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CITY OF SEAL BEACH
Environmental Quality Control Board
Minutes
December 1, 1999
The Environmental Quality Control Board (EQCB) meeting of December 1, 1999 was
called to order by Vice-Chairperson Hurley at 6:30 p.m. The meeting was held in City
Council Chambers.
I. Pledge of Allegiance
II. Roll Call
Present:
Absent:
Vice-Chairperson Hurley, Members Jones, Porter, and Voce
Chairperson McGuire
Vice Chairperson Hurley stated that he had spoken with Chairperson McGuire and she
had expressed her interest in remaining on the Board and said that she would be in
attendance at future meetings. Vice-Chairperson Hurley then recommended that
Chairperson McGuire be excused from tonight's meeting.
MOTION by Voce; SECOND by Jones to excuse Chairperson McGuire.
MOTION CARRIED:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
4-0-1
Hurley, Jones, Porter, and Voce
None
McGuire
III. Approval of Agenda
MOTION by Voce; SECOND by Porter to approve Agenda as presented.
MOTION CARRIED:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
4-0-1
Hurley, Jones, Porter, and Voce
None
McGuire
IV. Oral Communications
None
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City of Seal Beach Environmental Quality Control Board
Meeting Minutes of December 1, 1999
v. Consent Calendar
1. RECEIVE AND FILE - Staff report to EQCB: Final Closeout Report - Removal
Action: Installation Restoration Site 19 - Building 241 Disposal Pit and Sandblast
Grit Area.
2. RECEIVE AND FILE - Staff report to EQCB: Re: Receipt of "Draft Aquatic -
Ecological Risk Assessment Work Plan, Installation Restoration Site 7, Naval
Weapons Station, Seal Beach,. and City Comment Letter.
3. RECEIVE AND FILE - Staff report to EQCB: Re: "Draft Technical Memorandum
No.6, Supplemental Risk Screening, Installation Restoration Program Site 70,
Area of Concern 4, Naval Weapons Station, Seal Beach," and City Comment
Letter.
4. RECEIVE AND FILE - Staff Report to EQCB: Re: "Receipt of Final Station-Wide
Health and Safety Plan, Naval Weapons Station, Seal Beach. II
5. RECEIVE AND FILE - Staff Report to EQCB: Re: "Receipt of Final Site-Specific
Health and Safety Plan, Subsurface Soil and Groundwater Investigation-Site
14, Naval Weapons Station, Seal Beach..
6. RECEIVE AND FILE - Staff Report to EQCB: Re: "Receipt of Final Baseline
Survey Work Plan, Subsurface Soil and Groundwater Investigation-Site 14,
Naval Weapons Station, Seal Beach. II
7. RECEIVE AND FILE - Staff Report to City Council: Re: "Receipt of Response to
Draft Program Environmental Impact Report for the Orange County Sanitation
Strategic Plan..
8. RECEIVE AND FILE - Staff Report to City Council: Re: "Receipt of Orange
County Council of Governments Report on Performance Indicators..
10. RECEIVE AND FILE - Staff Report to EQCB: Re: "Draft Supplemental
Environmental Impact Report for 1999 Amendment to the 1997 Ozone State
Implementation Planll and "Overview to the Proposed 1999 Amendment to the
1997 Ozone State Implementation Plan-South Coast Air Quality Management
District..
11. RECEIVE AND FILE - Staff Report to EQCB: Re: "Final Extended Removal Site
Evaluation Report, Installation Restoration Sites 40 and 70, Naval Weapons
Station, Seal Beach."
Member Jones asked that Item No. 9 be removed from the Consent Calendar to be
discussed during Scheduled Matters.
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Meeting Minutes of December 1, 1999
MOTION by Voce; SECOND by Porter to approve Consent Calendar as amended.
MOTION CARRIED:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
4-0-1
Hurley, Jones, Porter, and Voce
None
McGuire
VI. Scheduled Matters
9. RECEIVE AND FILE - Staff Report to City Council: Re: "Response to Notice of
Preparation of Draft EIR-Bixby Long Beach Project-City of Long Beach."
Member Jones referred the Board to Page 9 of the Staff Report, Section 6 (labeled
TransportationlTraffic) Line 8 of the 2nd paragraph, which reads, "The impacts upon the
San Gabriel River BridgelPacific Coast Highway transportation corridor from the
proposed project and all other cumulative projects within this area of Long Beach,
including the Selleck project, and other projects within Los Alamitos Bay, should be
thoroughly addressed." He then referred to the last sentence on Page 9, which reads,
"We wish to emphasize that vehicular access to the College Park West neighborhood in
Seal Beach is through Studebaker Road and 7th Street. II
Member Jones stated that as a resident of College Park West, he believed this last
point should be more strongly emphasized. He said that the offramp from the
westbound 22 Freeway to access Studebaker Road contributes 75% of the southbound
traffic on Studebaker Road. He believes that the Bixby Long Beach Project would
create an "immense impace upon traffic and safety at the 22 Freeway West offramp and
College Park Drive location. He repeated that the response to the Notice of Preparation
for this project should place more emphasis on this issue.
Mr. Whittenberg reported that the deadline for a response to the Notice of Preparation
was November 6, 1999, and the letter had already been sent. He said that when the
Draft EIR is received, Staff would focus on this issue when preparing the comments.
Vice-Chairperson Hurley noted that the traffic situation at this intersection was an
ongoing one. He inquired whether this issue had previously been addressed. Mr.
Whittenberg stated that he was unable to answer this as the Public Works and
Engineering Department is responsible for traffic concerns. Member Jones noted that
some concerns were expressed during the Bixby Old Towne Project hearings.
