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Home My WebLink AboutPC Res 03-25 - 2003-06-18 ORIGINAL RESOLUTION NO. 03 - 25 A RESOLUTION OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF SEAL BEACH RECOMMENDING TO THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVAL OF GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT 03-2 (LAND USE, OPEN SP ACE/RECREA TION/CONSERV ATION, HOUSING AND CIRCULATION ELEMENTS - , BOEING IINTEGRATED DEFENSE SYSTEMS SPECIFIC PLAN) THE PLANNING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF SEAL BEACH DOES HEREBY RESOLVE: Section 1. Boeing Realty Corporation ("Applicant") has submitted applications for general plan amendments, specific plan, zoning map amendment, vesting tentative tract map and precise plan approvals for the Boeing Integrated Defense Systems (BIDS) property (collectively "application") with the City of Seal Beach. The Applicant seeks amendments to the General Plan to allow the implementation of the proposed BIDS Specific Plan, dated December 2002, on the land described in "Exhibit A", attached hereto and incorporated herein by this reference. Section 2. Pursuant to 14 Calif. Code of Regs. ~ 15025(a) and ~~ ILC and III of the City's Local CEQA Guidelines, staff prepared an Initial Study and a Draft Environmental Impact Report, which was circulated for public review and comment from December 27, 2002 to February 10, 2003, in compliance with the provisions of the California Environmental Quality Act and the City's Local CEQA Guidelines. Upon completion of the public review period, a Final Enviromnentallmpact Report was reviewed by the Planning Commission at a public hearing held on May 21,2003. Section 3. A duly noticed public hearing was held before the Planning Commission on May 21,2003 and continued to June 4 and June 18, 2003, to consider the applications. At the public hearing, Applicant's consultants and representatives, and several other persons spoke in favor of the request. Persons also spoke in opposition to the requests, on various grounds. Section 4. The record ofthe hearings indicates the following: (a) Applicant seeks to establish the following uses as part of the BIDS Specific Plan: Z \My Oo(,umenls\RESO\GPA 03-2 (Boemg) PC Reso doc\LW\06-23-03 Planlllng CommISSIOn ResolutIOn Number 03-25 General Plan Amendment 03-2 Boel1lg Integrated Defense Systems Specific Plan June 18, 2003 PROPOSED PROJECT LAND USES Planning Area Size Proposed Use(s) Maximum Floor Area (Gross) (acres) , 1 41 Existing Boeing Space aud Communications 1,150,000 square feet facilities. Allows for up to 345,000 square feet of additional building area. 2 16 All or portions of the existing buildings to 345,000 square feet remain and/or reused. New business park uses would require relocation and/or demolition of existing buildings and facilities. 3 45 New business park uses. Portions of the 628,000 square feet drainage ditches to be used for wetland restoration and water quality treatment purposes. 4 5 Business park, 120-room hotel, and 120-1'0001 (hotel) conunercial (retail, restaurant and similar 32,500 square feet (commercial)) commercial uses). (Alternate - 87,500 square feet- Business Park) TOTAL 107 acres 2,210,500 square feet (b) The project also includes new internal streets (Apollo Drive, Apollo Court and Saturn Way). Apollo Drive will provide access from Westminster Avenue and Seal Beach and is proposed to cul-de-sac with the potential for through extension depending on building design and locations within Planning Areas 1 and 2. All three streets are proposed to be publicly dedicated. (c) The surrounding land uses and zoning are as follows: NORTH: Retirement Community. Westminster Avenue and the Leisure World SOUTH: Industrial (Accurate Metals); and City Police Station, City Public Works yard and other City facilities, and Animal Care Center on the south side of Adolfo Lopez Drive. WEST: Los Alamitos Retarding Basin and Island Village residential community within the City of Long Beach. EAST: Retail commercial center, Seal Beach Boulevard and Seal Beach Naval Weapons Station. Section 5. Based upon substantial evidence in the record ofthe Planning COlmnission hearing regarding the application, including the facts stated in ~ 4 