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Elizabeth Mora Rodríguez, a county planner, said the project applications include Specific Plan No. 408, General Plan Amendment No. 2400010, Change of Zone No. 2500012, tentative tract map 39179 and Development Agreement 25000001. The county opened a 30-day NOP comment period that began Aug. 18 and runs through Sept. 17, 2025, and outlined the topics to be evaluated in the environmental impact report, including aesthetics, cultural and tribal resources, air quality and traffic.

Mora Rodríguez said the project is in unincorporated Vista Santa Rosa within the sphere of influence of the city of La Quinta and described regional access via Highway 111 and Interstate 10. The project site includes six properties totaling approximately 175.08 gross acres and has been the subject of prior Development Advisory Committee (DAC) review on Dec. 19, 2024.

According to the staff presentation, the Ranch at The Madison proposes to convert the six properties into 13 planning areas for a single-family residential community with approximately 85 residential units (35 estate lots, 30 golf cottages and 30 mixed-use residential units), a private nine-hole golf course with a golf academy and associated operations, a community clubhouse, parks and other amenities. The general plan amendment components described in staff materials would change about 49.3 acres to low-density residential, 11.2 acres to medium-density residential, 20.5 acres to mixed use and 97.8 acres to open space–recreation.

Staff noted that the tentative tract map submitted is a Schedule B subdivision proposing 65 numbered lots and 17 letter lots across roughly 175.8 acres. Mora Rodríguez said the EIR process provides opportunities for public and agency review, mitigation identification and analysis of alternatives.

John Gamlin, senior vice president of development for Discovery Land Company, identified himself at the hearing and described ongoing outreach, saying the project team had conducted numerous meetings with stakeholders, community members and NGOs over the prior 18 months and planned additional community presentations, including to the Vista Santa Rosa Community Council later in September.

Mora Rodríguez said written comments on the NOP must be submitted by 5 p.m. on Sept. 17, 2025, to the principal project planner, Jose Merlan, at the Riverside County Planning Department (480 Lehi St., 12th Floor, Riverside) or via the email address published in the NOP. Staff recorded receipt of two written agency comments from the Department of Toxic Substances Control and the California Department of Conservation, Division of Land Resource Protection. No public speakers addressed the scoping session at the hearing.

Because this hearing was a scoping session for the EIR, no project decision was made; staff said the scoping session was the first in a sequence of outreach and review steps and that the EIR and related documents will be available through the county’s public noticing process and the project team’s public landing page as they are prepared.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","Riverside County Planning Department - Directors Hearing Regular Meeting 9/15/2025 1:30 PM","oneSentenceSummary","Riverside County held a scoping session for the Ranch at The Madison specific plan on Sept. 15, 2025. Staff opened the Notice of Preparation comment period and described the EIR scope; the developer confirmed ongoing outreach. No public speakers spoke at the hearing; two written agency comments were noted in the record.","taxTitle","Riverside County, California","taxId",3353,"location","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":76,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":77,"_41":78,"_43":79,"_45":80,"_47":81,"_49":82,"_51":83,"_53":84,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":85,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":86,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},5984946,"Planning director approves schedule J parcel map dividing 19.47-acre Mecca parcel into two lots",331,574000,905000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=5911524-ae9c2b61e403ae7a70d8e213b8682422&start=574&end=905","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/5911524-ae9c2b61e403ae7a70d8e213b8682422/thumbnail_574000.jpg","/articles/5984946/Riverside-County/California/Planning-director-approves-schedule-J-parcel-map-dividing-1947-acre-Mecca-parcel-into-two-lots","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/5984946-c4cc6c2ed9cb58eb18e61da124b8bcb0/orig.mp4?Expires=1771170966&Signature=nM5bTIjhuU96XwW6Vnmm1CSXnQnde2VqaCvfz8Qc181u20N1QcI2UKh3pLnir56CoND7A8~rGEnwpDlOeo1ij9ijULpANbO5FuCsFqTn-mptNWc1XWaeieqAXKJyG4IyAUP8-W98hC1YaB9YzdYzy1YsVEBEKSUYjOyfLAYurXk~tIZorITcs6TqIrJ0zZw1dZ9FdQjUdmQpfhpQycqVbct7XZYVt9v586fajnwmbZEgL9Up~JFmyW~o18FCveNaCyHhNuBbmzyybHGiTA9y684mpLhgE6Hyl9NWExU4XhBez1Wg1TRPyFxYxH1hiZWhEsso4qxHndNM0UP~3Pp4Ng__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Riverside County planning staff and the planning director approved Tentative Parcel Map (TPM) 38535 on Sept. 15, 2025, a Schedule J subdivision to split a 19.47-gross-acre parcel in the Eastern Coachella Valley into two 9.78-acre parcels for financing and conveyance only.

Associate planner Yesenia Besserel told the hearing the site is in the Fourth Supervisorial District within the Mecca zoning district and the Eastern Coachella Valley area plan. The parcel has a general plan designation of community development–light industrial and is zoned medium manufacturing and industrial park (IP) in places; surrounding uses include light industrial, warehouse cold storage, single-family homes and irrigated farmland.

Besserel said Parcel 1 (the southern parcel) already contains an existing residence, a mobile home, a carport and a barn; these residential uses predate the current zoning. Parcel 2 (the northern parcel) is vacant. No new development is proposed as part of this Schedule J map; the record notes that any future development would require separate entitlement, environmental review and public hearings.

