey and laundry building. Any objective comparison of original architectural drawings and historic photographs to the present condition of Building B must result in the following conclusions: 1.) The north elevation has been altered by the addition of stucco/cement plaster to the original wall surface, and demolition/enclosure of portions of the original glass and wall storefront and entry areas. 40%+/- of this elevation's entry area has been substantially altered (Please refer also to Attachment Q. 6 2.) The east elevation has been heavily altered by the addition of stucco/cement plaster to the original wall surface, and demolition/enclosure of portions of the original glass and wall storefront and entry areas. 50% +/- of this elevation's entry area has been substantially altered (Please refer also to Attachment D). 3.) The south elevation has been heavily altered by the addition of stucco/cement plaster to the original wall surface, and demolition/enclosure of portions of the original glass and wall storefront and entry areas. 50%+/- of this elevation's entry area has been substantially altered(Please refer also to Attachment E). In conclusion,the architectural integrity of Building B has been heavily compromised by numerous alterations to the entry-level areas of the north, east and south elevations. Each of these elevations is of primary importance, as they either face streets, or are otherwise highly visible. Contrary to what Mr. Mo=i writes it would take a great deal of effort and money to restore this building to its original condition. To those unfamiliar with the use of architectural "jargon,"the single most dramatic alteration to the "integrity" of the retail buildings is visible at the southeast corner of Building B, where the present Cheeky Monkey occupies what was once a see-through glass and metal wall surface. This heavy-handed treatment of the wall surface is in direct conflict with the light and airy quality of modern design expressed in the original (Please refer also to Attachment Q. Very simply, Building B has been substantially altered. These alterations are not easy to "reverse," as such restoration would also require substantial reconfiguration of interior spaces. In reality, there are five fully articulated and highly visible facades which are a part of the remaining Alpha Beta Shopping Center including: the east and south elevations of Building A; and the north, east, and south elevations of Building B. One must conclude that three of these five elevations have been substantially altered (Please refer to Attachments C, D, and E). Once again, such a conclusion calls into question the validity of the designation of the Alpha Beta Shopping Center as an historic landmark. Final Conclusions Rather than a"masterpiece," as noted in documentation supporting historic designation, the Alpha Beta property would appear to be one of Frey's less significant works due, in large part, to the previously noted alterations to the original design concept, the integrity of original building features, and the architectural integrity of the remaining building features as proposed in the original Frey and Chambers design concept/site plan. As noted earlier, the above noted errors (and subsequent factual corrections) are fundamental to any responsible review of the Alpha Beta Shopping Center landmark request for designation. It is not my purpose here to belittle the HSPB request, modern architecture in general, or any individual or group associated with the request for 7 designation. Rather, my purpose is to point to fundamental errors in the request for designation as they amount to what can only be interpreted as "fatal flaws." Errors such as those contained in the request for designation do not advance the cause of preservation. The term "watchdog" has been used frequently with reference to various preservation advocacy groups such as the HSPB. It is generally felt (among preservation advocates)that an eye has to be kept on cities, developers, and landowners throughout southern California, and such groups do serve an admirable cause. But, an equally sharp eye has to be kept on the quality and accuracy of applications/requests that apply for landmark status. The Alpha Beta Shopping Center request to designate only "appears"to be justified. In actual fact, it is flawed and in error, and I suggest that it must be considered accordingly. Sin 1 , Roger G. Hath ay 8 s fL _ Ir1 "I r*111 i11� tIF le ti v v r!