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HomeMy WebLinkAboutEQCB Min 1979-03-01 -~ tI, e, .' k1!~Q!~~ ENVIROMeNTAL QUALIfY CONT~OL BOARD 'rHURSDAY l-l.ARCH 1, 1979 REGULAR t-1r.l!;rING 7:}0 P.H. fhe re~ular monthly meeting of the Seal Reach Enviroment~l Quality Control Board was called to order by Chairman Kolb at 7:35 p.m. on March 1, 1979 followed by the Salute to the Fla~ led by Potter. ROLL CALL Present: Grayson, Kolb; Willson.(DeForest joined the meeting at 8:10 p.m.) MINUTES Pdnutes of ~he regular meeting of Februar~ 1 and the continuation meetin~ of . February 15 were read and approved with a minor correction to the last paragraph of the February 1 minutes. Grayson seconded the motion rather than Kolb to continue the meetin~ on February 15. DISCUSSION - 01..0 BUSINESS Priority Project ,3: Grayson,in reporting on his assignment,informed that no definite data appeared to be available but there were probably means of securing adequate information. Grayson ~~ll follow and explore ways and means and what resources are available. This will be discussed at the next meeting. Re~ular Meetin~ Dat~~: The Board discussed the most convenient time for re~~lar monthly meetin~s. {'bved and seconded that the-regular monthly meeting be held the first Thursday of each month at 7:?0 p.m. Carried unanimoasly. NEW BUSINESS Priority Project y~-Long Beach Airport Traffic Expansion: This project and priority "J35 established., at the February 15 meeting after combining it with an already existinf!: project Le.Priority ~9"Air Traffic Noise", in anticipation of a request from the Seal .Beach City Council. The City ~nager's letter of February 20, 1979, makin~ such a reauest,was read and discussed in de~th with information at hand. It was apparent that additional data from a variety of sources would be required in order to render ~ mf:'anin~ful reoly. To accomplish this, individual Board mem":Jers accepted specific assignments to make contacts and secure the necessary info~mation. This will be given attention at the next meeting. Staff Assistance: Thp. Chairman reoorted further exploration of this subject after receipt of the City !via!'!A.ger's letter of Febr1..lary 20. Uarious asoects of the Board's needs were discussp.o -'lod it was agreed that attenti01 to t.his item ;...'i.11- ,be given '~s-the'occassi9ns arise,~sing the foregoing g~idelines. Legal: The City Cle~k has reminded the Board to make sure all legal iteMS relatin~ to all Mectin~s of ~he Board are met. For instance,in case of a continuation meetin~ of the regulal' msetin2'} ."!.t a la.ter d"!.~P.i not.ice of this must be posted 48 hours prior to such meeti~g. It was agreed tha.~ the Board would be ~uided accordin~ly. Re-Or~er of Priorit~ rhe priorities ~nd ~ro,;ect titles ~u~geste~ at th= rebruary 15 meetinp' wer.> >!iSC'\lSser:l. i'loved and seconded that they be established a.~, published. Carried unanim0usly. ~ . . ," -2- ENVIROMENrAL QUALITY CONTROL BOARD THURSDAY MARCH 1, 1979 REGULAR MEETING 7:)0 P.M. Liaison with E.P.A.: Potter presented a draft of a proposed letter to the Office of Research and Development of the E.P.A. covering subjects the Board has currently under study and the riesire to obtain documented data. Also the desire to be informed on enviromental matters in the future. After discussion and minor modifications, moved and seconded that the co~~nication be submitted to the E.P.A. over the signature of the Chairman. ~arried unanimously. Sohio '\mendment Re-Annlication: Potter brou!1;ht to the attention o,f the Board a pamphlet that had come into his possession. This reported that the California Coastal Co~~ission is holdin~ a meetinG startin~ March 7 and included in the agenda as item 8 is the Sohio Amendment Re-Aoplication Request. Commission consideration and possible action accepting or rejecting Port of Long Beach application for amendment to Sohio Project NOA-185-77 for 2 oil storage tanks and related facilities on Pier J in the port. This is not a public hearing but written comments' may be submitted ~rior to the me~tin~. rhe Board disc~ssed the ite~ but took no action because of the time interval~ ADJOUPJ~ME,NT Thel/meeting was adjourned at 9:42 /; .- /.." ,. " /' '" ,,~", j J'/ '//' ~ ~ ,.J. ( ,(,,~l,-:J --;...J Secretary I .' ' 01_-:".:'" . "~:"":-""'::""~~I.."'...Qn:"': .... --. .. ., '!' . " ~,:. .. ~J ' "_ '''p'' .... . . . ~ '. . . n,,;!,' . '~'....~- . ';...;5.., o .:'~"'.. ~ '," , ~ "'" ~ 1.:' 0 ...'i:I.i '~::JI"-;:'''''''''''' .IU_.:..J;;~.~ ~ii ~~~"t-"r:/,;h -=-- __" ..... -. ----d:;!~Jij,........w.:....:la~...-If..~..........=..;.--z-- c- (' February 20, 1979 MEMORANDUM TO: FROM: SUBJECT: Lowell Kolb, Chairman, EQCB Ci ty Manager 'Assi9nment (Long Beach Airport); Staff Assistance to Board " . - The City of Long Beach is currently discussing plans to increase:f1ight activity at its municipal airport. Since this type of proposal could have a tremendous impact on the City of Seal Beach, the City Council has asked the' EQCB to review the matter and report back to the City Council within sixty (60) days. ,- ';', Long Beach Airport will not expand any physical facilities at Long Beach -Ai,rport.,--The plan---is--to permit PSA to increase conmercial flights from eight per ~ay,to 18 flights per day. This will increase the number of commercial passengers by 100% in the year. This can only be done by decreasing the number of 727's in service and using quieter aircraft. To that end, ten new DC9-80's have been purchased by PSA for commercial flights. ,These planes are much quieter than the 7271s and the 7271s will be phased out by about 1980. The air space over Long Beach Airport is now very crowded. This proposed increase in commercial flights will require an overall decrease in total flight activity at the airport and so private flights will decrease as , a result. The increase in commercial flights will represent approximately 2% of all annual flight operations. Flight patterns will remain the same. The normal flight pattern is to turn over the Weapons Station, fly over Leisure World, continue over Gal State University Long Beach in a direct path to the runway. No other flight pattern is authorized. In the past, some flights have passed over the Marina Hill area. This pattern is not permitted and is due to pilots' failure to follow prescribed flight approaches to the airport. Long Beach tower personnel continually inform pilots when they use the wrong approach (over Marina Hill). Every attempt, is made to keep the pilots on the proper approach. ~- ..' , .. Another question-which was raised by a wember of your board at a recent City .Council meeting was the issue of staff assistance. As you know~ the City Council eliminated the appropriation for professional staff assistance to the board. However, clerical assistance is available to you as well as a coordinator, to request and disseminate information for you. You should contact Gary-Johnson, City Engineer to discuss this possibility. , Additionally, please contact Jody Weir, City Clerk'to make sure you, meet all the legal items related to all meetings of the board. ~ ......:- DenniS Courtemarche .'0-" 0--' .; ~.