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CITY OF SEAL BEACH
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Environmental Quality Control Board
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Minutes of July 29, 2009
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7 Vice-Chairperson Hurley called the meeting of the Environmental Quality Control Board
8 (EQCB) to order at 6:40 p.m. on Wednesday, July 29, 2009. The meeting was held in
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9 City Council Chambers and began with the Salute to the Flag.
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I Roll Call
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13 Present: Vice-Chairperson Hurley, Members Barton, Cummings, and Navarro
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17 Jerry Olivera, Senior Planner
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19 Absent: Chairperson Voce
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II Approval of Agenda
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23 MOTION by Cummings; SECOND by Barton to approve the Agenda as presented.
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MOTION CARRIED: 4 – 0 – 1
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AYES: Hurley, Barton, Cummings, and Navarro
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NOES: None
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ABSENT: Voce
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III Oral Communications
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IV Consent Calendar
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36 1. Receive and File – Staff Report Re: Receive and File – Documents Re: City of
37 Long Beach “Wetlands Land Exchange” Program, Dated July 29, 2009.
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39 2. Receive and File – Staff Report Re: Receive and File – Updated Information
40 Re: “Marine Life Protection Act Initiative,” Dated July 29, 2009.
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42 3. Receive and File - Staff Report Re: Provision of “Notice of Proposed
43 Rulemaking – Amending Guidelines Implementing The California Environmental
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1 Quality Act Regarding Greenhouse Gas Emissions, July 2009,” Dated July 29,
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4 4. Receive and File - Staff Report Re: Receive and File – Documents Re: 2002
5 National-Scale Air Toxics Assessment, Dated July 29, 2009
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7 5. Receive and File - Staff Report Re: Receive and File – Notice of Preparation
8 of Draft EIR – Alamitos Bay Marina Rehabilitation Project – City of Long
9 Beach, Dated July 29, 2009.
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11 6. Receive and File - Staff Report Re: Materials Re: “Low Carbon Fuel Standard,”
12 Dated July 29, 2009.
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14 MOTION by Navarro; SECOND by Barton to approve the Consent Calendar as
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MOTION CARRIED: 4 – 0 – 1
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AYES: Hurley, Barton, Cummings, and Navarro
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NOES: None
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ABSENT: Voce
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V Scheduled Matters
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24 7. APPROVAL OF MINUTES – June 24, 2009.
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26 Recommendation: Approve Minutes subject to any corrections determined
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29 Member Navarro noted that Page 3, Line 36 should read “. . . Healthy Hearths
30 Brochure.”
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32 Vice-Chairperson Hurley noted that Page 4, Line 20 should read “. . . until now the JFTB
33 have only provided information . . . “ He then referred to the discussion on Page 3,
34 Lines 9-12, and inquired as to whether this wording was used in the proposed letter.
35 Mr. Olivera stated that he would be happy to provide a copy of the letter to Vice-
36 Chairperson Hurley. Vice-Chairperson Hurley requested that this be provided to him at
37 the next meeting of the EQCB.
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39 MOTION by Navarro; SECOND by Barton to approve the meeting minutes of June 24,
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MOTION CARRIED: 4 – 0 – 1
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AYES: Hurley, Barton, Cummings, and Navarro
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NOES: None
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ABSENT: Voce
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47 8. Response to Notice of Preparation of Draft EIR – Downtown Community Plan –
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1 Recommendation: Authorize approval of letter with any modifications
2 determined appropriate, instruct Chairman to sign proposed Response Letter.
3 Instruct staff to forward to City Council for information. Receive and File Staff
4 Report.
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6 Mr. Olivera delivered the staff report.
(Staff Report is on file for inspection in the Planning
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8 Staff has no comments on the Notice of Preparation (NOP), but reserves the right to
9 comment on the Environmental Impact Report when it is provided by the City of Long
10 Beach. He stated that because the proposed project is so far away from Seal Beach,
11 Staff anticipates no direct or indirect impacts.
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13 MOTION by Navarro; SECOND by Cummings to authorize approval of letter as
14 presented and instruct Vice-Chairman to sign proposed Response Letter. Instruct staff
15 to forward to City Council for information. Receive and File Staff Report.
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MOTION CARRIED: 4 – 0 – 1
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AYES: Hurley, Barton, Cummings, and Navarro
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NOES: None
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ABSENT: Voce
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22 Member Barton asked when the starting date for this project would be. Mr. Olivera
23 stated that the NOP does not show a starting date, but the EIR should include the
24 projected dates for completion of the project. Member Barton requested clarification of
25 the project boundaries as shown on the map behind Page 1 of the NOP. Mr. Olivera
26 noted that the area shaded with the dark bars shows the proposed project expansion
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29 9. Continued Discussion Matter – Residential Wood Fireplace Emission
30 Regulations
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32 Recommendation: Provide any additional direction to staff as the Board may
33 determine to be appropriate. Receive and File Staff Report.
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35 Mr. Olivera delivered the staff report.
(Staff Report is on file for inspection in the Planning
36 He noted that the inserts provided by SCAQMD will be included with the
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37 mailing of City utility bills. Member Navarro stated that she could not believe that the
38 back of the insert is blank, when SCAQMD could have taken this opportunity to provide
39 more information on air quality. Mr. Olivera stated that he has not seen the color copy.
40 Vice-Chairperson Hurley noted that he and another Board member had requested that
41 copies of the insert be presented at tonight’s meeting. He requested that the meeting
42 recess so that Mr. Olivera could provide color copies to the Board. The Board was in
43 agreement. The meeting recessed at 7:00 p.m.
44 The meeting reconvened at 7:06 p.m.
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46 Member Cummings stated that perhaps there needs to be a position statement from the
47 City of Seal Beach encouraging residents to cease using wood burning fireplaces and
48 fire pits. Mr. Olivera suggested that the Board could make a recommendation to City
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Council (CC) regarding preparation of a position statement on this issue; however, CC
would have the ultimate say on the content of any position statement. He noted that
currently there are ordinances that pertain to unreasonable smoke, odors, and noise,
but they are not very specific. Vice-Chairperson Hurley suggested that this item be
tabled and it be placed on the agenda for the next scheduled meeting when
Chairperson Voce would be in attendance. Member Navarro inquired whether this
would interfere with the City's plan to place these inserts in with the utility bills. Member
Cummings stated she liked the idea of tabling this discussion.
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MOTION by Cummings; SECOND by Barton to table this item and place it on the
agenda for the next scheduled meeting of August 2009.
MOTION CARRIED:
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ABSENT:
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Hurley, Barton, Cummings, and Navarro
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Voce
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Staff Concerns
None.
VII Board Concerns
Related to the request for documents made to the Joint Forces Training Base on the
studies done for the green composting project, Member Navarro inquired whether there
is a statute of limitations in terms of the time permitted to elapse from the original
request. Mr. Olivera stated that he believes there is, but he is not certain what the time
frame may be and whether it varies by jurisdiction. Member Navarro requested that
Staff provide this information at the next meeting. She then noted that signs prohibiting
trucks over 3 tons along Lampson Avenue have been posted.
VIII Adjournment
Vice-Chairperson Hurley adjourned the meeting at 7:15 p.m. to the regularly scheduled
meeting of August 26, 2009.
Respectfully Submitted,
Carmen Alvarez, Executive Assistant
Department of Development Services
The Board on August 26, 2009, approved tb.-e Minutes of the Environmental Quality
Control Board of Wednesday, July 29, 2009. ~.
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