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Recommendation to receive supporting documentation into the record, conclude the public hearing, and adopt resolution adopting Mitigated Negative Declaration (MND 02-16); and
Deny the appeal from Warren Blesofsky representing Long Beach Citizens for Fair Development; and uphold the Planning Commission’s decision to approve a Site Plan Review, Standards Variance, and Conditional Use Permit for construction of three 65-foot-high, 44,500-square-foot buildings for a 300-megawatt battery storage facility on the Alamitos Generating Station property located at 690 North Studebaker Road, in the Southeast Area Development and Improvement Plan (SEADIP/PD-1) area. (District 3)
DISCUSSION
On August 3, 2017, the Planning Commission held a public hearing and approved, with conditions, a battery storage facility at the AES Alamitos Generation Station (AGS) property. The AGS is an existing natural gas power plant (with six power generating units) that heats water to create steam, which activates turbines to generate electricity. The electricity is then transmitted via a system of overhead power lines. The AGS station was constructed between 1955 and 1969.
The AGS property (project site) is bound by a Southern California Edison switchyard to the north, the San Gabriel River to the east, Studebaker Road to the west, and the Plains West Coast Terminals petroleum storage facility and cooling canal to the south. Access to the site is from a signalized intersection from Studebaker Road, just south of the entrance ramp to the east-bound State Route 22 and north of Loynes Drive (Exhibit A - Location Map and Site Photos). The southern portion of the site is within the Coastal Zone, but no portion of the proposed project occurs in the Coastal Zone. The site is secured by a guarded gate entry and is not accessible to the general public.
The project site is located in Subarea 19 of the SEADIP/PD-1 area, which calls for industrial uses to be developed in accordance with the ...
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