{s a f,.� v'llp, IF, \ nl I ..f !<Ivr biTfF viavi 1 l n �r rq �� I � � � - � ' •< � � � 'ram ^y� I ,� ,�r a y r4 sY'^ 53 �"y Xn 'Ui l r'-4`�3 n t. ,� r —e k �' Il tY«➢.4Sla.r a.•. >�aa�,,wa'�"i '11; Cru.ei5&�Jw:aAv?.« k i✓� rh,.r, e-)-ss.iY rYw�.>_" 9w.h LN 7-fdYdLus1 dSE,�,etrYdi.e s.a rdLi`�,e-;,• i t.rb .,.. ice v�• TOTAL RF.r?I-I tan -- .I If i V 5UNrt s w4•r AREAS r J Z r - +, fTE F'LAhI I MAR IT— FULLY era woo � /cups* meg. a,.xA u� ro aq`%i a MAR FS ING I- DEVELOPED FREY AND CHAMBERS SITE PLAN 8/16/60 NOTE BUILDINGS A,B,and C ---- ALPHA BETA, DRUG/SHOPS, and SERVICE STATION ^i '„eC�e `����'�"�Y� ' ..,,��",f�rrr ��s�f w�r�,t',��feti£^aSTs'u'V �a�rr�''� •.�7,•�zr'., - -1 PIJ.-,4�.,r,� 4 - :.v,.t� �sL,77 'a. .v.'... n .v.• Y:r+'+. .. ..."]r'-i-i�S.« '4N!WFRTaI'LiR49rs 'CONSTRUCTION'►L NS for'fl»'iiew AlpFii Beta -of_a �nfract far ,fhe million''dollat prolecf was up the plot plan for the'two buildings avid a sar-t Marker and a panfog shopping center building disclosed by The-Desert Sun a few days ago.The vice station to be located on the corner. No de-" at Ramon a uprise have been approved by the above arrhitecf's conception prepared by Albert .tailed plans have beep disclosed on the service Palm Sp' s Building Department.'and work can Frey and Rohson Chambers of Palm Springs points station structure, it was disclosed today.Award FREY AND CHAMBERS CONCEPTUAL DRAWING DESERT SUN 5/16/61 NOTE BUILDINGS A,B,and C ---- ALPHA BETA, DRUG/SHOPS, and SERVICE STATION COURTYARD ENDS HERE EXTERIOR ELEVATIONS OF t,; - STORES BLDG, 6 6 lllr� i�l,' - - I'I "7II�I li' �Krylc. �L)`" STORE PROFIT OFTAILS Jl1 lil I LI IIIIIII �� 4 x' li, I' I�' 1�I('I I SHOPPING CENTER FOR _ Y � TI�frll ,e '• 1� IIlllll 11 ll�llt lIllllIl ALPHA BETA ACME a IIJ III l l ll l.,l.l J l MARKETS. INC. �. i 44i�.o. I PALM SPRINGS CALIF Y 6 - x7r rc Ac L i ` vive mom. 4FE o&NCHAM�Ee Sdry on Hl T A NORTH BALM SPRIN65 CALIFORNIA A I A NKT FREY AND CHAMBERS AS-BUILT DESIGN ALTERED AREA - - NORTH ELEVATION w� •y i rwi !\ he NOVEMBER 2000 PHOTO: NORTH ELEVATION EXTEO ELE STORREIS RBLDC., E5 ONS OE SHOPPING CE NTER FOR "°" 4"' ALPHA BETA ACME - ' _ o so=m _ RIa Pew s�az. 5 F r MARKETS. INC. °,Aa b sr I _ j� fryi V r�`i ' '¢.� •o, PALM SPgING9 CALIF60 -- uc -ruo coi 1 R _ o P P Q �, _ 4 - �_' BIIII, �I ® �� 4 EAST FREY AND CHAMBERS AS—BUILT DESIGN 01, ALTERED AREA EAST ELEVATION LLi i N Y11 i i NOVEMSER 2000 PHOTO: EAST ELEVATION mg 1 F�XTER CJR I STOREI FRO hlTRDOFT ONSS OFSTORFS 114 I�IV�� w SHOPPING ,L�°s,o,a� bo f ,r cvrvca o� E o+4uc ALPHA BETA ACME --�9-:�_ _ ��II� s II Ij I� �I��� MARKETS INC, N.m,Aa PALM SPRING6 CALIF *6o - SOUTH F � I FREY AND CHAMBERS AS—BUILT DESIGN ALTERED AREA SOUTH ELEVATION , t NOVEMBER 2000 PHOTO: SOUTH_ ELEVATION ♦ a DA7E - _.,;_ FP;:Y - - - • - .�.�' - -. .. 6 J -� �, '�"*' ""--.• I874 f,IC TH PALIM, CA�lYOJ D"YE i PALM SPRINGS, Ci\ P.i��,s, A A WSMESS GAIN was m+d+ aF�Ranrea Road issd Somiss — - WaYwith th n'mg of thl`ftvi56aq �co.service DESERT SUN ARTICLE 5/25/62 ORIGINAL DESIGN SERVICE STATION st+fipa 'idfa to AlPha'l�aa�l#:j.Mir}afy.iM 'datWs.' J one of iM Mitt attracts. ;- T�N,k said faripr - - FREY AND CHAMBERS sent an 4wstment of mon.ilraR i166,60d.it W"d�r' the managament of Jerry Nisfi,_Vthp'ppnnnneudY was with NOTE: SIMILARITY TO CODY BUILDING DESIGN st+twa operator Herten L MOen:;IDesert son Photo) WILLIAM F. CODY DESIGN--SHELL STATION - —� DTE: SIMILARITY TO FREY & CHAMBERS DESIGN T 1 J N SHELL STATION SITE: NOVEMBER 2000 a [ � ! SrC)® PALM SPRINGS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION P.O. BOX 3205, PALM SPRINGS, I, CALIFORNIA 92263 November 14, 2000 Mayor Will Kleindienst and City Council City of Palm Springs PO Box 2743 Palm Springs, CA 92263 Subject:Historic Site Designation for Ralph's Sbopping Center at Ramon Road and Sunrise Way Dear Honorable Mayor Kleindienst and City Council: Our organization supports the designation of certain properties as Historical Sites when such