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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC Min 1994-02-14 .1 .1 1 ,-. , .. 1-24-94 I 2-14-94 however the separation of major portions of the community is a concern given the location of the fault line through the city, to which there is an effort to encourage Surfs ide Colony to have a link with Huntington Beach should there be damage to the transportation corridor, likewise College Park East and Rossmoor with Los Alamitos and Garden Grove, and College Park West with Long Beach. It was noted that no large gas lines traverse the fault line, yet there is one line on Lampson, one near the steam plant, and the off-shore oil line runs First street to Pacific Coast Highway and north on PCH. The Mayor encouraged all residents to secure their homes and belongings and noted that the Planning Scenario cites the potential of citizens being on their own for up to seventy-two hours, and suggested that they become familiar with nearby Neighborhood Watch programs, identification of local sources of medical assistance, etc. ORAL COMMUNICATIONS There were no Oral communications. CLOSED SESSION No Closed Session was held. ADJOURNMENT It was the order of the Chair, with consent of the Council, to adjourn the meeting until Monday, February 14th, 1994 at 6:00 p.m. to meet in Closed Session. The meeting was adjourned by unanimous consent at 8:03 p.m. of the Approved: Attest: Seal Beach, California February 14, 1994 The City Council of the City of Seal Beach met in regular adjourned session at 6:05 p.m. with Mayor Forsythe calling the meeting to order with the Salute to the Flag. ROLL ~l\T.'L Present: Mayor Forsythe Councilmembers Brown, Doane, Hastings, Laszlo Absent: None Also present: Mr. Bankston, city Manager Mr. Barrow, city Attorney Mrs. Yeo, city Clerk 2-14-94 CLOSED SESSION The city Attorney reported the Council would meet in Closed Session pursuant to Government Code Section 54956.9(a) to discuss the Stark versus City of Seal Beach matter, SA CV 93- 360-LTL(RWRx), another matter pursuant to subsection (b) the' City Council has determined, based on existing facts, that there is significant exposure to litigation. It was the order of the 1-' Chair, with consent of the council, to adjourn to Closed Session at 6:06 p.m. The Council reconvened at 6:41 .p.m. with Mayor Forsythe calling the meeting to order. The City Attorney announced that the Council had discussed the two items of pending litigation, gave direction to the City Attorney with regard to one of those matters, and no further action was taken. ADJOURNMENT It was the order of the Chair, with consent of the Council, to adjourn the meeting at 6:42 p.m. Jh the Clerk and ex-off1C10 of Seal Beach Approved: ~u.. /d.oA>~' Mayor Attest: I Seal Beach, California February 14, 1994 The city Council of the City of Seal Beach met in regular session at 7:08 p.m. with Mayor Forsythe calling the meeting to order with the Salute to the Flag. ROLL CALL Present: Mayor Forsythe Councilmembers Brown, Doane, Hastings, Laszlo Absent: None Also present: Mr. Bankston, city Manager Mr. Barrow, city Attorney Mr. Whittenberg, Director of Development Services Mrs. Yeo, City Clerk I" WAIVER OF FULL READING Brown moved, second by Hastings, to waive the reading in full of all ordinances and resolutions and that consent to the waiver of reading shall be deemed to be given by all Councilmembers after reading of the title unless specific request is made at that time for the reading of such ordinance or resolution. AYES: NOES: Brown, Doane, Forsythe, Hastings, Laszlo None Motion carried I I I 2-14-94 PRESENTATION Mayor Forsythe read in full a proclamation declaring the week of February 13th through February 19th, 1994 as "Vocational Education Week." Mayor Forsythe introduced Ms. Jeanne Flint, member of the Los Alamitos School Board, and commended her efforts in working for the betterment and education of children for nearly nine years. The Mayor presented Ms. Flint with the proclamation, and noting her upcoming relocation from the city of Seal Beach, presented a city plaque personally recognizing her services as a member of the School Board. Ms. Flint accepted the proclamation and memento with appreciation. ORAL COMMUNICATIONS Mayor Forsythe declared Oral Communications open. Mr. Galen Ambrose, Seal Beach, made reference to the upcoming election and recalled that event four years past. Mayor Forsythe interjected a request that political comments be avoided in the Council Chambers, and inquired if a policy exists to accomplish that. The city Attorney responded that an oral policy has been passed down through the years for people to refrain from political comments, however explained that persons have the right to speak and may not choose to honor that policy. Mr. Ambrose said he wanted to see property values maintained, he did not want to see another land use court battle at considerable cost to the City, commended the current Council for having done a fine job, his personal desire is that people understand what could come about if other people were handling City business for the citizens, and stated he was campaigning for no one. Acknowledging that there are business persons running for office, Mr. Ambrose stated his concern is that people equate building, business, etc. with progress, yet to him progress is quality of