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Future Agenda Items

Updated June 24, 2009

The items listed below may be coming before the Commission during the next few months. Publication of this list is provided for the purpose of facilitating public participation in the Commission's activities and is not required by law. The list's inclusion in this Meeting Notice also does not constitute, nor substitute for any of the notice requirements contained in the Coastal Act and Commission regulations. Also, please be aware that the details of a submittal may change as staff review proceeds, and that not all submittals of potential significance may appear on the listing below.

Energy, Ocean Resources & Federal Consistency Unit

  • Poseidon Huntington Beach desalination project
  • Caltrans High Speed Rail, LOSSAN Mass Transit. High Speed Train throughout California (south of Sacramento to the San Francisco Bay Area, the Central Valley, and southern California) with one component, which may be separate or combined with it, is LOSSAN, Passenger Rail Improvements, Los Angeles to San Diego (LOSSAN) Rail Corridor
  • National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration/National Marine Fisheries Service, Consistency Determination, Construction of Southwest Fisheries Science Center, La Jolla
  • City of San Diego, Consistency Certification, Secondary treatment waiver, EPA NPDES Permit Reissuance: City of San Diego Point Loma Ocean Outfall Discharge
  • City of Goleta, Consistency Certification, Secondary treatment waiver, EPA NPDES Permit Reissuance: City of Goleta (pending facility upgrade to full secondary)

North Coast District

  • Del Norte County LCP Amendment No. 2-03. Comprehensive update of the certified Local Coastal Program

Central Coast District

  • Monterey Bay Shores Resort CDP application (on remand from court decision) for a 360,000 sq.ft. mixed-use residential and visitor serving development including 160 hotel rooms, 180 condominium units (92 residential, 46 visitor-serving residential, and 42 visitor-serving units), restaurant, conference center, spa, 3 swimming pools, surface and underground parking (for 841 vehicles), public and private access trails, dune/habitat restoration, and related infrastructure including water, sewer, stormwater systems, and various energy reduction technologies (solar, wind, geothermal, etc.) requiring some 695,000 cu.yds. of grading (and 418,000 cu.yds. of sand disposal) in the sand dunes seaward of Highway One in the City of Sand City.

South Central Coast District

  • Appeal No. A-4-VNT-08-057 and A-4-VNT-08-100 (Silver Strand Beach Lifeguard Tower, Ventura County). Appeal of the construction of a lifeguard tower and public restroom building to replace a previous lifeguard tower/restroom building in approximately the same location.
  • City of Ventura LCP Amendment 1-07 (Sondermann-Ring) Modification to land use and zoning for mixed-use development proposed on approximately 26.92 acres of vacant land and water in the Ventura Harbor area.
  • City of Ventura LCP Amendment 2-08 (Downtown Specific Plan) Replacement of the 1993 Downtown Specific Plan policies with the 2007 Downtown Specific Plan land use policies and implementation measures.
  • County of Santa Barbara LCP Amendment 4-07-A (County Land Use and Development Code). Replacement of the existing certified Article II Zoning Code with the revised and reformatted Santa Barbara County Land Use and Development Code.
  • County of Santa Barbara LCP Amendment 4-07-B (Montecito Land Use and Development Code). Establishment of a separate Zoning Code for Montecito replacing applicable Article II Zoning Code provisions with the Montecito Land Use and Development Code.

South Coast District

  • Shea Homes (Parkside Estates) future coastal development permit application for up to 170 residential lots, roads and park; construction of up to 170 single family homes, related infrastructure, public active park and/or open space area, new storm drain, new pump facility at the Slater/Wintersburg storm water pump station, improvements to the flood control channel, replace sewer pump, and new sewer force-main, occurring within a vacant 50 acre area in Huntington Beach, Orange County.
  • City of Laguna Beach Local Coastal Program Amendment No.  3-08 - Request by the City of Laguna Beach to amend its certified Land Use Plan and Implementation Plan to make four unrelated changes to the certified LCP: 1)  proposal to land use designate and pre-zone the 8.52 acre site at 1900 Laguna Canyon Road (known as ACT V) to Public/Institutional land use designation and Institutional pre-zone; 2) zone change at 1435 North Coast Highway from R-1 Residential Low Density to C-N Commercial Neighborhood; 3) amend Land Use Element Policy 12-F regarding existing 500 square foot size limit for buildings located in Public Recreation and Parks land use designation; and, 4) changes to the Implementation Plan effecting how building heights are measured and clarifying parking garage regulations in certain zones, in the City of Laguna Beach, Orange County.

Statewide Planning

  • Workshop between local government officials, the Commission and the public on Improving the Local Coastal Planning Process Wednesday, August 12, 2009. The workshop will be a moderated, public discussion and exchange of ideas about how to improve communication and make the LCP process more effective, predictable and efficient for all stakeholders. The workshop is scheduled for the first three hours at the beginning of the Commission’s meeting on Wednesday August 12, 2009.