WRITTEN PUBLIC COMMENTS STVR AD-HOC COMMITTEE MEETING SEPTEMBER 3, 2020 STVR PROGRAM AD-HOC COMMITTEE MEETING - SEPTEMBER 3, 2020 - PUBLIC COMMENTS BY RESIDENT VALERIE SMITH PUBLIC COMMENT ON MATTERS NOT ON THE AGENDA - RELATED TO STVR From: Lori Lorett To: Lori Lorett Subject: FW: COMMENT: re STVR"s in the Cove - Valerie SMITH Date: Tuesday, September 1, 2020 1:36:05 PM From: Jeff Smith < > Sent: Monday, August 24, 2020 1:07 PM To: Teresa Thompson <
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[email protected]> Subject: Please forward to Council and City Manager ** EXTERNAL: This message originated outside of the City of La Quinta. Please use proper judgement and caution when opening attachments, clicking links or responding to requests for information. ** August 24, 2020 Dear Mayor Evans, Councilwoman Fitzpatrick, Councilman Pena, Councilman Radi, Councilman Sanchez, and City Manager McMillen: I am urging you today to phase out all short-term vacation rentals in the La Quinta Cove. Let me tell you about my neighborhood. My block has 19 houses on it. Only twelve of those are year-round residents. Over the past couple of years we have watched as houses all over the Cove have been sold and converted to short-term vacation rentals by people who don't even live in my neighborhood. The new owners of these properties are running very lucrative businesses in R-1 and R-2 residential areas to the detriment of residents. Now we have noise of party-goers, streets choked with cars and strangers coming and going at all hours of the night and day.