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Palm Desert unveils three‑tier median plan, proposes pilot medians and phased $35M buildout
Summary
Community Services Manager Sean Muir proposed a three‑tier median landscape master plan with pilot medians, special‑district treatments for El Paseo and Baja Park, and a phased rollout using maintenance budgets and capital funding; full implementation estimated at about $35 million.
Sean Muir, Community Services Manager, presented an update to the City Council on March 12 on Palm Desert’s median landscape master plan and proposed demonstration medians. Muir said the plan organizes medians into three tiers — tier 1 (high density planting and features), tier 2 (medium), and tier 3 (sparser plantings where visibility and speed are greater concerns) — and designates special districts for unique treatments such as El Paseo and Baja Park.
"We find that they do both have the same textures and stone…
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