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SPECIAL MEETING OF THE HERMOSA BEACH CITY COUNCIL
Tesday MoeElftp, June 3, 1997 - Council Chambers, City Hall
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CALL TO ORDER
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANC
ROLL CALL
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PUBLIC PARTICIPATION: Although the City Council values your comments, the
Brown Act generally prohibits the Council from taking action on any matter not listed on
the posted agenda.
1. PRELIMINARY BUDGET REVIEW
a. OVERVIEW OF BUDGET CHANGES
b. OVERVIEW OF REVENUE CHANGES
c. REVIEW OF DEPARTMENT EXPENDITURES
CITIZEN COMMENTS
ADJOURNMENT
NOTE: THIS MEETING WILL BE TELEVISED LIVE ON
CENTURY CABLE CHANNEL 3.
Donley Falkenstien, Exec. Dir.
South Bay Coastal Defense Alliance
1412 Palm Drive
Hermosa Beach, CA 90254
City Council of Hermosa Beach, CA June 3, 1997
City Council meeting of June 3, 1997
Dear City Council Members: On behalf of the South Bay Coastal Defense Alliance, and myself, I / we
oppose approving any such contract and permit issuance for the proposed AVP event of June 1997.
The proposed event lacks a parking mitigation plan, which was supposed to be submitted to the Coastal
Commission no later than May 30, 1997.
This event is not exempt from the requirements of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), yet no
new environmental review has been undertaken. The negative environmental impacts have not been
mitigated to an insignificant level as is required under CEQA. Those impacts include, but are not limited to
excessive noise, pollution and noxious fumes, and impacts on parking, and visual blight from giant
advertising laden stands that reach appx. 35 feet above grade.
The AVP representative Jon Stevenson, admitted at the May 13, 1997 Coastal Commission, that this
proposed event is "entertainment" NOT "recreation." Do not forget the more than 4,700 people who
signed a petition opposing this AVP event on the grounds that its impact on parking is unbearable. The
city of Hermosa Beach is in deficit parking, and is not capable of providing parking for the estimated 84% of
the expected crowd who must drive in to the event (AVP statistics provided by the AVP at the October
Manhattan Beach Parks and recreation hearings for the 1997 Manhattan Beach event). That works out to
appx. 2,833 cars that require parking just for this event at 2 per car with 5,667 people, that being.equal to
the 84% figure (with a.stadium size of 6,747 capacity). The number of people who would require being
bussed in to the site for the event would need to be transported within a three hour time frame (9 am to
noon). That will require one 52 seat bus every 4.6 minutes.
This commercial development requires a Coastal Development Permit from the Coastal Commission
under the Guidelines for the Exclusion of Temporary Events from Coastal Commission Permit
Requirements adopted 5-12-93, under items Ila & b, items lila thru d. In any case, no development as
proposed may occur without specific written authority for exclusion from permit requirements from the
Coastal Commission's Executive Director, and or the Coastal Commission Panel itself.
RECOMMENDATION:
The South Bay Coastal Defense Alliance, and myself, recommend rejection of the request as submitted,
for the reasons discussed, on the grounds that the commercial development, as conditioned, will not be
in conformity with the Guidelines for the Exclusion of Temporary Events from Coastal Commission Permit
Requirements, and will not be in conformity with the provisions of Chapter 3 of the California Coastal Act of
1976, and is not in conformance with the public access and public recreation policies of Chapter 3 of the
Coastal Act, and will have significant adverse impacts on the environment within the meaning of the
California Environmental Quality Act, and there are feasible alternatives or feasible mitigation measures
available which would substantially lessen any significant adverse impacts which approval of the
commercial development would have on the environment.
Thank you for your careful consideration of this important coastal issue.
Donley Falkenstien, Executive Director
South Bay Coastal Defense Alliance.
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