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1 CITY OF SEAL BEACH
Environmental Quality Control Board
Minutes of October 25, 2006
Chairperson Voce called the Environmental Quality Control Board (EQCB) meeting of
on Wednesday, October 25, 2006, to order at 6:31 p.m. The meeting was held in City
Council Chambers and began with the Salute to the Flag.
Roll Call
Present: Chairperson Voce, Members Barton, Hurley, Neal, and Vineyard
Also
Present: Department of Development Services
Lee Whittenberg, Director
Absent: Paul DaVeiga, Senior Planner
II Approval of Agenda
MOTION by Hurley; SECOND by Vineyard to approve the Agenda as presented.
MOTION CARRIED:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
5-0
Voce, Barton, Hurley, Neal, and Vineyard
None
None
III Oral Communications
None.
IV Consent Calendar
2. Receive and File: City Comment Letter Re: "Draft Remedial Design (RD) for
IR Site 70, Enhanced In Situ Bioremediation, Naval Weapons Station," Dated
September 27,2006.
1 These Minutes were transcribed from an audiotape of the meeting.
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3. Receive and File: "Final 2006 First Semiannual Post-Closure Inspection
Report," Installation Restoration Program Site 7 (Station Landfill), Naval
Weapons Station.
4. Receive and File: "Final Second Annual Groundwater Monitoring Report -
Installation Restoration Program (IRP) Sites 5 & 7 - Naval Weapons Station
Seal Beach."
5. Receive and File: Final "Record of Decision/Remedial Action Plan
(ROD/RAP) - Installation Restoration Program Site 70 - Naval Weapons
Station."
Member Barton requested that Item No. 1 be removed from the Consent Calendar for
further discussion.
1. Receive and File: City Comment Letter Re: Draft EIR - "Seaport Marina
Project," Dated September 25,2006.
Member Barton commended the Director of Development Services on the Staff Report
written on this item. She noted that it allowed her to come to a better understanding of
the proposed project.
MOTION by Barton; SECOND by Hurley to Receive and File the City Comment Letter
Re: Draft EIR - "Seaport Marina Project," Dated September 25,2006, as presented.
MOTION CARRIED:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
5-0
Voce, Barton, Hurley, Neal, and Vineyard
None
None
V Scheduled Matters
6. APPROVAL OF MEETING MINUTES - September 13, 2006.
Recommendation: Approve Minutes subject to any corrections determined
appropriate.
Member Hurley noted a correction to Page 4, Line 26.
Mr. Whittenberg indicated for the record that Member Neal would abstain from voting on
this item, as she was absent from the meeting of September 13, 2006.
MOTION by Hurley; SECOND by Vineyard to approve the Meeting Minutes of
September 13, 2006 as amended.
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MOTION CARRIED:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTAIN:
4-0-1
Voce, Barton, Hurley, and Vineyard
None
None
Neal
7. APPROVAL OF MEETING MINUTES - September 27,2006.
Recommendation: Approve Minutes subject to any corrections determined
appropriate.
Member Hurley noted a correction to Page 2, Line 38, to read ". . . approval of. . ."
Mr. Whittenberg indicated for the record that Chairperson Voce would abstain from
voting on this item, as he was absent from the meeting of September 27, 2006.
MOTION by Barton; SECOND by Hurley to approve the Meeting Minutes of September
27,2006 as amended.
MOTION CARRIED:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTAIN:
4-0-1
Barton, Hurley, Neal, and Vineyard
None
None
Voce
8. Approval of Response Letter Re: Notice of Preparation - Program
Environmental Impact Report for the Orange County Sanitation District
Service Area Annexation and Collection System Improvement Plan.
Recommendation: Authorize approval of letter with any modifications
determined appropriate. Instruct Chairman to sign proposed Response
Letter. Instruct Staff to forward to the City Council for information purposes.
Receive and File Staff Report.
Staff Report
Mr. Whittenberg stated that Orange County Sanitation District (OCSD) is proposing to
approve a Service Area Annexation and Collection System Improvement Plan, which
would include unincorporated County areas, with the exception of the Naval Weapons
Station (NWS) Seal Beach. He said that Staff felt it appropriate to write a comment
letter to clarify for the record that the NWS falls within the corporate City boundaries and
not in an unincorporated County area. He noted that Staff had called OCSD to make
them aware of this, and they stated that they already knew this. He indicated that part
of this program would include installation of additional OCSD sewer lines in Bolsa Chica
Steet north of Edinger Avenue on the east side of the NWS. He stated that once the
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Draft Environmental Impact Report (DEIR) is released, it would be brought before the
Board for review.