life, not rampant development, subsidizing businesses, businesses in Seal Beach are meant for the convenience of the citizens. He suggested that people look at the destruction of property values in surrounding communities as a result of development, and there are some promoting more development in Seal Beach because of the value of property. Mr. Ambrose said he wanted his quality of life and property values protected, that businesses should not be subsidized and should succeed on their own merit. Dr. Robert Feldmeth introduced himself as a Professor of Environmental Biology at the Claremont Colleges, as well as biological consultant to the land owner of Bolsa Chica since 1970, and requested to address the City's comments, specifically Comment 5, to the Draft Environmental Impact Report for the proposed Bolsa Chica project, given his understanding that there are concerns regarding the potential impacts of the Bolsa Chica restoration alternatives on the Anaheim Bay wetlands and the Seal Beach National Wildlife Refuge. In terms of wildlife impacts Dr. Feldmeth said the Bolsa Chica restoration will have the greatest impact on birds, resident bird species continually move around and seek habitat that is optimal for feeding and breeding, they do that now and will continue to do so when the construction and restoration begins, at Bolsa Chica they will probably move away from construction areas, may move to other parts of the lowland, or there is a possibility that they will be displaced and move into adjacent areas like the Anaheim Bay wetlands; migratory species, such as shore birds and water fowl, that move up and down the Pacific flyway in spring and fall will stop at Anaheim Bay, Bolsa Chica, and upper Newport Bay for feeding and resting purposes; the largest group, the shore birds, migrate at various times of year, use the mudflat areas for feeding and openflat for resting and at present the only habitat for them to feed in the Bolsa Chica area is the outer Bolsa Bay, the long strip along Pacific Coast Highway south of Warner Avenue, water birds use the inland portion of the Bay where there is fresher water ponded behind dikes in the oil fields. Describing the two plans for this land and the impacts 2-14-94 to Seal Beach, Dr. Feldmeth first made reference to the Koll proposed plan, creating a large tidal bay connected to the ocean by a tidal inlet and at low tide much of this Bay will be mudflat providing a feeding area for various birds similar to the Anaheim Bay mudflat at low tide, this Bay and the associated habitats around it will provide more habitat for sensitive species, the population of which will likely increase because of 1 this restoration. Migratory birds will avoid any construction areas but will use the outer Bay area that will be left as it exists, will not be dredged, therefore a problem should not be realized. The overall impact of the Koll plan in terms of wildlife affects will be diversion of flood control waters from the East Garden Grove Flood Control Channel into the ocean through the large tidal bay, no longer flowing into Huntington Harbor and Anaheim Bay, a positive aspect of the proposed Koll project, and there are no negative impacts foreseen on the Seal Beach and Anaheim Bay areas in terms of wildlife impacts. Dr. Feldmeth said the County plan has water coming through Anaheim Bay and Huntington Harbor and flowing into the Bolsa Chica area, a much smaller tidal bay, the Flood Control Channel will continue to be routed as it is now, therefore flood control impacts on outer Bolsa Bay and Huntington Harbor will be the same, a large channel will need to be dredged in the outer Bolsa Bay and the bridge on Warner Avenue widened, thus the impact of the County plan is that there will continue to be flood control effects upon Huntington Harbor and the Seal Beach wetlands, and the birds will likely not do as well under this plan during the period of construction, displaced from the outer Bolsa Bay. He concluded that the Anaheim Bay, Newport Bay and Bolsa Chica all have considerable area for more birds because there has been a reduction in the Pacific flyway numbers, about a thirty percent reduction during the last twenty-five years, the reason for that 1 remaining uncertain however possibly due to habitat destruction in South America. Ms. Carla Watson, Seal Beach, recalled February 14th as the birthday of a former resident who would have been one hundred years old today and used to tell children that wetlands are like a filling stations for birds, on which they depend. Ms. Watson made reference to an ecology book from which she read the quote "why should any person, group or commercial enterprise have the right to intrude upon or interfere with the natural and orderly life of other cultures or bioregions." There being no further comments, Mayor Forsythe declared Oral Communications closed. CONSENT CALENDAR - ITEMS "B" thru "N" Councilman Doane requested Item "G" be removed from the consent Calendar. Councilman Laszlo questioned the current meeting schedule of the Recreation Commission. The City Manager reported the Commission has been meeting quarterly for some time. Hastings moved, second by Brown, to approve the recommended action for items on the Consent Calendar, except Item "G", as presented. B. Approved regular demands numbered 4361 through 4563 in the amount of $554,017.79 