Shea Parkside Documents
Last updated March 2, 2004
This is the repository of copies of official documents pertaining to
the
development process, categorized by the relevant government body.
FEMA
- FEMA Conditional Letter of Map
Revision (CLOMR) - FEMA signs off on Shea's hyrodological
reanalysis and proposed flood control improvements.
- FEMA CLOMR comment -
my comment letter back to FEMA regarding Shea's omission of County of
Orange pump throttle-back limits.
- FEMA CLOMR comment response
- FEMA's response to my comment letter in which FEMA acknowledges that
the
flood plain is affected if the new Shea pumps are prevented from
pumping
at full capacity.
- April
29, 2003 letter from NWWR to FEMA regarding Wintersburg Channel silt
and
vegetation which may affect the Shea flood study (HTML)
- June 23, 2003 letter from FEMA to NWWR acknowledging that the
Wintersburg
Channel silt and vegetation may warrant updating the Shea flood study
at
LOMR time (PDF)
California Coastal Commission
- February 16, 2004 letter from Neighbors for Wintersburg Wetlands
Restoration to the CCC raising numerous Coastal Act concerns with
Parkside. This letter was written prior to obtaining a copy of
Shea's January 16, 2004 submittal to the CCC. (PDF)
- February 12, 2004 letter from the CCC to Shea Homes saying the
CDP application is still incomplete. (PDF)
- January 16, 2004 submittal from Shea to the CCC providing the
information requested by the February 21, 2003 "application incomplete"
letter:
- Cover page
- Table of contents (PDF)
- 1a - January 23, 2003 letter from LSA regarding the December
2002 grading incident (PDF)
- 2a
- Tentative tract maps 15377 & 15419 (unscannable 50" x 36"
wall maps)
- LCP
jurisdiction plan (i.e. areas of certification and deferred
certification)
- 2b - Landscaping plan (unscannable 50" x 36" wall map)
- 2c - Park landscaping plan (unscannable 50" x 36" wall map)
- 2d
- January 8, 1998 letter from OC PFRD to the city regarding the
bikeway planned for the Wintersburg Channel (PDF)
- February 13, 1998 letter from OC PFRD to the city regarding
Wintersburg Channel flood plain issues (PDF)
- May 6, 1998 internal OC PFRD memo with EIR comments
pertaining to the bikeway planned for the Wintersburg Channel (PDF)
- 2e - Public
access amenities plan
- 2f
- Wintersburg Channel improvement narrative (PDF)
and plans (10 unscannable 50" x 36" blueprints)
- June 6, 2002 letter from FEMA to the city approving Shea's
floodplain revision request (PDF)
- Certified
topographic workmap from Shea's CLOMR application
- 2g - Parkside Estates architectural plans (from the EIR?) (17"
x 11" not scanned)
- 2h - Reduced plans (from the EIR?) (8.5" x 11" not scanned)
- 3 - January 6, 2004 city parcel wetlands delineation
- Findings (PDF)
- Exhibits
- Regional
map
- Vicinity
map
- Data
point location map
- Site photographs - vegetation
and water
- Appendices
- Data forms (PDF)
- Rainfall data (PDF)
- Referenced biological reports
- October 10, 1991 D.R. Sanders and Associates report on
prior converted cropland vs. farmed wetland status (PDF)
- September 29, 1996 Alden Kelley arborist report on the city
parcel eucalyptus grove (PDF)
- December 10, 1997 Frank Hovore & Associates biological
resources assessment (PDF)
- December 17, 1997 Tom Dodson & Associates wetland
determinations (PDF)
- September 9, 1998 Alden Kelley arborist report on the
county parcel eucalyptus grove (PDF)
- 4
- December 11, 2003 supplemental biology report (PDF)
- January 7, 2004 raptor usage and nesting study (PDF)
- May & June 2003 raptor sighting map (36" x 24"
unscannable)
- 5
- January 13, 2004 water quality evaluation
describing the
proposed natural treatment system wetlands
- January 15, 2004 summary of required grading operations and
construction monitoring requirements
- Report body (PDF)
- Appendix A - dewatering design (PDF)
- Appendix B - slope stability calculations for temporay
excavations (PDF)
- Appendix C - groundwater testing results (PDF)
- Map showing settlement monitor and piezometer locations
(unscannable 50" x 36" wall map)
- Map showing overexcavation depths (unscannable 42" x 30"
wall map)
- 6 - various letters (PDF) and a map showing
that the Shea property is not prime farmland
- 8 - November 19, 2003 HBFD memo stating that a fuel
modification plan is not required (PDF)
- 9 - October 29, 2003 letter from LSA to Shea regarding planned
archaeological testing (PDF)
- 10 - December 10, 2003 letter from PSE to Shea regarding minor
geotechnical grading issues (PDF)
- 11b - June 29, 2000 letter from Vandermost Consulting Services
to US Army Corps of Engineers regarding Wintersburg Channel
jurisdiction issues (PDF)
- northeastern Wintersburg Channel topo map (34" x 22"
unscannable)
- southwestern Wintersburg Channel topo map (34" x 22"
unscannable)
- January 14, 2004 letter from Hunsaker & Associates (a Shea
consultant) to the CCC responding to the February 21, 2003
"application incomplete" letter below. (PDF)
- February 21, 2003 letter from the CCC to Shea Homes regarding
Shea's inadequate Coastal Development Permit application. (PDF, HTML)
- January 8, 2003 letter from the CCC to the city regarding the
incomplete submittal of the Local Coastal Program amendment. (PDF, HTML)
- December
5, 2002 letter from the CCC to Hearthside Homes regarding Hearthside's
inadequate
Coastal Development Permit application (PDF, HTML).
