HomeMy WebLinkAbout23729 RESOLUTION NO. 23729
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
PALM SPRINGS, CALIFORNIA, APPROVING A HOTEL
OPERATIONS INCENTIVE COVENANT WITH EQUI-CAP,
LLC FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A 205 ROOM
SELENE PALM SPRINGS RESORT HOTEL AT THE
NORTHEAST CORNER OF CALLE ALVARADO AND
AMADO ROAD. A6641. A6642.
The City Council of the City of Palm Springs, California, finds:
A. On December 17, 2014, the City Council conducted a public hearing pursuant to
California Government Code Section 53083, has received a report from staff that
satisfies the requirements of Government Code Section 53083, and has determined that
the grant of incentives as provided in the proposed Hotel Operations Covenant is
consistent with and in furtherance of the goals, purpose, and requirements of PSMC
Section 5.26.
B. The City Council also finds that the Hotel Operations Covenant is a method of
financing in part the hotel contemplated and approved as Planned Development District
333 and Tentative Map No. 35236 Case 3.3785 and is therefore within the scope of the
Specific Plan EIR and the Addendum and therefore no further CEQA review is required.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALM SPRINGS
RESOLVES:
SECTION 1. The Hotel Operations Covenant with Equi-Cap, LLC for the
construction of a 205 room Selene Palm Springs Resort Hotel at the northeast corner of
Calle Alvarado and Amado Road is approved.
SECTION 2. The City Council determines that the approval of this Hotel
Operations Covenant is in implementation of the financial requirements of the adopted
Palm Springs Municipal Code and has no potential to impact the environment.
Therefore the approval of this covenant meets the criteria to be exempt from CEQA
pursuant to Section 15061(b)(3) of the State CEQA Guidelines which states "that if an
activity is covered by the general rule that CEQA applies only to projects which have the
potential for causing a significant effect on the environment and where it can be seen
with certainty that there is no possibility that the activity in question may have a
significant effect on the environment, the activity is not subject to CEQA." Therefore, the
City Council hereby adopts such exemption for the approval of the Hotel Operations
Covenant in accordance with Section 15061(b)(3) of the State CEQA Guidelines.
Resolution No. 23729
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PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED BY THE PALM SPRINGS CITY
COUNCIL THIS 17T" DAY OF DECEMBER, 2014.
DAVID H. READY, CITY! ER
ATTEST:
ES THOMPSON, CITY CLERK
CERTIFICATION
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE ) ss.
CITY OF PALM SPRINGS )
I, JAMES THOMPSON, City Clerk of the City of Palm Springs, hereby certify that
Resolution No. 23729 is a full, true and correct copy, and was duly adopted at a regular meeting
of the City Council of the City of Palm Springs on the 17'h day of December, 2014, by the
following vote:
AYES: Councilmember Foat, Councilmember Hutcheson, Councilmember Mills,
Mayor Pro Tern Lewin, and Mayor Pougnet.
NOES: None.
ABSENT: None.
ABSTAIN: None.
MES THOMPSON, CITY CLERK
City of Palm Springs, California
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