Staff said public notices were mailed to 40 property owners within a 300-foot radius and published in the Press Enterprise and the Desert Sun. Notices were mailed Aug. 14, 2025, and published Sept. 4, 2025. As of the hearing, staff reported no written comments for or against the project.

Besserel recommended the planning director find the project exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act under State CEQA Guidelines section 15061(b)(3) (the “common-sense” exemption) and approve TPM 38535 subject to conditions of approval and advisory notifications.

An on-line engineer for the applicant, Armando Magaña, confirmed agreement with the proposed conditions of approval. The hearing officer opened the public hearing; there were no public speakers on the item. Hearing officer John Hildebrand then moved to approve the tentative parcel map “subject to the conditions of approval and findings in the staff report.”

Because this is a Schedule J subdivision applied for solely for financing and conveyance purposes, staff emphasized at the hearing that no new development is authorized by the parcel split; any later development proposals would trigger the normal entitlement, community outreach and environmental review processes.","The planning director approved Tentative Parcel Map 38535, a Schedule J subdivision to split a 19.47-acre parcel in the Eastern Coachella Valley into two 9.78-acre parcels for financing and conveyance; staff found the project exempt from CEQA under the common-sense exemption.",{"_33":88,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":89,"_41":90,"_43":91,"_45":92,"_47":93,"_49":94,"_51":95,"_53":96,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":97,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":98,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},5984951,"Riverside County hearing officer approves disguised 70-foot wireless tree at Lake Matthews site",408,158000,566000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=5911524-ae9c2b61e403ae7a70d8e213b8682422&start=158&end=566","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/5911524-ae9c2b61e403ae7a70d8e213b8682422/thumbnail_158000.jpg","/articles/5984951/Riverside-County/California/Riverside-County-hearing-officer-approves-disguised-70-foot-wireless-tree-at-Lake-Matthews-site","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/5984951-896e3acfc99ad6b27e44bbd089d1db05/orig.mp4?Expires=1771170966&Signature=RRSuG3DWRfnwdL7kROsZWDhpeCWtuKI9~TSKC5feSOevvHLwt6txKSmFB8CIrDsWiBnkNSrTP5AIkAzQ-CsIW0CHYv4mMMPMbRKjB0uV69izF4hoYUHdwg2ascsjUFFqEXs5rXt4S1TvIoEUjo1HYbLEgS-mSpRZvGvZulto1oq3WRwAzTeKJan~yRW29axMB83yW52~TnIEsg-2LTEcgtjZvSWsVnnImc9Rve5PhLiatSt8psiYRKbyyU9CZc4RpGbWYWCspI1ZoWLhlmTG8S2z~mezvjCbpqL3XFWqq~pzBK90Dtc3mvktlImAA879WT3R0bNm~CT2cgEiebeH3A__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Riverside County planning director, acting as hearing officer, approved Plot Plan Wireless (PPW) 220005 on Sept. 15, 2025, authorizing a 70-foot tall disguised mono eucalyptus wireless facility on a 10-acre parcel in the Lake Matthews/Woodcrest area subject to the conditions and findings in the staff report.

Planning staff said the unmanned facility would sit within a roughly 900-square-foot lease area on property owned by the Peltzer family and that landscaping would be provided around the lease area to buffer the site.

The decision matters because the facility is within a rural residential general-plan designation and a light agriculture zoning district (A-1-10). Staff recommended the hearing officer find the project exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act under State CEQA Guidelines section 15303 (Class 3: new construction of small structures) and approve the plot plan with the attached advisory notifications and conditions.

Jake Roberts, project planner for PPW 220005, told the hearing the site is northerly of Blackburn Road, easterly of Vista Del Lago Drive, southerly of Greenview Drive and westerly of Mockingbird Canyon Road. Roberts said the parcel is used currently as a plant nursery and described surrounding land uses and zones.

Roberts said photo simulations were provided showing the proposed mono eucalyptus in context. He also reported that the project was advertised in the Press Enterprise and that planning staff had not received written communications or phone calls indicating support or opposition as of the hearing.

An applicant representative identified in staff materials as Alicia Strausman participated online and confirmed she was available to answer questions. When asked whether the design or site plan would preclude future colocation of another provider, the representative replied there was nothing that would preclude it. She also described a maintenance practice in which the site is reviewed during routine upgrades (typically every one to two years) and said the applicant coordinates with the property owner to address any issues that arise between reviews. The applicant agreed to the proposed conditions of approval.

Hearing officer John Hildebrand opened and closed the public portion of the item with no speakers and then moved to approve the item “subject to the conditions of approval, and findings written in the staff report.” The record does not show a roll-call vote or a second on the motion; the motion was entered on the record and the hearing proceeded to the next agenda item.

No written opposition, formal appeals or requests for continuance were reported at the hearing.

A copy of the staff report and the advisory notification with conditions of approval is the official record of what was approved; the action does not itself authorize any uses beyond those described in the approved plot plan and the project remains subject to the conditions and any future required permits.","The Riverside County planning director approved Plot Plan Wireless 220005 for a 70-foot disguised mono eucalyptus facility on a 10-acre parcel in the Lake Matthews area, finding the project exempt from CEQA under a Class 3 exemption and adopting conditions of approval; no written opposition was reported.","actionData","errors"]

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County holds EIR scoping session for 175-acre Ranch at The Madison specific plan in Vista Santa Rosa

Planning director approves schedule J parcel map dividing 19.47-acre Mecca parcel into two lots

Riverside County hearing officer approves disguised 70-foot wireless tree at Lake Matthews site