and payroll demands numbered 5267 through 5439 in the amount of $209,823.10 as approved by the Finance Committee, and authorized warrants to be drawn on the Treasury for same. I' C. Received and filed the 1992/93 Annual Financial Statements for the Seal Beach Administration Building Authority. D. Received and filed the Parks and Recreation Commission Resolution Number 93-1 amending their I I I ", " 'Q"" >:, . r' ,~-t 2-14-94 meetings days to be the fourth Wednesday of the months of January, March, May, July, September, and November. E. Adopted Resolution Number 4285 entitled "A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SEAL BEACH DENYING CUP NO. 92-7, A REQUEST FOR THE INSTITUTION OF OPERATIONS AT OIL SEPARATION FACILITIES ON A PORTION OF ASSESSOR'S PARCEL NUMBER 199-010-10 (UNOCAL, 99 MARINA DRIVE.)" By unanimous consent, full reading of Resolution Number 4285 was waived. F. Received and filed the monthly investment report as of December 31, 1993. H. Adopted Resolution Number 4286 entitled "A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SEAL BEACH APPROVING THE CLOSURE OF THE NORTH AND SOUTH BOUND TURNPOCKETS LOCATED AT THE MAIN STREET/PACIFIC COAST HIGHWAY INTERSECTION." By unanimous consent, full reading of Resolution Number 4286 was waived. I. Accepted the resignation of Mr. Tom Quinn, District One representative to the Beach Commission. J. Approved the introduction of Ordinance Number 1382 entitled "AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SEAL BEACH, CALIFORNIA, RESCINDING ORDINANCE NUMBER 1313," (establishing the Beach Commission), and passed Ordinance Number 1382 to second reading. By unanimous consent, full reading of Ordinance Number 1382 was waived. K. Received and filed the staff report relating to the review of the "AICUZ Study, Los Alamitos Army Airfield." L. Accepted the proposal from Willdan Associates for Assessment Engineering Services for Lighting District No. 1. M. Adopted Resolution Number 4287 entitled "A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF SEAL BEACH, CALIFORNIA, ESTABLISHING VOTING PRECINCTS AND POLLING PLACES, APPOINTING PRECINCT BOARD MEMBERS AND FIXING COMPENSATION FOR THE PRIMARY MUNICIPAL ELECTION TO BE HELD ON TUESDAY, MARCH 29th, 1994." By unanimous consent, full reading of Resolution Number 4287 was waived. N. Approved the minutes of the regular meetings of January lOth and January 24th, 1994. AYES: NOES: Brown, Doane, Forsythe, Hastings, Laszlo None Motion carried ITEMS REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM "G" - ADOPT A HIGHWAY PROGRAM Councilman Doane said he wished to personally and on behalf of the residents of Leisure World thank the Rotary Club for their adoption of Seal Beach Boulevard between Pacific Coast Highway and Beverly Manor Road for litter control and removal through the Adopt A Highway Program. Brown moved, second by Doane, to 2-14-94 establish an "Adopt A Highway" Program and authorize the Seal Beach Rotary Club to adopt Seal Beach Boulevard between Pacific Coast Highway and Beverly Manor Road. AYES: NOES: Brown, Doane, Forsythe, Hastings, Laszlo None Motion carried CITY RESPONSE - DRAFT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT - PROPOSED 1- BOLSA CHICA PROJECT The Director of Development Services presented the staff report and draft response letter, revised pursuant to additional concerns expressed by the Environmental Quality Control Board, to the proposed Bolsa Chica project Draft Environmental Impact Report. The Director emphasized that the primary purpose of the matter before the Council is to provide comments to the County of Orange as to the adequacy of the documentation provided as part of the Draft Environmental Impact Report for the Bolsa Chica Project. He noted that the focus of staff has primarily been to those areas felt to have the greatest direct and indirect impact on the City of Seal Beach and its residents, a prime concern being traffic, and based upon discussions of the Environmental Quality Control Board, the impact of Bolsa Chica wetland restoration projects on the National Wildlife Refuge, mutual aid agreements between adjQ.ining cities and the County, and the Armed Forces Reserve Center in performing its function as a Disaster Support Area. He pointed out that of the sixteen pages of response comments, staff focus dealt with three major areas, one being that in several instances the document states that it only deals with the portions of the project located within the County of Orange, and although approximately five hundred of the proposed housing units are actually in the city 1_ of Huntington Beach, the analysis is not clear if it includes the impacts of those five hundred units or only the 4,286 units in the unincorporated County area. The second major concern was with the traffic analysis where the indications throughout the report were that many of the project alternatives included what was termed to be an upsizing of Pacific Coast Highway from four to six lanes. It was felt that proposal was not well delineated within the EIR document, and in several instances it was indicated that state agencies having authority to widen Pacific Coast Highway have no intention of doing so, to which staff comments were that if that were an infeasible mitigation measure it should not be included in the alternatives and the EIR should be relooked with such