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HomeMy WebLinkAboutEQCB Min 1995-06-20 . !. . Environmental Quality Control Board Minutes June 20, 1995 Call to Order at 6:30 p.m. I. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE II. ROLL CALL Present: Absent: Also Present: Voce, Logan, Hurley Nakagawa, Hood (excused) Barry Curtis, Administrative Assistant (planning) III. ApPROVAL OF AGENDA Mr. Curtis indicated Item 1 should be continued to the next meeting. Mr. Voce indicated he felt Item 2 should also be continued to allow Mr. Nakagawa and/or Mr. Hood to review the Minutes and make any comments. Mr. Curtis indicated this was acceptable, however he asked that the Board provide staff oral comments on any substantive changes to the Minutes. This would allow staff to indicate these matters to the Planning Commission for its consideration during its public hearing process. The Board agreed to discuss any substantive matters under Board Concerns. MOTION BY HURLEY; SECOND BY LOGAN: TO APPROVE THE AGENDA WITH ITEMS 1 AND 2 REMOVED AND CONTINUED TO THE JULY 1995 MEETING. MOTION CARRIED: A YES: NOES: 3-0 VOCE, LOGAN, HURLEY NONE IV. ORAL COMMUNICATIONS Paul Yost, 290 Clipper Way, Seal Beach spoke regarding the 66 lev power lines which run through Old Town and the Hill. These lines are a backup power source for Rockwell. He 1= \ \bQCB\M11\Ioo.6 BCC be. . . I. I <i Environmental Quality Control Board Minutes of June 20, 1995 felt the line:; were noisy, ugly and potentially dangerous. During the Mola project these were to be relocated. He's discussed this matter with Edison and has written to Rockwell. At this point he would just like to reopen this issue for the City to consider. Mr. Hurley asked if this matter can be agendized at a future meeting so the Board can discuss it. I Mr. Curtis indicated this will likely be on the July agenda, possibly August depending on the Bixby hearings and Main Street Specific Plan. Mr. Yost asked ifhe could be notified when this would be before the Board. He will be moving to 485 Schooner Way soon. Mr. Curtis indicated he would notify him. v. CONSENT CALENDAR 1. (Removed/Continued to July 1995) Minutes of May 16, 1995 2. (Removed/Continued to July 1995) Minutes of May 23,1995 3. Receive and File - Letter to D. Baillie dated May 23,1995 RE: SEAL BEACH NAVAL WEAPONS STATION -lnstallation Restoration Program - Stat;onw;de Background Study, Southwest Division Naval Facilities Engineering Command, April 24, 1995 4. Receive and File - Letter to U. S. Army Corps of Engineers dated June 13, 1995 RE: CITY OF SEAL BEACH INTEREST IN ABILITY TO PARTICIPATE WITH ACOE FOR ORANGE COUNTY BEACH EROSION CONTROL PROJECT - SAN GABRIEL RIVER TO NEWPORT BAY - STAGE 10 MOTION BY HURLEY; SECOND BY LOGAN: TO APPROVE CONSENT CALENDAR WITH ITEMS 1 AND 2 REMOVED. MOTION CARRIED: AYES: NOES: 3-0 VOCE, LOGAN, HURLEY NONE VI. PUBLIC HEARINGS - none. VII. SCHEDULED MATTERS 5. REVIEW OF DRAFT EA/IS - SURFSIDE-SUNSETIWEST NEWPORT BEACH NOURISHMENT PROJECT - STAGE 10 Mr. Curtis presented the staff report (on file at the Department of Development Services). Mr. Curtis discussed the scope of the project and the history of sand replenishment within the project area. Mr. Curtis indicated a draft response letter with attachments has been prepared and Page 2 ~\ \bQCJl\MINo..o BCCbe. . '. (. Environmental Quality Control Board Minutes of June 20, 1995 staff is recommending the Board suggest any changes felt appropriate, forward its recommendation to the City Council and authorize the Chairman to sign the letter. Mr. Hurley asked if the City has heard anything from the Corps of Engineers yet regarding the City's suggestion to add sand to the City's east beach. Mr. Curtis said no. Mr. Hurley asked if the east beach is a feeder beach. Mr. Curtis said no. Mr. Hurley indicated on page 7 there should be parentheses, not commas, around "property values in Surfside alone are in excess of $77 million". Chairman Voce spoke regarding the turbidity of the water off of Surfside. He felt it was worth taking notice of how poor the water clarity was in this area. Chairman Voce indicated he felt the City should suggest to the Corps that it should monitor the regeneration of the small crustacean creatures and perhaps reintroduce such creatures in the event they don't come back as planned within 6 months to a year. MOTION BY LOGAN; SECOND BY HURLEY: TO ACCEPT THE RESPONSE LETTER AS AMENDED BY MR. HURLEY AND CHAIRMAN