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2 Environmental Quality Control Board
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4 Minutes of October 27, 2010
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7 Vice - Chairperson Hurley called the meeting of the Environmental Quality Control
8 Board (EQCB) to order at 6:32 p.m. on Wednesday, October 27, 2010. The meeting
9 was held in the City Manager's Conference Room and began with the Salute to the
10 Flag.'
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12 Roll Call
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14 Present: Vice - Chairperson Hurley, Members Barton and Vento
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16 Also
17 Present: Department of Development Services
18 Jerry Olivera, Senior Planner
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20 Absent: Members Navarro and Voce
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22 Mr. Olivera requested a motion to excuse Members Navarro and Voce's absence
23 from tonight's meeting.
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25 MOTION by Barton; SECOND by Vento to excuse Members Navarro and Voce from
26 the Environmental Quality Control Board meeting of October 27, 2010.
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28 MOTION CARRIED: 3 — 0 — 2
29 AYES: Hurley, Barton, and Vento
30 NOES: None
31 ABSENT: Navarro and Voce
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33 Oral Communications
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35 None.
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37 Approval of Agenda
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39 MOTION by Barton; SECOND by Hurley to approve the Agenda as presented.
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41 MOTION CARRIED: 3 — 0 — 2
42 AYES: Hurley, Barton, and Vento
43 NOES: None
1 These Minutes were transcribed from an audiotape of the meeting.
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1 ABSENT: Navarro and Voce
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3 Consent Calendar
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5 1. Receive and File: Request by Naval Weapons Station for consultation from the
6 State Office of Historic Preservation regarding proposed new facility on the Seal
7 Beach Naval Weapons Station.
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9 MOTION by Vento; SECOND by Barton to approve the Consent Calendar as
10 presented.
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12 MOTION CARRIED: 3 — 0 — 2
13 AYES: Hurley, Barton, and Vento
14 NOES: None
15 ABSENT: Navarro and Voce
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17 Scheduled Matters
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19 2. APPROVAL OF MINUTES — June 30, 2010.
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21 Recommendation: Approve Minutes subject to any corrections determined
22 appropriate.
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24 Member Vento noted that he would abstain from voting, as he was not serving on the
25 Board on June 30, 2010.
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27 Member Barton noted that the meeting minutes for the Special Meeting of June 2,
28 2010, had not been approved due to the lack of a quorum at the last meeting of the
29 EQCB. She stated that approval of the June 30, 2010, would also have to be
30 continued to the next scheduled meeting.
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32 MOTION by Barton; SECOND by Vento to continue the Meeting Minutes of June 30,
33 2010, to the next scheduled meeting.
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35 MOTION CARRIED: 3 — 0 — 2
36 AYES: Hurley, Barton, and Vento
37 NOES: None
38 ABSENT: Navarro and Voce
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40 3. Los Alamitos Medical Center Specific Plan Program Environmental Impact
41 Report (EIR).
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43 Recommendation: Authorize approval of comment letter with any modifications
44 determined appropriate, instruct Chairperson to sign proposed comment letter
45 with any revisions determined appropriate and forward to the City Council and
46 Planning Commission for information.
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1 Mr. Olivera delivered the staff report. He provided information on this item and noted
2 that the City of Los Alamitos proposes to expand the Los Alamitos Medical Center into
3 a larger complex over the next 25 years. He indicated that Staff has determined that
4 because the project site is approximately 1.5 -2.0 miles from the northern City of Seal
5 Beach boundaries, there would be no significant impacts.
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7 MOTION by Vento; SECOND by Baton to approve the comment letter as presented
8 and authorize Chairperson to sign the letter and forward to the City Council and
9 Planning Commission for information.
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11 MOTION CARRIED: 3 — 0 — 2
12 AYES: Hurley, Barton, and Vento
13 NOES: None
14 ABSENT: Navarro and Voce
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16 Staff Concerns
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18 Mr. Olivera welcomed Mr. John Vento as the newest member of the Environmental
19 Quality Control Board.
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21 Board Concerns
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23 None.
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25 Adjournment
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27 Vice- Chairperson Hurley adjourned the meeting at 6:50 p.m.
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29 Respectfully Submitted,
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35 Department of Development Services
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38 The Board on January 26, 2011, approved the Minutes of the Environmental Quality
39 Control Board of Wednesday, October 27, 2010.
Carmen Alvarez, Executive Assistant
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