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1CITY OF SEAL BEACH
Environmental Quality Control Board
Minutes of January 25, 2006
Chairperson Voce called the Environmental Quality Control Board (EQCB) meeting to
order at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, January 25, 2006. The meeting was held in City
Council Chambers and began with the Salute to the Flag.
Roll Call
Present: Chairperson Voce, Members Barton, Hurley, Neal, and Vineyard
Also
Present: Department of Development Services
Christy Teague, Senior Planner
Absent: Lee Whittenberg, Director of Development Services
II Approval of Agenda
MOTION by Hurley; SECOND by Neal to approve the Agenda as presented.
MOTION CARRIED:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
5-0
Voce, Barton, Hurley, Neal, and Vineyard
None
None
III Oral Communications
None.
IV Consent Calendar
1. Receive and File - City Comment Letter Re: Application No. 5-05-098, Hellman
Properties LLC, Hellman Ranch Tank Farm Archaeological Investigation, Seal
Beach, Dated October 4, 2005.
1 These Minutes were transcribed from an audiotape of the meeting.
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2. Receive and File - City Comment Letter Re: FERC Docket CP04-58-000, Et AI.
and POLB Application No. HDP 03-079; City Of Seal Beach Comments Re:
"Draft EIS/EIR - Long Beach LNG Import Project (Sch. No. 2003091130)",
Dated December 1, 2005.
3. Receive and File - City Comment Letter Re: Support For Proposed Regulations
- Mobile Cargo Handling Equipment At Ports and Inter-modal Rail Yards, Dated
December 6, 2005.
4. Receive and File - City Comment Letter Re: Support For Proposed Regulations
- Auxiliary Diesel Engines and Diesel-Electric Engines On Ocean-Going
Vessels, Dated December 6, 2005.
5. Receive and File - City Comment Letter Re: ARARS For I R Site 74, Seal Beach
Naval Weapons Station, Dated December 9, 2005.
6. Receive and File - City Comment Letter Re: "Draft Environmental Impact
Report 37-03 - Long Beach Airport Terminal Improvement Project (Sch. No.
200309112)", Dated December 13, 2005.
7. Receive and File - City Comment Letter Re: "Draft Proposed Plan/Draft
Remedial Action Plan, Installation Restoration Program - Site 70, Naval
Weapons Station Seal Beach", Dated December 16,2005.
8. Receive and File - Memorandum Re: Seal Beach Naval Weapons Station -
Installation Restoration Program - Status Report Re: RAB Project Update,
Dated January 19, 2006.
9. Receive and File - Staff Report - Final Engineering Evaluation/Cost Analysis
(EE/CA), Non-Time Critical Removal Action - Installation Restoration Site 42,
Naval Weapons Station, Seal Beach.
10. Receive and File - Staff Report - Final Engineering Evaluation/Cost Analysis
(EE/CA), Non-Time Critical Removal Action - Installation Restoration Site 44/45,
Naval Weapons Station, Seal Beach.
11. Receive and File - Staff Report - Final Engineering Evaluation/Cost Analysis
(EE/CA), Non-Time Critical Removal Action - Solid Waste Management Unit
57, Naval Weapons Station, Seal Beach.
12. Receive and File - Final Work Plan - Groundwater Investigation, Installation
Restoration Program (IRP) Site 14, Naval Weapons Station Seal Beach.
MOTION by Hurley; SECOND by Vineyard to approve the Consent Calendar as
presented.
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MOTION CARRIED:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
5-0
Voce, Barton, Hurley, Neal, and Vineyard
None
None
V Scheduled Matters
13. APPROVAL OF MINUTES - November 30,2005.
Recommendation: Approve Minutes subject to any corrections determined
appropriate.
Member Neal stated that she was not present at the meeting of November 30, 2005,
and would abstain from voting.
MOTION by Hurley; SECOND by Vineyard to approve the Meeting Minutes of
November 30,2005 as presented.
MOTION CARRIED:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTAIN:
4-0-1
Voce, Barton, Hurley, and Vineyard
None
None
Neal
14. Approval Of City Response Letter Re: Naval Weapons Station Sites 42,44/45,
And SWMU 57 - Draft Non-Time Critical Removal Action Work Plan.
Recommendation: Authorize the Chairman to sign the draft response letter,
with any ~dditional comments determined appropriate, and instruct Staff to
forward to the City Council for information purposes. Receive and File Staff
Report.