Vice-Chairperson Hurley asked if the State would be responsible for these
improvements. Mr. Voce noted that the developer could be required to pay for the
improvements to this intersection.
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MOTION by Voce; SECOND by Jones to receive and file Staff Report to City Council:
Re: "Response to Notice of Preparation of Draft EIR-Bixby Long Beach Project-City
of Long Beach:
MOTION CARRIED:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
4-0-1
Hurley, Jones, Porter, and Voce
None
McGuire
12. APPROVAL OF MINUTES - September 29,1999
Recommendation: Approve Minutes subject to any corrections determined
appropriate.
Vice-Chairperson Hurley noted the following corrections:
Page 3, Line 42 should read: "... the first paraoraph of the letter was confusing... ·
Page 4, Line 32 should read: ..... in the long run help to lessen traffic congestion... ·
Page 5, Line 27 should read: ..... the reason the proposed Marriott Assisted Livino
Facilitv is not addressed..."
Page 5, Line 39 should read: · 2.3 D"
Member Jones abstained to vote on this item, as he was not in attendance at this
meeting.
MOTION by Voce; SECOND by Porter to approve Minutes of September 29, 1999 as
amended.
MOTION CARRIED:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSTAIN:
ABSENT:
3-0-1-1
Hurley, Porter, and Voce
None
Jones
McGuire
13. BOARD REVIEW - EQCB STAFF REPORT Re: City Response Letter re: "Draft
Groundwater Feasibility Study Report, Installation Restoration Sites 40 & 70,
Naval Weapons Station, Seal Beach..
Recommendation: Authorize the Chairperson to sign the draft response letter,
with any additional comments determined appropriate. Instruct Staff to forward to
the City Council and Planning Commission for information purposes. Receive and
File Staff Report.
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Meeting Minutes of December 1, 1999
,Staff Rep~).rt
Mr. Whittenberg stated that as a result of groundwater pollution issues, several
evalufJtions had been done on the Naval Weapons Station (NWS) Sites 40 and 70. He
said that several groundwater treatment programs to remediate these sites had been
evaluated, and the resource agency was now requesting public input to determine
which treatment program the community would prefer. He stated that Staff would draft
a letter with the recommendations of the EQCB regarding the preferred method of
treatment for the polluted water. He said that remediation of both sites would be quite
costly for the NWS and he read from the NWS report that states "it should not be
considered that the Navy accepts final remediation goals for IR Sites 40 and 70: Mr.
Whittenberg stated that this reflects that the Navy is not sure to what level they want to
clean things up. He stated that the City was concerned with this type of "wide openll
approach and, therefore, in the response letter Staff recommends that other agencies
look at this type of decision before it is made. He said that Staff was recommending
that the Water Quality Control Board, the Department of Toxic Substance Control, and
the City review the methods for remediation.
MOTION by Voce; SECOND by Porter to authorize the Vice-Chairperson to sign the
draft response letter with board-approved changes. Instruct Staff to forward to the City
Council and Planning Commission for Information purposes. Receive and file Staff
Report.
MOTION CARRIED:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
4-0-1
Hurley, Jones, Porter, and Voce
None
McGuire
14. Election of new Chairperson and Vice-Chairperson.
Vice-Chairperson Hurley recommended that this item be continued to the meeting of
January 2000 when all members of the Board would be present.
MOTION by Voce; SECOND by Porter to continue this item to the January 26, 2000
meeting.
MOTION CARRIED:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
4-0-1
Hurley, Jones, Porter, and Voce
None
McGuire
15. Reschedule December Meeting.
Member Voce recommended that the December 1996 meeting be continued to January
2000.
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Meeting Minutes of December 1, 1999
MOTION by Voce; SECOND by Porter to reschedule the December 1999 meeting for
January 26, ~noo.
MOTION CARRIED:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
4-0-1
Hurley. Jones. Porter. and Voce
None
McGuire
VII. Public Hearings
None.
VIII. Staff Concerns
Mr. Whittenberg took this opportunity to wish the Board a Happy Holiday Season.
IX. Board Concerns
Member Voce stated Parks & Recreation had held a meeting regarding use of Gum
Grove Park to walk or run dogs. He said that he was stilI awaiting further information on
this issue.
Vice-Chairperson Hurley inquired if other remediation contractors for the NWS were
bound by the same safety standards as the current contractor, Foster-Wheeler.
Member Voce noted that these contractors were all subject to the California State
Health and Safety Standards and the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). Mr.
Whittenberg stated that these reports would only be prepared at the time that a site
activity clean up is going on.
Vice-Chairperson Hurley also asked about the Environmental Impact Report (EIR) for
the Orange County Sanitation District Strategic Plan. He stated that he did not
understand how sanitation drains were affected by wet weather. Mr. Whittenberg
explained that a proposal was being made to take storm water and run it through the
sewer systems to the treatment facility. He said that the concern of the OC Sanitation
District was that this would overload sewer systems and could cause a backup of waste.
Vice-Chairperson Hurley then asked if, in the City's response to comments, Staff had
recommended treatment of storm drainage waters during the dry season to prevent
further pollution of the ocean. Mr. Whittenberg confirmed that this was one of the
recommendations.
X. Adjournment
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Meeting Minutes of December 1, 1999
MOTION by Voce; SECOND by ..{ones to adjourn to the regularly scheduled January
2000 meeting.
MOTION CARRIED:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
4-0-1
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None
McGuire
Vice-Chairperson Hurley adjourned the meeting at 7:15 p.m.
Respectfully Subm:Ued,
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Carmen Alvarez, Executive Secretary
Department of Development Services
The Board on January 26, 2000 approved the Minutes of the Environmental Quality
Control Board of Wednesday, December 1, 1999. CG... .
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