CH-27 Correspondence – Martin Porter
From: Porter, Martin <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, April 11, 2023 3:04 PM
To: Sergio Gutierrez <[email protected]>
Cc: Annie Greenfeld <[email protected]>; Tamery McCrabb <[email protected]>; Daryl Phillips <[email protected]>; Eddie Enriquez <[email protected]>; Annie <[email protected]>; Lawrence Maehara <[email protected]>; Paul Collins <[email protected]>; Tamery McCrabb <[email protected]>; [email protected]; [email protected]; Matt Cullen <[email protected]> Subject: RE: WBALB Appeal - April 11, 2023 City Council Meeting - Trucking Facility and Container Storage Project (CUP 22-010 and CUP 22-011)
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Hello Sergio,
Because of scheduling conflicts of various members of the WBALB, as the Appellant of the above- referenced CUP’s, WBALB is hereby relinquishing its remaining 5 minute comment period at tonight’s City Council meeting.
The members of the WBALB hopes the Long Beach City Council will delay its approval of the Cargomatic CUP’s, until further investigations of the actual traffic mitigation, street infrastructure of Caspian Avenue and E 17th Street surrounding the subject property and environmental issues are better addressed.
In the event the City Council rejects our appeal tonight, the members of the WBALB will expect that the City of Long Beach and its Development Services Department to follow through its commitment to monitor the traffic and environmental concerns on a reoccurring basis once the applicant commences its construction and its eventual operation of the proposed Trucking Facility and Container Storage Project.
As a further note, the additional comments provided by the Planning Department last week did not address the need to upgrade the street infrastructure to handle the applicants expanded use of Caspian Avenue and E 17th Street surrounding the subject property.
Finally, we would appreciate that the City Council allow for further comments from the public that will be attending tonight’s meeting as was determined during last Tuesday’s City Council Meeting.
Thank you,
Martin Porter
WBALB