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Adopt ordinance approving an amendment to the City’s Oil Map by adding the Pumpkin Patch Site to Oil Area 8 and creating a new Oil Area for the Los Cerritos Wetlands Authority Site; and
Approve Site Plan Review and Certificate of Compliance to consolidate existing oil operations, implement a wetlands habitat restoration project, and provide public access opportunities, located on four sites (Synergy Oil Field at 6433 East 2nd Street, City property at the southeast corner of Studebaker Road and 2nd Street, Pumpkin Patch site at 6701 East Pacific Coast Highway, and the Los Cerritos Wetlands Authority site at the northeast corner of Studebaker Road and 2nd Street) within the Southeast Area Development and Improvement Plan (SEADIP / PD-1) area. (District 3)
DISCUSSION
On November 30, 2017, the Planning Commission conducted a public hearing on the Los Cerritos Wetlands Oil Consolidation and Restoration project (Project) to consider requests to certify Environmental Impact Report (03-15), approve a Zoning Code Amendment to SEADIP (PD-1) to allow the project uses; certify an amendment to the Local Coastal Plan; amend the City’s Oil Drilling Map; and, approve a Site Plan Review and a Certificate of Compliance. The Planning Commission forwarded a recommendation of approval on each of the requested actions to the City Council (Exhibit A - Planning Commission staff report). The Project site comprises four properties in the southeastern portion of the City. The Project site is generally bordered by the Los Cerritos Channel to the north, beyond which is a residential development; Studebaker Road to the east, beyond which is the AES Power Plant site, and the San Gabriel River; the San Gabriel River to the southwest, beyond which are undeveloped areas; and Pacific Coast Highway to the west, beyond which is commercial development and Alamitos Bay. The site includes Steamshovel Slough, which is approximately 1,950 feet long and is considered a historic or “ancient” ma...
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