of this resolution, and in the environmental documentation prepared in conjunctIOn with this project, and pursuant to ~~ 28-2600 and 28-2602 of the City's Code, the Planning Commission hereby finds that General Plan Amendment, consistmg of Land Use Element Amendment 03-2, Open Space/Recreation/Conservation Element Amendment 03-2, Housing Element Amendment 03-2 and Circulation Element Amendment 03-2, will be beneficial to the short term and long tenn land use goals of the City of Seal Beach. The Planning Commission further finds that approval of the subject applications will promote the public health, safety and welfare. Therefore, the Planning Commission finds that the requested amendments to the General Plan Land Use, Open Space/Recreation/Conservation, GPA 03-2 (Boemg) PC Reso 2 Plannl11g CommlSSlO1l ResolutlOll Number 03-25 General Plan Amendment 03-2 Boeing Integrated Defense Systems Specific Plan June 18, 2003 Housing and Circulation Elements of the City of Seal Beach will be in the public interest, and makes the following findings of fact: (a) The proposed General Plan Amendments will conform land uses to those set forth within the Land Use, Open Space/Recreation/Conservation, Housing and Circulation Elements for the subject area, and provides a comprehensive development which accomplishes the following goals of the City in achieving sustainable development on the subject property: 1. a consistent project theme. 2. Creates a comprehensive land use and infrastructure plan with Provides for improvements to the street and circulation system within the area. 3. Creates a comprehensive development program for under- utilized and vacant properties. 4. Provides development that is at least fiscally neutral and, more likely, fiscally beneficial to the City. 5. Adequately mitigates project-related traffic and noise impacts to the extent feasible. (b) The proposed project will allow for a reasonable range of land uses on the subject property, recognizing the various site constraints discussed in the EIR, with the provision of various land uses to address the identified objectives of the City. (c) The proposed BIDS 'Specific Plan, and the necessary General Plan Amendments, will not be detrimental to the short tenn or long tenn goals or objectives of the City of Seal Beach and are in the interest of the public health, safety and welfare. The proposed amendments are consistent with the General Plan, as amended. Section 6. Based on the foregoing Sections 1 through 5, the Planning Commission hereby recommends that the City Council approve Land Use Element Amendment 03-2 as set forth below: 1. Page 22 of tile Land Use Element is revised to read as follows: "INDUSTRIAL LAND USE Categories for light industry and for oil extraction are the only industrial land use categories that are felt appropriate for the City of Seal Beach. 1. EXISTING LIGHT INDUSTRY The light industry land use category is represented by the North i\merican Rockv..cll Boeing Integrated Defense Systems (BIDS) facility at the intersection of Seal Beach Boulevard and Westminster Avenue. 1.1 Proposed Light Industrial Uses Two areas within the City are proposed to provide additional light industrial sites. The first is the parcel of land located directly adjacent to the North Amcrican Rock\....cll Boeing facility. Thc existing facility and futurc cxpansion will occupy approximately 90 aercs of thc total 120 acrc sitc. It is rccommended that the rcmaining 30 vacant acrcs be dcsignated for light industrial use, hopcfully in thc form of an "industrial park" imtcad of being pcrmitted to dcvelop in a haphazard manner. An "industrial park" is thc countcrpart to a .....cll desigRCd, landscapcd rcsidential subdivision. Thc ad"v'antagc of this typc of planned approach is that the community can compete for industry by offering fully scrviccd, protected sitcs for quality industry. }..n cxcellent example of this coneept is thc IrviRC Industrial Park in Irvine, Calif-ornia. The Boeing Integrated Defense Systems (BIDS) Specific Plan is being proposed. The proposed BIDS Specific Plan will consist of 107-acre site containing approximately 2.210.500 square feet of office. research and development. manufacturing. and support GPA 03-2 (Boemg) PC Reso 3 