Planning commission certifies EIR and approves 96‑acre logistics project despite traffic concerns; vote 5‑1

The Palm Springs Planning Commission voted to certify a final environmental impact report and to approve a major logistics‑center project on a 96‑acre site at the southeast corner of North Indian Canyon Drive and Eighteenth Street, adopting a statement of overriding considerations despite staff and consultants finding significant and unavoidable vehicle‑related impacts.

The proposal, by First Industrial Realty Trust, calls for two warehouse/fulfillment buildings totaling roughly 2,000,000 square feet of floor area on two new parcels, vehicle and trailer circulation, and associated infrastructure. Staff presented the Final EIR, summarized mitigation measures, and said air quality, biology, cultural resources, greenhouse gases and geotechnical matters have mitigation measures in the document; the principal significant and…