The Huntington Beach Planning Commission held a study session (4:30-5:30 PM) and a regular meeting (6:00 PM) on August 13, 2019, in Council Chambers. The study session focused on the draft Environmental Impact Report (EIR) for the proposed Magnolia Tank Farm mixed-use development, but the discussion was deferred to the next study session on August 27, 2019. The regular meeting included approval of meeting minutes and a discussion on auto storage uses in industrial zones, leading to direction for a future zoning code update.
Okay, I'll call the planning commission commission study center session. To order uh roll call, please. Commissioner Skander. Here. Commissioner Ray. Here. Vice Chair Grant. Here. Chair Garcia. Here. Commissioner Kalmick. Here. Commissioner Perkins. Here. Commissioner Mandik is absent. Commissioner Mandick is here. We have a quorum. Okay, do we do we have a motion to approve the agenda? I'll make a motion. I'll second. Okay, that was Grant and Ray. All eyes. Motion carries. Okay, the next item on our agenda is project review future agenda items. Is that is that what we're looking at now? Okay, 19648. Environmental impact report number 17001, Magnolia Tank Farm. So we have a presentation. Yes, I'll ask Ricky Ramos, our senior planner, um, to give to start off the presentation, and then we have the whole team from the environmental consultants here also giving part of the presentation. And then when staff is finished, we do have the um applicant from SHAPOF also doing part of the presentation. So with that, I'll turn it over to Ricky. All right, thank you. Thank you. I want to begin by introducing our our consulting team. Uh sitting next to me, we have Kathleen Brady, followed by Alia Hokuki with uh SOMAS, they are the EIR consultants for the city, and then next to Alia, we have Dan Close with LLG. LLG is our traffic consultant. So at the last uh planning commission study session on this project, there were several commission questions that were asked. And what we'd like to do now is respond verbally to the ones that are EIR related tonight, and the ones that are more general plan, specific plan or miscellaneous. We plan to address at the next study session, which is then they'll be scheduled on August 27th. But nonetheless, if there are any new planning commission questions tonight, we love an opportunity to try and respond to them tonight if we can. And if we cannot respond to them tonight, we'll respond to them at a subsequent meeting. So the questions that uh we have from last time, um there was a question about sea level sea level rise requirements, the proposed grading, pad height, and compatibility. The applicant's consultant will be giving a presentation on C level rice. We'll hopefully address your questions. But in terms of elevations, Magnolia Street as it exists next to this project site is at an elevation of six to seven feet, and the proposed overall elevation for the project site interior is 10 and a half feet, so it's about four and a half feet higher than Magnolia. The lodge is proposed at a pad elevation of four feet for the subterranean and parking, but the lodge finished floor is proposed 17 feet, so that would be 10 to 11 feet higher than Magnolia. There was a question about impacts of any contamination to the community and any mitigation measures required, such as any protective walls. The applicant's consultant will be giving a presentation on site conditions, so if we can ask for your questions related to that, but there is a public works code requirement for a wind barrier to be installed prior to grading, and what we usually see is a six-foot-high chain link fence with fabric on it. Um in the future, if the legislative applications that are before uh will be going before the planning commission shortly, if those are approved, the applicant will be submitting the other entitlements that are needed for the actual development. So that would be things like the track map, the conditional conditional use permit, and coastal development permit.