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Recommendation to authorize City Manager to execute all documents, including amendments, necessary to enter into a Reimbursement Agreement with Lyon Housing (Pumpkin Patch) XLV, LLC, for reimbursement costs related to project management for entitlements for wetlands restoration for a portion of property at 6433 East 2nd Street and relocation of oil facilities to 6701 East Pacific Coast Highway, for a period of one year with the option to renew for two additional one-year periods;
Authorize City Manager to execute all documents, including amendments, necessary to enter into a contract with Lisa Wise Consulting, Inc., for coastal zone consulting services, in an annual amount of $120,000, and an additional 10 percent contingency in the amount of $12,000, for a total annual amount not to exceed $132,000, for a period of one year with the option to renew for two additional one-year periods, at the discretion of the City Manager; and
Increase appropriation in the Development Services Fund (EF 337) in the Development Services Department (DV) by $132,000. (District 3)
DISCUSSION
The project applicants, Lyon Housing (Pumpkin Patch) XLV, LLC (Lyon Housing), and Los Cerritos Wetlands, LLC, have requested entitlements to relocate oil infrastructure from the Synergy Oil and Gas, LLC (Synergy) oil field at 6433 East 2nd Street to a site owned by the Los Cerritos Wetlands Authority and the 7-acre Pumpkin Patch site at 6701 East Pacific Coast Highway, where Synergy executive offices will also be constructed (Exhibit A - Project Location Map). The northern portion of the Synergy oil field will be restored through the creation of a Wetlands Mitigation Bank. Staff has determined that the complexity of the project, the number of discretionary approvals required, and the number of City and external agencies and stakeholders involved in various phases of project review and approval warrant a high level of coordination and oversight, to ensure compliance with all local, reg...
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