City, tribal leaders schedule June meeting on warehouse development ⋆ The Palm Springs Post

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*This image shows the area where the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians plans to construct a large warehouse project.*

The City of Palm Springs and the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians have scheduled a joint meeting for June 3 to discuss a proposed warehouse development on Highway 111 at Tipton Road.

The meeting will begin at 5:30 p.m. at the Palm Springs Convention Center, 277 North Avenida Caballeros, and is open to the public. The meeting will be broadcast live on the city’s YouTube channel for those unable to attend in person.

According to a city spokesperson, the developer of the project needs additional time to address technical issues related to the project, according to a city media advisory released Thursday. The June date will also give the public and city staff more time to review the project and environmental documents before the meeting.

The proposed Desert Mountain View Business Park would add a 2.85 million-square-foot industrial warehouse complex on 217 acres of Agua Caliente trust land west of Tipton Road, south of Interstate 10 and north of Highway 111. The complex would be divided into four warehouse buildings ranging from 248,000 to over 1.1 million square feet.

The Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians is the landowner and lead agency on the project. Shopoff Realty Investments, operating as Desert Mountain View, LLC, is the developer under a long-term ground lease.

Because the project is located on tribal trust land, the city’s role is limited. The Tribal Council will make the final decision on the project. The joint meeting will allow residents to learn more about the development and provide feedback directly to the Tribal Council.

The Palm Springs City Council adopted a conformity report on the project in December after more than 20 residents spoke in opposition, expressing concerns about truck traffic, air pollution and disruption to the desert landscape.

The council concluded the project does not conform with the city’s General Plan and zoning code, which designates the land as open space, and submitted a list of nonbinding recommended conditions to the tribe.