Ms. Teague noted that Member Hurley has recommended a change to the letter and
Staff has tentatively revised the letter, pending the Boards approval. She referred to
Page 8 of the Staff Report, Paragraph 1, last sentence and noted that it should read:
It. . . California Department of Fish and Game in that document. 11
Member Hurley stated that he feels the letter is not emphatic enough regarding taking
care of the species and the habitat of burrowing owls. He recommended adding the
following text to Page 8, Paragraph 1:
t~ . . and incorporate appropriate measures based on a review of the
guidance provided by California Department of Fish and Game in that
document, especially the limitations on project activities around owl
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burrows during nesting season (February through August) on page 3 and
the specifications for pre-project surveys on page 4."
Member Hurley noted that in order to determine whether the burrows are owl burrows
and not ground squirrel burrows, two surveys are to be done: One in December-
January for the transient owls, and one in April and July for the nesting owls. He then
referred to the visual aides for Site 42 and 44/45 provided with the Restoration Advisory
Board (RAB) minutes, which reflect that the removal action is to take place during fiscal
year 2006. He said that his understanding is that the federal government begins its
fiscal year October 1, so their fiscal year 2006 began October 1, 2005. He noted that
the RAB information discusses fiscal year 2005 for Sites 42, 44/45, but does not
mention these in the discussion of IRP projects for fiscal year 2006. He stated that it
appears that the NWS proposes to do all of this work at the same time as the surveys
are supposed to be done, and this would create a conflict. He asked for comments from
the Board members.
Chairperson Voce stated that this should be addressed in the comment letter in order to
get clarification on the timing for completion of the surveys and the actual project work.
Ms. Teague noted that if the dates for the nesting season are included this would
emphasize that project work should not begin until September 2006 to avoid nesting
season. Chairperson Voce asked that Staff include this information. Ms. Teague
suggested that in order to meet this critical timeline, the Director of Development
Services be asked to revise the comment letter to include text regarding the timing of
the fiscal year, and, have the Board give permission for Chairperson Voce to sign the
revised letter without Board review, rather than waiting another month for the next
EQCB meeting. Member Hurley asked that he be allowed to view the letter prior to
having Chairperson Voce sign it. Chairperson Voce suggested that Member Hurley
accompany him to City Hall for signing of the letter. Ms. Teague suggested placing the
text regarding the conflict with the fiscal year in a separate paragraph to avoid any
substantive changes to Member Hurley's comments. She said that Chairperson Voce
could then sign the letter and Staff would forward it to the IR Coordinator and provide a
copy of the letter to the Board members at their next meeting.
Member Barton asked for clarification on what OTTO fuel is. None of the Board
members knew what type of fuel this represents so, Ms. Teague stated that Staff would
report back on this at the next EQCB meeting.
MOTION by Hurley; SECOND by Vineyard to authorize the Chairman to sign the
response letter as amended, and instruct Staff to forward to the City Council for
information purposes. Receive and File Staff Report.
MOTION CARRIED:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
5-0
Voce, Barton, Hurley, Neal, and Vineyard
None
None
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VI Staff Concerns
Ms. Teague stated that copies of the 2006 CEQA Guidelines textbooks are on order
and will be provided to all members.
She then reported that City Council had approved a reimbursement agreement for
completion of an initial study for the Accurate Metals site at 1011 Seal Beach
Boulevard, across from the Seal Beach Police Department. She noted that the property
is for sale and a residential developer currently has an offer in escrow for purchase of
the property. She stated that the developer plans to request a Zone Text Amendment,
General Plan Amendment, and Tract Map for construction of up to 87 residential units.
She noted that one of the proposals is to construct attached town homes, but other uses
are also under consideration. She said that at a Planning Commission Study Session
on this proposal Staff expressed its concerns regarding compatibility with the existing
uses.
Ms. Teague continued by reporting that another Mitigated Negative Declaration (MND)
is to be prepared for the property at 400 Marina Drive, which was recently sold, and the
new owner proposes to convert this from a commercial use to residential.
VII Board Concerns
Member Hurley reported that he would be out of town on March 1, 2006, and requested
that he be excused from that meeting.
Chairperson Voce expressed his concern with the proposed Zone Change for the
Accurate Metals property, and the potential for finding toxins at that location.
VIII Adjournment
Chairperson Voce noted that due to a conflict with the Planning Commission Meeting
the scheduled EQCB meeting of February 22, 2006, would be canceled and the Board
would meet again at an adjourned meeting on March 1, 2006.
Chairperson Voce adjourned the meeting at 7:11 p.m.
Respectfully Submitted,
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Carmen Alvarez, Executive Secretary
Department of Development Services
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The Board on March 15, 2006, approved the Minutes of the Environmental Quality
Control Board of Wednesday, January 25, 2006. ~.
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