VOCE AND AUTHORIZE THE CHAIRMAN TO SIGN IT. MOTION CARRIED: AYES: NOES: 3-0 VOCE, LOGAN, HURLEY NONE 6. SEAL BEACH NA VAL WEAPONS STATION - U.S. Geological Survey Report re: Delineation of a Hydrocarbon (Weathered Gasoline) Plume in Shallow Deposits Mr. Curtis presented the staff report (on file at the Department of Development Services). Mr. Curtis indicated a draft response letter with attachments has been prepared and staff is recommending the Board suggest any changes felt appropriate, forward its recommendation to the City Council and authorize the Chairman to sign the letter. Mr. Hurley asked if the date on the letter should be June 26th instead of June 20th. Mr. Curtis said he believed so~ he would check. Mr. Hurley listed several typos and a potential rewording: 1) Page 1, third line needs a question mark, 2) instead of "The City understands that ..." it should read "As stated in the report...", 3) at the bottom of the page suggested rewording would be "We are concerned regarding this potential and would appreciate any information you can provide about the monitoring of the compaction of the subsoil and about contingency plans for dealing with a change in the compaction which threatens its effectiveness." Mr. Curtis suggested the existing sentence be left as it is with a new sentence added as follows: "Additionally, the City would appreciate any information you can provide about the monitoring of the compaction of the subsoil and about contingency plans for dealing with a change in the compaction which threatens its effectiveness." Chairman Voce asked how this relates to the other IR sites. Mr. Curtis indicated this relates to one of the sites. Chairman Voce asked whether the Archaeological Committee has seen this? Mr. Curtis said he did not know. Chairman Voce indicated he would like the Archaeological Committee brought into the loop sooner. Page 3 ~\ \bQCIl'IMINoso BCCbe. . . '. Environmental Quality Control Board Minutes of June 20. 1995 MOTION BY LOGAN; r-ZCOND lJY HURLEY: TO ACCEPT THE RESPONSE LETTER AS AMENDED BY MR. HURLEY AND AUTHORIZE THE CHAIRMAN TO SIGN IT. MOTION CARRIED: AYES: NOES: 3-0 VOCE, LOGAN, HURLEY NONE VIII. STAFF CONCERNS Mr. Curtis indicated City Hail will have new hours starting July 3rd. City Hall will be open Monday through Thursday 'i.00 A.M. to 6:00 P.M. (closed noon hour). IX. BOARD CONCERNS Mr. Curtis asked the Board ifit could provide any substantive changes to the Minutes of May 23, 1995 so he could provide this to the Planning Commission. Mr. Hurley indicated that a statement attributed to him was actually made by Mr. Nakagawa, it was on Page 13, 4th line from the bottom. Mr. Curtis indicated changes like this do not change the essence of the Minutes and can be saved until the Board considers the Minutes in July. Mr. Hurley indicated he would like a copy of the final resolution provided to the Board.2 Mr. Curtis indicated a copy would be provided in the July packet. Chairman Voce indicated his comment on Page 16, regarding 9.27 was because the consultant misunderstood his original question and comment and came up with a mitigation measure which didn't address his concern. Regarding his statement that he felt the document was legally adequate, he indicated this was because the staff and the legal counsel had concluded this. He felt based on the City Attorney's discussion on legal adequacy it probably was adequate, however, it didn't meet his standards for adequacy because it did not answer the questions which he felt should be answered and the mitigation measures were not thorough enough. Chairman Voce spoke regarding tree standards. He suggested that perhaps this fall the Board could have Eric Uldar of State Forestry speak before it.3 x. ADJOURNMENT MOTION BY HURLEY; SECOND BY LOGAN: TO ADJOURN TO JULY 18, 1995. MOTION CARRIED: A YES: NOES: 3-0 VOCE,LOGAN,HURLEY NONE Page 4 j: \ \bQCB\M11\.IQ.6 ace be. . The meeting was adjourned at 7:48 P.M. . '. Respectfully Submitted, Barry Curtis, Secretary Environmental Quality Control Board ~\ ~I~ Beebe. Environmental Quality Control Board Minutes of June 20, 1995 Page 5 . Board RequestslDirections Potential for Relocating/Shutting Off 66 kv Power Linp:s - Staff Report Ej,'Jironmental Quality Control Board Minutes of June 20, 1995 2 Copy of Resolution 95-1 to the Board. 3 Schedule a presentation by Eric Uldar, State Forestry for fall sometime to discuss tree standards. .. " (. .,age 6 1=\ 1,I;;QCB\MINos-o BCCbe.