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>> GOOD EVENING, AND WELCOME TO THE OCTOBER 5TH,
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2022 MEETING OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION.PLEASE STAND FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE LED BY COMMISSIONER SABELLICO.
>> THANK YOU. FOR THE RECORD, WOULD EACH COMMISSIONER PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME BEGINNING ON MY FAR LEFT.
>> WILLIAM KAMENJARIN PRESENT.
ALL COMMISSIONERS ARE PRESENT EXCEPT FOR COMMISSIONER LUNA, COMMISSIONER MEENES, AND COMMISSIONER STINE.
THE NEXT ITEM FOR APPROVAL IS THE MEETING MINUTES OF SEPTEMBER 21ST, 2022.
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ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONS OR CORRECTIONS TO THE MINUTES FOR THE PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING?>> YEAH, JUST ONE SMALL ONE ON PAGE 3 UNDER PUBLIC TESTIMONY, THE FOURTH LINE DOWN.
IT'S ACTUALLY TOM SIEKMAN NOT TODD SIEKMAN. THAT'S ALL.
>> COMMISSIONER KAMENJARIN, DID YOU HAVE ANY?
>> I THOUGHT ON PAGE 1, AUDREY, THE NATURALLY IMMUNE PERSON NAME WAS SPELLED AUDREY, A-U-D-R-E-Y.
>> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? UNDER THE ROLL CALL, IT STATED THAT COMMISSIONER SABELLICO AND STINE ABSTAINED, BUT ALL MEMBERS WERE ACTUALLY PRESENT AT THAT MEETING, SO THE MINUTES REFLECT THAT.
IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES?
>> I'LL MOVE TO APPROVE THE MINUTES.
>> A MOTION TO APPROVE HAS BEEN MADE BY COMMISSIONER MERZ AND SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER KAMENJARIN. ANY DISCUSSION?
>> JUST THE MOTION IS TO APPROVE AS AMENDED.
>> AS AMENDED, I APOLOGIZE. THANK YOU.
MOTION CARRIES BY A VOTE OF FOUR WITH THREE ABSENT.
THIS IS STILL APPLICABLE OF THE FOLLOWING CHANGES.
FOLLOWING CHANGES ARE NOW AFFECT REGARDING
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THE PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING PROCEDURES WHERE WE'LL REQUIRE A REQUEST TO SPEAK FORM FOR ALL ITEMS ON THE AGENDA INCLUDING PUBLIC HEARINGS.REQUEST TO SPEAK FORMS MUST BE TURNED INTO THE MINUTES CLERK PRIOR TO THE ITEM COMMENCING.
THIS WILL ALLOW SPEAKER TIME TO BE MANAGED IN A MORE EFFICIENT MANNER.
ALL SPEAKERS WILL BE GIVEN THREE MINUTES UNLESS THAT TIME IS REDUCED BY THE CHAIRPERSON.
SPEAKERS MAY NOT GIVE THEIR TIME TO ANOTHER SPEAKER.
GROUP TIME WILL BE PERMITTED FOR ITEMS LISTED ON THE AGENDA.
THE REPRESENTATIVE MUST IDENTIFY THE GROUP, AND AT LEAST THREE MEMBERS OF THE GROUP MUST BE PRESENT DURING THE MEETING AT WHICH THE PRESENTATION IS BEING MADE.
THOSE SPEAKERS ON BEHALF OF A GROUP HAVE 10 MINUTES, UNLESS THE TIME IS CHANGED BY THE CHAIRPERSON.
THE CITY PLANNER WILL CALL THE NAMES OF THOSE WISHING TO SPEAK IN THE ORDER THEY REQUEST TO SPEAK ARE RECEIVED.
COMMENTS FROM THE AUDIENCE ON ITEMS NOT LISTED ON THE AGENDA.
THE COMMISSION SETS ASIDE THIS TIME AFTER 15 MINUTES TO ACCEPT COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC.
ON ITEMS NOT LISTED ON THE AGENDA, THAT IS WITHIN THE SUBJECT MATTER OF THE JURISDICTION OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
MR. STRONG, DO WE HAVE ANY SPEAKER SLIPS?
>> YES, WE HAVE ONE, BRIAN CONNOR.
>> THANK YOU. PLEASE LIMIT YOUR COMMENTS TO THREE MINUTES,
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AND TO HELP THE SPEAKERS KEEP WITHIN THE ALLOTTED TIME, OUR MINUTES CLERK WILL START THE TIMER.THE GREEN LIGHT MEANS SPEAK, YELLOW MEANS YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE REMAINING, AND RED MEANS YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED.
SINCE ITEMS BROUGHT UP UNDER PUBLIC COMMENT ARE NOT LISTED ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA, THE COMMISSION IS PREVENTED BY LAW FROM DISCUSSING OR TAKING ACTION ON THESE ITEMS. BEFORE YOU BEGIN YOUR COMMENTS, PLEASE SPEAK INTO THE MIC, CLEARLY STATE YOUR NAME.
IF YOU ARE HERE TO SPEAK ON AN ITEM LISTED ON THE AGENDA, PLEASE WAIT FOR THAT ITEM TO BE OPENED FOR PUBLIC TESTIMONY. LET'S SEE.
[LAUGHTER] IF EVERYONE WOULD DIRECT THEIR ATTENTION TO THE SCREEN, I WILL REVIEW THE PROCEDURES THE PLANNING COMMISSION WILL BE FOLLOWING FOR THE EVENING'S PUBLIC HEARING.
THE PUBLIC HEARING WILL BE OPEN, STAFF WILL MAKE THEIR PRESENTATION, PLANNING COMMISSION MAY ASK CLARIFYING QUESTIONS ON THE STAFF PRESENTATION.
THIS IS NOT THE SIX. WE'RE GOING TO ACTUALLY REQUEST THAT THE NON-AGENDA ITEM BE DISCUSSED FIRST.
COULD YOU STATE YOUR NAME FOR US, PLEASE?
>> I LIVE HERE IN THE CITY FOR MANY YEARS.
BY THE WAY, THANK YOU VERY MUCH EVERYBODY HERE FOR YOUR WORK, FOR YOUR CONTRIBUTION TO THE COMMUNITY, FOR YOUR SACRIFICES THAT YOU MAKE TO PUBLIC GOOD.
BUT PRIMARILY UNDER THE SCOPE OF THE IDEA THAT THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT ACTUALLY IS NOT SIMPLY A FORWARD-LOOKING OPERATION, BUT THAT PLANNING HAS A RESPONSIBILITY NOT JUST TO CONCEPTUALLY, BUT UNDER THE LAW, TO LOOK BACKWARDS ON ITS WORK TO ASSESS THE DECISIONS THAT IT MAKES.
IN THIS CASE, A PERFECT EXAMPLE WOULD BE GARAGES IN GENERAL.
THESE BOILERPLATE IN THE PLANNING THE PERMIT PROCESS STATES THAT THE PERMITTED STRUCTURE, IN THIS CASE GARAGE, IS TO BE PERMANENTLY MAINTAINED AND AVAILABLE FOR THE PARKING OF VEHICLES.
NOW WE CAN CURE A LOT OF OUR PROBLEMS OF THE COMMUNITY ABOUT THE TRAFFIC ISSUES THAT WE'RE GRAPPLING WITH AT THE MOMENT BY DISINCENTIVIZING THE PLACEMENT OF PRIVATE PROPERTY, IN THIS CASE, AUTOMOBILES AND TRUCKS IN THE PUBLIC RIGHTS OF WAY, THEREBY CREATING HAZARDS TO NAVIGATION ON THE ROADWAYS, AND THAT WOULD BE A PERMITTING SYSTEM.
YOU CAN EASILY LOOK AT THAT AND SAY, FOR INSTANCE, THE CITY OF PASADENA, ALL THE CITIES OF THE SAN GABRIEL VALLEY.
I HAVE THAT COST ABOUT 100 BUCKS HERE, AND IT GETS THE CARS OFF THE STREET.
IF YOU GO UP THERE, YOU SEE THAT STREETS ARE NICE AND TIDY.
IT WORKS FOR POLICE, WORK FOR OPERATIONS, IT WORKS FOR PUBLIC SAFETY IN GENERAL.
THE OTHER THING IN THE SAME VEIN IS THE CITY ALSO SEEMS TO HAVE THIS IMPRESSION THAT ISSUES IN HOAS ARE CIVIL MATTERS, BUT THE HOA THE CCNR IS IN FACT A PERMIT, AND THEREFORE THE CITY IS RESPONSIBLE TO ENFORCE ITS PERMITS.
I LIKE TO THINK THAT IT'S FOR WHATEVER, THE LAWYERS, ETC, BUT NO, YOU ISSUE THE PERMIT, YOU GOT TO ENFORCE THE PERMITS.
YOU HAVE TO HELP US MEDIATE AND YOU HAVE TO ASSIST US.
OTHERWISE, WE WIND UP AT PLACES LIKE TANGLEWOOD.
ANYBODY EVER GO OUT THERE? IT'S A MESS.
THE LAST THING I WANT TO TALK ABOUT IS THE FACT THAT I FIND MYSELF AFTER 35 YEARS IN A PRIME PIECE OF REAL ESTATE ON THE NORTH SHORE AGUA HEAD NEWER LAGOON IN WHAT I CALL NOW INDUSTRIAL SACRIFICE AREA BECAUSE OF ANOTHER OVERSIGHT, WHICH IS THE THE LOW-FREQUENCY NOISE CONSTANTLY EMITTED FROM THE DESALINATION PLANT.