Planning COml111SSlOn ResolutIOn Number 03-25 General Plan Amendment 03-2 Boemg Integrated Defense Systems Specific Plan June 18, 2003 operations space. The BIDS Specific Plan is designed to allow for development in a manner that is compatible with the surrounding land uses. within. and adiacent to. the City of Seal Beach. The BIDS Specific Plan will be divided into four (4) Planning Areas. three of the four will be designated as Business Park/Light Industrial use with the fourth planning area designated as Hotel/Commercial use. The second proposal for additional industrial sites is for the parcel of land directly adjacent to and north of the San Diego Freeway and west of Seal Beach Boulevard. It is also recommended that this area be planned as an industrial park." 2. Section 5, "Specific or Precise Plans" of the Land Use Element is revised to add a new subsection 5.4 to read as follows: "5.4 Boeing Integrated Defense Systems (BIDS) Facility The Boeing Integrated Defense Systems (BIDS) Specific Plan encompasses 1 07 acres in the central western portion of the CIty. The specific plan is surrounded by Westminster Avenue to the north. Adolfo Lopez Dnve to the south. Seal Beach Boulevard to the east. and the Los Alamitos Retarding Basin to the west. This plan provides for development of a business park. combined with hotel and cOlmnercial uses. within the existing framework of the existing BIDS headquarters operations. . BIDS Planning Area 1 - Business Park (Existing Boeing Campus) Planning Area 1 (P A-I) is approximately 41 acres and comprises the existing core campus use of the property. This includes Buildings 80. 81. 82. and 90. the surface parking fronting Westminster Avenue (also known as parking lots 3 through 6). and other facilities and structures. The existing office. research and development. warehouse and distribution. manufactunng. and support operations land uses in this Planning Area WIll be preserved and maintained. P A-I currently supports 805.000 square feet of gross floor area. To respond to potential government and business contracts. developing communication and space technologies. and to support general business demands. P A-I is designated for a maximum of 1.150.000 square feet of gross floor area (an additional 345.000 square feet). The maximum F.A.R. for PA- 1 is 0.75. . BIDS Planning Area 2 - Business Park Planning Area 2 (PA-2) is approximately 16 acres and includes a range of BIDS facilities and buildings. including Buildings 84. 85. 86. 91. 93. 94. 96. and 100. a fire system tank farm. and an electrical substation. The existing gross floor area is approximately 345.000 square feet. Existing buildings and facilities in P A-2 may be maintained. reused. relocated. or elnninated. depending on BIDS business requirements. P A-2 is designated for business park purposes with a maximum of 345.000 square feet of new and/or existing gross floor area. The maximum F .A.R. for P A-2 is 0.60. . BIDS Plannmg Area 3 - Business Park Planning Area 3 (P A-3) is approximately 45 acres of vacant land. This Planning Area provides for the maiority of new development on the BIDS site. New light industrial buildings with up to 628.000 square feet of gross floor area are designated for this Planning Area. The maximum F.A.R. for PA-3 is 0.60. PA-3 will include a new road system mcluding ingress/egress from Seal Beach Boulevard and Westminster Avenue via Apollo Drive. providing access to the new industrial park and existing facilities. . BIDS Planning Area 4 - Hotel/Commercial Area GPA 03-2 (Boemg) PC Reso 4 Planning CommisslOll Re!!.olutlOn Number 03-25 General Plan Amendment 03-2 Boelllg Integrated Defense Systems Specific Plan June 18, 2003 Planning Area 4 (PA-4) is approximately 5 acres consisting primarily of(unused) parking lot 7 at the eastern end of the property between W estminster Avenue and Seal Beach Boulevard. This area is planned for hotel and/or commercial uses. allowing for up to 120 hotel rooms and 32.500 square feet of commercial. including retail. restaurant. and/or other similar commercial uses. Business park uses are also pennitted in this Planning Area." Section 7. Based on the foregoing Sections 1 through 5, the Planning Commission hereby recommends that the City Council