TITLE
Recommendation to authorize City Manager, or designee, to accept easement deeds from Long Beach Aster, LLC, property owner at 125 Long Beach Boulevard, for the installation of public utilities; and
Determine that the project is within the scope of the Downtown Planned Development District Programmatic Environmental Impact Report (State Clearinghouse No. 2009071006), and no further environmental review is required pursuant to California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines Section 15162. (District 1)
DISCUSSION
Long Beach Aster, LLC, a California limited partnership, the owner of the property at 125 Long Beach Boulevard, proposed construction of a new eight-story building containing a total of 218 residential units, 7,292 square feet of retail-commercial floor area, and 312 parking stalls on an approximately 44,870 square-foot site in the Downtown Planned Development District. To accommodate the improvements and modifications, the following actions are required:
• Grant an easement to the City to allow for the relocation of an existing Fire Line servicing the building at 228 E Broadway (Attachment A);
• Grant an easement to the City to allow for the installation of a water irrigation line with a reduced pressure water backflow preventer (Attachment A):
• Grant an easement to the City to allow for the installation of a two domestic water lines, domestic water meters, and reduced pressure water backflow preventers (Attachment A)
City staff conducted a review of affected agencies and there were no objections to the proposed easements to be dedicated. On October 4, 2018, the Planning Commission determined that the project is within the scope of the Downtown Planned Development District Programmatic Environmental Impact Report (State Clearinghouse No. 2009071006), and no further environmental review is required pursuant to California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines Section 15162 (Attachments B and C)
This matter was reviewed by Deputy City Attorney Erin Weesner-McKinley on December 21, 2021 and by Budget Operations and Development Officer Rhutu Amin Gharib on December 27, 2021.
TIMING CONSIDERATIONS
City Council action on this matter is not time critical.
FISCAL IMPACT
An easement processing fee in the amount of $ 3,387.78 was deposited in the General Fund Group in the Public Works Department. This recommendation has no staffing impact beyond the normal budgeted scope of duties and is consistent with existing City Council priorities. There is no local job impact associated with this recommendation.
SUGGESTED ACTION
Approve recommendation.
Respectfully Submitted,
ERIC LOPEZ
DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS
APPROVED:
THOMAS B. MODICA
CITY MANAGER