9/17 Sup Com — City Council/Public Financing Authority, September 17, 2024

From: Gary C Henson
To: [email protected]; CITY COUNCIL (INCL. CMO STAFF); Chi, Oliver; Gates, Michael Subject: Support Increase in Coastal Access for Huntington Beach (Item 24, Council Meeting 9/17/24) Date: Friday, September 13, 2024 5:29:50 PM
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I urge you to approve the Magnolia Tank Farm project because it will increase coastal access for all. Currently, the site is an out-of-use oil tank farm right next to the Magnolia Marsh.

Please approve the proposed project and create the possibility for the tank farm to become acres of public open space right next to the coast for Huntington Beach residents and visitors alike.

Sincerely,
Gary C Henson
[email protected]
4972 Oahu Dr
Huntington Beach , California 92649
9/17/2024
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From: lciancioroberts
To: [email protected]
Subject: Agenda Item No. 24 - Magnolia Tank Farm
Date: Saturday, September 14, 2024 9:17:05 AM
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Dear Council Members,

I am writing regarding Agenda Nos. 24 to strongly urge the City Council to reject Resolution Nos. 2024-46 and 2024-47, which concern modifications to Local Coastal Program Amendment No. 17-001, previously approved by the California Coastal Commission.

The proposed Magnolia Tank Farm plan would irrevocably alter the character and integrity of the surrounding area, which is home to nature preserves, public schools, and low-density residential housing. As a lifelong resident of Southeast Huntington Beach, I know firsthand how often the concerns of this part of our city are neglected, earning it the nickname “Toxic Triangle” due to contamination from industrial activities like hazardous waste disposal and oil field operations, compounded by its proximity to three major industrial sites: the AES Power Plant, the Ascon Landfill, and the OC Sanitation facility.

Environmentally, this plan is reckless. The proposed development is situated immediately next to Ascon, a toxic Superfund site that remains only partially remediated after years of controversy. The site contains the remnants of five unlined 25-foot-deep lagoons filled with liquid petroleum waste and hazardous chemicals, including known carcinogens such as benzene, benzidine, 1,2-dichloroethane, and thallium, along with other dangerous substances like arsenic and styrene. Safe living distances from Superfund sites are typically measured in miles, not feet, yet the proposal offers only a small setback and chain- link fence as barriers. This is an unacceptable substitute for comprehensive and thorough remediation. Additionally, much of the surrounding area is prone to flooding due to its low- lying geography, particularly Magnolia Street and the nearby wetlands, as well as previously inadequately remediated landfills, such as the site of Edison Community Center.

Building high-density developments on or near such unstable, toxic land—riddled with oil field waste and located within a coastal floodplain and fault zone—exposes future residents to serious health risks. Pushing this project forward without addressing these concerns is not only morally indefensible but also exposes the city to significant legal and financial liability.

Equally alarming is the threat this project poses to the adjacent wetlands. These sensitive ecosystems offer critical flood control, support endangered species, and filter pollutants.

Preserving them is not just an environmental necessity but also a way to enrich the community, providing rare open space in an increasingly urbanized area. The Surfrider Foundation, Orange County Coastkeeper, and Sierra Club Angeles Chapter have all voiced strong opposition to the Magnolia Tank Farm development. It is telling that the only group in favor—the Huntington Beach Wetlands Conservancy—stands to gain financially from the project, raising serious questions about their support.

As representatives of HB’s citizens, the City Council must also consider the impact on existing residents. The area within a half-mile of the proposed site consists predominantly of low-density housing, parks, and public schools (Edison High School and Eader Elementary). These neighborhoods were developed in the 1960s and 1970s, long before large hotel projects transformed Huntington Beach’s waterfront. Since then, four major hotels have been constructed—the Hilton (1990), Hyatt (2003), Shorebreak (2009), and Pasea (2016). While these developments have proven lucrative, the increase in visitors and traffic has also increased crime, vagrancy, and traffic incidents. The Magnolia Tank Farm project threatens to exacerbate these issues, straining already stretched law enforcement resources and diminishing the quality of life for the more than 700 homeowners in the area.

It also risks lowering property values for residents who invested in this community long before this project was envisioned.

Revenue generation cannot and should not outweigh our responsibility to protect our residents, wildlife, and environment. Huntington Beach is known for its unique coastal identity—not for being just another overdeveloped tourist destination. Approving this project would represent a dangerous shift in our priorities, sacrificing long-term health, safety, and environmental integrity for short-term gains.

I implore you to preserve Huntington Beach’s legacy and reject this destructive proposal.

Let’s protect our community from becoming the "Vegas strip" of Orange County’s coastline.

Respectfully,

Lisa Roberts
From: James T Valicenti
To: [email protected]; CITY COUNCIL (INCL. CMO STAFF); Chi, Oliver; Gates, Michael Subject: Support Increase in Coastal Access for Huntington Beach (Item 24, Council Meeting 9/17/24) Date: Saturday, September 14, 2024 12:36:00 PM
Huntington Beach City Council and Staff,
I urge you to approve the Magnolia Tank Farm project because it will increase coastal access for all. Currently, the site is an out-of-use oil tank farm right next to the Magnolia Marsh.

Please approve the proposed project and create the possibility for the tank farm to become acres of public open space right next to the coast for Huntington Beach residents and visitors alike.

Sincerely,
James T Valicenti
[email protected]
16691 Dolores Ln, Apt 1
Huntington Beach , California 92649

From: Joaquin Garcia
To: [email protected]; CITY COUNCIL (INCL. CMO STAFF); Chi, Oliver; Gates, Michael Subject: Support Increase in Coastal Access for Huntington Beach (Item 24, Council Meeting 9/17/24) Date: Saturday, September 14, 2024 2:10:47 PM
Huntington Beach City Council and Staff,
I urge you to approve the Magnolia Tank Farm project because it will increase coastal access for all. Currently, the site is an out-of-use oil tank farm right next to the Magnolia Marsh.

Please approve the proposed project and create the possibility for the tank farm to become acres of public open space right next to the coast for Huntington Beach residents and visitors alike.

Sincerely,
Joaquin Garcia
[email protected]
1205 California St, Apt B
Huntington Beach , California 92648

From: Kamlyn Schmidt
To: [email protected]; CITY COUNCIL (INCL. CMO STAFF); Chi, Oliver; Gates, Michael Subject: Support Magnolia Tank Farm project (Item 24, Council Meeting 9/17/24) Date: Saturday, September 14, 2024 2:16:27 PM
Huntington Beach City Council and Staff,
Please support the Magnolia Tank Farm project. This is a model project for coastal Orange County because it will provide four things Californians most need: housing, green space, transportation, and jobs. It provides affordable housing and improves coastal access for the public, including a lodge with lower-cost accommodations, public parks, and trails.

Kamlyn Schmidt
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21851 Newland St, Spc 55
Huntington Beach , California 92646

From: Kamlyn Schmidt
To: [email protected]; CITY COUNCIL (INCL. CMO STAFF); Chi, Oliver; Gates, Michael Subject: Support Increase in Coastal Access for Huntington Beach (Item 24, Council Meeting 9/17/24) Date: Saturday, September 14, 2024 2:24:06 PM
Huntington Beach City Council and Staff,
I urge you to approve the Magnolia Tank Farm project because it will increase coastal access for all. Currently, the site is an out-of-use oil tank farm right next to the Magnolia Marsh.

Please approve the proposed project and create the possibility for the tank farm to become acres of public open space right next to the coast for Huntington Beach residents and visitors alike.

Sincerely,
Kamlyn Schmidt
[email protected]
21851 Newland St, Spc 55
Huntington Beach , California 92646

From: Kaneki Reed
To: [email protected]; CITY COUNCIL (INCL. CMO STAFF); Chi, Oliver; Gates, Michael Subject: Support Increase in Coastal Access for Huntington Beach (Item 24, Council Meeting 9/17/24) Date: Saturday, September 14, 2024 2:25:35 PM
Huntington Beach City Council and Staff,
I urge you to approve the Magnolia Tank Farm project because it will increase coastal access for all. Currently, the site is an out-of-use oil tank farm right next to the Magnolia Marsh.

Please approve the proposed project and create the possibility for the tank farm to become acres of public open space right next to the coast for Huntington Beach residents and visitors alike.

Sincerely,
Kaneki Reed
[email protected]
14851 Northridge Ln
Huntington Beach , California 92647

From: Kathy Jarmusz
To: [email protected]; CITY COUNCIL (INCL. CMO STAFF); Chi, Oliver; Gates, Michael Subject: Support Magnolia Tank Farm project (Item 24, Council Meeting 9/17/24) Date: Saturday, September 14, 2024 2:35:20 PM
Huntington Beach City Council and Staff,
Please support the Magnolia Tank Farm project. This is a model project for coastal Orange County because it will provide four things Californians most need: housing, green space, transportation, and jobs. It provides affordable housing and improves coastal access for the public, including a lodge with lower-cost accommodations, public parks, and trails.

Kathy Jarmusz
[email protected]
19744 Beach Blvd
Huntington Beach , California 92648

From: Martin Corona
To: [email protected]; CITY COUNCIL (INCL. CMO STAFF); Chi, Oliver; Gates, Michael Subject: SUPPORT housing and coastal access, Support the Magnolia Tank Farm Project (Item 24, Council Meeting 9/17/24) Date: Saturday, September 14, 2024 3:32:22 PM
Huntington Beach City Council and Staff,
Please approve the Magnolia Tank Farm project. As you know, we are in a statewide housing crisis. This project not only proposes 250 units of housing with 51 lower-cost units, it proposes to earmark some of those units for the very workers who will service guests next door at the eco-lodge. These workers will be able to access a previously-inaccessible coastal resource – the Magnolia Marsh – while living just several hundred yards from the ocean.

Please support this project.

Best,
Martin Corona
[email protected]
15971 Feola Cir
Huntington Beach , California 92647

From: Paul Palmeri
To: [email protected]; CITY COUNCIL (INCL. CMO STAFF); Chi, Oliver; Gates, Michael Subject: SUPPORT housing and coastal access, Support the Magnolia Tank Farm Project (Item 24, Council Meeting 9/17/24) Date: Saturday, September 14, 2024 4:12:25 PM
Huntington Beach City Council and Staff,
Please approve the Magnolia Tank Farm project. As you know, we are in a statewide housing crisis. This project not only proposes 250 units of housing with 51 lower-cost units, it proposes to earmark some of those units for the very workers who will service guests next door at the eco-lodge. These workers will be able to access a previously-inaccessible coastal resource – the Magnolia Marsh – while living just several hundred yards from the ocean.

Please support this project.

Best,
Paul Palmeri
[email protected]
8822 Seaspray Dr
Huntington Beach , California 92646

From: Levin, Shannon
To: [email protected]
Subject: Fwd: SUPPORT Item #24 Magnolia Tank Farm
Date: Saturday, September 14, 2024 7:07:44 PM
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From: Philip Bettencourt <[email protected]>
Sent: Saturday, September 14, 2024 4:01:35 PM
To: CITY COUNCIL (INCL. CMO STAFF) <[email protected]> Subject: SUPPORT Item #24 Magnolia Tank Farm

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I am writing to express my support for the Magnolia Tank Farm Project. This project brings much needed affordable housing in addition to expanding wetlands habitat conservation area, new public parks, and trails. I urge you to affirm the Coastal Commission's approval of this project and vote yes to move it forward!
Sincerely,
Philip F. Bettencourt
Real Estate Development Planning
Property Stewardship
Newport Beach | La Quinta | RivCo
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From: Levin, Shannon
To: [email protected]
Subject: Fwd: I am urging a NO Vote on Agenda No#24 The Shopoff Magnolia Tanks Farm Development.

Date: Saturday, September 14, 2024 7:09:01 PM
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From: larry mcneely <[email protected]>
Sent: Saturday, September 14, 2024 11:37:36 AM
To: CITY COUNCIL (INCL. CMO STAFF) <[email protected]> Subject: I am urging a NO Vote on Agenda No#24 The Shopoff Magnolia Tanks Farm Development.

We voted in a New City Council Majority to show the developers their money and influence will not buy favor or approvals for their personal Profits at the expense of some of our last open areas. We as a community will no longer support the use of campaign donations to buy city council seats for a developer's profit; we will not allow his money to buy Influence and Favor over the objections of a project we do not need. This Development took a lot of Money and Influence Peddling to gain its first approval over the many protests and community engagements at our city council meetings.

This Shopoff Magnolia Tank Farm Project required one more use of "Spot Zoning" using a Specific Plan designation that overrides our Set General Plan and previous Zoning Requirements to safeguard our Sentative Protected Wetlands and the development encroachment that will harm this ecological preserve.

Do we need another Development of Million Dollar Homes and a New Hotel built adjacent to an Industrial Power Plant and Next to a Toxic Landfill that will never be fully mitigated, adding congestion and overcrowding to a new area of our city? Why would we bend our Zoning Designation to benefit our community in its original requirements and limit its use of public semi-public uses that would not be intrusive to the area?
Do we need to set the standard for starting new developments on the banks of the Bolsa Chica Wetlands? Will we allow a developer to play the long game of buying city council seats to buy support using his money and campaign donations and his Influence Pedding, using his vast resources to sway the community for his Personal Profit? When are we going to put a stop to this use of $$$$$$$$$$ to buy our last open spaces for a developer's personal gain?
I ask those I have supported to stand by your words and pledges to End the Overdevelopment Intrusions on our Last Open Spaces. I stand with the community that elected you to protect the last open areas and wetlands from development intrusion. Vote NO on the Shopoff Development and send a message that Our City's Valued Resources are Not For Sale.