approve Open Space/Conservation/Recreation Element Amendment 03-2 as set forth below: 1. Page 8 of the Open Space/Recreation/Conservation Element are revised to read as follows: "EXISTING Acreage PROPOSED Acreage Regional Parks Beaches 52.01 Los Alamitos Retarding 34.7 Basin, Ph. 1 Sunset Aquatic Park 28.01 Sunset Aquatic Park 67.0 Community Parks Edison 26.01,2 Arbor Park 13.02 Tennis Facility 6.7 Neighborhood Parks Almond 1.8 Marina Community 2.4 L.A. Water & Power Property 7.06 Eisenhower 1.4 Schooner 0.8 Bluebell 1.3 Heather 1.6 Aster 0.6 Bixby Village 2.5 Greenbelt Pacific Electric Right-of-way 8.21 San Gabriel River 2.3 Bixby Old Towne Center 6.4 Boeing Specific Plan Open Space 4.7 Bixby Village 0.3 Special Use Facilities Gum Grove Nature Park 10.21 North Seal Beach Center 0.51 McGaugh School 6.81,7 Zoeter School 2.41,7 TOTAL 173.0 TOTAL H-8H 15.7 GRAND TOTAL (existing and proposed) = ~ 288.7 Acres" Section 8. Based on the foregoing Sections I through 5, the Planning Commission hereby recommends that the City Council approve Housing Element Amendment 03-2 as set forth below: 1. Table 17 of the Housing Element is revised to read as follows: GPA 03-2 (Boemg) PC Reso 5 Name 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Planlllng CommISSIOn ResolutIOn Number 03-25 General Plan Amendment 03-2 Boel1lg Integrated Defeme Systems Specific Plan June 18, 2003 "TABLE 17 Vacant Site Analysis Acres General Plan! Zoning Status Proposed Specific Plan Application for Residential Uses Submitted General Plan! Zoning amendments approved in 1999 that mclude a 13 acre residential component Amendment to Specific Plan Required Necessary zonmg in place General Plan Amendment~ Specific Plan. tmti Zone Change. and Rcq uired Precise Plan approved in 2003 that did not include residential land uses Specific Plan for Visitor Serving Commercial! Park uses in Effect Specific Plan for Visitor Serving COlmnerclal use in Effect 2. Section 5.2.1.2.E of the Housing Element is revised to read as follows: HeUman Ranch (Mola Project) Specific Plan (RLD, 329 DUs on 74 acres, 41.4 acres of wetland) l49 Bixby Old Ranch* 20 (See note on following page) C-2 and R-G Leisure Wodd 4 RHD Lot at NE corner of 12th and PCH .55 RLD Rockwell International Boeing Integrated Defense Systems 50 M-I ** DWP Property 9.9 C-P 7. *** State Lands 2.74 SPR GPA 03-2 (Boemg) PC Reso 6 Planlllng CommISSIOn ResolutIOn Number 03-25 General Plan Amendment 03-2 Boeing Integrated Defense Systems Specific Plan June 18, 2003 "E. Program: Conduct public hearillgs to determine the appropriateness and benefits ofredesignatillg a pol1ion of a 50 acre ullder-utilized site on the R6ckwell lntematimltll Boeing Integrated Defense Systems property for uses illcludillg residential developmellt, with a portion of the site considered for higher dellsity housing affordable to lower income households, and other portions desigllated for sillgle family detached residential uses, to promote a more balanced housing inventory within the commullity. Anticipated Impact: The possible redesignation of approximately 50 acres of thc Roek.....ell International property to residential and othcr appropriate land uses, to pcnnit the dc',clopment of up to 250 units of low density housing on such parccl, including the redesignation of approximately 5 of the 50 acres to mcdium or high dcnsity residential (17 to 25 unIts/acre). If redesignated, the 5 acre portion of thc Roekv..cll International site will be developed with 25 very 10'N mcome, 50 low income and 50 modcrate income housing units. 'The de',clopmCflt and maintenance of these housing units in these proportioll3 and ineomc categories will be encouraged and facilitated through application of Programs 5.2.2.2(.\) and 5.2.2.2(B). In 2003 the City held numerous public hearings regarding the appropriateness and benefits of redesignating portions of the Boeing Integrated Defense Systems property for uses including some component of higher density housmg. Such hearings were the culmination of a lengthy fact-finding process. and included hearings on the merits of two separate development proiects. In 2003. the City Council approved a "Specific Plan" for continued use of the property for an integrated business park development. In evaluating the adoption of the Specific Plan. the environmental impact report evaluated an alternative proiect. the "Residential Component" Alternative. The City determined that residential uses were inappropriate on the site due to the following factors: 1) This land use alternative would not meet the proposed proiect's plannmg and enviromnental design obiectives. 