a measure being proposed. In addition, if an upsizing of Pacific Coast Highway is proposed the provisions of CEQA require that when you have a mitigation that in and of itself would have impacts, those impacts also need to be described in the EIR document, in this document they are not. The document does not reflect what the impacts would be on the communities of Surfside, Sunset Beach and Seal Beach by widening of Pacific Coast Highway from four to six lanes, whether that would be accomplished through the taking of privately owned property, elimination of currently existing on-street parking areas, what the impacts would be to the parking situation throughout the area, noise impact from increased vehicles, air quality impact, there is no discussion within the document of I' any of those issues, and it is the opinion of staff that they need to be addressed. The other major concern addressed of the response letter is that in several of the alternatives discussed by the County, primarily with regard to reducing the density of the number of housing units, several of the alternatives were dismissed fairly early in the analysis process with the general comment that the developer indicated he would not be willing to do the wetland restoration if the number of units were reduced to the lower number(s), to which the response is that that is no reason to so quickly disregard a proposed alternative, the purpose of an EIR is to discuss environmental impacts and not I I I ~. ~ 2-14-94 whether a developer is particularly inclined to agree to such alternative at the time, the comment letter suggesting that all of the alternatives should include the wetland restoration program, the traffic improvement program, then identify the impacts to the reduced density project(s) if those components were included, and the County could then make a decision based on review of all of the alternatives and all of the impacts, it would then be up to the developer as to whether he is willing to agree to all of the conditions imposed by the County. Noting that the collection of data for an environmental report is referred to as a study area, the Mayor inquired as to the radius of the area studied specifically with regard to circulation and traffic in this case. The Director responded that intersections studied would be those having an impact of three percent additional traffic, that being the outside limit of analysis, with apecific reference to this project the analysis would be of Pacific Coast Highway to the intersection of Westminster/Second Street, north to the 405 Freeway, and east on the 405 to the intersection with Warner Avenue. With regard to the impact upon cars reaching those points, the Director explained that the significance of less than three percent of the existing level of traffic, as defined in the Congestion Management Plan for Orange County, would be determined to not be a significant impact on an intersection therefore anything below the three percent threshold is not addressed. The Mayor inquired about the reference to Plan 2010. The Director indicated that Plan is a reference to a post 2010 buildout, explaining that one EIR analysis is a projection of current levels of development and current levels of traffic that would occur up to the year 2010 assuming the Bolsa Chica project is not developed, another analysis shows what would occur with projects that have already been approved and additional people moving into Southern California between now and the year 2010, an additional level of analysis then takes those levels of increased traffic, adds to it the traffic that would be generated by this particular project to give the cumulative impact of future projected traffic regionwide. The Mayor then surmised that the post 2010 analysis, with or without this project, proposes a recommendation for the widening of Pacific Coast Highway. The Director said it is believed that the recommendation for upsizing Pacific Coast Highway is only in relation to a proposed project on the Bolsa Chica and it is understood that CalTrans has no plans for widening north of Warner Avenue. Mayor Forsythe pointed out that it is important to understand that it is not only the Bolsa Chica development that will impact Seal Beach, several other projects have been approved close to this site, those projects cumulatively will generate 138,000 additional vehicular trips on the existing roadway network, the projects already approved, plus this project, would duplicate the population of Seal Beach, that within one mile of the City limits. She said EIR's always seem to mitigate something to a level of insignificance and if the impact can not be resolved through a mitigation measure the problem then becomes an unavoidable adverse impact with no mitigation measures. In this case with regard to Pacific Coast Highway a quote from the EIR was that it would exceed capacity if improvements are not made, the mitigation/improvement provisions then state that if the appropriate agencies do not upsize PCH it will be necessary to file a deficiency plan, and the residual impact after mitigation, which can not be done, is that in the case of no upsizing of PCH the traffic impacts would be significant and unavoidable, in other words the General Plan of the County will be revised to reflect different number standards that will deem the affects on Seal