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Subject: Fwd: SUPPORT Item #24 Magnolia Tank Farm
Date: Saturday, September 14, 2024 7:09:15 PM
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From: Robert Morse <[email protected]>
Sent: Saturday, September 14, 2024 11:30:58 AM
To: CITY COUNCIL (INCL. CMO STAFF) <[email protected]> Subject: SUPPORT Item #24 Magnolia Tank Farm

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Dear Huntington Beach City Councilmembers,
I am writing to express my support for the Magnolia Tank Farm Project. This project brings much needed affordable housing in addition to expanding wetlands habitat conservation area, new public parks, and trails. I urge you to affirm the Coastal Commission's approval of this project and vote yes to move it forward!
Sincerely,
Robert "SantaBob" Morse
Commission to End Homelessness
Continuum of Care
Life on the Streets Ministry
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Date: Saturday, September 14, 2024 7:09:57 PM
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Sent: Saturday, September 14, 2024 10:39:45 AM
To: CITY COUNCIL (INCL. CMO STAFF) <[email protected]> Subject: SUPPORT Item #24 Magnolia Tank Farm

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I am writing to express my support for the Magnolia Tank Farm Project. This project brings much needed affordable housing in addition to expanding wetlands habitat conservation area, new public parks, and trails. I urge you to affirm the Coastal Commission's approval of this project and vote yes to move it forward!
Sincerely,
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Date: Saturday, September 14, 2024 7:10:13 PM
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Sent: Saturday, September 14, 2024 10:33:05 AM
To: CITY COUNCIL (INCL. CMO STAFF) <[email protected]> Subject: SUPPORT Item #24 Magnolia Tank Farm

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I am writing to express my support for the Magnolia Tank Farm Project. This project brings much needed affordable housing in addition to expanding wetlands habitat conservation area, new public parks, and trails. I urge you to affirm the Coastal Commission's approval of this project and vote yes to move it forward!
Sincerely,
Patricia Heilig
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Subject: Fwd: SUPPORT Item #24 Magnolia Tank Farm
Date: Saturday, September 14, 2024 7:10:23 PM
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From: Brett Hollenbeck <[email protected]>
Sent: Saturday, September 14, 2024 10:05:28 AM
To: CITY COUNCIL (INCL. CMO STAFF) <[email protected]> Subject: SUPPORT Item #24 Magnolia Tank Farm

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Dear Huntington Beach City Councilmembers,
I am writing to express my support for the Magnolia Tank Farm Project. This project brings much needed affordable housing in addition to expanding wetlands habitat conservation area, new public parks, and trails. I urge you to affirm the Coastal Commission's approval of this project and vote yes to move it forward!
Sincerely,
Brett Hollenbeck
From: Levin, Shannon
To: [email protected]
Subject: Fwd: Magnolia Tank Farm Project: Please vote “NO” Date: Saturday, September 14, 2024 7:10:39 PM
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From: Maurice O'Sullivan <[email protected]>
Sent: Saturday, September 14, 2024 6:41:50 AM
To: CITY COUNCIL (INCL. CMO STAFF) <[email protected]> Subject: Magnolia Tank Farm Project: Please vote “NO”

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Dear Huntington Beach City Council,

I refer to the Magnolia Tank Farm Project aka Resolution Nos. 2024-46 and 2024-47. This project should not be approved for reasons inclusive of but not limited to:

This is a low-lying area subject to flooding, sea level rise, and tsunamis. The Ascon Superfund toxic dump will flood into the residential area. Huntington Beach will have to pay for flood control.

It will disrupt the wildlife at Magnolia Marsh. There will be a hotel right next to the wetlands which will operate 24 hours per day.

The South Branch of the Newport-Inglewood Fault lies underneath the site.

The local area can not handle the increased traffic and parking. Banning Avenue and Magnolia Street already handle significant traffic.

There are enough hotels and retail on PCH.

The Ascon Toxic Waste Dump, a USEPA Superfund site, is adjacent to the property.

The work to mitigate the toxic waste has been going on for years. It is not near complete. Apartments are planned to be built right next to the dump.

The project is not consistent with existing land use in the area.

The project will be harmful to local residents (voters) in many ways over a period of years.

This project if approved will likely result in costly litigation as local residents would have no choice but to address the harm done to them through the courts.

Please vote “NO” on the Magnolia Tank Farm Project

Regards,

Maurice Patrick O’Sullivan
9432 Rambler Drive
Huntington Beach, CA 92646

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Date: Sunday, September 15, 2024 12:37:44 PM
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Sent: Saturday, September 14, 2024 11:03:22 PM
To: CITY COUNCIL (INCL. CMO STAFF) <[email protected]> Subject: SUPPORT Item #24 Magnolia Tank Farm

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Dear Huntington Beach City Councilmembers,
I am writing to express my support for the Magnolia Tank Farm Project. This project brings much needed affordable housing in addition to expanding wetlands habitat conservation area, new public parks, and trails. I urge you to affirm the Coastal Commission's approval of this project and vote yes to move it forward!
Sincerely,
From: Saige McCrimmon
To: [email protected]; CITY COUNCIL (INCL. CMO STAFF); Chi, Oliver; Gates, Michael Subject: Support Increase in Coastal Access for Huntington Beach (Item 24, Council Meeting 9/17/24) Date: Sunday, September 15, 2024 2:50:09 PM
Huntington Beach City Council and Staff,
I urge you to approve the Magnolia Tank Farm project because it will increase coastal access for all. Currently, the site is an out-of-use oil tank farm right next to the Magnolia Marsh.

Please approve the proposed project and create the possibility for the tank farm to become acres of public open space right next to the coast for Huntington Beach residents and visitors alike.

Sincerely,
Saige McCrimmon
[email protected]
18631 Demion Ln, Apt B
Huntington Beach , California 92646

From: Stephanie Busch
To: [email protected]; CITY COUNCIL (INCL. CMO STAFF); Chi, Oliver; Gates, Michael Subject: Support Magnolia Tank Farm project (Item 24, Council Meeting 9/17/24) Date: Sunday, September 15, 2024 3:15:04 PM
Huntington Beach City Council and Staff,
Please support the Magnolia Tank Farm project. This is a model project for coastal Orange County because it will provide four things Californians most need: housing, green space, transportation, and jobs. It provides affordable housing and improves coastal access for the public, including a lodge with lower-cost accommodations, public parks, and trails.

Stephanie Busch
[email protected]
18992 Florida St, Apt C1
Huntington Beach , California 92648

From: Ken Todd
To: [email protected]
Cc: Jennifer Todd
Subject: Agenda Nos. 24 to strongly urge the City Council to reject Resolution Nos. 2024-46 and 2024-47, which concern modifications to Local Coastal Program Amendment No. 17-001, previously approved by the California Coastal Commission
Date: Monday, September 16, 2024 8:01:23 AM
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Regarding: Agenda Nos. 24 to strongly urge the City Council to reject Resolution Nos. 2024-46 and 2024-47, which concern modifications to Local Coastal Program Amendment No. 17-001, previously approved by the California Coastal Commission

To whom it may concern,

I am writing to object to the proposed Magnolia Tank Farm Plan. I am a concerned citizen and resident to Southeast Huntington Beach.

Community Impact: The area surrounding the proposed site consists of primarily low-density housing, parks, and public schools. These neighborhoods are a stark contrast to the waterfront development in the downtown area. While the previous waterfront developments were perhaps appropriate where they are located, they bring problems with traffic, crime and vagrants. The Magnolia Tank Farm project will spread more of the same over more of the city. I certainly did not sign up for this when I invested years ago in this area. The character of Southeast Huntington Beach will be forever changed.

Environmental Impact: The proposed development is situated adjacent to the Ascon Superfund site that remains and ongoing problem for our community. Building a high-density development recklessly exposes future residents to health risks. Furthermore, this proposed development could impact the adjacent wetlands. This sensitive ecosystem is already stressed, and further development will not be helpful to maintaining their health.

Approving this project would represent an unfair change to the existing community and be potentially dangerous to the environment and the health of the community. My family objects.

Ken Todd
9332 Molokai Drive
Huntington Beach CA 92646
[email protected]
562-708-8914

From: Fikes, Cathy
To: Agenda Alerts
Subject: FW: No on Agenda item No#24 Shopoff Tank Farm Development.

Date: Monday, September 16, 2024 9:40:34 AM
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From: larry mcneely <[email protected]>
Sent: Saturday, September 14, 2024 10:59 PM
To: CITY COUNCIL (INCL. CMO STAFF) <[email protected]> Subject: No on Agenda item No#24 Shopoff Tank Farm Development.

In 2019, while Shopoff set up a location at the site serving coffee and donuts to gain favor for their project, the community came out to protest this development. His Coffee and Donuts will not curry favor for his unneeded and contested project.

Will Shopoffs Coffee and Donuts and his buying influence convince you to go against the voters who supported you?

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To: Agenda Alerts
Subject: FW: SUPPORT Item #24 Magnolia Tank Farm
Date: Monday, September 16, 2024 9:40:43 AM

From: Justin Truong <[email protected]>
Sent: Saturday, September 14, 2024 11:36 PM
To: CITY COUNCIL (INCL. CMO STAFF) <[email protected]> Subject: SUPPORT Item #24 Magnolia Tank Farm

Justin Truong
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To: Agenda Alerts
Subject: FW: Magnolia Tank Disaster!!
Date: Monday, September 16, 2024 9:41:52 AM
Importance: High

From: Gary Tarkington <[email protected]>
Sent: Sunday, September 15, 2024 1:35 PM
To: CITY COUNCIL (INCL. CMO STAFF) <[email protected]> Subject: Magnolia Tank Disaster!!
Importance: High

I am asking that you PLEASE reject, VOTE NO to this mess! I live in this area and it is UNWANTED here! I don't care what the POA says or does, for them it's $$, and NOT THEIR LIFE!! Vote NO the Shopkoff, and the unwanted Magnolia Tank disaster!! Ann Tarkington
92646
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Subject: FW: NO on Agenda Item 24 - Magnolia Tank Farm
Date: Monday, September 16, 2024 9:42:03 AM

From: Cari Swan <[email protected]>
Sent: Sunday, September 15, 2024 2:04 PM
To: CITY COUNCIL (INCL. CMO STAFF) <[email protected]> Subject: NO on Agenda Item 24 - Magnolia Tank Farm

Dear Mayor and Councilmembers,

I urge you to vote NO on agenda Item 24 calling to adopt the Magnolia Tank Farm LCPA 17-001 Coastal Program Amendment thus paving the way for the horrific development proposed by Shopoff Development.

As someone who has opposed this devleopment since the land was purchased in 2016, Shopoff has made NO attempt to address and of the safety, health and quality- of-life concerns first raised by the residents of SE HB. Rather, they have spent their time and BIG MONEY buying political influence and every single conservation group that would take their money.

The site literally SHARES THE DIRT (it even becomes a shared LAKE during rainy season) with the ASCON Superfund Toxic Waste Dump which is nowhere near remediation. When remediation is complete, it will ONLY be remediated to be able to “cap” the site and never be safe for development. This is like putting a chainlink fense across your swimming pool to keep toxic chemicals only on one side!!

During CA Coastal Commission hearings it was concluded that development on this site would create an “island effect” thus pushing heavy rain or flood waters directly into the adjacent neighborhoods! This is a low-lying area that acts as a natural capture for high level water…a natural PROTECTION to surrounding neighborhoods.

Developing this site puts all surrounding neighborhoods in danger.

The site has only ONE egress which would add significant traffic on Magnolia and Banning, already stressed, and added safety issues for the nearby Elementary and High School.

There are added concerns….a proposed hotel and apartments on toxic land are not only unsafe but hugely incompatible with the adjacent neighborhoods. And, of course, the parcel sits right on top of the Newport-Inglewood earthquake fault.

I’ve made this statement numerous times over the past 8 years: Shopoff rolled the dice and took a gamble when they purchased this highly toxic site. It is not the city council’s responsibility to cover their gambling debts. Rather, the citizens rely on our elected REPRESENTATIVES to REPRESENT the citizens and our safety.

I’m distinctly remember hearing the current council majority campaigning over and over in 2022 promising to be REPRESENTATIVES of the citizens. And all were very well aware of the concerns over the MTF development.

Please vote NO on Agenda Item 24
Sincerely,
Cari Swan
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To: Agenda Alerts
Subject: FW: magnolia Tank Farm Project
Date: Monday, September 16, 2024 9:43:06 AM

From: Mary Julienne <[email protected]>
Sent: Sunday, September 15, 2024 3:39 PM
To: CITY COUNCIL (INCL. CMO STAFF) <[email protected]> Subject: magnolia Tank Farm Project

Dear Members of the City Council,

I am writing to state my opposition to this project for many obvious reasons. As a Huntington a beach resident of over 40 years living in the Southeast part of Huntington Beach I have watched the Ascon toxic waste site sit poisonous for decades before the clean up process was initiated and is still ongoing.

I have seen wonderful things too like the wetlands restoration but there have been more fails and almost fails like the Poseidon desalination plant. Living next to Edison Community Park and across from.Edison High School has its own challenges that require good citizenship and has had me involved in fighting a park renovation that would not serve local residents but merely mollify AYSO whose fields were sold when schools were closed and the land sold
This latest land use is wrong for many reasons. I have mentioned the wetlands that were restored where there is wildlife that would be disrupted by a hotel and housing operating 24 hours a day 365 days a year.

Magnolia is heavily traveled and is a two lane highway already crowded with traffic going to the beach or PCH. There have been numerous fatalities at Magnolia and Hamilton.

Increasing traffic along this street that passes a high school as well as Banning with an elementary school and public library with a high volume of traffic seems to be poorly thought out and unsafe.
the Ascon Superfund toxic dump is in a low lying area subject to flooding, sea level rise and tsunamis. If and when this floods into a residential area it would be another Love Canal situation. At the least, Huntington Beach will have to pay for flood control. The citizens through bonds or taxes for a mistake that should not be made to accommodate greedy developers.
apartments are planned right next to the Ascon Super fund toxic waste dump. The work to mitigate has been ongoing for years with noxious fumes released and dust and is not near completed.

There are enough hotels and retail on PCH. You do not live in Southeast Huntington Beach. I do along with many others that oppose this development. This is not the location for affordable housing.

Please vote no on this project. It is ill advised and unnecessary. Thank you for your attention to this matter and serious consideration.

Sincerely,
Mr. & Mrs. Donald Julianne
21172 Poston Lane
Huntington Beach 92646. 714-960-5662. Residents since 2/1983

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From: Fikes, Cathy
To: Agenda Alerts
Subject: FW: NO on Agenda Item 24 - Magnolia Tank Farm
Date: Monday, September 16, 2024 9:43:31 AM
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From: Rob Francisco <[email protected]>
Sent: Sunday, September 15, 2024 5:38 PM
To: CITY COUNCIL (INCL. CMO STAFF) <[email protected]> Subject: NO on Agenda Item 24 - Magnolia Tank Farm

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Rob Francisco
(949)929-2461 mobile
From: Fikes, Cathy
To: Agenda Alerts
Subject: FW: NO ON THE MAGNOLIA TANK FARM
Date: Monday, September 16, 2024 9:44:13 AM

From: Deb Janus <[email protected]>
Sent: Sunday, September 15, 2024 7:00 PM
To: CITY COUNCIL (INCL. CMO STAFF) <[email protected]> Subject: NO ON THE MAGNOLIA TANK FARM

Dear Mayor and City Council,

I am asking for a NO vote on the Magnolia Tank Farm. This site is still a disaster and the proposed development is not conforming to the rest of the area.

