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CITY OF SEAL BEACH
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Environmental Quality Control Board
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Minutes of June 29, 2011
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7 Chairperson Voce called the meeting of the Environmental Quality Control Board
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9 in City Manager’s Conference Room and began with the Salute to the Flag.
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Roll Call
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13 Present: Chairperson Voce, Members Barton, Smalewitz, and Vento
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16 Present: Department of Development Services
17 Jerry Olivera, Senior Planner
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19 Absent: Member Hurley
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21 Mr. Olivera noted that Member Hurley had reported that he would not be in
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Oral Communications
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26 None.
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Approval of Agenda
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30 MOTION by Barton; SECOND by Vento to approve the Agenda as presented.
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MOTION CARRIED: 4 – 0 - 1
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AYES: Voce, Barton, Smalewitz, and Vento
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NOES: None
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ABSENT: Hurley
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Consent Calendar
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39 None.
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Scheduled Matters
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43 1. Approval of Minutes of March 30, 2011.
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These Minutes were transcribed from an audiotape of the meeting.
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1 Recommendation: Approve Minutes subject to any corrections determined
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4 Chairperson Voce noted that of the current Board, only members Barton and Hurley
5 were present at the meeting of March 29, 2011, and a vote could not be taken on this
6 item. He recommended that this item be continued to the next scheduled meeting.
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8 2. Update Report on the Following Items:
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10 a. Stationing an Army Reserve Black Hawk Company at the Joint Forces
11 Training Base Los Alamitos, California.
12 b. Recirculated Draft Environmental Impact Report (EIR) Second + PCH
13 Project – City of Long Beach, dated March 2011.
14 c. DWP Environmental Review Process
15 d. Setting regular meeting date and time.
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17 Recommendation: Receive and File Staff Report.
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19 Mr. Olivera delivered the staff report, providing brief updates on each of the items
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22 With regard to Item 2d., the Board agreed to change the meeting time to 6:00 p.m.,
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23 but wished to continue to meet on the Wednesday after the 4 Monday of the month.
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25 MOTION by Vento; SECOND by Barton to change the meeting time to 6:00 p.m. with
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26 the meeting day to remain the Wednesday after the 4 Monday of the month.
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MOTION CARRIED: 4 – 0 - 1
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AYES: Voce, Barton, Smalewitz, and Vento
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NOES: None
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ABSENT: Hurley
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Staff Concerns
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Board Concerns
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39 Member Smalewitz inquired about the process for making comments on the DWP
40 Project.
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42 Member Smalewitz inquired whether Staff had requested the helicopter flight patterns
43 and noise decibel levels from the Joint Forces Training Base, as previously requested
44 by former Member Navarro. Member Vento referred to Attachment 2a. and noted that
45 the noise study issue is addressed in the 4th paragraph.
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Adjournment
Chairperson Voce adjourned the meeting at 7:01 p.m.
Respectfully Submitted,
Carmen Alvarez, Executive Assistant
Department of Development Services
The Board on July 27, 2011, approved the Minutes of the Environmental Quality
Control Board of Wednesday, June 29, 2011.
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