designation clearly preserves a significant community landmark. We also support such designation, when by its very nature it creates or enhances community value by attracting additional visitors or businesses befitting the characteristics of the preserved project. However, as in the case of the Ralph's Shopping Center at Ramon Road and Sunrise Way, when its justification for the designation is based largely upon its design by noted architect Albert Frey, which is significantly in question, and when a rundown strip shopping area of insufficient size may not justify additional investment to create economic viability, the designation creates an economic burden for the community. It is clearly an inappropriate action to approve a Historic Site Designation for this properly. Therefore, the Palm Springs Economic Development Corporation respectfully requests that you vote against approval of Historic Site Designation for this property. We thank you for your consideration of this matter. Respectfully Submitted, Ralph Hitchcock, President Pahn Springs Economic Development Corporation Petition to the Palm Springs City Council We the undersigned are residents and shoppers of Palm Springs. The eyasti,g Ralph's shopping Center at the NW comer of Sunrise and Ramon is very inadequate and has no merit for historic preservation. Therefore, we ask you to immediately deny any recommendation for historic classification, and urge you to support the demolition, expansion and redevelopment of the Ralphs shopping center to provide modern, full service-convenient shopping for our community. Name Address 2. 'Eft" n' C _ 1 r r , 2.L�J°A2 < ccp ny 3. (If-, ,�"- aJ��. 4. 5. 6. ie I/ 7/7l�, 7. _�� �t L�.v,. , 2 ra o oc,�(�wti� Dr C,lm r�O.S (7f) 9. 10, hd>RP� � 12. 13. �i /fc�' (a�Fl /��Y�4� C�� cL't14. � � to�� �, -- 4 , 15 r 16. 1 /0 I— 17. � u� � ''r a Vic , `4;4 L G,-'s,-------- ��1 y f 19. .� .. �eN� A q 20.,LiLC'�� Return completed petition to Lundin Development, 16400 P. C. H. 9207,Huntington Beach, CA 92649 (562) 592-6005 (562) 592-6050 Fax TEMPLE Fax:619-327-4113 NOV 9 '00 14:06 P.O.^ Petition to the Falm Spgs City Council We the underaig:'ted are rasicWts and shoppers of Palm Springs: The w?xictdtlg Ralph's sltoppi I$Center at the NW corner of8unrise and Reanon is very inadey to and has no for historic prosmstioa Therefor°=, we alit you tc immediately deny any recommendation for histonc claasiflcatiOn,and urge YOU to SUpport the demolition,expansion and rer'Lvelop¢nent of the Ralphs ShoMR9 center to Provide modern, full Scrvice-convenient shopping for our community, r N e 4. r / -16-112 1Q R Y+<<.�-= � t'✓1C.t"�ra�,-- �r�,\�j �_ r, �G.I� €"1,1:�� Gam'.: 11,��??�`III�- ��X)%4 `�� -�r�';••(i' n ��2'1`�v1n � � c, _ � C•C 44 3 17 5 Ls - ArW ' 22( `� M,L,,e Ds.. G+ l c yzzfy 14,c�wi { � ..�Yn� 3y._ `1� t✓� �xr,�t t �1rI. Yr� .rn nc5 ('f� � lsf cCLc,�. 5uS Ratum eampteaad petkion to 1 rxdln Dwelopmem. 16w p C.H. 41207,Huoti€rov Beach,CA 92640 TEMPLE Fax z 619-327 4113 Nov 9 '00 14:07 r.04 n. Petition to the Palrn Springs City Council We the unde*gned are residentm and shoppers of"Palm Springs. The e istiq Y+;a1ph's shopping Canter st the V*V comer of Sunrise and 9 omon is very inadequAte and has no merit for hiswic prd:scrration, Therefost:,we ash you to itmatediately deny any recommendation for ix»storio classification, and urge yota to support the demolition, expansion and rcdeveloprmenr of Ow Ralphs shopping cerArr to provide modern,M servico-coavenient nhoppmj for our commuwty. Nwpe Address i* 'o JC hir tom. r1 r_r : Z.z Z D el U r �' V(r 1 e-e,yljl G 3. �� s 4. .,a,/ ? y ti c s 15 a S ct i, M ckAr c ,z C a-a.3 9. � 5 e✓�U-a,�c� }1 1� 4 w tier / L� . =L/ V ? t��� t 77 12. 13. 14. Y3. Rftm eompltvW p* 6un to IAMIn DwWopmens, 16400 p C H. 02o7,Hw4jiror,lIoach CA 92649 Petition to the Palm Springs City Council We the undersigned are residents and shoppers of Palm Springs- The existing Ralph's shopping Center at the NW corner of Sunrise and Ramon is very inadequate and has no merit for historic preservation Therefore, we ask you to immediately deny any recommendation for historic classification, and urge you to support the demolition, expansion and redevelopment of the Ralphs shopping center to provide modern, full service-convenient shopping for our community Name / Address 1._ �GGr✓-✓C L/1'e"u I (;> � /J 2. 