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CITY OF SEAL BEACH
ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY CONTROL BOARD
REGULAR MEETING
MARCH 28, 2007
6:30 P.M.
City Council Chambers
211 Eighth Street, Seal Beach, CA
I. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
II. ROLL CALL
III. APPROVAL OF AGENDA
By Motion of the Environmental Quality Control Board, this is the time to:
(a) Notify the public of any changes to the agenda;
(b) Rearrange the order of the agenda; and/or
(c) Provide an opportunity for any member of the Environmental Quality
Control Board, staff, or public to request an item be removed from the
Consent Calendar for separate action.
IV. ORAL COMMUNICATIONS
At this time, members of the public may address the Environmental Quality
Control Board regarding any items within the subject matter jurisdiction of the
Environmental Quality Control Board, provided that NO action or discussion may
be undertaken by the Environmental Quality Control Board unless otherwise
authorized by law.
V. CONSENT CALENDAR
1. RECEIVE AND FILE - LETTER TO SEAL BEACH NAVAL WEAPONS
STATION RE: CITY OF SEAL BEACH COMMENTS RE "DRAFT THIRD
ANNUAL GROUNDWA TER MONITORING REPORT - IR SITES 5 & 7-
NA VAL WEAPONS STA nON SEAL BEACH'
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The City of Seal Beach complies with the Americans With Disabilities Act of 1990. If you need
assistance to attend this meeting, telephone the City Clerk's Office at (562) 431-2527 at least 48
hours in advance of the meeting. Thank you.
Environmental Quality Control Board
Meeting Agenda
March 28, 2007
2. RECEIVE AND FILE - INFORMATION ON NEW NITROGEN DIOXIDE
(N02) STANDARDS ADOPTED BY CALIFORNIA AIR RESOURCES
BOARD
3. RECEIVE AND FILE - LETTER TO SOUTH COAST AIR QUALITY
MANAGEMENT DISTRICT RE: DRAFT ENVIRONMENTAL
ASSESSMENT RE: PROPOSED RULE 445 - WOOD BURNING
APPLIANCES
4. RECEIVE AND FILE - DRAFT 2007 AIR QUALITY MANAGEMENT PLAN
PUBLIC HEARING DATES
5. RECEIVE AND FILE - SEAL BEACH NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE:
PLANNING UPDATE 1, MARCH 2007
6. RECEIVE AND FILE - DRAFT COYOTE CREEK WATERSHED
MANAGEMENT PLAN, DATED JANUARY 30,2007
7. RECEIVE AND FILE - COMMENT DRAFT RECOMMENDATIONS BY
THE ASSOCIATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROFESSIONALS (AEP) ON
HOW TO ANALYZE GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS AND GLOBAL
CLIMATE CHANGE IN CEQA DOCUMENTS, DATED MARCH 5, 2007
VI. SCHEDULED MATTERS
8. APPROVAL OF MINUTES - FEBRUARY 28,2007
Recommendation:
appropriate.
Approve Minutes with any corrections deemed
9. CONSIDERATION OF ELECTION OF CHAIRMAN AND VICE-
CHAIRMAN
Recommendation:
Staff Report
Provide direction to Staff. Receive and File
VII. STAFF CONCERNS
VIII. BOARD CONCERNS
IX. ADJOURNMENT - Adjourn to April 11 ,2007 at 6:30 PM
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1CITY OF SEAL BEACH
Environmental Quality Control Board
Minutes of February 28, 2007
Chairperson Voce called the Environmental Quality Control Board (EQCB) meeting of
on Wednesday, February 28,2007, to order at 6:30 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, and Vineyard
Also
Present: Department of Development Services
Lee Whittenberg, Director
Absent: Member Neal
II Approval of Agenda
Member Hurley requested that Item No. 1 be removed from the Consent Calendar for
further discussion.
MOTION by Hurley; SECOND by Barton to approve the Agenda as amended.
MOTION CARRIED:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
4-0-1
Voce, Barton, Hurley, and Vineyard
None
Neal
III Oral Communications
None.
IV Consent Calendar
2. Receive and File - Draft 2007 Air Quality Management Plan Information
MOTION by Hurley; SECOND by Barton to approve the Consent Calendar as amended.
MOTION CARRIED: 4 - 0 - 1
1 These Minutes were transcribed from an audiotape of the meeting.
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Receive and File - Letter to City of Long Beach Re: City of Seal Beach
Comments Re: Final EIR - "Seaport Marina Project."
Member Hurley commended the Director of Development Services for the thorough and
excellent work done on this letter, noting that it was very clear. He then noted that the
letter had been approved at the City Council meeting of February 12, 2007, and he
asked why it had not appeared on the agenda for the January 24, 2007 EQCB meeting.
