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Home My WebLink AboutPC Res 542 - 1971-05-19 . . - \ . . 1" . RESOLUTION NO 5/;:t.- A RESOLUTION OF TIlF PLANNING COMMI'5SION OF THF CITY or SEAL BEACH RFPORTING FINDINGS WITH RLGARD TO THE CITY OF LOS ALAMITOS PROPOSED LAND USE PLAN rOR Tllli NAVAL AIR STATION l~lEREAS, 1n the matter of reV1ew and study of the C1ty of Los Alam1tos proposed land use plan for the Naval A1r Stat10n the Plann1ng Comm1ss1on of the C1ty of Seal Beach does report as follows 1 SubJect plan 1S a proposed alternat1ve to the Department of the Navy's proposal to construct m1htary hous1ng unHS at the Naval A1r Stahon sIte 2 SubJect s1te compr1ses 1,330 acres located 1n the C1ty of Los Alam1tos duectly adJacent to the CHy of Seal Beach 3 Land use at sa1d s1te has been the subJect of a number of Seal Beach C1ty Counc1l po11cy statements A Res No 1804 - Not1ng 1ncompat1b1l1ty of use as a1r fac1l1ty, favor1ng 1ndustr1al and res1uent1al use B Res No 1843 - Favor1ng acqu1s1t1on of school s1tes and reg10nal open space, lf the a1r ~tat1on were to become 1nactIve C Res No lSQl - Oppos1ng a1r fac1l1ty of any type D Res No 1901 - Favor1ng a reg10nal park at the proposed deact1vated a1r stahon E Res No 1905 - Urg1ng construct1on of h1gh qua11ty hous1ng un1ts 4 Future land use po11cy addressed by subJect plan ~1ll undoubtedly have a s1gn1f1cant 1mpact on res1dents of Seal Beach part1cularly those l1v1ng adJacent to the s1te l~IEREAS, the Plann1ng Comm1ss1on w1th reference to the proposed plan does therefore offer the follow1ng flnd1ngs 1 The proposed plan represents a balanced approach to land use - that IS, 1t des1gnates certa1n areas for res1dent1al, research and development, town center, euucat1on, recreatIon, open space, and c1rculat1on uses and descr1bes the funct10nal relatIonshIps among such uses - unlIke the Department of the Navy proposal, namely, up to 2600 m1l1tary hous1ng un1ts prlmar1ly Intended for en11sted personnel 2 The proposed plan, 1n many respects, conforms w1th pr10r Seal Beach C1ty Counc1l Po11cy Statements favor1ng certa1n uses of the S1tC 3 The proposed plan In concept seems vastly superlour to the Navy's proposal for 2600 hous1ng un1ts, of the type descr1bed above 4 Several proposals conta1ned In the plan are v1ewed w1th certa1n reserva- tlons and are as follows A C1rculat1on w1se, the plan does not appear to offer solut1ons to problems In1t1ally outlIned, w1th the except10n that dur1ng peak per10ds 1t may re11eve some surface street pressure on Katella Avenue and perhaps Valley V1ew Street But probably at the expense of 1ncreaslng pressure on Seal Beach Blvd and on Lampson Avenue wlth1n the CIty of Seal Beach probably necessltat1ng add1tlonal s1gnallzatlon and h1gher ma1ntenance costs B In VIew of 1tS d1stance from the 405 Freeway and the proposed c1rculat1on plan, the proposal for a reg10nal commerc1al development , , . . . ... . . , .. . Page 2 4 seems unl1kely, and over t1me, the lack of mvestment capl.tal for that purpose could force an extentl.on of R ~ D uses to the proposed commercl.al Sl.te "Electronl.cs plants, factorl.es for modern precl.sl.on components and small factones" adJacent to sl.ngle faml.ly areas located l.n Seal Beach Park East seems untenable B NOW, T~IFREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Plannl.ng COmmlSSl.0n of the Cl.ty of Seal Beach does hereby report l.ts fl.ndl.ngs wl.th regard to the Cl.ty of Los Alaml.tos proposed land use plan for the Naval Al.r Statl.on ADOPTED AND APPROVED thl.s day of 19th C I hereby certl.fy that the foregol.ng resolutl.on was duly adopted at a re~ular meetl.ng of the Plannl.ng Comml.ssl.on of the Cl.ty of Seal Beach whl.ch was held on Wednesday Mav 19. 1971 , and carned by the followl.ng vote AYES NOES ABSENT ABSTAIN Comml.ssl.oners Comml.ssl.oners Comml.ssl.oners Comml.ssl.oners Darr, Knapp, Lannl.ng, O'Toole, Rl.pperdan None None None SSl.on