Development Plan Amandment No. 1/College of the Desert West Valley Campus

Development Plan Amandment No. 1/College of the Desert West Valley Campus

In 2016, the Desert Community College District (District) approved the College of the Desert West Valley Campus Master Plan and Phase I Development Project on the subject property and certified its Environmental Impact Report (EIR). The approved 29.11± acre WVC campus master plan was designed to accommodate an ultimate enrollment of approximately 3,000 full-time equivalent students (FTES), allow up to 330,000 square feet of functional space to be constructed in phases, and to include core campus, academic pillar/partnership space, ancillary campus buildings, and conference/event center. The Project planning area is adjacent to the Palm Springs Cultural Center (PSCC) building and site located to the southwest corner of the planning area. The approved WVC Master Plan remains in effect. The Project proposes the approval and development of the Development Plan Amendment No. 1, including providing 121,025± square feet of assignable space, 750± parking spaces, a multi-modal transit hub, and central plant and support facilities. The DPA No. 1 Project is expected to accommodate an enrollment of 2,951 students, which equates to approximately 1,101 FTES.

Palm Springs

Riverside

Southern California

California Air Resources Board (ARB), California Coachella Valley Mountains Conservancy (CVMC), California Department of Education, California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE), California Department of Parks and Recreation, California Department of Transportation, District 8 (DOT), California Department of Transportation, Division of Aeronautics (DOT), California Department of Transportation, Division of Transportation Planning (DOT), California Department of Water Resources (DWR), California Highway Patrol (CHP), California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC), California Natural Resources Agency, California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Colorado River Basin Region 7 (RWQCB), Department of General Services (DGS), Office of Historic Preservation, California Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Inland Deserts Region 6 (CDFW)

California Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Inland Deserts Region 6 (CDFW)

Educational (121,025 assignable sf)

Site Plan, Development Plan Amendment

Aesthetics, Agriculture and Forestry Resources, Air Quality, Biological Resources, Cultural Resources, Drainage/Absorption, Flood Plain/Flooding, Geology/Soils, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Growth Inducement, Hazards & Hazardous Materials, Hydrology/Water Quality, Land Use/Planning, Mineral Resources, Noise, Population/Housing, Public Services, Recreation, Schools/Universities, Sewer Capacity, Transportation, Tribal Cultural Resources, Utilities/Service Systems, Vegetation