1tie-c'�i...^•:a�'�1:"�_rr'r�I.i..E''�_'�,��i h��`�Cf �r";.c1._: �`�;,G-,^`_ ,,,f,���, ; �"/'- _„) 4. (F 7 / ,cc J 8. 45-" `A7Lt E 2 g ee 10. 12. _ J-v� � / I �. C< ' / �� S, C,414. i 16. Cz� 17. ��1 � -1�V1 �(( � /r3 /� /� ✓ 4? 1'(" '01✓tar/ 20, Return completed petition to Lundin Development, 16400 P. C. H. R207, Huntington Beach, CA 92649 (562) 592-6005 (562) 592-6050 Fax Petition to the Palm Springs City Council We the undersigned are residents and shoppers of Palm Springs. The existing Ralph's shopping Center at the NW corner of Sunrise and Ramon is very inadequate and has no merit for historic preservation. Therefore, we ask you to immediately deny any recommendation for historic classification, and urge you to support the demolition, expansion and redevelopment of the Ralphs shopping center to provide modern, full service-convenient shopping for/our community. Name Address�2. - r^" 3. T % ka �l�J G :!� '�/ �. �. = ) �Z;gi��'1/�;' /�i„?.i(Qc"�,✓ �.� � ✓`??•! �.y .,z� P._ /CL4_ �z,^u`-..�L^f" y � i �/' _ / � 6. ./� r l � � rJT{' ;;Z J �.I I.l Ca!'kkL J ILI i7 �`1/1 ,z!.?, ✓1 F 7. . r !" lFd✓r_ 4ea`y i✓i i J 9. 10, I�41t IVI'h",la 12;/1 44JJ', = .s 9:;� 13�_\,.JCS C G u/L �. t� pr 2, , i�dC`e 45� �1 S=rG;�. 14. ' 15. V n 16. _ is. 19. _� ����al`✓ sc,la i7 �F �llCl 20. _ > 3 - --- Z r Retum completed petition to Lundni Development, 16400 P. C. H. #207,Huntington Beach, CA 92649 (562) 592-6005 (562) 592-6050 Fax Petition to the Palm Springs City Council We the undersigned are residents and shoppers of Palm Springs. The existing Ralph's shopping Center at the NW corner of Sunrise and Ramon is very inadequate and has no merit for historic preservation. Therefore, we ask you to immediately deny any recommendation for historic classification, and urge you to support the demolition, expansion and redevelopment of the Ralphs shopping center to provide modern, full service-convenient shopping for our community. Name Addresslxi c^ ) 2. 3. r , 4.� a �� r,�.,._ . ......_� 5.6. 9. to. - 5 Vl l ZC � j: { �• -1 Z.26(Q 11. enekEe trench / „ 9 z z 6 w 12. p �Q �ll)b � 1 Vt e a 14. CA, aa6a 16. 7r 17. 18. Timid 'Nie— 5, ClY Retum completed petition to Lundin Development, 16400 P. C. H. 4207, Huntington Beach, CA 92649 (562) 592-6005 (562) 592-6050 Fax Petition to the Palm Springs City Council We the undersigned are residents and shoppers of Palm Springs. The existing Ralph's shopping Center at the NW corner of Sunrise and Ramon is very inadequate and has no merit for historic preservation. Therefore, we ask you to immediately deny any recommendation for historic classification, and urge you to support the demolition, expansion and redevelopment of the Ralphs shopping center to provide modem, full service-convenient shopping for our community. Name Address 2. 3. 4. 5. 1, 1%,_. _/ < �, 1 c s=i K lyl 7/]c . s r ; ter.✓,. 7. L �� �1 1L 8. 779. q c 11. /4r?r c( 1G7J't�l� r r^ ✓i?r7 12. ''a ( i7 L r Ce, �� `/rc C /w4 1-17 ,51 13. ,:c G zj h�i5` I i r::i ,-ewe l 16. E- L/ / ? l/ 17. Return complet p tition to Lundin Development, 16400 P. C. H. 4207, Huntington Beach, CA 92649 (562) 592-6005 (562) 592-6050 Fax Petition to the Palm Springs City Council We the undersigned are residents and shoppers of Palm Springs. The existing Ralph's shopping Center at the NW corner of Sunrise and Ramon is very inadequate and has no merit for historic preservation. Therefore, we ask you to immediately deny any recommendation for historic classification, and urge you to support the demolition, expansion and redevelopment of the Ralphs shopping center to provide modern, full service-convenient shopping for our community. Name Address p� p 1. r�`G3 R_Lz i�"°,L's' F UC lj A'-1 N✓"-�i.,J /1,� r �+ r C 2. kits' ,'' ✓ �', l� �' �� is �; 4. :,s�f'✓a l� JGLI Gv d �l7 I i G� p i( yi' 6/ f 5. Au 'AJ,1 �E'd �� 0 l Lq 6. 7.9. tD 1 ✓ v � G 10. _ � , �(�( P,�` f �`� (� � 1")f ,(�1 � �-�ln� PPI`G( bCiOf �( � U'U lJd ✓ . 11. }1 co//P 12. C r lIZ l j`l A)AI 17cs AJ 14. �/ (1 1, o%can,. (� �� V' S• /� - (I- 15. � �A 16. _�///��/mac �/G�U� cv /�� I✓ ���ri� 7 lC ��v✓n CC �- � � / p/, / �f� .0 YG 17. \GH'L'7�c�1.