10:35am | The draft environmental impact review prepared for the proposed mixed-use development at the current site of the SeaPort Marina Hotel has been completed and is available for review through April 25.
The report was made available to the public beginning Wednesday and is being circulated for a total of 46 days, one day more than the legally mandated 45-day period because the last day would have fallen on a Sunday.
Dubbed the second+pch project, developer David Malmuth Development LLC aspires to raze the existing hotel and in its place build a mixed-use development featuring 230 residential condos or town homes; a 100-unit, 12-story boutique hotel; and about 220,000 square feet of retail and entertainment space.
According to the project website, www.2nd+pch.com, the specific plans include 192,000 square feet of retail space; a 4,200-square-foot Coastal Science Center; a 3,900-square-foot, 99-seat theater; a 20,000 square-foot second-floor restaurant terrace; and 1,440 parking spaces.
This is the second draft EIR issued for the project. The first was issued about a year ago, but both the developer and project opponents identified various inadequacies in the document.
The report analyzes the proposed project’s potential impacts on the environment, identifies alternatives and details proposed mitigation efforts for any potentially significant impacts noted as being anticipated.
Opponents of the project are concerned about its impact on the nearby Los Cerritos Wetlands, as well as on traffic, which is already highly congested during peak hours at that particular intersection. Click here to read previous Long Beach Post coverage of the traffic issue.
The proposed height of the hotel has also drawn opposition. It would require an amendment to the Southeast Area Development and Improvement Plan, commonly called the “SEADIP,” a master-planning document for the area.
The draft EIR document is available for review online and can be found on the city’s Development Services website. You can also access it by clicking here.
Copies of the draft EIR can be reviewed at all city libraries and on the fourth floor of City Hall, 333 W. Ocean Blvd., in the Planning Bureau Office, as well.
Appendices for the report are available for review at City Hall on the fifth floor.
The project must gain approval from the city’s Planning Commission before seeking approval from the City Council. The commission will meet April 7 for a study session that will be open to the public.
Additional approval from the state will be required before the project can move forward.
Disclosure: Long Beach Post publisher Shaun Lumachi is a technology consultant for the second+pch project.