I'M GOING TO BROACH THAT FOR YOU.
THINK ABOUT THAT. THAT'S ALL I HAVE.
WE'LL CONTINUE WITH THE PUBLIC HEARING.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER SPEAKERS? I APOLOGIZE.
NO. OKAY. WE'LL CONTINUE WITH THE PUBLIC HEARING.
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IF EVERYONE WILL DIRECT THEIR ATTENTION TO THE SCREEN, I WILL REVIEW THE PROCEDURES OF THE COMMISSION THAT WILL BE FOLLOWING FOR TODAY'S PUBLIC HEARING.THE PUBLIC HEARING WILL BE OPEN.
STAFF WILL MAKE THE PRESENTATION.
THE PLANNING COMMISSION MAY ASK CLARIFYING QUESTIONS OF THE STAFF.
THE APPLICANTS WILL MAKE THEIR PRESENTATION AND RESPOND TO CLARIFYING QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMISSIONERS.
THEY'LL HAVE 10 MINUTES FOR THEIR PRESENTATION.
THE PUBLIC TESTIMONY PERIOD WILL BE OPENED.
A TIME LIMIT OF THREE MINUTES IS ALLOTTED TO EACH SPEAKER AFTER THOSE WANTING TO SPEAK HAVE DONE SO, THE PUBLIC TESTIMONY PERIOD WILL BE CLOSED.
THE APPLICANT AND STAFF WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO RESPOND TO ISSUES OR QUESTIONS RAISED.
THE COMMISSIONERS WILL THEN DISCUSS THE ITEM AND THEN VOTE.
THE PUBLIC HEARING WILL BE CLOSED.
CERTAIN PLANNING COMMISSION DECISIONS ARE FINAL, BUT MAYBE APPEAL TO THE COUNCIL.
YOU CAN FIND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON PLANNING COMMISSION PROCEDURES ON THE BACK OF TONIGHT'S AGENDA.
WE HAVE BEEN THROUGH BRIEFINGS.
AS TONIGHT'S HEARING PROCEEDS, PLEASE KEEP IN MIND, THE COMMISSIONERS HAVE RESEARCHED AND READ ALL OF THE INFORMATION THAT HAS BEEN PROVIDED BY STAFF.
EACH PROCEDURE DESCRIBED UNDER PUBLIC HEARING IS FOR EACH HEARING ITEM.
IN THE MEETING EACH ITEM HAS ITS OWN SEPARATE PUBLIC HEARING.
WHEN CALLING A COMMISSIONER, YES.
[1. CUP2022-0010/SUP2022-0006 (DEV2022-0139) – CARLSBAD DESALINATION PLANT INTAKE AND]
I'LL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING ON AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 1.FIRST, ARE THERE ANY EX PARTE DISCLOSURES ON THIS ITEM?
>> I'M FAMILIAR WITH THE PLANEDGE.
>> I'VE TOURED THE PLANT ON TWO SEPARATE OCCASIONS, ONCE WITH THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT FOR THE DIESEL PLANT, AND THEN ONCE WE HAD THE TOUR OF THE ENTIRE FACILITY, A FEW YEARS AGO.
>> I'VE READ COUNTLESS ARTICLES ABOUT THE DESALINATION PLANT.
I'VE MET WITH WORKERS OF THE DESALINATION PLANT, AND I'M VERY FAMILIAR WITH THE PLANT. I'VE NEVER BEEN THERE THOUGH.
>> I'VE BEEN ON TWO TOURS, ONE PRIOR TO ITS OPENING ON A FIELD TRIP WHEN MY KIDS WERE IN FIFTH GRADE [LAUGHTER] AND THEN ONE WITH THE PLANNING COMMISSION WHEN WE WENT TO TOUR THAT WHOLE SITE.
I ALSO AM A LITTLE BIT FAMILIAR WITH OTHER EFFORTS THAT HAVE BEEN, NOT FROM POSEIDON'S POINT OF VIEW, BUT FROM OTHER ELEMENTS, SITES THAT HAVE BEEN DESIGNATED AS POSSIBLE SITES FOR DESALINATION, BUT HAVE NOT GONE THROUGH.
MR. STRONG, WILL YOU PLEASE INTRODUCE THIS ITEM?
>> YES. THANK YOU, VICE CHAIR LAFFERTY.
THIS SINGLE ITEM ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA IS THE INTAKE AND DISCHARGE MODIFICATIONS TO THE CARLSBAD DESALINIZATION PLANT, WHICH CONSTITUTES A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT, AND A SPECIAL USE PERMIT WHICH IS WITHIN THE COMMISSION'S PURVIEW AS THE FINAL DECISION-MAKING BODY.
SCOTT DONALD IS THE LEAD PLANNER THAT WILL BE PRESENTING ON THIS ITEM. SCOTT.
>> THANK YOU, MR. STRONG AND GOOD EVENING, VICE CHAIR LAFFERTY, MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
FIRST OF ALL, I'D LIKE TO START WITH AN INTRODUCTION TO PROVIDE SOME ORIENTATION AS TO THE PROJECT LOCATION.
OF COURSE, ON THE LEFT WE HAVE AN AERIAL PHOTO OF THE POWER STATION, AND THIS IS A PHOTO PRIOR TO ITS DEMOLITION.
BUT IT'S STILL ACCURATE IN HELPING TO SHOW THE LOCATION OF THE PROPOSED PROJECT.
YOU'LL SEE THERE ARE TWO YELLOW BOXES.
THE LARGER ONE IS WHERE THE BULK OF THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT THE PLANNING COMMISSION WILL CONSIDER TONIGHT ARE LOCATED AND THAT IS IN THE SOUTHWESTERN MOST EXTENT OF THE OUTER BASE IN UPPER AGUA, HEADING ON TO LAGOON.
YOU'LL ALSO SEE THAT THERE'S A SMALLER YELLOW BOX WHICH REALLY JUST HIGHLIGHTS THE GENERAL AREA WHERE AN ADDITIONAL PROJECT IMPROVEMENTS ARE LOCATED, WHICH ACTUALLY IN THIS CASE CONSISTS OF SOME TEMPORARY DRIVEWAYS AS WELL AS THE TEMPORARY PARKING LOT.
THE INSET PHOTO THERE ON THE RIGHT, JUST AS AN EXISTING PHOTO OF WHAT THE SITE LOOKS LIKE TODAY.
THIS WAS TAKEN WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF THE INCENTIVE POWER PLANTS, SO A VIEW THAT'S NOT AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC, BUT WHAT IT DOES HELP TO DO IS SHOW THE AREA WHERE THE BULK OF THE IMPROVEMENTS PROPOSED BY THE PROJECT ARE LOCATED.
THAT CONCRETE STRUCTURE THAT YOU SEE IN THE BACKGROUND IS ACTUALLY THE EXISTING INCENTIVE POWER STATION INTAKE FOR THE SEAWATER THAT COMES THROUGH THE LAGOON.
IN THE FOREGROUND OF THAT IS WHERE THE PROPOSED IMPROVEMENTS WOULD BE LOCATED.
SOME BACKGROUND ON THE PROJECT.
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THE DESALINATION PLANT WAS APPROVED BY THE CITY IN 2006.THE PROJECT BEGAN DELIVERING WATER TO THE SAN DIEGO REGION NINE YEARS LATER.
AT THAT TIME, IT WAS CO-LOCATED OR DEPENDENT ON THE OPERATION OF THE INSIGNIA POWER STATION, BUT THERE WAS ALWAYS THE KNOWLEDGE THAT EVENTUALLY THAT POWER STATION WOULD RETIRE, AND INDEED IN 2018, THE POWER PLANT WAS DECOMMISSIONED.
AS YOU KNOW TODAY, IT'S LARGELY BEEN DEMOLISHED.
REALLY SINCE THAT TIME, THE EFFORT HAS BEEN TO PROVIDE PHASED IMPROVEMENTS TO DEVELOP A COMPLETELY INDEPENDENT STANDALONE DESALINATION PLANT OPERATION.
ONE OF THE FIRST PHASES OF THAT WAS THE CONSTRUCTION OF SOME FISH FRIENDLY PUMPS.
THE SECOND PHASE IS REALLY WHAT'S BEING CONSIDERED TODAY, A DIFFERENT MODIFICATION OR DIFFERENT TYPE OF INTAKE STRUCTURE IN ORDER TO MEET NEW STATE LAW REQUIREMENTS CALLED THE OCEAN PLAN.
I WILL ADD AS WELL THAT THE APPLICANT DOES HAVE A PRESENTATION TO PROVIDE TONIGHT, CAN GO INTO MORE DETAIL ABOUT THE WORKINGS OF DIESEL AND AND WHY THESE CHANGES ARE NECESSARY.
THE PROJECT WOULD MODIFY HOW THE PLANT RECEIVES AND DISCHARGES SEAWATER, AND THE EXISTING INTAKE TO THE POWER PLANT TAKES WATER IN FROM THE AGUA HEDIONDA LAGOON AND THEN DISCHARGES IT INTO A DISCHARGE PLAN THAT THEN IS TRANSFERRED UNDERNEATH CARLSBAD BOULEVARD INTO THE OCEAN.
THE PROPOSED MODIFICATIONS WOULD CONTINUE THAT GENERAL ROUTING OF THE WATER, BUT DO SO IN A MANNER THAT COMPLIES WITH NEW STATE LAWS THAT ESSENTIALLY ALL LOOK AT REDUCING MARINE LIFE MORTALITY.
ANOTHER COMPONENT OF THE PROJECT AS I MENTIONED AT THE BEGINNING OF THE PRESENTATION IS TO ADD TEMPORARY DRIVEWAYS AND PARKING LOT.
THIS IS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE FISH FARM.
PRESENTLY, THE FISH FARM USES PARKING WHERE PROJECT CONSTRUCTION WILL OCCUR, SO IT'S NECESSARY TO PROVIDE NEW TEMPORARY PARKING TO THE NORTH OF THE FISH POND.
IMPROVEMENTS ARE CONCENTRATED ALL IN AND NEAR THE LAGOON, BOTH THE TEMPORARY DRIVEWAYS AND PARKING LOT, AS WELL AS THINGS LIKE THE DIFFERENT STRUCTURES TO FILTER THE WATER ARE AS YOU HAVE SEEN IN PRIOR SLIDES, ADJACENT IN THE LAGOON AREA..
THERE ARE TWO PERMITS THAT ARE REQUIRED FOR THIS PROJECT THAT REQUIRE THE PLANNING COMMISSION'S APPROVAL.
THE FIRST IS A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT, WHICH IS NEEDED FOR ANY IMPROVEMENTS THAT ARE PROPOSED IN THE OPEN SPACE ZONE.
AS YOU MIGHT IMAGINE, THE BULK OF THE LAGOON IS ZONED OPEN SPACE.
THE PLANNING COMMISSION ALSO HAS THE AUTHORITY AS FLOODPLAIN ADMINISTRATOR TO APPROVE ANY IMPROVEMENTS THAT ARE PROPOSED IN THE FLOODPLAIN, SO REALLY IT'S TWO PERMITS BEFORE YOU TONIGHT OVER WHICH YOU HAVE APPROVAL AUTHORITY, A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT, AND A SPECIAL USE PERMIT.
NOW, WHAT YOU MIGHT FIND CONSPICUOUSLY ABSENT FROM THIS LIST IS A COASTAL DEVELOPMENT PERMIT TYPICALLY FOR OUR PROJECTS SO CLOSE TO THE OCEAN AND THE LAGOON, YOU WOULD ISSUE A CDP.
IN THIS CASE HOWEVER, COASTAL COMMISSION HAS RETAINED PERMIT AUTHORITY FOR ANY COASTAL DEVELOPMENT PERMIT IN THE AGUA HEDIONDA LAGOON AREA.
IN FACT, THE APPLICANT DID RECEIVE APPROVAL OF THAT CDP FROM THE COASTAL COMMISSION JUST THIS PAST MONTH.
THE PERMITS BEFORE YOU, THE CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT, THE SPECIAL USE PERMIT, THE CDP THAT'S BEEN ISSUED ALREADY BY THE COASTAL COMMISSION, AND THERE'S ONE FINAL COMPONENT OF THIS PROJECT THAT ACTUALLY ISN'T SUBJECT TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION'S REVIEW.
THAT IS THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT ARE IN THE PUBLIC UTILITY ZONE.
GENERALLY, THESE ARE IMPROVEMENTS THAT OCCUR ON THE LAND-BASED PORTION OF THE POWER PLANT, NOT IN THE LAGOON BUT THE LAND AREA OF THE FORMER POWER STATION.
WE'LL TAKE A LOOK AT SOME SLIDES THAT HELP TO EXPLAIN WHERE THE OPEN SPACE ZONE IS AND WHERE THE PUBLIC UTILITY ZONE IS, AND THEREFORE WHERE YOUR PURVIEW OR YOUR JURISDICTION LIES.
AN OVERALL SLIDE OF THE PROPOSED IMPROVEMENTS YOU CAN SEE THEY'RE HIGHLIGHTED BOTH HERE PRIMARILY IN GREEN, BUT ALSO SOME BLUE DOTS AND I'LL EXPLAIN THOSE IN JUST A MINUTE.
BUT THE GREEN HIGHLIGHTS ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THIS SLIDE REALLY FOCUS ON THOSE IMPROVEMENTS THAT ARE IN THE LAGOON IN THAT VERY SOUTHWEST PORTION OF THE LAGOON.
THE MAJOR PORTION OF THE IMPROVEMENTS ARE CONSISTING OF WHAT'S KNOWN AS A PROPOSED FINE SCREENING FACILITY, WHICH CONTAINS THE BAFFLES AND THE MECHANISMS IN ORDER TO TREAT THE SEAWATER THAT COMES IN TO MAKE SURE THAT SEAWATER THAT'S ULTIMATELY PRESENTED TO THE PLANT FOR DESALINATION HAS REDUCED THE AMOUNT OF MARINE LIFE MORTALITY.
THAT STRUCTURE IS ABOUT 30 FEET WIDE, AS WELL AS 160 FEET LONG, AND IT EXTENDS ABOUT 25 FEET ABOVE THE WATER SURFACE AND ABOUT 15 FEET BELOW THE WATER SURFACE.
IT'S IMPORTANT TO HAVE THAT BELOW WATER SURFACE IN ORDER OF COURSE TO HELP SCREEN OUT THE MARINE LIFE.
YOU'LL SEE IN FRONT OF THAT FINE SCREENING FACILITY THERE'S A PROPOSED FLOATING BOOM THAT ALSO EXTENDS BELOW THE WATER.
AGAIN, THE PURPOSE OF THAT IS ALSO TO HELP SCREEN UP MARINE LIFE, BUT ALSO DEBRIS THAT MIGHT GET INTO
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THE WATER THAT THE DESALINATION PLANT ULTIMATELY TREATS.THEN BEHIND THAT FINE SCREENING FACILITY IS A DECK.
THAT DECK IS SIMPLY TO PROVIDE ACCESS TO VEHICLES, TO MAINTENANCE WORKERS TO ACCESS THE FINE SCREENING FACILITY IN THE MAINTENANCE THAT IS NECESSARY FOR IT.
THE DECK IS PROBABLY THE LARGEST FEATURE OF THE PROJECT.
IT IS ABOUT 200 FEET WIDE FROM LAGOON SHORE TO LAGOON SHORE IN THIS PART OF THE PROJECT, AND IS ABOUT 30 FEET DEEP.
THE OTHER HIGHLIGHTED IMPROVEMENTS IN GREEN THAT YOU SEE TO THE RIGHT ARE THOSE IMPROVEMENTS THAT ARE IN THE PUBLIC UTILITY ZONE, AND THESE PRIMARILY CONSIST OF THE ADDITION OF A NEW SMALL ELECTRICAL BUILDING AS WELL AS THE DEMOLITION OF SOME EXISTING IMPROVEMENTS THAT SERVED THE UNSEEN OF POWER STATION.
THE PUBLIC UTILITY ZONE, WHEN THE DESALINATION PLANT WAS APPROVED IN 2006, REQUIRED THE APPROVAL OF A PRECISE DEVELOPMENT PLAN.
THAT PRECISE DEVELOPMENT PLAN WAS PART OF THE PROJECT APPROVAL AND ACTUALLY GIVES ADMINISTRATIVE APPROVAL OR STAFF APPROVAL OF PROPOSED IMPROVEMENTS, MINOR IMPROVEMENTS THAT ARE NECESSARY TO SUPPORT THE DESALINATION PLANT.
THIS IS JUST AN EXTENSION OF THE PROPOSED IMPROVEMENTS REALLY HIGHLIGHTING IN GRAY TO THE LEFT PART OF THIS SITE PLAN, THE PROPOSED PARKING AREA, AGAIN JUST TO THE NORTH OF THE EXISTING FISH FARM FACILITY AND VERY CLOSE AROUND THE BANKS OF THE AGUA HEDIONDA LAGOON.
GETTING BACK TO THE POINT MADE EARLIER ABOUT THOSE IMPROVEMENTS IN THE OPEN SPACE AND THOSE IMPROVEMENTS IN THE PUBLIC UTILITY ZONE.
GREEN REPRESENTS THE OPEN SPACE WHICH IS THE MAJORITY OF THE AGUA HEDIONDA LAGOON.
GENERALLY, IMPROVEMENTS WITHIN THAT OPEN SPACE DESIGNATION OR WITHIN THE LAGOON ARE SUBJECT TO THE CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT AND THE SPECIAL USE PERMIT THAT THE PLANNING COMMISSION IS BEING ASKED TO CONSIDER FOR APPROVAL.
THOSE IMPROVEMENTS THAT ARE IN THE BLUE OR IN THE PUBLIC UTILITY ZONE ARE THOSE THAT ARE SUBJECT TO STAFF'S APPROVAL PER THE PRECISE DEVELOPMENT PLAN.
THAT'S TRUE FOR THE MOST PART, BUT THERE IS AN EXCEPTION, AND THAT'S WHAT THIS NEXT SLIDE HELPS TO SHOW.
FIRST OF ALL, YOU CAN SEE I'VE CALLED OUT HERE THE DASH LINE THAT BASICALLY FOLLOWS THE BOUNDARY OF A LAGOON WHICH MARKS THE LOCATION OF THE FLOODPLAIN.
THAT DASH LINE SERVES TO ALSO BE THE BOUNDARY BETWEEN WHICH THE PUBLIC UTILITY ZONE WHERE STAFF HAS ITS ADMINISTRATIVE APPROVAL AND THE AREA THAT THE PLANNING COMMISSION SERVES AS THE FLOODPLAIN ADMINISTRATOR.
A PORTION OF THIS PROJECT WHILE IN THE PUBLIC UTILITY ZONE IS ALSO WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF THE FLOOD ZONE.
BECAUSE OF THAT, THE PLANNING COMMISSION RETAINS PERMIT AUTHORITY TO APPROVE THOSE PORTIONS OF THE PROJECT WITHIN THE FLOODPLAIN.
THAT REALLY EXTENDS TO JUST A SMALL PORTION OF THE DECK THAT'S LOCATED BEHIND THE FINE SCREENING FACILITY.
YOU CAN SEE PERHAPS THAT THAT DECK IS SPLIT BY BOTH ZONING DISTRICTS.
THE MAJORITY OF IT IS IN THE OPEN SPACE ZONE, BUT A PORTION OF IT IS IN THE PUBLIC UTILITY ZONE.
THAT'S JUST SOME OF THE FINER DETAILS OF THE PROJECT TO HELP CLARIFY WHY NOT ALL COMPONENTS OF THIS, THE ELECTRICAL BUILDING, FOR EXAMPLE, SOME OF THE DEMOLITION THAT'S PROPOSED IS NOT SUBJECT TO PLANNING COMMISSION'S APPROVAL.
WE GO BACK TO THE PICTURE OF THE PORTION OF THE BAY WHERE THE MAJORITY OF IMPROVEMENTS ARE PROPOSED.
THAT'S OF COURSE, THE PHOTO THAT YOU'VE SEEN ALREADY ON THE TOP LEFT, THE BOTTOM RIGHT OR THE BOTTOM LEFT, EXCUSE ME, SHOWS THE PROPOSED FINE SCREEN FACILITY, THE DECK THAT'S BEHIND IT, AND WHAT IT WOULD LOOK LIKE FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF SOMEONE STANDING NEAR THE FISH FARM FACILITY.
AGAIN, ON PROPERTY THAT'S NOT PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE.
WHILE THIS MAY LOOK LIKE A LARGE STRUCTURE, THE POINT TO REMEMBER IS IT'S NOT READILY VISIBLE TO THE PUBLIC.
THAT'S SIMPLY BECAUSE OF ITS LOCATION, INTERVENING TOPOGRAPHY, STRUCTURES, VEGETATION, OFFENSE, AND PERHAPS MOST IMPORTANTLY, DISTANCE.
THIS FACILITY IS QUITE A DISTANCE FROM ANY ADJACENT HOME OR PUBLIC STREET, GARFIELD STREET, FOR EXAMPLE CHINQUAPIN, ALL OF THOSE LOCATIONS ARE 2,000 FEET OR MORE FROM WHERE THIS CONSTRUCTION WOULD OCCUR.
WHILE IT MAY LOOK PROMINENT IN THE BOTTOM LEFT PHOTO, IN ACTUALITY WHAT'S VISIBLE FROM THE PUBLIC IS NOT OR DOES NOT REPRESENT A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON VIEWS.
AS FAR AS ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW, THE SAN DIEGO COUNTY WATER AUTHORITY, WHICH IS THE LEAD AGENCY FOR THIS PROJECT HAVE PREPARED AND APPROVED WHAT'S KNOWN AS A SEVENTH ADDENDUM TO THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT THAT THE CITY APPROVED BACK IN 2006.
THAT'S SEVENTH ADDENDUM WAS USED TO ANALYZE THE IMPACTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT ARE BEING PROPOSED.
WHILE THE SAN DIEGO COUNTY WATER AUTHORITY IS THE LEAD AGENCY, THE CITY OF CARLSBAD HAS ITS ROLE AS A RESPONSIBLE AGENCY.
WHICH MEANS IT CAN USE THAT ENVIRONMENTAL DOCUMENT
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PREPARED BY THE LEAD AGENCY FOR ITS PURPOSES OR IN OTHER WORDS, FOR ITS PURPOSES TO ISSUE BOTH THE CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT AND THE SPECIAL USE PERMIT.IN ORDER TO DO SO, HOWEVER, WE NEED TO MAKE A FINDING OF CONSISTENCY THAT THE PROPOSED IMPROVEMENTS ARE CONSISTENT WITH THE ANALYSIS AND THE ADDENDUM.
STAFF, OF COURSE, HAS REVIEWED THE ADDENDUM, FOUND IT TO BE ADEQUATE WITH THE EXCEPTION OF NOT DISCUSSING THE CITY'S PROPOSED FIRE STATION, WHICH IS ALSO TO BE LOCATED ON THE GROUNDS OF THE FORMER POWER PLANT, VERY CLOSE TO THESE PROPOSED IMPROVEMENTS.
FOR THAT REASON, A SUPPLEMENTAL TECHNICAL MEMORANDUM WAS PREPARED TO THE ADDENDUM SIMPLY TO IDENTIFY WHAT IMPACTS MAY RESULT FROM THE PROPOSED DESALINATION MODIFICATIONS ON THE FIRE STATION.
WITH THE ADDENDUM COMBINED WITH THE SUPPLEMENTAL TECHNICAL MEMORANDUM, STAFF IS RECOMMENDING THAT INDEED THE PROJECT CAN BE FOUND CONSISTENT WITH THE ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW THAT HAS BEEN CONDUCTED.
SPEAKING OF THE TEMPORARY FIRE STATION, JUST TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF WHERE THAT'S LOCATED IN RELATION TO THE PROJECT.
AGAIN, WE HAVE THE TWO YELLOW SQUARES.
THEY'RE HIGHLIGHTING WHERE THE MODIFICATIONS ARE PROPOSED FOR THE DESALINATION PLANT.
LITTLE RED CIRCLE THERE INDICATING THE APPROXIMATE LOCATION OF THE TEMPORARY FIRE STATION ABOUT 3-400 FEET TO THE SOUTH.
THE CITY HAS SIGNED A SIX-YEAR LEASE WITH NRG, THE OWNER OF THE POWER PLANT PROPERTY, TO BUILD AND FULLY EQUIP AND STAFF A POWER PLANT AT THAT LOCATION.
CITY ANTICIPATES THE POWER PLANT WILL BE OPERATIONAL EARLY NEXT YEAR, THAT IT WILL USE THE ACCESS ONTO CARLSBAD BOULEVARD THAT EXISTS TODAY.
IT IS THAT TECHNICAL MEMO THAT I MENTIONED EARLIER THAT PROVIDES THE ADDITIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS NECESSARY TO FIND THAT THE SEVENTH ADDENDUM IS ADEQUATE FOR THE PURPOSES OF DETERMINING THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS FOR THIS PROJECT.
AS FAR AS ADDITIONAL INFORMATION, WE DID PROVIDE TO YOU AT THE MEETING TONIGHT AN ADDITIONAL MATERIALS MEMORANDUM.
THIS SIMPLY CONTAINS INFORMATION THAT YOU HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED, A COPY OF THE PRECISE DEVELOPMENT PLAN, COASTAL COMMISSION STAFF REPORTS FROM THE FIRE STATION AND THE PROPOSED PROJECT, INFORMATION ON THE PROPOSED ELECTRICAL BUILDING, A COMPONENT OF THE PROJECT THAT IS NOT IN THE PLANNING COMMISSION'S PURVIEW, BUT ALSO WHAT IS NEW.
THE ADDITIONAL MATERIALS MEMORANDUM COVERS A MODIFICATION TO A CONDITION.
I'D LIKE TO EXPLAIN MORE ABOUT WHAT THAT CONDITION IS.
IN THE PROPOSED RESOLUTION FOR PLANNING COMMISSION, THERE IS ENGINEERING CONDITION 16.
THIS CONDITION SIMPLY, REALLY THE POINT OF IT IS JUST TO TALK ABOUT OR ESTABLISH A TIME LIMIT FOR THE TEMPORARY DRIVEWAYS.
THE RECOMMENDED MODIFICATIONS ARE SIMPLY TO ALLOW MORE TIME FOR THOSE TEMPORARY DRIVEWAYS TO REMAIN, AND ALSO TO GIVE MORE FLEXIBILITY TO THE CITY ENGINEER IN TERMS OF DECIDING WHETHER OR NOT THEY CAN REMAIN, NOT JUST BASED ON THAT THE APPLICANT IS ACTIVELY PROCESSING APPLICATIONS, PERHAPS TO MAKE THOSE TEMPORARY DRIVEWAYS PERMANENT, BUT FOR OTHER REASONS AS WELL.
THESE CONDITIONS OR THIS MODIFICATION TO THE CONDITION HAS BEEN REVIEWED BY BOTH THE APPLICANT AS WELL AS THE CITY ENGINEER, AND OF COURSE WE'RE RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF THAT AS AN AMENDMENT TO YOUR MOTION.
WITH THAT, OUR RECOMMENDATION IS THAT THE PLANNING COMMISSION ADOPT A RESOLUTION APPROVING FINDINGS THAT THE PROJECT IS CONSISTENT WITH THE PREVIOUS ADDENDUM AS SUPPLEMENTED BY THE TECHNICAL MEMORANDUM, AND ALSO THAT THE PLANNING COMMISSION APPROVE BOTH THE CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT AND SPECIAL USE PERMIT AS MODIFIED BY THE ADDITIONAL MATERIALS MEMORANDUM DATED OCTOBER 5, 2022.
AS I MENTIONED TOWARDS THE BEGINNING OF THE PRESENTATION, THE APPLICANT IS HERE TO BOTH PROVIDE A PRESENTATION TO YOU AND ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.
>> THANK YOU. COMMISSIONERS, ARE THERE ANY CLARIFYING QUESTIONS OF STAFF? COMMISSIONER MERZ.
>> YEAH. THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.
ON THE SITE MAP TO SHOW THE FLOODPLAIN, AND PART OF IT WAS IN THE FLOOD ZONE, PART OF IT WAS NOT THAT DECK.
BUT THAT DECK, THAT'S 25 FEET ABOVE WATER GRADE.
IT'S MEANT TO HANDLE WATER COMING IN AND OUT OF IT, AND THAT'S JUST BASICALLY A DECK.
BE SAFE TO ASSUME THAT THERE'S NOT REALLY A CONCERN.
IT'S MEANT TO HANDLE WATER ALL RATES.
THE ELEVATION, IT'S HARD TO IMAGINE EVEN A FLOOD WATER EVER COMING TO THE TOP OF THAT DECK, THAT'S A LOSS ALONG RESERVE.
IT SEEMS THERE WOULDN'T BE A CONCERN IN TERMS OF ONE, WHAT'S BUILT FOR AND ALSO IT'S ELEVATIONS.
THAT'S FAIRLY SAFE STATEMENT YOU THINK OR?
>> I THINK IT IS A FAIRLY STATEMENT, COMMISSIONER.
THIS FIRST OF ALL, HAS BEEN REVIEWED BY
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THE CITY'S ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT AND THEY WERE CONCERNED ABOUT FLOODPLAIN AND MAKING SURE NO IMPROVEMENTS THAT COULD BE IN DANGER WOULD BE LOCATED WITHIN THAT FLOODPLAIN BOUNDARY, AND THAT EXTENDED THAT CONCERN PRIMARILY TO IMPROVEMENTS LANDWARD AS OPPOSED TO THOSE WITHIN THE LAGOON ITSELF LIKE THIS PROPOSED DECK.ONE THING I FAILED TO MENTION IS THAT THE DECK IS SUPPORTED BY PYLONS OR PILINGS, I SHOULD SAY, WHICH OF COURSE DO PERMIT THE WATER TO CONTINUE TO FLOW.
THAT'S REALLY THE WHOLE PURPOSE, IS TO ENSURE THAT THE WATER FLOWS THROUGH THE FINE SCREENING FACILITY THAT MARINE ORGANISMS AND DEBRIS ARE REMOVED BUT YET CAN CONTINUE INTO THE INTAKE, SO THE DESALINATED WATER CAN BE PRODUCED.
>> BECAUSE IT SEEMS THAT MAINLY WHEN WE'RE DEALING WITH FLOOD CONCERNS, YOU DEALING WITH STRUCTURES, YOUR CONCERN BEING DAMAGED, HOUSES.
BUT THIS IS A UNIQUE SITUATION WHERE DEALING WITH THE STRUCTURE IS MEANT TO HANDLE WATER.
ALSO TOO, THERE'S OTHER FINDING TOO IN THERE ABOUT.
IT TALKS ABOUT YARDS AND SETBACKS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
THIS IS A UNIQUE PROJECT, IN TERMS THAT WE NORMALLY CONSIDER ABOUT FLOOD.
WE'RE REALLY NOT CONCERNED ABOUT HERE BECAUSE WE ARE DEALING WITH WATER, CORRECT?
>> CORRECT. IF THE DECK, THE FINE SCREENING FACILITY, WERE LOCATED IN THE PUBLIC UTILITY ZONE, JUST AS AN EXAMPLE, THE PRECISE DEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR THAT ZONE RECOGNIZES THAT SETBACK REQUIREMENTS MAY NOT APPLY IN ALL CIRCUMSTANCES.
THERE MAY BE SITUATIONS WHERE THINGS NEED TO BE LOCATED IN OR CLOSE TO THE WATER, FOR EXAMPLE.
ANY>> OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONER KAMENJARIN.
>> THANK YOU. IT WAS AN EXCELLENT ORAL AND WRITTEN PRESENTATION YOU'VE DONE. I APPRECIATE THAT.
WE HAD A COMMUNITY MEMBER HERE TONIGHT WHO TALKED ABOUT NOISE.
A FEW ALREADY MEMBERS OF THE CITY HAD COMPLAINTS OR CONCERNS FROM ANY NEIGHBORING PROPERTY OWNERS ABOUT THE OPERATIONS OF THE PLANT AND WHAT THE ADDITIONS MAY INCUR.
>> THANK YOU FOR ASKING, COMMISSIONER.
THE CITY HAS NOT RECEIVED ANY CORRESPONDENCE ON THIS PROJECT, EITHER A LETTER OR AN EMAIL.
HOWEVER, I BELIEVE THE APPLICANT, AS PART OF ITS OUTREACH TO THE COMMUNITY ON THE PROJECT, DID RECEIVE A COMMENT REGARDING NOISE.
I DON'T KNOW THE WHOLE DETAILS OF THAT CONVERSATION, PERHAPS THAT'S A QUESTION FOR THE APPLICANT.
>> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? WELL, THE APPLICANT WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A PRESENTATION.
PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME. YOU HAVE 10 MINUTES TO MAKE YOUR PRESENTATION. THANKS FOR BEING HERE.
>> NAME IS SACHIN CHAVLA, THE PRESIDENT OF POSEIDON CHANNEL SIDE.
GOOD EVENING, VICE CHAIR, LAFFERTY AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION.
AGAIN, LIKE I SAID, MY NAME IS SACHIN CHAVLA, I'M THE PRESIDENT OF POSEIDON CHANNEL SIDE.
I'M HERE WITH MY TEAM TO GIVE YOU MAYBE BE SOME DUPLICATE INFORMATION THAT SCOTT HAS ALREADY GIVEN, AND ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE.
WE ALSO HAVE JEREMY CRUTCHFIELD, FROM SAN DIEGO COUNTY WATER AUTHORITY.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR WATER AUTHORITY AS WELL.
THIS SLIDE JUST SHOWS YOU THE OUTSIDE FACADE OF THE DIESEL PLANT.
AS YOU CAN SEE, THIS MORE LOOKS LIKE AN OFFICE BUILDING THAN AN INDUSTRIAL PLANT, OBVIOUSLY PERMITTED BY THE CITY.
NEXT SLIDE SHOWS YOU THE INTAKE AND DISCHARGE.
I THINK YOU'VE ALREADY SEEN SOME DIFFERENT VERSION OF IT, BUT THIS IS FROM THE DIESEL PLANT IN THE BACKGROUND AND THE DISCHARGE AND THE EXISTING INTAKE FOR THE PLANT.
FOR THE DISCHARGE, OBVIOUSLY, THERE IS A BRAN THAT GOES INTO THE DISCHARGE.
IT'S ALREADY DILUTED BY ADDITIONAL SEAWATER THAT WE PULL IN TO MAKE SURE IT MEETS BACK DOWN SALINITY.
FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT HAVE VISITED THE PLANT, THIS MAY LOOK SLIGHTLY FAMILIAR.
I KNOW COMMISSIONER KEVIN, YOU HAVEN'T SEEN THIS, BUT JUST IN GENERAL, I WANT TO GIVE YOU AN OVERVIEW OF THE PROCESS ITSELF.
RAW SEAWATER THAT COMES IN GOES THROUGH THE MEDIA FILTERS.
THIS IS MAINLY TO REMOVE THE LARGE PARTICLE SIZE AND FOLLOWED BY MICRON FILTERS, THE SECOND PICTURE YOU SEE.
THE SYSTEM REMOVES SMALLER PARTICLES UP TO 20 MICRONS.
THEN ONCE YOU HAVE CLEAN SEAWATER, WHICH IS ALL SALT, IT'S PUMPED THROUGH HIGH-PRESSURE PUMPS TO PUSH THE WATER THROUGH REVERSE OSMOSIS MEMBRANES, WHICH ACTUALLY SEPARATES THE SALT MOLECULE FROM THE WATER MOLECULE.
THEN NUMBER 5, THE YELLOW EQUIPMENT THAT YOU SEE, IT IS A ZOOM VERSION OF THE NEXT SLIDE.
THIS IS ACTUALLY ONE OF THE KEY PART OF THE DIESEL PLANT AND HOW DIESEL CAME INTO THE PLAY.
THESE ARE ENERGY RECOVERY DEVICES.
THEY SAVE 48 PERCENT OF THE ENERGY USED AT THE PLANT,
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SO WE ACTUALLY RECYCLED ENERGY THAT'S REMAINING IN THE BRINE AND FEED IT BACK INTO THE PLANT TO REDUCE THE POWER COST FOR DIESEL WATER.FINALLY, IT'S A POST-TREATMENT, WHICH IS ESSENTIALLY THE WATER THAT GOES THROUGH SOME CALCITE FILTER TO STABILIZE THE WATER.
THEN ASPECT OF DRINKING WATER REGULATIONS, FLUORIDE, CHLORIDE, AMMONIA, AND PH IS BALANCED TO MAKE SURE THAT WATER IS READY TO BE SENT FOR DRINKING PURPOSES.
THIS SLIDE JUST SHOWS THE ZOOM VERSION.
THIS IS THE HEART OF THE DIESEL PLANT WHERE ALL THE 14 TRAINS ARE PLACED.
JUST WANTED TO SHOW THE ZOOMED-IN VERSION OF THAT ONE.
THE NEXT ONE IS LIKE I MENTIONED, THESE ARE THE ENERGY RECOVERY DEVICES THAT SAVE 48 PERCENT OF THE ENERGY COST OF THE DIESEL.
LASTLY, PICTURE ON THE TOP LEFT IS THE FRESHEST SOURCE OF LOCAL AND RELIABLE SUPPLY IN THE COUNTY.
IT IS PRODUCED WITHIN TWO HOURS, SO BY THE TIME YOU START YOUR TOUR AND END YOUR TOUR, YOU'LL BE DRINKING THAT WATER, SO I CAN'T SAY ANYTHING IS MORE FRESH THAN THAT.
THE PRODUCT WATER PUMPS RIGHT BEHIND THE BLUE PIPE ARE THE ONES THAT ARE USED TO PUMP THIS WATER 10 MILES UP TO THE TWIN OAKS FACILITY FOR SAN DIEGO COUNTY WATER AUTHORITY IN ESCONDIDO WHERE THEY BLEND IT WITH OTHER SOURCES OF WATER AND SUPPLY TO THE REGION.
THIS IS JUST A SCHEMATIC OF WHERE THE PIPELINE, HOW IT ROUTES FROM WHERE THE PLANT IS TO ESCONDIDO AND THE TWIN OAKS FACILITY.
IN SUMMARY, I MEAN JUST FOR DIESEL, THIS IS OUR SEVENTH YEAR OF OPERATION.
WE HAVE PRODUCED MORE THAN 90 BILLION WITH A B, GALLONS OF HIGH-QUALITY WATER AND DROUGHT-PROOF WATER IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY.
IT'S THE LARGEST SOURCE OF LOCAL WATER SUPPLY HERE IN THE REGION AND PROVIDES 10 PERCENT OF THE REGION'S WATER SUPPLY.
AS YOU KNOW, WITH THE ONGOING DROUGHT, IT HAS INSULATED SAN DIEGO REGION FROM THE SEVERE WATER USE RESTRICTION THAT OTHER COUNTIES AND CITIES HAVE FACED IN CALIFORNIA.
NOW THAT WE HAVE GONE THROUGH JUST ONE-ON-ONE OF DIESEL AND IT'S A VERY QUICK ONE-ON-ONE I MUST SAY, LET'S TALK ABOUT WHY WE ARE HERE TODAY.
IN 2010, I THINK AS SCOTT ALLUDED TO, CALIFORNIA WATER RESOURCES CONTROL BOARD ADOPTED A ONCE-THROUGH COOLING POLICY, WHICH EFFECTIVELY PHASED OUT THE ONCE-THROUGH COOLING FOR POWER PLANT.
AS A RESULT, ENCINA POWER STATION DOMINATED ITS OPERATION IN DECEMBER 11, 2018.
IN 2015, ANOTHER REGULATION CAME ABOUT.
THIS IS THE OCEAN PLAN AMENDMENT WHICH YOU ALSO HEARD ABOUT AND THAT WAS THAT ANY INTAKE TO THE DIESEL PLANT HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE USE ONE-MILLIMETER SCREEN MESH AND THE APPROACH VELOCITY HAS TO BE HALF A FOOT PER SECOND.
IT HAS TO BE VERY SLOW JUST TO MINIMIZE THE IMPACTS TO MARINE LIFE.
IN 2019, WE GOT A PERMIT FROM THE REGIONAL WATER QUALITY CONTROL BOARD, WHICH REQUIRED US TO IMPLEMENT THIS, BUT IN A PHASED APPROACH.
THE PHASE 1 PART WAS COMPLETED IN JUNE OF 2020 WHERE WE INSTALLED A NEW FISH-FRIENDLY DILUTION PUMPS.
THE ONE I TALKED ABOUT IS USED TO DILUTE THE BRINE.
THE SECOND PART OF THE PHASE 1 WAS TO TRUNCATE OURSELVES FROM THE POWER PLANT SO THE POWER PLANT COULD START THEIR DEMOLITION PROCESS.
WE TRUNCATE IT AND STILL ARE USING PART OF THEIR ASSETS RIGHT NOW FOR THE PHASE 1.
THE PHASE 2 IS THE TOPIC OF TODAY.
THAT'S THE ONE WE ARE GOING TO BE INSTALLING, THE NEW SHORELINE PERMANENT MODIFICATION, AND ALSO ABANDONING REMAINING ASSETS THAT THE POWER PLANT COULD NOT DEMOLISH ONCE WE ARE UP AND RUNNING.
THIS GRAPHIC JUST SHOWS YOU THE PHASE 1 IMPLEMENTATION.
LIKE I SAID, THESE ARE DILUTION PUMPS PLACED, I CAN HAVE A POINTER HERE, BUT THE SECOND BOX YOU SEE NEXT TO THE LAGOON, THE DILUTION PUMPS ARE LOCATED RIGHT THERE.
LIKE I SAID, THEN POWER PLANT WAS BEYOND THAT OTHER GRAY BOX ON THE LEFT AND THAT'S WHAT GOT TRUNCATED SO THAT THEY COULD START THE DEMOLITION.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. THIS IS PHASE 2.
THIS IS THE ONE SCOTT ALSO SHOWED IN A GRAPHIC HERE.
AGAIN, YOU CAN READ THE FINE PRINT, BUT AT LEAST YOU CAN SEE THE COLORS HERE.
THE BLUE IS THE LAGOON, THE ONE IN THE PINK ARE THE SCREENS, THE ONE-MILLIMETER SCREENS AND THE ONE BROWN RIGHT BEHIND THAT IS THE DECK STRUCTURE, THE BRIDGE STRUCTURE THAT WILL BE USED TO INSTALL THIS SCREEN AND ALSO OPERATE AND MAINTAIN THESE SCREENS FOR THE LIFE OF THE OPERATION OF THE PLANT.
RIGHT BEHIND THAT GRAY AREA IS THE AREA
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THAT I THINK SCOTT ALSO SHOWED WE WILL BE DEMOLISHING IN PLACE AND FILLING BACK IN PLACE AND THEN REROUTING SOME OF THE PIPELINES SO THAT THE INTAKE WATER CAN GO INTO THE DIESEL PLANT.THAT'S PRETTY MUCH IN A NUTSHELL, WHAT THIS PHASE 2 IMPROVEMENT WOULD LOOK LIKE.
I THINK YOU'VE ALREADY SEEN THIS SLIDE, SO I DON'T WANT TO SHOW THIS ONE.
SAME PICTURE I THINK SCOTT ALSO SHOWED BEFORE AND AFTER OF WHAT IT MAY LOOK LIKE.
I THINK THE AFTER LOOKS A LITTLE PRETTIER TOO.
NEXT ONE IS THE VISUAL SIMULATION FROM THE LAGOON TRAIL.
AS YOU CAN SEE FROM HERE, THE POWER PLANT IS STILL SHOWING ON THAT GRAPHIC, BUT IT'S GONE NOW.
BUT YOU REALLY CANNOT SEE THE NEW INTAKE STRUCTURE IN THE BACKGROUND FROM THIS SIDE.
ANOTHER PICTURE FROM CARLSBAD BOULEVARD AS WELL WHERE YOU CAN JUST SEE A SMALL BROWN PART, BUT OBVIOUSLY, IF YOU TAKE THE POWER PLANT AWAY, YOU WOULD NOT SEE ANYTHING VISUALLY FROM CARLSBAD BOULEVARD.
AGAIN, TO CONSTRUCT THIS INTAKE INTO SHOCK MODIFICATION, AS YOU KNOW, WE MUST REQUIRE AND GET APPROVAL FROM MULTIPLE AGENCIES AND SAN DIEGO COUNTY WAS A LEAD AGENCY FOR SEQUELS.
SINCE THEN, WE HAVE GOT OTHER TWO DISCRETIONARY PERMITS, ONE FROM THE REGIONAL WATER QUALITY CONTROL BOARD AND THE SECOND ONE WITH THE CALIFORNIA, OF COURSE, THE COMMISSION THAT GOT APPROVED IN SEPTEMBER, AND HERE WE ARE IN FRONT OF THE COMMISSION TODAY FOR THE SUP AND CUP TODAY.
FOLLOWED BY TWO OTHER PERMITS WHICH ARE IN PROCESS RIGHT NOW, WHICH IS THE 404 WITH THE ARMY CORPS AND WATER QUALITY CERTIFICATION FROM THE REGIONAL WATER QUALITY BOARD.
WE NEED TO GET ALL THESE BEFORE WE START CONSTRUCTION AND BE ANTICIPATING TO GETTING THE ARMY CORPS AND REGIONAL BOARD BY THE END OF THE MONTH.
IN SUMMARY, I THINK JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT WE'VE ALREADY HIRED A CONTRACTOR THAT IS PROGRESSING THE DESIGN.
THE DESIGN HAS ALREADY GONE THROUGH 30 PERCENT PLUS PHASE AT THIS POINT OF TIME.
ONCE WE HAVE ALL THE PERMITS, WE WOULD BE GOING IN FOR FINANCING AND FINALIZING THE CONTRACT WITH OUR CONTRACTOR TO EXECUTE THIS CONSTRUCTION WORK.
WE SUPPORT THE STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE THIS PROJECT SO THAT A RELIABLE AND A LOCAL SUPPLY CAN BE AVAILABLE NOT ONLY FOR US BUT ALSO FOR THE NEXT GENERATION HERE.
WITH THAT, WE'RE NOW HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS.
MY TEAM IS HERE TOO AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.
COMMISSIONERS, ARE THERE ANY CLARIFYING QUESTIONS OF THE APPLICANT? COMMISSIONER KAMENJARIN.
>> THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.
IN OUR PAPERWORK, IT WAS STATED THAT YOUR COMPANY DELIVERS NEARLY 50 MILLION GALLONS A DAY OF WATER.
WILL THESE IMPROVEMENTS CHANGE THE CAPACITY OR THE OUTPUT?
>>NO, THESE IMPROVEMENTS ARE NOT CHANGING THE DESIGN CAPACITY OF THE PLANT.
>> WE ALSO HEARD FROM A NEIGHBOR, MR. CONNOR, WHO SPOKE EARLIER ABOUT THE NOISE.
COULD YOU TELL US ANY CONVERSATIONS YOU AND YOUR COMPANY HAVE HAD WITH NEIGHBORS AND CONCERNS ABOUT NOISE OR WHATEVER?
>> YES, I DON'T RECALL THE NAME OF THE PERSON THAT MADE THAT COMPLAINT, BUT I KNOW MY STAFF ADDRESSED IT.
THEY CALLED THE NEIGHBOR AND WE ALSO DID SOME DECIBEL CHECK IN TERMS OF THE COMPLAIN ABOUT THE LOW FREQUENCY AND WE DID NOT FIND IT, BUT I WOULD HAVE TO MAYBE DEAF FOR IT AND I CAN SHARE THAT WITH THE CITY STAFF ON WHAT DETAILS WERE SHARED WITH THE COMMUNITY OR WITH A NEIGHBOR.
>> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT? [NOISE] COMMISSIONER SABELLICO.
>> THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.
LAST YEAR WE HAD AN OIL SPILL UP IN ORANGE COUNTY THAT [NOISE] IT MADE ITS WAY DOWN HERE.
I KNOW THAT THERE WERE SOME BILLINGS DEPLOYED TO PROTECT THE PLANTS IN CASE SOME OF THE OIL MADE ITS WAY INTO THE LAGOON.
CAN YOU TALK ABOUT HOW YOU GUYS PREPARE FOR THAT OR WHAT CONTINGENCY PLANS YOU HAVE IN PLACE FOR OIL SPILLS?
>> THERE ARE A LOT OF DIFFERENT SENSORS AT THE INTAKE WHERE YOU SAW LOCATION WHERE WE CHECK FOR DIFFERENT CONTAMINANT INCLUDING OIL AND GREASE.
FOR THIS PARTICULAR EVENT, THERE WAS COORDINATION BETWEEN MULTIPLE AGENCIES.
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THERE WAS REGIONAL, THERE WERE STATE EMERGENCY.I THINK ALL AGENCIES REALIZED THAT THIS WAS A CRITICAL LOCAL SUPPLY, SO IMMEDIATELY I THINK WITHIN TWO DAYS THEY HAD INSTALLED BOMBS OR BUOYS TO MAKE SURE THERE WAS NO FLOATING OIL COMING IN.
I THINK WE ALSO IN OUR SENSOR WE DID NOT SEE ANY OIL BEING DETECTED AT THE INTAKE SYSTEM.
>> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMISSIONER MERZ?
>> THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. VERY INTERESTING.
ON THE PART OF THE OLD PARTS OF THE UNSEEN POWER PLANT IT LOOKS LIKE THEY'RE ABANDONED IN PLACES.
I GUESS THEY'RE JUST BELOW GROUND OR THERE THE OLD INTAKES YOU JUST CAN'T PHYSICALLY TAKE THEM OUT, SO IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU LEAVE THEM IN PLACE.
IT WAS A LITTLE UNCLEAR IN THAT PART OF THE STAFF REPORT, CAN YOU EXPLAIN A LITTLE BIT MORE, PLEASE?
>> YES. I THINK THAT THE QUESTION IS A LITTLE MORE DETAILED.
THE INTAKE AND DISCHARGE CHANNELS THAT ARE NEITHER THE ENERGY FOR ARE COVERED UNDER THE EXISTING GROUND LEVEL 10-15 FT BELOW.
IN ORDER TO REMOVE THE TOP PART AND FILL THE CHANNELS WITH COMPACTED EARTH, WE WILL HAVE TO ENSURE THERE'S WATERTIGHT SHORING AVAILABLE.
THAT WORK, FIRST OF ALL, IT'LL BE VERY COMPLEX AND COMPLICATED DURING THE CONSTRUCTION WORK THAT'S ALREADY ONGOING.
IT MAY BE ALSO DISRUPTIVE BECAUSE IT WILL BLOCK THE MAIN ENTRANCE TO THE ENERGY FACILITY.
AS YOU HEARD, SCOTT, THERE'S A FIRE STATION ALSO BEING PLANNED AT THE SAME TIME.
THE ISSUE OF RESTRICTING ACCESS BECAME VERY ACUTE ONCE WE HEARD ABOUT THAT, SO IN ORDER TO AVOID THIS DISRUPTION, WHAT WE HAVE PROPOSED TO FILL IN PLACE WITH CONCRETE ACTUALLY WOULD BE THE SAME PERMANENT SOLUTION.
IT WOULD NOT HAVE ANY SITE DECEPTION.
BUT WILL ALSO BE A PERMANENT SOLUTION BY FILLING IN PLACE.
>> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I JUST HAVE ONE QUESTION.
CAN YOU TELL ME THE HEIGHT DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE EXISTING INTAKE AND THE NEW INTAKE?
>> THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THAT? THE EXISTING INTAKE RIGHT NOW IS USING THE BAR RACKS AND MAYBE I CAN PULL IT BACK ONE OF THE PICTURES.
THAT'S RIGHT. IF YOU LOOK AT THE LEFT PICTURES, RIGHT BEHIND THE BOAT RAMP ON THE LEFT PICTURE RIGHT BEHIND THE BOAT RAMP, THERE ARE THESE BAR RACKS OR BAR SCREENS AND DEBRIS COLLECTION THAT WAS USED BY THE POWER PLANT BACK THEN EVEN BEFORE THIS WAS OUT HERE.
THERE ARE TUNNELS THAT ARE GOING THROUGH ALL THE WAY, NOW TRUNCATED BEFORE WHERE THE POWER PLANT HAS BEEN DEMOLISHED.
POWER PLANT ALSO USED SCREENS, SO THEY HAD SCREENS, BUT THESE ARE NINE-MILLIMETER SCREENS, NOT ONE MILLIMETER THAT'S REQUIRED UNDER THE OCEAN PLAN AMENDMENT.
WE USE A SIMILAR SCREENS, BUT THEY'RE NINE-MILLIMETER SIZE.
IT REMOVES THE DEBRIS, IT REMOVES THE OTHER MARINE THINGS THAT CAN, WHICH ARE AGAIN DISPOSED OF BACK INTO THE LAGOON, THE ORGANICS ARE SEPARATED AND REMOVED BACK INTO THE LAGOON ON THE DISCHARGE SIDE.
THE WATER THEN FLOWS TO THE DESAL PLANT.
WE TAP INTO THAT AREA AFTER THE SCREEN INTO THE DESAL PLAN.
THAT'S THE ONE WHICH IS EXISTING RIGHT NOW.
FOR THE NEW ONE, LIKE YOU SAID, THE PINK STRUCTURE, MAYBE SCOTT, IF YOU CAN GO TO THAT.
IN THE NEW ONE, SO THOSE WERE THE SCREENS AT THE END OF THE GRAY AREA.
THOSE WERE WHERE IT WAS INSTALLED.
IN THE NEW INTAKE SYSTEM, THE FIRST THING THAT THE MARINE SPECIES OR ANYTHING FROM THE LAGOON WOULD SEE IS THOSE ONE-MILLIMETER SCREENS.
IT WILL FLOW AT A VELOCITY OF HALF A FOOT PER SECOND.
IN THE CURRENT SETUP, IT'S THREE-AND-A-HALF FOOT PER SECOND.
WE ARE REDUCING THE FLOW VELOCITY TO WHERE THE MARINE SPECIES ARE SEEING IN THE CURRENT SETUP WASHES A NEW SETUP UNDER THE OCEAN PLANT AMENDMENT.
THOSE WOULD BE THE KEY DIFFERENCES.
>> I WAS MORE INTERESTED IN THE HEIGHT DIFFERENCE.
SCOTT, WOULD YOU GO BACK? THE HEIGHT DIFFERENCE RIGHT NOW, NO, THAT ONE, [NOISE] EXISTING SEEMS NOWHERE.
I WONDERED WHAT THE HEIGHT DIFFERENCE WOULD BE.
>> SOMETHING EXISTING AT A 10 FOOT AND THE NEW WOULD BE AT 25 FEET , 15 FEET DIFFERENCE HERE.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER CLARIFYING QUESTIONS? NO. WE'LL OPEN THE PUBLIC TESTIMONY.
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MR. STRONG, DO YOU HAVE ANY SPEAKER SLIPS?>> THANK YOU. NO SPEAKER SLIPS WERE SUBMITTED ON THIS ITEM.
>> SEEING NONE WE'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC TESTIMONY. LET'S SEE.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT OR STAFF THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO RESPOND TO SINCE THERE WAS NO PUBLIC COMMENTS? ANY OTHER CLARIFYING THINGS WE NEED TO KNOW?
>> VICE CHAIR, IF I JUST MIGHT POINT TO A CLERICAL MATTER.
THE RECOMMENDATION TONIGHT IS TO ADOPT THE RESOLUTION INCLUDED IN THE PACKET WHICH WOULD APPROVE FINDINGS THAT THE USE OF THE ADDENDUM IS ADEQUATE FOR THE PURPOSES OF PROVING THIS SPECIALTY IS PERMITTING CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT, AND THAT ACTION IS SELF APPROVES THE PLAN SET AS SUBMITTED AS PART OF THAT RECORD.
THE RECOMMENDATION AT THE END OF THE PRESENTATION WAS TO MODIFY ONE OF THE CONDITIONS SO OUR RECOMMENDATION IS TO MODIFY WHAT'S SHOWN AS CONDITION NUMBER 16.
THE OTHER CLERICAL MATTER THAT I WANT TO POINT OUT IS THE CONDITIONS ARE ENUMERATED IN THE RESOLUTION.
THEN NUMERATION SEQUENCE IS SLIGHTLY OFF, SO THE SEQUENCE GOES 14, 15,16, AND 15 AND 16.
IF YOU LOOK AT THAT SHEET 9 OF THEIR RESOLUTION, THERE'S TWO NUMBER 16S.
WE'LL CONSTRUE THAT TO MEAN AS MEANING THE SECOND NUMBER 16.
AS A CLERICAL MATTER, WE'LL BE UPDATING THE SEQUENCE LESS SO THE TOTAL OF CONDITIONS WILL GO FROM 22- 24.
>> DO THE COMMISSIONERS HAVE ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT OR STAFF? NO. SEEING NONE WE'LL MOVE TO COMMISSIONER DISCUSSION.
WOULD THE COMMISSIONERS LIKE TO DISCUSS THIS ITEM?
>> WELL, I'M VERY IMPRESSED WITH THE PRESENTATIONS FROM FROM THE APPLICANT AND FROM CITY STAFF.
I THINK THAT THIS IS A JEWEL OF CARLSBAD AND I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THE IMPROVEMENTS BEING MADE.
>> ANYONE ELSE? COMMISSIONER KAMENJARIN.
>> I WANT TO THANK STAFF AND THE APPLICANT FOR THEIR PRESENTATIONS.
I THINK THIS PLANT HAS ALWAYS BEEN A REAL ASSET FOR THE CITY OF CARLSBAD AND I SUPPORT THIS.
>> I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO THANK THE STAFF AND THE APPLICANTS, A VERY WELL DONE PRESENTATION.
IT'S FASCINATING TO READ ABOUT AND LEARN FROM.
I THINK IT'S A GREAT EXAMPLE OF THE PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SECTOR WORKING TOGETHER TO DO SOMETHING WELL FOR THE PEOPLE OF ANY OF THE FORESIGHT THAT WAS TAKEN BACK IN 2006 WAS APPROVED AND NOW IT'S ONLINE AND IN RETROSPECT, WHAT A WISE DECISION IT WAS.
NOW 10 PERCENT OF OUR WATER SUPPLY, IT'S AMAZING.
I PARTICULARLY ENJOYED YOUR PRESENTATIONS VERY WELL DONE.
I'M IMPRESSED WITH YOUR GRASP OF DIFFERENT THINGS.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I DEFINITELY SUPPORT THE PROJECT.
>> THANK YOU. I TOO SUPPORT THE PROJECT, ALTHOUGH I HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT THE HEIGHT OF THE NEW FACILITY AND THE DECKING SYSTEM.
I DON'T NECESSARILY THINK THAT THE NOISE IS IGNORABLE, I THINK IT'S A CONCERN.
I DO UNFORTUNATELY THINK THAT THE AESTHETICS THAT WERE MIMICKING AREN'T REALLY THE AESTHETICS THAT WOULD REALLY BE COMPLIMENTARY TO THE FINE FACILITY THAT THE DIESEL PLANT REALLY IS HOUSED IN.
I'M CONCERNED FOR THE AESTHETIC QUALITY OF THAT, BUT I DO NOT FEEL THAT ANY OF THOSE ARE GROUNDS TO NOT APPROVE THIS.
>> TO CLARIFY ONE THING THAT MY COLLEAGUE JUST MENTIONED HERE.
I THINK WHEN I WAS STARTING WITH THIS HEIGHT DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE DECK STRUCTURE THAT IS 15 FEET ABOVE.
BUT IF YOU LOOK AT THE GANTRY CRANE, THAT'S GOING TO BE REMOVED, WE'VE GOT TO HAVE A REDUCTION IN HEIGHT FROM WHAT ANYBODY PROBABLY CAN SEE FROM ANYWHERE ELSE.
THERE IS A NET REDUCTION IF YOU COMBINE THE EXISTING STRUCTURE VERSUS THE NEW STRUCTURE, BUT NOT THE DECK HEIGHT.
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>> I APPRECIATE THAT CLARIFICATION.
WE DRIVE THAT STRETCH, WE LIVE ACROSS THAT LAGOON.
WE'RE GRATEFUL WE KNOW WHAT'S HAPPENING THERE.
FOR MANY YEARS WE DIDN'T REALLY KNOW WHAT WAS HAPPENING OVER THERE.
THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.
THE PUBLIC IS AWARE OF WHAT'S HAPPENING OVER THERE.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THESE CONCERNS, BECAUSE I THINK THAT AESTHETICALLY WE DO KNOW IT'S AN INDUSTRIAL SITE.
BUT WE DO KNOW THAT EVENTUALLY OUR LOCAL COASTAL PROGRAM HAS CONSIDERED IT A DEVELOPABLE SITE ALSO.
THOSE TYPES OF THINGS IF THERE DOES BECOME A MORE PUBLIC FUNCTION IN THAT AREA, I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THE MITIGATION OF SOME OF THESE THINGS THAT MAYBE AREN'T A HUGE PROBLEM NOW, BUT POTENTIALLY COULD BE IF WE DO HAVE DEVELOPMENT OF SOME SORT AT THAT LOCATION.
LIKE I SAID, IT'S NOT ENOUGH TO STOP IT.
LET'S SEE, WE HAVE TO MOVE BACK TO MY CRIB SHEET HERE.
DOES ANYONE ELSE HAVE ANYTHING ELSE TO ADD? OKAY. SEEING NO FURTHER DISCUSSION, MAY I HAVE A MOTION ON THIS ITEM? COMMISSIONER SABELLICO.
>> I'M GOING TO TRY TO GET THIS RIGHT.
[NOISE] [LAUGHTER] I MOVE STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION WITH THE AMENDMENT TO THE SECOND CONDITION NUMBER 16 LISTED IN THE RESOLUTION AS STATED BY MR. DONALD.
A MOTION HAS BEEN MADE BY COMMISSIONER SABELLICO AND SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER MERZ ON THE AGENDA ITEM, PLEASE VOTE.
MOTION CARRIES A VOTE OF 4 WITH 3 ABSENT.
WE'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
WE EXPRESS APPRECIATION TO STAFF AND PUBLIC WHO HAVE COME.
>> MR. STINE, ARE THERE ADDITIONAL ITEMS?
>> THAT CONCLUDES THE BUSINESS ITEMS FOR PLANNING COMMISSION'S CONSIDERATION THIS EVENING.
>> OKAY. THAT CONCLUDES THE PUBLIC HEARING PORTION OF TONIGHT'S MEETING.
WE'RE MOVING ON TO STAFF ITEMS AND REPORTS.
ARE THERE ANY REPORTS FROM ANY COMMISSIONER?
[PLANNING COMMISSION MEMBER REPORTS]
[CITY PLANNER REPORT:]
ARE THERE ANY REPORTS FROM THE CITY PLANNER?>> NONE REPORT OTHER THAN WE WILL BE CONDUCTING BUSINESS.
THE PLANNING COMMISSION WILL BE MEETING ON OCTOBER 19TH, AND THEN ALSO THERE'S THE BOARD RECOGNITION CEREMONY ON THE 25TH.
SOMEWHERE MARK YOUR CALENDARS AND RCP. THANKS.
>> AND WHAT ABOUT THE 27TH, THE PLANNING COMMISSION?
>> THERE'S NO REGULAR SCHEDULED MEETING FOR THE, OH, YES THERE IS.
>> SPECIAL MEETING, YEAH. [OVERLAPPING]
>> YES, THERE IS A SPECIAL MEETING SO THE PLANNING COMMISSION WILL NEED MEETING JOINTLY AT A SPECIAL MEETING WITH THE TRAFFIC COMMISSION ON THE 27TH.
>> I BELIEVE IT'S A FRIDAY, WE'LL NOT BE HERE AT CITY HALL COUNCIL CHAMBERS.
>> WE LOOK FORWARD TO THE UPDATES.
[CITY ATTORNEY REPORT:]
IS THERE A REPORT FROM THE CITY ATTORNEY?>> NO REPORTS FOR ME. IT'S JUST A PLEASURE TO MEET YOU ALL.
THAT'S IT. PLANNING COMMISSION, STAND ADJOURNED.
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* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.