Beach to be non-existent. She predicted that persons traveling to employment in the Los Angeles area will utilize PCH as a north/south route, Seal Beach Boulevard will be used to access the freeway, the current noise impact for 2-14-94 properties adjacent to PCH is already significant, yet the County says nothing can be done and in turn is considering approval of nearly five thousand more homes that will further increase traffic noise. Mayor Forsythe pointed out as well that an inlet will be allowed that will erode portions of the beach, some existing homes will be prone to flooding because of the realignment, the water quality of Huntington Harbor will I decrease because there will not be the circulation that there was previously, hazardous conditions will be created for swimmers and surfers because of the revetment that will allow for the tidal inlet, and those adverse impacts, coupled with the proposal to widen Pacific Coast Highway north of the proposed project, would significantly impact Sunset Beach, Surfside, and Seal Beach. Mayor Forsythe requested that the response letter to the County be strengthened to reflect this City'S adamant opposition to this project as proposed given the inconsistencies with CEQA and the Coastal Act, that the unavoidable adverse impacts on Seal Beach are totally unacceptable, and asked that letters received from five residents adjacent to Pacific Coast Highway be included with the response. Doane moved, second by Laszlo, to authorize the Mayor and EQCB Chairman to revise the response letter to the Draft Environmental Impact Report for the proposed Bolsa Chica Project to reflect the City's strong position on this matter, and authorize the Mayor and Chairman to execute the response for submittal to the County by February 18th. AYES: NOES: Brown, Doane, Forsythe, Hastings, Laszlo None Motion carried Councilmember Hastings noted that the EIR also does not I adequately address the financial impact in the case of a seismic event, and quoted from a communication received from Dr. Robert winchell, Professor of Geological Sciences at Cal State University Long Beach, claiming that it is the taxpayer who will ultimately pay for damages to infrastructure and for emergency services, and making reference to the response letter, the potential that the City could eventually incur the cost of traffic mitigation improvements, instead of mitigation being the responsibility of the developer, emphasizing that local tax dollars should not be used for infrastructure improvements on behalf of the Koll Company. Mayor Forsythe added that the current fiscal environment is different, a housing development no longer pays for itself and is in fact a financial drain on a local community, if approved by the County the project will also be built to County standards which are substandard to those of the City of Huntington Beach, and in the long term this project will likely be annexed to Huntington Beach whereby they will then be responsible for servicing this development. Councilmember Hastings requested that the response letter address the fiscal concerns. To an inquiry of Councilman Laszlo, the City Attorney confirmed that legal actions between jurisdictions have occurred. It was the consensus of the Council to allow the public to I comment on this issue. Dr. Rosenman, 8th Street, expressed concern with the access to and adequacy of medical facilities in the event of a disaster. Mr. Ambrose, Seal Beach, commended the action of the Council on the Bolsa Chica EIR; urged a strong stand at such time as this project itself is under consideration; cited a study showing that bays and wetlands provide a purifying factor with regard to water quality; and there has been prior testimony that houses can not be built around wetlands. Ms. Sebring, Bolsa Avenue, expressed her belief that not only Seal Beach Boulevard and PCH will be traffic impacted, that half of the Seal Beach Boulevard traffic I I I ,) . t.~ 1'4 2-14-94 will likely exit onto Bolsa Avenue, and urged a strong response to the EIR. Ms. Pat Taylor, Surfside, expressed appreciation for the City response to the EIR, noted the concern of the Colony with the impact of traffic, noise, widening of PCB, an earthquake, and noted that Surfside homeowners are also writing letters to this issue. Dr. Labedz, Seal Beach, Surfrider Foundation, stated his belief that the biological aspects of this issue is a City concern; commended the staff responses relating to the traffic issues and addition of the Anaheim Bay ~etlands; said he felt the EIR was weak on the issue of building houses on wetlands, is treated as a wetlands restoration project, which it is not, where restoration is to take place only if there is sufficient financial gain by year 2010, the position of the developer having always been that they would do no restoration unless they are allowed to build on the wetlands; compared the impact of human activities on the large Anaheim Bay wetlands to the relatively small, biodiverse Bolsa Chica wetlands; a new solution being the Bolsa Chica Land Trust, a proposal to buy the Bolsa for fair market value given additional time and community support. Ms. Olson, Seal Beach, added her concern with the environmental issues, and spoke favorably of the land trust concept, a fair way to compensate the land owner, and positive image for large corporations to donate