Mr. Whittenberg explained that Staff was not made aware until after the January 24th
meeting that the Planning Commission for the City of Long Beach had scheduled the
public hearing for the Seaport Marina Project for its meeting of February 15, 2007, and
had not posted notice on their website until February 5th. He stated that the item was
subsequently continued to the meeting of March 15, 2007, and City of Seal Beach Staff
will be in attendance to again address these issues. Chairperson Voce asked if the City
of Long Beach would be responding to this comment letter. Mr. Whittenberg stated that
the City of Long Beach would only be required to respond to this letter if it were
commenting on an environmental document.
Mr. Whittenberg noted for the record that Member Neal arrived for the meeting at 6:36
p.m.
Member Hurley stated that he was confused because the 2nd paragraph refers to the
FEIR and the remainder of the letter refers to the DEIR. Mr. Whittenberg noted that this
was an oversight on his part.
Member Hurley then referred to the bottom of page 4 and noted that CEQA apparently
does not require a reciprocal agreement to cover the "fair share" of costs. Mr.
Whittenberg confirmed that CEQA evaluates the impacts, but does not mandate how
these are to be addressed or mitigated. Member Hurley then requested the most recent
edition of the CEQA Guidelines. Mr. Whittenberg stated that these could be provided to
the Board members.
Member Hurley then referred to the 3rd paragraph on Page 5 and asked why the City of
Long Beach would use its discretion to be of benefit to the City of Seal Beach. Mr.
Whittenberg explained that when the City of Seal Beach approved the Boeing Specific
Plan, part of the mitigation measures imposed was that Seal Beach pay traffic mitigation
fees to the City of Long Beach for traffic impacts at the intersections of Studebaker
Road and 2nd Street and Pacific Coast Highway and 2nd Street. He indicated that when
the City of Seal Beach asked Long Beach to take the same step for their project impacts
to Seal Beach, the response from Long Beach was that they were not required to do so.
Staff, therefore, included this paragraph to provide notice that Long Beach should not
expect to receive any traffic impact money for the Boeing Project.
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MOTION by Barton; SECOND by Neal to Receive and File - Letter to City of Long Beach
Re: City of Seal Beach Comments Re: Final EIR - "Seaport Marina Project."
MOTION CARRIED:
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ABSENT:
5-0
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None
V Scheduled Matters
3. APPROVAL OF MINUTES - January 24,2007.
Recommendation: Approve Minutes subject to any corrections determined
appropriate.
Member Hurley referred to Pages 2, Lines 30 and 40, and Line 5 on Page 3 and noted
that these should all read "Member Hurley," rather than "Vice-Chairperson Hurley," as
he was not elected Vice-Chairperson.
MOTION by Hurley; SECOND by Vineyard to approve the Meeting Minutes of January
24, 2007 as amended.
MOTION CARRIED:
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ABSENT:
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4. Approval of Comment Letter Re: "Draft Third Annual Groundwater Monitoring
Report -IR Sites 5 & 7 - Naval Weapons Station Seal Beach."
Recommendation: Authorize Chairman to sign draft comment letter with any
revisions determined appropriate. Receive and File Staff Report.
Mr. Whittenberg stated that basically the Naval Weapons Station (NWS) report
recommends that no further groundwater sampling is necessary for Sites 5 and 7. He
said that the report makes sense and he found no discrepancies with any other
documents previously submitted, so Staff has written a letter stating that the
conclusions are acceptable to the City.
Member Hurley asked if the NWS had originally planned to have more monitoring
reports. Mr. Whittenberg stated that the NWS had originally proposed 5 years of
reports. Member Hurley referred to Paragraph 3, Line 1, of Page 6 of the Staff Report
and suggested that this sentence be broken into two sentences with the word "and"
replaced with a period.
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Member Vineyard referred to Page v of the Clean 3 Navy report under
"Acronyms/Abbreviations," and noted that the terms for the acronyms DDD and DDE
were identical. Chairperson Voce noted that the word endings do have different
spellings.
MOTION by Vineyard; SECOND by Hurley to authorize the Chairman to sign the
comment letter as revised. Receive and File Staff Report.
MOTION CARRIED:
AYES:
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VI Staff Concerns
None.
VII Board Concerns
Member Hurley asked if the page numbering for Staff Reports could reflect a sequence
using A-1, A-2 for Attachment A, or if numbers are used to identify the Attachments then
the sequence 1-1, 1-2 for Attachment 1 would be appropriate. Mr. Whittenberg stated
that this could be done, but noted that this numbering system would be applied only to
those pages generated by Staff.
VIII Adjournment
Chairperson Voce adjourned at 6:56 p.m. to the regular meeting of March 28, 2007.
Respectfully Submitted,
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Carmen Alvarez, Executive Secretary
Department of Development Services
The Board on March 28, 2007, approved the Minutes of the Environmental Quality
Control Board of Wednesday, February 28,2007. ~ .
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