+ f'�-tail w(�-CrY' � C l ` 18. CCG« 1� ��. 7�(L1/L�LC7 7jJ � 20 Return completed petition to Lundin Development, 16400 P. C. H. 4207, Huntington Beach, CA 92649 (562) 592-6005 (562) 592-6050 Fax Petition to the Palm Springs City Council We the undersigned are residents and shoppers of Palm Springs. The existing Ralph's shopping Center at the NW corner of Sunrise and Ramon is very inadequate and has no merit for historic preservation. Therefore, we ask you to immediately deny any recommendation for historic classification, and urge you to support the demolition, expansion and redevelopment of the Ralphs shopping center to provide modern, full service-convenient shopping for our community. Name Address z 4. , 6. G�iX�GG�(G,��P,/ �Gl�. G�J ��/ GZ��o S�� /L�or✓L2 g. ���y �r��dr ,r��1tG�1 3'3o'7i /V(t>)(--,_7n Tf� 10 12. rn �n v°� ���'Y -u v;n, 13./ � Y 14. , E 15. y 16. ,ra fF 18. 19. E 20. Return completed petition to Lundin Development, 16400 P, C. H. 9207, Huntington Beach, CA 92649 (562) 592-6005 (562) 592-6050 Fax Petition to the Palm Springs City Council We the undersigned are residents and shoppers of Palm Springs. The existing Ralph's shopping Center at the NW corner of Sunrise and Ramon is very inadequate and has no merit for historic preservation. Therefore, we ask you to immediately deny any recommendation for historic classification, and urge you to support the demolition, expansion and redevelopment of the Ralphs shopping center to provide modern, full service-convenient shopping for our community. e Address 4. ro 7. 9. 10. ('1a�o S L o �z-,IA C, _1 12. ll YJn� l `r d �G1.t1(�CJ 13. 14. 15. 3 Z.\ a-kA I_L�_ 16. 17. � - 7 a 20. 0 Return completed petition to Lundin Development, 16400 P. C. H. 9207, Huntington Beach, CA 92649 (562) 592-6005 (562) 592-6050 Fax Petition to the Palm Springs City Council We the undersigned are residents and shoppers of Palm Springs. The existing Ralph's shopping Center at the NW corner of Sunrise and Ramon is very inadequate and has no merit for historic preservation. Therefore, we ask you to immediately deny any recommendation for historic classification, and urge you to support the demolition, expansion and redevelopment of the Ralphs shopping center to provide modern, full service-convenient shopping for our community. Name Address r l 1. �j�b✓�it���yr%l%'� �29i)V �—�'i!�'C,2-•w <Li/r`1Ce�s'.� �. � (� 4. Cum / 1 �1 5 �J ,a. C✓n-n�. �� /� 5. l-G� wT, t��i� t� p/!C' �t�- S- S rJ i✓ oa S 6. r, 6,C n ) 7. ,%5o�VIJG,-aA� 9. I�r� e � ss s s 11. ( e'a,l/bavok- e ' Ceb-7(, ore—sce try -$ D Y S (OA 12. ( Y�� / rrpZ�ii �4 £_ Scv-\ � P. 0 iA 13. P�-/ivl A 14. 15.P't�l (?�2� i 1�� LF � I �2 -✓G C!c i �r� 16. �r�GG �ti t y7� r /, n 12 �j t 17. 18. E 19. 20. 5 - Return completed petition to Lundin Development, 16400 P. C. H. 9207, Huntington Beach, CA 92649 (562) 592-6005 (562) 592-6050 Fax Petition to the Palm Springs City Council We the undersigned are residents and shoppers of Palm Springs. The existing Ralph's shopping Center at the NW corner of Sunrise and Ramon is very inadequate and has no merit for historic preservation. Therefore, we ask you to immediately deny any recommendation for historic classification, and urge you to support the demolition, expansion and redevelopment of the Ralphs shopping center to provide modem, full service-convenient shopping for our community. Name Address 2. �,t�,d�a�j'�.�.c! ,� � �/�,t.rv.�✓E;, G,) � � GCV�..�'�Lv C��- �, � 3. l- -Pl,"�� 1 /'�!!, ,,r'%7:;"[G`'--b`� J"'C I 7iZ41 Vy1` / 46 r' 7. � 1e a1� l'r 6��-rT1 ! el, �� �I ( '`', p �''� \ +_= >i'_CJ ( l._,�1- .c%b q(, 8. �C�.%1,L,,� c�i(`,%'��'�✓,.2.;,z.�� 9. d"\L)G2 f �!. <%' / !'i:i(�i`��s'f/!. ✓-i L/ Ly.LL �' A�✓(%E .(: LCZ p l�/ I', t'!4 ��lL' /3/ 2 _- 12. 141) dq 13.C3 4,y� 14. 15. r�(,,�, f G� 94�'��F<J a1 1 �f � ,4dq'' d _ a'I•; 11�� � 16. 17�i�'� v�ll� v it�� '/� � GtrLLc ✓ z � . ),kz t/ ig 18. ,�C;r.