to good projects. Dr. Feldmeth, Environmental Biology Professor, said development of the Bolsa Chica would begin about 1998, restoration commencing about the same time; it is necessary for the flood control improvements to be done prior to; initial development would be of the large bay, rerouting of the flood control channel into the bay, out to the ocean through the tidal inlet, a six phased project; the Coastal Act allows for degraded wetlands to be restored, if Fish and Game has found a wetland to be degraded, twenty-five percent of the degraded wetland can be built upon, the funds from that can be used to restore the remaining seventy-five percent, which is the means to fund the wetland restoration. To a question that if homes are not allowed to be built in the wetlands lowland area by the State regulatory agency, would the wetlands be restored, Dr. Feldmeth indicated that there would be no funds to perform the restoration unless funding were from another source, in other words if no development were allowed in the lowland area the wetlands would not be restored. Mr. Voce, Seal Beach, pointed out the development of hundreds and thousands of houses in Southern California, the area over-populated for infrastructure; this property inappropriate for development due to liquefaction and seismic conditions; the event of an earthquake along the existing fault very likely to cause massive damage to bridges and roadways, posing an inability to commute or receive emergency aid; suggested that an EIR should ask the question 'is it legitimate to interject more population into an already over- populated area;' the availability of water is inadequate for existing population, a major drought occurring every eight years as well; the estimated population of the original inhabitants of the area between the Santa Monica mountains and Orange County was ten thousand, it is now ten million, that an example of over-population and direct environmental concern; and the voluminous EIR does not address all of the concerns and impacts. Ms. Lillian Robles, an Acagchemem Elder, said some of her people came here in 1769 and she was speaking as a Native American. She spoke of ancient remains that have been found on the Bolsa Chica, some six to eight thousand years old, to which she asked what has happened to integrity and values, and what will be left for the great grandchildren. Commending the City Council for allowing pUblic comments to this issue, she appealed to the Council to help her people save this land. Ms. Carla Watson, Catalina Avenue, noted the unresponsiveness of County government to the people, to which she said what is needed is a declaration of interdependent government, a networking with other cities 2-14-94 that are likewise concerned with the quality of life. Dr. Rosenman suggested the communication from Dr. Winchell be provided the press. Ms. Sally Hirsch, Crestview Avenue, recalled her objection when the Hellmans fenced their property, specifically the Gum Grove, however reported a small science experiment is now occurring adjacent to backyards where various species of birds are returning to the area, their numbers I continuing to increase. Councilmember Hastings inquired as to whether the developer or taxpayers will be required to pay the cost of upgrading the seven roadways within the LCP project area, all of which require a Master Plan of Arterial Highways amendment. The Director reported there is a Area Traffic Improvement Program proposed by the Xoll Company, required to be funded by them to provide the roadway improvements primarily in the Huntington Beach and County areas, again noting there are no improvements proposed for PCH north of Warner, also explained that widening would not be involved for all streets, rather improvements to intersections, turn lanes, signal coordination; etc. Councilman Laszlo pointed out that the Armed Forces Reserve Center at Los Alamitos is the Disaster Support Area for entire southern half of California. COUNCIL CONCERNS Councilman Laszlo inquired as to notification of the recent Airport Land Use Commission meeting to consider the noise contours for the proposed Bixby project. Staff reported the agenda for that meeting was received the day following the meeting, the ALUC was then contacted requesting that the city be timely notified of their meetings by FAX in the future, and noted that the ALUC had been provided copies of city's comments relating to the AICUZ study, the February, 1994 AICUZ study as well. Councilman Laszlo asked that the Airport Land Use I Commission be requested to inform the City and himself of upcoming meetings. Councilmember Hastings inquired as to the status of H/CD funding for the after school/summer program at McGaugh School. The Director noted the Council has approved funding for that program for the past two years, the first contract was approved in November therefore funds should be available to commence the program by summer, this to be a City program run by the Recreation Department. ORAL COMMUNICATIONS There were no further Oral Communications. CLOSED SESSION No Closed Session was held. ADJOURNMENT It was the order of the Chair, with consent of the Council, to adjourn the meeting until Monday, February 28th at 6:00 p.m. to meet in Closed Session. By unanimous consent, the C1ty Clerk and ex-of City of Seal Beach the I Attest: Approved: