Ritz-Carlton Rancho Mirage

Ritz-Carlton Rancho Mirage

The project proposes the construction of the Ritz Carlton residences consisting of 106 units (48 residential suites & 58 villas) ranging in size from 1 to 3 bedrooms, 23,840 square feet of event space, 5,510 square feet for amenities, a 381-space subterranean parking structure, and 116 additional residential spaces. Additionally, the Sky Mesa recreational area will consist of a 6,273 square foot restaurant and a 693 square foot restroom facility. The Sky Mesa area will also provide additional lawn event space and pool area. Overall, the 35.07-acre project site which includes the existing hotel will expand by a total of approximately 236,748 square feet of new interior spaces. In addition, a General Plan Zoning Map Amendment is proposed to amend the Mountain Reserve (MR) designation for the project’s Sky Mesa Recreational area to Resort Hotel (Rs-H) on approximately 3.88 acres (APNs: 689-020-012 & 689-020-014). In addition, a Tentative Parcel Map (TPM38768) proposes to establish three parcels (excluding Sky Mesa area) with Parcel 3 of the map containing 106 condo units (Ritz Carlton residences). Lastly, a 10th Amendment to the existing Development Agreement with Newage Rancho Mirage, LLC (the “10th Amendment”) is proposed. Please note that the proposed project (excluding Sky Mesa) is a Modification to the Originally approved 2006 project entitlements that included residential villas and condominiums. The Tennis Villas project site (7.96 acres on APN: 689-330-011) located west of the existing Ritz Carlton Hotel which was previously analyzed as part of a 2006 Environmental Impact Report was also a part of the 2006 entitlements and is included in the 10th Amendment to the project’s Development Agreement. The Tennis Villas portion of the original entitlements is not being altered or modified from its original entitlements, and no new information relating to significant effects and means of reducing or avoiding any effects, which was not known and could have been known at the time the previous 2006 EIR was certified, has become available. The only modification from the 2006 entitlements is to the previously approved 111 units on the same project site as the current project proposes 106 units which add additional amenities and event space as detailed above.

Rancho Mirage

Riverside

Southern California

California Air Resources Board (ARB), California Coachella Valley Mountains Conservancy (CVMC), California Department of Conservation (DOC), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Inland Deserts Region 6 (CDFW), 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 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), California State Lands Commission (SLC), Office of Historic Preservation, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Drinking Water, District 20, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Water Quality

Residential (Units 106, Acres 35.07), Commercial (See NOI for complete project description and MND for employees )(Sq. Ft. 36316, Acres 35, Employees 1)

General Plan Update, Rezone, Land Division (Subdivision, etc.), Major Modification

Air Quality, Biological Resources, Cultural Resources, Noise, Transportation, Tribal Cultural Resources