Member Hurley referred to Page 1, paragraph 1 of the comment letter and asked if the
OCSD would be annexing the NWS property in the future. Mr. Whittenberg explained
that in order for unincorporated properties within the County to be able to connect to a
sewer system that ultimately connects to an OCSD line, the property must fall within the
OCSD service area. He noted that all of the NWS sewer services are within the
confines of the base, and there is nothing that goes through the City or the OCSD lines.
He said that if the base were to close in the future, the City would then provide sewer
services for any new development on that property, but the ultimate flows from this
would go to OCSD sewer lines. Member Hurley then recommended that following
change to the last sentence of paragraph 1 of page 5:
'This annexation into the service area of the Orange County Sanitation
District will have no impacts on the use of the base property, as it is
owned and controlled by the Department of the Navy."
Member Hurley noted that at the meeting before last he had requested that all the
attachments begin with a new number sequence starting with NO.1. Mr. Whittenberg
explained that it seemed easier to keep all pages of the Staff Report in numeric order.
Member Hurley then suggested adding a paragraph between paragraphs 1 and 2,
which would state:
"The City of Seal Beach is primarily concerned with the environmental
effects during construction of Project 11-25 Edinger-Bolsa Chica Trunk
Improvements, especially, but not necessarily exclusively,
transportation/traffic. "
Mr. Whittenberg stated that this language is fine, but Staff felt that these comments
could be included after review of the DEIR. Chairperson Voce stated that he would
prefer to wait to respond after review of the DEIR. He polled the Board and the
consensus was to include the above-noted text.
MOTION by Hurley; SECOND by Barton to authorize approval of letter as revised,
instruct Chairman to sign proposed Response Letter. Instruct Staff to forward to the
City Council as an information item. Receive and File Staff Report.
MOTION CARRIED:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
5-0
Voce, Barton, Hurley, Neal, and Vineyard
None
None
9. Approval of Comment Letter Re: Recirculated Initial Study/Mitigated Negative
Declaration - Los Alamitos Pump Station.
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Recommendation: Instruct Chairman to sign proposed Response Letter with
any revisions determined appropriate. Instruct staff to forward to the City
Council, Planning Commission, and Archaeological Advisory Committee for
information purposes. Receive and File Staff Report.
Staff Report
Mr. Whittenberg stated that this document was distributed approximately one year ago
by the County of Orange, and has subsequently been recirculated because the
California Coastal Commission (CCC) indicated that under their criteria there were
wetlands that were being impacted within the retention basin itself, which resulted in a
relocation of the pump station to a different location further to the west of the existing
pump. He noted that in order to accommodate this the County is in the process of
purchasing additional property for access purposes, which is also evaluated as a part of
the new document. He indicated that the comment letter supports the project as it will
help alleviate flood issues near Leisure World and other communities upstream that
take flows into the retention basin. Staff has also included comments in support of the
cultural resources and hazardous waste mitigation measures set forth in the document.
Member Hurley referred to paragraph 3 on page 6 of the comment letter and noted that
this should read: "In the discussion on page 52, . . ."" Chairperson Voce suggested
beginning this sentence with the word "Regarding. . ."
Member Hurley then referred to the second sentence of paragraph 4 on page 6 and
indicated that the sentence should read: "However, no mitigation measures are
proposed." In the third sentence of paragraph 4 Member Hurley noted that the word
"appropriate" is used three times. Mr. Whittenberg suggested ending the sentence with:
". . or modify the determination."
MOTION by Barton; SECOND by Neal to authorize approval of letter as revised, instruct
Chairman to sign proposed Response Letter. Instruct Staff to forward to the City
Council as an information item. Receive and File Staff Report.
MOTION CARRIED:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
5-0
Voce, Barton, Hurley, Neal, and Vineyard
None
None
VI Staff Concerns
None.
VII Board Concerns
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Member Hurley returned to the issue of the page numbering for attachments to Staff
Reports. Chairperson Voce polled the Board for suggestions. Member Hurley said he
believes it would be rare to be discussing two attachments at once, or an attachment
and a Staff Report in the same conversation. He suggested trying the change to see
how it works. Chairperson Voce suggested the use of two different numeric systems.
Member Hurley said he has no objection, as long as it is different. Mr. Whittenberg
suggested using a numbering system of A 1-1 , A2-1, A3-1 etc. for attachments. Member
Vineyard suggested just using a 1-1, 2-1, 3-1 numbering sequence for attachments.
Member Hurley noted that using the A1-1, A2-1 system feels better to him. The Board
took a straw vote and agreed to try the second method.
VIII Adjournment
Chairperson Voce adjourned the meeting at 7:11 p.m. to the regularly scheduled
meeting of November 29,2006.
Respectfully Submitted,
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Carmen Alvarez, Executive Secretary
Department of Development Services
The Board on January 24, 2007, approved the Minutes of the Environmental Quality
Control Board of Wednesday, October 25, 2006.~ .
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