Thank you ,
Deb Janus
Huntington Beach Resident.

From: Fikes, Cathy
To: Agenda Alerts
Subject: FW: Magnolia Tank Farm Development
Date: Monday, September 16, 2024 9:44:23 AM
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To: CITY COUNCIL (INCL. CMO STAFF) <[email protected]> Cc: Candace <[email protected]>
Subject: Magnolia Tank Farm Development
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Dear City Council Members,
I am very concerned about the building of a hotel next to the Magnolia Marsh in Huntington Beach. A hotel is not compatible with the close proximity of a wetlands containing sensitive migrating and local birds. There will be a great deal of noise during the construction, and then ongoing noise from the guests and traffic frequenting the hotel.

Migratory birds depend on the wetlands as a place to feed and rest along their migratory pathway. These are not the ducks in the local ponds that come quacking for a piece of bread. These birds are wild and skittish and are not used to loud and bright human activities. Non-migratory birds are also abundant in our wetlands, and will also be disturbed by the activities. Because nearly 90% of California’s wetlands have been destroyed, we must work extra hard to preserve and protect our existing wetlands. These birds do not have many options along their path.

Birds are vocal, using calls to establish territory and to attract a mate. Noise that prevents them from hearing each other can impact their breeding success. It can also make it harder to hear predators, making them more vulnerable.

Construction noises and partying hotel guests can raise the noise level to the point of disturbance.

Two weeks ago 5 captive-bred Ridgeway’s rails, which are a threatened species, were released into the Brookhurst Marsh, across the street from the Magnolia Marsh, after having been bred at the San Diego Zoo. The hope is for these birds to become established and to breed. Extensive planting has been done in the marsh to encourage their success. They are not fenced in, and may move to the Magnolia Marsh, or go back and forth between the marshes. These birds often vocalize at night, when there will be evening noises competing with them from the hotel and their entertainment venues. A great deal of effort and time has been put into the success of these birds, and again, nearby construction and hotel noises could interfere with that, Studies on light disturbance show that birds may change their breeding timing if they are exposed to too much light.

This can cause them to hatch out of sync with the food sources they depend on. There will be extra light from hotel rooms and traffic associated with the hotel. There will also be windows for birds to fly into when they see their reflection. This can impact the success of our wetlands birds.

Here are some sources for this information:
https://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol14/iss1/art29/
http://articles.hbindependent.com/2004-04-15/news/export2847_1_ascon-toxic-waste-waste-site https://www.calpoly.edu/news/noise-and-light-can-profoundly-alter-bird-reproduction-cal-poly-study-finds Please do not allow a hotel to be built in such close proximity to our sensitive and important wetlands! Respectfully,
Candace Brenner
Biology Instructional Associate/Science Museum Curator (retired) Golden West College Huntington Beach, CA 92646
From: Fikes, Cathy
To: Agenda Alerts
Subject: FW: Agenda Item 24-571 MTF
Date: Monday, September 16, 2024 9:44:43 AM

From: [email protected] <[email protected]>
Sent: Sunday, September 15, 2024 9:27 PM
To: CITY COUNCIL (INCL. CMO STAFF) <[email protected]> Subject: Agenda Item 24-571 MTF

Honorable Mayor and City Council Members,

I urge you I to reject item number 24-571 on the 9-17-24 agenda.

Although I recognize the benefit that the developer is proposing to the surrounding wetlands and marshes by conserving, protecting, and providing planned public access, I believe the negative impact on the streets and adjacent neighborhoods would exceed the positive effects. The development of a 215-room hotel and 250 medium density housing units is incongruous with the area. Established low density housing tracts will be subjected to increased traffic by vehicles and foot as well as the possibility of flooding hazards.

When considering this resolution, please ask these questions:

Is it a good idea to approve this massive development on toxic land adjacent to Ascon Landfill https://dtsc.ca.gov/smrp-projects/ascon-landfill-site/ ?
The possibility of toxic runoff and ground water incursion is so severe that the developer requires homeowners and renters/lessees to sign *documents acknowledging these hazards.

Is it a good idea to approve this massive development
when it creates the possibility
of flood hazard to surrounding neighborhoods?
Per the modified plan, the MTF land slopes an average of 8.4’ NW to SE, towards existing housing tracts. The developer plans to grade the site but creates the possibility of flooding in the adjacent areas.

Acknowledgement of possible flooding and liquefaction is so severe that the developer requires signed *documents from each homeowner and renter/lessees in the MTF development.

Can the surrounding streets handle the impact of increased traffic? Banning Av is a short through street ( approximately 1 mile) that connects Brookhurst and at Magnolia. Repaving and redesign was just completed to make this a 2 lane road with bike lanes and curbside parking. Is it equipped to handle becoming a major thoroughfare to the entrance of the hotel? Currently, 4 lane Magnolia St between Hamilton and Banning floods frequently during heavy rains and becomes 2 lanes along this route. How will it handle 250+ more residents plus visitors to the hotel?
The intersection of Magnolia and Hamilton is a notorious intersection for accidents and recent fatality (within ~6 months) because of EHS traffic and the obstructed view at the NW corner on the Ascon site, does the developer plan to redesign this intersection and upgrade Hamilton Av?

*All future renters/lessees at the MTF site shall be provided with written notice that:
1) the development is located in a hazardous area, or an area that may become hazardous in the future

2. sea level rise could render it difficult or impossible to provide services to the site (e.g., maintenance of roadways, utilities, sewage or water systems), thereby constraining allowed uses of the site or rendering it uninhabitable

3. additional adaptation strategies, up to and including removal, may be required in the future to address sea level rise consistent with the Coastal Act and certified LCP. This
Coastal Hazards notice shall be included with all leases and shall be disclosed prior to finalization of rental/lease agreement(s). The notification shall be in plain language in both English and Spanish. Samples of this required notification language and methods for conveying it to potential renters/lessees shall be submitted with the application for any CDP for residential development on the MTF site, for the review and approval of the approving authority.

This is a highly disputed project that has little or no benefit for our community. It requires a specific plan of "Spot Zoning" and requires zoning changes that ignore our established general plan. It sets a precedent for approval of specific development plans for all new development.

I have many more objections and concerns about this project but I’m certain you’ve heard them all. Again, I urge you I to reject item number 24-571 on the 9-17-24 agenda.

Sincerely,
Donna Dillon
714 319-3581
Homeowner and 53 year resident of Huntington Beach
22102 Jonesport Ln
Huntington Beach, CA 92646

From: Fikes, Cathy
To: Agenda Alerts
Subject: FW: Magnolia Tank Farm
Date: Monday, September 16, 2024 9:44:55 AM
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From: Lisa Simpson <[email protected]>
Sent: Sunday, September 15, 2024 10:25 PM
To: CITY COUNCIL (INCL. CMO STAFF) <[email protected]> Subject: Magnolia Tank Farm
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Magnolia Tank Farm
Please, Do Not move forward on the Magnolia Tank Farm.

A resident for 40 years, I am concerned about the consequences of this development going forward. The fact that people will be signing notification of toxic hazards is so sad. Why would you as city leaders want to have areas like this in HuntingtonBeach for people to live by. Placing people in a knowingly hazardous location is not necessary to supply “affordable housing” nor is it necessary to establish a toxic exposed hotel. I have watched the runoff of rain water from the Ascon site, and am concerned that the construction and building will further infiltrate toxic waste runoff. I feel you will be knowingly allowing people to live and visit at the cost of sickness and contamination , all for MONEY. I want representatives to think about the people of our community. Doing anything further with the Magnolia TankFarm will further contaminate our community due to the location of Ascon. We have other areas in our city to put up affordable housing without known existing toxic hazards.

Please Do Not move further on the Magnolia Tank Farm Lisa Simpson 20352 Camfield
Huntington Beach
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To: Agenda Alerts
Subject: FW: Magnolia Tank Farm
Date: Monday, September 16, 2024 9:45:15 AM
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From: Laura Peterson <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, September 16, 2024 6:48 AM
To: CITY COUNCIL (INCL. CMO STAFF) <[email protected]> Subject: Magnolia Tank Farm
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I’m writing to let you know of my opposition to the MTF project. I live in the neighborhood bordered by Magnolia and Hamilton. My primary concern is the increase in traffic along bordering streets. We already have so much traffic and many safety concerns. There have been many accidents, often fatal, along Hamilton and Magnolia.

Adding additional cars to this area will only increase the danger along these roadways.

Thank you for your consideration, Laura Peterson
From: Fikes, Cathy
To: Agenda Alerts
Subject: FW: No on MTF
Date: Monday, September 16, 2024 9:45:25 AM
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From: Charlotte Lyon <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, September 16, 2024 7:05 AM
To: CITY COUNCIL (INCL. CMO STAFF) <[email protected]> Subject: No on MTF
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Please vote no on MTF!
Charlotte Lyon
Bushard/Atlanta
92646
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To: Agenda Alerts
Subject: FW: Magnolia Tank Farm
Date: Monday, September 16, 2024 9:45:38 AM

From: Jan Madnick <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, September 16, 2024 8:30 AM
To: CITY COUNCIL (INCL. CMO STAFF) <[email protected]> Subject: Magnolia Tank Farm

To Council Members,
We're writing to express our disagreement with the Coastal Commission's approval of the Magnolia Tank Farm. We've lived by the disaster of the Ascon Landfill clean-ups for over 40 years, and can't believe that ANYONE thinks building dwellings in the wetland adjacent could possibly be safe. Besides the possibility of toxic soil and toxicity in the run-off water from rains, the area has been proven to be in danger of flooding.

We know that the company has promised to build "affordable housing" in the development. (we sat through the zoom of the coastal commission meeting), but we really don't believe that will happen in the way they've promised. Somehow, developers seem to get away with skirting those issues to the degree they've promised.

We DEFINITELY want affordable housing in Huntington Beach, but in an area that is safe for new home-owners/renters environmentally and logistically.

Thank you for reconsidering this project,
Jan and Leon Madnick
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From: Fikes, Cathy
To: Agenda Alerts
Subject: FW: new development on Magnolia at the Tank Farms Date: Monday, September 16, 2024 9:45:53 AM

From: april jackson <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, September 16, 2024 8:41 AM
To: CITY COUNCIL (INCL. CMO STAFF) <[email protected]> Subject: new development on Magnolia at the Tank Farms

I live at Magnolia and Hamilton. Been here 35 years. Watched the new power plant get built (and, despite the claims of being quiet is very loud and has gone offline more than once). I've seen the ASCON site go through several cleanups. Experienced the drenching rains of La Ninas (and a hurricane) wash out our streets and flood the Magnolia wetlands onto the streets.

After Pacific City opened, the amount of traffic on Hamilton increased to a steady stream throughout the day and night. In October, we get a five-day deluge of traffic from an air show.

There's the Super Bowl run that shuts down PCH and routes traffic onto Hamilton as buses and cars ferry runners for a couple of days. There's July 4 weekend where you don't leave your house because of traffic. Plus, the city has signs directing drivers down Hamilton to Newland to get to the beaches when routing visitors down Brookhurst to PCH would have provided more lanes for traffic flow and also avoided going through what is essentially a series of small residential neighborhoods.

The opportunity to build a resort and homes is just too much for this little piece of South Huntington Beach. We are inundated. Our resources cannot sustain more traffic, people, water, electricity, visitors. We are tapped out.

I vote No.

Thank you,
April Jackson
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From: Fikes, Cathy
To: Agenda Alerts
Subject: FW: NO TO THIS PROJECT PERIOD!!!!!
Date: Monday, September 16, 2024 9:46:22 AM

From: R and M Fanarof <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, September 16, 2024 8:47 AM
To: CITY COUNCIL (INCL. CMO STAFF) <[email protected]> Subject: NO TO THIS PROJECT PERIOD!!!!!

DO NOT DESTROY OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, FOR GREED!

Our beautiful neighborhood has already been attacked by the disrespectful land grabbing building bullys!!!!! The Coastal Commission should not allow this project to move forward for the following reasons that they are already aware of.

1. The Toxic Superfund project has not been finished, we have residents living across the street from it, and there i A High School across the street also. Anyone knows that the toxic waste runs down hill , and the contaminated soil will be disrupted, by any further land movement.

2. Magnolia and Hamilton have seen a major increase in
traffic, since Pacific City was built. Do a fact check to see what traffic accidents have happened, and what speeding tickets have been given out. We do not need any more
traffic in this area. Banning would also become a thru fair for persons driving dangerously. Banning has an
Elementary school very close to Magnolia.

3. Our neighborhood has a Sewage facility with large trucks who regularly use Brookhurst in our neighborhood.

4. This project will be a real burden to our lovely
neighborhood! Your votes to this project would be
destroying our lovely neighborhood, out of greed!

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To: Agenda Alerts
Subject: FW: Vote NO on Agenda Item 24- Magnolia Tank Farm Development Date: Monday, September 16, 2024 9:46:54 AM

From: Rob Pool <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, September 16, 2024 9:09 AM
To: CITY COUNCIL (INCL. CMO STAFF) <[email protected]>; Fikes, Cathy <CFikes@surfcity- hb.org>
Subject: Vote NO on Agenda Item 24- Magnolia Tank Farm Development

Dear City Council:

I urge a NO vote on Agenda Item 24- Magnolia Tank Farm Development.

In an article about the general plan housing element upgrade in the Daily Pilot, on March 22,2023, several of the majority four of our city council were quoted. At issue was the requirement of the state for our city council to sign a statement of overriding considerations for our city to be able to submit the housing element update to the state for certification.

In the article, Mr. Strickland is quoted as saying “The state is violating our 1 st Amendment rights, by forcing us to say that these mandated housing projects are more important than the impacts to the environment. I can’t in good conscience have my speech forced to sign a statement of overriding considerations because it goes against everything I stand for…This is an easy vote for me.” Ms. Van Der Mark was also quoted: “We have to choose between giving up clean air to breathe, compromising our water supply, giving up the safety of our community, sacrificing our wetlands-or we will be fined.”
Clearly, based upon these impassioned quotes I fully expect to see both Strickland and Van Der Mark to vote no on this environmentally sensitive project. At least I would expect that the two of you would be more concerned with the future environmental impact of an actual project in front of you than any hypothetical project that might be covered, in the future, by the statement of overriding considerations.

