MARKETPLACE APPEAL
6615, 6621, 6695 Pacific Coast Highway
Ann Cantrell & Anna Christensen, Co
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chairs, Los
Cerritos Wetlands Task Force, Sierra Club
Existing Office Buildings
6615 and 6695 E Pacific Coast Hwy.
6621 E PCH, bordering Los Cerritos Wetlands
Aerial View of
Project Site
The proposed Lot Line
Adjustment cuts away
this section of the
Project Site, adjacent to
Shopkeeper Rd and the
wetlands, in order to
exempt the Project from
SEASP requirements
and Coastal
Commission review .
The proposed project will construct a mixed-use building consisting of 390 residential units and 5,351 square feet of retail space. SEASP requires a building height of five stories on PCH and three stories adjacent to Shopkeeper Rd fronting the Los Cerritos Wetlands. This massive building is 6 stories, 91 feet, 8 ½ inches tall.
PROJECT CONCESSIONS MUST BE DENIED!
State Bonus Density concessions may be denied based on: 1) making a finding that it does not result in “identifiable, and actual cost reductions to provide for affordable housing:; or 2) if any of the three findings can be made: a) it is not required for affordability; b) there is an adverse impact on health, safety, physical environment, or historic resources with no feasible mitigation; or c) that it is contrary to State or Federal law.
We propose that the Coastal Commission and local governments strengthen environmental health and justice protections by requiring a 3200 ft. buffer from existing oil and gas operations for any new housing development, school, hospital or other project with sensitive receptors. Coastal Commission Sub-Committee, Sierra Club
The City has told developers that oil drilling is being phased out in this area.
However, this month CalGEM granted Los Cerritos Wetlands LLC 12 drilling permits for new wells on the Pumpkin Patch, the proposed site for 50 new wells, 2 huge storage tanks, a 160 ft. high drill rig, and a new pipeline that will extend across the earthquake fault.
Putting people at risk: Project site is at sea level in a tsunami zone, on soils subject to liquefaction, bordered by the Newport Inglewood Fault line and an industrial zone that includes the world’s largest lithium battery storage facility. “It is our responsibility to care for this land, and we don’t take it lightly.” Rebecca Robles, Acjachemen Culture Keeper
Proposed Project will impact the Los Cerritos Wetlands and Coastal Birds
DENY THE PROJECT AS CONDITIONED AND
THE LOT LINE ADJUSTMENT
A FULL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT (EIR)
AND A COASTAL DEVELOPMENT PERMIT (CDP)
ARE REQUIRED.
Ann Cantrell & Anna Christensen, Co
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chairs, Los
Cerritos Wetlands Task Force, Sierra Club