This is relevent to Parkside because the two properties are
adjacent
to each other and share similar development issues.
- November 19, 2002 letter from the CCC to the city regarding the
procedural problems with Parkside CDP 96-18. (PDF)
- November 18, 2002 Notification of Appeal from the CCC to the
city. (PDF)
- November 15, 2002 appeal from BCLT and NWWR to the CCC. (PDF)
- October
28, 2002 letter from the HB City Clerk to the CCC regarding approval of
Coastal
Development Permit 96-18. Attached was the Findings and Conditions from
the
September 26, 2002 Planning Commission Notice of Action (not included
in
this file; see separate file below). (PDF)
- October 18, 2002 letter from the CCC to the HB City Council
regarding the still-unresolved water quality issues. (PDF)
- September 20, 2002 letter from the CCC to the HB Planning
Department
holding fast to their earlier criticisms -- "We continue to maintain
that
the information in these Reports ... is fundamentally flawed". (PDF, RTF,
HTML)
- September 17, 2002 from Rivertech with additional details. (PDF, RTF, HTML)
- September 13, 2002 letter from Mark Bixby to the CCC regarding
the above September 9th and 10th letters. (MS DOC, HTML)
- September 10, 2002 from Rivertech responding to the September 9,
2002 CCC letter. (PDF, HTML)
- September 10, 2002 letter from the CCC to the HB Planning
Department
acknowledging receipt of the response to the previous CCC letter in
which
Rivertech responds to their concerns. (PDF,
RTF, HTML)
- September 9, 2002 letter from the CCC to the HB Planning
Department
asking that the Planning Commission NOT approve the development because
of
water quality deficiencies within the EIR. Pretty damning stuff! (PDF, RTF,
HTML)
County of Orange
City of Huntington Beach
General Plan - May 13, 1996
- Infrastructure and Community Services Chapter
Planning Department
- September 26, 2002 Notice of Action formally approving Parkside (MS DOC, HTML)
- September 24, 2002 public hearing
- September 19, 2002 letter from Mark Bixby to the Planning
Commission regarding unresolved project deficiencies. (MS DOC, HTML) (Caution - includes
lots of pictures, 25MB total) (Note - HTML version
does not properly align the extra arrows and text added to some
pictures)
- Agenda item B-2a, Environmental Impact Report No. 97-2
(Continued From September
10, 2002 With Public Hearing Closed) (Parkside Estates)
- Agenda item B-2b, reprint of September 10, 2002 item B-3b.
- Agenda item B-2c, reprint of September 10, 2002 item B-3c.
- Addendum - revised water quality condition (PDF, RTF,
HTML)
- Parkside Residential Project Written Communications (i.e. from
the loyal opposition; not yet digitized)
- September 10, 2002 public hearing
- Agenda item B-3a, Environmental Impact Report No. 97-2
(Parkside Estates). (PDF, RTF, MS DOC,
HTML)
- Agenda item B-3b, General Plan Amendment No. 98-1 / Zoning Map
Amendment
No. 96-5A & 5B / Local Coastal Program Amendment No. 96-4 /
Annexation
No. 98-1 (Parkside Estates Residential Project) (PDF, MS DOC,
HTML)
- Agenda item B-3c, Tentative Tract Map No. 15377 (City) /
Tentative
Tract Map No. 15419 (County) / Conditional Use Permit No. 96-90 /
Coastal
Development Permit No. 96-18 (Parkside Estates) (PDF, MS DOC,
HTML)
- Parkside traffic study update
Public Works
Final EIR issued July 2002
CAUTION - This copy of the EIR was scanned and then run
through Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software in order to
produce text documents. The OCR process is not perfect,
and it is 100% certain that various typographic errors were introduced
by
the OCR software. Please report any errors to the webmaster for
correction.
Also note that this electronic copy is by no means an official legal
document.
For that you still need to refer to paper copies of the EIR on
file
at the Huntington Beach Public Library or the Huntington Beach Planning
Department.
- Volume I - Response to Comments on Draft EIR and New Alternatives
to the Draft EIR (COMPLETED!)
- Volume II - Final Environmental Impact Report (COMPLETED!)