2) A residential alternative would place additional demands on public safety providers and on public services greater than a business park development. 3) A residential alternative would limit the expansion of a range of employment opportunities within the City by limiting the development of currently zoned M- 1 properties and uses by developing residential uses instead. 4) The fiscal benefits associated with the proposed proiect would not occur since the hotel and cOlmnercial uses would not be developed under tIlis alternative. Impact Area: Census Tract 995.04. Respollsible Agencies: Planning Department, Planning Commission, City Council. Fin all cing: Planning Department budget. Schedule: The preparation of a A Specific Plan for the Rockwell International Boeing Integrated Defense Systems site will be undertaken by was submitted to the City in ~ 2002. As part of the Specific Plan preparation process, all appropriate land uses, including low and modcrate income housing, will was be considered as part of the plan preparation and enviromnental analysis process. The City acted in 2003 to approve various General Plan amendments. zone changes. the Boeing Integrated Defense Systems Specific Plan. a tentative subdivision map and precise plans for a 973.000 square business park development. a 120-room hotel facility. and up to 32.500 square feet of cOlmnercial development. " Section 9. Based on the foregoing Sections 1 through 5, the Planning Commission hereby recommends that the City Council approve Circulation Element Amendment 03-2 as set forth below: 1. Page 11 of the Circulation Element is revised to read as follows: GPA 03-2 (Boemg) PC Reso 7 Plan11l11g CommISSIOn ResolutIOn Number 03-25 General Plan Amendment 03-2 Boel1lg Integrated Defense Systems Specific Plan June 18, 2003 "Capital Improvements Program An important instrument of implementing the Circulation Element is a program of capItal improvements, that is, based on a perceived prionty of areas of concern these may be specifically planned for in the future. What ought to be established then is a system through which these concerns may be practically approached. Pnorities for the construction of improvements to the circulation systems need to be established. Areas of concern that ought to be considered follow (in no priority): o Seal Beach Boulevard --- San Diego Freeway interchange improvement. o Continued bicycle route development. o Specific study of the Main Street/commercial area. o FIrst Street Extension from Pacific Coast High'.vay to Vlcstminstcr Bh'd." 2. The Circulation Element Map is revised by eliminating the proposed First Street Extension from Pacific Coast Highway to Westminster Boulevard. PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED by the Planning Commission ofthe City of Seal Beach at a meeting thereofheld on the 18th day of June, 2003, by the following vote: AYES: Commissioners DEATON, HOOD, LADNER, SHANKS, AND SHARP NOES: Commissioners ABSENT: Commissioners ABSTAIN: Commissioners David Hood, Ph.D. Chairman, Planning Commis Wluttenberg, Secretary Planning Commission GPA 03-2 (Boemg) PC Reso 8 Planlllng CommISSIOn ResolutIOn Number 03-25 General Plan Amendment 03-2 Boemg Integrated Defense Systems Specific Plan June 18, 2003 "EXHIBIT A" BOEING INTEGRATED DEFENSE SYSTEMS SPECIFIC PLAN LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF SUBJECT PROPERTIES PARCEL 2, IN THE CITY OF SEAL BEACH, COUNTY OF ORANGE, ST ATE OF CALIFORNIA, AS SHOWN ON A MAP FILED IN BOOK 139, PAGE 4 OF PARCEL MAPS, IN THE OFFICE THE COUNTY RECORDER OF SAID COUNTY. EXCEPT ALL MINERALS, GAS, OIL, PETROLEUM, NAPHTHA AND OTHER HYDROCARBON SUBSTANCES ETC., BELOW THE DEPTH OF 500 FEET FROM THE SURFACE OF SAID LAND WITHOUT THE RIGHT OF SURFACE ENTRY AS RESERVED BY DEEDS OF RECORD, ONE OF THEM BEING RECORDED IN BOOK 7662, PAGE 442, OFFICIAL RECORDS. GPA 03-2 (Boemg) PC Reso 9