-�.F✓i�/°� /�C-!;���1.liij ��c�s� �� �GL"-C-�c�.;d+� 1 /'�J �%G�-7�°s� e 19. � c 4-v C1 ��� CC C 1��4 r� ✓,7 '.,.i �� Return completed petition to Lundin Development, 16400 P. C. H. 4207, Huntington Beach, CA 92649 (562) 592-6005 (562) 592-6050 Fax Petition to the Palm Springs City Council We the undersigned are residents and shoppers of Palm Springs. The existing Ralph's shopping Center at the NW comer of Sunrise and Ramon is very inadequate and has no merit for historic preservation. Therefore, we ask you to immediately deny any recommendation for historic classification, and urge you to support the demolition, expansion and redevelopment of the Ralphs shopping center to provide modem, full service-convenient shopping for our community. Name Address 2. 3. ,r 6. 7. (iLaZ„/ `r „7 ,ti"� i iC"v�v7� 1? :5- 7 'L, �' , 1_/C-' .5'o 4\",r'Yo i1 (z , eI lad"i Q� 10. 12. y n 13. ��G Cat G n I 7i Zli� YL: a., 14. r 15. 1cmv C:, r of J �s 16. - /.'f z'J'L' ./' A'' ✓(�� l /' C,',iF '�I� /"""� ! --'"s s i- �rrl Jr'.. r`'•r'c� c��% =mac 17. - _ /�� 19.20.'✓ J=1 iP//l fir.; C._` �,:'%✓. i �L% /' ��• f; .�4 C` % e . ✓ ._'a.":�.,°C t� — -iD' ,tea c.-.�,C�(. , � .'r"✓,s' .f .�• .. -`�.. A''�'— ail �/'' Return completed petition to Lundin Development, 16400 P. C. H. 4207, Huntington Beach, CA 92649 (562) 592-6005 (562) 592-6050 Fax Petition to the Palm Springs City Council We the undersigned are residents and shoppers of Palm Springs. The existing Ralph's shopping Center at the NW corner of Sunrise and Ramon is very inadequate and has no merit for historic preservation. Therefore, we ask you to immediately deny any recommendation for historic classification, and urge you to support the demolition, expansion and redevelopment of the Ralphs shopping center to provide modem, full service-convenient shopping for our community. Name Address q.'� _ft)A;;a'n Ne 2. J �r�6 n w4r`4ya V"� �, .. .�� 6� z 3. F f °s r l ✓��. 4. 4 , ��:�g� L-r'; , .�'; I �E•. (�'�.�r:',�_t.c (,' ;> �.' r, . , i :. i�,r�' ✓ ,(- _ Lt�'.,i O. C G�LK�� �,. fi4°")t',') ,I�P�;4 �" ram,/'`�1"`% •'-'t,::,C/p,i...�J�z..,� ,..3�I -J 6(- L,LLe,:✓Z�:(::�.- 9. lZ[: o( ..o�, "L/t� /[-^,tea o � ! Cd? V � � j ./f �1 rJ r ii 1 l 11. / v G �/ JAG% r 3�0-r �✓ r '� '= 1 c C „ 12. _i, � p� ^}l . p' k rJ _ ' Y°d � ' c -3' /t." L^�. d'f*,� 4 ,2 5 13. ,` ell V-' i ,. '�'� r,✓/➢ r•� lam' e r 15. `", \o Y i' I(r r.(;; L sr ti°i,1 /r9 rL ' .,• i; -. ' — .. 16. 9 ,✓J/ff;' ',9 �<f �,i,'A,J t. 17. C 18. %S� Wsw^ ,�� . .,,r.. �ta./'n!•.��. d !�e , r n_� �d�. S (z-?(`-- 19. ., L+i„L�-'rl�'r,✓% e�rt.. L ✓ f � /1'.��1. P,JUI�?,Gi;'^b£,�-' �- -Mi _ ` ��._-�, ,:�- Return completed petition to Lundin Development, 16400 P. C. H. 4207, Huntington Beach, CA 92649 (562) 592-6005 (562) 592-6050 Fax Petition to the Palm Springs City Council We the undersigned are residents and shoppers of Palm Springs. The existing Ralph's shopping Center at the NW corner of Sunrise and Ramon is very inadequate and has no merit for historic preservation. Therefore, we ask you to immediately deny any recommendation for historic classification, and urge you to support the demolition, expansion and redevelopment of the Ralphs shopping center to provide modern, full service-convenient shopping for our community. Name Address 2. , ,r t 4. r l i r � n 6. r , 7. 10. YI 12. 7ell r�''l� 13. IAi'cYg 14. If Sul _ i , 016. , 4 t u r 19. l-s L. �," r �"�I �s •i�L .n ,y� fl , 7 �j"`L !, G..,. Return completed petition to Lundin Development, 16400 P. C. H. 9207,Huntingto:Beach, CA 92649 (562) 592-6005 (562)592-6050 Fax Petition to the Palm Springs City Council We the undersigned are residents and shoppers of Palm Springs. The existing Ralph's shopping Center at the NW corner of Sunrise and Ramon is very inadequate and has no merit for historic preservation. Therefore, we ask you to immediately deny any recommendation for historic classification, and urge you to support the demolition, expansion and redevelopment of the Ralphs shopping center to provide modern, full service-convenient shopping for our community. Name •, Address 2 n 3. ?'^ 4. i { 4 �1 r s - 6. �'�'� 8. 9. i 12. - 13. 15. 16.17. 19. 20. V Return completed petition to Lundin Development, 16400 P. C. H. 9207, Huntington Beach, CA 92649 (562) 592-6005 (562) 592-6050 Fax Petition to the Palm Springs City Council We the undersigned are residents and shoppers of Palm Springs. The existing Ralph's shopping Center at the NW comer of Sunrise and Ramon is very inadequate and has no merit for historic preservation. Therefore, we ask you to immediately deny any recommendation for historic classification, and urge you to support the demolition, expansion and redevelopment of the Ralphs shopping center to provide modern, full service-convenient shopping for our community. Name Address Yl"�/,.