- Volume IIA - Final EIR Technical Appendices (partially online)
- Transportation Study for Proposed Parkside Estates Residential
Development (Revised March 29, 2001) (NOTE: see also the September 9, 2002 update)
- Cover Letter
- Study Body
- Appendix containing detailed car counts and accident
statistics (currently omitted from this web site)
- Figures
- Tables
- Supplemental Information from PSE for the Draft EIR Comments,
August 3, 1999
and for the New Alternatives to the Draft EIR Comments, October 12,
2001
& June 13, 2002
- Revised Response to FEMA Comments on February 5, 2001 Request
for Conditional Letter of Map Revision: Parkside Estates Tentative
Tract Nos. 15377 and 15419 Expanded Watershed Analysis of East Graden
Grove-Wintersburg Channel Watershed from Tied Gates to I-405 Freeway,
January 30, 2002 (Note: Due to the size of this report, it is available
on file at the City of Huntington
Beach, Department of Public Works, for public review)
- Federal Emergency Management Agency
CLOMR Approval Correspondence: June 6, 2002
- Rivertech Water Quality Analysis/Plan, December 1998 and
Rivertech
Addendum to Urban Runoff Water Quality Analysis and Conceptual Water
Quality
Control Plan, February 2002
- Urban Runoff Water Quality Analysis and Conceptual Water
Quality Control Plan, December 1998 (PDF,
HTML)
- Appendix 1: CDS
Technologies, Inc. brochure
- Appendix 2: AES 2-Year Hydrologic Analysis
- Appendix 3: 2-Year Hydrograph Using SWMM
- Appendix 4: First Flush Pollutant Loads for Existing
Conditions
- Appendix 5: First Flush Pollutant Loads for Developed
Condition
- Addendum to Urban Runoff Water Quality Analysis and
Conceptual Water Quality Control Plan, February 2002 (PDF, RTF, HTML)
- City of Huntington Beach, USDA, Corps of Engineers, and
Vandermost Correspondence
- November 10, 1998, regarding prior converted cropland
- November 20, 1998, regarding prior converted cropland
- August 11, 1999, regarding Section 10 provisions of the
Rivers and Harbors Act
- June 29, 2000 Vandermost Consulting Services, Inc., regarding
jurisdictional determination of the existing WGGE Channel
- August 29, 2000 Correspondence, regarding concurrence of the
jurisdictional determination of the existing WGGE Channel
- Supplemental EPA wetland and pickleed locations Exhibits
- California Coastal Commission Correspondence
- June 29, 2001 regarding re-established remnant marshland
- July 3, 2001, regarding proposed Parkside Estates development
and
Habitat Analysis, Parkside Estates Tentative Tract No. 15419 (County
Parcel),
December 8, 2000
- May 21, 2002 Delineation of Wetlands Subject to U.S. Army Corps
of
Engineers and California Coastal Commission Regulatory Authority and
Composite
Resource Map for County Parcel Map, prepared by LSA (PDF, MS DOC, HTML)
- Volume III - Comment Cards and Letters (coming soon)
Shea Propaganda
- September 5, 2002 packet to nearby residents extolling the
virtues of the Parkside project:
Historical LCP Documents and Timeline
In order to understand why the Shea Parkside property is currently a
"white hole" or "Area of Deferred Certification" in the city's LCP, I
have been collecting historical documents from two decades ago when the
LCP was created (and the Shea Parkside property was then known as the
MWD property). Some of these documents may also be useful to
understand current wetland issues in other areas of the city besides
Parkside.
- October 7, 1980 - HB Planning Commission minutes (PDF)
- October 21, 1980 - HB Planning Commission minutes (PDF)
- October 28, 1980 - HB Planning Commission minutes (PDF)
- November 4, 1980 - HB Planning Commission minutes (PDF) approving the Coastal
Element of the General Plan by a vote of 6-0-1.
- November 17, 1980 - HB City Council minutes (PDF)
- December 1, 1980 - HB City Council minutes (PDF)
- December 8, 1980 - HB City Council minutes (PDF)
- December 15, 1980 - HB City Council minutes (PDF)
- January 5, 1981 - HB City Council minutes (PDF)
- January 19, 1981 - HB City Council minutes (PDF) approving the Coastal
Element of the General Plan by a vote of 7-0.
- March 23, 1981 - the city submits LUP to the South Coast Regional
Commission
- May 11, 1981 - the South Coast Regional Commission denies part
and approves part of the city's LUP
- July 20, 1981 - the city resubmits the LUP to the Coastal
Commission
- September 8, 1981 - Coastal Commission staff report (PDF) recommending denial of the
LUP portion of the city's LCP.
- September 16, 1981 - Coastal Commission denies the city's LUP.
- June 21, 1982 - HB Planning Commission (?) public hearing held on
revisions to the LUP.
- August 2, 1982 - HB City Council public hearing held on revisions
to the LUP; revised LUP approved.
- November 5, 1982 - Coastal Commission staff report (PDF) recommending approval of
the city's LCP but denying certification for Parkside (aka the MWD
property) and other wetland areas.
- November 17, 1982 - Coastal Commission approves the city's LCP
(except for Parkside and other wetland areas)
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