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4 Minutes of Meeting of June 30, 2010
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7 Chairperson Voce called the meeting of the Environmental Quality Control Board
8 (EQCB) to order at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, June 30, 2010. The meeting was held
9 in the City Manager's Conference Room and began with the Salute to the Flag. 1
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11 Roll Call
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13 Present: Chairperson Voce, Members Barton, Cummings, and Hurley
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16 Present: Department of Development Services
17 Mark Persico, Director of Development Services
18 Jerry Olivera, Senior Planner
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20 Absent: Member Navarro
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22 Oral Communications
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24 None.
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26 Approval of Agenda
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28 MOTION by Hurley; SECOND by Barton to approve the Agenda as presented.
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30 MOTION CARRIED: 4 — 0 —1
31 AYES: Voce, Barton, Cummings, and Hurley
32 NOES: None
33 ABSENT: Navarro
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35 Consent Calendar
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37 No items.
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39 Scheduled Matters
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41 2. Provide Comments: ARCO Gas Station - Revised Corrective Action Plan (CAP)
42 490 Pacific Coast Highway.
1 These Minutes were transcribed from an audiotape of the meeting.
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1 Recommendation: Receive presentation from Staff regarding the document.
2 Provide comments to Staff, the consultant team, and City Council. Receive and
3 file Staff Report.
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5 Staff Report
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7 Mr. Persico delivered the staff report. He provided information on this item and noted
8 that the Environmental Quality Control Board (EQCB) is the first group to review this
9 document, and the Bridgeport Technical Advisory Committee (BTAC) will be meeting
10 tonight at 7:30 p.m. to review the document. He stated that the City Council will take
11 formal action on the proposed Corrective Action Plan (CAP) at its meeting of July 12,
12 2010. Norm Dupont, of Richards, Watson & Gershon, then provided an overview of
13 the revised CAP and indicated that the proposal for remediation is not extensive
14 enough and stated that the basic standard should be "What will protect the health of
15 the community from soil vapors ?" He reviewed the remedial options presented by
16 ARCO and encouraged the EQCB to give careful consideration to the alternatives
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19 Mario lacoboni, a member of the BTAC, stated that the proposed excavation area is
20 not extensive enough and the options presented do not adequately address the
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23 Glen Barton, also a BTAC member, stated that they are "cautiously optimistic" but
24 further review must be completed before a final decision on the best option for
25 remediation can be made. Mr. Dupont stated that the City's consultant will provide a
26 report to Staff prior to July 12th, and copies can be provided to the BTAC and the
27 EQCB. Mr. Barton noted that the preferred method would be to dig and haul.
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29 Mr. Dupont suggested recommending excavation of a larger area as the best
30 alternative now, and incorporating another option as supplement action to enhance
31 remediation. He emphasized that the objective should be to end up with a "health -
32 based" standard so that Bridgeport residents do not have to be concerned with this
33 problem in the future.
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35 A Bridgeport resident stated that he met with representatives of ARCO to discuss use
36 of the excavation process and he also met with the contact at Orange County
37 Environmental Health (OCEH). He believes that OCEH will support BTAC's
38 recommendation for use of the dig and haul remediation process. He stated that if the
39 EQCB supports this recommendation this would also be a great help.
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41 Board Comments
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43 Member Barton stated that she favors using dig and haul, but the excavation area
44 must be expanded. Also, the gas station should not be rebuilt until after the project is
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1 Member Cummings also recommended use of the excavation procedure for
2 remediation.
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4 Chairperson Voce agreed that the dig and haul method should be recommended, but
5 should not be limited to the extent of the area of contamination. He also
6 recommended ongoing monitoring throughout the complete excavation.
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8 Member Hurley stated that he would abstain from commenting pending further review
9 of the CAP.
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11 1. Approval of Minutes of Special Meeting of June 2, 2010.
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13 Recommendation: Approve Minutes with any corrections deemed appropriate.
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15 MOTION by Hurley; SECOND by Voce to approve the Minutes of the Special Meeting
16 of June 2, 2010, as presented.
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18 Mr. Persico noted that a vote on this item could not be taken, as Members Barton and
19 Cummings were not present at that meeting.
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21 Member Hurley withdrew his motion.
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23 MOTION by Hurley; SECOND by Voce to table the vote for approval of the Minutes of
24 the Special Meeting of June 2, 2010.
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26 MOTION CARRIED: 4 — 0 —1
27 AYES: Voce, Barton, Cummings, and Hurley
28 NOES: None
29 ABSENT: Navarro
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31 Chairperson Voce noted that he had spoken with Member Navarro and she also
32 favors complete excavation of the ARCO contamination area.
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34 Staff Concerns
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36 None.
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38 Board Concerns
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40 Member Cummings stated that she is being considered as a candidate for the
41 Planning Commission and this may be her last meeting.
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43 Adjournment
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45 Chairperson Voce adjourned the meeting at 7:18 p.m.
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Respectfully Submitted,
Carmen Alvarez, Executive Assistant
Department of Development Services
City of Seal Beach Environmental Quality Control Board
Meeting Minutes of June 30, 2010
9 The Board on January 26, 2011, approved the Minutes of the Environmental Quality
10 Control Board of Wednesday, June 30, 2010. ae, .
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