�'''��i�CC•?-�:.'_::`�..;) L�."�',°e �';; /•��^ /""',f�1;�%�'/f/ . �J �y''i�,�.`�f". �;�''•"r'�:,._.J�';?.e'a�ss� 10 yd,1 J� Jy G� 2. ,N 1/6"/: ;^r fl i?(/ i1L6`/l 3. a- '� v i e. c. _ filf r fl4'�_� �rJ^._ 1 r �F ,fJ{ d7 ^ ,ice e7 ° /,°�6 F/d�� -����� ,�1/� 4. '✓`'d I' -alfiT F/d v 9.,-• f `F��� b' ?'_ .b o PfY����'`._ r � ';��'� t�r� p` a F 5. �.��°•P 06�a_V r-- 6. ti\`Li . . C` ti \1�au �ti �':,.ti � � el (,. •. i _" .'?, ae. V;"i, .� y, ti�:F is 7. C-7k=;-4 8. //��': F,+ �r`,/. /.lilr✓,�/,� - ,1,?.L�f,'`T, ;+ a' a , F i" //1.r '�C' ..—r c'�—'.w "7i°.�?.. ^i"�6 9. 12. VFr , 13. L 4ra✓ 5='� �/,'��^ '',"n.rl r N`'1 �/' -•'�f p' F,...F,.-,r N d J'� 14,E !1 6 /r`' 111 r d"' � f �, ^�en v^ro,u:va r 16 fi1 f /4 1 F P'i?<✓, r v '- 6 A% a fB n- `17- fi�.,"\` Fi�J Lf 18. 19. rSY :,,�;,.'•� �i'./' ( Ca—r, cis �_ (:'",";'`v''- !e�; / ,`--- j,! :,,. G, �/�'<�t��:c',�' 20. ' Returner completed petition to Lundin Development, 16400 P. C. H. 9207,Huntington Beach, CA 92649 (562) 592-6005 (562) 592-6050 Fax Petition to the Palm Springs City Council We the undersigned are residents and shoppers of Palm Springs. The existing Ralph's shopping Center at the NW comer of Sunrise and Ramon is very inadequate and has no merit for historic preservation. Therefore, we ask you to immediately deny any recommendation for historic classification, and urge you to support the demolition, expansion and redevelopment of the Ralphs shopping center to provide modem, full service-convenient shopping for our community. Name Address 2. 3. 4. 40 5. ell"h 6. 10. A)ILI 11. 13. 14. 15. 16. ��� 17. W2- A, 1; I5Z� 93 � r < < ;/(C i-, / 1 Return completed petition to Lundin Development, 16400 P. C. H. 9207,Huntington Beach, CA 92649 (562) 592-6005 (562) 592-6050 Fax Petition to the Palm Springs City Council We the undersigned are residents and shoppers of Palm Springs. The existing Ralph's shopping Center at the NW corner of Sunrise and Ramon is very inadequate and has no merit for historic preservation. Therefore, we ask you to immediately deny any recommendation for historic classification, and urge you to support the demolition, expansion and redevelopment of the Ralphs shopping center to provide modern, full service-convenient shopping for our community. Name Address S7 3 ( -55, S t.,,,Y- :sue t,i Z C L 3. no 41�' gvQ S .ca r C°s -. •.�� J ^y'r.,'_) P �"1 `)Ui'I f'1"s c' ��rJ' �k 7. rr 8. (Aft) � � C C(/ C_Y iC Cl Kr 9. 10. kl ( � 1�./11a .</�, i )�Cd L r1c ✓-7LV'l'Jrh Gy:f? A 12. 13. 1 14. C:r G •t Frf � ,f�ti c C� c'� ' ` f')1 '' j 1(� 15. � i� �CIU�� �) 1�� 17. -fE, 18. 19. 20. Return completed petition to Lundin avelop)ent, 16400 P. C. H. #207, Huntin on Beach, CA 92649 (562) ?9 65 (562) 592-6050 Fax f Petition to the Palm Springs City Council We the undersigned are residents and shoppers of Palm Springs. The existing Ralph's shopping Center at the NW corner of Sunrise and Ramon is very inadequate and has no merit for historic preservation. Therefore, we ask you to immediately deny any recommendation for historic classification, and urge you to support the demolition, expansion and redevelopment of the Ralphs shopping center to provide modern, full service-convenient shopping for our community. Name Address 2. �f�lC/0iw/ �C act/ / 1 5 7. 7. i3�S� h / �Pz F n 9. '10. 4s 11- 11. p7 Pet,"5 t-UIV 14 15. 16. IT q12 18. 3�_en) 19. VIN Return completed petition to Lundin Development, 16400 P. C. H. 4207, Huntington Beach, CA 92649 (562) 592-6005 (562) 592-6050 Fax Petition to the Palm Springs City Council We the undersigned are residents and shoppers of Palm Springs. The existing Ralph's shopping Center at the NW corner of Sunrise and Ramon is very inadequate and has no merit for historic preservation. Therefore, we ask you to immediately deny any recommendation for historic classification, and urge you to support the demolition, expansion and redevelopment of the Ralphs shopping center to provide modern, full service-convenient shopping for our community. Name �n Address2. I �— F_ 3. 