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INSUFFICIENT PARKING FROM HIGH DENSITY HOUSING
FORCED ONTO COMMUNITY STREETS
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OUTLINE FOR PRESENTATION
My purpose here today is to revisit prior discussions about parking and how they relate to the EIR
GO OVER EXISTING PARKING INFORMATION POINT OUT DEFICIENCIES
LACK OF GOOD FAITH AND
UNNEIGHBORLY behavior by developer to DISMISS OVERFLOW PARKING TO SURROUNDING COMMUNITY
CONCLUSION: PARKING ISSUES AFFECT ENVIRONMENT AND ARE CEQA RELATED,
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As referenced by the coalition attorney – HOOVER HIGH SCHOOL CASE IN 2013
THIS WAS A CASE WHERE A FOOTBALL STADIUM WAS BUILT BUT THE PARKING OVER FLOW WAS LEFT OUT OF THE ANALYSIS . TAXPAYER SUED IN THE CASE: TAXPAYERS VERSUS UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT COURT
UPHELD THAT PARKING SHOULD BE STUDIED FOR ANY POTENTIAL IMPACT ON ENVIRONMENT (2013).
GOES ON TO STATE THAT VEHICLES WHETHER DRIVEN OR PARKED MAY BE AFFECTED BY A PROPOSED PROJECT
THEREBY REQUIRING A LEAD AGENCY TO STUDY WHETHER PARKING MAY CAUSE A SIGNIFICANT EFFECT ON PARKING AND THUS THE ENVIRONMENT.
FURTHERMORE, TO THE EXTENT THE LACK OF PARKING AFFECTS HUMANS,
THAT FACTOR MAY BE CONSIDERED IN DETERMINING WHETHER THE PROJECT’S EFFECT ON PARKING IS SIGNIFICANT UNDER CEQA.
NEIGHBORS ARGURED THAT SPILLOVER PARKING PREVENTED VISIBILITY ON NARROW
STREETS,BLOCKING DRIVEWAYS, CROSSWALKS, ACCESS TO FIREHYDRANTS. THE SAME ISSUES are currently being felt by HOME OWNERS in N. Seal Beach and Rossmoor.
THUS THE COURT CONCLUDED THAT
PARKING SHOULD HAVE BEEN ANALYZED IN THE EIR FOR ITS EFFECT ON ENVIRONMENT.
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ANALYSIS OF PARKING PROBLEM
In MR. GARY MILLER’S LETTER WRITTEN IN APRIL TO RESPOND TO EIR , His letter states the EIR SHOULD HAVE INCLUDED PARKING ANALYSIS FOR THE ENTIRE SHOPS AT ROSSMOOR.
THE CONDITIONAL USE
PERMIT 15-7 REPORTED THE FOLLOWING ANALYSIS FOR PARKING IN MAY 2016. POINTS OF CONTENTION:
REQUIRED ZONING FOR HEALTHCLUB S/B 1/100 SF (LIKE LA) NOT 1/300 SF (SB). WITNESS PEAK PERIODS
OF PARKING AT 24 HOUR FITNESS AND LA FITNESS (PER GARY MILLER’S LTR) OVER 300 PARKING SPACES NEEDED.
LAST YEAR THE MITIGATED NEGATIVE DECLARATION CLAIMED THAT THE 53,665/SF DEVELOPMENT
WOULD ELIMINATE 40 PARKING SPACES, WHEREAS THE MATH FOR 9’X18’ SF AND 9’ X 12’ SF DRIVE LANE WOULD ELIMINATE 200 PARKING SPACES
INCLUDE THE ESTIMATED OVERFLOW PARKING AS REQUIRED PARKING..ROSSMOOR
SHOULD NOT BE SUBSIDIZING THIS PROJECT. HIGHEST RESIDENTIAL UNITS IN CITY NEEDS TO BE ADDRESS. BEST SOLUTION PROPOSED BY RHA PRESIDENT BEVERLY HOUGHTON IN HER 3/31/2017 RESPONSE TO
DEIR. AND THAT IS ADD A PARKING STRUCTURE TO ACCOMMODATE.
TAKE A LOOK AT YOUR SPREAD SHEET ON PARKING.
THE City/DEVELOPER plan SHOWS ON THE LEFT THAT THERE IS A SURPLUS OF 327 UNITS…CONTRAST
THAT WITH SCHEDULE ON RIGHT WHEN THE REAL NEED FOR PARKING SPACES FOR LA FITNESS IS OVER 300 UNITS NOT 123 . (RE: CITY OF LA ZONING, COMPARABLE OBSERVATIONS AT 24 HOUR FITNESS AND LA
FITNESS PROJECT SITES AT PEAK USAGE)
ALSO, OVERFLOW PARKING IS ANALYZED AND IT IS ESTIMATED THERE IS A NEED FOR AN ADDITIONAL 237 parking spaces AND POSSIBLY MORE. DISMISSING THIS PROBLEM
AND THROWING THE OVERFLOW INTO THE neighboring residential STREETS IS UNNEIGHBORLY, and IRRESPONSIBLE. I also VIOLATES CEQA BY NOT being INCLUDING IN EIR.
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Conclusion of Analysis
PARKING ISSUES (DO) AFFECT ENVIRONMENT AND SHOULD BE INCLUDED UNDER CEQA AS NOTED IN TAXPAYERS VS SDUSD (HOOVER H.S.)
Mitigation Measures: The city of Seal Beach Needs to address future
steps to permanently fix the extreme lack of parking issue that plagues the property owners of the north Seal Beach Condos. The city of Seal Beach should work with the developer to include
Parking Structure as recommended by RHA president Bev Houghton in responses to EIR. (ltr dated 3/31/2017 RHA)
We in the community respectfully request the decision to approve the EIR
be overturned and the EIR be RESTUDIED to INCLUDE STUDYING ENTIRE SHOPPING CENTER PARKING REQUIREMENT, and all of the omitted and defiant data be reexamined and included in a revised
EIR.
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