Rancho Mirage council OKs first-step annexation to Community Facilities District 1

The Rancho Mirage City Council voted 5-0 on Sept. 18 to declare its intent to annex a 5.05-acre parcel into Community Facilities District No. 1 and to begin procedures that could lead to a special tax for additional police and fire services.

Kofi Antebam, the city's director of administrative services, told the council the annexation is the first step in a two-step process and that the territory is located about 2,000 feet south of Frank Sinatra Drive on the west side of Vista Del Sol. Antebam said the single parcel would be subdivided into four single-family residential lots under tentative parcel map 38492, which the planning commission approved Dec. 12, 2024 with a condition requiring annexation to CFD 1.

The council's resolution accepts a petition from the property owner to annex, preliminarily approves the annexation map, authorizes shortening notification periods to expedite a special-election timeline, and directs the city clerk to record the map and set a public hearing. The council scheduled that hearing for its Nov. 6 meeting.

Antebam summarized technical steps: accepting the owner petition, consenting to the levy on the annexed territory, accepting the map preliminarily and establishing the hearing date. No public speakers addressed the item, and council members voted to adopt the resolution on a 5-0 roll call.

The annexation process remains subject to the public hearing and any legal or procedural requirements that the council or affected property owners raise at that hearing. The city staff presentation identified the project by tentative parcel map number 38492 and the planning commission condition of approval number 14.