I fully expect Mr. McKeon to vote no on this project as he has remained a consistent supporter of Southeast Huntington Beach issues.

That leaves Mr. Burns. I have recently heard rumors that Mr. Burns may be warming up to this project. I would find it somewhat humorous if this is the issue where Mr.

Burns- or any of you- decides to become bipartisan and votes with the minority three.

Last, if any of you decide to vote for this project–a project immediately adjacent to a toxic waste dump that has still not been remediated, I think it will be a clear indication that your prior concerns regarding your 1st Amendment rights regarding the environmental issues of future hypothetical projects are no longer pertinent, and that the time to work with the minority three on a housing element upgrade should move forward.

I look forward to seeing you all maintain intellectual consistency and integrity and do what your past statements would indicate. Vote No on Agenda Item 24.

Best regards,
Rob Pool
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To: Agenda Alerts
Subject: FW: Magnolia Tank Farm
Date: Monday, September 16, 2024 10:34:21 AM

From: Lena Hayashi <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, September 16, 2024 10:00 AM
To: CITY COUNCIL (INCL. CMO STAFF) <[email protected]> Subject: Magnolia Tank Farm

Dear HB Council Members,
We are 52-year residents of SEHB and are against the
construction proposals for the Magnolia Tank Farm
Property. We have lived through all of the discussion
and remediation plans to clean up the Ascon area and
after all these years, it hasn't been resolved. Also, the land stored oil tanks for many years. No matter how safe the soil has been deemed on the MTF property, we can't
believe it is safe for housing for families and home
gardens that will be planted on it.

Additionally, the hotel, restaurant, and the houses, would negatively impact our neighborhood, Eader School, and
Banning Library with increased noise, traffic, and safety.

Lastly, the newly renovated Banning Ave, designed for
safety and limiting speeding, would be negated by the
increase in traffic.

Please vote against this development.

Thank you.

Sincerely,
Steve and Lena Hayashi
9572 Castine Drive
Huntington Beach 92646

Lena Yee Hayashi
c. 714-321-1975
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From: Fikes, Cathy
To: Agenda Alerts
Subject: FW: Magnolia Tank Farm
Date: Monday, September 16, 2024 10:34:31 AM

From: Lynn Friedman <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, September 16, 2024 10:22 AM
To: CITY COUNCIL (INCL. CMO STAFF) <[email protected]> Subject: Magnolia Tank Farm

Dear City Council members,

The wetlands are NOT a place to put development!

IT is a loser proposition for all the wildlife there in the wetlands and for the people who would live in an unstable area.

We have few wetlands left along the coast. We are becoming more and more aware of their importance in stabilizing our environment for the safety and health of humans & wildlife.

VOTE NO
on the MAGNOLIA TANK FARM.

Lynn Friedman

949-632-1994

From: Fikes, Cathy
To: Agenda Alerts
Subject: FW: Magnolia Tank Farm Project
Date: Monday, September 16, 2024 12:45:44 PM

From: Steve Farnsworth <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, September 16, 2024 11:25 AM
To: CITY COUNCIL (INCL. CMO STAFF) <[email protected]> Subject: Magnolia Tank Farm Project

Mayor and City Council Members,

I have been made aware that the Magnolia Tank Farm Shopoff Project is coming up again for a vote. I would like to urge you to vote no on this project. As the Environmental Manager at the SCE Generating Station for years I am fully aware of how toxic the ASCON site is and can't imagine anyone wanting to live within yards of that Superfund Site. The SCE property (Tank Farm) in my opinion is clean as SCE was environmentally conscious and managed the site well, however ASCON is a completely different story.

Does the development of the land affect me in any way? Not at all since I live a few miles away from the site.

I can't imagine anyone wanting to spend Millions of dollars on a home, condo or whatever is going to be built there with a Superfund site on one side, and a generating station across the canal on the other side.

I could go on and on, but I just urge you to vote NO on the development of this property and leave it as it has been.

Thank you for your consideration.

Steve Farnsworth

From: Nathalie Utrilla
To: [email protected]; CITY COUNCIL (INCL. CMO STAFF); Chi, Oliver; Gates, Michael Subject: Support Increase in Coastal Access for Huntington Beach (Item 24, Council Meeting 9/17/24) Date: Monday, September 16, 2024 1:47:44 PM
Huntington Beach City Council and Staff,
I urge you to approve the Magnolia Tank Farm project because it will increase coastal access for all. Currently, the site is an out-of-use oil tank farm right next to the Magnolia Marsh.

Please approve the proposed project and create the possibility for the tank farm to become acres of public open space right next to the coast for Huntington Beach residents and visitors alike.

Sincerely,
Nathalie Utrilla
[email protected]
1303 Walnut Ave, Apt 8
Huntington Beach , California 92648

From: sharon ohara <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, September 16, 2024 12:46 PM
To: CITY COUNCIL (INCL. CMO STAFF) <[email protected]> Subject: SUPPORT Item #24 Magnolia Tank Farm

Dear Huntington Beach City Councilmembers,
I am writing to express my support for the Magnolia Tank Farm Project. This project brings much needed affordable housing in addition to expanding wetlands habitat conservation area, new public parks, and trails. I urge you to affirm the Coastal Commission's approval of this project and vote yes to move it forward! Sincerely,
Sharon OHara
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To: Agenda Alerts
Subject: FW: Vote NO on Magnolia Tank Farm Project.

Date: Monday, September 16, 2024 1:52:05 PM

From: Barbara Noffsinger <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, September 16, 2024 1:10 PM
To: CITY COUNCIL (INCL. CMO STAFF) <[email protected]> Subject: Vote NO on Magnolia Tank Farm Project.

Dear City Council,
This project is full of hazards too numerous to ignore. I agree with all the reasons r4rd is advising against it. Please don't let this project go forward at the risks of health problems, pollution to our water, traffic and noise congestion. Vote NO Barbara Betzold Noffsinger
9382 Gateshead Dr HB CA 92646
From: Fikes, Cathy
To: Agenda Alerts
Subject: FW: Agenda Item 24-571 MTF
Date: Monday, September 16, 2024 1:52:18 PM

From: Greg Dillon <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, September 16, 2024 1:32 PM
To: CITY COUNCIL (INCL. CMO STAFF) <[email protected]> Subject: Agenda Item 24-571 MTF

Honorable Mayor and City Council Members,
I urge you to reject item number 24-571 on the 9-17-24 agenda.

When considering this resolution, please ask these questions:

Is it a good idea to approve this massive development when it creates the possibility of flood hazard to surrounding neighborhoods? Per the modified plan, the MTF land slopes an average of 8.4’ NW to SE, towards existing housing tracts. The developer plans to grade the site but creates the possibility of flooding in the adjacent areas.

Acknowledgement of possible flooding and liquefaction is so severe that the developer requires signed *documents from each homeowner and renter/lessees in the MTF development.

Can the surrounding streets handle the impact of increased traffic? Banning Av is a short through street ( approximately 1 mile) that connects Brookhurst and Magnolia. Repaving and redesign was just completed to make this a 2 lane road with bike lanes and curbside parking. Is it equipped to handle becoming a major thoroughfare to the entrance of the hotel? Currently, 4 lane Magnolia St between Hamilton and Banning floods frequently during heavy rains and becomes 2 lanes along this route. How will it handle 250+ more residents plus visitors to the hotel? The intersection of Magnolia and Hamilton is a notorious intersection for accidents and recent fatality (within ~6 months) because of EHS traffic and the obstructed view at the NW corner on the Ascon site, does the developer plan to redesign this intersection and upgrade Hamilton Av?

*All future renters/lessees at the MTF site shall be provided with written notice that:

1. the development is located in a hazardous area, or an area that may become hazardous in the future sea level rise could render it difficult or impossible to provide services to the site (e.g., maintenance of roadways, utilities, sewage or water systems), thereby constraining allowed uses of the site or rendering it uninhabitable

2. additional adaptation strategies, up to and including removal, may be required in the future to address sea level rise consistent with the Coastal Act and certified LCP. This Coastal Hazards notice shall be included with all leases and shall be disclosed prior to finalization of rental/lease agreement(s). The notification shall be in plain language in both English and Spanish. Samples of this required notification language and methods for conveying it to potential renters/lessees shall be submitted with the application for any CDP for residential development on the MTF site, for the review and approval of the approving authority.

I have many more objections and concerns about this project but I’m certain you’ve heard them all. Again, I urge you I to reject item number 24-571 on the 9-17-24 agenda.

Sincerely
,
Gregory Dillon, Homeowner and 45 year resident of Huntington Beach 22102 Jonesport Ln
Huntington Beach, CA 92646

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To: Agenda Alerts
Subject: FW: NO ON MTF!!
Date: Monday, September 16, 2024 2:55:48 PM
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From: Eliz Murphy <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, September 16, 2024 2:27 PM
To: CITY COUNCIL (INCL. CMO STAFF) <[email protected]> Subject: NO ON MTF!!
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Please vote NO on allowing the MTF project to proceed in its development. The project is being proposed at the wrong place, the wrong time it is the very wrong and actual unsafe project!!!!! PLEASE do the right thing for our city!
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To: Agenda Alerts
Subject: FW: Magnolia Tank Farm Development
Date: Monday, September 16, 2024 2:56:45 PM

From: Christina Salgado <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, September 16, 2024 2:49 PM
To: CITY COUNCIL (INCL. CMO STAFF) <[email protected]> Subject: Magnolia Tank Farm Development

Dear city council,

I am writing to you today to say I oppose the development proposed for the area known as Magnolia Tank Farm. That area was zoned originally to be a public space and it should have never been allowed to change.

Best regards,

Christina Silva-Salgado
HB 92648
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To: Agenda Alerts
Subject: FW: Support for Magnolia Tank Farm
Date: Monday, September 16, 2024 3:03:45 PM
Attachments: BIASC Letter to CCC.pdf
BIAOC Comments - Magnolia Tank Farm Hearing 1.19.2020.pdf BIAOC Comment Letter (002).pdf

From: Magnolia Tank Farm Outreach Team <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, September 16, 2024 2:51 PM
To: Strickland, Tony <[email protected]>; Van Der Mark, Gracey <[email protected]>; Burns, Pat <[email protected]>; McKeon, Casey <[email protected]>; Kalmick, Dan <[email protected]>; Moser, Natalie <[email protected]>; Bolton, Rhonda <[email protected]>; Fikes, Cathy <[email protected]>; Outreach Team Magnolia Tank Farm <[email protected]> Subject: Support for Magnolia Tank Farm

Mayor Van Der Mark and City Councilmembers,

Please see the attached letters of support from BIA OC and BIA SC garnered over the last several years during the entitlement process.

Marlo
__________________________
Community Outreach Manager

November 29, 2022

Building Industry Association of Southern California
17192 Murphy Avenue #14445
Irvine, CA 92623

Chairwoman Donne Brownsey
California Coastal Commission
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RE: SUPPORT for City of Huntington Beach Magnolia Tank Farm Housing Development

Dear Chairwoman Brownsey and Commissioners,

The Building Industry Association of Southern California strongly supports the Magnolia Tank Farm housing project. Considering the existing housing crisis, Regional Housing Needs Allocation (RHNA) enforcement and Orange County Flood Control District planning/infrastructure, Magnolia Tank Farm is a project that needs to be supported by all levels of California government.

California is facing a growing housing and homelessness crisis that impacts families, communities, and the well-being of the state. The situation in Orange County is no different.

Lack of housing inventory is causing home and apartment costs to skyrocket, forcing relocation of some Californians to high-polluting states. The CA Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) acknowledges this crisis though the RHNA process and requires cities to plan for thousands of new homes over an eight-year period. The current plan calls for Huntington Beach to plan for over 13,000 homes during this time. Failure to plan for and facilitate construction of such homes now invokes state law penalties that will be aggressively enforced by the Attorney General’s Housing Strikeforce and HCD’s Housing Accountability Unit.

Failure of a project like Magnolia Tank Farm would also contribute to a worsening of issues raised by the California Coastal Commission’s (CCC) Environmental Justice Policies. Elimination of affordable residential neighborhoods in the coastal zone is identified as a contributing factor to homelessness and an unjust impact for lower income communities of color. Increasing housing opportunity within coastal communities is a matter of statewide interest that must be given serious consideration.

The Legislative Analyst’s Office (LAO) issued a report identifying multiple constraints that limit coastal development opportunity. This daunting list should not be compounded by mitigatable Sea Level Rise (SLR) barriers when existing infrastructure and planning exist. If coastal cities are prevented from such development, achieving state housing goals becomes an impossibility.

Local government flood control efforts need to be given full consideration, in coordination with the CCC, to achieve RHNA requirements.

As an example, the Orange County Flood Control District (OCFCD) maintains 380 miles of flood control infrastructure protecting critical regional infrastructure, roads, schools, libraries, and residences. Through their mitigation strategies, communities like Huntington Beach can safely meet their RHNA demands while also protecting against SLR. Partnerships between the CCC and OCFCD are the path to an environmentally stronger, safer and equitable future for our coastal communities.

We respectfully request that the CCC adopt a smart and reasonable approach to environmental policies that will also address the housing crisis. We look forward to your consideration of this request and proactive efforts to assist the building industry with projects currently under consideration by the CCC.

Sincerely,

Jeff Montejano, CEO
BIASC

The Honorable Kim Carr
City of Huntington Beach
2000 Main Street
Huntington Beach, CA 92648

RE: SUPPORT FOR SHOPOFF REALTY PLANS FOR TANK FARM

Dear Mayor Carr and Honorable City Council Members,

The Building Industry Association of Southern California, Orange County Chapter (BIA/OC) is a non-profit trade association of over 1,100 member companies employing over 100,000 people affiliated with the home building industry. Our mission is to champion housing as the foundation of vibrant and sustainable communities.

Over the last year, we have seen unprecedented impacts to our local and global community. The State and Federal directives to remain home were nearly unimaginable until they were reality. The economic impact this will have cannot be overstated.

It is therefore important to realize that before the COVID-19 crisis, we in California were suffering from a Housing Supply Crisis. The orders to shelter in your homes exacerbated the crushing need for housing in California to meet the demand.

Thus, it is with great optimism we see the City of Huntington Beach leading the way through this difficult time with a staff supported proposal that will add much needed units to the City. This project will not only add vital housing units to a jobs rich area of the County, but it will also revitalize an industrial site to include tangible amenities for local residents to utilize. In this case, the plan places compatible housing next to existing residential. The hotel is placed near existing industrial uses and overlooking the wetlands separated with a large buffer to protect this resource while also promoting its educational value to residents and guests alike.

As the housing crisis in Southern California continues, we are desperate for new housing—move-up opportunities for grown child ren moving back to their “hometown,” expanding families needing a larger floor plan, and empty-nesters downsizing.

From an economic perspective, revitalization of the Tank Farm can only increase neighboring property values and provide a much-needed boost to Southeast Huntington Beach. And, of course, taxes generated will undoubtedly benefit the city’s infrastructure, public safety and other city-funded needs. A boost in funding in these unprecedented times is crucial for the city’s economic sustainability.

Thank you for your consideration.

Respectfully,

Sunti Kumjim
BIA/OC Board President

PRESIDENT

SUNTI KUMJIM

MBK RENTAL LIVING

VICE PRESIDENT

ERIC NELSON

TRUMARK HOMES

TREASURER

BROOKE DOI

SHEA HOMES

SECRETARY

NICOLE MURRAY

SHEA HOMES

IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT

RICK WOOD

TRADE CONTRACTOR V.P.

ALAN BOUDREAU

BOUDREAU PIPELINE

CORPORATION

ASSOCIATE VICE PRESIDENT

MARK HIMMELSTEIN

NEWMEYER & DILLION, LLP

MEMBER-AT-LARGE

PETER VANEK

INTEGRAL COMMUNITIES

MEMBER-AT-LARGE

SEAN MATSLER

COX CASTLE & NICHOLSON, LLP

EXECUTIVE OFFICER

STEVE LA MOTTE

January 19, 2021

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

PRESIDENT

ERIC NELSON

TRUMARK HOMES

1st VICE PRESIDENT

BROOKE DOI

SHEA HOMES

TREASURER
JAMES O’MALLEY

SHOPOFF REALTY INVESTMENTS

SECRETARY

MEGAN ELTRINGHAM

THE NEW HOME COMPANY

TRADE CONTRACTOR VP

ALAN BOUDREAU

BOUDREAU PIPELINE

ASSOCIATE MEMBER VP

MARK HIMMELSTEIN

NEWMEYER & DILLION, LLP

MEMBER AT LARGE

PETER VANEK

INTREGAL COMMUNITIES

MEMBER AT LARGE

SEAN MATSLER

COX, CASTLE, & NICHOLSON LLP

IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT

SUNTI KUMJIM

MBK RENTAL LIVING

VICE PRESIDENT, OC CHAPTER

ADAM WOOD
BIAOC
BUILDING INDUSTRY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, INC.

ORANGE COUNTY CHAPTER
17192 MURPHY AVE #14445, IRVINE, CA 92623
949-553-9500 I BIAOC.COM
Chair Donne Brownsey
CA Coastal Commission
455 Market Street, Ste 300
San Francisco, CA 94105

Re: California Housing Crisis: Magnolia Tank Farm Approval

Chair and Commissioners,

The Building Industry Association of Orange County strongly supports the proposed housing project known as the Magnolia Tank Farm. Considering the existing housing crisis, Regional Housing Needs Allocation (RHNA) enforcement and Orange County Flood Control District planning/infrastructure, Magnolia Tank Farm is a project that needs to be supported by all levels of California government.

Critical Need for New Housing in Orange County: California is facing a growing housing and homeless ness crisis that impacts families, communities, and the well- being of the state. Lack of housing inventory is causing home and apartment costs to skyrocket, forcing relocation of some Californians to high-polluting states. Housing and Community Development ( HCD) acknowledges this crisis though the RHNA process and requires Orange County to pla n for 180,000 new homes over an eight - year period. More specifically, it calls for Huntington Beach to plan for over 13,000 homes during this time. Failure to plan for and facilitate construction of such homes now invokes state law penalties that will be aggressively enforced by the Attorney General’s Housing Strikeforce and HCD’s Housing Accountability Unit.

Failure of a project like Magnolia Tank Farm would also contribute to a worsening of issues raised by the California Coastal Commission’s (CCC) Environmental Ju stice Policies. Elimination of affordable residential neighborhoods in the coastal zone is identified as a contributing factor to homelessness and an unjust impact for lower income communities of color. Increasing housing opportunity within c oastal communities is a matter of statewide interest that must be given serious consideration.

Factors Inhibiting Coastal Home building : The Legislative Analyst’s Office (LAO) issued a report identifying multiple constraints that limit coastal development opportunity. This daunting list should not be compounded by mitiga table Sea Level Rise (SLR) barriers when existing infrastructure and planning exist. If coastal cities are unilaterally prevented from such development, achieving state housing goals becomes untenable . Local government flood control efforts need to be given full consideration , in coordination with the CCC, to achieve RHNA requirements.

As an example, the Orange County Flood Control District (OCFCD) maintains 380 miles of flood control infrastructure protecting critical regional infrastructure, roads, schools, libraries, and residences. Through their mitigation strategies, communities like Huntington Beach can safely meet their RHNA demands while also protecting against SLR. Partnerships between the CCC and OCFCD are the path to an environmentally stronger, safter and equitable future for our coastal communities. Unilateral removal of all parcels with future flood potential, without consideration of mitigation efforts, unduly restricts the California dream for countless families.

As such, w e respectfully request that the CCC adopt a smart and reasonable approach to environmental policies that will also addre ss the housing crisis. We look forward to your consideration of this request and proactive efforts to assist the building industry with project s currently under consideration by the CCC.

Sincerely,

Adam Wood
Vice President
BIA/SC, OC Chapter

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To: Agenda Alerts
Subject: FW: Support for Magnolia Tank Farm from OC Business Council Date: Monday, September 16, 2024 3:04:19 PM
Attachments: OCBC support letter 2022.pdf

From: Magnolia Tank Farm Outreach Team <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, September 16, 2024 2:57 PM
To: Strickland, Tony <[email protected]>; Van Der Mark, Gracey <[email protected]>; Burns, Pat <[email protected]>; McKeon, Casey <[email protected]>; Kalmick, Dan <[email protected]>; Moser, Natalie <[email protected]>; Bolton, Rhonda <[email protected]>; Fikes, Cathy <[email protected]>; Outreach Team Magnolia Tank Farm <[email protected]> Subject: Support for Magnolia Tank Farm from OC Business Council

Mayor Van Der Mark and City Councilmembers,

Please see the attached letter submitted by OCBC in support of the Magnolia Tank Farm.

Thank you.

Marlo

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__________________________
Community Outreach Manager

2 Park Plaza, Suite 100 | Irvine, CA 92614 | P 949.476.2242 | F 949.476.0443 | www.ocbc.org

THE LEADING VOICE OF BUSINESS IN ORANGE COUNTY
September 14, 2022

Chairwoman Donne Brownsey
California Coastal Commission
Sent via e-mail at: [email protected]

RE: Shopoff Realty Investments’ Magnolia Tank Farm Proposal – SUPPORT

Dear Chairwoman Brownsey,

Orange County Business Council (“ OCBC”), the leading voice of business in Orange County, serves as an influential advocate for Orange County’s economic prosperity. One of OCBC’s core initiatives is to advocate for the development of new housing to meet current and future needs of Orange County’s diverse workforce. For this reason, OCBC supports the Shopoff Realty Investments proposal.

OCBC is satisfied that the C ity examined all possible affects this project may have on the environment, including traffic, parking, open space and other areas. Redevelopment of this land is not only necessary for the property, but als o for the surrounding community, and will provide economic development and housing opportunities to the area.

OCBC’s 2019-20 Workforce Housing Scorecard found that Orange County currently faces a shortfall of nearly 60,000 housing units, which is projected to grow to over 114,000 units by 2045.

In accordance with the Southern California Association of Governments’ 6th Cycle Reg ional Housing Needs Allocation, Orange County is required to plan for 180,000 new homes by the close of the decade. By virtue of the region’s iconic coastline, many choose to live and work within the coastal zone. As such, a portion of this housing must be built on the coast. The City of Huntington Beach urgently needs a variety of housing types, especially for residents who work in the city and want a move-up opportunity or would like to down-size. Employees of local businesses living outside of Huntington Beach would also greatly benefit f rom new housing opportunities.

Moreover, in trying economic times it is crucial for cities to find additional funding sources for local infrastructure projects, parks and public safety. In addition to new tax revenue and the economic development impacts of addressing local housing supply challenges, this plan will bring in new jobs both during construction and once the lodge is built.

OCBC respectfully asks the Coastal Commission to consider the invaluable benefits this development offers to residents, the surrounding business community, and the greater Orange County economy and approve the City of Huntington Beach’s Local Coastal Program Amendment.

Sincerely,

Jennifer Ward
Senior Vice President of Advocacy and Government Affairs

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To: Agenda Alerts
Subject: FW: Bi-Partisan Support from OC Legislators
Date: Monday, September 16, 2024 3:11:31 PM
Attachments: Bi Partisan Support from State Officials.pdf

From: Magnolia Tank Farm Outreach Team <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, September 16, 2024 3:09 PM
To: Strickland, Tony <[email protected]>; Van Der Mark, Gracey <[email protected]>; Burns, Pat <[email protected]>; McKeon, Casey <[email protected]>; Kalmick, Dan <[email protected]>; Moser, Natalie <[email protected]>; Bolton, Rhonda <[email protected]>; Fikes, Cathy <[email protected]>; Outreach Team Magnolia Tank Farm <[email protected]> Subject: Bi-Partisan Support from OC Legislators

Mayor Van Der Mark and City Councilmembers,

Please review the attached.

Thank you.

Marlo
__________________________
Community Outreach Manager

May 1, 2023

Donne Brownsey
Chair, California Coastal Commission
455 Market Street, Suite 300
San Francisco, CA 94105

Dear Chair Brownsey,

We, the undersigned representatives of Orange County's legislative delegation, write to express our support for the Magnolia Tank Farm (MTF), a 250 unit housing project, including twenty- five low-income housing units, some of which will be set aside for hotel workers, and a 215- room visitor serving lodge with dedicated low-cost lodging in Huntington Beach. The MTF is on a Brownfields site formerly occupied by oil storage tanks. The project site is part of the City’s recently adopted Housing Element, and the site has been included in the City’s Housing Inventory. MTF has been approved by the City of Huntington Beach and is awaiting Coastal Commission approval of its amended Local Coastal Program.

As you are aware, California is facing an ongoing housing crisis. In accordance with the Regional Housing Needs Assessment (RHNA), Orange County must zone for over 180,000 additional housing units by October 2029. Of these, 13,368 new units are required in Huntington Beach alone. Since MTF is in the approved housing element, if the Coastal Commission denies the LCP amendment for MTF, the city of Huntington Beach would have to find an additional 250 units of housing somewhere else, a near impossibility in such a highly developed coastal community.

To comply with RHNA in Orange County and to achieve our state’s housing goals, new housing will necessarily be required within the coastal zone.

One of the issues that local governments in Orange County are wrestling with is the impact of sea level rise (SLR) on housing needs. Acknowledging this new reality, we urge the CCC to recognize that the MTF site is an appropriate site for housing. First, the MTF project is surrounded by existing developments that the CCC considers “critical infrastructure”: schools, roads, health care facilities, public buildings, etc. The CCC’s own policy recognizes the need and appropriateness of protecting critical infrastructure from flood risk caused by SLR.

The MTF project site is already protected by the Huntington Beach Channel and the Talbert Channel operated by the Orange County Flood Control Management District (OCFCD). OCFCD has provided flood control protection for Orange County since 1927. Today, OCFCD maintains the integrity of 380 miles of flood control infrastructure throughout the county. The Orange County Board of Supervisors has passed a Resolution confirming that they will continue to protect critical infrastructure from additional flooding threats, including SLR, in the future.

Because MTF is co-located with critical infrastructure, it will benefit from ongoing flood control protection, and from our perspective, it is an ideal location for new housing.

We understand that the CCC may evaluate whether the site is located at a location that is a “hazard” when considering approval, without regard to the existing flood protection. The CCC seems to be concerned about tidal inundation of the site. But we understand that under the relevant SLR scenario for residential development over the 75-year project lifespan, the developed project site does not flood.

Finally, in the recent Del Mar decision, a housing project located in a hazardous flood plain was approved by the CCC. In contrast, the MTF housing project is not located in a hazardous area as defined by FEMA. In other words, the flood risk was far greater for the Del Mar project than the MTF site. Moreover, the CCC’s suggested project modifications that were incorporated into the Del Mar project to minimize SLR risks have also been added to the MTF project. The MTF will provide additional affordable housing opportunities, as did the Del Mar project, which was identified by the CCC as being a significant factor in the approval of the Del Mar project.

Given Orange County’s housing needs and the many coastal friendly design features of this project, MTF’s consistency with the adopted Housing Element, the lack of SLR flood risk to the

site, the existing and continued flood control protection in this area, and the Del Mar precedent, we implore the CCC to approve the Huntington Beach LCP amendment for the MTF project.

Sincerely,

Assembly Member Blanca Pacheco
(District - 64)

Assembly Member Sharon Quirk-Silva
(District - 67)

Assembly Member Avelino Valencia
(District - 68)

Assembly Member Tri Ta
(District - 70)

Assembly Member Diane Dixon
(District - 72)

Senator Josh Newman
(District - 29)

Senator Bob Archuleta
(District - 30)

Senator Kelly Seyarto
(District - 32)

Please approve the proposed project and create the possibility for the tank farm to become acres of public open space right next to the coast for Huntington Beach residents and visitors alike.

Sincerely,
Nathalie Utrilla
[email protected]
1303 Walnut Ave, Apt 8
Huntington Beach , California 92648

From: Ruben Gonzalez
To: [email protected]; CITY COUNCIL (INCL. CMO STAFF); Chi, Oliver; Gates, Michael Subject: Support Increase in Coastal Access for Huntington Beach (Item 24, Council Meeting 9/17/24) Date: Monday, September 16, 2024 2:10:39 PM
Huntington Beach City Council and Staff,
I urge you to approve the Magnolia Tank Farm project because it will increase coastal access for all. Currently, the site is an out-of-use oil tank farm right next to the Magnolia Marsh.

Please approve the proposed project and create the possibility for the tank farm to become acres of public open space right next to the coast for Huntington Beach residents and visitors alike.

Sincerely,
Ruben Gonzalez
[email protected]
21256 Beach Blvd, Apt 203
Huntington Beach , California 92648

From: Nicholas Maragos
To: [email protected]; CITY COUNCIL (INCL. CMO STAFF); Chi, Oliver; Gates, Michael Subject: Support Increase in Coastal Access for Huntington Beach (Item 24, Council Meeting 9/17/24) Date: Monday, September 16, 2024 3:32:44 PM
Huntington Beach City Council and Staff,
I urge you to approve the Magnolia Tank Farm project because it will increase coastal access for all. Currently, the site is an out-of-use oil tank farm right next to the Magnolia Marsh.

Please approve the proposed project and create the possibility for the tank farm to become acres of public open space right next to the coast for Huntington Beach residents and visitors alike.

Sincerely,
Nicholas Maragos
[email protected]
1404 Huntington St, Apt 4
Huntington Beach , California 92648

From: Remon Abdemalek
To: [email protected]; CITY COUNCIL (INCL. CMO STAFF); Chi, Oliver; Gates, Michael Subject: Support Increase in Coastal Access for Huntington Beach (Item 24, Council Meeting 9/17/24) Date: Monday, September 16, 2024 3:43:40 PM
Huntington Beach City Council and Staff,
I urge you to approve the Magnolia Tank Farm project because it will increase coastal access for all. Currently, the site is an out-of-use oil tank farm right next to the Magnolia Marsh.

Please approve the proposed project and create the possibility for the tank farm to become acres of public open space right next to the coast for Huntington Beach residents and visitors alike.

Sincerely,
Remon Abdemalek
[email protected]
6600 Warner Ave, Unit 198
Huntington Beach , California 92647

From: K. Jenkins
To: [email protected]
Subject: For public comments re: NO on Magnolia Tank Farm Date: Monday, September 16, 2024 4:23:16 PM
You don't often get email from [email protected]. Learn why this is important Dear Council members,
My name is Kaelyn Jenkins; I still am and I have been a life long resident of Huntington Beach. I grew up in the tract right across Magnolia from the Ascon Superfund toxic dump, and the Magnolia Marsh. My family and life long friends still live there. This is a beautiful, quiet, and very well taken care of neighborhood community.

We adamantly oppose the building of the Magnolia Tank Farm and all that that future fiasco entails.

We are begging you to listen to all of the community that knows and does NOT want this.

There is too much at stake. This will be a huge problem for Huntington Beach, and all that love this community.

This is a partial list of the very REAL details that make the plan a very REAL PROBLEM - (actually a host of problems) that it will cause for us all - you included:

This is a low-lying area subject to flooding, sea level rise, and tsunamis. The Ascon Superfund toxic dump will flood into the residential area. Huntington Beach will have to pay for flood control.

It will disrupt the wildlife at Magnolia Marsh. There will be a hotel right next to the wetlands which will operate 24 hours per day.

Our HB wetlands are some of the last remaining in the migratory path and are ESSENTIAL to the well-being and survival of the wildlife that NEED them.

The South Branch of the Newport-Inglewood Fault lies underneath the site.

Earthquakes and liquefaction are a reality.

The local area can not handle the increased traffic and parking. Banning Avenue and Magnolia Street already handle significant traffic. Not to mention the safety of the school children going to Eader Elementary is at stake.

There are enough hotels and retail on PCH. Which more often than not, do not fill to capacity. Trading the open, natural spaces for commercial greed will harm residents and wildlife.

The Ascon Toxic Waste Dump, a USEPA Superfund site, is adjacent to the property.

The work to mitigate the toxic waste has been going on for years. It is not near complete. Apartments are planned to be built right next to the dump. Potential renters will be required to sign a mandatory release stating they are aware of the toxic and dangerous surroundings of Ascon and it’s potential to cause harm. This is unconscionable!

FOR THE LOVE OF HUNTINGTON BEACH AND FOR THE SAFETY AND WELLBEING of its residents (human and animal) and for the HB’s future, please, please do not let this horrible plan go through.

Respectfully pleading, K. Jenkins
From: [email protected]
To: [email protected]
Subject: Oppose Res. No"s 2024-46 and 2024-47 (Modifications, Magnolia Tank Farm site) Date: Monday, September 16, 2024 10:40:50 PM
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The Coastal Commission was wrong to have approved any type of development at the Magnolia Tank Farm (MTF) site. Please do not compound this error by approving modifications to the Local Coastal Program and Land Use Element as the Commission recommends. Instead, study and develop modifications that will discourage development and encourage full restoration of the ecological functions existing at the MTF site before its wetlands were filled and destroyed.

The resolutions currently before the Council would change the planning/zoning at the MTF site to allow mixed used commercial and residential development in a low-lying coastal area that already must rely upon levees, pumps, and associated engineered infrastructure to reduce flooding from rainfall events, tidal storm surges, and sea level rise. Climate change impacts will only increase the site’s future vulnerability to these forces of nature.

Proponents of developing the MTF site suggest that additional human-engineered “protective adaptations” (aka public infrastructure) will be perpetually adequate to protect it and its neighbors from adverse environmental impacts. This implies that public resources will always exist to maintain and improve such “adaptations” when/if they fail. But such unpredictable costs place unfair risks and burdens on the community. And, inadequate or failing infrastructure “adaptations” pose safety risks to the people who would live and work at the MTF site and to people who live, work, and recreate nearby. The program modifications recommended by the Coastal Commission do not meaningfully mitigate these risks.

The City’s coastal ecosystems deserve restoration rather than development and destruction. Please reject Resolution No. 2024-46 and Resolution No. 2024-46.

Thank you for considering these views.

Shirley Nixon
8655 Fresno Circle #501C
Huntington Beach, CA 92646

From: [email protected]
To: [email protected]
Subject: Oppose Res. No"s 2024-46 and 2024-47 (Modifications, Magnolia Tank Farm site) Date: Monday, September 16, 2024 10:40:50 PM
You don't often get email from [email protected]. Learn why this is important Dear City Council Members,

The City’s coastal ecosystems deserve restoration rather than development and destruction. Please reject Resolution No. 2024-46 and Resolution No. 2024-46.

Thank you for considering these views.

Shirley Nixon
8655 Fresno Circle #501C
Huntington Beach, CA 92646

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From: Fikes, Cathy
To: Agenda Alerts
Subject: FW: Against
Date: Monday, September 16, 2024 4:36:52 PM

From: Dylan Driver <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, September 16, 2024 3:20 PM
To: CITY COUNCIL (INCL. CMO STAFF) <[email protected]> Subject: Against

We are against the development of the shopoff and Ascon site. Toxic dump superfund site is no place for homes. And one enrollment has dropped at Edison because of it.

Parents are choosing other schools because they are fearful.

The city will face future lawsuits because of the toxic runoff in yards fields and gutters.

Parents are fleeing Edison high and enrollment is down by hundreds. Unfortunately this has meant layoffs and early retirement for the staff.

Edison used to be the treasure of the district and now it’s barely staying a float.

We know some members of this council attended the coastal commission meetings in favor of it. Shameful!

Residents of HB matter. And so should are neighborhoods and schools.

From: Fikes, Cathy
To: Agenda Alerts
Subject: FW: Magnolia Tank Farm
Date: Monday, September 16, 2024 4:37:26 PM

From: Jeanne Whitesell <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, September 16, 2024 4:17 PM
To: CITY COUNCIL (INCL. CMO STAFF) <[email protected]> Subject: Magnolia Tank Farm

Dear HB City Council Members,

I am asking you to vote against the Magnolia Tank Farm Development. I am concerned about the toxic dump site next to this area. No one should invest in a home only to be driven out by toxic chemicals entering their property. As one person said,

"When the rains come, the water that accumulates in the Toxic Dump will flow into the new neighborhood and the surrounding neighborhoods as well. That's because there is no infrastructure to handle the water that will be forced into the streets after development."

As much as we need low-income housing this is NOT the answer nor the place.

Thank you for your consideration.

Jeanne Whitesell
17922 Shoreham Lane
Huntington Beach, CA 92649
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From: Fikes, Cathy
To: Agenda Alerts
Subject: FW: Magnolia Tank Farm (MTF)
Date: Monday, September 16, 2024 4:37:52 PM

From: Ross Miller <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, September 16, 2024 4:23 PM
To: CITY COUNCIL (INCL. CMO STAFF) <[email protected]> Subject: Magnolia Tank Farm (MTF)

HB City Council:

My wife and I have been residents of South East Huntington Beach for over 45 years.

It has come to out attention that the City Council will be considering a proposal to green light the MTF project.

For a number of reasons we urge you to vote no.

1. We don't need a hotel or other varieties of high density housing adjacent to our quiet single-family-home neighborhood.

2. We don't need the extra automobile traffic. We have enough problems with people speeding on Magnolia and Bushard street as well.

3. The ASCON cleanup won't be completed for at least two more years. We should at least wait until the cleanup is complete. Perhaps we'll know more about its effectiveness at that time.

Regards,

Ross and Diane Miller
From: Fikes, Cathy
To: Agenda Alerts
Subject: FW: NO on Magnolia Tank Farm
Date: Monday, September 16, 2024 5:41:43 PM
-----Original Message-----
From: Lynn Schaulis <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, September 16, 2024 4:43 PM
To: CITY COUNCIL (INCL. CMO STAFF) <[email protected]> Subject: NO on Magnolia Tank Farm
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Dear Council Members - I am mortified to see this item - the Magnolia Tank Farm - under consideration on your agenda. I don’t know how local politicians can be trusted to decide about a national toxic superfund fund site and the well-being of residents on this side of town. We’ve been through years of a mess due to capitalist greed that led to the destruction of natural habitat to begin with and I will not tolerate any argument in favor of development of the site. The surrounding marshlands are incredibly fragile and the wildlife do not get to cast their votes.

I’ve heard that the plans include “affordable” housing and I am already up in arms about the high-density developments all over the city that have ruined the vibe we used to have here. It’s overpopulated and the traffic, crowds, and parking problems continue to worsen. It’s unfathomable that another hotel would go in down there.

There is no way that the Pasea, Hilton, Hyatt, and Best Western have year round filled capacity. Let tourists flood into other towns and preserve one of the quiet remaining zones right next to iconic HB public schools stay as it is.

I am begging you to not give in to corporate and capitalist persuasion. My tax lifelong tax dollars as a resident should ensure that I get to have my city saved from becoming something it was never designed to be! Keep Huntington Beach coast for wildlife and let the state beach across PCH remain free from another slick development.

Lynn Schaulis
8431 Tern Circle
Huntington Beach 92646
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From: Fikes, Cathy
To: Agenda Alerts
Subject: FW: Magnolia Tank Farm
Date: Monday, September 16, 2024 5:41:58 PM

From: Shirley <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, September 16, 2024 5:22 PM
To: CITY COUNCIL (INCL. CMO STAFF) <[email protected]> Subject: Magnolia Tank Farm

Would you like your family to live next to the Ascon Toxic site?

How is a chain link fence going to keep the toxic waste away from the homes and wetlands?

Please vote NO, there is so much cancer in the adjacent houses, don't add move.

Sincerely,

Shirley Knopf
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From: Fikes, Cathy
To: Agenda Alerts
Subject: FW: SUPPORT Item #24 Magnolia Tank Farm
Date: Tuesday, September 17, 2024 8:59:17 AM
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From: Carrie Buck <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, September 16, 2024 5:52 PM
To: CITY COUNCIL (INCL. CMO STAFF) <[email protected]> Subject: SUPPORT Item #24 Magnolia Tank Farm

Dear Huntington Beach City Councilmembers,

I am writing to express my support for the Magnolia Tank Farm Project. This project brings much needed affordable housing in addition to expanding wetlands habitat conservation area, new public parks, and trails. I urge you to affirm the Coastal Commission's approval of this project and vote yes to move it forward!

Sincerely,

Carrie Buck
Executive Director
Family Solutions Collaborative
714-348-5951

I will be on vacation Thursday, September 24 through Tuesday, October 8, 2024. If you require immediate assistance during that time, please contact [email protected] .

www.familysolutionscollaborative.org

From: Fikes, Cathy
To: Agenda Alerts
Subject: FW: Magnolia Tank Farm proposed development.

Date: Tuesday, September 17, 2024 8:59:30 AM
-----Original Message-----
From: Clayton King <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, September 16, 2024 6:09 PM
To: CITY COUNCIL (INCL. CMO STAFF) <[email protected]> Subject: Magnolia Tank Farm proposed development.
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Members of the Council
I have followed the Ascon site cleanup process (sic) since the site was designated as a federal Super Fund cleanup site many years ago.

Citizens were told that ALL contaminated soil would be dug out and that the site would be FULLY remediated by the end of 2007. Obviously that didn't happen. Any development of the surrounding area poses serious long term health hazards on many levels. There are numerous other environmental issues to be considered but I am sure others will raise them in person at the council meeting.

Please put an end to this proposed development. It is in the interest of all the citizens you purport to represent, including me.

Clayton King
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To: Agenda Alerts
Subject: FW: Magnolia Farm
Date: Tuesday, September 17, 2024 8:59:40 AM

From: Janet Bean <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, September 16, 2024 6:43 PM
To: CITY COUNCIL (INCL. CMO STAFF) <[email protected]> Subject: Magnolia Farm

I am with Erik...my response could not be any more inclined with my thinking..NO on Magnolia!!!
Former Mayor Erik Peterson's letter to HBCC RE: Magnolia Tank Farm

"Subject: Tell the Coastal Commission to Pound Sand

Councilmembers,

Tuesday you have a decision to make with the tank farm project. Either let the Coastal Commission dictate our housing or deny their interference and stick with the original plan. Part of Obamas Affirmative Fair Housing Act and the State’s housing mandates that support it, is to densify suburban areas and mix in low income to promote “Fair” housing for all, in all communities. It also keeps with the environmental mandates to have walkable communities so people will not drive cars to work and their daily activities. Some people love living the big crowded urban life. I believe most of the residents of our city prefer the suburban life.

On Council, I was opposed to this project because it didn’t fit the area. The density was different from the surrounding area and the hotel had no please in the area. I was not opposed to creating another low-density neighborhood like the surrounding neighborhoods. I believe the majority of you were asked about this when you were running for office, and thought it had been settled, and opposed it. Is that still the case? You are not responsible for making developers whole on their purchases. Shopoff has an approved plan, I don’t like it but I was on the losing side. Now another unelected body is going to make you do what they want, or they will not let it in. My suggestion is to tell Shopoff to figure out another plan and vote No on more State overreach.

I know you have some financial deficiencies you need to overcome. This project will not fix them anytime soon. Development fees are one time money and property taxes are only 17 % of the total property tax. Development of the site will take years and that’s if Shopoff doesn’t sell it off in pieces like many developers do after they get land entitled.

Make the right decision for the Southeast community. Vote against the Coastal Commission’s mandates.

Regards,

Erik Peterson

Thank you Erik!!!!
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Date: Tuesday, September 17, 2024 8:59:51 AM
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From: DAWNMARIE STEVENS <[email protected]>
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Hello All,
Thank you for the work that you’ve been doing the past couple years. I am very grateful. I would like to request that you vote NO on the m Magnolia Tank Farm project on Tuesday. Let’s keep Huntington Beach the way it is.

Thank you so much,
Dawn Marie Stevens
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To: Agenda Alerts
Subject: FW: No on Shopoff Project
Date: Tuesday, September 17, 2024 9:00:09 AM

From: Carol Pilgrim <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, September 16, 2024 7:18 PM
To: CITY COUNCIL (INCL. CMO STAFF) <[email protected]> Subject: No on Shopoff Project

Dear City Council Members,

Do the right thing and deny this project that the community has been fighting since it's inception. It is unconscionable that you would allow residents and visitors to reside to reside next to a Superfund site and be subjected to potential health risks. At least 4 of you were elected on the promise to not let this happen. Any one of you who votes for this exposes your inhumanity and probable placement of financial gain over resident's health and well being. Do the right thing and vote NO.

Carol and Thomas Pilgrim
Samoa Drive, Huntington Beach
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To: Agenda Alerts
Subject: FW: MAGNOLIA TANK FARM
Date: Tuesday, September 17, 2024 9:00:13 AM

From: Geri von Freymann <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, September 16, 2024 7:31 PM
To: CITY COUNCIL (INCL. CMO STAFF) <[email protected]> Subject: MAGNOLIA TANK FARM

Council persons
My name is Geri von Freymann, I am a long time resident of Huntington Beach who is concerned about the proposed development so close to protected wetlands.

The chance of invasive toxic materials spilling into the wetlands and threatening wildlife as well as the marsh itself is extremely great. The added traffic and pollution will be harmful to the residents and wildlife. The loss of land from the coastline is irretreivable for all generations to come. You as representatives of this community should place as a highest priority the preservation of its environment.

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Subject: FW: Letter of support
Date: Tuesday, September 17, 2024 9:01:21 AM

From: Magnolia Tank Farm Outreach Team <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, September 16, 2024 10:14 PM
To: Strickland, Tony <[email protected]>; Van Der Mark, Gracey <[email protected]>; Burns, Pat <[email protected]>; McKeon, Casey <[email protected]>; Kalmick, Dan <[email protected]>; Moser, Natalie <[email protected]>; Bolton, Rhonda <[email protected]>; Fikes, Cathy <[email protected]>; Outreach Team Magnolia Tank Farm <[email protected]> Subject: Fwd: Letter of support

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Subject: FW: Support Letter for Magnolia Tank Farm from People for Housing OC Date: Tuesday, September 17, 2024 9:01:23 AM
Attachments: P4HOC Magnolia Tank Farm letter to CA Coastal Commission.pdf P4HOC Support Magnolia Tank Farm 1-13-2021.pdf

From: Magnolia Tank Farm Outreach Team <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, September 16, 2024 10:18 PM
To: Strickland, Tony <[email protected]>; Van Der Mark, Gracey <[email protected]>; Burns, Pat <[email protected]>; McKeon, Casey <[email protected]>; Kalmick, Dan <[email protected]>; Moser, Natalie <[email protected]>; Bolton, Rhonda <[email protected]>; Fikes, Cathy <[email protected]>; Outreach Team Magnolia Tank Farm <[email protected]> Subject: Support Letter for Magnolia Tank Farm from People for Housing OC

Mayor Van Der Mark and Councilmembers,

Please see attached.

Thanks,
Marlo
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January 12, 2021

Mayor Kim Carr
City of Huntington Beach
2000 Main Street
Huntington Beach, CA 92648

Re: Magnolia Tank Farm -- SUPPORT

Dear Mayor Carr and Members of the City Council,

People for Housing Orange County is a Chapter of YIMBY Action Network, a non-profit organization that works to build welcoming communities where everyone can thrive. We are the voice of Orange County residents who understand that the only way to create thriving communities and a region with a robust and growing economy is to build new housing to meet our population’s need.

As a result of the limited housing stock in Orange County, including Huntington Beach, the next generation of families – including many “adult children” who grew up and wish to remain here – cannot find available housing. Working professionals are looking for homeownership opportunities for their families in the city where they grew up and want to raise their own children. In addition, “empty nesters,” looking to downsize are trapped in homes bigger than they need. With the November 2020 passage of Prop 19 – a portable property tax break for seniors – there are now new opportunities to foster turnover in the housing market; however, we need new housing opportunities to make that happen. The Magnolia Tank Farm provides the City of Huntington Beach with an opportunity to build this mid-sized housing to serve both young families and downsizing seniors.

The Magnolia Tank Farm will be an asset to the city of Huntington Beach. It creates a new community for future residents and brings new amenities, like the interactive nature trails and park space, for current residents, all without disrupting existing neighborhoods. The community benefit agreement will bring a variety of funding resources to the city, and lastly, this development will help the City secure units that will count toward their RHNA housing target.

The Magnolia Tank Farm is exactly the type of mixed-use project that the City Council should be approving—a development that includes much needed mid-sized housing, preserves natural landscapes, beautifies the city with new public park space, AND offers new opportunities for sales tax (commercial development) and occupancy tax (hotel development) revenue. We urge you to approve this development without delay! The biggest benefit of the project is new housing, but the amenities and new revenue opportunities make this development a 360-degree asset to your fair city!

Respectfully yours,
Elizabeth Hansburg
Co-Founder & Executive Director
People for Housing OC
P.O. Box 6942
Fullerton, CA 92834

PeopleForHousing.org
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Fighting for a future of abundant housing in Orange County. peopleforhousing.org
People for Housing OC
P.O. Box 6942
Fullerton, CA 92834
PeopleForHousing.org
Chairwoman Donne Brownsey
California Coastal Commission
Sent via e-mail at: [email protected]
RE: SUPPORT - City of Huntington Beach Magnolia Tank Farm Housing Development and Public Beach Access
Dear Chairwoman Brownsey and Commissioners,
People for Housing Orange County is a non-proﬁt organization that advocates for more housing production in Orange County. We are the voice of Orange County residents who understand that the only way to create thriving communities and a region with a robust and growing economy is to continue to build new housing to meet our population’s needs. As such, we are submitting our support for the Huntington Beach Local Coastal Plan Amendment, under your current review, which would allow for the development of the Magnolia Tank Farm.

At a time when Orange County must plan for the addition of 180,000 new units by 2029 to meet Regional Housing Needs Allocation (RHNA) requirements, the Magnolia Tank Farm, with its 250 units, represents an important piece in our regional housing puzzle.

Our organization’s goal is not only to ensure the availability of housing, but also to ensure that housing is safe for its inhabitants. In coastal areas, local public works and ﬂood control infrastructure must be considered. With respect to the Magnolia Tank Farm, the project site is ﬂanked by the Huntington Beach Channel and the Talbert Channel. Each of these channels, as well as the network of 380 miles of ﬂood control infrastructure operated and maintained by Orange County Public Works, is in place speciﬁcally to protect current and existing residences, businesses, and critical infrastructure.

Through the implementation of mitigation strategies and collocation of new housing in areas already receiving ﬂood protection, communities can both meet their RHNA needs while also protecting against sea level rise.
1 As a result of the limited housing stock in Orange County, including Huntington Beach, the next generation of families – including many “adult children” who grew up and wish to remain here – cannot ﬁnd available housing. Working professionals are looking for homeownership opportunities for their families in the city where they grew up and want to raise their own children. In addition, “empty nesters,” looking to downsize are trapped in homes bigger than they need. With the November 2020 passage of Prop 19 – a portable property tax break for seniors – there are now new opportunities to foster turnover in the housing market; however, we need new housing opportunities to make that happen. The 250 units proposed as part of the Magnolia Tank Farm project would provide the City of Huntington Beach with an opportunity to build this mid-sized housing to serve both young families and downsizing seniors. The inclusion of aﬀordable housing whether on-site or oﬀ-site will help Orange County to address its housing needs in a prime location along the coast.

Public access is another major focus of this project. The lodge’s low-cost accommodations allow for more access for those who have been priced out of the higher-cost hotels in the area. The additional park space and open space improvements will increase the parks-to-person ratio in Huntington Beach, just steps from the ocean. Additional access to the wetlands along with funding for tours and wetlands observation bring new educational access for students from all over the area.

All these public beneﬁts and progress toward additional housing cannot be achieved if the Coastal Commission chooses to deny housing on property that may experience ﬂooding under the worst-case-scenario circumstances in the next 100 to 200 years. The housing crisis is here and now.

People for Housing Orange County urges the California Coastal Commission to take a reasoned approach to new housing in the coastal zone and help us make progress toward alleviating rather than perpetuating the housing shortage.

Respectfully yours,
Elizabeth Hansburg
Co-Founder & Executive Director
Cc: [email protected], [email protected] Fighting for a future of abundant housing in Orange County. peopleforhousing.org
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Subject: FW: Support for Magnolia Tank Farm from OC Tax Date: Tuesday, September 17, 2024 9:01:35 AM
Attachments: OCTax-SUPPORT for City of Huntington Beach Magnolia Tank Farm Housing Development.pdf

From: Magnolia Tank Farm Outreach Team <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, September 16, 2024 11:13 PM
To: Strickland, Tony <[email protected]>; Van Der Mark, Gracey <[email protected]>; Burns, Pat <[email protected]>; McKeon, Casey <[email protected]>; Kalmick, Dan <[email protected]>; Moser, Natalie <[email protected]>; Bolton, Rhonda <[email protected]>; Fikes, Cathy <[email protected]>; Outreach Team Magnolia Tank Farm <[email protected]> Subject: Support for Magnolia Tank Farm from OC Tax

Mayor Van Der Mark and Councilmembers,

Please see attached.

Thanks,
Marlo
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OCTax: Fighting to make taxes fair, understandable, cost-effective and good for the economy! P.O. Box 5881, Orange, CA 92863
The Orange County Taxpayers Association 701 East Chapman Avenue Orange, CA 92866 OCTax.org Chairwoman Donne Brownsey California Coastal Commission Sent via e-mail at: [email protected] RE: SUPPORT for City of Huntington Beach Magnolia Tank Farm Housing Development Dear Chairwoman, Brownsey and Commissioners, On behalf of taxpayers throughout Orange County, the Orange County Taxpayers Association submits this letter in support of the Huntington Beach Local Coastal Plan Amendment (LCPA) that would allow for the construction of critically needed housing, provide visitor accommodations, and increase coastal access within Orange County. This project will contribute toward Orange County’s Regional Housing Needs Allocation (RHNA) requirement of 180,000 new units by 2029, construct a lodge that will generate revenue from tourism, and include new retail and restaurants. The LCPA will also contribute to the local sales tax base relieving pressure on existing taxpayers to carry all the tax burden. The OC Taxpayers Association’s mission is to represent Orange County taxpayers to ensure that state and local policies are equitable, understandable, cost-effective, and good for the economy. The potential tax benefits resulting from the construction of the Magnolia Tank Farm (MTF), if the LCPA were to be approved are plentiful. By virtue of the construction of this project, a large quantity of jobs will be created in the community. This includes 1,500 construction-related jobs and 400 permanent jobs. Overall, the MTF project would create $18 million in labor income, $47 million in economic output, and $3.5 million in gross tax revenue for the City of Huntington Beach. Rejection of the LCPA would negatively affect economic development and jeopardize potential tax revenues that would otherwise be available to the City of Huntington Beach and the state, resulting in fewer resources for social services, infrastructure, public health and safety, and environmental protection. By rejecting the City of Huntington Beach LCPA, the California Coastal Commission is setting a precedent that will restrict housing all along the California coast. The impacts of this decision will worsen the existing housing shortage and drive California workers and small business owners elsewhere. As such, we urge the commission to strongly consider the opportunity cost of denying this project. Sincerely, Sara Catalán President and CEO You don't often get email from [email protected]. Learn why this is important From: Fikes, Cathy
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Subject: FW: Support for Magnolia Tank Farm from OC Board of Supervisors Date: Tuesday, September 17, 2024 9:01:49 AM
Attachments: OCBOS resolution 030822.PDF

From: Magnolia Tank Farm Outreach Team <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, September 16, 2024 11:36 PM
To: Strickland, Tony <[email protected]>; Van Der Mark, Gracey <[email protected]>; Burns, Pat <[email protected]>; McKeon, Casey <[email protected]>; Kalmick, Dan <[email protected]>; Moser, Natalie <[email protected]>; Bolton, Rhonda <[email protected]>; Fikes, Cathy <[email protected]>; Outreach Team Magnolia Tank Farm <[email protected]> Subject: Support for Magnolia Tank Farm from OC Board of Supervisors

Mayor Van Der Mark and Councilmembers,

Please see attached resolution of the OC Board of Supervisors in support of the Magnolia Tank Farm.

Thank you.

Marlo
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Subject: FW: Support for Magnolia Tank Farm from OC Council of Governments Date: Tuesday, September 17, 2024 9:01:59 AM
Attachments: OCCOG Reso Magnolia Project -Final 2022.pdf

From: Magnolia Tank Farm Outreach Team <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, September 16, 2024 11:40 PM
To: Strickland, Tony <[email protected]>; Van Der Mark, Gracey <[email protected]>; Burns, Pat <[email protected]>; McKeon, Casey <[email protected]>; Kalmick, Dan <[email protected]>; Moser, Natalie <[email protected]>; Bolton, Rhonda <[email protected]>; Fikes, Cathy <[email protected]>; Outreach Team Magnolia Tank Farm <[email protected]> Subject: Support for Magnolia Tank Farm from OC Council of Governments

Mayor Van Der Mark and Councilmembers,

Please see attached letter of support for Magnolia Tank Farm.

Thanks,
Marlo
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01115.0001/772578.1
RESOLUTION NO. ________

RESOLUTION OF THE ORANGE COUNTY COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS

SUPPORTING THE MAGNOLIA TANK FARM PROJECT,

RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF THE LOCAL COASTAL PROGRAM

AMENDMENT SUBMITTED BY THE CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH TO

THE CALIFORNIA COASTAL COMMISSION
WHEREAS, in accordance with Regional Housing Needs Assessment (RHNA) requirements set forth by Governor Newsom, Orange County must zone for over 180,000 additional housing units by October 2029. Of these, 75,000 units must be very low-income to low-income homes, and;
WHEREAS, in order to maximize coastal access and accommodations to all Californians regardless of financial status, the Orange County Council of Governments prioritizes the availability of low cost, high occupancy hotel lodgings across County coastal communities, and; WHEREAS, access to outdoor spaces including parks and trails, the availability of public transit infrastructure and parking, and elimination of industrial pollutants is critical to maximizing quality of life for communities that live, visit, and recreate along the Orange County coastline, and;
WHEREAS, under the supervision of the Board of Supervisors, Orange County has made infrastructure investments to protect existing and future development from flood risk, including flood risks as a result of sea level rise, and;
WHEREAS, Orange County Public Works (OCPW) and its flood control department, Orange County Flood Control Management District (OCFCD), has and continues to maintain the integrity of 380 miles of flood control infrastructure throughout the county, including the Huntington Beach Channel and Talbert Channels which were constructed to reduce the risk of flooding of critical regional infrastructure, including roads, public facilities, schools, libraries, and thousands of residences.
“OCFCD has provided flood control protection for Orange County since 1927. We continue to meet the challenge of flood risk, whatever the cause, and will evaluate the flood risks from sea level rise as part of our ongoing planning and capital improvement efforts moving forward. We do this with our federal and state partner agencies and incorporate FEMA standards as they develop. Most importantly, we need to protect critical infrastructure and residents as well as allow for continued economic development in Orange County.”
“OCFCD is committed to improving and maintaining the system as prioritized resources allow and must meet FEMA standards that evolve over time to include the most updated science as implemented by the accreditation program.”1 1 Orange County Public Works letter to City of Huntington Beach RE: CA Coastal Commission Response – OCFCD Flood Control System (November 2021)
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01115.0001/772578.1
WHEREAS, OCFCD continues to receive revenues from a portion of Orange County property taxes for the design, construction, and maintenance of OCFCD facilities; WHEREAS, the California Coastal Commission, the California State Association of Counties, and the League of California Cities together pledged to “[p]lan for sea-level rise adaptation in a way that is responsive and flexible, and based on unique local community contexts.” Accordingly, local coastal plan (LCP) updates should achieve an appropriate balance between statewide policy consistency and local LCP flexibility.2; WHEREAS, the City of Huntington Beach has submitted a LCP Amendment, now under consideration by the California Coastal Commission, to allow for a project, the Magnolia Tank Farm, that would:

1. Provide up to 250 new homes, including twenty-five low-income rental units, on property formerly occupied by oil storage tanks, both contributing to city’s RHNA obligation of zoning for 13,368 new units while also eliminating the presence of industrial pollutants;

2. Include a 215-room lodge with a low-cost visitor-serving component, in which at least forty affordable rooms will be priced within the lowest 30 percent of the coastal room rates based on an annual survey of nearby hotel/motel rooms in the coastal zone;

3. Include a native upland habitat conservation area, expanded wetland habitat buffer, contribute to wetland restoration/maintenance funding, and abide by habitat management plan;

4. Provide county-wide economic benefits including 1,500 construction related jobs, 400 permanent jobs, $18 million in labor income, $47 million in economic output, and $3.5 million in gross tax revenue to the City including funding for off-site parks and libraries;

5. Provide enhanced public access, education, and recreation assets, including a park, an overlook trail, enhanced public transit features including a bus stop and additional parking, a Marsh Park interpretive staging area, and a wetlands interpretive program;

6. Receive protection from the Huntington Beach and Talbert Channels, which already provide flood protection to existing critical regional infrastructure, including roads, public facilities, schools, libraries, and thousands of residences.

NOW, THEREFORE, THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE ORANGE COUNTY COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS, RESOLVES, AND ORDERS AS FOLLOWS:
2 Source: Sea Level Rise Working Group JOINT STATEMENT ON ADAPTATION PLANNING, November 6, 2020, https://documents.coastal.ca.gov/assets/slr/SLRWGJointStatement_Final.pdf 01115.0001/772578.1

1. The Orange County Council of Governments recognizes the myriad public benefits afforded by the Magnolia Tank Farm, acknowledges that the project is sited in an area that is protected by flood control infrastructure that will be maintained over the course of the life of the project, and affirms that this project in and of itself is important to the county’s progress toward meeting its RHNA requirements and also sets an important precedent for coastal development countywide. The Orange County Council of Governments, therefore, supports the approval of this project.

2. The Orange County Council of Governments further affirms the continued need to plan for sea-level rise adaptation in a way that is responsive and flexible, and based on unique local community context that takes into consideration the county’s flood control infrastructure that was constructed to reduce the risk of flooding of critical regional infrastructure, including roads, public facilities, schools, libraries, and thousands of residences.

ADOPTED, SIGNED AND APPROVED this 24th day of February, 2022.

Chair
APPROVED AS TO FORM:

Aleshire & Wynder, LLP
________________________________
Fred Galante, General Counsel

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Subject: FW: Support for Magnolia Tank Farm: OC Realtors Date: Tuesday, September 17, 2024 9:02:07 AM
Attachments: OCAR support letter 2022.pdf

From: Magnolia Tank Farm Outreach Team <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, September 16, 2024 11:44 PM
To: Strickland, Tony <[email protected]>; Van Der Mark, Gracey <[email protected]>; Burns, Pat <[email protected]>; McKeon, Casey <[email protected]>; Kalmick, Dan <[email protected]>; Moser, Natalie <[email protected]>; Bolton, Rhonda <[email protected]>; Fikes, Cathy <[email protected]>; Outreach Team Magnolia Tank Farm <[email protected]> Subject: Support for Magnolia Tank Farm: OC Realtors

Mayor Van Der Mark and Councilmembers,

Please see attached.

Thanks,
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October 3, 2022

The Hon. Donna Brownsey, Chair
California Coastal Commission
455 Market Street, Suite 300
San Francisco, CA 94105
Sent via e-mail at: [email protected]

Re: City of Huntington Beach Magnolia Tank Farm Housing Development – SUPPORT

Dear Chair Brownsey and Commissioners:

Orange County REALTORS® (OCR) is the largest local association of real estate professionals in California with offices in Fountain Valley and Laguna Hills.

The association provides services for its nearly 15,000 members, who are serving both their clients currently in the market to purchase or sell a home, as well as members of the public who own homes in this community.

From time to time, the association’s Board of Directors is asked to consider endorsing proposed housing developments. These requests come from developers, investors, city staff, and other agents involved in planning, zoning, and construction.

Most recently, Orange County REALTORS® was asked by Shopoff Realty to support a project in Huntington Beach, Calif., described as the Magnolia Tank Farm.

This September, we met with the developer regarding this project. The plans presented promised to include housing units within the project: 215 houses to be offered as for-sale properties, plus 26 units offered for lease or for rent as workforce housing. All of which would help residents looking for a new place to live, as well as assist the City of Huntington Beach in meeting its Regional Housing Needs Allocation (RHNA).

While building and construction plans can— and often do— change, with the addition of for-sale homes, our Board of Directors supports the Magnolia Tank Farm and urges the commission to support a local coastal plan amendment, which would allow the development the city supports already to proceed, beginning construction of this much needed new housing.

Sincerely,

Dirissy Doan
Government Affairs Director

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Subject: FW: Support for Tank Farm from HB Chamber of Commerce Date: Tuesday, September 17, 2024 9:02:20 AM
Attachments: HB Chamber Letter CCC.pdf
HBCoC Tank Farm Ltr of Support.pdf

From: Magnolia Tank Farm Outreach Team <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, September 17, 2024 1:37 AM
To: Strickland, Tony <[email protected]>; Van Der Mark, Gracey <[email protected]>; Burns, Pat <[email protected]>; McKeon, Casey <[email protected]>; Kalmick, Dan <[email protected]>; Moser, Natalie <[email protected]>; Bolton, Rhonda <[email protected]>; Fikes, Cathy <[email protected]>; Outreach Team Magnolia Tank Farm <[email protected]> Subject: Support for Tank Farm from HB Chamber of Commerce

Mayor Van Der Mark and Councilmembers,
Please see attached.

Thanks,
Marlo
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Community Outreach Manager

Chair Donne Brownsey
California Coastal Commission
455 Market Street, Suite 300,
San Francisco, CA 94105
Sent via email: [email protected]

Re: Housing Needs in Huntington Beach: Magnolia Tank Farm Project Support

Dear Chairwoman Brownsey and Commissioners,

On behalf of the Huntington Beach business community, the Huntington Beach Chamber of Commerce (HBCC) is submitting the following letter to express strong support for the City of Huntington Beach Local Coastal Plan Amendment now under consideration by the California Coastal Commission to allow for the proposed Magnolia Tank Farm (MTF Project) housing development. By virtue of the MTF Project investment, a prominently blighted area of our city and coastline would be transformed, coastal access will be expanded, and most importantly, progress toward our city’s housing goals will be made.

In January 2020, the HBCC unanimously supported the Local Coastal Plan Amendment submitted by the City of Huntington Beach associated with the MTF Project and currently under your consideration. HBCC maintains our support for this project for the following reasons:

1. Our city has a monumental housing goal to meet. According to the 6th Cycle Regional Housing Needs Assessment (RHNA) requirements adopted by the Southern California Association of Governments, Huntington Beach needs to build 13,368 new units by 2029. This project brings us 250 units closer to that goal. With each additional new unit, the pool of available units expands, reducing the affordability crisis city-wide.

2. This project enhances coastal access. In addition to critically needed housing, the MTF Project includes plans for a 215-room lodge. The lodge will include a low-cost visitor-serving component which locks in a portion of the rooms at rates within the bottom 30% of the coastal zone hotel/motel rates 10 miles north and south of the lodge. Visitors to the lodge will have access to education by virtue of the Marsh Park interpretive staging area and wetlands interpretive program;

recreation assets that include a park and overlook trail; and enhanced transportation connections by virtue of additional parking and an additional bus stop. Moreover, our local business community will benefit from additional quality meeting and conference space along with restaurants and retail opportunities.

3. Community-wide economic benefits. In a time of great economic uncertainty, this project will benefit our local economy. This project will create 1,500 construction-related jobs and 400 ongoing jobs; it would create $18 million in labor income, $47 million in economic output, and $3.5 million in tax revenue for the city to reinvest in our community amenities.

Replacing the currently blighted industrial area under which the proposed project would sit would greatly enhance our city and coastline. Additionally, this project will serve as an economic engine, generating significant annual net tax revenue for the city’s budget and will produce hundreds of jobs, both during and after construction.

We are hopeful that once you review the many benefits and opportunities that come with this project, you will agree the MTF Project is a rare opportunity to transform an under-performing asset into a beautiful project that will contribute to our great city for many years to come.

As representatives of the business community, we ask for your careful consideration of each of the benefits associated with the proposed Magnolia Tank Farm.

Sincerely,

Bruce Berman

Bruce Berman, Board Chair
Huntington Beach Chamber of Commerce

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City of Huntington Beach
City Mayor - Kim Carr
2000 Main Street
Huntington Beach, CA 92648

Dear Mayor Kim Carr,

Approving Magnolia Tank Farm Project The Right Choice For HB City Council Like communities across the nation, Huntington Beach has suffered through the COVID-19 pandemic - impacting not only the physical health of many residents but also wreaking havoc on our local economy and municipal finances. At this challenging crossroads, we should embrace opportunities to repair and renew our city’s economic and financial health.

The Huntington Beach City Council has such an opportunity on January 19 when it considers a proposal to re-develop the Magnolia Tank Farm into a vibrant, jobs-and-revenue producing, mixed-use development.

The Magnolia Tank Farm, at intersection of Magnolia Street and Banning Avenue, derives its name from three above-ground oil storage tanks built in the early 1970s and demolished several years ago. What remains is essentially a vacant lot which contributes little to the well-being and progress of the city.

This project before the City Council represents an opportunity to convert an unsightly, nonproductive parcel into a valuable community asset that will provide Huntington Beach with more jobs, more tax revenue for public services, and more community amenities.

We have studied this project carefully. Huntington Beach is a unique and wonderful community, and we firmly believe new development should enhance our community, respects the environment, and moves the city forward. We firmly believe the Magnolia Tank Farm project meets those standards and strongly urge the city council to approve this balanced, sustainable project.

Council-approval will clear the way for an exciting mixed-use development of 250 for-sale homes, a 215- room luxury boutique eco-friendly lodge and 19,000 square feet of retail and dining space that will create needed jobs and generate vital property, sales and hotel bed tax revenues to fund city services.

The hotel will feature meeting facilities available for use by the community.

Beyond the obvious economic benefits, the proposed development agreement obligates the developer to deliver a range of community benefits, including 2.9 acres of new public parks, trails and viewpoints.

Land from the site will be set aside as a new public park, Marsh Park, offering public views of the Magnolia Marsh and the ocean, recreation areas, and an amphitheater. An elevated public coastal trail providing ocean views will be built along the western edge of the site, next to the marsh.

Furthermore, the existing privately-owned greenbelt known as “Squirrel Park” will become Magnolia Park: owned by the city, open to the public but maintained by the new community’s homeowners association.

Other community benefits include millions of dollars in developer contributions to fund improvements to the Banning Branch Library and Edison Park, as well as traffic improvements and beautification on Banning Avenue and Magnolia Street.

Equally important is the ongoing contribution the Magnolia Tank Farm will make to the economic and fiscal health of the city. The 4-star eco-friendly lodge and retail/dining venues mean more jobs and business opportunities, and increased property, sales and bed tax revenues for the city. The project itself will contribute millions of dollars in developer fees to city and school district.

The project has been the subject of a few critics about possible project impacts – but to date, there have been no substantiated claims. Indeed, the Huntington Beach Planning Commission evaluated all aspects of the project and voted overwhelmingly for approval.

The Magnolia Tank Farm’s balanced nature and panoply of economic and community benefits has garnered broad-based support from business leaders, civic organizations, community leaders, residents and housing advocates.

The choice before the City Council is clear: seize this opportunity to create jobs, economic vitality, new businesses, for-sale housing, expanded environmental access and millions in new and ongoing tax revenues to support vital public services. We think the right choice is obvious, and urge the City Council to approve the Magnolia Tank Farm.

Sincerely,
Bruce Berman Johnny A. Villa

Bruce Berman John Villa
Chairman of the Board Interim CEO & Chair Elect
Huntington Beach Chamber of Commerce Huntington Beach Chamber of Commerce

City Council/Public Financing AuthoritySeptember 17, 2024

City Council/Public Financing Authority
September 17, 2024