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Recommendation to declare ordinance approving the Amended and Restated Development Agreement for the Douglas Park project pursuant to Chapter 21.29 of the Long Beach Municipal Code; and directing the City Manager to execute, on behalf of the City, the Amended and Restated Development Agreement with the McDonnell Douglas Corporation, read and adopted as read. (District 5)
DISCUSSION
The 238-acre Douglas Park site is located at 3855 Lakewood Boulevard. See attached Location Map (Exhibit A).
The Boeing Company is requesting a change to the 2004 Development Agreement and associated Site Plan. The change essentially converts the planned uses in the northern section of the project (north of Cover Street) from residential to commercial. While the proposed change requires updates to the General Plan and Douglas Park Planned Development (PD-32) to allow for the new uses, staff and Boeing are also updating the Development Agreement to appropriately address the changes.
The proposed revisions to PD-32 (Exhibit B) would allow up to 3.75 million square feet of commercial/light industrial uses, up to 250,000 square feet of retail uses and up to 400 hotel rooms. The attached Site Plan (Exhibit C) shows retail uses in the northeastern portion of the site and office uses located to the west and south of this area. Approximately 10 acres of open space, which would consist of several plaza areas, bike paths, enhanced pedestrian connections, street gateways, and landscape buffers, would be provided on-site.
Replacing the housing component with additional commercial and light industrial uses north of Cover Street provides more compatible land uses with the development surrounding the project site. The proposed project will facilitate the implementation of the General Plan in terms of maintaining and enhancing a major employment center; developing a well-balanced community offering well-planned commercial districts, and a coordinated circulation system for safe and effici...
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