5. 7. 8( f,. 9. Q �. aic��fi �. .Lr ,�,�_Q 44/26 q?�z 10. — �;-d J Uzi �• ���,-�� �-. -��z$ �zaZ.(�Z 12. ✓ G�J � ' l` 13�Q�( I +l �/f �i7PJ2lv1o5 I q�rn ,�7i r `(�S 14. 15. j�f,-y // lyY/ 17. C6, 0 rj _ /4/� l S �/(�/� r, �IZ i , S . is./ CcJ'?5- 19. Iv � 3T � 41 �2263 20. Return completed petition to Lundin Development, 16400 P. C. H. 4207,Huntinmon Beach, CA 92649 (562) 55 -6005 (562) 592-6050 Fax 10/20/2000 16:30 5625926050 RE/DEV/MGMT/ARCH PAGE 03 Petition to the Palm Springs City Council We the undersigned are residents and shoppers of Palm Springs. The existing Ralph's shopping Center at the NW corner of Sunrise and Ramon is very inadequate and has no merit for historic preservation. Therefore, we ask you to immediately deny any recommendation for historic classification, and urge you to support the demolition, expansion and redevelopment of the Ralphs shopping center to provide modern, full service-convenient shopping for our community. Nam Address 1, r {➢, i l a� ��56Q V i �e�d i Li CL%,�,;()q 21,11l 0,/L r.-C 3. -V � A OAM,kr� C1 (�17i 6i C/j 4. C LCL.,I �en (6,� � � I � tT> h S j Z L c 7.va o g, �� IYYU"""� C,�1� n,l�'J -• �j I � `J� �'.ncv� �'�L'r C' ('xibbiU� ���� �,� �-� ��l�-�'' V AA y 9. J_t-�O or a 1 fir. l� o vs in e T - c; � v11 r:J t-. ct S / I 10. 12. 13. 14. 15. Return completed petition to Lundin pevelopment, 16400 P. C H. ii207,Huntington Seack CA 92649 PROOF OF PUBLICATION This is space for County Clerk's Filing Stamp (2015.5.C.C.P) STATE OF CALIFORNIA County of Riverside -----'------'-------------------"'----'--- I am a citizen of the United States and a resident of _ _ Proof_of_Publication o_of the County aforesaid;I am over the age of eighteen - No.6441 years,and not a party to or interested in the NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING above-entitled matter.I am the clerk of a PALM SPRINGS CITY COUNCIL principal Proposed Designation of the printer of the,DESERT SUN PUBLISHING Alpha Beta Budding Located on the Northwest comer of Ramon road and COMPANY a newspaper of general circulation, Sunrise way as a class one Historic site NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the city Council printed and published in the city of Palm Springs, of the city of Palm Springs, California, will hold a 15, County of Riverside and which newspaper has been ppublic Than,gg at ui meete i g November .00 p.m. i The Ql Council meeting begins E Tah- adjudged a newspaper of general circulation by the p.m. Iri the city Council chambers, 26o F Tan- qquitz Canyon ayh, Palm Springqs. $LLper10T COLLTt Of the County Of Riverside,State Of desig- nation ofose of Ithe Alpha Beta Bu ildir?g Located r On the California under the date of March 24,1988.Case Northwest corner of Ramon Road and Sunrise Number 191236;that the notice,of which the way as a class One HistoricSite. annexed is a printed copy(set in type not smaller than non pariel,has been published in each regular and entire issue of said newspaper and not in any supplement thereof on the following dates,to wit: November 3rd - --------------------- --------------------------_-------------------------'--------- All in the year 2000 Olry (v �;',, iPFWfS I certify(or declare)under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct. This request is categoncally exempt from review under the California EEnviroomental Quality Action 6tb The application is available for public review in the Department of Plann,n antl Budding, City Dated at Palm Springs,California this--------------day Hall, 3200 East Tahqudz Canyon way, Palm November sp"ng s' ssul or group challenges t or--------------'------------------ - z000 oourtisueslandna be limited to issue iraisedce or at the public hearing described or in this notice opportunity in ill be correspondence at or r pri- or to the City council hearing. An reated errs will be a en at said hearing for all --- - - _---_ --_-- - - ----- _.--_ ----------- interested parsons to it heard.Questions Sullivan. mg this case may be directed to Hope V Sullivan, Signature D p5 rtment of Planning and Building, (760)323- 4 PATRICIA A. SANDERS City Clerk PUB. November 3, 2000 -- '